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The Republican journal., 1908-03-12
Tie Influence OF the D. A R.

The presence in our city of the Daughters
of the American Revolution brings to mind
the influence which this organization has
had OH the public in this city, 1t was not
so many years ago that an audience did not
respond to the Star Spangled Banner, but
now dull indeed must be the gathering
where the individuals do not Immediately
rise to their feet at the playing or singing of
that National harmony. The members of the
Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter of the D. A.
K. were the first to bring about the change,
and today one may always be sure that the
first women who rise to their feet in any
audience where the Star Spangled Banner
is sung or played, are members of this patri-
0tic organization. 1t was not so many years
ago that one woman, an enthusiastic mem
Der of the society, found herself standing
alone, but she bravely held to her principles
and stood until the whole audience gasped
the significance OF the act, and rose as one
persOn-POrtland Express.
The above is particularly interesting in
view of the fact that there is a movement
on foot to establish chapter of the D. A.
r. in this city.
The Republican journal., 1908-03-12
That Deficiency Of S854.57.

In speaking of the unaccounted for bal
ance in favor of the city in the refunlling
of 1856, Nh Hanson said, in the Opera
House last Saturday night that it was up
to the Treasurer to explain, and intm tied
that if it could not be accounted for il was
another piece of dirty Republican lisbon
esty, as the Treasurer at that time was
James Pattee, ID good Republican. Is it
up to the Treasurer to explain?
i}y vote of the City Council at their meet
ing Nov ], 1895, the refuDding was placed
in the hands of the Finance Committee,
consisting Of F. II. Welch, c. b. Farral and
w. w. Gates. According to their report
at the end of the year, they received pre-
MUM and accrued interest on S10S, 500 bonds
of $193517. The expense of refunding,
$219.S2, was paid by Mayors orders on the
Treasurer, not by the Finance Committee,
out of the premium and accrued Interest.
They should therefore have turned over to
Treasurer the full amount, S1935.17.
The Treasurer's books show that they
did turn over to him only $10S060, leaving
an unaccounted for balance of 1854 s., and
all GulS Ou Tile Vi Ouly ClVo,.Vo
bonds. There is nothing to show what
became of the premium and accrued inter-
est on the remaining $500 bonds actually
issued by this Finance Committee before
they went out of office and which amounted
to atleast $50,
Now this same finance committee. after
exhaustive examination of the treasurer's
books, reported to the City Government
March 2, 1896 and again March 1, 1897;
'Th undersigned finance committee of the
City Council, being thereto duly authorized
and instructed, have made an examination
of the hooks; accounts and vouchers of the
treasurer of said city for the municipal
year and find the accounts as stated, and
we do hereby certify that the same are cor
rectly stated and properly added aud the
necessary vouchers for payments have
been presented and verified and the receipts
duly vouched for They were satisfied
that the treasurer had nothing to explain
Mayor Hanson had both the trea>urer's
and finance committees reports for these
two years presented to him. If he did not
know what became of this deficiency of over
$500 which the finance committee by their
own report acknowledged never went into
the city treasury, it was up to him aS cher
executive of the city to find out. II he dld
k now let him eXplain-if he cares 10.
The Republican journal., 1908-03-12
A MARINE WONDER.

The Chester fulfilled the expectations of
Bath and made more than two and a half
knots an hour better speed than required
by the construction contract
The performance of the trim racer on her
official trial was splendid climax to the
career of the Bath Iron Works in the pro-
duction of fast naval vessels. In succession
the works gave the navy its fastest torpedo
boat, fastest monitor and fastest battleship,
and is now nearly ready to deliver to the
department the fastest warship in the world
outside the torpedo boat class. The latter
title carries with it the speed championship
among the ocean-going vessels of the world,
for the lusitania and Mauretania, fastest
of the worlds merchantmen. have been sur
passed by the fleet cruiser which came home
to Bath in triumph Wednesday.-The Bath
Anvil
The Republican journal., 1908-03-12
ROCKPORT VS.. SEARSM0NT.
Decision of the Law Court Concerning Com
mitment of Person to the Insane Hos

Decision of the Law Court Concerning Com.
mitment of y Person to the Insane Hos.
pital.
Inhabitants of Rockport VS.. Inhabitants
of Searsmont
Rescript, Spear, j.
This was before the court in 1O1 Maine,
257, involving the legality of the original
commitment of a person to the Maine In.
sane hospital, and the constitutionality Of
r. S. chapter 144, section AZ, providing
for recOmmitment. This section reads
"When person has unlawfully been com
mitted under the three proceeding sections,
the person or town liable for the support OF
such person, had this original commitment
been lawful, is liable for the expenses of the
examination and commitment under such
lawful commitment, for the support of such
person hereunder, for the expenses of the
examination and recOmmltment under the
three preceding sections, and for support
there afterward furnished under such re-
commitment, and such liability shall extend
to the town of such persons settlement, and
to any person ultimately liable for such pa
TENTS commitment and support under
lawful commitment.
The original commitment was held to be
Illegal, the recommtment legal and the
statute constitutional.
1t was also held that the expenses and
support of a person committed to the asy-
lum by the town committing and not the
pauper residence of such person. comes
within the purview of r. s., Chapter ~,
with reference to the notice required by
one town to another in case of furnishing
pauper supplies. Also, that, recommit-
ment having been made, then the statute
takes effect and covers the whole proceed
ing as one transaction, the recommltment
being but continuation of the proceedings
of the original commitment. In other
words by recommitment, the expenditures
under the illegal commitment were revived
and at once came within the application OF
r. S. Chapter 27, pertaining to notice and
limitations of actions.
Applying this section with respect to
notice, then it follows that the plaintiff
town had right of action for the recovery
of any of the expenses, specified in Section
AZ, Chapter 144, incurred within three
months before notice, given to the town
chargeable,' whether such notice was
given before the date of the recommitment,
or after, provided the suit was commenced
within two years after the cause of action
accrued.
In accordance with the agreement the
entry must be
Judgment for the plaintiff for $176.36.
The Republican journal., 1908-03-12
THE CITY ELECTIONS.

Municipal elections were held Monday in
Augusta, Bangor, Biddeford and Brewer.
In Augusta Mayor Plaisted was reelected
by reduced plurality and both branches of
the city government are equally divided.
Brewer elected Republican mayor and
city government. Bangor reelected the
wards clean and got all three Councilmen
in ward 7. They have majority of ten on
Joint ballot. Biddeford elected Demo-
cratic mayor by 16 plurality and the Demo-
Gratis carried six of the seven wards.
The Republican journal., 1908-03-12
contents of To-Day's Journal.

-.,i,, Election. Obituary. News Of
~ l' srsnyts The Waldo Co. Veteran
-,,,atiOn. $50. Mrs. H.. NJ. N. stevens
,.'thlIy. secret Societies. "A Marine
t,,'l,r. Personal That Deficiency n1
vi * Tue influence of the ID. A. R...
SsIsInrt VS.. oearsmont The voyage
,Tr annie X. Lewis .....Terry and
.nst, i1und Guilty.....Suit against O.
T. G'tknell'
,I,r,-th Bangor and Aroostook Rail-
.a tounty Correspondence defer
Fortune from old Lover. Inc
vgnr Waite Flags.
,,.,. frbm Washington....New York
J. D. ..,5.i.. To Protect the Public. Reed
,fU.- The Get of MarSton Co The
g.' .geseuce poem.
,.,...,l,. :. Town Elections. County
. .4.r 4WAdcnce.
u.. &rws of belfast The Churches.
u, ,s NJ Brooks. Transfers in Real
... -rlrge the Hospitals. Problems
'- u- tpthodist- -, Eleanor Frances
U, LETTER.. Shipping Lumber
Ihe iiarbor Cleans poem)
NUing in RCckland.
UM1lds Trail, Loss of Sewall. .,
-nu Wall Bag The Il. Il A.
..u l5ook ... Alonzo morton....
Ws and Notes.
.. locals. ship News. Stockton
ufItast Price Current. Born
.. ..u. Died.
The Republican journal., 1908-03-12
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The Republican journal., 1908-03-12
sE CITY ELECTION,

t. NIch 95h, the day of the
Sa4 pleasant, with a mod
a.4rIre, and a very large
r. m.. There was quite a
polling places and on
.n.r and soon after the time
. opened, but later it was
.-.,.t. ...mI. considering the contest
,.a..-- rly in the afternoon it
...- .at the result might be
r. .,..- .ae Nay or the other. In a
urltes after the polls were
!. p M. the news came that
n. ua5 gone Democratic and ward
had ma4 to give the expected
g,ng4r uUority, and that E. F.
,m aas qected by 25 to SO votes.
,c4HuA, ,Aut made it 26.
II ,.gs4, Aas the result known than
osn..o broke loose. Cheers for
'aa abG llsSes and jeers for his op-
rr,. el The air. Many drunken
'D5r ,U the mobs which throngeG
..,r-is. and half grown boys were
MENUS uue mob which visited The
ma. .e was led by two of Sheriff
Ir-a, Luarders, who may again
,aleJ pun to enjoy his hospitality.
IA rctu-ug a bonfire was lighted
.t m He square, fireworks were
TN .W tNe church bells rung until
r... gt. No one begru dyed the
his 1m Iteration; but it would
.f- .t.nped there had not the
U 1T tJr request of citizens, pre-
-n ...4ulolrations at private resi-
~. 10. u'ght have had unpleasant
NJ, .e .eftainly did his duty on
w4- Va and will be commended
gio .y 3l law-abiding citizens.
The Republican journal., 1908-03-12

Mrs. Catherine Lee Drown, widow of
Lowell Mason Drown. passed away at the
home of her son, Frank Fl. Drown, Tileston
Avenue, Mattapan, Mass, March 4th, after
an illness of several months She sustain
ed slight shock last September while 60
ing from Belfast to Boston and had failed
gradually since then. Mrs. Drown was a
woman of rare personality, cultured, fine
artist and had been very brilliant woman
in her day. She had been noted for her
kindness and generosity. Much of her life
had been spent in New York. Mrs. Drown
The Republican journal., 1908-03-12

caves to mourn their loss two sons, Frank,
with whom she was spending the winter,
and Arthur who also lived in Dorchester ;
two grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. j..
G. Brooks of this city. Mrs. Drown had
visited Mrs. Brooks many times and will be
very pleasantly remembered by many
friends here, who extend much sympathy to
the sons and also to Mrs. Brooks in the loss
of her only sister.
The Republican journal., 1908-03-12

John r. Dunton, Esq, received a telegram
yesterday, Wednesday, morning from Den
yer, Colo, announcing the death OF Emery
M. Heagan in that city March 18th. Mr..
Heagan went west few weeks ago for his
health, and the news of his death will be a
shock to his many friends. He was very
bright and promising young man, Harvard
graduate, and his untimely death will be
deeply regretted. His mother died less than
a year ago and his father, True S. Heagan,
few weeks before his departure for the
west, leaving him alone in the world.
Franklin Lafayette MCGOWAN who died
on Wednesday night, March 4th, at the
Mount Pleasant Home for Aged Men and
Women in Dorchester, Mass, was native
of Northport, Maine, and was we'll known
years ago as a hotel man and caterer He
was steward of the Steamer Bristol at the
time the Fall River Line was owned by
"Jim" Fiske, and at the time of the Nation
al Peace Jubilee his services were secured
by the committee to cater for the thirty
Thousand singers and musicians. Later Mr..
McGowan was landlord OF the Park Square
Hotel, and also of a hotel in Lynn. His
wife, whom he married sixty-two years ago,
and who was Drucilla Lawrence OF Gardi-
ner, Me-, survives him, and is resident at
the Mount Pleasant Home. He leaves also
son.-Boston Transcript.
The Republican journal., 1908-03-12

.l-N artla, DPm..21S 153 152 Al 80
rg .o- er Eep.a.20 1863 123 66 81
..,. -.l- Wadin, 633.
.Mwu uajority, 2G.
The Republican journal., 1908-03-12

g'rI ! % votes cast: Ward l, 426, 6 de-
J., 4. =" ava :, 322, 10 defective; Ward 3,
iga iggaa7'y5lVei Ward 4, 113; Ward 3, 178, 3
'''F' Total number of votes cast: 1914.
The Republican journal., 1908-03-12

Sumter ana you Oade your loved ones a
sad but fearful farewell, there were others
who, too, heard the CALL
There was one who paid her own expenses
to Washington, visited the sick and wound-
ed, held the reviving cup to many a parched
lip, wiped the death damp from many a
cold brow, and after all was over wrote
home to the dear ones the last words OF
ton, president of the American Red Cross
Society. But she was not the only woman
who helped to win the battle for right, for
many OF the gentler sex followed in her
footsteps.
1 will say in behalf of the 0. Gardner
Grange and the loyal citizens of West VIM
terport, that we esteem it an honor and
privilege to entertain your association to-
day and we hope you may all be spared to
meet with US many, many times and L as
sure you these few words are as sincere and
mean as much as though l should expend a
half hours effort in the attempt to assure
you of real welcome.
1t is fitting perhaps to repeat in closing
the words OF him to whom you looked dur
ing four weary years for guidance-Abra-
ham Lincoln, the great American LIBERIA
tor:
great task remaining before US, that we
may highly resolve that these dead shall
not have died in vain, that this nation un-
der God shall have a new birth of freedom,
and that this government of the people, by
the people, for the people shall not perish
from the earth" (applause.)
Pres. Stinson then responded in behalf Of
the W. c. V. A. in few appropriate words,
expressing his appreciation of the courte-
sizes that had thus far been extended. He
especially praised the bugle calls and relat-
ed an incident in his army life of the sad
dasf roll oa II ha avor hoard uhnn mnro ri ho n
half his regiment had been cut down.
The choir then sang "Tenting tonight on
the Old Camp Ground" which was follow
ed by very fine recital by Miss Elva Clark
of the poem entitled "The Little Bronze
The Republican journal., 1908-03-12

Waldo Pomona Grange will meet at
Union Harvest Grange, Center Montville,
March 18th.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-31
The Presidents

Copyright. 1908. by American Press Asso- ciation.l
 l was sitting in my quarters one evening after retreat when my frienG Charlie St Clair came in with wos- begone expression on his face and, throwing himself into an easy chair. heaved a deep sigh. Charlie was one of the handsomest men l ever knew and withal the most lovable. He and had been classmates and chums at West Point, had served together in the Spanish American war and were now stationed at the same post.
 What's up. Charlie?" asked.
 "I've been ordered to take the presi- dents ride
 Well" said sympathetically don't you think you'll be able to stand it?"
 Il know l won't"
 Charlie was lazy-laZy on drill, lazy in quarters, lazy in social life, lazy ev- anywhere except in battle. It required fight to put energy into him, but it did. His case always reminded me of prominent Confederate general in this-the general when an engagement was coming on never could settle down to the work before him without riding out to the firing line. Then he would Charlie lost all his indolence under the rattle of rifles and the boom of big guns, besides becoming brave as q lion.
 "I tell you what you do, Charlie" suggested" put in all your time be- Get off some of your surplus flesh and harden your muscles"
 "Oh. Pm too bigv'
 That told the story exactly. He was big man. and the accumulation of inertia had got ahead of him. I per suaded him to let me train him, and I worked with him right up to the day of the ride But it was no use. l never could get him up in the morn ing. He would eat anything he fancied Tn short, he wouldn't train. The con sequence was that when he started on the ride he was sure to fail. My heart sank when we left for the start. ing point, but I encouraged him so far as possible I was to take the ride myself and hoped to stimulate him. I told him I might find way to pull him through, but he shook his head despondently.
 We hadn't gone ten miles before l saw the game was up for Charlie. From the very start he looked tired.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-31

and every mile we rode he lost breath The sweat was rolling down his fat cheeks. and he was the picture of mel ancholy. We had gone over about half the distance when, making an effort he spurred beside me, puffing. reeling bluish white hue on his face. and told me he was going to drop out. We were riding past country place at the time, and saw him turn in at the gate. That was the last saw of him on the ride.
 On reaching my quarters the next day I found an order to go to France to be present at the army maneuvers I was gone six weeks and on my re- turn received a note from Charlie say ing that he had been unable to leave the house where he had taken refuge and wished me to 90 to him. took train and. getting off at the nearest station. drove to the house. prepared for a sad sight Judging by his appearance when I had seen him last, he had probably strained some vital part. and feared to find him forced to give up life as we'll as the army. On reaching the house sent in my card and was ushered into his room
 There sat Charlie in an easy chair, surrounded by every luxury, puffing fragrant cigar His color was the healthest. and his flesh was his usual 220 pounds. A white headed old lady went out of the room as I entered it and left us alone together. "Ive sent for you, old man." he said "to get me out of a hole. I haven't yet been retired and am amenable to military discipline. In fact, I'm here without leave I want you to go to Washington and fix matters up for me"
 "I'll send a surgeon to see you. He'll give you a certificate I suppose. of dis ability"
 No. he won't" replied Charlie "Pm not sick"
 "Well. then. what's the matter?'
 Charlie reached out pushed a but ton. maid appeared, and he told her to ask her mistress if she would honor him with her presence. In few mo. ments pretty woman of about twen weight stepped into the room and stood so to speak, at attention.
 That's what's the natter" said Charlie. Mrs Edgerton, permit me to present one of my most esteemed brother officers, Colonel Brewster. call cd sometimes R. Rooster by those who love him, gentleman and soldier every inch. Colonel, Mrs. Edgerton is to honor me with her hand. I retire from the army into matrimony." | could have been knocked down with feather. While all us fellows
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-31
Dukes Private Army.

Any man may have an army of workmen or an army of servants if he can afford to pay their wages; but there is only one private individual in Great Britain who has the right to maintain an army of soldiers-real soldiers, that is-nOt tin oneS That man is the duke of Athol, who is one of the richest peers, owning 100000 acres of land and deer forests. He keeps up almost regal state at Blair castle, in Perthshire, and he has an army of 300 men-kited, armed, regu- larly drilled, and ready for war at any moment The late Queen Victoria presented the army with its colors. At one time the ancestors of the duke who, by the way, celebrated his sixty. eighth birthday recently-were sov- ereigns of the Isle of Man, but gave up their kingly rights to the British government for consideration" of G70,0OO.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-31

had been galloping over the country to prevent being retired the big, good ma tured. winsome, lazy St Clair had dropped out of the race into the arms of charming widow and a splendid fortune.
 Mrs. Edgerton had taken pity on poor St. Clair from the day he. had rid den up to her house and had given him both meat and drink. Every day after that he would say that he must be gone. and the widow would say that he was not yet recovered Before he was considered out of danger he had proposed to and been accepted by the widow.
 Since St. Clair's case has become known all the unmarried officers of the army wish to take the presidents ride. r. A. MITCHELL.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-31
The News National
 Campaign Fund

Wm J. Bryan, the democratic nominee for president, has asked the democratic newspapers of the nation to ss in raising the required amount of money necessary for legitimate campaign purposes The News therefore, will receive and forward all amounts sent in its care. The following have contributed the amounts opposite
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-31

Miss Rocks Well, this is certainly an odd proposal, I'm sure Right in broad daylight too.
 Charley SaptOpp- Well, it is rather all odd one. You see, it's the third I've made in two weeks
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-31
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