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The Portland daily press., 1896-10-23

of the thirty nine cities having all
night and every night lighting and over
head system the average price for 100
candle power is SS272.
g. Propositions for lighting under the
present system and arrangements have
been made by ifle Consolidated Electric
Company
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-23
WRIT ING
ON
LIN I: N


to day, and the economically inclined
housekeeper should give attention.
No better stock of table linens
ever filled our shelves and no better
prices were ever marked on such quail
tiles.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-23
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO, |

STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY. S.
FRANK j. { HEHEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of f. j. CHENEY &
Co. doing business In the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid. and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case Of CATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use OF HALLS
OATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D. 1886.
f~-) A. W. GLEASON,
}sEAL
t} Notary Public.
HaIvs CatarTh Cure Is taken internally and
acts dirScsly On the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Send for testimonials, free
r. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
Said by Druggists. Toe.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-23

Pure linen table cloths-two
yards wide and two and one half and
three yards long, selling at $500,
400, 4.25 and 500, which is way
below usual prices for these qualities.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-23
SUPERIOR COURT.
Before Judge Bonney.a

Before Judge Bonney.a
Thursday Stephen G. Maxfield of
Naples, ii bellant VS.. Carrie Il. Max
field Divorce decreed for utter deser-
ton.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-23
At the lower prices, $3.50, 1.25

and LOO, you will find wearing quail
ity to our linens that will bear high tes-
timony to their excellence.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-23

AGENTS WANTED Everywhere for our Mao
nificept line OF Holiday Git Books Somethins
new. sales wonderful. For fun particulars and
farms address. PEOPLES, 394l Market Street
Philadelphia, Pa. oct20d1aw3WS
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-23
Table Linens by the yard;

splendid line at any price you want.
Our fine qualities at S2.O0, $50
and 800 per yard are beautiful in tex
ture and pattern.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-23
YOURS vorv truly,
WELSBACH STREET LIGHTING 90

The number of hours per night during
The number of feet of gas consumed by
the Welsbach burner per night would
be 29.1 For 800 days each year it wonld
burn l0621.5 feet. The rate charged by
the Portland Gas Light Company for
city lighting is 81. IS per M, making each
burner cost $l4. SO per year for gas alone
without the rent of fixtures
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-23
CONCLUSION.


In concluding this report of the result
of the Investigations upon this subiect.
the committee desires to express thanks
to the officers of those munioipalities
electric lighting companies and indiy,d,
uals throughout the country who have so
kindly furnished data which has greatly
aided the committee in it's work. And If
the work, voluntarily undertaken and
pushed forward by your committee for
the last six months, shall finally result
in the CITY s owning lighting plant and
doing its own lighting, or in making
cost of lighting the city shall be redpced
your committee will feel that their labor
has not been i'll vain.
Respectfully submitted.
(Signed.)
JOHN T.. PAGAN,
FRED N. MAYBERRY, committee
SAMUEL A. STONE, on
THOMAS A FLAHERTY, Lights.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-23

The Legislature Has Apparently Given the
Existing Electric light Company a
Monopoly-Coal is Higher in This Town
Than Almost Everywhere Eise-Light-
ing Propositi Ons from the Electric
Lighting Company, Mr.. Peterson, Mr..
w. Il. Dana and the Welsbach Com
cifio Recommendations.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-23

@-teA ssco OOo}A OSAASl0oAou ny blN COulLllU-
ties. The following letter win explain
itself:
Nj. John T.. Faaan, Chairman.
Committee on Lighting, Portland, Me.
My Dear Sir:-On receipt Of your favor
of Septein Der 18th. con tanning as it did
some yery important questions, have
felt 1t necessary To look very careful lily
into this matter of making you propo-
sition, and decided il was necessary for
me to make visit to Portland. In an
swer to your first question in your letter
Of September 25th, would say that do
not think my corporation possesses a
charter which will admit of making O
contract with the city of Portland for It's
lighting, as (although Maine corpora
tlon) am under the general law and
| understand at the last session of the
Legislature law was passed which
changes the status of corporations organ
lied prior to 1894 to such an extent that
the charter which hold would been tire
ly imperative for q proposition Of this
kind, including as it would the construc-
tion and operation of au electric lighting
station within the limits of your CITY. In
regard to the proposition made by Mr.
Peterson for furnishing power, would
say that after carefully looking into this
matter, have decided 1t would be
impraoticable for IN TO make similar
one. For, as / under stand, the power
should be ready for operation at any time
during the twenty -four hours, in con.
sequence of which the machinery should
be in running condition Or actually run
aing during that timo. While the water
power which l control is availab BILE for all
manufacturing purposes, your require
ments are more positive in their nature
and require an absolutely continuous
power. Hence it will be impracticabIe
to contract to deliver water power for
your use for twenty foar hours running
each and every day in the year. This
OF course, renders an auxiliary stea m
plant an absolute necessity, as from long
experience In elecUric lighting. well
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HARD TO EXPLAIN.

Who can tell what the impulse Is or
the instinct or the mental lapse or the
morbid condition or whatever else 1t is
that prompts droves of people to spend
hours in waiting for an opportunity to
look at the men who are held in Gin
cinnati Jail for the murder OF Pearl
Bryant? Last week the prisoners were
kept on exhibition before multitudes of
curious people. One of this mornings
dispatches says that two-thirds of the
callers are females. the greater number
being blooming girls with rosy cheeks
and bright eyes"
There is nothing new in last weeks
experience at Cincinnati. Women
crowded the court room during the
Durrant trial. often wife-killers are
made the recipients of gifts and of as
siduous attention by women who would
resent the suggestion of any slur on
their names.
A correspondent whose letter is
printed this morning under Boulder
date, in discussing prize fights and
kindred affairs. argues that humanity
needs 10 see q little Oh the rOuBn sue
of life. That may be true. Plenty of
right-minded men enjoy the spectacle
which the pugilist world offers. Gentle
folk relish a football game-that GER
tainly is as rough as any prize-ring
performance and not less dangerous to
life or limb. Probably the very large
majority of mankind would travel far
TO witness battle between contending
armies or an engagement of warships
at sea. There is a well-defined element
in human nature to which these things
appeal.
But how does IT happen that thou
sands of people will struggle. as was
the case in Cincinnati. to get into the
presence of men who attract attention
because of the extreme brutality of the
crime charged against them? Shall it
be said of these thousands that they
are not in normal mental condition?
1t would not be easy to support a
charge so sweeping; yet one is inclined
to the conclusion that there is more
than mere curiosity back of the conduct
of these jail visitors.
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ward Cuba which they admitted would
undoubtedly involve this country in war
with Spain. The presidents Venezuela
utterances were akin to war talk, and
the people of this country seemed to
relish IL.
Yet there is undoubtedly a deep-root-
ed sentiment here and in England that
war must not be. This country can
easily keep out of war. But the theory
of building coast defenses and spend
ing millions on war ships cultivates
the war spirit. Far better it would be
to cleave to the policy which has made
the republic mighty. Let the nations
wealth go for the promotion of the
arts of peace. If our ambition is to
be a militant power. there is no limit
to the money that must go for the
equipment of our great stretches of
coast. Our defenseless harbors are the
best guaranty of enduring peace.
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1t is true that the average legisla-
ture can be persuaded to consider al
most any absurd conceit in the way of
proposed new laws. The statesmen at
Ohio's capital have been discussing a
bill which proposes to fine all persons
who are voters but who fail to exercise
their franchise right. 1t is certain that
this law could not be enforced were
the Ohio Legislature foolishly to enact
1.-THE courts would probably rule it
unconstitutional. Citizenship imposes
certain duties. but the franchise is
privilege. and much of its value would
be lost were the exercise of 1t made
mandatory. Sometimes circumstances
arise which persuade the individual
that he prefers not to cast his vote;
the individual surely ought to be left
with the utmost freedom in reaching
his conclusions.
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CURRENT COM M EMIT.

Why not have a Bosses Quartet for
campaign purposes and let it make a cir
cult of the country? Plat might be the
tenor, Clarkson the treble, Quay the alto
and Tanner the basso The combination
would draw crowded houses everywhere
at least for one night. To hear them
sing 1.-THE Pirates Chorus or wait Till
the Clouds Roll By would be as good
fun as knocking out their candidates for
the neutrality-suspicious. Times-HeraId,
Rep.
Mr. Allison is the second choice of the
Missouri republicans and the second
choice man is going to cut a wide swath
at St Louis.-Washington Post.
The scheme to place this city, or the
greater New York, temporarily or per-
manently under the control of commits
sioners appointed at Albany is the
scheme of conspirators who plot such an
era of plumber made the fortunes OF
the Tammany thieves under Tweed. This
is the plain fact, no matter how they may
seek to disguise their intentions. They
will be found hiding behind the good bus
Iness repute of Governor Morton.-N. Y.
Evening Post.
Eighty per cent. of the republican senti-
ment in Illinois appears to be in favor of
Mckinley. The other 20 per cent. is di-
vided among Allison, Reed and Morton.
There Is no Cullom sentiment. He is
merely dummy anu SlOOl plBeOh Cdhui-
date to hold the Illinois vote till the
bosses can auction 1t off to the best adj
vantage.-Cihcago Chronicle.
Yet where is there an intelligent and
patriotic American who would not rather
risk a third term for Grover Cleveland
than a first term for a boss like Matthew
S. Quay, or a boss-ridden candidate like
Levi P. Morton?-Troy Press.
New England's democracy will keep
washington's birthday by a banquet
and speech making. Judge Patterson of
Tennessee is to be the chief orator, but
there will be eloquence also from home
talent including the man on whom the
democrats of New England may well
unite as their presidential candidate-ex-
Governor William e. Russell.-Boston
Globe.
Before tying up the nomination with
blue ribbons and turning ii over to Mr..
Mckinley, however, 1t will be just as
well to wait and see what kind of cards
Messrs. Plat and Quay are concealing in
their flowing sleeves.-Chicago Record.
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THEY ARE FOR PEACE.

The broad proposition advanced by
the men who attended the arbitration
conference in Philadelphia, last Satur-
day. is that the world has reached a
stage where war ought TO be abolished.
For the purpose of promoting peace.
these gentlemen are aiming to organize
an association whose members shall
preach peace and undertake to convert
the world TO their view.
The argument is all on the side of
these advocates OF arbitration 1t is
true. as the resolution adopted last Sat
urday recites. that the common sense
ca and England favor the abolition Of
war" yet the run OF current sentiment
certainly has been in the opposite d.
rection. AS a rule. the press. the men,
beers of congress. and the large public
are jealous in advocacy Of a policy
which proposes the spending OF I'M
counted millions on fortifications, battle
ships, ordnance and the like. From
many representative men come earnest
recommendations for a large increase
in the membership of the regular army
OF the United States; in fact. the war
spirit has been unusually rampant Of
late.
Last week several members OF the
federal senate advocated a policy to-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-24
1T rs UNJUST.

Several impatient newspapers are
finding fault with the Venezuelan COM
mission because ii does not expedite
its work. There is no warrant for this
criticism. 1t became the first duty of
the commissioners to get possession of
state papers which were not available
in this country. The question to be
settled is puzzling: the decision to be
reached is of very great account; the
country will hope that the commits
sioners will go slow. The belief
strengthens that the government at
London will be disposed to regard with
favor the conclusions reached by the
commission-its work should be so
thorough as to preclude the possibility
of error The newspaper critics we re-
fer to harbor a vague suspicion that
the commission is to be in some way
or other an adjunct to this years poll
tics. That suspicion fails to place a
right estimate on the character of the
men who compose the commission. To
impute improper motives to them is
grossly unjust.
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UP TO DATE "WHENS."

When lovely woman stoops to WOO a
man
At forty-five her hair grown gray.
man?
What art can hide her age away?
When small investors stoop to folly
And find too late that mines give way,
Can aught assuage their melancholy?
What option have they but-to play?
When lovely woman stoops to folly
And finds her boomers do not "sit,"
What charm can soothe her melan-
choly?
What art can make the kickers fit?
When lovely woman takes to hiking"
And her skirts are in the way,
Shall she dress like ancient viking?
Or like the young man of to-day?
When faded beauty sees with sorrow
Her raven tresses fiecked with grak,
With what cosmetic she may borrow
A bloom that ne'er will pass away?
When lovely woman has no lover
And finds her charms are growing
less
why blame her IL she tries to cover
Their fading powers in her distress?
And seeks what arts can serve her
beauty.
or hide the faults from every eye?
Surely il has become her duty
To pad and powder. point and dye!
London Truth.
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IA. J. CONNELL CO.,
BUTTE, MONT.
BUTTE, MONT.

Queen Victoria as their chief divinity.
Colonel Graham discovered that her
majesty was also an object of worship In
the temple of the Phodong-Lama, at
Tumloong, in Thibet.
On the steamer Scotsman Of the Domin-
ion line, which sailed from Portland for
Liverpool the other day, went the
largest load of live stock that has ever
been taken from this country. Arrange
ments were made to export 1,500 head Of
cattle and 1000 sheep.
export 800 head of cattle and 500 sheep.
An Indiana farmer who bought a cof-
fin for one of the members of his family
on time now proposes to resist the pay
ment of the bill on the ground that the
coffin was sold by a trust at a profit Of
200 per cent. and that he cannot be COM
PEELED to pay for 1t.
Chicory. which is used by us in the
adulteration of coffee, serves the same
purpose in France and England. In
France its leaves are eaten in salad. 1t
is mentioned in the classics as food and
Pliny comments on it's use by the Egyp-
tians as a staple article of diet.
New York has more Germans in its
population than any city of the German
empire except II: more French than any
city of France except Is; more Italians
than live in any city of Italy except
eight. and more Irish than live in any
city in Ireland except two.
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The Fergus County Argus protests
that the statement that the Fergus
county commissioners have let a print
ing contract to the st. Paul Pioneer
Press is incorrect. The Argus says:
THE board of county commissioners
of Fergus county have not let any con-
tract to the Pioneer Press company or
any other concern outside of the state
for the furnishing of blank books or
supplies. The Argus has the contract
for the furnishing of all supplies and
gave the Pioneer Press company a
small order last December" Now If
the Argus did that it distinctly vio-
lated the state printing law as passed
by the legislature last winter 1t is
the Fergus County Argus and not the
Fergus county commissioners that is
the offender.
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QUAINT OR CURIOUS.

The deepest of the London docks is st.
Katherine. Its cost. including clearances,
was s., 100000.
IL is estimated that of the 1900 pau
pers in London two-thirds are able bodied
ard capable of working.
The only eclipse visible in North Amer
lea in 1896 will occur Aug. % and ga
partial eclipse of the moon.
The paper mills soon to be established
at Way Crosse, Ga. will utilize the pal
metto plant. which grows in profusion in
that section.
Have a drink, gentlemen" said the
sheriff of Beauharnais, Canada, to a mob
of lynchers, and the mans life was saved
by drink.
The wood of the lime tree is used for
the sounding boards of pianofortes. as IL
does not warp under change of tempera-
ture or atmosphere.
An old trapper in Bethel, Me-, has in his
possession a bear trap that is $50 years
old. II has captured a good many bears.
including one this year.
London had 4.4S5 fire alarms last year.
There was an increase of more than
1000 fires over the average of the last 10
years and of 223 over any previous year.
A number of provincial assemblies in
Russia have petitioned for the doing
away with fiogging punishment in the
case of all peasants who can read and
write.
A clergyman of Murray county. Georgia.
who was recently convicted of selling
whiskey without license and sentenced
TO serve a year in prison. has just been
pardoned by Governor Atkinson.
A rich Armenian baker of Pera, named
Dicras Karageusian, was assassinated by
his fellow Armenians because he refused
TO subscribe TO the fund for the relief of
the victims of the massacres.
The cat is called kat in Danish and
Dutch. katt in Swedish. chat in French,
Katti in Italian. cato in Portuguese and
Spanish, kot in Polish. kots in Russian.
cath In Welsh. kath in Cornish. catua In
BASQUE and gaz in Armenian.
a centenarian who died recently in Lon
don had smoked steadily since he was
Il wears old. He bagn smoking. that is,
the year before Napoleon was driven
hack from Moscow. and kept il up until
after Jameson surrendered at hrugers-
dorp.
There is a sect in orissa, in the Bengal
pi esidency, who worship her majesty
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whose selfish interests restrain them.
The prosecuted Armenians must realize
the utter helplessness of their condi-
ton; the violent talk addressed to them
by the agents of the sultan may well
inspire them with terror-they are mis-
erably left to their own resources while
those who assumed to be their sponsors
devote themselves to oratory and to
diplomatic exchanges that are a mock
cry. The testimony is constantly ac-
cumlating which shows that the policy
of the sultan has been unspeakably
brutal and that desolation, restitution
and distress have universal sway in
the plundered provinces.
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Some of the lingo people are trying
to turn Waller to account as an argu
ment against the administration. Wal
Ter languished long in French prison.
At first a large amount of sympathy
was expressed for him, but the inquiry
instituted by the state department sat
isfied Mr.. Olney that some at least of
the charges against Waller had ample
warrant Ultimately the prisoners re-
lease was arranged for Now come
some of the enemies of the party in
power. They exhort Waller to stay in
Jail until another administration
comes in and Ambassador Eustis is out
of office" they promise that Waller
shall have all kinds of vindication
then. Apparently, however. Waller has
had all the prison life he cares for and
he shows no disposition to be a mar
tyr just for the fun OF 1t.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1896.
THEY WANT OLNEY.

Those Boston democrats propose to
push Secretary Olney to the front. A
democratic candidate for the presidency
a political novelty, but that is no OBJ
lection. Mr.. Olney is about the only
man In the present administration
whose public service has brought him
marked credit.
This fact is the more noteworthy for
the reason that when Mr.. Olney began
his cabinet career he made enemies
rapidly-those who sought favors of
him said that he was a snob. In fact.
Mr.. Olney is not the most cordial per-
son in the country. He never will win
the popular heart II that is to be ac-
complished by resort TO the little de-
vices which the clever politician stu
dies and turns to account. However.
the country has learned to place high
estimate on Mr.. Olney's ability.
Not many Massachusetts, men have
been successful aspirants for the office
of president. John quincy Adams fell
far short of a majority in the popular
vote but the house of representatives
elected him. Daniel Webster made the
race. but he failed. The conditions may
undergo a change before election day
In next November but, as things look
now, it is probable that Mr.. Olney's
friends can get the presidential nomi-
nation for the asking. There is not
mad rush of democratic candidates this
year. The nomination of the secretary
would leave the free-coinage democrats
in a bad plight.
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BY the burning of dwelling in Bal
timore yesterday eight persons met a
peculiarly horrible death. 1t was bare
ly a week ago that several persons
lost their lives in a fire at Troy. One
of the discoveries of the future should
be a material that will render wood
fire-proof. Until that discovery is
made buildings will continue to burn
and life and property to be destroyed.
The construction of fire-proof buildings
Is possible at the present day. but the
expense is too great TO be borne by
people of moderate means. Meanwhile
much may be done to lessen the
chances of loss of life. Fire-escapes
should be more common. and in the
crowded thoroughfares of large cities
all wires should be underground. Had
1t not been for the network of wires in
front of the Troy building. the loss of
lives would not have been so great as
IL was
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Notion
Department.

Special Values in Hosiery:
60 Dozen Ladies' Fast Black Hose,
pair ''.'.'.. .,.....'-.. ''....'..'........zo c
60 Dozen Ladies' Fast Black Hose,
pair ........ ........ ........ ...........o oc
60 Dozen Children's Ribbed Cotton
Hose, pair ........ ....................50c
20 Dozen Boys Heavy Wool Bicycle
Hose. never sold less than 35c, now. .25c
$50 Dozen Fancy Hair Ornaments in
all new staple and fancy shapes.
worth CSC and 35c. your choice ......15c
The latest New York Fad in Belts.
Silver, Gilt, Elastic, Spangled and
Leather, an immense variety.
Empire Fans in all the new decorations
in all qualities and all prices, from
.......................-.... % up TO Sl5.O0
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TO ADVERTISERS.

The Anaconda Standard guarantees its
advertisers a bona fide paid circulation,
Daily and Sunday. three times greater
than that of any other newspaper pub
lished in the state of Montana. Advertis-
ing contracts will be made subject to this
guarantee.