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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09

nouncement Of his retirement has not
been made public. he has quit active
duty Capt. Richard G. Davenport of
the Georgia was placed on the retired
list of the navy Wednesday. he being
one of the officers selected for COM
pulSory retirement
Up to date neither Of these officers
has been ordered detached from COM
mand, but as they are both out of the
service they cannot serve actively. 1t
is expected that they will be ordered
to their homes in few days, and then
new commanding officers will be as
signed
The departure of the Atlantic fleet
for the Pacific coast will mean that on
its arrival, If necessary. the United
States could assemble at short notice
u battleships and IL armored cruisers
-Four of the armored cruisers arc on
the Asiatic station now, while three
battl"ships and five armored cruisers
arc on the Pacific. AS yet neither Of the
battleships Iowa and Indiana have
been mentioned in any OF the dis
patches. but they are likely to make
the cruise to the Pacific with the At
lantic fleet, of which they are MEM
bers. These combined fleets would con-
sist of 1894 officers and 24.O74 men.
The following is the list of first-class
ships on the Atlantic. Asiatic and Pa
cifiic stations. with the captains COM
handing them and the number OF men
and officers:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09
Chicago Salvation Army
Asks for Court Fees
Due Standard Oil Witnesses,
Amounting 10 $1,000.
Rockefeller Gives Ais..WiII Send
Babies to Country.

Chicago, July S.-The Standard Oil
CO., which is facing fine in the Unit
cd States Court of a possible S29, 900, :
600 was asked by Chicago Salvation
Army lassies to give them the odd
$1,000 in mileage and fees earned by
John D.1Rockefellcr and others so that
400 more babies Of the tenement dis
tricts may get the fresh country air
for Il week.
Mr.. Eockefcllcr returned to Clcve-
land Saturday night and left his S1OO
in the hands CT Marshal Hoy, enough
money to send 40 babies to the coun-
try.
Fourteen witnesses in all came be-
fore the court. Each of them is en-
titled by law to Il fee of $15O and five
cents mile for every mile Travelled
going and coming.
Rougnly, this amounts to a total of
$500. 1t was this fund that the lassics
of the Salvation Army determined
should not lie idle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09
SITUATION GRAVE,
Soldiers Called Out to Protect Ships
from Strikers At Rotterdam,

Rotterdam, Holland, July S.-The
attitude of the dock laborers who
struck against the use of elevators in
unloading grain ships is increasingly
militant. Attacks on the men who re-
fused to join the movement are so fire.
qucnt and threats to damage shipping
and other property are so persistent
that a large force of cavalry have been
posted on the quays and police patrols
have been ordered out for the prOtec-
ton of steamers while loading and I'M
loading.
the river Mouse, the IRON clad Reinier
klaessin is guarding the port and the
cruiser Noord Brbart will arrive hele
tOmOrrnW
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09
RUSH ORDERS
Are Given for Repairs on BattIeships
At Seattle.

Portland, Oregon, July "a dis
patch to the Oregonian from Seattle.
Wash. says orders have been given to
rush the work on the battleships Ore
gon and Wisconsin, which are under
going extensive repairs at the yard.
The new battlcship Nebraska. which
went into commission a week ago. Is
to have her alterations made and the
crew will be called out as soon as men
can be brought here.
Admiral Burwell, commandant OF the
Puget Sound navy yard, has sent an
urgent request that two extra dry
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09

New York, July S.-Admiral Dewey.
who is sojourning for the summer at
Itichfield Springs, N. V, is quoted in
an interview published in the Amcri-
can as saying in regard to the trans
fer of the battlcship fleet to the Pa
Cific:
ut is a pity we have not ships
enough To keep powerful fleets in both
oceans hut since we have not it seems
that III the interests of peace it is best
at this time that our fleet should be
in the Pacific.
This cruise, or transfer, or what
ever you like to call it, is a mission
of peace. l do not think it likely that
this country will become seriously in
volved with any power. But if trouble
should come by any chance it is well
to be fully prepared for it.
1T is necessary for us to hold the
balance of sea power on the Pacific.
The deTences on that coast are not up
to the standard of the Atlantic. That
the nation that has this power con-
trolls the situation was proven in our
war with Spain.
There were 175,O0O Spanish soldiers
or the island when Cervora's fleet
started out Of the narbor of Santiago
dc Cuba. With the sinking of the fleet
The war practically ended.
"Fortunatcly the United States is SO
big and has such vast internal re-
sources that it cannot be bottled up as
were the Spanards, but the necessity
for power on the seas remains
fleet going to the Philippines, the adj
miral sale:
Il would ;ay that unless Tie danger
was most imminent it would not he
advisable to concentrate large fleet
with hundreds of officers and thou
sands of men IL Philippine waters.
The climate is not right as l know
from personal experience.
Il believe one ri the reasons we had
such an easy victory over the SPAN
iar',s was that thc.- had been 50 long
in that cncrvating climate. | am cor
tain that we would not have fought ST.
WCll when we left rs when we entered.
IAN enemy might take the Philip
pines and Hawaii. but as soon as we
met them on the sea they would have
to give them Up. The very presence III
our sea force in the Pacific will serve
every purpose"
Admiral Dewey said there should he
n" trouble in taking the fleet around
tie Horn into the Pacific. The battle
ships, he said should have no more
difficulty than a forrv has in crcsSn"
to Hobokcn. h"WaS merely question
of coal and a question of dollars.
SO far as leaving the Atlantic coast
unprotected by the transfer of the
fleet, Admiral Dewey said there was
nothing 10 fear. There were no enemies
to threaten the Atlantic coast. he said
and if there were. the army could take
care of them. The Admiral said the
coast dcfcnces there are in excellent
shape.
In closing the interview, Admiral
Dewey intimatcd that he saw two
possible effects of Importance in the
transfer of the fleet. lie believes it will
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09
NgT1s.SEH Z -, ',H!Fi.. :"

New York. July S.-Armcd with
hatchct and crazcI by the heat. Milton
.tlbin. Il workman on the new build
ing of the Trust Company of America,
Wall street, ran amuck among his fell
lows today. fatally injurinS one and
dangerously wounding two other. He
YVES then attacked by the crowd which
gathered and narrowly escaped death
himself.
Albn's victims are Michael Reilly.
who will probably die, Patrick Sullivan
and Edward Smith. -Aibin. without
known cause. attacked Sullivan with
whom he had worked for years. .tf:rr
he had beaten him unconscious Il,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09
Runs AmuCk With HatChet==
New Yorker Crazed by Heat,
-; < lCef $50

turned upon Reilly whom he struck
with the blade Of tho Ratchet. frac-
turing the skull. Ecilly'S death was
thnu-ht to 10 50 near that the last
rites # the Catholic Chmch were per-
formed by a priest. Smith was wound
ed il attempting to separate Reilly
and Albin.
The cries of the injured men attract
ed workmen and Il crowd from the
street. who attacked the crazy man.
The Ratchet was wrenched from AL
bins hand and he was so badly beaten
that ,he police had to send him to {,
hcsritai. To the police Alhin said he
must have been made insane Icy tn'
excessive heat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09
Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington. July Swarm wealth
or continues over the country except
over the northern states from New
England westward where temperature :
were about normal. There was no
precipitation of consequence. The
winds along the New England and
middle Atlantic coast will be light to
IrcSn ana mostly southwest. Tenn
pcraturc changes will not be marked.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09
NEARLY $4,000 MEN
Will Be Aboard Ships to Be Stationed
In the Pacific.

Washington. July S.-Two Of the bat
tlcShipS of the Atlantic fleet that arc
going to the Pacific coast on Il cruise
that will take them as far as San
Francisco are at present without COM
handing officers. These two vessels
arc the Rhode Island and the Georgia
capt. Charles G. Bowman Of tho
Rhode Island applied for retirement last
week. and although the official an
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09
Kills Mrs, Ella G. Carter
Sunday at Ellsworth.
Sitting With Dozen Others, None
Of Whom Are Hurt.
Rolf DemoIishes Bed Without In.
juring Occupant.

PORT clyde, Me, july S.-What prog
ross was made today by the Eastern
Yacht club in its cruise along the
Maine coast was accomplished entirely
by the aid of steam and gasoline, for
not sail was unfurled from morning
till night and in order To- make the
I,-milc run from Christmas Cove 10
this point the yachts were lowed.
Al this was due I" Il heavy fog
which rnvclpp"1 the coast and mad"
racing hazardous and almost inp:S-
stle. The h"t waited at christmas
GOV" until almost noon III tn" hop"
that tho fog; might lift, and it did draw
out to sea for IL few hours.
The whole feet left the hHrhnr ut ,
o'clock. The Orion, the regatta com
mitt"c's boat. took four large Sr!innn-
crS in two lines. The steam Yacht
Junatta had tn" SlpnpS Glnrilnna and
S"a Dog: the schooner Emerald. which
is equipped with power. sent out a lin"
to the slo"p IIumma, leaving the
Sl""ps Doris and Av"nG"r 10 conc
along with Their own E,unchrS
Til" feet pass Il Gown Eama"iscntta
river shortly after ; O'Clock and then
going hN poimapuiI point headed fnr
Doris strait. Just before reaching that
narrow passage thu fog came in again
ah' stopped further progress beyond
Port tiydr. where ECariy ali tn" feet
anchored for the night. Tomorrow if
III" fog clears. tn" yachts VIII go M
f'n"i's""t lay t" Gililry# llar!,ur III
ISlcSIoru.
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King Edward and Queen
Alexandra Visit ireland.

London. July SKIING Edward and
Queen Alexandra started today for
ireland, the second visit since their
accession. on the way Their MajeStics
will spend tomorrow at Bangor and
lay tn" foundation stone of the Unvcr-
sity Of North Wales. The royal yacht is
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SHOWERS-WARMER,

Washington. July S.-Forecast for
New England: Partly cloudy Tues
day with local showers; somewhat
warmer in Maine; Wednesday partly
cloudy; light to fresh winds, mostly
southwest
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09
ADMIRAL DEWEY DOES
NOT HESITATE T0SPEAk,
Says That Proposed Cruise Of Fleet to Pacific Will
Show Need Of Big Atlantic Elective
Must Hold Control Of Pacific.

urge the construction of another At
lantc Ileet with the ships now build
ing as a nucleus and he hopes it will
stimulate and hasten the completion
of the Panama canal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09

awaiting the royal party at Holy Head
and viii convey them to Kingstown,
where the King and Queen will arrive
during the morning Of July 10. One of
the special objects Of the Kings pres
ent trip is to visit the Dublin exhibit
ton
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09
COMING TO AMERICA.
Representative Of Mikado's Foreign
Office to Visit United States.

Toxic. July SIT is reported that
Director Ishii of the foreign Office. has
been ordered to proceed to America
and Canada. evidently in connection
with the Japanese labor question. The
time of his departure has not yet been
announced.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09

Christmas Cove. NJ, July S.-Thc
customary fog period III the annual
cruise OF TIC Eastern Yacht club.
along the Maine coast arrived at dawn
today and Tor some hours further
progress appeared to have come to Il
fn'l stop. still, til" ynchtsmcE had the
satisfaction ii knowing that more
than half the distance from Marble
head TO Bar 1iarbn: had been covered
and That there WIS plenty nf time for
"a rest and still finish on Thursday, as
.planncd.
The fleet spent 4 quiet night in the
Cove and this morning Ill hrd-Ilbbcrs
who had had a rather disagree able cx
!. periercc with the terrific roll off Boon
Z Island and Shccrscot Bay were fully
/ rec"vcrcd from their slight indisposi-
Il tion.
IN" plans for the days run were
perfected al an informal reception last
{ night on the flagship, ana that affair
was one "f the numerous cnioyabIc
gatherings which it is usual for the
eastern yachtSm"n to hold during
their cruise. When the fog came in
z ms morning, however, the plans were
somewhat changed and the start from
inc harh"r was delayed a connie of
hours IN "ricr to give tho sun Il chance
u break AWAY tho mist which WAS as
thl'k rs 2 bale of cotton
AT c"lor&. tn" fog gave evidence If
giving away. and active preparations
"ere begun for III" days run t. cam
d"n. 1t was decided to start thr roc.,
forces Of the fleet off Thumb can ~
ahd and to send them around oId
h'inS Ledge with the finish III White
Head Light. a distance of =. miles.
VITA iris short run in nrn4,,c,.t. no
on" was greatly discouraged M tbc
i"G' rs II WAS felt that b otter cnndi
(. unS W"uld prevail later in the dny
IN" h""t waited until noon for tI.
j l"E 7" lift hut it faiIcd to xiv, vav VI
All Ill" boats Wcr" mad" va into tnve
ana started for Seal IIarhur. Tho lIcrt
let tn" harhor at > o'clock and it was
tNf'c'cd {" reach an anchorage ~
dark.
some form of silk is produced by all
moths
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Boston Forecast,

Boston. July S.-Forccast for Boston
AID vicinity: Tuesday cloudy prob
ably with scattered showers; Wednes-
day fair, light west to southwest
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09

\ sausage four feet long and ono
foot thick formed the wedding cake
at Hanover butchers wedding.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-09

come t"rIn of silk is produced by all
moths
The sun., 1907-03-24

group. the only contribution Of size. revss,.
this ambitious young sculptor most favor.
ably. His Primitive Man" wrestles w,h
a giant serpent. II is duel with death for
one or the other; perhaps for both The
modelling is broad. fluent and in modua.
ton there is tense action. and the croupins
taking into account the violence OF m.
theme. is decorative as well as realistic
Those who have heard of him bpt have
never seen his classic features will be- inter-
ested in the portrait bust Of the Hon. Tom
l.. johnson. with its mask Of a sham states.
man. that familiar mask 10 he seen in ,ho
front ranks of native politicians notabIv
William j. Bryan-with its touch Of Jaro,go
Roman and more than a moiety Of Celtic
and its insincere mouth Of the orator. Tbe
johnson lips wear the mysterious self.
satisfied smile of three cent fare rnrormer
(says the Shan Van Vochh.
Altogether this spring Academy is neither
30 bad as it might be nor yet 50 good az
il should be. Many distinguished members
are not represented, But we do No., obiec,
to the general mediocrity, a mediocritv
which furnishes a wall 90 fatal wordi for
the more gifted men; just as "A clever pretty
woman sometimes selects the companion.
ship Of some obliging plain female soul
Fine feathers need relief,
The sun., 1907-03-24
MEDICATION or the OLD VAN
An Old Time Steamboat Captain on Green.
nuts Admirable Qualities

To THE FUIIoR or The SUN-Nfr. Let Old Nan
Creennut" have his talk. Hes al rIyht not onlv
for his knowledge Of poker. but becapsc he ais,
represents the real tHlng IN that nerx of woods
Nanv OF his readers doubtless trink that 'rsans,s
city Is q myth. Not 80. u exists tod7y even a.
II did In the days of the Relic Of the }1yors and
the earnest seeker for a little red uIuor" End A
friendly game to set into" lileWlso p uule Srr,,
II he bankers for II need not 90 away disappointed
submit that In this regard the lt''c town on ,h.
Arkansas and the Walnut doesn't diner nou ,ol.
old New Nnrk awful much.
Away back IN the old da.s "beto the va-." -
town OF Napoleon, at the mouth Of The Arkansas
River. hcld the edge" in poker snd red LIQUOR q"
Among my passengers one trip was = ,rap Who
found the boat dun; 'he friendly Vai1cS m hnarl
were not lively enough Narn wr landed =,
Napoleon he inquired how long We would be there
told him half an hour, and he Immediate Nh me
trail for uptown In about tvCu'v minutes |
saw him making his devious way back N he boat
ne was without hat. had bloody nose a hlact
eye, and the knot OF his CrayatVas urdcr his star.
board ear. lie came Immediately 10 me, SAYING
"CaptAn she lSh liycysh place ON river. got drink
N got licked all In twenty Minutes.
The town Of Napoleon Is no more. The remorse.
less Mississippi washed Il on the map forty yea1
ago Arkansas Ci'y became the emporium Of south.
eastern Arkansas. and Is so get, ami n Gambler"
viii make pilgrimage there he can hud anything
he wants, "a In tW enty minutes
AUsrINBURG. Ohio. March q. W.BN
The sun., 1907-03-24
The situation In Rumania.

According to kilograms from Vienna
and Bucharest the uprising of the peas
antrv which began in northern Moldavia
is spreading over the whole of that prin-
cipality, and is even extending south
ward into Wallachia and northeast
ward into the Carpathian region of
the Bukowina literally the beechwood),
which once form ed n part of Moldavia
but now belongs to Austria. The revolt,
which already has developed to formi-
dable proportions, is evidently agrarian
in origin and aim and only incidentally
anti-Semitic, though Jews have been
made the victims of spoliation and mas
sacre because they have acted as the
kessees or middlemen between the great
land owners and the cultivators, and be-
cause they have in their hands almost all
the traffic of the country.
Moldavia, in which there is reason 20
believe a RumaDian speaking population
existed as early as the first half OF the
twelfth century, became an independent
principality soon after the expulsion of
the Tatars in 1882 In the first half of
the sixteenth century, however, it became
a tributary to the Porte and like Walla-
CHA remained in a certain sense a vas
sal, although self-governing, until the
. complete independence of the twin prin-
cipafties was recognized by the Congress
of Berlin, a recognition which was fol-
lowed by their conversion into kingdom
under the name Of Rumania. The indus
tries Of Moldavia, the more northern
principality, are almost exclusively con-
nected with the land, the principal ex-
ports being timber, horses, oxen, grain
and wine. The pure blood Rumanian in
habitants are concentrated in the cities
and towns; the peasants, by whom the
agricultural work is done, are mostly Of
Little Russian or Hungarian stock. The
latter, although they we're relieved from
forced labor and enfranchised about
forty years ago, still occupy a position
The sun., 1907-03-24

having developed features that seem to
reduce the raiders to two-residents tes-
titled at the eE pGrte citizens hearing
that there were ten or more raiders and
the two soldiers indicated having sworn
that they were asleep when the town
was shot up, the Department has rather
deepened than lit up the mystery by It's
Sherlock Holmes stratagem.
Upon the evidence elected or ex-
tracted by BLoCKsoM, DARLINGTON and
LOWERING of the Inspector Generals
Department, brought out at the Penrose
court-martial, and taken by the Senate
committee, no man can say that case
has been proved against Ithe battalion,
while on the other hand the evidence
that the shooting was done by the riff
raft of the town is slight, cirCumstantial
and unsatisfactory. That the negroes
who were to take the place of the Twenty
sixth Infantry (white) were not wanted,
and that ugly threats we're made against
them before and after their coming;
that night shooting at Brownsville was
of frequent occurrence; that there was
a feud between the police and the white
as well as the negro soldiers; that the
Mexican policemen wore khaki suits,
and that one or more OF them talked OF
shooting negro soldiers; that IS per cent.
of the residents were Mexicans many of
them Of low class; that commissioned
officers give Brownsville a bad name,
and that there is a conflict Of testimony
about the direction of the bullets fired
in the early stage of the raid, was testi-
fled in behalf Of tho battalion at the
Senate hearing.
But what shall be said of the remarkable
fact, If it be fact. that Brownsville has
been able to hold it's tongue and keep the
secret about it's attack on Fort Brown
on the night of August l3? A conspiracy
among a few soldiers to conceal their
crime is comprehensive; a successful
conspiracy of town rufiians to hide the
outrage is a tax on credulity.
Whoever was guilty of the bloody
business, We believe the impression is
now general that very few of the negro
soldiers could have been engaged in il,
and that the great majority of them did
not conspire to shield the guilty.
The sun., 1907-03-24

analogous 10 that OF the rack rented
Irish tenants and agricultural laborers
during the first half Of the last century.
Their plight, indeed, has been worse,
because almost all of the great land
owners in MOldavia are absentees and
are accustomed to farm out their estates
To middlemen, whose interest il is TO
grind the peasantry. As it happens,
most of these middlemen are Jews in
deed, it is computed that about half Of
the cultivated land in Moldavia is now
leased to trust formed by three con-
spicuous Jewish families 1t is prob
able enough, that their exactions are not
more intolerable than those imputed to
many French landlords before 1888, and
TO some Irish landlords in our own day,
but they seem to have been peculiarly
exasperating because made by men of
alien race and religion.
Of course the first business of the
Rumanian Government is to enforce
order and protect the Jews and the
agrarian violence. This may not prove
an easy task il it be true that the upris-
ing has been carefully planned and is thor
Oughly organized According to reports
the peasants are distributed in bands OF
/ 500 men, under designated leaders, who
know what towns can be most quickly
taken through an understanding with
the administrative and police authorities.
The total strength of the peace army OF
Rumania is only about $4,000, though
there are about 10000 men in the first
and second reserves. To what extent
the soldiers can be relied upon to put
down the peasantry, whose grievances
are notorious and with whom they may
incline to sympathize, remains to be
seen. The Rumanian sovereign, il he
could bring himself to ask for it, could
probably secure assistance from the
Austrian Government, which, Of course,
has no desire to see the infection of
disorder reach its own province of the
Bukowina.
II speaks well for the good sense Of the
Rumanian Ministers that they have not
confined themselves to military meas
ures, such as the concentration Of the
active army in Moldavia and the calling
out Of the first reserve. They are trying
simultaneously TO strike at the root of
the trouble by framing a bill providing
for the compulsory sale of land to peas
ants throughout Rumania. The mere
promise of converting the landless cul-
tivator into a peasant proprietor should
have a reassuring effect, and if the
promise is promptly carried out there is
no reason why Moldavia, which is one
of the most fertile regions in Europe
comparable from the point Of view Of
fertility with the BLACK Earth" zone Of
southern Russia-should not have a
prosperous and happy population.