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Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

Paris, Nov. 29.-There We're many un-
expected and grave developments Sat
urday in the case of Nine. Steinheil,
charged with the murder of her hus-
band, Adolphc Steinheil, the prominent
tlack-and-white artist, and also Of
Nine. Japy, her mother. 1t became
manifest the government was losing in
it's fight to hold the case of the wo-
man separate from the allegations that
she was present when President Felix
Faure died suddenly in 1899, and that
instead Of apoplexy beirg the cause of
death he was killed by poison handed
to him in wine. Further, it became
clear the whole complicated tragedy
had it's beginning in the Dreyfus case
and last night it was asserted by
many opponents Of the government
that out of the murder of Steinheil and
his mother-in-law would grow the most
miserable aspect of the whole tragedy
of Dreyfus.
Henri Rochefort, who, since the
double murder on May so last, has in
sisted the motive for the crime was po-
litical intrigue and domestic infeliclty
predicted the exposures in connection
with Nine. Steinheil would bring about
the downfall of the government. He
charged that in a desperate determina-
ton to save itself the government in
tended to railroad Nine. Steinheil to ii
lunatic asylum. The public attached
great importance to Rochefcrts state
ment, as all his allegations made inl-
r,ediately following the murder have
been justified in the last few days.
One OF the most dramatic incidents
in the case was the appearance Satur-
day OF noblemsn before magistrate.
This roblcman made a confession, say
ing lie had been driven to 1t. by his
guilty conscience. He injected new
element into the tangled affair, ms
story making it appear that he had had
q friendship for Nine. Steinhoi' nu"i
on the order Of the Eng'ishn,Hn h''''
the princess in Elinor Glynn's h" u
novel "Three Weeks The name Oh
this nobleman has been withheld by the
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
TODAY'S JOURNAL CONTENTS.
Page One.

NSS WV
Steinheil Story Reads Like a Novel
One Killed and Five Fatally Hurt at
South Boston Staton-Half a Hundred
Injured in Fear End Collision-Cardinal
Gibbons Says Divorced Persons Should Be
Shlnned-Confession Said to Have Been
Made by Lamphcle in Guinness Case
Many Causes Blamed for Decrease in
Stock Exchange Activity-Another Explo-
Pa.-Atlantic Fleet Will Leave Manila To-
morrow. Bound Back Home-A Long
Chase After Man for Violation of the
Postal Laws-Maine m Dec!ares Gn in sirt. into
State-Woodrun Withdraws in Favor OF
Sec Root
Page Two.
Haytiens Under Gen. Simon Pushing
Forward to Port au Prilce-New YORK
World Confesses to Be in Error Regard
ing Interview with Kaiser-Senator Long
Says Census Bill Must Pass at Coming
Session Of Ccngress-New Yorker Has In
tervew with Hains Brothers-Cott0n Cr9,p
Estimated to Be 12,S00o0G Bales-Iroupie
Nav Soon Be Expected Between Aust,ra ,a q
and Turl;ey-Mayor- Larrabee. Assistant
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Resigns.
Page Three. x
Gardiner. South Gardiner, HalloWeil'
National Home ana Winthrop Local Mat
teIS.
PAGE Four.
Army Beats Navy in FOotpan-Cu..nei
Football -BoXing-Baseb2il-
eral Sports-Recent Rescripts-Maine Mu-
sical, Industrial and Church News
Page Five.
Classified Ads-Railroads-H
cellaneous Notices.
Page Six.
Editorial-Maine Gossip-Maine Press
Comment
Page Seven.
Land Agent Commits Stumpage Money
TO State Trcasury-Dates Announceu ,o'
Farmers Institutes in Knox IountS
state Board of Health issues NoVeInpe'
Bulletin-News of Books and Apthofs.
Page Eight.
Supreme Court Matters-Local Amuse-
ments-Short Local Items-Malne ocnoo
Notes.
Page Nine.
Fourth Vesper Service at Unitarian
Church-Furerals of Augusta NJ. !'nel
and Florence NJ. Harvey-Nouces OF %
cial Meetings-Pcrsonal mention.
Page Ten.
Alleged Father of "Widows syndicate
Victim of Drink and Is Sent Up 1or .
days-Powers Pleased with our Japa.
Agreerrert-Auburn Milk DeaisIs pn ~
Court for Alleged Impure Milk-Ei1aaass .i,I 6G
ing Fourd Among the CANADIAN oiic'ai
--latest Sporting News.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington. Nov. 29.-For Monday
and Tuesday: The Southwest disturb-
ance has moved due northward to Ne
braska and is about to join forces with
another over western Manitoba. AS
a consequence, the precipitation area
has not extended east of the Allegheny
mountains. but it covers the entire
country between the Alleghenies and
the Rockies. In the East the weather
will be generally fair Monday and
Tuesday. The winds along the New
England coast will be fresh and mostly
southwest; middle Atlantic coast Ight
and mostly southwest.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
And Five Fatally Hurt at
South Boston Station.
Half a Hundred Injured In Rear
End Collision Of Trains.
Locomotive PIows Through Crowd.
ed Passenger Coach.

Boston, Nov. 29.-One man was killed
five persons We're probably fatally in
jured and 35 others were hurt in a rear
end collision between two local pas
seEger trains at the South Boston sta
ton of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad Saturday night
While the direct cause of the smash
up must have been due to a failure OF
the block signal system to work prop
erly, the indirect cause undoubtedly
was the confusion resulting in the
South Terminal station because of "a
small wreck near Savin Hill. That
wreck compelled the shifting Of trains
from the Plymouth division to the Mid
land division.
The first train left the South Ter
minal station at GIG o'clock, bound for
Braintree by the way Of West Quincy
1t made two-minute run to the South
Boston station and stopped. Just as it
was starting from the station the
train which left the South Terminal
station at 622, bound for Readville
swept around the curve under the Do
YER street bridge and crashed into the
Braintree train.
The locomotive ploWed into the
rear car of the Braintree train, split
ting the coach in two pieces and hurl-
ing the passengers TO the front part
of the car or crushing them through
the windows to the tracks below. More
than so passengers in that car were
cut, bruised or injured internally. The
passengers in the forward cars were
hurled from their seats and bruised
| badly.
| The impact brought the rear train tC
stop and at the same moment the
| forward train pulled away, leaving the
rear truck of the last car stuck on the
| cowcatcher of the Readville engine
William H. Buchanan, rear brakeman
on the Braintree train, lost both of his
legs and died in the City hospital
George Schools, assistant conductor, OF
West Quincy, suffered fractures of both
arms and legs. The other probably IA
tally0injured are: Gertrude Adams OF
| Dorchester, broken arm and interna
injuries; Thomas Farrell of Dorchester
broken leg and internal injuries
Stephen A. Frost of Dorchester, skull
| fractured Conrad P. Schultz of Dor
chester, left leg broken, internal in
juries.
| Boston, Nov. 29.-No additional
| (Coptip,1a6 on Pap TenO
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

| fatalities be secured. 1t is possible that
the exact number of men killed will
never be known. Up to darkness to-
night 25 bodies had been brought to
the surface in an iron bucket Arms,
legs or heads were missing from some
and the trunks of others We're burned
bruised and cut.
Two of the men taken from the mine
today We're sulfocated and their bodies
We're, not even scratched. One of these
Was John lvill, a cousin of John H
Jones, president of the Pittsburg-Bu
falo Coal Co, owners of the mine, who
was employed as head timekeeper
wills body was found beneath a coal
digging machine and it was apparent
that he crawled there in a vain effort
to escape the deadly fumes. The body
of the other man was found near
will. The unfortunate man had placed
his face in a pool of water which all
miners are advised to do when an eX-
plosicn occurs in a desperate attempt
to fight off suffocation until rescued.
This afternoon the coroner of Wash
ington county held a meeting to Or
ganize a jury and then adjourned un-
til all of the bodies have been taken
from the mine.
The opinion was expressed today by
number of expert miners that the
mine will not be cleared of victims
for several days.
Early today a small fire broke out In
the mine. Several fire bosses, properly
equipped were hurried into the mine
and succeeded in extinguishing the
| blaze before any serious damage was
done.
Reports have been in circulation al
| day that a second and more terrific
| explosion is likely to occur at any mo
CONTINUED on Page Twc.)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

wore severe. AS is well known tney
differ in different states ana are IN
many cases lax. In South Dakota, LOT
;nstance. a divorce can be obtained az
tar > brief residence. man FORMS ai
attachment for woman or woman
g.. man and, regardless OF any
Existing marriage bonds, they oe.sr.
1850 =, marry. Under our lax laws
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
Boston Forecast.

Boston, Nov 29.-Forecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Monday increasing
cloudiness, probably rain in the after
noon and night; Tuesday continued
unsettled, probably occasional rains;
southerly to westerly winds.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
THE WEATHER
FAIR-COLDER.

Washington, Nov 29.-Forecast for
New England: Fair Monday and
Tuesday; slightly colder Monday in
north portion light to fresh south to
southwest winds.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
Atlantic Fleet Will Leave
Manila Tomorrow.
Will Go to Cey|on, Thence to
Suez and Through Canal.
Ships to Call at Mediterranean
Ports And Sail For America.

Manila Nov. 29-The Atlantic bat
tleship fleet, which left Hampton Roads
Dec. l46. 1907, will sail from Manila
Dec. /. Today Rear Admiral Sperry Is
sued his sailing orders, which direct
the fleet to get under way promptly at
g o'clock Tuesday morning. Rough
weather and the recent heavy rains
have greatly delayed the work of get
ting. the fleet ready to sail ior hiliie'
prcnarations for sailing are now be-
ing hurried and coal, provisions anu
supplies are being rushed to the ships
as rapidly as possible
A reception by the Tabacalora ~
the great Spanish tobacco corporation
in the Philippines, to the sailors ana
their friends, numbering several thou-
sand. and a dinner given by the Eng
fish Club to Rear Admirals Sperry,
;,merv. Wainwright and Schroeder, ana
sc other officers, were the princlpdi
features of Sundays entertainment.
At the private dinner given by the
English Club, President Alexander
Stenhen and Admiral Sperry We're the
principal speakers. They exchangeo
international Fluctuations.
Many bluejackets came ashore loo'ty
and visited points Of interest In ana
- hout the city. Tomorrow, the final DAY
of the fleets visit to Manila, there VII
he a round of sports and other enter
tainments for the men. the DAY "iii
conclude with a reception ana pdll ~
the officers by the garrison of Fort &c
kinley in the evening 49,
THO cruiser Charleston arrived ths
,,orning and reported rough weather
Otherwise the cruise had an uneVeht-
full voyage.
Manila, Nov 29.-With the Depart
,,ra from Manila Dec. l of the Ameri-
can battleship fleet under the com.
mand Of Rear Admiral Sperry, the io
vessels that are making such r.
markable round d-the-worid voyage ~
their prows definitely toward noine
waters. They have been gone iroii
fContinued on Page Ten.)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
1904

10c cigar
Actual increase for past nine monons
Two Million, Sixty Eight Thousand. FAC
tory, Manchester. N. H.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
In Mariana, Pa, Mine, Where From
130 to IFS Men Met Death Sat-
urday---0n|y 81 Of the Bodies
Have So Far Been Recovered,

Pittsburg, Nov. 30.-Fifty-two bodies
have been removed from the Rachel
mines of the Pittsburg- Buffalo Coal
Co, at Mariana where a terrific ex-
rlcsicn occurred Saturday, up to /
o'clock (Monday) morning. Of the %
have been fully identified.
A number OF other bodies have been
found in the workings and are being
brought out as rapidly as possible.
At the present rate OF progress nearly
100 bodies will have been brought out
by daylight and it is now hoped that
most if not all, will have been found
by evening,
Chief State Mine Inspector James e.
Rodnricll will be here today 70 start
an investigation.
Pittsnurg. Nov. 29.-Twenty-ii five bod
les, all but two of them horribly mu-
tlldteu and number of them dsmem-
bered, were taken today from the mine
of the Pittsburg Buffalo Coal Co. at
Mariana, $40 miles south of here, where
an explosion occurred yesterday, kill
ing many men and casting gloom over
what was until then considered the
,nodel mining town ct the world.
There is no DOUBT that the death list
will reach 13S men. officials of the COM
pany. who said last night that not over
125 had been killed, admit tonight that
1873 men went down the shaft to work
yesterday morning. According to min
ers and others familiar with the num-
Der of men generally employed in the
mine the death list will exceed the
company's estimate by at least SO.
As in nearly all mine disasters there
seems TO way at present of knowing
how many men went to work. Inc
number check-of system has again
proved defective and from no source
can an accurate statement as to the
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

Boston, Nov. 29.-No additional
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

Reports have been in circulation all
day that a second and more terrific
| explosion is likely to occur at any mo-
(Continued on Page Twc.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-18

siderable local reputation. The glee
club of 1867 made several tours
the longest one extending as far west
as Great Bend and consuming the
whole of the Christmas vacation.
So much for ancient history The
glee club of 19O7-S, under the leader
ship of Prof H. F. Look, is now bid
ding for attention.
Considering the fact that Prof. Look
has been obliged to start from the
ground to build up his musical organ
ization, he has achieved wonderful
success. His club is strong, we'll
balanced organization, which makes
mighty good music. and is a credit to
the college. 1t is shy on good soloists,
and also on team work. The solo,
lists are pretty certain to develop if the
present interest in glee club work con-
tinues at Washburn, and the team
work. comes with increasing familiar
ity with the concert stage. What the
Washburn glee club needs, along with
about nine out of ten college glee
clubs, is somebody to pry them out Of
the rut which glee clubs have been
travelling for twenty years. Glee club
concerts have frazzled, tired out
reputation because they are nearly al
ways just about alike. A few people
will go to glee club concerts through
college patriotism, but the great ma
jority of people, when they go to .
glee club concert, want something new
something amusing, something which
borders pretty closely on minstrelsy.
The Washburn glee club has too mucn
of this so-o-oft-twilight-ni sort of
music on its programme. If it can't
get some real good new college music,
(Which is hard to do) it ought to
browse around the music stores for
to college uses. And it certainly ought
to load up with good stock of the real
old fashioned college songs of the kind
they used to sing at Yale and Harvard
n -
These suggestions to the Washburn
club are not intended especially for
Washburn-they are good medicine for
almost any college glee club. and the
climb rapidly into a reputation.
One of the strong features of the
programme last night was the old song
Estudiantina,' sung by the glee club
cause it was different-it was getting
out of the rut. Ills Morn" (Geibel)
was also well sung. Kentucky Babe
was all right but should have been
saved for an encore. r. Lee Ramsey
made the hit of the evening with his
solo Miss Evelina." There should be
more of the same.
The glee club was assisted in it's con-
cert by Miss Grace Boles, soprano, and
Miss Ona May Miller, reader. The
writer has always had an idea that a
glee club is at its best when it is a,
stag" affair, and that it is one kind
of show that, to preserve tits distinctive
character. should be run entirely by
the men-folks. But that idea may be
out of date. At any rate. Miss Boles
and Miss Miller are both clever and
capable entertainers. Especially are
to be mentioned Miss Boles' solo "Wlld
Bird" with a quintette composed Of
Mr.. Spreng, Mr.. Weede, Mr.. Ramsey
Mr.. Stark and Mr.. Rooms. and Miss
| Miller's selection from Paul Lawrence
Dunbar, "Mammy's Pickaninny."
Everything on the programme was en-
Enthusiastically encored.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-18
TO CORRECT FLAW.
Topeka Wishes Error Corrected in
Fair Grounds Bill.

A year ago Topeka and Shawnee
county undertook to secure legislation
which would enable the city and coun-
ty to give a genuine fair, not simply
a horse race but one which would dis
play the products of the farm and
the field. The necessary law was
passed, but proved defective and no
action was possible under it. At this
session a bill has. been introduced
merely to correct the flaw.
There ought to be no opposition to
this and it is hoped the measure will
be passed without dissent Here is
the bill:
An act authorizing the board of
county commissioners of Shawnee
county, Kansas to sell the fair grounds
belonging to Shawnee county, and
purchase other land with the pro-
ceeds of such sale. or to purchase
additional land to enlarge the present
fair grounds, and levy tax for the
purpose Of purchasing additional
lands, If found necessary. and the
erection of permanent buildings and
and repeating chapter 161 of the laws
of 1907.
Be it enacted by the legislature OF
the state of Kansas:
Section 1. The board of county
commissioners of Shawnee county,
I
powered to sell the present fair
grounds belonging to said county and
with the proceeds Of such sale to pur-
chase other land for fair grounds, or
purchase additional land to enlarge
the present fair grounds and pay for
the same as hereinafter provided;
provided said commissioners in case
the present fair grounds are sold shall
not expend for new fair grounds a
sum in excess of that received from
| the sale of the present fair grounds.
Sec 2. Said board Of county COM
missioners is hereby authorized and
directed to levy a tax on all real and
personal property in said county for
| the years 1908 and 1909, not exceed
| ing eight-tenths of one mill On the
| dollar, per annum, for the purpose OF
purchasing additional land, If found
necessary, and the erection of per-
manent buildings and improvements
on said fair grounds.
| Sec. 8. For the purpose of carrying
| out the provisions of this act said
| board of commissioners Is empowered
and authorized to improve said fail
grounds by the erection of permanent
buildings, the construction of race
track and such other improvement:
1 as may be necessary for the purpose
| of holding a fair; such Improvement:
and the cost of any land purchased te
enlarge the present fair grounds shall
be paid for out of the levy herein pro.
vided for.
Sec. 4. Chapter 161 of the laws OF
1907 is hereby repealed.
Sec 5. This act shall take effec
and be in force from and after it.
publication in the official state paper
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-18
MAKES ITS BOW.
Washburn's New GIee Club Starts Out
Auspiciously.

The Washburn College Glee club, an
ancient and honorable organization
which has just been resurrected after
staying in retirement for six or eight
years, gave a concert last night to Il
crowd of about 500 people in WASH
burn chapel The club proved itself a
worthy successor to many worthy or
CARNATIONS of similar nature.
1t may not be generally known. that
the first college glee club west of the
Mississippi riverLwas organized at
Washburn in the year 1887. The idea
was brought to Washburn from the
east by F. w. Phelps, at that time pro-
fessor of Greek at Wash burn Prof.
Phelps could not sing, but he was a
natural born leader, and his glee club
made a great hit. 1t Travelled about
over the state and gave concerts, and
numbered in its membership some of
the best singers the college has ever
had. Its quartette was known as 1.-THE
Cherubs," and consisted of Chamber
lain, Cakes. Plat and Donnell, all ex-
celIent singers. The Glee club idea
was maintained at Washburn nearly
every year till 1899. Many good glee
clubs were turned out. The glee club
business reached its zenith in 1896
1897, during the time that Prof. w. H.
Leib trained the club. Leib was a
German music master of great capaci-
ty, and as he had some exceptionally
good material in his club, the orga nj
cation was strong one. The quar-
tette consisted of Epps, Strong. Polk
and LetsOn. each one a sOloist of con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-18
PUT OUT $4,000, 900.
New York Banks to Cancel Last of
Clearing House Scrip.

Seattle, Wash, Jan. 18.-An agree
ment has been reached by the banks of
the city to begin on next Morilay the
complete retirement of the clearing
house certificates issued last November
The loan certificates issued by the
New York clearing house during the
recent financial stringency reached a
total of s97. ZOO. 900, according to a state
ment prepared by President Alexander
Gilbert of the Clearing House associa-
ton. OF this amount, however, only
100000 in certificates was put into
actual use. The movement to retire
these certificates began Immediately
after the crisis of the final situation
was passed and has progressed rapidly
since. By far the greater proportion of
the certificates, President Gilbert says,
have now been retired.
This Is the first public statement that
has been made of the extent to which
the clearing house resorted to certifi-
Gates to prevent the banks being drain
ed of their cash and to prevent the
bank endorsements which might
have resulted from the continued re-
quirement of cash payments at the
clearing house when the recent panic
was at it's height. In 1893, when the
clearing house issued loan certificates,
the amount taken out was Sal, 690,000 or
more thar 1872 900 under the amount
of the issue of 1907. Mr.. Gilbert makes
the point, however, UIldI SO large mas
been the increase in bank deposits that
whereas in 1893 the loan certificates
amounted to about 10 per cent of the
deposits, the certificates in 1907 amount
ed to less than 5 per cent of the total
deposits.
The great gain in cash made by the
banks since the end Of November is
shown by the fact that within the seven
weeks from November % to January II
the clearing house banks were able to
convert a deficit of more than $54, 900 900
into surplus of over $6,000,000 and at
the same time retire the certificates.
The issuance of these certificates. Mr..
Gilbert says, furnishes the best object
lesson of an emergency currency. one
that is perfectly secure and one which
can be put into effect without any COM
plicated bank machinery. On this point
Mr. Gilbert says:
"All that is needed to adapt such a
system to our requirements is develop
ments, and I feel confident that if the
subject could be referred to the clearing
house committee of the three central
reserve cities, an emergency currency
plan could be evolved that would be in
harmony with our national banking
system and be less subject to criticism
and opposition than any other system
which has vet been proposed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-18


Powhatan. Mr.. E. F. Acker; keeper
Of records. Miss Della Booth, keeper
of wampum, Mrs. Mary Sipes; first
scout, Miss Grace Williamson; second
scout, Mrs. Laura Acker; first war
rior, Mr.. E. R. Mischke; second war
rior Mr.. L. NJ. Penwell; first runner,
Mrs. Ella Pears, second runner. Miss
Gertrude Sipes; first counselor. Mrs.
Edith Tucker, second counselor, Mrs.
1. A. Knauer; guard of the tepee and
forest, Mr.. J. T. Barley. After the
conclusion of the raising ceremony a
feast was served.
Prof. F. L. Clark of Washburn col
lege will lecture in Washburn chapel
on Monday evening on the subject,
THE Acropolis at Athens. With Spe-
cial Reference to the Parthenon."
The lecture will be illustrated with
Stereopticon views. 1t is given under
the auspices Of the Topeka Archaeolo-
gical society, and is open to anyone
interested in the work of the society.