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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

squirrels abound and that there is also a
lake near by where white perch and horn
PoutS abound.
Hancock countys youngest daughter.
about one-third of the population and
valuation of Deer Isle. 1t includes the
settlements of Greene's Landing, Ocean
willie. West Deer Isle and portion of
South Deer Isle. the dividing line running
through the centre of the mill bridge"
Deer Isle. Sunset. Sunshine. North Deer
of South Deer Isle remain in the town of
Deer Isle. The post Office name of Greens
Landing will soon be changed to Stoning-
ton.
A Portland firm in the same business
has in their possession the formula
used by one or more Western firms for
preparing deviled ham. 1t is COM
pounded Of ham scraps. beef scraps
and lard. cheap il not particularly
palatable product. This Portland firm
for their honest goods in the same line
find one of their best markets in the
section from which the inferior goods
We have described come.
W. D. Hutchins of Bowdoinham
gave each garden boy at the Farm last
spring so pounds Of Sagadahoc ferti.
lizer. and offered prize to the boy
who made the best record as garden
er. The care Of the garden. value of
the products. and skill in keeping &C.
counts, were taken into consideration.
Two boys were SO near each other in
the contest that two prizes were given
instead of one. The prizes are Au-
gasta Savings bank books. showing de-
poeits to the credit of the successful
boys. The first prize was won by
Clarence Mcclellan; the second by Fred
Rhodes. The prizes We're S. and So re-
spectively. There are 1876 scholars in
the Good Will school this term, which
is the largest number in it's history.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29
What Some Think Of the Decision.

The Interpretation of the so-called
Sherman antitrust law by the decision
of the majority of the supreme court, this
majority being composed of Chief
Justice Fuller and Justices Peckham,
Brewer, Harlan and Brown, while OPP
posed were Justices Field, Gray, Shiras
and White. has attracted more atten-
ton than is usually accorded to even
decisions of this highest tribunal
There is some squirning among rail-
road managers and some sweeping as
sumptions respecting the scope Of the
law. The decision, which was specific
ally applied to the Trans Missouri
Freight Association and restraints the
members of that association from
carrying out their agreement to main
tain rates at fixed figures, is capable of
wide application. How wide tina.
may be as yet open to some question.
Ex-senator Edmunds, who drafted the
bill and was chairman of the COM
mittee Of the judiciary when the law
was approved by it, says: II intended
that the law should apply to all in
terests, common carriers included.
Transportation between states is car
ried on by many common carriers, and
the agreements between the carriers to
control or influence rates in interstate
commerce naturally were within the
scope of the act. In included every
combination, contract or conspiracy re-
straining trade and commerce between
the states, also with foreign nations
Railway companies naturally would be
included in legislation intended to pre-.
vent the restraint of trade. They are
on the same footing as manufacturing
or general trading concerns. The Sec
ond question was, assuming that the
act applied to transportation, whether
or not the common law included only
contracts in restraint of trade such as
might be decided by the court to be
unreasonable. 1 infer that less atten-
tion was paid to the legal aspect OF
this point than to the first one. Ac-
cording to the judgment of the ma
1ority of the court on the second point,
almost any combination is illegal if il
be deemed an unreasonable restraint
OF trade. Trades unions are liable tc
be decided to be unreasonable combina-
tons. There are unions of labor thai
may be decided to constitute .unrea.
sonable contracts affecting trade.
Inere is q great field for litigation
created by the decision"
The language which Judge Peckham
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

The real friends of the civil service
reform are letting it be known thai
they consider the extension of the law
by an administration, on the eve of go.
ing out Of Office, for the purpose o.
shielding some of it's partisans, wht
have secured places, as one of the mos
injurious blows that can be aimed a
the law. Everybody will recognize al
whom thissis aimed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

c. S. Robbins of Pennington. has boug0t
| a promising horse of e. b. Wharf ~
Phillips The horse was sired by Bron(e
and is speedy.
A. d. Turner of New Vineyard. has
] sold his nice colt, Fritz. to VIM. Palmer
of Wilton, for good price. Good
judges assert that the colt shows good
points for valuable trotter.
| w. F. Crommett of South Dover. has
sold his Wilkes colt to Boston parties.
Ter of that town. has one Of the same
pedigree which he is driving some that u
| showing pretty gait.
Last week, A. F. Gerald Of Fairfield.
shipped his stallion, Claud Nelson BY
Nelson. 200. to Mr.. Mcfarland Of Cor
inna- Mr.. Mcfarland bought the h0rse
to keep in service during the early part
Of the season and expects to givR him .
low record in the fall.
George A. Bailey of Belfast. has puf-
chased of Lorette Hayford, a fine look
Ing mare. The animal Is five years oles
Iby Wilkesmont, 2.2A: dam full sister
stands 1S.s hands and weighs 1000 ponndk
Mr.. Bailey has since sold the mare to
Everett Hall of that city. Ss%
w. H. clifford Of Belfast, is the owner
lion colt. The animal Is 10i1 months old,
by Blue wilkes; dam Pet BY Hamti etp8
ian Chief. bay, with dark name ana ea1ts
ing IA hands and weighs $50 pounds He
is square-gaited trotter and acts well.
A. B. Chase of Dover. has sold to DR.. G.
p. Small of Lincoln. Me-. the fast trot,
ting ,ge!ding Rodigo. This horse mas naa
old when he got mark under strong
pull of 242. He was started In two races
In 1895 and won "a money but gco tsi judges as
son as he trotted mile over poor half
mile track the It'll day Of last September
in 2.25N. last half in L1011. He has win
tered finely. ~
purchased promising piece Of horsenesh
which he will handle for speed during the
coming season. The horse Is John D., by
Nelson, dam by Fearnaught. and Is e full
brother to Young Nelson, rs and Hilda,
2.2S trotting, and 224h pacing. The horse
is six years old and has no record. never
having been handled for speed but Mt.
animal mark of 30 or better before the
season Of 1897 closes.
The best price paid for horse fesh
the past week, in Maine, came from tne'
pocket of Daniel Hanscomb o. Halo
well. who bought the nay geld 49,
son c., for $500. Nelson c.
with more speed than any oif
five years which Nelson, 2.0e. 10
duced for SON time and Han
thinks that has got another ~
quest Star. The colt will be USED -
road horse the earlier part OF the $50
son. with the possibility Of tracking
him in the fall.
Manley T. Pooler Of Skowhesan. the
owner of the famous stallion Also, says
in regard to classes where trotters ana
TO mt f0X0th3Ts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29
The tramp isn't the least little bit
afraid of the Maine Legislature.

The holding Of women's town meet
ings as an entertainment has proved
one of the most successful that has
been devised or put into practice tn.
PAST winter. Some very clever town
warrants have been drawn. In one of
these we notice the following articles
that seem worth alluding to and un-
doubtedly We're provocative of much
r.ierriment: To see if the town will
vote a sum Of money to exterminate
the mosquitoes from the Jerry McCarty
road to see if the town will vote to al
low men to vote for school officers; to
see if the town will vote to elect a man
on the school committee.
The story goes of member of the
Bath school board that he tried to help
one of the big good looking girls, who
was wrestling with a problem at the
blackboard on examination day, hand
ing her slip with his solution upon it.
A little later the teacher made several
corrections in the work, which, by the
way. was about all wrong, apd chas-
tised the pupil little for the blunder
Winn'S town treasurer has collected
every dollar of the tax for last year.
Winn is the winner
There is a quarrel in a Bangor mill
tary company overa breach OF etiquette
that is likely to make a breach in the
company, it is said.
Quite large quantity of ice has been
stored for use at the Orland hatchery
During past years there has been
much trouble in transporting the sal
mon from the weirs to the deposit in
fresh water. The sudden change in
temperature from cold to warm when
they struck the warm fresh water
would often kill large numbers of them.
especially when the weather was I'M
usually warm. During a warm spell
in 1895 there was great difficulty in get
ting them up. Sometimes the whole LOT
died. This led to experimenting in the
construction of the boats used in trans
portation so as to use ice to keep the
fish cool and last season the thing was
brought to a perfect success, the fish
being all brought up safely.
Dexter Gazette: Among the ridicu-
lous things done at town meeting, Moth
ing seems quite as bad in our mind, as
setting up the medical attendance of
the poor to the lowest bidder.
Gardiner says it is too busy to have
carnival this spring. 1t is excusable,
although everybody that could attend
the carnival will be sorry for it would
surely be a good one
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

A microscopic examination of the
four years administration of national
affairs by the Democratic party will
fail to reveal on their part any inter-
ference CT attempt at interference with
trusts. Democrats will accordingly
confer a favor upon long suffering
public by not proffering the present ad-
ministration with any formulate for the
sure cure OF the evil.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

Poets have sung. and mayhap, not amiss
The yearning anguish of the unkissed
kiss:
But who of them hath ever voiced the
thanks
He owes mis- mother for her unspanked
SpankS?
Chicago Tribune.
Along with regrets over the legisla-
tive good-byes there is a source of
qualification in the report that Repre-
sentatives Littlefield of Belfast and
Noble of Lewiston, both of whom are
on the sick list and have been reported
very low, are improving and in fair
way to recover full health quite speed
lily. Mayor Noble, who was thought to
be suffering from Bright's disease, and
who left for a health resort in New
Jersey, has returned home on the ad-
nosed the case as nervous prostration
and prescribed absolute rest at home.
There never was anything half way
in the friendly regard of the Maine
Central employees for Mr. Payson
Tucker. and the superb testimonial of
that regard, recently presented to him,
does not exaggerate it. The testi-
|
loving cup made upon special design,
also splendid bronze statue of a
fencer. The cost is said to have been
over $4,000.
A tightness in the money market and
scarcity of eligible gentlemen are said
to be the causes of less dancing in Mil
bridge than in previous winters.
The Bath Enterprise thinks enough
city reports to give each citizen should
be printed and be distributed so that
all should have at least one. The idea
is good one. Then if they don't read
| the report they'll not have the shadow
CT an excuse for the neglect.
There are seven applicants for posi-
ton of light keeper on Long island,
Portland harbor, and each one of them
is putting up a stiff fight
A Biddeford youth has before him the
| unpleasant task of explaining to the
court why he didn't know his age when
he registered and voted this spring.
A Bucksport girl is earning her dollar
for the church sociable fund by saving
wood, so the rumor goes, but as yet no
one appears to be able to say they saw
her saw.
A Portland youth in order to get
enough money to see a prize fight
Whereabouts few evenings since stole
two bags of corn and tried to sell them.
Rather late for snowshoe clubs but
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

Just at this time some of the Eng.
lish government organs are taking oc-
casion to remark that they do not thl,k
England will or should agree to tbs
amended arbitration treaty. 1t is bet.
ter to give them a chance, however
ami If they refuse twill behoove then
to show that the refusal isn't a case Of
sour grapes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29
100000.

A Pennsylvania, who survived over
60 battles in the war, was fatally in
.jured by a bicycle the other day. Evil
IDENTIFY the employment Of the bicycle
IN the service was the introduction of
one Of the most terrible engines of
modern warfare.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

The first report of the massacre OF
Armenians at Tokat stated that there
were but few victims, the next report
raised the number to 100 and row on
what appears to be well authenticated
Information it is stated that 700 were
killed by the bloodthirsty Turks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

TERMS, $500 PER YEAR.

No notice whatever WIN bs taken Of un.
signed communications.
THE JOURNAL CANNOT Be HELD
RESPONSIBLE for the preservation o,
return Of rejected communications.
Address all communications relating "a
subscriptions and Advertisements ia
BURLEIGH 4 FLYNT. Publishers. Au-
glusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

The rush on the railroads Of hauling
still several carloads to move. DURING
the winter the Hollingsworth e whitney
Company has received about 80 carioeos
at the Winslow MILL Al the cars carry
On an average about 81 cords each there
Is pile OF the wood at the mill contain
ing upwards of 1850 cords. Thi. repre-.
vents . very small part Of the pulp Wc9o
freight yard during the past three months.
Nearly % cars q day have rome fnf@189
70 Brunswick. great deal to Gofo1ec
and a tot to Madison and Rome ~ oehee
mills ~ 5.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

Spain has been obliged to spend in
Cuba, over and above what she has
squeezed out of it, more than $780,
OGO,O 900.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29
Maine cities many of them don't gel
any recompenSe

A Biddeford man tried to peddle out
three barrels of apples the other day.
He worked four hours at 1t but was
able to get no better offer than Is cents
a barrel. Finally he drove down to the
river and threw the apples in.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

Gladstone now declares that he has
mastered the bicycle. The Sultan bet
ter watch out.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

E. BUmpus of Houlton. has bought.
during the last three months. $4,000 rail-
road ties. paying for the same over $4,000.
He has shipped nearly all OF them over
the B. g. A. Railroad
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29
Maine GOs@dlp.

Poets have sung, and mayhap, not amiss
The yearninS anguish of the unkissed
kiss;
But who of them hath ever voiced the
thanks
He owes his mother for her unspanked
spanks?
Chicago Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

There We're 1876 dogs killed in Gard
liner last year and no one appears to
miss EN-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

The Biddeford street commissioner
wants to pay his employees according
to what they earn, whereat arises the
query why not pay the city officials ac-
cordlng to what they earn. In most
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-29

Gardiner says it is too busy to have
carnival this spring. 1t is excusable,
although everybody that could attend
the carnival will be sorry for it would
surely be a good one.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
H.tBITCIE LIBEL or TIE RICH.


Mr. Elbridgc T. Gerry was asked the other
dnv by "A Sun reporter what he thought OF the
way the Hori6 writes OF the Goings Of the per-
sons in New York society; Of It's open letters"
anonymous gossip. and caricaturcs.
ut is outrageous beyond description" Mr..
Gerry said, " and 1t would never lie tolerated in
any other country in the world. The puhlica-
ton OF one Of these articles would be enough to
land in jail the person responsible for it. These
articles and pictures are libcllous in the truest
sense of the word. for they hold up TO hatred or
ridicule the people who are made the subjects of
them. 1t IS not possible 10 answer these
paragraphs, which indicate certain people un-
mistakably. hut give no names. 1t is impossi-
bic FOR anybody 10 meet these frequently pub
h'hed rumors as TO whom a young girl in So
cicty is TO marry and whom she IS not going 10
marry. and the reasons why she is or Is not.
There is no objection TO the mention OF genuine
cuCagcmcnts or OF the real public incidents in
IN" social life ot 'hc city. But this intrusion
into he private affairs and characters % peo-
pie i. -.ha!netul. Tic car! at.rc= that the Els.
worth iii seeks 10 prohibit have long ceased 10
have e merely humorous character. They are
nuTy positively malicious. with the purpose OF
making IA" people they depict objects OF hatred
at Is only in this respect that they do any
harm. Society people 40 not suffer themselves
from anything that such newspapers do. Thrv
often DO not know that articles have been print
81 l,olt them. They will not allow such n sheet
III Ah's +l'NNI~ anu lutE NAVE thrown II rilt o.
their clubs. 1t is in the cFccf that they have on
others that these articles and pictures do most
harm. Tho make people of wealth ridiculous
or contemplating IN the eyes OF the poor. HAP
pen 10 know OF a great many people Of wealth
who spend thousands OF dollars in charities of
which tie public never h"ars. There are
wealthy PEOPLE who often COM" 10 me To lind out
va, in which they can best spend their money
in dniu- good. II is these people tina, are made
ludlcruu- or dttes.ahlc by The gossip about
them or the vicious rg:iaA'lrcS. Bat oven the
eyes OF the poor must hc opened 20 the fnlsity
and outrage al al this when The paper falls by
chance int" the hands ~ persons who have the
hrst way OF knowing rom their oNI expert
cucT. in fR,t-whRt the real charities are Of
these persons tnat are made contemplate or AL
sVTt !n papy"..
Another eject Of these publications was 10.
li"o! by M last year. when there was an in.
crc,sc ~ % rcr cent. in juvenile crime. tn"
children tel the officers % the so '!c.y what
icasS them into trouble. ana We were able 10
'~ac" II large proportion OF these cases 10 til" in
illrn"" % such publications. This was pnrticl..
larry p'!crthic in the case utthe girls. who were
!rfQUgUti? lie! into crime 10y III" pictures they
saw in IL" newspapers OF young girls described
a. ACTRESSES The desire FOR this same sort OF
nn'oric,I induce. them to leave their homes and
start on lives that brought them 10 shame"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
TIE DEBTS OF CIrrs.
A Matter with which Population Docs Not
seem TO Have Much to 10.

The Greater New York will begin business Ms
n municipality, so TO speak, on Ian. !. 1893.
with n municipal debt in excess o. 5000. 900. OgO,
n debt larger than that OF any four other cities
of the country. There il n general opiyior, for
which, however. there is no real warrant. that
the debt of American municipalities Is based
upon their population, area, nvc, and resources;
hut The fact In that while these clements rcsu-
late tho running expenses OF Amcri".n oitica.
tho Gcht is fixed rather by the Gurin % sovcrn-
mont they have enjoyed or suffered from In the
past. Boston and -. Louis are cities Of the
same size very nearly Ohc difference in ropulu.
ton between the two was less than 5000 hy the
last ~ccnsus), vet the municipal deb, OF roston
is three times grcltcr than that or 81. Louis.
while, on thu other hand. the tax rate il $.
Louis + 30 per cent. greater per $1,000 Of valU-
Louisville. a city Of 100000 population. has a
debt of nearly SD,OGo,oGO, but Coyingtou. in he
suinc state, with n population Of $1,000 hy the
las; census, has u 1cht OF 50. 100. 600. ani New
rort.Ky., u city ~ $1,000, hasa dcht ufSl. 100 900.
excess of l.25O.O 900. has a muniripal debt Of 2iT,-
100000, whereas New Orleans. which has II
II debt of Sl5.nno,Oun; and some local Improve
lmCht' under way will materially increase IL. In
diantrolis. win "A population ut the last "cisu. ~
whereas Evansville. which By the Inst Frd raj
ccusus had a population % only 10000. onc.half
pal debt Of Kansas Citvts SL0Oo.0OO and Sioux
CITY. Ia. owes 81 zoo 600. The municipal drht
of philadelphia Is -. OuO,O OJ and of Pittsburgh
Sl2.n0p.0OO, but Prov idcncc. which has about
onrhalf the, population Of Pi'tshursh, has y
Detroit nrc two cities having almost the same
population 20 1000 BY the census OF 1890.
Since then Detroit has increased more RAPIDLY IN
what larger than the arca of III" Wis.
Consin city. Vet tho debt az Detroit j.
i,SnO.OOo whereas tho debt Of Milwaukee
Is -, 2nO,nOO. san Antonio, Tcv.. an ancient
town Of less than ;o.o0o persons, has lcrn wide
hN"Ec enough TO contract u municipal debt con-
siccrablv in cvcc-- OF So 600. whCrris tho
city Of Fort Worth. which has been generally
alluded to AZ being a thriving and cn'csprisinf
New York state. Buffalo has Il bonded debt df
Sl2.O G0. 600. syracuse of -. sOO.O 600. Trov Of
81 100000 only, Long Island City of 81. 100000
Nntk"rs OF $4,000 CO Albany OF $%l.ioO.oOO,
ISocAestor OF N-.iuo.noo, Utica Of S:Itin.OOO,
pOuLhkrcpSic .! 81. OOO. DunkirE 81 S27J,-
600. AMI Mount Vernon. y. Y. OF $500. 600.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
TIE RETIRED BURGLAR.
CanEh; Through n Continuance Made for An
Other Purpose.

"Why, say" sRid the retired burglar, II got
caught once in the very simplest sort OF why. I
stepped over a door sill into Il room, ono night,
raising my foot rather high. rs ! always did,
whether l had on rubber shoes or not, SO rs not
down smooth and easy inside. But the instant
i bore my weight on that foot, the floor under it
gave. just a little bit: Lutit was plenty.
~ don't suppose I think any quicker than
electricity. but / certainly know what was COM
ing, before / heard the sound OF the he'll. still,
the bell was in the next room. and. of course, it
took alittlctimc. some small fraction of a second,
for the sound TO get where, ] was. There was II
door, and covered with the carpet. Pressure on
that plate connected some electric wires and set
u bell ringinR.
could help. | jumped back and started along
the hail on the way ont. To get out | had 10 20
past. the door Of The room whore the bell was
ringing. just as ! got 10 II there was a man
my direction. and hc c0llarcd me; and We
whanGcd ana banged around there In the hall
for awhile, knocking. down more or less plaster
and things, and ilnally I'm blCst II he didn't gCt
the bulge on mo, and Ect u few turns or clothes
line round me, that some of The rest OF tho folks
had brought up.
Nl this was the lime !, cost me; but il was in
tcrcsting about the electrical apparatus. You
know, I'd been surprised, even then, 10 hear the
bell ring In another room instead Of in the same
thought Z anybody wanted n contrnption OF
that sort in his own room he'd have wanted fho
bell there. 100. iiu' il seems ii wasn't y b:rE!nr
alarm AT I'll. They had a young son thcrc That
was n soInnambuli8t used 10 get up aud walk
around IN his sleep nights, and they didn't
always hear Li.n; and hey wanted 10. So they
put this plant in. 50 lhat he couldn't get out ~
his room without ringing n bell, and they put
the bell In The old mans ROOM