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Morris tribune., 1909-08-14
DEN MARK.

The Russian car has suddenly can
celled his contemplated visit to Copen-
hagen. No reason is given, but it is
evident that he fears trouble. From
Viborg the car went to Kiel and from
thence to Cherbourg. In the event
that the car will come to Copenhagen
at all it will not be until the latter
part of next month. A report from
Copenhagen states that owing to the
contemplated visit of the car there
was already trouble brewing, for the
revolutionary socialists at once were,
up in arms and were appealing a few
days ago to the people to show their
contempt for the .czar by keeping oil
the streets and by dressing in mourn
ing. Many are of the opinion that
there is no danger awaiting the czar
in Copenhagen and that the police are
fully equal to the situation, but it is
evident that the murder of General
Beckman during the recent visit of
the car to Stockholm is what caused
him to suddenly postpone his visit to
his kinsfolk in the Danish capital
The car has so many ties of relation
ship in Copenhagen that it is little
wonder that he desires to pay a visit
there. 1t appears that the car pre-.
fers to meet his friends on his y-e'7+
way out In the ocean nowadays ard
undoubtedly that is by far the sat>z
place.
The Swedish church which is under
course of erection in Copenhagen at
present will cost 265,000 crowns when
completed. 1t will be Gothic in arehi-
lecture and the inside decorations will
all be done by Swedish painters and
decorators.
MARION s. NORELIUS.
Morris tribune., 1909-08-14
Water Power Resources Of the
Country Being Centralized.
CHARGE MADE BY p|NCHOT
Chief Forester Addresses Irriga.
ton Congress.

Spokane, Wash, Aug. 1o.-Gifford
Pinchot has found out where he stands
at the National Irrigation congress.
On arising to address the convention
the 1900 delegates gave him an ova-
ton lasting fully five minutes and
winding up with a burst of three
cheers.
Mr.. Pinchot's address caused some
thing of a sensation by his directly
charging that there is water power
trust in process of formation.
'Not only this" he said, "Dut this
water power trust does not have any
hesitancy about appearing before this
congress in the persons of it's attor'
Morris tribune., 1909-08-14

Seven Republicans Line Up Against
Tariff Bill.

Washington, Aug. 6.-The tariff has
been revised and the extraordinary
session of congress has been brought
to a close. Both houses adjourneG
sine die officially.
The conference report on the biz
was agreed to by the senate by a
vote of Al to 81, when the vote WAS
taken. and soon afterwards the con
current resolution making certain
changes in the leather schedule was
adopted by both houses. On the hnai
vote on the conference report in the
senate seven senators lined up with
the Democrats against approval. They
were Bristow (Kan.), Clapp and Mel
son (Minn.), Cummins and DolliVeI
Qa), La Toilette (Wis.) and BeVer-
idge Qnd.).
Morris tribune., 1909-08-14
WINNERS IN LAND LOTTERY
Oregon Man Secures First Prize at
Occur d'AIene.

Occur d'Alene, Ida, Aug. 9.-Isa'
dore Selig of Myrtle Creek. Ore, drew
claim No. 1 in the great landearawing
for the Occur d'Alene reservation.
John Hedmark of Spokane was No. 2;
Charles G. Cornwell, Spokane, No. g.;
Herman Neubauer, South Tacoma,
Wash, No. A. Ella T. Maloney, Spo-
kane, No. 5: William w. Atkinson,
Troy, Ida, No. 6; Maude Sharpe, Mar
tinsville, Ill, No. Z; Peter Warder-
bach, Butte. Mont, No. 8; Paul B.
Rising, St. Paul, Mimi, No. 8.
Other winners are: No. Is, James
T. Wescott, St. Paul, Mimi; No. 3S,
Henry Sherlock, Sinclair, Mimi; No.
4S, John F. Goldberg, Fargo, N. D.;
No. 40. Ray Mccarthy, Emmetsburg,
Ia
Morris tribune., 1909-08-14
English Villages Without Churches.

English Villages Without Churches.
England cannot be said to be lacking
in churches, and yet there are remote
districts that are sometimes put to
strange devices for want of one. In
the tiny village of East Horndon. in
Essex. which possesses a railway sta
ton, but no church, service is held
every Sunday evening in the station
waiting room. The congregation con-
sists of the railway men and the peo-
pie of the sparsely inhabited neighbor
hood, which only needs railway sta
ton because it is able to send milk to
that devouring London, which must
seem to be a very incomprehensible
place to the simple villagers.-London
Letter to New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
Morris tribune., 1909-08-14

One of the admirable traits Of the
people is their wonderful self control.
They look in a mirror and see a sign
Of age here and another sign of age
there but it is not on record that they
ever let their rage reach such bounds
that they smash the looking glass
AtchiSon Globe.
Morris tribune., 1909-08-14
PRINTERS MEET AT ST. JOE
Annual Convention of International
Typographical Union.

St. Joseph, Mo-, Aug. 9.-The fifty
nth convention of the international
Typographical union convened here,
with President J. M. Lynch and all
the international officers present.
About 1,400 delegates and visitors are
in attendance.
Minneapolis appears to have a shade
the best of it in the contest for the
next convention. It's rivals are Salt
Lake City and Atlanta, Ga. Each of
these cities has large delegations Of
boosters.
Morris tribune., 1909-08-14
SETTLEia-NI Et1hsf AT HAND
Believed Strike viii Be Averted il
CHICAGO.

Chicago, Aug. :0.-Diplomatic ne
gotiations marked the progress of the
street railway situation here While
no definite proposal of peace was &C.
cepted on either side the several con-
ferences which were held during the
day justified the conclusion that a
settlement of the controversy without
strike is only few days off.
Morris tribune., 1909-08-14

Campaign to Bring Wanderers Back to
Native Soil Proves a Failure-Op-
portunities in Old Country Too Few
to Induce Those Who Have Lived in
America to Leave that Land-Labor
Conditions Far from Ideal.
Morris tribune., 1909-08-14

but the Norwegian government is
vigorously protesting against it.
King Gustaf has been spending a
fortnight at Saro, near Gothenburg. 1t
is a beautiful spot and is said to be
one of the kings favorite resorts in
summer.
Morris tribune., 1909-08-14
LOSS PLACED AT ONE MILLION
Fire at Monticello, N. Y, Destroys
Thirty-six Buildings. 'GtHf3

Middletown, N. Y, Aug. ia loss
estimated at 100000 was caused by
the fire which swept thirty-six build
ings from the main street of the SUM
mer resort town of Monticello, N. Y
The buildings burned included hotels,
stores and residences.
Three hotels, filled with summer
guests, mainly from New York city.
were destroyed. All the guests es-
capped with most of their personal eff
fects The Union National bank, both
newspaper Offices and every store but
one in the town were destroyed
The further spread of the fire was
prevented by the use of dynamite.
Morris tribune., 1909-08-14
FAILED TO SIGHT STEAMER

BF1tISn CFUISef HGIUFFl5 r rom SEARCH
for Missing Vessel.
Durham, Natal, Aug 10.-The Brit
ish cruiser Pandora has returned here
after an unsuccessful search of eight
days for the British steamer Wara-
tab, which, with 300 persons on board,
has been missing since July e. The
Pandora covered an area of ESQ square
miles and her cen = ander is of the
opinion that if ~ Waratah still is
afioat he would sighted her.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-05

Contrary to expectation the LeSisla-
ture did not finally adjourn this morn
ing. the reason being the failure Of the
printers to return the engrOssed taxa
ton bill for the year 19l0-EaStern
Argus.
We do not believe that the Argus
would Intentionally do the printers an
injustice; but the foregoing statement
is Incorrect The engrossed taxation
bill for 1910 was completed and dc
livered at the state House before ,
o'clock Friday afternoon. All of the
printing for the session, with the eX-
ception of half a dozen items for the
two general appropriation bills (each
page) was completed and delivered at
the state House before II o'clock p. NJ.
From that hour until nearly go O'Clock
Saturday morning the big force of
printers at the Journal office waited III
absolute idleness for the copy for the',
last few items: but it failed to appear
until 80 O'Clock. some little time after
the Legislature had adjourned. The
fact that the Governor was i'll at the
Augusta House. and that there was
necessarily more or less going back
and forth from his room to the state
House. and the looking over of meas
ures to ascertain the appropriations
carried. consumed considerable time
The printers having fully met the un-
usual and exceptional requirement.
that were placed upon them. do not
feel that they can be held responsible
for delays that We're entirely outside
of their control.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-05
Monday, April 5, 1909.
A Study Of the Early Population.

Although plans are now under way
bureau keeps working away upon sta
tistics gathered at earlier enumera-
tons. The latest volume which il 1a 5
issued goes back TO the beginning of
things in this country and relates to
the first census, that which was taken
In 1890. This volume is unique in our
census annals. for it includes names Of
the heads Of families IN that first cen
SiS as far as the records permit and
tlan il mas ever before received. When
that 1850 CENSUS was taken the three
leading cities Of the country Boston,
Philadelphia and New York, had an
aggregate population Of only $1,000 and
orly six places in the whole country
had a population Of 5000 or more. The
census Of 1900 showed 286 cities and
towns with a population above 5000 and
tn. three cities mentioned above had
to the nature of the early population,
We quot" this passage from the census
book.
"rhc greater part Of the habtantS
Of the United States enumerated in 1890
wer" Of British stock. From a bare
G,WD.o of population in 1900 Great
Britain pcoplod the American colonies
and increased herself to l60o0,0o0 by
1860. In the 18Th century she increased
icr offspring in America. founded pop
ulouS colonies about the world. and in
creased tn" i"rul@tion of the British
Isles to II .0on. 600 in 1900; but in the
United States alone. by 1900 the original
stock nearly equaod the population of
he mother country In magnitude
there appears 10 be no parallel in his
tory for this population achievement of
the British nation during the period
from 1900 to 1900"
The families We're much larger in the
old days Than Row as everybody knows.
In 1880 the average size of the family
families We're now as large as in 1890.
HE population of the United States
would b" 20 million greater than it is.
Mrntinu has been made of the great
prepondrrance of British stock in tn"
American population of 1890. The cen
s,Is then made 20 inquiry as to the ma
tion1lity. and all that this study makes
us acquainted with respecting nation
ality is derived from the family names
appearing il. the enumeration. ON this
basis it appears that tie white popu-
latiun of 1890 was thus divided accord
ing Ia country of origin:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-05
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Speaker Weeks.
portland Press.)


1t was not an April Fool joke that
the members of the House of Repre-
sentatives played upon Speaker Weeks
yesterday. when Mr.. Montgomery had
a fine gold watch and chain sent to
the speakers desk, as a present from
the members of the House. and accom-
panied it with the kindly remarks ex-
presSive of the cordial relations which
have existed between speaker and
members during the Winter, and of
the high esteem in which the speaker
is held Representatives Davies and
Burleigh in no less well chosen words
gave voice to the same sentiments. II
was a most pleasing occasion And
it is to be said that though the
speakers chair in the Maine House OF
Representatives has been occupied by
long line of distinguished men. many
of whom have been exceptionally
strong, and have made records in
other fields of Statecraft. Yet
as a parliamentarian. ready and ac-
curate in his judgments, and as an
efficient presiding officer none. within
the memory of the present generation
at least, have surpassed George q.
Weeks of Fairfield.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-05
NEW KIND OF ROAD.
Salt and Boiler Scale Make Fine Ma
terial for Streets.

The farmers in central Kansas. as
we'll as the people in the towns. have
been interested in good roads for sew
eral years, and in this part OF the
state one can see almost any kind Of
a made road
On Douglas avenue in Ellsworth
there are two blocks that fool four
fifths of the visitors to the town. The
treatment of this street was com
menced Of coarse and fine cinders in
LAYERS. then a covering surface Of salt
and alkali scale.
The water in this country is very
hard, and in all the steam boilers a
the salt mills and other factories
sort Of alkali forms which must be re-
moved frequently; and this, with the
salt and alkali scale that forms in the
salt pans, is used on Douglas avenue.
1t forms hard crust and makes a
most excellent street. 1t is a success
on the most busy thoroughfare of this
town. and if the supply was not 50
limited the farmers would use it for
the rural roads and more of the streets
OF this city would be paved with it.
Inc salt and alkali crust on Douglas
avenue is now about three inches thick.
ana TINS lies on three inches of coarse
cinders and three inches of fine Gin
dcrs 1t makes a pretty street, in ap-
pearance being like an asphalt pave
ment before 1t becomes tirty.-Kansas
City Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-05
This is an arduous duty and it usual

This is an arduous duty and it usual
ly takes three months.
After finding the records correct the
committee receipts to til" custodian
for all obsolete dies. rolls and plates
W hich have become worr by use or
no longer serviceable on account or
legislation: these are carefully check
ed and packed in sealed boxes ana
taken to the navy yard where they
are totally destroyed by melting in
blast furnace.
Last year the committee destroyed
3S42 pieces of engraved work. packed
in PAT boxes and weighing 35,157 pounds
Each morning the custodian issues all
dies rolls and plates necessary to the
engravers on acquisitions, and receipts
for them upon their returl at the close
of the days work, when they are
stored in two large steel freprool
vaults of modern construction pro-
tectel BY time locks.
The $4,000 plates represent all clasS' $
of work, including commissions,
checks, drafts. portraits Of deceased
members of Congress, certificates, d.
plomas. inaugural souvenirs, national
bank currency, United States ana
treasury Totes, gold and silver GER
tificares, bonds. and cigar cigarette.
tobacco snuff, beer. oleonargarine.
rectitied spirits, postage, documentary
customs and proprietary stamps. The
system OF checks and rules governing
the custody of the work is so perfect
that in the history of the bureau not
single plate has gone astray.-Na-
tional Machine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-05
UNCLE SANS MONEY FACTORY.
IN Its Entire History Not One Plate
Has Ever Gone Astray.

The system Of checks employed to-
prevent irregularities in Uncle Sans
money factory, otherwise known as
me Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing IS as complete as human ingen--
uity can devise.
Each die, roll and plate has a num-
per IN sequence stamped upon it and
by said number it is recorded. Each
employee receiving piece of steel to
work on is charged with the same bv
It's number and description Of the
engraving to be made thereon. He
Is not allowed to leave the building
until the same has been returned and
checked in the vaults presided over
by the custodian of dies, rolls and
plates: this officer is the representative
OF the Secretary of the Treasure.
In the custodian's Office complete
records and the history of eishtee n
thousand dies, nineteen hundred rolls
and eighteen thousand plates ara on
file. Once year this office is audited
and checked up by committee APP
pointed by the Secretary of the Treas
urE, each piece of engraved work iden-
titled and compared with the records
Of the office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-05

The Dhtch We're nearly all to he
found in New York and tl,c Germans in
PENNSYLVANIA. Ncw York WAS l6.l per
cent. Dutch. ana no other state had
more than rne-Ealf of l per cent. of
that clement in its population. Penn
sylvania was PSI per cent. German.
while Maryl;lnd vas 80 per cent Ger
man. Virginia a.. and North Carolina
ticans ne ,;ertnans. Only one state
South t;,rolina--had over per cent. of
| its population French; while the states
of Maine New Hampshire and Vermont
ad joining the certor of French settle
ment in America. had n French poru
lation little more than tenth of l
per cent.
New England in 1880 was almost
wholly p,oplrd With English stock the
proportions heing IS per cent for
Maine "a for New Hampshire. "a
for Vermont % for Massachusetts,
and 81 for Rhode Island and
Connecticut The Scotch element in
these states amounted to about per
cent of ,he total compared with II per
cent, for Pennsylvania. and the Carroll
mas; and the Irish element only about
1 per cent. compared with about , per
cent. for Pennsylvania, Maryland, Nir
ujni, and tht ('arpiinaS
With the name schedules from sew
eral states missing. it is estimated that
the total number of different Surnames
in thu United States in 1890 was hess
than 10000 How many are there in
the country today No one. We may
he sure. will ever undertake the task OF
finding out from the later census schef-
ulps. But smith. Brown. etc. played a
gleat proportionate part in that day
as they do in this. Here are the names
of most frequent occurrence in the l.ao
schedules, with the numbers belonging
to each:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-05
How Buildings Tell.

The observer of buildings may read read
with ease many secret OF the builder
heart, whether it be pride, ambition, ny
pocrisy. or solid worth The apartment !.
building that is built to sell IS easier
10 read than some structures which are
the expression of composite though gna
There is a good exterior appearance;
halls heavy with style" with tiled
floors, marble walls, and massive chance
Tiers. But inside the apartments, on every
hand. there are evidences of conscious
intention to skimp and neglect even or
binary standards of good carpenter work.
How unwttingly does the builder rear
this projection of his inmost character
Would it restrain him to know that
others regarded his work as an open con-
fession of the very things he would pre-
fer to hide? 1t might not change his
character. but it could cause him to make
such u building as he would like to be
thought OF as corresponding to in char
acter. If this method of interpreting
buildings were to be populariZed it might
raise the standards of the industry. Our
contribution to this end would be
proverb to pass current wherever build
inss are contemplated "a building is a
confession in stone.'-Collier's.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-05
A Visit to Windsor in the Fifties.

shall never forget the impression
Windsor Castle made upon me when.
after q day or two's rest. We went on
there. 1t was q clear and frosty
afternoon. and the splendid pile rose
like a fairy palace out of the plain.
batheI in the soft light of a January
full moon
We had hardly arrived at the castle
when the Queen sent for us. We were
ushered into a very small boudoir fur
nished in light grays and biues. The
Queen stood there with Prince Albert
by her side and the Princess Royal
little behind them. was at once
struck by the commanding look in the
Queens eyes; they were very clear,
blue and full, and when she spoke they
became kind and gentle. Her ladies',
as ! noticed later on, stood in awe Of
these eyes. which saw everything.
Prince Albert, tall. calm and good
looking, was exactly like the pictures
WHITEWATER painted of him at that
date.
The Princess Royal only just sew
enteen, was in appearance almost
child. Her radiant eyes and bewtch-
ing smile won every heart at once
She was naturally a little shy when
the Queen mOtoined her to come for
ward and speak to us. but She did it
with great composure and gentleness.
The Prince Consort looked at her with
pride and affection, for her bright In
tellect ard quick grasp of things had
responded brilliantly to the care he
had bestowed on the development of
his gifted child.
At dinner I sat next to Lord Palmer
ston, of whom ! had heard from my
infancy as the diSturber of European
peace, and he amused himself by try
ing to disturb mine, asking me a num-
Der of puzzling and embarrassing
questions. AS, however. he appeared
to me to be very much advanced in
years, and I had been taught to re-
spact OLD age, | bore them with equan-
unity and answered as politely as |
could AS soon as the foreign royal
ties began to arrive the Court removed
to Buckingham Palace. and state din
ners, balls, concerts and operas sue
ceeded each other. King Leopold. with
the Duke and Duchess of Brabant and
the Count of Flanders. was one of the
first to some He was benign, discreet
ana ulS iiilltti anu SiittS aboIit '''''i'D
uting advice in soft. low tones and
peculiar infections of Voice. His
daughter-ln-law. the Duchess of Bra
bant, was an Austrian Archduchess.
with a beautiful figure and brilliant
complexion. The Prince and Princess
of Prussia We're radiant at the realiza-
ton Of their long cherished project.
as was also Duke Ernest of Coburg,
bluff and enthusiastic. talking loud
and gestlculating much. quite different
from his brother, Prince Albert Be
sides these there were many other
minor royalties. A day or two before
the wedding Prince Frederick William
arrived. He had for three years been
in love with his young and charming
fancee. and it would perhaps be more
correct to say that he adored her. Tor
he respected her character and ad-
mired her cleverness.-Lady Paget in
Tie Nineteenth Century.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-05
A Much President.

Some patient person with a fOndness
for statistics has figured it out that
since President Taft entered public
life, nearly decade ago, he has
travelled more than 0O,0OO miles, Il
greater record than that made by any
other person Of prominence in ancient
or modern times. In addition to an
almost unprecedented number OF
journeys in this country, Mr.. Taft went
four times to Manila during one visit
on his way around the world five times
to Panama and twice TO Cuba touching
also at Porto Rico once. In his preSi-
Dental campaign through West, North
and South he covered nearly 10000
miles.
The table of distances which makes
the total of miles Travelled, POP. ia, does
not include his many journeys up and
down the Philippine group OF islands.
1t computes the Recommendation Of
the earth at 26.000, which does not,
allow Tor al! the great distances
covered to and from places out of the
direct line Of travel No great import
ance was attached to his compare
lively short journeys when at home
from the Far East in 1902. and for a
few years after his return to take the
secretaryship Of war, although he was
seldom long in one place. Even when
apparently at rest he kept moving on
q golf field at some place of temporary
abode, and this added to the miles. To
go from Washington to New York Or
from the capital to his old home,
Cincinnati. was a suburban jaunt to
him, and of as much moment so far as
eXertion was concerned.
The tables of miles covered by years
shows that if he had kept up the aver
age set for the first two months of 1909
he would have nearly equalled the re-
cord for 1908 and exceeded that for any
other year. The table follows, the
mileage for 1901 and 1902 counting the
return journey from Manila as COM
pleted. although he was on board ship
when the years closed