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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-25
1904

Actual increase for past nine months
Two Million. Sixty Eight Thousand. Fac
tory. Manchester, n. H.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-25
WITH MURDERous INTENT.

James Melvin Tries Hard to Kill Frank
Grover at Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-25
CONFERENCE Of new
ENGLAND GOVERNORS,
Interesting Sessions to Consider Con-
servation Of New Eng|and's Resources
Held at Boston, Valuable Papers.

Boston, Nov 24-Two interesting
and what will probably prove valuable
sessions, one devoted to the protection
and promotion of the supplies of sea
food, and the other to highways and
their use, today closed the first New
England conference called by the gov
errors of the six states to discuss UNI
form laws and to obtain suggestions
toward conserving the resources of this
section of the country.
Gov. Guild who is credited with
bringing together the governors and
prominent representatives, Of he states,
presided again, and introduced the five
speakers.
AT the morning session, Francis III.
Herrick. special investigator on the
lobster for the United States bureau
of fisheries, read an interesting paper
on the preservation and propagation
Of that shell fish. while DR.. Charles
Wilton Field. chairman of the Massa-
chusetts Fish and Game Commission,
discussed lower forms of she'll fish the
cam, cuahang and oyster. In the ar
ternoon Chairman Harold Parker of
the Massachusetts, Highway Commits
sion read a paper on the constructor
Of highways James S. Mcdonald, COM
missioner of highways Of Connecticut
spoke at length on trunk lines OF high
ways in New England Former Cover
nor Nahum j. Bachelor of New
Hampshire discussed automobiles and
their regulation. The session ended
with an inter, sting discussion Of the
various papers and Vot" of thanks
and aupre citation OF Gov. Guild.
All the papers read ana suggestions
made at the three sessions, will be re-
ferred respectively to the state chiefs
of deDartmentS covering forestry. smell
fish and highways, with instructions to
meet, consider and report to the IN
coming governors before. Jan. I their
findings in regard to uniform AVS 1ot
all New England.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-25

Boston. Nov. 24.-When Frank Grow
er, Sc years old of Holyoke, Mass, met
CONTINUED on Page Twelve.)
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-07
Not Mentioned by Herodotus

Xerxes was meditating upon his
good luck in having been made king
by his royal father In preference to
the eldest son.
STILL" he said, ''if the succession
had been determined by a primary
election / would have got It just the
same. Naturally everybody would
have marked an x opposite my name. E"
Subsequently. however. the Greeks
gave him the double cross at Plataea.
Chicago Tribune.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-07

Just at this moment a member OF the
club arrives and seeks admission. The
door is opened with the utmost caution
TO admit him. Before he has time TO
fasten It the two officers hastily secure
the member and rush upstairs. The
two combatants were disguised police
men and the onlookers detectives.
As soon as an entrance into the club
has been effected the constable at the
corner sounds bis whistle, and before
the sound has died away the whole
neighborhood is alive with police. II
the house boasts Of trapdoor on the
roof. the fash Of lanterns Will be seen
up there. the men having been con-
cealed among the chimney pots since
Il was dark. The front door is secured,
and the peice form guard around
the house. 30 that escape is impossible.
Meantime the scene upstairs is one
Of the widest excitement The gam
blers. intent on business. had not no
ticed the scufie' in the passage. and
the first intimation they get Of the
state OF affairs is when the door is
thrown open and the officer in charge
calls on them TO regard themselves as
his prisoners. Then they realize their
position. The tables are overturned,
and card counters and money roll all
over the floor as the members endeavor
to escape. They make for the street
door, but. baked in this direction. hur-
ry to all parts OF the house to hide.
The crestfallen members of the club
are conveyed TO the station. each in
the custody OF two officers. Then the
house is searched for the gaming ap-
paratus. Every inch OF the place is
examined, for gamblers have remark
able contriyaDces whereby they can
hide their apparatus in the event Of
being raided. Tops of tables are knock
ed off. flooring taken up and walls
searched for secret cupboards. Yards
OF .chalked string are regarded as
prizes, and with these and more appar-
ent proofs the case is ready for the
magistrate. The evidence Is laid be-
fore him. and the proprietor and mem
Ders are charged and the sentence
passed or q heavy fine imposed Oh the
prisoners.-London Tit-Bits.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-07
A SCISSORS ARTIST.
The Wonderful Feats Performed by
jeanne Koetren.

More than 200 years ago little girl
was born at Amsterdam, Holland,
whose name was Joanne Koetren. She
was a peculiar child IN that she cared
nothing whatever for play and sport,
but found her greatest delight In MAX
ing copies Of things about her, initial
Ing in wax every kind of fruit and
making on silk with colored floss ex-
act copies OF paintings which were
thought wonderful.
But after she had become very ac-
complished IN music, spinning and en-
broidery she abandoned all these for q
still more extraordinary art-that Of
cutting. She executed landscapes, ma
rine views. flowers, animals and por-
traits Of people Of such striking resem-
blance that she was for a time quite
the wonder of Europe. She used white
papers for her cuttings, placing them
over black surface, 80 that the mi
mute openings made by her scissors
formed the Eight and shade"
The car, Peter the Great, and others
of high rank paid her honor. One man
high IN Office vainly offered her 1000
forms for three small cuttings. The
empress Of Germany paid her 1000
borins for trophy she had cut bear
ing the arms Of Emperor Leopold,
crowned with eagles and surrounded
by garland Of flowers. She also cut
the emperors portrait, which can now
be seen IN the Royal Art gallery in
Vienna. A great many people went to
see her, and she kept a book In which
princes and Drincesses wrote their
names
After she died, which was when she
had lived sixty-dye years, her hus-
band, Adrian Block. erected .monu-
ment 10 her memory and had designed
upon II the portraits OF these titled
visitors. Her cuttings were so cor
rect in effect and 40 tasteful as 10
give both dignity aud value 10 her
work and constitute her an artist
whose exquisite skin With the scissors
has never before or since been equaled.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-07

- Have you heard says Schmidt,
the sad news about MullerY
No says Krauss. What is itY
"Weil. poor Muller went boating on
the river yesterday. The boat CAP
sized. and he was drowned. The wa
ter was ten feet Deep
But couldn't he swimr
Swim? Don't you know that all
persons are strictly forbidden by the
police to swim In the river "-Pbila-
delphia Record.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-07

NH Wait Until an Opportunity A.
rives For Revenge

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rlves For Revenge.
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ground, and me Infatuated beast after
stamping on fpem and tearng hem
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way Aud ihe driver Is thereafter quito
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-07
ELK CITY MINING NEWS

ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY BY
GEO. Z. HArlIL TON. Publisher
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-07
WALL STREET TIPS"
Best Place 10 Plant Them # They
Come Your Way.

'ts~ NNf " ~
A seasoned Wall street campaigner
condenses a life Of practical observa.
ton In the remark: Stock market
tips are, as rule, founded on moth
ing better than guessWOrk or pure IN
yenuon. Although usually without
value, openly peddled out TO the pub
lie and not possible to trace to any
reliable source they come clothed 10
such a garb Of mystery and apparent
importance that there are always a lot
or III Informed persons who Will ac-
cept them and act on them as on gos-
pei truth.
'Often these so called tips are but
the whispered suggestions OF some ma
nipulator who was confident that BIS
mysterious, eemicOnldential hint would
travel and be made the basis OF large
buying Of some stock be was especial.
~ anxious should be- largely sold
~ A. told Of one great speculative
mnsnate Of the past generation that
when Ae WAS approached by fhe pastor
of q rich and FASHIONABLE FIN avenue
church in search 0f means by which
he could become suddenly nch ho put
his lips close ~ tle clerical car and
whispered Buy paoilc Mnl ms d
sure ding ~ you lose on a 10 make
good your losses
'lho pastor departed gleefully Some
$50 Noehs iafer be called Ai fle Ofiee
NJ fle manipplalQr and aeplorel ile
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-07
LONDON GAMING DENS
The Way the Police Descend Upon
Them In a Raid.
SKILL, CUNNING AND DARING.
Absolute Secrecy is Maintained by the
Officials, and the Policemen Are
Kept In the Dark Until the Last
demonstrating Into the Club.

The police have recently carried out
some sensational raids on big gaming
clubs, and IL may be interesting TO
learn how these raids are effected.
This is how 1t is done In London: As
soon as the detectives suspicious have
been confirmed they apply TO the com
missioner Of police for a warrant 10
cutter. The warrant authorizes, certain
officers mentioned by name to enter
the club In the name OF the king. Or
binary policemen are not permitted to
carry out a raid, but the detectives
can call upon them for Assistance at
the critical moment.
Absolute secrecy Is enforced right
up 10 the moment OF entry. There Is
no excitement at the station on that
day, and the men on duty have no sus-
picion OF what Is in the wind Plans
Of the house are drawn and carefully
studied by the Faiding officers, for the
doorkeoper Of fhe club Is prepared az
the slightest alarm 10 send warning
% bis customers and every yestige Of
gambling apporntus viii InysteriOusly
disappear aud the raid faii. "A careful
ID planned ruse, therefore. hae ~ b.
evolved which Nill disarp suspicion.
During the day q body of 'fesene"
policemen Nil receive a oommunica-
lion from fhe station thaf they WI W
Required ~ parade af certain hour
and ihoy meet Win po iqea ~ What y
expected of them They aTe draNn w
Az llnl ano afier uRmee haFe lleen
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-07

"And you say you almost starved TO
death in your last position7" said the
kind housewife. what position was
it?'
Il was treasurer of a poets union,
num-" replied the dusty wayfarer,
with deep sigh.-Exchange
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-07
Easy.

Higgs-I never want to see him
gain. Diggs-That's easily done. Lend
him a fiyer.-Illustrated Bits.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-06
MINING SCHEME A SWINDLE.
Cox Investment Company FIeeces
Victims for S25O.OOO.

San Francisco. April 5-SeveraI hundred
thousand dollars were obtained by the
Cox Investment Company and Manhattan
Merger Mines Company from the conad-
ing Eastern clients, who were induced
to invest in their properties by seductive
advertisements.
In Philadelphia alone one man lost
sl50.co0. and the total losses will reach
$4,000
The Manhattan Merger Mines Company
was conceived in swlndle. Ghttering
literature was sent out that this corpora
ton of 100000 was to be the merger
company Of the Manhattan Union Jack.
Manhattan Mizpah. Manhattan National
Bank Mining Company. Kawich Gold
Mining Company. and the TOkop Gold
Mining Company, that the stock Of these
various concerns would be exchanged for
stock in the merger company. and at the
same time be doubled in values.
Many holders of these stocks sent them
to ". W. Cox and his associates in the
merger company. and that is the last
they saw of the securities.
Letters brought no reply until finally
the office of the company here was raided.
1t was discovered that such a concern as
the Manhattan Merger Company never
secured control of any of the properties
1t listed
When the game was exhausted here
Cox went TO Rawhide. where he is said
10 be carrying on similar swindle.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-06
CARNEGIE'S EGGS ADDLED.
EmpIoye Brings Them Over from
Scotland on Lucania.

Scotland on Lucania.
New York. April 5.-Eighteen eggs ar
rived to-day aboard the cunarder Luz
cania.
They were carefully inclosed in raw
cotton and were a part of the baggage
Of George Irving, who is employed by
Andrew Carnegie. Irving had gone home
to Scotland to attend the funeral OF his
brother and Mr.. Carnegie had asked him
to bring back eighteen of the finest Black
Minorca eggs that he could get. Irving
got them and took them down TO Liver
pool in his trunk on the way over. the
Lueania got such jostling by the seas
that she had to halt at times to keep the
crests from overwhelming her Mean
while the embryonic Minoreas were get
ting into condition that promised TO
make # impossible for them 10 become
natives of America
Irving still had hopes when he got
here, but Customs Inspector Rowland
Story, who is a breeder of fancy chickens.
told him that no alien Minorcas would
ever come out of the eggs because they
had been added by the pitching OF the
ship. The inspector said that If the trip
had been a few days longer Irving would
have had merely large omelet
The Washington herald., 1908-04-06
ENGINEERS ADMIRE ETHEL
Will Elect Presidents Daughter to
Their Brotherhood.
still Says Miss Roosevelt Is
"Chip Of the Old
Block"

Atlanta. April Miss Ethel Roosevelt,
who yesterday handled the throttle of
one Of the moguls of the West Point line
for two hours, and at times sent the en-
giue flying along at seventy miles an
hour. is 10 be elected an honorary mem
Der Of the local lodge Of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, if Engineer
John Still can accomplish it.
Still, who gave up his engine to the
White House girl, is enthusiastic over her
exploit, and is determined TO make her
an honorary member of his brotherhood.
He took up the matter with his brother
engineers to-day and found them enthusi-
astic also
81 think we viii elect Miss Ethel at the
next meeting" said StilL She deserves
it for the way she handled the engine.
She is as brave as they are made. and
her nerves seem 10 be made of steel. II
she isn't a chip off the old block. I'm a
Dutchman Afraid? Why. she wasn't
any more afraid than ] was, and I've
been on the road good many years
now
''Why. she even had the locomotive
slang all right" said san. soon after
she took the throttle / said: Let her
rip and Let it rip, it is, was her re-
sponse. and notch by notch the throttle
grew wider. till the cab began to rock
and sway like a small boat in a chOppy
sea. We're making more than sixty,
said to her; and the girl laughed and said
to me: That is going some but not fast
enough for me- and she actually pulled
the throttle q bit wider; and she was as
cool as you please all the time. She even
managed to ask while we We're racing
along how many children I had. She is a
chip off the old block, all right"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-06
CURIOUS MOB szECHENYIs.
Countess Asks Police 10 Protect Her
Husband.

Budapest. April 5.-The arrival here Of
Count and Countess Lazlo szechenyi was
attended by scandalous behavior on the
part of the public.
When the couple appeared on the street
they were so molested that they were
obliged to return to their hotel and tele-
phone to the police for protection. The
police dispersed about a thousand per-
sons. all of whom were demanding an
audience OF the count
The countess, formerly Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt, complained to the police COM
missioner that the conduct of the people
was perfectly barbarous. Her husband.
she declared, was in daily danger OF his
life, especially when he ventured out in
the evening, for he was met on every
corner with a sudden blaze of magnesium
light followed by attempts to photograph
him.
One fashlight last evening startled the
counts horses, which reared and bolted.
The count had narrow escape. The
count and countess will go to the formers
estate at Oermezoe, Hungary, tomorrow.
and it win probably be some time before
they venture to visit Budapest again.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-06
FREE-F0R-ALL FIGHT ON CAR.
Indiana Mob Excited AFTER Recep-
tiOn 90 James Il. Watson

indianapolis, April 5.-The midnight soe-
cial on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati
Traction Line was the scene Of riot
last night. after the car left Rushville
Nearly 30 men and women who hao
attended the reception to James Z. Wat
son. Republican nominee for governor
were on the car when an alteration Oc-
CURED between the train employees and a
passenger. about carrying trunk. Traffic
Manager Henry and Train Dispatcher
Lively came to the assistance of the train
n'en and found them pitt ID against soma
fifty passengers. many Of whom mad been
drinking. A fight followed and every win
dow in the car was broken.
Women screamed and jumped from the
windows and several tainted. In the melce
William BToOkband, a school teacher.
drew revolver and fired at City Mar
shal Price. but the bullet went wild
A hundred persons tried TO leave the
car as Brookband was being dubbed
into submission. and several were badly
hurt
The Washington herald., 1908-04-06
TAFT AUTO HELD UP
Policeman, However, Stands
Aside When introduced.
sPEEDED THROUGH CHICAGO
Fifty Hours of Strenuous Occupation
for Secretary of WHr-Addresses
and Entrains for Omaha in Early
Evening-Visit TO Sick FrIene.

Chicago. April 5.-Strenuous every min
ute OF fifty hours. Secretary of War VIII
liam II. Tafts visit TO Chicago was not
lacking in sensational incident at the
close.
This afternoon a South Park boulevard
policeman held up the automobile in
which the War Secretary was riding and
threatened the Taft party with arrest
for exceeding the speed limit.
Following a meeting at the Masonic
Temple. Mr.. Taft was driven about the
city in John ]. FarweI jr's. automobile.
In the party were Mr.. Farwell. E. B.
Butler, F. H. Jones, and Benjamin Car
penter
Policeman Holds Up Auto.
Down South Park boulevard toward
Jackson Park the machine speeded. Back
over the same course it came, doing even
greater damage to the speed limit in re-
turning, But a determined set of brass
buttons blocked the boulevard at the
Thirty-third street crossing. The car
slowed up.
Il had your number when YOU went
down, cried the excited policeman. but
thought you would be coming back this
way What tell you mean by driving
like that?"
Mr.. Farwer leaned out Of the car
This is Mr.. Taft. officer" he EXPLAINED.
I'VE have been trying to show Sim the
city. Now we have to hurry to get him
to the train. We can't go slow but we
can be careful"
The policeman smiled and nodded to the
chauffeur 10 drive ahead
Taft Leaves for Omaha.
Secretary Taft boarded a Rock Island
train for Omaha at the La Sale street
station at o'clock tonight, and bade
farewell to Chicago.
He addressed a meeting Of railway con-
duotors in the afternoon. and said, re-
garding his brief stay in this city
1T reminds me of a visit a friend of
mine made to Cincinnati They enter
tained him and feasted him. and when
they called on him Tor a speech at 4
O'Clock in the morning he thanked them
for their ferocious welcome"
Sunday was hardly less busy than Sat
urday for the Secretary Of War he made
a talk at the Emmanuel Baptist Church
in the morning, spoke twice formally and
| delivered an address In the afternoon
| visited "A sick friend on the North Side
and just escaped arrest for violating the
| speed limit on South Park boulevard.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-06
TRY TO BLOW UP CHURCH.
Woman OrEanisf's Arrival Saves
Ediflcc in Bath, Me.


Bath. Me, April 5.-Miss Mary Morse,
organist of tho Universalist church in
this city, foiled a desperate attempt TO
blow up the edifce with gas an hour be-
fore services began this morning.
When the organist arrived at the
church she noticed that a small lamp
was missing from the organ and also de-
tected an odor OF gas.
Looking beneath the platform upon
which the organ rested. Miss Morse saw
flames and called the janitor. who sue
ceeded in extinguishing the fire. An in
vestigation showed that a gas pipe lead
ing beneath the organ had been discon-
nected and a lighted lamp placed beneath
to touch OF the fluid as soon as it flied
the compartment.
A basket of shavings was also there
Fortunately. the space was open and did
not permit the gas TO collect 10 cause an
explosion. but it did burn briskIy, and
had ignited the woodwork when Miss
Morse entered the church The police
have been unable to find any clew TO the
perpetrators.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-06
GIRL HURT IN AUTO CRASH.
Miss Edith baldwin Disfgured
When Machine Hits Street Car.

MISS Eo4th baidWtn DtSn&ured
When Machine Hits Street Car.
Stamford, Conn. April 5.-AIiss Edith
Baldwin, daughter Of Charles H. Bald
win. New York broker, who lives in
this city, was disfgured and seriously
injured in motor car accident here this
afternoon.
A big touring car, in which she vas
riding with Miss Sophia opDer. daughter
Of Frederick Opper, the eartoonist; VIII
lam Douglass. and Rodrick Beebe. all of
New York, Yale students. crashed into 9
Sound Beach street car at a sharp curve
in Greenwich avenue.
All were thrown out, and Miss Baldwin.
who sat next to the street car. was badly
bruised and cut by glass from the broken
vestibule of the trolley car It is under
stood she is hurt internally
The Washington herald., 1908-04-06
IOCAI..

1-Gray and Johnson Oppose Bryan.
1-Noyes Memorial at National Theate
Confirmation az ST Aloyslus'.
5-Bishop Cranston Delivers Sermon.
e-Jury To-day in Land Fraud Case.
MeKeown Killed by Gas.
10-Police Report Many Robberies.
Entertain Their Friends.
l0-Dr. Nelms Installed as Pastor.
by Father BrOsnaaan.
l0-Episcopal Confirmation Exercises.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-06
HOTEL SET ON FIRE.
Forty Guests In winthrop HosteIry
Flee I'm Night Clothes.

Boston, April 5.-Forty guests at Crest
Hall, leading hotel at Winthrop. were
forced 10 fee to the street in their night
clothes before FIRE that partly burned
the structure early this morning and
which also consumed four neighboring
cottages.
James Flanagan. who discovered the
fire, and gave the alarm by running TO the
nearest engine-hOuse. is under arrest.
charged with arson.
1t is asserted by the police that he is
a pyromaniac, and that he has been sus-
pected of being the instigator of several
previous fires in the town.