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Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24
Personal Notes.

Prof G. II. JOY. of Harvard, las been
elected president of the American bri-
entail Society.
Patrick Y. Alexander English aero
nIut. has arrived in New York To confer
with members of the new Aero club. aud
with several inventors OF aifShirS.
Captain Alexander Simpson. Eng
liSI muster mariner recently completed
his &cvcnty-first voyage from London To
Australia and hack having been in that
trade for over forty years.
Edmund j. James. president of the
University Of Illinois. has declined tn.
appointment of delegate to the third Pan
American Conference. to be held at Rto.
in July on account of ill-hcalth.
The International Congress Of Phys
awarded the diploma of honor to nr.
Clarence r. skinner, Of New Haven. for
his book upon The Uses of Try. Hot
Air in the Treatment of Diseases"
Prof. Edward r. Van Week, head of
the Department Of Mathematics at Wcs-
l"Ean University. has accepted call to
the University of Wisconsin, whore he
will occupy similar chair. He lis ::
member Of the American Mathematical
Society.
DR. T. J. Bryan, analyst Of the IL
linos State Food Commission is MAXIM;
an inspection tour of tn" states of Min
ncSOta. North Dakota, South Dakota and
Wisconsin for the purpose Of obtainnG
comparative ideas for use iii connection
with the work of his department.
Prof. Andrew c. Mclaughlin, of the
University of Michigan. has accepted the
position at head of the History Depart
m"nt at the University oI Chicago. tn
succeed Prof. J. +. jameson, who resign
cd last fall to teach at the Carnegie In
stitution. Prof Mclaughlin is the a,I-
thor of numerous books, including "A
History of the American Nation" 9Th.
Confederation and the Constitution" etc.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

William Winter. the 1eading dramatic
critic Of our times. gets after the man
with the MUCK rake irs- the modern
literature Of 1the stage aiaiGcompiless an
Index cxpurgatorius in the following
vigorous fashion: "Ibson, the Nor
wegian dranatkat,A =. s0,th3Ais 'baIefut
types of the fepfarfty resultant from
hel editary disease: Pinero. the English
dramatist. with his nauseous images of
carnal vice and social corruption;
Shaw. the Irish dramatist, with his
pertness of paradox. his sophistical
immortality. and his cheap. secondhand
simmer of cynicism; Maeterlinck. the
Belgian dramatist. with his fantastic
symbolism, which is half affection and
half lunacy; and that dire charlatan
who calls himself Gabriel DAnnunzio,
the Italian dramatist. with his me-
nagerie of wanton monsters-each and
all have found a numerous following,
and each and all are equally prosperous
and diligent in polluting the silver
stream of literature. the public morals
and the PUBLIC taste! =.e.. !, ..
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24
San Francisco Insurance.

According to the estimate by New
York insurance men los insurance COM
panies with outstanding insurance in
San Francisco will be called upon to
pay approximately $144 500, 600. What
is more. it is believed that. with
possibly three or four exceptions. the
companies will pay their losses in full.
What this means is better appreciated
when it is stated that it will cover
nearly, if not quite. half the property
loss which the doomed city suffered
last week. 1t is in addition to the
millions and millions which American
philanthropy is sending from every
part of the land for the immedlate
relief OF the 800, 900 homeless people. IL
is a great relief to know that no s''cii
general insurance insolvency as loi-
lowed the Chicago fire is threatened.
Company treasures in many instances
will be emptied, and stockholders III
stead Of the joy Of dividends, VIII nave
tho woe Of assessments, but the money
essS~S''''
will be found But 40 companies ana
these mostly small. paid their Chicaso
losses in 1S71-the total paid being only
= oc, OOO though the loss was well up
TO 5000. .OoO. .OOO This splendid showing
Of the insurance companies of our
times is made the text of timely
editorial by the New York Globe. In
touching on the frequent criticism of
insurance companies, the Globe says.
Recently the habit of railing at cor
porations and all their works has be-
come a popular pastime. Examining
the figures of normal years COM
plant has grown that premiums are
too high-have reached the level of al
most robbery. Such calamity as
that of this week tends to correct the
strahismus of these views. What
would be 'Frisco's outlook if a neStegg
equal to half the loss were not imme-
Giately available? San Francisco has
discovered that corporations, and par
ticularly insurance corporations, have
their function. Slowly and patiently
funds together, nickel by
nicklc and dollar by dollar over long
series of years, the interested COM
panies are able to endure shock
which is as much of an earthquake in
a financial way as the shaking of Mar
ket street was in a material way.
Except for the association of re-
sources which the modern corporation
provides, and which can be furnished
by no other agency. San Francisco
would have vastly more cause for
Philanthropy will do much
for the stricken city. but diligently
would the hat need to be passed to
gather sl44,5OO,O00. Except for these
selfish corporations, these artificial
creatures which, as we are told, so
often forget their creator, these in
strumentalities of civilization against
Which every loose jaw is numbered,
it would take a generation or more to
repair the damage now likely to be I'M
done in less than half decade. Re-
vising the famous lines about woman,
the corporation, in our hours of eaSc
thing comforting no pleasure. is p
grateful reliance when catastrophe
comes"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24
be seriously grHhseH =

Gardiner suffered serious blow in
the fire of Monday morning and the
sympathy of its sister cities goes out
TO il in it's misfortune There is a little
consolation in the reflection that it
might have been much worse. for the
whole industrial section of the city was
in grave danger. The firemen made
a splendid fight and the ties that bind
our cities together were strengthened
by the prompt response to the appeal
for help Plucky Gardiner will quickly
rally from the blow. as it has from
others in the past and be buster and
better than ever.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24
Statistfcian has comr

A statisttcian has complied figures
from what are said to be reliable
records. showing that since 1887, when
the first trustworthy records we're
made. 1895. BOO persons have lost their
lives by earthquakes. OF course there
must be lbt of guess work in records
and statistics ones,Ich Subject cover
ing a period of 80 many centuries 1t
may he thas half 2 million people have
lost their l1es as the result of earth.
quakes since 1887 and the number ma,
be two or three million. Anyway, it i.
an appalling total. as an exchang,
suggests. But hew much greater tn,
total would be of those whose live
have been sacrificed in that time b,
war. by famine and by pestilence. I
is probable. that fire and flood hay
each taken more lives than earthoualk
shock. The, temperance statistical,
would also come in here and show tha
more deaths have been caused by tn
use Of stronf drink.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24
pepr,aLIcAN STATE CONVENTION

Official list. showing the rumber of
delegates which the different cities.
towns and plantations are entitled to-
% cities. 427 towns, and "A planta- =
lions entitled to 1888 delegates.
Republican State Committee.
Augusta Maine, April 20, 1906.
The basis of representation i'm the
call for the Republican State conven-
tion to he held at Portland, Wednesday.
lime 27. 1906, for the purpose Of nomi
natinc a candidate for Governor, is as
follows: each city, town and plantation
viii be entitled to one delegate and for
candidate for Governor i'm 1904. an ad
Ciiiional delegate, and for a fraction of
an votes i'm excess of 75 votes Il further
additional delegate.
That there may bc no IniSundcr-
standing. the secretary of the commit
tee has made a classification Of dele
ratcs based upon this Representation
Tle town or plantation which threw
n votes is, under this call, only cL-
,it,cd 10 one delegate. In order to get
.. cecond delegate it must have thrown
q, votes for the Republican candidate
for Governor in 1904. The fraction OF
80 votes to give another delegate. must
be i'm excess of rs votes.
II is hored that if any crrcrs arc
discovered in the list they will be
,rcmptly reported to the secretary sc
tIat all mistakes may be corrected.
S. NJ. CARTER, Chairman
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

10 take the census of the British Em-
pire Is matter of difficulty in certain
districts. A native official was ordered ~
take a census of what was known to he :,
populous village in Uganda. He returned
Win the report that there was no pop,,la- :
tioa, the explanation being that the in
haoitants had fled on hearing of his an
proach. More precise instructions vers
siven TO him and he paid another visit IA
given thus in the tabuated form: Mum.
Der OF huts. s5t: inhabitants. men Owe;
elghteen Years of age. o: men Under eirh.
Teen years OF age. 0; women, 0: children
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

With the continuance Of football in
our colleges in doubt. and hazing at
Annapolis oalsits way to extinction
again. the opportunities for the strenu-
Gus life are suffering an eclipse
Boston Transcript.
1t is true hazing at Annapolis is
having its speriadical DETERMINATIONS
but it would 6sof interest to many Of
its readers r. the : transcript would
publish list of the colleges where the
continuance of football is in doubt
Such list would not consume its
valuable space, to an extent that would
be seriously 1ltt ba& Is -
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

Never in the history of the world
great disasters has there been such an
authorizing of financial assistance as
follows the San Francisco earthquake
and fire. 1t is most substantial
EXPRESSION of sorrow and sympathy
and its promptness and extent are
calculated to make the world admire
the American way of doing such
things.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

The fight for the United States
'sepatcrship down in Mississippi is a
very complicated affair other ways than
POLITICALLY. Senator Money wants
another term and the leading candi-
dates against him are Governor
vardeman, who is his own cousin, and
Congressman Williams who is the own
cousin of his wife
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

Everybody knows in a general way
that California is the second largest
state in the Union but we gain a new
appreciation Of its size when we read
that Los Angeles is 4S2 miles from San
Francisco. or farther than the distance
from Augusta to Philadelphia.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

The property loss in San Francisco
appears to be at least twice what
Chicago suffered in the great fire OF
1871. and fully three times as much as
Boston and Baltimore each suffered in
1872 and 1904 respectively. 1t is the
record-breakingN disaster of American
history and has few things approach
ing II is the whole story of civilization.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

No doubt Elijah" Dowie, wishes it
had been Chicago instead Of San
Francisco. He could have brought
Zion City to terms in short order after
such an exhibition of his terrible
wrath.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24
GOVERNOR cosB's SPEECH.
A Trumpet Call to Duty.
(F'armington C'hronjcle.)

FarminSton Chronicle)
Governor Cobbs speech has made
profound impression throughout the
whole State. No such trumpet call to
political duty has been sounded In this
State for a long. long time. Said a
county official to us of it. "The Gov
ernor makes the issue to be. Principle
vs.. Polite wire pulling" and another
said. 1T makes Of every church a
political club
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

A Connecticut lawyer is especially in
sistent that IL jury shall consist Of peers
of his client The latter charged will,
murder, WAS Swart Italian Six red
headed talesmen accepted by the state
were excused by the defense. The law
yer thought nten of darker complexion
would give his dark client a fairer trial.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

They are now referring to it as
'Ncformed spelling" This may hurt
Andrew Carnegie's feelings. but it is a
very apt Characterization.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

Itching piles provoke profanity, but pro
farity won't cure them Doan's Oint-
ment cures itching. bleeding or protrud
any drug store
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24
Eastern Steamship Co.
kENNEBEC DIVISION
RESUMPTION OF SERVICE

HtoOWF TOV Of 5GNVIOE
Commencing THURSDAY, April 70, 1896.
Steamer city Of Augusta" leaves An
GlIsta at =. NJ. Hailpweli 31J. Card
ncr 30 and Richmond AZ connecting -
Enth at +. NJ. with main line steamer
for Boston.
RETT-RNING
Steamer leaves Union Wharf. Boston
Mondays. Wednesdays ana Fridays at y
T.. NJ. for Bath. connecting with Stram"r
CITY of Augusta" for I3iChrnond, Card
ner. Hallowcll and Augusta.
All cargo. except live sock. via. II {
steamers of this Company. is insured
against fire md marine risk.
ALLEN PARTRIDGE. Agent.
Augusta, Nainc.
C. A. COLE. Agent,
HalIowell Nainc.
CALVIN AUSTIN, Pres. & Gon1 NRr.
Boston. Mass.
aI7dtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

DR.. Fridtjof Nansen. the Arctic ex-
plorer. who has been appointed Norwe-
gan ambassador to Great Britain. is A
trIn believer in wOman's rights. He and
al that relates to athletics and thn
STRENUOUS life Apart from his fare rs
5.n explorer. DR.. Nanser is well known as
a writer on scientific TOPICS
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

Most disfiguring skin eruptions, scroftr-
Ia. pimples. rashes. etc. are due to i'm
rure blood. Burdock Blood Bttcrs is n
cleansing blood tonic. Makes you clear
eyed. clear Drained. clcar-skinncd.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

Every great city has its great dis
aster i'm tim4.s shtcaga Boston, Balti-
more, San Francisco-which next?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24
Tuesday, Aprs.aA fsoe2 d.

And the greatest of these is char
tty."
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24
ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will be taken OF
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Address all communications relating to
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BURLEIGH & FTYNT, Publishers
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

Three pardon hearings are sched-
uled for this mornings meeting of the
Governor and Council.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

The Augusta Knights Templar are
making plans for pilgrimage to Mont
real in early August.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

The Kennebec grand jury meets to-
day and it has some important busl-
ness to attend to.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

stons earachc ir two minutes. toothache
hoarSennsS. one hour: mI;scIc,chc. two
nnhrS: Sor" throat. twelve hours-Dr
thomas Electric Oil, monarch over
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24
RAILROADS AND srEAMBoAr9
s)EIII3z[ljj!lIas.ts sz)EIIQMIajlats
In Effect Oct. 8, 1905.

Passenger trains leave Augusta.
GOING WEST--.45 a. M, dlI. ,Nrott
Monday for Portland ana El.,rn u "
4. NJ, for Lewiston. F"rmrG'"r. E.,ucr
ley. Kockland. Portland. BOSTON. hIuntr.-
nj md Quebec; 1000 \. A. lpr Ernn.-
wick. lewiston Farnirgtnn RoDIIlud
Portland, Boston. Fabyaus. I.arci..t.I
and Beecher Falls 30 T. NJ. local t.
Portland: 3.i2 +. NJ, rcxrrc4.. rnr PORT
iston and Bartlett; 1l5 T.. NJ TOR So 90
diner. SO T.. NJ. local to I'nrtiIrd. II 10
f. NJ. express. ,dailv. f"r LEWISTON.
Bath. Portland and Boston.
GOiNCi EAST-I2.19 y. NJ (nigIt a..
prcss) for SkCwheptn. Bangor i;str IItr
boz. ,Calais), St John. Aro"at"ok aItI
for Skowhegan, Belfast, FoNcrnit or b.-
yond Bangor. 2.5S a. N. t"Hpreaz, lnr
Bangor, Washington 20, ana Har IiI-
bor, daily; G.3l a. NJ, fpr Water, ILL
tervilIc. Belfast. SkowhcgLn. Bangor aud
BrIcksport; 12.3J J.. NJ. Watorvitle. 20.
croft, Bangor. Old T0wn, Carihou VIZ =
& A. r. r.. Calais and St Jl"hr, 4.-s T.
IErbcr. Wash. Co. r. T.. Olt Town.
Grennviilc. 80 p. NJ. for Wat'rvIil". Oals
land, Bingham. Skowhcgan, Belfast
TuA3rott. 1reenYilIc, ifnerr. pih Town
anG Mattawamkeag; IS +. NJ, tor Va
tcrI ille and Skowhcgan.
Sundays-GoinE West, VIZ" y. ~. l"2,
and Roston. Going East l2-59 !. A..
might, Bangor; 2.5S A. NJ. TOR Bangor.
Wish. Co, and Bar Hdrbpr' rG A. NJ
for WaterviIIe, Skowhcgan and Bangor;
I'm : ACCOMMODATIONS TRAINS.
AUGUSTA TO SOUTH GARDINER
a. NJ. +. NJ. +. NJ. T.. u.
5s3siSs4 !'53H%s'' :::5 z: =: ::$ 3. 3.
SO. Ga rdin"r ar. SO 20 5.2i 90
SOUTH GARDINEk RI IT, I I AGGESTA- i 4 \,
SO. Gardiner, ". 500 100 10 5fF
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

lf you haven't the time TO exercise regu-
lariy Do;ln's Regulets will prevent
constipation They induce 81 mild. easy
healthfui action of tine bowels without
SrlpirS. ASK your druggist for them. 25c.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

Old Town boasts of a woman who
has been doing housework in the same
family for 35 years and she isn't the
woman of the house. either.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

w. l.. Bailey of Newport thought
an earthquake had struck him the
other afternoon or something equally
as terrific. He had carried about two
cords of wood all prepared for the
stove. upstairs into his shed, an arm
full at a time, when just as he depos-
tied his last load the floor gave way,
taking floor timbers, wood and Mr..
Bailey to the floor beneath, and the
washing machine followed, striking
him upon he back. also a cupboard
containing food and canned goods
mixed freely with the debris. 1t took
Mr.. Bailey fully half an hour to ex-
tricate himself from the mass of ruins
there being no one at hand to lend him
assistance. 1t is a great wonder that
no bones were broken or more serious
injury done to his body. A slight lame
ness is the worst bodily harm done. but
the state of his mind. as he thinks of
the length of time it takes to transport
two cords of wood upstairs by the
armful and the rapidity with which il
will descend, is appalling.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

The roads are drying up in places
and the worst of the hard travelling
is over.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

"OutinS" has AN article on How to
Catch Trout" Wait until the city
sport arrives. with all his theories and
ure of it. Then the country lad with
alder pole. home made line and old
fashioned hook, will show him IL string
of the speckled beauties.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

The mayilowers are a little tardy,
but will be along with early May.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

There is ii tange in Ncazic. Al old
man of 50 and a young man of 2S, both
widowers. The young man has d step
daughter So years old. who has mar
cicd the older gentleman, and in re-
turn the younger man has taken the
old mans daughter for a wife. Now
what relation are those four people to
one another?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

The famous Appalachian Mountain
Club of Boston has arranged among
an unusually attractive series of eX-
cursiOns and meetings for the coming
summer an outing at York for June
1918. The visit will include, in addi-
ton to sightseeing trip to various
places of interest in York, an ascent
of Mount AgamenticuS as the chief
event designed for the outing.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-24

Here is the unkind comment of a
Bath paper on our new steamer: IF
the City of Augusta had been built
down here on the kennebec, as she
ought. she would have looked like "a
real boat, and have been adapted to
the service mapped out for her as well.
She is fast, shallow and capaciouS, as
matters are but not beautiful in a sea-
mans eye"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-02
SEPTEMBER'S ADVENT

The advent of September affords a
good opportunity to take account of
the material progress of Los Angeles.
How does the cty's expansion at the
present time compare with the situa-
tion one year ago? Is the splendid
record of last year, at this period
equaled by the one now in evidence?
To what extent has the calamity at
San Francisco and the yellow news
paper canards about Los Angeles af-
fected the development of local busi-
ness and the upbuilding of the city?
These queries are answered in part
by certain facts familiar to all citizens.
First, the records show large gain in
the last twelve months as compared
with a like preceding period; second,
more residence tracts have been opened
and improved in the last twelvemonth
third, the present scarcity of rentable
homes and the lively inquiry by buyers
indicate increasing pressure by new
homeseekers.
1t is especially noticeable, also, that
the signs of increasing building activ-
ity show no indication of injurious
effect from the earthquake stories that
went abroad last spring. In the four
calamity the march of Improvement in
Los Angeles has been more rapid than
in any like period. And at this entry
into September the outlook indicates
general business throughout the fall
and winter season upon which we are
about to enter.
What lesson does this situation teach
to the provident citizen of Los Angeles?
Obviously it tells him that another
doubling of the city's population in five
years is as certain as the like doubling
in the last five years The ratio of in
crease bids fair to be more rapid in the
future five-year PERIOD in fact, than it
was in the last one.
Imagine Los Angeles as it will ap-
pear, in the near future, with popula.
tion of half million. Sections of the
city now regarded as far from the bus-
ness center will be rated as fairly
"close in Where now are sparsely
settled suburbs every lot will be the
site of home, and sections that now
are farm lands in the country will be
dotted with pretty cottages.
And what will be the inevitable effect
on property values? For answer look
back five years and recall property
values at that time. And as the retro
spect comes into view note the re-
minder that 1.-THE saddest thought of
tongue or pen" is why did 1 not pur-
chase then?"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-02
WIFE oUTFITTINo SCHOOL

The city Of Cleveland has appeared
suddenly in the limelight With project
for technical high school 'at which
girls win be taught to become good
housewives" The superintendent Of
Cleveand's public schools Is credited
with being the author Of the project
That official will not be actively in-
strumental in qualifying girls for mat
rimony, however, al we read that The
instructions will be thorough ana in
charge of women who have been sue
cessful as wives and mothers"
The crying need for such an institu-
tion as the one projected in Cleveland
Is pointed out thus. 1.-THE average girl
who marries nowadays is pitiably ig-
roraht of the duties the average man
expects" There is no basis for dis
putting that proposition. When the
honeymoon is ended and married life
begins to assume the phases of night
mare rather than of a sweet dream,
there is apt to be a discovery that the
wife is 'pitiably ignorant Of the duties
she is expected to perform"
But how about the husband7 ? why
should not Cleveland establish twin
technical schools for matrimonial out
fitting purposes, the second one to
prepare young men to become good
husbands? Judging from frequent un-
savory reports from the big Ohio town
there is greater need for a husband
factory there than for wife perfecting
establishment.
A glimpse at the curriculum to be
introduced i'm the Cleveland "wifery,"
as 1t might ! e called for short, is given
here: THE pupils will be taught to
sweep, to cook, to economize i'm house,
hold expenditures, to make their own
clothes, to take care of babies and to
nurse their husbands when they come
home sick"
A good program, surely Permanently
the girls will be taught how to make
nickel buy fifteen cents worth of
vegetables and how to make a $1.9S
hat look like a $40 dream" A knowl-
edge of taking care of the husband
when he comes home leg-weary and
smelling of cloves will obviously be SER
viceable. Skilled baby care may "come
handy" but that will depend on cir
cumstances.
BY all means, however, Cleveland
should make it's innovation a twin in
stitution.