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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-08

The management of the Fiskdale
mills at Fiskdale. Mass. has an
nounced that the rents of the tene-
ments owned by the company and oc-
cupied by operatives in its employ VIII
be reduced by one-half while the mills
are running on curtailed schedule. A
tnree-day working system was begun
today and the mills will be closed each
Wednesday for the remainder of the
week until further notice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-08

The German Reichstag Thursday adj
journed until Oct. 20. Twenty supplement
tary appropriation and other bills were
adopted hurriedly in the last two hours
Of the sitting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-08
23-Pound Bangor Salmon for Carnegie.

<o-Touno bangor Salmon FOR Carnegie
Bangor, Me-, May John Nc
Gregor of South Lincoln, shipped
25-pound salmon to Andrew Carnegie.
New York today. The fish was caught
in Bangor pool by Dennis Tracey and
is the finest salmon captured there
this year.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
Reduction of Eight Per Cent, by Cotton Manufacturers Not to Be Carried Into
 Effect.
THOUSANDS ARE BENEFITED
25,0O0 in Fall River Alone Arrcctcd-- Had Been Accepted as Certain That Cut Would Be Made
 on December :.

Fall River, Mass, Nov. l0,-The Fall River Cotton Manufacturers associa- ton announced tonight that no reduc- ton of wages will be made on Decem- Der {, as anticipated It had been gen orally accepted as fact that under the prevailing sliding scale system a cut of per cent. would go Into effect next month, The announcement benefits 25,- 900 operatives in thls city directly and thousands of others In nearby textile centers Indirectly
 A reduction of IS per cent, in wages here was made last May, From that time until october the margin between the cost of cotton and the selling price of cloth, upon which ,ne wage scale Is based, fell off. During the past few weeks. however business has Improved and in view of the severe cut mada in the spring the mill owners decided not to enforce the agreement to the letter. All agreements are based on the state of market during the six months preceding the date when a new wage scale goes into effect The pres. cnt agreement was to expire on Decem. ber :.
 1T had been understood that a fur. ther cut in Fall River would have beer l followed by reductions in New Bedford | and esewhere.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
B00KKEEPER'S DEATH
William Gillespie Victim of Heart
 Failure Yesterday.

sudden seizure of heart failure about noon time yesterday resulted in a few hours In death, nt his home 2t Gil street, of William A. Gillespie, bookkeeper for L, C. Bates & Co.,, the produce firm of George street and pub lie accountant Gillespie left the Bates oompanys office yesterday at noon ap- parently in usual good health About o'clock q telephone message was TO- ceiyed that he waa i'll, and would not be In tO work, and a few hours later his death was announced. Medical EX- amIuer Bartlett pronounced death due to angina pectorIs.
 Mr. Gillespie is survived by a widow and two children, q boy and q girl. He was about fifty years old The funeral arrangements arc being made 10 be held from tho homo in Gill street on Sunday afternoon at 2;SO,
 MT, Gillespie was prominent mem Der of Hiram lodge, F and A. M, Of this city and of the order of the East ern Star He was considered an expert In his line and one of the best book! keepers In the city. At the Bates of flee, where he was employed for sev- eral years past II was said that hIs work had always been most efficient, and they regarded him very highly.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
BUILDERS NOT RUSHED
Business Is Good, But They Are Not
 Turning Down S5,0OO Jobs.

Some of the leading builders of the city were consulted yesterday in re- gard to the report that they were all too busy to handle the t5,oOO contract for alterations 10 the postoflice build ing The impression has been created that there is great boom and rush in the building trades at present, but this was declared quite generally not to be so While business Is good and healthy Improvement Is noticeable, none of the contractors arc turning down s5,000 jobs without some other good reason therefor,
 One of those who had been asked to bid on the contract told reporter yesterday that he was given to under stand that there were dozen or more other bidders. and SO under the cir cumstancos he thought it less profit able to figure on than some other work Another contractor, who handles some of tho largest pieces of work In the state, said that he had not even been asked to bid
 Neither tho builders nor architects are working at their full capacity Just now, but conditions are improving 80 thnt one or two of them said they expect soon to put on few more men.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
P. I. BARNUM ESTATE
Judge stoddard Present at Conference
 in New York.

Bridgeport, Nov. 10,--Judge F, F., Nohbs was consulted in the probate court yesterday by heirs Of tho late F. Y, Barnum relative to the appoint mont of administrators of the estate, Benjamin Fish having died recenly and W. B. Flncks, the other eXecutor having proceeded him In death by a number of years,
 As a result of Q visit to the court yesterday the heirs of the Barnum ea- tate are In consultation in Now York to-day for the purpose of selecting administrators who will be acceptable to everyone,
 Judge 1T s. Stoddard of New Haven Is present at the conference as coun- scl for Baroness d'AleXandry loren glana, widow of the great snowman, Who is the largest beneficiary under the will, The other heirs arc those who share in the surplus of the es- tate after the widow has received $40,00O a year from the estate. They are Mrs II. B. Rennell, Mrs. c. c, Thompson, Clinton Barnum seeley and Wilson Marshall,
 The estate has had a surplus in eX- cess of the payment to the widow, and the heirs are anxious to have some one take hold of the property who will make as good showing in its manage ment as has been made in the past.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
NAVAL OFFICERS TO WALK
President Prcscribes 50-Mile Tramp,
 Some "Stunt" for Sailor.

Washington, Nov lo - President Roosevelt has ordered q walking test for officers of tho navy similar to that prescribed for officers of the coast ar tilery. The official order will be pro mulgated by the secretary of the navy in day or two It win direct that every officer on the active list of the novy shall take a lfty-mile walk The distance must be covered in three con secutive days, and not more than twen- ty hours be consumed
 Officers at Guantanamo, at Cavltc, or any station in the tropics will find q wall. Of fifty miles a much more dif- dcultr test than will those attached to ships or on shore duty, in the north temperate zone.
 The forthcoming order directing naval officers to exchange their sea- legs for their land legs has not been re. celyed with joy by the older officers of the navy.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
CONSTITUTION ABOLISHED
Shah of Persia fingered by Appeal of
 Merchants at Audience.

BarIm, Nov 10,--A special dispatch from Teheran to the LoEalan2elger says that the clergy and merchants held separate meetings today to discuss the question of calling q new parlia- mont. The clergy unanimously adopt ed a statement drawn up by the shah who received them in audience with exceeding complacency
 He also gave an audience to tho ner- chants, one of whom began to address the shah saying:
 "We renounce the constitution" Whereupon another spokesman, Inter- rupting, demanded in the name Of the whole people that the constitution be restored The shah became extremely angry and instantly dismissed the merchants without answer. It is prob able that this means the definite aboll- ton of the constitution for Persia, but Great Britain and Russia will proba- bly, compel the shah to restore the con- stituton.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
MINISTER A DIPSoMAMIAC
Former Vanderbilt Pastor at Newport
 in Insane Asylum.

Lacrosse, Wis, Nov. 19.--Alleglng that he became a dipsomanlac while pastor of fashionable church at Newport, R. l, where the Vanderbilts were members of his congregation, friends of Rev s. W. Moran, an Epis- copal clergyman, 56 years old had Moran committed to the Mcndota hos pital for the insane to-day
 MT Moran was arrested here last spring on the charge of obtaining money under false pretences, the charge being that he had obtained q loan from a wealthy member of Christ church on tho representation that he had been sent here by Bishop Webb to fill the pulpit during the absence of the rector. Rev. C. \. Moller, on a trip to Europe. The affair was sub sequently adjusted and the clergyman released.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
YOUNG EsQuIMAU DYING.
Lad Brought by Peary Cannot Stand
 Climate.
Special to the Journai-Couriero

Special tc the Journal Courier)
 South Norwalk, Nov. l9 -Mene Wallace, a -yoar-old Esdui- mau lad, lies dying in the Fordham hospital, New York, of pneumonia. The illness Is the result of his inabil- ty to withstand the less severe climate of the temperate zone.
 Meme and four other Esqulmaux were brought from Greenland by Lieu tenant Peary, the explorer. Menes companions died short time after their arrival.
 The statement announcing Mene's illness will be read with great deal of sympathy in Noroton, where Mene spent the winter of i9o3-i, and became quite celebrity. He was then about l5 years old, and lived with William Wallace, who was at that time the superintendent of William 2iegler's place An Esquimau living on the premises of a North Pole seeker was, of course, too much for the Sunday papers to resist, and II Is not on record that they tried very hard. They had Mcne taking midwinter baths in the sound and diving through eel holes Tn Gorham's pond. AS q matter of fact, the little fellow put in very bad win ter, being III most of the time. He had then symptoms of consumption, of which his four companions died, but later he appeared to improve.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
THEY WERE, OF COURSE.

Parker M, White, the humorous advertisement writer, was talking in PittsburE about the unlyersality of ad- vertlsing.
 Doctors, lawyers, clcrgymen,' he said, "claim not to advertise, but somehow or other we see their adyer- tisements occasionally. Am l not right?
 "The millionaire proprietor of a patent tonic called on Q well known doctor one day
 Look here, he said, you are the Dr. Leroy Fisher. who is attending Senator StoXon, are you not?
 "T am the physician answered.
 "'Well' said the tonic man, 'wAat'll you take to put on tho daily bulletins that you give out about the senator this sentences use Blood Btters, They Ward off Disease?.'
 Why, man, said the famous dic- tor, indignantly, I wouldn't do that for anything. Those bulletins are not advertisements
 "The other chuckled harshly,
 "AIn't theyY ne said. Then take your own name off 'cm.'"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
POPE ASSETS SOLD
Vice Chancellor in Insolvency Pro- cecdings Accepts St.5000 900 Offer.

Newark. x. J., Nov l9.-The salo of the Pope Manufacturing company's plant and other assets to n reorgani- zation committee for sl,5O0,0OO was authorized to-day by Vice Chancellor Howell This will wind up the insol- vcncy proceedings in which the com pany has been involved for more than n year. The remaining one-quarter of the company's indebtedness will be paid off from the proceeds of the sale. and it is understood that all of the plants Of the company throughout tho country will henceforth be operated on q now basis
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
COMMISSIONERS FINISH.
Close Work In Mcridcn With 0s Ap-
 plicants.
ispccini 10 tho Journui-Courier.)

fNNTFtUi to iH'
 Meriden, Nov 19.-Thc county com missloners finished their annual sit ting in this city to-day. and few ap- pllcants who did not draw their liquor licenses will have to go to New Haven to get them. There were ninety-eight applicants, seventy-seven for liquor licenses, four for beer. one for whole sale and sixteen for druggists. The amount of money which the Meriden dealers will pay or have paid is close to s33,O00,
 II was remarked that no objection has been made this year against any of the licenses, which Is a much dif- ferent state of affairs than in New Haven, where a society has taken up tho cudeels and filed complaints against many places and persons,
 The licensees had to pay fifty cents extra this time, which is the superior court clerks fee for record ins the licenses.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
PROBLEMS AND POLITICS
President Butler, of Columbia, Says
 Campaign Oratory Settles Nothing.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 19.-Nichol- as Murray Butler, president of Colum- hia university, speaking here tonight at the annual dinner of tho Kansas City Commercial club. declared that tho great questions of banking and currency regulation of tho transporta- tion systems of the country and trusts were not properly a matter of partisan exploitation or for party differences. These questions he said, could not be solved either by rhetoric or in passion but only by intelligent study and re- nectlon.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
TAFT FOR REAL REVISION
Determined to Carry Out Campaign
 Pledges to the Letter.

Hot Springs, Va, Nov. 19.-That President-olcct w. H. Taft entertalns vigorous determination that the Forthcoming revision of the tariff shall be thorough made In good faith and in accordance with the pledge of the party, Is daily evidenced by the earncstness with which Judge Taft talks on this subject with his political callers.
 His interest goes to the extent of seeking detailed information regard ing the personnel and prospective organization of the sxty-lirst con- gress
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
CHENILLE AIR FLIGHT
St. Louis Balloon Lands in Georgia
 After Try for Iahm Cup.

\Tallulah Falls, G. Nov 19.--The bal loon Yankee which left st. Louis at noon yesterday. landed to-day al Grove Ca. seven miles west of Tiger, Ga. and shortly after descending 1t was denatod and made ready for shipment tonight for St. Louis,
 Pilot Albert R. Lambert and. Captain II, F. Honeywell had announced their intention of trying for the Lahm cup, the trophy given for long distance flights in America. In this they were unsuccessful, tho record of Captain II. DeForest Chandler of 700 miles not be- Ing approached The "YanlSee' covered about 3T5 miles.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
IET,n FOR NIT. CARNIEL-

Frank Dorman, q young man who s wanted in Mt Carmel on a charge of burglary was arrested by Detective Colwell accompanied by Constable B. J.. Dlckerman of Mt Carmel nt his rooms in the Hotel Haven yesterday after noon. He is charged with burglary at inc home of Wesley Peck in Mt Carmel and the taking of shot gun. He is held here for Hamden It is also found that the man is desertor from the United States army He may be held for return to the army
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
INSURANCE AGENTS
Connecticut Association Meets nnd
 Elects Officers in Hartford.

Mcriden. Nov. 1o,-At the 18th annual convention of the Connecticut assocla- ton of local fire Insurance gents in this city to-day the following officers were elected: President, Wilbur NJ Squire. Meriden first vice president C L. McNeil Torrineton; second vice pr sident. !. s Cowlos of Hartford; third vice president B, l. Kolsor Bridgeport; secretary and treasurer, E W Kneen. shelton
 The following executive committee was chosen: R, R, Pease, Danbury, James L. Kieth, T g Brown, ". N. Heald ] k Guy George F. Boyd, slas Chapman, IT, Charles M. Downs. C. T Cannon and w L. Patch.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
HAIR SiNGED BY FIRE
Pine Street Tenement Blaze Lively for
 a Time.

Fire in tho attic of double thrce- family tenement house at 20S-210 Pine street, shortly after o'clock yesterday afternoon, gave several fire companies a lively fight for a couple of hours and gave John Clark an elderly man, father-in-law of Mary Clark who owned the house, a close escape The attic Is partiticned off and occupied by Mrs. Clark, her fath- er-in-law and her young boy. The fire started here, though the origin is not known. The fire was confined to tho attic Saving things in tho house brought John Clark into close proximity to the fire and he only es- capped with a bad singcins.
 It Is estimated that the damage to the house was about $400.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
C0DICIL 0MITS RELATIVES
Maria Andrews Drops Brother and
 Sister in Will

The will of Maria Andrews of East Haven was presented for probate yes terday afternoon. The will disposes of a property which Is estimated to value about s2O,ooo. The will after a number Of minor bequests leaves the residue was left to Bertha Hawkins. jor portion of 1t, to Bertha Hawkins. Originally the residue was left 10 Isaac Hagaman and Mary Richards, brother and sister of the deceased, but by a later codicil this was changed and the reseidue was left to Bertha Hawkins There are no public bequests.
 Dwight Futile ls named as execu- tor in the will.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
CHAUFFEUR HELD .
Coroner of Hartford County Finds
 Against Auto Driver.

Hartford. Nov 1o--Coroner ]. c. Calhoun to-dayMled his finding in the case of William II Phair, the chauf- feur who ran down and killed Robert Merriman on Farmington avenue on October 31. Phair is held on a charge of mansaughter under $5,oO0 bonds which were furnished,
 Morrman was struck by the car which Phair was driving while aliGht- ing from 2 trolley car and killed ln- stantly His body was dragged for a considerable distance and Phalr ln- stead of stopping continued on his way to Pennington. TTo was arrested the following day
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
ANOTHER SPEtDER IN.

Alfred R. bnity. q young man, of 1l4 Shelton avenue, was arrested late yes terddy afternoon by Policemen Murphy and Heenan of the special automobile detail on Q charge of violation Of the automobile law. The violation Is exceeding the speed limit Laity glvos his occupation as q chauffeur and says he lc thirty years of age. He was re- lonsn1 on hOnds.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
DNNpHERE CONFESSION.

Laporte, Ind, Nov 19.-That Ray Lamphcre made damaging admissions amounting to partial confession of setting fire to the home of Mrs. Belle Gunness on the morning of April 2S was testified to this afternoon in the Larorte circuit court by Deputy Shor- fir Austiss and Deputy Sheriff Marr in the trial of Lamphere for tho alleged murder of Mrs. Gunness and her chil- Gren.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
HAS FRACTURED NOSE.

John OCounor, of Muuson street was arrested on a charge of drunkenness by the Dlxwel avenue police. Upon being taken to the lookup at the ceh- tral station it was found that the man had been Injured by a fall believed to nave been from trolley car, Flo was sent to Grace hospital. He has a badly cut face and fractured nose.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
CATTLE DISEASED WIDE QUARANTINE
 ~-s--s Entire States of New York and Pennsylvania Under Rigid Inspection by Gov
 ernment.
BUFFALO DISEASE CENTER
Eighty Animals from West Found to Be Seriously Infected With Dread- cd Foot and Mouth
 Disease.

Buffalo, W. Y, Nov 19,--F'or the first time In their history the East Buffalo stock yards are under quar- antine. Because two carloads of cat tie which were delivered in western Pennsylvania and which were found to be infected with foot and mouth diseases were traced back to East Buffalo the federal and state author tiles have closed this market until general cleaning up of the yards and a further Investigation of the out break of the disease, so much dreaded by stock men, have been made,
 As direct result of the conditions growing out of the investigation of the Penna. shipment, word came to- day from the bureau of animal Indus- trN of the department of agriculture ordering the entire states of New York and Pennsylvania to be quaran- tined. Pennsylvania state authorities have declared a quarantine against New York state and tonight COmmis- soner Pearson of the department of agriculture of this state. who is now ilt'If, Nlu'l'N AuIl h NtllNA NudAdllAllN be placed on five counties in Western New York. namely Erie, Niagara, or leans, Wyoming and Genesee. Aui- mals infected with the foot and mouth disease have been discovered in each of these counties by government in- spectors who have been quietly at work in this vicinity for over week. Practically all the cases. 1t is said, have been traced back to Buffalo.
 The federal quarantine will apply to all cattle in this state and Pennsylva- mia. No one is prepared to say how long 1t will last over 200 men will be put to work tomorrow on the East Buffalo yards disnfecting every inch of ground. This work will take at least three weeks
 There arc so animals in the two car loads of yearlngs which caused the trouble They came from the west, but the exact points from which they were assembled have not yet been learned Dr E. P, Wende, chief in- spector in the Buffalo branch of the federal bureau of animal industry has a clue that they came from Michigan and he started for there today to fol- low 1t mp.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
BREAK INTO SCHOOL
Boys Charged With Burglary at Kim
 hcrly Avenue school.

Two young school boys nf about 12 years named Edgar Kerr and Thomas Adamson, of llS and 12i Kimberly ave nue respectively, who are pupils in the Kimberly avenue school were arrested noon on charges of burglary, The boys are accused of entering tho Kim berly avenue school between and 6 o'clock on the afternoon of November r and securing St23 in money and some pencils and a knife. The boys are said to have admitted their guilt.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
IN PROBATE COURT
Two Inventories of Small Estates Filed
 Yesterday.

Inventories wcro filed in the pro- bate court yesterday on the estates of Rhoda A. Swift and Joseph Adams Peck In the former estate tho value Is given as sl,700 and in the latter the the estate amounts to $i,339.
 The application for the probate Of the will of the late Hannah Williams was received yesterday and Charles Pager and Isaac Bernstein were appointed as appraisers Tho estate Is valued at about si,000.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20

Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture issued orders today plac- ing in quarantine the entire state of New York and Pennsylvania and for bidding the interstate movement of cattle. sheep swine and goats as a re- suit of the sudden outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
 The officials here believe the infec- ton was brought into this country in recent months with foreign merchan- disc
 The disease first appeared in the United States fin the winter Of 1902 and 1908 when 1t affected portions of Mas sachusetts, Vermont, Now Hampshire end Rhode Island but by prompt ac- ton on the part of the department and the state authorities the infection was stamped out
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
REAL ESTATE MAN SUICIDES,

New York, Nov. 10.--Charles F.. Keniston, head of a large real cs- tate concern on Fifth avenue, com mitted suicide here tonight in tho IToLel Seville by shooting himself in the temple. For number of years he had suffered from a nervous dis case and lately he appeared to be dis pondent over his atiiiction.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
MACHINE BACKS ROOT

New York, Nov. 19.--At a meeting of the republican county committee tonight resolutions were adopted en- dorslng Elihu Root for United States senator.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-20
FoR @ -A LR-
FOR SALE.

A real bargain at $2,boo, Two family house on sylvan avenue, rented for $500 a year to frst-class tenants.
 ALSO 1'wo-family house on Winthrop ave- nue between Whalley and Goffe street, for $35o VIM. H. H. HEWITT, SIS Chapel Slresi.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

TO LBT-FURNIsHED ROOMS FOR HOUSE
keeping. two or three-room suites; private
place; large grounds; ideal summer home. 81
low rates; walking distance. 525 $. FIGUE-
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