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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
MARKET REPORTS
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of the Days Dealings In All
The Leading Stocks.

New York, Jan. 25.-Developments over
the week end had no effect in moving
speculative interest In the stock market,
although some of them were of undoubt-
ed Importance in their financial bearings.
Foremost among these was the fact that
the Bank Of England was permitted to
in the London market at a concession
in price and without any competition on
behalf of Paris. This is the first week
for this to happen since a period we'll
back into last Year and marks the cul-
mination of the long Accommodations of
gold by the Bank of France which has
been going on during that period. The is
sue OF the Russian loan is now expected
to lead to great easing of the Paris
money market. Redundant money mar
kets throughout the, world are thought
be but an aggravation of a situation al
ready existing in New York. Specula-
ton tends to stagnate in conformity with
indications of backwardness in the bust
ness developments. Market movements
are confined largely to individual stocks
regarding which there are special devel-
related to the fertilizer industry thus
affected today. by rumors of an intended
merger of these companies, although
sharp relapses followed in some of them.
The general list while neglected and list
less was firm.
The redundant state of the money mar
ket places no pressure on holders of Sc
curities. There was pronounced easing
of time money rates today, lenders COM
ing forward with large offerings at re-
Gently prevailing bid rates. There is an
eager demand for the scanty supply of
commercial bills in the market. Bankers
continue to make quick sales of blocks
of bonds bought from the issuing railroad
companies. The fitful price movements
of the day in the stock market showed
no decision and the tone at the closing
remained uncertain and sluggihs.
There were reactions in some bonds
which have advanced sharply of late and
this made the tone of the bonds irregular.
Total sales par value. $5.420,0O0. United
States bonds were unchanged on call.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
BASEBALL NOTES.

George Huff is to act as scout for the
Cubs this season.
Pres. John I. Taylor is expected back
in Boston Wednesday.
Connie Mack has IA pitchers under
reserve and will take 10 to spring
training camp.
Mike Donlin will be permitted to
continue his vaudeville stunts until
March Is.
Shortstop Turner's arm is not coming
back as rapidly as Lajoie would wish.
It would weaken the team if he failed
to get in shape.
Umpire Thomas Connolly of the Am
erican League is now acting as polo
referee and says the game is faster
than in the days of Tom Cotter
for 1909. II Jennings can restrain this
ambitious youngstcr from trying to
cover the entire field he should prove a
wonder for Detroit's team.
George Brown is anxious to get away
from the Doves. He desires to land in
turn outlaw if he can't get his release
Colniskey has signed Pitcher Sutor
of the Pacific Coast League. Sutor
pitched in SO games, had 80 put-outs,
1G1 assists, eight errors, his average
being .942.
Manager Steve Flanagan will have
big Murch at first base next season
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
RUNNER FINISHES RACE
WITH BR0KE.l ANKLE.

New York, jan Diminishing a five
and a half-mile cross-country race with
bone in his lower leg broken, ]. S.
Corbett of the Mott Haven Athletic
Club, found compensation for the agony
of his struggle over the last four miles
of the course in finishing with the
boys and getting a record of rs min
utes q seconds.
He was the 32d man in the fjl-
ish. but he got home, though unaware
that his leg was broken until an ex-
animation was made in the clubhouse,
2535 Third avenue, in the Bronx, after
he collapsed in the dressing room.
When he was able to explain, Cor
bett said that he slipped on the Ice af-
ter the first mile and a half of the
run and hurt his leg about the ankle,
but believed then that he had only
sprained his ankle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
MIKE CUNNINGHAM IS
A GREAT. FAv0RITE.

One of the most popular boxers with
Augusta fans is young Mike Cunning
ham of Lewiston who made his debut
as a professional boxer at City hall
couple years ago when, as an emer-
gency man, he met Young Cote of Bid
deford.
The sturdy young lad made good
with the audience from the start, his
clever and aggressive work being
revelation to those who expected to
see a raw and inexperienced boy make
a stupendous failure with the clever
Frenchman from Biddeford.
Mike meets Tommy RawsOn OF Bos-
ton in one of the main bouts Thursday
evening, and it is safe to predict that
he will get the glad hand in such a
manner that it will jeopardize the like
lihood of his being able to wear the
same sized hat which has been his
wont.
There is spirited speculation in local
sporting circles as to which viii prove
the better man, Mike or Rawson. They
met at Bangor several months ago ana
while the contest was very close it is
likely that had a decision been render
ed Rawson would have been the favor
ed man. Both boys have improved
greatly since that time and the hottest
kind of an exchange is sure to occur
when they clash at City hall Thursday
evening. Those who saw the bout at
Bangor are inclined to back Rawson
but Cunningham's friends are sutfi-
GENTLY numerous to take up the loose
change that appears. 1t is likely that
Mikes Lewiston admirers who are
coming over by the hundreds in spe-
cial car will accept all the offerings
that appear on the night of the con-
test. The demand for seats is reported
to be the largest ever experienced not
excepting the Melody Martin contest
OF two years ago, and the spacious hall
is sure to be taxed to it's limit to &c
commodate all who wish to witness
what is justly claimed to be the biss@s.
thing in fisticuffs that any club has
yet undertaken to present in one even
ing.
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QUAKER CITY BOXERS PICKED
TO MEET BOSTON SCRAPPERS.

Philadelphia, Jan. 25.-Prcliminary
bouts for the purpose of picking con-
testants who will represent Philadel-
phia in the intercity amateur boxing
meet with Boston next Saturday night
were held Saturday night at the Ath-
letic Club Of Philadelphia.
While the material was somewhat
under expectations there were a num-
Der Of first-class performances and the
Quaker City amateurs hope to win the
honors with the Hub boxers.
Joe Reilly, in the 135-round class,
did the best work of the night. The
winners follow:
115-pound class. Benjamin Victor,
Edward Styles; 125-pound class, Mar
Gus Storm; 1S5-pound class. F. Guy
Joe Reilly; 15S-pound class, Walter
Brown; heavyweight class. John H.
Craig; special class, william j. Nc
Cam, Philadelphia. stor?od c. l..
Stokes Of California.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26

on his Brockton team. This will give
Terry McGovern a chance to show up
in the catching department.
Charles Comiskey owner Of the Chi
cago White Sox, emulating the example
OF several major league magnates, has
decided to buy permanent training
quarters for his club and soon will
effect the purchase of grounds in Texas,
where his players will do their condi-
tioning every year.
Comiskey has not sent out any con-
tracts He intends to start Feb. 1. He
will send one to Jones along with the
rest, since Fielder never has notified
him officially he intended to quit the
game. The boss of the Sox expects all
his men to sign as soon as the docu-
ments reach them. Only three OF his
players who got in bad company last
fall are still on the ineligible list, all
of the others having been reinstated.
Pitcher DOC" Reisling whose appli-
cation for reinstatement by the Nation
al Commission was recently turned
down, has threatened to bring suit for
damages against Pres Pulliam of the
National League for alleged defama-
ton of character Pulliam is said to
have been the only member of the
commission who voted against REFS
ling's reinstatement, and in giving his
reasons is said to have uttered some
rather uncomplimentary remarks.
Manager Lajoie has announced the
makeup of the squads to be- taken to
Mobile and New Orleans on the spring
training trip of the Maps. Jim Nc
CURE will take the pitchers and cath
ers South Feb. q, this squad to in
clude Catchers Mcclure. Bems,
Clarke, Land and Easterly;. Pitchers
Joss, Rhoades, Liebhardt, Berger,
Falkenberg, Foster, and Ryan, Wright,
Cough and Sitton. A week later the
regulars will go South. made up as
follows: Outfielders Flick, Rafferty,,
Speas and Lord. The infielders to go
South will be Lajoie, Turner, Bradley,
Stovall and Perring.
Answering a question asked him in
Cleveland, which towns fans threat
ened to boycott baseball unless Egan
was banished from the league, Pres.
Johnson, said: "Egan will be an UNI
pire in tine American League next sea-
son. He has accepted my terms. But I
Rave not decided how will work him.
II you remember rightly. there was
kick against Connolly coming to Cleve-
land i'll 1907. The fans were sore. Well
he did not officiate last year in a game
in Cleveland or on the road where La
joie's men appeared until Aug. %. Then
he was given chance, and. what was
the result? The Cleveland Club owners
and fans decided that he was the best
in the business. I may decide the
same policy with Egan next season and
then again 1 may not. will use my
own counsel in this"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
MAINE FRAMING. NOTES.

T.. S. Fling of Alton has pretty pair
of twin calves; it is difficult to tell
them apart They are six weeks old.
F. E. Goodwin of Litchfield has pur-
chased of w r. Webster of Wales a
fine pair CT white-face oxen.
Adam Libby of Buckfield, is getting
a peck of eggs a day from his flock OF
hens and pullets.
Fred A. Turtle of South Thomaston
has purchased the John Brewster farm
situated at Owls Head. This is a val
liable farm of about 100 acres on which
there is a nice house and as fine barn
as there is i'll Knox county Mr.. futile
will move there and carry on general
farming business.
Among those who are going into
sheep business in Otis are D. G. Young,
who has bought, from the best of
breeds, extensively and E. Grover, who
is supplementing his handsome flock
with a kind that is noted for size and
extra wool.
Harry Work of Jackson raised $50
bushels of potatoes on $50 rods of
ground. Other large raisers were L..
Wilcox, $500; il. B. Hewes, $500; D..
H. Dodge, 5000; F. H. Brown, $500;
Fred Martin, 4,0oo Mr.. Daggett $500;
T. 3. Edwards, 5000; and several rails
ing from 500 to 1000 bushels; many
raised over 80 bushels to the acre.
Frank Stanley, one of New Vine
yards prosperous farmers, submits the
following figures as representing the
income from his herd of cows for the
year 1905: Amount of butter made dur
ing the year, 2.0:3 pounds, 10 ounces,
which sold for $S7216; cream sold
amounted to sl9.41; value of skim milk
fed to calves and pigs, $217.44, making
the total receipts mount up to $1,139.04.
These figures Indicate that there must
he some money to be made on farm
properly managed.
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AGE OF THE HUMAN RACE.
Historical Period a Mere Fraction Of
Mans Life on Earth.

Implements recently found in Europe
are assigned-at guess an age of
perhaps of 100000 years In dealing
with such enormous periods of time
nobody can speak with assurance. But
paleolithc remains have been discov-
cred that are believed to date back
10000 years. Other human traces may
be of twice that age. At any rate,
many milleniums were required to de-
velop an animal. as Ray Lancaster
has put it, with relatively enormous
brain case. a skilful hand, an invet-
crate tendency to throw stones and
flourish sticks, and to defeat aggress-
ion and satisfy his natural appetites
by the use Of his wits rather than by
strength alone.'
The earliest traces Of men where
history takes up the story, are pos
sibiy 5000 years old. An advanced CIV
ilization existed at that time; one that
must have been the product of deyel-
opment of hundreds of thousands of
years. But all of human history up
to 1000 3. c. is a blank.
The extent of this profound igno-
rance is hardly comprehended. Prof. j.
H. Robinson of Columbia university,
suggests this comparison: Suppose"
he says. chat history of the race for
the 100000 years that we know 1t to
have existed were to be put in a vol
ume of 300 pages. Suppose something
worth a page of the record We're known
concerning each thousand years. OF
the entire colume only the last half
dozen pages would be devoted to the
period with which the scholar of to-
day has any acquaintance" kansas
City Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
The Dalai Lama.

According to an ancient Tibetan or
Chinese prophecy, the thirteenth Dalai
Lama was to be the last to hold that
title. The present incumbent is the
thirteenth, and he has been wandering
in China and elsewhere outside of Lha-
sa ever since 1904. 1.-The North China
Daily News" says of him: HE is the
nolnial ruler of Tibet and his adher-
ents believe that successive reincarna-
tons will inevitably produce true
Buddha in the course of time. On the
death OF q Dalai Lama. his successor
is chosen from three babes, whose
names are inscribed on golden fish.
presented by the Emperor OF China, and
then drawn by lot. The selected infant
is believed to receive the karma of his
predecessor. A regent is chosen for
him from one of the four royal monas-
teries, and the Giving Buddha' takes
up his residence In the Potala, where
he is permitted to be visited daily for
n few hours until two years Of age by
his mother, whose residence under the
same roof would be sacrilege.
'The regent usually sees to it that his
protege does not reach maturity. The
last four pontiffs have been 'reincarna-
eighteen and eighteen years respective
ly, and the present incumbent who is
.hirty-two years of age, is said to have
survived because he turned the tables
on his regent. In his government of
the country the Lama is assisted ny
four Shapes, or ministers, while two
Chinese ambans, or residents, are char
god with the preservation. of peace,
nominal supervision of the administra-
ton and the conduct of foreign affairs
The regent the ambans, the Abbess Of
YamdOk (another reincarnation) and
the Dalai Lama are alone permitted to
use sedan chairs in Tibet
How necessary the Dalai Lama is TO
his country may be realized from the
fact that he is credited with absolute
power over the future happiness of cv-
cry Tibetan. The reverence entertain
cd for his person is almost incredible.
Any relic used by him will, command q
high price among the pilgrims who
Sock to Lhasa annually, and his infIu-
ence extends to Manchuria, Mongolia,
Central Asia. Ladok, ,Nepel, Bhotan,
Sikkim, China and wherever the yellow
Church predominates. Rarely or never
seen by his followers, the Lama is daily
invoked by thousands, whose prayer,
ON! mani padme Hung, is directly ad-
dressed to him as the deathless Bud
dha." .y.
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kENNEBEc COUNTY.
Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transfers were
recorded at the office of the registry of
pa AuG GGSi Ellis to Henry
FAMINE. both of 1Augusta, land and nd
Harry S. Thompson, both of Augusta,
land and buildings, So: Ernest i. Stone
of Athol, Mass, to William 4. Hanks of
Augusta n land, ST.: John II; Fuller to
James r. Fuller and Florence r. Ingra-
ST. Eta ai 81 ana cRares f
Blodeau both of Augusta. land. 81:
BENToN;-Ezekiel Brown to Martha G.
WILEY; both Of GIinton land ST. IT,, \,
Kicker. both of Chelsea, land and build
CAINAzFrank A. Psya Of China It, to
w, SpauIding, both of Clinton, land, SIS
MoMM3UTaVi 11ia Al Fef Husss1 of
~ oAKTANDHCharies SCI r. Blaisdell of
Oakland and Ernest d. Blaisdell of Dex-
ter to Matte E. Blaisdell of Oakland,
YAssALBoRo-Merle CLARK of Of tas'S,a
to the Lewiston, Augusta & W. Watervlle
East Vassalboro to f. H. Jenkins of Au--
gusta. land. 81: George f. Aver of
Vassalboro to William ]. Hankamp of
New York. land and buildings. ST..
WATERVILLE-Annie Huard to Henry
Barney. both of Waterville. land. ST.;
William Marcou to Philomene Marcou.
both of Waterville. land and buildings,
81: Sumner Rowe to Perputed Laliberte,
both of Watervile. land. 81; Lynn w:
Rollins to Mary M. Rollins, both of
Watervile. land, 81; Ellen E. Gallagher
to Sumner Rowe, both of Waterville'
land. 81.
WAYNE-Addison P. Wing to Irving D.
Lincoln, both of Wayne, land. 81.
WTNDSOR-Solomon f. Hopkins of
Whitefield to Frank W. Halpen of Au-
gusta, land. 5000; Andrew G. Halpen to
Herbert Dodge, both of Windsor. land,
both of Windsor. land and buildings, 81.
sand others valuable considerations.
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Wireless Telephones.

Wireless telephony is in the air
literally as we'll as figuratively
The other day, from the top of the
Eiffel Tower in Paris, French scien-
fists were speaking with their col
leagues a hundred miles away, the in
tervening space being bridged with
nothing more solid than the mysteri
Gus. all-pervading ether.
At this very moment attempts are
being made to place the Admiralty Of
ficers in st. James's Park in wireless
telephone communication with the
channel feet, so that soon, If expecta-
lions are realized, my Lords" will be
able to "call up from their easy
chairs our battleships afloat upon the
briny. How Nelson would have stared
and grumbled!
This is being accomplished with the
de Forest system, which we favor. In
Denmark, where they are working up
on the rival Poulsen system, commune
cation has been easily and successful
ly established and maintained between
Copenhagen and Berlin. distance of
nearly 300 miles; while in. this country,
with the same apparatus, song sung
in Bristol has been listened to III Lon
don. And all this has been done with
in the last two years, for the first eff
fective experiments in wireless teleph-
ny took place in Berlin no longer than
December, 1906.
The secret of both systems is con-
tanned in an instrument no bigger than
an ordinary Photographic. camera,
within which is glass cylinder in
cased in copper wire. From this there
enanates succession of continuous
electrical oscillations, which keep their
force constant. like stream of water,
each driven on by the power behind it.
In other words, wireless telephony is
an electrical river flowing through
81 ace. and bearing sounds with It as
chips are borne by a river of water
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
VIC WILLIS SAYS HE is
THROUGH WITH BASEBALL

Pittsburg. Pa, Jan. 25.-Vic Willis,
the long pitcher, who has done such
good work for Pittsburg since he came
here from the Boston Nationals, has
thrown bomb into the camp Of the
Pittsburg baseball fans by announcing
that he is through with Pittsburg as a
baseball proposition. Willis has writ
ten, a Pittsburg friend from his home
at Newark. Del, of his intentions, say
ing in part: ~-'-
II am doing very well here now and
can make more money than playing
baseball. do not intend to leave New
ark again, for I can make more mon
ey here both summer and winter than
1 can get at Pittsburg." Pres. Barney
Dreyfus admits that Willis has not yet
signed with Pittsburg, nor has he
heard from him in a long time. Willis
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
ENGLISH SPARROW CLUB.
Its Mission is to Rid the Country of
the Pests.

In Essex, England, the Elscnham Srar-
row Club f1ourishes. 1t holds a meeting
and dinEer once year, at which time
the members give an account of their ef
forts toward keeping down the sparrow
pest. It's president. Walter Gilbey, de-
scribes its work as follows: @st
"All the farmers and most Of those
who have gardens In the parish, which
covers L. $50 acres, and some tenants Of
neighboring farms belong TO the club.
which was established II years ago. The
rules are very simple: Each, member un-
dertakes. to kill one sparrow for, each
acre Of his holding between September
and Nav !. and sends the heads to the
local innkeeper, who keeps a record of
them. II the members tally falls short
Of the total he ought to send ,he is fined
Id. for each head lacking. the money
going to fund which Is spent In refrcsh-
ments at the annual supper Of the club
held at the inn The sum raised by fines,
however, is, I am informed, practically
nil. a
1.-TWO sparrows an acre were killed
annually during the first two or three
years Of the clubs existence, and the
average number OF heads now sent IN Is
about 5000 a year. In addition the menu
bers Kill a large number OF young SPAR
rows during the breeding season, but of
these no record Is kept Forest and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26

Boston, Jan. 25.-Young Donohue of
Roxpury and Willie Fitzgerald of
Brooklyn, who will appear in the main
bout at the Armory A. A. tomorrow
night, and owen Moran of England
and Tommy Murphy, are the classiest
teams that are matched for battles this
week.
There is more to Tuesday nights
bout than the decision There is a lit
tic grudge, too, that will help to make
things more interesting for the men,
bers. 1t is of about two years stand
ing and Donohue has yearned for
MANY moons for the chance to show
Fitzgerald that he is his superior.
The preliminary bill is a slashing
good one. Billy Rolfe and Henry Hall
will engage in smuggling battle, while
George Alger and the ex-amateur,
Young Nixon, will make things hum
in their eight-round session.
Dick Hyland and Lew Powell, the
ex-amateur champion of San Francis
CO. will meet Friday night, and Jimmy
Walsh, the dashing Newton feather
weight, will mix matters in a prellml-
nary.
Jimmy Hanlon of the West End and
Gus Ross of the North End will visit
Manchester Friday night and settle
their long-standing argument as to
which is the better boxer.
Andy DAILY of this city has been
matched to met Jerry Meskell, the SOL
der boxer, at the Pastime A: c. in
Portland next Saturday night. DAILY
and Meskell recently fought furious
six-round draw.
Kid Goodman and Ray Bronson, who
was awarded decision over the West
End boy, at the end of 20 rounds not
many weeks ago, will box 10 rounds at
cluD in Fort Wayne, Ind. Friday
night. Goodman left here in good con-
dition and confident that he will de-
feat his adversary
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26
BASEBALL;
THIS WEEKS BOUTS.

Tuesday-Willie Fitzgerald VS.. Young
Donohue, Billy Rolfe VS.. Henry Hall and
Georve Alger VS.. Young Nixon, Armory
A. A., Boston; Jim Calvin VS.. Tony Ross.
Mechanicville. Pa: Fred Corbett vs.. Billy
Wednesday Sullivan vs.. Young
Phil Griffin, Southwark, Pa; Mickey Nc
Donough VS.. Jack Robinson. Chicago.
Thursday-Jem Driscoll VS.. Johnny
Mario, New York: Peter Maher VS.. Jack
williams, Grays Ferry.
Friday-Kid Goodman VS.. Ray Bronson,
Fort Wayne; Dick Hyland VS.. Lew Pow
ell, and Jimmy Walsh vs.. Jimmy Reagan,
Murphy, New York; Freddie Corbett VS..
Twin Miller, Philadelphia; Jimmy Han
lon VS.. Guss Ross. Manchester, N. H.
ton and Philadelphia amateurs at Phila-
delphia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-26

Broadly speaking. the educational
systems and institutions of the United
States. public and private, enrolled in
19O6-1907 in the neighborhood of 49,
900, 900 pupils of all grades and classes.
About 20 per cent of the total popula-
ton attended the common schools for
a longer or a shorter period. This
percentage had been pretty nearly
stationary for 80 years. In the mean
time, however, the average length of
the common school year has advanced
from 100 days to a little over $50 days,
and the percentage of those enrolled
who were on the average in actual at
tendance each day of this longer school
year had advanced from 62 per cent to
10 per cent Report of the commits
sioner of education.