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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02

Col. Mason of Mississippi wants the gov
eminent TO purchase the Cherokee strip to
settle negroes upon. He has interested sew
eral prominent negroes in his scheme and
they will appeal to President Harrison in
its behalf The proposition is found
cd Oh information that the Indians are
willing to have colored people settle on the
strip. 1t is argued that, as resolution has
just been introduced in the United States
Senate to appropriate large sum OF money
to carry colored colOnists to Africa, if the
government can appropriate money to trans
port The negro to Africa, it has the power to
appropriate money to purchase lands for
him at home, and could buy the strip for the
purpose. 1t is urged that strong and united
effort be made to this end, and the Afro
American League which meets soon in Chi.
cago will be requested to take the subject
under consideration. Col. Mascn's scheme
is fully as meritOrious and not more imprac-
ticable than the one Senator Gibson has in
troduced into the Senate But neither of
them will amount to much in solving the
negro problem.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02

The attack made on ballot reform by SEN
ator German, the notorious Democratic boss
of Maryland, was made before a meeting of
the editors of the Democratic country
papers. An Annapolis despatch says:
The plan was to get the editors of approved
Democratic faith together and to persuade them
TO make concerted attack on the Australian
system in their newspapers. This attack was
then TO be taken as arefleX of the party sentiment
OF the state, and was to be used to the fullest
limit in influencing the action of the Legislature.
This scheme, though unsuccessful, is very
ingenious. 1t is to be doubted, however, if
to Senator German belongs the honor of its
invention.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02
The NATIONAL Trnders Rnnk.

VNHE shareholders Of the National Traders
L Bank of Portland, are hereby notified that
their annual meeting will be held al their banking
rom on TUESDAY. the 14th day Of January
next, at eleven O'Clock a. M. 10 choose Ave
directors for the ensuing year, and to act on any
ether business that may l. gally come before the
meeting.
EDWARD GOULD. Cashier.
Dec. IS. 1889. decf3dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02
OCEAN INSURANCE. COMPANY.

TCIIE annual meetin Of the stockholders o. the
Ocran Insurance Company Of Portland will be
held at the office of said Company on ,ednesday
the eighth day Of January, A. D., 1880, al 10
O'Clock a. m. Tor the purpose Of Ell citing seven d.
reetOrs for the ensuing year and for the transae-
ton Of any other business which may come legally
before them.
JOHN II. HUM HREY, Secretary.
Portland, Dec. %. 1889. dec24dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Congressman Dingley has:been confined to
his room in Washington for several days
He is better but is not out yet.
A Saco officer has received a circular from
Vermont woman, who says her husband
disappeared In deranged condition Deem
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 9.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu.
nieations. The name and address of the writer
are in all cases indispensable, not necessarily for
publication but as a 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, 1890-01-02
CANAL NATIONAL BANK.

TT'HE annual meeting of the stockholders OF the
Il Canal National Bank, OF Portland for the
election OF seven cirre Ors, and tOr tho trausac-
ton Of any other business that MY legally come
before th~m, will be held at their banking house
on TUESDAY, the fourteenth day Of January,
1890, at IL O'Clock m.
GEO. q. PETERS, Cashier.
Dec IL 1899 dec 3eodtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02
Honest and Square in Its Dealings.

kenneburk Star.
The Portland Daily PRESS has lived and
prospered ever since the beginning of the
civil war. 1t has been the best republican
organ in the state, and has acquired a rep
utation, during the last quarter of century,
for honest and square dealings with its party
and the public. which justly makes it an en-
tirely responsible newspaper.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02

One of the New York city officials says the
grippe in that town has been greatly aggra-
waited by desire to spend the holidays at
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02
observation-disclosures BANK

V'HE annual meeting Of the stockholders of the
Merchants National nix Of Portland. Me. I,
for the election Of directors for the ensuing
year and the transaction Of any other business
that may legally be presented, " II he held at
their banking house on Tuesday, the 14th day OF
January, 1890, at 10 O'Clock "A. m.
CHARLES PAYSON, Cashier.
Portland. Dec IL 1889. deci4-Im
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02
CmmberInnh NnGiOmnI Rmnk,

VfHE annual meeting Of the Stockholders Of the
Cumberland National Bank, OF Portland, will
be held at their banking rO IN ON TUESDAY,
the fourteenth day Of January. 1880, 40 10
O'Clock a. NJ, for he choice Of Ill ectors for the
eus,hng year ana tn transact on OF any other
business that may legally come before them.
W H. SOULE, ASHER
Portland, Dec. IA, 1889. dee16dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02

LAND INVESTMENT Assoc lATION
Of Indianapolis. Ind, pays per cent. int rest,
and guarantees by Real Estate Security a net
profit Of 80 per cent. on the money invested wi h.
in three years. Men IF highest ia ding and re-
sponsbility in the State connected with this AS
ISOLATION. For full particulars, address Meridi-
an Natl nal ank, or VIM. w SMITH AZ Vance
Block, indianapolis, Ind. dee27d1m&w3m
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02
THE ANNUAL MEETING
Cumberland County Agricultural and
Horticultural Society

for the choice Of officers and other legal business
will be held at Grange Hail, GOrham, Me, at 10
a. m. on TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 1880.
j. J. FRYE, Secretary.
Portland Dec. &c 1889 dec27dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02
ANNUAL MEETINGS.
ANNUAL MEETING. = NOTICE.

VIHE propr etors or Union Wharf Corporation,
are hereby mortified that their annual meet
ing will be held al the Office Of the wharinger on
TUESDAY the seventh day Of January, 1890, at
o'clock Ia the afternoon 10 act on the following
articles, viz;
LIST 10 choose a president.
2nd-TO choose clerk and other officers for
the ensuing year.
3rd-TO act on any other business that may
legally come before them.
STEPHEN X. DYER, Clerk.
Portland, Dec. %, 1889. dec3Odst
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
IN lei

At Savannah, Ga, a light snow fell. the first
snowfall for many years.
An Apache war in Southern Colorado and
Northern New Mexico is thought to be immi.
nent.
The snow storm in the East has subsidized.
From twelve to eighteen inches of snow fell
throughout the New England States.
The contracting plasterers Of New York
have agreed to eight hours q day at 5 O cents
per hour, beginning May /, the agreement to
hold good Tor two years.
The men oEwar Atlanta and Boston, of the
American squadron OF evolution, lave arriv-
ed at Genoa. The Chicago and. Yorktown
the other two vessels of the squadron, have
reached Spezzia,
The adage "Now you know how it is your
sell" has q striking illustration at the Jail at
Alexandria. Mimi. where ex-Sherif Urness
now langu:shes, filing ont q fve-days SEN
tence Tor contempt of court.
2 At San Francisco all the moulders employ.
ed in the foundries represented in the iron
founders association struck. They number
over 800, and about 700 other workmen are
thrown out OF work because OF the strike.
The supreme court of the United States
rendered O decision in the case of the Louis.
vile, New Orleans & Texas against the State
of Mississippi, involving the validity OF the
Mississippi state law requiring all railroads
operating within the state to provide separ.
ate compartments or cars for white and col.
ored people. The question at issue was
whether the law is q regulation of interstate
commerce and there ore beyond the power OF
the state. The supreme court of Mississippi,
when it decided the case, held that the stat.
ute applied solely to commerce within the
state. n that construction being the con.
struction of the statute by it's highest court
is accepted as conclusive by the supreme
court of the United States.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
THE TARIFF SCHEDULE,
A Report as to Agricultural PRODUCE
Nearing Completion.

A Report as to Agricultural Products
Nearing Completion.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram,
The house ways md means subcommittee,
to which had been entrusted the task of
revising the tariff schedule as to agricultur-
al products, will present its report to the
full committee within a day or two. 1t is
understood that an increase il the duty
upon several cereals largely imported from
Canadian and other foreign ports will be
asked for. An increase of the tariff on hay
from So to "a per ton will be advised. Other
changes recommended will be the raising
of the duty on pease from 10 per cent, the
present rate, to 20 per cent, beans in the
same ratio, potatoes from 15 cents to 20 cents
per bushel, barley from 10 per cent to 20
per cent and straw a least SEA ton. Eggs
now come in free. Twenty-Five million
dozen are yearly exported to this country
from Canada. Scotland and other foreign
countries. They are sold here in the aggre-
gate for about 100000. American
farmers say their hens lay more eggs now
than the people can consume. Foreign
goods run theirs out of the market. They
therefore ask relief. The agitation in be-
half of the American hen was begun by
Representative Hansbrough of North Dako-
to, and at his request the duty has been
made v cents q dozen, 80
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
WILL SOON ADJOURN.

Worko 81 the Pam rnerican Congress-
Nearing q Close
WAsHIHoroN, S~pecial.-The delegates to
the International American conferences are
beginning to talk about final adjournment,
which will probably take place about the
first of April. Nearly all the committees
have made their reports, and several Of
them have already been adopted. The re-
ports of several other committees will be
submitted in a few days. The committee
on arbitration has agreed to recommend
the adoption of that method for settling i'm
ternational difference, but has not yet ar
arrived at an agreement as to the
details OF the plan for Its re-
port. The committee on none
tary coin will make two re-
ports, one of which will recommend the
coinage of q commo silver dollar to be
legal tender in commercial transactions be-
tween the citizens of the several nations.
The other report, prepared and presented
by Mr.. Coolidge, Of the United States dele
cation. will recommend the issue of certifi-
Gates by the United States upon any bullion
that may be deposited in the United States
treasury by the citizens or authorities of the
Central and South Am erican states. These
reports are both in the hands of the printer
and will be submitted for action very soon.
The reports of the committees on railway
communication, sanitary regulations, and
weights and measures nave been already
adopted by the conference, while the reports
of the committee on patents and trade
marks and International law are regular
orders for the consideration of the confer
ence Tomorrow.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
Celestial Chestnuts
/ tha BOSTON Herald.

III y IOIu& plf0 o00VOA AACA uth AE&.&Mt#8s#As#4AE
The Chinese have q large volume
carlad tha nBook ofLanohter uwh;oh
ncnta;na j f1ll seIection of i
a,,d ;as+a current Il hha M;ddie K;rs
dnr Gan Chenp-Mi-Tnnr ehans.
d;aa.;ra ~ China AZ Paris has as
cantIv nnhlishnd 4 translatinn
snme nf these Chinese tests Manv
oftham are verv comicaI. nossess;rr
even in translation. 8 peculiarly drv
thnmor. and some. Of them prove Than
Jokes and anecdotes well known ~
the West are also classic in China.
There Il far instance. the yerv ia,n;.
liar story of The nervous man whn
lived between the two blacksmiths-
nnlv n this Chinese version one ~
t,he 'men il a ~coppersmithl The mar.
vous man tried to induce the two
noisy artisans to move, and one dnv
they announce that they have made
arrangements to do So. Over
loved. the man treats them to q
magnificent dinner, and after thew
have partaken Of it the blacksmith
informs them that he is going to.
move into the coppersmith's shnn
and the coppersmith into his.
Lessfamiliar is the story Of nrorthy
old man who was numerically beaten
at regular intervals by his undutiiulI
son. This cruel treatment did not
prevent the old man from lavishinp
~earesses on his little grandson,
bringing him many presents and in
dulging all his caprices.
One day the old man was asked why
he was SO very good to the child Of.
the undutiful son who beat him 80
cruelty.
"Sh!" said the old men, tsYmspoiI-
ing him, so that he'll beat his father
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08

A fierce now storm accompanied by high
winds, ia prevailing in the south of England
and on the English channel. Several ship.
wrecks have been reported,
One hundred and fifty. eight of the passen-
gers and crew OF the steamer Quetta. which
was lost while on her way from Cooktown
to London, were saved.
The steamer Manitoban arrived at Halifax
from Glasgow. bringing thirty -seven men
composing the crew OF the French steamer
Nautique, which was %overtaken by the Mani.
toban in a sinking condition. The Nautique
was from Havre for Baltimore.
A sensation has been caused by an editori'
al which appears in the Novosti, newspaper
OF st Petersburg, declaring that Austria, by
augmenting her army and by, assisting Bull.
garia to pay the indemnity due from that
country to Russia, in msnacing the peace Of
Europe, and that her action will provoke
the interested powers to adopt measures to
counteract her policy. The price ofthe rouble
has fallen in consequence of the Novosti's
article,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
"THERUSSIAN WRDDINGPRAST"

by Makoffsky one OF the m ost renowned ofmodern
artists: This picture was awarded the hiRhest
prize at the International Exhibition of1S05a ana
Ii one OF the celebrated pictures Of the centnrv
The artist has selected for his subject tie hridets
hrst appearance In society.
{, Inc husband and wife are seen standing AZ tha
mead OF the table. and the guests and friends ara
merrily welcoming the young couple To the feast.
Ine cups are raised to drink them health ann
happiness when the bridegroom shall have taken
With dropping eyes. and face covered with
bushes. the bride, conscious that every eve rests
upon ner, IS o picture of lovely innocence. Her
guardian is by her side filled with love and aS-
OraGioh as she unveils the bride, All the "a
sembly manifest the utmost pleasure Ia theavenf
This Is o picture which gives us a ciimnss.sf
tiers deeply, ~
The reproduction is an exact fac-simi,a ~ 49,
o on9 snnsl painted on the dnest plate paper siss n
with 9 wish to afford the people q the North.
west an opportunity to see and enjoy the posseS-
gay ploneer Press have decided to mail to anr-.
one sending them the coupon found below With:
Pioneer Press OF March 9th and the above d.
me picture win be sent carefully packed In i
The Sunday Pioneer Press az IL weaI knovn /.
Teplete, WlGh most readable features cOvesin~
1ne realms OF Religion, Art. Literature. Faahinn
ana the drama. besides the most intsreafinr @ns
SIP rom bne principal centerS OF the world. ff n;
e neWspaper n every sense OF the word. In shor1
u relers 70 It's thousands OF readers th-rouahnuf
tne WesSsas the best evidence Of its attraction.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
SATISFIED 1T IS sILCoTT.
Suspicious Conduct OF the Man Ar
rested In Waahinoton tate.

~ - =
rested In Washington State.
PORTLAND. Ore, Special Telegram.
The man supposed to be Silcott, arrest
ed at Toledo. WASH, is still in custody at
Chehalis. The sheriff is sure he has the
right man, and will telegraph for an accur-
ate description and a photograph if one can
be had. Taking into consideration
the fact that he. has given diff
ferent names, first E. e. Thayer,
then c. F. Shafer, and that United States
treasury department. papers were found in
his possession, hecommunity is expressing
but little doubt as to his identity. He is
very anxious to get out and promised the
sheriff that he wouldno she him if released
at once. He is getting very uneasy and it is
expected he will make a confession before
another day passes. The sheriff refuses all
overtures, as he is satisfied he has Silcott.
The prisoner claims to have lived on the
coast three years. but claims only one man,
q resident of Seattle, can identity him.
WASHINGTON, acknowledgements
Arms Leedom has received notification of
the capture of Silcott, the de:aulting CASH
Ter, in Washington State. Some time ago
he received an intimation that Silcott was
in that state and sent descriptive circulars
to be distributed in that section Of the
country. p
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08

Dom PEDRO lately went to Cannes
to inspect it's military Notifications,
and entrance was at first refused by
the sentinel at the gate; but when
the soldier learned who he was the
bayonet was lifted, and he was allow
ed to pass in. Atterward the sentin-
ell ~wasseverely punished by the COM
handing officer, on the ground that
French republic did not recognize ex-
emperors, and cared to have no mon
archs prowling about its forts.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
A Scholars Tasks

How many grown persons would
go through with the sample task re-
ported to the principals ofthe School
Department as an evenings work for
achild OF, say, thirteen years? asks
the San Francisco Bulletin. 1t con-
tains exercises in no less than eight
studies, involving original compost
ton, the memorizing OF several diff
ferent subjects, mathematical rem
soning and application of rules,
grammatical analysis, study of
rhetorical expression and exercise in
artistic design and manual skid. "A
child is expected to do this and en-
Joy sound sleep and steady nerves.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08

HHH345FR8~a=EE4&r& &%ESI5GS4HL&g ~ .#.
The Journals 81. Cevlon haverecent-
" mentioned the death of an elephant
that was well known on the island,
and had been seenby several genera.
tions OF Englishmen. He was called
Sello. and had belonged to the last
of the kings Of Randy. He was one
-of the hundred elephants that was
taken by the English in 1915, when
The KaIdyan dynasty was over
thrown. At this epoch the elephant
vas supposed to b fifteen years old.
e this is correct, be died . natural
Heath at the age ofeighty-nine years.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08

W. K. MooRHEAD, of the Smithso-
MAN, spent last summer. with a staff
of assistants, in surveying and ex-
ploring Fort Ancient, the prehistoric
earthwork of Warren County, O.,
and is about to bring out On illus
trated volume on his discoveries. In
the course of his explorations Mr.,
Moorhead has found evidences of
two distincbfaees of aborigines, and
has, moreover, discovered a large
village site in the Miami River bot.
toms, ivefeet belowthe present sur
face.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
RECORD OF CASUALTIES.

RECORD OF CASUALTIES.
Reports from Northern Texas say that
hundreds of range cattle have been frozen to
death during the present cold spell, and that,
unlessthe weather speedily moderates, theloss
OF stock will be very severe.
A young man named Emil Christensen
started on horseback to go from the resi-
dence of his Employer in the town Of Hart
land, Pierce county, VIII. ,stoEIlsWorth. His
horse soon returned without; him. Search
was instituted and he was found lying by the
roadside unable to speuk. He died shortly
afterward. 1t is supposed that he was
thrown rom his horse and internally injured.
At Sioux Falls, s. D., a fire broke out in a
row OF .two.story frame buildings, corner
Ninth street and Philip avenue, and com
pletely Quilted them. One of the buildings
was occupied by Jack Toohy as a connections
cry store down stairs and residence above.
Himself. wife nj child were forced to jump
from q window in their night clothes into the
snow, The other occupants of the sleeping
rooms escaped in their sleeping attire.
An explosion of gas occurred in the south
Wilkesbarre shaft in Pennsylvania Eight
men were at work inside of the shaft ut the
time. A few minutes later the tunnel became
filed with smoke and gas, which shut off oil
means of escape. The tunnel lends into the
Watson mine adjoining, and efforts we're make
TO reach the imprisoned men, but the rescu.
ing party was driven back and compelled to
give up the attempt.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
WILL ROE NO MORE.
A Kansas Bank Robber. Resists Ar
rest and Loses His Life.

rest and Loses His Life.
MERIDEN, Kan, Special.-A man an
swering the description OF the robber who
stole $4,000 from Hicks 4 Gephart's bank
at Valley Falls, Kan, yesterday. registered
at q hotel here last night. Police Officers
Smith and Snmmerfeld, who had been no.
titled Of the arrival Of the stranger. armed
themselves with Winchester rifles and at
midnight went to the hotel where they re-
quested that the stranger be called. When
the stranger descended to the Office he was
confronted with the police officers with
rifles pointed squarely at his breast.
He never quivered, but looked in
quiringly around. Throw up your hands"
Officer Smith commanded. The stranger
seemed to realize his situation then. but In
stead OF obeying the commando he thrust 8
hand in either side pocket Of his ovcrcoat
to draw the revolvers which only d few
hours before had ! n~timidated Cashier
Cohn, of the Valley Falls bank As the
stranger made the motion toward his
weapons both Winchesters were discharged
instantly, ut his breast. The stranger fell
dead with one bullet through his heart and
another through his right lung. In the
strangers boots weresfound two packages
Of greenbacks . 100 each. The rest tf
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08

WILLIAM HOLLAND, German farm
hand, working on Mr.. Fox's place, a
mile from Finley station, Cumberland
county, N. j., has been troubled with
a dull pain in his left ar. Picking
at it on Sunday he was suddenly re-
lieved of the pain by taking fro m the
ear a small black bug about the size
of a pin head. For n year this
bug had lodged in the ear, and gave
him much trouble.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-08
NoT MURDER,
An Attempt to Have the Charge
Murder Changed to Manslaughte

An Attempt to Have the Charge of
Murder Changed to Manslaughter.
LA CRossE, Special, Telegram.-Circuit
court for ~Trempealeau county convenses to-
morrow and the trial OF Hans Olson's
lynchers ID first on the calendar. During
the last two weeks friends Of the prisoners
have been circulating 2 petition to the dis
trict attorney to change the information
from murder to m~anslaughter in the second
degree. This has been presented to almost
every man Of prominence in the county.
The result is that the task of getting q Jury
will be yers;-dificult. Those who have
signed are disbarred snd those who have re-
i1sed are likely to have expressed an opin-
ion in SO doing that will make them incl
ligible. Even the jurors drawn for the
coming term have been asked to sign the
petition, and several have done SO, either
from sympathy or q desire to avoid sitting
on the case. Charles johnson, the princf-
pal prisoner, is said to be considering the
a~dyisability OF pleading guilty, + the in,
OF them would do 30.