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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-14
LIFE SENTENCES
For Russian Political Prisoners-Re
st.icticns for the Press.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 1S.-Five IA
nous political prisoners. the last in
mates of The Schlusselburg fortress,
were taken from their cells last night
and sent to Siberia to serve the re-
mainder of their sentences. They wer"
karpovich, who killed Minister of Ed
ur;:tiOn BCgaletf in 1901 for forcibly en-
rolling student demonstrators in the
army; Gorshunin and Melnikofi. &C
completes in the assassination Of Int
rlor Minister f'ipi2guine ana organic
ers CT the fighting organiza ton of the
special revOiutionsts. Sasoneff, the
murderer of Interior Minister Won
Flehvc and his accompliccs. Sekoraky.
The sentences have been materially
amelorated by the Emperor's amnesty
decree of November last. The frOwninG
strong hold. the easements of which
since the rein of Catherine IT. when
the authors Radischef and Novikoff
We're imprisoned for their liberal ideas,
have always harbored political pris-
oners and within which most Of the OK
ecutions Of the terrorists of late years
have occurred il: now empty and the
keepers have been disbanded. Tut the
walls will be left standing as a show
place.
The council, OF ministers has decided
that the propagation by newspapers
of false rtImorS against the govern
mont, individual officials of the army
shall he punishable by two to eight
months Imprisonment and fines not
exceeding $780, In the event OF such ru-
mors causing an outbreak of illegal
acts or disturbances among the troops,
the penalty will be increased to 16
months imprisonment.
Investigation Of the renort in Mon
days disnatcEes that a massacre of
Jews had taken place at Kaladashi
Russia, shows that the affair ives OF
small Importance, that there was no
one killed.
\ plot for q renewal of armed revolt
under which Kharkoff has suffered
more frequently than any other Rus
sian city. has been frustrated by the
discovery Of the secret Typography in
which proclamations calling upon rev.
olutionsts to rise were printed.
Through the confscated documents the
leaders have been arrested.
A band OF revolutionaries today at
tackled the government savings bank
at Zabalkansky Prospect. The police
drove off the crowd before it was able
TO seize the money but in the scuffle
land consequent panic q policeman was
killed and several persons We're
wounded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-14
SAYS DOLAN lies.
Pres, HaSkins Not Salts
fed With Present Scale.
Advocated 10 Per Cent. Increase
in His Annual Report.
Special Scale Committee Working on De
mands for Thursdays Conference.

Columbus o.. Feb. 13.-William H.
Haskins, president of District NO. d.
United Mine Workers of America TO-
day made n statement regarding the
charges made by President Dolan or
the Pennsylvania bituminOuS district
against Haskins and President John
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers
Of America. He said:
"Mr. DoIan says that ] told him |
would be satisfied with the renewal
of the present agreement with the OPP
elators. ] say that Mr. DOlan'S state
ment is absolutely and unqualifiediy
untrue. In my report, which was
written before our convention, l rec
ommcndtd a 10 per cent. increase.
still favor an advance in wages. 1t
certainly comes with a bad grace from
President 3olan to try 10 shift the re-
sponsibility of his action ut Indiana
polls i'll voting for the present scale,
uTOn the shoulders OF other men.
The statement of Dolan regarding
President Mitchell j.; not evidence
enough to the miners to convince them
that Mr.. Mitchell has lost every strike
as D0lan charges. The Orca liza ton
is in better condition now than ever
and ii is dua largely to President
Nit f.l,clI"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-14
THE SCALE COMMITTEE
Working on flew Demsn da-Wil
Probably Ee Reported Today.

New York, Feb. 13-The special seal.
committee Of the anthracite mine work
ers. numbering SC men. tonight i;cId il .
first meeting since coming to New Ycrll
and took up the demands to be present.
ed to the operators at the conference on
Thursday. The subcommittee. which
has had charge Of getting til" grievances
in shape for formal presentation to the
employers, held an all-day session. bGl
was unable to complete its work. In Or
der to save time it was decided to call
the full committee together tonight to
formally go over the work that has been
completed leaving little To he disposed OF
tomorrow.
President Mitchell and the other men,
bcrs of the committee remain silent az to
the exact nature of the demands to be
made. 1t is understood, however that
the miners will put up strong fight for
q change in the methods of the board
of Cancellation. There is a growing belief
that if the operators will be liberal in
granting concessions to the miners th'
demand for the recognition Of the union
may not he pressed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-14
PEACEFUL REVOLUTION
Now Going on in ireland Says William
O'Brien, M. p.

London. Feb. 13.-William O'Rrien, The
Irish member of Parliament. in the course
of an interview today said Il peaceful
revolution is going on in ireland. The
policy of Cancellation, he said. is now al
most universally accepted by the Nation
alists. including the Orange Dcnocracy
The change had not attracted much at
tention in England but everyone in Ire-
land knows the change has taken pl;.cc.
The recent victory in West Belfast. Mr..
O'I5rien said. WAS won only through tho
assistance OF Protestant wOrkmen and
the growing alliance between the Nation
alists and Cnionists of Ireland is ac-
knowledged not only by John Redmond
but by those who a few months ego con-
scientiously opposed the policy of con-
citation.
Mr.. O'Bricn said the new attitude of tn.
Nationalsts would do much to remove
friction and assist the new government
enormously in dealing with the Irish
question.
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TO PREVENT HAZING,
Bill Before Senate to Help Matters
at Naval Academy.

Washington, Feb. 13.-The Senate
committee on naval affairs reported ia
vorably the bill Introduced by Senator
Perkins to prevent hazing at tn, Nay
| al Academy. The bill amends acts
heretofore passed and was recommend
cd by the secretary of the navy. 1t
grants the secretary the right i'm his
discretion to dismiss midshipmen and
regulates trials for hazing. defines haz-
ing and provides that it shall be the
dGly OF all officers at the academy to
report to the superintendent all facts
indicating a violation Of the anti-haz-
iiiE regulations.
Inc Dill rescinds much of the author
ity Tow hcld by the superintendent of
the naval academy and provides for a
Closer review by the secretary of the
navy OF all cases Of hazing. The act
providing Tor compulsory court mar
tiai, the court to be convened by the
superintendent of the academy. is re-
pealed unTer the bill reported today.
The superintendent in his discretion,
nay try an offending ridshipman by
courtmartial an6. if found guilty, SEN
fence nm TO Dunishments authorized
for any violation or breach Of the rules
OF The academy. The sentence shall he
subject to review by the converting
authority and by the secretary of the
Edvy.
1t is provided that the offence of haz-
ing snail consist of any unauthorized
assumption of authority by one mid
shIpman over another midshipman
whereby the last mentioned midship-
man Shall. or may suffer. or be exposed
70 suffer any cruelty, indignity. humil-
lation, hardship or oppression. or the
deprivation or abridgment of any right.
privilege or advantage to which he
shall be legally entitled.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-14
Fits EXONERArED.
Charge of Unprofessional Conduct Is
Not Substartiated.

Montpclier, VT. FEB. ia report
favorable to Atty. Gen. Clark c. Fits
of Brattleboro. was fled with the
supreme court today by the commits
sion recently appointed by the court
to investigate charges which had been
made against the attorney general of
unprofessional conduct before he en-
tered upon his present office.
The charges against Mr.. Fits We're
filed by an attorney in the interest of
several clients and We're to the effect
that he had been guilty of unprofes-
sional conduct; that he accepted Il
check for $50 to prevent the prosecu-
ton of liquor dealer and that he had
been negligent and untruthful in con-
commissioners absolve Mr.. Fits of
blame in the eases mentioned and in
concluding their report the commits
SloncrS SAY that hut little has been
found to sustain the charges against
the attorney general; that the bringing
OF these charges was due to a lack Of
familiarity with tie rules and prac-
hceS of the court" that there was no
intention on the part of Mr.. Fits to
inJure or defraud his clients and that
Mr.. Fits has Il high sense of profess
sional honor"
After the cn,r- car7n in ar,ir II
vas announced tha- ii}" iindincr of tlir
commissioners We're approved. and The
"elehdant was accordingly discharged.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-14
COTTON BOIL WEEViL
Promises to Do Enormous Damage III
the Southern States.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.-W. j. hunter
of the DEPARTMENT of agriculture. WIN
is i'm charge of the cotton DOH weeNi'
investigation. is preparing to return
to Texas. where he declares. the proo-
lem of weevil eXtermination as lar
from solution.
"Ol,r latest reports" said Mr.. Hum
fey. show that the weevil this year fas
made his customary advance OF 'o
miles eastward The unfavorable part
Of the present situation is that the late
advance puts the pest iii the lowiands
along the Mississippi river. where con-
ditious are most favorable to its eX-
istcnce. The Mississippi river cannot
be regarded as n barrier. as the weeVils
have been known to fly, % miles with
Il favorable wind. and as there is much
traffic on the stream, It is sure to be
carried in baggage.
along the Mississippi river is where
the greatest damage viii be done. All
the Southern states Will be affected
unless some new thing il; discovered.
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IN THE SENATE.
Continued from Page One.)
THE NEW FIELD GUNS.
Army Will Be Fully Equipped IN 1873
If Money Holds Out.

Washington. Feb. l3.-Gen. Grozicr
chief of the ordinance department. has
given testimony before Il sC5-conlniit-
tee of the House committee on APP
pI OPERATIONS in explanation of his esti-
mate for the field guns adopted two
years 1gC.
The now gun so he said. lis not
very much more powerful than the Old
one. 1t is of y little smaller calibre
nevertheless. firing little heavier
projectile. The principal difference in
the carnage is that for tie new gun
It permits very Ions recoil Of the
gun upon The carriage on discharge
This recoll Is sometimes over three
feet. For this reason the action OF
the gun upon the carriage in the re-
coil is very gentle and the carriage is
rot displaced nor is any time lost in
reclining the gun. Instead of firing
one or two rounds minute as was
possible with the old gun. the new
gun will be ready to fire u times il
one minute"
The general hopes to supply the
army with $50 batteries of those guns
that is at II rate Of two guns pen
thousand men for an army Of 100000
men, which he says is a very moder-
ale estimate. Thus far, he said, The
committee had appropriated enough
Tor 81 such batteries of four guns each
ii which 80 batteries have been of tn,
regular army and the reserve and 3
have been for The use of the militia
at the present rate, the supply vii
be completed in 1913.
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22.16 KNOTS.
CONTINUED from Page One.)

" Mt 1915 O'Clock a quick signal came
from the engine room that an accident
had happcned ana the great warship
was Immediately slowed up and
etopped on the course. At first the ex-
act cause of the accident was not
learned. but careful examination
showed that one Of the grasses on
lh.. crank pin Of the main engine had
entire engine being thrown out of per-
feet gear.
For six and Il quarter hours the Ter
nessee laid to outside Of Portland while
the engineers labOrcd with the broken
engine. vt last the delicate Wcrk Of
repairs was completed ana once again
the Tennessee was swung down the
course. 1t was 4.30 p. NJ when the big
:.rmOrcd cruiser made n fresh start,
blowing great clouds of smoke from
her stacks as She speedcd down the
coast for a four hours race against
time.
The n!ishap to the engine did not afr
feet the speed unfavorably, it is be-
leved. t'nhampertd by high seas, swift
winds or adverse tidcs, the cruiser
COMPLETED her four hours run at an
average speed of 20 Is knots an hour.
Tie contract requirement is % knots
an hour
1t was late when the Tennessee
reached Boston light and the trial
board came ashore in q launch. The
members left at once for New York.
The cruiser sailed for Philadelphia.
On her screw standardization trial
Sunday off Tockland, Me. the govern
ment board asCcrtaiii"d that 1868 rev.
olUtionS of the screws a minute was
necessary IL reach the contract speed
o. y knots an hour.
The trial board was in charge Of Adj
mira! Charles II. Stockton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-14
Capital .Jottinus,

Government receipts Tuesday: From
internal revenue. $2l2,75f; customs,
sd5,Ssl; miscellaneous, $i9G. 24G. Expen
ditures. $1.500 600.
Sec. Taft has agreed to deliver 4 series
OF four lectures in the Dodge series he
fore Yale University next April. His sub
ject will be '''rhe Responsibilities of Cit
izenship."
Gen. VIM. C. Oates, ex-governor Of Ala .
bama and former member of the House
of Representatives. from the Third district
of Alabama, has announced that he VIII
he candidate in the Democratic primary
of Aug. IS for alternate United States
senator.
Pure food hearings began Tuesday be-
fore the House committee on Interstate
and foreign commerce. The COMMITTEES
decided that all statements should be
made under oath. William Ballingcr of
the keokuk. Iowa, Cannin Co. the first
speaker. said interests aggrcgating be
tween $25.0O0.Cc0 and SJo,OOO,OG0 would be
affected by any law prohibiting the US.
of personalities.
Representative Longworth's bin aTprO-
priating $j,000,oC0 for the purchase Of
American legations and emb2ssi' :; in for
eign capitals will be favorably reported
upon the House committee on foreign re-
latons, which voted unanimously Tues
day in favor of recommending the bill.
| The committee fixed Friday. Feb. IT, as
the time for hearing Sec. Root on til"
consular reform bill.
George w. Beavers, the former chief
of the salaries and allowance division Of
the post Office department, Tuesday at
Washington pleaded guilty to an indict-
ment charging him with conspiracy to
defraud the government in connection
with the sale of time recording clocks
to the post Office department. lie was
imms diatcly sentenced to two years HI
the penitentiary at Moundsviilc. w. Va
The state department has received z
letter from the United States legation a
Toxic praising the crew of the battlc&hip
Wisconsin for their exemplary behavior
during their visit to Yokohama. me
Wisconsin took part in the Celebration OF
the return of Admiral Togo in 1ckohama
harbor. and though the mon were given
full shore leave not n single case OF
drunkenness or disorderly conduct was
reported.
The President Tuesday approved the
sentence of the courts martial IN the
two eases against First Lieut.. sidney
6. Burbank, who was tried IN lhe
phiIippineS In one case he WIS
charged with making false ot1icial
statements with reference to MS al
lcced marriage to Il Filipino woman
and in the other with embeZzlem"nt
of company funds. lie was sentenced
to dismissal in each case. but IN the
latter he was sentenced in addition 10
Imprisonment for Is months. The
President also approved the sentences
Of the courts martial in the two cases
against % Lieut.. Homer II. Lewis. oil
he goth Infantry. who was tried at
Fort Crook. Neb.. on charges of dup
Heating his pay accounts and embez-
element of company funds. In both
cases he was sentenced to dismissal
and in the latter was given ali addi-
tional sentence Of IS months imprison-
mpnt.
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ri THE HOUSE,
Continued from Page One.)
tons committee that many appropriat ions

tons committee that many appropriations
diverted.
The discussion then turned on the pro-
posed naval station in the Philippine is
lands. Fitzgerald took the floor in oppo-
sition to establishing the station on Sub:s
bay, with 4 contemplated expenditure of
$1j,GOO,OO0. Until the policy of the govern
ment was settleJ-whethcr We were or
We're not TO retain the islands-he urged
that no expenditure be made for pcrma-
nent defcnces 1T Subig bay.
Butler Pa, favored the Subie bay i'm
provement, and Jones, Va. opposed it.
The latter spoke of the coal problem in
the Philippines in case of war. He re-
ferred to a pending bill appropriatng s5o,-
600 to buy 800 acres of coal land on the
island of Rat;in, and said it was n good
business and strategic preparation. The
government owned the remainder of the
island, which is all coal land.
Chairman Foss, H.. OF the naval COM
mttee defended the location Of n naval
station at OlCngopo, Subwig ably. and the
consequent fortification Of that bay.
Dollars, dollars, dollars" calculated
Gaines, Tenn.
81 have been here all day and have
heard nothing but dollars and expendi-
lures. We are spending millions to MAX"
a great fort out of the Philippines, when
only last week the secretary of the treas
rrv storped &c elevators in the custom
houses Of this country because we did not
appropriatc enough money to run them.
WHY do YOU do it? You arc spending the
neonlc's tax money in the Philippines ana
making government officers ci:mp "P
stairs "
"In ORDER that the elevator man III the
Nashville public building and my Tcnne"-
see friend may feel relieved. eNpia'nea
Crosyencr. Ohio. II want to have :"
settlement read showing the treasury de-
felt nearly wiped out.
A newspaper clipping giving the con-
dition of the treasury was read.
Gillespie. Texas. who had made one ef-
fort 70 get printed in the record pc
tition he had received from the pitui'ii-
mons coal operators and shippers OF
ponnevlvania setting forth their grey
ances. made a second attempt. but PAYNE
! \ Y. made objections, whercuDon VII
li,rs. the minority leader. took the mat
for in hand end fought the motion To az
io,,rn. A rising vote. n vote pE teiiei'
and then n roll call followed.
Tho vote on the roll call carried the mo-
ton JOG to 81. 80
Adjournment was declared at DIV
o'clock.
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ment opened i'll quiet and formal FASH
ion yesterday, but presenting in its
COMP osition beWiidering field for
speculation as TO its future, exceeding
that of any British Parliament of the
last half century 1t finds the political
Situation much clearer than Il week
ago seemed possible. Il threatened
struggle for the Unionist leadership
averted and Joseph Chamberlain's fol-
lowers now deyoting themselves TO
capturing the machinery OF the party
orgsiEiza ton, cuntcnted that Former
Premier Balfour has not overthrown
the tariff reform policy.
Tomorrow UnioniSt meeting at
Lausdowne House is not likely to pre-
sent any exciting features. 1t is UNDER
stood that MIR. Chamberlain has ADAM
dOned the idea of presenting ii formal
resolution OH the tariff question. Mr..
RaifoIir will preside and deliver Il
Speech dealing with the leading points
or the Cnionist policy. The principal
outcome ri the meeting will be the ap-
pCintrlent Of committee To mvesti-
gate the party machinery.
spared the humiliation of another
election contest, Mr.. Balfour viii re-
appear III the House a fortnight hence
as the leader Of the opposition.
NJ. Chamberlain did not make his
appearance in the House Of Commons
yesterday.
ii was remarked Of the aspect Of the
House that everything had changed
except the group Of Nationalist mem
bers.
James Kerr Hardie, addressing a po-
litical meeting in London last night,
described Parliament as no longer til
first club i'll Europe. but the workshop
OF the nation" This seems also to be
the view of the Liberal cabinet Ac-
cording to rumor such an heroic pro-
gram of legislation has already been
planned that it will be necessary t"
call All autumn session.
Among the proposed measures a
leading place will be given the educa-
ton bill and the trades dispute bill. An
| Important shipping bill will be intro
Guctd with the object of making for
eign vessels in British ports conform
| to the lCcd-line regulations of the
Board Of Trade. 1t has been rumoreG
| that the government would propose a
bill for the taxation Of ground values
| but il is understood the cabinet has de-
cidcd that such Z far-rcachinG re-
form Will require careful consideration
and preparation and that therefore the
measure must be postponed until fu-
ture session.
There will he several minor bills put
forward dealing with matters interest
Ing to working men.
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WHlRLING AROUND SHAFT.
Fred MIXERS Body So Remained for
Three Hours After Death.

Rrockton, Mass, Feb. 12.-For three
hours this afternoon the body of Fred
Miller. 16 years old. was whirled about
swiftly revolving shaft underground
in the tunnel by means of which the
Dean-Tenney Co. supplies power to adj
lacent plants. Miller decended through
man-hole about 1 o'clock to adjust
belt. Three hours later Miller was
missed and when it was discovered
that the man-hole cover was off the
machinery was stopped. Investigation
disclosed his body. fearfully mangled.
suspended from The shaftinG. II is he
l:"Tcd 80! no was killed instantly
Nnn" Mil'"r lived with his parents at
106 School street this city,
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AMERICA AS USUAL
Will Soon Step in and Settle Vacations
Moroccan Tangle.

London. Feb. 1.-THE Standards
correspondent at Algcciras telegraph
ed to his paper under yesterdays date:
Il am in a position to assert the
final solution of the Moroccan dispute
will cmanate from America. Ambas-
sador Henry White is only awaiting
the right moment to submit a nropos-
al which it is believed will prove ac-
ceptable to both France and Germany.
7 have Mr.. Whites authority to state
that a successful issue is confidently
eXpectcd''
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MOTHER
AND CHILD.

Let the mother take
SCOTS Emulsion for the
two; it never fails to
benefit them both. One
can eat for two, but nour-
lshlng two is a different
thing 1t calls for a de-
gree of internal strength
that the average woman
lacks. People of luxury
are not very strong by
habit; overworked people
are weak in some func-
tons from exhaustion or
surroundings. SCOTS
Emulsion can be depend
ed upon to overcome such
conditions. 1t is a WON
derful food for a mother
and child.
SCOTT < BOVINE. 400 Pear: Street. New York
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According to arrangements made by
the Republican city committee the
general caucus for nomination of cam
didates for mayor. city marshal and
street commissioner will be held from
$50 A. NJ, to $50 p. NJ, Feb. 81 in the
vacant store at the corner of Water
street and Brunswick avenue Mayor
Knight will be unopposed for re-elec-
ton. For the other offices there will
be contest, particularly for city mar
snail. The candidates for this Office
are Frank L. Andrews. the present en-
cumbretn, and William Holbrook
Both candidates are now working hard
and the contest is watched with great
interest. For street commissioner
there are four men in the field. Chas.
PICKERING who now holds the Office.
George Cunningham. Abner Clary and
Charles Partridge.