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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23
The luetQert Trial.

According to the law of that state
Luetgert will have to be brought to
trial again within three months or be
released. Unless new evidence shall BE-
obtained on the part of the state it
hardly seems proba BILE that he will be
tried again, Notwithstanding the
avowed purpose of the prosecution to
do so, for so far as the reading public
is able to judge every effort at prose-
cution was exhausted and the states
case was ably conducted while the
jury appears to have been a good one,
all things considered.
The prosecution sought to prove tina;
Luetgert and his wife lived unhappily;
that he wished to marry another
woman; that his wife was seen to
enter his factory on the night of he!
disappearance; that Luetgert was en-.
gagged in work with one of the watts,
which was not called for by any legiti-
mate demands of his business; that he
tried to get rid of one of his employees
on pretexts that were not reasonable.
The defence tried to prove he was 6
kind husband; that his wife was not at
the factory that night; that Luetgert'i;
presence there at that time and the
work he was engaged in were not
hot 1,oe
been seen since May LIST; that one Of
her children has heard her voice; that
The prosecution tried the experiment
Of dissolving a human body in the vat
with caustic soda and claimed to have
demonstrated the possibility of arriv-
ing at the results they claim Luetgert
did; the defense on the contrary tried
the experiment and claimed it failed.
The defense also urged that if Luet-
CERT was so shrewd as to dispose of all
buttons and indissoluble articles a
woman wears he would have been
shrewd enough to have disposed of the
finger rings and the tooth found in
the vat.
The fact of the woman's disappear
ance counted for but little Innocent
men have been executed too many
times on that for basis. The jury
evidently did not believe in the attacks
the. defense made upon the Chicago
police force for pushing the case, nor
could they have been favorably i'm
pressed with the testimony of the ex-
perts. The public can not form very
accurate opinions from reports of trials
but the general impression seems to be
that Luetgert is guilty, though hardly
proven so as conclusively as one ought
to be on whom the state imposes a
death penalty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
A Study In Cobdenism.
IN. Y. Tribune.)

IN. Y. Tribune.)
This says Mr.. John Morley-than whom
there is not more than one greater au-
thority on the subject, and he in exact
day of the Cobdenic gospel Free trade
has attained perfect frution. True. it
has been accepted by no other country,
although the master declared that the
rising of the sun was not more certain
than that before this time it would be
adopted by the whole civilized world.
Let us, however emulate that sweet
reasonableness which is the true Cob
denite's unfailing hallmark. Let us say
plumply that no country is or can be civ
ilized until it has adopted free trade.
Then it is evident that every civilized
country has already adopted free trade,
and the word of the master is fulfilled.
Q. E. D.
One feature of this glorious MONDAY,
however, demands some passing notice
That u.s. the condition of the British West
indian colonies under the sway of the
Cobdenite gospel They are ancient and
historic colonies. They were the scene of
at least one of the decisive battles of the
world, in which the British empire was
saved from destruction. They are recog-
nized now as of inestimable strategic
value. They were formerly among the
richest and most prosperous in the whole
empire. Today they are bankrupt, pau
perlzed, seeking an aims to save them
from humiliation. That is what an i'm
perial commission officially reports.
This is the case: The colonies are pro-
ducers of cane sugar. That is their chief.
one might say their sole. industry Their
soil and climate are suited to it better
than to anything else. Their capital is
invested in it. Their working people are
skilled in it. They know how to do moth
ing else. Abolish that industry and you
destroy their living and make them beg
gars or brigands. And that is exactly
what Is coming to pass in this full noon
day OF the Cobdenic gospel. For GET
many has learned the art of making sug-
ar from beet roots. and by virtue of gov
eminent bounty is able to sell it in the
British market at lower price than that
of the West Indian cane sugar. So the
west Indian industry is ruined. As
London Times writer says: 1.-THE sug-
ar industry under present conditions is
threatened with extinction. and. without
help, the majority of the West Indian
colonies must. in the event of the destruc-
ton of their main source of income, lapse
into bankruptcy, followed by administra-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

The votes which the New York pa
pers are taking or assuming to take to
is likely to result would have more
value if it wasn't noticeable that the
vote printed by each paper reflects in
quite a degree the view of that paper
and that the various results of all the
polls differ materially except that most
of them find that Tammany leads.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23
BUSINESS CHANCES
For Sale.

$4,000 or actual value stock, fixtures and
teams "a of grocery. provision and bak-
ing business of upwards $50. 900 per year:
rent of three stores (connected) $65 per
month. or will sell bakeshop separately;
rent $40; price $500 including one team: To-
Gated on prominent corner in smart town
of Marlboro. Mass. This store has been
established IS years and has always been
profitable to the owners: it enjoys the
best of reputation: has but little compe-
tition: gets full prices and profits are
large. Two fortunes have been mSde
here and another awaits you. If looking
for place of this kind come and l will
show you more than this ad calls for.
w. F. CARRUTHERS.
II School ST., Boston.
Oct23 dlWs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

tive bafbarism. Their large negro popu-
lation, left without means either of SUBJ
sistence or of emigration. can hardly be
expected to tolerate such a condition of
affairs in silent submission Riot and an
archy must ensue, and the scandal would
be such as evidently in such an event to
necessitate imperial Intervention at any
cost. Such is the full MONDAY of the
Cobdenic gospel.'' Barbarism riot an
archy!
And the proposed remedy? The COM
mission would like above all else to see
the beet sugar producing nations abolish
their bounties. OF course. Then the
West Indian cane-Sugar growers could
compete with them. But are Germany
and France likely to Go so to oblige Great
Britain? VIII they cripple one of their
own industries to help one of Great Brit
aims? Perhaps; when the falling of the
skies enables them to go lark-catching in
stead. If Great Britain were not in the
full monday of the Cobdenic gospel she
might get them to do so by Offering some
thing to them in return. But reciprocity
and free trade are Incompatible. A free
trade country has nothing to offer. 1t has
already given away everything it had to
give. 1t has destroyed it's own power of
making advantageous commercial treaties
and has placed itself at the mercy of its
rivals. 1t can neither persuade them with
offers of reciprocity nor brighten them
n.
plan would be to pay bounties to the West
Indian planters. But that is repugnant
to the basic principle of the Cobdenic
gospel. A third would be to impose a
duty on all bounty-paid sugar equal to the
amount of the bounty But that would
be fiat protection, such as the United
states practises, at the very mention of
which the true Cobdenite revOlts
So there seems to be nothing left but to
let the colonies go to ruin. Then, when
barbarism. riot and anarchy get too scan
dalously bad. the government will inter-
vene. 1t may have to slaughter a lot of
the negroes whom Cobdenism has driven
to starvation. and starvation to riot and
anarchy. But what is a mere detail like
that compared with the full MONDAY of
the Cobdenic gospel?" 1t may have to
spend in aims much more than the cost of
bounty or tariff that would have kept
the colonies prosperous. But what do
pounds. shillings and pence amount to
compared with great principle? No:
the Cobdenite gospel must be lived up to,
IL 1t bankrupts the eXchequer, kills every
negro In the Indies and turns all those
summer isles of Eden" into savage will
dernesses. Great indeed. is Cobdenism.
and this is the full MONDAY of it's gospel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

The three mills of the Dexter Wooden
Co., which have been idle for some
time, were advertised to be sold at
auction at Dexter, Thursday, but when
sthe time arrived and the auctioneer
said that no bids less than $57, 500 would
be considered there was no response,
and after some time hope of sale was
abandoned. The auctioneer then
passed to a collection of tenement
houses owned by the corporation. again
naming minimum price, but again
there were no bids, and the auction
was declared over,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23
Maine Fires.

Two of the boiler houses of the Mon
son Slate Co.'S. plant at Monsoon Farms
were destroyed by fire, Wednesday night.
The loss will be between $500 and $1,000;
covered by insurance. - "a
The residence of the late Richard Smith
of Searsport, was badly Quilted by fire.
recently. Most of the household goods
were saved in a damaged condition Loss,
$780, cause, defective chimney.
About o'clock Wednesday morning,
fire broke out in the3lsldridge Bros sash
and blind factory atspexter. The morn
ing was very still a6ld before the fire had
much of a start there were IL streams Of :
water directed upQMstt, The building was I
considerably ,buEpAd inside. but not
enough to cause*1AY part Of It to fall.
The windows wete all destroyed, as well
as the betting, thu latter being the chief
source of loss. Tia Building was unin-.
sured and the lQee will be about $500.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

The railroad employees who voted
for Mckinley are not regretting it..
The gross earnings of the railroads for
the year past are $75,00O,000 greater
those for the preceding year. There
has in consequence been increased en-
ployment and in not a few instances
increased wages,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

The disinherited sons Of the late
George NJ. Pullman doubtless regret
that he always did what he said he
would.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

Really the plutocrats do not seem to
care about forming syndicate to bid
in the Union Pacific which the political
sensation mongers say is to be sold for
$4O,000.000 less than it's worth. Forty
million dollars usually has attractions
for men of that class.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

Relative to the character of the jury
which sat on Luetgert's case it may
ley who was the leader of those favor
ing acquittal is one of Chicago's best
known and most successful con-
tractors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

Senator Tillman's physician tells him
his health will not permit public
speaking for the present This is es-
pecially hard on the doughty dema-
gogue for speech is silvern and silence
is golden
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23
Maine Gossip.
An Old Maid.

(From Chambers Journal)
Her eyes like quiet pools are clear;
Her placid face is sweet and fair;
The frost of many vanished year
Lies on her hair
She has no memories of vows
Exchanged below an April moon,
Or whispered converse meath the boughs
OF rose-bright June.
She never planned her wedding gown
This sweet old maiden true and good:
For her life held no sacred crown
OF motherhood.
Yet to the shelter of her side
The little orphan children press:
It's known she mothers, far and wide,
The motherless.
The poor and suffering love her we'll
Such ready sympathy she shows,
The sorrow-burdened freely tell
To her their woes.
For those who stumble. those who fall
Her heart with gentlest ruth is stirred.
She has kindly smile for all
A cheering word.
With Fate she never wages strife;
1T must be right, since God knows
best" IT,
And SO she lives her useful life,
blessing ana DieSt.
She strews the thorny paths with flowers;
She turns the darkness into day:
And, as we clasp her hand in ours,
We can but say:
Dear friend, so rich in love and truth.
With large warm heart and steadfast
mind.
Twas well for some that in your youth
The men were blind
While Maine is Dragging of her
musical tastes in view of the success
attained by her musical festival a New
York paper reviews the statement
made in a Bangor paper not long ago
that Nordica and her fine company
only had a 5000 house there Anyhow
she had a bigger audience this time
when the great Maine chorus was to
be seen and heard.
Where are the prophets who pre-
dicted few hunters hunting and little
game slain in Maine this fall? Rather
where is the hole they. pulled in after
themselves?
Here's another report of criminal
carelessness on the part of a hunter
with a gun. The accident wasn't so
serious as to attract general notice
outside the locality. especially when
there are so many worse ones. but it
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

If the Spanish don't like our at
tempts to stop filibustering why not
attend to the matter themselves. This
government has done about all there
has been done to prevent filibustering
expeditions reaching Cuba.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

Out West where few years ago be-
fore the advent of the bicycle they
used to hang a horse thief they gave
one two years Imprisonment the other
day and condemned bicycle thief to
four years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

Were it not for the report that
making a great name for himself ore
would suppose his parents did it for
him
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23
Daily 8sHufhef gpas'aal.
hsU
TERMs:ls7 90 PER YEAR.

No notice Whatever viii DO taken Of I'M
signed communications.
THE JOURNAL CANNOT BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE for the preservation or
return Of rejected communications.
Address all communication relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
DURhEIGH 4 FLYNT, Publishers. Au.
gu0ta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

The plausible report that the
Japanese have been sending arms to
the rebels in the Philippines hardly
bears out the reports that Japan would
unite with Spain in fighting the United
States, having secret understanding
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

Salvation Oil has the enviable dis
tinction of being synonym for cure
OF rheumatism, neuralgia, govt, AMI
kindred affections, such as sciatica.
ticdouloureux, etc. 1t is growing more
popular daily. The people will have It.
% cts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

The jury disagreed as to whether the
rings and tooth in the sausage vat
were those of the late Mrs. Luetgert
but the public is in a fair way to agree
that there ought to be sausage in
spectors if we must have sausages with
Luetgerts for sausage makers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

The Indiana lynchers complained
justice was leaden- heeled in overtaking
criminals. 1t seems to be equally slow
in overtaking those guilty of lynch
murder but the lynchers, nor their
friends are complaining.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

Not only Japan but Russia appears
to think the other in it's way and ru-
mors of warlike preparations are not
surprising.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

The price of s35 a dozen has induced
a company to make the endeavor to
import four thousand dozen of eggs
into the Klondike region before Christ
mas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

The great lens of the Yerkes tele-
scope confirms, what has long been be-
lived, absence of life on the moon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

The appreciation in value of real estate
in Auburn is well shown in the following
transactions: In April. 1850. an acre of
ground, with the buildings thereon, was
sold there for $40. In 1892 a lot, 39x70,
front situation, was sold for 5000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

Alderman JohHTT. Pagan Of Portland.
chairman of the board, and Miss Nellie
G. Moulton. formerly assistant librarian
in the Portland public library were mar
ried at the home of the brides father.
Wednesday. W.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

No telegram from Bryan about that
Indianapolis election? He must be ac-
quiring common sense
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

q. w. Plummer of Dover, has taken
the contract to furnish five carloads of
Christmas trees.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

A distinguished member of the Maine
Legislature, Hon. B. F. Hamilton Of
Biddeford, declares that if he goes back
passed that no gunner who goes into
the Maine woods shall be allowed to
shoot more than one man at trip. He
thinks there is more need of fixing the
limit upon the number of dead men
than upon the number of dead deer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

Even little Hayti is going to the gold
standard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

Where are the prophets who pre-
game slain in Maine this fall? Rather
where is the hole they. pulled in after
themselves?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-23

little 3-year-old miss of West
Franklin recently attended an enter
tainment given by the Foresters. When
supper was served and she had dis
cussed one bowl of oyster stew she
passed the dish for more stewed
Forester"
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1897-05-04

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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1897-05-04
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-18
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

An Englishman, Mr.. w. G. Stevens,
writing of American affairs in Black
woods Magazine, says that eff the
states cannot purify themselves of the
corrupt influences now rampant in them
they will yet be the scene of ON indus
trial war such as the world has not yet
beheld-a war that will be all the moro
sanguinary because the fighters will
take different sides in every city and
village" Without croaking or indulging
in crimson literature as to coming
events, it is we'll enough to remark that
there are multiplied thousands Of Amer
leans who take Mr.. Stevens view Of
conditions in this land of the trust and
home of the wage slave.-Railway
Times,
Remember that the Peoples party
is the only party in the United States
which demands that the government
own and operate the tclegraph.-Drag
Net.
II direct legislation were in force the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-18

people would vote on the silver uues-
ton, Independent of all others. They
would say whether they wanted postal
savings banks, government telegraph
and railroads, and would say whether
greenbacks should be retired, in fact
all matters of great interest would be
passed on by the people instead of being
trusted to a lot of so-called representa-
tives whose highest aim is to reap the
greatest reward for themselves regard
less OF the interests of the majority.
There is no assurance under our pres
ent system that the men elected to Office
will fulfill their pledges; in fact. ex-
perience proves that they do not. Tn
der direct legislation the people would
make the laws; officers would have no
promises to fill, for every law would
represent the voice directly of the peo-
pie interested.-C Chicago Express.
COL. PERKS VIEWS.
Before this no party has had the
courage to rise up and say to it's lead
ers-halt. - -~-'---
No longer will we follow You to o1r
ruin. This act is enough. to. revive
hope that patriotism exists in the old
land yet.
The Nashville confernec was all that
it's most sanguine friends expected it
would be- .>.ss,,-,-.---
The delegation from. the. states were
earnest and determined to save the
party's autonomy, and to put it on a
! high road to success, and It did it,
| without losing corpora1's guard A
few of the old soldiers were absent,
but young and vigorous recruits. with
bright and glittering bayonets filled
| their places.
1t was more than an average body;
| les, merchants, lawyers, doctors, edu-
| Gators, and editors, all of one mind, for
one purpose, never to be again side
tracked, but to the front at all times.
organization is sufficient to. assure the
| public that our party is solid and on a
| higher plane.
Faithfulness to our demands, love of
| our principles and good will to men
OvershadOw our work T. 4~,.-~ --.--ss
AS for Georgia it was, and will be
one way. There is no split in our
ranks. No place in the Democratic
| party for Georgia Populist. If you
| think there is, wait and see! '''~~-"'~~
Our ranks will soon be flied with de-
serters from the parties of promises
and dastardly deeds. From parties
who had chances, and failed to improve
them, and opportunities and forever
lost them, could have saved the coun-
try, but did not. ..s - - 49,.
VIM. L. PEEK.
| Conyers, Ga.