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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-01-16

Inc PIE SOclaDle given by tne w 1lllnR |
Workers at "Hotel Downing" Tuesday of
last week, was really the event OF the
season. The entertainment, which was
handled with gloves" by MIR. Cleaves,
consisting Of vocal and instrumental
music, reading, Rotations, etc., is worthy
Of no little praise. The songs rendered
by Mrs. Corners were exceptionally fine,
also the reading by s. R. Downing.
Jan. 6. c.
West sullivan.
The thermometer stood Is degrees be-
low zero here on Monday morning, Jan. 6.
The primary school closed Dec. 81.
Mrs. Sara Abbott taught with her usual
success. This is her third term. Miss
Bertha Havey was assistant.
The grammar school concert, given by
Arthur Bunker, was very well rendered.
About SIS was realized for the school
library.
David A. Hooper left home on Satur
day night to spend the winter in Georgia.
His many friends hope he will return
accompanied by his brother, Arthur
Hooper.
Rev J. A. Weeds first sermon for the
New Year was full of earnest thought,
practical and helpful. Mr.. Weeds fifth
and last year as pastor of the Methodist
church is drawing to close. He has
been a faithful and efficient laborer.
The church membership has more than
doubled under his charge. Rev. f. E.
Morse, of the Baptist church, is also an
earnest and successful pastor.
Jan. g. G.
John Springer was in Bangor Friday.
Warren Tracey and sister spent Sunday
in Steuben.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George 0. Hooper died last week.
Mrs. Mira Springer is visiting her
mother in Bar llarbor, who is very ILL.,
Jan. 10. G.
Aurora.
p Abbott, OF Beddington, was in town
last week
Mrs. Myrtle silsby has returned to
Portland.
Mrs. Charles Silsby is visiting relatives
in Bangor.
Miss Abbe Crosby has gone to Bangor
to attend school.
Herbert Silsby was in Beddington Fri
day on business.
A daug liter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. f. Rowe Jan. 4.
Mrs. Maggie Silsby, who has been
visiting relatives in Beddington, re-
turned home last week.
Jan. 8. C.
Waitham.
Asa Colby was at Hancock Saturday.
Miss Nette Blake is with her sister,
Mrs. Carrie Jordan, for few days.
Miss Hattie Jordan and friend Miss
Leslie, OF Ellsworth Falls, were in town
few days.
Miss Ardella Haslem spent Saturday
and Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Mat
tie Durham.
The pretty home of Alvah Hasten wa@
the scene of much enjoyment Saturday
evening, when the card club was enter
tanned The first prizes We're won by
George Stanley and Edna Jordan; the
BOBBY prizes by Bert Jordan and Zella
Colby.
Jan.6. H.
Miss Nettie Blake has returned 10
Lamoine.
The stage driver lost horse Saturday
by breaking its leg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Grindle are happy
over the arrival of a son.
Alden Haslem started for the woods
Tuesday with crew of men.
Miss Alice Jordan and sister, Mrs
Dun ham, visited Amherst Sunday.
The card club was very pleasantly en-
tertained Saturday evening by the Misse-
Annie and Effie Cook The first prizes
were won by Bert Jordan and Walter
Colby, the BOBBY prizes by f. n. DeBeck
and Alice Jordan.
Iop !
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-01-16
COUNTY NEWS.
ko, additional County Nesns see other pagea

THE AMERICAN has subscribers at 100
of the 116 post-o1aces in Hancock county;
all the other papers in the county COM
bined do not reach so many. THE AMER
IcAN is not the only paper printed in
Hancock county, and has nerer claimed to
be, but 1t is the only paper that can prop
erly be called a COUNTY paper; all the
rest are merely local papers. The circula-
ton of THE AMERICAN, barring the Bar
Hurbor Records summer list, is larger
in Hancock county.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-01-16

Country Produce.
Beans.
improved Yellow Eye. per bush..........2.5O
Pea, hand picked per bu.. 200
Peas:
Improved. per bu (seed). ................2so
Butter.
Sicauoiy per I'D. ...'........s........... 10
larry - a %
Cheese.
BEST factory new per NJ. ...................15
best ualry (new).. is
Dutch (lmported)..... ....................ll0
Eggs.
Eggs are lower.
Fresh laid, per doZ ......... ................2 20
Hay.
BEST loose per ton. 10 dl2
Daicu .....'.s-.- IA q 10
Straw.
Loose ........... " -6s
Baled, IN 10
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
Notes of Current Events.

The Oregon Railway and Navigation
Liner Chittagong has been released from
the shore ut Victoria, B. G. She is but
slightly injured.
The dead body of murdered man sup
posed TO be George Hammond, a chemist
of Chicago was found near Rocky Basin,
in Washita County. oklahoma Territory
y. o. Hopkins, formerly prominent in
Missouri politics, where he represented
Atchison County in the State Legislature
for three terms, died in California, at the
age of -.
James Garvey, aged 56 years, ira Yelling
passenger and ticket agent for the Wa
bash Railroad and one of the most widely
known railroad men in the West, is dead
at Moberly, Mo-, of apoplexy.
Wichita. Kan. division of the Order of
Railway Telegraphers, one of the largest
divisions of the order in America, met in
special session and voted funds to aid
the Canadian operators on strike.
The murderer of Mrs. John Baumley,
of Arkoe, Mo-, has been captured and he
is none other than the 16-year-old boy,
Ezra Basco, who was alleged to have
made the discovery of the murder.
The Preside in San Francisco was en-
fete for the wedding o. Miss Jennie L..
Catherwood, the charming stepdaughter
of Mai Darling, of the Fifteenth Artil-
lery, and Martin Grinnell. of New York.
A year ago the New York World pub
iished an article on DR.. Ashton Buchanan
Talbot. of Philadelphia, in which it was
stated the ply ysician had a penchant for
marrying cold ladies and riches" For
the latter statement DIR. Talbot brought
suit for libel against the World in the
United States Circuit Court, asking $780,
600 damages. The jury rendered a YER
diet in favor of the World.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12

placed in an adjoining room by the tele-
graph companies for receiving returns al
large, but in addition to this a special
wire connected the Mckinley home with
Chicago, where several prominent men,
bers of the force at national headquar-
ters were located, and a long g-distance
telephone kept him in communication
with Chairman Hanna at Cleveland. The
telephone company arranged also a spe
cial circuit taking in New York head
quarters, Senator Quay's home and tina.
of Vice Presidential Candidate Hobart.
The arrangements made for the reccp-
ton of the news at Lincoln were per-
fected by Mr.. Bryan's sisters and friends
during his absence. Three children help
ed relieve the suspense of the day-Ruth.
IL years old, William Jennings Jr., aged
6, and little Grace. l year younger. Be
sides these and their mother, Mr.. Bry-
ans secretary. Governor Holcomb end
few newspaper correspondents fitted in
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
JONES TO THE NATION,
he Analyzcs the Causes Which lie
to Mckinley's Election.


Chairman james X Jones, of the Dem
ocratic National Committee, gives his
analysis of the causes which led to Nc
kinley's election in the following official
address, which he issued as his final ad-
mission of defeat:
The result of the presidential election is
apparently no logger in doubt. 1t has been
one OF the closest contests that the people
have been called on to determine in recent
years. We have claimed the election on our
adviceS from States that were admittedly
in doubt. in which we knew there had been
many frauds. and from which there were
evidences of tampering with the returns.
1t seems now to be apparent that, while
Mr.. Bryan, after making the most brilliant
campaign in the history of our country and
has carried most of the States claimed to be
doubtful. has not carried enough to assure
his success in the electoral college. Bryan
electors have been chosen from all of the
States south of the Potomac and Ohio ex-
cept West Virginia and all those west of the
Missouri except California and Oregon. He
has 100 electoral votes. and this number may
be increased by final returns from States vet
in question. He has not obtained enough
votes to carry the electoral college.
Thus this remarkable campaign closes with
the election of William Mckinley. The re-
suit was brought about by every kind of
coercion and intimidation on the part of the
money power, including threats of lockOuts
and dismissals and impending starvation;
by the employment of by far the largest cam
paign fund ever used in this country, and by
the subornation of large portion of the
American press
The President-elect and his party are un-
der pledge TO the American people to con-
tinue the god standard, and by its opera
tion to restore prosperity to this country.
As chief executive. Mr.. Mckinley will have
the cordial support of millions of patriotic
Americans who have east their votes for
William Jennings Bryan. They bow to the
majesty of the office and abide by the result.
They are confident the gold standard can
not give the promised prosperity. but will
gladly welcome 1t if 1t comes. They will
continue the great struggle for the uplifting
of humanity and in the maintenance of the
dignity of our country in the establishment
of an American money system. And the
Democratic party. aided by its present allies.
will still uplift the bimetallc standard and
bear it on TO victory. JAMES X. JONES.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12

William Mckinley has been elected
President of the United States. His
total vote in the electoral college, accord
ing to returns at hand when this is writ
ten, will be 263, with Kentucky and
Wyoming still in doubt. Whichever side
wins in Kentucky, conservative judges
say the plurality will not be over 1000.
In Tennessee the figures seem to bear
out Democratic claims of victory for
Bryan by at least 10000. The Mckinley
tons tending to prove that the Ohioan's
plurality will be several thousand, but it
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
CANDIDATES RECEIVE THE NEWS
Result of the Election Made Known
to Mckinley and Bryan.

Seated in the library of his own house,
in his own town. surrounded by his fam
lily, Maj. Mckinley received the news of
his election.
On election morning, just as the voters
in the nation were beginning to go to the
polls to deposit their ballots for or against
him, Maj. Mckinley blacked his own
shoes and shaved himself as usual. An
ordinary man would be apt to cut himself
while shaving under the circumstances,
because of the excitement he would ex-
perience, but Maj. Mckinley was certain
ly calm and free from excitement, per-
fectly cool and collected, as he has been
all his life. He had never seemed to be
excited over the election. His support
ers throughout the country have laughed
and wept over the contest more than he,
and most of them have been under more
intense nervous strain. Wires had been
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
Fire Destroyed Ten Houses.

Shelbyvile Qnd.) special: Fire Broke
iut in Manila, near here and destroyed
an business houses and residences, aud
lamaged two residences. Fire started in
he office of the Manila Mail, newspaper,
Ind destroyed the meat market and resi-
ience of S. S. Green. saloon and residence
H Joseph Powers, residence of John
schlieman, drug store of DR.. Pence, bar
rer shop of Marshall IIeaton, residence Of
1eorge Inflow, residence of John Green,
Masonic Hall and general store of Frank
English, harness shop of George Craig
Ind dry goods store of Treece & Null.
the brick residence of Eph "reece was
badly damaged. Loss, about $4,000 in
uranoa sS CgO
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
THE BOOMING CANNON
REClTALS OF CAMP AND BAT
TIE INCIDENTS.
Survivors of the Rebellion Relate
Many Amusing and Startling Incl
dents of Marches, Camp Life, Forag-
ing Experiences and Battle Scenes.
Hosea Brown, Oldest Soldier.

bTo"hs
Hosea Brown, of Grants Pass, Ore
gon, is one of the six survivors of the
war of 1912. When Mr.. Brown was
born the French revolution was at its
height and the United States was n
mere baby of 4 republic. He is a na-
tive of Westmoreland, Cheshire Coun-
ty, in New Hampshire, and is just 105
years old. His father fought in the
revolutionary war and was wounded i'll
one of the early engagements near Bos-
ton. Hosea is one of thirteen children
und the family is noted for its Ion
gevity. One of his brothers lived to be
30 and another TO be 93 years old. a
century ago the people of this country
had not the same facilities for cduca
ton they are now blessed with, and
young Brown had to be content with
what learning he could get in an or
dinary log schoolhouse of the early
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
1uced himself, and the politician shook

duced himself, and the politician shook
his head and asked:
What ON earth are you doing here"
"In the ranks"
care such men as you fighting in the
ranks of the Southern army?"
Thousands of u.s.
Then that settles it; the North can
never conquer YOU
They went to the Colonel, and after
some conversation the exile was re-
ceived inside the lines. The incident
made quite Il stir at the post. and could
the men have had their way they would
lines and obliged him to return.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
Both Confess.

Akron (Ohio) special: William Clark
and William Dempsey, charged with the
murder of Joseph Lupinek, Hudson
student, in Cleveland on October 10, were
taken to Cleveland by officers. Before
their departure Dempsey corroborated
Clark's confession in all essential de-
tails and admitted that he struck the blow
which killed Lupinek. He declared,
however, that it was at Clark's sugges-
tiOD. The watch taken from the mur-
dered mans body was found lin Akron
where it had been concealed by Clark.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12

and out the little library, hardly big
enough to accommodate many persons
The room resembles nothing so much as n
newspaper Office, for Mr.. Bryan did much
of his journalistic work in this apartment
Special wires connected the house with
national headquarters at Chicago.
Like Major Mckinley, Mr.. Bryan pre-
served an admirable equanimity through
the day. He showed no severe traces of
his arduous campaigning, and. except
when in communication with his aids at
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
Ohio Man Elected by a Large
Majority.
EEMS A LANDSLIDE.
All Eastern States Support the
Gold Ticket.
SOLID SOUTH Is INVADED.
Republican Gains in States Heretofore
Democratic.

Sreat Pivotal CommonweaIths Give
Unprecedented Majoritics-The Vote
of the Entire District North of the
Ohio and East of the Mississippi
Cast Solid1y for Mckin1ey-He Also
Gets Enough of the Balance to
Elect Him-Hcavy Majority in the
East-Latest Returns Make n Bet ,r
Showing for Bryan in the West.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
AROUND THE WORLD.
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE GLOBE.
Nevs from Foreign Shores-Domestic Hap
penings-Pcrsonal Pointers-Labor Notes
Political Occurrences--Fires, Accidents
Crimes, Etc.
CAPTAIN HATFIELD
And His I4-year-old Son Captured at
Last.

A special from Huntington, w. Va,
says: j. II. Clark, famous detective
and Deputy Sheriff of the Norfolk and
Western, accompanied by Dan Christian,
have arrived here with Capt. Hatfield and
his 14-year-o son, who were captured In
the mountains of Mingo County. They
are charged with the murder of John
Rutherford, Elliott Rutherford and Hanse
Chambers on election day at Mattewan.
Hatfield and son were interviewed at the
jail and they seem not the least worried
over the affair. The lad smiled and said:
81 killed both Elliott Rutherford and Mr..
Chambers" while the father acknowl-
edged to killing John Rutherford.
Hatfield and son were asleep in the
crevice of large rock cliff on Tug River
when officers discovered them. They
were brought here and placed in Jail for
fear of mob violence.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
prifted in tine STORM.

Chicago special: Seven men and one
woman, composing the crew of the
schooner Rising Star, after drifting in
helpless condition on leaking vessel
down storm-lashed Lake Michigan from
noon until Sunday night were towed into
port by the steamer Colin Campbell. The
schoo1er's crew had given up all hope,
and, worn out with fatigue and exposure
to the icy blast, were clinging to the rig
ging when the Campbell sighted their
signals of distress.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
Brave Boy.

Sidney Wright, of Sand Lake, is one
of the bravest men in Michigan. At
Petersburg, Va, July 80, 1864, although
IL mere boy, he pushed forward in the
storm of bullets and won gold medal
for personal bravery.
July 81. 1896. thirty-two years after
the act was performed, the War De-
partment wrote him letter, forward
Ing him a gold medal, suitably en-
graved.
In a foot note the cOmmandant of the
division at the time says: This boy not
alone showed great personal bravery
i'm going in with his comrades, but when
they fell back he still remained, refus-
ing for time to retreat, and only did
so in the face of the enemy and amid
a perfect storm of shell and bullets"
Mr.. Wright, who is a small man, and
does not look his age, attended the re-
cent brigade reunion in Jackson. He is
very modest. 1T will be worth some
thing to my relations to look at 100
wears or so from now," he said. He
was a member of Company Z, First
Michigan SharpshOoters.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
Put in Great Peril by Robbers.

At Akron, Ohio, Nathan Hunsicker
was awakened the other night by two
masked men who attempted 10 force him
TO open his safe. Upon his refusal they
bound him. and then dtilling hole in the
safe, filled it with powder. Placing Hun
siclzer against the door, they next threat
ened to blow the safe up with the pro-
prietor in that position. lie weakened
and opened the safe and the burglars got
about 5000
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
BOAT LOAD
of Nitroglyce ri ne ExpIodes, Almost
Wrecking Passing Steamer.

VI N1trogfyce RI ne Explodes, Almost
Wrecking Passing Steamer.
As the packet II. X. Bedford passed the
head of Line Island, three miles east of
East Liverpool, Ohio, a small boat loaded
with nitroglycerine, which was tied up at
Georgetown, short distance away, eX-
ploded with terrific force. raclling the
steamer from end to end. The bulkheads
of the cabin were broken from end to end
and big pieces of furniture overturned.
Captain Gordon Green said the boat
seemed to have been lifted entirely out of
the water. Many passengers were aboard
and panic resulted. People rushed from
their state rooms and The officers barely
prevented serious consequences. No
word can be received from Georgetown
as to the accident. Telegraph and tele-
phone lines are broken at Smiths Ferry
across the river from the scene of the ac-
cdent
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
Wrecked Safe and House,

The safe in the office of NJ. Thomson 6,
Sons, poultry dealers of Lima, Ohio, was
blown open by burglars and $50 in cash
and several hundred dollars in notes
taken. The tools were obtained from a
neighboring blacksmith shop. The ex-
plosion was SO strong that the safe was
blown through one side of the building.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
VICE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.
Fusion and Special Conditions Divide
1t in Some States.

in many of the States carried by Bry-
an for President there is n division of the
electoral vote on the vice presidency. due
to the fact that fusion was arranged be-
tween Democrats and Populists. The
Democratic electors are pledged to Ar
thur Sewall and the Popuiist electors to
Thomas E. Watson. In some States the
Populists indorsed Bryan and Sewall
electors by the terms of their fusion,
while in Oregon and South Dakota the
Democrats indorsed the Bryan and Wat
son electors.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
THE NEW CONGRESS.
Returns Indicate Republican Control
of Both Branches,


Late returns confirm first reports that
Congress will contain a gold standard
majority in both branches. The present
Senate, which has stood forty-seven to
fOrty-two in favor of silver, will be sue
ceeded by one which will consist of forty
seven gold supporters to forty-two free
coinage advocates. Politically the Sen
ate will be Republican, the new body hav-
ing fOrty-nine of that political faith to
forty Democrats.
Party lines will be somewhat broken in
the Senate by the silver question. Messrs.
Teller of Colorado, Dubois cf Idaho,
Mantle of Nevada. Cannon of Utah and
Wilson of Washington are extreme sill
YER men, who will act with The Demo
cratic party on the currency issue. On
the other hand, five Democrats--Messrs
Gray of Delaware. Lindsay of Ken
lucky. Caffrey of Louisiana, Smith of
New Jersey, and Martin of Virginia-are
gold Democrats, who supported the
Palmer ticket, and will act with the Re
publicans.
The Senate
The following table shows the political
N nj Nf IL
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
Queen Lii Pardoned.

The Hawaiian Government has granted
full pardon and restoration OF her civil
rights TO eyQueen Liliouokalani. The
pardon is based upon the fact that during
her parole she has faithfully kept the
terms of her partial freedom.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
Rescuer Was BErued.

A destructive fire broke out in the
Lowry Block at Cedarville, Ohio. Quick
work on the part of the Fire Department
soon got it under control. DIR. d. IL.
Kneisly, one of the occupants of the
block, was painfully burned about the
face and head while rescuing his family
from the burning building.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
Leathery Pies.

President Lincoln, who greatly enjoy
ed stories about the humorous pranks
of soldiers, once told Mr.. Noah Brooks
the following:
At the close of Il severe engagement
q soldier, badly wounded, was being
carried to the rear, when he espied D
sutler woman hawking some very
tough-lookinS pies.
II say. old lady," called the soldier
who may have come from Massachu
setts ''shoe town." ''are those pies sew
ed or pegged?"
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Fell Dead.

Mrs. Mary V. Marin, the wife of a
prominent business man of Seattle, WASH,
greeted her husband at the door as he re-
urned home and eagerly inquired if Bry-
m was elected. Upon being Informed
that he was defeated, she fell to the floor
ind expired in few minutes. 1t is sup
josed that she was stricken with heart
sicpaSp
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12

Chicago, took part in the many pleasant
chats that relieved the hours of waiting
Both candidates are men OF superb pow
ers of self-contrcl. and both received the
final news with certain philosophical
bearing that is an eminent characteristic
of American statesmen.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12

The tolgate raiders have not left toll
gate on a single pike in Franklin County
undisturbed, and the owners of these
roads are very much incensed at the de
struction of their property, and will take
such action as will bring the raiders to
iuSticp
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12
Nrex;co Ready to Roc;,roc.+e

The Mexican Minister has informed the
Secretary of State that American cattle
men will be permitted to cross into MeXi-
co in rounding up their herds under the
same conditions as are applied TO Mexican
cattlemen by the United States.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-11-12

The steamer liberia Delisle collided
with the schooner Maggie just out the bay
at st. Johns, n. F., and went to the bot
tom. Thirteen lives were lost.
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Badly Broken Up.

David Csshat, aged IS, deaf as post,
It's killed by the cars, while walking on
;he track at Kokomo, Indiana. He was
hurled % feet. Both legs, back, neck and
10th arms were broken and his skull
niuslnd.