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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03
SAGADAHOC.

Topsham.
Since the disease of the late Col. Wider p.
Walker much interest has been manifested in
regard to the disposition which he had made
of his property. Until within a few days past
no will could be found. 1t now appears that
he had appointed Thos. w. Hyde, ESQ.,, of
Bath executor of his will, which was made a
short time previous to his death. To his widow
he gave $1,000 in money, house on Lincoln
St. worth 81 500, and the income of a house on
Cleveland St, known as the old Pierce house,
both in Brunswick which rents for about $3.50
annually. His homestead, together with his
household furniture, library. and several other
tenement houses, and two stores in Topsham,
and SO, 900 in funds he wills to the Episco-
pal church, on condition his homestead shall
be appropriated as an Old Ladies' Home.
To his two daughters no legaces were made.
The opinion prevails that his widow will re-
ject the requests in her behalf and claim a
third of the property.-The water in the An
droscoggin is lower than it has been for
many years. The lodges on the falls are
nearly all above water, and are visited by
many sight seers, and mineral seekers. In
the lodges below the Topsham dam are a
large number of pot holes, perfectly round
and from five to ten feet in depth. These
hole are worn by the action of water, whirl-
ing small boulders in cavities in the lodges.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03

The watch chain" chap says the Kenne-
bee Reporter, has been doing Camden, and
the swindled victims rotten egged him as he
went out of town. 1t would have been in
much better taste for the chain purchasers
to have gone round some quiet corner and
kicked themselves cross-eyed, for being such
fools as to buy the trash.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03

The illustrations of the Democratic bar
becue which appeared in yesterdays Port
land Press were said to be very true to life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03
Proposals for Stone Foundadonl

TREAsURKa's OFFICE,
EAsrEkN BRANCH N. II. D. y.S-l
Toous Ne. July ~ 49,
Sealed Proposals will b. rsssivsA nnin u NJ
Ihsrsday. August eth, for the stans foandafloe =
tne Oeee Building, 70 Be- erected on The h2SS
e reject sSy ssd sii b,ds Pisss ~ $1,000
car Be sssl y the Gevernoss 49,. MafienaaA oe~
assidst H.A. c0nAU0n. ffsaso~s
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03

The Eastern State says: We learn tina,
NJ. F. Herring has sold his paper, the Dex.
ter Gazette, to Messrs. Bunker and Day
for some time in the employ of the Unior
Publishing Company, of Bangor. Mr.. Her.
ring goes out of the newspaper business with
the best wishes of the fraternity all ovel
Maine. Our relations with him here have
been of pleasant character and we sincere
ly regret that i'll health necessitates a change
in his business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03

He discusses the principles
at issue in the struggle and
shows that he is a free trade
candidate in everything but
name. The reservation is an
important one for American
party purposes. The President
feels compelled to characterize
the attempt to brand him a free
trader as a deception of his
enemies. For all that, the cleo
toral conflict now in progress
is a conflict between free trade
and protection, and nothing
less.-London NeaUs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03
Here aud There.

Mrs. Helen, wife of Mr.. George T. Read
of this city, says the Belfast Journal, re-
ceived an electrical shock from lightning
during the shower of Tuesday evening. AT
ter a severe flash of lightning, Mrs. Read,
who was sitting near the window with her
husband, jumped up and her manner indicat-
ed alarm. Her husband asked her if she
was frightened, but she could not reply
Mr.. Read then applied restoratives and his
wife came round all right in a short time.
Her wire hustle attracted the electricity and
Mrs. Read experienced severe shock. She
said it felt like pouring hot water down her
back.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03

fine and elaborate workmanship and will add
greatly to the beauty of the church.
PIsCATAoUIs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03
American workinsmsn win Read This

1t would be hardly possible
to put the free trade case more
clearly or more strongly. The
arguments which President
Cleveland uses are those which
Mr.. Golden used to employ
forty-five years ago, and which
any English free trader would
employ now. They are purely
free trade arguments, and az
such we are very glad to see
Mr.. Cleveland using them,
though sorry for the popular
infatuation which makes it
dangerous to give them their
right name.-Londom Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03

The Lake Megantic Railroad is being built
on solid foundation. In one crew they have
six hundred men and one hundred and fifty
horses employed and build about one humid
red feet of railroad a day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03
Spedzl Embellishments.

eom1ng unAse the hsad Of WAITED, fon SALE,
To LIT. LosT, &C., win be inserted here one tine
for = csnts, three ftmes for - cents, and wsel
for % osnts,n paid n advance. II not PAID u
ADvAxcx. RBoULAR RArxs WILL H cHARoKD.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03

ITO LET-Or will sell one OF the best appointed
L small fancy cashmere worsted mills IN New
England. Address A. WALL. 2,i6o Lenox Ave,
New York febI7dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03
Lost.

r O9T-Thursday p. NJ, on or near Bridge hill, .
u light gray Norfolk. The finder viii please
leave the same at the journal office. aug2diw'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03

TNOUNDEOn the Ban Ground. inesdsv. an oId
IL gold satin psrasol. The owner can have same
BY calling At the Journal Once and paying for this
notice. sug2dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-03

G. B. Hescock who received quite severe
injuries by falling from NOW of hay in his
stable at Monson, was able to be out and
speak at the Abbott village church last Sun.
day. Mr.. Hescock received a severe shak-
ing mp, and still suffers quite good deal
from the effects of his fall.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
Reading Strike.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 49, After
several unavoidable delays in the
special house investigating COM
mittee began taking testimony on
the Reading railroad strike Satur-
day. John Lee. OF Philadelphia,
a sympathizer with the raj ilroad
strikers, was the first witness. He
referred to the present strike as a
"lock out" He could not refer
to it as STRIKE" because the
general superintendenthad simply
refused to let the men work. Mr..
Lee went back to last September
to trace the trouble with the rail-
road company and laborers, giving
details of the conversation and
conference he had with Mr.. Swell
gard, to show that Sweigard. had
no regard for his promises and
was responsible for the delay of
kilograms announcing the strike
and ordering the men to work,
for the purpose of giving an ex-
cuse to discharge the strikers.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
Trades Assembly.

The Trades Assembly on Sun
day passed resolutions thanking
Governor Adams and Mayor Lee
for "honoring(1)" the labor peo-
pie by their presence at the meet
ing addressedby Samuel Gompers.
The crusade against immortality
started by Father Carr and
stopped by Mayor Lee was en-
dorsed, and the proposition by
several of the nabobs to import
Chinese domestics was condemned.
The following. regarding the
Chinese cigar dens, was passed:
WHEREAS, There are now estab-
lished in this city two cigar facto-
ries numbered respectively 900
and $40. operated and managed
solely by Chinese, in which cigars
are manufactured and offered for
sale prepared in such manner as
to render them detrimental to the
public health, spreading low forms
of disease among consumers;
therefore be it
Resoivea, That we regard clean
illness an object of great import
ance in the manufacture of cigars,
wholly disregarded by the Chinese
in their endeavor to undersell
white labor.
Resoived, That we caution deal
ers and the public generally
against purchasing goods made
by Chinese.
WILLIAM NEURoTH, Sec.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
Reading Strike.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1.-THE
congressional committee appoint
ed to investigate the Reading
strike met here this morning and
examined Austin Corbin.
Corbin admitted that there had
been an agreement entered into to
the effect that no employe should
be discharged until the matter
had been submitted to arbitration
and was compelled to admit that
that agreement had been violate d.
Mr.. Corbin asserted that all
"scabs" will be retained even if in
consequence there is a failure to
mine another pound of coal in the
Schuylkill region. He also stated
that the Reading company had
lost SI2, 100000 in ten years.
Then why do you keepon min
ing coal if you have lost SI2.ooo,- :
900 since '7S?" was asked by a
member of the committee.
81 hardly know myself, but I
think we can ultimately make
money out of our coal lands"
Don't you think it bad policy
for your company to be in the
mining businessl"
"Yes, sir, and wish somebody
would buy out the coal lands, and
we would be better off. but who
will do it2"
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
Tramps-They're Everywhere.

SALIDA, Colo, Feb. I3.-For a
couple of weeks the town has
been completely over-run by
tramps and toughs of all grades
and degrees of wickedness. There
is hardly a house in town but has
been visited a half dozen times
daily by these unfortunate 5 in
search of provisions sufficient to
support life.
There was a time when it was
said that the "far west" was the
place for the poor man. plenty
of work, etc. But that day is
passed and now the mountain
town and mining camp can, as
this Salida dispatch proves, fur
nish their quota Of tramps and
voorhees, men Is well as towns in
the ''overcrowded east."
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
Better II They Lost.

At the last meeting of the anti
poverty society DR.. McGlynn in
speaking of the Reading strike
said:
hope that they will win the
strike! But if they should not,
they probably will be nearer to
their redemption than if they
should. Things have got to get
worse before they can get better.
And if they should not win this
strike, they perhaps will be a little
more impressed with the fact that
there is something wrong in
the present system, than if they
should be pleased, tickled, with a
sort of childish glee for a few
weeks or months at having gained
a wondrous victory! And what is
the lesson that they ought to
learn7 That the strike is moi
much good anyhow. That it is
only a wretched cataplasm, a
poultice, a plaster for the mere
symptom of the disease. ! 1t is
only mere palliative; and what
they need is a fundamental rem
edy, a medicine that shall purge
the system, shall restore the sys.
tenn to perfect health. And the
strike is no such remedy. Why
we are actually told that the com.
panies are making money by the
strike. that the supposed scarcity
of coal is putting money into the
Golfers of these bloated corpora
tions.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
HELP "LUClPER."

Over in Valley Falls, Kansas,
there is printed what believe to
be as honest and fearless a paper
as ever battled for a good cause.
Let one of LneJiv's editors tell
why they have been arrested:
And for what1 What is the ma
ture of the terrible crime or crimes
for which we are now held under
bonds in'the sum Of $1,000, and
for which we are to be tried at the
spring session Of the United States
district court for the Kansas dis
trict1
Simply this:
For several years we have pub
lished here at Valley Falls. a jour
nal largely devoted to the work Of
investigation and discussion of
questions pertaining to basic prin-
ciples underlying our prevailing
systems of ethics, including social
morals and civil government. In
working out this self-imposed task
We have aimed to be logical and
thorough-going. We have aimed
to speak our honest thoughts in
plain, honest words. Our inves-
legations and observations having
convinced US that the present pop
ular systems do not tend to pro-
mote justice and equity among
men and women-that they do
not promote morality, either pub
lie or private. and that therefore
they are inimical to human hap
piness and to human progress
in short, having become fully con-
vinced of the unsoundness Of pop
ular morality. popular virtue, we
have said so in plain unvarnished
terms.
We have not hesitated to call a
spade a spade.
We have not truckled to or with
popular opinions nor to popular
prejudices.
We have proceeded upon the
basis that there is nothing sacred
nor holy about or around old-time
or old-time institutions
We have challenged all human In
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
Half Holiday Movement.

On Saturday evening last the
second meeting to furtherthe Sat-
urday half holiday movement was
held at l. M. U. hall, Twenty
seventh and Holiday streets.
John Ryan was chosen chairman
and G. M. Livingstone, secretary.
The committees appointed at the
previous meeting reported gen.
eral feeling among the employees
in the shops and factories in the
city that the half holiday should
be striven for. Committees were
instructed to wait On the proprie-
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18

JAy GOULD, who took to his
yacht and made for Europe a few
days before the labor agitators
we're hung in Chicago. is to land
on the nearest point OF his empire
the peninsula of Florida-on
Monday next. He imagines that,
since his men have strangled the
agitators, things will not be so
warm for him now as the number
of his enemies has been decreased
by seven. If Emperor Gould is
half a Judge Of cause and effect he
will know that the hanging by his
men of the agitators has resulted
in causing the existence of a score
Of anarchists" where but one ex-
isted previous to the slaughter.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
com ovIs ~ r1sHsRnr.

Henry George has dropped the
"cross of the new crusade" which
he with a brass band flourish took
up some timesince. and now takes
up the cross of the Grover Cleve-
land crusade with all its reeking
rottenness.
Shades of Andre and Judas Is
CARROT! How our golden images
have turned to clay! There was
Patrick Ford from whom we learn
ed many a radical lesson in days
gone by; Terence Powderly who,
before the rise and fall of what
promised at one time to be the
grandest peoples organizationthe
world ever saw, carried a card as
red" as anybody's; and now alasl
the Moses(7) of the nineteenth
century tacks himself on as the
tail of a rotten political kite.
There seemsto be a moral some
where in all this. The moral must
be this: That we must learn to
put no more faith in "leaders'
merely because they are such.
Nine times out of ten when a man
gifted little or much beyond his
fellows comes into the position OF
a leader and receives the homage
of the herd his egotism and cupid
ity are aroused to such an extent
that all ideas of honesty and 10y
atty to the adoring herd is thrown
to to the dogs and-he joins the
enemy.
We must learn to put trust in
ourselves; educate and make our
selves everyone a leaderin thought
for thoughts and ideas are the
weapons we must useto win last.
ing victory in the battle which is
in fact already commenced.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18

THE Denver Office of the Pink
erton thugs has a new thug in
charge. Mcfarland, the man who
engineered many of the Molly
Mcclure" crimes in order to get
into the confidence of the MOL
lies" has succeeded Eames, the
thug agent who has been here
since the opening ofthe agency"
Hope Thug Mcfarland will keep
his subscription to this paper paid
up and preserve as complete a file
Of the same as did the preceding
thug.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
A Last Resort.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. I4.-From
a telegram received to-day from
Master Workman w. T. Lewis it
is believed that all the engineers,
6remen and pumpmen in Schuyl-
kill mining region will be called
out on a strike Saturday. Should
the proposed strike take place it
would result in flooding all the
idle mines and cause a damage
which months of time could
hardly undo.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
The Holders Ball.

On Tuesday evening next the
iron molders will give their seventh
annual ball at Music hall. The
molders have in past years given
the. most enjoyable of social
affairs of this kind, and the COM
mittee of arrangements for this
years ball is such as to warrant a
good time to all who attend next
Tuesday night.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18

There are words that people
seem afraid of, for instance the
word Socialist" That in itself is
an honorable word. There is no
smell of powder about it or
thought of murder in it. Fourier
and Robert Owen would not have
harmed a fly. They simply
thought" society is not perfect; in
deed it is very imperfect; let US
see if we cannot mend society,""
What they said is still true. Mr..
Corbin and the Reading railroad
and the miners at Shenandoah are
in evidence that society is not per-
feet; that it is very imperfect.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
Ared. Honorel "a 4 8eolalist.

Mr.. Franklin Thorpe. venera-
BILE old gentleman whose face is
familiar to all who have attended
the socialist meetings in Denver,
during hepast two yeasr. attained
the ripe old age of 81 years on
Wednesday. The old gentleman
has been practical jeweler for
upwards of sixty years. and on the
event of his eighty-6rst birthday
a number of his fellow craftsmen
and their employees, finding that
the old man. after sixty years Of
industrious work. (the old gentle
man never robbed a wage slave }.
was in about the same financial fix
as at the commencement Of life's
journey. presented him with I2o
silver dollars.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18

There has been some quiet talk
Of an extradition treaty between
this country and Great Britain
and between this country and
Russia. And some mention has
been made of political criminals
as being included in this treaty.
sSJohn Boyle O'Reily. now editor
Of the Boston Hzot and president
of the Papyrus club, the leading
literary club Of New England, isan
escaped convict from a penal set
tlement of Great Britain. He is
overthe sea a political criminal.
/ He is on this side of the sea a
patriot. | do not suppose that
the eagle will ever transfer him
to the lion. A man who does not
believe in the declaration OF inde-
pendence is a bad citizen in the
United States. A man who does
believe in it is a bad citizen in
Dublin and a political criminal
in st. Petersburgh.
You have, trust, read George
Kennan's papers on Russia in the
Ctntxyy. 1t seems that man
suspected of thinking that gov
ernments derive their just rights
from the consent ofthe governed
is likely to be misled by his
friends in that delectable country
1t is one immense "Trust" organ
lied for the manufacture of torture
and death.
What can this country have tc
do with that7 ! object to any
treaty at all with such a nation
1t is not a nation any more thar
hell is nation.
Whether a nihilist is an excel.
lent individual or not depends
upon where he lives. We do moi
need him here. l bid him Goo
speed in the prisons of politica
prisoners in Russia. Thomas JEFF
ferson said he preferred "a pres:
without government to a gov
ernment without press" George
Kennan has had this great com
pllment paid to him: The Centxy
is admitted to the Russian empire
with his papers cut out.
We need not be afraid of words
Anarchy is a word that can, be
studied with profit. An anarchist
may be a man who would not in
jure his neighbor, because he re.
CARDS his neighbor as a part o.
himself. He would do good tc
l
his neighbor for the same reason
If in discussion you should cal
him a liar, he would answer: my
brother, you are prejudiced. II
fyou should spit on him he would
say: my brother, you have moi
been we'll raised" =
The ideal anarchist is SO right
in head and heart that he needs
no law. 1t is an ideal.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

A special meeting Of the stock
holders and board Of directors of
the ENQUIRER Publishing COM
pany will be held at the Office OF
the paper on Monday evening
next, February 20. AS business
of importance will be considered
a full representation is desired.
Ter order Secretary Of Board of
Directors.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
sPECIAL NOTICE.

rhose Of our subscribers who receive Their
ransvs Win their address printed on tne mat.
in win please notice the datS e,iet ,Ssv tnS have
rs,n rn For instance: "John Smith 3 !!7''
,msens sth al Mr. smith has paid 70 6eptem6er
, is.5 and on that date his subscription BE-
acr,.. - ,. sSsin due. II not renewed promptly
No paper will be stopped without mrtnss M1ss
notice. Ifthe date does not corre.ponc oncs " and
bevs the error corrected. n you fAil 70 re-
csive vour paper mall complaints at once 70
mis- ofYice and 70 your local postmaster.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
Ffremen's Ball.

Lodge No. II of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen
gave its tenth annual ball at
Music hall on Tuesday evening
last Financially and socially it
was a grand success.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
Business Neetins.

There will be held at 1892 Lar
inner, up stairs. at 2 o'clock on
Sunday, February Io, a business
meeting of the Independent So
cialistic Club.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
Words.

Rev. Myron Reed on last Sum
day preached sermon on "Dis-
putes About Words" A few sal
lent paragraphs are selected:
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18

tors of the various shops and mans
ufactories with a view to getting
the feeling Of the employers.
Committees to report at : meeting
to be called by the chairman.
Afterremarks by Messrs. Bellamy,
Petherick. Shove and Lessly, the
meeting adjourned.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18

Entered .. the Denver postofics - sseon'
lass matter.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
BRlCKIAYERs.

Bricklayers' International Onion. No. l, Of
Colorado, meets the second and fourth Mon.
day evenings In each month, at No. 1919 Law.
JAMES COOK, MARK SULLIVAN,
Cor Secretary, President,
S5lS Blake at. 1877 8th st.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
LOCAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
n.l... md, VI. A..a AZ ss >, y.., la .s,.ne,
nor ,roIpsRs.

non x0LDBRs.
and fourth Tuesday OF each month at Pacific
HAIL TWenty.seventh and Holiday, at 1880 n.
m. CHICK JACOBS, Cor &c.,,
$3.50 LAfimer street
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
rAuoRs.

TAuORS.
The Tailor' Protective Society, Of Denver
meets In California Hall, at7:Se O'Clock .. m,
every Tuesday. o. O.ACEANDER, Pres.
]. B. WILLEMS. Cor Secretary,
2Sl8 Holiday street.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18

yhe eommon use 81 tie word
''chaFity' y II example Of the
disgyscefgl epntortioa of words.
IS, Paul uses 4 = the expression
of : thing that t'outlasfs : pyramid,
outlivss hope and faith charity
never faileth. Aswe use il. it sug-
gests cold victuals and second
hand clothing.
The Labor enquirer., 1888-02-18
CARPENTERs.

CARPENTERS.
Carpenters' Union, No. IS, Of the Brother.
mood Of America, meets every Saturday
evening ct Red Mems Hall. All good CarpeR.
ters are invited to Join.
WIN. PARK, President.
]. F. HALL, r. Secretary.
8. A. PEARCE. Rec. and Cor. Sec.
plastevers' international Union, No. %,
Meets every Monday evening
at7:30 In Room 85, Tabor Block,
Corner 10th and Isaxr1z,aer 0ts,
A. SBARTHoUT, President.
Al. HARDEN, Secretary. 1885 pd