davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-28
THE LATE DR.. SNOW
Will Be Laid to Rest at Winthrop at
P. NJ. Today.

Winthrop, Me-, Oct. 27.-The funeral
Of DR.. Snow, late of Winthrop, Will
take place, Friday afternoon. There
will be prayers at the residence at 1870
o'clock. The other services will be at
the Congrega church at 1 O'CLOCK
according to the Masonic ritual. The
officiating clergyman will be Rev. Mr.
Bradley, pastor of the Universalist
church of Winthrop. The quartet choir
of the Universalist church will sing. 1t
is expected that the places of business
and the schools of the village will be
closed during the services.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-28

James Duncan, who had reached the
advanced age of SO years, and two
months, died at his home in the su-
burbs of Calais, on Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. Duncan was born in the city of
Aberdeen, Scotland, on Aug. 26, 1905.
About 60 years ago he came to the st.
Croix valley and cleared a farm for
himself a few miles below the city,
where he has since lived, and has al
ways been successful. For the past
three years he has been an invalid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-28

The game wardens stationed at the
Bangor Maine Central station seized a
moose, Thursday afternoon which was a
Jackson. together with a fellow sports
man from ,Keene, came out from a hunt
ing trip in the vicinity of Ragged noun.
tain. having with them three deer, and
tha moose which was taken by the war
dens. The moose, the wardens said, was
h calf. and the law forbids the shooting
of animals under a year old.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-28
lord Kitchener on English Soil.

Dover, England, Oct. 27.-General Lord
Kitchener of Khartoum, arrived at Do
Yer, this afternoon. from Paris, and was
frantically cheered by the enthusiastic
crowds of people assembled to welcome
him home He was met at the landing
place by Major General Sir VIM. Francis
Butler. the military commander of this
district. and by the mayor, corporation
and local functionaries.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-28
WASHINGTON Forecast.

Washington, Oct. 27.-Forecast for
Friday: New England and eastern
New York: Fair: warmer in the in
terror; fresh westerly winds, becom-
ing variable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-28
THEY ARE OURS, AN YwAY.
Regardless Of All Alleged Reasons Why w
Claim the Philippines.

London, Oct. 2S.-The Madrid CORES
pendent of the Standard says: The
government has good reason to believe
that the United States intend to retain
the Philippines on the ground that
President Mckinley must satisfy pub
lie opinion.
Spain, however, cannot yet believe
she will be deprived of the Philippines
without some pecuniary compensation,
in addition to a recognition of the
Philippine loan of 1896. Therefore,
upon the question of the Philippines,
the Spanish commissioners will make
even a stronger resistance than they
have made over the Cuban debt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-28
Gerrish Given Two Years for Embezzement.

Concord, N. H, Oct. 27.-Hiram F.
Gerrish, eX-deputy state treasurer,
was, this afternoon, sentenced to two
years at hard labor in the state prison
for embezzlement of state funds. This
is the maximum sentence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-28
il r $
Of all kinds to be found at
G. D. L|BBY'S,
Custom -Furrier & Tailor,
GARDINER, MAINE.
Now is the time to leave your old
garments to be remodeled and made
over before the rush.
All work guaranteed. Prices as low
as possible, quality of work considered.
sept2S, eod4mos-owr
FAIR WEATHER.
july@. cod

Boston, Oct. 27.-Local forecast for
Friday: Fair weather, westerly winds,
becoming variable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-28

Keep One Pocket Of your Hunting
Jacket to load with Harvard Cigars.
The best company on q shooting
trip.
We give the smoker more quality than
competitors, which is the reason we make
more cigars than anybody in New England.
II. Traiser & Co., Makers, Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-28
Total expenditures.
ASSETS JANUARY l,
Total

.
LIABILITIES.
Reserve fund, per cent and
all other claims.
Surplus. company's standard,
Surplus by legal standard OF
N. j.. N. Y, etc., based on
market'value of assets and 4
per cent. reSerVe.....
Policies issued and revived In
1897, Is, l49. insuring. .......
Policies in force Jan. LIST, 1898
92,73S, insuring.
The company has paid ovel
Maine and has a larger per
the insurance it has written
now in force than any other
c. +. DUNLAP, Distri
% Exchange St., Poi
r. II. ENWRIGHT. So. Ga.
o. J. HUSSEY, Vassalboro.
Special Agents.
marcia, eodtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-28


EXPENDITURES IN
Claims by death, endowments
returns premiums, total paid
poIicyholders ................
Taxes. Expenses, including
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-28
,a4s. 1898.
SOD ANNUAL STATEMENT.
OF THE
Mutual Benefit
Life Insurance Co.
NEWARK, NJ. J.
AMzI DODD, President.
RECEIPTS IN 1897.

UEOE1I Z y IN AeSss
Received for bremiums. ....... $S,6O6,
Received for interest and rents S.227,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09
TcoLING WITH ELECTRIC WIRES
The Fate That Refeu n sImian Who
Got Too Gay.
From the New Orleans Picayune.

From the New Orleans Picayune.
Monkeying with buzzsaw is danger
Gus; monkeying with an electric light wire
is more dangerous but monkeying with
two electric light wires is almost certain
death, was the conclusion reached by Nc
Gouldrick's monkey out at West End yes
terday morning. To keep the simian out
of mischief he was kept chained, but he
lived wen otherwise. His only wish was
for liberty, and yesterday morning at Z
o'clock the monkey succeeded in releasing
himself from his thralldom. AS soon as
he had shaken himself free from his fet-
ters he scampered off followed by the
rotund Jim, who surprised himself at his
agility, which was excelied only by the
monkey The latter placed himself out of
reach by climbing the roof of Nix's es-
adjustment. and in der.sion of his owner
commenced giving a free trapeze and hor-
izontal performance, using an electric
light wire for a trapeze.
All went wen with the simian as long
as he confined his antics to the single
wire but he became enthused with his ex-
ercise, and, throwing his long tail across,
seized the other wire on. the roof with mis-
tail. There was an unearthly Shrek and
yell which the audience could not at first
Guess the cause of; then the monkey in
anguish sought to bite his forepaw or
hand which grasped the wire. AS the
mouth toched the hand, there was a blue
flame, and the hair on the simian's face
commenced to curl up and sizzle until
that, too burst into flame.
Pedro Antonio. friend of the monkeys,
took in the situation at a glance and
sprang to his recsue. He seized the tai
of his friend and pulled hard. Pedro re-
ceived a shock which almost knocked him
senseless but his grasp was firm, and the
monkey was torn from his dangerous po-
sitiOn. Sweet oil was administered in CO.
plous quantities. and at last accounts the
monkey was recovering.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09
COUNTING SILVER COIN.
How the work Is Being Done Mt the
Philadelphia Mint.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The nimble fingers Of twenty pairs of
feminine hands were set to work yester-
day at the subtreasury counting ten mill
ions of silver dollars, which have been
stored in the custom house vaults The
task is not an easy one by any means,
and twenty-five days. it is expected, will
be consumed in it's completion.
jerome Wise of the treasury department
at Washington has come up to superin-
tend it all He is assisted by Miss Julia
Booth of this city. The twenty women
who are doing the work are all expert
handlers Of coin and have been employed
in the mint here The count is made to
verify the accounts of ex-Assistant Treas
urer Bigler.
In a room on the second floor, a long
table, divided into twenty compartments
is placed behind stout iron screen. high
enough to keep out intruders and possibly
covetous fingers. AT this table sit the
twenty counters and into each compart-
ment is dumped 1000 shining new dollars
the contents of stout canvas bag, in
which they have been signed, sealed and
stored away. Quickly and deity the
operator takes up a handful of the coins,
and almost before you can say Jack
Robinson she has stacked them up in
little piles of ten each in a box which
holds exactly 100 such piles.
Then man comes along with another
canvas bag. the counterpart of the first
one and 100 little ten-dollar piles are
dumped into it. 1t is then tied, sealed
and the name of the counter, written
by herself on a tag, is attached to it.
Then 1t is carted away to give place to a
successor, and to go again to the subter-
ranean vaults from which it came.
The process pursued is little different
from that followed in other years. for
then the money vas merely weighed in
the bags, and If one of them showed
weakness it was opened and the con-
tents counted. This time indubitable
proofs are to be had by the actual hand
ling of every piece of coin.
The bank notes, which are always dis
posed of by actual count, have already
been verified, as has nearly all the frac-
tional coin, halves, quarter, dimes, nick
els and pennies, to the amount of $1,000. 900
or more, and gold to the amount of over
a million.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09

derers and had not one redeeming trait.
They would even rob women on their way
to their families at the mines. 1t was
common trick of theirs to shoot through
mans hat or between his legs merely to
enjoy his terror. One time one of them
shouted to the passengers in a stage as
it rolled away:
You fellows may go and tell all the
sheriffs this side of hell that you have
been held up by Dan Elkins and George
Wilbur. We defy them ALL"
Dan Elkins is remembered as the orig
inal lone bandit of the Southwest, be-
cause, single-handed, he once held up a
stage load Of eight passengers, besides the
driver, all of whom were armed. For
weeks the exploit was the talk of men
in and about Tombstone. For some rea-
son Wilbur was not along with Elkins on
raid one day when the stage was rum
bling along through San Miguel pass ana
it seemed a fit opportunity for Elkins to
make another raise of money, so he rob-
her the stage single-handed After he
had cleaned out the eight passengers and
the treasure box, he said:
Now, gents, you can brag that you've
been held up by a single-handed man in
the profesh. l don't mind telling you that
I'm all alone to-day, and that [ need your
money awful bad! Tell them Tombstone
fellers that Dan Ell1ins has got new
trick in his line O. business
During the winter OF 1879 and 1880 the
recklessness and bravado of Elkins and
Wilbur became unbearabse, and people be-
gan to see that the stage robberies were
hurting the name of Arizona, so an unus-
ual effort was made to get the rascals. An
extra reward for their capture was offered
and two or three detectives from Los An
geles, Cal, began work. Several half
breed Apache and Indian traiers were hir-
ed, and after a few weeks the trail to the
bandits was found.
We're trapped! We're trapped!" shout
ed Elkins, as he jumped from his couch of
leaves and saw the horsemen encircling
his hiding place.
In a second he and Wilbur were behind
two great oaks and were prepared to fight
for their lives. They forgot the Indians al
their rear, and no sooner had they turned
their faces toward the advancing posse
than they were shot dead in the back by
the Apache trailers.
There is good reason to believe that if
the men had been captured alive they
might have been induced to tell where they
had hidden the greater part of their stolen
money and gold for no one thinks that
living as they did, they spent more than
a small part of their ill-gotten gains. Both
the robbers were buried where they were
killed, and to this day there are people
who so out from Benson every little while
to the scene of the old camp of Elkins and
Wilbur in the hope of finding the secret
storehouse of stolen riches among the
powders and foothills that surround the
spot
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09
nnnI.ing in switnerInnd.

Zurich Correspondence, Chicago Record.
Some of the methods are sufficiently an
uquated, according to our standards. For
instance it requires fifteen minutes In
which to make a deposit at a bank. Every
banking house has numerous chairs out
side the railing ana the visitor is expected
TO sit quietly and cultivate a spirit of pa
thence while the machinery is getting UNI
der way A customer who wishes to make
a deposit goes 70 a window and hands IN
his money, together with memorandum
Of the amount. The employe behind the
railing counts the money and prepares A
receipt for it. adding his signature by way
of preliminary. Then a small boy takes
this receipt upstairs and submits Il to an
official who studies II and then pondets
for while as 10 whether it viii be safe
10 take the money. If he decides that the
bank can undertake the risk, he passes
the receipt TO another man. who prepares
a duplicate slip ana makes several eutrlcs
and finally signs his name. Then, as soon
as another man has examined the receipt
and added his name, 1t is taken down
stairs and turned over to the depositor.
There is one satisfaction-the money is
thoroughly deposited
An American residing In Zurich went to
the bank the other day with check which
had been given 10 him by a business man
In a large town near here. He handed in
the check, and twenty minutes later re-
ccNed his money. less j. cents charges
The American was well-known at the
bank, having been a depositor for about
two years. He had indorsed the check
A busy and nervous Chicago man would
have torn down the railing before the
twenty minutes expired
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09

John. and his son. Philip. lad of a. King
Johh had with him his four sons. Charles,
LOUIS, John ana Philip. The Rlree elder
boys were posted al different parts of the
neid while Philip, the youngest. follow ed
ms Iather, who plunged into The thic6est
u the hght, where he was soon in great
danger Of being taken.
The little Prince fought at his side. en-
oeaVoring to ward of the blows that were
aineo az MS father, while above the din
OF DdttIe ne could be heard calling % him
10 guard right or left as his quick eye
va" from what quarter ne was threatened
JoAn was finally forced 10 yield. though
but Philip
Ihere is no more romantic figure in his
tory that that of Marquis de Lafayette
VINO gave his sword and courage 10 the
cause Of American liberty The French
hlng had endeavored in vain to keep the
young soldier at home, his friends and
relatives had tried to restrain him but
all TO no avail, for he purchased a ship
IN ~hlch to escape from France, his King
ana MS ever-soiicitous friends and family.
ne was an exceedingly rash youth from
all accounts, for he did not hesitate 70
freely express his symps ny for the Amer
lcan people while dining at the British
ambassadors, as well as his determination
to aid them, If possible. in their struggle
so impressed by the young enthusiast and
the use he might be to the enemies OF
his country that he demanded his arrest
OF the French government and the seizure
Of his ship, which lay at anchor in the
harbor al Bordeaux.
Lafayette avoided arrest, reaching Bor
deaux ahead OF the royal warrant detain-
ing his ship. and put to sea. When he
landed in America he was cody met.
Congress was in great need of money and
there were many brave native officers who
desired the rank the gay young French
man had come so far to claim.
Lafayette had not crossed the Atlantic
for nothing, however; money and rank
We're secondary cons. derations with him.
He declared his willingness 10 serve as a
volunteer, in any capacity and without
pay. Congress was so much impressed
by this that on July 81, III, a resolution
was passed accepting his tender of serv-
ices, and Gen. Washing on, who had been
greatly attracted by his ardor, made him
a member Of his military family
The battle of Brandywine afforded La
fayette the louged-for opportunity to dis
tngulsh himself, which he did to such
good purpose that Congress gave him the
command of a division. So that before he
was 20 he was actually a general
But The day of the boy soldier did not
cease with the age of chivalry and ro-
nance. Many of the generals who are
leading our armies In Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines be- gan their careers at
the time of the civil war as boy soldiers,
too, and were doubtless quite as brave and
gallant as any of their predecessors.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09
HOW SOUTHERN NEGRO COOKS.
Were Trained In the Days Before
the War

Calvin Dill Wilson In New York Ledger.
The Southern negro cook has great ex-
cellence along special lines of her work;
we may claim that the negro has a par
ticular faculty for cookery, as the white
man has for intellectual matters 1t Is
certain that the negro has a very keen
palate, sensitive to degrees and kinds of
faVorings and sensitive to the agreeable
tastes of many foods. While touching
upon this point, we may note that the
negro has been the discoverer of several
foods. He showed his appreciation of
watermelons long before he was enslaved
by Americans; it was one of his discover
les in Africa many years ago. In this
country, we owe the finding Of several
dainties to the negro cooks. The diamond
back terrapins were not appreciated by
white men, until long after the negro
was familiar with their superior qualities;
seventy-five years ago these terrapins
were used by white men only to be brok-
en- up with axes and fed to swine. But
the negroes had already learned how TO
find these creatures in their winter quar-
ters in the mud: and they had learned to
was by their example and recommended
ton that the people in the great houses"
came at last to prize the dainty that had
long been enjoyed in the quarters.
The methods of serving many dishes
now generally adopted throughout our
land are those that were invented by
negro cooks. They have added many nov
elites and new recipes; they have dis
tinct genius in this line. Many a negress
in the South is accustomed 10 prepare food
for the family in which she is employed
or for her own household. in a way that
is not surpassed from certain standpOints,
if it is equaled, in the restaurants and no
tells of great cities, where French cooks
are employed. Many men and women in
our country who have the opportunity TO
eat in many lands are of the fixed opin-
ion that the honors in cookery belong
easily first to the colored cook.
IT was the custom on the old plantations
in the slave days, to arrange for a sue
cession of cooks by putting several small
darkey girls under the old auuty in the
kitchen. Several girls We're at the some
time trained for cooks aud several for
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09
DEATH or }. /. n. NEWMAN.
He Dies at MOuItrie After nm Illness
of Two Days.

AAc bAcS uR MOuttFAe after nm illness
of Two Days.
Moultrie, Ga, Oct. s.-Mr. John l. N.
Herman, who, at the age of 10, was cash
Ter OF the National Bank of Brunswick.
died here yesterday. He was born in Bal
timore, and seemed to have had some diff
ference with his family, who are promi-
nent people in that city. He was a cadet
at West Point for two years, and was
possessed with many admirable and bril-
liant parts. For the last several weeks
he had been drinking very hard, which
is supposed TO have FASTENED his death
He was sick only two days. He had been
living here for the past five or six
months, representing a life insurance
company with marked success. He had
many strong friends. His family in Bal
timore and his uncle al Brunswick have
been notified His body has been EN-
banned. and will be shipped to Baltimore.
The election in the county was very
quiet. Candlers majority was 1G1 The
Populist who nominated Gambler In pri-
mary failed to vote Tor him. In one dis
trict in the primary which gave Gambler
81 votes and Atkinson and Berner one
each, in the general election gave Cand-
Ter one and Hogan thlrty-four.
No damage was done by the recent
storms in this county.
At the city election this week c. E.
Holmes was elected Mayor. He is a tur-
pentine operator and progressive citizen
of this county.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09
H-U-M-P-H-R-E-Y-S
TALLAHAssEE's SCHOOL FRAUD.
PIenty of Damaging Testimony
Against CoIored Teachers.

Plenty of Damaging Testimony
Against CoIored Teachers.
Tallahassee, Fla, Oct SIN the matter
Of the frauds charged in the negro depart
ment OF the September examination for
teachers. State Superintendent sheats ex-
amined about thirty witnesses. There
was plenty of damaging testimony given
by few witnesses. but most Of them were
said to be parties to the frauds, and would
not divulge anything. Two Of the most
prominent negro teachers are charged with
being the leaders in perpetraung the
frauds, but the testimony is not thought
to be sufficient TO prosecute them on, 1t
IS claimed that papers filed at
the examination bear ample
evidence of the frauds committed
No certificates to teach viii be issued on
his examination, it is thought as there
are enough teachers, who head certificates
prior 70 The examination 10 supply all the
schools in the county. Neither Superin-
tendent Sheats nor the Leon county school
board have determined what action they
will take in the matter.
The Tallahassee sanitary report for Sep
TENDER shows that there were only three
deaths in the city, ali colored, aged Is
days, "a and 70 years.
Maj. Gen. Coppinger has ordered Mai
J. W. Sackett of the First Florida to
leave Huntsville Sunday for Tallahassee.
The regiment is expected to follow him in
a few days.
}. s. Cannon, representing the Morning
News, Is al the st. James.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09
EuLoGIzED PRESIDENT mKINLEY

rsx-secretary Herbert Says As Conn
mander He Has Made No Mistake.
Washington, Oct 8.-The triennial re-
union OF the Alumni Association Of the
University OF the South was closed to-
night by a banquet, participated in by
sixty bishops, priests ana laymen.
Bishop Dudley, chancellor, was toast
master. Hon. IL. a. Herbert, Secretary
of the Navy in the Cleveland administra-
ton, In a toast, highly eulogized President
Mckinley, saying he had made no mis-
takes as commandments, and few
mistakes generally
Discussing camp management, he add
ed that there never was a company with
out a coward nor a regiment without a
growler
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09
ARRESTED ron BIGAMY.
Hiram Maxim. of Gun Fame, Pursued
by Woman.

New York, Oct. s.-Hiram s. Maxim
the inventor of the rapid-ire guns, was
arrested last night in Poughkeepsie, n.
Y, on warrants for bigamy and abandon
ment. He says the whole thing is black
mailing scheme. Maxim said that the
woman causing him the trouble is Helen
leighton. He said that fifteen years ago
he met the woman on the Bowery in this
city. He was then living on Union street
in Brooklyn with hiss wife and children.
He stated that the same kind of a suit
was instituted against him in Philadel-
phia at the same time. The case, ne
said, was dismissed because the Leighton
woman failed TO appear in court.
Mr. MaxiCn said that the Leighton wo-
man was, after the Philadelphia episode,
in London. and sought him out in his
apartments. He said he had 10 forcibly
eject her.
At Poughkcepsie to-day Maxim pleaded
not guilty and was released on $1,000 bail.