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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-19
win Hold Augusta Offices.
War on the A. p. A.

Sioux City, Iowa, March 1s.-The
Protestant ministers have caused consid-
cradle excitement.here by their concerted
attack upon the American Protective
Association. The association NUM- ers
about 1000 votes here, and controls the
balance. of power in the elections. The
ministers denounce the association as
wholly anita merican and urge their
CONGREGATIONS to shun it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-19
Short Nam "a.

A correspondent, wh6asks whether "Ira
May, Avon, Mass" is not probably the
shortest address in this country, may be
surprised to learn that there are dozens of
postoffices with names of three letters,
like Ayr, Bly,, Dot, Elk, Ute, etc., several
with two, like All, and there is at least
one, not mere station, but a postoffice,
with single letter, ''B, Ind, )" and, as for
names, there are plenty like o Ax.-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-19
MISCELLANEOUS.
]. R. LIBBY.

First Spring overture from the
Housekeeping department..
Opened yesterday, and now at
your service.
Full Standard Brown Cotton, yard
wide, DC.
case yard wide Bleached Cotton,
short lengths, excellent quality, DC.
1 case Chic Shifting Prints, &c.
case Merrimack Tartan Prints,
red and black, fast colors, Sc.
Irregular price 614c.)
100 pieces Cheviot Prints, similar
to those you saw in our window last
week, &c.
White Crinkles 10c.
(Those are cords and Fuckers. in several
widths. BoStoneSe are making tnem up 1or
beach and piazza and mountain Weaf.)
A horizontal of Cheese Cloth, IN
all the high colors, SC.
Csome of them loud enough to be heard
mlle) M
Double width Scrim, Sc, 7c, Toe.
Double width Lace Scrim, 10c and
- lie.
Ginghams, 8 lie.
l Apron Checks, sc.
Dress Ginghams, 7c.
All our best IL 1-2c Ginghams,
some of them as choice as Scotch,
Zoe.
Silkolenes, handsome as a picture,
loo, - lie.
Bates Turkey Red Table Damask,
2sc.
Almost a mountain pile Of All
Linen Stevens Crash, SC. &c, 7c, Sc,
Sc, 10c.
lThese prices are plump % per cent. below
The market value.l
Two new lots Linen. Damask Tow
els, handsome patterns, fine quality,
II lie and 25c..
| lot Colored Shirts, all made, 35c.
/. so full size Chenille Table Covers,
extra quality, sl.0d
Who Says Blankets in springtime :?
We dove bought for your sum-
mer cottages, for your camping par
ties, several lots of blankets.
White and gray Blankets, SOC a
pair.
Another lot white and gray Blan-
kets, 69c.
SO pair new and clean Cottage
Blankets, 10=4 size, 81 pair.
Here's one large pile Of $3.50
Blankets, made in Winthrop, we
bought them at bargain, you get
them at 81 so.
Half Bleached Table Linen, SOC.
Ia new lot and the best we have shown at
The price. washing brings out good qualities
that do not show at first glance)
A high grade Bleached Table
Damask, 81 1-2e.
I'VE have sola poorer goods at 81 and our
conscience never winced-had no occasion to-
All the goods named in this adver-
tisement are fresh and new, bought
for this Special Housekeeping
Goods Sale.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

(a.l Name a good lotion for the complex
1onY ~ Give cure for pimples and face
eruptions. Ans-(a.) Do not endanger your
complexion by any lotions. Most Of those
upon the market do more harm than good.
Consult some leading dermatologist who has
made study of skin diseases and it will pc
cheaper, better and safer. ~ Use antiseptlc
soaps.-Nezv York tSHn.
John q. Woodbury., 1875 West 42d Street;
New York, is the leading Dermatologlst OF
Gntiseptic soap which besides being an ex-
cellent toilet soap has medicinal properties
which will cure face eruptions. Send LOG.
for sample cake and get illustrated COOK
upon skin diseases free.-Edifey.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-19
AUCTION SALES.
F. o. BAILEY & CO., Auctioneers.
RECEIVERS SALE.

THE undersigned, Harry r. Virgin, receiver
l. and trustee of the DEMO Automatic Alarm
Push Button Company, hereby gives notice that
he will sell at public auction to the highest
bidder at the office of Payson, Virgin 3 Davis,
No. "a Exchange street, Portland, Maine. on
TUESDAY. March 80, 1894, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon, all his right, title. and interest
as receiver and trustee as aforesaid, ana
all the right, title and interest which
said DEMO Automatic Alarm Push But
ton Company had at the time OF its
dissolution, in and to letters patent of the
United States for an improvement in electric
signaling and alarm apparatus. numbered 397,
S3S, and bearing date February IL, 1889: here
by giving notice to the purchaser that Louise
A. DEMO of Rochester, New York, claims
royalty of 2 cents upon each push button
made and sold under said letters patent. Dy
virtue of contract made between said Louise
A. DEMO and said company, bearing. date
October 4th. 1889. And said receiver viii also
sell at the same time and place all his right,
title and interest in and to 900 sets of shells
for push buttons
HARRY r. VIRGIN.
Receiver and Trusteeof DenioAutomatic Alarm
Push Button Company. mar13dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-19
The Peoples Party.
Especial to the Press. j

Rockland, March lS.-The Peoples
party caucus held here Saturday night
chose the following delegates to the
state convention in Augusta, Thursday:
FL. S. Hobbs, A. A. Beaton, VIM. Far
row, Jonas Spear, A. FL. ELMER, Addison
Keller and Fl. 81. Flint. Among the
candidates mentioned for governor is
W. H. Sargent. Portland.
Narrow Escape for Horse and Man.
Madison, March ia freight car at
tached to the rear of a passenger train
this morning left the iron mile below
this village. The track was torn up for
81 rods and the train delayed three
hours. One hundred and seventy-five
ties were cut into kindling. The car
contained W. P. Holbrook with colt
en- route to East Baldwin. They were
badly shaken and had narrow escape
from rolling down a 50-foot embankment
into the river.
VIII Hold Augusta Offices
Augusta, March 1.-THE Republican
caucus for the nomination of city ofic-
ers was held in the city council rooms
this afternoon. The following officers
were nominated and will be voted for
Monday forenoon: City clerk. Lewis A.
Burleigh; city marshal, Joshua F. Bean i;
treasurer and collector, James r. Town
send; assessor for three years, Chas. E.
Nash; overseer of poor for three years,
Albert W. Brooks; city physician, DR.. d.
P. Leclair; street engineer, G. Ell. Gan
nett; auditor, Samuel W. Lane.
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OBITUARY..
DR.. John sheehan.

Boston, March is. DR.. John Sheehan
of Dennysville, Me-, died of heart disease
this evening on the New York and New
England train. DR.. Sheehan was return
ing from the South to his home in
Maine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-19

The Portland Daily Press is only SOC a
month: try it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-28
BEADLETS.

Congressman Baldwin, Bede's frIen d,
has backed GrOver.-Slayton Gazette.
Everybody will be CONTEMPLATING him
aSif they always knew him. Buffalo
Gazette.
Although young man, Mr.. Bede has
not been found neutrality-suspicious.
Tribune.
lie passed part of his life on farm,
and he graduated rs fighting editor
Duluth Press.
From his front name, it is evident he
is older i'll the biz than the boys thought
he was.-Farmers' Leader.
The Republican has newly ground
carving knife, which is j. Adams to
command Winona Republican.
He Baldwin) stood by the man that
stood 10y him. The average politician
does not always do that.-W adena Pho
nter.
The people have little care who is APP
pointed SO long as the functions Of tile
Office are properly discharged. - ST,
Peter Herald.
TO Judge by the bright things he
writes, j. Adam Bede is smarter than
all the wheel horse bosses who are mad
At his appointment. Springfield Ad-
vance.
The Pioneer Press called him a small
potato politician, ana j. Adam SAID that
it is a direct slap at the Minneapolis
Tribune, as that paper is edited ny q
Murphy.-Little Falls Herald.
We don't know why a man with 4
spark of humor about him cannot as
ably and honestly fill a government p0
sition as man who continually re-
minds one of walking cake of ice
Sank RIDidS Free Press
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-28
Coming Events Cast Their shad-

Coming Events Cast Their Shad-
ows Before"
Martin County Sentinel.
Brother Huntington, OF the Window
Reporter. and the editor of the Sentinel
not long ago had a somewhat heated
discussion upon the silver question, and
10 many who do not understand the
warm and forgiving side Of the editorial
nature it looked as though relations be-
tween the two papers We're somewhat
strained. This gracious compliment
from the last Reporter shows that the
iron did not enter the soul OF our eS-
teemed contemporary, and that he is
willing that the dead past should bury
its dead:
y lot of boys say that Frank y. Day,
of farmOnt, would make a good candi-
date for lieutenant governor. and the
Reporter IS OF the same opinion. Frank
I mas mad a long experience in legisla-
ton, Is thoroughly cOuyCrSant with par
lIanentary law. and then if Gov. Nelson
| should be chosen as senator or as angel.
! Frank would make mighty good gov
ernOr.
We desire to say right here that if by
! any lnterposition OF Providence we
should succeed to the chair of chief
executive OF Minnesota Mai. c. Hunt
lngton Will be our chief Of staff, and if
a vacancy occurs in the United States
Stnatorshp he viii be the one to go
up higher" We are not going TO be
| outdoHe IN pOliteneSS. But why book
us Tor lieutenant governor? What's the
matter with our being a running mate
with Bob Lincoln in '9G? Just feel of
! the public pulse, Brother H.: put
your ear to the ground and report.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-28

NORTH DAKOTA BRIEFS.

The Burlington Grabber is the name
of new journalistic venture in North
Dakota.
Fargo has decided to sink trial artc-
sian wells with view to securing water
supply from that source.
Hon. Duncan McLaren, of Fargo,
recently died lii Florida. lie was one
of the early settlers OF the Red river
valley.
Grand Forks ice appears to be as bad
rs the water. An Ann ArbOr eXamina-
ton shows 64,C0O germs in two hOuIs in
one drop of water from the ice derel-
Oped on geIatne plate, as reported by
the News.
Township elections will be held in
North Dakota the 9th day OF March
next In addition to the usual officers
Sour commissioners Of cancellations will
be elected in each township this year -
Sergeant County Teller.
Judge Corliss, OF Grand Forks, adopt
ed Il SolOmOnlc procedure in settling
which parent should nave possession of
4 child 'in litigation" lie let the
youngster choose for himself. To the
surprise Of the court the child chose
his Fargo Argus.
The state press is keeping up gall
liant crusade against the Oue.crOp idea.
II experience is a good tutor, the fam
ers Of North Dakota should need little
advice on the subject Of crop divers il
cation. They have seen the prosperity
of the man who diversifes, as compared
with the "hard-up" condition OF the
one who had only 5O-cent wheat to sell.
Fargo Argus
The following from the Winnipeg
Free Press is a sample Of the adyerus-
ing North Dakota is receiving through
its thistle agitation: Three counties
bordering OH South Dakota have Been
abandoned 10y the settlers on account Of
it, and 10000 square miles of wheat
lands are covered with it and rendered
worse than useless. \ bill has been
submitted to congress providing for
measures of relief, and asking an ap-
preparation Of $1,00O,000 TO aid III It's eX-
termination" 1t is hardly necessary to
add that no farm ever has been aban-
dOned. The appropriation is asked to
meet an evil which is feared; not one
Ivhlpl twists
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-28
PRESS OPINIONS.

Cornell students are engaged in nour-
lShlng and cultivating variegated as
SOrtment of alibiS.-W Washington News.
An anarchist house. That is what
Congressman Bland calls ii, and he Is
not far out OF the way.-New York
Recorder.
How To compel members to do what
they were sent there for seems to be the
leading problem of tue houSe.-lndian-
apoliS News.
Hon. Larry Neal takes Il more hope
full view of his own ease every time he
gazes on that Pennsylvania majority
Washington Post.
If Galusha y. Grow were Il Younger
man his big plurality might make him a
dangerous rival of Reed. Mckinley and
uarrisOn.-St. Louis POst-Dispatch.
While colleges make rules about
games for students, in view Of the Cor
nell affair something might also be
done as 70 their trickS.-Philadclp
! Times.
Speaker Crisp, like his predecessor In
office, knows Il quorum when he sees il,
and Is thoroughly aUle to appreciate the
| existence OF one in the hOuse.-Balti-
more Herald.
| In spite of all opposition, the lofty
! purposes of the Hawaiian revolution are
| being accomplished. President DOle's
| salary has been liXed.-LouiSyilIe Cour-
! ieT-JOurnal.
y police justice seems to be needed on
| the roStrum of the house of representa-
! tiveS. Perhaps few heavy fines would
| help to quelI some of that disorder
! Baltimore American.
With a reasonable income tax and an
| increase of the whisky tax it will be pos
! sible 10 meet ali necessary expenses Of
government. Sugar must be kept on
! the free liSt.-New York World.
! Gov. Mckinley continues to address
I his felIow-citiZens in all parts of the
! country. 1t will be noticed, however.
! that Mr.. Reed is not backward in rising
! to point Of order. The hOnOrs arc
! easy Boston Herald.
! Mckinley evidently counts that day
/ lost when he does not make a public adj
| dress OF some kind. He should remem-
! Der that some of our best known pres
idents were not fluent public speakers
| Boston Globe
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-28
A BOOM OR TWO.

Foraker's declaration for Mckinley
for 1896 carries something's more dan
gerOuS than mental reservation in its
bOot-leg.-New York World.
The reason the Democracy is not
looking round tor consolation is that
owing to the peculiar position they
occupy they can only look up.-Phila-
delphIa Times.
Benjamin Harrison inclines to tie
opinion that one William Mckinley IS
doing more than his share of scraping
and bowling over the PENNSYLVANIA
election returns.-WashiDgton Post
McKmley's workers are already find
ing 1t hard task to keep it before the
country that he has presidential boom.
1t appears to have been sprung not
wisely but too sOOn.-Detroit Free Press.
A complaint is heard from Michigan
that the Mckinley presidential caravan
has been infringing on Alger territory.
The Mckinley people ought to be able
to understand that Ayers barrel is to
be respected If his delegates cannot be.
-SittSburg Dispatch,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-28
MINNESOTA SENTIMENT.

Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Hill ga ined
almost as much nOtOriety over their
contest as did Mr.. Corbett and Mr.
Mitchell.-AnNka Herald.
1t is decidedly peculiar, yet it is true,
that Duluth mas let up on the free iron
ore cry since Rockefeller raked into his
grab-bag all the MeSsabi iron Mines
ST. Cloud Times.
That President Cleveland has the com
mon sense 10 know when he is licked is
demonstrated by his nomination OF Sen
atOr White, of Louisiana, which nomi-
nation was immediately confirmed.
Mo0rhead News.
The man who gets a position in
department at Washington is usually
lncapacltated during the remainder OF
his life from doing any other work.
Department life produces dry mental
rot.-Duluth Herald.
The announcement that the ReDub-
llcan state convention will be called
early this year, probably about June,
does not meet with satisfaction. This
mades an altogether too long campaign.
Fergus Fails journal.
Republicans have nowhere to lay
their heads or build their nests, and rs
outcastS are now trying to lay more Of
their eggs OF greed, hard times, low
q
DemocratS.-Spring Valley Sun.
When the Wilson bill is once passed
manufacturers will fight hard to retain
it. What is troubling them now is not
tariff reform but tariff uncertainty. Let
the senate see to it that the uncertainty
IS ended at once. st. Cloud Times.
Birds of a feather don't flock by
themselves. Minnes0ta's two United
States senators have joined Dave liilp 5
flock, and whatever stigma attaches to
| Hill must be shared by Davis and WASH
| burn.-La Prairie News.
The conduct of the house Of repre-
sentatlves in Washington shows that
that body has given up all hope of
| regalnlng the respect of the public, and
| proposes to go and make the most dis
| graceful record pOSSlDle.-Little Falls
| Transcript.
Wheat was given protective tariff OF
| % cents OuShel by that measure Me
! klnley law, and yet it continues to 20
! down, down" How time is knocking
! the stutfin' ont of that glorious class
| legislative dOcument.-ROcheste Rec
! ord and Union.
hepuOIican papers never speak Of the
! New York Sun nowadays without add
| ing ''Dem." to its name; and yet the
! Sun never responds by speaking Demo
| cratic. 1t Is talking Republican in It's
! morning, evening and weekly odi-
| tiOns.-St. Cloud Times.
Only a year ago the Republican pa
| pers were calling Populists "calamje-
/ hoWlerS." At the present time the rm
! fined statesmen OF the East led by Toy
| Reed can omit one Of those dreadful t
/ pOYerty-stricken hOWlS that would pa.
pOpuiist of the rankest kind to shame
! Thief River Falls News
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-28

..,.,..-......., ..,,,,,. of Cbiid Noturr',
49,, NJ tI,.r,,,T ,he wpiI-knoyn
,,.;,,1i,,,I nc ,hc Chfcaro Kin
tar,,,rtn, onr,..,. and in their
toiI- and ',iso,,.-.oI .l..,. are led by Miss
Cho,tn ,h.. dir...,ress of tine iiinder.sar-
to,, Ia,,,rt,rn,,t NJ, ,l.a f,acn.-,. training
scnonl Int.r,.r n, tt,t.. .Iil, 1, growing.
and the rntnrsias.-. wa, IN which the
INV mr. NOR. ueu,be-s discuss questions
relative to fh,t most important of ali
syniacts 90 thr mothers. "rhe Child"
hil. fair p, l,iap 3N thoughts of a
further. 5isen..,.,u. or the tariff problem
,nnr ~ t,.,fr. ,r,.,..
Sio,r.u.- III. ,.,. moment TO consider
what j. r.a.I, means 10 the child. this
h,autftql .o,.riY.,. oar and developing
of fine faculties under the care of a
wise and careful teacher. one can
raa.,fl, ..-4 th. need of teacher meeting
mota-l. and also of teacher meeting
t,tacher. so thai IN the interchange OF
ideas and experiences each may help
the other. 70 this end also the kinder
! garten association exists. and with
! Miss Choate as president, Mrs. Pas
SAGE as secretary. and Miss Green %
manage the finances of the society, 1t is
1 certain that good work Will be done.
! The first Saturday morning in every
month between sixty and seventy kim
dergartners and primary teachers meet
/ at the MaNneld school and discuss the
work OF the TWO most important DEPART
ments OF the public school, together
| with The PRINCIPLES of Froebel. \ paper
! i something's read ON ..nIavs, for the
! oriIdrar = t,.rinoI ,,la,. hainer L,n,,,,-
- y 80 80,
! - o''0 "a INC 'S'0 gnu i0t-
! Io"tu 10y general discussion.
mis- association IS now in It's second
year. and is doing excellent work. The
! best OF good feeling existing ALWAYS
| I,,+c.oo, ,na +,oa,ar. .,,,h ,,,.,o.i,,-.,
= '''0'' III ,'''r .
ca" o0 "clp'"l' 40 pI1HS anu lhetuouS
! may De discussed ana suggestions eX-
/ changed.
When added 10 the coonprativa yOrl,
ontl,nnd . ..,notbar., nan;ip,y ,, baId ~.
+1,oj,,.5af,.,..aI.i', ii..f,, ,,,,I-,',, ...i,,
'''0 ~ 40 l'''0'e 1''''' "0''"I VIZ" Is
! oHc oI inc uItetlVSSe9 aI me training
| school, 10 which the mothers of the
| children directly under the care of the
! teachers OF the MaNtield come il is nos
surprisin,, 70 note that women all ovnr
th,. f, Rim ~, I,s,,,, ooI;.,
t t,'. Nv 30 NV - o0io'0
t''e necessary lOI parent anu teacher tc
work together Tor the good OF the child,
are now making a study OF the child
nature. and by talking about the child.
rpn,s work with the teacher the racrlt,
rI,toi,,a,I a,,,,,,, faiI - ,,a ,r.o+if,.i.,l-
ONt'iitNN NN''i'ON -''- l" " si''t i'iS7-
III tllis colhec'l0h' ana as an lnSplra-
tloh 10 an VINO nave Tue SUBJECT a
he"tt, me hinHefSartGn ASSOCIATION, II
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-28
COMMERCIAL ST. PAUL

That the tide has turned is generally The
1898 In the rebound discerning minds plainly days
and Of prosperous activity St Paul may conra-
lated having firm through the recent COM
mercal upheaval
50 much for the past. Let % the future
1894 promises to be good crop year For year past
light orders have been placed for merchandise Empty
shelves must be rcpenished largely ST. Paul The
recently opened line of the Great Northern railroad to the Pa
cltc coast material expansion trade The rapid
development OF the lake carrying tonnage cheaper fuel
and rates merchandise from the East. rapidly dv
opng manufacturing and industrial enterprises point to an
increased populaon greater prosperity Iaborin classes
and vast increase in the volume of business yearly
Our banks, jobbng houses all business men
are upon sound footing. Our sails having trimmed and
the financial storm weathercd, St. Paul invites Northwest
to ITS doors with the Of frightening skies points with
pride TO Its record as the Commercial Metropolis the new
Northwest and assures all friends competitors patrons
continuance OF that spirit of fair dealing which has made the
city great.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-28
ROBY RACE TRACK.
Judge GiIiet's Vigorous CHARGE
to His jury.

to His Jury.
HAMMOND, Ind, Feb 2I.-ln charg-
ing the grand Jury of the Lake circuit
court this afternoon, Judge Gillet called
the attention of the jurors to the RoDy
race track, ITO Whose management
said the Judge, I'VE are indebted for all
| the difficulty we have had. The fact
| that we have had the race track before
| simply resulted in having the prize
lighting amphitheater afterwards. The
/ same management is back OF it all. It
! IS the expectation of the court that if a
! careful investigation is made there will
! D. no DOUBT about q conviction. If 4
| careful investigation is made ana in
| dIctmeutS are returned and these men
! prosecuted, the good people Of THIS
| county VIII have an opportunity to OK
| press themselves upon this subject and
punish these otfenses by the
measures OF punishment which
! ought 10 be melted out to persons
VINO conduct institutions of such char
acter, and the guilty parties will find
that they cannot afford to sell pools in
this county 1t Is the courts desire
that YOU should work in a business.like
way IN this transaction. | don't simplv
want indictments. [ want the grand
jury to make snch an investigation that
there will NOT only be indictments, but
that there will be evidence at hanG to
convict. / don't want anything like a
hippOdrOme.'
The Judge called the attention of the
Jurors to the bJollmakers, as the per
sons yod should particularly look after.
Also the persons who are engaged in
attendance and are assisting in this
business. 1t the facts should show
that amy person Is an attendant upon
this place for the purpose OF betting
and for the purpose of buying pools, he
may also be Indicted as 4 common
gambler"