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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-11
BOY ABDUCTED.
Harold Howe, Age 9, Taken from
Augusta, Tuesday.
His Mother Alleged TO Be the One Who Took
the Boy.

very curious case where a mother
abducted her own child occurred.
Tuesday morning. at the Williams
Grammar school on Bangor street.
The actors in the case were Mrs.
Martha Howe of Portland. and her
nine year-old son. Harold. who has
been living in this city with his grand
mother, Mrs. Lydia Howe. at SO Muir
ray street.
To fully understand the case some of
the past must be recited. This child
is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ
Howe. He was one of three children
Of the couple. Two years ago Mrs
Howe obtained divorce from Mr.
Howe in the Cumberland supreme
court. MIR. Howe deciding not 10 ap-
pear against her as their lives had
been far from happy. The mother
took the two little girls and brought
the boy to this city. giving him to the
father. Here the child has lived since
in the kind care of his grandmother
who kept house for her son.
Not long ago, the divorced wife Of
+. NJ. Howe married again in Port
land, cousin of her former husband
Of the same name. They are now liv-
ing in Portland.
The mother has never expressed any
desire to retain the boy and it was
decided by Mr.. F. NJ. Howe, when he
left recently. for Fort Crook, Neb..
to join the seth Regiment Band. as
bandmaster. that he would leave the
child with the grandmother in this
city, while he went to the Philippines.
The abduction. if such it can be
called. took place, Tuesday morning.
just as the children We're being called
into the school house. A public car
riagc drove up nearly to Murray
street, where Mrs. Howe got out and
went along to the school yard to Har-
old Howe. She seized him roughly it
is said by the children, and attempted
to carry him away. Harold is a slight
boy. but he broke away and started
to run. His mother caught him, how
ever. and carried him to the carriage
while he all the time tried to break
away. and called Justify.
Miss Gould, the teacher of the
=.
tending, notified the principal,
Weston Lewis, after she had heard
of the case, and Prof Lewis at once
went to the home on Murray street
and told the grandmother who was
almost Frustrated at the news.
They found Marshal Morse and Re
corded Goddard of the municipal court.
Marshal Morse went to the house of a
friend of the. younger Mrs. Howe on
Sewall street and found everyone gone.
A neighbor, however, said that this
woman had gone away with the two
little girls of Mrs. Howe between s
and 8 o'clock. From other informa
ton received by the marshal. he found
that it was probable Mrs. Howe had
taken one of the electric cars for Car
diner, or had the public carriage carry
her down where she undoubtedly took
the train for Portland The Augusta
station was watched so she did not
leave from here.
Mr.. Goddard took the case in hand
and he at once wrote to the clerk of
courts of Cumberland county to see
to whom the boy was given at the time
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-11
Bismarck's Iron Nerve

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-11

There will be a special convocation
of Cushnoc r. A. Chapter No. AZ. in
Masonic Temple at o'clock on Thurs
day afternoon, for work in the Royal
Arch degree. Supper in the banquet
room at six co o'clock. Annual con-
vocation at $50. followed with work in
the Royal Arch degree All sojourn-
ing companions cordially invited.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-11

The proposed Hospital Day" was
quite a topic of conversation about the
streets yesterday. The very novelty
of the idea has served to awaken an
unusual amount of interest in it. The
indications are that every one will ride
Saturday, and it is doubtful if the
ladies who collect the fares will be
asked to make much change
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-11

Chairman Carleton is pleased to find
that the guides are strenuously object
ing to having all the fault of the forest
fires laid at their door, There are those
people who of course will lay every
thing possible to the huntsman and his
guides. This has two sides to the ques-
ton as to all others and the guides be-
lieye they have as much of the real
facts of the case on their side as the
man who charges that some Of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-11

Probably the smallest railway line in
the State of Maine is that of the Frye
burg Horse Railroad Co. This line has to
be inspected by the railroad commits
sioners as much as though it We're the
Maine Central Railroad system, and in it
Colonel Harrington the clerk of the board
is one of the five directors.
The Fryeburg Horse Railroad is three
miles long and it is in that beautiful sec
ton where it connects the town of Frye
burg with the Chautauquan campgrounds.
The rolling stock of the company as
shown in their last report, recently sub
mitted, consists of three closed and one
open horse car. The motive power con
sists of one horse valued at $40, and the
equipment for the motive power one har-
ness. The company took in something
like $3.50 last year, and paid out little
over 500 At the end of the year after
paying all current expenses and the grad
ing of the track. they had a surplus. The
road is run for about four months in the
summer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-11

Half the ills that man is heir to come
from indigestion. Burdock Blood Bitters
strengthens and tones the stomach.
makes indigestion impossible.
mon. wed. fr&wky.ti
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-11

The microbes that cause chills and fever
and malaria enter the system through
mucous membranes made porous By ca
tarrh. Pc-ru-na heals the mucous mem
branes and prevents the entrance Of 1nala-
rial germs, thus preventing and curing
these affections.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-11

The insurance department has admit
ted the New Amsterdam Casualty co.
of New York, to do casualty insurance
business in the State of Maine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-11

Travelling library No !, was sent to
Hartland, Tuesday.
The times., 1899-05-14

came the fashion for theatrical managers
to put on Uncle Toms Cabin with two
Topsys. two Evas. and a pair of Marks.
But not until this week has Uncle Thomas
himself been suspected OF being twins,
Two of the gentlemen are now bidding for
patronage here-one at the Grand and the
other at the Star. Each Is pretty bad. hut
the preference probably goes to George W.
Fursman. whose version iill5 the stage OF
the house first named
planey's extract from "The Farmers
Almanac dubbed "a Female Drummer
is killing time and endangering the lives
of the patrons at the Manhattan. which
was put at stress for attractions when
The Manicure failed George 3ieharfs
and Eugene Garfield have been taken out
OF the organization and their places allied
by James o. Barrows and Harry Kelly
The Manhattan will be opened in the fall
either with Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-
Tayior's The Secretary OF Legatioa.' or
with Henri Meilhac's Ma Cousine.
which, believe. is to have its initial pre-
sentation on Monday night in Washington.
"Erminie" will be revived this evening
at the Casino. with Francis Wilson ard
Pauline Hall in the company. Mother
Goose, which has been a dismal failure at
the Fourteenth Street Theatre. closes at
the same time with salaries in arrears.
Charles Frohman opens the Lyric Thea
tire in September under the name OF the
New Criterion-the new being sufixed
to distinguish the house from a cult OF
cranks. which was organized two years
ago, for the purpose OF staging plays.
which no one else would produce. Mr..
Frohman's first attraction will De ;iay.
entitled The Girl from Maximes.'' and
Julia Marlowe is TO follow later With Bar
bara Frietehie,'' drama by Clyde Fitch.
The offerings which continue to prosper
here are Because She Loved Him So"
which is being done at the Madison Square;
Shenandoah at the broadway. The
Man in the Moon" at the New York:
THE Great Ruby" at Days: AN Ara
bian Girl" at the Herald Square: "Zdza.
at the Garrick: ''The Cuckoo" at Wal
lacks; "A Reign OF Error" at the Vic
toria. and "Colinette," at the Knicker-
booker. C. P. NIKRAI.
The times., 1899-05-14
Riinu-NnudeYiIIe

John Grieves is nothing if not ingenious
and more than half of the favoritism that
has always been shown his house is un-
doubtedly due TO the novel schemes which
he has put into operation for the benefit of
his patrons The latest of these, which
will form a feature OF this weeks bill at
the Bijou, plans for a singing contest in
which four of the stock company's most
popular people will compete for prize.
George Diamond will give "She Was Hap
py Till She Met You." Flora Parker is to
contribute VIII / Find My Mamma
There" Sam Adams has selected mid
the Green Fields Of Virginia. and Will
Thornton is TO provide THE Girl / Loved
in Sunny Tennessee" All are well-known
and the contest will undoubtedly be a
warm one. The remainder of the bill also
promises much among its entertainers be-
ing Leonard Grover. May Noble and Flor
ence Thropp. farceurs: Dan Gracey and
Ada Burnett. mirth- -prov0kers; Reilly and
Hughs, negro impersonators; johnson,
Davenport and Lorella. grotesque acrobats
William and Kitty Harbeck. athletes; Ber-
tha Bordman. cornetist, and Sam Drane.
monologuist. The usual daily matinees
will be given.
The times., 1899-05-14
CoIumbin-.sveet Lavender,

The author of Sweet Lavender begs to
remind his American patrons, among
whom there may be those who are unfa-
temp,s TO depict in this play, that a set of
chambers in the precincts Of The Temple,
though constituting only portion OF that
house, is a distinct and separate estab-
lishment. Each suite Of apartments has an
independent door. opening onto the COM
mon stairway, behind which door the oc-
cupant of the rooms is as much lord of
the castle as if he were in the enjoyment
Of mansion or a villa surrounded by a
brick wall The chambers consist Of three Or
four crbby- holes. and perhaps a pantry.
and are often shared by two boon com
panions. The familiar domestic attached
TO the place fits, not unlike the busy bee,
from floor to floor. is, in the phraseology
of Temple life, called the 'laundress.' and
il. like Ruth Holt. she dweils upon the
premises she enjoys the further distinction
of being the 'housekeeper' The man who
shelters in The Temple precincts obtains
a silent security from the conyentionalities
Of society. He is untrammeled. uncriti-
cised. unobserved: with the Thames run
ming by him on one side. and the noisy
traffic of Fleet Street upon the other he
may solace himself with the knowledge
that by both these unce3sing streams he is
equally unheeded, and, while he pursues
the career. either of the devoted student
or of the ardent Bohemian, the heavy oak
en- door which closes upon his room. shuts
him OF from the world as conclusively as
IL he we're a monk in q cell"
This paragraph. which is nothing less
than the note from 4. ". Pinero which
was printed on the programmes handed
out at the first production of his Sweet
Lavender" gives an insight to those who
have not seen the piece. or. having seen
have also forgotten it. There is a charm
ting delicaey in the authors careful treat
ment OF his subject, and through it all
runs the pleasant atmosphere OF the hui d.
ing which Dickens made famous and the
traditions of which are so ap;ly described
Ia the above remarks. The story of the
young lawyer who falls in love with the
daughter of his housekeeper and who.
with the assistance of the most delightful
old drunkard created since Sidney Carton,
finally weds the girl of his choice despite
her family and his own. is one which
never fails to bring responsive laughter
and even tears.
Sweet Lavender will be this week 5
Offering at the Columbia, where T. Daniel
Frawley has provided what appears 10 be
most promising cast Mr. Frawley him
self will be seen in the role originally
played by Herbert Kelcey, while Georgia
Weiles and Alfred Hickman are to per-
tray the two young people whose romance
is that OF the comedy, and Charles King
viii be Dick Phenyl the old topper men
TONED. Harrington Reynolds. Ada Lew
iek. Godfrey Stein. George CASTOR. Mrs.
Bates, Selene johnson, and Frank Matthew
win have parts in which they may be re-
lied upon to do good work. 1t is announc-
ed that the piece will be rather elabor-
ately staged and that the women OF III
company will wear some handsome cos
tunes
The times., 1899-05-14
COOL WEATHER FAILS
TO help business
Washington Playhouses Not
Crowded Last Week.
Frawley Company's Return to Sem
timent Proved Profitable.
Mile. Pilnr-MoriH's New Farce, "My
Cousin." to Have Its Premiere
Tomorrow ut the National.

A heavy fall in the mercury last week
Y,revented the local theatres from being
completely unoecupied, but did not serve
60 fill them unduly. On the who'll. busi-
ness was no better than during the preoed-
ing days. when Old Sol was doing his best
10 make earth represent another cline in
which sinners are supposedly punished.
The artistic average CT the attractions seen
here was slightly higher than it had been,
but nothing new was offered and there
was little to stimulate the interest of the
ar1usement-loying. Undoubtedly the best
fortune OF the period fell to the lot of the
Frawley Company. This organization had
been acting a lot of bad farces badly at
the Columbia and was so slimly rewarded
that the management once more turned
TO the tea-and-toast comedies of the Ly-
ceum and followed "All the Comforts OF
Home with The Wife" The result was
excellent and Mr.. Frawley will carefully
avoid light material in the future. Nil-
ton Lackaye brought TO the National the
drama-"Charles o'Malley"-which re-
celyed its premiere a year ago atsthe La
fayeite and did not succeed In drawing
large houses, while Williams and Walker
did only fairly at the Academy with "A
Lucky Coon and neither Kernan's nor
the Bijou was as well attended as usual.
The first named Of these two places OF en-
tertainment had as its tenant Matt Flynn S
big Sensation" and vaudeville bill held
the boards at the latter. Both the Grand
and the Lafayette remained closed.
Although the regular season was to have
been ended last night to all intents and
purposes, most of the theatres open then
will remain so this week Washington
managers are putting great deal OF faith
in the coming Peace Jubilee and will
either remain in business until after that
event or will throw wide the doors of their
houses on the dates announced. In this
last class are the Grand and several sum-
Iuer resorts. The Academy has terminated
its year. but. despite announcements 10
the contrary the National viii be cleared
for action tomorrow evening as hitherto,
Manager Rapley advertising the first his
trionic novelty of the month in the pre-
miere of Mile. PilarMorin's new farce,
My Cousin" The piece is an adaptation
of Henri Meilhac's Ma Cousine," and is
reputed to be exceedingly risque. The
Frawley Company is TO stage Sweet Law
ender" at the Columbia with promising
cast. The Broadway Burlesquers'' come
to Kernan's and a vaudeville bill will be
provided at the Bisou. These attractions.
with a number of concerts and amateur
entertainments which are announced,
make up the schedule of the week 1t is
not likely that business viii be good. but
the mercurial manager and his friends
may find in the situation reasons for hop
ing for the best.
The times., 1899-05-14
NntionnI-.Mx courin.v

Washington has had its full share Of FIRST
productions this season. and has SO evil
denced its ability TO tell the good from
the bad that local theatregoers are likely
to be treated to half the premieres of the
country for several years to come The
eleventh Of the pieces to be initially pre-
sented here during the twelyemonth Will
be done on tomorrow evening at the Ma
tional. Its title is My Cousin" and the
star OF the company Is. Nine. Pillar NORM
After Il has been shown in this city the
farce will be taken to Wallack's Theatre,
in New York, where it is to follow Charles
Frohmans THE Cuckoo" which closes
there shortly. Tho manner OF Nine Pillar
Morins reception in Manager Rapley's
house will have much TO do with her fu-
tnre plans, and SO the opening will be an
event Of the utmost importance.
My Cousin is a translation OF Henri
Meilhac's Ma Cousine," which was orig
inaliy offered by Nine Re.ane, at the
Varieties, In Paris. The piece is said TO
have been q success from the start. end
- aa.Arallx AllawAd IN Ia one af th~
The times., 1899-05-14
Kernnn's-"Brondway Bur1e.quer

kcrnnn's-'Broadwa BurIesquersn -
Many as are the gibes flung at the intel
lect of the theatregoer IL is still true that
what the public likes its members are apt
TO like. and hence the success of an or
ganization should be an argument in its
favor. or the Broadway Burlesquers, :"
which will be seen tomorrow at Kernan's,
it Is said that during their thirty weeks
tour they have compelled managers to dust
more Standing Room Only" signs than
have been brought down by any other such
combination. The reason of this is limited
at in the programme provided. The en-
tertainment given by the troupe begins
with an olio in which appear such people
as lie Clair and Leslie, Smith and Cook,
Bennett and Rich, the Mitchell Sisters,
Merritt and Rozella. Marie Richmond. CO.
hen and Gardener. and Dave Lewis. This
portion of the performance gives way to
an extravaganza. entitled Cay Monte Car
10, which is desgibed as being unusually
witty 1t is staged with special scenery.
while the people in its cast are clothed in
costumes that make up in quality what
they lose in quantity. Altogether. II the
Broadway Burlesquers' keep half the
promises made for them 1t will not be at
all difficult TO understand their popularity
throughout the country.
The times., 1899-05-14

brightest of the works turned out by its
prolific author. Many OF the critics in the
French capital did not hesitate to declare
Ma Cousine' the cleverest thing of its
sort ever done there. Its story is suppos-
ediy an entertaining cne. and full Of the
atmosphere of the boulevards, while the
dialogue, is mentioned as being sparkling
and -cpigrammatic. the situations mirth
provoking in the extreme, and the episodes
sufficiently risque to be amusing, even
though particularly refined. A bit of
pantomime in the third act should give the
star the best of opportunities for excellent
work of the sort in which she excels, and
may have much to do with the ultimate
success of the production.
Nine. Pillar Norm is Parisienne and
hence should be able to give her imper-
sonation the dash and chic which such por-
traitures need. Before coming to this
country she was most noted for her por-
trayals in what is known abroad as ''si-
lent drama" Her initial appearance in
New York was made in Orange Blossoms"
and the little foreigner scored a tremen-
dous hit. After playing all over the coun-
try with Manager Doris she went into mu-
sical comedy and was so engaged until the
presentation of "A Paris Model a few
months ago at the Columbia. Later she
returned TO the same theatre in THAT
Man" and has finally arranged for the
starring tour which she inaugurates to-
morrow. Nine. Pilar-Morin is described
as singularly beautiful woman and has
always been a favorite with the denizens
of the first rows
Although this will be the first week of
the company in My Cousin it has been
so amply rehearsed that bitches and mis-
takes are said to be improbable. The entire
organization has been working for a full
month at the Manhattan and should be in
excellent form. Many of the best-known
players in the country will be seen in the
cast, among them John T. Sullivan. Ida
Mcmillan. Matilda Cotrelly. Beryl Hope,
Frank Tannehill, jr.. and Earl Brown. The
women are supposed to have been provided
with the costiliest of costumes. which they
become so well that they will form an
attraction for both sexes. Special scenery
! and effects have been purchased for the
production, which is likely to prove inter-
esting.
The times., 1899-05-14

to be Mrs Matt Flynn. is about the most
dignified and able-bodied Queen of Bur-
lesque' who has been exhibited here in
many n long day. Before her appearance
IN Washington last week with Matt
tlynn's Big Sensation this parsonage
had been seen locally both at the head of
her own combination and with Flynn and
Sheridan's City Sports" Astonishing
size. evident lack of youth and a scant
knowledge of the English language all
contribute to her fitness for the position
she holds and to her unfitness for any 9TH
er- As she seems better qualified to as
sumo her throne each year it is not i'm
probable that the Capital will be benefited
by her presence once each season until the
arrival of that blessed time in which bur-
lesque combinations will have no
queens"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-14
killed in Family Feiid.

Scranton. Pa, Aug. Thames Quinn,
aged 60 years. resident of Lookout, a
suburb of Carbonate. was killed in 4
family feud yesterday between the
Quinns and the Gallaghers. There has
been bad blood between the families
for some time past and numerous
quarrels have resulted. Early yesterday
morning a Quinn boy and one Of the
young Gallaghers engaged in fight,
but separated without doing any seri-
Gus injury to one another In the after
noon the boys resumed the fight and in
very short time both families, men.
women and children were engaged in a
pitched battle. When the hostilities
ceased, James Quinn was found lying
by the roadside with his skull crushed
and at Z o'clock last night he died
without regaining consciousness.
Joseph Gallagher, aged rs, and Thomas
aged 20, were arrested.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-14
MURDERED ON THE BOARDWALK.

Enraged BrOther-i In Law shoots VIM.
H. Carson at Belmar, N. j.
Belmar, N. j.. Aug. IA murder
boardwalk hero In the presence OF
fashionable promenaders. The muir
dered man Is William H. Carson, the
young assistant prosecutor Of the pleas
Of Camden county well known all
over the state. and the man who sent
him to his death is Arthur Sheets, who
formerly belonged In Philadelphia. but
who has lived here for three years
past.
Carson and Sheets married sisters
Sheets was the son of a wealthy lum-
Der merchant of Philadelphia and five
years ago was worth $4,000 This he
squandered. Sheets began to treat his
wife cruelty and she left him. When
she could stand it no longer Carson
was appealed to for protection and re-
lief, and he acted as her legal adviser
in the preparation Of divorce suit.
He blamed Carson for his domestic
troubles, and frequently said that he
had Influenced his wife against him. 1t
is claimed that Sheets made threat
that If he ever met Carson here he
would shoot him on the spot. For the
first time since he uttered that warning
the men came face to face on the board
walk Carson was walking with his
mother-in-law. Without any warning
Sheets pulled ont revolver and, with
Carson standing directly in front OF
him, fired three times at the assistant
prosecutor. One of the shots hit Car
son in vital spot and he fell uncon-
scious. Satisfied that he had done his
work, Sheets jumped to the beach and
fired two shots at his own head. One of
the bullets struck him behind the right
ear. Mr. Carson was sent home. and he
was dead when the doctor reached
him. Sheets was sent to the hospital in
Long Branch. where he died a few
hours later.