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The Portland daily press., 1892-01-15
TO FLORIDA BY CANAL.
The Ambitious Scheme UnfoIded to New
Workers by Philadelphians.

NEW YORK, January 14.-On the invi-
tation of the New York Board of Trade
and Transportation a large number of
gentlemen met in the rooms of the asso-
citation yesterday afternoon to meet Prof.
L. NJ. Haupt, of the University of Penn
sylvania and a committee of representa-
tive Philadelphia merchants, who were
here in the interest of the proposed ship
canal between Philadelphia and Raritan
Bay.
The discussion was opened by Mr..
Thomas Martindale Of Philadelphia who
said he hoped the present meeting would
be the opening wedge of a movement
that would not only result in the building
of ship canal or waterway connecting
the waters of the lower New York bay
with the Delaware river, but that the
completion of the canal would be the
first link of a comprehensive interior
waterway reaching from New York bay
to Florida, and from the sea coast line of
Florida over to the Gulf coast, thus con-
Meeting the Gulf of Mexico with New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk.
Savannah and Jacksonville, making the
commerce of the Mississippi interchange
able with that OF the Atlantic sea board
and vice versa
The Importance of such project and
its resul Mt benefits to the nation at
large, from military as well as a strate-
gic point of view, Mr.. Martindale ar
gued, could hardly be over estimated.
The opening up of lands at present total
ly uproductive and comparatively value
less along the entire stretch of the navi-
igable waterway would stimulate the
growth of factory, town, village and city
development, and create employment for
thousands of busy artisans, who would
find their living and residence along its
pathway. Nor We're the military and
strategic advantages of such an avenue
of commerce the less important. Were
Chill, for example, to blockade the port
of New York, the war ships of the coun-
try could, by means of this canal, have
an avenue of ingress and exit at the capes
of Delaware, while if the latter point was
chosen as the point of blockade New
York would be available as place of &C
cess. BY this canal, or system of canals,
the internal commerce of the country
could be transported safely, expeditions
ly and cheaply, as well in times of war
as in times of peace.
The Portland daily press., 1892-01-15
some time,

practice and located at Ottawa, Ills, in
1867. He had in the meantime passed
four years in the Union army, going out
as sergeant in the Eighty-third Illinois
infantry and serving about two years as
captain in the Sixteenth United States
colored infantry.
He was elected probate judge of La
bette county, Kansas, in 1870 and 1872;
became district judge in 1878 and held
that Office nine years. He was elected
to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiji
tieth and Fifty-frst congresses as g Re-
publican, but went under in the CALI
ance deluge" of 1890. He is now pro-
NOTED to the senate. and will hold the
seat till the legislature meets in 1898.
The Portland daily press., 1892-01-15
BEGAN AS A CIVIL ENGINEER.
John Gilmer speed and His Life as
Journalist.
Especial Correspondence.I


Especial Correspondence
NEW York. Jan. lit is now about
fourteen years ago that | first met John
Gilmer Speed. It was then, coming to
New York quite unknown or at least
not known by many that ne joined the
stair OF the New York World ana began
the practice of literature and Journalism
in which he has become so accomplished
Rnd distinguished. The World was
then under the management OF Mr.. wa
liam Henry Hurlbert, and although 1t
was not then the great and successful
newspaper it has since been made, 1t
was a good school for beginner. LIS
staff, though small, contained able and
brilliant men. Mr.. Speed, quick to
learn and quite willing to take proper
advantage of his opportunities, found
himself among men skillful IN all that
pertained to their profession. lie profit
ed greatly by their help and advice. lie
soon earned and received advancement
to position of responsibility and to
work of Importance.
But Mr.. Speed was already well pre-
pared by his education and past expert
ence for success in his new calllng-a
calling in which no knowledge. however
attained, whether from books or through
observation or from others, can come
amiss or be otherwise than useful. Mr..
Speed was born of distinguished ances-
try in Kentucky in 1852. His father
was Philip Speed, well known banker
in Louisville and brother of the James
Speed who became attorney general in
the first cabinet of President Lincoln,
and his mother was Emma Keats, a niece
of John Keats, the poet. It was early
decided for Mr.. Speed that he should be
a civil engineer, and to that end he was
educated. Later he practiced his pro-
The Portland daily press., 1892-01-15
The Pursuit of CARA.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, January IL
Captain George F. Chase and his troops
of the United States Third Cavalry, ar
rived at the home of Antonio Gonzale,
father-in-law of Cara. at the Polite
Blanco ranch, in Nueces county, Tues
day. They had march filled with hard
ships ON account of the drought in that
country. The cattle are dying by hum
dreds and no forage is to be had for the
horses of the troops. Palito Blanco
ranch was searched, but neither Cara
there very recently
The Portland daily press., 1892-01-15

low salaries All the dissenting clergy
opposed him because of his high church
pFoclivities, and the liquor interests
fought him frantically because he is no.
torious for radical temperance views
Nevertheless he got there. The Glad
stonian caucus decided in his favor and
put all that party's machinery to work
for him The economy dodge" as they
call it in England, was ''played for all it
was worth. as they say in America, and
so the Rev. Diggle won. Now the Glad
stonians Slain this as a test of their
strength Tor the approaching general
election.
The Portland daily press., 1892-01-15

trous floods are reported from
The Portland daily press., 1892-01-15

Says a manufacturer of artificial
limbs, GA revolution in the art of manu-
featuring arms and legs will come,
think, with the introduction of alumni
ium, the lightest and strongest sub
stance known"
The Portland daily press., 1892-01-15

the man. He got
there the other
day at the end of
o fight which for
heat. bitterness
and persistence
W ould h a v g
amazed a New
York Democrat
or an Indiana Re-
publican.
Nearly all the
teachers W ere
against him be-
cause he is Sc
we're and fayors
The Portland daily press., 1892-01-15
he Won After a Hard Fight.

The chairman of the London school
board has almost arbitrary power over
the interests of more than half million
children, and Rev. Joseph r. Diggle is
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-21
NEW AND FAST PRESSES
NEW AND BEAUTIFUL TYPE

To it's already fine plant, and
is prepared to execute any
ORDER from a Circus Poster to
a Wedding Gard, without de-
lay.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-21

Thumb riuRs arc considered by many to
be Especially lucky when worn. Ella
Wheeler Wilcox wears ono night and day,
and believes, too, in it, efficacy. Thumb
rings should DO usually Of old data, the i'm.
itatl on ones not being 30 sffectual. One
young New York woman. who ut one time
asplred to be editress Of a weekly paper,
wears a Potsian thumb ring which abe dc.
clares Ia over three hundred years old.
Even when in~dulging in = sea bath. this
ring never leaves her finger. II it did she
belisves that Father Neptune would claim
her TOR hiR own. The beauty Of these
thu NIB rings IL, that they will protect you
from everything illnesses ~ we'll a. aOoi-
dent.-NsW York Journal.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-21

The Independent meets these
requirements in every re-
spect. It has just added
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-21
THE MECCA OF HUNTERS
New York Sportsmen Are Now
Drifting to the Southern
Game Reserves.
There is a Great Field for Hunts
men in the Northwest Of
Maryland.
The Latest Changes In the Laws-Grouse
Hunting In Maine Fashionable
Fox Hunting Club.

Written for The HELENA INDEPEND.Nr.l
Ys7tHEN YOU HAVE NAMED CAM
A1fY2 eron. Deer river, Tuxedo park and
oXexo Ellenburg you have called off all
the really available hunting grounds in
New York state. Hunters are drifting south
ward, and Maryland, Virginia and North
Carolina have in tho past two years become
the rendezvous OF the best Of New York's
sportsmen. Up at Tuxedo park the pre-
serves are as exclusive az 'the sst," and
strict guard is kept to avoid interference by
the too inquisitive and enthusiastio hunters
from the near nsighborhood.
B!oominRdale park, in Pennsylvania IL
perhaps just a. exclusive rs Tuxedo. and
Nathaniel s. Smith and his New York
friends regulate not only the preserves, but
the season for shooting a. we'll. It il in
fact a Liberty park for the exclusives.
Some of the most interesting hunting
parties Of the coming season will bs those
organized BY the Vsnderbilts at their Ashs-
vile home, and to these must be added a
deer stalking which 10 o being arranged
by some of the famous Now York hunters
who mako annual pilgrimaRes to Florida.
In fact. the recent changes in the game
laws Of that state make it possible to kill
dosr in August. at least in Lake. Orange.
Sumter. md Suwanee counties. In the
other counties the commissioners have
fixed October and November o. the limit.
l was chatting with A. s. Paxton, an en-
thusiast on grouse hunting, and he deplores
tho pitiful spectacle of central Now York's
game supply. "rhe wasteful decimntion,"
said he, ''of the forests in the central coun-
ties has brought about the extinction of
game. The swift. pinioned grouse wants q
thick wood for cover and bret ding. There
are a few sections whore l had some really
good ruled grouse shooting last year. It
was on wnste land heavily olothed with
second growth timber. Blu the best quail
shooting ! have enjoyed in years was up in
the northwestern part of Maryland. With
two splendid dogs we managed to bag
forty-tive in one day."
j. W. Brayles, another enthusiastic hun.
ter, Is called "ths philosopher by his
friends. In fact. when 1t comes to quail
shooting he is looked upon a. the best an,
said he to me. doesn't know when no h..
hit a bid, unless tho game falls fiat down.
A good quail hunter ought 10 knew before
the bird has fallen two feet whether or moi
to administer another charge. To shoot
humaneiy one should instantly pm. al
WouuuOA oAtu Out VI bu0lt mlB8fys 0eO
u bird 10 killed tho instant the shot strikes
it. II falls In q shapeless mass to tho ground.
Bat II there Ia only n second OF
life left the head 10 thu back in
n hopeless manner and the bird 10 likely
to fall tai! hrst, wings slightly extended. II
ono wing 10 extended or Topped In the ali
and the other 10 not used. the bird oirclipa
in tta descent, you can count il only al
wing.tipped. l have a few times seen i
bird when flying in a horizontal line Will
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-21
Are You Suffering

From back ache. Inflammation OF the blad-
der, b iok dust deposit or stono in the blad-
der. or in fact any arrangement of the
kidneys or urinary oreans2 II thus afflicted
do not lose time and waste money on worth
less liniments and worse planters. but strike
at sho seat OF the disease at once by using
thu greatest all Of known remedies. the cel-
take. purely vegetable. satisfaetion every
TINA
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-21

Change Of Time on the Great Northern.
Commencing Monday, Aug. 8. the Great
Northern trains will leave Helena % fol-
ows
No. Butte local, $50 O.. m.
No. A-Atlautio express, least bound).
1918 .. NJ. "
No. 23-Paoi6o express. (wsst bound),
3:66 2. m. H. H. LANGLEY.
"a. General Ticket Agent,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-21
THGSE BERUTIFUL HOUSES
Sale. Read the Descriptions.

This house is dtuMedo on lot 49, in block 34, Of the Brooke addition 6oxr25 fet with
Ioioot alley in the rear and faces on College Place, 28 feet from the Hmer boulevard
and $50 feet from the Rapid Transit Electric line. It is an excellent frame building con-
tanning II finished room besides veshbue large hall, pantry, bathroom, 9 dostsa and
cellar under the entire house Foundation and basement walls are built OF lime rock, fed
with granite above the grade line. Hall is fnhedm antque oak, plor and lining room
in cherry balance of house in Minnesota pine natural fnh. Both hors are double, paper
throughout walls ad unders shingles, weighted windows, complete system of plumbing in
GLIDING sink and wash rays sin kitchen; bath tut, water con, amd wash sand in bath ROOM,
with hotan cold water to all fixtures; connected with pipes of the Helena Consolidated
Water Co. Houeb ped for gas kitchen neatly wansotedp pantry fitted w with every
modrnc onvenencc back stairs, plate glass window, art glass in hall, pmor and dining
room; heated with hot air furnace, has first css maneabe iron and shl range, complete
oubuldngs fences, shed, walks stable and carriage house,a and improved lawn. This Isl
bargain at $6soo Will. slf for $1,000 ash, first mortgage of $4,000 at eight prc cent?,
balance in cayp payments suit purchaser. This price includes isurance for w years
Call land examine for yourself
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-21

l. dy Saxondale and Lady Bess are the --latest
issues of the Court of London series. The Be-
Hive has the complete line ut bUc per volume.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-21
The Thumb Ring.

Ladies Jersey ribbed SITS, very cool and com.
forta BILE to wear, only 100 ut Tho Fee Hive.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-21

This beautful house, facing on Cannon Street, situated on los1 g and co. in block
1916, oftheA nesa addition. Lots aggregate 5oxE5 feet with 16foot alley in the rear
his is an excellent frame building containing II finished rooms besides veshbue, large
pantry bathroom, s closets and cellar under the entire house.. Foundation wall is
faced wthg granite above grade Ge, hall is finished in anhqueoa oak, parors and dining
roomn cherry; balance of fnHh is clear Minnesota lumber. Both floors are double, PAPER
throughout THE walls and under shingles, weighted windows, complete sysem of plumbing,
including hotm and cole water to Ill fixtures conneced with pipes of the Hdena Consolidated
Water Co.; bass k ,doubew wash tray, bath tub, water closet and marble tp wash stand
is pIed for gas; kitchen is neatly wanscoted and pantry fitted up with every modern con-
vennnce; phteg glass windows, expensive art glass in hal and parT; ped for hot air
furnace This property has complete walks and fences graded LAWN. prepared with soil
and made: ready for seeding is located within two bockso of the Rapid Transit Street Rail-
way, and will be sold for$ 65oo-$1ooo cash, forty per cento the entire amount to rn
for or years, bdancen payments within to years. to suit the purchaser with interest
at ten per cent Please call and investigate Htms does not suty A we would be pleased
to show you other houseso or build according to your w plans guaranteeing satisfaction.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-21
for Mining Companies

Is q speciality on which we
pride ourselves. We are al
ready doing the work for the
big Companies of Montana
and Idaho, but we still have
room for more.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-09
PRICE. 8 CENTS
aoLp rRoM sEA wArEn.

One Of the most astonishing Of all
the promises Of electricity is now be-
ing discussed by the scientific journals.
Il is that Of extracting gold from the
sea. Il has long heen known to scien-
lists that every ton Of sea water con-
tains half a grain Of gold and grain
and a-half Of silver, but the Boston
Globe says science has always found it
impossible to devise any practicable
method Of gaining possession Of these
precious bits o. metal But now comes
electricity with its marvellous power of
precipitation. Il il proposed to stretch
a long series Of iron plates. under the
water, and by running electric currents
through these plates to precipitate the
gold upon them.
tits estimated that, at.the rate Of
half grain Of gold and grain and
a-half Of silver to each ton Of sea water.
the entire seas and oceans Of the world
contain q, 90. OO0, 900 900 Of gold and
64,7S5, 000, OO0, 900 tons Of silver. Now,
i these metals can be liberated by
electricity aud precipitated, what
revolution il would make in the worlds
production. What revolution all this
might make in the worlds currency
basis does not concern science. Never
theless, this new application Of cleo
tricity Is decidedly interesting as show
ing how discoveries in science may
operate at any time to change the
whole face Of things in social and
economic affairs.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-09
4 MADDENED TIGER.
"ANNlMAL GEORGE" KILLED IN A
STREET PARADE.
THE SPECTATORS PowERLEss TO
RESCUE THE MAN UNTIL NE HAD
BEEN RENT 70 PIECES.

NASHVILLE, KY, Sept. Q. During
the street parade Of Sells cirens We'd
nesday, man whose only known
name is Animal George and whose
home is thougRtto be in Columbus,
Ohio, was attacked by huge tiger, in
whose cage be was riding. The beast
seemed possessed of the devil aud
roared injury Is he bit and tore his
shrieking victim.
The spectators, panic-stricken, fed
as if pursued by death, while the show
hands rushed toSihe cage and did
everything possible to rescue the man,
who was being rent to pieces alive.
They could accomplish nothing un-
til the trainer was killed, when the in
.furiated beast retired to a corner.
Not shred Of clothing remained on
the unfortunate man. His head is
torn open, his face gone, and nearly
every bone in his body broken.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-09
WHAT SULLIVAN SAID.
The day after the great battle In New
Orleans.

New ORLEANS. Sept. 8 He licked
me fair and square. He is quicker
than I am, but he is the only man in
the world who can lick me-"
Thus spoke Ex-Champion John L.
Sullivan at an early hour yesterday
morning. John was in the barroom Of
the ST. Charles Hotel, beginning to
whoop itlup as few can but he. He
spoke from his heart. He was not one
half SO much broken up as most per-
sons would suppose.
Physically he showed swollen nose
and black marks around the eyes
marks that the man never had before
in his life-but. his manner was not of
the sulIen or disappointed kind, and
his friends remarked his pluck in de-
feat with pride.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-09
PEARY Is ICE BOUND.
The bark salina Here From tho Frozen

The BAfk SAllnR Here From the FROZEN
North Sf
PHILADELPHIA. September 9.This
years first news from the far north
was brought here yesterday by the
bark Salina, which arrived from the
southwest coast Of Greenland Moth
ing was heard Of the Peary party
or the steamer Kite which sailed from
st. Johns, newfoundland, in July last
for their relief. Captain Peterson says
that it is an impossibility for the
Pearys to leave their ce-bound home
and that the Kite cannot force her
way through the field of ice.
The Salina sailed from Ivigtut on
June 2 with 700 tons Of cryolite, con-
signed to the Pennsylvania SaltManu-
featuring Company. Since that time
she has been endeavoring to work her
way toward her destination. After
being out a few duys she put into
Kajartalik, 60 miles from Ivigtut, and
there remained until August IA, ice
bound. Captain Peterson, the Salina
commander, assembled Story mountain
near Arsuk, more than 800 feet high,
to take survey as far as the eye
could reach. Nothing was visible but
a solid barrier of floating ice, impel-
ing the progress of any vessel attempt
ing to work her way toward clear
water.
"A winter in the Arctic would have
been inevitable had it not been for a
southwest wind, which blew open a
clear space, allowing the Salina to es-
cape. The barks Ivigtut, Fluorine,
Platina, Traveller and the Danish
steamers Thetis and White Bear were
similarly fortunate. This channel re-
manned open only hong enough for
these vessels to get clear.
Seven hundred miles north of Ivig-
tut is Mccormack Bay, where the
Pearys are encamped. If the Kite
should be able to reach that point
there is little doubt that she would not
attempt to return, or if she did the
mistake would be soon discovered and
a landing made at the nearest point on
the coast The Esquimauxs who trav-
el along the coast during the summer
report that the ice is worse than ever
before known. Very few bergs were
seen.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-09

A simple and convenient preventive
from cholera, is small piece Of gum
camphor carried about the person.
For children the 5th part Of an ounce,
in a small sack, or bag, suspended
around the neck, under the clothing.
Use it at once. Don't wait for the cpl
demic to reach us, which it is sure to
do, sooner or later, if it reaches our
shores. Let each family procure from
the druggist bottle of the many pre-
,ventiyes that are recommended for the
disease, and have it ready to admins
ter ON the appearance of the first symp-
toms.
Cleanliness Of person and premises
is most material. Sitting rooms and
bed rooms should be fumigated with
disinfectants. Let families keep on
hand ! few ounces of sulphur, or
chloride of lime placed about the home
In plates or saucers.
Laborers should not sleep in their
working under clothing, but make q
change at night. Excitement and ex-
cesses Of every sort should be avoided.
The dietito be what is ordinarily used,
but in moderation, ,ripe,- sound fruits
and vegetables, with such meat as is
customary. Let the mind be free from
the idea or thought that you may be
the next victim of an attack think Of
anything else than the disease, and
pursue your avooations in pleasant re-
Elections. Many death occurred
when the scourgc first appeared in this
country, in 1898, from fright and
alarm. If possible, avoid this feeling
and guard against it.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-09
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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-09-09
a. lWnMAN KILLED.

Yesterday man and his wife named
Roush, who lived at Porterfeld, OF
Centre Belpre went up to Marietta on
pension business. They came down
TO Belpre on the night train, the hus-
band being greatly under the infuence
of liquor. They started, late at night
to walk to their home at Centre Belpre,
a distance Of about four miles, on the
railroad track and had gotten as far as
the Belpre stock yards when the yesti
bnled train came laundering around
the curve.
Roush managed to get out of the
way but his wife was struck by the
engine and was instantly killed.
The remains were brought to Belpre
and sent home this morning Sentinel: