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The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
The Peaks Island Fire.

Yesterday morning the fire was blaz-
ing again at Peaks Island, over by the
Tolman cottages. Aldermen Guptill and
Josselyn and Chief Ball held a confer
ence Recognizing the fact that the fire
cannot be extinguished, a guard of six
men was placed on the outskirts of the
woods with pals of water to prevent the
fire from spreading. These guards were
relieved by six others who served
throughout the night. The fire compa-
ny will be saved for service should a fire
occur in any of the houses. This az
rangement, which is endorsed by prop
erty owners here and at the island, will
keep the fire boat here to protect the
valuable property along the wharves.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21

The meeting of the Portland Veteran
Firemen's Association last evening, was
called to order with President Henry
Fox in the chair.
The following were admitted to mem
bership:
Alcnzo w. Sawyer, Ocean No. A.
w. F. Frates. Truck No. 2.
Arch II. Bachelor, Rough and Ready No. l..
These donations were received with
thanks.
7. S. McConkey. picture of Centennial Amer
ice.
John Murphy of Augusta Fire Department,
through Peter Daily, fire bucket.
w. D. Patterson of Wiscasset, copy of by
laws and rules Of the society,"
81. @. Norton, photograph Ofthe Veranda hotel
and Elm house, corner Of Federal and Temple
streets, kept by O. P. Thorp.
Gen. Neal Dow was elected to honora-
ry membership.
It was voted to adjourn to Tuesday
evening. The room will be open to the
members for the measurement of shirts
Monday and Tuesday evenings.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
No Good News from the Mackerel Fleet

No Good News from the Alackerel Fleet.
The seiners coming in from the off
shore mackerel fishing do not bring a
good report Of what they have found.
The Henry Morgenthau arrived yester-
day after a cruise Of nearly four weeks
and extending from the Bay of Fundy to
Block Island. She had only ten barrels
of mackerel. Her men reported that
they saw considerable many mackerel in
scattered condition, but they were not
"podding'' or schooling in such way as
to be caught. 1t is thought, however,
that later in the season conditions may
be more favorable. There are twenty
five or thirty sail, including two or three
from Portland, in the vicinity of Block
Island, where few fish are being taken.
In the Gulf of st. Lawrence the redoubt-
able Sol Jacobs made haul of ninety
qarrels the other day, but in general the
fish in that region are staying too much
within the three mile limit.
The Lucy J. Warren and the Argo also
were in yesterday.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21

Department Commander Wainwright
Cushing, of the Grand Army, has arrang-
ed to visit all the posts and relief corps
in Aroostook county. He will be &C
companied by Assistant Adjutant Gener-
al Il. @. Vaughan, Assistant Quarter
master General A. NJ. Warren and Aide
de-Camp E. c. Morrill,. The Department
Commander will begin at Lincoln next
Tuesday. and then go to Sherman Mills,
Island Falls, Houlton, Hodgdon, Blaine,
Sprague's Mills, Presque Isle, Mapleton,
Caribou, Washburn, Fort Fairfield, Ma
sardis, Patten, Weston, Springfield and
VIM.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
BRIEF JoTTINas.

July 81 the Papyrus Club will spend
at Old Orchard.
The Abyssinian society is talking of
calling a pastor.
Yesterday was bright and somewhat
cooler than Wednesday,.
The Boston Herald steam yacht and
the sloops Hayward and Quisette of Bos-
ton. are anchored off Peaks Island.
The sloop yacht Clytie arrived Wednes-
day evening and anchored off the club
house.
Tonight at 100 o'clock the American
Cadet Band will give the first of the
public concerts on the Western Prone
made.
Green 6 Jordan have been awarded
the contract to build the 70x25 four
story brick block for D. W. True d GO.
William Fl. Wescott will drive the nee
essary piling.
There will be meeting of all inter-
ested in picnic, to be given by the
grocers, produce and fish dealers, at the
store of Geo. C. Shaw & Co., today.
Mr.. Clarence Hamlen has bought in
New York the fine schooner yacht
Beatrice, % tons burden, So feet long, 10
feet beam, depth 5 feet, s inches. She
was built in New York.
The contract for grading and masonry
on the Kingfeld & Dead river railroad
has been awarded to McGregor Bros,
and the ground will be broken tomorrow.
An alarm of fire at o'clock yesterday
called the department to an alley off
Danforth street, near Clark. There was.
little fire around chimney on small
house, which was extinguished with a
pail of water There was no damage.
The Boston Journal says Joe Holden
of Maine. is not alone in the belief that
the world is fiat. A book embodying
that theory, written seriously and with
considerable display of learning, was
widely circulated few years ago in Eng
land and found attentive readers.
George Russell of Providence, COM
planned at the police station that on Sun
day evening on West Commercial street,
he was sand bagged and robbed. He
told several stories about the amount
that he lost hence the police did notfully
believe him. He has now cleared out
and no trace of him has been seen for
several days.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Fred J. Laughlin has gone to East
port to spend his vacation.
Nh. E. A. Paddock of Weiser, Idaho,
is at the Falmouth.
Hon. James A. S. Wright of Paris,
Me-, was in the city yesterday.
Capt. Archibald Reid, deputy port
warden of Montreal, has gone to the
Worlds Fair.
Mr.. Marshall r. Batchelder, foreman
of the Bangor Daily News, is spending a
short vacation here. He was formerly
connected with the PRESS.
General Manager L. j. Sergeant, rof
the Grand Trunk, will arrive today with
his wife and children, who are to be at
the Ottawa House for several weeks.
United States Inspector of Steam Heat
ing Apparatus Pickett of Baltimore, was
in the city yesterday. He left in the at
ternoon for Syracuse, N. Y, and from
thence will go to Wheeling, W. Va.
Mr.. Frank P. Hastings of Hawaii, a
native of Maine, is spending a few days
in Portland. Mr.. Hastings has charge OF
the affairs of the Hawaiian legation al
Washington.
Messrs. John P. Swasey of Canton, J.
W. Mitchell, j. NJ Morrill,, A. R. Savage,
II. w. Oaks of Auburn, and Frank L.
Noble of Lewiston, were at the Fal-
mouth yesterday. They were attending
law court
Rev. Fr. Descelles, pastor of st. Hya-
cinthe church, Westbrook, is entertain
ing his cousin, Bishop Descelles, of the
diocese of st. Hyancinthe, P. @.
Wednesday evening the Westbrook band
serenaded the bishop.
Hon. George Green and family of st.
Augustine, Fla, are spending few days
here. Mr.. Green went to war in the
Fourth New Hampshire regiment and
was on duty for some time in Florida.
After his discharge he returned and has
made St. Augustine his home ever since
He has been mayor of the city three
times.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
The Sherwood Band.

The Sherwood Youth Band of orphan
boys will give concert at City Hall next
Monday evening, July oath. The band
is raising means to complete the new asy-
lum at Petersburg, Va. Mr.. P. S. Gil
more, at the St. Louis exposition, said of
them: Their equals in power and tone
are rarely found; their superiors never"
In proof of his appreciation of their
wonderful talents he presented the lead
ser, George F. Thompson, gold cornet.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
Sneak Thieves.

People should be careful about leaving
their doors and windows unlocked for
sneak thieves, who probably follow in
the wake of the circus, are about. They
entered Mr.. j. H. Hamers residence on
Hanover street and stole reticule be-
longing to his wife that contained valua-
BILE property, and then took gold watch
and chain from neighbours.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Special Meeting of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen.


A special meeting of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen was held yester-
day afternoon, Chairman Guptill presi-
ding.
Absent, Aldermen Brackett and Josse-
Ign.
An insane case was considered and the
patient was ordered sent to the asylum.
Petitions to erect new buildings were
received from Herman j. Weber at No.
141 Spring street for one story addi-
ton to be used as kitchen; of D. T.. d
A. S. Rines for brick four storied build
ing at GAL and 643 Congress street for
stores; Frank W. Whitney two stored
wooden dwelling at No. II Myrtle street.
Referred to the committee on new build
ings with power.
Petitions were received to move build
ings through the streets. of @. H. Adams
a-woeden building from the corner of
Congress and Valley, down Valley street,
500 feet, with tackle and fall to take
one day. Granted subject to usual con-
ditions.
OF F. H. Libby to move the q storied
wooden dwelling, from 641 Congress
street, through Henry, Deering, State
Portland, ST. John and Congress to
Douglass street. To take two days and
be moved with oxen. Granted subject to
usual conditions.
Petitions were received from D. F.
Richards for license to keep a billiard hall
at No. Custom House wharf. Granted
subject to City Marshal.
Of r. E. Waldron for license to keep
billiard hall at City Hotel. Granted
subject to City Marshal.
Alderman McGown said Mr.. Smith,
the agent of the Grand Trunk received
from a Chicago gentleman, a member of
the National Educational Association, a
communication for the Board of Trade,
suggesting THAT the association, which
meets in Chicago on the 25th Of July,
would like to meet in Portland next year
if an invitation was extended from the
Board. Mr.. MCGOWAN asked Alderman
Strout as member of the joint COM
mittee of the City Council and Board of
Trade appointed to advertise Portland,
what had been done in the matter.
Alderman Strout said Secretary Rich
of the Board of Trade had the comm uni
cation but didn't know that anything
had been done in the matter.
Then Alderman MCGOWAN rather
scored the Board of Trade for it's apathy.
There are Is, 600 ladies and gentlemen in
the association, said he, who it would be
delight and honor to welcome here,
and a matter Of profit for the city as
we'll. He moved that Acting Mayor
Guptill be instructed to wire the associ-
alton at Chicago inviting the society to
meet here next year, the telegram to be
followed by letter.
Alderman Guptill thought we should
first ascertain what to do with Is, 900
people if they were to come here; where
they were to be lodged and what ar
rangements could be made for their
meetings. Surely no halls we had could
hold them and a great time would be
reached. He would like to have them
come here but wanted them properly
taken care of.
Mr. MCGOWAN said the association had
plenty of active subcommittee who
look out for just such matters and our
committees would only have to cooper
ate with them.
The motion was put and carried.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
Tearing Down the Old Dominion ONCE

The Grand Trunk have begun tearing
down the old building at the head OF
their wharves near Gait block, which has
served so many years for the offices of
the Dominion Steamship Company and
the quarters of the customs inspectors
during the winter months. 1t is under
stood that new and more convenient
building will be erected on the spot to
serve the same purposes as the old. Ii
will probably not be over one OF two
stories in height, but the plans have not
been made yet.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
Don Carlo

has established himself as favorite
with the people by his splendid ascension
and leap at Peaks Island on Monday last
aud crowds of people will go to see him
make his second ascent and jump tomor
row afternoon. A decided novelty will
be his taking the dog which will be sent
to the ground from great height by
means Of a miniature parachute. Every
body should see it.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21

when Baby was sick, we gave her Castorias
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoris.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
dec11 eod&IWy
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
"Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup"

has been used over Fifty Years by millions OF
mothers for their children while Teething, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, softens
he Gums, anays Pain, cures Wind Collie, reg
ulates the bowels, and is the best remedy for
Diarrhoea whether arising from teething or
other causes. For sale by Druggists in every
part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup. zoe. a bottle
aprl7MW&F&wtf
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
Low : RATE EXCURSION
Montreal, Quebec and St. Anne de
Beaupre
MAINE CENTRAL R. RS
WHITE MOUNTAIN Line.
One Day Only,
Saturday, July 22d, 1898.
TICKETS GOOD FOR WEEKS.
Round TrIp Rates as Follows !:

Quebec and Return.-From Portland, Au-
burn and Lewiston 5000, Brunswick $6.75,
Augusta $780, Wateryille $500, Winthrop
$7.15.
burn and Lewiston $3.50. Brunswick SIPS,
Augusta $500, WaterviIle $1,000, Winthrop
$3.50.
land, Auburn and Lewiston $1,000, Brun-
swick S1O.75. Augusta $3.50, Wateryille
$500, Winthrop $11.15. NJ.
Through sleeping cars to Quebec both 1st
and I'd class (the latter free) leave Portland,
Union Station, LOS m. For Montreal parlor
car at 8.45 a. m. Sleeper at $40 p. M.
Passengers from Biddeford and Saco procure
tickets of John B. Morni, Biddeford.
For tickets and further inf rmation apply to
G. P. Waldron, Pine Tree Ticket Office under
U. s. Hotel, to ticket agent, Union Station.
PAYSON TUCKER, v. P, s. Gen. Man.
F. E. BO0THBY,lG. P. & t. A.
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The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
second Parish Sunday School.

Sunday, July 23rd, and until further
notice, Sunday school will meet at 70
o'clock, OF Immediately after the morn
ing service.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21

Use Angostura Bitters, the worid-renowned
American APPETIZER, of exquisite flavor.
Manufactured by DR.. J. G. B. Siegert & Sons.
Ask your druggist. Julyi1Ni W@f@
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
HEALTH OF PORTLAND.
The Report of the Secretary for the Last
Month.

This report of the Board OF Healen' ior
the four weeks ending July l5th' as 10
the health of the city, has been issued oy
Secretary Dyer:
CArsEc on DEATH,
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
Proposals for Stone Masonry
and COncreting.

PROPOSALS.. will be received until 12
4 o'clock M. July 20, 1898, by the Com
mittee on Public Buildings, OF the Executive
Concreting, In repairs OF the East front
approach of the State Capital Building at
Augusta. Maine. Plans and Specifications may
be Seen at the Office of the Superintendent of
PubIie buildings at Augusta. Bids will be
sealed. marked Proposals" on the envelope
and be addressed to the undersigned.
B. F. HARRIS,
Sup't of Public Buildings,
Augusta. Maine. jly21d1w
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21

Do not fail to try the new 'Prince Talley
rand" nne zoc. cigar, made by the renowned
Metropolitan Cigar Factory, New York.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21

Ask for prince Talleyrand'' cigars. The
finest 10 cent cigars in the city. They are sure
to please you.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
GREAT BANKRUPT SALE.
Each 3 Floors Crowded.

Customers obliged to wait be-
fore being waited ON. We have
engaged 10 new statesmen today
and hope now that each custom
er may be courteously and
promptly served.
MI. w. III. Usher will be found
with us as general salesman in
any one Of the eighteen depart
ments, where he will be pleased
to see his many friends and GUS
toners.
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
Sunday Excursion to Maranocook.

There will be grand Sunday excur-
sion to Lake Maranocook under the di-
rection of the Maine Central railroad
next Sunday. Trains will leave Port
land at s. 45 a. M. and return at 5 p. m.
The concert will be given by the Water
vile Military Band. R. B. Hall, soloist
and conductor. This will be the band
programme:
March-Dunlap Commandery, new........
r. B. Hall.
bucOdonoSOr. Verdi
Selection-Lucia. Arranged by Clause
Valse-Symposla. .::.;;.-.,..-.-.....-., BendlA
Cornet Solo-West Brighton. Hartman
Mr.. Il. B. Hall.
Grand Seectlon-Wa gnerlan.
Observation-Disclosures. Arranged by Boyer
Bolero-La Estudiantina. ....-............
Arranged by Lauaendeau
Baritone Solo-Serenade RI. B. Hall
Mr.. j. w. Sawyer.
Grand Columbian National PotpOurri.. Coates
The Portland daily press., 1893-07-21
THE PRESS.
TODAY.
lew ADVERTISEMENTS

Rines Bros.
j. r. Libby.
Gwen, Moore & Co.
Manson G. Larrabee.
Maine Central Railroad.
Casco Bay Ste amboat Company.
Proposals for stone masonry and concretirg.
ADJUSTMENTS.
City Hall.
New Wants, To Let For Sale, Lost, Found,
and similar advertisements will be found under
their appropriate heads on Page 6.
The herald., 1893-09-24
Rubinstein and the peadhead.

Those whose mission in life it is to en-
tertain the public are always pestered
by friends and acquaintance for free
seats at their entertainments. There
probably never was a singer or an actor
or pianist who was not bored nearly to
death by these people, many of whom
had not the slightest claim to ask the
courtesy they demanded.
A pianist who was pre-eminently sue
cessful in his day, and that day was not
far back either, was Rubinstein, who
Travelled nearly the whole world over de-
lighting people with his genius. He.
like all others, was very much annoyed
by requests for complimentary tickets,
but most of the time he maintained his
composure, even though justly irritated.
1t is told of him that just before one of
his recitals in London he was accosted
by an old lady in the entrance hall and
thus addressed:
''Oh, Mr.. Rubinstein, am SO glad to
see you! 1 have tried in vain to pur-
chase a ticket. Have you a seat you
could let me have?'
Madam" said the great pianist,
''there is but ono seat at my disposal,
and that you are welcome to if you think
fit to take it."
ooh, yes, and a thousand thanks!
Where is it?'' was tho excited reply.
SAT the piano" smilingly replied Ru
binstein.-Harper's Young People
The herald., 1893-09-24
Dividing California.

State division IS no new thing in Ameri-
ca. 1t is not exact to say that all the
lands formerly held in the west by the
old states formed an integral part of
these. But the lands held. say by Con-
necticut and Virginia and Ohio, were so
after a fashion and were merged into
O great state. BESIDES this, however,
we have tho formation Of Kentucky out
OF Virginia, Tennessee out of North
Carolina, Maine out of Massachusetts,
Mississippi and Alabama out Of Geor-
gia, Vermont out of New York and
West Virginia out Of Virginia. In mono
of these cases were the conditions moro
diverse than those of our two great di-
visions in California. There is no record
that any of these regret their new state
lood, nor is there an inti1nation that
they desire or have over desired TO
merge again into tho old state
Tho desire for q local self government
in southern California arises from no
iealcusie6, no antasonisms to northern
California, and, least of all, to political
place hunting. It is The result Of econom-
ic and political necessities. We need a
state government OF our own. In fed
eral affairs we have our own separate
officers, courts, military department,
ETC., just as Oregon has; we have our
own financial and industrial independ-
ence as much as Oregon has, and we have
a new population quite as distinct from.
that Of northern California as is that Of
the state of Washington. Californian.
The herald., 1893-09-24
,ionate defense Of bis iavorite doctrine,

sionate defense of bis favorite doctrine,
Resist not Evil.
Holman Hunts important volume on
the Pre-Raphaelite movement is nearly
ready for publication. OF all the men
concerned in this movement there is
none left who could 30 we'll tell the
story.
Mr.. Brice has found time amidst his
multifarious duties as Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster and member OF the
British cabinet, to do some good work
on the second volume of the new and
revised edition of his monumental book
on the American Commonwealth. 1t is
expected that this revised edition will
be Issued before the end OF the year.
Theodore Tilton's new volume, to be
sent out under Paris imprint, is en-
titled The Chameleon's Dish, Book of
Lyrics and Ballads, founded on the
Hopes and Illusions OF Mankind. The
book consists of about thirty different
pieces, in various keys, grave and gay,
written during Mr.. Tilton's residence in
Paris, and now published for the fret
time.
The Longfellow homestead, on Con-
gress street, in Portland, which was
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's home
in his youth, has been presented to the
Maine Historical society by the poets
sister, Mrs. Ann Lonfellow Pierce. Mrs.
Pierce couples with the gift the condi-
ton that the two front rooms shall be
always preserved as the "Longfellow
Memorial ROOMS" and that within elk
months after her death a suitable
library hall shall be begun. The en-
tire property is valued at $25, 900.
The herald., 1893-09-24
What is Cnns,atenox2

THAT which in mean men " e entitle-patlence
Is pale, toid cowaruice In noble breastsW
x .rllQ asst lr II shakespeare.
EDITORS HERALD: At the recent cele-
bration in Washington, d. c., Grover
Cleveland delivered himself of the fol-
lowing peroration:
''If the lawmakers ever forget their
duty of broad and disnterested patriot
ism and legislate in prejudice and pas
sion, or in behalf of sectional and selfish
interests, the time when the corner
stone of our capitol was laid and the
circumstances surrounding it will not be
worth commemorating."
Grover Clsveland's liie-long official
career has been in behalf OF sectional
and selfish interests. With the most
brszen effrontery, in the face of the most
unutterable money famine, he and hia
cohorts have colluded to destroy one
half OF our money metal, in order to
force the government to issue more
bonds to purchase gold, and thereby
perpetuate our present banking system.
This gigantic conspiracy on the
part OF "Wall streets idol'' has
no parallel in human history.
After fathering the present financial
cataclysm which has bankrupted mil
lions OF people and driven thousands of
patriotic citizens to vagabondage and
suicide, how can he STAND up and speak
in this manner? Think of it this dia-
bolical act on the part of Cleveland and
hia "lick-epittle time-servers" has coat
this country nearly twenty billion dol
lars in the shrinkage of values. What
kind of patience is it that would sub
- oL =
the people vacated their domes ofreascn
Surely Cur gluttonous czer and his pi-
raticsl crew must think, ae Ruekin said,
that the American people "are fallen
race, fit only to have dividends gotten
out of and be damned" With the aue-
tsrity and punctilioueness OF crowned
despot, he ordered an extra session Of
congress to be called to destroy millions
of dollars worth of private property in
order to enrich the pampered and un-
crowned monarchs OF goldbug plu.oc-
recv. What are the people going to
do abont it? Will they forever
submit like eheep to be ahorn in this
cold, ruthless manner of nearly all their
belongings? To what extent does pa
thence cease to be virtue under these
trying conditions? Ambrose Bierce in
O very poetical manner answers this
question. He says: "The empty stom-
ech ia bad citizen. The sone of fam
inc will rise-the hungry, the ignorant,
the vicious and the visionary God pity
them, they must be shot" Like the
"beee murdered for their pains, +" "the
end justifes the means"
Property wrung from the the agonized
throes OF industry 'must be protected |"
The bullet, the bayonet and Gatling gun
are always ready to do valiant service for
our plutocratic buccaneers. Trenchant-
tongued serpents of the "subsidized
prees" are busy now kissing the csustic
venom on an already outraged people,
and secm to gloat over their ineffabls
spoliation and ruin. Will the patience
Of the American people permit Grover
Cleveland's game of bluff to win any
further after he has so audaciously
"shown his hand ?" Surely not, if they
are compos mentis.
J.. r. ARMSTRONG.