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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
Former Win from Senators,
Latter WhiteWashed.
HIghlanders Beat Athletics 9 to s
...0nly Three Games.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.
Per
Won. Lost. Played. Cent.
American League Games Today.

Philadelphia at New York.
Washington at Boston.
Chicago at Cleveland.
Detroit at St Louis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04

Boston, May 3-Abundant action will
be provided this week for the local
club members. At the Armory A. A.
four fast contests will be held between
welI-matched teams, with Freddie
Welsh, the English lightweight cham
pion. and Dave Deshler of Cambridge
as the chief entertainers The main
bout at the Faneuil Hall A. G.. Friday
night will be between Mickey McDon-
ough of Brooklyn and Jerry Gaines of
Cambridge. Jerry has not fought since
his hard bout with Billy McKinnon
and he is eager to get the man who
fought a draw with Sailor Burke in
the ring. With Jimmy Hanlon VS..
johnny Cavil and Jack Mulkearn vs.
Billy Griffin in the prelimnaries, the
members are assured Of star enter
tainment
Veteran Artie Simms will get back
in the game this week. Artie and
George Frazier. who fought in the
woods near Quincy one Sunday after
noon last fall, have been matched to
box at Lorraine, O., tomorrow night
Eddie McGoorty the man with the
wallop, from Oshkosh, Wis, and Carl
Anderson of Indiana will meet in q
town near New Orleans Wednesday
night, and Mike Glover of South Bos-
ton will get an opportunity to show
his class against Tommy Murphy in
New York the same night
In Paris Honey Melody and Willie
Lewis will come together for the third
alteration. Honey has two victories
to his credit over Willie, but as the
CharlestoWn boy has been out of the
game for some time and Willie has
been boxing in championship form on
the other side there is possibility that
Melody may not do so well as he did
in Chelsea and Valley Falls
Matty Baldwin, who has been on the
shelf since he fought Tommy Carey in
Watervliet. N. Y. will swap punches
with Charlie Griffen. the champion of
Australia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
New York Money Market.

New York, May 3.
Prime mercantile paper 3a@4 per cent.
Sterling exchange 4S6. 206I4S6.3 30 for Coda )
bills at and at 4S7 60 for demand
Commercial bills 4S5iGl4S6
Bar silver 52S.
Mexican dollars A.
Government bonds steady.
Railroad bonds irregular
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
Boston Stock Market.

| Boston & Me.
Bos. & Wors
Bos. & Wors pfd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
Pitisburg Takes a Good One
8 10 z from Chicago.
Philadelphia S, New York 1; St.
Louis S, Cincinnati 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
National League Games Today.

Boston at Brooklyn.
New York at Philadelphia.
Pittsburg at Chicago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
AT NEW YORK.

Hal Chase's return to first base with the
New York American League team after a
spell of smallpox in the South was sig
nalized today by the presentation to him
of a silver loving cup by his team mates
and a to victory over Philadelphia
Philadelphia 20 | o = 0-6-10-4
New York ....6 0 | ! 0 0 x-9-11-6
Observation-Disclosures Dygert krauz and
Livingstone. Lapp: Lake. WARRIOR and
kleinow. Time. 2.29. Umpires. Hurst and
Evans
AT CHICAGO
Chicago ........0 l 0 v 1 x-4-8-1
Detroit ..........0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--O-6-l
Batteries-White and Sullivan; Wi',ett
and Stanage. Time. Las. Umpres. KERN
and Sheridan
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
This Weeks Market Lister Devoted b
statesmen WANTED

To sell tirst-class mining stock. AS
this is a proposition of high standing, we
want only first-class men. who can fur
niSh best references. Liberal commission
to party who can do business. Address
Box 23i. Boston. Mass nayl-t7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21
YetOeS in Pennsylvania and New York

In both Pennsylvania and New York governors have the power to approve or disapprove any items of any appro- priation bill, and the parts approved stand, while the parts disapproyed must be repassed, or else they become mere deadwood. In the Alabama con stitution there is similar provision, but the section in question, No. 126, is rarely utilized.
 This is not the case in Pennsylvania at any rate When the legislature of that rich state adjourned without day it sent to Governor Stuart bills aggre- gating s67,OO0,00O to cover the states expenditures in the next two years. The governor at once got out his spec tacles and began to scrutinize the bills, comparing them with the states re sources. The result was the cutting out of items that total $21, 1000, ,000.
 The Pennsylvania politicians are dazed by the vigor of the governors veto pen. He cut $2,000,000 from the state highway act; he blue penciled the increase in judges salaries, amounting to $5OO,O and the item of $500, 900 for bicycle paths was ve- toed altogether The governor of Penn 1 sylvania has power to reduce items as well as to veto them.
 It is needless to say that public sen timent in Pennsylvania sustains Gov ernor Stuart's drastic work, and if he were eligible for reelection no doubt he would be asked to serve another term. Governor Hughes of New York has done likewise by cauceling with a veto that states bill pensioning the veterans of the civil war at the rate of l S6 month
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Better Than 1907.

We are doing a large business" said Sam Blaoh of J. Blach & Sons, the well known clothiers. Tn spite of the fact that our store was somewhat torn up recently on account of improvements, notably the laying of a tile floor, our spring trade has been highly satisfac- tory.
 Tt is an interesting fact that our trade has grown in volume ever since the panic of 1907 We sold more goods in the spring of 1908 than during the spring of 1907-before the panic and our sales every month of the present year have been considerably larger than our sales dur ing the same period of last year. As We sell only for casli-strlctly for eash-our extensive business shows that money is plentiful in this part of the country. Some persons there are who have habit or complaining They have said that the Birmingham district was passing through hard times and that wage workers had no money to spend. But our experience taught us that different condition eA- isted The people have money and they are spending it wisely and without stint when they see things they need.
 We are enjoying a very fine trade and compared with 1851 the increase has been simply wonderful Birmingham is great town and will be greater. We are de- ternifned to keep up with its growth and will always be ready to welcome and sat isfy our customers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21
JEAN RICHEPIN.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 Richepin has just been received as member of the French Academy, and his elevation to a seat among the .Immor- tals' recalls several amusing anecdotes.
 Immediately after the war with Ger many, where Richepin had fought under Bourbaki, he sought employment as teacher of literature atehe preparatory school of St. Cyr, Paris. He was told that the position was vacant, but the principal acknowledged to him that the position was a very arduous one, saying: "The students will not give any attention to literature. It seems to them so use less and so contemptible that they raise a row with every professor of literature, and not one of these professors has yet been able to keep the position"
 That's all right MT. Director" said Richepin q will take charge of your students
 The next morning Richepin seated him. self at his desk and waited for his schol- ars They came in and began hooting, whisting, stamping their feet; they were suddenly stopped by a deep bass voice, and they listened with some surprise.
 Gentlemen" said -Richepin. "1 beg you to understand that l am not here as a matter of pleasure. I am here to earn my living. Do any of you intend to prevent me from doing so? If you do. i just step outside into the square and 1 tell me so face to face. But it is under stood that, as you and I are very nearly the same age, we will make our explana- tions with our fists"
 As he ended his sentence he banged his big hand on the desk with such force as to break it, scattering all the papers But this was the end of the uproar For the rest of the year the students behaved like little lambs.
 In 1877 Richepin, who was beginning to be known was asked by his publisher, "Would you like to write for the Revue de Deux Mondes?'
 T see no reason to the contrary" Well, let me have a novel, l will sub init it, and I think it very likely that the editor will accept it.
 The editor did accept it. but he in- formed Richepin that In accordance with the rules of the Revue the first work of any author appearing in the Revue was not paid for.
 Richepin was poor and proud, but ob- stinate. "Oh, no'' he declared; mo | money, no novel Return me my manu- script"
 The editor was so amazed at this un- heard of independence that he paid a l fair price for the novel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21
CROSSING THE ATLANTIC

will pass on a ship. Everyone on board had laid out number of things to do on the theory that time will drag. But the days slip by so quickly that little of the work laid out is done. Breakfast Is rare ly over until after g, and by the time one has taken a turn around the deck chicken broth is served at 10:3O. and then before one can get the serious work in hand 1t Is time for lunch. And then it is o'clock before lunch is over, and then tea is served at 3:30, and after a snooza on deck in the afternoon sun. 1t ia time to go to dinner. Dinner is an elaborate meal on shipboard, and after dinner there IS no disposition in anyone to work. One walks the deck in the starlight and prospects on the next days weather. One thing plainsman learns about the ocean sky: Clouds mean nothing and wind means much. With us, 1t is the reverse. On our trip after the second day we had fair weather during the whole trip. But every night clouds whisked across the sky and Kansas man would have prophesied a lowering cloudy day. But the ocean seems to make many meaningless clouds. and the sun broke through them every day before noon, and the ocean, which was dull and fsteel colored during the first half of the trip, grew bluer and bluer, until in the Mediterranean, the lines of Kipling. "the Injun ocean sits and smiles, so soft, so still so bloomn' blue" are about the only ones in literature that fit the scene. In the Mediterranean we had our first sunset of consequence-such a sunset as may be seen any good night after a storm in Emporia at the Santa Fe station looking west on Third avenue. when heavens paint box seems spilled just to the right of the roundhouse and the whole celestial fire department seems to be asleep while the flames are gain ing headway over Nuttings hotel Well, in the Mediterranean they have just such fireworks in the sky and then the sun glows blood red and plunks into a sea that ourdles milk white And then as the milky sea grows lead blue and finally dark indigo as the twilight merges into darkness, the phosphorescence comes out and flashes on the waves near the ship an electric green-ehimmering evenescent
 wonderful, something as far from the Kansas experience as the opium dream And yet it brings back June nights at home with the lightning bugs glowing over wide, velvety lawn under over hanging elms and the hushed, soft lisp ing tread of unseen lover moving through the night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21
Several MiIlionaires.

When I came to Birmingham to live just 12 years ago, nearly everybody, it seemed to me, had been busted said well-known doctor of medicine. '"There were probably not more than a dozen solvent citizens here then. There was no such thing as a millionaire; but the community was full of men of pluck and energy. and it was not long before many Of the more ambitious of them were on the road to wealth.
 To-day large groups of rich men can be countdd. There are seven or eight worth upward of s1 ,OO0.O00. and probably there are a score more who have accumulated as much<as $50O,OOO. The men worth close around s25o,O0O are too numerous to men tion Yes. Birmingham is now what I would call wealthy cfty, and the best of it is all the men who have large for tunes have. 1t is safe to say, acquired them honestly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21

toff took up his quarters in the fortress on April Is, 1907.
 General Stoessel was tried by court martial and convicted of treason to Russia because of the surrender of Port Arthur prematurely. He lowered the Russian flag at Port Arthur on January 1, 1905, and General Nogi hur- ried his men to the front, and they ar rived at Mukden in time, perhaps, to turn that great battle against the Rus sians. Many officers declared that Stoessel could have held out longer, although the Japanese were digging tunnels and bombarding him severely.
 Admiral Nebogatoff surrendered un- der the direct and deadly fire of Ad- miral Togo's guns in the Sea of Japan.
 His choice at the time was limited to a berth at the bottom of the sea or surrender, and he chose the latter. He, too, was courtmartialed and found guilty of treason.
 As a matter of fact both officers were the victims of the graft that hon. eycombed the Russian army and navy. The army organization was defective and the navy was rotten. The men who should have been found guilty of treason to Russia were the grand dukes and other grafters of lower rank. This could not be done, and so Stoes- sel and Nebogatoff became scapegoats until public sentiment demanded their release.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

From the Mail Order Journal.
 A Chicago man who has a large number of employees under him has posted up in the various departments of his establish ment cards which bear the above caption and the following terse rules. These make it very plain what he expects and what he does not expect of those who draw salaries from him:
 Rule I.-Dont lie-it wastes my time and yours I'm sure to catch you in the end, and that's the wrong end.
 Rule I.-Watch your work, not the clock. A long days work makes a long day short, and short days work makes my face long.
 Rule III.-Give me more than I expect and I'll pay you more than you expect. can afford to increase your pay if you in- crease my profits.
 Rule IY-You owe so much to yourself | that you can't afford to owe anybody else. Keep out of debt or keep out of | my shops.
 l Rule V.-Dishonesty is never an acci- dent Good men, like good women, can't see temptation when they meet it.
 Rule VI.-Mind your own business and l in time you'll have a business of your l own to mind,
 Rule VII.-Don't do anything here which l hurts your self-respect. The employe who l is willing to steal for me is capable of stealing from me.
 1 Rule VIII-It's none of my business what you do at night. But if dissipa- | ton affects what you do the next day, and you do half as much as l demand, you'll last half as long as you hoped.
 Rule IX.-Dont tell me what I'd like to hear but what I ought to hear. I don't | want a valet to my vanity, but I need i one for my dollars.
 Rule X.--Don't kick If I kick-if you're
 worth while correcting, you're worth 1 while keeping. I don't waste time cut ting specks out of rotten apples.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21
Financial Condition of the City

Following a custom of his predeces- sors Mayor O'Brien explains at the outset of his term the municipal situ- ation as he finds it. He finds the treas ury void of all moneys except of tne borrowed sort. More money of that nature will be needed in order to bridge the gap between the present time and the payment of taxes next fall.
 And yet Mayor O'Brien finds the general situation encouraging. The losses of revenue due to the adoption of prohibition will soon be made good, says the new Mayor, by gains in other directions. The equalization commits sion is increasing valuations of prop erty for taxation purposes, and the new tax on "intangibles" will bring in still more revenue. "In the near fu- ture," says the Mayor, matters finan- cial will be in healthy condition" in this city. This must be taken to mean that in the coming tax year receipts will, in the Mayors opinion, equal dis bursements, and that there will then be no need of resorting to temporary loans. The Mayor says the city's treas ury is in much better condition than those of many other cities of the south.
 The remainder of the message re- lates to other affairs of the city. The prohibition law is to be strictly en- forced, no matter how many obstacles are encountered. The need of mount ed policemen in the newly annexed districts is presented. The new Mayor respectfully declines the use of the animal known as the Mayors horse. The Mayor very properly winds up his thoughtful message with showing of the city's financial condition on May last. Publicity is an excellent thing and a similar showing on or about the first of each month would keep every intelligent citizen well informed as to the city's finances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21
HOTEL WINDOW BOTTLES.
the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald
 There is an old saying that a well reg 'ulated hotel is like a clock; you can only see the face-the works remain hidden
 Well, can explode that theory. Ger tain things Edo happen, even In the best regulated hotels, that come near driving the manager to juleps, or words to that effect" said the proprietor of leading hotel Wednesday.
 'Who would believe that a woman pay ing $25 day for handsome suite would put milk bottle on the window sill" he asked "Who would credit the state ment that a certain millionaire insists upon keeping two bottles of beer on the ledge In cool weather? You see, the aver age person is not apt to look up at the windows of large hotel. He is too busy hustling along in pursuit of happiness The old cry was dollars, but that is passe We all have dollars-maybe.
 Now, if it makes man happy to have beer bottles in a cool place for his valet to open hurriedly, Ihow is a mere hotel manager going to stop him. But it makes the hotel look like cold storage plant with all the works on the outside, and it hurts the hotel managers feeli; but no one offers balm"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21
Illinois Senatorial Contest

The balloting' for senator that was begun last winter in the Illinois leg islature is still going on. Few take any interest in it. Ex-Senator Hopkins was a machine senator who would have stood close behind the senator from Rhode Island in tariff matters. Per sonally few care what becomes of him.
 But many are apprehensiye that the Hopkins case will injure the cause of primary designation. A primary was held in Illinois and a small majority was recorded in favor of MT. Hopkins. The contention over the returns was bitter, and when the legislature met the contention was resumed in both branches of it. A deadlock speedily resulted and that deadlock exists to- day, and no one can foresee it's ending.
 There is no more hopeful reform  than the direct designation by the peo- pie themselves of the two men who are to represent them in the United States senate. No state that has adopt ed direct action can be induced to re- turn to the old plan. In Oregon the new method resulted in compelling a re- puBlican legislature to elect a dem &cratic senator, but the legislature did it's work faithfully, and the plan is firmly rooted in the distant Pacific state The Oregon plan should be ex- tended to all the states, and the dead lock in Illinois should not be permitted to operate as a check upon one of the most desirable reforms of the period.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21
AT EVENING CAME TO THE
 WOOD.

 By Richard Le Galiienne in the Delin- eator.
 At evening I came to the wood, and threw my self on the breast Of the great green mother, weeping, and the arms of a thousand trees Waved and rustled in welcome, and murmured "Rest-rest-rest! The leaves, thy brothers, shall heal thSe; they sisters, the flowers, bring peace" At length I stayed from my weeping, and lifted my face from the The moon was walking the wood with feet of mysterious pearl, And the great trees held their breath, trancelke, watching her pass, And a bird called out from the shad- ows, with voice as sweet as a girl. And then, in the holy silence, to ths great green mother l prayed; "Take me again to thy bosom, thy son who so close to thee, Aforetime, filial clung, then into the city strayed-- The tainted face of the town, the wine and the harlotry. "Bathe me in lustral dawns, and the morning star and the dew, Make pure my heart as a bird and innocent as flower, Make sweet my thoughts as the meadow rnint-O make me all anew, And in the strength of beech and oak gird up my will with power. q have wandered far, my mother, but here I return at the last Never again to stray in pilgrimage wan ton and wild. broken heart and contrite here al they feet I cast
 0, take me back to thy bosom .' And the mother answered. "Child!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21
Returning Prosperity

Prosperity is returning faster than even the most optimistic prophets had predicted early in the year. The great activity in the pig iron market in March and April was a forerunner of better times, and for several weeks past steel products have been in in- creasing demand. The railroads were slow in resuming construction work and betterments generally, but there is now an active inquiry for steel rails and it is believed that within the next few weeks rail mills will be operating at full capacity in order to keep up with the new business.
 But the most gratifying and in some respects the most significant thing in connection with the industrial world is the announcement that the United States Steel corporation has about de- cided not to reduce the wages of their 100000 or more operatives. Some of the large independent companies in the north that had cut wages are re- storing them. These are facts that tell With such improved conditions busi. ness in the manufacturing centers will be normal again before we know it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21
StOeSSel and Nebogatof

Emperor Nicholas has yielded to the wishes of the Russian public by re leasing from the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul in Petersburg Lieut.. Gen
 Anatole M. Stoessel and-Rear Admiral Nebogatoff, each of whom was serving a sentence of ten years imprisonment
 Each is in poor health, and it is be
 lieved General Stoessel will die in a short time Stoessel began his sen tsnce on March 20. 1908, while Neboga-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
Ie New York Press

From the New York Press.
 The place where the average man gets homesickest is at home.
 One thing a man in jail is spared is be- ing asked to subscribe to reform move ments.
 Even the worst liar on earth will be- lieve 99 per cent of all that is told him by other liars,
 The reason a woman can be so anxious about the children playing in a swing is what if 1t should turn out to be a balloon.
 A woman is much more successful as a teacher than a man, specially if she s pretty and doesn't gtck to the regular course
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21

range in prices which was in evidence the last few weeks.
 Those large consumers who have been in the market recently have for the most part covered for extended de- liveries, but spot buying Is of so gen we'll"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
INCONSISTENCY.

When the heart forgets to beat And the grass is growing green above
 our graves, Freed for aye from lifes despair And the weary loads we bear And the strife OCT which the flag of
 Mamnaon waves, Still, we cling to parting breath, Shuddering to counter death, Setting out upon the way with back
 ward look, Just as if the peace we sighed for And on shadow days we cried for Were a prospect that we find it hard
 to brooki
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-21

And now they are trying to oust Tom Platt from his express company. Chauncey Depew declines to be busted from anything except the Equitable Life.