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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-01
THE Presidency"

Ex President Hayes responded to the toast.
THE Presidency:
In this city in 1889 on the fiftie,h anniver-
sary of the Inauguration of Washington as
president, John Qlircy Adams delivered his
| memorable discourse. In it he set forth
what he deemed the true principles of the
cot stitition on the then unsettled question of
the relation between the states and the general
government with fullness of information
which, perhaps, no other man couli ma shal
He showed that articles of confederation de
parted from the firm aud safe concord with
which independence declared. and "r-laxed
their union into mere hague of friendship
between sovereign and independent states"
The danger of conqu'-t by British des-
potism being renewed the Union languished. :"
SAYS Adams, ito the point of dtafh "
There was, he says, mo executive power "
indeed he went further and declared ''the
once united people had no government"
lie was alt gether right. Where there is no
executive power, whatever else there may
be there is no government.
No candid and int ihgrnt retrospect of the
century that is gone will fail to discover the
lrarscendrut merit in the executive at
,hority. so happily constituted is the nres-
dency that mus, say of each of the 26
| presidents elections. under the constitution
that either candidate might have been elected
and good citz ms whose partizsn feeling was
strongest aud whose disappointment bit
terest c,uld repose on his pillow consoled By
the r. fection, tina. although nv party is
beaten my country is safe. Only twice
within the century since our government was
established had deadly porils seemed to draw
near to the people OF the United States.
In that decaie of time during the civil war
tn hat department did We luoki fiappl ly
for America. in conformity with the consti
tuiion and by the gracious favor of provi
tence the presidency of the United State.
va held by Abraham Lrcon OF the 2z
terms OF the presidency there are two tting'
winch may b. said. One is that no great
| rene iiles- harm came through the executive
| power 10 the pe opie 1t vas intended to serve.
The other il that if no immi eft historical ben
r tit lasting throulh ages was conferred on
most of them it was perhaps because an op
I p,rtunity for illl-trous achievement dIi not
| occur. Il, their administration of the pres
idency Washington AMI Lincoln made tbs
| grrsl flee and the century whose conple
| I an we celebrate n Og o1ous
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-01
''Per d,fsaa per oaeliss NJ ,sso
Duct og<s aElas8syas f,-rF0-''

Well may the venerable historian, whose
years nearly eqn,l the life of the nation. de-
scribe the Constitution as not only the con-
summation of political wisdom in the past.
but the trust Of the present; AMI we'll may
we hone with him that coming nations will
avail themselve. Of the teaching thar iis cen
tury Of .acce-sfgi operation affords az will.
We trust succeeding centuries Of progress.
and in the r-cpgHItlon Of mans capacity to
observe self imposed limitations. accelerate
the time when the whole wssIi shall be
wrapped in the peace of one domiaion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-01
The Judiciary

Senator Evarts, in response. d~elt upon
the peculiar features of American instiiu
ions the supremacy of the juicial pose-
as compared with the legislative.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-01

The United States OF America
President Harrison said in response to the
above toast:
Mr.. President, and fellos citixens:
, 1889-06-08

Ahoubhhus o II SAts-
when I was living in n steamboat
town on the Mississippi" remarked an
old man in a BARRIERS shop a few days
ago, there was a fellow who put up q
very neat job on the inhabitants, against
whom hemust have had n terrible grudge.
He came into the town one day and dis
tributed hand bills right and left, taking
special pains to put as Many as possible
into the hands of farmers who come to
sell their grain. That was before the
railroads came to take business away
from the river towns, some of which
had an immense trade.
1.-THE place 1 was in had 5000 or 0 1000
inhabitants, and was the shipping port
for all the grain raised for miles around,
as well as the place where tho farmers
obtained all their supplies. The last
time 1 was there it had dwindled down to
a village of 1000, and perhaps by this
time it has no existence at all, even on
the map. These bills that were SO freely
scattered about stated that the advertiser
had a contract with a certain steamboat
company for furnishing a large number
of cats to destroy the rats and mice that
were very numerous about the ware
houses at different landings along the
river. he therefore offered 50 for each
full grown tom cat, SO for each healthy
female puss, and 90 cents a head for kit
tens old enough to get their own living.
All the cats were to be delivered at a
certain place in the town on a Thursday
evening-the night that n particular
boat was due.
well, that Thursday afternoon came
n all the streets of the town were Just
crowded with people. They came in
wagons, on foot, and on horseback, and
every person carried a sack, some of
them several By evening between 5000
and 1000 cats had been brought into that
defenseless city. They were left in and
and about a vacant building near the
landing. The man who was to purchase
the cats wa nowhere In sight. Tho
country people were making inquiries
for him everywhere. A crowd of boys,
attracted by the caterwauling, went into
the building and began amusing them
selves by untying the bags and letting
GU the cats. OF course the cats began
fighting and raised a noise like 10, 900
demons.
Suddenly a stampede occurred and
the animals rushed pell nell into the
crowd, crawling over people, Jumping
and fighting, and climbing walls and
roofs in a mad race for liberty. The boys
tooksafter the cats, and the men Joined
in, determined to rid the town of the
feline invaders. The mex morning there
was a good many stray cats seen about in
back yards, and n good many dead mes
lying in the streets and alleys. One
boatman said he counted 400 lead cats
in the river. The man who perpetrated
the joke was never again seen in 1.-THE
place, luckily for him."-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
, 1889-06-08
and Death

Force their way into a household that
might be protected from their inroads, by
the simple precaution of keeping in the
house that benign family medicine and
safeguard Of health, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. Particularly where there are
children, should it be kept on hand, as a
prompt remedy for infantile complaints,
in their outset easily conquerable, but
which, if allowed to engraft themselves
on the delicate childish organism, are not
easily dislodged, and speedily work griev-
ious mischief. Irregularity of the bowels,
indigestion and bilousness, are ailments
of common occurrence in the HOUSEHOLD.
Children, living in malarious regions, are
more liable to be attacked with chills and
fever than adults, and the ravages of
that fell disease IN their system are speed
Ter and more serious. Ia remote locali-
ties. far from professional aid, it is es-
peclally desirable.
, 1889-06-08
The New Acknowledgement.

WASHINGTON, June 7.-Col. Kelton,
who was to-day appointed adiutant gen.
eral OF the army, to succeed Gen. Drum,
retired, Is a graduate of West Point,
where he was afterward instructor in tao.
tics and small arm firing. He served
during the civil wal and was brevetted
lieutenant-colonel and brigadier general
for valuable and arduous services. Since
the war he has held various staff posi-
tons; in 1885 becoming assistant adiutant-
general He is an inventor of marked
ability, many of his improvements in
rifles, pistols and other weapons having
been adopted by the department. He is
also a writer Of high repute upon subjects
connected with the military service.
, 1889-06-08

~JoHNsTowN, June IA. Nj. yelling
ton, with f. p. Burt, associate editor of
the Engineering Neus, of New York,
have completed an examin alton of the
dam which caused the great disaster.
Wellington states that the dam was in
every respect OF very inferior construction,
and of IA kind wholly unwarranted BY good
engineering practices of thirty years agu.
Both original and reconstructed parts
were of earth only, with no heart wall,
but only rip raped on the slopes. The
original dam, however, was made in ram
med and watered layers. which still show
distinctly in the wrecked dam.
The new end merely added to its stabil-
ity, but it was to all appearances simply
dumped in like ordinary railroad fill, or if
ramined. shows no evidence of good eff
feet from it. Much of the old part is
standing intact, while the adjacent parts
nf the new works are wholly carried off.
There was no central wall of puddle of
masonry either in the new or old dam. Ii
has been the Invariable practice of engi-
neers for thirty or forty years TO use one
or the other in building high dams OF
earth.
The reconstructed dam also bears the
mark of great carlessness in having been
made two feet lower in the middle than on
the ends. 1t should have been higher in
the middle. which would have concen
trsted the overflow, if it should occur, at
the ends instead of in the center. Hadh
break begun at the ends. the cut of the
water would have been so gradual that
little or no harm nigh have resulted.
Had the dam been at once cut out when
the water began running over the center.
the sudden breaking of the dam would
have been at least greatly diminished.
possibly prolonged. so that little harm
might have resulted.
, 1889-06-08
FLASHES.

A violent shock of earthquake occurred
yesterday at Brest.
In London the Oaks stakes we're won
by L'Abbesse de Jouarre, Minthe second,
Seclusion third.
Americans have been arrested at Tulla-
more because they carried a quantity OF
suspicious luggage
The houses Of leading Boulangists in
Paris have again been searched by the
police. Alleged papers which implicate
Boulanger in an international plot have
been discovered.
A human leg and foot were found in
the Thames at Fulham yesterday and an
other at Limehouse. They undoubtedly
belong to the body of the Fisher woman,
a portion OF whose remains were fourd at
H~orsleydown and Battersea.
, 1889-06-08
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Yesterdays tomperature-New York
Coz, Chicago &c, St. Paul CO., Winnipeg
$40. New Orleans 70o.
Secretary Proctor has gone to Vermont
to the bedside OF his dying son. Gen.
Schofeld is acting secretary OF war.
A distinct shock OF earthquake was felt
at New Bedford, Mass, at 1890 yester-
day morning. The wave was from the
West to the East.
Mrs. Adams, widow of the late Hon.
@. +. Adams and mother of Hon. John
Quincy Adams and Charles +. Adams,
president of the Union Pacific, died in
Quincy, Mass. Thursday night, aged 81.
, 1889-06-08
Sensation at the Cronin Inquest.

CHICAGO, June This was a day of
sensation at the Cronin inquest. Luke
Dillon, OF Philadelphia, the highest, or
one of the highest, OF the executive eff
GERS of the Clan ma Gael, took the witness
stand, and in the course of his testimony
read FROM the archives of the association
a document penned under extraordinary
circumstances by one of his own predeces.
sors in the highest council of the Clan ma
Gael-Alexander Sullivan, of Chicago.
This document was dated New York,
September 10. 1888, and is addressed to
z. A. O'Boyle, secretary, and Is a pro-
test by Sullivan of the presence of DR..
Cronin as a member of the committee to
investigate charges against Sullivan, which
held its session in Buffalo.
MIR. Sullivan protests against Cronin on
the grounds, first, that Cronin is his per-
sonal enemy; second, that he has express
ed opinions in the case; and third, that he
is a periurer and a scoundrel unfit to be
placed on any jury.
AS to the third objection, Sullivan says:
Il charge that the brand of perjury is so
burnt into the scoundrers brow hat all
the waters of the earth would not remove
the brand"
''Cronin was expelled a convicted liar,
who had added perjury to his SANDER"
adds Sullivan. Sullivan's protest then
rer in civil matters as well. The record
obtained from Ireland showed that
Cronin was baptized at Belfast
April 30, 1874. He has sworn that he
lived at st. Catharines, Canada, until
after the assassination of President Lin
coin, April II, 1885. The records of
Company ., 10Th battalion, Canadian mi
litia, showed hat Cronin Joined that com
pany at the time of its organization in
1862 or 1868, and took the oath OF allie
glance to the queen. The official records
show that Crouin's father was a British
subject as DIR. Cronin to the time
he left Canada was a British subject,
and if, as he stated. his father was nat
uralized in the United States before going
to Canada, he voluntarily abandoned his
American citizenship Just as his son swore
allegiance and became a British militia
man. yet" adds Sullivan, this crea-
ture swore in his name as q legal voter in
St. Louis and voted.
After coming tn Chicago and residing
there one year, he sneaked down Macou-
pin county. ILL.,, and swore that he arrived
in the United States a minor under the
age Of 81, and secured his papers on the
petition thus falsely sworn to. This much
of Cronin's character L submit should hs
considered in connection with any report
his malice and prejudice may dictate"
Capt. Lawrence Buckley, of the Chi
cage Clan ma Gael Guards, was a member
of the committee that expelled Cronin as
a traitor in 1885. He testified that Dan
Coughlin was on the committee too, but
hat LeCaron was not. He said the at
taching of Sullivan's protest to the report
! of the trial by the committee was ap-
, 1889-06-08
Inflated C0NEMAUGH
Pneumonia and Other Maladies
Threaten the Survivors.
Of Woodville's 1000 lnhabit-
ants Only so Can be Found.
Experts Explain the Reason
Why the Dam Gave Way.
Fears of an Epidemic.

YOUNGSTOWN, June Are the hor-
rors of the food to give way to the ter
rors of a plague p is the question now
agitating the valley of the Conemaugh.
To-day opened warm. almost sultry, and
the stencil through Johnstown Is almost
overpowering. Sickness, in spite of the
precautions of the authorities. is on the
increase. Fears OF an epedemic grow
with every hour. Five cases of malig-
nant diptheria we're found this morning
in Eve different houses On n street, and
the health authorities anticipate much ty-
phoid fever ahd kindred diseases, espec-
tally as the weather is growing warm. A
scarcity of vegetables adds to the danger.
, 1889-06-08

Not a ht, but an expression OF delight.
About a week ago." says a Los Angeles,
CAL, druggist. "a Chinaman came in with
a lame shoulder. l sold him a bottle OF
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and guaranteed
that it would cure him. He came in again
last night, and as soon as he got inside
the door began to swing his arms over his
head like All Indian club swinger. /
thought the blamed fool had a fit, but he
finally stopped long enough to say: "Med-
icine velly fine, velly fine; allie same make
me feel plenty good" Chamberlain
Pain Balm Is without an equal for sprains.
rheumatism, aches, pains or lame back.
For sale by B. B. David, druggist.
, 1889-06-08

ST. LOUIS. June Attendance small,
weather threatening.
Six furlongs-Angel won, Garondes
second, Nettie Kent third. Time. I:I53.
Seven furlongs-Irene won, St. Prathcr
second, Gardner third. Time, l:253.
All ages n and one fourth miles
Terra Gotta won, Santalene second, Pay
cite third. Time, 1904.
Five furlongs. 3 year olds - Barney
Stone Jr. won, Arneil second, Queen
Anne third Time, I:04f.
Five furlongs, 2-year-olds-Lulu won,
Adele B second, Kyrle B third. Time.
l:O93.
Seven furlongs-Cartoon won, March
Maid second, Valuable third. Time.
I:I4Y.
, 1889-06-08
seattIe's Connagration.

SAN FRANCISCO, June From briei
dispatches received here from Seattle be.
fore the wires went down it is learned that
the wind was blowing strongly at the time
the fire started, and when the department
arrived Porter's building was a roaring
mass of flames. The fremen worked
with a will, but were unable to ,ope with
the flames which rose high in the air.
Large volumes of sparks were carried by
the high wind and spread broadcast over
that part OF the city which contains many
infiammable buildings. Within an hour
the opera house and Coleman blocks were
in flames. the latter was filled with in
tlammable matter, and the heat was so
intense that the firemeu were hardly able
to approach it.
The firemen we're becoming discouraged
as the flames were spreading beyond their
control. The people in the south part OF
the city were moving out and the streets
were crowded with vehicles of every des-
cription. The loss at present will be at
least s., 600. 900.
The city is guarded by military. When
the Taklas Il Singerman buildings fell
about thirty persons were neal it and
many were crushed. Similar accidents
befell most of The large buildings. Any
estimate of the loss of lie would be simply
guess work.
, 1889-06-08
New York Races.

JEROME PARK, June Weather per
feet, track in splendid condition.
Five eighth of a milc-Mucilage won,
Maxius second, Kempland third. Time,
l:02.
One and one-eighth miles-Raceland
won, Fanenzie second. Time, 1864.
Three-fourths of a mile-Umpire won
Anomaly second. Tenbroeck Jr. third
Time, l:lSs.
One and one eighth miles-Zephyrui
won, Diablo second, Lonely third. Time
200.
Fourteen hundred yards-Grown Char
lie won. Ovid second, Ocean third. Time
1.12
, 1889-06-08
A HercuIean Task.

YOUNGSTOWN. June Eight thou
sand men have been at work to day clear
ing out the debris, but truth compels the
statement that the undertaking has not
yet been fairly started. Fires are burn
ing ND and down the valley as far as the
eye can reach; the air is thick with smoke.
According to estimates it will take 20, DOC
of ruin piled up for miles between the
An hour ago the writer completed a
tour of the mighty wreck in this vicinity.
Dozens Of human beings and animals
, 1889-06-08
Heap Talk at Rosebud Agency.

ROSEBUD, Oak, June The Indi-
ans are still talking together; they seem
to be divided into four parties, one in ia
vor of selling the land and willing to sign
now; another opposed; the third party ia
vorable, but desire modification; the fourth
will sign when through. These parties
are now about equal in strength. The
mixed bloods and educated Indians. as
well as the few white men belonging to
the agency, are favorable.
, 1889-06-08
WATTS Mission at Youngstown.

J~oHNsTowN, June 7.-Gen. Hastings
this morning said: The situation is good
80 far as reported. Bodies are being
gradually recovered all the time. bet not
in such large numbers as during the first
few days. Last night several ghouls
wandering amid the wreck on evil intent
were arrested. This morning they we're
given the choice of imprisonment or going
to work at 81 a day. They promptly
chose the latter.
The Waits Mission is doing noble
work here. Within an hour after arri-
val they had established a bureau and
were receiving children and babies that
had been orphaned by the food and
flame. When all are gathered it is
believed they will number several hun
dred.
, 1889-06-08

JoHNsIowN, June THE pneu-
mona scourge grows alarmingly. DIR.
Sweet says:
Prospect hill is full of pneumonia
with some dipthcria and measles The
hospital is full to Overlooking and forty
two cases are outside. They are almost
all severe pneumonia; there is every con-
dition needed tor a spread of the disease
and | fear an epidemic"
DR.. Darlington also reported several
cases Of pneumonia, having found them
on the hill near Worthwhile.
A pair of human feet were found
sticking out of the sand on the river
bank near Kearnville to-day. A gang of
men soon unearthcd the bodies of two
men and n girl, all in a good state of
preservation.
, 1889-06-08
Notice of sale OF school Bonds
TERRTToRY OF WYOMING, 50

COUNTY OF CONVERSE. IS
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed trustees of School District No.
fifteen Q5), Glenrock, in Converse
county, and Territory of Wyoming, will,
at the post office in the town of Glcnrock,
said county and territory, on the oath day
of June, A. d. 1889, sell to the highest
bidder, above par, for cash in hand, at
the hour of 10 o'clock a. m of said day,
the following described school district
coupon bonds, as follows, to wit:
Ten (l0) coupon bonds of five hundred
$500 dollars each, numbered one to ten
Il to 10Y inclusive, payable and redeem
able fifteen (I5) years after issue, bearing
eight (S) per cent per annum interest,
interest payable annually, said bonds the
voted bonds of said School District No.
fifteen Q5.)
The said trustees reserve the right to
reject any bids and to sell said bonds at
private sale if they deem it for the best
interests Of the district.
o. G. ABBoTT, Director,
CY IBA, Treasurer,
G. NJ. BooTH, Clerk,
Trustees of School District No Is,
Converse County, Wyoming.
Dated at Glenrock, Wyoming. May 90,
A. d. 1889.
, 1889-06-08
Terms OF U. p. and N. p. Agreement.

Terms of u. p. and N. r. Agreement.
BosToN, June THE full statement
Of the agreement between the Union and
Northern Pacific is made public. 1t pro.
vides: First, all stock of the Oregon Nav
igation company, that they both can con-
troll, shall be voted for a board to consist
of persons agreed upon between Henry
Willard and G.. NJ. Dodge. Willard.
through Cakes, agrees that the Oregon
Transcontinental company holdings of the
Oregon Navigation stock shall be voted
for such board.
Second. They agree to the following
policy: maintenance of the Oregon Nayi-
cation lease at the present rental; modi-
fcation of said lease in certain respects,
as heretofore approved by the Oregon
Short Line; assumption Of the Oregon
Navigation people of the Washington &
Idaho and branches, and dismissal of all
litigation now pending.
Third. 1t is further agreed that both
parties do all in their power and each
carry out in good faith the trackage con-
tract on this basis.
Fourth. They will recommend the early
sale of the holdings of the Oregon Navi-
cation stock that was held by the Oregon
Transcontinental.
Fifth. The special fund now in the
treasury OF the Navigation com pany TO be
used by the incoming board of directors
tor the benefit OF the property IN such a
name as to relieve the Oregon Short
Line from the burden of unmodliied lease
so far as can legally and properly be done.
, 1889-06-08
A woman's Discovery.

Another wonderful discovery has been
made and that too by a lady in this
country. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital or
gans were undermined and death seemed
imminent. For three months she coughed
necessarily and could not sleep. She
bought of US a bottle Of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption and was SO
much relieved on taking the first dose
that she slept all night and with one bot
tie has been miraculously cured. Her
name is Mrs. Luther Lutz Thus write
w. G. Hamrick & Co. of Shelby, N. G.
Get a free trial bottle at DR.. w. N.
Hunts Drug Store.
, 1889-06-08

SALT LAKE CITY, June GA direc-
tors meeting has been called for July IL,
in this city, to consider the consolidation
of the Utah Central, the Utah Northern,
the Oregon Short Line, the Salt Lake &
Western. the Utah & Nevada, the Ogden
4 Syracuse, the Idaho Central and the
Nevada Pacific into one corporation. 1t
is confidently predicted here that the CON
solidation will take place.
, 1889-06-08
He Preferred Charges Against croni


CHICAGO, June Tn the Cronin in
quest to day John +. Beggs, Michael
Whelcn, detective, and Peter Mcclellan
who were expected to testify were con
spicuously absent. 1t was discovered
that Beggs had left the city; a card on
his door said: Gone to Wisconsin.
Policeman Brown testified he preferred
charges Of treason against DR.. Cronin in
camp OF Gamma Gael; he asserted lie did
it of his own motion, not at the instiga-
ton of anybody. At the close of his tes-
timonv he was arrested on suspicion OF
being the mar who drove the buggy in
which Cronin was decoyed to his death,
but a number of persons who saw that
man declared he did not resemble Brown
and the latter was therefore released.
Luke Dillon of Philadelphia, testified
Cronin frequently said TO him he believed
Alexander Sullivan, too forward his
ambition to rule the Irish-American poll
tics, would murder him (Cronin.)