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Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-04

A capable girl for general housework
IN small family. Apply to Mrs. w. G.
Boothby. corner of Elm and Bridge
streets. Augusta. feb22dtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-04

custom coat. pants and vest makers.
Me. feb9sI1w >
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-04
FoUN ID.

y small sum of money on Water street
near Kinsmans drug store. Owner can
have same by calling there and proving
property. mar3d2t*
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-04

a number OF desirable residences In
x.sSg Ax.nsSg1sta: Mains, varying In prices from
Siou TO A5Vo. also several 10 to Is acre
two7story house and lot in Lewiston
Maine. A number of farms in Kennahec
SSsSHnty Sssn varying n price from $1,000 to
". Whitehouss. Attorney. Xuvusts' NJ.
5an1. diff
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-04

Commission statesmen carrying line of
mil supplies to take on line of mechan-
icai rubber goods: Standard goods and
prices that will sell. People acquainted
with paper mill, saw mill and hardware
trades preferred: Harrison {. Frost q
Co., ll6 Bedford street, Boston.
feb26d1w
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-04

WANTS put in these columns secure
tried are aware.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-04

/, Cheap for cash. New upright piano.
handsome French burl walnut ease. aud
rare quality of tone. Enquire at 45 Sew
all street, Augusta. march2 diff
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-04

Good, steady girl. for restaurant work
Apply TO g. M. Williams, 104 Water
street. Gardiner. feh5dtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-04

CASH PAID for all kinds of second
hand furniture. carpets. bedding. pictures,
ssmE BOOKS, crockery' . glassware, stoves. ETC..
MORRILL,, Augusta.
jan2dtf .l..
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-04

several upright. industrious persons in
Maine, as State agents, or managers for
responsible house. $3.50 and expenses.
permanent positions. Enclose reference.
Address The Dominion Company. Dept.
2. Chicago. feb12d21t:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
The Cause of Cub1

From all accounts the official promul-
cation at Madrid of the Cuban reform
project, upon representations from
Weyler that the war is over, is for a
two-fold purpose. The Spanish gov
ernment hopes by these fake reforms
to pull away from the insurgents a
certain conservative business element
who would prefer peace at any price
to the costs Of war; and it also is en-
deavorlng to produce the impression
upon the overtaXed and grumbling
peasantry of Spain that it has done
something big with the vast sums that
1t has squandered on the Cuban war.
Being intensely ignorant, the peasantry
will take the government at its word
and submit in patience to a fresh i'm
position of taxation.
The semblance of truthfulness Is lent
to Weyler's representation by the fact
that the rainy season has set in, when
both sides to the Cuban conflict have
to suspend aggressive operations. The
''pacification" Of which Weyler boasts
is simply the sullen neutrality of neces-
slty during which each party will
mend its weapons for the future. No
true Cuban win take any stock what
ever in Spanish promises of reform.
None will yield an inch to the hated
foe beyond such concession as is the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
CALENDAR FOR MAY.

llama Dickinson decides to throw off
the extra "a cent recently awarded by the
Jury and be content with cents dam
age. ..
2.-Joseph Church and Chief Robling
quaff Adams ale from the Bullshead wat
ering trough.
Slight breaks through the intellectual
trocha of councilmanic Democracy re-
vealing the fact that in city solicitorship
ambitions there are Others
4,-President Mckinley sends Queen Ill
a copy of the song: "All Coons Look Alike
TO Me-"
5.-Sheridan Monument association buys
a granite quarry.
6.-1he music of the lawn mower is not
heard OH Court House square.
7-ScVeral supposed slated candidates
discover that some one has been using a
damp sponge.
S.-Dan Hart has been commissioned by
Mr.. Bogart to write play entitled woes
of a Jay Base Ball Association
9.-ChaiIman Jennings orders the cages
of the Democratic menaSeric repainted
for the summer campaign.
lO.-Thc largest trout story of the season
is related by Mr.. Stillwell.
1l.-Ghosts of tie Druids wall, about the
Frothingham.
12-J. Annoy knocks says that Good
Things of the Week" come slow.
1S-Base Ball stock shows signs of gilt
along the edge.
14-Cuban war correspondents pause for
breath.
1j-Troley parties are ripe.
16.-Jack Neat claims that 1t is no longer
necessary to yell at Athletic park.
17-Five uncha!lenged voters are discov-
cred in Dunmore.
1S.-Professor Coles predicts that the
Wilkes-Barre huckleberry crop will be a
failure.
l9.-The Handley executors receive first
prize for architectural taste in remodel
ling buildings.
20.-Board Of health warns the public
against picking dogwood blossoms during
the hydroDhobia scare.
H.-Stephen Crane awakens from hyp-
motto sleep.
22.-Alayor Bailey decides to write an
essay entitled, How l Pleased Every body,
Nit"
23.-The state legislature refuses to pass
a bill prohibiting the sale of apple blossom
tea on Memorial Day
2i.-Chairman Nealis ascertains that
there are other pebbles on the beach.
ESP. w. Gallagher discovers that he
is ineligible for the welter-weight class.
26.-Strawberry festivals begin to serve
the real thing.
27.-Mulberry street is paved with good
intentions.
2S.-Drusgists report large sale of throat
lozenges to Memorial Day orators.
29.-Politics ana patriotism collide.
30-Fellows who bet against the Scran-
ton club are economizing in personal eX-
penses.
Sl--Not on record.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

It appears that the Nelson bank
ruptcy bill eXempts corporations from
bankruptcy proceedings. This will be
fatal to it in the house. To be accept
able a bill Of this character must be
general in character, and fair to all
sections and all classes. The Torrcy
bill fulfilled these conditions more near
ly than any other measure yet drawn.
1t has the Endorsement of representa-
tive business men all over the country.
The house, when it reaches this sub
ject, will do well to substitute the
Torrey for the Nelson bill and instruct
its oonferees not to recede from that
position. Then the senate will be
placed in a position where it cannot
dodge,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
Humanity at Police Headquarters.

The case of Washington Davis, If
correctly reported, involves a point of
some Importance. Here was man
suffering intense pain from a fractured
leg. The police arrest him. At the
station he begs for the attendance of
a physician. They laugh at him. He
is put in a cell and forced to remain
there in excruciating agony all night
and until far into the next day before
surgical relief came. Even then it is
with reluctance that the bright minds
in control of the police department de-
cided upon the simple precaution of
summoning a medical attendant.
Suppose it to be true that Davis,
prior to the fracturinS of his leg, had
been guilty of conduct warranting his
arrest. We don't know anything about
that, but let us give the police force
the benefit of their suspicious. Is there
nobody at the central station in this
city with sufficient intelligence to dis
tinguish between actual suffering and
shamming on the part of prisoners?
Is there nobody at headquarters with
inclination or authority, when in doubt
on this point, to call in the services of
a physician? In other words, is hu-
manity lost art in the lower portion
of the municipal building?
We do not boast an expert knowledge
of law, but it is our impression that in
this particular case the city has laid
itself open to an action for damages.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
PASS 1T.
From the washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
The Nelson bankruptcy bill, having
passed the senate, is now a legitimate
as it is a pressing question before the
house. There are many reasons why II
should receive consideration. II does not
appropriate money. 1t is strictly non
partisan in its purpose and inspiration.
1t contemplates result of universal
value and importance. 1t can be acted on
without raising the question of the ap-
pointment of any committee, and there
fore without broaching the smallest is
sue of house discipline. The country
wants a bankruptcy law. Every lawful
and substantial interest would be promot-
ed by the enaction of one.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
SAY THE OTHER FIVE.

From the Washington Post.
The editor of the Boston Herald says
there are only eight thinking newspapers
I'm the United states. The editor of the
Herald could have saved our contempo-
raries considerable confusion and guess
ing by naming the other six.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

There is nothing especially new in
the disclosures of gross inhumanity in
the treatment of insane convicts in the
Eastern penitentiary, except that this
time the evidence cannot be brushed
away by an airy denial The whole
theory of confining the insane in or
dinary jails is wrong, and the state
which deals thus carelessly with its
unfortunates is hardly entitled to be
called civilized.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
WANT ANOTHER CHANCE.


From the Washington Post.
Up to the present time the list of per-
sons who want another chance comprises
Mr.. Jim Corbett, Mrs. Dominis. Mr.. Will
lam Jennings Bryan, and Mr.. Grover
Cleveland.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

Ter simply amusing. We as q nation
are thoroughly committed to the prin-
ciple of arbitration and stand at the
very head Of the peace procession; but
there is no particular reason why, be-
cause Of this fact, we should not exer-
else care and penetration in the ratif-
cation Of far-reaching treaties. 1t isn't
always the title of proposed enact
ment which discloses the entire purpose
Of IL,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
SCRANTON, MAY 1, 1897.

Some allowance must be made for the
fact that President Nealis is new to the
business. The chances are he will gain
wisdom with experience
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

With reference to the argument ad-
vanced by a correspondent in yester-
days issue that if capital punishment
were abolished, Convicts under life
sentence could commit murder at will,
we guess they couldn't do this in any
ell-reEulated Jail. If society's idea
in Furnishing a criminal is simply to get
him out Of the way. then assassination
might well he adopted as the penalty
for every serious offence. If it be a
deterrent in one class of crimes, why
not in all classes?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

Spain's promises of reform in Cuba
cfiectually disprove the assertion that
the Spaniards have no sense of humor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

In the opinion Of the Washington
Post, the more Mr. Cleveland's speech
of a week ago is "analyzed and under
stood, the better for the prospects of a
wholesome and virle and stalwart par
ty issue in 19OO-an issue in which Mug
wumpery and conservation and grovei-
ing idoltary will play no part what
ever" Then by all means let that
speech be studied.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

King Georges deposition of Premier
Dclyannis suggests that he needs to
learn I.incoln's advice: Never swap
horses in the middle of a stream"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

Let us hope that the new dispensa-
tion of harmony in Philadelphia will
not become so thick that it will have to
be knitted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

outgrowth of finesse or trickery. The
war has gone too far; its devastation
has been too frightful; the outrages
characterlzing the Spariard's conduct
of it have been too brutal and inhuman
ever to permit a genuine paciication
in the sense in which the word is used
Within the confines of civilization.
Not the least significant of the recent
developments in the Cuban controversy
Is the report that as soon as President
Mckinley named Judge Day for the
assistant secretaryship of state, he
asked William j. Calhoun, of Illinois,
a lifelong personal friend, to go as this
governments special commissioner TO
Cuba. Judge Calhoun is an American
from heel to toe He was in hearty
sympathy with the Cuban plank adopt
ed by the St. Louis convention, and
he was not born yesterday. The pres
ence of Sherman and Day in the state
department, Mckinley in the white
house, and Calhoun as special comm!s-
sioner to Cuba means more for the
cause of the Cuban patriots than care
less opinion is disposed to believe.
1t is impossible that in any senate where
sat a Webster or n Sumner the meanef
and uncivilized half would, in so grave
business( as the consideration of the ar
bitration treaty. achieve an almost un-
resisted triumph. The savages would
stink away before the majesty of their
countenances, or be persuaded by the elo-
quence Of their lips.-Char.es r. Miller, In
the May Forum.
The allusion to Webster is unfortu-
nate. We doubt if man ever sat in
the senate whose teachings invoke a
greater distrust of English diplomacy
than do those of Daniel Webster.
Webster would have been the last man
on earth to vote blindly to ratify a
treaty with England as drawn up, on
the one side, by a greenhorn secretary
of state, and on the other by one of the
slickest diplomats in the British SER
vice
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01

Maybe Buckenberger's braves would
yet like to change the game.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
GOLDSMllTH'S o. BAZAAR.
II1e FNeCCa for, SATURDAY. SfIODDers
Shoppers.
LADIES', GENTS AND CHTLDREWS FIXTNGS

Ladies' and Chldren's Fast Black pairs
Ladies' Chldrens
and
Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Vests, of good quality
Ladies Best Egyptian Lisle Vests hand cen
Ladies' Silk Mixed Jersey Ribbed Vests 4ocents
Ladies' Linen Umbrella Skirts a S5cen
All Silk Tafea Ribbons, all colors No
All Silk Tafea Ribbons all colors No &C. 2 ocents.
Leather Belts black
Jeweed Belts $40. Rob Roy Belts to
Shirt Waist Sterling Silver at
eweed Hat Pins Hson
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
Saturday, May /, Blouse Day

Special display order let
the line of Roys Bouses that we do
White awu Blouses al
White Blouses
Colored Lawn Boues
Linen Iouses with inserted collars to S123
White Embroidered Blouses 4ocentsu
Ladies' and Cents All Silk Bows15
Ladies' Solid Coo
Mems Wooen Golf and Bicycle kind
A attractive line Of Sweaters al prices
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
FOUND IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Nels e. Johnson Shows Up at His
Brothers, Slightly Deranged.

Representative Nyquist returned to
st. Paul Tuesday, and told Chief
Yates that he would 60 over to Min
neapolis and inform a brother of the
missing Nels E. Johnson, who lives
there, that Nels was missing and
probably frozen to death somewhere
between this city and St. Peter. Last
evening Chief Yates was called up by
telephone by Mr.. Nyquist, and in
formed that the slater had found
the missing man at his brothers
house in Minneapolis. Mr.. Nyquist
did not add any particulars, further
than that Johnson seemed to be some
what deranged.
Johnson must have walked to Kaso-
ia or St. Peter and taken the Sunday
morning train for Minneapolis. He
evidently made no search for his
horse. Whether he was overturned
and fell ON his head with such force
as to cause an injury to the brain can
only be surmised. While he was not
considered hard drinker, those who
know him say that he would never
show signs OF intoxication, no matter
how much liquor he would drink.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
ATTENDING TO LAW.
G. l.. Benedict is Not Thinking of the
rlayoralty.

A report has been in circulation
yesterday and today to the effect that
eX-County Attorney G. L. Benedict
was candidate for mayor. This
gained good deal of currency, and
set the local politicians to talking!
The positiveness with which the as
sertion was made caused a good many
to take it for granted that it was a
fact.
A FREE PRESS reporter found Mr..
Benedict at work in his law office this
afternoon. When asked about the
correctness of the report, Mr.. Bene-
dict smiled, and said that several par
ties had put similar question to him
since the report had started. He said
that he could not understand who had
started such report.
When asked what he cared to say
about the matter, he replied that he
was not in the field and was giving his
attention strictly to his law practice.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15

Mr.. F. E. WATSON, a banker at
Wells, in an interview with the Win
nebago City Press-Neaos says: eff
teen years ago l began selling lands
belonging to the estate of the late
Col. G. W, Thompson. 1 recall many
instances where sold an 80 acres, all
on time, principally to Germans. To-
day these meu own all the way from
a quarter section to 24O and 800 acres;
they have built comfortable buildings
and keep lots of stock. They owe
nothing; and have money ahead. All
this money has been made out of the
land. To be sure the land has adj
vanced in price from Sc and So to $50
per acre. But as they never sold an
acre, on the contrary without excep-
tion bought more, it is plain that
none of their wealth has been made
out of speculation. 1 know of no
better or more prosperous section of
our country than Southern Minnesota.
1t is far more prosperous than the
country south of US, or for that mat
ter in any other direction"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15

WITH all our boasted support of
law and order, says writer in the
New York Mail and Express, the fact
remains that the United States has
more murders charged up against it
than any other civilized nation on
earth. Look at the record of 1852
crimes of that character committed
in this country in the year 1896. 1t is
almost unbelievable. No other ma
tion in the world offers anything to
compare with it. What does 1t all
meanp 1t cannot be that we are
drifting into savagery. 1t doesn't
signify that morals are decaying or
that intelligence is giving way to
ignorance. Possibly it is because the
administration of justice is tardy and
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15

A tired stomach is very muchslike a
sprained ankle. If you suffer from
any of the symptoms of dyspepsia,
your stomach is tired. 1t needs a
crutch. We must relieve it of all
work for time, or until it is restored
to it's natural strength. To do this
successfully, we must use food which
is already digested outside of the
body, and which will aid the diges-
tion of other foods that may be taken
with it. Such product is the Shaker
Digestive Cordial.
The Shakers haye utilized the di.
gestive principles present in plants
for the manufacture of this article,
and it's success has been truly pheno.
menal. You can try it for the nomi
nal sum of ten cents, as sample bot
Ties are sold by all druggists at this
price.
LaXOl is the best medicine fol
children. Doctors recommend it il
place of Castor Oil.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
AFTER TEN YEARS.
w. b. Craig Comes Out First Best
In q Lawsuit.

The first case for trial at the term
of court held at Blue Earth City was
that of w. B. Craig VS.. James Meyers,
of New York City, and w. F. Meyers,
of Wells. The amount asked for by
the plaintiff was 1851 for extras on
the Union block at Wells, which he
constructed for the defendants ten
years ago. The suit has been hanging
fire ever since the building was erect.
ed. The first three years were taken
up in trying to reach settlement,
and the next two years in trying to
get service on James Meyers.
The trial commenced Wednesday
morning of last week, and was com.
pleted Saturday noon. Quinn & Put.
nam were Craig's attorneys, and q. N.
Andrews was attorney for the defend.
ants. The jury brought in a verdict
for the plaintiff for SAT.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15

ference assembled in Indianapolis
What twill formulate in the matter
OF reform of our currency is prob
lem. 1t has great chance'to do some
good work along this line. But in the
work of revising sthe currency some
system should be devised by which it
can be distributed over the country
in a more uniform manner, as it is
needed. The fact that there is more
money in the New York banks then
they know what to do with, and the
fact that money is reported plenty,
and interest is low, does not tend to
help the west in the least, where
money is wanted and is hard to get,
but good security and fair rate of in
terest would be given for it. There
is money enough in the country, what
is wanted is some system by which 1T
can be distributed throughout the
country as needed, and so get rid of
the congestion in the money centers
of the east. If some successful plan
can be devised the cry for greater
volume of money would at once cease,
for any possible trouble there might
seem to be in that respect would i'm
mediately disappear. If the Indian
apolis gathering can devise some plan
to meet this difficulty, as well as for
mulate some safe plan for the revision
of our currency and banking system,
it will certainly accomplish a good
work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
HIS ROOT ENTERED.
A Robber Gets Away with an Over
coat and Suit of Clothes.

Geo. Day, the new book keeper at
Odjard & Knoff's furniture store, does
not enumerate an overcoat and suit OF
clothing among his personal effects,
which he possessed the other day.
The reason for this is visit paid to
his room by some neak thlef
Friday evening. 1t happened
this way. He went into his
his room that evening and removed
his overcoat, and then went out for
not over ten or fifteen moments, leav-
ing the door unlocked. When he re-
turned, his overcoat was gone. He
made further search to ascertain
whether he had lost anything else,
and missed a spare suit of clothes,
which he had not had occasion to look
at for several days, but which he had
every reason to believe disappeared at
the same time with his overcoat.
Mr.. Day reported the matter to the
police, but thus far the thief has not
UCCu ulcCONClCu. NJ lSdoSCo, ~
mention was made of the matter I'M
til today.
One peculiar feature of the case is
the fact that Mr.. Days suit of cloth
ing was locked in two bureau drawers.
These drawers were still locked when
he went to open them, and whoever
stole the clothing must have possessed
a key that would fit the locks, and
must have locked the drawers after
going through them. The work must
have been commenced very soon after
he left the room, and carried through
very expeditiously.
The overcoat was one of shaggy
cloth, with satin lining, and pair
of new kid gloves was in one pocket.
The suit of clothes was new and of
fine black cloth, satin lined, and the
coat in the cutaway style. A solid
gold scarf pin, set with an opal, and
worth about SIS, but more valued
as family keep sake, was attached
to the lapel Of the vest.
Mr.. Day offers a reward of ten
dollars for information leading to the
recovery of the stolen articles.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-15
STOP SIDEWALK COASTING.

Complaint is being made of boys
cOasting on the sidewalks, and several
accidents have already been reported
on account of it. Today as a young lady
was walking down the Byron street
walk she was run into by boy who
was coasting and was thrown
down and badly bruised. The
city would undoubtedly be liable
for damages in case of pedes-
TRANS being injured by coasters on the
walks, and aside from this and to save
our people annoyance the police should
have stop put to the pracUice. Ii
cOasting is to be permitted, there is
plenty of room for it in the streets.