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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-11-15
THE BIGGEST GRAFT OF ALL.

The summing up of The Story OF
Life Insurance" which has been run
ming for several months in McClure's,
has been awaited with general interest
| as the article has drawn near its close.
Mr.. Hendrick does not disappoint
popular anticipation. In the Novem-
| Der number of the magazine he delivers
one of the most eloquent and impress
sive utterances in review of this sub
ject that has appeared in print. The
article opens with an analysis OF the
overshadowing menace OF the whole
business-the craze for size-ln CON-
parison with which the evils hitherto
described become insignificant. MI;
Hendrick relates how the Mutual and
Equitable have paid for new business,
in this country alone, nearly ninety
cents out of every dollar taken in; He
describes the breathless pursuit Tor a.
gents-in which bakers, grocers, and
6sh-cart peddlers were enlisted, ana
summer schools started for the pur-
pose of roping in college graduates.
He tells how under the bonus system
watches, diamond rings, summer OUT
ings and expensive banquets nave been
lavished on agents at the expense OF
the policy holders; of how a large traffic
I'D ueCepblVe pollCleo Hdo pooh o"iA - =
on: and of how the vicious system OF
rebating has continued in defiance Of
the laws passed against it. All OF
these evils he traces to the one source
the mania for big annual showing.
With the exposure of this last. most
astonishing graft" which this history
has retailed, Mr.. Hendrick comes 10
the conclusion of his story. The flnal
paragraphs which sum mp the problem
now before the policy holders Of the
country will rank as one OF the most
mastery statements which the life IN
surance investigation has called forth.
The Pine Tree Magazine for Novem-
Der is beautifully illustrated and full of
interest to Maine people. In place of
Mr.. Thompson's group OF photos we
have half a dozen by the Portland Cam
era Club. of which Mr.. Thompson is a
member, followed by a sketch OF the
club and its object. John Howard Stew
ems tells how to build "a Log Cabin for
a Summer Home,' and an illustrated
article on Eastport appeals strongly to
the writer who was familiar with the
town in boyhood. The magazine as
whole is credit to the editor and the
publishers. Sale Publishing Co., Port
land.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-11-15

mother in Lewiston, has returned nome:
Mrs Robert Seeley has returned from Con,
necticut, where she has been under medical
treatment. She is much improved in health.
Mr. and Mrs. A. f. Brown OF Searsport
spent Sunday in town.. Ed. Maxim mas
returned from FoxcrOft, where he has had
employment.
ISLEsBORO.
The new four mast sch. Pendleton
Sisters, lumber laden, made quick trip to
New York, leaving Islesboro Saturday
noon, Nov. Srd, and arriving Monday. Nov
9Th. Capt and Mrs. F. c. Pendleton, and
two daughters, Grace and Efie, left on Nov.
18th for visit to Brooklyn, N. Y...Rev.
George E. Tufts left Nov 9Th to spend a
few months in Wolfville, N: S., where his
brother is professor in Acadia college. :.
The High school scholars have organized,
as last season, basket ball team, and
will play in Union Hail.. The young
people of the Baptist church recently
organized a society called the ~ mon
| Club" The meetings are to be held every
| Monday evening in Union hall and botf
old and young are invited to attend. Games
| debates and other kinds of entertainment
will be in order and altogether pleasan
| and instructive evening is sure to follow
Messrs. c. j. Lyncbcor and John Crowley
both of Bangor, recently bought the Judsol
| DOuRc eStdt0, SlGudItu III Luo uol lHO! II P''A
of the town. Mr.. Charles Ayres, wife ant
two daughters from San Francisco ar
visiting at Capt. Frank Grindles. Mis-
Kate Warren is spending few weeks il
| Boston. ...... The contractors for the nev
schoolhouse at Dark Harbor are Mr.. j.
Sprague and Mr.. Dennis W. Pendleton
MIR. Sprague went to Bangor Tuesday t
get lumber for the building: .As!sociabl
and sale of fancy goods was held Wednes
day evening in the vestry Of the Free Bar
tist church. "A little boy, weighing eleve
pounds, came to cheer the home Of DR.. an
Mrs. Ii. F. Dolan last week. Congratuls
tions !! . The Grand Matron of the @. E;
of our State visited our chapter Wednesda
evening, Nov. 7th. After the work OF tn
evening, an elaborate collation. was served
go. Miss Mollie Williams is at home Spenc
ing her vacation. Capt: Sylvanus Dodg
returned to Boston Tuesday. to join Cap
Dramatic Club are at work on new play
| which they hope to put on in about on
months time. Miss Alice Pendleton a
tended the State librarians meeting, hel
in Waterville this week. The basket pa
teams of the High school played their hrs
game last Friday evening. These game
are interesting to almost everyone. NJ
, James Dolan is visiting his brother, DIR.
f. Dolan, at Hewes Point
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-11-15
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
BURN HAM.

BURNHAM.
Gideon Pomeroy is yarding logs and bark
and has - men at work for him and still
wants more help. George Hunt shot and
killed deer in the main town road near
his house last week .... Many farmers who
have been in the habit of doing a small
amount of numbering here will not do much
on account of scarcity of help this winter
John Sayward has been improving his
buildings by annexing and making 0ther re-
nairs, Mrs. Emma McAllster is building
an ice house.
ENTER LINCOLNv1LLE.
Last Saturdays slight snow was lmprov-
ed in tracing deer. All of the hunters were
Cont bright and early. Adelbert Hall, Or
ris Young and Henry Rankin went INTO
William Farrar's woods and got small
doe. They fired sixteen shots before they
brought her down. Arthur Young saw
three deer in William Farrar's meadow
Saturday morning, but didn't succeed IN
Getting any. John Thomas shot a large
buck deer, and Aubrey Meservey, shot
deer and Knocked him down, but the deer
cot away. Graham Dean shot a deer
Saturday night. Tyler Brown saw deer
Saturday.
SWANvILLE.
Mr.. II. o. Cunningham is rebuilding MS
n, Touristnn NfahO1ss of Bel
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-11-15
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-05-16

or throw them into the sea. In several
places bodies were cremated on smol-
dering beds of Goals.
1t was not believed that there were
so many dead on Telegraph and Rus
sian Hills until the bodies were discOv-
cred by the dogs. Undoubtedly more
bodies will be discovered from time to
time for weeks, and the clearing away
of the ruins will extend into months.
Today saw forty bodies, all burned
beyond recognition, taken from the
ruins of a lodging house at Fourth
and Mlnna streets, although the
search has been on for days.
| also saw the workmen uncover the
body of woman while dynamiting
the walls of a bank building on Mont
gomery street. No one could account
for the presence of the woman in the
structure, the only theory being that
she took refuge there following the
earthquake shock. AS to her identity
that will probably always remain a
mystery.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-05-16
NEGRO PET OF BOSTON.
Got into Row in Savannah and Was
Killed.


Moses Williams, a negro boy who
was killed in Savannah in a fight with
another negro boy, had some remark
able letters in his possession that
showed him to have been the especial
pet of Boston cult who seemed to
have made it their business to see that
he got an education. Williams was a
student at Booker T. Washington S
Tuskegee school last year. He had
in his trunk letter written him by
Charles Alexander, of Boston, in
which Alexander, who writes on the
letterhead of the Boston Colored Citi-
zen, instructed him how to write let
ter of thanks for the many kindnesses
shown him by his Boston friends.
Certain Boston young ladies had
promised to write Williams once
month, and his benefactor told HIM to
be sure to keep up the correspondence
Williams was getting ready to re-
turn to Boston by steamer when he
got into an alteration with a young
negro named Jenkins and was stabbed
to death. His Tuskegee education did
not prevent him from engaging il
,brawl.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-05-16
WON'T REPLANT CANTELOUPEs
Fields Devastated by Hail Storm
Will Be Put i'm Cotton.

Fields Devastated by Hail Storm
Will Be Put in Cotton.
The Albany Herald says it is prob
able that but small per centage of
the acreage in canteloupes in Dough
erty and Lee counties which was swept
by the disastrous hail storm will be
replanted in the same crop.
Some of the canteloupe growers
whose fields were swept clean by the
hail Immediately began casting about
for new sources of seed supply, and
announced their intention of replant-
ing. They stated that they had many
tons of fertilizer in the ground, and
that this could on no account be aban-
doned.
Most of the unfortunate growers
seem to have decided, however, that ii
is too late to replant canteioupes with
anything like reasonable hope ofmak-
ing crop, and the devastated fields
will therefore be planted in some
other crop, cotton being the one Sc
lected in most cases, as it can best
stand the high fertilization given the
canteloupe fields.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-05-16
THE COTTON OF THE WORLD.
Seventeen and a Half Million Bales
Were Grown Last Year.

Seventeen and Half Million Bales
Were Grown Last Year.
The crop of the world grown last
year was just about l7,5OO.OOO bales,
of which this country made nearly
IL, 900, 900 bales. The demand Is in
creased each year about 400, 900 bales,
and a very serious question is where
The supply of the future is to come
from
Egypt will continue to grow all the
cotton that irrigation will admit of,
but the cotton thus snatched from the
desert is high priced and no consid-
cradle increase in its crop need be ex-
pected. India grows about as much
more, but it does not go so far in the
commercial world as the Chinese crop,
for it is all needed at home. Outside
of India and Egypt the commercial
crop of the world is swelled by by
small figures, from about twenty To-
calities, but not one of them promises
large results.
The world looks, and will continue
to look to America for it's chief sup
ply, and when the American crop
falls below 100000 bales there is
anxiety among the mills, especially
England and Germany. America has
cotton lands in abundance, but the
labor supply in this country is I'M
certain and when the world demands
from us 100000 bales, as it will ten
years hence, no one can see where the
needed labor is to be found.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-05-16

, in San Francisco. There never was
second one in Charleston, you know.
Lightning never strikes twice in the
same place.
This degree of fortitude and courage
is typical of these homeless, penniless
people. Their makeup is the same
that characterized the sturdy pioneers
, of the '6O's, who went into the noun
tains in the spring with only bag of
beans slung across their shoulders,
depending on their stability to carry
them through fall. The authorities
here opened the gates of the city to
visitors, and countless thousands are
visiting the ruins. l understand eX-
cursion trains are to be run to San
Francisco from all parts of the United
States within few days to give the
people a chance to see the sight that
ordinarily is to be had but once in
life time.
Scores of bodies are being unearth-
ed every day by the workmen, mute
evidence of the terrible fate of some
of the victims. Undoubtedly many
that were cremated will never be heard
of, their bodies having been complete
ly incinerated.
A GruesOme Scene.
Today 1 witnessed one of the most
gruesome scenes that has attended the
work of removing the ruins. While
workmen were taking away the piles
of brick and stone from Telegraph and
Russian Hills a score of half-starved
dogs we're discovered eating human
bodies. The animals were gnawing
and tearing at the corpses half buried
in the ruins. Where only a leg or an
arm protruded the dogs were digging
for the rest of the body.
Men who were sent into the ruins to
look for such little property as might
have escaped the flames came upon the
sickening condition and Immediately
reported it to the naval authorities
stationed at the water front military
districts. In response to their appeal
that something be done blue-iackets
we're detailed to cover the section and
kill all dogs found in those vicinities.
All the morning rifle shots could be
heard along the hills and on the
beach.
Dead Buried in Trenches.
Men were pressed into service to
hurry the dead in lime-strewn trenches
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-05-16
SCENES AMID THE RUINS OF
FRISCO THREE WEEKS AFTER
Gr1esore Sights Revealed Where Once the Proud City
Stood. Thousands of Laborers Working Like beavers
Among the Ruins The Dead Buried in Trenches.
Nv CLYDE ii. TAVENNER.

The spectacle of thousands of work
men laboring like beavers in the ruins
OF what was once San Francisco, a
sight which could only have been
equaled in the uncovering of Pompeii,
confronted me as l laboriOusly mace
my way through streets filed with de-
bris.
The terrible fire did it's work we'll.
Not piece of wood or imhammable
material as large as match can be
found in all of the twenty-six fire
swept square miles in the heart of San
Francisco. AS far as the eve can see
IS ruins. Even the hills on all sides OF
the bay are clean swept. That the city
can be rebuilt seems almost impossl-
bic yet the work of reconstruction has
already been begun, and foundations
for a score of buildings have already
been completed. Business men and
persons in all walks of life predict
that the new San Francisco will be
larger and more beautiful than the old
one.
In the crowds that throng the streets
hundreds are wearing badges bearing
such inscriptions as "Back to Frisco,
not yet, but soon;" 81 am for Frisco;
. for the quitters;" "Watch San
Francisco grow" and sit might have
been worse"
One business man said to me: II
mad a fve-story business block burned
TO the ground. But am not discour-
aged. ] will build ten-story struc-
lure N its place. The material has
already been ordered"
Many hundreds have fed from the
city never to return, but hundreds are
arriving from the east daily to take
their places, believing that the pros
poets for man with little capital to
start in business on an equal with the
merchants, whose places were wiped
out by fire, to be exceptionally good.
A-though the experiences through
winch they have passed seems to have
aged them by years the average San
franciscan is anxious to return to the
city.
Not Afraid to Return.
Aren't you afraid of another earth
quaker" asked of an injured man as
he was being brought across the bay
on ferry.
No." he declared. ''I don't be-
'-eye there will be another earthquake
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-05-16
A RAILROAD MAP OF GEORGIA
Sent Free if Asked for From Railroad
Commission.

A new railroad map of Georgia has
lust been issued by the railroad COM
mission and may be obtained by ap-
ulication to Secretary George F..
Montgomery. The map is one of the
best ever issued. 1t shows the eight
new counties created by the last gen.
eral assembly, and every railroad,
large and small, is clearly defined.
Georgia now has fifty-six separate
railroads, from the great trunk lines
to the shortest link, with 5000 miles
of tracking in operation.
The Washington times., 1906-05-30

70 marry Victoria Ena. Of Batteaberr.
ana l engage TO fulfil the duties that
me -
Ena took a similar oath. and the
young people rising 20 ine-r feet re-
ceiveG the congratulations Of those
present.
His majesty and the princess w}.o is
soon TO be Queen Of Spain. deported
themselves much as do young people
OF humber station who are about to
join their lives.
Everything is in readiness for the for
NAL marriage which is 10 be celebrated
tomorrow.
Madrid is in, sala attire The streets
fairly blaze with Spanish and English
h7Ss Added 10 the resident Dopula-
ton are half a million sightseers from
ali parts Of the peninsula
\ feature of the wedding preparation
Is the unusual precautions taken 10 pre-
vent outrages by anarchists or terror
ISIS. Detectives from all European
countries are here keeping watch for
suspicious characters. All suspects are
corralled as fast as they are recog-
nized. and will be held in custody un-
I'll the wedding festivities are over. Ten
dangerous suspects have been taken into
custody at the railway stations within
the last forty-eight hours.
The Washington times., 1906-05-30
THE SONG OF THE THRUSH

81. cI. l MAY was grand this roorng-r
SnuFe how could / feel forIorn ~
: 9UOl q lS ~, when tree and flower toss
ed N cir kisses to the breeze
1ouIa an Irish heart be ouiet
nitt the Spring was running riot
An me birds Of free Americs wers
singing in the trees?
IN tie songs that thew Uara Si,-;
NO familiar note was ringing. --'e
but Stoye TO initiate them an, 7
WhlStled like a lad
-. my hes IT was warm TO love thar,
FOR the very newnes of them IA
or the ould songs that they heIned me
10 forget-an' I was glad --iN
So | Knocked the feathered choir
To my hungry hearts desire.
An glorled in the comradeshin tba.
made their JOY my own
TIL new note sounded, st:IlinR
All the rest. A thrush was trIliin1'
All the thrush / left behind ne in fbe
fields about Athlonei
r Where, upon the wilitethorn svaS-fro
He was minstrel of the Maying
In my days Of love an laughter that
the years have laid a rest:
Here gain his notes were ringing
But I'd lost the heart for singing
All, The song / could not answer was
the one knew the best
IT. A. DAILY in the Cathd&c Standard
and Times.
The Washington times., 1906-05-30
History Repeating Itself.

Just before the oonvening of the
Russian douma attention was called
in these columns 20 the similarity
of its status with that of the states
general of France in 1889. In each
instance a monarch, at his wits
ends and terrified by signs of vol
canic fury underneath society,
grudgingly granted the parliament.
Each had just dispensed with the
services Of a wise statesman and
financier-Louls XVI degraded Neck
er; Nicholas III reduced Witte.
Zach nation had long been seeth-
ing with discomfort, violence, and
fever for liberty. The analogy
of today was impressive if not alto
gether perfect.
Now come still further signs that
history is repeating herself, as, in
deed, she must when autocracy and
a hot desire fer freedom clash.
Louis parliament put before him
for reform; they were refused.
Nicholas douma has presented 10
him and his council a very similar
schedule of what the people must
have; il, also, has been rejected. \
long struggle is on, the result of
which no man is rash enough TO
venture 10 predict,
Within three years of Louis
sPurning of the peoples demands
France became Il republic Nicholas
undoubtedly knows the story by
heart, but he appears to believe that
he can escape the tide which over
whelmed Louis. He forgets that
human nature is much the same all
over the world when it is inspired
by knowledge of the rights Of
man.
The Washington times., 1906-05-30
WILL NOT
GUARD ELECTIONS

In view cf the presence Of neertx- =
regiment OF American marines sr ,ba
istnmus for the purpose Of preserving
order during and after the forthcoming
election By the citizens of the Ran,,nI,c
OF FShaTna- reference Is being made -
recent letter by Secretary Roo, m
Secretary TAFT. stating the Axte,t -
which this Government may 20 in arm
ed Intervention in the isthmiaa repub-
lie
IL may De stated ..pon an AUTHORITATIVE
reading OF Mr.. Roots letter tbs+ ,o.h
ing viii be done by the United ststes
70 supervise the elections or 10 prvAa,,
frauds the arrangement Of which az
cording 70 the liberal party. has he,
0Ci.IpieIeu oJ President Amador's marty
N1f. hoot states that the United S+a,es.
nas Ihe riSht 10 enforce its treaty am
1Ihsr rights IN Cny part Of the uo-Is
where they may be imperiled and vy,iie
IN Sh armed enforcement Of its rights IN,
oItlSh territory would be an ACT ~
Var. wlt bout ths assent Of that coDrt-,,
'a:lalna assent TO the Unite1 ,Stafes
enIorcing its right on the fsrbrnuS tr
.--hH n ihe constitution OF that coun-
IN ordcr 70 interfere under the rights
outlIned ed ny Secretary Root. ~ encr-
seIcS arises and without deIay Il,
awaiting orders from VVasbio9-or -.
and marine officials at the istI,,,i,s -
accept and obey orders from CSo,,s-- -
MaEoon OF the canal zone as 10 tbo ,,sa
Of force. @ 20 tHe use
The Washington times., 1906-05-30
Representative and Mrs.
Longworth Entertain
Before Foreign Trip.

Represents tive and Mrs. Nicholas
Lonsworth are entertaining and being
entertained almost every waking hour
between now and Saturday, when they
VIII sail from New York, on the Aneri-
cen line steamship 81. Louis. for Eng
land
They ate Informal dinners with the
President and MS. Roosevelt some
times going over 10 take breakfast with
;hen, while the evenings are generally
devoted 10 dinTsr parties in their own
charming house
At dinner with them last night we're
the Secretary OF War and Mrs. Taft.
irs. Longworth. Mrs. Newlanes. Repre-
sentative Gillett. and Major McCawley.
Senator Nelson ". Aidrich went over
. New York yesterday 20 meet Mrs
Aid-ich and Miss Aldrich. his wife and
daughter, who arrived on the Kronprinz
Wilhelm from six months residence IN
Paris His son-in-law. John D. Rocke-
feller. jr., was with him
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand. who has
called from England fer this country
after brief visit there. viii go direct
20 Lenox upon his arrival IN New YORK,
and wim spend al days With Lady
Dursnd and Miss Du-and before coming
70 Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Philips have re-
turned 70 their home in II street after
= visit 10 Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs
Arthur Lee. who went to Atlantic CITY
et the same time. viii go directly from
the seeshore 70 their Virginia estate.
Graceland. Elkins. ". Va
Mrs. Brown wife Of CAPT Earl I
Brown, let Washington yesterday FOR
Bremen, Ca, where she viii spend a
week or two
Mrs Asath Dodge. accoupa,,.d ny
Mrs. William A Paul and Miss Lille
Gin, VIII SAT- from New York tomorrow
on the Republic, going first 70 Italy.
then 70 Switzerland. Germany. Belgium.
Holland. France and England. They
Will spend the entire summer abroad.
The ladies Of Trinity Parish gave q
luncheon today 20 the Bishop ard
George T Flick. the newly ordained
deacon, and ether deaf muteS. The
event was greatly enjoyed by all.
TIE residence OF Major LLOYD NJ. Brett
was opened yesterday afternoon for a
card party with Mrs Brett IS hostesS
The event was in honor OF Mrs. Wallace
and Miss Wallace. and the PLAYERS were
distributed about four hearts tables a15
two bridge tables.
Mrs. BTett's guests were Mrs Kat
field. Mrs Smith. Mrs Avery. Ms
Towne. Mrs Beach. Mrs Ruhlen Ms
Aleshire, Mrs. Baker Mrs Jackson
Mrs BeaH. Mrs Niche. Mrs Mccain
ard Mrs Kinsberry. Mrs Hervig. Mrs
Lynch, Mrs. Arnaes. Mrs Robbins Mrs
MoCsllum. Miss Glennan. Miss RawoDe
and Miss Stone.
The Washington times., 1906-05-30
A Matter of Economy.

II will be well for the Senate Com
mittee on Appropriations TO con-
slider the practical effect cf limiting
the appropriation for the tubercu-
losis hospital 10 the figure approved
by the House. The amount asked
was S150,O00. The amount granted
by the House was 100000. To ap-
proPriate the latter sum will be
vastly better than nothing it
will be far from economical.
If S150,O00 ~ allowed, four wards
sufficient for sixty advanced cases
can be erected, sufficient number
OF tents or shacks can be had to
accommodate as many cases as the
fund for maintenance will support
and service building can be con-
structed from which the treatment
Of these outdoor patients can be ad-
ministered
If only s1O0,OOO is allowed. the
ward building must be reduced to
a capacity of forty patients, only
a very few siiScks can be erected.
and the service building will per-
nit the original number of out
door patients 10 be enlarged only
after extensive and expensive alter
ations.
Our need is for an institution
which will not only care for sixty
advanced eases, but permit of the
care of perhaps 1000 other cases
before they become advanced, and
thslseelusion of patients before thes