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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-07

NO. l. 3-l6a4: No. 2, 3s-l6a7; No. 8. 4s4s-ie
No. 6. 9-l6; No. Z. SIS: No s
70; No: g. 80: No 10. 5-l6s
Is: off, a SIS Lilo; mould, 7-l6
standard, . lie a -;---- confectioners.
s 1-16; cut loaf, 3 1916 a-----; crushed
1915; powdered. 7-l6 a-grauulated. 3-le.
cnbes, , 1-l6.
.reights to Liverpool-quiet. nominal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-07
Gully geuaehtt Srnrnat.
City and County.

+. =. Page of Skowhegan, was in
the city. Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-07

F. c. Whitehouse of Brunswick, was
in Augusta, Monday.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
The Percentage of wronraoers

! crossed on one of the big Atlantic
liners lately with 500 other saloon pas.
seagers. They were naturally people
of intelligence and presumably of easy
circumstances. Yet Mt least half Of
those people were planning to rob ou1
government of money by contrivine
plans to avoid paying duties truly owed.
To do this all of them had to break oul
laws and in most cases had in addition
TO lie deliberately.
Many of them were planning to ac-
complish this theft by the bribery OF
the custom house inspectors, thus not
merely making themselves thieves, bu1
bribing other men to do wrong. III
this city a show you blocks so dense.
ly inhabited that they are an election
district themselves. Blocks in whict
twenty people live and sleep in a single
room year after year, where the birth
of a little life into the world means tina
all must eat less and be less warm. :
But | cannot find in the poores,
and vilest part of the city any block
where the percentage of liars and
thieves and bribe-givers is as large MS
was that among the tirst-class passen.
gers Of that floating palace. Each con.
dition of society has its own misdoings
and, l believe, varies little in the per.
ccntage Of wyongdoers to tho whole
Z. L. Ford.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
MOB CREMATEs A COUPLE
The Demons Burn Them Alive il
Their Home.
A Kentucky Rcyengc--Friends ard
Neighbours of n Wronged Hus-
band Commit IL Fiend-
ish Crime.

Lebanon, Ky, Dec. S0.-Within two
miles of this city Saturday night a re-
lantiess mob burned 10 death a pregnant
woman and riddled with bullets her
gray haired paramount. The blackened
and disfigured corpses of the victims,
Mrs. Thomas West and VIM. Deveres
We're found in the ruins of the oman's
home Sunday by the II year old daugf
ter of the murdered man. The tragedy
was one of the most brutal that ever
occurred under the gruesome sway OF
| dread Judge Lynch. Despite the plead
ings for her fathers life of a half clad
frightened child and the prayers and
tears of the ill and helpless woman
the mob went through with its work
The cold blooded. cruel. deliberate mer
only left when certain that both mar
n woman were dead.
The affair was the outgrowth of the
| story of a faithleSs wife and a Nengeful
husband. Several months ago, Deveres
| O middle aged widoWer, as ccused Sy
Thomas West, a prosperous farmer, OF
intimacy with Mrs. West. Quarrel fol
lowed quarrel throughout the fall, until
West instituted divorce proceedings
and declared Deveres must die. inc
men met in Lebanon. West snapped his
revolver. which missed fire, and Deveres
killed hirl on the spot. On the plea OF
self defense the murderer secured pali
n scandaiized the n%elshoorfoou ny
Immediately taking his two
IN moving into Vests house. The rel
| atives of the murdered husband swor
| vengeance and Saturday night it came,
Close to 10 O'Clock a band of men rode
nm tn tbew West homestead and demand
~, oa,a,.. ..r,or, w.sr is daad
- - :, ~ .,n,a.n,.,
w" - $500 -.
ealeo, anu DeNetes wv NN
aWoke 10 ma tAelr house sutiooiiuea.
Mrs, West rushed to a dafkeneu VIII
| dow and began a wild, hysterical plea
| for. mercy A dozen bullets answered
b., ,r,.. and the demands for immedi-
- ,,.a,a., ,..,aotad Devaras
~ 1900,
zoo asheo 'o' d iieailhs' d"s
was greeted WIN d shoWer VI sno's'
Well give you ten minute to open
up. Then you burn said the mob's
| leader. and his men quietly retired from
,ba door burried consultation was
10 ,,.,ao 49, ho,ea .,d tb.n wbita
- ,i+.,a ~, 90 No
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
Just Give Back what We Get.

4E7T-E-c -Eu e'eE-HY sHH-H LaNFagl
The presidents special message to-
congress yesterday was called out by
the depleted condition of the gold re-
serve, The need for this communication
was rendered the more urgent because
OF the added anxiety due to the excite
ment In the stock market.
The president calls attention to the
gravity of the situation. and asks that
congress do not adjourn for the holidays
until II a taken action looking to the
relief of the treasury in Its determine
tlon to continue gold payments. This
places squarely OH congress the neces-
sity for immediate action. The presi-
dent refrains from reiterating in detail
the legislation desired. He simply states
the need, leaving congress to apply what
remedy 1t sees fit.
II Is clear, however, what the presi-
dent wants. He would like radical leg
islation along the line of the recommen-
dation In his annual message for the re-
tirement of greenbacks. Failing in this,
he would like authority to issue gold
in place of coin" bonds. for
which the present law provides.
There seems to be no reason why the
latter request should not be granted at
once. Under present arrangements the
49, - ASao ~ ! i liS
president leaves no doubt of his inten-
ton to replenish 1t just as often as ne
ceSsfty shall require. 1t Is gold that Is
borrowed, and there is no injustice in
STIMULATING that gold shall be returned
when the time comes for payment. II
there is no doubt that it is the intention
to pay in gold, if hat metal Is demand
ed, why should there be any hesitation
whatever in making specific stipulation
to that effect? The issue Ia not one be-
tween bimetallism and recommendation.
The question is: Will congress give as
surance beyond doubt that the govern
ment win pay the bonds at maturity In
the metal Which by implication it con-
tracts to pay?
The failure of the last congress to
pass such a measure cost the country
SIG, zoo, 900. A like failure on the part Of
the present congress would add much
more to the embarrassment of the gov
ernment at this time and would tend
further to disturb the financial world.
The situation requires careful, harmoni-
Gus and patriotic action. The present
Is no time for trifiing or for PARTISAN
shin.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
Go be conxnuesl
EXPRESS THOUGHT BY WRESTLING.
Strange Language Common on Ono of the
Canary Islands.

A German officer who has spent some
time Oh Gomera Island, one of the Ca
naries. describes the whistling language
used by the in~habNunts, says IN ex-
change. 1t consists of the ordinary
speech of the natives, expressed by ar
ticulate whistling. Each syllable has
its own appropriate tone. The whis-
tier uses both fingers and lips, and it is
asserted that conversation can be kept
up at the distance of a mile. Whistling
is said to be confined to Gomera Island,
and to be quite unknown on the other
islands of the group. The adoption of
this mode OF carrying on conversation
is due to the geological formation of the
island, which is intersected by frequent
gullies and ~ravines. AS there are no
bridges across these ravines, inter-
course between n%elghbors is often diff
ticult. A MAJ living within a stoue's
throw of another may have to 90 many
miles around to make a call upon his
n%eighbor, and the inconvenience of in
tercourse led the people to cultivate
whistling as Il useful means Of conyers-
ing at Il distance.
The natives of the Cameroons, on the
west coast Of Africa, use what may be
called the drum language. For this
purpose a peculiarly shaped drum is
used. The surface OF the head is d.
vided into two unequal parts. In this
way the instrument is made to yieldtwo
distinct tones. BY varying the intervals
between the notes a complete code of
signals for every syllable in the Ian
guage is produced. All the natives UNI
derstand the code, and by means of it
messages eau be sent quickly from II
village to another. The drummer il
one village sends on TO the mex the sig
mails which he hears, and so on until the
message is delivered.
Another queer language is the finger
speech. as it may be called. of oriental
traders. 1t is largely employed on the
east coast of Africa. The parties en-
gagged in conversion by this method
clasp each Others hands beneath the ca
pacious sleeves worn in the cast. If
they are not wearing garments with
sleeves then one will unroll his
turban and under the folds of it they
will carry on the bargaining in which
they are engaged. The reason for
adopting this secret intercourse is sim
pie. In the east all business is trans
acted in the open air. The idle by
ISLANDERS have a good deal to say and
are free with advice. II would become
a great hindrance to trade We're it not
for such device to keep business nego-
tiations private.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04

~ fHnt.lE. r.
but as thought that seven thousand
i've hundred pounds was a sum of money
whioh.would probably turn his head aud
sorlng him to starvation in a year or two.
! told him that the W .0le amount was four
Thousand pounds. Therefore he is to have
two thousand pounds for his share. And
quite enough, too"
''Treachery on trsacheryl' said his wife.
"Fraud on fraud! Would to God" she
added with a sigh, that you had never
met This man!'
81 dare say 1t would have been better for
me, on the whole" he replied. But then,
my dear, n man | k myself is always
meeting people whom it would have been
better not to have met. Like will to like,
suppose. Given the active villain and
the passive co ,%senter, aud they are snre
to meet. Not that l throw stones at the
worthy doctor. Not at ALL"
We cannot, Harr,," said his wife.
We cannot, my dear. Bien entendu!
Well, Iris, there is no more to be said.
You know the situation completely. You
can back out of it If you please, and leave
me. Then l shall haveto begin all over
again q new conspiracy far more danger
GUS than the last. Well, l shall not drug
you down with me. That is my resolu-
ton. II it ONE to public degradation
but 1t shall not. Iris, l promise you one
thing" Fer once he looked as if he meant
it. death before d%ishonor. Death with
out your lame being mixed ut all, save
with pity for being the wife of such y
man."
Again he conquered her.
Harry" she said. n will CO."
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

By local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inf1amed CON
dition of the mucous lining of the Eusta-
chan T+lbe. When thist tube Is inf1amed
you a a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it Is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh.
which Is nothing but an inflamed condi-
ton of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars; free.
f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
EATEN BY %CANNIBALs.
Te--ible Fate of Three Americans
n the Gold Fields OF Sonora,

N..XiCn.
Deming, n. NJ, Dec, S%o.-John Martin.
an American prospector, who has just
returned after a years absence in this
gold fields of Sonora, Mexico, brings
news of a horrible story of cannibalism
which occurred in thai republic. Some
weeks ago a party of five Sadi Indians
a race closely allied to the Yaqui tribe.
driven to desperation by hunger. am.
pushed and killed three Americans
working in the gold fields in the state
of Sonora, about 800 miles south of Her.
mosillo and then cooked and ate the
bodies.
Friendly Yanquis reported the affair
to the authorities and after a pursuit OF
several weeks the perpetrators were
captured in their mountain home about
the first of December. They were taker
to Guaymas and thence to the City o,
Mexico, where they will be executed
The five cannibals We're seen by Martin
and he reports them as the lowest orde,
of the Indian race existing In the repub.
lie. They do not deny the crime but say
that they We're starving and killed and
ate the men to save themselves from
death.
The names Of the Americans are moi
known to the authorities, being a party
of p~rospectors who had been panning
gold in the Yaqui river for some months
before they We're killed. Every clew
which might have lead to their identity
was destroyed by the cannibals. The
Indians remained about the scene of this
crime for some days. eating and feasting
off the remains and took what remained
OF the cooked flesh to their homes in
the mountains, where they told thei,
story to friends, and an investigation
followed. proving It's truth. Mr.. Mar.
tin is a man who has resided here 70,
years. n his reputation is excellent,
SO his story cannot be doubted. Great
care was taken by the Mexican officials
to keep the horrible story a secret, and
the prisoners We're closely guarded and
no one allowed to communicate with
them while being taken to the City OF
| Mexico.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
Hundred Glasses of whisky a Pear

Americans are accounted o fairly
sober people in the hnrlyburly of ma
tons but the figures OF the internal rev.
enue commissioner for the last year are
enough to make a temperance crank
stagger without a drop of whisky or
beer.
We dirii::,ed last year 81, $40, S34 gal
Ions of liquor. not including l,43O,3 55
gallons of brandy. making in all S.
III, lS7 gallons of alcoholic spirits. Ex-
pert bartendcrs estimate sixtv-three
drinks to the gallon. Therefore there
were 5,604, O62, S9l drinks produced in
this country.
A conservative estimate Of how much
was imbibed across counters is about
81, 900, 900 gallons of whisky, brandy
and other distilled spirits, or in other
words we drank 5000, OO0, 900 glasses
of whisky, for which we paid over the
bar 5000, DOC, 900. OF 5000. 600 more
than all the annual appropriations OF
congress CON bined.
This represents a consumption of 100
glasses of whisky each year for every
man, woman and child between the
rock-bound Pacific and the s~torm-tossed
Atlantic, or, counting only the male
adults, 500 glasses per week each.
OF beer the figures are equally aston
ishing. The consumption was 81. 962.-
943 barrels; that is IL, 7s5, 1863, 200
glasses, representing the expenditure
for this mode of Teutonic hilarity of
$6l7. 25S, 400, II about 10 cents for each
inhabitant.
In the neighborhood of 22o glasses
are charged up in this calculation
against each of us u Il annual allow
ance Therefore, if we do not average
our daily glass we may be sure that our
neighbors are getting the benefit of our
abstinence.
By estimating this years internal
revenue receipts from spirits on the
basis of last years product with the in
creased tax of sl.1O per gallon the in
ternal revenue receipts will be $97.-
gu, 9O5.-dtlahta Constitution.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
Let the Jew-Baiter Talk.

Omaha Bee.
When the bell in Independence hall
proclaimed liberty throughout the land
and unto all the Inhabitants thereof 1t
sounded the death knell of intolerance
in the American republic The right Of
all men to worship according to the die
tates of their own consciences was am
bedded in the constitution, together
with the guaranty of the freedom Of
speech n the freedom of of the press.
These sacred rights We're accorded not
only to American citizens, but to men OF
all creeds and all nations who may hap
pen to be on American soil. The high
est attribute of American citizenship is
the duty to defend m uphold these car
dinal principles of liberty and no man is
worthy of American citizenship who
would deny to any man, however Often
sive, the right to discuss in public any
question so long as such discussion does
not disturb the peace or tend to incite
lawlessness.
The arrival in the United States of
Herr Ahlwardt, the leader of the anti
Semitic party in Germany, with the an
tnounced purpose Of stimulating Jew
batting in America naturally In
tense feeling among the Jews OF this
country. 1t was very unfortunate, how
ever, that this indignation should have
taken the form of violence against the
obnoxious agitator. Instead of rebukina
the spirit of intolerance which Herr Ahl-
wardt was trying to transplant into this
country the men who sought to prevent
him from speaking We're themselves
making an exhibition of intolerance nc
less r~eprehensible than hat against
which they We're protesting. The true
American spirit should hav prompted
American Jews to let the Jewbaiter talk
without let or hindrance. Nothing would
have done so much to break down
whatever prejudice Herr Ahlwardt and
men Of his stamp may seek to excite as
to have given him every opportunity tc
vent his spleen and demonstrate the
folly of his malignant mission.
Let Ahlwardt understand that In q
land OF freedom he may enjoy the
widest liberty of speech, but will FIND
that creed hatreds and race distinctions
have no chance for gaining a foothold.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04

are certain not to be known. You can
dye yonr hair and grow q beard to make
sure. Let US go away from every place
and person that may remind us of the past.
Ferhaps, III time, we may recover some
the old self-respect."
There was going to be trouble, how
ever, and tifat of u kind little expected,
impossible to be guarded against. And il
would be trouble caused by her own act
and deed.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
"The Melancholy Days Have Com

1.-THE Melancholy Days Have Como
The saddest of the year." not when au-
UNI has arrived, as Poet Bryant init
mates, but when a fellow gets bilious.
The "sere and yellow leaf is In his COM
plexion If not in the foliage at that in
suspicious time. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters will soon discipline his rebel
lious liver, and regulate his bowels, be-
sides toning his stomach and healthful-
ly stimulating his kidneys. Malaria.
rheumatism and nervousness are also
relieuaH hr fha Rittars
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
Their Identity.
TAn- nnalk

From Puck.
Mrs. Greenshaw docking up from her
newspaper)-I have just been reading
that a good many people in Washington
have been robbed lately by ~highwaymen
in the parks around the capitol.
Farmer Grennhaw "a populis0-Yes;
golfry it! Them old party congressman
are gettin' greedier and holder all the
time
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
pntriarchs Nrilitnnt

Iowa Falls. Ia, Dec. GA new canton
,of the Patriarchs Militant has just been
organized in this city and starts off with
a membership of about twenty. The
new lodge. which is the uniformed d.
yisie:a Of the odd Fellows. is otflcered as
follows: Captain and commandment, s..
p. Smith: lieutenant, w. L. Carter;
clerk, II. A. F'eist; ensign, I. f. Beck;
accountant, C. Fl. Canaan.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
Municipal Ownership.

Bingalnpton Herald.
The following figures. compiled by
Prof. Parsons and published in the
Arena. are interesting. They show the
cost, in a number OF cities. Of an electric
lamp for n e a before municipal
ownership and after.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
Asking for Information.

From Truth.
Wife-A letter in a square envelope.
marked private. came for you this morn
ing.
from?
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
INDIAN AND
Astonished Red Men See New Value
in a Yellow Cur.

.. 81 3 GilpN SuF. .Ha.HH
Fort Sill Letter in Buffalo EXPRESS.
Nothing so completely mystifies an
Indian said Captain Particle, at the
Officers club recently, las to witness
the operations of some itinerant sleieht
of hand performer. many of whom find
their way into the sparsely settled por-
lions Of the northwest, where they are
always sure to reap a good harvest.
Prof. McAllister, the magician, once Wis
tied a camp of River Crows on the yell
lowstone, and, after extracting various
packs of cards and other articles from
the ears, necks, noses and garments Of
the astonished Indians, was invited to S
big feast of roast dog and other delica-
cies. Chief Two Belly was so impressed
by the great medicine powers Of the pro-
fessor that he took him to his wigwam,
introducing him to his daughter, Miss
Wicista-Neeta (meaning Wild Cat and
offered her for a wife at the low price Of
two ponies. The feast and daughter
We're both declined, but as McAliister
was leaving the tepse he spied a lean,
yellow cur. He asked Chief Two Belly
how much he would take for the dog, at
the same time stroking the brute down
the back to his tail length, and each
time taking a handful of money from
the end of his tail.
Him very valuable dog said Nc
Allister. picking a coin out of the dogs
eye and another out of his nose. Two
ponies for him. chief
The Indians, with eye as big as saul
GERS, stood in awe and establishment,
and shook their heads. After McAllis.
ter a gone they carried the Door dog
down to the river side n cut him open,
but the goose had no golden egg, and
they vent slowly back to camp as com
pletely d~uInbfounded and as solemn as
human beings al possibly be-"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
On Even Terms.

Baron Haussmann, the celebrated
French administrator, who may also he
said to have made Paris Il new city, usec
TO relate the following anecdote by way
of illustrating the feeling of many coun
try gentlemen toward the projects: One
of these gentry entered the projects Of
lice, having some complaint to make
and proceeded to state his GRAND in q
pretty lofty tone and without taking of
his hat. The officer was equal to the
occasion.
Wait a moment" he said, and he
rang u bell. A servant answered the
summons.
Bring me my hat" said the project
The hat wsS brought. the officer put
1t on and turned TO his caller. d
Now" said he, Il will hear YOU
TouM's Companion.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04

No Specific for Local Skin Ailments
can cope in popular favor with Glenn's
Sulphur Soap.
"Hilrs Hair and Whisker Dye black
or RrOwn 50c
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04

with the comment that he is surprised
at the magnitude of the American CON
tinent. AS Mr.. Caine did not travel west
of Philadelphia. the inference Is thai he
tS ga Sf1y SURPRISED
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04
Ore Way TO Do 1t.

Harper's Bazaar.
How did you get Borley out of your
whist club-did you ask him to resign?"
mo; we didn't like to do that; but we
all resigned excepting Borely, and then
we all got together and formed q new
cl,,1 - sEHaasE Hr-H GEET alHFH 800
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04

NJ. Hanotaux, the late foreign min
lister of France, is one of the greatest
living authorities on Balzac, as well as
the historical student of the life and
times of Richelieu.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-01-04

We have not been without Piso's Cure
for Consumption for 20 years.-Lizzie
Ferrel, Camp ST., Harrisburg, Pa, May