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Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06
MAINE POSTAL CHANGES.

Washington. Sept. 5.-This change in
service is announced:
Route 1l16. Mcdonald to Albion. From
Sept |. 1898. change service to omit South
Albion. discontinued from Aug. 81. 1888.
decreasing distance one mile.
Service has, been established as follows:
Route 1851 Crockerville to West Pitts
field. three miles and back. six times q
week. by a schedule of not to exceed a.
hour running time each way. From Oct.
I 1898 to June 20,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06

Horace T.. Couvrette entertained the
Capital Bicycle Club at the home of his
father on State street preparatory To
returning to his home in Newton.
Mass. There was music and games
and very pleasant time was held.
Light refreshments We're served. Mr..
Couvrette was the winner of the 100
yard dash, IA mile run and l mile
run at the sports at the park, Monday
afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.


Real estate transfers in Lincoln county
for one week:
BRISTOI-Ephraim Stevens to Cordelia
NJ. Stevens. land. $50; John f. Yates to
Eleanor p. Townsend land and buildings.
81. Geo. n. Fem to Dennis Fem, hand.
81; Lydia Carnage to Bessie NJ. Smith,
land, slo Merritt f; Thompson TO Mary
+. Osier ct al. land. $75.
Observation-Disclosures Gahan to VIM. c.
-.ahan. land and buildings. 81. etc: Jane
Bickford' TO Lizzie +. Bickford. land. 81.
NEWCASTLE-John V. Carney to
Franklin l.. Carney, land and build
ings, $50.
ScASSET-Orlando =. Dickinson to
John Albee land 5000: John Albee to
Fred l.. Pond. land, 500
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06
MAINE PENSIONS.

Washington, Sept. 1.-The following
pension changes are announced for
Maine:
Restoration and reissue. Ellery F. Goss
Auburn $S Increase. William +. Cum
uineiham. Androsco~gin, $17 TO $50; Charles
n Bean. Spraglc's Mills. $24 to $50; Al
nheus f. Grover. Portland. $2i to s36
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06

The Gardiner band came to this city
IN special car, Monday afternoon,
about 2 o'clock. and after parading
Water street several times, they re-
turned to River park, where the River
Park Land Company We're selling
house lots.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06

In Americus city and township.
Kan, there are living 2S persons whose
age exceeds 70 years. OF this number
16 are men and u are women. There
are SO persons who have reached the
three score and ten mark. of whom 32
are men and 25 are women. Twenty
three persons aged 70 years or over
live within the limits Of the city.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06

Hon. E. Dudley Freeman of Var
mouth arrived in the city on the ii
o'clock Pullman, Monday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06

Mrs. Lewes is sexton of the town of
I.ewes. England. and though quite an
old woman, until recently she dug all
the graves in the parish churchyard.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06

Harry Hopkins. Jr.. will leave, this
morning, for Lewiston where he will
pass the week attending the fair.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06

Miss Thoms. who has been in the
city, for several weeks, the guest of
friends will leave, today. for Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06

Mrs D. r. Sanford of Brooklyn, N.
Y, is visiting her sister, Mrs. f. j.
Roberts.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06

IN article Of merit is sure to 1in. So
with the Hop Plas.ers wlrich are used in
f''",'s7nds "f homes with c0n.:G.nce and
success Active the moment applied. Al
lstt.,t'.fit ,,..i..ss
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06

! NE WIHHtfs N DOTH Tates entered The list
for the first time @
TROTTING FOAa.s OF lss4-PURsE $ioo
Stella. ch. m By Haley. tHaley) i
Bertha Wilkes. blk. f.. tBartletD 2 Z
-Hornaus b. x. tNelson) .. 3 9
Emblem b. f., SHAW ..... dis.
Time. 2.sCM 2.2Ss. 2.37
22s -PACING-PURsE $500.
Sabrina, b. M, 10y Nelson. (Fos-
teri IL IL
horse. Romerol ................ 1as 3 2
Banker. b. &, CWoodbury) .... 5 6
Lacawana. b. g. Hibpy) . s 5 3
Laundryman. &. (Melyin) i. "a 5
Ida j., b. M. (PorelD .......... 8 q
Albert Lee. b.. g. Crhayer) -. 8 Sdr
Adella b. M. tKigorel - 10 9 CDR
emma c.. b. M. fMerrilD ...... 3 10 DIR
Harry Arnold. b. r.. Russell) dis.
Time. 2o7ls. 2.23A. 2.24E, 2.29
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06

Two State Records Broken Il Fcxcroit. Some
Interesting Races Summaries.


Foxcroft. Me-. Sept. 5.-tSpecial). Mon
day was a gala day in the Twin Towns OF
Piscataquis county. as 1t was the third
annual meet of tie Central Cycle Club
and the l.. A. w. State meet. After sun
day nights showers. Monday morning
dawned clear. giving a beautiful day for
the races. There were more outside peo-
y,le at the meet than ever before. about
is members of the Portland Wheel Club
being present, besides numerous men
from Materville anu .ewiston.
The decorated parade formed in Union
square at 10 A. NJ. headed by laylor's
Band with about luJ wheels in line At
10 the band gave a concert in front o.!
Mayo's hall. where the clubrooms are sit
uated.
The races were called at P NJ and
went rapidly on with little delay except
to rest the pacing team. The races were
interspersed with trapeze exhibitions by
Prof. Geo: p. Collins and an excellent ex-
Tho folfowiuV is the race res,,lts.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06
ONE-MILE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
ONE HEAT


j. G. Senior. Sanford. Time. 213 2-5.
At the close of the races. J. c. Senior,
Sanford, went after the State record of
2.11$, paced by Il triplet and a tandem,
and smashed it. making the mile in
2.07 2-5. first quarter in ~ seconds.
Il. f. Whitney. the one-legged rider.
rode against his record of 1.2s,e for half
mile. and lowered 1t to 1.27 la.
d The triplet team was composed of Gus
Peterson. Portland, stecrsman. and the
rear men changing about were: Isaac
Ames. Dover: Winthrop Fay, Dexter; II.
A. Simpson, Wateville.
This is the fastest team ever seen at q
State meet. and a better-p pleased crowd
never left the Piseataquis Central park.
The following men acted as officials:
Referee. Clarence Small. Portland;
judges. DR.. T.. Weymouth and DR.. &. II.
Haines. Dexter. and Frank Bethen. Carl
bou; timekeeper. W. a. MacIntire. Fox
croft. II. *. Dinsmore and f. l.. Ames.
Dover: starter +. X. Biethen. Foxcroft;
scorer, Warren S;oddard, Foxcroft; clerk
of course, f. p Barber. Newport.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-09-06
The sIA1E FAM. .
Continued from page -
sorTING FoALs OF lssa-puRsE 500.

The winners in both races entered the list
for the first time. iE
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-16
FORMER MEMORIES.

Although the strike of 1898 will go on
record as one of the biggest strikes MARI
boro has ever had to deal with, she is by
no means a stranger to strikes The first
big strike in the city was in 1878. 1t was
known as the Crispins strike, and lasted
all winter. 1t was marked by much vio-
lence, and during one of the conflicts
which resulted from it one of the strikers
was killed
The next of any prominence was in 1888.
when the Louis Frye strike took place.
This strike was among the employees of
the G. l.. & l.. I. Frye Company, and
lasted six months. In the end the strik-
erS won. All the non-union help was dis
charged, the old hands taken back and the
factory unionized. 1t was as a result of
this strike that the company finally failed.
The last strike of any prominence was
that in the AIiddlesex factory of the Rice
& Hutchins Company, which began Aug
ust 49, and is still on. This strike began
among the stitchers as the result of the
overbearing actions of a forewoman
When running with their regular force,
the Howe Company can turn out about
Is, coo pairs of shoes per day, and it ~ esti-
mated that 2, 900 pairs were tur@d out
last year. The Frye Company has an out
put of about 1000 pairs per day, and the
Rice & Hutchins Company an output of
about 1900 per day at their Getting avenue
factory and 1000 per day at the AIiddiesex
factory
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AT S SPRINGFIELD.
Worcester Committee viii Meet With the
Committee of Sister City

At noon today the committee on the
recovery of the bodies of the soldiers
buried in Cuba meets in Springfield al
City. Hall. Mayor Rufus B. Dodge, A
A. Rheutan, Julius C. Zaeder, Capt. p
L. Rider and Fred P. Dean will be pres
ent from Worcester
The final arrangements will be made
at today's meeting, and those who are
to go to Cuba will be chosen. Fred
P. Dean will probably be induced to
accompany the expedition. His expe-
rience in Cuba while securing the bod
les of Lieut.. Edmund N. Benchley and
Private c. E. Buck, viii be described
before the committee today A. A.
Rheutan win undoubtedly have charge
of the Worcester end of the expedition
and possibly Lieut. w. III. Plumne1
viii also join the party.
If the government places the trans
port Solace at the disposal of the COM
mittee, the chances are that the expe-
dition will be able to start for Cuba
in about 10 days.
Fred p Dean, while in Cuba, located
the graves of the Twenty-first Massa-
chusetts volunteers. Among them were
the graves of A. d. Stewart, Co. C,
Second regiment, and Henry Sullivan
Co G. Ninth regiment
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ToNIGHT's FESTIVAL.
st. Pau's Lyoeum Prepared for Jolly
Time in Mechanics Hall.

The second annual harvest festival of
st. Paurs Lyceum win be held this
evening, in Mechanics Hall, and the
large number of tickets which have
already been sold makes the evening
one of a very promising outlook. The
committees appointed by the Lyceum
have been busy on the details of the
arrangements for several weeks, and
they have secured a fine program.
The program which will be present
ed includes an opening concert from
till 9 o'clock, furnished by Chaffin s
Orchestra, a drill in which 16 young
ladies will show their military train
ing, under the direction Of Edward
Whalen, and an exhibition of dancing
by the pupils of Miss Grace C. Mona
han.
This last will be one of the features
of the program. 1t will include the
execution of a military two-srep by
the twins, Alice and Kitty Higgins;
the appearance Of Babies Louise and
Janette in songs and dances all their
own and several other entertaining
specialties. By special request, Miss
Monahan will dance an Irish jig, and
the twins, the Higgins sisters, will sing
a character song entitled TN tell my
big brother on you"
After the entertainment there will
be a social dance, with music by Chat
fms Orchestra, and collation. which
will be served at midnight.
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MASONIC CEREMONIES.
The Centennial of the Death of George
Washington 10 Be Observed.


Washington, Nov 15.-A committee of
prominent Masons, accompanied BY
Senator Daniel of Virginia and Assist
ant Secretary Allen of the navy depart
ment called at the White House today
and invited the president to take part
in the ceremonies which will mark the
centennial of the death of George
Washington.
The address presented to the presi-
dent recites that the Grand Lodge of
Masons of Virginia, at the request of
the Grand Lodge of Colorado, have de-
termined to mark the centennial of the
death of President Washington by suit
able Masonic ceremonies at Mount Yer
non, December IA, 1899. In these services
and ceremonies the Grand Lodge of
Virginia Will have the cooperation of
the Grand Lodge of the District of
Columbia and probably all of the grand
lodges in the United States and many
of those in foreign lands
The observances at Mount Vernon
will consist as nearly as possible of a
duplicate or reproduction of the funeral
ceremonies of 1893. The lodge in which
Washington was made Mason and the
Washington-Ale Lodge. OF
which he was the first master will take
prominent parts in the ceremonies.
Masons from all parts of the world are
expected to be present. The lodges of
New Zealand have already indicated a
purpose to send delegations. 1t is ex-
pected that the ceremonies will be con-
tinued in Washington city.
The president assured the committee
that he was in full sympathy with the
project and If nothing occurred to pre-
vent he would gladly take such part in
the services as the committee might
wish.
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such a question" said Mr. O'ConneH,
whereupon the interview closed.
Mr.. CURTIS AS A SPHINX.

Charles Curtis, who is the manager Of
one of the Rice & Hutchins shops, was
seen by The Spy man yesterday after
noon. Mr. Curtis has been one Of the
silent men all through the trouble thus
far He did not break his SphinX-lil1e
silence yesterday, but would only re-
mark that he had nothing to say except
| that he enjoyed meeting newspaper
men. He refused to give any informal
ton regarding the status of affairs in
his shop or to say anything about the
number of men working. He refused to
tell whether or not he contemplated the
hlrlng of men from outside Marlboro to
come in and take the places of the
strikers.
Rev. George S. Pine, one of the most
prominent divines Of the city. takes a
strong stand on the side of the strikers.
In an interview with The Spy man,
yesterday he expressed his sympathy
with the laboring men in no stinted
terms He spoke in substane as fol-
lows: There may or may not be some
reason for the manufacturers TO resist
interference with their work, but when
Interference is pushed ahead with a
general reduction of wages behind it, it
looks as If there was something wrong
with their position. II behooves the
business men Of Marlboro to consider
the welfare Of he laborer as much as
the profits of the manufacturer.
i am very sorry to see this trouble
arise, for / believe that the prosperity
OF Marlboro has depended Very largely
in the past on cordial relations exist
ing between the manufacturers and
the employees, and ! regret to think
that this cordial feeling has come TO
an end even for time. At the same
time / do not believe that the working
men of The city are getting too much
money for the work they do, and 1 GER
tainly think them justified in resist
ing by lawful means a reduction in the
amount they were receiving previous to
the strike.
The Wen being Of the laboring men
is something that concerns the welfare
Of the community closer than anything
else that 1 can think Of and beside this
all other considerations ought to take
a secondary place. am sincerely in
hopes that this trouble may be settled
without undue friction and in a manner
that win do justice both to the working
men and to the business men of the
city,
Rev. Mr.. Pine is one of the most
prominent and popular ministers in
Marlboro, and numbers a great many
of both the strikers and the. employers
among his congregation. He is a man
of much talent and liberat education.
He was a graduate Of Harvard in the
class af 1870
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NEARLY READY,
The Railway to Clinton is still Waiting
for the Work of the Water Board.

The agreements between the CONSOLE
dated Street Railway Company and the
Worcester and Clinton Trolley Com
pany are ready to be signed by the
presidents and directors of both COM
panies. The companies are now wait
ing to have the city of Worcester sig
nifty just what kind of connections they
want the trolly companies to lay at the
Worcester end of the Clinton road.
The contractors are anxious to have
the negotiations come to an end, as they
saw that they cannot do anything after
the frost gets into the ground. The
connections are made from special de-
, signs on special orders, and the con
tractors fear that if they lay the work
In cold weather it will be ruined in the
spring when the frost comes out of
the ground.
The road to Clinton will not be opened
for at least two weeks The metropoli-
tan water board is very slow with work
on the new highway near the Clinton
terminus.
At present big derrick, which it is
said win take two weeks to get out of
The way. confronts the contractors.
The town Of Clinton obliged the troll
lev company to lay connection at the
Clinton terminus in a manner which Is
declared by experts to be very unsafe:
The connection is laid in the form OF
the letter S on a steep hill, and these
experts declare that if a car brake re
fused to hold or the track was IN par
+iou1arIv slippery condition, there is a
possibility that the car would come
down the hill at such a lively rate that
it would be apt to turn somesault
when it reached the lever groun1a:
If the metropolitan water board would
hurry the work, the road could be put
in operation in less than week But
passengers would have to be transferr-
Of the Worcester terminus.
The Worcester and Clinton Com
nanv's rolling stock has arrived, the
motormen and conductors have all been
picked out and as soon as the rails are
laid at the Clinton end the cars VIII
howl along merrily between the heart
Of the commonwealth" and the growing
town of Clinton.
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unwilling to talk on the situation. A
single remark made by him, however.
comedies with the tone of Mr.. Howe's
words, and leads to the impression that
there viii be an offer of some kind
made by the manufacturers to the
strikers as soon as it can be formulated
and the first excitement Of the struggle
abated to some extent.
How have things been at your place
today, Mr.. Frye?" asked The Spy man.
''Oh, first rate" was the rejoinder, de-
livered in tone that would lead one
TO think that there hadn't anything
happened to ruffie the speakers temper
in the last decade. Il had a few men
come to work this morning but l let
them all go, for ] didn't want to have
them get into any trouble with the
strikers by working for me- No, in
deed, ! haven't a thing to say about
the plans for mutual help that will be
adopted by the manufacturers. 1t is
too early to say anything about that.
We are going to wait two days, that is,
I mean a couple Of days, and let the
thing quiet down a little before we do
anything We want to see how things
will look then" And with this Mr..
Frye retired from the conversation
without waiting to hear any more que
ries.
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and the public. The statement was as
follows; THE shoe manufacturers of
Marlboro, especially Messrs. Howe and
Frye, have stated that the prices paid
by employers to their help
in this city were higher than the same
work could be done for in other places.
The shoe workers are willing to meet
the manufacturers of the city or their
representatives on the platform OF the
city hall and discuss the subject of pri-
ces there before the public in order that
people may come to a clear under
standing on the matter.
"They feel able to show the public
just what these prices are and the con-
ditions surrounding the shoe workers
of Marlboro, which together determine
the so-called labor cost of the shoes
made here. The members of the council
have investigated the matter very care
fully, and know just what is the labor
cost of the shoe, exclusive of the sal
aries of the officers of the companies
and of the foremen. When these prices
are put before the public they will be
able to see where the cost of the shoe
comes in. (By this meaning evidently
that it win be shown that It is the sal
aries of the foremen and officers which
forms the most important item in the
cost Of producing the shoes.)
The shoe workers are ready at all
times, if the manufacturers are dissat-
isfied with the prices they have to pay
for the work that is done on their goods,
to leave the matter to the legally con-
stituted authorities (the state board of
arbitration), to give them the prices
that their competitors pay. We are
willing to take the average of the wage
prices of the state.
Another statement that has been
made is that the manufacturers can
-.
| for 81 a day that they pay $3.50 a day
1t can be shown, however, that the men
here are doing much more work for
81. so than is done in the other places
for 81, more than proportionately more
The cutting department is taken mere
ly as an example, it is the same all
along the line. the men here do more
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S. HgRsgRr HOWE SPEAKS.

S. Herbert Howe, the leading shoe
manufacturer Of the city, whose posi-
ton on the matter of the strike is per-
account of the large number of persons
affected by the closing of his shops,
was seen by The Spy man last evening,
and while less communicative than he
| has been at other times since the strike
| began, talked guardedly for pubica-
| ton. Mr.. Howe said: mo, l don't
| know that anything has happened to-
| day that sheds new light on the situa-
| ton. / suppose the strikers are hold
| ing some hot meetings in their hall, at
| least l am told that they intend doing
so. Well, that is their privilege as long
as they do it in a proper manner. We
have had no trouble at our shops since
| the stril1s began, and | do not antici-
pate any violence or anything of that
sort"
When asked if he had anything to
fsay in regard to the stories that were
being circulated by the strikers, to the
effect that Mr.. Howe had postponed
the putting forth of the notice that led
| to the strike until the morning after
election, although it was ready the
morning before, in order that it might
have no effect on his candidacy for the
| governors council, he would say moth
ing more than that there had been a
number of such stories in circulation,
and that he had refused to notice any
Of them. Let them TALK said Mr.
Howe, 81 suppose they will have a good
many such things to say, and it don t
hurt me a bit. There is just one thing
about it, and that is that in this whole
matter, the strikers have been barking
up the wrong tree. We are going to let
them work off their venom for a couple
of days and then we shall be in a
position to talk common sense with
them"
Mr.. Howe entirely refused to say
what the truth of the postponement
Of the notice till after election story
was, and also refused to say what the
employers had done about acting to-
gether in the whole matter; but his
last qtterances taken In conjunction
| with what was said by others of the
manufacturers. is decidedly Indicative
Of an agreement among the employers
tending toward a proposition of some
kind to be made by them to the strik-
orc IN a
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CANNOT BE MANAGED.
coored Soldiers Kill Several People Near
Santiago.

Santiago de Cuba, Nov 15.-All the
eolored regiments are encamped in the
neighborhood Of San Luis, 25 miles
north of Santiago.
They were sent there to virtually get
them out OF the way, because of the
difficulty experienced in managing
them. The colored officers seem to have
little or no control over their men, while
officers and privates are often seen
drinking together with arms around
each others -necks Two of these coll
ored soldiers abused a Cuban workman
on the Normas sugar plantation and
stole his hog.
Lieut.. Jose Ferrera, chief Of Gen
Woods gendarmelie in that district
appeared, but a Cuban sympathizer at
tempted to arrest the soldiers who be-
longed to the Ninth immunes, but they
escaped, Soon after 80 colored soldiers
attacked the house where Lieut. Fer
rera was and kept up a regular fusil-
AIDE, killing Lieut.. Ferrera, Antonio
Roman, an old man. Emilio Betteran. a
boy OF II and baby. and wounding
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work for their money than in any of
the cheaper paid towns. The council
have investigated this also, and are
confident that they are correct in these
statements The principal part of the
cost of the shoes that are made in Mari
boro is in the salaries of the dead wood
that is carried on the pay list.
A petition has been gotten out, ask
ing the mayor to call a meeting in the
city hall, at which these matters can
be discussed with the manufacturers. !"
The petition in question is being cir
culated, and the meeting will no doubt
be held if the manufacturers agree to
the proposition. The city ordinances
provide that in case petition is signed
by so legal voters, a meeting may be
held in the city hall by any abiding
body of persons, without any charge