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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-07-06
BOOTHBAY HARB0R..
Season Opened at Squirrel,
Mouse and Capitol Islands.
How the Glorious Fourth was Cele-
brated Over the Whole State.
Schooner Wrecked at Popham-Raees At the
Pine Tree Track.

SoflaEst I-LAsp. July 5.-ibnce more
she ,id. of travel has turned seaw ard.
Every llttie summer colony on the coast has
begun 10 show sign. of life and the summer
hotel man. tine vender of fish and CLAIMS
and the skipper Of the sailing party boat
are already beginning TO reap their annual
harvest. The boats come down from Bath
twiee a ,Iav loaded with passengers and
plleI up with freight, AMI 20 back empty.
In short the season at the seashore has
opened.
Th,. aspect that Squirrel presents 10 her
returning children as the boat reaches the
wharf il gratifying in the extreme. Every
thing looks 80 clean and new. Instead OF
rhe leiapiiated slippery Old side walk that
iii -ersirt 80 many years after
iis days of service should have been
over, an elegant broad walk is seen
leNling up from the wharf to the reading
room. New walks replace the old ones on
the common and give an air of neafnes- To
thu. island that it never before possessed.
The old bowling alley has been moved
from It's position back of the pavilion 10 II
new one Just west of the reading room
Four new cottages have been built the past
winter which are valuable acquisitions TO
h,. architectural beauties of the island.
The system Of water works which it was
hoped should be one of squirrels blessings
thi. sammer is destined not 10 matcrialiZe
till another summer for the cyclone that
visited US a fortnight ago blew down the
wind mill and it will be some time before
it can bc built again. This same cyclone
blew a chimney from tile Chase House and
iii some damage to the verandas but Land
lord Richards has everything in order now
for the goudly number of guests he now has
and for the hosts he expects,
fl il a noticeable fact that people come
"a their cottages earlier every year than
!hey came the year before and they stay
later. Squirrel has had several families
,hrongil iune and one enthusiastic Squir
rtlite, Miss Jennie Alden of Waterville. has
occupied her cottage since the middle of
May.
Miss Annie kendrick of Boothbay Har-
hor j. to be- postmistress on the Island this
summer.
Capitol island already has fair
share of its .Iminer population. The hotel,
he Capitol Island House is in the hands of
apt and Mrs Harrington of Richmond,
sith genial Tom Craven as clerk. Its
success this season is sure thing. Mr..
iil Mrs :. y. Make of Gardiner spent
f.w davs on tue Island last week and will
ONE again later Mes-rs. Young, Cole
md Leonard and their families all of Gar
inner arr, occupying their cottages now.
The Samoset House on Mouse Island is
undergoing repairs So j. not opened To the
/, vol pny Wt,4k
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-07-06
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

At lewiston Monday, German named
Shultz, while picking drift wood above the
falls. lost control of his boat AMI was swept
over.
Miss Nora kelleher of. Saeo, aged 26
years, was drowned while bathing at Bidde-
ford Pool Monday. The body was re-
covered.
Mrs Charles r. Ames of Westbrook.
treasurer of Naeonia Lodge, No. !, Degree
of Rebekah. had just completed reading her
report Monday evening when she fell dead
in open lodge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-07-06
THIRD DISTRICT
Rousing Turnout to
WaterviIIe Convention.
The Friends of all the Candi-
dates Appear to be Hopeful,
But Very Few Appear to be Confident
in Predicting Results.
Evident That There will be No Choice
on the First Ballot.
And a Number Of Ballots may be Necessary
before Result Is Reached.

WArERvILLE, July 81 Special. Min
neapolis in miniature.
That's what they call this prelude to tn
Thiri District Convention.
The vast deep has broken and the dele
gates are here in floods with more to com
in the morning. The Elmw ood's broa,
piazzas are lined with delegates, prominen
politicians and those who have been attract
ed here by other causes.
The verys air is full of conundrums
As is well-knOwn Burleigh and Wiswel
are fighting the battle fors themselves ant
there has been no feeling of distrusi among
their delegates that their banners woul,
come down and others take their place.
All this cannot be truthfully said of othel
candidates. Milliken men claim that Mr.
Manley told them late this afternoon thai
most of his men would 20 fo
Milliken on the second ballot. The mos
If his nea." This is worrying the Milliker
men. what does it mean : Many of tn,
prominent workers for Mr.. Manley say, thi,
is Mr.. Manleys opportunity, it should go IL
him and he can get it., or words to such
effect
What of Heath" say some. He has
said, so it is rumored, that many of the
delegates would vote for him if he would
permit it and that he is working hard to
prevent it.
Wiswell's men held caucus this after
noon and claim that the entire delegation
from Skowhegan is for Wiswell though the
Milliken men claim several of them on the
second ballot anyway.
It is exceedingly difficult to make any
predictions now, but the present indications
are that the vote on the
first ballot will be distributed
among the avowed candidates about as they
have been tahulated in the ,JniRN,L. A
dark horse may show his head with few
votes on the first ballot. All is good nature
here among the factions that have tough,
So hard and an evident determination To
support the nominee whoever he may be,
The prominent candidates are here and
have their rooms The board of State as-
sessors is here. J. W. Wakefield of Bath
is here, so is Representative fIersey OF
Bucktield, and many other well known
faces. The leading candidates have been
holding caucuses. In Governor Burleigh''
large corner room on the first floor were
gathered as many as could get in. His del.
egates voted anonymously to stand firmly
by him to the end Among those men
toned aS dark horses that are here, art
Hon. J. Manchester Haynes, Hon. II. NJ
Heath, q. ID. Baker and others.
How will the battle 90: is the question
heard on every hand, but no one appears
able to answer it. one thing seems 10 be
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-07-06
2.3A Class.

Five horses were advertised in this race.
only two starting. W. {. Marshall. b. s.,
Harollson; Madgett Bros. b. =. Thaekam-
bau. Harold !, eas ily won in three straight
heats, in the last nearly distanc;ng Thack-
anibau. Time. =. III IA. 2.52 l-2. 2.3i IL.
uarolslson in tise last heat lowered his re-
cord from 2..ii.; IL to 2.Sl l-2.
By far tn. most interesting event of the
lay was the running race between NJ b.
smiths Teas Lady ansi Geo. q. Bailsy's
raeor. This race was not advertised but
vas brought in between the heats of the
, ~ ant, - classes This was half-mile
heats hest three in five AT the start Tucof
was given the pole, but Texas Lady took il
from him before the first quarter-pok- was
reached and won the heat. time. ~ l2 sec
ou,ls end heat won hy Tuccr, 81 i-2 sec.
b! heat. won hy Texas Lady so Ia see.
tth heat won by rItor. 81 l-2 see.; 18th
heal, won by Tueor. IS 3-4 sec.
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THE BALLOON ASCENSION.
II Terminated Very Disastrousiy to the Aero
naut.


a, tho mark inouiries began to he made
r.g,rd;ny the advertised balloon ascension.
mi. attraction was probably one Of the
Ines, drawin, cards Of the afternoon and
the direo.ors were anxious that it shouldn',
nroye a fzzle. Several times those who
were in charge of the air-ship attempted to
! ipnat. il, but as often gave it up. Some Of
the mark managers visited the place and
tried to urge on the work, but say
that the men said the wind was so
strong that the balloon WIS liable to catch
fire. Finally the directors say they in
| formed the men that if no ascent was made
they would get no money About six
o'clock and after large proportion of the
people had left, the operation of filling the
balloon WAS begun in earnest
1t was about seven O'Clock when the
arronaut, whom the bills announced as
Madame Patti took hold of the trapez'
attached To the parachute and ~ the balloon
appeared ready for the ascen, she asked one
Of the men who was in charge if everything
was all right. He said it was. the guy
ropes were let go and the balloon shot up
ward. the aeronaut sitting calmly on the
,rapeze and waving hand to the crowd be
low. The wind soon caught the air
craft and it swept toward the river. II had
scarcely passed beyond the enclosure when
il began TO settle. MADAM Patti looked
upward and then downward and evidently
concluded that it wouldn't do to cut loose
She'll go into the river was the cry. tn,
people made n break for the railroad track
Those in advance saw the balloon settle int
the kennebec Just beyond the boom, whici
was about a third of the way across The
current swept the balloon along down stream
quite rapidly. the fearless aeroDant nov
/. under saier and tangled in the ropes of th'
parachute, and now. pulling herself 10 TIN
surface hani over hand up the sides of TIN
r sinking balloon, struggled desperately. Sh'
, said that once one Of the ropes got abou
her neck. dragging her under and -b'
: thought her last moment had come, but sh
never gave up the struggle. She manage
: to keep from taking in mncl
, water during the time
she was under water. Several times sh
, went under the boom and failed to grasp il
. Finally she did, AID her hold was that of
drew ming person. This was after she wa
freed from, the bottom. Clare White
;nmned in and ot,emuted to swim on, 10 he
, but saw a boat coming up river and turno
! back Lion" Britt. the re.cucr. was Il
|. the boat. and took the woman from th'
hoou, Before she VA. laid in the boat III,
j., terrible struggle with death had given be-
!; .ncb i shoek that she tainted dead ssay
She was taken 10 Mr.. Britt'- house am
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-07-06
DEXTER.
Damage by Wind and Rain-Free Delivery
system Renewed 4th Celebrated.

DEXTER. July Especial. A terrific
rain storm and wind shower passed over
this region Sunday afternoon, doing much
damage. All the highways on steep hills
were quilted out badly, cansing hundreds OF
dollars damage 10 this town alone. Cam
bridge bridge across main stream was swep'
away.
The free delivery system which was
tried as an experiment the past year and
was discontinued July 1st, has been re-
sumed. The orders are to continue unit
July 18th. or till otherwise ordered.
July 4,h was celebrated in an appropriate
manner. Horribles, trade procession and
the usual races, tub race. three legged race
and creased pig, etc, capped by fireworks
in the evening. All passed off well. 4
large crowd was present and everybody
bapny
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Second Heat 2.37 Glass.

The second heat of the 2.31 class and the
third of the day was a walkaway for Gene
Briggs, the handsome brown stallion but
was exciting by reason of the struggle for
second place at the finish and an accident
that happened at the start that came near
being the death of two men and the spelling
Of the fine grey mare Music" The crowd
forced its way onto the track despite the
warnings to keep off and when this heat was
started Music" who was or the outside
met with her accident on account of it,. She
had not got more than four rods below the
wire when the off wheel of her sulky struck
one of the crowd breaking the wheel, knock
ing the man over and throwing the driver,
Bert Yeat0n, from his seat. Music took
| to the clump Of tree TO the east of the
grounds where she was stopped no injury
being done and the people hseathed easier.
| This heat was Briggs but second place
wasn't so easily decided. st. James held
close third on the first of ii and "old Hon
esty" gave ''Dsn Smuggier" a hard struggle
| for the second place erowling him TO thu
| finish. Music was considered drawn.
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SCHOONER WRECKED


P"ru>N BEA,n. July 4th.--( Special. y
Schooner Commodore Tucker of Bangor,
became unmanageabe near Small Point by
reason of the breaking of her rudder in the
heavy blow yesterday, drifted on to Popham
Beach and went 10 pieces. The crew. con
sisting of two men. escaped to Heron Island.
The crew of the Fife saving station rescued
them th. morning from the island in an
Exhausted condition. having been exposed
all night to the wind and rain.
\ three masted schooner name not known,
is on the rocks west of Small Point Morse's
tug. Scguin.went to her aid yesterday after
noon hut has returned this morning without
effectiug her release.
Both Ocean View and Eureka Hotels are
yetl fllp1
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Pilot Mad, Or. IT.. Guy EsIw ards, Waier
vile,
pu;iy News, J. B.. T.. Nhe..teB, fiaHgor, :
IoseplB X ,br e.. Hiram Tozier Gardner. , :
stella Rolf, b. m. Patterson Bras.. Wins
low.
t,len.l:I. h. So n. Richards. talmouih
Haupv Tom. b. g, Martin Burn-.t,ardner. q "
Dom Pedro, ch, e.. Miss Fannie E Leonard.
Gardiner,
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Accident Al winthrop.

WrxrHnor, July 5.-(Speeial> What
came near being serious accident, oc-
CURED Monday evening near Winthrop WI
lagc. Mr.. and Mrs Moffit and son, and
Mr. Miller of R.adfeld were on their way
home from the celebration here when they
collided with another team, throwing them
to the ground. At first it was feared that
Mrs Moffitt was seriously injured but
Tuesday afternoon she was reported COM
Portable The others received bad shak-
ing-up Both carriages were badly smashed.
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CONSUL seWALL RESIGNS


WAsuixGroS. July Harold N. Sewail
of Bath, Me-. constl-general at Samoa, on
june 9Th rendered his resignation, and June
23 it was formally accepted by the Preri-
dent in u letter in which be says IL beg
to express to you my very highest apprecis-
ton Of the excellent service you rendered
both in the interests of your own govern
nent and the natives Of Samoa. whose in
terests hi. government D,ost sincerely de
sired to tgonIote.
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EXCITING RACES
Fourth Of juiy At Elmwood Park. South Nor
ridsewock Attendance.

SorTH NoRRiBGEwocK, July A.
(Special) MANY interesting races have
been trotted on Elmw OOd Park in the past
hut none have ever excelle'i those of today
IN point of close tests of speed.
The judges were. DIR. G. f
Pickering, Gardiner; II. II. Tufts, Skow-
hogan, and Chas. II. knowltOn, Norridge-
wock. 1t was just l.45 O'Clock when the
2.31 was called out There were -four
horses, three of which were evenly matched
requiring five heats to finish. The follow
ing is the summary
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Only NINE SAVED
From the Wrecked Ship Peter Stuart OF Che
boque Point. Nova Scotia.

YAHmotrH. y. -. July 5.--It was be-
Iieyai that l3 were saved from the ship
Peter Stuart shich was wrecked Sunday
evening on Chebognc Point, but inquiry
among the houses along shore shows that
oniy nine of those aboard the Inflated ship
succeeded 10 reaching shore. They include
Captain Henry Hughes and the first mate
Of the ship. both badly bruised. Only two
bodies have thus far been recovered
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WoRcEsfrn, Mass, Jnly The clti-
zen-' regsti. At Lake Quin, ,igamond this
Afternoon. in connection with the Fourth Of
july celebration, attracted fully 10000
.psciatcrr. Wm. O'Connor. champion Of
America. broke the record for three miles,
but it will Dot 20, as the course was short.
The professional race had ~ entries, j. A.
Ten Eyck, Erasias Rogers and VIM.
or onnor. Distance, three miles. three
turns OfoBnor won in ~ m. ~ sec !:
Rogers. seconds. in II ~. 33 sec. Prizes.
sin6 10 first. $50 to second and s25 to
third
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sus.le sa.t s.s.I Nm a.aeA $500 900.

BrrFALo. n. Y, July 5.--Startiing fig
ures came to light this morning concerning
the National Savings Bank Aefaleaaion
The widest guess waS sousdoae h thu
cold facts Only about half the psesl hDok,
have been examined aDi the aefsIeatios
figures up to s42G .s26. II il bel1eve& th,
total amount will reach $500 500.
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Dv. WILLIAMS BLOOD SYRUP may be
procured nt all Druggists at ~ 90 . bot
tie. T,e certain that you get the only gen
uine. Take no substitute, though IL may oe
represented "just as good"
Prepared only by
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Found Dead In Ms 0osy.

BoorHB., HaRnon. Jnly 81. c. Davis
was found dead in dory near Menbegan.
Davis. age was "a. and he was an inhabitant
of Monhegan wife and eight children
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GEN. WEAVER
Nominated ioF the Presidency On First Ballot
BY the Peoples Party.

= OMAHA. Neb.. July 5.--Gen. James b.
Weaver was nominated for the Presidency
on the frs, ballot in the Peoples Party con-
vention this morning. Gen. Field was NOM
mated for the presidency.
The Maine members of the national CON-
mittee are IT, s. Hobbs, Henry Brefts and
T.. W. Boynton.
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The racing team Of Hook. and Ladder
No. l, Capt. Frank Chadwick, made a
plucky attempt at the quarter mile in
I.l3 IL. Previous to this Mr.. r. n. Briggs
led out the horse .'W arrener, a. handsome
an animal az ever was shown, and before
the third heat Of the 2.37 class he trestesi
Messenger Wilkes an exhibition mile, the
first half slowly and the last half fast. He
made The last half in LII fat,
and evidently wasn't doing his best. I,
was handsome exhibition AMI brought
forth the plaudifs like a humping big hail
stone. Messenger Wilkes IL eight year.
old with record Of 223 IA, sire Of Palen. :
three year old record Of 2.2s -, @Gens
Briggs" record Of 2,35 and winner Of t.f
z-37 class yesterday, ..f;renadierr PAS "a
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The 2 q class was also close and long
drawn ont, In the second heat just past
the three quarter pole wheel on the sulkey
attached to Fred NJ, broke either in coils
ion with Duster. or just before, which
brought both horses nearly to a standstill.
Mr. Rogers drove his horse in dragging one
hub on the ground just saving his distance.
The horse then won the next three straight
! hants Ihl. snmnarN
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Charles Emory Smith, editor Of the Phila-
deiphie Press wrote the President formally
rendering his resignation OF the Office OF
minister to Russia Seeretsry Of State
Foster today sent a letter to Smith announe.
ing the acceptance Of the resignxfiyn and
complimenting him ON the efficiency with
which he had discharged his duties.
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2.A0 Class.

Ten horses were advertised in this race
only three starting Mudgett Rros.. h. s..
Nicwa: +. T.. Gnshee. b. =. Bon. W. G.
Marshall Z. :. Patrol. Patrol won the first
two heats and then 10 the surprise of every
body Bon won the next three heats in sitc
cessiua Time. . .4G. a.tI 81, 2.45, 2.I9
. ~, Purse sIA0
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Two men, tramp weaver. from Fall River,
were arrested q, Pullman Xo. 2, last night
by Onicers l;reen and I:cmiek. on charge
of having robbed man Of $685.. They
admitted having been with the party and
.aiI they could explain matters in the morn
ing. They we're locked up and will have
an opportunity given them to tell their
.tn,r
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BosreS. Jaly For New England
"Wednesday, fair slightly warmer; Thdr-
day. continued fair, warmer.
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The English Elections.

LoNno>, july g. Returns up to 80 4.
NJ. show that so far the Conservatives have
10 seats, Liberals, 6o, Liberal. 4 'nionists, s,
and McCarthyites. /.
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In this heat Walter D." took the pol,
with '.Cunard, Jr." close upon him. jim
Matt followed third. Cunari broke som,
on the first half but held his second place
The two leaders on the home quar-
tiers were considerably in advance
Of the field that strung on
behind. Then ..voIunteer" made q briIlian
burst Of speed and came out alongsid.
Jim Matt" pressing him close for thir,
place at the finish. This was Walter D's'
heat and nobiy he won trofting level ant
honestly to the finish
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Stanley Defeated.

Lo~noN, July at the election for
Parliament in lambeth north. division,
Alderman Collwclls Liberal, received 9sst
votes and Henry NJ Stanley, Cnionisi,
2aat.
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BARK WRECKED.
An American Vessel lost---All
Of the Crew Saved.
Removing the Cargo Of Wrecked
Steamer City Of Chicago


lo>no>, July BARK Nehsniah Glib
son, tAmericanl, Capt Risley. from PEN
sacola April III Tor Gallon. has been lost oil
harra- do Mossoro, Al the crew were
saved.
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At the PARK.
Five thousand People Intensely Exciting
Trottinq In 2.27 Glass.

At2 A. NJ, Augusta Driving Park stock
was way down. At = Z. NJ, ii was way, way
up and rising rapidly.
The grounds presented the most animated
scene ever Witnessed there. The grand
stand was fuller than the cross-eyed wreck
of man in the front seat. who hic-conghed
lavishly and witnessed four heats all at one
time.
The entire grounds presented kalei-
doscopic effect. There were 50 many,beau-
tiful women in the grand stand that even
the shadows of it were radiant. Inside the
track enclosure were hundreds of stylish
turnouts, tally hos, hokey poky carts and the
staid family carryall. 1t was color paint
ing that fingers in memory.
At 2 Z. NJ. the first heat of the day
races was called in the 221 class. The
Judges were j. C.. Stinchtield of Wayne,
DIR. G. NJ. Twitchell, &. +. Stevens, both
of Augusta timers, i. l.. Norcross and
W. S. Choatc. Capt. II. w. Black acted
as marshal assisted by Harry Brooks.
Seven horses in the 237 class responded
to the call but Lady Franklin pulled shoe
so didn't start. The starters were "Sr.
James, Music" "Om Honesty" Grey
Victor Dan Smuggler" and "Gene
Briggs" the latter as it afterwards proved
trottiny in too slow "A class, being capable
evidently of trot,ing in 30 without great
effort. st James" had the pole on the
start. Gene Briggs" had second
place but took thes pole in easy
time to come in ahead without great effort
dan Smuggler' and ''St. James" had Il
brief struggle when ''Smuggler' passed St
James" on the first round, the former fin,
ishing fifth. Music last, Gray Victor
fourth. while the "Smuggler" stole to sec.
ond place and ''Old Honesty" the faithful
nacer IN third place
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go ,T.iss. FACE sSn rEoT. PrE>t ss1 2
uEp MILE HE&f~. BEST THREE ~ tfNF
WEIGHTS AND pfsfANtE WAIVED