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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

William Dean HoWels is the first to
come and the last to go. of Maine $
summer residents. He will close his
house ut Kittory Point Oct. 81.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

\ few people will recall the terrible
Wagner murder of 1871; on the Isle Of
Shoals. of kittery. The house where
il occurred has since been unoccupiCd
and Was burned last week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

Only one day off in 33 years is the
record Of Station Agent Richardson ol
Biddef"rd who retireS this week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

Lewiston has ''peeping Tom'-and
just at the Halloween season. too!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

The new Christy book (NIoffat, Yard
& Coz. the title of which is "Our
Girls" is uniform with last wears
book '"rhe American Girl The text
CONSISTS Of selected poems about
American girls from many sources
Mr.. Christy is now, with his wife and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

Il. NJ Baker. Norridgewnck's 81 ycU
old market gardener. rather outdid all
of the younger men on his street. the
other night. says the somerset Re
porter. He bad quantity of brush
pied beside thc road which he wished
t" burn. and. being conside.dte for the
rights of others. did not wish to burn 1t
at IL time when horses passing ny
would be frightened, 50 he decided that
at about > O'Clock in the morning Woul''
be time quite free from passcrs by
and got up at that time and did the
job.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

Bath was given an unpleasant jar by
the Wall street explosion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

In his art and Artists" publish ed
by George w. Jacobs & Co. of Phila-
delphia, DR.. Max Nordau explains the
obvious but not generally known origin
of Whistler's butterfly signature The
butterfly is nothing but the first letter
of Nhistler's nan1c-a big Wv" An
ornamental Gothic w" with the two
side lines bellied out and bar in the
middle. reminds one strkingly of a
soaring butterfly with it's cylindrical
b ,dy between its outstretched wings
The association of ideas from similar
ity If form made Whistler as he paint
ed the 'W'' of his signature. think of a
butterfly. and he thenceforward formed
this picture instead of the holder let
ter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

Nanceboro's big threefooted bear
Y hich has survived SO many battles. is
dead. killed by Jed johnson and Boo
Croker. They set dead fall and the
bear was caught mapping. Bruin was
one of the largest ever seen III that
Vicinity and was very old. One foot
was missing. having evidently been
taken off in Il trap. but so well healed
that old hunters say that the accident
must have happened years ago. The
bear has been seen in many places
within Il J0-nilc radius. Musquash lake
in Topstield, Lambert lake and the
Orient horseback being his famous
stamping arounds. He has been fired
at scores of times but always escaped
Half a dozen scars of bullets we've
found in his hide aud one ear had a
clean hole through it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30
The Growing Auto Industry.

Even in these days of sudden growth
and rapid transition the figures indi-
eating The dash into popularity aiken by
the automobile are calculated t. amaze
the most hardened handler of StatiS-
tics The auto industry is in reality
only ~ years old. That is to say. all
that has been accomplished that is
worth " lille has been done during the
last census was taken. In 1900 the cen-
sus takers could find only 3,7:3 autoino-
biles in the whole country. More than
two thirds as many as this have been
spinning over the roads Of Maine dur
ing the present year 1t is estimated
that there have been 10000 machines
made in the United States this year,
valued at $.15,0po,00o Il sum greater
than the resident real estate and PEI
sonai property valuation Of Maine COM
bined. according TO the latest report OF
the State assessors. In five wears the
number ui establishments manufacture
ing1Aulomnbilcs has more than doubic.i
The capital investment has increased 80
per cent. the value Of the product 16i
per cent and the miscellaneous eNpen-
SIS 1903 per cent. There are more than
80 manufactures turning out ali MA ~
ner Of vehicles. In 1901 only - ma
.l,i, ,..,1,,.l a
Ii. six years. the government has collect
ed s6,JW.oDU in duties on 36.l machines
worth 81 500 800. Eut side by SIDE with
the import figures is the fact that
America is exporting large numbers Of
these cars. There are estimated to be
in the United States alone l5D.OOo motor
cars worth SS01.oo0.tU0.
That the auto is not ii mere pleasure
vehical is shown by the immense vari-
being Put. Delivery vehicles are d COM
mon sight IN cities all over the country
than horse vehicles. to say nothing Of
the tremendous burdens lifted from the
patient backs of mans best and most
abused friend In Mexico a special road
- miles long has been built and a cara
VAN OF auto trucks carries ore on it. The.
auto is now found in all parts OF the
world, Auto lines are in operation in
many parts of this country and if the
horse ever comes back into his CWn il
will be to All existence OF h0nored and
rampcTcd ease. Even that time seems
far off and it is becoming more and
more probab that. as Mr.. Edison pre-
dicted the other day, I'VE shall be pay
ing - cents to see horses III Sidesliows"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

Tudor jerks. whose stories and his
torical books for boys have been widely
popular. takes up new line of work
with "Electricity for Young People"
just published by the Frederick A.
Stokes Company. He has made his
subject entertaining by tracing the de-
Vel"nment If electrical science in MARIA
tive form
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

daughter. at his fathers home III Ohio,
where nc is busily Working on pictures
for the autumn Of next year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

The Rockland CourierGazette tells
Of d resourceful stenographcr of that
fall hat ruined by rain. but who had no
umbrella handy, and so walked home
with the aforesaid headgcar protected
by Il typewriter cover.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

Few officers Of IA Maine agricultural
society have served longer THAI
Wallace r. Tarbox Of l''ryeburg who
has just been elcc,cd for MS list term
as secretary Of the West Oxford
County Agricultural society.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

With these books. your mind; digestion
Suffering need nc'sr endure.
And tie taste OF cultivation
Onto you will then Ne sure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

Some Of the mnn IN In" cnylncrr-
ing department of the Bath Iron Works
have been figuring lately and have
found that it will require - miles If
steel tubing for the boilers of the two
torpedo boats to be built by this plant.
Mr.. Wcatherbce of the Iron Works; mas
been absent this week in New York
make d trip to the Delaware. 1t is ex-
pected that he will bring home with
him some important contracts inr
machinery and engines for the Bath
plant to build
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

Gen. Morris Schatt dedicatcs his forth
ro1ninc rcok The Spirit cf old West
Point to Hli- Gen. Charles Shaler, L.
s. A.. an., solomon Eu!<l"y Grifen. The
book will appear in an Illustrated edition
next week
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

The new novel by \. +. W. Mason
the author of -Four Feathers is IT, b.
called THE Broken Road The Seem
is laid in England at first ana then i.
India, and the influence Of tie road OF
tie lives OF tho two mon who are tn
central figures of the story lends Sin2u
lar and dramatic interest to the book.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

James r. Connolly. the author OF Ine
Crested Leas" is the son Of New h n,
land skipper and was brought up in the
REGION in which most Of his stories are
laid-the Gloucester shore. He is a Har-
ward man and was member or tne
American team at the Olvmpian games
in 'a3. when he won the first event. ,ne
trir,o leap He has hunted whales.
fought at Santiago. fiShed with Lrnn
fishermen out of Hammerfest. Finnish
eehermen out Of vardo and German
fishermen in the Baltic. He has taHfn
r'anv VOYAGES. two of the"' in the r"a
&c wirtnr to the Ranks Of New fourdinnu.
his stories nrn fu,l cf tho out Of door
life he has known and loves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

Francis Wilson's daughter. Mrs. Fran
ces Wilson Huard. contributes an article
t" the November Scribper which she calls
"A Sleepy Little City" Coutances. with
the twin spires of its cathedral at one
extreme and its '1ismantled donion at the
other extreme, with it's network Of badly
paved streets between its old gardens
and aristocratic mansions. is chosen as
the model for quaint and quiet Old towns
in France. The illustrations are made b.,
Charles Iiuard. who has been long and
favOrahly known in France for his draw
insS and ctchin"s. and now contributes
for the hrst tini"-to an American Mega
zine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

G.. +. Putnan'S Sons are publishing
volume by Mrs. Jenrette Lee. professor
of English literature at Smith College,
entitled "The Ibsen Secret 1t is
compoe ID of papers which in part at
least have already appeared i'll Put
MANS monthly magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

Me residents OF DiXficII IIV1ng Ou.-
side of the village did not like the idea
expense of the Whole town. and at !,
special town meeting last Saturday
succeeded in blocking the project by
:otc of IL; to I0.. Now il the village
has Il sewer. it must pay the whole ex
pensc of construction
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

Carmen sylvia. the Queen of Itumania.
VIII" is the author of many poems.
stories fairy tales and dramas. and in
addition to being Queen i also a
member Of the Academy Of Sciences OF
Bucharest. has established = home for
the blind. which is known by the poetic
name Of Hearth of Light" The author
of the new hook called THE Near
Fast" has visited this home and saws
that the Queen is very enthusiastic over
her work
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30

Many people are saying that the iier"
Of T. X. F'riedman's novel. The Radi-
CAL lust Published by the Applet"ns;
is Senator Bevorde". The hero Is ~
plain origin. works his way nm to poiu-
cal nminerce and the Senate. opposes
senatorial corruption and devotos his
energy to tie passing of child labor
hill Tho love story plays an irnporfan..
part of course. and the pictures Oh
Washington official life are vivid.
The Globe-republican., 1907-02-07
HOME TRADE CLUBS
They Should Be Organized
and ActiDe in Every
Community.
PATROllIZE HOME MERCHANTS
The Great Danger to Local interests
That Are Found In the Mall
Order Systems-Educats
the Public.

copyrighted. 1906, by Alfred c. Clark
Why should we trade at home?
Why should we consider home in any
way more than any other place unless
1t pays us financially? First, because
1t is our home. The pride we should
take in the prosperity Of our home
town and our neighbors should be suf-
ficient inducement to give them the
preference. Second, because beyond
all doubt or question. 1t pays from a
money point.
The greatest menace to the country
merchant today is the mail order
business, and with the decline Of the
country merchant comes inevitable
loss to the citizens of both town and
country. What at first was considered
great convenience and an exhibition
Of commendable enterprise has grown
to be one Of the crying commercial
evils. The success of the mail order
house Is the result OF constant, ex
tensive and intelligent advertising. II
is not by persistent swindling as some
tell us, for no business was ever built
up in that way. The home merchant
can do no better than to adopt the
same method, the judicious use Of
printers ink.
While the merchants are the heav
lest immediate losers. and could dc
The Globe-republican., 1907-02-07
THE OKLAHOMA HEARING
Develops That Shippers Are Emit
tied to Recover From Railroad.
Freight Rates to Chicago 300 Miles,
Cheaper Than Gainesville, $40 Miles
Santa Fe Makes Reduction.

Oklahoma City, Feb. 1.-When
G. A. Prouty, Interstate Commerce
commissioner, began the hearing
here Thursday into charges that the
Rock Island, the st. Louis G. San
Francisco, the Santa Fe and the Mis-
souri,, Kansas &c Texas discriminate
against Oklahoma and indian terri
tory shippers there was a large ar
ray of attorneys. traffic managers
and shippers present. Many shippers
were on hand from all points in the
territories, so having come from
Enid alone. Charles A. Ryker, a
member of the Kansas state board of
railroad commissioners, and Carr W.
Taylor, attorney for that board, were
on hand to take notes to be used
at Wichita In February, when Com
missioner Prouty Is to hold similar
hearing of charges made by Kansas
shippers.
That shippers of grain over the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railroad since
January /, 1905, are entitled to rebates
amounting to thousands of dollars,
collected by the rilroad under an ar
bitrary five cents fare charge per hun
dred weight on freight in foreign cars
turned over to the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas at junction points, was the chief
development during the first days
hearing.
Another interesting feature brought
out in the testimony was that 1t is
cheaper to ship grain 800 miles to Chi
cage than it is to Gainesville, Tex,
distance of 140 miles. This testi-
mony was developed in hearing the
complaint of w. o. Mitchell, versus the
Santa Fe railway Mr.. Mitchell testi-
fled that when there was wheat fail
ure in Texas the railroad company
raised the rates to prohibitory point
and forced the shippers to ship north,
where the price was not as good as
it was In Texas. ]. r. Koontz, general
freight agent for the Santa Fe an
nounced decrease in rates from Okla
homa City to Gainesville and Fort
Worth commencing March Is. To
Gainesville the reduction will be about
six cents and to Fort Worth about
two cents. Mr.. Koontz admitted that
conferences of railway men were held
in regard to the fixing of rates "in or
der to prevent rate war"
The Globe-republican., 1907-02-07

cost; If they save % cents on ten.
dollar order by buying from mail
order house they consider that clear
gain. They should be shown that a
merchant and his family living in
their midst, keeps up a house, pays
taxes, adds to the social features, con.
tributes generously towards public en-
terprises, etc. If by buying at home
their town gives support to several
more local merchants, creating bet
ter home market, they get back lib
eral percentage. Every man and WON.
an takes more or less pride In local
affairs and is willing to contribute
something toward home improve
ments, if the matter is fairly pre-.
scented. That is why say the rem,
edy lies in education.
Most mail order houses claim they
are enabled to sell cheaper than coun.
try dealers because they buy in large
quantities and get especially low
prices, This is often a base mis-.
statement of facts; let me cite an in
stance: A stock man from eastern
Washington was visiting in Kansas
City. One morning, walking with his
nephew, who was clerk in lead.
ing wholesale hardware house. he
asked where Bland & Co.'S store was
located. Don't think | ever heard OF
them," replied the young man. 20,
yes, | do remember the firm; they
have no store, they have an office in
(giving the name Ut the building),
but don't see how they can sell hard.
ware as low as your home merchants.
for while we sell them goods at less
than retail price, we don't give them
as low prices as regular dealers, be-
cause they buy in such small quaint.
ties, just as they get orders The
stockman was greatly surprised, he
supposed he had been dealing with
one of the largest firms in the city.
The mail order business has devel
oped so slowly, and works so quietly
that few persons realize the magni.
tude 1t has assumed nor to what ex.
tent it is now sapping the life-blood Of
many small cities and towns. Even
now we hear the excuseegiven for
sending away for goods, that the mer.
chants carry such poor stocks. The
wonder is that they carry any.
The Globe-republican., 1907-02-07
LEASE CHURCHES
A More Liberal Spirit Is Manifest
by Minister BRAND Than Had
Been Expected.
THE POLICE PREVENT A RIOT
Militant Catholics Organized to Pre-.
vent Services Being Held BY lnde-
pendent Branch And Clash
Was Imminent.

Paris, Feb. minister of Public
Instruction. and worship BRAND after
lengthy consultations with Premier
Clemenceau and Minister of Justice
Guyot-Dassaigne, has taken a more
extended stride toward the solution of
the church difficulties than had been
expected in the most optimistic quar-
tiers.
M. BRAND ccnstrues the recent en-
actments in the most liberal spirit,
and circular marked urgent and
forwarded Sunday to the perfects of
all departments for communication to
the mayors expresses this by recogniz-
ing the entire freedom of the mayors
with the authorization of the munich.
pal councils to grant leases Of
hes, rent free, TO common law as
socldtions or clergymen, the only re-
striction being that the duration of
contract may rot exceed eighteen
years with the approval of the pre-
feet. The leassee is merely held res
ponsible for all repairs, while the es-
sential condition is that the edifice
shall remain to the sect by which it
was used before the separation law
became effective until it Is legally dis
affected.
Only the presence OF the police pre-
vented riot at the old Barnabite
monastery, which has been re-christen-
ed the church of the Holy Apostles,
where the French Apostolic Catholic
church was inaugurated Saturday.
The announcement of the attempt
to organize a schism has stirred up
the militant Catholics, who organized
hostile reception with the intention
of breaking up the services. Hand
bills were distributed containing the
words of a popular air, describing
Archbishop Vilatte, head of the indie
pendent Catholic movement In Amer
lea, as an American monkey, whom M.
BRAND, minister of public instruction
and worship, desired to make French
pope.
Several thousand persons were out
side the church and scores of others
penetrated the already crowded
church. Interruptions commenced as
soon as Father Roussin, pastor of the
church, began his sermon welcoming
the approaching Catholic independence
and the dawning of the day when "All
the churches of Jesus Christ will
unite in Christian charity"
When he thanked Archbishop vi
latte for aiding the French Catholics
in establishing the first church, say
ing he was consecrated by the Patrl-
arch of Antioch, the successor Of st.
Peter, shout In the rear of the edi-
flee, He is communicated" was
the signal for a general tumult and
Father Houssin finally was compelled
to ask that the police be summoned.
The Globe-republican., 1907-02-07
The Stock Yards Report.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Feb. 5,-The
house committee which investigated
the Kansas City stockyards reported
Monday. The report finds that dur
ing the last six years the stock yards
company sold 14,O04 bushels of corn
and 100000 pounds of hay more
than 1t bought. The report asserts
that the company mulcted the farm
ers and shippers out of money they
paid for this feed. A bonded weigh
master is recommended who shall re-
port to the state. The report also rec
mmends a reduction in commission
charges and the enactment of a law
regulating weights and charges.
The Globe-republican., 1907-02-07

much toward checking and correcting
this growing evil, by liberal advertis-
ing and publishing prices, they should
not be expected to do it all. Every
newspaper should preach home trade,
avery teacher should instil 1t into his
pupils in the school room, every min
lister should preach 1t from the pull
pit. The debating societies and po-
litical conventions should discuss it..
The interests of town and country
and newspaper and church, and So
ciety generally, are so interviewer and
so identical that whatever Injuries one
will eventually injure all. When the
merchants are compelled to bring on
smaller stocks, and employ less help,
and pay cheaper rent, they are not
alone the sufferers; the whole COM
munity feels the loss. The price OF
real estate is largely dependent on its
proximity to good town. Rents are
dependent on the amount Of business.
The merchant can move to some other
town and establish himself again more
readily than can the professional man
and many others who have built up
business through years Of acquaint-
anceship and establishment of char
acter. II the farmer, or property own
err in town, want to sell out they are
the greatest sufferers-they can't
move their property to some place
where people are booming. their town
and country by patronizing home.
The remedy lies in education and
publicity. In many places that edu-
cation will come through bitter ex-
perience, but, in other communities,
where they are quicker to detect the
approaching evil, and heed more read
ily the warnings of the press and
friends Of home, they may correct the
evil more readily.
Wealth and power are corrupting
influences and the mail order houses
are probably not sending out as hon
eat goods as they once did. They have
learned the tricks OF imitation and
substitution and how easy 1t is to
deceive the public. But, If the mail
order man is honest, and his methods
Of advertising legitimate in every way,
his success is of no interest to us
and will never benefit our community
in the slightest degree. II crops should
fail or sickness render US short Of
money we could not expect him to
trust us for a dollar--we must always
look to the home merchant for credit
in times of adversely.
who is to blame? The mail order
house? Not In the least We alone
are to blame. The near-sighted mer-
chant who has lost trade By not &C
The Globe-republican., 1907-02-07

quainting the community with whaa
he has to sell and with the fact
that people could obtain at home,
where they could personally examine
them and return them II defective ID
any way, goods at as low price a.
any catalogue house can sell them,
every man and woman Is to blame
who sends away for goods; and every
one who fails to raise his voice In
favor Of home trade. The editor holds
the most responsible position ana
should be the leader In this move
ment.
The remedy has been outlined IN
general way. We will suggest the first
steps. Let merchants buy at home
they cannot consistently ask others to
trade with them when they do not
patronize their brothers In trade. the
editors should patronize home. ana
even at considerable personal sacrifice
refuse foreign advertising for lines OF
goods In competition with the home
merchant. The editor deserves more
credit than he receives. Many well
to-do farmer or city man would think
himself perfectly justified in sending
away for all his groceries and cloth.
ing il he thought he could save ten
dollars thereby on a years purchases.
but most editors forfeit many times
that much every year by refusing ad-
yertisng from distant firms In the
same lines of business as his home
merchants; and sometimes the homo
merchant even then declines to ad'
vertise.
Trade-at-home clubs might be or
ganized, with mottos something like
/ Club" or Il Patronize the Home Mer.
chants" or Il Buy Nothing from Mall
Order Houses" for members to dis
play. The acceptance and displaying
of such card might constitute per.
so nor member.
Much of the trading away from
home is due to thoughtlessness and
ignorance OF business principles.
Many persons consider only the first