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Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-14
Edwards / ManOIf'g. Co. Is
Resident Corporation
Judge Spear Dismisses Ap-
peal in 1904 Tax Case.
DEGREES That City May Recover Amount OF
Above Tax With Interest.

In tho case of the Edwards Mfg. 90.
of this city versus the city of Augusta,
which has been under consideration
como time. a decision was handed down
bv Justice Smear of the Supreme judi
cial court Friday morning as follows:
kennebec ss-State of Name. In the
supreme judicial court.
Edwards Manufacturing Company, APP
pellant VS.. City of Augusta.
Appeal dismissed for the following
reasons, viz
First, because the Edwards Manu-
featuring Co., the appellant, was on the
first day of April. 1904. not a non-resi-
dent but Il resident corporation of the
City of Augusta.
Second, because. being resident
corporation it did not bring in true and
perfect lists of all it's estates, real and
personal, in compliance with Ch. 9.
Sec 73, of the Revised Statutes. legal
notice in writing to the inhabitants
to bring in such lists having been duly
given by the assessors as required by
said section.
Therefore it is hereby ordered. ad-
judged and decrecd that the City of
Augusta have and recover of the said
Edwards manufacturing Company, ap-
pellent. the sum of thirty-one thousand
one hundred and forty-Scvcn dollars
and cighty-nine cents (S31 .141.S9) with
interest from August l, 1904 to the
date of this judgment with costs. said
thirty-one Thousand one hundred and
forty-seven dollars and cight-nine
cents ($3l.14T.S0 being the amount of
the taxes assessed upon the real and
personal estate of said appellant for
the municipal year of 1904. and the
assessment involved in the appeal
hereby dismissed.
Execution to issue for said amount
This judgment to be entered as of the
March term Of court, 1906. as per
agreement Oh the docket Of said Court
A. NJ SPEAR.
Justice Supreme Judicial Court.
A true copy.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-14

Hanks & Wentworth will commence
work Monday on an addition to Ex-
Governor Iiilrs cottngc on the west
shore of Cobbosseccontcc. The addi-
ton will be constructed on the north
side of the main cottage and will be
20 feet square. 1t will contain kitch-
en-. two sleeping rooms and bath,
and will have an enclosed porch.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-14
BEECHAm'S
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over all the civilized globe. They
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Build UP the nervous force and re-
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The best safeguard against indiges-
tion, biliousness and dyspepsia.
Take Beecham's Pills regularly
and you will maintain good health
at small cost.
At Small Cost
Sold Everywhere. In boxes 1Oc. and 25c.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-14
C.. w. JONES, Clerk.

This decision sustains the conten-
tions of the city in every particular.
At the hearing before Judge Spear in
February last it was claimed by the
Edwards Mhnuf'g Co, that it was a
non resident corporation and could
therefore claim an abatement of taxes
Notwithstanding no lists of the proper
ty had been filed with the assessors
At this hearing the corporation was
represented by Ex-AttOrney General
o. ID. Baker and the city by City
Solicitor Fisher and Williamson &
Burleigh. Mr.. Baker has given notice
that exceptions will be taken to
Judge Spears decision.
At the continued hearing held be-
fore Judge Peabody in the supreme
judicial court Friday afternoon the
motion of Counsel o. ID. Baker for the
plaintiff corporation that it be allow
ed to discontinue its appeal was over
ruled and exceptions We're allowed by
the court. The city was represented
by City Solicitor Dutton and William
son & Burleigh.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
THE WEATHER


Dust still hovers over everything
out doors all day long and life is rem
dered more or less miserable accord
ingly, although the weather Is fine
the sky being clear and the atmos
phere quiet. The maximum tenn
perature was ~, minimum &C. at I
D. m GA. The street record at II
o'clock last night was 50.
The government bulletin yesterday
gave the following with respect 10
general conditions: Within the last
"a hours light precipitaitno has oc-
Cured in eastern Iowa, northern Min.
nesota, South Dakota and northern
Utah. An area of high barometer cen
tiers in the upper Ohio Valley. A sec.
ond high pressure area overlies the
middle Pacific slope. Depressions, or
disturbances, center in Nebraska, and
off the north Pacific coast The tenn
perature has fallen in the upper Ohio
Valley, and in the middle Pacific slope,
elsewhere it has risen or remained
practically stationary
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
THE RUNAWAY
SUBMARINE
BY FRANCIS GARDINER
lCopyrlght, BY Joseph b. Bowles)

Did YOU hear that I'd changed the
name of the Polly P?" asked Capt,
Solomon as met him at the head Of
the wharf We'll, | hey She's the
Submarine now.
"Ye see. II was just about two
months ago, when | was going from
Friendship, Maine. down TO New York!
mast. Then there's Bill Clement, the
cook, and me- But on this trip a
Teller that was going as hand before
the mast didn't show up, so there was
Jest men Bill Howsomeyer, we got
down into the sound all right. II was
som'ers down New London way when
the wind jest flatted out, and the fog
come down thick.
81 see twarn't no use trying to do
northern that night, and men Bill
was both of us pretty nigh tuckered
out. being shorthanded so. SO | seq
to Bill You get mp for'ard and let
go anchor and the Polly p. will stay
right here tonight.
was dbput AiAuS " hloNh NhNh
was Jest trimming in the main sheet
and the rattle of the anchor had Jest
stopped that | heard Bill let out
screech, 1t begun like one of them
little screeches woman makes when
she sees mouse, and ii kinder
swelled up an bust into howl like
the yell of one Of them newfangled
siren whistles on a tugboat. | rightly
lodged that Bill was scairt, and then
III confess to you that my hair kind
of riz, what there is of it, for jest
scraping and slumping alongside the
old Polly was the durndest looking
thing YOU ever see.
THE monster was moving kind OF
slow and, as it went scraping along
under the quarter, jest abeam OF the
cabin winder the lamplight fell on its
broad and shiny back, and all Of a
sudden | see in that black something
which | knew never grew on J0nah's
whale or the sea serpent either, cause
twas a good, stout, iron ring-bolt.
Naturally when | see that ringbo !
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
SEAL bARBAR|T|ES
CRUELTiES OF HUNTERS IN THE
NORTHERN WATERS.
How the Helpless Creatures Are Ruth.
lessy Slaughtered -- Methods
That Threaten Extermlna.
ton of Industry.

1t was not many weeks ago that the
attention of the American people was
directed to the seal fisheries of the
north by the killing Of the Japanese
poachers upon st. Paul island by the
United States revenue cutter which is
doing du.y in the northern waters to
prevent just such depredations as
those which the venturesome sailors
from the mikado's kingdom were com
hitting. Were it not for the vigilance
of the United States government tho
seals would have long since been eX'
terminated.
But Notwithstanding this watchlul'
ness the numbers Of seals have grown
less each year and for several seasons
now the sealskin has been conspicu-
Gus by its absence from among the
fashionable furs. and there is no doubt
that the wane of its popularity can be
traced to mans inhumanity This Is
rather a startling statement. but facts
point to the truth of it. The whole.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07

son whatever why every amateur
should not have, in his dark room.
the means of obtaining a stream OF
running water. The only things re-
quired for this purpose are large
Tin can, such as a honey or sirlip can.
which holds about two or three gal
Ions. and small water tap. If one
does not happen to be handy with the
soldering iron. it will cost very little
to have tinsmith cut a hole in the
tap near the bottom OF the can and
solder in the tap When this has
been done. place the tin on shelf OF
box little above the developing table,
so that dish may be placed under 1t
at any time. and the water allowed
TO run on the plates or films
There is another method for OBJ.
tanning running water. says the Mon
treal Herald. which is as simple as
the last. If the requisites for making:
the apparatus are obtainable All that
is needed in this case is a piece of
glass tubing. about three feet long,
and having a bore OF about threesix-I
teenths OF an inch. and a large bot;
tie. such as Winchester quart bot,
tie. Bend the glass tube about foot
from one end BY heating ia the fame
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
RUNNING WATER IN DARK ROOM.
Continuance by Which Amateur Pho
tographer Can Do Developing.

In nearly all the instructions for
developing, etc. received by the ANA
teur photographer, he is directed to-
wash his plates and films in running
water. and in most cases he fails
to follow these instructions for the
simple reason that the plates and
MINIS must be washed in the dark
room, and the dark room of the aver
age amateur is unlikely to contain
such convenience as a water tap
being, as it generally is, the one
room in the house which no one else
can find use for. But there is no rea-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07

Breaking and entering finely fur
nished residences of Toledo. o. with
diamonds and jewels of great value
easily accessible, Emil Tauchard dis
dained to touch the valuable, but in
Ghemises, corset covers with fine
aces, musins and hosiery of every
kind an1 class fell prey to his MANIA
while gold and sparkling gems we're
unmolested, This has been going on
traced part OF the stolen stuff to Tau.
chard, who has confessed He says
he is the victim of man with a
spiked beard VINO has hypnotized him.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
wa
ON THE RIVERS

The river marked 1870 feet on the
Cairo gauge at p. m. yesterday
showing fall Of O.3 of foot in q
hours. One year ago It marked 1913
feet
Rising rivers were reported yester-
day as follows: Davenport OF, St.
Louis 01. Chester 0.l.
The Herman Paepcke arrived yes
terday from he lower river with two
barges of lumber for the Chicago
Mill and Lumber company.
The Dick Fowler from Paducah at
noon returned at p. m. with fair
business.
The Russell Lord brought two
barees of ties out of the Tennessee
river and took them to ST. Louis.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
IOWA STILL IN DOUBT.

Des Moines, la, Nov. G,-For the
first time in many years the guber
Material result of Iowa is in doubt
Although both the Republican and
Democratic managers claim the cleo
ton of their candidates, all returns
so far received indicate that only a
complete count will determine the
result. The $50 precincts already re.
ceived show a loss for CumminS of
nearly 40 per cent which If main
tanned would mean the election of
Porter, Democrat, by a small plu'
rality.
The next state legislature will be
safely Republican and on joint ballot
will probably re-elect Senator Dolli
yer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
NV prot.ction for chanr.ur.

A new speedomcter for motorists is
now on the market. SAYS Technical
World Magazine. which not only gives
the rate Of speed per hour and the
number Of minutes to the mile. bur
can BE- sci al any given speed. SO that
when that speed is exceeded a buzzer
announces the fact TO the driver. with
this device ia use. a chauffeur can set
the speedometer al the limit Of speed
allowed in the country where he is
travelling. and. as soon a. the limit is
exceeded, he will Be warned Of the
tzct.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
DEMOCRATS LOSE THEIR STATE
TICKET BUT WIN CONGRESSMAN

Chicago. ILL.,. Nov, Gas far as the
returns from the city and Cock county
have been received, they Indicate the
election of the Republican congress.
ional candidates in the Second, Third.
Sixth, Eighth. Ninth and Tenth dis.
tricts. In the First the vote was very
close with Emerich, the Democrat
slightly ahead of Madden, Republican.
In the Fourth and Fifth the Demo.
cratic candidates also are slightly in
the lead at this writing
Outside of Cook county the Demo.
Gratis have gained two congressman
Caldwell geng elected in the Nine.
teenth, and Foster in the Twenty-thrd.
Rainey in the Twentieth district was
reelected
Indications are that the Republican
state ticket has been elected by
plurality OF 100000 to l25 600
Democratic state committee claims his
party had gained in all five congress,
men, three in Cook county and two out |
side making The congressional dele
cation 10 Republicans and 6 Demo
Gratis.
Chairman West of the Republican |
committee declares that the Republ- |
cans would have q out of p congress
men
Returns at midnight show that the
following congressman have been
elected:
First-Martin B. Madden
Second--Iames r. Mann
William w. Wilson
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth-William Lotimer
Seyentn-Phillip Knopf
Eighth
Ninth--Henry S. Boutell.
Tenth
Eleventh Howard NJ Snapp.
twelfth
Thirteenth Frank o. Lowden.
Four zenith
Fifteenth-George ", Prince.
Sixteenth-Joseph v. Graf,
Seventeenth-John A Sterling
Eighteenth-Joseph b Cannon.
Benjamin F. Caldwell, {
Democrat
TWenticth-Hpnry r. Rainey I
Democrat.
Twenty-first--
Twenty econd-W A. Rodenberg. G
Twenty-third-Ma b. Foster. e
Twenty fourth
Twenty-ffth-George w. Smith. T
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07

The Ohio at Evansville viii remain
practically stationary during the next
Sc 10 ~ hours From Mt Vernon 10
Cairo. will continue falling during
the next several days.
The Tennessee from Florence 20
the mouth will remain nearly sta
tionary during the next 50 10 IS
hours
The Mississippi from below =
Louis to Cairo. no material change
during the next 50 to - nour.
p ". SMYTH.
Local Furccaster.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07

probably compounds OF nitrogen and
oxygen are formed in the air and the
bleaching effect is due to these com
pounds. Essentially different from
this method are those processes tpro-
posed by othersl in which ozone ia
used as bleaching agent and is pro-
ducod by the silent electric discharge
through air $ Letham claims that
the best results are obtained by
treating the air successfully first by
the silent electric discharge and then
by an arc discharge. Methods OF
this kind Tor whitening -four are re-
ported to be in commercial use to
some extent in the middle west and
south, but no exact information Ia
available"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
MISSOURI IN DOUBT.

St Louis, Mo, Nov. IA 1880 this
Wednesday, morning Secretary Nc
Coy, OF the Republican committee ex-
pressed confidence that Missouri had
gone Republican by a small majority
AT the same hour Chairman EyaRsyof
The Democratic committee claimed
the state by at least $4,000.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07

AS to the rationale Of this process
from the sgitator with a considerably
whittier color.
With the largest size. about 30
sacks OF -four can be treated per
hour. In the type OF machine shown
in the Illustration a doubleacting
pump draws air through a chamber in
which there is an electric arc As
the air flows through. the upper cleo
trode rises. grad ually leugiheuing the
are until 4 goes ont. when the opera
ton is repeated The bleaching ac-
ton is thus explained.
II is 10 be remarked that in this case
arc di5Lha,sa are eupiot 81 30 that
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
Metallic Life Boats.

Riyermen are interested in the re-
sui of the meeting Of the Supervising
Inspectors of Steamboats,, held in
Washington last week The object of
the meeting wa to change the rules
requiring metallic lifeboats on stern,
wheel boats. 1t is said no change wa
made, but information has not yet
been sent here.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07

knew twarn't no sea serpent, and al
/ the same time | cal'lated that ii was
probably somethin which had got
/ adrift. SO ! jest grabbed the slack Of
I the main sheet and jumped over the
( side on TO the back of the critter and
took two half bitches through that
ring.
Next thing | knew something came
swishing through the air and lit, bang
right alongside of me. 1T had er hit
I | shouldn't hev' been telling you this
story now. That's the reason we got
new hatchet, cause Bill thinking the
sea serpent had got the old man,
grabbed the ak we'd been using for
the last half dozen years and let her
go. shouted to him to stop firing
and to heave in on the sheet. and then
we got the thing up alongside and got
a look at her.
And by the Great Jumping Jehoo,
l,ibus, it developed that we'd Jest nat.
urally captured a runaway submarine
boat-one Of the identical kind that
lie the art Of naval warfare Yes sir
there she was as sound and jest a.
slick as the day she was built We
jest made her fast and waited for day
light Somehow neither one of us felt
much like sleeping, and every few
minutes we'd go and look over tho
stern to see II she was still there. OF
whether she had taken II into her
head 70 make a submarine dive while
we was forward
1T seemed a long time. but at last
morning come and with it there come
. breeze that lifted the fog. Fusi
thing We see. about a mile of. was one
OF them tramp Dago steamers She
might hey' been a Norway boat but
then. they's all Dagoes anyway. or at
least they're all jest about the same
Well. when the folks on that steamer
see Us there was great ructions owe,
there. We could see en- running
round and almost hear en- iabbering
and then they lowered boat
When { see What was going on II
came 10 me in a fash jest what had
happened. ] had read in the papers
about their building submarine for
RoOshy. and ID was evident enough
that this one was intended 20 be taken 4
over in that steamer. but the Dagoes.
not being much a. sailors anyway. had
lost The thing
Naturally Pest fell right back on 4
ny rights Us o free-5o-n Ame-ic cit .
lien ] h5la't been a sailOrman for Il /
The persistent man usually wins
he try again" fellow is a. lucky" In /
rant advertising a. he IL In all oth-s
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
AN ELECTRIC RLEACHER.
Apparatus by Which Flour is Whitenec
as II Passes Through Chamber.

A form OF apparatus for Whitening
-four By means of products Of the
electric discharge is described In
ElectrochemicaI and Metalurgical In
dustry. Says the writer;
A current Of air is passed through
4 chamber containing a long high
voltage continuous current arc, and
this air Is then used for treating -four
in an asi.ator. The result Of this
treatment is that the -four energies
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07

sale and lndiscriminate slaughter OF
these gentle and harmless animals
has, in the course Of years, had itg
effect; the method pursued by the
British government alone being suffi
cient to ultimately exterminate the fun
seal
1t may not be generally known that
what is called the fur seal is properly
speaking, the sea bear, and is prob
ably more nearly related to the bear
than to the true seal A noteworthy
item is that short, soft, thick fur
which is so beautiful is generously
sprinkled with long stiff white hair
which, in the process of dressins,
must be removed.
There are two methods employed ir
the hunting, one, referred to above, as
pursued by the British government.
being the open sea, or pelagc. sealing
The nimals are killed by spearina
them as they lay peacefully sleeping
on the water. The raids are made
in the breeding season, and the males
do not feed during that time, but
when the puppy seals are about
week old the mother ventures out to
sea in search of food After feeding
she lays asleep on the water and the
sealers steal upon her and end her
life. The pups left on land are too
small and feeble to care for them
selves, and they are simply allowed TO
a 70 hn
During tho nineteenth century the de
structiun of breeding females, literally
by the millions. sadly depleted the
herds, and practically eXterminated
them in southern waters, whence
came the most valuable skins. They
have, Cor some time. been protected by
the government and pelagic scaling in
northern waters is limited as to time,
place and manner, while only licensed
sailing vessels are permitted to en-
gage IN fur sealing.
While the British method eliminates
the reproductive class and is cruel in
it's results, the Americans, who kill on
land and select only the bachelor"
seals. are far more barbarious and In.
human in their killing. The land
drive. in itself untold suffering for
these animals. fitted with no feet for
dry lard and compelled to hitch along
with a great strain on the lumbar re-
gion. il the least of the cruelties prac-
tised IL the killing. Many drop by the
waysida during the drive" and are
lief. to die, the skins of all such having
no market value.
The bunting season is very short. as
the animals are prime for only 2S
or 30 DAYS. Consequently. everything
is done in great haste. The drive"
which extends over miles of rough.
stony country. from the sea TO the
Of some village, is hurried and
Inhuman. They arc allowed to rest
and again at the killing
grounds, but for purely commercial
reasons. for if killed while oyerheated |
and in a state of exhaustion the fur |
would ne yalueless. The next step is
10 marshal them in long column of /
from three to FIVE abreast and drive
hem between men armed with heavy /
clubs, and as they pass their skulls
are crushed The great rapidity with
which this work is conducted preventg
he cert ainty of instant death. and az
hey are cast aside in great piles.
many lie there suffering.
The poorer class. the SCARED. and
lose whose fur is not in good condi-
ion. together with the breeding seals
ire allowed TO find their way back TO
sea.
An advertisement in The Bulletin 4.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
STILL IN THE RING. SAYS HEARST

New York, Nov AT 2:l5 this
morning "wednesday Hearst said:
In view OF the result | have only to
repeat what have said in my speech
es. | am enlisted in this fight agains.
the control of the government by
trusts and corporations and will fight
it to the end
But | will serve in the ranks just
exactly as the people desire, as earn
estly and loyalty in one place as in
another The people have decided 70
retain the Republican party in power
| will make fight in ranks. therefore.
and as private citizen do my best 10
promote interests to my fellow citi-
zens.'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
Rainey.
COOK COUNTY REPUBLICAN.

Chicago. Nov. Indications point
to the election of Strasshei for
sheriff. John r. Thompson fer treas.
urer and Louis Rinaker. for county
judge, all Republican.
TIL municipal nnurl ill2nA- Will la
all be Republicans and Assistant
States Attorney Olson has been
elected chief justice. Possible excep-
lions to the election of Republican
judges for municipal court is Bar
nett. the colored nominee, who was
scratched heavily.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
FATALLY SLASHED.

Portland Maine. Nov "a des-
perats iight took place in the center
Of the city a midnight betweel four
highwaymen and three street railway
conductors. Two Of the conductors
were fatally sla-hed with razors. 4
mob Of 500 followed the robbers and
captured two Of them
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
PUASkI REPUBLICANS WIN.

Special to The Bulletin.
Mound City, Nov 6.-The whole
Republican county ticket was elected
by handsome majority. The Demo
Gratis expected only to elect Wehren-
berg as sheriff but telephone reports
from the county show that he, too,
was defeat ed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-07
OKLAHOMA DEMOCRATS WIN.

Guthrie, Okla, Nov THE consti.
tuition of the new state Of Oklahoma
will be written by Democrats Vernon
Whiting, secretary of the Republican
tonight comedies the Demo
Gratis the three delegates---while the
chairman of the Democratic committee
says there will be at least rs Demo
,ratic delegates in the convention.