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Ernest Teroh Hooley. Who Flooted Numbers of GigoDtic FinoDciol Schemes.

solved into the Poor Richard maxim that early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
 At the time the interview appeared MT. Hooley had undoubtedly achieved these three requisites of conventional comfort. Exactly how they would square with his present predicament must be left to the future to deter mine.
 This great man has his weaknesses. Among this is a passion for three penny bits with holes in them. It would take more subtle psychologist than myself to explain the why and wherefore of this superstition. The fact remains that he has had out a standing order to the managers of such banks as he dealt with for all the mu- tilated three-penny pieces which hap pen to fall in their way. Nevertheless, he has the frugal mind which Cowper has celebrated In the notorious case of Mrs. Gilpin. He pays no premiums on holes. He takes them at the market value for whole three-penny bits. Why he should have a passion for such mu- tilated currency has never been re- vealed. But it has been dimly inti- mated that at one time in his career a three-p penny bit with hole in it proved the turning point in his fortune
 Just DeIOre the beginning or our war with Spain Hooley had entered into what was the most gigantic speculation of his whole career. This was the form ing of an enormous syndicate for the purchase of Cuba. The capital of this syndicate was to be some two hundred millions. It is even asserted that this sum had all been subscribed and that the proceedings had reached the point of negotiations with the Government officials of Spain. They favored the proposition, and would have carried it through had they not feared a popular uprising in Spain. Large sums are said to have been spent in bribery, but with no substantial result
 And now MT. Hooley has gone to join the great army of spectators in the past, whose names are only useful to point a moral and adorn a tale. He will be remembered with John Law and Barney Barnato and others of that ilk as one of the men who made an eX- traordinary though transtory impress sion upon the British public. No one credi-s men of this type with altruistic yearnings, or, indeed, supposes that they are actuated by any more ideal motive than the very common one of striving to do the best they can for themselves. But it is none the less a mistake to suggest that they are merely parasites of society contributing noth- ing to the welfare of their race.
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was placed hors de combat, and as Fen imore Cooper remarks in his novel, Lionel Lincoln" the regiment did not have enough men left to saddle it's goat.
 This reference to saddling the goat refers to one of the many queer cus- toms associated with the animal. They were hard drinking days; the mess dinners of our forefathers were orgies fitted to try the strongest head, and 1t was but natural that the officers should wish the regimental pet to share in their hilarity. On the 1st of March of every year, being the day of the tute- lary Welsh saint, David, banquet of special magnificence was given. When the fun was at it's height, the goat splendidly caparisoned was led into the mess, mounted by a drummer boy and solemnly ridden three times round the tables, amid the cheers of the hilarious officers. Unfortunately, when the reg iment was at Boston in 1775 the goat took alarm at the uproar and prac- ticed bucking so successfully that the unfortunate little boy riding him was thrown violently to the floor and killed.
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also learned hard facts and human nature. He began to win before he had lost the full million, and after while had more than recouped his losses.
 His facial characteristics well typlfy his mixed character. His eyes can be very gentle, but his enemies see them burn with stern fire. His nose is long and strong, but there is sensuous broadening at the lower end of the nos tris. His lips, that at first sight seem only made for smiling, can tighten in firm lines.
 His chin is broad and determined. but it has an unmistakable doubling, that comes from high living and the indulgence of passion and appetite. In these dual characteristics lie the secrets of his rise and of his downfall.
 Letters victories continued. He was more than Chicago wheat dealer. He was man who watched the crops ana the fluctuations of the market in every part of the world, and his opponents found that he had made heavy Euro pean contracts, to sell, long before he began to buy.
 He is a man of curious opposites, and who brides himrelf on attention to small details Visitors to his office are compelled to take their turn, and the other day a man who. as Letter knew, wanted to rent from him some property Ioi 91o,VVV yedl, was SOiiipc1iCN eo "SAe until man with a basketful of rare fish had shown his goods and made his sale.
 At another time his broker called him up on the telephone to tell him that $-00 900 deal vas in sight, and that 1t could not wait moment.
 Its got to wait" said Letter coolly, and rang off to go back to the man with whom he had been talking. It was one of his tenants, and the matter in ques- tion was whether or not a new sink was needed in the house. That mo- mentous affair settled Letter called up
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OSEPH LETTER is no longer king of wheat, and the country in
 I general as we'll as those who have
 been defeated by him in his opera
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means of syndicate. Having first learned that the Dunlop Company was Willing to sell, Hooley obtained an op- tion for $10,000. 900 for one week. Then he bent all his energies to communi- cate to his friends, acquaintanees and associates the fact that the Dunlop Company was in the market. The re- suit was that in two days Hooley was enabled to exercise his option. He purchased the property for the stipu lated $l0,000,0 900, and on the third day unloaded it upon the said friends, acquaintances and associates for double the amount. The neat way in which he netted profit of $10,0OO, 900 without stirring from his chair even so far as to put his hands in his pocket for single shilling might seem to in- dicate that he had made monkeys of these more or less intimate sharers of his ample bosom.
 Not a bit of iti They, too, profited by the deal to such an extent that they had every reason to rise up and call him blessed
 Then came the Bovril Company deal. Every American housewife associates the name of Bovril with a beef extract that has been enormously advertised as one of the greatest boons to suffer- ing humanity. Hooley's tender heart, the same that bled for birds and rab- bits, felt so deeply concerned in the welfare of suffering humanity that he exploited the Bovril extracts in exactly the same way he had expected the pneumatic tire.
 And again his friends, associates and acquaintanceS, who put big profits into his own pocket, had reason to bless him for that they found their pockets simultaneously dilated
 That much suffering was likewise Q1l0Nri0fn6 in 1xycr {ga caused the good mans cup of joy to overflow
 Again Hooley turned his attention to the bicycle. That most deserving ob- ject was now clamoring with a loud voice for tubes. Cycle manufacturers found themselves at loss for sufficient tubing to meet the demand. Hooley was the man for the occasion
 "Go to Coventry" he said to his agent. 'and buy up all the tubes you can."
 Coventry, it may be said in passing, was the great center of the tube in dustry. Coventry nobly responded to the agents request as far as 1t could. But Coventry unassisted was still an inadequate center. MT. Hooley fur nished the requisite assistance The British public awoke one morning to find itself solicited to invest three mil lions in the Swedish Tube Company, to be established at Coventry for the pur- pose of filling the orders secured by Hooley's agent. The British public re- sponded by golden promise and per formance. The money was sub cribed for ten times over. A new factory was built, all orders were filled, Hooley netted a round million and again his associates we rewarded for their prompt response. he factory still yields satisfactory return to all investors.
 And now it appeared that Aladdin's lamp was of inexhaustless spotentialities. Its possessor became the man of the
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Another regiment which has adopted the goat is the Ninety-fifth Derbyshire. The corps secured its pet in the most dramatic fashion. It was in the height or the Indian. mutiny, and a severe fight was going on in the streets of Kotah, from which city the black rebels were being expelled at the point of the bay onet During a lull in the action. one or the soldiers observed a magnificent ram of the famous Rajpootana fighting breed calmly grazing in vacant com pound. So the regiment carried off the ram With them, and Derby, as he was called, took most kindly to soldiers life. Every action saw him well to the front He marched three thousand miles with his regiment and assisted in nearly ever- fight of that blood-stained campaign.
 Cavalry regiments, for obvious req sons, naturally take to horses as their pets. The Royal Irish Hussars for a long time had famous drum horse called Black Bob, which served with
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FAILURES OF THE TWO BIGGEST AND BW DE6T 6(AT0R6 OF TIE DECADE

scribing it as the "Hooley communion service"
 But Hooley consummate humbug himself, knew how to value at it's just worth the concentrated humbug of the great London dailies. He succeeded in forcing upon the church authorities the splendid gift which the snobs of the press would fain have them reject.
 For Hooley was a friend of the Prince of Wales!
 Once in the pages of a now defunct magazine, MT. Hooley volunteered to reveal the secret of his success in busi- ness. All the world stood expectant of important revelations But when the interview appeared it proved to be simply rehash of conventional hum- bug. The net meaning might be re-
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IN ANER|(A--- Speculation Letter Tries to Corner the
 Wheat Of the World.

his broker and arranged for the $zoo'oOO deal.
 Now is the time to sell May wheat: Don't breathe word; but Joe says SO
 The "Joe' referred to was Joseph Letter, and the speaker was Nina Far rington, once a star of the burlesque stage. Ahe was one of Letters gay friends, and he told her enough or ms plans one day last February l. put ner in the way of making a large sum. Sne is turn wanted to tell her chorus girl friends in New York and so wrote to Jeannette St. Clair, saying:
 T am having jolly time here Tn Chicago, and am better off than when I was on the stage. Now, let me tell you in confidence to buy May wheat Dent till I telegraph you, and II you follow my advice you will make enough to buy a new spring bonnet"
 A few days later she wired to Jean nette to cali her up on the long-dis- tance telephone, and then told her what Joe" had advised. Joe did not ex- pect that his secret would be passed about but it filtered out to many, and dealers heard of it.
 As a result he lost s175,000 on that deal alone His friends hint that by many similar indiscretions he lost other great amounts.
 In his year of brilliant speculation Letter is credited with having cleared over S6, 0OO, ,000 and now in less than two days he has lost more than that.
 That under the fever of prices that accompanied his speculations the price of wheat went up and the price of bread followed, and that the poor all over this country cursed him was noth- ing to him. He merely laughed again, and said that he must really start on that long yachting trip. He defied c-oiI hof ha he was acting within his rights and the law
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IN ENGLAND--- Promoter HooIey Floats GferinQ Stock
 Companies for Millions Of Pounds.
.(0n1pdnIeS

:" HE most startling news of the last week was the announcement
 of the bankruptcy of Ernest
 Terah Hooley, self described in
 his own petition to t-,e bank ruptcy courts ''of Berkeley Square, London; Risley Hall, near Derby, and
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hour. His name was on every ones lips. London went wild at its mere mention in connection with any new financial scheme.
 But Aladdin's energies were now tenn porarily diverted from -ublic to private enterprises. The benefactor of con- tine1t made personal ggrandizement
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w dII Street.
 This was only couple of years ago. He now made the whole boundless con- tinent his field of operation. The first of his schemes to startle the world was the purchase of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tire Company for 10000, 900.
 This gigantic scheme was noated by
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-24
WARE MILL TO START.
Settlement with the Creditors Tor 30 POI
Cent. Effected.

In consequence Of the acceptance Of
the offer of Edward Ware to settle
with his creditors for 80 cents on the
dollar. the Ware mill in Winslow will
be started in very short time.
Mr.. Wares attorney has made sew
eral attempts to settle the busi-
ness. all of the creditors but three be-
ing perfectly willing to settle on the
terms. offered. These three have now
agreed to settle and the business is
nearly completed.
According to the terms of settlement
Mr.. Ware is to start the mill in very
short time and give his services to the
creditors until the stock on hand Is
worked up.
There is general feeling of genuine
pleasure that Mr.. Ware has been able
to settle with his creditors. More than
one person has expressed unbounded
respect for Mr.. Ware that he has Of
fered to give his services to his credi-
tors that he may make their loss as
small as possible.
Lawyer Johnson. Mr. Wares attor-
ney. said, yesterday. that the mill
would be started at once and the
stock on hand worked up.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-24
WATERVI74LE.
NEARLY READY FoR OPERATION.
Stone crushsr al Set Up and viii Be
Starred, Nsxt Week.

The work of erecting the stone
crusher in the gravel pit near Main
street has progressed SO far that 1t will
he In operation by the first Of next
week. Carpenters have been at work
1t the gravel pit for something like
two weeks, and their part Of the work
is now nearly completed. The only
thing that now remains to be done is
to install the electric motor that Is to
furnish power for the stone crusher.
The building for the stone crusher is
in the middle Of the open space a short
distance from the pits from which the
gravel is taken. In appearance the
structure is not unlike a coal shed, but
so built that team may drive under
the bins.
The whole of the structure forming
the bins Is % feet square and 10 feet
high. This part Of the structure is
divided SO as to form four bins, each
of which is 10 feet high and II feet
square. This superstructure is sup
ported by heavy posts, by which the
bins are high enough above the ground
to enable teams being driven un-
derneath, thus allowing the teams to
be loaded with the crushed rock from
the bins above.
At the side of and on the same level
with the floor of the bins is erected a
floor supporting the stone crusher.
The stone crusher has a capacity of II
tons an hour. The rock when brought
to the crusher is to be carried to the
floor where it is to be fed into the
jaws of the machine. When crushed it
sy vr;41 ttn $50, Nc A.. T.
means of an endless chain with
buckets attached.
When the crushed stone reaches the
top of the bins it is dumped into a re-
vOlving cylinder. The cylinder by re-
volving separates the fine from the
course rock, through holes Of different
sizes in the cylinder. The cylinder is
SO connected with. troughs that the
four grades of stone is sifted into the
bins designed for the stone of different
sizes.
Power for the machinery is to be
furnished by an electric motor that is
to be stationed in a small house near
The structure erected for the stone
crisher. The motor which has a ca
pacity of rs horse power, arrived yes
terday. and will be installed today.
The wires for conducting the power
were strung a short time ago. All that
is how necessary to give the apparatus
Attest is to install the motor. The re-
nhafnder Of the work is practically
completed.
The stone that is to be crushed will
in part be taken from the gravel pit
nearby. When gravel is taken out for
the use of the city there is with each
load large quantity of rock too large
for use in the streets. This is to be
used in part for furnishing rock to be
crushed. Besides this many of the
farmers in this vicinity have put in
sealed proposals for furnishing rock to
be crushed. AS yet these bids have not
been made public, although a large
quantity of stone has been offered,
Mayor Abbott not being certain how
much stone he will want for doing the
work he has in mind.
In speaking Of the matter, yesterday,
Mayor Abbott said he though the city
would require 5000 tons of stone for
doing the work.
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~
floor has been laid thronefout the
lbasemen$. ~ addftlon to this the
whole hiilding has been newly
plumbed in the most modern manners
everything being arranged TOR the
health Of the students.
On one side Of the basement q new
room has been arranged to be used as
a chemical laboratory. This room has
been fitted up with apparatus and
tables 80 that all the immediate needs
Of both students and instructor will
be supplied. Hoods have been ar
ranged 30 that all obnoxious gases
formed while experiments are being
conducted win betaken from the room.
In addition to this the room has been
newly plastered so that there II not
the slightest danger of the gases es-
Gaping into the rooms above.
Since . suitable room and apparatus
have been provided 1t Is the plan Of the
superintendenf to enlarge the course
so that q more thorough knowledge
OF the subject may be gained than has
been possible In the past on account of
the limited Recommendations.
In addition to the repairs mentioned
the heating apparatus has been thor
oughly overhauied 30 that 1t is now in
the best of condition.
In addition to the improvements
made In the high school the COM
mittee has been at work on the Myrtle
street building. When this building
was designed It was intended to have
room for all the grammar grades. On
account of the lack of necessity for
the rooms three have not been opened
During the summer the committee has
fitted up room for the accommoda-
tion OF students in the sixth grade
The seats for this room have already
arrived and will be placed in position
at once.
1t Is the present plan Of Superinten-
dent Hitchins to open q room each
year until the whole building Is In use
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-24
EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS MADE.
School Buildings Have Been Undergoing
; Repairs Since School Closed.

Extensive alterations have been
made in the high school building since
the spring term closed that will great
ly add to the accommodations for the
students. Among other things that
will be appreciated is a shower bath
for the use of the foot ball team.
Since Superintendent Hitchins has
been in charge of the schools he has
had the idea in mind of enlarging the
course SO that more thorough instruc-
tion in chemistry will be given.
With this end in view workmen have
been employed in the building since
tine school was closed in the spring.
The basement is now so arranged that
the floor is several inches lower than
formerly, thus making it more suitable
for the purpose intended. A cement
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-24

A 6-year-oid child had a narrow
escape from a serious accident, yester.
day. while playing on Main street.
The child with several others was
playing in the middle of the street
when team approached. Before the
child could get out of the way of the
team he was knocked down. and the
wheels of the carriage had passed
over his body. The child was picked
up by the bystanders and for a time
1t was thought the child was serious
ly injured. A careful examination
failed to discover injuries of a serious
nature. The spectators expressed
much indignation because the occu-
pants OF the team did not stop to see
If any injury had been done to the
child
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-24

Looking Alter Game lnterests
at Northeast Garry.
Three Men Arrested on Charge Of n
legally Killing Game.
Two Fined aad pay 500 casA..Ih, otiss
0ssad 0vss.

Northeast Garry. ~ xinao. M
Aug. 2s.-A11ssu xsnhsoy. ! slii6
was given asnsl e1ors Trial jus.
tice Arthur " cP1xl [ Il dreenviile.
today. on chsrss " shooting moose
in close time, III faii. 1t Hurd Fond.
township 9. Range Is. preferred b.
Warden Nichols. Kennedy gave bonds
in $500 to appear It I trisi to be held
at Kineo by Fish and Game commis-
sioner Carleton, Aug. %.
Later in the day. Charles Smith and
Charles Smith. Jr.. were arrested BY
Warden Nichols and taken before
Trial Justice Crafts for . hearing on
a charge of violating the game laws.
The warden alleged that he found
parts Of several deer In the Smith
camp at Black Pond. Township &
Range 13. last fall.
The men pleaded not guilty and
Nichols asked for q continuance Of thu
case until he could obtain witnesses.
and the case not being ready. Il waz
dismissed and the men DISCHARGED.
Warden Nichols then produced two
writs. which he served ON the Smiths
Finally they agreed to settle for iiye
deer. or 500. the allegation being thai
they had in their possession more deel
than the law allowed.
Nichols received the money and Tor.
warded 1t to State Treasurer Simpson
making 500 turned In BY Warden
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-24
Messrs. G. H. Clark, II. c. webber a

Messrs. G. H. Clark, H. C. Weber and
Alonxo Smith. county commissioners,
were in town, Monday. The town has
petitioned. that the county road be
changed at Emery hill. so that instead
of going up over the hill it will go around
on the west side. This mas always been
very bad place and several serious ac-
sidents have occurred there. The hill Is
steep with sharp curve about midway
down. On account Of the naturef'pf the
soil 1t is almost impossible to keep the
road free from rocks. On each SIDE there
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-24

Professor Baron Of Berne, has left
all his property to the city of Berlin
for the establishment of a vegetarian
children's asylum. and the city
authorities have accepted the legacy.
Professor Baron's vegetarianism was
limited to the exclusion of all food de-
rived from dead animals. SO that the
prUAucts Of living beasts. such as eggs,
milk. cheese. butter and honey. may
be used. The will provides that no
physician shaft ever he a trustee of the
asylum. ,,.-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-24

The following stock was shipped from
the Maine Central station here to Port
land and win be on exhibition at the New
England fair: E. E. Reed Of Madison.
4 young cattle; w. E. Eaton of South
Solon. cows and young cattle: B. B.
Perkins of Skowhegan, head of young
cattle; Albra Adams Of North Madison,
Is hogs and Is pigs; Frank Moore Of An
son, 80 sheep.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-24

John Lutz, aged 3 years. met with a Sc
we're accident. Monday. while playing in
the barn of Rodney Crosby. In jumping
from beam into the hay his leg was
fractured. DR.. Robinson was summoned
and found the lad suffering from very
bad compound fracture. The fracture
was successfully reduced and the boy is
now doing as well as could be expected.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-24

Other Games.

At Hartford-Hartford. 4; Newark, O.
At tAllentown-Alltontown 2: Norfolk, 0.
At Springfield-Syracuse. 4: Spring
field, 3.
At Lancaster-Lancaster, s.; Rich
mOnd, 8.
At Buffalo-Exhibition game-Buffalo,
5: Boston. 6. Pitchers, Clements and
Hickman.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-24

News has been received here of the
death Of Mr.. John Currier OF Neilsville.
Wis, which occurred Monday. August Is.
Mr.. Currier was formerly Of Skowhegan
and had many warm friends here. The
age Of the deceased was 70 years.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-24

London, Aug. 24.-The Singapore
correspondent Of the Daily Mail tele-
graphs that Gen. Augustin had his
arm broken while on his way from
Hong Kong to Singapore during the
progress Of typhtbH. sHen. Au-
gustIn will proceed to Spain. In a Ger
man mail boat. --'.'-'ssss-e