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Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-01-04
AUGUSTA CHURCHES.
Sunday Services-AIl are Cordially Invited to
Attend,

ITO insure insertion in Saturday morning
Journal, church notices must be handed in b
Friday afternoon at the latest
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-01-04

An extraordinary slaughter sale of un-
derwear Is now going on at the store Of
Pinkhain & Sherburne, 230 and 232 Water
street Owing to the warm weather, they
find themselves overstockcd on men ;
heavy underwear IN order to unload
they shall sell, for the next 10 days at
prices which will astonish everyone Only
q few of their many bargains are given in
the advertising column.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-01-04
GREAT
MID-WIN TER
COT TON
UNDERWEAR
SALE.

Somebody must be
Losing Money,
the Purchaser
certainly is not.
Only Two Gar
ments Of a kind
to a Customer
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-01-04
What the Speaker Does, -
BY Hon. THOMAS 3. REED.

Unusual interest is attached this article account
of the important part the Speaker and House OF Repre-
sentatves play in national affairs. 1t is full of
pertinent suggestion and humorous anecdote, all
gathered from actual experience. Every interested
in national affairs should read this article.
making series of papers by distinguished american Stat
The evening times., 1896-11-30
POsTAL's NEW QUARTERS.
Telegraph Service Begun Yesterday
From Avenue Office.

The Postal Telegraph Company Satur-
da. night moved into its new building, No.
1926 PENNSYLVANIA avenue where it will
in future have its headquarters.
The company occupies the whole OF the
Uo0 square feet.
As finished the room presents most
pleasing appearance. The ceiling has been
artistically frescoed on a light green
gioUnd and the walls are painted in th,
sane color. An the woodwork of the
room IL in polished cherry, which COM
bines very harnOniously with the waL
and ceiling.
As now ntted up the office provides desk
room for eighty operators but in an emer-
gency accommodation for at least twenty
more could be provided. Only fifty opera
tors on tie average, however, wal De u .c...,-
sary to transact the business Of the office
All the apparatus in the office is new and
comprises the very latest improvements in
every branch of tclegraphy.
Tie mnStifrportan. changeis the int roduc-
tion Of fourteen dyna- motors with a ca
pacity equal to 30, 600 cells of the bluestoae
batteries. The power generated by theSa
motors viii be used in all the postal tel..-
graph offices in tins city. There are also
IN the new office ten quadrupleN sets, eight
duplex and sixteen single wires besides ZEN
repeaters. The switchboard. wnIcn connects
with fifty wires, is of the most approved
plans.
ne service from the new building began
Yesterday morning, without the slightest
interruption in changing
The evening times., 1896-11-30
WANTED TO BE A "COPPER""
Unique Application From a Farm
er Educated in College"

er Educated in College"
Some odd literary productions are filed
away in the District archives, from time
to time, in the course OF business, whence
they will scarcely be resurrected, but there
is, perhaps, among all the documents en-
tombed there none more unique than is
the application not long since placed on
uepCsIh by a ery-mucii-.n-earnest aSpira mt
to a place on the police force.
The young man shall be namelesS for the
purposes OF this story, but it may be said,
with propriety, that he is a resident of
the Old Dominion, Is TWENTY-FIVE years of
age, and has served in the United States
army.
He was furnf 1 with the regulation
blank upon whi 60 make out a n applca-
ton, and evide ely without assistance or
suggestion from anyone, he proceeded to
fill it up.
The blank is a four-page document, the
first section of which is for the candidate
use, but the greater part OF the last two
pages is devoted to vouchers, two of which
are for those who can recommend the APP
plicant, and the third TO be filled up by
any officer having seal, who ca n identify
him as the man he is represented to be.
The fourth is surgeons certificate Of
physical examination
The applicant proceeded to fill every va
cant space in the blank, including the
vouchers and the surgeons certificate,
with the result that 4 very much complicat-
cd state of affairs was presented TO the
astonished chief OF the police department.
and others who were made cOgniZant of
the contents OF the paper.
After stating his residence, age and
height, the young man Informed the Of
ficials that lie had been educated in col
lege."
Are you married?" is the next query,
and to this he responded With apparent
emphasis:
NO. sir; 1 am not married; never was"
The evening times., 1896-11-30
BASEBALL NOTES.

Manager Donovan has not given up the
hope Of Ia nding McCreary.
Mulyey practically led the third basemen
of the Eastern League in fielding last sea
son, his average for lib games being .93s
Harley. the Phillies' new outfieldcr. had
a batting average last season in the Eastern
League OF .357 and fielding average
of .9}3.
Tommy Corcoran says he VIII have some.
thing to say about going to Cincinnati. He
is holding out for portion OF the bonus
paid for him.
1t is stated on good authority that Lave
Cross will play in Cleveland next season.
i ceal is said 10 DE on for Mexican,
Cleveland's shortstop.
1t is reported that Harry Pullm a n, secre-
tary of the Louisville, Club has had nerve
enough to bet Il wine supper that the Colo
nels will heat out the Cincinnati Reds next
season.
Eanlon has refused a ca sh offer for Pitcher
Horton and Fielder O'Bren. First Base
M n Fields who pla yed with - Brien in he
Eastern League. says the latter can cover
100 yards in ten and a half seconds.
Hanlnn laughs at the idea of the Cham
pions leaving Baltim ore, and declared that
he was strengthening the club rs best he
could because he intended to win the pen
nant two or three years more If he could
Lave Cross is one of the best behaved
players in the League. He has no bad
habits, and although his feelings may have
been hurt by the heavy hammcring in Phila-
delphia last season, he led the third basemen
in fielding.
Lczottele led the Eastern League in batting
last season, with n percentage of .4O4:
Goecsic, the old University oe Pennsylvania
first baSeman, was third. with :393 and
Carey, who was drafted by the Phillies,
fifty-first, with only .293.
Glenalvin. who is one of the new owners
of the Detroit franchise in the Western
League. is the son of st. Louis minister,
and covered second on Anson's league team
during the brotherhood year. Glenalvin
is his nom de diamond His family name
is Bowling.
Scrappy Joyce denies the report that
Dad Clarke would probably go to Louis
Vile in trade. Dad can fool many
batsmen with his lobster curve among
them .Iessic Burkctt, and he is considered
next to Meckin, the most valuable man
oil the New York staff Of pitchers.
That the head, not the feet, is the main
factor in running bases, is demonstrated
by comparing Hughey Jennings base pill
fering record with Tommy Dowd's. Dowd
could probably give Jennings twenty feet
In hundred yard dash and break the tape,
but Huchey has almost three times as many
base pliers.
The evening times., 1896-11-30
COUNTY TREASURER SHOT.
Tells of Midnight Assault and Safe
1OOting by Robbers.

Chicago. Nov. 30.-A special from Dallas,
Tex, says: At midnight last night five pistol
shots In rapid succession, in the yicility Of
the courthouse. attracted the police to
that building. W f. Coe, county treasurer
was found in his office with blood ooZing
from wound in the back of the head. He
was in daZed condition. lie said that he
had been working very late In order t. get
the affairs OF the office in shape to retire
IN favor Of his successor.
AT midnight two men appeared and one
placed gun to his temple and ordered him
TO open the vault He did so, and all the
valuable papers and contents of the inner
vault We're examined by one of the robbers.
After placing considerable sum of money
lnacanvas sacktherobbers withdrew from
the tult.
Coe siezed his pistol and shot al the rob-
bers- The latter returned the fire, hitting
the treasurer in the back of the head, in.
flicting a bad scalp wound.
The treasurer says the robbesr secured
$4,000, and ne is confident that he shot
and badly wounded one of his assailants
The police force and large number of
deputies with bloodhounds are on the trail
of the robbers.
The evening times., 1896-11-30
Captured a Fox Alive.

George Stevens. jr., No. 1247 Bladens-
burg road, owns a fine pack Of fox hou nds.
on Thanks givin. Day Mr.. Stevens, VII,
liam Long and the Iattcr's brothers went
over the line into Mary land and had a
three-mile run. CaUturing a red fox weigh
ing eleven pounds. Reynard was taken
alive. near Brightseat. Prince George coun-
ty. There were twelve houndsin the pack,
seven Of which held the trail. Mr.. Stevens
would like to hear from anyone who has
hounds that would like to have a run.
The evening times., 1896-11-30

washinston's cycle show for the season of
1sS6-37 will be held about the middle of
February, after the closing OF the show in
New York. The first cycle show Of the sea-
son will be held in Chicago the latter part
OF January, and the second, in New York,
will take place during the first ten days OF
February.
Dates for these two shows have already
been fixed, each being for one week. Inn
mediatcly following these the Washington
show will be held
Tile favor OF holding show before Phiia-
delpha and Baltimore, who are also 10
have exhibitions shortly, is granted solely
for what the Cycle Beard of Trade believes
To be the best interest ufthe bicycling world,
from the manufacturers and dealers stand
point.
Washington has been recognized as per
haps the best wheeling city in this country,
aud, although small in comparison with New
York and Chicago, the effect of smooth CON
crete sire cts is to induce more people TO pur-
chase cycles
In proportion TO its population, Washing
ton probably La s more W heels thanany other
city in the country. Another factor in plac-
ing Washington third in cities worthy of
cycle, show is the fact thatpeoplc from all
parts of the country come here to live, and
an influence spread broadcast upon Wash
ingtoD society is apt to be reflected again
To every hamlet and town In the country
Besides, cycle show held the middle of
February would be buttwo weeks befOrethe
Inauguration, when the city will he flooded
with thousands of visitors To such peo-
pie, the majority of them probably coming
IRON. small country towns aud cities, the
spectacle of Il large cycle show ON the scale
of the big metropolitan shows would be
something of q revelation that wouldtendto
increase respect for the wheel, and undoubt-
edly bring it into additional favor with
thousands.
The evening times., 1896-11-30
MORELLO Is DEAD,
Paralysis Ends the Career of the
Famous Racing stallion.

San Francisco, Nov. 3G.-Norello, winner
of a Futurity and Of Chica o Derby, a race
horse who has furnished a large page in the
history of the ; merican turf, died Yesterday
at the ranch Of J. o. Recs, in Contra Costa
The great stallion was stricken by paraIy-
Sis three months ago, since which time he
has been constantly kept n a sling.
Morellu was sired by Folus out of Cerisa
and in the heyday Of his fame was valued t
over SIOO. 300.
The evening times., 1896-11-30

A secret meeting of the Century Road
Club of America was held AZ the Great
Northern Hotel, Chicago, yesterday. That
important matters are up before the body,
involving the very structure of the organi-
zation is apparent, aud the policy and
changes in ruics which will be promulgated
as result of this conference are likely
To be OF the utmost importanC" tot the cycling
world, particularly TO the hundreds OF road
riCcrs in Chicago.
There were present at the meeting Yes
terday o. w. Lawson, Louisville, treas
iirer: c. NJ Fairchild, Chicago, secretary.
Merton H Bentley, Chicago, first vice
president: Phil A Chase, chairman legisla-
tive committee; W. l.. Krc:tenstein, Terre
Haute chairman reads committee, and
c. F. Blake, state centurion
The evening times., 1896-11-30

The Chica 20 Exhibition Company, which
had the mana cement of the cycle show, held
in Chicago, has never rendered the national
cycle board Of trade a satisfactory state
ment Of the financial result of that exhibi-
ton.
An investigation has tecn going on dur
ing the past year in an eDdeavor to OBJ
tam satisfactory settlement from The
exhibition company, but without result.
Messrs. William \. Redding and +. ].
Sjimson, counsel for the national cycle
board OF trade, after scarcful consideration,
have decided 10 commence a suit in equity
against the Chicago Exhibition Company
for i full accounting. The accounts VIII
therefore tc Investigated by the courts.
The evening times., 1896-11-30

The foreign riders who are to take part
in the Madison Square tiardcn tournament,
which starts next Saturday night, have ar
rived in New York
In addition to several riders who viii act
as pacemakers III the Six-day race, the
party consists of Manager Plummer. "Tom"
Linton, who recently broke the worlds hour
record; his brother, Sam" Linton, Lunls-
den, the Scotch champion: Hale, the Irish
champion: James Warburton, Dudley Marks,
A. l.. Hunter, Antoine Johnson, brother of
the American rider who went abroad with
Thomas Eek and Z. A. McDuffie, the Amer
lean, who recently went over with the But
Ter brothers. Dubois, the French rider, is
now on the way, and is expected To arrive
eli Wednesday.
The evening times., 1896-11-30
Joan of Arc as a Saint

Rene, Nov 3O.-A consistory was held
at the Vatican today at which Canon
Giuseppe Frisco and Monsgror Raffaele
Pierotti were created cardinals. Count
Capo- Grossi, the consistorial advocate,
delivered an Grafton, in the curse of which
he favored the Identification and cahoniza-
ton of J Oan of Arc 81
The evening times., 1896-11-30
Third Talbotts Failed to show Up.

Ihe lhirh Orieutais challenged the Third
Talbotts for game OF fOptba on Saturday
November %. which was to be played for
-ls rnant-iunShi" Of the District The
Talbotts did not show up
The evening times., 1896-11-30

An expert says this will make gocd
lubricant for the chain Place in Jar
one part of sperInaccti, one part OF parlf-
fine wax. two parts Of mutton suet, and
three parts cf Russian tallow. Melt in
the oven, and then add small quantity "f
plumba go, and well stir the mixture, until
il is set. Thoroughly clean Your chain
ard apply small quantity Of the ,ubri-
cant to the hinder side, and ii will 'un
noiselcssly.
The evening times., 1896-11-30

1t has always been supposed that Nat and
Toll Butler, the American cyclists. now in
Europe, connived to assist one another dur
ing race. These men have started in many
events in which they have finished one wo,
and to the spectator it has seemed that one
gave assistance to the other. This is en-
tirely erroneous. n
The question was put to Tom Butler re-
Gently, and he stoutly repudiated the state
ment He declared that never did Nat offer
himhelp, and that there never was an under
standing between them. As Tom put it
himself:
My brother never expected me TO help
him out, and l certainly did Iot go out of
my way to help his cause along. We fight
out our races as though we were utter
strangers and rivals. Many fast clip has
Nat led me to the tape. and it has required
my utmost speed to beat him out, and even
then have failed several times After the
race we are brothers, but the tie is never
recalled when we are in the heat of conpe-
tition. You may take my word for that
An English visitor who has been riding
about New York recently SAYS the cyclers
seen in the streets here ride better than
those generally observed in England. Their
gait is faster and they sit better. The diff
ference in form, this observer saws. is no.
ticeable, particularly among the women
They, as a rule, appear to have better con.
troll of their wheels here than on the other
side. and bear themselves with greater con-
fidence.
The wheelmen OF India napolis after a
hard fight succeeded in having the CITY
council pass the keep to the right" ordi.
nance. and already there is a noticeable
decrease in the number of accidents caused
by the wheel.
Strange to say, the only member of the
council who fought the ordina nee viciously
is an enthusiastic wheelman. .sHe did not
propose that anybody should dictate where
he should ride, and he would take apy
part of the street that he chose"
Wallace Cherwood, chief consul, came
back at the man in an open letter, which
caused him to shut up and when the ordi-
nance came up for final reading there
was no opposition.
The evening times., 1896-11-30

The following is what an English cycling
authority has to say:
My opinion has Teen asked as 10 which
is the proper position for a lady On a tap
dem, ana unhcsitatingiy l say the rack
seat. On the hack seat the lady is pro
tected from the wind, she is relieved If al
anxiety rs to the management Gf the ship,
and she can hop off whenever nee .ssity
arises, instead of being virtually impr's-
oned on the font part of the machine
The evening times., 1896-11-30

older divisions The Morris Park people
will, feel sure. give n rich stake for four
and rve- ycar-olds in 1900, and l think you
will see Concy Island and Gravesend follow
suit
Another thing which the Jockey Club
intends haniilIpg without gloves Is the prac-
tice of running horses short. This, for
some time, has been one OF the hlots On
clean sport owners who Indulge in it
flatter themselves they are living up to the
letter of the laws, and never give the spirit
of them a thought. III reality, it is as
criminal as III they stuffed an auinlal. and
the excuse that the horse was not as fit
as the owner thought lac was, or that he
will not work, Will not in future be treated
with the leuicncy of recent years.
FUTURE OF SELLING RACES.
"Selling races, too, will in future be for
the class OF horses they are intended.
tacit agreement exists among the owners
who mean To make the sport as clean as
possible that four md five thousand dollar
animals will not escape in $500 selling
race. This will give the turf another dis
tinct class of bread winners, and hy degrees
/ hope we shall be in the same position as
owners in England. There they have
stake horse, II high-clasS handicap amin al,
n fair class Handicapped, a platter and a
selling platter. All these divisions add to
the value of the thoroughbreds collectively.
1t gives Il value to a III oderate animal as
well as to Il highclass performer
One of the most important meetings in
the History of the English Jockey Club is
to be held next M onday at Lord Derby's
house, in st. James Square, L undon. The
stewards will propose radical alterations in
their rules of racing which deal with handi-
Gaping For some time there has been in
tense dissatisfaction am ong owners and
trainers on the other side ar the treatment
of animals in handicaps. Disgust has been
openly and frequently expressed. SO much
that the Jockey Club could no longer
defer positive action.
The evening times., 1896-11-30

TN ORDER TO MEET THE REQUIRE
L MENTS of the public we have added new
feature t. our business-viZ, Table d'Hote
Dinner from TO o'cloc.S daily at Soc with
small bottle of Wine, sc
Elegantly appointed rooms on G street side
for ladies.
OSBORNE HOBAN.
Seventh and q streets n. W.
The evening times., 1896-11-30
CYCLE SHOW IN THIS CITY
Sanction Granted to Hold One
Here Next February.
EFFECT OF THE EXHIBITION

Interest in the Wheel VIII Be Stim-
ulated All Along the Line, as the
City VIII Be Filled With Stran-
gers at That Time-GOssip for
Riders of the Silent Steed.
The evening times., 1896-11-30

District civil service has firmer, more loyal
support than ever from the commander os
the police brigade.
The evening times., 1896-11-30

Billy Martin, the American rider now in
Australia, has been suspended in Adelaide
for two months.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-11-26
SLOWING AWAY,

A F0olhnrdv Method to Get An Ocean
voyaEs-Rough Experiences.
In spite Of the fact that the punish
ment usually melted out to those who
try to steal free passage on a ship
is several weeks hard labor, with the
option Of fine stowaways are even
more common today than they were
fifty or sixty years ago, says the Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
Big passenger steamers, with their
hundreds Of passengers and their
scores of stewards, sailors and stok-
ers. afford innumerable opportunities
for slowing away.
Three years ago a stowaway was dis
covered aboard one Of the Allan liners
running between Liverpool and Mon
treal. He was shabbily dressed, but
being big, sturdy-looking fellow, he
was put to work about the ship. When
the vessel anchored below Montreal.
waiting for daylight before entering
the harbV. he, 1t was presumed.
slipped quietly overheard and swan
ashore. In any case, when the boat
touched at Montreal and was overrun
by detectives looking for a notorious
jewel robber. 1t was Immediately sus-
pected that the stowaway was the rob-
Der and that he had escaped, taking
the jewels with him. He was captured
some months afterward and confessed
that when he swan ashore he had more
than $4,000 worth Of jewels on his
person.
The favorite hiding places Of stowa-
ways are the coal bunkers and the
narrow passage left when vessels are
loaded with bricks, tiles, drain pipes
or other similar cargo. These places
are extremely dangerous and many
cases are recorded where the shifting
Of the cargo has resulted in the death
of some unfortunate wretch in hiding.
During the passage Of cargo boat
to this country from England the sail
ors were startled the third day by =
curious scratching, which was imme-
| diately attributed to supernatural
causes. The scratching continued for
three days and then grew quiet and
| ceased. When the matches were lifted
at the end of the voyage the emaciated
body of a man was found lying ON
some bags of cement. The poor, starv-
ing fellow had struggled frantically to
get out of the hold.
| As for our American liners, 1t Is fol-
ly to try slowing away in any of them.
The United States will not receive pau
per immigrants and captains are for
hidden to land stowaways in this coun-
try under penalty of $500. A free
passenger" on one of these ships 1.
promptly clapped in irons and kept
there until the ship returns to Liver.
pool, when he is brought before the Az
thorities.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-11-26
Mira. Burnett ss . Tnlker.

Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett gave
the Londoners glimpse OF the Amer
lean authoress in a new aspect-that Of
a witty after-dinner speaker-the Lon
don journals being full Of praise Of her
speech at the dinner given her by the
Authors Club. The Chronicle, indeed.
says that her remarks were SO good
that "all question of her sex was for
gotten for the moment" The Chrof
icle, however, regrets the ''lamentable
taste" which led her to wear a plume
of aigret feathers in her hair. Mrs.
Burnett, while she lived in New York.
was never accused of good taste in
dress. and another Tennessee authoress
appeared at reception here In blue
bonnet, green costume, and purple
gloves! Each had been familiar from
childhood with the weird tints of the
Tennessee mountains. and that per.
haps, might be their excuse.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-11-26

and all that without lifting foot out
of your own town. That Is. you can
If the plans of Albert Biersadt, of New
York. are pushed through to the sue
ccssful end that he now anticipates.
And this wonder will not be per-
formed by any complicated and super
scientific magnetic idea. or by a series
Of telephones or delicate contrivances
of the electric age, but by the very
simple and easily understood process
of running the theater building from
one city to another. And this Is to
be done as easily as wagon Is moved.
On its journeying from place to place
this portable theater more nearly re-
sembles an ordinary box car than any
thing else.
1t is proposed by the inventor to
make the interior arrangements Of this