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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
Porter.

Lumbermen are waiting anxiously for snow
to commence their winters work. With
teams on expense the outlook is rather hard.
Miss Eva Rice is quite sick. She is under
the treatment of Dr.. E. r. Chillis.
Miss Eta Durgin who was killed by the
relatives in this place who received the sad
news Saturday. Her father Mr.. John
Durgin was formerly residence of Parsons
field where he was born and spent his boy
h hood days. He moved. to Biddeford and
living quite number OF years then moving
to Dover n. H., where he now resides She
was promising. young lady and the family
have the sympathy of this entire community
in their affliction.
Messrs. Pike and Gentleman have con
tracted to have drawn to Ossipee river some
1900 cords of poplar timber which they will
put into the river in the spring and drove
down to the railroad. There they will have
it taken out and sent the rest of the way on
the cars to Cumberland Mills.
They are to have dance and supper at
Meinaeon Hall, KeZar Falls, New Years
eve. general invitation is extended.
Gray.
Robert Allen has for the last forty years,
averaged travelling to Portland once week
to market, which would be 1900 miles, and
took 1-3 years of time. He has carried on
average 400 pounds each way 914 tons. He
has sold butter as low as IL cents and as high
temers that began and have kept up trade
with him in town. He has furnished one
family in Portland with produce from the
farm forty years.
1t was expected that the late E. S. Higgins
of New York. a native of this town would
make provisions in his will for furnishing
public library to the town, but it turns out
he made no public requests.
The outlook for business is poor, not much
employment for men or teams.
West Baldwin.
School in District No. Is began December
=, under the instruction of Mr.. Fred Hill of
Sebago.
Active preparations are now being made
Ior the Christmas tree which will take place
at the NJ. =. church Christmas evening.
MI. II. +. Chase has completed his grist
mill, and 1t is now running on full time.
The goods of Daniel M. Fifeld, insolyent
debtor, were sold by az assignee's auction
sale at the store lately occupied by him last
Thursday, by Benz. Ward. assignee.
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Cotton Markets.

NEW YORK Dec. 20. 1S89.-The Cotton market
quiet and steady sales lao bales; uplands
ordinary 71zc; good ordinary at 1876; low
middling at 9A middling at l0Nc; Gulf ordina-
ry at 7s4c: good do at 91-l6c; low middling at
IOc, middling 1012c.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20, 1882 Cotton market
steady; middling 9ssc
SAVANNAH, Dec. 20. lSSs.-Cotton market is
easy; middling 9esc,
CHARLESTON, Dec. 20. lsS9--Cotton market
steady; middling 9sbc
MEMPHIS. Dec. 20, l8S9.-Cotton market ia
quiet; middling al 1l-16c
MOBILE Dec. 90. is89.-The Cotton market
quiet; middling at 8 9-l6c.
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Europeen NJ arkets.
By TeIepraph.1

LONDON. Dec. 20, 18s9-Consols at 81 ia
for money and 9715 for the account.
LIVERt DOL. Dec. 20 The Cotton market
quiet with moderate inquiry ;mlddling al 9-l6d
bales; receipts $1,000 bales.
LIVERPOOL Dec. 20 l8S9-Quotations Win.
ter at IS lodges 101sd; Spring wheat at rs 3dIa
rs 3lsd; Club Wheat rs 4d. C0rn-mixed AmeTTs
54s 90; Bacon at 32s. Cheese OBS 3D. Tallow
26S Sd. Lard 32s 3d. "0"
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Chicago Cattle Markert.

BF ItIbglapH.i
CHICAGO, Dec. 20. 1S89-The Cattle market t.
Receipts 6 1000 shipments $500; steady; beeves at
90a6 25; steers -; stockers and feeders at 1 so
@3 20; cows, bulls and mixed 1893 90; Texas
cattle at 1 5u93 80.
Hogs-receipts 5000; shipments 5000; steady
to strong; mixed at 8 5n@3 rs; heavy at 5Ua
3 Is; light 2 1898 30: skips -.
Sheep receipts 5000 shipments 1000; slow;
natives o0@6 90; Western corn-fed 3 5000 20:
Texans at 5094 20; lambs 4 9oa6 &c.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
PORTLAND WHOLESALE MARKET.

PORTLAND Dec. 20, 1889.
There is but little change to note in the business
situation, trade ruling quiet and steady the only
variation to-day being another drop of hc in re-
fined Sugars, which are quoted at INC for granu
lated and 6ssc for Extra C. Breadstutfs and Pro-
visions quiet and steady. No change of conse-
quence is reported in Produce. At Boston the re
ceipts of fresh laid Eggs are larger and very few
sales are made over csc for Eastern extras.
The following are to-day's closing quotations of
Grain. Provisions. &c.:
superfne and H Mxd Corn 45@As1a
low grades 4 1894 rs Corn, bag lots. .5o@51
Spring and Meal, bag lots ..47@4S
Xxx Spring. 4 50@6 90 Oats, car lots 3a@s4
wheat ss 1886 90 Cotton si SCI SEED dG' 'oaso
osas ssS GO CO. DC Sag 2s ooas7 ec
st Louis st'gt car lots. .15 O04l6 90
roller $50. Is oOG5.25 do bag. 1T GOALS 90
clear do. A 1896 00i Middlings, IL O0a19 81
Winter Wheat do bag lots. 10 00121 90
Patents. .s6ssas5ssi
e.. po,x Provisions.
Cod. pr q El.s". Rack Backs ;. ~ 75a1s 90
Large Large ssnft sSsa 81 Short cisis S SSis IS
Pollock; - 5Sss 50 q Mess, osas ss
HsEs.........a stGaM EI Plate. sooSs 50
Scaled y bx... 1876 Tubs % tb 614@7l
No 1.......-.. lO013l TierceS.. 6A07
Mackerel % Dbl Pals. 80. GlO
Shore ex 1s28 0O@30 00I Hams 9 10 1lG11A
Shor e1s.25 90 .y28 oui do covered12 912h
shore 2s.22 OO924 Ooi Oil
Med.3s. sic 00918 0G Kerosene
Large. ...18 OOa20 90 Port. Ref. Pet. TIA
Produce. IPratt's Ast'l. ssbbl. liz
Cape Oranb'ies $109$12 Devoe's Brilliant. 11A
| Pea Beans...2 loG2 Id Ligonia.. 8
Medium IL 75a1 81
German med 90as2 Centennial. 9
Yellow Eyes So OO63K! RaIsIns
Cal. Pea Beans2 1902 20 Muscatel. -. 2 OOG3 90
New Potatoes London Lay'r 60GD3 rs
B bush 60G70 Ondura Lay 9n9Ac
Jersey Sweet 25094 5otVaiencia.-... TAGS
Onions. ...... 1903 Congratulated y ir.....7Hs
TURKEYS I9Q20iExtra C.............696
| spring Chickens .l6@le seeds.
fowls, ....... l44lo hed Iop...-$2 bOGz %
Ducks. 16@1a Timothy Seed1 1901 &c
Apples. lClover.... @12c
Eating per oil OO93 60l Cheese,
Cooking. ........... OOl VERMONT. IL 12012h
Evapated U ID 91a@11clN.Y. factoryl11a 0121a
do new @lOc iSage........ 1212 @132
Florida. 8 50@3 49, Butter,
Lemons. Creamery p ...22925
Palermo. lGiltEdge Ver....2lGQ23
MesSina. 3 50G4 30 Choice. 1877
| Malagers.... 3 00G3 80 Good. 15p16
Oranges. IStore.....
| Jamaica.... a Eggs,
| Valencia a Eastern ex =. 25@27
Messna Cana& Western a
Florida 3 00G3 50iLmed.. ..........
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boston stock Market.
New York STOCK and Money Market
fBy telegraph

NEW YORK Dec. 20 l889-Money has beeu
rang ng from to per cent ;iast loan at & closing
al 696 Prime mercantile paper at to y1a per
cent. Government bonds dull and firm. Railroad
bond are quiet and steady. The stock market
was quiet in the st half hour and prices receded
further small ctions, dealings being devoid of
special feature closing quiet and heavy, generally
at fractions better than first figures.
gated 304. 900 shares.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21

Ar at Melbourne prev to 10th inst, barque John
Wooster johnson, Port Blakeley.
AR at Pisagua Oct "a. ship r Thomas, Mich
ols from Iquique for Hampton Roads.
Ar at Departure Bay 18th inst barque Gen Fair
child, Boyd. San Francisco.
At Laguna I'd inst. sch Isaiah X Stctson, Kent,
for New York.
CID al Caibaren 10th inst, sch Sarah d Raw
son, French, Sabine Pass.
Ar at Sagua 18th inst, sch Scotia, Shearer, from
ApalacnicOla.
At sagua Dec IL, sch Gertrude Trundy Davis
for Savannah.
Ar at Halifax 18th, steamer Polynesian, from
Liverpool for Portland.
Sid I'm Digby, Ms, 18th, sch Gregory, KiIen
for Havana.
Ar at St John. NIB, 10th, sch Carrie Strong.
Strong, Digby, Ms.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
WIT AND WISDOM,

A Sad Loss Indeed.
"Well, see thai old Mthomer has died at
last"
Eyes it was sad loss to me-"
~ didn't know you were friend of his"
No; was his physician.-Ltfe.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21

PURTLANDEDec. 70 1883.
Receipts by Maine Central Railroad-For Port
land 81 cars miscellaneous merchandise; for con
Meeting roads 95 cars miscellaneous merchan
disc.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21

% MANI CLARK HUNTINGTON.
Beside the loom of life stand
TIA An .hv watch the busy shuttle go;
me me threads ! hold within my hand
Make up the filling: strand on strand
r,iin ey sup my fingers through, and so
unIs web OF mine fills out apace
WINE stand ever in my place.
ohe time the wool is smooth and fine
anu colored with a sunny dye;
AGAIN the threads SO roughly Irvine
ana We've s., darkly line on line,
MY heart misgives me. Then would
ram loose this web-begin anew
But that, alasi cannot do. .
Some day the web will all be done,
The shuttle quiet in its place.
From out my hUfd the threads be run;
And friends at setting of the sun
VIII come TO look upon my face,
And say: Mistakes she made not few,
Yet wove percbance as best she knew"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21

porter has been purchased by parties at Batavia
at 2500 francs. Capt Spauldlng and family are
en- route home.
Norfolk Dec 19-The schr Cornelius Hargrave
has made partial repairs and will be tOwed to
Boston for repairs
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
MA RINE NEWS
PORT OF PORTLAND.

FRIDAY, Dec. 20.
Arrived.
Sch Annie Kimball. Dunton, Boston.
Sch Lucy w Dyer, billiard, Boston.
Sch Frank Barker, Stewart Saco.
Sch Merriam Staples. Saco
Sch Sarah Franklin, Thurston, fremont.
Sch David S Siner, Fernald, Clark'S Island for
New York.
Sch Lillian Allen. from Cape Shore, with 10000
lbs fish.
Cleared.
Sch G II Trckey, York, Matanzas-Isaac Emery
Sch California. Hodgkins Boston-Berln Mills.
Sch Maud s, Mitchell Mibrldge-J II Blake
Sch Sultana, Wallace, Popham Beach j FL
Blake
SAILED-Barquc Sarmiento; brig Edward d;
sch Hattie M Crowell.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21

The Rector's Wife returning from church,
How is it that you were not in church this morn
ing?
Brown (who holds the office of pew opener and
postman)-If yer please, marin, the mail was two
hours late.
The Rector-We must not find fault with
Brown, my dear. He has been doing his duty
WINE we were doing ours; while we have been
listen ng to the gospels he has been attending to
the epistleS.-Pick Me Up,
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Spoken.

Nov IL, lat S, Ion 20 W, barque Jas q Pen
dleton, Lancaster, from Iloilo for Boston.
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BEEcHAMs PILLS act like magic on Iweal
stomach

Is lt a Failure?
Mamma (ther last unmarried daughter having
just accepted an offer)-Well, George, now that
the girls are all happily settled, think we may
consider ourselves fortunate, and that marriage
is not
Papa "a pessimist)-Um! 1 don't knowl
Four. families to keep stead of one!-London
Punch.
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Baby cried,
Mother sighed,
Doc'or prescribed: Castorial

Sne-ueorge, you twill have to give me twelve
dollars to pay the grOcer's last bill with
He-Why, how's that, my dear? / thouobt 7
always gave you money enough.
one wei, you see, dear, / had to take the oro-
GERS money to pay for that handsome umbrei5ay +
& Co.'S Monthly. 10y
a mans wife should always be the
same, especially to her husba nd. but IL she is
weak and nervous, and uses Carters Iron Pills,
sne cannot be, for they make her 'feel like q
different person." so they all say, and their hus-
bands say so tool
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21

KENNEBUNKPORT, Dec 20-Sld, brig Ono
laska, Grlggs, Port Meoway, Ms. to load for Cuba.
SACO, Dec 19-Ar, sch j Merriam. Staples,
Rockland with lime to A g Prentiss.
SHPBUILDING-J w Sawyer & Son, Millbridge,
are building schr of 600 tins for Bangor parties,
and are fixing the keel for a barquentine OF 700
tons for New York parties.
Isaac Carlton, of Columbia Falls, has commenc-
ed on schr of 800 tons for Capt o Q Cole, OF Har-
rington, designed for tine West India trade.
Washburn Bros, Thomaston, have contracted
for frame for four-master of 1000 tons for
Capt John Adams of BoOthbay. This makes the
third contract ahead Of the one now going up.
The 1900 ton four-master to be built at Belfast
by Geo W Cottrell, is for Baltimore parties and
will be square-rigged on foremast
A four-masted steel sailing ship of 5000 tons,
was launched at Port GLASGOW Nov Esd. She YVES
built for II W Cameron g. Co, of New York.
FROM MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21

A woman who is weak, nervous and
eepless, and who has cold hands aud feet can
not feel and act like a well person. Carter's Iron
Pills equalizc the circulation, remove nervous
ness and give strength and rest.
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Railroad Receipts.

Foreign Exports.
MATANZAS: ISchr Charles H Trickey-S000
shOOkSand heads.
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New YORK Mining Stocks.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 18S9-The following ara
tO-day's closing quotations of mining stocks:
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FROM MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.
Ar at Matanzas 18th inst, sch Lewis A Edwards
Peterson, Pascagoula.
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Harry Ito George, who aspires to be great au.
thor)-I say, George, some Of these writings are
not so bad. tell you what it is. old fellow, your
works should be given to the world.
GeOrge-Reckon they'll have to be II the world
ever gets them. At any rate, thus far the world
has shown no inclination to pay for them.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Is your life worth % cents? II it is do not neg
lect cough or cold Use DIR. Bulbs Cough Syrup
at once and be cured by that never falling remedy
Any one suffering from rheumatism or neural
gia would do well to use Salvation Oil. Price
% cents.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21

The Maine Law Convertible
Policy. Class A, issued by the UN.
ION MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, guarantees definite
cash values.
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Considered the Fitness of Things.

you?"
Because the spirit spoke In English. He
should have used a dead language hes been
dead ten years.-Boston Bohemian.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
THE w WEAVER,

BY MARY CLARK HUNTINGTON.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21

DIR. Huntington has established veterina-
ry hospital at Woodford's. The hospital is a
finely finished wooden building connected
with his own stable. Its dimensions are
35x35 feet and it has two floors, the upper
one containing the bin and also having
sleeping room for the attendant who would
always be In the building, and IL horse
needed frequent attendance man could be
kept on hand. On the lower floor accommo-
datiOns are prepared for keeping 10 horses,
there being eight roomy single stalls which
will be dry and warm and two large box
stalls.
The school at Lunts Corner received a
Christmas present Of fine flag from Mr.. L.
p. Hawkins, the shoe manufacturer. The
dag was raised yesterday morning.
wooDFoRD's.
A move is being made for series of read.
ings appropriate for the day, in Lewis Hall,
Sunday afternoons. Next Sunday, the 22nd,
3; NJ. Watson will read a paper on the
Hereafter" expressing the opinions of
some Of the greatest Bible students OF all de-
examinations In this country. Doors open at
N'0V' Reading at 3. Seats free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-26
ANOTHER DAM BURSTS.
Three Persons Only Drowned SO Far
as known.

The Spring Lake reservoir near Fiskville, in
the southwest corner of Cranston, R. l., abou,
Is miles from Providence, which supplies a
number Of mill villages along the Pawtucket
river, burst yesterday afternoon. Three per-
sons were drowned and some damage done to
property. man named Yeaw, who was about
quarter of mile off, noticed the water COM
ing through the masonry of the dam, as he de-
scribes it, in a stream about as big as barrel.
The hole was apparently growing very rapidly.
The only living object in sight was COW q few
hundred feet across the fields, which Yeaw
succeeded in rescuing, although the water was
up to his neck. Meanwhile down the valley
were Mrs. Greene lew, aged sixty; a Mrs.
Hawkins, aged ninety, and Mrs. Tew's son,
seven years old. They were walking through
a strip of wood and were overtaken by the
flood and drowned Their bodies were found in
the wood through which the water quickly ran
until 1t emptied into the Pawtuxet river.
The river rose rapidly and caused considerable
alarm among people along its banks, who
thought that the Ponegansettl reservoir, the
biggest IN the state, had gone. Many of them
left their houses and fled, but the flood SUBJ
sided az rapidly as it had come. The path OF
the water from the reservoir was through a
thinly settled country, and the only damage to
property was the wrecking of a stable belong
Ing to Russell Matthewson, the capsizlng OF
DIR. E. K. Clarke's carriage shop and the de-
molition Of three road bridges.
The dam was built in 1887 for the service Of
the Pawtuxet valley company, redeeming a
small swapping pond, locally known as Spruce
lake. The reservoir covered Is acres and con-
tanned about $4,000, 900 gallons of water. The
dam is 925 feet long, II feet 8 inches high and
feet wide on top and 35 feet wide at the bot
tom. The gap left by the water is between
sixty and seventy feet long. 1t is just above the
water pipe. No examination has been made to
learn the cause of the break. The man Yeaw
is the only witness to any part of the casualty.
The reservoir was practically emptied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-26
A REMARKABLE CASE.
"A Boy Lives Year without Taking
Any Solid Food.

The case Of Thomas Hull, IT,, the fifteen
year-old son Of Thomas Hull of Vinegar Hill,
miles from Galena, H., is one of the most
remarkable ever reported among those persons
who are compelled to abstain from food for
long periods. One year ago last April the boy
was taken i'll with spinal meningitis. By careful
medical treatment his life was saved, but he
was left paralytic by the disease. So COM
plete was the paralysis that even the tongue
was unable to perform its functions, every
voluntary muscle of his body being paralyzed.
1t was thought at the time that he could live
but short time in such q helpless condition,
but as the time wears on he seems to grow but
little weaker, and death is as yet apparently
far of. The strangest feature of the case is
that life should be maintained SO long on the
food to which he has been restricted. The
muscles of the tongue and throat being
paralyzed il is impossible for him to swallow,
and every ounce Of food which he has received
in these sixteen months has been conveyed to
the gullet by means Of quill. In this man
ner small allowances of milk, whisky, Cruel
and juices of fruit have been administered to
him daily
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-26
pIEDMoNT AIR LINE.

DIEDMONT AIR LINE
l. M Schedule in effect June 30, 1889,
ton ooruonsvlile, Charlottesville Lynch bury aud
stauons between Alexandria and Ly nchlurs Roanoke
brlstoi hnorNllle, Chattanooga and Memphis Pull
man Sleeper Washington To Memphis.
\, II "a a. m-fast mail daily for Warrenton. Char
Ios.es''iMie, 81 ons Chesapeake aud ONO Route.
ky,ncnourg, Heky Mount Danville and Stations
eigh. Asheville. Charlotte, Columbia Augusta.
Atlanta, Birmingham, Montgomery, New Orleans.
t ei ana California Pullman Sleeper New YORK to
Ananta parlor cars Atlanta 20 MONTGOMERY, Pullman
sieepers Montgomery TO New Orleans. Pullman
nan , sieepers washington 70 Cincinnati c. and u
,4:I5 p. m.-Daily. except Sunday. for Mansssas
c1aspurg ana intermediate stations.
tanooga. Pullman NestIDule sleepers WASHINGTON 10
Melnpms connecting thence for ali Arkansas points
also Washington 10 New orleans.
Cutpet er Orange, Charlottesville, Staunton, LOUIS,
its, Cancmnatl Pullman NestiOule train ashingtop
70 Slneinnati with Pullman seeper4or Louisville.
Danvllle, Raleigh, Ashevile, Charlotte. CoIumbia
AnSnsta, Atlanta, Montgomery, New Orleans, Iexas,
Mo Caiornia Pullman vestibule Car Washington 70
Sleeper Washington to Brming ham, Ala via Atlanta
ana Georgia Pacific Railway
Trains ON Washington and Ohio division leave WASH
tngton 100 daily except SUNDAY and 4 as n ~
daily; arrive Round Hill IL U a. IA. and 40 q 10
returning leave Round Hill o5 IN. daily and IS I'd
PIN oaiiy except Sunday. arriving Washington 80
Through trains from the South via Charlotte. Dan.
vlie AID Lynchburg arrive in Washington 6:53 a M
and :l3 M via East Tennessee, Bristol and Lynch
ouIs AZ S:O3 am and 10 40 pm; via Chesspeake
ana ONO route aud Charlottesville at ;:l % M and
10 Pm and 6:53 am strasburg local at 9:lS
Tickets, sleeping-car reservation and information
@ ana oagxage Checked ct office, 1900 Penn
~. avenue and at Passenger Station fennsylvs-
3e29 JAS. l. TAYLOR, Gen Pass AGENT
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A ROMANTIC STORY.
The Search Of an Eastern Boy for His
Mother.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Ten days ago young Charles Cheney arrived
in San Francisco from the east in search Of his
mother, whom he had not seen since he was
four years of age. Last night he secured posi-
tive proof that she was Mrs. Maud Van Zandt,
who died five years ago at the Palace hotel of
criminal practice, and whose fate caused a
great local sensation, as the doctor who at
tended her was accused Of foul play. Young
Cheney, when he first came here, told the police
a romantic story of his secret removal from a
local orphan asylum by his father, who took
him east without his mothers knowledge. The
husband and wife had quarreled, and the IA
Their told the boy when he was about ten years
old that his mother was dead
He learned, however, since his fathers death
that he had been deceived, and in the hope of
finding his mother came west. After consider
able search he discovered family in Oakland
with whom his mother lived after she separated
from her husband. She was beautiful woman
and passionately fond of her young child. She
was unable to support him and placed the boy
in an orphan asylum. The removal of the child
by the father, who took him to his parents
home, in Mount Morris, ILL.,, affected the
mother greatly, and several years after she re-
ceived news that the boy was dead
After that she seemed to lose all heart. She
quit dressmaking,. at which she made COM
AZ s"DAo .A'AnS' anu soou aIterWard married Dr.
Van Zandt, much older than herself. He soon
died and she entered upon a career of dissipa-
ton that was suddenly cut short five years ago
by her death. At the hotel, where she had eie-
CANT rooms, she made the acquaintance of a
rich Los Angeles man, who, before he died, be-
queathed her nearly his whole estate. The
relatives vainly tried to break this win and
great scandal resulted. After this the widow
lived life Of luxury at the Palace hotel.
Young Cheney, who is working on o cable-car
line across the bay, is greatly disheartened at
the result Of his search.