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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07
SENSE OF SIGHT IN ANTS.
Experiments indicating That They
Don't Depend on Smell.

The old theory that ants could not see
and were guided entirely by sense of
smell has been demolished by series
Of experiments. A little platform of card
board vas set up near one Of their nests,
with an inclined plane leading convcn-
iently down to the entrance. Then a num-
Der of the insects and q quantity of their
eggs were placed upon the platform.
y For few minutes the ants seemed
greatly perturbed, but they very soon
found the inclined plane and ut once
started carry ing the eggs down it to the
nest.
A second inclined plane was located on
the opposite side of the platform. hut
they took no notice of it. The expert
mentors then twisted the platform
around so that the second plane pointed
to the nest entrance.
Without hesitation the ants ceased
nsinE the old plane and took to the new
one showing conclusively, 1t is argued,
that they We're rnot following Il trail by
scent, hut were getting their bearings 10y
some other sense.
The next step was to mark some of
the ants with view to seeing whether
each individual always used the same
path and the same entrance to his nest.
1t was found that no such thing was the
case
They all seemed to know all the en-
frances ard to have Il sense of their ii
rection. They struck ont new paths for
themselves and always reached their des-
Illatlon without fall. This was regarded
as establishing some form Of vision
Finally, an electric light bulb was set
up near one entrance to the nest Ii
seelncd to have an immediate attraction
for the ants, as they unanimously used
the entrance on that side coming to ana
going from the nest. Then it was changed
over to the other side, causing great .N-
citemeht apparently among the insects
which ended in their changing over to
the newly illuminated way.
Changes in the hril1inppy of ~, I;,,Lt
seemed to have no perceptiBie effect III,
the ants. but they never failed to detect
the change of direction. All possible IRE
cautions were taken to prevent the heat
from the lamp from reaching them. so
| 1t Is regarded as certain that they nar-
ce1ved the isht.-Revue Scientifque
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07
Shoots Self
By Accident.

Portland, Me-, March 6.-Thomas Do
ian, 80 years of age, who for several
years has followed the sea, in fact
having just returned from q voyage
to Australia, died almost instantly
this evening as a result of an acct
dental shooting. Dolan was ut the
home of his father, where he has been
stopping since his return home
He was in the best of health and
good spirit and during the evening
was engaged in examining a 3S-calibre
revolver that he had just bought. His
parents were in an adjoining room and
heard MIN light a match as il to light
his pipe and in a minute or SO after
wards heard the shot from the revol-
yer. The shot went through the
cheek and through the back of the
head. Coroner Flaherty was called
but deemed an inquest unnecessary
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07
BAKER INVESTIGATION.
Continued from Page One.)

into the possession of her fortune, how
ever. In the first place the will was dis
puted by Bakers relatives and that con-
test has not yet been decided by the
courts. The child was stricken with scar
let fever in January and died Oh Feb q
after an illness of five weeks.
Baker died on Oct q last within an
hour after he had been removed to the
Hurd home in Bogata from the New York
restaurant where lie was stricken. He
died shortly after midnight and the BODY
was embalmed before daylight. When his
brother in Boston was informed of Wal
tors death he at once directed that the
body not be embalmed. but it was too
late. The brother was not satisfied with
the report Of the circumstances Of the
death and decided to have an examination
made by chemists of the organs of the
body, even after the embalmng luid had
been used. The chemical and microscop-
zeal examination of the viscera and the
internal organs was made by d.. Will
liam Zoos, of the Massachusetts General
hospital. who reported that he found
large quantities of arsenic in the body
The poison was said to have been found
could not by any possibility have pene.
trated
An investigation which was institut-
ed soon after Bakers death came to
nothing and the body was taken to
Boston and buried in Forest Hills Gene
terry. The dead mans brother, however
believing that there We're details in the
case which had not been disclosed kept
steadily at the investigation He EN-
ployed number Of detectives who
in the months which followed devoted
result that the New Jersey officials
were induced to take up the matter once
more District Attorney Rooster has
announced that the inquest will begin
next Monday or Tuesday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hurd have left their Bogota home and
are living in this city. AS it would be
impossible to serve subpoenas upon
them outside of New Jersey, they vii.
be requested to appear at the inquest.
Mrs. 1urds sister, Mrs. Natalie Young,
was witness to Photographic will
which turned up among Walter Bakers
papers after his death. She is also
living in this city. The other witness
was Miss Maud Mum, a wealthy Wo-
man of Bogota, an infinite friend of
the Hurds.
Other witnesses at the hearing will
include Undertaken Ricardo, who en-
balmed the body, his assistant and
several physicians who were called in
when Walter Baker was dying but who
arrived after death.
District Attorney Rooster said today
that the facts in the Baker case will be
submitted to the Bergen county grand
jury which will meet on April z.
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LIKE THE OLIVE TASTE.
Habit Of Smoking Mexican Cigars
Grows on the Smoker.

1T has always been a matter Of sur
prise to me- said q traveller quoted in
cigars and tobacco have not attracted
the American taste, inasmuch we are
a nation uf smokers
u make periodical trips to our sister re-
public, and although you might think it
was the black eyed senoritas which first
attracted me in the land of perpetual sun
shine, it wasn't; it was the big black ci-
ears that can be bought so cheaply, from
but few places in this country in the
cities where you can get a real Mexican
cigar, though II you ask Tor such some
salesman will hand oct the Porto Rico
article of rolled tobacco leaf without
cracking 4 smile.
Mexican tobacco has a flavor peculiar
to itself ard unlike that of the real Ha-
vana; it is more bitter, and perhaps some
men would call it rank, compared with
the Cuban product. l have always liken-
ed the taste for the Mexican cigar unto
acquired it seems to stick. The best
Mexican cigars come from the province
of Vera Cruz Just as the best favored
Cuban tobacco comes from a compare
Of Havana, in Cuba. The higher grade
Vera Cruz cigars. to my mind, have Il
very fine flavor. and they are COMPARE
lively cheap, good smoke selling for
cents each, while the price of cigars in
Mexico ranges from cents upward.
Although Mexican tobacco is very
DARK, nave not found 1t as strong or
hard upon the nerves as the dari. maduro
of Cuban make; it seems to be perhaps
due to soil influences. 1t was thought
when Porto EicO was made an American
possession that the tobacco and cigars
from that island would make heavy in
roads upon the domestic and the Cuban
products. Although the Porto I;1can pro-
duct IS now well sold throughout this
country, 1t has its own particular clientele
among smokers. for that tobacco, like the
Mexican. is very dark and Of a flavor
peculiar to itself. 1t is much more bitter
than the Cuban leaf which. like it's color
is no doubt also due to the soil in which
1t Is grown, and it does not have that Pc
culfar sui generis aroma which accom-
panies the Cuban article
"A very fine combination and very hard
to obtain. may be made of Mexican filler
with a Havana wrapper. This combina-
ton gives an individual flavor. which,
when once enjoyed and striking tie fancy
of the confirmed smoker has first call
over all other tobacco combinations. It
NAV be that the experiments with Cuban
tobacco seed in some of the Southern
States In soil which the Agricultural De-
partmcnt has declared bears an affinity
to the original Cuban soil will produce In
generation or so tobacco as well flavor
ed as the real Cuban product, but 7
think tho question of the original soil
and clin'atiC Influences cannot lie so cas-
lily solved In the meantime we will smoke
and wait"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07
China's Efforts to Suppress Opium.

IRE plan outlined in the edicts prohil-
ltllS opium is clear. direct forcibp 1t
was evidently meant to be effective 1t
provides, first, that the governors off tha
provinces shall ascertain. through the
local. authorities the exact number of
ac1's under poppy cultivation. The era
of the land used for this purpose shall
then be cut down by one-ninth mart each
yea. so that At the end of nine wears
there VIII be no more land used for such
purposes and the land thus disused"-I
am quoting here from the Chinaman who
translated tho regulations for ne-"shall
never he used for the said purposes
dlsChey the decree their lands shall be
conf1scated. Local officials who make
special efforts and be able to stop tia
CULTIVATION Of poppy before the said
TIME they shall be rewarded with promo
tioES.' f''
The plan provides. second. that "alI
smokers, irrespective of class or SEX must
Io ~ the nearest authorities to get GER
tlncates. in which they are TO writo
lEeir names. addresses, profession, ages
ana the amount of opium smoked each
ddy' Latitude is allowed smokers over
slNt,, Years Of age, but those under six
" must get cured before arriving at
sixty years of age. Persons who sr''oka
OF nuF opium without certificates will he
punished No new smokers viii be al
lowed from the date of prohibition. The
amount of opium supplied to each smoker
must decrease by One-third each year 50
mat within a few years there will be no
opium smoked at all" Officials who
oVerstep the law are to be deprived Of
PIE their names will be posted M
IN thuroushfares and will be deprived of
privileges, in all public gatherings.'-
Success Magazine.
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Goth CONGRESS-.
Continued from Page One.)

T.. Creecey. General Eppa Hutton. a for
mer United States senator. NJ. c. But
Ter. c. s. McNeid, W. r. Kerr and others.
THAT for several years Mr.. Elihu b.
Frost, vice president of the said COM
pany. has been Il continuous visitor at
Washington during Congressional ses-
sions and that he has spent large sums
of money in furnishing entertainment to
members of Congress, and that his eX-
pcndtures along this line amount to
thousands of dollars.
THAT the Senate amendment to the
appropriation bill of March >. 1907, was
prepared and drafted by the attorney for
the Electric Boat Co. for the purpose and
with the intention to eliminate compe-
tition in submarine construction and to
prevent the secretary of the navy from.
exercising any discretion in awarding
contracts for submarines. That n thor
ou2h investigation by an impartial COM
mittce will show That large sums of
money have been spent by the Electric
Boat Co. its officers or agents, con-
tributed to campaign funds of members
of Congress who favor and who have
favored the Electric Boat Cos. monopoly
of submarine construction; also that large
sums of money have been spent to accom-
plish the defeat Of members Of the naval
comlnittce who did not favor the Electric
Boat Co.
THAT an examination of the books and
records of the Electric BOat Co and of
its predecessor, tho Holland Boat Co,
will show that large sums of money have
been paid for their treasures for the
purpose.
THAT continued and repeated efforts
have been made by representatives of the
Electric Boat Co and it's predecessor to
influence the action of the officials of the
navy department, and that such efforts
in tho past were so persistent and noto-
rious as to call for the condemnation and
criticism of high officials of the navy de-
partment, whose testimony can be Sc
cured by an investigating committee.
THAT from 1893 up to the present time
these efforts of the Electric and Holland
Cos have resulted in absolutely suppress
ing any possibility of competition in sub
maine construction and securing and
awarding CT all contracts, either by spe-
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Worlds Largest Bear.

"1'he record breaking bear of the world
from the wilds of the Alaskan Peninsula
now makes his first bow to the general
public through the pages of this maya
zine. For nearly year this great trophy
has been in the hands OF the taxidermists
who have patiently and skillfully mod
eled this giant form in clay and snugly
fitted over the same his immense coat OF
brown fur. / have just had some close
glinlpseS of the huge creature behind the
scenes of the preparation department OF
the Museum of NATURAL History, New
York. and also obtained a series of typi-
cal photos showing his natural appear
ance in life, together with an interesting
account related by q member of the
hunting expedition, as to locality and
some of the incidents connected with his
capture.
"First. here are some Of the enormous
proportions OF the big bear: in life he
was about the size of an OK, and meas
ured nearly nine feet from tip to tail.
stood five feet in height. and weighed
1900 pounds. A striking idea of
the size of the skin can be gained from.
the accompanying photos in comparison
with a six-foot man standing in the CEN
ter. The great hide would easlv afford
cover for eight or ten sleeping men.
while the spread of one Of his long
clawed feet takes IN square foot OF
ground ''-Technical World Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07
Ca||ao and Lima Very
Friendly With Yankees.
Continuous Round Of Festivi-
Ties In Both Cities
In Honor Of Officers and Men OF
Torpedo Boat Flotilla.

Callao, Peru, March 6.-Festivities
given by the Peruvians of both Callao
and Lima in honor of the officers and
men of the visiting second torpedo
boat hotilla of the American Atlantic
fleet continue to make the stay of the
Americans a pleasant one.
\ matinee was given yesterday after
noon at Bella Vista by the perfect Of
Callao. 1t was attended by the AM
erican officers and many Peruvian
naval men including Rear Admiral
Raygade. All the principal families Of
Callao were invited to meet the Am
orleans. A banquet aboard the scout
ship Almirantc Grau was given last
evening
The trip of the destroyer Whipplc,
fla ..ship of Lieptenant Cone, command
CT of the American flotilla, to 4 point
off San Lorenzo island with a party of
students of the Peruvian naval school.
WAS 4 great success. The Whipple
went through 4 series OF manOcuvres
and executed a torpedo drill for the
benefit Of the students. Before thu
"trip To San Lorenzo a breakfast was
given on the transport .IquitoS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07
FUNERALS HELD.
Continued from Page One.)

sibility to aid or to save those whom
the fire was consuming. The inquest
will be resumed Monday.
Chief Wallace of the Cleveland fire
department said today. after an ex-
animation of the ruins Of the school,
it was his opinion that the loss of life
would not have been so great had
there been no partitions at the sides
of the storm doors at the rear en-
trance. Two feet eight inches had
been taken off either side of the hall
for the partitions. His examination
developed that the doors opened out
ward. Chief Wallace doubtless will
be a witness before the coroner's jury
Drastic steps We're taken today by the
school boards to place all the Cleve-
land educational buildings in a con-
dition to preclude any loss of life from
fires. Easements will be fireproofed,
wooden stairwayS will be replaced ny
iron and spiral fire escapes will be en-
closed and the veStibuleS will also be
removed BY an appropriation Of $15.-
600 by the Ohio Legislature and funds
subscribed locally there will be ample
financial relief for the stricken fami-
lies
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07
% FOR BRYAN.
commoner Given Skidoo In Favor Of
Gov. johnson BY Minnesotans.

st. Paul, Mimi, March 6.-The
Democratic state committee of Mime
sofa after a bitter fight today adopted
a resolution endorsing Gov. John A.
johnson of Minnesota for the Demo :
cratic Presidential nomination and
recommending that he be chosen by
the national convention at Denver next
July. AS the meeting of the commit
tee was presided over by Frank c.
Day. private secretary to the governor,
and as Mr.. Day voted for the Johnson
resolution on every test and on the
final ballot, the action of the commit
tee is considered by the political lead
ers as entering the governor formally
for the Democratic Presidential nomi-
nation.
The Johnson resolution was carried
by a vote of 68 to %, after Bryan's
friends had forced two test votes in
both of which Bryan was defeated.
The Bryan men insisted on roll call
on every vote and gave notice in their
speeches on the original resolution
that they would make fight through
out the state for a delegation from
Minnesota to the national convention
instructed for Bryan.
Moreover a meeting Of Bryans sup
porters held at the Ryan hotel i'm
mediatcly after the adjournment of
the state committee formed a Bryan
organization which proposes to carry
the contest against Johnson into every
precinct of the state. The committee
besides adopting the Johnson resOlu-
ton voted that the state convention
to elect delegates to the national con-
vention to be held in st. Paul on
May pa.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07
AWAITING RESULT.
Boston People Interested In lnvestiga
ton of Bakers Death.

Boston, March 6.-Friends of Walter
f. Baker of this city who died sud-
denly at the home of Frank H. Hurd
at Bogota, N. j.. several months ago,
are greatly interested in the investi-
cation the New Jersey authorities are
now making in connection with the
claim of the dead mans brother that
death was due to poisoning. The body
of Mr.. Baker is now at an undertake
er's shop in Hackensack, n. j., having
been removed from receiving tomb
in this city six weeks ago.
Previous efforts on the part of Mr..
Bakers brother to Substantiate his
claim that Walter F. Bakers death was
due to poisoning and which have been
called to the attention of the New
Jersey and New York authorities, were
without result.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07
GOtCh Loses
To Joe Rogers.

New York, March G.-Frank Gotch.
the champion American wrestler, to-
night lost a handicap match to Joe
Rogers, being able to throw Rogers
but twice, the ruling governing the
contest requiring that he should down
Rogers FIVE times within an hour The
men wrcstlcd cGtch-as-catch-c can
style. Gotch secured the first fail in
~ minutes and the second in 1856 NM
utes. Rogers throughout the match
was entirely on the defencive and Of
ten era wleG off the mat to prevent be-
ing pinned down.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07
LYDIA PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

IS what you need to restore health.
Miss Abby +. Barrows, of Nelson
vile, Ohio, writes to Mrs. Pinkham
when 1 wrote to you l was very
nervous, had dull headaches, backache,
and was very irregular. Doctors did me
no good. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and your advice made me
regular, well and strong. l am now in
better health than ever before
Miss Elsie L. Hook, of Chelsea,
Vt, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
II am only sixteen years old, but
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and your advice have cured me
Of sideache, periodic pains, and a ner-
vous, irritable condition after every
thing else had failed"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07
FAcTSF0R SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
womenwho have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, tibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, tiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07

Lilley insisted that he did not know
just what that meant. If Williams
would give him a copy Of the proposed
addition he would be glad to con-
slider it's meaning, he said.
Shortly before the adjournment of
the House, Chairman Boutell got his
committee together and partly organic
ed it. He said afterward that the Or
ganization would be completed at a
meeting to be held tomorrow, when
the question of whether to make the
committees sessions public or private
would be decided
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07
BRITISH PUBLIC ANGRY.
CONTINUED from Page One.)

previously to addressing Lord Tweed
mouth.
Sober second thought may convince
Encls!men that they have done him an
Injustice. In the meantime the newspa-
pers are saying that he should make any
statements regarding the British navy
that he desires to make through the reg
ular diplomatic channels and they are
criticizing Lord Tweedmouth because he
did not Immediately place the letter be-
fore the cabinet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07

Mrs. Elizabeth Griggs. an aged lady
and cousin of Mrs. ]. w. Morrill, died
at their home Monday morning. after
a lingering illness with heart disease.
Funeral services at p. NJ. Tuesday.
The remains were taken Wednesday to
Chelsea, Mass, the former home of
Mrs. Griggs, for interment.
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r@.. FAMILY
RECOMMENDS7~..
Richmond, Me-. Nov. II. 1oo6.

Richmond, Me-, Nov. IL, 1905.
your Bitters have been used for q
great many years in the family, and
We highly recommend them"
Yours truly, L. A. Thurlow.
Everyone can eajoy good health by
:aking an occasional dose Of Il. F."
Atwood's Bitters. They keep the stom-
lch well, the liver active, and the bowels
-egular. They dispel sickness and re.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07

Young women are often great
sufferers for want of proper advice
at just the right time.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass, has
always issued to young girls spec
ial invitation to write to her about
their sickness. She is a mother,
and fully understands.
In nine chances out of ten your
case will be just the same as those of
the Young ladies whose letters follow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07

Rev. Fred S. Walker, who will oc
cupy the pulpit at the Universalist
church next Sunday for the first time
as pastor of the church, arrived Fri
day from Caribou. where he has been
pastor of the Universalist church for
the past five years. Mrs. Walker will
come here within a short time. Mr..
Walker will be entertained over Sun
day at the home of w. S. Spaulding.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07

W. D. Howells. the American author
is in Rome and is a daily visitor to the
new excavations begun by Professor
GiacomO Boni in the Forum, under the
Arch Of Titus, which was erected in 81
to commemorate the conquest Of Jeru-
salem. The new excavation has brought
to light a most interesting Roman
foundation, that of the Temple of Ju-
Diter Stator. which was built three GEN.
turtles before Christ.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-07

A very interesting meeting of the
New Eva Auxiliary was held in the
vestry of the Free Baptist church
Thursday afternoon. Mrs. F. B. Dow
acted as hostess and Mrs. Hongley
Patroness. The program: Roll call;
current events in the missionary world;
James Chalmers in New Guinea"
Mrs Ada Boston; Dutch Missions in
the Dutch East Indies,' Mrs. Mary
GRAHAM. Dainty refreshments were
served