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FAMINE IN LEAD
SEEMS INEVITABLE

Officials of the American SmeIt-
ing e. Refining company report
that the stock on band of lead has
been nearly wiped out. and that
the demands of umers have
increased greatly within the past
week. The condition of the lea
business is in marked contrast t.
that of the steel industry, which
Wall street hears is nov operating
at so per cent capacity.
The plants of the National Lea
company are being operated to flu
capacity and the surplus ieat
which two years ago amounted
more than so, 200 tons, has bed
gradually reduced. At the preser
time there is less than a week
supply on hand. 1t was said thi
The sales of lead in November 70
domestic use increased in excess @
output and that more than 500
tons of surplus stock have bee
sold. The sales of lead so far tn
month were said by officials to I
greater than in any such perio
during the last two years and this
the demand for. shipment in J%anuars
and February of next wear wS
very large.
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DENSITY OF POPULATION

The census bureau has issued a
bulletin containing the following
interesting information regarding
the density of population of the
nifTcrent states according to the
recent census:
Rhode Island has so S.5 persons
to the square mile, thus, according
to census bureau figures, leadidg
the list Of states in the matter Of
density of population. Nevada,
With only seven tenths Of a person
to the miles finds a place at the
lower end of the table giving these
facts.
Second in the density list, Massa-
chusctts supports dlS.6 persons
to the square mile, New Jersey,
1871: Connecticut, 1928 and New
York, 1872. The other states
possessing more than 100 to the
mile are: Pennsylvania III; Mary
land, 1903: Ohio III; Dclawarce.
1903, and Illinois, 1907;
Wyoming boasting liz persons
to the mile, more than doubles
Nevada. while Arizona with S
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and followed Flash, and later
returned and went to bed saying
that he was tired. La'er Byrne
and Le5eaI returned and gave out
information that Flash had
resisted arrest. and that in a run
ming fight they killed HIM. Sergeant
Taylor OF the state police caused
! he arrest of Byrns and Lebeau,
and will continue the inestigation
OF the matter. 1t is claimed that
Lebeau and Byrne were not legally
deputized, and that they had no
reason to kill Flash, who was
charged with a trial offense. 1t is
further stated that he did not put
up a running fight, as was re-
ported.-Gazette
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pr nary election supported Senstor
Nj :on and the reputlicen icl.t
sc lera'ly. The mere fact Of his
S /. porting Governor DickerSon
doesn't make him a democrat any
more than his appointment makes
Governor Dickerson a republican.
I : truth IS the governor got his
pItItical wires crossed in appoint.
in Mr. Creighton. Both hroEe Ola
tha-r po!it 81 p-s u:-s AL ar
party ties to the wind.
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ROYAL ARCH OFFICERS

At a meeting of the Royal Arch
Masons Thursday night the follow.
ing officers were elected:
f. A. FrisSell, High Priest; V.
w. Knowles. King; Friedrich Davis.
Scribe; E Reinhart. Treasurer; j.
Henderson, Secretary; D. j. Gill
land c. of II; j. C. Doughty, p. S,
D. McElroy, r. A. c.;
The installation will take place
next Thursday night.
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Salmagund
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY

d. McElroy returned from Car
son this morning.
r. Keefcr the Charleston merch
ant. is spending the holidays in
town.
Misses Violet and Pearl Bruce
left last night by the Western Pa
cifc for San Francisco.
The type made us say Saturday
that MIR. Moody was born in 1858,
instead of 1852. the correct date.
The South Fork cases have been
continued until January 4th.
Judge Klatte will then be on the
bench.
Christmas passed Off quietly in
ElkO. Although the sun shone
bright and there was scarcely a
cloud to De seen, the air was cold
and raw.
The funeral of the late George
NJ Moody took place from the
Episcopal church at 2:30 O'Clock
this afternoon We will give it fur
Their notice tomorrow.
Tne Silver State says the Talbot
ranch neal Kennedy has been sold.
TINS doubtless refers to Judge
TaDot as he owned a ranch H.
Humboldt county.
Constable Happier, Carlin's
peace enforcer came up this
morning He says he heard that
petitions for NJ cElroy and Skaggs
for the vacant commisionership
were being circulated in Carlin.
Just before going to press we
learned thaiM r.C Creighton had been
or would be appointed county COM
missioner. One report said he
had been appointed and another
the appointment had been promised
to him.
By a vote of l02 TO %. the
Chinese senate has passed an cdict
removing the traditional queue
from the heads Of all residents of
the empire. Every Chinese subject
is ordered forthwith TO cut off his
pigtail. THIS aplics to the Chinese
in this country also.
On Christmas day, Judge Morgan
performed the ceremony that unit
ed Ben jamin H.Hill and Miss Mar.
tina A. Guldagcr in the matrimonial
bonds. The ceremony took place at
the home Of the brides parents in
the presence Of a number of invit.
ed guests, The Observation-Disclosures
congratulations and wishes Mr.. ant
Mrs. Hill a world o happiness anC
prosperity.
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A GOOD JOKE

The following from the Churchill
Standard hits tho nail on the head:
"If two doctors advise on a
surgical case. that's professional
courtesy; II two lawyers associate
themselves together in the defense
of n mutual client, that's legal
ethics; if two ministers Of rival
denominations appear on the same
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CARD OF THANKS

The u]nderigncd hereby tender
their sincere thanks to all who so
kindly assisted them duringF the
illness death and burial Of their
beloved husand and father.
Mrs. Geo. NJ. Moody
Mrs. Florence Mcdonald
Mr. and Mrs. w. c. Stecn
ElkO. Nevada. Deccmer. 80 1910.
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TO OUR PATRONS

Please leave the articles to be
engraved this week before the New
Year Holiday; also your jeweIry to
be polished. rivets frightened, ETC..
free of charge.
l.. j. WintermanteI Co.
jewelers..
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Senator Corycll gave this off &C
a call thin morning.
The Masonic party at the Opera
house last night in honor of St.
Johns Day was a splendid success.
AL Fl, her, the jolly pioneer Of
Wells, is in town. He attended
the Masonic, festivities last night.
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one Loo Msny for Her.

An old lady was one day wall
through the streets OF London wi
tho tray Of a butchers boy came
contact with her and soilod her dr.
The deuce take the trayi" exciaIn
the old lady anFrily. "Ah. but
deuce can't take the tray" replied
boy
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Salms
FROM friday DAILY

James +. Sherman of Mountain
City is in town looking after lis
homestead.
Quite a skiI of snow fell during
the day. ana more seems in
prospect. Ii begins to look like
winter.
Three plasterers from Reno
began spreading the mud over the
ceiling and .ides Of the new court
room this morning
If Key Pittnan cannot be United
States senator, he can wear the
uniform of a Colonel on Governor
Oddie's staff if he accepts the ap-
pointmcnt rendered him.
TIE public school will open for
business IN Tuesday morning
January 3. 1911. All the young
STEERS + expected to he on hand,
looking as happy as possible.
Edgar Saddler, former assembly
man of Eureka county, is in from
Diamond valley. He is the son of
the late Governor Saddler. one of
Nevada's best governors.
The commissioners met this fore
noon to close up the years business
Commissioner Creighton took his
seat as amem6er Of the board and
put his o. K. on the county $ bills.
He says he likes it as far as he has
gone.
J. c. Mccoy, a former resident
of this county. writes from Level
len, Nebraska, that he and his
family T well and happy. He
sends the greetings of the season
10 all of his oil friends in Elko
county.
Mr.. Peterson, the brick work
contractor, of the new courthouse,
has completed his contract and will
leave for his home at Reno tonight.
Mi. Peterson is a very pleasant
gentleman and he leaves many
warm friends in EIko who will
always be glad t" hear of his
success.
\ large cave, 10 feet wide by
five feet high and 80 feet deep
was discovered at the property of
the Nevada Gypsum company, eight
miles north east Of L%ovclock, and
the fad confines to interest mining
men and SC cntists. The presence
of the cave vas unsupported and
accidentally found by workmcn
engaged in running a tunnel The
interior of the plac is coated with
a deposit of pure gypsum in
crystalline and stalactitc form.
The work of c~odifying the
statutes of Nevada is nearly
complete and the product Of the
efforts will be presented to the
incoming state legislature for
adoption. The codifcation is being
made by George Cole. "a Toro-
pah attorney, who is assited by the
supreme court. This is the first
compilation that has been made
since that prepared by Henry
Cutting nearly ten years ago, since
which time many new laws have
been enacted and many old ones
repealed.
The Gazette say that Prof.
Thurtell will resign from the rail.
road commission 10 accept the
position of examiner for the inter.
state commerce commission at
Warrington, d.. c. Mr.. Thurtell has
made a good record as q member OF
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LYNCHIEC RECORD
FOR The YEAR
L~ynchings from 1894 to 1910.

'' . ~
1905 sc
IS
Z 1907. 81
90
20
81
N'iy 81 lyachings were recorded
H. the United States in 1910, .
mlcl smaller number than in
almost any previous year in the last
lG. In 1909 the total was seventy
and in 1908 il was sixty-five.
All hut five of the 81 cases of
tyncninCs in 1910 were of negroes.
40 gen Dt hese cases were those
in ".ch tie charge against the
/ victim was assault on white women
/ or urls. L. eleven of t G remain
iuE nuuHer the charge was at
tempted q ininal assault. Ia the
five cases O.! white men, four were
for murder and the other for
. III ling and abettinq in a mil
I delivery. Several Of the cases in
vl-rh negroes were !ynched were
based upon murder. or ALLEGED
murder, Of white ONE in which
the question Of assault is implied.
As in prryious wears. nearly all
the lynchinqs we're in southern
/ states. Florida and Georgia having
ten each. Alabama and Arkansas
/ ciyht each. and Texas six. The
Oniv Iynrhing in the north occurred
in Ohio, the victim being Carl
[ + ncrlnytcn. an agent of the Ohio
! Anti.SaIoOn league. who met his
/ death at the hands of a mob i'm
Newark following his imprisonment
f., i,iI nm o cboroo ~ b~aviro
m,rJorod o ~soIo,r koopor wbiIo
making . raid IN an aIIeycd Hind
| tiger.
Following is the record for 1910
by states: Alabama. eight
negroes; Arkansas, eight; Florida,
eight negroes and two whites;
Georgia. ten negroes: Louisiana,
one white man: Mississippi, five
negroes: Missouri, three negroes:
North Carolina, one negro; South
Carolina, one negro; Tennessee,
two negroes; Texas, four negroes
and two whites OF the five whites
lyuchCd, two were Italians, who
were Iynchcd in Florida. They
were charged with murder and
with melting the riots during the
I strike of cigar makers in Tampa.
. Another Of the white victims was
a Mexican, who was shot and
burned at The stake near the Texas
border. following a confession that
he had murdered a white woman.
OF the hfty-two negro victims
two we're women.
The record OF the crimes assault
murder, seventeen; criminal
assault, ten; attempted criminal
assault eleven; ROBBERY Jour- al
tcmpod murder, seven; aiding and
aoetting jail delivery three; assault
with intent to do bodily injury
ono; insulting women two;
threatening to commit murder
two.
In many OF the cases the
]Iynchings followed the arrest OF
conviction Of the victims on 'h'
charges made against them. II
other cases the victims met dcatf
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va, D 10 Como.

Esmeralda-What q delieioully
light. nuny. airy AFFAIR that isl
GwendolIn-Yes. this is my agiet o.
costume: my going up gown. 30
know
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Cured near Slocum, T,xas. last
August. in which eight or ten
negroes were killed.
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Salmagundi

FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-18
Three Blocks on Meni-
mack Street Culted
Fire Supposed to Have Caught
From Explosion in Basement.
Total Loss S75,0C0..-All Available
Apparatus Called Out.

I.avcrhill Mass. March 1.-THE
business section of the city was threat
cned by $4,000 fire at 80 o'clOch
this morning, the Board OF Trade, Lit
tlcfield and Morse blocks. all wooden,
ON Merrimack street being gutted. The
Floyd Taylor Clothing Go. suffered a
loss Of 100000 on stock while other
occupants suffered heavy damage by
water ard smoke. q
The origin Of the fire is not known,
hn, is supposed to have been caused
by an explosion in the basement OF one
Of rha buildings 1T about . o'clock, in
mates of the lodging house in the ABB
bot building reporting that they had
been aroused by c0ncnSsion which
Jared the building.
The first alarm was sent in from BOX
i3 and q second, calling out all avail
able apparatus in the city followed
upon the arrival of Chief Gordon. The
flames spread from the basement to
the roof. through the walls and threat
cncd total destruction to all buildings
In that vicinity until Il dozen hydranA
and three engine streams were direct
ed against ii. the fire being controlled
after Il two hours fight.
The damage to the property will be
$4,000. while the remainder OF the
Concern. the Varney Photograph Stu
dio; Horace N. Eoyes. pianos and
jewelry ana I.aing & Bessey, BARRIERS.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-18
FlREMEN MEET
And Recommend appointment Of Old
Board Of Engineers.

The ;ttnEal contc9tion nf IN" mcm-
5cri nj the Augusta fire department:
WaS ',cl! III Ia" municipal court room
1T 7.3o Thursday evening for the pur-
pos" of recon ncnding a board Of en-
Sine.,i'S for the ensuing year, the
nam & Of Which viii be submitted to
the now city Conncil at ITS organization
next Monday forenoon. March II.
Nearly every member of the depart
mcnt was present and it was the unan-
imouS choice of the convention that the
appointment OF he present board bc
recommended, they being as follows:
Chief engineer, Joseph c.. Kicker: first
assistant engineer. Charles G. Hunt;
second assistant engineer. Joseph A.
Marston. A petition was then drawn
up embracing the vote of the conven-
ton, which received tho signature OF
tlosc present. some 50 in all and which!
viii he submitted 10 the incoming city
council
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-18
HARVARD AND YALE.
Named as Beneficiaries by Will Of
Late Freeborn F. Raymond I'd.

Cambridge, Mass, March 1..-Harvard
and Yale Universities are named as ben
eficiaries under the will of the late Free
born f. Raymond, md a resident of New
ton, who died on Feb. %. The will was
offered for probate at the Middlesex
county probate court at East Cambridge
today.
After making large number of pri-
vate beuuests the testator provides that
if his estate exceeds 100000 in value,
5000 shall be left to Yale University to
found the Increase N. TarboX scholar
ship; 5000 to Harvard University to es-
tablsh the Thomas William Clarke
scholarship; $500 to Abbott Academy.
Andover. Mass, to found the Mary i.
Raymond scholarship, and $1,000 to tho
Newton Cottage Hospital to establish tn
Mary p. Raymond free bed. In the event
Of the estate not aggregatng $l00,G0 in
value, the requests are to be reduced
rroportionately.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-18
FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES
Entire Estate ct Groton Woman Goes
- Various institutions.

Cambridge, Mass. March lI.-Threc
educational inslitut ions in New Eng
land. together with several missionary
and cE.iiitaho @ societies throughout the
United Staite viii benefit by the Will
of Mary II. s. Spauldng o: Groton,
which was lled in the MiddleSeX pro-
bate court in this city today.
I'll" estate, estimated ut $l0o.0o0, is
left entirely for ch1ritahl" purposes
\ scholarship fund Of $4,000 for young
women is given EoSton University.
Willian-:- and Bates Colleges receive
$4,000 each For the bcnciii Of the poor
$l600 each goes TO the Massachusetts
General hcsriiHl New England hos
nitnl for Women and Children ard the
Perkins Institution for the Blind. all
Of Boston. The American Sunday
School Union of Philadelphia received
$1,000. Several small bcqneStS are made
/" the bohemian Mission Board Of
Cleveland. Chic. the Society for The
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. the
American Scamcn'S Society of New
York. the Boston Sramen'S Society and
the City Mission Society Of Boston,
Two thirds of the residue Of the eS-
tate is given to the American Mis-
Society of New York and the
other third to the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-18
Disappears Suddenly
PosIam Makes Quick Work of Skin
Disbursement.

BY taking small part of the skin
which is affected with some blemisf,
such as pimples, rash, blotches, etc, or
which is unduly infiamed. itching or
chafing, and applying thereto small
quantity of poslam sufficient only to
cover the selected surface, an immedi-
ate demonstration may be had of the
rei.larkab bic properties OF this new dis
covery, and enough poslam for the
purpose will lie mailed free OF charge
to any one, upon request, by the Emer
gercy Laboratories, 80 West 25th street,
New York. The spot so treated will
.be cleared ard healed in twenty -four
hours.
F5slam puts a stop to itching as
soon rs apDlt.l, and its readiness III
healing these small surfaces and mi
nor troubles is kut an Indication OF its
ranid action in curing eczema. letter.
Scahics. otc ,.rn hands. limbs, scalp or
any uart of the body. AS the Quanti-
~ Necessary to use varies With the
nature Of the trouble. poslan7 is put up
in two size, one for 30 cents Gor min
or uccs) and the regular jar Al s.. Both
ar" always on sale at COu@hiin'S Phar-
macy. ana oincr drag stores.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-18
JOURNAL -
WANT ADS. ,rt,
g. ALWAYS p"s
Are You Half
knocked Out?

You .iad aches asd y"rr tAFoa: is a
little III. You have na appetite. Your
eyes @,e h"t, tonsnr T..I;,,!. and yau a.e
about hait k;ro,'krd cut. ion karw what
the troaSk IL. Nou haze hc,n drinking
ahd ea,i,;, ,S'o much. >o;. h4va iei, This
Way hetngc. but don't take a week 10 get
over ii ths ,i.ac !u>t iaL- one or two
Smi,h'; Pineapple &ui fu.:einul Pills.
Take them now, and ,ungh; when you
retire take one or tMo EiQic. Tomorrow
you w!i fe4i better. and 'ei@ra thc day is
passed you viii forget al about IT, These
wonderful ft.'c " SecAlic pills NH quickly
relieve congestion, drive The poison out ni
the blood and restore digestion. lest one
days uSA of these little vegetable pills
will cure any thfea.a aned l,Iiuus attack.
They are good for Young og old. never
sripe OF weassn. nor lcAva httlad any
sutpleasant after eiynts. Physicians use
and recommend. srhef fosm no habit.
You should always Lcep them OF hand.
2 These lutte Vegetable Pills will ward off
i:aEy Ills.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-18
ESCAPED CONVICT CAPTURED.
Detective Maggs Takes Man Single
Handed, As He Grips Revolver.

New York. March 1--Aftcr a terrific
struggle in a stract car on Ninth avenue
today Alexander Devoe. murderer and
ESCAPED convict, was subdued ny the
pressure of revolver mnzZIe on his M
pie and captured single handed by De-
tective Muggs. Dcvoe had Eripped tho
trigger Of his revolver. which was in his
overcoat pocket and he admits was about
to shoot Muges down when the detective,
seized the desperate mans hand and
brought his own weapon effectively into
play.
Dcvoe escaped from Sing Sing prison on
March ., after he had served two years
Of life sentence for the murder Of
Lefty" Boyle. He was meek when he
met Detective Jackson from Sing Sing
at headquarters.
II wanted to see the Tenderloin again.
but it's all up now" he said sadly. II
meant to get together some money and
go far away. but I stayed here like a
fool''
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-18
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

ARRANGEMENTS have been made
whereby Libby & Dingiey of Lewis
ton will build tho Portland, Gray &
Lewiston Trolley road and operations
will nc instituted within month.
Specifications have been distributed,
calling f,l bids To furnish al manner
Of supplies ard the essentials for the
construction 81 the road ana these men
will! start on the Auburn end Just MS;
soon as weather conditions p, rmit. AS
q result o. the conference nf In" pro-
motara Libby C Dingley decided they
could build The road at Il saving over
contractors prices. They will endeaVnr
to complete the line as soon "a posSl-
bic bat just when they will be able I"
do This is uncertain.
A new train viii be put on the Maine
Central from Portland 10 i.a"laton
daily leaving Union station nj 6.lo
with the change Of time in June. ana
will make connections in Lewiston for
WatervilIe and Skowhegan. This train
will leave Portland after arrival of the
through New York day train. \ new
train win he put on the same route
Sunday to leave Portland, Union sta
ton, at 1.10 A. NJ. and to continue
through Lewiston to Waterville. This
announcement was made Thursday at
Portland. the fact having been decided
at meeting in Boston Wednesday.
The city of Portland has sold It's hold
ings OF Portland & Ugdensburg r. r.
stock to the United States Trust Co. OF
Portland for $3.50 per share. The transfer
affected SSH 1-18 shares Of stock and was
bought by Morrill, N. Drew for the COM
pany, on an offer recently made by him
and accepted by the mayor and committee
on finance, in behalf of the city. This is
the remainder of the controlling interest
of common stock in the railroad which
has been held by the city for upwards of
20 years and the funds derived from this
sale will be applied to the construction of
the new City hall. A large quantity of
this stock was sold last year by the city
in order to begin the construction of that
building and the sum realized Thursday
will be sufficient to complete it. The
Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad is the
line through the Crawford Notch and is
leased to the Maine Central Railroad for
term of 800 years on basis of > per
cent. on par which is 1C0
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-18
SCRATCHED so SHE
COULD NOT SLEEP

II write to tell you how thankful I
am for. the wonderful Cuticura Rem
cdies. My little niece had eczema for
five years and when her mother died
! took care Of the child. 1t was all
over her face and body, also on her
head. She scratched SO that she could
not sleep nights. | used Cuticura Soap
to wash her with and then applied
Cuticura Ointment. | did not Use quite
half the Cuticura Soap and Ointment,
together with Cuticura Resolvent, when
you could see q change and they cured
her nicely. Now she is eleven years old
and has never been bothered with &C.
zema since. My friends think it is Just
great the way the baby was cured by
Cuticura. She was taken with the eczema
when two years olT s,Iie'was covered
with big sores and her mother had all
the best doctors and tried MI kinds OF
salves and medicines without effect
until we used Cuticura Remedies. Mrs.
II. kiernan. G63 Quincy ST., Brooklyn,
N. Y, Sept. 27. 1909"