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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-01-02

TANK. were arrested for the misuse
ever II million of the bank funds. )
June ;hcy were sentenced to ten yed
each. On May I William Montgo.
cry, cashier Of the Allegheny Natior'
bank, was accused Of diversions viii,
ultimately ran up 10 S1.35O,0c0, inclul
ing some state funds. He was sci
fenced to fifteen years In prison.
Kentucky's tobacco Night Ride
made additional raids In spite Of Il
troops sent out to check them, and q
Oct. 20 a band Of d-isposseSsed squa
tiers on Reelfoot lake, Tennessee. XII
naped Captain Rankin and Colon
Taylor of Trenton. They hung Il
former, but the latter escaped /
swimming the lake, Troops were ca.
ed out, and many arrests were made.
The most serious race riots Of Il
year occurred at Springfield. ILL.,, Au
IA and 10, when a wild mob kill,
nine persons, injured eighty and bur
ed houses occupied by negroes Trool
were called out and the leade
brought to justice.
The last of the Idaho cases again
miners officials ended with the q
quittal of George \. Pettibone In ia
uary. Harry Orchard, the confess
murderer Of Governor SteunenbuI
whose testimony implicated the mi
ers, received a death sentence, Will
later was committed to n life term.
Caleb Powers, four times tried
eight years for the murder of Govern
Goebel, was pardoned by Govern
Wilson cl Kentucky.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-01-02

Sterling liability bW MAS ad,anced by
the majority and passed unanimously
in both hCUScs. This bUlGs Interstate
carriers liable Tor injalies TO employ
ees and abolisheS the rule barring
compensation when the negligence OF
a fellow empiogee can be proved.
The Demo, rlt,c fNi lister was met
by a gag rule and ivIy recess until
the majority h5d actoD. ishsd its
purpose, This ilcluGyd ps5,!siJn for
two new battleslius iusiead Of the
four urged by the president, higher
pay for army oticers and pyivates and
a liability law to n,ul . employees In
the service OF the government. The
house failed to pass the G|lti-injunc-
ton and antitrust aaien me.t 20 the
Sherman law desired by tie president
in the interest Of labor. In God We
Trust" was restored TO the eoll coins
The total appropriations % the SEES
sion reached the record figure of ST.
S04.000.S94
Congress reasSembled Dec. I and re-
celved the final Roosevelt message, in
which executive control Of legaliZed
trusts was advocated and judges were
urged to heed the will of legislators ac-
cording to present day standards. A
bitter controversy arose over n pas
sage which mdmated that congress
had confined the secret service to the
treasury department because members
did not want to be Investigated. The
senate moved an investigation of the
secret service, and the house demanded
proof of the presidents assertions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17
Aviator Curtiss Stays in
The Air 81 Minutes.
Very Successful Aerop|ane
Flight at Hampstead, |. |.
Only Wrights Have ExceIIed Per-
Torrance in This Country.

New York, July 16.-Glen II. Cur
tiss. the aeronaut made flight of 81
minutes duration in his aeroplane at
Hampstead Plains, l.. l., today. He
alighted without mishap, saying that
he could have remained in the ar for
an indefinite period His flight is be-
lieved to be the longest ever made in
a heavier than air machine in this
country except by the Wright broth
erS
Curtiss record flight was the second
of two which he made today. The first
was under conditions far from ideal.
fog hampering the aviator to such an
extent that he alighted after remain
ing in the air about II minutes. In
the second attempt, made after the fog
had lifted, Curtiss. with his machine
apparently under perfect control, cir
cled again and again the three-mlle
course over the Hampstead plains, fin
ally lighting as gracefully as bird
amid the cheers of the crowd which
had assembled to witness the flights.
The flight today is the longest on
| record made by anyone in this country
except those of the Wright brothers.
Orville Wright made a flight of "A
minutes and "a seconds at Fort Meyer
on Sept IL, 1908 At Lemans, France,
on Dec 81, 1908, Wilbur Wright re-
manned in the air two hours and nine
minutes.
After the flight Curtiss said that he
did not time himself, leaving that task
to the watchers below. But / do
know" he declared, that | made the
longest flight that has been accom-
plished in America this year. l am
sure it was not less than 16 miles and
perhaps more. l could have remained
in the air longer as my machine was
running splendidly.
! III my machine behaves as it did
| this morning, l haven't the least doubt
| that I will be the winner of the grand
prize at the international contest to
be held in a couple of months at
Rheims, France"
Curtiss will attempt tomorrow to
win the cup offered by the Scientific
American for the longest flight of the
current year. He won the cup in COM
petition last year at Hammondsport,
n. Y. a.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17
Southwest Harbor Votes
In Favor Of Autos.
Auto Owners Promise Test Of
Validity Of Law in Eden.
Mt. Desert and Fremont Will Vote
Gu the Question Today.

Bar Harbor, Me-, July 16.-Southwest
Barbor today voted not to accept the
special act of the Legislature excluding
automobiles from that town, the vote
being so yeas and 10 nays. AS the
town of Eden yesterday voted to &C
cept the act and exclude the machines,
and as it is necessary for Southwest
Harder people to pass through a part
of Eden to reach the only bridge con-
Meeting that town with the mainland,
it readily will be seen that the Mt.
Desert automobile question is far from
settlement.
The automobile owners of Southwest
Harbor assert that they intend to run
their cars through the town of Eden to
the bridge and test the validity of the
law. The towns of Mt. Desert and Ire
mont will vote on the question tomor-
row and are expected to ratify the ac-
ton of Eden.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17

(Would reduce the cost of production,
and that, with the reduction in the cost
Of production the tariff rate would be-
come unnecessarily high and ought to
be reduced. This was the normal Opin-
ion of the tariff as claimed by the de-
tenders Of the protective system--not
in every case, but as a general rule
that OF course that revision of the tar
if could not be perfect, must have de-
fects and Inconsistencies but insofar
as his influence went called upon to
act in connection with legislation, it
would be thrown in the direction of
performing the promises of the party
as he understood them and that if iron
and coal and hides did not need pro-
lection and the conditions were such
As to enable the ore producers and oil
producers and the coal producers and
the producers of hides to compete sue
cessfullY without reduction of wages
with the producers from abroad, then
they did not need duty and their ar
ticleS should go on the free list.
1t was a question of fact which he
hoped to make up his mind with re-
spect to, on much evidence as was
available to him in order to carry out
what he understood to be the promise
| of the party to the whole people. He
I said he felt that his position as the
ti;ular head of the Republican party
and as President with the whole peo-
pie rs his constituency, gave him a
somewhat broader point of view than
that of single member of Congress in
respect to articles produced in his dis
| trict He felt strongly the call of the
country for downward revision with
in the limitation of the preventative
principle and he hoped to be able to
respond to that call as he heard it, as
we'll in the interest of the party as of
the country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17
Big Merger Of Bell Com.
panies Is Anticipated, !:
Corporation Would Have Cap:
|ta| Of Nearly a Billion.
American Tel. { Tel. Co. About 10
Absorb $780, 200, 900 concsr5.

New York. July 1.-THE merging Of
all the Bell telephone companies OF the
country into a gigantic corporation
representing capitalization OF $780,
100000 is believed to be foreshadowed
in the action taken by the American
Telephone 4 Telegraph Co. in providing
for the absorption of the stock Of the
New York & New Jersey Telephone
Co.
Although no official statement could
be obtained today it is believed the
New York & New Jersey Telephone Co.
will accept the offer of the American
Telephone & Telegraph Co, to ex-
change it's stock share for share. The
plan has the approval of the directors
of the New York Co. who recommend
the exchange as fair and equitable.
The New York & New Jersey Co. is
generally regarded as one of the SUBJ.
ordinate companies OF the American
Telephone & Telegraph Co., although
the latter owns but small part Of the
New York Cos. capital stock. Another
subsidiary of the American Telephone
& Telegraph Co., the New York Tele-
phone Co., is however. large holder
of New York & New Jersey stock. u.
Under the terms of the American
Telephone g. Telegraph Cos. offer. the
New York & New Jersey Co. stock,
which pays per cent. dividend, must
be transferred by Aug. l. The author
lied stock issue of the New York 4
New Jersey Co. is $4,000, 900, with. o
funded debt of $1195, 600.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17

Later in the day the following official
tatement was made at the White
louise:
Mr. Young of Michigan opposed free
re; Mr. Mondel opposed free coal or
eciprocity with Canada and free hides,
ach on the ground that the policy
would injure the interests in his state
md a discussion was participated in
W other representatives. who urged
hat the doctrine of free raw materials
vas not a Republican doctrine. The
PRESIDENT replied that he was not
ommitted TO the principle of free raw
material, but that he was committed
o the. principle of a downward revision
If the tariff, which he had promised
md that he was Obliged to look at the
natter, not from the standpoint of any
particular district, but from the stand
,oint of the whole country and also
rom the standpoint of responsibility
or the entire Republican party.
He said the question in each case
fas a question to be determined by eV-
dence as to whether the present duty
vas needed for protection or whether
he rate was excessive so that a down.
ward revision, or putting the article
on the free list, would not injure the
industry. He repeated the platform of
the Republican party and said that he
had always understood that it meant
a downward revision in many in
stances. though perhaps in some few
instances an increase might be needed;
that he reached this construction Of the
platform on what he understood to be
the principle of protection and IT'S pus-
LITIGATION, namely, that after an indus
try was protected by duty equal to
the difference between the cost of pro
duction abroad and the cost of produc
ton in this country, including fair
profit to the manufacturer. the energy
and enterprise of American business
men and capitalists, the effectiveness
of mans labor and ingenuity of Amer
lean inventors under the impulse of
competition behind the tariff wall,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17
Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, July 16.-The meteo-
rOgraph attached to the kite sent NJ
from the Mount Weather observatory
today at an altitude of II, 800 feet re-
corded temperature of eight degrees
At the time of the flight, the tempera
ture at the observatory was so de-
grees. There We're local rains today al
scattered points, but generally fair
weather prevailed. A disturbance that
has moved slowly eastward has reach
ed the north Atlantic coast and the
pressure conditions following it indi-
cate fair and pleasant weather in the
middle and north Atlantic states dur
ing the next two or three days Thu
winds along the New England coast
will be light to moderate west.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17
The National Association
Cow enes at Portland.
Welcome 10 The City Extended
By Mayor A. P. Leighton.
Addresses Delivered by Several
Prominent Railroad Men.

Portland Me, July 16.-The men,
Railway Agents, who know much about
the geography of this city and State
and are familiar with the literature
circulated about Maine summer re-
sorts. came here today and opened
their 18th annual convention. They
came from Boston, which city they left
on a special train at daybreak, and
made an hours stop at Old Orchard.
At the conclusion of the forenoon bust
ness meeting it was planned to take
trolley rides to Riverton park and
Cape Elizabeth concluding with sail
to Peaks Island this evening. The;'
will leave Monday morning for Que
bee.
The visitors were welcomed by
Mayor Adam p Leighton. w. ii. Mills
of the Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern Ry. Norwalk. o., responding as
president of the association. Other
speakers included w. A. Wheeler
president of the Portland Board OF
Trade; C. c. Goss of Little Rock, Ark,
the first vice president; Gerrit Fort
representing the New York Central
Lines: ]. w Cousens of New Orleans
La. second vice president and Col
Frederic E Boothby of this city, gen
eral passenger agent of the Maine
Central Railroad. Eight topics Were
presented for discussion by number
of railroad officials.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17
THAW is CONFIDENT.
Feels Sure He Cannot Demonstrate
Sanity-Evelyn's Allowance Safe.

White Plains, N. Y, July 16.-Harry
K Thaw, who will remain here in the
county Jail until the hearing to deter
mine his sanityeis resumed on July 26
before Justice Mills, is apparently
highly elated over the prospect of 60
ing on the witness stand and telling
his story under fire of rigid examin-
alton by the states attorney and
alienists. Thaw said today:
Il will demonstrate easily that l am
sane when I go on the stand. I am
more than anxious for the ordeal. 1t is
the chance j have prayed and hoped
for. Now feel that Judge Mills will
be able to see that my contention that
| am sane is valid" Speaking of his
wife's testimony against him. Thaw
said he felt no animosity toward his
wife and had no idea of cutting off her
allowance of $500 a month.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17
MARVELLOUS ESCAPE
OF Three Men Falling from Bridge
The Fourth Man Drowned.

New York, July 16-Four riveters Drop
PED from the top of the new Manhattan
bridge today when the frail plank scat
fold on which they were working. $50 feet
above the waters of the East river, gave
way under their combined weight. Only
one of them reached the water and a
diver is still looking for his body. The
other three clutched steel beams as they
fell and escaped his fate.
William Herbert is the one who was
drowned. Angus Gilchrist struck cross
beam 20 feet below the broken scaffold
Although his leg was broken by the SHOCK
he chung until board was showed to hin
and was then pulled to safety. John Nc.
GiiIs struck the same cross beam an(
escaped with nothing worse than few
bruises. The fourth man landed on 8
lower staging and was unhurt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17
Excursion Train Wrecked
At New Glasgow, n. B.
One Boy Caught and Receives
Probably Fatal Injuries.
One Car Topples 0ver...Great Pan.
ic Among the People.

New Glasgow, N. B., July leone
person was probably fatally injured
several others were hurt and hundreds
had narrow escapes when the car of an
excursion train, crowded with pas
sengers, jumped the track rails and
toppled over an embankment here this
afternoon.
The train left New Glasgow for Pic
tou Landing, carrying about 600 eX-
cursionists from the United Church
Sunday school, bound on their annual
picnic. Every car on the train was
crammed full with passengers, prin-
cipally young children. Just leaving
the railroad yard, the rear coach,
which was especially crowded with
people, left the rails and ran along the
ties for over 200 yards then toppled
over on it's side and rammed into the
bank.
Three young lads were standing on
the platform of the coach and when
it careened they jumped for safety
Two got clear, but the third, Freder-
lex Donkin, about II years of age. was
not so fortunate. He was caught In
the wreck and so seriously injured
that but little hopes are entertained
for his recovery. Within the upturne5
car was an indescribable mass Of
struggling humanity. Willing hands
promptly extricated them with con-
siderable difficulty The interior of the
car was a sight, with glass broken and
seats torn up and smashed. The other
coaches on the train remained on the
track.
That the accident was not attended
with more serious results is the Won
der of the old railway men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17

kashington, July 1.-THE Whit
ksewas stormed today by delega
u ofs Re Republican congressman who
"A IN Lhour and half with tn
xidenf telling him that their yer.
heal lives depended upon the pro
bon Of raw materials. 1t has be
L pretty generally known about th'
Atal that the President has express
himself quite freely as favoring thu
entry Of hides, oil and coal, am
krial reductions on lumber, etc
hy of the congressman who compos
fhe delegation represent Souther
ticts. They told the President al
II tarfully that they had bee
led on the theory that they woul
Rect raw materials, in which thei
Bic were interested, and if the part.
Iii to do this their districts woul'
back again into the Democrat
knn
+. Taft listened patiently to all tina
said He chaffed the Congress
good naturally at times. Repre-
Iative Hayes of California spoke
fr of protecting iron ore. for in
Ice, but the President said he sus
led Mr.. Hayes of being chiefly in
sted in lemons. The range of tn
hssion covered every known variet.
law material and when it was al
4 the President stated his position
i said that he favored protection
Ire protection was necessary ant
| where protection no longer wa!
led he was in favor either of great
reducing the duty or removing j
gether.
h is merely question of facts
tlemen," the President said, "an'
Hight of facts we all want to try
10 the right thing"
be Spokesman of the valiant % wer,
Young of Michigan.
dwe,t upon the necessity of plac-
| a high duty on iron ore and Mon
| of Wyoming, who is interested in
]. Gaines of West Virginia speak
flor coal and iron; Langley of Ken
XIV. for coal and lumber; Cowles OF
{th Carolina, for lumber; Austin OF
jnessee for coal. iron and lumber
Hayes of California. Mr.. Lang
hut the matter squarely up to the
Eident as question of political eX-
tency.
Ne come from Democratic states.
4
lwerc elected as Republicans who
Ieved in protection of raw materials.
I'VE fail to protect our constituents
Twill be revised downward into pri-
+ life"
resident Taft remarked dryly that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17

Bath, Me, July 16-With the choice
of ramming a dredge anchored in the
east side of Swan, island, opposite
Richmond, in the Kennebec river to-
night or of running his steamer on
the rocks, Capt. George w. Colby of
the steamer City of Bangor, bound
from Gardiner to Boston, on the Ken
nebec division of the Eastern Steam
ship Co., ran into the dredge.
The Bangor crippled her starboard
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17
bars JOURNAL CONTENTS
Page One.

Page One.
ELEGRAPH-Capt. Colby Makes
Tx Choice and Runs Down Dredge In
Id of sending Steamer Ashore; No
Iniured-President Answers Anxious
kgressmen-Other Washington News
ktor Stays in Air 81 Mlnutes-South-
u Harbor Votes i'm Favor of Autos
Qway Agents in Session at Portland.
Page Two.
pCAL AND TELEGRAPH
Page Three.
|pCAL-- Waterville, Fairfield, Oakland
Pittstield Local News.
Page Four.
PORTING AND FINANCIAL-Boston
(erlcans Defeat st. Louis to DE
Il and Washington Go Is Innings With
Scoring-Other Baseball Results
(rge Bonnaille of Lewiston Has Prom
|g String of Horses-BoXing and Other
(rts-The Markets.
Page Five.
telegraph AND GENERAL-spe-
Washington Letter.
Page Six.
Willing to Help Herself
Mt liim-Continuous highways
Gossip-Press Comments.
Page Seven.
.ASSIFIED ADS-Male and Female
n Wanted-Reaf Estate for Sale
Zuses, Stores, etc, to Let-lIoSt ant
End-Boats. Motors, etc, for Sale
einess Cards-Railroads.
Page Eight.
toCAL-Iist of Augusta Tax Payers
20 Pay $50 or More.
Page Nlne.
FOCAL AND STATE-Insurance De
tment Elated Over Capture of ST
otge Interchangeable State Hous
Summer Season Now il
y, swing-Kennebec. Knox. Lincoln am
|eadahoc News.
Page Ten.
FoSAlr-Important Change in District
Maine Methodist CONFERENCE.-THE
rs excursion to Island Park July 2l-
eai Observation-Disclosures.
Page Eleven.
of Caroline d. NJ. Bal
e-Local Briefs.
/ Page Twelve.
TELEGRAPH
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17
CAPT. COLBY HAS TO
MAKE A QUICK CHOICE.
Runs Down Dredge in LoVejoy's NarroWs, in Ken:
nebec Instead Of Wrecking Steamer-.-No
One Injured. damage Not Extensive.

for three hours and a half until she
had repaired the damage.
Capt. Colby said that SO far as he
could learn the dredge sustained no
damage.
The Bangor was able to leave this
port on her usual Boston run.
Capt. Colby said that the dredge was
anchored directly in the channel of
the narrows and refused to heed his
signal blasts on the whistle and as he
could not stop the steamer in time to
avoid the collision he had to choose
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17
A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.
Mrs. II. r. Alden, Brunswick, Mistakes
Poison for Ginger.

Brunswick, Me. July 16.-tSpeciaD.
- Mrs II. r. Alden today mistook Bug
death for ginger and used it as an in
gredient of a cake. Late she and Mr..
Alden partook freely of the cake, after
which each became violently i'll. Both
required medical attendance. but a
last accounts We're resting comfort
ably. They will recover.
Arthur True. son of Frank True
while climbing over the hay NOW in
his fathers barn to capture a bird
fell Is feet to the barn floor. breaking
a leg Charles Allen, SERVER caught
his hand in a leather working machine
decorating it so badly that severa
fingers had to be amputated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17

the alternative of hitting the dredge
or bringing up on the rocks on either
side of the narrows
The speed of the steamer was slack
ened sufficiently, however, to tighten
the force of the blow and with the
exception of the crippled paddle1wheel,
the steamer sustained no other dam
age I5s
There was no panic among the pas
sengers on board ,s.
Fortunately there were not mauy
passengers at the time, the larger
number that made up the vessels liar
boarding the ship at Bath later
No one on board was hurt 2 -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17

The manufacturing industries of
Woonsocket, r. l., will shortly be in
creased by the addition of shoe
plant, the Franco American Shoe Co
taking out articles Of incorporation
Thursday. The capital stock is $780,
900 and a plant will be erected later
The incorporators are Victor Altaire
Uric A. Boulin, Arthur Menard, Aris-
tide J. Asselin and David Bachand, Jr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17

The Massachusetts, Bar Association
through counsel asks that the supeff6r
court disbar James T. Cassidy. an attot-
ney, who is serving sentence Of q year
in the house of correction on q charge
Of conspiracy and larceny in, connection
with the use Of $500 appropriated by the
city council for a set Of law bookas for
the room Of the president. An order sof
notice was issued by the court retufnGbiS
Aug. q = =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-17

An unfortunate accident occurred al
the shooting ranges at Hamburg Fri
day during the competitions In which
the German American marksmen are
taking part One of the German COM
petitors dropped his rife, which result
ed in the discharge of the piece. Thu
bullet penetrated the heart of a by.
stander, marksman named Schmidt
from burlington, who died Immediately