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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-21

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, at r. M.
No 49, On petition of the Maine Sports
mans Fish and Game Association for an
increased appropriation for the operation
of the fish hatcheries and feeding sta
lions and for the protection of hsh, with
accompanying resolve.
At it's room, State House,
WEDNESDAY,, FEB. II, at P. N.
]. L. S. Hincks and 125 others, citizens
Of Penobscot county, asking for an APP
preparation for fish hatchery at Enfield.
Penobscot county.
No TO- Petition of Arthur Durgin and
q others, citizens of Somerset county
praying that Dead Stream pond, Lower
Cold Stream pond and Horseshoe pond
in the county of SOmel set, be opened TO
ice fishing
No. a. On an Act creating an open
time on gray and black squirrels.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. "a, at O'Clock.
% others asking for change in law on
fishing in South Bog, sO-called. Range
ley lake, and in Rangeley stream.
No. l3. On an Act to provide bounty
on bears in Washington county.
No. 16. On petition of A. s. Moulton
and Is others for a law to prohibit winter
fishing in Long Mousam pond, in Shap-
leigh and Acton.
No. II. On petition of Hon. VIM. ?.
Frye and S. others asking for change
in the law on fishing in Kennebago
stream.
BY order of the committee,
HARRY M. BIGELOW, Secretary.
NJ H. HODGDON, Clerk.
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In this latest contest he was fresh at
the finish of the four-hours race. with
IS bushels to his credit, and turned a
handspring before climbing Into his
wagon to be driven from the field. And
Mcconnell, be it remembered, is IS
years of age Before he made his Iowa
record of q bushels in 10 hours. the
record III that state was led by Charles
Renack, now deceased, with a record
Of 21S bushels. In Iowa they call Nc
Connell the SHELBY County Cyclone. "
and when. he strikes a corn field it M
doubts believes that he merits the
name. In Iowa huskings, he it remem-
tered, things are different than in q
Maine husking where people gather in
a barn with the corn all cut and piled
before them. H. Iowa the husking is
dore in the field. the corn standing,
and the husker riding in q wagon driv-
Ell between the rows That makes it
very different matter
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INLAND FISHERIES AND GAME.

The committee on inland fisheries and
game will give a public hearing in it's
room (office of fish and game Commits
sioners) at the State House, in Augusta.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, at P. M.
No. l. On petitions of w. F. Bean. A.
I. Bowker and 80 others, praying that
South and Round ponds, in Greenwood,
oxford county. be opened to ice fishing
after Feb: of each year for five years.
No. 2. On petition of Chester Whitney
and As others relating to fishing in Pease
stream. Franklin county.
No. d. On petition of l.. VI. Sanborn
and 50 others, citizens of Cumberland
county. asking for amendment of Oh. 1893
of P. and S. L., 1907, relating to fishing
in Sebago lake.
No. IS. On Bill. An Act to regulate fish
ing in Thorne brook in Abbot, Kings
bury and Blanchard. Piscataquis county.
and petition of c. r. Scales of Guilford
and others for same.
No. 20. On petition of c. f. Hewes and
others, citizens of Piscataquis county,
asking that the law prohibiting bait fish
ing in Big Lyford pond be extended for
an indefinite period.
At Hall of Representatives, State
House,
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There has been quite lot of COM
lnent because Governor Lilley of Con-
nccticut holds the double Office of Con-
gresham and Governor 1t does not
seem to be his fault, however. He sent
his resignation as congressman to his
predecessor in the governors chair, Gov
Woodruff, and that gentleman returned
it unaccepted on the ground that the
Mace would be vacant such short time
that it would not pay to go to the great
expense OF special congressional cleo
ton. Had Governor Woodruff accept
ed his resignation, he would have been
compelled to call new election. The
law is mandatory in this respect, but
there is no penalty for refusing to ac-
cent the resignation. AS far as Con-
sress is concerned it has no official
knowledge of the resignation or of any
vacancy. In the meantime Governor
Iilley is attending strictly to his du-
ties at Hartford and is making good in
the executive chair.
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Corn Huskinq Battles in Iowa,

Here in New England the husking
season is usually over by the end of
October. All the husking parties have
been held, the attendant festivities and
old-fashioned suppers enjoyed. the red
ears made to do service as often as OPP
portunity could be found, and all the
boasting made rs to the fastest husk-
ers and the biggest yield per acre But
Of corn state than Maine is,-though
we did humble. the pride of Iowa Il
year or two ago by reporting taller
corn in this State, raised by a VIM
throp farmer, than the tallest raised in
Iowa, according to the reliable figures
Of the Des Moincs Register and Leader
= they evidently put off their husiling
until well into the winter, and do it in
the open fields at that.
A recent copy of an Iowa paper
which comes to our office has under
big headlines an account of the excit-
for the state husking championship.
1t was q great occasion and hundreds
of people We're on hand, although the
contest was held in field covered with
several inches of snow and with the
mercury well below zero. The winner
was Webb Mcconnell, for many years
the holder of the Iowa husking cham
pionship. and his record in this latest
contest was &c bushels in four hours,
30 pounds being allowed for a bushel
and the corn husked in workmanlike
manner. free from husks and worthless
ears.
Mcdonnell began to win husking
championships. it appears. down in
Illinois. another great corn state, as
early as 1865 when he was only 10
years of age When he was II he held
the Illinois championship, winning it
by husking 13S bushels in 10 hours. y
few years later he raised the record to
IFS bushels and since he has moved TO
Iowa he has made a record of 227 bu-
shells and 80 pounds in ten hours.
and if anybody has an idea that
that is not a good days work in
corn husklng he has the privilege
of trying to beat it. In one con-
test Mcconnell and another husker
were tied three times. each being 10
hour contest, before Mcconnell finally
came oil victor.
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THE ETRUscAN "DiscovERY.,
Key to Inscription Found by Uni.
versity Professor.

If Prof. Hempl of Stanford Univer-
city has found new key to the Etrus-
can inscriptions whereby he can prove
& close relationship between the Etrus-
can and Latin languages. and further
that the EtruScanS We're akin to peO-
pies of Asia Minor, he has succeeded
in establishing two very probable sup
positions which have often been as
sumed on general frounds. but which
for particular biological reasons the
best authorities have hitherto felt
obliged to pass over. ,.ttauf
1t is unuueStioned that both the e.
ruscans and the Romans were mixed
nations and that both had some COM
mon clements. Rome was under Etrus-
can sway in early days. and after
ward the Eiruscan cities We're Roman
lied. Many of the great historical
families of Rome We're of Etruscan
blood. ard while Rome. of course, had
many traditions of an infusion from
Asia Minor, Herodotus and most an
cient writer's declare that the Etrus-
cans came from Lydia Indeed, the
whole story would be a foregone con-
clusion We're it not for the remnants
Of the Etruscan language preserved in
a few thousand brief inscriptions, most
ly of mortuary intention. These are
largely made up of strings OF proper
names, many of which differ but IN
spelling from Latin names. Outside OF
these, however. are two or three nun
dre1 common wnrds-verbs. nouns. ETC.,
which as hitherto deciphered or trans
liberated seem to be utterly alien from
Latin Corssen, a pathological author
ity before 1850, assumed Latin affinities
in them, but he has been completely
denied by his competent successors
These have tried to connect Etruscan
with Semitic, Gothic, Basque, Armeni-
ran and other remote tongues; or they
have declared it to be unique-or, lot
N" last twenty years have "sat on the
fence" saying that the material at
iiand is inadequate to demonstrate us
aftinities. Latterly no one worth men
tioning has called it Aryan.
In spite of these doubts the meaning
Of the inscriptions-of most of them, az
any rate-has been generally taken
for granted. Such simple records In
decd leave small room for variety Oh
interpretation, and, Of course, clpher
may be wormed out without its cipher-
al affinitics being ascertained. Prof..
Hempl, with his new key. has only de-
ciphercd fifty Inscriptions as yet. 1t ap-
pears: but we can hardly suppose thai,
so far as the sense goes, he will depart
much from previous interpretations on
the other hand. it is quite certain thaI
he must letter the words differently III
order to establish the relationship Win
Latin.
That his proofs. supposlng them 10
exist. will have very revolutionary
effect on the general conspectus OF ms
tory we are inclined to doubt. They
should. however. make it easier to ac-
cept opinions long since promulgated
NEW YORK SUN
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REASSIGNMENT.

THURSDAY, JAN. %, 1909, at O'Clock
"a. On an Act additional 70 Chapter 14i
of the Revised Statutes, providing Tor
the recovery of money improperly rad
by the State for the, support OF insane
e. on an Act to provide for the re-
moval of foreign paupers.
WEDNEssIpAY. FEB. g. 19os' at
81. On an Act to amend Chapter OF
the Revised Statutes, relating to the reg
ulation and conduct of elections.
THURSDAY. JAN. %, 1909. at P. NJ
the Kittely Water and Electric Light
Company.
WEDNESDAY, JAN 27. 1909, at .. P. NJ
&c. On an Act relating to negotlaDie IN
struments
WEDNESDAY, FiB. 3. 1909. at p. NJ
~. on petitions of the selectmen of
Athens and others for regulating auto
mobile and motor vehicles. 90
S. On an Act amending Sectlon % OF
Chapter 81 of the Revised Statutes: re-
lating to registration of vital statistlcs
81. On an. Act to amend Section ',n lie, y OF
Chapter of the Revised Statutes, Teld'-
| ing to election officers. 90,
10. On an Act o. to amend Chapter is oi
taxes for street sprinkling.
| TUESDAY. FEB. ., 1909 at 2 p. M.
95 On resolves providing for an
amendment to the constitution empower
ing the Governor to remove any eNecu-
THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 1909, at p NJ
IS. On an Act relatiig to the jurisdic-
ton of agents for the prevention OF cruel
ty to animals.
THURSDAY. FEB. II, 1909 at e. .i ~
ture, to provide for the indeterminate
d. On an Act relating to the employ
%. On report of the commission ap-
pointed by the Governor to lnvestlgate
methods of scaling logs ana lumper III
the State of Maine.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, 1909 at 2 P. NJ:
81 On an Act to define the practlce OF
optometly.
WEDNESDAY. FEB. Il, 1909, at p M
10 On an Act to increase the numDer
of iustices of the supreme judicial court
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8, 1909. at P. NJ:
7G. On an Act to prohibit the use or
|antomobiles in the towns of Eden. Mount
Desert fremont IN M and sG nasert afo''
&c. On an Act to amend an Act estap-
Fishing the municipal court of Watervllle.
| THURSDAY, FEB. 4. 1909, at 2 P. NJ
ST. On an Act authorizing the Rum,
ford Land Company to hold STOCK ana
81 on an Act authorizing the. Union
Trust Company to hold STOCK ana pohos
&c. On an Act to amend the charter OF
the Maine and New Brunswick Electrical
Power Company ny, t tn incornorate the st.
George Water Company. ,,..
49, On an order directing the JUDICIARY
committee to inquire into the matter
of providing a suitable State seal seal con;
forming to the resolve of June 8, 1920, and
report by bill or otherwise.
TUESDAY, FEB. 8. 1909, at P. NJ.
a. On a resolve providing for the pur-
chase and distribution of Savage's Sup
Elemental Digest.
49, On an Act to renew and extend the
charter of the Sebec Power Company.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10. 1909, at F. NJ
- on an Act to amend the charter of
the city of Ellsworth.
BY order of the judiciary committee,
J. H. MONTGOMERY, Secretary.
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APPROPRIATIONS AND FINAN.
CIAL AFFAIRS.

Hearings on the following, will be held
on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at P. M:
WEDNESDAY, JAN. q. 2 P. M.
No. S. Resolve in favor of the Chill
dren's Hospital PortlanO.
No. Z. Report of commission to inves-
tigate the ACCESSIBILITY of creating State
Board of Charities and Corrections.
Halbor Medical and Surgical hospital To-
Gated at Bar Harbor. Maine.
No. 10. Resolve in favor of the Bath
City Hospital.
No ii. Resolve in favor of the Maine
State Sanatorium Association.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. q. 1909, at .
No - Resolve in favor of the Maine
Home for Friendless Boys.
No 10. Resolve in favor of the Maine
Institution for the Blind.
No. IA. Resolve in favor of St. Eliza
beth's Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum
No Is Resolve in favor of the Holy
Innocents' Home for Infants in the city
of Portland
THURSDAY, JAN. %, 1909, at 2 P NJ
No. 16. Resolve in favor of the Central
Maine General Hospital of Lewiston.
No. II. Resolve in favor of the Maine
General Hospital
No IS. Resolve in favor of the Eastern
Maine General Hospital.
No. 10. Resolve in favor of the Augusta
City Hospital
FRIDAY, Jan. - 1909 at T.. nj.
No. 20. Resolve in aid of the Piscata-
quis County Historical Society.
No. q. Resolve in favor of road from
Brownville and Katahdin Iron Wrks.
Auburn.
No. 3d. Resolve in favor of York Hos
pital.
TUESDAY. FEB. .. 1909. 2 r. NJ.
No. "a. Resolve in favor of Knox Coun-
ty General Hospital.
No. rs. Resolve in favor of the Healy
Asylum.
No e. Resolve in favor of the Kings
Daughters Union of Bangor.
No. q. Resolve in favor of the Chill
dren's Aid Society of Maine.
No. %. Resolve in favor of the Waldo
County General Hospital.
EDWARD w. HYDE. Secretary.
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At this time. far in the frozen North
preparations for his dash from his base
of supplies toward the north pole. lie
will leave his base of supplies some
time in February. His former mark ct
81 degrees. six minutes, stands as the
best record thus far made. but he will
not be content with getting beyond
that. 1t is do or die this time in his
fight to reach the pole and win Tor
America the scientific glory that such
an achievement would bring. for III
his age it is altogether unlikely that he
will ever undertake another polar ex-
petition.
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INTERIOR WATERS.

The committee on interior waters will
give a public hearing in it's room at the
State House in Augusta.
WEDNESDAY,, FEB. 8, 1909. at 2
O'Clock p. M.
No. ]. On an Act to extend an act en-
and Spencer Brook Dam and Improve
ment Company"
No. 2. On an Act to incorporate the
Parlin Stream Dam and Improvement
Company.
No A. On resolve in favor of naviga
ton on Sebec lake.
Lake. Songo River and Bay of Naples
Steamboat Company to construct and
maintain a wharf at the east shore of
Sebago lake. in the town of Raymond,
in the county of Cumberland.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. II, 1909. at ?
O'Clock p. NJ.
No. 8. On an Act to incorporate the
Penobscot River Power Company.
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Committee HEARINGS.
JUDICIARY.

The committee on judiciary will give a
public hearing in its room at the State
House in Augusta
THURSDAY, JAN. q, 1909. at 2 O'Clock
No. ST. On an Act relating to the Port
land Society of Art.
No. As. On petition requesting. the
the Squirrel Island Village Corporation.
No; 40. On an Act to amend Section %
lating to the probate of wills.
No. 81 On an Act relating to municipal
bonds and notes.
TUESDAY. JAN. &C. 1869. at o'clock
No. Sc. On an Act to excuse the filing
Of bonds by administrators in certain
cases.
No. So. On an Act to amend Section 2
of Chapter IS, relating to judges OF pro-
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 81, 1909 at 2 O'Clock
No. g. On an Act to amend Section 46
of Chapter 106 of the Revised Statutes
re'at'ns to the appointment OF surveyors
in real actions.
Grafton of motor vehicles on public
streets and ways.
so. On an Act to make uniform the
laws of warehouse receipts.
SO. On an Act to make uniform .the
law relating to the sale of goods.
&c. On an order, from the last Legisla-
ture that the report OF the COMMISSION
ers on uniform law relating to marriage
and divorce be referred to the commit
tee on judiciary, with instructions to con-
slder the same.
THURSDAY. JAN. %. 1909. at o'clock
P. NJ.
No. 50. On an Act relating to the issr.
of bonds. ,i'V
No. IS. On an Act creating a State
Board of Charities and Corrections.
No. 81. On an Order instructing the Ju-
dietary Committee to inquire into the
constitutionality and expediency of en-
acting. a law providing for tax upon
lands in unincorporatea places, to be ap-
piled for the preservation and protection
of forests in such unincorporated places.
THURSDAY, JAN. %, 1909, at O'Clock
P. NJ.
6s. On a resolve. from the last Legis-
ia,u fnr La al ntn, ef
ry of State. treasurer and attorney gen.
er'l. hv the qualified electors of the State.
70. On an Act, from the last Legisla-
ture, relating to the limitations of the
use of the word prescription"
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STATE OF MAINE.

In Senate, Jan. 10. 1909.
ORDERED, the House concurring, that
and bills for private and special legisla-
ton be limited to Tuesday. February l6.
1909. and that all such petitions and hllis
presented after that date be referred TO
the next Legislature, and that the secre-
tary of the Senate cause copies of this
order to be published in all daily papers
in this State until February g. 1909.
In Senate Chamber, January u, lS9.
Read and passed. Sent down for con-
currence
F. G. HARRINGTON.
Secretary.
House of Representatives, January 10,
1909. Read and passed in concurrence.
E. M. THOMPSON.
A true copy. o>,
Attest: F. 6. FARRlNGlON,
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Maine Gossip
Looking Back.
3Oyland, Boyland-

Boyland. Boyland-
There's where I'd like to be,
a wanderer through summer fields,
Where boomS the humble bee
A dreamer of the untroubled dreams
In lanes of long ago,
Where gladstone, golden butterflies
Are thronging to and fro.
Boyland, Boyland-
1t all seems far away,
The care-free paths we used to tread
The friends of yesterday;
The autumn hills we used to climb,
The sports of wintry weather,
When we who'll soon be growing old
Were simply boys together.
Boyland, Boyland-
Sweet fancy still endears
The first fair prospect of our youth,
Seen through a mist of tears.
Along the highways of the world
We toll in proud endeavor;
To all that childhood made SO dear
We've said goodbye forever.
birmingham Age-Herald.
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RAILROADS AND EXPRESSES.

The committee on railroads and eX-
presses will give public hearing in its
room, number 140, at the State House in
Augusta,
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 81. 1909 at go
O'Clock P. M.
No So An Act to amend Section So of
Chapter 81 of the Revised Statutes, re-
lating to the railroad commissioners.
No. 81. An Act to extend the charter
of the Aroostook Valley Railroad Com
pany.
No. 81. An Act relating to the extern
sion of the FIyeburg Horse Railroad.
No So. An Act to extend the charter
of the Waldo Street Railway Company.
BY order of the committee on railroads
and expresses.
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Some of Poe's tales which are being
thc centennial observance are more eff
fcctive than mnce pie at it's worst, or
best, in causing the nightmare. For in
stance. "Thc Pit and the Pendulum
"'rhe Cask of Amontillado," and any
ore of "A dozen of their fellows are
calculated to give the reader a mighty
creepy feeling if he ventures into the
dark soon after reading them.
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pray for $40. He prayed fervenely for
several days. The fact that he was
praying reached the ears of devout
Shilolite lady, and knowing that all
good Shilohites would turn over to the
institution all earthly belongings, she
sent Furgerson the $40 so that he could
feel that his prayer was answered.
Imagine Furgerson's surprise few
days later when he was called up by
the elders and commanded to hand
oven the $40. Furgerson didn't, but he
cor out
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A travelling exposition, taking zen
months cruise around the world ior
the purpose OF exhibiting in all the
principal ports of the world Spanish
manufacturers and agricultural proo.
ucts, is a project which a number -
the influential merchants of Barcelona
Spain, are contemplating. according !"
Il report to the Bureau of Manufactu-
reg
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A World GirdIing Navy.

1t is said that never before in the
history of the American flag has it
been floated simultaneously from the
mastheads of American vessels In the
ports Of so many different foreign ma
tons as it does today. 1t is needless to
say that these flags are all flying from
the mastheads OF American naval YES
sells, for in it's policy of Withholding
the protection from our foreign ship
ping which it has granted so generously
to other Industries, the American gov
crnment now stands in the humiliating
position of having practically all its
foreign commerce handled III foreign
vessels, while the American nag, as far
as merchant vessels are concerned. has
disappeared from the high seas and
from foreign ports.
But with our great and splendid ma
Wy things are different. and just now
our naval force is scattered all over
the seven seas and has it's representa-
tives in the harbors of almost every
foreign nation. This results from the
splitting up of the Atlantic battleship
fleet and the presence of various YES
sells of the navy in the Philippines,
Porto Rico, Cuba and Hawaii. The &C.
suit is that Uncle Sans navy now
forms a circle around the world, with
blue jackets IN all the leading ports.
kish, Franco-Algerian and South Amer
lean officials are extending welcomes
to the officers and crews of American
battleships or cruisers, and the streets
of the Old and New worlds are echo
ing to the tread and voice of the Amer
lean man-o'-war's man. The battle
ships Illinois, Wisconsin and Kear-
sarge fly the Stars and Stripes at Nal
ia. The Louisiana and Virginia ride
at anchor in the harbor Of Smyrna The
men of the Missouri and Ohio are gaz-
ing in Athens on the relics Of ancient
Greece.
The crews of the Kansas and Mime
sofa are showing Nice and Villefranche
what American football is and Mar
settles is swarming over the battle
ships of Rhode Island, Georgia., New
Jersey and Nebraska. The Scorpion
has steamed under the guns of Con-
stantinople and the Kentucky on her
way to Algiers has ploughed the wa
tiers which saw the guns of Decatur
and Brainbrdge sink the Barbary pi-
rates. The flag is still floating in Ital-
ian waters, spelling comfort and succor
to earthquake refugees in Naples and
Messina. The Connecticut. Rear Ad-
miral Sperry's flagship in the battle
ship fleet, is on her way to Villefranche
Ports in Venezuela and Chill are har-
boring vessels of the Pacific fleet. The
Dubuque flies the flag of Bluefields, Nj
caragua. and the Buffalo at Honolulu.
The Des Moines is at anchor in Cura-
Gao, West Indies, and the Eagle is sur
veying in Haytan waters. Hong Kong
Shanghai and Canton are scenes of the
activity of vessels of the Pacific fleet
regularly stationed there and ships of
the same division guard the ports Of
the Philippines.
World stirring as has been the round
the-world cr,1jSa of tho Atlantic hattie
ship fleet, it is doubtful if it has Great
ed more of a feeling or respect among,
Cnce ct one time of United States war
ships in fighting trim at twenty-five
foreign ports.