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Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-24
THE OCEAN TRAGEDY.
Trial Of Grew on Board Herbert Full
Ter Begun at HaIifsx.
Passenger Monck Tells His Story Many Rum.
ors in the Case.

Halifax, N. S, July 23.-The consul
generals inquiry into the Herbert Full
Ter tragedy continued in private, this
afternoon. Three persons were ex-
amined-Mr. Monck. Mate Bran and
Seaman Brown. The stories told by
them were exactly in line with their
previous statements. After Brown
had described the killing of the cap
tain, which he said he saw, he was
asked why he did not give the alarm
Immediately He said he was too
frightened to give the alarm, as he did
not know who might be concerned in
the affair.
AT the station, Brown stated that if
the mate had come out of the cabin
with the weapon in his hand, he
Brown) would have jumped over
board. The only point of special inter
est to the public, this afternoon, is in
regard to the door of Moncks room
on board the Herbert Fuller Many
persons have asked how it was the
passenger slept up to the time that
Mrs. Nash was being killed.
1t is now supposed that after killing
the captain, or perhaps before, the fiend
tried the door to the passengers cabin.
intending to kill Monck, but finding the
door locked, went to Mrs. Nashs rook
and butchered her as she slept 1t way
have been that the murderer intended
| to kill the passenger as he left the
room when he awoke and dressed get
| ting him to do so by some subterfuge.
| The operation of his plan was pre-
vented by the passenger rushing out
after hearing the noise in the state
room.
Monck naturally thought the crew
| had mutinied when he went on deck
and did not know how many men he
| had to face. 1t was then thought the
| mate hurled piece of wood at him.
| The natural supposition of a man in
Monck's position would be that it was
| crew and not the second in command
who were making the trouble. The
mate thought he was defending him
self from some of the mutineers, so he
hesitated to fire his pistol and the mat
| ter was. he thought satisfactorily ex-
planned after he and the mate had
| spoken together and agreed that some
one had committed crime.
II took two hours for Monck to make
sworn statement at the Consul-generalS
formal inquiry. 1T was similar in all re-
spects to his story as already given III
these dispatches.
Bran was examined after Monck fin
shed. He was taken from the cell under
special guard He wore dirty-lookinc
soolen suit without collar. and his hair
was closely cut. He is powerful-lookinG
man and has .bad,,looking face. In an
swer to question he said he never had
been asked on shipboard if he had com
mtted the murders. There was no con
spiracy between him and Brown.
In Il statement to a reporter, Bran
said. Yes. | have stated that it
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Weather Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, July 23.-The area of
high pressure has remained stationary
in the Gulf, diminishing in magnitude
The disturbance in the middle plateau
region has crossed the Rocky noun
tains to the Platte valley and appears
as a trough Of low pressure extending
from New Mexico to Indiana.
Rain has fallen in New England, on
the middle Atlantic coast, and in the
Ohio. Missouri and middle and upper
Mississippi valleys. The temperature
has risen in the south Atlantic states,
has fallen in the middle and upper
Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys
and Lake region and has remained
nearly stationary elsewhere.
Fair weather may be expected in the
Atlantic states, and showers in the
Lake regions by the Ohio. middle and
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri
valleys
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A AFERRY TROUBLE.
Benton Brown and His Boat
Business.
Man Has Charter for Ferry Between
Benton and Fairfield.
Claims His Business Has Been Misrepresented
by Designing Persons.

Fairfield. July 23.-(SpeciaD.-B Benton
Brown of this village has got his name
in the papers" very much of late.
Mr. Brown is q good citizen, among
the best in fact, but one would be led
to think judging from the newspaper
accounts of the man, that he was one
of those fellows who go about the
world looking for trouble. He has been
a resident of Fairfield. for the past As
years he is worth money" and a lot
of it to if neighborly estimates count
for anything.
Representatives of the press have
brought him into prominent notoriety
just simply because he is the ferryman
between Bunkers island and the Ben
ton shore of the Kennebec river. The
great flood of March 2, made driftwood
of the Fairlield-Benton bridge and the
citizens of both towns We're in dire di-
lemma. They could only go down to
each bank of the kennebec and "holler,
hullo!" at each other they must needs
drive down around by Waterville in
order to clasp hands.
The selectmen of both towns rallied
to the support of their constituencies
however, and erected what they chose
to call temporary bridge" 1t was
only slightly temporary in point of fact
because a little later in the season the
ice in the river, in flowing to the sea
took the bridge with it to join in the
general debris down at Merrymeeting
bay
Discouraged the town fathers tipped
| back in their chairs and guessed at the
| future. 1t was at this time that
| Thomas Benton Brown sprung into
| unusual prominence by suggesting
| ferry. Not one man in a hundred in
| the two towns believed that a ferry
could be managed in the water that
| tore past Bunker's island at railroad
rate, but Benton Brown is an old water
dog or rather man and he could see
| how it could be done. Therefore the
selectmen said Go ahead" and he went
Mr.. Brown rugged cables across the
channel built boats and went into
business. one accident occurred through
| the carelessness of one man and that
man lost his life, but the ferry has been
a success and free from other accidents
OF course Mr.. Brown desired to be pro-
| tected in some manner as a public car
rer of men and other animals so he at
| the very first applied to the county com
| missioners of Somerset county which
| board have control of all the ferry
| rights on the Kennebec river in the
| counties of kenneboc and Somerset
| AS evidence of his being given au-
| thoritv to perform all manner of things
and duties becoming ferryman Mr..
| Brown produces the following license
| issued by Chairman Levitt of the Som
| erset county commissioners which is as
| follows:
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EVERYONE PLEASED.
Maine Sportsmen's Fish and Game Associa.
tion Excursion Big Success.

Mt. Kineo, July SpeciaD.-The
excursion of the Maine Sportsmen's
Fish and Game Association has been a
big success, even beyond all eXpecta
tons. The people have thoroughly en-
joyed themselves, and can't say enough
about the hospitality of Landlord Den
nen, in the way that he has attended
to the conveniences of his many guests
About 100 departed. today. In the
morning, President Nickery was given
a great Sendoff. \ number of guides
and hunters from Mt kineo. and sur
rounding country had gathered on the
wharf. AS the steamer started, they
gave three rousing cheers for the presi-
dent. the association, its work and its
workers
Col. harrington, the secretary, who
has spared nothing to make the affair
a success, and who has perfectly sue
ceedcd, also left on the morning boat
The canoe races. and other features
which he got up for the entertainment
of the visitors on the previous day
were warmly appreciate.
Among the others who left today
Ntit. IlDtt w lliltiiil IIHStl VI tbdnSOI.
Hon. and Mrs. S. j. Walton. and Miss
Ethel Walton: Miss Powers, and Hon
c. A. Marston of Skowhegan; Miss
Mathews, Miss Howe, Miss Hill, and
f. $. Blaisdell of Augusta.
DR. +. G. Kinsman of Augusta made
great catch of Togue, yesterday, op-
posite the hotel, landing with rare Skill
a number of fine specimens
a number of the excursionists will
stay during the remainder of the week
to enjoy the scenery and fine air, the
weather being the finest of the fine.
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Capt. Nash Leaves for Halifax.

Harrington. July 23.-Captain Ernest
Nash, brother of the murdered Cap
tain Nash, left, today, for Halifax, n.
s.. in the interests of the owners of the
bark Herbert Fuller. He may assume
command of the bark.
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Advices received at Colon. Colum-
bia, from Ecuador, are to the effect
that the rebels have triumphed over
the government forces at Cuenca and
other points and are about to form an
administration.
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Washington Forecast.

Washington, July 23.-Forecast for
Friday: For New England, fair;
rorthwesterly winds; increasing cloud
mess and showers, Saturday.
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FAIR WEATHER..

Boston, July 23.-Local forecast for
Friday: Fair weather; westerly winds,
diminishing in force.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-24

For earat>e. put a couple Of drops Of
Thomas Eclectric Oil on bit of cotton
and place T. in the ear. The pain will
STOP in fsv moments. Simple enough.
Isn't it! = !.
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Maine Postal Changes.

Washington, July 23.-These changes In
the postal service are announced:
Route fif5. Machas to Bucks Harbor
From Aug. l. 1896. increase service to u
times q week.
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SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The Sea Fox of the Eastern Yacht Club
arrived at Camden, Thursday afternoon
from Bar Harbor. bound westward
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-24
STATE OF MAINE.
Somerset SIS.

Somerset SIS.
Court of County Commissioners.
March Adjourned Term, a. D., 1896
To Thomas b. Brown of Fairfield,
Maine:
Your bond having been approved you
are hereby appointed ferryman on the
kennebcc river between the towns of
Fairfield and Benton, said ferry to be
maintained between Bunker'S island il
Fairfield and said town of Benton, or al
any other convenient point between the
two towns within the limit of Fairfield
Village Corporation until the erection
of a permanent bridge between said
towns; but said license not to extend
beyond the present season.
You have authority to collect tolls as
follows, to wit:
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Is 4.e IS olo|

is more than any bond on earth will nav
you for your money, that's just what Vol,
save on every dollar you invest with ,,s
and we give you the genuine, freshest and
better goods than you get elsewherc no
old goods on our shelves they move too
fast. Just few prices
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-24

ALBc1kI LIZ IL L, EoIS.
At Skowhegan, the fourth day of May,
A. D.. 1886
Attest: n w. BRAINERD, Clerk.
Recorded Vol. Z, page 400, Co. Com
records of Somerset Co.
The ferry was at first started below
the site of the bridge, but the different
currents made it necessary to change
to a position farther up the stream
This made some people mad and at
once Mir. Brown had competitor-to-
be, but as the county commissioners
had granted Mr. Brown license. they
thought that simple justice to him de-
manded that the other fellow should
not be allowed to run ferry. At the
earnest solicitation of a few, people
began to be dissatisfied at the way the
ferry was making money. thinking, OF
course that Mr.. Brown should run the
ferry for fun and employ three men
besides himself, furnishing the boats
at his own expense and all that. Space
writer's were wont to toy with the case
when there appeared to be nothing
more fresh in the way of news, and
soon some of the dear people who had
ALWAYS believed Mr.. Brown to be an
honest. upright man, came TO belleVe
that if all that was said about him
was true. he was a Shylock and was
taking advantage of the unfortunate
position of the two towns. This mis-
representation through the columns OF
the press has caused Mr.. Brown much
uneasiness. and he told the Journal,
today-and his friends youch for the
truth of the statement-that he has
lost so pounds worrying over the mat
Continued on page 50
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-07-24

NOt Il tt1lth paFt OF IIlt IIst, VIC sci
I;N NERYTHING in same scale, SO don't
think because it isn't here that we don't
Can you afford to buy goods elsewhere
and pay regular prices?
HENRY p. CLEARWATER,
Registered Druggist. near Hobbs Wait
ing Room,
HALLOWELL, - MAINE.
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Good
::s s:;'s !: ;:;.:: s::'s !; r.; &: !: Blood

system IS reached by the blood, and on
1ts quality the condition of every organ de-
pends. Good blood means strong nerves.
good digestion, robust health. Impure
plood means scrofula, dyspepsia, rheuma-
tlsm, catarrh or other diseases. The surest
way to have good blood is to take Hoods
Sarsaparilla. This medicine purifies, vi
tailzes, and enriches the blood, and sends
the elements of health and strength to
every nerve, organ and tissue. It creates
good appetite, gives refreshing sleep
and cures that tired feeling. Remember.
The Bossier banner., 1896-07-16

centre piece for the chandelier in q
large room is permissible, if it is un-
obtrusive, but even this is not neces-
sary. There IS no longer any need for
plaster cornices. These gather dust
and dirt and consequently become un-
healthy as we'll as ugly. The modern
method of paper hanging covers the
break between ceiling and side walls,
and furnishes an artistic substitute for
the old time cornices.
There is less need for the warn
ings over ornamentation at this time
inasmuch as popular taste is steadily
moving in the direction of rich and
simple effects. Every year brings g
notable improvement in architectural
style.
We illustrate an attractive residence
and describe its principal features as
follows:
General Dimensions Width. through h
sitting-room and dining-room, 81 it.
ins. depth, including veranda, 81 it.
Heights of Stories: Cellar, 7 #. {
ins. !; first story, 9 #. 6 ins. second
story, fit. attic, 7 #.
Exterior Materials: Foundation,
stone; first story, clapboards; second
story, gables and roof, shingles.
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The stylish ripple coat back fits with
glove like exactness to the waist line,
the loose fitting fronts flaring slightly
apart over the low cut vest. Broad,
square shaped lapels stand out from
each front at the shoulders, narrow
ing to the lower edges where small
change pockets are inserted on each
side. The full plsstron is arranged on
fitted lining fronts that close in centre
under the box plait, the vest closing
invisibly over the lower edge OF plas-
tron. The high collar and straps in
front are of the mixed goods, lined
with silk, that is displayed on the
rolled edge. Stylishly full gigot
sleeves are gathered at the top over
fitted Innings and plainly completed at
the wrists. The fashionable skirt is
shaped with a narrow front gore, wide
side and three back cores, or godets,
that fare styllshly at the foot in latest
mode. The front and sides fit smooth
y at the top, the back being arranged
N small box plaits with the placket
tinished IN the seam at the right side
OF centre back. The mode is adapted
for walking, shopping, or general
wear, and will develop styiishly in
broadcloth, cheviot, tweed, diagonal,
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In building house these bricks are
cemented together with adobe. The
walls are smoothed outside and inside,
and within are covered with a wash Of
a white or light drab color. This wash
is made of earth found in the hills,
ana when fresh it gives the walls
neat appearance. For the roof large
poles are first laid on, then smaller
ones, then layer of weeds and lastly
adobe. This makes a roof which may
let through few drops when the first
rain of the season comes, but after
that it is water tight.
Just outside the houses are the ovens
in which the bread is baked. They
are odd-looking, dome. shaped things
from four to six feet in diameter,
made OF adobe. One small opening is
left at the bottom for building the
fire and putting in the bread, and an
other smaller one near the top for
the smoke to come fout. In this
oven fire is built and kept burning
until the walls are heated through and
through. The fire is then drawn out
| and the fine ashes are removed with a
wet rag on the end of stick. The
bread is put in with a wooden shovel
and both openings are carefully closed.
As the walls retain the heat for long
time the bread bakes quickly and we'll
l have seen dogs sleeping in these
ovens, fortunately not in the one in
which the bread which eat is baked.
But perhaps I have not yet caught the
dog which sleeps in that particular
oven.
The stumpy little chimneys which
are seen all over the houses are OF
adobe, too, but they are often topped
with broken pottery vessel. At the
fireplace below the cooking is done. A
little iron stand, fryin5-pan and a
few black pots, with a knife or two,
are all the cooking utensils. But they
are enough for such simple cooking
some of the poor families of Indians
have only tortillas and coffee three
times day. Mix flour with water,
put in little salt, cook the mixture
over the fire and you have the tort1l'
las. The coffee, of course, has neither
milk nor sugar.
But I am living with one of the frs
families in town. Here] get fat pork
and one fried egg three times d day
frijoles, canned tomatoes, bread an6
even butter and chow chow. Some o.
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coted. Interior woodwork stained to
suit owner and finished in hard oil.

coted. Interior woodwork stained to
suit owner and finished in hard oil.
Colors: Clapboards, seal brown.
Trim, including water table, corner
boards, cornices, caslugs, bands, YER
anda posts and rails, outside blinds,
rain conductors. ETC., chocolate. Out
side doors finished with hard oil.
Sashes, Pompeiian red. Veranda floor
and ceiling and all brickwork, oilec.
Wall shingles dipped in and brush
coated with light sienna stain. Roo
shingles dipped in and brush coated
dark red stain.
Accommodations The principal
rooms and their sizes, closets, ETC..
are shown by the floor plans. Cellar
under the whole house, with inside
and outside entrances and concrete
floor. One room finished in attic :;
space for two more. Attractive main
staircase. Sliding doors connect hall
and parlor, din1ngroom and sitting
room. Attractive circular bay in Sec
ond story.
Cost: s34OO, not including msntels,
range or heater The estimate is
based on New York prises for mater
ials and labor. In many sections OF
the country the cost should be less.
Copyright 1896.
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Railroad, and one group of seven in
Northeastern Arizona. Here they have
been, too, for $50 years at least. for
here the Spaniards found them when
they first came up into this country
from Mexico IN the first half of the
sixteenth century. Many of the
pueblos have been moved q few miles
to new sites; from some of these the
people have disappeared and left no
trace or record of themselves. Others
have as large a population as they ever
had and retain to large extent their
old customs in spite of 800 years of
influence from the whites.
They build their houses Of adobe
just as they always have, but the four
and five story buildings have in most
places disappeared. Most of them,
too, now have doors. In former times
when the danger from marauding IL
dians was great town had very few
houses, often only two of them. These
houses were very large, andievery fam
lily had its own rooms in the common
house. The only entrance to these
rooms was by means OF ladder
through trap door in the roof. In
case of attack the women and children
were all shut up in the innermost
rooms, while men remained on the
roof to fight.
The pueblo of Taos is one of the
best reminders of the old times. 1t
lies about eight miles from the Rio
Grande, just at the foot Of mountains
$1,000 feet high. Through the middle
of the town runs Pueblo Creek, q
mountain stream which fails not
oftener than once in half century.
There are 400 Indians here, about
equally divided ON the two sides OF
the creek. The higher of the two
principal houses has five stories; the
other has four. They have the ap-
pearance of irregular, stepped pyra-
mids. Of course there are many
rooms in the first story and a fewer
number in the stories above, which
can have neither sunlight nor air.
These dark rooms are used for storage,
principally OF corn, wheat, oats and
beans.
Occasionally one can still find (
house which has no door, but they arr
not common. Most of the houses
have low door hung on iron hinges
A piece of rawhide serves as q handle
The rooms are about nine feet higl
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FAULTS OF ORNAMENTATION.
A Plea for Architectural Simplicity
in Dwellings.

Characterization may be beautiful IN
itself, and when applied to architec-
ture may not offend the eye at the
first glance, and yet as one lives within
its presence, grows tiresome and Gre
ates resentment. If ono builds a
house and it's general lines are strong,
he should insist, before everything
else, on freedom from petty details
of ornamentation. There should be NO
tawdry cornices, fimsv brackets and
spindle work. In design these may
seem attractive, and may be deemed
necessary to cover bare spaces of stone
or wood; when they are in place,
however, they prove torment to the
eve. In the matter of interior finish
the same rule holds good. There can
not be but general regret at the pass
ing of the honest handiwork in wood.
| The workman was an artisan, if not
an artist, and he rarely slnned against
good taste, everything being in keep
ing and general harmony of design.
One must be chary. Now in the use OF
machine work, mouldings and carv-
ings are practically turned out by
wholesale without regard to its partic-
ular use or location, and they fire.
quently clash with themselves and
surroundings. There should be plair
castings and door panels, and nc
elaborate base boards If The
best effects are to be OBJ
tanned; in particular, one should
guard against ornate mantels and the
"built in corner" cabinets glitterine
with glass or mirrors. Plain wall
give the best background for pictures
and artificial tillments virtually kill
ones furniture, no matter how hand
some it may be. The passing of tn
style of ornamental plaster work il
matter for congratulation. A simple
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door has to be closed the little window

door has to be closed the little window
is the only opening.
Long before the Spaniards appeared
here the Indians knew how to use
adobe to build their houses; but now
they find it mole convenient to hire
the Mexicans to make the bricks for
them. They say the Mexicans can
make them better. 1t is simple pro-
cess. Water from one of the irrigat-
ing bitches, which runs in almost
every direction through the fields, is
turned onto small piece of land.
With spade and hoe the earth and
water are thoroughly mixed until a
loose mud is made. Then fine straw
is brought from thrashing place near
by and mixed with the mud. The raw
material is ready. 1t is put into molds,
carried few feet and dumped on the
ground in the form of bricks to dry in
the sun. These bricks are left for two
days and then are ready for use. A
Mexican is paid $6 for making $1,000
brick, each fifteen by ten by four
| inches.
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these things, to be sure, are bought
especially for me and are not shared
by the family It is all right, since l
eat alone, sitting at a table, while the
family is in another room sitting on
the floor.
The ordinary bed is the floor, or
possibly platform raised foot from
the floor. Rawhides are laid down
and on these the Indians sleep, rolled
up in blankets. But there are at least
two beds at this pueblo and one cot.
In winter time the fire gives the light
in the evening. In summer pine
stick, in few cases candle. and In
still rarer instances very poor lamp,
takes the place of the fire. AS con-
sequence the people of Taos are early
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and vary in size. A room fifteen feet
square will serve very well as kitchen,
sleeping-room and general living
room for four persons. Many families
have houses in addition to the "town
houses" This second house is mere
hut built near the fields. Here the
family lives in summer to keep watch
over the crops in unfenced fields. In
winter time, however, the family
comes back to the pueblo, loads of
woos are brought from the hills on
burros, the doors are shut and all is
made ready for the cold season. At
this time the light and air in the
rooms come through the trap door
and small window, less than a foot
square, near the roof. When the trap