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Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
NELSON ARRESTED.
NEGOVN HJVJVEVI GOs
Captured By Deputy Sheriff
Nichols, at Gui|ford, Monday.
Says He Gave McNaIIy Five Dollars
to Allow Him to Escape.
Also Says McNaIIy Made Proposition-Ihen
Fired Seven Shots In Air.

Foxcroft. Nov. 2.--Foster and Wal
lace Nelson of Clinton, who nave been
fusitives from justice over two weeks,
were captured. today, at Guilford by
Deputy Sheriff Nichols of Foxcroft'
Nichols received word Oct. "a, that they
were in Monson. He went there bu;
they had gone.
At $50 o'clock, this morning, he re-
ceived word from Guilford that they
were there He hitched up his team
and caught up with them just after
passing Singersville bridge. He turned
and they went into the bridge. Nichols
had borrowed a revolver and jumped
out as he got into the bridge. lie
pulled the weapon on them and
marched them up the hill to VIM. Nor
gans residence, where their hands
We're tied by Morgan and George
Thompson. Nichols then tied their
feet, put them into his wagon, and get
ting into Nelson's wagon towed them
here.
Foster Nelson said he was working
in the field of George Dickson when
Sheriff NileS came over and said he
was wanted at his house. Not know
ing the complaint he went over and
found a number of teams around the
house. McNally asked him to go out
behind the barn and said if he would
give him. the sheriff, S. and
push him down. he COULD escape. The
prisoner paid S. and pushed him down.
He got 20 rods away when the sheriff
got up crying. I'm kill you" and fired
seven shots over his head. By this
time he had reached the woods.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The selectmen of North Vassalboro are
working hard to prevent the spread of
diphtheria in the town. Oak Grove SEM
mary has been shut off from communi-
cation with the outside world. so the pu-
pills will not catch the disease.
An important innovation to the indus
tries of Frenchman's bay is marine rail-
way. or rather three of them now build
ing near the steamboat wharf at Sorrento
under the direction of Superintendent
Lawrence. The railways will be large
enough to take the steamers in service
about the bay.
James r. Finn. aged IS years. Of Stick
neys Corner. washington. fell into Lime
Rock quarry, at Morses Corner late FRI
day night and was found just alive, Sun
day morning. He died at the hospital at
going TO Rockland with load OF lime
casks. This load became partially upse.
and in replacing it Finn fell over the edge
Of the quarry striking at the bottom iO0
feet below He was a well-kncwn farmer.
and is survived by family.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
ON EVE OF BATTLE.
The Election Of Mckinley Re-
garded as a Sure Thing.
Mr. manIey Says Battles A|read,
Won--0nIy Question Of Majority.
Major Mckinley Confident aud Displays No
Anxiety Political Comment.

New York Nov. 2.-There were but few
callers, today. at the Republican national
headquarters The work Of the campaign,
up to the last moment. The members OF
the executive committee, who will remai;.
at headquarters to receive the election
returns, are Joseph II. Manley. N. b.
Scott Gen. Powell Clayton and Gen. Nc
kinley Osborne. They We're all at their
desks early. today. busy receiving reports
from all over the country. The reports
were all satisfactory and McKinley's cleo
ton is regarded as certain.
Mr. Manley said. today when he was
asked If he had anything to say on the
situations: I'VE have the battle already
won. and it Is only a question of the size
of McKinleys majority"
National Committeeman Scott said that
Col. Swords the sergeant-at-arms Of the
Republican national committee. had tele-
graphed today, to w. r. Stratton of Col
orado. Offering to give to ! that McKin-
ley would be elected.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
Nervous

People find just the help they so much
need, in Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t fur
nishes the desired strength by puri-
flying, vitalizing and cnriching the
blood, and thus builds up the nerves,
tones the stomach and regulates the
whole system. Read this:
"I want to praise Hoods Sarsaparilla.
My health run down, and had the grip.
After that, my heart and nervous system
were badly affected, SO that could not do
my own work. Our physician gave me
some help, but did not cure. decided
to try Hoods Sarsaparilla. Soon could
do all my own housework. have taken
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
Statement on Supply Of Grain.

New York, Nov. 2.-The statement
of the visible supply of grain in store
and afloat October 81. as compiled at
the New York produce exchange is:
Wheat. 5S,679,0O0 bushels: increase of
1,394000; corn. 14340,0 900 bushels, in
crease of $4,000; rye. 2,5f4.OOO bushels,
increased $4,000: barley, 5,9O7, 900 BUSH
els, increase of 1,491. 900.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
ANOTHER CASE OF JEALOUSY.
Man Shoots Wife and Her Paramour-Then
Ends Own Life.

Wheeling, w. Va, Nov. 2.-Jealousy
caused a terrible tragedy at Georgetown,
ohio three miles west of this city, all the
parties being from Wheeling. Scott Lin
ton shot Dot Gray, a resident of Il
house of i'll fame who is said to have
been his wife. and also VIM. Metzgcr,
with whom he caught her. While both
were lying at his feet, he fired a bullet
into his own brain. and died almost in
stantfv. The girl will probably recover
but MetZger will die. MetZger and the
girl went to the home of her parents,
Sunday night. Linton hearing of it, fol-
lowed and finding them together fired
the fatal bullets.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
IT LOOKS WELL.
Republicans Will Garry Nebraska
Without Least Particle Of Doubt
Despite the Fact That Bryan Has Made q
Great Fight.

Lincoln. Neb. Nov. 2.-EliminatinS the
effect of w. J. Bryan's trip through Ne
braska. today which none deny has been
to his benefit. the political trend of the
state for the past 36 hours has been ia
vorable to the Republicans. For this some
Populist supporters of Mr.. Bryan are to
day night were marked at a number of
towns by overt acts, such as throwing
eggs at the Republican speakers and
burning the Republican banners, and a
close III any event. The Bryan men have
a trifie the better of the betting.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
FULL OF CONFIDENCE.
Major Mckinley Shows No indication a
Anxiety or Worriment.

Canton. Ohio. Nov. 2.-The day before
election finds Major Mckinley hale and
hearty and free from any outward indica-
tion OF anxiety or worriment. He is con-
iident of success.
Although no organized delegations We're
early trains brought&to Canton large
numbers of personal friends of the can
dsdate who came to pay their respects
and bring words of cheer to Maj. McKin-
ley on The eve of the great battle of the
ballots.
Both the mail and telegraph brought as
surances rom all parts of the country of
The success of the Republican ticket.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
BELFAST NEWS.
Adjournment Of Supreme Court-New Shoe
Factory Commences Operations.

Belfast, Nov 2.-The supreme court
adjourned, today. after a 10 days ses-
sion. Four civil cases were tried by
jury, and 10 divorces granted.
The new shoe factory of Legro &
Spaulding from Lynn has commenced
operations.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
FURS
Made to Order, Repaired or
Made Over
By a Practical furrier with Eighteen
Years Experience.

NEW GARMENTS made to order from
selected SKINS OLD GARMENTS re-
paired or remodeled to the latest styles.
If out of town customers will send job to
us by express and write carefully what
Is wanted they will by return Of mail re-
ceive our suggestions, price Of job etc..
which il satisfactory. will be acted upon
with the work, or should you decide not
to have the job done, we viii return same
at once. We also call your attention to our
large stock Of fur garments, fancy furs.
collarettes, scarfs, trimmings, etc. All
goods and work guaranteed.
n. G. BARKER,
CORNER HAT AND FUR STORE,
Gardiner. Me. Telephone 34-11.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
Injury to Bowdoin College Athlete.

Berlin. N. H., Nov. flames H.
Horne, Bowdoin college student from
Berlin, was accideUally shot in the
thigh, today, by young lady he was
visiting in Groveton. He is leading
college athletic. He was taken to the
Maine General hospital.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
Maine Pensions.

Washington. Nov. 2.-These Maine
people have been granted pensions:
Original, Charles J. Small. Bangor;
Charles "A. Lavey, East Boothbay.
Additional, Senious Brann, Detroit.
Original, widows. ETC., Frances J.
Phillips. Dyer Brook.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03

This is the PUREST DRINKING WAT
Err in the CITY for the ANALYSIS
SHOWS that there IS ABSOLUTELY NO
ORGANIC MATTER IN IT. 1t boils ur
through clean white sand from beneath
a solid layer of clay which strictly pro,
tects it from surface drainage ana az
noisonous matter Those desiring PURE
DRINKING WATER should order PURE
DIAMOND SPRING WATER today.
One gallon daily per month. .15cts
Each extra gallon daily per month. .25cts
One half gallon daily per month. .5octs
Delivered to any part of the city for SC
cents a hogshead. or 25 cents barrel Ioi
washing purposes. All orders promptly
attended to.
c. r. TEMPLE, Sole Proprietor.
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
Bryan Men Coming Down a Peo.

Yankton. n. D.. Nov. 2--The Bryan
ties are claiming South Dakota by only
5000, tonight. The Republican commit
tee hold to their claim of more than
5000 for Mckinley.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
LATEST BULLETINS.
What the Dispatches, Hot from
the Wires, Say.
Western States Seem to Have Trend
Toward Major Mckinley.
Estimates Give Us Tennessee, and Even Lone
Star State.

Austin. Texas. Nov. 2-Chairman Blake
of the Bryan and Sewall committee. is
claiming the state by 10000 plurality over
Mckinley. The silver leaders here say 1t
will not exceed 5000. The Populists lead
ers claim that 80 per cent. o their party in
Texas will vote or Mckinley and that
Mckinley will have plurality of 15,0o0.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03

Gen. 4. T. Eckert, president of the
Western Union Telegraph Co.. said at
New York. Monday night: ''The contract
between the Western Union Co. and the
American Bell Telephone Co. will expire.
Nev. 10. There have been no steps look
ing to it's renewal
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
Rise in Tennessee, ,,

Memphis. Tenn. Nov. 1.-The Repub-
licans nave raised the estimate of their
majority in this state from 1900 to
10000.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
AUGUSTA. MAINE. TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 8 1896 y
BORROW MONEY

WHERE you can pay 1t back In install
ments and reduce interest at each paw
ment. We loan on Furniture Watches.
Pianos, Bicycles. Live Stock or any val,
liable personal property.
Business Confidential,
THE COLLATERAL LOAN COMPANY.
219 Water ST., opp. Cony House, Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
Close in Missouri.

ST. Louis, Nov. 1.-The Democrats,
tonight. claim 10000 majority in this
state and Republicans 50,000
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
Conservative Estimate Gives North Dakota Ia
Republicans.

Fargo, n. D., Nov. "A conservative
estimate gives the Republican national
ticket in this state about 2500 majority.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
Washington Forecast.

Washington, Nov. Forecast for
Tuesday: For New England: Fair;
slightly warmer: northerly winds, be-
coming variable.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
Betting 3 to I on McxinIey.

Portland. Greg. Nov. 2.-The betting
is to l on Mckinley in this state
The result will be very close.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
AUGUSTA, MAINE

AralvsIs from the fifth annual report OF
the Maine State board of health.
1.-THE SPARKLING CLEARNESS 1usti.
a.s the fanciful NAME of the SPRING
TrII1IEMTCALLY vi and dMICROSCOPICALL
ri rs ONE OF THE PUREST OF
WATERS IN THE WORLD" Date of
nwvnmination, April %. 1889. Analysis of
samnle of water No. 316 expressed in parts
per 100000.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
Republicans Claim Washington.

Seattle WASH. Nov. 2-The Republican
leaders claim this state will go for Nc
Kinley.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
CitV Of AW0MstM.

Notice is hereby given that warrants
an. ana lists of voters have been posted in
Ihe dll1erent wards of this city for the
The ward rooms for this election viii be
as ioliows: Ward /. Capitol Hose house
> ware H. Z. CONCERT Hall, State Street; Ward
., o. Sushnoc Engine House: Ward A. Bal
laru Scnooihouse: Ward 5. Schoolhouse
corner Middle and East Chestnut streets; (;
M Ward 8 Atlantic Engine House; Ward I,
nose House. The polls will open at A.
NJ, and close at p. NJ
d.oct2Stonov3
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03
Cured

Hoods Pills with Hoods Sarsaparilla,
and they have done me much good
will not be without them. have taken 13
bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla, and through
the blessing Of God, it has cured me.
worked as hard as ever the past sum-
mer, and l am thankful to say am
well. Hoods Pills when taken with
Hoods Sarsaparilla help very much"
Mrs. M. M. MESSENGER, Freehold, Penn.
This and many other cures prove that
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-03

III Water Street. Augusta. Maine.
FAIR WEATHER.

Boston, Nov. Local Forecast for
Tuesday: Fair: variable winds.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-02-06
NEW BROOK r
C~oIaH4unistic Theory Put into Practice by
Railroad Employees.

CGIaHIunisticT Theory Put into Practice by
Railroad Employees.
Sixty employees i'll the freight account
ing department. of the Pennsylvania
lines west CT Pittsburg are about TO
make an interesting experiment in what
is really communistic ownership of
land. The young men have formed
themselves into an association known as
the Suburban Home Land association
of Pittsbur2. Several meetings have
been held, and the main features Of the
novel experiment have been determined
upon.
The members propose to build at or
neal Walkers Mills a station OH the
Panhandle railroad, about IL miles from
this city, a settlement whose members
will each buy an acre from a plot of
ground purchased in Jumps by an agent
of the association. Already about 80 Of
the boys have taken up claims. Ar
rangements will be made with the
Pennsylvania railroad to stop all trains
at that place. Two grocery stores ana a
general store have been contracted for,
One hundred acres will be bought for
$40. 600 .-Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-02-06
STOLEN, A P~O9TOFFICE.
Was at Top of Allegheny, Va. and Paid
81 Per Year.

When Uncle Sam gets the present
weighty affairs of the nation straightcn-
ed out and can give attention to minor
details Of the government, III of the
people living in Pocahontas county, Va,
will be glad to have him scatter a few
handbIlls worded somewhat as follows:
Lost, Strayed or Stolen. -Postottice
known as Top Of Allegheny. Descrip-
tion Plain country office, paying "a sal
airy of 81 per annum."
The above named p~ostoffice has been
kidnapped. Prior to 1887 j. Williams
had been postmaster. Then he changed
his residence, leaving W. f. Willfong as
deputy. A few days since Williams car
ried away ice entire postofiice parapher-
Ealia, and when last heard from he and
the postofiice were III Green Bank, ten
miles away. Some of the patrons Of the
abducted Office went to Monterey max
ing inquiry as to how to proceed t. get
the office back.-New York World.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-02-06
Warriors Enjoy o Joke.

General McAlpin always relishes his
little joke, and he always has a good
stock on hand. Now, Captain A. A.
Yates q Schenectady is another great
joker, and is never so happy as when
p~ropounding III apparently unanswer-
able conundrum. The captains friends
know this, and never lose an opportunity
of firing conundrums ut him. The other
aes Captain Yates called at general
headquarters, and had the following
launched on him by General McAlpin:
why is Police Commissioner Roose-
Welt like a tailcr?!"
Auty pondered and puzzled and final
~ reluctantly gave il mp.
"Why. that is the easiest of the easi
est said the general. because be
made the saloon keepers close. Al
bany Journal,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-02-06

DR.. Harris, the promoter of the prof.
ect to build a ship canal from Michigan
City 10 Toledo, has decided to call a
convention of delegates to be selected
from the cities all along the proposed
route of the waterway. Committees
have been appointed at Toledo, Mau.
NEE, Antwerp, Defiance, Napoleon and
Florida, O., and at Fort Wayne. Go
siIen. Elkhart and South Bend, Ind.
The convention will memorialize con
gress for an appropriation of from
$40, 900 to $40, 900 to make a survey.
DR.. Harris says it is only a question Of
time when the lower end Of Lake Mich
igan will be diked, and that this would
not only form "a series of ice breakers,
but also a canal in which shipping could
be carried On, thus making a continu-
Gus canal from Toledo to Chicago.-Chi-
cage TImes-Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-02-06

TAs Terence Dwyer in "Mavourneen."
less man clings to life under conditions
which in one mentally. healthy would
have brought death shortly after the
paralytic stroke. Sr
He lies on his bed'with widely star
ing eyes, unable to move hand or foot
or even the lips. which fsr several years
have most of the time done nothing but
mutter inccherent senteE esSnd pitifui
snatches of the old sonGs@Mch made
Billy Seaman loved throughout the land.
The food which is SAven him ismost-
ly Cruel, and it is forced into his mouth
by means of a tube.
He has not intelligence enough TO
swallow. q He appears to bs-iike q man
in a trance, and his staring eyes are
never closed in sleep. 1t is a living
death. although far more cruel than
death itself.
A half dozen years ago Scanlan was
in the heyday of his fame and prospect.
~. He had made several fortunes and
was a popular idol. especially among
the Irish citizens. His songs were suns
in drawing room and concert hall, and
his photographs adorned hundreds Of
matinee girls boudoirs.
He was a splendid specimen of man
hood-tall, magnifcently proportioned
and handsome in face as we'll. Girls
used 10 rave over his smile. and il was
said that when playing a New York en-
gagement he received an average of 500
letters a day from enamored females.
His favorite play WIS "Mavourneen."
and his most popular songs were Peek
a-boo, my Nellie's Blue Eyes, and
Gathering the Myrtle With Mary"
Bis voice was an exquisite tenor. not
powerful, but of exceeding sweetness.
and he possessed au unusual amount o.
personal magnetism New York Jour
nal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-02-06
HE IS AN OLD TIMER,
GENERAL GEORGE WALLACE JONES
SOON TO ISSUE HIS MEMOIRS.

s"o "'ucs Living -N-sNnhtoT-N AZ IN
Congress With Clay. Webster, Benton,
Corwin and Polk-His Dueling Days-An
Interesting Character.
Word has reached Washington that
George Wallace Jones Of Iowa, the old
sSt retired United States senator living
and the contemporary of James Monroe.
John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jack
sou, is about completing his long ex.
pected autobiography and will have it
ready for the press in afew weeks. The
announcement will be received through
out the country with lively interest, for
the epochs covered are so far back as to
be fresh and now TO readers of today,
and Jones is known TO possess a greater
fund of personal "reminiscences of pub
lie men and thugs of national note III
the long ago than anybody else nov
surviving.
Unlike Senator Sherman's new book,
dealing with statesmen both living and
dead, Jones' forthcoming memoirs,
which promss Sc TO lie equally interesting,
Will treat altogether Of statesmen passed
away, except himself, and he is still
very much al We. Though nearly 90
years old, "Iast leaf" i'll point Oh age,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-02-06
BILLY DYING.
The Old FootIight Favorite Is Slowly Sue
cumbing to Paresis.

cunning 10 HAresls.
William j. Seaman. who was proba-
bly, the most popular romantic Irish
comedian and vocalist the American
stage has ever known, is lying in the
Bloomirgdale Insane asylum in White
Plains, N. Y, at the point OF death.
He has reached a state Of total paretic
collapse, and while his death may not
come for a few weeks it can hardly be
far of.
Mr.. Seaman has been an inmate of
tine asylum for a trif1e over four years.
Gradually his disease has assumed a
more serious form until now his mental
decay is complete.
Three weeks ago he was stricken with
paralysis, and as his physical powers
have been waning ever since his COM
mitment to the institution the ply.
sicians look for his death at any time.
With Il vitality which is not infre-
quently noted in similar cases the help
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-02-06
The Discovery Saved His life. 2

Mr.. 6. Caillouette, druggist, Hea vers-
vile, H., says TO DR.. Kings New
Discovery ! eve my lite. Was taken with
In grippe and tried AL the physicians for
miles about, but OF no avail and was
given up aud Told could not live. Hav-
ing DR.. Kings New Discovery in my
store, | sent Tor "A bottle and began irs
use aud rom the first dose began "a get
better, and after uaing three bottles was
up and about again. 1t is worth its
weight in gold. We won't keep store or
hosi~e without IT," Get u irea trial at
Il. Ross & Co.'S drug store.