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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-07

Every housewife in Kennebec
County, to send their OLD WORN
OUT CARPETS to the Augusta Rue
Agency. and have them made into thu
most beautiful RUGS for any room in
the home. Send for circulars an@
shipping tags to Trouant and Bates
1853 Water Street, Augusta, Me.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-07

Two-base ht-Cobb. First base on balls
OFF Ryan ., off Hartman ,, off Lynch
:: Struck out-By Hartman I, by Lynch
, by Ryan ). Time, 80. Umpire, Has
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
WHALES EXTINCTION NEAR.

New York, Sept. 11.-Roy c. An
draws of the department of mammals
and birds of the American Museum nf
Natural History has returned from a
five months trip to Vancouver Island,
where he remained until July 1, then
went to rye, Alaska. on the south end
Of Admiralty Island, His work was
getting measurements, notes and pho
tographs Of the Pacific whales to dis
cover whether they are the same as
Atlantic whales. He saw more than
200 whales of four different species,
killed with a harpoon gun. From the
masthead of a whaling vessel Mr..
Andrews, through field glasses, studied
the whales in every position. He made
measurement of the dead whales and
took 800 photographs of whales in the
waters. Speaking of his WORK Mr..
Andrews said yesterday: THE whales
have been hunted so extensively that
they will soon be extinct. The rela-
tionship of one Species to another is
practically unknown. Fortunes are be-
ing spent on fossils and here is race
of mammals slipping away AT New
Foundland. where the whales We're
formerly found In great numbers, there
are now only a few as they have been
driven from the feeding grounds and
killed While the Atlantic whales
have been studied. this is the first TIME
that data such as l have gathered has
been obtained in regard to the Pacific
whales 1t will be embodied in a mono
praph,o
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
FOREST FIRES
RAGING IN CANADA

Port Arthur ont, Sept. 1l.-Bush
fires surround Port Arthur and Fort
William and all day yesterday hremena
and citizens fought the flames. The
whole country east and west is ablaze
and the fire is gaining Roadway. On
Thunder Cape the whole section is
lighted up With flames from forest
fires.
East of here along the Canadian Pa
cific railroad it is reported the worst
forest fires in the history OF the coun
try are now raging and that thousands
Of dollars worth of timber is ablaze-
Along the Duluth extension several.
villages are threatened According to
a report received the fire is only
short distance from the village of Hy
mcrs. From the International boun-
Diary to Hymers, q distance Of ~ miles,
the whole country is ablaze.
Forest fires destroyed the camp
owned by George Mooripg on Pigeon
river yesterday, With the complete out
fit. One camp owned by the Pigeon
River company and located on ARROW
river was today totally destroyed.
while another owned by the same com
pany We're partially DESTROYED. The IRE
on Thunder Cape is still burning and
silver Islet buildings are believed 10
be in great danger. The city IS shroud-t
I'D in smoke.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
TAKES FIVE SHOTS
At LEN k|MBALL
-------
Mrs. Emma Nelson Repulses
Drunken Rowdy at Point
Of Her Revolver.
SEQUEL TO NElGHBoRs' ROW
sherin,s Officers Search Weeds for
Dead Body and Find Live Man
Behind Barn on State Street,


The series of clashes between the
Nelson's and Lorenzo Kimball, common
ly known as Len Ilimba!!, nearly ter
minated in tragedy this morning
shortly before noon, when Mrs. Emma
Nelson, wife of Charles II. Nelson, a
barkeeper who resides at 16 east
Twelfth South street, took five shots
at the bellicose kimball who was on
the premises.
After firing without effect at the man
she ran across a field to d neighbours
house, and Nimball took refuge III a
patch of weeds. Frantic telephone
calls@to the sheriff's office and the po
lice station sent the officers down on
the run. and upon arriving at the scene
they We're Informed that llimballs body
lay among the weeds. About this time
somebody saw the man peering around
the back of a barn and Deputy Sheriff
Sharp gathered him i'll and took him
to the county jail. Mrs Nelson was
then found, and at late hour this af-
ternoon was on her way to the county
attorneys office TO explain her target
practise.
The trouble between the two families
is of long standing. and kimball has
made a number of attacks on Mrs. Mel
son and her husband. Whenever he
gets drunk he adjourns to the Nelson
residence and proceeds to raise mis-
nh
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
q CAN'T GET AWAY:
JAILERS WON'T LET ME-

Pittsbulg, Sept. 1.-THE second
hearing in the bankruptcy case of
Harry X Thaw was held today be-
fore Referee in Bankruptcy w. r..
Blair. Two attorneys w G. Boyd
of Poughkeapsie, n. y, and A. p.
Never OF Stone & Stone. We're present,
Atty Boyd asked what had been
done with a view of bringing the
bankrupt to attend the meeting of his
creditors today, Referee Blair inform
ed him that Atty. Meyer had persons
ally served notice on Thaw at the
Jail in Poughkeepsie. Atty. Boyd who
represents f. n, Blain, proprietor OF
a restaurant at Poughkeepsie, then
called Referee Blairs attention to sec
ton Il of the bankruptcy act, and al
legged that the absence OF Thaw from
the meeting today practically amount
ed to contempt. He asked the referee
to issue a certificate of the proceed
ings, so that it might be brought to
the attention OF judge in the United
States district court who might take
proper action on learning that the
bankrupt had failed to put in an APP
pearance.
Referee Blair stated that he did not
think it was altogether right ana fair
for a petitioner In bankruptcy TO be
cited for contempt OF the court five
minutes after the calling of q, meet
ing of the creditors, at which, he had
been asked 10 Fbe present. He said
that he wouhf refuse the certificate
and requested Atty. Boyd to be sure
of each step he took in the proceed
ings.
Atty Boyd then left the referees
office with promise to return later.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
TEToN yALLEY R. R. SPUR.

Banker ". S. Mccormick states that
the main object Of the visit he, Cover
nor Cutler and T. r. Cutler made to z.
Ii. Hartman in Ogden, was to con-
fer with him regarding an extension
from the oregon Short Line at SUI
gar City into the Teton Valley coal
fields This would mean a great deal
to the Utah-Idaho Sugar Co, on ac-
count OF the new beet fields tapped and
the new coal market that would be
opened within a distance Of 80 miles
from the Sugar City plant. Mr.. har-
rinlan took the matter under advise
ment and said that it would be con-
sidered In New York He stated that
the surveys had all been made into the
Teton valley, but intimated lhat no de-
cision had as yet been reached as 20
what point the spur would start from.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
CARS COLLIDE, PANIC
ENSUES, MANY HURT

New York, Sept. 1l.-George Koell-
ner. a. motorman, and about % pas
sengers were more or less seriously
injured in rear end collision OF two
elevated railroad trains on Myrtle ave
nue., Brooklyn, today. The two trains
We're bound out from the Brooklyn
bridge in the direction of East New
IorK. One of the trains stopped soma
distance from a. station because or /.
lire on the second train, which cams
along at high tspecd, could not be
stopped in time TO prevent a collision.
1t crashed Into the standing train Witt
lerrlnc iforce Passengers in both
trains wore thrown from their seats
and many were badly bruised. In
.stantly there was n scene Of panic
among the frightened occupants of
the cars. and it was not until after
several fire companies had reached the
scene Ia response to an alarm that or
der was restored, BY tho aid Of l>td-
ders the firemen carried many passen-
gers to the streets.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
PREPARATORY SCHOOLS
FOR BRIDEs-TO-BE.

Topeka, Kan, Sept. 11--"The time is
coming when course preparatory to
inatrimony will be offered in our public
schools in which young men and wom-
en- will be taught some important mat
tiers relative to marriage.
Prof. f. H. Blackmar. head of tho
department. of sociology in the Uni-
yersity of Kansas, made this statement
here last,night in al address before the
superintendent of Kansas charitable
institutions. Prof. Blacknar believes
such course would go far toward im-
proving Americans as a nation, and he
believes it is the most eSpedient rene
dy for unhappy marriages.
Prof Blacitmar advocated strict
physical aud mental examination of all
applicants for marriage licenses. Per-
sons afflicted with pulmonary or men
tai diseases should not be allowed to
marry, he said. Careful selection Is be-
lieved by the superintendent of the
hospitals for insane and penal institu-
lions and by Prof Blackmar to be nee
essary to prevent an increase in insani-
ty, epilepsy and crime.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
NEW WATER RATES FOR
ORIENT, NOVEMBER !

Seattle, Wash. Sept 11.-Aftes an
all-day conference, representatives OF
seven steamship lines operating to the
orient from Puget sound. Portland and
San Francisco last night agreed upon
a schedule of rates TO go into effect
Nov. / to conform with the Increased
railroad rates on oriental carRoes:
caused by the ruling OF the interstate
commerce commission. The new tar
iff is a decided advance over previous
schedules on cargo bound either TO
the orient or coming from the east
No increase was made on freight olig.
mating on this coast, such as flour ana
lumber Rates on raw cotton We're not
advanced The Increase is in through
rates only but deducting the increases
going into the railroads., the propor-
ton or the steamship lines is practical
~ the same as heretofore. Whether the
higher rates will be able to compete
with the Suez canal freights is q mat
ter, state traffic men declare that only
time will determine.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
GIRL SHOOTS AT
GROUP HITS TWO
Men Were Making Disturbance
And Refused to Stop
Results Fatal.
SAYS THEY FIRED FIRST.
MY Daughter Won Battle With
Them" Mother Declares; Young
Woman is arrested

Cripple Creek, Col Sept. 1f.--A1nad
with a rifle, Miss Annie Copien. Of
Glllett, ~ miles from here, fred as
rapidly as she could into a group Of
men Who We're making 4 disturbance
in front OF her mothers home last
night.
AS a result Robert II. Young,operator
OF cyanide plant at Gillett, was
wounded in the head over the right
eye and Will not live. Wilbur Rand
was shot in the left leg nut his Wound
is not serious.
Miss Coplen was brought to Cripple
Creek Her mother declares that the
girl fought3a battle with the men and
won the victory
According to the mothers story, the
men We're shouting and singing and
the girl stepped out upon the front
stoop and requested them TO desist.
One of the men, the girl declares, fired
at her She Immediately seized rifle
and returned to do battle.
Miss Coplen, being q dead shot. every
bullet she fired found a mark. As soon
as the two men fell the others fled
Half an hour later the young Wo-
man was arrested by a deputy sheriff
Young is married and has three
children,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
CASH RESERVES LARGE,
SMALL BILLS SCARCE

New York. Sept. 1.-THE national and
state banks and trust companies
throughout the country have cash re-
serves that have been equalled seldom
III the financial history of the country.
but there has developed this week a
scarcity Of small bills which is begin
ming to e1nbarrass many bankers and
their customers. This lack of 81 and 81.
bills is tho more extraordinary because
I; II occurs at a season when small money
Is ordinarily plentiful and because In
the panic last fall, the treasury turned
out small bills as rapidly as the print.
ing presses could work them of and
thus increased the amount to point
never before reached.
Owing to the demand for small bills
the New York sub-treasury found it,
self yesterday without any bills Of the
smaller denominations except those
which are turned In daily by the banks.
Many banks desiring small bills We're
obliged to look elsewhere.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
PECULIAR CEREMONY.
Italians Carry Out Program Suggested
BY Dream for Sick Woman.

New York. Sept. lin order to propi-
tiate the waters and thus bring health
rs / woman, a ceremony ut once
peculiar and solemn was YESTERDAY per-
formed BY three italian women and two
men in the waters of the bay off the
Battery. LOra Mania, VINO was accom-
panied by her mother and father. one
ed that if she blessed the waters she,
who had been i'll for two Years, would re-
cover her health.
Engaging boatman. the five put off
into tho bay. Five hundred feet toward
the shore of Governors island, the boat
was allowed to drift and one Of the wo-
men drew from 4 pocket a bottle of wat
er and part of n beef heart. chopped
fine. With the water from the bottle
she sprinkled the neart and scattered
some Of the pieces in the bay. The bottle
was then passed TO the i'll woman, who
tool; It. and sprinkled some on the henrt
which she ate, casting some also upon
the water. The ceremony was repeated
by others of the party, after which they
all raised their eyes and muttered u
prayer,
Several italians on the pier were uues-
toned regarding the ceremony, but none
could be found who had ever seen or
heard of II before. The father of tho
girl said through AN interpreter that the
lite had been performed to please his
daughter who had dreamed that 1t
would cure her of her malady.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
..FRATIsTs" FIGHTING.

Chicago, Sept. 1i.--Plans for organ
lied resistance TO the enforcement OF
the Chicago school boards "anti-frat"
rule were perfected quietly yesterday
at the Hyde Park. Wendell Phillips.
and other high schools.
The open defiance on the part of the
members of the various fraternities
and sororities is to he expressed Sat.
urtlay at a Joint meeting when ar
engagements will be made to apply for
a writ to prevent the board from en-
forcing it's rule, which calls for the
suspension of every member of a Sc
cret society. About 200 members OF
various high school fraternites and
sororiries are expected to attend the
meeting. These plans We're made
without the knowledge of the school
authorities.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
TRUCE ESTABLISHED.

Chicago, Sept. 11.--1nformation has
come to the Democratic national COLA
mittce that q temporary truce has been
concluded between the leaders of Tam
many hall and State Senator Patrick
III. McCarren of Brooklyn, and until the
election both sides will lay aside their
differences and so into active cam
lpaign for the national and state ticket
in New York state.
William j. ConnorS, Democratic state
chairman and Senator McCarren had an
hours conference in New York city
"Wednesday night at which an agree
ment was entered into by which the
McCarren delegates to the Democratic
state convention at Rochester Will be
seated.
Chairman Connors indicated recent
" While in New York that If Senator
McCarien's delegates We're elected
honestly they would be seated by the
convention. and last Tuesday s out
of % districts in Brooklyn elected Nc
Carren leaders.
Chairman Mack would not talk of
the reported peace pact today, but
said:%
1.-THE situation in New York state
is in every way satisfactory. Every
delegate holding property certificate
of election will be seated at the
convention and the convention win be
harmonious.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
FINGER PRINTS WERE
NOT ALIKE ENOUGH

New York. Sept LITTLE finger
print method Of Identification By
which the police have been catalogu-
ing their women prisoners lately, fail
ed to satisfy Magistrate Corrgan in
the night court last night. a woman
who gave her name as May Curtis,
was arrested as q disorderly person.
Detective Watson declared that she
was the same woman who had been
twice arrested last June under the
name OF Maud Allen and Rose Allen.
He showed record of finger prints.
Magistrate Corrigan squinted at the
papers under the magnifying glass.
They look alike he said. but they
have points of difference also, to
my mind. These things are not con-
elusive enough for me. | viii give
her the benefit of the doubt and place
her. ON nrohation."
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
CAN'T STACK COINS.
After Turning Out siso,ono in Twenty
Do,Iur Pieces Fault in Discovered.

san Francisco, Sept. 1l.--After coin
ing 100000 in SO gold pieces of the lat.
est design, the local mint, acting under
orders OF the treasury department, has
stoned work on the coins. and Is await
ing the arrival of new dies which are
expected to correct fault discovered
by local bankers. With one ground or
OF the I'm Cod We Trust, motto. the
public has manifested no hesitation in
sfSes bank tellers complain that The CONS
will not stack in such manner as TO be
accurately counted when they are han
Hing boiI old and new coins After
several bank balances had been reported
seriously Inaccurate. report of the mat
ter was made to Washington and the or.
dor to stop coming was the result
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
UNIONS SAY LOSS OF
LIFE DUE TO IGNORANCE.

New York. Sept 1.-F1fty-fye men
have been killed in building the new
Bluckwell's Island bridge over the East
river, according to the report of a COM
mittee of the Central Federation union
appointed to ascertain the fatalities in
that work. The committee also found
that four workmen have suffered death
in the Chelsea dock improvements. The,
union workmen who investigated the
subject said that city inspectors tried
to conceal the loss of life which the
union men attribute to the employment
of non-union men inexperienced in the
work at lofty heights and to the abb
sence of proper precautions. The in-s
vestigators declared that no life has
been lost In building the new Man.
haitian bridge where union labor is en-
#Dloycd.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
\, WEsrERN LEAGUE SERIES.

Sioux City. Ia. Sept. 11.-With the,
possession OF the Western League PEN
nant depending on the outcome, Sioux
City and Omaha teams will play the
first of a series of five games here this
afternoon. Omaha comes with q lead
OF but one game.
Omaha and Sioux City have played
the same number OF games-140.
Omaha has won S. and lost 55 while
Sioux City has won 81 and lost ST. Sioux
City enters the contest with II straight
victories to her credit.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
FLOOD AT END.

Jacksonville, Fla, Sept. 11.-No lives
lost. no one injured, $4,000 property loss
and the streets practically clear of wa
ter summarizes the situation so far as
the flood is concerned today Yesterday
the situation looked serious for 10
niche of water had fallen in two days
and streets in the suburbs We're flood
ed, cellars We're under water and the
main business portion of the city was
threatened. The rain stopped last
night and by morning practically all
the water had drained off the flooded
district and Jacksonville citizens looked
with relief upon the situation.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
DRAMATIC Turn
IN DAVIS AFFAIRS
s-- -------- - : 49, 49,
As Prisoner Is Brought Into Court
Room Or. lnrd
I. " Mods.
"THAT LOOKS LIKE THE MAN.
Believed Him the Fellow Whom
He Passed the Night Of the
Rustin Murder.
SO Branded Man is Charged With
Taking Life and Bonds Placed ut
7,ooo--Ntay Have Abb.


Omaha, Sept. 11.-'That looks like
tin honlo tho n,at,t ~ ti,a ,,,r,,a,. i,
:, w - - = .i'u ~ - W.
pa d y. Lord TO the ponce When
s Charles Davis, under arrest charged
with the murder ~ DR. frederick r.
1,n,,;,, i
" 'is u5ht before si tt'e seoure
this morning for arrangement
This was the first time Dir. Lord
ha !, he.,, oa,, LEY, r,,,,,, ,,d
ite" W. ~ &'i'u
Z. ms slueiltlllcatlon OF Nun as the man
he saw staggering down Farnam
street. coming in the direction OF the
Rustin bon,a o,5 n1,. ronr hIocks
- ~, CIV o'.'s 49,. Di'oN'S,
sIoltl, tiial point, Wllhln quarter o.
an hour of the time the shot was
fred is ona nr tho STRONGEST links
cnnna.t,ne. T,,,,,., ,,,ith ~ 2, ,rda,
This morning Davis went to the
police station ACCOMPANIED by his
n,,,Iiona;ra hrother - nlead "a the
: - -
tar u.hi ~ e,a,, aaai,s, H., so,,,a
days ago, As soon as he entered the
building, ne was re-arrested on q
charge of murder IN the first degree
ana was brought before the court Tor
arralgnment.
standing before the. bar, Davis is
Tened lntentiY 10 the reading OF the
complaint. he was pare ana coiiect-H
60, put con ,y nattedE MS eyes.
). as the reaqihs progressed red nue.
oHerspreau m, ms lace and az tns Worus,
ct,aLss ca llle sag i'aH,', WIN. ,i
alo uei ,s,ri ItluraeI. ne sWalioMeu
coilSulslgf LIZ ana 5 s.s. nis Ups.
ln lla alter INC reaalns OF
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
BAD FOREST FIRE IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Los Angeles, Sept 1i.--one hundred and
nifty men are lighting a fire which
threatened the town of La Cresenta and
the valley west of Pasadena last night,
and has burned over an area of IS square
miles. a portion of which is included in
the San Gabriel forest reserve.
The fire started yesterday when a
rancher attempted to burn some brush
Three residences near La Cresenta were
destroyed and the old Gould castle, one
ed after desperate efforts. Considerable
timber has been consumed and the
water supply is badly damnged. The fire
is still burning and is approaching dan
gerously near Monte Vista. No estimate
of the amount OF damage can be made.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
GRAVES, INDEPENDENT,
WILL. BE TOLD TONIGHT

Atlanta, Ga, Sent. 1.-THE formal no y !,
fications of John Temple Graves OF ms
Nomination as the vicespresidential cam i
didate OF the Independence parry ~ Y, T ian
take place here tonight. The noIinc'1l..o n9.l
egssfr,an Milton Howard of A a i,i,, q !,
to which Mr.. Graves will reply, i nrlss
addresses will also be made p ;i In nom,
nee William r. Hearst of New o. oi Is
Clarence Shearn and Yancey Carter Carter. ll n
dependence candidate for go no,iSoat ton
i,.ssa z he party leaders Will leave LOT LOT!
sf,escf making trip through south s ssi
Fla after which Memphis y, d1ot rs ,,is,,
fincinnatl and other cities WIZ pe =
he'd. FL III "
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
Tribune Did Champion Vice and immortality

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-11
HAS A BAD RECORD,

Two years ago Kimball was arrested
for beating both Mrs. Nelson and the
old man Arnold who came to her as
sistance. On this occasion Arnold was
badly hurt and sustained broken
collar bone, numerous bruises and the
loss of several teeth. For this kimball
was fined s25 by Justice Bishop.
Two years prior to this 1himbail is
said to have waylaid Mr.. and Mrs.
Nelson as they were driving along
State street and with a piece of Stag
which he hurled at them he so badly
wounded Nelson in the head that for
a day it was believed that he would
succumb to his injuries.