Daily Kennebec Journal (Newspaper) - December 5, 1903, Kennebec, Maine DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL SATURDAY DECEMBER 5.1903 and two and Mm Lucy Saves Submarine Boat Adder from Certain Destr Swims 100 Yards Through Terrific Surf With a Line Finally Reaches the Craft and She Is Pulled Off Norfolk Va Dec naval tug the torpedo Adder has at h2 navy yard here The Adder saved by the heroism of Boatswain who re- to a call for volunteers and swam 100 yards line tjo thr Adder from the tug and pulled a hawser after him The Moccasin is at and to be damaged The Adder le badly ami her electrical damaged The left tonight for to aid the Yankton and Vixen in the is now high and dry upon the beat h When Boatswain Deery to the call for a volunteer to swim to the Adder a gale with scan was crashing and burying the drifting beneath tons of Detry with a slender line fastened his waist plunged into the ocean tled with wind and tide a full dred yards filially reaching tlie Adder and gaining her deck There he hauled a thick hawser aboard by means of life line and made it fast All this time the Adder was being tossed about like a coik one minute being driven beneath the surface the next minute rolling and tossins in such a manner as to make ic almost sible to retain a position upon her scanty decking but held on and accomplished his work Thfn he went to the hand over lia id on the hawser i Great confusion was can cd h -re today by conflicting the whereabouts of the Adder and Tho navy yard any Information and the er reported the and thc Ad- der im going direct Annapolis In naval circles gether with the inability savers to enter the vessel i especially over condition ot the Moccasin The life saving station i re- ports the Moccasin in good out any water in her From the reports received however it Is not thought any headway fan OP mad toward floating tho vessel without the of wreckers she is high Fand tiry upon the beach at low and in a surf at hlsh tide It is said at the vard today that Boatswain will commended at once to velt for English of the savs the well until they off capes heavy running at the time too much the frail toning bits ot tin Add towing follow short anil the went adrift sought to them Ivit drifted southward the wind There were only the broken bits on which to get a hold so the lug only run In between keep them bumping The seas Wire running too high the said for the tug to run alongside the boaH rnd I have to have lowered a the could do was to tlv toats anart All night his ned and then the line thu snapped i It wa- 4 omes from Ins roic act in a last tu boats he had hi I line fast to and lt the lisk of his life in regaining III e tug was given to tlie but it was seen lhat it would bi- to anchor hor it was found could handle o ilv one of the boats In the The and th Moe is n left to lier while the mi tho const with as swept hir all night and had a hard time reaching pert I HERE'S YOUR CHANCE To Help tho Canadian Road Extend Its Business trat controls a majority of factories in in a day or send out ordering an advance in tl e price of running ail the way fiom Ivi to vl cents per yard John B Cudlip a of file New England Assoaiation who is of the Cornwall here says tnat even this advance is made the price cotton ill not tlint of the raw material and that the profiL still be less than they c ight to be The competition lias been to close in the Dominion lhat the ton generally m ide little or nj profit Excitement on Market Liverpool Dec cotton market opened amid great Futures V ere quoted at I to and running lo bring had n by noon The tone vis linn spol prices weiL Other English Markets Awakened lisc in cotton nv t-r and Liven ool Friday is to points over s It is said locally that if the official crop the St tes department of made public Thursday correct it ins a terrible calamity for c ashiro COSTLY POUCHES TRIAL Sharp Contest by Counsel in Posta Case at ip in their belief that the 10 make a prima facie c against Dormer Postal Thorn w and Columbus E sel for the defendants in the y known trial alleged conspiracy defraud the iy selling cather pouches at exorbitant prices today to dose the case putting a single witness on the tn testify for their clients Counsel Bryan announced ers v bo prepared tomorrow exchanged between counsel melit on the praters will he offered court will not sit on the case General argument on the entire case will the ire argued upon T 10 defence had summoned about 30 witnesses ll tlie of til r the of th made by and McGregor preceding to Postmaster eral were called upon to L- under which Uu statt meat made no s pi onuses were befon were Rose tbor made formal proffer ot tlie whu h was objected to by tho Mr th fer of tin rUht to m ike another pi of them aad tins Industrial Slackening but day Trade Improving Santa Glaus May Carry His Business i to a Record Point Cotton Mill Situation Attracts the Usual Attention York Dec G Co's Weekly Review oC Trades will say Trade is seasonably in lines by weather and those embracing holiday goods when demand Activity is especially conspicuous among footwear jobbers retailers Conditions are generally lower in price although a few tant articles such as cotton and dairy products have risen conditions are still ir- regular the best symptom of the week being the steadiness of iron steel Textile mills still it t to cure prices in proper ratio to he raw material the violent advance ill cotton adding to the of ners who have only limited on Railway earnings in time weeks of November were per larger than a year previous and the of securities has further Money market pressure is relieved By more week's foreign trade returns at this port showed an of in exports compared with last year and 4 loss of in value of imports i Hank exchanges at New for the w eek were only per er than a year ago a much better com- than usual this season At a gain Powers Begin Negotiations With Sultan of Turkey They Matters for the Future of People The Next Installment of Trouble Not Far Away J Martin of was the city on legal yesterday Miss Ethel Cross has gone to gusta lo spend Sunday with friends there hasn't been a cose of tion before the municipal court Nov 38 Joe Jenness Trieste Burglarize Candy Store But Is Caught in the Act and Arrested for Hearing FAIRFIELD Sun Jay at the Advent hall I J Coolbroth mil Mrs Frances Stewart of is the guest of her mother John Durant London Bee begun today by t ie Powers may result in an international administration for donia along the lines observed in the present government of the island of The Associated Press learns that in order to another Macedonian uprising in the spring attended by un- speakable horrors and the danger of a war between Turkey and Bulgara as a consequence Russia anil Austria have proposed to the other Powers that immediate steps bo taKen to put into operation i plan which in its general outline resembles that now In force in Create According to the information ed by The Associated Press the Powers will this time unite in the appointment of a Christian governor of Macedonia While it is intended that the Christian shall be protected there is also a t lit protection shall be accorded the Mussulmans How the proposal will be received by the Powers is not known as its presentation only red today It is believed however that it be acceptable to France Italy and Great Britain but it is likely to be opposed by Germany Chester is making some in- repairs at his lunch room on Main street The i usual cake sale will be held at the rooms of the Woman's Association from 2 to 9 P M today The condition of Mrs A H Terry who is confined to her home by is reported as Improving Mrs C W Abbott and Mrs A H the annual Grange ner at Albion yesterday other leading cities there a gain PROVIDENCE STOCK FAILURE of 4 per cent- agreed to FORGET THE PAST Is Col Advice to the Officers at Belgrade I Dec I'M he division of army of the Lite n one of i ho leading pai in Ji en Alt and Uraga a nn of all in Spv aiui sting th in to tin He the w is is the re in tiie of he country his on those assays whi t- the er rs n the situations are action insist i ill of- licers he tbe he al le ML them h no Tiler iKo rigorous i- Montreal the course of the next few days the Ci Pac lie Railway Co an in London of -I cent ci u- debenture stock About of tho amount is fir paying for the Atlantic Steamship Line purchased last spr ng for which the purchase price was temporarily advanced from the current funds The balance rept the cost of 471 miles of railway con- and acquired the past of years for nc had been issued Thr price is understood be i d tho entire amount of the been underwritten in England a id on thc continent VV 10 of College Point L I has a burial plot on her estate for her dogs She is related iy to the of Emperor William of Germany h is four of which he is fund Tin e dogs 11 a stone house i HELD FOR MURDER John W White Must for ing J N Gavel i Boston Dec he lourt this afternoon John W While was held by Judge on the of murder for i December grand jury being probably re- sponsible for causing j the death of X Gavel by shooting at ton street on thc night Of v The was to the effort that thi men had both been thinking on thc night In question and thit the was the result of a quarrel between them NUMEROUS But Lew New Casei of at Butler 11 new cases of typhoid fever were reported to the board of health today bu more deaths occurred than ip ai y previous day since the number being six which makes total to date 43 anc icco a e Cotton mills have suffered further from the vagaries of the raw and latest advance must have obliterated any secured through thc reduction of wages While the mills are more conservative about o for future delivery of goods is no leadiness to make purchases or advance bids on the part olf buyers New business is consequently to pressing needs and thc few advances in of goods are in no to thc latest rise in fie eni staple Southern mill owners will next week to decide on extent to which output shall be curtailed in woolen goods the only of note opening of next of winch were ot grade Frees remain and Hint Footwear shops in New England begun i cutting fancy for spring delivery and plants are busy heavy star le shoes for in Kt There is a firm ont the market occasional Small ad- va ices on special contracts j figures a year iago exports including Hour to only bushels against Wit Commercial failures in November were in number and in amount against defaults for in same month last year an increase of IhG pel- cent in number and 77.0 per cent in amount New York telegrams from correspondents of the al Mercantile throughout thc United States ami Canada are as i week is characterized bi further slackening industrially by a wholesale and Christmas denial d which promises to expand the volume of iday trade beyond that of last year by increase in the investment for securities by the that money will to How eastward by Jan 1 by the spreading on part of looking to reduction of firsts of production of industrial employes have been reduced 10 per cent or more arc making to effect a similar reduction with lo various lines onj or about Jan 1 At Philadelphia cotton and woolen are running at about half Paterson's silk year has not met Some Eastern shoe t have turned out Jess of late window glass factories of im- Paper mills shut to offset in sonic cases but in the pottery industry the year has been favorable and the like is tme u ith respect to coal and while the copper lumber anil jewelry industries full average outputs A striking feature in the up from day to day of establishments bad shut down various causes and the of small orders for iron and steel Cereals a id are weak Woolen goods sales have been ed less than At Philadelphia the volume of dry goods trade for the season is greater than last year vill reports a heavy gain in bank c curings cotton sections oC the Mississippi valley trade and collections are good At both Chicago and San Francisco is large advance ing for the holiday season i In the dominion of colder weather ml snow fail have stimulated t -ad in heavy goods This broken stocks and additional are forward freely tural im- makers are working to lull Lumber trade is in a f Jl condition Grain receipts are in- creasing and the trade for the remainder of the year is good Providence II L Dec an- was made today of the suspension of E W Co stock brokers The announcement both interest and surprise throughout the city No particulars of the suspension could be secured at the local offices could an idea of the liabilities be ascertained An inquiry as to the liabilities was met by the reply that owing to the constant in the stock market an of the linn's could not readily be made The head of the firm is Elisha W Bucklin a tive of Pawtucket who was state in- surance commissioner under Gov John W Davis A R claims a residence in this i city but for some months has made his headquarters in Boston where the home offices of the firm are maintains 3 Nothing concerning the financial trouble of the concern appeared to be known at the local offices beyond the fact that notices of suspension were issued today Tickers were reeling off the quotations as usual today but no business wan transacted On the board in the main office in the block was This has suspended for the present It waa learned that a keeper has been in charge of the office for three weeks He was nut in on a writ of attachment on a civil about 52000 instituted against E W by Hartford Billings of this city The suit which is still pending in court is for a sonal liability and has no connection with the inn's business it is said Klisha W Bucklin is a brother of David formerly connected with Richard A of New York Providence It has been said that Mr Canfield was interested in the brokerage firm of K W Bucklin Co but his was denied at the com- office today R Lyttle of Boston U junior partner The linn has had some 23 offices throughout New England but representatives of the company said today lhat most of branch offices had been closed ring th past two or three months It is lift thought that the liabilities in this ei y are heavy A TERRIFIC SHOCK Noticed rom a Meteor Seen to Burst at Sea Herbert Spencer Very 111 London Dec bulletin this evening announced that the of Herbert famous writer who has Been 111 for some time IB causing Old St It wu reproduced In St Lotsis city of i A Case of True Love iNew York Dec the rectory of St church today i w actress was married to William Astor J ceremony was performed i Dr S Immediately after the ceremony Mr and Mrs Chanter for Palm Beach Fla where they vill spend their honeymoon Robbers Took About Dto Robinson lank at Randfontein w s attacked by a of men who the manager ants secured The robbers escaped Nei Spanish Cabinet Mm thc of a new cabinet Halifax X S Sydney ial of the Alberta which arrived at B today reports that about 1 o'clock Monday morning when SO niles ofE Scatteric island during a strong a large meteor erl In a southern direction ing the meteor Capt says it with a terrific shock that ot heavy cannon or an explosion of combustible matter The vessel trembled violently from the force of the shock It was doubtless the effect of this meteoric explosion was felt by the morning which was thought to be a light earthquake shock The FINEST in the Costs Less than One Gent a Cqi Fotty Highest Awards in Europe and America Y The Grain and Provision change a line of bucket shaps in Munta na has suspended and fien ral H V cannot ed The recent slump In the stock i supposed to have the failure The loss will be heavy Benjamin Colby of land was calling on some of his friends in the city yesterday new Maine Central freight shed is Hearing completion and is being used for the regular business of was a member of the class of 94 at Coburn was calling on friends here yesterday Have you considered that today 5s thi time for out the best plums Irom the great sales that are advertised for today House of I W Co Turns Blackboard to the Wall CANNOT BE SAVED The Cruiser Flora Is in Worse tion Than Supposed B C Dec stranded British tr Floro is in a much worse condition than supposed Her forward are badly strained a tion of th is torn away She is ly ing at an anple of p degrees with L d list to starboard at low tide ore live fathoms at her stern two about amidships At low from the tunnels is mid dry Serious fears are entertained that at low tide she will cant over comi Divers today ed in closing the scuppers and an attempt will lie made to float her Officers anil men removed from vessel and arc- in camp on Demnan island Ing night and day removing coal and stores into scows which are being taken to Union bay There will be a meeting of the ex- committee of the Board of at the office of Hon Warren C Philbrook Monday evening Mr and Mrs George H Ellis have returned to their home in West ton Mass after a short visit to their daughter Mrs Parmenter James Little has resigned his tion as clerk at the Bay View and been succeeded by Elden Bean who held the position The sleighing can be said to have made but a social call for while it was fairly good about city Thursday afternoon it was no yesterday Judge and Mrs Frederick A Powers stopped off in the city yesterday to call on Llewellyn Powers Colby while on their way home from hegan Hon William T Haines returned from a business trip to the scene of his lumbering operations in northern Maine yesterday He found six inches of snow in the woods The decorators have commenced their work on the City and that they will have none too time to finish before the meeting of State Grange opens here Gilbert contractor for the Whitney Co on the Misery and known to many of tlin hunters of tlie city as a entertainer and host was in the city yesterday f The following awards for land have been made against tho Wa- Oakland Electric Jerome Wilson 5239 C B Wheeler C F E E Parker George A Dinsley SlbS Kobert H Union total Rev John C Perkins minister of the First Parish church in Portland will preach tomorrow morning at the Uni- tarian church in exchange At 7.30 in the evening the first vesper service of the new series will be held and will be conducted by Mr Perkins The Colby junior exhibition parts wore announced yesterday as Miss L Howard Winslow Miss Ethel M Knight Waterville Miss Ad- die M Lakin Waterville Miss Rose M Richardson East Corinth Guilford D Coy Isle and Arthur L Field Vt Her Foresail Blown to Halifax N S Dee can schooner Elliott Capt George from Gloucester Mass Nov 30 for New Foundland on a frozen herring trip encountered a the Scotia last night during wh eh her foresail was torn in ribbons and other slight damage The put today for repairs William Judge is planning to leave some time next week on a taking trip in the woods in the vicinity of Although a self-taught nnd using ordinary equipment Mr Judge does unusually fine work in views some of his wood scenes being very artistic and beautifully executed It lias been found tKat the truss work in the Colby gymnasium put in latt year to support the roof in place of the posts that were removed on count of basketball is weakening that the roof is in danger of The gymnasium therefore will bo closed until the difficulty can be ADVERTISEMENTS Jg It JOCK'S Wonderful It is upon all w uw service of t to tako all due to 1 waste of water at of Untied drouth Said to of Shady Character and At 10.38 at Baptist church RM H paktor will Known to Police school Junior at -i o'clock Senior meeting at 6 evening service at The candy store of Chas on Main street was broken into last At thc church night and Joseph James arrested by Preach at Officer Simpson found him at c- under some boards in the base at C o'clock Music will be furnished was through Ule ladies choir a rear window the man seen by some men in an adjoining grocery services occur at thc Pooler who was one of Methodist church these Officer Simpson who mon G 17 r wiht Officer Leathers searched the at 10 iv school t Jc inr store after notifying Mr It 4 was found that after going through the G at 7 window the man had gone thc basement through a hot air At the special of ister and then through the basement Lodge No M held and had been trying to get into the two were initiated Tin front store a small trap will bt work ct he had suspected discovery and ing which occurs next Thursday night secreted himself and there will also be a After quite a search he was found on the following fur snugly stowed under some loose The of Jones Thd date of the next entertainment in the Citizens course is on the course tickets Dec 20 when it should be Dec 10 monthly of thc Epworth League will occur next Monday Ing at the residence of T ters Boutelle avenue and taken to the station where he was locked up lie had been dis- covered so quickly that he was unable for to make with anything The The funeral man is well-known in the city home cf Mrs r -i and has caused the police some trouble at o'clock ami 1.1 in times past charge of Rev G R Palmer pastor of the Methodist church Mr Allen wa- formerly a resident of this town mj WOB here The were F E W F H H Evans and F B Purinton FAIRFIELD BASKETBALL of The Town Team Gives Promise Being Very Fast interment waj Ii Fairfield has succeed in making an excellent start on a fast basketball At the of rt uie or t-i ur and after the men have had a Vo v v i ir i to go up against of the men have had any experience before this winter in the game but all are fine athletes When caught the fever several weeks ago there were many candidates for the team and Worshipful liam W senior C Junior warden I Holmes Herring r were given a pretty thorough trial C Piper Junior dta R Teague of Colby was as ry C After the t the coach and ije has succeeded in drilling degree wag conferrrt on o the men in good shape in the short A short intermission time he has been at work at time Webber who plays right forward rhe annual report of tn an old Coburn football player to be In a takes to the game well He is of gota weight and very active and steady on his feet Smith the left forward N Atwood of Bentor is the one who played third base on James N Atwood one of EC- o- thd baseball teams for several Falls oldest died at yeirs His size is very deceptive his late home years Mr iie is very stocky and rugged and wood came to from weighs much more than he appears to lt Uie age of tl and h-s Ben Smith the center is a brother to n tot Ned and has played football some He a is a regular giant in size and strength and him in any of the big centers of the State He is very quick and on his feet for so large a man and un- usually strong even for his size Flood the right back played the ou field on the baseball team several and has strength and endurance burn He is an extremely aggress not being satisfied unless with the bail all the time time sweating like a butcher from his work He is of good height and weight and very strong Allen who plays left back is field's favorite athlete and the many to hold a place on the teams from the start to small but solid and a cool fox fast on his feet He a church and was of the pfi x JL h i f aS ena T r ake lo fur i USED DISPATCHES ir Company II is busy with plans for the fair which will bo held in a few weeks now as it is the intention to make it an unusually good one Harold Leon Pepper will have charge of thc play which will be presented as one of the stage attractions All of these players are work r athletes hard as nails and with belting of UU ill lungs of leather so tlie for i t Of thc team was excellent at tho na All of the men are solid nirf total weight of the team r louring less sunwise anyone is In the time it has been practicing the has secured a good idea of the game and the men play well gether In tho game Thursday ing with Dexter Flood threw one of the prettiest goals ever in the game here The ball v as in a mixup near the center of the floor when Flood managed to get possession of it and with several men lo him raise hamper it above his head anil throw it York cit uiv i ip wards into the basket He showed a great knack for throwing goals getting bcr of iii the exempt seven in the game Some of the other nor men also threw some very pretty ones power ol The peat defect in the team as bhown by this game is fouling This from to m is nl is a common fault with all green imo the of r teams for it takes lots of ex- to learn just how to manare It i the hands especially with old football will sh re in- or baseball players Many of the fouls V were called for advancing thc ball Vow that can be easily overcome right of wn: ii The team gives promise of soon being able to play a very fast hard and clean game and its career during the winter will be watched with a great deal of the interest by lovers of thc game H lin Colby faculty Tendered Reception A was tendered thc Colby faculty by Rev and Mrs K C more of the Baptist church at the sonage on Pleasant street Friday jis evening and more especially for arc a iari of I I Parmenter Sorensen and Chester the new members The receiving line was made up of Itcv among the and Mrs President in lorK Charles L Professor and Mrs I Professor and Mrs Professor Soensen and Professor it martora jni hark corn husk baskets aiva The house was very prettily i ated being used with particularly pleasing effect in the ort a Ing room Light refreshments were represented and there was a large at- was from Mr A J Ph tendance of members of the church and of others it 01 The other ts 3 oj wl Frank of A louden A former stale Frank IS at hi 1 The home at Xo 10 Temple street early about two Frlday after an illness of He is survived by a widow phia Vollier two Vede V tilt t J h
