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Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-12

A number of desirable residences in
Augusta, Maine. varying In prices from
places in the suburbs Of this city; one
two-story house and lot In Lewiston
Maine. A number Of farms in Kennebec
county. varying in price from $1,000 to
5000. Houses and tenements to let. e.
W. Whitehouse. Attorney, Augusta, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-12

An improved corn pepper to be used on
the street. VIII be sold at. bargain
Apply to B. M. Bradstreet, Evans house
Gardiner. ns1 .. jan1Sdtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-12

MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE Co, of
Manchester. England. incorporated in 1S24)
CASH ASSETS. DEC. 81 1896.
Stocks and bonds owned by the COM
pany. market value 81, ,S02. AS 10
Cash In the companys principal Office
and In bank. .........-.....-,.....,. a3G01 81
Premiums In due course of collection. 273.1of u
Due from other companies for rein .,s
surance Or losses already paid..... 1858 20
$2.i73. 154 25
LIABILlTIES. DEC. 81 1896
Net amount Of unpaid losses and
claims ..s.S .....:....... sl5i,7 ,764 O4
Amount required to s,fely rc-insure
all outstanding risks 1916 e25 Sc
Commissions and other demands
against the company ny................ 1880 81
1,279.s70 4a
surplus beyond capital. .............. S93, 1888 81
81, l73 154 u
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-12

The -year-old Fairfield boy. who
saws the firewood. doesn't need any
announcement in that line.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-12

CALIFORNIAN ms. CO.. Of Edinburgh Scot
land incorporated In 1867 Amount ut FISK
$l19 633. .545. 90.
CASH ASSETS DEC. 81 1896
Stocks and bonds owned by the coui-
pany. market value. 81 ,s2l. 12l p
Cash IN the companys principal office
and in bank. ....................,.. 1857 81
Interest due and accrued. 2OOs3 90
Premiums In due course Of collection
and other items ..:..:......... 1851 1s
LIABILITIES. DEC. 81 1896
Net amount Of unpaid losses and
claims ...................... $l66. .9sS -
Reserved Tor Reinsurance. $50, ,251 -
Commissions and other demands
against the company. 566l1 81
AL liabilities. except capital stock
and net surplus. s.....................1. 1.17S.S6 81
Surplus beyond capital l............... 922.322 40
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-12

The store recently vAcated By G. ~.
Merrlll. lz Water Street. Apply to the
once Of vickery = Hill. oct6,dtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-12
FOR SALE.

The business of we'll established prac-
titioner in Chiropody and Manicuring. To
the right party. educated to the profess
sion, Il valuable opportunity is offered. as
the patronage of the Office is annually in
creasing. For information apply to Ben
ia min +. Harris chambers. corner E,x-
change and Middle streets, Portland. Feb
4th. feb6d2w
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-12

WANTS put in these columns secure
more answers than those who hate not
tried are aware.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-12

Pity the Maine people who went
away this winter for a better climate.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-12

Store suitable fof furniture business.
Four floors and basement; elevator run
py electric motor. Inquire of Atkinson
SuSta. ianldff
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-12
TO L.1Ts.

Three offices also Meonian hall for en-
tertainments, dances, &c. Apply to
Horace North, IS Green street.
feb3d1mo
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-12

House with large lot. North West Cor-
ner Green and Chestnut streets. j. Man
chester Haynes. dec1adtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-12

A store in Riverside block. INQUIRE Of
DR.. j. F.. Hill or VIM. H. Libby.
The sun., 1897-09-16
RAISES Law THE ISSUE.
40 Julius Hamburger Told Tho Independence
Hall pemocrncN nj n McctinE Inst NIEht.

40 Julius Hamburger Told Tho independence
Hall Democracy nj n Meeting Inst Night.
Tho campaign in tho Twenty-nfth Assembly
district was opened by tho Independence Hall
Democracy last night Mt meeting held at
knights Hall, Sixth avenue and Twenty.flfth
street. 1t was addressed by Edward j. Newell.
William A. Ellis Commissioner Ernest IIarvief:.
cN.Judge Ackcrt. and Julius hamburger. Mr..
Hamburger said:
g. returned from Canandagua on Saturday
after having addressed mass meeting at Sen.
ator Ranes's home on the excise question
From my observations in Canandaisua. and
from interviews with representative mon OF
Ontario county and business men elsewhere.
think that the Rancs law is a failure in opera
tion in the county towns of central New York
ns well rs here. In the city of Syracuse |
stopped at a restaurant which has been in exist
cnCc for thirty.twO wears, and was informed that
the payment of Il Rancs tax OF $500 was almost
prOhbtive.
But the harroOms have less to complain Of
and the dives are rcOpcniny everywhere and
iiourishng in most places. Tho same state of
affairs exists in nearly every town and village
in the state. Since my visit to Canandaigua |
am moro than ever convinced that the anti.
Raines-law issue will not only decide the Mayor.
atty OF the Greater New York. but will be tho
leading state issue In the Guhernatorial contest
next year for the Democrats
The sun., 1897-09-16
GARoos DEPosE TAMSEN.
Amend Elected President in HTS stead-Their
Attitude In tho Campaign.

htutuue IN the NhhpaHu'
Tho Garoo General Committee for tho muni-
cipal campaign was organized last evening at
the Grand Central Palace. Sheriff Tsmsen and
Jean WE'LL. rival candidates for President.
withdrew in tho interest Of harmony. and Ed
ward b. Amend, brother-in.law OF Herman Rid
der, was elected to the place. Henry c. Botty,
who used to be prominent in the Republican or
Ranization as n follower of Jake Patterson. was
elected Treasurer.
Retiring President Tamsen was let down easy.
There was a brass band present to do him honor
and he was almost smothered in flowers. He
made buncombe speech. in which he said that
the Garoos now control 80 per cent. Of the vote
of New York. and are able to dictate nomina-
tions and policies for the political parties.
Resolutions several yards in length were
adopted. oil OF which INDICATE that the Garoos
the parties will receive their proposition TO die
tate; Here are some of the declarations in the
I'VE are in favor of an economical honest,
business-l ike. and progressive administration OF
tion from State and national politics, which
have absolutely naught to do with the govern
I've appreciate the greatly improved clean.
| illness OF our streets and prompt removal OF
otfal and sweepings which have been brought
| to whose efforts we believe the lessened death
| rate to be largely due
We demand the reorganization Of the pres
ent police system after the pattern OF the great
European cities, and the abolition of the bi-
partisan police commission and the substitu-
| tion therefor OF single Commissioner.
I'VE demand the repeal of all laws which cir
cumscribc religious and personal liberty. par
| ticularly the notorious Raincs Liquor Tax law
| and its useless and arbitrary amendments.
I'VE detest the notorious temperance In
struction law as having tendency, by its silly
| provisions and teachings, to create discord be-
| tween parents and their children. and to under
| mine the ancient usages OF a peaceable people.
| " "WhereaS. The German citizens and German
element are superior in numbers therefore be it
" "Rcsoircd, That the German. American Re-
form Union OF the city OF New York. in general
committee assembled, reiterates and reafiirms
| its platform. and declares that ii will support
only as its candidate for Mayor a man who, by
| his honesty, probity. and stntesmanship has
| shown that he will carry out the principles
herewith enuncatcd a man who will exercise
real wisdom in carrying ont the laws. and
| man who. a liberal.minded high executive.
| will use his influence to have all obsolete and
| hypocritical laws banished from the statute
The sun., 1897-09-16

Further Identification OF the Exhibits Those
OF y Humnn BEING.

CHICAGO, Sept. l5.-One.ot the most convinc-
inG witnesses the State has produced in the
Luetgcrt murder trial was Prof. George Dor.
sey, Columbian Museum. the expert in anthro-
poloGy and osteology, who testified to-day.
Prof Dorsey is a graduate OF Harvard and hat
charge OF the chronological and anthropo,orical
exhibits at the Worlds Fair. He has just re-
turned from prolonged trip to ALASKA. British
columbia. Arizona, and Indian Territory. aid
brought back foc the Columbian Museum many
tlne specimens for the chronological department.
Prof. Dorsey identified fragment OF b5uy
substance rs part of the skull just back o:
the ear. He identified the sesamoid that had
previously passed through the hands OF tN'
pert George '. Bailey. and addc" that II WAS
apparently the external sesamoid OF the src,t
toe OF a human being.
The Judsc-liow can yon didcrcn;ia'c Re-
tween the human sesamolds and those Ot lower
animalsi
Prof. Dorscy-I am not al all familiar win
the seSannidS OF lower animals, nnt would NOT
say that II might not bc from one. but /, nAs
all the appearance and characteristics o, ne
Homes dcscribcd'osthe" "phalancc of the eccom!
metacarpal in the back OF n human hand. and
the ''phalange from either the little toe ar The
next one to II" were identified. \ new hone,
piece about three inches long. was offered in
evidence: and the witness, said i, was Gart
the largest bone in the human skeleton.
Il am closely impressed with the fact that
these bones al agree in size and rrHehh! nH
generally as the genus. and not as distinguished
from woman. The bones l think. were u:
woman" said the witness.
Tho cross'cNamiration Of Prof. Dorsey and ~
l)r. NoryRl Pierce, an expert aurist, Wa de-
ferred. DR. Pierce identified the hit Of skull
as "a portion Of the left temporal bore ~ q
homo" and said it had evidently been in CON.
tact with some caustic, possibly a potassium
hydratc.
Expert Bailey went through his cross-cNan>nh
tion without suffering. but Expert HowrS MAS
rather roughly handled. being forced ~ ai'
nit that he was n sort OF elevator man. iari'or.
rather than skilled dentist. Inspector
Shaack's cross-cNamination brought ont no
new facts.
The sun., 1897-09-16
THE NEW YORK OFFICES.
MIR. Plat HAS an HOURS INTER
YIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT

The First Result viii ne Crort's appointment
a.. surycyor-Burnett as District Attorney
ana nrnkei ns Marshal May Follow
Wilson to ne Postmaster In Brooklyn.
wAsuISGToN, Sept. Ex-senator Plntt had
an hours interview with the President to-day
about filling New York Federal offices. The
interview was very satisfactory, and It's hrst
result will bo the appointment OF Silas e. Croft
to bo Surveyor of the Port OF New York. Other
candidates of the regular organization whose
names were discussed were Gen. Henry l..
Burnett for United States District Attorney
for the Southern district of New York, VIII
lam Henkel for United States Marshal for that
district, and Representative Wilson for tho
Brooklyn Postmastership. Gen. Burnetts
appointment will follow that of Mr.. Croft, but
not until the place becomes vacant, and the
chances OF Mr.. Hcnkcl appear to be excellent.
Representative Wilson has been assured OF his
ultimate appointment as Postmaster. The
term Of Postmaster Sullivan expired on Mon
day, and Mr.. Wilson can receive his commits
sion whenever he wants to take hold. Scna-
tor Platt had a talk with Mr.. Wilson this after
noon and both are entirely satisfied with the
way things have gone.
Representative 0dell and J. NJ. Dickey Of
Ncwburgh were present at the interview be-
tween the President and Senator Platt MIR.
Dickey is the organization candidate for Ship
ping Commissioner at New York This Is
under the civil service regulations. but some
way will prboably be found Of giving Mr.. Dick
cy the place. He was mentioned for the Third
Assistant Postmaster Gcncrnlship, but did not
want IL, and it was given to Mr.. Merritt, tho
New York organization candidate The Presi-
don't 1t is said, wants Mr.. Dickcy to take the
place Of Commissioner OF Nayisat9n' put ne ne
prefers to reside In New York His chances
for becoming Shipping Commissioner are con-
sidercd good.
After the interview It was reported that the
| local political situation in New York was
talked over by Mr. Platt and the President.
toe tn ae tb sad ns pssg W in
to interfere in local politics. This statement
Came m' iso In Whiis Ir 5 Piatt % and the President
| were talking. but did not take an active part
| in their conference
Later in the day Mr. Platt a called at the Post ts
Postmaster.G General for an hour, and half;
When the conference concluded he was asked
tSn ny The Sun reporter IL there graod nsd been any
Nothing but few minor matters of ap-
pointments and other small things which re,
9Tred my said ,h me- Seye tne eed aa
up on my desk until decided, as soon as the
President returned to Washington. that
He said the Brooklyn Postmastership was
| not touched upon, nor did the question OF con-
| solidating the New York :and Brooklyn offices
Of his visit was to look up some cases up the
state: a - .,,.. =, a.. u,u, 4, p,,,,.
| lyn'last nightf' he was asked.
"The result speaks for ITSELF" he replied.
"Are you gratifed at the resulti' was the
next question.
| turning of minority Of forty into a majority
! Of ten looks pretty good. does 1t notf'
The sun., 1897-09-16
MYSTERY ABOUT THIS "AD."
The Person Who Caused Its Publication ana Her
Motive Cause Much speculatIon.

The Person who q used Its Publication and Her
Motive Cause Much Speculation.
The following advertisement, printed in yes.
terday mornings papers. caused surprise among
the friends OF the late DR.. Lawrence j. Mo
Namara, with whose name it was identified by
them:
THE WILL OF THE LATE LAURENCE MCNAMARA
was read satur lay. September eleventh. 1897.
He leaves his estate valued at two hundred thousand
dollars, to his widow. Ellen Mcnamara, and
thousand dollars his godchild. Katherine Lauret,A
Doan. of New York city.
DR.. Mcnamara, who lived at 126 Washington
place. and died there in December last, is the
only rich man Of that name who has died in this
city during year. He was a well-known
physician and surgeon. and his will was admit
ted to probate on Feb. IL last Under this will
all the estate was bequeathed to his widow. who
is Mary A. not Ellen and to his children. Julia.
Lawrence. Joseph, and Helen. who are grown
up and live with their mother They know
nothing in regard to the advertisement. and tho
lawyers for the estate were also in the dark
Edward j. Mcclure OF 25 Pine street. atto--
ney for Mrs. Mary A. Mcnamara, said he knew
Habio Of $50 broadway. who acted as T suardian
the last ten years the only viii filed in the name
mara At the Bureau OF Vital Statistics thero
is no record of any Laurence Mcnamara having
died within three months.
The advertisement came from a tall blond
woman, who sent II out through an agency on
Third avenue. She signed her name as Sadie
Waters and gave her address as 122 East
Eighty-cight street. She described herself as an
aunt of katherine Lauretta Dolan.
The woman does not live at 100 East Eighty.
eighth street and no person of the name is known
in the house. II is tenement, and the man who
received the advertisement said the appearance
OF the woman who brought it to the agency
altogether incongruous with the surroundings
OF tenement. He said that she was very well
dressed and had a male escort who waited out
side While she wrote the '.ad. !"
The sun., 1897-09-16
SPARKS FROM THE TELEGRAPH

william 7. Glover Of New York city has been ap-
pointed a special agent in the state Excise prpart
ment, The salary is Sl.200 aud expenses.
The prison population Sept. ! sea-, NJ
which sing Sing prison had l.piS; Auburn. l,"SII
clinton. @OI. and the womans prison at Auburn, -
man supposed 10 he Richard Collier Of New York
was hurtly injured by failing from freight train
on which he was trying to steal ride at TarrytDNn
yesterday
Gov, Black has appointed United States Loan
Commissioners for the county OF Wrstchestrr T +
wood Carpenter OF Mount kisco aud Daniel Lawrence
ofArdscy.
The Treasury Department has been notified that
the Mexican Government has exempted American
and nthcr sailing vessels carrying exclusively r'a
into Mexican ports from tonnage duties.
Bds for the construction OF the new Seventy 'nurt1
Regiment armory at Buffalo were opened at A.lau'
Co OF iirgpSlvn were among the bidders their hsG''
being b5Ib.Olu
The sun., 1897-09-16
OBITUAR

Thomas O'Neill. who died on Tuesday night in
New Orleans. was one OF the best known build
ers in that city. He was 76 years old. born in
the Vale OF Avoca, county Wicklow. Ireland
He went to New Orleans in lSI9. lie built tho
old st. Charles Hotel. destroyed by fire n few
years ago: Odd Fellows Hall, the Public Library.
st. Joseph and St Stephens churches, Christ's
Exchange. tho Lafayette McDonough school,
Pickwick Club. and nearly every cotton press In
New Orleans.
Andrew Kay, a retired shipping master. died
on Tuesday Mt his home 39l Ninth street
brooklyn, aged 20 years IIc followed the sea
for over fifty years. He leaves a widow and
three sons.
Hannibal Andrews Police Commissioner An
drews's father died yesterday In Messina
Springs, n. y. He had been i'll some time, but
his death was sudden. He was a merchant.
The sun., 1897-09-16
SIGN FOR Low, rorE As ToU LIKE
Moro Light How the cit Cnnvnssers Con-
Quoted Their =. Enrolment"

Moro Light on How the Cit CRnvnssers Con-
Quoted Their =. Enrolment"
The bevy OF young women who are working
on the Cts enrolment have been sent up to the
top story of the Cit headquarters in order that
they may continue their work Of sorting
names in perfect quiet" Until they finish this
work the Cits have standing excuse to keep
outsiders from seeing the rolls, In the mean
time testimony as to the manner in which tho
names obtained continues to come in.
Here is another letter on tho subject that has
been received by THE Sun:
New YORK, Sept. II, 1897.
To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: Being Re-
publican unswcrvngly attached TO his party
wish to add my experience. upon signing the
Low petition" TO the instances cited by THE
Sun in its exposure of the humbuggcry of that
document when construed as a.pledge to vote
for Mr.. Low or even as n desire for his nomna-
tion TO the exclusion Of other equally available
The Citizens Union canvasser called at my
office ana requested my signature and that Of
Mr. James Dempsey. lawyer associated with
thought Mr.. Low good man for the office. and
| would indorse him as would any other good
citizen and vote for him il nominated by my
party. said: This is my position; II ms you
me TO sign an Endorsement OF any other repre-
sentative man. whether Democrat or Repubii.
can manning several prominent onesl l would
sign IL as an expression OF my appreciation OF the
man. but would not vote for him unless he
were nominated BY tho Esernhic@2n party
my signature. | am n Republican and reside
| and vote in Peckskil," TO hich Mr.. Canvasscr
| replied: "Oh! that doesn't make any difference
| We want all the names VIC can get. We want
| TO make as big showing of names as we can.
| We don I expect every one who signs this paper
! to be bourd 10 vote for Mr.. Low"
II was with intense disgust that read an ar
ticle, In the Tribune about three weeks since
and before Mr.. Lows nomination. headed Fill
| ing up the list. Ono hundred and sixteen thou
| sand voters pledge themselves to Low" And
| with still greater disgust was il that | read OF
| the Citizens Union nominating man without
| consulting my party. and refusing its invitation
| TO even confer with it.
| As things have transpircd this Low Pcti-
| tion " is shown to be n hunbuG. and what other
! wise might have been effective citizens
movement for good bids fair to prove altogether
! abOrtivC. Not desiring 10 be "A component OF
| such filling l have Withdrawn my name.
| Yours very truly, EDWIN II, LEAVITT.
The sun., 1897-09-16
MRS. MARY CL4Y,S SUICIDE.
She Hangs Herself with n SILK Ribbon an
AaSl lum In Central Valley.

MIpDLETowS. y. Y. Sept. l5.-Mrs. Mary
Clay OF New York. who has been under treat
ment for melancholia at Falkirk. DIR. James NJ
Ferguson's asylum at Central Valley. y. V,
for tho treatment Of mental diseases hanged
herself in her room this morning. She was
found by an attendant suspended from door
hinge with wide silk ribbon about her neck.
A chair near by indicated that she had jumped
from II after adjusting the moose. A letter was
found in which she asked forgiveness for her
act, and said she did not longer wish to be a
burden to her friends.
Mrs. Clay attempted suicide in June last at
the boarding house OF Mrs. Wheeler in Orange,
\. J. Her brother.in-law. Mr. W. 4. Wadman
Of EliZabethport, brought her to Falkirk for
treatment. Her condition Is attributed to grief
over tho death OF her husband twenty years
ago. few hours after their marriage.
The sun., 1897-09-16
MARYLAND REPUBAICAx TICKET
The Convention Hnrmouioua-NeEro Voters
Kick BecAnse They Are ignored.

BALTIMORE, Sent. l5.-With all tho discordant
clements eliminated the Republican State Con-
vention to-day was q harmonious body. The legal
ity OF ofycstorday's meeting OF the State Central
Committee was sustained after all vacancies
had been filled. The committee met and elected
State Senator Norman Is. Scott OF Washington
county Chairman OF tho committee to succeed
Senator Wellington. All the other candidates
had withdrawn, so there was no opposition.
by rising vote Mr.. Phillips Lee Godsborough
OF Dorchester was nominated as the candidate
for State Comptroller. and Gen. Allen B. Ruther
ford for Clerk OF tho Court OF Appeals. The
platform adopted Commcnds the Republican Ma
lionHl and State Administrations, and includes
these planks:
That the supreme duty of maintaning inyiolate the
national honor and credit renders It imperative that
MArylInd at this Juucture. should elect to the United
states Senate an advocate aud supporter OF sound
money anu one whose past conduct ID guarantee OF
his future raithfulucss.
That the action OF the Republican House OF Repre-
kentatlves. under the able leadership of Speaker
Heed. IN promptly secOnding the efforts OF President
Mckinley TO secure non partisan currency commis
sion meets with our hearty approval.
Tho cOlored people in the city, especially the
ministers OF the Gospel, are very much incensed
because no colored men were placed on the legis-
latiye ticket. They are advocating an indie
pendent ticket. made up entirely OF blacks.