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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-07

Delicious. refreshing,
strengthening. and all
ways , healthful, SAM
FORD'S GINGER makes
life worth living during
hot weather for all who
suffer from poor stOm-
achs, weak bowels, tired
nerves, and ills insepa-
rable from travel.
n Look for OWL TRADE MARK on the
wrapper, lest you get a cheap. worthless
substitute. Forty years the standard OF
combination of Ginger. Anomalies. and
French Brandy. Guaranteed under the
United States Food and Drugs Az Sold BY
druggists and grocers everywhere
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-07
An Enthusiastic Customer

Dewitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills are
best for hackache and weak kidneys.
Sold by John Coughlin, Augusta, Beanes
Drug store. Hallowell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-07
4 Potent Factor

IN every Man or Woman's
daily l!fe-the little, Journal
80. w.u, ~.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-07

Do you need n piano? Have you
ever promised yourself or your family
to buy one as soon as the chance
came to buy n high grade piano at a
low price.
If 50 you owe it to yourself and &c
your family to at least call and eX-
anime our stock and become aware OF
the extremely low price at which We
are selling these fine instruments.
HERE ARE A FEW OF THE
PRICES. WE HAVE NOT SPACE
TO GIVE ALL OF THEM
Brand new Upright pianos, of New
York make worth in n retail way from
1925 to $3.50. selling at this great
Other first class instruments going at
corrcSpondingly low prices.
TERMS OF SALE $40 TO SOS,
BALANCE PAYABLE MONTHLY IN
SMALL INSTALLMENTS.
Will you be one of the far seeing
ones ana take advantage of this op-
portunity while it is yours.
SALE MAKES PIANO BUYING EASY
This great sale makes piano buying
easy. If you want easy terms they are
yours. A reasonable deposit as assur
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-07

ance of good faith and easy monthly
payments of IS, 81, IS or SO monthly.
STOCK COMPRISES THE BEST
MAKES
At no time in our long business
career have we been in n position to
offer such an assortment of fine
pianos Besides the world renowned
Halet and Davis we have the Kimball.
Conway, Weber, Bowen and Wcllman
pianos also first class player pianos
and piano players.
STORE OPEN EVENINGS.
For the accommodation of those who
can not call during the day we are go
ing to keep our store open every eve
ming during the sale until Il. NJ.
These prices are good for two weeks
only 50 come early ana get first choice.
OUT OF TOWN PEOPLE SHOULD
People can afford to come a long
distance to this sale>if an instrument
is needed for the home.
If you can not call write Us letter
stating what prices you wish to pay
and the terms and we will mail full
description of piano to suit your
needs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-07

Tho Board of Railroad Commission
ers. which had since last Friday been
engaged in the annual inspection of the
lines of the Bangor & Aroostook Kali
road will be in session at the Office OF
tho hoard at 10 o'clock this morning
when a hearing will be given on the
netition of the Augusta and Waterviile
railway asking for q change of loca-
ton of the line between Augusta and
vossalboro. The board will meet at
waterville Thursday forenoon for the
purpose of giving hearing on anoth-
or natition from the same company
asking the approval by the board' Of a
location of the companys track In
winslow and Waterville.
Col Charles Collins of Portland. who
was RECENTLY chosen to the command
of the First Regiment of Infantry, n.
G. s. NJ. to succeed Col. Lucius ri.
Kendall of Biddeford, resigned, re-
ceived his commission Monday and
took the oath of office before Gen.
John J. Lynch of Portland on that cay.
Col. Collins at once issued MS Irst
general orders as the commanding
officer of the regiment in which ne as
sumed the command and made me
staff appointments announcer some
time ago. All the members Of ms
military family have passed the usual
examination and the stan Will De
ready for the coming tour OF DUTY
Col. Lucius H. Kendall, whom Col.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-07

This great sale makes piano buying
easy. If you want easy terms they are
yours. A reasonable deposit as assur-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-02-15
BoNILLA EXPECTS INVASION.
Says Honduras Is Ready to Repel
Nicaraguan Army.

Panama, Feb. 1.-THE following
dispatch from President Bonilla of
Honduras was sent in reply to a mes
sage asking for the Honduran side of
the actual conflict with Nicaragua:
"Tegucigalpa, Feb. 11.-Nicaragua is
concentrating considerable armed
force upon the frontier of Honduras
without having made declaration of
war. We are assured an invasion will
take place soon. Honduras is ready
to repel the movement. Manuel Bon
lila"
A we'll known Central American
merchant, who is familiar with the po-
litical designs of the various republics,
informed the correspondent Monday
night that President Zelaya of Nicara-
qua, believing he holds the balance
of power in Central America, wants
to put the matter to the test, and that
he will oppose Intervention by the
United States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-02-15
SHIPPERS FILE COMPLAINT.
Unjust Rates from Kansas City, st.
Joseph and Omaha.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE petition
to the interstate commerce commits
sion containing the complaint of a
large number of shippers of Kansas
City, st. Joseph and Omaha against
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
and four other railroads in the matter
of through rates from the Atlantic
coast, was received at the commission
Monday.
1t is alleged that the rates are un-
just and unreasonable and that
they are the ultimate result Of an
unlawful combination and conspiracy
entered into by the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific, the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy, and the Chicago &
Northwestern roads in the spring of
1906 to maintain certain through rates
to these three Missouri points and
that these three roads threatened the
other defendants, the Chicago, Mil
waukee & ST. Paul and the Chicago
Great Western, and refused to treat
the latter as friendly connections.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-02-15
Mr.. Bryce Incoo,

The last time Mr.. Bryce visited this
country was two years ago last sum-
mer, when he landed in Boston. He
is a very modest gentleman, and he
prefers to travel incog. when he can
conveniently do so. So it happened
that on his last voyage hither neither
his name nor that of Mrs Bryce, who
came with him, appeared on the pas
senger list, and his fellow voyagers
did not suspect his identity until after
several days out. Meanwhile Mr..
Bryce had the pleasure of asking his
table companions all about this coun-
try and its institutions. And they
glibly answered his naive questions,
never suspecting that they were talk
ing with the author of "The American
Commonwealth" Fancy their chagrin
later on, remarks the Boston Herald,
when they discovered by accident that
they had been undertaking to en-
tighten an inquisitive foreigner who
knew far more about their institutions
than they did!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-02-15
.HAYTI Anglers The GERMANS
RELATIONS ARE STRAINED BY
SOME FINANCIAL DEALS.
Island Government Also Refuses to
Withdraw Language Offensive to
the kaiser's Minister.

Port au Prince, Hayti, Feb. H.
The relations between the govern
ments of Hayti and Germany are
strained, owing to the refusal of the
German bankers, Hermann & Co., by
direction of the court at Port au
Prince, to return to the Haytian gov
eminent large sums of money alleged
to have been obtained fraudulently.
Among the alleged transactions OF
Hermann & Co. with the Haytian gov
eminent was one which is said to
have proved favorable to the govern
ment. This was concluded by the
Haytian minister of finance, the Ger
man legation and Hermann & Co. The
German minister demanded that this
transaction, as well as others, be an.
nulled, but the Haytian government
in terms that the German minister
deemed offensive, refused to acquiesce
The German minister at the same time
demanded the withdrawal of the
phrase objected to- This also was re-
fused.
Fears are entertained here OF grave
complications ensuing.
The Official Monitor recently pub.
lished notice of the expulsion of Mr..
Mansour, an American citizen, but Mr..
Furniss, the American minister, be-
lieving the call for the mans eXpul-
sion unjustified, asked for the with
drawal of the order. This, however,
was refused and Mansour has left for
New York. The seal of the American
legation has been placed on his shop.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-02-15
JAPANESE ARE DRIVEN AWAY.
Railway Laborers Forced to Leave
Town of WOODBURY., Ore.

WOODBURY., Ore, Feb. 11.-Much
feeling was engendered here by the
Southern Pacific laying off white men
employed on the railroad section at
this point and replacing them with
eight or ten Japanese. The feeling
ran so high that so Americans called
at the section house Saturday night
and warned the Japanese to leave
town. There was no violence and the
Japanese promised to leave, and Sun
day morning they departed for Port
land within the limit specified. A.
Schwabeur, the section foreman, re-
fused to work with them and resigned
his position. Warrants will be sworn
out Monday for the arrest of the ring
leaders of the crowd that drove the
JapaneSe out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-02-15

The inhabitants of an industrial
town seeking to abandon it in body
"a strange event for modern times
is now to be witnessed in Spain. The
town is that of BEAR, near Salaman.
ca, whose people are using their ut.
most endeavors to have themselves
distributed-men, women and chill.
dren-among the South American re-
publics. Bejar was once flourishing
town, with reputation for it's cloth
fabrics. Fifty years ago the popula.
ton numbered $4,000 people, but the
place has gradually declined, and to
day contains no more than 5000 souls,
who seek to fee from it as fast as
they can.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-02-15
Telephones and Competition.

Every community which has tele-
phone service is likely to be con-
fronted by the question of granting a
franchise to a rival company. Each
case must be decided by the govern
ing circumstances, but every case will
show the popularity of the telephone
problem. The telephone is a natural
monopoly, for it is to the advantage
Of every subscriber that all users OF
telephones should be on the same sys-
tenn with him. More than one system
means that a subscriber must have
more than one instrument, or be out
Of communication with part of the
world of telephone-users. 1t Is diff
cult, however, to adjust human nature
to ideal mechanical conditions. Estab-
lished companies, without rivals, lack
the motive of competition to keep
rates down and service good. There
fore some communities have welcomed
new companies which promised better
and cheaper service. Dual systems,
like labor strikes, are on their face
economic losses, yet 1t may be worth
while to endure the temporary dis
comfort and loss in order to secure
better conditions ultimately. The
butcher may be on one system and
the baker on another, yet low rates
may bring two instruments within the
previous cost of one, and may so in
crease the number of subscribers
within call as to atone for the incon-
venience. If finally one company alb.
serbs the other, the community may
have become so well established in
low rates that the surviving company
dare not raise them. On the other
hand says the Youths Companion, tic
effect of competing companies is
sometimes merely to divide the tele-
phone-users of community without
adding many to the total number, and
II the companies then make an agree
ment to keep rates up, the community
Is worse off than before. In the
strategical game which a community
plays with public service companies,
1t is difficult to determine in the case
Of the telephone service how far the
actual or threatened establishment of
a rival company stimulates mechani-
cal improvement and checks the ma
tural tendency of monopoly to extor-
ton. No community can settle the
question without careful study.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-02-15

Count Prosper d'Epinay, who has
been decorated in Paris by the British
ambassador with the Victorian Order,
is in the odd position of being a
British subject and a Frenchman at
the same time. He was born in the
island of Mauritius 65 years ago. The
island, of course, is inhabited by a
French-speaking population and once
formed part of the territories of
France. Both the counts parents be.
ing French, tie count is regarded in
France as Frenchman, but, being
born under the British flag, he is just
as surely a British subject.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-02-15
CANADA'S GOOD TIMES.
The immigration During 1906 Was
216,000.

While it is we'll to heed every
word of caution from the leaders in
commerce and finance and to avoid
all speculative ventures that lack a
solid business foundation, it is clearly
evident that there is no conspicuous
weak spot in Canadas present era of
prosperity. The Toronto Globe says:
1.-THE Dominion has in commercial
sense plenty of money, and our lead.
ing financial institutions are in po-
sition to lend freely in the United
States. The chief productive enter
prises of Canada are not buoyed up
by an era of dangerous speculation,
but are following substantial bust.
ness methods and finding safe and
continuous markets for their goods
We are not bolstering up any indus
tries by extensive export bonuses
that must impoverish the people as
a whole, and ultimately lead to col
lapse through the failure of the arti-
fetal aid. There is no extreme pro-
lection in Canada such as would Gre
ate great fortunes for few at the
expense of the general public and
lead to disruption and catastrophe.
The prosperity of Canada has no ar
tificial foundation being based on a
healthy and substantial expansion of
trade and industry, with proportion.
ate extension of productive settlement
to new areas.
1t is true that we are borrowing
extensively for railway construction,
but every line will bring new terri
tory within the limits of profitable
occupation, and will create prosper
GUS settlements to bear the burdens.
and repay the outlay. We are not
exhausting mineral resources, for it
is quite reasonable to assume that,
although mineral wealth is never
permanent, ours will during the.
measurable future develop a far
greater productive capacity than at
present. Our timber wealth can be.
made continuous by a judicious pol
icy. And agriculture, the real foun-
dalton of our prosperity, is expanding
with every new expenditure on rail-
way construction. We are not in
the flush Of railway mania that
could bring its punishment through
the useless duplication of lines. The
gigantic railway enterprises that
now stimulate every line of business
In Canada will create a new Domin-
Ion, and thus render easy the heavy
burdens of debt now freely assumed.
Canada's era of prosperity has been
unprecedented, but there is no sign
of weakness and no cause for lack
of confidence. While our growth is
normal and healthy, we need have no
alarm at it's rapidity." This article
might have gone on to relate the
great growth that is taking place in
Central Canada, where thousands of
Americans have made their homes.
during the past few years. The past
calendar year has given to Canada by
importation an addition of $4,000 to
its population. OF this the United
States contributed 63,7S1. The agents;
of the Canadian government, whose
advertisement appears elsewhere, say
that this number will be largely in
creased during 1907.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-02-15
COLORADO PRIZES AWARDED.
Winners In Contest for Best Descrip
tive Articles.

Denver, Colo, Feb. 1.-THE contest
for the best descriptive article on Col
orado inaugurated by the Denver
Press club last summer. for the benefit
of the delegates to the convention of
the International League of Press
clubs, held in Denver in August, is
closed and the prizes were awarded
Sunday. The prize winners are: Guy
L. ingalls,, Free Press, Detroit, Mich,
$3.50; Opie Read, Inter-Ocean, Chica-
go, $3.50; Merton ]. Keyes, Star-Chron-
icle, st. Louis, 5000; R. l. Brinkerhoff,
Blade, Toledo, o., SITS; Lewis G..
Early, Times, Reading, Pa, $125.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-02-15

Having refused to remain away
from the mission field for the full
term of his furlough, Rev. DR.. Andrew
Watson, who has been engaged in
mission work As years, has sailed for
Egypt. DR.. Watson is the father OF
Rev. DIR. Charles R. Watson, secre.
tary of the board of foreign missions
of the United Presbyterian church
The father has spent the greater part
of his life in the Egyptian field, and
as DIR. Charles Watson is the execu
tive of this department. tie father
Is employed by the son.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-02-15
Stevens Denies He'll Resiun.

New York, Feb. ia Panama dis
patch to the Herald states that Chief
Engineer Stevens makes emphatic de-
NAL of the report that he has said
he would resign If the digging of the
Panama canal was let to contractors.
Mr.. Stevens, the dispatch says, has
in the past declared that he favored
contracting for the canal work, and
his latest statement shows he is still
of that opinion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-02-15
had generally been supposed that the


note read: The b is here"
Mrs. Thaw testified Monday that
'the b" meant "the "blackguard,' -
as Thaw always referred to Stanford
White, whom she had seen on the bal
cony of the cafe.
The other essential point Mrs. Thaw
was allowed to bring out in her tes-
timony was the statement that the de-
PENDANT never carried pistol except
in New York city. She was asked
many other questions, embodying vari-
GUS stories she had discussed with
Thaw, including the alleged fate of a
girl known to them as "the pie girl
at the hands of Stanford White, but
Mr.. Jerome blocked every question
with sustained objection.
jerome Blocks DR.. Wagner.
After compelling the defense to go
into the taking of expert testimony as
to Thaw's insanity by his objections
to Mrs. Thaws testimony, Mr.. Jerome
next proceeded to block the testimony
of DR.. Wagner as to the results of his
six visits to the defendant in the
Tombs and his tests as to the latters
mental condition. DR.. Wagner was not
allowed to go into the conversations
he had had with the defendant nor the
conclusions he had reached from these
conversations. He was confined by
Mr.. Jerome's continuous fusillade of
objections to stating what he actually
observed, and he declared his observa.
lions were so closely interlaced with
his questioning of the defendant that
he did not know if he could separate
them.
A long argument over the point re-
suited in Mr.. Delmas withdrawing any
further questions as to the tests, con
tenting himself with asking DR.. Wag.
ner to give his opinion on the hypo-
thetical question covering the evil
dence in the case. The question was
almost record-breaking in length-a
comprehensive resume of the entire
case, including Mrs Thaw's personal
narrative.
Says White Dragged Girl.
In his hypothetical question Mr.. Del
mas accused Stanford White of hav-
ing "drugged" the Nesbit girl and of
having attempted to renew commune
cation or relations" with her subse-
quent to her marriage. Mr.. Jerome
objected to these features of the
brace the evidence of record as to the
disputed points. 1t was on the amend
ed question that DIR. Wagner gave it
as his opinion that Harry Thaw did
not know, because of defective reason,
that his act in killing Stanford White
was wrong.
Here the experts direct examination
was ended and he stepped aside for
cross-examination later. When he is
taken in hand by Mr.. Jerome he will
have to give detailed reasons for his
opinion. DIR. Evans of the New Jersey
state hospital for the insane will be
the first witness for the defense Tues
day.
A new rule by Justice Fitzgerald,
barring from the courtroom all women
not engaged in active newspaper
work went into effect Monday. Many
of those who, bedecked in gay CO.'S
tunes, had occupied front seats here
tofore, were on hand bright and early
in the morning, but to no avail. The
court officers had direct orders this
time and obeyed them implicitly. AS
a result there were empty benches in
the courtroom all day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-02-15
Pioneer Editor Dies.

Green Bay, Wis, Feb. 13.-Frank
Tilton, for 33 years editor of the Green
Bay Advocate, which suspended pub
LEGATION last month, and one of the
foremost newspaper men of his time in
Wisconsin and a resident of this city
for over half century, died Tuesday
from the effects of bronchial pneu
monia. He was II years of age.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-02-15
KILLS PHYSICIAN
and ENDS own life
MISS MAUD SLATER OF KANSAS
CITY STAYS MAN WHO SHE
SAID WRoNGED HER.
Ruled by Queer Power-Told Her
Friends She Was Unable to Resist
Doctors Influence and That He
Tilted Her.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 11.-Unable
to resist the strange power which Dr.
E. H. Merwin exercised over her, &C
cording to statements she made to
friends, Miss Maud Slater Saturday
shot and killed the physician and COM
mitted suicide. The bodies were
found in DR.. Merwin's office. A re-
volver was in the woman's hand, and
the police say there is no doubt she
shot the doctor and ended her own
life.
The tragedy has brought to light
strange story. Friends of Miss
Slater say she and Merwin had been
sweethearts for four years. The girl
told Miss Leah Thomas that the doc
tor had wronged her.
Miss Thomas says that Miss Slater
told her she was unable to resist the
power of DR.. Merwin's will. When
ever he summoned her to his Office
by means of this influence which she
believed almost superhuman, she said,
she was utterly without the power to
resist.
Reproaches Self in Vain.
After having visited the doctor, Miss
Thomas said, Miss Slater reproached
herself bitterly, and declared she
would resist him in future, but each
time she was unable to do so.
"She went to his Office last Wednes-
day." said Miss Thomas, who was a
close friend of Miss Slater, "and upon
her return tore her hair and became
almost insane in ranting against him.
She said she had pistol at home and
that she was going to kill him."
Miss Slater told her friends that
she and DR.. Merwin had been engaged
and that he had broken the engage
ment.
DR.. Merwin's friends take different
view of the case. They say the physi-
clan had been annoyed by the girl,
who telephoned him and wrote letters
to him frequently. The doctor him.
self said some time ago that Miss
Slater, through jealousy, had caused
to be published an announcement of
his engagement to another woman,
which had no foundation. The physi-
clans friends say they believe the girl
was actuated merely by jealousy, and
that DR.. Merwin had not wronged
her.
Parents Suspect Nothing.
The aged parents of the girl, who
live at 1888 Virginia avenue, when
they were appraised of the death of
their daughter several hours after the
tragedy had occurred, said that she
was patient of DR.. Merwin, and that
she had announced before she left
home Saturday that she intended to
go to the doctors office for treatment.
They knew nothing of any other rela-
ton than that of physician and patient
existing between their daughter and
Merwin.
DR.. Merwin, who was SO years old,
was treasurer of homeopathic col
lege here, and had an extensive prac-
tice. He studied medicine and surg
cry in London, and in 1898 he became
the surgeon on the British steamship
Soho, which cruised around the South
African coast. Later he served in the
same capacity on the British steam
ship Cabenda. He has spent most of
his life in this city, where his parents
live, and had been practicing here sew
en- years.
Miss Slater was % years old.