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New-York tribune., 1908-01-19

NTDr The annals q adventure VIII YOU
N r stirring tales a. those relating 70
...-.- n IN great prisons. i IS . "ar oi
keen -- -a-le-lce. Sc purpose and passion
ate -l.- freedom against every obstacle lIat
can b. devised T. "a strong man WITH u Altlliie
beh-al .-. .- prospect. what . year, -5O years
FIVE re-- .---- =. =c-aF1ug away mortar with MS
fngern-
His -a-e many Things 10 think Of besides
ms sale .-r. Oh he -hc- hand, ne Is Tree u
bend al ul--es night and dav, on ways and
means results are indeed full OF human III
te-es- ... often spoken with prison governors
on The both al home and abroad, and sat
anos- -- ..-.-= with interest as tales Were told
Of esca-a. nd attempts SO ingenious and daring
that the handed the admiration and sympa-
thy-ru- -.~slrlal and unofficial q colTse-ol
even -ae-. .-.--l E-5clrl.na-larls.
Cove lave shown KEYS made of wlTe from
TN cans -..--eG strands OF penal OakuTIl- KEY
that ...- massive doors with starting Teadi-
ness -1- ..---s- 0f a master key 70 almost every
gate II O. -... Prison forged Dy q convicted black
smith e-..-. - from memory, The man had seen
the o--- ..--.-az,-d N the chaplain belt TWO
o- th-ee -.. and had 50 accurately impressed
each VA. Ind curve on ms eager mind that the
skeleto- produced with such patient labor
was L perfect copy, at least an effective SUD
stl,utc -.- --l-orcrs using tools Of any sort, or
having s.... -a even The most unlikely material
vii csr-r.. KEYS SAWS files, and other implements
tnat aer.--- .-1 miracles open sesafneS-
cgr--.r who was plumber and gashtteT by
trade le- who had turned burglar not long since,
made -.- master key out ot q couple OF Tuati
naiI5. and ..-l amazing daring passed hlInSeh Will
rs and -----n three pOnderous gates until ne was
a large >a- was he ever reCaptuTed. And haTd-
wood 81 ..r=. sreels from womans corsets, stray
scrap . H--e and tin.-al are potential weapons
q hoe--- ID The man OF brains and patience "IloSe
hear tl--. aches fOT freedom
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
Strange Cases in French Prisons

DROBABIY The French penal estahhshments yleII
the most interesting and romantic cases he sen
4enccs are more severe and the prisoners are lett
more TO their devices, particularly at the famous
IN a tropic sea. Severe punlshnents are III store
II this convict station for men who attempt 10
escape They are loaded with CHAINS and thrown
INTO a black hole where many man has lost his
reason Moreover. rccapture after the alarm gun
has been fired means great Prolongatlon OF seIl-
tence 1t IS eloquent OF the life IN New caledonia
however that in spite OF this, VIII hnd young
-,r;soners who have made a dozen attempts 10
escape and in consequence have cumulative sen
tences hanging over them amounting to nifty or
even a hundred years.
The latest and strangest case reported to Paris
was one where two men had patiently cut their
chains and made their bed clothes into pettlcoatS
fIr nioht White caps and curls were sklltully
fasb;oned out Of picked oallurn; and they dyed the
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
By WILLIAM @. FITZ-GERAL]
Draw,nss by Arthur William Brown

out and we Ill watched More and more We
fairly inundated 'he iiooc and shouted with excite
ncut az II cbh almost as swiftly as we poured
Mere absorption was impossible. the rock Wa
NOT porous There must Pc cave or tunnel be-
loH. The man hunt Was growing hotter now kc-
lcutlcsslE wc traced III, t.hirg streams 10 dli.
and distant corner. vler, had To- get down ou all
tours To- crawl under massive rock shelf Here
the last r-tsiic disappeared
Like flash our Cro".ars Were al Work. ana
To- dig block Wa pred up. revealing "a dark gun
below 4upr1ao he'd =, cautiously Now <ea-i
cried stcrnlv ITS all up. We've got YOU"
There was no reply. Ny chief Wardcr pJkcd
d pole down and found "a depth pI clgat feet. He
and two giant subard,naes got uat their rcvolvers
seized lanterns, and swung themselves n-as tick
l!-n q 1ob Il routing out wounded tiger from ms
lar We above waited long and brcathcssly. Sud
denly a faint shout travelled up to us, followed by
sounds Of desperate struggle III the cavern BY
and bv back they came, with kcalf securely hand
cu-icd Lowering ropes. we hauled HIM up. bat
tered but smiling
He faced his disappointment with rare pluck,
flashed smile on me, and SAID, Better luck mex,
That Was the end of four long and patient years
Of cndcavor / think he discovered the PIT shortly
after he was FIRST put in the shed. And he had not
ar, ENLARGED II with scrap of and the patience
Of another Baron Trenck but he had also extended
II lateraly, doubt hoping tor ultimate escape
70 the sea by the subterranean passage
But even tins III any event was only the ms
stage RcalH's provision went much farther. Tie
had actually built himself boat out OF nondcScr1pt
scraps OF canvas. old sac ks and odds and ends OF
-irrlIe- II was a marvel OF constructive skill; Yet
surely but a desperate man would think OF
commit ing himself the Mediterranean or Atlantic
- sIcb q crazy sliff-a mere tiny Corace, barely
capable OF keeping man atoat. OF course, ne felt
sure that once launched he would soon be picked up
by some passing craft IN the crowded STRAITS OF
Cf-l1ar. and he had q story ready for his savIors,
as We'll as provisions for himself OF these last he
had abrndancc.-chlcf biscuit and salt pork
laid bv bit by bit from his ratlons, and carried ouo
Ja rom the prison IN such small quantities as 70
euie the search made at every parade.
But that the man able to labor IN ms cave
and build and provision his boat IN the letIh %
instant and systematic supervision, seems to me
little short Of marvellous
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
Shane Campbell's Exploits

CHANG CAMPBELL. one Of The most noted bur
glars America ever produced, was likewise famed
as prison breaker He was once shut mp Temporarily
N an old 1aIl with negro held 1or murder and one
Baker d local offender The latter stood ON Camp
bells shoulders and with old case knife cut q
hole in the ceiling large enough for all 20 squeeze
THROUGH delicate and tIcIsh business Outside,
all three separated: but an lnforner got TO work.
and Campbell was found hiding on an island lie
was taken back 10 lai and securely fastened 20
three hundred pounds Of iron, rlTetcd on ms legs
He had equally bad luck on another occasion.
when the deputy governor selected fifteen or twenty
men 10 be searched before marching out TO i.t
works The men chosen are always taken - the
bath house and stripped one morning ta"pheH
was among the party, spite OF all his efforts at
evasion, and great was The amazcmcnt Of the
officials 10 find that underneath ms convict clothes
ne was wearing q complete sult-coat- WalstCoat,
and trouscrs-inade with marvellous ingenuity out
Of the flannel cleaning rags supplied hun Tor wash
ING ol1, his cell He must have carried the material
back and forth piece by piece, eTadlng detecton q
hundred times. only 10 have all his plans ruined
in this yav At the supreme moment. But tor TINS
1nischance Campbell would have thrown OFT hls
r,-lson dress Al the right moment and walked on
The works q free man, IN d rough working SUIT I'M
Gising1Ishablc from that OF the other tree IaDoTta
who came and went as they pleased
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
Burrowine Out of Gibraltar

STRANGE to say, foreign prisons record lar more more
~ escapes than our own. probably because olIC''ti
red tape Is more easily bToNth iii"us" I1''i -A-
can common sense. -
A case in point IS that OF Ambrose Reali, VINO
was undergoing life sentence on the towering roCk
of Gibraltar for scuttlng his snip Tor the sake OF
the. insurance money The governor tod the story.
That fellow led d rowing lc,-a daredevil that
1,1ad e,-er,- i-r7r,,ls, good or bad. And vet for
+brce whole wears / found him a model prisoner
At first he was employed as carpenter, ana d Htte
later we put him the harbor works. But sud
denly to this wild nature came an unqueI"ciab.e " .
thirst for freedom. At that time kealf was IN
charge of all the laboTcrs pick handles and Wheel,
barrows in the ROSA quarry, where he was installed
in a little ean-to shed against a hollow IN Inc
mighty cliff Every report put before me eEJoIeu
the mans good behavior
Well every afternoon at four the working party
Of convicts would form up and return TO the
which as YOU know contains some OF the toughest
characters of both East and West,-and an olllCeI
would 90 to Realff's shed to unlock hIIn and prn8
him along with the rest
Realf was not there. And yet twenty minutes
previously he had been through the Httie VIM
dow when visited by the chief warder. lie had even
answered TO his name as he stood pIa1lllle SI ms
bench in a darl, recess. He was gone; how or
where not a soul knew. UnquestIonably the Sicu
vas locked on the outside and the lock had not peel
1aul1ercd with. And there appeared no other e%II
except the door-nothlng but sOhd rock. lIe III
shantv was ransacked emptied, but without result
There no place OF hldln8 III ol aiiioiiS 10 --
Could the man, wondered, have discovered
some secret recess: You know the whole rock IS
fairly honcvcornbed with holes, both natural ana
--.fc;a1 Ike Gr11vere cheese Alarmed at the
resjts m such an escape would have the morale
OF my dangerous gangs had torches brought t. ana t
personally examined every nook ana Granny OF INC
cliff against which the she'd was built. Ihen my
best officers went over 1t all with hammer anu
crowbar But no; nothing but
solid rock Now for the floor. 1t
E : !: !: T.: ;: = "::.: =: .. 6 o.
When i came | threw il carefully
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19

noted burglar tool, .ron bars lr-a The cot IN
his cell, and with them broke awaE me mortar
round the ventllatore r.l nc reached MASSIVE
block OF granite the wall This IN turn Ae attacked
with infinite caution and patience 50 that tnc day
came when ne was able 10 drag II into his cell
leaving wide aperture The tlme tor action had
come Fcverlshly tearing up his blankets Tor ToIes
The man let himself down into tho PRISON yard. and
then began "a daring sE:rchback up and down -ato
pipes till The boundary wall was passed
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19

cr0Wbar But no. nothing DuU
solid rock Now for the floor. 1t
was level and fairly smooth; Just
covered in places with q little loose
shingle. >,
Bring me a bucket Of water
I cried with sudden inspiration.
When i came | threw II carefully
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-07
One Of tie
Essentials

Of the happy homes Of to-day is vast
fund of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the world 9
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
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and which have attained to worldwide
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Informed Of the World; not Of indi-
viduals only. but Of the many who have
the happy faculty of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products Of that class, Of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well-Informed Of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only. and for sale BY I'll Iaading d-uxgists.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-07
FIREMEN ARE OUT.
Small Strike At Livermore Falls
Causes Trouble At Paper Mills.

Livcrmore Falls, Me-, April G.-Wor!l
in the Otis paper and pulp mills of the
international Paper Co. at Chisholm
was almost entirely suspended today
because of u strike this morning of
the 40 :remen. The cause Of the
strike was IN order which became ef-
fective today that the firemen should
feed four instead of three doors each.
Three hundred employees are idle and
it is stated that if the tiremen do not
return and their places are not filled
The remaining 200 employees will lie
thrown out of work. The product of
the mills is 200 tons of paper daily
Superintendent Riley stated that
there are orders ahead and the mills
cannot be shut down. He says that IL
the men do not return others will be
engaged to take their places il pos
sible within a few days. Tho firemen
are affiliated with the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor
This is the first time the mills have
shut down for 20 years. except that
four mills at Riley. employing 81 or 40
men, has been idle several days for
the same cause.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-07
Much Kidney and Bladder
Trouble Here
Tells Of Remedy 10 Overcome
This.
Valuable Prescription Given. Any.
one Can Prepare At Small Cost.

Take care of backache. A great
many cases of kidney complaint are
reported about here, also bladder trou-
bic and rheumatism.
An authority once stated that pain
in the back, loins or region of the kid
neys is the danger signal nature hangs
out to notify the sufferer that there
is something wrong with the kidneys,
which should receive immediate atten-
ton Only vegetable treatment should
be administered and absolutely no
strongly alcoholic patent medicines.
which are harmful to the kidneys and
bladder.
The following prescription. while
simple. harmless and inexpensive, is
known and recognized as sovereign
remedy for kidney complaint. The in
gradients can be obtained at any good
prescription pharmacy and anyo-e can
mix them: Compound Kargon, one
ounce; Fluid Extract Dandclion, one
half ounce: Compound Syrup Sarsa-
parilla. three ounces. Shake well in
bottle and take in tcaSpoonful doses
after each meal and at bedtime.
This preparation is said to restore
the natural function of the kidneys. SO
they win sift and strain the poisonous
waste matter. uric acid. etc, from the
blood. purifying it and relieving rheu
matism. Backache will be relieved.
the urine will be neutralized and
cleared and no longer a cause of irri-
tation, thereby overcoming such symp-
toms as weak bladder. painful. fire.
uuent and other urinary difficulties.
This is worth trying and may prove
just what many people here need.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-07
PIE PLATE FACTORY.
Work on the New Building Begun-To
Be Completed Sept. list.

Under the supervision of Horace
Purinton, contractor, of this city work
commenced yesterday morning on the
new factory for the Reyes Fibre
Company, to be used as pie plate
factory. The site for the building IS
in Waterville and Fairfield, the divid-
ing line of the two municipalities going
through the lot. Most of the building
to be erected first will be in Water
vile but if the plant is extended as
contemplated the later buildings to be
constructed will be in Fairfield. The
company's property is on the Water
vile and Fairfield line and is also
connected by Il spur track for the
Skowhegan main line. The siding
which is 700 feet in length has already
been constructed and later another
siding of the same length will be
made .t-..
The plant is to be Of brick and stone
With cement floors. iron trusses, metal
cOrnices and gravel roof The build
ing will be a. by 100 feet and two
stories. The drying, flushing and
storage building will be 1913 feet long
by 100 feet wide. The boiler house
will be SO by SIS feet and there will be
a radical brick chimney 100 feet high
ard with six flues. There will be two
boilers of 200 II. P. each. The manu-
featuring building will have a carac-
ity for eight machines. There will be
installed four new and much larger
ones than those they are at present
operating at Sllawmut.
These new machines have been in
process Of manufacture for some time
at leading machine plant in Maine
and will be completed in ample time
to install when the building is ready
One of these machines has a capacity
of 40 plates of 5. s and inches diame-
ter in minute. and its output will be
equal to that of the three machines iii
Use before. At present the Reyes
Fibre Company is turning out 100000
plates a day. they being made in
eleven different sizes. ranging from
four to nine inches in diameter. The
new plant is expected to be in full
operation by September LIST, and its
output will be about 100000 daily 1t
is expected that from IS to so hands
will be employed in the mills. There
is an extensive demand for these
fibre pie plates and the market is
quite largely in Boston and New Eng
land
When the plant is completed it will
be one of the most substantial and
best equipped industrial establish
nents in Maine and the business will
not be confined to the manufacturing
OF pie plates but butter dishes will be
made as we'll. In the manufacture a
large amount of ground wood pulp is
used and a contract has been recently
closed with Skowhegan mill for
eight tons of dry pulp daily.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-07
Somerset Divorces.

Twenty two couples who have found
marriage failure were made happy
by Justice. Spear at the March term
of the supreme court for Somerset
county. that being the number of de-
crecs granted. In 18 of these the wife
was the libelant and III four the hus-
band sought relief from longer strug-
Cling IN double harness. The causes
for separation included most every
thing which tends to make the married
state anything but one OF bliss. .'rh.
following souls which formerly ha.
but Il single thought. will now, for d
while at least. entertain two:
Bertha l.. Reed from Horace f.
Reed for gross and confirmed habits
Of intoxicatior.
Nancy F. Wadleigh from Lothoctus
r. Wadleigh for cruel and abusive
treatment.
Eva L. Mosller from James w
Mosher for adultery.
Jennie l.. Washburn from Calvin T.
Washburn for utter desertion. Custody
of children given to libelant.
Efije May Young from Walter II.
Young for adultery.
Georgianra Coro from Joseph Coro
for gross and confirmed habits of in
toxication. Custody of children given
to libclant.
Charles Z. Walker from Lucy A
Walker for cruel and abusive treat
ment. Custody of child given to libel
ant.
Almeda M. Shattuck from Herbert
E. Shattuck for adultery. Name of IL
belant changed to Almeda M. Willis
ton.
Eva NJ. Brooks from Ulysses S.
Brooks for adultery. Name Of libelant
changed to Eva M. Allen.
Abbie F. Robb from Alexander Robb
for adultery. Custody of children Civ
en- to lihelant.
Elizabeth Crawford from Charles M.
Crawford for cruel and abusive treat
ment and extreme cruelty. Name of Ii
beiant changed to Elizabeth Luce
Eliza NJ. Adshade from Thomas S.
Adshade for cruel and abusive treat
ment. Custody of children given to Ii
belant,
Alice Z. Withee from Glendon C..
Withee for cruel and abusive treat
ment Custody of child given to libel
ant.
Annie r. Allard from Fred Allard for
cruel and abusive treatment.
Grace A. johnson from Leon S.
johnson for cruel and abusive treat
ment. Custody Of children given to IL
belant.
Detra Weber from Edward A. Web
Der for utter desertion.
AraDeIla Hobart from Charles f..
Hobart for cruel and abusive treat
ment.
Annie M. Lowell from David Gill
more Lowell for cruel and abusive
treatment. Custody of children given to
lihelant
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Governor Fletcher -. Proctor of Ncr
mont announced Monday at Rutland.
VT, that he would not be a candidate
for United States senator FROM Yer
mont at the election to be held by
the Legislature next fall Governor
PrOctor's name had been prominently
mentioned in this connection. Tho gov
ernor stated that his unwillingness to
abandon active participation in his
business interests in Vermont had led
him to the decision not to become Il
candidate.
Samuel l.. Gardner, 81 years old, a
civil engineer, and prominent citizen
Of Mckees Rocks. suburb of Pitts
burg. shot and instantly killed Doro-
thy Bradney. is years old. in the pres
e1ice OF her mother Monday and then
running to his own home next door,
shot himself through the mouth. in
flictlng Il wound from which he died
soon afterwards. Gardner had a wife
and several grown up children. but IL
In alleged he had been infatuated with
tho young girl for long time.
- Following the Cleveland school fire
horror. Inspection Of ST. John. n. e.
schools and some other public build
ings was made and the report sub
mitted to the common council Monday.
The inspecting, committee report ma
terial defects In all the city public
school buildings. In the planning of tlfe
exits and entrances: the want of prop
err fire escapes. the absence of portable
chemical fire eXtinguishcrs: the i'm
proper location of the smaller children
in some OF the schools and the infre-
Qucnt use of the fire drills and the
defective firc signal gongs and signal
ing apparatus. They recommend
sweeping changes. They also report
improvements necessary in the Cen
erai Public hospita! and some theaters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-07
WATERVILLE.
PROF. CHAPMAN RESIGNS
From Coburn Faculty to Go to Phila-
deiphia School.

The many friends OF Guy w. Chip
man will be sorry to learn of his resig-
nation from the faculty Of Coburn
Classical Institute. He has been elect
ed to be master in science in the
Friends Central School in Phfladel-
phia This is large private school
with over 400 pupils and 80 teachers.
Mr.. Cliplnan will have entire charge
Of the science work there. with two
assistants. 1t is most flattering pro-
motion and one which he could not
well refuse.
During the three years that Mr..
Chapman has had charge of the science
work at Coburn. he has received many
offers involving higher, salaries in
other places, but he has with great
fidelity constantly declared that he
wished to remain at the institute until
he had worked his plans for the
science department. He feels now that
HI, has accomplished this and can
properly accept a position elsewhere.
His ability and his persistent efforts
have raised the science department of
the institute to an effectiveness un-
surpassed in the State. He is recog-
nized as one of the best science men
in the secondary schools OF New Eng
land.
Mr. Chapman graduated from Colby
in 1902. He WAS immediately given
the principals hip Of the Winslow. High
school During his three years of SER
vice there the school increased so rap
idly in quality and numbers that the
citizens determined to erect d new
building. This was brought about
largely through Mr.. Chipman's efforts.
The reputation thus made in Winslow
called the attention of the Coburn
trustees to Mr.. Chapman. and they
elected him in 1905 to have charge Of
the science work of the school.
During the time that Mr.. Chapman
has been in Waterville he has taken
strong interest in many of the ac-
tivities of the city. He has been an
officer of the Colby Club. of the Colby
Athletic Association. and an euthu-
siastic worker in the Congregational
church, and is now the superintendent
of the Sunday school there.
Mr.. Chiprnan's friends, while con-
graduating him upon the success
which has come to him. will be eX-
ceedingly sorry to lose him from the
CITY
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-07
Part Of Schools Re- open.

The first seven grades in the town
schools began the spring and last term
of the school year Monday. There was
Il large enrolment of pupils. The fol-
lowing are the teachers: Grade 1.
Grace l.. Choate: Grade II. Lizzie 3.
Higgins; Grade III. Gertrude Towns
end. all i'm the Lincoln building; Park
building. Grade l. Mary X. Monohon;
Grade II. Lizzie w. Healey: Grades
III and ~. Edna d. Taylor; Grades Nv
and V. Alice T.. Mitchell; Garfield
building. Grade Nv. Annie l.. Totman:
Grade V. Vera S. Bussey; Grade VI.
Della M. Foss: Grade VII. Addic NJ.
Swain. The school on Jewett street al
so re-opened with the same teacher as
last term. Kate c. HolbrOok The two
Kindergartens did not open last week
as was announced, but will open this
morning. The teachers will be Miss
Florence l.. Hammond and Miss Alice
T.. Moore