Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Me.)
December 20, 1907

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dely Keuujejhnejc Jjoum Häl. VOL. XXXVIII AUGUSTA. MAINE. FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 20,1907—TWELVE PAGES NO. 299 STATE GRANGE Disposes of Business Mat ters and Says Good Bye. Otfieers Installed, Musical Se lections, Closing Speeches. Handsome Gift to Retiring Master —The Resolutions. Lewiston, Me., Dec. 15.—The closing r Cannon today announced the commit tee assignments for the 6flth Congress. Many changes from the last Congress are made hut in the main the members who laid heretofore held important places were retained in them. With the exception of the ways and means committee, the membership of which is stilted in full in the list here given, presents only tile assignments ol chairmen (all of whom are Republi cans) and of representatives who were not members of the last Congress and of old members newly placed. Hie names of old members (other than chairmen) who retain their foimei committeeships are omitted. The com mittees on appropriations, banking am! currency, rules and mileage have pre viously been announced. The ways and means committee is as follows: Chairman, Sereno M. Payne, of New York; Republicans. Dazeil. Pennsylvania; McCall. Massachusetts; Hill. Connecticut: Boutolle. Illinois. Watson, Indiana; Xeedham. California Calderhead, Kansas; Fordney, Michi gan' J H. Gaines, West Virginia: Bonvnge. Colorado; Longvvorth, Ohio. Democrats, Griggs. Georgia. lou, Xorth Carolina: Randell, Texas; Clark. Missouri; Cookran, Xew York: l ndor wood, Alabama: Granger. Rhode Is iftitire membership of committee, 1 Repulilicans, 7 Democrats. Of the remaining committees, toe chairman and the new members of the committees are as follows: Committee on accounts—Chairman. Sugar, West Virginia. Republicans. (Continued on Page Twelve.) NOTICE! MR. H. B. SAWYER, Recently of Gardiner. Mai no. is now handling all *D m HUTCHINS, bee Valley from Watervtlle to Gardiner Maine, mk. |n anv our former representative, is no longer con"^tc,\5^ who can be found at *ay. Please transact all business Ihrougli ^r* our Augusta Oflice. E. I. STROUT COMPANY, 335 Water St., Augusta. I BLOWS EXCHANGED. Washington, One. 19.--The spirit o? rivalry which for five years has alter nated smoldered and blazed between John Sharp Williams of .Mississippi, lender ol the minority, and David A. DoArtnnnd ol .Missouri, leader of the minority opposition, culminated in a fist tight today on the Itoor of the House of Heprcsentntives. The blows of Hep DeArniond caused blood to llow down the lime of Hep. Williams and only the forcible intervention of friends cut the combat short. Mr. DeArniond bore away a marked nose. The immediate cause of the fight was .Mr. 1 irArmond'M charging Mr. Williams with untruthfulness resulting from a complaint by the former that the min ority leader broke faiib with him in “Burying" Hep. Hooher of Missouri by recommending his assignment by Speaker I'annnn to tin* committee on coi.iag wiiglits and measures. Ac- cording to tile statements of the prin cipals Mr Williams defended his ac tion l v declaring lie had been told by Mr. Booher's colleague. Hep. Lloyd of Missouri, that the committee assign ment would be satisfactory to Mr. Hooher. Mr. DeArniond bluiiliy tjues tioneil the statement and after failing to liare the controversy shifted t somewhere else than the House, Mr. Williams struck Mr. DeArniond n blow in the face with his clenched list. The exciting incident will not be sot down in the official records of the Got it Congress, for the House had been ad journed some minutes when Ike first blow was struck. But there was no kn k of witnesses. The organization of the House had been completed by the announcement of the Speaker's assign ments of members to commit tees, the Republican committeemen having been selected by the Speaker and the Demo cratic members by Mr. Williams. Groups of representatives were scatter ed over titc door discussing t’ne ap pointments. the possible causes behind them, and the possible effects to follow. In the galleries loitered many viewing tlie aftermath of the meeting of the session. Mr. Williams rest inf; from the Ions strain of alioting preferment anions his 1f!7 fellow Democrats whose minority strength he oRleially lends, was seated at ease at the desk of Rep. Wallace of Arkansas in the center aisle on the Democratic side of the House. Mr. Do Armond approached, greeted him and took the adjoining seat. At once they engaged each other in earnest talk, hut they pitched their voices so low that afterward only one or two mem- hers who were very close to them could recall anything they said. They had i been thus in conversation no longer than a few minutes, when both sprang j to their feet, shoving their chairs hack, j and the gentleman from Mississippi 1 struck tile gentleman from Missouri a glancing blow on the nose. Sume representatives cried out; “Look, look at the tight." Everybody looked, but so startled were they by what they saw that no one seemed to think for the moment of rushing forward and stopping it. Mean- time Mr. Williams and Air. DeArmond. wedged between two rows of desks, were still at fisticuffs. Wood was flow ing from the face of tile leader of the minority, while Mr. DeArmond was endeavoring to grasp his opponent by the throat and vigorously returning blow for blow. Then everybody awoke to the char acter of the scene and crowded in and made an end of it. Mr. DeArmond was seized and his arms pinioned. Mr. Williams was pushed back against a desk and laced about wit It deterrent arms. Thus restrained he gave up his aggressive attitude; but his adversary struggled in the emhraeo of his friend ly captors and tried to lash out. Then Mr. DeArmond interrogated Mr. Wil liams as to what lie was about. Mr. Williams, smiling although tears of mortification stood in his eyes, de nied that lie was excited and took out a handkerchief to stanch the flow of blood from a rut in his chec-k. Present ly Mr. Williams was led about in one direction and Mr. DeArmond in another direction and both were released. When Mr. Williams was rek a- e-1 he. went into the Democratic cloak knots is said to have been at tained by the battleship New Hamp shire in the fastest mile of her stan dardization trials on the Rockland const course today, but these figures are not oflii in 1 as the trial board, head ed by Admiral Richardson Clover, re fused to give out any word regarding the trial. The figures 18.75 obtained from an unoliicial source, are believed to be correct, however. The fastest mile made by the battleship Kansas, the sister ship of the New Hampshire, was 1S.3 knots in her official trial. The fastest mile of the battleship Vermont is 18.53, while the battleships Connecti cut, I.ouisiana and Minnesota exceeded the reported speed maximum attained by the New Hampshire today. It is un derstood the report of the trial will be made first to the navy department. The New Hampshire left the harbor at 10.15 and at 11 o’clock began the first of the required 14 runs over the measured mile course. The first five of these runs were at top speed. The weather conditions were perfect, the sea was like a mill pond and th big ship is said to have behaved very nice ly, showing very little vibration even at toj) speed. Tomorrow tlie New Hampshire will leave, at daybreak for a run of four hours and after that will start on her 34-hour endurance test, l.atcr she will proceed to Camden, N. J., to receive finishing touches at the shipyard. The navigating officer of the ship to day was Capt. William Randall of the New York Shipbuilding Co., and Lu (Continued on Page Five.) FAIR. Washington. Dec. 19.—Forecast for New England: Fair Friday anil Sat urday. fresh west winds. Boston Forecast. Boston. Deo.' T9*—Forecast for Ros ton and vicinity: Fair weather Friday and Saturday, slightly warmer Friday: southwest winds. Conditions and General Forecast. Washington, Dec. 19.—The interior of the country is occupied by a strong area of high pressure. On Saturday the southwestern rain area will doubt less extend over the east Gulf and south Atlantic states. The winds along til** New England coast will be fresh west to southwest: middle Atlan tic coast, liirht and variable WATCHES and DIAMONDS Cash or Easy Payments. COLLATERAL LOAN CO., Opp. Cony House. Estd. 15 Years. XMAS SPECIALS REASONABLE PRICED HOUSE COATS BATH ROBES FANCY WAIST COATS NECKWEAR SUSPENDERS HANDKERCHIEFS GLOVES AND MITTENS UMBRELLAS FURS For Ladies’ and Children in Scarfs and Muffs of all kinds. Fur and Fur Lined Coats of all kinds for both men and women at special prices. H. G. BARKER CO. Opp. Cony House, Augusta, Me 218 Water St., Gardiner, Me Uerltdt ANOTHER TERRIBLE MINING DISASTER. From 250 to 500 Men and Boys Imprisoned by Explosion at Jacobs Creek, Penn. ONLY ONE MAN ESCAPES ALIVE. Bodies Recovered Terribly Mutilated=«Cel= ebration of St. Nicholas Day Alone Prevented a Worse Disaster. Jacobs Creek, Pa., Pec. 19-An ex plosion of gas in the Darr mine of the Pittsburg Coal Co. here today entomb ed between 200 and 500 miners, and there is scarcely a ray of hope that a single one of them will be taken from the mine alive. Partially wrecked buildings in the vi cinity of the mine and the condition ot tiie few bodies found early by rescuers indicate an explosion of such terrific t'oree that it seems impossible that any one survived, it. All of the 1:! bodies taken out up to this time are terribly mutilated. This is the third mine disaster since the first ol" the month in the veins of bituminous coal underlying western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, for the Namoi at Fayette City and the two mines at Monongah, W. Va., in which the earlier explosions happened are in the same holt as the local work ings. That today's disaster does not equal or even surpass in loss of life and attendant horrors the one in West Virginia is due to the devotion to church duties of a considerable num ber of the miners. In observance of the church festival 400 or more men regu larly employed at the mine did not go to work this morning. Those who es caped for tills reason are members of the Greek Catholic church and they stopped work to celebrate St. Nicholas day. As was the ease at Monongah, the explosion followed n brief suspension of the Darr mine, it having been closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Just at 11.30 o'clock when loaded cars had been brought out to the tipple, there came an awful rumbling sound, followed im mediately by a loud report and a con cussion that shook nearby buildings j and was felt within a radius of several miles. Simultaneously there came out of the mouth of the mine an immense cloud of smoke and dust that Hosted across the- Youhiogheny river. Everyone in the vicinity knew what ,f|iad happened and started l» r the mouth of the river. The river separates the mine and homes of many of the miners, so that only a portion of those who started for the scene were able to reach it, there being scant facilities for crossing the stream. To those who could not cross the water, the smoke and dust pouring from the mine's mouth seemed to indi cate seething flames back in the work ings and from this source came reports that were persistent until late in the day that the mine was burning. The ventilating fans were kept in opera tion aim >st without interruption, how ever, the power plant having with stood the force of the explosion and up to this time the rescuers have found no fire in the mine. As far as known only one man who I went to work this morning escaped, i Joseph Mapleton, a pumper, emerged from one of the side entries shortly after the explosion. He had left the part of the mine where most of the men were working and was on his way to the engine room for oil. ■'I was near entry 21.” said he, “when I heard an awful rumbling. I started towards the entry but the next instant 1 was blinded and for a little while I did not know anything. Then I got to the side entry and worked my way out.” I 1'1«* WUR HUlTlVWIJai vuv j but after going home end having his injuries dressed he returned to the mine and assisted the rescuing parties. William Kelvinglon, superintendent of the mine, was not in the mine when the explosion occurred and he quickly organized rescuing parties in the main entry and in a side entry. Hu hoped to reach the greater part of the vic tims through the latter. So far little trouble has been encountered on account of gas or lack of air by the rescuers. While the officials and the rescuers have only the faintest hope that any of the men may b" living, all work is being carried on upon the theory that some may have found places of safety and every point of the workings will be explored at the earliest possible mo ment. The main office of the company is in Pittsburg, and immediately upon receipts of news of the explosion, the officers hurried to the mine anil are leading and directing the rescue work. About 1500 feet from tire mouth of the mine a heavy fall of roof was en countered by the rescuers. It is be lieved that most of the men will be found nearly a mile and a half beyond this point. How long il will require to remove enough of the debris to open a 1 passage to these remote workings can I only be conjectured, for it depends up ’'on bow numerous these falls am 1 li is hoped l'rom the progress made up to now that the farther section will be reached early tomorrow. There are several eido entrances througn which it is expected some of the mil will be reached. One remarkable feature of this dis aster is the almost complete absence of the harrowing scenes usually enact ed by women friends and relatives of the victims on such occasions. Condi tions which prevent easy access to the mouth of the mine are partly respon sible for this and those in charge of tb.e work are doing everything pos sible to keep the women and children away from the scene. The black smith shop has been fitted up as a tem porary morgue and a number of phy sicians are waiting to render any ser vices that may be required of them. Mrs. John Campbell, wife of the mine foreman, whose home is about ,r>0 yards from the mouth of the mini*, graphically describes the explosion. Site said: "About 11.3ft o’clock there was a loud report and the dishes in my cupboard and on the table were rattled and knocked out of place, while the glass in the windows was shattered. Instinc tively I Vllow what lirvd'-.iisppeifed. I have for a long time feared an explo sion in the mine, for I knew it was gaseous. My husband and 1 had talk ed of it. and he often referred to the gas in the mine. My husband was just about due for his dinner when the loud report came and 1 looked out the back door towards a manway from the mine through which lie always came to Ills meals. Instead of my husband I saw a great cloud of dust and smoke pour ing out of the mouth of tile mine and through the mamvay. It floated upward and disappeared across tile river. I am sure Mr. Campbell will be found in the entry not far from the mouth of the mine, for I know he must have been on his way to dinner." In the store of the Federal Supply Co., loft yards from the mouth of the mine, Frank Ballandine, manager of the store, and Elmer Cunningham, an employe, were sitting in chairs. The force of the explosion was so great that they were thrown to the floor. Others standing in the store were thrown against the walls or counters. The store building was terribly shaken and considerable damage done. (Continued on Page Two.) SERIOUS CHARGE. W. A. Hewitt Is Detained at Philadelphia. Accused ol Trying to Rob Gar Containing Gold Bullion. Held In $5000 Bail—Native af Halifax—Known In Boston. Philadelphia, Dee. 19.—Charged with making a daring attempt to rob a car on the Buffalo express, containing gold bullion, while the train was standing in the Beading terminal last night, Wil liam A. Hewitt, who gives his address as 325 West 15th street. New York, was today held in $5000 ball for further hearing. The train had been made up and was scheduled to leave at 8.40 P. M., via the Heading Railroad and the Lehigh Valley. One of the expreaa cars contained JGO.OOO in gold bullion, which was being shipped by tbe gov i rnment to Buffalo. A yard man while at work on a track adjoining' the one on which the express train stood, heard a gTatlng noise, and on investigation found Hewitt under the bullion car at work with a saw on a gns pipe. The yard man gave the alarm and Hewitt was pursued and captured. About the time Hewitt was dis covered the lights In the car went out and an examination showed that the gas pipe had been punctured. At the hearing today the police exhibited the saw left behind by Hewitt in ills flight and a section of the gas pipe. The police say they are working on the theory that Hewitt probably expected to enter the car after he had extin guished the lights and loot it unob served. <'.wi While the police believe Hewett was accompanied by two companions, he In sists that he was alone. Hewett. who Is 21 years old, gives the impression of a man of education and refinement who had adopted desperate methods to secure funds. He was unarmed when searched and had but 15 cents in his clothing. The young man has a mother living in St. John. N. B. Recently he had charge of the billiard room of a local hotel and worked at the Somerset Club hi It- ston. From the latter city Hewett went to New York nr.d then came to this city, lie says, and walked the streets all the night of Tuesday. The pNire endeavoted to se cure a confession from the prisoner but failed. Tbe following version of -the capture of llewitt was given at the office of J. B. Warrangton, superintendent of the Phil adelphia division of the Reading Railroad Co.: "Shortly after the time scheduled for the departure of the flyer, Angelo Tutelo, a car inspector, was inspecting a train. Glancing over toward the adjoining track he saw three men crouched under three of the passenger coaches of the Buffalo Kxpross. Two of the three men saw that they had been noticed and, crawling from beneath the cars, walked swiftly down the platform. "At that time Tutelo did not know what the men had been doing', so he watched the thiul, who, unconscious that he had been seen, sowed away industriously at the pipes that carried the gas which light ed the cars. In a few minutes he finished his job and entered the car. The inspector hunted up the conductor of tlio flyer and told the latter what he had seen. The two went into the’car Hewitt had entered and ns they did so the lights became lower and finally went out. In the half darkness, however, Tutelo had recognized Hewitt, who tied and was captured. Hew. itt was Indignant, but he was searched (Continued on Page Two.) Harpswell Woman Is Found Dead~~Starvation and Cold. Harpswcll. Me., Dec. 19.—Miss Susan A. Halnin, an eccentric woman who lived alone in her house at South Harpswell. was found dead in the house today by two neighbors. who broke Into the dwelling. Miss Halpin had not been sceen about since last Tuesday, ami this fact led to an inves tigntion and the discovery of her body in the house today. Coroner William K. Gordon of Brunswick is of the opinion that the woman died from starvation and cold. Nothing is known of the woman's relatives, but it Is believed that she was In comfortable circumstances, al though mentally unbalanced. A con siderable amount of money -was found in the house. She was about 45 years of age. A large number of letters, many of them from foreign cities, were found and there were also many letters which tho woman herself had written and had failed to mall. From these un mailed letters and the answer* she re ceived to the others the coroner was sound mind. The coroner tomorrow will go through the entire mass of corres pondence carefully In an effort to dis cover a cluo to her relatives. Most of the letters, however, appear to have been from strangers. WAITT BOND BLACKSTONE CICARS Our sales for the rear 1906 over previous years greatly i ed our expectations—a gain of 3,000,000 Is a every month of 1907 shows an Increase over 1904. The motive power Is QUALITY and POPULARITY. Our Cigars are known to be reliable, and are maaofgettmd at* der perfect conditions In our awn building, tbe 1 equipped In New England. WAITT BOND, Inc., Mfrs., Boston, lass. __

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LAID AT REST. Body of Late King Oscar Buried at Stockholm. Simple Ceremony Is Attended by General Sorrow. Services Are Also Held at London and Copenhagen. Stockholm, Deo. 19 —The body of the late King Oscar of Sweden, who died Dec. 6, was interred at noon today in the Rlddarhoim church, the burial place of Swedish kings and heroes, with a ceremony, the simple impres siveness of which was accentuated by th“ widespread evidences of popular sorrow. Along the snow-covered route of the funeral procession, scores of thousands of people stood bareheaded in the biting cold during the passage of the hearse and the mourners. Every bell in the city tolled throughout the progress of the funeral. Emblems of mourning hung from the front of the building* facing the street down which tlie funeral cortege passed and both sides of the route of march was hedged with lines of troops. Immediately following the hearse walked Gustav, the new King of Sweden, the King of Denmark and the princes of the Swedish royal house These mourners were followed by the sp.-clal foreign embassies, representing states in all parts of the world. The Queen of Sweden and the Queen of Denmark drove to the church. The dowager Queen of Sweden, wid ow of King Oscar, was prevented by illness from attending the funeral. 'l ilt- archbishop of Stockholm officiat ed at the ceremony. The conclusion of the service was marked by a salute of 4J guns and volley tiring by a party of infantry. London, Dec. 19.—There was a mem orial service in the Chapel Royal of St James Palace today simultaneously with the funeral service of King Oscar at Stockholm. King Edward, the Prince ftnd Princess of Wales and the Duke ar.d Duchess of Connaught were pres ent and ail the foreign embassies were represented. Secretary Carter was present on behalf of the American em bassy. Copenhagen, Dec. 19.—A service in memory of King Oscar of Sweden was held in this city today and attended by the King anil Queen of Norway, who are visiting in Copenhagen, and mem bers' of the Royal house of Denmark. THE CZAR’S NAME DAY. Gen. Kaulbars Is Promoted to a Full Generalship. St. Petersburg, Dec. 19.—The name day of Emperor Nicholas, which was celebrated with the usual coreminies at Tsarskoe-Selo today, has been sig nalized by an order restoring to the Russian army the picturesque uniform worn in the reign of Alexander II. This order will transform 35 iut of the r>5 soberly clad dragon regiments into Hussars and I'plans, whose brilliant and showy garb is expected to popu larize tlie service In the eyes of re cruits and the population generally. This change is made, according to the order, because during a long period of peace the uniform must be brilliant ami beautiful. All the Russian grand dukes return ed from abroad for the celebration of the Emperor's name day. The Em peror was unable to join In the festivi ties on account of Illness. Premier Htolypin, the members of the cabinet, M. Khimyakoff, President of the Duma und a number of dignitaries went out to Tsarskoe-Selo to present their felicitations and witness the review of the guard. The American and other diplomatic representatives attended the Festival Mass in St. Isaac’s Cathe dral. Tiie list of name day honors fills 65 columns In the Official Gazette, but even so it is barely half as long this year as It was in 1906. General Kaul bars, whose administration of Odessa has been much criticized, is given the Alexander Nevsky Order, set In dia monds, and General of Cavalry Skul lon. governor general of Warsaw, 's promoted to full generalship. SUCCESSFUL LIQUIDATION. Depositors of Defunct Nashua Bank t Get Nearly 109 Per Cent. Nashua, N. H., Dec. 19.— One of the most successful liquidations of a closed hank In financial records has just been completed by \V. A. Farley of the New Hampshire Banking Co., of this city, which shut its doors a dozen years ago ns a result of the failure of the Globe Savings Bank of Chicago. Today Re ceiver Farley began paying a final div idend to depositors of 514 per cent. The final payments amounts to $40, 000, bringing the total paid depositors el nee the bank ceased active business, $913,24-. in other words the general depositors get loga; per cent, of the amount they had in the institution, Ihe percentage above 100 representing partial interest on their money. The president of the New Hampshire Banking Co. was the late Solomon Spalding, father of Charles Spalding, treasurer of the defunct Globe Sav ings Bank of Chicago. NOT FOR HUGHES. New York County Republicans Say No To Presidential Talk. New York, Dec. 19—By an almost unanimous vote the Republican com mittee of New York county refused to night to adopt a resolution endorsing °ov- Hughes for the Republican Presi dential nomination. When the resolu tion was offered a motion was imme diately offered providing that the reso lution go over for consideration at the next meeting of the committee in Jan uary. The motion was adopted with a shout that could be heard outside the committee room. Only One ‘•BROMO QUININE" I;>VXA.T1VF BROMO QT’tNJN for the ftsiu.tijrt* of I' W OfiOV Jotki ov*r to Cure a Cold ANOTHER MINING DISASTER. (Continued from Page One.) ___ Some of the oltiiers tonight estimated that probably more than half of the victims are Americans, as many of the foreigners did not work today. The Da it mine is located on the west of the Yougldogheny river, in West Moreland county, along the line of the Pittsburg 3c Bake Erie Railroad, 4U miles southeast of Pittsburg and IS miles northwest of Connellsville. The main line of the Baltimore Ohio runs along the opposite bank of the rivrr. It is one of a group of five mines within a radius of a mile and a half and is a part of the original Connells ville coke fields, its product being used for cooking. The Darr mine is one of the largest of the Pittsburg Coal Co., having a daily capacity of "03ft tons and is mod ern in all equipment, including a com plete electrical plant. The only means of reaching ihc mouth of the mine from Jacobs Creek. whr other domestic causes baskets containing a dinner will be* sent. All "itizens in this town who desire to help in this charity may send their contri butions to Capt. B. B. Vivans. who is in charge of the local corps. Ills ad dress is Box 114. Three vagrants Wednesday night ap plied to diaries Steward of the police force for a night's lodging, which was granted. From their conversation it was evident that they would not be loath to accept a sentence of 30 or CO days in tlio Somerset county jail, where it Is nioe and warm and the food good. But they were doomed to bitter disappointment. In the municipal court Thursday Judge Bachel ler handed them a lemon, giving eacli a sentence of four months and 13 days in tho Auburn jail, which has a. workshop connected. They will be released just about in time to participate jn the annual dance around the Maypole. The ages of the hobos ranged from 20 to 40. They were taken to Auburn Thursday in the custody of Officer Horace Weston. This story may sound like a fake, hut the man most concerned stands for its authenticity. Peter .1. Hill, the hero, came here a few months ago and is the foreman of the weave room of the Mar ston worsted mill. Recently r.e began to notice that his mouth was becoming sore. Fearing that lie might have an abscess be consulted his physician, who discov ered that a tooth was being rut. As Mr. Hill is IS years old it is only natural to suppose that be had already cut two sets to which we are all entitled, and that this last arrival must belong to a third set. Since then two more teeth have made their appearance. Whether a. complete third sot will come is of course a prob lem. Should this occur they will force some of the second set to vacate Mr. Hill's mouth, as a number are still occu pying positions there. The National Klectric t'o. of Nov York is looking for a place to build an additional factory and prefer to come to Maine. A representative of the concern is now in this S'atc and a rouiini at i lislncss man .a thi-; town approached with r.-jard to the company coming here. In order to secure the plant the town must take I $25,000 worth of bond*. These will bear interest at the rate of ti per cent, and are secured by a mortgage on all that the company owns. It would be ncces- sary to build a factory which would lx- run by electricity. A crew of 5*) skilled hands would be employed at the start land this number would be increased I from time to time. The company manu- fiu’tures all kinds of electrical novel- tit s such as massage machines, llat irons, window tappers, etc. The far- lory would probably be built near the railroad track to save trucking and also j to facilitate the loading of the manu factured product and the tin loading of i the raw material. Further develop- I nn nts will be awaited with interest. Wednesday was n gala night with Cur rabassett J.odge of Odd Fellows. Tile Third degree was worked on lour candi date;! and all the chairs were filled with past noble grands of that lodge, as fol lows: Noble grand, F. A. Williams, vice i grand, Augustus Davis: past grand. \V. A. Hailey: conductor. Hugh llmby; war- den, A. It. Jewett; scene supporters, S. At I Sawyer and Albert Jewett; inside guard. II. A. Dinsmore; priest of initiatory de- I gree, Pdwal'd Spear; priest of first de gree, Charles North; priest of second di gree. F. AV'ood; priest of third degree. It. P. Baker; captain of ttie team, For rest Uailev. There was an attendance of At tile close of the work a fine sup per was served. After ample justice had been done to the spread, a program was carried out. This included a song by Welib Keyes, a violin solo by Fred North, a piano solo by H. A. Dinsmore and a euphonium solo by Charles North. It was a very pleasant evening and was greatly enjoyed by the large number pres ent. SOMERSET VETERANS. One of the Most Enjoyable Meetings And Reunions Ever Held. At the afternoon session of the annual meeting of the Somerset Veterans* Asso ciation, held Wednesday in Milhitrn sum!! hail, these officers were f leeted: Colonel. F. H. Wing of Skowliegan; lieutenant colonel, R R. Wells of Norridgewock: major. W. II. Collins of Anson; adjutant, S. F. Emerson of Skowliegan. chaplain. J. I>. Emerson of Skowhegan; quarter master, Samuel Vose of Madison. There- was a large attendance of veter ans, some M being present. With the members of the auxiliary and the invited guests the total was not far from 150. Til© propram for the afternoon opened with a prayer by Dr. F. A. Deitch, pastor of the Centenary Methodist church, who lat er gave a tinging speech of a patriotic nature which was well received. Upon a motion made and carried, the next meet ing will he held in Madison on March IS. 1&08. After a vocal solo by Mrs. Emma If. Dunton, the colonel-elect, Capt. Wing, made a few remarks in which lie thanked the association for the honor which it had conferred upon him m electing him as their chief officer. He also favored the; audience with a war recitation. Then j all present Joined in singing “Tramp, t Tramp. Tramp, the Boys Ar» Marching," j which was one of tho most enjoyable j things on the program and which was! received with much enthusiasm by the I veterans. Then came a reading by Mrs. E. K. Gould, the reading of a poem by Mrs. J p. Thompson and an address by A. S. Bangs of Augusta. Dr. C. V. Richards 1 gave a recitation. Mrs. James Weston gave a reading and remarks for the good; of the association were made by Com- j rades S. W. Smith, S. F. Emerson, J. N\ 1 Harris, Isaac Dyer, J. D. Emerson and. Rev. H. M. I ley wood of Norridgewock. The program closed with the singing of “America" bv t lie audience standing. The meeting was the most largely attended i and most enthusiastic the association has yet held. FOUR NEW STORES To Be Added to Water Street by Mer- j rill’s New Block. As lias been stated in those columns be tore J. P. Morrill will in the spring build a handsome brick block on Water street. This will replace the two stores which were burned in the big fire of Sept. 2. last, and will also take in tlm small store now occupied by him and the store occupied by Arnold »v Cur rier. A part of the block will also have a frontage on Madison avenue. On the street level there will he four stores on Water street. And in addi tion an entrance to the second floor. The store next to the block which Grif fin Sampson are to build will lie oc cupied by Mr. Merrill and ltis son as a shoe store. This will also extend to Madison avenue where Mr. Merrill has a frontage of 25 feet. Half of this will form a part of the store and the other: half, making a room 12x25 feet, will he I occupied as a barber shop. This store will be 1ft feet wide and extend back 6S feet. The other three stores on Water street will lie 19x55, 15x59 and 17x55. The second floor will lie divided into two offices and three flats. These offices will front on Water street. The flats will consist of one of six rooms and two of five rooms. All will have baths, steam heat anil electric lights. The building will he of brick. Just what kind of brick will be used Mr. Merrill has not yet decided. He has samples of several. The building will be modern in every respect and from the front elevation which was showed the writer will l>e on-' of the handsomest in Somerset county. The actual work of building will be com menced as soon as the frost is out of the ground. The architects are Miller Mayo of Lewiston. Skowhegan Grange Fair. Bkowhegan Grange closed its three days’ sale and lair in the Pleasant street hall Thursday night with the annual con cert and hop, for which music was fur nished by Kendall's Orchestra. During all three days the booths and tables have been liberally patronized as was the cit izens’ chicken pi supper, served in the banquet hall from -1.20 to 7 o'clock. The committee in charge of the spread was composed of Mr. and Mrs. S. ir. Beal, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Whittier. Mr and Mrs. F. P. Huntley and Mr. and Mrs. II. Gardner. The ticket committee in cluded S. II. Bradbury and CV D. Baton. Tile net receipts from the fair cannot yet l.e determined until all the bills are in. One of the ran st birds to New England is bore prophesying a cold, hard witit -r li is the rod poll, a member of the big junco family of birds. Only in tile most severe weather docs the red-headeil bird venture from the frozen lands of the North, and when lie does it always mean* a cold yev-i.- winter. Tlr-re arc several flocks iif t i- birds in the Fi lls, an 1 bird lovers, glad to r.ct a chance I-* vale, their habits, it re closelv observing tbem. Boston Record. WATERVILLE'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT STORE Bargains in Books of all kinds. Ladies’ and Men’s Umbrellas, very choice handles. Ladies’ Neckwear and Gloves,Beauties. Hand kerchiefs for everybody at special prices. Furs that are made right and priced right. Muslin Waists, new Christmas styles. Dolls and Bears by the hundreds. Games and Toys for all the children. Manicure and Toilet Sets for your best girl. Great values in beau tiful Table Linens and fancy Linen Pieces. The Wardwell Emery Waterville, Maine. j V j GAKDINEU. Telephone 48-4. Gardiner citizens will confer a favor by leasing or telephoning Items ol news In terest to the Journal's Gardiner editor. The annual election of Herman Lodge. 1\ and A. M.. will take place j Wednesday, Jan. 7. Mrs-. Ahhie Brann lias returned from East Dixtleld. where she has been visit ing with relatives for several months, j Hon. O. B. Clason left yesterday af- ternoon for Bucksport and (lastine. While at Castino lie will visit the State Normal School. The matrimonial intentions of Rich- ard A1 varus Walker of South Paris and Lillian May Bennett of this city have been filed at the office of City Clerk C. O. Wadsworth. Bargains in Christmas candy will oc found at the store of Harry Goldberg A- Co. Goldberg also has a line line of high grade pipes and boxes of fancy cigars suitable for Christmas pres ents. Owing to the fact that the organ was not completed yesterday as expect d tile recital with which the new organ at the First Church of Christ Scientist! was to have been opened last niglit. has been indefinitely postponed. The New England Telephone and Telegraph Co's, crew of workmen lias tinished placing the new cable in the icinity of the New Mills oil poles on iiie opposite side of tile road from the Street Railway tracks. The old cable has been removed. Three trotting horses passed through here on the 1! o'clock freight for Fort Fairfield. The horses were purchased at Yarmouth by G. W. Glee, who is taking them to his home in Fort Fairfield. They were shipped in a heater car. C. K. Hall of this city has purchased the undertaking business of G. G. Downing of Dover and will go to that town to take charge next Tuesday. Mr. Hall was formerly with Preble A Keene of this city and also at one time with James Mullen of Boston. John McDonald, a young man 19 years of age, while working yes terday forenoon at the Hollingsworth Whitney paper mills in this city, had the end of the third finger of his right hand crushed by its being caught in the. folding doors. He was taken to the! office of J)rs. Fred E. and A. W. Strout and the wound dressed. Arrangements have been made so (hat Cora Carson, who was to have been committed to jail yesterday, will not have to begin the serving of her sentence until Hie day after Christmas. Her mother, Mrs. Mary E. Carson, was before the court yesterday morning and gave bonds in the sum of $.100 for the. appearance of Cora on the day follow ing Christmas to begin her jail sen tence of GO days. A special conclave of Maine fotn m.andery. No 1. K. T will be held al ibe Asylum. Friday evening. The Or-1 der of tin- Temple will be conferred! I lo upon unf candidate. Maine Com- j tnaiidery will assemble at the Asylum, j Wednesday. Dee at noon, standard j time, and join in the following senti- merits: "To Our Most Kminent Grand Master, Henry Warren Rttgg with the love, respe t and eoftlia! support of ITj.ooii i »ya! Sir Knights." Armature Burned Out. It was learned yesterday morning that the el.-'ivic motor ef the Snow Hay./.ard Co. platit had an armattt.e burned out in the fire of Wednesday evening. The motor was overloaded Wednesday and late in the afternoon behaved badly. It is belie ved now that the fire taught from a spark front the wire. President Hazzard sent to Bos ton yesterday for a new armature and until that arrives the factories will be run by steam power. Workmen were engaged on the building yesterday. The damage to the building was even less than at first supposed and the repairs were completed during the day. Funeral of Joseph I. Martin. The funeral of the late Joseph f. Martin was held at o'clock Thursday afternoon from the family residence. Maple street. Rev. C. A. Hayden of Augusta officiated and there was a large attendance of friends of the de ceased. The remains will lie taken to Mechanics Fails at 10 o’clock today, and the burial will he in the cemetery at that place. The body will be ac companied to the station by Fred Mer rill and William Douglass, representing the New Kngland Order of Protection, and Norman Gam man, representing Gardiner Dodge. I. O. O. F Sangerville Man Wanted. City Marshal Andrews has been ask ed by Deputy Sheriff Knowles of Pis cataquis county to be on the lookout for Samuel D. Thomas of Sangerviile, who is wanted for the forging of three checks .it Dover, Dec. 7. Thomas is a barber and painter and paper hanger by occupation, lie is JO years of age and weighs 100 pounds; sandy com plexion. dark eyes, smooth shaven, height 5 feet. .S inches, with sandy hair iind regular nose. When last seen he was wearing a dark suit, light col ored overcoat and light felt hat. Happy Half Hour Theatre. The change of program this after noon and evening at the Happy Half Hour picture theatre was well re ceived. "The Son of Mephisto" is a particularly pleasing spectacular pic ture jmd its weird effects must be seen in order to be appreciated. Harry 17. Leroy was heard to excellent advan tage in the illustrated song, "The Old Cross Roads.” Boiler for Basket Factory. The boiler arrived yesterday for the new basket factory, which is to be opened in the shoe shop building at Randolph, owned by Deputy Sheriff F. H. Meady. The work of rttting up the building for its new occupants has be gun and it is expected that tile concern will he ready for business about Jan. 1. Wild boasts and snal: continue to kill vast numbers of p< epic in India. During tie last rear the beasts hav slain Death by snake bites are reported to n as auainsl -'1 7'*7 at tfit great -r tnorlnlitv is SUppos. I to be due to heavy floods, which drove Hit snakes into houses and homesteads. «l-<-_‘*s L WISCASSET, WATERVILLE AND FARMINGTON RAILROAD. Arrangement of train service In effect November IX. 1907. GOING SOUTH. C 30 A. SI. leave Winslow for No. Vaa salboro, E. Vassalboro. Clark's, China Lake. So. China, Week's Mills Jot., Windsor. Maxcy's, Cooper’s Mills. No VVhitelield, VVhitelield, Head Tide, Sheep scot, arriving at Wiscasset at 9.(6. 12.35 p. M. leave Winslow for No. Vaa aalboro, E. Vassalboro, Clark's, Chiba Lake. So. China. Week's Mills Jet, Windsor. Maxcy's, Cooper's Mills. No. Whitefleld. Whitelield. Head Tide. Sheep scot. arriving at Wiscasset at 3.00. 7.20 A. M. leave Week's Mills -Tct, tor Windsor. Maxcy's, Cooper's Mills, No. Whitelield. hitefield. Head Tide. Sheep scot. arriving at Wiscasset at 905. 10.15 A, M leave Winslow for No Vas sa'.fcoro. F Vassalboro, Clark's, Cklrw i.nice, So. China, arriving at Week's Mills Jet., at 11.20. 1.10 1*. M. leave Winslow for No. Ves tal boro, E. Vassalboro, Clark's. China Lake, So. China, arriving at Week’s Mills Jet., at 5.10. ALBION TO WEFK'S MILLS JUNC 6.20 A. M. leave Albion for So. Albion, China. Palermo, Newell's, arriving at Week's Mills Jet. at 715. 6.40 A M. leave Albion for So. Albion. China, Palermo, Newell’s, arriving at Week's Mills Jet., at 7 50. SUNDAYS ONLY. 8.45 A. M. leave Winslow for No. Vas salboro, E. Vassalboro, Clark's. China Mike, So. China, arriving at Week’s Mills Jot. at S.40. 4.00 P. M. leave Winslow for No. Vas salboro. E. Vassalboro, Clark’s, China Lake, So. China, arriving at Week's Mills Jet. at 4.55. for East arriving GOING NORTH 935 A. M. leave Wiscasscto fir Sheep scot, Head Tide. White field, No. While field, Cooper's Mills, Maxcy's. Windsor. Week's Mills Jet.. Sooth China. China Lake, Clark's, East Vassalboro, North Vassalboro, arriving at Winslow at 12.15. 3.4<t F. M leave Wiscasset, for Mieep scot, Hoad Tide. Whitefleld, No. White field, Cooper's Mills. Maxcy's, Windsor. Week's Mills Jet.. South China, China Lake. Clark’s. East Vassalboro, Norm Vassalboro. arriving at Winslow1 nt 6.1.» 12.4V ‘V M. leave Wiscasset for Sheep i scot. Head Tid«*. Whitefleld, No. Mte field. Cooper’s Mills, Maxcy’s, Windsor, arriving at Week's Mills Jet. at 2.60. 1.30 P. M. leave W ek's Mills Jet. .Couth China. China Lake. Clark's, Vassalboro, North Vaasalboro, at Winslow at 2.40. 7 25 A. M. leave Week’s Mills Jet., for South China. China Lake Clark's, Fast Vassalboro, North Vassalboro, arriving at Winslow at 8.15. WEEK’S MILLS JUNC. TO ALBION 5.22 P. M. leava Week’s Mills Jet for Newell’s, Palermo, China, So. Albion, arriving nt Albion nt 6.25 2.15 P. J.I. leave Week's Mills Jet .for Newell’s, Palermo, China, So. Albloa, arriving at Albion at 4.15. SUNDAYS ONLY. 9.40 A. M. leave Week’s Mills Jet for South China. China Lake, Clark e, Ka* Vassalboro, North Vassalboro. arriving at Winslow at 10.30. T fnr On P. M leave Week’s Mills Jet for South China. China Lake. Clark’s. Last Vassalboro. North Vassalboro, arriving Winslow at 5 50. ReP fences. Unavoidable delays cepted ami subject to change '"•Train 13, on Saturdays, will be can celled. and will follow train 1 a_s an ex tra, Week’s Mills Junction to No. V as salboro, leaving there at 125 P. M., r Winslow, Saturdays only. CONNECTIONS. At Wlrcasset and Winslow with Maine Central Railroad. At Wiscasset wlt^stag* to and from Boothbay Harbor, and P. M. Transfer carriage ex wlthout A. M will leave City Hall ’Square. Watervllle, daily <ex cept Sundays* at 5.50 A., M.. and ^,,I’/M.:and"wm mrt train. Winslow at 815 A. M.. 12.15 P- 0.13 P. M: Sundays, leave CL' Bail Square at 8.25 A. M.. andI 3 40 B meet 10.30 A. M., and 5.50 P. M tralno H American’ Express Compaq' transact, business ut all points on tHsaline, Gen’! Ma 1 i

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waterville local news JOURNAL TELEPHONE. 31,.n OPPICtL 60 street. LOCAL ITEMS ir»ttrvt)le cltliena will fconfer a favor hv leaving or telephoning- Items of news Interest to the Journal's Waterville edi tor The office is open during the day. In case the editor should be out at any time during the evening news items may l,e left in the mall box on the door and will be found by 1dm In season for the next morning’s Issue. Frank Blanchard was in Augusta yes terday on business. Mr. Greenwood of Good Will Farm will address the Boy's Club at the lib rary this evening. Frank H. Austin is confined to his home on Silver Terrace with a severe attack of pneumonia. The usual supply of Christmas trees mr.y be seen on the common, the owner awaiting a purchaser. Miss Daisy Goodwin, formerly of the Central Maine Publishing Co., has en ter. 1 the employ of the Fairfield Jour nal. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Fnl versalist church met yesterday after n,,r,n with Mrs. F. W. Leslie, Sheldon place. A social dance will lie held this even ing at the Taconnet Chib house in Winslow. Music will he furnished by the I-eahy Orchestra. Edward Mender has returned to his home in this city from Boston, where lie is attending the Massachusetts In stitute of Technology. The funeral of the late Mrs. Mabel Blackwell of Winslow will be held at in o'clock Saturday morning from her late home. Burial will take place in Oakland. A Greek in the employ of the Hol lingsworth Whitney Co., was injured Thursday night while at his work to the extent of a sprained ankle. Dr. J. G. Towne was called and the injured man taken to his home. The entertainment which is to be given bv the pupils of the primary and intermediate grades of the South Grammar school, will he held in the evening instead of the afternoon as formerly states in these columns. A large number from this city went to the Grange hall in Winslow last evening to attend the dance given for the benefit of the Fort Halifax Rand. A short concert was given before the dance. Music was furnished by Keyes' f Drehestra. rr. July is one of our busiest citizens at the present time'. Yesterday he was called to Clinton on a complaint from the alleging cruelty to an animal. It appears that Robert McNally of that town had a horse, recently procured from Boston, which proved to be a de cidedly balky animal. He had tried, to break the horse of this habit by giving it some severe beatings, whence the complaint. The case was closed by giving Mr. McNally a caution as to the penalty for a continuance of such treat ment. Dr. Jolly will today for the Cat tle Commissioners go to T nity to look into the case of a cow sold to a Unity buteher. which appears to have been afflicted with tuberculosis. The com plaint was sent to the commission by the butcher himself. FAIRFIELD. C. G. Hume returned Thursday from a business trip to Bangor. Regular meeting of Merrymeeting Chapter, O. E. S„ tonight. The degree will be conferred._ Mrs. Robert Rich has returned to her home in Bangor, after passing a few days with friends in town. Mr. and Mrs. Shebles have returned to their home at Brooks, after passing a few days at the residence of B. M. Bradbury.__ Mrs. Florence Duren. who has been confined to her home by an attack of the grip, is able to be calling on friends once more. _ Walter Vose. deputy, and G. G. Woods, district deputy of the Modern Woodmen, are in town in the interests of the order. James Dillingham, who has been em ployed in Massachusetts and New Hampshire for the last year, is in town on a visit with relatives and friends. Arthur H. Totman, grand patron of the Eastern Star of Maine, left Thurs day for Farmington, where he insti tuted a new chapter and installed the officers. Stephen Eldridge has entered the employ of the Fairfield Shawraut Railroad as carpenter. At present vestbule fronts are being placed upon the cars used by the road. James L. Parkin left Thursday for Moosehead. after a short visit to his family on Main street. Mr. Parkin ex pects to finish the extensive work which ne has been doing for the Som erset Railroad in about two weeks. Harry Smith left Thursday for Port land. where he has secured a position in a large drug store. Harry has been at the dug store of F. H. Neal for the past three years and has won a host of friends who wish him success in his new surroundings. Deputy Sheriff W. W. Nye, who car ried to Skowhegan a man who had been accused of selling liquor, returned with him Wednesday night, as Ihe complainant in the case acknowledged that he purchased the fluid from the wife of the man. Thursday morning the sheriff went to the court with the wo man to answer fhe charge. All is in readiness for the holding of •lie sociable tonight at the Assembly room of the Lawrence High school un der the auspices of the Seniors. This is planned to be the banner affair for the school season. Much interest is be ing taken in the newly organized school orchestra, which is to make its first public appearance at this time. Appropriate music has been selected. The young ladies will have for sale candies of all kinds and ice cream and cake. A program for the playing of popular games will be played. As this is to be the last one for several weeks a good attendance is assured. The Salvation Army members are being assisted in their plan of holding a Christmas tree for the children and needy people of the town by the co operation ot the townspeople. All as sistance is appreciated. Since the open ing of these barracks much good lias been accomplished. Many have felt the influence of the zealous and enthusias tic workers. Much suffering has been relieved. An appeal is made to all to come to the aid of the corps to make this Christmas season a cheerful one to many of the unfortunate people of this town. Whatever you have of castoff clothing, eatables and toys contribute them. The residence of the officers is at the corner of Elm and Main streets. REAR GUARD WINS. Team at Bottom of Bowling League Bests the Leaders. Before a big crowd of bowling fans last night, the Amateurs, tail-enders of the league, got away with tile American Woolen Mills team after one of the hot test contests seen on local alleys for some time. There were warm doings from the start and at the windup the Amateurs were SC pins to the good, despite the score piled up by Pye of the mill team, whose three strings netted his team 89, 108 and 90. respectively. AMATEURS. Goodwin .00 S4 92-266 Paquet .89 79 92-260 Smith .95 75 84-254 Gibbs .91 95 82-268 Savage .SI 87 96—26f Totals .446 420 446—1312 AMERICAN WOOLEN MILL. Thibodeau Hilton Pye Mavbcrrv Ha'll Totals 429 435 412—1280 Woman's Relief Corps Election. At the last regular meeting of the Women’s Relief Corps of the E. I’ Pratt Post, the annual election of offi cers to serve for the ensuing year was held. The result was as follows: President—Mrs. Mary E. Oilman. Senior Vice President—Mrs Lucy Ireland. Junior Vice President—Mrs. Eflie Thomas. Chaplain—Mrs. Olive Savage. Treasurer—Mrs. Rose Holt. Conductor—Mrs. Caroline Crosby. Guard—Mrs. Abbie Whitten. The Installation will occur early in January. HINCKLEY. Leon Hall is on a visit to friends in Brooks. Mrs. D. P. Jones is very sick with erysipelas. No crossing the river here, only by small boat. Miss Grace Choate is at home during her vacation. Clifton Wheeler is confined to the house by a bad cold. The young people at Good Will are having a fair this week._ School closes in this place Friday af ternoon for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Ricker are attend ing the State Grange in Lewiston this week. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Foster are also in attendance. Miss Lida Kelley has been confined to the house the past week by the grip, but is better now and will re sume teaching soon. PITTSFIELD. Miss Agnes Smith passed the day In Waterville Thursday._ Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Peasley are happy over the arrival of a daughter. Dec. 18. _ Mrs. J. W. Moses is assisting at the T. F. Connor store through the holi day trade. Mrs. A. H. Farnham of Troy is in town visiting Mr. and Mrs. Su'nmei McOausland. Mrs. Julia Parks and son Johnson visited friends in Waterville Wednes day and Thursday. M. A. Ulagdon of Etna has rented the Parks house on Bowden street and will move his family here «oon. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph -Barker are re ceiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter, which occurred Dec. 17. Mrs. O. S. Smith, who has been visit ing for a few months her brother. Rev. B. \V. Russell, has returned to her home in Malden, Mass. Dr. E. A. Porter, grand high priest, went to Skowhegan Thursday, where in the evening he paid his official visit to the Royal Arch Chapter. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sinclair of Matta pan. Mass., are guests at the home of Mrs. Sinclair's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Thomas, until after the holidays. Veterinary Surgeon D. D. Winslow has returned from Dexter, where he examined 22 head of eattle for Irving Farrer, linding all in a ilrst-elass con* dition. Wilbur Melvin, who has recently been very ill, went to Portland Thursday to consult Dr. King. He was accompanied by his sister. Mrs. Harry Condon, who will remain in Portland a few days. All the village schools, with the ex ception of M. C. 1., which will close Tuesday for a vacation the remainder of the week, will close today for a Christmas recess, beginning again next Thursday. The M. C. I. basketball team will go to Belfast today to play the Belfast High school team. This will be the M. C. 1's. llrst game of the season and the second game will he played here Saturday night with the Gardiner High school team. Friends of Miss Floy Could, one of the nurses at the Trull hospital in Bid deford, will regret to learn that she is ill at the hospital and has recently been operated on for appendicitis. Her mother, Mrs. G. S. Could of this town, will go to Biddeford within a few days. The W. C. T. U. held an interesting meeting Thursday afternoon. The sub ject was “The New Crusade," with Mrs. Delia Drake as leader. The pro gram follows: Singing, members; pa per on the subject, Mrs. Annie M. Frost; duet, “The White Ribbon." Mrs. Emma Fitzgerald and Mrs. Frost; pa per, “Why the South Wants Prohibi tion,” Mrs. Ella B. Sprowl: reading, “New Methods of Controlling the Li quor Traffic,” Mrs. Flora Sturtevant: singing, Union. Funeral of Mrs. Charity T. Dyer. The funeral services of the late Mrs. Charity T. Dyer were held at the home on Harlland avenue, Thursday afternoon. Rev. F. A. Taylor, pastor of the Universallst church, officiating. Miss Villa Phelan rendered two vocal selections, “Sometime We’ll Under stand.” and “Farewell.” Those acting as bearers were O. W. Patten, J. C. Humphrey, John Weymouth and A. L. Sylvester. The remains were placed in the village receiving tomb. Among the out-of-town relatives present were George Higgins, a broth er to the deceased, and Mrs. Higgins of Clinton. A. 0. Ward of Plymouth. Pittsfield friends of A. O. Ward of Plymouth were saddened to learn of his death which occurred at his late home Wednesday night, after an ill ness of about three years, the cause of death being Bright’s disease. His age was about 45 years. Mr. Ward was born in Plymouth and mad that town his home during his lile. He for many years was engaged in the meat business and for the past 15 years was an extensive cattle buyer through Maine and the provinces. A widow. Mrs. Helen Ward, one daughter. Miss Lillian, who lives at home, a mother. Mrs. Francis Ward, and three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Hart of Detroit, Mrs. Flora Andrews of Ash land and Mrs. Alma Cox of New Hampshire, survive. The funeral ser vices will be held at the house at 1 P. M Saturday. OAKLAND. W. A. Blake is in Bath on a short business trip. The sehools of the town will close today for a vacation of two weeks. Mrs. H. F. Huff is soon to remove to Boston, where she will make her home. A. b. Ward has returned to his home in Milo, after a brief business call in town. H. F. Chipman of Madison was a business caller in town for a short time yesterday. The Men’s class of the Free Baptist church will meet this evening at the home of Sylvester Skillings. ,T. William Haynes has begun work as caretaker of the offices of the Som erset H. R. in the Dunham block. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Taylor are rejoic ing over the birth of a baby girl. Both mother and daughter are doing well. The Pons of Veterans will give a ball in Messalonskee hall Christmas eve. Wentworth's Orchestra will furnish music. V. Ray Jones, a student at Colby College, visited Principal E. H. Pratt of the Oakland High school for a short time yesterday. Alton and Albion Blake are enjoying a hunting trip to Sidney as the guests of their uncle, Fred Blake. 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I worth shop shop, was in town yester day for a short time on business, re turning home last night. Miss Benia Bickford, who is employ ed in the office of the \V. l). in \Va terville, was confined to her home yes terday on account of illness. The snowplow of the Fairfield l Shawmut road is at the VV. O. barn where it is being rewired. The work i in charge of Master Mechanic Hutchin son. Rev. E. C. Page will preach at a spe rial service at the Free Baptist churc at 11.30 o’clock Sunday. Mr. Page is th oldest Free Baptist minister in th State. Conductor Farrington of the W. C has been confined to his home for th past few days by illness. It is hope that he will be able to return to h! duties in a few days. When the last car was leaving Ws terville Wednesday evening it ws boarded by Carl Spencer of Belgrad Spencer was intoxicated and create such a disturbance that Conduct! Mace was obliged to put him off tl car at the Elm street crossing in W« terville. Spencer was evidently pretl anxious to get to Oakland, for he wall I ed the remainder of the distance, aboi five miles, and arrived in town at aboi 1 o'clock. He found his way to tl residence of Conductor Mace, who: he roused and threatened to assaul It is understood that he will be x i rested. YOU- ARE ASHAMED TO SMILE when you think how badly your teeth look. What's the use of undergoing e sucfi mortification any longer? d MODERN DENTISTRY s as we practice it can m^ke your mouth j beautiful without much expense to you and without any pain at all. Come and haveSyour teeth made so you won’t s 1 be ashamed to smile. Nobody will know they are not your natural teeth. d ir y it it ie n t. Ur. Gobb’s Maine Denta Rooms. 74 Mnin ft. WATERVILLE Tel. *11-a A GOOD TENEMENT TO LET a a proposition that’always finds an easy solution in the Journal’s Classified columns. If you hars one to Set or are In search of one it makes no difference. This column is closely watched hr i A GREAT MISTAKE Ts the wearing of dark classes for the relief of eye tdriUn. Smart ing. itching. burning, watering, sensitiveness to light, are sytnp llons of eye strain. Relief will come with the proper transparent lenses. Tlte eye needs white light for health. Colored classes have their place, however, and I carry a complete line. L. V. SOMES OPTICIAN 8ucoMtor to H. W. Jones, 60 Moin 8t.f Watervlllo, Mo. .nu= i MUNICIPAL BONOS FOR SAUL The City of WaterylUe is offering ttr sale 110.000.00 worth of Refunding Bondi^ dated February lit, 190*. These bongo run for thirty years and bear Intsr—0 at four per cent., the coupon* being payable semi-annually. These bonds will be sold about January 25th, 1*18. F.r Jjgilsg™., declfldtf