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The evening times., 1896-01-12

FOR RENT-PleasaDt rooms. single or
en- suite: flats, with heat and gas, 5l4
9th st. NV, third door from +, near Pension
OFFICE: fronting on judiciary SQUARE: large
and small houses to rent and for sale.
OWNER. ial2-3t
The evening times., 1896-01-12
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION

DEAR WILL-Meet me tomorrow at
500 9th ST. NV, j want you 10 see the
celebrated Car tandem and bicycles Tor
sale by L. NOBLE. II
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FINANCIAL.
STATEMENT of the condition of
RESOURCES

incorporated May 81, 1887
AT the close or business December 81 1S95-
OFFICE, 1881 F ST. NV.
The evening times., 1896-01-12

FOR SALE-Two fine lots in Wood
side, snort distance from city; fine loca
non; low prices Address C. Ii. s., 26I2
"a. ave. DIV. ja127t
The evening times., 1896-01-12

FOR SALE-Cusliion tire safety, Sl5:
st. NV. II
The evening times., 1896-01-12

FOR ExCHANG EVIL exchange
beautiful home in District for improv-
ed farm on railroad near Washingto Ad-
dress EXCHANGE, this office. ja1 2-3t
FOR RENT-l2O7 11th st. NV, 2
or pleasant rooms; suitable for house
keeping. in / o-3t
The evening times., 1896-01-12

FOR RENT-Cheap-Par of house,
iur. nicely, or unfur S. 5. this office.
ial2-3t
The evening times., 1896-01-12

LIG hit HOUsEK KEEPING
Two unfur. rooms at 1917 18th st
NV, to quiet couple, or fur. TO gentleman:
terms rea Sonahle II
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Washington Sto:k Exchange.
Sales-Regular call-Capital Traction, 10 at
T53x; 10 at .5. Lanston Monotype, 200 at z, 100
at 6k; lOJ at 6.6; 100 at 64 and 100 at Chs After
call-Capital Traction, at s6.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01

Glouoester Fish Mar,.et


FOR THE WEEK ENDING jan 81, 1896.
Frozen herring 50 25 % hundred.
Last sales OF Bank halibut at Ice and 12c %
for white and gray.
Last sales of Georges Cod from vessel s31A
for large and 50 for medium; Bank az s2I4a
IA.
Bay Maekerel in small stock; bloate S250
S28 Is at s21@$22; rs, $lS@2o; no IS in the
market.
Wequote prime new Georges Goldfish ss 90
@6 20 for large and 75@S4 25 for small Rank
So 764S4Ia for large and S2hGS2sz for small.
dry Bank at s. and $2s4: Shore 5 50 and ssLa
for large and tor small. Newfoundland do q
we quote cured cusk at $3s4 9$4 % otl; bake
$1M @$2 fb otl; and English cured do S5sa3Ix.
Best handline homeless Geoges cod &c for me.
dunn to 7s4c large: middles 5OaS9: homeless
Shore do b47c; Grand Bank do 6GDsls n .nnsI
bs4 (9B1 ac; haddock 3s4 @4s4 pake at 3GSAJa
fancy brands OF entirely boned cod Ii Il 15c
" ID; Smoked Halibut. straight strips at loo
% H.; extra thick 101a medium SC smail61ac.
chunks i1@12c.
smoked salmon 1sc y fb MEDIUM herring o.
DO tucks at &c. lengthwise Se;No Is at Sc.
Bloatrers at IS. shore do at 10: capnsd
Trout 81 so fresh halibut 81 20: salmon " a0.
lobtsers 80; clans 95c. American sardines
quarter oils, 50 90; half oils IS so; three-auar..
ter muStards. $21a, spiced, 49,
Large New midland herring 81 SO hill Nova
Scotia large split So 90; mediuml$5 Large round
shore $3;ch9ice layer packed do $S1aaS3 rs:
Extra large Labrador S 90. -
Picked Goldfish saga go; haddock 8 25: hall.
but heads So. sound $40; tongues and SOUNDS
81,
Newfoundland cod oil 2Sc y gal strong oil at
25c :blackish do 40c; menhaden do. noIthern
cured 23c.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01
A Republican State Convention
WILL BE HELD IN
City Hall, Portland,
Thursday April 18th, 1896,
At Eleven O'Clock A. M.
At Eleven O'Clock A. M.

for the purpose of selecting six candidates for
electors OF President and Vice President of the
unlIed States, and four delegates at large and
Tour alternat-s to attend The National Republi~
can Convention. to be held at st. Louis, Mis-
sonri on Tuesday, June 10th, 1896. and trans
acting any other business that may properly
come before it.
The basis OF representation will be as fol
lows: each City, Town and Plantation Will be
entitled to one delegate, and for each seventy
f1Ve votes cast for the Republican candidate for
Governor IN 1894, al additional delegate, and
Tor traction of forty votes in excess OF seven
1--WE votes, an additional delegate.
vacancies in the delegation OF any City, Town
or Plantation can only be filed by resident OF
1.-THE County in which the vacancy exists.
Ihe state committee will be i'll session In the
reception room OF the hall at nine O'Clock, on
the morning of the convention Tor the purpose
OF receiving the credentials of delegates. Dele
gates in order TO be eligible to participate in
the convention, must be elected subsequent to
the date OF the call for this convention; and
delegates under this call, should not be elected
to the State convention to be hereafter called
for the purpose OF nominating candidate for
governor.
All electors OF Maine without regard to past
political differences. who are in sympathy with
the sentiments expressed in the call of the Re-
publican National Committee for the RepuDli-
can National Convention, are cordially invited
to unite with the Republicans of the state in
electlng delegates 70 this Convention.
Fer lorder Republican State Committee.
JOSEPH II. MANLEY, Chairman.
BYRON BOYD, Secretary.
Augusta, Maine, Jan. IS, 1895.
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Presidential Electors Must all be Chosen
in State Convention.
HEADQUARTERS
REPUBLICAN, STATE COMMITTEE,

hEFUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE,
AUGUSTA, MAINE, Jan, IS, 1896.
To the Republicans of Maine:- Prior to 1892
two Presidential electors at large, correspond
nominated in State convention, and the re-
manning electors: corresponding the mem
bers OF the United States House of Represen
tatives were nominated by the several con
gressional district conventions.
The passage Of the Australian Ballot law en-
trely changed the procedure. Under the law,
all Conventions are portion of our election
system. and this ballot act requires that candi-
dates to be voted for by the Voters throughout
the whole state must DE placed in nomination
bya Convention representing no less constit-
uency than the whole state. Hence, all the
candidates of a party for Presidential electors
must be nominated in State Convention. aud
have therefore included in the call six electors.
j. II. MANLEY, Chairman.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01
FINANCIAL And COMMERCIAL
Quotations Of Staple Products in the
Leading Markets
New York Stock and Money Market.

(By Telegraph,
NEW YORK. Jan. 81.
Money more active 2t9e per cent; last loan 2
per cent, closing at per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper was quoted at Sat per cent.
Sterling Exchange fairly steady. with actual
business in bankers bills S71a "a STA Tor
60-day bills and SS1s@4 8ss4 for demand;
posted rates at 1894 ss1s. Commercial bills
6o-days at se4s@4 81. Government Bonds
weak. Railroads strong.
Silver at the Board was quiet.
Bar silver o71s.
Mexican dollars 5314.
AT London to-day bar silver was quoted
30s4 ~ OF and quiet.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01
Cotton N arKers
by Telegraph.)

JANUARY 81. 1885,
NEW YORK-The Cotton market To-Day wa,
steady and dull; sales 225 bales; middling up
lands at 8A middling gull sac.
NEW oRLEANS-The Cotton market: to-day
was easy: middling &c.
CHARLESTON-Tbe Cotton market to-day
was steady; middling ia
SAyANNAH-The Cotton market to-day
was easy; Middling 7s4c.
mOBILE-The Cotton market to-day was
easy; middiings 7Tsc.
MEMPHIS-The Cotton market to-day was
quiet; pilauling 15-l6c
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01
Boston rroauce Market.

Boston Produce Market.
BOSTON, Jan. 30, ls9s.-The following are
to-day's quotanons of Provisions. etc..
FLOUR.
sspring patents. Mian. 85a$4 10.
Spring pat. Wis, 7563 90.
Spring, clear ami straight lO@3 CO.
Winter patents, 90G4 l5.
Winter. clear and straight, 2 SOFAS 30,
Add Zoe to the above for the jobbing rates.
MEATS.
Pork, long and short cut, y barrel. Is 90.
Pork, light and hwy BACKS $12 oo@13 90.
Pork, lean lends l 3 90.
Tongues pork, s15 90: do beef $40 % Dbl
Beef, corned. So 6o@ll so.
Shoulders, corned ard fresh 7c.
Shoulders. smoked. 712.
Ribs, fresh, S1ac.
Hams. large and small, 9lS g1o1ac,
Bacon. &c.
Pork s Mt 7c
BfiSketS, salt z.
Sausages, 71sc.
Sausage meat. 61ac.
Lard. ties at esac ; pals, 71sGS5sc; If. in pals
SA a914
Beef steers. 6l17La.
Beef, fresh. kinds S910c; fores, 4@6c,
Lambs T@Sc y lib,
Hogs. dressed city, 51sc U fb; country, 419c.
Turkeys, Northern, choice. &c.
Turkeys, Western 139l41a.
Chickens, Northern. l5017c.
Fowls, Northern, 13c
Fowls, Western, lO4I1c.
Chickens. Western 12'9131s.
PRODUCE.
Butter, cream choice, % G24c,
Butter. fair to good, 2l6l22c.
Butter. North. choice, 1920.
Butter, INIT crm. TIC.
Ladle packed 1915.
Cheese. Northern, new do 1o@1O1a Wst, ch'ce
9al0c.
Eggs. hennery choice. 2 l@22: East IT.
Eggs. Mich. choice, l6c
Western fresh 15te1l6c,
Beans. pea, i aoa1 As mediums 3o@1 So.
Beans. YET. eyes, 45@i 30 ,red kid. L 3O@1 35.
Beans foreign, 25@1 80.
Potatoes. Aroostook Co. Hebrons SS@35c bush.
Potatoes. n II Hebrons50@33.
do Rose.
Potatoes White ar, 2S030c
Apples choice " Dbl, So OO13 so. +
Apples, Baldwins at 81 30 a3 90.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01
Chicago Live Stock Market.

tssy Telegram,
CHICAGO, Jan. 81. l8eG.-The Cattle mark
et-receipts 1000. steady: common to extra
steers at SIS a4 20; stockers and feeders so
as 75 COWS and bulls at 5ola3 60, calves at
2 bO6a6 90. Texans 35M3 So
Hogs--Receipts 1900; firm, &c higher heavy
packing and shipping lots at 05tg4 SO; COM
mon to choice mixed at 3 9a@4 %: choice as
sorted at 2uap4 rs; light 3 1894 %: pigs at
8 3Oh4 Is.
Sheep-receipts 1000; steady infeior to
choice 2 40A3 SO; lambs 3 25Gl4 CO.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01
MARINE NEWS
PORT OF PORTLAND.
FRIDAY, Jan 81.

FRIDAY, Jan 81.
Arrived.
Steamer Cottage City. Bennett New York
passengers and mdse to i Coyle.
Steamer st Croix, Pike. Boston for Eastport
and st John. NIB.
Sch Clara Goodwin. Pinkham Norfolk
coal to Me Cent RR.
Sch Clara E Randall Clark. Philadelphia
coal to Rolling Mills.
Sch Geo i Waicott Reed, Philadelphia
to Me Cent RR
Sen Lillian Norwood. Boston
Sch Matthew Vasser, Jr. Kelley. Boston.
Sch Henry May, Perry. Boston,
Sch Belle Bartlett Miller. Bar Harbor
Sch Daniel Webster, Hatch. Pemaquld.
Sch Rosa E, Stone, Georgetown.
Sch Amy Wixon, shore, with ~, 900 lbs fish.
Cleared,
Sch Nahbm Chaplin. Arey New York-Clark
& Chgplins Ice Go.
sAILED-schs GU Willard. Nahum Chaplin,
and Annie Bliss.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01
European Markets.
(By Telegraph.)

LONDO,g, Jan. 81 lsse.-Consols 10715-1sd
for both money and tho account.
: LIVERPOOL, Jan. 81. 1885, Cotton market
easier: American middling at 4egd; esImat-
ed gales 10000 bales: Speculation and ex
Quotations Winter Wheat 6s S1ad@5s9Isd;
Spring Wheat IS 812d95s 81.
Corn IS "A.
Pork steady 53 Sd.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01

gastus Hunt, Blair. Boston. to load Ice for
Washington; Chas Davenport. Pinkham, do, to
load for New York.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01
Railroad Receipts.

EOh4 bAlNits 0dls oAs
Receipts by Maine Central R. R.-For Port
land :iT5 cars miscellaneous merchandise; for
connecting roads LA cars.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01

Portland market-cut loaf I: confectoners
IL, pulverised-e; powered &c; granulated
51s coffee crushed ,c yellow Az
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01
EXCHANGE DISPATCHES.

Ar at Yokohama Jan 80, ship st Paul. Thomp-
son, New York.
Ar at Humacea prior to Jan 25, sch Albert
| Butler. Leland, Portland.
Ar at do Jan 81. sch Cumberland, Littlejohn,
Portland.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01

The following were to-day's quotato IS OF
tocks In Boston:
Mexican Central -. ............. CT
.tcnlson. iTopeka s. Stanra Fe R....... 1917
Boston Maine h... 1924
40 pId
hdln6 CenLr;I.
sw York and New ENGLAND h....
Union PACING ,................... 6N
American BELIZE.
American sugar. common. ..............1O71 IL
sugar, pld. ....-..--...-..--........ 80
Nmdo common. 80. 11A
mexican central. ....'.-............ 9N
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01
Portland Xynoi.saie Market,
Grain.
"h m


PORTLAND. Jan. 80, 1876
The following are to-day's wholesale prices of
II visions Groceries. etc.:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01

Castine. Jan 28-Cutter Woodbury. found the
brig Manson Grape, from Portland for Swans
Island, at anchor off Marshall Island, with
head sails torn, in a gale night previous. She
was towed TO Burnt Coat harbor. swans Island,
and anchored.
Fall River, Jan 30 Sch Lewis II Coward,
from Norfolk, Went ashore on Plum Beach. near
OF position She came off next day
New Orleans, Jan 28--Barque Isaac Jackson,
Davis, from ST Pierre. arrived up to-day in tow
and will lead sugar for Baltimore. Reports
moderate westerly and northerly winds, with
fairly good weather the whole passage.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01

do pfd. 1914
Victor SIS
Portland
Golden Fleece, ITO
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FFR.l

MINIATURE ALMANAC ...:.... FFB i. 4
Sun Sun ssss s. s. High water y y
Moon sets So. 8 0SlHeight. -. .lo1- 900
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Spoken.

~ Spoken.
Jan 8. lat s. lon 3s W. bark samar, Forbes
from New York for AMER.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

twas invented in 1870 by the late DR..
A. Johnson, Family Physician. It's
extraordinary worth, merit and excel
1ence have given entire satisfaction for
nearly century. It is marvellous how
many different complaints it will cure.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-05

CSAlEMES 10 take orders ana collect. go
= bond signed by "A business frtr required
Exclusive territory s25 ~ sss sgtetIt For
particulars, address l.. O Box i35l New
York city.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-05
DUTCH LULLABY.

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in wooden shoe
Sailed on a river of misty light
Into a sea of dew.
Where are you going and what do you
wish?'
Teh old man asked the three
I'VE have come to fish for the herring
FISH
That live in this beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we,
Said Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod
The old moon laughed and sang a song
AS they rocked in the wooden shoe;
And the wind that sped them all night
long
Rulficd the waves of dew;
The little stars were the herring fish
That lived IN the beautiful sea;
Vow cast your nets wherever you
wish,
But never afeared are wei"
So cried the stars OF the fishermen
three,
Wynken.
BIynlen,
And Nod.
Al night long their nets they threw
For the fish in the twinkling FOAM
Then down from the sky came the
wooden shoe,
Bringing the fishermen home;
Twas all SO pretty sail, il seemed
As il il could not be;
And some folks thought twas dream
they'd dreamed
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-05

apparently reading Macbeth, he was
quoting Homer quietly to himself, for,
YOU know. Ransom is great Homeric
scholar. About in the afternoon, he
strolls on the Placed, which. by the
way, was planned and built by Car
lotta, who is now in mad house in
Belgium 1t is one of the most beau
tiful bits of boulevard in the world.
General Ransom never ventures out
after dark; for the air gets. cold, and
pneumonia is almost as deadly in Mex
leo City as yellow fever is in Vera
Cruz. 1t is at night mostly that he
misses his old friends at home, and
usually the last thing he says before
retiring is:
Bob, my son, God bless you Bob
Bob, / wonder what they are all doing
in North Carolina, tonight, son.'"
w. +. CHRISTIAN.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-05

Sold throughout the world. Briti depot: y. NEw-
ukgY 4 SONS. . King Edwardst London. POTTER
DEgG AND CHKa. CoKp Sole props. Boston, u. ). A.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-05
IT MAY DO AS MUCH FOR YOU.
EUGENE FIELD.

AIR. Ered Miller, of Irving, H., writes
that he had a Severe Kidney trouble
for many years, with severe pains in
his back and also that his bladder was
affected. He tried many so-called Kid
ney cures but without any good re-
suit. About year ago he began use
of Electric Bitters and found relief at
once. Electric Bitters is especially a.
dapted to cure of all Kidney and Liver
troubles and often gives almost in
slant relief. One trial will prove our
statement. Price only SOC. for large
bottle. At John Y. MacRae's Drug
Store.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-22
NOT FROM SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Bethel Solicitors Must Limit Their
Field in Future.

Some annoyance has been caused the
members Of the school board recently
by the visits to the various city schools
of some individual who has been col
lecting for the Bethel. Notice has been
sent to the Rev. David Morgan, super
intendent of the Bethel, informing him
that the rules of the board prohibit
such solicitation in the schools, and ad-
Vsing him that if the solicitation is
authorized by him, it must be stopped
1t is said that the solicitor has been
impertinent enough to inform teachers
and principals that it would be we'll for
them to send to the Bethel what may
remain after the usual Thanksgiving
distribution. This is especially nervy,
as there is no official recognition of
this distribution. The custom has
grown up in the schools, spontaneously
entirely Of the children bringing con-
tributions for the poor the day before
Thanksgiving. These are distributed
in the immediate neighborhood to the
poor, and in the event that anything
is left, it has been customary to dis
tribute it among various charitable in
situations. While teachers have been
admonished that no solicitation of such
contributions shall be made by them,
a letter from the Office Of the board
has advised them, through the prin-
cipals that any voluntary contributions
made in the usual way, shall be dis
tributed just as in previous years
without regard to the recent visits Of
the alleged Bethel visitors.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-22
WHAT TT COST THEM.
Candidates File Their Certificates
as Required.

Five candidates for Office at the re-
cent election filed their expense ac-
counts with the county auditor yester-
day. They were Fl. A. Wallraff, $17S.7O;
Henry Johns, $1S5.5O; Richard Walsh,
$194.8O; James Dillon, 800; H. G. Blake,
$685..
The largest items on Mr. Wallraff' 8
account were $50 to the county COM
mittee and $40 for filing certificates of
nomination. The remaining $108.70 was
expended fors "canvassing the voters -
and for cards and printing. Mr. Johns
also ''canvassed the voters" to the ex-
tent of $3.50 in addition $25 for printing
and meeting the expense of nomination
papers. Richard A. Walsh itemized his
account as follows: $500 for cards; SIG
postage on circulars; $25 assessment to
Peoples party; $25 assessment to Demo
cratic party; $40 two certificates of
nomination; balance, hall rent and
musicians.
Mr. Dillon was a candidate for presi-
dental elector on the Democratic-Peo-
pies party ticket and contributed his
500 in a lump to the campaign COM
mittee of these parties. Mr.. Blake,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-22
MINNEsOTANs ORGANIZE.
Those Residing in California Elect
Officers,

There are large number Of Mime
sotans in Southern California, says the
Los Angeles Express. The old Mime
sofa residents found that out last
spring when they met together a jolly
crowd, for the purpose of entertaining
the mayor and aldermen of Mime
apolis, then on a weeks visit to the
Pacific coast. Young men and old men
from the Twin Cities of the Northwest
and representatives from almost every
county of old Minnesota came to the
conclusion that they were half a thou
sand strong and that an organization
of some kind to promote a more ex-
tended acquaintance, good-fellowship
and social intercourse would be about
the correct thing. To that end a com
mittee on constitution, bylaws and or
ganization was appointed and last
week they put their heads together and
started the ball rolling by appointing
the following temporary officers: KIM
ball P. Cullen, of Los Angeles, presi-
Tuttle, Ontario; Samuel Sickle, Santa
Barbara Capt M. J. Daniels, River
side; o. A. Smith, South Riverside;
James Doran, Redlands; A. H. Beals
and Calvin Tuttle, Pasadena; John
Hinkle, San Diego; G. A. Ludden,
North Pomona; W. A. Nimmocks, Full
ton Wells; A. G. Descent, Elsinore, and
Davis. D. D. Whitney, Jacob Franken-
field, F. c. Howes, A. M Ozmun, J.
K. Moore and Capt. w. w. Braden, all
of Los Angeles, vice presidents. H L..
Gordon, Los Angeles, treasurer, and M.
L. Macdonald, Los Angeles, secretary.
These temporary officers are to act
until the regular annual election of Of
ficers on the second Tuesday Of Feb
ruary next. 1t is expected that large
number Of old Minnesotans will join
the association and that many enjoy
able gatherings will take place in Los
Angeles, as hundreds of postals are be-
ing sent all over Southern California
from the headquarters of the associa-
ton, 232 West Second street, room 213
and Ola
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-22
SOUSA'S NEW OPERA
GEL CAPTAIN" EXEMPLIFIES THE
GENIUS OF THE BAND
LEADER.
RISE OF THE CONCERT BAND.
POPULARIZED BY GILMORE AND
PERFECTED BY HIS FOL-
LOWERS.
WEEKS CONCERT PROGRAMMES
Sacred and Secular Music Including
Seibert's Orchestra Today at
COnOver Hall.

The success of "El Captain" John
Philip Sousa's opera, which is to be
heard at the Metropolitan opera house
early in the coming year, has been in
Simultaneous, and received with favor
wherever presented. Sousa is so we'll
known as a band master that few sus-
pected his ability as a writer of songs.
His first ambitious work, aside from
his duties as director of the Marine
band at Washington, was the prepara-
ton of a large work on national airs,
a collection of some hundreds of airs
officially representative, and merely
popular airs of the country. In a re-
cent interview Mr.. Sousa thus eX-
pressed himself:
Il take the ground that we have
no national airs in this cOun-
try. The nearest we come to it is
Hail Columbia the music of which
at least was written in this country,
for this was known as the Presidents
March for a number of years before
the words of Hail Columbia were
adapted to it, No." he continued, Il
do not consider this or any of our
patriotic songs very dignified or of
much musical force. The Star Span
gled Banner" you know, is an English
melody, and our so-called America"
was a German song, which is now also
English. We have no national song
and will have none until an occasion
arises. 1 have no idea what that oc-
casion will be; but some day in the
great future, the national heart will be
Stirred to it's depths, and then Ameri-
can patriotism will find a worthy ex-
preston in song; song free, dignified,
expressive, grand. like this nation in
it's best estate"
Referring to the recent populariza-
ton of the concert band Mr.. Sousa
said that it was P. S. Gilmore who
made the concert band as we now have
it. when he went to Europe" said
Mr. Sousa, "he found one combination
of instruments in France, another in
Germany, another in Italy and so on.
He came back and organized a band
with all the instruments that any of
them had. The consequence was that
we had more variety of tone, more
delicacy of color, and were able to
represent the effects Of an orchestra