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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-17
ficers and members did all possible to
add to the pleasures Of the day.
w. c. T. U. FEDERATION.
Holds Most Successful Meeting in Its
History,

The Federation meeting of the Au-
gusta, Hallowell. Gardiner and Togus
Unions was held on Thursday in the
chapel National Home. by invitation
Of the Togus Christian Temperance
Union. A large delegation from each
of the unions was in attendance, and
an excellent program was enjoyed.
The morning session was opened at
1890 by Mrs. Blanche NJ. Friend of
Augusta the president. who read the
call for the great national convention
of the w. c. T. U. to be held in Den
prayer. for which purpose this meet
ing was held. Scripture was read by
Mrs. Towle. president of Togus Union
and prayer was offered by Mrs. Smith
Of Gardiner. c. f. Turner of Togus
gave the welcome for his Union. in
which he advocated the right of suf
frage fer women and the president re-
sponded on behalf of the visitors.
The secretary. Mrs. Marston of Hal
lowell. gave fine report of the last
meeting which was held in Gardiner.
The resolutions; which were adopted at
the State convention were read by
Mrs Tczier and extracts from the
State presidents address We're read by
Mrs Bigelow of Skowhegan. Il. F.
Wheeler of Togus gave a paper on
THE Advance of Women" in which
he paid glowing tribute to women $
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FOOTBALL NOTES.

Williams chances against Dartmouth
will be greatly strengthened if Stevens
can get into the game.
Epoch" Donovan says Harvard's plain
Sailing without serious injuries has been
too smooth to last.
Bob" Brown. who is taking long lay
of for an inconsequential injury received
last Saturday, will find his rivals for
place at end at Harvard ready to give
him q run when he returns to the squad.
When the Harvard players were putting
and looking for letup Thursday, Coach
Haughton called out to them. Come
come, get into the game. know you're
tired. used to play a little myself. you
know" This caused a laugh. but the
mkt few plays Of the regulars went off
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MARKET REPORTS
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features of the Days Dealings In All
The Leading Stocks.

RI aft
New OK, OCT. ID ne s,'e , rS., let
divid,lal stocks ,,nec'e" r' tae csuaes hack
by syinp|tnE .ouis e,t;,, etn,,ss we,e
OF strength IN the i''iu'' ,t ',inar in
lost in corJectuie' pll, ne ~ thc owl
which they Were apSULne" nr,, we're
dence OF ScanlN ni''lhot 'p,pp,,1,I,tion
accepted ~ cNlueito' ~ aa 80 G,,
Union Iacihc ana 81 iaul Mead lie no,n,nd
spicuou5 lnslihG,s, "a lna, Mn h"nda
for the Union I1rInc t t ..,i.,', ,;.,vs
has been ~ cNiue'icc w "I,n,,,n ~
past k"apnlS ,h'hl VIZ LII. -. ~ mr..
the party N'liue Oh ~, ~" - ~ T,,o ';i.
poses OF eECna,ise,, VIZ IL ~ - nov.
manc Tor me nonus - ,.''eI ~, o,se IF
ever. in favor Of the STOCK. ~ VI M, -
st. PAU. the August ehliniiSS ." ~, -; ~
was fav"rah'c IN us snoMip. ., r o." ,hnt
crease III the gross ''ii .ho,,.i'',,
of August last year Dut tilis aio ~, ~ ~,
was not much dnIelent l[ni,l r,,a, ~ rnn,
return t" NE Interstate on ,Iilt r n,n
Favorable IMPRESSION va VA lilauu. 10y 70
ever. py the "ecls,o.i " XII az, ~
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VISITING BANGOR POSTS
Entertained Friday by Cutler Post and
Home Officials and Members.

Cutler Post. No. As. G. A r. enter
tanned Hannibal Hamlin and B H
Beal Posts of Bangor Friday in an
able manner. The party of about 200
ladies and gentlemen arrived here at
1890 on the Electrics and were met
at the station by Cutler Post. the Of
ficers of the Home and the Home Band
and escorted to headquarters and then
down Rockland avenue and back to the
reviewing stand. being reviewed by
about 500 members, who had been
previously formed on the avenue. The
visitors then had the pleasure of re-
viewing Cutler Post and the members
who were in line as they returned
from their station at the south end of
the grounds. Both parties made fine
appearance showing, that they had not
forgotten the early days of '61-65.
After the lines were dismissed the
party were escorted to all places of
interest about the Home grounds and
and they expressed them
selves as we'll pleased with the appear
ance of the Camp in general
Dinner was served to tie visiting
posts and ladies in the general mess
hall at noon. The party returned to
their homes in the afternoon we'll
pleased with the days trip. The Of
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BOWDOIN VS.. HOLY CROSS.
Will Meet This Afternoon at Portland
Change in Bowdoin Team.

Brunswick, Me, Oct. 16.-(Spec.d.,.-
Another change in the back field has
been made necessary because of the in
jury Which Sullivan received, slight
ankle sprain, refusing to mend quickly.
Sulli> ans injury makes it necessary for
Wilson to return to quarter and Cas-
tonquay to full.
The Bowdoin team will leave for
Portland tomorrow morning, where in
the Afternoon it will play Holy Cross.
From comparative scores the two
teams show UP nearly even on paper
and the game will undoubtedly be close.
The following is the Bowdoin line
up: Ke. Hurley; TT. Crosby; re-, Burns;
c, McDade; lg. Newman; 1t, Haley; lie,
Wandtke: Oh. Wilson; III, Smith; fb,
Gastonquay; rh, Manter.
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CROSS COUNTRY RUNS.
Bowdoin Long Distance Men Getting
Ready to Meet Tufts.

Brunswick, Me. Oct. 16.-(SpeciaD
in the hardest kind of work under the
coaching of Undergraduate Coach
Morrill, and Captain Atwood in pre-
paration for the cross country run
with Tufts at Medford. Oct 81 This
date has received the approval of the
faculty and negotiations have been
successfully completed by Manager
Robinson with the Tufts track
management
The final try-outS for the team will
be held over a five mile course a week
from Saturday, and the first five men
to cross the finish line viii compose
the team while the sixth man to finish
will be the substitute. In connection
with this run. cup will be given by
ing the best handicap time. Judging
from times made to date. the team will
he made up of the following men
Goliath. 10: Slocum. 10. Morss. 10;
Robinson. II: and Cole. IL. or Sim
mons, 90 The other men out for the
team who are showing up well, are
Hart 12: Foote. 70: Maloney. ~;
Grassland. 10; Grace. 10; Brown. 10:
Smith. 10; Halves. II and Cary. 10
There will be no meet between the
Freshmen of Rates and Bowdoin this
year, as there is not sufficient time &c
get the men in shape. Word has also
been received from Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology that it will be
unable to compete in a cross country
run because Of lack Of funds.
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CADETS VS.. YALE.
Army More Confident Than Last Year
Yale Expects Hard Fight.

West Point, n. v, Oct. 16.-West
Point is a-hutter with excitement over
the annual game of the Cadets with
Yale here tomorrow. which next to the
struggle with the Navy is the greatest
event in the Army'S football sched-
ule Elaborate preparations for the care
Of the spectators have been made. Ex-
ira stands have been put up and spe-
cial trains will be run on the West
Shore Railroad to bring enthusiasts
from New York City and surrounding
towns The Cadets are more confident
than ever this year and expect to i'm
prove upon last years tie to the ex-
tent of at least one field goal or touch
down. Coach Upton has developed a
new forward pass. which the Soldiers
feel will mean five points on their side
of the score board. while Dean. the
left halfback's steady Improvement In
both drop and place kicking. Is also
expected to prove dangerous to Yale's
chances.
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Chicago Produce Market,

Chicago. Oct. t.
a new factor in the shape of frost in
Argentina made it's appearance in the To-
cal wheat market today and the bulls
TOOK advantage Of the situation and fore
cd prices more than one cent above the
low point of the day. Prices at the close
We're = lower to 1%0lSs higher. Corn and
oats We're firm. but provisions were weak
The leading futures closed as follows:
9Slh. July
or = ~ -
oATs-Dec. 4s3s; MAY 50A@ss; July as.
MESS PORK-Oct. 1885: Jan. 1910: May
L,ARD-oct. $40: Jan e12k; May eo71a
SHORT RIBS-Oct. S77h: Jan. s07h;
May Si21SGIS15. >"'
Cash quotations closed as follows:
FLOUK-Steady.
INITIATING. 2 spring 104@1O5; No. 3 96
ta105: No 2 red 99A61OO "
CORN-No. 2 72@1h; No. yellow 790h.
OATS-No. white 46Q47k.
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BATES is READY
For the Great Contest With Colby To-
day at WaterviIle.

Lewiston, Me-, Oct 16-(SpeciaD -
The Maine college football series will
open Saturday when Bates will go to
Waterville to meet the strong Colby
team. The team that will represent
Bates tomorrow will be one of the fast
est that the college has ever sent out.
While not as heavy as some teams,
the men have polished their plays down
to a nicely and they are running very
SmO othly now. Bates will take two
sets OF backs and there is little choice
between them. Cobb. keaney, Dormhn
and Lovely will start the game. but
Elword, Conklin. Libby and Sargent
will be ready to go in at any time.
In. speaking of the game after the
light practice this afternoon. Captain
Cochran said: 1.-The men are not over
confident They are in good condition
and they have trained hard. Things
breaking well. we expect to win" The
coaches are not talking much, but they
say that 1--WE are going to give Colby
the game of their lives"
Twenty men will be taken besides
Manager Boothby, Assistant Manager
Thurston and the coaches. Bates lineup
will be as follows: Re, Cummings; TT,
"A. E. Andrews; re-. Erskine; c. Capt.
Cochran; lg. FcKenney; 1t. w. v. An
drews; lie. Bishop: qb. Cobb; RIB,
Keaney; lib. Dorman; fb, Lovely. The
following subs will be taken: Elword,
sub quarter; Libby, sub halfback; Sar-
gent, sub fullback: Conklin, sub half
back; Blanchard, sub end: A. r. Cole,
sub guard: Leavitt. sub tackle; Bick-
ford, sub guard. and one other line man
whose name will not be announced I'M
til Saturday morning.
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work in the home and In public MISS
Smith of Gardiner gave a me iloiio.
logue, which was enjoyed by all. al
the noontide hour prayer was oHereo
by Mrs. Towle, and basket iunch was
enjoyed by the visitors.
The afternoon meeting was opened
with singing and a devotional service
conducted by the chaplain OF the
Home, Rev. DR. Burrage.
An article THE Fufillment OF
Prophecy" in which Mrs. Katherine
Lent Stevenson told how she became
A member of the Methodist General
Conference was read by Mrs. Smith OIL
Gardiner.
Mrs. Towle reported work done by
the Togus Union. Mrs. smith repor'eu
for the Hallowell Union. Mrs. Payne
for the Gardiner Union. Mrs. Addie
Hunt the agent in kenneoec county
to prevent cruelty to children, eXpialh-
ed her work in most interesting
manner and said since ner appoint
ment she had placed over 20 chlidreh
in good homes.
A paper on THE Constitutional
Amendments and Resuomission Ref
erendum' was read by Mrs. Tueli. Re-
marks were made by Mr.. Towle. Mr.
Strout. MI and Mrs. Patrick Hayes
the Rev. Mr. Clark of Gardiner. Kew
Mr.. Jones Of Randolph, Miss Mitchell,
Mrs. Marston and others.
Miss Smith and Mrs. Boyd or Gar
diner gave very pleasing readings. me
meeting was closed by singing Goa
be With You Till We Meet Again,
and all voted the federation one OF tne
most successful ever held.
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New Haven, Conn. Oct. 16.-The Yale
football team. which will play West
Point tomorrow. left tonight for New
York and will remain in that city over
night, going on in the informing to West
Point to meet the Army eleven in what
Is thought here will prove the hardest
test which the Yale eleven will have
had SO far this year. During the past
eight years West Point has beaten
Yale once-in 1904. by the score of IL
to and three times the score has been
tied. In 1901 1t was to S: in 1902. +
to 6; and in 1907 there was no-score
game 1t was announced this after
noon that Capt Burch would not be
able to take part in tomorrow's game.
rs the injuries which he suffered at
Yale field yesterday in practice when
he was rendered unconscious, have
proved more serious than at first sup
posed.
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with more smash than had been shown
all afternoon.
Springfield will go to Cambridge today
expecting to do better than in their OPEN
ing game at Princeton. Last fall Har-
ward beat Springfield by the small score
of to 5, a goal from the field saving a
tie game.
returned from Baltimore and Annapolis.
where he has been making arrangements
for Harvard's trip next week. The team
will spend Friday at the Baltimore Coun-
try Club.
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BASEBALL NOTES.
ceived $27,6e

President johnson of the American
League will fight the appointment of
George Stallings, former Detroit man.
ager, as leader of the New York club.
Johnson has not forgotten his trouble
with Stallings during the early days
of the American League and will do
everything in his power to prevent the
erstwhile local idol from breaking into
the organization
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New York Money Market.

New York, Oct. 16
Prime mercantile paper to Az per cent.
Sterling exchange steady at dS49Gl14S
for 60-day bills and at 4S6.5o for demand.
Commercial bills 4S4RM2s.
Par silver 51h.
Mexican dollars 45.
Government bonds steady.
Railroad bonds firm.
Money on call steady at 1hM2 per cent,
last loan at IL per cent.
United States reg. IS ......,........... 1032s
40 coup. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lU4
United States IS, reg. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1904
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1927 $50 for the CHICAGO Cubs.

Chicago. Oct. 16-The worlds cham
pion Cubs" met in the office of Presi-
dent Charles w. Murphy today and
divided among themselves their share
of the receipts of the five champion
ship games played with Detroit. AS
the winning team the Chicagos re-
ceived $27,669.
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SPORTING NOTES.

According to reports received from
London, the Russian lion, Hacken-
schmidt. is planning to again visit
America. Hack it is said, is hopeful
of securing another wrestling bout with
Champion Frank Gotch
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Recent admissions to this Home are:
Nathaniel Croker, Jr., of Dixmont, Me,
who served in Co. X, list Maine H. A.
William D. Clayton of New York City,
who served as acting masters mate in the
navy and also i'm Co. I, 18th Mass. Inf
Frederick c. Lowe of Bangor late cap
tain of Co p 18th Maine Inf.
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George A. Bass. who has been on a
leave of absence. has returned TO his du-
ties in the Home store. Mr.. Weeks, who
has been substituting. has returned to bis
home In Augusta.
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Grand Parade March-"The Kings Gren-
adiers' Luedccke
Overture-"La Dame de Trefle." Herman
"Intamatus' from 'Stabat Mater"
ROsSini
Cornet solo. Fl. A. Schueler.
Selection from "Tabasco.' Chadwick
WaltyeS-"Vienna Life" Strauss
Medley-"The Cruiskeen Lawn" Rocker
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Religious services at the Home chapel
Sunday morning will be as follows: Mass
and sermon by Rev. Fl. Michigan at 7.30,
and Protestant services by Rev. H. S.
Burrage at 10.15 A. M.
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Recent returns from furloush are
Fredk. Van Alstine from Whitetield; JOS
G. Lewis from Portland; George Frost
from New Sharon.
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Edwin Austin. the post fund c;erk, has
returned to his duties after enjoying q
l5-dayS leave.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-17

Gen. Joseph s. Smith of Bangor. the
local manager, was at the Home yester
day on business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-17

David McCrea left the Home yesterday
or THROUGH which he will pass in Car
ibou.
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NATIONAL HOME.

Officer of the day. Capt Merrill Moore
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Inward and Outward

The inward effects of human,
worse than the outward
weaken all the organs. ipnano -
mucous membrane, cause catar,t',
troubles, and endanger the whole a.'1 l
TEN.
Hoods Sarsaparlla eradicstes =,
humors and cures all their effect;
It's the great Alternative and 49,,
medicine whose merit has been every.
where established
Accept no substitute
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New York Cotton Msrke,

It., 1891, u Nov York, uo ts
Continued on Page i weIvo MI
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FUTTF R-SIeady crtAInoIie9 M u
dairies lSibaf8 'f(t ~.
EGGS STEADY. 1T market caqos i,,.,
ed. lam tir!ts q; prime fiigts q ~" ud-
CHEESE Steady: 12zm19iz
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-06

New York, Dec. 5--A further upward
rush in the low priced stocks aroused
some misgivings at the violence OF the
recent advance in those stocks and free
offerings were made of the higher priced
stocks. which resulted in material de-
clines in them. The advance carried up
the Gould group from l to 1 1-2. Kansas
City Southern. preferred. and Colorado
Fuel, 2 liz, practically all of which was
lost when the market broke Overnight
losses reached 1-2 in Canadian Pacific.
] SIS in Rock Island. preferred. and
American Smelling, and l in st. Paul,
Colorado and Southern Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific, Reading and Amalga-
mated Copper, Anaconda and National
Lead Kansas sCity Southern fell ; If
from the best. with a drop of 1 1-2 be-
tween sales. The tone of the market was
nrrner at IL o'clock. with Reading point
above last nights close
The market closed weak and and dis
orderly Reading was rushed up 2 Ia
and the Second, preferred, made upward
bounds OF IL points, and the First, prefer
red 4S-4 rumor that the Second,
preferred. was to be exchanged half for
the First, preferred, and half for common
stock and the dividend raised. was re-
Sponsible- Enormous selling orders were
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-06
MILLIONS FOR
JUST BARRELS
More Than SIS, 600, 600 Spent
: For Them During the
Past Year.

Washington, Dec. 6.-The farmer
with his potatoes and his apples, the
miller with his flour and meal. the
hardware man with his nails, the &C.
msnt manufacturer, and the many
other users of the faithful slack. bar
rel. that com bination of slaves, hoops
and heading, which is aotlntended to
hold water or something. stronger in
fluid form. used forest products last
year having the enormous value of
l5.See, 253. :.
The average man would little sus-
pect that the humble barrel plays so
important part in tle expense ac-
counts of the American farmer and
manufacturer, yet figures complied
by the census in, cooperation with the
United States forest service develop
this interesting truth Moreover, sta
ticstic= taken directly from reports
from $50 cooperAge mills in all parts
of the United States show AN increase
OF S1,5s9,6SS, or II per cent. in the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-06

VALUE of last years products over that
iof the previous year.
In distinct contrast to tight coop
erage stock, which in the main re-
quires oak timber for its raw mater
! ial, slack cooperage stock, particular
1 ly slaves and heading, utilized in
greater Or less degree, most of the
commercially important trees of the
country, and, for this reason its man.
ufacture was far more widely distrib-
uted than il the case with that of
tight cooperage stock. Twenty-one
species of wood contributed to the to-
tai slack stave production last year.
Nearly two-thirds of the output, now
ever, was manufactured from the
four species, red gum, pine, elm, and
beech, in the order named.
The figures disclose an interesting
movement in the industry in the sub
stitution of less expensive woods FOR
those which for many years were
drawn upon most heavily for slack
stave material, but which. owing to
growing scarcity and advancing cost,
are rapidly being displaced In 1906
elm slaves were manufactured in larg-
er quantities than those from any
other wood, and constituted nearly
one-fourth of the total production for
that year. with pin and red gum oc-
cupying second and third places, re-
Ispectively- Last year gum jumped to
first place, pine to second, while elm,
with a falling off of So per cent in
production, dropped to third place.
BeeAch, maple, spruce, Chestnut and
ash followed in the order named.
While slack stave and heading
production was reported last year
from practically all the states engaged
in the manufacture of lumber. a con-
siderable percentage of the stock. in
fact, being turned out as a by-pro-
duct of lumber, the industry was to an
extent localized, the five states of
Pennsylvania, Missouri, Michigan. Ar
kansas and Virginia, in the order
named, contributing SIS per cent of
the total production. TIE distribu-
ton of the industry of hoop manufac-
ture is much more limited than that
of slaves and heading, AID is due pri-
marily to the fact that this conmod-
ity is made chiefly from elm timber
Ohio led in the quantity of hoops man
ufactured. closely followed by indiana
the output of these two states form.
ing 67.3 per cent OF the total produc-
ton.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-06
BY Arthur p. Kellogg.

/ Crex Grass Carpets and rugs, Kno-the'
We've suspenders, Fowne's Gloves and
Lea and Perrin's Worcestershire
sauce In all, 5000 cards vii be used
on the surface car lines.
On the subway and the elevated
lines, posters as high as a mans
shoulder tell of the exhibit in greater
detail. Billposters are FASTING these
up all over the city, on the regular
billboards, in shop windows and
wherever scaffolding and fences shut
out the holes which herald new build
ings. The railroads have been asked
to post them in all stations within
thirty miles of the city and already
one road, the Central of New Jersey,
has agreed to do 1T. The posters are
in all the schools and colleges, the
churches, the settlements, the sub
stations of the post ONCE, the Y M.
G. AS, the city departments. the tele-
phone exchanges, in factories ana
workshops. in the windows of vacant
stores and the entrances OF once
buildings. Small folders, with pic
ture or. two, describing the exhibit and
arousing interest to see it, are being
distributed by the milIion-liferally!-
through all the agencies named above
and by settlement workers, by school
children, at the iispensaries, over the
counters of cigar stores, and all the
city employees. They are hung up in
railroad and ferry stations with a
Help Yourself" sign, and every mem
Der of trades union will receive one.
The double red cross may easily
become as familiar in New York as
the pink face OF George Washington
on a postage stamp. and what 1t
stands for, matter of common under