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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-21
FUNERAL OF FRANK JENKINS.
Last H0nors Paid the Veteran Railroad Man
by His Friends,

The funeral of the late Frank Jenkins
was held at his late home on Dayton
street, Sunday afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
The services, which We're simple but
impressive, We're conducted by Rev. j.
| M. Wyman, pastor of the First Bap-
fist church. The services were those
of the A. o. U. W., being under the d.
rection of Augusta Lodge. of which he
was a member. Many members of the
order and other friends were present.
They brought many floral tributes as a
last token of their esteem for the de-
ceased The bearers We're railroad men
and members of the A O. u w.
In the death of Mr.. Jenkins, who
died, Friday, after an illness of four
months with consumption, the Maine
Central Railroad has lost faithful
employe, and the community a friend
who was always ready to assist those
who needed a helping hand. He had
been in the employ of the Maine Cen
trail since 1864, and he left off work for
them only in July of this year, when he
was too i'll to work.
The following were the floral offer
ings: Coates Ajar," from the family;
wreath of roses, smlax, pinks and ILL
lies from sister, Mrs. c. A. Davidson
and nephew William Keay; chrysan-
themums and smilax, William Jenkins
and son Albert; 40 chrysanthemums.
Miss Lizzie Jenkins; crysanthemums,
| George Jenkins; 40 pinks, Mrs. Walter
Arnold; 40 white roses, Thomas Shea
pillow from the A. o. U. w; chrysan-
| themums, Mr. and Mrs Justin Packard
pillow, from fellow workmen at the
Maine Central Railroad station, with
the inscription, IN. C. r. r.; wreath
composed of maiden-hair ferns, pinks,
| roses, smilax and sweet peas, from
Charles kennison, master car builder
| of the Maine Central Railroad.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-21
sLM IN MILL YARD.
Board Pile Of Augusta Lumber Company Sci
on Fire by Spark.

slight fire in the mill yard of the
Augusta Lumber Co.. caused the alarm
to be rung in from Box As, at $50, Sun
day morning. The fire was in a pile
OF boards about half way up from the
river to the street, and next to the
fence OF the Arsenal grounds. Both
the hose companies and the Arsenal
fire department soon had streams upon
the fire, and it was stopped without
serious injury to the pile. 1t is posi-
bic that 1000 feet of boards may have
been spoiled by the flames. The prop
erty was insured, so the loss win be
but few dollars.
The origin of the fire was from a
spark from the smoke stack, so it IS
thought, which must have fallen upon
some dead leaves, and thus commune
Gated with the boards. 1t was fortu-
nate that the blaze started upon the
side of the yard to the leeward of the
wind, which was blowing briskly,
otherwise there might have been
serious blaze.
There was one little instance in con-
nection with the blaze that was anus
ing, and that was when the hose got
away from one of the crews Only one
or two men had hold of it when it
was turned on, and they could not hold
it. One of them got bad crack in
the head, and others who We're stand
ing about We're drenched.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-21
THE THANKSGIVING DINNER.
Cold Weather Advances Price Of Turkey
Eggs Will Be Very High.

The price of turkeys will be fairly
Nigh" said dealer, Sunday. though
1t looked, Saturday, as though they
would be dirt cheap. The weather OF
the past week has been terribly depres-
sing upon the market, and had the
clearing weather been warm, instead of
cold, as it is, there would have been a
terrible slump in the market Had the
weather continued stormy even, the
prices, Monday morning, would have
gone down instead of up, as they are
now sure to do.
The greater part of the Thanksgiy-
ing supply, that comes this way, ar
rlves in Boston, Sunday and Monday
morning. Some of the poultry will be
IN bad shape on account of the damp
ness and rather warm weather. and
that will cause the price to be lower
unan IL would otherwise have been.
The price of Vermont and Western tur-
key WILL I think, be about % or "a cents
pound, as l have said before this
week. Native turkeys will bring at
least % cents a pound. They will be
more sought for than the other kinds,
as they will be in Better condition.
Chickens will sell well, this year
They will be at all prices up to 20 cents
pound
The dealer said that eggs are going
to be very high, before Thursday. as
they are growing firmer than ever.
They reached the 80 cents mark, Sat-
urday. Vegetables are plenty and good
at that. Boston celery commands 20
cents a bunch. Florida oranges (the
real article) are so cents dozen. Ban
anas and Malaga grapes are to be
bought at the usual prices Nuts are
cheap.
With the exception of the eggs, that
are to be used in the THANKSGIVING
dinner, and the oranges for desert, the
price of the material is cheaper than
ever before, so all ought to be thankful
for that.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-21

IN here about midnight. / slept in thu
police station. last night
One tramp has been led to go home
from the Journal office, and leave hi,
wild life, but Handy is not Of that sort
why don't you go to work, and be
respectable?" asked the reporter.
"oh, have tried it, but it don't go
l lett good job because. 1 found>I was
not strong enough to stop drinking. j
was drunk all the time. and it was q
case OF leave or get fired, and l left. j
am better off with a dime than I am
with million dollars. With one can
only get one poor drink, but with the
million l would be loaded all the time
No. can't let rum alone. so I NAV as
Well tramp around, as to stay where
my folks are, and have them ashamed
of me.
Say. / want to say word about
your system of sending people to jail.
1t is of no use to send a drunk to iai]
Tor 30 days. He has just time to get up
an appetite for more liquor. Send the
man up for year, if he is an habitual
drunkard, and by that time he will be
pm condition so that he will not want
TO drink for time. The appetite will
pass away somewhat in that time"
In Kandy's pockets were slips of pa
per. and he displayed some of them.
On one slip was receipts for making all
sorts of patent remedies of cheap in
gradients, but which would sell for a
good price. There are many other sug
gestions for getting a dollar, when all
other methods fail
We'll, SO long, old man." he said as
he started for the door, Il will call
around again when l come back this
way. If you ever pass a sign board
and see Handy, b. w. marked upon
it, you will know 1 have been there.
and am Bound West"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-21
Thanksgiving Eveniug.

Emma L. Ladd, mandola and BAN
jeaurine.
Eleanore s. Hayden, mandolin and ban.
10. ~
May +. Cloyes, guita
Grace e. Sanborn. guitar and reader.
The Arion is the only recognized high.
class Ladies Mandolin, Banjo and Guitar
Club travelling. 81.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-21
Odd Fellows Hall Fair
To be Held in Odd Fellows Block
Tues. Wed, Thurs and Fri, Nov. ~, 23 "a rs, 1898:
Thanksgiving Afternoon

- II v4As6 614S01 0VO3s
Entertainment to be announcet later
4 Children admitted for 10 cents.
Sunlight hop in banquet hall.
Thanksgiving Evening.
The Arion Mandolin, Banjo and Guitar
jeaurine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-21

The Gardiner knights Templar fair
in the Coliseum, Nov. %, % and "a, bids
fair to be one of the most successful
fairs ever held in Maine. Three thou
sand eight hundred tickets have been
put out and the majority of them have
been sold. The entertainment will be a
decidedly interesting one and can be
seen in another column.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-21

Mrs. Anna Sargent Hunt of this
city, read a strong and helpful paper
before the Lewiston Reading Circle,
Friday afternoon, her subject being
"Women's Clubs" The Lewiston sun
speaks very highly of her paper.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-21

Agent Cook of the American Express
Co, has returned from his trip through
Northern Maine and New Brunswick.
The Bangor agent is i'll and w. ]. En-
scr, who was filling Mr.. Cooks posi-
ton, was ordered to that city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-21
Tuesday Eve, Nov. az.

HATCH &sSKILLIN CONCERT co.
Comprising H. T. Skillin, Geo McCon-
nell. w. H. Hatch, Pauline Devereaux,
This organization is, undoubtedly, the
strongest concert combination, and can
present more varied and pleasing pro-
four people.
Dancing in banquet hail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-21

Three DRINKS arrested, Saturday af-
ternoon, Were forced to stay in the sta
ton over Sunday. They will be tried,
this morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-21
Wed. Eve, Nov. "a.

Mr.. Louis Kelso Brennan, general en-
tertainer, singing humorist and imper-
senator.
He has fine tenor voice, wonderful
facial expression, power of mimicry,
master of dialects, originality and ma
tional comedy.
A good orchestra in attendance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-21
Thanks
giving
Day
THE BOYS AND GIRLS ARE CON-
ING HOME.

You are working day and night to
make this particular Thanksgiving
dinner the browning effort of your life.
You are going to buy the Best Turkey
In the market. If your Pumpkin Pies,
Mince Pies and Plum Pudding don't
pan out q little ahead of any you have
ever looked upon it won't be because
you haven't used the best stuff you
could get. Now don't upset the whole
business by giving your guests cup
OF poor coffee, but drop in at Hill &
Locke's and get pound of
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-02-18
Shining Out Letter Wheat.

CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-It is positively
stated that contracts for moving 1,500,-
900 bushels of Letter wheat to the sea-
board have been made. Of this the
Grand Trunk is reported to have Sc
cured 100000 bushels, the Nickel Plate
100000 bushels and the Lehigb Valley
100000 bushels. The cereal will be
carried on q through rate from Chicago
to Liverpool, so it cannot be ascertain
ed what proportion will accrue to the
railroads for the haul to the seabOard.
The Chronicle says: 1t is estimated
that the Letter holdings Of wheat in
this city and afloat will exceed 10000
600 bushels, and since d recent visit
to this city of the eastern exporters
the suspicion has arisen that the en-
tire amount has been disposed of to a
British syndicate. Freight men do not
deny that negotiations looking to the
placing of large contracts have been
pending for sometime, and it is assert
ed on reputable authority that every
prominent eastern line connecting with
Chicago has been invited to bid on the
transportation of an indefinitely large
amount of wheat to the seaboard.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-02-18

MOBILE, Ala, Feb. 12.-Hannis
Taylor, former minister to Spain, who
is residing in this city, when con-
vinced of the authenticity OF the De
LONE letter, expressed surprise at his
ungrateful and in6iscreet action. Mr.
Taylor says that De Lone is undoubt-
edly the most brilliant and discerning
diplomat in the service of Spain. and
that his present imnrudence is mex
plicable. The letter, he declares. is an
affront to every American citizen,
and that it is remarkable how it could
have emanated from De LONE. in con-
sideration of the cordial relations
which have hitherto existed between
him and the administration. Mr..
Taylor thinks the affair will have the
effect Of increasing the rancor in both
countries, as the Spaniards bitterly
despise Americans, and the masses
will uphold De Lome's action. He be-
lleves. however, that his recall is a
calamity to the mother country.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-02-18
The Indian Congress Scheme.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The Indi-
an bill, in which the Trans-Mississ-
lppl exposition is vitality interested by
reason OF an amendment it carries ap-
propriating $4,000 for a congress Of
the Indian tribes, passed the senate
yesterday afternoon. Senator Allen
withdrawing his appeal on Senator Al
lison's point of order against the
amendment providing for the settle
ment of the Otoe and Missouri re-
serVatlon lands iii Gage county rather
than jeopardiZe measures in which the
whole state of Nebraska is interested.
1t was thought best to allow the
amendment to go over, in view of the
fact that that Senator Thurston had a
bill On the Otoe and Missouri affairs
in Nebraska and Kansas Senator AL
len having withdrawn his appeal the
bill was put upon its passage, and,
carrying the appropriation, not only
for the Indian congress, but for Indi-
an tribes and Indian schools in Ne
braska, South Dakota and Iowa. it was
sent to the house. On Monday the bill
will be reported and the house will
nonconcur in the amendments as at
tached to the bill by the senate and
conferees will be appointed.
Should there be disposition tofight
the measure in which Omaha, and the
whole country for that matter, is in
terested, counter opposition will be
brought to bear against other features
of the bill and a general debate devel-
oped. This, however, is not expected,
the Importance of other provisions Of
the bill being enough, it IS believed,
to carry it through, the free homes
feature, which was attached as a.
rider. being a shrewd game on the part
of the senate to force the house to
pass the same to meet the clamor Of
many committees in which Indian re-
servations are located. Later in the
day Senator ThurstOn called UP and
passed his bill providing for revision
and adjustment Of sales of Otoe and
Missouri reservation lands, which pre-
cipitated such row yesterday. There
was no objections to the bill and with
out amendment it slid through the
senate.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-02-18
LOST AT SEA.
The Steamer vendam Wrecked and Set
nm Fire.

| The Steamer vendam Wrecked and Set
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE steamer
| st. Louis, Captain Randie, which ar
rived from Southampton, reports the
loss at sea of the Holland-American
line steamer Veendam, Captain STEM
ger, from Rotterdam for New York.
The passengers and crew of the
Veendam were saved by the st. Louis.
AT Quarantine Captain Stenger Of
the Veendam reported as follows:
THE Veendam left Rotterdam Febru-
ary 2, with general cargo, nine cabin
11S steerage PASSENGERS and eighty-five
crew bound for New York. Had strong
northwest gales and high west and
northwest seas. February 6, at about
5:17 D. m. ship at the time being in
latitude, 1886 north, longitude, pol
west, the steamer struck a submerged
wreck or wreckage, which probably
tore hole in the ship bottom and
broke its propeller shaft. We found
that our ship was making considerable
water. We at once set all pumps to
work, but notwithstanding this the
water gained on us. In the meantime
all our boats were made ready in Or
der If necessary to leave the ship, as
it was now sinking rapidly at the
stern. At 1:30 a. m. we observed the
lights of large steamer bearing about
east by south from us. We made sig
nal of distress. on which the vessel
bore down on u.s. We then decided for
the safety of the passengers and crew
to abandon the ship.
"The vessel proved to be the st.
Louis of the American line, bound
from Southampton for New York We
hailed it and reported that our ship
was sinking and that we wished to be
taken off. At 1:43 a. m. We COM
menced to transfer our passengers
and crew. using three boats of the st.
Louis and one of ours. Our men were
kept at the pumps.
"At 4:53 a. m. Monday morning
everybody had been transferred to the
st. Louis. When the last boat left
the Veendam was laboring very heav-
lily and sinking rapidly by the stern.
The transfer of the passengers and
difficulties and high seas running,
lHleS bUulS duu lGu IlluuteS anu WdS
accomplished without the slightest ac-
cident.
CAS- the wreck was a dangerous OBJ
struction to navigation we decided to
set it on fire. which was done. The
position of the wreck was then lat
itude 1918 north, longitude 1947 west.
On board the st. Louis we were warm
ly received and the captain and his
officers did everything possible for our
comfort. We take this opportunity to
expires sour utmost gratitude also in
the name of the passengers of the
Veendam.'
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-02-18
SEARCHING In RUINS.
THE DEATH LIST MAY EXCEED
ESTIMATES.
Chief Humphreys of the Pittsburg Fire
Department Sure Others are Under the
Debris-Danger of Further Explosions
The Record of Mortality Up to the Pre-
sent Writing.
The Pittsburg Fire.

PITTSBURG, Feb. 1.-THE work Of
searching for bodies in the ruins Of
Wednesday nights fire was continued
through last night by 200 men, but no
more bodies were found. The debris
is still piled ten feet high, however,
and, as more than score of people
ara still missing, the work will be
continued without cessation until it is
positively known that no more dead
are buried beneath the debris. That
more people were killed Chief Humph-
reys of the fire department says there
can be no doubt. He saw. the walls
go down in the midst of a great mass
of humanity huddled together in
small space, and, while he did not care
to estimate the number of people
killed, he says it will be largely in ex-
cess Of any estimate yet made. The
search for the bodies Is attended by
great danger, not only from weakened
walls, but from 125 tanks Of anly-
drade known to be still in the smould-
ering ruins. Anlydrade is ammonia
in its most powerful state and it's ig
milton would result in an explosion
which would cause incalculable disas-
ter. The firemen are keeping a num-
her Of streams constantly playing on
this part of the building. 1t is thought
that precautionary methods will avert
further disaster.
Mrs. McFadden and her family of
eight children. who were believed to
have been buried under the walls, are
safe. They were found living short
distance from the scene of the disaster,
having moved from Mulberry avenue
only few DAYS before Michael
O'Hearn of Oil City and James Bever-
ly of Grafton, were among the missing,
have also turned up OHearn was
visiting friends in Allegheny and Bev-
erly was taken suddenly III and is in
Mercy hospital
AS a result of the catastrophe a
movement to prevent the storage of
bonded liquor or ammonia within the
corporate limits of the city has been
commenced. Safety Director J. O.
Brown has promised the neop1e to see
to it that the city councils will have
a chance to pass on an intended piece
Of legislation to this effect at the next
meeting held at Municipal hall
The record of the fire at this time
IS: Known dead. eleven; missing,
twentv-siX: injured. eighteen: proDarty
loss s1,600,OO0; insurance, about ST.
0OG 1000. fialS
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-02-18
The San lose Scale.

BERLIN, Feb. 14.-The government
expert investigation to ascertain
whether the San Jose scale may exist
in dried fruit. continues. The expert
reports to the United States embassy
today that out of 1000 packages of
fruit which arrived at Hamburg this
week two small lots, shipped from in
fected California districts, were stop
ped. No northern fruit has so far
been found in fected. The lots stopped
during the last few days were Sonoma
apples. During the coming week 900
packages are expected. Afterward
there will be few struggling lots.
The government tests are quite fair.
Samples are only taken for the pur-
pose Of examination, though the eX-
animation takes a long time.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-02-18

CHICAGO, Feb. IA novel sugges-
ton as to the possibility of obtaining
a national basis of compromise be-
tween the advocates of the gold stand
ard and their opponents is being ad-
vanced by w. S. Harbert of this city.
The plan is for circulating medium
consisting of coin certificates payable
half in gold and half in silver-a two
dollar certificate, for example, to be
redeemed by one dollar in gold coin
and one dollar in silver coin. If the
relative value Of one half shall dimin-
ish the value of the other. according
to Mr.. Harbert, would relatively in
crease
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-02-18
Goes Away With a Nebraska Girl.

CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-The Chicago
police are puzzled over the disappear
ance of Earl Conway, talented youth
we'll known in musical circles, and
Miss Ollie Wilson, daughter CT a
wealthy Nebraska stochman. Al
though the young woman is eleven
years older than the lad. who is but
Is years old, the two, according to
the story told to the police by he lads
parents, are deeply attached TO cne an
other, and the police have been led
to suspect that they have gone away
together
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-02-18
GREAT INDUCEMENTS.


Many Streams In AlaGka Not Yet Pros
| pected.
WASHINGTON, Feb 12.-Puisuant
to instructions from the acting secre-
tary of war a special supplementary
report has been prepared by r. Hazard
Wells, who acted as agent for the We.
department in bringing attention to
Captain Rays dispatches. Mr.. Wells
has been in Alaska three times, has
| traversed the interior and has a prac-
! tical knowledge Of the country that is
inhabited by few persons. He says,
among other things: There are un-
doubtedly large deposits of gold in
Alaska, rivaling those of the British
Northwest territory. 1 noticed excel
lent mineral indications upon the Ia
mana river and in other localities in
! 1890 / discovered a true fissure vein
of quartz eight feet in diameter with
well defined casing rocks upon the up
per Tanana. This quartz evidently
contained metal. Specimens which |
secured to take out to San Francisco
for assay were subsequently lost in
river catastrophe. Numerous creeks
entering the upper Tanana revealed
colors Of gold in the sand.
"All Of the gold-bearing streams of
Alaska so far discovered, viz: Birch
creek, Miller creek, Forty Mile creek,
Sixty Mile creek and Seventy Mile
creek, head in the vicinity of the Ia
mana river and flow away to the north
east. On the southwestern side and
heading near the Tanana are the not
ed Copper and Sushitna rivers, the
latter being the gold-bearing stream
which recently came into prominence
through the placer discoveries on
Cooks inlet The Copper river is pop
ularly supposed to be located in the
heart Of mineral belt. 1t is rea-
sonable deduction that if all the
streams flowing away from the Ia
mana itself must cut through a gold
bearing country. This opinion is
shared by nearly all OF the old-time
miners now located in Dawson. Re-
Gently excellent prospects were dis
covered upon an American creek,
tributary of the Yukon in Alaska,
just below Forty Mile creek. Miller
creek, Birch creek and other streams
within the boundaries of Alaska in
the Yukon valley still offers induce
ments to placer miners l do not be-
lieve that any better mining region
will be discovered in Alaska than will
be found in the Great Tanana valley"