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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-09-24
West rankin.

THE BUTLER REUNION.
The Butler reunion was held on Butler 5
Point, Friday. Sept. Il. The day was
pleasant, much III contrast with the day
before which was the day appointed for
the reunion. Quite early people began 10
gather and at noon there were more But
ler's on Buffers Point than at any one
time before. There were 800 people pres :
ent. \ table 112 feet long was loaded
with provisions and 40 were seated at
one time
After dinner Miss Grace Butler enter
tanned the company with some recits-
tlons. This was followed by remarks OF
historical character OF the Butler " hose
surname WAS Moses" by Rev. G. y.
Avery. In the course OF his remarks, Mr..
Avery said: ~ this man had lived in
the days OF Henry Ward Beecher and had
taken his advice, prooa bly, he would have
gone West instead OF coming East We
do not blame the elder for attributing
a many good sayings as possible to that
eminent preacher, but wasn't It Horace
Greeley who said go West, young man,
90 Vest"
Immediately following Mr. Avery's
remarks officers were elected for the en-
suing year, a. follows Ambrose Butter,
president; Freeman Butler, George " .
Butler, James K. Butler, vice presidents :;
Ivory Butler, secretary and treasurer;
Wilson Butler, Helen Butler Charles Z.
Butler, Wayland West, assistant secre-
taries.
The Oldest Butler present WAS Ambrose
Butler, about rs; the youngest, Gladys V.
Butter, aged seven months. 1t is hoped
that the next reunion will be held at the
same place, as it is very pretty, and the
most appropriate place for the occasion.
Sept. l.. CHEER.
West Brooks,ille.
Myron Ssrnum will leave for New Lon
don next Thursday to join his steamer.
George o. Grindle, who recently sold
his place to DR.. Stewart, will settle in
Prospect.
Barker Blodgett has sold his yacht, the
"San Jscinto," to Bucksport parties.
Miss Loi. Wescott went to Brewer last
Friday where she has engaged to teach.
Miss Laura H. Jones, who is teaching
at Penobscot, rode home from there on
her wheel last Friday, making excellent
time.
Mrs. Levi Narnum, OF Long Island Zig bit
station, is visiting her mot her, Mrs Sarah
l.. Douglass.
Charles Davis, who has been sailing out
of Portland, is al home on the sick list
Mrs. Clara Str5ut and daughter Louise
Will not go to Portland to reside as she
intended but will remain here this win
ter.
DR.. F. l. Smiths family, who have
passed twelve weeks at "Grsssmere
Lodge, Will return to their home in
Bangor to-day.
Capt. Melville Lord will take command
OF schooner Nellie Clapp," (the vessel
whose masts are on hinges, now load
ing slaves at North Brooksville for
Rockland.
Sept. u. Johnson.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-09-24

How is Your Liver? DR.. Hobbs Little Liver
Pills act promptly, yet gently, and will make
you as good as new. For sale In Ellsworth by
5. d. WIGGIS. druggist-Adut.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-09-24

West Trenton.
Nathan II. Leland, OF West Trenton,
has been granted increased pension.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-29

ter of an instrument are the names
Of all parties thereto-bOth of
grantOrs and of grantees-if in
/ first party index. or reversed if in
second party index; date Of exc
cutiOn, liber, folio and date of rec
ord; the number or numbers of
/ Royal Patent or Award, if shown,
and its location by name of land
if so knOwn-with district and isl
and wherein situated also given.
BY these several means of iden-
tity it is quite unnecessary for
any person, knowing what they
are searching for, to call for the
wrong record.
This gives but a brief outline of
the work which has just been
completed, and, one in which Mr..
Thrum and his assistants natural
" take considerable satisfaction
from the relief which it affords to
the search work of the Off :oe.
The registrar, in "sighing for
other worlds to conquer" has been
looking into the possibilities Of
putting this whole series into a
printed set, rearranged in dictiOn
AIRY style. but the expense, for so
limited a field, has frightened him
from such hopes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-29
BY AUTHORITY.

THURSDAY, June 18th, 1896. being
the commemOration of the birthday OF
KAMEHAMEHA l., will be observed
as a Public Holiday, and all Govern
ment Offices throughout the Republic
will be closed on that day.
J. A. KING,
Minister of the Interior.
Interior Office, May 9th, 1896.
4314-3t 1763-3t
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04
PLENTY OF WORK TO DO.
The House Calendar Is Well Filled.
Tariff Has the Right of Way.

The House Calendar Is Well Filled.
Tariff Has the Right of Way.
WASHINGTON, Dec. lit is not
probable that the house at the coming
session of congress, which begins Mon
day next. can dispose Of much OF the
proposed legislation which cucumber
it's calendars. Little is usually accom-
plished at the short session beyond the
passage of the regular supply bills,
Still the house with its instrumental
ties for the expedition Of business can
accomplish great deal in a brief time.
The question Of legislation for addi-
>tional revenues for the government
will depend OH the senate, to which
body the house sent the Dingiey bill
almost year ago. Should it be i'm
possible or be deemed inexpedient to
press that measure through the senate,
there is, of course, a possibility that the
proposal
To Increase the Revenues
bys an,additional taxson beer or the i1rf-
position of duty ON tea,> coffee, etc.,
may take tangible form, and, if SO,
such legislation must originate, under
the constitution, in the lower branch of
congress.
There are OH the several calendars of
the house ,465 bills reported from the
various committees, and the proportion
which will pass at the coming session
must be, necessarily, intinitesimal. The
powers lodged in the hands of the COM
mittee OH rules, which give the mem.
bers of that committee control of the
house programme. will make that COM
mittee the practical arbiter of what
shall be submitted to the house for its
action. The bill which in many re-
spects is fraught this time with most
interest, and which will
Press Hardest for Cons dcration.
is the Pacific railroad funding bill. The
bonds guaranteed by the government
are payable early in the coming year
and either an extension or a foreclosure
stares the roads in the face.
For eight years funding bills have
occupied good share of the attention
of congress- The present bill, of which
MIR. Powers of Virginia is the author
was reported shortly before the close OF
the last session Everything will bt
done by those interested in it to secure
consideration. The friends Of the
Nicaragua canal are also bending every
energy to secure action OH the bill re
ported by Mr.. Doolittle, which pro
vides for guarantee by the United
States of 500, ,OOO, 600 of bonds for th'
construction of the'Canal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04
NO WRIT OF ERROR
Supreme Court Dismissed the
Proceedings in the Chap
man Case.
This COmpels Him to Serve His
Sentence, Technically at
Least.
Habeas Corpus Proceedings to
Test the Constitutionality
of the Act.

WASHINGTON, Dec. THE supreme
court has dismissed the writ of error in
the case of Elverton B. Chapman, the
New York broker, charged with violat-
ing the statutes in refusing to answer
questions put by the senate sugar trust
investigation committee two years ago.
This makes it necessary for Chapman
to serve his sentence, at least techni-
cally. He will doubtless be promptly
surrendered by his bondsmen and the
case again carried to the supreme court
on habeas corpus proceedings to test the
constitutionality of the act on which
the prosecution is based.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04
MANY LOSE THEIR HOMES.

Decision by Secretary Francis Affecting
Part Of Juneau, Alaska.
PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, Dec. l.
The steamer Alki, just arrived from
Alaska, brought news of considerable
excitement at Juneau as result of a
decision by the government that will
result in the loss of a great many homes
and considerable property in the best
part of the city. The decision referred
to is one that has just been rendered by
Secretary of the Interior Francis, and it
gives to Mrs. Goldstein little over &c
acres of land in the town Of juneau,
on which her husband fled in her
name as a mining claim. 1t rs said
that at present prices for property in
juneau, the Goldstein claim of &C
acres is worth from $500, GOO to 81 ,0OO,.
600, most Of it being property held by
those who will find it to their advan'
tage to pay round sum per month
rental to their new landlord rather
than give up their places.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04
POWER FROM RAT PORTAGE
1t will BE Conveyed to Winnipeg by
Wire--Cattle Feeding scheme.

WI conveyed TO winnipeg by
Wire--Cattle Feeding Scheme.
{ WINNIPEG. Dec. IA syndicate Of
Canadian capitalists has under way an
ambitious project at Rat Portage. An
immense power dam has been erected
at u point where the Lake of the Woods
enters Winnipeg river, and this is in
tended to furnish power for number
of industries. The first move will be
to supply electric power to the mills
and factories in this city, which is ll0
miles west of Rat Portage i'll All air line
Another feature Of the scheme is to
erect large cattle feeding stables and
slaughter houses at Rat Portage. Cat
tie will be taken from the Western
ranches, fattened by refuse from the
mills, and then slaughtered and dressed
and the meat shipped to the old coun.
try markets. The Dominion govern.
ment will probably give this part of the
scheme material encouragement. The
Canadian Pacific Railway company il
also showing friendly interest in it.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04
JAPAN'S NL,,5.nH
1t Does Not Lie in the Direr,
ton of Control Over
Korea.
Ambitious, However, For Com
mercial and Agricultural
Supremacy.
American Influence at Present
UppermoSt at Seoul -Irwin's
Statements.

SAY Francisco, Dee. III. W. r.
win. who has been III Japan for 80
years aud has represented the Hawaiian
government there, first as consul and
afterwards rs minister during the
greater part of that time, arrived from
the Orient Oh the steamer Doric. He
said:
THE statement that Russia has es-
sablished suZerainty over Korea is
not correct, although the fact that the
king is housed in the Russian legation,
might lend credence to that impression.
Japan's ambition does not extend to
Korea. American influence is upper
most in the kingdom, and am credi-
bly, informed that the king is acting
under the advice Of Americans. Min
lister Sill. the secretary of the Ameri-
can legation and missionary by the
name of Underwood.
Ambition Is Industrial.
Irwin says that Japan's whole ambi-
'tion is now commercial and agricultural
advancement. The government is en-
couraging the construction, operation
and maintenance of railways and
steamship lines and ,manufactnring i'm
dustries. He declares, however, that q
false impression has been gained of the
extent and importance of the steamship
subsidies recently offered.>
The subsidies offered" he said, "are
entirely inadequate for the purpose of
maintaining powerful line of ocean
steamships. The Nippon Yusen Kaia-
sha, which has undertaken to run line
of steamships to Tacoma, will think
better of the project when two
or three years have passed, and
the company headed by S. Asano
will, i'll my honest opinion, never mate
rialize. Asano's undertaking is largely
q myth.
Transsberian Railway.
Just now the transsiberian railway
is attracting considerable attention III
the Orient. l believe that i'll three
years the transsiberian railway will
be completed to Vladivostock, and to a
port Oh the Yangtse river, probably
Hankow. 1t stands 10 reason that the
road will tap China if it wants to get
DuslHeSs. 1tS teTHllilus VIII hot NC al
open port in Corea. 1t will be port on
the Yangtse river. thetea market of the
world Russia will build from the Mon
golian frontier to Pekin with French
capital, and China will build from
Pekin TO HankOw, or some point neal
by Oh the river with British capital
That is the present fixed programme
and Lii Hung Chang will see it carried
out if he hives Il few years. He said u!
much when III England. China's par
of the programme can only be cOnsum
mated by doubling her customs duties
She is now taking steps toward the &C
complishment of that
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04
FORMIDABLE REVOLUTION.
News From Buenos Ayr-s of the Defeat
Of Troops by Rebels.

News From BuenOs Ayres of the Defeat
Of Troops by Rebels.
New YORK. Dee. IA dispatch to
The Herald from Buenos Ayres says:
The revolution is assuming alarming
proportions. The federal troops have
met with disaster ut the hands of the
insurrectionists, who crossed the Bra
z!lian border into Uruguay.
President Borda has received dis
patch from Cerro Largo, near the Bra.
ziian frontier. which says that Cen
eral Muniz, the Uruguayan copmander
who pursued Saraiva, overlook the lat
ter and was defeated in battle which
followed. General Muniz is reported
to have been taken prisoner. His
son, who was captured on the frontier
some days ago, is dead. 1t snot known
whether he was killed by the orders OF
Saraiva, as his body was found by IA
party making reconnOis; nee near Villa
de Cerro Largo The ruins or Il house
which had been burned by the rebels.
The body was ch:,rrcd, but it was rec
ognized as that aof young Segundo
MuniZ
President Hordas' report also state,
that before General Muuiz net Saraiva
in battle, the latter sent message tC
the Uruguayan general, saying that il
he were not pursued further toward the
border, General Muniz' son should bt
released, otherwise he would be killed
General Muniz replied that his duty tt
his country was sbove his love as {
father.
Genel al Cumefeds-do Saraiva was thu
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04
FULL OF HONORS.
VIII am Steinway, the Piano Manufac-
turer. Dies at New York.

william steinway, the Piano Manufac-
turer. Dies at New York.
New YORK, Dec. William Stein
way, the piano manufacturer, died at
his residence in this city. Death was
due to typhoid fever. Mr.. Stenway,
who has not been in good health for a
year past, was taken iii with typhoid
fever about four weeks ago. He was
thought to be progressing toward re-
covery until Sunday morning, when he
suffered a relapse,
Mr.. Steinway was born near Bruns-
wick, Germany, in 1886 His father
was piano manufacturer and in 1850
removed to New York to engage in
this business, which later grew to in.
mense proportions, and of which Will.
lam Steinway was the head for many
years before his death.
Mr.. Steinway was an expert musician
and was member of large number
of societies. ...........s....
In 1857, after tie close Of the Paris
| exposition. William Steinway was
unanimously elected member of the
Royal Prussian Academy of Fine Arts
at Berlin, Germany. In the same year
the grand gold medal was bestowed
upon him by King Charles of Sweden.
He was also elected member of the
| Royal Academy of Art of Stockholm.
On June IL. 1892, Emperor William II
of Germany bestowed upon HIM the
Order Of the Eagle, third class, the
highest distinction ever conferred by
that country on a manufacturer. On
April l5, 1894, William Steinway was
elected honorary member of the Roya
italian Academy "of St. Cecilia, OF
Rome, the oldest and most renowned
academy of the old world.
Mr.. Stelnway was always active il
public affairs In 1871 he was an ac
tive member of the committee of 20 ap
pointed by the citizens of New York tt
prosecute the Tweed ring. In 1888 HI
was the member of the national Demo
cratic convention which nominated Mr.
Cleveland for the second time. Mr.
Steinway was also one Of the commi t
tee appointed to secure the worlds Co
lumbian fair for New York city.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04
City Of Kalama roo Burned.

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich, Dec. 1.-The
steamer City of Kalamazoo, owned by
the H. w. Williams Transfer company.
took fire ut 4 80 a. III. and is almost a
total loss Robert Van Ostrander of
this place and Joseph Land of Covert,
who were OH the boat, were overcome
by smoke and burned to death. Three
other men escaped without their cloth
ing. The origin of the fire is unknown.
There was good insurance on the
hOat
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04
Highest of all in Leavnipg Stengh-Latest Report
g! RsMas&7 RRskiH&
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

chief of the revolutionary party in Rio
Grande do Sui. Brazil, from April 1894.
until the end of the rebellion there
until the present time, little has been
heard of Saraiva. HIS surrender pr&c-
tically ended the hostllItles in RIO
Gr&nde do Sal, and he has since been
living in Uruguay
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04

Cases Against Onicers of the Leadvii!e
Miners Union Dism issed.
LEADvILLE, Coo. Dec. In the
district court the cases against the Of
fcers of the Miners union, charged
with being implicated in the murder of
Fireman Jerry O'Keefe, who askilled
during the attack OH the Coronado mine,
Sept "a last, were dismissed on motion
of the district attorney who said he mad
no evidence aga,nt them. The hearing
iii the case of Charles Bone and William
Rowe. charged with the O'Keefe mur.
der, was begun behind c.osed doors.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04
Fought Over an Unpaid Bill.

Boston, Dec. In the South Bos-
ton district H. II. Holmes shot w. H.
Jordan, proprietor of store, three
times, and the latter succeeded in cut
ting deep cash in Holmes throat be-
fore he fell to the floor exhausted, from
his own wounds. The trouble resulted
o-er an unpaid bill. 1t is believed both
men will die.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04
G.. 4. +. Enc, n,pinent Of OF &.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Dec. l.--Cieneral
u. : CIarkson of Omaha, commander.
in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, is i'll Buffalo. The visit of the
commander is i'll connection with the
preparations for the encampment Of
1897, which is to be held in this city.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04

London Tirnrs '"rr"-,"; dent Describe
tt the >lt ,ttinn ii ub;.


LONDON. De-. I.--Ihe Times corre-
spondent III Havana d%eils at length
upon Captain Gr!.rr.;! Weyler's failure
to cope with the rebellion. He adds ::
"It Is said THAT the present issue of
bank notes u to be withdrawn and u
new issue based on the value of silver
is to be sui st.tutcd tor SG0.000, 900, in
tended for TIE payment Of the troops.
As there Is no me.allic reserve it is safe
to predict that these notes will soon fall
to q purely nominal value
The Times says in an editorial on the
above: THE gloomy outlook in Cuba
makes it impossible to exclude the pos
sibility of some kind OF United States
intervention.
RailrO rd Superiu; endert Suicides.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Robert f.
Marshall, "a years old, superintendent
of the Altoona division of the Pennsyl-
wanna railway shot himself at his broth
er's house III Washington. Mr.. Marshall
was ore of the most valued young men
in the Pennsylvania service. For so.nt
time he suffered from acute nervous
troubles, resulting from overwork. His
wife died about year ago, and this
doubtless contributed TO the condition
which brought about his end.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04

BUTTE, Mon, Dec. 1.-The heaviest
sentence ever imposed III the state,
short of life, was given to William
Day, convicted Of murder i'll the second
degree. Judge Speer sentenced, him to
TO years III the penitentl"ry. Day is
now 40 years old.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
ENCOURAGING HOME MANUFAc-
TURES.


It is very likely that when the leg
Fislature meets there will be some Pc
titions in favor of granting bounties
to certain industries already estab-
lished and in contemplation. If any
such there be, it will be urged in favor
of them that what is asked is in the
interest of home manufactures, and
that they should be given encourage
ment
All home manufactures should be
given every encoura cement by the leg
islature and the people of the state.
The legislature should give them en-
enlargement, not by granting boun-
ties, but by making the taxes as light
as possible. Taxes will be compare
lively light when public expenditures
are reduced to minimum. Strict
economy in the administration of pub
lie affairs, state and municipal, is the
best encouragement to home manufac-
lures, for it means that they will not
be looked upcn as prey"
Only the other day we heard gem
tleman who is very largely interested
in various home enterprises. say that
the most discouraging thing to the
growth of the state, and the develop
ment of its resources, was the pros
pect that taxes of all kinds would be-
come so heavy that capital already
invested would find it very difficult
to earn a fair interest after paying
the taxes upon it. He considered from
per cent to per cent a fair return.
Incidentally it may be mentioned that
in politics the gentleman is a Repub-
lican.
If the fear expressed by this gen
tleman has any foundation, could there
be any greater folly than to increase
taxation (Which would be necessary
that bounties may be paid to encour-
age home manufactures? There is
no danger that a Democratic legisla-
ture will pursue any such foolish pol
icy.
The people can encourage home man
ufactures by patronizing them. There
is market here for many things that
ARE produced abroad that could be
produced here. It does not speak we'll
for Utah farmers and orchardists that
very large proportion of the dairy
and other farm products and fruits
that are consumed in this and other
cities comes from abroad. The market
is here and at the command of the
Utah producers if they choose to take
it. Personal get-up is worth infinitely
more than state aid to any and all
enterprises.