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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-18
TALKING Peace and PLANNING War.

| lasting peace OF which the poets Dream
! or will it be simply pleasant inter
| national as5embage where diplomats
| which if adopted would mean the death
to their professions? Whether or not
the conference accomplishes any good.
| il is certainly not likely to accomplish
any harm. and if it does not 10 any
thing toward abolishing war it may at
| least make new rules of slaughter
| which will tend to make war little
| less like hell than Of old.
The first peace conference was held
| light years ago and since that time
| there has been almost a continual war
| in some part of the world. TO be sure.
as a result of the court of arbitration
| established at that time. several inter
| national quarrels have been settled.
none of which, however, was serious
enough To have resulted in war. Per
hans steps will lie taken to make this
court a permanent body. sitting con-
tinuously. Certain it is that the pres
cnt conference meets under very aus
Ticious circumstances. No war is now
being waGcd by any great power and
there is no war cloud upon the horizon
which can be seen with the naked eye.
True it is that every great power goes
on preparing for war without cessation.
The army ard naval expenditures of
every power which will be re represented
at this Hague conference are much
greater than when the first conference
was held in 1899. and it is undoubtedly
true that the relative Importance of
measured largely by the killing power
of the nation which he represents.
JaDan " hich figured not at all at the
earlier conference, will be an important
factor in this conference and simply
from the fact that it has won this
higher rank by the sacrifice of a hun
dred thousand Of her young men and 6
billion dollars of treasure.
The deliberations of the conference
VIII all bc peaceful enough but it is no
Ac..rct that the delegates at each nation
viii he working all the time for their
OVID interests, AMI neither proposing
nor asserting to anything which could
possibly turn to their own disadvan-
t,ce ih Il possible war in the future.
There are many large questions 20 be
considered which were left over by the
first conference and some which have
been revealed by the recent war be-
tween Russia and Japan-thr placing
cr floating mines wher" they may sink
neutral vessels, the waiting Of Il cei tain
length of time after the declaration Of
war before beginning huStilitieS. the
Contraband Of war. the more humane
treatment Of prisoners and Woundfd,
the use If explosives from balloon" or
an=lipS. etc Th,"e things ANA many
others are likely - be discussed hy the
r,.nirr"ur" but they are all III the line
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-18

The curious name Of the anaeSthctic
"StOvainc" is due to its discOvcrer. NJ.
Fourncau. NJ. Fourncau was anxious
to pcrpctuatc his own name in con-
ncction with it, but as the anacsthctic
was Of the nature Of cocaine and no
compound resembling that could be
Contrived out of "Fourncau," he
translated the name into its English
equivalent of stove" and added the
necessary termination
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-18

TIL" Journal is in receipt of subscrip-
tl"ns to the Maine building at the
jamestown Exposition from the fol-
lowing ncrSnnS:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-18
Tuesday, June 10, 1907.

The peek boo waist crop seems lit
tie better than failure Manchester
Union.
That editor IS either stone blind or
else in the last stages Of acute
pessimism Anyway, it is sad case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-18

Switzerland has always pridcd ItS"lt
ON its Independence. ANA in fiscal mat
tcrs this proud spirit, which VIII brook
no interference with the rights OF the
individual. even by tho state in quest
nr revenue. has sometimes been OK
hibitcd in curious ways. says tn" Pan
Mall Gazette. AS the inquisitorial
methods of income tax collectors are
ahhorrcnt to the frccdom-loving Swiss.
boxes were once or twice set up in sew
craI cantons to receive the voluntary
contributions of loyal citizens. 1t was
hnrcd that this method of relying on
the public spirit Of the people would
prove successful in raising money for
public ends. but. alas for human ma
turct in the course of few years tho
collectors on opening tn" boxes. found
nothing butt rOuser buttons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-18

There are six Maine girls i'll TINS
years graduating class at Nassar,
Misses Katharine Holman and Nellie
Ryder of Bangor, Bertha Norris of
Portland, Katharine Morrill, of
Cumberland Center, Christine Pierce
of Frankfort and Anna Skinner of
Brewer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-18

The two parts Of Guilford village
which have been separated 50 long by
the absence of a bridge, were finally
united last week when the planking of
the new steel bridge WAS completed,
thus allowing the passage Of teams.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-18

Speaking of the lambkill found in
such abundance in some of the pasture
lands of Maine, ana in other states as
well, a Lewiston girl. who was visit
ing in BoWdoinham where there are a
number of big sheep farms, said to one
Of the farmers: Il have wondered if
people knew what to do when their
lambs and sheep got into the lambkill.
Sometimes they don't cat enough to
hurt them. but when they do it goes
hard with them. We lived on 4 farm
and | remember one morning grand
father found forty Of his little lambs
poisoned from eating lambkill. They
were stretched out in the pasture and
looked as if they We're dead. II" didn t
say much but had mother make Il
great lot of hot coffee and with this he
dosc'l the lambs. Strange to say.
every on" of them got W"ll. and grand
father said the hot coffee cured them.
In some way it killed the poison of the
lambkill. | don't know who told him
about il, but | have seen him try it a
number of times since then and it
always cured the lambs"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-18

After the graduations are over
comes the rush to the Maine summer
resorts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-18

A gas district proposition is now be-
ing talked up in Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-18
Maine Gossip
The Fans.


Hear the ceiling of the fans
Ere zed fans:
What a RAJ ting lot of rootera cluster
there in clans!
How they below. below. below,
While the game is under way.
AMI they call tho umpire EelioN.
Hand him lemons. s"ft and mellow.
And they cheer each dandy play
As t'eY root, root. root,
As they hUot. boot. boot.
With & Naturalization and tElhS OH
of cars
Ey The fans. fans. fans. fans,
Fans fans. fans
Mid the ruutirA and the footing of the
fans. ,,,,
Chicago ReCord-Hetald'
Already drouth complaints are being
heard.
The apple trees never bioSS"ihe"
more fully than this year.
The summer theatre at Mcrrymcet-
ing park will open next week.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-25
News Of the Day.

The Spanish Cabinet has resigned as
a result Of dissensons between liberals
and radicals over the Law Of assOcis-
tions.
America exploration of canned beet
decreased about 100000 pounds in
the year 1906, according to statistics
announced by the Department OF Com
meree and Labor
Col. John T Y. Blake, who organized
an Irish brigade for service in the Boer
army in the war against Great Britain,
committed suicide In Harlem board
ing house yesterday by inhalipg illnml'
mating gas.
What ia believed TO be the death
knell OF the South Carolina State dis.
penssry WAS sounded yesterday 10 the
State Senate, when, on test vote, it
was shown that there was majority
against the institution.
|. The attention of Congress was today
directed to the fact that the famous old
east front of the L nited States Treasury
building, with its colonuade of 30 elias.
sic columns, il rapidly deteriorating and a
request was made for I'm early appropri-
alton to replace it With granite. This
eastern front of the building was the
origins Treasury building in Washing
ton.
What is probably the most severe cold
wave that has ever swept over the north
west thia winter struck Minneapolis,
MINI, last night, and if II lasts long ter
rible suffering must inevitably result,
Owing to the recent heavy shows traffic
ia completely blocked, and the. 500 lines
yesterday called on all tarfic on $50
miles OF ils road between Glenw0Od,
MINI, and Portal Canad' The fuel
and food situation in Norrt Dakota is al.
30 growing from bad to worse, according
to news received last night.
The executors OF the estate Of Mar
shall Field yesterday filed IN the Pro
bate Court in Chicago their inventory
of the estate. 10 the document, which
gives detailed account of the estate,
the par value Of the stocks and bonds is
given, but no statement is made showing
the present cash value Of the securities.
For this reason it is impossible to make
an accurate estimate of the value OF the
estate from the inventory, but counsel
for the executors place the total value
of the property described in the inven
tory at SO, 900. 900. The exact valne
Of the estate will not be known until
the official report of the appraisers has
been completed.
United States government officials
have found numerous precedents for
Admiral Daviss action In 1895 sailors
were landed from United States war
ship to put ont a Gre on the Island oil
Trinidad, which service was gratefully
acknowledged by the Governor The
most Rev. Dr. INITIAL, lord archbishop
of the West Indies, hss cabled President
Roosevelt his thanks for Admiral, Davis's
timely aid President Rooseyell's assur-
arees to the British government have been
received with great satisfaction in London
and Earl Grey has cabled his thsrke
British government officials intimate that
Governor Swettenham's career ia at an
end. Official reports from Rear Ad-
miral Davis show that the landing CT
men additional to those put ashore 10
guard the consulate was upon the earnest
en- treaty of the Colonial Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-25
From Washington.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria GaEette.l
Washington. Jan. %.

Correspondence Of the Alexandria GsEette.l
Washington, Jan. %
la defending the action of former As
s'stant Secretary of state Pierce in &C
ceptiug money from private interests
concerned while appearing IN his Official
capacity at The Hague tribunal OF arbi-
tration. ex-senator Faulkner, represent
ing the North American Commercial
Company, stated to the ways and means
committee Of the House at q hearing to-
day that it is q common practice for rep
Fesentstives OF The government to accept
pay from private concerns under similar
circumstances Special attorneys for
the Department OF Justice make a prac-
tice of IT, he said. Poor Burton is do.
ing time in Jail for taking pay fOr prac-
liciDg before an executive department, "
said Champ Clark. whats the dil-
ference between Pierce and Burton"
Faulkner replied there WAS no moral
oifense 10 either case, but statutory
ofisnse 10 former Senator Burton's case.
fMr. Dalzel demanded why the govern
ment should pay the special attorneys
when private concerns set the benefit.
John Sharp Williams declared that the
private interests should be allowed TO
select their own representatives Mr..
Faulkner admitted that, when attorney
Tor the American Tobacco Co., he had
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-25


Senate Saws thai, on .and>hfler July ffs'
nineteen hundred and seven, all restric
tons npon the alienation, leasing, or
encumbsrins Of Indian lands, shall be
removed. This is proposed 10 tske the
place of the existing Law which Prohib'
It's Iudisns from selliog or moItgsging
any Ct the lands allotted to them, for q
period Of % years.
Memorial sef7icts in the Senate in
commemoration of the life of the late
Senator German, have been postponed
from tomorrow until Friday. February /.
Senior Godoy, who for the past year
has been Mexican Minister to Cuba, was
presented to Acting Secretary OF State
Bacon and Sydney Smith, chief OF the
diplomatic bureau, today, as the first
counselor OF the Mexican Embassy, who
will be charge dsflsires till the arrival
early next week Of Enrique Creel, the
newly appointed Mexican ambassador.
Mr. Nicholas Longworih, the Prfsident's
sOn.in-laW, secs III 10 8gain state that the
President is not a candidate and would not
accept third term. Mr. Roosevelt has said
this many times and rs he is man OF his
word everyone should take him at his word
q eliminate his name in all future discus
sions as to the republican nominee,
The President sent the following nomina-
tionsto the Senate today To be pOstmssters
in Virginia james n. Sumpter, Floyd; John
b. GtaysOn, Warrenton.
Ii is said that the Presidents secretary,
Mr.. Loeb, hiss been offered q lucrative posi-
ton with a New York corporation and that
he will resign in several months.
The matter Of the Messrs. Oliver and Bangs,
contract for the construction of the Panama
Canal was taken up at the Cabinet meeting
eoday, and it is understood en- announcement
bearing on the matter will be forthcoming
soon.
Senator Simmons has introduced child
labor bill making it unlawful for an inter.
state carrier to transport from the state OF
production into another state products Of
man or factory 10 which child labor is EN-,
ployed or PERMITTED to work in violation OF
the child labor laws Of the state in which the
factory or mine is located.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-25
The T.ts ssnatOr AIEsr.

Washington, DC. January 25.-
Hundreds OF letters and kilograms
from prominent meu in pablo and P'i-
vaie life 10 all parts of the country,
snde many from abroad, have rssched
the family of the late Senator Russell
A Alger, whose death occurred suddenly
yesterday morning. All conveyed ex-
preston of the deepest sympathy. All
day there was continual stream Of cal
Jers at the house to offer sympathy. By
midnight, tonight, all the members Of
the Senator'S family will have arrived.
Arrangements for the funeral services
had not been completed up 10 noon to-
day. The brief services at the house
at two O'Clock tomorrow afternoon will
be under the auspices of the Senate and 8
military escort will lead the cortege to
the railway station, where the remains
will be placed abroad train and sent to
Detroit, accompanied by members Of the
family and OF the Senate.
Members of the family have expressed
the wish to have the funeral services as
quiet and uupretentious as possible.
Even as it was preferred that there be
no formal funeral service in the Senate
chamber, so has it been requested Of the
War Department that there be no at
tempt to provide brigade of the mill
tary. as provided for By the military
regulations, at the funeral of major
general Of the army or former Secretary
of War. AS it will not be military
funeral, and will be held privately at
the house, Mr.. Newberry, for the family,
requested Mai. Gen. Ainsworth, mill
tary secretary, this afternoon, to provide
only a band and one squadron of csv-
airy as an escort for the cortege from the
residence on sixteenth street to the rail
way STATEN. Accordingly, orders were
issued to Col Hatfield, cOmmandant OF
the army post at Fort Meyer, to provide
the escort.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-25
The MhIfeler Murder

London, Jan. %. After diligent
search the London police who scented a
deep mystery yesterday in the murder Of
VIM. Whiteley, LondOn's merchant
prince, have learned that the murderer
is Horace George Rayner, believed to be
e schoolmaster. What his motive was
10 killing the multi-milionaire has not
been disclosed. When arrested yester-
day Rayner, even when be thought he
was dying from bis seliioficted wounds,
declared be was Cecil Whitley a son of
the man he had slain. Members of Mr..
Whiteley's family who went 10 the hos
pital 10 identify the murderer declared
that be was no relative of theirs, and
was unknown TO them. Investigation
has shown thst for the past three weeks
Rayner has lived st small London
hotel, where he told people that be was
the sou Of 8 wealthy London business
man. 1t ia superstition that he sought
to force Whitley to recognize him as mis-
son, or else attempted blackmaiI. Fol
loving an operation on the wounded
murderer today the hospital authorities
declared that he would probably recover.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-25
Conditions In Kingston.

Kingston, Jamaica, jan 20. Every
hours work toward the restoration of
this stricken city brings to light the
bodies of additional victims. Yesterday
forty mutilated aud badly decomPosed
bodies were recovered and as the recon-
structiou squad expects to invade the
business district today 1t is probable
that many more will be unearthed. Sew
eral more bodies were taken yesterday
from the ruins of the famous old Spanish
Cathedral. The reports from the only
Ing districts show that for the most part
the damage was light, except in the
city of Kingston, and the loss of life
outside the city limits was comparatively
Insignificant. One OF the most gruesome
sights Of the city today are the little
signs posted on scores of buildings and
piles OF ruins "No dead here"
Gov. Swettenhem has crawled into his
official shell and avoids even the most
determined efforts to gee him. First the
American correspondents sent him q
round robin, requesting an audience.
This was not answered Then they
called on him separately, but we're de-
MED admission. Finally, they got them.
selves up az imposingly as possible aud
marched to Government House in q
body. This time the governor was not
''at bone" Such hostility has devel-
oped between British and Americans
here tina; hotel keepers fear that Ameri-
can tourists will in future boycott ia
naicn az winter resort.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-25
Fairfax Court.

The January term of the Circuit Court
convened Monday, Judge c. +. Nicol pre-
siding.
Special grand jury was sworn, With G..
B. Spindle as foreman, and returned true
bills of indictment against lOhn Webb
for house.bresking. and Walton Temp
kins for attempted rape. Webb's case
was continued to second day of next
term and the other to the third day. the
latter being bailed for bis appearance.
VIM. Cook ADD ALERT Jackson both
colorcd J, indicted for robbery; cases con
tinued.
Com OF Va. 50 Charles Binnsand Richard
Lunsiord; indictment for grand larceny.
Nolle prosCqni entered by the Common
weslth's Attorney, by leave Of court.
Com. vs.. Wm. Davis (colored) for horse
stealing: guilty and sent the penitenfiary for
i've years Herald.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-25
Hurried from a Sleigh.

La Crosse, Wiz, Jan. 25.-The uu-
usual spectacle Of a limited passenger
train stopping in thesmiddle OF prairie
10 permit its crew to rescue Two people
who bad been Injured in a runaway, was
afforded psssengens on the Burlington
daylight Limited today. R. Flick
and Miss Gussie Fitzgerald we're hurled
from a sleigh at q grade crossing. The
accident was witnessed BY the trainmen
aud the train WAS stopped and the In
iured persons taken aboard. Miss Fitz.
geralds skull was fractured. Flick was
also badly injured.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-25
NInrean Treat,s Report.

The report of United States Msrshal
Morgan Treat, which, has Just been
submitted To ihe Attorney General OF
the United States, shows that the Fast
ern District OF Virginia. with Richmond
as its headquarters, stands first of the
eighty six districts Of the uninn 10 per.
centage OF earnings to expenses. II will
thus be noted that the Office Of Marshal
Treat is more nearly self sustaining than
that of any other MARSHAL under the
jurisdiction Of the United States.
The iees Of the Office. from the very
nature Of things, cannot srfice to pay
It's expenses, bnt 10 the csse Of the Rich
mond district they come nearer to doing
IL than those OF any other district in the
country. Indeed Richmond 10 The ab-
solute amount OF money earned for the
G vsBmsut, regardless Of percentage, is
exceeded only by New York aud Chi
csgo. Fol- living the Richmond district
10 order come Galveston, Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Tacoma and Seattle, ,Phils-
delphia, Pitisburg, Boston, Louisville,
81. Louis, Buffalo, indianapolis, Den
yer, Gan Francisco, Minneapolis, 81
Panl and baltimore. - Richmond Jour
nal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-25
suitan,s Troops Defeated.

Tangier, Morocco, Jan. 25. Rsisluli
defeated the Sultan's troops in pitched
battle this morning, The Sultan's losses
were heavy, including a colonel Of
cavalry, other officers, and lg5 men.
Though decimated, famished and ,ex
hausted, tho Sultan's army Is holding
the position it occupied before the en-
gagement. Raisluli's Losses are aot
known. 1t is expected that the battle
will be resumed shortly. There is great
anxiety at Tsngier.
While bombarding the camp of Rails
luli, the bandit, today the Morocco war
ship Turk struck rock near the Sad.
rine Islands, oil the coast of Morocco,
and went to the bottom carrying many
of her crew with her. A passing French
ship bore down on the men and picked
up many of The crew.
The Turk was the entire Moroccan navy
being the only warship under the Sultan's
colOrs. She was rated as steam transport.
She carried about 100 men. aud had severn
guns Of small calibre rugged on deck.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-25
Hint that Shea Jsry was Packed.

NJ. V. Faust, one of the Shea Jurors,
in Chicago. yesterday made the starting
announcement that q verdict was inn
possible from the start-that is any YER
dict but acquittsl.
One of the jurors announced As
soon as the jury room was reached that
he had made mp his mind for acquiltal,
that be would not consider any evidence
whatever, and that he would tie the
jury until doomsday. Consequently there
was no hope for conviction by the jury.
which,cos the taxpayers $40. 900.
The State will begin at once another
trial of the case, but 1t will be extreme
ly difficult to get another jury until the
Illinois laws are changed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-25
Murderer Hanged

Wilmington, Del, Jan. 20 Lewis
Johns, colOred, was hanged here this
morning, at 1912 o'clock for the MUIR
der Of his common law wife, Arameda
Jones, on July II. 1t was the second
hanging here in two weeks. Johns went
to his death after confessing his crime.
At the time Of bis conviction he tainted,
but he was strong hearted on the gal.
lf,ua
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-25
Cnnnanf DesfroXei.

Baltimore, Jan. 25.-The treasured
relic OF Catholicism. part of the cross on
which Christ was crucifed, and which
had been handed down to the Dominican
Sisters for centuries, was this morning
destroyed in q fierce aud exciting con-
aagraiion which destroyed the convent
and chapel OF the Dominican Sisters at
Irvington, Baltimore county. The fire
started from an overturn candslabra 10
the chapel after mass had been celebrat
ed. After many narrow escapes the
thirty sisters were all gotten out Of the
building, without injury, and took refuge
in the houses of neighbors.