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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29
The Wicked Year 1906.

Writing two months before the rec
ord for the year 1906 is made up" says
E. S. Martin in Appleton's Magazine,
1T is already possible to set it down
as a year of greviOuS pccularitics
The weather has seemed to be alto
gether Indifferent to precedent. The
winter neglected its business of MAX
ing ice; the summer was of a sort to
make you wish you were British
subject and could call it nasty with
out cOmpunction. 1t was nasty. 1t
was hot and it was wet. 1t bred mo-
squtOes in vast multitudcs in mosulit-
Oe districts. and in lesser swarms in
the districts where usually mOsquito es
are unknown. 1t was mOldy: it was
sticky: it was protracted. 1t made
people weary of living When has
there been a summer the idiosyncrasies
Of which have been so generally exer-
Grated?
And besides being uncomfortabl,
the year has been calamitOuS. Vesl-
vius has spOuted fire: earthquake and
fire have destroyed San Francisco and
done vast damage to Valparaiso Ty-
phoons have swept ruin in upon Hong
kong. West India hurricanes have
done the like to Mobile and Pensacola.
September saw England blasted with
more than midsummer heat, and early
October saw Buffalo Frustrated by a
snow blizzard. 1t has been a year of
extremes and excuses. meteorological,
political. and social. and it will go out
leaving long bill of damages for bct-
ter behaved years to pay.
They tell us that the widest freaks
of climate befall in the first ten years
of each century, and along about fif-
ty years later. after the middle of each
century: that the winters of extreme
cold come at those times. and the most
fractions and peculiar summers. They
lay 1t to the REQUIRE Ace III the big sun
spots. which agitata the nerves of the
earth and make it shaky, causing the
Gulf stream and other currents to
straggle from their right course. and
upsetting all Sublunary habits. That
the minds and passions of men are af-
fected by the restlessness of their
earthly habitation is easy to believe,
whether or not the belief is we'll found
ed. Now some Of the foreboders bid
us look out for a very hard winter
but we have already had Tin 1904 and
1900 two pretty hard winters. and tn
predict another seems like rubbing it
in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29
Eat an Apple. Daily.

A Chicago man named Charles
Edmund Tomlinson. who is said TO DC
wealthy both in money and spare tline'
has started out on a crusade whose
object is to develop a greater appeute
for apples on the part of the American
people. To be sure. we raise ana eat
MANY million barrels yearly and send
many million more barrels to Europe
but Mr.. Tomlinson is preaching the
doctrine that the apple is Gods own
medicine and that there would be Il
great decrease i'm business for the
doctors if every person would eat at
least one apple each day. He admits
that he is cranky on this particular
subject. but all will agree that his
crankiness is of a very sensible ana
practical kind. The apple is at once
food. drink and medicine. and no doubt
all people would be better off if more
of this fruit was eaten.
Mr.. Tomlinson is sending .'ut litera-
turc all over the country in regard to
his hobby and is using his personal
efforts to organize apple clubs in every
city, whose members shall be pledged
| to eat at least one apple daily and to
urge their friends to do likewise. II
may be remarked that Mr.. TomlinSOr
| is not an agent for any particular fruit
| nursery, nor is he selling any par
| ticular brand of apple. He is simply
only aim is to make people healthier
and consequently happier, and to pro.
vide the medical men with more
leisure hours. Here in New England
where orcharding is leading in
| dustry and almost every farm has
apples to sell there is less need of such
a crusade as Mr.. TomlinsOn is wagins
| than is felt in other sections. Blu
here, as elsewhere, many of us do no
half appreciate the value of apples a!
a food and medicine We should al
be better off if we ate more of them
not necessarily in the form of appl,
pies. but just as they are picked from
the trees. All success to Mr.. Tomil
sons efforts. If this country woulc
only consume S5.OOO,OOO apples daily i
would not only materially benefit tn
national health. but it would give
splendid stimulus to our Main,
Orcharding industry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29
RAILROADS AND STEAMBOATS,
QlI|N ZgIgI'1$6
In Effect Dec. 9, 1906.

Trains leave Augusta az follows:
GOING; WEST-22j A. NJ, except Mon
day. Portland ard Boston; $40 A. NJ,
Lewiston, Pennington, Rangeley. ROCK.
land, Portland, Boston. Montreal and
Quebec; 1000 A. M. brunswick, Lewiston.
Pennington, Eockiand, Portland, Boston;
3.1O r. NJ, local. 40 +. NJ, 6xpresst
Brunswick, Rockland. Portland. Boston;
SO p. NJ. Portland 1915 p. NJ. Lewiston,
Bath, Portland. Boston. Sundays. 10S A
NJ, 32G, 1915 +. NJ, Portland, Boston
GOING E;AST-12.39 A. NJ. Skowhegan.
Bangor, Bar Harbor, st. John. Halifax.
Aroostook Sunday morning does not
connect for SkOwhegan, or beyond Ban
gor; 25S A. NJ. texDress) Bangor. y: &
A. Il. r., Calais, st. John and Halifax;
G37 A. NJ, local to belfast, Fox
croft and Bangor. go A. NJ.
local to Belfast and Bangor: 22
r. NJ (exprrsS) Watcrville. bangor.
Bar HarbOr; 3.2J +. NJ, Watcrville, Bling
ham, SkOwhegan, Belfast. Foxcroft,
Bangor and wamkeag; 123 r. NJ,
Waterville and Skowhegan; 800 A. M.
Sundays only, Bangor.
Leave Augusta for Hallowell, Gardiner
and SO. Gardner at 74o A. M. zoo. 6N
&C GEO CO. r. EVANS, V. P. E. Gen. Mgr.
:. f. BOOTHBY. g. z. y T., A..
Portland, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29
their fundamentally. Another

their instrumentality. Another way TO
get at Shiloh is through the action OF
the selectmcn of Durham. If there be
insane people at Shiloh and If insane
projects threaten the So1vency of Dur
ham, there are other and legal ways Of
procedure. The right to worship as one
pleascS, is n right for which this coun-
try has suffered much and if the on"
who worship. doesn't worship to pleas"
us our displeasure supplies no reason
Why we should appear to prosecute thOs"
from whom we dissent. Religion is an
affair in part Of the Imagination. IN par
of superstition and in part Of common
sense Put many of those who believe
Themselves to be loyal to common sense.
display some Of the faculties of super
stition well as of an abnormal IN
fully read the full report of Judge
Emcry's charge to tn" jury in the san
ford case as published in these columns.
We think there would p" clearer in"iS
touching the rights as well az the dntl"S
Of those who choose to sand for tn.
shiloh system Somc people are opposed
to religious REVEALS. Cases ar" reported
folks go insan" on religion People go
incanc on all subjects. When anEbohE
takes ono idea and OyerrideS. his excess
carries his mind askew. Int"mpcrance is
as mclanchol" in fanaticiSm as IN cups.
Our opinion is th"t Sanf nd is mono
maniac and that his influence over MANY
people of good purposes and of strong
nlac;nationS hut of unbalanced minds
has been in MANY cases unfortunate. But
these matters arc not matters 70 invoke
detective work hv the governor. What
ar" w" going TO do abo1'' it? Simply IN
force Law Th.,' method has been tried
and we N" inclined to think that Shiloh
would have died rnm"tim" ago. or neI-
hans reformed. btt for the Impression
that prevails among many fair n'fnd"'
people that it X their duty to com" t.
Tho rescue Of those whom they fancy t.
be nercccnted
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29

only two murders have been committed
such as under the laws where capital
punishment prevail could possibly DC
punished by death. One of these oc-
Cured in April in lumber camp III
East Sumner as the result Of a quarrei
between two wOodsmen, and the otner
was the shooting in October of Edgar
Dickinson of Smyrna Mills who was
killed in his home by shot hred
through the window. In the first in
stance the murderer has been arrested
and tried and is now serving a SELL
case the suspected murderer was
promptly arrested and is now awaiting
trial. Surely this is not a bad record
for il state containing 725,OOO people.
We feel safe in asserting again that III
no state in the Union, even among
those whose population is smaller IMAM
Maine, has there ever been year
when so few murders have been COM
mjttrd as make up Names record ior
1906. In no state are the people more
peaceful and law-abiding
W.. wish that the editorial Wflters
throughout the country who were so
prompt to draw wrong CONCLUSIONS
when the sensational Cooper case was
on trial would emphasize before thcir
readers the facts of Names murdcr
record for the year that is CLOSING.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29

San Francisco appears to be very
lonesome in its hostile attitude toward
the japanese pupils in the public
schools. In Los Angeles, where as {,
matter of fact there are more japan
csc children in the schools than in San
Francisco, there is no trouble on this
score and San Francisco's attempt to
get the school authorities of Los An
geles to take action similar to its own
met with prompt and decided failure.
No doubt when San Francisco cools off
and thinks it over it will he very much
ashamed of it's conduct in this matter
and will realize that the President !.
characterization of the wicked alb
surdity" of it's exclusion of japanese
pupils from it's public schools was not
at all too severe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29

The effort TO show that those dis
honorably discharged negro soldiers
are injured innocents is not strength
ened by the attempt to assassinate
Captain Macklin, who was the con-
mander of one of the discharged COM
panies. Captain Macklin was officer
of the day on the night of the shoot
ing and the man who attempted to
murder him was one of the discharged
soldiers. The public will probably con-
clude that it is not worth while to
waste much sympathy on soldiers who
shoot up a town and kill innocent citi-
zens and then wind up by attempting
to assassinate their officers. The PreSi-
dent is justified in feeling that the
sooner such men are out of the army
the better
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29
Portland Market.

Portland Dec. IS.
FLOUR-Michigan and st. Louis
straight, 81 %ouil5; do, clears, s.o01li. 30
winter wheat patent, $.45uiG0; spring
wheat patents, $i."0TI.;D.
,BEEF-,LEht. $1,000 1850; heavy Ia
l1kc.; boncless, half bDls., $6.5oa6 80
lambs. spring. 12c.; ycarlngs. 9Gl0c.
BUTTER-Creamery. fancy, per H..
sc: tub creamery. ,:in;;ec; Vermont. 25c
EGGS-Eastcrn. fresh. 5u36c.; western
fresh, 3GN3.c.
CHEEsE-N. Y. and factory. 14a15c.
GRAIN-Corn. car lots. Csc: bags
64n65c.; meal bags. 6oc,; oats. new ant
in car lots. Ala i3c.; bags. 4Ga 4Sc.; MINI.
sacked bran, bag lots, So; winter wheat
bran, car lots, $3.50: bag lots, So
brown middlngs. car lots. 81.
ORANGES-Florida, s3.00u3.25.
PRODUCE-Beans. California pea. s2.35
yellow eyes. So: Red Kidneys. $500
fowls. Halle; turkeys, western. 2on-2c.
chickens 16M11c.
PROVISIONS Pork. heavy. $3.50: me-
dunn. $3.50.
IARD-Pure tcs.. half bhls.. 1o':m1o2, g.
cases. 11h"11 &c; compound. tcs., hall
barrels. SKATE: cases. ?1Am1Oc
'SUGAR-Ex. quality. hbls.. 500
small bbls.. 500; sacks. 500: extra C.
$40.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29

One member Of Congress in speaking
of the numerous plans for coming en-
positions declared that most every
town fair which is held at the pres
ent time expects Uncle Sam to float
it financially Most of the expositions
already held have been on rather too
but if all those are held in the future
which are now being talked about and
for which national aid is being asked
the term Is not at all too harsh.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29
Boston Market.

Boston, Dec. y.
FLOUR-Mll shipment. spring patent:
are offered at A4"Qi7o: winter patents
So. S0Gi20
g, GoR y o,,, STEADY s g;sI PEI
bolted. s2.&Ju3.15.
CORN-Stcamer yellow spot. &c
No. .. yellow. J41sc.: No. >. yellow spot
5l,ac.
RYE FIOCR-Per Dbl. s34oG4.oJ
OATMEAI-We quote rolled at si25d
4.65 per bbl.; cut. S7'a5.25.
GRAHAM-s2 9oci4OO.
OATS.No. /. clipped. white. exc.
No. :. clipped. 4.llc.: No. ;. clipped. 42c.
3S 10 40 lbs. to ship. per hui. 42hc.: new
fancy. white spot. 40 to AZ lbs. to ship
HlIc.
PROVISIONS-Pork. backs. per bbl
$3.50; short ends, sao25; long cuts. s2o.73
lean ends. sss 7Se,2i25 ribs. liz 1fam l'lsc.
shoulders, 1lAc.: lard. rendered, per H.,
127ac.
BEEF-Fresh beef is quie: and easy
Extra hlnds. choice. 1lhmll14c.: torres
LAMBS AND MuTToN-Lambs are
steady ;a,s Lambs. spring. Halle; yearl-
NEAI-Pcr H.. Haze.
POULTRY-Turkcys. western. 17I1oc
chickens. hroilers. per h.. 2oa22c.; west
ern fowl. 12M1tc.
~ 'IIEIt-Creamery. Northern choice
round lots. 31M%2c. per h; western
creamery. 30H3lC.: north dairy. 25M2Sc.
mont. 13ml4c.
EGGS-Eastern. 33n35c: western. 2SfJ
30c
BEANS-Market IL steady Pea. per
h,i; sl.fo"1 ;62ls: medium. n. Y. sl.75; Red
Kidneys. s2G0nr2G5.
APPI.ES-RaIdwins. No. |. per Dbl
223f'315: TOlman Sweets per Dbl. $2n3
HAY AND STRAW-No ! grade. ST.
rye. rer ton. S13 oat straw. $50
POTATOES-Grcen Mountain A., ;Sc
per bu.; sweet potatoes, per Dbl. sl.15u
go
SUGAR Refined sugar steady. Pow
dered. 500: granulated. $3.50
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29
Whitney. Mr.. Camp constitutes his
"Au America team as follows:

E,ckersall Chicago .....--........QudIte
MAYHEM. Brown ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 11aif
Knox Yale ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Pn,,
Veeder Yale ...-.......-.....-...'''' i''N
uere are seven institutions repre-
sentad Mr.. Camp, however. shows
greater breadth of spirit and wider
range Of vision than Mr.. Whitney by
giving place in his list to Mayhem Of
Brown and Dunn of the Pennsylvania
State College. Does Mr.. Whitney give
4 Mace on his All America team to
Dunn. one Of the greatest-in many
respects the Ereatest-center that the
game has ever produced in this cOun-
try? Not at all. Under no circum-
stances should we expect Mr.. Whitney
to make so radical a departure from
his established rule. Not only is this
star playcr-whose prc-emnent abiIi-
ties have 50 Justly been recognized by
Mr.. Camp-given no place on Mr..
Whitley'S "AIl America" team; but he
is not even accorded place on his
second team, Does not this Indicate
on the part of Mr.. Whitney, a settled
purpose to persistcntly and studiouSly
ignore the merits of all players in the
smaller universities and colleges: 1t
certainly impresses us that way.
1t is absurd for any man to assume
that the, great universities have pro-
duccd all, the great athletes, in foot
have heen developed in the student life
of America. Any man who has kept
an Intelligent watch upon the athletic
life of the country for fair length of
time knows that such is not the case.
No, no Mr.. Whitney. such selections
will not suffice. Tie American
public will no longer bow down to
them and call them good. Get out
of the rutS-evcn if you have to
hire a derrick. Dig the big uni
Versity sand cut of your eyes. Put on
your spectaclcs. buy a coed telescope.
and take a broad view Of the whole
football field--not half a dozen big uni
versity cridirans but the WHOLE field
1t will take time and work and good
judgment: but when you have done it
ycu will be in position to select an ".All
America" eleven that will be fairly en-
titled to the name, and one that will
command the respect Of all true lovers
of sport throughout the country
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PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE.
IN effect October & 1895.


PULLMAN CAR SERVICE
Pullman sleeping car between Boston
and Caribou on trains leaving Boston at
.:0 p NJ: Danger, S.a0 A. M. and Carl
Parlor car on train leaving Northern
Maine Jet. at 253 p NJ. and Caribou ut
Wv TRAINS LEAVE BANGOR.
Presque Isle. Caribou. Fort Fairfield, Van
Buren and intermediate stations.
100 A. NJ. for l<atahdin Iron Works.
Millinucket. Patten. Ashland, Fort Kent,
Houlton. Pressure ISLE Caribou. Van Bu-
1850 a. NJ f.; kineo. LOO P. M. and inter-
80 r. N for Milinocket. Patten,
HOulton. Pressure Isle. Caribou. Fort
Fairfield and Intermediate stations.
40 T: M. for Dover. Greenville and In
termediate stations.
TRAINS ARRIVE BANGOR
sl5 A NJ. from Greenville and inferno
date stations.
2l0 p. NJ. from Fort Fairfield. Van
Buren,. Caribou. Pressure Isle. Houlton.
7s5 P. N. from Caribou. Presaue Isle.
Fort Fairfield. Houlton. Fort Kent Ash
land. Patten. Millinocket Kineo. Green
ills F. NJ from Var Buren,. Caribou,
Fort Fairfield. Presque Isle. Houlton.
Millnocket
Trains leave Northern Maine Jet. for
Stockton and Searsport. at 915 A. M. !;
and 7:25 P. NJ. Returning leave Searsport
Northern Maine Jet. at 100 A. NJ. and 40
'" ae M ssH HoeTintendent 8. P 2. = "A.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29

The Boston papers unite in paying
the highest tributes of praise to the
late Judge John +. Libby. associate
justice of the district court of Middle
sex, who died this week. He was :,
native of Richmond, Maine. gradu-
ate of Bowdoin in the class of 1855,
and although only AZ years Of age had
served with distinction for six years
in one of Massachusetts most respon-
sible judicial positions. He had also
been in the Massachusetts legislature,
and had served Medford as city soIici-
tor and as chairman of it's board of
water and sewer commissioners. He
was one of the many Maine men to
win success in Massachusetts. and his
life which was so suddenly cut short
was full of exceptional promise.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29
Augusta, Winthrop
& Gardiner Railway

Time table in effect December TO- 1876.
Cars leave Augusta Post Office as fol-
For Winthrop: e.25. s25. s55' s5. n.z5.
l2;55. 1;55'. 2.25. 355. ~. g. 81. 1921 :,
For Togus: SO; s q 40. 9. 1910. L.
half hour from s 4. N. to % p. NJ HALO
veil only TO- and il 2. NJ;
GARDINER for Augusta s15 A. NJ; then
Hallow"i: and car house only.
Hallowell for Augusta: sos A. M. then
every half +, hour co., Ill 1a lps p y ~,
every half hour till 1922 P. N.
Winthrop for Augusta: g. 80; $50.
1910. il. l2Ss, 2, g. $ae' 8. st. 7@', .. I9,
2. 80, ;, $50. 30 $50. $50. Ii '''' ~ '-'
.Daily except Sunday
tSaturday only.
tIf theatre is not over at 1870 car waits
for it.
Sundays cars start two hours later.
Local Car: Leaves north end of State
st. for Hospital S.25, 915. 9.55, iO3s Ills,
1915, 1855, 1.35. 2.15, 2.5j, 3.55, 4.35, SIS 6.
I. s. SIS. Leaves Post Office ten minutes
Leaves Hospital for North end of State
st. sa. 49,. 10 Il, 1885, 11.35. 12S' 10, LIS,
235. 3l5, AS 455, 5.3j. so. 80 $50
Leaves Post Office ten minutes later.
TRAIN CONNECTIONS
The A. NJ. car from Togus connects at
Augusta with train west.
The SIS A. N. car from Gardiner, S.3s
from Hallowell and S55 from Augusta,
makes close connections at Winthrop
with train for Lewiston and Pennington.
also connects with the 1913 train east
The 1.i5 p. NJ. car from Augusta con-
meets at Winthrop with the 2.59 train east
and the BIO express and the 327 local
west.
The P. NJ. car from Augusta connects
at Winthrop with the train east at 7.o5-
The trains arriving at Winthrop at 10.48
A. NJ. and go !. NJ. make good connec
tons with cars for Augusta.
The regular forenoon train leaving Oak
land at $50. Belgrade at a.46 and Read
field $50 make close connection with car
for Augusta. If train is late car waits
for it.
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.IARKET REPORTS.
Augusta Market.

Augusta, Dec. %.
BEANS-Pea,. Maine. 500; N. Y. sl.75
yellow eyes. $50.
BUTTER-Creamery. 30c.; dairy. 25G
Csc: solid. 1Sc.
EGGS-3Jc per dozen.
GRAIN-Corn. SOC Meal, G0c. pei
bu.: mixed feed, sl35 cwt; cottonseed
meal. So. 90; bag lots. SLIGO:
pressed. s1CoO; straw. $500; pressed, $40
SUGARS per 100 lbs.
HONEY-BOX, 1Sc.
MUTTON-9Mllc. per h.; spring lamb
13c.
OATS-47c. per bushel
POTATOES-5oc per bushel.
POITTRY-Fowl. 14c.: chickens, 15911c
WOOL-Unwashed, 2SH30c.
HIDES--?09L: Xx
WOOD-Dry hard. ss5odsOO per cord.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29
Maine Murders in 1906.

Only Il few months ago when Il sen
satinnal murder trial was in progress
in Maine the Frequency" of Maine
murders was a common text for edi-
torial comment throughout the crun-
try, and the fact that this State gets
alon, without capital punishment was
very generally dWelt upon as "proving'
that Names failure to put its MUIR
der rs to death is a direct encourage
ment of cpidcnics of bloody crime
Many an editorial sermon was
preached. some Of them here in our
own State, but most of them in other
parts If the land. upon the great in
crease in murders here in Maine and
the general tendency toward disregard
of laws. At that time the Journal
vigorously contendcd that no state in
the Union was more law-abiding than
Maine and that no state in proportion
to its population had fewer murders
each year.
The year 1906 is now almost ended
and it is Of interest to note in this con
nertion that only two murders have
been committed in the state of Maine
within the past II months. Their,
have been nearly a dozen Academia
shootings, but most of them were il
the woods during the hunting season
and there have been several murderous
assaults, but during the whole yea,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29

According to the Chicago Tribune
which carefully collects and complies
such statistics, the total embellishments
in the United States during the year
now ending have amounted to s14,739
653. which is about S5.OOO.OOO greater
than during the year preceding. This
increase. however, is not to be taken
as denotnS that dishonesty is on the
increase among those who have access
to the money of others. Among this
years defalcations have been several
OF exceptional size. and the actual
number of the embezzlers is smaller
than in 1905 or for several wears.
Most of the stolen money was taken
from banks, the embezZlements of
bank officials reaching the startling
total Of $10.745.3S7. 1t is this sort g,
thing which fills so many people with
distrust of banks and causes them t.
hide their savings in haymows and ir
Old stockings tucked away under tb.
caves in the attic. Most of these ba,,
oe1aications were in the middle wes
Where the laws as to bank exo,,i,.
tons have been much more Law .h.,
here in the East.
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The Sanford Case.
Lewiston Journal.)


We do not see how Governor Cobb
could have acted in the Shiloh matter
Othe~ than he has acted. If the Gov
ernmcnt has authority to investigate
such institutions as Shiloh he becomes.
as it seems to us. the chief detective of
the State rather than the chief eXecu-
tive. The way to get at Shiloh. if Shiloh
is violating the law. is through the courts
and something has been done through
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29

It is very forbearing on the part OF
King Leopold of Belgium not to reply
to the American agitation over the
Congo atrocities by instigating a Bel
gian investigation of the race riots sn
the Southern states.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29
Saturday, December 20, 1906.

st. Louis has an infant prodigy less
than a year of age which is able IL
talk with great fluency. The exchange
which tells us about this wonderful
child adds the wholly superfiuous in
formation that it is a girl.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29

In reading these accounts OF race
riots in the south one is impressed by
the fact that if the whiskey element
had been eliminated there would have
been no rioting worth mentioning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-29

It will be great pity if all this fool
ish Japanese war talk which has been
finding its way into the columns Of
the American papers impresses Japan
with the idea that it is really big
enough to scare Uncle Sam.