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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
A Colby Professor Resigns.

Waterville, June 10.-William A. Rog-
ers, professor of physics and astronomy
at Colby university has resigned to take
effect at commencement. Tho resignation
has been accepted,
Professor Rogers was formerly assistant
professor of astronomy at Harvard col
lege. Since coming to Colby he has ac-
quired wide fame through the invention
of several scientific machines and his
x-ray experiments.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
WAS ALIMERlCK:MAN.
Body of the Man Found In River CAT Brain
tree.

Braintree, Mass, June 1O.-The body
found in Monatiquot river, South Brain
tree, Thursday morning is thought to be
that Of Eugene 0. Harrigan of Holbrook,
a carpenter, who disappeared from home
four weeks ago and has not been heard
fr ON since.
Harrigan went to Holbrook from Linn
erick, Maine, and just before his disap-
pearance he received telegram from
there announcing the illness of a friend.
Letters from that place have been received
in Holbrook for him recently. it being
ev ident that he had not gone there. His
d escription tallies with that of the dead
man.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
Halibut Fishermen Ice Bound.

Gloucester, June 10.-Advices recently
received from New Foundland are to the
effect that the schooner Concord of this
port together with about 25 other Glou-
cester vessels, including halibut catchers
and cod fishers are imprisoned on the ice
on the New Foundland coast. The vessels
are reported on the eastern coast of the
island the vicinity of Bay Bull and
st. Johns, which sction is practically bar
ricaded by immense fields of ice.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
Kennebec Endeavorers.

Richmond, June 10.-The /. Kennebec
Christian Endeavor Union met in con-
vention here today, delegates being
present from Waterville, Fairfield, Halo
well, Augusta and Gardiner. The follow
ing officers were chosen: President, H.
A. Plummer; corresponding secretary, G..
Alice Osborn; recording secretary, ,'G. T.
Morse; treasurer, Marietta Parshly.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
Local Weather Report.

Portland, Me-, June 1o.-The local
weather bureau Office records as to the
weather are as follows:
s a. m.-Barometer, 29s92; thermo-
meter, so; dew point, So; humidity, 100;
wind, NE; velocity, IS; weather. 1t. rain.
s p. m.-Barometer, 29.917; thermo-
meter, "a; dew point. 52,-.humidity 100;
wind, N; velocity, 7; weather, cloudy.
Mean daily thermometer, so; maxi
mum thermometer, SO; minimum ther-
mometer, 81; maximum velocity of
wind, 25, NE; total precipitation. 2.06.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
His Foot Badly Crushed.

Richard D. Shannahan of this city met
with a painful accident at Livermore
Falls on Monday He is the contractor
who is constructing mill at that place
and on Monday was engaged with his
men in hosting q hugh granite block by
means of derrick. In some manner the
block slipped from the chains which sup
ported it and came down ON Mr.. Shanna-
hans foot, crushing it very badly. He
was brought to this city and taken to the
hospital for treatment.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
Nominations by the Governor.

Augusta, June 10.-Governor Powers
has made today the following nomina-
tions of disclosure commissioners: Harry
Bedy OF. Phillips; William B. Brown of
Hartland; Arthur Ritchie of Liberty;
Frank Wilson of Sanford; Thomas G.
Brigham of Bucksfeld; Charles o. Small
of Madison; Seth W.Fifex of Fryburg; J.
Merrill Lord of Parsonfield; Charles Pea
body Of Millbridge, and M. McCusick of
Calais
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
IL. d. For President HYDE.

Syracuse, N. Y, June 1O.-Syracuse
university today held it's commencement
exercises. The oration was delivered by
Professor Borden P. Brown of Boston uni
versity. The honorary degrees granted
included LII. d. to Judge Irving Vann
of Syracuse and the Rev William Dewitt
Hyde of Bowdoin college, Brunswick.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
Part of Crew Saved.

London, June 1O.-A telegram has been
received from Port Natal stating that
the Norwegian bark Trygve, Capt Isakssa,
from Darien, Dec. Is, via Bermuda,
March 5, for Port Natal has been wrecked
at Sinwquasimouth, 80 miles northeast
of Port Natal, off the South African
coast. Part of the crew were saved, the
remainded were lost.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
A Lynching Threatened.

Birmingham, Ala, June 10.-Hunts-
vile may be the scene of a bloody riot be-
fore tomorrow's sun rises.
A mob from Decatur threatens to lynch
Louis Thompson and Walter Neville, the
two negroes who.assaulted Nellie Lawson,
q - year old girl at that place and who
were taken to Huntsville for safe keeping
last night
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
CALHOUN AT STATE DEPARTMENT.
Has Another Long Conference With Assist
ant Secretary Day.

washington, June 1O.-Mr. Calhoun
was at the State Department again TODAY
ana had another long conference with
Assistant Secretary Day This being
diplomatic day the Spanish minister
Senor Dupuy de LONE, was among the
VISITORS vha and had an opportunity to ex- 4
change views with the special counsel IN
the presence of Judge Day.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
Turkey WIN Withdraw.

Constantinople, June o. delayed
in transmission).- Since yesterdays con
ference between the ambassadors and the
powers and Twetik Pasha, the Turkish
misnister or foreign affairs, the Ottoman
officials have been more copciliatory on
the subject Of the Th essaly and it is now
thought that Turkey will yield on that
point and agree to withdraw her troops.
The change of fr ont is said to be due to
counsels from abr DAD.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11

Washington, June 1O.-Hon. Arthur
Sewall late Democratic candidate for vice
president, arrived here today en- route to
his home in Maine Mr. Sewall recently
has spent some time in investigating the
respective claims of the Nicaragua and
Panama canals. Today he was in con-
ference with Democratic senators and ex-
pressed his opinion as to which route was
the most feasible.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
fHE WEAT HER.

Washington, June
10.-Forecast for Fri
day for New Eng
land: Fair, proceeded
by rain earlier Fri
day morning on the
coast; warmer; high
northwest W i n d s,
diminishing.
Boston, June TO-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11

Bicycle riders. football players and
athletes generally, find sovereign rem
edy for the sprains and bruises and cuts
to which they are constantly liable, in
DR.. Thomas Electric Oil.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
The Merrimac at Manchester.

Manchester, N. H., June 10.-The
recent heavy rains have caused a consider
able rise in the Merrimack. This evening
the water was over five feet over the
Amosk Gag dam.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
Tsar Nicholas Has Another Dauehter.

St. Petersburg, June 1O.--The Tzsarina
has Just been delivered of daughter at
the Peterhof. The first child of their
majesties, born Nov. 8, is also daughter
the Grand Duchess Olga.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
Fuda Murdered His wife.

Bridgeport, Conn, June 10.-The jury
in the case of Giuseppe Fuda, charged
with the murder of his wife in East Nor
walk on the night of February II, brought
in verdict of murder in the first degree
late this afternoon. Fuda will be brought
into court tomorrow for sentence.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
First Appeared InPortland.

Philadelphia, June 1O.-James Hughes
Taylor veteran tragedian of wide repu-
tation, is dead aged 70 years. He first
made his appearance at Portland, Maine,
in 1850 as Lucius in 1sVirginius."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
Queen Grants Pardon.

Havana, June 10.-A cable message
was received today from the Queen Re
gent granting pardon to Jose Carabre
who was sentenced to be shot this morn
inc
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11

Local forecast for Boston and vicinity
for Friday: Cloudy in the morning, fol-
lowed by clearing slowly rising temper
ature, north to west winds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11
SUGAR SCHEDULE Up.
Debate Developed No Sensational
Features.
SPEECHES A LABYRINTH OF TECH
NICAL DETAILS.

MIR, Jones of Arkansas Opened the Debate
and Was Followed By Mr.. Vest Who
Criticized the Trust Severely-Senator
TiIIman's Lively Speech.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11

Washington, June 10.-It is said at the
navy department. this afternoon that the
New York was bound for Hampton
Roads and was not going to Cub a.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-11

that the articles consumed by our people
snoulo be produced by our people. If that
IS Republican doctrine well and good. If
ehaV is not Democratic doctrine, it ought
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-30
THIS SMALLPOX BosH.

The State Herald is not disposed to take issue with learned gentlemen of the medical profession, but if there is or has been any smallpox in Birmingham 1t is the miidest form ever known in this country.
 All supposed or suspected cases, or those exposed to suspected cases have been removed to the pest house far out of the city. There are about fifty negroes at this camp Not one has died in the several weeks the camp has existed and there Is not now nor has there been a genuinely i'll patient there.
 It is well enough for vaccination to proceed, but there is no cause for alarm on the part of any one. Every precau- tion has been taken to make the city healthy. It is healthy. The alleged smallpox scare is at an end. There has been little to it but talk and too much of that.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-30
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.

Elder w. W. HosEins, street preacher and printer, a former employe of the Times, and well known in Selma, made two unsuccessful attempts at suicide in Atlanta on Saturday night.
 It was about g o'clock Saturday night that Hoskins put in an appearance on Marietta street, near the corner of Broad street, where the cars of the Consolidated are constantly passing. He had evident ly been drinking, and he reeled about the sidewalk, but he was not disorderly and little attention was paid to him.
 He walked out in the middle of the street as if bent on going home. A car was passing along the street at the time ard HoslSins suddenly made dash for it and threw himself on the track in front of the car. The car was travelling at good speed at the time, and had 1t not been for the vigilance of the motorman the man would have been instantly killed.
 The motorman applied the brakes and stopped the car within a few inches of the wourd-be suicide. He was dragged from under the car, and asked why he had tried to take his own life, but he would say but little, and promising to go straight home the motorman released him and he start ed off ostensibly for, the purpose of going to his home.
 Instead of doing so, however, he re- turned to the scene of his first attempt and tried to kill himself again. Luck was against him and he was pulled from in front of car by the motorman just in
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-30
LIVINGSTONE.
John Johnson. Condemned to Hang Today for Killing Clark.

Livingston, Ala, July 29.-(Special
 rrsspondence. .)-Your correspondent had an interview this morning with the negro John Johnson, who will be hung here next Friday for the assassination of Archis F. Clarke, a leading citizen of this county. last October. The interview was al Johns request. The condemned man freely admitted that he shot Clark from behind tree, and talked as un- moved about the killing and his ap- preaching death as if he were discussing any ordianry matter. He stuck to lhe first stcry he told about the killing. which occurred before his trial. That he had misunderstanding with Clark, who was manager on the Winston plan tation, about a settlement which inVolv- ed about $S; that Clark refused to give. his wife credit in the Winston store, and that five other negroes agreed to give him $5 each to kill Clark.
 He talked and laughed in his cell as if nothing was on his mind to disturb his comfort. Said he shore" had religion, and would go straight from the gallows to haaven. That he prayed and prayed last night until the angel Gabriel stood right before him with brand new trumpet in his hand that shined like gold, and he say: John, when 1 blow dis horn, you turn a leaf in dat Bible you is reading; and den Gabel blow de horn onca, and 1 turn one leaf; and he blow it twice, and turn nudder leaf; he blowed 1t three times, and turned three leaves; and he blowed four times, and l turred four l=aves; and when he blowed five times, den turn five leaves, and den Gabel put his horn under his arm and say: John, desc five leaves are de five cullud witnesses dat tell lies on you, and day shall go to hell and damnation when dey die, but when de pref is out of your body, you will go straight to de arms of Jesus Christ. Den Gabel flop he wings and fly away. ! l knows I'll go to heaven, cage de angel tole me So out of his own mouf, and 1 knows my chances to go to heaven is better dan de chances of MT. Clark, cause when I shot him, he died afow hs had time to say, God have mercy on my soul.' ;" }- fa'3 H9 97sq ahd
 The condemned man is a brutish cop- ] per-colored negro, who was doubtlessly used as a tool in the commission of th4 murder. Five other negroes were the instigators. He says he will make a long speech on the galows, and will tell all about the murd=r.
 Capt. A. B. McEachin, of Tuscaloosa, is spending the week here on legal busi- ness and the way he and MT w.. K. Smith are burning the Inldighti lamp in MT. Smiths office shows that they are forging thunderbolts of the law for soma unfortunate lttigants.
 Judge w R.. DeLoach, w. s. Gully, Wm.. Little and M, B. fRosenbuSh, have just returned from a weeks stay down on the coast. They report grand time and plenty of fish
 The corn crop in this county has been cut short by the want of rain, but th;s cotton crop is more than an average. as7
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-30
OUR LETTER BOX.
LYNCH LAW.
To the State Herald.

To the State Herald.
 In all the articles recently appearing on the subject of lynching 1t has seemed that vengeance-bloody vengeance either legal or illegal, is the onty remedy offered. History tells us of rnmberless periods when vengeance in the form or capital punishment was inflicted and in- ficted quickly by legal authority fer com paratively slight offences. Where do7s history tell us that it proved an efficient remedy?
 In thsse lyuching bees the thirss for blood is only too evident and it has hap pened more than once that when an ln- nCcent party has satisfied that thirst, the real eulpret has escaped
 Our best ethicat teachers, besing thsir deductors on the study of moral laws, as astronomers base theirs on mathe- nautical laws, poift out to us that society will best conserve her interests not by committing murder, gal though 1t be, but by isolating criminals-by incarcer- ating them where they can do no harm and possibly reforming a portion of them into useful members Of society.
 To illustrate, tee. hard punishment may not be ideal in its results, these ethical teachers might ask of each male citizen the question. "If you had received the full legal and sccial punishment for every act of your life, would you be as useful or Valuable citizen as you are today?"
 Effect follows cause, whether in pHySicS, lIF pCLlllcdl or sCCadI econ Ofny, or in morals.
 We of the south are but suffering from the effects of a cause. Wherever slavery exists there must ignorance and vice ex- ist, for thsy re part and parcel of the system Our rapes, cur high percentage of crimes, are but a natural outcome of the ignorance and vice existing amor g people who have only recently come out of slavery
 The remedy, and the only remedy. is to raise by education-in its broader sense-the mass Of the negroes. Then will these abnormarftiss disappear We will never accomplish it by shedding law less blood. On the contrary we injure ourselves by getting accustomed to the idea of taking life, and we gradually but surely bring about a feeling of hostility and sense of injury among the colored people that will entail disastrous results. Who can say that they will not learn the lesson of mob lawlessness that we seem so bent on teaching them?
 Certainly no wise man. seeing the price we are paying for the mistakes of our ancestors. can for moment give any countenance tos lawlessness that will en- tail momentolis evils on the next genera ton of the southern people. .4 D.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-30

and Captain Cooke was nominated by ac- clamation. Captain Cooke accepted the honor and thanked the convention for conferring 1t upon him. It was decided to make TO further nominations for the other places on the state ticket, but to leave it to an executive committee con- sisting of General Field, of Fauquier. chairman J. Haskins Hobson, of Pow hattan, Dr. w. T. Evans, of Campbell; Senator w. H. Hale, of Franklin, and w. H. Graveley, of Henry, which was ap- pointed with full powers to add or take from the ticket as they deemed best In short. their duties are to look after the interests of the party in case the demo- cratic convention declines to indorse their candidate.
 After short speech by General Field the convention at D. m. adjourned sine die.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-30
THE COST TOO GREAT
And Time Inexpedient Is Why Pickett's Foa Division Will Not Go to
 Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, July 29.--A dispatch from here published in Richmond. Va. to the effect that the Grand Army posts of this city had by vote refused to invite Picketts division to participate in Grand Army festival to be held here next week, is declared by the local Grand Army officials to be wholly mis- leading. and its publication is greatly regretted. A prominent Grand Army officer said this afternoon that a few weeks ago delegates from the, various posts in the city held a meeting to ar range fora thrse days festival af Wash ington park, near this city. The revenu= derived was to go to the Central Relief fund.
 At the meeting a delegate made a mo- tion that Pick-tt's division be invited The proposition was approved, but a discussion followed and the cost of en- tertaining the visitors was brought up. It was shown that a fitting entertain ment would cost nearly s400O The local posts are all proposing to attend the Grand Army encampment at Buffalo August 12 to 20. and tha contention was made that 1t would be inexpedient to
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-30
| THE KLONDYKE CRAZE
Has at Last Been Felt by the Govern - ment-Exodus Causes Stoppage of og Work on a Vessel-No
 Land Law. 8

Washington, July i29.-The navy de- partment has felt ths evil effects of the gold craze. The firm of Morgan Bros, located at Ssattle, is building the tor pedo boat Rowan, and had made good progress until the Alaskan exodus set in. Now they have informed the navy department that so many of their work men have dropped their work to go to Alaska that thsy are obliged to apply to the navy department for an exten- sion of time in which to complete the boat.
 The land office is receiving mary ap- piieations for copies of the public land laws, by persons who profess tn@ir in t=ntion If going to Alaska. The office has bsen obliged to notify applicants that land laws have not yet been as- tended to Alaska, though fhe mineral laws apply.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-30
RYDER'S LYNCHERS
will Be Brought to Justice, Says Gov. Atkinsen--Rewards Offered for
 Arrest of Accomplices.

Atlanta, July 29.-After giving secret hearing today to two of the brothers of Dr. W. L. Ryder, the white man iynched in Talbot county last week, Gov. Atkin- son offered the following rewards Five hundred dollars for the arrsst and con viction of the first two members of the mob that lynched Ryder; $100 for each subsequent arrest and conviction, and $250 for the arrest and conviction of any person or persons hindering or interfer- ing with the bringing of ths lynchers to justice.
 The governor announces that he has in his possession the names of several mem- bers of the lynching nJo, which num- bered only fifteen, with positive pro of his determination to ex Tt the full D1y q of h.s office to punish ;he gully par '.rs
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-30
ESCAPED TAXES IN LIMESTONE.

s. F. Hall. deputy assessor and col lector. made trip through South Lime stone last week and found several hum dred dollars worth of property that had escaped assessment. He found sixteen mules, the property, of one man that had not been given in. It was no fault of the tax assessor, as the party owning them lived in Madison county, but did not return them to the Madison assessor. so our hustling deputy scooped the Madi- son officials and gathered them into the Limestone assessment as he found them in this county. That is what causes the burden of taxa ton to seemingly fall so heavy on those that are willing to give in their property. If all men were honest in giving in their property the burden of taxation would fall upon all alike and would not be hard to bear.-Athens Courier.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-30
THE ALABAMA.

A reporter who, visited the Cramps ship yard says: 'i'ifs
 "The visitor to the mould-loft now will find upon uhe floor the intricate lines and body plans of the United States battle- ship Alabama and a protected cruiser as yet unnamed. ordered by the Japancse government The wooden models for ths SC vessels are also there, and from the east ern windows one may catch glimpse of the big hulls forming on the stocks. In the midst of a forest of poles, derricks and supporting cables. an intricate mass of iron and steel is taking on shape of strong and graceful outlines. Side by side in their twin, cradles are forming the TWO warships of the two nations so wide ly different in manners and customs. the one representing the progress of the far east, and the other that of the wfst. Their kesls have been laid for some months and now against walls of iron pegs, the cherry-red ribs are being shaped. The stems and stern-pos.s are being cast. and in the bellies of these steel skeletons an army of rivet@rs, black smiths and joiners are working to the merry, fncessant chorus of the hammer, sledge, drill puncher and planer."