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Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-28

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Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-28

West bound-Read down. East bound Read up.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-28

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 Time table No. 21, taking effect a. m. Jul, 4. 1856.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14
IT'S ALL OVER.
State Muster of 1897 Thing of the
Past.

Camp Powers, Augusta, August 13.-
This is the last day of the National Guard
Of Maine in annual encampment.
The forenoon was devoted to drill work
by battalions in both regiments. Only a
few visitors were in the camp.
AT noon the signal corps started for
home in Portland on their bicycles via
Lewiston where they will stop over night.
In the revolver match of the commits
stoned officers this morning the first prize
was won by Lieut.. Chaplain, and the
second prize by Capt. Baker, both of Co.
B, Portland, First regiment.
The score of each was 81, the prize being
gold medals.
General Richards says he is greatly
pleased with the encampment, and every
other officer shares this feeling. He said
ri am proud of the Guard of Maine and
the people of the state ought to be. 1t
has made great advancement, and I never
knew an encampment in this or any other
state where iscipline was SO good and
such perfect order maintained. In every
department. all has gone smoothly.
The soldiers formally broke camp at
four O'Clock.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14
knights Had Good Time.

Augusta, August 13.-The four COM
manderies Knights Templar of the Upper
sKennebec, had most successful excur-
sion down the river Friday on the steam
er Islander. There were about three hun
dred and twenty-five present, De Molay
of. .Skowhegan, St. Omer of Waterville,
Trinity OF Augusta, united in parade at
Augusta, to the music of the Waterville
military band and were then taken by
special train to Gardiner, where in the
morning there was parade through some
of the principal streets. The party took
dinner at Oak Point, Boothbay Harbor.
On the return home the steamer touched
at Popham where the visitors landed went
over the Fort and were given an ex-
hibition of the work of the life saving
station.
Arriving at Gardiner at 9 O'Clock q
banquet was served in the Coliseum
Maine Commandery, No. /, doing the
entertaining. 1t was successful affair
one of the largest if not the largest
knights Templar pilgrimages ever held
| in Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14

Sorrento, August 13.-The best playing
OF the Maine State tennis tournament
thus far, came out today, and the fine
weather saw many matches decided. In
the singles all the matches in the second
round and semi-finals were finished and
IN the doubles the preliminary matches
and all but one of the first round were
played. The summary:
,Singles-Dodge beat Hooker 81, 60;
Marvin beat Budlong 6-S, 7-5; Williston
peat Rotoh go, 6-4; Colby beat Edmunds
20, go, ga.
:, Semi nals-Dodge beat Colby 6.1, 60;
Marvin beat Williston 81, 4-6, 80.
Doubles-Williston and Mckfttrick beat
oqshman and Parker 60, SO.
=, Faret and Davidson beat Darby and
Ewer En by default; Hooker and Dodge beat
Wh1ttemore and Merrill 6-1, 6-1; Blodgett
ana ana A. Coehrane beat Fuller and q.
Coohrane 6-4, 6-3; Haskell and Edmunds
peat Foster and Edmunds 90, 6-S; Bud
dohg and Gross beat Marvin and Colby
o-s, 80; Haskell and Edmunds beat Blod
ge5t and Cochrane 6-2, 6-1.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14

he spied the horses and blue uniforms of
Troop f. The men were located where
the Limerick man said they would be,
at the Brick tavern at Hollis and the
PRESS representative arrived on this
spot just in time to see the tents go up
which was done in military shape, the
men raising them all at once to the notes
of the bu lie.
Captain Dodd received the PRESS man
very kindly and showed him about the
little camp, how the horses, and he has
66 fine ones-are fastened to a "picket"
line and are fed there.
Just opposite the line Of horses, SO that
little street is made, is the row of tents
of the men. They are the conioal wall
tent and five of them hold the soldiers.
The first sergeant has one little "A''
tent to himself and the guard tent is in
the middle Of the street
The officers row is across the head of
the street, Capatin Dodd having LARGE
tent on the right and the next one is
First Lieutenant Tates and Second Lien
tenant Moses has the tent on the left.
At the opposite end of the street is the
mems Kitchen, where a cooks crew were
getting supper around two or three little
fires with big sheet iron oven and pans
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14
WATERvILLE MEN ROBBED.
And the Supposed Thieves Are Already
Under Arrest.

Waterville. August 13.-Two French
citizens Of 1.-THE Plans of Waterville,
are tonight minus watches and one some
SIS in money, from theft. City Marshal
Call has two men under arrest tonight,
by name Charles Lessor and Paul Clair,
and they will have hearing before Judge
Shaw In the morning. One Of them is
connected with the affair without doubt
as the money was found upon him. 1t
seems that two men went to a French
citizen in the aforementioned location
and pretended they desired to sell. him a
horse offering a re narkable trade He
was induced to with them to pasture
near Sunnyside Iarm owned by c. H.
Nelson, where he was offered drink from
bottle which was accepted and as he
raised the bottle to his lips tipping his
head we'll back, one of the men grabbed
his watch and the other tripped him,
securing his wallet as he fell, both
skipping to the woods. The case was
given to the city marshal with the result
mentioned. N Il
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14
GREAT DAY AT PORTSMOUTH.
twenty-five Thousand People Visited City
to See War Ships.

Portsmouth, n. H., August 13-This
quaint and steady going seaport is
crowded as to its land capacity and in
unusual aspect as to its water surface on
account of the presence of hundreds who
came to the city to celebrate the visit of
the North Atlantic squadron.
Ihe greatest of the forenoon centered in
the grand naval procession. The line was
formed in good time and the parade
started just after II O'Clock, the scheduled
hour. The procession moved through the
CROWDS OF spectators, who lined the route.
At City hall the line was reviewed by
the chief marshall Admiral Sicard and
Gov. Ramsdell and their staffs. The
parade was then dismissed
Fully rs 600 people came into the city
during the afternoon to get a glimpse of
Uncle Sans war ships and to witness the
various attractions. His Excellency, Gov.
George A. Ramsdell, accompanied by
Oommodore George G. Remey, Mayor
John W. Emery, Senator W. E. Chandler,
congressman +. G. Clarke and Cyrus A.
SulloWay, Hon. John II. Walker, ex-
Governors Cheney, Tuttle, Sawyer, mem
bers OF the city council and other promi-
nent citizens paid an official visit to
Admiral Sicard on board the New York
at 3. 80 O'Clock and when the Governor
left salute OF seventeen guns were fired
Tonight the prominent citizens of the
city rendered the officers of the SQUADRON
public reception and ball, The ilIumi :.
nation OF the fleet tonight was nagnifi-
cent spectacle.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14

side the station the military escort wa
drawn up in line, preparatory to assum
ing their duties.
Loud cheers greeted the distinguished
visitors as they left the private car in
which they. had been travelling and in re-
sponse President Mckinley bowed right
and left.
Stepping into the waiting carriages, the
party were taken up by the detachment
of United States Cavalry, under command
of Guy G. Henry, and staff, representa-
tives of Gov. Grout, who comprised the
escort, and conducted through the main
street and thence to the residence of
Judge Hugh Henry, where many promi-
nent guests were received.
After about an hour had been spent at
Judge Henry's house, the President and
his fellow visitors re-entered their car
rlages and were driven to the camp of the
Vermont National Guard, where they
were received with due ceremony. Pre-
s1dent Mckinley was extended the court
estes of the occasion by Governor Grout
and together they reviewed the troops.
After this ceremony the guests proceed
ed to the governors headquarters. Here
q short rest was taken, then President
Mckinley re-entered his carriage and
amid the cheers of thousands of people
and the booming of the artillery was
driven to the station and shortly after he
left for Hotel Champlain, accompanied by
the entire party.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14
THE PRESIDENT AT CHESTER.
Receives the Troops of the Vermont State
Militia.

Chester, VT, August 13.-Chester was
gay with bunting today to welcome the
President and his party, consisting Of,
besides the President and Mrs. Mckinley,
Vice President and Mrs Hobart, Secretary
of War and Mrs. Alger, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bailey, son-in-law and daughter of Cen
eral Alger, Miss Alger, Secretary to the
President j. Russell Porter and Mrs. Por-
ter, Congressman William Grout and A.
H. Powers, Ex-Governor Urban H. Wood
bury, Senator Proctor, Mr.. Fletcher Proc
tor, his son, and Master Hobart, young
son of Vice President Hobart.
The distinguished visitors arrived
promptly. At the station one of the larg-
est crowds ever seen in this vicinity had
gathered. The local committee, Judge
Hugh Henry, Mr.. E. W. Pierce, Col. J.
E. Pollard and Mr.. f. p Mather, met the
Presidential party at the station. Out
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14

140.
The nurse, who was at the bedside said
that the last hours of the patient were
quiet. In spite of the terrible fever, his
brain apparently was clear. His eyes fol-
lowed movements about the bed with in
telligence. He had nothing to say. The
end was peaceful, the patientIbeing utter
ly exhausted during the last half hour.
The body was removed from the
hospital Immediately. The bullets had
caused internal hemorrhages and that
modification had set in was apparent
several hours before death.
A message was sent to Taunton from
the prison. informing Mrs. Willis of her
sons death, and stating that the body
would be at her disposal after 10 O'Clock
Sunday morning. DR.. Stedman, the
medical examiner will call then and make
whatever examination he deems necessary.
Everett Willis was told OF his brothers
death tonight and manifested little inter
est, no emotion, and made no comment.
His condition remains about the same.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14
y MODERN WooDMeN scRAPPED.
Lively Fight Over Question of Location of
Headquarters.

fulton, ILL.,, August 13.-The long
standing fight between this town and
ROCK Island, Illinois, for location of the
headquarters of the Modern Woodmen of
America, eliminated today in a hand to
hanu light between scores of partisans of
the respective towns in which number
OF persons were seriously injured. Today
party was made up for raid on the
fulton headquarters with the object of
forcibly taking possession of the books,
records, etc., of the order, and removing
the office to Rock Island A fire alarm
was sounded in Fulton and lines of hose
were laid to the points were it was
thought the Rock Islanders would be
most likely to disembark. There was in
tense feeling Oh both sides and a great
variety OF weapons, this combination re-
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14
measuring the volume of business com

measuring the volume of business com
pared with preceding periods.
A nominal advance of rs cents ton
for steel billets is more than feature
Wheat scores an advance OF Z cents on
continued heavy exports and a tendency
to decrease estimates of the size of the
domstic crop. Wool is higher on specu-
lative holding and cotton yarns have ad-
vanced again. Hides and southern lum
ber are up as are wheat flour, Indian corn
and oats, and print cloth, the market for
which has been so long depressed. Prices
for sugar, coffee, lard and petroleum re-
main unchanged, while pork is almost
the only important product quoted lower
than last week.
Total bank clearings throughout the
United States amount to 81, ,153, 900, 900
this week, an increase of about per cent
over last week. The weeks increase COM
pared with the total in the second week
of August, 1892, the year before the panic,
is about Is per cent.
Total earnings of lis railway tcompa-
MES for July aggregate $42. 257 ,671, a gain
of 48 per cent over July last year.
There are 214 business failures reported
throughout the United States this week,
compared with 214 last week, 25S in the
second week of August, 1876.
Exports of wheat (flour included as
wheat), from both coasts of the United
States and from Montreal this week
aggregate 4, 400, $40 bushels, an increase
lover last week of more than 100, 900
bushels, and compared with shipments in
the week year ago of 2,635, 900 bushels.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14
Veterans at windermere Park.

Unity, August 13.-The Clough Veteran
Charitable association, today, entertained
the Waldo Veteran, association at their
their first annual reunion. The day was
perfect and some 1000 veterans and guests
were present. The only drawback was
the intelligence received that both orators
of the day, Col. W. Fl. Folger of Rock
land and Department. Commander l.. I.
Carleton of Augusta, are i'll at their re-
spective homes. In place of the orators,
five minute speeches were introduced at
the morning gathering, which opened at
1890 o'clock. Dinner was served at
Clough hall and i'll the grove at noon and
at p. m. both associations joined in
camp fire. This evening ball closed the
days programme.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14

Augusta, August 13-The following
have been appointed by Gov. Powers as
delegates to the Farmers National Con-
gress to be held in ST. Paul. MINI. Au-
gust 81, to September g.: j. W. Dudley
of Castle Hill, B. E. Briggs of Auburn,
W. G. Hunter of Readfield, W. II. Moody
of Liberty, j. M. Winslow of Nobleboro,
J. +. Talbot of Andover, Charles W.
French of South Levant, Lambert Sands
Of Sebec, George W. Flint of North An
son, John M. Deering Of Saco, S. L. Hol-
brook of Brunswick, and 2. S. Adams of
Bowdoin.
1t is reported that all the States will
be represented and also Mexico, Brazil,
Chilli and other South American coun-
tries will be represented. The meeting is,
for the discussion of SUBJECTS pertinent to
the agricultural interests of the country
at large, from an internal as we'll as ex-
ternal standpoint. Some of the most
prominent agriculturalists in this and
other countries will speak.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14
that could be filed with meat or biscuits

that could be filled with meat or biscuits
and put inside the oven to cook.
Captain Dodd's kitchen was in the
rear of the officers row and close by was
the Ambulance, with four mules e
All the tents and baggage are handled
in three great wagons with white covers,
looking some like prairie schooners, only
a big GUS" is on the sides of the cover
The horses are in splendid condition,
having come the whole distance from
Fort Ethan Allen without any injury
and are all looking as well as the best of
Maine horses.
The soldiers are a solid looking lot Of
fellows and they look as though they
could ride horses or fight or do anything
that was asked of them.
They are wearing the undress uniform
with campaign hats and canvas leggings.
They carry a sabre and carbine on the
saddle and a revolver with a cartridge
belt on the body. They also have canteen
and a dipper and saddlebags on the sad
die.
The troop left the lower part of Ossi-
pee, N. H., or Leighton's Corner, about
O'Clock yesterday morning and made the
camp in Hollis about $50 in the after
noon. They will leave the camp Satur-
day morning about the usual time and go
through Buxton and Scar boro to Rigby
Park, where they will be seen during the
week at the New England Fair
The PRESS representative was enter
tanned - dinner by Captain Dodd and his
officers in a most hospitable manner, and
at Z O'Clock started on the return journey
to Portland, arriving in this city at 9. O5,
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14
Trotting at North Anson.

North Anson, August 13.-The trotting
at the driving park today was interesting
and good times for the classes were made.
The results: 2.2o class, seven starters,
won by L. T., by Deceive, Robbins, Far
mington; Alice, second; Meader Boy,
third and Ketohup, fourth. Best heat,
2.32 IA. 2.3O class, five starters, won by
Harry p, by Nelson, Fred Pollard, Water
vile; Kenel M, second; Pilot Morrill,,
third, Best time, 2.25 IA.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14
EVERY CITY NOTES INCREASE.
Dun's Report More Encouraging Than
Ever This Week.

New York, August 13.-R. 6. Dun
and Company's Weekly Review of Trade
tomorrow will say:
Every city reported this week notes in
crease in trade, and nearly all bright crop
prospects. The great change in business
is emphasized by. the presence of a multi
tude of buyers from all parts of the coun-
ty, by their statements of the situation at
their homes and moro forcibly yet by the
heavy purchases they are making, but the
customary signs of prosperity are not lack
ing.
Sales of tinware are moderate, of copper
to American consumers large, it is said,
at II cents for lake, and for lead at 3.72
12 cents, with speculative realizing, but
heavy sales of tin plates are bringing
slightly better prices.
The speculation in hides has again
raised the average of prices at Chlcago
about per cent in spite of official re-
turns showing receipts of 1922, 125 head OF
cattle in seven months at the four chief
western markets., against S,oaee, 4os last
year Holders uf leather are stiHened, al
though buying is only for immediate use,
and contracts for spring boots and shoes
are few. buyers hesitating and manufact-
rIrers also to commit themselves far
ahead. But relatively large orders for i'm
mediate use keep the works busy, and
present shipments, smaller than in the
first half of August in either of the last
three years, reflect past but not present
buying.
Ali textile industries are encouraged by
greatly improved demand for goods
which causes many to advance in price,
With products on much curtailed stocks
of cotton goods are rapidly decreasing,
and in woolens advances have been made
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14

| of eXcursionists to the White Mountains
leaving the Union depot at S.45 also car
| ried the man who had been detailed to
find Troop f. When the train reached
Cornish it was deemed best to forsake the
cars and begin to makeIsome. inquiries of
| the troopers.
No one at Cornish had seen or heard of
them and the writer mounted his wheel
and started in the search. Freedom. N.
H., had been mentioned as a possible OBJ
jective point and a 13-mile ride through a
most beautiful country, passing the vii
lagos of Kezar Falls and Porter brought
the man on the wheel to the pretty little
village on the border of the Granite
State, which figures as Freedom.
Here the first clue was obtained of Cap
tain Dodd and his men. Inquiring at a
village store, the writer was informed BY
the good-natured loiterers that the troop
had not passed there, but it had camped
about four miles below, the night
before M 4
+ The trail once struck, there came long,
hard, but interesting ride in pursuit.
The PRESS man, returning to Maine,
made East Parsonsfield and here tele-
phoned to Limerick
There he was told that the cavalrymen
had passed through Newfield at IL
O'Clock. A short lunch here and then
on again, for the trail was getting hot
Parsonsfeld, West Parsonstield, and Linn
erick were the next places made. At
Limerick man was found who had seen
the men pass his house, situated two and
half miles down the road, an hour and
half before. This man said the party
would probably be found if anywhere at
the old Brick tavern at Hollis. The
Brick tavern was accordingly the next
| place aimed at After a ride of few
miles, the marks of the troop horses and
mule wagons were found in the road and
while this was encouraging the fact that
the road was so sandy that it was impos.
slble to push wheel through it was cor
respondingly discouraging. After long
ride in the hot sun it was not pleasant tc
have to dismount and lead ones wheel
through the hot, dusty turnpike, but il
| had to be done.
AS can be imagined it was welcome
! sight which greeted the writer as, while
trudging up hill after six-mile walk
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14
SIX MILLIONS OF IMPORTS.
Goods Brought Into United States Under
Consular Seal.

Washington, August ia statement
prepared at the bureau of statistics shows
that the value of goods imported into
Canada and again exported into the Unit
ed States during the past year, subject to
the ten per cent discriminating duty un-
der the recent opinion of the attorney
general was 81, $50, TAO.
In 1894 (the latest at present obtain
able), the value of foreign goods coming
into the United States through Canada
under consular seal was about SC, 900, 900.
The question of the assessment of the ten
per cent discriminating duty on this class
of goods is now under consideration.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14

sulting in the following causalties: Will
Bennett, city marshal of Fulton, head
cut. Believed to be fatally hurt. W. Fl.
Flanagan, head badly cut James Carrier,
head cut. Ed Bare, head and arms in :
jured. Chris Miller, Lyons, Iowa, head
cut. P. j. Casey, Moline, Ills., head
badly injured. James Mulchey, Rock
Island, head cut, condition serious
Andrew Lunheim, Fulton, head injured.
condition serious
Scores of others were moro or less
bruised. The free fight lasted for an hour
or more. The Fultonites finally got the
better Of the fight and many arrests were
made.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14
Local Weather Report.

Portland, Me-, Aug. 13.-The local
weather bureau Office records as to the
weather are as follows:
s a. m.-Barometer. 29901 thermo-
meter. "a: dew point. 50, humidity. IS
wind, W, velocity; 7 weather. clear.
s p. m.-Barometer 29.912; therpom-
eter. IS: dew point. 40, humidity, 81
wind, SW; velocity, 6: weather, clear.
Mean daily thermometer, 66; maxi
murn thermometer, rs; minimum thor
mometer. Sc; maximum velocity Of
wind, Is NV: total precipitation, 0.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14
MURDERER WILLIS END.
Kite Terminated at Prison Hospital
Yesterday
AFTER BRIEF BUT WILDLY SEN.
SATIONAL CAREER.

In Spite of Fever His Brain Apparently
Clsar.-Had Nothing to Say at the End
His Mother Notified.
Boston, August 13.-Herbert Willis, tho
life convict who was shot in his attempt
to escape to escape from state prison last
Tuesday, died in the prison hospital at
4.4s p. IN. today. The end was fore
shadowed clearly at 2 o'clock, when the
fever responded to the last poundings of
the forces of dissolution by rising to 1O7
degrees in temperature, and causing the
pulse Of the sufferer to run as high a
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14

The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, Aug. 13, taken
at p. H., meridian time, the observa-
ton for each section being given in this
order: Temperature, direction OF wind,
state of weather:
Boston, 10, W, clear: New York, rs,
SW, clear; Philadelphia. "A, w, clear;
Washington, 76. S. clear; Albany,
70, SW clear; Buffalo, Y, w
clear; Detroit, 72, S, clear;
Chicago. rs. S, clear; St. Paul, IA, w,
Bismarck, s8, NV, cloudy; jackson,
vile, 76, E. cloudy.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14

Augusta, August 13.-Gov. Powers to-
day accepted an invitation to make an
address at Nobleboro, August 25, at a
convention of the Sunday Schools OF
Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties.
1t is reported that Senator Frye will also
be present and speak.
Governor Powers will make an address
Monday at Fryeburg at the Chautauquan
meeting and on the 18th at the New Eng
land Fair at Rigby Park.