davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06

some years ago allowed. She is a daughter
of former governor of Maryland, and wrote
some vigorous articles on the Union side In
the early days OF the war. Conceiying the
ie that the Confederacy could only be at
tackled effectively by cutting 1t to the heart
on the Cumberland, Tennessee and Mssiss
lppl rivers, size went West and looked the
ground oyer, perfecting the details of a pos
slole gqn6oat campaign. The plans were
submitted to Secretary Stanton in writing.
ana py him laid before the cabinet but with
out signature, the secret of their authorship
Delng confined to few, lest the confidence
OF the army and the country might be dashed
by any. hint that military leaders were taking
counsel with woman. In the end her sug-
gestions were adopted, it is maintained, in
detail, and the Victories of the spring of 1862
won along lines marked out by her. Miss
Carroll has been living in little town in
New Jersey for some years now in feeble
health, and much of the time confined to her
room. When claim for services rendered
was first made upon Congress in her behalf,
evidence was submitted which resulted in
the decision that the original idea of the Ten
nessee campaign was undoubtedly hers.
Bills for her relief have been introduced
periodically SINCE but never acted on, and
the delay. together with the failure Of friends
to give more than lukewarm support to her
cause, has embittered her old age.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06
Hundred-rnousand-p ollar-,ndul-


lDcSpaCcn 10 N \. world
The marriage of Prince Amadeo, brother
of King Humbert of Italy. with his niece,
the daughter of Prince Jerome Napoleon,
has been definitely fixed on the 18th of Sep
TENDER. 1t will take place in Turin and will
be made the occasion of great display.
King Humbert and his queen and the Prince
OF Naples will attend, and the queen of Por-
tugal, sister of the bridegroom and aunt of
the bride, will leave fol. Turin in a few days
The varions branches CT the Bonaparte fami-
ly Will be represented, and it Is limited that
the ex-empress herself may honor the occa-
sion with her presence. The ex-empress will
bestow large dowry on the Princess Letitia.
Prince Victor Napoleon and his father, Plon
Pion, will meet at Turin, and the friends of
both parties hope to effect mutual reconcil-
iation. Empress Eugene has lgreatly con-
tributed to the success of this rGppockement.
King Humbert looks with great approval on
the marriage of his brother and niece, and it
Is MS majesty who, In the capacity of head
the hand of Princess Letitia from Prince Ma
poleon. her father The Duke of Aosta is
forty-three years OF age, and is sallow-faced
hollow-eyed and a trife tsrouchc looking.
He has three children by his former mar
Tiage. The princess is TWENTY-FIVE years old
ana is beautiful, accomplished, and, like her
mother, Princess Clotilde, noted for her piety
The newly married couple win spend a few
days at Prangins, near Geneva, in the house
OF the brides father, and will then go to
England, where they will be for time the
guests OF the ex-Empress Eugene at Farm
Inc ladies of the Imperalist party in Paris
with the Dnchesse de Moucny at their head.
have decided to make present to Princess
Letitla, and are making collection for that
purpose.
It's known that heavy fine is imposed
on persons marrying within such close lines
OF consanguinity by the Catholic Church In
order to render such marriages less frequent
Members OF royal families are not required
to pay the fine, but they are accustomed to
give present instead. 1t has been stated
that Prince Amadeo has made money pres
ent of hundred thousand dollars. Such
marriages are permitted only for lgraye rea-
sons In connection with this marriage it
has been announced that nearly four hum
dred dispensations for uncles to marry their
nieces are annually granted In Rome: Of
somewhat more than five hundred such ap-
plications during the past year 100 were re-
Jected
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06


The Bangor Commercial wants to know
first, how the PRESS reconciles the platform
adopted by the Republicans of Maine in 1852
which resolved against the removal of the
tax on liquors, and the platform adopted by
the Republican National Convention at Chi
cago in June last The Republican National
Convention did not declare in favor of the
removal of the tax on liquors. 1t merely
said that rather than destroy the protective
system 1t would remove that tax along with
all other internal revenue taxes. The Dem
ocrats have chosen to construe this resolu-
tion as a declaration in favor of free whis-
key, and upon that construction of course it
Is inconsistent with the resolution of;the Re-
publicans of Maine in 1882 But that is not
q fair construction. The fair construction
Is that the Republicans believe that the pro-
tective system is of such benefit to the coun
try that the tax on whiskey, which they be-
lieye in and have always sustained, could
better be surrendered than that
system. Second, the Commercial wants
to know how the PRESS explains
its assertion on the one hand, that with the
higher prices which they were obliged to pay
for labor, our manufacturers could not com
pete in the foreign market with the English
manufacturers, and on the other hand that
our manufacturers sold their products In the
home market as low as the same article could
be purchased in England" To this the PRESS
replies that 1t has never asserted that our
manufacturers sold their products in the
home market as low as the same article could
be purchased in England Now, will the
Commercial inform the PRESS whether it is
In favor of protection or free trade and
whether it still considers the removal of the
lumber tariff gratuitous injustice to the
people of Maine?
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

owen q, Lovejoy, who has just been nomi-
mated for Congress by the Democrats of the
Seventh Illinois district, is son of Owen
Lovejoy, the abolitionist, and a nephew of
Elijah 2. Loyejoy. who was killed by pro-
slavery mob at Alton In 1887 while defend
ing his printing press. Owen Loveioy. the
martyr. was born in Albion, Me.
DR.. Robert Morris, of Jonesyille. Ky.. who
has Just died at the age Of 70 years, was the
poet laureate Of Masonry and the most dis
tinguished Mason in America or the world.
He was Past Grand Master and the author
Of nearly hundred Masonic works and
poems. In New York, on December IL, 1885.
he was crowned with bonors and denomi-
mated the poet laureate of Masonry. Mr..
Morris was the first Grand Master who pre-
sided In the annual Communication Of a
Grand Lodge in Louisville, October, 1859.
"a ". 1854 ne was sent to the holy Land by the
eighteen months there. He was Presbyte-
rlan minister, but of late years had devoted
himself to exclusive Masonic work. He was
married and leaves several children.
The wedding present to be given to the
future Duchess Of Aosta by the city of Turin
Is an immense carved and gilded chest.
decorated In the medieval fashion and filed
with the richest yelvets, silks, and brocades
which can be purchased in Italy. The gift
OF the ladies of Turin will be an ottoman in
the Louis XIV style, with large space in the
center fer holding flowers.
Chairman Quay is more peculiar in his
methods of treating newspaper men than
any other politician in the country. He nev-
er refuses to see reporter if he is not very
busy, although he never allows himself to be
interviewed. he says he considers it bad
policy for public man to submit to an in
view, and all the leading politicians of Penn
sylvania are of the same opinion. Congress-
man Scott is one of the most difficult men In
the country to interview. Samuel j. Randall
makes 1t rule never to be quoted in news
paper, although he will give newspaper
man information for his own use. He says
he would not even give his opinion on the
weather for publication. Ex-senator Simon
Cameron will be interviewed by but one
journalist in the country, and his son Den
will not be interviewed at all.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06

cause OF the faith and confidence the people have
that day.
Now If this correspondent means to say
that the greenback dollar of 1870. which was
the standard by which values were
measured then was equal in purchasing
power to the greenback or gold dollar of to-
day-for the purchasing power of these two
dollars today Is oqual-then he is so ignor-
ant or has so little regard for the truth that
to spend time and space upon him would be to
waste them. We respectfully suggest, how
ever, to the Gazette which has been plum
ing itself upon its fairness and frankness
and accusing its Republican contemporaries
Of mistatement and deceit that it is neither
quite fair nor quite frank to avoid confessing
an error and at the same time avoid commit
ting itself to one by turning the matter over
to an anonymous correspondent.
Ial4tfs.tt
General Fiske, the Prohibitjonist nominee
for the Presidency. does not begin mis- cam
paIgn for the humiliation of the Republican
party with the happiest prospects in his own
State. The Republican party of New JERSEY
has again vindicated its right to the respect
and gratitude of the best men and women of
New Jersey, BY carrying TO a triumphant
conclusion its move against the saloon inter
ests. Last winter the Republican Legisla-
ture passed high license and local option
law. Governor Green, Democrat, prompt
~ vetoed it, whereupon the Legislature
passed the bin oyer his veto. The liquor
dealers Immediately made up some test cases,
as they were convinced that the law was UNI
constitutional aud would be declared invalid.
Both sides made elaborate arguments both
on the high license clauses applying to cities
and the local option clauses applying to
counties. The final decision Of the Court of
Errors has just been rendered, sustaining
the validity of the law at every point. The
liquor dealers are thuaderstruck, especially
as the court unanimously upheld the high
license part of the law. There was major
ity OF one in favor OF the constitutionality of
the local option portion of the measure. 1t
is great victory for the temperance and law
and order people Of New Jersey. The law
which has been put upon the statute books
is a parochial temperance measure, under
which any county can vote for and enforce
prohibition, and which will reduce by prob
ably one half the number of liquor shops in
the city. In carrying through this measure
the Republicans have stood wholly upon
principle. They will lose in the cities
large German vote, larger probably in the
aggregate than they will gain at once from
other sources on the temperance issue. But
on the great tariff issue the prospect of car
rying the State for the Republicans this
year is very fiattering; while the courageous
stand on the side Of temperance means
strength and growth to the party in its
future contests. And this does not augui
well either for the Democrats or the PROFIT
bitionists, who base their hopes on an ex-
pected decay, GOOD ss9F
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06

Some days ago the PRESS pointed out that
a comparison of the farm values of 1870 as
given by the census, with the farm values
OF 1880 as given there was misleading be-
cause the measure of value in 1870 was the
greenDack dollar while in 1880 it was the
goid dollar. We pointed out that according
to Gen. Walker, the superintendent of the
last census, before fair comparison could
be made, l21 per cent. must he deducted
from the valuation of 1870. The Iewiston
Gazette, editorially, has made no renlv 20
this. 1t still permits its statement Of do.
crease Of farm values in Androscoqgin 70
circulate as correct statement, and at the
same time does not undertake to deny that
the PRESS has demonstrated its incorrect
ness. The only allusion 1t makes to the mat
ter is contained in communication from a
correspondent who undertakes to deny that
there was any difference in value between the
gold and greenback dollar in 1870, and con-
seqaently that any deduction should be made
from the census valuation of that year. Here
is what what he says:
Everybody knows that today the siyer dollar
Is not intrinSicaliy worth so much as q gold dol
lar by 8 to 10 per cent. We have four different
kinds OF dollars, the gold, silver, greenback and
bank bill. But for practical purposes, at present.
all are treated as OF equal value. Why? Be-
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06

1.-THE Argus processes to think that Mr.. Reed
could have secured some amendments to the
Mills bill which would have relieved it from
the features that work mischief to the in
dustry in which the Sanford Mills are en-
gagged, "Such amendment" it says ''would be
In entire accord with the principle of the
bill" The Angus ought to know that
no Republican member of the ways and means
committee was consulted in the construction
OF the bill. 1t should know that the Demo-
cratic members Of that committee would MOI
allow manufacturers to appear before them
and present arguments -tnr--oy against the
DunIb s~xTgrs-sAould know that not
the slightest attention would have been
paid to Mr.. Reed had he urged any such
amendment The only congressman thar
got any consideration from Mr.. Mills were
Democratic congressman from close dis
tricts. All the Maine congressman offered
amendments to the bill but not single one
Of them was adopted The Argus remark
that such an amendment would have been
adopted because it was in accordance with
the principle Of the bill is fine specimen
of humor.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06
me Woman Who Planned
Campaign.

Inc woman suffrage contingent is taking
especial interest just now in bin for COM
pensation to Anna Ella Carroll. which there
Is possibly. forlorn hope of pushing to
vote In Congress before adjournment. Miss
Carroll, who is growing old now. and is
without means, is the woman whose claim
to the authorship OF the plan Of the Tennes-
see campaign Congressional committee
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06

The Tory raid on Mr.. Parnell has not been
very profitable SO far Mr.. Parnell has
shown an ability and disposition to strike
back, and in so doing has landed heavy
blow between the eyes Of one of the most
influential allies of the Tories, Chamberlain,
the fisheries commissioner. after he
Joseph Chamberlain) became minister"
said Parnell, in the hearing not merely Of
the House of Commons but OF the civilized
world, my principal recollection of him is
that he was always most anxious to betray
to us the secrets and counsels of his col
leagues in the cabinet, and to endeayor,
while sitting at the side OF those colleagues,
and while in consultation with them, TO un-
dermine their counsels and their plans in his
own favor" Mr.. ParnelI. speaking from IA
thorough understanding of motives, has
made just that charge against Mr.. Chamber
lain which distant spectators of his political
vagaries are led to make. The latter's sur
prising changes of position have shown un-
mistakably that he has been looking to the
interests Of Joseph Chamberlain more than
to the interests of the English Democracy,
whose champion he has professed to be, Or
to the people.of Ireland, as whose friend be
has more than once tried to pose.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06
RECEPTION HALL,
City building, Portland,
Wednesday, the sth Of August, 1888,
mn 10 e,cIeck In she r.~en~.,

to nominate candidates for the following ofdces:
Four Senators. County Attorney, sheriff, Judge Of
Probate, Register Of Probate, County Treasurer
one County Commissioner; and also to choose a
County Committee for two years and do any other
business which may properly come before the
convention. @As ~
The basis for representation will be one dele
gate for each city and town and one additional
for each 75 Republican votes cast for Governor
at the last State election, and one delegate for
fraction Of 40 votes. The delegates have been
apportioned upon the foregoing basis as folIows:
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06
N APpRopRIATE JoLLIFIcATIoN.

We commend this new departure of the
Maine Democrats for two reasons. In the
first place, the barbecue is peculiarly South
ern institution, and therefore peculiarly
appropriate one for universal adoption by a
party that gets its tariff policy from Texas.
and that without the electoral votes of the
violently and fraudu.ently solicited South
wouldn't have enough substance to cast a
shadow In national politics. In the second
place, the Maine Democrats are quite right
IN having all the fun they can before cleo
tlop: They haven't been in the school of adj
yersity all these years for nothing.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, AUG. g.

We do not read anonymous letters and comm
nications The name and address Of the writer
are in all cases indispensable, not necessarI,v ~,
publication but as guarantee Of good faith.
we cannot undertake to return or nreserve
communications that are not used. j.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06

RThe New Haven Register, a Democratic
paper, admits that at present the chances in
that State are against the Democrats,
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06
TURNER BROS.

Remember, If you wish to
restore your baby to health
or preserve it's health never
change it's food, but add to
each meal three or more
drops of Murdock's Liquid
Food, which will restore it's
lost or needed vitality.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06
-
CURRENT COMMENT.
FIVE TO ONE.

The break from each of the two big partie.
on account of the tariff question Continues
Candor compels us to admit, however, thaI
the Republicans gain about five to every one
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06

The County Committee win be In session at the
hall at O'Clock in the forenoon on the day of the
convention to receive the credentials of delegates
and attend to such other business as may be nee
y. sssary
ISAAC w. DYER, Chnirn,an.
AUGUSTUS h. BROWN, Secretary.
Portland, July 8, 1888.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Republicans Of Cumberland County are
hereby requested to send delegates to County
Convention to be held at
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06

IL is not too much to say that ScHu-
MAcHERs PARcHED FARINosE Is a very
nonrisnlng, gratifying to the palate, and a
valuable tsd contribution to other nicetfes for
luz tne breakfast and luncheon table. 1t en-
generous sustaining diet. If is cooked in two
minutes iII1 Sold by all grocers. : wv
jun F,M&W6m
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06

FINANCIAL.
PORTLAND
HORSE R. R. STOCK.

stockholders who desire to sell their
s.9 C..0 OF VINO wish to dispose OF their
hlohIo 70 the new stock, can obtain a
us on or before August 18th
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06
A new CARD TO THE PUBLIC
sThe advertisement article is quality the next
consideration is price,

Cuticura .......... .15, $1.75 per doz.
Kinds Honey and Almond Cream. .......... 8
And an immense stock OF Tooth, Nail and II
Toilet Articles too numerous to mention.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-06

DIRECTORS.
HON. JOSIAH III. DRUMMoND, Portland, Maine,
JOHN K. DEWITT, Portland Maine.
HENRY G. HUTCHINs, Boston, Mass.
HON. PERCIvAL BoNNEY, Portland, Me.
Hon. MARQUIS +. KING, Portland, Me
THOMAS A. FOSTER, NJ. D., Portland, Me.
HON. FRED. L. RICHARDS, Rockport Me.
GEORGE L. DEBLOIs, Boston, Mass.
EDWARD A. MOVES, Portland, Me.
Hon. FREDERICK ROBBIE, Gorham, Me.
FRANK K. ALLEN, Portland, Me.
JAMES YEAREANCE, New York, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-06-07

are from fifty to eighty miles wide
Fancy the labor of digging such q
canal, the time it must have taken and
the number of workmen it must have
employed. The pyramids of Egypt
are trifling in comparison. The Suez
canal is 1877 feet wide at the surface.
and the Nicaragua canal is to be $50
feet; the Marian canals are 2. 800
times wider. Oar canals on this one
horse globe are considered long when
they reach 100 miles in length. The
Pan anna canal will be less than sixty
miles long. The canals of Mars reach
length of 2 600 miles-say as far as
from here TO Omaha What a traffic
there must be to support such enter
prises. On the waterways of China
travellers describe the incessant ebb
and flow of multitudinous crowds, but
to require canals of such dimensions
as we have described. the movement
of traffic in Mars must be far more
prodigious- In fact, they imply
population which almost staggers be-
lief; considering that the volume of
the planet is only one-sixth that of the
earth. the diameter beng 400 miles
as against g. 900 miles, they warrant
the widest conjectures as to the densi-
ty with which it may be peopled.
What manner of man lives in Mars.
if there be men there. has always been
favorlte topic of speculation. The
law of gravitation tells us that he may
be IA feet high; not such son of Anak
as the inha bitant of the asteroids. but
still one who would regard the Belgi-
an giant as remarkable dwarf Pos
sibly the enormous public works on
Mars may be explained on the theory
that these tall fellows can work in
proportion to their stature-that one
citizen of Mars can shovel as much
dirt as two and half denizens of this
world. San Francisco CaLl
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-06-07
lncubators for Infants.

Prematurely born and abnormal1y
delicate infants are now supplied with
artificial mothers of more than
motherly tenderness. The apparatus.
identical with the incubator or artif1-
cial hen for Matching chickens. is
simply large square box warmed by
bowls of water beneath an inner bot
tom. In this. wrapped carefully in
cotton, is placed the weak babe.
so frail during its first few days
that the open air would fatally
chill it. With an even tenn
perature and free circulation Of
warm air, secure from cold and damp
ness, and with careful feeding. tho
infant thrives and rapidly acquires
health. The natural mother can only
watch the growth of her offspring
through the glass cover until the new
life has been famed into sufficient
strength to be confided to her keeping.
In the hospitals of Paris this sys tenn
las been for some time giving ats
factory and even surprising results. =
ArkansdW Iraveler
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-06-07
THE PROHIBITIoNISTS
Proceedings of the National Pro.
hibition Convention.
General Clinton b. FIske, of New Jersey.
and Dr.. John A. Brooks, of Missouri,
the Standard Bearers-The
Platform "a Adopted.

1NDIANAPoLIs Ind. May 3).-As the con-
tention hour approached this morning the
delegates to the Prohibition National conven-
ton began to gather in Tomlinson Hall, the
place of meeting, which had been neatly and
tastefully decorated with bunting for the
occasion The only colors used were red,
festoons were many notices appropriate to
levers in the third-party movement. As the
representatives of the various States fled in,
the forms of distinguished leaders were recog-
nized and greeted with applause The first oc-
currence to excite general applause and cheer
ing was the entrance of the New Jersey Young
Mems Prohibition League, headed by one OF
their number bearing golden crank of huge
proportions. Each succeeding delegation was
warmly greeted, and thus much time was spent
after the hour at which the convention was
called to meet had passed.
1t was i0:25 before Chairman Dickie of the
National committee raped the convention to
order and invited the officers of the w. c. T. q.
to the platform with the members of the Ma
tonal committee. At this moment Miss
Frances E. Willard appeared. moving toward
the platform, and was greeted with enthusiastic
applause.
Chairman Dickie then invited the past nom
inees OF the party to the platform, and as those
present came in sight the audience broke into
loud applause, which was redoubled and re-
peated when John P. St. John came forward
The formal organization of the convention was
proceeded with. after singing of America" by
the assemblage, and prayer by Sam Small, OF
Georgia