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The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
THE CRUEL WAR is OVER.
The United Press Yesterday Practically
Ceased to Exist,

Warrington. April 8.-The Evening
Star says: The Unitsd Press last night
ceased to exist as news gathering and
news distributing organization, thus hap
PLY ending the war between the Asso-
oiated Press and the United Press, that
has been raging for nearly four years.
The United Press is in the hands of a
receiver who is winding up its affairs
entire operation having ceased and Its
allied associations, the New England As
sociated Press, the New York State AS
ISOLATED Press, and the Southern Associ-
ated Press, have dissolved and practical
ly all their members have entered into
contracts with the Associated Press.
The general public is interested in this
contest and its termination in so far as
the subject matter involved was prim-
arily the question of whether the collec-
ton and distribution of the news of the
world should be a matter of private en-
terprise and be conducted ann the news
controlled by few men for personal
profit, or whether the news should be
collected by the newspapers and for them
on a cooperative plan.
The latter theory has proved tri-
umphaut in the struggle which has been
ISOLATED Press now counts in its ranks
practically every paper of first or sec
ond-olass Importance in the United
States, and with its augmented strength
will be able to cover the news field Of
the world rs has never been done before.
The officers and directors of the Asso-
olated Press who have borne the brunt
of the battle are Victor s. Lawson,
the News, Chicago Record, president I;
Horace White. New York kvening Post.
first vice president; Hoke Smith, Atlanta
Journal, seoond vice president; Melville
E. stone, general manager; Charles ii.
Diehl, assistant general manager. The
directors are: John Norris, New York
World; Charles W. Knapp, St. Louis
Republican; NJ. II. DeYouDg. San
Francisco Chronicle; Clayton McMichael,
Philadelphia North American; Frede-
rick Driscoll, ST. Paul Pioneer Press;
Albert j. Barrett. PittsbuTg Post; M.
3. Noyes, Washington Star; L. Mark
brett, Cincinnati Volksblatt; Thomas
O. Rapier. New Orleans Picayune;
stephen O'Meara, Boston Journal; Vic
tor F. Lawson, Chicago Daily News,
Chicago Record.
1t is bat to add that foremost in the
fight anu entitled to the uDstinted graft
tude Of the newspapers of the country
for their unTemitting anc effective work
fer an unfette-ed press were Victor f.
Lawson, Melville E. Stone and Charles
S, Diehl
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
Didn't Indict the Right Hotel.

Concord, N. H., April s.-Wm. H.
Sawyer Of this city, counsel for the town
OF Warner, will today file petition with
Judge Robert g. Pike. now presiding al
the session of the Supreme court here.
asking him to order In new grand jury,
because the grand jury which was dis.
charged yesterday afternoon failed to find
an indictment against the only hotel In
that town which the selectmen desired
closed.
The ground Of Mr.. Sawyer's extraordi.
nary application will be that the grand
jury did not give proper consideration to
the testimony submitted, and because the
town wants the Illegal sale of liquor
stopped at the hotel, and it would be an
injustice to compel it to wait until the
next regular session of the grand jury
held In October.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09

During his last illness Tom Hood In
an idle moment made an imaginative
sketch of his own tombstone. He drew
himself reclining at full length on thick
slab Of stone, on the edge of which, in
large capitals, he wrote, "He Sang the
Song Of the Shirt " This was the only
inscription. And, as he himself has said,
Tom Hood needs no other.
How much he felt and prided himself
upon the son by which he became known
and loved by millions is shown by this and
the following fact: eff were ennobled,
these are the arms I should adopt" said
he one day, showing rough vignette to a
friend. The sketch contained very beau
tiful and pathetic idea. 1t represented q
heart pierced by a needle threaded with sill.
yer tears, and beneath was the motto he
had inscribed on the imaginary tombstone.
1.-The Song of the Shirt appeared In
the Christmas number of the fifth volume
of Punch. 1t was unsigned, but every pa,
per in the land quoted it, and it speed.
ly became the talk Of the day. Hood him.
self did not think it very remarkable, but
Mrs. Hood had said to him as she folded IL
for press: "Now mind, Hood, mark my
words, this will tell wonderfully. 1t is one
OF the best things you ever did"
Mrs. Hood was right. The song was
translated into French, German and Ital.
IAN 1t was printed on cheap cotton hand.
kerchiefs, and parodied times without
number. but what delighted and touch.
ed my poor father most deeply" says Tom
Hoods son, ''was that the poor creatures
to whose sorrows and sufferings he mad
given such eloquent voice seemed to adopt
its words as their own by singing them
about the streets to rude air of their own
composition. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
LOSS OF THE WA RWIok.
Due to a Confusion of Lights Says Court
of Inquiry.

st. John, N. B., April s.-Capt.
Smith, R. N. R., this afternoon delivered
the judgment of the court of inquiry
into the loss of the Donaldson liner Var
wick ON December Both last. on MUIR
lodges. The casualty was due tmainly
and primarily to the Beacon light on
Gannett Rock, being taken by the
steamers master for the light on Briar
Island along the Nova Scotia coast.
This was due in consequence of the char
aoteristios of the light not bsing shown,
appearing as a fixed light from $50
p. m. ON the night of the disaster to
10. 40 of the same date. The court fu rth-
or allowed that the frost or another in
fuence did not allow the showing of the
55l2 second eclipses Of the Gannett Rock
light SO as they could be discerned on the
Warwick.
Capt. Smith, after going fully into de-
tails then said that the court would sus-
pend the certificates of Capt. Kemp in
view of all the circumstances.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Mr.. Evans. the new commissioner OF
pensions, yesterday rescinded his order
directing that payment Of pension money
be withheld from Mr.. II. G. Bell, ex-
deputy commissioner OF pensions.
The failure of the New York firm,
the Il. s. Dean Company. has caused a
great disturbance III the vicinity OF
stoughton, Mass. as many of the work
Ing people had invested heavily and 1t
is claimed that at least $50, 600 in the ag-
Gfegate had bean placed with the COM
pany.
Tie steamer Cestrian of the Leyland
line arrived at Boston from Liverpool
Thursday with one Of the largest cargoes
ever brought to this port, comprising s,
g32 bales of wool and large quantity of
Egyptian cotton.
Col. A. I. Bliss of Saginaw, was
elscted department commander of the
Michigan Grand Army Thursday.
In the House of Commons Thursday
Sir Richard Webster, the attorney gen.
eral, moved the second reading of the law
of evidence bill enabling prisoners in
criminal casss to testify In their own be-
half. The bill passed its second reading.
Walter @. Sanger of Milwaukee, Wis,
Thursday. mailed a challenge to e. @.
Bald of Buffalo, for a match race for
$1,000 aside and the largest purse offered.
The board of education committee on
music Of Philadelphia, Thursday, nomi-
mated Enoch W. Pearson of Nashua, N.
H, for supervisor of Music in the public
schools of that city ct salary of $4,000
per annum. The action of the comm ittee
Is equivalent TO his election.
The opening session Of the annual con-
ference CT the college Y. NJ. G. A. prssi-
dents of New York and New England,
was held last evening in the Association
building, Boston; about fifty colleges b.
ing represented.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
Baths Fiftieth Anniversary.

Bath, April s.-Bath will celebrate the
50th anniversary of it's Incorporation as
a city on Monday, July 5th. This was
decided upon at protraoted meeting OF
the city government Wednesday night
= Ex-Mayor James W. Wakefield aud Col.
E. q. Plummer, as committee of the
board Of trade, md George A. Parshley,
delegated by the fire department, al.
dressed the city council In joint conven-
ton, in which they urgently asked the
city fathers to appropriate at least $1,000.
stating that like amount would be
raised by subscription among the people
OF the city.
The money was appropriated. 1t was
voteh to hold the celebration Monday
July 5.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
ROYAL EPlCuREs.
nYon.rohs Who Were Famous Because Of
Their Culinary Learning.

Their Culinary Learnin0.
ROYALTY in times past has had MANY a
accomplished epicure as learned in cuiina.
~ lore as in the practice Of the cuisine. II
was Henry de Valois who brought into
fashion aromatic sauces and various spicy
dainties, inheriting his taste for COOKING
from Catherine de- Medici, who introduced
into France not only ices, but much of the
culinary art from Italy.
Louis XIV was devoted to rastronomv.
and for his use liquors were invented in
his old age, when, it is said, he could
scarcely endure existence without sue.
cession of artificial stimulants. But the
pertinacity with which Charles v of Spain
gratifed his appetite under all circum.
stances rivaled even that Of Frederick the
Great Before rising in the morning pot.
ted capons were usually served to him,
prepared with sugar, milk and spices, iced
beer being one Of his favorite drinks.
Fish, too, OF every kind was to his taste,
cells, frogs and oysters occupying promi.
nent place In the royal bill Of fare Fred.
erick the Great was fond Of highly season.
ed meats and had STRONG prediction 70,
Italian or French made dishes. 1t was his
habit during dinner to make pencil marks
against the different items of the bill OF
fare to which he referred when conversina
afterward with the maitre d'hotel.
When the Duo d'Escars and his royal
master, Louis XVIII, were oloseted to-
gether to talk over a dish, the ministers
were kept waiting in the antsohamber.
and the next day this notice regularly ap'
peared in the official journals: M. le Dud
d Oscars travaille dams lie cabinet" II
may be added that Louis XVIII had in.
vented the "trufies Ia puree d'ortolans,"
and, reluctant to disclose the secret, he In.
variably prepared the dish with his own
hands, assisted by the duke. Another cpl.
curean Of the first order was the Polish
King Stanislaus Leszinski, who invented
many new dish and vastly improved the
style Of cooking, astonishing the Lorrain'
ers, among other things, by having served
up at his table dishes Of meat with fruits,
both Of which had been cooked together.
Geese which had been pluoked when alive,
then whipped to death, and marines were
set down in his bill Of fare as foreign
birds, and after somewhat similar fash,
ion turkeys were transformed into "coqi
de bruyeres" and were served at the table
buried under the strong smelling herbs oil
Lorraine One year was remarkable fol
the entire failure of the fruit crop, but
Stanislaus would not be deprived Of his
dessert, for, turning his attention to con
feotionery, he substituted compositions oil
sugared vegetables, especially Of turnips.
London Standard.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
Plague on the Decrease.

Bonn bay, April S.-There has been a
markell decrease in plague Eases. Last
weeks total was 800 deaths from the
plague and 32t new cases of that disease,
against 81 deaths and sol new cases dur
ing the previous week. The grand total
of the plague in this oity are 10, 94e
deaths: 9,a9a not fatal cases, and
throughout Bombay presidency. up to
April 2, there have bsen 90, 1858 deaths
from the plague, 1851 cases of that
disease which were not fatal
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Notice to Bridge Builders.

SEALED proposals will be received at the
:, ONCE OF the Commissioner of Public Works,
fortiand, Maine, until IL o'clock m. Monday.
April 18th. 1897, for building four fixed spans
BACK Cove, between said City Of Portland and
CITY OF DeerinG. The bidsIwill be PUBLICLY o. eaed
ana read at the above named time and place.
check on some national bank in the sum Of
81 1900. said check to be made payable to the
order of the Treasurer OF the City of Portland.
Plans, specifications and further information
sioner OF Public Works, who reserves the right
TO reject any or all bids should he deem it Tor
the interest Of the city so to do Each bid must
be enclosed in sealed envelope, marked
Proposals for Tukey's Bridge" and addressed
to GEO. II. FERNALD
Commissioner OF Public Works
Portland, April 8, 1897. apr9dtd
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
KEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Order Relating to Numbering
Buildings.

A LII owners or occupants Of any buildings
n or parts OF buildings not now numbered
IN accordance with the city plans made by
Ders Of all buildings and parts of buildings
upon the streets, lanes. alleys and public
courts within the City Of Portland, are here
iron Of said buildings and parts of buildings
owned or occupied by them, the number or
numbers designated on said plans. Such
one and one-half inches 10 length. Ard If
any owner or occupant of any buildings or
parts Of buildings shall neglect or refuse for
affix the number designated by said engl-
neer's plan, the City Marshal viii commence
ne n. necessary legal proceedings to enforce
or occupants of a building should prefer to
use other than metal numbers, it can be
zone provided 1t Is done to the satisfaction Of
the City Marshal.
GEO. W. SYLVES TER,
apr9d1m City Marshal.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09

There is more Catarrh In this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
inouraole. For great many years doctors pro-
nounced it local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced il incurabe. Sci
ence has proven caJarrh to be a constitutional
disease, and, therefore. requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by E. J, Cheney & Co., Toleoo, Ohio, Is the only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally In doses from 10 drops to teaspoon
surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address,
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
70 Sold by Druggists. Toe. :
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09

St. Johns. N. f.. April s.-The British
steamer Caspian Of the Allan line,
Captain Pickering. reached here today
after q sixteen days voyage from Glas-
gov. She had an nwful passage with a
succession OF fierce gales. Mountainous
seas swept over her repeatedly, carrying
away oil her deck gear. On the sixth
day out an immenre wave swept over her
stern. smashing the wheel house into
splinters, killing the quartermaster and
injuring two seamen seriously. 1t was
feared the ship would founder rs she was
quite unmanaReable until new steering
gear had been rugged.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
To Oppose Duty on Hides.

Boston, April S-The board of directors
and other members of the New England
Shoe and Leather association met today
to take action in opposition to any duty
being placed on hides. The folio wing
committee was appointed to act in the
matter: Andrew g. Webster, Robert
Batcheller, Henry II. Proctor. W. NJ.
Bulliyant, George Fred Winch, William
B. Rice, all of Boston; Ara Cushman,
Maine; Hon. G. G. Corbin, Webster,
Mass. Hon. Carroll S. Page, Vermont,
and Albert Wallace. Rochester, N. "A.
This committee later arranged for q
vigorous prosecution of the work.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
Letters Found in sewer,

Boston, April s.-Whau looks like evi.
dence of the most extensive mail rob.
berries was found at the Back Bay today.
More than 400 opened letters nearly all
of which we're addressed to South End
business men, many Of whom do large
mail order business, were found In 9
man-hoie BIZ employees of the sewer de-
partment who were at work cleaning
out thu man holes. The foreman In
charged of the work at once notified the
officers of the discovery aud the news
was promptly announced at the post
Office
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09

justice and irregularities against the
past administration of the Philadelphia
post office were made by q delegation
from the carriers of that off 90 today in
hearing tefore First Assistant Post
Master General Heath. Complaint was
made of decrease in the force Of carri-
ers after it had been increased In No
vemoer, 1894 by SO Democrats, who had
ben regularly appointed fir ON Demo-
cratic sdh-list. The decrease was 80 men
and they allege that by this reduction
u Republicans and four Republicans
who had faiIod to contribute to politi-
cal assessment of 8 1-9 per cent of their
assessments were placed on the sub-list.
They also protested against the secret
agent espionage
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
LIKE RED PEPPER.
Slang Should Be Used Very Lightly and
With Discretion.

Slang Should Be Used Very Lightly and
With Discretion.
There is fashion In slang, as in every
thing else, and that used by the youth of
today is not the same as that employed by
their parents when they were young. But,
although slang may change, 1t never goes
out of fashion. And think ! may safely
state that among young people 1T was never
more deplorably popular than 1t is now. 1t
is argued that there Is no harm In 1t, and
when used only occasionally, among &C.
lect few who know one another we'll, this
may be true. But the harmful thing about
1t all is that the habit of slangy speech Ia
easily contracted and that it vitiates the
speech all unoonsciously to the speaker.
have In mind a young girl, bright and
well educated who told me that in circle
of intimate friends she used slang SO con-
stantly that when she was with people to
whom she wished to talk well and fuently
she was obliged all the while to be on her
guard lest some slangy idiom escaped her.
She was at dinner, and for the first halt
hour she managed to avoid all rocks and
reefs of slang. Then she grew more conf
dent as she became interested in the con-
versation Of the man next her, a brilliant
litterateur He was telling her of young
girl, rich already to whom had been left a
legacy which she was to spend upon just
what she most desired for herself. Here he
named sum to be used for that purpose.
Our would be careful heroine forgot her
caution in her amazement.
Imagine having all that cash just to
blow ini" she exclaimed.
And then she remembered, and, remem.
beripg, flushed scarlet and was overcome
with tears Of confusion.
She told me Of it with tears of MORTAL
cation In her eyes.
just when wanted to appear at nv
besti'' she laneated. "But have learned
my lesson and shall stop using slang IL i
have to be dumb to do II. Never, even in
the heart Of my own home. will allow
myself to use the haeeful thisagi"
1t IL pity that more girls have not
learned the same lesson. A htaie s,ana
used judaciousiy may be expressive. n is
never elegant and should only be util,.a,,
IN speschas red pepper Is employed In cook.
fng-vmy Lightly and with great disorc.
tion.-NArpcx's Bassz.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
A $50, 1000 Fire in shirley, Mass.

Shirley, Mass, April s.-The Fredonia
mill. owned and occupied by the Samson
Cordage company was destroyed by fire
this morning. he I'LL contained large
stock of rope and oordage material and
amount to fully $50, 900, which Is partial
~ insured. 1t is thought the fire was
started from defective dynamo.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
First Issue of ssound money. ,,

Chicago, ILL.,, April S.-The National
Sound Money League, the headquarters
of which are in this city, has just issued
the first mum ber of monthly paper en-
titled Sound Money" 1t advocates the
gold standard, the gradual retirement of
green backs, and the enlargement of
national bank circulation. The league ia
a non-partisan organization.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09

Lowell. Mass, April S.-The second
days session of the New England
Methodist conference was taken up al.
most entirely by the reading of the
records and reports. Rev Charles
Parkhurst of Boston was reelected pub
Usher of lions Herald. Rev. I. b.
Bishop. Rev. I. H. Packard and Rev, e,
w. Bergen were to be taken from the
supernumerary and placed in the effective
relation. Kew. j. W. Lindsay was re-
elected trustee of the Western university
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09

City of Mexico, April S.-A number of
tobacco plantations ut MesRtlanta, state
of Vera Cruz, have been invaded by a de-
structive insect which has devoured the
crop. The heat is remarkably intense on
the coasts below Vera Cruz ard the mer-
curry registers already summer tempera-
ture.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09

Bath, April s.-Dr. Percy ". Robert.
Of Bath, by his counsel, Hon. John Scott
has fled In the SaRadahoc supreme court
a libel for divorce. The allegation In
the libel entered in the court docket IL
cruel and abusive trestm emit in the
alienation of his wife's affections by one
John O, Patten,
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
A Compulsory Educational Bill.

Springfield, ILL.,, April s.-Ths compul-
sorry educational bill has passed the
Senate ana as it Is understood that 1t ia
acceptable to all GLASSES and seots, includ-
ing Luth rams and Catholics, 1t will IN
doubtedly become law in It's present
form. Il oompels every person having
control Of n child between seven and
fourteen years OF age to cause such child
to attend some school fifteen weeks
annually.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
Card stripper Crushed Between Two Gears

Gard Strfpper Crushed Between Two Gears
Providence, April S.-Clemento Caranti
was killed at the Steere mill at Vans
kuoS today He WAS employed In the
cardiug room and in Some way was
caught between the gears Of the machin-
cry and crushed to death. He was IS
YanrS old
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
Admits That She Stole.

Northampton, Mass, April 8-Caroline
B. Neslley, who is under arrest for steal
ing at Smith COLLEGE, was arraigned in
the District court this morning, for
larceny in building. She pleaded guilty
and YVES bound over to tee grand jury,
June term, i'll $500 bail. B. f. Nealiey
and A. g. Fearing furnished surutiea.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
ase Ball.

At Chapel HILL N. O.-Lafayette 8;
Carolina, 6.
At Newport News, Va.--Boston, TO-
Newport News, /.
At Worcester, Mass. Holy Gross, 10;
Natick High School, g.
At Norfolk. a.-Norfolk, A; Philadel.
phi, 8.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
President at Annapolis.

Annapolis, April 8.-President McKin-
ley aud party arrived here at s O'Clock
received with Presidents salute from
the naval academy. Supt. Cooper ana
party Of officers called on the President,
and number of documents and news.
papers were sent abroad.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
Mule Spinner. VIII Accept No reduction

Boston. Mass, April s.-The Mule
Spinners' Association will accept no re-
duotion in the present scale OF wages
now demanded by their organization.
This position was taken by vote Of the
association at this mornings session Of
the convention which is being held here.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
TO CONTRACTORS.

Portland Me-, March 20, 1897.
Sealed proposals for the materials and con-
truction OF the south wing of the new dormitory
connected with the State Normal School at
Gorham Me-, will be received at the office Of
the architects at IL o'clock M, on or before
the 10th day of April. 1897. Plans and speci-
icatlons can be examined at the office of F. HI.
& Z. X. Fassett, architects. 90 Exchange
street. Portland. Me.
The trustees reserve the right to reject any or
all proposals. nlar26dtd
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09

R. G. JOINER, Allen P. o., Hillsdale
Co., Mich, says: Nothing gave my
rheumatism suoh quick relief as DR..
Thomas Electric Oil.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09

Ladies, clean your kid gloves with
Miller's gloverine, for sale only by Wat
son. Miller Il Co., Boston store, head
quarters for dressed and urdressed kid
gloves. All the most desirable shades.
Gloves fitted to the hand aud warranted.
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