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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-13

insane asylum, named Porter, escaped from
the Institution. She had stolen the keys to
the doors, and after O'Clock had struck
quietly unlocked them and slipped out, leav-
ing the keys hanging in the lock. Her alb
sence was soon noticed. and search COM
until early morning, when she was discov-
cred above the Stnrgs farm, at Riverside
She had remanedo ut all highland was bad
ly exhausted and glad to return to the hospi-
tai
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-13
LETT THE CLOTH BE WHITE.
BY WILL CARLETON.

Go set the table, Mary an let the cloth be whtel
Inc hungry city children are comm here to-
The children from the city, with features pinched
and spare,
ed air.
They come out from out the dungeons where they
with want We're chained
From places dark an dismal, by tears of sorrow
From where a thousand shadows are numbering
Set well the table, Mary dear, an let the cloth be
white!
They ha' not seen the daisies made for the heartS
They never heard the rain drops upon cottage
They DO not know the kisses of zephyr an Of
They never rambled wild an free beneath the for
est trees.
The food that they ha' eaten was spoiled by
The very air their lungs breathed was full o. poi
son seeds;
wrong and spite;
Go set the table, Mary dear, and let the cloth be
whitei
The fragrant water-lllies ha' never smiled at
They never picked wlld-hower from off its dewy
They never saw greensward that they could
safely pass
Unless they needed well the sign that says, 'Keep
off the grass"
God bless the men an women of noble brain an
heart
Who go down in the folk-swanps an take the
children's part
These hungry. CHEEKY children that keep US IN
their debt.
And never fail to give us more Of pleasure than
they get!
Set well the table, Mary; let naught be scant or
small
The little ones are coming here; have plenty for
them ALL
There's nothing we should furnish except the
very best
To those that Jesus looked upon and called to
him an blessed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-13

TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. ls.

We do moi read Anonymous letters and commu-
ucstions The name and address Of the writer
are in al 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, 1889-08-13

The boldest reformer that has yet made his
appearance is Mr.. A. Maitland Stenhouse,
who proposes to reform the marriage laws of
Canada by substituting polygamy for mo-
nogamy. Mr.. Stenhouse is resident of
British Columbia, and he recently resigned
his seat In the Dominion assembly to join
the Mormon colony at Leith Bridge. Ncrth-
west Territory. He now comes forward as
the champion Of polygamy and as an expo
nent and defender of Mormon doctrines, and
will contest that constituency at the coming
election for the Dominion Parliament. He
says that polygamy will soon become one of
the institutions Of the territories, and be-
lieves that II properly represented in Parlia-
ment many of the restrictions which now
make poiygamy Illegal will be withdrawn,
and the prejudices which now exist against
the sect overcome He says that only among
the Latter Day Saints are the rights of
women fully recognized and admitted. The
Mormons in the Northwest Territory are
not waiting, however, for Mr.. Stenheuse to
reform the laws, but are practising polyga-
my openly in spite of the government.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-13

In England The pardoping power resides
nominally in the Queen, but the real reposi-
tory is the Home Secretary. To him Mrs.
Maybrick must look either for pardon or for
accumulation OF her sentence. The present
Secretary, Mr. Matthews, is not a promising
subject for sentimental appeals. Nothing
less than his own conviction, after an exam
ination of the case. that the jury erred, will
be likely to move him. But not only is the
character of the Home Secretary unfortu-
nate for Mrs. Maybrick. The attack upon
the Judge is equally so; because the case
has been put by it in such an attitude that
the woman's pardon now will look very
much like rebuke to the presiding justice,
and that certainly the present government
would be very reluctant to administer, mas
much as Judge Stephen is one Of the most
valiant adherents to it and its views. es-
pecially in relation to the Irish question.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-13

The number and variety of the lunches re-
ported from Bar Harbor constitute glorious
tribute tothe strength and staying power of
the American stomach.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-13
ITEMS FOR hoRsEMEN.

Nelson now ranks as the sixth of the most
famous stations of the country. The list Is
Make Cobb by Happy Medium. 2.13t; Phal-
las by Dictator, 2.13s; Patron by Pancoast,
2.14a; Axtell, three years old, BY William L.,
22v143; Stamboul by Sultan. 2.144; Nelson by
Young Rolfe, 2.15
Al the rate we are going on now Maine
VIII be electing horses to the legislature be-
lore many years. The stallion Golden Ore,
owned by Hon. L. NJ. Goodall of Sanford is
sald 70 i've in the best horse quarters In
cost $24o. 1t is sheathed in antique oak and
wildwood.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-13

"By-and-by," many man answers when solicit
60 by the Lie Insurance Agent To such the old
spanish proverb apples,"By the:street OF By-and-
by, one arrives at the house Never"
INSURE IN THE UNIoNIMUTUAL.s
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-06
THE LOCAL MARKET.

DSa.e 0ooenAsSos Are RsvtsoA aDA Ger
reeesd Every Nay.
. 0n9As-GrAnulated. yer 10. &C" eeyo0; nGht
S6is.se; losf. eia.fo maple . b soc.
Go Sese Sils. ssss,. .:ro1 ssy. sr wsnd ssS1 500 &C.
Nor6a. ssasor: roasted Ric and Costa Ricss;. "a
Java, 3eG5Oc; Arbuckie's, 49,
4, Isc:e% snss. 800 go En %ai srsaf 9sSSr sG HSe
f3ctiss-Es.sern-s gal. sa.so; 5 gal. $3.50; 10
Cabbage-fer cwt. o.
EgHs, per cnse, ss.D.
Rsitter, per n, aygsDc.
Cheese, per n, 2O925c.
,, fS;i ditto n siIssd ir n < b esr ~ s.c p per (: psas sSsS
Sait Lake, Ice; apricNts, 29c; evisp0rated ditto,
Nc; blackberries, lie; raspberries, 35c.
- California fruits, &5.OEs6.5O per case.
b standard tomatoes, S3.25,
~ Standard corn, $500.
~ standard peas, $50: seconds, e2.T5.
?-n string and Lima beans, S2.15.
Dried Beans-Navy, s1.cO per 100 n; Lima,
Wheat. No. 1, per ion N, soyoO.
Corn, cracked, per 100 n, SITE.
Hiram. per 100 n, si.50; bran and shorts per 100
Fiour-Per 100 n ,Ifllsbury's best, $40; Ogden.
Corn meal, per iGo n. S..50.
DAT meal, per 100 N, st.O.
Iard-1Of12c
Fresh McIs-Pork lar; beef s9aoc: lamb.
salt Meats-Ham lOfSaOc; bacon Ec; cOrned
Coal Re ton, hard SO. soft $3.50.
WOOd-Perc cord sara.
Hay-Per ton S25.OO.
Straw-fer ton Si2.OO.
NRts-Per cwt. s2.O0.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-20
AN UNSATISFACTORY DENIAL.

Mr.. Dan RANsDELL is the HOOsier who
was made marshal of the District of Co
lumbia by President HARRISON, and Mr.
EDWARD S. RANsDELL is the marshals
brother who was recently given lucrative
position in the marshal's office. It seems
to be recognized by everybody that during
this administration officials have the right
and are expected to provide for their rela-
tons as much as possible, and probably no
fault would have been found with Marshal
RANsDELL's selection of his brother had the
appointment not been followed by a dis
patch from Indianapolis saying that in 1881
Mr. ED. S. RANsDELL was a letter carrier
in that city, that he was convicted of steal
ing $500 from letter addressed to Mrs.
MARY S. BLACK and was sentenced TO two
years in the penitentiary. On the receipt
of the telegram Washington Post reporter
was dispatched with a commission to in
terview Mr.. RANsDELL. The accused was
found, and promptly said he had never
been in the penitentiary, but refused to
say more. The New York Press also con
tanned the gentlemans reply to the accu-
sation as follows: Il was at one time a
letter carrier in indianapolis, but
never spent one day in prison
And here the matter rests, both
the marshal and the brother declining to
talk on the subject. The charge was not
that MIR RANsDELL had been in the peni-
Tertiary. but that he had robbed the mails
and been convicted of the crime. and his
denial that he had been in prison cuts no
figure in the case, any more than it would
for him to say he had never committed
burglary and was innocent of the crime of
rape. If he didn't steal the letter and
wasn't convicted, why should he hesitate
to say so! His course tends to confirm the
report that he was convicted as charged,
and that by some means he managed to
escape the punishment which the law pro
vidcs for the crime.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-20
THE PEOPLES PLATFORM.

The municipal convention of the People 5
party was in session good many hours,
and the occasion for it has now appeared in
the platform which was promulgated
in Thursdays issue of THE HERALD. 1t is
now understood why so much time was
given up to this work, and we think it
will be conceded that the hours and the
labor have been wisely and well expended
The great care which has been taken with
the declaration is seen all through it, and
the whole is paper of which the delegates
may be proud, as those who sent them
to the convention certainly will be.
The presentation is an absolutely
truthful one. from first to last, in
Guiding the position which the Peoples
party has occupied, the statement of princi-
pies in which it believes and the indict
ment of the sO-cailed Liberal organization.
The platform does not have TO be defended,
for the reason that it cannot be success
fully attacked. 1t claims for the party no
more than has been done, and commits the
organization to no more than intelligence
and wisdom suggest should be done.
The policy to which the party pro
claims citself devoted, is one of
development and progress, not on
boom lines but in reason and COM
mon sense. improvements should be made,
not with the view to the reckless eXpendi-
ture of money, but in the light Of the tax
payers necessities, ambitions and abilities.
A plentiful supply of water equitably dis
tributed to the citizens, an extension of the
street lighting to those who bear the ex-
pense, a system of sanitation within the
means of the people, the improvement of
the streets as rapidly as the work can be
done without being Oppressively burden
some, better and more general police pro
tection-these are some of the things
which the convention declares for, and the
people at large without regard to politics
will or should approve and applaud
the declaration. And then there is the
emphatic and unmistakable avowal in ref
erence to the enforcement of the laws and
the suppression Of vice. The position here
is unassailable, and the past record of the
party is a guarantee of the intention and
good faith with which the present promise
Is put forth.
The HERALD is pleased to say that it can
honestly and consclendously stand on the
platform. Its declarations, policies and
promises are what this paper has advocated,
urged and taught these many years, and as
time moves along our belief in the rightful-
ness of the position is strengthened and
confirmed. The party can stand squarely
on this platform, and by living up to it in
practice, will not only give good and pro
gressive government, but will gain friends
and supporters from among those who
have hitherto been classed with the oppo-
sition to the People. Honesty in the ad-
ministration and the progress which shall
be guided by wisdom and good Judgment
rather than by a sentiment. are what bona
tide citizens of intelligence want, and these
are what the People promise, and what
they will give if kept in power.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-20

Now THE Republican newspapers are
furnishing an explanation of why there
was an increased Democratic majority in
the Louisiana congressional district in
which an election was recently held. They
say that MINOR, the Republican candidate.
who is native southerner of good birth,
would not put himself on an equality with
the negroes and the hummer element, and
as these classes make up the majority of
the Republican party in the district he
gave great offense to those who were ex-
pected TO support him. Many negroes and
some white Republicans, out of spirit of
revenge, either refrained from voting or
voted for the Democratic nominee, thereby
increasing the customary Democratic ma
iority. AS this explanation is given by
Republican papers it will probably be ac-
cepted as correct, and should put stop to
the talk about Democratic fraud and bull
doing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-20
OUR BUDDING NAVY.

The whole force of the bureau of con
struction and repair of the United States
navy is busily engaged upon the plans foI
the construction of thenew cruisers, which
are to be 800 and {, 200 ton vessels respec-
lively. 1t is therefore understood that the
entire number OF vessels authorized by the
last Congress is well under way. Notwith-
standing all the incentive given to home
effort and home enterprise in respect to
these floating defenses, it remains sol
emn and we might as well say lamentable
fact, that one of the big ships is to be mod
eled after the English armored ships War
spite and Imperieuse, with some very slight
notifications. This vessel will be about
three hundred and fifteen feet long and
sixty two feet beam. One redeeming
feature is that she will be con-
structed entirely of steel of American
manufacture. She will be Of about ten
thousand horse power and will be fitted
with twin screw and vertical triple ex-
mansion engines, which will drive her
through the water at least seventeen
Knots per hour, perhaps much more. She
will have room for l 200 tons OF coal, and
with this supply at ten-knot speed she
can steam 1000 miles.
The plan agreed upon for the smaller
vessel is said TO be similar to that OF the
Spanish war ship Reina Regente, although
there will be greater displacement. The
hoard s design makes this craft 31S feet long
and 80 feet beam. To comply with the law
she must acquire maximum speed OF
twenty knots an hour. In order to do this,
the horse power must be 1000, and
she will have the same kind of
engines as the other ship. This
one will also be built of American made
steel 1She will carry LOCO tons of coal and
can rim on this, without coaling, at a ten
knot speed, $500 miles. The advertisement
asking for bids for the construction of these
war ships will appear, doubtless, before
the year expires.
The cost of the large ship will be, exclu-
sive of any premium for increased speed,
s.. SOC. OOO: for the o,her, exclusive Of arm
ament. 81 100000 If the secre tary OF the
navy cannot obtain satisfactory bids for the
construction of eith.r or both OF these
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-20
She Was Reading About the President.

She Was LEADING About the President.
Nantucket is smiling at little adventure
of Mrs Harrison at that place. There is a
little store at Nantucket where they sell
baskets of odd shapes, and it is the custom
with visitors to buy them as souvenirs of the
place. Mrs. Harrison wandered in there
alone the other day, and looking ever the
baskets, asked the funny old woman who at
tends the store, and who is of herself char
acter worth seeing:
''What is the price of this basketT' holding
one up.
Marked on the bsttom," was the terse re-
ply.
Mrs. Harrison repeated the question, and
the woman, with most annoyed expression,
glanced up from her paper and said; 'I1s
marked on the bottom; | can't be bothered
to stop and answer questions; I'm reading
about the Presidents trip to Bar Harbor." -
St Louis Republic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-20

vessels, he is authorized to build them or
have them built at such navy yards as he
may designate The batteries, with which
he will not have so much to do, have not
yet been agreed upon; but two if
not more of the twelve and sixteen
inch guns will be mounted on the big
cruiser and the main battery of the other
will be ten and twelve-inch breech-loading
rifles. The secondary batteries of three,
four and FOUNDER rapid firing guns are
now being manufactured in Connecticut by
the Hotchkiss company.
1t will thus be seen that a Republican adj
ministration will complete the work which
Democratic administration began. All of
the honor that comes from duty well per
formed in the connection above
stated belongs, so far as such
work can have reference to any
one man of an administration, to WILLIAM
c. WHITNEY-a man whom THE HERALD
has reason to believe was the most eff
cient officer at the head of the navy depart
ment the government has had within recent
years. He did not bring national disgrace
to the office, as did GRANTS favOrite and
most noted corruptionist, SECoR robson,
and he exhibited as much more compre-
hensiveness and genuine ability for his
place than the present easy going aimless,
nO-account TRACY, as one man ever eX
hibited in comparison with another. OF
course the Republicans will complete the
ships, and with their customary DISPOSE
ton to receive praise for others acts and
acquire profit where nothing is due, they
will trumpet the fact abroad and try to de-
ceive even the elect; but they will not sue
coed, The American people are not all
fools; and when they confer their badges
of honor, the CLEVELAND administration
will get the credit for having created a
navy where none existed and having within
four brief years done more towards making
the United States factor on the high seas
than was done in twenty preceding years
of Republican rule.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-20
AN IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT.

We have in our midst very remarkable
man in the person of Judge ORLANDO
WHITBCHAPEL POWERS. 1t is fair state
ment that what he doesn't know of the ways
that are dark, the tricks that are vain and
the methods that are intricate of and relat
ing to politics, might be written on postal
card in big round hand. 1t is hardly fair
to say that he is the modern NEsToR; the
equities would be more nearly preserved
by calling the other fellow the ancient
POWERS.
The local parties here in Utah-the PEG
pies and Liberal-had little set-to re-
Gently, and through certain preiudices
against certain people who figured rather
more conspicuously in the former element
than was deemed proper by some of its
voters, the latter gang got score and a
half more votes in this city than their OPP
ponents did. Brother POWERS was chair
man of the city committee of
the Liberal party, position which he still
holds, or no h m, as the case may be, yet;
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-20

THE SAN Francisco Examiner can be
very sarcastic when it tries. In late
issue it INDUCED in its favorte pastime as
follows:
statue of General GRANT has been unveiled
with impressive ceremonies at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas. There is Il completed GRANT
mOnumentin Chicago. But the General is not
buried in Kansas, nor yet, if our memory serves
us, in Chicago. OF course the spot where the
body rests is marked by monument more mag
niticent than any that can be found elsewhere.
1t could hardly be possible that city like New
York could apply to Congress for the Worlds
Fair if it had neglected for four years such a
promise as it made when it secured the tomb of
GRANT
1t does seem a little irregular for the
national metropolis to neglect an Oppor-
tunity that it has had for many years to
go fishing for something bigger. Perhaps
if it had done what was right by the
memory of the soldier whose remains re
pose within its limits, the people of the
country would have more confidence in the
place and be more willing to give it some
thing else; but it may not be. Westward
the star of CoLUMBUs takes its way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-20

We have located our Mr.. Joseph w vii
son in Salt Lake City to represent US in
Utah. He will be found to be a thoroughly
practical miller, and a competent consult
ing engineer in all matters relating to mill
ing or mill machinery. He will make con-
tracts for complete mill plants, or overhaul
Burr mills, to the roller system. Also
make prices on all special machinery in our
line, including steam engines, boilC +; and
steam plant fixtures generally.
Mill men are invited to visit and care
fully inspect the mills built by us-under
Mr.. Wilson's supervision-atP Provo, Span
ish Fork and Fountain Green. Our rolls
may also be seen in operation at the Pioneer
Roller mills, ana j. NJ. Letter g. Com
pany's mills, Salt Lake City.
Mr.. Wilson's postoffice address is Lock
Box 952. When not out of the city on bust
ness, he will be found at the Valley house.
GREAT WESTERN MFG. Co.
Mill Builders and Furnishers, Leaven-
worth, Kansas.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-20

The TALLEsT building in the United Sta
ties, including spires or cupolas, could be
placed beneath the grand arch of the EP
PEI tower and leave plenty Of room. A
man with.,a German name was the builder
and is the owner, and this is a sore subject
to the average Frenchman, and they dis
pute their dislike of the situation by calling
him Ef-fel, whereas the correct prOnunci-
alton is Eyefel. A number of people from
Salt Lake and elsewhere in Utah have Wis
tied the cast iron monster, and they are
unanimous in according it the place of the
eighth wonder of the world. The view
from the top is described as beautiful be-
yond comparison. The prevailing question
now is-what will the city that gets the
COLUMBUS exposition of 1892 do to effect it!
1t wont do 10 follow in the footstep, of
France, and yet that nation must be left
astern by some means.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-20

and becalse of the aforesaid disagection
and consequent aggl egation of votes on his
side he became all at once the man of all
men among the party of great moral aims
and ideas in this territory.
But the PIckwickian success referred to
was only beginning-a bud out of which a
blossom of grandest hue and most pervad-
ing odor was to bloom, or some thing i'm
ping as much. Beng the grand mogul of
a hundred dozen voters is but an incentive
to rather than the satisfaction of ambition !;
and instead of being merely their head and
front he must add honor and become sol t
of imperi,tm in impcrio all to himself Al
ready have the pronunciamentos from unz
der his hand reached the solemnity of
number two," and this is enough to make
US pause in breathless anticipa-
ton over the development which number
threen may unfold.
"Order No. 9" does not set out where
ORLANDO's headquarters or headquarters
are at the time of issuance, but merely con-
sists of a general statement couched in the
usual language of an official proclamation,
appointing P. EDWARD CoNNOR to the
command of the Liberal forces of the city
with the rank of General! This is one of the
appointments that will stick, because there
is no meddlesome Senate to reject the
nomination and it is, in addition, one of the
tittest things that has taken place in the
Liberal camp during the merry war that is
going on in this territory.
AS stated before, it is difficult to tell
where the executive lightning will strike
next. The new source from whence offices
come seems disposed to be liberal in such
matters, and there is no reason why any
aspiring patriot should fall below the level
of colonel at the least. So long as these
Executive favors relate to home affairs we
can doubtless get along without seriou s
confusion or tuble; but let US seriously
hope that President POWERS, in his ap-
pointive mood, will stop somewhere this
side of envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to the grand high court Of
Brobdignag.