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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-06
STATE HOUSE.
Gov. Powers Orders First District
Special Election.
mariaviIIe Firebug Still Remains A Mystery
Departmental Gossip.

Governor Powers was at the State
! House. yesterday afternoon, to transact
some business which needed his atten-
| ton. The principal business was the
| issuance of the writ of election for the
special election in the First Congress
SiOnal District to elect the successor
to Speaker Reed, whose resignation
| took effect, Monday. The writ follows:
STATE OF MAINE.
A Writ of Election.
To the mayors and aldermen of the
! several cities, selectmen of the several
towns and assessors of the several
plantations in the First Congressional
District.
Greeting:
Whereas vacancy now exists in the
representation of this State in the
Congress of the United States. by the
resignation of Hon. Thomas b. Reed,
member from the First District. and,
Whereas the constitution of the Unit
ed States and the law of this State pro-
vide that whenever vacancies shall oc-
cur in the representation in Congress
the Governor shall cause precepts to
issue to the mayors and aldermen of
the several cities, selectmen of the sew
eral towns and assessors of the several
plantations within the district in which
the vacancy is, directing and requiring
them to cause the inhabitants of their
respective cities, towns and planta-
tons. qualified therefor. to assemble
and give their votes for a representa-
tive in Congress to fill such vacancy,
you are hereby, in the name of the
State of Maine. required, in the manner
in which the law directs the calling of
meetings for electors. to notify and
warn the inhabitants of your cities,
towns and plantations aforesaid, duly
qualified to vote for representatives in
the Legislature of this State. to as
semble on the first Monday of Novem-
Der. A. d., 1899, being the sixth day of
said month, to give their votes in said
meetings for a representative to the
Congress of the United States from
said First District.
And you. the said mayors. aldermen,
Selectmen and assessors, in conducting
said election and in making your
records and returns of the same, are
hereby directed to fully comply with
all the provisions of the law of the
State of Maine. relating to the election
of State and county officers and known
as the Australian Ballot Law.
Given at the Executive Chamber in
Augusta, this fifth day of September
in the year of our Lord. one thousand,
eight hundred and ninety-nine, and in
the one hundred and twenty-third year
of the Independence of the United
States of America.
LLEWELLYN POWERS.
BY the Governor,
BYRON BOYD, Secretary of State.
Governor Powers is much better than
when he was here for the Council meet
ing, last month, and says he was never
better than at present. His illness
alarmed some of his friends for he
looked very poorly but his usual healthy
look has returned. He will go to Lew
iston on the early train. this morning.
to be present at the State fair.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-06
LLEWELLYN POWER.
BY the Governor.
BYRON BOYD, Secretary of State.

once more reports have reached the
insurance department of inccndiary
fires in the town of MariaVille. The
official report of the fire has not been
received yet, but there is TO doubt
that it is of incendiary origin. The
last fire was Saturday night, and de-
stroyed the farm buildings of Munroe
Frost, who is at present working in
Winslow in the pulp mill. Mrs. Frost
was away at the time, visiting her
father, and a neighbor discovered the
flames bursting out of the floor of a
shed between the house and stable.
The incendiary had pulled number of
loose stones from the underpinning
and built his fire under the wood pile
He did his work so well that all the
buildings were destroyed, and while
most of the furniture was saved 70
tons of hay in the barn were burned.
The loss will be $1,000, and there is not
a cent of insurance.
CORRESPONDENTS state that this is the
ninth fire since the reign of terror
started. last May. The insurance de-
partment. however. has had but four
reported before this one. The first
was Nav S, when the barn owned by
cynthia A. Bennett and rented by
George w Benner of Brewer. was
burned. The next fire was May H.
and was the barn of James f. hlhpaih
The Baptist church was burned, June
& and the unoccupied farm buildings
owned by Gilman Jordan were burned,
June 10.
The fires were investigated by Com
missioner Carr, but the investigation
did not result in bringing out much
TANGIBLE evidence The fires generally
occur in the night, and the incendlary
oscanes without leaving any traces.
He nIans his work so that the build
;ngs are a total loss, and an investiga-
tion cannot be made as to the methods
employed.
There is no doubt. however, pu. .iia'
he is a pyromaniac. Amateur oetec-
tives had worked up case SO that
suspicion pointed to a certain man
The Bangor Wing in its account Vi tle
! fire says:
| Tho Wing man talked. this morning
with one of the men who worked haru
| IN extineuish this last fire. Inc Mdrla
| willie man said that the circumstances
| af tho Frost fire were such that they
unset the ladder of evidence ieadlhg 'o
the nest of the firebug, which w
amateur detectives of his town though'
tbev had built. He said that suspicion
bad nointed very strongly toward one
man in particular. but that Things nae
tnrned out at the last fire to chahg'
tba aspect of the case; and now .h'
watchful eyes had turned in anotheI
direction. He limited that strong cue
had been found, but he would not stat'
what they were nor whether NJ
t Mm a.. person who set the fire
10 a man or boy.
The town has offered reward
5000 for the capture of the incendiary
The Mariaville man thought the seiect
non of the town would ask Tor a
eoual amount from the State 10 aou
the reward. ,,ny fro
The town has had great many h \.
for a number of years past ana TN
circumstances of the majority u .nci
have been so suspicious that insuranc
agents are loath to write poiicies wy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-06

The main entrance to the State
House will be closed. this morning
| and will not again be opened until
after the repairs on the rotunda are
completed. The north entrance will be
used for the entrance to all depart
ments except the secretary of State {
office, which will use the south door.
The carpenters built the covering for
the flags, yesterday, and commenced
on the staging. The flags are entirely
hidden from sight by a matched board
covering which will keep the dust out
of them. The staging will be com
pleted, this morning. and then the dust
will fly for few days until the old
ceiling is removed
The Whittier Machine Company of
Boston, inspected the elevator, yester-
day, it being the regular inspection,
and found ii all right
c. +. Caldwell. chief clerk in the
treasury. has gone to Belgrade for a
few days fishing trip.
The fish and game commissioners
have ordered a hearing at the Range
ley Lake House. Monday, September
II, at 1.30 o'clock in the evening This
hearing is on the petition of the hotel
and business men of the place for the
erection by the commissioners or the
permission for the petitioners to erect
screen at the outlet Of Eangeley
lake.
The State assessors held their regular
meeting at the State House yesterday
They worked on some Of the statistics al
ready in and talked over routine matters
Miss Alice Lord. one Of the stcnOgra
piers in the adjutant generals office. has
returned from a visit at her home in
Belgrade.
The following corporation filed its pa
pcrs of incorporation at the State House,
yesterday:
Yankee Trader Publishing Company or
ganiZcd at kittcry, for the purpose Of
publishing books. magazines. papers ana
pamphlets with $4,000 capital stock, OF
which 5000 is paid in. The officers are:
President, Charles O. Brightman of New
Bedford, Mass; treasurer Frederick H.
Hodges of Maiden. Mass. Certificate APP
proved, Aug. 80 1899.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-06

ering buildings in Mariaville. There is
but very little insurance carried in the
whole town. and none of the buildings
which have been burned in the last
lot of fires has had a cent of insurance
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-06

The remains of the late Cyrus
Humphrey. who died at the Insane hos
pital, Monday, were taken. this morn
ing. on the early Pullman. to his for
mer home in Clifton for interment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-06

The great success of Chamberlain's
in the treatment of bowel complaints
has made it standard over the greater
part of the civilized world. For sale
by Jno. Coughlin, III Water street,
druggist.
fri,mon, wed,tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-06

Accidents come with distressing fire.
quency on the farm. Cuts. bruises, stfngs,
sprains. DR.. Thomas Eclectric OIL re-
lieves the pain instantly. Never safe
without it.
mon, wed, fri&wkytf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-06
GIN

for her counsel and helpfulness in this
and all philanthropic work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-06

The Whittier Machine Company of
Boston, inspected the elevator, yester-
day. it being the regular inspection,
and found il all right.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-06
Hoods, SaadobanM
2az22 :E3:l;l1:lzilE|

Hoods Pills cure liver ills the non-irritatng and
only cathartc to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-06

c. +. Caldwell. chief clerk in tn,
treasury. has gone to Belgrade for /;
few days fishing trip.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-04
NUBs OF KNOWLEDGE.

More than 1000 persons are buried an
nually In the paupcrs cemetery of Berlin
The town of Maros Ujvar, Hungary,
with $500 population, is without a single
piano.
The telegraph will be extended 1860
miles south of Khartoum by the end of
the year.
The postofice building at Virginia, San
Diego county, Cal, is made of an old
plano box.
In the South within the last five months
Sl7,OOO,0O0 of new capital has been invest
ed in cotton mills.
There are IS silk plants in Pennsylvania,
and the output of silk ribbon in the state
has been doubled in three years.
Madrid has at present S6 daily papers
and 1923 weeklles. Two of the daily papers
have circulations of over 100000 copies.
During the fiscal year of 1S97-9S the
United States sold $4,000 worth of type
writer's in Mexico and $4,000 in Argen-
tine.
The exports of dried apples for the last
fiscal year were 19,305.749 pounds, valued
at s1,245,733; while of ripe apples there
were exported 3SO,222 barrels, valued at
sl,2lO 45J.
The finest looking people of Europe are
Hungary. Physically they are splendid
specimens of men and women, and are
rarely ill.
Commentators Bodia, an Italian Stats
tician, has computed from railroad re-
turns of passengers that the foreigners
who visit Italy spend 800, 100000 francs a
year in the country.
A New Orleans man is said to have
invented a sugar-cane planter, in the
form of wagon, that with three men
and four mules will do the work hereto
fore done by nine men and nine mules.
Cherrapunji, in Assam, northeast Of
Calcutta, has the reputation of being the
wettest place in the earth, the average
annual rainfall being 493.15 inches, while
it has the record Of one month in which
l4717 inches fell.
The free distribution in San Francisco
OF antitoxin to sufferers from diphtherla
who could not afford to pay for it has
resulted, as elsewhere, in having the
death rate from that disease, reducing
it to Ill per cent.
The wealthy Russians are said to be
extremely profitable to hotel and shop
keepers in the lands in which they travel.
A Swiss authority insists that 200 Rus
slams will spend more in a month than
1000 English men and women for the
same period of time.
There are eight inches more rainfall
| annually on the south shore of Lake Su-
perior than on the north shore, and three
inches more in the cases of Erie and
Ontario. There is also a greater precipi-
tation on the eastern shore of Lake HUI
| ron and Michigan than on the western.
w. II. Farr. of Osborne county, Kan,
| though weighing but 1875 pounds, is a
prodigy of strength. Recently, on a
wager of $50 he carried $50 pounds of
| -four on his back three miles without
| setting 1t down or resting, and then Of
fered to carry it back over the same
route.
People who wear false hair will be iTi-
| terested in the announcement of a
strange discovery made at Antwerp. In
| that city bale of human hair, weighing
| l72 pounds, was stolen from "A railroad
station 1t was afterward learned that
| the hair had been clipped from the heads
OF lunatics and convicts in public asy-
| lums and prisons.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-04
Welcome to Our Guests,

q CRANTON this week opens
as wide its hospitality to the
w. National Letter Carriers as
sociation and expects every
guest tC feel thoroughly at home.
Whatever diversities of entertainment
have 'heen prepared, it expects its Wis
tt"rs tn accept unrcservedly and for
whatever of omission may appear it
hngs generous indulgence, pleading in
rocence Of intent
Tie letter carriers of the nation
represent a supcrbly organized branch
of the civil service who have Just and
largo claim upon the respect and graft
tudc of every felow-citizen. They
constitute a special class of skilled
Wurkmen who, from the very nature of
their duties, do for the government
which employees them a measure Of
service far beyond the measure of their
pay and for the people in general a
performance Of helpfulness tending in
estimably to Argument the public good
As the active agents in the great inter
change of communication which has
made of the American postal system
a model fer the wo.'ld they have very
largely, by their own superior intelli-
gence, courtesy and efficiency, effected
the results in the postal convenicnces
which so strikingly command our ad-
miration and excite our civic pride. 1t
does not exhaust this question to say
tfnt for this willing and well-directed
labor in the public interest they have
number an esprit du corps, spirit of
anxiety to do good work for the pleas
ure and nobility of doing it. which
carries the publics debt beyond any
prosaic question of dollars and cents.
and makes a supplementary draft upon
our unfeigned appreciation.
The people of Northeastern Pennsyl-
Nania represented by and through the
city of Scranton, are heartily glad of
the opportunity to meet the pOstmen
of the nation in the relationship IT
host to guest. To the limit of their
ability and understanding th2y will
strive to make the occasion of this
fattering visit a happy one, and in
the hope that the serious work of the
convention may proceed with as much
success and to as satisfactory results
as there is reason to hope will charac-
teri2e the lighter features of the as
sociation's stay among us, they bid
their visitors a cordial and heartfelt
welcome.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-04
An Episode from a Play.

enter George, looking angry)
Dolly-Oh. George. at last you have
come. What did papa say?
George-He gave me a broad forci-
BILE hint to the effect that couldn't
have you.
Dolly-But you didn't tumble, did
you'
George-No. had the good fortune
to light on my feet.
Dolly-oh, isn't it too bad! But
can feel for you.
George-It's lucky that you don't
have to.
Dolly-Oh, oh, but you aren't sore,
are you7
George-Not sore? What do you
take me fora cast-irCn man?
Dolly-Dear me. you don't understand
me. mean you don't feel bad, do
you?
George-No I don't feel bad. In fact
/ feel very good--that is, it is very
easy for me to feel
Dolly-Oh, what shall we do-what
shall we do
George know what I'll do. all right.
I'll go and take boxing lessons for "a
month, and then I'll do that dear papa
Of yours;that's what I'll do.
exit George in rage, leaving Dolly
in tears). New York Evening Jour-
nal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-04

remained to the president nothing but
prosecution Of the war Aguinaldo had
brought on. That determination and
vigor should be in the arm that seeks
to enforce the authority the treaty.
making powers OF the nation have as
sumed Is right on our own account as
well as for the insurgents. Having
no choice but to put congress in a
position ito determine the civil rights
and political status of the natives"
a president who would pause or parley
uselessly with insurgents who refuse
TO acknowledge our sovereignty would
be recrcant to his trust
The state campaigns that are to be
fought on the expansion issue can be
effective in enlightening congress only
If the voters have a chance to make
clear what they wish done in the Phil
ippines when our authority is estab-
lished. Discomfort with present con-
ditions is discomfort with the terms of
the treaty of peace with Spain.
What congress needs is guidance from
the people as to the manner in which
these terms shall be carried out
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-04
WHAT THE POETS SAY.
Carpe Diem.

Ay, love me, dear, but just today.
The sunshine over all,
The roses crimsoning the air
Along the garden wall!
Then If the dream and dreamer die
Whate'er shall be shall be
Today will still be thine and mine
To all eternity.
And oh, there is no glory, dear,
When all the world is done,
There is no splendor lasteth ous
= The setting of the sun;
There is no thing that lasts, not one,
When we have turned to clay,
But this: You loved me-all the rest
Fades with the world away.
And on so little, little Willie
This world doth last for us,
There, is no way to keep it, dear,
But just to spend it thus.
There is no hand may stop the sand
From flowing fast away
But his who turns the whole glass down
And dreams 'tis all today.
John Bennett. in the Crltrricn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-04
That Is Not the Question.

Papa" asked Miss Bainbriagc, shy
ly, sis it true that two can live as
Cl apply as one?"
who says they cam" demanded
NJ, Bainbr'dge, quickly.
Charley" replied the glfi in a lower
tcne, while her cheeks flushed,
"Of course, l see what the young
scamp is driving at, Nellie, and what
you are driving at, but the question
is not at all pertinent"
why isn't it pertinent, papa"
Take a mental census Of the size
of this family, Nellie, and tell me the
result"
There are you and mama, Tom, no,
Lucy Fred and Ada-seven In all "
"Then do you see that tn question
whether two can live as ch 'aply as 1ne
has nothing to do w'th the case? Wha.
do "ou know of Charley's ability t.
support a family OF, say, seven per-
sOns?"
Miss cambridge went away and hc-
came very thoughtful.-NeW York
JoL' nal,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-04
Preserving Time.

Said Mr.. Baldwin Apple
To Mrs. Bartlett Pear,
you're growing very plump, madame,
And also very fair"
"And there's Mrs. Gladstone Peach
So mellowed by the heat,
Upon my word, she really looks
quite good enough to eat.
"And all the Misses Crab-apple
Have blushed so rosy red,
That very soon the farmers wife
To pluck them will be led.
Just see the Isabellas!
They're growing so apace,
That they really are beginning
To get purple in the face.
Our happy time is over
For Mrs. Green Gage Plum,
Says she knows unto her sorrow,
Preserving time has come"
Yes" said Mrs. Bartlett Pear,
"Our day is almost oe'r
And soon we shall be smothering
In syrup by the score"
And before the month was ended.
The fruits that looked so fair
Had vanished from among the leaves
And the trees We're stripped and bare
They wero all Of them in pickle
or in some dreadful scrape;
I'm cider" sighed the apple;
I'm jelly" cried the grape.
They were all in jars and bottles,
Upon the shelf arrayed
And In their midst poor Mrs. ounce
Was turned to maTmalade.
st. Nicholas
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-04
Shall Expansion Be the Issue =?

~ THROUGHOUT the country
among the thinking minds
Il of the masses the hope that
Republican party leaders
will adopt the advice Of the president
and make expansion the leading issue
in state campaigns seems almost uni
versal While under ordinary condi-
tions the introduction of national
questions into state politics is not 10
be commended, in the present circum-
stances there are special reasons for
doing so. Whatever side we take, all
good citizens must desire settlement of
the Philippine question in accordance
with the wishes of the majority of the
people. The chief inspiration of the
president is undoubtedly his belief that
most of them agree with him that the
treaty of peace with Spain was eXpe-
dent and just. That they believe he
should obey it's mandates no reasonable
person can doubt. AS an exchange
remarks, it's provisions binds us as
strongly as do those Of our constitu-
tion, with, the aided weight of respon-
oibllNS " NV "'ilA lOl NilNli 'llOl W.
ment. And it will not be difficult to
make this issue conspicuous and even
decisive. Public feeling on IL already
runs hiGh and it is likely TO be ,uIre
E.ore int lse, especially in those Iarts
of the country where the money ques-
ton is believed to have been settled.
The important thing is to make the
issue clear and definite. The presi-
dent so far as he has declared his pur-
pose stands for the principle tina. It is
his duty to maintain the rights Sc
cured by the treaty Of Paris, leaving
TO congress the decision of the use that
shall be made of them. He has re-
hearsed in plain terms the steps by
which he has sought to fulhll that
duty He has made 1t plain that to the
utmost limit OF fofbearance he has
maintained friendly relations with tn :
Tagalos who are in arms under Aguln-
aldo. Force was resorted to only
when our soldiers were attacked, and
even then efforts 10 establish order by
peaceful means were not abandoned.
The proclamation OF our commission
ers, going as far as the treaty per-
mifted the executive !Lo go was the
last resort. and when It failed there
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-04
DISCOURAGED LOVERS.
Didn't Want a Fifth.

The young n,an with the swell suit
AID gold-headei cane was trying -
rirt with the girl opposite, whel me
OIL man on his left nudgNd him 18th
us elbow and Ecarsely w1'spercd:
Young man, pause and reflect"
"Are you speaking to me, sir?" de-
manded the young man.
"Yes, right to you, but I've got such
a hard cold that l cannot say much.
Let me repeat that you should pause
and reflect"
What for?"
You are trying to flirt with that
young gal, sir"
And is it any OF your business?"
ut is, sir Excuse my hoarseness,
I kicked the bed clothes off the other
night and got cold. I want to say to
you. sir, that it is my businH's, sir.
Suppose that y& succeed in attracting
that gals attention." :
"Well, what of it?'
"She might be fattered and flirt
back, though don't think she's very
firtatious. 1t might lead to a case of
love, and love to marriage"
You'd better attend to your own
business, SIR replied the young man.
That's what I'm a-doin', sir. 'Scuse
me while l blow my nose. Yes, sir,
I'm attendin' right to my business"
"Then let mine alone"
Then YOU let mine alone! I'm that
gals father"
"Oh, you are!"
"Yes. | am, and I don't want nc
more foolin' around. I've got four sons
in-law just about your shape, and am
supportn' the hull gang Of 'em, and
before you saddle me with a fifth you'd
better pause and reflect. 1t might be
the last straw, and I'd turn the hull
crowd out to dig for fodder under the
snow banks" Detroit Free Fress.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-04

outside and then take yourself off to
bed at once!" Then she went on:
"No, Mr.. Borem, it is with the deep
est regret that say 1t. but l can only
be a sister to you, and"
"NcVer mind the rest Of It, Miss
Chiffon" interrupted Mr. Borem, sad
ly; Il shall follow the example Of my
little brother and take myself off TO
bed at once"
And, crawling into his fur-lined ul-
ster. he lighted cigarette and waded
out into the geld night-Chicago
News.