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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-28
INDIANS KILLED.
Eight Shot Down in Des-
pefate Battle in Nevada,
One Of State Police Loses Lite
In Kelley Greek ScTlmmage.
Four Red Men captured--S Suspected
OF Murder Of Stockmen.

Reno. New. Feb. Pin a battle
yesterday GO miles west of TnScarora,
eight Indians and one police we're kill
ed and the other members OF the In
dian were captured. The battle took
place at Kelly Creek. Humboldt county
% miles from Galconda in a northerly
direction.
The Indian band. l. in number, be-
gan TO fight when the state police
force came upon them. For three
hours the battle ragged 1t ended only
when Ed Iiofle, OF the state police
force and eight of the Indians had been
killed. Then the remaining four In
dams surrendered. Not one Of the
band escaped.
The police had been trailing the In
dams for a week, believing they were
the murdcrors of four stockmen, whose
bodies We're found some IL days ago
in a desolate canyon on the eastern
slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
The victims horses had been taken and
horses which had been ridden by the
murderers were found shot nearby. the
outlaws apparently concluding their
own stock too weak to keep up with
them in their flight.
Traces al the white mems stolen
horses were found later and residents
of the district became assured the raid
was made by Indians y large force
has been searching for tho fleeing ma
tives and a battle had been expected.
When Capt. j. +. Donnelly of the
state police and his force approached
the Indians started their regular war
dance and then opened the fight. Some
of them were wounded in running
skirmish which extended over mile.
The remaining Indians hid in the brush
and continued to fight.
Four bucks. two SquaWs and two
children We're killed and one young
squaw and three children were cap
tured.
Ed Hofle. member Of Capt. DON
nelly's posse was killed. None OF the
others were wounded.
Gov. Buckley and Deputy Sheriff
Hofsinger left Golconda today with
teams to bring in the dead and hold
the inquest.
The property taken from tho stock
men was found by the posse after the
battle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-28

entists are confronted by the problem
Of unlocking the energy contained il
the atom. which becomes free upon
the decomposition of the latter as il
I'll radioactive processes.
As for the radium itself. YOU ear
Weigh the same portion 10 years aftei
you have first weighed il and its loss
Will be lnlinitesimal Yet the energy
set free is such that radum itself is
constantly several degree above The
average temperature. Now if VIC
succeed in exploding the atoms oil
other materials We have all the en-
ergN We want.
! consider this problem of supply
ing mankind with heat and energy the
most important that can be considered
and ii is a problem of actualitv. If il
Is solved in the line begun by Ramsay
what need have We for coal? There is
no doubt that the world mas learned
more about physics and chemistry in
the nine years since radlum was dis
covered than il had learned in the
thousand wears before. For one thing
1t learned that most of what il had
learned hitherto had been based upon
misconccptinn and radium has help
ed scientists IL get nearer the truth.
i believe the time VIII come when
radunf will be- supplying the energy
and heat that are now being obtained
from ordinary fuel and more. and
there are manN scientists Who are
working to help bring that about. -
New York sun
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-28
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Chicago's first attempt to apply the di-
rect primary law 10 the nomination of
candidates for mayor will be made Tues
day. There are five Republican and
three Democratic candidates on the tick
ct. Twenty thousand workers, hired at
s. a day, will man the polls. The prob
able vote is estimated at 100000.
James F. FarralI. aged As years. was
sentenced TO two and a half years in the
house of correction by Judge Lenney in
the superior criminal court late Monday
al Boston. having been convicted of man
slaughter in causing the death by shoot
ing Of James II. Lawson, aged % years,
in boarding house on July IS. In plea
for leniency Farrall's counsel sprung a
surprise on the court by stating that Far
rail- was married last saturday in the
Charles street jail to his sweetheart or
many years. Helen Adair. The latter
had been active in trying TO prove Far
rails innocence. The shooting was the
result of quarrel in which Lawson's
wife claimed that Farrall has abused her.
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CAPITAL JOTTiNGS.

robert o. Bailey, who has been private
secretary Ia Secretary of the Treasury
MacN"aeh since the latter has been =
memher of the cabinet, was Monday nom
mated by President Taft to be assistant
secretary of the treasury. He will sue
coed Chas. u. Hilles, who it is said is TO
De secretary to President Taft. to sue
coed Charles D, Norton. Mr.. Bailey is a
former newspaper man Of wide experience
and acquaintance with public men and
affairs.
An item for $500 for clerical help and
an order for all necessary printing to
enable the Democrats to proceed win
the work of tariff bill preparation dur
ing the summer are contained in the do
ticiency appropriation bill reported Mon
day by the House committee on appro-
priations. The appropriation is to be eX-
pended for expert. clerical or steno.
graphic services upon the authority o.
Rep. Oscar w. Underwood, chairman
elect OF the ways and means committee
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| one point t. smother will be brought To
Paris by means Of a vast canal. and
electric ships viii arrive 3. the French
capital from the Atlantic and from the
Pacific by ,say Of Panama.
London Will be connected with Paris
by rapid transit underground rail-
road. The Mediterranean will he
joined to the Atlantic by canal issu-
ing AZ Bordeaux, and compressed air
tubular trains will connect Spain mad
Portugal with Northern Africa
fhare viii be telephone communica-
tion hcts"en al the inhabitants OF the
earth ard el-phonoscopy will cradle
the tired citizen of Chicago to listen
tn the Caruso or Tetrazzini of the day
in Paris or London or see the great
opCras or dramas enacted.
Human slavery or domestic service
will he unknown. and trained ourang-
outangs or chinlpanzees will do all
mans hnuSework for him. Chemical
SyntheSis viii hays done away with all
The trouble Of cooking elaborate dishes.
Glutt9ny VIII he unknown. and men
and women will entertain each other
in cOnst rVatories. the banquet consist
ing Il compressed Viands or dclicacies
served an silver trays. the tabloid
melting IN onei routh. and doing
away with the F,dgar necessity Of
mastication, but giving. nevertheless,
the same results, If not much superior.
as far as digestion is concerned.
The human body will also undergo
strange .nough transformations. The
head. for example. viii be larger, the
b. dy smaller. az Il result Of the de-
crease liz manual L Dor. the increase in
intellectuaIity, the nature of the diet
try and the greater intelligence shown
in the selection OF ifc partners.
Going s;ill furthtr into the future,
for the world has still at least lo.0O0op
ii years to run. it IS certain that the
human icing Of the year 10000 y. ID.
viii be IN individual Of small stature
and a peculiar wbitish skin texture.
Tic anthropclogist of the remote fn-
tlre will be able TO discern in him all
the attributes which in n scheme ol
progressive civilization would ulti-
nately characterize the descendants o.
the anglo Saxon of today and the
,hinaman. Further on--in the year
20 ono \ p-the human species VIII
have ceased IN resemble physically the
ncnllcys and morally the carnlVores.
once the notions OF brute force ana
Injustice disappear, man VIII o'''''0
idaaI.-New York American .
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POPULAR ELECTION BILL
Will Be Pct to a Vote Tuesday in
Senate-Mondays Speeches.

Washington. Feb. 27.-Several
speeches We're made in the Senate to-
day upon the resolution calling for the
election OF senators by direct vote OF
the people. Tomorrow the resolution
viii be put to vote and the speeches
on the eve of the day which will de-
ternine its fate were heard by the
Senate with greater interest than
has been manifest in the subject here
tofore.
One Of the speakers was senator
RaYner OF Maryland, who advocated
the adoption ot thu resolution despite
the Sutherland amendment which had
been voted into it last saturday. An
other WAS Senator Bacon OF Ga, who.
having favored the resolution had be-
com" practically its StouteSt opponent
IN it, altered form. He strongly re-
scented the aim and purpose of the
Sutherland amendment placing the
control of III" elections in the hands
of Congress. senator Perry of Miss,
followed Mr.. Bacon ANA antaeonized
the measure.
1t had been believed by many that
the rate Of the resolution was sealed
when the sutherland amendment was
adopted. The hostility Of enough
Southern senators 70 prevent tho nee
essary tw"-thirds vote for tho resolu.
tion, it was thought had been aroused
| by the amendment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-28

Davies case will be presented To the
March grand jury for further consid-
grafton
Brought 70 New York from Newark,
Ohio. to answer charge of murder
committed more than seven years ago
Romeo Magnoti, a native Of Italy, ~
years of age was locked up in police
Headquarters Monday to await arraiGn-
mcnt in Staten Island police court.
on Aug. Il, 1903. Peter Coriallo Of Rose
Bank. staten Island, was walking
along the street with his two children,
when a man ran up behind nm ana
fred five shots into his back. killing
him instantly Mngnoti disappeared
after the shooting. The authorities
heard that he had gone to Italy. Ike
Gently word came that four years
ago he had returned to this country
by way of South America and gone
To Newark. Ohio. where he opened a
store under the name of Emilio Bian-
cho A New York officer was sent
there and caused his arrest.
John Lee Carroll, governor Of the
state of Maryland from 1876 to 1850,
died at his home in Washington Mon
day after long illness. He was born
at Homewood, near baltimore in 1880
and was a direct descendant of Charles
Carroll. a signer OF the Declaration OF
Independence. During his administra-
ton as governor occurred the famous
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad strike, one
of the greatest in railroad history.
Federal aid had to he sought before
the strike was broken. Governor Car
roll was twice married, first to Miss
Anita Phelps of New York and in 1877
to Miss Mary Carter Thompson Of
Stanton. Va. Three daughters and
three sons. Countess De kergorlay and
the Baroness LaGrange, Of Paris. Mrs
Robbins of New York; Royal and
Philip Carroll of New York. and
Charles Carroll Of Paris survive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-28
SONS OF BROWN UNIVERSITY.
Association Formed for Western
Maine Alumni-Otficers.

Portland. Me, Feb 21.-An associa-
ton oc tho Sons Of Brown University
IL western Maine was formed at a
meeting held here tonight and the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Prs sidcnt,
Rev. J. X. Wilson. d. D.. Of Portland .
vice presidents, DR.. Thomas Burrage
oi Portland and Rev. NJ. Joseph
Twomey of Portland; secretary, elf
13rd r. McGlaufin OF Portland: treas
urcr, Newton G. Reed of Portland.
President William II, p Faunce Of
the university was the guest Of the
alumni and spoke at length OF what
is being done by Brown alumni
throughout the country In speaking
of the John Hay library at the univer-
sity, DIR. Faunce declared that John
Hay was the most sensitive and deli
cate spirit we have had in American
public life and that being driven into
public life was what killed him.
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| Mr.. Underwood is also given authority
| to order printing and binding necessary
TO carry, on tariff hearings and investiga-
lions
Not a single opinion by the supreme
| court of the United states was announced
Monday although il was decision day.
such q failure is almost unprecedented
The Federal automobile license bill
introduced by Representative Wagner
of PENNSYLVANIA, was tavorably report
ed Monday by the committee upon in
t"rstItc commerce The measure pro-
Vidos n federal liCons" in addition to
the local license, but cXemptS the au-
t6mnblc from the local licenses of
Other states through which it may
pass. Provision is also made for the
Licensing Of the automobile driver.
Advances in freight rates on grain.
gram products and seeds made by the
Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
in common with other interstate carriers
the West and Northwest, Monday were
suspended by the Interstate Commerce
Commission from March to July 1. The
Suspension of the Rock Island rates is in
line with the suspension of the rates of
tlit btiici iOuuH Pi'Ni'b'iE "'iif'''4'NNh'
Dr. Harvey Wiley of pure food fame
led to the altar Monday at Washing
ton, Miss Anna campbell kelton,
daughter Of the late General Joseph c.
Kelton, L. s. a. The wedding was a
quiet affair in the home of the bride
and was attended by only the relatives
and intimate friends of the couple.
Elaborate gifts We're received from all
quarters Of the country. DR. and Mrs.
Wiley LETT Immediately after the we'd
ding breakfast for a "trip through the
Northern states.
TO test the efficiency of new army
kuapsack. an invention of an officer
of the National Guard OF New York,
TWO privates of that organization. who
left New York, Feb. and arrived in
Washington Monday, are walking from
The former city To San Francisco. The
men are Privates Medos Gravel. of Co.
&. 18th Inf and Fred 3. Ostrander,
Jr, Co +. list Inf. The men are re-
quircd II walk - miles day except
SUNDAY They are expected to arrive
al their destination July 4. The new
equipment they carry weighs 10
mounds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-28
SUPPLEMENTARY INDICTMENTS.
Geo. 8. Cox of Cincinnati Receives
Second Bill on Perjury Charge.

Cincinnati, Feb. PA supplement
a.v indictmen. was returned tedaS
against George r. Cox. Like the first
iii. 1t charges perjury
TIL original indictment charged Cox
with teetifying before the Hamilton
county grand jury in 1906, that ne re-
ceived none III the "gratuities" paid b.
banks to county trcasurerS. 1t stated
that IN point of fact. Cox received S4s.
zoo from john ID. Gibson, "a former
county treasurer. The supplementarI
indictment includes this charge and al
legcs also that Cox obtained 81, 800
from ridden 4. French, also a county
treas
The second Indictment was served on
Mr.. Cox today. He went to the coun-
" prosecutors office and gave bail for
Sl00b.
Cox refused to make a statement to-
night
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-28
HOBSON'S SPY BILL
Passed BY Both House and Senate
Now Goes to President.

Washington, Feb. 27.-The IIobson bill
to prevent the disclosure of national de-
fence secrets, which has passed the
House. was today reported out of the
Senate committee on judiciary with a IA
vorable recommendation and passed with
out discussion.
The measure is commonly known as
the spy bill" and provides that persons
unlawfuly gathering information con-
corning any part of the national defences
shall be subject to a fine of not more
than $1,000 or Imprisonment for not more
than a year, or both. In the event that
the information is communicated to for
cign government or any attempt is made
so to dispose of it, a penalty of not more
than 10 years imprisonment is provided
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DEGREES MORMON GIFT.
Ministers Association Protests Agains.
BattIeship Utah's Silver Service.

New York. Feb. 27.-The Presbyte-
rian Ministers Association Of New
York and vicinity adopted resolutions
tonight protesting as citizens and
patriots against the proposed presen-
tatioa of silver service to be placed
on the United States battlCship Utah.
bearing the portrait e Brigham Young
and q picture Of the Mormon Temple
~ salt Lake City, Which viii disercd.
the STATE making tho Gift ami be u
disgrace 10 the nation if II is accept
ed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-28

the health department hill could not
apply in any way to the measure un-
der consideration. There is nothing in
the bill which relates 10 the practice
of medicine or the art Of healing or
restricts public liberty in this regard.
1t merely gives the public health sor-
vice authority To study and investi-
gate the diseases of men and the con-
ditions influencing the propagation and
spread of diseases.
The Mann bill also empowers the
health service to investigate the pollu
ton of navigable lakes and streams.
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DISPATCHES CONFIRMED.
Telegram Reaches the Bureau of In.
dian Affairs at Washington.

Washington. Feb. denomination Of
press dispatches telling of battle be-
tween the Nevada state police and u In
dams was received in telegram which
reached the bureau Of Indian affairs late
today. 1t came from George e. Haggett.
superintendent Of the Western Shnshone
reservation.
The telegram asserts that the police.
who have been following the Indians for
some time, overlook the red men at 4
place named Gold Circle. and that one
policeman and eight Indians We're killed
during the engagement. -Four We're taken
prisoners. The Indians are supposed 10
have murdered and mutilated four stock
men about a month ago.
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r. r. SITUATION.
Continued from Page One.D

md many powerful financial inter
ests also took this view Of optisnl
Those present AZ the conference to-
day included George Y. MASSEY. gen
trai counsel OF tllc Pennsylvania; Ed
"ard ID. Robbins. general counsel OF
tie New York, New Haven and, Hart
ford Railroad: clyde Brown Of ceun .
Sci for tic New York Central lines.
vino had charge Of that corporation
light fer increased freight rates; HugI
bond, OF tho Baltimore and ohio.
George BroWnelle of the Erie: W. II
Jenney Of the Lackawanna. John T.
Kerr Of the Kew York. Ontario and
Western, jackson Z. Reynolds OF the
Central Railroad Of New Jersey
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FRANK GOTCH FAILS
To Throw Last of Three Men il
Twenty Minutes Each.

New York Feb. 27-Frank Gotten.
the worlds champion heavyweight
wrestler, UNDERSTOOD to throw three
men, allowing them 90 minutes each,
tonight. He doWncd Fritz Mohl. n
Swiss, in j minutes, SO seconds and
put Yankee Rogers Of Buffalo down in
l6 minutes. 2s seconds. But William
Dcmetral, a Greek, was 50 strong and
agile that the 20 minutes passed With
out his being thrown,
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GonmanIer y. Y. Wadhams.

Commander \. Y. WadhamS. | =
\. retired. addressed the meeting II
support Of tie resolutions. Il weRldn
use such service" he said. He"
could /" What would be thought o.
us. say in GERMANY. where 10 t'aen
the doctrines of the Mormon "hmrn
is Il crime against the state, Il W
confronted officers or representatives
of dignity OF Germany with tn" in'ig-
MIA OF AZ institution they al, sworn
tn rGnCl 49,"
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Robert T.. Davie, the Boston broker
now under detention in Rio Janeiro
cannot be cxtradited under the indict-
ment charging him with larceny. as
such an offence is not included in the
treaty with Brazil, according to n dis
patch received by Governor Foss OF
Massachusetts Monday from Secretary
Of state Knox. It rs expected that
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PRIZE BUTTER COW.
Daisy Cornucopia Pauline Produces
34s4 Pounds in Seven Days.

Auburn. y. Y. Feb. 97.-Reports re-
ccived today from Prof. +. L. Davis
of Cornell by W J. Nosler OF Cato
are to the effect that Nosler's prize
Holstein Friesian cow, Daisy Cornu-
copia Pauline, has established a new
worlds record by producing 34A
pounds of butter in seven days. This
exceeds by two pounds the former
worlds record held by Pontiac Glade.
The new record holder is -four years
old,
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BUT FEW PASS
Out of the Nearly $4,000 Measures In.
troduced in Congress.

Washington. Feb. 27.-The 6lst Congress
tonight rounded out a total of approx
matcly 32,e00 private and public bills with
four days remaining, against n total of
Is, 40 in the Goth Congress. Besides these
bills the present Congress at it's three
sessions has recorded the introduction of
almost 1000 House resolutions, 295 joint
resolutions and 62 concurrent resolutions,
while committees have made reports on
80 of these bills and resolutions.
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THE LORiMER FIGHT
Finally Becomes Question of Endur.
ance Between the Factions.

Washington, Feb. 27.-After successive
objections by Senator tummins to pro-
posals by Senator Bailey for a vote on
the Lorimer case next Thursday or Fri
DAY or Saturday the day of adjournment.
Senator Bailey announced that the situa-
ton was now test of endurance. He
opposed request for a recess and car
ried his point 39 TO %.
\ night session was ordered on the
Lorner case.
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BOXING NOTES.

Tommy Bergin and his manager.
Jack Allison, left on the Pullman
Monday night for Boston, where Ber-
gin will box Tommy Foley of South
Boston Tuesday night at the Armory.
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TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
Naturalization as chauffeur.
WANTED-M MISCELLANEOUS.

POSITION WANTED BY cHAUF.
fear Experience and references from
Portland Auto School. Address r. f.. u.
H. Box ID, Gardiner, Me. feb2sd3t-
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CONGRESS-.

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