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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
STEAMER OHIO
To be Restored 10 Her Former Owners
by the Government

WAsHIsGroS, Feb. 3 Arrange uen,s
have been made to restore the steamship p
Oslo to her owners at PhiIa'eiphis, March
8. She will ihen have been / the posset
sion Of the government 40 days, at a cost
of $50 900. An order WAS istusd today
for the Ohio to ssil from Boston at once
for PHILADELPHIA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
>O.0OQ ACRES OF LAND
In Alabama Demanded Back by tn,
United States Authorities.

WARRINGTON. Feb. 3 The secretary OF
the interior today directed the commission
er general Of the lard cfiics to make de
mand preliminary to the institution If +,
suit to reinvest the Ulited States with tbs
title to about so 400 acres Of land, erroue
ously certified to the state Of AlAhsms OF
account Of the grants to aid in the con
structlon Of the Northeastern and South
western & Wills Valley Railroads which
by consolidation became the Alabama
Cha!taDo oosA Rsi road Company.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
Probably Not a Heavy Job.

WAsHINGroS, Feb. 3 The Pretiiert
appointed senator Allison, Representative
Tracy Of New York, Prof. Charles Il
Monroe Of Rhode I,land, and others
commissioners to test ard s1,mine tbs
weight and dnsness Of cnirs reserved AT the
min,s during the year ]S9l.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
THIRD DISTRICT POLITICS.


We do not know, neither do We care, Who
vas responsible for the m,licious attack
upon Governor Burlsigh which appeared in
the last issue Of the Waiervilie Mail. This
much We will say however, tha. any Reput-
licsn who does no. condem, ii is IN vor,hy
to hold any office in the Gift Of the party.
IL sounded to Us very much ike the las.
rsgeful utterauce Of men who had Just
become aware Of the dissgreesble fact that
they were whipped.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
II Was the Barge Mcclellan,

PHrLAD1LrHA. Pa. Feb. 3--The sup
posed steamer lying sunk nine miles of
Cape Henlopen vas discovered today to be
the barge Mcclellan from LAmberts Point,
IA, for New Haven, coal laden. The
barge foundere1 on the evening Of January
Both. The crew vas taken of before ,he
barge sank. The wreck will be 8 total
loss.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04

Certainly. in one instance, it does. Hoods
Safsspafilla 10 the great protection asains,
the dangers Of impure tlood, and it viii
cure or prevent all diseases Of this class.
Is has veil Won its name Of the best blood
purifier BY ito many remarkable cures.
The highest pYaise has been won by
Hoods Pills for their easy yet efficient
sction. Sold by all druggists. Pnce %
Gents per box. d&vfolYm1 ychd&v
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
FREE TRANSPORTATION
To he Given Donated Flour and Corn
for the Russian Sufferers.

NEw YoRK. Feb. . The Trunk line
executive Committee met here today The
question OF free transportation Il fJar and
corn donated f1r the relief Of the ,tsrvir q
thousands IN Russis by milIers Of the Vast
and North rsst 10 the Atlantic sesbpatd wss
cis ;ussed. 1t was decided to give free
transportation to reasonable amount of
food products
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
Postal Arrangements with British
Guiana.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Sir Julisr
PsuDcefoie, British minister, and Pos'.
master General Wsnsmaker today signed ,
parcels post convention between the UriteC
States and British Guiana. The conven
ton is similar ia all respe cts TO those Low
in operation between this government and
Jamaica and other British colonies. 1t viii
60 Into fl sct April / 1892.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04

(Continued on fourth page,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
BRADLEY'S SUCCESSOR.
Rumors That President Harrison vii
Appoint Judge Green.

NEw YoEx. Fsb "a Washington
special to the Morning Advertiser says it
Iesrn,, on most trustworthy authority, that
President Harrison will sppoint Judge
Green, Of the Ufited States District Couyt
Of New Jersey, to succeed the late ASCOT
ate Justice BIadlsy OF the Supreme Court
OF the United Statss.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04

VIsEYARD HAVEN, Mas, Feb } The
schooner Zsmors, before reported s.hors
here, vas fosted by steamer Blight Arm
this afternoon. sppsfently uniniurs
Schooner Myrs ". Spear vas to-ed u
Nes Bedford today BY steamer Right Arm
to fepair her center bosrd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
FOREIGN NOTES.

Lie boats have succeeded in landing all
the .pecie from h. steamer Elder. They
have also landed several sacks Of mail In .
vet condition. 1t reported ,bst 400 sacks
Il mall matter are sitl on the steamer.
The passengers arrived at London Wednes-
day on the steamer IIsvei.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
THE STEAMER ELDER
In Same Condition Mail and Specie All
Recovered.

iosnoN Feb. 3,--The Elders specie
has ieft Athertield accompanied by an
armed escort ard will he Iesnpped by the
North rm,H Lloyd steamer al Cowes.
Al nightfslI the Etder was in the same po-
..ion. The remainder Of the mail bags
nave been landed,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
PALMER'S REBEL FLAG ORDER
Endorsed by Vermont Il. A. X. Men
Loyal Veterans Disapproyed Of.

MONTPELIER, Vs.. Feb. 3-The State
G. A. r. encAmpment this morning. en-
dorsed comm snder in Cbief Palmef's fam
Gus Rebel Flag Order. hut di'.pp,oved of
the society known Is the Loyal Veterans.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
ALL BROKE UP.

You neei mending. To
repair your shattered system
take kickapoo Indian Sag
wa, .5agwa cures Constipa-
ton, Liver Complaint. Indi-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04

Posros, Fee. > For New Eoglar d
un'ii Friday hisa. far. slight change in
temperature, Dorthwest and west winds.
The Weather ceniluon covers ,he Interior,
And will probably d,ift esst~ard ovsr the
Atlantic states during FhursdAy and Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
GALE AT MADRID.


MADRID. Feb. 8 A terrific gale is blow
ing In this vicinity. Considerable damage
was done IN this city and neighborhood.
fen persors wore seriously Injured by the
falling Of debris.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
THREE THOUSAND SLAVES
Captured b, Dahomcy Natives While on
the Rampage.

PAHis, Frb 3 A dtspstch from Senegal
says rho natives Of Dshomey have
rsvseei the country around Popo and cap
lited 5000 slsyes. The inhabitants sought
shelter in 6eIm,n territory. Trade is ct
-tandsiill "
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04

DAMABIsCorrA, Feb. William Nc
Isin q fisherman aged about 30 years.
Jumped into the sea from Heron island, al
the mouth of the DaDsriseotta river,
Tuesday, ard Was drowned. He wss i'll
with the srippe and probably temporarily
tassne. The body has not been recovered,
He leaves 8 family.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
Heavy Loss by Fire at Spiceiand, Md

SrTcELASD, Ind, Feb. IA dozen
stores ami q " lungs sers burned hers last
night, and number Of o, her buildings
damaged. The lo.s il hesvy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
Fishery Hearing Feb. IL.

WAsHINGroN, Feb. 3.-The House com.
mittee on merchant marine and fisheries
will give public hearing on the i7th met.
on the bill relating to fisheries now pending
before il.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
ANTI-SLANERN ACT


BRussELs. Feb. 3 The anti. slavery act
vas rsuAed by the Uni'ed States at the
foreign ministry to1sv in conformity with
hs resolution Of the Iited States SeDa'e.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
BuTLER'S BOOK
Refused 10 Lowell Library A Suit
Likely 10 be. the Result.

LOwsLL. Ma.s.. Feo. 3,--Thayer & ca,
the Boston Publishers OF General Bu.lef's
book, has rsfu-sh the Lowell city library
copy OF his book. and iniimstes prosseu-
uon 10 cas- the library authorities put one
10 circulation, IL bslAs ! sold oy subscription.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
COOLER AND CLOUDY
Thursday, With Fair Weather. Still Cold
Predicted for Friday.

WAsaIsGTos, Feb. For New Ems
land slightly eGlier, fresh north winds
cloudy THURSDAY, continued cool; fair Fiji
DAY.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-01-06
TERRIeLE COST OF 4 cioAR.
while ~ brakeman Smoked Collision
Killed Twelve People.

One man sbanafllIv neglected his dptv
and twelve died for iA 4 r9ilroadar sst
smoking in n station because cold rair
was follinp side. yyIru me sbpuld Lava
beep sviuuin,s his red lantern ON tI.r track
and sothr pvprg.s at Ggv miles nm I,rr
dashed into the rpar of "a ua.srpvrr fr,i,
crushipg md ycalIiuy tIn fnmnfrs of thr
last sIanrpr
Sucb i'm bTipf yyas fine Ii.fnr- of tho m
cent destruction MT Taasfrrs an fine IruI.
SON river division Of fine %r,y ynri. Central
railway The name of fine guilty man is
Albert F.. UorricE. and the nnauipation
cannot conceive OF an rsrfl., for him He
is stwcnty-four yclra old. U. .rfuaripr infrllf-
grnce and cyrcricunp. yyu4 mot ~ nu fa.
tigucd and was not drunk Yet this is
what happened. A train Irft the Grand
Central station i'm Nnw York citv nc G:IO
n. m. and was drlnvrl a few minutes pt
Dobbs Ferry bv n triGfng trouble in the en-
pinc 50 the scmauhore signal warned the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-01-06

Tom Sullivan, the well known baseball
pitcher, made the quarrel up as he sup
posed, and was showing Ryan a picture of
his little daughter when Horn suddenly
thrust before them the photo of a vile
woman known to both, and said:
Talking about pictures, look at that
| onep'
Don't put them together" said Ryan
this is ar innocent one. It's Toms baby"
Then the closing fight began. Sullivan
was between the two and Ryan had turned
| to go away, when Horn reached over SuIli
vans shoulder and with the pistol almost
| against the back Of Ryan's head fired
Ryan fell and never spoke again. In less
than three hours he was dead. All the
| participants were young men, popular in
| their set and not at all qUarrelsome when
| sober. Only a few years ago Horn was noted
among the bright newsboys and bootblacks
of Cincinnati. A little later be had good
| position in drug store. Then he became
| infatuated" with woman and gave her
4 various toilet articles from the store, for
\ which he was discharged. He became a
1 bartender sporting man, drunkard and
1 finally a murderer.
The last case to be dealt with here Is that
of the Hair twins, in which there is a dis.
tressing amount of law Latin, such as alias
and alibi, noe to mention nolle prosequi,
certiorari and al quod damnum The in
dictment on which they are now held de
scribes one as Charles Hahr alias Charles
Morris, alias Allen H. Wood, alias Napo
leon Wood, alias ID. G. Weaver, and the
other as Henry Hahr, alias, etc., to an equal
extent. Suffice it to say that these are
twin brothers of most respectable parent
age, one Of them most adyantageously
married and both fairly started in life, and
that they deliberately abandoned honest
ways and took to the meanest forms OF
swindling.
Henry Hair began as clerk IN Hoboken
bank, stole $3.50 and on account Of his fam
| lily was let off; then robbed a, clothing store
and was sent to state prison for two years.
On coming out he joined his brother
| Charles, who had had far more brilliant
career. He had married the daughter OF
wealthy Lewis Bressler, swindled his
father-in-law and gone into theatrical
management so deeply that he was known
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-01-06

Cincinnati "Greeny" Horn, just turned
twenty-one, has brutally murdered his
drinking companion, Dick Ryan, aged TWEEN.
ty-two. In New York the youthful twins,
Charles and Henry HAIR await sentence
for ingenious swindling, and Frank
Marker an Illinois farmers boy, has con.
fessed to the killing of Private Watchman
Treiner, which was the mystery OF st.
Louis last September
From George Barnwell to Billy the Kid
the story is much the same. Barnwell went
up to London an innocent country boy Of
seventeen" A year or two later he muir
dered his master to get money for his mis-
tress and was hanged long before reaching
manhood. 1t is momentous fact that an
overwhelming majority of criminals are
very young men, and that very large ma
iority of the suicides of both sexes have not
yet passed middle life.
Many students of mind development de-
clare that in nine men out of ten the char
acter is fixed Tor life between the ages OF
eight and sixteen. 1t is a fact not generally
noticed that rs a rule the head is as large at
eight years as it ever becomes. At sixtee u
the mightiest of instincts ordinarily wakes
to its greatest activity. The bent given to
the moral nature in the intervening years
determines the direction of the new activi.
ties. If the native energy is great, the sub.
ject must be either an active and useful
man or a desperate criminal In the border
west OF lS2040 they used to say that at q
certain age it was "a toss up whether the
smart boy of u neighborhood would turn
out preacher or a horse thief"
John l.. Ferguson was a remarkably
bright boy, the youngest child of a respect,
ed kentuckian, who moved to st. Louis
thirty years ago. There John was born in
1854. Later the family located in Kansas
City, and John became the chief support
Of his parents, now aged eighty-three and
sixty-fve, respectively. He was taken into
the National Bank of Kansas City and rose
rapidly, becoming bookkeeper and trusted
man. He was temperate, polite, accom-,
plished, popular, a great lover Of mush
and an accomplished violinist. The besI
houses of the city were open to him. Hf
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-01-06

800, 200. Evans is a magnificent looking
man, about six feet in height and of fine
presence. He is fond OF good living and
horse racing. He went to St. Louis in No,
vember, 1890, and with the $4,000 or SIS, ,OOC
which he had III cash experienced no diff.
Guilty in creating the impression that he
was quite wealthy. IL fact, it was not
long before he was the central figure in a
proposed syndicate which was to have
been formed for the purpose Of buying up
East St. Louis. This scheme fell through.
Evans was not proud, however, and he
next figured prominently as the promoter
of a company for putting II cheap puzzle
on the market. By his connection with the
Morse Wool Securing works as secretary,
and by means of business relations with
many responsible merck ants, he succeeded
in establishing an excellent credit. When
the Morse works burned short time ago
Evans had disappeared, and it was then
discovered that his method had been TO
borrow money from several sources on
everything which came under his control
The insurance on the building of the Morse
company is DOW in the courts. A large re-
ward has been offered for the fugitives ap-
prehenSiOn
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-01-06

became a hail fellow well met generous to
recklessness, and then, to wit, in 1899, be.
gan course of swindling so ingenious and
complicated that only a banker can under
stand it.
One method was to reduce the credit Of
country banks and transfer the amount to
the credit of fictitious depositors. This
money he collected by making drafts on
other city banks, which were of course
honored at the National to the extent OF
these fictitious depositors' credits. The
cash balances he kept straight by inserting
deposit certificates in the cashiers pile OF
such papers. 1t will be plain, even to a
noncommercial mind, that after getting so
far he had to be on hand every day to keep
this thing up. There came day when he
was suddenly taken sick. Another book
keeper, II. G. Tomlin, saw sudden and sur.
prising changes in the country banks bal
,ances-a variation of 10000.
The next night Ferguson was called into
the private Office and asked to explain. He
broke down at the first charge. White
and TREMBLING he confessed all. The bank
officials held MIN through the night in the
bank and the next day he went to his
plaoe"-in Jail. In little over two years
he had squandered about 10000. On his
way to the bank he had tried to buy NOR
phine but had been refused. His punish
ment at the hest must be great, but the
length of it remains to be determined.
Another Missouri crime Is equally sur
prising and even more sensational. On
the morning of Sept. II Michael Treiner,
private watchman at the Iron Mountain
yards at the foot of Convent street, was
shot dead, and at once all the detectives
the company saw fit to employ were set to
work, but in vain. Although the killing
was done in daylight and in tolerably
Plblio place, nearly four months passed
before a clew was found. But "clew' is
not the word in this case-it was an open
confession.
Philip Lehm, mere youth, revealed TO
an intimate friend that he had seen the
shooting His friend induced him to tell
the story to Night Chief Reedy. 1t was to
this effect; Frank Marker was his daily as
sociate, and on the morning of the killing
asked him to walk through the car yard
with him. Frank exhibited bruised hand
and arm, and said the watchman had done
it without cause simply because he Marx
err had stepped between the cars. AS they
talked the watehman appeared, roughly
ordered them away and made a motion to
draw pistol. Then Marker fired three
shots, with fatal results.
There was great musteriHJ lof detec-
tives, five in all, and they \ Nisguised
as hunting party--all TO d. kbis soft
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-01-06

Next came the news that he had cap.
tured Camargo; then that the Mexican
regulars had defeated him at Camargo
that he had crossed into Texas and re
organized; that the American regulars had
attacked and whipped him, and then that
there was fighting, scouting and uneasi
ness all along the border for 700 miles up
from the mouth of the Rio Grande. The
last is unquestionably true. A few Amer
lean soldiers have been killed and several
wounded but there is the best possible un.
derstanding between the two nations and
troops Of both pass and repass the Rio
Grande by quiet consent, as they did in the
old Apache times.
Catarino Cara is still a young man, re.
markably handsome and attractive, six
feet three inches high and a fighter from
away back. lie was born in Mexico, but
reared in Brownsville Tex, from which
he had to flee on account of some youthful
folly. He graduated from the University
Of Mexico and served in the army some
time, but was guilty of n small mutiny
and went to Texas. There he married a
wealthy lady and started paper called
Ell Libre Pensador (The Free Thinker), in
which he made most frantic attacks on the
Mexican government At Rio Grande city
he got into a political melee and killed al
least one man-some say three-but escaped
prosecution, as it was free fight"
He located Mt Laredo and quarreled with
General Martinez, who was afterward as
sassinated by somebody, so Cara went t.
Duval, Tex, and started another violently
revolutionary journal. In his quarrels anC
fights there the Texans were too much fol
him, so he fled again to Mexico raised 1
revolutionary band and marched on
Mier." Near there the Mexican regular.
met and defeated him. This was in Sep
tember. Nov, it would seem, he has friend,
on both sides of the river, and divides hi
time impartially stirring up devilmen.
wherever he happens to be-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-01-06
TIE WRECK.

sengers were on their way home to spend
Christmas Edwin c. Wilcox, popular
young lawyer of New York, was en- route
to pass the holidays with his fiancee, Miss
Alice Eaton, of Dunkirk. He stepped into
the Gibraltar only to speak with Miss
Libbie Van Arsdale, of New York, the
going with her cousin, Miss Mabel Slocun,
to spend the holidays at the latter's home
nj Lockport. The shock came and the
three were instantly crushed out of life.
This was but one of many sudden part
mgs While Herrick smoked his cigar
tidings of the dreadful catastrophe arrived
at Hastings. Hastily changing his uniform
for plain clothing he fled into the mist and
the darkness, pursued no doubt by haunt
ing horrors and thoughts of the dead. One
railroader thinks, however, that he saw
him gazing on the wreck just before he dis
appeared. Experts seem to agree that the
absolute block" system would have pre-
vented the collision, but the road is as ye
but partially fitted with that system.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-01-06

No one likes to suffer personal assault
without getting revenge, and courts are
often mighty onsartin." Hence many
people take the law into their own hands,
and affrays and homicides result, particu,
larly in countries where dueling is frowned
on. That "the code" is still honOred abroad
Is shown by the fact that recently French
colonel sent word to an officer in his regi-
ment, whose ears had been boxed by n
brother officer that within the next forty
eight hours he must accept the latter's
challenge or resign. He resigned, but the
case is exciting great interest as evidences
that dueling has by no means died out in
the French army.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-01-06

IT'S mighty tough to be old, poor and
friendless. 'Tis even tougher when ones
nearest relatives refuse aid. These were
the views of the Brooklyn charity commits
sioners when feeble and aged Jane Butler
asked them for aid. She said that several
years ago she lived in luxury in Spring,
field, o. For some reason which she could
never understand her relatives sent her
adrift. After wandering in different parts
Of the country she went to Brooklyn in
search of a sister. When she finally sue
ceeded in finding her the door of her sisters
house was closed against her and in her
desperate condition there was nothing left
her TO do but seek shelter in a poorhouse.
Her story is to be investigated
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-01-06
BRAZIL. wonderful Contenarian.

South American newspapers can turn out
as good yarns as any for which the gifted
editors of the United States are sometimes
responsible. A Brazilian contemporary
tells of a man living at Sac Paulo who is
considerably over a hundred years old and
who is growing young again. He has re-
Gently grown new set Of teeth, and his
hair, which had turned gray, is now almoGt
black again. He is in active business as a
horse trader, and occasionally he rides over
ten leagues in day. He has been married
three times, is now widower and is quite
wealthy. The paper casually remarks in
the course of its story that the old man
suffered greatly at one time with tumor,
''but this was cured by being gored by
nm OK"