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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-28

That DonnelIy and Girard are great rain
makers rs well as greater funmakers was
thoroughly demonstrated last nigh. at the
Academy or Music before Il crowded and
enthusiastic house.
The Rainmakers'' is farcical comedy
presenting a clean and endies mount OF fun,
interpreted by one OF the strongest compan-
les appearing on the road in this ella IS of pop
ular plays.
The play has been somewhat revised since
its last appearance here, buJ it has lost none
OF its bright features and general attract
iveness and fun-making qualities. Its pre-
sentaJion last night was accorded a rUusing-
Il enthusiastic reception.
The rain and wind storm was real enough
to make the audience feel chilly while they
lasted. and the Electrical March, intro
ducing the novel feature of vari-colored
electric lights worn by the company were lib
orally applauded-
As q compliment 10 Manager Pert Riddle
his fellow-members of the Columbia Ath-
letiC Club attended in a body and heightened
the fun on the stage by making merry in
front of it. especially in the football scene,
presented by a number OF pretty girls.
Donnelly and Girard are such pr;Slc favor
ties here that little can be said that
would add Ia their popularity as comedians.
II is enough to say tina their fun is original
and unCea sing. They rendered Il number OF
new songs in good style, which earned them
a double encore.
In the last act Charles Ross amid Miss
Fenton. weilknowu tTavesty artists. ap-
peared in well-rendered burlcsGues on ''Vir-
ginius' and Fedora"
Inro Fox is strong feature. being an
accomplished magician of some fame. and
presented a number OF wonderful and mys-
tifying sleght-of-hand tricks: Miss Grace
Langley and Miss Nellie Lynch danced and
sang themselves into favor. and the Rogers
brothers German character singers and
dancers. scored 4 decided hit in their mum
Der on the program.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-02

During the summer work was pushed
with all possible speed by the contractors
and returning students find the field
practically completed and all fenced in.
The trees were cleared away, which
thickly covered the field and the result
ing lumber now does duty in the high
board fence surrounding it. The soil
was removed. and the whole enclosed
space made level as billiard table. The
track is perfect oval in form of the
regulation length, one-fourth mile, and
is twenty feet wide and covered with fine
cinders. Within this track and outside of
it the ground is all graded even. A spur
also twenty feet wide extends from one
side of the truck, SO that the hurdle
races and the $50 yard dash can be run
straight away. The new covered grand
stand erected two years ago on the delta
has been removed here, and being placed
just opposite the finish commands per-
feot view Of the track and entire field. It
will seat 400 persons. 1t is hoped little
later to have larger and more imposing
grand stand with bath rooms, dressing
rooms, etc.. beneath it, but for the
present this does good service
Inside the oval track are the football
and baseball fields both level as floor
over their whole extent and with lots of
room to spare. Outside the fence enolos-
ing the field is fringe of pines which
add to the beauty of the field, serving as
an admirable and appropriate setting for
Bowdoin's new jewel.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-02

Maine State Saturday, is great addition
to the college. land Is an object Of great
pride to the students and the alumni
through whose efforts it has been built.
ihe old delta used for go many years was
inadebuate for it's purpose and the needIof
a running track was imperative. if Bow
dom was to maintain the high place in
athletics which it had won. DR..
Whittier, Bowdoin's popular and efficient
athletic director. took the matter in
charge year ago and to his enthusiasm
and energy the college ia indebted for it's
present superb track and oval. The site
selectsd was on Harpswell street and is
reached by short walk through the
pines back of the present delta. A path
newly constructed straight from the
gymnasium makes it less than three
minutes walk from that building. The
alumni body was prompt in supporting
the students who had at the start gener-
ously contributed toward the Bproposed
field and last spring the committee let
the various contracts for the work
amounting to over $4,000 in all. A few
hundred dollars of this sum still remains
to be subscribed but it is not doubted
that it will be quickly forthcoming.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-02
INSPIRED BY ENVY.
Lewiston journal Makes Another of It's
Attacks on Rigby.

Tho following paragraph appeared In
the columns OF the Lewiston journal
last evening:
"The Rigby Park management have
lost money again this year, and there
are rumors mat they are going to plug
up the leak and call it quits. We think
Rigby could draw two good paying
crowds in season. A little horse trot
goes long way"
The motive of this attack Of the Jour
nal on Rigby park is too apparent to
need explanation. That Lewiston with
Its half mile track should be jealous
OF the growing popularity and fame
of Rigby park is not surprising, but that
tho Journal should make such unoalled
for and untruthful statements about
Rigby's financial condition ia indeed a
surprise to every horseman and race
horse patron In the state. AS matter
of fact Rigby has had most prosper
GUS year, the Journal to the contrary
Notwithstanding. It's meets have been
well attended and have .leen as most
successful AS far al the exhibition of
fast trotting and pacing, fine horses
and hotly contested racing goes as any
in the country, and with three worlds
records broken on the track. with the
record Of the largest attendance in q
single day at the New England Fair
of any similar exhibition in this seq
tion of the country and reputation of
fair dealing ana honest racing unsur-
passed by any track in America, the
Rigby park management have COED rsa-
son to be well satisfied with the result
of the year. Rigby is the pride of Port
land, of the whole country and of the
State of Maine, with the possible ex-
ception of the Lewiston Journal, whose
envy at this tracks growing populari-
ty has occasioned the above slurring
pal agraphEand Others of similar nature
The Journal says there are "rumors
of RiRby's losing money again this
year" Portland has also heard a few
faint whisperings of the deplorable finan-
cial state of the Maine State Fair,
which lost several thousand dollars at
this years exhibition although blessed
with fair weather with the exception
of a shower during one forenoon.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-02
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The civil engineers OF the Boston and
Maine railroad are drawing plans for
new steel bridge across the Piscatauua
river, which has been talked of for many
years.
The annual report of TIE Boston and
Maine railroad, showing that for the
year ended June 30 the road expended
1878, AT in the application of automatic
a if brakes and car couplers 10 its equip
ment, as per the United States statutes,
again calls attention to this important
matter. The previous year the Boston
and Maine expended but S33, 1874 for new
automatic brakes and couplers. The last
report of tbs Interstate commerce COM
mission showed that there remained
l.0O0 900 cars and locomotives in the
United States to DO equipped before
January, 1898, which calls for an expen-
diture of $4,000. 600. Some roads Of
which the Boston and Maine is notable
one. are charging the cost of these i'm
provements to operating expenses, but
many roads are not able to do this owing
to largely decreased earnings, and many
reads will no doubt find it necessary to
increase fixed charges to meet the OK
penditures.
Pullman sleeping cars will be run from
Mt Desert Ferry through to Boston Oh
the night train daily until October 81,
inclusive, and Pullman paror cars will
be run from Mt Desert Ferry through
to Boston on tho Flying Yankee"
until October 81 inclusive. These ar
rangements have been made for the &C
commodation of the cottagers who re-
main at Bar Harbor through the greater
part of October.
J. A. Getchell has been appointed
Maine Central railroad agent at Ioeboro,
and $. Wilson agent at Sullivan.
There is a vast difference in the
amount of wood used in railroading now
and few years ago. According to- the
annual report of the Maine Central only
four cords of wood were used last year
for heating passenger cars, on the whole
line few years ago that would have
been small allowance for one of the
through trains for q single week.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-02
PRoWDENT ASSOCIATION
Elect Officers for Ensuing Year and Listen
to Reports on Work of Year Passed,

The annual meeting of the Portland
Provident association was held last eve
ming in the Aldermen's room, City
Building. There was large alton ance
when President william M. Marks called
the meeting to order. The report of the
treasurer showed that the sum of 81, IA. SO
had been contributed to the society
during the year, all of which had been
expended in aid of the poor under the
supervision OF the board of managers.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President-George Trefethen.
Vice Presidents-I. Fred Sturdiyapt
Sylvester Mari and George H. Lord.
Treasurer-Charles S. Forbes.
Secretary Philip E. Turner.
Board of Mapagers-William M. Marks
Charles Henry Chase Alfred Woouman.
William W. Brown, Eben Corey, William
A. Quincy, James P. Baxter, William
o. Fox, A. l.. Burbank, J.. j. Gerrisb.
Edward P. Chase, Augustus Cummings
Jefferson Chase, Thomas Pennell, K. o.
Chase, George W. Simonton, +.
Greenough. John Cousens, Benjamin f.
Harris, Q. ". Fullam, Lyman N.
Cousens, Z. Il. Jordan, L. d. Austin
and James Keazer.
Rev. W. I. Phelan was elected agent
of the association.
A vote OF thanks was extended to the
retiring president, William Marks, to the
secretary and treasurer and to Sargent.
DeDnison & Co., for liberal discount on
the society's coal bill.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-02

need no introduction in the football
world. Although strangers in Watervtlle
they have redbrd gained by years Of
play. Hoannell, who stands 5 feet, 10
inches and weighs 1870 pounds. played
for four ysars at Phillips Exeter, where
he was captain of the team IN 1895. He
ls hnrd m an to tackle. strong runner
and follows the ball closely. Ha ia also
good on defensive work. The Colby boys
are particularly glad to see him come to
Colby as he lie tirst-class baseball play or
in addition to his football accomplish
ments. He will strengthen the college
teams great deal both on tho gridiron
and on the diamond.
Gibbons Is also an Exeter man where
he has plnyed TWO years and established
the reputation of being the best half
back Exeter ever had. He was the only
man on Exeter's team that could make
any gains against Harvard last year. He
is about feet z inches in height and
weighs $50 pounds. He is sure kler,
fast runner and keeps in the game
from. start to finish.
Alden, '9S, OF last years eleven, who
played two years with the Waterville
high school team, will doubtless be one
of the half-backs taRnin this year. He
weighs $40 pounds rather light weight,
but is fast with the ball and has always
proved a groundgainer.
The position of center will be filled by
Thompson, Hebron giant center for two
years. He weighs ITO pounds, and in his
work has shown himself powerful in
breaking through the line.
Hook, f1eshma n, is promising can
didate for quarter back. He has played
that position two. years ON the Foxcroft
Academy team.
"Pat" Holmes, the star fuil-back of
the Maine college teams last year. may
not return to college this year. If he
does, that position will be filed in a
most satisfactory manner.
Among the other promising candidates
forsdifferent positions on the team Mo.
Fadden, '98, who played for two years
on the Friends School team at Provi-
dence, r. l. He used to play with the
Waterville high school team before going
to Providence. He is soiihly built fel.
low, heavy and a good runner and il
Holmes should not return, might be pu,
In at full-baok White, Pierce, Fur.
bush and Ventres of the Freshman elias,
al e making good showing in practice
and will furnish a lot of strong substl
tutes even il they do not make the team
A training table has been established
and all the candidates will be undel
strict discipline throughout the entire
season.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-02
WESTBROOK.

Mrs. Hattie, wife of Herbert H. Cutter,
died at her home on Main street yester-
day morning, after long illness, at the
age OF 50 years and II months. The de-
ceased was natl We of this city, being
one of the children of the late Benjamin
Elwell. She was a member of the West
brook M. Il. church. Her sstimable
character endeared her to all. A young
son and husband survive her. The
funeral will be held from her late res l.
dence, Main street, at O'Clock.
Ex-Mayor Cordwell was reported more
comfortable last evening.
Mr.. Edward Murphy it Is stated, will
next year, endeavor to form league Of
baseball clubs, to include the Murphy
Balsams, Presumpscots, Irons and Sacca-
rappas.
;. d. Warren g. Co., have laid out a
football iaridiron at Warren park, for the
use of the West brook High school eleven.
The members of the city government
go on trolley ride to RivertUn, Satur-
day afternoon, as the guests of the Port
land Street Railway company, The
their conveyance.
Mis-. Susan Williams died at her home
on Cum berland street, yesterday morn
ing Of consumption. at the age of g.
years. The deceased has been a resident
of this city for many years, and was
widely known and highly respected. A
husband, two sons, George and James of
Boston, and three daughters, Mrs. Eben
Morton and Nurses Sadie and Susan. sur
vive her. The funeral will take place at
the st. Hyaointh church. Saturday morn
I ing at clock.
Mr.. A. A. Melvin has disposed of the
Westbrook Chronicle to Messrs. Holmes
and Haley, two well known newspaper
men of Biddeford. The contract was
closed yesterday and this weeks issue
will be the product of the new proprie-
tors. Mr.. Melvin retires from thu
management of this paper with the good
will and esteem of the citizens OF West
brook. A large majority agree that be
had proper ideas of what journal of its
class should be. Fl Q endeavored at ali
times through its columns to advance the
interests of Westbrook, and all matters
which reflected upon the good name Of
this city were excluded from its pages.
A number of families of this CITY for
the past few days have been moving
their effects TO Biddeford where some Of
the members have secured employment.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-02
ART IN THE HOME.
Its Usefulness Demonstrated by a Blush.
| ing Bride.

Its Usefulness Demonstrated by Blush.
ing Bride.
He had not felt the slightest doubt as to
the future when he laid his heart and his
vaguely prospective fortune at her feet.
She could paint daisies and lilies of the
valley on almost anything she happened to
see, from dinner plate to a cushion for
an easy chair, and he had no doubt of her
ability to make home happy. She could
also sing kathleen Mavourneen' and
play her own accompaniment, but it was
her work with the brush which most ap-
pealed to him.
The idea Of sinking to rest on hand
painted upholstery was beyond the widest
dreams of luxury which his earlier youth
had known, and nothing could be more Sc
renely hopeful than the Impressions with
which they started in to keep house. A
sozy place, convenient to the cars, it was
still far enough away from the hustle of
town to permit the night chirpers to be
heard when they join in concert. She had
gone brayely to work to discharge the
duties Of a housewife, and their first break
fast was delight to the eye. But there
was shadow of disappointment over her
face as she sat down to her coffee.
"I'm not going to offer you any biscuit, -
she said.
did you make any?"
eyes; but | am sure they are notas they
should be-
'Have you tasted one Of them?''
ssNo 1t was not necessary. My eye for
color was quite sufficient 2
''But you don't employ the same meth
DDS and the same criterions in making a
pan of biscuit that you do in painting a
landscape, you know"
''No; not exactly. But I've watched
mothers baking enough to know that
when biscuits are properly made they
ought to be delicate vandyke brown over
the top and a pure white inside And
when mine come out with spots of bone
black over the crust and streaks of chrome
yellow through the middle feel that there
must be something wrong"
WELL" he answered cheerfully and con-
tentedly, II am sorry for your sake that
they did not prove more like the usual
thing. But it was lucky that you detected
the dissimilarity before we ate them, and
it goes to show that there is no telling
when knowledge of art is going to. come
in handy, even in the most practical at
fairs of life Detroit Free Press.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-02
COLBY'S ELEVEN.
Good Material for the Waterville Foot
Ball Aggregation.

Good Material for the Waterville Foot
Ball Aggregation.
The outlook for Colby's '9e football
team is first class. Marshall, this years
coach, il member of the w varsity
team at Dartmouth, knows the game
thoroughly and is drilling the men on
the most progressive lines. The boys are
praoticing faithfully under his instruc-
ton.
Brooks. $50, the captain of last year.
team, will have charge of the team again
He will play the same position that he
filled last year with such complete sue
cess. He is perhaps the best guard on the
/, Maine college teams and his work as
captain does not seem to impair the quail
Sity of his individual work. Brooks ia a
massively built man. lacking but half an
inch of standing six feet high, aud
weighing in condition 225 pounds.
Brooks played two years on the Hebron
Academy team before entering Colby.
Chapman, '97, will doubtless be found
again at tackle. This is his seventh
season on the gridiron. He played two
years as substitute and three years as
member OF the regular team at Phillips
Exeter before coming to Colby. Every
body who has seen the Colby team play
is familiar with his fine work. Chan
man stands feet II inches and weighs
40.
VarDey Putnam. '99. will be in the line
either at guard or tackle. Last year was
his first at the game when he astonished
all by his fine work. He tackles finely
and is good ground gamer. He is a
strongly built fsllow standing feet and
10 inches and weighing l75jpounds.
Among the candidates for the epds are
r. c. Shannon who played left end last
season, Richardson, '99, Doughty a
freshman from Hebron, Pike who nleved
the end last year and Eels, '99. Shannon
and Pike are both hard workers and
earnest players a trife light for the
positions and may get crowded out by
heavier men.
Scannell and Gibbons, two new men,
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-02

Coach Hoag, who was with the team last
season, following Mr.. Mackey, is well
liked, and possesses the confidence of the
eleven and of the college at large. The
team will undoubtedly follow closely af-
ter the Harvard style of play, as Mr..
aoag gained his knowledge and expert
enoe under the 'crimson.' The men
have all received careful attention from
the coach since September 18th, and
should now be getting in good trim for
the season s work. Ex-Captains Bates
and Fairbanks. as well as Quimby '95
and Libby and Eastman, '96, have shown
excellent spirit by returning to the delta
and assisting in the breaking in of new
material and getting the team into
shape. 1t was hard task which COIL
fronted Captain stearns at the opening
of the year. Several men were gone from
the 1ine.and there was scarcity of "big
ones" to take their place. New material
had to be developed for guards, one
tackle, centre and end. Back of the line
the prospect was better. A new quarter
was needed as Moulton was not available
made such good record as a hard player
and ground gamer, was sick and unable
to return. He is not back yet and will
probably be out Of the game this year.
Although with Stanwood. Ives, Ste tson,
Kendall and Clark there should be no
difficulty in pulling out fast set Of
backs, still Mao" will be missed. The
schedule of games as arranged is:
October 3.-Maine State at Brunswick.
October Am herst at Amherst.
October l0.-Tufts at Brunswick.
Oc5ober l4.-B. A. A. at Boston.
October 17.-Exeter at Exeter.
October 2. -Colby ut Brunswick.
October 24-Williams at Wiliiamstown,
October 2S.-Dartmouth at Hanover.
October Sl-AndOver at Andover,
November An. 1. T. at Boston.
November 1l.-Colby at Waterville.
Noyembe 1f.-Bates at Lewiston.
November 2l.-Tufts at College Hill.
The team should win ali of these games
except the one with Boston Athletic as
ISOLATION, and the three with Amherst.
Williams and Dartmouth. Of these three
Bowdoin should take one and has fight
ing chance of winning two. Dartmouth
should, however, win her game. Of
course the odds are against Bowdoin In
this game, as Dartmouth is supposed 60
have stronger eleven than in '95, and
plays on home grounds The Maine
teams, it is hoped, will be found stronger
rivals than usual. The, individual mem
bers for the team have not been fully de-
cided upon, but the chances are that
next Saturday In the game against Maine
State, Stearns and Veazie will play ends.
French and Murphy tackles, Hamilton
and Stock bridge guards, with Spear
centre. Fairfield und6u btedly has good
claim on quarterback. The halves will
be picked from Stanwood, Ives, Kendall
and Stetson. and the full back win be
Ives or Clark. Wilson, Wiggin and
Shute are making good bids for positions
on the team. The men have been re-
markabiy free from accidents thus far.
The new athletic field which will be
used for the first time, in the game with
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-02
The Presumpscots win.


There was an interesting ball game
at Westbrook yesterday between the
Presumpscots and Murphy Balsams.
The crowd was simply delighted to see
their favorites twin algame from the
Balsams. The game was played and
won on It's merits. There was no kick
ing and the game was played quickly
and smootly. The score by innings:
Presumpscots,o 0 1 8 o x-e
Balsams, l 0 0 0 0 0 0 OIL
Batteries, Gildea and Edgar for Pre-
sumpsoots; Ross and Edgar for the Bal
sans.
The Presunpscots have the honor Of
winning the only game won BY Maine
team from the Balsams. The ser les
stands now Balsams 2, Presumpscots. l.
Notes.
At Decentralization q. Providance
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-02
Deafness Cannot Be Cured.

by local application as they cannot reach tba
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness and that is by constitn.
famed condition Of the mucous lining of tn ,t
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflam,aad9
you have q rumbling sound or imperfect hen ~
ing and when 1t Is entirely closed, Deafness ID
the result, and unless the inflammation can b 40
taken out and this tube restored to its norm uI
condition. hearing will be destroyed foreysrs .
which is nothing but an inflamed conditon, II;
the mucous surfaces Vi
We will give One Hundred Dollars for on,
case Of Deafness caused by catarrh) that gu,
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Send J fa1
circulars; free. ior
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aB- Sold by Druggists, Zoe. sN"'o.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-02
COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
Tile New Athletic Field by the
BOWdOin Pines.
FOOTBALL PROSPECTS THERE
UNUSUALLY GOOD.

A Glance at the Material for the New
Eieven-How the Long Haired Youths
VIII Line Up for Their First Contests.
Bowdoin's prospects on the football
Held this season are considered unusually
good just ut present. 1t is the general
belief that the team will make record
even better than that of last year. This
is only belief, however, as the strength
OF the various teams Bowdoin is to meet
this year. is as yet. an nnkown quantity