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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24
Governor Higgins Again Improves.

Clean. N Y. Jan 23,--Dr. Hibbarl tonight gave out the following bulle- tin: Contrasting Governor Higgins condition with twenty-four hours ago, there has been a slight but noticeable improvement. The heart action, pulse and respiration are better He has taken more nourishment during the past twenty-four hours than during any previous forty-eight hours of his illness"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24
No More civiI Functions for Them.

Boston, Jan. 23.-At the request of Governor Guild, ,Adjutant General Frye issued special order to-day prohibit ing the detailing of staff officers of the state militia for duty al civil functions. The order prescribes that hereafter details of this nature shall be made only in such cases as properly may re- quire the official presence of the gov- error.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24
Hungarian Cabinet Crisis Averted.

Vienna. Jan. 2s.-The ministerial crisis in Hungary, which was seriously threatened yesterday, has been avert ed for the time being by the fact that Minister of Justice Polonyi has decid- cd to bring an action for libel against Herr Halmos, an ex-mayor of Buda- pest, and others of his detractors.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24
Jnpnnese Permitted to Land.

San Francisco, Jan. 2S.-The two hun dred Japanese immigrants who arriv- ed here on the steamer Alameda and whose landing was not allowed by the commissioner, were per mitted to land to-day on instructions from washington. The reasons for the detention of the Japanese and their re- lease were not made public.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24
To Aid State in School Suit,

Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 29.-Tne as- sembly to-day passed concurrent res olution instructing the attorney .gener- al to represent the state in the suit brought by the federal government in the United States circuit court in the San Francisco Japanese school ques- tiOn.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24
SUPREME COURT BUSY.

The supreme court about Il o'clock yesterday morning finished listening to the pleadings in the Fairfield county case of the state vs. William Buxton. The case of Charles H. Gilmore vs. the American Tube and Stamping company was next taken up. It is also a Fairfield county case.
 After this the case of John J. Nichols vs. Susan W. Nichols, another case from the same county, will be taken up.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24
TWO SEEK DIVORCE.

Ella B. Sanford, of Hamden, has brought suit against Fredericka San ford for divorce. Desertion is the ground alleged. The couple were mar ried in 1901
 Rose Collins, of this city, has brought suit for divorce against Morris Collins, now residing in Newburg, N. Y, on the ground of intolerable cruelty. The couple were married in 1905.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24
SHE'S DAY FOR s5nN.

William H. Hendrick yesterday sued William H. Day, a plumber of this city, to recover $500 on a money loan alleged to have been made. Constable Roscoe F. Brown attached money in Days name in the Peoples bank to cover the amount of the suit. Attorney Carl Mears is counsel for the plaintiff, and the case will be returned to the com mon pleas court. on the first Tuesday in February
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24
ASKS CITY TO SETTLE.

Otto Bruening, cigarmaker, of 4SS Congress avenue, filed petition with the city clerk yesterday asking for damages because of a fall on an icy sidewalk near Welch school last Fri day.
 MT. Bruening received a broken ankle In the fall. The matter will be referred to the committee on claims.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24
s5.OOO to Aid Starving Chinese

Washington, Jan. 23-The Red Cross to-day sent by cable a draft for the sum of $5,000 to American Consul Gen. eral Rogers at Shanghai for the relief of the Chinese famine sufferers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24
GROCER IS A BANKRUPT.

E. B. Mcfarland, grocer of 653 Dix well avenue, yesterday filed a volun- tary petition in bankruptcy with Ref cree Newton in the bankruptcy court. Mcfarland alleges that he has debts amounting to $2,354.79, while his assets are only about $1, 700.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
WATERBURY PROPERTY AT-
 TA0HED IN S5,OOO SUIT,

Two Seek Divorce-supreme Court
 Busy-Trustees Named-Grocer is
 Bankrupt-sues Day for s5OO-AsISs
 City to settIe--Boy Steals Cousins
 Watch and Chain in Order to Get to
 the Theater.
 An attachment has been placed on the property of Giles R. Anderson, of Highland park, Waterbury, in favor of Walter K. Newport, of this city, for s5,0OO The plaintiff claims that the de- fendant agreed, orally, with the plain tiff that if he (NewporD would secure for Anderson a purchaser of an annuity policy of insurance for $75,0OO he would pay the plaintiff one-half of his con- mission, which he would receive if the policy was issued.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24
LOUISE KELLIE,
 IAtnn EHn

clubs" shouted the anarchist. The idea was partially carried out. The clngas went down That there was an anarchist under each as it fell was a mere detail.' Philadelphia Public Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24

Oldbeau-Darling, I would die for you. Miss Pinkleigh-Then you may name the dayn Olbeau-For our we'd ding? Miss Pinllleigh-No; for your funeral-Chicago Daily News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24

Boston Girl-Do you believe in mar rlagei
 Chicago Girl-Belieive in 1t? Gee? practice it-Cleveland Leader.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-24
CITY COURT CASES.

Tn the city court yesterday John Dur ant, arrested for breaking window at the Lenox hotel on George street, and for drunkenness, was fined $3 and costs.
 The case of Giuseppe De Sorbo who was nabbed for drawing knife on an- other Italian, was put over until Jan- uary 26. Joseph Kelsey, held for thieying from the five and ten-cent store, will be tried to-day.
 George McCabe, fourteen years old, was accused of stealing a gold watch and chain from his cousin Louise Kel- ley, of 1OS Ashmun street. He wanted to get money to go to the theater The boy has always borne a good reputa- tion. He says he does not want to go to school, but to work. The boy took the watch and chain to a pawnbroker, presenting the following note, which he wrote himself:
 Dear Sir-Would you please buy this watch from my boy; no less than $95O for I want to pay some insurance to- day, and oblige,
 LOUISE KELLIE,
 '126 Garlic Street" The pawnbroker's suspicious were aroused and he notified Detective Don- nelly, who investigated and arrested the boy.
 Judge Tyner committed the boy tc the Reform school, suspending execu- tion until May 23, under the care of the probation officer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01

There will be no race this year for
the Vanderbilt cup and this announce
ment is not one which will cause very
general mourning. The Vanderbllt
cup event is a speed race, pure ana
simple, and last year when 1t was heiu
on Long Island resulted in several
fatalities. Both the New York and
New Jersey state officials were much
opposed to such a contest this year,
both i'm the matter Of allowing it to be
held on the public highway and in
providing for the policing of the
course. This Vanderbilt cup race IS
a very different affair from the Glid-
den tour, although the strenuous pace
at which the later was conducted this
year proved disastrous to some OF the
contestants as well as to numerous
people along the route.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
The White and the Black Schools.

Not a little has been heard from the
South regarding the generous sums
spent by the white people of that
section upon the education of the
negro and there is no disposition 20
contradict these figures or withhold
the praise that such a course deserves.
But what is true of some of the
southern states in this respect Is
evidently not true OF all of them, and
the recently published analysis Of
South Cardinals educational outlay
an unhappy exception to the rule.
For the year ending June 30. 1906,
there were enrolled 147,O53 white
pupils in 2,674 schools, with 1858
teachers. The average number of
pupils per school was 80, per teacher
40, while the average session was 24.35
weeks. The salaries Of the white
teachers averaged 1888. The whole
cost of educating the white children
was s1,53s,5G5, including the cost OF
the five state colleges maintained or
aided.
The enrolled negro children num-
bered 17I,O22, or $4,000 more than the
whites, but the total appropriation FOR
them was s259.932, or only one-siXth
of the sum appropriated for the
whites Now, of the total school taxes
for the year, s27S,477 was paid in by
negroes, so that, SO far from any
whites contributing to the educatioi
of the blacks, $1S,544 Of the latter $
money went to the education OF the
white children! Not unnaturally, this
seems somewhat unfair, particularly
as these $3.50 negro schools yield an
average to each school of 40 pupils
while the average salary of the negro
teacher for the 14.9 weeks OF the
session is only $95. If this same ratio
holds for other states, or anything APP
preaching it, those public men In the
South who have SO long urged that
school money be divided among the
races according to the taxes paid, will
l.,o 90 do Soma more figuring
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
The Railroad Issue in North Carolina

If has been given out, with a great
flourish of trumpets, that Governor
Glenn Of North Carolina has won
great victory in his contest with the
Southern railroad. A careful study OF
the situation, however, fails to reveal
anything of the kind. 1t would seem
rather that the doughty governor mad
won a most commendable victory over
himself. in conquering his own hot
headedncss, and getting down to sane
and sensible view of the situation. The
governor agrees that the state shall
appeal from the decision of Judge
I'ritchard of the United States district
court, to the supreme court of the
United States. In so doing he aban-
dons the contention that the laws of
his state are superior to those Of the
Republic, and pledges himself to abide,
cheerfully and peaceably, by the de-
cision Of the highest court in the land.
The Southern railroad on the other
fand agrees 10 Try out one Oh us locdl
cases in the state supreme court, and,
in the event of its losing, to take it,
on appeal to the United States supreme
court The railroad also agrees, pend
ing the results Of litigation, to accept
the state law regulating rates which
will go into effect today. The ques-
ton ut issue appears to be whether or
| not state has the power to enforce
| legislation fixing rates upon 4 railroad
| doing an interstate business or
" neither, in such cases the Federal
| law would take precedence of state
| law. 1t is evident that the issue is an
| important one, and much interest will
attach to its final determination by the
United States supreme court
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
PERSONAL NOTES.

James y. Richardson, of Tennessee.
democratic I.onsc leader in three Con
the highest Mason in the world. KING
Edward occupying the second rank.
Archbishop Tikhon Belavin Of the
Holy Orthodox and Apostolic Church in
the United states, has been transferred
to the archbis.lo;pric of IareSlly, one of
the most ancient and prominent in Rus
sia. His Grace came to America MIN,
years ago He will go to Russia about
the end of March.
Grant u. Seaton is instructor Of tho
largest mems Bible class in the world. 1t
is taught as part Of the Sunday school
of the California Avenue Congregational
Church. Chicago. The class has been
divided into four squads One squad has
rcd FOR its color, another white, another
blue and another purple.
Fred Miller, of London. England, an
artist and mrZZOtint engraver, who has
carried printing in colors from meZZo-
tint plates to {; greater state of perfec-
tion perhaps than any other person in
England. is making: a tour OF the United
States for tic purpose of studying the
artistic side Of America. He is at pres
at i'll Washington.
James Ford Rhodes. whose history of
til" Civil War has added 50 much to the
authentic annals of the United States,
was until few years ago an extensive
iron and steel manufacturer of Cleve-
land For sheer love of historical re-
search and literary work Mr.. Rhodes,
who pa sses much of his time in Washing
ton, abandoned an eminently successful
business career to devote himself wholly
to the preparation of his history.
Bishop Daniel Ayres Goodsell, who
presided at tie Newark Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. which start
ed ut MOrristown, being the semi-centen-
NAL of the formation of the conference
in the same place in 1857. is a many sided
man. An ,Intiring worker in the field of
the church, q deep student, fOrceful
pulpit orator and possessed of consider
able talent for mechanics, he is also a
naturalist Of no mean attachments and II
lover of outdoor life. especially bird life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
The Breakers.

Come watch The break RS. in shining rows
Always advancing by threesFand tours,
With a nth one creeping slow:
Stay ing not, caring not. day unto day,
Simply the order of time 10 4l,ey
70 the laws eternal true,
lTrlifts the water with sulien roar,
Swelling and swaying and topping Ger,
Unfolding line of blue. NJ
Here one pursued PUSHES on kefore,
Swirling and whirling and touched with
gore 80 - :
From the sunsets crimson hue
And eath'ring, stagrfng, as waves COM I
bine, 49, 4 m
Stretching far out In a foamy line,
Comes third with broken pace; -
Onrnshing, now towring with mighty:
roar RI " Az -
And a Humorous noise Of downward po1rss
1t breaks as it wins the race. -
But see, the last of the phaiaRx bold.
Shim'ring and shining like n siten gold;
In the sunsets slantfng glare.
Gliding and Gliding the boist rous sea.
SpecS!ed with foam, but happily free, :
With timid and fearsume air. =
Comes tiny wavelet, battered and sore, !,
Which runs TO the arms of the waiting
shore, = = 80 .s1sts
And softly reposes there. ~ ~
Metropolitan Magazine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
Ancient and historic trees hold

Ancient and historic trees hold a
place in all our hearts and there Is
general mourning when they finally
disappear For instance, when the IA
nous Old Elm on Boston Common blew
down not many years ago there was
Il genuine grief among the older resi-
dents and there was 4 general scram-
BILE for souvenirs of this patriarch of
our Oldest park. even down to the
smallest twig. The Charter Oak at
Hartford has given its name to nu-
merCus institutions and its remains
have been scattered in various forms,
artistic or otherwise. through the homes
Old Elm in Cambridge, under which
Washington received his commission
now fast lettering to its fall, has been
The shrine of hundreds of thousands OF
patriotic pilgrims. The Boston Tran
script tells us that the severe storm OF
last week was almost fatal to two
more remarkable sentinels of as many
Massachusetts towns. The ReVolu-
tionary tree at Arlington was two
thirds DESTROYED and probably the re-
mainder has sustained mortal injury.
But Lancaster mourns an even greater
loss. Her chief native distinction is
practically destroyed. Her Queen
elm, which has been declared the larg.
est in Massachusetts,, is a wreck Fol
years it has been braced with rods and
bound with iron bands, but the force OF
the mcipient tornado was too strong
even for these. The diameter of 1t:
spread was three hundred and fifty
feet. and the ground circumference of
its trunk, nearly thirty-seven. Tt
these two towns the storm brought
general bereavement.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
The Haywood Verdict.
New York WORLDLY


The trial and the verdict must be
sad blow to an army of Socialist
agitators and demagogues who were
looking for martyr to their cause
and thought that they had found one
in Haywood.
When the trial began the Judge
was described as "a corporation tool;
the jurors were puppets of plu-
tocracy;" the "vultures and vipers'' of
Wall street We're demanding the
blood of the innocent in order to rivet
tighter the shackles of capitalism up
on the limbs of labor. Every Socialist
and trades unionist in the country was
asked to believe that Haywood could
not have a fair trial; that he was to be
hanged regardless of the evidence;
that he was to be the helpless victim
of a judicial murder because he dared
defend uniOnism.
Yet a corporation court took the
utmost pains to safeguard all of Hay
woods rights and privileges. A cor
poration Judge" charged the jury
strongly in favor of the defendant
empha sizing the fact that
Under the statutes of this State
person cannot be convicted of a crime
upon the testimony Of an accomplice
unless such accomplce is corroborated
by other evidence which of itself and
without the aid of the testimony of
accomplices tends to connect the
defendant with the commission of the
offense charged. and the confederation
is not sufficient if it merely shows the
commission of the Offense or the
circumstances thereof
A jury composed Of puppets of
plutocracy" packed to convict Hay
wood. after carefully weighing all the
evidence in the case. decided that he
was not guilty. In short, the puppets
of plutocracy" brought in the same
| verdict as the unofficial jury of
Socialists
What becomes of the "cOnspiracy?'
What becomes of all this cheap social
istic buncOmbe designed to delude The
| weak minded and sow the seeds of a
class war? What becomes of the agi-
tators and dcmagogues to whom due
process of law has So fatty given the
lie?
If socialism really was on trial with
Haywood. then socialism is convicted
of being an ass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
AIabama's New Senators.

Although the two mens whom Ala
bana will send to the Opited States
Senate as the SUCCESSORS of the late
Senators Morgan and Pettus Will each
be some 20 years younger than the
veterans who have just passed away
still it is hardly fair to class them DIS
green and inexperienced youngsters
Ex-Congressman Bankhead who VIII
succeed Senator Morgan ana eX-"oV-
ernor Johnston who will succeed Sena-
tor Pettus, are respectively "a ana %
wears of age and both Of them IKE
their predecessors. saw service III 'A7
Confederate army.
Roth Of them, also like their pre-
deccssors, are natives of Alabama anu
have long been prominently connected
with its political affairs. Bankheao
hoe he.n for 20 years a member of the
National House and was finally de-
f.ated for denomination by Captain
1Ioh.on Johnston was four years
Governor OIL aldDdiiitA puS AAei'7 ''Ce AiN'"
o,har political office. Unlike most
Southern men who come to the front
in nublic life he is very wealthy, being
rated as a millionaire. He has been
classed as a lawyer since the close Of
the war but has been much devoted to
banking affairs and to the development
of the natural resources of Alabama.
Although it was understood that Sena-
tors Morgan and Pettus would remain
in the Senate as long as they lived,
still at the state primaries last year
candidates were voted for to succeed
them when their deaths should occur
and Bankhead received the highest
vote and Johnston the next highest,
consequently they fill the vacancies in
that order. Johnston will not only
fill out the unexpired term of Senator
Petus which has two years yet to run.
but also the additional term to which
Pettus was recently elected which ex-
pires in 1915
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
Trade and the Flag.

1t is to be noted that American trade
is following the American flag, atieast
to the extent that our sales to the
countries known as "our non contigu-
Gus territories have increased from
$1O.70O.OOO in 1897 to $67,250,000 in
1907. OF this gain of approximately
S57, 100000 nearly s24,000,OOO appears
in the Porto Rico account alone. The
little more than Sl4,0OO,0O0 and the
Hawaii account shows a gain of about
100000 900. The Philippines, where
we had no market prior to the
Spanish-American war, bought last
year $S,sG1.424 worth Of our merchan-
disc. AS an outlying possession Porto
Rico, our politically neglected but no
longer quite forgotten island. appears
to be our prize package.
Our imports from these countries
exceed our exports to them by 4 little
more than $7,000000 On that si,le Of
Iflp lpuSeT Aldsht Will ti
increase for the decade of sS.000,000.
Hawaii with s15,OOO,OOO. the Philip
pines with 100000 and Porto Rico
with $2O,O00,000. In import as well as
in export Porto Rico is at the front as
commercially desirable possession.
While it is hardly likely that our trade
with these outlying possessions will
increase in the future by such leaps
and bounds as have characterized the
past decade, nevertheless it is reason
able to expect a steady increase dur
ing the coming year. Another decade
will show an especially large gain In
our Alaskan trade, and Porto Rico is
still a long way from the end of her
development. There. are SO many
features which complicate the Phillp-
pine situation that it is hardly safe u
make prophecies there, except in very
general terms.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01

As feature of Bostons Ola Home
Week a great many commemorative
tablets have been erected on historic
.n,ts about the city. 1t will be a good
thing if the regular and permanent
nop,lation of Boston pays due attention
to these tablets, for it is probable that
the average New Englander outside of
Hnston knows more about that city's
history and it's historic spots than do
three fourths of the people now dwell
ing within its limits.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01
"The Roldest Act Of Cowardice."

New York Evening Post)
81 he holdest act of cowardice ever
heard Of Such was the characterize
ton Of one Of the Duke Of Wellingtons
announcements Of government policy. 1t
might with double force he applied to Mr.
Bryan's reputation Of his own pet issue
of government ownership of railroads
Put forward by him inconsiderately a
year ago; chung TO obstinately for time
in the face Of protests by influential men
of his party; latterly qualified and mini
mizcd: Mr.. BRYAN has now discovered
that 1t Is unpopular and is iniuring his
chances rs n candidate tor thu. presi-
dencv. therefore he cool!y declares that
government ownership an issue in 1908 -
disqualification could hardly be mora
complete.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-01

The admirers of Edgar Allen Poe,
who, it will be recalled. were deeply
gricved because he failed to be given a
place in the Hall of Fame at the cleo
ton in 1908, have started a campaign
which they hope will secure him the
necessary majority of votes when the
next batch of names is selected in 1910.
Wire pulling in such a connection may
seem very much out of place. but it
has been resorted to i'm other instances
and the admirers of Poe do not pro-
pose to be left in such n contest. AS
an instance of the enthusiasm of Poe's
admirers, it is cited that before the
last election Richard Watson Glider
visited ex-President Cleveland. one OF
tine Hall of Fame electors, and talked
to him for two hours to induce him &c
vote for Poe The dramatic wori6
also has given indication that 1t WI
try to secure a place for the name o
an actor by working for Charlotte
Cushman. who lacked eight votes. I'M
efficacy Of campaign of education
among the electors to secure the recog
milton for certain names was show
by the success of the women's Organi
cations which worked for Mary Igor
Emma Willard and Maria Mitchell
The women interested in the fame Q
these teachers prepared elaborate &C
counts Of the work they had done an
sent these in printed form to the II
electors. AS result. the founder {
Mount Holyoke. the founder Of III
Emma Willard Seminary and the a:
tronomer were chosen by a majority