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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-18
DIED.

On Sunday, January 18th, 1897, at 1920
p. M, after lingering illness, ANNA NJ.
GORDON, aged 81 years Funeral from her
late residence, 613 King street, tomorrow
(Tues1ay) morning at II o'clock. Relatives
and friends are cordially invited to attend.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-18

T. J. McNamara, jr, who has been doing
business as the PhGnix Carriage Company, at
Cincinnati, assigned this morning. Assets
and liabilities about $4,000.
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ByR. F. Knox, Auctioneer


COMMISSIONERS SALE OF THE
" PLANT AND GOOD WILL OF THE
GODFREY LAUNDRY COMPANY.
By virtue of decree of the Corporation
Court of the city of Alexandria, Virginia, the
undersigned commissioners thereby appoint
cd will make sale at public auction at eleven
o'clock, on
FRIDAY, January Doth, 1897,
at the laundry building of the said company
on the Strand, between Prince and Duke
streets, in the city of Alexandria, Virginia,
the following property to wit.
ALL THE MACHINERY, TOOLS AND
IMPLEMENTS used by the said company in
operating its laundry seven horses, seven
wagons, one push cart, tables, chairs, counter,
and other fixtures also the GOOD WILL of
the said company.
Terms of sale-Cash
The said plant may be examined by persons
desiring to purchase, any day before the sale
between the hours of eleven a. m. and one p.
m. The receipts from the work now done by
the said laundry amount to about four hun
d ed dollars $4,000 0) per week, and this is
fine opportunity for any one desiring to en-.
gage in the laundry business Possession of
the plant will be delivered on February st
1897.
A. w. ARMSTRONG,
MORGAN II. BEACH,
MURRAY NJ. DAVIS,
Comm sSioner5 of Sale
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-18

The Boston Stock and Grain Exchange, at
No. Water street. doing 3 margin business,
has closed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-18

The market opens dull and inactive. The
offerings of grain barely warrant quotations,
but there are no changes to note. Country
Produce is fairly active.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-18

ID E. LEE CAMP.-The members of B.
IL. E. Lae Camp, Confederate Veterans
will meet in uniform at their room, on TUES
DAY, January 18th. 1887, at 7 p. M, to at.
tend the banquet to be given in celebration
of General Lees birthday. By order of the
Commander.
I C. MILRuRN Aaintant
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-18
A. W. ARMSTRONG,
MORGAN 81. BEACH,
MURRAY NJ. DAVIS,
Comm ssioners Of Sale.

1 hereby certify that the bond required by
the decree for sale in McBurney VS.. Godfrey
Laundry Company has been given by A. W.
Armstrong, one of the commissioners of SALE
JOHN s. BEACH, Clerk.
janis lot By J. I. CALLAHAN, D. G.
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B. B. S NTH

a few feet away. They then escaped on
horseback. Two posses have left here armed
with Winchester rifles The men they seek
are we'll known here as very tough cases.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-18

BALTIMORE, Jan. 1S.-Flour dull. Wheat
unsettled and easy spot Oh. bid May 977s
aSS1s; Southern wheat by sample 92a93 !:
do ON grade 86a4a91sa. Corn weak; spot
and Jan 2614s26h; Feb 26lha265s: Mar
267sa27 April 279sa27@.; steamer mixed
244s24lh southern white corn 22Aa27a :;
do yellow 22a27 Oats quiet and steady |;
No. white 24a25 No 2 mixed do 2Oa21.
Rye easier No 2 nearby 43; No Western
44a44E.. Hay firm choice timothy S13 90
ala 90. Coffee quiet at 10lsc.
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NEW YORK. Jan. 19-Flour quiet and
steady. Wheat-No 2 red advanced Aa1bc
on frmer cables steady and moderately ac-
tive; Mar S0ass91. Bye steady .Corn-No
dull and weaker; No 2 29a3O Oats
No dull and steady; State and Western 20
a30; May 22aas227s Pork steady. Lard
quiet and nominal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-01-18

CHICAGO, Jan. s.-wheat-May s11aa
9OTs; July 767sa7oa. Sept 75as. Corn
May 244aa247s; July 25a. Sept 267s. Oats
May 1875; July 1875. Pork-May
So O7AaS 10 Lard-May 81 1913 Ribs
May "a load 1712; July 81 20. Wheat
and Corn opened firm.
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CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET, jar. 16.-Cat-
tle.-There was good demand for choice cat
tie, but very few are coming here, tie great
bulk of the daily offerings being of medium
grade; the receipts were too small to consti
tute much of a market; the offerings made
were disposed of at unchanged prices. Hogs
Common to prime hogs sold at SO. 1Oa3 SO.
prices ruling 5a1Oc lower than yesterday,
with fales largely 10c lower. The bulk sold
at $3.25a34O. sheep.-Small receipts of
sheep were easily sold at unchanged prices.
Common to choice sheep brought So 5Oa3. So,
and fed Westerns $3.4Oa3. S5 Lambs sold
at S35Oa5 % for common to choice, ard
Mexican yearlings 81 so.
PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET, Jan. 10.
Beef Cattle were in light supply; prices
closed firm. The quotations were as follows:
Extra 47ss51sc, good 4ssa4aac, medium
4sss4 PC, common 4a414c per 10. Sheep
were steady. The quotations were as fol-
lows: Extra 4Aa4 1hc, good 3at.4c, me-
dunn 3Aa3lac common 21aa3c per lb.
Lambs 4a5aAc per ID. Hogs were active and
firm at 5Aa5asc per lb for best Westerns
and &c per lb for common. Fat cows were
unchanged at 21aa3Ac per lb. Thin Cows
sold at $8sS15 per head. Veal calves were
steady at 4a6aac per lh Mich cows were
inactive at $25a$45 per head. Dressed
beeyes sold st 5l4aSc per ID.
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THAT SuOulu Iuo rcpuDllSauo III lhO AOOn'
ate stand in need OF any votes in order
to pass the high bill to be cent to it by
the next House they will have no diff
Guilty IN getting them from the gold
boilers in that body whose political life
has been closed by their desertion of
their party.
The installation of Rev. DR.. Conaty
as rector of the Catholic University
will take place tomorrow afternoon at
the University. The professors and
students will attend mass at 9 q. M,
which will be celebrated by DIR. CARR
gan, vice rector of the University.
During the service Cardinal Gibbons
will receive the profession Of faith
from DR.. Conaty. The installation
proper will begin at p. m. DIR. Gar
rigan will deliver an address, Prof.
Shea will read the letters from the
Pope and Cardinal Gibbons announc-
ing the selection of DIR Conaty as the
new rector and Cardinal Gibbons will
deliver an address to the incumbent.
DR.. Garrigan will then formally trans
fer the Office to DR.. Conaty and the lat
t0T Will hCOSpS buC u uou Ill al euUi GOO
of considerable length. 4 reception
will follow, which will conclude the
ceremonies. A large number of invita-
tions have been issued to the installa-
ton.
A private telegram from Boston re-
ceived this afternoon by prominent
New England Senator announces au-
thoritatively that Ex-Governor Long, of
Massachusetts, has been rendered and
has accepted the Secretaryship of the
Navy.
Senator Quay will leave Washington
Thursday next for Florida and will re-
main there until March 1st.
In an opinion prepared by Justice Shiras
and Rad by Justice Fuller, the Supreme
Court Of the United States to-day decided that
those provisions Of the State dispenssry, or
liquor law Of South Carolina, which forbid
citizens Of the State from importing liquors
into the State for their own use were in con.
trayentioI Of the interstate commerce clause
of the national constitution and therefore in
valid. Justice Brown dissented.
The effort to attach any special sigcif.
canoe to Baron Faya's return to Italy at this
time fails, upon tie authoritative statement
that tho ambassador has gone solely for the
purpose of taking the remains Of his son, who
died in this city several months ago. Baron
Fava will return to this country in few
weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-08

they undertook to convert the Aporlgi-
mes. 1t is not surprising therefore that
some of those western people are OF
Tended by the summary way Cleveland
established forest reservations in that
part of the country. 1t appears that lie
did net provide means for making MS
orders effective and probably plun-
dered in other ways. Nevertheless uh-
til some more definite reason lnah
was shown in the attacks mace py
those western senators is advanced we
shall conclude that the orders were
well intended, the purpose for which
they were made a correct one. and IL
countermanded that they should nave
substitutes. Certainly the West mas
not cared for those things as IT should
and neither has the East for that mat
ter Something must be done to pro"
tect the forests.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-08

ment to do so. 1t will aiso -
ally accepted that If Bishop fo''e' e'''
his co-workers do that they VIII De KEPT
tolerably busy and possibly out VI su'''
mischief doing az this REVEREND sen
tleman appears to have been engaged
in at this particular time. foi "i'"'
else shall we call 1t when by no possi-
blity was there or will there be chance
for revolutionzing the order u .iiihea
supposing his conclusions Respecting
machinery to be true? he couio iiioi
the Atlantic ocean out OF eAisleheo' "7
easily. Under such conditions ms woros
can only breed discomfort with IN
Vulnerable troubles that feed thereon
What the bishop had to say on the
other part of his subject, the disposi-
ton of the capitalist to look down upon
his employe, may have been more peril
nent and If divorced from the portion
in which the alleged evils of machinery
were discussed might serve to cultivate
courtesy and consideration in the heart
Of the employer AS it ishe succeeds only
in cultivating bitterness in the hearts
of both and all concerning the new
table which neither can avoid and oi
which both should be encouraged 10
make the best.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-08
BITS or MAINE NEWS.

a certain individuaI u,ho ro,,,
High street was in the Enta,'''' oh
flee Thursday afternoon ara 80 !"
he had visitea 40 rumshonc ,1,,ri,.. ',ia'
dav and got a drink of ,his,,',. '"'
each. He said tlat in one place tho
proprietor keeps four gallons OF wbis.
key In his safe all Of the time. He was
very angry because he was told bv Of.
ficer Reynolds that he was drunk and
had better go home. What made hin,
mad was because the officer shoula
give so much atteltion to him and take
no notice Of all those 40 rumshops =
Bath Enterprise.
The puInit Uarhor ncorle raoati -.
se+h l. Milil<ep tauobt tbct, p, '",
yben a voung man ana ha5 ex,,a.iS.'sD'
common "a teachers In ,ba cc,,.t,..
,ricts once afte, disciritnino 60, 20
tractor, nuniis thara was a co,o,.Io,s.
entered to mo scboo1 co,or,i,,aI -
fortbygitb rr,coaded 10 tho schooI,.'i',
and u,ithor, Investigation tu,-,,ll -,
,tiilfI,o,, o,,t r,ba sa,na da,, - :. a.
emile ci,c,,1a.od a nanar for - .'.9
.,otoct ana s,.,,,r.d ~ na,,,,s o.r l..' ~
,t,,u l., tba dfs4,;l, ,ef,h ~. ox,,.....-'
=. ,t,osa r,aLino tho co,,nlai,. ~ -
scbooI vac continued tho r,,,ot,a,r "a.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-08
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
The Policies OF the Powers.
CProf. Davidson in May Forum)

iBfOf. ltANlRSGll III May II ti Nfii-l
Russia wishes to keep both Turkey
and Greece in a moribund state until
some European complication shall arise
enabling her to seize the territory of
both. erect her throne at Constantine
ple restore the Eastern Empire, and
proceed to extend it, with its Asiatic
iespotisns. TO the whole of Asia England
would fain prevent this; but she tco
has her selfish projects, and is strong
ly averse 10 allowing the territory of
the Turk. which forms the bridge Of
trade between Europe and Asia, to fall
into the hands of capable. eminently
CONNER rcial people like the Greeks ;
Austria wishes To appropriate the
| Balkan Provinces and extend her do
minion to the Aegean sea: Germany
wishes combined effort on the part of
the three empires, Russia, Austria,
and Germany. to stem the whole mod
ern movement toward democracy and
national freedom and to restore the de-
humanizing despotism of the Middle
! Ages in church and state. And the
same is true of Austria. The ariS-
tocratic element in England SYM
pathizes with the despots. France,
the only really unselfish and chivairous
friend that Greece ever had, desires To
remain friends with Russia in the hope
that that despotic Power will some day
help her to free Alsace and Lorraine
from German despotism. Poor. delud-
ed, misguided France Finally
Italy, amid her chaos fears 10 break
with the triple alliance. although its
other members snub her on every occa-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-08
A WRIT OF ELECTION.

To, the mayor and aldermen of the sew
eral cities, selectmen of the seVeral
towns, and assessors of the seVerai
plantations in the Third Congressional
District, greeting:
Whereas, a vacancy now exists In the
representation of this State in the con-
gress of the United States, by the death
of Hon. Seth L. Milliken, member from
the Third District, and,
Whereas the constitution of the United
States and the law of this State provide
that whenever vacancies shall occur IN
the representa- ton in Congress, the Gov
ernor shall cause precepts to issue to the
mayors and aldermen of the several
cities, selectmen of the several towns,
and assessors of the several plantations
within the district in which the vacancy
is directing and requiring them to cause
the inhabitants of their respective cities.
towns and plantations, qualified therefor,
to assemble and give their votes for a
representative in Congress to MI such
vacancy, you are hereby, in the name OF
the State of Maine. required. in the man
ner in which the law directs the calling
of meetings for elections. to notify and
warn the inhabitants of your cities, towns
and plantations aforesaid, duly qualified
to vote for representatives in the Legis-
lature of this State, to assemble on the
third Monday of June, A. d. 1897, being
the twenty-frst day of said month, to
give their votes in said meetings for n
representative to the Congress of the
United States from said Third District.
And you. the said mayors, aldermen.
selectmen and assessors, in conducting
said election and in making your records
and returns of the same, are hereby di-
rected to fully comply with all the pro-
visions of the law of the State of Maine,
relating to the election of State and
county officers, and known as the Austria
liam ballot law.
Given at the Executive. Chamber In
Augusta, this twenty-third day of
April in the year of our Lord one
thousand, eight hundred and ninety
seven, and in the one hundred and
twenty-frst year of the independence
of the United States of America.
LLEWEULYN POWERS.
By the Governor:
BYRON BOYD, Secretary Of State.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-08
Lie in Crystals.

Theories come and theories go. "A
considerable number of them VIII nave
to so if the theory of Prof. Won Schoren'
!, Bavarian, has come to stay. On the
authority of Prof. Won Hoist OF the
Chicago university it is learned thal
Won Schoren has after experlmentins
for thirty years discovered that crys-
tails have life.
He made his discovery by bringing
the strongest magnifying glasses e
bear upon crystals. He watched then
development. He photographed the
results He has thousands of thesS
views, taken from fourteen different
kinds Of crystals. The views show III,
crystal in its birth. the head SHOWING
forth from the mother crystal. and tht
course is followed as II is pushed oui
and away Then, in the language oi
enthusiastic DR.. Won Hoist. The crys'
tai meets another, one from dlfferen'
mother. The two strike at each other
they fight. strive, and clasp each other
1t is war to the death. 1t is a case oi
the survival of the fittest. One musi
die. No two crystals from the sam,
mother ever fight, however, no mattel
where they meet. All this, the life, th'
development. and the contention is Sci
forth in the views. so that all can bs
convinced who see them. | am a his
torian, not scientist said DR.. Nor
Hoist, 80 | saw all this. but as lay
man. There is no room for doubt, how
ever. Spencer and others have studied
my friends views. They cannot be mis-
taken" Prof. Won Hoist viii try Il
raise 100000 to aid the discovery
This is the news from Chicago
Whether it will crystalize into some
thing as tangible as the learned Ger
man, late of Freiburg, who presides
over the historical department of the
Chicago university seems to think il
will remains to be demonstrated witt
the aid of some of those million dollars
he proposes to raise.
According to the definition of the die
tionary crystal in the language oi
chemistry and mineralogy is first, the
solid mathematical form, included under
plane surfaces, Systematically arranged
and connected by angles of fixed ano
de finite value which chemically homo
geneous subtance tends to assume by
! undisturbed growth; second, a chemi-
cally homogeneous body which, in tn.
absence of internal or external stress
| is ansotropic-that is having differen
properties along different lnes-and pos
sesses the property of growing in SUI
persaturated solution. Evidently th'
dictionary will have to be changed
somewhat if Won Schoren is correct il
his conclusions. For the present on'
may wonder on seeing crystals form i
that be life spontaneous or a chang,
| from one form of life to another
| through the Intermediary death
or whether the crystals in the quart;
of the everlasting hills are but the EN-
balmed remains of prehistoric life.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-08
Mischievous Words from the Bishop.

1t must be apparent even to Bishop
Potter himself, after mature delibera-
ton, that he might have been in better
business than he was when he said of
machinery in a lecture recently deliv-
cred that:
1T is doing away with intelligence in
labor 1t is turning the laboring man
into simple idiot. Not long ago
visited a large factory in this state
and was much impressed with what l
saw The owner proudly showed me
around, pointing out the manner IN
which labor was simplified. l saw "A
young man sitting before some sort of
large hammer. He sat with his legs
crossed and all his work consisted in
shoveling into an opening in the ma
chinery a small piece of iron. He would
| turn the metal two or three times,
throw it into large box, and take an
other piece. That was this mans work,
day after day, week after week. No
wonder that at night time he drank,
gambled, and fought. He had to.
otherwise he would so mad How many
of us would stand this and not cry out:
Not one of us but would become a
striker. Myself among the first
1t appears that the bishop had refer
ence to a machine for the making of
Eorseshoes and it has been shown
lavished this uncalled for pity is get
ting $12 where his ancestor who made
the horseshoes by hand 40 years ago
got 81 and that he can buy with one
weeks wages more than twice as many
Of the necessities of life as could that
ancestor: that the weeks work of the
descendant is done in so hours
whereas that of his ancestor required 20.
To be sure the ancestor may have been
his own master" in a more definite
sense than is the descendant, may have
owned his own plant, whereas the lat
plants. except he be exceptionally for
tunate in some outside enterprise.
Moreover il requires fewer men with
the machines to make horseshoes by
machinery than by hand but employ
ment on the whole is but little if any
lessened when are taken into consid-
Grafton the persons now employed in
making the machines and selling them
together with those who tend them.
And was the old method of making
| horseshoes more conducive to develop
ment of mind than the task of tending
machine the workings of which are
| a constant reminder of what the hu
man mind is capable of along certain
lines? Moreover it should be remem-
| bered that the descendant has fewe'
hours of the deadenng routine of the
shop and at night is not so physically
exhausted but that he is capable of ra-
| tiona enjoyment, of study and devel-
opment of other sides cf his nature.
He is less exposed by reason of physi-
| cal condition to the craving for stmu-
lants and he has opportunity to eXer-
else his free will in disposng of leisure
| that his ancestor did not have. And
while 1t is not to be expected that
Bishop Potter and others of his calling
can compel that descendant to make
the most of his opportunities it does
seem to be in the line of their work IN
see that he at least has the encourage
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-08
A Worthy Successor Of an Able Judge.


Governor Powers has appointed Hon
A. II. Savage of Auburn. an associate
justice of the supreme court to succeed
Judge Walton, whose term expires this
month. This appointment has been
foregone conclusion for some time, as
Judge Savage had very strong endorse
ment He is one of the leading lawyers
of the Androscoggin bar, has represented
his city In both branches of the Legisla-
ture, was speaker of the House in the
SiXty-siNth Legislature. county attorney
for four years, mayor three terms and
judge of probate four years. Judge Saw
age is graduate of Dartmouth and is
forty-nine years of age. He will make a
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-08
Constant change and improveme

Constant change and improvement
cannot eliminate Objectionable features
altogether A new invention seems u
give rise to a new danger or obstacle
to overcome. The ammonia for pre-
serving the contents of that cold stor-
age warehouse in New York was in the
/, ing firemen.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-08

lows
THROUGH TRAINS.
GOING WEST-630 A. NJ for Lewiston.
Pennington. Rangeley, Rockland, Port
land. Bridgton. Boston and Montreal;lOl0
A. NJ. Daily for Brunswick, Lewiston.
Portland and Boston. week days con-
meets also for Pennington. Phillips,
Rangeley. Carrabasset. Rockland. Mont
real. Toronto and Quebec: 3.0o and $50 +.
NJ. (express) for Brunswick. Bath. Lew
iston Portland, Boston; 1l.o0 p. NJ. might
Pullman every night for Lewiston.
Bath. Portland and Boston; l,50 A. NJ.
Portland and Boston.
GOING EAST-1.50 A. NJ. might ex-
press for Skowhegan. Belfast. Bangor.
Bar Harbor. st. Stephen. ST. John, Hall
fax and Aroostook county; so A. NJ. for
Waterville. Skowhegan. Bangor, Vance
boro, St. Stephen and st. John: 12.i2 L.
NJ for Waterville: 2.35 z. NJ. for Bangor,
Bar Harbor Old Town and Houlton via
B. & A.: 3.47 p. NJ. for Watervlle. Oak
land. North Anson. Bingham, Skowhe-
gan. Belfast, FoXcroft and Greenville.
Bangor. Old Town and Mattawamkeag;
IFS u. M. for Waterville.
SUNDAYS only SIS A. NJ. and 3.55 i.
NJ. for Waterville and Bangor.
The Night Pullman Train leaving at l.5O
\. NJ. going east does not connect for
Skowhegan on Monday mornings, or for
Belfast. FoXcroft or beyond Bangor,
Sunday mornings.
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS
AUGUSTA TO SOUTH GARDINER.
Sun only
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-08
WALDO

Only voters in the county where the
vacancy exists are eligible to fill vacan-
cies in the delegation of any city, town
or plantation.
In order to participate in the business
of this convention, delegates must be
chosen subsequent to the date of this
call.
The district committee will be in ses-
sion at City hall at 10 O'clock on the
morning of the convention. for the pur-
pose of receiving the credentials of dele
gates.
j. w. BLACK,
+. o. VICKERY,
w. II. WILDES,
c. II. DRUMMEY,
Committee.
Searsport, April 27, 1897.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-08

If the Greeks are hopelessiy beaten.
the courage they have displayed under
wretched leadership and against great
odds of men and arms is sufficient to
command the respect they have hither-
to had as people. AS much cannot be
said of their rulers and public men.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-08
DISTRICT CONVENTION.

The Republicans of the Third congres, :,
sional district will meet In convention IN IN
WEnNESDAY MAY 18th. 1897, at ii
q clock a, NJ. for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidate for representative 70
Congress to fill the vacancy occasioneu
nv f,.e death Of Hon. Seth l.. Miliikeh.
and to transact any other business that
may properly come before them.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-05-08

If the Canadians insist on placing a
duty on pulp wood as now proposed
there will be according to the tariff
bill as reported be duty placed on
equal to that fixed by Canada.