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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-21
ALL FOR A LIBRARY.
otsego Women Backing Boots, Selling
Corn salve and Ira ding Kisses.

DETROIT, March 19.-The ladies of OF
sego in this state are running riot, new
scheme for catching the elusive dime
having become epidemic among the So
Getty ladies of the town. The Library
Association is in need of money, and 40
of the most attractive maids and matrons
agreed to earn the money by their indi-
vidual efforts, the more eccentric the bet
ter.
Mrs. N. w. Mills, in appropriate cos
tune, was today a street peddler OF
doughnuts, while Mrs. G. W. Edsell, wife
of the wealthy banker, washed windows
at 20 cents apiece. Mrs. L, d. Williams
appeared as a good Samaritan, selling
corn salve, while Maggie Smith, promi-
nent in w. C. T. U. circles, scooped in
the dimes as a beggar. Mrs. George
Easton was arrayed as a bootblack, and
on the street corner "shined 'em up" for
a nickle, dime or dollar, as the case
might be.
Among the most profitable schemes
that engineered by Mrs. Frank Lindsey
and Mrs. G. E. Drew might be named.
Their clothes were ragged in the extreme
and with two hand organs and a monkey
they captured the town and most of the
loose change in it. G. S. Bardeen, presi-
dent of the Bardeen Paper Company, an
nounces that he will pay so cents per kiss
for not less than 20 kisses, not more than
one kiss from any one lady. 1t is under.
stood here tonight that the entire 4(
ladies will put Bardeen to the test tomor-
row.
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HAS 'EM ON A LIST.
How the Reading Deal May Have Obtained
Legislative Sanction.

NEW YORK, March 19.-The Herald
says. A state senator of New Jersey
took slip of paper out of his wallet yes
terday which contained column OF
printed names, opposite some OF which
was straight pencil mark and opposite
the others cross.
''There,'' said he, sis the vote of the
New Jersey senate legalizing the great
coal deal, of which the Reading railroad
is the central figure, just as took it down
on Friday, March IL. am trifie SUI
perstitious, and I propose to keep that
list and watch the future of some of the
men who voted for the bill. They say
that money secured under circumstances
which were notorious at Trenton on the
last day of the session never does any
body any good, and this is rare opportu-
nifty to test the truth of the saying
The senator alluded to a legislative
scandal, which has started nearly every
body to talking about bribery.
These charges have generally indicated
that the money came from the various
railroads in the Combine, y as men who
have been yariously known as Reading
lobbyists and ..sLehigh Valley lobbyists
were actively at work to secure favorable
action. Careful investigation indicates
that the money which was paid or pledged
did not come from the railroads.
1t is asserted that the passage of the
bill was to cost $500, 600. The belief is
expressed that very little money has &C
tually been paid, and that any pledges
which were made were entirely contin-
gent on the approval Of the bill by the
governor.
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THEY SMOKE CIGARETTES.
The Ghost Dancers who Have Been Enter
tanning John Bull.

New Yopx March 20.-When the
steamship corean, of the Allan State
Line, arrived at her pier IN Brooklyn
yesterday a corporal and three soldiers
of the regular army were on the pier. AS
soon as the gangplank was out the sol
diers marched on board and placed IN
der arrest twelve of the twenty-four In
dians there. These Indians were return
ing from Buffalo Bills Wild West show,
which has disbanded at Glasgow, Chief
among the Indians placed under arrest
were Short Bull and Kicking Bear. In
the trouble at Pine Ridge Agency these
two Indians were prominent in the
ghost dances. kicking Bear especially
announcing himself in the full panoply
of war paint and savage song as the
prophet of the Messiah. The other In
dams who were taken into custody along
with these two chiefs were also promi-
nent ghost dancers in those troublous
times.
These painted warriors of the Bad
Lands We're anxious to go, and Cody
gave bonds to return them and treat
them well. Yesterday they appeared
dressed in English clothes of the latest
style, smoking cigarettes and longing Tor
beer.
Short Bull is an especially bad looking
Indian. If he stayed in New York TWEEN
ty-four hours he would be arrested ION
suspicion His face is perfect cham
Der of horrors These Indians, while
they have been in Europe, have been
writing letters to other Indians on West
ern reservations, telling of the great
things they would do when they got
back. Already the ghost dance is in
progress in the Pine Ridge Reservation
in anticipation of the coming of Short
Bull, who is fighter, and Kicking Bear,
therefore, from the headquarters of the
Army at. Washington that these s'bad
Indians should be placed under military
arrest as soon as they arrived in this
country and taken to the seclusion OF
Fort Sheridan.
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1--WE also propose the consolidation OF
third and fourth class matter, and also a
bill to create rural postal delivery. IL
is possible to extend gradually, Win
profit to the government, the free dehV-
cry system into the farming districts. :
s'Another bill we agreed on extends
the free delivery system into all places
of 5Oo0population or over. This should
be done, for although the expense at
first would be great, it would all come
back to the government in the END ln IN
creased revenue.
''Other bills which we recommend
are to indemnify the senders OF regis
tered matter lost in the mails; to appro-
pirate 100000 for the expense OF leaves
Of absence of postal clerks as now al
lowed by law, and to allow any veteran
whether he has hospital record or not, to
be exempt from the civil service examlna-
ton law, and not to restrict that exemp-
ton to those who were wounded"
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GOTHAM'S SENSATION.
The Scandal which Concerns Daughter
of the Astors.

NEW YORK, March 20.-Since the Sun
last week printed the story of ]. Cole
man Drayton's trouble with Hallett AL
sop Borrowe, little else has been talked
of in the clubs and fashionable circles of
this city. Drayton had for some time
suspected Borrowe of improper intimacy
with his wife, who was Augusta Aston,
the third daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Aston. She is considered the beau
ty of the Astor family and has been very
popular as a queen of fashionable socie-
ty. Hallett Alsop Borrowe is the son of
Vice President Samuel Borrowe, of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society. He
has all the money he wants, is fond of
gay life and good time, and for many
months he has been great favorite with
Mrs. Drayton. The Draytons have two
children.
Last September Mr. Drayton went
abroad with his wife and children, and
since that time they have spent their
time in London and ON the Continent.
Borrowe went to London in January.
The Draytons were then in the English
capital.
A short time after the arrival of the
young man in London, he surprised
his wife and Borrowe while lunching to-
gether at the Midland Grand Hotel.
Drayton had two detectives with him.
Shortly after this, Drayton challenged
Borrowe, both men having gone to Paris,
to fight duel. Then Borrowe, through
his seconds, set up the plea that Drayton
had, five years ago, agreed to keep the
fact of his wife's indiscretons quiet in
consideration of money from the Astors.
Borrowers seconds, without mentioning
names, represented this state of affairs
to the DUO de Morny and M. Scholl, the
leading Partisan authorities on duelling,
both Of whom declared that if man ac-
cepted money in such case he was not
entitled to redress by the code. Bor-
rowe then declined to accept the chal-
lenge. Drayton Immediately started for
New York on the steamer Majestic, de-
claring that he would brand Borrowe as
a coward in this country. Borrowe also
caught the Majestic. 1t is believed that
neither will make any trouble on the
steamer. What will happen when they
reach this side is matter of conjecture.
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OPINIONS OF EXPERTS.

Laws Recommended by the Conference of
Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-The result of
the recent conference of postmasters
here has been the presentation to the
Senate and House committees on post
offices today of IS measures for the ex-
tension and improvement of the postal
service.
The bills were prepared under the di-
rection of committee of seven, of which
Postmasters Burbank of Lowell and
Sperry of New Haven were the eastern
members.
Mr. Burbank stated: "The first meas
ure we favorably reported is the postal
savings bank bill. We want to encourage
the savings in small amounts by the peo-
pie in the rural districts. Every post
office under this bill would be a postal
savings bank. Deposits would be limited
to small amounts, as it is not designed to
have the government take the place OF
reliable banking institutions.
s'Our second bill is for the postal tele-
| graph. The people should not only have
the advantage of the cheap rates under
this bill, but be able to deal with the
w HILL WOuId w iOoPOloioAS
for the safe delivery of messages.
'sThe third measure is for postal tel
ephones, which, like the telegraph, can
be combined with the free delivery sys-
tenn and special delivery systems for the
benefit of the public, and all without
greatly increasing the number of govern
ment employees.
'sWe also recommended an investiga-
ton by the postmaster general of the
pneumatic tube system of delivery which
is certainly possible and practicable.
s'We also favor the issue of fractional
postal notes of fixed denominations to be
sold in postoffices. The present postal
note is Objectionable both in form and
application and its issue is confined to
the larger postoffices. The small coun-
| try offices are the ones which most need
this method of transmitting small sums
| of money.
eve also reported two bills defining
second-class matter and excluding strict
| ly advertising sheets and cheap litera-
ture, bills that should be supported by
every legitimate newspaper in the coun-
try.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-21

Your druggist does nc
spread his plasters or gela-
tine-coat his pills. He knows
that such work is better done
in a factory.
Some try to make an Emul-
sion of cod-liver oil; but they
cannot make one like Scott's
Emulsion-they'll find it out
some day.
There is no secret in what
it is made of; there is e
knack in making it. That
knack is SCOTS Emulsion.
There is a book on CARE
Full LIVING that you ought to
read. Shall we sendit? Free.
scorr BOVINE, Chemists, Isa South sth Avenue,
New York
Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion Of cod-liver
oil-all druggists everywhere do. 81.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-21

New YORK, March 19.-An actress
known as Freddie Parker, formerly con.
nected with the 'sTin Soldier and ''Nat-
ural CAS- companies, was arrested fol
drunkenness in upper Broadway on
Tuesday, and sentenced by Justice Ho-
gan in the Yorkville police court to five
days Imprisonment. On Friday night
she developed an incipient delirium ire
mems. She was accordingly removed tc
the alcoholic ward of Bellevue hospital
Mrs. Parker was born in Portland, Me.
SO years ago. Her last engagement was
at the Park Theatre in Boston.
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AIMED AT THE SPOILSMEN.
Bill Placing Laberers Under Civil
Service Rules.
SALISBURY HAS SPOKEN ABOUT
BEHRING SEA,

But Washington officials Refuse to Speak
About His Letter-Changes in the Laws
Recommended by Postmasters-Postal
Savings Banks, Telegraph and Tele
phone Schemes Favored-so Is Free
Delivery for Rural Districts.
WASHINGTON, March 20.-Representa-
tive Andrews of Boston has completed
his report upon his bill ''To exclude po-
litical influence in the employment of
laborers under the authority of the United
States,'' and will submit it to the House
tomorrow. The bill viii affect some
q, 900 employees in the various depart
ments. 1t will require that henceforth
they shall be appointed or employed
without regard to political considerations.
The report states that the only purpose
of the bill is to compel the appointment
of properly qualified men in the order OF
their applications. The official force OF
the government in the executive
departments is 173,760. Of this
number only 30,726 are actually sub
ject to competitive examination. The
bill does not require the competitive ex-
animation of laborers nor subject them
to any scholastic test. The framing of rules
by which they may be appointed or
employed is left to the discretion of the
civil service commission. 1t is intended
the rules shall simply provide for the
proper evidence of the physical fitness
and good character of the applicants.
Mr., Andrews declares the bill proposes
to take away from INSCRIPTIONS polite
ians the opportunity to divert public
funds to personal and party uses by en-
ploying public servants as personal and
party tools. 1t proposes to relieve the
people when they go to the polls from
the interference of thousands of employees
paid for by taxes upon the people, but
employed as tools for faction or a
party. 1t proposes to increase the effic-
iency of the public service and raise the
standard of American politics.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-21
Silver Mines To Be Opened.

SPOKANE, WASH, March 20.-The Mine
Owners Association of Cour d'Alene
met Friday, at Wallace, Idaho, and de-
cided to resume work all through that
rich silver lead section. The Cour
d'Alene production of silver and lead is
factor in fixing the prices Of those met
ais, and when the mines closed few
try were at a loss to find enough wet ores
to run their plants. Work will be re-
sumed about the first of April if enough
miners can be had.
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Raum Told the Investigators That Conspi-
racy Against Him was Cause for Re-
moval.
WASHINGTON, March 10. = Pension
Commissioner Raum continued his testi-
mony today before the special pension
office investigation committee of the
House.
The Commissioner said that Secretary
Noble had yesterday disapproved his
recommendation for the appointment of
his daughter, Mrs. Walters, as his private
secretary, and had ordered her to return
to her work in the census Office.
Mr.. Enloe asked the Commissioner if
his son, when acting as appointment clerk
had not charged notary fee of % cents
for swearing men into office.
He replied that his son was a notary
before he 1.-THE sony went into Office, and
charged fee. The matter was not
stopped by the Secretary of the Interior
There had been complaint because the
chief clerk of the war department had
charged such a fee for swearing in a
great number of persons. Witness sug-
gested and penned an amendment, which
Representative Cannon had inserted in
an appropriation bill, stopping the prac-
tice and making it the duty of officers of
the departments to do this work without
charge. He did this while his son was in
office.
Asked for causes of removal, General
Raum said: eff a man enters upon an
intrigue to injure the Office or to injure
the commissioner, and has engaged in
giving out information and giving aid
and comfort to those who are trying to
decry the commissioner or throw odium
on the Office, regard that cause, and a
good one with emphasis] and have act
ed on it in several instances" A very
few persons had been removed for of
fensive partisanship. He had never, said
he, removed man because he was a
Democrat.
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WHEREAS, Herbert Pickett, of New Glou-
w cester, in the County of Cumberland, and
State of Maine, by his mortgage deed, dated the
second day of September, A. D. 1889, and re-
corded in Cumberland Registry of Deeds, in
Book 559, Page 1853, conveyed to me-, the I'M
said New Gloucester, and bounded and de-
scribed as follows, viz
Beginning at the west corner of lot number
eleven, in the sixth division of lots in said town
of New Gloucester, and running southeasterly
direction by the POte road, SO called, sixty
eight rods; thence a northeasterly direction
sixty rods; thence a northwesterly direction
sixty-eight rods to the north corner Of said lot
number eleven; thence southwesterly direc-
tion to the first mentioned bounds, containing
twenty-five acres more or less, and being the
same piece of land that the said Herbert Pickett
purchased of Anna York, by deed recorded in
said Registry, IN Book go Page Is; a saa
been broken, now, therefore, by reason of the
breach of the condition thereof, 1 claim fore
closure of said mortgage.
Dated this second day of February, A. d. 1892.
mar, 1aw3wM* JOHN T. LAWRENCE.
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For the billiard Championships.

CHICAGO, March ia billiard match
between Sch@fer and Ives was played to-
night 1t was 800 points with 14-inch
balk-line, the contest being for the
worlds championship, $1,000 side and
the gate receipts. The game was made
more interesting from the fact that the
winner will, before he can hold the title
of the worlds champion, have to again
win it from George F. Slosson, the latter
posted his forfeit for a game to be played
within go days. Ives won. 800 to 100.
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They Want Recognition.

MoALEEsrER, |. T., March 2o.-The
first territorial Democratic convention
terday and elected delegates to the Chi
cago convention. The object of the del
egation is to obtain recognition from the
National Democratic Convention. 1t
goes uninstructed in regard to the nomi-
nation of President and Vice President.
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Visited a Sick Friend and Died.

CONCORD, N. H., March 20.-Thomas
G. Welles, of Hartford, Conn, son of the
late ex-Secretary of the Navy Welles,
died at ST. Paul's School late yesterday
afternoon, of pneumonia. He came
there Wednesday to visit a pupil at the
school who was very sick with the same
disease. The body was taken to Hart
fard,
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SAL IsBlIRY'S REPLY.
Note from the Premier Which LIS NOT
Made Public.

Made Public.
WASHINGTON, March 20.-Lord Sails
bury has sent communication to this
government in reply to the note of Act
ing Secretary Wharton of the State De-
partment requesting the renewal OF the
modus vivendi for the protection of seal
life in Behring Sea during the coming
season. The communication was re-
ceived today by Mr.. Wharton through Sir
Julian Pauncefote, the British minister
at Washington. The acting secretary,
during the afternoon, submitted it to the
President. Mr.. Wharton declined to in
dictate the nature of Lord Salisbury S
reply.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
NEW YORK. THE BUCKINGHAM HOTEL
For Permanent and Transient Guests.
B u C KIN G. TEL A M
TEL @ z E L..
European P1ors)-Fvth Ave,s,se, Neev York.

European PlGrs)-FJtb Avenue, Neeo York.
This desertedly popular house situate in the
most fashionable, convenient and healthy To-
calitv, with magnificent dining-rooms, unsur-
passed cuisine, elegant public and private sit
ting-rooms. Every modern Improvement, per-
feet sanitation and moderate charges.
Tariff-single rooms from one to two dollars
per day-double bed rooms with bath attached,
two to six dollars per day. Magnificent suites,
Parlor, large airy bed room, with bath and
dressing room attached, six dollars, and up
ward per day according to size and location.
wETHERBEE s. FULLER, Proprietors.
mar11 F,M&Wtcolnrm13t
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Yarmouth.
At the Republican caucuses Friday eve
ming nominations were made as follows:
Gray.
DRY MILLS.

The house of Jonas Hodkins on Dry
Pond hill was burned about ten o'clock
Friday night with all the contents.
Cause of fire unknown. The house was
valued at about $500; no insurance.
The family was away from home at the
time of fire.
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THAT Cute Little Tin Box

n F.yrJc,H on CoRNs SALvE AND PLAsTERs
contains Q or 8 Corn Plasters cut ready for
use: also, in the bottom of each box is an I'M
proved Corn Salve. This convenient COM
bination, known as ROUGH ON CoRNs SALvE
AND PIAsTERs, sells for 10c. at Druggists, or
--''-- e. S. Wells, Jersey City.
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delightful, because it dries in instantly pure,
clean, colorless, does not grease nor SOL SILKS,
I I1S.1Ji on BALM. If your hands become
rough, dry or feverish from household work
or exposure, one application of LEAURELLE
on BALM will soften and smooth the skin at
once. You need not wash it off nor cover the
hands. Elegant for Chafes, lrTltated San;
nice after shaving. Soc. and 81 Loo, Druggists.
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The Sunken Cheek,

Spare, thin, or undeveloped parts, filled out by
LEAURELLE on BALM, natures wonder for
sim. complexion and flesh Prevents tendency
to Wrinkles, Ageing or Whitening of the skin,
or drying up of the flesh. Puts new life and
youthful glow into the complexion. SOC:
and 90 at Druggists. Large size prepaid
by express on receipt Of $1.00.
E. s. Wells, Jersey City.
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Gradually restored by WELLS HAIR Ball
SAM to original color; elegant tonic dressing,
5Oc., s1OO, Druggists, or $l.0O size prepaid by
express for S1.00. E. S. Wells, Jersey City.
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pRic $3.50.

All the above Corsets are from SOC to S1.00
per pair less than any imported Corsets OF
We carry in stock full lines of The Ferris
Waists in the most popular numbers for Ladies
and Children.
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The estimated losses to stock and
sheep in Texas by the recent blizzard
will reach 100000.