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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-05
OSCAR WILDE LOST.
Jury Returned Verdict That Justi-
fication Was Proved.

LONDON, April 5.--The jury in the case
of Oscar Wilde against the Marquis of
Queens berry found that the plea OF justif-
cation submitted by the Marquis OF
Queensberry was proved and the Marquis
was discharged from custody. The ver-
dict was received with loud applause from
the court, which the judge did not check
A warrant for the arrest OF Oscar Wilde
will, it is expected, be promptly applied
for. Copies OF all the witnesses state
ments and shorthand notes Of the trial
have been furnished the public prose-
cutor.
Later in tho day application was made
at the Bow Street Police Court, before
Sir John Bridge, the presiding magistrate,
for a warrant for the arrest of Oscar
Wilde and the magistrate granted the
petition.
Officials OF the treasury department
under which branch of the Government
public prosecutions are directed, visited
Bow Street Police Court several times
this afternoon, previous to the
granting of the warrant for Oscar wilde's
arrest. Upon the occasion OF their last
visit they were accompanied by de-
tective and two boys. After a short
consultation between the treasury
officials and Sir. John Bridge, during
which several questions were addressed to
the detective and to the boys, the magis-
trate issued the warrant.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-05

have ever harbored q though. that he
was lost to the world, save by
accident and now his friends are positive
that he is prowling about somew here and
not far from home at that.
And Tor this they have good and suffi-
cient reasons, and here they are: At
tached to the fence in front Of his home,
al Auburn, is mail box, and here the
mail is left once or twice
day. When Mrs. Wilcox went to the
box this morning she found large
pouch or shot bag. She at once rec
ognized the pouch as being the prop
erty of her husband. 1t was taken into
the house and the entire household
summoned, the contents were placed
upon the dining table, and this is what
was found: revolver, small bag,
wSSh work. 9y 'hf Mrs way wcox Eas the beSse ssns
wrench, bicycle pump, pair OF
ankle guards, and piece of
small rope about feet long. And all
of this was known to have been In tho
possession of Mr.. Wilcox before he dis
appeared. All of the articles were ia
GOOD shape and showed that they had
been in use, but TO add TO the mystery was
a note which read rs followa:
"TIerd that you got free FROM Azores. Cap
got killed on Brazus River, the villin thought
you were ded. hope yen are safe at home.
deserv his fate, but / def the Dect. this
pouch returned. you remember Me;
80 in comd,"
The handwriting on the card is not
that OF Mr.. Wilcox, hut il does show that
whoever wrote the note made an effort to
conceal his style of writing, and that
some of the simpler words were spelled
wrong and Others properly. Mr. Wilcox will
undou btediy be seen by his fellow citizens
in Auburn and vicinity in few days, as
the pouch and i:s contents are taken AZ
fore-runner OF his coming.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-05
DEATH NOTICES.

Brown, George l. Nichols, Willie M
Dorr. Malcolm + Oates. Elizabeth X
Hanson, Martin Ormsbee, Lydia
James, Theodore Ramsbottom. John
Keeffe, Elizabeth smith, Almira
Murphy, Susan
BROWN-In this city, April 2, George L., son
OF Lewis l.. and Efiie j. Brown, aged /
year and 4 days.
DoRR-In this city, April 3, Malcolm p. son
Of Abraham and Lizzie Dorr, aged 5
months and ~ days.
HANSoN-In this city, April q. Martin j.. son
of Martin and Elizabeth Hanson, aged 81
years, montbs and days.
JAMEs-In this city, April B. Theodore James
of Norwich. Conn, aged 63 years.
KEEFFE-In this city, April 3, Elizabeth,
wife of John keeffe.
MURPHY--ln this city, April 4, Susan, wife
of Charles Murphy, aged 90 years.
NICHoLs-In this city. April 4. Willie NJ,
only son of William Il. aud Phebe j.
Nichols, aged 10 years and months.
oATEs-In this city, April 3. Elizabeth X,
daughter Of Thomas and Mary Oates, aged
5years months and IL days.
ORMSBEE-InS Seekonk. Mass. April 4. Lydia.
widow of William l.. 0rmsbee, in the Tooth
year Of her age.
RAMSBOTTOM-Tn Cranston, at the State
Insane Asylum, April 4. John Ramsbot-
tom.
SMITH-In this city, April 4. Almira A.,
widow OF Reuben Smith, aged 81 years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-05
Semi-C Centennial SermonDe|ivere by
Rev. M. ]. Talbot, Yesterday.
Proceedings Of the Sesson---B Business Meeting -Mis-
sonay Anniversary.

to Charlie Nagee, Boston, and you will
get it."
S. o. Benton read the report OF the book
concerns at New York and Cincinnati.
Total sales 81 ,s57 1922 by both houses.
The publishing houses snow large sales
and profits, amounting to some s2Oo,oO
DIR. Goucber, President of Woman's
College, Baltimore, introduced.
DIR. Parkhurst, editor of Zion's Herald
spoke. "Ifpeople read zion's Herald they
would know more about DIR. Eaton's i'm
terest in our Book Concern. The Chris
tian Advocate is not your paper here
in New England, so much as is lions Her
aid. One paper ia not TO rival or to sup
plant the other. IL n preacher gets sour
at the editor of the lions Herald and will
not take it, compel him 10 take the
Church Advocate. In the years passed
Zion's Herald has given the conferences
In New England for worn-out preachers
S21 900. We have increased the su6scrip-
tion list so that our income is increased
5000 annually.
"This year Zion's Herald gives the Con-
ference 1891 for worn-out men,"
DIR. Hunt OF the American Bible Society
then spoke. Mrs. Stewart OF New York,
has made the Society large legacy.
Rev. DR.. Hunt gave some interesting
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-05
THE NEWS BUREAU.
CHESTNUT sTRERT NJ. r. CHURCH.
FRIDAY. ADFil b. 1881.
FTlpay, Apri D, loso.

The Conference opened and the minutes
OF yesterdays session were read and APP
proved.
The treasurer called for delayed reports.
The report of tho board Of directors of the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-05
A Queer Message From the
Missing Wilcox.
He Left His Home in Auburn Four
Months Age.
Today His Revolver Found Hanging
on the Fence by His Wife.

That John w. Wilcox, who has been
missing from Auburn since Nov. 1c, 1894,
Is alive and wellthere are but little il any
doubts, but just where, and just how
he ts situated " the great mystery that
surrounds the matter, that is so far as his
friends are concerned. Few, IL any,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-05
RUMEROUSLY CFFICERED.
More Men to Give Orders Than There
Are to Obey Them.

According TO Lieutenant Woolley's re-
port on the inefficiency of the Keptish
Guards that organisation has an aggre-
gate mem bership of 4S including colonel
"a lesser officers and 23 privates.
In the Bristol Artillery there arc II
officers and 10 privates.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-05

facts about the distribution OF Bibles
among the Japanese soldiers about Toxic
and other places recently. The Governor of
Japan gave liberty to, and some thou
sands OF Japanese Bibles have been given
out. The 100000, 900 Bibles already pub
lished and distributed by the American
Bible Society shows its immense work.
Romanists are giving the Bible to their
people. You say it is their translation.
Yes, but such translation as led Martin
Luther to Christ and gave rise TO Protest
antism. Some 400 translations have been
made into the various languages of the
world.
After these inspiring addresses, by the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-05

Church is loyal to cur Book Concern we
could double the amount of s1400 that we
gave this Conference this year to aid the
supersnnuated. When you preachers
want book, even German review, send
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-05

Strawberries,
Fresh and sweet, at p cents box.
N. w. CoILEY - ca
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-05

Nichols. Willie NJ
Oates. Elizabeth X
Ormsbee, Lydia
Ramsbottom. John
Smith, Almira 4
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-16

spires a little more confidence. The pur-
chaser of bond that says upon it's face
that it is to be paid in GOLD feels little
surer of getting gold than the purchaser
Of a bond that merely calls for coin,
though there be pledge back of it that
that coin shall be construed to mean
gold. Hence he will pay more for the
former than the latter.
Under the existing law the President
asked for proposals for the purchase OF
500, 600, 900 of bonds payable in coin.
There is no doubt that coin in this case
is practically Synonymous with gold, ana
that these bonds will be paid in COLO.
The bankers offered a premium that
would reduce the rate of interest the
country would have to pay to three ana
three-quarters per cent. But they SAID
if the go yernment would substitute the
word gold for coin, that is, make 1t IN
lertel as it aready is in spirit gold
bond they would pay enough more Tor 1t
to decrease the interest the government
would have to pay to 8 per cent. Now it
is evident that by making this alteration
the government would neither pledge IT.
self to a new policy nor increase its bur
dens or obligat lions. The government
was under a solemn obligation resulting
from repeated pledges of Congress to
pay the bond in gold, though it read
coin; it assumed no additional obliga-
ition when it substituted gold for coin.
But the purchasers were willing to pay
more for the direct promise. A saving
of SIC, 600, 900 was possible to the gov
ernment without a change of policy and
without mourning any additional obi
CATION. But Congress refused this saw
ing of SIC, 900, 0U0 because the process by
which if might be saved committed them
to certain extent to the recognition OF
the fact that gold is preferred in the
markets of the world to silver-a purely
sentimental reason. And their action
has not even accomplished the purpose
of it, poor as that purpose was, for while
Congress has refused to degrade" silver
by admitting that it is less esteemed
than gold, another department. of the
government has had TO admit it to the
tune of $4,000, coo. To the ordinary
mind it looks as if the action of the
House in refusing to permit distinctive
gold bond had been exceedingly childish.
The only persons who have made any
thing out Of it are the bankers, who will
get their gold and three-fourths per
cent. more interest Still we presume
that the gentlemen who voted down the
gold bonds are congratulating them
selves on great victory over Wall street
and the bankers.
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-16
message.

The hearing on the Cape Elizabeth
division question brought out practically
admissions from all sides that some SORT
of change is needed. The farmers con-
tended with great force, and seemed TO
substantiate their case by undisputed
evidence, that the difficulty admitted OF
no solution but division, while the COM
n,ittee from the shore villages which was
present, while not denying that some
thing must be done, were opposed TO dl'
vision at this time. Their plan.was toktry
a CITY charter as an experiment for two
wears. and if that failed to withdraw all
opposition TO division of the town. LIZ Is
hardly probable that legislature VIII
create city for two years as an expert
meas, especially as the experiment would
start with the united opposition OIL
large section of the town, and Tor thaJ
reason, if for no other, almost
inevitably fail.
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-16
ANIMALS CRAZED BY FIRE.
Difficulty of Rescuing Horses from a
Burning Building.

The panic that is inspired in the minds
of horses by phenomenon SO strange
as fire can be understood only by those
who have witnessed a fire in Ia large
stable where numbers of horses are kept.
The scene that ensues is one of the
most frightful that can be conceived.
The horses are rescued from the burning
building with the utmost dicffiulty and
only with most serious peril to the lives
and limbs of the rescuers. The animals
60 mad with fright, rear, kick and dash
from side to side SO wildly as to make
an attempt at rescue as perilous as an
advance on a hostile battery. When res
cued they will often break away from
those who hold them and charge back at
full speed into the burning building,
there to perish in the flames. They re-
sist every attempt to take them out
They have Teen known to tear their res
cuers with their teeth. to throw them
to the ground and trample on them, to
kick out their brains. AS the fury of
the flames increases SO does the panic OF
the unfortunate animals. They scream
out in agony as the fire reaches their
bodies, yet will they not, for all that,
seek safety in the open air. They are
crazed with fear, and yet remain to be
burned to death when 10-seconds' run
would carry them to liberty. But they
never make the run, and, as rule, are
burned alive in the stalls, where alone
they seem to fancy they can End security.
There is but one way to get them out,
and that is to blind them with some
convenient cover, such as coat or a
blanket, and thus, unable to see the
dangers about them. trem bling in every
limb, apparently ready to fall to the
earth with fear, they may be led out.
But the cover must not be too qaickly
removed from their eyes; in fact, it
should not be taken off until tue ami
mails are out of sight of the burning
building, otherwise they will break away
from The persons leading them.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-16
a administrators Sale
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
By Auction

Pursuant to license from the Hon. Henry
G. Peabody, Judge of Probate for the Coun-
ty of Cumberland, shall sell at public auc-
tion on the premises. unless sooner disposed
of at private sale. on Saturday, the Six
teenth day of March A. D.. 1895. at two
o'clock in the afternoon, the following de-
scribed real estate. viz:
A certain lot of land with the buildings
thereon situated in the City of Westbrook,
in said county, and bounded and described
as follows. viz: Beginning on the souther-
ly side of Main street at the northeast err
Iy corner OF land of lewis i. Warren.
thence by said Warren's land one hundred
and ten Ol0) feet. more or less, to land of
one Mayhem; thence easterly by said May
heW's land and land of John @. Knight.
sixty four t6Q feet, more or less. to land
formerly of Mrs. Cox; thence northerly by
said Cox land and land of the late |. +.
Harrington one hundred and four feet l0O.
more or less, TO said Main street; thence
by said Main street westerly seventy 40
feet, more or less. to the place begun at.
l hereby reserve the right of fixing, at the
time and place of sale, the lowest Offer
which will be entertained; and at the same
time and place the terms of sale will be
made known.
FABIUS NJ. RAY,
Administrator of the estate
of John c. Schwartz, deceased.
WestbI ook. February 8, 1885.
feb6 law5wW
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-16

Col. Strong was elected Mayor OF New
York by combination of Democrats
and Repu blicans. His victory was not
uolifica7, but was triumph of the de-
cant votefs--of the people who want good
eOyerpment-over the elements that
have been looting the city for many
years past. It would therefore have been
n mistake for Mayor Strong to treat the
result as political triumph, and fill the
Offices with partisans. Such action
would have prevented similar combina-
lions in the future, and at the end OF his
tnyrn the government would undoubtsd-
Nv have fallen back into the hands OF
Tanmany. No particular clearness OF
perception was needed to see this. but it
did require good deal of firmness and
Independence to resist the pressure that
was inevitable to have the victory con-
etrued as a partisan one when it came to
Appointments to office. Mayor Strong
has shown himself the possessor Of the
needed firmness and independence and
ia filing the office with..t most capable
men he can get without regard to their
CoIfjcS,
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-16
CONGRESS AND GOLD BONDS.

All outstanding government bonds are
payable in coin. If there were nothing
bearing on the matter but the promise
borne upon their face they could be paid
in silver just as we'll as in gold. One
is as much coin as the other, and one
satisfies the letter of the agreement of the
bonds as well as the other. But the gov
eminent has pledged itself to maintain
parity between gold and silver, and this
it can only do by making them inter
ohangeable with one another. TO keep
its pledge it must treat the gold dollar
as no more valuable than the silver dol
lar. 1t practically comes down to this,
therefore, that in paying its bonds it
must allow the holder to say what coin
he wants and give it to him. Tine hol
der will always want gold, for the very
good reason that the former is the money
recognized by all commercial nations,
and which will he accepted by all COM
mercial nations at the same value. AS
long, therefore, as the government
stands by it's pledge to maintain the
parity of gold and silver government
bonds are really payable in gold-just
as surely so as if they specified that
payment should be made in gold. anu
st makes no practical difference whether
the bond is q distinctive gold bond, that
is one that pledges in terms the govern
ment to pay in gold, or one that calls
merely for coin.r
But a specific promise to pay in gold is
stronger than an implied promise. 1t is
more difficult to break, and therefore
more certain to he lived I'D to. 1t in
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-16
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS
MAINE STATE PRESS.
Subscription Rates.

6uOScflpLACA hdooss
DAILY I'm advance) Sc per year, So Tor SIX
months; 81 so a quarter; so cents month.
The DAILY is delivered every morning by
esrr,er anywhere within the city limits ana al
Woadfords without extra charge.
DAILY (Not in ADVANCED, invariably at me
rate of 81 year.
MAINE STATE PRESS, CWeekly) pupllshed
every Thursday, So per year; 81 for six months;
70 cents a onarter; 25 cents for trial subscrip-
ton of SIX weeks.
Persons wishing to leave town fof long OF
short periods may have the aGdfeSS u 1ieA
paper changed as often as DESIRED
Advertising Rates.
1v navy PRESS $3.50 per square, first
week. rs cents per week after. Anree ihsei-
tons or less, S1.oo per square. Every juno
dav advertisements. one third less tiian 'n'S'
rates. .oo,,
Half square advertisements Sl.oo per weeN
frstweek: half price each succeeding "eeh'
"a Square" is a space OF the WloIn VI oof
umn and one inch long.
speoiaG Notices. on first page, one tnira "u-
ditional. sooo nor
ln,useu,euts and Auction Sales, $500 per
souare each week Three Insertions Oh iesS'
e1.5O per square, .. .rd
reading Notices in nonpareh type anu anu
e,assed with other paid notices, 20 Genus pef
line each insertion. .rn.
11,,ye Reodi,ag Notices in reading na''ei WV
cents per line each insertion.
Wants. 10 Let, For Sale and similar aufei "
n euts. Is cents per week, in advance Tor AZ
words or less, no display. Displayed aave ei
,sements under these headlines ana an auyoa
,issments not paid in advance, VIII DC ciiai s00
stregular rates. - g, m ner square
for fTst insertion, and fifty cents per SQUARE ioi
each subsequent insertion: .o,a+,,c tn sinh.
ADDRESS all communications t to- PoRrIAND
p sGlIp.Iel S1t' CO.. 81 EXCHANGE STREET
PORTLAND. ME.
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-16

The Senate ought to recall that otaoe
College resolution and modify 1t. one
legislature ought not to undertake TO
bind five successive legislatures IN
matter of this kind. 1t is practlcallS
a usurpation of power. If the legislature
doesn't think better of it's act before
the bill is gone beyond recall Gov.
Cleayes will have good topic for veto
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-16
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

He was Knox county clergyman and
one Sunday he told his boys that they
mustn't go cumming, as he found they
had planned to do. On his return from
church there were evidences that the
boys had been in the woods. and he
asked them:
slave you been out gumming?"
"No, father" was the answer, "we
only picked out place."
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-16

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the
~ subscribers have been duly appointed exc
cutors of the will and codicil thereto OF
IRA P. HARRINGTON, late of Portland.
in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and has
taken upon themself that trust by giving bonds
as the law directs. All persons having de-
mands upon the estate of said deceased, are
required to exhibit the same; and all persons
indebted to said estate are called upon to make
payment to
WILLIAM L. PUTNAM, Fxacutors
THOMAS II. HASKELL
Portland, January 81, 1895. feb2d1aw3wS*
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-16
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY III.

Congress should give what little time
remains to the appropriation bills, and
waste no more time on financial ques'
HONS which they cannot settle.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-12
The Great Sale VIII Continue.

Dear Sir-The great sale of Martin &
Delany's large Clothing stock will con-
tinue for a while longer. 1t was the in
tention of the creditors to give the people
of Scranton and the surrounding towns
the benefit of thirty days sale when
this stock of clothing was purchased at
sheritfs sale, of such bargains as never
were heard of before in Scranton, and af-
ter thirty days sell 1t to some purchaser
In bulk, to satisfy the creditors and real
ize their money as soon as they could.
The creditors have, this first day of Oc-
tober, extended the time longer, to give
the people of Scranton and surrounding
towns a new lease of life to reap the bene.
fits ofthis great sacrifice sale Of Clothing
for while longer. We have, this first
day of October, opened up the large Over
coat and Ulster stock reserved in the
basement for this Fall and Winters trade,
which consists mostly of new goods never
shown before. We have boys, youths
and mems Overcoats and listers of the
very latest makes and styles Of Fur Beay-
ers. Chinchillas. Shetlands, Frieze, Ker-
seys, Cheviots and Unfinished Worsteds
Of the highest grades, that must be sold in
short time. and to please and satisfy the
people of Scranton and surrounding towns
We Will give them one-Quarter off on all
new goods they purchase.
The Merchant Tailoring Department of
Martin 4 Delany's. which was one of the
largest in the city. has all been turned
into ready-to-wear Clothing to realize the
cash in shorter time. 1t consists of some
of the finest Imported Clay and Fancy
Worsteds. Cheviots Scotch Goods. Home
spun. Fancy and Staple Cashmere, ever
shown in Scranton. Suits that were to he
sold in the Merchant Tailoring Depart
ment for $50, S35, $40. &5 and $50, will be
sold at 50 cents on the dollar-sl5, SIS 500
$22 and $25-whch will give the purchaser
the best and cheapest goods in the marknt
for the least money. Every article in This
department Is equal to custom work in
make and trim, and cut In the latest
styles. IL You want some of these bar.
gains you will have to come early to so.
lect them, as they are going fast Don,t
forget. to tell your neighbors of these
great bargains. 1t will be many years he
fore you will get such good bargains
again, as these goods are all of She hest
makes. There is no cheap shoddy goods
among them They are all straight. hon,
est goods. 49,
Our .Children's Knee Pants at 15c.. ssc
3Oc., 35c., 4Oc.. 50c., 65c, 75c., S5c, ar2 e. ~
are the greatest bargains in the city. Slso 0
children's, boys and youths Overcna'U
and Ulsters are bargains such as never
were given before. and to reop the f,,i,
benefit of the bargains come ea.riy. as +be,,
are selling very fast. Don't forget !.
bring your neighbors. W
MARTIN & DELANY.
Coal Exchange, Wyoming ave.
Scranton, Pa.