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The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21
Magoon Must Play BAH.

Since Magoon left the city last fall no
communication has been received from
him, but if he plays ball in any league
the coming season he will wear a Port
land uniform. Should he be foolish
enough to sign contract with any team
under the national agreement, he would
suffer the full penalties Of the blacklist.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21
Central Labor Union.

The regular meeting of the Central
Labor Union was held last evening Mr.
Powell representing the Berry Brothers
Tobacco company of Virginia wa.
present and spoke as some length in re.
gard to the goods manufactured by hii
concern. Berry Brothers are the frs,
concern to come out openly and advertise
union goods.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21
Fire in a Drug Store.

A fire started in a box of excelsior in
the cellar of o. E. Woods drug store at
about O'Clock Sunday night A lively
blaze ensued. but it was extinguished by
the people in the store without the aid
of the fire department.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21
OXFORDS.
FOREST CITYS.
A Fine Opportunity.

In our advertising columns will be seen
an announcement of the well-known and
fashionable tailor Vim. W. Leighton,
IN which the particulars of his annual
cash discount sale are announced. 1t is
a chance that no one in want of we'll fit
ting custom made clothes at very low
prices can afford 10 neg lect.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21
Ladies' Circle Second Parish Church

On Thursday, January %, the Ladies'
of Fare: Steamed CLAIMS, Clam Pie, Clam
and Fish Chowder. Dinner served from II to
1.3o. supper, consisting of cold meats, beans,
escouoped oysters, ETC., will be served at
$50; Dinner and supper, twenty-five cents
each An entertainment will be given free,
in the evening. ian213t
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21
EASTMAN BROS. { BANCROFT.

Garland, Georgia; W. P. Mcdonald,
Florida; ]. H. Palmer. Massachusetts +;
e. Fl. Wilson, Connecticut; Percy
Thompson, Arkansas; f. G. Dearborn,
Kansas; Lemuel Coolbroth, Utah; j. p.
Bergman, Colorado; S. W.. Smith, Jr..
Montana; +. B. Shepherd, N. D.. g. f.
Buxton. Arizona; G. S. Chase, Ohio
NJ. Q. Chambers. Iowa; R. Fl. Rowe,
Louisiana; D. L. Shepherd. Wisconsin.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21
In Trouble.

Milwaukee, Wis, January 20.-The re-
tail shoe store of SmithI& Stoughoen was
closed this noon by Under Sheriff Armor
on writ of attachment for S47, 600 issued
in favor of Charles 7. PfsteE The firm
are interested in sho factory at Lynn,
Mass
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21

Tuesday morning at 8 O'Clock
the doors will be opened. We
shall give a three hours sale, and
then our doors Will be closed
from he to o'clock, to Rear
range stock for the afternoon
sale. We would kindly ask our
customers to take as many par
GELS with them as is possible, al
though we will promise to deliv-
er every daily purchase before
the evening is gone. There are
no restrictiOns-every yard of
this stock will be put ON sale and
remain at these prices until sold.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21
The Young Mems Democratic Club.

The Young Mems Democratic Club.
The Young Mems Democratic club
elected the following officers last evening
President-George E. Bird.
First Vice President-Frank H. Verrill
Second Vice President-Joseph W.
Peters,
Third Vice President-William M. In.
graham.
Treasurer-Levi Greenlear.
Secretary Charles Collins.
Executive Committee-War I, Lincoln
W. Tibbetts; Ward 9. Virgil G. Wilson;
Ward 3, Samuel L. Bates; Ward 4,
BARLEY J. Curran; Ward 5, Robert A.
McClutchy; Ward 6, Frank D. Rogers
Ward Z, Augustus r. Wright.
Committee on Admissions Thomas u.
McGilliouddy, William 7. A. McGrath
tand James E., Goode.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21
Ladies' Veteran Firemen's Aid Society.

A meeting of all interested in the for
nation of a Ladies' Veteran Firemen's
Aid Society, will be held at Mystic hall,
457 1-2 Congress street, this afternoon at
2. 30 O'Clock. All mothers, wives and
daughters and sisters of veteran firemen
are invited to be persent at this organi-
cation.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21
WANTED.

Agents to sell the Accumulation Poll
cy of the New York Life ms. Co. The
best policy ever issued. For terms and
territory, address 7. s. BURNS, Gen'l
Agent, Westbrook, Ne. jan21d1w
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21
MANSON G. LARRABEE.
| HAVE PURCHASED

Brothers, WaIe
lit being shipped
MORNING. 21st, at o'clock. - -
Ihl stock is excellent condition.
we sell
me stock IN ~ me bought
a small
the people need these times and the only
We
80 ~ ~ - ~
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21

Mr.. James Kelley was elected dele
gate to attend the convention of the
Maine State Branch of the A. F. of L.,
to be held in Auburn, January 81 and 49,
A. II. Berry was elected alternate.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21
! ARRABEE'S WIFI III est: STORE r

To
wish to state did not buy the e C. Morton bankrupt stock
stock Bath that sold smono Brothers Of Rond
be reduousy
sold by Mr. Moody of morning will
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21

This morning a hun
dred dozen new linen
cambria Handkdrchiefs,
with genuine hand drawn
borders and hemstitched,
fresh from the workers in
Ireland, go on sale at two
for 25c---by far the best
value we have ever offer.
ed at this popular price.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-21

In the Draperies room
are half a dozen or so of
fine Daghestan and other
Oriental Rugs, medium
useful sizes, and all rich
colors, which we. would
like to be rid of. Prices
have all been revised.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-16

turned and fed as though pursued by the
evil one.
These Indians as a class are the braVest
Of hunters. and with no other weapon than
a smear will attack and slay the St Elias
grizzly. But the immense proportions OF
This new kind of game both startled and
filled the hunter. brave AS he was with
great fear. and he imagined his only safety
Law in swift and immediate flight. lie de-
scribed il ms being larger than Harper s
,tha most traders) store. with great shin
inc ,.ellowfsh tucks and a mouth large
enough 10 swallow him at a single gulp.
tIa eaid the animal was undoubtedly the
s,ne AS were the huge bones scattered
over that section. If such am animal Is
now i'm existence. and other Indians and
also Mr.. Harper. have confirmed the re-
mort they inhabit a section Of very high
altitude and one but rarely visited by
human beings. and these only Indians.
We also have no reason to doubt the In
dams tale. for at no very distant period
the Yukon country was inhabited by
these animals. and hundreds OF their mas
sive skeletons found strewn along the
creeks are the silent but truthful wit
nesses.-Alaska NEWS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-16
WHY HE PROPOSED.
She Described Just the Place to Spend the
Honeymoon.

She Described Just the Place to Spend the
Honeymoon.
well" said Miss Hungerford to Mr..
Gndersleeve, as they sat on the piazza
of summer hotel and looked about
them, noting the other guests with crit
ical eye. when I am married-if am
ever married. shall not march
straight from the altar and put myself
on exhibition at a summer resort.
THAT is a commendable resolution, -
replied Mr.. Gildersleeve.
Just notice the three or four honey
incoming couples at this hotel now.
I've noticed them, and, do you
know. I've rather envied the bride
grooms."
Have you? Well, haven't envied
the brides. l don't believe in public
love-making either before or after mar
rage
THE honeymooners here seem to en-
Joy it, and it furnishes a great deal of
amusement to some of the old married
people"
We'll. no one will ever obtain any
amusement at my expense in that
way" Miss Hungerford went on. i
consider newly welded effection too
sacred a thing to be put on exhibition
"Of course. you are right, Miss Hun
gerford. precisely right
Now. when | am married, Miss
Hungerford proceeded Il am going
straight to my old aunt's place in the
Catskills. It's the finest retreat mag
Unable in the hot summer days. ] us
uallv 90 there to rest up after month
at the shore Perfect solitude, you
know. the incest cottage, with well
trained servants. You can lie in the
hammock all day long and breathe the
most delicious air
There you can row on the dearest
little lake, and take the most delight
full walks. with no danger of anybody
intruding on your privacy. When |
was there last summer, aunty dear
said: Now. Annie. when you are mar
ried. I want you to come straight here
with your husband and enjoy your
honeymoon as it ought to be enjoyed "
"You and he are welcome TO stay a
month. or two if you like; the longer
the better. Now. don't you think it
would be better to spend a honeymoon
in a place like that than at a crowded
watering place like this, Mr.. Glider
sleeve
Indeed, 7 do Miss Hungerford." He
moved nearer to her and added: An
ME. love. let's start right away
20. George. this is so very sudden,
I'll need at least two wees to get ready
for the wedding.
She was ready in time. however, and
now they are at her aunt's.-Harper S
Bazaar.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-16
PECULIAR.
A Mother, Father and Two Sons Beat
a Third Boy InsenSible, To Drive
the Devil Out of Him.

Rowanville. Ont, November ia
most extraordinary case of religious
mania is reported from farm house
near the Long Sault. There, for a
number of years resided Elijah Rice,
his wife and fifteen children. The eld-
est son, Louise, % years old, recently
became insane and announced himself
as the Prince of the Sand Hills and
declared that Christ had appointed him
to reform the world The mania eX-
tended to the father. mother and the
other children. who neglected the farm
and spent their time in singing and
praying Recently the father cOnceiv-
ed the idea that Louis was pursued by
the devil and that it must be beaten
out of him. Louis was knocked down
with a leg of chair and Mr.. and Mrs.
Rice and two of the sons pounded him
into insensibility. When this was ac-
complished they were satisfied that the
devil was driven out.
Their next move was TO celebrate the
Feast of the Passover and one of the
little children was to be sacrificed as the
Pascal Lamb" One of the sons, a
mere boy, told this TO a clergyman who
informed the police. On visiting the
farm they found Rice and his son Louis
suffering from intense mania and had
them removed to Kingston insane asy-
lum The doctors think that the other
members will recover.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-16
ATowN THAT WANTS WOMEN.
Vancouver's Census Show Deficiency OF
10000 of the Fair Sex.


10000 of the Fair sex
There is a city in the western part OF
Canada. close to the Pacific Ocean,
which is named by all who visit 1t the
most desOlate spot upon the face of the
earth. It's climate is good, its natural
resources excellent. its houses fair, its
streets well paved, yet within this town
there is an air of forlorn detection that
strikes the most careless traveller that
comes within its boundary.
It is on Vancouver Island, a sweet,
fair spot. And the desolation is caus-
ed by one thing-one only. The lack
of women and girls.
This particular town is scarcer of the
product than of its locality. There
are many towns upon the island. but
this one lacks women so sadly that in
a recent census Of the place il was
found nearly 10000 short
Ii is not TO be expected that such a
condition of affairs could exist without
becoming knowK The thrifty long
shoremen of the place and the wood
men. and the miners and the merchants
have written East about il. and a few
days ago the mayor OF the place was
surprised and delighted to receive a
letter containing a suggestion. II was
that, as women were too numerous in
the East TO find the homes they desir-
ed that he. the mayor. should devote
a part Of the funds of the town TO send
ing East for a carload of manageable
young women TO come out and settle
in the vacant homes.
The letter suggested that as the
young women were not in afIiuent cir
cumstances, most of them living with
married sisters or supporting them
selves. it might be a good thing to pro
vide each with a small "dowry' with
which to equip herself to come out TO
the frontier coast and marry one OF
the needy men.
The letter so impressed the mayor OF
the pIace that he laid il before com
mittee of men and women, for there
are a few women there, and they decid-
ed that nothing could be better. Their
fertile brains hit upon the expedient
of fitting up a hotel or home for all
the new arrivals, and they suggested
a reception committee Of women and
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-16
THE WEATHER
As Mr.. Foster Predicts it Will Be
During the Remainder of This
Month-.-Quite a Variety Promised
By the Missouri Sharp.

ST. Joseph. Mo. November 15.-My
last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm
wave to cross the continent from nth
to DIST and the next will reach the Pa
cifc coast about the 21st, cross the west
of Rockies country by close of 22d,
great central valleys 29d TO 25th, cas-
tern States 18th. The warm wave will
cross the west of Rockies country about
DIST. great central valleys 23d, Eastern
States 25th. The cool wave will cross
the west of Rockies country about 24th,
great central valleys 26th, Eastern
States 2Sth.
Low temperatures will precede this
disturbance and as the storm center
approaches, the temperature will rise
rapidly and much higher temperatures
will prevail than did with the preceding
storm wave
The cold wave following this disturb
ance will not bring as low tempera-
lures as the cold wave preceding it for
the reason that we will then be ap-
preaching the high storm period, which
will reach its zenith during the last
days of November and the first week
in December.
The first part of this storm wave will
probably bring some rain or snow, but
the drought period of the month be-
ing close at hand precipitation will not
long continue. The last part of No
vember and the first few days in De-
cember will be dry.
Temperature of the week ending No
vember Dist will generally average be-
low normal. The cold wave about 10Th
and 10th will be quite severe, that OF
DIST and 22d the severest Of the month
and winter weather in the Northern
States will have come in earnest. Rain
fall of the week ending November 2lst
will be above the normal and heavy
SHOWS will occur in the Northern States.
The long-range forecasts for No
vember. in a general way, called for the
0TSJ anu last pdlt vi JLC nOhIAi " W
the warmest and driest parts of the
month, and the middle portions the
coolest and wettest.
The official returns for October are
now in, and, as reported by the weather
bereau at Washington, my long-range
forecasts for the month were almost
perfectly verified The only error was
from about the 9TH to the 18th, where
the temperature was lower than pre-
dicted In all the other parts Of the
month the lines drawn on my weather
charts in September were very closely
followed by the weather that occurred
in October.
w. r. FOSTER.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-16
OLDEST swIrCHMAN IN AMERICA.

Patrick MaIoney, Ninety-Seven, Has leho-
ed an Erie Swith and Voted the Demo
cratic Ticket for D Ser Fifty Years
BY the side of tiny switch shed near
the New York and Erie railroad freight
depot sits every day Patrick Maloney,
the oldest railroad switch tender in the
world. For over a half a century he
has moved in and out of that box set
ting and shifting the switches for the
thousand engines that pass and repass
him every day.
In 1899 Patrick Maloney will be 100
years old. He was born with the CEN
fury. He is now ninety-seven and
able to turn a switch with the best OF
them" as he proudly says. In the bent
figure of this old fellow standing sta
tionary and immovable amid the
changes of life one may see epitomlzed
the history of fifty years. In that time
he has seen the New York and Erie
road develop from little double track
road. with shuttle engines and run
of forty miles, to the great system II
now is; he has seen presidents, secre-
taries and boards come and go and live
their day and die and be forgotten
but he has remained; he has seen Jer-
sey City grow from little hamlet with
six houses to the bustling, thrlylng
city of to-day
you wonder why it is that haven't
lost nv brains and that | can turn
switch. old as | am" he says The
surest cut to old age that know OF is
to take life as one finds it, and don I
he ambitious. don't be always trying to
get ahead in the race If l had cared
to be anything else than a switchman
I wouldn't be alive and hearty to-day
and likely to see a hundred before |
die. | began as a swttchman. was
content to be the best switchman on
the road-thats what they used to call
me-and let others do the striving and
pushing and crOwding And it ain
answered so badly after all. Here |
am ninety-seyen, with daughter to
look after me; with all | want to eat
and drink and enough to bury me.
Laws. it's funny to look at that road
now" he continued, land think what
I was when | first came here. Seems
to me as if it had turned itself over
three times or more. l was five years
up at Piermont before they got that
tunnel through and shifted their de-
pot down here Old John Lord was
the first president l worked under, and
a fine man he was, but he's dead this
forty year. S. c. Seymour, the first
superintendent, too, big fellow as
stood six feet five inches in his stock
ings-funny to think of his being dead
and gone, too, and me left. It's funny
to think of some of the things that
have happened while I've been sitting
here turning them switches? ! don't
know. | can remember some. Jim
Fisk. as large as life, with his big dia-
monds. a-swaggering through the yaFN
with that fellow as afterwards shot
him. They pointed Ed Stokes out to
me one day standing in the Hoffman
house when l was over in New York.
THE first president | voted for was
James X. Polk I've voted the Demo-
cratic ticket all my life, and ! amt go
ing back on it this time. I've lived my
life. I'm here waiting for the end"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-16
OIL NEWS.

Special 90 the-Recister.
Parkersburg. W. Va. November 10
The wen on The Richardson farm. own
ed bv Yoke G Nicholson. has been fixed
uD for pumping and is doing more than
thirty barrels a day.
The 80. q well of Kilduff & Co., on
the Dylce farm is causing much eX-
element among the 'greasers. The
we'll has not yet been shot on account
of the heavy pressure of gas. The
sand iu the wen is the thickest ever
found iu the Wood county field.
SiNty-two barrels was put in the
tank or the Hostetter we'll ON the Good
win farm Yesterday at one flow. and
when TIE wen is given a shot it is
uioueht t viii make a 100 barrel well.
stiles No. . ON Henderson, which
WIS ready 90 be drilled i'm. when the
tools were lost. is being watched close
ly bv OH men and from the sand now
being encountered a splendid we'll is
eyueCted
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-16
MEXICAN MATTERS.
The Pan American Medical College in
Session-Important Railway Decision.

The Pan American Medical College in
Session-Important Railway Decision.
CITY of Mexico, November 15.-Sev-
eral hundred doctors from the United
States. Canada, Cuba, Porto Rica and
Central and South America, have arriv-
ed here to attend the second Pan-Amer-
lean Medical College, which will be pre-
sided over by DR.. Casanova Del Vale,
noted for his original Investigations.
Resident physicians are formed in com
mittees for their reception and enter
tainment The programme for the
week includes a reception at the castle
of Chapultepec by President Diaz and
excursions TO points of interest. The
hotels are crowded with tourists.
The decision in the case of the Mon
terey and Mexican Gulf Railway Com
pany will probably be rendered in
few days. The Belgian syndicate,
which took over the property four
years ago on an agreement 10 deposit
four million dollars, never made the
deposit and the creditors have been DC
handing that this be done and it is an
ticipated that the court will require
the deposit The Belgians aver that
they are the principal creditors, but
the old receiver, J. A. Robertson, Of
Monterey. a we'll known capitalist, has
claims for moneys advanced and SER
vices rendered amounting to about half
a million dollars which it is believed
by competent lawyers to be sound and
must be paid
Robertson, besides himcelf, repre-
sents important American creditors.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-16
THE GREAT HARDsHIPs OF THE
CHILKOOT PASS.

Looking for a couple of miles up a large
gorge hanked by precipitous snow-covered
mountains, we could see at the summit,
thousands of feet above the little notch
known as the Chlkoot Pass, the gate to
the Yukon land. The seriousness Of the
work at hand was now apparent.
As we assembled, the snow. which at
lowed altitude had been soft. was found
10 be hard and crusted, being on the last
part of the ascent more like ice than
snow. At eleven o'clock we had reached
the foot of the last and hardest part of
the ascent. From here TO the summit is
only half mile but the angle of the slope
is about forty-fve degrees. and we looked
up that long trough of glistening ice and
hard-crusted snow. as steep AS the roof of
a house there was not one Of us that did
no, dread the remainder of the days
work As soon as the Indians ascer-
tanned that the crust Of the snow was
hard and unyielding they divided the
packs. leaving nearly half Of their loads
at the foot Of the ascent intending to
make q second trip for them. The two
women who had accompanied us thus far
now returned to Sheep Camp and one of
the men. producing a strong plated line of
rawhide. about one hundred feet long.
which he had brought with him, passed it
under every mans belt lashing the nine
of us together about ten feet apart The
man at the head of the line carried it in
his hands one of our hatchets. and as We
advanced cut foot-holds in the ice and
hard-packed snow. The slope being too
steep tor direct ascent. we resorted TO
'zigzagging is moving obliquely
across the bottom of the trough for about
sixty feet. Our progress was painfully
slow. as every step had to be cut. 1t was
no place to indulge in conversation. There
was no use i'm stopping. as there was no
opportunity TO stretch ones limbs and
nothing to sit down on. so that we kept
pegeine away. and the hours seemed end
less before We stood on the parrow crest
Of snow and ice that divides the valley Of
the Yukon from the sea. II was six and
"a half hours since We had left Sheep Camp
and three since we had dashed ourselves
together az the foot of the last ascent.
on the summit all threw themselves down
on the snow and remained moUonless for
half an hour. when the Indians started
down to get the remainder of their packs
that had been left AT the foot Of the last
portion Of the ascent-From over the
Chilkoot Pass to the Yukon by Frederick
Funston. i'm the November Scribners.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-16
MINISTERIAL CHANGES.
The Pastor OF the Chicago Peoples Church
Resigns.

The Pastor or the Chicago Peoples Church
Resigns.
Chicago. November 15.-Rev. Dr. II.
". Thomas. for seventeen years pastor
of the Peoples Church of this city. to-
day announced that he had taken Rev.
Frank B. VroOvam as an associate in
his ministerial work. DR.. Thomas Will
i'm d large amount step down and out Of
The pulpit which he erected in Nc
Tickers theatre.
simultaneously with this announce
ment was the resignation of Mr.. NroO-
man of the pastorate of the KenwOod
PRESBYTERIAN Church. This is the Sc
cret of the action of the synod Of Hi
n0is. October 22d, depOsing Mr.. Nroo-
man from The Presbyterian ministry.
In ulfument of what has long been
his desire Or. Thomas will leave in
about TWO months on an extended trip
through the south and West, to preach
the doctrines of the Peoples church,
and of liberal religion in the large
cities The trip viii extend over five
months.
Nr. VrOOman's work in his new field
will begin next Sunday. A considera-
bIe portion of the members of his old
congregation viii ally themselves with
The Pe0Dle's Church.