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Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-27

t"ih is one of the most difficult
metals !" vaporize. but by the use Of
ne electric furnace il can readily be
<Ft hollng at the temperature of about
i.i'n degrees Fahrenheit.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-27

Peter Maler and Sailor Burke will
clash i'll New York tonight. Burke
is quite 4 slugger ana may add An
other defeat 10 Maheta already sUhg
list
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-27

On Sable island. off the coast of Nova
Scotia. troops of wild horses are to be
found. The original stock is believed
To nave landede from Spanish wreck
carly in the sixteenth century. Twen-
ty-five years ago it was estimated
that these horses numbered 600, but ut
presently there are scarcely 200. Sable
island is an accumulation of loose sand
from pair of ridges, united at the
two ends md inclosing a shallow lake.
There are tracts of grass in places, as
well as pools of fresh water.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-27

Between 1901 and 1904 the member
ship in British trade unions decreased
14.119. This. the Board of Trade saws.
is due to declining employment"
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
Miners Waqes For Januarv.

Mahanoy City, Pa, Jan. 1O.-Com-
missioner Charles P. ONeil notified
the miners and operators that the
wages of the former for January. com.
putting on the selling price of coal at
tidewater at $4.S2 per ton, will be 6
per cent above the basis fixed by the
strike commission. This is the same
as the December scale.
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
URGES MORE REFORMS
Governor Pennypacker Issues Addi-
tional Call For LEGISLATURE,

governor Pennypacker Issues Add
tional Call For Legislature.
Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 1O.-Governol
Pennypacker issued a supplementary
proclamation to his call for the extra
session Of the Pennsylvania legislature
which conYenes next Monday, so as to
include a uniform primary election
system, civil service for state Offices
and the regulation of campaign ex-
penses.
He also amends his original bill so
as to enable the legislature to pass a
bill for the consolidation Of the cities
Of Pittsburg and Allegheny eminent
lawyers having contended that it was
impossible to pass such a bill under his
original proclamation.
The governors supplementary call
was great surprise to his official ad-
visers, none of whom thought he would
make any change in his original call,
despite the pressure for a uniform pri-
mary election system and a new ballot
law.
All Of the subjects mentioned in the
call wih be considered
1t the coming extra session and will
naturally prolong the session.
Among the subjects mentioned in the |
original call are personal registration,
tate treasury reform and senatorial
md legislative reapportionment.
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
Optical ExaeEeration.

Owen Wister, writing of his expert
ence with "The White Goat and Hi.
B Country" mentions a circumstance
which will perhaps recall to naturalist.
and hunters some miscalculations OF
their own. He had Travelled across the
continent in the hope Of killing white
goats. and of course he had white
goats in his eye.
By 10 O'Clock the next morning T.
and 1 saw 300" goats on the noun
tain opposite where we had climbed.
Just here l viii risk a generalization.
When a trapper tells you he has seen
so many hundred head of game, he
has not counted them, but he believes
what he says.
The goats that T. and l now looked
at were a mile away in an air line,
and they seemed numberless. The pic
ture which the white, slightly moving
dots made like mites on a cheese. in
clined one to a large estimate of them.
since they covered the whole side of a /
hill
The more we looked the more we |
found. Besides the main army there
were groups, caucuses, families sitting
apart over some discourse too intimate
for the general public, and beyond
these we could discern single animals
moving, gazing. browsing. lying down.
"There's 100000 goatsr' said T.
Lets count EN-" I suggested. and
We took the glasses. There were thir-
y-fve.
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
SEVEN BURNED TO DEATH
Man, Woman and Five Children Gre.
mated IN Burning House.

Lewistown. Pa. jan 9. - Informa-
tion was brought here that Isaac Say
lor. his daughter, Mrs Peter Martin.
and her five children were burned to
death at their home in Pleasantview.
Juniata county. Charles Saylor and
his wife, of Altoona, who were visit
ing at the Saylor homestead, escaped.
Charles Saylor and his wife occupied
a room on the first floor, while Isaac
Saylor, his daughter and the five chill
dren slept on the second floor. During
the night Charles Saylor was awak-
ened by screams and found the house
in flames. He and his wife escaped
through window, but were unable to
render aid to the seven members of |
the family upstairs. The children who |
fell victims to the flames were: Edna,
aged II years; Earl, 10; Alice, 8; |
Stella, 6, and Charles, 10 months.
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
soIdier pIed Of Exposure.

Washington, jan 1O.-Private Muir
name, Of the 47th company of coast
artillery, was found dead, and Ser
geant Burroughs, of the same com
pany. in a serious condition in a row
boat lodged against the bank below
Fort Washington, a few miles south
of this city. The men had lost the
oars. and Murnane presumably died
as a result of exposure to the wind and
cold wave. Burroughs was removed to
a hospital
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
Shot Wife's Paramo,,r

Salem, N. j., Jan. 1O.-Information
was received here that Charles Rob
erts, colored, shot and instantly killed
Harry Moore, also colored, while the
latter was driving about two miles
from Salem with the formers wife.
The murderer and his wife then
walked 2long the road, leading the
horse and buggy containing the dead
man to a friends house, where they
awaited the authorities from here to
come for them. Both are in custody.
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
sArTLEsHIP DAMAGED
The Kentucky collided With Alabama
While Latter Was Aground.

nc NSntuCky ColHded with Alabama
While Latter Was Aground.
New York. Jan. S.-While the bat.
tleship squadron, under command of
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans. was
proceeding to sea, the battleships
Kearsarge and Kentucky ran aground
in the lower harbor off the West Bank
light The Alabama and Illinois we're
following next in line, and before they
could alter their course the Alabama
collided with the Kentucky, striking
her glancing blow. Two hours later
the Kentucky and Kearsarge both
were foated and started for sea.
A wireless message was received at
the Brooklyn navy yard from the Ken
lucky stating that the starboard side
Of the vessel, above the water line.
had been quite badly damaged in the
collision with the Alabama. It also
was stated that the Kentucky will
come up to the navy yard for repairs.
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
II DEAD IN LANDSLIDE
Thirteen Houses Topple Into Clay Pit
at Haverstraw. N. Y.

Thirteen Houses Topple Into Clay Pit
at HaVerstraw, N. Y.
H~verstraw, N. Y, Jan. 10.-Seven-
teen persons are missing and are be-
lieved to have gone to their death
when 1S houses on Rockland street
In Hayerstraw toppled over into a pit
90 feet deep which had been cut by
clay diggers in connection with the
brickmaking industry here. Twelve
DS the persons missing were occupants
Of the fallen houses; five were among
the rescuers who went to the aid of
neighbors after the first house fell.
and were carried down when the 12
other houses went Sng over the
preciDice. The wrecRage quickly
caught fire. and those who were in
the mass were either crushed or
burned to death.
When the breakage occurred in the
long line of land which formed the
ragged edge of Rockland street. one
house toppled over into the pit with /
all who were living within its walls. |
The other occupants of the houses
prepared to leave their homes in the
ACE of a binding snow storm. A
number Of people who lived nearby
'ushed to their aid and were assisting
hem in getting them out when -
more houses went down carrying with
hem not only the families who occu-
lied them, but also several Of those
Who had gone to their assistance.
overturned stoves set fire to the
and fremen anne from
liles around, but when le landslide
it broke the w9 n main, thus
utting off the entire s lply.
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
CAN THEY MAKE
ROGERS ANSWER ?.
Oil Magnate Ord; ed Before New
York Supreme Court
MAY BE RELD IN CONTEMPT

New York, Jan. 1O.-The question
whether Henry H. Rogers can be COM
PEELED to tell Attorney General Herbert
S. Hadley, Of Missouri, whether the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
owns or controls three oil companies
which are selling oil in Missouri as
separate companies will be placed be-
fore the supreme court of New York
state. All the important questions
which Mr.. Rogers has declined to an
swer by advice of counsel in the last
three days Of the hearing in this city
/ were presented to the supreme court
by counsel acting in behalf OF Attorney
General Hadley, and the court was
asked to order Mr.. Rogers to show
cause why he should not answer them.
The court issued the order, and it was
served on William v Rowe, counsel
for Mr. Rogers.
The questions are in a diversity of
form, but in substance they all are:
Does the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey. either through itself or
any other person or corporation, own,
hold or control a majority of the stock
Of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company of
Missouri, the Standard Oil Company of
Indiana and the Republic Oil Company
of New York?" No matter in what
form the question has been put. Mr..
Rogers has declined to answer it. The
commissioner before whom the evil
dence IS being taken is without power
to compel an answer, but the supreme
court possesses the authority to order
Mr.. Rogers to be punished for con-
tempt of court if he declines to answer
after being ordered to do so by that
court.
Mr. Hadley wants this information to
show that the three alleged subsidiary
'r confederated companies are monopo-
izing the oil trade of Missouri in COM
'ination, and to induce the Missouri
ourts to order them ousted from that
tate
An interesting feature of the hearing
7as an invitation sent by Mr.. Hadley l
D Thomas w. Lawson, of Boston. re-
Nesting him to come to New York and
estify, if he can give any information, 1
to the three companies Mr. Hadley z
trying to drive out of Missouri.
The subpoena server who has been
ying for several days to summon H.
lay Pierce to testify before the com
issioner in this case, notified Mr..
adley that he has been unable to get
r. Pierce, who, he said, had sailed
way on steam yacht. Mr. Pierce is
airman of the board of directors Of
e Waters-Pierce Oil Company of
issouri and father of the president of
at company. The subpoena server rbt
i'd that he had pursued Mr.. Pierce and Ey
'Hi0u IiiiOu5H suite OF rooms IN sup
g hotel occupied by Mr. Pierce but Ems
At the oil man had locked himself in atte
) chamber. The server then desisted. Z
Ou
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
VIcTIM oF SUICIDAL MANIA
Doctor Took Poison Because He Could
Not Suffer Lonoer

New York, Jan. 9-Dr. R. w. Steger,
said to be a graduate of Vanderbilt
and Columbia Universities, and of a
family prominent in Nashville, Tenn,
attempted to commit suicide in the
Union hotel by taking a mixture Of
chloroform and morphine. He was re.
moved to Bellevue hospital. where
physicians san he cannot recover.
DR.. Steger took the poison, after
leaving a note saying that he had suf-
Tered from suicidal and homicidal
mania for years, and that he could not
bear the suffering longer. He willed
his body to the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, Columbia University.
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
Pauper Hanos HimseIf.

Allentown, Pa, Jan. S.-John Stauf-
fer, aged 6S years, of Lanarl1, an in
mate of the Lehigh county home since
1900, committed suicide by hanging
Eluding his guards, he slipped away
to an obscure place on the farm and
hanged himself from a tree. His wife,
who is blind, is also at the county
home.
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
100000 Hebrews TO parade.

New York, Jan. S.-Arrangements
we're made for parade of more than
10000 Hebrews through the streets
# the East Side on January % in
honor Of the memory of those killed
during the riots in st. Petersburg a
year ago. The parade will mark the
first anniversary of the massacre. A
mass meeting will be held after the
parade.
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
Family Of -Four Burned to Death,

Huntingdon, Pa. Jan. 9.-In the de.
struction by fire of their home at Cove,
this county, Robert Adams, his wife
and two children were burned to
death. The fire resulted from a de-
fectiYe flue.
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
VALUE OF NEW YORK REALTY
Shows Tremendous Increase Of ss4o,.
100000 During Past Year.

100000 During Past Year.
New York, Jan. 9.-The tremendous
increase of $S4O,OOO,OO in the value of
New York real estate during the past
year was shown by the assessments
Of the tax commissioners just issued.
The total value of real estate is fixed
at S5,400OOO,OOO. Personal property is
assessed at more than sS,4OOOOO, 900,
which is an increase of over 10000
600 during the past year.
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
court UnhoIds tbe coIor

Topeka. Kan, Jan. s.-The state su-
preme court decided that the law
passed by the last legislature, provid-
ing for separate high schools for
whites and negroes at Kansas City. is
valid. The decision paves the way for
the legislature to pass an act sepa-
rating the whites from the negroes in
all the schools Of the state.
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
Shot HIS Bride Of Two weeks.

Bridgeport, Conn, Jan. 9. - Mrs.
Stephen Leonard, a bride of two
weeks, is dying from a bullet wound
inflicted by her husband, during what
the police aver was a quarrel. The
husband is under arrest. He declares
that the revolver was accide; NsSS
charged while he was cle "a
Leonard is 21 years of age. He ~iss,t
worked since his marriage. Il (fe
resumed her work at a corsS ~
and has been supporting ~
VIII Give Miss AIics ~ -ame Gift
Ardmore, L T., Jan. 9. gb
Riders will send to Miss AM. se.
welt on the occasion of her marriage
TO Congressman Longworth next
month handsome present. United
States Marshal Colbert, secretary Of
the Rough Riders Association. has
made a request on each Rough Rider.
including President Roosevelt, for a
donation toward the present
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
Their start.

"Where did they 80 ON their honey
moon?"
ITO the hospital You see. they had
so many fool friends. Chicago Rec
ord-HeraId.
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12
Killed BY Fall Down Elevator sb.e.

Harrisburg, Ia, Jan. 8. II Lowell
Williams, an expert electrician. of
Philadelphia, fell from a ladder. .o- =
top floor of the eight-stort LIH'' ,r-
compare building headlc -
openl5 Nsshast. te
Milford chronicle., 1906-01-12

Eighteen ReVoIutionists Executed.
London, Jan. 10.-The Moscow cor
respondent of the Times says it is re-
ported that IS revolutionists were ex.
them fs4ttNIs' o,,,a, -
tory In the
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mission Of organized labor is so diff
cult that the work of church mission
ary today Is easy beside it. Organized
labor has to convert every nationality
and dialect In our country. Oreanfzed
laoor demonstrates more, practical
Christianity than any other agency. and
upon 1T will devolve the task of BRING
Ing Into the light and converting every
opponent, whether he be preacher. mar
hate' wealthy man or poor man.
one OF the encouraging features of
To-Day IS the desire on the part of learn
ed men to study its precepts. More
master minds are uniting on the side
of organized labor than ever before.
Ana there's reason! 1t is found in the
TACT that Onionism does something; it's
Denencent effects are seen and felt: the
members are honest and God-fearinr:
they endeavor to follow the Golden
Rule; they do not fatten greedy cor
porations or religious institutions. but
spend their money for that which ia
satisfying; they are not drifters-the
voice OF no monopoly alarms them. At
work they are fair and honorable, Ia.
Dor Is sold at a just recompensc. The
reward to the employer is the best work
Of his hands.
No matter what the harvest NAV be
to the sincere and fair employer of 1a-
bor-the satisfaction of having con-
tented workers counts for much to him
for he knows in such help is the sure
foundation of success, and upon this
alone he desires to build And the en-
ployer who acknowledges the integrity
s. Hh h&hest aG right hs to sell
price-that employer can absolutely
count on the employe as a man or wo-
man Of honor, considering it the high
est reward on earth to prove fa1thful
In the discharge of all duties, whether
many or few, and thus the good name
OF such an employer lives on, which
according to Bible is better than great
riches" t.ss5& # y sf. 4: 4: ,rfS =,
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NO OUTSIDE HELP. FOR
A. F. OF |. CONVENTION
Unions of Minneapolis Will Try to
Entertain National Conven-
tion Alone.
Minneapolis Business. Men Called
Upon to Finance Several
Encampments.

Minneapolis. June 14-1t the present
intentions Of the general committee
are carried out, money for the enter
tainment Of the delegates and visitors
to the convention Of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor, to be held here next
fall, will be raised wholly in and
through the efforts of the labor un-
1ons' without asking merchants and
business men to bear any part of the
expense.
1t has been the custom in nearly all
convention cities to ask business con-
Germs to aid in financing the gathering,
Tor 1t requires vast sum of money to
meet all it's requirements However.
at its last meeting, the entertainment
committee decided to levy an assess
ment on all the local unions in accord
ance with their numerical and financial
strength. That this plan is meeting
with popular favor is evidenced by the
fact that several organizations have
already made arrangements to paw
their assessments.
This summer, owing to the fact that
Minneapolis business men will be called
upon to finance number Of large un-
dertakings, including the Grand Army
encampment, the labor unions will trv
to get what funds they need over the
amount assessed against themselves bv
means OF monster picnic or entertain
ment. The former is receiving the most
1aVor at present, and it is likely that
arrangements will be made for an ont
ing 10 some convenient point.
There will be nothing doing in the
way OF getting out fake ADVERTISING
schemes. so-called souvenirs, or any Of
tne thousand and one things which are
sometimes resorted to under ordinary
circumstances to add to the funds. The
committee has gone on record in this
particular at the suggestion of the off.
Gals OF the A. F. of L., and question:
able deals Of all kinds for the purnosa
OF increasing the finances are tabooad
Ihls announcement will be a relief to
those VINO are always marked" to
put up their money for something from
winch there Is no return, and will
doubtless put the unions in a position
where the public will rally to their
support in the effort to make either :.
picnic or entertainment a big success.
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Corporation influence and the Wire.
Pullers COntrOlIThe People Are
Not in 1t.

Not in 1t.
They asked for bread and ye gave
them q stone.
jacobson of Lac aui Parle was the
popular idol of the convention and, on
an hon est preference OF the individual
delegates, could have been nominated
hands down. He and the people met
their Waterloo at the hands of the Ma
chine politicians and the corporation
influence.
A. l.. Cole Of Walker received the
nomination for governor on the third
formal ballot and Julius Block acted
as stool pigeon for him. Coles NOM
ination was foreshadowed more than
a week ago by some very excellent
judges OF the inner workings and 1t
appears to be eminently satisfactory
to the large corporation interests.
The st. Louis County delegation gave
30 of its SO votes to Cole from, the
start It's support of Cole was a fore
gone conclusion. The county conven-
tion which selected the delegates was
of the oldtime made to order sort.
The corporation interests were in ab.
solute control and both the prominent
figures in it and the manner of op-
GRAFTON strongly suggested the halcyon
days when the Minn. Iron Co. was the
politics.. ~ ~ zIas sS, , 3@}': E ,i !.
Odin Halden was showed under; but,
considering the late day at which he
entered the canvass and the prestige
and wide acquaintance OF his oppon-
ent-the present incumbent, Haldenz
made a very creditable showing. Hal
'dens' defeat Is a direct loss to this
city and, in fact, all the larger rail-
road centers Of the state; for he iss q
very earnest champion Of q more
equitable distribution OF the gross
earnings tax and could have been re-
lied upon 70 lend his entire influence
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to a proper recognition of the local

to a proper recognition of the local.
rights in the premises. E,,.5 zz
The nominees Of the convention, the
detailed report Of which has appeared
in the local press, are for the most
part commonplace and colorless; ex-s
cept that practically everything In
the northern part Of the state appears
to have been traded for the corpora.
tion candidate for governor. There is;
nothing in the ticket selected, from "a
to z, that will inspire any enthusiasm
except that artificial quantity that Is
always on tap when the Special In
terest does the tapping with Its magic
wand. Sturdy, first class men were
not lacking in the convention by any
means Their name was legion. They
did not knowingly wear anybody'ss
collar; but, under the convention sys-;
tenn Of nominations, they were hood
winked into doing the corporation bid-.
ding just the same. $50
The platform is an insincere aggre-s
gate of glittering generalities. The
endorsement Of two cent passenger
fare is about the only declaration In II.
to it or Is so remote as to have very
little direct value to the people Of the
state. We look in vain for declara-s
tion in favor Of the extension Of the
primary election law to- state officers,
municipal ownership. the initiative and
referendum or In fact any Of the re-
forms in which the people are imme-
diately interested.
The convention itself was well han-
died. Duluth; did herself proud. The.
Armory hall was filled to It's fullest
capacity and the fact that the enor-
nous crowd was satisfactorily accom-
modated speaks volumes for the ef-
forts and ability Of those having the
arran gements in charge. The weather.
was ideal and II anything was lacking
to make the stay of Duluth's guestsi
pleasant and feeable. both Inside and
outside OF the convent ton. the conn
plant On account thereof has not
reached the dignity of the spoken WORD
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STEAMER, EMPIRE
SOLD TO NICARAGUA
Vessel Cannot Now Be Seized bv II.
United States.

CITY OF MEXICO, June 13.-Tha
steamer Empire. now at Corinto. Nic-
6.asua' G' ana said to be assisting the
81. malan rebels, has been sold to
to advices received here from ss1vaan.
and cannot now be seized bv tha
United States. 'ne
Tapachula advices report that Avntl,
guatemala. has not been retaken hv
Guatemalan regiments and Ocos is said
10 De still In the possession of the rev.
Olutionists.
Ihe leaders Of the Guatemalan revo-
luton scout the adverse reports sent
out from Guatemala CITY.
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CASTELLANE CASE
Is NEARING END

PARIS, June 13-The Cast.,,ane cose
is proceeding uninterruptedly toward
final hearing. Negotiations are about
to be closed whereby decree Of a.
vorce will be secured without = CON
troversy and an adjustment will also
be effected with Count, Boni's cred
1tors, but no step has been taken to-
wards the abandonment of the case
or reconciliation of the count and