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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-31
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

While Wilbur Wright was making a
flight Friday at Lemans, France. the
motor of the machine exploded. Mr..
Wright landed without injury and the
aercplane was not otherwise damaged
Repairs We're effected in a short time
and Mr.. Wright continued his demon
stra lions
The leading officials of two of the
largest structural steel companies III
Boston. David II. Andrews. president
OF the Boston Bridge Works, and
Charles n. Fits, secretary of the New
england Structural Co., pleaded guilty
friday to an indictment charging them
with collision in obtaining bridge con-
tracts from The city of Boston They
each paid a fine of $1,000 and in addi-
uoh paid $4,000 to the city for extra
profits which the two companies de
rived from the two bridges.
mob of about 80 masked men at
lacked the Roane county Jail at Kings
ION, Tenn. early Friday and killed
Seorge Cook, held on the charge Of
numbering John King, g. ferryman at
s"'hwest Point, a few weeks ago. 1t
presumed the men intended to hang
LOOK as they had II rope. However,
"'er MS cell was reached he drew a
razor and cut one of the men in the
noh' The invaders then shot Cook
u.au' Governor Patterson will be ask
gu 10 Offer reward for the appre
hs'sion of the members of the mob.
AS result of charges by the Chica
81 hoard of Trade that market quota
nols mad been permitted to leak to
bucket shops" five trusted employees
VI the Cincinnati Western Union office
we're absent from their accustomed
oeSks Friday. having been suspended
Nnuihg investigation. The. chief OPP
aa,or, the chief lineman. the chief
3'A IN the superintendent's office, the
aa OF the ticker department and the
SOU switchboard operator were drop
S S, Of these. two are nephews of
sapt Miller.
Notwithstanding efforts of labor lead
-. 70 have the question decided before
a., e general elections, Justice Wright in
i, ustrlct supreme court at Wash
has, on Friday postponed until Novem-
-, ~ consideration of the case of Sam
- 'oinpers. president; John Mitchell.
wee president. and Frank Mirrison.
\. s'etary, of the American Fedora
w u Labor who are charged with
!. of court. The case grows out
d suit for injunction instituted
p' the labor officials by the
rhS stove and Range Co. of St |
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-31
Forest Fires Subdued.

Lowelltown. Me. Oct. 3O-The forest
damage to the timber lar ds in the vicinity
of the village of Skinner during the past
week have been effecmtally subdued by
the rains of the past few days, and with
the indications pointing to continuance
Of the rainfall it is believed that all dan
ger is over.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-31
SWEET MESS OF LIES
Sent Out by Chairman Mack Denied
by Chairman Hitchcock.

New York. Oct 30.-Charges were
made by National Chairman Mack FRI
day that the declaration OF John D.
Rockefeller for Taft for President was
the result of the deal between the Re-
publican national committee and the
Standard Oil interests whereby Ma
tional Chairman Hitchcock received
large campaign contributions and Mr..
Rockefeller the promises. as Mr.. Mack
said, that undoubtedly the $29.000,000
fine of the Standard Oil CO. would be
fixed up in the event of Mr. Taft's cleo
ton as a part of the campaign. The
Democratic chairman said:
The Standard Oil Co. has landed
where everybody knew it would land.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-31
Reuben Burnett, who lodges on II

Reuben Burnett, who lodges on Ire
mont street, Lynn, Mass, was arrested
on a warrant Friday charging him
with felonious assault on Reserve Of
ticer William Ruth of the Lynn po-
lice department on the morning Of Aug
II last. With the capture of Burnett,
the police believe that they have ap.
pretended one Of the three men who
broke into the summer residence Of
l.. Howard Lewis of Albany. N. Y, at
Swampscott and who afterwards en-
tered the Phillips Beach station of the
Boston & Maine Railroad and made an
unsuccessful attempt to dynamite the
safe. Burnett will be brought into court
Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-31

A mysterious fire. the cause Of which
no one can explain. starting in the up
DER shed of the house at 100 Spring
street. Auburn, at midnight. Thursday,
ruired the house. and but for the
prompt action of two men might have
caused the death of Mrs Frank Mich
OILS. an invalid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-31

The Western Maryland Railroad has
arranged TO spend within the next few
months $1.250,000 on new equipment.
The company has asked builders to
submit bids for furnishing 800 all-steel
gondola hopper coal ears, 10 CONSOLIDATE
ed freight locomotives, three switch To-
comotvcS and 10 caboose cars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-31
HITCHCOCK CLAIMS
325 VOTES FOR TAFT.
Sure Of Ohio, New York, Indiana, Mary.
land, Montana and Nebraska Ken
lucky and Missouri Are Doubtful.

| Mr.. Rockefeller held back for a bar
gain and got what he wanted His
| declaration for Taft is good for at
least 100000 votes ION the doubtful
states. | cannot state the amour,
received from Mr.. Rockefeller by the
Republicans but one can imagine
Hitchcock getting the money-which
suggest the question whether Taft is
with Rockefeller or with Roosevelt
I'VE now have an Oil trust and the
Steel trust lined up side by side work.
ing for Taft's candidacy. Mr.. Carne-
gies statement Thursday on hi; ar
rival from Europe that the election
of Mr.. Bryan would be a tragedy. is
not only shocking but should arouse
the indignation of all fair-minded citi-
zens of the country regardless of party
affiliations. Mr.. Carnegie, l am reli-
ably informed is not even a voter in
this country. Mr. Carnegie has amas-
sed large fortune as the result in
part at last of Republican policies,
special privileges and a rObber tariff,
which Mr.. Bryan and every true Dem
Ocrat condemns as so OdiouS and eX-
pressive as to determine the reform
Chairman Mack declared that he
had learned that the Republican
committee had a campaign fund Of
100000 and that of this sum $4,000
600 was being used for purposes of
coercion and bribery, The national
chairman said further that 100000 of
the campaign fund Of the Republicans
had been sent to Indiana and that
more than that sum had been sent to
Ohio.
Tonight, after reading the state
ment of Norman E. Mack, in which
the Democratic national chairman
charges the Republican organization
with having received contribution
from the Standard Oil Co., Chairman
Hitchcock of the Republican National
Committee dictated the following:
The statement that the Republican
National committee has received fl
nancial assistances from the Standard
Oil Co. is absolutely ia Sc The COM
mittee has not received directly or in
directly from that organization or any
OF its officers single dollar"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-31

The heavy northeast gale which rag
ell at Newport. r. l.. Thursday night
and early Friday was responsible for q
collision between two electric cars In
which two persons were injured.
though not seriously.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-31
Mrs. VIM. Aston Dad.

New York. Oct 3O.-Mrs. William Aston.
Who has been seriously i'll with heart
trouble for some time past. died at her
residence on Fifth avenue tonight
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-31
1904
:

/, 10c. cigar
No. ' VAL increase for past nine months
~ MSniIllon. Fight Thousand. FACE
~ Aanch IsIeI, N. f.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-31

The capacity of the Atlantic cables ~
400 900. ono words annually. Only 25VOo,0oo
are sent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-31

1oIOS, CRAMPS AND COLES
sMsep a bottle of Sanford's Ginger on
"u 10: sudden ills. 40 years a favoHtA.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-31
THE WEATHER
FAIR TODAY AND SUNDAY.

Washington, oct. 3O.-Forecast for
New England: Fair Saturday and
Sunday; diminishing northwest winds.
Boston Forecast.
Boston. Oct. 30--Fair Saturday and
Sunday; fresh northwest winds di-
miniShing
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05

best of all fuels, which western
Pennsylvania has wasted from the
many thousands of wells drilled with
in her borders, vastly exceeds in
value all the petroieums she has
ever produced. Not satisfied with
thus despoiling your own common
wealth of it's most precious fuel
possessions, some OF your most pow
erful corporations, with headquart-
ers In Pittsburg have been the
principal agents in wasting unnum-
bored billions of cubic feet of this
precious fuel in your states of Ohio
and West Virginia. The general su-
perintendent Of one of your great
gas companies told me only a few
days ago that he had personal
knowledge of one well in West Vir-
ginia from which 1900, 900 feet Of
gas escaped daily in producing only
-four barrels of oil. An enormous
waste of gaseous fuel is still an
incident of oil production in Penn
sylvania as well as in Ohio and
West Virginia and will probably SO
continue until the end OF the chap
ter largely berause a few influen-
tial citizens of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
West Virginia and New York always
oppose any attempt to prevent this
crime against these commonwealths'
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05

that the house ru:es may need a
little revising
To be sure the sort OF revision
they offer as O concession is a joke,
but II is remarkable that they offer
to accept any changes in the rules
at all. They have heretofore insist
ed on the same veneration for these
regulations that the ancient Hebrews
demanded for the tablets OF the law
carried in the ark of the covenant.
While Mr.. Taft has paused in his
proposed crusade to oust Speaker
Cannon himself, he has continued to
give aid and comfort to the agitation
for reform in the rules. When the
president-elect arrives in Washing
ton he will hold conferences with
the house insurgents against the
present rules. It is expected that an
ultimatum to Speaker Cannon will
follow these conferences.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05
B Peruna is the best .
q friend I ever had. |

MFRS. FLORENCE ATHENS, 400 3rd
lNl ST., Toledo, Ohio, writes: "Peruna
cured me of internal catarrh. j took
about four bottles when noticed the inn
provement and the fifth bottle cured me.
al do not know what 1 would have
been like today had not got Peruna,
for was in a terrible state. had pains
all over and was cross and irritable. /
was losing hope of ever being well
again, and was downhearted. / am to-
day cured woman, after suffering for
nine months,
az cannot tell you how happy feel,
but you will know. 1 never heard of
such medicine; 1t is the best medicine
on earth. My husband is now taking
It. 1 will always keep Peruna in my
house. Peruna is the best friend ever
had. 1t must be praised; it cured me-"
Pe-runa Tablets.
For two years DR.. Hartman and his
assistants have labored necessarily to
create Peruna in tablet form, and their
strenuous efforts have just been crowned
with success. People who object to
liquid medicines can now secure Peruna
tablets.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05
VOTE DEAD
and INSANE
Startlingl Revelations of Pc
litical Frauds in Chicago.
honest Election a Rarity

Chicago, Dec. 5--The ballots of
men long residents of other cities,
the ballots of temporary absentees,
the ballots of the insane and even
of the dead were cast in the primary
election of last August in Chicago.
'Repeaters' voted in platoons
with the connivance OF wilfully un-
seeing judges and clerks of cleo
ton and fraud, rampant to an ex
tent hitherto unknown in Chicago,
rendered the resultant party nomlna-
tions morally worthless.
These and other startling allega-
tions wero made Friday in the re-
port of the special grand jury, which
after several weeks of delving into
charges growing out of Chicago's
first primaries and returning eighty
one indictments against two score
or more of politicians and other
persons, adjourned.
The investigation owing to physi-
cal limitations, merely scratched the
surface of the situation, according
to the report and doubt Is express
ed that there has been an honest
city or general election in Chicago
in years. (
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05
Make A CLEAN SWEEP

1t now seems practically assured
that Judson Harmon, when he gets
well settled in the chair of the
governor of Ohio, will make c.ean
sweep of the men now in charge
of the state institutions and will
place in their places, men whom
he believes will give the state good
administrations, alons the lines
which he promised to the people
during his recent campaign. The
governor-elect will not wait for the
expiration of the term of the men
now holding the places. He will
call for designations as soon as con-
venient and will make the changes
so that he can get his administration
to running smoothly as soon as
possible.
During the recent campaign, Jud-
son Harmon pointed out to the
people Of the state the deplorable
condition in many of the state in
stitutions. He promised reforms in
these institutions If he was success
full in the election. In recent years
there have been many complaints
registered against the men who were
in charge, but none of them have
been removed. They have been hold
ing on, have been remedying con-
ditions for the time, only to drop
back into the old ruts after the
people had forgotten about the COM
plants registered 1t has even re-
quired Investigations of some of
the institutions TO clear the good
name of the state as to the manner
in which the inmates are being
handled and to wash the hands of
the state administration of the
charge of murder. 1t would be utter
folly for Judson Harmon to seek
20 run these institutions upon a
reform basis with the same men in
charge. If there is to be reforma-
tion in the manner OF handling these
institutions, then there must be
different lineup of the men in
charge.
Republicans and Democrats alike
will uphold the hands of the new
governor in making these changes
Republican members In the state sem
ate may object, to the point OF re.
fusing to ratify his appointments,
but the man who believes in the
state government being run in the
of those governed will
the move.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05
EVANS REFUSAL

Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans,
who was recently placed upon the
retired list, after having successful
ly taken the big fleet from the
Atlantic to the Pacific by way of
Magellan Straits, has been prof
fered by his many admirers in Los
Angeles, California, handsome
residence. The retired sea fighter
has taken this occasion to inform
the people of Los Angeles and all
of the people of the United States
that it will be impossible for him
to accept the gift offered, or any
other similar one from any person
or any society. In this Evans shows
that good judgment which has cHar-
acterized his life anG which has as
sisted in making him one of the
greatest sea fighters ever produced
by this or any other country.
Admiral Evans doubtlessly re-
calls the experience of Admiral
Dewey since his memorable victory
in Mania harbor When Dewey re-
turned from that victory which was
one Of the most brilliant in the his
tory of the American navy, he was
completely lionized by the people
of this country. The public was not
content with giving him all of the
praise possible for his successes, hut
sought to make a more substantial
Offering of admiration. A handsome
residence in Washington was pur-
chased and handed to the Admiral.
The acceptance of this gift from
the hands of grateful people mark
ed the beginning of the decline of
hts popularity. OF course Admiral
Ddwey is still held in high esteem
Nv lhc pcOplc VI Aul6llCdi uuI tilcll
estimation of him is not as great
at is would be had he refused to
accept the offer when it was made.
Shortly after the presentation of the
residence, Admiral Dewey married
apd decided the home, which had
been given by his admirers, to his
Wife. There the trouble began.
admiral Evans has doubtlessly
profted by the experience of his
superior officer and has determined
10 have none of it, He may possibly
figure that If the people through
their representatives and senators
refused to confer upon him the
honor of the rank of vice admiral
he would not permit them to show
appreciation with house and lot.
idiear Admiral Evans is one Of the
most beloved men In the country
today. It Is true that he is a pretty
rough block, but his life upon the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05
WILL TIE THE CAN
Continued from Page One.

Continued from Page One.
and wearing badges of tie In,erna-
tional Arbitration society. Ounce
Joe,' despite his long record as a
fighter, has considered discretion in
this case. His plan OF turning the
other cheek has apparently worked
The president-elect mas dropped his
war talk, his discussion of Cannon's
elimination for the present. He Is
willing to take the speakers pledge
of an honest revision at its face
value If the speaker and his friends
will deposit a little collateral in
the way of present good behavior
They have shown almost an eager
ness to give hostages of good be-
havior, Serene Payne and John Dali
zell have announced that they will
ask authority from the house TO ex-
tend the tariff hearings as long as
necessary. They have been turning
high tariff witnesses over to thu
tender mercies of the Democratic
members of the committee for grill
ing in the most approved fashion.
They will try to compel the attend
ance Of Andrew Carnegie and of
every man who has peeped in favor
of revision and then failed to come
forward to make his case. All this
is to persuade Mr.. Taft that the
Cannon pledge for honest revision
Is sincere one More than that,
Cannon and his friends have gone
to the extreme length or admitting
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 5-I C. White,
state geologist of West Virginia,
in an address before the American
mining congress last night made the
prediction that Pennsylvania's coal
supply will not last more than so
years He said in part:
1T Is quite certain that Pennsyl-
yania will not furnish more, than
10000, 100000 tons and Ohio prab-
ably not more than 25,OOO,COO 900
tons Of commercial bituminous coal,
''rhis shortage in coal brings to
the citizens Of the Pittsburg region,
the present manufacturing center of
the world, the most serious prob
lem that has ever confronted them.
You have been told that you had
430 900, 100000 tons of coal In your
mines and that It would suffice for
1850 or 200 years, while the truth
is you have only one-third of that
amount, and with the present waste
ful mining methods, 1t will last only
fifty years. The same causes will
In approximately that time exhaust
all of the cheaply mined thin veins
In the Allegheny series of Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and northern West Vir-
ginia, and Pittsburg's Industries will
have entered upon the expensive
methods Of mining coal by deep
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05
AGAIN TO
The BOTTOM
Cruiser Yankee After Being
Floated Sink Once
More.

New Bedford, Mass, Dec. 5-Uniied
States cruiser Yankee on the way
to this port under tow OF tugs after
being floated successfully yesterday
by the John Arbuclle's compressed
air scheme, sank again this morn
ing in Al fee of water off Pennink-
ese island The crew of so was talk
en- off without los after being oblig-
ed to flee to the rigging.
The trouble was caused by the
heavy seas which snapped some tow
cables, blew out an air port which
permitted the flooding of the COM
partments containing the air COM
pressors. The cruiser lies in a good
position, and can be floated again.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05
FOREMAN OF JURY
THRkATENED BY GANG

Toledo, Dec. Joseph Munich,
hctel proprietor foreman of the grand
jury, is constantly armed and prepar-
ed at any time to meet the violence
which has been threatened against
him.
During the prcsdlt inquiry into u
number OF criminal cases Munich has
received anonymous letters, and
nelephone messages warming him tina.
If certain lines of fnvc jtigatlon are
not dropped he will suffer.
This attempt intimidation and
.Eher suspected interference with
he work Of the grand jury will prob
ably Ibe investigated by the Lucas
county authorities.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05
TAFT WILL HELP To
CONSERVE RESOURCES
Sends Letter to Mining Congress Pledgng SupportSays
that New Movement to Protect Waste of Resources
Must be Guided Wisely-Speaker Tells Congress
that Coal Supply Will be Gone 10 so Years

Pittsburg, Dec. ia message from
Taft promising cooperation in the
work was read at the opening of
the American Mining congress to-
day He said: This country's very
richness of resources has helped de-
velop a national habit of waste in
the use of forests, soils, minerals
and other resources. Fortunately,
hclwever, public consclences are
awakeninkg to both the loss of life
and the waste in materials in all
our industries and we must see to
1t a movement, guided wisely, IS
carried forward to success"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05

sea has tended to make him that.
He is and has been a great sea
fighter, man who never shirked
duty or faltered when a call was
made. He is the hero of the day,
in the eyes of the great masses and
it would be shame should he,
through any selfishneSs, lose in any
degree, whatever, the respect of the
people, by accepting a gift from
their hands, such as was offered by
the Los Angeles admirers
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05
JEALOUS MAN KILLS
WIFE AND THEN SELF

Gfandville, Mass, Doc. 5--After
fatally shooting his wife Friday John
Artin, forty years old, who came from
Youngstown, o., a lodging house
keeper, fired three revolver bullets
into his head inflicting wounds
which wf'l probably kill him.
Tie shocltlng is said to have becn
the result of a quarrel due to jeal.
ousy Mrs. Ardn. thirty years old.
died within am hour after the shoot.
ing
Artin last Jrne shovel symptoms
of insanity and tried TO commit sui
eide by taking carboic acid. He wa
removed to the Northampton asylum
whore his condition so improved that
lie was released two months ago
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05

shafts to beds of Inferior quality
OF only one to two feet in thick
ness, and of attempting to recover
at great expense the many millions
of tons OF good fuel already left
in the pillars and roofs and hot
toms of long abandoned mines.
This is no fairy story. 1t is as sure
to come in so years as that the
sun will rise tomorrow.
THE quantity of natural gas, the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05
Another Home
Where Pe-ru-na Is Used.

MFRS. MARIA GoERTz, orienta,
lVl Oklahoma, writes: "My husband,
children and myself have used your
medicines, and we'always keep them
In the house in case of necessity.
al was restored to health by this
medicine. People ask about me from
different places, and are surprised that
can do all of my housework alone,
and that 1 was cured by the doctor OF
chronic catarrh.
"My husband was cured OF asthma,
my daughter of earache and catarrh of
the stomach, and my son Of catarrh Of
the throat. When was sick weighed
one hundred pounds; now I weigh one
hundred and forty. Peruna quiets the
nerves, and is a great specific for all
forms of chronic catarrh."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-05
''FIGHIING BOB" REFUSES
GIFT OF RESIDENCE

Los Angeles, Dec. 5-Rear Admiral
Evans, retired, does mot desire the
people of Les Angeles or any other
pace make him a present of house
or anything else.
Following the Admiral's tentative