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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-09
MAINE LIBRARIES.

A rumber of new books have re-
Gently been received at the Carnegie
library ut Old Town.
One hundred and sixty seven volumes
have recently been placed upon the
shelves in the reading room of the Pat
ten free library at Bath.
4 beautiful marble and bronze tablet
to the memory OF Abraham Lincoln has
been presented to the city of Auburn
to be placed in the public library. APP
propriate exercises were held and the
tablet was put in place last week.
The Pennington public library has
received a IA volume encyclopedia of
American Biography, the gift of DR..
Frederic Adams Wood of Brooklyn,
Mass, Son of the late Samuel A
Brooks, who was a native of Farming
ton. About % other new books have been
added 10 the library this year.
Over 81 900 volumes were circulated
through the medium Of the Rockland
public library the past year. according to
the report of the librarian. Miss Nancy I.
Fun bank. This report shows balance OF
s63 at the close of the year. From the
of The library. the following interesting
figures are culled: Number of volumes in
the library at the beginning of the year
tFcb. ., 1907 lO.0O3; added during the
year, 6O5. rejected destroyed and lost,
l04: number Of volumes in the library
Feb. 8, 1908. 1854. The number of vol
umts rebound was 21o. During the year
there were issued 81 1G2 volumes, the Iarg.
est days circulation being 43l on March
Sd, and the smallest days circulation be-
ing q on Dec. 10th. The average daily
circulation was 132. The nurrber Of
cards issued during the year was 215: pre-
yicuslv issued. Asa; total number issued
to Feb. 9. 1908. 4169.
Bethel library is the recipient of most
generous and timely aid from Mr.. JOS s.
Rich. who in his recent winter visit to his
summer home, manifested much interest
offered to give the cases and the 100
cards needed for a card catalogue, which
he has since purchased. And directly
after his return to New York he thought
fully forwarded to the library some val
liable books on library work, especially
upon the subject OF calaloeing. n matter
which the trustees have long been fac
ing. and which through his bounty, with
the further generosity of Mr.. William
Hastings. who has offered to pay for
the work of classification and visiting.
1t Is now POSSIBLE to undertake. Mr.. Rich
has supplied another need of which he
heard while here. by sending dictionaries
in the German. French. italian. Spanish
and Latin languages. most valued
addition, and also several books OF
stamps which will be Of great service and
interest to those interested in that sub
iect and valuable ACQUISITION to the
library.
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE.
Sophomore Debate With Bates May
Become Annual Affair.

Orono, Me. March S.-(SpeciaD -
The Sophomore class of Bates Col
lege has drawn up a set of articles in
regard to making the debate between
the University of Maine Sophomores
and the Bates College Sophomores an
annual event The articles We're read
before the class and they state that
the expenses Of the debate. including
the travelling expenses of the visiting
team, board and the fee for the judges
shall be evenly borne by the Sopho-
more classes of both institutions. The
L. of NJ. Sophomores have voted to
give President Berry power to sign
the agreements.
The University of Maine Glee and
instrumental Clubs will start Monday
on a weeks trip through ArOostook
county. The clubs are now in the
best of condition and the five concerts
which will be given next week ought
to be by far the best the clubs have
given this year. The clubs will leave
Old Town at SIS p. NJ. Monday and
arrive back at the university on the
following Sunday The following men
will go on the trip: r. Fellows, r. L.
Cummings, NJ. A. Sturtevant. p. E.
Bartlett, F. S. Cram, r. H. Morrison
+. c. Richardson. H. A. Rich, D. L.
Roberts. T. E. Houghton. L. NJ Ger
rish L. f. Drew, w. o. Osgood. d. S
Smith. F. j. Morrison. J. NJ. Eaton. NJ
f. Fassett, f. NJ. Foulton, r. 7. Work.
man. w. P. Carrie. II. B. Burgess, r.
w. Davis, A. B. Richardson, p. S
Strout, L. j. Wertheim.
The schedule of concerts is as fol-
| lows: Monday. March 8. Patten;
Tuesday, Caribou; Wednesday, Fort
Fairfield: Thursday. Mars Hill; Fri
| day, Dover
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CAPTAIN
OF PORTLAND TEAM.

Portland, Me, March S.-Manager
Florence f. Driscoll of the Portland
baseball team Will go to Boston again
Monday or Tuesday to attend a meet
ing Of the new league which will be
held the first of the week and at which
it is expected that the plans for the
league will be perfected. At present
ii looks like an eight-team circuit with
Portland and Lewiston acting as the
Maine representatives in the league.
Manager Driscol has already signed
for the season Follansbee as captain
and first baseman. Follansbee knows
the game from A to u and played
awhile for Portland toward the end OF
last season.
Bert Kelley has also been signed
and these two men are the only ones
signed to date. Kelley is the man who
played backstop for Portland the lat
ter part of last season and he made a
good impression with the local fans.
This week will probably see the
signing of four more men. change
backStop, an infielder and two out
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same voyage now being undertaken by
the big hattleship fleet to the Pacific
without coaling once, and at q speed
two knots in excess of the average
maintained by the battleShips on their
present run.
The birmingham has the reciprocal
ing engines which are the type at
present IN Use on our warships. and
the Salem, which will probably be
tried out in April, is equipped with
tie American turbine engines. The
work of all three ships will be
watched keenly not only by the United
States government, but by most Of the
foreign naval powers. for with the
exception of the engines the three
scouts are of similar type.
They are designed as fast scout
ships rather than fighting vessels.
They are 423 feet long, Al feet extreme
breadth with a mean draft of l6 feet.
. inches. Their displacement is $3.50
tons and the indicated horsepower is
16, 1000.
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MAINE FRATERNlTlES.

The Knights of Pythias in Springvale
have just closed a successful fair. and
il is thought that over $3.50 Will be
cleared. the proce eds exceeding those of
two years ago.
Mrs c. A. Creighton, State Regent
or the Maine jurisdiction of the Daugh-
ttrS Of the American Revolution, re
Gently instituted 4 chapter OF the order
in Madison. 1t is to be known as the
Margaret Golf Moore chapter. named
for the wife of Maj. John Moore OF
North Arson, an officer of the Amerl-
can army in the Revolution, who was
promoted to that rank for gallantry at
the battle of Bunker Hill
The date for the Masonic convention
to be held in Ellsworth has been set
back to March II to accommodate lodg-
es which are to do the work. The con-
vcntion. which will be held at Odd Fell
lows hall. will be opened by Lygonia
lodge. fremont lodge No. -, of South
west Harbor. will exemplfy the first
degree; David A. Hooper lodge. No. col,
of West Sullivan, the second degree,
and Bar Harbor lodge. No. 1O3, the
third degree.
The grand scribe of the Odd Fellows
lodge of Rockland has just issued the
following interesting report for ,the
year Just closed: The total member
slim is now 24.501. net gain Of 66}
for the year. The lodges are requested
to make it 5000 before the end Of the
year. The total number of lodges is
las. Fully 200 members were added as
the result of rally week early this
month. The subordinate lodges now
have in their treasury sum in excess
of 5000, 900. The total amount paid for
relief during the year was $S4,S16.
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speaker Of the girls went to Robert
Milton Pierce of Boston. and Miss
Carrie A. Ray Of Auburn, Me. The
program:
Prayer,
Rev. f. II. Hall.
The Return of Santa Claus. Sabin
Mary Emma Mclean.
The Triumph of Peace. Chaplin
Charles Lee Cheatham.
Jimmy Butler and the Owl.
Carrie Agnes Ray.
Retributive Justice, CorWin
William Henry Hooper.
The Boy That Was 'Scaret o Dying.
SlosSOn
Mary Cook Waldron.
Frank Ellis Ingerson.
The Home Coming, Donnell
Grace Marion Lewis.
Nomination of james q. Blaine,
Ingersoll
Walter Elwyn Mathews
Lest We Forget. Jordan
Clarence Allen Macomber.
John, Junior Taggart
Elizabeth Frances Ingersoll.
Joan of Are, DeQuincey
Ralph Pcnnel Dow.
The Heat OF Old Hickory
j, prusilla Irene Townsend.
The New South. Grady
Robert Milton Pierce.
Music.
Award of Prizes.
A new feature of college chapel ex-
ercises is to be added this week. The
mixed chorus of Prof. Brandelle will
give a song each morning and will lead
all of the singing at that hour.
The chorus is made up of Tuttle
'0S. Sweetland '0S, r. Goodwin 'GS,
Graham II. Morrison II. Miss Sands
'0S. Miss Libby '0S. Miss Dingley II,
Miss Brown 90. Miss Sprague '0S, Miss
Boulia 10, Miss Tasker II, and Prof.
Brandele.
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CHURCH AND PASTOR.

A sewing circle has recently been or
ganized by the ladies connected with
ST. Mary's church. Skowhegan. Its OBJ
iect is to make garments and provide
necessities Cor the poor families of st.
Mary'a parish.
Re-. l.. F. Mckinney. who has been
acting as temporary pastor CT the
Brighton Cniversalist church, has been
extended an unanimous call to become
the regular pastor of that church. Mr..
Mckinney has accepted and will be-
gin his new duties at once.
Rev. ]. c. Gavin has resigned the
pastorate Of the PenObscot Baptist
church to accept call to a church in
ColehTOok, Conn, and expects to take
UP his new duties about the first OF
April Mr.. Gavin was pastor in Con-
necticut for several years before COM
ing to Maine.
A number of the young people of Saco.
who are members of the churches of
that city, recently met and formed an
organization to be known as the ''Lo-
cal Christian Workers." The society
is to be governed by an executive COM
mittce composed of members from each
church represented.
1t is now hoped that the new parish
house of the BiddefOrd Episcopal
church which is now under construct
ton, will be completed at Easter, so
that a fair can be held in the new
building three nights following Easter.
The house is 100 by So feet, two stories
high, and is being built of red brick
laid in flemish bond with limestone
trimmings.
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N THE WORLD OF SPORTS.
GLIDDEN RACE WILL
START FROM BUFFALO,

1t can be regarded as certain that the
1%s A. A. A. tour and Glidden contest
will be started from Buffalo the week be-
ginning July 6. probably on Wednesday
or Thursday. the Sth or 9Th. IT VIII end
somewhere in New England. There is to
he a national good roads and legislative
at Buffalo by the American
Association for two days
prior to the start of the tour. This is in
accordance with a resolution adopted at
q meeting of the A. A. A. executive COM
mittee, held at Chicago Dec. s.
The Automobile Club of Buffalo has
raised a subscription fund of $1,000 for the
and tours will be promoted
from various points to the Bison city
for the occasion. There will be a varied
program of speechmaking and entertain
ment along the lines of the convention
held at Springfield, only national liz scope
and more elaborate in every way.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-09
Great Sport Enjoyed on
Ice Track at Lewiston.
Second In Series Of Track
Meets al Bowdoin College.
ssday's Program at Pastime A. G.
...PortIand 80; Auburn ].

Lewiston, Me-, March s.-The Lewiston
and Auburn Driving Club gave two mat
fnee races on TIE ice speedway on the
Androscoggin river Saturday in the pres
ence of a large and greatly interested
crowd The 22O race was the most eXclt-
ing Of the winter, requiring six heats
Tn the first two The Commodore appeared
to have everything in his own way In
the third heat Wilkes Boy captured the
heat and then to the surprise or the
spectators Butcher Boy, who was driven
by DR.. Keene. his owner, took the next
three heats and the rah:
Every finish was a clo4 one. The foot
ing was soft and the time made under
the conditions was exceptionally fast. The
summaries:
~ CLASS-TROT AND PACE-ONE-
q go THIRD OF 4 MILE.
Butcher Boy, br 2 tKeene)..2 l l
The Commodore, oh
lI imnl'N wilkes, g & tsnee.
Flora b, 70 m tCampbelD...4 4 4
fine, A. A. 45ls. A., IS, 46.
CLASS-TROT AND
ACE-ONE-FOURTH. or A MILE.
III John, z Towe). ...............1 | |
Nancy, br m fMlorris). ................2 : ;
Given Wilkes, b e (BoOthby)........2 4 1
Star Croix, < tHallowD. ) )
Times :'6;5, %.
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MAINE INDUSTRIES.

Charles McGregor of East Corinth
las sold his riili property, consisting
of a saw ard sningle mill and several
hundred acres of tiniberland, TO Chas.
Black Of Bangor.
Business; seems to be brisk in the
town Of Limerick The mills there are
rarations are being made for work on
propose. improvements. The niiii3
employ ahuut US hands.
The mill buildings Of Jenkins & Bo-
CART Manufacturing Co., at F1agstah,
consisting of novelty mill, birch mn,
boiler and engine room were recently
destroyed by fire. The origin of the
fire is unknown. Twelve persons are
thrown out Of employment.
H. l.. Day. Son Il Co, of Bangor
have purchased lot in that city on
which to erect q stone buiidinI loi
feet l,,ng, 60 fee wide and five stories
high. When the building is completed
the concern viii move its sprnE bed
and mattress factory. which IS now
located OH Linden street.
The recently discovered deposit OF
!~Olybl.e.irrr in the .Dity i Tunk
lend n-i.' therryficld. is being worried
with VigO" in lie i'te'tS Of Il 's''n
nd Ban )" parties, IL l. underStoOd
heavy blasting operations are belnS
carried on into the heart Of what IS
called GATHERINGS Hill on the Els
worth road. II is said to be found in
quite profitable quantities.
The shipyard of Cobb, Butler & Co,
will doubtless be the business place II:
Rockland during the next few months.
IL, the company has contracts for four
new schGOncrs to be launched :niS fall.
The keel for one of these vessels IL
already stretched, the sternpost is in
position. ana everything is in readiness
FOR putting up the frames in quick or
der when the timber arrives This
craft will lie a four master Of 1890 ions.
built for Benedict Manson Marine Co,
of New Haven. Ii will be named the
Jessie Bishop and is To be commanded
by Capt. JASPER Haskell of Deer Isle.
1t is expected that the vessel VIII be
ready to launch in June. For Crowell
& ThuriOw of Boston will he launched
the four-masted schooner Lewiston,
which VIII be about the same size as
the Jessie Bishop. The Lewiston is 10
be commanded by Capt. Thomas j.
CHM If Auburn, Il former Knox county
sea captain The third contract is for
a duplicate of the schooner Ellen Lit
tie, TO be built for Donnell & Mckown
of BOSton-:t fOur-maSter, with two
decks and about 1900 tons capacity.
The frame is due in Rockland IN April,
and work will be commenced May 1St.
The vessels dimensions will be as fol-
lows: Length Of keel, 115 feet: breadth
of beam, 80 feet; depth of mold, is feet.
Tire schooner is to be ready for sea in
the fall and will engage in trade with
Cuba and Southern ports. Capt. Rod
ing of boston is to command. Inc
fourth schooner is to be lnree-master
of about $50 tons capacity. built Tor
the Branerd ShaleH and Hall Quarry
Co., to be commanded by Capt. Thorn
as X. Rowland of Greenport, Il. l. The
dimensions will be 120 feet keel, 80 Il
feet beam and 10 feet hold. The frame
is to be here in the spring and the craft
will be completed by early fail. The
vessel is to lie especially constructed
for carrying granite from Portland,
Conn. Between 100 and 200 ship car
penters will be employed.
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fielders. Manager Driscoll has re-
ceived more than rs applications 50
far
BAckSTOP CLARKE
SIGNS HIS CONTRACT

Cleveland. March S.-When Clarke, star
backstop of the Maps. left the office of
Charles w. Somers. vice president OF the
Cleveland club. Saturday, just i'm time to
join Manager La ioie Bradley, Flick, Nil
and Josh Clarke, the new outtielder. on
the trip to Macon, Ga. the last con-
tract dispute of Cleveland players was
closed.
Clarke signed his contract. after the
management had made concessions. IN
Guiding lacking on Il handsome sum in
salary. Restrictions as to conduct re-
main in the contract. but Clarke and the
reached definite under
standing, and both SOmers and Clarke
declared themselves satisfied. Somers
took the squad South where 70 men will
be on hand Monday under Lajoie's COM
mand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-09

. In Austria lice sticks" are manufac-
tured at a profit. A series of poles is
arranged so that the water will fall
slowly over each one in the SERIES OF
course the water in the winter time
freezes. forming large icicles. When
the icicles have attained the proper size
the employees of the lice plant come
round with carts. break off the great
sticks OF ice and haul them away to Il
place where they are put in storage.
OF course it is much easier to handle
a large quantity of ice in this way than
il is 10 cat it from some stream and
then rack it away. There may, how
ever be a difference in quality between
stick ice and lake or river ice-The
Pathfinder.
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SPEED TRIALS
0fthe Scout Cruiser Birnl-
ingham This Week.
First Of Two 10 Compete For
. Hon0rs With Chester.
Has Turbine Engines But Of the
American Pattern.

Rookland, Me, March S.-The new
scout cruiser Birmingham, fresh from
TIE yards of the Fore River Shipbuild-
ing and Engine Co. at Quincy, Mass.
arrived here today from Boston in
preparation for her official trials
which will commence probably
Wednesday. The birmingham made
the run from Boston at the average
speed of 25ls knots without being
forced to any extent.
Great interest attaches to the COM
ing trial of the Birmingham. She is
one Of the three of her class with
which the government is experiment.
ing to test different types of engines.
The Chester. built by the Bath Iron
Works, finished her trials last week
and the Salem, another Fore River
product, is to have her trials later.
All three cruisers are expected to
have speed of "A knots an hour. The
Chester. which has the English tur-
bine engines. made an average spced
of 1858 knots an hour with a burst at
one time of 26.6 knots an hour. equiv
alent to over so land miles an hour
The ship was said to be remarka bly
free from vibration at such high
speed. On her 24-hours' endurance Goa,
consumption run at an average speed
OF 22is knots an hour the Cheste,
steamed 2,'5 knots per ton, exceeding
her contract requirement of is bv 5,
per cent. Based on this trial it wa.
estimated that the Chester coulf
steam 1000 miles at IS knots an hour
ana $4,000 miles at IL knots an hour
\ ~meh would enable her to make tn,
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APRIL 20 DATE FOR
BOSTON MARATHON.

Boston, March S.-As April 10Th this
year comes on Sunday, the 18th revival
of the American Marathon run will be
held by the Boston Athletic Associa-
ton Monday. April 30. from Ashland
to Boston, the start being exactly at
noon.
Each man will be accompanied by a
bicycle rider. Intending competitors
are cautioned by the 3. A. A. that a
course of training is necessary for such
a long distance. and that it would be
unwise to attempt to run in this race
without preparation. Prizes will be
given to the first eight men, and
souvenir to the following % men. Sou
venrs will also be presented to each
caretaker of all contestants being
placed.
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Selee Is Out Again.

Denver, March Swords comes from
Pueblo that Frank Selee is out again, at
fer an illness of seven weeks, and that
he seems on the road to recovery. This
will no doubt be pleasing to the many
frierds of the former major league base
ball manager who came to Colorado FOR
his health two years ago. In letter to
the sporting editor of the News the for
mer leader of Eoston's National League
pennant winners declared that he expects
to be on deck as soon as baseball play
begins in the leagues.
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BASEBALL NOTES.

Heine Batch has been released by
Brooklyn to the Rochester club of the
Eastern League.
Newton Randall. formerly of the
Boston Nationals, has signed his Mil
waukee contract.
Terry McGovern will go into training
today with a view to becoming pro-
fessional baseball player.
Friday, June II. is the date chosen
for the raising of the American League
pennant at the Detroit baseball park.
Harry Beach, the Amherst boy, who
ployed with Baltimore last year. has
decided to give up professional base
ball and go into business.
There are only 30 candidates on the
University of Pennsylvania squad as a
result Of the last cut. Coach Irwin is
gradually wedding out the material
Mike Donlins batting eye is with
him all right, according to dispatches
from Marlin. Tex. where the Giants
are getting in their preliminary prac-
tice.
Billy KLEIN. the National League
umpire, has been assigned to ofticiate
in all of West Points games played
before the opening Of the big league
season.
Sammy Strang Of the Giants will
use his family name hereafter, and
will appear in the batting order AS
Nickln. his fun name being Samuel
Strang Nicklin.
Coach Coogan of Cornell is hustlinS
his baseball candidates with view
TO outdoor practice within tie next
few weeks. 1t is said that prospects
are unusually bright at Ithaca.
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GOTcH LOSES HANDl-
CAP WRESTLING MATCH.

New York, March S.-Frank Gotch
threw Joe Rogers twice in one hour IN
the Amsterdam Opera house Saturday
night but failed to win the match as
he had undertaken to get in five falls
in the stipulated time. Rogers out
weighed Gotch by 40 or 80 pounds and
adopted stalling tactics from the out
set. He was on the defensive all the
time and frequently edged off the mat
when Gotch had him in difficulties.
Gotch gained the first fall in 20 min
utes on a half Nelson and clutch hold.
Ten minutes after the men began
wrestling again Gotch got his noted
toe hold and Rogers. fearing that his
ankle would be broken, allowed the
fall.
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SECOND TRACK MEET
At B0WD0IN COLLEGE

Brunswick, Me, March S.-The- sec
ond OF the series of handicap track
meets was held in the gymnasium Sat
urday. In the hurdle heats. Smith,
'0S, Mcfarland, II and Fislie, '09, were
the winners, and in the final heat
Smith WAS the winner. In the shot
put Burton, 90. Rowell, 10 and Hobbs
10, qualified. In the pole vault, f. Da
Wis. II, Burton, 90 and WiGain, II,
were in the running and in the high
jump Brigham, 0S, Atwood, 90, and
PennelI 90, were first meE. The Of
fcidlS in charge Of the meet were Ref
cree Morrill, Clerk of Course Tcnt ana
Timer Atwood.
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BATES COLLEGE.
Prize Declarations Are Held Satur.
day In Hathorn Hall.

Lewiston. Me. March S.-(SpeciaD.
The prize speaking division of
Freshman declarations was given
Saturday before a packed house in
Hathorn hall. From the five divisions
that have been given during the last
two weeks, IS speakers We're chosen
TO speak on the final division today.
The two prizes of SO awarded to the
best speaker of the boys and the best