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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
HENRY R. PRfWITT
Head of Campaign by State
Democratic Committee.

State Central and State Executive
Committees, at meeting of the
Joint committees at the State Fair
Grounds was chosen Chairman of
the Democratic State Campaign
Committee and Ben johnson was
elected Secretary of the Campaign
Committee, and Louisville was
chosen as headquarters for the
committee for the campaign. This
action on the part of the commit
tee revokes the action of the CON-
mittee some time ago when Lex
ington was chosen headquarters
for the Campaign Committee and
Thomas Combs was made Chair
IMAM of the State Campaign Com
mittee A new Campaign Com
mittee was also chosen. The reso-
lution adopted by the joint COM
mittee naming Mr.. Prewitt Chair
man and providing for the Cam
paign Committee was offered by
Mr.. Combs himself and is as fol-
lows:
NAMES THE COMMITTEE.
Be it resolved by the Democrat
ic State Central Committee that
the following named gentlemen be
and are hereby designated and APP
! pointed to conduct the State Cam
paign for the year 1909; Henry
X. Prewitt. Thomas A. Combs,
Allie w. Young, Ollie M. James,
William Adams, j. A. Sullivan,
w. A. Berry, }. G. g. Mayo, Ben
johnson.
The Hon. H. h. Prewitt is here
by designated as Chairman of said
Campaign Committee and the Hon.
Ben johnson is hereby designated
as Secretary thereof. Said COM
mittee is authorized to do any and
all things that may be necessary
for the proper conduct of the said
campaign. The city of Louisville
is hereby designated as the head
quarters of said campaign COM
mittee. Said committee is further
authorized and empowered to fill
any vacancies that may for any
reason occur.
+ CONGRATULATE THE DEMOCRATS.
A resolution was offered by Will
A. Young congratulating the de-
mocracy of the city of Louisville
on excellent ticket nominated on
july 2.
Campaign headquarters will be
opened up as soon as possible and
all the aid possible will be given
the Democrats of Louisville in the
campaign for the election of the
local ticket. The committee was
unanimous and nothing but har-
mopy prompted the move. 1t is
said that Senator Combs will be
Vice Chairman of the Committee.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08

Il suffered habitually from con-
stipatiOn. DOan's Regulets re-
lieved and strengthened the bowels,
so that they have been regular
ever since. "A. r. Davis, grocer,
Sulphur Springs, Tex. S-5.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08

Don't waste your money buying
plasters when you can get bottle
of Chamberlain's Liniment for 25
cents. A piece of flannel damp
ened with this liniment is superior
to any plaster for lame back, pains
in the side and chest, and much
cheaper. Sold by all dealers. st.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
TEMPERANCE.
Should the Liquor Traffic be
Abolished -?

Whence comes the wealth that
flows through the liquor traffic
into the national treasury9 The
money which the traffic draws
from the public in one year
would meet all the net expenses
of the government, and not only
pension all the disabled soldiers,
and give an old-age pension of
twenty dollars a month to all per-
sons over sixty years, but would
also provide for the education of
each child in the United States
from five to eighteen years of
age" The silver dollars used
yearly for liquor, when laid one
on top of the other, it is said,
would make a column two thous-
and nine hundred and ninety-two
miles high. In return, the traffic
gives to the nation nothing to
clOthe, to feed, to develop, or to
comfort her people. For value
received ID gave, during one year,
about two thousand five hundred
smothered babes, five thousand
suicides, ten thousand marders,
sixty thousand fallen girls, three
thousand murdered wives, forty
thousand widowed mothers, one
hundred thousand paupers, one
hundred thousand orphaned child
rem, one hundred thousand crimi-
nails, one hundred thousand drunk
ards graves, one hundred thous-
and fallen boys"
If we tolerate the liquor traffic,
we must support it, and that
means hundreds of millions of
dollars every year worse than
wasted. Then it will cost us the
manhood of our boys and the pu-
rity' of our girls The business
must have them, or it will 90
down. AS the flour mill needs
wheat, 50 the liquor traffic must
have boys. The success of our
business" said liquor dealer, SIS
dependent largely on the creation
of an appetite for drink. The
open field for this creation is
among the boys" While the in
fanny of business whose purpose
is the destruction of our youth
cannot be measured in words, the
following incident gives a sadly
true picture of the traffic.
Gentlemen, want you to I'M
derstand that | am a liquor dealer.
| keep a public house at --, but
| would have you know that |
have license, and keep a decent
house. i cont keep ioafers and
lOungers about my place; and
when IA man has enough, he can't
get any more at my bar. | sell to
decent people, and do a respecta-
BILE business. Friend" replied
a Quaker, that is the most dam
nable part of thy business. If
thee would sell to drunkards and
loafers, thee would help to kill off
the race, and society would be rid
of them. But thee takes the young,
the poor, the innocent, and the
unsuspecting, making drunkards
and loafers of them. When their
character and money are all gone,
thee kicks them out, and turns
them over to other shops to finish
off, and thee ensnares others
and sends them On the same
road to ruin.
More than this, if we tolerate
the liquor traffic, what shall be
done for the increasing number of
widows and orphans which it
turns over to the worldl If that
unhappy number to-day stood
hand in hand, they would belt the
globe three times. Ninety per
cent of all crimes come directly or
indirectly from the liquor traffic;
but how can we condemn the re-
suit when we legalize its cause!
The United States spends two
l. .~.,,nl, Co.,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-08
TELLS HIS STORY.
Discovered North Pole After Pen
etrating 'vaStneSS of Snow
and Ice.

from DR.. Frederick A. Cook on
his experiences in the arctic re-
gions.
After a prolonged fight with
famine and FROST" says DR.. Cook,
I'VE have at last succeeded in
reaching the North Pole. Land
has been discovered on which rest
the earth's northermost rocks.
"A triangle of 10000 square
miles has been cut off the terres-
tial unknown.
The expedition was the out
come of summer cruise in the
Arctic seas in the schooner Brad
ley, which arrived at the limits of
navigation in Smith Sound in Au-
gust, 1907.
Immense quantities of meat
had been collected and about the
camp were plenty of strong dogs.
All that was required was conven-
iently arranged for at a point only
700 miles from the boreal center.
"A house and workshop were
built of packing boxes. At sun
rise of February 10, 1908, the
main expedition embarked on its
voyage to the pole. 1t consisted
of eleven men and lO3 dogs, draw
ing eleven sledges.
The expedition left the Green
land shore and pushed westward
over the troubled ice of Smith
Sound. The gloom of the long
night was relieved only by few
hours of daylight. AS we crossed
the heights of Ellesmere Sound to
the Pacific slope the temperature
sank to SO degrees below zero.
I'VE forged our way through
Nansen Sound to Lands End. In
this march we secured lO1 musk
oxen, seven bears and 335 hares.
We pushed out into the polar sea
from southern point of Herbert
Island, on March Is. With four
men and forty-six dogs the moving
supplies for the eighty days cross
ing the polar pack was begun.
Three days after two other
Eskimos returned and the men had
now been reduced by the survival
of the tittest. The two best men
and 26 dogs were picked for the
final effort. There before us, in
an unknown line of 400 miles lay
our goal. For several days after
the sight of known land was lost.
On March 30, the horizon partly
cleared and new land was dis
covered. Our position was lati-
tude, SAT-.
I'VE advanced steadily over the
moving sea of ice and now found
ourselves beyond the range of all
life, neither footprints of bears or
the blow-hole of seals being de-
tected. Our observations on
April 6 placed the camp in lati-
tude $685.. We were now about
200 miles from the pole, and our
sledge loads were reduced. One
dog after another went into the
stomach of the hungry wolves.
"On April 81 we had reached
eighth-mne degrees, fifty-nine
minutes fifty, six seconds. We
soon covered the remaining four
seconds. / told Etukisbook and
Ahwelsh (the accompanying Eski-
mos) that we had reached the
North Pole. At last the Ameri-
can flag foated to the breezes at
the pole. 1t was April 81, zoos.
The temperature was 80 below
zero, the latitude 90, longitude
was zero.
Although crazed with Joy, our
spirits began to undergo a feeling
of WEAKNESS. The next day,
after taking all our observations,
sentiment of intense solitude
penetrated us while we looked.
There was no ground, only an i'm
mensity of white snow; no living
being, no point to break the
frightful mOnOtony.
"On April % we started on our
return trip"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-16

time Of the explosion was lois a. NJ.
Without tho slightest warning and
with everything working with its ac-
oCustotncd smoothncss there came Il
muli.Id roar. followed by the clatt
ana thud Of failing bricks, tmbcrs and
boiler iron. Men ram for their lives
The horses at work upon the ice were
scIzod with a panic and several Of
them ram away. \ cloud of smoke and
dust hid The boiler house, which was
strn to /" entirely demolished as soon
Us tn smoke, had cleared away. There
was a second Of terror and uncertainty,
When even those who knew that the
worst had been accomplished and that
there Was but one boiler to explode,
waited to sec or hear further tokens Of
disaster.
None came. Hastily running to the
scene, the men who were uninjured eX-
!. ctcd to find at least q score of their
com pa nlons in the ruins, which had
now taken fire.
y norti0n Of the crew turned to with
rails Of water and put out the flames.
Willie the others gave attention to the
work of rescue.
Ridley. the engineer. was in the en-
sine room at the time of the eNplo-
sion and was blown a distance of ID
or ~ feet from til" site of the house,
that structure having been completely
demolished The top of his head had
been blown off and his features were
scarcely recognizable.
hutchinson had lost both legs 1T
was troueht advisable to hurry him
I I,,
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Washington March 15.-Today after
ne of the stormiest sessions in its
history the House of Representatives
cSardless Of PARTY alignment adopted
~ a vote of 211 to 172 a resolution by
fitzgerald, Dem, New York, whereby
he rules We're amended in several i'm
portant particulars The resolution
vas substitute for one offered by
Clark of Missouri the minority leader.
It's adoption was accomplished only
pfter the insurgents" with the aid of
he Democrats with one or two eXCep-
tions had won a decided victory by
Voting down a resolution by Dalz"n,
Pa, making the unamended rules of
the Goth Congress applicable to those
Of the present Congress.
The call of the roll on the resolution
was followed with intense interest.
such was the excitement that Clark,
Mo, got into spirited colloquy with
Dalzell. who had mounted the rostrum
10 read the resolution of the minority
leader Clark wanted him ordered
away from the desk, to which pro-
ceeding Dalzell objected. saying he had
a right to know what the measure con-
tanned. This incident led to con-
troversy with the Speaker. which last
ed long enough for Dalzell to get the
information he desired and he left the
platform and returned to his seat.
Shortly aftcrward when FitZgerald's
resolution was up, Fitzgerald got into
A controversy with Clark who desired
him to yield for a question. Much bit
terness was displayed by the two men.
Fitzgerald at first refused to yield. 3e
subsequently did 50. but Clark declin-
ed his proffer of time, remarking that
the New York member would live to
regret his action. To this Fitzgerald
retorted that he was not to be scared
by any threats.
AS analysed by parliamentarians the
amendment makes three important
.hanges First, it establishes Cal
andar for unanimous consents the eff
feet of which is to enable member
o have a proposal brought before the
House without having to go to the
Speaker for recognition. This change,
they say, will be relief to the
Speaker.
Second, when consideration Of a bill
is concluded and the previous question
s ordered, the rules heretofore have
provided for motion to commit with
Or without instructions. 1t has been
the practice to recognize member Of
the majority party to make this mo-
ton and thus prevent the minority
from Offering such instructions as 1t
may desire. The new rule gives the
minority the preference in making
such a motion and thus enables them
to get a record vote on propositions
which would otherwise be settled In
committee of the whole House, where
no record vote is possible. Third. lit
protects the calendar Wednesday by
requiring a two-thirds instead Of a ma
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Shocks the People Of
Bucksport Monday,
RAYMOND Heath Cuts Throat of
And Kills His Wife.
1hepISIashe sE0wn Throat and Bod.
les Are Found.

Bucksport Me, March 15.-Family
roubles between Raymond Heath, 20
years old, and his wife. few years
Younger eliminated this forenoon,
when Heath slashed his wifes throat
with a razor, then, cut his own throat.
Roth are dead. The tragedy took place
in the heart of the village, Mrs. Hea III
living in a cottage on Center street. a
few doors off Main street and in sight
Of the postofficc There We're no eve
witnesses but Coroner T.. l.. BeaSley
who made an immediate investigation
saws there is no doubt but that Heat!
dashed into the house where Mrs.
Heath was washing dishes at the sink
sashed her throat, then went up stairs
and severed his own jugu!ar. a trail
and pools of blood about the house
pla;nly tell the story.
The double tragedy ended married
life stormy for number OF years, hus-
band and wife having been living apart
for some months, the latter having
applied for a divorce.
Heath, who was formerly Il fisher
man and also had been mate of coast
ing vessels, was WidoWer with Il
number of grown up children. He
married Mrs. Alden Hartman. a
widow. also with several children,
about 10 years ago. Heath spent the
most of his time at sea but when at
home frequently quarrelled with his
wife, While he was not a hard drinler
he was of quarrelSOmc disposition
when not morosc Last fall he was be-
fore the municipal court on complaint
Of his wife, who showed bruises which
she said had been inflicted by her hus-
band. The judge ordered Heath TO
furnish bonds to keep the peace and
that the household property be divided.
Mrs. Heath began proceedings tor d.
yorce and Heath. when not at sea, liv-
ed in boarding house. Mrs. HEATH
kept house for her two grown up sons
employed in the tannery here ana re-
lied upon them to Il considerable *
tent for protection.
The first intimation of the tragedy
was about o'clock this morning Wheh
Mrs Heath was seen to run from h"r
house screaming with blood streaming
from two cuts in her throat. she fcii
about so feet from her house ana was
dead when several people rushed TO her
assistance. Heath had been seen on
the street bat a short time before ana
although no one saw him enter the
house, his body was soon found ON the
upper floor.
Two sons by Hcaths first wife, Joil
OF Kansas City, and Fred of Guil1oiu
survive Two sons of Mrs. Heath sur
vive, Webster and Harold Hartmann
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Gardiner, Me. March To- SpcciaD.-
sne boiler 1t the Rich &c" house of TIE
American Ice co. in FarminSdalr
Monday forenoon two men lost their
lives and two others were injured
THE DEAD:
Ralph f. Ridley. aged =. engineer
OF LitchGcld. Unmarri"d. Top of head
blown off: Killed Instantly. Remains
taken to Amcsbury & WakcGcll's un-
d, rita king rooms. Gardiner
Herbert l.. Hutchinson. aged -, saw
fi!er OF Maple street, Loudon hill Hal
lowell. Married. Died of internal iriu
RIGS while on the way from the scene
of the explosion. Remains taken to his
home at Loudon hin.
THE INJURED:
Charles +. Murphy, laborcr, Of Fh"l-
sea. Both legs broken Taken home.
Ross Moore. laborcr. of SO Central
street, Gardiner, bruises to head. Went
homo.
About 100 men were at work in and
about the Rich ice house when tn"
explosion occurred. nh" Rlch nous"
is the most northcrly located of tho
string on this section Of Che river. 1t
Is on the west side of the river. and is
the only ice house of the American lee
CO. III Fa.mingdalc.
just how tie explosion occurred Will
probably always remain mystery.
."rhc man who could tell us the most
about it is dead" said Manager J.. G.
Ballard to 4 konncbrc journal man
Monday AFTERNOON. ''and We have n"
way of knowing Just how the cXplo-
sion nCcurre q.
The boiler, while not u new one. was
surposed to be safe 1t has been stated
that it was many wears old and hAd
been through enc fire. bat this stat
mcnt could not be verified. Mir Hai-
lard made 10 Stat"mo nj as To TN" a%"
of tn, boiler, but told the Journal ma:
that he had told Ridley to HAY" Tn"
engine put in thorough ordcr hcfort
undertaking To operate tn" WORKS.
Tie engine house was locate" O" the
southern side Of the lc" E"US" ana
contained the boiler. which was OF Su: p
fcient size to furnish the steam for a
45-horscpowor engine. The engine IT.
turn 9p, rated the elevator "r c"nN"N"i'
fer carrying the ice cakes from the
river to the ic" house
Work ut the Rich ice house had b"Nr
in progress two weeks, and il was
nearly full In fact the work "f run
ming" the last tier was under WAY
when the explosion came
AS nearly as can be asccrtaned inc
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an emergency gathering Monday evening
at the room of the committee on legal af-
fairs The immediate cause of this as
semblng was the turn of affairs in the
House Monday afternoon in connection
with the Eaton resolve. Senator Staples
presided and the possibility of what
might happen If few Democrats should
happen to be absent when the resolve
came up again in either body was dwelt
upon by the speakers and an effort made
to hold the members of the minority party
in line III opposition to its passage.
Although no definite action was taken
thy party leaders urged strongly upon
GA, II member the necessity for remaining
in attendance on the legisla tive sessions
at all Tires until the resolve was finally
CiSrcs Il Of.
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1oDAY'S JOURNAL CONTENTS
Page One.

Page One.
LEGISLATURE AND TELEGHAPii.
Lively Session in Maine House
Matters in Both Branchrs-is ~, ~
nl"des. Killing Two and badN ii'i , an3
Two Others at Eich's Ice House. Farm
rgdale--poublc Tragedy AT 'uckspnrt-
6lst Congress in Session EXTRAORDINARY
Page Two.
TELEGRAPU-nau in BAN
Bangor and RelfaSt-pittsiirld. oko"''c
gan and Gardiner Local News.
Page Three.
LOCAL. Gardiner. fialowclI, Winthrop
and National Home Local News
Page Four.
Observation-Disclosures N"ticeS-i-,,u
coin and Sagadahoc County NewS,f,I'ihil,
Deaths and Marriagcs-Track ana Stapie
Gossip
Page Five.
LEGISI .ATIVE-P Of Maine
House and Senate.
Page Six
EDiTORIA.~Co Congress in Special SEES Sc.
Slon-rhc Critics Of Womah-' til
Maine GoSSip-prC%s Comments.
Page Seven.
CLASSIFIED ADS-Wantcd edo Lee
For Sale-1.ost Real Estate-itn'e,I,,
County News Notes of Books ana -Nu-
thorS
Page Eight.
lEGiSLATINE-S tcnoGrap!nc i'cp'' VI
Maine House and ScEata.
Page Nine.
LOCAl.-Mayor johnson lnaustra ,,nl
and New City Government Effects oTSan
ization~I.ist of Minor CRY oii1c'a''
County News
Page Ten.
LoCAI.-t'igurcs Showing Travel g.; oVo of
ltnes Hill Crossing A"'uS"n .ch'S--i'' "
Unclaimed Letters at Postothce.
Page Eleven.
LOCAL-Changc OF Schedule on ~ p s.I
ioW-Gardiner Linc-Suprcrle toc' t,o,,c =
Estate Observation-Disclosures l'e''i"
Grange News
Page Twelve.
TELEGRAPH AND SPORTING
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INSURGENTS SUCCEED
IN AMENDING RULES.
With Aid Of the Democrats They Make
Several important Changes in House
ProCedurG---Cannon Is Reelected.

iority vote to set 1t aside Fourth. it
is further argued that the amendment
viii have the effect of preventing ia
voritism by the action Of the commit
tee on rules in special cases. a prom
nent feature of the Clark resolution
was an amendment providing for
committee of IL members to revise,
amend and Codify the rules and much
of the opposition to it was because of
this fact. AS adopted the Fitzgerald
amendment makes no change In the
present method of the selection of the
committee On rules, which IL made by
the Speaker. nor does it make any
change in the method of selecting COM
mittces.
Speaker Cannon is inclined to regard
the amendment as a slight improve
ment on the present rules, in that In
stead Of throwing the responsibility
for recognition on him. it sets aside
certain days for the consideration of
measures under unanimous consent;
but he says. under the new rules.
m@mhers will have to wait for those
days
In q conversation soon after the ac-
ton of TIE House he commented free
" upon the fact that Mr.. Bryan had
interfercd in the interest of the
changes submitted by Clark and spoke
of the adoption of the Fitzgerald sub
st.tutc as triumph over the Bryan
forces saying that the conservative
CONTINUED on Page Twelve.)
Hot Stuff for Cramps, Colds, chilIs
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Maine LEGISLATURE,
SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION
SENATE.

Monday, March Is, 1909.
scnatc called to order by the Presi-
| dent
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Hayden Of Car
| diner.
| Journal of the previous session read
| and approved.
Papers from the House disposed of
i in concurrence.
House Bills Read and Assigned.
An Act to authorize the Sebasticook
Power Company to issue additional
bonds
An Act legaliZing the assessment and
commitment of taxes in the city Of
Ellsworth for the years 1903 and 1904.
An Act to amend Section AS of Chap
ter 123 Of the Public Laws of 1905, as
amended by Chapter 43 of the Public
Laws Of 1907. entitled AN Act for the
protection of children"
An Act to provide for 4 fire and po-
lice commission for the town of Skow-
hogan.
An Act to amend Section Of Chap
ter 90 Of the Revised Statutes relating
to judgments in b2stardly cases.
An Act to incorporate the Woodland
Light and Water Company,
An Act to amend Section IS Of Chap
ter 81 of the Revised Statutes relating
to empanclling of traverse jurors.
An Act relating to the fees Of the
city clerk and treasurer and collector
OF Portland.
An Act to amend Section l of Chap
ter 9G Of the Private and Special Laws
of 1908. blouse Amendment \ adopted
in ConcurrcnccD
An Act to amend Section Of Chap
ter 1856 Of The Private and Special
Laws of 1887. entitled An Act Great
ing the Fort Fairfield Village Corpora
ton" as amended by Chapter 303. of
the Private and Special Laws of 1898,
and as amended by Chapter 1l6 and
by Chapter 10 of the Private and Spe-
cial Laws OF 1907.
An Act to regulate the hunting OF
ducks and other water fowl in Blue
hill Bay and Eggmoggin Reach, 50
called.
An Act to regulate fishing i'll Pierce
pond. 50 called, in Somerset county.
An Act to amend Section of Chap
ter 407 Of the Private and Special
Laws of 1903. as amended, relating TO
fishing in Hayden lake, 50 called, in
the town Of Madison, in Somerset
county
Resolve in favor Of the town Of Old
Orchard for abatement of taxes for
the years 1907 and 1908.
Resolve in favor of Israel II. Cross
of Lincolnvillc.
An Act to amend Section II Of Chap
ter SO of the Acts and Resolves of 1878,
relative to the establishment Of a
municipal court in the town of Port
land
Bill, An Act to amend Section 10,
Chapter 1873 Of the Private and Special
Laws OF 1907. entitled An Act to IN
corporate the Portland Water District
came from the House by that branch
indefinitely postponed. On motion by
Continued m Page Five.)