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Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-02-01

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charged at the rate Of fifteen oents liSe. "~
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advertisers occupying space In our acvertisss
columns, and Will be run under separate head =
sabscribcfs who fail to receive the yor,,..
once lmmcdiatel1. "
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAy.
Wanted-Glrl.
Salesman Wanted.
The man who adyertises
See our grea' pattern offer.
Aunt Rebcccas Congh Drops.
Local Matters.
At Whist.
"How luck will turn when hope has bu,,,
its shrine DER each progressive tilt:
Upon some well intended ace
Awitess trump drops-ost Of place.
And fortune meets Il heartess iltn
"The more ones growing sense of gu;l,
The more ones chances seem to wilt
just as he's dropping from the rae
How luck will turn"
"It comes en- suite with hopeful lit.
The laggard recreant TO stilt
Above collapse TO former grace
Then, IA he rurs a victor's pace,
Ills purpose cleaning 20 the hli-
How luck will turn
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No more January this year.
The last month of winter is here.
A. Webster of Bangor was in the CITY
Wednesday.
Hon. Benz. F. Chadbourne arrived in Il
city Wednesday.
The "fIus,ler" will be the next attraction
at the Opera house.
J. II. Cochrane left on the 10. 10 train
Wednesday for Boston.
Il. Gilbert was not able to be out Wed
nesday owing to illness.
The Rand music store had three nes
signs put up Wednesday.
1t was reported Wednesday that Mr.. A.
j. Hall was a little better.
The prisoners at the Jail were engaged in
shoveling snow Wednesday.
Major McGinness of the arsenal left fl
Boston Wednesday morning.
Clearing away the snow drifts was one Of
the leading occupations yesterday.
Lehman & Spaulding were closed We'd,
nesdsy while taking account Of stock
Hon. j. Manchester Haynes left Wed.
nesday morning on business trip to Bos.
ton.
Mary f. Weber left Wednesday mon
ing for Lisbon Falls on short yisitb
fl ends. t,
l.
been placed in the office of the Water
Company.
"The country roads are blockaded badly
reported man who had been out OF town
Wednesday.
w. ii. Libby, secretary of tie Augusta
Loan & Building Association, was i'll at bis
home Wednesday.
Miss May S. Wiltshire of Waterville ar
rived in the city Wednesday and will visit
Mrs. Hlrfy Goodrich for several days.
The stage drivers started "Wednesday
morning feeling confident of getting through
and it is said they reached their destinations
The horse owned by Landlord Bowman
of the City Hotel started to run away Wed
nesday but was captured before it got very
far. No damage.
Hill & Locke are having the ceilings and
walls painted and extra shelves added
Their store will present better appear
ance when the renovation is complete thah
| it did before the fire.
The meeting of the Unity Club, when
was postponed from Tuesday evening Oy
reason Of the storm, will be held at MI. U
II. Nasons on Green street tomorrow (fh'
day. evening, beginning promptly at %
o'clock. Subject, "Wit and Humor' es''
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-02-01

"The country roads are blockaded badly
reported man who had been out OF town
Wednesday.
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PAID DEAR FOR AN ANNUITY.
Murdered Mans Heir Deeds Away
sI25,OOO for $4,000 Consideration.

CBy Associated Preas)
DETROIT. Sept. H.-what Is regarded
as a singular event in connection with
the death of Charles y. Chauvin, the
wealthy Crosse Pointe hermit. murdered
last Sunday. transpired yesterday. when
deed was placed upon record convey
ing a half-intcrest in the Chauvin real
estate from William Trombley to John
II. Seitz, OF this city. The property is
worth probably sl25,ooO and the stated
consideration Is but s., 900. Trombley Is
nephew of the deceased and one of his
two natural heirs, there being no will in
sight.
The story is that four years ago from
bley who was then a waiter in New
York hotel, and who still resides there,
was anxious to borrow some money, and
meeting Setz, who Is something of a
Spectator, in New York II was arranged
that Seitz should pay Trombley a etipu-
lated sum per year, In return for which
Trombley executed to Seitz the Iced,
which was filed to-day, and whic.. by
the terms of agreement became valid
upon the death OF Mr. Chauvin.
1t Is stated that Seitz carried out his
part OF the bargain UP to the present
year, but that the latter payments have
not been made. Seitz has gone to New
York. but his son says that the transac-
tion was Il legitimate speculation; that
the real consideration exceeded $1,000
and claims that little would have been
thought of the matter had II not been
for Chauvins murder.
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ON FIRE TWICE AT SEA
The Grace Liner Oapso Narrowly
Escaped Destruction.
Forced TO Make Rio Janeiro and
Restow Her Coal Bunkers.
Her Cargo Thought to BE Badly
Damaged by Water.

The Grace line steamship Capac, Capt.
Thomas, which arrived this morning
from Gillian ports. had a narrow escape
from total destruction by fire at sea
while on the voyage.
The Capac sailed from Coronel Aug. T.
At the various ports at which she
touched a large cargo, consisting chiefly
taken on board.
All went well until Aug. II. In lat a
south. long. 81. when fire was discovered
In the vessels midship's bunkers. A
stream OF water was played on the Goals
and the fire was apparently put out. but
the flooring Of the bunk.rs and choked
the bilge pumps. so much so that the
pumps could not be worked.
ON the 18th fire was again discovered
In the coal bunkers. 1t was feared at
cargo of nitrate which was in the hold
adjoining the bunkers. which IL once
ignited would have caused the total de-
struction of the ship.
At one time the fire below was so hot
and the heat so intense that the boats
were swung out and preparations made
to abandon her.
The fire was finally gotten under con-
troll, and when off Rio Janeiro Capt
Thomas decided to put into that port
and discharged the Goals from the
bunkers. Rio was reached Aug. Is and
Considerable damage was done to the
fittings of the vessel, and II Is believed
that a large portion of the cargo OF
nitrate Ia damaged by water.
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20 Words
10 Cents.
Seekers Get Situations Saturday in TheWorld S

some commissary, but we were Affecting
mighty bad about Adams. and he asked
us when he were executed.
oh. he isn't executed. General says
I'm glad to hear 1t. ! presume
they'll hang him shortly. i've sent Q
note TO Gen; Lee, under .n nag o. ,fuSs:
Adams is not so young. General. a.
you may think says Ike.
Not over fifteen or sixteen. u
Why, General. he's within two years
"'Pshsw,' says old Joe; Hes a mere
have you known him?
And Ike beginned to smile, pard, In q
curious kinder way and looks a. OLD
he has been with me ever since. I have
always had to support him, but he has
been a, close friend OF mine. When 1
and he came. II was the widest kind
OF freak. but argument and entreaty
couldn't, shake his resolutiSn. ! have
the Provost Marshal, whose duty Il
was 10 hang him, what Adams IL i
knew that information would save his
And what did you tell himH' says
II told him Adams was a woman.
"Pard, Old Joe never said a word,
but he Just looked at Ike, and topped
right down in camp chair and says;
"'Yes, General. Adams is my wife
"'And you have supported her Tor
nine years says Old Joe, which 10
entirely proper; in my opinion. no man
had a better right. The Confederates
won't hang a woman. This 10 quite Q
little romance. When she is returned
through our lines let me advise you %
send her home. She makes the third
woman in the ranks OF the Army of
the Potomac
'And that's Just all there were about
1t. pard. It were all as true as preach
ing and just after the fight At Chan
through the lines, and she and Ike aTe
a-living In Brooklyn to-day."-homAnce.
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20 Words
10 Cents.
YOUNG ADAMS, THE SPY.
Why Proposed Execution Vas Not
Carried out.

strolled out to the Soldiers Home
again the other day. and asHed the Ser
geant:
cant you tell me something more
ABOUT your experiences as a scout Ser
geant?"
We'll, pard. I had just lots of them.
we ulster call ourselves scouts, but We
were spies. After were caught down to
fredericksburg thought I'd never want
10 go into the Johnnies' lines no more
put In few days l felt just like a-going
again.
ihere were a Teller in our regiment
VINO were the funniest cuss you ever see |;
nc laid over all you ever heard OF for
nonsense. and nobody could git any duty
out or him. / ulster think he were crazy
NED DO the most outlandish tricks. and
we all called him Crazy Ike. Nobody
knowed where he come FROM and some
times he'd be gone for MORN a month.
ana nobody knowed where he'd been,
ana when he'd get back our Captain
would ram him In the guard-house, but
he'd take his Punishment cheerful-like
Ahs be the life OF all about him. On a
march he'd throw away his knapsack
ana piece and come into camp with Just
nothing at all. pard. bat In a little while
NED git all the equipments somewheres.
ne were smart enough; could make out
'Ae mastsr-rolls and keep the comp NY 9
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things all straight, but he'd be drunk
morn half his time. and yet nobody ever
see him touch drop OF liquor.
zone time when we had a big review
after Hooker took command in January,
1863, and the old man and his stan
come a-ridng down the lines, and the
men was all a-hurrawing, right behind
the staff, Crazy Ike came a-galloping on
a mule, and he had an iron kittle on
his head and the most outandish uni
form on. and he hurrawed for Gen.
George Washington; and the men when
they presented arms couldn't help It.,
pard, they bust right out a-laughing,
and our colonel and the adjutant
dragged Ike off of that there mule and
rammed him into the guaTd-house TO
be bucked and gagged, but bimeby an
order come down from headquarters TO
let up on Ike. One night he got out a
drum and beat the long roll, and we all
tumbled out and fell In. and the colonel
was the maddest man you ever see. and
ordered him to carry log for a week;
but an order came down from headquar-
tiers to let him go. Nobody understood
the cuss. / went a-fshing with him
wunst when he was a-laying down
there, and when he got back to camp he
was drunk. knowed he hadn't no
LIQUOR, and couldn't get II through me
what he wanted to be playing drunk for.
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hand. pard, and says: 'whatT
You're sweet scout, you are, he
says. TO be taken unawares like that.
Do you know meH
No says, all OF a shake.
You don't2 Now, try hard, and see
"A9d | looked at him. ,paTd, and I'm
Pick up that kittle and be right
here at taps tonight. It's going to
rain. You can get back through their
lines
IT were so dumfopnded. .pard. that
that ! were all there, and at taps !
went there and Ike were, there and
tell him III be over in less than a
week and he give me big wallop,
and tell him, that Adams has, been
caught and tried on a drumhead, and
back as soon as you can
well, pard, l scooted through their
lines again, and when ! struck our
pickets told the captain OF the guard
quarters right away, and he. took Il in
and sent me with some cavalry, and we
just went a-bllin' and we knocked the
old man up; lie sent out for me and
went in and saluted him, and he ripped
open that ther wallop, and in II were
as pooty map as you ever see OF
all the land about Fredericksburg and
says old Joe.
No. General says. but he told
me TO tell you, that Adams were caught.
And the old man says with a smoker:
And yct you say. Sergeant, there is no
verbal messager
Certainly not / says, only that
there wallop'
How was Adams caught2
Il don't know ! says.
Well, well, well. I'm sorry to hear
II. Why would he take that boy with
him? DO you RETURN
Right away. SIR
Good luck to you, Is there an officer
with that cavalry outsider
Ives, General
Send him in here
And | went out and called him In.
pard, and he saluted Old Joe and Old Joe
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CIVIL RIGHTS IN ILLINOIS.
Suits Against n Druggist Lost by
COlOred Men.

BLOOMINGTON. ILL.,. Sept. 14-Judge
Upton. Of the Circuit Court, has rem
dered a decision respecting the legal
rights Of men engaged In business. In
July last two colored men applied to
II. H. Green, who keeps a soda fountain
In his drug store, for soda water. and
were refused on account of their color.
Each sued Green for $500 damage under
the statute of civil rights.
Judge Upton decided that they had no
cause for action; that the law prohibiting
keepers of hotels, restaurants, eating
houses, barber shops, public convey
ances, theatres and places of public &C
commodatlon and amusement from dis
eliminating between people on account
of color did not apply to druggist or
one keeping a soda fountain; and that
1t did not apply to merchants dealing in
dry goods, groceries, &c. nor profess
sional men. and that they might choose
the persons with whom they wished to
do business. The case will be appealed
to the Supreme Court.
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noticed me They brought the boy out in
a cart and a hollow square was formed.
and the provost marshal went to reading
the sentence and the iittie cuss were
and he prayed with the chaplain.
limped up close to Ike and he were
a-breathing hard. but he never looked at
me; he were Just a-keeplng his eye on
ready Ike left the ranks, marched up to
the provost marshal. saluted him, and
Whispered in his ear ,. r,o.,
What" says the Lieutenant. HOW
do you know THAR
1--WE known it long time says Ike.
well, pard, you never see such a
whispering and talking among oticers.
up and the kurnel of our regiment said
he'd assume the authority to suspend
the proceedings till he could write TO
headquarters, and the regiment marched
back to camp, and after taps that night
Ike come for me and says Come, sarge
we've got TO get away from here to-
night, IT, ,,Ido,r..vs
NO, / says. I amt a-going till I
try to git Adams out OF his scrape,'
Ded Is an veil Tshw ". ar SnG az w sss
now. but better people never lived.
When they find out what l dropped in
that Lieutenant's ear Adams Will be re-
That may be all hunky, says.
but don't leave here till l know IT,
"'You leave with me tonight. Not
another word. When we arrive at Gen.
Hooker's headquarters III tell you
what's what. Besides, ! have their
countersiRn. and We can cross without
trouble. We will both be suspected to-
morrow and arrested. Trust me, I'd lay
my life down for Adams as willingly as
you would yours. but 'twould be use
less sacrifice now. He's as safe now as
he could be in our lines, I'll trust him
to the inherent nobility Of these gallant
Southern people
We'll, Pard, what could dor Ike
he were game and would err died for
the boy, SO l told him I'd go. We got
their lines all right, and when
weEe glad enough to see Us and give US
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says to him: Lieutenant, put this man
at the Ford as quickly as you can; never
mind the horses. And then he says to
in less than a week. and we went a-bil-
ing for the Ford again, pard, and / got
back to Charlottesville afore daybreak
the wust tired man you ever see; Ike
hung around the cookshed. but didn't
say blamed word 10 me that, day, but
at night, after taps, he came down.
"He were affecting mighty blue. ! tell
you. about little Adams, and he told me
they had been working together ever
ding head, pard, when he were a-telling
me, to think that didn't know till then
that they was couple OF scouts. ana
see through Ikes playing crazy. You
see he didn't want our men TO know
what duty he were on. l asked him
how Adams were caught and he told
me that he said something kinder care
less one day and that told on him. He
weren't TO be hung for three or four
days, and Ike were mighty busy a-think-
ing about II, and you kin just bet that
there long head OF his'n were a-hatching
Tits a bad business, l says.
Indeed i is says Ike. but he isn't
hanged yet
"'Where is he|
Just over here. about two miles, un-
Can't we do for the guard?
Nonsense. That won't do. There
are too many Of EN-
Nobody smells you, says.
Lord, no. he says. why, I'm n ia
yoTite with our captain here
How long have you been OVER
Ever since the month after Freder-
icksburg came UP from Richmond
with the last detachment OF recruits, he
thinks.
~" I bet yer says. Adams sent for a
chaplain,
Certainly he says. He did that
right away, Don't you ever speak to me
IN the daytime
IAN right says.
when the day came around for little
Adams 10 swing our regiment fell In and
marched over and hobbled along to see
IL. / kinder felt that something were
a-going to happen, and i watched Ike In
the ranks with his muskit, but he never
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Six Little TailorS

g. The man who says he never heard of
1.-THE Six Little Tailors" confesses him
self to be an ignoramus of the first
water. The famous Jacobs Bros, who
have two establishments In this city,
one at 229 Broadway and the other at
l52 and 154 Bowery. have met with such
success that lately they branched out
and established stores in Philadelphia
and Boston. They have been amply re-
paid for their enterprise by the grand
success they have attained In their new
fields. There are really no tailors in the
fine custom line that can compete with
this firm. They buy all their goods
direct from the manufacturers, they dis
count all their bills, they manufacture
all their own stock, and by these as well
as other good business methods they
save their customers a neat sum of
money. Their idea of business is ex-
pressed by Large business and small
percentage" They are now making to
order fine suits from SIS upward. over
coats from SIS upward full-dress suits
for $50 and trousers from 81 upward.
These are all Of the finest goods from
the best-known American and foreign
manufacturers, and are strictly pure
wool and fast colors. Any caller at
either of their establishments Is sure Of
courteous treatment. -
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BIG GANG OF BURGLARS.
Sixteen Out of Twenty-three Men,
hers Under Arrest in Chicago.


(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO. Sept. lin the arrest last
night Of Harry Hirtley and George Hux-
ton, who were caught robbing a house
on Langley avenue, the police unearthed
another gang OF burglars. Through the
confession Of Huxton, 1t was found that
the gang had operated on an extensive
scale. the district included in their oper-
ations extending from Evanston to the
Indiana State line, and from the lake
to the western city limits. Acting
upon Huxton's information the police
raided an opium joint on State street
and arrested fourteen of the gang there,
including two women and two China
men.
There are twenty-three members in the
gang, and the police expect to bag the
rest to-day. From the joint the police
carried to the station four patrol wagons
loaded with various kinds OF stolen
goods. This is not all, however, as the
police expect to get several more wagon
loads OF goods stored at other places.
The scheme of the gang was to
thoroughly ransack all houses which
they, found temporarily left unprotected
by their owners
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maybe It were the next night. I amt
dead sure which. l sits up at old mans
headquarters, and / just squeezed that
there map into my head, and the next
day / goes to Gen. Patrick and gets a
Johnnie pris'-ner, and I swopped clothes
with him. and then l got the Generals
barber to shave me. and when he were
done / hardly knowed myself l were so
changed, The next night l went away
up the river and crossed at a ford but
coulIn't git the countersign and / had
ter era, II through their pickets.
1T was mighty ticklish. ! tell you.
pard, but II " -ra a-rainlng. and got
through all right, and l were covered
with mud, and In the morning were the
dirtiest cuss you ever see. The next day
got TO Chancellorsvile. and sure
enough the brigade of Johnnies were
there and | made out 1 were lame and
hobbled right into camp. were such
a sick-lookng cuss they made lots of
fun OF me. and one OF their officers asked
me where l come from.
I come up from the Jeemes through
Richmond on the keyyars, and l wanter
list. kase tbs conscripters are after
we'uns, but they lowed at Frederlcks-
burg I'm too lame. / can't tote a muskit,
but had TO cook for daddy when
nanny died, and was right smart OF
a cook. too l says.
"'You'Te sure you can cook?' he
:" I was just a-gwine to ak you-uns
to let me cook
"wen' he says, ~ you choose TO
cook for this company. you can
And l were all right. pard. They
all took fancy to me and treated me
| first-rate, and ! cooked pones for 'em,
and got along all right.
were busy about the cook-shed all
alone. one q their men come in and
II dropped the kittle ! had, In my
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"And then we had a drummer named
Adams. the pootiest boy you ever see.
He arn't more'n about fifteen, and
everybody liked him, He was as tender
as a gal, and wouldn't listen to any
hard yarns, and he always tended SER
vice when the chaplain preached. and
he ulster say his prayers every night at
tars. l amt much on religion myself.
pard, but 1t don't do nobody no harm.
ulster list love that there boy. and he
were mighty thick with Crazy Ike all
the time.
Along about in March, '63, Old Joe
sent for me TO report down to his head
quarters one day. and l went down
there. and he were mighty glad TO see
me. He asked me about my being cap
tured and tried when i was over there
afore, and told him all about It, and
he said he wanted a good man to go
over there again, but he wouldn't ask
me TO go. because they might know me.
tell you, pard, / didn't want to go; l
was afeared he'd see / were afeared.
and says to him: General. I'm ago
ing
He told me had better not. but I
stuck 20 going. and he got out a map
and told me l could take that along
but you kin list bet your boots that I
didn't want that there map about my
clothes. so he sent his orderly out for
one of his young ingineer ofticers-it
weren't Warren, pard, but he were an
ingineer-and he showed me how the
Rappahannock and the Rspidan run and
where Charlottesville were. and Old
81. IL
OF Johnnies a-laying round Chancellors-
Vile. and he wanted me to hang around
there for few days, and ia md some
thing to bring him afore knowed Il.
well. that night. ! think Il were. or
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TO ABATE SMOKE NUISANCE.
Natural Gas and Hard Coal to BE
Used in Chicago Schools.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE greatest VIC
tory yet achieved by the city smoke
department was won yesterday, when
the contracts for fuel for the city
schools were let by the business depart
ment of the Board OF Education. Con-
tracts were entered into for natural gas
to be used as fuel in sixteen of the
largest schools In the city in the resi-
dence districts.
For nearly half OF the other schools
contracts were signed for hard coal.
The remaining schools, except a very few
In the outskirts of the city, VIII be
supplied with West Virginia smokeless
soft coal.
This is a result of the efforts of the
city smoke department to abate the
smoke nuisance, and means total abo-
lition OF the nuisance in all the schools
in the residence portion of the city, and
practically q total abandonment In the
entire city.