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The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20
The bubble About the Death Pen
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According to the Kennebec Journal the
opponents of the death penalty think they
have found fatal defect in the law passed
this winter restoring capital punishment.
It is alleged that this law fails to specify the
method of execution of the penalty and for
this reason cannot be executed at all. We
have not seen the full text of the law and
therefore cannot say whether the allegation
IS well founded or not. But even if it be it
by no means follows that the omission is a
fatal one. Before the death penalty was
repealed the statutes contained this Sec
ton:
The sentence of death shall, in all cases, be
inflicted by hanging the convict by the neck
till he is dead, and be executed, at the time
directed in the warrant, within the walls or in
closed yard of the State prison: and the sheriff
OF the county, unless prevented by sickness, or
other casualty, and two deputies designated by
him, shall be present at the place of execution;
he shall request the County Attorney and
twelve citizens, including surgeon or physi-
clan, and permit the convict's counsel, rela;
lions and such minister of the Gospel as he
may DESIRE such offers of the prison, deputies,
constables, and military guard as the sheriff
sees fit, but no others to be present.
The act repeating the death penalty passed
in 1876, contained two sections as follows:
Section 1.-The penalty of DEATH as punish
ment for crime, is hereby abolished.
Section 2-All crimes now punished witt
death shall hereafter be punished by imprison
ment at hard labor for life.
This law was simply an experiment ant
the legisla.ers did tt~sweep away, and dir
not intend to, by it the machinery which
had been constructed to enforce the capita
punishment law which it superseded. There
fore the act quoted above was left unre
pealed. So long as the experiment contin
ued this act was of course dormant; but the
revival of capital punishment would seem t.
restore it TO life aud give it the same force
that it had before the repeal of the dealt
penalty.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20

THERE is this consoling and gratifying
feature about the present stringency in the
money market, it readily admits of explana-
ton, and the causes from which it arises are
harbingers of good rather than of evil. 1t
has been brought about in great part by the
demands of legitimate business of the west,
which are not only more than ordinarily ex-
tensive, but have set in this year at a some
what earlier date than usual, and this cir
cumstance promises well for the course of
trade in the later spring. 1t indicates a
special increase ip the volume of business.
Another cause is to be found in the accu-
mutation of funds to meet the May call of
bonds, and yet another in the manipulations
of those who at such times as this avail
themselves of the opportunity to bear the
market. 1t is rather tight squeeze while
1t lasts, but no harm will come of it.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20


ENGLISH penny postage has long been
pointed to as atriumph of Governmental at
tention to the middle classes and the poor.
After October we, too, shall have penny
postage, our cents being the equivalent of
the penny. But England is not quite three
iourths as large as the State of Missouri,
and Missouri and Illinois together are larger
than Great Britain and Ireland. We ex-
tend penny hostages over an area equal to
sixty Englands. Our new postal notes will
be infinitely more convenient than those
popular in Great Britain, but the average
cost will be little higher. In some respects
the British postal system is superior to ours,
but on the wholewe can hold our heads as
high as anybody.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20


THE farmers of this and other States are
coming more and more to realize the impor-
tance of having good country roads. Firm,
well-drained highways save money every
year, rnd good deal of it, too. But they
cost money in the first place, and the ques-
ton is how can the funds best be raised.
Borrowing is the worst policy The country
is full of warnings against the reck-
less ineurring of debt by munich
palities or counties for the purpos-
es of public improvements. At State
Convention held in Iowa few days ago, to
consider this subject in all its bearings, the
conclusion was reached that an annual road
tax ought to be levied to be expended jointly
by county and township officials. In order
to spread the tax over series of years, and
make the annual levy as light as possible, it
was thought advisable to have one important
thoroughfare in each county first improved,
and then others in the order of their rela-
tive prominence. This plan has the merits
OF simplicity and OF showing to the tax-pay-
ers, in the aggregate of the yearly assess
ments, just what the working of their high
ways costs them.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20

GEORGE TrcKNoB CURTIS says we needn't
believe anything Jake Thompson or anybody
else says ABOUT James Buchanan, as he will
have the pure and undefled facts in his
nearly completed biography of the Old Pub
lie Functionary.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20

THE Washington Post believes that city
to be more free of beggars than any other
in the country. Had it investigated the
crowds at the departments when it made
that statement?
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20

A HAMBURG correspondent writes that
the divers who have been down into the
steamship Cimbria report that there are
over 800 corpses in the wrecked vessel, in
every imaginable attitude of sudden agony !;
the action of the water causes them all to
sway to and fro in the most CHASTITY manner,
SO that the scene is one of uncomfortable
horror
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 90.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
Stations. The name and address of the writ are In
all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for uDhca-
don but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve CON-
snunications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20
ELOCUTION.
Notice.
couxcII CHAMBER, AUGUSTA, ME-,

March Is. 1883.
The Governor and Council, in behalf of the State,
VIII receive sealed proposals for the publication of
the Fourth Revision OF the Statutes provided for
by resolves OF the Legislature, as follows:
hesosoed mat as soon as may be the governor and
council may contract with the responsible person or
persons making the lowest bid, for the publication
OF the revised statutes of the State with the con
stitution thereof the constitution of the limited
States the repeating act the reference cdex tables
of the revising commissioner and such additional
matter as may necessary in style not inferior in size
OF page ana With OF margin, printing paper and
binding, to that of the last edition Of the public
tatutes of Massachusetts, but with the same size of
type as That OF the revised statutes of Maine of
1871; and the person or persons with whom said
contract is made, shall be required to supply the
state with three thousand copies of the statutes so
published. The Governor and Council shall reserve
the right to reject any and all bids; and thew NAV
make said contract upon such terms and conditions
as they deem necessary for the interests of the.
State ana tn time for completion of the contract
and the retail price at which the statutes SO mn
lished shall be sold, shall be limited and specified in
the same contract. 80
Resot0ed, That the secetary of state shall secure
tne copyrl9ht OF said new revision for the use of
the State; and no edition of the same shall be mn
nshed Dy any person other that the contractor
AFORESAID, until the expiration OF five years from
the hrst day of July, in the year of our Lord 1854
hesotced, That two thousand copies of tho revised
statutes belonging to the State, SHALL when printed
be deposited by the publisher thereof In the Office
OF the secetary of state Said statutes 10 be printed
and published in the style aforesaid to be Completed
~ iar as the end OF the text rapidly as may be-
and ~ any event to be delivered at the office of the
secretary of state on or before the 28tb dav of Au
gust, 1888.
The proposals must be of price per page for vol
anne OF 1000 pages more or less for printing, and of
price per volume for biuding The retail price of
he statutes Tor the public not to exceed So per vol
ume Inc right to reject any and all bids reserved
ADDRESS proposals to Governor and Council, Angus
Ia, Maine,-envelope being marked Proposals for
Pub4ishIng Revised Statutes, ana must be received
prior to o'clock of Monday the 26th inst
w. w. BOLSTER ! Committee of
JOSEPH A. LOCKE. Executive
NICHOLAS FESSENDEN) Council
mario div
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20

OPPOSED to the Macon Telegraph, anoth-
er Georgia paper, the Atlanta Constitution,
says the negro in the South is doing better
than his best friends expected him to.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20

RUSSIA, France, Austin and Switzerland
have agreed to the establishment of an In
ternational Detective Force whose duty will
be to protect those countries from Nihiists,
Anarchists, Communists and Socialists.
Such an organization can add but little to
their protection and will exist only in form.
Each country will be too much engaged in
defending itself to waste any considerable
trouble on the outlaws of another.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20

SIMON CAMERON reached the Saith year of
his age, Thursday. As long as he has lived
this never happened to him before.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20

ENGLAND's search for the mysterious
Number One'' is now confused by the ne
cessity of finding the nameless 'sNumber
two,' who made such a scattering of stone,
boards and mortar in the shadow of st.
Stephens. If the numbers continue to in
crease in this way, Britannia will have to
either enlarge her police force or take in her
sign.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20
. Per Gent. Interest.

LIMITED amount of money in sums ranging
above rate by addressing BOX 1872 Roston a. The Nh,
security is perfect and reference can be had to bus
mess men OF capacity, judgment and character
feDlo diff
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20

The coming and going ends of the North
ern Pacific railroads are now within 4s
hours stage ride of each other, and will
soon close the gap.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20
HRoyal Baking Powder.''

HRoyal Baking Powder,
Cream of Tartar
Bicarbonate of Soda
Carbonate of Ammonia
Tartaric Acid
Starch
Available carbonic acid gas 1910 per cent.
equivalent to 1862 cubic inches of gas per OF.
of Powder.
Ammonia gas 043 per cent. equivalent to
1914 cubic inches per OF. of Powder.
NoTE.-The Tartaric Acid was doubtless in
troduced as free acid, but subsequently COM
bined with ammonia, and exists in the Powder
AS Tartrate of Ammonia.
e. G. LOVE. Phi. D.
New YORK, JAN'Y 18th, 1881.
The above shows conclusively that "Cleve-
lands Superior" is a strictly pure Cream OF
Tartar Baking Powder. 1t has also been
analysed by Professor johnson of Yale Col
iege; DR.. Genth of the University of Fennsyl-
vania: President Morton of Stevens Institute:
VIM M. Habirshaw, f. @. s.. Analyst for the
Chemical Trade of New York, and other emf
nent chemists, all of whom pronounce 1t abso-
lutely pure and healthful-HdH'S Journal OF
Health,
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20
The Government Chemist Analyses two
Of the Leading Baking Powders, and
what he finds them made of

/ have examined samples of "Cleveland's
Superior Baking Powder and "Royal
Baking Powder purchased by myself In this
city, and | find they contain:
ssCleveland's Superior baking Powder.''
Cream of Tartar
Bicarbonate OF Soda
Flour
Available carbonic acid gas 1851 per cent
equivalent to 1852 cubic inches of gas per OF.
of Powder.
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20
MEATS.
8Sc per Gan,
VEGETABLES.

and pe aSe % full line Robbins Canned Game
Of
d o will be free
large
to miles
The Portland daily press., 1883-03-20

New Ripe and Solid Packed 10 cts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-28
TILE MARTIN LUTHER SOCIETY.

meeting was held In Mott Memorial Hall, Mt
No "a Madison-ave last evening for the purpose
of organizing q society for the proper cOmmemora-
Fion of the four hundredth birthday OF Martin
Luther which occurs on November 10. by the
terms of the constitution adopted last night II Will
he called the Martin Luther Society OF New YORK.
Any member of Christian church may become
member but the officers are TO be members OF the
German Lutheran Church. IL is designed to have
n celebration of Luther's birthday in New-York,
parade of unday-schOol children, and addresses
made in the various languages in which the Lu.
theran Church il represented. lt was stated
the oommemoration would not be made
I'm sectaran spirit, but 70 Luther
the man and tue rcformer. The society will CO.
operate with the ganzat0n that Is raising funds
for bronze statue OF Martin Luther at Washing
ton where a plot of land has been given for the
purpose. The statue Is to be designed
by the sculptor of that one OF Luther now
standing in the city of Worms, in Germany. A feel
ing was said to exist among clergymen Oh the
German Lutheran Church of New York not favor
able to tins project but the Rev. u. U. WenneI, OF
Christ Lutheran Church. in Nlnettenth-st;, tne
only minister present last evening SAID tnat No uiu
not think this faot the ministers dld not desire 10
take the lead In the matter, but he Thought tue So
ciety would have the aid of nearly all or them inc
election of officers resulted in the selection Oh the
following: 1900
George Z. 0ekershausen, Christian Beers, John H.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-28

in addition to governess who takes especial care
of them during their practice, which occupies TWO
hours each day.
In conversation with TRIBUNE reporter last
evening Mr.. Hutchinson said III seems
strange that the society should have walteu so ong
before taking action The officers OF the society
were invited here week before the circus opened
and saw the children perform privately. No oblec-
tion was made then so the children appeared rtgu-
larly at the performances until this al ernOOn WHEN
a notice was served Us TO stop them. we could pnt
these children III Central Park and let them II9e
their unlcycles and blcvces there and they woudht
be molested at all But when they perform IN mere
for compensation then the society drops on us.
They have met with no accidents as yet. ana are
sound, healthy children. Their parents THINK me
world of them, AMI give them the best of care. Be
sides, they have "A governess who IS WIN them con
stantlv The children very fond OF the sport, as
any one can see by watching them, and they race
around on their machines chasing each other about
and having grand tune ge lerally. The Dicycles
are not half as injurious the tricyes you see on
the street every day. but 10 attempts made 10 put
a stop TO children riding them" A..
MIR Barnum made q call upon the officers OF the
society at p. H., but they proved memorable.
Unless the children are allowed to go on with tneir
performances, which now seems lmprobabie, lneyy
will continue the payroll of the circus ana VIII
exhibit in other cities
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-28
DIED.


. d f. The 779 yeaT q his I 30 wa, 18Th,
1n Hsy @aS at R RI e. lid & Conn nm
CROOK ER-March 81 1888 Benjamin +. Croker OF
the late samuel II Croker aged 80 years and Is days
TRarsday March 80 at Il O'clock boon
NJ also star Council No 47O American Legion Of Honor
HAsBRoUCK-At Stone Ridge n Y, March 81. 1888 Jane
Beyter. widow OF the late Edgar Hasbrouck.
LEAvITT-At Orange. j. on the oath inst. Mary Gar
Leayt[ wife Of Frank Leavitt and daughter of the
Funeral Slunn Avenue Church Arlington Avenue
Train from Barclay or Christopher-st. at LILO al N.
Please omit flowers.
infant daughter Lyon and Thomas Ludlow ogden.
age . days.
Runk wiie Of the Rev Edward j. Rank Of BIon3,ylnes
ss tto a. Nc -, 90 an a1 ococt " "
Trains leave Grand Central Depot Harlem RR l13O
Tsns az S HI ana Mount Vernon
sTRIKERon Monday. March 20, 1888 at his residence
MslOrG General O. H. Striker, OF this city
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
TEN BROECK-At Rocky Hi. N. J., r. V. D. Ten Brock,
Friends respectfully invited to attend funeral services at
Carriages carry friends Princeton for afternoon
trains.
enthusiastically at Quincy IN on Faster morning. tho
- Rev. Fred A. Thayer in the SSd year OF bis ago.
Boston papers please copy
TRAPorE MARTINEz-on Monday March 20. at Char.
her institute Of perons and congestion OF the lungs
the Institute Chapel, No l07 West 55th-st.
VAN BUREN-March 25. at No Park.avea Dr. william II.
Van Buren,. in the 8ith year OF his age -, .,
March 2S at 10 O'Clock
WHITFIELD Brooklyn. n Y. Monday. March &C. 1883, Dr.
Hiram D. ets' vi ~ 10 qggd Of ~ ms Are Radiance No o,
Pineappet. Brooklyn "Wednesday 25th inst at O'CLOCK
Friends will kindly omit Covers
wRIG aT-At BrdgehamPOn Long Island, March "a Levi
u. Wright. NJ. d.. aged " years
Funeral az p. 18th Inst
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-28
4 FEATURE or THE CIRCUS SUPPRESSED

rrr prpFcRNAyCEs OF THE ELLIOTT CHILDREN
AT TIE MADISON sQUA II GARDEN STOPPED.
The officers of the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruety TO Children have been watching intently
the performances at the Madison Square Garden
snce the circus WIS opened One or two officers
have been present at each entertainment with the
evident intention OF bouncing on something.
and finally swooped down on their prey yeSter-
day afternoon. Notice was sent to the managers
Of the circus that the performance given by the
Fu,ott children on roller skates and on
the new machine called the "unicycle' must be
stopped az the society would not allow the chidreh
70 anpear any more. letter was first sent to the
managers, complaining of the "unicycie" feature
of the entert anment. One Of the proprietors I'M
roediately called at the office OF the society 10 cx-
main the case and was then informed that not only
the "unicycle" but also tho bicycle performance
u,ust be stopped. The formal notice was sent
Yesterday afternoon, and the Elliott children did
not appear at either the afternoon or evening enter
tainment.
The Elliott family consists OF eight persons the
father and mother and six children. The father
WIS one of the first bicycle riders In England, ana
used 10 race with trottng horses, 80 great was rho
sneed he could get out of the machine. Inc
mother TOO was also "a well-kn0wn performer on
the bicycle Tho children. consisting OF four R'rls
and two boys, have been taught 10 perform various
feats on the bicycle. ana Inc iI The oldest
child rs glrl fifteen years old, the next - DO
sbont twelve years, and the other boy and girl are
each about ten years Of age Inc tnp
youngest are girls about nihe years Iu
pecnliar performances in England without any
rrssistance from the authorities. The iather ana
mother are in charge Of their children ut the uafde
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-28
RAILWAY INTERESTS.
AGAINST THE MANHATTAN COMPANY.


Alderman Kirk at the meeting OF the Board
yesterday offered u preamble and resolution directed
against the Manhattan Railway Company. The pre-
ambie recites that the Manhattan Company under the
Rapid Transit Act chapter COG Of the laws OF 1870
filed articles OF association Section OF that act states
that the articles Of association shall provide Tor the
release and forfeiture Supervisors OF the County
OF New-York all rights aud franchises acquired by such
corporations said railway or railways shall not
be completed within the time or upon the conditions
therein provided Tho articles OF association OF the
Manhattan Railway Company contain such provision
ono parts OF the road TO be built before May
1877 and other parts before December l, 1877. and
all was to be finished before December l, 1877
Th. was not done The time in which the road was TO
be finished was three yenrs and twenty days and this
time exceeded. In COncluslOL Tue AlciHiai
offered a resolution that the Corporation Counsel should
be directed TO begin suit against the Manhattan Com
pany the forfeiture OF it, franchise, ana WAT
should be taken possession OF IN the name OF inc gu
peryisOrS ,,,
Alderman O'Connor moved that the matter should be
laid over for week This opposed by Alderman
Kirk who said that the company had forfeited Its iran
chi-e and that the road should revert % the city. His
resolution carried by vote OF II TO s. those Noth
against IL being Aldermen O'COnuor, Cochrnne ana
Finck Mayor Edison said altorwHrl IN regard 10 ihe
matter that had the preamble ana resolution,
and therefore could speak undersandngly on the
aubect Corporation Counsel Andrews also declared
that ne could say nothing authOntatycy ON the law
questions involved until he had given the matter care
ful examination. There were. he added, some serious
on ,tons OF fact Ia tue allegations made BY Alderman
Kirk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-28

Tietien; corresponding secretary, A. j. ID. We'd
never; recording secretary Charles Unangst;
treasurer, Jacob A. Geissenheimer; executive
committee, Charles J. Nicholas, Adolph Schniewind.
G. Taddiken, Fred Kraeke, Aug. Becker, Fred II.
Holmquist and Andrew Busch. A large
number of personss signed their. names
meeting it is intended to have churches of all de-
II Ominations represented.
O. meeting of Lutherans Interested in the proposed
erection of monument to Martin Luther in Wash
ington. was held last evening in the Chapel of st.
Matthew's English Lutheran Church. at Amity and
ClintOn-sts. Charles Garlich presided. Charles A.
ing the money TO pay for the statue He had promised
that Brooklyn would collect 81 900. 1t was voted
to appointed a'commttee of three In each Lutheran
Church in Kings County to raise funds. A COM
mittee was also appointed to arrange for cele bra
tion of Luthers four-hundredth birthday on No
vember 10. Ii is expected that Carl SchKz will
make the address on that occasion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-28
MIR. SCHERMERHoRN ON CHRISTIANITY.

The Rev. NJ. X. SchermerhOrn, OF the new
Theisio Church in this city, writes to THE TRIBUNE TAX
ing exception 10 two sentences in an article puosheo
ON Monday concerning his address OF SUNDAY
evening. THE TRIBUNE report represented nun
IA saving that christianity has lost us
hold upgn the faith Of tbe people" What ne acuat'
s,d saw was that Christianity in its partisan OF ee
,ian form has lost its hold upon the faith OF me
sr,a renort aso stated that ne said "Twohros Oh 'e
neon,a of Ghristsudon to-day are not reacheo
4orn NJ Christianity" what ne
octralIv said was this: Iwothirds vi
49, n,o ot Cbristendom to-day are not reached, ana
not hn reached by any existing form Of Christianity
Mr. schermerhorn furthermore protests against
,aracraph which appeared on the editorial page
Of The TRIBUNE yesterday, though his name
uas not mentioned In It, In this 1t was stated thae
Another advanced thinker has started churcn winch
IA designed to suppant all other churches de says tua
ne knows not what his creed is 10 be- but ne does kno"
that Christianity is played out" Mr.. schermernorn
saws that he never intmsted even thought any Vi
these things; that he has never spoAen
one word against Christianity except IN Is
perverted forms and that he u s of That
tan in what he conceiyes to be the true sense s be
word Christianity, In It's perverted oIniS' no
writes. believe TO be. on the whole snpe SoSeT g
other OF the great of the world But MI
,nerhorn admits that he did the following IanguEe
i'm his Sunday evening address new FORM oi ,i a1
rising III the future What sha u DC aiIed IL will
be broader, brighter and sweeter tnah any .t a. gco5
form Of faith and will also recognize all tnst Is RUoG
Scent nnrpose and work have called It Thelsm l. e.
belief in and worship OF one Goa tne tSirds
preacher uses these words ana say @ o reached and
cannot be reached by any existing tOfln ol VII az 80
the impression made upon the oTdnsTy nearer rs vii
be that the preacher considers ChrStianly pretty 'A