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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

The funeral of the late Miss Deborah
Barber was held, yesterday afternoon.
from her late home on Highland ave
nue.. and the remains taken to Pittston
for interment. Her age was 16 years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Charles .. Goodhue of Portland, has
completed picture which represents
Falmouth tancient Portland during the
hombardment by Mowatt. The houses in
flames are reproduced and the situation
is graphically presented. The details of
the destruction are historically correct.
being based on Parson Deanes Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Pattengall who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs Frank
Woodbury. on Highland avenue. return
ed to their home at Machias Wednes-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Miss May Bacon left on the 1910 y.
NJ. train, Wednesday, for Salem, where
she will make a visit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Jerome Gunyer accompanied his sou
to Portland, yesterday. where he I'M
derwent an operation at the hospital on
his eye.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

The Waldo County Veteran Association
will meet with +. Nj. Billings Post Thurs
day, March 3rd. Address of welcome Nv
Isaac f. Cook, response by the President
J. G.. Harding.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Mrs. II. a. Fuller very pleasantly
entertained a large number of her
friends at her home on Brunswick ave-
nue., last evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Ralph Reddington arrived, Wednes-
day morning. from Newton, Mass, on
a weeks visit to friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

The condition of Mrs. Arthur Gun
ningham remains about the same, but
little Improvement being noticed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Miss Gertrude Pickering left on a
short visit to friends at NorridgcWo2k
yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Frank Berry. who has been making
an extended visit here left for MlWau-
kee, Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Judge l.. RoWell went to Portland,
Wednesday, to attend meeting of the
Loyal Legion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Miss l.. NJ. Ward went to Watcrvile
to visit friends for a few days, WcdneS-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Mrs. =. n BarstoW returned from
short visit to Portland, last evening
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Frank Gray went to Boston on 10
days visit to f. $. Reynolds, Wednes-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

n. n. LoCkhead of the Lewiston Jour
nal who has been in Gardiner on bust
ness, returned to Lewiston. yesterday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Sumner Soule who had a relapse
some time ago, is now rapidly improv
ing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

The ladies of Cobbossee Colony. L. O.
+. r., will give an entertainment at
their hall in the Davenport block. this
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

evening, and a dance will conclude the
entertainment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Sheriff H. w Hildreth went to Skow-
hogan, on a business trip, yesterday
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

James Morton of Rockport. has can.
tured five fine foxes this year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Frank Hull left. last evening. on 4
weeks business trip to Moosehead lake
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03
HALLOWELL.

George Paul returned, Wednesday,
from few days visit to Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

Miss Lizzie Jeck arrived from Brook
line Mass, last evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03
Daily Kennebec 3ournal.
GARDINER.
nch1,d1w

G. l.. Tyler has returned from a bus
mess trip to the Hub.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03
Auction
Sale
OF stock of books and stationery at
CHASE & TOWERS. Gardiner, Me.

Commencing March ). at ! o'clock, p.
NJ. and continuing each evening until
goods are sold. Works of the standard
poets, authors and novelists, children 5
games and books. stationery. blank
books, ledgers, account books. pictures.
medalions. ladies and gents purses
and card cases, Bibles, prayer books.
glove, fan and jewel boxes, albums and
photograph cases, ink in small bottles.
pens, pen trays pencils, ladies' writ
ing tablets in prices from 25 cents to
$500. and the largest variety of wall
paper ever displayed in kennebec
county will be sold at cost to any pur-
chaser before auction sale of March D.
Call and examine the stock.
CHASE & TOWER. Gardiner, Me.
NJ. A. HARRADAN, Auctioneer.
mch1, div
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03

City Marshal Drake is now busy, pre-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-28

not ask his consent but slipped it
quietly into Il glass while was read
ing.
" Perhaps another glass of whiskcy
will help you | said, filling it up try
drinking it straight Off
He obeycd me without a suspicion,
and took the whole drug, which, of
course. ! should not have ventured to
give anybody unaCcustomed to drugs.
"ltappcarcd to me to take effect very
quickly, but | did not flattcr myself on
the point until my next fee became due
when. finding that my patient did not
stir, l rose softly, put on my hat and
coat and, turning down the lamp, felt
my way downstairs in the dark, and
let myself out of the house.
AS ! walked home / told myself that
| had secured a desirable patient, and
already given him some reason to have
faith in my powers. The four half-sov-
creigns jingled pleasantly i'm my pocket.
and I had still time left to get good
sleep, before it was necessary to begin
the days work.
But rest was not for me yet awhile.
AS | opened my own door with a latch
key, a single glance at the hall was
sufficient to put another complexion on
the case, and | strode rapidly through
the house, to find that it had been ram
sacked from top TO bottom.
My old friend with the insomnia
was simply the acCompliCe Of a gang
of burglars. who had taken this means
of keeping me out of the way while his
friends removed the greater part Of my
portable property. 1t seemed to me as
If they must have taken il away in a
furniture van.
II hurried off at once to the neigh
boring police station, and the inspector
i'm charge looked serious.
" IT seems to me like the work of 4
gang that we have been hearing Of for
some time, but that we can't get hold
Of he said.
"'Wel. / think | can take you to a
house where YOU will find one of the
gang | said, and told him briefly of
my patient.
The policeman smiled a superior
smile.
He is one of the gang, without
doubt, as we'll as the lad who brought
his message; but you won't find him at
the house now. You will find that he
has taken the room furnished for day
or two. and vanished the instant you
left the place
~ have no doubt that was the plan,'
] said; but happened to give the gem
tleman a dose which. if he isn't used
to drugs a. he pretended, will keep him
asleep for a week.
And did you find hm?" | asked
when Macpherson had reached this
point in his story, and the famous
physician nodded.
Yes. exactly as I left him. | had
some trouble bringing him round. AS
we thought, he was a notorious crimi-
nal, and his arrest led to that of the
whole gang, and-what was 'of more
Importance to me the recovery of my
furniture. 1t has often made me smile
to think of my little sleeping-draugh
effecting what the whole police force
OF the metropolis had been trying to
do for months. | call it a triumph ot
medicine. Pail Mall Gazette.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-28

the forge room, where, after being re-
heated, it is hammered down to ten
and three quarter inches, and conSid-
erably elongated during the process.
Next ii is conveyed to the machine
shop and placed upon a specially con-
structed lathe and turned and pointed.
The only parts of the shell that bear
against the rihed surface of the gun
are the conical end and the copper
ring that encircles the base. This ring
is soft, SO as not to injure the rifling.
After the finishing cut has been given
to the projectiles the diameter of the
largest part of the cone is 1915 inches
and that of the body of the shell is
$50 inches.
Then the Extracting score" Is cut.
There is a N-shaped groove, in which
a tool can be fastened when 1T is de-
sired to withdraw the shell from the
gun. The next move is the boring of
a five-inch hole in the base of the pro-
jectile to a depth of fourteen inches.
Tempering follows. In this process the
shell is suspended. point downward, in
a receptacle filled with molten lead, and
is allowed to settle until the metal rises
above the cone base.
At first the temperature of the lead
is but 500 degrees, but it is increased
gradually to 1900 degrees. The work
of heating continues for many hours,
when the shell is withdrawn and
sprayed with water. to give it hard
exterior. Next follows a bath in a vat
filled with secret ingredients, after
which the shell is cooled with Jet of
water.
once more the shell goes back to the
machine shop. where the hole in the
base is widened half an inch, and the
depth increased two inches. The hole
is then threaded and screw plug in
serted. The grinding room is next
Here the extreme diameter of the cone
is ground down to ten inches exactly.
The workmen now apply the band
score" which is a groove for the re-
ception Of the soft copper band.
After the soft steel cap has been
fitted TO the tip of the projectile. on the
theory that when the shell strikes the
armored side of a battleship the point
will be protected without any interfcr-
ence with its penetrating power the
work is finished so far Is the steel COM
pany is concerned. 1t is then boxed up
and shipped to some United States ar
senal, where 1t is filled with an eX-
plosVe compound and made ready for
its work of destruction.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-28
COSTLY MONSTER MISSILES.
Steel Tempered with as Much Care
as a Razor Blade.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The invention of the modern high
power guns has brought into use pro-
jectiles that are the finest product of
ingenuity and improved machinery,
calling forth the best efforts of skilled
artisans. Instead of cast iron globes
that could be turned out by any foun-
dry twenty years ago, use is now
made of the grades of steel, tempered
with as much care as a razor blade,
and ground and polished with as much
exactitude as a surgical instrument.
The complete story of the manufac-
ture of armor-plercing projectiles by
the steel works in Reading is a secret
so carefully guarded that it has al
ways been hard to obtain, but at pres
ent, when the big plant is running on
war footing, it is still more dificult,
as only employees and government in
spectors are permitted to enter the
companys immense machine shops.
Shells 4, 8, 6, s, 10, 10 and 13 inches in
diameter are being made for the navy,
and s, and l2-inch sizes for the army.
Here Is the history of the making of
a 10-inch shell, and as the proiectiles
of all sizes are made i'm the same man
ner 1t gives some idea of the vast
amount of labor required TO equip a
tieet.
In the casting shop molten steel is
cast into solid piece twelve and a half
inches in diameter. 1t is then taken to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-28

at which the steam colliers are to lie
there are nine hydraulic grabs. with
Weighing machines attached, running
on one pair of rails. With these grabs,
when a collier arrives alongside. the
coal will be hurried out of the holds,
weighed and registered, and then
swung around and discharged into nine
corresponding chutes travelling on an
other pair of rails, and from the chutes
the Goals are shot out on the opposite
side of the pontoon into barges.
In the course of a day it is estimated
that this derrick pontoon will be able
to handle in this way about 5000 tons
of coal, or the cargoes of four to five or
dinary steam colliers.
Nor does this exhaust the equipment
of London's new coal distributor. There
is a complete set of workshops on board
so that repairs can be done by the
staff, a large kitchen, with range and
grill and separate dining rooms for
the lightermen, private cabins for the
captain and engineer in charge, and a
handsomely fitted directors room,
while the electric light is fitted
throughout.
The Cory Company imports and dis
patches over London and its environ
ments between five and six milli on
tons of sea- borne coal per year. This
vast quantity is used almost entirely
for household, manufacturing and
bunkering purposes, and leaves out
Of account another two or three mill
lion tons imported by the great gas
companies for lighting purposes, and
also the large quantity of rail-borne
house coal that comes into the metro
polls from the Yorkshire and Midland
coal fields.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-28
HANDLING COAL IN LONDON.
A Derrick Pontoon" Which Distri-
butes Five Cargoes Daily.
from the London Mail.

Infinite as is the variety of the ship
ping that finds its way to the Thames
there is due to arrive in the river today
a craft whose unusual appearance will
excite the curiosity of the longshore
population.
At o'clock yesterday morning there
left the Tyne, in charge of three pow
erful tug boats, large steel structure
known in shipbuilders' parlance as a
derrick pontoon, which, given a good
voyage, will haul up to its berth today
at the coal depots of William Cory &
Son, limited, at Charlton. This derrick
pontoon, which has been christened
Atlas No. 3, is specially intended to
facilitate the discharge and distribution
of the sea-borne Goals.
The pontoon measures 500 feet in
length by AZ feet 6 inches in width and
IL feet six inches in depth, and her out
fit Of machinery is of such an ingenious
and powerful character that she can
claim to be the only craft of her kind
in the world. Atlas No. has, indeed,
been specially designed to carry out
a specific purpose, and when she is
safely moored at her berth Londoners
will be able to see their coal handled
at a rate which cannot be equaled at
any other coal importing center.
At Charlton there are now two float
ing derricks, but they are simply old
ships converted for the purpose. The
new derrick pontoon is shipshaped at
the ends, with a poop at each end, and
has four lines of rails running nearly
its entire length, on one side--the side
which will present itself to the river.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-28
BUSINESS WAS BUSINESS.
How a Paymaster in Our Navy Took
Fall Out of Bank of England.

From the Philadelphia Press.
The late Paymaster Clark of the
United States navy, Of Delaware. was
attached to one Of the ships on the
European station during the period of
the Civil war. 1t may have been the
Kearsage, but it is not important. She
was an armed vessel and had been long
at sea and came in for coal, provisions
and to give the men a liberty day on
shore. To meet these and other OK
penses it was necessary to have some
$4,000 (men are paid in the currency of
the country they may be in when on
foreign stations) and Paymaster Clark
drew sight drafts on the sub-treasury
of New York through the government
agents, j. 5. Morgan e. Co., bankers,
in old Broad street, London. Accom-
panied by the vce-consul he went to
the Plymouth branch Of the Bank of
England, and presenting his drafts,
asked to have them changed for notes
and gold. The bank manager, not con-
tent with exercising proper CONNER
cial scrutiny, was very nasty, and final
ly said:
well, | do not know the sub-treas-
ury. l do not know the paper nor you,
and have never had business with the
gentleman who is United States vice
consul here,so | won't cash your drafts.
You say j. S. Morgan will lndorse them.
You had better go up to London and
let him cash Them
Mr.. Clark went out to the telegraph
office, put himself in communication
with Mr., Morgan. and Mr.. Morgan
went to the Bank of England in Lon
don the manager sent word to the Ply
mouth branch manager and that gem
tleman came personally To the Royal
Hotel and. with his hat i'm hand. begged
to be of service to Paymaster Clark in
any way that gentleman would sug-
gest. The apparently placated pay
master, accompanied by his clerk, ac-
companied the bank officer to the bank.
The drafts were duly passed over and
large bundle of Bank of England
notes placed before the paymaster.
What are these" said Clark.
Those are Bank of England notes"
Yes, | see they are notes signed by
Frederick May that the bank will pay
bearer, etc. Well, / do not know Mr..
May, and, of course, | do not know
you. This paper may be good, but
have no assurance of that. I'll trouble
you for the gold"
The humiliated bank manager had to
hunt it up, and Paymaster Clark car
ried it down to the boat in triumph.
Il would have preferred part of the
money in notes" he said. but couldn't
refuse the chance of getting even"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-28
PRESERVING THE RUINS.
End of One of Ireland's Magnificent
Old Castles.
From It'd Iits.

From Ild-l'll
one Of Ircland's magnificent ruined
castles came to its final end i'm this
manner. The ancient seat of the CAS-
tereaghS overlooked Loueh Swiny, and
it was one of the most princely resi-
dences in Ireland. Eventually it fell
into decay and was not inhabited.
As usual in such circumstances, when
the peasantry wanted tc build a pig
sty, repair a road or anything of the
sort they took the stones from the
ruined castle, which was disappearing
piecemeal, when one day the then Lord
Londonderry paid a visit to his Irish
property. When he saw the state the
castle was in, and reflected on the fact
that it was so much identified with the
history of his family, and even as a
ruin was a glory OF Ireland, he deter
mined to put a stop to the encroach-
ments that had been made upon it,
Sending for his agent To give him or
ders that the people We're no longer to
remove stones from the building, he
instructed him to have the place in
closed with a wall six feet high and
well coped, to keep out trespassers.
That being done, he went his way, and
did not return to Ireland for three or
four years. He then found, TO his
amazement that the old castle had
completely disappeared and in it's
place there was a big wall inclosing
nothing. Sending for the agent ne de-
manded TO know why his orders had
not been carried out. The agent in
sisted that they had been.
Put whore is the Castle?" demand
ed the marquis.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-28

The We call and
will surely by
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-28
MODERN PIRACY,
A German Vessel Captured by Mar~
acaibo Sea Robbers.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Most people would laugh or look
wise when one suggested piracy in
these latter days OF the nineteenth cen-
tury, but this fact is attested by Con-
sui Plumacher, at Maracaibo. He states
that on June 10 the German bark Held
wig left the port OF Maracaibo fop
Mexico. Later in the same day she en-
countered heavy squalls, and. as She
was in ballast, drifted toward the
Goajira coast and came on the shoals
OF the old entrance TO Maracaibo, the
Parjana, about twelve miles from Fort
San Carlos. The next day she was
surrounded by Indians, under charge
OF Rudecindo Gonzales, a half-breed,
known as "Cachimbo."
The captain Of the Hedwig was not
allowed to go to the fort for assistance,
but was driven. together with his crew,
out of the vessel by force. They walked
to the town Of Sinamaica, a few miles
from Parjana, and hired a boat to cons
vey them 10 Maracaibo. where they
made their declaration before the Ger
man consul.
The consul states that this is, to his
personal knowledge. the fourth case OF
NOlllillNltu Oll ldiSt loltiSl Sdll-
ing vessels close To Fort San Carlos.
None of the vessels had a gun or rifle
on board. Had the master of the He'd
wig been provided with signal gun
or firearms, he could have easily kept
his vessel until relief was sent from
Fort San Carlos, the authorities in
charge of which had not the slightest
knowledge of what was occurring close
to them.
The consul believes that it would be
prudent for sailing vessels bound for
this port to be provided with breech-
loading rifles and ammunition, as well
as with a signal gun. From the deck
of a vessel protected by the woodwork
of the railing, Il crew should be able
to Withstand assaults until assistance
could be rendered.
II should be noted that sailing Ves-
sells carrying arms should manifest
the same and have them duly sworn
before the Venezuelan consul: other
wise they viii be considered contra-
band by the custom house authorities
and confiscated, The vessel win also
be subject TO a heavy fine.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-28
IVA LIN LA ' 1DOV w. 3O7 LaCkaWannaAY.

duck struggled. kicked, quacked and
occasionally managed to get a leg or
wing outside, while his captor threw
his beak high in the air, then dipped
it into the water. and kept it there,
as if trying to suffocate or drown its
enemy. From the look of the agi-
tated pouch it seemed as If the contest
was by no means one-sided, but that
the pelican was having rather a rough
time. At last the duck got his head
and one wing out, and then, with a
magnificent effort, managed to get ems
tirely free. Once again on the water
the duck declined further combat and
fled, while the pelican remained, look
ing as if his honor were thoroughly
satisfied.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-28
Pelican and Duck.
From the London Telegraph.

From the London Telegraph.
Dueling between men has long gone
out of fashion in England, and it is
left to nations and to lower animals
to settle their differences by an appeal
to arms, In Kew Gardens, in the pres
ence of a considerable number of spec
tators, an affair of honor was settled
between a pelican and duck. The
birds had had words together, so to
speak, and the pelican determined that
the next best thing to making the
duck eat his words was to eat the
duck. So, after little thrust and
parry on the water. he made for the
smaller bird, and snapped it into his
pouch. Then a battle royal began in
side the pouch Of the pelican. The
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-28

THE castle is it? Bcdad, I built the
wall with it, my lord! Is it for me to
be going miles for materials with the
finest stones in Ireland beside me-"
In telling the man to build the wall
Lord Londonderry had said nothing
whatever about preserving the castle,
which is now thing of the past. New
crthelcss, the wall is 2 good one.