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The Portland daily press., 1895-12-31
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$50 REWARD.

Cumberland IS. Sheriffs Office.
Portland Me-, Dec. u2, '95.
Iwill pay TO amy person OF per-
sons the sElRm Of Fifty Dollars
$3.50 for eghe recovery of the
body of "a child, about two
months old, supposed to have
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near Prides Corner, Monday
might, November 15th.
SAMUEL II. PLUFNNHER,
dec12dtf Sheriff.
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The change in the ownership of the
Boston Journal ensures the restoration
of the paper to able and competent man
agement Mr.. O'Meara, the new editor,
make was for the experiment which fol-
lowed and which has been made to the
Dissatisfaction of everybody connected
with, Or affected by, it, including the
readers. He is thoroughly capable
journalist.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-31

II the Senate sets to work revising the
tariff it will spend a lot of time, which
might be better employed, without &C
complishing anything whatever. No re-
vision of the tariff which this Congress
will make can escape the Presidents veto.
The horizontal increase of duties
made by the House was not a revision OF
the tariff in any proper sense of the word.
1t was simply a temporary expedient
to provide the increased revenue needed.
The Senate would be justified in ratify-
ing it by the samo reason that led the
House to pass it. But there is no justi-
fcation for the Senate undertaking an
elaborate revision at this time, and nc
sense in it either.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
PROF. WILSON'S SUCCESSOR.
New York Sum-.


The new chairman of the House com
mittse on ways and means is an unemo-
tional, conscientious, clear-headed and
self-reliant man, ignorant of the arts of
political Reimbursement, not talkatiye.
and generally thinking of the business in
hand rather than of himself in relation Ia
that business.
This is not exactly true description Of
the gentleman who preceded MI. Ding.
ley as chairman of ways and means. Prof
Wilson is intellectually impulsive to q
degree that units him for the serious
consideration OF schedules. His con-
science permitted him to introduce and
advocate tariff constructed on principles
which he had been attacking for years as
unholy, and which he was elected to
wipe off of the statutes Ii Prof. Wilson
is conscientious, he cannot be clear head
ed, If he is clear headed, his conscience
is elastic. In his character there is more
of the ivy than of the oak. Whenever
he appears in public there is something
about his words and attitude which sug-
gests the idea that his eyes are wandering
in search of a mirror. Nevertheless, SO
far as we know, Prof Wilson is making
very fair postmaster general.
The sharp contrast between the per-
sonal characteristics Of the former chair.
man of ways and means and those of his
Republican and Yankee successor is very
interesting to the ssudent of types OF
statesmanship. Prof. Wilson's type has
been more or less familiar to the public
throughout the period of tariff reform,
agitation. The Hon. Nelson Dingley,
Jr., in many respects belongs rather to
type more frequently seen at Washing
ton during and Immediately after the
civil WAR
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Portland National Bank.

TEHHE annual meeting of the stockholders
IL of the Portland National Bank of Port
land, for the election of directors TOR the
ensuing year and the transaction of any
other business that may legally be pre-
sented, will be held at their banking house
on Tuesday. the l4th day of January, 1896.
st 10 o'clock q. NJ.
CHARLES G. ALLEN, Cashier.
Portland, December ., 1896 dec6dtd
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Somebody suggests that the person
who cried fire in the Baltimore theatre
and prceipitated the terrible calamity
that followed be arrested and punished.
Punished for what-for losing his head
If we are going TO undertake to punish
people for that our civil courts will soon
be very much over worked. If anybody
deserves punishment it is the person re-
sponsible for the leaky gas pipe
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Annual m Getting Notice.

tion are hereby notified that their annual
meeting will be held at the office of the
wharfinger on Tuesday the seventh day of
to act on the following articles, viz:
First--To choose president.
Second--To choose a clerk and other
officers for the ensuing year.
Third--To act on any business that may
legally come before them.
NATHAN u. ROBERTS,
Clerk
Portland, December 81, 1895. dec3OdSt
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No justice of the Supreme court will
serve on the Venezuelan commission,
Mr.. Cleveland fearing that a selection
from the bench might interfere with the
business Of the court. Chief Justice Nc
Alvey Of the court of the District of
Columbia is now talked of as the third
member, Mr.. Phelps and Mr.. Lincoln
having been decided upon as the other
two, though their acoeptances have not
been received by the)President.
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TIE PRESS.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 81.

81. A. g." Hamilton is the name of
Dunraven's private secretary. That man
may be known by the company he keeps
is an old and true saying.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

The old story of Prometheus is parable,
an allegory. Prometheus was on terms of
intimacy with the gods. From them he
stole FIRE, and gave it to men. For this sin
he was bound to the rocks of Mount Ca1-
casus, and vultures were set upon him.
They only ate his liver This grew again
as fast as it was pecked away. Are his suf-
ferings to be imagined? Yes, and realized.
Take modern Interpretation of the par
able. There is no cooking without fire In
cooking and eating the mischief lies The
stomach is overtasked, the bowels become
c1ogged, they cannot dispose of the food
that is given them. The impurities back
UP ON the liver. Then come the vultures.
The sufferings from an outside, visible
hurt, are mere pin-scratch to the torments
of diseased liver.
But, 1noderns are ahead of the ancients.
There is sequel to the old story. DR..
Pierce is the author. His Golden Med
ical Discovery" is more than equal to the
vultures of dyspepsia and its kindred dis
eases. Every atom of the g Discovery" is
an active agent against disease. 1t flies
like ferret, wherever it is sent. 1t IS as
sure as the needle of the compass. There
is no more need of suffering from dyspepsia
than there is of hanging ones self
Mr.. W. ROGERS, of SOY Gya1son 81, Loufsyfl2e,
Ky. has this to say for himself and the . Golden
Medical Discovery: '' I was dyspeptic. I had
not had comfortable night in six years. have
taken three bottles of Dr. Pierces Golden Med
ical Discovery. l am now fifty years old. feel
thirty years younger" Yours truly.
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AUCTION SALES
CUMBERLAND NATIONAL BANK.

IL the Cumberland National Bank of Port
land will be held at their banking rooms on
Tuesday the fourteenth day of January, 1896,
at 10 O'clock A. NJ. for the choice OF Direc-
tors Tor the ensuing year and the transaction
OF any other business that may legally come
before them. W. H. SOULE Cashier
Portland, Dec. Ii. 1895. 141m
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WE Do NOT WANT CANADA.

(From the Philadelphia Ledger.)
There is not the slightest desire in this
country for territorial aggrandizement
Notwithstanding the proximity of the
great Dominion Of Canada, there is not
one American out of u thousand who
cares anything about the annexation OF
that country. Indeed, If Canada should
desire to be admitted to the Union with
the full consent of Great Britain, there
would be serious opposition to her admis-
sion. There is nothing. therefore, in the
way of territorial aggrandizement to be
gained by the United States through war.
and it may. therefore, be assumed that
this country will not go to war unless
compelled to do SO. Great Britain is
equally averse to war.
MR.. REED NOT PLAYING POLITICS.
Washington Letter to the Boston Tran
script.)
Mr.. Reed s committees give very gen.
eral satisfaction, and he has shown him
self statesman of courage in their selec-
tion. As pointed out some weeks ago in
these dispatches, the selection of Mr..
Dingley, Of Maine, for the leadership of
the floor would have been the worst pos
81 BILE thing from the point OF playing
politics, and the best thing possible fo1
the larger interests of the country He'd
Mr. Reed been laying wires sfor Presi.
dential nomination, with verything else
subservient to it, he would have given
this important Craftsmanship to some
State which he wished to win over or to
placate, and would not have wasted it,
needed not to be called to his support.
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ML.Me Roael@

Send 81 cents in one-cent stamps to DR.. R. v.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. and get DR.. Pierce's Med
ica Adviser. 1t is book of 1908 pages, profIsely
illustrated. 1t will give you complete knowledge
Of the human system in plain words.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-22
ELECTED In UNANIMITY.
Mercantile Library Associations New
Officers.
Three Ladies Selected to Serve in the
New Board Of Trustees for the
Next Year.

There was very quiet election of officers
by the Mercantile Library Association in
its rooms, corner of Golden Gate and Van
Ness avenues, yesterday and last night.
The officers selected may be said to have
been chosen by unanimous vote, as there
was only one ticket in the field with no
opposition and no scratching. The polls
opened at A. NJ. and closed last night at s
o'clock. AS there was no contest the vote
was unusually light, but this IS by no
means an indication that the members are
losing interest in the concern. On the
contrary they never were more active than
they are now in their efforts on behalf of
the library. The association carries debt
of $75, 600 at the present time, and this calls
for quite goodly sum in interest money,
which must not be permitted to default.
1t is true the association owns very valu-
able property, but cash is cash and debts
must be paid. 1t is desired to increase the
membership as much and as rapidly as
possible and it is believed that the newly
elected board of trustees and officers will
give renewed impetus to the needed work.
Yesterday three ladies, members OF the Mer-
camille Library Auxiliary, were elected to
the board of trustees, fact which no
doubt will add much to the library's popu-
larity and usefulness.
The officers elected were: A. II. Lough-
borough, president; Samuel G. Bigelow,
president; J. J. O'Brien, treasurer;
Bert McNulty, recording secretary; Will
liam Doxey, corresponding secretary.
The following comprise the new board
of trustees: w. H. L. Barnes, t. H. Craig,
A. E. Castle, f. f. Kentfield, A. Gerber
ding, Isaac Harris, Mrs. Isidore Burns,
Miss S. D. Hamlin, Miss Nellie Lowey.
Samuel Bigelow, T. HI. Craig, J. J.
O'Brien and William Doxey were members
of the old board
The new officers and trustees will be in
stalled next Thursday night at 8 o'clock in
the library-room, at which time the an
nual reports of the various officers will be
read and the new board of trustees will
outline a course of action for the future
work of the association.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Association will
continue work for the library's general
good in the future as in the past and a
new era of prosperity seems to be within
reach.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-22
ELECTION OFFICERS ARE SUBPEyAED.
Inquiry Will Be Made Into ALI Gases Of
Double Crosses and suspicious
Ballots.

Immediately upon the opening of the
McNab-Whelan contest before Judge Sea-
well yesterday morning Attorney Nelson
addressed the court, and, in pursuance of
the notice which he gave last Saturday, he
asked that the court appoint new clerks, a
new caller and new stringer. The pres
ent caller is son of McNabs partner and
Mr.. Metson declares that he could not be
otherwise than partisan. He had to
watch for each name as it was called, he
said, and on two occasions he bad detected
the caller in calling off the wrong name
from the ballot. The men doing the work
for Whelan are being paid by Mr.. Whelan,
he said, and until the other day he had
thought that those looking out for Nc
Nabs interests were paid by McNab. Such
is not the case, however, and he did not
think it fair to have the count continue
under such circumstances.
Counsel for McNab objected to any
changes in the existing order of pro-
cedure. He said that the mistakes made,
if there had been any, were liable to be
made by any one in calling off six or seven
| thousand ballots. He thought too that Mr..
| Whelan was Just as we'll represented on the
! list of those handling the ballots, and he
| did not see any reason for changing the
men now, particularly as they had origin
! ally been appointed by consent of both
| parties.
Judge Seawell refused to make any
changes, for, as he said, each man had
been already appointed by the court and
with the consent of both parties, besides
! the men had become proficient in handling
| the ballots, and to make any changes now
would only incur unnecessary delay. He
| thought the count was blocking the courts
| business long enough as it was, and as 1t
| had proceeded so far with the present
clerks they could stay on until it was
| finished
/ This matter being disposed of Mr.. Met
son offered his second objection. He would
no longer accept the packages of ballots
until they had been identified as contain
| ing the ballots actually Voted at the last
election. To do this it will be necessary to
| have the election officers of every precinct
| hereafter contested appear in court and to
| testify to their signatures upon the ballot
| envelopes or upon any question regarding
! the ballots which may give rise to a point
of dispute. Subpenas were issued for these
| officers by both sides, Whelan serving sub
penas for the officers in some precincts and
| McNab serving the officers of others. r.
| G. Mitchell, the Deputy Registrar, was in
court all day, ready to testify as to the
genuineness of the ballots which were pro-
! duced, but no interruption of any conse-
ouence occurred during the hearing.
| Sixteen precincts were all that were
! counted-six from the Fortieth District,
which finished that district, and ten from
| the Forty-first District. In all McNab
gained but six votes. The figures for the
| day were as follows:
FoRTIETH DISTRICT.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-22
THREE YOUNG FOOTPADS.
They Are Held on Two Charges Of
Robbery.
Positively Identified by Grocer Witte,
Gripman EOWd, Conductor Norton
and Others.

The preliminary examination of the
three young footpads-John Wilson, Viii
liam Fraser and John Smith-on two
charges of robbery, was held before Judge
Conlan yesterday afternoon.
The courtroom was crowded and the
three young desperadoes seemed to thor
oughly enjoy the marked attention paid
them Wilson, the tallest of the three,
took much greater interest in the proceed
ings than his two companions in crime and
never kept his eyes off the witnesses. When
Gripman Dowd was on the stand he shaded
his eyes with his hand to get better look
at him.
Attorney Mack defended the prisoners
and Prosecuting Attorney Wakeman rep
resented the people
J. II. Witte, the grocer on Franklin and
Bush streets, who was held up in his store
Fraser as the robber who presented the
revolver at his head and grabbed his gold
watch out of his pocket. He thought Will
son was the other robber in the store, but
could not swear positively. He identified
the gold watch recovered in the pawn
brokers' store, Il Fourth street, as his.
B. F. Jackman, 313 Austin street, who
called at the store at the time of the rob-
berry, identified Smith as the young man
who was standing outside and prevented
him at the point of a pistol from going TO
Whites assistance.
Joseph NJ. Strauss, pawnbroier, II
Fourth street, positively identified Smith
as the young man who sold him the watch
taken from Witte, and George G. Hall, Isl
Third street, was positive Wilson offered
to sell the watch to him.
John Rogers, saloon-keeper, I'll Howard
street, testified to Wilson offering to sell a
gold watch in his saloon, but he would not
swear it was Whites. He spoke of Wilson
taking the vahse containg the burglar S
tools to the saloon on Monday, January
Ia and asking permission to leave 1t till he
returned from the restaurant. He had
seen all three prisoners together in his sa-
loon.
Policemen Moriarty and Ryan and
Special Officer Kelly testified to the arrest
of the prisoners and finding q revolver on
each. This concluded the case for the
prosecution and no testimony was offered
for the defense.
The other case was taken up and Con-
ductor Richard c.. Morton of the Jackson
street cable-car held up on Saturday night,
January u, between Deyisadero and Brod-
erick streets, identified Fraser and Smith
as the two young men who robbed him of
his gold watch and 81 50 in coin. In cross
examination, he said to the best OF his be-
lief they were the men.
Gripman John Dowd positively identi.
fed Wilson as the robber who compelled
him at the point of pistol to stop the car.
He had a good look at him, as at the time
Wilson had no handkerchief over his face.
After Wilson stepped off the dummy he
pulled a handkerchief over the lower part
OF his face with his left hand, still covering
him with the revolver.
The Judge held the three defendants to
answer before the Superior Court on both
charges, fixing their bonds at 5000 on each
charge.
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sioners, was declared vacant, as the APP
pointee had failed to report for duty JJ.
Sullivan was appointed to fill the vacancy.
The resolution appointing Jake Sheen
clerk of Police Court 3 was amended so as
to take effect on April /.
The Finance Committee was empowered
to levy for the next year, 1886, suffi-
Gent amount to pay the expenses to be IN
Cured by the Board of Freeholders, upon
the approval of the same by the commit
tee, and also to make provision for the
erection of an iron fence around the Lick
statuary in front of the City Hall.
w. F. Doyle d Co. requested to be re-
leased from their contract for the removal
of debris and garbage from all public build
ings and city squares after January 81,
1895. The matter was referred to the
Health and Police Committee.
James Cairns presented a communlca-
ton asking that the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company remove its fence in the
middle of Stanyan street, between Halght
and Waller, in accordance with a reSolu-
ton passed by the last Board of Super
visors. The company failed to comply
with the resolution and the petitioner
wants Superintendent of Streets Ashworth
to remove the same. The matter was re
ferred to the Street Committee.
A resolution was adopted providing that
the Superintendent of Streets be directed
to remove all electric trolley poles erected
by the Market-street Railroad on Twenty
second street contrary to law. All such
poles must be erected Immediately within
the curb, but complaint has been made
that the railroad company has placed some
three feet away from the curb.
The San Francisco and San Mateo Elec
trio Railroad Company was directed t6
pave its portion OF Harrison street, fol
which it is liable under its franchise. The
Superintendent of Streets was instructed
to see that the resolution is carried into
effect forthwith.
The board suspended the operation O
the resolution recently adopted changing
the names of certain streets so far as the
Assessors Office is concerned. The sus
pension Will last till March 20, 1895, anC
was adopted for the convenience OF As
SCISSOR Siebe in making his annual assess
mentS.
A resolution was adopted declaring c. S
Tilton, City and County Surveyor, to bt
CITY engineer of the city and county anC
requiring him to perform such duties a.
may be imposed upon him by the board
under the various legislative acts relating
to his office.
]. Thorn was appointed conductor o
elevator at the new City Hall vice JOIN
j. Morgan, resigned.
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VALUE OF A TROPHY.
An Olympic Club Boxer Surprised
Court.

An Olympic Club Boxer Surprised in
Court.
A surprise was in store for Maurice Lea.
clever lightweight pugilist in the anna
teur ranks, yesterday. About two months
ago he won gold watch as prize in a
boxing tournament at the Olympic Club.
1t was valued by the committee and firm
OF jewelers., who provided the trophies,
at $75.
He gave the timepiece to Philip Dubois
to clean. When he called forit Dubois put
him off, but finally admitted he had
pawned it for $14. He, accordingly, had
Dubois arrested on the charge of felony
embezzlement
The case was called in Judge Conlan' S
court yesterday morning. Dubois ad-
mitted pawning the watch, but argued that
he could not be charged with felony, as
it was not worth more than $35. Expert
testimony was secured and the value was
fixed at $32 so wholesale price and from
$42 50 to $40 retail. The Judge reduced the
charge to misdemeanor enlightenment and
ordered Dubois to appear for sentence
to-day