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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28

Inc New York World and the New York
Times stlli continue to reiterate, parrotliS
that the First district of Maine is naturally
Democratic. Why, then. haven't the Demo-
Gratis carried itP They have tried
every kind of candidate, and thew
have resolted to every means
known to politics, and yet only once
In thirty years have they succeeded in wrest-
ing the district from the Republicans. Two
years ago all the patronage was In their con.
troll, they had candidate distinguished fol
political sagacity, they had plenty of money
and they enjoyed all the influence which the
national administration could bring to beal
in their favor, and yet Mr.. Reed was chosen
by bigger majority than he had ever before
received. In the light of these facts to de-
clare that the district is naturally Demo
cratic Is qualification which such prominent
journals as the New York Times and The
New York World cannot afford to be guilty
of.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28

The only Democratic candidate who ap.
pears to be industriously using his voice Is
the Hon. Charles e. Allen. Democratic can
didate for Congress from the Second dis
trict As he has some 5000 majority to over
come 1t certainly behooves him to be indus
trIous. But there are those who suspect that
II Mr.. Aliens voice was worked less his can
vass would be Just as well off.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28
CURRENT COMMENT.
RETREBUTloN HAS COME AT LAST.
Lowell Mass. COurier.1

RETREBUTlON HAS COME AT LAST.
Lowell Mass. Courierl
The Louisiana Lottery is experiencing
adversely. But it should not complain. For
a large number of years it has enjoyed a
good time, with none to modest 1t or make
OR ANY OTHER COUNTY.
FLORIDA Times Union.l
The courts in Duval county will never
mete out full justice while good men are ex-
empt from jury duty, or get excused from
serving after being drawn. irresponsible
Jurors can undo the best work of painstaking
lawyers and honest judges.
APPRECIATION OF FITNESS OF THINGS.
Toronto Globe.1
The authorities of debt laden church re-
Gently had four-fifths Of the building con-
secrated, leaving the remaining 0ne.fifth to
be consecrated when paid for; This conduct
the merit of an honest recognition of the
unholiness Of debt.
NO NEED FOR ANXIETY.
boston Herald
Navy yard or no navy yard, there isn't
really much need for anxiety about Speaker
Reeds reelection. In 1886 his plurality was
over HOO, and In 1888 1t was nearly $500, the
largest he ever received. The .Kittery yard
was under Democratic control in both those
years, though nobody claims that 1t was
made use Of to any extent In the election.
The Speaker will be reelected.
THE WORLD AT 1T AGAIN.
brooklyn Standard Uni0n.l
Speaker Reed has sent Henry Cabot Lodge into
the Kittery district to save him from defeat. Mr.
Reed is fragrant case OF Misrepresentation. He
is not the choice of the majority OF the voters In
his district. II the best Republicans of Portland
were to have their way, MIR. Reed could not be
nominated.-Wor
The World should feel sorry for itself
when 1t beholds such sentences as the above.
Mr.. Reeds seat is in no danger. The country
very much approves of Reed SO far as the
House is concerned. He is one of the incest
despots and most fascinating tyrants who
ever put big manliness in public affairs, and
| he Is delight even to the Democracy, whose
lamentati0n Is that he Is not a Democrat.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28

The statement that Bernhard required
forty-eight trunks to transport her belong
ings on recent journey leads downeast
contemporary to the inference that some OF
them were loaded with American green
backs, bat the paper continues "People who
have heard her sing must have wondered
what she carried in them" Since when has
the divine and attenuated Sarah figured as O
songster? Perhaps her vocal powers have
only recently reached high water mark.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28
FOR DIAMOND ISLAND.

ON and after June 3oth Steamer Isis win run as
" follows;
WEEK DAYS.
Leave city, 500, 9 so, 7.45, 1000 a. m. 121s
2.16, 40, b1b, 6.1O p. m. leave island 82b
7.20, s.1b, 1880 a. m, 1.25, 2.45, 4.45, 5.45,
$50 D. m.
Dinner at the restaurant including round trip
ticket, 30 cents. F
Fifty minutes stop at the Island on noon trip,
arriving at the city on the return at Las.
J,P, WEBER,
ie3Odtf Capt and Manager
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28

1t looks as though the Biddeford aldermen
might discover before they get through that
there are laws which even Biddeford DEM
ocrat cannot DEFY with IMMUNITY.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28

The refusal Of the Biddeford aldermen last
spring to remove from the voting list the
names of the men whose citizenship was
questioned may have admitted of some palli-
alton. Though at that time two judges, one
OF the United States court and one of the
State court, had held that naturalization
papers issued by the municipal court of Bid
deford were void, the question had not been
passed upon by any court of last resort. But
since that time the question has been heard
by the Supreme court of Maine, and the de-
cislon of the two judges unanimously sus-
tanned. That is to say, the Supreme Court
OF the State has decided that certain men
whose names are borne ON the Biddeford vot-
ing lists are not citizens of the United
States, and as only citizens of the United
States can vote in this State under the Con-
stitution, 1t follows of course that they are
not voters. 1t is made the duty of alder
men of cities to prepare before the fifteenth
of August of each year corrected list of
persons whom they judge to be constitution
ally qualified to vote The list prepared by
the Biddeford aldermen contains the
names Of these persons. some five hundred
in number, whom the Supreme Court have
decided are not entitled to vote. The alder
men were fully aware of the courts decision
and they knew the name of every person on
the voting list whom 1t affected. They
could not possibly have judged these five
hundred persons to be "constitutionally
qualified" for they had before them the de-
cision of the court declaring in language so
plain that there was no possibility of mis-
taking Its meaning that these men were
constitutionally disqualified. The act of the
Biddeford aldermen in keeping the names Of
these men on the list was therefore an open
defiance of law, admitting of no palliation or
excusa
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28
THURSDAY MORNING. AUG. 2s.

We do not read anonymous letters and comm
nleations. The name and address Of the writer
are in all cases indispensable, not necessarily for
publication but ss guarantee Of good faith,
We cannot undertake TO return or presarvs
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28

Senator Plumb finally consented to with
draw his objection to the resolution fixing
definite day for vote on the tariff bill. Mr..
Plumb's course in opposing the programme
OF the majority Of his party has been the
subject OF much unfavorable criticism and
perhaps 1t deserves It, But there is this to
be said in extenuation Of his course. 1t was
Ineligible. He opposed the election bill,
and he was not satisfied with the tariff bill.
His opposition to fixing time for voting on
them was dictated by desire to defeat them.
Everybody knew what he was up to. There
was no hypocrisy about his conduct. But
there were three or four other Senators who
resisted as strenuously as he did any change
of rules that would secure actor on the
tariff and election bills at this session. but
who were nevertheless processing that they
were just dying to see these bills enacted
into laws. Their conduct is much more
amenable to criticism than Senator Plumb's.
1t 1t was not hypocritical 1t was stupid, and
IL was not stupid it was hypocritical.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28

ThiIty-nine Republican Senators have
signed the agreement to make the election
bill a special order for December This Is
not majority of the Senate, but most Of the
Republican Senators who are now away
from Washington are friends of the bill and
will vote with the thirty-nine. Then by the
next session Idaho and Wyoming will be rep.
resented. The Republicans feel very conf
dent Of electing all four Of these Senators.
Senator Hoar considers the outlook for the
passage Of the election bill better now than
1t has been since the bill came to the Senate.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28

In his department Of Harper's Magazine,
In the August number. Mr.. William Dean
Howells made an earnest argument for per-
sonality In journalism, that is for signed
articles. He would have the man who writes
the leading editorials and the man who tells
the readers that there were ten arrests made
on the preceding day by the police, alike
affix their names to their work SO that people
who called to "see the editor" on the day
following publication, would be able to see
the right one. If Mr. Howells's idea were
put in practice it would sometimes lead to
embarrassment, but sometimes on the other
hand 1t would be great benefit to mankind.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28
SAVINGS DEPAR lent.


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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28

1t is limited that there are good many
Democrats in this State who would not shed
many tears If the Hon. William M. Thomp-
son should be buried under an avalanche of
votes. Not that they particularly dislike
Mr.. Thompson. But they have an idea that
the crowd that discovered him and made him
the candidate are favorable to the aspirations
Of David Bennett Hill and would proclaim
big vote for Thompson to be an endorsement
by the Democracy of Maine of HIPS candi-
dacy. OF course MIR. Cleveland's friends are
not particularly anxious to help along this
scheme, and therefore it is exceedingly
doubtful IL they take off their coats or put
their hands in their pockets unless for the
purpose Of gripping their pocketbooks.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28
PROPOSALS.

DROPOSALS for furnishing and placing stone
IL on breakwater at Bar Harbor, Maine. United
States Engineer office, Portland, Maine August
%. 1890. Sealed proposals in riplicate for FUR
nishlng and placing stone on the breakwater at
Bar Harbor, Maine will be received at this office,
No. 537 Congress street, until 3 p. m. Of Thurs.
day, September %, 1890, and then opened. At
tention Is invited to Act of Congress approved
20, page Ala, Statutes at Large. All necessary
Information furnished on application to JARED
A. SMITH, Lieut. Colonel, Corps OF Engineers,
u. s. Army. aug 20 81 % 20 sep 23&24
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28
CITY ADvERTISEmENTS
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Notice to Contractors.

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at the
- Mayors Office, City Building, until 8 O'Clock,
september ]. 1890, for furnishing materials,
erecting and finishing complete for furnishing, a
Plans, specifications and all necessary informa-
ton can be obtained at the office Of Fassett q
T0mpson, architects, 90 Exchange street.
Separate bids will also be received for the
plumbing, steam heating and ventilation of said
building. Plans and specifications for the same
can be examined at the office OF the architects.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
Proposals should be endorsed proposals for
Grammar School Building" and be addressed to
HOLMAN 8. MELCHER,
Chairman Committee on Public Buildings.
Portland, August %, 1890. aug23dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28
BETWEEN SEASONS
A stream Of daily trade responds to our
announcement
SPECIAL BARGAINS
IN
BOYS CLOTHING

Such bargains as we offer in both KNEE and LONG
PANT SUITS for Boys to IL years Of age not
found except at 255 Middle Street.
Boys Knee Pant Suits 49, that were 49, $3.50 and &c.
Boys All Wool Knee Pants So, $3.50 and 81 that
were SIS, So, $3.50 and So.
Boys Knee Pant Suits IS, that were $3.50 to s..
Boys Knee Pant Suits Sc and $3.50 that So and
$40 each.
Boys 'Star'' Flannel Blouses, best quality s15O,
that were $3.50.
Boys ALI Wool Fall Refers only 3d. So cheap at S..
We have too many Boys Knee Pants in the nice grade.
Knee Pants that worth so to 81 we closing
them out at special sale. COME and see what you
can find at from 1.5O to $3.50.
Boys Long Pant Suits, ages IL to H. $5 $3.50 and$S.
Boys Long Pant Suits, ages IA to Is $5 (all wool
Sc, $3.50, So and So
BOYS HATS, the lowest prices for good quality Boys
Hats in the city, rs, IS, so and 70 cents and ST..
We are offering the best grades OF Mems double
breasted Prince Albert Coats and Vests at only SIS,
low price you'll say when you see the goods
the fit of them, make and trimmings
MEMS NORFOLK JACKETS or Outing Jackets, Just
the thing for office wear store house jackets. The
price has been $S and SO. We are closing them out
for $3.50 and SIS each.
Lot Of fine double breasted Coats and Vests, made
from high grade English wOrsteds regular price 1875,
now offered for SIS.
cheap Why? Because its the last of the season and
would rather get the bare cost of them than carry
them over It's your opportunity. You will save con-
siderable on purchases made from us this week. We
are closing out lots of bargains to clean up stock
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-28

~ Is 10 disclpllne the mind for use in days to
.onle' Alter boy leaves school he drops
nis .eht books and takes up newspapers for
guidance. and he should be at least able to
use Them intelligently. 1t may not be that
ayoung man should take his opinions ready
made from newspaper. but he should form
habits Of thought that would enable him to
construct his own opinions. This he can do
In no better way than by reading newspa-
pers. As the Times Union says newspapers
are valuable as text books of contemporary
history. geography and science and If right
ly used would form valuable addition to
the list Of text books for schools of any
grade-that is to say some newspapers
would, and some wouldn't.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-23
Hoods SarsaparilIa

Is peculiar medicine. 1t is carefully prepared
from Sarsaparilla, Dandelion. Mandrake, Dock,
Pipsissewa, Juniper Berries, and other well.
known and valuable vegetable remedies, by Q
peculiar combination. proportion and process,
giving 20 Hoods Sarsaparilla curative power not
possesse, by other medicines. It effects remark
able cures where other preparations fail.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-23
WATER FRONT NOTES.

The Fanny Lake came off Hollands
ways at Salmon bay yesterday. She has
been thoroughly Overhauled. having re-
ceived new bottom and also new ma
chinery. She starts in the grain shipping
business between Seattle and the Samish
Monday.
The Umatilla arrived with 800 tons gen.
eral merchandise for Seattle merchants.
She discharged 238 tons at Schwabacher' s
and left for Tacoma at IL o'clock yesterday
morning with the remainder of her cargo
The Puget Sound Pile-Driver Company
are driving piles for the extension of the
Pine street wharf.
The British bark Cairnsmore will finish
discharging here today and will leave for
Tacoma.
The Lucy Lowe came in from the
Chuckanut quarry yesterday with cargo
of stone.
The ships Commodore and State OF Maine
were loading coal at the bunkers yester-
day.
The Premier brought in twenty-five tons
for Schwabacher's yesterday morning.
The Angeles arrived from Port Crescent
with fifteen tons of merchandise.
The ]. r. Mcdonald arrived from the
islands with 800 tons of rock.
The tug Queen City left for Hoods canal
with twenty ions of freight.
The tug Albert Lea arrived from Gig
harpOr yesterday morning.
The tug Rainier is back again towing
about the harbor
The City of Puebla sailed for San Fran
ciscO
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-23
BURIED BY HIS FRIENDS.
BARRIERS Raise . Fund to Assist We
comes Family.

BARRIERS Raise . Fund to Assist Well
comes Family.
Herbert Welcome, the journeyman bar
Der who dropped dead of heat disease
Thursday morning, was buried in the
Masonic cemetery yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock. As soon as it became known that
the unfortunate man had died and left his
wife and three little children not only with
out means, but with not means enough to
defray the expenses of q funeral, a petit
ton was circulated among the resident
BARRIERS, and in very short time over $50
was raised and the widows heart was made
grateful in the knowledge that her dead
husband was given decent burial by his
friends, and at no expense to the county.
The following Is the list of those who con-
tributed to defray the expense of their
comrades last sad rites:
Z. z. Miller. IS; G. Mecham, 81; T. H. Walker.
81; G. w. Richardson, 80 cents; J. H. Kirk, 81:
N. Colbery, 81; w. B. Clark, 81; J. a. Hewer, 81;
George n. Turner, 81: H. l. Balm, 50 cents: A.
G. Werdt. so cents; Herring & Alexander, 81; C.
L. Rhoader, 81; L. Henderson, 25 cents; s.
Renbenstein. % cents: Bert Ahrensons, so cents;
L. Strauz % cents; V. Rott, so cents; p. C. Boil
Ter, so cents: C. II. Edison, so cents; W. shank. so
cents William Bremen. 80 cents; r. c. w. Rus
sell, 80 cents; l. A. Banler, 81: s. W. Myers, 81:
Fred Bracht, 81: Edward Christianson, 81; Silver
Star barber shop, 81; c. L. Whitney, 81: Claude
fuess. so cents; Charles Be- gel. so cents: Frank
c. Myers 50 cents; B. A. Bertram % cents; Fred
Winkler, Is cents: Hogg & Horr, 81; Albert Has
kins, 25 cents; Gus Werner 50 cents; Gus Wink
Ter. so cents; NJ. A. Brodley, 81; Err.
nest Branner, rs cents; William Bruel so
cents; Kune & John, 81; J. r. Dawes, so cents:
Frank Paul, 81; r L. Dixon, 81; W. g. Wallace
so cents; Ben Banner. 81; W. NJ. Jackson. so
cents; ]. F. Sheehan, 81; II. Shumaker, so cents:
Barney Sporting. SO cents; James E. Suleyin. SO
cents; II. Benson, so cents; John Nicholas. so
cents; Albert Helya, SO cents: o. A. Retzloff. 25
cents; F. ]. Mulbe, % cents: A. r Butler. 50
cents; - Gililand, so cents; D. X Bailey. so
cents; Turf barber shop, 81: r. Pacheco. 81:
cash, % cents; Charles Smith, IS cents; H. A.
Germond, so cents; George C. Delfel. so cents: ].
G. Smith, so cents; w. +. Courtney, 81
Mrs. Welcome was married in st. Paul
some years ago, and about eighteen months
since came TO Seattle with her husband
where they hoped to better their condition.
Mrs. Welcomes folks live in the East, and
it is said she wishes to return to her own
people. She has brother. Frank Cholet.
carpenter. living in the city, but as he is
a man OF small means and large family. he
can afford his sorrowing sister and her
fatherless little ones no great relief.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-23
BY THE WATER SIDE.
The Sound Salmon Canning
Season Has Opened.
TONS OF BUILDING MATERIAL,
The Salmon Fisheries-Puget Sound vari.
eties-The Fanny Lake Repaired
Boats About the Harbor.

The water front was a scene of more
than usual activity yesterday. The steam
ship Umatilla arrived with q large cargo
for Seattle. the British bark Cairnsmore was
discharging cement all day at Bakers
wharf and departure of steamers well
loaded were frequent.
ARRIVAL OF BUILDING STONE.
Three of the principal wharves are loaded
with building stone from the Chuckanut
quarry and o large corps of stonecutters
are busy shaping the rock for the various
buildings now under construction in this
city. Scarcely day passes but receipts in
building stone are noted.
SALMON CANNING.
George 7. Meyers has forty men actively
at work getting ready for the canning sea-
son.
The salmon season is near at hand.
These fish. making their way toward the
small streams, are getting to be plentiful
and fishermen have begun to get out their
nets to supply the canneries. The salmon
are caught for the canneries mostly with
seins and drag nets; but parties for an &C.
casional catch use gill nets and trolling
hooks. The salmon begin running Sep
TENDER of each year. and continue
through October and November, during
which period the fish find their way into
the different arms of the Sound
and the streams which flow into it.
The "Jack" salmon appear first. They are
caught as early as July 80, and are of an
inferior variety. The "Tyee' and silver
salmon follow four weeks after. The
former are the largest of the salmon tribe,
~-H~ I~.k t. III
yer salmon are the most choice, and are
usually the ones used for canning. They
are more gamey, smaller and fatter than
the Jack" salmon, averaging about eight
pounds They come in larger schools, and
hence larger hauls are made OF them with
nets. The silver salmon season lasts
about six weeks. The Jack" tribe go up
the streams after the first fall rains, while
the silver varieties wait until the streams
are swollen quite high. They form i'll
large schools at the mouths of the rivers,
and there they are principally caught.
Another variety, commonly known as the
dog" salmon. follow later. Their proper
name is calico salmon, the former name
having been given them by the fishermen
because these fish often bite the nets when
ensnared in them. They seem bound to
get a mouthfui. They are not of
very good favor but are often
smoked and canned and sold
cheap. The female are the best, as the
male fish are not of good favor. The fish
of this type weigh generally about eight
pounds, and in their season are extremely
abundant. They ascend smaller streams
than any other salmon. The three types
given above are the only salmon that have
large fall runs on the Sound.
The very late class is the winter salmon
or "steel heads" They are found in small
schools and are of good size.