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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-12

Sr<2g5N Chesapeake and
w. IN Ohio Railway,
EFFECTIVE APRIL 70. 1898.
TRAINS LEAVE HICHMOND.
BROAD STREET STATION.

Er 4 ECIlNE APklL 10 1910.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND.
BROAD STREET STATION.
$50 A. Al, Daily, with Parlor car FOR
principal stations, Newport
News, Old Point. Norfolk ana
Portsmouth Connects at Nor
folk with New York steamers
=, except Sunday.
$40 Z. NJ, Ddny, nL.n Pullman Tor
local stations. Newport News.
old Point. Norfolk and Ports
mouth. Connects at Ola Point
with Washington steamers,
daily and with Baltimore
steamers except Sunday.
1000 A. n. Local train. except Sun
day, for Clifton Forge: Con-
meets at Gordonsyile Tor
Orange, Culpeper. Caiverton,
Manassas. Alexandria and
Washington; at Union station,
Charlottesville, for Lyncn-
burg, at Basic for hasers-
ai5 p. NJ. Daily. with pullman to GIN
cinnati. Louisville and 81.
Louis, connecting at Covins-
ton, va. for Hot Springs:
Z stops only at important
+ stations. Meals served on Din
Ing cars. No. Z. local tram.
except Sunday, follows above
train from Gordonsviis 10
$50 p. NJ. ACCOMMODATION. except sun
day, for Charlottesville. go
1890 p. NJ. Daily for Cincinnati, with
pullman 10 clinton, w Va. and
GordonsVille to Cinclnnati
and Louisville. Meals served
on dining car. Connects al
Slaunton except Sunday for
Winchester, Va, and at Cow
ington, Va, daily for Virginia
Hot Springs.
TRAINS LEAVE EIGHTH STREET
n.so A. NJ. paily srH i6r NLiynchours and
Rrsmo. except Sunday. for
White Hall; except sunday at
Balcony fc- Lexington, and at
Clifton Forge with No. tor
Cincinnati.
900 p. NJ. Except Sunday. Local accom-
mediation for Columbia.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
BROAD STREET STA TON.
$40 A. VI. Daily. from Cincinnati,
u'15 a. NJ. Daily from Norfolk and Old
Point
$50 p. NJ Daily from Cincinnati and
$50 p. NJ. Daily. from Norfolk and Old
s15 P. NJ. Except Sunday. from Clifton
TRAINS ARRIVE EIGHTH STREET
STATION.
$50 A. NJ. Except Sunday. from Column
go NJ. Daily. from Clifton Forge and
Lynchburg. and. except sun,
day, from Lexington ana
white Hall.
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-12
YORK RIVER LINE via WEST PoINT
THE FAVORITE ROUTE NORTH.
rrr, nICIIAIOND

THE fANORl1E ROORG NORih-
LEAVE RICHMOND.
4:ssP. Ia. No. IT, Baltimore Limited,
daily except Sundays. for Wssa
Point, there making close connection
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days with steamer for Baltimore.
also, with stage. at Lester Manor for
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
40 p M No. 10, local express. Mon
days. Wednesdays and Fridays. for
West Point and intermediate sta
tions Connects with stage at Lester
MsnJr for Walkerton and Tappahsn-
s nSss ' for Bstl% %ss stop Ds q. s N
500 A. NJ. No. 4s. local mixed.
Virginia Street Station FOR Wess
Point and intermediate stations, con-
Meeting with stage at Lesser Manor
fof Wslkarion ard Tsppahannock.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
1910 a. NJ. Wednesdays and Fridays
ABS p M, Daily except Sunday from
West Point and intermediate sta
Steamers leave West Point at 600 p. NJ
Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays, and
Raltirnors at 500 p. NJ. TUESDAYS. Thurs
days and saturdays.
Ticket oss g. o sIs sSS foot Of - virg,nIs
H., and from $50 NJ. TO ~ A. NJ. City
Ticket once sOs east Main street ,,s,,
Traffic Manager Cen. Pass Agent.
Fs' CANNON. Third Vice. President and
n w WEsTPURY. TRAY. Pass. Agent.
go east Main street Richmond. va.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-12
SO BUYS GRAPHOPHONE.

One hundred dollars would not buy IT
from you II you could not procure an
other. This is the experience of every
purchaser.
WALTER D. MOSES & CO..
1905 Main street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-12
CASToRIA.
lle Rs Il 4,
As III N>11AZIz9 $ III
GOOD FISHING.

The fishing at West Point. Va, was
never known to be better. With the rates
offered by the railroad. 70 cents on Sat
urdays good to return Mondays and the
special rates offered this month at the
Terminal Hotel will undoubtedly fiji this
popular hotel.
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on Southern
oily. Railway.

SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE MAY I. lsoA
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. VA
1910 d a w. for no Atlanta s0ut aasast s
points South. Sleeper Richmond -
Danville Greensboro. Salisbury
Charlotte, Columbia and augusta.
ali stations between Rlchmond and
Dsnvllle to take on and let on pas
sengers.
ana Charlotte with the Wa.ninsl2n
and Northwestern Limited tN9. Sd
carrying sleepers New York TO Ashe.
vile, Hot Springs, Chattanooga. ana
New Nss"S York T to New SiA orleans. Xs~
York TO Tampa, and nrst-class day
coach between Washington ana
Memphis ., CONNECTIONS %at az are c. maas
MIA. Sleeper open for occupancy 81
1901 <, N. NO !, solid train daily. fer
ley with Farmville and PowhatsA
railroad. AT keysville for Clarke
vile. oxford. Henderson and pur-
ham Raleigh and Winston Salem;
at Danyils with No. g.. United
States fast mail. solid train. daily
FOR. New orleans and points South:
New Orleans and New York 10 jack
sonvile. Through Sleeper Salisbury
10 Chattanooga. also pullman TOUR
lat sleeper every wednesday Wash
ington to San Francisco without
600 r. NJ. No. II. local. daily except
Sunday. for Keysviile and inferno
date points.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
s s:sS = 2. n II From Atlanta. Augusta
Ashevillc
$40 4. NJ. from Keysvills and local sta
lions.
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAINS.
Nos. 81 and ST. between Manchester snS
Neapolis
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-12
Atlantic Coast Line.
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE MAY IS. 1888.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMoND-UNIoN
DEPOT.


TRAINS LEAVE RIcHMoND-UNroN
DEPOT.
500 A N. Daily arrives Petersburg s;ii
A. NJ, Norfolk u:2i A. Al.
Wave WSSerly pa and sSnoik. Va.
sos A. NJ, Dail,. arrives Petersburg ?:A
Fayetteville Ais r. NJ.
Charleston 1920 =. ~. savan-
nah 1850 A. II, yacKsonvi.:s
1880 A. NJ. Port Tampa G.z1
r. NJ. Connects at Wilson
with No. AZ, arriving Colds
boro $40 p. M. Wilmington
S:45 r. NJ. Pullman Sleeper
New York 10 Jacksonville.
ass p NJ. Daily. local. arrives Peters,
stops.
b:soP NJ, Daily, arrives Petersburg go
=. M. Makes local stops r.
and T.. railroad.
$50 p. NJ, Daily. arrives Isislsourg 500
r.. NJ, conneels with N. ana
W for Ngifolk and interms..
date points. Emporia $40
Connects with A. and d. for
stations between Emporia ana
tawsenceHy ils, ,.v,, Weldon i'5, go
NJ. Charleston 500 4. NJ, Sa-
vannah sos A NJ. Jackson
Vile 100 p. NJ. Port Tamps
SEw LINE 70 MIDDLE
t,.. GEORGIA POINTS. Arriving
Aiken 7:n A. NJ. Augusta $40
a. M. Macon II A. M, AT
l sIeeper rs'iI New York S r 10 vii.
mingtCn, Jacksonville. Pors
Tampa. Aiken. Augusta. and
SIS P. 81. Danny =, sJ g.ss RI,s.sssrsSuSy
Makes local stops between
Petersburg and Weldon.
i1:4o p. NJ. Daily. Arrives petersburg
1920 A. NJ. Lynchbury 5:lo A.
NJ. Roanoke 7:i5 A. "a, Bris-
tol 1888 p. ". Pullman
Sleeper Richmond to LyAeh-
burg.
TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND.
400 A. ~. Daily. prom Jacksonvile.
Savannah. Charleston. Atians
ia. Macon, Augusta. and all
points South
t:l6 A. NJ, Daily except sunday. Allan
Ia. Athens. and Raleigh. Hen
derson. Lynchburg. aud the
suAM. Daily Petersburg local.
500 A. NJ, Sunday only: From Atlanta,
Athens. Raleigh and Hender-
son Lynchburg and the West:
II Os A. NJ, Daily. Norfolk. suffolk. and
Petersburg.
nah, Charleston. WtiminEtou~
Goldsboro and all points
sxpM. D aiiS Norfolk. sufsolk. wsv-
80 p. NJ. s bsll sa0 ssss sr:S Lynch
xrsrr' y Y FAM ssf lsss:...
:. !. 1o:S;ssssl ,, MSrnassr s'
General PsssssFsg .xEssA /
r. pmasa Ss%sssss ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-19
GRACE IS SILENT.
Refuses TO Tell Where She Has Been-Re.
mains Sent Back 10 Bridgeport.

Middleboro. Mass. Sept 1S.-The com.
munity is still realty excited over the re-
turn of Marian Grace Perkins aud her
sutton. or as the family claims. her hus-
band. and the astonishing discovery that
the remains which her father Identified
at bridgeport and took the trouble to
bring home with him were not those of
his supposed murdered daughter.
After a great amount of te.egraphiES
and telephOniTg, today, a member Of the.
Bridgeport police succeeded in retaining
the remains. and, tonight they were
taken back to Bridgeport, for some other
grief-stricken parent to Identify ard
claim.
The town was scarcely awake, this
morning, when Detective George Arnold
of the Bridgeport police, arrived by train
from Providence. and the first thing he
did was to call on Undertaken Williams,
who brought tue remains OF this UNI
known woman over from Taunton, last
Eight. and requested that they be deliv-
cred to him.
Then came the hitch. Mr. Williams in
formed the detective that he intended to
hold them until he received definite or
ders from the coroner ait Bridgeport to
give them up. suppse ne n.td by sworn
statement from Frank w. Perkins that
the fragments of the body in the box
were NOT those of his daughter
Detective Arnold at once calhed up
bridgeport on the telephone. but it took
time to reach the coroner and more dr.
to explain to him the situation =
n
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A RAILROAD PUZZLE.
Speculation as to the Future Of the Sandy
River Road.

Pennington. Me-. Sept. 1S.-A topic of
much discussion and speculation in this
town at present is as to the future of the
Sandy River Railroad. a narrow gauge
road which connects the Maine Central
terminus here with the Franklin & Me-
gantic at Strong and the Phillips &
Rangeley beyond Strong, these roads be-
ing the chief means of travel to the coun-
try in the Lake region.
1t ds reported THAT the Sandy River
Road lis to be SOLD to the Maine Central,
the gauge changed to standard and the
railroad center located at Strong instead
of here.
While such a move would directly affect
Pennington. it would have, likewise, an
important bearing on the Franklin, Som
erset & Kenmebec Railway, . narrow
gauge line now under construction from
Pennington ito New Sharon and to the
country beyond.
The apparent lack of interest of the
Maine Central in the new Zine is thought
to mean that the Sandy River Road pur-
chase may be in view. as by this means
the new line would have competitor for
freight and passengers.
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Or. Fisk csmIas Tsmssrsw.

Editcrs Kennebec Journal:
Kindly place in your columns a mo-
tice to the effect that will be at Hotel
North, Augusta. on Tuesday, from 3
A. NJ. to 2 p. NJ.
In order that my patients may un-
derstand my absence fropl the city.
please state that have been confined
to my house for three weeks by an in
jured knee.
Messrs. Fl. NJ. Rines and w. G. FL
field Of your city. have given me per-
mission TO refer to them as instances Of
my skill in the cure OF piles. fistula
etc. Mr.. Rines says that he would not
be put back in the condition he was
when / began 10 treat him in April,
FOR ONE THOUSAND DOd.LARS.
What l have done for him, l can do
for any man Cor LADY, under positive
guarantee to cure
Please enter my order for another
years advertising of my little one
inch advertisement. / will say right
here that it has brought me much
business and / think as highly of the
Kennebec Journal as an advertising
medium as any paper In the State.
And l use several whose charges are
very much higher.
Sincerely yours,
DR. c. T. FISK,
800 Main ST.. Lewiston. Me.
sept 1920
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TIRED OF 1RAxPlNG.
Ernest Simmons Wants to Go Back to the
Concord Reiornator.

Portland. Me-, Sept. 1S.-A boy who
gave his name as Ernest Simmons.
aged 10. gave himself up at the police
station. tonight, asking that the Mas
sachusetts Reformatory at Concord.
be notified He says he left that insti-
tuition in the spring on parole, which
he had broken. He and companion
broke into a store in Wales in May,
ard also stole farmers horse They
drove to Vermont when he and his
companion had a failing out and the
latter drove of with the horse. He has
since been tramping.
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THE ENJOYS SAIL.
Peace Commission Now on
the Way to Spain.
Abstract Of Instructions Shows They
Will Demand Enough.
The Spanish Commission Complete Start
for Paris, Sept. Is.


New York, Sept. ls.-The United
states peace commissioners sailed at
ciock' saturday AFTERNOON. on the
Cuharaer Campania for Paris. where
they are 10 meet the commissioners Of
1 ~ am, asree upon treaty OF peace.
FORMER secretary OF State William R.
20, lay anu ohEteo States Senator Will
nam Frye arrived, Friday evening.
senator Cushman n. Davis and White
Jaw neid We're mere already. and Sen
".ol oeolse gray arrived saturday
commissioner Day was early astir at
inc Hotel Manhattan His iirst visitor
. o. wnMeiAw heid. VINO arrived at
~ IA ahei, senator Frye. who
iiau slept at une fI1Nh avenue botef.
WehM up TO Judge Days apartments.
80 san ~ iooh as thouSn the commas-
spners han agreed to mold on informal
neeeins at .ne rooms OF Mr.. Day. But
ms .ne commissioners denied.
1uuse Day' when questloned with re-
a.aenee -. -, me work on the commission.
,s sou. SUPPOSE you would ike to
49," eNaciS w.iat are he CONDITIONS
~ =. 'Ae sIeatS ana wnat We think about
-, .osetnel wra' our lmfGesslonS OF
.,';.'' anu vi ale afahisn peace com
a..,sa nu,' seriously, We nad
,aa.... NE, WIN the eamnet before
hrt Sa "asn I, lon' AT ieasa an OF US
e.. e"a.1 "iay. we VIII mold our
.hs s,nes,.n a. 'n,s AFTERNOON. ON board
,mo s..'sn.p. we an undersiand tbs
we m,sn 80. VI "'e eapinet waan reference to
.he. . .n oi "e treaty ana believe
&C., -, n,', WI. ne prac.icahy no change
aa.,,.,, ous eoni.ece with the spanish
"I~n ,.a..
49,. sou eApec~ mucn Opposition to
sin o., nom 'he spanish commas
sfUiers!
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.PHIPPSBURG'S LOSS.
$4,000 Worth Of Property
Destroyed by Fire.
Several Houses and Buildings Wiped
Out at Northern Village.
Bucket Brigade Saves Rest Of Place-Assist.
ance Sent from Bath.

Phippsburg, Me-, Sept. 1S.-The
northern settlement of this town, made
up of about 80 dwellings. 10 sawmiils
and a shipyard. was the scene of dis
astrous fire, Saturday afternoon, which
threatened to make a clean sweep Of
the place. The fire started in the most
shickly settled part, and famed by a
brisk breeze, spread quickly.
Several workshops at the shipyard
and the roofs of several mills were
fgnited, and a score of dwellings, were
son on fire.
There is no fire department. in the
town, and the only protection was a
bucket brigade, in, which women did
valiant work. putting out more than
a score of incipient fires, saving the
mills and shipyard property and u
number of dwellings.
In response to call for aid, Bath
sent steamer and Il hose company,
the Bath fireanen extinguishing the
blazing ruins, which required several
hours.
The fire was the worst one in the
town since 1866. Three of the best
houses in the place and two stables
were totally destroyed besides several
houses badly scorcheI.
The principal losses are Fred L.
Parks, $4,000. insured, $1,000; John Morse,
two houses, $1,000: ]. Parker Morse,
5000: Winfield w. Morse. $500: Walter
Perry. $500; Thankful Storer, $500;
Marcellus Adams, $500.
Other losses Will make the fire dam
age about $4,000, which is a very Sc
we're blow to the place, as very little of
the property was insured. Several
families lost nearly all of their house.
hold goods on which there was no in
surance.
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A GENUINE EARTHQUAKE
Recorded at Deering. Saturday Morning. by
Mr.. BaIch's Seismograph.

Portland. Me-, Sept. 1S.-There was a
distinct earthquake shock noticed at
MorrilFs Corner. in Deering, Saturday
morning. IT being the first sefsmatic dis
turbance since Feb. II last. The first
shock occurred at 1854. lasting seconds,
followed after an interval of II seconds
by a second shock lasting seconds
Robert Baloh nf North Deering, who
has probably the only scismograph in
Maine. says the first shock DETECTED the
needle nine One-hundredths of an inch
This disturbance, in connection with
the present eruption of Mount Vesuvius
is interesting.
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THE ODD FELLOWS
Will Own Boston During ALL
Of the Present Week.
The Occasion Is Annual Meeting Of
Sovereign Grand Lodge.
Fully $4,000 Men Are Expected to Be in the
Parade, Wednesday.

Boston, Sept. 1S.-With the coming of
the morrow, the Odd Fellows of the
United States and Canada will own this
city. They have come as representa-
tives to the Sovereign Grand Lodge,
and incidentally to enjoy a week of
pleasure under the direction of the
Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. Prac-
tica2ly all the grand lodge representa-
tives are here preparing for the open
ing sessions.
The visitors spent the time, today,
chiefly in sight seeing. although the
Sovereign Lodge attended Divine Ser
vice at. the Church CT the Disciples,
where Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale
preached upon odd Fellowship" and
delegations attended several other
churches where the services had a
bearing upon the events of the coming
week.
The first sessions OF the high bodies
OF the order will be held, tomorrow, with
public exercises, chiefly in the nature
of welcoming addresses and responses.
Then the Sovereign Grand Lodge will
meet and transact routine bushes
leading up to the election, of officers.
which will be followed by a banquet.
The Rebekahs wi.l also figure in the
early ceremonies
While a Programme has BEEN ar
ranged for each day, that of Wednes-
day is the chief figure. The parade
will be held then, and $1,000 men are
expected to be in line.
Five hundred Odd Fellows embarked.
Saturday, on the steamer Gov. Andrew
for the historic city of Salem. The
delegation consisted of the officers of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge, l. o. o. F..
and the grand representatives of the
lodge, together with their ladies. All
the grand officers were present except
of Philadelphia.
Grand Sire Fred Carleton of Texas,
was prominent figure, and so was the
Grand Sire to be, Elk Senator Pinker-
ton of Worcester, and Grand Patriarch
Fuller of the Grand Encampment, with
Grand Master Charles @. Tirrell of the
Massachusetts Grand Lodge, I. O. o.
F. The list of those in the party would
practically be the list of grand officers
and grand representatives and their
wives and lady friends. and represent
tatives Of the sRebekah degree
The programme arranged for the com
ing week is very full one, ard every
sessions of the Granu lodge will have
an interest to few outside the members
anQ The business transacted will occupy
BUT small space in the newspapers. for
that reason There wifi be discussion on
number of appeals. in which the public
has but slight interest. and a good deal
OF business of a merely private nature
vail pc transacted. The programme is
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weather Conditions and Genera, Forecast.

Washington, Sept 1S.-The weather
conditions are moderate over the whole
country. A storm appears to be devet-
oping i'm the west Gulf. Thunder
storms and rains have occurred i'm the
nosth Atlantic and west Gulf states.
The temperature has risen between
the middle Rocky Mountain region and
middle Mississippi valley and has re-
manned stationary elsewhere. Show
ers may be expected on the south AZ
lantic and middle and west Gulf coasts:
showers followed by fair weather in
New England and generally fair else
where.
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4 Dish Tor Dyspepsics.
Continued on page ~

Persons suffering from stomach
troubles find it hard to secure O. food Of
easy assimilation that contains
enough nOurishment. A number who
have been suffering from serious forms
of stomach disorders have tried Grape
Nuts, the pre-digested food, and OBJ
tanned fsod rich in nourishment and
easily digested. Food experts say
there is as much nourishment In ona
pound Ct Grape-Nuts as ten OF meak -.
II is food Tor
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THE SULTAN YIELDS.
Complies With Admiral NoeIs Demand
for Disarmament at Gambia.

CANDIDA. Crete. Sept H.-The Sultan has
ordered Djevad Pasiha. the military COM
mander in Crete. to accede to the demand
of the British admiral, Gerard Henry
Noel, for disarma ment, thus complying
with the whole ultimatum of the admiral
A British military detachment. today,
is r,imorcd that the Ottoman troops will
PIE withdrawn and British force Will
occupy the town.
Among the prisoners already handed
over 10 Admiral Noel are two who are
credited with being the ringleaders in the
attack on the British camp.
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BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
Severe Storm, Sunday, Does $500 Damage
at York.

York. Me-, Sept. 1S.-A very sharp
Storm went over this section. this after
noon. doing considerable damage to the
Iipening crops. Lightning caused the Ge-
struction of the farm buildings of f. H.
Norton and one of the barns of Charles
Allen. the latter building with 80 tonl5 of
hay, tools and wagons. Mr.. Norton's
loss was $500 and Mr.. Aliens about $20O0
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MARY COWAN DEAD.
Life Sentence Lasted But 2
Years and Z Months.
Maintained Her Innocence Of Murder
to the Very Last.
Was Convicted Of Poisoning Her stepson al
Dixmont in 1894.

- :,
''''.'' -Ae'' ''eP'' 1ais' MARY
CoWnu of Bangor. who was
serving a. life sentence on the
cbarr., Of r,,,rdx,r d,aa ~ 40 CO..
pissoii III iiioiIastoii' 0aturuay morn
ing at $3.50.
Denied the pardon which she so1ln,,.
co str.n,,o,,s,,, fron, tho co,,a,
S"uiiei' 'ne has so'is aor Judgment
before higher tribunal.
Mrs. Cowan died, as She had lived for
the past two years. firmly maintain
ing her Innocence.
She was taken i'll little over a year
ago, being afflicted with floating tum-
ors. AT that time no serious results
cred that an operation must take place
fact that the outlook was grave. Tn.
disease developed into insanity. and for
some weeks preceding her death she
was rational only at occasional inter
walls.
Her brOther-inlaw, Ernest r. Syl-
vester. arrived. Saturday night, and his
request that the body be taken to Etna
Center, where the woman's aged pa
rents live, will be granted.
Mrs. Mary Cowan was sentenced to
State prison. Feb. IS. 1896, for the MUIR
der Of her step-son. in Dixmont in the
fall of 1884. 1t was charged that she
poisoned the boy, and the claim was
also made that she had poisoned II
otherwise Killed several persons, in
GLIDING her children and two husbands.
Under these circumstances tremendous
interest attached ito the case.
Mrs. Cowan steadfastly claimed that
she was an innocent woman, and in
this was strongly supported by her
third husband. the father of the child
whom Mrs. Cowan was alleged to have
poisoned.
Cowan insisted that there was no pos
sible motive for his Wife to remove the
boy, that there was no poison, in the
house, and that she could not have ad-
ministerei it had there been.
When he was placed ON the witness
stand there came a sensational turn in
the case.
He contradicted his oft-repeat-
ed statement that there was no
motive for the crime and tes-
titled that the boy was an heir, that
his first wife had never decided the Dix
mont farm back 10 him.
After the trial Mr.. Cowan stated that
ne had received a deed from his first
wife, but had never taken the pains 10
have it recorded. He said that his Sec
ond wife was thoroughly conversant
with the fact and knew that nothing
was to be gained by the boys death.
This left the case in mid-air again.
The law court considered the testi-
mony. While awaiting the verdict
Mrs. Cowan gave birth to a child in the
Penobscot county JAIL. The infant
died' ana wtph 1t fed the prisoners
hopes, for the full bench decided
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THE ROLL OF HONOR.
Private Desjardins, Co. C, Ist Maine
VOL, Dies at Lewiston.

liam Desjardins of Co. C, 1st Maine
Volunteer Regiment, died at his home
in this city, today, aged % years. He
was taken III of typhoid fever since his
return from Chickamauga.