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The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The trustees Of the Franklin Fund in
Boston have decided that the best dis
position of the fund, amounting to nearly
half a million, is to establish trade
schools, as distinguished from those
where the mechanic arts are taught,
making them part of the public school
system. with Instruction in blacksmith
ing, carpentry and like trades.
The war i'll the East may interfere
with the holding of the So called Chinese
Worlds Fair which had been announced
to take place this year. 1t is not a
Worlds Fair, in the ordinary sense of
the word, since aHexhibits are to be fur
nished by China itself, but if half the
reports sent out are true, it has been
planned to exceed all other fairs by
The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09
Marching Through Georgia.

S.H. M. Byers. the author of the
famous war song of Sherman's March
to the Sea-" who wrote that song while a
prisoner in Andersenviile, from which
he made his escape after several unsuc-
cessful attempts, gives some very inter-
esting personal "reminiscences of Gen.
Sherman in the current number of Nc
Clure's Magazine. He describes his
meeting with Gen. Sherman after his es-
cape: "As Sherman entered Columbia
at noon the 18th of February, 1865 riding
at the head of his sixty Thousand vieto-
rious veterans, soldier ran up to him
and told him the author of the song
had escaped from prison, and was stand
ing near by, on the steps of house. He
halted the whole column while he
motioned me to come out, and warmly
shook my hand. Tell all the prisoners
who have escaped said he, to come to
me at camp tonight. want to do some
thing for all of them. They must be
made comfortable I did not go to the
generals headquarters that night |
was ashamed to go in all my rags. /
went to friends in my old brigade the
next day after the burning of the city,
but to my surprise General Sherman
sent an omcel TO NUM- me up ana bring
me to headquarters. Our meeting, un-
important in itself, showed the SIM
.plicity and character of Sherman. 1t
was in the woods. ] found him sitting
on oampstool by a low rail fire. He
was looking over some papers. This is
Adjutant Byers,' said the officer The
general dropped his papers, stepped
right over the fire with his long legs,
and seized me by the hand. i want
70 than won fnr yOJ1r Sono he sold
there, in prison, got hold of all that I
was doing. You hit it splendidly.'"
But it came to be too much of a good
thing. Gen. Sherman got terribly weary
of that famous song
The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09
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The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear, There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever /;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition of
the mucous surface.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness caused by catarrh) that can
OF be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free.
f. j. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, o.
D@T Sold by all druggists, 75c.
The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09

The Mugwump press are at variance in
the advice which they are giving the
Democratic party at this important, juno
ture. The Boston Herald is for the PASS
age of bill of some sort at any cost,
even if the virtuous Democrats of the
House have to yield to the iniquiteus
Democrats of the Senate. The New York
Evening Post is pronounced in favor Of
the other view. and warns the House
Democrats to hold out: "As far. as con-
Germs playing for position in their cam
paign for reelection, the House Demo-
Gratis cannot do better than fight the
Senate till the last ditch. There would
be some sense in re-eleeting congressman
who had done their best to pass an
honest tariff bill and failed, but none
whatever in sending back to Washington
men who had consented to measure
which is stencil IN the nostrils.n The
Providence Journal is inclined to side
with the Evening Post, but is SO pro-
foundly Disguised as to denounce the
whole Democratic party, mot a single
Influential membe of which," to use its
own words, from President Cleveland
down, has taken hold of the task OF
tariff reform intelligeutly, courageously
and in way to ensure success.
The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09

Although our navy.ha been increased
much of late, it apparently is none too
large to attend to the duties required of
it. In fact, for u year now the navy
department has been unable to furnish a
war vessel to perform a very plain and
pressing obligation Of the government.
Before the opening of the Columbian
Exposition our government borrowed of
Spain, Italy and the Vatican many price
less relics and documents relating to the
The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09

The First Maine district will be
watched this fall as never before, for in
it will be fought the first battle of the
fight which is to route the incompetent
majority now controlling the House of
Representa- The great issue this
fall is whether or not this country is to
be governed by men who cannotagovern.
This is the question for First District
voters to keep before their minds
The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09

whatever name called The expense is
estimated at $780, O00, 900, and it is an.
nounced in honor of the sixty first ami
versary of the birth of the Empress
Dowager.
A society has been formed in England
to prevent the defacemept of the land
scape by advertisements on trees, stones
and fences.
The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09
CURRENT COMMENT.

providence journal. J

providence Journal.) ~"
The tariff situation in Washington re-
mains in the condition of a loaded dyna-
mite, bomb, with clockwork attachment.
The two factions of the Democracy Fare
busy passing it back and forth, each
hoping that it will explode while in the
hands of the other and thus fix the re-
sponsibility for the disaster. which is
surely coming to the party.
The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09

"A great Republican victory in Maine
next month will cheer every Republican
heart in the nation. 1t cannot be said
that the Union always has gone as Maine
went, but many people must be thinking
just now that things would be better if
it had
The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09
PORTLAND STEAM PACKET co.
Special Notice.

ITO accommodate many patrons on this special
Il occasion the steamer Portland will sail at
1890 p. m. for Boston on SUNDAY, AUG.
18th, instead of p. m.
The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09

FOR SENATOR'S,
GEORGE M. SEIDERS, Portland.
CHARLES NJ. WATERH0UsE, Westeroek.
WILLIAM M. COOK, Casco.
MATTHEW C. MORRILL, Gray.
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY.
CHARLES A. TRUE. Portland.
FOR SHERIFF.,
SAMUEL D. PLUMMER, Scarboro.
FOR CLERK OF COURTS.
BENJAMIN c. STONE. Portland.
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS,
G. FRED MURCH, westbrook.
FOR COUNTY TREAS URER,
DANIEL D. CHENERY, Deering.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
NATHANIEL H. SEAVEY. Harrison.
TO The LEGISLA-
TURE,
J. HOWARD HILL.
SETH L. LARRABEE.
ARTHUR W. MERRILL.
WILBUR G. WELDON.
FREDERICK D. WINSLOW.
WILLIAM J. KNOWLTON!
The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09

The Democratic House caucus stood
true to the party usage and did nothing.
The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09

The only bill which the Senate will ever
let pass will be essentially protective
measure. 1t will be less systematic and
reasonable than the present law and will
undoubtedly be full of absurdities and
incongrufties. But it will not be a free
trade measure. Neither free traders nor
that class of indefinite professions known
as tariff reformers, can find anything in
1t as whole that comedies with their
ideas. In effect its passage will simply
be the substitution of crude and
patched up protection measure, for
well considered and logically constructed
law now In force, Such a substitution
is not pleasant or conducive to prosperity,
but it must be classed among the incon-
venient rather than among tie dangerous
things. So if the cenferees do not agree
we shall have the present law and if
they do agree we shall have a law
patched up on substantially the same
lines as the present
So much for the practical result. But
| what shall be said of the political party
that has dragged this country through
two years Of sorrow. only to attain in the
| end SO ineonclusive and ridiculous re-
sultg That party humbugged the people
into believing that it had policy. Time
has shown that the claim was fraudu-
lent, trumped up as an excuse for getting
| place and power. Not that honest Demo-
Gratis are wanting within the ranks or
among the leaders of the party. But the
leaven of honesty cannot, for some reas-
on, have it's proper effect upon the great
Heterogeneous mass that constitutes the
party. AS party the Democracy has nc
definite idea of what it wants, except in
the matter of getting the Repu blicans
| out. For this reason it is unable to
| achieve anything although it has
been going through the motions with
disastrous effects. The people are begin
ming to understand this and are prepar.
ing to act upon this understanding.
The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09

early discovery of America ard settle
ment of the United States. The agree
ment in relation to most of them was
that they should be kept continually
under military protection while in this
country, and then be returned on man
of-war. Although the Exposition closed
neally.a year ago no steps have been
taken to return the relics, which are In
Washington, although the government OF
Spain and the Pope have made requests
that the agreement be performed. Sec
rotary Carlisle is anxious about the
matter, but the Navy Department has no
vessel available for the service and will
not have one for some time. The only
two vessels on the home station fit for
such duty are'o on the Nicaragua coast,
called there by the troub les at Bluefelds.
The San Francisco and Atlanta need i'm
portant repairs before they can take a
long cruise. A modern navy not only
costs high at the start but also requires
frequent and costly repairs.
The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09
FOR GOVERNOR,
Henry B. Cleaves.

For Representatives in Congress,
First Iistrlet--TH0MAs B. REED.
Second District NELSON DINGLEY, Jr.
Third Distriet-SETH |. MllLlkEN.
Fourth District CHARLES A. B0uTELLE.
The Portland daily press., 1894-08-09
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY AUGUST 8.

REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-19
TEXARKANA & FORT SMITH.

The genial officers of the Texar-
kann & F't. Smith railway are in ex-
cellent humor over the progress OF
the work of extension now being
pushed forward on their line, The
prospects, present and future, of
the TeXarkana & Ft. Smith railway
have never been so bright as they
now are, and all connected with the
road are sanguine of its future and
full of hope for its future as a sue
cessful enterprise. A tour of the
road to its present terminal point
Winthrop--and inspection of work
along the line was made last week,
Everything was found in a highly
satisfactory condition and the pro-
gress of the work was approved by
the officials. The party making the
trip comprised the following Off
GERS of the road: General Manager
F. B. Hubbell, General Superin-
tendent W, A, Williams, Chief Au-
ditor Neal S. Doran, of Kansas
City, Mo, Chief Engineer r. NJ Ia
brum, and others. We look for
ward to completion Of the Com
pany's special line from this city to
Sulphur river in the near future.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-19
TO COIN THE sEIGNI0RAGE.

When the Bland bill, providing
for the coinage of the silver seign-
forage shall have received the Pres
ident's signature and become there
by a valid law, the coinage of the
$55, 900, 900 silver bullion will have
to be done at the mints at Philadel-
phia. San Francisco and New Or
leans, which are in fact the only
mints Of the Government now in
operation. Exclusive Of other ne
cessary coinage the Philadelphia
mints, it is thought, can turn out
about 81 100000 month, the San
Francisco Mint about the same, and
New Orleans about 100000 a month
the San Francisco mint, however,
has only about 100000 in silver
bullion on hand, and the New Or
leans mint only about 9,5O0,000 50
after the supply now on hand at
these mints shall have been ex-
hausted the remaining 100000, 600
will have to be coined at tue Phila-
delphia mint alone, The whole
time, therefore, which will be ne
cessary to coin the seigniorage will
be approximately about two years
and two months
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-19
Balloons for Raising Vessels.

Two Russians engineers, Novitzki
and Pokrschievnikitz, are said to be
in treaty with the English admiralty
for raising the armored cruiser
Victoria, whice wrs sunk off the
coast Of Asia Minor on June %,
1893. The engineers tested their
contemplated method last August
by raising a sunken boat in the
Weichsel, near Warsaw, The boat
lay at depth of nine meters go
feet), and the engineers sent down
divers with two water proof balloons
which were fastened to the sides Of
the boat and then inflated with air,
The success of the experiment
prompted them to the more ambit-
ious enterprise of raising the Vic
toria. Her displacement was 10,47O
tons, and they propose to raise her
by means Of ten balloons, each with
cubic contents of l,700 meters.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-19
YELL" FOR BERRY

Meager returns from Yell county
Indicate that the county has gone
for Berry by majority of nearly
2 to /, and Fishbacks supporters
generally concede this result Full
returns, it is believed, will fully JUS
tify this estimate IT has all along
been contended by the followers of
Gov, Fishhack that the result of
the primaries in Yell county would
afford surprise to the supporters
of Senator Berry, they going 50 far
even as to intimate that that can
didatc would defeat the gallant
Berry on his own field. Just how
far their boasts have been justified
the result itself can best tell,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-19
A DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE.

News OF a destructive cyclone at
Emory, in Raines county, Tex, has
just reached this city, by means of
a private letter to ex-postmaster,
w. w. Shaw, giving details of loss
of life and destruction of proper
ty.
Three persons are reported as
killed outright and thirty or forty
injured, some of them fatally Two
churches were demolished, while
numbers of business and residence
houses were destroyed or damaged.
1t is a little less than miraculous
that 50 few persons were killed as
the storm is said to have been Ter
rible one, sweeping everything from
is path. The full extent of devas-
tation cannot, as yet, be learned,
the above details being merely of a
local character, as confined to the
town of Emory.
News of the terrible visitation
have been heralded abroad and re-
lief will, at once, be afforded the
storm stricken people Of the unfor-
tunate town.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-19
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevera
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance,
Syrup of Figs is for sale by al drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Fig,
and being well informed, yon will nct
accept any substitute if offered.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-19
The DaltOns Again.

A raid was made by the Dalton
gang, few days since, on Mill
Creek, an interior town in the
Chickasaw Nation, and James Dav
idson, a merchant, was robbed of
$160, While the robbers were help
ing themselves, Jeff Curtis arrived
on horseback. He was held up and
relieved of $75, Every man met
was robbed of small amounts. An
attempt was made to blow open the
safe in Davidson's store, but in this
the robbers failed The gang
marched their victims outside the
town and told them to go home.
MillsCreek is an isolated town of 100
inhabitants.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-19
THE TARIFF BILL.
A Serious Defect Found and Corrected
by the Finance Committee

The present discussion OF the tar
iff bill by the full committee, while
not attended by any material chang
es in the more important schedules
of that measure, is bringing to light
some extraordinary defects in the
bill. One of the greatest of these
was discovered during Saturdays
session of the committee, which,
had it not been discovered in time,
would have reduced the revenue
yielding power of the bill by up
wards of SO, ,000,0 600. The last page
of the bill as made public by the
Senate is a long distance from the
first, but the legislation found in
the last few paragraphs controls
the whole bill, One of these para
graphs, section l02, provides that
an act to reduce the revenue and
equalize duties on imports and for
other purposes, approved October
|, 1890, and all other acts and parts
of acts not consistent with this act.
are hereby repealed.
This is an absolute repeal of the
Mckinley law and Mr. Vest, in com
mittee yesterday, moved that it be
stricken out for very obvious rea-
sons. The internal revenue tax on
tobacco, manufactured tobacco, all
the regulations as to licences, taxes
and the sale of leaf tobacco are
contained in the Mckinley law and
nothing is said about them in the
Wilson bill. The intention was, of
course, to permit the present law
to stand in those respects, Had
not the sweeping character Eof the
absolute repeating clause been de-
tected in time those provisions of
the Mckinley act would have been
wiped out and the government
would have found itself powerless
to collect a dollar of internal reve-
nue. tax on manufactured tobacco,
except in the shape of cigars and
cigarettes. The free leaf provisions
would also have been eliminated
from the present law,
The Senate finance committee
consumed all of the morning hour
in discussion of the administrative
features of the tariff bill, all mem
bers being present of those now in
the city, except Mr.. Sherman The
Republicans say they expect to be
able show that the Democrats have
damaged the whole bill by the
changes in the administrative fea-
ture they have suggested and hope
that certain amendments which
they today pointed out, will be
made, Nothing was said as to the
time when the bill would pc report
ed or when the debate would begin
after the measure passed the Sen
ate. The committee adjourned at
1920 o'clock until 3 o'clock this af-
ternoon, when the consideration of
the administrative feature was re-
Sumed.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-19
Shreveport Fair Grounds Sold.

Seizure Of the Louisiana State
Fair and Shreveport Exposition
grounds and buildings to satisfy a
Judgment of S. B, Johnson for S235
and costs culmin ated on Saturday
in forced sale under the hammer.
A large number of prominent and
interested citizens attended the
Gale, The bids were started at
80, 750, climbing 500 each bid until
the once famous Shreveport fair
grounds were knocked down to j.
M. Foster for the sum Of $l2, 100.
It, is understood that Mr., Foster
will appropriate the grounds for
other purposes.
1t can be readily understood that
this will prove serious blow to
Shreveport's future progress, and
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-19
NO. 173.
WORK IN CONGRESS.
Saturday Spent in Routine Work and
Paying Tribute to aDeoeased
Member.

The House met at the usual hour
Saturday morning and continued
its session throughout the day, not
outstanding it was st. Patrick's
Day. A number of members, how
ever, had the lapels of their coats
ornamented with bits of Shamrock.
At the opening Mr.. Reilly, of Penn
sylvania, chairman of the commit
tee on Pacific railroads, rose to
question of privilege with regard to
the resolution introduced by Mr..
Boatner Friday instructing the
President to employ special counsel
to bring suit against the Union Pa
cific railroad for the amount of its
Indebtedness to the United States.
The resolution, at Mr. Boatners re-
quest, had been referred to the ju-
dietary committee Mr. Reilly
thought 1t should properly have
been referred to his committee.
Mr.. Bailey asked, in the absence
of Mr.. Boatner, that the question
of the reference be postponed, but
Mr.. Reilly refused to acquiesce,
whereupon Mr.. Baily made the
point of order that Mr., Reilly had
not been authorized by his commit
tee to move the change Of refer
ence
Mr., Bowers, of California offered
an amendment to the appropriation
of $40, 600 for special council to aid
District Attorneys so to provide
that 50, 900 of this be expended in
the employment of special counsel
in the cases of the Southern Pacific
Railroads to set aside United States
patentsnow pending at Los Angeles.
Speaking ostehsibly to this amend
ment, Mr.. Settle (Rep., N. G. } Sc
cured unanimous consent to discuss
the increase made by the committee
in the appropriation for the detec-
tion and punishment of violators
of the internal revenue laws from
$25, 900 to sac, 600.
The resolution authorizing the
enlisted men of the army and navy
to wear badge on public occasions
on motion of Mr.. Cultivate was
agreed to. Then, at 2:30, in accord
ance with the provisions of special
order the remainder Of the day was
devoted to eulogies upon the life
and character of the lath Repre-
sentative W. II. Enochs, of Ohio.
Those who paid tribute to the mem
ory of their deceased colleague
were, Messrs. Grosvenor, of Ohio;
Paymer, of Kentucky; Warner, of
New York; Hare, Of Ohio; McKaig,
of Maryland; Wilson, of Ohio; Stor-
er, of Ohio; Layton of Ohio; North
way, Of Ohio; Bundy. of Ohio and
Henderson, Of Illinois. At the con-
clusion of the ceremonies, as fur
ther mark Of respect, the House at
355 adjourned