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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-29
An Interesting Case.

Our readers will remember that n little
Savings Bank in equity, VS.. Nathaniel c. Wy
man and others, was heard before Judges
Peters, Libbey and Virgin in this city. The
case involved the title to 50 900, deposited in
the Savings Bank by Edward G. Wyman, a
wel-known but eccentric citizen of Vassal-
boro, five depositor's books being issued for
the same, in the name of his brother Nathan
el, or other members of his family
At Edwards decease in Sept, 1884 Nath-
anel claimed all the funds, 81 900, as his
own, and the balance as trustee for the vari
Gus members of his family named in the
books, which claim was denied by Edwards
other heirs, and the equity suit was brought
to determine the title to the whole property.
The referees decided that Nathaniel was en-
titled to one book of 50 900. but that the res,
(S7 ,000) belonged to Edwards estate.
Thereupon Nathaniel brought suit against
the estate to recover the sum of s ,350-part-
ly for services, and partly for
dividends alleged to have been
drawn by Edward from the book which the
referee had decided belonged to him. This
claim was first heard by commissioners and
an appeal was tried before Judge Foster of
the supreme court, last week. At the same
time the case of Edward F. Wyman, son of
Nathaniel, against the same estate for per
sonal services, amounting to s206 was also
tried.
Judge Foster has rendered a decision in
favor of Edward F., to the amount of Sl5j,
and in favor of the estate in the case brought
by Nathaniel. This is doubtless the end of
a long litigation. s. s. Brown, Esq, of
Waterville has BEEN counsel for Nathaniel
and Edward r. Wymsn and Baker and Cor
nish and E. W. Whitebouse of this city for
the estate.
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LAST EVENINGS NEWS.

Fl fteen thousand troops are in readiness at
Naples to embark to Massowah.
Said Khalif becomes Sultan of Zanzibar in
place of Bargasch Ben Said, deceased.
The buildings of Mary A. Parker, near
Saco were burned Teesday night. Loss,
S ,O00 Insured $500.
Floods in Alabama on the Coosa and War
ren rivers do damage, Wednesday, to the
amount of 8 100000.
The Tuesday night express on the Michi-
gan Central collided with passenger train,
injuring many passengers.
The steamer katahdin from Boston for
eastern ports has put into Gloucester. An
easterly storm is prevailing.
Two white men and a negro were killed
and several men wounded by the explosion
of boiler at Luce's mill, Cookvlle, Tenn.
Tuesday.
Fidelity Lodge. No. 4, d. of r., of Lew
iston, will entertain the Rebekah lodges of
Brunswick and Bath, Saturday evening,
April 7th.
Governor Ames of Massachusetts,, has ap-
pointed Hon. Robert Il. Bishop of Newton,
to succeed the late Judge Bacon on the Su-
perior Court bench.
Hon. William II. Huse, mayor of New
buryport, and senior publisher of the New
buryport Herald, died very suddenly at his
house Wednesday afternoon, aged 81.
AT the suggestion of the appraiser at New
York, no discharges will be made in his de-
partment of the custom houge, but a general
reduction of Is per cent, in salaries instesd.
An accommodation train between Will
mantle and Hartford met with an accident
Wednesday morning. The engine exploded
its boiler killing both the engineer and fire.
man, but injuring none of the passengers.
Commander Scott of the Canadian fisher
les cruisers has received instructions TO re-
sumo the patrol of the fishery grounds on
May first. Three steamers and seven cruis-
ers will be employed in that task, this season
The Bald knobbers, John Matthews, VIM
Walker and Wiley Nat Lewes, convicted for
the murder of Charles Green and William
Edens, in Christian county, have been SEN
fenced to be hanged at Ozark, Friday, May
lslh.
The river and harbor bill was completed
on Tuesday, and will be reported to the
House Thursday. 1t aggregates s19 ,432, ,7s3.
the largest bill of the kind yet brought in. 1t
provides for two years expenditures, as there
was no such bill enacted last year.
The legislative council of Nova Scotia,
has rejected the resolutions of the Quebec
Conference by vote of ID to 4, calling for
amendments to the British North American
act The New Brunswick legislative council
has already rejected the resolutions.
carload of Knights of Labor brakemen
and conductors from the Reading system
passed through Pittsburg from the east, We'd
nesday morning, en- route to Chicago to take
the places of the striking switchmen of the
Chicago, Burlington Quincy road. More
will follow.
The accounts Of the treasurer's Office of
Prince George county, Maryland, have been
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New Corporations.

The following new corporations filed GER
tifcstes of organization with the Secretary
of State yesterday:
The Automatic Rubber Mixer Company
organized at Kennebunk with a capital stock
of s45 900; amount paid in $500; par valne
of shares 500. The stockholders are The
odore 4. Dodge, Brookline, Mass. Robert
Cowen, Cambridgeport, Mass; j. Edwin
Davis, Joseph Davis and Louis A. Wyman,
Lynn, Mass. Theodore A. Dodge is presi-
dent, J. Edwin Davis treasurer. and Robert
Cowen, j. Edwin Davis and Louis A. w.
man are directors. The purposes of the cor
poration are the manufacture and sale OF
rubber and other machinery, and for owning
and controlling letters patent relative to the
said manufacture, and granting licenses
hereunder, and purchasing and leasing any
faDdfan lands, buildings, stock. tools, ma
chinery and fixtures which may be necessary
or beneficial to the carrying on of said busi-
ness.
The Portland Cooperage Company, organ
lied at Portland with capital stock of $780,
900; amount paid in $500; par value of
shares, sl0G The stockholders are Dennis
W. Clark, Franklin c. Payson and Henry s..
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RICHMOND.

We clip the following from Tuesdays
Boston Post Captain Adair of steamer
Aguan describes the abandoned schooner.
passed March 3D. lat "a .05, lon. 10 degrees,
AS about GOO or 700 tons burden, lumber
laden; bows completely gone, feet Of
foremast standing. Vessel painted black
with yellow stripe. Water casks on deck
with red bands, spars, probably head booms
towing astern. The first letter of her name
was W. The name appeared TO consist of
eight letters" This description answers
somewhat to the schooner W. II. Stuart,
which is from the village of Richmond.
Miss Minnie Moore is visiting relatives in
Whitcheld. ld.-Miss Carrie Hall who has been
spending her vacation at home. returned 10
school, "Wednesday. y.-Mr. Prescott, inspect
or of steam boilers, inspected the boilers ut
the saw mill. Wednesday.
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New York Produce Market.

NEW 1Okk, -.
FLoUg--.Receipts ,493 packages; exports. t3 y.
barrels sales, 81 go Repeat quotations including
roo City mill extra, d 50asf 75 1900 fine, tz 06a
~ 90; 1900 superiine sz f0as3 %, 1900 extra No. e.
s2 'Daa3 10, $50 winter wheat extra, ~ y0at5 90;
900 Minnesota extra, ~ gas4 %, Southern -four
dull, barely steady Rye -four In moderate demand.
WHEAT-Receipts, II 800; exports, 1900. sales,
22s 200; quiet but steady; No spring nominal. 81
NO. hard 9Ia; No. red s9assl, elevator, sol; fob,
so.a91i delivered, No. red, nominal. Oh, No. 1
white nominal, fO1.
EYE--dull.
BAgLEY--frIn and quiet.
CoES.Receipts, 1900; exports, 9,627; sales, g.
90; duh and weak; steamer, ISL, No. 5lao0,
store and elevator, 81! delivered.
OATsReceipts, i2d,00o; exports, 1865: sales, 1l9.
900; lower, No. 3, 81 do white 3ya40; No. 37la3s;
Do white, a9lalol, No. !, nominal; do white, A
Mixed Western, 37a40, white do, 40ai5.
CoPfEE.--fsir; Rio, dull, a.
sUGAg-.-dull refined, dull.
PETROLEUM---steady,u united, G3l.
Pogk---steady.
BEEP---quiet.
LARD steady; western steam, e7 90as7 va;
closing - %; city steam, " 60; refined quoted.
81 80, continent - 90, =. A.
BUTTEK---frIn, demand fair.
CHEEsE--quiet. steady. Freights to Liverpool
dull.
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GARDINER.

Marshal Norton carried two hard looking
tramps 10 Augusta Jail yesterday.
Miss Grace Cook, accompanied by friend,
returned from Portland yesterday, where she
has been attending school.
The grand ball of the season will be held
at Library Hall April g. 1t is gotten up BY
select few and an elaborate supper will be
served.
II. W. French of Lynn, of the Randolph
Shoe Co.. arrived at the Evans House, Tues.
day night.
Tonight will open the Relief Corps fair at
johnson Hall. There are some valuable
presents to be disposed of, some of which
are now on exhibition in Bickuell 4 Meals
window. The fair has probably one of the
finest silk quilts ever put on exhibition at a
fair here.
The knights of Pythias held a dance at
G. A. Il. hall, last night.
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MAINE DISPATCHES.
SOMERSET COUNTY g.. J. COURT
A Celebrated Case Ended.
Special to the Kennebec Journal.

Special to the Kennebec Journal
SKowHEGAS, March 20.
The case of Bailey ct ais vs.. Coburn ct ais
set down for trial this morning was settled
at the very last moment by agreement of the
parties after the counsel on both sides had
spent weeks in their preparations, and had
ransacked State and county records extend
ing back for 80 years. It is understood that
the Coburn heirs pay So 800 in full settle
ment of the claim
This settlement made room for the long
expected case of Gordon vs. Davis, which is
an action of tresspass against Robert A. Da-
WIS OF Portland, formerly a State detective,
for damages caused by an alleged illegal ar
rest of the plaintiff Ola Gordan
The case is as follows Sometime in Oc-
tober 1885, Lewis b. Kershner of Kingfield,
lost the sum of $3.50 from his house He
sent at once Tor Davis to ferret out the affair.
A half-witted fellow, Charles w. Young, con-
fessed to Davis that he took the money and
after naming several hiding places finally
said that he had given it to this Ola Gordon,
-then girl of twenty. Thereupon Davis
took deputy sheriff Sawyer of Starks and
went to the Gordon place
The plaintiff and her father and brother
were arrested and taken to Starks for exam
and bound over to the next term of the SUI
preme judicial court. The plaintiff claims
that Davis was brutal and insulting that he
acted as principal and Sawyer only as his as
sistant. That he tried to scare them into a
confession by threats and in many ways i'll
treated them Further they say he had no
authority to act at all, as his commission had
not been issued at that time. Davis says
Sawyer, the deputy, made the arrest, and as
to the other charges he denies them. The
proof, however, at present, seems to be rath-
er against him. II. l.. Whtcomb of Far
mington, appeared for the plaintiff and Will
bur +. Lunt of Portland for the defendant.
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LIBERALS SPLIT
And Reduce Splendid Majority to a
Small Margin.

LONDON, March IS.
The result of the Cover election is de =
clared by the Pail Mall Gazette to be mos t
significant electoral victory yet won, not
excepting the Doncaster contest. The re-
duction of the Liberal majority from 3457 I
to Cos is due to Liberal split. Horace
Davey, selected by the liberal caucus had to
retire because Miners, whose vote is very
large. refused to support him. Miners can
didate who has been elected failed to receive
the vote of the liberal middle class this
result is caused by commotion in the
National Liberal Club and will be subject
to special meeting. The Gladstonians will
try to arrange better supervision of elections
The Liberal Union Club will gave ban
quet to Ceilings protest against the
action of the Gladstonians in deposing him
from the presidency and allottments of the
association.
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Mr.. W. +, Reynolds of No. vassalboro
was in the city yesterday endeavoring to OBJ
tam some clue to n Jas. Sewsy of Water
viile,who bought horse of Reynolds, paying
small amount down. Seway has been sell
ling machines in Wateryllle during the past
year, and at the time of buying the horse
was under S2e0 bonds for some allie sed
crookedness. Seway has been missing from
"aterviiie since last Saturday ON which day.
it is said. that he was in Augusta and endeav-
ored to hire false beard of Ganneu 4
Morse. The man being stranger was asked
to leave full pay but left without taking the
beard. Mr. Reynolds thinks the man hs,
gone to Canada.
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JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN
Presented With the Freedom of Biz
mingham.
LONDON. March 9s

LONDON, March IS.
Joseph Chamberlain was presented with
the freedom of the city of Birmingham to-
day. He said the first object of the fisher
les commission was TO cultivate friendly:
neighborly feeling between the United
States and Canada and endeavor to
remove all possible causes of a misunder-
standing even if the final settlement of the
fisheries question is DELAYED. The commits
sion might with confidence assert they had
paved the way for an imicsble arrangement
of all difficulties between Great Britain and
the United States. Cheers
His American Mission.
The mayor of Birmingham presided at the
banquet given to Chamberlain in the even
ing. Chamberlain, responding to toast TO
his health, said that he accepted the mission
to America as public duty, without great
hopes of success, but was confident of the
sympathy Of the country on their part, judg-
ing from the results He was happy to say
that all the anticipations of evil had been
without foundation. He had been received
with warmth of hospitality and kindness
for which he was totally unprepared. He
had now almost as many friends across the
Atlantic as at home. He found the Ameri-
can plenipotentiaries, ever jealous of honor
and good faith. The American people were
anxious TO promote an honorable and AMIGA
Bile settlement. The Canadians were equal
ly anxious to deal with the matter in spirit
of equity and were willing to surrender the
strict interpretations of their rights in hopes
of obtaining a neighborly intercourse. Now
thar the task was finished the prophets of
evil were again at work, but he hoped they
were again mistaken.
John Bright, in proposing the toast, ''Our
klnsmen, said that he had never addressed
a meeting IN this hall that was in such entire
sympathy with its object. They could hon
estly congratulate Chamberlain in hope that
he might on many other occasions render
service to the country.
Referring to Secretary Bayard's opinion,
that the treaty conceded all in reason and
Justice that American fishermen coald ask,
he said if that was so, the rejection of such
an olive branch would throw heavy RESPONSE
bility upon the shoulders of those who would
prolong this state of irritation AMI dangerous
antagOnism on questions between America
and Great Britain. He hoped nothing of
this would occur, but should the final result
be delayed they had at least arranged a basis
that must influence an eventual settlement.
Bright prophesied speedy free trade be-
tween Canada and the United States and a
future political union of those two countries.
He said that imperial federation was
dream, impossible of fulfllment They
could hope for the highest noblest fedora
Iion under different governments, but united
BY race sympathy, freedom of industry,
communion of interests and federation of
perpetual peace that would lead the world to
hat better time tina tall hoped for. He be.
lleved in it, although it might not be permit
ed for their mortal eyes to behold it.
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Out of an atonuatcd dude. with meagre legs pigeon
chest and slight cough. But man woman to
whom constitutional vigor has been denied, can get
II to very considerable extent by the persistent use
in regularly prOportioned, altcrnated doses, Of
America's chief tonic iosctter's stomach Bitters
To the nerves and muscles of the stomach that gen.
ial invigorant imparts tone. ana to Its operations
regularity. The proximate result Is thorough diges
ton aud complete assimilation Of the food and the
ultimate sequence, blood fertile with the eleme nts
OF muscular tissue a healthy appetite, nightly rest
unimpaired and u disappearance of the nervous
symptoms to which etolated invalids are always
subject, ana which they are very prone to take for
the manifestations of serious organic disease and
dose accordingly. In diseases Of the kidneys and
bladder always excessively akening, and for con
-tipaion fever and ague, and liver complaint, use
the Bitterg
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they have heretofore been subjected to
Only four years ago pecame a knight OF
Labor. Seven years ago was left without
knowledge of what the world was, with three
fatherless children looking to NE for bread.
! To support these it became my duty 10 90
out in the army of the employed in one of
the largest factories in Central New York.
went, and for four years and seven months
became factory woman for the support of
my little ones. -Four years ago this spring
became a Knight of Labor. became q
member of an assembly of one hundred and
NIFTY women. Let me say TO you
here although there was not one amongst
them who could boast of more than a
minor part of common school education :;
yet in that body were women more executive
in ability, tact, shrewdness, and keen calcu-
lating power than could be found in twice
the number of any body of men. We are
instituting cooperative industries throughout
the breadth and length of the land. In Chi
eago a tailoring establishment was started
We have our cooperative shirt factories in
Baltimore, and New York, conducted solely
by women; have collar and cuff factories in
Waterford, n. Y, knitting mill at Little
Falls, \. Y, and many other industries.
During my connection with the order We
have instituted a working women's national
beneficial fund. This gives women in sick
ness not less than So nor more than S5 per
mouth, and in case of death not less than SIS
nor more than 500. The knights of labor
are taking little girls from the factories,
@orkshops and mines, and educating them
because we know the little child of today is
the mother of the future. We know that
the fireside, city, state, council, and nation,
is moulded by the hand of the wives, and
mothers of our children. As these are the
children of today and as these shall be the
workingmen of the future, we demand they
be taken from the workshops, factories and
mines and put into schools TO educate and
develope them, The session closed with an
address on Women as Farmers, by Esther
l.. Warner
At the evening session, Prof. Rena A.
Michaes spoke on Women as Educators
Thirila c. Holloway spoke on Women in
journalism" DIR. Sarah Hackett Stephen
son was then introduced as the first woman
ever admitted to the National Medical Asso-
citation. She spoke on Women in Medi-
cine" Mrs. Ada Bittenbender, national
superintendent of legislation of the W. c.
L. U., read paper on Women in law"
This lady practices law with her husband
Rev. Ada c. Bowles spoke of women in
the ministry. Other addresses were made
by Mrs. Martha r. Fields Catherine Cole)
of the New Orleans Picayune, representing
the Woman's International Press Assoca-
ton, Mrs. Amelia Hadley Mohl of Wash
ington, ID. c., representing the National
Press Association and Matilda b. Corse,
who spoke of what few women have accom-
plished anything in financial circles.
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WATERVILLE.

The following appointments were made on
"Wednesday by the city council: Chief En-
gineer of the Fire Department, Horace G..
Tozer; First Assistant VIM. B. Proctor ;
Second Assistant, Levi Bushy; Assessors,
for one year, John Flood; for two years, c.
4. Gray; for three years, T.. l.. Gctchell; !;
Overseers of the Poor, Reuben Foster, Ira
Hall, Albert Laundry Cemetery Committee,
Z. l.. Getcheli, W. b. Arnold, Frank Red
ington Sexton, Frank Redington; City Mar
shal, Edward II. Crowell
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Pensions Granted Maine People.

WAsHINGToN, March 2S.
The following Maine pensions were grant
ed Wednesday =
Original, invalid, Alpheus Fogg, Saco
Parker Carson, Dexter; inccease, Charles
B. Bessey, North Woodstock reissue,
Moses X. Coburn, Caribou; original, widows,
Augusta; Hannah C., mothor of George f.
Davitt, Presque Isle, Mexican war; Eliza
belh F., widow of John &. McCorkle, Bow
doinham.
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PRESIDENT HINCKLEY
OF the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Bal
timoTe r. r. Dies



Isaac Hinckley, president of the Philadel-
,,hia, Wilmington Il Baltimore h. X. Co.,
died this afternoon. He born in Hing
ham. Mass in 1915. and graduated at Har-
ward in 1884. lie was superintendent of trans
portation on the Boston & Providence X. X
from 1916 to 1913. He was thereafter con-
nected with other New England railroads,
until April LIST, 1866. when he was chosen
president of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
Baltimore, and also president of the Eastern
X. X. Association the first eleven years of its
e xistence.
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HEAVY RAINS.
Trains Abandoned and Travel at Stand
still.

ANNIsroN, March 2S.
For the past four days the heaviest rains
known here since March, 1884, have been
falling. All the streams in this section are
out of their banks and many bridges are
washed away. Today the East Tennessee,
Virginia 4 Georgia, Pacific & Admission and
Atlantic roads abandoned all their trains and
traffic and travel are at complete standstil.
Rain is still falling in torrents and shows no
siuns of abatement
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fayson. all Of Portland. Dennis W. Clark
10 President, Franklin {. Payson Treasurer,
and the above named stockholders are direct
ors. The purposes of the corporation are to
carry on the business of general cooperage,
planning and manufacturing lumber. working
of wood, and dealing in all kinds OF products
resulting therefrom.
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TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
Twenty Five Workmen More Or Less
Injured.

READING, Pa. March 2S.
There was terrific premature explosion
of powder at Rittenhouse Gap, twenty five
miles from here, today, amid crowd of
twenty five workmen. Louis Roeder had a
hand blown off and both eyes blown out :;
Pat Reilly's breast was crushed in; James
liensingcr's eye was blown out, and num-
Der of others were very badly injured.
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HON TIMOTHY PARKER.
A Prominent Vermonter Dies in
Chicago.

CHICAGO, March 2S.
Hon. Timothy Barker of Redfeld, VT,
died in this city last night. He had been in
Chicago several months. He was born in
Orleans Co, Vt, in 1912. He was State
Senator from that county in lS4S, and in
1850 was elected Judge of the Supreme
Court of that state and was successfully re-
elected until 1888, when he declined.
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STEAMER CANNONBURG
Strikes on the "old Mau"-crew Saved.
NANTAsKET, Mass, March %.

NANTAsKET, Mass, March 2S
Steamer Cannonburg, Matanzas, with su-
gar. struck on the west end of 'old man at
2.30 2. NJ, The crew was landed by the
Surfsde life saving crew. Hundreds of
people stood on the shore and cheered the
life saving crew as they came through the
heavy surf with the crew of 23 men all told ,
being obliged TO make two trips to the steam
er.