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The Portland daily press., 1896-10-17

The Ashland Headlight estimates that
40 oofl. O0() fact of lum Der will be ont on
Aroostook waters this season, requiring
the labor Of 1900 nen.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-17

To CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-17

Messrs. Burnham and Morrill, will leave
among the farmers for sweet corn raised
In Norridgewock and vicinity this year
nearly $1,000. This Is for corn alone,
and does not include wages OF help,
which is nearly all found in the vicinity
of Norridgewook.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-17
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER II.

National Election. Tuesday, Nov. 8.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-17

A CAPABLElgirl would like a situation
u to do general housework Inquire al
IL Willnot ST. Can give reference. III
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
Working the Spanish Gable.

While it may seem unnecessarily severe,
the Cuban campaign of the torch and the
sword is entirely justifiable, and will
doubtless result in depriving the Span
iards of funds to carry on the war. Thus
far but few of the great sugar planta-
tons have been able to grind their crops,
and the destruction of the immense fields
of cane throughout the rich districts which
the Cuban army has traversed will cut
short the revenues of Spain and prevent
the rcplenishing of her depleted exchequer.
1t may he safely asserted that most of
the dispatches announcing Cuban reverses
are Spanish efforts to manufacture pub
lie sentiment in this country. Congress is
ready to recognize Cuba, and if u series OF
falsehoods could be made to delay that
worthy act it would be better for Spain
than the actual defeat of Gomez. Cuba de-
fcated, would soon recover her losses and
be in position to prosecute the war for in
dependence with renewed zeal and en-
ergy. But the delay of Congress to accord
belligerent rights to Cuba would discour-
age her brave soldiers and act as further
proof that the report is correct that the
Administration is secretly in league with
SpaL
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
MARYLAND TO BE LEXOWED
Republicans Will Investigate DEM
ocratie Rule for Thirty Years.
Bultimore's Municipal Admini>t ration
to Have Special Attention-CharSes
of Bartering of Offices.

Baltimore, Jan. 27.-The Republicans Of
the state, and particularly OF this city, are
encouraging widespread Investigation oil
Democratic rule and methods during she
thirty years that party held sway in the
State and city government. To that emil a
series OF resolutions providing for the APP
pointment OF an investigating committee of
seven members of the legislature will be in
PRODUCED in the House OF Delegates at An
napoiis in a day or two by Delegate
Frederick r. Bye, of this city.
.'Baltimore's Lexow'' will also ask that
the committee be directed to report as to
the charges that Legislation has often
been a matter of barter and sale" that ''Of-
fees have been ueedleSsly multiplied that
salaries OF public officials have been need
lessly Increased, 50 that professional poll
tiCians might the better maintain them
selves and their retaiuers."
One provision of the resolution relates
10 the oyster police force. 1t states that
the force "is useless and expensive" and
that appointments to office have been habit
ually and Systematically made for purely
partisan purposes and without regard to
public interests.
Such 4 committee as the resolutions call
for has, under the constitution OF Mary
land. extraordinary powers. 1t can de-
mand the custody of all documents. papers,
and record, and can irnprison offending
officials. 1t is stated that Congressman
John V. F. Findlay will be the examining
attorney if the resolutions are adopted.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
Charity Their Watchword.

unavailing and have fallen by the wa yside.
While succoring the poor and the unfortu.
nate. its policy Is to make ali seli-suppo t.
ing, and thus follow out the general scheme
OF all Jewish berevoience. So generally
is the admirable work OF this order rccog-
nized that it serves as a model to ma ny
other charitable organizations. 1t is graft
flying. therefore, 10 learn from the report
OF the president that its membership is in
creasing and its usefulness becoming greater
every year. His recommendation for the
appointing Mt of a permanent secretary, who
should devote his whole time to the work
OF the order, is undoubtedly a wise one, and.
If carried into execution, will result advan-
tageousIy TO the order. Such an Official
would constantly have a clear survey of
the field OF operations, and, by constant
communication with all the lodges, ascer-
tain their individual needs, and also bring
about more uniformity in their methods.
The work OF the organizations would thus
become even more thoroughly systcm;-
tized than it is at present and lead to still
better results.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
NO SIGN OF RETREAT.
Labor Men Firm in Their Demands
CpOn the HreMerS.


Upon the, Brewers.
There Will positively DE no retreat By the
labor organizations from the stand they
have taken in she flight of the brewery
workers against the bosses. That much is
settled and permanently so.
A meeting of the workers was held yes.
terday. a full attendance was present,
and the usual interest and determination
manifest. Much enthusiasm prevailed, and
it was the unanimous expression that the
fight must be kept up
1t is stated on good authority that local
breweries are delivering beer to some sa-
O'Clock. Instances have occurred where
the proprietors Of some saloons which are
virtually owned By the combine" have
been ordered TO close out for selling union
made beer.
The Federation of Retail Liquor Dealers
held a meeting on Saturday last behind
closed doors, and il is understood that what
ever action they decided to take, If any,
Will DE Kept secret. awaiting Il peaceful
settlement of the difficulty.
A man well up in labor organizations
and an Nchairnan OF the executive boa I'd
of the Federation of Labor today ex pressed
his belief that the saloon men were too
timid and afraid 10 come out one way
or the other in the matter, that they doubt
less We're in sympathy with the labor or
CARNATIONS, but had not the courage to
come out and say so.
Three of the men in the Washin gton Ma
tional Brewery returned to work today.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
Made to Walk the Plank.

proposes to provide. but in the same breath
he virtually admits that his men ha We no
protection. save what their own skill ar-
fords. The fact that the men who are alive
to the pcrilous character OF their work.
take planks from scaffolding belonging
to the brick contractor. in order to make
themselves a little more secure, Is calmly
ignored by Mr.. Thorpe.
The most dangerous part OF the iron work
has yet to he done. 1t is when the frames
for the roof over the main court are put in
place. Unless there is a change in the prac-
tice of Contractor Thorpe, either volun-
tariiy or through some compelling force
there will be nothing but air between the
iron-workers and the ground, a distance of
nearly 200 feet. The only mercifu assur
ance the contractor can give his men is that
they will not know what hurt them when
they touch bottom. They will be ds
dead as the contractors compassion.
Somewhere and in some way the means
ought 10 be found to compel the contrac-
tors to furnish some protection for their
workmen other than the latter's own skill
and should there be loss of life. the courts
oughtto be appealed TO to Diet ermine whether
or not the contractors are not criminally
culpable.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27

Late advices from Cuba indicate that the
Spanish cable is kept hot trying to make
amends for recent Spanish reverses. Gen.
Gomez is reported as putting on ghostly
habilments preparatory to consumptive's
death within two months; also as suffer-
ing grievously from 4 gunshot wound. Gen.
Maceo's army is said TO be taking TO the
woods to prevent wholesale capture, and
the Cuban cause, according TO Spanish re-
ports, needs only suitable burial case to
be ready for the last sad rites.
Spanish authority comedies to the Cubans
an army of 53, i so soldiers, 80 900 of whom
are mounted and thoroughly equipped. The
Cubans claim an armed force of about
10000, against which can be brought about
an equal number of Spaniards, after de-
Quoting the guards necessary to protect
Havana, the railroads, and the small Sc
coast places. The Cubans have the ad-
vantage of being thoroughly acclimated
and Of knowing the country perfectly
They also have the best commanders, as has
been frequently demonstrated lately, and
all talk OF their being cut to pieces, or as
nearly ready to surrender, may be UNDER
stood as the bomba site declara lions of the
Spanish generals who control the SUBJ
marine cable.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
The Highway Act Unconstitutional

forts of the tond ring in trying to enforce
a measure so manifestly unjust. But
1.-The Star was right as it always Is even
IL it did support a gigantic nd steal.
The decision of Judge Cox willundoubtedly
be appealed from and sustained by the
higher courts. His remarkably Gear opinion
is not likely to be reversed. except on some
technical ground, and as he is looked upon
as a jurist of more than ordinary ability
he has probably left no loopholes through
which to obtain a reversal. Until the ques
ton is definitely decided. nothing more can
be done with the highway act. and ifimprove
ments are to be made in our system of sewers
and sewage disposal IL must be brought be-
fore Congress as an independent bill.
The Times is ready to support such u
measure. provided it does not comprehend
large sale of bonds. 1t has been pointed out
several times that funds can be raised to
carry on the work without increasing our
public debt. Let the Board OF Trade COM
mittee make such recommendation, and
the general public will unite in requesting
Congress to incorporate its provisions in a
law.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
EDITOR JONES SENSATION.
Dividing Funds of Mr.. Pulitzer's st
Louis Paper Bet W cen Two Banks

L
st. Louis, Jan. GA sensational cpl
sode in the Jones-P ulitZer Injunction case
is the topic OF the town A bill was filed i'll
Judge Valliant's court Saturday evening
in winch the defendant directors charged
that Charles II. Jones, editor and ma mayer
of the paper. has Eeen secretly diverting
the funds OF the corporationfronit the contrib
of the Officers specified in the bylaws.
The court is asked to make an order so
modifying the temporary Injunction as
of the paper in one bank and not diviGc the
deposits, as he has been doing
The specific charge in the bill is that
Mr.. Jones deposited $4,000 of the cor
porations money III the st. Louis National
Bank to his own credit as ''editor AMI man
ager'' of the Post-Dispatch and checked
money therefrom without the knowledge
of Mr.. F. ID. White. treasurer Of the Pulitzer
Publishing Company
Mr.. Jones states that during bis absence
recently Mr.. White refused to sign the pay
roll, because he tMr- Jones' had not drawn
the check, having delegated that duty to
Mr.. George Jones, his brother, and bust
DeSs manager OF the paper. He claims
that in order to prevent future embarrass-
nlcnts OF that kind he Will open separate
account
The matter will he heard this afternoon
and its disposal will have an important
bearing on the original suit
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27

The decision OF Judge Cox against the
highway act sustains the position of The
Times in opposing both that measure and
its consort in iniquity, the District bond
bin, and thwarts the schemes OF the bond
ring, which have been SO heartily Endorsed
by the Commissioners. 1t also renders easy
the work of the Board of Trade committee
in preparing substitute bill for the one now
before Congress, and defeats the plan of
President Woodward to secure the indorsc-
mcnt of the Board of Trade to a measure
TO improve property in forty-seven subdi-
visions at the expense of District tax
payers.
Perhaps the most humiliated factor In
this conspiracy to mis.cad the public and
enrich ring of sIecu lators is our esteemed
contemporary, the Star. The ray of in
teIlect that inspired its Budding In
tclIigencc" editorial of last Saturday will
doubtless now blossom into a fun nedgcd
idea that the ways of the wicked are
devious and full OF disappointment. Pos
sibly ii will also give birth TO an editorial
claiming credit for having predicted Judge
Cox's decision, and deprccating the eff
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27

In the good old times, when Capt. Kidd
and other like pirates roved the Spanish
main or other waters. it was their cheerful
habit to make the crews of captured ships
walk along q narrow plank, which at the
opportune moment was tipped over and
prccipitatPd the captivcS into the sea. Then
the gay buccaneers sailed away and left
their victims struggling in the ways, To
drown or swim ashore, as fate might de-
cree.
The same sort of policy appears To be in
vogue with respect to the iron-worllerso on the
new city postoffice building. with this diff
ference only. that if they are thrown from
the planks they are made to walk they fall
a distance considerably greater than that
which confronted Capt. kidd's victims,
and they don't strike a yielding body OF
water. but solid ground, after being mashed
and mangipd in their descent by intervening
iron beams. Nothing but miraculous in
trrpuSition of Providence, can render their
fate uncertain. To fall from where they
work means certain death
No pirate could possibly have been more
Indifferent To the sufferinGs of his victims
than Contractor Thorpe is to the fate of the
men he employees. In perfect cold blood he
announces there are as many planks as he
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27

As usual, considerable interest attaches
to the annual convention of the Improved
Order of B'nai Birth, now in session in
New York. This interest is both general
and local, as one of the most prosperous
lodges of the order is in Washington, and
some of the most prominent members OF the
organization are citizens of the National
CAPITAL The aims of the ''Sons of the
Covenant" are altogether charitable, and
their benevolence, though naturally em-
braciDg in the first line the people OF Jew
ish faith, is cosmopolitan enough 10 re-
licve suffering wherever it presents Itself.
Among the great charitable organiza-
tons OF the United States the order of B'nai
Firth stands in the front rank. Sprung
from modest beginnings it has grown to
magnificent proportions. Its benefac-
lions extend to old and young alike. 1t
supports orphan asylums, schools, col
leges and hospitals. Its care for the needy
and helpless begins at the cradle and ends
only at the grave. 1t is constantly extend
ing and charging the scope of its work,
and cndeavors 10 open fields OF usefulness
to those who have found their own efforts
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
lie Told the Truth .

Il am poor scholar" said the thinly-
clad wanderer, land am out OF work.
The professor took him kindly by the hand
and bade him enter the study.
Perhaps said he, sympatheticaily, II
can give you some work, but first let me
give you dinner
Tears of gratitude came into the eyes Of
the man in hard luck as the thrust the
provender hcme.
Il am calculating a transit of Venus
said the professor. when they had returned
10 the study, land you may do these To-
GarithmS for me-" But his visitor hest
tated.
I'd like ter do hit fer ye, boss-I hates ter
be discGmbligin ter a man wat does de
hsnsum' ting by me. but | give it ter We
straight wen / says was poor scholar"
Men is jist like err paper bag" said
u ncie Rasbury. philosophically. "Dey
makes a heap mo- noise wen dey's empty
den wen dey's ST. thin in EN-.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
SHOT ny HER SON.
Mrs. Lyons by ing From Ii Pistol W ound
Inflicted by Him.

Jersey City, Jan 27.-Mrs. Mary Lyons.
aged AZ, widow, living at No. a hudson
Boulevard, jersey City Heights. was shot in
the head yesterday by her 14-year Did son
Henry. She was removed to the City Hos
pitla. where she lies tonight i'll a dying con-
dition.
The boy escaped. and when last seen he
was running hatless and coatless from the
scene as fast rs his feet could carry rim.
In the City Hospital it was found that
32caIiber bullet was lodged in the base Of
Mrs. Lyons brain.
She made contradictory statements. At
first she said the shooting was accidental.
Then she said the boy had shot her inten-
tiOpally. She soon became delirioIs- al d
all efforts to secure an intelligent statement
failed. Detective McNalIy, who ilvesti-
gated. learned that Mrs. Lyons lived hap
PLY with her three sons. of whom Henry is
the youngest. Mrs. Lyonsandhe her boy Harry
We're alone in the room when the shooting
occurred
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
A lingo Explosion.

Senator Frye's Congress ional cOmpli
ment to Russia, Take Armenia and the
United States will stand behind YOU" viii
cause even the impcnetrable Muscovite to
erupt into a loud guffaw. 1t comes with
singular inopportuneness, at Il moment
when Russia stands behind the Turk, and
by its recent treaty, alliance, understand
ing or whatever other designation may be
applied, tells Europe and all the rest of
the world, Hands off," Having assumed
a quasi protectOrate over the Turks b EN-.
pire, it is probable that Russia Will adopt
some measures put stop to the merciiess
slaughter of Armenians, but even the ear
must proceed cautiously in this respect,
for he has to deal with a population filled
with fanatical hatred of Christians and
their faith. The fact that he is the head
of the Greek Catholic Church will make
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
4 'Tragedy.

Your sole's as tough as leather"
"Eold your tOngIn,'' retorted the shoe
maker waxing warm. As he va mped across
the shop his cye-iet out wicked CLEAN.
Here peg away day after day, and work
at night to boot, while you heel and toe 1t
through thestreets.s You ought to be tanned
with a big cowhide,''
us that awl?'' was her Indifferent re-
joinder.
NO" he beloved, like mad bull; lit
is the last There was a dull, sickeninG
thud. and the limp form OF his beautiful. but
maynard wife, sank gracefully across the
bench.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
Youths in Western Schools.

Western youths no longer go in great
numbers to the older institutions of the
East for n college education. They go TO
their own State universities or to the great
Michigan university at Ann Arbor. The
young men sent from the Mississippi Valley
to Harvard. Yale. Princeton and the Uni
versity of Virginia are usually the SONS or
relatives of men educated in those institu-
lions. The West is not always up in the
latest Paris fashions. nor does it go wild
after the latest fad OF European capitals
but it keeps its schoolinasters busy. Come
West. young man, and get a liberal ednca :
tion.-St. Louis Republic.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
WIN Remove to Larger Quarters.

Extensive improvements are about to be
made to the Heinekamp Building, s East
Baltimore street. near Charles. The whole
structure viii be remodeled, and when
finished. the building, which has been leased
FOR a term of years, will be occupied by
Messrs- Mertz 4 Mertz, of Baltimore and
Washington. The firm bas found its pres
ent quarters, I'm the Neal Building, at HoI-
lieiay and Baltimore streets, too small. At
the Heinekamp Building the first floor will
lie fitted up for salesrooms and cutting de-
partmeRt; the second floor for stock-room
and offices. and the third floor for model
workrooms. Baltimore Evening News.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
SCHILLER COLLECTION ROBBED
Portion Worth $4,000 Taken by New
York Thieves

New York, Jan. 27--Another big rob-
berry has occurred which is likely to give
the detectives considerable difficulty in
ferrettipg out the thieves.
The scene Of the most recent addition
to the already long list OF depredatinns was
ut No. . East Thirtieth street. and the ar.
ticles taken were a portion of the cele-
brated Schiller evliectionof antiques. which
We're brought 10 this country a few
months ago tn be sold.
The collection was valued ut between
500, 900 and S50O,C00. The thieves Sc
cured $4,000 worth of the valuable an
tiques. displaying considerable knowledge
of the nature of the articles they selected.
The collection was in charge of DR., jain,
a dealer in antiques, who has contract
with the owner To sell them
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
Thrifty.

A few years ago contractor undertook
to widen railway in the West Riding of
Yorkshire, and while the men were all at
work one day a serious landslip occurred.
There was much confusion, and then the
cry went up:
Count the men,"
"Never mind the men, /" shouted the thrifty
contractor; count the wheelbarrows."-
London Telegraph.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27

We find it upon the coins of Clovis and his
sons, which has induced antiquarians to cali
it the fleur de lis-the lily OF France-repre-
sentcd in gold on a blue ground, but the
fact is these trefoiis were used on CONSTANT
nopolitan crowns before the time of the
Franks and afterwards on those of German
princes in no way allied to Charlema gne.
Aubrey, celebrated authority upon her
aldry. was OF opinion that the fleur de lis is
really nothing more. than a spear head
adorned, no flower Of the lily kind having
the middle part solid
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27

The crowns of Denmark and Sweden are
of almost similar shape. consisting of the
eight arched diadems rising from a marquis
coronet "a circle of gold bordered with
ermnc, set round with four strawberry
leaves and four pearls on pyramidical points
of equal height alternate), which conjoin Mt
the top under a mound unsigned with a cross
bottone.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27

his task even more delicate and more diff
ficult
Apart from this, however, one can imag
inc sort of plying smile passing over
Car Nicholas features, il by some chance
the lingo encouragement OF the Senator
from Maine should be brought to his atten-
ton. 1t might occur to him that nation
having neither navy nor army, nor coast
defenses, nor big guns, nor small arms,
would not be very powerful hacker, aud
that the words of the Senator We're SIM
ply Intended for consumption and effect at
home. Seriously considered, Senator Frye's
remarks were not calculated to help the
Armenians in Armenia, however much they
might crafty those who are in the United
States, safe from the persecution of Turk
and Kurd.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
A Menace TO Flirting.

Prof. Routgen of the Wurzburg Uniyers-
ity has discovered light by which the
bones and internal organs of the body may
be accurately photographed. Now, when
the ardent lover protests that ''her image
alone is engraven on his heart" She may
require Photographic proofs.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
Some Royal Crowns.

The crowns of Spain Portugal and Polar nd
are all three of the same form and are de-
scribed by Colonel Parsons in his "Geneal-
ogical Tables OF Europe as "ducal coro-
nets heightened up with eight arched dia-
dems supporting mound, unsigned with a
plain gold cross"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27

The kings of most other continental coun-
tries are crowned with circlets of gold,
adorned with precious stones, and height
ened up with trefoils and closed by four six
or eight diadems supporting a mound sur
mounted by a cross. The trefoil upon the
crown is thought to be of Gothic introduce
ton.