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The Portland daily press., 1897-12-18

occurred from exposure and from need of
medical care. One of the leading women
of the village gave up her life beeapsa no
surgeon could arrive to operate for AMMAN
dicitis until too late. Yet so buovsnt is
human nature that people dared to Joke
about the weather while they were thus
''shut i'm the week after the blizzard
Merchants declared that, as it was the
settling-up season. they were glad they
could get no statements PARTIES
were held, at which letters from imaein.
airy people were read. The editor ran a
column of "What May Have Happened. !"
The worthless vagabond of the Village
was missing from the night before the
storm, when he had been seen totterina
away from the rattle about midnight.
quite drunk. He was given up for lost.
and no one sighed very much But a
week later he appeared unharmed and
smiling, in his usual way. One of the
most vexatious things about the whole
affair was the triviality of the news
which had been missed. The DELAYED
papers when read seemed to have nothing
in them. except the victory Of Princeton
over Yale at football. and that was ex.
pected.
One might think, after such q winter
as last, many of the people would have
left that country and state. Not SO; a
few became discouraged and left. but
many came in to take their places; the
land has, been rapidly taken up, and
those who survived the last Thanksgiv-
ing day do so with stout hearts, build
ing, repairing and planning for their life
to come in that village with utmost
serenity and confidence, apparently oblivi
GUS of the great storm of 1896 and it's
trying aftermath.
The Portland daily press., 1897-12-18

Drank B. Tracy in New York Evening
Post)
The Portland daily press., 1897-12-18
STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND SIS,
MUNICIPAL COURT.

TUESDAY. NOV 20, 1871
William B. Coombs of Portland in said county
of Cumberland, plaintiff, versus A. D. Launder,
alias A. D. Launders, alias A d. Landers, alias
A. D. Lander late of said Portland now OF parts
unknown. defendant. Action OF assumpSil on
account annexed to recover the sum of tW enty
dollars $500 alleged to be due from the defend
ant to the plaintiff, according TO the declaration
in the writ The writ is dated on the nine
teenth day of August A. d. 1897. and made re-
turnable the fifth day of October A. ID. 1897 tat
said Municipal Court. Ad damnum forty dol
lars $40. NJ. A. Floyd. Atty. for Pltf.
Upon the foregoing, it appearing to the Court
that the said A, D. Launder. alias A D. Laun-
ders, alias A. D. Lander, alias A. D. Lander. is
not an tinhabltant OF this State. and has no
tenant, agent, or attorney in this state and that
his goods or estate has been attached, it is
ordered by the Court that the Plaintiff cause
the said A. D. Launder. alias A. d, LaunderS.
alias A. D. Landers. alias A. d. Lander. to be
Notified of the tendency Of This suit by publish
ing once q week for three weeks Sncces> ively
i the Portland Press 4 newspaper printed in
p rtland, in the C0untyo Cumberland an alb
st act OF the Writ and DECLARATION, and the
Or Ter of Court thereon, the last publication to
seven days at least before the term of said
Co mt to be holden at Portland aforesaid on tine
IT, enty-eighth day of December 4. d 1897. that
lie may the "Ui there in said Cogrt annpar
and show ause. i any w nave why Judgment
should not Iendel, d against him and execu-
ton issue a :cOrdingly.
ATTEST: l.. TURNER. Rec order
noVZ' qlaW3WS
The Portland daily press., 1897-12-18
MESSENGERS Notice.

Office of the Sheriff of Cumberland County,
State of Maine, Cumberland S.. December
10th, A. D. 1897.
fE1HIS is to give notice that on the 9th day of
Il December, A. d. 1897. warrant In In
solvency was issued out OF the Court OF Insol-
yency fol said County OF Cumberland. against
the estate of
ROBERT B. MCINTYRE and FREDERICK
M. IRVINE, individually and as copart-
ners under the firm name of McIatire &
Ervine, both of Portland,
adiudged to be 1nsolvent Debtors,
on petition of said debtors. which petit
ton was filed on the 9th day of
December. d. 1897, to which date interest oD
claims Is TO be computed.
That the payment OF any debts to or by
said Debtors. and the transfer and
delivery. of any property by them are for
hidden by law.
That a meeting OF the creditors of said
debtors, to prove their debts and
in case there are sufficient assets to choose one
or more asslgnees OF their estate, will be held
at Court of Insolvency TO be holden at
Probate Court room in said Portland in said
County of Cumberland on the goth day OF
December, A. D., 1897, at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon.
Given under my hand the date hrst above
written. G. J.. BUCHANAN.
Deputy Sheriff as Messenger of the Court OF
Insolvency fol said County OF Cumberland;
dee11&1S
The Portland daily press., 1897-12-18

Mime. Gertrude Set up the First Beautiful
Fir Tree 10 Reclaim to His Own Henry
of Wartenstein. the Brave knight Who
Had Lost His Homelove in the Crus-
AIDES.
The Portland daily press., 1897-12-18
MISCELLANEOUS.
ROOFING!
HOLLIVAN & PARKER,
Asphalt, Composition and
Gravel ROOfers.

Agents for Warren's Anchor BRAND. Natura
Asphalt Roofing, endorsed by leading archi
tects and engineers.
ASPHALT READY ROOFING
2 and ply. Greatly superior to coal tar
preparations
Asphalt Floors, also daIvan-
lied IRON and copper Cutters
and COrnices, Tin ana IRON
Roofing, Iron Siding for Fire
Proof Buildings, Corrugated
Conductors, Smoke Pipes To-.
Steam Heaters and Stationary
Boilers.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-04
MANUAL TRAINING HIGH SCHOOL.

A catalogue containing an announcement
of the courses of study. the requirements
for admission and other general and special
information concerning the manual train
ing high school which will open in this
city the coming school year has just been
issued by the board of education. The
courses of study for the various depart
ments have evidently been carefully pre-
pared n should be thoughtfully ex-
amined by parents and citizens generally.
If the course as outlined is carried out it
will be both broad and thorough.
The time of the pupil is divided daily
between those exercises usually spoken of
as intellectual and those known as
manual" These terms, of course. only
serve for convenient reference, for all in
telligent hand work is intellectual and re-
quires the exercise of some of the best
powers of the mind. The intellectual
value of manual training is well expressed
in the catalogue as follows: 1T means
a great deal to make and to read a work
ing drawing. to be able to see in it the cut
lines of something which is to be wrought
from the crude wood or iron. to hold in
the minds eye a perfect image of the
thing TO be made, to think out the process
es of shaping it. to perform the work and
finally to test the result by careful measure
ments and calculations. Such a process
involves a series of mental activities fully
equal 10 those found in the pursuit of any
other high school study
Besides manual training. the school FRO
vides full four year courses in English.
science, mathematics, history and eco
Monies, drawing, business. language and
music. The course meets the requirements
for entrance to colleges and technical
schools, and for those who cannot take a
college course it will equip "A boy or girl
for the practical duties of life, giving at
the same time a culture value not inferior
to other schools. The time has passed
when culture. education and true refine
ment are to be found only in the abstract
scholasticism of past ages. One Of the
distinct features of this school is that it
proceeds in all departments on the as
sumption that a study loses none of its
culture value by being useful.
The announcement is modest in fits claims
anu QOtS not ASSUME lldA the new Ntlbol
will be "a panacea for all educational Sis"
but it is an attempt ito meet the demands
Of modern citizenship. and to direct the
energies of boys and girls into channels
which will be of most use to them in con-
tributing to their physical. intellectual and
moral well being"
A boy or girl who attends this school for
four years will be in a position better
TO understand his or her own powers and
capacities than could be possible without
manual training. The manual training
school is an attempt to send the whole
pupil to school instead of part of him.
1t must be admitted that not all gradu-
ates from high schools and colleges are
good scholars; neither Is it claimed that
all pupils who graduate from the manual
training will come out either ripe scholars
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-04
The Death Certificate.

From the Boston Advertiser.
A considerable section of the public will
await with interest the outcome of the
legal action which Nine. Hermann has
taken to compel the payment to her of the
$4,000 which she claims as due from the
Connecticut Indemnity Association for the
death of her husband. the famous co H.
iurer. The company declines to pay on the
ground that no physicians certificate is
forthcoming. such as its rules require, stat
ing the circumstances of the death and
giving various particulars that are in the
schedule of questions to be answered.
Nine. Hermann says that such a certif-
cate is impossible, because no physician
was present when her husband died. The
case differs essentially from the more COM
mon one where proofs Of death are al
legged TO be lacking That is what makes
the case so interesting from a le-
gal point of view. There is not the least
doubt or pretense Of doubt that the insured
man died. just when and where and as his
widow claims. There was a great deal of
mystery about Hermann's life, but none at
all about his death. He died on December
II. 1896. in his private railway car at Eli
cottville. y. Y, while the train was on the
wav from Rochester to Bradford. There
were plenty of witnesses of the death and
Of the burial. But no physician saw him
die.
The question IS, can this technical fail
IRE 10 comply with the printed rules Of the
company be made to work a forfeiture Of
the death claim? If the court decides that
the company need not pay, it will behoove
every policy holder when he travels here
after to al his physician with him.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-04
KANSAS TOPICS.

How could Kansas expect to secure a
tariff on gypsum when she voted the other
way?
. If Tom Anderson is not appointed pension
agent he intends to enter politics and play
for even. The day he discovers that he
has been defeated he will announce himself
as a candidate for state senator.
Victor Hugo is playing the slide from
bone in the Perry brass band, but 1t is dol
lars to cents that his illustrious French
namesake is not playing a harp in the Sew
Jerusalem.
In this his hour of trials and tribulations
Lewelling might call again upon George r.
Peck. Peck once lifted him out Of a fright
full hole.
There IS a milkman in Atchison who is
so popular with the women that they take
turns in getting upon his limited list like
men in a barber shop.
$50
A fine example of a public officer nursing
his Job may be found at the Wichita Indian
agency in Oklahoma. This officer was sent
by the government to allot lands in sew
crafty to the Indians. He has been there
six weeks and so far has allotted just eleven
tracts. During the same time seven babies
have been born and each is entitled to an
allotment.
Webb McNaIl is basing his claim that
the HiIlmon claim should be paid upon the
old common law provision that when a man
has disappeared for seven years he is
judicially considered TO be dead. Even If
such a law were in operation It could not
apply TO an insurance claim. as to secure
payment a man must die while his policy
is in effect. II HhIlmOn had died in his
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-04
ALTGELD AND HIS KIND.

Such exposures as those that have attended
the investigation Of the Globe Savings bank
failure by the Illinois senate should have
a salutary effect upon the public. This is
especially true Of the revelations concern
ing Ex-Governor AItgeld's responsibility in
the matter. OF course the lesson will be
lost If Altgeld and President Spaulding are
not prosecuted to the fullest extent of the
law. II these men. through political or
other influences, secure immunity from
punishment. when the crimes charged are
duly proven. the people will be embittered
rather than benefited.
The case of Altgeld is a particularly ag-
%Eravating one. As a result of the inves-
tlgation it is charged that he not only knew
of the bankrupt condition of the Globe
Savings bank for several years prior to its
failure, but that he deliberately sought the
personal aid that would come through an
appropriation of the funds of the Univer-
sity Of Illinois by making Treasurer Spauld-
ing OF that institution president of the
bank. Altgeld's unwarranted Indebtedness
TO the concern at the time OF its collapse
would make him morally responsible to the
depositors and should make him legally
liable for misappropriation.
Altgeld has been a political demagogue
and hypocrite. He is a conspicuous ex-
ample of a class of men whose theories and
practices have recently had some sway
and who are most dangerous to the in
terests Of society. So long as these men
are in active politics, criticism of their
conduct is more or less weakened by the
allowance that is usually made for attacks
false plumage, everyone wonders why they
were not estimated at their real value from
the first. So long as Altgeld posed as the
friend OF the people, the enemy Of cor
pCratiOns and the exponent Of new doc
trines, he successfully deceived a large
portion Of the Illinois people. But at the
very time that he was governor of thai
state. and while he was entertaining am
biticns Of national character, he was i'm
posing upon the poor depositors of a big
savings bank and helping to sap the re-
sources of a great state institution.
If the exposures already made are fol-
lowed by a thorough trial OF the case and
a vigorous punishment of the guilty. the
lesson may be valuable 10 the public at
large, costly as it has been to those di-
rcctly concerned. There are other Alt
gelds in the field. They are open to sus-
one was, but the downfall of the ex-gov-
ernor may have the effect of making the
people more wary.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-04

or finished mechanics. This, Of course, de-
ponds on the natural ability Of the pupil.
But it may be assumed that a school train
ing which directs the energies of the pupils
into those channels in which the practical
bearing Of the daily exercises is never lost
sight of is in the right direction.
In the selection of the faculty the school
board has secured specialists, many of
whom have wide regulations and stand for
something outside of mere school room
routine. policy of the board to base
the selections on merit instead of length
of service only will be approved by the
public. The claim of individuals should go
no further than their ability to serve the
community. The policy of selecting the
best teachers and then protecting them
from political or sectarian influences will
perpetuate the well earned reputation of
our public schools.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-04
"GoIightiyy on n wheel.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Joseph Jefferson recently attempted a
new role to round out his career, but he
found it so pervaded by realism that he has
abandoned It temporarily until he RECEIVERS
from the inroads II made on his physical
and mental resources. 1t appears he bought
q bike. AS a natural sequence he tried to
ride II. He was seduced into making the
effort by the cajoleries Of his children. He
was persuaded TO relinquish II by the Ca
~joleries of the bicycle. 1t seems he selected
a wide. level road as the theater of action
and entered "R. L. E" But there was
more rue at the exit. He listened patient
ly while enthusiastic friends explained how
easy IL was to ride, and then he set on
and promptly fell off. He tried It again.
taking care to keep the front wheel under
him. but although he succeeded in this
the rear wheel landed on top of him. Then
he went through all the vagaries known 10
beginners. including collisions with every
obstacle in sight or the road and the adj
jacent fields and having proven 10 his sat
isfaction that he was in danger Of rounding
out his career too abruptly traded the
wheel on the spot for a sofa cushion. This
IS one of the reasons why Mr.. Jefferson
thinks there Is too much tragedy about q
bicycle for his comedy predictions
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-04
REAsnNAnLE REruRNs on MHAT.

Suppose the federal court at Topeka were
TO find that the Kansas City stock yards
property only cost originally ten thousand
dollars. CThis figure is of course only taken
for iIustration.) Then suppose the court
we're to decide that rates should be so
fixed as 10 yield a fair net return on the
investment, and that six per cent per an
mum would be a fair return. This would
mean that the stock yards company could
only make charges which would yield a
net return of six per cent on ten thousand
dollars, or six hundred dollars. No man
would call that a Just and fair disposition
of the case.
As the matter stands, II appears from
the evidence that a large part of the stock
yards property was bought when land was
very cheap. In fact, ten thousand dollars
would once rave bought ten times the
stock yards area in the West bottoms
and that not so very long ago, either. TIL
whole plant as it stand undoubtedly cost
much less than it could now be sold for.
But what of it?
If the courts are TO insist on counting a
fair return to be interest on first cost,
then the company is to be robbed of the
benefit of the general rise in values in
this vicinity-a benefit to which it has as
much right as anybody else-and Of the
good will which it has earned by the dill
igent and proper conduct of its business
a good will to which it also has as much
right as anybody else.
II the stock yards earnings are to be
restricted to interest on the first cost of its
plant, then it would only be just to re-
strict any other owner to interest on the
first cost of his property. On that basis
the Coates House would be entitled to earn
say six per cent on the cost Of the build
ing, and on perhaps one thousand dollars
for the lot on which the building stands
The court can justly go no further than
TO ascertain what the property is really
worth to-day. 1t does not matter If a ton
of stock has been issued in stock dividends.
1t is easy to print stock. and when it is
printed the disposition of It is a matter of
chief interest to stockholders. The state
is interested only in actual values. and not
in typographical values.
II needs no evidence to satisfy anybody
of the great present value of the stock
yards property. Just how great such value
is. is the only open question, and that is
not very wide open, since the witnesses
a had their say in the pending case.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-04

nent Vernon county farmer to the Nevada
Mail the other day.
49,
Sarcoxie's 2o0th carload of Strawberries
was shipped Tuesday. and fifteen or twenty
more are likely to follow before the season
closes.
State Mine Inspector Evans, who has
just completed his fifth annual tour OF
inspection. is greatly pleased with the pres
ent condition of Missouri's coal mines. The
output Of coal. he says, will be fully equal
to that of last year. and the requirements
for preventing injury to health and life
are being more strictly complied with than
ever before.
An intimation that Healer Schrader Is
likely to visit jefferson City shortly has
given rise to a movement there for the
possible laying on of hands in such a way
as to cure the faEir of any disposition TO
ever infest that locality again.
49,
A cycle tourist named James l.. Smith,
from Buffalo. N. Y. passed through JEFF
route to San Francisco. where by arriving
before July Is he will win a 1900 wager, he
claims.
Newton county claims the distinction of
raising the biggest Strawberries in the
NHlttu SldleSr fourteen OF lntEl, aCcOIulib
to Colonel Benton. of NeOsho, filling a
quart box.
Mrs. Maria Pruitt, who died in Chilli
Gothic the first of the week. is known to
have been at least 1q years old. and is de-
clared by some Of her friends to have been
30.
Saturday will be field day at Drury coll
lege, Springfield, and seventy-four contest
ants have entered for the prizes.
John Hill. of the Carthage neighborhood.
is prepared to maintain the proposition
that there is money in Strawberries His
fOur-acre patch, from which the crop Is not
Yet exhausted. has thus far netted him 800
this season.
The management of the Joplin Cycle
Clubs races next week is determined that
while the winners may perhaps thirst for
further laurels they shall not thirst for
beer. Among the twenty prizes for the
various events twelve are in bottled or
cased form.
Although the year isn't half gone the
81 dividends thus far paid by the II Know
mine in Joplin aggregate go per cent of its
capital stock.
Nevada is mourning the loss of Pro-
fessor Hawkins, fourteen years her eff
cient school superintendent. who has ac-
cepted the principalship of the Franklin
school in Kansas City.
go
Competition for the summer girls ice
cream trade in Carthage is so energetic
that an Aeolian concert and a plate Of
cake are thrown in with every saucer
sold.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-04
Raeken.aek and Its Revenues.

From the New York Tribune.
The legislature of Arkansas has recently
passed a law levying a tax on airships.
This is brilliant and original way of rails
ing revenue, and so obvious withal that 1t
seems strange it has not before occurred
to some of the giant intellects that think
t~wenty-four hours n day on such prob
lens of statecraft. The sessions of the
various state legislatures this past year
have been especially fertile in such plans
upon smooth shaver chins. ingrowing
boards and all whiskers under one foot
long. with a corresponding bounty on all
over that length. This legislation, while
calculated TO fill the public treasury. has
also the purpose of dealing finally with the
cyclone problem. Scientists maintain that
even more han the planting of forests
will the raising of whiskers do away with
the tornado. They put the winds into a
gentle, playful mood. In comparison, how
ever. this latest form of taxation is an
inspiration of legislative genius. The tax
will prove easy Of collection. An able
bodied tax collector can catch and i'm
pound an airship-at least any that has
yet been invented. The text of the law
is not at hand, so it is not known whether
It includes a provision for the selling in
the interests of science of the bodies of
all air n~avigators found impaled on church
spires. 1t ought to. as in many Western
states now afflicted with "~visitations" of
airships. sections of churches are generally
resigning because their duties have been
made so onerous of late by inconsiderate
aarial nayigatOrs-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-04
MISSOURI

Apparently the royal road to riches just
at present leads through some of those
townships in Caldwell, Linn and Living
stou counties. where wolf scalps bring a
bounty of SIS apiece.
The piece work system has been intro
duced az the Burlington shops at St. Jo-
seph. and Il Is proving satisfactory to both
the company and employees. many of the
latter now earning good wages who under
the old arrangement barely managed to
live.
Last Saturday was a record breaker in
tax receipts ut the st. Joe tax collectors
Office. The sum of Se5, OcO was taken in.
Thomas c. Warren is a venerable citizen
of Livingston county who speaks with some
Dr,de OF the fact that he never has set foot
outside the state of Missouri since he en-
tered 1t as an emigrant from Kentucky in
1888.
Unless the Tribune misrepresents the sit
nation the somewhat venturesOme though
fascinating pastime OF chasing the duck"
has become a favorite diversion with some
Of ChiIicothe's SWEETEST society bellies.
I'VE have a fine corn prospect and l have
not seen a chinch bug this year was the
encouraging statement made BY q prom1-