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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
To Blow United States
Senate Into the Sky.
&C. Hodges Of Chicago Says
He viii Use NIiro-gIycsrIns.
Has Not Long to Live and Plans Z
Spectacular Death.

Chicago, Dec. 31.-A letter to the
Tribune from a writer signing the
name &C. Hodges" threatening to blow
UP the United States Senate with
nitroglycerine, aroused the federal au-
thorities last night and caused a hur-
ried search throughout the city for the
author
&C. Hodges" wrote that physicians
had given him but six months to live
and that at first he had intended taxi
ing morphine to end his existence
quickly. He changed his plans, how
ever. he said, when he read an article
charging that corruption existed in the
Senate. and he determined to blow up
the body with nitroglycerine and kill
himself at the same time
The letter was turned over to United
States District Attorney Edwin W.
Sims and he Immediately called in
General James E. Stuart, chief post
Office inspector in Chicago. After a
conference it was decided that prompt
action be taken to discover the writer.
I do not believe the man who wrote
that letter is insane" said General
Stuart. THE handwriting is that of a
man of some education and the diction
indicates that he is man of intelli-
gence."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
THREE KILLED-45 INJURED.

Trenton, Mo-, Dec. 31.-Three per-
sons were killed and 43 We're injured
today by the derailing and partia
burning of a westbound Rock Island
passenger train south of Trenton.
The wreck is thought to have beer
caused by spreading rails. While the
train was running at high speed the
locomotive and tender plunged over a
o-foot embankment dragging two bag
sage cars, a mail car, tourist car and
standard sleeper with them. Another
sleeping car and an observation car
remained on the track
While passengers in the wrecked cars
We're struggling to escape from the de-
bris fire started from the fireboX. The
cars burned rapidly and the three slain
passengers were partly burned. Scores
OF persons We're rescued as the flames
We're scorching their clothing or burn
ing their flesh.
David Siegel of Cleveland, Ohio, was
held by the wreck for an hour while
the fire burned within a few feet of
| him. The rescuers carried water from
the tender and kept the fire from
reaching him. Eventually he was res
1oCd, although lie MAY lose an arm.
Heroic rescues We're numerous. I'm
harmed men and women who escaped
from the upset cars by kicking win
dows or breaking down doors, rushed
into the burning wreckage to rescue
the less fortunate passengers
Not building was near the wreck. The
ground was covered with snow and a raw
wind was blowing The men collected
coats from the cars that were not burn
ing and protected the women, and women
tore strips from their linen to make
bandages for the wounded.
The injured were placed in the two cars
that remained on the track. Bonfires and
the burning cars prevented frost bites
until relief train arrived from Trenton
The most seriously injured were taken
to a hotel in Trenton, while the other
passengers were taken to Kansas City.
At first it was. reported tnat at least
a dozen persons were killed, but when
all the wreckage was cleared away only
three bodies We're found.
Conductor David S. Clemmens owes his
life to the fact that he was in the bag
gage car when the wreck occurred. At
the first crash an entire side of the car
was torn out and Clemmens was hurled
through the opening to safety. He was
severely injured, but he will live.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
IN BAD PLIGHT.
Schooner Abbie and Eva Hooper lowed
Into Provincetown.

Provincetown, Mass, Dec. 31.-Dis-
abled after giving seaway Of more thar
200 miles to the Christmas storm dur
ing weeks unsuccessful battle, the
schooner Abbie and Eva Hooper, OF
Boston, bound from South Amboy fol
Bar Harbor with coal, was towed here
this evening by the revenue rtcuttel
Gresham. The Gresham picked the
Hooper up off Orleans where she had
been sighted by the lifesavers. flying
ArfgHals of distress and to which place
j the 4iresham was dispatched by wire
lbs from Boston.
I'm Abbie and Eva Hooper was ir
; b. cshape tonight. She has lost hel
I sMioard anchor. the fore gaff was
hre3n, the mainsail is split and the
ven Is leaking badly.
Hooper left South Amboy Dec
IT, mWe the run to Vineyard Haven ir
Ok dINs and was off Monhegan islanG
en- CtEtmas day. From the night OF
D. until last night, she was blown
ly back, over goo miles by The
rd. Capt. christopher managed
ng his vessel near enough to the
ms shore to notify the lifesavers
. plight this morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
Five Men Attempt to Rob
Harrah, Okla, Postoffice.
Two Killed in Fight, One Hurt
And Captured Escape.
Bandit in Dying Statement Con.
fesses a Previous Robbery.

Guthrie, Okla, Dec 31.-Five men
who intended to rob the bank and the
postottice at Harrah, Okla, early to-
day ran into party headed by United
States Marshal Jack" Alternately. AS
a result two of the bandits are dead,
one is in Jail at Guthrie, wounded, and
two others are held in Jail at Oklaho-
MA City as suspects.
Frank Quigg, former baseball play
er. was shot dead during the fight with
the deputy marshals, He lived at Atch-
ison. Kas., and was the son of q
wealthy mother. Frank Carpenter, an
other robber, was MORALLY wounded
during the fight and died late today in
Jail. ]. c. Dilbeck, third bandit, was
only slightly hurt.
Carpenter in an ante -mortem state
ment said that Red" Rogers and
Pearl Wilson werA the men who es-
capped. He and his associates, he said,
recently robbed the Golden, Col, post
office of $4,000.
q Dilbeck said that Rogers and Wilson
were on top of the bank at the time
of the raid keeping watch and thus
ESCAPED thesnllets.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
nor SUITABLE.
PSary's Roosevelt Not Wanted by the
Navy Department..

Washington, Dec. 31.--An offer to
purchase the steamer Roosevelt, in
which Commander Peary made his last
trip to the Arctic regions preparatory
to his dash to the North Pole, has been
declined by the treasury department
The promoters of the Peary expedi-
ton were Of the opinion that the
Roosevelt would be available for pa
troll duty in Boring Sea where the gov
eminent annually dispatches revenue
cutters for the purpose of preventing
pelagic sealing.
Assistant Secretary Hilles, however
decided that the Roosevelt was notatht
type of vessel best adapted for the seq
vice indicated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01

st. Louis, Dec. 31-Three hundred
feet Of the false structure of the Nc
kinley bridge, now under construction
across the Mississippi river, was
knocked out by an ice jam this evening.
Sixty men were thrown into the river,
and some of them may have been
drowned.
One hundred and thirty men were at
work on the structure when the jam
began to move. Seventy of them heard
the warning snap of the timbers in
time to escape to the steel work, but
they fell with the twisted mass of tim
bers, three hosting engines and a
travelling crane.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
Gas EXPLOSION
Injuries Over Score in
Montreal Railroad Station.
Many Frighitu||y MsngIed---
Dead List viii Be Largo
Disaster Caused by Taak od
ing on . e"se;l

Montreal Dec. score of
people were injured sinHA explosion at
the Place viger stati1 Of the Cana
dian Pacific Railway Ia the east end
of the city shortly before midnight.
Many of the victims were frightfully
mangled and the death list, tits fear
ed. will be large.
The accident occurred shortly before
midnight. The Quebec train, which
usually leaves the station at about
H. 0s was on the eve of pulling out.
The station platform was crowded with
a New Year tnrong seeing friends,
whenT there was a terrific explosion
which ripped ub the platform from end
to end and buried more than a score
of people in the debris.
The exploslDh was caused by the gas
plant on the Quebec train blowing up.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
Ice Jam at St. Louis Carries It Away
40 Saved After 2-Aours Fight in
|Ce--Fate Of 20 UnknoWn--70
Had Warning and Escaped.

Capt. John Short, in charge of a tug
and two barges frozen in the river, res
cued 40 of the men and got them ashore
after a twO-hOurs struggle with the
ice, which is damned six feet high in
many places.
The 20 men who We're unable to reach
the tug are believed to have reached
land across the floating ice foes. Com
pany officials say they will not know
whether any lives We're lost until to-
morrow.
The damage is estimated at s250,0O0
Completion of the bridge will be de-
layed several months. The bridge is be-
ing built for an interurban service.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01

4 M>mAttan reached out another traffic
N Acing arm to Brooklyn Friday with
ening of the new Manhattan bridge.
nj gigantic span of the suspension type
N - twin sister, the original Brooklyn
!, little further down the East riv-
4 MS designed to relieve the ever IN
ling pressure on the old structure.
Il atualy 1t is expected to carry through
MS from the Brooklyn outlying dis
cts to the heart of the Manhattan bus
Ifss section. At present only the road
Hysi and promenade of the new bridge
n completed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
,l,ueket Fears That the
j,IbpI Will FJsezeSo|id.
s,lapner Abbie and Eva
hopper in Bad Plight.
!, e,,,,uaster G. P. Hudson, Badly
uttered, Asks to Be Reported.

Nantucket, Mass, Dec. 31.-The in
aabitants of Nantucket, who submitted
rsiuc!antly to their turkeyless Thanks
( living, caused by severe storm, and
& ~ their subdued Christmas on account
/ ~ the numerous cases of scarlet fever,
are now entertaining grave fears that
! the harbor, which is full of floating ice,
win freeze into solid mass, prevent
ling the passage of vessels from the
main land to the island, thereby cut
ling them off for the winter. Scallop
fishing. one of the chief industries, is
at standstll, resulting from the con-
dtion of the harbor and the fact that
the boats are frozen in at the wharves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01

To Col. Charles Chaillo-Long, SOL
dicr, lawyer, explorer. diplomat and
a; thor the American Geographical So
ciJ ty has awarded the Daily Geograph-
ical gold medal FIRST class for his ser
vi :es in geographical science in Africa
Tie special service for Which he was
hCnorcd was the final solution of the
Mic source problem. In 1874 he explored
the Nile north of Urondogani, discov-
erod Lake Ibrahim and supplied the
fl al evidence needed to prove the riv-
er issuing from Victoria \yanza is the
White Nile. Col. Chaille-Long served in
the American Civil War, was later
chief of staff to Gen. Gordon in Egypt
ard mas seen military and diplomatic
service in several parts of the world.
H is a present residing in Whining
ton, Del
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01

RiIometers in minutes, ~ as SECONDS
Ali other distances from 40 to 100 l:iio-
metres We're wen by Latham of France.
Nevertheless, the achievements of
the dlrigibles, though less stimulating
to the imagination, bulk larger on pap
CT. All records for distance, duration,
a:d altitude are held by Count Zeppe-
lii, with his monster airship the Yep.
lin Ill On March Is he attained a
h' ght of 5000 feet and on May % he
@ AnrCl SO miles in q hours
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01

The dwelling house of John Thoms.
which is located just across the State line
from Fryeburg in Conway. N. H., was
burned Thursday night the loss being
about $1,000 with but Q small amount 81
assurances Only a tow Of the furnish-
ings on the. main floor were saved. The
barn did aa burn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01

MOurmelon. lie Grand, Dec. 81
W hilo circling the field today in an eff
fcrt to capture the Michelin cup for
distance and duration NJ. Beader's
arroplane broke down. alighting on the
top of n pine tree, Baeder managed to
dc scend without injury to himself,
leaving the machine hanging in the
branches
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
IMArs JOURNAL CONTENTS

Page One.
TELEGRAPH-GreatP Progress Made in
1908 in Conquest Of the Air-Pacitic Fleet
to Be Restored to Asiatic and Pacific
Fleets-Spencer Trask. New York Bank
er' Meets Death on the Rail-Wrter in
Chicago Tribune Threatens to Blow up
United States Senate-20 or 30 Cremated
Near Kansas City. Mo.
Page Two.
LOCAL-Pittsfeld, Skowhegan and Gar
diner Local News
Page Three.
LOCAL-Waterville, Fairfield and Oak
land Local News
Page Four.
SPORTING AND Observation-Disclosures
Keeping in Good Condition-Other Box
ing and Baseball News
Page Five.
LoCAL--Annual Report of Supt San
porn porn of Maine Insane Hospital-Grang
n.fbn,A.-P Page Six
Page Seven.
= CLASSIFIED ADS
ia Page Eight.
frcphAfff-
III Page Nine.
a. i~--State House News and Com
he Peary Lecture-Local Briefs
Page Ten.
fL7Vienna Man Announces Can
ipr County Commissioner-As-
ptS OF Workers for Maine Evan
Campaign-Augusta Church No
r. Local Briefs
Page Eleven.
k,ILocal Amusements- Encamp-
kup Ball-Annual Report of Board
ices of Maine Insane Hospitals
u Page Twelve.
M NJ Lr-Duns Review of the Year
p rs from the Law Court-Brad-
heport-Tests Required of Emu
-. ~ i2ttn Census are Not Hard
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
CAPITAL JOTTINGS.

President Taft returned to Washing
ton at o'clock Friday morning from
New York. where he went Thursday to
attend the wedding of his niece. Miss
Louise w. Taft. Also aboard the train
were Vice President and Mrs Sherman
This was merely coincidence. but il
ne Vertheless was most unusual, since
it long has been the custom for pru-
de ntial reasons for the President and
Vice President in travelling to any
81 zen point to go separately.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01

The sea exacted a toll from the
Gloucester fishing fleet this year of
four vessels and AZ lives and left u
widows and % fatherless children. The
loss in property was greater than in
1905 but there was a decided decrease
in the number of lives lost, there being
62 last year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
Boston Force asst.

Boston. Dec. 31.-F'orecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Fair and warmer
Saturday: Sunday probably fair and
continued warm, light southwesterly
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
THE WEATHER
FAIR AND WARMER.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-Forecast for
New England: Warmer and generally
fair Saturday and Sunday; light to
moderate Southerly winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
OFFERED, NOT DISABLED.
tr George p. Hudson Refuses
! But Asks to Be Reported.
Dec. 31.-Somewhere off tn

Dec. 31.-Somewhere off the
the five masted schooned
&dns - Hudson, in a battered, but
not Eally disabled, condition She
x& sighted off Five Fathom Bank
lktsgh on Wednesday by the steam
er Elttkain with several sails gone. a
bat s4Asfed, cabin flooded and her
b go Mcoal shifted so that she has a
I d lM to port. She declined assist
zee, Gut asked to be reported.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
The Lehigh val J railroad Co. Fri

The Lehigh vaFN Railroad Co. Fri
day ratified an agreement with its
conductors for the year 1910, the prin-
ciral feature of which is the reduce
ton of the working day from IL to 10
hours. The same arrangement was
made with the engineers Of the road
last week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01

snencer Trask was born in BroolSFn IN
1914 and was descended from distinguished
t,,ci4an ante stors He was educated IN
,9rooi,1yn by private tutors and at the
po,vtechnical Institute, from which he
subsequently entered Princeton College
Whence he was graduated With the degree
of master of arts. After leaving college
he entered the banking business with
Henry G. Marquand. bis maternal grand
father. In 1870 he succeeded to the bust
ness and in the same year became MEM
her in the New York Stock Exchange. In
1881 the firm assumed its present name
and had become widely known.
There is no we'll founded estimate avail
able of Mr.. Trask's fortune. One rumor
this afternoon placed it as high as $780,
Coo 600. but better Informed opinion held
that although Mr.. Trask died undoubtedly
multi-millionaire, lis total estate would
not reach one-half the estimates of Cos
sin. OF recent wears he had not beer
active in business and his name appears
on but few decorates.
A widow, we'll known as an author OF
fiction and of two plays, ''The Little
Town of Bethlehem and king Alfred!
Jewel" survives. Their four children al
died in rapid succession some 20 years
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-01
~ 1924 iaY

81 sales for past 10 months So.
ecsory. Manchester " *.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-06-10
Mr.. HENDERSON DECLINES

In an interview with Hon.
Charles B. Henderson this morning,
he informed us that he had decided
not to be candidate for United
States Senator at the Coming
election. He stated that the con-
dition of his practice and other
business affairs was such that he
could neither spare the time nor
money necessary to make a winning
campaign for the position.
In declining to make the fight,
the Independent believes that Mr..
Henderson has acted wisely, mot
because it believes that he would
be defeated, but because he would
sacrifice the law business he has
worked so hard to build up. Also
that he isyet young man, being
just past 81, and has many years
yet before him in which to enter up
on political career. In declining
to make this fight for his party, he
wishes it distinctly understood that
he is in hearty accord with it's
principles, and regrets that con-
ditions are such that he cannot
answer the party's call.
The writer has known Mr.. Hen
derson intimately since September,
1885, when he was small boy in
the public school. He has watched
his course since then and has seen
nothing in it that reflects upon shis
honesty and integrity as a man or
his ability as an attorney. That
he is we'll quipped to fill the
position of United States Senator
with credit TO himself and honor
to the states no one who knows him
will deny. But he is a young man
with a bright future before him as
lawyer, and, in our judgement,
it would be the height of folly for
him to sacrifice his future for the
glitter of seat in the United
States Senate. .....
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-06-10
JUST MISSED IT

An old timer recalls the fact that
two former Rhyoliters, Jdge L. o.
Ray and Chris Kellar, once had a
lease on the Clermont. today the
richest portion of the Goldfeld
Consolidated the greatest gold mine
on earth. ..
Before Judge Ray came to Rhyo.
lite in 1905, he and Kellar took a
lease on the Cleermont and started
a shaft which they sunk 1876 feet.
They abandoned the shaft without
having discovered pay ore. This
shaft today is producing more
wealth than any iotner shaft in the
known world. n# * +.
There have been glory holes, but
none so extensive or as. rich as the
Clermont, and to think that these
two prospectors then as "poor as
church nice" were so near and yet.
so far from great treasure vault.
Had they gone down a little
further, Ray and Kellar would have
struck an ore body bigger and
richer than anything ever known in
Goldield, which has been the scene
of many bonanza lease. 4Rhyolite
Herald.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-06-10
JUST DIG-D|GS-- THAT'S ALL

The big man in the purple shirt
accosted the studious little man
who was waiting for the II" train.
BEG pardon. neighbor, "said
the big man, as he opened his
paper, ':here is something l don't
understand"
What is that, sir?" asked the
little man curiously. ..'."
why, it states here that Colonel
Roosevelt shot dig-dig. What is
q dig-dig?" e." ... . ..
The little man smiled.
"My friend, a dig-dig is an
animal that digs. When one dig
dig starts to dig the other dig-dig
digs deeper than this dig-dig.
Then this dig-dig digs and digs
and digs until" +'' r'''i
Hold on! Which dig-dig?"
"The first dig-dig. The other
dig-dig dig and dig to catch up
with the other dig-dig's digging.
Then the first dig-dig digs and
digs till the other dig-digs-"
But the big man in the purple
shirt covered his ears with his
hands end fled. And all day long
the "dig-dig" ran through his brain
until he vowed Teddy was an enemy
to mankind to discover such an
animal. Chicago News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-06-10
DIDN'T LIKE ADVICE

A briefess lawyer not long past
his bar examination was waiting
for something to drop when farmer
from Westchester came in.
"Say, young man, I see by the
sign outside that you're a lawyer,
was the salutation. The briefess
lawyer looked very wise and nodded
his head. "Well, if you're a
lawyer, can you tell me something.
If sell a man a horse and he gives
me a promissory note in payment,
and he don't pay up his note, can
! go to his barn and take his horse
away?"
"You certainly can't" said the
lawyer. You'll have to sue him
to recover the value of the note"
Cant they. Well,.I guess I'll
get another lawyer. I've done
it."-New York Sun.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-06-10
the WIZARD At WORK

No sooner has Mr.. Thomas A.
Edison accomplished one invention
than he is at work on some other
and equally complicated affair. u 81
He has now almost reached the
point where he can make machine
that will produce moving pictures
in natural color. ga" "R''. ~ :
The chances are very good that
he will perfect the idea in due
time. for usually the Wizard doesn't
make any rash statement as to what
he hopes to accomplish. .Af'
To take moving pictures in
natural color surely will be a re.
markable invention.
Already many films have been
taken of historic scenes and events
and filed away for future genera.
lions.
To be able to file for record such
film showing every detail of the
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-06-10
Mrs. Dickerson, wife of the Gov.

Mrs. Dickerson, wife of the Gov
ernor, has received a letter from
the chief ecutive of the state,
who is now with his mother in
Oregon, in which he states that an
operation has been performed upon
his mother for appendicitis and
that she is doing as well as could
be expected. AS soon as she is
wholly out of danger, which will
be within the next week, he will
start for home. ~
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-06-10

Amos Ross and Vioet C. Pearson
of Charleston and wellknown in Elko
county were united in marriage at
the Presbyterian manse Thursday
afternoon, Rev. s. G. Gilman per-
forming the ceremony. The young
people have the best wishes Of their
many friends for happy welded
life.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-06-10
Mr.. Sam McMullen returned t,

Mr.. Sam McMullen returned to
his ranch in Starr valley this morn
ing. f. .. ..,
Next Sunday, June 1, a new
time card will go into effect, which
will make a number of changes in
the time of trains on the Southern
Pacific, Oregon Short Line and
Union Pacific.