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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

completed will be about nine miles
long. The saving to coastwise ship
ping in getting in and out of Boston
harbor will be enormous. Heretofore,
and currents at Cape Cod. vessels have
been compelled To make a detnnr of
nearly $50 miles. and even with this
precaution the dreaded cape has be-
come known along the coast as the
graveyard Of the Atlantic"
The construction of this canal
probably will stimulate in great de-
gree the establishment of a chain Of
canals along the coast from Maine to
structed vessels will be enabled to sail
ont of Boston harbor and pursue their
course to New York free from the
storms and angry waves of the ocean.
by bending their course down Nara
ganSett Bay and through Long Island
Sound The fact that this canal is to
Dc DUH AT last Is an lllulcdtiOn Vi HOW
thoroughly aroused is the country to
the necessity for waterway improve
ments The National Rivers & Har-
bors Congress, during the last five
years. has insisted that this question of
waterway development was among the
greatest issues of the present age.
once the coast canals are completed
steam barges will be enabled to make
their way up the hudson and Missis
sippi rivers into the Great Lake reg
ions and the interior. 1t is reasonably
certain that within the next decade
commerce will have beaten out new
paths, by reason Of artificial canals and
canaliZed rivers, and the Atlantic coast
will he a closer neighbor To the Middle
West.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11
A Cape Cod Ship Canal.

For a long, long time-almost, though
not quite. as long as there has been a
dream of uniting the Atlantic and
Pacific al Panama-men have talked of
a canal across Cape Cod. waterway
which would save our coastwise ship
ping many great losses every year And
now at last comes the announcement
that a contract has been let and actual
construction is 10 begin on the proposed
canal. The work will cost 81, 990. 900.
and il is estimated that two years and
half Will be required for the con-
srruction of the ditch, which when
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11
Some Freak Bills.

During every session OF a State
Legislature a greater or less number
of freak" bills are intrOduced-not at
the mock sessions. but in all serious
ness by members with a hobby or at
the request of crank constituents. or
course, some of these in some states
get enacted INTO laws. but most of
them are never heard from again after
The firST laugh greets their introduce
shower Of these freak bills at every
sc ssion while very few are presented
for the consideration of the law
makers in this staid and conservative
section of the country. One Of our
western exchanges. the Iowa Register
and Leader, mentions a lot that have
appeared during the past winter in
the West.
Take Texas, for instance. A bill
has been introduced providing that
every passenger train must stop at
every incorporated municipality in the
state. Should the bill pass il would
take a transcontinental flyer about two
weeks TO cross the state, for TO in
not be a very difficult matter. An
ether Texas freak is bill making it
unlawful for Il wagc-carner to work
more than twenty-six days i'll any
month, under hea"y penalty.
Missouri has sought To win first
place for freak legislation. 1t has ell
deavored to prohibit any woman from
buying more than two hats year
placing a limit OF $29S on each of
these A bin has also been intro
Guced anu gravrly urged prohibiting
anyone from playing baseball except
within an enclosure surrounded by AN
eight foot fence under II severe pen
ally.
Wisconsin has been q close second
to Missouri, its star measure being
enc requiring all women appearing on
the public stage 10 wear skirts COM
ing three inches below the knee. In
Arkansas q bill has been Introduced
prohibiting a nonresident of the state
from owning land within its borders.
Even in oklahoma, where no legisla-
ture has yet assembled, the constitu-
tional provision in favor of the direct
election Of United States senators has
a rider declaring that any member Of
the legislature who refuses to vote
for the candidate receiving the high
est number of votes at a statewide
primary shall be instantly expelled.
Other provisions allow any person Of
good moral character to practice law
without examination and to be elected
county Judge, whether he has had any
legal training or not.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11
THEY MEAN 1T.

No one should suffer a moment
longer with Piles, for DIR. Leonhardt's
HemRoid will cure any case.
A guarantee for 100000 goes with
every package of the Hem Roid.
No matter what kind you have,
Blind, Bleeding. Internal, External,
Itching. or Suppurating, DIR. Leon
hardts HemRo Will cure you.
This is strong statement but it is
supported by a thousand testimonials
from those who have been perma-
nently cured by Hem Roid.
If you are not cured you get your
money back. sl.OO at Bowditch. Web
ster & Co, of Augusta. or Dr.. Leon
narde Co., Niagara Falls, n. Y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

At last the Supreme court has given
an opinion on that much discussed
question as To the ownership of The
Isle of Pines ana the decision puts an
end to The variouS attempts which have
been made to show thai the island is
American territory. The court sim
ply states that up TO the imr Of the
negotiations for the treaty concluding
the war with Spain i'll 1898 The Isle of
Pines had been considered an integral
part Of cuba ana that as the treaty
does moi refer 10 the Isle Of Pines
specifically il must be interpreted as
including the part with the whole.
Therefore the Isle of Pines is a part Of
the republic Of Cuba and will remain
50 unless different arrangements are
made in the future. This decision will
be a great appointment To the
American colony which constitutes the
chief part of the population of the Isle
of Pines ana 10 the American Specula-
tors who have bought up most of the
land there. They win probably not
despair however Of bringing The island
under the flag by some means or other
in the due course of time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

The old Egypt mnst give way to the
new. AS the result of the bnildine1 Of
dain, an area Of over ,OOO, 900 AIDES
III the region about Philas. is soonl 10
ne submerged by periodic. Holdings
and added TO the cultivable land The
Phiiae ruins have long been con-
sidcred by Psychologists ana archaen-
logists in general. as among the most
valuable and interesting in that
wonderful region along the Nile ANA
their destruction viii be widely de-
plGrod by travellers as well as scien-
lists. However. it will be half Il dozen
years before this region will b. buried
forever under the waters Of the Nile,
and sightseers and students can do
much in that time to WreSt from the
ruins many more of the secrets Of that
fascinating ANA mysterious past which
make Egypt at once the delight and
despair Of all those who delVc into
the dead ages Of the world.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11
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Railroad
PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE.
IN effect March IS, 1907

PULLMAN CAR SERVICE.
Pullman sleeping car between Boston
and Caribou on trains leaving Boston at
700 2. NJ; and Caribou. $50 p. NJ.
All through trains run via Northern
Maine Jet.
TRAINS LEAVE BANGOR.
800 A. NJ. for Milinockct. HoultOn,
Presque Isle. Caribou. Fort Fairfield, Van
Buren, and intermediate stations.
100 A. NJ. for Katahdin Iron Works.
Millinocket, Pntten. Ashland, Fort Kert
HoultOn, I-resquc Isle. Caribou. Van Ru-
rem. Limestone. Fort Fairfield. Greenvile
1880 A. NJ, and intermediate stations.
30 =. NJ. for MllinOCket Psitten.
Houlton. Prcsque Isle, Caribou, Fort
Fairfield and intermediate stations.
4.20 p. NJ. for Dover, Greenville and in
termediate stations.
TRAINS ARRIVE BANGOR.
9.15 A. NJ. from Greenvlle and interme-
date stations
227 p. NJ. from Fort Fairfield, Van
Ruren, Caribou, Presque Isle, Houlton,
Ashland. 'atten, Millinocket, Katahdin
Iron Works.
Fort Fairfield, IIonlton, Fort Kent, Ash
vile.
ITO P. NJ from Van Buren,, Caribou,
Fort Fairfield, Pressure Isle, Houlton,
M1llinCcket.
Trains leave Bangor via Northern
Maine Jet. for Stockton and Searsport
at $40 A. NJ. and Gas F. M; arrive Sears
port 10 II a. NJ. and S.45 p. NJ. Returning
leave Searsport at G.O A. M. and ago P.
~. arriving at Bangor via Northern
Maine Jet. at 100 A. NJ. and 40 p. NJ
w. NJ, BROWN, GEO. NJ. HOUGHTON.
Gen1 Supt. PaSS'r Ira file Mgr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

Some Of the various varieties Of
Democrats in New York city are about
10 indulge in their annual Jeffersonian
dinners to emphasize before the world
how far the Democracy/of today has
strayed from the paths that jefferson
knew and now singally the wigs of
the party continue to fail Ia flop to-
gether. There will be n s3.00-per-pl
Jeffersonian dinner in Brooklyn at
which Bryan will be the leading speak
er. There will be sl0.O0-per-plate
Jeffersonan dinner at the Waldorf
Astoria where the conservative leaders
of the Democracy will hold forth. and
Hearst and his friends will have JEFF
fersonian dinner of their own at the
Hotel Savoy, the price per plate at the
latter dinner not being stated in the
newspapers. There are likely 10 be
violent disturbances in the vicinity of
Jeflersons grave while these dinners
are being held
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

Washington statisticians estimate
that the worlds output of wheat has
practically doubled within the last
thirty years. The crop Of 1875 is re-
corded as 800. 900. 900 bushels, ana the
crop of 1906 as $500. 900. 900 bushels.
OF course. the worlds population has
not doubled in that time and 50 il is
plain that more white bread is being
eaten and by more people. I'm this
supply the relative position of the
United States is practically unchang-
cd. There has been a considerable
fluctuation of volume from year to
year. but we still furnish about ONE
sixth Of The tStal supply, as we did in
1875. pnr surplus for export shows
wide variation. In 1901 Al per cent, of
the crop was sold in foreign markets,
ana in 1905 only : per cent. Averaging
export percentages by decades. "
would appear that little change has
taken place We consume at HON"
about 20 per cent. OF our crop ana SCI
abroad about 30 per cent. rs v" did 4
g, generation ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

The Peary Arctic club can't imagine
where Commander Peary can have got
that 10000, but that doesn't matter if
he has.-Boston Globe.
But Peary is likewise in the dark
and can't imagine where the story
started.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11
Augusta, Winthrop
& Gardiner Railway

Time table in effect December 10. 1896
Cars leave Augusta Post Once az FOL
For Winthrop: CPS, s.25, SEES. SIS, n.8.
lz.55, l.55', 2.25, 355. 455. 8, s Vt. 10. 30t.
For Togus: $50. $50, $50. 8. 1890. Il,
l3e. 3, 43g, g. Z, S. g., 1880.
half hour fr"m ana G ia Eyey
well only 1886 and Ii P. NJ. - ~
Gardiner for Augusta 615 A. NJ. then
every half hour till 1O.15 p. M. 1915 for
Halowell and car house only.
Hallowen for Augusta: SOS A. M. then
ev Maq Ssf b for G i rs 5; So NJ then
-, i. g. As5SS:s IT. ~
sDai!y except Sunday.
saturday only.
IF theatre is not over at 1870 car waits
for 1t.
Sunday aea car at wg s hours H ass
Rs25p'?s Is s5s ss rs 49, 515 'S i?n :.
Leaves Hospital for State House. s.55.
M H. 49, '' ISL ' Sso &c. sso q Ieav ss
Post oit TRA tn T mlngssE lafe5,
The A. NJ; car from Togus connects at
Augusta with train west.
from Hallowell and SIS from Augusta.
makes close connections at Winthrop
with train for Lewiston ard Pennington.
also connects with the 104S train east.
The 155 p. NJ. car from Augusta con-
meets at Winthrop with the 2.59 train east
and the 80 express and the 3N local
west
The P. NJ. car from Augusta connects
at Winthrop with the train east at 7.05.
The trains arriving at Winthrop at 10 a
A. NJ. and 2.59 p. NJ make good connec-
tons with cars for Augusta.
The regular forenoon train leaving Oak
land at go Belgrade at GAG and Read
field $50 make close connection with car
for Augusta. II train II late car waits
for It,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

Congressman John Sharp Williams
says that all the Democratic party
needs is a fixed star 10 guide it, The
party has had 50 many hard thumps
in the past dozen years that it has
been seeing all kinds of stars, and it is
very doubtful if it would recognize n
hxed STAR from the others. should one
happen to meet it's gaze
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11
Daily kennebse Journal
ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will b taken Of
unsigned communications.
The journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return OF re-
1ected communications.
Address all communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT. Publishers,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

The announcement of the first may
flowers of tha season comes from Bath
They Were, picked last Saturday neal
the city
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

lions Advocate: We should like to
commend heartily the practical sug-
gcstion concerning the proper use Of
our new hOliday,-Patriots' Day. 1t
ought TO be more than convenient
marker for the beginning of the base
ball season, or an opportunity for 4
days relaxation. Why might it not be
dedicated to the cause of civic right
eousness and patriotic sentiment, and
observed with exercises tending to-
ward that end? In Massachusetts
There rne day has been kept for a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

Two score years and two since the
news fr"m Appomattox echoed through
he land
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

Perhaps this mid-April blizzard was
all in honor OF Commander Pcary
lecture in Watcrvile last night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

Rather more blowing than usual is
being done for early April, but mhan-
PLY IL is all with snoWplows.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

The word comes from Washington
that a Maine boy, Harry c. McCarty
of Westbrook, has been appointed a
special agent Of the bureau Of corpora :
tons. He graduated from Bowdoin III
1900 and has been with the census
bureau since that time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11
Thursday. April II, 1907.

And now will that Thaw jury be able
to agree?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

A Maine man, Rev. Royal NJ. Cole,
who graduated from the Bangor
Theological seminary in 1863 has been
for 20 years a missionary in RitliS.
Turker. where the recent earthquake
caused so much loss and suffering.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

The IiVrrmOre Water district viii bt
one Of the next added 10 Tile lcngthcn-
ing list
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

Probably the college bascballists are
about the madd"st people in Maine
just now.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

As Steadmau was d white desperate
element
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

number of years. il is Il chosen time
for Christian E.ndeaVur conventions.
We should be glad To see some con-
certcd movement in Maine toward
giving To this day Il distinct and
especially significant meaning which
should be all its own. Its name lends
itself easily to the purpose of inculcat-
ing patriotism: why NOT use il for that
purpose? 1t is probably too late 10
attempt anything on {: large scale this
year. but is would be we'll To plan
ahead for the year 10 come.
The LarOne correspondent of the
Journal evidently does not think much
of the new law protecting gray
squirrels. Here is what he writes:
The gray squirrels must be- protected.
brI not the birds, Every gray
squirrel means fewer birds and the
Grays. have been increasing for tn"
last few years. When viii Wr learn
that birds are Il nee, SSitN ~ us? If
We couid restrict the. Expectations ON
oar birds by squirrels hawks. crows,
eats. amt worst of all, tn" small boy.
then We would soon Lave no reason 10
complain If - many insect pests"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

No trouble about six weeks sleddin!
H. March this year
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11

Don't forget that a foot of snow fell
April "A last spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-11
Maine Gossip
Precept and Practice.

Children require the utmost care.
Lr,S racket, DoysD
With all their whimS we should fnrbAar.
(Inu stop that noiSeD
Their paths with roses We should Strew
In infant mood.
Oohnny, if | come there 10 you,
Ill beat you g0odD
How sweet to watch their minds unfold
As years go by,
q GU kids will do as you are told.
Or I'll know why)
Children should be caressed and led.
We should invite
dane, out these little imps to bed
| wan, 10 Write)
Philadelphia Bulletin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-09
DELMAS IS DONE.
CONTINUED from Page One.)
Stories Invented by White.

SlOFACS AAiVeHUeU Dy WnIIG.
Mr.. Delmas declared that the stories
about Thaw's alleged wrong doing
were invented to protect White from
the wrath he felt was to come.
when Harry Thaw had convinced
Evelyn that these stories were not
true, hope began to dawn again in his
heart. The barriers which had been
set up between the two young people
were falling into ruins one by one.
The two hearts that God had intend
ed should be one were approaching
nearer and nearer until the blessed
night of December "a, 1903. 1t was a
night which might have meant a new
chapter in the misery of this child, but
fate decreed otherwise. Stanford
White, in a room in the lofty tower he
had builded. had spread a banquet in
honor of the birthday of his child vic
tim. 1t was his hope amid the sur
roundings of grandeur and treasures
of art he had gathered into his apart
and to resume the awful work he had
done.
but that night the brave man who
had devoted his life to the interests of
this girl, 81 atched her from the Jaws
of death, snatched her from the snares
of disgrace. snatched her from the man
who had been q curse to her and a
curse to himself snatched her from the
old lecher who saw in her but toy to
crafty a moments lust and then be
cast aside to go her way down the paths
of fallen women"
Mr.. Delmas' oratory held the rapt at
tention of the jury and the court room.
AFTER Thaw had rescued Evelyn Mes
bit from White in 1903" he said che
feared thenceforth that the architect
had designs upon his life and that once
he was removed the girl would be left
unprotected at the mercy of her ravish-
err"
Down to 1904.
Mr.. Delmas turned to the events late
in 1904.
I'm 1904, we find a second capital op-
Grafton was performed upon this young
girl When she was convalescent the
man who for two years had sought her
hand and who for four years had loved
her, the man who had told the girls
sad story to his mother, the man whom
she had refused because she felt their
union would tear him from his family
and social relations, that man-such
was the constancy and burden of his
love-persuaded bis mother. the mother
whom he adored, to come to New York
and see the girl whose sad story she al
ready knew and who in her woman
ly heart she could but pity. She came
to the little girl and besought her hand
for her son. The little girl who had
withstood the pleadings Of the son.
could not resist the pleadings of the
mother and so on April 4, 1905, their
parents on both sides consented and
they met at the altar and We're united.
The man pledged to the woman before
Almighty God that all through life he
would protect her.
Coming to New York. the girl met
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-09


poration was increased to seventeen
million but the charter was not
amended so the charge is made This
would give no value whatsoever to the
10000 of additional shares.
PoStof1ice Inspectors Work
The United States postoffice inspectors
have been working on the case for
Tucker on the grill for days firing cues
lions at him and delving into his books
accounts end securing all the informa-
ton they could gather with reference
to the conduct of the company
Tucker has imagined that the gov
eminent intended to have a fraud or
der issued against him and did not feel
uneasy for he boosted that he would
be able to stop the order before it ever
came into effect A start was made
along this line a number of months ago
but for some reason it was never pushed
With this experience fresh in his mind
Tucker did not think that he had any-
thing to fear from this last inquisftion.
The anti-Standard oil legislation en-
acted by the legislature of 1905 spurred
Tucker on In his carefully formulated
plans of a gigantic Independent oil
company.
In February of 1905 he organized the
Uncle Sam Oil and Refinery company
and incorporated it under the laws Of
Arizona. He first contemplated a capt.
taIization Of $5O.O00.000. but for some
reason lowered it to more modest pro-
portions and made 1t 100000 900. The
Dar value of each share was 81 The
stock consisted of two issues, 81. 00O. 900
Of preferred and SO. 600. 900 of common
stock The Arizona laws under which
corpe ratioas are organized are known
as among the most liberal A large
number of the oil companies of Kan
sas are Arizona corporations and mining
companies in other states are also in
corporated under those laws
Tucker and certain associates held all
r,f the preferred stock issued. He show
ed payment for this by making a
charge on the books of the company
and charging to himself personally $10.-
COO. II does not seem to be revealed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-09
MARKETS TODAY.
Realizing by "Longs Causes
Weakness In Wheat.
Corn Is Firm on Buying by
Shorts.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Cattle Are Quoted as Steady to
Weak.
Hogs Strong-Bulk Sales From
$6.45 to $3.50.

Chicago. April 9.-WHEAT-Realizin
by local and outside longs caused weak
selling was brought out by the LIVERPOOL
cables, which showed the wheat market
the one cent adv&nce here yesterday. Lib
eral receipts in the northwest heIpe1 TO
ditlons in Kansas and Nebraska were
still unfavOrable to the growing crop, no
rain having been reported. May opened
sold off to 765sQ7634c and then rallied
again again TO nc on buying by commission
reported receipts of 665 cars.
Wheat sentiment continued bearish
to be issued tomorrow which it was
thought might not show so much dam
Been reported. The low u point for as Nag aaS
was 1880. The close was easy with May
ssg1Ae lower at 764@7eBc.
shorts and cash interests. Local receipts
were considerably less than had been
factor. May opened a shade to 1sc higher
at 46ssc to SSqSS1kc. sold at 46Ac and then
a firm tone prevailed throughout The
high point for May was $3.50. The close
was firm with May up 14@5sc at 1850.
OATS-Trading in oats was active and
the tone was firm. There was a good
firm for the September delivery based on
opened unchanged to Ac higher at 427sc
to 43c and for a time held within that
DEMONSTRATIONS were firm be-
cause of a &c to 1Oc advance in the price
of live hogs. Trading. was light May
pork was 15c higher at SIG Lard was up sc
TIC higher at $8.471z.
WHEAT-Cash: No. 2 red, 77077Hc; No.
8 red, 75G76c; No. 2 hard, 751zG7Sc; No. 8
hard. 6S@75c; No. Northern. S1QS5c; No.
2 ditto, S0@S3c; No. 3 spring, 77@S2c.
CORNING. 2, nothing doing; No. 8, 4s4
OATs--No. and No. s. nothing doing.
RYE-Cash: 67G6915c.
BARLEY-Cash .69d70c.
FLAX, Clover and Timothy. nothing do
Ing