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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-08
HON. BENJAMIN w. HARRIS.
Former Massachusetts Congressman Is
Dead At Bridgewater.

Bridgewater. Mass, Feb. 7.-Formcr
Congressman and Judge Benjamin w.
Harris died at his home here early to-
Gay at the age of SO years. Judge Har-
ris was 4 prominent Republican and
served 10 years in Congress, before he
was known as the father of the new
navy" owing to his activity in meas
ures for the upbuilding of our present
naval system.
For eight years Judge Harris was
district attorney for Ply mouth county
and for 20 years he was judge of the
present probate court of Plymouth
county, holding that office until a short
time ago. when he retired on account
of i'll health. He leaves a widow, two
daughters and one son, Judge Robert
o. Harris. Death was directly due to
shock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-08

Gated where it can be most easily
reached by the people of whole state,
and also because of the belief that
large cities are not best adapted for
the seat Of government"
Francis Bagley Lee. author of "New
Jersey as a Colony and State" ia
nous lecturer and pubicist said:
Broadly speaking the capital of a
state should be considered as Its
political centre meeting the demands
OF cOnveniency of access. Usually the
commercial metropolis of a state does
not meet this requirement. I believe
the business centre should be separate
from the political centre. inasmuch as
the political activities of agricultural
and similar interests are not thus
placed under the direct control of great
industrial and commercial influences.
A political capital separate from COM
mercial centres means independence Of
thought and action not otherwise OBJ
taina BILE"
DR.. Henry r. Kunnell. state geolo-
gist. takes grounds that geography
should rule in locating the capital rath-
or than the size of the city. The
capital according to his theory should
be So located as not to place any sec
ton of the state at disadvantage.
Another argument advanced in favor of
the smaller city is that state officials
and employees can live more cheaply
there"
Professor Charles Baxter. state
superintendent of public institutions,
holds that the strongest argument in
favor of maintaining the capital in a
smaller city is that it offers less op-
rortunities for corruption and graft
He said that the larger centres OF
population generally have inherent in
them the influences which. in a larger
measure tend to the subverson Of the
best government.
Former State Treasurer Frank o.
Briggs, who has been elected to sue
coed Senator John F. Dryden in the
United States Senate, said:
Continued on Page Tenn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-08
Boston Forecast.

Boston. Feb. 7.-Forccast for Boston
and vicinity: Far Friday; possibly snow
in afternoon or night Saturday fair,
warmer; fresh westerly winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-08
LONG-PATTEE.
Marriage of Two Popular Young Peo-
pie of Lewiston Thursday Evening.

Lewiston. Ne. Feb. 7.-(Spccian.-Tho
marriage Of Miss Edith Laura Pattee,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. r. Pattcc
OF the Dewitt House. and Nm. II. Long,
city. occurred at s o'clock this evening
IN the parlcrs OF the hotel. The single
ring Episcopal service was used and the
ceremony was performed by Rev. ". j.
Taylor, pastor OF the First Jiniversalist
church Of this city. Tho bridesmaid was
Miss Lyle Fellows of Plymouth. n. H..
and the best man was George Lane. Jr..
vi this city. Mr. and Mrs. Long left on
me late train for the bridal trip to
washington and New York. and upoh
their return will reside in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-08
WRIT is ISSUED.
County Attorney Morey Secures Habeas
Corpus for Castor's Return to Auburn.

Auburn, Me-, Feb. 7.-(SpeciaD.-
County Attorney Morey today had a
writ of habess corpus issued for DR..
Paul Castor. now in Cumberland coun-
ty Jail because of alleged completely in
the jewelry robbery at the West End
hotel in Portland. Castor is wanted
here to answer to a charge of having
Performed last fall criminal opera
ton on Miss Lizzie E. Allen Of Wilton.
DR.. Castor was to have been tried
here on this charge. but did not appear
and his bail bond was declared for
feited. 1t is said that he will be brought
hack here to stand trial and that he
will plead guilty and accept the sem
tence Of the court
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-08

New York, Feb 7.-Evelyn Nesbi
Thaw told her story today. To save tn
life Of her husband charged with mur
der she barred to the world the inner
most secrets of her soul-a portrayal 70
which sanctuary were a more fittin;
place than Il crowded, gaping cour
room. 1t was the same sorry she to-,
Harry Thaw in Paris in 1909, when h,
had asked her to become his wife-th,
confession of one who felt there was
an insurmountable barrier to her evcl
| becoming the bride of the man she
| loved.
| In the big witness chair she appeared
but slip of a girl and she told the pit
| iful story\>of her eventful young life
in a frank. girlish way. When tears
came unbidden to her big brown eyes
and slowly tricllled their way down
scarlet checks. she strove in vain to
keep them back. Though the lump in
her throat at times seemed about 10
smother her. she forced the words from
trembling lips and by a marvellous dis
play of courage which took her willing
ly to her staggering ordeal. she Shoe.
off depression which once threatened
to become an absolute collapse.
AS the young wife llnfolded the mar
rative of her girlhood and told OF the
early struggles of herself and her
mother to keep body and soul togeth-
or: Of how gaunt poverty stood ever at
tie door. and how she finally was able
to earn a livelihood by posing for tho
tcgraphers and artists. she Won the
murr1ured sympathy of the throng
.lx1 IL : ~
big court room.
Then came the relation of the wreck
of her girlhood at 16 years of age. 1t
was the story Of her meeting with
Stanford White. the story of the sump-
tuouS apartment. whose exterior gave
no hint of the luxurious furnishings
within; of the velvet covered swing in
which one could swing until the slip
pered toe crashed through the paper of
q Japanese rarasol swung from the
ceiling; the story of glass of cham
payne, of black whirling sensations
and Of mirrored bedroom walls. In
short she told all the story.
Don't scream 50, it is all over. 1t il
Ill right
and this was Stanford White?"
The question came from Dolphin NJ.
Delmas. now conducting the defence ot
Harry ThaW.
Yes, Sir.
The stiffness Of the crowd, whtrh was
big. bustling. showing and snariing
over some especially coveted SCAT when
court convened, WAS its own Tribute Of
the girls story. Into the narrative en-
tered nothing Of the woman Of the
world Into the narrative she inject
ed many little touches of young
girls hopes and diSappointEcntS. OF
her early life she related how her moth
er had gone from Pittsburg t" Phill~
delphia 10 secure assistance and how
she and her brother, Ho v2rd-th"
brother who has been in court man"
days but not once had gone near Lis
sister-'were placed on train by
friends and sent on to their mother.
She recalled that the two little travel
ers had trouble with the conductor who
wanted to put their cat out of the car
But, she naively added. they held fast
possession Of it just the same.
Then came their advent IN New York.
of her lfa here and eventually the ac-
ccptance by her mother of the thrice
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-08
NOTHING TO SAY.
Morse Neither Denies or AH.rms Re
port Concerning Sound Steamers.

New York. Feb. &C. w. Morse to-
DAY declined either TO affirm or deny a
report that ne was negotiating for or
Fad purchased all the Long Island
sound steamship lines controlled by the
New York. New Haven & Hartford
railroad. Associates of Mr.. Morse said
however. that they had no doubt that
Mr. Morse was either engaged in such
negotiations including the lines plying
between New York and Bridgeport,
New Haven. New London. Norwich,
Newport. Providence, Fall River and
New Bedford, which are operated by
The New England Navigation Co, in-
Guiding about 20 steamers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-08

District Attorney Jeromes office Thurs
day continued TO investigate the circum-
stances attending the death of Mrs. Ida
Binge. widow, which occurred Wednes-
day at her home in East S0th street New
York. Assistant District Attorney
Srlythe was awaiting the result of an
examination by n chemist of the contents
of Mrs. Binge's stomach following a re-
port that she had been poisoned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-08

Actual increase 2.45S,5S1 for twelve
months ending Dec. 31st. 1905. This Is the
eecord Of the
1904
- Sgar. z Yrs. New Engi and's favortte.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-08
FAIR AND WARMER-SNOW.

Washington, Feb. 7.-Forecast for Fri
day and Saturday for New England.
Fair and slightly warmer, followed by
snow in west and south portions. Sat
urday fair; fresh variable winds.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-31
WILD CAT LOVES A BABY
Once Savage Creature Row as
Tame as Any Domestic
Tabby.

How would you like to have a real live
wild cat for a pet7 This is what little
Elsie Stearns. months old, and Helen
Stearns, aged 3. daughters Of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Stearns OF Pasadena, Cal, regard
as their dearest treasure.
They would rather play with this big Cali
fornia wild cvt than with their smaller do
nestle cats, and he Is just as good-natured
as any OF the rest, too.
Bengal is his name and he looks the part,
for his marking Is very similar to a Bengal
tigers. He is q beautiful animal, about
three and a half feet long, and veyy heavy.
His fur is soft and thick, and it is with
this soft fur that the round-faced baby
loves best to play.
The photographer caught the baby just
as sho was pulling the wild cats hair and
he is submitting TO It with rare good ma
ture Were it not for his size, one might
think this gentle beast a well-bred do
nestle animal.
He was caught when months old In
the wilds OF the San Bernardino noun
tains, and purchased from hunter at that
age by Mr.. Stearns. He has been with the
family since that time. He was put right
with several small Angora kittens, and
grew up and played with these. He used
to roam the house and jump on tables and
bookcases, Just as other kittens, ana they
are obliged TO keep him In the open, for, In
his playfulness, he might break ornaments
and dishes.
He is now 3 years old and powerful, yet
as gentle az any ordinary cat. He is de-
voted 10 the children. He win lick the
baby's hand as roughly as she wishes, with
never growl or sound, and he - also fond
OF little Miss Helen. He likes women and
children generally but does not care for
men. Mr.. stearns says the reason for this
Is that he has been obliged TO take Mr..
Bengal during the summer and shake him
up b a beg OF insect powder 70 ria him
Of feas. Bengal regards this as a decided
insult to his dignity. and thinks All men
must be responsible for IT, He usually
growls ~ them.--L0a Angeles TimeA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-31

send all letters for Podunk people, where
the name of the state is not given. There
is no other Podunk anywhere which can
hold a candle" to this Podunk that we
all know about here.
In fact, our Connecticut Podunk Is the
original article, and all others are mere
limitations
After the Englishmen under the lead of
Winthrop, who were determined TO be
Americans, arrived in Salem in 1880, one
of the first Indian chiefs who came from
the backwoods to make their acquaintance
was Wahquinnacut, who went to Boston
in 1881 to see them, and he is said to have
belonged to the Windsor tribes or Po-
dunks.
Podunk signifies the place OF are or place
of burning, from ''potaw," Ere, and "unck"
place Offence Potaunk, or Podunk, or
Potunk. None OF the historians intimates
that 1t was an Indian synonym for hades,
but IT certainly meant hot place. 1t is
also made clear in their ancient histories
that the Podunks were great fighters, or
hot stuff," in the vernacular of today
None of them was ever converted to Chris
tianity.
The Podunks owed their gradual extinc-
ton to their bitter feuds with the Mo-
hawks, down the river Sixteen or more
Of the Podunks were killed at one time
In Mohawk ambuscade. remnant of
the tribe existed in East Windsor In i745.
but had quite disappeared in 1850, says DR..
Stiles, who also says that it was some
where In the Podunk wilds of Windsor
that Miantonomah the great Narragansett
chief, met his death at the hands of Uncas
his Mohican eonqueror, probably Septem-
Der Is 1913. Uncas was mighty man of
war, and sent his son, Oneko, over into
the Nipmuck country, Massachusetts,, on a
raid about LEGO. The Nipmucks were
trimmed on that occasion in great shape.
This happened in what is now the town
OF BroolHheld. The settlers from Ipswich
got there about that time and found that
a meadow at the head Of Quabaug pond
was called Podunk, and the name has
lasted, although It does not appear that
any' OF the Podunk tribe OF Indians ever
lived there. For Podunl history you must
come to Connecticut, and there Is plenty
Of It here.-Hartford Times.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-31
VAST BUILDING EXPERIMENT
ing Travel by Low, Graded
Rates.

II the American railroads were national
tzed;' II a man could ride from New York
TO Philadelphia for 70 cents; If a drummer
could buy for $40 q ticket to tour all New
England for a year, riding when and where
he chose II a passenger could go from
Bangor to Chicago for 81 on a board seat
or for $3.50 in parlor car, we might un-
derstand the interest which the railway ex-
pertinent Of the Italian government is Great
ing.
Loss than three months trial Of the new
rate schedules, which went into effect
November !, leaves no doubt Of their pop
ularity Passenger travel is fast increas-
ing and the gross income leaps upward
in spite OF cheaper rates. AS a raihoad
manager italy is "up-to-date" and am
bilious It has borrowed the zone tariff
from Hungary; from England the policy
of running third-class cars on express
trains, which the French and even the
Austrian railways have not yet adopted;
| from Switzerland its cheap monthly tickets,
and from Germany the endeavor to reckon
| indirect as we'll as direct benefits of cheap
transport
One cannot now pay more than 1913 for
straightaway railway journey in Italy.
The first $50 Kilometers cost, first-class, the
usual American rate, but after that each
100 kilos added cost less, until the maxi
mum is reached. For that sum one can go,
frst-class, from Palermo to any frontier
say Pontebba The old rate was 1924
Third-class the old rate was s1s.4s. It is
now 81.
In the United States a cheap long-ride
ticket is carefully guarded as to stop-over
| privileges for fear ''the drummers may
get hold Of f." Italy permits a stop every
1856 miles. Longer stops arranged for in
tourist tickets at prices greatly reduced
from last year.
/ But the drummer will most rejoice in
| the "abbonamento" system. a good Swiss
idea. For $40 the business man buys a
two months ticket enabling him to travel
frst-oiass from Rome to Naples and any
where in Southern Italy and Sicily. He
may ride all the time II he likes His pho
tograph pasted on his ticket prevents
substitution.
For cheap short rides between neighbor-
ing Industrial cities the 'eserciEie econo-
mico" Is devised. Bari-TaTanto. seventy
two miles, for 90 cents third-class and
$40 hrst-elass Is an example. Second
class is usually omitted on these "economi-
eap' trains, but there is sometimes a fourth
class, as in Germany and Russia, where
thirty-two or forty men stand like horses
IN a little box-car.--New York World.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-31
PoDUNK is REALLY A TOWN
IL is I'm Connecticut, signifies n Hot
Place and Had Great Fighters
in It's nay.

Look on any good map of Connecticut
and you see the River Podunk which runs
for miles through the town Of South Wind
sor and empties into the Connecticut Just
over the line IN East Hartford. The Po-
dunk Is not a brook. It affords a good
water power for the mills at Pleasantville.
and the stream does not run dry in the
summer.
Since We have begun to ten about the
Podunk river We may as we'll add the
facts that In this town. through which the
Podunk flows, were born Jonathan Ed
wards Oliver Woloott and John Fitch, the
latter the father OF all steam navigation.
whose first thoughts Of what might be
accomplished by putting an engine into
a boat. no doubt, came to him while. as
q youthful cloclkmaker, he wandered along
the shores OF the Podunk. a full century
and a half ago He was born in January,
I7B
POdunk. Conn., Is the place to which to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-31

continuation of loyalty to home concerns
to build up new and still greater enter
prlses here and to give unwavering loyalty
to those that already exist here.
While special reference is had TO but a
dozen of Omaha insurance companies, both
fire and life, that have their homes here
there are others. the Guarantee Fund Life
the Danish Brotherhood, the Royal Achates
and Woodmen Circle, that are Omaha es-
adjustments, organized in Omaha, which
maintain their headquarters here and all
are doing a good business.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-31
OBRT1F1oArE OF PUBLICATION.

STATE OF NEBRASKA, OFFICE OF
Auditor of Public ACCOMPLISHMENT,
February LIST, 1907.-It is hereby ceru-
fed that the Fidelity Fire Insurance Com
pany of New York in the state of New
York, has complied with the insurance
law of this state applicable to such com
panies and is therefore authorized to con-
tinue the business of fire, lightning apd
tornado insurance in this state for the
current year ending January 31st, 1908
Witness my hand and the seal of the
Auditor of Public Accounts the day and
year first above written.
r. M. SEARLE, JR.,
(SeaD Auditor of Public Accounts.
JOHN L. PIERCE, Deputy.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-31
oERT1FIoATR OF PUBLICATION.

STATE OF NEBRASKA, OFFICE OF
Auditor of Public ACCOMPLISHMENTS
February LIST, 1907.-It is hereby cerli-
fed that the Aachen and Munich Fire In
surance Company Of Aix-la-Chappelle, in
Germany, has complied with the insurance
law of this state applicable 20 such COM
panies and is therefore authorized to
continue the business OF fire and light
ming insurance in this state for the cur
rent year ending January 31st 1908,
Witness my nand and the seal Of the
Auditor of Public Accounts the day and
year first above written.
r. NJ. SEARLE, JR.,
(Seal) Auditor Of Public Accounts.
JOHN L. PIERCE, Deputy.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-31
The Security Mutual
Hail Insurance Go.
OF Omaha.
HOME OFFICE
437 RAAIBE BLOCK
United States OF America,
State of Nebraska
Office of Auditor of
Public Accounts
Lincoln, February 1st. 1aO7.

Lincoln, February LIST, 1907.
1t is hereby certified that the Security
Mutual Hail Insurance Company Of
Omaha, In the state of Nebraska, has
complied with the insurance law of this
state applicable to such companies, and
is therefore authorized TO continue the
business Of Hail insurance in this State
for the current year ending January
31st, 1908
Witness my hand and the seal Of the
Auditor Of Public Accounts the day
and year first above written.
(SeaD "a NJ. SEARLE, Jr.,
Auditor Of Public Accounts.
John l. Pierce, Deputy.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-31
CERTIFIOATE OF PUBLICATION.

STATE OF NEBRASKA, OFFICE or
Auditor of Public ACCOMPLISHMENT.
February LIST, 1907-It is hereby certl-
Insurance Company of New York, In tin
state of New York, has complied wiA
the insurance law of this state applicable
to such companies and is therefore au-
thorized to continue the business of IRE
and lightning insurance in this state for
the current year ending January Slst,
1908.
Witness my hand and the seal OF tho
Auditor Of Public Accounts the day and
year first above written. yH
f. NJ SEARLE, JR,
(seaD Auditor of Public Accounts.
JOHN L. PIERCE. Deputy.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-11
Will Open Headquarters

II. L. johnson, OF Portland, is on a
business trip to Astoria. Mr.. johnson
represents Hartman & Thompson, bank
crs, OF Portland who own the we'll.
known Rose City Park, new and at
tractiye addition to Portland Mr.. John.
son will open headquarters in Astoria
for the sale OF lots and the dissemina-
ton OF information regarding this prop.
erty. Rose City Park is at the present
time attracting more attention than any
tract placed on the market, in Portland,
for years, and no doubt when Mr.. John
son opens his office and announces the
fact he will be kept busy.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-11
Will Remove to Portland

Mr., Chas. A. Coolidge, general man
ager OF the Astoria Electric Co, for
over eight years, will remove to Port
land. Mr.. Coolidge has been appointed
general manager Of the Oregon Electric
Railway Co.'S intcrurban electric line,
between Portland aud Salem, and will
open an Office in the former city about
November /. The new road is nearly
completed and 1t is expected that ears
will be running over it by November Is.
Mr.. Cooidgc's successor in this city has
not been announced.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-11
Arrested at Syenson--

Deputy Sheriff Mclean returned last
night from Svenson, where he had gone
to arrest Andrew Dooney. He lodged
Dooney in the county Jail on charge of
threatening to kill, on warrant issued
by the justice OF the peace at Svenson.
As no warrant has been issued the jus.
tice court, in this city, it is question
as whether this court viii take up the
matter.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-11
MILL COMPANY BUYS
PROPERTY
MCCORMACK PEOPLE PURCHASE
NOLAN LAND AT THE MOUTH OF
RIVER AND WILL ERECT HUGE
MILL IN NEAR FUTURE.

S. d. Adair, of Portland. has negotiat-
ed the sale of large plot OF land and
water frontage at the mouth of Youngs
River to the Mccormack Lumber Com
pany, which is controlled by the Weyer-
housers. The land is what is known as
the Nolan property, and while the pur-
chase price cannot be learned, it is well
up in the thousands.
The new company will erect a huge
sawmill and long wharf for ocean ves-
sells. The lumber will be shipped to all
parts of the world and will be taken
from up the Lewis and Clark, where the
company has big holdings.
The completion of the first 20 miles
of the Portland. Oregon & Seacoast Rail-
road will enable the new mill to have
its logs brought down to tidewater and
hated to the mill. Everything is grad
ually working out for the development
of the northwest of Oregon and the new
mill will be of great benefit to this
section in proving the advantages to be
derived by shipping from this point.
The plans of the Hill and Hartman
systems to build terminals and whatnot
across the river are assuming large pro-
portions and the railroad talk in the
city during the past week has given
citizens great confidence in the future.
To prove this ask some of them if they
will sell their property and what price
they ask.