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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
ONLY ONE FOR CONVICTION.
A Final Disagreement in the Angelier
Murder Case.

Baltimore, April 2.-Mrs. Matte v.
Angelier and husband Frank, charged
with the murder ct Charles. +. Parker,
a Massachusetts salesman, will have a
temporary freedom. The jury, out since
three yesterday afternoon, came into
court at three today and said that they
could not agree. They were discharged
upon application of Attorney Campbell !.
Judge Wiokles fixed the joint bail of the
prisoners at S10 000 Mr.. Campbell says
he will furnish the bail and will have the
prisoners released, pending second trial.
1t was learned that the runor in refer
ence to the juryistanding eleven to one in
favor of aoquittal was correct the obsti-
nate juryman being John W. Boland,
who stood out for verdict of murder in
the second degree.
Lats this afternoon three bondsmen
qualified in the sum of $4,000 each and
the Angeliers were released.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
Arms for Any Emergency.
FORMERLY FROM PORTLAND.
A Colorado Defaulter Arrested in England
by the Pinkertons.

Chicago, April 2.-April "A telegra m
was received today by VIM. Pinkerton,
announci ng the arrest at Southampton,
England, of Matt Adams, the defaulting
district clerk of Arapahoe county, Colo.
Adams fled from Denver, November 20
last, with about SIS, 600 which he had
stolen from the county and from his
wards. Several indictments were found
against him. He WAS prominent @. A.
r. man and prominent in secret society
circles. He lived for years in Portland,
Me.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
TO INVESTIGATE CONSULAR SERVICE
Bill introduced Providing for Commis.
sion for That Purpose.

Washington, April s.-Mr. Mccall of
Massachusetts today introduced i1 tho
House bill providing for the appoint
men5 of commission to investigate the
consular service. The proposed commit
tee is to consist of the assistant secretary
of state, the assistant secretary of the
treasurer, two senators, two members of
mission is given power inspect the CON
suiates and consular agencies wherever
located, and for defraying its expsn ses
$4,000 is appropriated. No salaries are
TO be paid. The proposition originated
with j. n. Leeson, president of the Bos-
ton Merchants Association, his view be-
ing reorganization of the consular SER
vice.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
GETTING AT THE FACTS.
Unusually Important Meeting of the ven-
ezuelan Commission Yesterday.

Washington, April 2.-Justice Brewer
presided today over the first formal meet
Ing of the Venezuela commission held for
the past two weeks. All tho members
were in attendance. After a ca reful in
dividual study of the British Blue Book.
the Commission entered into a rigid dis
onssion OF it's arguments and evidence,
Ioday's session was considered the most
Important SO far held by the commission.
which is now possessed of all the main
features OF the contention and principal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03

Portland, April 2. - The local
weather bureau office records as to the
weather are the following:
ga. m.-Barometer. 30, S79: thermometer,
800; dew point, 35; humidity, 96;
wind. S; velocity, IL; weather. slest.
8 p. m.-Barometer, 20. AS: thermome-
ter. $50: dew point. 81 humidity, 95;
wind, N; velocity TO- weather, snow.
Mean daily Thermometer, 33; maxi
mum thermometer, 81; minimum ther-
mometer, 81; maximum velocity wind
l3 n total precipitation. O.61.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03

expedition ever equipped for Cuban in
surgents is now being arranged in this
vicinity. Large quantities of arms and
munitions have been smuggled out on
schooners Dellie and Pearl. Tuesday
night schooner Martha left for Biscayne
with full cargo of arms.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03

The Evening Dispatch, of this city.
which had been supposed to be friendly
to Mckinley. has surprised, not to say
dismayed, the friends of the ex-governor.
by coming out in vigorous editoria
rating Mckinley as poor executive
officer, and citing acts in his administra-
tion as governor of Ohio in support of its
position.
The Dispatch reasoned that he would
prove an easy mark in the office of Presi
dent of the United States, for the design
ing men that!always hang about watch
ing chance to make profit for them
selves through official dishonor. The
Dispatch is an independent newspaper,
but has always been strong in its ad-
vocaoy of protection. 1t is significant
that Col. ]. L. Rodgers, its former
editor, is now private secretary OF Gov.
Bushnell.
1t is intiInated that the stand taken by
the Dispatch is to be taken in turn by a
Republican paper in Cincinnati, in q
modified form, and other prominent
newspapers of the state, in tha next few
weeks, as part OF preoonoerted move
ment on the part of the Mckinley
Republicans Of the state, the object being
to weaken the Mckinley movement with
out breaking the pledges placed upon any
of the delegates in the conventions that
chose them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
COMMITTEE FAvo RABLY INCLINED
Likelihood of a Favorable Report on Port.
land Harbor Matters.
ESPECIAL TO THE pREss.1

Washington, April S2.-The committee
of the Portland Board of Trade appeared
before the river and harbor committee
and represented the needs of Portland
harbor.
They had very satisfactory hearing
and the committee seemed fayorably in
clined. Mayor Baxter left for home today
The remainder of the party will stay a
day or two longer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
Critical Day for Auburn Shoe Strike.

Auburn, April 2-The Auburn shoe
strike is still unsettled. Genera Score.
tary Eaton of the Boot and Shoe Workers.
Union, was in conference with the man.
ufacturers five hours tonight. At the
close, Mr.. Eaton said: Matters are not
yet adjusted. There will be another meet
ing Friday morning. Friday is the
critical day. The striking lasters of the
Pray-Small company were in sessi on at
eleven o'clock tonight.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS,

SEALED proposals will be received until 70
- o'clock noon, Tuesday, April 21st, 1896,
for furnishing all materials and labor neces,
used for Piggery at the Maine Insane
Hospital, Augusta, Maine, on and after
Monday, April 9Th, 1896. Plans and specifica-
tanned at the office of DR.. B. T. Sanborn
Superintendent at the Hospital and at the
ONCE Of Coombs, Gibbs & Wilkinson, Archi-
Iec!s, Savings Bank Building, Lewiston,
NAME Proposals will be received for the
Whole OF parts of the materials and labor
Al Al proposals to be directed to the Trustees.
Maine Insane Hospital Augusta, Maine, and
Superintendent The right is reserved to re-
ject any or all proposals.
Per order Trustese. ApI3.s.e1a1e On
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
Death of Captain YORK of Yarmouth,

Yarmouth. April s.-Captain E. r.
York, retired sea captain, and one of
Yarmouth's prominent citizens, died this
evening after an illness of severalmonths,
Captain York was born In Falmouth in
ls2s and has many friends in Maine and
California.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
Serious Fire Burning in Savannah. gsg,

Savannah, Ga. April "A special
from Brunswick, Ga, says the Plant rail-
road system Of docks and warehouses are
burning. The fire started at II and is
burning fiercely in high gale. Citizens
are aiding in the efforts to save the
vessels and adjourning docks. The have
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
BIGGEST MAJORITY IN YEARS.
Rhode Island Election Gives An Idea of
What is Coming Next Fall.

Providence, R. l., April 2-Revised
returns of the state election show that
Lippitt, Republican was elected governor
by 1878 plurality. This is the largest
plurality given to gubernatorial candi-
date in this state since 1869 at which
time Sprague was elected without opposi-
ton.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
SPEAKER REED RECEIVED.
A Delegation of New England People Visit
the Capital.

Washington, April 2.-Speaker Reed
this morning received an excursion party
of sixty eight ladies and gentlemen from
New England. Some of the number were
principally from Massachusetts and Con-
neotlcut.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
Ohio Delegates Uninstructed.

Springfield, Ohio, April 2.-The contest
for the Congressional nomination in the
Seventh Republican district resulted
yesterday in the nomination of Walter 4.
Weaver. Delegates to ST. Louis were
not instructed,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
not succeeded in getting the fire under

not succeeded in getting the fire under
control.
The fire at II. 30 is still burning and de-
stroyed fully half million dollars
worth OF property. One man died from
apoplexy due to excitement. The pro-
perty. destroyed includes the local ter
SYSTEM, a wholesale grocery building,
fish house and other buildings
Later advices say that the fire is now
under control No estimate is made to
how near the insurance approximates
the loss, but the insurance Is consider
able.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
Just a word
about Shirts.

"HathaWay Shirts have
been for years the standard
of shirt excellence.
We are Portland retail
distributors Of ''HathaWay"
goods.
One shirt in particular we
want to bring to your notice.
1t is the "Hathaway" short
bosom laundered shirt at
$1.oO.
Selling this celebrated
shirt has more than doubled
our shirt business the past
three months. One s'Hath-
away" shirt sells others
emphatically SO in this case.
Try one of these shirts If
you want the best dollar
shirt you ever wore.
Three lengths sleeves.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03

On the preliminary questions, such as
are likely to arise on the matter of ore
nentials at least ten votes from Ohio will
be cast against the interests of Mckinley.
in the St. Louis convention, though IN
the balloting, the whole delegation will,
no doubt, regard their instructions and
vote for Mckinley on each ballot
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
PAIN TED /?

No! Just simply woven in, like any
of the rest of our new designs in carpets,
but many of them are of such exquisite
tints and colorings as to look like paint
ings. The roses blossoming on your ver-
dant lawn gives no more exquisite eff
fects than some of our new stock in car
pets. Admission free-come and see
them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
Late Marine News,

Philadelphia, April 2-Arrived Schoon-
ers Leander V. Beebe, Boston; Independ-
ent, Portland. Cleared, bark Clotilde.
Boston; schooner Augustus Hunt, Bos-
ton.
Portsmouth, N. H., April 2.-Arrived
in the lower harbor the schooner Susan
Stetson, from Rookland for New York.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
Maine Pensions.


Washington, April 2.-Pensions have
been granted residents of Maine as fol-
lows:
INCREASE.
Horace @. Wilson, Bangor; Nathaniel
r. Thomas, Ellsworth; Frederick Man
son, Miiltown; George Lawrence, North
Ortington; Samuel / Emerson, Harrison,
REISSUE.
Ebenezer V. Austin, Toqus
REISSUE AND INCREASE.
Ns-
Charles Henry Cook, North Waterloo.
ORIGINAL, WIDOWS. ETC.
Sarah A. Coburn, Canton.
Another Aroostook Post-Office.
Washington, April "A post Office has
been re-established at King, Aroostook
county, and R. P. Spear appointed post
master.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
WILL SWEEP THE HILLS.
A Grand Coup Planned Against the Mat.
abeIes by British Authorities.


Cape Town, April 9.-The Nlatabele
revolt, according to advices from Bulu-
wayo is confined to the Matoppo Hills.
where the rebellicus Matabeles are CON
centrated. The executive authorities of
the chartered company represent that
horses and an abundant supply of arms,
ANN unition and provisions are required.
When these have been collected it is
proposed to sweep the hills with several
columns of troops of about $50 men each.
Five hundred mounted men are accom-
pany1ng Cecil Rhodes from Salisbury
to Gowelo.
Arms for Any Emergency.
. London, April at he government has
received a despatch from Cape Town stat
ing that the situation at Buluwayo and
Gwelo in Matabeleland is not so grave as
previous information represented. Neither
Buluwayo nor Gwelo are in any danger
There are sufficient arms and ammunition
at both places to meet any emergency
that may arise at present Ali outlaying
stations have been relieved.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
Arms for the Cnhans.

intention of seeking indemnity for the
damage to his vessel and her detention.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
THE WEATHER
Local Weather Report.

westerly winds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03

Our new ties are here
and we would be glad to
have you come in and
look them over.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-05-21

A mans life is an appendix to his
heart. South.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-05-21
Ducks Drown an Eagle.

If writer for the American Field
is to be believed, the crow duck is the
most extraordinary bird on the Poto-
mac river, cutting up such capers as
to make even q naturalist gasp.
-Four years ago." he writes. 'while
shooting ducks with Mr.. Waller
(presdent Cleveland's duck blind
builder,) 1 noticed crowd of three
or four Thousand crow ducks. After
half an hour l noticed an eagle going
toward the flock. When he arrived
at the proper distance he made dart
but the ducks as if by magic, went
under water like fash, and sent up
volume of water as if big mine had
been exploded. This was done time
and time again, and finally the volume
of water thrown up was SO great that
the eagle was drowned. This is q
sight seldom seen, which may occur
but once in a ducking life of fifty
years.
This crow duck is also known as the
American coot, mud hen, blue peter,
and Fulica Americana by various hunt
ers and alongshore people. Up North
these ducks may be seen in creeks and
marshy, reed-grown rivers, but South
in Florida they resort in enormous
numbers to the lakes where bonnets or
yellow lilies abound, associating there
with lesser scaup ducks. They are
shy birds. being much prosecuted
usually, but i'll localities where shoot
ing is prohibited, near the Titusville,
Fla, railroad pier for instance, they
are as tame as sparrows, understand
ing that they are safe.
The nearest anybody ever came to
the drowning eagle story was Frank
NJ. Chapman in his "Birds of Eastern
North America" when he says
"When alarmed they patter over the
water using their feet as much az
their wings. The sound produced is
a characteristic one." He does not
say whether the water flies or not, but
one could imagine that crow duck
just as it turned up to dive could give
its scolloped webbed feet a kick uI
behind, like vicious mule and q
saturating the eagle that it would b.
drowned. Eagles often catch living
fish, out of the water, and of course
get more or less wet in so doing, bu
perhaps the Potomac river eagles ar
of a different species than thos
known to bird bookR
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-05-21
ChinatOWn'S Star Attraction,

The star attraction of Chinatown,
San Francisco, is no more. Blind
Annie is dead. For twelve years the
old Chinese woman has held her court
in the filthiest hut down the filthiest
alley in Chinatown. There every
celebrity that has visited California
for the last decade has made pilgrim
age to Blind Annie and her cats. For
wears the old woman has not moved
from the hovel. She was said to have
been the first Chinese woman to come
to California. Whether she was that
or not, she was among the first, reach
ing here in 1851, in the Chinese
bloom of fresh fourteen. Woman,
white or yellow, were rare in those
days, and an enterprising merchant
bought Annie for So, 500 and made
her his wife. Toward the end Of her
life she became quite helple SIS, and her
animals deserted her. Only one
yellow dog sat out the death watch
beside his benefactress. The last
great visitor she had was Paderewski,
who saw her twelve hours before she
died, and gave her a tivedollar gold
piece. -Harper's Weekly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-05-21
NO. 13.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT,

A mans life is an appendix to his
heart. South.
Joys are our wings, sorrows are our
spurs. Richter.
A lie must be matched with another
or it will soon rain through.
The great secret of life is never to
be in the way of others. Halliburton.
Such is the posie love composes, q
singing nettle mixed with roses.-
Brown.
Is not light grander than fire? 1t is
the same element in stats of purity.
Carlyle.
knowledge of all avails the human
kind for all beyond tho grave are joys
of mind.-Hogg.
Liberality does not exist SO much in
giving great deal as in giving season.
ably.-La Mieree.
He who always prefaces his tale
with laughter is poised between i'm
pertinence and folly.-Lavater.
Joy descends gently upon us like the
evening dew, and does not patter
down like a hailstorm. Richter.
The game of life looks cheerful
when one carries in ones heart the
unalienable treasure -Coleridge.
| You may as we'll go about to turn
the sun to ice by tanning his face
with peacock's feather. Shakes
peare.
AS the confusion of tongues was
mark of separation, 80 the being of
one language is mark of union.-
Bacon.
We paint love as a child, when he
should sit a giant on his clouds, the
great disturbing spirit of the world.
-Croly.
They pass best over the world who
trip overht quickly; for it is but
bog-if I've stop we sink. Queen
! Elizabeth.
Law is the science in which the
greatest powers of the understanding
are applied to the greatest number OF
facts. - johnson.
The discovery OF what is true and
the practice of that which is good are
the two most important objects OF
philosophy. .-Voltaire.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-05-21

Now trip for the baby to Niddy-nod-land,
Where the sea is on rockers. and cen the
smooth sand
Is made of white flannel as downy and soft
As the summery clouds that are floating
aloft.
Hi, ho! for our journey so grand,
In a billowy cradle to Niddy-nod-land.
We are off ; we have started for Niddy-nod-
land.
We are blown DER the ocean by breezes so
bland
That they scarce left curl from voyager's
head,
Yet our craft far away on the waters has
sped.
Up, down. with motion SO grand,
In a billowy cradle for Niddy-nod-land.
o, how long is the journey to Niddy-nod-
land2
Not so long while the zephyrs our white
sails expand,
We are nearing it now we will land on a
Hush, hush, it's of feathers we won't feel
the shock
Slow. slow, we have, touched the soft
strand
And our voyage is ended in Niddy-nod-
New England Homestead.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-05-21
SUGAR THAT FLOATS.

Here is pleasant little trick that
will mystify the guests at o dinner
party, unless they read here how sugar
may be made to float upon the surface
of tea or coffee. Take few Jumps of
sugar and dip them for an instant in o
weak solution of collodlon, which may
be obtained at any store where pho
tographers' supplies are sold.
Expose the Jumps to the air for a
few days, in order to give the ether in
the mixture time to evaporate, and
leave behind only thin collodion
skin or envelope. Pass this sugar out,
preferably, when iced tea is being
served, and, to their surprise, the
Jumps, after remaining at the bottom
Of the glass, for few moments, will
rise to the surface, and refuse to sink,
even when tapped by the spoon.
The fact is, the apparent sugar is a
delusion. The real sugar has been
dissolved, and only the thin envelope
of the collodion which filled the inter-
stices remain.
The illusion presented by this
"ghost' of the sugar lump Is perfect,
as it foats lightly on the surface.
Taken between the thumb and fore
finger it collapses into gelatin Gus
mass. New York Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-05-21
A VERY QUEER ANIMAL.

With the exception Of the jaguar,
the great anJ-eater, the ant-bear, or
crested ant bear, whichever you choose
to call him, is the most snowy quad
ruped in all South America nor am l
at all sure he is not entitled to first
place. In height and bulk full
grown specimen is about as large as
Newfoundland dog, and is really quite
bear-shaped IN body and legs. It's
tail is long and strong, and bears
tremendous brush of coarse, wiry,
brown black hair, which makes this
organ very noticeable. Its head is SO
small, and its muzzle so fearfully pro-
longed, that it reminds one of the
head and beak of an ibis. Its mouth
is n narrow slit across the end of that
curious muzzle, its tongue is like 4
big angle-worm q foot long, and it
has no teeth whatever! Its covering
is a rough coat OF long, coarse, brown
hair, most strangely marked by a
black band underneath the throat,
which on the chest divides into long,
wedge-shaped stripe of black that ex-
tends backward and upward across
the shoulder.
To me it has always been a puzzle
why this creature should possess such
a luxuriant coat of hair in so hot a
climate. Another point still more
open to criticism is his dubbed fore
feet. He walks on his claws, and the
outer edges of his fore feet, in most
awkward, aud even painful way, for
which there seems to be no adequate e
excuss-unless his feet were formed