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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-10
Suicide of Well
known Bath Man

Bath. Me, March 9.-(SpeciaD.-
James Rock, a well-known farmer Of
North Bath, committed suicide today at
his home, by shooting himself with n
large old-fashioned gun. But one shot
was fired, and did the work perfectly.
blowing off the top of his head. leav-
ing most hideous sight for those who
discovered the body.
The old man had planned his death
we'll He had braced the gun against
the stove and then lain down upon a
couch. and by means of a cord at
taChed to the trigger, had been able to
fire the discharge when everything was
ready.
Mr. Rock was aged about so years.
and a son, four daughters and several
grandchildren survive. He was twice
adjudged insane and committed by the
board of aldermen, but gave the Of
ficers considerable trouble in finding
him. The first time several years ago.
two officers went after him. but We're
driven off at the point of gun held
time, quite posse went after him,
and seeing that he was overpowered,
Rock hid in the hay NOW.
\ few years ago, he was summoned
into the municipal court for not pro-
perly caring for his children, and for
failing to provide them with an edu-
cation. He promised to do better and
little had been heardi of him until news
reached here this noon of his suicide.
Rock had been ill for many months
and since Christmas had shown many
signs of insanity. Shortly after IL
o'clock today his two daughters, Mar
raret and Effie discovered him in the
kitchen which is also used as dining
room with an old double barreled gun.
They fought with him to gain posses
sion of the gun and he fought back
and succeeded in keeping it. He warn
ed them that if they persisted IN flgnt-
ing him that he would Kill them
Knowing that he was determined they
hastily left the house and Few MN
utes after heard the report OF the gun
Not knowing whether he had succeed
| ed in his attempt they rushed 70
| neishbors house and DR. Briry, VINO
was there. FASTENED to the scene pu'
Rock had done a good job, blowing MS
! head completely off.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-10

as the scout cruiser Chester, which re-
Gently made record of 1858 knots an
hour average speed in her trials. The
engines in the two vessels are of diff
ferent types. however. the Chester
having turbines of English patterns.
while the birmingham is fitted with
reciprocating engines.
The standardization trial Of the
birmingham is set for next Wednes-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-10
BANGOR.
Woodman, Rep, Re-elected-City Gov.
10 Republicans, 9 Democrats.

Bangor, Me. March 9.-The Republic
cans today elected John F. Woodman
mayor by 1918 majority over J. Ed
ward Sullivan, Democrat, the vote (un-
Officially being: Woodman. PAS: Sulli-
van, 1868.
The Republicans carried Wards 3. 4.
and complete, and elected all three
common councilmen In Ward Z, CIV
ing them four members Of the board
OF aldermen and Is members Of the
common council. The Democrats car
ricd Wards l and complete and elect
ed their alderman in Ward 7. giving
them three members Of the board OF
aldermen and six members of the COM
mon council. This Is gain of three
councilmen for the Republicans and q
corresponding gain Of strength on
joint ballot, the convention Of the two
boards for election Of subordinate off,
GERS standing 10 Republicans to 8
Democrats.
The vote for mayor last year wan
Woodman, 22Sl: Strickland. (D). 1862:
Woodman's plurality, 319. Woodman's
majority this year Is 979. a gain over
last year Of $50.
The aldermen elected today are:
Ward /, John F. Fleming CD; Ward 2,
William Fl. Grady CD; Ward 3, will
liam L. Miller (R); Ward 4. Sidney q.
Robinson (R); Ward s. Arthur b. Has
keIl OO; Ward 6, William H. Gorhain
QO; Ward z, Charles M. Stewart D).
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-10
THE WEATHER
FAI r.

Washington, March 9.-Forccast for
Tuesday and Wednesday for New
England: Fair Tuesday and Wednes-
day; fresh northwest winds.
Boston Forecast.
Boston, March 9.-Forecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Fair Tuesday and
Wednesday, light westerly winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-10

Mr.. Thompson. Canadian member OF
Parliament for Yukon. declares that
within five years the '<londike gold out
put will reach $50 200 year rs thu re-
suit of the operations of the big dredging
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-10
BREWER.

Mayor Charles n. Small, Republican,
Reelected Without Opposition.
Brewer, Me-, March 9.-Charles II.
Small, Republican. was reelected
mayor today with full Republican
Continued on Page Two.) /:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-10

WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD
For colds, chills, cramps. pains, indiges
ton. inssnuia is Sanford'S Ginger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-10
MAYORS=ELECT And COMPLETION OF GOVERNMENTS

The mayors elected and the complexion Of the city govern
ments are as follows:
Augusta Frederick divided
Brewer Charles H. Republican
Belfast Edgar E. Hanson Democrat
r.
Dem
X-Re-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-10
LIN BERlNG UP.

How far the personal popularity and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-10

Clerk-EuGcne Dion, Rep, ia: E. w
Hanks. Dem. .35. For Constable-Jo-
seph Planchctte, Rep. 176, Omer Pat.
Dem
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-22

authorities incline to shirk their duty
or evade the responsibility of their
positions.
In the number of murders in Idaho
county the past two years the county
has gained a reputation that does not
arouse a feeling of envy in any section
Of the country. There have been half
dozen murders and not one conviction.
Every offender has been released on
the ground of self defense.
In almost all other civilized com
munities where life, liberty and
pursuit Of happiness are vouch-
safed the individual under an organized
form of government, it is a difficult
matter for one person to take the life
of another and escape punishment.
Life ought to be held just as sacred in
idaho county as anywhere else in the
world. When a man murders and
there is no question but that he did the
act, he is guilty by every law of God
and man, and TO escape punishment he
should be required to prove beyond
doubt that his own life would have been
taken had he not committed the deed.
The cost of prosecuting doubtful
cases is too fiinsy an excuse to long
endure, and will not be listened to by
the easterner who is looking for a place
to establish his home. If the murder
record keeps up the question will soon
be raised, why did congress grant Idaho
statehood until it became strong enough
to uphold the constitution of the United
States.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-22
August.

June has a winning sweetness all her
own;
July bears up her martial crown
with pride;
But though, 0 August, bring'st the
harvests home,
And scatter'st luscious fruitage
far and wide.
Thy fields are rich with bounties Of
our Lord,
Thy forests don a shade of deeper
sheen,
While slacken wheels Of trade, and
toilers rove
Beside still waters, and through
forests green.
They climb the heights to rest in
summer calm,
And watch the sunrise and the
sunsets glow,
Tired eyes, long used to walls of
brick and stone,
New brightness gain, and Earth
grand beauties know.
For these, fair month, bring forth
thy royal pomp;
Lift mountains blue against the
bluer skv;
Calm, starlight nights, and morn
ings sweet with dew
All filled with blessings, as the
days go by
Yet, watching thee, we feel a touch
Of pain
Thou art Of summer months, the
brightest, last;
a sadness as for some sweet, fading
friend
C'or whom we know the spell Of
COON IS cast.
Soon thou wilt hut a memory be-
SO fast Che seasons crowd each
other on,
The fullness Of the summer ends
with thee
A few short hours, and thou, too,
wilt be gone.
Lillian Grey.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-22
Notice of Puplicasion-IsoIated Tract.
Public Land Sale.

Department of the Inferior, United
States Land Office, Lewiston, Idaho,
July ID, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that, as di-
rected by the Commissioner OF the Cen
eral Land Office, under the provisions
of the act Of Congress approved June
p, 1906 GA Stats, SID, we will offer
at public sale to the highest bidder, at
10 o'clock a. ~, on the 18th day Of
August, next, at this Office, the follow
ing tract of land
The Sc IA sw IA, Section 10, Town
ship % ~, Range D., b. M.
Any persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are advised to
file their claims on objections On on be-
fore the time designated for sale
u. III. BARTLETT,
Register.
BENJAMIN G. BARBOR,
JulyZ5-augZ2 Receiver.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-22
Notice for Publication.

Department Of the Interior,
u. S. Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho,
July IA, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Robert
Bowling, of Lewiston, Idaho, who, on
July IA, 1908, made Timber and Stone
sworn statement, No. 0130, for Lot 3,
sc Ia NV IA, and e IL sw Ia. Sec. l,
Township 29 north, Range east, Boise
to make final proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, Before
Register and Receiver, at Lewiston,
Idaho, on the 7th day Of October, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: Mike
Till, Of Lewiston, Idaho; Grant A.
Arrowood, of Vollmer, Idaho; James
McGillivary, James O'Brien, both of
Spokane, Washington.
T. H. BARTLETT,
july25-sept26 Register.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-22
Notice for Publication.

Department Of the Interior,
u. S. Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho
July 6, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that James
McGillivray, of Spokane, Washington,
who, on July 6, 1908, made Timber and
Stone sworn statement. No. O48. for
Lot 1, Sc IA ne Ia, and IL Sc Ia,
Sec. l, Township 20 north Range
east, Boise Meridian, has filed notice Of
intention to make final proof, to estab-
fish claim to. the land above described,
before II. r. Smith, u. S. Commits
sioner, at Moscow, Idaho, on the 9th
day of October, 1908. Claimant names
as witnesses: Albert j. Mason, of
Spokane, Wash; Mike Till, OF Lewis
ton, Idaho; Robert Bowling, of Lewis
ton. Idaho; John O. Brien, of Spokane,
Washington.
7. H. BARTLETT,
july25-sept26 Register.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-22
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior,
u. S. Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho,
July IA, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Mike Till,
Of Lewiston, Idaho, who, on July IA,
1908, made Timber and Stone sworn
statement, No. 0129, for lot 2, sw IA
ne IA, and W 1-2 Sc IA, Sec. I, Town
ship 20 north, Range 8 east, Boise
Meridian, has filed notice Of intention
to make final proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
Register and Receiver at Lewiston,
Idaho, on the 7th day of October, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: James
McGillivary, John O'Brien, both of
Spokane, Washington; Grant A. AFRO
wood, of Vollmer, Idaho; Robert BOWL
ing, of Lewiston, Idaho.
T. H. BARTLETT,
july25-sept26 Register.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-22

The editor Of the Whitebird hide
pendent was asked if he ever saw a
baldheaded woman, and this was his
answer: mo, we never did, nor did
we ever see a woman waltzing around
town in her shirt sleeves with a cigar
in her teeth and running into every sa-
loon she saw. We have never seen a
woman go fishing with a bottle IN her
pocket sit on the damp ground All day
and come home drunk at night. Nor
have I'VE ever seen a woman yanls off
her coat and say she could lick any man
in town. Bless her soul, She's not built
chat way"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-22

A man in Arkans3s was killed by a
wild hog a few days ago. Arkansas
may have to begin growing safety
"razorbacks"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-22

Be booster for Elk City. There is
nothing more worthy Of your efforts.
II is the best investment you can make
and it doesn't require time or money.
either.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-22

Hon. j. n. Brady Of Poeatello, who
is chairman OF the republican state
central committee, BIAS announced his
intention % soon retire from chat posi-
ton Mr Brady Is one of Che frst mon
mentioned for governor on tle republl-
ean ticket ~ che chairman of the
siate olTanilatiop, Nr Brady bias
rendered hIa party valuable aeviee.and
haf dem9nsuated that he has lnasual
eHeept.fe anNlty pnrnf ~ telm ~
ole t namDfl ~ important political
NmNons base teen mef and aetled
uehf asr n harmq0y .n ~ paris p
neeuef Hnd ~ y fa|i ~ aIste
organization Nea 04onan nnd mono
eN.eiff aH0 \ f.ll aa. De.n l.fe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08
to the customs of chivalry. Of course

to the customs of chiyalry OF course
we don't expect q modern man in
pressed trousers, patent leather shoes
and high collar 10 buckle on a suit of
armor and fight somebody for us, but
we do believe-and we think that every
woman feels the same way-that, he
should treat US with little more def
erence than he does his young men
friends. But. even so. the boys are not
altogether to blame. In being anxious
to be regarded as good fellows some
Of the young women have rather en-
couraged these liberties, and SO the
young men have fallen into ungallant
ways"
DO you think your plan will work.
Miss Wheeler was asked.
1T will have to work with the bows
we know of or We will hunt
other young men friends was the
answer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Today's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock, Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island. April S.-Following
are the wholesale prices in the local
market today:
Provisions and Produce.
Esgs-Fresh, 12kc to 13c.
Live Poultry-Spring chickens. 1Oc
per pound; hens. per pound. 9; ducks.
per pound, &c; turkeys, per pound,
lac; geese. per pound, &c.
Butter-Dairy, Csc to &c.
Lard-10c.
Vegetables = Potatoes, Csc; onions,
$l.15.
Live Stock.
Hogs-$4.75 to $500.
Strengthening or over, $500 to
$500: lambs, 81 so to s6.75.
Cattle-Steers, $500 to $500; cows
aud heifers. $500 TO $500; calves, $500
to $3.50.
Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Corn, CSC; oats. sc to 53c.
Forage-Timothy hay, $t1 to $13:
prairie. $500 to $1,000: clover, $1O0
to $11.00; straw, 5000.
Coal-Lump. per bushel. 14c; slack,
per bushel. &c to SC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08

earth. It's eqnator bHlges; It's polar
regions are drawn inward. Meclian-
ical laws assure us that the cause Is
to be found in the fact that the earth
and the other planets have assumed
shape under the influence of the CEN
trifugal force of their rotation. That
force is necessarily greatest at the
equator. Beginning as completed mol
ten bodies, they have commenced to so
lidify at the surface after having as
sumed an ellifordal form due to their
rotation.
Shows Arrangement as to Density.
Another very significant fact is that
the shape Of the earth corresponds with
that which a globe rotating with its
velocity would have il composed of
materials arranged to their density
that is to say, growing denser toward
the center. The heaviest materials
must be deep down in the globe: the
lighter materials have remained at the
surface. This again corresponds with
the facts OF observation. We. know
the total weight" and the average
density of the earth. Iteweighs" six
sextillions of tons. and it's average
density is five and n half times that of
water. But the substances composing
the crust OF the earth have an average
density Of twice that of water. It
follows that the heaviest things in the
earth, on the average. exist deep with
in its exterior. For all that we can
tell, its inner core may be wholly me-
tallic. At the center there is probably
an enormous aggregation of dense me-
tallic substances
An indication that the inner parts of
the earth consist largely if not mainly
or iron is to he found in the. mag
netism of the globe. The earth is a
great permanent magnet. If we could
learn the facts it might turn out that
iron is the most abundant substance
in the solNr system and perhaps in
the whole universe. The majority of
the meteorites that fall upon the earth
consist of solid iron. Blow the earth
to pieces and in the resulting cloud
of fragments the rocks that we are
familiar with would be almost imper-
ceptible. There would be a rain of
iron and other metals descending upon
the moon and upon any other attract
ing body in the vicinity.
This view of the interior of ths
globe diSposeS of the notion, so pictur-
esquely developed in one of Jules
Nerne's romances, of the existence of
vast cavernous openings in the inte-
rior OF the earth. Such void spaces.
though on no large scale. may exist
in the upper part of the crust, but not
at great depth. The earth is ef-
fectfvely more solid than cannon
ball, and the movable rocks compos.
Ing its crust are like film of rust on
the hard metal.AProfessor Garrett T.
ServisS In New York American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08
EARTH'S INTERIOR
Gore of This Planet Said to be
Liquid Yet as Rigid as Though
it Were Steel
UNDER ENORMOUS PRESSURE
Neither Rock Nor Metal Could Re
main There In the State in Which
We See 1t on Surface.

The idea that the interior o; the globe
Is composed of flowing lava has long
since been abandoned. but the picture
that modern science offers of the in
side of the earth is hardly less ap-
palling. All investigations unite to
prove that the heat increases as we de-
scend deeper in the terrestrial crust
at such rate that forty or fifty miles
down no substance with which we are
acquainted could remain unmelted. And
yet the same science tells us that the
core of the globe is enormously more
rigid than the hardest steel This ap-
parent contradiction is due to the ire
mcndous pressure inside the earth. No
rock and no metal can remain there in
the state in which we see it on the sur
face. It's molecules must lose the ad-
herence characteristic Of solid bodies
in consequence of the heat, but still
they are not free to flow like an ordi-
nary liquid. because of the compression
to which they are subjected.
The phenomena of earthquakes have
given wonderful information about the
internal state of the globe All OBJ
seryations show that the shocks Of
earthquakes are confined to a thin up
per shell. They originate at q depth
of only few miles at the most. But
the vibrations which they set going
are felt all through the earth, often ex-
tending to the antipodes. The great
core, held rigid by the pressure. is ex-
tremely elastic, and it responds to a
shock like ball of steel or of glass
The density of the earth increases to.
ward the center. 1t is only in the up
per part of the crust that local move
ments can take place, causing shocks
and changes of level at the surface
Deeper down everything is gripped and
immovable. except, as already re-
marked, that the molecules of the rocks
and metals there are subject to vibra-
ton like those of bell against which
q blow is struck
But this is not all. Whenever a local
release from the pressure is brought
about by changes near the surface the
potentially liquid but effectually solid
core at that point may suddenly be-
come fluid and gush forth through
volcanic throat or other vent, But
such effects cannot extend to any great
depth. Nothing comes to us from the
vast interior mass. That remains q
perpetual mystery, far beyond the
searching hand of science Indirectly,
however, we may learn much about it.
Astronomical considerations throw a
great deal of light upon the subject.
We see that through the planetary sys-
TEN rotating globes are fattened at the
poles. The same thing is true Of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08
shall lift Ills hat. removing it entirely
from his head

Sudii IlIt MS HAT, removing 1t entirely
from his head
When young man meets one of the
young women of the club and stops to
talk with her, be must hold his hat in
his hand while the conversation contin
ues.
THE indications are that the average
young man is losing the old time re-
spect for woman merely because she
is a woman" said Marie Wheeler. one
Of the members of the Leap Year club.
THE custom in small towns Of doing
away with chaperons. the co-educa-
tional institutions and the camaraderie
that exists between American boys
and girls and young men and young
women have had a tendency to break
down the natural barriers that should
be kept up.
What the girls of this club desire to
do is to get back in some small manner
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08
EUREKA 4!
Yes, / Have Found II, at Last.

Found what? Why that Chamber
lain's Salve cures eczema and all
manner of itching of the skin. have
been afflicted for many years with
skin diseases. l had to get up three
or four times every night and wash
with cold water to allay the terrible
itching, but since using this salve in
December, 1905. the itching has stop
ped and has not troubled me.-Elder
John T. Ongley, ROCKVILLE, Pa, For
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08
ADVOCATES OF CHIVALRY.
Leap Year Club Girls Demand Ways OF
aye Knights" From Youths.

The Leap Year club. composed of a
number of girls of the younger societ.
set of Muncie, Ind, has taken ad
vanced ground onsthe question of chiv-
airy and has declared in favor of re-
turn to the manners of men in the
days when knighthood bloomed." To
see what can be done toward bringing
young men of their acquaintance they
have established 4 set of rules. which
they will require them to live up to,
the penalty being social ostracism.
). The first rule adopted is that every
young man meeting a girl acquaint-
ance in the street or q public place
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08
THE MARKETS.

Chicago, April s. Following are
the market quotations today:
Wheat.
May, S91s, 911a. SO, 913s.
July. S51s, S61s, SIS, S6ss.
September, SAY, S5s, S41s, SIS.
Corn.
May, 663s, CIV, 661s, 67A.
July, 63N. 641a. 63A, .641a.
September, 62A, 631a, 629s, 63ss.
Oats.
May, 52s, 52%, SO, 525s.
July, 45s, 457s. As. 45A.
September, 36A, 379s, 365s, S71s.
Pork.
May, 1885. 1880, 1885, 1850.
July, 1867, 1885, 1857, 1885.
September, 14.05, 14.17, 14.02, 14.17.
Lard.
May, S.25, S.37, S25, S.37.
July, $50, $50. $50, $50.
September, SGT, $50, SOS, $50.
Ribs.
May, 7.12, 1922, 7.12, 1922.
July, 7.S7, $50, 1865, $50.
September, $50, 7.72, 7.6O, 7.72
Rec }pts today: Wheat, So; corn,
2S9; oats, 81; hogs, $4,000; cattle,
$4,000; sheep, $4,000.
Hog market opened steady Hogs
left over, $780, Light, $5.75@6.2O;
mixed and butchers, $5.S0@620; good
heavy. s5.75@G.15; rough heavy, s5.75
@5.9O.
Cattle market opened strong.
Sheep market opened steady.
Omaha: Hogs, 5000; cattle, 5000.
Kansas, City: Hogs, 10000; cattle,
5000.
Hog market closed weak to 5
cents lower. Light, s5.65@61O; mixed
and butchers, s5.75@6.15; good heavy,
rough heavy, $5.70@5.S5
Cattle market closed steady. Beeves,
$4.60@7.30; cows and heifers, $2.15@
$50; stockers and feeders, $3.25@5.35.
Northwestern receipts
Minneapolis. Today, 154: last week
203; last year, 1874. Duluth: Today,
10; last week, Al; last year, 16S. ~
Liverpool opening cables-Wheat Is
to " lower, corn unchanged.
Liverpool closed - Wheat q to d.
lower, corn unchanged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08
Notice..

The undersigned is duly authorized
by order of the referee in bankruptcy
to sell all the property and effects of
John T. Noftsker, bankrupt. either at
public or private sale. Property con-
sists 6fNhardware, stoves, tinware and
other household furniture. The I'M
dersigned, therefore, gives notice that
they will accept bids on all or parts
of said stock up to and including
April s, 1908. Opportunity to exam
inc stock is open to all at any time
during business hours.
CENTRAL TRUST G. SAVINGS
BANK, Trustee,
For John T. Noftsker, Bankrupt
All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS.