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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-24

NOR SALE-I have some excellent oppor-
tunities for investment in building lots
in the near suburbs of Portland. Must paw a
large profit within two years. Houses for
sale. Alb Congress street. WATSON. 21-1
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EXPOSITION.

To be Held in the Fall-Deleaates Meet In
Chicaso-Pat Walsh, Chairman.
CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-An exposition OF
Southern products, natural and manu-
factured, will be held In Chicago this
fall, merchants, manufacturers and
capitalists of this city agreeing to man.
age and finance 1t while the Southern
ers interested will furnish it and de-
liver exhibits free Of cost TO Chicago.
This was the decision of the special
committee appointed by the delegation
at the Palmer House this afternoon.
The committee met immediately after
adjournment and after several hours
OF elaboration decided to go report to
the convention when it reassembled
tomorrow
Bankers, merchants, manufacturers.
capitalists, journalists and men promi.
nent In Southern public life came from
all States in the South last night and
today In large numbers to Officially
represent their States and cities ut tho
convention which will organize tho
exposition enterprise. The Delegates
were filled with enthusiasm anddid not
say unkind things about the weather
which was down to zero and ap-
gravated by a piercing wind all day.
The States of Alabama, Geor1ia.
Tennessee, Florida, Lousiana, Ken,
lucky, Mississippi, North and South
Carolina, Maryland and Texans were
represented at the opening session.
the largest delegation being from
Georgia and Tennessee.
Among the morning arrivals were
Gen. Charles Thurman, of Nashville;
John Ell. Mcdowell, the Tennessee
Peoples party leader; Charles ID.
Mitchell. Chattanooga, vice president
OF National Manufacturers Asso-
citation Major John McCann, the
Lame Miller of Nashville, who was
appointed by the Governor to look after
the military feature of the exposi-
ton; Theodore Cooley, chairman of
the art department of the Tennessee
centennial, and A. M. Wells, commits.
sioner general OF the Tennessee cen.
tennial.
the delegates same to the Palmer
House parlors reserved for their use.
and after registering spent the morn.
ing hours In social intercourse or bns-
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Several Standardization Horses Captured
in Ono Day--Rear Guard Of the Enemy
Sighted.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 49, he follow
ing Is a copy OF a dispatch received
here today by the Spanish minister,
signed by the new commandment of the
Spanish forces In Cuba;
BABANA, Feb. 19.-The reports of
the last military operations are a fol-
lows: Maceo has crossed the line ba-
tween Habana and Batabano by the
village called Yapor, with 60 horses.
Later, other troops joined him, In
numbers about 600, but the enemy was
under fire of the troops commanded by
Colonel Seguerra, with killed three
rebels and wounded IL.
The Insurgents joined their forces at
San Felipe de las Vegas, abandoning
their route towards Matanzas that has
beer TO the south of the railroad from
San Felipe to Guines, fearing the col.
umns which were closing the line be-
tween the railroad and the sea. A
train conducting General Echague
who, with mia command, was going to
place himself oct ween San Felipe and
Guines, met In Molina between thu
railroad station of Melena and Palen-
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the high standatd which the bosrd
requires. He is u ma of fine eGuca-
ton and!a large practical experience.
since graduation no has taken q special
course in ogdsr 10 moro fully equip
himself for the work. Mir. Barnes Is
unmarried and a member of the Con-
gragatlonalist church.
Mr.. John Thompson, Il graduate of
the University oi Minnesota, was
elected assistant Ia the department OF
chemistry. For sew oral years since
graduation DIR. Thompson has pursue
special courses in chemistry and has
been Tor some time au instructor at
the university. He has made agricul-
turai chemistry Il specially and is
particularly strong in this depart
ment. Mr.. Thompson is a married
man.
Mr.. Bowman, the present instructor
in forge and foundry work, was re-
tanned in his present. position.
All these gentlemen receiv, d the
unanimous support Of the board.
The rest of the work done by the
board was OF little Importance and OF
no interest to the general pubic.
The oar expected that the legisla-
live committee would come before
Them for further information concern
ing the college, but they did not APP
pear at any of the meetings.
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Iness talk wIth FOLLOW deIegates rom

inesa tatk ,y,th fa,low, doi.ua
Chicao, ar n So,,fb
Geosye W. zsiss af ,rsx.. =
6rst ON tha oro,nd wsth sb;SSs
He brought mn samniss If - na,r"i'
ore ,oct whicb rassmbIas s1 ~ n"a,
IN the western na.t IF The ST. pms
thrives i'm a much mora Dra6t liz
fashion near the Gnif ~ Na~;on
where IL is bainp cultivatad T,snso'
d,ct is the tannfc acid If cnmn, ~
and the Texans are nrondt ~ IL AInno,
with the comes the "a m;e 2
6hrous production from which taxtilaa
fabrics NAV he made with q nro6t
While the delegates were ARRIVING
and being welcomed by CHICAGO bust.
ness men, ex-Confederates and Grand
Army veterans, q preliminary commit
tee consisting of w. Al. Giles, Chicago;
lier, ii. "a. Stafford and w. II. Harper,
of Georgia Malcolm McNeill and Col.
I'll. l.. Turner, Of Chicago, held a meet
ing to outline a plan for submission to
the convention.
At 3 o'clock the delegates assembled
for business, Chicago being represent
ed by many prominent citizens named
by the mayor.
"A cordial welcome was given the
visitors by Corporation Counsel Beale,
in the absence of Mayor Swift. who is
confined to his home with the grip.
Hon. Patrick Walsh, of Augusta,
Ga, was elected chairman, Malcolm
Mcneil, of Chicago, secretary, and
Howard ID. Stafford, of Augusta, as
sistant secretary. Chairman Walsh
thanked the corporation counsel for
his welcome and made a few remarks
calling attention to the great re-
sources OF the South and the benefits
to be derived from making an exhibit
OF them to the Western people.
1t was resolved that a committee
consisting OF one representative from
each State and ten representatives
from Chicago be appointed to decide
whether 1t was an opportune time to
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que, 800 cayalrymen Of the enemy,
who approached the train thinking IL
was a freight train. The column fred
on them Without alightiug and arrived
safely at Guines.
The column of Colonel Seguera, for
ming the extreme left, came upon the
enemy in San Felipe de las Vegas,
where it Is found and dislodged Maceo,
Mira, Diaz and Castillo, with 1900
mounted men. The cavalry troops of
Camahuani charged and defeated them
in Culebra and Culebrita hills. The
enemy retreated towards Navio.
Several columns followed him in a
combined movement, encircling him.
General Linares has also defeated
Maxine Gomez in Lomas del Porven-
ero, capturing four horses. The troops
had three wounded. Accommodating
the camp after the engagement, they
say the rea guard OF the enemy.
Taking them for the Spanish forces,
but seeing that they made no answe
to the countersign, they opened artil-
lery and Mauser rifle fire, killing six
and wounded 27-the column suffering
o wounded. The troops followed
and encircled the enemy.
In the province of Santiago de Cuba
the guerillas Of Cobre defeated on the
18th, on Paso Lajas, a small band,
killing n aud wounding another.
The same guorillas in Iona Noruejo.
defeated on the 10Th tho rebels in
Porteo Cruz. (Signed) WEYLER.
The places mentioned in the above
details ere inside a triangle formed by
the railroads from Habana to San Fe.
lipe and from Guiues to Habana BY
San Jose de las Lajas.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 19-Coincido
with the arrival in this country of DR.
Costello, Secretary of the Treasury. o
Cuba, the sending of aid TO the in
surgents has been progressing more
rapidly than ever.
There sailed last Saturday Afternoon
from off the Capes of Delaware tn,
Norwegian steamer Osteria, with
an expedition of SO men aud u large
quantity of arms and ammunition
The vessel has been purchased out
right by the Cubans and will be uset
by them for future work. She is s.
built that she can easily make twelv,
knots an hour and, it is claimed, Cal
show her heels to most OF the war
ships Spain now has patrolling tn
Island. The expedition is in commau
OF Captain Edward Ardue, who serve,
through the ten years war. With hin
are q number Of the sons of wealth
Cubans in New York city and othHe
parts of the United States.
1t Is anticipated that tho vessel vii
reach the North coast OF Cuba at
point near the Havana coast, abou
next Sunday, where it will be met b
a detachment from General Gomez
army and safe conveyance given to tn
interior of the island. With tn
expedition arc one Maxim and tw
Gattling guns.
News has been received here tina
within the last ten days, ten vessel
have arrived in Cuba from this cour
try with 700, 900 cartridges, a larg
quantity of powder and dynamites, an
5000 rifles. One Of the local Junt
said to-day;
"As there is 40 pressing need {
men at this time, no regular eXpedt
tions will be sent to the Island. Ger
erals Maceo and Gomez have unde
their immediate command in tn
Provinces Of Havana and Matanza
over 10000 men who are without an
arms except the machete. He coul
easily get as many more IL he coul
equip them.
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JOHN WEsLEY's LOVE AFFAIRS.

~ Of Them Were Unfortunate and One
Filled Him With Lasting Regret.
Therssory of the great Wesley's love
"Life and Times of John Wesley
forms q strange and most remarkable
series of episodes in his life. The first
occurrence was during his mission to
Georgia, where he formed o deep at
tachment to a Miss Sophia Hopkey, a
nieco of the chief magistrate Of the
colony. The earlier biographies of
Wesley represent the affairs as involv-
Ing a conspiracy on the part of the
Young lady and her friends against the
reputation of the youthful ascetic.
But so unlikely an account is now dis.
credited, and is totally disclaimed by
Wesley was deeply in loye; certain,
too, that he referred the case to his
Moravian friends and advisers, who
decided accordingly hat he should
proceed no further in the matter, and
he Is said to have acquiseced, saying {:
1.-THE will of the Lord be done." How
ever this may have been land it seems
doubtful whether he voluntarily gave
up his attachmentl the sequel is
equally strange. For we find him a
few months after publicly refusing the
sacrament to this same lady (then
married to g MIR. Williams) when she
presented herself at the Lords table.
The grounds of his refusal have never
been cleared up but it was largely in
consequence Of his behavior that he
drew on himself the odium and per-
%secution which drove him out of
Georgia.
For some years after this he persist
ed in his resolution of ~celibacy-a
resolution which certainly was most
advisable-for one who had embraced
. life Of self denial, labor and home
l~essness. In 1742, too, he published
his Thoughts on a Single Life" ex-
tolling that state as the privilege If
not the duty of all who were capable
OF receiving 1t and three years after,
In q published hymn, which Is clearly
photographed, expressed himself as
follows
have no sharsr,in my heart
10 rob my Savior of a part
And desecrate the whole;
,QHfy 6etrothed to Christ am /,
And wait his coming from the sky
70 wed my happy SOUL"
1t was. therefore, with great sur
prise, and not without some scandal,
that In 1749 his friends heard that he
was engaged to q Mrs. Grace Murray,
81 young widow, who had nursed him
in a short illness, and who was actually
accompanying him at that time In his
ministerial travels through the coun-
try. This young had been
brought up az q maid servant, and was
q person of email education, though OF
great attractions, and a fervant con.
vert 10 Metho6ism. She was a person
Of ~efngularly impulsiye temperament, |
and with an utter disregard OF delicacy
and honor in the midst of her engage
ment to Wesley allowed herself to CO.
quet also with one Of his lay preachers,
John Bennett, and for some months
She most extraordinary alterations
went ON, her choice resting sometimes
one, sometimes on the other OF her
lovers with passionate assertions OF
her entire ~deyotedness 10 each, and
with intervals occasionally Of
iew hours only.
Charles Wesley, disguyted and In.
aignant, stroye To put nm end 10 the
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WITH A COMPLETE OUTFIT FOB
oTr ~ et1 49,

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Nervous Prostitution
Cured by DIR. Miles, Nervine.

Prolonged arrangement OF the nervous
eystem not only Affects tho brain and men,
tai powers, but develops disease in some OF
the vital organs. The most dangerous Of
these indirect results is when tho heart is
affected. This was tho case of the Rev. N.
F. Surface, Fawn River, Mich, who writes
under date Of Feb. IA, 1895:
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WEYLER BOASTS.

Several Skirmishes-Four Horses Captured
in Ono Day--Rear Guard Of the Enemy
Sighted.
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DORT ROYAL IL WESTERN CAR
IL DINA Railway Augusta ani
Asheyille Short Line" j. B. CLEVELAND
Receiver. Schedule in effect Feb i3ih'
1896. ''
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-12
HE CERTAINLY SAID -

On July DIST we had an editoriss article
commenting upon the following statement
made by the nominee Of the Populist
Democratic party, Mr.. William j..
Bryan, in a speech delivered by him
at Kansas City, on his return journey
from Chicago to his home He said:
Tho platform adopted at Chicago is, in
my humble judgment, one OF the most
splendid presentations of public policies
ever adopted by a. national convention
in the United States. 1t presents those
issues which. in the judgment of the dele
gales. are paramount in this campaign,
in every word and syllable. II
brcathos the spirit Of the Declaration of
independence. 1t presents those funda-
mental truths upon which all true gov
eminent must rest
\ friend in Rockbridge county writes
Us that Bryan men there claim that
Bryan never made any such speech as
this.
IT Is preposterous 10 make such a
claim. This Is the regular press report OF
his speech. taken down in shorthand at
the moment Of delivery by thoroughly
competent and impartial agencies. and
sent odt to all the newspapers In the
United states. both Democratic and Re
publican. that subscribe to those reports.
The statement appeared simultaneously
in all the newspapers of the country. and
no one has ever yet questioned its ac-
curracy. Mr.. Bryan himself must have
seen it in dozens Of papers yet no word
has come from him complaining that he
was incorrectly reported.
But this was the theme OF c, cry
speech he made between Chicago and
Nebraska on his way home. The plat
form is the ideal of Mr.. Bryan and all
other Populists. and In his and their
minds II really is a second Declaration
Of Independence
But what PROCLAMATION OF the Declare.
tion OF Independence to liken this mis-
shapen and distorted nightmare to that
glorious charter OF human liberty Can
even Populist find anything in tbs
Declaration OF Independence that even
hints at suggestion to pack the Supreme
Court OF the United States when 1t is
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-12

A judge in New Jersey has given the
following learned decision upon kissing:
1T is not unlawful for man to kiss
another mans wife. provided that she
be sufficiently comely and do not OBJ
ject thereto. If, however. she should in
terpOse any serious demurrer thereto,
and should with anger box him i'm tho
ears, it would be well for that man that
he should never have been born. Kissing
is not disOrderly. and occasionally Is
highly cOmmendablc."
In most communities there are no ex-
pressed opinions by tho judiciary upon
this important subject, and. in fact, opin-
ions upon tho subject coming from other
than those directly interested are not
worth much anyhow. but in enterpris-
ing States whose sandy shores are trod
by gaily- bedecked maids and matrons. as
We have at Asbury Park and Atlantic
City it is doubtless necessary that the
rights and privileges Of acquaintancos
and friends should be clearly defined
by the unimpassioned and unprojudlced
judiciary.
The judge leaves the degree Of comeli
ness entirely TO the discretion Of the
man. This is both wise and indulgent:
it saves many Jerseyite from unlawful
ness. and at once opens up advantages
and opportunities for the women that
few judges would have thoughtfully pro-
ylded.
The judge. too. sagely considers that
no demurrer would he sufficient until the
lady was mad enough TO box the kisser's
ears. and even then the penalty does
not seem very severe.
The decision that kissing is not dis
orderly, too, has its commendable fea-
lures, and in the light Of this cheerful.
declaration, it is probable that powder on
TIE coat sleeve. straying locks. dis
ordered bangs and rumpled balloon
sleeves. will not even be considered as
circumStantial evidence.
The fare has been reduced by the rail
roads and evidently much improvea By
this decision, at Atlantic City. Hwsn
for this Judge
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-12

for announcement OF It's platform anc the
nomination of candidates for the oihces Oh
President and Vice Prc>idcnu OF tho
United states. and the transaction OF such
business as Is incijcI;il thereto. to be
held In
Ipdiap,nolls on "wednesday. the 81 Day of
September. 1896. 1T ~ Noon,
and hereby requests that the
members OF the party in the several
states. who believe IN sound money and
the preservation Of law and ORDER and
who are unalterahly opposed TO the plat
form adopted and candidates nomi-
mated at Chicaro. will select In such
manner as TO them shall seem best,
number Of delegates 10 the same equal 10
twice the number Of electoral yo.es to
which such States are respectively en-
titled.
such delegates are to be duly accredited,
according to the uses OF the Democratic
party. Their credentials shall be fer
warded or delivered to the secretary Of
this committee. with all convenient speed.
and this committee will make up and
announce the list OF ;hc delegates en-
titled TO participate In the preliminary
organization Of the convention.
JOHN NJ. PALMER. Of Illinois chair
man.
JOHN Il. WILSON. OF Indiana, sscre-
tary.
j. NJ. FALKNER, OF Alabama.
JOEL SPERRY. OF Connecticut.
JOHN l. GASKINS, OF Florida.
4. h. NEAL. Of Georgia
J.. NJ. MARTIN. OF Iowa.
EUGENE HAGAN. OF Kansas.
RICHARD T. TYLER, Of Kentucky.
c. '. HOLMAN. Of Maine.
JOHN +. SEMMES. Of Maryland.
NATHAN MATTHEWS. Jr., Of Massa-
chasetts
THOMAS A. WILSON, OF Michigan
+. W. CUTCHEON. Of Minnesota.
EDGAR S. WILSON. Of Mississippi.
l.. c. KRAUTBOFF, OF Missouri.
CHARLES c. CONRAD, Of Montana.
EUCLID MARTIN. Of Nebraska.
GORDON WOODBURY.. Of New Hamp-
shire.
CHARLES TRACEY. Of New York.
WILLIAM J. CURTIS. Of New Jersey.
LOUIS DE LA GROIN. of North Caro-
lima
j. II. CULTIVATE. OF Ohio.
c. T.. 5. WOOD. Of Oregon.
JOHN c. BULLITT. of Pennsylvania.
JOHN c. MUMFORD. of Rhode Island
JOHN 3. HANTEN. Of South Dakota.
j. c. REYNOLDS, Of Tennessee.
NJ. l.. CRAWFORD, of Texas
JOHN W. GORDON. Of Vermont
JOSEPH BRYAN. Of Virginia.
THOMAS BOURKE. Of Washington.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-12

A political party has always been de-
fined TO be an associat IN % voters 20
prtmo,e the success Of political principles
held in common. The Democratic party
dar rg It's whole history has been pledged
70 promote the liberty OF the individual.
tbs security Of private rights and prop
erty. end the supremacy OF the law. 1t
has always insisted upon a safe and stable
money for the peopes use. II has insist
ed upon the maintenance OF the financial
honor Ct the nation. as VOL as upon the
preservation inviola.e Of the ia ,ttu.ioIs
As established by the Constitution.
These. IT'S principles. were abandoned by
the supposed representatives Of a party
at a national convention recently assem-
bed at Chicago. The Democratic party
will. therefore. cease 10 exist unless it
be preserved by the voluntary action Of
xuch OF its members as stin adhere to
It's fundamental principles. No majority
tf members OF that convention however
large bad any right or power TO surren-
der those principles. when they under
took TO do So that assemblago ceased TO
he Democratic.
I,r the FIRST time since national parties
were formed. there is not now before
The American people platform declaring
the principles OF the Democratic party, as
recognized and most couraeec usly and
consistently administered by Jefferson.
Jr.,ason. and Cleveland nor are there nom
inees FOR the offices OF President and
Vice President Of the United States. pledg-
cd 10 carry those principles into practical
eject. The faithful and true Demo-
Gratis OF the United States are determined
that their principles shall not be ruth
lessly surrendered. nor the people be
deprived OF an opportunity to vote for
candidates In accord herewith.
Therefore. the National Democratic
party OF the United states, through it,
regularly constituted committee, hereby
calls Q national convention OF that par'|