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The Portland daily press., 1895-12-19


E1Mail Car wreckcd-People Had to Walk
to Their Homes-Clergymen Trying to
Settle Matters.
philadelphia, December 1S.-The seD-
ond Gay OF the street railway strike was
in contrast with the violent outbursts
OF yesterday, but nevertheless many vio-
lent scenes were enacted. The Union
Iractlon company only succeeded in run
ming lew cars on various lines at long
intervals under q heavy guard Of police.
before dusk the company withdrew what
few cars 1T had out and again tonight
they are not turning wheel. Thousands
Of people were obliged to walk miles to
their homes The police auothrities
claim to be fully able to cope with the
strike. An ugly spirit was manifested
ID the crowds, and it was noticeable
that more men collected than boys.
an kensington crowdsi blocked the
tracks with all kinds of distractions, fire.
quently when the police would leave
car to remove the obstruction the mob
would make an assault upon the car and
break the windows, and beat the conduc-
tor and motorman.
The police had orders to show no mer-
cy to the rioters, and they dubbed them
with free hand whenever they came in
conflict with them. The same see mes
were repeated In other sections of the
city. At Fifth and Moore streets the
track for whole block was piled up two
feet high with paving stones.
This afternoon car going west on
Market street was followed by mounted
police At Ninth street. mob surround
ed the car. The officers opened passage
with their horses, but it was slow work
through the window of a car. This was
followed by q shower Of stones and clubs.
The officers charged into the mob and
drove them back riding up on the pave
ment and forcing hundreds of women
and spectators to take refuge in the
stores. The crowd was aroused, it clung
behind the car: at Twelfth street it press
ed SO heavily upon the policemen that
two drew their revolvsrs and fred into
the air. This frightened the crowd and
it fell back. 1t soon recovered courage
and from Twelfth street to Sixteenth up
around the pubic buildings it was
A RUNNING FIGHT
betwe en- the police and mob.
At Six teenth street the crowd fell
away. Two hundred strikers attempted
to parade today, but were charged by the
mounted police and dispersed. This even
ing mail car approaching the car shed
at Kensington avenue and Cumberland
street was wreckel by mob. A great
crowd gathered around the car shed and
open threats were made to burn the she'd.
Later the mob melted away and all ia
quiet tonight.
Two hundred olergymen met this after
noon and appointed committee to per-
suade both sides to arbitrate their differ.
ences. The Christian League is making
efforts in the same direction. The Trac-
tion company brought number Of men
here today form Baltimore The strikers
persuaded them to return home. Attacks
upon mail cars have aroused the United
States authorities.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-19
A Brakeman Killed.


Kennebunkport, December Is. George
ID. Walker of this town. son of Captain
W. Frank Walker, brakeman on the early
trala from Portland to Boston was kill
cd there this forenoon by passing en-
gine Just as he stepped form his own.
Mr.. Wallace was favorite and progress
sive employe. He was twsntyfour years
of age, was married about year ago to
Miss Nellie Smith, and had a child Of 6
old few weeks
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-19
PORTLAND THURSDAY MORNING


Berlin, December 1s.-The Zeitung
| make Englishmen consider the policy to
Wnlch their country owes Its isolation.
Inc tone of the message, says the paper,
| IS oubtedly due in some degree to
key.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-19
Maine Postm asters.

Washington, December 1S.-The Senate
in executive session today confirmed the
following Maine postmasters: b. 4.
Blagdon, Wiscasset; e. R. Dow. New
port; C. G. Homer, Bucksport; E. T..
May berry, Westbrook; Charles Walker,
Lewiston.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-19
THE ECHOES.
OF the Message Are Heard Around
The World.
COMMENTS UPON 1T FROM EVERY
QUARTER.

What the English Papers Say-How DipIo-
mats Regard it-views of the Maine Del
egation-Most Everybody Seems to Be
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-19
(Boston Post, J

President Cleveland S message has torn
like a Cyclone through the squalls OF
politics. 1t has blown away the feathers
which smaller men had stuck in their
hats and we're duttering in breezes of
their own raising
Mr.. Cleveland steps out as statesman,
and Lodge dwindles to an aimless blus-
terer, Chandl Ter shrinks to the statue of a
quarrelsome child, and the whole jingo
Republican press shrivels. Here is a
great man maintaining great principle
In the way becoming to great people
There is no fummery, no clap-trap, no
ostentafion; but there is strong, steady,
unf1inohing patriotism.
The American people note the differ
enoe; and Grover Cleveland stands today
the strongest, the most admired, the
best trusted, in their esteem. He is
stronger with that great conservative
class that hold most closely to the ira
ditions of the republic. He is stronger
with those who look to see the place and
authority of the United States more
cleary defined in the family of nations.
He is stronger with that considerable
number of American citizens who do not
hold Great Britain in warm affection.
What is to come out of this .ntroduo.
tion o. new element in American poll.
tics? The Venezuelan incident will not
be settled in day, month, very likely
not in a year, and the people may demand
that the same hand which hasfsteered the
ship of state so surely right shall be kept
on the helm until the danger Is past.
Events are rapidly taking all the vigor
ana meaning out of the anti -third-te
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-19
In Vienna.

Vienna, December Is. The Neue Freie
Presse says that the indignation expressed
ID England over President Cleveland's
message in regard to the Venezuelan con-
troversy is abundantly justified.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-19

Grant Boardman was accidentally killed
at Thomaston by the falling of rock
yesterday.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-19
(Ex-Gov. Long Of Massachusetts,. }

''I am frank to say that I have very
little sympathy with what regard as
a distortion OF the Monroe doctrine. That
was a principle adapted to very differ
ent time, when our country was compara-
lively small and weak. But even then
what it contemplated was resistance only
to suoh engorgement OF American terri
tory by foreign power as would endan.
ger our own safety and interest 1t Is
absurd to say that it'meabt resort to
arms on our part because7of some petty
dispute between South American re-
public and asEuropean power with refer
ence to boundary line.
ship and bad policy for President
Cleveland to even intimate the idea Of
war, with all it's horror and cost, in such
case. AS read his message, it seemed
to me the very extravaganza of cheek for
him to lay down that because Great
Britain declines to arbitrate at his re.
quest on a question of the boundary he.
tween its own territory and that Of Vene.
uela, three or four thousand miles
her to do so by threat. and, if necessary,
by act of war.
~ should be hearty for the most vigor-
Gus assertion of American rights in any
cause where they are really assailed, but
I.have little patiencefwith what under.
stand to be the present outory for VIC
lenee and arms tn a cause Of no account
to us. 1t looks like bid for popular ap
pauss instead of statesmanlike guidance
of popular sentiment in the ways OF
peade, prosperi ty anu humanity.
~ am inclined to think that President
! Cleveland has shrewdly provided way
out by suggesting commission, through
which the whole bubble can e=zla s.,f
| eferyesce.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-19
=; =; :1||e
MEMS
NECKWEAR.
Buy it early.

Our Mems Fur
nishing Department
is almost a store of
itself-a busy, hustling
store too, especially at
Christmas time.
We take extra space
to-day to emphasize just
one Of the many lines
of goods in this depart
ment.
We have a magnifi-
cent assortment of
Mems Neckwear-the
largest stock and the
handsomest goods we
ever had.
Last year people
came in such a rush for
neckwear the last few
days we could not wait
on them satisfactorily.
What we want to say
now is this:
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-19
PHlLADELPHIA'S TURN.
The Street Car Strike Is a Serious
One.
POLICE WERE KEPT BUSY YES.
TERDAY.

strikers Follow Cars, Beat Motormen and
conductors and Destroy Property-A
EIMail Car Wreckcd-People Had to Walk
TO Their Homes-Clergymen Trying to
Settle Matters
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-18
Peck is Peeyish.

New York, May T.-George F. Peck.
recent Democratic governor of Wiscon-
sin, is at the Holland house. He is here
on private business and expects to re-
main for a day or two. Speaking Of the
condition in his state he said:
you see a great deal printed in the
papers in the east about Wisconsin be-
ing torn wide open on the silver ques-
ton. These reports were perhaps true
about a month ago, but conditions are
very different today. The bubble has
burst and the farmers and merchants
are thinking for themselves, and this
thought has not done much for silver.
When the craze first started I saw a lot
of men who expected to make political
capital out of the movement. Now, po-
litical ambition is all right, perhaps, but
the men who have 1ocked to the silver
standard 1 do not thing did It on account
of conviction, but through the idea Of
gaining political chances. One month
ago, had an election taken place with a
silver ticket in the field, believe it
would have swept the country. Today
the silverites have only scant following
Suppose a man had been elected on a
silver ticket, he would hate himself all
through his term of office, for he would
know very well that he could not de
liver the goods Prosperity is returning,
and with it a better understanding of the
financial questions of the day. say con-
tidently that Wisconsin is securely within
the ranks for a sound currency and no
thing can shake her allegiance
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-18

dusty, but the drive and view down
the green valley, with the mountains
and the lake, as well as the beautiful
dwellings in the city were greatly ap-
preciated.
At the Fort the visitors We're re-
ceived with the governors salute Of
seventeen guns. No salute was fired
or Congressman Mondell and Shafroth,
though they would have been entitled
to one had not the governors salute
been fired. A dress parade, with bat
talon drill, was given, with full COM
panies, which made an excellent show
ing. The spectacle was witnessed as
well by a large concourse of visitors
from the city as the distinguished
visitors, who were all hearty in their
praise.
After the parade was over General
Penrose invited the delegates to his
home, and there were received by him
with a short speech. He said h. wish
ed to extend them his most hearty
sympathy and hoped that their labors
would result in the reconciliation of
silver. He said he was for free conf
age and. the army was with him.
In the name Of the visitors Governor
Prince returned thanks for the warm
reception, as well as the kind words
for the cause of silver. After some
liquid refreshments the party were en-
tertained at the officers club, where
the citizens had already been enter
tanned. At $780, after the entertain
ment at the hands of the officers at
the Fort the party again entered their
carriages and were driven along the
PoppArton Place boulevard and down
Second street to B and then down
First street to the Eagle Gate. BY APP
pointment the party paid their respects
TO President Woodruff, and President
Smith and Apostle Lyman assisted him
in receiving the merry enthusiastic
throng, who came to thank him and
congratulate him on his wonderful
Figor at his advanced age. After the
reception the party separated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-18
COURT COULDN'T MOVE HIM
Ex-Deputy Collector of Internal
Revenue Murphy, Who Guarded
His Records, Speaks in Praise OF
Pafne's Celery Compound.

Ex-Collector of Internal Revenue
Thomas f. Murphy, of Maine. who was
brought into prominence all over the
country during President Cleveland's
first administration by refusing to
allow certain civil officials to peruse
his records, heartily indorseS Paine'S
celery compound.
Mr.. Murphy is keen observer. He Is
a writer of no mean ability, has been
employed as editor and editorial writ
er on several papers, is recognized
throughout Maine as a forcible and
convincing speaker. and is universally
liked. At present he represents a big
Boston house on the road, where his
warm geniality makes him welcome to
every hotel and railway train.
In the smoking compartment Of a
parlor car last week he was praising
Paine's celery compound to a fellow
passenger. The person to whom he adj
dressed his conversation had been laid
up with the grip. The malady left him
in bad way, sort of depression Of
spirits and a Discrimination for bust
ness.
II felt the same way said Mr.. Muir
ply. After wrestling week with the
grip it left me depressed and weak
One flight of stairs was enough to
make me puff and wheeze like a leaky
bellows. A mile walk would almost
floor me. Headaches began the moment
1 got out of bed, and L felt about as
mean as any one could for the whole
day. Hearing so much about Paines
celery compound I made up my mind
to try it, and I'll tell you how it
worked. 1t was like close applications
of soothing lotions to a scorched finger
After few doses found that on re-
firing L soon dropped into sound, re-
freshing sleep In less than a week
was myself again. My eyes, which are
none too strong at their best, but
which burned and ached till I began
taking Paine's celery compound, as
sumed their normal condition and real
ly seemed stronger than before the grip
marked me for victim. I can walk
five miles now and feel none the worse
for it.
My wife and boy are taking Paines
celery compound this spring"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-18
CONVENTION srpEL1GHTs.

Salt Lake is now the great silver city
of the United States.
Most of the delegates will leave for
their homes today, but some will remain
over Sunday.
Salt Lake is honored by the voice of
the brainy silver delegates, and the
delegates-well, they think Salt Lake lis
a mighty fine city.
The Associated Press should come in for
a word of praise for its extended, accur-
ate and exceedingly interesting report of
the proceedings of the convention sent out
from this city.
Salt Lake has been entirely unselfsh
in its efforts to make the great Silver
Conference a success, and it is already
reaping the reward that always follows
unselfish effort for the common good. All
honor to the members Of the committees
who worked SO hard TO make the confer
ence a success.
The extraordinary interest being taken
in the silver convention by the east is
evidenced by the orders received here for
dispatches from the eastern papers. Mr.
H. @. Whitney, representative of the
United Press. which supplies 500 of the
leading papers of the country headed by
the New York Herald and Sun, sent out
nearly 10000 words of the convention pro-
ceedings. including the full address
printed in today's Herald.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-18
Chile,s Conversion.

Washington, D. c., May 1.-THE text
of Chile's currency conversion bill as
passed by both houses of congress has
been received here. 1t provides for
specie payment from June l, 1895. AS
both metals are to be utilized the change
promises to have an important effect
upon the worlds supply of metals. The
president of Chile is empowered for three
years to coin S1O,0O0,O00 Of silver. All
proceeds from the sale from the nitrate
beds shall be devoted exclusively to the
purchase of silver. Three gold coins, $50.
$40 and &C. are also provided for. The sill
yer dollar is to weigh 20 grams, and be
1885 fine. Silver is not legal tender above
$50, except to the government, where it
is received as gold. The government
mint is also directed to exchange for gold
any silver dollar presented to it with
that object. The act also provides a sys-
tenn of bank currency, guaranteed by
the government and redeemable by the
government if the bank fail.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-18

Terre Haute, Ind, May 17.-Senator
Voorhees, has arrived home for the first
time since the adjournment of Congress.
He said:
II am too old to change my views on
the silver question. I have always been
a friend of silver and it will always re-
main the money of the common people.
while gold will be the money of the rich.
1 hope 1 will be able to make another
campaign on that subject. When we
talk about free silver we must recollect
that this country was for eighty-one
years, prior to 1873 practically on a sill
yer basis. This country fought the war
of 1872, the Mexican war and the war OF
the rebellion under silver. The opposition
to it is knavish and speculative. By pro-
nouncing against silver and driving it out
as a currency the purchasing power Of
gold is increased, and that is what the
rich are after"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-18
UTAH GETS THE CHAIRMAN.
Sut Denver Has Been Voted For the
headquarters.

After the session of the convention
last evening the newly appointed ex-
ecutive- committee held a meeting and
perfected an organization. OF course
the first thing was the election of a
chairman and Utah was unanimously
honored with this office, Hon. R. c.
Chambers being elected chairman by
reclamation. Hon. Z. B. Light, Of
Colorado, was elected secretary. a dis
cussion came up as to the head
quarters of the committee. The men,
bers were so taken by the hospitality
and beauties, as well as the central
location of Salt Lake, that they were
generally in favor of making this the
seat Of campaign. However the mem
bers from Colorado and New Mexico
held out for Denver. They said that
Colorado is really the hotbed of the
silver sentiment. Denver is a rail-
road center and has excellent asso-
Glazed and united press facilities. Be
sides this more money can be raised
from that state than any other in this
region and it will be a good point
from which to conduct operations.
AS this was supplemented with the
further argument that the work of the
committee viii have to be done by
correspondence and there win be but
Lew llCGlA41SS III lllC COtl444lS NdIlp11Sl1
Ihe delegates were quite taken with
st and voted for headquarters at Den
yer. No action was taken as to the
plan of campaign, but another meet
ing will be held this morning and
full plan of operation will be laid out
for tie battle.
One of the important things that
has been determined on and which
was voted favorably by the commit
tee was the appointment of Governor
Prince, of New Mexico, as a COM
mittee of one to visit the various large
cities of the east and see what best
arrangements can be made for the sill
yer propaganda. AS this is his idea
and he has given much attention 10
the subject he is best fitted to per-
form the work and will undoubtedly
make a. success. He promised to
leave on this mission within the next
two weeks and will probably be heard
from within the next two months.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-18
JUSTICE FIELDS AMBITION.
Anxious to Break the Record on the
Supreme Court Bench.


Washington, May Injustice Field will
next Monday celebrate the grand ami
versary of his entering upon the duties
as member OF the United States SUI
preme court. He was appointed to the
Office on March 10, 1868, by President
Lincoln, but did not assume the duties of
the position until the goth of May follow
ing. He was at the time of his appoint
ment chief justice of the supreme court
of the state of California, and he desired
to finish the business which had been be-
gun before transferring his labors to
new field. The eighty-second anniversary
of his fathers birthday also fell on the
10th of May, which was another reason
for selecting that date for beginning his
Counting from the date of his appoint
ment, only three justices have been long
er on the supreme bench than Mr.. Field.
These were Justice Marshal, Justice
Storey and Justice Wayne. Chief Justice
Marshars term covered th.rty-four years,
five months and five days; Justice
Storey's thirty-three years and nine
months and Justice Wayne's thirty-three
years and five months.
When Justice Field went on the bench,
Judge fancy was chief justice. 1t is
said to be Mr. Fields ambition 10 extend
his term so as to make it the longest on
record, and he bids fair TO be able TO
accomplish that result, Notwithstanding
he is now almost Seventy-nine years old.
tended resignation, which are quite
regularly revived, are. carried to him,
that he hopes to remain on the bench at
least one year longer. Justice Field has
already made known his intention of go
ing to the Pacific coast. where his cir
cult is located, during the coming vaca-
ton of the supreme court, as has been his
annual practice with comparatively few
exceptions, ever since his appointment,
Notwithstanding the law requires visits
to the circuit only once every two years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-18
HOMESTEAD ENTRIES.
a RULING OF GREAT INTEREST TO
OUR PEOPLE.
1t Arose on the Appeal of Johnny
DrysdaIc, From the Rejection of
His Homestead on an Abandoned
Military Reservation.

Washington, D. c., May lin deciding
the case on appeal of John Drysdale from
the rejection of homestead entry on the
Fort Crittenden abandoned military res
ervation, Utah, Secretary Smith holds
that although the entries on this reserva-
ton prior to the passage of the act of
August %. 1894, are invalid. bona fide set
tiers, within the limits of this reserva-
ton and Of all other abandoned military
reservations of more than 5000 acres are
now entitled to make entry on the lands
occupied by them, providing no adverse
claims have arisen since the termination
of the six months that elasped after the
passage of the act.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-18
ANARCHY IN FORMOSA.
Riots Are of Daily Occurrence, Many
Being Killed and Injured.

London, May 1.-THE Times, tomorrow,
will print a dispatch from Hong Kong,
which says that anarchy prevails in the
northern part of the island of Formosa,
and riots are of daily occurrence, numer-
Gus persons having been killed and
wounded.
General Ku Hung Kuk, Hatta chief,
ern portion of the island, and several
thousand well equipped soldiers have
Joined his standard and his force in
have captured and beheaded many of his
followers, but the revolt seems to be
spreading. China advocates the recogni-
ton by the powers Of Formosa re-
public.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-18
BI,iErALLIsM IN GERMANY.

Berlin, May 1.-THE Bundesrath is now
considering the resolution calling upon
the German government to take the
initiative for the conference for the in
ternational use of both gold and silver
which was passed by the upper house Of
the Prussian diet yesterday. 1t is ex-
pected that the Bundesrath will coincide
with the motion and will ask France and
America, or either of them, to join a
call for a conference within a month.
Next week the reichstag Will also pass a
Similar resolution. The bimetallists have
already received 2O6 signatures in the
reichstag, which will give them an
absolute majority.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-18
REVOLUTION IN HONDURAS.

New York, May IA special to the
World from San Salvador says:
A revolution is reported to be in pro-
gress in Honduras. This government
has hurried troops TO the border between
the two republics to prevent intrusion
upon the territory of this country and to
preserve strict neutrality. Precautions
have been taken to prevent parties leav
ing San Salvador for Honduras.
A report comes from Honduras that
fourteen prisoners, captured by the gov
eminent froces, have been shot. Another
report is that four officers were killed by
the soldiers of their commands at Santa
Tppla