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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-18

II. Fl. Pollard of Is Merrill street.
Portland. owns a spice box which has
been handed down in the family for
many generations. The box was made
in England nearly 300 years ago and
was received by Mr.. Pollard from his
father and had been passed from faith
er to son for several generations pre-
vious to that. The spice box is cylin-
drical and is composed of four detach-
able sections made to contain different
kinds of spice. The spicewood of
which the box is made is very frag-
rant and despite it's age continues to
give forth pungent odors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-18

The controlling interest in the Ma
chias Lumber Go. was sold Thursday
chaser was Wilson D. Wing of Bangor
who bid 1886 per share for l277 shares
of the stock of the corporation. paying
in all $237.522. The controlling interest
in the stock was held by the Merrill
Trust Co. as trustee and has been the
subject recently of considerable lti-
CATION.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-18

The new freight terminal which has
just been completed at the foot of
State street, Portland, for the COM
bined freight traffic Of the Boston &
Maine and Maine Central railroads is
one of the largest and most complete
in New England. The new sheds occu-
py the very much enlarged site of the
old passenger station at the foot OF
State street and include nearly third
of a mile in linear feet of freight
sheds and embrace more than two
miles of tracks, which will accommo-
date 240 freight cars at one time. rr
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-18

Or Cook believes that confession Is
not good for the soul but Ter ui'
pocket book .-Rochestcr Courier.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-18

1t has been limited that moving picture
interests are responsible for keeping thu
Mexican rebellion going.-Hallowell Reg
lister.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-18
VOICES OF THE PRESS.

In the last year the expense of the
Sturgis deputies was 1851 and then
work resulted in the collection ri S24.
coo in fines Query, how much of a
force Of Sturgis deputies would have
TO be employed to bankrupt Maine
Bddcfor1 Record.
And how much of 4 force Of rum
sellers and open licensed saloons would
have to be employed to bankrupt the
home: There are certain economies
that are hideously eXpensivo.-l.cWlH-
tor Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-18

Russia is going to build a S'aooo.-
600 fleet for the Black Sea. 1t VIII
give the revolutionists n fine chance
to capture or destroy something worth
Whjlc.-BridgepOr Telegram.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-18

Self -abnegation sometimes grows II
strange soil.-Ossipee Valley Herald
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-18

The total production of coke. anthra-
cite and charcoal iron in 1910. was in ex-
cess of 27.25O,OOO tons. the largest year on
record. 1t is said it will require at least
five years for the Country TO catch up
with the present iron capacity.-Portland
Evening Express.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-18

Wealthy man has left his wife be
cause OF her extravaganza. Didn
think the call for economy would g
to this sxtent.-New York Telegram.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-18

1t takes 10 carloads of potatoes day
to supply the New York market and they
prefer the Maine Central potatoes as
they call them. We are right in that
zone and yet we are not taking advan-
tage of our good fortune.--Old Town En-
terprise
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-18

We believe in letting law take 1t
course. but-don't tell a man who i
suffering from high prices that radi
UNI has fallen sl,o00,00h an ounce-A'
lanta Constitution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-18

Miss Cora richardson of Pleasant
dale had a needle removed from her
hand few days ago that had been
embodied in the flesh for Il years.
Miss Richardson was about ~ years of
age when the needle was broken off
in the hand but at that time it was
supposed that all of it had been taken
out. She had not felt the needle for
number of years until recently.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-18

Notwithstanding the fact that the
population of Duluth is still less than
100 900 it remains the zenith city of the
ursalted seas-Bangor News.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-15
PROTEST AGAINST s.
INCREASED RATES
Citizens Called Together to Pro-
test Against Proposed Rail
way Rate Increase.

RICHMOND VA. Special
Citizens living along the route of
the Richmond and Chesapeake cleo
trio line, between this city and Ash
land, will hold an indignation meet
ing in Ashland Thursday, June 18th,
for the purpose of inaugurating a
concerted protest against the proposed
increase of rates.
a request has been made by the
railway for such permission to the
Corporation Commission and hear
ing will be granted June 2Sth.
1t is probable that Attorney. Gen
eral Williams will be at the mass
meeting.
The patrons will very probably de-
eide to employ counsel to make a de-
termined fight upon the corporations
proposal, and will emphasize the fact
that they now pay more than is paid
upon any suburban line running out
of Richmond-2 cents per mile.
The alleged lack of accommoda-
lions furnished by the road will also
be discussed.
The meeting will begin at o'clock
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-15
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF
WILLIAMSBURG FEMALE
NSTTTVTTE

The third annual Commencement of
Williamsburg Female Institute closed
Wednesday, May 31st The exercises
throughout the Commencement were
interesting and well attended. She
Baccalaureate Sermon was preached
by Rev. J. Y. Fair, d. D., OF Richmond,
Va, and also the sermon before the
Y. w. c. A. His morning sermon was
a clarion confession of Christ, the
Son of God" The church was crowd
ed at 9th services.
TIE musicals Monday and Tuesday
evenings were unusually good public
recitals. The chorus work is to be
commended. The rendition OF the
cantata "Gallia" was particularly fine.
Rev. E. T. Wexford, d. D., of New
port News, Va, introduced DR.. Wha-
ling. the speaker, Wednesday morning.
The promotion and distinction tests
showed that the young ladies of the
Institute have done some serious
work
DR.. Wexford awarded the prizes
and medals. A gold medal, Domestic
Science Department, Miss Pearl John
son, Williamsburg, Va; gold medal te
the girl who kept the neatest room,
Miss Polite Beach, Keller, Va; IS
sweater to the best all round athlete,
Miss Josie Arthur, Valloway, Va. /;
gold medal for scholarship, Miss Grace
Evan, Oaktree, Va; IS Oxford Bible,
best Bible student, Miss Josie Arthur,
Galloway, Va.
These exercises concluded a most
successful years work. The school
has prospered in numbers and growth
in every line II has the best wishes
Of many friends for its continued use
fulness. 1t has the promise OF more
students than the dormintory can &C
commodate. therefore the Board has
taken steps TO secure a building in
the neighborhood, for its overflow the
coming session.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-15
GOLD EAGLE GOOD;
MADE 1T HIMSELF

CHICAGO, Special.-A prosperous
looking man handed q $40 gold coin
to a cigar clerk on La Sale Street
today and asked for a cigar. The
coin was q new one, and Ray Rising.
the clerk, had heard lot about coun-
terfeiting. 1t flashed through his mind
that he now stood face to face with
one of them, so he threw the yellow
piece down on the counter to test its
ring. The coin had the right ring,
but Rising was suspicious
81 guess that's just out of the mint.
Wonder If it's good?" he said, look
ing his customer in the eye.
1T ought to be-" answered the man
with convincing emphasis.
did you make 1t yourself?" ven
tured Rising.
'T did that" responded the man.
Rising started to telephone for the
police when the stranger handed him
card, which read:
Frank Downer, Director OF the
United States Mint, Denver, Col"
J The house set up the cigars.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-15
OCEAN HIDING
CRIME OF MAN
Victim of Drunken Brute Buried
at Sea, Ending Story of
Sorrow

AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP
RION, NJ / d o CEAN, Special
She came aboard the American
Line steamer Merton at Philadelphia.
Many noticed her because she had n
beautiful blonde baby in her arms.
She declined to surrender il to any
one, though so weak herself from dis
ease that she should have been car
ried rather than make the painful
journey along the great pier and up
the long gangway on foot.
Those who saw her were at once in
terested. but little thought her COM
ing aboard was a single chapter in
a heartrending human tragedy. She
was accompanied by a rather rough
looking and helplessly intoxicated
man-her husband-so boisterous and
unsteady on his legs that the guard at
come aboard. His goodbye was in the
stupid and heartleSS parting of brain
too besotted to realize its full mean
ing. She was helped aboard by a
kindly woman, and the baby smiled
around and won q hundred friends in
as many moments. The baby is now
the pet of the ship. Her mother we
buried today while the big ship tar
ried a few minutes on the broad
bosom of the wide Atlantic. The flag
at the stern at half mast. the chaplain
in uniform OF the American Line and
other officers OF the ship around him.
six sailors, in charge of the body and
a crowd OF steerage passengers and a
few from the upper deck who acct
dentally learned Of the strange cere-
mony.
Held back by stretched ropes. they
heard the reading of the Church Of
England service for burial at sea and
saw the sailors slowly and tenderly
the stern, pay out long line and then
let the whole &c, and in a moment
there was not even a ripple where the
body In its rudely made plank casket
parted the wave. The Quartermaster
gave the signal. the ships propellers
down and the last OF the earthly re-
mains of Susan Connolly was gone
from human sight forever.
This is about all that is known OF
her aboard. She was a healthy, hap
by and pretty Irish lass from London
marry the sweetheart who preceded
her to the land Of freedom and of
opportunity. Later he took to drink.
and her first few months Of happiness
turned to times of distress; later TO
privation and to misery. When.
through suffering and lack of care she
had contracted tuberculosis and her
baby was suffering, too, for the atten-
ton her emaciated body could not af-
ford, she finally laid aside her pride
and wrote her friends that her only
hope was to come home to die. Her
mother sent the money. and leaving
brutal husband glad to be rid of so
troublesome a burden as a dying wife
and a helpless baby, she started on the
journey, which, to her. will end only
in Heaven. Her solicitude to her last
breath was for the pretty infant,
though it's care was, and is, the best
II perhaps has ever had since it came
to earth, for every kindly woman on
the ship is its mother now, and all
are glad that a good grandm other
awaits with open arms to receive it.
Already Marconfs magic invention.
the robber of the seas mystery, has
apprised her of the facts and she will
meet the little stranger at Liverpool.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-15
MAD HORSE NEARLY
KILLS d. A. BROCK

HARRISONBURG, VA, Special
While riding horseback and leading a
blooded stallion, d. A. Brock, OF Lacey
Spring, was suddenly attacked by the
horse, which weighs 1900 pounds The
animal bit at Mr.. Brock. missing his
leg, but cutting his saddle into pieces
AS the man brought the whip down
upon the beast il made another at
tack, this time its teeth going through
his trousers leg and missing his flesh
by a fraction of an inch. Unable to
escape, Mr.. Brock jumped from the
saddle and grabbed the stallion by
the bride just as the two animals
Joined in combat Holding the bride
with death grip the man was hurled
into the air and then slammed to the
ground as the animal raved and snort
ed. Walter and Frank Rhodes hap
pened TO be passing and managed to
beat off the Infatuated animal, thus
saving the life of Mr.. Brock.
After subduing the mad horses, Mr..
Brock remounted and continued to
the pasture. Later he found that the
stallion had crushed a big knife in
his pocket and had bitten a fve-cent
piece in half.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-15
BURIED ALIVE IN
TOMB OF LAVA

MEXICO CITY, Specialize
tails OF the eruption of Mount CO.
lima, slowly triCkling I'm today
over wires that frequently failed
TO give the whole story, being sent
by agents OF the Red Cross, show
that on the western coast of Mexi-
GO has been enacted n tragedy of
nature second only TO that of We
suvius.
No warning was given the natives
at the base OF the mountain when the
eruption began. The volcano first
poured out a binding, suffocating
cloud of ashes upon the villages lying
in the fertile valley. The dust was
followed by a flood of molten lava
that completed the work of destruc-
ton, ard of the hundreds in the viii
lagos, but few escaped to tell the
story.
The natural agents of devastation
are continuing their work today.
Landslides cut off all railroad traffic
between this city and COlima and
ManZanillo. This will hamper the
work of relief, but the Red Cross is
active wherever il has been able to
penetrate.
Red Cross Active.
Its agents reported today that more
than 400 were killed in Zapotlan.
Many are dying in the hospitals. OF
the dead thirty-six bodies have been
recovered and buried. Only those on
the surface are cared for. The ruins
of their former homes will probably
be the only tombs the others have.
There are not enough left living to
remove the dead and bury them.
Scores of women and children were
crushed to death beneath the ruins
Of the churches that collapsed while
they were praying.
Practically none of the worshipers
escaped. Inhabitants of the town of
TOnila were warned by a sudden sub
terranean roaring and started to fee,
but were oVertaken by a rushing
stream of lava and a shower of hot
stones Scores were crushed by fly
ing boulders and the rest overwhelmed
by lava.
Residents OF San Andres, which IS
closer to Colima's crater, heard the
onward sweep OF the lava and rushed
out OF doors. They were buried un-
der the lava, sand and ashes.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-15
PROGRESSIVES
LIKELY TO SPLIT
Rumored That Insurgents Will
Fall Into Line for Presi-
Dental Race.

WASHINGTON ID. c., Special -
Signs of the disintegration of Repub-
hcan insurgency are apparent, it was
learned here today.
The progressive Republican League,
sent forth into the political world a
few months ago with q great flourish,
now is undergoing the test that seems
to lead to dissolution. Members OF
the insurgent group are divided among
themselves, not only upon questions
OF legislation, but upon matters of
party" policy. This group seems to
be made up of elements that do not
and cannot cohere.
Disintegration began in the row
over patronage and committee assign
ments. Disruption is threatened-is
almost upon the league-as a result
of the refusal OF considerable num-
Der of insurgents to support the La
Toilette candidacy for the presidency
and a conviction that Taft must be
renominated. and that they will be
compelled to give him their support.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-15

Major Werner laid the matter be-
fore Judge Witt The major explained
that the whole Police Department
would be broken up II a warrant were
issued every time an officer attempted
to perform his duty.
Judge Witt Immediately ordered
Magistrate Michael, officer Duffy and
Citizen Snead to appear before him
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
The warrant. now in the possession
of officer Duffy, is one OF the most
peculiar ever issued in this city, and
Squire Michael will have to explain
its construction, so il was learned this
morning or resign his office. Other
wise he will be removed.
The warrant was written on the
regular police form. 1t is given be-
low, the words printed in black type
being those written in by the magis-
trate, and those which he will have to
explain to Judge Witt;
Whereas Dan Snad. n Barton ST
% Ort has this day made complaint
and information on oath before me
that on the day of June Isaac
Michael j. T.. 101 at said city Police
man DOffe did unlawfully abusing I'm
the street i was living a Barron en-
goin TO the BarbershOp en- told me 60
get on
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-15
TYPEWRITERS.

Our Home Office recently purchased
800 SMITH PREMIERS at an extreme
Iy low price. In order to MOVE these
machines at once, they have author
Ixed us to sell them for $1,000. The
jcgular price of these machines ~
s05. 90. These machines are as good
a new in looks, quality and work
.Soduced. We guarantee them for one
Tar the same as a new machine is
Ilaranteed. The SMITH PREMIER
Dewriter is we'll and favorably
Known as one of the most durable and
up-to-date machines on the market
This is an exceptional opportunity TO
save ten real dollars on the purchase
of q typewriter. Do not hesitate, buf
write today. We also handle all
makes of FACTORY REBUILT type
writer's and a full line Of supplies
American Writing Machine Company,
sos East Main Street. Richmond, Va.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-15
DISCRIMINATION. Not Revenge.

Tom lyman, warden of the Colorado
penitentiary, does not believe In pun
ishment for revenge. He is quoted as
follows in an article in Success Maya
zine:
We've got to get away from the old
get even idea. Imprisonment isn't so
ciety's revenge upon the offending indi-
vidual, but society's effort to correct
and reclaim, The penitentiary that re-
leases unbettNged and unstrengthened
men is not only a milestone about the
taxpayers neck, but a menace to the
society that IL is supposed TO protect.
Instead of sending broken, revengeful
men back into the world. In no wise
reformed, but simply resolved to greater
cunning we must send back mended
men, eager and willing to be OF use
Northumberland further damnation.
1.-The penitentiary should be the last
resort. Many a man is doing time when
justice would have been better served
had he been paroled from the bench
The trial Judge now has the power to
parole in misdemeanor cases. This law
should be extended so as to take
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-15
With The Editors
"GniIt h Personal. :,

A corporation never committed a
wrong. An artificial entity. created
by the courts or by State legislatures
or by corporation commissions can
not violate the law of God or man.
The trusts do not commit evil. Guilt
must be personal. Trust evils OF which
we complain are evils wrought by
the clear headed, cold-bloOded bust
ness men who are at the head of
these great combinations. Trust-own-
ers employ counsel. not for the pur-
pose of being kept informed as to
how they may obey the law, but In
order that they may find out exactly
how far they may go in evading II
without going to prison. Regulation
Of corporations never will be effective
until this idea of the personal guilt
If corporation officials is recognized
by our Federal courts.-Petersburg
Record.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-15
SHOCK AND TIDAL
WAVE PLAYS HAVOC
People Fleeing From Rural Dis
tricts to Mexican Capital-Sol-
diers Volunteer to Go in the
Stricken Zone-Ameri-
cans Help Refugees.
MEXICO CITY. SpecIal.-Mt

MEXICO CITY, Specialize.
Bacalar, which rises from Lake
Bacalar, I'm Yucatan, has broken
out into violent eruption. Many
small Indian villages have been
destroyed and scores or their in
habttantS killed. This Is the first
time that Mt Bacalar has shown
any signs or volcanic life.
A dispatch from Progresso
states that the Yucatan shore, on
the Bay OF Campeche, has been
swept by a gigantic tidal wave
and heavy damage has been done
at Carmen, I'm the State OF Cam
peche.
News OF the eruption OF Mount
Bacalar WIS brought from the In
terror OF Hucatan by cOurfers who
Were Eve days on the way from the
Lake 20 ProGrezO. They declared
that tho few refugees who fed
from the Indian villages where the
eruption began, were nearly all
burned to death I'm the blazing for
e0ta.
Carmen. where considerable dam
age was done by the tidal wave.
In one of the best known lumber
ports on the bay OF CnmPeche.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-15
To My Departed Captain.

Our beloved Capt. VIM. A. oliver.
He clasped my hand and thought IT
was her
who looked forward with so much
hope and pain
To see her dear husbands face again.
But, oh! A fatal Yankee bullet
Had pierced his brilliant BRAIN you bet;
Behind a breast-work OF fence rails,
When the missiles came as thick as
halls.
Poor man. tried to quench his thirst
Before he left this sorrowful earth,
But one swallow of water to his lips
Frightened me nearly into fits.
He has gone to the glorious Heaven
To sing and praise and be loved;
How 1 wish 1 was there to greet him,
To help sing Gods anthems on a shin
ing limb.
How long am I to stay on this earth,
look with so much hope to that new
birth,
Where I'll see captains. privates and
Those who were low and those whC
were tall.
Sweet Heaven. many of Company +
To have such a glorious Transparent
Fellow Comrades look out for me,
For I'll help sing on that everlasting
tree.
OF all the boys from A to q,
But God and His angels are there anC
So won't you join us, won't you? won
IT. r. covington. in Fredericksburg
Free Lance.
June 5, 1911.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-15
IRON SAFE FALLS
ON WORKMAN'S HEAD
Negro Is Struck on Head While
Working in Chamber
Ruins.
r ICH NJ o ND, V

RIG HM OND, VA, Special
w. L. James, a negro. was injured
while at work on the new First Ma
tonal Bank skyscraper. on the corner
of Ninth and Main Streets, just before
o'clock this morning. The men at
work on the building were undertake
ing to remove the top section of a
double-stOry vault. formerly used by
the firm Of John L. Williams az Son,
bankers and stock brokers. Without
warning, the big vault fell from its
pedestal and came crashing down TO
the first floor OF the building, on which
the men were at work.
James was not quick enough TO
avoid the spray of wood and Scantling
which flew in every direction. He was
hit by a piece of wood or by a cor
ner of the vault, which grazed his
head. He was not dangerously hurt.
The city ambulance responded and
rendered necessary aid. James was
sent t. his '.ome in the ambulance