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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-23
Great Increase During the
Present Year.
Exports Fifty Millions and I'm.
ports Twice as Much.
Chief Gain Is In Sugar While Tobas.
co Shows q Loss.

Washington, Nov. 22-Exports from
the United States to Cuba in the year
winch ends with next month seem
likely to exceed $4,000, 900, against
Si6,500,000 in 1906, s44, 10000 in 1905,
S32,500,0o0 in 1904, S23. 100000 in 1905,
ana $23.ooo.ooo in 1902. Imports from
the island will aggregate nearly or
quite Slo".O00.0OO, against $S5 900 900 in
1906. $S6.00O,o00 in 1905, $4,000, 900 In
1904, $5I 100000 in 1903, and $48, 500, 000
in 1902
In the nine months ending with
September. 1907. the latest period for
which figures have been received by
the bureau of Statistics of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor. tha
total value Of the exports from the
United States to Cuba is. in round
terms $4O,O0O,O0O, against a little less
than $35.0O0,0O0 in the same months Of
last year, and the total imports from
the island, $S4,000,000 against $75 ,OOO,-
600 in the corresponding months Of last
year.
The chief increase in imports from
Cuba occurs in sugar, while leaf
tobacco, the next largest value in
articles imported, shows a marked
decline. The quantity of sugar i'm
ported from the island in the nine
months ending with September OF the
present year is little less than $1,000.
100000 pounds, against slightly more
than $500, 100000 in the same months
of the preceding year; and the value.
speaking in round terms, SOS ZOO, 900 IN
the nine months Of 1907, against $54,-
100000 in the same months Of last year.
Leaf tobacco imports from the island
in the nine months ending with
September. 1907, aggregate 100000
pounds. against 1s.750,0OO in the same
months of last year. and the value, a
little less than $S.0OO,0OO, against
slightly more than 1900, 900 in the
same months Of the preceding year.
Cigars. cigarettes, and cheropts inn
ported from the island show a slight
decrease, both in quantity and value:
bananas also a slight decrease, and
oranges a marked falling OFF in value
in the nine months ending with
September, 1907, compared with the
months Of 1906.
On the export side, the increase
occurs in nearly all Of the important
articles sent to the island Flour. the
largest single item in point of value
among the articles exported from the
United States to Cuba amounts to ST.
CONTINUED on Page Sixteen.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-23
NATION TO FIGHT
BUbONlC PLAGUE
San Francisco Appeals to Gov
eminent For Assistance.
Every Precaution Taken To Check
Spread Of Disease.

Washington. Nov. 23-The burden of
fighting the bubonic plague has become
too heavy for San Francisco to bear
unaided, and the officials Of that city
have appealed to Surgeon General
Wyman of the Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service for financial
assistance. On the representation of
the surgeon general, the Secretary of
the Treasury advised the officials that
for the time being the Government
would assume the cost of the labor and
service. while the city must continue
to furnish the needed supplies aud
maintain the necessary plague
hospitals
On Sept. II the Board OF Supervisors
of San Francisco appropriated $4,000
to fight the plague and assured the
health officials that thereafter they
could count on funds to the amount of
$4,000 month for that purpose. 1t
was then assumed that this would
prove adequate for all purposes, but,
on the contrary. the expenses have in
creased until recently the cost to the
city has been at the rate Of $4,000
expenses which the Government has
agreed to meet will amount to about
$4,000 month. and that for a time at
least the city will be compelled to meet
further expenses to the amount of $25,-
600 month
Up to Nov there have been eighty
four cases Of plague in San Francisco
and fifty-four deaths The auaran-
tine has been gradually extended up
and down the coast OF course. with
the plague present, it is necessary to
make inspections far in excess Of the
actual cases of the disease. For in
stance. during the week ended Nov.
forty-five cases were inspected, of
which only two proved to be the plague.
and seventy bodies We're examined. of
which only four proved to have died
from plague. Moreover, 1895 premises
were inspected because of actual dis
ease or of suspicious deaths. In fight
ing the plague it is necessary to fight
its spread among rats quite as vigor-
ously as among human beings, as it is
spread by infected rats.
Great quantities of rat poison are
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-23
Who Has Been With Local Company
Seventeen Years

Seventeen Years.
this office. it may bo safely said that
tins matter is Of human interest
Mr.. EuSley came to the work in All
gusta from tn" machine Plant of II. II.
Harvey Of Pettingills Corner and from
the time that lie commenced work foe
the COMPANY M % the present date he
has t'ecn tnns+lIt'y employed in gas
making, taking great interest in the
work and giving his employers the best
Of faithful service
N&f'r gas is composed of tWo thirds
water and one third oil The Gil used
in the manufacture of gas is what is
known AS Texas gas OIL and is Il
very heavy. being nearly natural pro-
troleunI. 1t comes here in 5000 gallon
tanks which are placed on side track
back OF PARROTS grain store and it then
flows by gravity in pipes to the works
where it goes to the storage tanks hold
ing 1I,0GO gallons. From the main tanl,
it is taken to a small tank outside on
the second floor and is then pumped to
the smaller supply tank
AT this season OF the year 200 pounds
Of hard coal are daily used in the man
ufacture Of the gas. This coal is; burned
in the generator under forced draft fur
nished by steam turbine. The gen
orator is handled the same as a large
coal stove; the doors are opened at the
bottom and with the aid Of ralles and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-23
HOTEL GUESTS IN A PANIC
CAUSED BY iMcEMDIARY FIRE
Fire, Probably Incendiary, Damages
the Warwick at Newport News
Damage Will Amount to Several
Thousand Dollars.

Newport News. Va, Nov. I'll
Awakened by screams and cries of fire.
and finding their rooms and the halls
hiled with suffocating smoke, the
guests at Hotel Warwick became
panic-stricken early in the morning
and rushed from the building, most of
them wearing only their night cloth
ing.
The fire. which is supposed to have
been of incendiary origin, started I'M
der n stairway leading to a cellar be-
meath the offices of the Old Dominion
Land Company, which are located on
the ground floor in the northeastern
wing of the building. Before it was
discovered the fire had eaten its way
into the company's office, and the en-
tire building was filled with smoke
The fire was confined to the land office.
The damage amounted to several thou
sand dollars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-23

distributed. and every nook and Granny
is searched for tracks Of rat carcasses,
which, if left to purify. are eaten by
their fellows, who thus contract the
disease and continue to spread it. 1t is
the expectation Of the members of the
California delegation that when the
gravity of the situation is submitted to
Congress ample funds to combat the
disease will be Immediately supplied.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-23

Every housewife In Kennebeo
County, to send their OLD WORN
OUT CARPETS to the Augusta R~s.
Agency. and have them made into the
most beautiful RUGS for any room In
the home. Send for circulars ana
snipplng tags to Trouant and Bates.
los water Street. Augusta, Me.
nov6tthAsasan,os
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-23
nOv13. 1923

very latest styles out. Ask to see our
1888 Kerscy Coat in all shades it is
wonder. Prices from $500 to $500.
Ladies' Trimmed Hats, all record; to
be broken 40 per cent discount on all
our trimmed hats. We are over
stocked with hats and they must be
closed out if prices will do it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-23
Best Values We Have
Ever Offered

90 Ladits' up-to-date tailor made
{ Suits at l-3 off prices from
$3.50 TO $500. This is one of the
Beat Suit values ever offered in
agusta.
III. We have just received very lrage
xJine of Ladies' p-to-date Coats the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
New Interest In Chemistry.

The establishment of pure food COM
missions has inspired many young
men to take up the study of chemis-
try with a view to securing a position
on one of those commissions. Scores
of men, who already have qualified for
the regular drug store trade are now
devoting additional time To the study
of extra courses in chemistry. All
hope to gain federal appointment as
an expert on pure foods. Not more
than one-third of the ambitious fellows
now immured in experimental labora-
TORIES will get the position they are
working for, but the public will profit
indirectly by their present enthusiasm
because every last one of them will
become more comp lent druggists
through their studies of the adultera-
tons of foods.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

western country and its prospects.
They report having spent delightful
summer Mr.. Wright says the crops
throughout the west were never better
and everything prosperous.
Mr. and Mrs James McCrossen, of
Pasadena, Cal, arrived in the city on
Saturday night for visit of two weeks,
to visit old friends, attend the home
coming and have good time general
ly. Both are now enjoying good health
though the former was laid up for near
ly a month while at Everett, WASH,
threatened with typhoid fever. He is
now gaining rapidly in every way.
Their old time friends are delighted to
see them. They are guests of MIR. and
Mrs. M. M. Partridge.
Dan Mcdonald and Jack Howlitt
returned home Wednesday morning
from Vicksburg, Miss They had beer
with cruising party and report very
hard trip, the thermometer registering
100 degrees in the shade most of the
time, and they were not in the shade all
the time either, which reminds us of the
story of an lrishman. The son of Erin
declared his intention of gong to
Panama to work on the canal A friend
said why Pat, you won't be able to
stand it down there. The thermometer
registers 100 degrees in the shade every
day" The freshman replied by saying
Il IL Il s..r
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

WILLIAM j. BRYAN calls upon all
Democrats to Wig rously oppose what
he calls President Roosevelt's move
ment toward Capitalization" referring
to the presidents recent declaration for
national incorporation law.
Even the HamiltOnian Republican
ought to hesitate to trust congress with
any more power while the United States
senator's are elected by legislatures,
says Mr.. Bryan.
Here is the secret-it is out last p
he continues. "1'he states are annoy
ing the corporations and the corpora
tons demand federal protection from
state legislation. The president thinks
that action is most pressing as regards
those corporations which, because they
are common carriers, exercise a quasi
public Junction. The states have been
enaeting 3 cent fare laws and laws
reducing freight rates, and the railroad
managers demand that they shall be
relieved from further fear of such legis-
lation. The presidents Hamiltonian
ideas make him an easy victim and he
yields to the entreaties of the railroads.
IF it was the public he sought 70 pro-
teet, he would recommend federal
remedies which would not interfere
with state remedies-but it is the rail
road. not the public, that demands the
removal of authority to Washington.
at is fortunate that the people have
had an object lesson so recently. The
federal law stopped rebates and passes,
but the railroads make more money
than they did before The states, on
the other hand, gave the people reduc-
ton in the rates, and those who are
receiving the benefit of these reductions
will be slow to surrender the advantage
thus far gained"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
Two Historic Cabarets.

Two old Sevres cabarets, each with
an interesting history of its own, will
be included in the porcelain sale at
Christie's, says a writer in the Pail
Mall Gazette. The first, painted with
ffestoons of flowers. was formerly the.
property of Marie Antoinette, and was
given by Louise Lefevre, her valet de
pied, to George Earl of Essex, and by
him to Miss Fannie Kelly, the actress,
in 1918, from whom it descended to
the present owner, who is Miss KEEL
ly's adopted daughter. The second,
painted with musical and amatory tro-
plies, was presented by George ~
when Prince of Wales to Mrs. Rob-
fnsor the celebrated actress, and at
the sale of her husbands effects was
purchased by John Graham. In the
same sale will be found a Chippendale
mahogany bookcase, exquisitely carv-
ed, which was formerly at the Kensing-
ton palace, in the room in which
George H. died.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
BRAGG COULDN'T COME.

Cutler Post, G. A. e. held a meeting
last night and among the items of bust
ness to come before the meeting was
that of selecting speakers for the re-
union of old soldiers, which is to be
held at the fair Friday. Mayor Duncan
will make an address of welcome. to
which j. P Briggs will respond, 10 be-
half of the Post An invitation was
given Gen. Edward S Bragg, of Fond
du Lac, To attend and make an address,
but be replied to the Post as follows:
GENTLEMEN
Your very kind invitation to attend
the Marathon county fair, and take
part in the camp fire services and
soldiers reunion at the fair grounds.
received yesterday.
If | had the legs, and could stub
about among the old vets, nothing
would give me greaIer pleasure than to
shake hands with them and hear them
tell old stories, the higher the color the
better it would please ME. But as it is
must plead guilty that am unable to
answer the roll call
Thanking you for your remember
ance of me. am,
Very sincerely yours.
EDw. s. BRAGG
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
HE'LL STICK TO HIS PIPE.
One Man, at Least, Has the Courage
of His Convictions

One particular objection many of
the men patrons have to the big pa
latial hotels in the cities is that they
can't smoke their favorite pipes in
the public halls without becoming the
cynosure of all eyes. THE other ev-
ening," said guest at the St Regis,
Il sat down in one of the comforta-
BILE armchairs in the hall to enjoy my
old pipe that's been my constant
friend for the last seven years. There
were several people sitting near me
most of whom were men, and one or
two were smoking cigars or cigarets.
l didn't see a pipe in sight anywhere,
and that made me little uncertain
as to whether l should be violating an
etiquettal rule of the house l drew
out my briar and, after l had got 1t
going comfortably, / noticed that the
guests near me began to melt away
by ones and twos, until presently
was left with good share of the hall
to myself. Some of them did not
leave the hall altogether, but moved
to seats farthest from me- OF course,
I knew what the cause was, but /
didn't care. In my opinion, the man
who smokes pipe is heap sight
better than any dozen men who smoke
cigars and cigarettes"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
Opening the Door of Opportunity

Opening the Door of Opportunity
The ''Big Brother Movement" is not
bound round witt. red tape. The plat
form is simple. Its chief tenet is this:
There is 70 more practical form of help
fitness than that which sets the feet of
child victims of environment and neg
lect on the road that leads to useful citi-
.zenship. The condition of the tenement
child is not his cwn making. Whether
he is to become friend and helper or
an enemy of the state rests largely with
his neighbor.
II you believe that boy in the open
is better than boy in Jail you are in
sympathy with the movement. If you
believe that boy unaided can not al
ways overcome the tendency of unfor-
tunate environment or be happy and of
use without any of the things which
make for happiness and usefulness, you
concur in the platform. Ifyou are will
ing to do something yourself to help
boy vino needs it, and take some of
life's handicap off his underfed body and
undeveloped mind, you are doing a
great service. The profits of such work
run big IN The state, to the men them
selves, and to the future citizenship of
the country.
The efforts of the Big Brother Move
ment have been confined thus far to the
helping boys who have come into con-
flict with the law. There are thousands
of others that are in just as urgent need
as the youngsters who have been ar
rested. But beginning had 10 be made
and some of the boys who happened to
get caught are now receiving attention.
The work is bound to grow From
The Big Brothersand The Childraa's Court. I"
By Ernest X Coulter, Ia the September CIR
GLE
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
WAS GIVEN WRONG STEER.
Cleveland Man the Victim of Mean
Practical Joker.

A Cleveland (Ohio) man was COM
ing down from Toledo the other day
when he noticed a little crowd on
station platform and at once conclud-
ed 1t meant the departure of bride
and groom. The train only stopped
for minute or two but the Cleveland
man had time to see lot of hand
shaking, and then, as the train start
ed, young fellow on the platform
thrust card through the open win
dow and said, Say, old man, hand
that to the couple who just got aboard,
won't your" The Cleveland man nod
ded and the train sped on. He looked
at the card 1t bore the word Con
gratulationsi" Then he went up the
aisle to where the newcomers were
seated and smilingly handed the card
to the bridegroom. Whats this for?"
growled the stranger. Just married,
aren't your" the Cleveland man chuck
led. Just married." roared the
stranger. Just married! Why, you
miserable shrimp, me an my wife
here are havin' spat at this very mo-
ment over what we are goin' to do
with our 21-year-old son! Just mar
ried! You measly little" But the
Cleveland man had fed. And now he
vows he'll never again be made a
catspaw for another practical joker.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
THE VALUE OF APPRECIATION.
Few Realize the Worth Of Appropriate
Words of Praise.

Has 1t ever struck you what a sweet
ener of life lies in a few words of ap-
probation and encouragement? How
few of us take the trouble to stop a
few minutes and praise servant for
work wen done, or even pause to tell
our nearest and dearest how we ap-
preciate all the daily services which
we have apparently never noticed.
When our friends die we hasten to
send beautiful flowers as q last appre-
citation of our love for them. But
would 1t not be better IL we had help
ed them by a little praise when they
were working, or IL we had cheered
them in the dark days when they were
troubled and suffering? Only a few
words of appreciation The cost is
nothing, but the recompense Is beyond
price. Let the husband tell his wife
how much he prizes her love for him,
and the wife tell her husband how
truly she recognizes all his care for
her, and the mother should reveal in
words how much she values her chill
dren's affection, while the child who
says to its mother, Thank you for all
your love to me- has rewarded her
far beyond knowledge or understand
ing
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
Reassurfne The People.

The unexpected happened in Presi-
dent Roosevelts Pilgrim speech. Wall
street and the financial interests were
waiting expeetantly to be treasured"
Everything was in preparation to re-
eeive the good news. Stocks were to
be boomed-the good times aud the
faded bloom on the cheek of ''pros,
perity" were to be restored. Had not
eminent financiers with access to news
paper offices owned by them been
privileged to read the presidents speech
in advances Was it not known and
bruited about that his tune had been
lowered to minor key-that he was
coming down gracefully, bit surely,
from his antitrust perchs
The president spoke, but there was
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
EAU CLAIRE NEIGHgoRuoop.

EAU CLAIRE NEIGHBoRHOOD.
Dave Gleason. Jr.. arrived home from
Sumter, Ala, last Thursday to visit his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Gleason.
ID. f. Wells and son, Lloyd, and
Deputy County Surveyor Swope, of
Wausau, was in the neighborhood
Thursday doing some surveying for the
former.
The carpenters are doing the interior
work on Louis Schoepke's house.
When complete Louis will have. one of
the neatest and up-to-date houses in the
neighborhood.
Mrs. James Barden and daughter
Florence returned home from Arnott
last Sunday.
Otto Zillmer will sell his live stock,
farming utensils and household goods
at auction next Monday, Sept. 9th.
Barden Brothers expect to start out
with their hay press the first of next
week.
Harry Heinemann, of Wausau, was
in the neighborhood last Monday.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

no dove-like cooling He Numbered
and from his appraised hands scattered
bolts of lightning among the amazed
and disconnected financiers. Acknowl-
edging that he had been beset, impor-
tuned and pleaded with, threatened and
cajoled, to alter his course, he declared
that he stood as immoyable as the ever
lasting h;lls-that his course had been
mapped out and that he pnrposed TO
follow it to tne end Justice will
be done, even though the heavens shall
fall. "Once and for all, F." he Numbered,
''lct me say that as far as l am con-
cerned, and Cor the eighteen months OF
my administration that remain, there
will be no change in the policy we have
steadily pursued, nor let up in the ef-
fort to secure the honest observance OF
the law, for | regard iris contest as
one to determine who shall rule this
goyernment-the people through their
government agents, or few ruthless
and determined men, whose wealth
makes them particularly formidable
because they are behind the breast
works of corporate organization.
The presidents speech only treasured
the people. 1t has given new heart to
the foes of corporate greed. 1t has
armed the enemies of predatory plu-
tocracy. No quarter is to be shown
to banded wealth-the rich malefactor
must answer for his crimes. The
square deap' knows no friend or foe.
1t is as blind as justice and as mex
orable as fate.-Milwaukee News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
DRIVER TELLS OF STRAIN.
Nervous Tension Of Man at Wheel Of
Automobile.

The nervous tension under which
the driver of an automobile racer la
bors has been graphically described
by two Vanderbilt cup chauffeurs.
Clement says: When you first start,
the ground seems to be rising up in
front of you, as If to hit you in the
face-tnat is. until you get your auto
eyes adjusted But even then there's
always the thrill, and you haven't
time for anything but the thrill and
the watching of the long, narrow road
in front You haven't time to see what
is on one side or the other. The peo-
ple-thats about all we had on the
sides in the Vanderbilt cup races
just seem to be black-and-white bor-
der to the dark streak In front Yes;
you hear them shout, but by the time
you realize it you are gone" And
Wagner describes his sensations in
Outing as follows: Beginning the
eighth lap nearly eight minutes in the
lead, the mental and physical strain
became acute. My brain was in
dizzy whirl, and my hunger amounted
almost to famine. But the price OF
satisfying it was prohibitive when
every minute counted The constan'
crashing and lunging of the car, the
vigilance required at the frequent
turns, the haunting fear of fatalities,
and the anxiety regarding tires and
mechanism were so exhausting that
we lost over two minutes on the
eigth round. Hunger remorseless and
fanged was gnawing, gnawing,
gnawing with almost sinister persist
ency, as 1t seemed So we began the
ninth and final round"