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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

King Leopold tells of what the Congo
will do for Belgium; but what the
world would like to know is what Bel
GUM proposes to do for the Congo.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

~ Kansas farmers who think as mucn
Of alfalfa az AroostOok farmers think
of potatoes, declare that hog raised
IN alfalfa is cleaner than most men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

--- Elk President Roosevelt is reported
to have done large amount of writ
ing on his African trip, but as yet
very little of it has appeared in print.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

Howard Gould is to be congratulated
agn getting off so cheaply. Think what
1T might have been.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

Mr.. Bryan has no need to enter the
United States Senate in order to be a
picturesque figure. He is that already.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

Speaker Cannon has given it out that
he prefers golf to baseball
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

1t is evident that all DR.. Longs SYM
pathes are with the lions
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

The wise man does not forget to
put burdock leaf in the crown of his
hat. .i,..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

Meddling men don't always get a
medal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

student there as member Of the class
OF '53. Mr. Farrar afterwards learned
the unassuming "old grad" was Chief
Justice Fuller~of the supreme court of
the United States.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

The management Of Milo's Fourth in
tends to insure safe and sane cele-
bration by barring fire crackers, tor
pedoes and other explosives from the
grounds where the main events occur
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

Prof. w. Fl. HartshOrn of Bates Col
lege who has a leave of absence next
year has not made his plans yet as to
where he will 60 This summer he and
Mrs. Harshorn will spend most of their
time at Heron Island, near Pemaquid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

Portland Argus.-Mr. w. David Muir
ray, at his boat shop on Long wharf.
has just finished a handsome 25 foot
cabin cruiser for Portland lady. She
will be placed in the water in a few
days, after taking in six horse power
Hartford engine. Will she use gasoline
or alcohol?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

The annual muster at Camp Benson
will he held this year for period of ten
days, commencing Aug. q. Among the
attractions win be a series of ball
games between mines representing
Brewer, Dexter, Newport, Hampden
and Carmel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

At the entrance to pasture in a
certain town in Lincoln county is a
sign reading, "Hoss thieves keep out :"
1t would seem as if the warning was
really an invitation, for no stranger
would suspect the presence of desi
rable "hoss' flesh at that place until
he read the sign.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

to pick up a piece of wire back of the
horse. Just then a dog belonging to
Mr.. Morton went into the stall and bit
the horses leg, frightening him and
causing him to kick both of Mr.. Nor
tons legs severely. Mr.. Morton was
taken to the house and a physician was
called. After a thorough examination
he found that no bones were broken.
but both legs We're badly injured. and
Mr.. Morton will have to remain in bed
several days.
Horace Chenery and Rev. Ashley "A.
Smith of Belfast, who recently made a
trip through the Allagash report hav-
ing seen go deer on the way and that
they caught all the fish they wanted
to and left many more in the streams
The beautiful district also impressed
them and both came home well brOn-
zed and much pleased with the ten
days trip. Both gentlemen are ardent
fishermen and find no greater delight
than day spent with reel and rod in
the streams.
The annual camp-meeting Of the
Seventh Day Adventists is to be held
in Deerng Oaks, Portland. July 2-11
The foremost leader Of the faith, Mrs
f. G. White of California, is to be pres
ent. Mrs White is former Portland
woman and is now Sc years Of age
She has as interesting life history as
any woman who ever went out of the
State of Maine. If fact, it might be
| said that Mrs. White holds a place as
| religious leader of a world wide
| movement Mrs. Whites coming has
| created a great interest in this years
| camp-meeting.
| Lewiston J0urnal.-Guy w. Farrar Of
Mexico was in Lewiston, Thursday, or
his way home from attending Bowdoir
commencement exercises. He is {
member of the Delta Epsilon fraterni
| ty. He was seated on a settee on The
| campus early Wednesday morning
when an elderly gray whiskered gen
tleman came along and sat down besid,
him. The stranger asked a few ques
tons about the college and he spok'
Of the many changes since he was (
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28
esrAsLisHEp 1875

Monday, June %, 1909.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

The amount Of money now in the
savings banks of Maine is over $50, 900,
600. This has been increased $1,000, OOO
in the past six months. Maybe Maine
is poor old worn out sheep pasture as
some of the western people seem to
think but we are in need of their SYM
pathy only when they fail to pay the
interest on their bonds and mortgages.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

The u. S. Lighthouse Tender Myrtle
is back in Maine waters again coming
from the Massachusetts coast. where
she has been doing service since June
7. She will take on lighthouse mater
ial for the eastern stations, including
lumber for the new buildings going up
at the light station at Fort Popham,
and then go east as far as Jonesport.
She will also get a spindle at Pomp's
Ledge and another at Channel Rock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

Warren II. Chase of Portland has re-
ceived letter from Major Edward A.
Weed, the CT year old bicycle rider who
left Portland May 2S, on his ride across
the continent from New Mexico The
veteran who is the oldest international
cycle tourist in the world, has already
covered 1854 miles and has visited q
states
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-28

At the MacGregor spool mill in Fox
croft full crew is employed in the
mill and upward of 40 men are hOus-
ing bars The last winter was one of
the busiest and most successful in the
history Of the mill. A new spool
finisher was added and for several
months the crew worked II hours per
day. Eighteen hundred thousand green
bars comprise the stock put in during
the last season.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
The Very Latest
RooSeveltian Reasoning.

Roosevelt's last message was some
five columns in length with five more
columns of appendices strung onto it.
IL all went to show that he had been
grossly misunderstood by The men,
bers of congress and that he never
meant them to understand t1ey real
ly we're afraid his secret service men
might get after them. He explains
LIS peculiar statement in The former
message to which so much exception
was taken and the explanation is de-
cidedly more peculiar than the origin
a! accusation.
The charge that stuck in the throat
OF the congressman, and about which,
by resolution, they demanded enlight-
eLment, was this: "The chief argu.
ment in favor of the provision was
that the congressman did not them
selves wish to be Investigated by Sc
cret service men," the provision"
alluded to being the measure that for
bade the indiscriminate employment
of the secret service force attached to
lHS treasury department.
1t seems from the message that a
newspaper article from the pen of l..
w. Busbey, One-tfme secretary of
Speaker Cannon, which exploited the
argument to the effect that con-
sressmen did not themselves wish to
DC investigated by secret service
men was the principal foundation for
ROosevelt's charge. Just why the
congressman should. have had Bus
bey's argument" saddled on them is
rot made clear, unless we concede
the fact that Uncle Joe Cannon was
at the bottom of it, and moreover is
the "Wnole cheese"
Really. this last message is the
some Taken altogether, it IS explana-
tory if not exactly apologize The
president is quite positive that he has
no charge of any kind to bring against
any congressman and rather insinu-
ates that he wouldn't do sIch a thing
if he could. This is comforting, at
any rate, and may save future compii-
cations. Let us have peace, at any
price. Roosevelt has only two more
months in office. The best plan is
lust TO tie his hands-let him simmer
down and evaporate on March 4 ask
ing d merciful Heaven to inspire his
successor with the determination to
pi my type" and underwrite my pol
iCies''
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
SHE DESCRIBED
THE KILLING Of
CAPTAIN ERB
Mrs. Beisel on Trial for Her
Life Sobbed Violently as
She Told How She Shot
Man.
BY associated Press.

Media, Pa, Jan 5--The story of
the tragedy related by Mrs. Catherine
Beisel was the feature of the proceed
ings today in the trial of Mrs Beisel
and Mrs. Florence Erb, charged with
the murder of the latteris husband,
Captain j. Clayton Erb.
Sobbing violently the witness stood
upright in the witness box and in a
voice choked with emotion. exclaimed:
= shot him, pulled the trigger don't
know how many times; then all was
dark" ...-.
Describing the struggle with the
captain when 1t is alleged he chased
his wife with a revolver, Mrs. Beisei
said: He came toward me and
sprang at him. We tusseled over the
hall for the revolver. He had me up
against the wall l braced against the
door and tried to hold him of.
gave an awful push and broke loose.
He caught me again. / had the pistol
and fired. 1 was afraid he would kill
my sister"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
NEW LIGHT
THROWN UPON
RELATIONSHIP
Thornton Hams Testified
That Annis and Mrs.
Hams Were Together
Many Years Ago.
BY AssocIatea Rrss..

Flushing. n. Y, Jan. New light
was thrown on the relationship of VIM
E. Annis and Mrs. Claudia Hains in
the trial OF Thornton J. Hams TODAY,
When the defendant, under cross-exam-
lnation, declared that several years
ago in Marblehead, Mass, he became
aware that Annis and Mrs. Hams
stopped at the same hotel and spent
the night. He said he saw Annis and
told him he did an improper thing,
and Annis admitted it. Annis then
asked the defendant if he was going
to tell Captain Hams, and the defend
ant replied he would not.
Hams made many damaging admis-
slons today His taunty manner quick
ly disappeared under the fire of the
prosecutors interrogations and several
times admitted he could not remem-
Der the minor details of the testimony
given yesterday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06

diction over this immortn field and
guards with solemn round the bivouac
OF all the dead, giving no need to the
Sarb they wore. Their greatness is
the legacy Of all, the heritage of the
nation Reconciliation has come with
Influences soft and molly. The birds
build nests in yondeT cannon The
songs of school children I'LL the air.
What a story it tells. How it stirs
the blood. How it inspires TO love
CT country. How it impels 10 high
endeavor. And what a vaIorous foe
they met. They were and are, thank
God, our Countrymen. beSeigers and
beselged. In their veins flow kindred
blood, blood that leaps and rounds in
cur blood today. They differed, diff
tel ed until at last the parliament of
ceeate was closed and then like men
they fought their differences out in
open war on the field of battle, seal
ing the sediment with their blood.
and giving the world a new conception
OF human Yalor"
GEO w JOHNSTON
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
WIDOW
OF CAPT. RINKEN
BROKE DOWN
She Could Not Stand to
Hear Attorneys for the
State Recite Cruel Death
of Her Husband.
sv AasoclaIed ereaa.

Union City, Jan. 5.-For the first
time during the trial. Mrs. Quenton
Ranken, widow of the man for whose
murder eight alleged night riders are
on trial, was In court today, when the
arguments began.
AS Attorney Holmes. for the state,
pictured Captain Ranken as one OF
the cleanest and purest men in Ten
nessee, and described in detail his fear
full end, Mrs. Ranken broke down, and
leaning her heavily yelled head upon
the shoulder of her sister, the little
widow sobbed piteously. It'd Burton
and Bob Hoffman, two OF the accused,
gazed closely at her, their faces work
ing involuntary.
Mrs. Ranken raised her head a mo.
ment and caught sight of the faces of
the two men as they looked at her.
She shivered and turned her face
away. The defendants settled back
in their seats and did not look again
at the woman.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
WOULD PRINT
PROCLAMATION
Of LINCOLN
Senator Gore Wants One On
Emancipation Placed in
the Congressional Record.

Washington, Jan. 5.-The business
OF the senate today consumed less
than an hour, nearly half IF which
was devoted to the consideration or
nominations in executive session.
The motion BIZ Senator Gore. of Ok
lahOma, TO print the inaugural address
es and proclamation of emancipation
b. President Lincoln in the Co 1gress-
iCnal Record in celebration Of the cen
tenary year Of LincOln's birth brought
Senator Bailey, Of Texas, 10 his feet
n objection to the printing Of the
proclamation Of emancipation. Fur
theI discussion was stopped by refer
ence of the entire matter TO the COM
nittee on printing.
Transactfng business without even
the resemblance Of a quorum, the house
to-day passed several bills If a mis-
celIaneous character. but # little gen
eTal public Importance
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06

Editor JouraI:
To-Day several ladies and children
VINO were sitting in the station of the
Electric company waiting for the car
for the bayshore line to leave thought
they had been waiting Cnite long
enough and asking the ticket agent
II the train had gone they were in
formed that he believed il had"
The trouble ali seems to arise from
the fact that the cars do not always
back down as far as the white waiting
room and the conductors do not al
ways call their trains before leaving
| would respectfully suggest TO the
Electric company that they put in a
gong to be rung a minute or two be-
fore leaving time of cars and also that
the conductors be required to also call
al aboard for bay shore points, navy
yard and the fort" or something of
that kind
Very respectfully.
JOHN H. CROSS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
TWO JUSTICES
IN 4 WRANGLE
OVER TRIAL
In the Meantime the Defend
ant is in Jail and Cannot
Secure a Hearing.
BY Associated Press.

MOntgOmery, Ala, Jan. 1.-N nile
two justices of the peace contend over
the right to conduct the preliminary
examination Eli Parker lies in Jail
on a charge of numbering T J. Swear
eDgen, whom he shot to death last
Monday Justice Parker is desired
by the friends OF the prisoner and
Justice Youngby by the state. Each
undertook to conduct the trial and
only the interference of d higher court
kept down trouble. At a hearing to
be held Wednesday, it viii be deter
mined which will hear the testimony.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06

The Montgomery Advertiser dis
played a vaUIting ambition that Ger
lept itself when it published yesterday
morning telegram from Tallahassee
announcing with some detail the in
auguration OF Governor GiIchrist on
Monday, twenty-four hours before it
occurred. The Journal has heard
Montgomery long established daily
called grandmother" and so doesn't
see how any old lady should have dis
played such extraordinary agility in
placing the news" before her readers.
It may be that the Advertisers CORE 5
pondent is a native Albanian, WHOSE
states motto here we rest" is indi.
cative of taking things as they come,
and that his visit to Florida has so i'm
pressed him with the go-ahead spirit
of the people of the state that he took
it for granted they did everything
ahead of schedule; even such an i'm
portant thing as inaugurating a gov.
ernor.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
Fine Words Butter
No Parsnips. y

In a speech made recently at the
iron banquet" in New York, Z. H.
Gary, president de jure of Carnegie's
steel corporation, INDUCED il a charm
ing flow of lofty sentiment, which
should touch every sentimental molly
coddle in our broad, broad land. Just
read his rounded periods and then
shed copious supply of sympathetic
tears:
Il do not advocate anything that
is antagonistic to the laws or the
public welfare, What 1 propose is the
utilization of our opportunities to the
advancement of all our interests
closer connection, better under
standing, a complete confidence, a full
and free interchange of ideas and in
formation, conveyed by one to anoth-
eT, concerning all the business in
question, and an organized committee
composed OF men whose advice should
always be follow ed. These thoughts.
amplified and formulated. should
bring to all of us the largest measure
of success"
The Chattanooga Tradesman, a per-
fidious doubter, insinuates that the
great mans language sounds as
though it were filtered through tie felt
OF his derby, and ineisiveIy remarks:
I'VE might ask, therefore, why not a
closer connection, a better under
standing, a complete confidence, a full
and free interchange of ideas etc,
on the question of Birmingham as a
basing point for steel sheets and
bars?" And, indeed, the Fradesman
further shows its incredulity by de-
handing: rs it case of playing TO
the galleries?"
The Chattanooga paper knows as
wei as if not better than The Journal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06

1t may be true that congress had
no legal right to appropriate the $780,
OGO for the sufferers in Italy, but the
greatest sticklers after law and order
and strict construction, with a very
few hard headed and it is feared hard
hearted exceptions, will not object to
the infraction when it is done for such
a cause. The cry of human distress
is an appeal more vehement even
than that of the conscience of the pa
triot to compel his profound respect
for and observance of ais countrys
laws. Nor does this infraction in the
name of love, which God makes the
very nucleus of existence, create a
precedent for similar action if based
On any other motive.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
VOX PoPULI
A PATRIOTIC ADDRESS.

Editor Pensacola Journal:
Governor Hanley of Indiana, las just
made an address on the occasion of
receiving the monuments erected on
the, battle grounds of Yicksburg, in
which he speaks Of the va.or of both
armies in that hard-fought battle. He
says:
There were wounds, fberS was
suffering; there was heart-aehe; there
was death. These were inevitable, but
there was a nobility about Il all. that,
seen through the intervening years,
sjlences discord, softens hate and
makes forgiveness easy. Today we
laugh and weep together. Wounds
are healed, aspeFities are forgotten.
The past is remembered without bit
teTness. Glory hoveTs Ike a bene-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06

that the great interests of the steel
corporation lie in and about Pitts
burg Pennsylvania-we speak in a
broad sense-and that although the
octopus puts out its arms to grab
away from competitors mineral prop
eTty which might be used against its
interests, still its chief consideration
is its NAV, and it will continue to
make its baSing point in the proximity
thereof.
OF course this is a detrimsnt to the
Birmingham district. 1t shows the
disadvantage of being in tie clutches
of foreign monster which has not
an iota of love for this district but has
acquired control of it solel yfor self
protection. The Tradesman may well
fret and fume. But what are you
going to do about it?''
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
Well Be There

The Gainesville Sun has greeted it's
readers twenty-five times with "mer-
~ Christmas" and it is the earnest
hope of The Journal that il will con-
tipue this greeting year after year IN
iii heaven and earth shall pass away.
Pensacola Journal. Thanks. Bro.
Mayes. The editor of The Sun is now
ell route to the forty-eighth mile-post.
and we hope to be here when the Su1
celebrates it's fftieth anniversary.
when we trust that you will De here to
celebrate the occasion with u.s.
Gainesville Sun.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
PENSACOLA AND
PENSACOLIANS
Couldn't Read Il All

OCuIuhI Head e AT.
&. b. Lewis, of Jacksonville in the
good old summertime and of Pensa-
cola, Fla, in the winter, favors the
Courier with the Christmas edition of
the Pensacola Journal, under the
heading of which is printed the follow
ms information and command: There
are nine sections, ~ pages. today
read them all" The Courier must
decline to do so, although II is a spIen-
didIy gotten up edition Of the JouranI
and reflects credit upon th3 publish
ers and the city whose merchants can
support such a publication.-Jackso
vile, H., Courier.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06

Every lawyer, except Bonaparte,
knew that the United States supreme
court would turn down he govern
ment's effort to get it to interfere in
the Standard Oil case. and such a
foolish attempt on the part of Roose-
velts own attorney general is surely
quite enough TO confirm he suspicion
OF that wise portion of The public
that has looked on the proceedings
from beginning to end as mere bun
ccmbe.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
MAN WAS
BROUGHT HOME

G. c. Griffith, travelling salesman
for Sthe Consolidated Grocery COM
pany, who was injured recently as 2
result of a runaway in which he fig
ured near Laurel Hill. vas brought
to the city last night. His many local
friends will be glad to lean that he
is somewhat improved
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
UNLoADED AS USUAL.

Montgomery. Ala, Jan. Leo Tur-
neT, a mite of a negro boz, stood up
for Julius Underwood, another pick
aninny, TO show him how % bust a
cap" on a small "unloaded rife" With
the report the little fellow fell over
with bullet in his brain.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06

The Journal wishes Escambia' S
new county OFFICIALS the fullest sue
cess in the administration of their
important trusts.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
PENSACOLA FLORIDA. WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY 1909

emphasize the fact that some of these
latter affairs" are often discomfort
ing and interfere with business.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06

The only imaginable reason why
all those Octogenarians, uonogena-
rians and centenarians are still alive
at the Daughters of Jacob home in
New York is that st. Peter has not en-
tered their names Alright in his ceIes-
tial record. Can any other cause be
assigned for the extraor binary long
evity of a Schlichtensteinfi a Krevcil-
liam or a Gusikov?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
The BILL SIGNED.

Washington. Jan. 5.-The president
shortly before ? o'clock f.is after
neon signed the bill passed by both
houses yesterday appropri4ting $780,
eco for the relief Of the Italian earth
quake sufferers
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06

The Sanford Chronicle commences
the new year with Mrs. S. NJ. B. Over
man as editor. Mrs. Overman is not
new at the business and will keep the
Chronicle up to its high standard. In
deed the good sisters name is a guar
anty that she'll boss things all right.