Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Me.)
February 18, 1902

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I HARVARD lOc. ClCARS. Tho Consumption of our two fxirums brands of Cigars 0 nearly A MILLION A WEEK. This is more than the total pro- _ (faction of any other five (5) Cigar Factories in New England. H. TRAISER CO., M AKSKS, BOSTON, MASS. Largest Union Cigar Factory in the U.S. PIPPINS Unrivalled either 5Ca CUSCl ARS in quality or sahs.j and the greatest 5c. smoke on earth.' THE LAWSON CARNATION It’s the Queen of them all. They’re as large as a rose. We have them a plenty and they are dandles. If you want fine Floral Work made up with excellent taste send us your orders as our work is unexcelled. H. R. Mitchell Son, Waterville, fie. declO.eodlstpp.tf ‘That Man Has Nerve" is a common expression, heard every day. If you wish strong nerves, and yours art* out of order, buy a bottle of “L. fATWOOD'S BITTERS, the greatest nerve tonic of the day STOP AT COLUMBIA H?TEL BATH, ME. Remodeled and newly furnished throughout; steam in every room. Klec tric lights; every appointment first class; sample rooms. Commercial rates $7.00. XV. J. O'Brien, Prop., 107 to 171 Front St. febS.dlmolp _ 7-20-4 Irte. Cigars are all warranted imported tiller and wrapper. Strictly handmade. All Jobbers and Retailers. SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES. A lady who died In Auburn a few days ago has left an estate estimated at $7r..o*»l and Is said to have left legacies to Rates College, the Central Maine General Hos pital and other institutions. Itriggs of Boston, and Scars of Lewis ton. are matched to fight within two Weeks at 17(1 |annuls at the Lewiston Ath letic Club. George Ifart of Boston, and young Donahue of Portland, will fight eight rounds the same evening at 117 pounds. An Auburn man received word. Monday, that there are three suspected eases of smallpox in I’ownal. The three eases are In two families and in which the l’ort land man preached at a prayer meeting. This is.the man who is alleged to have given the disease to the Shiloh folk- The authorities have quarantined the cases at PoWnfll Sheriff Pearson feels that he is near enough well to start westward. Tuesday morning, lie will make a brief stay in Attleboro. Mass, attending the \V. c. T. V. reception. Tuesday afternoon, and de livering an address in the Attleboro Op era house in the evening. Wednesday, he will leave Boston for Chicago, where he Is hooked for two addresses before til Minnehaha Club. Saturday afternoon and evening.—Portland Express. Officer J. Alfred Olutgnon of Lewiston, was In Bath, Monday. looking up evi dence against a young man named Ragoa who was arrested in Lewiston for hotel burglary. It is claimed that lie is want ed for several Jobs. His valise was found in the Maine Central baggage room wher it had been since Jan. 7. and it contained important letters which told about his whereabouts about the time several jobs were committed. Ragon was at one time at the Orphan's Home In Bath. Col. Charles F. Mountfort. proprietor of the grocery at 4t St. Lawrence street. Portland, is looking for two burglars with a predisposition for pie; his store was broken. Sunday night or Monday morn ing. by two desperadoes who got away with twin pies, apple and custard, leaving no clue or crust behind. John C. Otis' drug store on the corner' of Congress street and Deering avenue, opposite the Eye and Ear Infirmary, was broken into, Sunday night, and between K and Si tak en in small change. The Manxman of the Dominion Line, arrived at Portland, Monday, and brought the news of the death of one of her crew. On Feb. 6. the day the steamer loft Liverpool, Henry Jones, a native of Wales and a resident of Liverpool, see ing another seaman in the main rigging securing a line, went up to assist him. When he had nearly reached his shipmate he accidentally fell to the upper deck and was then picked up unconscious. It was found that his skull was fractured and his thighs crushed in. The captain sewed up his wounds and everything possible was done for his relief. The ship was turngni about and headed for Queens town, but at 9 o'clock Jones died and the ship again proceeded on her way. He was buried at sea. TO CURB A COLD IX OXE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. F- W. Grove’s signature is oil each box. 25c. tu&thtf ‘ALL BROKEN OUT.” \nother Smallpox Case Found, Monday, at Portland.

Went from Cedar Grove in Dresden,1 by Way of Iceboro. Two More Cases at Shiloh, Making Total of Seven. Portland. Me., Feb. 17.—Another case ot smallpox was reported, this after noon. Train No. 64 over the Maine Centra!, this noon, brought in from lee boro James Herbert and John Herbert. on arriving at the station, John got out of the car, and going to Officer Quinn, notified him that his brother was ail broken out. Officer Quinn immediately ordered both men to a shed near the alms house irom which place they were taken to tin! pest house, this afternoon. It was pronounced that James had smallpox; John was detained to see whether a case would develop on him. This afternoon. Dr. Cummings noti tUii the Maine Central to fumigate and examine all those employes who had cr SO miles per hour since the storm set in, today, but no damage has been -eported up to late tonight. The Ital an bark Adele, which was towed back icre after having been on the rocks, s being given a severe wrenching in he harbor, tonight. She is all awash ind may break for her moorings be ore morning. Her cargo of deals is suite certain to be a total loss. NEW YORK SUFFERS. Aorst Blizzard During Monday for Past Three years. New York. Feb. 17.—New York City las borne the brunt of the worst snow storm which has struck this section of) he country' since the great blizzard of 188S. Beginning soon after midnight, ;he storm increased rapidly in inten sity, until by daybreak the whole city vas snowed under. The gale piled the (Continued on page 2.) J 57TH CONGRESS, j War Revenue Reduction Bill Given Unanimous Passage \fter Bitter Democratic Opposition to Rule Limiting Debate. Richardson Then Asks Unanimous Con sent and Bill Is Passed. Washington, Peb. 17.-—The unex pected happened in the House, today, when the bill to repeal the war reve nue taxes was passed unanimously without a word of debate. This ac tion was the outcome of a challenge thrown down by Richardson, Tenn., the minority leader, after the adoption, by a strict party vote, of a special or der for the consideration of the bill which permitted debate upon it until 4 o’clock, tomorrow afternoon, hut cut off all opposition to offer amendments except su< h as had been agreed upon by th ways- and means committee. The adoption of the rule had been preceded by a stormy debate, in the course of which the Democrats pro tested against th^ application of the "gag” which Hay* Va., charged was meant to prevent a Tree expression, not only by the Democrats, but by some of the Republicans, attention being es pecially directed toward Babcock, Wis., the father of the bill, to amend the steel schedule of the present tariff law. They also charged that such a method of procedure was minimizing the inlluence of the House and making it simply a machine to register the decrees of the few men in control. Babcock said that he supported the program on the ground that the issue presented for the repeal of the war revenue taxes should not be compli cated with other matters. At the same time, he gave notice that he should press his own biU at the first op portunity. Dalzell, Pa., scored a point against the minority by recalling the time un der Democratic control of the House, when C49 amendments to the Wilson tariff bill had been forced through without being read. When the rule was adopted by a vote of 158 to 120 Richardson, to em phasize the fact that debate on the bill could accomplish nothing and that deliberation upon it would be fruitless, asked unanimous consent that the hill be placed upon its passage. Not one objection was voiced and the vote was taken forthwith. Every vote, 278 in number, was cast in the affirmative and thus quietly and unani mously came the end of what at one time had promised to be one of the most exciting contests of the session. The House adjourned at 4.50. IN THE SENATE Treaty for Cession of the Danish West Indies Ratified. Washington, Feb. 17.—Today *in a little more than an hour’s time, the Senate in executive session disposed of the treaty with Denmark, ceding to the United States for a considera tion of $5,000,000 the islands of St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix, com posing the group of the Antilles known as the Danish West Indies and lying just off the east coast of Porto Rico and thus, so far as this country is concerned, consumating a transaction which has been under consideration intermittently since the administration of President Lincoln. Cullom, as chairman of the com mittee of foreign relations, made a speech explaining the advantages of the acquisition of the islands and Ba con and McLaurin, Miss., made brief remarks, saying that while they could not endorse all the provisions of the agreement they would place no obsta cles in the way of ratification. Bacon moved to amend the treaty by striking out the second paragraph of Article 3 of the treaty readig as follows: “That the civil right and the political status of the inhabitants of the islands shall be determined by the congress subject to the stipulations connected in the present convention." The amendment was rejected without division. Cullom explained all the provisions of the treaty and gave a detailed ac count of their resources and of their trade value to the United States. He said that the provision affecting the civil rights of the inhabitants was similar to the provision on the same subject in the Spanish treaty con cerning Porto Rico. Cullom said in taking the islands the lrnitert States would assume no burden if debt, as, by the terms of the agree ment, all ctalms held by Denmark against the island treasury would be cancelled. He set the total of the claims at $2,000,000. He also said that in the Danish franchise It would be necessary to pay a subsidy of $4000 per year for three or four years and that in this ease and the St. Thomas Float- ng Dock Co. there was an agreement J to protect the charters for the time grants by Denmark. He also gave a j Jetalled history of the Ft. Croix Sugar "o., explaining that the government of Denmark had assumed its debts lirountlng to about $400,000 for that ’onrern. but had agreed to wind up the iffairs of the company as soon as pos sible. I Cullom explained that under the :erms of the treaty, the United States Lvc.uld take possession of the islands is soon as ratifications could be ex ■hanged. The harbor at St. Thomas sland was described as one of the saf ?st and best in the West Indies and he importance of its possession from i strategic point of view was enlarged ipon. Cullom’s motion to ratify the leaty passed by a “voice vote.” The Senate resumed business in open session at 2.15 and after an extended Jebate passed the bill appointing a per (Conttnued on page 2.) PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND Makes Nerve Fibre and Nerve Force, Cleanses the Blood and Strengthens and Gives Tone to Every Function of the Body. “As a medicine for doing immediate end effective work in sickness, re sulting from impaired r.eives and impure blood my family considers yt ur Paine's Celery Compound with out a peer.” "It strengthens and gives tone to the system.” "It has saved many a doctor's bill.” So writes J. J. Donahue, Chief of Police of Omaha, to the proprietors of this never-failing remedy. Paine's Celery Compound makes r.erve llbre and nerve force, and Imparts true health to body and brain. 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It perma nently cures nervous exhaustion. It is particularly efficacious in all cases where tire afflicted arc worn out” auii "run down.” If yon have the first symptom of failing health, if you are conscious that something is wrong, that you lack strength, if the buoyant feeling of perfect health does not return af ter each night's sleep, it i$ time to give the nerves and blood the food that Nature requires. Paine's Celery Compound is rightly called Nature’s medicine. Medical science has failed to produce its equal as a nerve tonic and vitalizes It purifies the blood, restores to healthy action every func tion. remedies depression and lan TWO SAFES BLOWN By Burglars, Early Monday, at Northampton, Mass, Secure $750 in Cash, $300 Check and Miss $500 Money. Watchman Overpowered and Robbers Dynamite Strong Boxes. Northampton, Mass., Fob. IV.—Five mon blew open two of the three safes in the office of the Street Railway Co. here, early today, after having over powered the watchman, whom they bound and gagged. They secured *750 in cash and a check for *300 from the two safes. The third safe, which was not troubled, contained about *500 in money. An employee of the Railway Co. who heard the sound of the explo sion and approached the office, was dj ven back with revolvers by the rob bers. The men escaped in a team and when the alarm finally was given, trace of them had been lost. Later in the day, however, they were heard of driving toward the west and as the police of all the sui rounding country were notified early in the day, hopes were enter tained that they would be captured. The office of the Street Railway Co. which was robbed was in the car barns which are located about a mile and a quarter out of the city, in a section which, were it not for the few houses occupied by attaches of the company, would he considered isolated. The night being cloudy was unusually dark. At the barn three men usually are on duty a; night, one an engineer, another a (Continued on page 2.) guor, strengthens the kidneys to per form properly their work, allays in digestion and gives tone to the' whole system. The rental liable increase in. the de mand for l’aine's Celery Compound in the last few years is due to the one fact that every person .who has ever tried a single bottle of this greatest or restoratives has found toat the remedy accomplishes what no other remedy does, it accom plishes all that is claimed for it. A sample trial will convince the reader. 40,000 STRIKERS Being Cleared from Barcelona’s Streets by Troops. Troops Charge Rioters Killing 10 and Woundjng 65 Persons. Slate of Scige Proclaimed—Anarchists Inciting the Strikers. Madrid, Fob. 17.—It is estimated that tO.noo men have struck at Barcelona and serious rioting is reported there, today. The mob attempted to sack the market buildings and stopped all street traffic. The factories and Fhops in the city have been closed. Groups of wo men bearing banners are taking a prominent part in the disturbances. Several battalions of troops are clear ing the streets. During the rioting the troops fired on the mob, killing one person and wound ing 24. An unconfirmed telegram received hero gives the results of the charging and firing by the troops at 10 killed and 61 wounded. Pnrcelona, Feb. 17.—The strike situ ation here is becoming more grave. A state of siege has been proclaimed. The printers have tied up all the papers and none of them is appearing. At the strikers meetings held here, yesterday, several Anarchists, some of whom were women, made violent speeches inciting the strikers to burn the unsanitary dens of the workmen and seize the palaces of the rich. All grades of refined sugar were ad vanced 5 points at New York. Monday, SMOKE WAITT BOND’S TOTEM THE BEST 5-CENT LONDRES CIGAR WE HAVE EYER SOLD. FOR A MILD, SWEET CIGAR, TRY Blackstone Juniors SMALL BUT COOD. BOTH UNION MADE... WAITT BOND, Mnfrs., No. 53 Blackstone Street BOSTON.

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RIVAL ATTRACTIONS. The D, A, R. and Woman Suf fragists at Washington.

Former's 11th Continental Congress Opens With 800 Delegates. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cott Re-elected President of Latter. Washington, Feh. IT.—The 11th con tinental congress of the National So ciety of the Daughters of the American Revolution convened here. today. About *hi: by bit. until very little remained, and lo lived on his pension. A few weeks ago he made a remarkab.y alile and lotlehlug plea for inere.v before Judge Hill. He had been arrested, not punish him. but beeause it was felt tli it lie ought not to ho left to wander about. He reminded the court of his former po sition and service, and said that It thought h- could keep till- pledge. II was allowed to go, and during ids last fe«y days made a gallant fight against his cnemv and kept his pledge. Oapl- Choate was probably mow. en ,-i and 77 years old. hut his exact age is not Presidents Hadley of Yale, Eliot of Harvard, and Tucker of Dartmouth, were entertained at Hotel Tuilerles. Boston. Monday night, Tty the Alumni Association, gt ghe annual banquet. MILWAUKEE PEOPLE Could Hardly Believe It. A Prominent Woman Saved From Death by Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound. Deak Mas. 1‘inkham :—I suppose a large number of people who read of my remarkable cure will hardly believe it; had I not experienced it myself, I know that 1 should not. ME? SADIE E. KOCH. ««f suffered fur months Tvhh troubles peculiar to women which gradually Broke down my health and mr very life. 1 was nearly insane with pain at times, and no Uum«n skill I consulted in Milwaukee could bring me relief. Mr attention was called to Lvdia E. Pinklmin’* Vegetable Com pound.; the tirst bottle brought re lief. and the seeond bottle an absolute eure. I conld not believe, it myself, and felt sure it was only temporary, but blessed tact., I have now been well for a year, enjoy the best of health, and cannot in words express my grat itude. Sincerely yours, Sadie K. Koch. 124 10th St.. Milwaukee. Wis”—$5000 forfeit if abort teatimonlal It not fenulnr. Such unquestionable testimony proves the power of J.ytliu E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound over diseases of women. Women should remember that they are privileged to consult Sirs. Pinkhnm, at Lynn, Mass., about their Illness, entirely free. BLINDING SNOW. (Continued from page 1.) snow in such drifts that for it time traffic was almost suspended. Tonight Ui local weather bureau reports that tie- worst of the snow fall is probably over. The fall lip to 2 o'clock, this af ternoon, was :i-H> inches. The Brooklyn residents and the com muters suffered the worst. Dozens of lines operated by the Itrooklyn Kapid Transit Co. were completely tied up for hours. The “I/’ roads of Brooklyn were taxed far beyond their carrying capacity. In New York and the Bronx surface railroad traffic was delayed. There were frequent blockades on every line. In some parts of the city during (lie early hours cars, almost in contact with I each other, stretched for a mile or i.a-r- and waited 5 or It* minutes before they could resume thi ir creeping jour-I levs. Sweepers were kept going up and down the various lines, but the snow fall was almost too much for them, be eau- nf the heavy wind. The New York roads did fairly well under the ircumstatices. One-third of the schedule time was the average lost by each train on all the lines. During the tush hours every ear was parked to its utmost capacity. Only short riders had the temerity to board the surface cars. The suburban cars were the worst tid, uii. Many were drawn by four huf.-es. For hours traffic on these lines was completely paralyzed. The New York Central, Pennsylvania, Jersey Central. Krie. Delaware. Lack awanna Western, and New York, New Haven Hartford Railroads suf fcred delays. All ferry travel was off schedule. Two steamers, the Pinners Point from Dundee anil the Cuban steamer t Hindu from Cuba, anchored at quar antine before midnight hut no attempt was made by the quarantine officials to hoard them. The floating ice driven by the gale was parked in on Saten Island shore, making navigation dan gerous. if not Impossible. The ship ping Is tied up completely. The trolley ears on the east shore of Staten Island are having great difficulty in keeping the tracks clear. As the wind is off shore wrecks w ill not be so liable to i occur on the Dong Island and New Jersey coasts as during the last gale. Many passenger liners are due. among them being the North German Lloyd steamer Kniserin Maria Theresa and Anchor liner Karamania. both from Mediterranean pof-ts. Atlantic trans port liner Manitou front London. An chor liner California and Italian liner Isi-la D1 Levanzo. both from Mediter ranean )>orts, and Red D Line steamer Philadelphia front Venezuela* and Porto Rico. The Anchor liner Kar mania was reported to hat** left Gib raltar days ago. Vll local trains on the New York Central and New Haven lines arrived at the Grand Central station at an average of an hour behind schedule time. No trains were reported stalled, but advices front all points between here and Albany showed that great difficulty was had in keeping the trucks clear. Tlic storm Btopped the work of reno vating the yacht Hohenzoliern and the I painters engaged in decorating the ves i sel were laid off. This is the first time, according to Lieut. Rebensberg. that the royal yacht decks have been covered with snow. While wintering at Kiel, the Hohenzoliern had a tent ROYAL BLUE LINtS Personally Conducted Tours to WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 28. $2S Coven All Expenses Except Supper- on Kail River I.tne. Five days in National Capital, visit to Philadelphia and New York, with stop-over privileges. Other dates. March 11 and 2s. April 11 and 25. May 'I.OHIO v Tour leaves Boston. Mon day, Keb. 1. SCI covers all expenses on going trip to Jacksonville, includ ing one day stop ftt Washington, Oood to return until May a. Also Tours to Old Point Comfort, Richmond, etc. For detuiled Information and Itin eraries apply to JOS. P. TAGGART, N. E. P. A.. 211 Washington St., Bos ton. febl2.li.lS.22 porary wooden shed covering 'ho up per part of the boat. DARE NOT VENTURE. Vessels Hang to Their Anchorages In side Delaware Breakwater. l.ewes, Del., Kelt. 1 *.—A heavy snow storm is mains’ here, seriously inier ferins with the eraft on Delaware bay. It is impossible to tell whether any vessels have passed in the capes since midnight, ns the eye cannot reach more thiin r.o yards from the shore. Of the vessels anchored in the breakwater not one has ventured to move since the severe snow storm began during the ■night. The steamship Xoordland, Liverpool for Philadelphia, which passed in the capes last night is supposed to be a'n chored in the bay above here. WORST OF WINTER. Connecticut Feels It Severely—Trains and Cars Delayed. New Haven. Conn.. Feb.1T.—The most severe snow storm of the winter, near ly approaching the proportions of a blizzard, began in Connecticut, early this morning. The weather bureau re ports it to be the edge of a disturbance which was central out at sea. At S o'clock the wind was.from the north, blowing tie miles an hour, Uailroad trains were delayed by the drifting snow and street cars stalled in many instances. A NORTHEAST GALE Sweeps Along Chatham—No Vessels Known to Be in Danger. Chatham, Mas*., Keb. 17.—A snow storm of blizzard-like proportions ac companied by n heavy northeast wind blowing at the rate of 70 miles an hour, has been prevailing off here since early morning. The barometer gives a very low reading, having fallen live degrees since midnight. No vessels are known to he in danger in the waters off this coast. Drifting Badly at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Fob. 17.—The heaviest snow storm of the season began here at midnight and stiil pret ailed at 9 o’clock this morning, with no indication of ceas ing. A high wind prevails and the snow has drifted badly, interfering with trolley and st- am railroad servh* Schenectady Snowed Under. Sc henectady, X. A'., Fab. 17.—Schen ectady is. today, experiencing the heav iest fall of snow it lias had this sea son. The storm began early this morn ing. and there is no sign of abatement. Landslides Near Seattle. Sc attic. Wash., Feb. 17.—The heavy rainfalls caused a number of slides on the railroad lines entering Seattle and trains generally are delayed several hours. NOT DISCOURAGED. Santos-Dumont Already at Work on Another Dirigible Airship. New York. Feb. 17.—M. Santos-Du rnont is already at work preparing his plans feer the rebuilding of his airship, wrecked on his last attempt to cross the Mediterranean, says a Journal dis patch from Monaco. Kfforts to grap ple his motor, the sinking of which was the most serious loss of the disastrous attempt, have all failed and he has or dered a nciv and more powerful one. That h- will ultimately cross the sea is regarded here as a certainty, for only his death with stop him. Though he was near to death from drbwning, ficcm being smothered in the silken folds of his collapsed balloon, and from being burned to death by the igniting of the oil he uses for fuel, his peril seems to have made the least possible Impression on him. MRS. DEWEY ILL. t _____ Admiral Cannot Leave Her tq Dine With Prince Henry. Palm Reach. Fla.. Feb. 17.—Admiral Dewey received the following dispatch from Washington, today: “Will you dine with me on Feb. 2S, at 7.20 P. M., t> have the honor to meet llis Royal Highness. Prince Henry of Prussia? (Signed) Holleben, Imperial Herman Ambassador." Admiral Dewey replied .as follows: “1 regret exceedingly not to accept invitation to dine and have the honor of again meeting His Royal Highness. Prince Henry of Prussia, but Mrs. Dew ey is too ill for me to leave her. (Signed) George- Dewey. Admiral of the Navy.” ANXIOUSLY WAITING. Miss Stone and Mme. Tsilka Have Not Yet Been Released. London. Feb. IS.—A dispatch to the Daily Graphic from Sezur, Kuropean Turkey, tinted Feb. 17, says M. Gargi „ulo, dragoman of the American lega tion at Constantinople, and W. W. Peet. tiensurer of the American mission at Constantinople, m.-t the brigands on the road to the Podrome Monastic and paid them the ransom money, Feb. 6. M. Gargioulo is waiting here, continues the correspondent, and Is ignorant as to where -Miss Stone, the captive Amer ican missionary, and her companion, Mme. T.-ilka, are concealed. ALL A MISTAKE. Supt Mclnnis of Bath Iren Works Not Not Going to Leave. Bath. Me., Feb. 17.—Supt. John Mr Innis of the Batli Iron Works, returned to his home, today, after a short trip out of town and denied the report that lie had been offered the superlnten denoy of the Xew Hampton' Roads Shipbuilding and Dry Dis k Co. Warren Nominated at Westbrook. Portland, Me., Feb. 17.—The Repub licans of Westbrook, tonight, nomi nated Jos. A. Warren for mayor. A self-supporting Community of con sumptives is established near Denver. Col., backed by Denver business men and 20 local physicians. The membe rs of this community live in ten is. and engage in light remunerative occupation which keeps the enterprise going and provides healthful employment for the afflicted. .j 57th CONGRESS. (Continued from page 1.) lnanent Census officer. The discussion related principally to the collection and publication by the burequ of census of statistics respecting the production of cotton. Allison vigorously apposed the provision, maintaining that the cotton statistics gathered by the department i>f agriculture was complete and ao curat and that no necessity existed tor their duplication. Despite his op position. the provision was inserted in the bill. Several other bills of importance on the calendar were passed, among them being the one to promote the efficiency oi the revenue cutter service and au thorizing the secretary of the navy to give to Harvard T’niversity certain colors, silver cup and a Nordenfeldt gun; to provide for the extension of the charters of national hanks, Aldrich, chairman of the finance committee, ex plaining that the measures extended no new privilege}! national banks hut simply enabled those whose char ters were about to expire to renew them: authorizing the commissioner of internal revenue to return bank checks, drafts, certificates of deposit and or ders for the payment of money having imprinted stamps thereon to owners thereof; to place Henry Hiederby, .1. It. j Frederick, Francis Long and Maurice 'ontn-11. survivors of the Lndy Frank j lin Hay expedition, on the retired list of the army. The Senate, at 4.45, went into execu tive session and at 4.50 adjourned. HOBSON'S RETIREMENT. President Recommends on Account In* firmities and Gallant Service. Washington. Fell. 17.—The President, I today, sent to iho Senate a message recommending the retirement of Napa! j Constructor Kichmond 1*. Hobson, ai^l in accordance with this recommends* tior> Senator Gallinger Immediately in troduced a bill providing 1‘or Hobson’s transfer to the retired list. In his mes sage the President gives as his reason that Mr. Hobson has had since 1900 trouble with his eyes and the history of that trouble. It appears that in June, 1000, he was admitted to the naval hospital at Yoko hama, Japan, when, according to the records, he suffered from weakness of the eyes and retinitis, which infirmities, it was stated, had been contracted while on duty in repairing ships at Hong Kong. In January, 1902, he was examined by a retiring board, which declared that his incapacity was such as to justify retirement. The message concludes as follows: "In consideration of the foregoing, but especially of the gallant service ren dered by Mr. Hobson in the sinking of the Merrimack in the harbor at San tiago, tluring the recent war with Spain, 1 recommend the enactment of a suitable measure for his retirement.” SOUTHERN ELECTIONS. Republicans Will Ask Investigation of Alleged Disfranchised Voters. Washington, Fel>. IT.—The Republi can members of the House of Represen tatives held a third caucus, tonight, to consider the question of Southern elec tions. Only 86 Republicans out of a total of l!«t were present. This was short of a quorum. But the meeting proceeded with speedy and definite re sults. a resolution being adopted ask ing the House committee on rules to report a resolution for a special inves tigating committee to consider ques tions relating to the disfranchisement of voters. MAINE POSTAL CHANGES. Washington, Fob. 17.—The following fourth-class postmaster was appointed in Maine, today: West Schools, G. E. Lawrence. The following rural free delivery ser vice in Maine is announced: Coflnna, Penobscot Go. (Ttt. 1). One carrier: length of route, 23% miles; area covered. 21 square miles: popula tion served, 567. Gen. Miles Callls on President. Washington. Feb. 17.—Lieut. Gen. Miles of the army, called at the White House, today, and had a long confer ence with the President. Capital Notes. The Senate in executive session. Mon day. ratified a treaty between the l/nited States and Great Brithln extending for r. months from July 28. 11*01. the time within which British colonies or foreign posscs I sinus may give tlu ir adhesion to the con vention sign'd March 2. 1*:*.*. for lb-’1 j tenure and disposition of real and per sonal property. The minority report on the Pacific oa hi, hill filed. Monday, dissents troin the view that the government should build die cable, and states that a private con cern, the Commercial Pacific Cable Co., has already contracted for a cable t> Hawaii to be completed by November next, intending to extend the lira, t•• the Philippines within two tears after. The urgent deficiency apptopriati tn bill, carrying nil appropriation >o‘ over Ivih.hfW for Maine claims to interest paid on Civil War bonds, has been signed bv President Roosevelt and is now a law. The credit for that provision remaining in the law is due to Senator llale. While the claim was it good one. had it not been for his good management it would have failed. The claim was in Senator Hale’s hands front the beginning. lie went to the treasury department w-itn j Gen. John Cotton and \V. F. White. tlie attorneys, and had the claim audited and sent in to the Senate. There Mr. Hale had Hie Item inserted In the urgoii/ deficiency hill and persuaded "I’ikT- Joe cannon to retain it in the bill. This last feat was tie most difficult of ail. The Wrecked Grecian It Abandoned. ilalifax, X. S.. Fob. 17.-Tin- crow of the wrecked steamer Grecian abandoned her, today, and she is now in the hands of the wrecking salvers. Excepting the captain and a couple of the officers, the crew left, tonight, for England. A heavy set is set ting in and may break up the hull of tit Grecian. Soldier* from the Philippines. Sun Francisco, Feb. 17.—The Vnited Slates transport Meade arrived, today, 32 days from Manila. With 1JH0 soldier* whose terms of service have explr>-l. Four deaths occurred during the voyage. Groton’s Sick Boy* Doing Well. Groton, Mass.. Feb. 17.—The evening re port Indicated no change in the condition of the three sk*k lK>ys. One of the physi cians said that none of the boys would lie removed before next week. Distinguished Yatchsmen. New York. Feb. 17.-T}v Atlantic Yacht Club, tonight, elected Emperor William of Germany, and Prince Henry of Prus sia, to membership in the club. V sr TWO SAFES BLOWN (Continued from page t.) helper or mechanic and the third a watchman. At about 2.20 this morning, the watchman, Edward Winn, was making his rounds and was approaching tho office when he was seized around the net'k from behind by a man. While he was firmly held in this position an other man pinioned his arms, brought them down behind him and tied them. Then a gag was forced into It is mouth, previous utterance being prevented by the pressure upon his throat. The other two men employed by the company, be ing in different parts of the establish ment. knew nothing of what was go ing on. Winn, threatened with death at the muzzle of revolvers, was forced into the office, where he found himself in the presence of five men. >ne was left to guard hint. The others began to work on the safe. After boring a hole in the door they Inserted atf explosive. When all was ready they dragged the watchman out of the room ami it mo ment later the charge in the safe door was exploded. Then all the men went back into the office, taking the watch man with them. Immediately they be gan work on the second door and In a short time that was ready for an ex plosion. Again the watchman was pulled out of the office and the dis charge followed. As he was kept without the door the watchman heard the rattle of silver coins and knew that the robbers had secured money. A few moments later the men were ready to leave, and di recting one of the number to "bring np ihe team” the others paused by the captive watchman. Just then the ma chinist, who had heard the sound of the explosion, came running up, but his advance was cheeked by the sight of levelled revolvers and a remark from one of the rnen, "Now go back and don’t be foolish.” Then the sound of wheels was heard and one of the four robbers said: “Come on, hurry up, let’s get out.” They climbed into the team and drove rapidly away. Immediately Watchman Winn began a violent struggle to free himself and he suceeeded just as the machinist, who had been driven back by the robbers, appeared on the scene. The story was quiekiy told and while one man went to alarm the police the other sounded an alarm on the whistle of the railway company which called together a gang of employes. Mean while the superintendent, who lives not far from the barn and who had been awakened by the sound of explosions, arrived and systematic search for the robbers was begun. The police ns soon .as possible sent tin alarm into adjoin ing towns. The robbers were seen going through Florence, going In the direction of Williamsburg. From the systematic and daring way in which the work was conducted, as well as the celerity with which the men operated, it is believed they were professionals. The Belgian railway authorities are •iesirious of minimizing the effect which the ear-splitting screech of the loco motive produces upon the nervous sys tems of passengers. The engines are to be furnished with whistles producing two tones and soiter in effect than the I ordinary signal, the former to be used in railway stations or when the train is passing platforms crowded with pas sengers. EXTRAORDINARY MERIT Of a New Catarrh Cure. Physicians are slow to take up new untried remedies, until their value has been established by actual experi ment. and they are naturally skepti cal of the many new preparations con stantly appearing and for which ex travagant claims are made. The most liberal and enlightened physicians are always ready, however, to make a fair trial of any new speci fic and get at its true medical value. A new preparation for the cure of catarrh has attracted much attention in the past few months and has met with great favor from the medical profession not only because It Is re markO-biy successful in the cure of catarrh, liuf also because it is not a secret patent medicine: anyone using It knows Just what he Is taking into his system. It is composed of blood root which acts on the blood and mucous mem brane, hydrastin for same purpose to dear the mucus from the head and throat, and red gum of eucalyptus tree to destroy catarrhal germs in the blood. All of these antiseptic remedies arc combined in the form of a pleasant tasting tablet or lozenge, and are sold by druggists under the name of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, and many recent tests In chronic catarrh cases have established its merit beyond question. I>r. Sehring states that he has dis carded inhalers, sprays and washes and depends entirely upon Stuart's Tablets in treating nasal catarrh. He says: "l have had patients who had lost the sense of smell entirely, and whose hearing was also impair d from nasal oatarrh, recover completely af ter a few weeks use of Stuart's Ca tarrh Tablets. I have been equally successful with ilv remedy in catarrh of the throat and catarrh of stomach. I can only explain it on the principle that catarrh is a constitutional dis ease, and (hat the antiseptic properties ill these tablets drive the catarrhal poison completely out of the system. Dr. Odell says, I have eured many eases of calaVlh of stomach in past four months by the use of Stuart’s tarrh Tablets alone without the use of any other remedy and without diet ing. The'tablets are es|>e.'|alty useful in nasal catarrh and catarrh of the throat, clearing the membranes and overcoming the continual hawking, coughing and exj>eotnrating, so dis gusting and annoying to catarrh suf ferers. i H-20-22. BREATHE! not get quick relief. Suck colI." tie bs.o't any. Be rur* you yet Adaroaon’a Balaam, made by t. W. tain-iuau e sinking. Seven men and women coasting at Cleveland. Sunday night, lost control of tlieir sled and struck a stone abut ment of a bridge at the bottom. All received injuries and Patrick Fallon’s «krll was fractured. He may die. Hon. Kdward A. Isham of Illinois, died at New York. Sunday night, of heart disease. He had been for many years a member of Lincoln, Isham Beale of Chicago, lawyers, the senior member of which is the son of Abra ham T.’naoln. Ilefore the superior court at Man chester, N. II., Monday, Charles H. Hawkins of Nashua, was arraigned for the murder of Mrs. Kva L. llrooks. lie pi. aded not guilty and his trial was assigned for March 21. The court us signed HamblcU .t Spring and Hoyle A- Lucier of Nashua, for the defence. Frank C. Andrews, ex-police com missioner, was arraigned. Monday, in I the police court at Detroit, on a war ra r charging him with having mis applied funds of the wrecked City Sav ings Bank to the amount of J200.000 and upwards, while he was president I if that institution. His bond W'as fixed I at tlil,000, with two sureties. The strikers at Trieste, Austria Hungary. resumed work, Monday, their demands having been conceded as an nounced, Saturday. As told in a dis patch to The Associated Press from Trieste. Feb. 13, 5000 laborers employ mi on tlie docks there struck work that day in sympathy with the strike of the firemen employed by the Austrian Lloyd Steamship Co. Henry C. McEldowney, president of tin- I'nion Trust Co. of Pittsburg. Pa., his wife and three children, were res cued from their burning home sit Homewood avenue and Wightman street, at an early hour Monday, by neighbors with ladders. Their hand some residence into which they moved a few weeks afro was totally destroyed. Loss nearly, S20,000; insurance, about $20,000. Brig. (Jen. William IL Copper, com mander of th-- 2d Brigade, National Guard ol New Jersey, died suddenly, Monday, of apoplexy in his office at Camden. He was superintendent of the lighterage department of the Pennsylvania road in that city, and was apparently in 'his usual health when he reached his office. Gen. Cop per was born in Bristol. Pa., in 1844, and was a veteran of the Civil War. A mob overpowered the jailer and took a negro, Isiuit- Wright, a. short distance from New Madrid. Mo., Sun day night, and hanged him. Some ne gro minstrels gave an entertainment there. Saturday night. An altercation between the musicians and the audi ence arose, and the whites made an onslaught upon the company. One of the negroes on the stage began to shoot but no one was seriously hurt. He was arrested and lynched. The boycott on the Independent Car penters’ Union at Lynn, by Union 88S, Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners or America, and the Lynn Central La bor Union, went into effect. Monday, with no serious results. There ha* been no trouble or rioting:, as the light is confined to employers of carpenters only. The result will probably be that nil carpenters in Lynn will have to be come members of the brotherhood. When the -charges against the men accus'd ot participation In the robberies of the Bank of Liverpool, which was announced, Nov. 22 last, which was victimized to the extent of about £170, 000 by a trusted bookkeeper. Thomas 1*. Ooudie, were brought up for a hearing at the Old Bailey, London, Monday. Ooudie pleaded guilty and “Dick Bulge," the pugilist. F. T. Kelley, a bookmaker, and Stiles, another book maker, who are charged with complic ity in the frauds, pleaded not guilty. Guarded by a red lantern, two police inpen«d early Tuesday. The reported formation of a $900,000,* >fHi corporation to build abattoirs to handle meat products and by-products s not seriously considered by Chicago packers. The men back of the com pany, it is said, are not known in Chi cago and the stock yards men there are represented as at a loss to under stand why a corporation of such pro portions should be formed in South TCiKota. F. Swift is cpioted by the Tribune as saying: "I never heard of the company and do not believe ahy one else here has information on the -object." "It is news to me." said Ed ward Morris of the Nelson Morris Co. “I doubt the authenticity of the te |)ort.” Michael Cudahy also desled knowledge of the concern.

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Imiiv ntnncbcc Journal ABOUT 2000 DEAD. Thirty-four Villages Wrecked hy the Earthquake. Four Thousands Houses Destroyed— A Volcano Becomes Active. Tent* and Supplies Being Sent to the Devastated Section. Baku. Trans-Causacia, Feb. 17.—De tails which are slowly reaching Baku from Shamaka. about. 70. miles from here, show that 2000 persons, mostly women and children, perished as a re sult of the earthquake there, last w-eek, and that 4000 houses were destroyed. Thirty-four villages of the country sur rounding Shamaka also suffered. To add to the terrors of the neighbor hood e volcano near the village of Mar cay, eastward of Shamaka, has broken out into active eruption. A great crev ice has appeared, from which Immense names and streams of lava are being thrown out. The course of the river Greenehaika, has been altered in consequence of its bed being dammed with earth which had been dislodged by the earthquake. Battalions of guards and detachments of sappers with tents have been dis patched to Shajnaka to aid in the work of rescue. The Ked Cross Society is active in alleviating distress. AFTER 30 YEARS. Somewhat Doubtful Clue to Fate of Steamer City of Boston. Halifax. N. Feb. 17,-After 32 years, the newspapers of the province are making public what Is believed to be information concerning the lost In mart Fine steamer City of Boston. The steamship which sailed from Halifax for Liverpool. Feb. 2, 1870, with u large number of passengers, never reached port an 1 it was believed by many that she sttuck an iceberg and foundered while others held tlte theory that she encountered the full force of a storm which sprang up the .Jay she sailed and foundered. til these years it had Iteen generally supposed that the City of Boston had never been sighted by any vessel after leaving Halifax on that day. The North Sydney Herald now states that there is reason to believe that the steamer was seen during the storm well .,ff the Cape Breton coast and was not lost by striking an iceberg as many thought. The Herald says: "The latt Thomas Hackett of this tow n, was on a voyage in a schooner from St. Johns. N. F.. to this port and in the storm mentioned passed a steamer in distress. The steamer was firing rockets. Captain Hnckett could render no assistance, as his vessel had all she could do to live in this fearful storm. The crew of the schooner watched tin- distressed steam er until all the lights disappeared and nil on board concluded that the steamer went down. Captain Hackett believed that this steamer was the ill-fated City of Boston. “Taking the date she steamed out of Halifax, she should have been in the vicinity of the distressed steamer at the time the schooner passed. There wer" tio newspapers published in Cape Bteton at that time, which accounts for the schooner’s report not bring made public. The late Captain Hackett war a reserved man and talked very little about his experiences at sea." SHE HAS A FORTUNE. Good Luck of a Plucky Woman in Klondike Region. Toledo. Ohio. Feb. 17.—Mrs. Charles Purdy has returned to Toledo from the Klondike with a fortune During her four years’ residence in the Klondike, besides keeping a boarding house and hotel, she bought and sold claims ag gregating millions of dollars, and when she finally picked up stakes and came away it was with over $1.000,o00 in gold dust. Mrs. Purdy and her husband started West nearly 10 years ago. It is said thlt at Vancouver they disagreed about going farther, the husband returning to Tno.ormu wher he is now said to be a motormnn for a street car company. Mrs.' Purdy went on to Alaska and from all accounts prospered Besides looking after her business In terests. she ran a hospital, where hun dreds of destitute miners were entered free of cost. One of her first lucky strikes was a third interest in a claim which she bought for a few hundred dollars and when she sold out iglit months later her net profit was $200, ooo. She still has large interests in the Klondike and holds a partnership interest in half a dozen well paying mines. Count Tolstoi Is Recovering. Yalta. Crimea. Feb. 17.—The absorption •»f the pneumonia continues slowly in tin* ase of Tolstoi, whose pulse and genera, condition are now favorable. Io anis Luhey. *n Laurel lli.l ‘florist, who was buried at Nr. Salvator 1*. Lahey, a Man hattan physician The oofftn was the largest ever made in Williamsburg. Its length was 7 feet. width. 22 inches and depth Inches. Three-Inch screws kept it braced together on the inside t«» prevent the bottom from falling nut. Th. combined weight of the coffin and the bod> w as almost IfW pounds. Mr. Wheeler Got Rid of Hit Rheuma tism. "During the winter of 189S I was so Htqe In my Joints, in fact all over ray body, that I could hardly hobble around, when I bought a bottle of c'fismberlaln’s Pain Balm. From the fifdt application 1 began to get well and was cured and have worked steadily all the year. R. Wheeler, Nofthwood, N. Y.” For sale by Joha Coughlin, 177 Water street; J. c. Holflottan. Gardiner. WHAT YOUR MIRROR TELLS. It Will Tell a Different Story if You Will Use Dr. Greene’s Nervura. Your mirror trill toll you the bitter truth. Healthy women look younger than their age, but you look far too old for your years. 1 ho hand of time deals lightly with woman, but the wasting hand of disease spares neither her youth ful looks, beauty, nor complexion. It is the vandal hand of disease which robs her of her beauty, yellows and muddies her complexion, lines her face, pales cheek End lip, dulls the brilliancy of her eye, which it disfigures with dark circles, atrincr her before her time. Good health means youthful good looks to every woman; and it behooves women to restore and maintain their health by tak'ng that greatest and best of all health restoratives, Dr. Greene’s Nervura blood and nerve remedy. It will build up the health, cleanse and purify the com plexion, rest —e brilliancy to the eye, make rich, red blood and strong, steady, and vigorous nerves. Dr. Greene’s Kervura will make you look and feel young and restore your energies, vivacity, and enjoyment of life. Especially should you take this great re storative and invigorant now. for everybody needs a spring remedy, and this is the ideal spring medi cine. Mrs. Elizabeth D. Berry. Hampton, N. H., one of the most skilful nurses In this country, says: through trouble and over work,” she writes, I grew fear fully nervous, weak, dizzy, faint, and exhausted from "nervoui prostration, until I became entirely helpless. Thanks to Dr. Greene s Nervura blood and nerve remedy, I am now so well and strong that every one who see* me i mjy. urccnc s tum* ban done for me, and to recommend all women to us© this wonderful medicine. I anj a nurse, and when nursing my sister I gave her this wonderful medicine She a&fS sue lias never felt better than sine© using it. 1 gave it also to a lady suffering from great nervous f.r-wtration, who could not get help from three physicians. She Is now well, strong, and fle-hy, and says she should hure been in her grave if it had not been for Dr. Greenes I«er vura blood and nerve remedy. 1 have recommended it to many others with the same wonderful success, and i would especially say that if women between this ages of 40 and 80 years would take it there would not be so many die when they come to the change that take* place. 1 h"ar this wonderful medicine named and blessed everywhere, and I am glad to aid my testimony to Its great value, and truly call it a savior of us women.'* Women have absolute confidence in Dr. Greene's Nervura, more so than in any other remedy, because a famous regular physician prepares it, which is a guarantee that it is perfectly adapted to cure. As an additional assurance of cure. Dr. Greene. 34 Temple Place, Boston. Mass., gives you the privilege of consulting him without charge, either by culling or writing about yohr case. STATE NEWS. KENNEBEC. CHELSEA. Rev. Mr. Russell preached a very in teresting sermon at the chapel. Sun day, lo a good sized congregation. Miss Hattie Farnham is visiting: her lather in Augusta. Mrs. M. .1. Collins, who has been in f illing health for sometime, is now orr. Several of tlie men who have lieen working on the ice have arrived home. At the 35th annual encampment of the A. R. held in Augusta, last week. Winslow S. oakman, one of our citizens Vas honored by tin election to tlie position of junior vice commander of the department of Maine, which was gratifying to his many friends and comrades in town. He is a past commander of Cutter Post. No. IS of Togus. His service in the war was with the 2nd, 5th and 32nd Massachu setts regiments, serving in all four years and eight months, thirteen months of the time being a prisoner in Andersonville. He has held numer ous positions of trust in the Home at Togus among which was that of com missary sergeant for ten years, and the department of Maine has made no mistake in electing him to the position which he will fill with honor to him self and to the G. A. R. Miss Little of Anburndale. Mass., was tlie guest of John LeBrocq at Mrs. L. A. McKays, last week. Mrs. Emma Farnham and Miss Alice Farnham of Augusta, called on friends in town, Thursday. NORTH WAYNE. Mr. and Mrs. John Roderick of Waterville, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Lovejoy. Mr. and Mrs. Roderick were former residents of this plate. George Ladd, who has'been confined to the house for some time with a se vere throat trouble, is able to be out. Herbert Maxim, who has been in poor health for some time, is im proving. I)r. Parker of Wlnthrop. at tends him. Charles Kittridge and Herbert Day have moved their families to Readlield where they have work in the woods for the rest of the winter. T. G. Jennings, who lias been con fined to the house since Friday with a severe cold on his lungs, is improving. Miss Carrie Murch. who lias been visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. David Murch in Winthrop. lias re turned to her work with Mrs. Sarah Tibbitts. K. T5. Smith and son. who have the job of teaming for the North Wayne Tool Co., are improving the tine trav eling. having several teams on the road beside their own. C. K. Smith with one pair of six foot cattle hauled from Winthrop last Thursday a grind stone which weighed forty hundred. While waiting for their turn on the scales the cattle were peaceably chewing their cuds. Mr. A. Iajthrop lias purchased a dog power for separating cream and churning the butter. LITCHFIELD CORNER. The meetings at the church during the past week have been well attended, the attendance steadily increasing to the last. The sermons of Rev. Mr. Struthers have been very interesting. The remarks of the pastor, Rev. E. A. Harlow, were very earnest, and there is much religious interest in the com munity. Chapin Ldyston returned, Saturday, from his vacation trip to Boston, after a week's absence. Robert Niles and Mrs. Addle Baker 1 have returned homi1 from Mwsachu sells. The Philomathean Society had a “town meeting" at tint- academy. Tues day evening. The students enjoyed it very much. Co-education is the sub ject to be discussed at the next society I meeting. Mr. Packard. Keuel Jackson. Warren True and Harold Godfrey went to Lew iston. Friday, to attend the debate be tween Harvard and Bates. Mrs. Ada Purinton has been in town, the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Stewart at tended the meetings of the G. A. It. and \V. It. C. at Augusta last week. EAST PITTSTON. Mrs. Elizabeth Cheney is visiting her daughter, Mrs. I'. M. Little. Workmen have been busy the past week repairing the belfry of the Meth odist church. The funeral ol Mrs. Joseph Springer, a former resident of this village, who died, Thursday, after a long illness, was held from her late home in .Randolph, Sunday afternoon. Miss Myra Hewey who has been spending a short time with friends in Watervllle, returned Saturday. Miss Ella Emerson who twts injured recently by a fall is able to be out again. Ti«v. L. L. Harris left Monday for Wiseasset to attend the Ministerial Association of Rockland district at which he is one of the speakers. Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Sullivan were in town for a short time. Sunday. A temperance lecture was given, Sun day evening, at the Methodist church by Frank Gowan of ‘Waterville, which was listened to by a large audience. Mr. Gowan came in the interests of the I. O. G. T and an effort will be made to revive ihe lodge here. WINDSOR. Rev. and Mrs. W. Lowell, are at j lending the Ministerial association at Wiseasset, this week. I Mr. and Mrs. Weston Lewis of Au gusta, visited relatives in town. Sat urday. Mr. and Mrs. Kdwin Bullock recently visited Mr. Bullock’s mother, Mrs. John Rich at Mam hester. Thomas Henry has been confined to the house with a bad cold for 10 days. B. it Moody and Robert Given are actively engaged in marketing cord wood in Gardiner. Mrs. Edwin Cooper and children spent Sunday with relatives in Gardi ner. NORTH MONMOUTH. Jesse D. Donnell died Sunday morn ing about fi o’clock, aged 83 years. 10 months. 27 days. He is survived by a widow, two sons, Edwin L. and Alrron B. of Monmouth, and a daughter. Mrs. Ella F. King of South Paris. Me. Mr. Donnell had been in failing health for two or three years*. Ho was born in Lisbon and moved tj trotting done on the iraek being i|„. bridge. Deputy Sheriff Rawlins met with an accident while out driving recentl., d. Ilf considerable damage t« ids sleigh’. Howard Hunt is hauling considerable sawed liimlj. r from Randolph In hi home in tliis neighborhood. Last Saturday Brown’s hill was hel-I uv girls and boys casting nearly all day. The double runner owned b> Harry Derry figured conspicuously on this pleasant oc casion. Daniel Derry hauled some lieavv maple log* 10 Moultons' mill. Saturday.' He In tends to thoroughly repair the’ old cider press on the laie George Cr .wri s estate which he has purchased. This .vil! be a great convenience to farmers in this lo cality as many of them have quite large orchards. The mill will undoubtedly be ready for business next season. Walter Powers has been at work on the ice at the down-river houses. The Ice is nearly housed in many places and work will soon be done. CHURCH HILL. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Gilbert of Vas salboro, wore at Amos Cunningham s, Tuesday. Chas. Sturgis lias purchased a v.ood lot of Jacob Stevens. I. It. Spaulding of Detroit, lias been vis iting Ids brother. A. B. Spaulding. Mrs. Edith Haliowell was on the Ilil1 Tuesday. Miss Sherman of Bangor, is visiting Mrs. Cora Casey. Miss Mary Smith is enjoying a vaca tion. J. II. and Luther Church have sold a wood lot to l». E. Foster. The friends and relatives of the lqte Mrs. Rachel Haliowell. gathered ai the residence to listen to prayer by Rev. Mr. Clark of Windsor, after which the re mains were taken to Windsor. The be reaved husband, who feels keenly the los of his faithful companion for M years, has the sympathy of the community. FARMINGDALE. Schools in town closed. Friday. Frank Marshall has a situation at the Hallowell foundry. Mrs. Burnham is making repairs on what is known as the Chase House. Ernest Whitney of Chicago, is visiting his mother on Grant street. Mr. Whit ney has not been home before for about 15 years. Mrs Turner and the Misses Kimball of Augusta, called on Mrs. Oscar McCaus land, Sunday. ■people in town are putting up i rood deal of Ice for private use and of a very tine grade. Mrs. Burnham has'a new horse. Mr. and Mrs. Beedy have a tine baby, born Feb. l'i. SOUTH VASSALBORO. Mrs. J. I*. Twitched, Jirs. I>. C. liice and -\ir. Fr- d Andrew's spent Saturday in Augusta. Miss-s F. Belle Taylor and Rose Lam son attended Pomona Grange at East Yassatboro, Wednesday. Mr. H. G. Dickey is building an ice house. All regret the departure of Mrs. Lizzie Moody, a former resident of this place, who lias moved to llallorwell. Miss l.ura Webber entertained her friends at the home of her sister. Mrs. E. it. Ramson. Saturday evening, the oc casion being tier £M birthday. Refresh ments were served. EAST WINTHROP. Capt. Greene of Rockland, visited his uncle. N. Greene, Thursday. Willie Uphatn of Farmington. Is visiting friends here. Friends of Mrs. A. E. Brainard who is ai the hospital at Cortland, will lie glad to know she is improving. Harvey Rowell of Wayne, visited at G. A. Wadsworth s, Tuesday. CROSS HILL. Hon. E. II. Cook of North Vassalboro. was in this place. Friday afternoon. Bram Webster of Vassalboro, are hauling pressed hay from [he Packard place on iho Bolton Hill road, to assai boro depot, for O. J. Hussey. J. M. Cross of the Kennebec Journal, was a business caller here. Saturday. John Briggs and George Bussell are hauling logs to Foster's mill on the pond road. Will and Frank Tobey, El wood Jones and Al Brown were hauling wood for George Perkins, Saturday. LINCOLN. t SOUTH JEFFERSON. Rev. George E. Boynton has been en gaged to supply the Baptist pulpit for the ensuing year. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Moody of Noble boro. spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Dodge. Lewis Ruggles returned for the spring term of High school at China, Monday. Eugene Ford of Everett, Mass., was In the place for a. few days, last week. Rev. G. H. I .owls of Bunker Hill, will supply the Free Baptist pulpit nf xt Sabbath. Eugene Cunningham and mother visited relatives in Bath, last week. W E. Overlook of Razorvllle, visited l about them, as I had no confidence in advertised rem edies, but my sister living in Pittsburg wrote me last spring telling ma how Stuart's Tablets had cured her and her little daughter of indigestion and loss of jar.petlte. and I hesitated no longer. 1 j bought a fifty cent box at my drug j store and took two of the large tablets i alter each meal and found them de lightful to take, being as pleasant to the taste as caramel candy. Whenever I during the day or night 1 felt any pain •or uneasiness in the stomach or about the heart I took one of the small tablets and in three weeks it scented to me as if 1 had never known what stomach trouble was. I keep Stuart's Dyspepsia i ablets in the house and every mem ber of our family us s them occasional ly after a hearty meal or when any of us have a pain or ache in the digestive organs.” Mr. K. H. Davis nf Hampton, Ya„ says: I doctored five years for dys pepsia, but in two months I got more nefit from Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tab lets than in .five years of the doctor's treatment." Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets contain no opiates, cocaine or any narcotic, ca thartic or other injurious drugs, simply tin- natural peptones atid digestives which every weak stomach lacks. Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets can he bought at any drug store for 50 cents a box. The F. A, Stuart Co.. Marshall. Mich., publish a book about dyspepsia which they will send you, free and pre raid. If you will write and request it. A postal card will bring it. Write today. Malay. who lives just out of the village, was held at her home, Wednesday even ing. A good time Is reported. SOMERSET. FAIRFIELD CENTRE. Very ‘beautiful special services were held in the Methodist church, Sunday afternoon, Feb; 1(1, the occasion being the presentation of a now pulpit set to the society, by Mrs. Win. Gifford of, Farmington, formerly of this town. The presentation was'made by Mrs. J. i A. Jones. Mrs. Gifford not being able j to be present. Mrs. Jones' words wore very appropriate and contained a ten- derness niid beauty that only come* j with words from a true and noble j heart. The sa> redness of the occasion was very plainly felt. The presentation i was followed by a very interesting ad- i dress from the pastor. Rev. G. R. Fainter, and n very touching solo by Mrs. Alton Richardson. MERCER. Lyman Dennison, who has for some time been working in Sidney, has re turned to Mercer. George Gray thinks of having a tele- j phone placed in his house in the spring. I There are now 21 instruments in town. K. T. Match was In Skowhegan, Fri day, and in Wilton, Saturday. Mrs. Phoebe Quimby. who has been working in Xorridgewock, has returned home. There was a chopping and hauling j bee. given for" K. T. Hatch. Thursday, j Sixteen participated in It and about 15 cords of wood were hauled. G. s. Morse was in Starks, last week, i taking orders for wall paper. Di lmont Bunker has moved his hay press home. It was anchored in Starks for several weeks on account of the rtaveiing. WALDO. NORTH PALERMO. The Ladies Sewing Circle met. Friday evening, at Hattie Chadwick's. The amount received for suppers amounted to $3. C. E. Carr, H. R. Carr, Thomas Rowe and Frank Wood cut and hauled a sup ply of ice. last week, from the Trout ponci. Fred Jordan recently crushed his1 foot bv a heavy log rolling onto him v.-hl'e at work in the woods. Hobert Hanson purchased two hoifere la:: week, of W. A. Nelson. There was a children's concert, Sun day evening, at the Baptist church. Frank Nutter of Camden, came to Fa. lermo recently after his father. Chris topher Nutter, who will spend a few weeks visiting his children in Camden. SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES. Prof. W. A. W»ii«z of Bat f; College, has been invitee! to deliver a lecture on c riminology be fore the soelrdogh a! de partment of ll.urinl rniverslty at an early date. Robert .1. Stewart, a paper maker at the plant of I Ik* Pastern Mfff. Co. at Brewer, sustained painful injuries to one hand, Sunday night, while at work hi the- mill. The member was caught in a heater ami th«* flesh out and bruised. He was* attend ed by Dr. J. Dethieeq. The Italian bark Adele. which wen*, ashore and filled at Seal island. Friday af ternoon, was Lowed to Jtockiand Sunday. It will be necessary to ulsehargtf her car go of a hooks before the extensive repairs which at*- required can he mad*-. Thu damage t.» enrgo and Vessel will not be less than $lrt,cn*>, it is estimated. While no eases of smallpox have ap peared at Cape Porpoise, live houses have been quarantined, the occupant* having been exposed. The Vessel that is said to have* brought a case there from Bostoh is quarantined at the wharf and the board of health has forbidden till public gatherings for the next two weeks. The body of f*-year-old Rowland Murch, who was drowned in the Stillwater river, lust Friday, just above Rngel's mill, was recovered, Sunday, by Fred Mudgett just abov the railroad bridge. The large crew of men and boys engaged in the search was unsuccessful up to Sunday noon, when the body was recovered In a few f*-«'t **f water in an eddy about 80 reel from the dam. By the accidental overturning f a kero- j sene lamp. Saturday evening, tin- cloth ing of Mr*, (’haties B. Brown of 53 Court i street; Bangor, was ignlr.-.] and she h»*r- j self was painfully harm-d. But f*ir the I prompt action of her husband in *-xtin guishing tliF Haines by wrapping lier in a rug she would undoubtedly have i»een burned to death. Mrs. Brown’s burns, while painful in the extTeme. arc not Re garded as dangerous. The Fnited States navy recruiting par ty has returned to Portland after a mouth passed In the eastern part of the Slat* Tfds party has met with fairly g..»»d suc cess. They will pass three days here be fore leaving Maine and tin ofllc* will h oi»en. this morning, at the Naval Re serves armory at the foot of Portland pier. Men in Maine at this time of year are very scarce and th** bureau of naviga tion could not have selected a worse time to find recruits for the naval gcrvicf.— Porttand Press. Members of The Catholic church in Dex ter contemplate the building of a new church-, the building of the same to be eortfcictioed either ihi* next Hummer or onc^var front th:ir time. Arrangements marie.- rc*ojBntly whereby arranKr.* nieiUB were inad«» bt lwt^n Father lloull lun and Air. French so that the format pxchanjrcrl the* lions*1 which he occupied for the land and house situated on ih. corner of Free and High street and own ed by Mr. French. On this land the new edifice will be built. The Lakeside Telegraph A- Telephone J o. has recently been granted a franchls by the city of Last port to erect and oper ate a line in that city and in ilm spring the work of building through from Cal ais is contemplated. If the town of T.u hec grants the franchise asked for ih I-akeslde line will b. continued from Lastport to licit place at an early date From Itanforth. which is tile present, terminus of the Lakeside system, the line will be extended to lloulton (luring til approaching summer. Tho four-masted steel ship Atlas, built by Arthur Bewail Co. of Hath, for the Standard Oil Co. or New York. left. Sun day. for New York In tow of the tugs Triton and Ice King. She carried a cargo of (WO tons of sand for ballast, which >h" will discharge in New York and take on a cargo of case oil for the Orient, al though site has not been chartered for any port In particular at present. She will be commanded by Capt. A. V. Me Kite of Digby, N. 8.. formerly of the steel ship Helen Brewer, and will carry a crew of 36. Irving Wilson Nutter, manager of the Bowdoin College Football Association, announced. Monday, that John C. O'Con nor, Dartmouth, 1902. has been engaged to coach the football team this coming season. Mr. O'Connor was tho captain of the Dartmouth team, last fall, ahd'hds played oh It' for four years. He has re eeived flattering offers to eoaoh the teams of other colleges but decided to sdeept the offer of Manager Nutter. Last season he played left end on the Dartmouth team, which position he played during the four years he was ou the team. He litled for college at Haverhill, Moss.. High school, and In 1X97 was captain of the High school football team. He Is 2t years old and weighs lSX pounds. It Is stated l>y steamboat meti that Cal vin Austin of Boston, and James B. Drake of Bath, who have been elected vice presidents of Charles W. Morse's big Kastern Steamboat Co., will be the ac tive managers of Mr. Aus tin has bi-eii manager of the Boston ft Bangor line, having been very success ful. It is said that thts line was the most profitable of any of the four lines which will t»- consolidated Into the single company, having netted more than 61W, oto. last vear. The reported plan Is to make Mr. Austin the direct manager of what Is now tho Bangor ft Boston and In ternational lines, while Mr. Drake will take the Kennebec Steamboat Co., of which lie Is now manager, and the Port land line, continuing to have his head quarters in Bath. The consolidation is not perfected vet. bat It will be os soon as possible and in time for the spring business. Ohio has 26.9-D working women. Their average weekly wages are MS and sav ings 14 cents. A—___

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Daily Kennebec Journal TERMS: fT.OO PER YEAR, Ho aotlee wkatercr will be taken of unsigned communications. The Journal cannot be held reapnn alble for the preservation or return of rejected communications. Address nil communications relating to subscriptions and advertisements to BURLEIGH FLYNT, I-ubllshers, Augusta, Maine. There is some sound wisdom in Dr. Young's advice to those who are at tacked by the rummage sale fever. •'Marconigram" Is one of the very latest words. You will not find it in the dictionary, but everybody knows what it means. We sincerely hope that when young Teddy is fully recovered he will have some better pictures taken than those which have been in the papers of late. Thus far not a single Democratic statesman has tried to make partisan capital out of the visit of Miss Roose velt to Groton to nurse her sick brother. Dr. Pfeiffer, Boston’s famous anti vaccinationist, is slowly recovering from smallpox, and there is a strong probability that he has already fully recovered from his anti-vaccination theories. Fine sleighing is reported from the Carolinas, Georgia and Mississippi, and at the hour of going to press there were indications that there will be some in this section before the June roses bloom. The same cry of "Let the South alone," which is raised in opposition to congressional Investigation of negro disenfranehistfient in the South was heard in slavery days, and the cry comes from the same sources. The much needed Pacific canal is nearer and nearer a reality. The con gressional committee reports in favor of government ownership, but a pri vate company of Americans also pro poaes to go ahead in the matter. Who ever builds it. the cable must be under full American control. This In the day of Philadelphia’s mtinh I »al election, and Its occurrence is a reminder that the ’’Match meet ings of our big cities are pretty well scattered through the year. Chicago's comes In April. New York's in Nov ember. I tost on's In December and Philadelphia's In February. siti«>n of all in New York in 1909, to commemorate the 300th anni versary of Hendrick Hudson’s mem orable voyage. The Chicago papers are losing no time In lamenting the stui>endous failure which the affair is sure to prove. The lofty torch in the hand of the stiltue of Liberty in New York harbor will be kept burning. The report that It was about to be quenched by the government was an excuse for a great outpouring of sentimental gush, and caused acute hysteria among the few surviving "antis" who saw in the rumor conclusive evidence that Ameri ca had turned Its back on its job of enlightening the world by means of the torch of liberty. It Is pointed out as a most gratify ing evidence of national sanity and patriotism that even In this land of cranks and opposition on principle no yoice has as yet been lifted to protest against the arrest of the man in Bos ton who made a bag out of an Amerl Neither has there been ajiy violent Indignation expressed over the action of the two United States marines, who wanted to thrash him on the way to the police station. The trolley is booming along at a marvelous rate in Massachusetts. The report of the railway commissioners, just issued, shows that there are now 2177 miles of street railways in the Bay State and the rate of growth is indicated by the fact that 263 miles of line were built in 1901. This is almost as much a£ .Maine's total mileage. In 1888, there were only 533 miles in operation and they \^ere operated by horses: now every mile of street rail way in the state is operated by elec tricity. The cars used in 1901 were 6997 in number, the roads had 14,749 employes, the capital stock was $54, 069,933 and the dividends paid reached the total of $3,417,117.“ Well earned and worthily bestowed in every instance are the 33 medals of honor and the 56 certificates of merit I which the war department has now bestowed upon officers and men of our army for distinguished gallantry in the wars in Cuba, the Philippines and China. This act of official gratitude may seem deliberate, but such honors are not hastily given, nor without full investigation of each individual case as recommended by the Superior of ficers. Most of the acts of individual heroism which have earned these prized rewards have never found their 'way into the newspapers and the names of the men are unfamiliar to most of us, but the circumstance is a vivid reminder of the quality of the manhood that is following our flag and fighting its battles around the world. Creeds. “This wo believe,” and "This is false,” And "This alone is true.” "This is the thought that you should think. The thing that you should do. It Is the creed that seems to me A noble creed for you.” "This is the law of hope and faith; And this the style of curse; This is the path that you should walk, With steps that I rehearse; This is the way that you must go— All other ways are worse." And so they write, and vow, and preach To all their brother men. With cr**«*d and have esc Aped from some circus. To prove his story, Mr. Shaw has the mounted alligator in his Crystal lake camp. While good stories of the woods and ponds are being told, C. A. Elling j wood of West Paris, relates his narrow i escape from death while in the woods hunting the past fall. He shot a big buck deer, and as he fell, Mr. Elling J wood ran up to do the knife act, when the deer Jumped to his feet and made 1 a lunge for Mr. Ellingwood, knocking him over, and with his horns pinned him to the ground. On each of the buck's antlers was a point near the I base about four inches leng. These two points passed on each side of Mr. E.'s neck and held him fast. Just a 'gtain either way would have driven a prong through the man’s neck. After a short time the deer fell over dead. When Frank H. Stone off Jay, goes out hunting he always brings back something. He has shot II foxes ahead of his hound the past fall and winter, and besides this he has shot 84 coons. Come on with your records, ye mighty nimrods. Mr. Stone thinks trapping foxes and then clubbing or shooting them not much sportsmanlike, but to shoot them ahead of your hound is where the real sport comes in. Roland Fotter of Stratton, has a novel team. A lamb, eight-months old. has been broken to harness and has become quite a factor in the work about the place. Since Christmas Ro land has hauled with his team three cords of wood from the wood pile to the house, a distance of eight rods. Unfortunately St. George does not al ways triumph over the dragon, and a case in point is reported by the Calais Times, an instance in which the banner of justice was rolled in the dust along with its supporters, and victory perched upon the standard of the transgressor. Here is the sad tale of which the moral is hardly obvious: A young man called on a young lady, and while engaged in conversation observed a man peeping in the window. The sneak, finding him self observed, invited the lover to step outside. He did so and was promptly knocked down. A brother of the girl rushed to the rescue and speedily met the same fate, and Peeping Tom retired from the field of battle unharmed, while the vanquished retreated to the house, where consolation was admin istered to their lacerated feelings. The present criminal term of the supreme judicial court for Penobscot county has been a remaikable one. Remarkable in that in no case where an indictment was found and the case came to trial has the State failed to make out its case and secure a convic tion. It reflects much credit upon the ability of County Attorney Smith and his thorough preparation of his cases. The optimistic Ilangor papers are tickling their readers with the idea that spring is near at hand. The Com- mercia! laments that with the disap pearance of the last snow the coasting is gone, and Editor Eaton in the News has r half column prose poem on "The Couriers of Spring.” Editor Eaton's summary 6f the signs and symptoms of spring as seen from his Bangor sanctum is so gi.od that we cannot refrain from clipping a part of it: "The couriers of springtime are swinging toward us at a rapid pace. A few crows, weary of dead clams and stale shrimps along the shores of islands in Penobscot bay, have come up to see us and are making a great noise over the tidbits which they find in heaps of dressing, which the farmers hav^ hauled out. The beautiful blue jays—own cousins to the crows—have ccme forth from the black spruces, where they have wintered, and are calling “thief! thief!” to decent people. The glad chicadees are retiring to the bushes, panting and distressed by so much heat, and the English sparrows and doves are strutting around and making protestations of great love to the females, who are busy putting fin ishing touches on their early nests. The mice and squirrels, which have lived in the woods ail through the dark months, are abroad for food, and their tracks make pleasant writing on the soft snow. On the south sides of slanting roofs and among the sheltered banks in the Adds, the snow thaws at midday, and the icicles grow longer and more beautiful as new coats are added to their crystal surfaces. The snow buntings are finding the weather too sultry for their comfort and are making ready to emigrate to Labrador, where the climate is more healthy. Foxes v. alk across the fields during the night, leaving their tracks by fencesides as invitations for the hunters to come out and have some fun. On warm western slopes the tips of the white maple t wigs and the buds of thrifty alders are blushing pink, reminding one of the face of a sweet girl whom he always ceps in mind. The hens are laying with some regularity, and the old roosters are doing an unusual amount cf cackling. The cattle, turned out to task In the sun, are rubbing them selves and taking off their overcoats of s urplus hair. At night the stars wink 11 >ss fiercely than they did in December, and the moon has a warmer aspect, and 1 s eems to have drawn nearer to us, as if she wanted to resume her acquaintance with mankind and get ready for the ramp meetings and agricultural fairs, if me Its are cheaper on the market. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. ♦♦044 WASHINGTON TOURS. Visiting Philadelphia En Route. PERSONALLY A a r COVERS ALL CONDUCTED 2 5 EXPENSES. Trips of a week’s duration from Boston, KVbruary 21. March 7 and 21. April 4 and In and Mav 2. Stop over at New York, Philadelphia and Bal timore. Detailed Itinerary of D. N. Bell. Tourist Agent, 205 Washington St.. Boston. J. R. WOOD, Gen'I. Pas. Agt. Agt. rubber boots leak freely, cough reme dies are in great demand, the doctors ride by behind flying horses, determined to kill or cure at short notice, and our old companion, rheumatism, has come to pay us a protracted visit.” GEO. W. BOYD, LIGHT AND AIRY. A Blasted Life. Ilamphat—1 remember my parents used to say I'd never amount to anything un less l gave up my theatrical ambitions. t'rittick—And, why didsi’t you give them up? Great Luck. "Newman went out gunning with a guide yesterday, but they didn't have any lOek.” “Why, the guide told me it was a very lucky trip." “Oh! No. Newman told me he didn’t hit a tiling.1’ "Yes, that’s what the guide said.” Had Been There. Sunday School Teacher—Anil when De lilah cut Samson's hair, he became mild as a lamb and then was no light in him. Do you understand that. Tommy? Tommy—Well, 1 know it makes yer feel awful shamed o’ yerself when yer mother cuts yer hair. Deep Cut. Mrs. Uppish—Just think it’s offfy six months ago since we moved away from next door to you. We're in a much bet ter neighborhood now. Mrs. Sharpe—So are we, Mrs. Uppish—Why, where did you move? Mrs. Sharpe—Oh, we haven't moved at all. Sufficient to the Day. Scrimp—You don’t seem to bother much about the future. Biglitart—No, that never worries me un til it becomes the p'resent. Hypocrite. “Huh! He's no Christian.” “That's a libel. He assures me that whenever a question arises between the church and the world he keeps on qi'.e right side of the church all the time.” “Yes, but he considers the outside the right side.” Reflections of a Bachelor. A woman never calls it gambling when she isn’t losing. The way to make a woman like you is to believe you couldn't help liking her if you tried. The discouraging thing to a man of sense is that the idiots seem to have such a good time with their idiocy. When Cupid runs across a case of pla tonic friendship, it Is so easy he just makes believe he is attending to business A clever woman always knows enough to make her husband think she knows less than he does, no matter how little it is. When a doctor begins to give a patient medicine he has a sure thing that it won't be long before the medicine will make the patient need some other medi cine to get well from its effects.—New York Press. -Mere Opinion. It Is the desire to beat the other fellow that makes man get along. When a woman begins to grumble sin shows her age. We scold the rich man’s son for doing nothing and we hate the rich man for working away instead of giving somebody else a chance. Civilisation may not always follow the missionary, but IT generally keeps in hot pursuit of the line-toothed comb. Aftbr all, Croesus was only measurably successful. He never was called a "Na poleon of flnance.”—Chicago Record-Iler ald. Personal Notes. President Eliot of Harvard, will give the eharter day address at the University of California on March 22. J. C. P. Paz Is editor and sole owner of "Da Prenzs" (Ituenos Ayres). South America's greatest newspaper. In lN9ti the building In which the ptiper la edited and printed was finished at a cost of $2,000,001. Hon. Martin I. Townsend, the oldest liv ing graduate of Williams College, has Just celebrated his 92d birthday at Troy, N. Y. He is the oldest member of the New York State Board of Regents, having served since 1873. Emperor William has placed In the German Reichstag building three statis tical naval charts designed by him. He shows that the United States has thirty one battleships, eleven first-class cruisers and twenty-six armored cruisers. General Russell A. Alger in a recent speech on the reforesting of barren lands, urged that Germany's system of main taining the Black Korcst should be car ried out in the pine barrens of the United States, and especially In Michigan. Henry Post, of Gillman. 111., recently purchased a tract of land In Stone County, Mo., and obtained an abstract of title dated June 18, 1798. A favorable opinion was attached as to the validity of the title, signed by Daniel Webster and Rufus Choate. Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford, the writer, has among her choicest relics l lock of hair from the head of Byron, and one from that of the ill-fated Shelley. At one time they belonged to I.eigh Hunt, and through still another poet they came Into her possession. Arthur Maxson Smith, president of Oahu College, Honolulu. Hawaii, who was sent there from Chicago by President Harper, has tendered his resignation td take effect in June. Oahu College was the earliest in the islands, having been established June 8, 1841. M. Paderewski, during a recent visit to Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. found an did Polish friend. Count Podgovski. In the Pringle Home in that city. The Count was a cap tain in the Russian army, and some years ago came to America to teach music and French at Smith College. The Paris Bourse was to be enlarged a year ago, but owing to the obstinacy of two proprietors of adjoining lavatories, who refuse to accept the compensation offered, the entire work has been at a standslil! for several months. Business is interfered with, and brokers and Job bers are loud in complaining. I Tbl» (Ignatar* la oa army box of tha gaaala# Laxative Bromo-Qaiaiae mm. IknMrlMwiiNMkwm I Miis Lillian M. Miller, the young wo man who. Friday, was arrested for the larceny of watches and Jewelry from the stores of J. A. Merrill Co., Fred E. Hanson and Rlnes Bros., at Port land. made a second appearance in the municipal court, Monday. She had pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny and was brought in for sentence. The court and Marshal Sylvester questioned her at some length. She was repentant and after imposiifg a sentence of 60 deys in the county jail the court sus pended it during her good hehavior. Capt. Oliver P. Wheeler of Richniond, died at the Sailors' Home at Snug Har bor, last week, at the age of about 80 years. For many years he was a resi dent of Richmond and in his younger days he commanded some of the finest ships sailing out of the Kennebec and was known as a thoroughly cqmpetent master. One son, M. A. Wheeler of Manchester, N. H„ survives him. In terment at Snug Harbor. Florizel Reuter, the boy violinist, has just undergone a surgical operation for ear trouble at New York. He was much better, Monday. Herbert Fahrif, inventor of Falirig met al, committed suicide in Ashland, Wis.. Monday, by shooting. MARKET REPORTS NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. Features of the Day’s Dealings in All the Leading Stocks. New York. Feb. 17.—Today’s severe snow storm lessened the attendance at the Stock Exchange and made the stay short of those brokers who did attend The consequence was a dull and uninter esting market of no very fixed-tendency. Only a few stocks showed dealings of any importance and the price movement in these was inclined to vary. A number of unusually inactive stocks made some progress upwards. The undertone was firm and while priers did not show always the best, the level of prices did not get below last night. There was an active speculation in Met ropolitan Street Railway, hut the opinion on the new plan remained about as un fixed as since its promulgation. Sugar advanced on account the rise In the price of refined sugar and the continued hope that duty on Cubans sugars would be remitted by Congress. The urgent buying of raw copper In London and the sharp advance in the price resulted in buying of Amalgamated Copper. There was slow movement in the stocks of different steel companies, ap parently in connection with the an nouncement of a meeting of the United States Steel Corporation, but the move ment of the United States Steel stocks tbemseives was narrow. Their list out side that of the minor stocks was slug gish and neglected. The money market showed some degree of firmness, au though not quotably changed. The late rise in Sugar to 3 points over Saturday and the recovery to the top in Amalgamated Copper, sustained the mar ket which was otherwise inclined to yield In successive spots. The closing was ir regular. Bonds were steady. New York Money Market. New York, Feb. 17. United States new 4s, reg. 139'i do. coup. 139Vs United States 4s 112 do. coup. 112 Denver P.io Grande lsts 102',^, Erie Gen. 4s 8SU, Missouri. Kansas Texas 2nds. 8214 Kansas Pacific consols Oregon Nav. lsts Texas Pacific lg. lsts 12014 do. reg. 2nd Union Pacific lsts •ex. Int. ••bid. Ilasked. New York Produce Market. New York, Feb. 17. FI/OUR—Receipts. 1010 bbls.; exports, 22.540 bbls.; sales, very dull. CORN M BA 1.—Quiet. RYE—Steady. BARLEY—Dull. W H EAT—Receipts, 145,250 bush.: ex ports, 153,222 bush.: sales. 2,570,000 bush, futures, 130.000 bush, spot: spot easier: No. 2 red, 8854 fob afloat; No. 2 red. 9051 414; No. 1 northern Duluth. 86 f o b afloat; No. 1 hard Manitoba. 88% fob afloat. It was a slow day In the wheat market. Stronger at first because of small world s shipments, better cables, foreign buying and covering; the market Anally weaken ed, because of a break In the Southwest and absence of demand, closing %c net loss. CORN—Receipts. 10.000; exports, KM* bush.: sales. 21.000 bush, futures; spot easier; No. 2, 67% elevator and tis\ fob afloat. OATS—Receipts. 33.000; exports. 30.361 bush.; s|*>t steady; No. 2, 4914; No. 3, 49; No. 2 white. 51: No. 3 do.. 58; track mixed. 504(51: track white. 514(56. RESIN—Steady. MOLASSES -Firm. FIO IHON-KIrm. COFFER—Dull. LEAD—Firm. TIN—Firm. SPELTER—Steady. COFFEE—Dull. SUGAR—Rtiw. firm; No. 6. 425: No. 7. 451; No. 9, k>5; No. 9, 400. No. lit. 395; No. 11, 390; No. 12. 5 oats %4i%c higher. Provisions closed 5 to 10c higher. Ixtcal receipts of wheat went onlv 20 cars, three of which were con tract grade. Northwestern receipts were liberal: Minneapolis and Duluth reported 538 cars, making a total for the three points of 565 cars against 382 last week and 548 a year ago. The leading futures closed as follows: BAT—No. 2 Feb., 75%; May, 7854; WHE July. 781441%. CORN—May, 61%; July, 61%; Sept., 00%. OATS—May, 43%4#44; July, 3674; Sept.. 31%. PORK—May 8.57/2; 15.X754; July, 15.95. LARD—May. 9.4814; July, 9 4854 SHORT RIBS—May, 8.50; July Sept., 8.6754 CASH FLOUR—Steady. WHEAT—No. 3 spring. 74%@7354: No. 2 red, 85%. _, OATS—No. 2. 44W4474; No. 2 white, 46a No. 3 white, 454(4654 BARLEY—Fair to choice malting, 59'063. FLAXSEED-No. 1. 167. TIMOTHY SEED-654166. I*ORK—16.70. LARD-9.304l9.3254. SHORT RIBS. SIDES—8.30418.45. SHOULDERS—Dry salted. 7x7*4. SHORT CLEAR SlDES-8.754j8.85. Receipts. Shipments. Flour 25,000 Wheat 58.000 Com 48,000 Oats 110,000 Rye 3,000 Barley 6,000 BUTTER—Steady; creameries, dairies, 174122. CHEESK-Steady, 104/12. EGGS—Excited, strong; fresh, 31@32. 3l.0.7 11.1 97.6 105.1 03.1 46.4 Sis 101.6 39.6 70 105.2 134 5 17 i. 28.4 101 164.4 1>4.7 104 i 33.7 46.7 151 lid 57.6 83.3 67.5 163.4 06.5 33.4 96.2 UK. 6 06 41.0 102.7 31 47.2 151 100.1 58.3 83.7 68.5 103.4 66.7 34 I 96.6 106 I 67.1 42 103.1 44.4 94.1 44.1 91 31.1 92.1 141 Financial. Fisk Robinson BANKERS Government Bonds mid other Investment Securities Mi'inlwifj NYsv York Ktix’k Riobango. 36 NASSAU STREET 40 STATE STREET NEW YORK BOSTON Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. This preparation contains all of the1 digestants and digests all kinds of food. It gives instant relief and never fails to cure. It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive stomachs can take it. By its use manyj thousands of dyspeptics have been cured after everything else failed. It\ prevents formation of gas on the stom ach, relieving all distress after eating. Dieting unnecessary. Pleasant to take It can't help but do you good Prepared only by E. C. DeWittoeOo., Chicago The $1. bottle contains 2*4 times the 50c. PERCY W. MEANS. SMITH’S BUCHU LITHIA KIDNEY PILLS. SICK KIDNEYS, Hie Bladder. Rheu matism and the Blood all these diseases field at once and are I u I r k I v and fullv rured. luo P1H» only •5 cents. I CURE at til PEOPLES PRICE. All dealer*, by mall or tt oflre. I will nuill i»>" book rREK to any ■ddress. W.F.SMITH, IliKamwrf Kt.Bwtaa STOPPEDTHAT Boston, Mass., _ May 4,1901. W. F. SMITH, Dear Sir—Having been troubled for over a year with ray Kid neys, and alao suffer Ing from rheumatism. iny daughter, seeing vour Smith's «Buehu l.ithla Kidney Pills ad vertised, bought a bo*, and I used them to tny entire satisfartion, as I have not that throb bing sensation In mv bark, from which 1 sut fered so long. They are all that you stiver Used them to be. I have now started to u*c the second box, and would highly recommend them to any troubled as I was. My age Is Ml years old. Tours truly, (Signed) Mrs. Janet II. Su|>|*r, s> Dartmouth St.. Hnstoii riMflMI# M(t Kntterniif IMIU trt trrtitly on the fltnmarh. Liver nmf Itnwel* Mnruk*, *ood for yonn* mod old fuu Mil* iu Glau VUla only cwto. Proposals for Supplies. National Soldiers' Home, Kennebec Co., Maine. Treasurer's Office, Jan. 31. 1902 Sealed proposal* sill l>e received at this office until 11 o'clock A. M Febru ary 21. 1 A*2, for furnishing and delivery of supplies at Eastern Branch, National I Home. I*. V. 8.. quantities to he Increased ten i**r cent. If required during the «x- ecution of the contract. Standard samples can la- examined and printed instructions and specifications and Idauk pro|K>*alH will be supplied upon up pllealioti to Ibis office. Humph s pri seift ed by bidders will not Ik* considered un less the same are called for In tlie speci- i deal ions. The right Is reserved to reject any or all proposals or to waive any In formalities therein. Envelopes containing proposals should be endorsed "Proposals for Supplies, N, H., D. V. S.," and addressed to the under signed. A. I* SMITH, Treasurer. S. H. AU.EN, Governor. i (eb4.ll.lS PRUSSIAN NATIONAL INS. CO. OF STETTIN, GERMANY. ASSET8 DEC. SI, 1901. Real Estate, Stocks and Ronds, fash In office and Bank. Rills Receivable. Interest and Rents, Uncollected Premiums, *800.01 701.952. i» 48.119.06 274.33 6,232.08 109.411.30 Gross Assets, *866.889.16 Admitted Assets. LIABILITIES DEC. 31. Net unpaid losses, Unearned Premiums, All other liabilities, *166,889.15 19}L *65.119,01 436.448.01 26,962.12 Total, *528,529.32 Cash Capital. None In U. S. Surplus over all liabilities. 338.259.91 Total liabilities and surplus. 866,889.16 Henry A. Heath, Agent, Augusta, Me. febl.8,dlaw2t Proposal* for Repairing Barracka and Hospital Building. National Soldiers' Home, Kennebec Co., Maine. Treasurer's Office. Feb. 14, 1902, Sealed proposals will be received at thl i office until 11 o'clock A. M., February 27 1902. for repairing barracks and hospital building at Eastern Branch, N. H.. D. V. S. Instructions and specifications can be examined at this office and blank pro posals will be supplied on application. The right is reserved.to reject anv or a.I proposals or to waive any informalities therein. Envelopes containing proposals should be addressed to the undersigned. A. L. SMITH, Treasurer. S. H. ALLEN, Governor. t«61S.k it, and it helped me I tnother; it worked like the tin*. The third, fourth, and fifth followed, and I continued to improve. I have just finished Che sixth ual my last, for 1 am now thoroiurtily •ured. My rock has disappeared, -i— u>« |«iu. nausea, gas, and other symptoms. My regular weight has returned; mad I liave no further complaints. 1 am going to io all I can for Blood Wine," In return [or what it did for me. and I have no hesi tancy in saying that it is undoubtedly the best medicine for all forms of indigestion itoinach and bowel trouble, and constlp*^ .ion, ever sold or prescribed.” t This is just one of many who speak lighly of this great medicine. Blood Wine tontains no wine or opiates, but ingredients hat bring about almost instantaneous sc ion. 'Blood Wine” costs fifty cents a wttle, but you can sample it free of charge Bowditch, Webster Company, drug store. FREE TO WOMEN A BEAUTIFUL _ abaolutely free to_ to Introduce Prairie Plant oar tbi In order celebrated ileremS. v .celebrated J»u would pay 11 for one of bVd a KTjrln •Br,*jotW and feel yea tbem an??t dot «Pord to tire .*wtlr 2 we did not bur them la larae ■Cm'sIh1* X*1* P°ck*tbook era alee roa ban bill pocketa, a card eaaa vim lap aad a e»£Wi eompartment wllb metal top aad eateh. cin« ^-5iIKM22r ..«DnSJ.sd we will return roar money at Piea^^&'JMJ-RVjSs i ebUdiw*wkyH

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AUCUSTA OPERA HOUSE. February 24,25,26 50 wai tEOPU 1 50 I'nJiT auspices of KING CO. NO. 4, U. R K. of P. NO OTHER shoe stands as high with women ol good taste as They are beautifully modeled and possess a style of grace and beauty that make ,h*-m distinc tive. They lit to perfection, re tain their shape, and give abso lute ease to the font. All styles for all uses and oc casions. Always one price, $3.00 OXFORDS, S2.50 i ZZE THAT THIS THAOL?>%MARK 13 BRANDED ON EVER/ SHOE. VERY SWELL,. HASKELL BROS. 182 Water St. Shoe repairing done by Dorsey Stan ley.

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Id all Sizes. Accurate Time tiuaran teed. Swiss and American W atches Harry P. Lowell, Jeweler, Granite Bank Building, AUGUSTA. Non Mini «f tarr draught Horses. Good taipki H. F. CUMMINGS, Augusta, Hi mSSTu SsJXSt:- STATE HOUSE. Governor Hill Busy at Excutive Chamber, Yesterday. Farmers' Institutes Soon to Occur in Four Counties. Managers of Rummage Sales Given Wholesome Advice. Governor Hill was at his desk in the Executive chamber, yesterday, alter at? absence front the city for a week. He ‘found an accumulation of matters to demand his attention and he had sev era I callers. j In speaking about the good roads ap propriation. to which extended refer i nee was made in yesterday’s Journal, the Governor said: As I understand the matter there was no appropriation made for work done in the year 1901. Nor was it the intention of the committee or of the Legislature to have the law take effect I until 1 !K»2. At the time the bill was be ing considered I talked with Air. Staples of York and Mr. .Moulton of South Portland who wore members of the committee in regard to it and they understood that no appropriation was to be made for last year s work. To grant State aid for the improve ment of roads was comparatively a new idea, and the committee felt that it would lie well to make a small appro priation as an experiment. This was dose of carrying on a general publishing and printing business, with $100,000 capital stock, of which nothing is paid in. The officers are: President. Edwin B. Spar go of Boston, Mass., treasurer, I-ouis H. Trask of Laconia, N. H. Certificate approved Feb. 14, 1902. Robertson and Old Town Canoe Company, organized at Old Town, for the purpose of manufacturing canoes and boats, with $10,000 capital stock, of which nothing is paid in. The of ficers are: President. Herbert Gray of Did Town. treasurer, George H. Richardson of old Town. Certificate approved, Feb. 5, 1902. Maryland Thymoleum Company, or ganized at Portland, for the purpose of dealing In disinfectants, with >60,000 capital stock, of which $5 is paid in. The officers are: President, Clarence H. Orr of Portland, treasurer. John W. Stone of Portland. Certificate ap proved Feb. 15, 1902. The Draper Company, organized at Kittery. for the purpose of manu facturing optical goods, with $5,000 capital stock, of which nothing is paid in. The officers are: President and treasurer. Horace Mitchell of Kittery. Certificate approved Feb. 14, 1902. Home Journal Publishing Company, organized at Portland, for the pur pose of publishing the Boston Home Journal, with $50,000 capital stock, of which nothing is paid in. The officers are: President. Geo. N. Fernald of Portland; treasurer, Edward M. Hunt Need a gentle stimulating Tonicf that will reiuve nate and check decline—1 Vinol^ retards old age and builds \ip strength. Mrs. Rebecca R. Potter made Strong by Vino!. “I was so nervous and weak as the result of an accident that I could not work or scarcely speak. Vitality and stomach seemed to be all gone and Vmol has built me right up. I have taken three bottles, and my nerves are strong again and am able to do as much work in one V^OU A 1 *5* 65 3*"* °ld-”—MrS- REBECCA R. POTTER, 61 Pleasant View Avenue, Providence, R. I. How Vlnol Cured a Civil War Veteran."' Miller H. Harsha, 54 yeare of age, served through the Civil V ar, a member of the 143d Ohio Volunteers, Company I. Was troubled more or less since the war. More particularly noticed five or six years back. Feels worse in winter. Has taken five bottles of Vinol very much improved and has felt better this winter than for seven years. The principle affection is in the throat and this is now nearly all gone. Gets perfect rest at night and can breathe very comfortably.” inol combines all of the curative elements found in the cod’s liver, a little organic iron and a delicate table wine, and is devoid of all the obnoxious features of cod-liver oil. It is deli cious to taste and smell—that’s the reason it does so much good. Won’t you please come in and see us We are always glad to extol the merits of Vinol. We will give you back your money if you don’t find Vinol will do all we claim it will. Could any one do more for you and not be honest BOWDITCH, WEBSTER CO, DRUCCISTS. of Portland. Certificate approved, j Feb. 14, 1902. Sharon Alta Hotel Company, or ganized at Kittery, for the purpose of dealing in real estate, with $150,000 capital stock, of which nothing is paid in. The officers are: President, Fred'k. W. Mansfield of Sharon, Mass., treas urer, Horace Mitchell of Kittery. Cer tificate approved, Feb. 14, 1902. Shawmut Furniture Company, or ganized at Farmington, for the pur pose of storing furniture and other merchandise, with $50,000 capital stock, of which $500 is paid in. The officers are: President and treasurer, Daniel M. Bonney of Cambridge. Mass. Certifi cate approved. Feb. 13, 1902. The K. L,. Scott Company, organized at Portland, for the purpose of carry ing on a general manufacturing and trading business, with $10,000 capital stock, of which $30 is paid in. The of ficers are: President, Kdna L Scott of Portland: treasurer, Arthur H. Scott of Portland. Certificate approved. Feb. 13, 1902. A Unique Menu Card. Hon. Herbert M. Heath of this city, re cently received an invitation to address the Newton, Mass., Republican Club. Mr. Heath was unable to accept but was sent a ropy of the menu card which is of most unique nature. It is made up in the form of an official ballot, a la Australian system and the simile Is carried out through the whole of the four pages. On the first page ap pears the heading, "First Annua! Flec tion Hold by the Republicans of New ton:" ami "Tin' Warrant for this Flec tion Was issued by the Republican Club of Ward Seven." Then appears the list of committee men who figure as j nlges of the election instead of in their official capacity. The second page contains a list of viands to be voted for and the warning that the “penalty for wilfully appropriat ing, defacing, tearing up or destroying this ballot of viands" is a fine not ex ceeding $2. The list of viands i a good one and in order to have your wants sup plied you must simply follow these “in structions to voters." "Have your tax receipt with you to show that you*have tei n assessed. “Mark X in the squares at the right. "If you wish to become an Alderman annex a request in writing to this ballot, and forward the Same with a Illieral sub: (ripiio i to the Republican City Com mittee. If there are not enough Alder manic l«rlhs to accommodate aspirants, another torchlight parade will be held with official positions for all on the stafT of tiie Chief Marshal. "insert by sliek-r. requests for Items not on the bailot, and wail until they come. "You cannot have more than one extra ballot. "You must mark your ballot in five minutes if others are waiting, and you cannot remain at the table more than five hours. "Do not show any one how you have marked your ballot. "A voter who declares to the presiding officer, under oath, that he was a voter before May 1. ISofl, and that he canno: read and is blind, and is physically un able to mark his ballot, shall, upon re quest in writing, have his two dollars re funded." castohia. Bear* the The Kind Yon Have Always Bongtil CONTRACT SIGNED W. D. Smith of Bangor Will Build Winthrop Trolley Line, Deal Completed, Yesterday, and Work Will Begin in Spring. The Augusta Winthrop electric railroad is to be built by W. D. Smith of Bangor, one of the leading railroad 1 contractors of Maine. Mr. Smith came I to this city, yesterday, and completed the deal whereby he is to build the roadbed, lay the rails, erect the poles, string the wires and have the road in condition to operate on or before the H'th day of July. Mr. Smith proposes to put on a big crew of men as soon as the condition of the ground will warrant it. early in the spring, and will push the work to completion as rapidly as possible. He really hopes to have the job finished by the 1st of July. The road will be built in first-class style throughout. The roadbed will be substantially built, the iron is of the highest grade and every part of the construction will be of the most dura ble and lasting character. "I shall put 300 men at work,” said Mi. Smith, last night, to the Journal, “just as soon as the frost is out of the ground in the spring, and shall rush the job as fast as 1 possibly can. In the employment of me.i I shall give preference to residents of this section. Of course, if I cannot get men here I must go elsewhere for them. Under the contract which Mr. Macomber and my self signed, today. I must finish the construction by the lotli of July. “The road is going to he a good one. Pew steam roars will surpass it in roadbed, rails at.d the like. It will be 1 built on honor.” The people of Augusta cannot fail to derive great benefit from the building and operation of the trolley line to1 Winthrop. and now that the contract i i,? signed, sealed and delivered, it is practically assured that the electrics will he whizzing around the head of Uobbosseecontee before the Fourth of July rockets shall have entirely disap peared. List of Unclaimed Letters at Post Office. Women: Bates, Mrs. Nellie M., Bubar, .Mis. Win. E-. Gilbert. Mrs. Rose. Hewitt, Miss Maude II.. Huff, .Miss Amy M.. Hawes. Hattie, Harlow, Miss Eva M.. y the boys arrested, Saturday evening. It was re ported to the police that the boys were seen, a short time ago. secreting arti cles under the platform at the M. C. station, and search revealed the pro perty. Petitions in bankruptcy have been filed by: George T. Taylor, Houlton; Warren M. Hendee, Augusta: Andrew T. Ruff, Rumford; Win. Robertson, Mexico. ANNUAL MEETINGS. Three Log Driving Companies Met Here, Yesterday. They Transact Usual Business and Adjourn Till Next Year. Conditions of Corporations Reported to Be Excellent. The log driving companies doing business in Kennebec waters have gun leading their annual meetings. Three different comiKinies met, yester day. and another will meet, this fore noon. The companies which met, yes terday, are small odes ami there was not so many in attendance as will be present at the meeting of the Kenne bec Log Driving Co., today. Among the gentlemen present were noticed William T. Haines, W. J. Lanigan, Waterville: S. W. Phllbrick, Fcrrest Goodwin, E. P. Viles, Charles Green, Skowheghn; Elias Thomas, W. W. Thomas, Orton B. Brown, Port land: John R. Viles, Ray Viles, Flag staff: T. W. Fogg, Bowdoinham; F. G. Bradstreet, Frank E. Boston, Gardiner; Gieenleaf. Ralph G. and Harry Law renee. South Gardiner; A. B. Page, Fairfield; John Holden, Jackman; M. P. Milliken, Richmond and George L. Smith. Augusta. At It* o’clock the Moose River Bog Driving Co. begun its session. Hon. William T. Haines of Waterville was chairman, and S. W. Philbrick of Skowhegan was clerk. The following directors were elected for the ensuing year: W. J. Lanigan, Waterville; William T. Haines, Water viiie; A. Ledyard Smith, Jr., Madison; F. T. Bradstreet, Gardiner; Ralph G. Lawrence, South Gardiner. The only change is that of Ralph G. Lawrence, who succeeds Charles Lawrence, who died a few months ago. The treasurer, S. W. Philbrick of Skowhegan, submitted his annual re port for the year ending Feb. 17, 1902, from which the following abstract is taken: The directors voted not to let the driving of the logs, as they thought it best for the company to make the driVe this year. The logs had been driven under contract for so many years that there w as very little wangan which be longed to the compand, this necessi tated the purchase of nearly every- j thng. There was four piers built at Big Brassua to hold the rafts while turn- ing out the logs. Six new gates were put into Long Pond dam so as to increase i the vent, as in very high water there was not vent enough, the north wing: was repaired and the dam filled with rock. I The debt has been reduced $1225.56 after making all these improvements and repairs, and is now $9533.19. Expenses of driving amounted to $8337.21. Repairs and improvements otj piers, gales, boats, etc., cost $3748.90. The assessment for driving aggre gated $13,151.59. The total cut was 32. 099,729 in 1900-1901 and 1,400,000 was left back. Assessment was therefore made on 30,699,729. The driving was from Moose river bridge, Parlin stream and J Brassua to the lake. The tax from Moose river bridge was 60 cents; from Parlin stream 49 cents, and from Bras ia S>/2 cents. The Great Northern Pa >r Co. and the Hollingsworth Whit by Co. each had 700,000 left back. The Mowing schedule shows the' total •ive and the amount assessed against ie several operators: ASSESSMENT FOR DRIVING, real Northern Paper awrence Bros. Co., 4,033,720 \V. Fogg Lumber Co., 4,790,050 T. Bradstreet, 2,761,410 ollingsworth Whitney pn e Portland Argus says of thi Daniel R. Ryan which will appear at the op,..;, |louse the week of March the following: The Daniel Ryan company certainly surpasses any rep ertoire company seen in the Jefferson this season, as is shown by the grand scenic production with magnificent costumes presented at every perform ance. Rust night "Ingomar" was pre sented on a most elaborte scale. Mr Ryan gave an excellent portrayal of Ingomar the Tiarbarian. It is a strong chatneter and full justice was done to it by Mr. Ryan. Miss Magill as Far thenia gave a wonderfully' clean tier form.mce an 1 the entire company were at the best. Ingomar will be re peated Friday afternoon. “O’Rrion the Contractor’’ is the bill for this af ternoon and'tonight "The Fatal Wed ding" will be the attraction. Furniture Carpets Draperies You want values—we have them. Don’t make up your mind that you cannot have a pretty home because you haven’t lots of money. You musn't judge this store by the prices others charge. Here is one of our bargains— Solid Oak Chiffonier six drawers, gloss finish, 12x20 French bevel plate, height 6 feet, top 18x34. $6.99 R. W. SOULE, THE HUSTLER, Augusta, Maine. emmi Many chtl dren who an* t rota bled with indication, sour stomach, griping iuiiiik above the navel, convulsions and similar symp toms of worms, are many times treated for other diseases. Tl# one remedy that will relieve them is True's Pin Worm Ull x 1 r. It is the tiest rem edy in the world for worms. It is uneqiLalled as a tonic and restorative of vital energy. For 60 years the standaixl household rem edy for children. At»so luteiy Itannless. Givettto the children to ffuard uymntt worm*. Hold hr all drug gists, :&o. Send for booklet. DR. J. F. TRUE A CO., Auburn, Mb. TRUE’S PIN WORM ELIXIR WILL CURK IT ^■—1II lllg—\ T° Professional Men Clergymen, Teachers, Students, Lawyers and Bankers, the India Digestive Biscuit are nncessary to regulate the stomach and bowels and keep the bmln clear and active. Thev are a pure cereal pro duct—Contain no drugs and cure Constipation and Dys pepsia. Sold bv leading deal ers. Send for Booklet, il THE INDIA FOOD CO.. Stamford. Conn. The Cleansing and Healing Cure lor CATARRH is ELY’S CREAM BALM easy and pleasant to use. Contains no injurious drug. It is quickly ab sorbed. Glees Re lief at once. It opens and Cleanses the Nasal Pas sages. Allays In flammation. Heal: nnH Protect* till I Membrane. Reetoree tne oenseo on Taste and Smell. Larfe tUse, 60 cents; Trial mte^ 10^ cents, at Drugget* or J«r, 1 Mow'Took. A

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6 Bass ball Notts. Fork Wilson U to catch for Deflvw. Tito New York State I/ipiv umpire'' will receive *7 per day, rain or shins. William ft. Keeler of the Brooklyn*, signed. Bat urday. to captain the dub for im. Frank McManus, a luiwlston boy wn' ha* mad« an mviaUc f» putat k.a as H catcher, leas Bitfe to Captain the Jer>.*> City team. McCormick who covered thlnl »#Sc so ably for Lewiston In the j* •'*7,'. to play that position with Cortland in L-c F*»/ York Slate League. William Flttgerald will be the busiitw manager of tr.r Lowell club Mr geranl is oompslent «M popular an -h Selection has found favor on ail sides. c-apL William Clarke of the Senators, starts for Princeton bout the first of '•-lures, and will train the flg-.ri tor .*ix weeks- If Clarke make Arrangement With Manager Lottos. he will handle tty Adnapo.is boys -it the cor.*lusP/n of his I/iincfcton engagement. Jlullaney. Joyce and Bnardcaar. of Lu w •aten, all ?lgn-d the contracts of Manager O' the looser baseball club. Hatur ain. this season, the circuit to consist Iia'.elgii Charlotte. Nswbern, Wtlmlng ;on Durham and probably either Winston or Greensboro. The league will take pro jection in class D, the season to b-gm on May i and continue until Labor Cay. Charles Nichols I* eald to have pinned bla iaith SO strongly to the success c. .he Western League venture in Kansas C:ty that turned down an offer from iLe Detroit team to pitch at a salary ot tidJOCi. Really better judgment la expected of fc man that has lived in Boston aa long as Nichols has.-Washington Post. malrman E. E Redd of the New Eng ’and league schedule committee, was i: Boston. Monday. He has called a meet ng of the committee at Manchester. wtdCCsdav. AO desire hasbecn express ed to open the season on Thursday May X, and Mr. Reed has called for an ex pression of opinion from members of the jetigue on that point. •No one can run a game to advantage from the bench,” saVB Manager McAleer of tie n«w S' Louis club. "You have mot to be on the held to look after details and take advantage of chances to turn tricks The tnariager may sse a whole lot cf things to kick abont. but what's the use ol kicking wnen the game Is gone A capable captain can keep the boys hustling and help them In a hundred ways. That la what I expect Padden to do and he'll do It. I d tnap out a policy for the ciub and he’ll carry it out.” Janes, who will play right field for the fit. Louis American League team th® com ing reason wes a member of the Milwau kee team last year. When the Erewers were transferred be balked. Shortly af terward he signed a conditional contract with the Chicago National League club to the effect that he would play in Chica go if he finally decided not to go to St. Louis. McAleer .telegraphed to Joney who is attending college at Dixon Id., offering him l24-*i to sign with Si Loul ned 1300 draft money. Jones Immediate Jy accepted the offer. Ih* following dates have been arrang ed for the Harvard 1'ntverslty nine for the coming season. They include games ■with the leading NiW England colleges; •Tuesday. April 'U Bates at Cambridge: Saturday, April It*:, Dartmouth at Cam bridge. Monday, April its, Dartmouth «t Cambridge: Wednesday. May 7. Bruwn at Cambridge, Saturday. May 10. Holy Cross at Worcester. Wednesday. May 11. Wil liams at Cambridge; Thursday May' 2, PtiilJps Exeter at Cambridge; Saturday, May *4. Holy Cross at Cambridge; Wed nesday. M iv 28. Cornell at Cambridge; Wednesday. June 4. Brown at Providence; Saturday.'Jute 7. Bowiloln at Cambridge, Wednesday. Juno 11, Princeton at Cam bridge; Thursday. June Ik Yale at Cam bridge; Tuesday, June 24, laic at Nca* Haven. A0«* I HRPr ur III" LSrO'm>Il t. tl-itc h N'.il "tial Dengue adherent. writ--* "Comparisons are always Interesting, evu if the deductions occasional!y g" wring it looks us If the Chi. ago Amer'. turn l,eagu- team. as made up now. In a« strong. it not stronger. thin th> in absolute control of the situation, tud the Brooklyn club Is perfectly wutsM.it with the way things ere going along. If It becomes neceasu rv for os to play In a league of two, four, tdx, eight, 10 or 12 clubs we are ready to do to. but Spalding will be our leader. I do not know what the next move to be made by Spalding will be. but whatever It may be we will abide by It. There Is no weakening on the part of Brooklyn.; and I want to have that point distinctly I underwood There will be no compromise between the rival factions. There is no n.i*d of any. Spalding mi a outlined hit. policy and that IS tinsl It would be sul- cldal to break away from It." A fire In the Itvery rtablc of Thomas MoHOgh at Portsmouth, N II.. Monday, mused a loss of ptObu In carriages and buy _ Catarrh, Tailed an American disease, la cured 1 by an American medicine, originated and prepared in th* most catarrhal of1 American countries. That medicine la Hood's Sarsaparilla. It dUres radically and permanently. Id thkt it removes the cause, cleansing ■the blood of scrofulous and aH other impurities. It overcomes all the effects ft catarrh, too. and builds up the whole •yotem. I CONDENSED DISPATCHES. The appraiser rejiort covering the 11 nar>cial ».edition of tlfr Euclid Trust and Having* f'u »f C!»-v*i1*dU, Ohio, which failed Home ttwi» Hgo. »a» Iliad, Monday. Th fathom* The ir'w of fix wa* taken off by J tug Tne booner. which arrived, Friday. wan a waiting a tag when the Teak was discovered. Henry MchMowne)’. president of the L’nion Trust Cli.. i>lx ulfe and three chil dr«.i. a>re n-wiutd Ir'tni tlieir burning home at Pittsburg, Monday morning, with ladders. 'Tie- residence, into which they moved few weeks ago. was destroyed. 1Ktt.fpfj; !in'-iraoct-. about HO.ifA. In their determination to stop tiie vio lation of speed !a»* by auTr-rnobilists and fic ac ounce at Vancouver, father inquiries led to the discovery that an organ I z* d gang has been operating In that profitable Held. Dordlca. one of the Hindoo twins who was sep„rated from Hadica by an opera tion, I’rb. ‘j, at Haris, died suddenly. Mon day. from convulsion* due to the advanc ed stage of tuberculosis, from which she suffered. Both the twins appeared to im prove last week, and passed tlieir time playing with toys. The death of Dordi t t has been concealed from ftadica. who t» making excellent progress. During the severe gale and snow -torm. Monday, the cracker factory of I'rar.k Goet2 in North Manchester, Ct., was destroyed by tire. A boarding house connected with the factory arid a large coal shed were also burned, the total loss being iTS.OOC, partly covered by insurance. The fire is supposed to have started from one of fhe ovens in the bakery. The Dominion Alliance will use Its ln fluence against Premier Ross prohibitory’ I bill as U stands, and to this end has l called a meeting tor a provincial conven tion to be held at Toronto, Feb. 2a. The i alliance claims that the terms of the ref I ereuduin so handicap the Prohibitionists as to make their success at the polls al most Impossible, and they propose to en ter a strong protest against this grave injustice. News was received at Manchester, 111., Monday, of the death in New York, Sun day night, of Hon Edward A. isham, a native of Manchester and prominent in the legal circles of the entire country. Death was caused by heart disease. For many vears Mr. Isham had been a mem ber of the well-known law firm of Lin coln. isham at Beale of Chicago, the se nior member of which Is the son of Abraham Lincoln. Prof. O. A. Hillyer, professor of Bibli cal language at the Atlanta Theological Seminary, in an address at Plymouth congregational church, Milwaukee, Wls., made the statement that there were twice the facilities for the education of the negroes In the South to that for the whites. The latter, Mr. Hillyer said, had been neglected and it was to the advan tage of good citizenship that attention be paid to this phase of development in the South. The ninth round of the chess tourna ment now In progress in Monte Carlo, began, Monday. An adjournment was laker, at 1 P. M.. the following results had been recorded: Reggio had gone down before Marco; Albin had disposed of l.Isenberg. and Plllsbury had beaten Napier All the afternoon games were, decided in the afternoon session, when Mortimer lost to Gunsberg. Tarrasch de feated Poplel. Mason dow’rted Mieses, Tsehlgwln was Worsted by Wolf. 11a r,,czy beat Marsha!!, and Yeheve resign ed to Teichman. Special Advertisements. SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS not ex rredlntt twentv-ttve words coming undei the head of V> »VTED. FOK SALE, T.t 10. Page St. ‘.Jiaitford Square). jantTd tf NORTH HALF OF HOUSE~NO.' 19 Uape street..' Five rooms, good ccilar c»tj- water. Convenient to Water stp>ei. Apply to ILK. Smith, 11 K. Crescent‘St.. Augusta. JunZJ.rWf ONE PAONT OFFICE AND ONE rear offl Ce in Darby block. Put In ilral claM condition with lavatories and xun rdng v/ater. Kent low. Inquire at Ma -btnbe*,. Parr A Whitten’s. janrtl Jtitf A )$ESIRASLE TENEMENT. CITY ja*y«r. Inquire B1 Middle street, or at foAng's Pharmacy. nov je.dtf Tenement at 27 GROVE St. i «>oms and bath. Also desirable iwnt ot I gM«B of. Crescent St. South ekposura Inquire ef J. U. Sturgis, OperwHoues “*0Cj^ j. noalMtf BUSINESS CARDS WILLIAMSON BURLEIGH, COUNSELORS-AT-LAW. Offices over Granite National Rank. Water Street. Augusta, Maine. JOSEPH WILLIAMSON, Jr., Notary Public LEWIS A. BURLEIGH, City Clerk. Collections a specialty._ PARKER P. BURLEIGH, ATTOr.NET COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. Cffloe Corner Maine and Water Streets. houlton, Maine, Special attention given to collections throughout all parts of Northern Maine. HENRY F. HILL, CIVIL and hydraulic engineer Tltcomb Building, opposite Hotel North. Steam and Electric Railroads. Sewerage, V.'ater Supply, Topographical Surveys, &c. febl.dly P. A. CROOKER, M. D., PHYSICIAN A SURGEON. -Mien Building, Opp. R. W. Soule's. 1 Office Hours: 9 A. M. lot P. M.. and 1 tr> 8 P. M. Telephone to office and residence, Allen building. No. 33-4. Beptll.dtf E. L. HALL. D. D. S„ Office Hours: 9 to 12.30 A. M.; 1.30 to 5 M. OFFICE: 212 Water St., formerly oc cupied b>_ Dr. E. G. Briggs. Janll.tllni* G. H. BRICKETT, M. D., PHY8ICIAN AND 8URGEON. Office, No. 176 Water St., Cor Bridge St. Office Hours: 10 to 12 A. M.; 1.30 to I P. M.; 7 to 8 P. M. Residence 77 State Street. Telephone connection with house and office. _marl4.dtf H. E. GRIBBIN, M. D.f Diseases of the Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat. Office, 277 Water St. Telephone, 232,-11. Residence 5 Weston St. Telephone. 256-2. office Hours: 9 to 12 A. M.; 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P M._oct36.d6tnos* J. E. TUELL, M. D., OFFICE. 222 Water St., over Bowdltch Webster's Drug Store. OFFICE HOURS: 11 to 12. and from 1.30 to 3 and 7 to S P. M. Sunday from 11 to 12 A M. Residence: Corner Grove and State Sts. DENTISTRY, J. ROBeRTS. 0. D. S, Telephone call. 202-1. OFFICE, 242 WATER STREET. Dr. Roberts has all latest specialties. W. JOHNSON, M D., PHYSICLAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE. New Purinton Block. Hours, 10 to 12 A. M.; 1.30 to 3, and 7 to 8 P. M. Sunday. 9 to 10 A M. Residence, 49 Chapel Street. TELEPHONE CONNECTION. DU. L. L. DOLLIVER, DENTIST. Specialist In Crown and Bridge Work. 4;: Water St., Augusta. Me. TELEPHONE, 37-6. Office Hours: 8 to 12 A. M.: 1 to 5.30 P. M. OLIVER W. TURNER, M. D„ EYE. EAR. NOSE A2s’D THROAT. VICKERY BUILDING. WATER ST Opposite HoteS North. Hours; 8 A M. to 8 P. M by appoint ment. deeJl.dSmo C. L. BLAKELY, M. D. .V., VETERINARIAN. (Gradu&te of Harvard Veterinary College) OFFICE: RESIDENCE: Stilkey** Stabl« 48 Chapel BL Telephione. 19-4 Telephone. 259-11. JulyT.dtf JOHN E. KELLER, Representing Cressey, Jones Allen, Mu sir House. dee28.d3mo* Residence 11 Melville St Augusta, Maine. Dr. Emmons’ itonthly Regulator, has drought happiness to mndreds of anxious women. There Is nosl Ively do other remedy known to medical scl ince that will so quickly and safely do the rork. Longest mnd modi obstinate Irregular tie* from any causerelieved atonce. Success nuranteed at any stag*. No vain, danger. >r Interference with woe*. Have relieved iuwired, of eases wbene others here failed. Die most dlfflrUitca.es successfully treated v mall, and beneficial result* guaranteed In very instance. 7’ o risk whatsoever. H e treat lunaredaofladla* who nwane*er see. W rite or valuable partlculat i and free confldeattal tdvlce. All letter»trul afunvanswered.Ke nember, this remedy If absolutely safeunder 1777. mss irasr-svsTSBS fedanfaSeSeiSS r. n. SMMOB* OO..WXWMUB. Mam Special Sale of Stoves. We shall sell parhor wood and coal stoves for the next ten days AT COST. Both new and second hand. We have the largest store and larg est stock of ranges and heaters In Cen tral Maine, and the lowest prices. Fine new lot of brass and lion and irons, Are sets, shovels, tongs, and fenders Juet received. Plumbing, Steam and hot water heat ,n«- Call and see 11s. Ranges from $15.00 to $W.00. Parlor Stove* from $5.00 to $30.00. J. H. COCAN CO., Augusta, Me. Alteration Sale OF BOOTS AND SHOES Still Continues. Jan22-23theneodr? Wish Your Pastry the Admiration and Envy of Your Neighbors? use Bowditch Webster’s Pure Extract Vanilla MADE FROM THE FINEST MEXICAN BEANS. Our standard flavorings, unequaled for Purity, Delicacy and Strength. LEMON, ROSE, t STRAWBERRY, PEACH, JR ALMOND, BANANA. f r Buy In Bulk and Sav# Monty. Daily Kennebec Journal ClHl tkukt, oMtwr! elutions of respect, ata,, will bei at tha rata of tea charges tea* than i All UTtrtuiav aa entertainments, raisin* of moasr, wBl M rate of fifteen cents a MvcrtMas aetieea. Ml be excluded from our local cept such as radar to pylr.g space In our and win be run udder a on one of tbe local pafas. labeerfbers who fall to. JOURNAL promptly win by notifying the offlee NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY/ Wanted—Girl. Annual meeting. T *J Sf la Pyramid Pile cure. Stuart's Catarrh Tablets. f J Paine's Celery Compound. t Stuart s Dyspepsia Tablets. Amusements—"A Texas Steer.'* i i/ocal Matters* Journal Telephone Call, 134’4» little Willie, from the mirror. Licked the mercury all off. Thinking In his childish error. It would cure the whooping couch At the funeral Willie's mother Sadly said to Mrs. Brown; Twaa a chilly day for Willie When the mercury went down." —Exchance The Augusta Fruit Co. have some trelllowers that look as fresh and sound is In the fall. Memorial service for Frances E. Wil lard at W. C. T. U. rooms, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. A full attendance is re quested and a cordial invitation Is ex tended to all interested In the work. The Rebekah Whist party, which was to have been held, last evening, at Odd Fellows' hall, did not occur, on account of the storm. It will be held, next Monday evening, at the same place. On account of the storm there was not a large attendance at the union services, last evening. Nevertheless a short devotional service was held, led by Rev. B. P. Hope. The meeting will be held at 7.30, this evening, at the Baptist church. Inquiry has been made of the police here concerning Charles S. Murphy, formerly of this city. The communica tion stated that the young tnan had been arrested in Louisville. Ivy., charged with grand larceny. No fur ther particulars were given other than a description of the man with photo graph.” Murphy is a blacksmith and has worked at that trade In this city until about four weeks ago when he left to go South. At a special meeting of the stock holders of the Kennebec Steamboat Co. held at the office of Leslie C. Cornish, Esq.. Monday afternoon, it was unani rrouslv voted to sell and transfer all the property of the corporation to the Eastern St« amship Co. of Portland. In addition to the Augusta stockholders there were present Calvin Austin, Esq-, of Boston, general manager. Capt. Jas. T. Morse of Boston, treasurer, and Jas. B Drake. Esq., of Bath, vice president of the Eastern Steamship Co. Elmer Trask was coming down Sand hill, yesterday, with a cord and a half of green hard wood on his horsesled. When lie had nearly reached Mill street, by some sleight of hand per formance which Mr. Trask cannot ex plain. the horse tumbled over the stone all and ihe load of wood was strewed over the ground. Very fortunately, no damage was done to the horse, sled or man. The wood had to be gathered up and replaced on the sled and Mr. Trask wended his way to market. Ceorge Lowell Tracy’s new comic opera. "King Jollity'' gives its first pro duction In this city, at the Opera House. Feb. 21. 27. and 26, under the direction f Prof. E. Wales, by King Co.. No. 4. l\ R.. K. of P. The cast Is i h lnrgest which has ever been Impaneled for a dramatic performance in the city. In the course of the per formance about 150 people appear on ihe stage. They are all residents of this city and many of them have taken pari lu amateur productions of vaMdtis soris before. The Democratic State committee tClll meet at Hotel North in this city, Thurs day evening of this week. At the ctifn Int; meeting arrangements will he mddo for the time and place of holding tt»o State convention. Luck of hotel ac commodations only may prevent the convention from being held in Augusta. The members of the committee are as follows: Androscoggin. P. H. Kelliher. Auburn; Aroostook, H. A. Edwards. Caribou: Cumberland, (leo. L. swett. Portland: Franklin. Leonard li. Itrown. Farmington: Hancock. Edward E. Rrady, Ellsworth; Kennebec, Thomas J. Lynch, Augusta: Knox. 1-ungdnn Crockett. Thomaston; Lincoln, M. W. I-evens.! ler, Waldoboro; Oxford, Or lando A. Thayer. Paris; Penobscot. Willis V. Patch, Hangor; Piscataquis, J.'.noj. Hudson, Guilford; Sagadahoc. Gf-orge 10. Hughes, Hath; Somerset. \V. P.. H mine well, Pittsfield; Waldo. Fred 'V. Pole. HHfast; Washington. George M. Hanson. Calais; York, Walter J. Glipatrick. Saco. Geprge E. Hughes Is chairman and Fred Emery Beane of Halloweli, is secretary. Lung Kuro quickly cures Bronchitis. Local Notlcs. For the next 10 days I shall sell 10. 12b» and 16c. Hamhurgs for only 5c. per yard. Maude M. Mosher, 49 Cony ftt. febl8eodtt A fine lot of cut flowers, today, at E. G. Briggs, florist, 17 Melville St. t uneral designs a specialty. feblTdSt More new remnants. Woman's fc* change. febl"d4t* Marden’s NHL Ice TeUphoA* ,^°ni,o‘0rt Ura«. will sell Infants' and Children’s bonnets at about KMf price. Nice stock to sstact from. Mliia Clara A. Libby.

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AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY, TlllMTV COMMAND CltV, NO. 7, K_. 'I Stri»,-,l at "■■5" I1 11. KrUlaFfcK -1 A1 Sir Kniuhi* wojourniuic i: tii.- city arc cordially Iu CHOATE. E. C. HU.NCHAKD, Ilf. ODDFELLOWSHALLWATERST. ASVLI )l I.UUUU, t\o. .u, erv Frida v evening, :it T.S o'clock. Initiatory degree 1 GETCHELR, X. G H. F. WESTON. Sec. JIlPIITH.t KKCASIPJIENT No. U, meetings at 8 o’clock every second and fourth Tues days. Royal "Pundc on tw candidates. Tuesday evening Keh. 23. Refreshments. G. S. PEA9LEE, Scribe. O. W. MERRIER. 0. 1*. CAM'OS AHilSTA, No. 3. every third Tuesday, at S l*. M. A. M. DRUMMOND, Clerk. GEORGE F. ANDREWS, Capt. CALAXTHE I.ODGE, No. 32, K. of P. ltesular convention fe at 7..'» every Wednesday ev“ nlny. Wednesday, Feb. is. work In First Rank. rv j l.v.-'ii. r. i .i. AARON a. ItlPr.KY, K. of K. anti S. ucu.tuea.wed IN1FORM RANK, KNIGHTS OF HYTHIA3, KINO COM PANT, NO. t. H>-suliir mofl' r* Intr, lirst Thursday of each t month. Captain, C. E. STCRTEVAXT. Recorder. II. S. HASKELL. highland lodge, no. A. o. t*. Meets every Tues day evening at 7.:;u o clock, in A.'O. I.-. \V. Hilll. GEORGE SHELDON, Al. \V. LEWIS SELLING, Financier. V. V. Ji SWELL, Recorder. I M PURL-1 L LODGE, D. of H. No. 2. A. O. r. W. Meetings in Cnion hall the llrst and third frlday evenings f»t* aeh month, ;i t 7..>1 o’clock. IDA W.KI.i.M A V. of U. 8ADIF MKTlAi.K. Recorder. kJIll.V -Vi ROBERTS, linan. N»— m in KpnneDec I.odge, No. t-U.i Meets in Golden (•ro»t: Hall, second and fourth Thursday eveningsof each montn *t' MAT.*P.ICF. ARN’Ol.n, Warden. EMMA HOWE. Rec. See, K. F. WHITEHOt’SE. Fin. Sec. tu.th.eat A. M.—The resrular mootings of S«-th Williams l'ost, No. 13. first anti third Thursdays of eaoh month. i J. VV. BANOS, Commander. 1VM. McDAVID, Adjutant. b LEWIS SEX.BING. Quartermaster. HENRY G. STAPLES CAMP, St*. ft-, Division of Main**, S. of V., niv* is th^ first ami thinl Mondays in r.kli iimrith at «i. A. K. hall. ODOROK SHni.lX»N. MARtTS T. MKRRIhL, >Vryf. f ..it 1 A t’li l ST A r\Mr, >0 tmh». Modern Woodmon »t AtiKTlca. Kegulur mu^tin^s and third Monday of «*ach month in Union 11 *K. H. i.F.IOUTOX. V. C. \V. V. BERRY, Clerk. II. W. ItASKKKI.. Bank'-r. KNIGHTS OK THE MAC CABEES. Kennebec Veni So. 15. meets in A. O. IT. W. Hall nu 'uml nn'l fourth Fridays of each month, at J.45. 8. C. O. WARD, i om. Kl'ilK.VK MHKI'.IU.. R. K. Wlf.LlS E. SWIIT, K. K. Who’s Your Druggist? Perhaps you think this question unimportant. A druggist is a druggist, and one druggist is as good as another. Strange if it should be so in one of the skilled profession when it is not true of even the commonest trade. There is always something of skill and correctness which grades men in business. We claim to stand in the top grade where skill and accuracy in compounding of drugs are required We prove that claim daily at TEMPLE PHARMACY. Frank R. Partridge, Prop Augusts. Maine Telephone 46-3. When In want of the beat 'in. »f Chocolates, Bon Bons, k Holiday Candies, MADE FRESH EVERY DAY. an! sold at the lowest prices, call at the Augusta Candj Kitchen. Cor. Water Bridge Sts. t have Just received u fresh line of high priced Crown chocolates and fancy boxes. Call and sample these new goods and convince yourself as to their quality. cctU.eodtf HEADQUARTERS her FRUITS OF ALL KINDS. Al.o CONFECTIONERY. NUTS. Ac. Augusta Fruit Co., iif WATER ST., AUGUSTA. 1ELEPHONE. 108-3. UNDER CONY HOUSE FREB DELIVERY. AGENTS WANTED. Health ami Accident insurance. Heat Company. Moat ijheral i'ollev. Agents who can produce business can secure moral contract. Address with references. Manager, Box 194, Boston, Mass. Ririfv Kennebec JOura* SUICIDE. Silas Jackson of North Augusta, Sick and Despondent, Ends Life by Cutting Throat With a Jack-knife. Lives About Six Hours, but Efforts to Save Him Fail. •Silas A. Jackson, a farmer living near the North Augusta Onuifir hail. com [mitted suicide by cutting ilia throat,! Monday morning. Jackson, who was hut 29 years of age. had been ill with a stomach complaint during the fast few weeks and had been subject to liis I of melancholia, bur it was not thought that there was danger «>t' his elating his own life. Monday morning, his wife arose and went from their sleeping room to attend to the household duties, leaving Jaekaon in bed with their soil, a hoy of abrut 4 years. Shortly after the terror stricken child rushed from the room ;i nd told the mother of the awful deed [committed l*y ids father. Investigation showed that the father I had arisen and securing a large jack knife had plunged it into his throat upon the right side. Dr. afternoon, for a short visit in Han ger and Old Town. P. I!. Harrows, the popular cashier at the American Express Co's, oflice in this city, passed Sunday with relatives j at Iceboro. J. W. Brackett of Phillips, editor of. Maine Woods and member of tin-' Legislature, was in the city, last even- 5 ing, and made the Journal a pleasant, call. Prank Thoms has undergone an oper ation at the City hospital which is ex pected to delay th time when lie and John U>de will enter the t'nited States navy. K. Dowling. who lias recently been employed as dark at the City hotel, lias entered the am ploy of A. Milli kei. ami will go to Islnml Falls, today, where h** will work as a lumber sur veyor. Tbe Boston Globe, Monday, said that Frederick A. Jones, the popular agent of the Kennebec line, is recovering from a severe attack of pneumonia, a f.,t which his hosts of friends in this vicinity will be pleased to learn. The Augusta delegation to tin- Grand I.odge, A. O. r. \V„ at Bangor, left, yesterday, for that city. It de luded lira ml Recorder A. G. Andrews, Grand Outside Watchmnu W. T. Jones, l.. 11. Dudley of the executtvi committee, and j J J Maher. .1. X. Krskiue, VV. H. Smith j and G. A. I'iper, representing the two j lodges in tills city. Among the recent visitors to the! l.ithgow library have been: John Nor- j lion, Webster, S. Ie; S. Bella Wharff. Mrs. Catharine Bank. Bangor: Moses i French, Solon; John VV. Sargent. I 1’iov ideiice. It. I.: Thomas J. Foster.* W. K. Dana, Westbrook; Mrs. A. Lifford. Mrs. S. S. Andrews, lilddeford; j John B. I-handler, Fast Corinth. The following from a Westfield, Miss., paper shows how school mai lers are managed in that city under* ,Pe guidance of Stanley Holmes, -on of Win. H. Holmes of this city: "In j contrast with clashes in adjacent I towns between school superintendents ami school committees, it is pleasant to note how smoothly things have run in local educational affairs since Super intendent Holmes took the helm. Su perintendent and committee work to gether in perfect harmony, and the schools get the full benefit of tins com plete unison of effort. Westfield has had its experience in the school fric tion business, hut there are few places where educational matters run more evenly or with better results in lie schools than they do in this town un der Mr. Holmes’ superintendence.” I Even if it was a rough night, there was a large attendance at the meeting of Augusta Camp. M. W. of A., last evening. The team of eight Foresters worked the degree upon eight candi dates and three applications were re ceived. At the meeting to lie held two weeks from last evening, it Is expected that live more candidates will be adopted. Beaver Camp has five candl i dates on hand for its meeting, this eve-r.irg The Degree of Honor whist party will meet> this afternoon, with Mrs. A. G. Andrews, li- Oak street. A CARD. We. the undersigned, do hereby agree to refund the money on a GO cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar If It fails to cure your cough or cold. We also guarantee a 115-cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money refunded. Bowdltch A Webster. Kinsman Phai macy. F. X. Courtemanche. C. K. Partridge. Arthur Tetrault, Temple Pharmacy. John Coughiln, August*. Jackson Bros., Chas. Ward ACo.. J. C. Moulehan, octlSdiwtao H. Beane. _ Onriiau. I i f I Physicians and nurses in all civ ilized countries prescribe and recommend JOHANN HOFF'S EXTRACT as the greatest tonic and builder. lnsl*t UfNtn Johann Hoff* Hxtr&rt and take none of the cheap substitute* offered .1* 'Most a* u^od.” They have nothing but their cheapness turi/comiuenU them. KISXKK St MENDEiJOlN CO. Sole Agents, New York. THE STORM Blustered in All Its Fury. Yesterday Afternoon and Night. Augusta was visited by one of the v orst storms of the season, yesterday. It began to snow in the forenoon and niimiod until into the evening. The s tow was accompanied by a heavy gale earing-tin- afternoon. This combination snow and wind was extremely dis agreeable to faee and there was no one .'ho ventured out except those who ere obliged to do so. There was some i';il> delay on the Klectrio road, the i orst being ‘on the- Togus branch, one i- «tu walking in from the Insane hos j-'t i1 parsing tin ear on the way and i” lug i '-r-- tirst. Telegraph ctimmu hntio.i -u- of the city was held t >i lUghout the day. Tile Associate! 1 ss wire to I ins ton was down early i i ill evening lint was later in work i g edition. Telephone eommuniea :ou .i v. as also had, but it was iMoh nk talking at a distance nu ac count -a tin- heavy wind. It is impos sible t estimate tin- amount of snow v hich fell, as it had scarcely reached the ground before it was taken up and whirled a way into drifts, on this ac count the sleighing has not been itn ploved. Tile train due to arrive here at 7.23 was about an hour and a quar ter late. The Pullman from the cast as an time. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Kennebec County. Tii following real estate transfers have ■n recorded at' the office of the register de.-ds in tliis county during the past i ok: ALBlOX—Erastus Shorey to Alonzo 1). S lor.-y, land. $3ft; Dtis and Hannah F. ..leader to t'. Edwin Meador, land and hidings. $2*jOO. Ai IT.'STA—William II. Gannett to I tunic YV. Murray, land, $250; Joseph A. [Ionian to John J. White, land and builcl REI XrHADK—Currie L. Russell of t’ui i rslty I’ark, t’ol., to Charles page. 1 ml. ?7">; Andrew K. Page to Mary K. Whitten and Ella F. Griffin of Augusta, end. *127.0. RENT!>X Charles W. Piper to Saibu.il Piper, land, jr.n. CiiEljSEA— Elizabeth H. Cunze to Win n W. Winter, land, a valuable consid ration. CHINA—Edward i*. Mayo of Fairfield. 0 Edward P. Kendrick of .Fairfield, land, .1; Mary E. Fislt to Carrie K. Bickford of Belgrade, land. Jiatfl. CI.1NTOX—Ellen 15. Hunter to orrin l-eonard, land and buildings, *1 and other 1 alnable consideration. I lAKIiAXD—Silas P. Ellis to Almon L. Kills of Winslow, Fred IT. Ellis of Wius low, ami Amelia S. Ellis, land, ft and .tii. r valuable consideration; Silas I’. Ellis to Esther M. McKcchnie. land and buildings. *1 and other valuable consid rati tii. VASKALRORO Martha Jane Av. rill to Tohn Avcrlll, laud, fl and utli r alliuble eonslder.it Ion. WATEKV1LLE—Clarence A. Leighton d' Thoniaston. to Delta It. Holw.iy of .akiariil. land, ?1 and other valuable cn* deration; Abby Havliaml and Chart s T. Haviland of New Vork City, to W. Parker Stewart, land and buildings. SI; W. Parker St.wart to J. Colby Hinted. .1. id. Joseph M Viguo to Everett It. Hall. land. MET.. \VTN8T.\V—Thomas R. W. od t.. Joseph Pindreau of Watervifie. laud. fain; George IV. Reynolds to Wellington T. Reynolds, land. $1 and other considerations. WIXTHROP—Nathaniel It. Pike to leorcc A. Pike, land, *m>0. Tie following quit elaim transfers have I teen recorded during the past week: READ FIERI .-Sarah K. Whittier to fharlea TV. Whittier land and buildings, t-1 PITT ST. IN—Elizabeth F. M. ody to H-.1 1 .moil K. Hopkins of Whlteii.Jd. laud and buildings. Si and other valuable consid ration. AVINSLt'W-Thomar Pet. rs p. Maggie; peters. lamb ?I and other valuable .»u si.lera tiop. Lincoln County. Th. following are tii res' estate Ir.ms f. rs in Rincotn county lor ..no w .h: BoOTHUAV Andrew Hovd to t h is M. Bov.I, lend and buildings. #1 UOOTHBAT HARBOR Daniel H. Moldy t.. F. Littlefield. land. Freeman lJitleli.-ld to J1. WALlXtiK'UU—Solomon Drff t Lin* coln t irff, land, $1: Solomon >rff to LIu ia.il! t irff. land, *11"; Alden W. WiiAheU bach to. Lizzie Winchenbach, land and tiuildings, $1; Clias S. Soule's heirs to Por ter 11. Soule, 'land and buildings, $1. \VH ITKFI ELD—Joint A. 1'artridg. to ITiel.e A. Partridge, laud and buildings In the munieipal eourt nt Portland, Monday, before Judge Hill, the case of the seizure of liquor from the Portland A- Portsmouth Express Co., Saturday, was continued until Wednesday morn ing of next week. Juntos A. t'onnellan appeared for the two respondents, John H. Russell and Edward A. Con iey. They gave bail in the suiu of $200 each. Edgar II. Hounds being one of the bondsmen. Mr. Hounds claims that he has now no connection with Hit. Express Co. and the heating will Is? confined to the two men who were arrested in charge of the place. There was what appears to h, a whole sale discharge of Boston A Maine Rail road conductors and baggage masters, j Saturday night. In ai: it is suited that I there were PI who left the employ of the onmpitny. and neither from the m.-n r.rt: t lie .officials of tit** read ettn it be learned wherein the difficulty lies. On the West I rn division. it is ttntferstooal that four I were relieved. While all the other divis ions suffered in similar manner. Among i the 14 w»\v«‘U Worcester Clinton I.ewiston L/awrcnct* Portland Salem Plymouth Won ...12 ...17 P r I.o^t Plny**d. CVnl. 23 V. ::i ■j: infffuay. i» i*. -«uaton at 1.owII Plymouth at U nr,«i..r Portland nt leiii. l-'iwr*•!*ror Lam t il. e nr Plymouth Lowell a Clinton. Ort _ Clinton. Thursday, lVb. i»» Wt*ropTt!0 Kind You Have Always Bought 0^ Augusta Trust Go. Ottern llnuae Jtluelf, AagoMn, Me. MANCHBSTEIt HAYNKS. ITesicieut. Edwin Furlelgn, John K. Hill, ij"". 10. Macwnber, w. ;i. Uiinneu, H. M iienth. F s. i.yman, I'. W. Kinsman, fra 11. Randall, i*. v. Vickery. Fred rng*Wt» aad ^aacy th. I9crj, ;,t four o'etoek P. M. The following business will come before the meeting: First—To hear the report or the Treas urer and take such action as shall be deemed necessary. Second—To choose seven directors for the ensuing yeitr. Third—I'll- transaction of any other business that may legally come before the meeting. I.. D. MERCHANT Secretary. Unliowdtl, Maine, February 17, i»8. febUtUw The Choicest Vegetables Grown, as well as FRUITS that arc picked at the proper time, an 1 canned ABSOLUTE1.V FRESH hv the most reliable packers it' the country. Is the only kind yon will find on our shelves. We have the choicest products raised, to i class and tin. MERRILL BROS.. Augusta Great Stock Reduction. WE WILL MAKE INTERESTING PRICES PROM NOW UNTIL APRIL TO THOSE WHO CALL WITH CASH, IN ALL OCP DEPARTMENTS IN OK DEP. TO REDUCE STOCK. G. D. HASKELL, TELEPHONE 2S-2. Old Government Java COFFEE GROWN ON THE HIGHLANDS OF A PRIVATE PLANTATION. UNEQUALLED FOR ITS PURITY AND RICHNESS. HEWITT TURNER, AUGUSTA. janVfc-.>dtf r* A j j.Jt.iiV In Our Bakery Department We Always Have Txiaf Bread. Vienna, French ari l Cylinder R-Tls anAl Cream Tartar Biscuits. Pies—Mince, Apple atnd Lemon. Cookies— Sugar, Seed and Log Cabin. Hermits. Doughnuts and Jelly Roils, "Lady Fingers, Augel Cake, Cream Puffs and Cream Cakes, Qolden Rod Cake, 10. 15, 20 cents each. Brown Bread and Beans Saturday. Cake made to order and decorated. w WEBBER LOCKE, Augusta, Candy, Pure, Glean, Fresh, Every Day. N. T. FOLSOM SON’S NEW GANDY STORE, V ICKERV BLOCK; AAJ€3CTSTA, MK CALL, FOR It is a Wonderful Improvement over H>e Dover and other kinds. Beats an egg In 1-3 the time. Call and sue it. Swift Turner, AUGUSTA, MAINU. SAFE DMT BOXES

Bonds, Certificates, Deeds, Wills, Jewelry, Stored in Safety— GRANITE NATIONAL BANK m watu iTuvr. ABfljnfra, AUGUST A. MAIN*. Analyst* from th» fifth annual report d The Maine £tat« J.toard of Health. The "MPA R KLIN a” i.T^EAHNKSS lua ""'RING rifles the fanciful NAME of the SPiunu CHEMICALLY aivi MICROSCOPICAl. UT FT IS ONE OP TUB PUREST OK WATERS." Date of examination, April I NO. El. 1*3. Analysis of aampiie of water 3M expressed In parte per 1OO.0M. Odor ..aoaa Color .to* Total sollda .i.....UA Loss on limit woe M Phenomena Usutlun.4...nothing Hardness Ml Chlorine .4..... .4 Free Ammonia...4:......MU Organic Anirmaila Nitrites ...aoaa Nitrates trace Iron ......4 .•..•••...4.........Boss Lead 4........... .bobs Sediment ......VaJ/tSla" Microscopic examination This is the PUREST TOCWKINO WA TER In the CITY for Of ANAhYglS SHOWS that there is AligC &UTEI.T NO ORGANIC MATTER IN n. It bolla up through clean, white Band fi-jm beneath a solid layer of clay, which atrMtly pro tects it from surface! drat-aage and all pohponoa* mutter. Those dtbrtar PTIRM ORU-'KING W tTER ebon If order PURE altwiil to M 0. R. WELLMAN 1 RAILROADS AND STEAMBOATS. j I j Pfunyw tnUaa iea»a Augusta aa M I lows: THROUGH TRAINS. OOTNG WEST—«.40 A. M. /or Lswtetaa, Farmington, Phillip*, Homeland, Port land. Boston, Bi l-5icton, Montreal sad I J. tioo; lu.no A. M. for Br jmrwlck. tavr iston. FanningTOa. Phillip*. Carmbae.'Wt, Bm.geley. Itucklund, p./rt.and, Bmioi. i Ne. Conway, Fabyans. Lancaster, Gor I ham. N. 1L. For;In Fall-, Grove'on. No. Btratford, land Pond. C- .t'.ieok »nd Beecher Falla; J.tv P. il Io*ai to i Portland; S M P. M ("Xproeo for {Jrun* 1 wlk, Hrlugn.n, No. i onway an-* Bartlett; lC.o* i 1% M. might Pulltni n) «"rerv ’sent for Lewiston, Ratio, Pur'land a:.l hvatohi i-W A. M i sgoept Monou> fAr Port land and Boston. GOING HAST—1.33 A. J*. (wig- i liro-asi fo- Sk whegoo, Itangor. Bar liar l bor, St. Stri.h.m. fCaltlsi. At. junto Hali fax and Ar >tun.,k county and t- '.'-'as*!. I Inttiun Co. P.. it. Monday tno.nl-.fr V A* east does nut connect for Skctrhs.Mii nor ,m Sunday morning for Belfast. Kurt toft or beyond Bangor, except id Hit* >00 tla Waak. Co. it. j: :*.i» v to R«..r rllie, Belfast. Hkowticgar:. Itracor «n*rvin«. j Old T .v>n. Patten. ifntiltou and t.artbuu via 71 A. It. It ’i a;rKiKi, St. j Stephen, «Ca!aI*i, Houlton. W.-tdvUck. iSt John and Halifax, an.. t.« tort j via Oakland and Wintlirop: lxn y ;t. pres* for Waterville, Bangor. Har llarbur. Wash. Co. K. It., '.iu Town. G«v»i.-rlll* land K.'itahdlr. iron Work*, *.;“i p. ii. ior I Wiitervll.e, 'aktand, North An*"n. Bing ham. Skowhegar. lie;" Foxcrott. I Greenville, Bangor. Old Town and Malta i wi"nk EU«wortk an t Wash. Co. It. R. ACCOMMOOATlON TBAlJfS I AUGUSTA To SOUTH GAltr’NKR. a.m. p m. :>.m. r u. Augusta, Ir.Ui 2. 4.w *.la Hallo well 7.62 2.U7 1.07 *.a Gardiner .*.02 2.A> 4.3n 4.CI .So. Gardiner, ar. S.10 2.SO t.'V 1 HltOWX. St)I>vrlntend*nt. Bangor. Oct. HI. 1901. CALIFORNIA EXCURSIONS I'eraonally conducted weekly fouilat ex curt tone to California, leaving Chicago every Friday night—from Boston every Tbura.lay—over the Illlnola Central R. IL, for I,o*'.Angeles and San Franclaco, Tig. Omaha atad the accnlc line ef the world: passing through the grandest scenery ot the Rock/, Sierra Nevada and the Teh&chapl mountain rangea, and through such tourist point* ae Colorado BprlAga. Pueblo, Salt ,'aka City, Ogden and Elo ramento. AL1. TrlK GRANDEST SCEN* tc features by daylight. tf»r n I inarrated advertising matter, rates, reser vation of bcruia »nd nil turtaer informs* j turn apply to J, C. C’air, New Kna. I Agent, Illlnola Cewtral R. R., 2M WuS i inglnn St.. Bowton. Maw. oefMtmaa TO THE NA1IONAL HOMI. Eaatern Branch, D. V. 8, at Togita. XENNEBEC CENTRAL R. R. Cennecta at Gardiner with the UCA H. and Electric Ky. to Augusta, and K«a net.ee eteamboata lor Boeton. TVMK TABLE—Winter Arrangement. Latlve Randolph: Ar. National Hem*: i 22 $.05, ltl.SO A. M.I 7.42, »JS>, 1L10 A. h, loS IJ* 4*1 p. V. 1*. t-so p il \Si -a* LOO end 4.00 P. M. Visitors are cordially welcome ut the Home ami receive epS cial attention from the officialI guldee og dutv, who will escort them threugh th, buildings and about the groubds, Exiting the Pe»r Park, containing about SO doer, Bears, etc The restaurant at this Boeea Station la open ever toe cream, etc., can lumber of visitors, its ample. America* ItfvpisM rr vs iftaunat at the Bom very day, wbava luaefc. s.lipsssiiSMa

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GARDINER ADVERTISEMENTS. Special Sale. Tooth Brushes t Vapaseptic Tooth Brush. The Best Brush. Bristles guaran- teed not to come out, only 17c. Vapaseptic Dentrifrice for Cleansing. Preserving and Beauti fying the Teeth, Hardening the Gums and Preserving the Breath Only 17c. This sale for One Week only, com mencing Feb. 10th, 1902. Special Sale on Patent Medicines every day at Lowest Prices in the County. *s. NOTICE. The above tooth Brush mailed to any address on receipt of price. BEANE’S CORNER DRUG STORE. GARDINER, MAINE. Phone Call 5-3 Open Evenings. Great Bargains at Burbank’s Shoe Store. FOR MEN. 7 Pairs high cut black box calf, made to Bell for $2.59, Now S2.00 12 Pairs Cordovan and calf bals which were made to sell for $3.50 and $4.00, Now $2.00 7 Pairs Tan Russia Calf, high cut, $3 5n values, Now $2.50 20 Pairs of Men’s Patent Leather Hals, which have been selling for $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00, Your choice for $2.00 Strictly cash and one price to all. Ladies* Dongola. Button and Lace. We have about 100 pairs of ladies' shoes that have been selling for $1.50, $2.50 and $3.00. These will all go at 75c, $1.00 and $1.25 Ladies' Warm Goods Ladies’ felt Polish, Toe. goods, now 50 cents T-adles' felt lace and congress, $1.00 values, for 80 cents Ladies’ felt button and lace, $1.25 values, for Sl.00 All heavy winter goods at very low prices. _ We have a first class repairing depart ment, where alt work will be done at reasonable rates. Come and see us at, 205 Water St., Gardiner, Me. CRFD A RLJRRANK Successor to _ r rf the lecture in Wilson hall. The many friends of Seth Aldricht will b*- pleased to learn that he is recover ing from the severe injuries received in the recent runaway accident. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Brocker of East inthrop, were in the city calling on friends. Sunday and Monday, return ing home, Monday afternoon. Mrs. Adams, who broke her arm, Saturday, is reported as comfortable. The arm seems to be doing well, but the bruises about the body are still painful. Bluno Salway, who went with his family to Waterville, last week, re turned to this eity, Monday. His wife and children will remain there for a week or two. Capt. and Mrs. J. W. Libby, who have beer, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Libby, upper Second street, for a few days, havelreturned to their home in Hartford, Me. Miss Nettie Stearns entertained a few of her friends at her home on Loudon Hill, Monday night. A £ery pleasant evening was passed with singing and playing games. J. \V. Emery at the outlet, is pre pared to give game, chicken or turkey suppers to sleighing parties on short notice, having telephone connected with his house. Dr. Charles Beane of the Maine Gen eral Hospital at Portland, came home, Monday, for a few days’ visit. He will go to the lake and enjoy some shoot ing and snow-shoeing. Miss Daisy Fuller has taken a po sition with Postmaster Jewell as clerk in the postofflee. She has been at work for some time in Skowhegan, but gave up her position there for her present one. Edwin L. Barker, the impersonator, is registered at the Hallowell House and will give his monologue play, “The Peaceful Valley," at Wilson hall, to night, under the auspices of the Hallo well Lecture Association. F. A. McClench and J. E. Crottie, who have purchased the lunch rooms of James Leonard, on Water street, are putting their purchase in first-class condition, and intend to maintain an establishment that will give satisfac tion to all. LAST EVENING’S FIRE. Hartwell Somes’ House on Winthrop Street Gutted—Loss, $800. The fire department was called out at about 7.30 o'clock, Monday evening, by a brisk blaze in the Hartwell H. Somes house at 35 Winthrop street. The house is a 2% story frame build ing, with ell and stable, and was oc supied by Raymond Salanio and fami ly. being the property of Mrs. Salanio. The family were out at the time the fire started, and as near ;is could be ascertained, last night, the fire caught around the chimney in the kitchen, working its way up into the roof of the ell. and from there into the roof of the main house. When discovered it was breaking through the roof and was well under way. As there are several other houses in close proximity, and a high wind was blowing at the time, it looked for a few moments as if the chances were good for a general conflagration, but Hose 3 and the hook and ladder com pany were soon upon the scene and the fire was confined to the building where it started. The house was practically gutted, and but a small part of the house hold goods were saved. The damage to the latter was mostly from smoke and water. The estimated loss on the house and furniture is about $800, with an insur ance of $1200 on the house and stable, in the London Assurance Corpora tion. Chin Lark Entertains. Although Hallowell has but one Chinaman among its residents, he does not forget to have a good time once in a while. Last Sunday evening he held a banquet in his little home on Water street, chin Lark sent invita tions to his countrymen in Gardiner and Augusta and a good number re sponded. He also gave a number of our business men a special invitation to be present and try the many queer dishes prepared. Several of them were present and before leaving they began I to think that although "Johnny” is i not very talkative, still he can give many of us a surprise in preparing foods. The bill of fare served to the guests was composed of the follow ing dishes, seven courses in all: Beef steak and onions; chop-suey and the native sauce; chicken, fried and baked; oysters on the shell and fried; fried clams; two kinds of soup; and boiled rice. Besides these a number of strange Chinese dishes were served. Although at first somewhat timid of the unknown dishes the feeling soon wore off as one after another partook of them, a smile of surprised satisfac tion lighting up the faces of the guests. Chin Lark proved himself to be an admirable host, and invited his friends to call on him often. He seems to be enterprising and although he can speak but little English, he overcame this by having an interpreter on hand. NATIONAL HOME. Chaplain Sawyer is making a brief visit to Lewiston. Major and Mrs. A. L. Smith have returned from a week's visit to Port land and Boston. Lieut. E. L. Clark was in Saco, Mon day, to attend the funeral of the late Capt. D. L. Warren. i Gen. John Marshall Brown of Port PEPUNA CURES CATARRH OP STOMACH. BOWELS.KIDNEYS AND FEMALE ORGANS. Black Hair For 50 years Ayer’s Hair Vigor has been restoring color to gray hair. It never fails to do this work, either. Besides this, it keeps the scalp clean and healthy, stops falling of the hair, and makes the hair grow thick and long. It’s a regular hair-food. “Ayer’s Hair Vigor keeps my scalp clean and healthy. It stopped the fall ing of my hair, also, and made it grow nicely. I receive many compliments for my beautiful head of hair.” Mrs. L. E. Stevens, Cle Elum, Wash. SI. All J. c. AYER CO.. Lowell. M»»i. land, local manager, is making an of ficial visit at the Home. Freeman F. Dudley of Portland, re ported for admission, Monday, and was assigned to quarters in N Co. Mr. Dudley served from May to July, 1861, in Co. F, 6th Me., and was then trans ferred to the navy, from which he was discharged in July, 1865. Wilson C. Lewis, admitted to the Home from Canaan, Me., in November, 1898, died at the hospital, Monday noon, aged 68 years. He enlisted at Clinton, Me., in October, .1864, in Oo. D, 19th Me. Early in the spring of 1865 he received a shell wound in the head, but in spite of this served out his term and was discharged in the following September. The remains of the late Thomas Jess, who died at the hospital, Saturday night, after less than a week’s illness with pneumonia, were sent to Milford, N. H., by express, Monday afternoon. Mr. Jess was born in Ireland in 1845, enlisted. Sept. 17, 1864, at Milford, N. H., as a private in D Co., 18th N. H. Infy., and at the expiration of the war was discharged at Washington, D. C. He was admitted to the Home from Westchester, N. H„ in 1898, and had made many friends during his mem bership. He was very fond of good horses and for some time prior to his death had been employed at the stables. George O. Gosse, formerly of Port land and at one time prominent in newspaper circles in that city, died at the hospital, very suddenly. Sunday evening. Mr. Gosse was about as usual, Sunday. About 3 o’clock, a doc tor was summoned to his company quarters to see him. The doctor at once directed that he be removed to the hospital. This was done, but he lived only a few hours after reaching there. His service was in Co. I, 25th Me. He was obliged to give up his newspaper work on account of failing eyesight and was admitted to the Home in October, 1895. He still con tinued to contribute occasional articles to the newspapers up to the time of his death, and for a year or more was the Home correspondent of the Journal. The funeral will be held at the chapel at 11 A. M., Wednesday. WATERVILLE. Mis. F. J. Arnold is critically ill with pneumonia. W. B. Noyes of Melrose, Mass., is the guest of Dr. P. S. Merrill of this city. There will be a special meeting of the U. K., K. of P., Wednesday even ing, for important business. One of the ‘‘stars’’ at the Democratic banquet which will be held at the Pieble house in Portland will be Cyrus W. Davis of this city. The treasurer of the local lodge of the I O. F. has received the check for $1900 the amount of insurance carried in the order by the late William Gul lifer. The Methodist Parish Circle meet ing announced for Wednesday after noon, will be postponed one week, on account of the funeral of the late Mrs. F. S. Clay. The lecture by J. L. Harbour, “Blessed Be Humor,” under the auspices of the Woman’s Literary Club, a basket ball game between Coburn and Hebron and the Citizens’ ward caucuses are the events schcMlulcd for this evening. The Lowe case which was scheduled for further hearing in Fairfield before Dis closure Commissioner G. M. Chapman, Monday, was again put over for two weeks as Mr. Chapman was obliged to be out of torn! and could not hear the case. There was a conference of the good Democrats in the office of Cyrus W. Davis, last evening, for the purpose of discussing ways and means. The pres ent political situation was gone over prett.- thoroughly, but nothing definite was given out. The new switchboard for the central telephone office of the New England Telephone Telegraph Co. of this city has arrived and will be put in position as soon as possible. This will fill a long felt want and much better service is expecled when it is in operation. A meeting of the Colby Club was scheduled to be held in the office of E. T. Wyman, yesterday afternoon, but the storm evidently prevented a quo rum, so nothing was done. The meet ing was indefinitely postponed and no tices will be sent out when the date of the next meeting is fixed. The next hearing on the petition of the Dirigo Telephone Co. will be held, Wed nesday evening, and a hearing on the pe tition of the Messalonskee Electric Co. for locations for additional poles will come at the same time. It is probable that both these matters will be settled In some way at this meeting. One of the doctors of the city had a 10-mile drive to make, yesterday, and was thanking his lucky stars that he lid not postpone it until afternoon as j le seriously thought of doing in the nerning. The drive had to be taken •egardless of the weather, and it would rot have been one of especial pleasure n the afternoon. Dr. Joly Is now a full-fledged member )f the Sidney Grange. It will doubtless be remembered that the doctor In his innual address as president of the Marne I'eterinarians' Association advised his fel low practitioners to join the Grange in irder to develop a better feeling between the farmers and the veterinarians, so now lie himself has set the example. A conference of the members of the temperance wing in local politics, made itp especially of those who are backing the petitions which favor the candidacy of Rev. W. F. Berry for mayor, was held at the home of Horace Purinton. last evening, but the statement was made by Mr. Purinton that matters had n<^ then progressed far enough for publication. Something, however, may be given out, today. A good number of the Waterville members of the A. O. U. W. are plan ning to attend the second session of the Grand Lodge which will be held in Bangor, today. Dr. J. F. Hill, the grand medical examiner, and O. O. Cross of the finance committee, went over, yesterday, as they had to be pres ent at some preliminary conferences. Among those who are planning to go, today, are: Dr. Jolv, as the representa tive of Rocharnbeau Lodge, J. E. Con nor and A. E. Ellis, representative and alternate of Waterville Lodge, Frank Rand and G. L. Learned. Th re seemed to be a desire for late caucuses in the city, this spring, so they will all come in a bunch the last of this week. The general caucuses of both the Republicans and the Democrats are scheduled for Saturday evening, and if ei ther party waits to see what the other will do an interesting combination is ex pected. If a deadlock starts it can con tinue within a few minutes of midnight and must then be broken for midnight is the extreme limit of the nominations. There may be some tall scrambling in the last few minutes of the day. There is. therefore, more than the usual interest in the caucuses. The basket ball game in the Coburn gymnasium, this evening, between Co turn and Hebron, promises to be one of the hottest of the season. Hebron has been in the game several seasons, while this is the first for Coburn. But the latter team has been doing some fine work and its supporters are con fident that it will give the visitors all that's a-coming to ’em. The game will be called early enough so as not to in terfere with any of the other events scheduled for the evening. This will be one of the contests well worth see ing and those who have not already seen a game should take this oppor tunity to do so.

A sled carrying a big stone intended for an anchor for one of the buoys which are being set in the river, stuck on the car track the other day. A powerful pair of horses were attached, but in spite of their best efforts they were unable to move the load an inch. One of the electrics was hung up by the difficulty and after watching the work for a short time the motorman noticed that the load was situated just about right for a straight haul for the car. So a chain was attached and with only one point on the car moved the load as easily as if it had been only a toy sled. Thus the smallest part of the power of the car was more than suffic ient to move the load that was too much for the horses. A woman who gives her name as Mary Eldridge was up before Judge Shaw, yesterday, on the charge of dtunkenness. Her face was familiar, as it was not so very long ago that she wa:- up on the same charge. After that little experience she departed down river and landed in Augusta, where she fell into similar difficulty and was given a sentence of 30 days. She xvas released. Friday, and returned to this city which seems to meet with favor in her eyes of late. She met with her old temptation here and was unable to re sist She gave the officers some excit ing moments, Saturday night, and as a result had to face the judge, yester day. She was given a sentence of 30 days and costs, paying the latter and submitting to the former with good grace. She was taken to Augusta by the marshal in the forenoon. AN AMUSING FAKE. Story of a Clever Swindle Resurrected With Local Flavor. There was a good story afloat or the street, yesterday afternoon, which caused all sorts of emotions until it was discovered to be a fake anil then every one was pleased The story as told was as follows: A prominent jeweler was made the victim and the hero was an unknown sharper from somewhere outside the city. According to the story he had been spending a few days in the city, stopping at one of the hotels. He was of rather a sporty character and attracted con siderable attention. While looking over the stock of the jeweler he lo cated a diamond that just took his eye. A bargain was struck, the price for the stone to be $250. When the stran ger came to settle he presented his check which the jeweler of course re fused to honor without an investiga tion. Mut this did not disconcert the stran ger. He left his check and the dia mond with the Jeweler with the agree men that he would call the next day and if the check had meanwhile been found to be all right would take the gem. When the jeweler made up his money and paper for a deposit the next day he endorsed the check and passed it in with the rest. The bit of paper proved to be simply paper ind was returned to him. The stranger called next day as igreed and was very much surprised to find that the check had not been Honored. But he had heen rather care less of his accounts of late and per haps he had overdrawn at the bank on which the check was drawn and was not familiar with the fact. He had, however, a temporary deposit in another bank in the city and he would give a check on that, which he pro ceeded to do. The second check was accepted for investigation and the first and worthless one passed back to the Easy to Take Easy to Operate Because purely vegetable—yet thor ough, prompt, healthful, satisfactory Hood's PiHs stranger. The endorsement on th back by the jeweler made the otherwise worthless paper good and that was apparently what the stranger was af ter. After getting possesion of his check again the charms of the city sud denly became tasteless and after pay ing his hotel bill with the cherk he departed for parts unknown with the generous remainder. Of course to make the story come out right the Jeweler paid the check and mourned the loss of his long green. There were some Inconsistencies in the yarn, hut still it passed as good currency until some one had the courage to say "check” to the jeweler. His astonishment was so genuine on hearing the story that it was at once branded as a fake. Its origin turned up shortly after. It seems that the same game had actually been played in Springfield, Mass., and a Water ville man who got It straight from a bank cashier told it here to his friends. Some genius straightway revamped j the yarn, added the name of the local jeweler and set the story afloat. Af ter a short but merry voyage it turned up a complete wreck and every one breathed easier when it was known that no foxy stranger had pilfered any of the city's diamonds. THE G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT. Committee Now Considering Advis ability of Holding It in Waterville. When the State encampment of the G. A. R. was in session at Augusta, Presi dent Hill of the Board of Trade, after a consultation with what members he could see in the limited time at his disposal, sent a telegram inviting the department to hold its next annual encampment in this city. The matter was referred to a committee and no definite action was tak en at the meeting. Since then the matter has been under consideration by the committee and th? ground is being looked over. The only question to be considered Is that of ho tel accommodation. If Waterville can ac commodate GOO people for several days she can have the encampment. The hotel men of the city think that they might be able to do It. Waterville is so situated that there would not be so great a necessity of remaining in the city over night as in other places. All who might come could doubtless be fed all right, the only trouble being the furnish ing of beds. The trouble with the hotels is that they are regularly taxed pretty much to their capacity by transients, but on a pinch, with The Gerald in Fairfield doing what it could, 300 might possibly be accommodated. A good number could doubtless be cared for by private fami lies and boarding houses. The local hotel men seem to think that if Augusta did the trick Waterville with her better train service could do it. THE POST WILL CELEBRATE. Department Commander Merrick's Election to Be Celebrated, Thursday. W. S. Heath Post, Xo. 14, G. A. R., will celebrate the election of its com rade, J. L. Merrick, as department com mander, Thursday evening, and has In vited all the posts within a convenient radius to assist. The post has had the honor of having a department commander chosen from its ranks before, and es pecially proud of being able to celebrate a like event again. The affair will be in the nature of a campfire. Only veterans will be present and all in the city and vicinity are invit ed to join in the celebration. It will be a regular old-fashioned soldiers' evening and is being anticipated with a great deal of pleasure. It will certainly be one of the red letter events in the history of W. S. Heath Post. Across the Sebasticook. The following communication has been received by President Hill of the Board of Trade. A committee from the Board appeared before the com missioners on the hearing in favor of the change, as Waterville was much interested in it and will be consider ably affected. This will be good news for all concerned, as the change was generally desired. Winslow, Me., Feb. 13, 1902. Board of Trade, Waterville, Me., J. F. Hill, President. Dear Sir:—I am pleased to state to you that the petition to the Kennebec County ■Commissioners in regard to the re-location of the county road across the Sebasticook river at Winslow village has been granted, and trust that you may feel amply paid for the effi cient work you did in bringing before the court the necessity of this change. I thank you for the courtesy. Yours very respectfully, ALDEN BASSETT, Selectman of Winslow. Eight-Hour Day for Operators. The operators at the Maine Central station in this city are well pleased with the adoption of the 8-hour day which has just been made. Each of the three men. Nelson, Musgrave and Hegarty will have 8-hour tricks. Nelson will go at 7 in the morn ing and work jjntil 3 in the afternoon, when he will be replaced by Musgrave who will work until 11 at night. Hegarty will then complete the night, getting through at 7 in the morning. This plan will divide the work up much more evenly and make it easier for .-ill of the men. Under the old sys tem the hours were long and the work very exacting. It is believed that the new plan will be found the better in every particular. FAIRFIELD. W. B. Pierce is spending a few days with friends in Belfast. J. C. Byrns, the clothier, has returned from a visit at his old home in Ware, Miss Lou Hoxie of Augusta, spent Sunday at her home in North Fair field. Mias Helen Pratt, who was called to Portland, last week, by the serious Ill ness of her nephew, Lawrence Park man, who Is suffering with appendi citis, has returned home. Many friends here will be glad to learn that the young man is now considered out of danger and on the road to recovery. Invitations to the wedding of Miss Sarah Elvira Vaughan to Harry Al bert Tozier of Auburn, formerly of this town, Thursday evening. Feb. 27, at the church of the Holy Trinity, Brook lyn, X. Y.. have ben received here. Miss Vaughan is well known here, hav ing attended t'oburn Olafulcal Insti tute at Watervllle. .Mr. Tozler Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Tozler of this town. He is now employed with the American Express Co. at Auburn, where he has a fine position. A union temperance meeting was held at the Baptist church, Sunday evening, under the auspices of the Womens fhristian Temperance Union, in memory of the late Francis E. Wil lard. Mrs. F. H. Brown, president of I the local union, gave a brief sketch of the life of Miss Willard, after which Rev. Wilbur F. Berry, secretary of the Christian Cl vis League of Maine, gave an address upon temperance. Mr. Berry very feelingly alluded to the saintly character of Miss Willard and the noble work to which she devoted her life. Music was furnished by a mixed choir, from the Methodist and Baptist churches. Commissioner of Agriculture Gilman j has been in Fairfield, recently, eon j ferring with some of the leading clti zens in regard to the desirability of holding one or more Farmers’ Insti tutes, enther in this town or Water ville, week after next. Owing to the uncertainty in regard to date when he could secure speakers, definite arrange ments could not be made. The matter was left in the hands of the gentle men who conferred with Mr. Gilman, and they will announce the place and date as soon as definitely decided upon. The farmers in this vicinity are very anxious to have these institutes held, as it would allow them a chance to exhibit which they have nevpr had be fore. SKOWHEGAN. George Jewett left. Monday morning, for Old Town, where he has a position in a tonsorial establishment. At the meeting of Somerset Lodge. F. A. M., Monday evening, the E. A. de gree was conferred upon one candidate. The rehearsal of the Choral Society for this week has been postponed until Mon day evening of next week, on account of thg absence of the leader. S. W. Philbrick. E. P. Viles. J. C. Viles and Forrest Goodwin left. Monday, for Augusta to attend the meeting of the Kennebec and Moose River Log Driving Companies. A course of sermons on “The Life of Christ" was commenced, Sunday even ing, by Rev. Daniel Onstott in the Methodist church, the opening sermon being upon the childhood of the Lord. A prize waltz will constitute an attrac tion at the weekly assembly in Milbum hall. Thursday evening. This waltz will be the first dance after the intermission, and the award will be made by competent judges selected from the floor. A party of 2t ladies were entertained at whist. Saturday evening, at Hotel Ox ford, by Miss Julia Folsom. The two front rooms on the third floor were used for the occasion and a most pleasant evening was enjoyed by all. Refresh ments were served in the dining halL The annual meeting of the Somerset Central Agricultural Society was held, Saturday, at the office of Danforth Gould. Officers for the year were elect ed as follows: President, S. W. Gould: vice presidents, J. W. Packard and W. H. Weston; secretary, H. A. Archer tieasurer, E. D. Packard. The trustees are A. H. Lang, C. W. Day, W. D. Bradbury, R. F. Parker and Chas. H. Gardiner. W. L. Bonney, principal of the High school, who has held that position for the past five terms, has tendered his resignation to the superintending sthool committee, to take effect imme diately, or as soon as his successor can b3 secured. Mr. Bonney resigns to ac cept a lucrative position in the Ameri can Book Co. This action of his is a matter of deep regret, both to the scholars who have received the benefits of his instruction, and to the many friends which Mr. and Mrs. Bonney have made during their residence in the town, who wish him the best of success in his new work. Several ap plications have already been made for the vacancy, but the board has taken nc action as yet. Skowhegan people will be glad to loam of n flattering offer which has been made to one of our most promis ing young men. Roy L. Marston, who lias been offered a chair in the faculty of Yale University, in. the department of forestry. Mr. Marston is th+ son of Hon. C. A. Marston of this town, a graduate of the Skowhegan High school in the class of ’95 and of Bowdoln Col lege in the class of *99. He took a prom inent part in both school and college life, being chiefly instrumental in or ganizing the lyceum in the High school nno in starting the publication of the school paper, of which he was editor in-chief during his senior year. In his colli ge course he was active in literary work and was editor-in-chief of the Bowdoin Orient. During the past three years he has been taking a course in forestry at Yale, and has participated in extensive surveys in the northern iiart of this State. The excellence of ills work Is attested by this appoint nent, which he Is holding under con dderation. OAKLAND. W". The wedding reception of Mr. and Mrs. Harry McCausland, who were married. Thursday evening, Feb. 13. by the Rev. J. B. Lapham, was held at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles York, on High street, Saturday evening. There was a large number of relatives and friends present to congratulate the happy couple and to spend a most enjoy able evening with them. 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