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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

A girl for general housework Apply
between the hours of 10 A. NJ. and u NJ.
at Mrs. A. c. Curriers', Halowell Me.
sept2d1w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

People wanting pleasant place for an
outing or picnic, will find one on north
shore of Togus lake Lake View house,.
where Barrows lets boats. furnishes
chowder dinners, etc. Five miles east of
Pettengiifs Corner. augi9dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

Table and also general homework girl.
Wages $500 at the beach. Can remain all
winter if satisfactory. Mrs. l.. Boyes,
Old Orchard, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03
WANTED.

Situation by p. f. |. man and wife.
Man will make himself useful about gen.
tleman'S place hotel, or do farm work.
Woman for general Homework. Apply
at SO Green street. c. NJ. Glidden.
Sapt2d1wE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

Agents, big money maker: everybody
buys; write today for particulars; send
reply envelope. Ralph Co., p Third Ave,
New York aug2s. div"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

One 16 gauge double gun, one Marlin
rifle. one revolver. one tent house. one
Acme folding canvas boat, three private
telephone instruments and one village
cart. james W. North. aug27.dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

Girl for general housework, family of
two. new house, all modern conveniences.
Apply to Mrs. E. B. Adams, 81 Middle
street aug30, div"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

If YOU want (Old Process) pure cider
vinegar. cucumbers, caullflowers, toma-
toes. Qor pickling) and all kinds of farm
produce at lowest market prices, ad-
dress postal card to Fred l.. Hewins,
Fast Winthrop. aug6, d2moss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

Desirable piece of improved real estate
in Augusta; we'll located, and at present
rented for $27 per month. One-half pur-
chase money can remain on mortgage ut
per cent. If desired. For terms and fur
ther particulars. apply to Williamson 4
Water street. aug11dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

A tenement of five rooms on Pray's
lane. House with stable on Bangor
street. Inquire of w. H. Bruce, with
Bruce, Bros, Cony street. julySdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

One house on Grove street and one Of
flee. Also Meonan and Union halls. APP
ply to James w. North. - Grove St, or
j. A. Getchell. Meonian hall.
aug27 ,dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

Ladies, my monthly regulator has
brought happiness to hundreds of anx-
ious women; l have never had single
failure. no other doctor can say this;
longest cases relieved in two to five days
without fail; no pain, no danger, no in
reference with work, by mail, 81; all let
tiers truthfully answered. DR.. E. NJ. Toll
man Co., 10 fremont ST., Boston.
july7 de- w3moss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

Capable girl to assist in care of two
children. Mrs. Jos. Williamson, Jr,, 80
Grove street. aug11dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

Lower fiat of five rooms and bath %
Eastern avenue East Side. Newly paint
ed and papered. Stable, garden and fruit
trees. Inquire of 0. O. Stetson, S State
Street place. auglSdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

Good house to rent on Chapel street.
Furnace, bath room, hot and cold water
in sink. Newly painted and papered.
Inquire OF NJ. " B. Chase or c. w. Jones.
mays diff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

Experienced kitchen girl, at once. at
City hotel. aug2edtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03
TO LET.

Convenient tenement for small family
at No. Is Elm street. Inquire of Mrs. w.
Il. Lapham. sept3.dlws
FURNISHED ROOMS to let at No. 10
Gage street sepu,dlmo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

In Augusta on Western avenue, ten
minutes walk from State street, one cot
tage house, six rooms finished stable
20xio feet; water from a never-failing
well piped to house and stable: two acres
of fine land; a few apple and cherry trees
in bearing. For further information in
quire on the premises Jas. /. Bailey,
Western avenue, Augusta, Me.
sept30. diff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

TO LET AT OCEAN POINT for bal
ance of August and September, a large
furnished cottage. E. w. Starbird, No. )
Green St, Portland, Me. aug9,dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

At bargain and on very easy terms to
suit purchaser, house and stable with
large lot on Gannett street. House con-
tains IA rooms and can be occupied by one
or two families. Apply to J. S. Plummer
q Gannett street, Augusta. aug23d2ws
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

FIRST CLASS TABLE BOARD and
furnished rooms, also furnished front
parlor on first floor. Special rates to
transients. No. G. Chapel street.
sept3, d1mo*
MADAM BRANN-Clairvoyan Is at AZ
Gage street, Augusta, Me. feh15,dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

First-class tenement on Oak street. In
quire of Macomber, Farr & Written.
iuly30dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-03

Box stall in stable on Pleasant street.
Inquire G. A. Blodgett, City. aug3l,dtf
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25
FACTS FOR FARMERS
THE TARIFF AND CONFERENCE
BILLS MAKING PROGRESS.

Both Measures BEING Pushed In Con.
gress = Increasing Grain Productions
Abroad Caused the Low Prices and
Strongly Suggest . Home Market.
Special Correspondence.
Washington, March Is. Farmers
who have been accustomed to charge
low prices of grain to the currency, or
lack of currency in the United States,
will be at least interested and probably
surprised by some figures just published
regarding the grain supply which
Russia is pouring in upon the markets
of Europe. That the European demand
and price must have largely to do with
the rates the farmers of the United
States get for their grain, especially
when factories are closed and the de-
mand at home is light, goes without
saying. The Miller, London publica-
ton presents some statistics with refer
ence to the comparative production of
grain in the United States and Russia
which bear largely upon this question.
1t shows the average production of
grain in Russia and the United States
during the last three years, giving the
figures in "quaterers''-a quarter, as
is we'll known, consisting of eight BUSH
els. The figures, showing the average
production for the three years ended
December 81, 1895, are as follows:
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25
INSANE FATHERS DEED.
Shot and Killed His Son, Wounded
His Daughter and Killed Himself.

Shot and Killed His Son, Wounded
His Daughter and Killed Himself.
Philadelphia, March 19.-Frederick
Franks, in fit of insanity, shot and
killed his son, William, aged g.. shot
and badly wounded his daughter, Anne
liza, aged 5, and then sent bullet into
his own breast near the heart, at his
home in this city this morning. Franks
and his daughter died in few hours.
Franks made elaborate preparations
for the terrible work. He arose earlier
than usual, told his wife to go to the
grocery store for something for break
fast while he made coffee. While she
was gone the tragedy occurred. After
his wife went out Franks locked both
doors. The two children were asleep
in second-story back room. Neigh
bors heard several pistol shots, but did
not know where they came from until
few minutes later, when Mrs. Franks
returned to the house. She found the
doors locked, and, failing to get a re-
Spouse to her pulls at the bell, called
to her husband to open the door. The
little girl, hearing the calls of her
mother, staggered down stairs and
opened the door, and fell at her mothers
feet,
Picking up the child. the woman
rushed into the parlor, and found her
husband, with bullet wound near his
heart. On the bed upstairs was the
body Of the boy. Death had probably
been instantaneous. The murderer
had gone upstairs and sent three bull
let's into his SON q head and body. He
then shot the girl under the chin, and
went down stairs and fatally wounded
himself. It is believed the man was
suddenly seized with fit of insanity.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25
coRRETT GOES DOWN.
Pugflism's World-Championship IL
Again Passed On.

Again Passed On.
Carson, New, March IS.-Under q
cloudless sky, and in valley 5000 feet
above the sea, circled by snow-capped
mountains. which glistened in the
bright sunlight, making picture such
as was never seen before on an occasion
OF the kind, James J. Corbett went
down to defeat yesterday before Robert
Fltzsimmons, who became champion
heavyweight pugiiist of the world.
The victory was not gained without q
struggle. In fact, victory did not seem
possible for FitzsimmOns until the last
moment of the fight, when the Austria
liam, who was giving indications of
slowly going to pieces, delivered blow
In vital part, and followed it with
two others, which sent the Californian
to the floor with the agony of pain and
despair, imprinted on his face. and un-
able to rise within the limit which
would save him.
When the defeated champion finally
arose, with the assistance of his attend
ants, and regained sufficiently from his
dazed condition to realize the calamity
that had befallen him, he broke out
with all the fury of an enraged animal,
and. discarding all rules which govern
the art of which he is disciple, rushed
at his victorious opponent and made a
vain struggle to get at him over the
ropes, only desisting when his own
friends forced him away. The new
champion was borne to his dressing
room amid the cheers of the 5. 900 peo-
pie in the arena, accompanied by his
seconds and trainers, and by his wife,
who had watched the contest from a
position within few feet of the ring
side, and who had taken in every detail
even at the time when it seemed her
husband would be knocked insensible
at her feet.
The fight which lasted for fourteen
rounds, was fiercely contested through
out, and is generally conceded to have
been won on its merits. During the
first few rounds, however, and in point
of science throughout the fight, Corbett
seemed to have the best of it. but a ire
mendous blow over the heart from Fitz-
simmons left carried him to the floor
unconscious. and he did not rise until
after the referees fateful "One-two-
three-four- fve-six-seven-eight
and out" had been counted, proclaim
ing to the world the advent of new
pugilistic champion in the person of
Robert Fitzsimmons.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25
In the Senate.

There was an abundance of flowers
on the desks of the senators when at II
O'Clock Mr.. Hobart called the senate to
order. The galleries were filled. The
chaplain's prayer invoked divine grace
and blessing on the senators and MEM
bers now about to take up the work of
the extraordinary session, and on the
president and vice-president. The
roll-call disclosed the presence of sixty
eight senators. The new senator from
Kansas, w. A. Harris, took the oath
of Office.
Mcbride of Oregon presented the cre-
entails of Henry w. Corbett, appointed
by the governor of Oregon to fill the
vacancy caused by the failure to elect a
successor to Mitchell. The governors
certificate was read. Mcbride request
ed that the new senator be sworn in, it
there should be no objection. Gray OF
Delaware said some unusual circum-
stances attended the appointment, and
the credentials should be referred to
the committee on privileges and cleo
lions. The motion prevailed by unan-
imous vote.
Hoar of Massachusetts and Cockrell
of Missouri were named q committee to
wait on the president and inform him
that congress was ready to receive any
communication from him. The senate
at 1890 took recess until 2.
At 3 o'clock . further recess was
taken until 5, to give further time to
the committee appointed to wait upon
the president.
At 8 o'clock the session was resumed.
Hoar and Cockrell reported that they
had called on the president Secretary
Pruden, of the White House stat,
thereupon stepped forward, message in
hand. It was sent to the desk and the
reading began amid the close attention
of the senators. It took but ten min
utes to read the message, and there
after, on motion Of Allison, the senate
adjourned.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25
HUNDREDS OF BILLS.
The Senate II Flooded with New Bills
Of All Kinds.


Washington, March l8.-In the sem
ate today, 438 bills and eight joint
resolutions were introduced. They en-
braced nearly every phase Of the public
service. Aliens batch Of bills num-
bered about seventy-five. They includ-
ed bills directing foreclosure Of the gov
eminent lien on the Union Pacific road;
to prevent professional lobbying; defin-
ing the powers of the judiciary; for
service pension, etc. Bills introduced
by Hale related to cable between the
United States, Hawaii and Japan, and
to the twelfth census. There was
general laugh at one Of the pension
bills of White, for the relief of Will
liam ]. Bryan" Lodges bills includ-
ed those for q Hawaiian immigration
law, and for Hawaiian cable. Bank
ruptcy bills were presented by Nelson
and Lindsay. Morgan reintroduced the
Nicaragua canal bill and joint resolu-
ton to abrogate the Clayton Bulwer
treaty. Numerous bills relating to Pa
cific roads were presented, including
that of Morgan to create board of
trustees for the Union and Central Pa
cific. One of Thurston's bills provided
for the increase of all pensions.
A resolution by Frye calling for in
formation. as to the application of civil
service rules to river and harbor work
was agreed to after some criticism of
civil service operations. Cockrell asked
if the bill was step toward abolishing
the rules. Frye said it was step
toward abolishing the rules SO far as
they related to the labor on engineer
ing works of the government. The
president has extended the civil service
rules to all classes of labor, SO that an
engineer officer way up on the Column
bia river who wanted a laborer for river
and harbor work had to apply to the
civil service commission. It is inter-
fering with all manner of public work,
declared Frye, and it is absolutely alb
surd and stupid.
The chaplain's prayer referred to the
devastation of the Mississippi floods,
and he sought divine Intervention and
public assistance for the sufferers.
The measures introduced were re-
ferred to the several committees, with
the exception of the bill pensioning the
widow of Brlgadier-G General Stevens at
$75, which was passed. being the first
bill passed at the session.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25

Washington, March 18.-The presi
dent today sent to the senate the fol-
lowing nominations:
Ambassador extraordinary and min
lister plenipotentiary from the United
States to Great Britain, John Hay, of
the District of Columbia.
Ambassador extraordinary and min
lister plenipotentiary to France, Horace
Porter, of New York.
Secretary of the embassy of Great
Britain, Henry White, of Rhode Island.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25
Heiress Mxsteriously Dissapears.

St. Louis, March leila Burden,
IL years old, who is heiress to large
fortune, has been missing from her
home since Monday. She lived with
her grandmother, Mrs. Burden, at 50S2
Minerva street, and left home Monday
for the Dozier school, where she was
regarded as one Of the brightest and
prettiest of several hundred pupils. At
$3.50 in the afternoon, the usual hour,
she left the school for home, and went
part Of the way with other girls to
point where she usually took car for
home. Nothing has been heard OF her
since. The only theory for her disap-
pearance is that she has been kidnapped
and hidden by her captors until sum-
Gent ransom is offered. Alarge reward
is offered for her return.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25
TO PASS TARIFF BILL
Extra Session of Congress
Begins It's Work.
REED Is ELECTED SPEAKER


Referred to Committee ON Priv
ileges and Elections.
The fifty-ffth house of representa-
tives met Monday for the work before
it. Although the proceedings we're per-
functory, the scene was a brilliant one.
The most striking feature of the scene
on the floor was the number Of new
faces. Familiar figures conspicuous in
the shock of many parliamentary bat
ties had disappeared, and in the lists
were new and untried knights. The
change of personnel was very great. By
IL o'clock the reserved galleries, except
those for the diplomatic corps and exec
utive, were walled in, tier on tier.
At 10 O'Clock, Major Mcdowell, the
clerk, raped the house to order. Rev.
Mr.. Couden, the blind chaplain, deliv-
cred an invocation, appealing for Gods
blessing on the work of the new con-
gress and the new administration. The
clerk read the presidents proclamation
converting congress, after which the roll
was called.
The vote on speaker, which resulted,
Reed 1919, Bailey ia, Bell 81 and New
lands 1, aligned several unclassifed
members.
Speaker Reed was enthusiastically
received ON his appearance in the house
after his election, and made graceful
and drily humorous speech in assuming
the gavel.
According to the time-honored GUS
tom, Harmer of Pennsylvania, the old
est member in continuous sevice, adj
ministered the oath to the speaker.
After the new members had been
sworn in by the speaker, the oath was
administered by unanimous consent to
Dolliver of Iowa, Bell of Texas and
Pierce and McMillin of Tennessee,
whose credentials had not arrived.
Grosvenor presented resolution,
which was adopted, for election of can
didates for other officers of the house,
as follows:
Clerk, Alexander Mcdowell, of Penn
sylvania; sergeant-at-arms, Benjamin
F. Russell, Of Missouri; doorkeeper,
w. Glenn, of New York; postmaster,
J. G. McElroy, of Ohio; chaplain,
Henry N. Couden.
The usual formal resolution Of Motif
cation of assembling was adopted.
When Henderson of Iowa, offered the
usual resolution for adoption temper
arily Of the rules Of the last house, an
Intellectual attempt was made, under
the leadership of Hepburn, to limit the
operation of the rules of the last con-
gress, which were adopted temporarily,
to thirty days. The Democrats, Popu-
lists and fourteen Republicans support
ed him, but they were defeated, 1873 to
152.
This was the only incident out of
the ordinary connected with the pro-
ceedings today. The presidents mes
sage was applauded vigorously, as was
Dingley when he introduced the new
tariff bill.
The speaker appointed the Republi-
can members of the. old committee on
ways and means, and added Bailey of
Texas, Robertson of Louisiana and
Swanson Of Virginia to the Democratic
members.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25

To find that European Russia and
Poland, independent of Caucasia and
Siberia, produce about double the guam
tity of small grain that the United
States produces will probably be sur
prise to many, and must suggest to the
farmer that he acted wisely in Novem-
Der last, when he determined to Guilt
vate home markets by a protective
tariff, and spread advantages abroad by
reciprocity. 1t is to this end that the
Republican members Of the ways and
means committee are now working in
their consideration of the tariff bill.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25
A High Hat Ordinance.

San Francisco, March 18.-At the
meeting of the board of supervisors
yesterday, Supervisor Rotanz introduced
an ordinance which makes it misde-
meanor punishable by both fine and
Imprisonment for a woman to wear a
hiQh hat in the theater. Owners and
managers Of theaters are prohibited
from admitting women to their theaters
whose hats are above the limit pre-
scribed By law. The ordinance was
referred to the Judiciary COMMITTEES,
which will report on the measure at
the next meeting Of the board.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25
SULTAN WANTS PEACE
He Offers to Withdraw His
Forces From Crete.
WILL ASSIGN TT TO KING GEORGE


London, March 19.-The secretary of
the Byron Society has received tele-
gram from Athens, stating that the sui
tan, desiring to preserve peace, has
offered to withdraw the Turkish gar
rison from Crete and to assign the
island to King George; to be occupied
and administered by Greece, with i'm
perial suzerainty of the sultan, taking
Che form of an annual tribute. The
telegram states that those terms are en-
tirely agreeable to the Hellenic cabinet,
as we'll as to the Cretan Mohammedans,
who prefer annexation to autonomy.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25

Bridgeport, Conn.,, March 19.-Tip,
a big and vicious elephant, was stran-
eled to death yesterday by the employees
of the winter quarters of the Barnum
circus. The animal was in such con-
dition Of fury that there was danger ct
its breaking its shackles and creating
havoc. Tip was eleven feet high and
weighed three and half tons. he has
been with the show twenty years and
was valued at 90, 900. The ivory in
his tusks alone is estimated to Be worth
$500.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25
The Proclamation's Provisions.

Canea, March 19.-It is learned this
morning that the powers have irrevoc-
ably decided to assure complete auton-
omy of Crete, under the sultan's suzer-
ainty, but they have agreed upon meas
ures intended to regulate the admins
tration of an autonomous regime, to
restore peace and order and to guaran-
tee to every one, without distinction of
race or religion, liberty, the security of
property, the resumption of husbandry
and industry, and the development of
the resources Of the country.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25
Bin Apparent Confirmation.

Canea, March l9.-The admirals of
the combined fleets in Cretan waters
made formal proclamation of the in
tention of the great powers to confer
upon the island an autonomous govern
ment, subject to the suzerainty of the
sultan.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-25

Progress Of International Bimetallism.
The past few days have shown two or
three interesting facts regarding the
currency question. One Of these is the
determination Of the Republican lead
ers to maintain absolutely the pledge
of the Republican party with reference
to international bimetallim. While q
handful of the representatives. of the
great financial centers opposed action
on the senate resolution authorizing the
appointment of delegates to an inter-
national conference, they were a.
nothing compared with the overwhelm-
ing sentiment Of the party and OF the
leaders Of the party in favor OF doing
all that can be done in behalf of inter-
national action. While it is q fact that
a surprisingly large proportion OF the
newspapers of the country profess the
belief that international action for the
rehabilitation of silver as money metal
upon an equality with gold impossible.
nevertheless the leaders of the Repub-
lican party and its representatives in
congress are determined to move stead
ily forward in the line outlined By
state conventions and pledged by the
Republican national convention in the
year 1896, as well as that Of the year
1899.
That the Republicans of the country
generally have expected and demanded
this course of action and that the pledge
=, ado Nv tha national convention was