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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25

The strike In the Richmond shoe factory
seems to have been stiff-necked perform
ance that has brought good neither to the
workingmen nor to the town Of Richmond.
The question involved in the strike was not
one of wages, or of hours of labor, or of hard
work or easy work. The men insisted that
the firm should hire no men who were not
union men" and the employers naturally
declined to give up their right to hire whom
they pleased. In the contest that followed
the people Of Richmond, according to the
Gardiner Home Journal this week, seem to
have sided with the strikers, refusing iboard
to non-union workingmen in some cases and
even discriminating against them at the
stores. The proprietors then determined to
leave the town, and having obtained assur-
ances Of sympathy from the citizens of
Randolph, are moving their plant 10 that
village. The net result is that the Richmond
workingmen lose their employment and the
Richmond people lose an industry; while
the proprietors have been obliged to make
move more or less costly. The people of an
other town have been most benefited. If there
are any other labor organizations In Maine
mat contemplate denying to the free labor.
elS u haine the opportunity of working for
WnomsoeVer Will hire them, and forbidding
employers to hire whomsoeyer thew NAV
please, they should ponder over the result Of
affair In Richmond.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25

Tuesday an old man. stranger in the city,
evidently in a feeble state, applied to a po-
lice officer for lodgings. He was taken to
the station and placed In one of the ordinary
convict cells. In the cell next to him was
man on the verge of delirium tremens,
shrieking and threatening to hang himself
The only thing on which the old man could
lie down was wooden bench fixed to the
wall. Yesterday morning the papers tell us
that a policeman was 'horrfed" to find the
old man dead. Papers found in his pocket
show that the deceased was very respect
able man, and that his only crime was his
poverty. The doctor attributed his death 70
exposure. We understand that the usual prac-
tice when a man applies at the station LOT
lodging is to place him in one of the cells. just
as this man was. With the professional
tramp this is all right But 1t would seem
that the officers who have charge there
ought to be able to discriminate between the
strong, healthy, professional tramp
and a feeble, shivering, de-
crepid old man like the one
that was found dead there yesterday morn
ing. II they are not then they are not suf-
flciently acute to properly discharge the
duties of their office. If they are then they
should not accord the same treatment to the
one as to the other A wooden bench inside
a stone cell, In close proximity to a man
shrieking and bowling in fit of delirium
tremens. may he good enough for the profess
sional tramp to sleep on, but it is not a
proper bed for an old man on the verge of
death from exposure. There is room pre-
pared for just such unfortunates, and this
man should have been put into it. And
furthermore he should have been furnished
medical aid. To be sure he did not ask it,
but an observant eye could have readily dis
covered that he needed it. for when he was
locked up be was within a few hours of
death from exposure, and certainly signs of
feebleness could not have been wanting
No man ought to be committed to cell at
night until he is examined by the deputy
marshal In charge.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25

At the wholesalers banquet in Lev iston
Q. |. Barker. Esq, brought out the striking
TACT that while there Is over nine million
dollars ofineorporated capital in the cotton
mills OF Lewiston, not over ten thousand
dollars year ever stopped in Lewiston in
dividends. I'VE are" he declared, "nere hew-
ers OF wood and drawers OF water" Of
course 1t is better to be hewers Of wood and
drawers OF water than to do nothing at all !:
but II Lewiston's industries could be main
tanned by capital the increase of which
whould stay at home the difference would he
very great. or course home capital is NOT
always equal to the task of developing the
resources waiting to be developed ana for
eign capital must be used. Yet there is
much Maine capital that goes abroad that
might take the place Of some of the foreign
capital to the great advantage of the State.
The problem is to certain extent one OF
distribution; to apply the right capital In
the'right places. Lewiston is beginning new
plan of distribution by applying home capt.
tai to the Lewiston mill. For the effect of
the example on the State OF Maine as we'll as
Tor the interests Of the enterprising Lewis.
ton gentlemen who have invested their
money, we hope the venture will be great
success
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25
CoPARTNERsHIP NOTICES.



once OF the Sheriff of Cumberland couc,,, s,.,.
q 1as Maine, Cumberland, S., April ia, A. ID
n do Is 70 give notice, that on the seventeenth
Insolvency was issued out Of the Court u Inso-
sncy LOT said County Of Cumberland against the
GEORGE LIBBY, OF Portland,
auluuged 70 DO an Ins0lvent Debtor on petition OF
ssiu Debtor, George Libby, which petition
was HE'D on the seventeenth day of April A. D.
1883, to which date interest ON claims Is % be
computed.
That the payment Of any debts 10 or BY said
Debtor, and the transfer and delivery Of any
property by him are forbidden BY law
mat meeting Of the Creditors Of said Debtor
10 prove their debts and choose one or more
assignees Of his estate, win be held az Court o.
Insolvency, to be holden at Probate Court Room,
IN said Portland. on the sixth day o. April
A. d. 1889, at 10 O'Clock IN the forenoon.
Given under my hand the date nrst above writ
ten. H. X. SAh6ENI
Deputy Sheriff, as Messenger Of the Court Of In
aprlsS2S
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25

The railway mail service is the one gov
eminent service which, above all others, re-
quireS honesty and efficiency in its employees.
1t is no sort of home for broken down poll
ticians. The decentralization consequent
upon Cleyeland's treating 1t as ''spoils" to
be distributed for faithful political service,
is notorious. At the eleventh hour he re-
pented of his conduct and ordered
the service placed under the civil service
rules. 1t was well enough perhaps that the
execution of this order was delayed, for there
was mach poor timber in the service that it
was easier to get rid of than would other
wise have been the case. But President
Harrison's determination to place the service
under the civil service rules on the first of
May should be rigidly adhered to, no matter
how many protests go up from men who are
anxious to keep 1t out.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25

New York thieves are expecting thriy-
ing business at the Centennial. The district
in which the electric light poles have been
cut down by the Mayor is likely to be left in
darkness, and as it is one of the most fire.
quented in the city the pickpockets and cog
nate gentry will find abundant opportunities
to ply their vacations The New YORK Post
thinks the Mayor chose very unfortunate
time to cut down the poles. The thieves.
however, heartily approve the selection.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25

as day OF fasting and prayer. And recommend
to the people Of Maine, that, ceasing from their
ordinary vocations on that day, they assemble at
their family nresides and usual places of public
worship, and unite in religious devotion in fasting
and prayer, thus reverently acknowledging the
Supreme Being as the Ruler and Father Of all, to
whom implicit obedience is always due, and with
out whose care there can be no true prosperity IN
the home nor In the State. Humbly acknowledg
ing our sins and sincerely praying for Divine for
giveness may we earnestly and unitedly resolve
to be guided by truth and justice both in private
and public life. and thus faithfully discharge the
duties we owe to our Heavenly Father and to our
fellow men.
Given at the Council Chamber, at Augusta this
eighth day OF April, In the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-nlne and u
the Independence of the United States Of Amer
lea the one hundred and thirteenth.
EDWIN c. BURLEIGH.
BY the Governor.l
ORAMANDAL SMITH.
Secretary Of State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25
NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED.
rRnAl rrs.,non ~

Over and above ''the show of hands" as tC
great moral question, the vote upon con
stitutional prohibition in State like Massa-
chusetts Is meaningless, as nothing is really
accomplished in the way of legislation,
whatever the result The returns from the
vote In Massachusetts seem to indicate that
a very large majority of the voters in that
State are opposed to prohibition, for one
reason and another, and that the local option
system now In vogue is to be continued for
the present at least As, under that plan.
prohibition Is secured by every community
more could have been accomplished had the
State incorporated prohibition into its funda-
mental law. No statute can ever be made
effective not supported by public sentiment
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25

Itappears that the retroactive clause of
the Weldon extradition bill was defeated
almost entirely by votes of French Canadian
members from Quebec tits in Quebec that
most Of the American colony are located,
and as they are well supplied with money,
and are understood to shell it out pretty lib
orally, their presence is not altogether dis
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25
CITY ADvERTssEmENTs.
CITY OF PORTLAND.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Licensing
~ Board. of the City OF Portland, will meet a
the Aldermen's Room, City Building, on MON
DAY, the 9Th day of May, al 7.30 O'clock +. NJ,
forlthe purpose Of receiving petitions, and grant
ing licenses to InhOlders aud Victualers, who
may then and there apply therefor.
Given under our hands this 23rd day OF April,
HOLMAN s. MELCHER Mayor.
BENJAMIN THOMPSON, I
MICHAEL @. MCCAIN,
NEHEMIAH SMART,
ROBERT A. MCCLUTCHY, Aldermen.
JOHN Il. RAND,
THOMAS p. SHAW,
JOHN L. HOBBS.
HENRY w. HERSEY, City Treasurer.
GEO. @. BURGESS, City Clerk.
Licensing Board of the City Of Portland.
apr24 etd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25

The Boston Herald says 1t was the inten-
tion of the Massachusetts Legislature to
pass prohibitory law il the majority
against the amendment was only small
one. 1t appears, then. that the Prohibi-
tionists in striving for constitutional
prohibition. have sacrificed statutory prohi-
bition, for IL the Legislature was ready to
pass law in the face of small majority
against the amendment it would have been
quite as ready to do SO without any test of
public opinion upon the subject.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25

The next State that will undertake to
create prohibitory law by popular vote
In other words, to put prohibition into
the constitution-is Pennsylvania. A
resolve submitting measure of
this sort was passed by the last
Legislature, and is now pending before the
people. We don't think man need be a
prophet or the son of prophet to predict
the result. If neither Massachusetts nor
New Hampshire could get prohibition into
its constitution 1t is hardly within the range
of possibility for Pennsylvania to. 1t looks
to us as If the Prohibitionists needed more
than anything else some efficient managers
In the shape of practical politicians.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25

The Oklahoma boomers who expected to
find land flowing with milk and honey
have met with grievous disappointment.
Work and plenty of it is the penalty of liy.
ing in Oklahoma as well as everywhere else
and it looks as If there might be some
fighting thrown in
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25
Hone Investment F.!
$4,000
Wakefield, Mass Water Co.
CONSOLIDATED MORTGAGE IS.
Due February l, 1906, optional February l, 1896

The Wakefield Water Company Is a corporation
chartered under the laws OF Massachusetts and
furnishes water for fire protection and domestic
purposes TO the towns and Inhabitants OF Wake
held and Stoneham, In Middlesex county Mass
These are two suburban towns. about ten miles
from Boston, on the Western division OF the Bos-
ton 4 Maine railroad, and have together popu-
lation of H. 900 to IA, 900.
The capital stock Of the Wakefield Water Com
sued December /. 1855, $4,000, fully paid up,
These 5000 bonds are part Of a consolidated
600 are held BY the trustee under The terms 81 he
trust iced and can only be used to redeem $780,
goo . per cent bonds which were then outstand-
Ing and are optional in 1898, making the bonded
indebtedness OF the company. secured by mort
gage upon the plant, the sum Of $500, 900.
tnar ADDITION Sn g ne 6nortgage bonds mentioned
sued, which, OF course, are subject to the mort
gage bonds, the proceeds of which have been ex-
pended on the works, thus adding TO the value Of
The water is taken from Crystal Lake, which is
an ample supply for the demands upon the compa-
ny, anu the water IS pure and suitable for dOmes-
tic purposes. The only other available water sup
ply In that immediate vicinity is controlled by the
Water Company.
The pump house is Of brick and Of good size;
the machinery Is Of standard make. There are two
pumps and two boilers, each Of sufficient capacity
happens to one Of them there viii bs no interfer-
ence with the water supply. The water Is pumped
directly into the mains and through them to iron
stand pipe 40 feet in diameter and 60 feet IN
helght which gives good reserve supply.
There are AZ miles OF main OF 12 inches in diam
eter and less, there being a large amount Of ! 2
men main and only small amount ofless diameter
than inches. The normal pressure varies
according to location from 80 to so pounds from
the stand pipe pressure.
The Company has been operating Its works for
hve years aid has met with success from It's
cOmmef went.
Their 1856 hydrants, and the rental from
these fru.a The two towns amounts to 50, 40.
There are about / 500 taps, and the revenue from
private CONSUMPTION was In December, 1883. at
the rate of 500 OGO per annum, making a total
revenue per annum Of S2S,SOO. therefore the
financial condition is as follows;
Gross earnings. S2o 800
Expenses. ......... So,VVO
Interest charges on ortgage
bonds. .........+...... -.''.'....l ftVOV
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL s5.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu-
nications. The name and address Of the writer
are in all cases Indispensable not necessarily 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, 1889-04-25

All the honors paid to Capt Murrell of the
steamship Missouri are deserved.
1t is true that very few mariners
would have left, without assistance,
vessel In the condition of the Danmark, but
we imagine that very few of them would
have displayed equal decision and skill in
meeting the exigencies of the case as they
arose. Capt MurrelPs action was
quite as creditable to his head as
to his heart, and 1t Is glorious tribute to
hoth
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25

Lord Salisbury thinks his party is con-
fronted with two phalanxes, one political and
the other criminal But Lord Salisbury's
friends do not make much Roadway proving
the crime against the leaders of any pha-
lanx
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25
CURRENT com m EMIT.
HIGHLY NERVOUS.

Augusta has been all torn up over a mys-
FERROUS stranger, whose strange language
puzzled the Kennebec linguists. He was
finally set down as a South Sea cannibal 1t
now transpires that he is Russian sailor
Since. Portland made that audacious grab at
nervous frame of mind and looks upon ali
strangers as secret Portland agents who are
planning to carry off the old legislative der
surreptitiously in the night.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25

POLICIES Protected BY the
Popular Maine NOn-FOrfeiture
Law issued only by the OLD UN-
ION MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, OF Portland, Maine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25

The American "boodler" already in Cana
da is not cornered yet; but an excellent trap
has been arranged for such as may join the
colony In future.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25
.sasnfl

The Company this Sp; lg will extend its pine
line about TIA miles which will largely increase
its revenue.
After careful personal examination of the
works we purchased the within described
bonds and can recommend this security as being
In our Judgment particularly safe for Trust Funds
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25
STATE OF MAINE.
A Proclamation by the Cow
ernor.
THURSDAY, THE 25ih DAY OF APRIL INST,

In accordance with an old established and ven
Grated custom, do hereby, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council. designate
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25
1T STOPS THE PAIN.

= Aching Muscles, Back Hips, and
Sides, Kidney and Uterine Pains and
all Pain, Inflammation, and Weakness
- relieved i'm one minute by the
Cuticm, N Anti.Paiu Plaster. The first and
only pain-subduing plaster. New, original, in.
Simultaneous, never falling. Vastly superior TO
all other plasfers and remedies for the relief Of
pain. At all druggists rs cents; five for 81 90;
or, postage free, OF POTTER DRUG AND CHEMI.
CAL CORPORATION, Boston, Mass.
apr16 M&Th&sw2w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Ordinance Relating to Dogs

LIVERY owner or keeper Of a dog shall annually
- cause 1t to be registered, described, and
licensed for one year In the ONCE of the city clerk
by paying therefor to said clerk the sum of
twenty-five cents, and shall cause ir to wear
around its neck collar distinctly marked with
the owners name and registered number, and
shall pay into the city treasury for such license
one dollar.
Whoever keeps dog contrary to the provisions
of this ordinance shall forfeit ten dollars to be
recovered on complaint TO the use Of the city.
All fines and penalties provided In the proceed
ing sections may be recovered ON complaint be-
fore any court Of competent jurisdiction In this
city.
Ali other ordinances relating to licenses fol-
dogs are hereby repealed.
II shall be the duty of the city marshal to cause
all dogs to be destroyed which shall be found at
large within the city, without collar, as required
by these ordinances.
In case any dog shall be found loose or going at
large, contrary to any OF the foregoing
the owner or Keeper thereof, or the head of the
family or keeper Of the house, store, ONCE, OF
other place where such dog Is kept or harbored,
shall forfeit aud pay sum not exceeding ten
dollars.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25
COLCHIS
MINING COMPANY.
CAPITAL $500, 900
I'm 100000 Shares, full paid.

HON. ROBERT G. INGERSoLL. PRESI-
DENT; g. ID. JENKINS. NJ. d., VICE PRESI-
DENT; FRANK N. WEDGE. TREASURER.
DIRECTORS:
HON. ROBERT g. 1NGERSOLL. HON. Ma
THAN CLEAVES, HON. CHARLES L. COON
GEORGE L. SHOREY, @. d. JENKINS, M. d.,
FRANK N. WEDGE.
The Directors have decided to sell a small
amount Of the Treasury Stock to complete their
extensive mill. In doing so we are not asking
any one to take the risk Of coming into an unde-
veloped enterprise.
The amount Of ore is unlimited, there is nearly
thirty thousand on the dumps ready for the
mill.
A mill being built and well on the way.
1t viii be finished about July, and according to
four Of the best mining experts in the country win
pay very large interest on the capital stock.
The Directors are not asking the public to do
what they have not done themselves as they have
thoroughly satisfied themselves of the value OF
the mines, and have expended upward Of two
hundred thousand dollars in machinery and de-
velopment of the mines.
A large portion Of the stock was taken In New
York and Boston, by men who have seen the
mines and know the country.
Nothing short OF an earthquake can make a fall
ure of this.
The stock win be sold until the 10th Of April
(unless previously disposed of at three dollars
per share.
No certincates for less than twenty-five shares
will be issued.
Make checks payable to
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-25
LE'RIc C0MPANY'S
EXTRACT OF MEAT

Finest and Cheapest Meat Flavouring Stock for
Soups. Made Dishes and Sauces. AS Beef Tea
'an.invaluable tonic and an agreeable stimuli ant.
Annual sale 100000 lars.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-17
JUTE G G M
The Alliance Victorious II

The cotton bagging tare conven,
ton met in New Orleans on the 18th
inst. The cotton exchanges Of New
Orleans, Meridian, New York, Au-
gusta, Memphis, Mobile, Jackson,
Macon. Selma, Natchez, st. Louis,
Vicksburg and Greenville were rep
resented. Commissioners of Agricul-
ture of four States and repre- entatives
of the Alliance were invited to seats.
The following resolution was adopted:
~That on and after Oct. l, 1889,
all cotton shall be sold at net weight,
allowing t~wenty,four pounds off gross
weight for tare on jute-covered bales,
and sixteen pounds off for tare on
cotton-covered bales, the cotton cover
ing to be of standard weight, three'
quarters of a pound to the yard"
That sounds the death-knell OF jute
bagging. Farmers, stand by your
colors I!
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-17
A POULTRY ASSOCIATION SUG-
GESTED.

Mr.. ED1roR:-I have often won.
dered why North Carolina has no
State Poultry Association. | am sure
that there are enough breeders and
fanciers mostly amateurs, I know, but
none the less "fanciers," " in the State
If they can only be gotten together,
to have such an organization. 1
would therefore suggest THAI a meet
ing be held one day during Fair week,
and see what can be done; let all who
take an interest in poultry and pet
stock, whether breeders or not, put
their shoulders to the wheel and the
movement will be a success.
And now talking of the State Fair,
why can't we have a fine exhibit of
poultry there? I know we have very
Few professional breeders In the State,
but if the amateurs will only come to
the front, we can show you what a
nice poultry exhibit is. I ~willpromise
them that all fowls sent here will be
well taken care of. Mr.. Wilson, the
Secretary of the Agricultural Society,
has consented for me to look after
this department; the coops will be
thoroughly cleansed and aired before
any fowls are put in them, and they
will be fed and watered regularly.
l believe it is the intention of the
officers of the Fair to set apart one
day for poultry sales, SO that if any
one has more stock than they want
they will have an opportunity to sell
it to advantage. There will also be
parties there wanting to make pur-
chases, so send along your poultry,
and if you want it sold send your
price along with it.
I would be glad of an expression
of opinion through your columns
about having the meeting during
Fair week.
would be glad if the State papers
that feel an interest in this matter
would call attention to it.
JNo. M. SHERWOOD.