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Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-11-05

Bert and Ham Whitehousc each cap
ed 4 deer saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-11-05

purchased the Balisdell farm in Sidney
and is now moving his family there.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-11-05

Sherburn D. Brann is spending
weeks vacation in Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-11-05
SOUTH CHINA.

Leroy Starrn:t was home over Sun
Ua.'.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-11-05
New Books at Library.

The following is the list of new books
ADDED TO the Public library during the
month CT October:
The Republican journal., 1907-05-30

She was the mother Of tour children-Ella.
the eldest. died in infancy one son, william
H.. and two daughters, Ida E. Walker and
Mrs. Minnie E. Jones, both of this city.
The. deceased was Universalist in belief.
was faithful, modest, charitable and never
spoke i'll Of another. She had bright mind
and a keen interest in the affairs of life. A
number of years of her life was spent in
nursing and she was known to very many
outside the family circle as Aunt Mary.
The funeral was held Sunday at O'Clock,
Rev. Ashley A. Smith of the Universalist
church officiating. There was an abundance
of beautiful flowers contributed by sym
pathetic friends. Messrs. Charles H. Wal
den, Robert P. Chase, George ". Miller and
Charles NJ. Leavitt acted as bearers.
Sadie E. Abbott, wife of Willis N. Foye
of Montville. died suddenly May 14th from
heart failure. aged ~ years, months and
% days. She contracted severe cold and
had pneumonia. She seemed to recover
was much stronger, and said Tomorrow I'll
have on my dress" That night change
came; she grew rapidly worse and the next
The Republican journal., 1907-05-30
TRAnsrras In REAL ESTATE.

The following transfers in real estate
were recorded In Waldo County Registry
Of Deeds for the week ending May q, 1907
Margaret A. Barker, Bangor, to John
Moussey, do. land in Winterport.
Orinda BlOdgett, ct al, bingham, Mass,
to John 9. Wing. do; land and buildings
Hobart A. Dodge, lslesboro, 70 Wilbur P.
Fairfield. do; land and buildings in Isles
boro.
William Emerson, Palermo, to Sarah A.
Emerson, do. land in Palermo.
Joshua Farrow, Winchester, Mass, to
Isabel Hunt, do. land in IslesbOro.
Frances v. Gerald, ct ais, Unity, to CAL
win w. Bangs land in Freedom.
Frances V. Gerald, ct ais, Unity, to
Berthe Elliott. Freedom; land and build
| lngs in Freedom.
Frances V. Gerald, ct ais, Unity, to
Carrie j. johnson. Freedom; land in
Mahlon S. Hatch, Jackson, to Charles E.
Lane, Brooks land in jackson.
Abbie L. Irving, brooks, to Wilbert A.
Stevens, Knox land in Knox.
Silass A. Lane. Winterport. to Freda NJ.
Knowles, do. land in Winterport.
Louville A. Libby, Burnham, to George
J. NUGGET, Pittsfield; land and buildings
in Burnham.
Edward c. Marden, Swanville, to Charles
NJ Conant, Winterport; land and buildings
IN SWanT1Ile.
Martha J. McIntire, Troy, to E. A. Mad
docks, ct al, West Schools; land and build
ings in Troy.
Rosie A. Sprague, Waldo, to Hattie E.
Sprague, ct al, Skowhegan; land and
buildings in Belmont.
Emery A. Sprague, Waldo, to Hattie E..
Sprague, Belfast; land in Belmont.
b. A. Spencer, Knox, to Margie b. Bowen,
do. land in Knox.
Ella E. Swan, Tyngsboro, Mass; to
Edgar NJ. Barney, Putnam, Conn. ; land and
buildings in SearspOrt.
Andrew j. Stevens, Belfast, to Wallace
M. Ellis, do ; land in Belfast.
Evelyn 7. Whtehouse, Augusta, to Hay
ward PIERCE, Frankfort, land and buildings
in Frankfort.
Otis D. Wilson, Searsmont, to William S.
Warren, do. land in Searsmont.
The Republican journal., 1907-05-30

morning passed away at o'clock. She
leaves deeply afflicted husband, six chill
dren and mother to mourn her sudden
death loss to her home and family that
can never be made up. She was q loving
and devoted wife and mother. ever ready to
lend helping hand to those in sorrow or
distress; faithful in every relation in life
That those who knew her most loved her
best was proved by the large attendance
of neighbors at her funeral and the
abundance of beautiful flowers which GOV.
cred her casket Comforting and appre
pirate remarks were made by Rev. T. B.
PentecOst. Burial at Mt. RepOse cemetery.
Rev. A. P. Hatch died Nav 18th at the
home OF his grandson. Charles Hatch, in
Unity. where he had been living for several
years, aged IS years. The cause of his death
was a shock which he had about one week
previous to his death. The funeral services
were held at the home of his grandson, MAY
18th, Key. J. c. Lamb, officiating. Interment
was made in the family lot at Unity village.
Mr.. Hatch leaves two sons-Samuel who
lives in Massachusetts and Fred who resides
in Clinton. Mr.. Hatch was we'll known in
Waldo county and was good citizen.
The Republican journal., 1907-05-30

Mrs. Mary Z. Walker died at her home in
this city May oath after a brief illness of
pneumonia following a long invalidism.
Her age was rs years and months She
was born in NOrthport, the daughter of the
late John and Nancy Clark, and was the
last of her fathers family. She married
Joseph B. Walker and soon after came to
Belfast, which has since been her home
The Republican journal., 1907-05-30

has since maintained them. Robe TT
Bonner of the New York Ledger paid
Edward Everett very large sum for a
series of articles, called the Mt. Vernon
Papers, and he gave the entire amount
to the association. The association re-
ceives portion of the passage money
paid by excursionists, which is devoted
to the care and support of the buildings
and grounds. This is the only money
received from the people for this OBJ
ject. On landing from the steamer the
visitor has the choice of carriage road
or a winding path by which to reach
the eminence on which the buildings
stand. The house and outbuildings are
typical of the old-time southern resi-
dence. The kitchen, separate build
ing, the grainery, the coach house, the
dairy and the quarters, or cabins, for
the servants. The house commands
beautiful views up and down the
Potomac. 1t is in good state of
preservation and the rooms are main
tanned in nearly their original condition
and contain many historical relics,
among which may be mentioned the
key to the Bastile, presented by La
fayette, portions Of the military and
personal furniture of Washington,
family portraits, musical instruments,
etc. The marble sarcophagus contain
ing the remains of General Washing
ton, and near by, overlooking the river,
| tie old family vault are objects of in
terest. AS the trees had not yet leaved
out and all vegetation was very back
ward it was something of a surprise to
see at one end of the house tree filled
with purple bloom, but without leaf.
Some one said it was a Judas tree.
Just outside little summer house
, high on the river bank the writer en-
countered and made friends with
George Washington's cat, which SEEM
ed pleased to be recognized.
The afternoon was well spent in this
visit to the home of Washington.
c. A. P.
The Republican journal., 1907-05-30
Salute The Veteran.

Here is a suggestion for Memorial Day
Let every one, man, woman and child, par
tcularly the latter, when he or she meets a
veteran of the Civil War next Thursday,
salute him, either by lifting or touching the
right hand to the forehead in military and
reverential way.
If there is one act that marks the good
breeding of community it is the respect
shown the soldier. By reason of his valiant
services i'll saving the country he is entitled
to all the homage that can possibly be con-
ferred He should feel that his acts are APP
preciated, and while all persons cannot show
It by words, all can show it by simple sa-
lutte of the hand Above all the children
should be taught in the home and the school
to salute the old soldiers next Thursday and
to always show them the fullest respect
possible.
Salute the veteran !-Somerville, Mass,
Sun.
The Republican journal., 1907-05-30

OUR CLUBBING OFFERS. Owing to the
crowded condition of Our columns we have
had to discontinue the advertisements of
clubbing offers, and will present them
briefly here. They apply only to subscrip-
tions paid in advance and when payment is
made it should be stated what premium, if
any. is desired. 1t is also necessary to say
that none of these publications are mailed
with The Journal or from this Office. We
have to pay for these publications one year
in advance, and they are then sent from
their respective offices to our subscribers.
Our clubbing offers are as follows for one
years subscription paid in advance:
The journal and Farm & Home. .......$2. 90
The Journal and Tribune Farmer. 2.25
The Journal and McCall'S Magazine. 2.10
The journal and New Idea Magazine. 2.10
The journal and Tri-Weekly Tribune. $50
The Republican journal., 1907-05-30
JACKSON.

JACKSON.
Mrs. O. c. Roberts is very sick with bron-
chitis. Mrs laura Chase is taking care OF
her. DR.. Kilgore of Brooks and DR.. True
worthy of Dixmont have both been called
in attendance. ..... The jackson Band will
furnish music for the North DiXmont Post,
G. A r., May 30th.
The Republican journal., 1907-05-30

Kod01 sSysrarssa Cure
Oigosts what you eat,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-13
HAD TO CATCH TRAIN.

Jack Egan, Ban Johnson's newest
umpire, tells a good story at his own
expense. OF course Tim Hurst was
one of the principal figures. A base
ball story nowadays does not appear
complete unless Timothy is in on it.
Egan was pitching for Providence,
In the Eastern league, and Hurst was
umpiring. The score was tie in the
ninth inning when, with two men on
bases, one of the opposing batsmen
landed on one of Egan's choicest and
lifted 1t over the fence.
The ball was foul by ten feet. Egan
ran over to the third base line be-
fore the ball cleared the fence and
could see where it went over. Hurst
was also on third base line and, turn
ing to him, Egan said: 'It's lucky
for me that that was a foul, else I
would have lost the game"
1T may have been a foul all right
Jack, me boy" replied Hurst. pity
ingly, but with me catching that
500 train for Boston it is fair ball,
and don't you forget it,
or course Tins ruling counted and
Providence lost the game. More i'm
portant, however, Hurst was aboard
the 6:2O train for Boston.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-13
OUTLOOK AT MICHIGAN.
Worst Working Hard to Hand Penn
sYlVania u Pncknge.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Oct. 12.-
With over a hundred candidates to
choose from Coach Hurry-Up Yost OF
the University of Michigan is now
busily preparing team that may re-
turn the package handed them last
year by Pennsylvania when they
come here this year On November
16 one of the biggest games of the
year will be played in this city, The
one game of the year when the east
and west collide, when the strength
of the vets is arrayed against the
strength of the east. Up to the last
few years no such game has been
played when the might of the west
could be compared with the east.
Last year the east pushed the west
erners over the gridron at ease, but
this year it remains to be seen wheth-
.er Westward the course of empire
takes it way" in that the west will
be more advanced in football. The
city is wild with enthusiasm and the
main subject of gossip among the
5000 students is "Can we beat Penn
sylvania?"
Coach Yost is not saying much He
seems to be thinking. Wearing the
smile that won't come off," his
countenance gives the students hope.
They seem to have Pennsy down rs
their worst enemy. When the boys
from Quakertown crossed the Michi-
gan goal several times last year that
defeat has melted spirit of revenge
for the defenders of the yellow and
blue are in no way used to being
toyed around by anyone in football.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-13
SPORTS CLAMORING.
Want to See a Fight Between Jack
johnson and Tommy Burns.

Want to See Fight Between Jack
Johnson and Tommy Burns.
The interest that the fight fans
have shown in the preliminary par
ticulars of the proposed Tommy
Burns-Jack Johnson match makes the
proposed contest look to be by far
the biggest thing on the puglistic
horizon.
or course Coffroth, who seems to
have monopoly on the fight game
on the San Francisco side of the bay
at the present time, will not bid any
higher than he is compelled 20, but
1T is safe to say that under most any
circumstances the clever promoter
would be able to take risk with the
big fellows at a $25, 900 purse, which
is the amount demanded by Burns.
Johnson will fight for the chance to
get the championship and would take
most any amount offered, realizing
that If he should win that the white
men, in order to take the champion
ship away from him, would be forced
to fight him and, with the exception
of Burns. 1t would appear to the
writer that Johnson has little cause
for worry.
The critics are using the theory
that Burns has not been successful
in the theatrical venture that he un-
dertook. True, Tommy was not a
success in San Francisco, but the
writer has had the opportunity of
reading a few letters that Tommy
sent to L. c. Heating of the Columbia
Theater, who is his hrother-in-law,
and who has acted as sort of guide
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-13
BASEBALL HAS PAID BIG.
Every American League Magnate
Finishes With Bank Roll.

Every American League Magnate
Finishes With Bank Roll.
Myron Townsend, the st. Louis
sporting writer, has turned to figures
and this is what he has decided is
about right:
Hedges cleanup this year will be
fully 100000.
Yawky, owner of the Detroits, will
pocket profits of 100000.
Charlie Comiskey, White Sox, will
close the season with balance of
$500, 900" on the right side of the
ledger.
John l. Taylor of the Boston Amer
leans will bank $4,000 as his share
of the baseball booty.
Connie Mack's Athletics will earn
100000 for their owners.
Somers and Kilfoyl will clear $780,
900 on the Maps.
Frank Farrell's share of the swag
is not less than 100000.
The Moves. owners of the Washing
ton club, will come out $4,000
ahead of the game.
This is a banner year in baseball.
Club owners are rolling in wealth.
Not one of them is losing money.
Usually there are one or two rat
holes in league where magnates
sink thousands. Not in the Ameri-
can league this year. When the
books are balanced there is not Il
single owner who will not find him
self a much richer man. Most of
them enjoy incomes much larger than
the president of the United States.
From financial standpoint baseball
has been considered precarious bus
mess. If SO, 1907 is an off year
Even Stanley Robinson has made a
little money. The Cardinals are the
poorest paying propositions in either
league. George Dovey's profits in
Boston will not wad 16-bore shot
gun, yet he says he is on easy street
financially.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-13
DARING SIyINDLER.
Ingenious Scheme That Depleted
Bookmalkers' Bank Rolls.

Ingenious Scheme That Depleted
Bookmakers' Bank Rolls.
The sum of money in the posses
sion of the bookmakers in the United
Kingdom is, in the aggregate, huge
one, says London Tit-Bits. The layers
of odds are naturally extremely cute
and fully conversant with the thous-
and and one schemes formulated by
equally acute hackers of horses to
swindle them. Among the latter
class are thousands of cunning adj
venturers who subsist entirely on
their wits, and as these gentry de-
light to live in the lap of luxury and
squander money like water-when
they have it-they are constantly ar
ranging new and deep layed plots
when hard up to deplete the
banking accounts of the bookmakers.
An ingenious scheme was success
fully carried through in England a
few years ago which for absolute dar-
ing is unparalleled in the history of
racing. The leading sporting papers
one day received properly arranged
program of race meeting which was
to take place at town called "Trod-
more" The sender of the list of
horses engaged, the weights they had
to carry. and the times at which the
different events were run signed his
name and added Reporter" The
races We're duly run and the obliging
Reporter" sent in another interest
ing item to the sporting dailies.
Nothing was missing, everything was
in apple pie order; evidently the re-
porter knew his business thoroughly.
The hard working and "conscien-
tious" Journalist had carefully col
lected the starting prices of the win
ners and losers, and his account of
the days racing duly appeared in the
papers he sent it to. This was eager
ly perused with the greatest interest
by large number of bookmakers IN
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-13
MEANT TERRA FIRMA.

washington bought most of the
players Of the disbanded '93 Chatta-
nooga club, among the number being
Wild Bill" Hassamer, who, played
an outfield.
Bill was a man who never did care
very much for study even as a youth.
and consequently he, was exactly
adapted to carrying on scientific
conversation. In the off season Bill
plotted an oil wagon through the
classic environs of Cincinnati.
But to just show how he could
shine sometimes in conversation of a
high degree Sir William would shoot
out a big word that he had managed
to corral somewhere, and which he
took huge delight in astounding his
fellow players with.
Sometime, in fact, most always,
these large words which Bill spouted
were woefully in the wrong place;
but 1t was blissful ignorance with the
boisterous Bill
One time. when the team was go
ing over to Detroit from Cleveland
the lake was very choppy, and several
of the boys became sick, among them
Hassamer. When the boat landed ut
the Detroit wharf Bill was one of the
first players off, and as AL Setback
came down the gangway Hassamer
asked:
Say. Al, amt it good to be on
vice versa once AGAIN."
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-13


London. and they found to their sor-
row that nearly all the winners had
been backed for big sums by many of
their numerous clients, who were
evidently expert judges of racing or
extraordinarily lucky.
As the horses had started at long
odds against they lost heavily. A lot
of those who had been severely hit
discussed the matter with their con-
freres. Where was Trodmore, the
place where the lucky hackers had
found so many good winners?" HAS
any one heard of these horses or
jockeys before?" No. No one had,
now they came to think about it,
Many of the bookmakers had been
connected with racing for nearly half
a century, Detectives were engaged,
and they unearthed one of the most
gigantic swindles on record. 1t was
discovered that there was no such
place in England as "Trodmore:
there never had been such a meeting:
there were no such horses or jockeys
in existence as those mentioned in
the program, and the Reporter
well, his days work was done,' and
he vanished like a dream. He has
never even sent in his bill to the pa
pers for his interesting contributions.
The whole thing was one of the most
impudent and cleverly organized
''spoofs" on record. lot of money
in 'tenners' and "fivers" was oblig-
ingly put out for the gang by inno-
cent walters and hotel and theater
doorkeepers in the west end, and the
daring swindlers have never been
traced. They vanished with their
winnings.
Some racing sharps successfully
robbed the bookmakers of a large
sum of money at Warwick some years
ago by the following ingenious meth
cd: In Tattersall's ring bookmakers
are bound by the rules to pay over
the horse that actually gets the
race, so that in the event of an OBJ
lection, and the runner which has
passed the Judge first being disquali-
fled, they pay only over the one to
which the stewards after due investi-
cation, award the race In the half
crown rings and outside the rings,
the bookies pay FIRST past the post"
irrespective of objection. A crack
jockey was properly and correctly
weighed out by the official clerk of
the scales for a certain race at War
wick on the occasion mentioned, and
the horse he rode was heavily and
Systematically backed with bookies
who pay FIRST past the post" The
animal won easily. When the jockey
went to scale, after the race, he failed
to draw within fourteen pounds of
what he should have done. His sad
die cloth was Immediately examined
| and it was discovered that it had
been tempered with by some one af-
ter the jockey had been weighed out
| and several of the lead weights re-
moved. The winner was promptly
disqualified and the race awarded to
the one that had finished second. The
gang reaped rich harvest. The
jockey was, however, after due in
quiry, exonerated by the authorities
from any blame in the matter, as his
integrity was beyond dispute. Sew
eral turtles" got into serious
trouble over this affair, but the real
delinquents were never discovered.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-13
BETTING PIKER NOW WEALTHY

To prevent the wolves of the bet
ting ring parting him from his pile,
Joe Yeager, the young Western plum
ger, has put 500, 900 into perpetual
hook.
He has paid 100000 principal
and $4,000 interest to a big insur-
ance company.
In return he gets a policy which
pays an annuity of $4,000 as long as
he lives.
Yeager is in excellent health. He's
Al. A few months ago Joe was fiat
broke. He began all over again as
a 81 piker.
BY a series of shrewd plays and
remarkable coups, he ran his for
tune up to $15O,O0O. He has wisely
salted $780, 900 of this for a rainy
day.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-13


for the Canadian in the theatrical
world. In each of these letters
Tommy has told of the money he
made per week and as the figures
were always of an irregular amount,
am forced to the belief that he was
working on a percentage plan with
the show houses.
Each of the totals, however, have
gone over the five hundred dollar
mark and as every one knows when
a man is getting five hundred dollars
a week he is not a failure.
Naturally the time has grown
short when the champion can get
this money, for no matter who the
fighter may be, he must keep in the
limelight to make money in the show
business. Jim Corbett, John l.. Sulli-
van and Bob Fitzsimmons have had
the faculty of getting plenty of ad-
vertisement and Jim Jeffries, owing
to the enormity of his size and the
wonderful ability, did not need a
press agent.
These men could and are going
right along today getting the money
from the public, but with Burns it is
entirely different, He hasn't the
knack of boosting himself, and so, of
course, will have to fight few more
men that will convince the doubling
public that he is really great
fighter.
Shortly after the Squires-Bu
hght the writer mentioned that
Burns was agreeable to a match with
the big dinge any time that he could
be shown chance to get the right
kind of purse.
Burns wants $4,000 for his end
of a fight with Johnson, and says
that the offer cannot come too quick
to suit him. When it is remember
ed how Systematically the big fell
lows have lodged the black cloud
and with what persistent regularity
the daddy of them all, Jeffries, re-
fused to even consider him, it must
be admitted that Burns is deserving
of some consideration for taking a
man on who was too dangerous for
the apparently better fighters who
have retired from the ring.
/.
The Gans-Memsic contest at Los
Angeles did not prove such bowling
financial success to Promoter Nc
Carey as he at the matching thought
| 1t would. This is another example
of the frenzied finance of the fight
promoter offering purse such as he
offered for champion to beat prac-
tically an amateur. The total re-
ceiphts are given out as $16,249, and
as the purse and training expenses
that the promoter was compelled to
pay out of this amounted to $13, 500,
with the general expenses yet to be
paid, it can readily be seen that he
| did not make much money ON the
venture.
Cans, since relieving himself of
that last bit of wit in which he hand
ed the championship to- Jimmy
Burns has been overlooked by the
many challengers of the champion,
and the defiant manner in which the
fighters of the country are hurting
their challenges at the new cham
pion show that they are all willing
to take chance. Cans will soon be
| in the same class with the famous
bull artists of San Francisco if he
keeps up the good work