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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-16
IN RELIGIOUS CIRCLES.

new pipe organ has been placed in
st. Michaers church at Auburn.
Five young people We're recently re
ceived into the Dover Congregational
church on confession of faith. and one
by letter.
F. NJ. Armstrong of the Newton The
illogical Institution, class of 1907, has
been engaged by the Alma ard New
castle churches for a period OF three
months. Mr.. Armstrong goes to the
foreign field next fall.
Rev. George A. Logan, pastor of the
Weld Congregational church. has ten
dered his resignation TO take effect
the latter part of June. Mr. Logan
Went to Weld in June, 1906, and was
ordained the following fall.
Three churches in York are 10 re-
cei:e legacies under the will Of Mrs
Grant. mother of the late Miss Sarah
E. Grant. The recent death Of Miss
Grant, who received the income of the
property during her lifetime, has now
made these legacies left by her mother
available to the beneticaries. The
churches to be thus benefited are the
First Parish Congregational church at
York village. the Second Parish Con-
Sregational III the Scotland district,
and the Christian church at York Cor
ner. The property to be divided among
the three churches is estimated ut
about $4,000.
At a recent meeting of the members
of the Peoples church, Bath, il was
decided by q vote of 60 to to affiliate
with the Maine Baptist Association
The deliberations of the meeting were
brought about by the affairs of the
church having become SO Increased
that the fellowship gained by union
with the association will broaden the
work. The founder and pastor. the
Rev. r. w. O'Brien, received IL call t.
Boston last fall. and at that time the
subject was brought up. 1t was dis
cuSsed on the ground of what the fu-
ture of the church would be i'll case,
Mr.. OBrlcn ceased to fill the position
Of pastor. After considerable consider
alton it was decided to put the uucs-
ton at ~ meetin" of the church and ac-
cordingly this was done last evening
BY uniting with the organization the
affairs of the church are not changed
only that they are increased i'll volume
The church was organized under the
Baptist faith and has been conducted
under this belief. This union will in
no way interfere with the present char
acter of the church or its work, the
conduct of affairs remaining without
ecclesiastical authority under the rules
and system of the BAPTIST Association.
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OVTU VVV
Two Members Of Famous
bidwe|| Family In Trouble.
Father and Son Guilty Of Run
ming Confidence Game.
Promoters Of BidwelI Electric Co.
Ibid Big Business.

Chicago, March 15-Benson Bidwell and
his son. Charles F.. promoters of the
Ridweil Electric Co, cold motor" con-
Germ, We're found guilty Saturday of OPP
Grating a confidence game and of OBJ
tanning money under false pretences.
The former is Denitentiary offence
and the penalty for the latter includes
term in the house of correction and
fine Of $1,000 or less.
Benson Bidwell is a brother of George
and Austin Bidwell who. it is said. de-
franded the Bank of England out of S.
oOO,NN0 He started the electric company
in 1905 He declared that he had invented
an electric motor that would not burn
out. He also asserted that he was the
inventor of the trolley car and of the
electric fan.
Investors from all parts of the United
States answered his advertisements, send
ing to the company total of sos 900. ac-
cordng to the books of the concern
Charles F. Bidwel, the son. was ap-
pointed secretarye and general manager
of the company. The son received 366, 900
shares of the $500, COO stock of the COM
pany.
1t was alleged by the prosecution that
the Bidwels sold their private stock in
the company to persons who thought
that they We're buying treasury stock
The state brought forward expert cleo
tricians who declared that the motor in
vented by the elder Bdwell was imprac-
ticable.
Miss Palmer testified that during an
exhibition of the machine at an electrical
exposition the apparatus become so hot
that smoke curled out of it, and that
Charles Ridwell sat near the exhibit
blowing cigar smoke about it so that
spectators might not discover the real
cause of the fumes.
Benson Bidwell maintained throughout
the trial that he invented a real motor,
and denounced the proceedings as part
of plot to wreck his company for the
benefit of rival concerns He accused
Miss Palmer of having sold the conlpa-
ny's secrets to its rivals. His son accused
Miss Palmer of jealousy.
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EDUCATIONAL TOPICS.

Miss Alice Mcdonald, teacher OF
mathematics in the Morse High school
at Bath, has resigned. her resignation
to take effect March %.
Maurice Brown, Bates '0S, has been
engaged to teach in the Maine Central
Institute at Pittsfield this spring He
will also coach the baseball team.
Miss Louise Towle. formerly q teach
er i'll the Chisholm High school at
Rumford Falls, has recently accepted a
position in the Technical High at Prov
idence, r. /.
Mrs. f. F. Davis, who has been SUI
pcrintendent of schools at Searsport for
the past eight years, has rendered her
resignation. Her successor has not
yet been appointed.
The parts have been assigned to the
Yarmouth High school graduating class
by Prof. Herbert s. Hill as follows:
Ndledictory, Emeline Simonton; Salut-
atory, Richard p. Hodsdon; Prophecy,
Paul c. Loring; Glass History. Anna
NJ. Seabury. The parts of Glass Ora
ton and Gifts are to be selected by the
class later.
Miss Adelaide " Finch, principal OF
the Lewiston Normal Training School.
has been engaged to give a course of
lectures en- psychology and methods TO
the students of the summer school at
Antioch College, Ohio. Miss Finch has
been quite extensively engaged in in
stitute work in Maine, New Hampshire,
West Virginia and Ohio and it is I'M
derstood that she received this flatter-
ing appointment through the president
of Antioch College, DR.. S. D. Fess.
with whom she had been associated in
work of this sort. Antioch College sit
uated in Yellow Springs, a small town
about 40 miles from Cincinnati. is per-
haps the best known college in the
State, and is of interest from the fact
that it was founded by Horace Mann.
1t is understood that the school will be
in session five weeks and that Miss
Finch will lecture twice each day.
A new feature in the social life of the
Gurllam Normal School is club con-
sisting Of those members of the school
VINO are registered from Washington
county. The roll of the club and Off
GERS is as follows: Pres, Miss Lillian c.
Rollins. Dennysville; vice-president,
Miss Maude A Phelps, Robbinston:
Sec. and Treas Miss Margaret Mcleod,
PASSPORT; Elk. Com, Miss Jane F. Fen
wick, Eastport; Miss Katherine +.
Phelan. Calais; Miss Leta Il. Hatch,
Pembroke; Press Cor. Miss Winnifred
L. Lane. Red Beach; Miss Margaret
Leighton, Mibridgc; Miss Celia Clark,
Machias; Miss Anna +. Brown.
Robbinstun; Miss Nina l.. Golding.
Perry; Miss Edna C. Upton, Mi!lbridSe;
Miss Frances T.. Leeman, Passport;
Miss Margaret Nichols, Cherryfield;
Miss Alice Mccoy, PASSPORT; Miss
Daisy G. Reynolds, Perry; Miss Mabel
Bishop. Perry; Miss Clara l.. BatSon,
Addison: Miss Marcia NJ. Reynolds,
Perry: advisory member, Miss kath-
crime Halliday Calais.
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MAINE MUSICIANS.

Edmund p. Wilson of Orr's Island
has organized brass band, and much
interest is shown by the members OF
the organization.
Prof. l.. ~ Gendreau. leader of the
Dominican band of Lewiston has been
elected musical director of the st. Pc
ter's church choir. The choir is re
hearsmg music for Easter.
The students Of the East Maine Con-
ference Seminary at Bucksport hav"
organized a brass band of Il pieces.
AnSiey Carter is manager and treasur-
er, and Morton L. Homer, leader.
Harold S. Moulton has resigned from
the Saco Free Baptist choir and ac-
copied n similar position in the Unita-
rian choir, which was made vacant by
the resignation of George Il. Grant.
Mr.. Grant has served for more than %
years
Miss Olive O'Dea of Biddeford, who
is studying the vocal department OF the
the New England Conservatory of mu-
sic, Boston, recently appeared at pu-
pills recital at Jordan hall of the Con-
servatory building. Her selection was
the song ooh Don Fatale," from YER
dis don Carlos
Miss Fannie Belle Libby. sister of
Mrs Lewis Lackee of Portland, is to
sail from New York for Berlin March
2S. where she will study with the cele-
b~atod pianist and teacher Madam
Stepanoff Miss Libby will be accom-
panied by Miss Ethel Goss of Berlin.
~ H.. and they expect to remain
abroad about Il year.
The fine new pipe organ of the Ban
gor Unitarian church, which has been
in process Of erection for the past four
weeks has at last been installed. The
organ was built by the Hook & Hast
iugs Co. OF Massachusetts, and is built
throughout upon the tubular rneuma- :
tic system. having the latest models Of
wind chests. There are nearly 1000
pipes The console has the best meth
oG, III push buttons and fitting tablets
for use in combining the tones of the
various organs. Power for running the
organ is furnished by water motors.
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NEW COVENANT ADOPTED.
South Parish Congregational Church
Votes to Abolish Creed.

Announcement was made by Rev.
David Fl. Evans Sunday of the abolish
ment of the creed by the South Parish
Congregational church. the action hav-
ing been taken at a meeting of the par
ish held Friday evening, the vote being
unanimous.
A new form of covenant based on
the discipleship of Jesus Christ will be
adopted as the test for membership. A
committee to draw up the new form of
covenant and report at future church
meeting was chosen, the members of
the committee being the pastor, Deacon
George F.. Halves. Deacon Edward A.
Perkins, Deacon James r. Townsend,
Deacon William S. Thompson. Miss
Eleanor Hamlin and Miss G. 2. San
born.
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A Missing Link in Argentina.

The oldest human remains on the
American continent have been dScov-
cred in the Argentine Republic. accord
the anthropolOgica review of Paris.
Some four or five years ago a vertebra
was dug up i'll. the neighborhood of
Monte Hcrmoso and deposited in the
museum OF La Plata. There it attract
cd the attention of the director, a Ger
man. Herr Lehn1ann- Nitsche. He rec
ogniZed it as having strong reSemblan-
COS to human cervical or neck Varte-
bra and also some relation to the bones
OF the higher apes. without exactly
CORE spending with either.
Then he compared it with some other
of his study was the hypothesis of a
new type. neither human nor ape, but
related to both. The curve of the spine
indicated by the bones suggested an
animal that walked upright, but the
size and formation of the bones made
it clear that the head they supported
was small and light. with very small
brain capacity.
The remains resemble certain bones
of a primitive race Of men found in ia
va more closely than any other nom
human or near human specimens. They
represent altogether the oldest type Of
humanity. if human they are, ever
found in the Western continent-Ncw
York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-16

One Of Augustus business men who
is faithful disciple of Ike Walton, and
who fishes not only for the sake of
catching the fish but also for the OPP
portunity which it furnishes for study
ing their habits. reports that while
on a fishing trip at Richard pond last
week ne was n witness to a most un-
usual performance on the part of a
pickerel which he had hooked. The
fish was about Is inches in length and
as the gentleman pulled him up into
the hole in the ice through which he
was fishing, the fish let go of the hook
and the man thought he had lost him.
He was just preparing to rebait his
hook and try for another fish when he
noticed in the hole the pickerel he had
lost. The fish must have been ratified
for he was making vertical circles in
the water as if he were chasing his
tail and after making several turns
in this way he Strengthened his body
a little and slid out on the ice. where
he was captured. The gentleman re-
ferred to has followed the sport OF hsh-
inr since boyhood. but states that ne
never saw pickerel act in that way
before.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-16
How to Remember Dates.

The following lines, committed to
memory. give an easy method of stat
ing offhand the day of the week of any
date in 1908:
Just 4 mothers arms, my jocund Jean;
A spell Ger Natures dream
The number of letters in each word
represents the date of the first Satur-
dag in the particular month to which
it corresponds; thus. Just" for Janu-
airy, has four letters. because the first
Saturday in January is the fourth of
that month; ga" representing Febru-
airy, has one letter. as the first Satur-
in February is the first day of that
month: and SO on through all the II
months
Each worG of the u. excepting the
first "a, begins with the same letter
as the month it represents. Thus,
Just begins with a." because Janu-
airy begins with T." "mothcr's" begins
with IN" because March begins with
M" and so on all through, with the
exception of "a" for February.
Having obtained the dates of the first
Saturdays the date of every other Sat
urday in the month is got by the addi-
ton of the necessary number of sevens,
from which it is but a step to any in
termediate day. For example. to know
the day on which Christmas Day falls
this year, "dream.'' standing for De-
cembcr has five letters, so the first
Saturday in December is the 5th of
that month; the second Saturday is
the 18th; the third the 18th; the 25th.
being six days more, gives Friday, six
days on from Saturday.-Tit Bits.
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Profound Emotional Sense.

Hold out your hands to feel the
luxury of the sunbeams. Press the
soft blossoms against your cheek. and
finger their graces of form. their de-
licate mutability of shape, their
pliancy and freshness. Expose your
face to the aerial floods that sweep the
heavens, "inhalc great draughts Of
space" wonder. wonder at the winds
unwearied activity. Pile note on note
the infinite music that flows IN
creasingly to your soul from the
tactual sonorities of a thousand
branches and tumbling waters. How
can the. world be shriveled when this
most profound, emational sense, touch.
is faithful to it's service? I am sure
that if a fairy babe me choose be-
tween the sense of sight and that of
touch 1 would not part with the warm,
endearing contact of human hands, or
the wealth Of form, the nobility and
fuliness that press into my palms
Helen. Keller in the Century
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To Whom 1t May Concern.

whereas Hugh Eoyd. by his mortgage
dard. dated the tWCntY-fifth day of De
ccfbnf. A. u. 1891, ana recorded in the
I<cnrchCc Registry Of Deeds, book 40i
page ~. conveyed to NJ. Il. Gctcbcll, now
deceased a CERTAIN parcel Of real estate
situate i'll the town Of Litchticld. in the
County az kcnn"hcc ard State Of Maine.
bounded ~ follows: BEGINNING ~ the
outlet Of Little purGatory Pond, so called,
thence rtnningAcast southeast on the
of John Goodwins. thence uthcrly on
said GOodwin'ss land 10 the road leading
Trom Monmouth to LitchfieId thence
Great Lot No. IS. and continuing an said
line to Furgatory stream. thence up the
stream and pond across Little Purgatory
brook, 50 called, and along the north limo
Of land Of Simeon GoOdWin's. westerly to
the east side az family graveyard,
thence by the east ana then north side 30
said graveyard to the County road lead.
ing from Monmouth to Gardiner thence
running: nprthcrly by the said County
road to the Little PGrgatnry brook. to
the bound first mentioned. containing
sixty acres more or less, right Of 1owage
reserved; and whereas the conditions Of
S;iii mort gage have bnen broken, now
therefore ~ reason of the breach Of the
conditions thereof we claim q foreclosure
Of said mortgage.
As Administrators Of M. T. Getchel Es-
tate.
CARL j. GETCHELL.
W r. MERRILL as Admir-
February end, 1905.
rnaro,,,ou1+
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MAINE LIBRARIES.

The circulation of books and maya
Zines at the Gorham public library for
III" month of February was as follows:
Fiction. 4C2 volumes: biography. 81:
history, 1s; literature, Il; travel, u;
natural science. 10; useful artS. 6; fine
arts. ?: religion. 2; sociology. 1; phil
osophy, /; bound magazines, 70; total.
57S; current magazines. 127.
The report Of Miss A. n. Lldrich.
librarian of the II. H. BartOl library.
shows that the library is in good condi-
ton. During the year 325 volumes
were added to the library bringing the
whole number up to 200 OF thes
1S9 We're purchased 90 came from gov
ernment and state. while LOG we're Civ
ell as gifts. The number Of borrowers
now is IA against 617 last year. The
circulation is 12,4iS volumes The per
centage of non-fict ION circulated is
much larger than during any previous
year.
Miss Mary G.. Gilman. librarian Of
the Capt. John Curtis Memorial Libra
ry. brunswick. in her report gives the
following statistics: All volumes have
been added to the library. 90 Of these
purchased; 20, presented by the Gram
mar school; % the gift Of different in
dividuals; and the government and
State documents. 2.041 persons have
been given cards permitting them II
borrow books. since December II, 1901
337 during the past year. 2i.C05 vol
unies were lent, including 81 volumes
that were placed in households and
Borrowed constantly but Of which there
are no prepared statistics. $3.50 wer
lent during January, the largest num-
Der in any one month; 631, The first
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1t is understood that another rifle
team may soon be organized in the
city. to be composed of members of
the Uniform Rank, X. of p, to COM
pete with the rifle team of Co. NJ, I'd
Infantry, or such other teams as may
be organized in town. There is great
deal of interest manifested among the
members of King Co. in rifle shooting
and as a number OF them are said to
be skilled in the use of the arm there
is a feeling that team will soon be
OF GaniZed.
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Loss of Appetite.

A person that has lost appetite has
lost something besides-vitality vigor,
tone.
The way to recover appetite and al
that goes with it is to take Hoods
Sarsaparilla - that strengthens the
stomach, perfects digestion and makes
eating a pleasure
Thousands take it for spring loss Of
appetite and everybody says there!
nothing else SO good as Hoods
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-16

The number of French families. that
Is to say households with or without
children, is estimated at 11,315, 900. OF
this total. 1.S04,720 families have no
children, 2.966.171 have one child. O.
G61.97S have two children. 1,643,i25
have three. 9ST.392 have four, 566,-
76S have five. 327.241 have six. 1S2,99S
have seven 94,729 have eight, 44.72S
have nine. 2O.639 have ten, 5000 have
eleven. 3.50S have twelve. 1,437 have
thirteen, 554 have fourteen. 249 have
fifteen. 20 have sixteen, "a have seven
teen and finally As families have
eighteen or more. - Republican
Franchise
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week in February, largest number. in
week; &c, borrowed Jan. %. largest
nurnber in day. The books lent are
classified as follows: 12.459 fiction, $50
for young people, $50 periodicals, liza
magazines. 4e5 histories, ST bicgra-
plies, 4s1 travels, COZ literature, AZ
miscellaneous. i14 arts and sciences.
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p. J. Cronin. clerk of the Board of
Overseers of the Poor at Lewiston,
was in the city Saturday. having come
over on the morning train in charge of
one Etienne Desjardins of Lewiston,
whom he committed to the Insane hos
pital for treatment. Desjardine is %
years of age.
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Mrs Charles Sylvester of South Bel
fast avenue reported observing about
7.30 o'clock last evening two flashes of
lightning and hearing two peals of
thunder. The lightning flashes We're
very vivid and the thunder was very
loud and distinct.
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joseph o. King has returned from
a business trip to Lewiston. While
there he called to see Rev. Father
Hamel. by whom he was pleasantly re-
ccived. Father Hamel showing Mr..
King through his new home, also the
new church. Mr.. King stated that Fa-
Their HameI has a fine home and has
met with great success.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-16

The meeting of Capital Grange Sat
urday evening was largely attended.
After comforting the First and Second
degrees on several candidates. the
members listened to piano solos by
Emily Pettis and pen picture of Mon
trcal Try Mrs. S. G. c. Ward Much in
.terest was shown in the discussion of
the question of the evening. Many pc
titions for membership were present
ed
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At the municipal court Saturday
morning Fred Mariner was arraigned
on q charge of intoxication and fined
81 and costs, but the experience did
not seem much of a source Of profit as
Mariner fell by the wayside again dur
ing the day and landed in the station
in the carly evening.
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Among the Augusta people who visit
ed the Automobile show at Boston last
week was Patrick O'Connor of Gage
street, wig. passed several days at the
show and. urned home Friday night.
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Hoxie Il Co:.are pushingsthe work
along rapidly at ;.:the Augusta House
and the interior ofthe building is fast
assuming ..he appearance it will pre-
sent when -nnshed, The two upper
floors are rlassyEek as also is the new
addition on tla South, and at the rate
at which the wuEE is now progressing
it is thought, tfat the building will be
ready for oesprancy by the. first of
June
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The newly issued catalogue of the
Dartmouth Medical school contains Oh
the role of the faculty the name of Dr.
Ernest H. Wheeler of this city as
lecturer on tropical diseases.
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a social dance will be held at Grange
hall in Manchester Tuesday evening
March II. with music by Lees Orches-
ira of Gardiner. Cars leave the hall
for Augusta and Winthrop at u
O'Clock
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Ihere Will be a musical entertain
ment Tuesday evening at the
congregational chapel under the
auspices of the Y P. S. c. E. of that
church.
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The sucker fishery has commenced
once more and the fishermen have been
having mQge or less luck for the past
few days Hsseatching the fish through
the ice ncaEthe east shore of the river
in the cttH8Spelow the old fort.
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Alonzo Task. who has been at the
City hospital for week past on ac-
count of a bad scalp wound which he
had received in some unknown way,
has far recovered that he was abli
to lea|G' that institution Saturday aft
ternoon
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AT the meeting of CalaDthe Lodge,
*. OF r., Wednesday evening. there will
be work in the rank of Esquire on two
candidates and a full attendance is re-
uueSted
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"A sociable will be held at the resi-
dence Of Mr.. and Mrs Treby johnson,
Winthrop street. Wednesday evening,
March Is. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to the church and parish.