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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-11
THE CRANE TELLS The STORY.
A Novel Method of BIacklisting Adopted
nv Western Railroads.

A Novel Method OF blacklistinS Aoopteu
by Western Railroads.
OEAHA, NEB., September 10.-Omaha
railroad men ere much alarmed over
the discovery Of what they regard as
novel blacklist being worked on all
western lines. Since the strike all men
seeking employment are required TO
bring a clearance from their last com
pauy. The men claim that
all companies are using
sheet of paper on which to
write these recommendations that have
the figure Of crane worked in 1t, and
while the writing may Indicate that the
bearer is all right, the position OF the
animal on the paper, which is invisible
except to a close observer, really deter
mines the applicants standing. In this
manner by a secret code OF signals, the
railroads, the men say, can write them
favorable letter and by using paper
with the figure Of the crane, indicating
dissatisfaction, prevent their securing
work. The men are very much
alarmed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-11
HE WAS A BI9AMIST.
j. f. Forbes, of Huntington, Had Wife
Living in Indianapolis before He Mar
ried Miss Roiley.

Special 10 the Re0iStsr.
HUNTINGTON, w. VA, September 10.
Some time since, j. +. Forbes, fine
looking man, came here frems Indiana
and began selling machinery In this sec
tion. He represented himself as a sim
gle man and married, after a short
courtship, Miss Tillie Holley, young
girl, who, al the time, was clerk in
Charleston store, and whose parents re-
sided near Milton. BE withdrew from
the firm here several weeks ago and
went to visit his wife's people, where he
was taken seriously III, and his life al
most despaired Of. Before entirely
well, be left for Indianapolis alone, on
important business" and yesterday IL
was learned that be had died there, and
that he left a wife at that point
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-11
The Rfysr

GREENSBORO, PA, September TO-
River feet 10 inches and stationery.
Weather-raining.
STEUBESvILLE, OHIO, September 10.
River Z inches and rising. Weather
cloudy and warm.
OIL CITY, Pa, September l0.-RIver
4 inches and rising. Weather cloudy
and pleasant.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-11

KINGwoOD, w. VA, September 10
John II. Feather, ex-COunty Superin-
tendent OF Schools, and one Of Preston's
foremost citizens, died at mis- home al
Bruceton Mills, to-day, of typhoid fever,
aged about - years. The Odd Fellows
will bury him on Wednesday. He
leaves a wife and two daughters and
was once a member Of the House OF
Delegates.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-11
The NJ. e. Church soHth.
Syeesl to me ReoSse-.

oTttEEF 70 20 as9-IS7-s-
HUNTINGTON, w. VA. Septemb Der 10.
The annual conference Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South, for the
district OF West Virginia, concluded It's
session shortly before midnight, when
the new appointments were announced.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-11
C. A. R. ENCAMPNENT.
Not an Accident, an Immense Crowd
and Superb Weather.

ne Thousand Naval Veterans
March Through the Streets-A
Splendid Reception Outdoing
Anything Ever Known, by Mrs.
George Westinghouse-The Big
Parade Comes To-day and 1t
VIII Be Immense-G. A. r. Pol
itics and the Place for the Next
Encampment.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-11
Fines for Selling AduItsrsd Foods.


COLUMBUS. O., September 1O.-The
State Food Commissioner, +. b. Nc
Neal, turned into the State Treasury
to-day 81, AS which represented fines
collected by him for selling adultered
foods since August l3.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-11
Old Lady Died from the Heat.

SptttdI 70 Ute IeDt'eI.
PARKKRsBUBG, w. VA, September
1O.-Mrs. Harriet Taylor, aged seventy,
widow OF VIM. Taylor, was overcome
with the heat at her home on Swami
street yesterday evening and died in a
fAW minutes
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-11
GRAND ARMY POLITICS,

candidates for Commander in-Ohief Hard
ar work-LouisTins and St Paul Fight
ing for the Next Meeting.
PrrTsURG, PA, September 10.-Can-
Kissing has been going on briskly al
Adly ia all directions 10 connection
b G. A. K. politics. OF the four can
lates for the Office Of Commander-in-
I each has pretty strong backing
pg the delegates to the
npment. Judge Long, Of
gan, has an enthusiastic
ing, but the friends OF Colonel
=, Of Illinois, claim that they have
all the Northwestern States bsa-
%, while the supporters OF Color
ker, OF Indiana, assert that thsH
komlses enough 20 carrI him
The Texas aspirant, John ID
bas plenty OF friends wh
Of his ability to win.
zadl s. Paul are making
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-11
NEGROES ARR LYNCHED
In the South for FOrCibly Gratifying
Their DeViliSh Lust.
GOV. O'FARRELL DOESN'T DENY IT

And Has No Excuse to Offer for
1.-THE English Investigating
Committee Might Have Saved
Itself Much Trouble by Stay
ing at Home and Attending to
the Internal Affairs of It's Own
Country-Should Sweep Before
Its Own Door First.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-11
Funeral OF the count OF Paris.

LONDON, September lot was def
nitely decided this morning that the
funeral Of the COmte de Paris is 10 take
place 81 Way bridge Surrey on Wednes-
day next.
The coffin is Of plain elm, lined With
lead and covered with black velvet.
The mountings are Of silver, and the
plate bears the name, date Of birth and
date OF death OF the count, interspersed
With feurs de lis and the arms Of the
Orleans family.
Republicans Plotting = Return to Power
Because Of the Conditions Produced By
Their Own WAstefulness.
EUerv furnace lChOSe arcs are out
eueYlJ tCheel that stands GilG-ererV ship
iUhoss sails are TOtting IN our hGrbOrS-
sperJ IabOrer Out Of emplOymslt-eUery
farmer on the road to acknowledgement
merchants tChsHs trade has dtmi1ished-
nRnmmnSaS' AQSe doors are closed
ahe highUOV-e eueru
kPn 1tpon
plotting
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-11
saows VERY SMALL GAINS.
Return, From the Maine Elections Com
tnS tn-CIeaves Elected.

BANGOR, Me-, September 10.-Ke-
turns received by the NelCs up TO eight
o'clock tonight indicate that the Re-
publcans have made but slight gain
in the State over last year. 1t looks
now as IN Cleaves (Republican) will be
elected by plurality OF $4,000 to &c, 600
in total vote Of llO. 600.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-11
THE WEATHER

WASHINGTON, ID. c. September 1o.-For
kwest Virginia and Western PennsylvaDe
air till Wednesday dighrf cooler; nort
W winds n
Tor OhIn:t Far till Wednesday; cooleA
puthern Dartion; northweseeriy 1ind3<
psr wednSdsy; A
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-11

Plotting = Return to Power
because Of the Conditions Produced By
Their Own WAstefulness.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27
PERSONAL.

MissLillian Carll-Smith sang the group
of songs composed and played by Mr..
Arthur Foote, at the readings by the
authors at the Hollis street Theatre, Bos-
ton, on Thursday.
MI. VIM. II. O'Brion has been ap-
pointed clerk to the United States
steamer inspectors, the position left va
cant by the death of Mr.. j. Hall Boyd.
The place is worth $1,000 per year. Mr..
O'Brion was member of the Democrat
ic city committe for 1S92-93, and has been
a member OF the Common Council.
DR.. L. L. Estabrook of Rockland, its at
the Preble.
John Bennett Esq, of Parsonsfeld, is
at the United tates hotel.
Warden S. III "A lien of the State prison
at Thomaston, is at the Falmouth.
Mr.. A. S. Bean of West Bethel, is at the
Falmouth.
A. strout, Esq, is at the Falmouth.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27
Judge Peters Is Merry.

Chief Justice Peters of Maine was at
the Yale alumni dinner at the Vendome,
Boston, Thursday, and said he was aw-
fully glad he came, and told several good
and very unjudicial anecdotes. AS
Daniel Webster was won't to say that he
never saw a man by the name of Web
ster without seeing his father in his face,
SO he could never see Yale man (unless
he was too almighty homely) without
seeing himself. And there was no ex-
ception here.
I When he went to Yale he was the only
Maine man there. The boys used to call
him ''the lone star" and as he weighed
only about 100 pounds he was not much
of star. Now there are 81 little stars.
Then the judge went on to say they
owed some allegiance to Harvard be-
cause Hugh Peters, the old cuss Gaugh-
ter), was a Congregational minister and
went to England to solicit funds for Har-
vard
He was going to run out his blue ban
ner with crimson decorations. That was
fair. Harvard could never get to the
Yale centre. (Applause.) 1t was not
half-bacl1, but way back. applause. J
He expected to see the debt to Princeton
paid back. 1t will be paid back. ZAP
plause.)
The college is perennial, men are NOR
tal." he said. ''Many Yale men are in
Heaven. When l go I shall call on Eli
Yale the first thing. unless etiquette pre-
scribes that he shall first call on me. .
Uaughter.)
Hon. w. L. Putnam said a good word
for Bowdoin College.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27
The Railway Mail Service.

Chief Clerk r. e. Graves of the Rail
way Mail Service, has received COM
munication from Superintendent E. J..
Ryan of Boston, which speaks very we'll
for the postal clerks in Maine. During
the year just passed they have put up
103, 239 cards in examination all of which
have been corrected and marked in Mr..
Gravess office. When compared with
the number of examination cards han
died by the clerks in the other sections
of the first division it will be seen that
the Maine boys are ahead of the other
clerks. Clerks under Horace Merrill of
Boston, handled 69,5Oo cards, clerks I'M
der w. B. Farwell, Boston, handled g.
OPS cards; E. P. Jewett's clerks handled
65,o96 cards and NJ. A. Butterick's clerks
put up 1862 cards. There are many
more clerks in the other sections of this
division than there are in the Maine Sec
ton.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27
NAMES FINANCES.
A Rapid Diminntion of the State Debt and
Rate of Taxation-Interview with
Treasurer BeaL

$50 far, Maine has been exceptionally
| fortunate, and has suffered less than any
other New England State,'' said tall.
soldierly man wearing the button of tile
Loyal Legion, to Journal re-
porter at Parker's.
The speaker was the Dirigo State
Treasurer, Gen. Geo. L. Beal of Nor
way. He was talking about financial
matters down East" politics being a
subject he had preferred to eschew.
''Of course, with the present outlook
in Congress, the uncertainty in relation
to the tariff may change this in the flu
fure,'' Gen. Beal went ON to say. ''Near-
ly every industry in Maine is unfavora-
bly, affected by the Wilson bill, and this
fact is bound to work much harm, I'M
less there is a speedy Indication that the
Dill will fail to become law, as now
seems probable
How are the state finances?'
Never better, l think | may say. Ow-
ing to the laws passed by the legislature
of 1898, the new measures of taxation
and the economical appropriations. the
state tax rate has been reduced to only
2 IA mills for this year, which is IA mill
less than last year. During 1898 we paid
off 100000 of our temporary loans, and
this year will wipe out the 100000 re-
naming. This will make all Names
debt funded. Even our bonds are slowly
being wiped out, as under the law one
fortieth are paid off each year. The re-
suit is that Names credit is among the
best. boston journal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27
The Staples Point Bridge.

The Boston Bridge Co. will have the
Staples Point iron bridge at Falmouth
completed today. Foot passengers will
at once be able to pass over it, but teams
will have to wait until the approaches
to the bridge are filed in If the honor
able county commissioners will put in
temporary driveway it will much ac-
comn.odate the large travelli ng public
the remainder OF the winter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27
Bristol's Horse Show.

We regret to announce that Prof. Bris-
tots horse show closes with this
evenings performance, but we are glad
to say that in every way it has been a
success. This afternoon the children
will have one more opportunity of hav-
ing ride on the small horse. So those
who have not been fortunate enough to
have ride should take advantage of
this offer. For further particulars see
advertisement.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27
BRIEF JoTTINas.

Committees on police, drains and sew
ers, sanitaries, public buildings, over
seers of the poor, fire department, street.
and electric lights met yesterday and
audited bills. Today the committee
on agency will meet at 4.30 and street
lights at pm.
The case of Silk VS.. Grand Trunk Road
will come before Judge Whitehouse to-
day on the question of damages
The Little Women are invited to meet
at Gilbert's Academy this evening at Z
o'clock.
Mrs. L. M. n. Stevens will deliver tenn
perance address at the St. Lawrence
street church next Sunday evening ky
invitation of the church committee.
The electric meters have been put in
place in City Hail.
Bangor 81 Aroostook railroad tick cts
to Houlton have been placed ON sale at
the Maine Central ticket Office.
The subject of Mr.. Bellows's "Talk"
at the Second Advent church next Mon
DAY afternoon will be Tolstoi and the
great Russians, with readings from the
novels of Tolstoi, Turguenieff, Gogol
and others.
Osmon C. Evans fled his petition in
insolvency yesterday.
VIM. W. Jackson, Jr., will preach at
the Free Baptist church, Town House
Corner, Cape Elizabeth, Sunday evening
at 7 o'clock. Subject, Goods wisdom
and power demonstrated in the begin
ming and progress of great events
Yesterday was cold and raw with splits
of snow.
Quite number of Portland horsemen
are going to Duck Pond today with their
trotters. The track there never was in
better condition than at present.
The New England Telephone and
Telegraph Company have commenced
stretching their new cable from the point
where it now ends in front of Haskell &c
Jones's store to State street square,
distance of about 2770 feet. The cable
is lead pipe containing 80 pairs of
wires.
They made strange find at the Atkin-
son Furnishing Company's offices
yesterday when somebody looked out
of the window and saw barrel of flour
lying in the street. The flour awaits the
owner at the company's Office.
Prof. G. H. Haskell, the lightning
chalk talker, will give an illustrated lee
ture on temperance at the Gospel Mission
on Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock. All
are invited.
There were two runaways picked up
on Commercial street yesterday and the
horses taken to Sawyer's stable to await
owners. 1t was said one of them
struck team in front of the Preble
House and inflicted some damange to it..
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27

Thursday evening next the Burns So
ciety holds its annual banquet at the
Preble House, when rare good time is
anticipated. The music for the occasion
viii be furnished by Prof. Rankin and
the Schubert Quartette. Mayor Baxter
will favor the Society with "reminiscences
of his Scottish trip, with particular ref
erence to Burns and his haunts. Among
the guests will he Miss Beecher and
Parker Pillsbury.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27
AT Pine and Chestnut Street Churches.

Rev. M. G. B. Mason, B. D., of New
Orleans, who is to occupy the pulpit of
Pine street church Sunday forenoon. and
Chestnut street pulpit in the afternoon.
is colored man, of rare qualification
and ability. A slave until the war. with
no opportunity for an education till after
his emancipation, he has by his own eff
forts secured a liberal education, having
received the degree of B. D. of Cannon
Theological School and A. M. of the
University of New Orleans. His ability
was recognized by the last general con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church by electing him to the field sec
retaryship of the Freedmen's Aid and
Southern Education Society of that
church, which place he is filling with
signal success.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
PORTLAND. Jan. Is, 1894.
Mrs. Edith Merrill,

PORTLAND. Jan. 70, 1874.
Mrs. Edith Merrill,
Congress ST., Portland:
Dear Madam
Thank you for giving me the
opportunity of answering-in this public
way-the question that is such a puzzle
to many "How can you sell women's Cot
ton Night Gowns, Corset Covers, Skirts,
Drawers, &c. &c. cheaper than you and
your neigh bors sell the cloth of which they
are made ?"
1t is puzzle, but like any other puz-
zle it is ''easy enough when you know
it,
Firstly-as the ministers say-we do
not manufacture the women's Underwear
you speak of, we couldn't do it if we
were the Misunderstanding geniuses
that we are not.
1t is made for us by three of the larg-
est, most reputable american Manufac-
turers.
These Manufacturers have large cash
capital at command enabling them to buy
great masses of material at such times
as the market is glutted and the goods
are cheapest Then at their factories
which are large, commodious, clean and
we'll ventilated-the cloth is spread out
on great cutting tables 20 or 25 thick
nesses deep, patterns are laid on and rs
garments are cut with peculiar cutting
knives with less than one quarter the eff
fort required to cut a single garment in
the ordinary way.
So that the cost of cutting is reduced
to less than one hundredth the usual cost.
Then each sewing woman has certain
specified pieces to put egether-Similar
to Waltham watch making-this gives
the sewers peculiar experiences and rapid
ity in turning out work.
The sewing machines are run by steam
which eliminates the nerve-killing
treadle work. The inspecting is done by
trained experts and is rapid and exact.
The wonderful system of these great
factories enables them to do the work at
triffing cost on single garment-and
do it well-and yet pay fair wage, make
short working days and congenial en-
ployment to thousands of contented
working-wome
Did you ever hear of a strike in a
women's Cotton Underwear factory !?
We think not
A large part of our best bargains in
these goods are made in the pleasant
country village of Newport, N. H., by
American girls who live at home, and do
this work in the Peerless Factory because
it pays them well and they like it.
Secondly-The great quantities that we
are selling of these goods for cash en-
ables us to get special prices and extra
discounts SO that we can sell YOU the
Gowns, the Drawers, the Corset Covers,
you speak of, at the same prices that
many of our neighbor merchants pay for
their goods. 1t is as if you were buying
direct of the manufacturers at their
usual prices to merchants.
To your inference that perhaps we sell
these Especial Sales goods at loss,
and charge the loss to our advertising
account, we would
we confess we are little confused to
meet that insinuation.
How did you guess it?
To be candid with you that is a "trade
secret
If we have omitted anything in our re-
ply please callsus oet again and we will
tell all we know about it.
Respectfully yours,
j. R. LIBBY,
Congress Street,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27
Thrown from a Sleigh.

Yesterday afternoon Fred Foster, the
son of DR.. B. B. Foster, his sister, and
Miss Maud Dyer, were sleighing in tho
Oaks, when the sleigh slowed, throwing
out the occupants. Fred struck the
frozen ground with such force that he
was stunned for some moments. The
young girls were slightly bruised. The
horse ran short distance and was
caught. The sleigh was slightly in
iured.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27
Bowdoin Alumni Dine.

The annual dinner of the Bowdoin
Alumni Association was held at the
Preble house last evening. Prior to the
dinner the business meeting was held
and these officers were elected:
President-Joseph W. Symonds
Vice Presidents-Charles F. Libby, A.
F. Moulton, G. A. Thomas and Clarence
Hale.
Treasurer-Frank s. Waterhouse
Secretary-F. G. Payson.
Executive Committee-Virgil c. Wilson,
Levi Turner, Jr., George f. McQuillan.
Dinner Committee-Ebe W. freeman,
C.L. Hutchinson, CA. Baker.
Orators. Clifford Belcher.
Poet-Joseph A Locke.
Observation-Disclosures W. Peabody.
The anniversary grafton by Mr.. Levi
Turner, Jr., was finished production,
and Col. Bradbury's poem witty and
pleasing.
After the business meeting the associ
alton marched into the dining room for
the dinner. The tables were handsomely
decorated and the menu was very attrac-
tive. After careful discussion of the
dishes placed before them the president
raped to orderand announced Hon. Chas.
j. Chapman was POSTMASTER. Mr.. Chap
man was extremely felicitous in present.
ing these 5oasts, to which the following
gentl emen responded:
Our Alma Mater-President Hyde of
Bowdoin.
Bowdoin Contamination. W. L. Put
nam.
Our National Governmental Moul-
ton.
State of Maine-Hon. Charles F. Libby.
City of Portland-Seth L. Larrabee.
The Legal observation-disclosures Hale.
The Medical Professionals. f. H.
Gerrish.
Cui Bono, Liberal Education-F. O..
CoHant
The Press-E. S. Osgood.
College Sports-F.C C. Payson.
Bowdoin Alumni-H Hon. j. W. Symonds.
The guests of tie evening were Presi-
dent hyde and Prof. Woodruff.
There were twenty-eight plates laid.
Among those present were these gentle
men: President Hyde, Prof. Woodruff,
Hon. W. L. Putnam, Hon. J.W. Symonds,
A. F. Moulton, Hon. CT. Chapman, Hon.
CT. Libby, Hon. j. A. Locke, S. L..
Larrabee, Clarence Hale, DIFF. Fl. Ger
IRISH, F. o. Conant, E. S. Osgood, F. G..
Payson, George A. Thomas, F. S. Water
house, Virgil G. Wilson, Lew Turner,
Jr., George f. McQuillan. Eben W. Free
man, G. Hutchinson, Dr.C. A. Baker,
S.Cliff ord Belcher, Clarence W. Peaboy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27
Serious Fall,

Thursday afternoon, about O'Clock,
a young man named Horace A. Winslow.
aged about 26 years and carpenter by
trade, fell from staging on a house
that is being erected for Edwin J. Davis
at Stroudwater. He struck upon the
frozen ground, a distance of fifteen feet
below, and was much bruised, and, 1T
was feared he might have sustained con-
cussion of the brain. He was taken to
his fathers house, where he resides.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27
Childhood of Jesus.

Rev. G. Everett Bean will give the first
of a series of illustrated lectures at
Vaughan street NJ. E. church Sunday
evening, January 2S. This lecture, as
given by the pastor. with the many beau
tiful views of Christ's childhood, should
be heard by all. The double, dissolving,
oxy-hydrogen stereopticon of G. f. Jose
will be used to illustrate the lecture.
It is free church and all are invited.
Lecture commences at 7.3O p. m.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27
Atkinson Furnishing Company.

There is report current, but it is not
affirmed or denied by the owners of the
black, that the Atkinson Furnishing
Company will have the Charles Day store
and the former Stockbridge store on
Congress street, with a rear entrance on
Free street, between the house formerly
occupied by Judge Ware and the Shaw
house. The workmen are excavating in
the rear of the old Stockbridge store.