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The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18
Mr.. BRYAN AT RED HOOK.
Feel Honored by Candidates Pres
ence Among Them.

: Upper Red Hook, N. Y, August IT,
Here in this little village VIM. j. Bryan
has esta blished himself for week or ten
days to enable him to compose his letter
of acceptance. Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. &c. Perrine.
Mrs. Perrine was Mrs. Bryan's teacher
at the female academy in Jacksonville,
Ills. Upper Red Hook feels fattered
by the presence of the candidate for the
Presidency, and tonight there was an
outpouring Of citizens to give him proper
welcome. Party lines were not dra wn
in the reception given Mr.. and Mrs. Bry-
an by Mr.. and Mrs. Perrine. MIR. Bryan
was introduced to the gathering and
made a short speech of thanks.
In answer to repeated enquiries as to
whether he would make reply to the
speech to be delivered tomorrow night
by Bourke Cochran, Bryan said: Mr..
Cochran discussed before the silver gu es-
tion and the income tax while in Congress-
Ii he advances any new arguments they
can go to the country along with my
speech of last week. I shall not return
to New York until the latter part of
September, when l expect to speak briefly
and in New York on my way from New
England.
Concerning Senator Thurston's state
ment in his letter to Senator Stewart.
published this morning, that Mr.. Bryan
had been charged with being in the pay
of silver mine owners, Mr.. Bryan said
tonight that he had donied this state
ment on several occasions, aud that a de-
NAL would tie made at an early day.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18
Biddeford Yacht springs A1eak,

Biddeford. August 1.-THE Vixen, ].
G. Richardson's yacht, sprung aleak
early Sunday afternoon about four
mil es from the Pool, between Wood
Island and Cape Elizabeth. She was
bound for Portland with Mrs. Richard
son and a party of lady friends and gen.
tlemen on board.
The sea was running high and the po-
sition of the boat while taking water so
fast was very dangerous. Signals of dis
tress were hoisted and he boat turned
back for the Pool, reaching there with
great difficulty with about two feet of
water in the cabin. The exact damage
to the boat is not known. She is an old
boat, but has been remodelled several
times at great cost.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18

people possess in life time they are
guarded and cared for with corresponding
attention. Imprompta blacksmith shops
are set up at var ious points about the
paddock and the smithies have about all
they can attend to.
Mr.. Alonzo Libby of Westbrook the
superintendent of horses y had about all
he could attend to yesterday IN looking
after the 200 horses in the Park and in
performing his multitudinous duties.
His assistant. Mr. VI. Fl. Parker of Vest
brook, was also very busy but found
plenty of time to give informa Jion to the
PRESS reporter whom he treated very
courteously.
Beginning in the first stable encounter
ed on entering the padedocks known as
table No. was to be found the fine
string of the veteran driver Jack sKinney
Dalyhetty, 2. IA, has appeared 1T Rigby
many times. He Is a bay gelding .paoer
and is entered in the 2. IS pace. He has
landed several purses during the two
seasons on the track and got third money
last week at Mystic Then there is Fasci-
nation, also well known at Rigby, where
she won the 2.2S and 2.32 trots this
season. She has record of 2.1714. She
also won the 224 etrot here at the last
meet and the three minute class at Com
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18
NORTH sAco HASA SENSATION.
Slight Discrepancies in Different storiel
Concerning An Assault Case.

Saco, Aug ust Thames ". Palmer,
farmer. living at Notlh Saoo, com
p1afned to the police Sunday that while
he was sitting quietly in his home, be
heard some one attempting to force open
the door. Before he could prevent this.
the door was broken in and man, who
he says, was Charles Nelson, a neighbor,
rushed at him and gave him terrible
blow in the eye. This stunned him
somewhat, but he succeeded in grabbing
chair and with this he drove the assail-
ant out of doors, though the latter, he
says, had drawn knife. He succeeded
in driving the would be robber and as
sailant away and saw him leave with
two female companions, one of whom
he addresses as Mrs. Nelson, in the
direction of Portland. Two ceoffirs were
sent to that city, but did not sucoee d
in locating the parties.
They returned at O'Clock and Nelson
was arrested. In the police court this
afternoon Mrs Nelson testified that Pal
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18
Big n Magnificent
Preliminary Things a
the Races-Todays Programme
PRELIMINARY DAY.

PRELIMINARY DAY.
A Large Crowd of Spectators Watches
the Final Work of Preparation.
Yesterday was really the preliminary
day of the fair, and 1T cannot be called
regularly opened in all it's departments
till today. Tuesday has always been the
regular opening day but there was such
a big list Of entries in the racing events
that was decided to start them one day
earlier and for that reason the park was
opened to the public yesterday. 1t was
surprising how many people took adj
vantage of 1t and there was probably a
crowd of 5000 people on the grounds in
the afternoon. OF course the work of
preparation was still going on in many
of the departments, but the spectators
seemed to rather enjoy watching the
work Of arranging exhibits. Today every
thing will be running in apple pie order,
and with pleasant weather, tremendous
crowd for an opening day is assured.
Painchard's band of Biddeford fur
nished excellent 10 usic yesterday.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18
1.-THE MIDWAY."
1t Burst Into Life Yesterday and Will Now
Reign Supreme.

1t Burst Into Life Yesterday and Will Now
Reign Supreme.
"The Midway pays by the week not
by the day 80 she was up and at it early.
That is the various exhibitions of youth,
beauty, science, and freaks of nature
that OCCUPY space Of the Rigby Midway
pay SO much for the privilege during the
entire fair, and not a sum per diem, SO
the proprietors saw that things were in
readiness to take advantage Of the first
spectators that should find their way
In through the gates. The Midway was ur
betimes yesterday morning preparing fol-
its campaign and as the hours of noon
approached, IL suddenly burst into life
and action in all Its ancient 81 ory. A
fakir at the extreme end of ths line
started blast on a horn and in an In
stant the whole avenue was quivering
with excitement. Bands began to play,
drums to beat organs to grind and fakiri
to yell. The fr enks climbed onto the
platform the snake charmers came out
with their armfuls of reptiles and Mrs.
Potter Palmer's specially objected te
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18

which is now stabbed at Rigby Park.
From far and near have gathered tnous-
ands who delight in seeing herds of pure
ly brod cattle, hogs Of perfect type, sheep
with the finest wool and other exhibits
OF this nature but no fair" however
large and well appointed can rise above
the level of pumpkin show without
mans noblest friend and servant, the
horse. And the horse is at Rigby in
large numbers and promises to take a
leading position in the amussments of the
week.
70 the New England Agricultural SO
ciety IS due great credit for the oppor-
tunity it hasIgiyen toatheowners of young
horses to earn q dollar. With almost
continual racing near Boston this year
this is the first stake purse that as been
given for colts. And in order to give
their youngsters chance to perform the
owners of the colts came to Rigby Park
and took a shy at the purse of $500 offered
by the Fair Association.
In nearly every class FLOR aged. .trotters
there are brilliant perform ers, more or
less known in this section of the ooun-
try. For the 2. 10 class which starts on
Thursday there Ia Bingen the son of
May King. Only short time ago this
colt was swinging off quarters in 40 but
withinsthe past few week he has come
forward like whirlwind kand at Read
Vile Park he went mile in 2. Is and
quarter in 81 seconds. Among sothers in
this class are Copeland, 2.11%; Katie
Mack, Silver street, Don and Pullman,
Portland horse. Bingen was broken
and trained as a yearling by Raymond
Suedaker, a twelve year old boy of Lex
ington, KY, and the first season he
drove him in 249. He is now owned by
]. Malcolm Fobes and Henry liter is now
the horses traner.
A tour about the quarters Of the horses
yesterday morning was an interesting
ono. Piotu rescue scenes were on every
side and hustling about we're trainers,
hostlers and "wipers" in all sorts of
fancy garb. In front of some of the
stalls were burning fires beneath huge
kettles IN which water is heated for use
in bathing the equine ssaristocrats.
The air was filed with the odor of lima
ment and arnica and in every stall the
racers were being groomed, bandaged
and cared for. These trotters demand
more attention than q siokly child and
as some of them cost more than some
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18
SOUND MONEY DEMOCRATS
Meeting of Executive Committee at Chi
cago Yesterday.

Chicago, August 1.-THE national
committee of the sound money
Democracy met at the Palmer
house today. There were present
Msssrs. W. D. Byn1m of Indiana, Sam
Holding of Ohio, W. R. Hnldeman Of
kentucky, E. B. Usher Of Wisconsin. E.
W. Cucheon of Minnesota, f. d. Leh-
man of Missouri, John P. Hopkins of Illi-
nois. j. M, Faulkner of Alabama, and
J. R. Wilson of indianapolis, secretary.
This completes the committee with
the exception of Gen. Charles W. Tracey
of New York, who was detained by busi-
ness pertaining to the work of the COM
mittee in that state. All indications for
the sound money convention are most
favorable and committee reports that
yer 40 states will be represented.
The principal matter which called the
committee together, was the preparation
and adoption of an address to the Demo-
cratic voters of the country. A sub-oom-
mittee was chosen to draft the address,
The committee went into session and an
address was drafted by the sub-oom nit
tes. At six o'clock, the committee re-
ported al address to the Democrats.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18


Biddeford, August 1.-THE following
Is copy of the letter of Edward w Sta.
pies forwarded to the committee of noti-
fication of the Democratic district con.
vention today, in which he accepts the
nomination and endorses the resolutions
adopted by that convention:
Virgil @. Wilson, Llewellyn Barton, H.
Fairfield, committee of notification:
Gentlemen-Your official notification of
my nomination by the Democratic con-
vention of the First District of Maine
for representative to Congress has been
received.
/ endorse the resolutions adopted by
that convention.
believe that our present financial sys-
tenn, II persisted in, must inevitably re-
suit disastrously to this country and the
vast. majority of its citizens.
believe in returning to the money of
our fathers which Is gold and silver. And
in my Judgment the only method by
which that can be accomplished is by
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
and gold In ratio of 16 to 1. "A ] firmly
believe that the remonetization of silver
will be In the interest of the business
man, the farmer and the wage-earner.
/ accept the nomination and If elected,
will do all that can In support Of these
principles and for the First DISTRICT of
Maine.
Sincerely yours,
EDWIN W. STAPLES.
BlddefOrd, August II, 1896.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18

The heavens smiled Rigby Ia radiant.
and the big fair is on. May the sun
continue to show his smiling face, and
the great show of all New England go
bounding on to the greatest success Of
Its long and honorable career.
Things looked dubious late Sund ay
night, whs n with fitful gusts Of wind the
rain came down in great sheets, and it
was the wettest kind of rain, too. Hearts
sank at Rigby. Horses kicked and
snorted in their stalls, as II to express
their disgust at the weeping of the
clouds. The cattle beloved dolefully,
the swine grunted sort Of plug ugly"
grunt, and the little lambs emitted pitt
iful bleating that said all too plainly,
"Ohl why did I ever leave home and
motherl"S
The Marquis de Murphy, the titled
courtier who imported at great expense
"Murphy's Sensational Gondala from
the Streets Of Venice (where the Baron
is said to have summer house near the
"Bridge of Sighs''), let out several sighs
in manner that only a long residence
near the aforesaid bridge can give; en-
hanced with grand burst of HIbernian
vocal disgust, as he thought of the ex.
pense of the long trip from Venios to
the Soarboro Cranberry Bog. and the
doubtful prospect Of winning out'' on
the morrow.
The gentleman in the next tent to the
Marquis de Murphy. In plain unmistak-
able Yankee, cussed!-simply oussedl
The manager of the Worlds Beauty
| Show had dwelt on the fact Saturday,
that his establishment was the only ul-
ira metropolitan, self sustaining affair
ON the grounds; that his troupe cooked.
ate. sung, danced and slept inside the
canvass pavilion with all the comforts of
the Hotel Waldorf He probably meant
in dry weather, for two of his star lady
performers were awakened at an early
hour yesterday morning by good sized
stream of water flowing rapidly down the
back of their neoks. There was a small
sized riot as the ladies arose, took uE
their beds and walked to the center o1
the tent, which was dryer.
| The itinerant photographer arose and
placed added covering over his valuable
apparatus, and the p ink lemonade man
made arrangements for carrying his I'M.
mense (?) stock Of fruit forward another
day. The water with care Will keep.
The only happy man at the Park was
the head for target coon. He gets paid
whether 1t rains or shines Everybody else
mourned in sympathy with the elements.
and finally went to sleep In disgust with
heavy hearts.
| But they were destined to delightful
surprise. Only the ever vigilant sentinel
of the tribe Of goose, knew that the
! twinkling stars were casting sly peeps
through clouds about o'olook, and Epeo-
| pie were happy indeed when they were
aroused yesterday morning in response tc
the clarion calls of the luaty ohanticleers
Of the poultry show, to see the good old
Sun rising in all his ancient glory.
| What beautiful morning 1t was. too. It
seemed more like June than August, SC
| richly laden with the odors Of the field
and woods was the pure sweet air Of the
early morning. The oopious rain Of the
night before served az "freshener up''
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18
NO FEARS ABOUT OHIO.
Senator Foraker Says 1t Will Be Found in
Republican Column.

Newg York, August 17.-Senator-eleot
J. B. Foraker of Ohio, arrived at the
Fifth avenue hotel today. He will sail
for Europe next Wednesday on the
steamer ST. Paul to meet his daughters,
who are now in London. He expects to
return by the middle of Septem ber and
make speeches before the ampaign closes.
He said he had no fears whatever about
Ohio. The silver craze was no more
rampant there than here, and the Buck
eye state would give larger majority
than usual for the Republican ticket.
He added Where one Republican is
converted to free silver at least 100 Dem
oorats declare for Mckinley and sound
money. That shows the drift out west.
He said he believed Indiana, Illinois
and Iowa would go Republican.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18

of everything that grows. and vegetation
revived and fairly leaped for joy when
touched by the rays of the rising August
sun. The spirits of all the inhabitants
of the Park, animal and human, rose on
a pal with the sun, and as everybody
said Good morning" to everybody else,
he hugged himself to think what a roy
al good morning 1t was.
Manager Farnham and the officials Of
the big show were simply the personifi-
cation of the broadcast kind of smile.
If the week will only continue as 1t
has begun, it will be simply glorious,
and the biggest show Maine has ever
known will result.
The Heavens smiled; RiGby is radi-
ant, and the Fair is on
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18
Old Orchard Bath House Robbed.

Old Orchard, August 17.-The first bath
house robbery of the season at Old Or
ohard occurred Monday noon. When W.
s. Foley, prominent Montreal man
and regular visitor at the Old Orchard
House. returned to his room in the bath
house, after his daily dip, at 10. 80 he
found that it had been opened and all
the jewelry left there stolen. The stolen
articles included two gold watches, sew
en- diamond rings and few pieces of
Ie IS value. The whole amounted to $1,000
A small amount of money was also tax
en-. One watch cost $3.50 and one of the
rings was worth $3.50. There is no clue
to the thief.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18

ington-Real Headquarters in That
Sentiment.
Washington, August 17.-For three
hours this afternoon Senator Jones,
chairman of the Democratic National
committee was closeted with several
prominent Democrats. Those present
were Mr.. johnson of Kansas, the newly
appointed members of the campaign COM
mittee from that state, Senator Bacon
of Georgia, Chairman Faulkner Of the
congressional oom mittee, Gen. Convills
of Ohio, Major Towles of Missouri,
Secretary of the Bjmetallio League,
Hon. r. P. B land Of Missouri, Repre-
sentative Richardson of Tennessee,
Representative Livingston of Georgia and
Secretary Gardner of the League OF
Democratic clubs. If any specific plans
were agreed upon, the confsrees kept
them to themselves.
Senator Bacon has just returned from
trip to the Pacific coast, and reported
to the committee that he found the
whole coast and the country from the
Pacific to the Mississippi river ablaze
with enthusiasm for the Democratic
ticket and for the free coinage platform.
Mr.. Bland gave the COMMITTEES one OF
his talks and laughed at the claims of
the Republicans that they would carry
his state. Mr.. Bland stated his belief in
the triumphant election of MIR. Bryan
and offered his services to the chairman
III n uni eaerved manner.
Representative Livingstone Is on his
way home trom New York. He said he
was confident that the Democrats would
carry New YORK, New Jersey and Della
ware. The silver sentiment, he asserted,
was almost as rampant in the heart OF
New York as it was in the West and
South.
Chairman Jones leaves for Chicago to-
morrow night for Wednesday morning
for the purpose of arranging for the head
quarters.
While the headquarters Of the National
committee are to be located in Chicago,
it is the general impression that the real
headquarters will be in this city. The
naming of Chicago was, as one member
of the committee put it today, merely to
catering to sentiment. 1t Is unotficially y
announced that after Mr. Bryan speaks
at Buffalo and Erie on the 9th and 2Sth
inst, he will go direct to Lincoln and
remain until after the first week in
some time between the 10Th and 2Uth of
September, where he will be formally
notified of his nomination by the Silver
party.
After October first he will conflne him
self to the Middle Western States,
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18

The winners at franklin park yes
terday We're: 214 pace, Tony Wilcox !;
2;l6aa trot, Aloedalia; 2.22 trot, Miss
HuOn.
Thomas Devany, one of the Irish dyna-
miters, who, in Edinbure, in 1883, was
sentenced to penal servituds for life, was
released from Portland prison yesterday.
Inform ation was received yesterday by
the Cuban revolutionary party in Phila-
delph1a that an expedition, consisting of
70 men, together with a large quantity
OF war munitions was landed at Cuba
last Thursday. The expedition original
~ SET ouI from this country, and went to
south American port, whence the land
are said to have been in the party.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18
BUILDING CAVEp IN.
Causing Death of One Man and Probably
Three More.

Eau Glare, Wis, August 17.-For the
past two weeks Music Hall the principle
business block in the city, has been un-
dergoing a remodelling. This afternoon
the building caved in, while large num-
ber of men were at work. Fred Olson
was taken from the ruins dead, q nd Ii
other men were removed seriously in
jured. VIM. Dean, an officer of th e
Phoenix Manufacturing Company, and
Nichols Roach, an elnploye, and another
employe, are buried in the ruins, aud
are supposed to be dead.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18
REALIZES THE DIFFERENCE.
Mayor Pingree Says He is Bimetalist But
Not Free Silverite.

New York. August 17.-Mayor Pingree
of Detroit, who has been nominated by
the Republicans of Michigan for the
governorship, arrived here today. He ex :
pressed himself as confident that both the
national and state Republican tickets
would be successful In Michigan. Mayor
Piugree said that he was in somewhat of
dilemma, as he is bi-metallist, while
the Republican partY of his sta to has
adopted a gold platform. He added
"While am bi-metallist, / am not a
free silver man."
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18

ladies looked through their lace soarfs
and blushed ooyly on the passing crowds
and the Midway was regularly and duly
opened.
1t is the same old Midway, enlarged
considerably in the numb ber of its at
fractions offered the public, but just as
noisy, just as gsily painted, just as much
fun and just as many "sells' as ever.
Among the many features at the fair
are the Cairo streets, just as represented
Mt the great worlds fair with all the
Oriental features.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18


she was stricken Sunday morning with
paralysis.
- Mary Abigail Dodge was born in
Hamilton, Mass, about 1880. She was
for SONS years an instructor in physical
science in the Hartford, Conn, high
school, and subsequently became a
goyerness in the family of DR.. Gamaliel
Bailey of Washington, D. c., to whose
paper the National Era she became a
frequent an d popular contributor. In
1867 she was one Of the editors of "Our
Folks magazine for children pub
lished in Boston. Since 1876 she has re-
sided most Of the time in Washington
where she has been the center OF the
literary society of the capital She has
been frequent contributor to prominent
magazines, under the pen name of "Gail
Hamilton" and her published works,
written in witty and aggressive style,
consist largely OF selections from her con-
tributions. They include Country
Living and Country Thinking" !"
Wrongs" PA Counter Irritant,'' and
many others. In 1877 she wrote for the
New York Tribune series of able
articles on civil service reform. Recentl y
she has been at work on a biography of
the late James g. Blaine, at whose
house in Washington she made her home
during the life of that statesman. Miss
Dodge was dearly beloved in New Eng
land, and had many friends IN Portland
who will deeply mourn he T death. She
WAS one who has bette-ed the world by
having lived in it.
Her illness dated from Sunday morn
| ing, when seated at the breakfast table
| in her quiet room, she suffered stroke
| of paralysis which was at once declared
| by her physician, DIR. Thayer, to be prob
ably fatal. DR.. Thayer, in fact, did not
expect his patient would live the day
out, but she surprised all by lingering
until this evening. Miss Dodge was pos
sessed of remarkable vitality, which
alone enable her to recover from the seri-
GUS stroke of paralysis with which she
was attacked while staying with the
Blaines in Washington in May last.
At this time it was given out that her
recovery was impossible. For as she
lowered bstween life and death and no
one dreamed that she could recover.
When Miss Dodge had once more re-
gained her health though she never again
became as robust as before this Illness,
she came to her birthplace, Hamilton,
and accompanied by the nurse who has
since been her companion, took pleasure
in the quiet rides and walks about the
village where she remained until her
death. The funeral services will probably
| be simple ana devoid of ostentatioD, and
| will ia ke place from her home at Hemil-
| ton.
The Portland daily press., 1896-08-18
JOHN R.lFELLOWs WILL SPEAK.
Arrangements Completed for Democratic
Convention Thursday.

Rookland, August 17.-In statement
to the sound money Democrats of Maine,
regarding the state convention to be held
at Portland, Thursday of this week, G.
Vey Holman, says Hon. j ohm r.
distinguished orator, and Hon. Harvey
N. Shepard of Boston, will be the lead
ing speakers of the occasion. The Ameri-
can Cadet band will furnish the music
The Maine Central railroad will sell re-
turn tickets at half fare rates to oil de-
string to attend. The convention will bt
held in Congress hail.