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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

New Orleans ordered the city hall to be
draped in mourning; and the local paper OF
the greatest influence, the Times-Democrat,
after incidental notice that this was the
sixth politician shot, delivered itself of this
remarkable warning: with such bloody
record before us, it is time for all sober and
conservative citizens to take some steps to
end this unfortunate condition of affairs-the
bitter and dangerous feelings that have pre-
vailed and still prevail Ii ARRAYS like these
continue, it will manifestly be impossible to
harmonic the Democratic party" 1t seems
then, that in Louisiana, according to the
code prevailing morality during a politi-
cal campaign is such that the necessity of
preserving harmony in the Democratic party
takes the place of the law and the Ten Com
mandments as an inducement to rectitude
After the campaign is over, no doubt, the
Ten Commandments and the law will be re-
instated in Louisiana; and the people of
that State show further regard for the laws
of the Scripture and of man by putting a
period of four years between their State
elections. This reduces to a considerable
extent the legal and sacerdOtal functions OF
the Democratic party.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

Here in New England, where the citizen
may entertain such political opinions as his
judgment approves without annoyance and
express them in the proper way without
danger or trouble, it is difficult to realize the
hot and cyclonic conditions Of the political
atmosphere in several of the Southern
States. Hitherto the poor negro, simple
minded and defenceless, has waged an UNI
equal contest in which the outrages that
have followed his discontinue have been
told only in comparatively rare, though
memorable instances But occasionally, a
division Of sentiment has occurred in the
dominant party in Southern State. Then
it has been impossible to conceal the excuses
Of political passion; and even the distant
observer has caught glimpse of the terrors
that stand in the way of the timid and ignor
ant negro who would exercise his right of
suffrage in Louisiana or Mississippi. The
present campaign in Louisiana is an instance.
The rival Democratic factions, nearly equal
in numbers and influence, are striving for the
governorship; and, though the campaign is
not ended, six politicians have already been
shot dead by political opponents, while a
number Of shooting ARRAYS are not taken into
account because the wounds did not turn out
to be mortal. The last of these affairs was
on New Years day, when Hon. Patrick
Mealey. Administrator Of Police for New
Orleans, went into saloon with a captain of
police and other friends. all Nichols men.
They found there party of supporters of
Mr. Emery, Nicholls's rival for the govern
orship. There was some talk. a quarrel and
then recourse to the ever handy revolvers.
Administrator Mealey was mortally wound
ed. He was carried to hospital, and there.
with General Nichols, his political chief, who
hastened to his bedside, he ended his life
and his political contentious. The Mayor of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10
THE BULL TRUST.
An Organization Planned by Maine
Man for the Benefit of Stock Breed
ers.
Eastern Farmer


During the late Fat Stock Show in Chi
cago plan was inaugrated by the Hereford
breeders of the country there assembled,
which. says the Breeders Gazette, " has the
the merit Of originality and boldness to re-
commend it, the Hereford breeders being
the men to make the first actual effort to APP
ply well known principle of business econ
omy to cattle breeding on a large scale.
This plan was none other than that of a big
joint-stock company for the purpose of hand
ling the annual output of such bulls as in
the ordinary course and especially in times
of depression in prices from whatsoever
cause-are likely to remain in the hands Of
the breeders and farmers hot handling pedi-
gree cattle on scale justifying them in adj
vertising, showing and in other ways build
ing up market for their surplus males, and
which when so held, not only tend to lessen
the demand for pure bred females from their
holders, but serve to drag down prices for
the better grades of bulls held by. the best
breeders. Or in other words, those who
have the necessary means and enterprise 10
find market for their @pure-bulls in times
of depression, propose to step in and en-
courage those Just beginning the breeding
Of Herefords by relieving them of all anxiety
and care with reference to the disposition Of
their bulls.
This most sagacious scheme, which we I'M
derstand originated with Mr.. Hall G. Bur-
leigh of Maine, met with the approval of the
leading Hereford breeders of the country,
who came forward and put their names to a
subscription paper pfedging financial sup
port to the undertaking. The capital stock
required was paid in at once, officers were
elected, and a license to organize under the
laws of Illinois, secured.
The leading Hereford breeders of the
country are interested in the organization,
and the officers are among the ablest of their
number The Gazette says: .The plan is
to purchase at once ali Hereford bulls old
enough for service, remaining in the hands
of their breeders, not for the purpose OF
'cornering' the market in any sense, but to
relieve whatever pressure the presence of
such comparatively limited number OF males
may entail. and put such prices upon them
as will probably insure their being taken
in carload lots or otherwise by ranch coin
panies and others. The movement cannot
fail to enlist the attention of all cattle breed
ers, and its result will be awaited with no
little interest"
We add TO the above endorsement by the
ablest live stock journal in the country of
this new scheme, that we regard 1t as one Of
most far-reaching Importance to our cattle
breeding interest, sure to accomplish good
results TO both the breed and the cattle
breeders, and one which we believe will soon
be initiated by breeders of other classes of
thoroughbred stock. The Gazette adds:
"The enterprise and true Yankee push dis
played by those entrusted with the affairs of
this syndicate can be challenged by nome"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Henry Ward Beecher's uniform as chap
lain of the 18th New York regiment falls
upon the not especially soldisrly shoulders
of I. Dewitt Talmage.
Texas gets three House committee chair
manships, and New England only one.
''But,v says the Texan, "aren't Texas three
times as big as New EnglandP"
The Chicago Inter Ocean suggests that
the year 1888 is "a good time for old bachel-
ors to cogit-8, the girls to reciproc-8 and not
hesit-8 In other words, 1888 Is the year to
ms"
Mme Thayer. the distinguished American
soprano, has been singing with great success
in series of Continental concerts. Her
engagement closes next week with two con-
certs at st. Petersburg. The lady has re-
ceiyed flattering offer to make another
tour of Australia.
1t is said that in Constantinople consider
able indignation is felt because the President
of France threw overheard the name Sadi to
sign only with Republican simplicity the
neater name of his illustrious ancestor. The
Turks feel as If slight had been given to
the peculiar poetry and Asiatic splend0r of
their Oriental favorite.
A regular industry in Paris is said to be
the tasting and inspection of dishes az pri-
vate houses by professional cooks. he
comes, when ordered, to the house where a
great dinner is under way, looks. smells,
tastes of, orders little salt in this soup, a
bit OF sugar in that sauce, flavor Of onion
in the other saline. and goes off to the next
customer.
An old sea captain thinks that he has a
good answer for the question: where do
sea birds obtain fresh drinking water?'
He says that he has often seen birds far
from land that could furnish water flying
around and under storm clouds, drinking the
drops of water as they fell, and chattering
like ducks in a pond on hot day. They
will smell rain squall 100 miles away and
fly for it with tremendous speed.
1t is getting to be quite the proper thing
for our Congressman to become literary.
The statesman is no longer content with
political working. but must be an author as
well. There are book writers in both houses
of Congress, and not a few who write for the
magazines and newspapers. Writing for a
syndicate Of newspapers is very profitable
financially, the prices ranging from $75 a
column up to-. figures that fairly dazzle the
eyes Of the daily space writer.
Senator Beck of Kentucky has served
twenty consecutive years in Congress, dur
ing twelve of which he has sat in the Senate.
His third continuous election as a member
of that body is an honor that no other Ken
tuckian has ever enjoyed. But ten of his
colleagues have been similarly compli-
mented. These are Messrs. Salisbury of
Delaware, Allison of Iowa, Ingalls, of Kan
Missouri, Ransom of North Carolina, Cam
eron of Pennsylvania, Sherman of Ohio. five
times, and the two Vermont Senators, Nor
rill and Edmunds, four times each.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

Later accounts of the Hoang 10 river in
northern China show that the loss Of life
and property was underestimate in the first
reports Fully 5000 villages and cities are
engulfed in the province of Holman, and the
score Of the dead must rise among the mil
lion marks. All recent foundations become
Insignificant by the side of this terrible flood,
which rivals in its horrors the terrible
waters that swelled for forty days and forty
nights in the time of Nah.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

The objections urged by Senator Hoar
against the control of the telegraph by the
government are not new, but he has put
them forcibly and we'll Until the civil SER
vice is entirely divorced from politics it
ought not to be extended any more than is
absolutely necessary. When the time comes
that every man holding government posi-
tion feels that the tenure of his Office de-
ponds entirely upon his faithfulness and
honesty, and that the fact that his politics
are the opposite of the administration will
in no way affect il, then, and not till then'
will 1t be safe to put the telegraph un-
der government control at present the
temptation to help his party into power or to
keep it there in order that his tenure might
be secure would be too much for the virtue
Of many an operator, who might find him
self in possession of the vital secrets of the
opposite party
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

One must go to England to get all the
news. Here is the Manchester Guardian
telling its readers that "Mr. Cleveland has
gained the admiration of thousands of indie
pendent voters by his ability and steadfast
adherence to civil service and other re-
fornac
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 10.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu
nications. The name and address of the writer
are IN all cases Indispensable not necessar ly for
publication but as guarantee Of good faith.
We cannot undertake TO return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

Mr. Whitthorne, Of Tennessee, introduces
in the House of Representatives bill to
create naval reserve, sort of militia of
the sea. In this Congress the farther back
among the mountains and prairies is his
home, the greater seems to be the Congress
mans prominence in our navy and marine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

In Valparaiso there are from eighty to
ninety deaths a day from cholera. This is
the only possible reason we have for con-
graduating ourselves that our commercial
relations swith Chill are neither close nor
cordial
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

Mr.. Hemphill of South Carolina. is chair
man of the Congressional committee on alco-
holic liquors, and believes in restrictive
measures. Hence there is panic among
the liquor men of the District Of Columbia
snch as is quite unusual among liquor men
when Democrat rises to prominence and
noVar
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

Theifirst Englishman to suffer under the
coercion act is Mr.. Wilfred Blunt. who gets
two months in Jail for addressing pro-
claimed meeting in Ireland Probably his
Imprisonment will be worth good many
votes to the Homerulers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

The practical effect of giving the House
Committee on the civil service into the
hands of spoilsmen will probably be an
absence of any civil service reform legisla-
ton by this Congress. The Commissioners
want an increase Of their salaries. They win
not get it If the chairman of the committee
has his way, nor will there be any extension
of the civil service rules to new classes of
officers. In the last Congress the Committee
was presided over by North Carolinian,
Mr.. Cox. who was friend of the reform,
though a Southern Democrat.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

The New York Post is finding itself re-
buked by its free trade contemporaries for
advocating the repeal of the tobacco tax.
But the Post calls their atteEtion to the fact
that the real question now before Congress
is not how to destroy protection, but how to
Nreduce the surplus. That, however. is not
the pressing question with the great ma
iority Of the so-called tariff reformers. Their
chief aim is to formulate bill that will hurt
protection. Whether it reduces the surplus
or not is with them a secondary matter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

THE Annual Meeting of the Portland Masonic
l. Relief Association, will be held at the office
of the Corporation, on TUESDAY, January 10,
reports of the officers, electing officers for the en-
suing year and for the transacting of any other
business which may legally come before It,
Per order.
ALBRO f. CHASE, Clerk,
Portland, Jan. 2. 1888. ian3dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

Mr.. Lamar gets glowing certificate OF
good character and efficiency from the
President The United States Senate is not
likely to accept it at its face value.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10
CASCO NATIONAL BANK.

gUyHE annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Il Casco National Bank, of Portland, will be
held at their Banking Rooms on TUESDAY, the
tenth day of January 1888, at 10 O'Clock a. M,
for the election OF seven directors, and the tran
suction Of any other business that may legally
come before them.
MARSHALL R. COOLING,
fanAdfd Cashier
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10
EAGLE SUGAR REFINERY.

TINE Stockholders of the Eagle Sugar Refinery
Il are hereby notified that their annual meeting
for choice of Directors, and action upon any other
business that may come before them, will be held
at the Refinery Office, Fore St.. Portland, Maine,
on TUESDAY, January 10, 1888, at 3 o'clock p.
m. JUS. L. IHOMfcON, clerk.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10
Merchants Marine Railway Co,

TIME Annual Meeting Of the Stockholders Of the
Il Merchants Marine Railway Company will be
TUESDAY, the 10th day of January, 1888, at
ten o'clock a. M, for the election of officers, and
the transaction Of such other business as may
legally come before them.
ian$dtd JOHN II. RUSSELL, Clerk.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10
CURRENT COM m EMIT,
SIGNS OF ELECTION.
rafa r...~I1

Albany Journal
Democratic factions in Louisiana have be-
gun shooting each other and the colored
men are coming out Of the cane-brakes.
REFoRMER FOR VOTES ONLY.
[San Francisco Post.l
The sugar planters of Louisiana, who gave
Mr. Cleveland 15,747 majority three years
ago. must be protected, while the wool grow
ers and fruit rasers Of California, who gave
Mr.. Blaine plurality of 3,lS1, are standing
in the way Of the progress Of their country,
and must be crushed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10
National Traders Bank.

1.-THE shareholders of the National Traders
l. Bank, of Portland, are hereby notified that
room on TUESDAY, the tenth day of January
next at IL O'Clock a. m, to choose five Directors
for the ensuing year and to act on any other bus
mess that may legally come before them.
dec9dtd EDWARD GOULD Cashier.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10
The AMERICAN INVESTMENT en-

OF Emmetsburg, Iowa. Established 1872.
a;d ~. 80 81 enP,tni.s-... ........@ 200, 900
s.rnlP "''''.'+....'....... 800, 900
Af."'.s.'''ss 'ss..s................ $4,000
offers for sale, at par and accrued interaa, = "a
Sent ana per cent first mortgage loans on farm
~ iowa hansaS and other Western STATES valued
as thlee and four times the amount loaned thereon
anu iuly guaranteed by this company. Also It's
o o,r PEI cent ueoenture bonds and further Sc
oy uep9s,t OF first mortgage farm loans. as
trnstea 'sn Niereantle Trust Co., Of New YORK,
Iua.se supply OF mortgages and bonds con-
ssdnty ON hand, which investors are invited 10 call
n Si eA thllne Coupons cashed ON presentation.
risase apply personally. or by letter for lst OF
.eierehces and other information. a.. q. CHAP
-, ,A.. Gen. Agent, Oxford Bnifdsng, $50
middle Street, Room =. dec2OeOddm
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10
CUMBERLAND NATIONAL BANK.

FTyHE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of
IL the Cumberland National Bank of Portland,
will be held at th cir Banking Room, on TUES
DAY, the tenth of January, 1888, at 10 o'clock a.
m for the choice Of Directors and the transac-
lion of any other business that may legally come
before them. WILLIAM III. S0ULE, Cashier.
Portland Dec 10 1897 declOdtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

President Cleveland calls for lower duties
on the necessaries CT life, and proceeds to
single out wool among the necessaries that
are protected too much. Did he do this be
cause the wooden industry is one in which
the people of the North and West are more
deeply interested than the people Of the
South? 1t would seem that he did when ii
is remembered that.of rice and sugar, prod
ucts in which the South is interested and on
which there are heavy duties, he said not a
word. From one Southern State there comes
protest at this discrimination against wool.
In Texas they raise sheep and the farmers
there believe that protection is good for
their industry. But Texas has hundred
thousand Democratic majority, and few
liberties may be taken with it that it would
be dangerous to try in Louisiana or even
Georgia.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10
Pondicherry COMPANY Of Bridgton

FV,HE annual meeting of the stockholders of this
Il company, for the choice of directors, and the
transaction OF any other business that may legally
come before them, will be held at the Office OF the
company, at Bridgton, Maine, January II, 1888,
at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon.
P. +. BURNHAM, Clerk.
Bridgton, January z. 1888. jan7dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

Mr. Carlisle has come to the conclusion
that it will not be wise to treat Mr. Thobe's
allegations with contemptuous silence, as he
undertook to do in the beginning. Accord
will answer them If they will give him a
week to prepare in. The time has been al
lowed him. AS regards the report of the
committee, it probably would have made
little difference whether he answered or not.
In any event they will not think Of unseat-
ing the Speaker. But the country as well as
the committee is listening to the evidence,
and Mr.. Carlisle has the good sense to rec
ognize that fact.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NOTICES.


THE firm of Knapp, Jenness & Co.. is this day
Il dissolved by mutual consent. Either mem
Der OF the firm will sign in settlement. All bills
due against said firm win be presented 10 Knapp
Brothers q Co., who viii continue the business at
the old stands. All parties owing said firm viii
call and settle before March /, 1888.
A. III. SMALL,
A. y. JENNESS,
jan4d1w 5. L. KNAPP.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10
Canal National Bank.

THE Annual Meeting of the stockholders of the
Canal National Bank, of Portland, for the
election Of seven directors, and for the transac-
tion of any other business that may legally come
before them, will be held at their banking house
on TUESDAY, the tenth day OF January, 1888, at
decstd A - GEO. c. PETERS, Cashier
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

HAVING disposed of our stock, fixtures and
III good will In store No. 33 Portland street, to
Mr.. A. s. Jenness, we would cheeSfully recon-
mend him TO our friends and patrons, and ask for
him continuance Of your liberal patronage.
Thanking you for past fayOrs, we remain,
Respectfully Yours,
jan4d1w TOLMAN & SON.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

Notwithstanding the pressure brought
upon him by the business men of Philadel-
phia President Corbin Of the Reading road
still refuses to arbitate the question of
wages between the company and its en-
ployes. This indicates an indefinite prolon-
cation Of the strike, as the miners are firm
and protest that they will fight to the bitter
end. Some day Mr. Corbin will wake up to
the fact that the policy he is pursuing in this
case is not for the best interest of the COM
pany which he represents. His refusal to ar
bitrate is not consistent with DISPOSE
ton on the part Of his company to pay the
miners living wages, something that it is
bound to do or prove its inability
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.

VlHE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders Of
j. the Merchants National Bank of Portland
for the choice of Directors for the ensuing year,
and transaction of any other business which may
legally be presented, will be held at the Bank on
TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 1885, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
CHAS. PAYS0N, Cashier.
nac IN 1897 decl Odtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10
PORTLAND RAILROAD CO,

ANNUAL MEETING.
NyHE Annual Meeting of the stockholders of the
IL Portland Railroad Company will be held In
the Library Room, Mechanics Han, Portland. on
Monday, January IS, 1888, at 3 o'clock p. M, for
other business that may legally come before
them L. A. NEWMAN, Sec'y.
Portland, Jan. 8, 1888. ian9d7t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10
POrtlands& Ogdensbnrg Railway
ANNUAL m GETTING.

VyHE Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the
IL Portland & Ogdensburg Railway will be held
at the office SIT Commercial ST., Portland, Me-,
on TUESDAY, the 18th day of January, current
at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, to choose directors
for the ensuing year, and to transact any other
business that may legally come before them
CHAS. H F0YE, Clerk,
Portland, January 2, 1885, jan4eodtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-10

Day Class, lfs and Antique $40, non members $25
Blythe month " 6, s
Blythe month " 5, s
The evening class has been arranged expressly
TO ACCOMMODATES those whose occupation or engage
ments prevents their attendance on the day class.
The only differences in the classes excepting Oil
Painting of course) is in the number of hours
available for work. Those who intend TO become
members of either day or evening class, or to fur
nish scholarships for friends, and who have not
already given notice of such intention, will confer
favor If they will notify Miss Inez A. Blanchard,
81 Emery St., Immediately or leave word at the
Society Rooms, Deering Block. For more com
plete information. apply to any member OF the
committee in charge.
e. r. Pierce, G. +. Davis, j. G. Stevens, Inez A.
Blanchard. Committee In charge. noyl7eodti