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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-05-20
Leaking Bottle of Alcohol.

Henry ]. Snow died May 10 at his
home in Montpelier from the effects of a
cat scratch. Five weeks ago a pet cat
slightly scratched the back of one of Mr..
Shows hands and blood poisoning
which developed caused his death. Mr..
Snow was native of Williamstown and
was 80 years old
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-05-20
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28
Senate Hears Of Slavery
In the Philippines,
Fowler Speaks on His FInan-
ciaI Bill In the House.
Railroad Operators Ask important
Changes In 9.hour Law.

washington, jan 27.-Greatly 10 the
surprise to everyone the subject OF
slavery was Introduced in the senate
today. Secretary TAFT was directly
charged with having a knowledge OIL
slavery in the Philippines. Inc de-
bate was made pertinent by the sec
lions of the bill revising the criminal
code of the United States which pro-
yides PENALTIES for dealing in slaves
Mr.. Hale asserted that such proTi-
sions should be stricken out rs he re-
garded slavery as obsolete in the Unit
al states and lie could see no reason
for referring to il.
Senator Hepburn in charge ~ "
hin declared that not only IS there an
immoral traffic in white slaves nut thi.
coolic labor in the form OF pfactic''
slavery does exist and actual hulli$'
slavery is still maintained in the fhilp-
pine islands.
Mr.. Lodge made a statement 70 uiS'
nrove the charges Of slavery IN th'
Philippines.
Continued on Page Tenn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28
Szechenyi and Vanderbilt
Wedding at New York.
Most Brilliant Affair For Many
Years In That City.
Distinguished People as 6uests..'
Honeymoon at Newport.

New York, Jan. 27.-Miss Gladys Van
derbilt. daughter Of Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, was married to Count
Laszlo Szechenyi, a young Hungarian
nobleman, in the Fifth avenue home Of
Mrs. Vanderbilt at noon today. The
wedding was probably the most bril-
liant that has taken place in this city
for a number of years. Although the
number Of guests was limited to about
$50, mainly relatives and immediate
friends Of the two there were included
Baron Hengelmuller Won Hengervar,
the Austrian ambassador to the United
States, James Bryce, the British am
bassador, and several Of the prominent
members of the New York society.
Outside Of the Vanderbilt home q
great crowd Of curious public gazed
hoping for a glimpse of the count and
his bride and watching the arrival OF
the guests. There was no disorder
among this crowd, for the streets sur.
rounding the Vanderbilt residence were
patrolled and kept clear by force OF
nearly 100 policemen.
| Police lines were drawn across 57tt
and 5Sth streets between which two
! streets the house stands and the I'M
| invited public was not permitted on the
Fifth avenue sidewalk in front OF the
house. They gathered in large number;
in the square in front Of the PlaZe
CONTINUED on page Tenn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28
ELEVEN DROWNED
According to Reports at the Philade&.
phia Maritime Exchange.

Philadelphia. Jan. 27.-Belated re-
ports to the Maritime Exchange bring
information Of mishaps to barges
with the probable drowning Of II
persons of the New Jersey coast dur.
ing the last weeks storm. The barge
Gwcnnie. from Norfolk for New Bed
ford and the barge Fannie. Philadel-
phia for Boston, broke adrift from
the tug that was towing them of Bar
negat last Friday morning. The tug ar
rived at the Delaware breakwater lat
er in the day and on Saturday made a
search for the barges. The Fannie was
found and the crew Of Ave men res
c,ed. The deck Of the barge had been
swept clean Of pilot house, boats, etc.
The Gwennie could not be located and
It Is believed she foundered and that
her crew Of five went down with her.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28
Few Debates in Congress
This Winter.
Official Reporters Have Easy
Time Of Il at Capital.
Many Brilliant Speeches Expected
Before Close Of Session.

Washington, Jan. 27-(Special). -
There has been a tremendous short
age of talk this winter at the Capitol.
The Congressional Record, which is the
daily publication of the legislative
branch of the government is lean as a
bear in the spring. 1t has only fifteen
or twenty or twenty-five broad pages
to an issue. where in more normal times
broad pages.
OF course no enc ever undertakes to
read the publication paragraph by
paragraph and page by page and SO
the world may not be losing a great
amount of intelligence about Congress.
There is one good side to it, in that
the typos down at the Government
Printing office do not have to work so
long or SO hard in bringing the Record
out in time for the few thousand Off
cial readers in Washington before
breakfast time. The Government S
bill for white paper will be less, there
will be more money in the United
States Treasury at the close of the
fiscal year. and incidentally few
acres of spruce forest will be saved
temporarily from destruction or de-
yaStatiOn.
1t is all on account of the very re-
stricted output of hot air." There
| have not been many gags upon Repre-
sentatives at this session of Congress
| Over in the Senate, where cloture is as
much Il stranger as though it lived and
moved and had it's being on the planet
| Mars, the output of hot air" has al
so been remarkably small. The nimble
fingered official reporters of debates
have simply loafed around half of the
time, hardly earning their salt, al
though the Government pays each and
| every one of them at least $1,000 yeal
| for an average of about six months
Continued on Page Seven.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28
Emperor William Observes
Birthday Anniversary.
German Monarch Attends Church
and Receives Congratulations.
Later Calls and Leaves His Card
at Foreign Embassies.

Berlin, Jan. o1.--Emperor William is
40 years old today. He was awakened"
this morning according to the i'm
memorial birthday custom by the fam
faring by the palace trumpeters and
the singing of hymn by the Castle
Choir ct o'clock.
AS a matter of fact, however the
Emperor had risen several hours earlier
and had disposed of a variety of state
documents by the time the singing be-
gan, after which he appeared at a VIM
dow of the castle overlooking the court
where the musicians were gathered
His Majesty was dressed in a field
marshaIS uniform. He greeted the
choristcrs and received the congratula-
tons Of the visiting princes. after which
there was service in the private chapel
| OF the palace. DR.. Dryander. the court
preacher. delivered a sermon from the
! text God be with u.s."
The imperial couple took their places,
| alter the conclusion of the service, on
| the dais in the great white hall of the
| palace. The visiting princesses stood
on the left Of Their NECESSITIES and the
princes ON the right. while thousand
| officials, officers, ambassadors, etc.
! passed before the royal couple This
| function lasted an hour. In the after
noon he called at the different foreign,
| embassies. where he left cards. AS he
drove down Inter Den Linden. he was
greeted by an extraordinarily large
crowd which had assembled in the ex.
pectation Of seeing him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28
''MANIC-DEPRESS|vE"
|. LATEST IN THAW CASE.
Defence Closes Rebutta| Will Begin
7oday---Case to Jury Wednesday
Night or Thursday Morning.

New York, Jan. 27.-Harry X
Thaw's defence closed today with
manic Oppressive" insanity as ex-
planning the death of Stanford White
at tho hands of the young Pittsburg
will begin it's evidence in rebuttal. The
case should go to the jury by Wednes-
day night or Thursday noon.
Tomorrow morning District Attorney
Jerome vii! apply for the appointment
Of commission to take the testimony
Of Abraham Hummel. the disbarred
lawyer, who is in the penitentiary on
Blackwell's island and who is said
to he too i'll to appear in court. Mr..
Littleton of the defence, said he would
oppose any such action. whereupon
Justice Bowling announced that if ne
cessary he would go to the island
himself tomorrow night with the de-
PENDANT and his counsel. to preside at
the taking of Hummers testimony. The
jury, it was said, would not be COM
PEELED to take the night trip across the
river. Thaw seemed delighted at the
prospect of such an outing, even to
the grim shores of New York City's
penal colony, and smiled broadly al
the courts suggestion.
District Attorney Jerome disap-
pointed crowded court room when he
refrained from last years tactics of
batting the expert witnesses for the
defence, three of whom-Drs. Wagner.
Evans and JelIiffe--declared that at
the time Thaw killed Stanford White
he was suffering from such a defect
Of reason as not to know the nature or
quality of his act or that the act was
wrong. The prosecutor contented him
self with drawing from the alienists
the fact that last year they swore that
it wac during brain storm that
Thaw committed the homicide.
He also read from the affidavit made
by DR.. Wagner before the lunacy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28
WILL MEET AT BANGOR.
Maine Democrats Decide on Time and
Place For State Convention.

Fairfield, Me, Jan. n.-(SpeciaD.-A
meeting of the Democratic State COM
mittee was held at The Gerald tonight.
It was decided to hold the next State
convention at Bangor on July Is and ex-
Mayor George NJ. Hanson Of Calais will
preside. The delegates to the national
convention will be chosen at the Con-
cressicnal district conventions.
The first business after the arrival OF
all the delegates was a supper at The
Gerald After this had been disposed OF
a public meeting was held, during whicr
the committeeman received their friends
and several short speeches were made
Following this the delegates went into
executive session and the meeting LASTED
until 12.3O O'Clock. The meeting was no
an enthusiastic ono
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28
Six on Doomed Barge Got
Away From Tug
To Avoid Dragging Steamer and
Grew 10 Watery Grave.
Eleven Lives Believed to 30 Lesi
on the jersey Coast.

Providence, R. T., Jan. 27.--With
their last act an attempt to save the
crew of the tug NJ. E. Scully from
death by drowning, six persons. four
men and two women. persisted or the
Delaware breakwater last Saturday
morning when the barge White Band.
bound from Newport News for this
city sank during the terrible gale which
swept the coast. The story OF the loss
of the White Band and her crew was
told by Captain Henry w. Gagg, COM
mander of the Scully when he arrived
in port today with the barge New
Jersey in tuu,.
According TO Captain Cages story
the Scully was bound from Newport
News for Providence with the barges
White Band and New Jersey in tow.
the latter barge being the end craft Of
the tow. On Friday night the Scully
and her barges were off Delaware
breakwater when they ran into ter
rife northwest gale which afterwards
reached hurricane force. The New Jer-
sey's crew cut the hawser and anchor
ed. while the ScuHG hove to. with the
White Band still fastened to the haw-
ser. A binding snow was falling and
it was impossible to see more than a
few feet During the night the cap
tain Of the Scully felt the hawser part
and an examination showed that 1t
had been cut on the White Band end of
the line. 1t is believed on board the
Scully that the White Band was sink
ing. that her captain and crew were
! aware Of that fact and that they de-
liberia tely cut the hawser to save the
Scully from being dragged down.
When day dawned, no trace OF the
White Band could be found. The New
Jersey was picked up and the tug and
large were forced to anchor behind the
I lee of the breakwater to stand the
gale. When the Scully finally was aOl4
to proceed to sea again she found a lot
I of wreCkage which was positively
\ identified as part of the White Band.
\ The six persons on the White BanJ
We're: Captain Albert Garcia Of New
York and Seamen Thomas Gornley and
Thomas Tully of Newport News and
William Smith of Providence; also two
women whose names are not known.
but who are believed to belong in this
city. A widow, who conducts reStau-
| rant in this city, survives Smiths
death. Captain Garcia was to have
been married in another month to Miss
Julia Healey Of this city.
Captain Gagg expressed the opinion
that there was no chance of any of the
persons on board the White Band being
saved as the sea was 50 high that no
small boat could live in 1t and the
! storm of snow was 50 binding as 70
prevent any rescue Of the doomed
sailors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28

Portland, Me, Jan. 27.-A dozen
trict suspended business today because
of the fire which destroyed the brick
block containing the wholesale dry
goods establishment of Milliken, Cous-
ems G. Co. and the shoe jobbinss house
of A. f. Cox & Son last night and to-
day. Owing to the danger from falling
walls the police maintained fire lines
at safe distances that kept people from
transacting business at these places.
Revised estimates place the aggre-
gate losses at $4,000 and the insur-
ance at $70S,000, as follows: Milliken
Cousens e Co, loss $415,0O0. insurance
$3.50, coo; Cox & Son. loss $3.50. 600, in
surancc SIZE, 900: Parker, Themes < Co.
loss $15.Go0; covered by insurance; Russ
Eveleth & Ingalls,, loss $4,000, covered
by Insurance.; building, loss $S0900, m
suranco $4,000: other concerns, loss
$1o, 900: covered by insurance. The
ratio of insurance is about IS per cent
Eleven eilSlIeS' llIc iiepodl anu Tic
big tug Hercules --2-e at one time
pumping water into the structure
Throughout the forenoon Is streams
from engines We're playing on the fir,
and they were not withdrawn unit
noon, at which time most of then
We're taken up, the fire being practically
at an end, although 1t will shoulder
for some hours. Beside the sever
Portland engines, engines from, Ports
mouth and Dover. \. H, Lewiston
| Biddeford and Saco We're in use. th'
Dover steamer being held in reserve a
| the central fire station. Fire com
panies from South Portland and Peaks
Island also assisted. The special traiI
from Boston with three powerful en-
gines was stopped at Newburyport.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28

commission last year giving conversa-
tons with Thaw in court which tend
ed to show that the defendant had a
distinct recollection of occurrences on
the roof garden Immediately preced-
ing the tragedy.
1t was left to Justice Bowling to
make most important inquiries Of the
alienist. He desired to know the ex-
act nature Of 'manic-depressive" in
sanity and If the attacks were likely
to recur. He also asked If a person
suffering from this form of insanity
would be likely to commit assaults He
learned that it is a recurrent form of
mental disorder, a period Of
insanity being followed by a
mariacal outburst, then by period
Of complete depression and then by
another lucid interval. 1t seemed that
the presiding judge was seeking to
obtain information upon which to
base his action in the event of a YER
dict of not guilty on the ground of in
sanity or Of direct acquittal Even in
the latter event, it is pointed out, JUS
tice Bowling would have the right to
have Thaw committed for examina-
ton.
An English physician, one of the
three foreign doctors who testified to.
day, first applied the term manic.
Oppressive" or "sub-acute mania" tc
Thaw's mental condition. DR.. Sydney
Russell Wells of London made the
diagnosis during an outbreak by Thaw
in London in 1899, when with nor.
NAL temperature Thaw demanded that
the walls of his room in a nursing
home be torn down SO that he nigh,
have air and that 90 tons of ice be
put in the apartment to cool it.
Mr. Littleton's question which wa:
answered by the three experts was {
complete resume Of the evidence ex
| cept, as District Attorney Jerom
Continued on Page Ten.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28
Kennebec Fields Worn
by Mondays Storm.
Ice Is Thin and Open Water
In Some Places.
Promised Cold Wave Does Not
Awaken Much Hope.

Gardiner Me-, jan. 27.-(SpeciaU.-
The heavy southeast rain storm and it's
accompanying gale which set in late
Sunday night and continued to rage I'M
til about . O'Clock this morning, and
the mild weather which continued for
the remainder of the day has given the
hopes of the ice operators on the Ken
nebec river another setback and added
not a small amount of anxiety regard
ing the probability of getting crop
this winter.
As is we'll known south or south
east wind always works injury 10 an
ice field and is always an unwelcome
visitanI during the cutting season, as
with the exception of a fog it is one Of
the greatest ice-eaters known. This
wind will in "a hours eat off the sur
face of the ice to the depth of several
inches, and an example OF its effects Is
shown by the fact that the wastage ON
account of the wind and rain today on
the already thin ice along the river has
amounted to between one and two
inches.
At several places along tire river be
tween TINS city ana ttlcnlnOllu tnefc
is open water Of greater or less area.
At the Nahumkcag ice houses opposite
South Gardiner there is a small open
strip, while at Iceboro the open water
covers a space of about 10 acres. Down
by Lovejoy's Narrows, on The east side
Of Swan Island. there is another small
open space. and the ice is thin at ::
number of places along the river.
According to present indications the
cold weather seams to have gone south
as reports received from Hartford,
Gem, this afternoon stated that good
ice was being cut from the ponds near
the Connecticut river. II was colder
in New York State this morning than
in Maine. for while the mercury III
New York registered s. above zero II
was A degrees here
According to the weather map re-
ceived from Washington this afternoon
there fs cold wave due. but as the
cold waves which have thus far dur
ing the winter found their way to the
kennebec valley at rare Intervals have
not proved OF much intensity, the prom
Used one does not give rise to a great
deal of hope, and the outlook is COM
mencing to assume a feature Of de-
cided uncertainty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28
NEW THEATRE OPENED.
keith's New Play House at Portland
Used For the First Time.

Portland, Me, Jan. 27.-As fitting
celebration Of the 25th anniversary OF
p F. Keith's success in the theatrical
world. the handsome Keith theatre
was opened to the public today with
matinee and evening performance.
There is an deliberately decorated and
panelIed subway leading from Con-
gress street, 212 feet in length. TITS
new vaudeville theatre is managed by
James E. Moore and it is said that it
possibly is equalled by only three
other theatres.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28
STATE PRISON SENTENCES
For Hayes and Cooney at Portland
Court Held in the Jail.

Portland, Ne, Jan 27.-Charles +.
Hayes, indicted for obtaining money
by false pretences by the passing of
forged checks aggregating $1,000, it is
alleged, was sentenced to two years in
State prison in the superior court to-
day.
Patrick Cooney of this city, charged
with breaking, entering and larceny
at the wholesale house of Thompson
Hall & Co, was sentenced to three
years in State prison
AS the court room was destroyed
with the burning of the city and
county building, the court was held in
the county jail, the first time in the
history of the jail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28
DEATH IN FLAMES.
New York Barber and Infant Son Lose
Their Lives-Suicide?

New York, Jan. 27.-Carmino Be
nardone, a barber, and MS 17-months-
old son Antonio, were burned to death
in their home on the top floor of The
tenement house at No. 1913 Mulberry
street early today. Bemardone had
been separated from his wife since
last Thursday and since that time he
had been living alone with the child.
After the fire a brother Of the dead
man said he believed his brother hat
set fire to the fiat with the intention o.
killing himself and the child.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28
FIR. MCCARTHY PROMOTED.
Pastor Of ST.. Mary's Church 1t Houi
ton Transferred to Bangor.

Houlton. Me, Jan. 27.-Jeremiah
Mccarthy, pastor Of St Mary's Ro-
man Catholic church here, has been
appointed by Bishop Walsh to the pas
Rev. Father Mccarthy will take the
position made vacant by the removal
OF Rev Father McDonough to Lewis
ton, to succeed Mgr. Wallace. whose
death occurred recently.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28
P0RTLAND'S LATEST
FIRE LOSS $830,000.
Splendid Work Of Local and Outside
Firemen Prevent Greater Loss---Near-
" All Covered by Insurance.

The cause Of the fire is still unknown
and there are no plausible theories
about it.
Chief Engineer Eldridge, who sus-
tanned a dislocated shoulder at the
City Hall fire and was ordered by his
physician yesterday to keep quiet for
a few days, directed the work of the
department through the night from his
bed with First Assistant Engineer
Thomas Payne in immediate charge.
Capt. Payne was exhausted and COM
PEELED to retire at noon, Chief Eldridge
going to the scene and assuming
charge.
All schools We're closed as a matter
OF precaution for the protection of the
scholars. AS the entire fire department
OF the city was engaged in the business
district and the fire alarm system was
not any too certain, it was feared
there might be loss of life should q
fire break out in any of the school
buildings Therefore the scholars We're
| liberated for the day. The same course
| was pursued Friday on account Of the
| City Hall fire.
me iIe Stdlltu lloltl uihlio"ii tduS.'s
] in the wholesale dry goods house Of
| Milliken Cousens & Co., which is q
| branch Of the large New York whole
sale house Of Deering. Milliken &, Co.
and it was in their half Of the build
| ing that the greater part Of the loss
was sustained. The flames were limit
ed to this half of the building, which
| is bounded by Middle and Market
streets, during the early stages, but
when it was believed that they hat
been controlled and attention had beer
concentrated TO an opposite side of tn,
! building. where Il slight blaze hal
broken out afresh. the half Of the build
ing occupied by the A. T. Cox & Son:
shoe establishment was invaded BY thu
| CONTINUED on Page TEMP
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Bath Ships Eclipse Found
ers Jan. II, at Sea.
Grew Takes TO Boats
Men Die Of Exhaustion.
Survivors Land Monday, at Hama
Maui, Hawaiian Islands.

Honolulu. Jan. 27.-The American
ship Eclipse, laden with coal, Capt. c.
Il. Larsen. bound from Newcastle
Australia, for San Francisco. found
cred Jan. IL. in Lat. Sc north, and
Long. 155 west.
All tic members of the crew took tc
the boats.
Three men died of exhaustion before
reaching land. Capt. Larsen. the mates
and II men landed at Hama Maui TO-
day.
The Eclipse was wooden ship O
1885 tons. and was built in 1878 by Cos:
& Sawyer Of Bath, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28

The supreme court Of the United
States Monday granted the petition Of
the Chicago, Burlington q Quincy and
the Chicago & Alton Railroad Cos. for
writs of certiorari in the government
cases against them on charges OF
granting rebates The action of the
court will bring the cases to this court
for review.