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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-22

To the Honorable Board of Railroad Com
miSsiOncrs Of the State Of Maine
The undersigned William I. IIlincs,
Amos +. Gcral Id and George II. Terry re-
Spcctfully represent that thev are tile al
rcctors of the Fairfield x Shawmut Raft
way. corporation duly organized under
the laws of Maine. its articles of assucia-
ton having Eeen approved by your Hon
4. ID. 1909 and the organization hHvinL,
been completed BY the issuance Of til"
certificate provided for by Section =.
Chapter aiS of the Public Laws Of INg:
on the fourth day of March. a. -. 1907.
that by reason of unforeseen difficulties
ten per cent of the ca ital stock OF said
upon its road; that said corporation now
intends in good faith To comply with all
the requirements of the law and to con-
struct and operate said road.
Wherefore your petitioners respectfully
pray that Your Honorable Board will re
vivc the corporate existence and power Of
said corporation in accordance with the
statute in such case made and provided.
Dated this fifth day Of March, A. u.
1906.
AMOS +. GERALD.
WILLIAM #. HAINES
GEO. FRED TERRY
On til" foregoing Petition.
ORDERED. That the petitioners cause
10 be published a true copy of said petit
ton, and this order of notice thereon.
three days successfully in the Daily Ken
nebcc journal a newspaper published ut
Augusta. i'll tic County Of Ee1ncbcc. I'll"
first publication in said paper TO be 1T
least -four days before Monday. the 18TH
day of March. \. ID. 1905. on which day
the Board of Railroad Commissioners will
be in session at their office in Augusta.
at ten o'clock in the forenoon for The pur-
poses indicated in said petition.
J. +. PEAKS. Chairman.
For the Board CT Railroad Commissioners
of Maine.
Dated this twentieth day OF March, A.
d. 1906
A true copy.
Attest: GEO. l.. GIDpINtiS
Assistant Clerk.
mch21d3t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-22

Among the travelling libraries which
have recently been sent out from the
state institution are one each to East
Livermore, Thorndikc, Pine Point and
Brooks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-22

II not convenient to obtain Hyomei Of
BowditCh & Webster. Percy w. Means or
some other druggist it will be Forwarded
from the laboratory by mail on recent of
price.
Ithaca, N, Y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-22

el"cted co~erncr OF Georgia. and who
PLAYED a &c Conspicuous part in the recon,
ST. uction period. is now spending his de
ciiring Jays in the village of Albion, n.
y, his boyhood home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-22

Newspapers published in the United
States at the close of 1907; Wccklics, A.
As: semi-wecklics, 1879; tri-Weeklics. 81;
dailicS, = ID: total newspapers H. .255. Peri
odicals, published in til" United States at
the close of 1903; Monthlies. Ito, all other
periodicals, So; total pt iiodicals. 3.oi2: to-
tai newspapers and periodicals, 20, iSj.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-22

Kaiser Wilhelm is of medium hight. but
the German Empress is tall and that
is why the proud Kaiser will never con-
sent to be photographed beside his wife,
unless she sits while he stands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-22

Announcement was made Wednesday
at the Office Of the railroad commits
SionerS of the assignment Of hearings
on two petitions which have been re-
ceived at the Office Of the board. On
the petition Of the directors Of the
Fairfield & Shawmut Railway, asking
that the board revive the co, poratc
existence and power Of the said cor
poration in accordance with the statute
in such case made and provided, a
hearing will be held on Monday, March
26. at the office of the board in Au-
gu5ta. at ~ o'clock III the forenoon.
ON the petition of the Atlantic Shore
Line Railway. which asks that the
board make such an investigation of
the accounts and vouchers. relative to
TIE construction and improvement of
said railway and equipment thereof, as
will satisfy the board as to the actual
cash disbursements and cost thereof
since Jan. 81 1905, and thercupOn file
certificate as provided in Sec. IS Of
Chap. As of the Revised Statutes Of
Maine. q hearing has been ordered for
the same date, hour and place as that
designated in the first named petition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-22

The board of examination which had
been in session at the Office of the ad-
jutant general since Tuesday forenoon
for the purpose of examining the newly
elected officers of the First and Second
Regiments of the National Guard of
the State as to their qualifications for
the offices to which they had been
elected was concluded Wednesday af-
tcrnOon.
TIE first day was devoted to the eX-
animation CT the officers Of the Second
Infantry. and Wednesday to those of
the First Infantry, and the number
which appeared before the board was
about o6. The examination of the pa
pcrs was not concluded last night, but
as far as the work had gone at that
time. the names of the officers who
passed the examination are as given
below. The board adjourned to meet
at Portland today:
FIRST INFANTRY.
William F. Norton Second lieutenant
elecU, Co. B.
James D. Regain Captain elect. CO. f..
Second Lieut.. John ]. Maloney (tirst
lieutenant-elecD. Co. L.
First Sergeant BARLEY A. Flahcrty
tsecond lieutenapt-elecD. Co. T..
First Lieut.. Allie o. Pillsbury Captain
elect, Co. II.
Second Lieut.. James +. Carver (first
ljeutenant-elect. Co. III.
First Sergeant Albert F. p. Hyler (sec
ond lieutenant-elecO. Co. II.
Sergeant Harry l.. Lowell Captain
elect, Co. NJ.
SECOND INFANTRY.
Rev. James E. Cochrane disappointed
chaplain).
First Lieut. Arthur II. Field Captain
elect. Co. b.
Sergeant William Z. Southland FIRST
lieutenant elect, Co. q.
Second Lieut.. Harry NJ. Perry first
lieutenart-elecO. Co. L.
First Sergeant Elson A. Hosford (scc-
ond lieutenant CO. L.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-22
STATE HOUSE.
Governor Cobb Arrives at
Capital, "Wednesday.
Board Of Examination Closes
Session Wednesday.
Registration. Of Automobiles Increasing al
Office Of Secretary Of State.

Governor Cobb arrived in the city OH
train No. / Wednesday morning, COM
inc from his home in ROckland, and
will remain until after the meeting of
the Executive Council which will be
held in the council chamber Friday
morning. 1t was not expected that
the Governor would arrive, as is his
custom. until the Thursday evening
preceding the GATE of the Council
meeting, but Oh this occasion having
some correspondence to be looked af-
ter and some other matters to be at
tended to, he came to the Capitol two
days earlier. The coming Council
meeting will commence at 10 o'clock
Friday morning. 1t is not expected
that the session will be a long one, for
as far as is known at present the bust
ness to be transacted is of a routine
nature, which includes the approval of
the list of nominations announced by
the Governor last week. the monthly
roll OF accounts and such other matters
as are usually disposed of ut these
sessions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-22

The approach of the spring season is
marked by an increase i'll the number
Of applications which are received at
the Office Of the secretary of State for
the registration of automobiles ana
other motor vehicles, and for licenses
to operate the same, and commencing
with the present week the business in
that line is reported to be quite lively.
The number of automobiles which
have thus far been registered is l63,
and the number of licenses which have
been issued to operators is 1915. The
number of motor cycles registered up to
date is 90. The Portland and Boston
automobile shows it is thought will in
crease the interest in motor vehicles.
and ii is expected that the number
which will be brought into Maine dur
ing the coming season will be large
one.
\ matter which is just at present in
tereSting the owners of autos who have
sold the machines which they owned
last year and purchased a new one, or
are thinking of doing 50, is whether
or not the register number which they
carried on the first machine may be
retained for use on the new one, or
whether it viii go with the old one.
and many letters are being received
containing the inquiry. The question
is easily answered by referring to the
last paragraph of Sec. II of the law of
the road which was enacted by the last
Legislature. which states that upon the
sale Of any automobile or motor We
hiclc its registration shall expire, and
the vandcr shall Immediately return
the cert. itica:c IF registration to III"
scci etary Of state with MOTIF" Of sale.
and of the name, place "f rcsid"ncc
and address of the vcndcc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-05
Democratic chances.

New York Times.
 Republicans of prominence in Wash ington were not long ago discussins with visible concern the outlook TOT the party in the Congressional eiec. tions It was said rather openly that the Democrats might Win masorls.s .ss In the House. The advance of the Democrats may not carry them qu,le so far as that, but undoubtedly the He- publicans are face to face with the prospect of a serious loss of seats, ana States enough may be transferred 10 the Democratic side to cause no little uneasiness about the Presidential cam. paign in 1908. MT. Mccall frankly said in the House the other day that IT the Republicans of Massachusetts had sup posed the session would pass without any relief from tariff exactfons the State would have gone Democratic last November. Predictions are confidently made that 1t will go Democratic next fall with a loss of some Republican Congressman. In Iowa Secretary shaw has just had rude reminder that the tariff reform sentiment is stronger than his popularity. The Republicans or are disorganized- A Dem ocratic State Treasurer was elected Tn that State last fall. and while the tar- iff orthodoxy of Pennsylvania IS nn. shaken, there is Republican troupie enough there to give occasion for un- easfnass.
 But for the operations or MT. Hearet New York would almost certainly elect a Democratic Governor this fall, and notwithstanding tho abominably unfair and partisan Republican reapportion- ment the Legislature might even be won for the Democrats.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-05
TODAY IN HISTORY.

Name Day: Godhard. Sun rises at
 16S2.-Wlliiam Penn. published in England his frame of government for the colony of Pennsylvania. 1775.-The citizens of New York ap- point committee of 100, and invest 1t pending instructions from the Colonial Congress.
 1776.-Congress declared the authori. ty of England over the thirteen colo
 1SO4.--All officers of the American frIgate Philadelphia were liberated by the Dey of Tripoli. on the interference of the French Consul
 1s1s.-Battle of Fort Meigs. Gener- at ClSy arrived with 1000 Kentucky militia and volunteers, attacked the British. carried their batteries and spiked thetT. cannon: but having press ed too for In pursuit; were met bv a reinforcelnent of Indians, and in turn defeated, so that only 15O escaped. Into the fort before the arrival of General Clay. American loss, sixty four killed. 124 wounded. exclusive of Clay's loss. British stated their loss and that they had taken 4s5 American prisoners.
 1ss2.-Thomas rruxton. an Ameri- can naval officer, died. He. distin- guished himself in the Revolutionary war, and also in the war with France, of 1799. after which he retired from the navy. and died in Philadelphia,
 Is2s.-The Portuguese eonsuls at New York and Philadelphia dismissed by order of Don Miguel.
 merce. navigation and the boundary line between the United States and Mexico, ratified at Washington;
 1S51.-The convention of delegates from the Southern Rights Associations of the State of South Carolina, met at Charleston; forty associations repre- sented by 430 delegates. It adiourns May Sth. after resolving that with or without co-operaticr they are for the dissolution of the Union.
 1S61.-General Butler took possession of the Relay House, Maryland.
 1862.--Battle of Willamsburgh. Va, lasting all day.
 der of General Burnside at his resi- dence in Dayton. Ohio. Office of The Dayton Journal destroyed by the mob.
 Suffolk. Va, abandoned by the Con- federates and Notifications destroyed. Alexandria, La, captured by Admir-
 One hundred prominent secessionists of St. Louis sent South.
 1864-General Lee makes series | of attacks upon the Federal forces in the Wilderness 6, s, [, 5. 10. II and 12 of Mayl; during the first two days in the bloody fray that lasted from the the | 5000 men on each side killed
 1S64.-Attack on Confederate ram Albemarle by the Sarracus and six oth-
 1S75,@The railway bridge at Port age Fans. N Y, the largest wooden viaduct in the world, destroyed by fire
 1sS4-Indiana Asbury University be" came De Pauw University., ,,. opinion that Congress may fix freight over another, made public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-05
SAVED BABY
 LYONS LIFE
Untold Suffering and Constant
 MissT-Awful Sight Tom that
 Dreadful Complaint, InfantlIs Ec- zsma Commenced at Top of his Head and Covered Entire Body.
MOTHER PRAISES
 CUTICURA REMEDIES

Our baby had that dreadful eom- plaint, Infantile Eczema, which afflict- ed him for several months. commence ing at the top of his head. and at last covering his whole body His suffer- ings were untold and constant misery. in fact. there was nothing we would not have done to have given him re- lief. The family doctor seemed to be wholly incapable of coping with the disease. and after various experiments of his. which resulted in no benefit to the child. we sent to Mazon, H., to a druggist. and got full set of the Cut icura Remedies and applied as per di- rections, and he began to improve irn- mediately, and in about three or four days began to show a brighter spirit, and really laughed. for the first time in year. In about ninety days he was fully recovered, with the excep- tion of a rough skin, which Is gradu- ally disappearing, and eventually will be replaced by healthy one.
 Praise for the Cuticura Remedies has always been our greatest pleasure, and there is nothing too good that we could say in their favor, for they cer- tainly saved our baby's life, for he was the most awful sight that I ever be- held, prior to the treatment of the Cut icura Remedies. Mrs. Maebelle Lyon, 1928 Appleton Ave, Parsons, Kan, July IS, 1905."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-05
SATURDAY, MAY 5, IDoS.
A CONNECTING LINK.

Speaking of Senator Pettus The Port land Oregonian editorially alludes to him as "a living refutation of the os- Ter idea in regard to the uselessness of men who have passed the age of three score years. being now four-score and four years old. He was 75 when he entered the United States Senate: is a veteran of two wars, having come out of the Mexican War a lieutenant and out of the Civil War Gin which he fought on the side of the South) q brigadier general. Senator Pettus was born when Monroe was President: he was a man grown when Clay and Webster and Calhoun were in the Sem ate. and was nine years old when the great Webster and Hayne debate took place And withal he is eighty-four years young" is not garru- Ious. but speaks seldom and to the point, and hopes to succeed himself three years hence. His record is an exceptional one and shows not that aged men should be preferred to young men in National affairs. but that age does not always handicap endeavor or make it's subject a useless cumberer of the ground. well-furnished brains are a passport to usefulness, even though the hair that covers the head has been thinned by the blasts of time and whitened by its snow" .
 When we think or read of Clay. Calhoun and webster we are apt to re- gard it as almost ancient history, SO many and so stirring have been the scenes and events in the years which have elapsed since they were bearing such a prominent part in our Ncoun- try's affairs. And yet. the venerable Alabama Senator was old enough to have occupied a seat in the Senate while Clay and webster were living. and might have been in the lower House when Calhoun was in the zenith of his fame and power as Senator. General Pettus is Living link which connects the United States of today with the United States of more than four-sc years ago, and his man hood takes us back more than three score years. There are very few men now in public life who can look back with their own eyes on what we may fairly term the best and the worst days of our country's life. as he can.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-05
The Tao xn Alcohol.

New York Tribune.
 The Senate will show an unfortunate indifference to public opinion If It fails to pass at this session the House Dill removing the internal revenue tax on denatured alcohol used in the arts. It has been recognized for some timo past that, compared with other manufactur- ing nations, we have put an injudicious handicap on industry by taxing an es- sentiaI raw material at an excessive and artificial rate. Our internal tax on alcohol is levied on the theory that all cohol is a luxury-and 8 dele.erious luxury at that. The consumer is made to pay. for his indulgence in liquors. as he is for his indulgence in tobacco. These duties have been in a sense cor, rective, and have. therefore, been paid without much protest. But now that al- cohol has developed uses of greater economic importance than the serving as the basis ot intoxicating beverages, the old theory of taxation Is challenged; If alcohol can be made a source of heat, light and power. as well as a fac tor in many manufacturing processes, 1t is clearly q mistake to ostracize such an agent and to limit its industrial use fulness by almost pfohibitive taxation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-05
FASTEST TRAIN IN THE SOUTH.
From New York to New Orleans Tn
 Hurry With Mail.

From New York to New Orleans Tn
 Hurry With Mail.
 Ninety-seven, the fast mail train that runs from New York to New Orleans every day in the year. says The Shars shs most interesting visitors that travels this way, and people have learned to speak of her as if she were a living drawn by a powerful engine. The ne- groes of the communities through which Ninety-seven passes have great train of ali trains In calling the roll of her children to a police officer a Brooklyn negress said, and dat's lit- ttS town Between New % York and New or leans where negroes dwell there are "Ninety-sebbens," One of Charlotte's most notorious blind tigresses Is known ben" and when she walks about other persons of color stand aside. for she has a powful frame, a terrible temper sTlsnS. s1s ssS ssfSn Fit as shc is CT Sight to see dat nigger shuffle when she gifts mad"
 Ninety-seven has made her way in Northern daily papers and transact lots of business by mail are very much attached to her: Her fame has song. The believing of the bulls of Bashan could not have caused more talk than does the whistling of Nine ty-seven as she glides through the South on her mission of civilization and enlightenment.
 Ninety-seven as a machine Is inter esting. Four cars, one loaded with express one with stored mall and two with live mail matter. are drawn by an engine that is described as belong ing to class 21 by 2s inches, ten wheel passenger engine with six-inch driv- ing wheel and weighing 2S0,0O0. pounds.
 The schedules that the train must make is as follows: Leave New York at 2:05 a. m., arrive in Washington at 7;50, leave there at 8, arrive in Char lotte at 5:20 in the afternoon and leave at 5:25, arrive at Atlanta at 12:07 at night and New Orleans at 11:l6 the i01Fpw From New York to Washington the train is handled by. the Pennsylvania road and from Washington to New Or jeans by the Southern and the Louis viiIe and Nashville. New York papers that % to press after midnight arrive here before night
 Ninety-seven has the right or way over all trains. A special rule in the time tables reads to this erect: NO. 97 is superior to all trains. All riraI class trains must take the sldins at meeting or passing points ana clear tne track at least five minutes before ana all other trains ten minutes peIore Ninety-seven Is due. . nrseticafiy on time. Tn the ease of pprsins failures she has the first con- sideration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-05

sick husband. but was denied admit sisted she was "foreibly ejected' by the negro attendants. There was no Barnes implicated. so far as we know, but all the other features closely re- senlble the White House incident. Aft ter taking the stand she did for Vol iva against her husband it would have been much more creditable to her to have remained away from him. and thus have saved herself from the hu- initiation of being mistreated by negro servants. whether Dowie himself was responsible for her rough handling we can not say, but he is likely to get the blame.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-05
SIDEWALK PENCILINCS
That spItting Ordinance.

A party of citizens were talking in the lobby of downtown hotel last evening.
 Tt seems to me-" said one. that there should be revival of the anti sidewalk splitting crusade in Montgom- cry. There was much favorable com ment, both in the press, and from the leading people of the town, remember. when the ordinance forbidding spitting on the sidewalk was passed. and 1t seems pity that the feeling in a,I opposi. q. far as it is enforced now. 1t might well not he in the city code at all ! was walking down Dexter Avenue yester- day short distance behind a party of negroes. They were splitting right and left. It is disgusting habit, and one that should be prevented. and the ne- Eroes are not the only ones to blame. There are one or two corners on Dex- ter Avenue where women fSseauentiy have to wait for cars, and these cor ners seem to be the favorite places for the congregation of men. It IS impos- sible, sometimes for women to pass these corners. The law against spit ting on the sidewalk should eertainly be enforced more vigorously than they are at presently
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-05
No Appeal From Fiat of the POstomce.


 Tn the United States Senate horror is expressed al the proposition that the railroads should be compelled to carry out the orders of the Interstate com. merce Commission without the right of appeal to the courts Newspapers not wholly free from railroad influence are crying that any law which deprived the roads of their day in court would
 Yet there is one department of the United States Government Whlch m vGdes a mans private business. and, If the Postmaster General or some cheap clerk on his staff sees fit, kills the ous- fir ess and ruins its promoter without his having a chance to seek protection or relief from the courts.
 Undoubtedly the authority given the postofice to refuse It's services to per sons guilty of fraudulent practices has aided greatly in putting innumerapie is that the officials of the department | apply this correction to persons sus- pected of fraud. Hence occasional mls- | takes, which are only discovered when | the victim is bankrupted, ruined by the | power of the United States. In St. | Louis recently a concern which was
 promoting banking by mail a new i end pOuplar extension of the oanking | business-was denied the use of the mails on the ground that II was m
 solvent and fraudulent This acton
 threw 1t into the hands or recelye6T, 6 who has paid ts creditors in full ana So l per cent on its stock--a fair lndIea- 1 tion that 1t was not insolvent.. The
 plan itself received the commendation
 O. Alexander Del Mar one, of the fore
 most authorities on banking in the l United States--a fair indication thal
 it was not fraudulent But the ruined
 corporation cannot receive any mall. and cannot go into court to compel the l Postmaster General to show cause Tor 1 his prohibition.
 When the Senate has secured for 1 the railroads the right of appeal from | the decisions of the Interstate com
 meree Commission 1t might secure for | Individual business men the right of
 ar peal from the fiat of postoff1ce l clerk