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The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01

The Tendency of the Prices Again Up
ward.
New York, May 81. .-Bradstreets tomor-
row will say: The observance of Memorial
day services served to check the volume
Of general trade this week, and there has
been further shrinkage in the amount
of business transacted, due to the not al
together well-founded fears of serious
damage to grain crops
The bank clearing total for the week are
only 1888, 900, 000,ss II per cent heavier than
in the corresponding week (also one day
SHORTY in 1894, as contrasted with last
week the shrinkage is 25 per cent with
the week two years o(during the panic)
seven per cent. Reports to Bradstreet's
from manufacturing industries of
seventy-fve cities east of the Rocky
Mountains show more than two hundred
and twenty seven important manufacture
ing concerns have started between April
employees have secured work. An
additional and significant fact is found
in the report that the wages of no fewer
vanced within this period, an average of
ten per cent, of whom six-sevenths re-
ceiyed the advance without striking. The
tendency of prices this week is again up
ward, notably for steel and iron, which is
in better demand despite the higher
prices, as are cereals cotton, leather shoes,
which with some other staples in all six
teen, close higher on the week. Coffee,
sugar, -four, lumber, coal and tin plates
are firm at last weeks prices Declines
in quotations are /. 16 cent for print cloths,
petroleum four cents, Pennsylvania
tobacco at Philadelphia and live cattle at
Omaha and Kansas City. Wool continues
in slow sale, interior prices being above
what Eastern merchants are willing to
pay.
The prolonged dry weather has made
its influence felt on the demand for all
collections also, and this is true of Ne
braska and Iowa points also, except in
the former state good rain in the middle
of the week revived confidence somewhat.
Seventeen year locusts appeared through
out Nebraska, but thus far in that as in
other leading grain producing states, the
damage done crops is said to be less than
reported from day to day in the press.
There are some gai MS at the South,
with improved agricultural prospects in
Tennessee affecting business at Nashville,
Mepnhis and Chattanooga.
Exports of wheat flour included as
wheat) from both coasts of the United
States and Montreal this week, amount
to 2, 426, 900, bushels, against 2, 401, 900 the
same week a year ago
Failures throughout the United States
this week number 205, against 1873 this
week a year ago
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
Fighting Death.

Washington, May 31.-Miss Abigail
Dodge fingered through the day without
improvement and had lapses of semi
consciousness alternating with total un-
consciousness. Her strength is gradually
failing on account of the excessive heat
and her inability to take natural food.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01

New York, May 81. S1.--Treasurer White of
the Erie railway, said this afternoon that
he had no instructions to pay the interest
due tomorrow on the company's bonds,
known as "Fund 5's," This means 1t
will be a default on this interest, which
amounts to 800, 1851,
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
A Gang of Fire Bugs discovered.

New York, May 31.-Morris Schoenholz
charge of arson and arraigned today II He
was held in So 600 for examination. The
facts brought out by Scheonholz's arrest
show the existence of another gang OF
firebugs in the city besides the recently
scattered Grauer gang. The case was
set for examination June 4th. Two OF
the gang have confessed.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
A Heavy Failure,

Boston, May 31.-Samuel Hano, real
estate agent, 50 Braintree street, with a
residence at Newton, has gone into in
solvency. He owes about 1915, 600, which
includes $1s5, 600 secured by mortgages.
Unencumbered assets are S54 shares of
Allston real estate company.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
The Kittery Navy Yard Shut Down.

Portsmouth, N. H, May 31.-Nearly all
the force in the department of construc-
tion and repair at the Kittery Navy yard
was discharged tonight owing to the lack
of funds to carry on the work, which
practically shuts down the yard.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
Further Particulars Of BedOuin Out
rage at Jiddah
BRITISH WAR SHIPS ORDERED TO
THE SCENE AT ONCE.
Frenchmen Object TO Extending ANY
Courtesy to Germany-Formosa Is Not
Anxious to Become Republic-Other
Matters of Interest.

Constantinople, May 81. 31.-Embassies
here of Great Britain, Russia and France
have demanded the punishment of the
Turkish police at Moosh, who broke into
the residences of the British, Russian and
French delegates on the Armenian COM
mission for the purpose of arresting SER
want.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
Fatal Mistake of A1van B. Goodwin.
Special to the PRESS.)

Bethel, May 31.-Alvin B. Goodwin died
this morning at O'Clock. He has been
in feeble condition for year or more,
but able to be out Of doors about every
day, but has taken no solid food for
many months.
Last night about O'Clock he said to
his wife that he would like some of his
medicine and went to the medicine box
and took a teaspoon full of the contents
which looked like the medicine he was
taking, but which proved to be iodine
which strangled him. Dr. c. d. Hill was
called at once and remedies administered,
but he lived only five hours
Mr.. Goodwin was prominent Mason and
was well known throughout Oxford
county, having been deputy sheriff 40
years of his life. He was man of con-
siderable legal experience, a kind husband
and father and an obliging neighbor. He
will be greatly missed by the community
Mr.. Goodwin was SO years and 10 months
old. He leaves wife and one daughter
who are much afflicted by this sad
event and have the sympathy of the
whole community.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01

same time to Mr.. Merriman's assistance
and caught the horse by the bride, one
on each side: The animal dragged them
along with him for some distance, but
was finally brought to standstill. MI.
Merriman then alighted, apparently un-
hurt. DIR. Gilman S tall hat was still on
his head and Diversi had suffered no
harm. But the blood from the ugly look
ing cuts in the horses neck made Grim
son pool on the pavement. He was I'M
harnessed and taken to stable near by
The carriage was somewhat damaged, but
not badly
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
Local Weather Report.

Portland. Me-. May 3l.-The local Weather
Bureau Office records as to the weather the
following:
Sa.m.-Barometer. 29772: thermometer,
no; dew point. 6S; humidity IA wind, NV;
velocity, 6; clear.
Sp. m.-Barometer. 29.Sl5: thermometer
73.0; dew point "a: humidity. Is; wind, NV;
velocity =; weather, cloudy.
Mean daily thermometer. $50; maximum
thermometer. $40; minimum thermometer
$40: maximum velocity of wind, 10. "
total precipitation. 0.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
THE WEATHER..
Fair and Warmer,

Fair and Warmer.
Boston, May 31-Local forecast for New
England: Fair; continued warm
variable winds
Washington, May 31.-For Maine: Part
ly cloudy in Eastern Maine; variable
winds.
The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
BRADSTREET'S REPORT.
Remarkable Evidence Of the Improved
Business Situation.
WAGES OF 17S,OOO WORKMEN
ADVANCED IN A MONTH.

During the Same Time 227 Important
Manufacturing Concerns Have Started
Up Employing $4,000 HandS-Business
Somewhat Checked by the Holiday
The Tendency of the Prices Again Up
ward.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-08-12
Female FLOATER FOUND.
The Body Of q CoIored Woman Take
From the River Near Cordovs.

The Body Of . CoIored Woman Taken
From the River Near Cordovs.
The body of an unknown col.
ored female was found floating
in the Mississippi near Cordova
last evening by William n. Gale.
It was towed ashore and pre-
served until this morning, when
Coroner Halves was summoned to
conduct the inquisition. Nothing
touching upon the Identification OF
the woman could be ascertained. No
marks of violence were apparent on
the body, which was supposed to
have been in the water three or fOuI
days. Decomposition had not set in,
although the body was considerably
bloated. The remains looked to be
those of a person of about 35 years
The Verdict.
The verdict returned was that the
woman met her death from unknown
causes. The remains were ordered
buried.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-08-12
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment wher
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 a perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
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 all drug.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but i. is man
ufacturei by the California Fig Syrup
70. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
sccept any substitute if offered.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-08-12
OUR BOYS At THE FRONT

Ne ws From Company A at Camp Lincoln
The First Day.
HEADQUARTERS COMPANY A, CAMr
LINCOLN, SPRINGFIELD, Aug. IL
Company A, the Rodman Rifles, ar.
rived in camp safe and sound Satur-
day morning at 5 O'Clock. The
advance guard. composed of three
members. arrived the preceding day
and had the tents and grounds fully
prepared for occupancy, when the
company arrived. The advance
corps was accompanied by Fred
Schmid. thoroughly up-to-date man
in the culinary art. and his efficient
assistant.
When the boys struck the grounds
they Immediately proceeded to the
company mess tent. and did ample
justice to an appetizing meal all pre-
pared in anticipation of their arrival.
After breakfast, which they declared
tasted better than any meal they had
ever sat down to, the quarters were
prepared, and with all of the modern
equipments with which they are pro-
vided. they find that sleeping COM
forts are almost equal to those re-
ceived at home.
Camp Duties.
After good rest they were pre-
pared for their first actual camp
duties, which consisted OF battalion
drill at p. M, composed Of four
companies. under command of Major
Channon, and dress parade at $3.50,
the latter probably the most auspic-
ious sight in military drill. 1t pre-
sents very pretty appearance which
is probably evidenced by
the fact that unusually large
crowds witness it. These two feat
ures conclude the first days work.
AS far as military duties are con.
cerned Sunday is unobserved, the
regular routine of camp life goes on
just the same including, of course
church exercises, which we sincerely
hope all of the boys would attend
and which they probably will(?).
Monday morning the boys viii
have a chance to distinguish them
selves in craftsmanship, and though
they do not hope to carry off the
finest badges, they will do the bes
they can and may possibly surpris'
even themselves. L.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-08-12
Haas appearing for the city and H.

Haas appearing for the city and II.
A. Weld for the objecting property
holders. The case was taken under
advisement by Judge Adams until
Wednesday.
A team Of horses attached to q car
riage in which were a number of
ladies and children collided with
motor car 43 on Fifth avenue and
Twenty-fifth street yesterday after
noon. but beyond the bending of the
dashboard of the car somewhat no
damage resulted, although the occu-
pants OF the carriage were consider
ably frightened. One of the horses
became alarmed at something on the
sidewalk, reared and pushed his
mate over in front of the car.
The special drives which McCabe
Bros. are offering in underwear in
the ladies' muslin underwear depart
ment, second floor, this week. were
replevined from one of the large
Chicago bankrupt disasters which
has attracted such wide attention for
some time in the courts. The con-
testants becoming tired Of legal pro-
ceedings and expenses, agreed.
through their attorneys. to sell the
goods to McCabe Bros. at As cents
on the dollar and divide the proceeds
equally between themselves.
Col. w. r. King, chief Of the
government engineer corps. has rec
commended the acceptance Of the bid
of NJ. H. King, of Des Moines, for the
construction of levee between the
Iowa river mouth and Flint creek on
the Iowa shore, to the war depart
ment. MIR. Kings bid is for S.1s
cents per cubic foot. the lowest OF
the 90 other competing firms. There
are 100000 cubic yards of work,
which makes the amount of Mr..
Kings bid $57.26O. Col. King re-
ceived official information of the ac-
ceptance Of the bid today.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-08-12
INTELLIGENCE COLUMN.

NIRL wANTED-GOOD WAGES PAID, Al
u So3 Twentieth street.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-08-12

Z L RNlSHRD ROOM FOR RENT-LAD1
Z preferred. Apply at 10. Fou.th Avenue
Rock Island Argus., 1895-08-12

The Burlington route sells tickets
for the Knights Templar excursion
to Boston and return at $685., as
low as any other line.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-08-12

WANTED-SALESMAN SALARY FROM
w start; permanent place. Brown Bros
Co., nursery men. Chicago.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-08-12
The Mendoza Visitors.


Fair and warmer; southerly winds
Todav's temperature. 81.
F. j. WALL, Observer.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-08-12
SUNDAYS EXCURSIONS.
A Large Crowd spends the Day at the HI
nois Metropolis.

A Large Crowd spends the Day at the Ilii-
nois Metropolis.
Over one thousand people from the
three cities saw the sights OF Chi
cago yesterday. The exceedingly
low rate offered by the Rock Island
attracted delegation much larger
than anticipated by the company,
which sent out a special from here
comprising 16 coaches, each one OF
which was filled when Moline was
passed. About three hundred went
from Rock Island. To accommodate
the people at intermediate points it
was necessary to attach three addi-
tional coaches on No. 2. The spe-
c,al arrived at Chicago at noon and
departed about midnight, the excur.
sioni lists, all carrying tired expressions,
being landed this morning in time
for breakfast.
The Mendoza Visitors.
The Mendoza excursion brought in
the neighborhood of 600 visitors to
Rock Island. The heretofore sue.
cessful efforts of Davenport busy
bodies in circulating reports that
blue laws prevailed here were either
abandoned on this occasion or no,
properly worked. as the visitors for
the most part remained here during
the day.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-09-17
Earlr use OF aunporder.

War destroys, and at the same time is
the incentive for the creation of new
things. War and iron are inseparably
linked together. The discovery of gum
powder caused complete revolution in
the manufacture of iron. The mixing of
sulphur, sa1tpeter and coal as a toy had
been known for long time. Hence, to
speak of the discovery of gunpowder in
the fourteenth century only refers to
the application of powder during that
century for the purposes of war. To
credit the Monk Bertold Schwarz, or
Black, with the discovery of gunpow der
is incorrect. However, his investiga-
tions into the nature of powder and its
constituents for use as an applicable
force in guns produced a radical change
in the then customary warfare, and
from that standpoint Bertold Schwarz
deserves to be recognized as the pro-
moter of modern warfare
Hundreds of years before Schwarz' &
time the Chinese used gunpowder.
The invention of field guns is credited
to the Chinese Emperor Vitey, or Wut-i,
who lived 140 years before Christ. Dur
ing the eleventh century the Tartars
learned the use of gunpowder from the
Chinese. The Arabs acquired the knowl-
edge of gunpowder from the Tartars
and are said to have used cannon at the
siege of Lisbon in 1147. The Greek fire
was invented in Cos A D., and besides
setting fire to the enemies ships and
cities was used to shoot leaden balls
out Of metal cannon. Marcus GRACIOUS,
who lived A. d. 12o4-1261, describes
gunpowder Is mixture of two pounds
of coal, pound of sulphur and six
pounds of saltpeter.-Iron Age.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-09-17
Razor. of Ancient pays.

IF man at the very; beginning was
hirsute, when did he afterward yearn to
get rid Of at least portion Of his bairT
That brings us down at once to shaving.
At first the hairs on the jaws and chin
must have been plucked out singly.
Could a process of this kind, carried
out during immeasurable periods, have
produced comparatively beardless race,
as are our Indians2 If man shaved first
with shell on a bit of flint, his suffer
ings must have been intense. Prehis-
toric men in Great Britain, Ireland,
France and Italy used bronze razors. for
we find them today. Generally these
razors had tang, with a hole in the
tang, so that they could be suspended
The razors are rounded ON the edge and
resemble in shape those Of the Chinese.
New York Times.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1895-09-17

/
ours and he is touring the Rockies.
have been sent to obtain an interview
with him, but my card has been return
ed twice by Count Somebody -or-other,
who is one of the suite. To all intents
and purposes the prince has refused to
see me. !"
ssThe idiot, +" I ejacuIated-"er-I-
mean-the man must be insane
s'No," said Miss Stanford. ignoring
my remark, hes been talked to death,
that's all. I overheard your conversa-
ton and discovered your profession.
You are a newspaper man.
"True, said, tbut if the prince
will not receive you he certainly will
not listen to my request.
Here is plan, - went on my jour
nalistic friend. s'I must see the prince.
It's absolutely necessary to my future.
am determined to talk to him. There
is no one else in this part of the car but
ourselves. Suppose you forced an unwel-
como attention ON me-what should
be most likely to do?''
"You'd run away, wouldn't you?'' 1
hazarded-
"Run wherea" she gasped. "where
should run to?''
"Into the next car, by Jove, an
swered, catching the daring idea.
"That' it. " And the girl from Frisco
literally danced in her seat with delight.
'tDon't you understandable prince is
young, he is chivalrous-eyen hot head
ed, they say. IF you viii pursue me in
to the next car will be your friend for
life. Will you do it?''
cyI,a cot fI,aT.o xr-i4I, both bonds axta0d-
ed toward me in an attitude of suppi-
cation. saw Parl1in coming down the
aisle from the smoker in the rear end,
face. He ducked out again as silently as
a ghost.
1t was risky business this chasing
women into princes caravans, but still
it was business. Lord, if could only
get that royal Austrian to punch my
head, that and the story leading up to it
would sell like new Yankee toy in the
Strand. 1t was good enough thing to
take chance ON.
"All right said $50 ON.
Like lightning she was off down the
aisle, past the smoking compartment,
where my Winnipeg friends were await
ing my arrival, and into the rear coach.
Three piercing shrieks uttered as she
disappeared brought crowd of foreign
notables to hes rescue, and was uncer-
enormously hustled off the platform by
one of the biggest of the lot. The next
instant was struggling desperately in
the arms of those three engineers from
Winnipeg, who swore 1 had suddenly
gone insane and wanted to telegraph my
friends. 1t took me half an hour to ex-
plain matters to them and to the con-
ductor, whose indignation passed all
understanding. Then Miss Stanford
emerged, leaning ON the arm of stiff
backed dignitary of the Austrian court,
who bowed her into our car with pro
found ceremony.
''Shake hands," she cried, her face
flushed with excitement and satisfac-
ton, "shake both hands, kiss me if you
want to. I've got 1.-THE best story that
ever was printed.
Somehow always thought that Miss
Stanford forgot to print the best part OF
the story. And this is the whole truth
about that interview with Ferdinand. =
Arthur James Peglar in st. Louis Re
nnbIic
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senator Faulkner was recently in

Senator Faulkner was recently in
terviewed on the political situation,
and said:
ST regret the prominence silver is
having at this time. In Ohio and
Kentucky our greatest danger lies in
division on that question. L can {
understand why the Democrats in
those States should want to make sill
yer the leading issue, when the ques-
tion of coinage is purely National
one, to be met and answered in our
next National convention. My in
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