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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-26
BITS OF MAINE NEWS.

Congressman Boutelle is about to re-
turn to America with his family after n
summer In Europe He is expected to
sail on the next trip of the American liner
st. Louis, and with him will come Ad
miral Luce, of the navy, and Sir Alfred
Maloney, governor Of British Honduras.
: Captain stephen Lcavitt, the oldest cit'-
zen of Livermore Falls, attempted to
commit suicide, Thursday, by shooting
himself. At last accounts he was in n
very preoarlous condition, with slight
chances of recovery. The captain is nearly
90 years old and greatly respected in his
town.
Schooner J. p. Wyman, owned by John
G.. Moseley, Boston, from Sullivan, Me :,
for New York with paving stones, put
into Port Clyde, Me, Wednesday. leaking
badly, having sprung leak off Mt
Desert. She came very near sinking, She
Will mako necessary repairs at Port
Clyde
In the Waldo supreme court, Emerson,
j., presiding, Thursday, tho jury in the
case Of Albert S. Turner OF Montville, vs.
the town of Liberty, was out about half a
day They finally rendered verdict for
and Knox has been postponed until the
January term. Two more liquor cases
were settled, Thursday. f. G. Atwood, n
druggist at Winterport, paid $40, and
W. b. Twombly. hotel landlord at Unity
paid a similar amount. Between $4,000
and $4,000 has been paid this term.
The Bowdoin College boys thoroughly
enjoyed themselves, Thursday evening, by
settling fire to the dry leaves on the
campus, between Winthrop and Masss-
chusetts halls. The flames spread like
wildfre and it looked to some for a time
ms II q conflagration would occur. The
chapel bell was rupg loudly and the town
fire department arrived on the scene. The
fire iaddies We're somewhat chagrined, how
ever to find that the supposed conllagra-
ton was only hoax, the work of the col
iege boys after fun The fire. was quickly
extinguished, no damage resulting,
All the saloon keepers OF Bar Harbor
suddenly disappeared, Saturday night,
and up to Friday, none of them had re-
turned. Their disappearance was caused
by the report that a number of warrants
Of single sales of liquor were to be served
on them, Saturday afternoon. After their
semi-victory In the supreme court at Els
worth, recently, when their cases were
put over to the June term of court, they
We're under the impression that the en-.
forcement Of the liquor law would cease.
But In this they were mistaken: for the
agents Of the Law and Order League arr
working harder than ever to suppress the
liquor traffic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-26
GUILTY
Is Verdict Of Jury in the Or. Bradford Coun
terieiting Case.

New York, Oct. 25 The jury in the
case of DR.. Bradford, charged with having
Ia possession certain dies for counterfeit
ing purposes, found him guilty, this after
noon.
Bradford is alleged to be an accomplish
of Brockwsy, the notorious forger, and
member of the gang Of counterfeiters,
recently arrested in Jersey City. John
Nixon, jointly indicted and tried with
Bradford, was found not guilty aud was
discharged
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-26
COMMITTEES CHOSEN.
Universalist Convention at Meriden. c.
The Officers Elect.

Meriden, CT, Oct. 25.-After the ad
journment of the Universalists conven-
ton, this afternoon, the newly chosen board
of trustees elected the following officers
for the coming year:
President, j. D. W. Joy, Boston; secre
tary, Dr. G. l.. Demaresr, Manchester. n.
H.; treasurer, F. ". Wise, Boston
scholarship committee, Messrs. Sweetser,
Dcmarest, Adams. Peckham and Taylor
fellowship committee, Messrs. Gunnison,
Adams and Fowler; finance committee,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-26

Messrs. Joy. Taylor and Manning; ways
and means committee, Messrs. Dcmarest,
Joy aud Manning; missions committee,
Messrs. Rugg, Sweetser, Demarest, Peck
ham and Nash; auditing committee,
Messrs. Manning, Taylor and Fowler.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-26

James Chambers, limited corporation,
wholesale dealer in boots and shoes, 1896
Duane street, New York, went into the
hands Of a receiver, in proceedings for
voluntary dissolution. Liabilities, $50,
600; assets, $42S, 900.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13
BURDETTE's TWICE-TOLD TALE.
The Famous HumOrist Entertains a
Savannah Audience.

A large and appreciative audience lis
tened to Mr.. Robert J. Burdette at the
Guards hall last night in his lecture "A
Twice Told Tale or the Rise and FAN of
the Moustache," before the Savannah Ly-
ceum.
An untoward episode at the start was
the sudden and permanent retirement of
the electric lights just about the time the
curtain should have risen, If there had
been any curtain. After an annoying de-
lay of near a half hour, to which the au-
dience submitted with entire good ma
ture, the gas was finally lighted and Mr..
S. B. Adams briefly introduced the lee
turer.
Mr.. Burdette looks exactly like a hui
morist, that is on the standard suppo-
sition that a successful humortst Is US
ually liable by his appearance to be mis-
taken for an undertaken. He has a pleas
ing well moduated and also well con-
trolled voice, with ready and fluent de-
livery, with no sign of disagreeable rant
ing or affectation.
Properly speaking, is was not a lecture,
but merely a discourse upon the inter-
esting, but hitherto little understood sub,
1ect, the boy. Mr.. Burdette announced
that he had no new or original ideas lto
advance, and that he would make none
but commonplace remarks, saying only
such platitudes as all his audience had
heard for centuries or more. He traced
his subject, as well as he could keep up
with him, from irrepressible small-boy-
dom up through callow youth to young
manhood; courtship, of course, and mar
riage; doing so in a way which kept
his large audience in an almost continual
well-bred litter, with an occasional con-
ventional depression into the by-ways of
pathetic interlude.
There was No display of erudition no
attempt at furnishing what is called an
intellectual treat; but it is not likely
that any one expected anything of the
kind, and so nobody was disappointed.
People went to be entertained, not in
structed, and it is no exaggeration to
say that they were most agreeably en-
tertaned for an hour or two.
Mr. Burdette's talk was clear and very
amusing and held the attention of his
audience from first to last
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13
VISITING PASSENGER AGENTS.
kansas City's HustIers Spend a Day
in Savannah.

The railroad passenger agents of Kansas
City, on a tour of the south, spent yester-
day in Savannah. The party spent Mon
day at the exposition in Atlanta and ar
rived in the city yesterday morning via
the Southern and Plant system railways.
The party was in charge of Mr.. l.. A.
Bell, western passenger agent of the Plant
system at Chicago, to which place he had
recently been promoted from the agency
at Montgomery The following were with
the party: A. Hill, union passenger agent
at Kansas City; L. T. Banks, assistant
union agent; George II. Foote, city pas
senger and ticket agent of thea Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad; A. II.
Moffet, general southwestern passenger
agent of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific; H. N. Garland, western passenger
agent of the Wabash line; II. V. Luyster,
travelling passenger agent, Denver and
Rio GranGe railroad; James Carney, tray
cling passenger agent of the Wabash line;
c. w. Green, travelling passenger agent
of the Big -Four route; Charles l.. Sea
graves, passenger agent of the Santa Fe
route; b. +. Bowes, chief clerk general
passenger office, Kansas City, Fort Scott
and Memphis railroad; c.. H. DuXbury,
travelling passenger agent of the baltimore
and Ohio railroad.
The party arrived in the city at S:45 a.
m. and after breakfast at the De Soto,
was shown around the city by Mr.. Bell,
and was then taken out to Bonaventure
and Thunderbolt. At the latter place the
members of the party were Mr. Bells
guests at q fish dinner at Mrs. Bannons,
which they unanimously declared to ex-
cell anything in the epicurean line they
had ever experienced. They returned to
the city in the afternoon, and were taken
in carriages to the Ocean Steamship
wharves, where they went aboard the Ma
coochee and were warmly received by
Capt. Smith. They afterwards took a car
riage drive through the residence section
of the city.
Last night the passenger agents were
entertained at supper at the De Soto, ten
dered jointly by Traffic Passenger Mana
ger Wrenn of the Plant system, and Mr.
Powers of the De Soto. The party left at
midnight for Charleston, where they will
spend to-day, going from there to Angus
ia and thence to Chattanooga. The visi-
tors are a lively and enterprising lot. Sa-
vannah was new to nearly every member
of the party and they were enthusiastic in
their praises of the city.
The passenger agents have a great deal
to do with the direction of passenger traf-
fic, and their friendship is worth having.
They will not forget Savannah when they
return home.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13

ton one which only illustrates the others.
At one camp / found five convicts who
had been so severely panished that
though three or four weeks had elapsed,
the effects were still plainly visible on
my visit
Judging from the condition of these
convicts at the time of my visit, the pun
ishment must have been cruel, brutal,
savage, and barbarous. Many similar
cases came under my observation.
The deaths for the past twelve months,
SO far as could be ascertained, amounted
to tWenty-seyen, a rate more than double
the mortality in the state penitentiary.
These deaths were reported TO me by the
superintendent or lessee, from memory
only, there being no record kept from
which this data or any other could be
ascertained.
Escapes are very frequent, there having
been ninety-eight reported to me at the
camps visited during the past twelve
months, or more than Y per cent. of the
whole number confined therein.
J cannot close this report without COM
mending your eXcellency for endeaVoring
to procure some legislation which will
bring this system into order and regular
ty, properly punish the unfortunate Grim
inals, but at the time afford them protec-
ton and humane treatment. 1t is dis
grace to civilization that when most OF
the misdemeanor conVictS go from the
courts to the chain gangs, they are sold
bodily for the term of their sentence, Of
ten to private parties who are responsible
to none for their treatment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13
TO WAKE UP wHEELMEN.
SENATOR Morgan Says "a Few Things
for Their benefit.

Mr.. w. ]. Morgan, editor Of the Amer
lean Wheelmen of New York. spent yes
terday in the city, and paid the Morning
News Office a call. Mr.. Morgan is look
ing well, in fact so well that his friends
here hardly recognized him.
The Senator, as he is called. refereed
the first bicycle tournament at the wheel
mems track here, and has since manifest
ed a great deal of interest in the sport
here. He is now making a little tour of
the south before going to Atlanta to az
tend the banquet which President Arden
Coleman of the Western Wheel Works
is to give to the wheelmen of the country
at the Aragon Nov. 30. Mr. Coleman has
taken this manner of celebrating his 39th
birthday. He is said to be the youngest
ana the wealthiest bicycle manufacturer
In the country About 500 bicyclsts are
expected to attend the banquet, including
the majority, of the leading lights in the
bicycle world.
1t did not take Mr.. Morgan long to dis
cover that Savannah was in need of a
little missionary work to awaken inter-
est in the sport here. While the number
of bicyclists here is increasing every day.
there seems to be a lack of life in the
sport, for some unknown reason Mr.
Morgan doesn't understand why this is
so. He visited the track and found it in
1T is the only frst-class track in the
south, he said, "outSide of Louisville
and don't see what you people mean by
not making use of it. You should get to-
gether and have another meet. My idea
Is this. The wheelmens banquet in At
lanta Nov. 80 will be a big affair, and the
leading crack riders of the country will
be on hand. The exposition people are
placing the track on the grounds in shape
for racing on the occasion. / have sug-
gested to several of the leading wheelmen
here that you arrange a meet Immediate
ly following the Atlanta affair, and that
| you invite the wheelmen in attendance
upon the banquet to come to Savannah.
| With special rates on the railroads and
some inducements here, | have no doubt
/ but that you could secure the majority
/ of the crowd in attendance at the BAN
4 quet. 1t is a good opportunity and should
| be taken advantage of. Ii win bring a
| great many wheelmen to Savannah who
| have never been here before, and 1t will
| help to put some life in the sport here,
/ and to restore interest in the track No
! tice should be given a sufficient length
| of time beforehand so that the wheelmen
! who are arranging to go to Atlanta could
| include Savannah in their programme IS
| Mr.. Morgan leaves this morning for
| Jacksonville. Mr. George w. Hines, who
/ is well known in Savannah, is now with
! the Wheelman as assistant editor, which
post he has occupied for some time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13
ST. GATHERINGS LIGHT HOUSE.
The Contest Between the Govern
ment and MIR. Jacob Rauers.

The suit involving condemnation pro-
ceedings to secure certain land on St.
GATHERINGS Island for lighthouse pur-
poses by the United States against Mr..
Jacob Rauers, was taken up in the United
States court yesterday. and was argued
for the government by Mai. W. T. Gary.
district attorney, and for Mr.. Rauers by
Messrs. S. B. Adams and W. W. Gordon,
Jr. Judge Speer stated, at the conclusion
of the arguments, that he would take the
matter under advisement, and render his
decision this morning
The main point at issue in the case is
whether the action taken by congress
with regard to building lighthouse at
this point was sufficient to authorize the
Secretary of the Treasury TO institute
condemnation proceedings. The act of
congress of 1893. says. st. Catherine s
Sound light station, Georgia: For the
establishment of light station near the
entrance TO St. GATHERINGS Sound, Geor-
gia, twenty thousand dollars"
The general statute in the acts of 1883
providing for condemnation of land for
such purposes as are INDICATED, says
That in every case in which the Secre-
tary of the Treasury or any other officer
of the government has been, or hereaf-
ter shan be, authorized to procure real
estate for the erection of public build
ing, or for other public uses, he shall be
and hereby is, authorized TO acquire the
same for the United States by condemna-
tion under judicial process whenever in
his opinion, it is necessary or advan-
tageous for the government to do So.
The general plea of the defense is alb
sence of proper legislation. They claim
that the general law does not apply in the
absence of specific legislation, authorlz-
ing the lighthouse to be placed on private
property. In the absence of specific leg
slation, it IS held that the words used
in making the appropriation are not sur
ficient to confer this authority, the gen
eral law referred to being only applicable
to procuring real estate after the SPECIFIC
authority has been conferred, and that
further legislation is necessary before the
land can be condemned.
Mai. Gary held that the Secretary of the
Treasury, being authorized by law to eX-
pend this appropriation in order to erect
the buildings contemplated by the act,
| the appropriation carries with it the au-
| thority to expend the money in acquiring
| whatever is necessary to carry out the in
| tention~ of congress in making it. The
| acquiring of land being necessary to car
! rying out this intention, it is held by Maj.
| Gary that, under the general laws, the
| Secretary of the Treasury had the au-
| thority to acquire the necessary real es-
/ tate by condemnation proceedings.
Mr.. Rauers, it is understood, values
| the island highest, because of its entirety,
and has refused to take $2j0,000 for it, II
is said he would not care to sell an acre
or half an acre of it for less than he
would ask for the entire property.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13
MIR. PLANTS ENGINEERS.
A Conference with OmcIaIs of the
ROad on Wages.

hoHu On wages.
General Superintendent Durham and
the division superintendent of the Plant
system met a committee from the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at
Waycross this week to discuss a renewal
of the contract between the engineers
and the Plant system.
The committee representing the Plant
system was General Superintendent b.
Durham, superintendent of Motive
Power N. NJ. Rutherford, Division Su-
perintendents Gadsden of the C. and
s. railway, w. b. Denham, S. f. rail-
way, G.. w. Haines. b. and w. and s..
f. and W. railways. Master Mechanics
d. b. Overton of Brunswick, and w. II.
Young of Sanford.
The committee representing the engin-
GERS were VIII Futch, p. and w. railway
chairman; n. w. Cahill, s. f. and W.
railx ay; Hall. a: NJ; railway Donahue
S. F. railway; Haddock, +. S. railway
and w. Fl. Dickerson, A. NJ. railway
General Superintendent Durham said
that the scale of pay Of the old contract
was satisfactory TO the company, and
would continue at that rate. He did not
think it necessary to make a new con-
tract, as he had never made a written
contract with any of his employees. He
promised the committee that his deal
ings with the engineers and other en-
ployes of the system would always be
fair.
The scale of pay according to the old
contract with the engineers, and which
will be continued, is as follows.
Passenger service g cents a mile
Through freight trains, cents a mile
Local freight trains, al cents a mile
Twelve hours to constitute a days
work Overtime, 80 cents an hour.
Switch and roadway engineers, SO a
day.
Engineers acting as hostlers 81 a day
Overtime, 50 cents an hour Twelve
hours a days work.
Engineers deadheading after an engine
2 cents mile. For delivering same, 81
a day
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13
PIMLICo's FLYERS.
The Fields Not Large But the Favor
tics Hard 10 Picsk.

Baltimore, Nov. 12.-Favorable condi-
lions made the second days meeting of
the Saratoga Racing Association at Kim
leo very successful. The climatic con-
ditions were better; the crowd was larger
and the track faster than on the opening
day. The entries were not numerous, but
the winners were hard TO pick. But two
favortes rewarded their hackers De-
spite Simms' appearance on Lake Shore.
Hugh Penny. with Rein UP, carried most
OF the money. Lake Shore was not head
cd and won by half 4 dozen lengths. A
big plunge was made on Mile l. in the
first race on Forum in the fourth and on
Cuckoo in the fifth, but the money did
not go through. The second race was an
open event. Van Brunt, The Sage, Too
Much-J ohnson and Trinluco alternating
as favorites. Trinculo won easily. A sum
mary follows:
First Race-F'ive furlongs. Henrade
IFS, Murphy, to 5, won, with Beatrice
~ second, and Mildred d third. Time
1864
Second Race-Five furlongs. Trinculo,
40, Penn, 4 to l. won, with Van Brunt
second and Oily Cannon third. Time 1:0i.
Third Race-Hotel stafford handicap,
one mile. Lake Shore, III, Simms, to 5,
won, with Hugh Penny second and Little
Tom third Time LAM.
Fourth Race-Six furlongs- Defender,
los, Garrigan, 4 to l, won, King T. second
and Tomoka third. Time 1;l9A.
Fifth Race-Seyen furlongs. Leonawel
10. Murphy, to 5, won. with Cuckoo sec,
= - ---.-- 49, ~t'-1 Tns- T.ootA
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13
A RnnnMnx AcciGent.

Pembroke, Bryan County, Ca, Nov. r.
Yesterday afternoon horse belonging to
DR.. J. F. Warren, who was out riding with
his family, became frightened and ran
away The doctors wife and child were
rescued by Mr.. Thorn H. Adams, who
happened to be near by. Just as the doc
tor seemed to have the animal almost
stopped one rein broke. and the horse re-
gained the advantage and ran at full
speed. The doctor began pulling the rein
which he held, and turned the horse
against a tree. The horse fell to the
ground with his neck broken. The doctor
and his wife were unhurt, but their child
received a wound in one hip. The wound
is thought not to be a Serious one. The
doctors dental engine, which was in the
buggy, was broken to pieces.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13
COPELAND WANTS TO PAY UP.
But the County is Not Taking Fines
From Escaped COnvicts.

But the County Is NOT IHkIHS FIHes
From Escaped COnvicts.
Information has been received in this
city that Nose Copeland, who escaped
from the county cnaingaaS about month
ago, is around his place near Sycamore,
S. C.
The letter sents here with regard to it
states that Copeland wants to pay his
fine and desires to know what is the
smallest amount that will be accepted.
AS fines are not usually accepted from es-
capped convicts, except by due process OF
law, it is not likely that he will get out
of his trouble by paying it.
Copeland was sent to the chain gang
last summer for twelve months for cheat
ing and swindling, he having borrowed
about 500 from Messrs. Hunter Pearce
ana Battey on property in South Caro-
lima, part of which had been sold and the
rest mOrfgaEed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13
Chicago,s Fire MarshaI Here.

Chicago's fire marshal, Mr.. d. ]. Swee-
ME, is with the party which will
arrive this morning Chief Puder re-
ceved a postal card from Marshal
Sweenie yesterday, in reply to a query
from the chief as to whether he would
come to Savannah, in which he stated
that he would be here according to pro-
gramme Chief Puder will devote himself
to the entertainment of Marshal
Sweenie. and will see to 1t that he sees
what is worth seeing, whether it is on
the prOgramme or not.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13
THE POLICE BIG DAY.
They VIII Turn out in Their Bright
New Helmets.

The police will be out to-day for the
first time this winter with their blue
helmets. The sergeants will have their
new caps, which they will wear here
after in the place of helmets. The po-
lice will do double duty to-day on ac-
count of the presence of the Chicago Wis
itors in the city. The mounted detail
which will head the procession, will be
under command of Lieut. Reilly, who
after arrival at the parade ground, will
take charge of the entire force there.
The entire police force, with the eXcep-
ton of the members on regular duty on
the streets, will be placed on duty at
the parade ground The usual orders
to keep the crowd back to the sidewalk
will be enforced
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13

Detective Wetherhorn caught another
COW thief yesterday morning. His
name is Henry Williams, and he stole a
cow several nights ago from an old ne
gro by the name of Johnston. Detective
Wetherhorn went out in the country after
his man, and arrested him on a warrant
on which he had him turned over to the
TAIL at once.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria-
When she had Children, she gave them Castorias
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13

The county commissioners will hold
their regular monthly meeting this after
noon at 4 o'clock. There are no mat
ters of particular importance to be con-
sidered AS IL is Chicago day, the meet
ing viii probably be a short one.