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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-11-21
James O. Mccormick OF this CITY. Who's

James o. Mccormick of this city, whose
death was mentioned in the GAZETTE
wac born on the 23d of October, 1878,
From 1921 until 1854 he lived In Baltimore,
conducting a drug store on Gay street,
near Exeter He represented the Fifth
ward In the irsr branch OF the city council.
was one OF the city directors in the North.
ern Central railway for number of years
and was also gusno inspector for the port
OF Baltimore. He was one of the FIRST 10
manufacture perfumed soaps and Co.'S
metics, his factory being on Hillen street.
In 1898 ne moved to Cecil county and en-
gagged in farming. and was member Of
the constitutional convention OF 1867, In
1876 he removed to Wilmington and en-
gagged In the grocery business, In which he
continued until his death. His funeral toct
place Yesterday week, the intsrment;beirr
n West Nottingham Gem tery,C eoiltoultv
Hoods SRrsnpartlInE rrrrs rntnr -h t,- -o,,,5
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-11-21

SAN Francisco. CAL, Nov. 19.-At q
meeting of the directors Of the Pacific
Coast Blood Horse Association last nie ht
all races were postponed until Saturday
on.aocount of the condition OF the track,
due to rains.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-11-21

LONDON, Nov. ia FIRE breeze cut in
the fcrehold OF the British steamer Ocean
King at Bremerhsyen from New Orleans.
Tho hold was flooded and the FIRE
uuenched.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-11-21

Captain George A. LIE Maistre few
DAYS ago lost an Italian grey hound for
which lie had refused $3.50.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-11-21

NEW YoRK, Nov. Thames Hone, the
famous craftsman, was brought here be-
fore Judge Wheeler, in the United States
circuit court yesterday on the writ OF
hAbsas corpus granted by Judge Brown
few days ago. Since the issuance of the
writ the circumstances Of the case have
been somewhat changed and the hearing
In the matter WAS postponed until mex!
Wednesday morning.
Recorder Smyth has dismissed the in.
dictmeDt against Hope for completely in
the Manhattan Bank burglary, Ms the
district attorney admitted that, owing to
the death of the witnesses in the cRse, q
conviction could not be secured. Hops
was, however, taken TO the Tombs on the
seeommitment ordered by Judge Wheeler
yesterday, pending the hearing on the
writ of habeas corpus.
In the meantime Governor Hilt haG
acted upon requisltion for Hope, for
waraed by the governor of Delaware
and had iasUed warrant for the cracks
maud eXtradiTiop.
Az soon as Lawyer Brooke, Hope'l
counsel, LEANED that the warrant hat
been issued by Governor Hill he madt
application TO have ii revoked, on tn,
ground that Hope, having been extra
dited from California to serve bia Eecsntl,
expired term at Auburn, could not b
handed over to the authorities of anothe
state until he had been allowed to return
to the jurisdiction from which he wa
e1sraaited.
Governor Hill agreed to hear argu
ments on the revocation Of his warrsn
next Monday, and in view of the pen
Nenoy of thia mattar JudOa WhaeIef
with the consent of the representative O
the district attorneys office, adjourne
the hearing on the writ of habeas corpu
until next Wednesday.
pet4at-ye Vandsgritt Of Wumingto
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06

OF course the doctor did what everybody
ought to have known he would do with it,
published it, and thus was able to dupe more
people into the belief that their stomachs
were snakes nests and that he was the man
to drive out the intruders. Since then, how
ever, Mr.. Tracy has seen new light. The
woman who thought she was cured is as
bad as ever, and is convinced that the snake
she was shown never came from her stomach.
Mr.. Tracy therefore publishes a card in the
Biddeford Journal in which he says he
"feels very sorry that he had anything to do
with the matter whatever" The woman,
he says, from whose stomach the snake is
alleged to have been taken sis feeling very
Respondent. sixty dollars of her husbands
hard earnings are gone and sheis nc better"
This case furnishes an excellent illustra-
ton of the way in which such charlatans as
this DR.. Frost swindle the public. The pub
lie would be entitled to more compassion,
however, if large part of 1t did not, when
ever an attempt is made to pass law to
put an end to this kind of swindling, rise up
and oppose it, -lGi.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06
Mr. ParneII,s onIx sin

MIR. Parnelps unfortunate admission that
on a certain occasion he deliberately made a
deceptive and untrue statement in the course
OF debate In the House of Commons can
not but have bad effect upon himself and
his cause, although it will not offset by any
means the record of perjury and fraud prov
en- against the witnesses of his opponents.
Until this admission Mr.. Parnell had borne
himself :most creditably on the witness
stand. In the opinion of George w. Smalley
the veteran correspondent, Mr.. Parnell as a
witness, was more than a match for the at
torney general. Mr.. Smalley speaks of the
Irish leader as never losing perfect command
OF himself, no matter how much the cross.
examiner fumed, rayed or attempted to brow
beat. Even Judge IHannen, of the Commits
sion, was greatly impressed by the demeanor
OF Mr.. Parneli. This GOODNESS of demeanor
did not in the least fail Mr. Parnell when he
made his damaging admissions on Friday;
but the calm way In which he gave the testi
mony enhanced rather than diminished its
Dad effect. 1t Is true that the experience of
history does not show that false statements
are rare offences of public men. Probably
there are several public men on any side in
the English Parliament who have made
statements in debate that they themselves
must have mere than suspected to be exag-
gerations. But fortunately for them, they
never have been put in Mr.. Parnelps posi-
tion. Louis XIV. used to have motto that
there are many things good to do which 1t is
not good to put 10 writing. European states
men OF the present day are not wholly free
from the suspicion that they modify this
motto so it may stand that there are many
things good to do, but in doing which IL is
not well to be found out. Mr. Parnell has
been unfortunate in being found out. But
II, In all his career as an Irish leader, at the
mead OF party containing a powerful ele-
ment In favor Of lawless methods, no graver
fault than exaggeration in heated debate can
be laid TO his door. 1t must be admitted that
he had done remarkably well as leader.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06
A Sample Testimonial.

A Biddeford clergyman named Tracy has
probably become convinced of the evil of
signing testimonials to the skill of quack
doctors concerning whom little Is known.
and will not do so any more. Mr.. Tracy
was requested by an alleged physician
named Frost, the same man who is now
under suspicion of having caused
the death Of young woman in Biddeford
by criminal malpractice. to sign paper de-
claring that Frost had removed large snake
from the stomach of a Portsmouth woman,
VINO had been sick long time and had been
treated without relief by the reputable ply
slcians oil the neishborhood. The only
knowledge Mr.. Tracy had of the removal Of
tne snake was derived from the woman
from whose stomach the snake had been
taken and some of her friends. They had
all seer the snake, and as the woman was
feeling good deal better they all were con-
weed that it had come from her stomach.
Mr' Tracy had not seen the snake, but be-
nevinB the statement of the persons who said
lnes mad seen itand thinking that the doctor
would only use the paper for his private ben
int' ne signed testimonial to the skill and
prowess OF DIR. Frost as a snake extractor.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06

The decline in efficiency of the railway
mail service under Cleveland has been fire.
quently asserted, and as frequently denied
But here are some statistics compiled from
the report of the last postmaster general
which seem to show conclusively that the
changes made in that service under Cieve-
land, at the instance of Democratic politi-
clans, did produce the effect which might
naturally be expected. In 1882 the handling
OF 3,751 pieces Of mail by the Railway Mail
Service was marked, on an average, by one
error; in 1885 the proportion of errors had
fallen to one in every 5.4s5 pieces; in 1888
the proportion had risen to one in every
S.643 pieces. showing that the efficiency of
the service had decreased "a per cent In the
last three years, from 1885 to 1883. whereas
In the three preceding years, from 1882 to
1885, its efficiency had increased 46 per cent.
In some parts of the country the SER
vice declined more rapidly and to
greater extent than in other
sections. In the First Division, which
comprises the six New England States, the
proportion of errors to pieces handled rose
from one in q, 1892 10 one in 1929, showing a
eCSAo"ocu ohiciCncg VI % per cent In the
Second Division, which included New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and
Eastern Maryland. the proportion rose from
one in Il, l07 to one in $685. showing a de-
crease in efficiency Of 40 per cent. In the
Third Division, which included Western
Maryland. Virginia, West Virginia. North
Carolina and the District Of Columbia, the
proportion rose from one in 5.740 to one in
3,062, showing decrease in efficiency of 46
per cent In the Fourth Division-South
Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana-the proportion rose
from one in 1850 to one in 2,735, decline in
efficiency of Al per cent. In only one divis-
ion-the Eighth, which included California
Nevada. Oregon, Alaska, Washington, Ari-
iona. Idaho, Montana and Utah-did the
proportion fall. In 1885 it was one in 1881 !;
in 1888, one in II, s17.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06

The Boston and Sandwich Glass Company,
which for 80 years manufactured cut glass
in Massachusetts,, have decided to discon-
tinue business. Their two reasons for doing
SO are labor troubles, and the great saving
which their Western rivals are able to make
In the cost of manufacturing by the use of
natural gas. The great industrial activity
which marks the present time more than any
other is bringing with it a constant discoy-
cry OF new resources and appliances that
supersede and crowd out old methods of
doing business. New England just at pres
ent is suffering somewhat from
such conditions. and not few industries
find themselves outdone by rivals better sit
uated for obtaining coal or natural gas or
iron ore. But on the end the effects of pro-
gress and invention are no doubt as much In
favor Of as against New England, and what
is lost in one way is made up in another. In
the streams and rivers of our billy country
is untold motive power unused and at pres
ent inaccessible. But within half decade
inventions have been made in appliances for
transmitting power by electricity that make
1t possible to:conyey the power of water
fall to considerable distance by one mex
pensive conducting wire. In this single d.
rection as much improvement in the next
five years might work wonderful change in
manufacturing enterprises in New England
and especially in that great half of New
England included within the limits of the
State of Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06
Constitutional Catarrb.

No single disease has entailed more suffering or
fastened the breaking up Of the constitution than
Catarrh. The sense of SMELL of taste, of sight, of
hearing, the human voice, the mind, -one ormore.
and sometimes ALL yield to its destructive infiu-
ence The poison it distributes throughout the
system attacks every vital force, and breaks up
the most robust of constitutions. Ignored, be
cause but little understood, by most physicians,
impotently assailed by quacks and charlatans
those suffering from It have little hope to be re,
ieyed OF 1t this side of the grave. Its time then
that the popular treatment of this terrible disease
by remedies within the reach of all passed into
hands at once competent and Trustworthy The
new and hitherto untried method adopted by DR..
Sanford In the preparation of his RADICAL CURE
mas won the hearty approval of thousands 1t is
instantaneous In affordng relief in all head colds
sneezing, snutf1ing and INSTRUCTED breathine and
rapidly removes the most oppressive symptoms
clearing the head, sweetening the breath. Testor,
ing the senses of smell, taste and hearing and
neutralizing the constitutional tendency Of the
disease towards the lungs, liver and kidneys.
SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE consists of one bot
tie OF the RADICAL CURE, one box CATARRHAI
SOLVENT, and IMPROVED INHALER; price, 81.
POTTER DRUG & CHFNrCAr 70 Rocro>
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, MAY 6.

We do not read anonymous letters and colamu-
mcations. The name and address of the writer
are III 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., 1889-05-06
HANDSOME GIRLS
I'M %ATNE

Why, because when they find their hair is fall
ing they quickly apply Devine's Hair Grower,
when speedily fnvigOrates and strengthens the
growth, eradicates all scalp diseases and restores
u 70 It's natural healthy condition. Remember
Deyine's Hair Grower is not Dye, and warranted
free from all poisonous minerals.
Hon. Joseph II. Mani y says, "My family use
Devlne's Hair Grower and consider It the best
preparation they ever used" Mrs. K. G. Burleigh,
wie OF Governor Burleigh, says "Devine's Hair
grower viii do all that is claimed for it, the
members OF our family all use it."
For sale by all Druggists. rs cents per
apr22 nrmem.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06

The question of a successor to William Fl.
Barnum, late chairman Of the Democratic
National committee, is certain to give the
Democrats trouble. German is mentioned,
but he is distasteful to the free trade wing
of the party, which is by far the largest and
most powerful wing. W. l.. Scott would
please that section better. but Scott's ability
as political manager is not equal to Cor
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06

Mayor Grant. of New York city, seems to
be proving rather better than was expected
at the time the rougher element of the New
York Democracy put him before Abram s.
Hewitt. The Tammany leaders are not
bossing him; and his nominations are said to
be unusually respectable. In short, he seems
to be preparing himself for Hewitt's fate.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06

Arbor Day. which has generally been fixed
too early is probably fixed too late this year.
The thing to do would be to postpone the ap-
pointment until 1t can be known whether the
season is to be early or late.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06

The total amount of licenses paid by the
Boston liquor dealers Is $4,000. The un-
licensed dealers are Boosting that they will
run Their shops all the same. And great
many Of them probably will.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06

RNow that Gov. Ames has withdrawn, the
most prominent candidates for governor Of
Massachusetts, are w. w. Grape of New
Bedford and Lieutenant Governor Bracket.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06
fNO RHEUMATIC ABOUT MEi

~ I'm one minute the Cuticura
tx Anti-Pain Plaster relieves Rheu-
- 0~matic, Sciatic, sudden, sharp and ner
* yous Pains, Strains and Weaknesses.
The hrst and only pain-kiing Plaster new
and infallible antidote to pain, Inflammation and
all other plasters. At all druggists 25cents: five
for $1.o0; or, postage free, of POTTER DRUG AND
CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Boston, Mass.
maya ThM&w2w
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06
Home Investment !!
$4,000
Wakefield, Mass, Water Co.
CONSOLIDATED MORTGAGE IS.
Due February l, 1906, optional February /. 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
field and Stoneham, I'm Middlesex county, Mass.
These are two suburban towns, about ten miles
from Boston, on the Western division OF the Bos-
lati0n of IL 600 to ID 900.
The capital stock Of the Wakefield Water Com
saea December T. iSSs $50 600 ' fully pad u.s. 10
THESE $4,000 bonds are part of a consolidated
issue OF $500, 900 per cent bonds Of which $780,
600 are neld by the trustee under the terms OF the
trust deed and can only be used to redeem $780,
900 per cent bonds which were then outstand-
ing and are optional In 1893, making the bonded
indebtedness OF the company. secured by mort
gage upon the plant, the sum Of $1,000
In addition to the mortgage bonds mentioned,
there nave been 100000 Debenture bonds is
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-
tic purposes. The only other available water sup
Ply In that Immediate vicinity Is controlled by the
Water Company.
the machinery Is of standard make. There are two
pumps and two boilers, each Of sufficient capacity
happens to one of them there win be no Interior
ence with the water supply. The water Is pumped
directly into the mains and through them to an iron
stand pipe 40 feet In diameter and go feet In
height, which gives good reserve supply
There are Al miles OF main Of IL inches In diam
eter and less, there being a large amount OF 10
inch main and only small amount Of less diameter
than inches. The normal pressure varies
according to location from so to so pounds from
the stand pipe pressure.
The Company has been operating its works for
hve years and has met with success from its
commencement.
Their are 1856 hydrsnts, and the rental from
these rom the two towns amounts to s6,740.
There IRE about 500 taps, and the revenue from
private consumption was, in December, 1883, at
the rate OF s22, 06o per annum, making a total
revenue per annum OF SIS, 800. Therefore the
financial condition Is as follows:
cross earnings. S2S, 800
Expenses. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $1,000
Interest charges on mortgage
DOnuSs.. H. 600
$4,000
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06
COME TO STAY.
rnotIh Tfr.ae1

The Young Mems Republican Club of
Portland dedicated its elegant new rooms
last evening in most appropriate manner.
The PRESS gives number of fine illustra-
lions OF the cosey rooms and elegant furnish
IDENTITY come to STAY
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06
CURRENT COMMIT EMIT.
CHARLES A. DANA's ESTIMATE OF WASH
INGToN.
New York SUM-

CHARLES A. DANAS ESTIMATE OF WASH
INGToN.
New York SUM-
There are few lives which can bear scru-
thy so close, but about him, as about all
other men, it is well to have no humbug.
There was no humbug about him. He swore
when be was angry; he drank no more than
a gentleman may, but with a freedom which
has never justified the Washingtonian move
ment In bearing his name; he had no tastes
of the anchorite. He was man with hu-
man passions and weaknesses. The pale
and solemn portraits with which the town
has been flooded do not denote him truly.
He did not look like cross between Lord
Mansfield and a Southdown sheep. Ac-
cording to Mrs. Josiah Quincy and other ex.
pert observers, he was awkward, country
gentleman, of small urban experience, I'M
used even to the great little world of Phila-
delphia and New York. Even Williams
burg. that fashionable resort and capital Of
the Virginia planters, knew him not. He
was not of the Four Hundred of the Vir-
ginia of the middle of the last century, the
most aristocratic oligarchy this country has
ever known. He was not specially favored
by nature or fortune. He was, in fact, the
very greatest, not even excepting Ben Frank
lin, of the unending line of American self
made men.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06
CITY OF PORTLAND.
CITY OF PORTLAND.

NOTICE Is hereby given that the Licensing
~ Board. OF the City OF Portland, will meet al
the Aldermen's Room, City Building, on MON
DAY, the 9th day OF May, at 7.30 O'Clock p. NJ,
Tor the purpose Of receiving petitions, and grant
ing licenses TO Inh0lders and Vlctualers, who
may then and there apply therefor.
Given under our hands this 23rd day Of April,
A. ID. 1889.
HOLMAN s. MELCHER, Mayor.
BENJAMIN THOMPSON,
MICHAEL q. MCCANN,
NEHEMIAH SMART
ROBERT A. MCCLUTCHY, Aldermen
JOHN II. RAND,
THOMAS p. SHAW,
JOHN 7. HOBBS.
HENRY w. HERSEY, City Treasurer.
GEO. O. BURGESS, City Clerk.
Licensing Board Of the City Of Portland.
apr24 dtd
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06
FRED E. RICHARDS,
CITY ADvERrrsEmEsTs.
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 70 said clerk tho sum OF
twenty-five cents, and shall cause 10 TO wear
around It's 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 DO
recovered on complaint 70 the use OF the city.
All fines and penalties provided In the proceed
Ing sections may be recovered on complaint be-
Tore any court OF competent Jurisdiction In this
city.
All other ordinances relating TO licenses for
dogs are hereby repealed.
IL shall be the duty Of the city marshal 70 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 pr0vis IONS
the owner or keeper thereof. CT the head OF the
family or keeper Of the house, store, once, or
other place where such dog Is kept or harbored,
shall forfeit and pay sum not exceeding ten
dollars.
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06

''.'.....ss 800
:. The Company this Spring will extend its pipe
line about ia 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., 1889-05-06

Two new volumes of the valuable and con-
, 1889-02-28
GROWERS FAULT.
How He Robbed Spokane Falls of a Great
Benefit.

How He Robbed Spokane Falls of a Great
Benefit.
81 was just runlinating and cogitating
and almost going step further said
prominent citizens yesterday as a REVIEW
reporter stepped into his office in the
Frankfurt block. "Yes, it is almost
enough to make one profane to think that
we are now to be admitted without North
ern Idaho annexed when we consider
what great convenience and natural ad-
vantage it would have been to have that
country annexed and when we reflect
further that the only man who prevented
this consum mmation so devoutly to be wished
was Grover Cleveland. He vetoed the bill
passed by congress because q governor
appointed by himself telegraphed and
advised him not to sign the bill.
Considering that this object had been de.
sired for quarter of century and that
the bill had been passed through congress
with the approval and open endorsement
from Idaho itself, it is hard to think of
the great wrong inflicted by the action of
President Cleveland in this connection
without being thankful that he has only q
few more days to stay in the white house.
If we has secured the annexation of these
northern counties OF Idaho, it would have
made the new state full and complete. It
would have taken rank as state of the
first magnitude in wealth and
national resources and we would
have soon had representation by two
congressman on the Aoor of the house and
Spokane Falls could have made strong
claim for the location of the state capital
at this place. A thousand advantages to
both sides would have resulted from this
union and it is simply too bad that we
are thus cut off by the contrariness of Gro
yer Cleveland. It is annoying-very an
noylng," ,aid the gentleman as he arose
and walked nervously up and down the
room.