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The Portland daily press., 1894-12-07
PARIS.
The Beginning of Mr. John L. stoddard's
Course at City Hall.

Mr. John L. Stoddard Lad good reason TO
feel proud of his popularity in Portland as
he gaZed upon the splendid audience
gathered to greet him in City hall last eve
ing. Every seat was taken, chairs were
placed in the farther aisle, and the LOBBY IN
the rear was occupied by people who stood
throughout the lecture. Mr.. Stoddard's
appearance was greeted with hearty ap-
plause, and he prefaced his description of
the most brilliant city of the world, with
an apology for keeping his hearers waiting,
saying that the bags of gas for .the use OF
the operator had been delayed. And,
furthermore said Mr.. Stoddard. have re-
ceived most cruel stab, and that too from
lady, who. when she heard the cause of
the delay, remarked she did not see why
should need to walt for gas.
Then began the inspection sof the city
that for centuries has been the delight and
enjoyment of the pleasure seekers; ana al
lovers of this world. From the Place d
la Concord to the tomb of Napoleon In the
Invalides. there was thrown upon the can
vas in rapid succession palaces, parks.
churches, art treasures, seemingly without
number. The past glOries of the Tulleries,
the Louvre, the Theatre Franoafs-home
anu Q6aLl place VI 1hOIOio sAA0 ~>h"1AN
Opera house, with it's mag nifcent staircase
and foyer, Notre Dame, the boulevards, the
Trocadero palace. superb view of the
ConceirgeIie by midnight. where Marie
Antoinette was3i. confined. Versailles, and
portraits of Napoleon. the little King OF
Rome, and Eugene, were magnlfic1ently
depicted on the canvas. While the lecturer
most Interestingly described !. these
I1ox md
SO many have seen. it was in the latter part
of the lecture, describing the accession of
Louis and Marie Antionette, the character
of the young king and queen. the suferlngs
of. 1.-The .Austrian.' the fea1 full reign of
terror, eliminating in the execution of
Marie and the advent and final sufferings
of Napoleon. that the eloquence of Mr..
Stoddard had the fiercest scope. and it was
listened to with the utmost attention. The
lecture was brilliant opening of a most
satisfactory course.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-07
Maine Loyal Legion.

At the meeting of the Maine Com
mandery of the Loyal Legion, held in
Bangor, Wednesday night, these new
mem bers were elected:
For the First Class-George Almon
Russell of Readfeld: Second Lieutenant
1st Maine Infantry, Septem her 10. 1862;
mustered out at expiration of service,
August 25, 1868; served in the Depart
ment of the Gulf.
Horace Hopkins Shaw of Portland;
nrivaue July "a, 1862; First Sergeant Co.
f., 18th Maine Infantry. August 81,
1862; Second Lieutenant March 2, 1868;
First Lieutenant January Is, 1864 !;
wounded at Spottsylvania Court House,
May ~, 1874; mustered out with regi-
ment Septem Der. IL, 1865; served in the
defences of Washington and In the Army
Charles Wesley Reyes, private Co. B,
sth Maine Infantry, September 10, 1862:
sergeant; hospital steward; mustered
out with regiment Septem Der l., 1868;
re-enlisted as private Co. +. Second
Maine Cavalry; discharged by reason OF
promotion in February, 1864; First
lieutenant Co. E, 32d Maine Infantry;
mustered out by reason of loss OF LEFT
foot from wound received at Spottsyl-
vania Court House; subsequently re-
ceived a commission in the coast guards
at Belfast; Second Lieutenant 18th
United States Infantry. July Is, 1866, Ie-
tired with the rank of First Lieutenant
Decem Der 81, 1870 Brevet First Lieu
tenant and brevet Captain; Captain
Served in Louisiana and Virginia.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-07
SUPERIOR COURT.
BEFORE JUDGE BoNNEY.


A case was trleo III the Superior court
yesterday involving the right of a school
teacher to infict corporal punishment on
pupil. Scarboro was the scene of the
trouble, which occurred last year. during
the winter term. Ainlon ID. Il Libby is
resident of Scarboro and student at the
Maine State college. he taught school in
his own town last winter. giving good salts
faction, SO it is sala, TO the people OF the
district. But he had trouble with one boy.
Walter E. Sparrow. This young fellow is
strapping youth, rather lager than the
teacher, if anything. MIR. Libby is short,
thick set young man, considerably more
pow erful than he looks. AT any rate. he
appears to have had no trouble in trounoing
young Sparrow. when the latter became
unruly and refused to obey orders.
The plaintiffs story is that he went out
with the others to reolte in geography. The
lesson was upon Asia. The teacher asked
him to bound lndo-China; he said he
couldn't. He had been out of school the
day before. Judge bonney asked him II ne
didn't inquire when ne came that morning
where the lesson for the day was, and he
said he did.
The teacher asked him again and he made
grabbed him by the coat collar and stood
him up ard began to shake him. He put his
hands on the teachers arm to save himself
from going down too heavily when they
both went over on the floor with the teacher
on top. The boy rose up on his knees and
the teacher struck MIN on the side of the
face with the geography. On being again
asked to bound that country the boy re-
piled that he couldn't.
Mr.. Libby's story is that the boy had been
giving him trouble all through the terms
that he is bright boy naturally and when
he was SO disposed could get his lessons as
we'll as any of the scholars. AT this time
when asked to bound lndo-Chaln he said ne
couldn't, although two dayssbefore he had
done SO, and he d1d 1t With look at the
other scholars that indicated that he did
not mean to rec1te. There was an outline
map of the country hanging directly before
him, and although there were no names up.
on it it would serve to remind him of the
nations that bordered upon the country to
be bounded.
The1eupon the teacher repeated the re-
quest. Then. as Sparrow did not get up
he took him by the collar and stood him up.
He asked him again to bound Indo-China;
the boy said he couldn't and wouldn't and
he couldn't make him; and Immediately
grabbed the teacher around the waist and
scuf1e ensued.
The boy said he was not hurt, but three
days after he felt a sore spot on his hip and
one on the back of his head.
That night, he admits. he ran from the
school house. slid down the long hill. went
skating the next forenoon and did the
chores around the house.
Judge Bonney. in his charge to tie jury,
said substantially that teacher in order to
carry on his WORK effectively has the power
to lay down reasonable rulues and regula-
tions and in addition to that the duty of
'ion'' anu - t'N " .n"' 'Io ~ "
upon him. The law does not pl escribe what
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-07
AN OPEN LETTER.
FRYEBURG, Me-, March Eth, 1884.
MESSRS. HASKELL & JONES:

HwEsh so extend TO you my am
qualified tEssanNs fOR recOm-
intending 30 nae Che JaT0s Fzyge-
mic Underwear. since WEE TsssS
the same have saOt suffered i'm
the least from slle cold or rsaeiz-
raatisID, which latter haas usually
been my companion During the
winter months. Ny practice
extends over "a large AREA OF
country, which necessatsates
constant exposure to OUR severe
winter weather. cam most
cordially recommend this I'm
derWear TO our Professional
Brethren and others who are
exposed to tine cold weather.
Yours respectfully,
w. G. TOWLE, WI. I'D,
dec5eodtf
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-07
WESTBROOK.

Mrs. p. L. P archaud and daughter of
Blddeford visited Mr.. Eugene Poisson
sof this city yesterday. 4
services will be held at the
Lutheran churchsin this city next Sun
day afternoon, at 2 O'Clock, to which the
public generally are invited.
Mr. 7. Skiilings of Biddeford was in
the city yesterday on business.
Mr.. G Fred Muroh received This certif-
cate Of election to the Office of Register
of Deeds of Cum berland county, from
the Secretary of State yesterday.
Mr.. Leander Clements of Standish was
in the city yesterday.
MIR. e. G. Phillips OF the firm of Phil
lips & Webb, left yesterday for short
business trip to the eastern part of the
state.
The Westbrook Electric Light and
Power Company have arranged device
to prevent anchor ice from interfering
with the water wheels, and thus far
this season the lights havegnot been in
terfered with from this source
The funeral services of the late Mel
son Fogg were held at his late residence
on Forest street yesterday morning.
Rev. c. C. Phelan officated.
The thin ice is fast leaving the Pre-
sumpscot, and all are hopeful that we
may vet get a repetition rot 1S92-3's fine
skating. An ice carnival will be in or
der some Saturday afternoon and even
ing, if we are again favored with good
skating.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-07
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

A pathetic incident occurred at Otis
field, when maiden lady, with nothing
left her by a well-to-do father, save q
home on the fertile farm bequeathed to
the two sons, was evicted from the house
because her shiftless brothers had mort
seIfsaeriicing hard work, this woman
finds herself without money and without
ahome The calamity in her case was
undeserved.
Word comes from Bath that Mr.R.H.
White Is negotiating for a new steel
steam yacht 100 feet over all.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-07
LIQUOR DEPUTIES DESCEND UPON
WESTBROOK.

Deputy sheriffs Chute. Plummer.
Sterling, Chase and Kimball came into
this city suddenly on the 4. 20 p. m. cleo
trio car from Portland, and made a. raid
upon the liquor dealers. Search and
seizures were made at Floods, the West
brook Bottling Company's place, and
I.etarts's saloon. The proprietors were
ordered to appeartbefore Judge Tolman
in the Municipal Court this morning.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-07
Eastern League.

New York, December 6.-The Eastern
league (oasebalD has decided upon the fol-
lowing circuit: Toronto. Buffalo, Roches-
ter. Springfield, Providence, Scranton and
Wiikesbarre.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
a CARD.

MIR. EDITOR:
would like to inform the public of the great
good have received from being relieved OF
trouble that a0as gerry painful and caused me
an abscess which left me with FiStuJo:.
tried to get relief but obtained none. until
called DIR. Chase. After being treated by him
business, being an engineer on the Name Cen
trial. and have worked every day since.
would certainly advise anyone having any
trouble to try this method as it has certainly
been very successful with me.
Yours respectfully,
Knightville, Me-, Nov, %. '94. nov2edtf
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-11-23

IL regard To the validity of the MAJ .
riage license law a dispatch from Harris
burg says that Attorney General Hensei
has declined to give Auditor General
Gregg an opinion as to whether or not
there is any license law IN force in Penn
sylvania, in view of the question raised
at Pittsburg recently that the act Of 1898
on this subject repeals the marriage
act of 1885 or suspends it until October
l, 1895. General Gregg's request for an
official opinion in this matter was made
at the suggestion of number OF clerks
of the orphans court in the state.
The attorney general declines to give
an opinion, because he says no cause OF
state of facts calling for such an opinion
has been presented either to him or to
the auditor general. He adds, however,
he does not hesitate to express his indI
vidual opinion and unofficial that the
claim that the act of 1885 is repealed
suspended or abrOgated is unsOund
the act of 1898 simply to amend the &C
of 1885, by providing that hereafter
marriage licenses might issue either Ou
of the county III which the ceremony
was to be performed, 'as heretofore, o.
out of the county of the residence o
either of the contracting parties. By tn,
terms of the act of 1898, its enlarged
provisions do not become effective
until October l, 1895. Meantime II /,
the opinion of Mr.. Hensel that the ac
of June %, 1885, requiring marriag,
licenses and imposing a penalty for tn,
solemnizatiOn or witnessing of marriages
without such licenses, is in full force
and operation.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-11-23

r G. Dun 4 Co.'S. weekly review OF
trade for last week, says:
In nearly all branches of business
gradual improvement appears. Last
conditions of business and trade had not
suddenly hanged, and this becomes
clearer, to the disappointment of some.
Low farm products. low wages and only
partial employment of labor still retard
distribution, and the limited demand
hindering the progress toward recovery
has not ceased and many establishments
have resumed or added to their pro
ducing force, some also advancing
wages, but it will take time to lift busi-
ness out of its depression, and the pro
gress made. if less than the sanguine ex-
pected, is at least encouraging.
The decision to offer $50, 100000 of
bonds for replenishment of the treasury
reserve was by bankers generally ap-
proved, but events are showing that res
toration of confidence cannot by itself
remove all embarrassment. 1t Is gen
orally assumed that the offered bonds
will be taken at once. The effect Is less
easy to anticipate, for the formal an
nouncenent that, after a general recon
struction of the revenue laws, it Is still
found necessary to borrow largely tends
to raise doubt about financial provisions
for the future. The reported impOrta-
ton of gold from London with a loss on
its face of 81 500 at present exchange
rates is presumably meant to effect the
bond subscriptions. There have already
been some Withdrawals of gold from the
treasury by redemption of notes to make
paymentslfor bonds, and goods rather than
gold are likely to come from Europe
London has also sold here about 900
shares of stock during the week.
Money continues to accumulate, none
going west, while the Outgo to the south
has diminished Bankers are much en-
couraged by indications of larger busi
ness, but there is no increase as yet in
commercial borrowing.
For finished products of iron the de
mand is on the whole narrower, so that
structural beams are lower, the barbed
wire combination has broken, the strife
in nails continues at the lowest prices
heretofore named, and both grey forge
and Bessemer are shade lower at Pitts
burg Failures in the first week of No
vember were larger than of late, heIng
go in the United States against 232 last
year, and 3S in Canada against 80 last
year.
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Highest of all in Leaveing PowerLaest u Govt Report
R3&!azll! q! Bs%dsgi: BskiRg
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Japan " anis Permanent Peace.

New York. Nov. 2O.-The Recorder
will to morrow print an interview witt.
Minister Shinichiro Kureno, of japan
which was recently obtained by Mis-
Jessie NJ. Wood, the famous newSpape
reporter at the japanese legislation IL
Washington.
In answer to a request to tell the real
object of the Japanese war, the mlnlstt I
saL that the only object Is the perma-
nent peace of the east. Corea, he added
Is in a state of corruption which he can
not describe, and Japan wishes to get
her promise for certain reforms. He de-
MED that Japan is desirous of occupying
the island of FormoSa and declared that
Japan has not a wish for territorial
aggrandiZement. Continuing, the min
lister said that If the proposed negotiations
for peace failed, and the japanese should
push on to Pekin only to find that the
Chinese had raced into the interior with
the intentions of carrying on the war to
the bitter end, Japan would surely
follow. He believes, however, that
the. war will be all over in the spring
Regarding the possible interference of an
European power, Great Britain for in
stance, the japanese minister questioned
very much whether Great Britain would
attack Japan. He admitted that England
was anxious that the war should termi.
nate.
At the conclusion of the interview
Miss Wood called on the Chinese min
ister. She was received courteously and
was granted an interview on varous
subjects, but the interpreter declined to
question the minister regarding the war.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-11-23
May Make Trouble.

Washington. November 20 Our gov
ernment has not yet been officially in
formed that the DANISH goyerpSS3;,o,or
like Germany, has ,prooto,tt,,Io aad ,,aat
tatior, of A. --~dn cattle ana meat
G,,r &c In these commodities with
denmark is insignificant in volume,
but if it should appear that the Danish
government has been induced to issue
its decree at the instance of Germany,
the correspondence between the latter
country and the state department is like
~ to assume very different tone from
that in which it has been conducted.
1t is one thing for a nation to exclude
our meats on sanitary grounds, even If
the case is badly sustained, but it is an
entirely different matter for such a na>
ton to go out of its way to induce
third nation to join it in boycott of
American products. Probably it would
he difficult to establish the fact that
Denmark has been influenced to decree
its prohibition at the request of Germany,
but should this be made clear, diplo-
matte issue Of gravity would be raised
between the United States and Germany.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-11-23
Railroads Want Pay.

Washington, November 20-During
the recent strikes many railroads applied
to the government for protection and
troops were placed on trains and along
the disturbed portions of their routes
Now the companies who availed them
selves of the protection of their proper-
ty are filing bills with the war depart
ment for the transportation of the sol
dlers, whose chief duty was to keep their
lines open and guard their property.
Nothing, it is asserted, was said about
charging for carrying troops at the time
they were asked for and it was supposed
that the roads would transport them free
of cost, as their services were chiefly
needed to support the interests of the
roads. The war department opposes the
payment of the charges and it is likely
will contest the claims in the courts.
The department, it is said, will raise the
point that as 1.-THE railroads sought pro-
lection of the troops they have no right
TO regard them as ordinary passengers.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-11-23
Couldn't Stop the Train.

Memphis, November 1S.-Shortly af-
ter midnight this morning an attempt
made to hold up passenger train on the
Nazoo ard Mississippi Valley Railroad
at Panther Run, Miss, was baked by
the coolnesS of Engineer +. 4. Homer.
Panther Run IL small way station
Soon after nightfall half dozen strange
men entered the hamlet and hung about
for an hour or two. Then they disap-
peared and were not seen again until
the train had stopped and was starting
out. when one of them appeared on the
track ahead, signaling the engineer to
stop.
Engineer Homer pulled out the throt-
tie and sent the train through. As it
passed the signal light, half dozen un
masked men stood there, revolvers in
hand, and all took shots at the engineer
Fireman Cole received a bullet through
his arm and IS seriously wounded. The
men were evidently new at the business.
The railway officials are exerting
themselves to apprehend the would be
robbers.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-11-23
Hill 10 Fight the Income Tax.

Washington, ID. c., November 10
When the income tax was under discus.
sion Senator Hill was assured that the
80 900 appropriated for the income tax
work could only be used for the prepa-
ton of blank forms and not for the di-
rect work of collecting the income tax
Upon this assurance Hill withdrew his
objection, saying that he would contin-
ne his opposition to the collection of the
income tax at the coming session of
congress.
That session will meet in two weeks
from to-day, and if Senator Hill makes
good his promise to continue his fight
upon the income tax law he could de-
feat its provisions.
Among the estimates that Secretary
Carlisle will send to congress when it
meets will probably be an item of $780,
600 for the collection of the income tax.
and Senator Hill will undoubtedly use
this appropriation as an opening wedge
in his fight.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-11-23

The government of the United States,
says the Philadelphia Record, has too
large a floating debt to do business with
safely. 1t could manage to get along
pretty smoothly as long as it had a large
surplus of ready cash on hand with
which TO tide over such emergent occa-
sions as occurred IL 1873 and 1884.
But there is danger in redundant reve-
nue. and large surpluses. They breed
extravaganza as suIteits breed indiges-
ton. There would be no billion dollar
expenditure every two years if there had
not been an opportunity and an excite
ment in the condition Of the federal
treasury. The demand liabilities of the
treasury are, therefore, not only a mis-
chief in themselves, but they are the
prolific source of collateral mischiefs.
The public mind has been debauched
as to the true nature and Office of
money by making an evidence of debt
an arbitrary measure of value There is
no way out of the evil in which the
finances of the country are entangled ex-
cept to take immediate measures to rid
ourselves of government paper money.
Until that shall have been accomplished
no safe basis of business can be estab-
lished that will not be at any time liable
to upheavsl as the result of a financial
CONFUSION, engineered possibly by
cliques or syndicates organized to make
profit oat of public disaster.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-11-23
A COlliery OH Fire.

Mauch Chunk, Pa, November 90
Number II colliery of the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation company, located be
tween Lansford and Tamanqua, is on
fire. The fire started at 3'oclock this
morning. 1t originated in the lamp
house at the foot Of the shaft, 600 feet
under ground. The flames spread rap
idly and the entire mine will have to be
flooded before the fire can be extin-
guished. Only three men were in the
mine at the time. Their escape by
means of the shaft was cut off, but they
reached the surface through the steam
pipe Shaft. which Is very steep and mar
row. Over 500 men are thrown out of
employment.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-11-23

The government November crop re-
port shows an improvement in the pros
poets of the cotton crop, which is attrib-
uted to favorable October weather. The
crop has been more rapidly harvested
nd marketed than in any former year.
The report also shows that the corn yield
averages about one and half bushels
per acre more than was indicated in Oc-
tober. The present estimated average is
1917 bushels per acre throughout the
country. But this is the lowest rate of
yield since 1881. The apple crop at
large is put down at 41.9 per cent. of an
average product, while the yield of hay
is l.15 tons per acre, against 1.32 tons
in 1898.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-11-23
Probably Working on His Message.

Washington, Nov 2O-It Is understood
that the president has not vet taken up
for consideration the papers in the case
of Charles II. J. Taylor, recorder of
deeds for the District of Columbia, the
cOlored politician from Kansas, who was
charged with violating the civil service
law in demanding political contributions
from negro office holders. The papers
were sent to the president by the civil
service commission three months ago,
1t is stated positively that the recon-
mendation of the commission was that
Taylor should be removed and prose
cuted. The case is regarded by the
commissioners as one of the clearest
violations of the law ever brought to
the attention of the president.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-11-23

INDICATIONS multiply to show that the
German government is pursuing re-
pressive policy toward importatations
from the United States that in the end
may call for retaliation. The latest evi-
dence is contained in a report to the
state department from limited States
Consul Robertson, at Hamburg. He
says that a movement is being set on
foot 10y the imperial government look
ing to the complete exclusion of dried
and evaporated apples from the United
States, which are found to contain more
than a specified amount of zinc, sup
posed 20 have been taken up from the
zinc frames on which the fruit is dried
As result the trade would severely suf
fer.