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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12
BARGAIN RUSH
Bowls Over Clerk, Who Breaks His
Artificial Leg.

Brazil, Ind, Augusta During
bargain rush in a local store Frank
Crowell, clerk, was pushed over and
trampled on by several women.
CroWell wears an artificial leg, and
Ibis was 50 badly broken that he was
compelled to send it to the factory Tor
'epairs. The proprietors of the store
ocked the front door for awhile, but
women crowding on the outside broke
he lock, and once inside wrecked lot
IF furniture.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

AT the meeting of Gardiner Lodge
No 9. |. o. o. F., last evening one.ap
plication for membership was received
No degree work has been done during
the summer but active work WIFI be
started within few weeks and there
are excellent prospects for another sue
cessful fall and winters work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Richards
Misses Mary and Edith Richards and
their grandmother. of Dorchester.
Mass, We're guests of Miss Helen Han
ley, Chestnut street, Thursday. .
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

Mrs. j. B. Tasker and daughter,
who have been guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert McFadden. left yesterday, Mrs
Tasker for New Bedford, Mass, and
Miss Tasker to visit friends in Mil
ford, n H.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

Jackson Bros. are offering a very fine
antiseptic talcum powder in two odors,
Violet and Crushed Rose, for only lie
per jar, for 25c. Those famous John.
,ston's Milwaukee chocolates are al.
ways fresh and new.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmore Po,,,o
turned to Searsport THURSDAY 80
visit with their daughter Mts y. :
jamin Swift. 1en.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

George S. Williams, Everett Mar.v
Harry Ward and Arthur Stilphen ba,,
returned FROM a weeks canoe ,.,'
about the Cobbosseecontee.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

Mrs. II. E. d. Jackson and daugh.
tiers, who have been guests of friends
in this city, returned Thursday to their
home in Westfield, n. J.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

Mrs. George Clifford returned yav..
day to her home in Madison ats, \.
iting Mrs. Abbott Allen at the c,r.s,
homestead.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

Thomas Dick transferred h.
boat from the stream to the river o'H
terday. yes-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

Miss Catherine Pattangall Of u.
terville was in the city YESTERDAY =.
guest of Mrs. Frank Names ana W -
Julia ClaSon. ss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

s. Mrs. George A. Harrington
have returned from a two-weeks ~, ~
with relatives in Southwest H. 'st
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

MRS. Lucy A. Peaslee Of Cambria.
Mass, is visiting her son. Willism
Peaslee, Central street - 80" a.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID. Harrington cam.
up Wednesday from Capitol island IA
attend the funeral of Mrs. Harms.
tons brother, A. c. Sprague
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

William Portner of Waterville for.
merly on the shifting engine in the
Gardiner yard, was i'm the city yester.
day calling on friends. il
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12
Walter Gushing.

Walter Gushing died Tuesday in
California where he went sometime
ago for his health, aged about 80 years
He had been in poor health with con-
sumption for about two years and had
been in the different parts of the West
to fight the disease. The remains will
be brought here for burial.
Mr.. Gushing was the son of the late
Meier c. Gushing. at one time a we'll
known business man of SkoWhegan.
Walter was a graduate of the Skowhe-
gan High school and Of BOwdon Col
lege. After graduating from college
about five years ago he entered the
banking business and went to Eng
land and was in other parts of Europe
until his health began to fail him. He
had bright future before him but for
his health and his many friends who
knew him here and were associated
with him in college mourn the loss.
A meeting will be held next Tuesday
evening on the lawn of ]. d. Emerson.
Mr.. Emerson will give an address on
Woman's Suffrage
A lawn party was held Tuesday even
ing at the home Of Mrs. f. L. Savage
on Winter street under the auspices of
the Congregational Church Work League.
Forty-two were present and a pleasant
time was enjoyed Supper was served by
Mrs. Savage.
John Wright clerk in Frank w. Buck
nam drug store, has been taking a two
weeks vacation. He was In several differ
ent places In the State during that time.
including Moosehead lake, Poland Springs
and Rangeley lakes.
Enoch Markham. a bicycle and a team
collided near the foot of Dyer hill Tues
day evening and Enoch came out with a
broken hand and a finger thrown out of
joint and the bicycle was demolished. He
was taken into Rev. George Merriam's
house. where the finger was thrown into
place by Mr.. Merriam and his hand
dressed. Mr.. Markham was coming down
the hin on his wheel and. it being dark,
he did not see a team that was going
up the Hill and they met. throwing him
from the bicycle. .-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

Miss Clara Robinson
Thursday from weeks visit !. 'aed
HarbOr. baf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

Mrs. j. $. Maxcy went to b1.
tage at Capitol Island Thursdavr L. sot-
ing. 'aofn-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12

In Jerusalem the opportunity for
selllng moor tiles, pipes steps and
perhaps cornices of concrete is quite
5ut not for concrete building
blocks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-12
GARDINER

Mrs. Laura Blair went 10 a.,
Falls yesterday for a sfort yis.. 's0oa
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-11
Our Birthday Book
Rebruary II, 1910.

Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller is n
years old today. Justice Fuller was born
In Augusta, Me-, and practiced law many
years In Chicago. He was appointed to
the supreme bench by President Cleveland,
succeeding Chi I Justice Morri on r. Waite.
Rev. Washington GLADDEN. Is "A years old.
He is a native Of Pennsylvania and Is now
living at Columbus, o. He is one of the
leading pastors OF the Congregational
church in this country and is widely known
as an author as well,
Thomas A. Edison, the great inventor,
was born February II, ls47, at Milan, o.
Mr.. Edison started out as a newsboy on
the Grand Trunk railway, later becoming
a telegraph operator. which proved to be
the path to the field OF invention in which
he has concerned himself with the appllca-
ton of electricity TO practical life. He
lives and has his workshop at West
Orange. n. j.
General George b.. Dandy is 50 years old
today. Generay Dandy was stationed In
Omaha in connection with the headquarters
Of the Department OF the Missouri several
times, and lived here after his retirement.
He has a brilliant war record.
Nathan e. Adams, the real estate man
officing in the Board Of Trade building.
was born February II. 1858, in West Brook
field, MasA
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-11
PERSONAL NOTES.


Mrs. Kicker, a rich lawyer u Dover
seeks to become governor 90 New Hamp-
shire. Any one mean enough eoer bot on a
sure thing now has the opportunity
A popularity Of Governor Hushesssf New
York is that when he says a thing he
means it. Therefore his statement that he
will not run again goes as It lays,t .
Benson Lang. the 17-year-old New York
boy who lost the $1,000 gold certificate,
did well to get nothing more than dizzy
The psycopathic wards are filled with
grown men who have lost less cents. 81
George r.. schuhmann, presldent-o f the
Louisville Anzeiger company, and one OF
the oldest German-American newspaper
men In the United states, died In that city,
aged Is Mr., Schuhmann had been az the
head OF the Anzeigcr for half a century.
lack johnson is touching the high places,
acquiring a fine knowledge of the, various
foreign and domestic brands OF wine, and
his friends are somewhat worried. They
find some encouragement however, In the
fact that Jeffries Is smoking cigaretteS
whenever he isn't eating or sleeping. ,
Edward Payson Weston will have to look
out for his laurels as a walker. Mrs. Jere-
miah McClelland, aged 81, ten years older
than the veteran Weston, is back at her
home in K%ittannlng after a walk over. hilly
roads to New Bethlehem and return She
walked twenty-four miles, regarding II
merely as q pleasant jaunt, 60
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-11
BUNGAL0WMANIA,

Arthur Chapman in Denver Republican.
Great grandfather lived I'm a dwelling of
logs, t,'.
1t was squatty and dingy and plain,
Kids and his dogs,
Nor minded the snow and the rain; '
IL he lived there now he'd have perked up a
bit,
And pride would have set on his brow;
He d have looked on his house as an artis-
tic hit
For they call cabins bungalows now.
The Smiths used to live in a house made
Of sod Oh ,E E.E Ii 80
On the plains where the Kansas winds
sweep;
They built it of nothing out clod upon clod,
And its lines would make architects
weep; .HE ~ IA
But today it's refurbished, with vines at
It's door,
And a lantern upon it's port bow,
1t rents for simoleons many a score
For "soddies' are bungalows now. r 81
So it's back to the cabins and rsoddles'
and shacks, f.
If you'd follow the craze of the day;
To the dwellings that seem TO sprawl out
on their backs, K
For that is the bungalow way:
Move out of the houses that have an up
stairs,
And straight for the lowly sort pillow;
a hen-coop, a barrel, for nobody cares.
AS all things are bungalows now.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-11
Mine Tragedies.

The Cherry mine disaster of a few
months g was followed by another
horrible disaster at El PrImero, Colo,
still another at Drakesboro, KY, and
a fourth at Los Asparanzas. Then
n instance OF a great disaster
being prevented in Kings Collier hear
GAINESVILLE, o. Nearly three hundred
lives lost before we have a single in
stance of a disaster prevented. Are
American people travelling so fast that
the lives of men are cheaper than the
cost of up-to-date signaling apparatus,
fire escapes and life-savlng devices for
workers below the surface?
In all of these four disasters the
lack Of signaling apparatus as well as
mean of escape have been woefully
lacking. The more is the pity. Sud
denly to be cut off from life without
even a knowledge of the approach of
danger, without the possibility of es-
cape Eve If danger had been an
%nounced, is a condition horrible to CON
template. Something is wrong with
our industrial world which no ism,
ology or politics" has remedied. HUI
man life has the right of protection
while in the pursuit of legitimate bust
ness and profession. A humane atti-
tude on the part of corporation en-
ployers of men is a hard thing to de-
velop. Labor unions nave not sue
ceeded in accomplishing very much
along that line and have also slgnally
failed to develop such a spirit in their
own ranks. If neither or them can be
depended ON to do much. an authority
which can handle the situation must
take hold
Object as we may to the increasing
Capitalization of governmental affairs.
we nave no right to DO so when we can
not get the desired results otherwise.
1t is not a question how the lives of
miners are protected so long as they
are protected. If Kings Collier can
be equipped SO as to prevent disaster
and the loss of life by a simple system
of electric signals and by escapes,
other mines Ear also. Not a life lost
in Kings Collier and $50 men were in
the mine at the time.
1t would be more sane and intelli-
gent to do a little less red tape investi-
eating and a little more preventing.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-11
A Case of Crocodile Tears.

. The action of the State Normal
board in voting to dispense with the
services Of President Crabtree of the
Peru Normal is seized upon for a
terrific outcry by the democratic
World Herald, which sheds great gobs
of inky tears over this great wrong
for which the cruel ~partisanship of a
republican board is to be blamed. We
do not have suficient knowledge of
the merits of the case to pass judg-
ment on the question whether or not
1t is for the good Of the Peru Normal
school to have a new head. But we
are sufficiently familiar with the
habits Of our amiable contemporary
to detect its lamentations and tears
to be of the crocodile variety. When
1t tries to point an object lesson of
the RIGHTEOUSNESS Of political manipu-
lation OF educational institutions, 1t
is merely using good precepts with
which all agree, to cover up a con-
spiracy Matched in the late democratic
legislature to annex the Normal
schools to the democratic machine,
which conspiracy happily failed, but
for no fault of the democratic wire
pullers.
Nebraska's Normal schools have for
years been under control of a State
Normal board, made up of seven mem
bers, two, of them elective state Off
GERS and five appointed by the gov
ernor, so that one goes out each year.
In the natural. curse of events
through appointment by the present
democratic governor, the democrats
would have secured adequate repre-
sentation on this board, n If the
democrats were continued In power
in Nebraska long enough they would
secure complete control OF the board.
But this slow process was not fast
enough. and so a bill was introduced
and passed legislating out of office
altogether the existing Normal board
and substituting. for It another board
similarly constituted, but with FIVE Of
the seven members to be named anew
by the present democratic governor.
To get this bill and other partisan
bills through, Governor shallenberger
had to make a deal with a republican
state senator, the consideration being
the appointment of the state senator TO
the board in utter and open defiance
Of the constitution, which expressly
prohibits such appointment.
Only the inability of the democrats
TO draw a law and enact it in legal
and valid form prevented the success
full consummation Of this political as
sault on the Normal schools. It was
whispered at Lincoln hat II the demo.
Gratis succeeded in capturing the Nor.
NAL board. President Crabtree of the
Peru Normal was to be retained and
the president OF the KeGrney Normal
decapitated and his place and the
places In the two new Normal schools
were to be given to good democratic
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-11
RISE IN GREAT SALT LAKE.
Utah's BFiny Pond Takes On More
Water.
New York World.

New York World.
An interesting and suggestive item in
the news is the rise In Great Salt lake,
which is now higher than at any other
time within the memory of white men, and
which is threatening with it's flood the
famous Lucin cutoff, built at such an
enormous expense to a ranscontinenta
railroad. Six years ago it was announced
positively that the lake was drying up and
that our grandchildren would see the dis
appearance of one Of Americas great
natural features. 1t would seem hat the
fears are ~groundless.
The present swelling of the lake is not
due to heavy rains. but Is apparently a
part of its habit. According to Indian
tradition It has irregular rise and fan,
each extending over a period of thirty or
forty years. The lake has not been known
long enough to civilization for these state
ments to be verified by scientific observers,
but the legends Of primitive and savage
peoples are usually based on fact.
The phenomenon OF Great Salt lake finds
it's parallel 1t has been shown
that the Great Lakes themselves have a
steady rise and fall. although in their case
it is slight. Rash observers announce start
ling discoveries and predict great disas-
tiers, but the face of nature makes perma-
nent changes SO slowly that man cannot
tell any difference 'in hundreds Of years.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-11
Judicial Common Sense.

opTnBLetd9ffepupncan.
A judge in M~iss9urAohas shown the coun-
try a bit of sense regarding the qualifica-
tons of Jurors, In the trial of a case one
Of the lawyers, withflthe evident intention
Of challenging, asked the familiar question
whether the talesmAR had read accounts Of
the case In the newspapers. What's the
difference If he has read the Newspapers
demanded the iudgeai He'll make the bet
ter Juryman.o To say that a man ought
not to serve because he has read the news
paper accounts is saying in effect that a
jury Of intelligence Is objected to. That is
not justice; neither Is it law" 1t Is a
satisfaction to have so sensible a SUCCESS
ton clothed with the authority Of a Judge.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-11
A HUMAN

President Taft's Methods of Mixing
with the People.
Boston Herald.
The unconventionality OF the president
in his life as an official and as a man,
becomes more evident as the days go by.
He is walking about thes% streets, inspecting
the shops, dropping in to- call on friends
at their hotels or apartments. and In a
variety of ways indicating his intention to
avoid exclusion from the sources Of good
fellowship, which he needs to keep alive
II he is to do his official tasks with the
touch OF sympathy and mellow judgment
which, in the past, v been his ways
and means OF combining justice and mercy,
virility and clemency. Continuance in this
policy of mixing with the people, Of keep
ing alive old friendships. Of undergoing the
give and take Of post-prandlal debate where
personal and national policies are discussed
Will strengthen him with the people who
like their Representatives in high office to
retain the human touch"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-11
Beating Around the Bush.

INeW IOTk IIIDune.
The senate committee on public expendl-
lures, which was intended to get to work
this year to reduce extravagant approprla-
tions, now wants TO. have a commission
appointed to suggest economies for the
future. 1t would be better to begin at
once with the reductions, Why not try
a few simple expedients, for instance, like
passing no private pension laws at this
session, consolidating the pension agencies,
abolishing moribunda ports Of entry and
cutting down the number Of documents and
other useless, government publications
which have to be puts in storage after print
ing and eventually are burned or sold as
Junk? - annntL /.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-11
PASSING or rnr rbArNsMrN.
An Impressive Reminder Of Time'-
RsmOrseless Changes.

CnioAkO Posi-.
Lieutenant General Miles called on the
president a few days ago and on entering
the executive Offices found Mr.. Taft en-
gagged In talking by means OF an utter
prefer with half a dozen Indians OF the
Sioux tribe One Of the visitors. an Indian
nearly 50 years old, caught sight Of the
soldier and went forward instantly to shake
his hand He had lost interest for the
moment In the Great Father In the greater
interest OF the presence Of the man whom
he had met more than once in battle.
Nelson A. Miles is over 70 years OF age.
ana ne mas been retired from active service
Tor a decade He Is one OF the last officers
OF hlgh rank who as a commander OF
troops saw long and active service against
lhe led people OF the plains The brave
ana the soldier talked together In a way
nat was marked by positive expressions
Oh attection. The last time that the Sioux
were on the path against the whites In
years in the past, and the two mon who
met IN the White House were active par
Elephants In opposing ranks IN the cam
palgn which probably marked the close Of
frontier Indian warfare.
The last time that General MIes hoa
seen the warrior whom he mel In tho
NNH "oS Nnen the EnOSt-
dance craze took possession OF the Dakoas
tribes twenty years ago and led them by a
blind faith in the promises of their medi-
cine men to take to the war path. Mileg
spoke Of Red Cloud. and the old Sioux
waved his hand forward and said TIA"
which is the Sioux for Dead" The
soldier nodded and then one after another
named Little Wound. American Horse,
Young : Man = Afraid = Of His Horses and
Standing Bear. The Sioux after each name
made the forward movement of his hand
and said TIA"
The old warriors, white and red, who
met on the plains in battle as chieftains
OF the warning forces are nearly all dead.
While the fighting was going on in places
far removed from civilization the Ameri-
can people knew little of the immensely Of
the struggle hat was in progress In the
west, and they knew less, and appreciated
not at all, the sacrifices of the soldiers Of
the American army. The records OF the
plains warfare have been all too imper-
fectly kept. Before the last of the soldiers
and the braves who had a part in the con-
flicts have gone forward" an attempt
should be made to increase the present
store of knowledge and to give to the
American people an adequate history OF
the wars Of the western frontier.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-11
Blaming il on the Farmer.

In addition TO the Investigation
which is going on for the solution OF
the knotty problem of the present cost
Of living, a number Of theorists are
busy with Suggestions on. the subject
which deserve consideration. Perhaps
the most unique -reason advanced
from no less a person than Dr..
Cyrus Townsend Brady, the author
preacher Of the Episcopal church, who
insists that the farmer with his waste
full methods and waste and is to
blame.
DR.. Brady made the statement that
the present number Of farmers and the
amount OF land farmed today are not
sufficient readily to, support the popu-
lation Of the United States. Pointing
to the people of France, he remarks:
The reason why France has always
been prosperous in spite of the terri
BILE calamities and horrible wars which
have visited that land is because every
peasant is a farmer and a producer"
When our nation became a republic
over 80 per cent of the population
titled the soil. In 1861 barely SO per
cent followed the same occupation. In
1900 the percentage had fallen below
as and at the present time it has less
than 40. This means that 40 per
cent Of the population is trying to do
for the nation of today what 80 per
cent did 125 years, 60.
The apple crop for the year 1888
was 100000 barrels and in 1898
20, zoo, 900 barrels. This decrease of
46, 900, 600 barrels in twenty years is
not a trillng matter. Add t o this item
the great decrease in the production of
maple sugar.
One Of the main hindrances to the
reforestratioh of the country, accord
ing to clifford Pinchot, is the fact that
the farmers can not afTord to plant
trees on their land when they can get
such good prices for grains and grain
fAttened beef and porn. The farmer
10 l6IJlhB llIIlS iduu 90 " LlhUeT
growth with wheat at 81 a bushel and
corn above go cents most of the time.
If the blame is to be laid, at the door
Of the farmer, It can only be because
he is trying to do too much. II the
number Of farmers Is TO be increased
then more intensified farming must be
the rule, thus increasing the number
of food producers proportional to the
number of those who have to be fed.
This, from the standpoint Of Dr..
Brady, is the only solution of the prop
osition.
But the farmer will answer that he
does not set the prices on his produce.
The consumer, through the commits
sion man and the stock market, does
that. Whsn the boycott was declared
the farmer was the first to feel 1t. The
commission man stopped buying OF
else cut prices and the farmer became
the aggrieved individual. The only
way to solve the whole problem, in the
opinion of those who ought to know,
is either to, reinstate the old equilib-
rum between 9cost of living and In
comes or readjust all conditions to the
new and higher standard of life.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-11

Congressman Latta of the Third Ne
braska district is telling it right out in
meeting that he is a candidate for re-
election and will file for the primary
at the proper time. We had a sort of
a half-suspicion of this all along, not
w~ithstanding Edgar Towards conf
dent assertion that he had a definite
promise from the check-book man that
one term would satisfy him.