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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Belfast is to have branch Of the Nor
rell liquor cure.
The city of Portland and the Portland
Water Go. are having hot war over
rates.
The body of John Fleming, who, with
another man, was carried over Rnmford
Falls ami tlTov ned about month ago. wac
found caught to a rock near one of the new
bridge abutments Friday.
The fanily of George Wentworth of Ken
nebupk. consisting of father. mother AMI
three children. were poisoned by eating
canned corned beef for supper Thursda,
night. Their condition was verv critical
for twenty-four hours. but all will probably
recover except a boy of twelve who is not
expected to live.
The yonng forger who has been victim
izing the merchants of Dover, Great Falls
and other New Hampshire cities was cap
tured at Saeo Saturday night by Jere
Quinn, BiiAeford newspaper man, after a
hari struggle The fellow was turned over
to the police officers and lodged in the Saco
Jail. He gave the name Of James Henier-
son of Boston.
Thexurv in the superior court at Port
land returned verdict for the plainiiif in
the case of Marcia Rogers VS.. the keune-
bee Steamboat Company. and fixed the
damages At 1880. A motion for a new
trial has been fled. The judge instructed
the jury in effect that If taey found Miss
Rag r. was travelling upou free pass. at
The same time agreeing with the steamboa,
company to relieve the company from any
liability for sct'itient NJ injury sustained
while being transported. she eould not re-
cover But If she was being transported
fer payHent of fare. or if she vas travel
ing ue free and gratni,ens pass without
anv agreement TO relieve the company of
liability then the company, II negligent.
wonlsi be liable.
Next TUESDAY the December term of the
supreme jasiieiai court convenes at Bath
The principal work for the grad jury will
be the alleged bunco case of Bird and Tut
tie, who are charged with getting $1,000
from Nilbury NOVEL;, a wealthy old farmer
Of Topsham. Bird, it Is said. represented
himself ss Arthur Se~sIl Of this citv, and
a. NoweIl had never seen Sewell he was
easily taken in. About the same time thai
Novel; was swindled, AIfrpd Lamont. a
wealthy West Bath man, vas called upon
BY two men, who. il is claimed, we're Bril-
and Tnttle, and they fried the same game
worked so successfully upon the Topshzm
farmer. but fortunately for Lamont he had
long acquaintance with Serxll, whom ont
Of the men Represented himself to be.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19

is distinctly hitter tonight than las; night
aud much besies than ih,s morning
What was the nature of the attack 10
day..
The doctor replied; II, was failure Of
the heart TO perform its functions sstisfae-
sorils. His trouble was no, in the heart,
but in the general weakness from which
Mr.. Blaiac is suffering all the organs are
affected and the heart makes manifest the
sickness of the whole system
The doctor stated tha, Mr.. Blaine had
taken nonrishmeut during the afternoon
and tonight, the reaction for the better. was
quite marked. Al IL +. NJ. .Drs. Johnston
and Hyatt saw Mr.. Blaine again and gave
out the following statement:
MI. Blame seems to have rallied entirely
from the weakness OF this morning and
appears as well as he has been at any time
within the past week. While il is not pos
sible TO say what changes NAV take place
IN his condition. he can he said To he in no
immediate danger"
The doctors told the family that they
had no apprehension of dissolution taking
place within the next "a hours. After they
left the mansion the family retired for the
night,
Al / so this morning the mansion was
shrouded in darkness, with the exception
of the sick chamter where u light was
burning
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
FIRE RECORD.
Several Maine Towns Visited
by the Fire Fiend'
Other Maine Towns. Tired Of lhems
selves, Asking for Division.
The keansbsc Closed 10 Navigation. Saturday
Night. by lack Frost.

w,rrRvILLE, Dee. 15.-tspeeiai. =
Three small houses and two stables on the
win,iow sid. below Tieonic bridge. were
burned SATURDAY morning between 6 and Z
oclock. The fire started in the basement
of house owned and occupied bv Mr. Per-
kins. There b-iag no apparatus for fight
Ing fire. assistance wa asked from this
citv. Hose aHd responded and over
100 feet Of hose was laid from the hy-
drant at the west end of the bridge
Ey thi. tine house occupied BY Frank
Rance and another by Joseph Higgins
we're ablaze. These people saved their
yao.l. ard . horse in the Perkins stable was
taken ont when ths building was burning.
Several houses close by those that were
burned would have gone if help had not
arrived in.t az il Jill.
Tie Higgins house was insured for
$50 and ,le ldclaldr Pauiintt house, in
ehirh Rance lived, for $500, both in Mat
t6ews agency. The tota! loss was about
5000
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19

In this way . year passed. and still no
appointment. For another year he was
supported by the remittanees OF two old
maid sisters who lived at Cairo, Ills.
themselves poor, but unwilling to zee
their brother starve. From the cheap
boarding house the man found it neces-
sary to go to cheaper lodgings. taking
his meals wherever he could get them.
Then he failed to pay his room rent,
little as it was. and xas on the streets
He actually begged of passersby and
borrowed dimes and quarters Of the men
he had known In his more prosperous
days. He found work in the street
cleaning department shoveling dirt and
snow. For six months = slept the
coolest nights in the ten and fifteen cent
lodging houses, and other nights slept
in the parks and lumber yards.
More than two years had passed since
his arrival in Washington, and he was
veritable wreck in body and mind.
Some newspaper acquaintances found
him job as assistant janitor in one Of
the government offices, but the mans
spirits had sunk so low, he was so tiinid
in the face of the world that had treated
him so harshly, was SO thoroughly cowed
and crushed, that the chief janitor, a
colored man, made his life miserable,
imposed upon him, abused him and
finally drove him away. Nearly three
years after his arrival in Washington
some friends gave him q railway ticket
and sent him west. where he is grad
ually pulling himself together. l don't
believe an offer of 8. 600 job could in
duce that man to put his foot in Wash
ington again. His case is only one of
dozens of similar nature that ] could
mention.
Often the man who fails to get gov
ernment job is luckier than he knows.
Sucl case was that Of a man from In
diana who came here four years ago to
get an appointment under Harrison. He
failed. but having staid till his money
was all gone and he was "down at the
heel" he concluded not to return to In
diana. He found a friend to lend him
fifty dollars, and with this capital he
started little cheap eating house, called
The Log Cabin" opposite the Ebbitt
hotel. He sold pies, cakes, milk, sand
wiches and batter cakes. Now he is
making profit of 5000 a year out of
his business and will soon be fairly
rich man. 1t was a lucky day for him
when he failed to get government ap-
pointment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
$500. 900 FIRE Ar BROOKLYN.
Jurgen Building and Contents Burned Sus-
pected incendiary Arrested.

BRookLrN, n. ", Dee. lS.-Wm. b.
Jurgen's holesale grocery here was burned
this morning, and the adjoining property
was damaged The loss is estimated NJ
from S400, 900 TO $500 900.
The Jurgen building mas heavily stocked
with -four and holiday goods. The fire
spread to buildings on either side of the big
store. The thrce-story building on Flush
ing avenue, owned and occupied as Il saloon
and dwelling by H.. y. Reimer, and the
building n xt TO it, Owned and occupied b.,
George Tie,jen, also liquor dealer. were
both almost totally destroyed. Three ten
ements on Hall street were burned
Mr. Jurgen says his loss is about sl5o,'
900 on bull Iipgs and $3.50 900 on stock ;
fully covered by insurance. II is believed
the fire was inccD iiary. Thomas McCann,
found in the building shortly after the fire
started, was arrested on suspicion
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
PINE TREE DIVISION
Elec, Officers and Hold Annual Banquet at
Portland Yesterday.

PORTLAND, Dec. 1s.--Pine Tree Division
No. 6G, Order of Railway Conductors elect
ed these officers today, Chief conductor,
c. c. Berry; assistant, B. b. Pratt; secre-
tary and treasurer, S. s. Cahill; senior
conductor, F. II. Cleayes; junior, George
l.. Barbour inside sentinel. J. B. Chandler
outside sentinel. l.. w. Heseltine delegate
to national convention, W. Sprague; alter
nate, 4. W. Cook division committee, i
5. Ring. +. c. Lasalle, y. A. McIntirc.
he division dined at the Falmouth and
in stalled the officers in the evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
FlOCkiNG TO UNITED STATES.
4 Large Exodus Of Canadians from Single
County.

HALIFAX, Dee. Is The exodus from
the Annapolis and Cornwallis valleys to the
United States has reached large proportions
this fall II is difficult to get accurate sta
tistics, but it is certain there has been q
material decline in the population since the
last census was taken. At way station or
the Windsor & Annapolis Railway. in
Kings county, 20 tickets were sold in eigh,
weeks to persons moving to the United
States.
Scarcely any of them came from outside
that district, and all of them have gone to
the United States with the intention of re-
siding there permanently. If the exodus
at other stations along the line in this
country was as great as at the station re-
ferred to-and there are strong reasons to
believe that it was over 1000 persons have
left Kings county this fall for the United
States.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
GRANITE TROUBLE SETTLED.
hurricane island Granite Companies Sign a
New Bill OF Prices.

RoestA>i,. Dec. l5.s committee rep
reseuting the stonecutters OF Hurricane
Island have been in the city TIE past two
,,ays in consultation at the Booth Brothers
and Hurricane Granite Compapy's heal.
quarters.
The result was spparent this morpftg,
whom the bill of prices enling March /.
,sa5. was signed, thus effeeiins ,leeiara-
tion of peace
The settlement differs but little with the
other treaties that have been made througi;-
ami New England. Between l.19 AMI 200
men viii resume work at once.
This practically ends the great struggls
in thi. section: about the only place where
the men are not working now is Long
Gay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
SOUTHERN NEWS SERVICE.
An Associated Press for Nine States Newly
Organized.

Nrw YoRk Dec ls.--Thc dire ctors of
the Southern Associated Press have been
in session in this city. All arrangements
for the Southern Associated Press service
have been completed. II is the successor
in the states of Virginia. North and South
Carolina. Florida, Georgia Alabama, Mis-
sissippi. Louisiana and East Tennessee OF
the United, New York and Western Asso-
eiatoA Press.
o. G. iIaiion has accepted the Washing
ton agency. The news reports are TO b,
much improved.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
woMAN's BUILDING.
The Committee on Assignment Of Space Is
Now Hard at Work.

CnrcAoo, Dec. 1.-THE committee on
assignment, Of space in the Woman's Bnild-
ing. of which Mrs. Burleigh Of Maine is o
member, has been hard at work for the
past ten days on the difficult task assigned
them.
Owing to the serious Illness Of sister
Mrs Trau,mann Of New York was unsbl,
to join her colleagues until yesterday. when,
for the first ting, there was a full meeting
of the committl II Is doubtful If the
work can be completed before Christmas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19

Epitaphy lie d..moralizing kind Of taffy
II appears on the tombstone, and enlo2izes
the dead almost TO the very stars. The usn-
al nnethoi OF beginning, Is Here hes. !"
Very suggestive, for the lies are frequently
quite astonishing almost enough so TO both
amuse and an,sze the dead Of whom ,hes
are written truthful epitsph. in maoy
instances, you'll be: Here lies one who
omitted to take DR.. Picrce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery ~ sick and suffering. ami
,ireaiiny premature death, test the potent
r.m.tiy. II cures all chronic, liver, bloc !,
and lung diseases. a. biiiousaers, skin AMI
scalp diseases, Arofulous sores and swell
inzs. salt rbeum. letter, erysipelas, AMI
even serofnls Of the lungs for eonsump-
iion. IL taken in time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
THE DURHAM MYSTERY
May Now be Solved by Not Unexpected De.
veiopments-Ar. teavitt's Connection.


LEWISTON, Dee. Is "A new chapter in
the mystery at Durham has developed
by the Investigations Of Andrew G.. Fitz.
one of the leading men of the town. and
Constable Merrill.
Their investigations lead them to believe
that Frederick j. Leavitt one of the in
mates of the beseged house, was really at
the bottom of the whole affair. With this
belief in mind they interviewed the Old
man Haskell.
By close questioning they founl tina, all
he knew about the affair was what he ha |
been told by Leavitt, except that his win
,lows had been broken by bricks and that
some one had attempted to enter his bed
room window.
They also learned that at no time while
the bricks were being thrown was Leavitt in
the house. nor were any shots fired from tie
house. but all were fired hy LeavIis wbil.
out n doors.
As was at first stated the difficulty starte
over the poultry-h house, ona os The fowl be-
ing pucked at night AMI found nearly
fr,rzen in rh, morning. The Durham men
explain this by saying that Ieavitt wanted
a Gttle poultry for bis table and. went into
tho henhouse that night to obtain il.
The old mans rooster was selected, had
pIncked and thrown out OF doors. The
night was cold and the rooster next morn
ins was naturally stupcfiei. So the poor
rooster went to the block. left his head
tt,er7e. and was served up at ilaskell's table
that noon
SUNDAY night while ths oil man and
woman we're unprotected hv Ieavitt, brick
came. When he came in lie tried toinVes-
tiyate but il WIS no use. Mr.. Haskell
iiln't propose to stand this sort of thing
Nnn.lav. lie borrowed gun of neigh
bor by the name of Nichols. and that might
came TIVE sanguinary battle between the
band of pirates aitl Leavi;i.
The motive which IA ascrIbed TO Mr.
Jeavitt for his action j. that he wishes 10
scare the OLD. man of the place, which he
only rents. aud gain possession of it him
.eIf Little Is learned of Icavitt's past
History. but that little is not to his credit
A l;.tle quiet investigation il. however, be
ine, done in this direction, and it may brine
forth fruitful results.
For the present, however. Mr.. and
..NrSn Leayitt reside with Uncle Haskell
TIN. gun with the charge of buckshot stand'
in the corner. aud the bad men stay away.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
EIGHT KILLED
And Five Seriously injured in Railroad Acct
dent al Nelson. Minn.

AIrxaspRiA, Minn Dec. ls.--An acci-
dent occurred on the Great Northern Rail
road this morning at Nelson station. in
which eight mcn were killed and five
seriously injured, \ freight train ran into
wrccking tsaln standing on the track
The caboose of the .wrecking train wa,
thrown on top of the next ear and boil.
caught fire. There were II men in the
caboosc and fire were hurt. Three were
burned beg Jon,i recognition. The four
killed were all wreck train han1s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
$4,000 SHORT.
Louisville 4 Nashville Freight Agent at Cincin-
natl Short that Amount.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. lS.--The Louis
vile & Nashville Railroad Company, yes
terdsy brought sui. IN Covlngton, to recover
of John c. McCouri, late freight agent AT
the Cincinnati office of the road. $4,000.
The amount of the delinquincies was re-
vealed by an investigation of MeCourts ac-
counts, just closed. 1t is believed that this
sum covers the shortage discovered in his
accounts. McCourt was relieved yester
day as freight agent
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
WITH AN AXE
Did He Smite His Enemy's Cheek But Ddn',
Wait for the Other.

New LONDON, Conn, Dec. lS.-Ben-
jamin Siederman and Joseph Roux, wood
choppers, living at Ledyard, about five
miles from here, on opposite sides of the
river, quarrelled.
Siederman struck Roux in the left cheek
with his axe, making an ugly, and probab-
" fatal wound Seiderman took to ~
woods, and was not arrested at a late hour
tonight. Roux is very weak from loss of
binnd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19

OF the Cincinnati, NJ. y. Conference. makes
a 1osd point when he says: "wc have for
years used Hoods Sarsapzril's in our family
Of fiye, and find it fully equal 70 all that is
,la,m. for 1t. Some peop'e are greatly
Igejuiiced against psteDt medicines. but
liow the patent can hurt q medicine and not
!. machine is mystery Of mysteries to me"
teed's Pills cure Liver Ills.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
Fire al Winthrop.

WiNrnror. pee. 1t Speeiail Fire
was liseoNred about 7, NJ. Saturday
in tenement occupied by John Putnam
Briggs block II was under control after a
short fight. The damage to the tenement Is
slight. The household goods were dam
aged by water. Cause unknown. There
had been no fire in the stove since
morning,
The King Daughters had doll sale at
the Congregational vestry, Friday evening.
Dnitr a snm WE rallied.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19

The following telegram was received
about 10 O'Clock last evening;
WASHINGTON, Dee. iS.
To j. II. Manley, Augusta, Me.
Doctors have just left aud say he is bet
ter. Hope for a good night. BLAINE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
Mechanic Falls Wants To Be q Town

OxfoRn. Dec. l1-The citizens of
decided 20 add new town to the State Of
Maine, and appointed Hon. i. VI. Libby
and + f. burlington a committee, with a
standing committee of -. to draft u
petition TO the Legislature
The new town will be about four miles
square, set off about equally from Minot
and from Poland II will be known as the
town of Mechanic Falls.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19

A portion Of Arnatts stores at the foot
of 27th street, Brooklyn. were burned Sat
urday. A dozen fremen had a narrow es-
cape from being crushed unier a falling
wail. The men were forced to leap into
the water, where. after considerable diff
Guilty, they we're rescued. Unc was badly
injured Loss about ss5o, 90.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
Suicide al kennebunk.

kKNNEBl Nk. Dec. I7.-Charles +. Dur
rell about 80 wears old, hung himself to-
day while suffering from temporary insan-
lily. He made an unsuccessful attempt
some weeks since. lie comes from n family
given to menial arrangement
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19

Bosros. Dee. ls-For Monday East
ern Maine, fair. followed by snos or RAIN,
warmer southerly winls. Rest OF Maine
partly cloudy. local rain or snow. warmer
during the morning. followed by esIsler,
Tuesday, winds between south ami south
west
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19

BrppEroHn, Dec ls.-The prisoner
arrested at Saeo last night for attempting
to pass worthless eheeAs, i - beaa
Mclean, Boston. He viii stand trisi To-
morrow
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
FAIR MONDAY


WasHlxtsfbS. Dec. ls.-For Maine !.
Fair, Increasing eloa,iiness, threatening
Monday afternoon; sourhwes, winds.
warmer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-19
TIp0hTtNr wiii err, sour cuug

Tor -a.. it lvpss n -s- r-- iIa --- M
gu-iu. "a rye -,uIlr et TA2oSTiaE h
tpal fas ~,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-26

PITTsBURG, July 26.-The action of
Judge Magee, Monday morning, in ad-
hitting O'Donnell to bail, was just
what had been anticipated by those who
heard the evidence adduced by the
prosecution on Saturday.
The court reviewed this evidence at
length, cited the law on the question,
and announced as his conclusion that no
case of murder in the first degree could
be made out against the prisoner.
1t was apparent, he. said, that O'Don-
nell was not an actual participant in the
action. Although there are grounds for
the belief that he was a sympathizer,
but evidence enough to Justify an in
dictment for murder in the second de-
gree. He hoped, however, that when
the defendant came to trial he would be
able to show that he was in no wise
guilty of participation in the ARRAY that
had resulted in the hss of so many lives.
It was the courts imperative duty to
admit the defendant to bail, and that
bail would be fixed at $4,000.
The decision was received with buzz
of satisfaction from the crowded court
room, and it was fully minute before
the tip slaves could secure silence. II
was then announced that no evidence
would be offered against Ross, Foy and
Allen, and bail in the same amount was
fixed for ttch attendant. Bail was
promptly given for all four prisoners
and they were released.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-26

vne present. Crisis Will be surety al
hered to. The statement that Mr..
Carnegie is not in full accord with Mr..
Prick in the course the latter has pur-
sued of late is absolutely and unqual-
ifiedly untrue. 1t can be proven beyond
peradventure, if necessary, that Mr..
Prick has been but carrying out the
plans of Mr.. Carnegie.
"We are still willing to confer with
such of our employees as are worthy of
our confidence, but we will do no talk
ing through conference committee
composed of men not in our employ
Nor will we recognize the assumption
that these strikers have right to per-
manent employment, whether their
services are satisfactory or not. Here
after we will do business on the old
fashioned plan that we can hire any
man who wishes to work for us"
1t is understood that orders will be
issued by the Carnegie company, to the
superintendent and foreman of the
Duquesne mill, to start up at once with
non union labor. The men at this mill
struck on Friday out of sympathy for
the men at Homestead.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-26
Unlawful Taxation Is Robbery.

We denounce Republican protec-
ton as fraud, a robbery of the great
majority of the American people for
the benefit of the few. We declare it
TO be a Fundamental principle of the
Democratic party that the Federal
Government has no constitutional
power to enforce and collect tariff
duties, except for the purpose OF reve
nue. ONLY, aud we demand that such
taxes shall be limited to the necessi,
ties of the government, honestly and
economical, ly NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
al Democratic Platform.
To lay with one hand the power OF
the government on the property OF
the citizen, and with the other be
stow it upon favored individuals tC
build up private fortunes, is none the
less robbery because it is done under
the forms of law and is called taxa
ton. This is not legislation. 1t is not 8
decree under legislative forms, nor is
il taxation. Beyond cavil, there car
be no lawful taxation which is moi
laid for public purposes.-Opmt0n o
Justice inter Of the United States 81
preme Court,