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The Portland daily press., 1896-09-11

Knightville fire department was called
and ex ting uished the fire without much
difficulty. The loss, a good part of which
was caused ty the water with which
the house was flooded, will amount Ito
about $3.50. There was no insurance.
These are the advertised letters in the
South Portland post Office for the follow
ing parties: Hattie Whiting, Mons Hen
~ Rainville, Jacob Peach, R. @. Bib
Ter, James Kirwin. Mrs. L. j. Lowell
Mrs. David Peterson, Mrs. Irwin RJohn-
son.
The Portland and Cape Elizabeth road
have pstitioned the selectmen OF South
p ortland to allow them to build single
track with the necessary turnouts and
switches from the junction OF the shore
road and Angel street, through Angel
street to Cottage road to the town line
between South Portland and Cape Eliza
beth, and for permission to erect the
| necessary poles and wires. A hearing
win be held on the above petition tal
| the Town hall, Monday, September q
at 2 O'Clock In the afternoon.
| DIR. Lowell, who has been visiting hii
daughter at Fulton, N. Y, is spending
| a few days at Niagara Falls.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-11
DEERING.

Tonight the Deering lodge of Good
Templars of Deering Centre will enjoy
a supper and social at their rooms in
the Hoegg Bnilding.
Mrs. Morse Of Portland has visiting her
cousin, Mrs. s. W.. Davis, Main street,
East Deering.
Mrs. Anna Libby OF Gorham has been
visiting Mrs. M. j. Milliken of Stroud
water
Mr.. Fred Parker, instructor in the
Brown university gymnasium, who has
been attending the summer course OF
medical lectures at Dartmouth college.
Hanover, is at Stroudwater, where his
family are spending the summer. p MIR.
Parker and family soon return to Provi-
dence.
Miss Wyer of Oakdale has been visiting
friends at Lewiston.
Miss Frank of Ooennvale is recovering
from her recent severe illness.
Miss Lizzie Fairbrother of East Deer
ing is visiting at Bath.
Mrs. Fred Colcord and little son, ani
Miss Matte Hill OF Canton, Mass, are tn
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. 3. A. Mason o
Str oudwater.
Mrs. Fred Moulton Of Freeport; was th,
recent guest of Mrs. Thurlow, Mali
| street, Ooeanvale.
Mrs. Douglass of Portland has bee,
| visiting her daughter, Mrs. Herbef
| jackson Of Stroudwater.
Miss Hattie Dresser of Etroudwate
will teach the Beach Ridge school il
| Scarboro.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-11
f MARRIAGES.

In westbrook. Sept. 8, augustus FORMER and
Miss Elisha Perrin.
In Gorham, at the residence of the brides
father, by Rev. E. G. Strout, John NJ. Owen Jr..
OF Somerville. Mass, and Miss Lizzie NJ Hard
ing of Gorham.
In Calais. Sept z, Matthias Bridges and MIS-.
James Chamberlain.
In Springfield, Sept. I. Sylvanus J. Goodrich
OF M axfleld and Miss Georgiana Curtis Of Spring
field
In Bangor, Sept. 8, Charles D. Snow Of Brewer
and Miss Mae McCosker
At Salisbury Cove. Sept. 2. Clarence Emery
and Miss Addie nj. Emery
In Skowhegal, Sept. 2. Lewis Lacroix and
Mrs. Nellie Vosmus.
In St. George, Sept. 5. Chester @, Robinson
and Miss Mary Robinson.
In Portsmouth,, N. H., Sept. Q, Albert w
Blaisdell and Mary J. Hogan. both of Bath.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-11
SOUTH PORTLAND.

William L. Richardson has returned
from short vacation with friends in
Gorham.
Mr.. Herbert CAMEL, the general rep
resentative of d. & L. Slade of Boston,
ia spending several days In this place
with fr lends.
Mr.. Ivory Cleaves Of Boston is visiting
his aunt, Mrs. Fred Cole on Pleasant
street.
Mrs. John Melia is entertaining her
brother from Passport.
Mrs. George W. Doughty and family
ara visiting Rev. Ernest Doughty in
Lowell.
home on a short vacation.
Mr.. Leander T. Poor, 46 Salem street,
Portland, had the index finger of his
left hand severely crushed at the bicycle
factory on Wednesday. DR.. Syphers
amputated the mans finger.
Miss Nettie Body has accepted sit
uatiou in the post office made vacant
by the resignation of Miss Annie Flick
EFT.
Mrs. Nellie Soule is visiting relativel
in the city.
Miss Edith Dyer is confined to he
homo in Portland by her recent illness
Mr.. g. e. Waters Of Beverly Farms,
Mass, returned home today after I
pleasant vacation passed with her siste
Mrs. G. K. Halves.
A fire which broke out in the uppe
part of the house occupied by MT. VIII
ard e. Bona, "a d street, shortly befor
O'Clock yesterday morning. did SOM
damage to the::house and furniture. Th
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-11
DEAF It's.

In this city, Sept 10, Isabel Dealy, aged 81
years.
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
In Bath, Sept. 8. Mrs. Susan NJ. Davenport,
widow of the late Benjamin Davenport. Jr.,
aged 65 years, 10 months.
= in Bath, Sept. 8, George b. Lttchf1eld, aged 90
years. months.
In Biddeford. Sept. 7, John Lord, aged 80 yrs.
At ocean Park. Sept. Z, Mrs. Margaret b.
Libby, aged So years.
In Saco. Sept.7, Mrs. Addie A. Tarbox, aged
80 years
In Macnias. Sept. 6. Mrs. Louisa Berry, aged
81 years.
IN Skowhegan. Sept. 4. Mrs. Clarissa Ross,
aged "a years.
In Orono. Sept. 8. Charles F. Page.
In Houlton Sept. 1. Mrs. B; E. Durell, aged sc
years.
In Smithfed. Aug. %, Mrs. Laura A, Trudell
aged SO years.
In Jefferson. Sept. 5. Mrs. Eliza D. Geyer
aged "a years.
In Whitefeld, Sept. 5, Mrs Mary j. Achorn
aged 80 years.
In Camden, Henry Wiley, aged 10 years.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-11
Funeral of Deacon zenas r. Harrington

Funeral of Deacon Zenas r. Harrington.
Services of an interesting character
were held yesterday at the Bethel church
to which the late Zenas r. Harrington
belonged and where he had
been deacon for nearly 20 years. Not
withdrawing the rain q large number
were present outside the usual attend
anoe. Had the day been fine the house
would have proved too small. The
of the manner of Deacon Darlington 8
dea til. unfolding the truth thns human
nature is subject to manifold diseases both
of the body and mind and peculiarly In
the region where matter and mind meet
and affect each other, reaching often
times across the untraced boundary be-
tween them with life giving or fatal
effect. Not person lives who hos per-
feet health of either mind or body. And
among these diseases as real and atal as
typhoid or paralysis is melanoholia. Far
more frequent than some suppose. often
unsuspeoted In it's earlier stages, and
taking many forms. The name comes
from Greek words. melas, dark, black
and choice, which is essential bitterness
looking on the dark side-mental gloom
and forebodinR on no real grounds. = In
its lighter, chronic form 1t ID insanity
liable to acute stages, with frequent
fatal results. It was shown how the
disease has slowly been creeping upon
our lamentea fellow citizen, till 1t took
Unexpectedly but not unfeared its form
Of fatal activity. The little hidden wheel
or spring in the complicated and beauti
| full structure of matter and spirit was
derauQed and the machine ran to self dc.
struction.
| The speaker referred to an intimate
| old farm in Holden where he labored AND
fitted himself for Williams college, from
which he graduated with high honors fol
scholarship but with the loss Of an eye
sacrificed to the midnight oip' thence
back to the farm to help his father in hi
declining days, there to be pillar il hi
natiyestown and church. He came t.
Portland in 1874, first as member Of tn
irmrot Il. b. Kicker & Co., and latel
that of H. II. Neyens, and since 1890 has
been the managing member of tine firm
of harrington & Mann, man ufaoturers o
house finishing and mouldings.
AS O citizen he was without reproach
as business man cautious, reliable, In
dustrious, economical and prompt; rs
d Christian, decided, outspoken, active an
hopeful. Ha lived his religion-cleal
bright, growing-till the cloud came an
grew thicker and darker. He Tough
! against it for many weary month unit
the dire disease bad it's aouto ending.
: The value of his services at the Botht
are incaloulable. Such men are missed
The poor distressed, forlorn ones wi
! miss his visits, his aid and his prayer
. with and for them. The sailors WI
miss him. He was president OF the tru'
: teas of the Sailors home, member
the.Portland Seaman's Friend society an
> one of the trustees of the Bethel churo
, also member of the trustees of th
3 Island Bethel chapel at East Harpswell.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-11

You find. then. that you cannot ssay,
upon any thing that you know. that
the silver basis will be a better one.
Well, then, if it Is not any batter, what
do you want to 60 to 1T forf Recollect
that going there is thorny; going there
ID going to be very troublesome to you.
Precisely how you will go there do not I'M
dertake to be sure about. oan only
guess, like the rest of the brethren.
But it looks as though we never would
know what would be the fact about IL,
because we are not going to try 1T. Gap
plause.) Probably conjecture Is very
safe thing to indulge in, like prophecy
of what Is going to happen say thous-
and years hence. You will ba go comfort
ably dead that the disappointed people
cannot get at you. daughter and ap-
plause.)
1t looks to me that If we were to
plunge to silver basis, there would be
a sudden rush for gold by the people VINO
are nearest to it, and those beg to give
you notice are not the laborlng poor.
There would be O disposition to hoard
gold, and that would make SO suuuen
contraction of the currency that very
likely big interest would bring it back
and then gold wo uld slowly and steadi-
" disappear as its place was taken by
silver. and for every dollar in gold that
went out a silver dollar would substituted
BY somebody-either our mine owners
land | shouldn't grudge them any OF
else tie holders Of silver in lands beyond
the sea. :,
But when we got that gold all driver
ont and then we commenced TO fashion
more and more coined silver, down II
would 30 to it's market value. here just
as it has in Mexico; and the fact tina
Mexicois lite state and we big
one. would not really interfere Will
that matter at all, Mexico is just as bis
inside of Mexico as we are inside tn
United States and, although we would
demand more AMI more and use NOR
| silver we would cause moro to be pro
duced. Then you would find that every
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-11

We are agents for the Boston Patent
Pant and Bicycle Suit. OF all the bicycle
suits inn the msarlXe ed this is the suit.
Patent adjustable bottom. making it
for Golf or Bicycle Use, patent adjustable
waist, and i'm fact, haas more style and COM
fort than amy suit made
Prices ranging from $500 to 500 a
suit, also Caps 40 cents each.
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-11

One of the government officials con-
neoted with the agricultural department.
says that the consumption of wheat has
fallen off 25 per cent in this country on
account of the hard times. If an
essential like that loses a5 per cent Of is
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-11
REEDS SPEECH.

Continued from First Page,
The Portland daily press., 1896-09-11
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Do You Want a
MACINTOSH?

We shall sell to-day
Sc. 90 Mackintoshes for
S4.o8. Double texture,
inIaid velvet collar, extra
full skirt, cape and gar
ment lined with fancy
check, colors blue and
black.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-04
The Man of the Hour.

From place in the ranks, William
j. Bryan has come to be the most
conspicuous man in the eyes of the
world in the short space of ninety
days As we have remarked before
he ia wonder and a winner. 1t
seems incrediable that so many GOOD
Democrats-men who are as eager
as ourselves for Bryan's election,
have so little faith in human nature,
and such confidence ia the power of
money to buy an election. We be,
lieve their judgment does Injustice
to the rectitude of the masses and
underestimates the earnestness of the
people in this campaign.
Bryan will be elected. We are as
confident of this as we can be of any
thing that is in the future. He will
carry fhe following States. certainly:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-04
The 1896 Apple Crop

Throughout the chief apple-pro-
ducing states, New England, New
York and others, the crop of winter
apples is very large, according to the
report to the American Agriculturist,
which places the aggregate yield at
little under 59,000,o00 barrels for
all Of the United States, against co.
$4,000 barrels in 1895, and 57,629,..
Quo barrels two years ago This pa
per says the crop in New England,
New York. Michigan and parts of
few other states is simply phenome-
nal New England and New York
alone have over 100000 barrels,
against little more than 100000
barrels year ago, while Michigan is
harvesting the largest crop Of fine
fruit ever secured there In contrast,
the report covering the central west
shows that in many instances the
crop will not supply home require
ments This is decided change
compared with year ago. There is
also marked difference in the sup
ply available for commercial distri-
button. Five New England States
are credited with 8,500,000 barrels,
against scant 100000 barrels in
1895 and 100000 in 1894.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-04
The North Carolina Middle.
Democratic Electors.--A Re
publican Governor Pro-
Dable.

RALEIGH, Oct. 31.-The Populists
absolutely hold the balaoce of power 10
North Carolina. They have fused with
the Democrats on the electoral ticket ard
upon their adherence to that contract
depends Bryan's success They have
fused with the Republicans ou the State
ticket save governor aud lieutenant
governor. on congressional aud legis.
lative and county tickets. The Rspub-
licaps are to an almost equal degree
dependent upon them. None of the
chairmen Republican, Democratic or
Populist-wil venture an accurate pre-
diction of the result. State or na-
tional, aud all admit that mystery is 10
the silent vote. The efforts of both
Republican and Democrats are to secure
Populist support.
W. A. Guthrie, Populist nominee for
governor, antagooized bis State com-
mittee by srguing in all his speeches
that the Populists stultifed themselves
by voting for gold Republicans. Mat
ters came to crisis this week when be
issued an address to the Populsts, call
ing on them.to stand 20 theis principles
and not support Republicans. His
committee responded to an address.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-04
Clash in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Nov. I.-Tbe police were
called on to night to qaell y riot on
the West side caused by clash be-
tween the Republicans and the free
silver Democrats Iu an all round
fight between is to 20 people were
battered and bruised. The affair
took place in front of a Republican
meeting place at the corner Of Union
and Madison streets. From nearby
Bryan hall came crowd Of silver
men, who went out marching. When
they arrived in front of the Mckinley
hall it is alleged that they stopped
and commenced shouting for Bryan,
thereby interrupting the speakers
inside. At the general exit from the
hall the two crowds came together
and the fight became so mixed that
it is said combatants could not tell
their friends from their foes. A riot
call was sent out to the nearest police
station and 25 policemen were sent
to the scene The policemen restor-
ed order, and as no one was seriously
injured and the crowd involved was
So great the matter was overlooked
and no arrests made.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-04
Trial Of Americans.

HABANA. Nov l via Tampa, Fla /,
Nov. l.-Owlog to a oo'icc of protest
from Consul General Lee. fled jast
previous to his departure for Washing
top, taking exceptions to the new court
martial of the correspondent Mel'oo,
Capt. Laborde Of the Competitor and
other members of the vessels crew.
commenced 10 Fortress Cabauas re.
Gently. the proceedings 10 the case have
been temporaril; suspended. though a
Summons has been published in loc'l
papers requiring various witnesses to
appear and dle written evidence against
the prisoners. Ooe member Of The ez
peditioo, George Ferrau, who after
landing surrendered to the Spanish
authorities and was pardooed under
Weyler's amnesty decree. having since
resided under parole with his family 10
Guiana bacoa. has just been re-arrested
and thrown into Jail, awaiting the trial,
as witness.
James Brown, British subject aud
prominent in Habana business circles,
has been imprisoned upon a political
charge.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-04
Well Told.

The Piedmont Sun says: THE
following come -om sister town Pei
ger:
About seven years ago there was a
FIRE il Pelzer in which large qua51lty
of cotton was burned or partly buried /,
and the cid debris and burnt cotton was
throwu into ditch ard DIRT placed on
top of it to make a road way. For
seven years wagons have ran over this
place until it has wore down to the
burnt cotton placed there to fill Up the
ditch. Some ooc noticed smoke com
ing cut of The ground and upon examl-
natiou it was discovered that the old
cotton vas still burning AS there is
no way for fire to get there must
have been buroing ever since it vas
placed there seven years ago"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-04

which was ip;euded TO virtually read
Mr. Gatbrie cut of tue party and de-
clared the Popalists we're under no
obligations to vote for him and that his
vote must be in 90 means considered a
tes: of Populiss strength. Republicans
have shared with Populists 10 seeding
out these attacks on Mr.. Guthrie ana II
all forus az exciting episode of the seu
sational campaign. The Popo'iss lead
ers claim that Guthrie will cot nov get
over l2 600 votes. The question is
whether the leaders cootrol the raus
aod file sud their State chairman admits
that he is not positive as to this
He says be is reasonably sure Daniel
R Russell, Republican nominee for
governor, will carry the State; that the
fusion part o: the State ticket will &c
elected; tina, Eve Papuliss aad four Re
publican oougressmen will be elected 10
accordance with the agreement. aud
tha, the legislature will be anti-Deao
cratic, the largest numbers being Pop
ulists, aud that the latter will see that
silver senator is elected to succeed
Pritchard The Populist chairman
also expresses the belief that all the
BRYAN electors will be elected. There
With be declines to estimate toe ma ajor-
isy.
Inmates that Russ.l will receive S0,OoO
plurality; that the Democrats cauOot
possibly elect congressman and that
the Democrats will not elect over 80 OF
the ITO members OF the legislature
They decline to make an estimate On
McKinley's figures, but declare he will
carry the State and offers odds that
Bryao capnot get all Of the electors
The Democratic State chairman says
tonight that if the uut,ammeled vote
of those who favor Bryan is cast, his
plurality will exceed 10000 He ad-
mi,s that the gubernatorial vote will be
very CLOSE, but expresses the confident
belief that Cyrus B. Watson will win.
aud also that the Democrats will elect
at least two congressman.
The situation is so strange that the
Oldest politicians dare not attempt ac-
curate predictions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-04
One of The Greatest Confa-
grations In History.

PANAMA, Oes 24-Thc Star and
Herald publishes the following detailed
account oe the corf .gratioa at Guaya.
gull:
On the pight of o.. 5, 'ht port and
city Of GcayaquiI vas Visited 5y per-
haps The greatest Grc 10 h;siofe--if we
exceps Tia: Of Ncro's Rome i'he fire
ia stated to have originated iu ;:ac store
of MesSrs Mss*auovich & Bowsli, swo
North Amcricaa Jews. .Ehe;r stcre
vas located about The centre Of she city
At the tine strong breeze, kaown SIS
"E! Mo.ro.' gas blowing, aad it did
not subxide fo: so hours. long after the
fiery element had devastated the whole
Of tie city to the uorth aud northwest.
About ,wo-thirds of the house property
aud nearly the whole of the commercial
quarter we're destroyed. The only
four banks 10 the city were razed,
as also three out Of the foar newspaper
Offices. the cus:ou houee Containing
some 100000 Worth of goods) aud
the church of St. Domingo, relic Of
the Spanish occupation.
The FIRE spread with indescribab!e
rspidi'y aud at nc tine was the FIRE de-
partmeut able to cope ~i'h it l.
simply burned Itself out rbe blaze
lasted fully 80 hours Ool7 FIVE people
have beea koowo to have lost their
lives It was stated that in e launch
laden with furniture, which caught FIRE
aud was swept down with the tide to
the island Of Puma. FIVE sisters of the
Sacred Heart perished, but this could
not be verified.
1t is estimated that 5000 persons
were homeless aud that the property
destroyed aggregates SIS, 100000
(sucres) goods destroyed amounts to
SIS, 900 (sucres) aud the loss 70
the insurance companies about $1,000,
900 (sucres) About fortnight after
the fire the vaults Of the banks destroy
ed we're opened and all securities, etc
we're found intact
A bill has been introduced into the
Columbian congress appropriating $780,
600 10 gold to be devoted to the suffer-
ers of the recent Guauaouil FIRE
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-04
One of the funniest incidents Of the

One of the funniest incidents Of the
campaign is revealed in Indiana
The State Law requires a party en-
blem to be placed over the nomina
tons of each party as they appear on
the official Australian ballot, in order
to assist the illiterate voter in desig
mating his ticket The Assistant Re-
publicans, with much effrontery,
chose portrait of Jefferson as their
emblem. Now the Indianapolis
Sentinel draws the deadly parallel in
pictures, showing that the alleged
Jefferson picture is in reality'that of
Major Andre, the British spy
As represented in The Sentinel, the
Jefferson and Andre faces are identi
cal; but our red hot Democratic con.
temporary goes farther and says that
Andres portrait is "taken from a
medallion executed by Rembrandt
from an instantaneous photograph
taken of the unfortunate man immedi-
ately before his execution" and to
prove that the alleged Jeffersonian
likeness is a fake it presents an au-
thentic portrait of Thomas Jefferson
from the painting by Munkacsky.
Would you believe it?-the unfortu-
nate Assistants have been telegraph
ing all around to verify their portrait
and prove that it was not Maj
Andre, as instantaneously photo
graphed during the Revolutionary
war As yet they have been unable
to get definite denials of the Sentinel's s
charges from Rembrandt and Mum.
kacsky y-The State
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-11-04
A Horrible Accident.

SpARTANBURG, Nov 2-Ooe Of the
most sorfowful accidents 10 the history
of this city occurred Sunday sfteruoon
at the residence of MIR. L. Reibling 90
Howard street. Mr.. Reihliug's BROTH
erin lev. Mr.. Joe Huseuanu, was
shooting al target with parlor rifle
At ooc time just IS be pulled the trig-
ger to fire, Mr.. Husemapn's little SIX
year-eld boy ran directly before hin,
receiving the ball n the braio. Pbysi.
clans we're called in, but cot the least
hopes are entertained fer the little fe!-
lows recovery. Mr.. Husemsun is al
most frantic with grief at the horrible
accident, as this vas his only child.