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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-07

field this year are the cleanest bunch
of fellows that / have ever seen AT an
enCampment here. The presence Of the
regulars is q new feature and we ind
ourselves on the best of relations with
them. Perhaps the location Of our com
pany on the extreme left OF the en-
CampmCnt and so near the regulars
may have something to do with it, bur
there is more visiting back and forth
between our company and the regulars
than with any others in camp. | am
sorry that we are going Wednesday
ard | wish We We're going TO stay here
a month. We ought to have u month
in camp. anyway"
The familiar faces of three Journal
employees are to- be seen in Co. A ranks,
Sergeant Grenier, Color Sergeant
Charles Crommett and Quartermaster
Sergeant Jesse r. Lewis Co. NJ is I'M
usually we'll oficercd this year and
the soiderly and gentlemanly bearing
of Can't Basley and Licuts. Tremblay
and Rand has been frequently men
toned by their superior officers as well
as by visitors to the encampnent.
Mention of Co. Nj is not complete
W iiIEout So'ilt tlluSioll " lllt company
mascot. clever bull dog by the name
of Roxy. owned by Private Charles
A. Jones, Jr. Roxy" is bedeecked with
with red ribbon about her body, a bow
Of red ribbon is tied on her collar
ard She appears to enjoy camp life as
much as any Of the regularly enlisted
members of Co. NJ A recent interview
between Roxy" and the goat which
came into camp as the mascot of Co.
A, has been the talk of the third bat
talon ever since it occurred
The tents of the hospital corps at
tract much attention on the part of
the visitors. which is not surprising as
Camp Fernald has a fully equipped
field hospital. such as would be re-
CURED in actual service. The dispen-
sary tent itself is a revelation to any
one visiting it for the first time. The
dispensary is equipped with a hot
water steriliZer, a surgical case con-
tanning everything needed in ordinary
operations, such as appendicitis or re-
| moving limbs. A medical case. con-
| tanning all medicines and medical APP
planes usually needed, and field
desk in which are kept the records and
report blanks of all cases. Hospital
tents No. | and No. are each equipped
with Eve beds in front and commodes
| for the use of patients in small tents
| in the rear of each of the two tents
The contents of the surgical and med
| ical cases are listed upon the inside
of the cover of each case with the ex-
act location in the case SO that the
finding of any desired article is only
question of moment. A set of teeth
extracting forceps is included in the
surgical case as well as sterilized
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-07

White Plains, n. Y, Aug. 6.-Harry
X. Thaw's latest struggle for release
from the Matteawan Asylum for the
insane will end tomorrow. The submits
sion of testimony in his habeas corpus
proceedings before Justice Isaac N.
Mills closed this afternoon and all that
remains is the final arguments OF INT
attorneys. Justice Mills will file his de-
cision with the county clerk here on
the morning of Thursday, Aug. Il.
Several possibilities confront ThaW.
The court may grant his plea and may
make him absolutely free. 1t may de-
eide that he has not established his
sanity and refuse to interfere, in which
case the state authorities will probably
send him straight back to Matteawan
But Justice Mills has further discre-
tionary powers. He may feel that the
young mans mental condition is Still
in doubt and for that reason delay
final order, meanwhile paroling Thaw
in custody of some officer or possibly
on his own recogniZance in the care of
his family. Or, he may declare Thaw
insane but moved by his mothers COM
plant regarding his surroundings at
Matteawan, send him to some other
state hospital not peopled by criminals.
rhaw left the court room this af-
ternoon with jaunty step. The strain of
the past four weeks. during which he
has submitted personally to Ii hours
Of cross examination. was not appar-
ent, either in his face or his bearing.
| At no time during the proceedings has
he expressed anything but satisfaction
with the results and confidence in the
| success of his cause. This afternoon he
| was as hopeful as ever Il am sure
! he said that | shall be free"
| The evidence presented in behalf OF
| Thaw closed today with a dramatic
ouiburst by his mother Mrs. Mary
Copley Thaw, who was the final wit
ness. Her last words were denuncia-
ticn Of District Attorney Jerome Earl
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-07
THAW'S FIGHT FOR LIBERTY
RAPIDLY APPROACHING CLOSE.
Struggle in Court at White Plains Will End
T0day==-C0urt May Decide on Any One OF
Half a Dozen Dispositions of the Case.

Ter in the day she had read hSt Oh
names distinguished in New YORK so
ciety. They were guests. she sald,> al
:. dinner she gave in New York which
Harry attended before his marriage.
In concluding her testimony she re-
ferred to this list of names.
Il brought in the names of those Whc
attended that dinner to my son." she
said because of the statements of Mr.
Jerome regarding the company he was
accustomed to keep. | have no speciat
emnity toward Mr.. jerome, but he GER
tainly has not behaved in this matter
in a gentlemanly way, nor III Chrls-
tian way. Mr.. jerome always talked
about Harry's being a frequenter OF
the tenderoin when he knows as well
as anyone that my boy never went to
the tenderloin until he met a certain
person who dropped him down.
That" said Attorney Charles Nor
schauser lends cur case.
on the stand today, Mrs. Thaw's
testimony, was again frequently inter-
ruLted by sobbing, as she described
Harry's surroundings at Matteawan.
"7'hat place seemed to me like the
vesfibule to The Internal regions" she
saio solemnly.
The principal new witness today was
Roger O'Mara, formerly chief of po-
lice in PittSburg, and employed by the
| TnaWs as a detective in Harry's case
! He testified in confederation of the
! stories about Stanford White. The
greater part of the day was devoted
to a denomination of Thaw's alien
isis. Jerome attacked these experts
with every device of the skilled cross
examiner.
He reused the ire of DR.. Britton D
| Evans, by asking if he was the object
| of the denuncfation of medical exper
witnesses delivered yesterday by Gov
ernor Franklin Fort of New Jersey
DR.. Evans is superintendent of New
Continued On Page Twelve.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-07
WORKING WELL.
New Tariff Law Starts
Off Very Smoothly.
No Confusion in Its Admins
tration Yet Reported.
Brokers will Protest Closing Of
New York Custom House..

Washington, Aug. 6-Information
received at the treasury today from
New York City Boston and Philadel-
phia indicates that the new tariff law
is working unexpectedly smoothly.
Generally at the beginning of the
operation of a new tariff law, matters
in the big custom houses are at 'sixes
and SeVenS,' for few days, but no
confusion yet has manifested itself in
the administration of the Payne law
it is said By treasury officials this is
accounted for by reason of the new
law having been constructed on the
general lines of the Dingley act, al
though of course the figures differ
1t is noted with considerable inter-
est at the treasury department that the
receipts from customs have increased
materially since the beginning of the
present fiscal year on July /. In the
81 business days of this fiscal year, the
amount collected aggregated $50, 1901
94S, While for precisely the correspond
ing period of last year the collections
We're $24, S41 $50, making an increase
for the present year of 81 ,466,11S. Dur
ing the last three days the receipts
have averaged about $1,500,000 day,
nearly twice as much as for the cor
responding days of last year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-07
TODAY'S JOURNAL CONTENTS

Page One.
TELEGRAPH-Friday' Work of the
Guardsmen at Camp Fernald-Pres Taft
Goes to Beverly, Mass, for Summer-New
Tariff Law Working Well-The Thaw
Hearing.
Page Two.
LOCAL AND TELEGRAPH
Page Three.
LOCAL-Waterville, Fairfield Oak
land. Pittsfeld and Skowhegan Local
News.
Page Four.
SPORTING AND Observation-Disclosures
Defeats Chicago to detroit Trims
and Other sports~The Market Quota,
tons.
Page Five.
CLASSIFIED ADS-Male and Female
Help Wanted-Real Estate for Sale
Motors sts to ea for sas
Business Cards-Railroads.
Page Six.
EDITORIAL-Spain and Morocco-The
Business Boom Well Under Way-Briefs
Maine Gossip--Press Comments
Page Seven.
TELEGRAPH AND GENERAL-special
Washington Letter. 00O. 100000 Feet of
YelloW Pine Cut Yearly in United States
Kennebec. Knox. Lincoln. Somerset and
Waldo County News.
Page Eight.
GENERAL--Charles Fourier of Saco
Killed by Northumberland Letter
System Does Not Pay-News of Down
River Islands.
Page Nine.
LOCAL AND STATE-State House
News and Comment-Special Kineo Let
ter
Page Ten.
LOCAL-Kennebec Driving Club Holds
Successful Meet at Driving Park-Local
Briefs.
Page Eleven.
LOCAL-Saturday Trade Locals-Au-
gusta Churches-Local Items
Page Twelve.
TELEGRAPH
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-07

Washington. Aug. 6.-President Taft
lsft Washington late this afternoon for
&tSummer capital at Beverly. Mass,
9WiIl mot return to Washington un-
~ middle of November next. Re
5ftDg at Beverly with his family
uEffi Sept 49, he will start West that
4ay on a tour that will embrace all but
eight or 10 of the states of the Union
and both of the territories in the Far
Southwest.
This was day of leave taking at
the White House. Scores of senators,
representatives and government OH
Gals called to say brief word of
goodbye to the President So great was
The rush of congressional callers that
the Friday cabinet meeting was de-
layed more than an hour. 1t was the
last meeting the President will have of
his official family until he returns to
the capital in the late fall. Various
members of the cabinet will visit Bev
eriy during the summer to take up
matters respecting their various de-
partments. The President also expects
to have several of the cabinet officers
with him at different times during his
long journey through the West and
South. Sec. of War Dickinson for in
stance, probably will be with the Pres
ident during practically all of the
southern end of the tour.
Ambassador O'Rrien, recently return
ed on leave from his post at Toxic, saw
the President for a few minutes today
and promised to make him more ex-
tended visit later in the summer at
Beverly. The President will be accom-
panied to Beverly by Secretary Fred
w. Carpenter, Assistant Secretary Ru-
dOlph Forester and Capt. Archibald
Butt, his military aide. Edward Smith
ers, chief of the White House telegraph
service, and force of executive Office
clerks also will be taken to Beverly
Before his departure. the President
made public a tentative outline of his
trip through the West and South, this
fall. 1t will be a wide swing around
practically the entire United States,
embracing a journey approminating
13,0OG miles-as long as the cruise of
the battleship fleet from Hampton
Roads, through the Straits of Magel
Ian to San Francisco Bay. The trip
Will be one of the most notable ever
made by President. 1t will be as
diverse as could well be imagined and
no Seeing America" tour could be
devised to embrace as many points OF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-07

towels for use in abdominal operations
ana an aspirator for drawing water
from the lungs and heart. Many of the
remedies in the medical case are in
compressed tablet form. Ointments
and iinaments for minor wounds and
BRUSHES are close at hand upon the
desk and one very important article
IN the medical chest is the package
of anvil intrine pearls for use in case
of heart trouble and fainting. which
next to stomach trouble are the most
frequent disorders in camp life.
DR.. James B. ONeil of Portland, sur
geon general, as has already been
stated. divides his time between the
encampment here and the artillery dis
tlict Of Portland, where the first regf-
ment is in rendezvous. Major Edwin
NJ. Fuller of Bath, Capt. F. A. Chand-
Ter of Addison and DR.. J. G. Towne OF
Nterville are the commissioned officers
connected with the detachment.
DR. Edison f. Goodrich of VAUDEVILLE
is the sergeant of the first class in
charge OF the field hospital under the
direction of the commissioned officers.
DR.. Goodrich is on duty at the dis
pensary day and night, sleeping at the
dispensary tent. The necessity of such
an arrangement was seen Thursday
night when private of Co. A suffered
an attack of heart failure as the result
of bit of house play upon the part of
his comrades. The private was being
tossed in a blanket and when those en-
gagged III the sport heard the company
officers coming the private in the blan-
ket was dropped to the company street
with force enough to temporarily put
him out of commission.
The other members of the hospital de-
tachment are Sergeantss Ira w. Cot
trell. Fred d. McAlary, Allotson G.
Libby, Privates Irving II. Winters.
Ernest II. l.. lvers, Joseph p. Murray,
Robert Stafford, Lewis Stafford, George
Eldridge. Harold Glazier and James
Lishtbody.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-07

A. B. Clark of Milton, N Y, has
shipped by rail and boat to New York
city, this season. 10000 baskets of cur
rants Eighty pickers were employed to
pick and basket the crop Mr.. Clark has
large peach crop nearly ready to ship
and it is said to be the finest quality Of
fruit ever grown along the Hudson river
A good fruit farm within few hours of
"a big market, is very near a gold mine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-07
7-2O-4
,oc. CIGAR.

lOc. CIGAR.
Output upwards OF 100000 weekly. At
ate OF 3n,OOQOoO annually. Factory, Man
chester. n. =.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-07
THE WEATHER
FAl r..

Washington, Aug. 6.-Forecast f)r
New England: Generally fair Satur.
day and Sunday; moderate tempera-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-07
Team Match Begins.

The Second Infantry team match
shoot was begun on the State range at
| 80 o'clock Friday afternoon and will
be completed Saturday morning. The
shooting Friday was only at 200 yards.
the result being as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-07
Boston Forecast.

Boston, Aug. 6.-Forecast: General
ly fair Saturday and Sunday, moderate
temperature, light to moderate variable
winds
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21
Sunset in the "Red City"

The numerous entrances to the old
town of Rothenburg are guarded by
beautiful watch towers, which are IN
habited by impoverished old women,
who rent their ariy lodgings Tor a
nominal sum-. The red twinkle OF
their lamps high over the dusty
streets Of Rothenburg at night-for
it is as medieval in its lightings as IN
many other ways-is very charming
in effect. The walls of Rothenburg
are a constant delight to visitors, who
by dint of much squeezing through
narrow passageways and coping IN
darkness, are able to make a circuit
of the city, getting glimpses, on the
way through loophofes, of the green
country outside. Wondrous views OF
the town are also to be had from
many of the distant hills. At sunset
the sight of it's graceful towers and
clutter of red roof tops Is like a fair
vision of romance, The city blazes
for a moment in the fiery mist, then
suddenly melts, mirage-like, In the
gathering dusk, leaving a sense OF
something born of a dream, the illu-
sion of an enchanter's wand.-Letter
to Vogue.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21
Blades That Do
Not Need Grinding
BY E. L.

At the time of the great fire in San
Francisco a big hotel was burned.
The mammoth iron Orders, which
had helped to keep the building IN
shape, went crashing into the cellar,
q confused mass of ruins. Then the
question was how to get those heavy
crooked Orders out. No engine was
strong enough to tug them up. Clear
ly, they must be cut in pieces before
they could be moved. Then some one
thought of electricity. A huge dynamo
was brought to the place and set to
work. Great streaks Of lightning
for that is what they really we're
were directed upon the Orders.
Straight down through the hard SUBJ
stance the blades cut their way, chop
ping the long pieces of steel up into
lengths which could be handled by
machinery on the surface. So fierce
were the rays of light from these
knives of electricity that they could
not be watched with the naked eye.
The men who did the work wore
fine strange cup-shaped goggles to
protect their sight. But the problem
was solved, and the work went on
RAPIDLY.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21
Girls Sailor Jumper Suit.

The sailor jumper suit Is one of the
latest and best liked developments OF
that, favorite model, and here is one
made from white linen, with bands of
blue, which Is smart and summer-like
in the extreme. The long, loose
blouse is drawn on over the head
without an opening, and the big sail.
or collar makes its pretty and appro-
pirate finish. In this case no shield
is worn, and for very warm days and
for tennis and other outdoor sports
that style is a most desirable one, but
the shield can be used whenever
liked.
The suit consists of the jumper and
the skirt. The skirt Is straight and
can be either pleated or gathered at
its upper edge, where it can be Joined
to a fitted body lining or to a belt.
The blouse Is made with front and
back portions. 1t is faced at the
front and the collar is Joined to the
neck edge. The sleeves are simple
plain ones, with cuffs finishing their
lower edges. The separate shield can
be used and adjusted under the
blouse or the body lining can be faced
to give the effect; or, again, the suit
ian be worn without the shield, when
the skirt should be attached to a belt
in place of the body lining.
The quantity of material required
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21
SoaD Tree in Florida.

Side by side grow the soap tree
and the tallow tree. The soap tree
Yields a product from which is manu-
featured the purest article OF soap
that is possible to be made. Indeed,
the pulp of the berry is a natural soap
and will make a lather almost like the
manufactured article. The soap berry
tree is now creating widespread inter-
est and the berries are being i'm
ported from Algiers and China.
It will pay to plant the trees and
look after their cultivation. The
product of the tallow tree also enters
into the product of soap and the two
together make a nice combination,
and their cultivation should be looked
after by those interested in new in
dustries. Besides soap, the soap ber-
ries make a very fine oil, and when
the virtues of the tallow tree are fully
known it may also yield a fine and
profitable oil. The young man who
now plants out a ten or twenty-acre
orchard of these trees may drop into
an easy fortune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21
Importance of Lake Marine.

The statistical position Of the Uni
ted States among maritime nations 10
in no small degree due to the activity
of the lake ship builders. In April
they launched 1926 tons of the to-
tai 42,O91 added to u merchant
marine. While but n steel steamer
big enough to be worth noting was
launched on the Atlantic coast, seven
took water from the lake yards. One
of these was of 652S gross tons, not
so long ago regarded as the dfmen'
sions of an ocean liner. The lake ma
rine grows rapidly in quality as well
as in quantity. Its new steamers
have both high speed and great car
rying capacity, and would be easily
convertible into warships. should our
supremacy on those waters ever be
challenged in a hostile spirit. NOT
even our naval alarmists worry be-
cause our navy is represented on the
lakes by the Wolverine, said to be the
oldest man-of-war in commission IN
the world, and by the antiquated
cruisers used by the naval militia as
training ships.-Boston Transcript.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21
FOR A r CUSTOMERS.
Various Schemes For Identifying
Them Quickly.

When the trade of a department
store is so large that the foormen
and sales people cannot recognize
credit customers readily various ex-
pedients have been adopted for es-
tablishing their identity.
The usual system provides for long
waits while the customers name Is
looked up, but a quicker method Is
based on an Identification coin bear
ing a registered number, which is
sent to the cashier with the credit
payment if the customer takes the
purchase with him. One New York
firm has augmented this system by
small books containing gummed and
perforated slips bearing the custo-
mer's printed name and address.
When making purchases, says Sys-
tem, the customer merely tears OF
two of the address slips and hands
them to the salesgirl. One slip is
stuck onto the package as an address
label if the goods are to be delivered
and the other Is attached to the
cashiers account.
The scheme saves time and trouble
and eliminates the chances OF error
in transcribing the name n address.
It Is said to avoid more errors thar
any other plan in use.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21
The Happiest.

In the smoke DON Of the Finland,
discussing a June wedding, Andrew
Carnegie said:
And thank goodness it wasn't an
international marriage, though the
bride did have eighteen millions.
Not" appended Mr.. Carnegie
"that l object to International mar
riages wherein the two parties are
good and honorable and well
matched. But so many of these mar
riages are like one that a Boston
cynic described to me.
Was it a happy marriage? l
asked this Bostonian.
"'Oh, quite said he. The bride
was happy, her mother was over
joyed. Lord Lacland was in e%cstasies,
and his creditors, I understand, were
in a state Of absolutely and uncon-
trollable bliss Washington Star. +
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21
The
Exceptional
Equipment

of the California Fig Syrup Co. and the
scientific attachments of its chemists have
rendered possible the production Of Syrup
Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA, in all Of its
excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
inal principles of plants known to act most
benefcially and combining them most
skillfully, in the right proportions, with
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup Of
California Figs.
As there is only one genuine Syrup OF
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA and as the gen.
uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge Of the above facts enables
one to decline limitations or to return them
if, upon viewing the package, the full name
of the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found
printed on the front thereof
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-21
Rattlino q Witness.

"I will ask you, Mr.. Giles said
the lawyer, proceeding to cross ex-
anime him, eff, on the night of May
16, 1904, you were not threatened
with bodily violence by your neigh
bors for beating your old father on
the head with a club?"
"Sir!" spluttered the indignant
witness, what do you mean?"
ooh, WELL" rejoined the lawyer, 1T
isn't fair, perhaps, to ask you that
question. 1t has nothing to do with
this case. You needn't answer 1t.
That's all, Mr.. Giles. You may step
aside."-Chicago Tribune.