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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03
SAVINGS BANKS.
Continued from page 81

tie its affairs by insolvency proceedings.
the. stockholders might lose not only the
full amount of their investment, but
possibly be subjected to an assessment to
pay the creditors.
THE National Bank law has always
contained n provision for an assessment
troller of the currency. No one has ever
questioned the wisdom of this provision
or the good results Of its enforcement.
II recommend the enactment of a stat
nte providing for such an assessment up
on the stockholders of trust companies
on q decree of The court. made upon ap-
plicatiOn of the officers of the bank, or
of the State bank examiner, or both
Such a provision could do no harm, and
mi@ht prevent the closing of some Of
these institutions. or a sacrifice of their
assets for a small impairment of capital
and would at the same time materially
improve ...eir credit and standing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03
| famous Englishman now


A famous Englishman now lecturing
in this country declares that the
American people are in danger Of cui-
tlvating their sense Of humor too high
~. He admits that "a proportin,I-,
amount Of humor is as esseFn,d the
properly organized maize expenses Mo-
feet individual. but ding over for wor
against yielding te'ents apa~ tss IL
morous tends66 i 20 l'ueh to its hu-
~ .v. ~ 8. .ncy. and making joke
.dprc. srything. as tending to belittie
s|l:.he noblest deeds. the most heroic
,.sacrifices. the brayest endeavors." and
(. thus persuading itself to regard them
as ridiculous Arc We in any such dan
ger. granting that. we are 1.-THE most
humorous people in the world?" Gu,
soldiers joked all through the Santiago
campaign. but did they fight any less
valtantay for that? Abraham Lincoln
was no less famous as humorst thai
as statesman. but the world honoree
him as one Of the foremost. leaders 3
his time. and now regards him as or,
of the greatest men that ever lived
We can afford to laugh at the English
mans warming.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03
The Island OF Wake.

The gun-boat Bennington left Homo
for the interesting and important pur-
pose of Selling and proclaiming Ameri-
can authority over the island of Wake
in the Pacific ocean. The proposal to
seize this island has been under con-
sideration ever since the Spanish peace
commissioners refused to consider L
proposition made by the Americans for
the purchase of one of the Carolines to
be used as a cable and naval station
tain station in that region. and, when
the Caroline offer was refused, it was
determined to seize Wake Island,which
| is very small island in that part of
the Pacific known as Micronesia, and
is nothing but an ocean Vagrant, but
being directly in line with Hawaii and
| the Ladrones it will form an excellent
connecting link for American posses :
sions in the Pacific. /. r.
The island is nothing but great
coral formation. IS unlnhabitel. and
except for the use for which it has been
chosen is Of no value. From Hawaii tc
the Ladrones is a stretch of 5000 miles,
and it is much desired that when the
trans Pacific cable is laid that. there be
a break in this long jump. Wake is
land, POO miles west of Hawaii and
1900 east of the Ladrones, will furnish
an excellent relay station, and il is
n thought that perhaps a survey Of the
island and it's surroundings wiAsdis-
close the possibility of also establish
ing naval station there.
Just how the assertion of Americas
sovereignty over the island will be talk.
en- by the. other nations is problemati-
cal, butSthe inquiries made by the gov.
ernment into the history Of the place
disclose the fact that the United vi
has better. title than any o. III
: try as ar American Tor his
/. o-o w. ,-sl.4 n D., ~. VIII. 800
.k New England office of the Cuban !
iustrial Relief fund was opened in
congregational house, Boston,
'nday. Word was received that the ],
mems endorsement of the movement 1
Rsen.. aiHp 1Einiam T..
cannoi be classed with the'ii'r-SJ ~
2 raaslv an ocean outcast without ar
e owner. a flag or an inhabitant. Marx
i IN your map as Uncle Sans young.
81 z.
a Fgest adopted child. A
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

Arizona is to make determined at
tempt to be admitted to the Union.
Governor Murphy. Maine man, by the
way. declares that the territory Is
prosperous and has 100000 inhabitants.
Admitting these facts. Arizona's claim
is not as good on this basis as that OF
either Oklahoma Sor New Mexico
Either OF these territories has ia,
larger population and far more wealth
than Arizona. and both are wondering
how much longer they will have e
wait before receiving statehood.
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Spanish Additions to Our Navy.

Though the Maria Teresa is a WORTH
less wreck on Cat island, and the shat
tered hulks of Cervera's other cruisers
still lie on the Cuban coast where they
were driven that Sunday morning in
July. quite a number of Spanish war;
ships have been added to our navy as
result Of the war with Spain. They
are not powerful cruisers, like those
now unraised off Santiago. but there
are ~ Of them and they make an addi-
ton not to be despised. Two Of these
vessels, captured in Cuban waters. are
now being repaired and refitted at
Portsmouth, n. H., whence they went
under their own steam; seven of them
are attached to Admiral Dewey's fleet,
and three of them-gOod- listed cruisers
from Montijos sunken fleet at Manila
ARE now in Hong Kong. where they
are being repaired.
All of these vessels are to be put in
the best possible condition, not only as
trophies of the war, but because of the
additional fact that they are just the
kind of vessels needed in the Cuban
AND Philippine waters, and their cap
ture saves Uncle Sam hundreds of
thousands of dollars and many months
of time that would have been required
to buiid new vessels. The list of Span
ish war vessels now flying the Stars
and Stripes follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03
John wel,ner Of Lafayette, Nicolet

Jobn wellner Of Lafayette, Nicolette
county. Mimi, was shot in the head
and hip by two ,tramps whom he had
given shelter, Sunday. They bound
srs. Wellner to lounge with a cloths
line and escaped with Wellner's team.
After the men mad gone Mrs. Wellner
,,aoan knawing the rope with her teeth
and after several hours succeeded In
l,herating herself. Going Immediately
into the yard she found her husband
dead and the body frozen. A large
,,osse az farmers armed with the ROPE
with which Mrs. wellner had been tied
have gone in pursuit OF the despera
| does.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

James Cummiskey. an unemp.oyai
laborer, beat his wife to death in theh
apartment at No. 50 West End ave
nue.. New York. early Monday. AtteI
committing the murder Cummiskey
left the house and notified policeman
OF what he had done. Cummiskey SAID
he killed his wife because he found her
intoxicated when he came home. sun
day night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03
Railroads and Stea .nboais
MAINE CENTRAL R, 4,

In Effect Nov. ~, 1sOs.
Passengers trains leave August, :.
follows:
THROUGH TRAINS.
GOING WEST-s.30 A. N. for Lev,,,o.
Pennington. Phillips. Rockland. Po,s.
land, Boston. Bridgton, Montreal sne
iston, Portland and Boston, Farmin.rnr
land, and Bridgton: 3.03 =. ". local ).
Portland; 3.43 r. M. (express) for Ern,.'
wick, Bath, Lewiston, Portland, Eosinr.
connecting at Portland for BridStna
North Conway and Bartlett: 1855 p. n
ton, Bath, Portland and Boston ~ - =
NJ. Portland and Boston. :"
GOING EAST-f3J A. NJ. (niph. =,
pressl for Skowhegan, Bangor, Bar Hsr.
Dor, st. Stephen. st. John. HalIfax ana
Aroostook county; 9,12 A. ". for Water.
vile. Belfast, Skowhegan and Bangor.
stock, st. John and Halifax; 1873 p. II
local to WAtervilIe and Lewiston, ~.
Oakland and Winthrop: 2.25 p. M er a
press for Wateryille. Bangor. Bar Har.
Dor, Old Town, Patten and Houlton via
b. & A. X. r.: $40 p. n: for WatervI..
hogan, Belfast, Foxcroft, GreenviIie
Bangor, Old Town and Mattawamkeas::
7.2S 7. NJ. for Waterville.
SUNDAYS-Going West, LIS A. N. IN,
Portland. Boston: 1925 A. NJ. 1885 p. III
for Brunswick, Bath. Portland and Bos..
Us +. NJ. for Waterville and Bangor.
The Night Pullman Train leaving at LIZ
A. NJ. going east does not connect N,
Skowhegan on Monday mornings. or IN,
Belfast. Foxcroft or beyond Bangor. snn.
day mornings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

A new train between New York and
San Francisco will make the run in
four days. Yet when California was
annexed there were prophets who said
the country would be ruined by taxing
in such distant territory.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

Paris where horseless carriages We're
first used is to have horseless vehicles
of American manufacture, as the pat
ents thereon are found to produce ar
ticles much superior ITO those of Euro
pean manufacture. This sort of thing
is getting to be quite Il pleasant old
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

A writer in a western paper suggests
that the Nicaraguan canal be built by
convict labor, each state in the Union
to send every able-bodied convict at
present confined in it's prisons. This
may be the solution of the tramp prob
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

Well, there is one good result from
the Mormon agitation. President
Woodruff announces solemnly that
plural marriages are no longer tolera-
ted in Utah. If this be true, then what
becomes of the Mormon teachings?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03
LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOCIA-
TIONS

l
| There are now % associations. the
Rumford Falls Loan and Building Assoc
| Citations having retired.
| The comparative statement of labili-
October 20. 1898, and November 6. 1897.
| show that there Is now 5000. 99s. ~,
| against S.9l2. $685.
! Regarding other statistics:
1897 1898.
SEQ No. of Shareholders S,i56
45,469ls No. of shares outstand-
ing, A. 1884,
ssss s NJ 10, Of Of I borrowers, $,a;
$213.395 a Amt. of div. paid, $173,1ii 81
Tns is an increase of $50 23l.o7 in the
| amount of accumulated capital and ad-
vances. and s91,oS3H in the total assets:
and a decrease of seventy-four in the
| number of shareholders. and of III in the
number of shares outstanding.
! The average rate of dividends paid
shareholders for the present year is $50
and the average premium charged Dor
rowers l3o, az , against 81 and Ia. re-
| spectively in 1897.
The decrease Of ss9.65O.ss in the amount
of dividendS paid is due in part to the
fact that inslS97 one loan and building as
ISOLATION. for the purpose of readiusting
its accounts, charged off all dividends
dend upon all of its outstanding shares.
This materially increased the aggregate
dividends for that year.
This decrease in earningsis due in some
degree to the fact that loan and building
| associationx like all other institutions
| that depend upon the investment Of
| money for their income. are compelled 10
accept less rates than formerly. The
| shareholders, like depositors in banks
must expect smaller dividends in the fu-
| ture.
associations to carry a larger percentage
| of their earnings to the guaranty fund
was passed none too soon. 1t would
have been wise policy for these institu-
\ ffnnQ In a ad Inv,
serves while they were able TO pay from
| to > per cent dividends. Had such a pol
tfcy been adopted it would have given
Them present strength. and added to
! their stability and SUCCESS in the future.
Ever now the earnings and dividends are
larger than they are. likely TO be in the
| IN some degree forestalf these Conditions
| and reserve such portion of their pres
4 ent earnings as Il IS possible to spare,
pleased to report a noticeable improve
! ment in this respect in many of the iil-
solutions. and trust this policy may be
adopted By All in the future.
REPORTS OF RECEIVERS.
The following is a synopsis of all re-
| ports of receivers made ~ this depart
ment as of October %. 1898. and brief
statement of the condition of the affairs
| Of each insolvent banking association in
4 the State.
NEWPORT SAVINGS BANK.
IN december, 1891, the receiver. John W.
HOBART, mace ms maj statement The
5Mai amount reaiized was kS5.1UH The
to 81 7-4O per cent.
ORONO SAVINGS pAN1-
-
Albert White, thQareceiver, who had
charge of affairs Since August 10, 1894 in
his statement of receiDts and expendi-
lures shows that he has received $s6. 42s II.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

A Republican prOtectionist tariff
keeps step with the. largest foreign
trade the country has ever known
Free traders are treating the fact with
diplomatic silence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

things right when the
feminine organism is
weak or diseased. 1t is
DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. 1t re-
stores perfect health to
the weakened organs,
and makes them strong,
clean and virile. 1t
makes wifehood happy,
and motherhood easy.
1t banishes morning
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

About four hundred dollars worth OF
salvage is all that is left of the Maria
Teresa, and half of that, under che
law, belongs to the salvors. The catch
was hardly worth the fishing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

Lots Of people have trotted out the
good resolutions made a year ago.
They were not used enough then to
hurt Them
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

The fight that the list New York is
having i'm it's armory is even less to
it's credit than the exhibition it made
OF itself at San Juan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

General Otis in the Philippines, who
was a California editor before the war
the great men of the time.
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Fully Warra nted.

If not cured after taking threeS
fourths OF a bottle Of TOGUS COUGH
MIXTURE return the bottle, and the
money will be refunded.-BOWDITC
WEBSTER & CO.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

The graves of the dead Spanish prs
oners on Seavey's island nave asa'''
been properly marked and the govern
ment will enclose the little cemetery
in an iron fence to keep out people VINO
wantonly destroy such places. rms
will become one of the historic spots oI
the war in years to come, and no pun
ishment would be too severe for the
cowardly vandals who desecrated those
graves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

.TRUSTEES-J. H. Manley, L. G. Cor.
Treby johnson.
Deposits are placed on interest the first
q February, May. August and Novem-
Interest paid or accredited on account
on first Wednesday Of February. and Au-
gust.
Deposits are exempt by law from all
taxes, and accounts are strictly confiden-
Especial privileges afforded to Execu-
tors, Administrators, Guardians, Trus-
tees. married women and minors.
EDWIN &. DUDLEY, Treas,
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take the right remedy to restore her to
true wo1nanly health. Most men don't
know that when a woman is weak, nerv-
GUS, irritable and respondent, there is
invariably something radically wrong
with the delicate feminine organs with
which her entire physique is in sensitive
touch. There is one, and just one REM
edy, tried and proven, that will put
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

The air is full of the rustling of the
new leaves being turned over.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

American control is now as absolute
in Cuba as in Porto Rico or Hawaii.
When will the flag come down?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

Here's hoping the mercury will moi
try to go lower than it did. Monday
morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

One sad, sad thing about the happy
new year is that all the letters say
"pleaSe remit
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

Spain now has large stock of sur
plus flags on hand. Better wrap her
pride in them and store them in the
garnet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

The Maine sportsmen will talk 1t
over, today, and what they say will
carry convincing weight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

One Of the smallest crops of 1895 was
that of signatures to anti-eXpansion
petitions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

If you cannot keep those good resolu-
tons all the year, keep them as long as
YOU can.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

The legislators, ex-legislators AND
les$lators-to-be are packing thei'
CRIBS and starting for the Capital.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

A woman wrote: One of your Hop
Plasters worn "a hours did my back more
good than all the remedies ever us.s.-
and I've tried about everything CT
drugsiota.
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Brides are easily ratified, anyway.
but the Caribou bride who ordered
hat and couldn't tell the milliner her
new name. is about the worst case on
record.
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A Klondiky beginning for '99.

Nevertheless, Augustus welcome is
warm, this week.
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ACCOMMODATION TRAINS.
AUGUSTA TO SOUTH GARDINER.

Through tickets to California and ali
II. Walker, ticket agent, Augusta, the
only office In Augusta selling via an
routes and checking baggage free Of ex-
pense.
+. Z. BOOTIIBY, G. p. & T. a. =
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The Western Hemisphere looks much
better with Spain wiped off.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03
BANGOR & ARoOSTOOk RAILROAD

Pullman Buffet Parlor Cars between
Houlton and Bangor on trains leaving
Houlton at so A. NJ. and Bangor at 40
=. N.
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The prelude of the grand ice field
symphony is being played.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

Aunt Phoebe Ellis of Sidney, the
Oldest person in Kspnehec, passes her
iOed milestone, today. II
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

Portland Express: Augusta is in a
hustle of preparation After all, how
ever, Augusta manages to take pretty
good care of us during the biennial
rush to the Capital.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

~
emaciated people.
That we are growing
wiser may be proved by
overcoming these disorders
with the timely use OF
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
liver Oil with Hypophos-
phltes which gives strength,
enriches the blood, invigor-
ates the nerves and forms
fat.
soc. and $r.oo, all druggists. 4
SCOTT 8 BOVINE, Chemists, New Yosk. =
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WHEN HE couRTEp YOU

He didn't complain if you were little
respondent or irritable at times. Now
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

A quarter of a century IS az l0na
pastorate. but Rev. George s1eske oi
the South Berwick Congregatl6na
church has faithfully served that
,lenl IN of time
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This is the year l of Cuba's new
era.
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he does. He's
the same man.
He didn't un-
derstand then.
He does n t
now. Then he
thought it was
caprice and
liked it. Now
iks it is caprice
oesn't like it.
W he's busy get
oney.
d the full truth
,,,orn thar, INV
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Another late trolley dream is the ex-
tension of the lewiston, Brunswick &
Bath line from Sabattus through Win
throp and Baiieyville to Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

8 1t is now the "sunburst,' and no
longer the yellow dahlias. A Bruins
wick girl has received 4 prize of $25
from seed company for. suggesting
this new name. ThepoWYere several
Thousand contestants u0A
III +ay
Great f;:;seht hasnx the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

1t was only a few years ago that sew
eral merchants in Old Town agreed
with each other not to advertise. I'VE
get the trade anyway" was the argu-
ment, land we'll save the cost of adj
vertising." In the meantime Bangor
merchants have been flooding the city.
and their advertising has resultee!
largely in their favor. The Old Town
merchants now bitterly lament their
folly.
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Old Glory waves over MORO castle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

Portland looks for q revival of the
halibut business this winter. For the
has controlled the fresh fish interest,
and Portland has been out in the cold.
Now q disagreement in regard to
wages between the syndicate and the
fishermen, also the fact that Glouces-
ter shippers. although under contract
to sell only to Gloucester dealers. have
been selling and getting better prices
at other ports. bid fair to send more of
the business Portlandwards
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monial epidemic witt five weddings in
two weeks.
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cannon be classed with. theiiiSf.J 1.
really an ocean outcast without an
owner. a flag or an inlsabitant. Marx
ii on your map as Uncle sans young
Cest adopted child. 4
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ORONO SAVINGS BANK.

Albert White, thSareceiver. who had
charge of affairs Since August TO- 1884, in
lures shows that he has received $S6, 42S. H.
A final settlement of the affairs OF this
institution has given the depositors 81 per
cent OF their deposits. making the total
loss only fS,O3.2s. This is much better
than was at one time anticipated. The
receiver is entitled to credit for this ia
vorable settlement of the affairs of the
institution. and for the large dividend
received by depositOrs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-03

.le New England office of the Cuban
ustrial Relief fund was opened in.
congregational house, Boston,
nday. Word was received that the
mems endorsement of the movement
| haeu,J airnS s...IJ>e--.zHilIiam n