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The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Boston Subway Explosion Investigation

Boston Subway Explosion Investigation.
Boston, March 29.-The public investi-
CATION of the gas explosion at the corner
Of fremont and Boylston streets, March
I, begun before the gas and electric
light commissioners at the State House
today.
B. leighton, secretary of the Boston
Transit commission, testified that Albert
M. Harrington had been given the con-
tract with reference to the removing of
gas pipes in the vicinity of the explo-
sion. The work wns completed, the Wit
ness said, and was approved by w. A.
Wood, engineer OF the Boston Gas Light
COMPANY.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Association of spiritualists.

Boston, March 29.-The Massachusetts,
State Association Of Spiritualists cele-
brated ita 49tn anniversary by conven-
tion in Berkeley hall today. DIR. g. a.
Fuller presided. Among the speakers
was lone of the new comers to the
Sprititualistic PLATFORM" MIR. A. 2.
Biinn, who made a very earnest appeal
sor greater interest in the cause.
Mr.. Moses Hull said he could hardly be-
lieve it possible that Is, 600, 600 Spiritual
lists have no educational institution in
this country. One fourth of all the peo-
ole In America IRE spiritualists, he said.
DR.. G. L. Willis and Mrs. Hattie H..
Hull also spoke
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Blackburn SAYS Nobody"

Chicago, March ga Times Herald
special from Lexington, KY, says: Elk
Senator Black burn drove up from Vsr-
sallles yesterday. When asked his opin-
ion of the situation at Frankfort, be
said Hunter was already as good as beat
ell. and had absolutely no chance unless
he could take away a number of his,
(Black burns supporters. This he could
not do in his opinion.
do you think Gov. Bradley can be
elected?"
81 doubt it, - he replied.
"Then who do you think the Republic
cans can electP'
"Nobody."
stThen you do not think there will be
any senator, elected this season."
"No, do not"
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
BREAKS IN LEvEE.
The Flood Situation Near Greenville Miss
Alarming.

Memphis, March 29.-The food situa-
ton in the vicinity of 6reenville. Miss.
is alarming. The reported break at Way
side, nine miles south of that city, is
confirmed and the latest reports are that
the water is pouring through crevass
500 yards in width.
A telegram from Perthshire, forty
miles north of Greenville, and iirmedi-
otely at the head of the fertile Yazoo
helta, states that break has occurred in
the main lavse. Special trains loade
with laborers and sacks of sand have
been despatched to the scene.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
EsAco WILL HAVE SHOE FACTORY.
Subscriptions Nearly Large Enough to En-
sure New Industry.
ESPECIAL TO THE FRESH

Saco, March 29.-At an adjourned
meeting of the reorganized board CT
trade, tonight. the shoe factory PROJECT
syas further discussed. rhe soliciting
announced that it had secured
pledges Of 356 shares of $40 each, and
asked for further time, believing that the
amount could easily be increased to 400
shares. F. G. Bradbury offered as fres
gift large lot on South street as build
ing site for the factory.
A representative of the firm that in
tends to locate here was present at the
meeting. He said that the firm will be
ready to move its liant here in July. pro-
viding the builujug is ready then.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
RHEUMATISM.

Munyon's rheumatism Cure is guaranteed to
cure acute or muscular rheumatism in from one
to five days. Sharp, shooting pains in any part
OF the body stopped by few doses A
prompt, complete and permanent cure for
lameness, soreness, stiff back and all pains in
hips and loins. Chronic rheumatism, sciatica
lumbago or pain in the back are speedily cured.
1t seldom fails to give relief from one or TWO
doses, and almost invariably cures before one
bottle has been used Price 25c
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
MANITOBA school Question.

London, March 29.-The Manitoba
school question was introduced in the
House or Commons today. Mr.. W. John
ston, conservative, member for the south
division Of Belfast, asked if the govern
ment would furnish the House with a
copy of the LaurierGreenway conn pro.
mise Ihe secretary of state for the colon
les, Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, replied that
the government had no official informa-
ton on the subject as it was purely q
Canadian domestic question.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
MI. Bakers Chair Again.

Oakland, March 29.-Edward Ellis of
this town entered suit against Sanford
Baker, the inventor of the Baker
Punitive Tramp Chair today. Personal
damages are alleged and the suit is sup
posed to be the outcome of an incident of
last week, when Ellis was put in the
ground that he was abusing horse, and
kept in it several hours.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Mrs. FeloheTired of Life Early.

Manchester, N. H., March 29.-Alice
Fetch, wife of Abner Flech, a B. & Nj.
section man at Rockingham Junction,
took morphine today at a restaurant
owned by her husband il this city, ana
died at s pm, in the Sacred Heart hos
pital. Feloh bought the eating house
three days ago and gave his wife $500 to
spend for pleasure. Mrs. Fetch was 90
years and had been married bnt six
months. Her husband is a man Of As.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Bicycle Racers Suspended.

Baltimore, March 29-Chairman Albert
Mott OF the l.: A. w. racing board an
nounces the Indefinite suspension from
all l.. A. w. racing tracks of James
Michael, the Welch racing track. Michael
is member of the English Cycling asso-
ciation and his suspension is the result of
a request preferred by him, as he was un-
der suspension in England on account of
some financial matters.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Close Time on CLANS.
ESPECIAL TO TEE PREss.l

Biddeford, March s9.-The city council
tonight declared close time on clams
from May to October, except for home
consumption.
Ferguson Haines WAS elected auditor;
Joseph H. Dearborn clerk of the boar d
Of overseers poor, two new Offices created
by the revision Of the charter. Prentiss
A. Freeman was elected park commits
sioner for three years.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Female Immigrant Detained.

Halifax, N. S., March s9.-Of the five
hundred immigrants which arrived by
the steamer Partisan yesterday, four
hundred were for Canada and the re-
nainder for the United States. The
United States contingent were passed by
the United States commissioners, with
the exception OF a woman who was bound
to Minneapolis to join her husband,
whom she had not seen for several years.
Sc had no money, and was detained
pending enquiry in Minneapolis.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Fast Trottipg Horse Sold.

Concord. March 29.-George L. Theo-
bold has purchased of Hon.. Warren f.
Daniel of Franklin, the fast young trot-
ing horse Clayton, by Mambrino Wilkes,
and will campaign him during the COM
ing season. Clay ton is without mark,
but in private trial at Mystic track,
Mass. last fall. without special prepara-
tion, he was timed mile in 2.16. Com
petent judges predict that with proper
handling, he will go in 2. 10 or better this
roar
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
calai, Cotton Mill on sbor. Time.

Calais, March s9.-The st. Croix cotton
mill shut down today and will hereafter
run every other week until June /. This
liz practically a half-time schedule. Near
ly 500 people are affected. The cause of
the curtailment is the poor demand for
goods and the general unsatisfactory con-
ditions OF the market.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Augusta Overseer Of Poor.

Augusta, March 29.-Mayor Choate to-
day, appoined G. A. Robertson, overseer
Of the poor for this city for three years,
new office created at the last munich
pal election in place Of board Of three
the result Of the citizens reform move
ment.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Chicago Reyolutionists ut Work.

Chicago. March 29.-Ths Post says to-
day: According to an Rnarchiss in Chi
oago, an extensive measure of a revolu-
tionary nature has just been set on foot.
Systematic agitation is TO be begin, many
outdoor meetings are to be herd wEeth-
or or notspolice permission is obtninable
and just such preparations and spe. ches
as preceded the Haymarket episode are
being made.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30

New York, March ga strike of tho
tween 80, 900 and go, 600 men may be inaa
volved, Twas declared this morning when
over 100 steam filters refused to 20 to
work In their shops. The strike is the
result of practi cal lockout on the part
of the bosses
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30

Oldtown, March 29.-E. B. Weeks, the
Republican candidate, was inauguratsd
mayor OF this city today. The usual pro-
gramme was followed. The mayors ad-
dress dealt with questions of Importance
to the city. John Farrell was chosen
president of the hoard OF aldermen.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Lots of Folks Want Jobs.

General Gary received a report today
that the business of the department. re-
lsting to appointments is even larger
than was estimated Saturday. The
figures show 2s, 600 letters received in the
first week of the administration. This
is attributed to the general depression
causing an increased number of seekers
for employment.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
MORE TROUBLE THREATENED.
Floods in the West Have by No Means
Subsided.

Quincy, March 29.-The Mississippi
keeps up its record of the past week at
this point ana another rise il registered,
making the stage fifteen feet above low
water mark. The situation In the levee
district is the same as yesterday. A large
force of men are working heroioally to
strengthen the weak places in the levees
and thereby save their homes and crops
but 1t Is now believed their task is a
hopeless one.
Alton, ILL.,, March 29-Flood conditions
become graver every hour. Men were
put to work this morning overhauling all
the levees protecting higher bottom
lands. The gauge shows an advance in
the last "a hours, and with neerly two
months of wet weather ahead the outlook
ia gloomy. Thousands Of dollars have
already been swept away in crop products
and 1t is raining again.
st. Paul, MIMI. March ~ The river
of Minnesota nre rising very rapidly fol-
lowing a day of heavy thawing. The
Mississippi at this point has PASSED the
ten foot mark and Is still rising steadily.
Water Is flowing in from the Minnesota
In torrent.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Verdict Against Boston e. Maine.

] well, Mass, March 29.-M the SUI
p, court here today, before Judge
sell. the case of Moynahan vs. the
& Maine railroad was finished.
=" ere i've counts, charging assault
and battery and falsely causing arrest,
digging defendants land and giving am
neyance and charging malicious prose-
cution. On all OF these the jury, after
being out four hours, returned ver6icts
for the plaintiff. the total finding being
s4579.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
MUNYON'S

Improved homeopathic Home Remedy
Company put up separate cure for each dis
ease. At all druggists, mostly 25c. Guide to
Health free.
Personal letters to Professor Munyon. 1906
Arch street, Philadelphia. Pa. answered with
free medical advice for any disease.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
More Fish Business for Gloucester,

Gloucester Mass, March &c. Two men
signified their intention of su bscribing
S25, 600 each. toward the forming of new
company to bring the fresh fish business
here. George X. Bradford, president of
the First National bank, subscribed $1O,-
needed for the purpose will be made in a
few days.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Fought to a Draw.

Philadelphia, March 29-Tommy White
of Chicago and "Spike'' Sullivan of Bos-
ton, met tonight aud fought six rounds
to draw in the arena of the Quaker
City Athletic club.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Mayor Mobiles Funeral Thursday.

Lewiston, March 29.-The city council
drafted resolutions in memory of the late
honored mayor Of Lewiston, Frank L.
Noble. who died this morning, and re-
quested the business men to close their
stores during the funeral hour Thurs
day. ]. H. Callahan, acting mayor, paid
a touching tribute to the memory of the
late chief magistrate.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
verdict in Alienation Case.

Lawrence, Mass, March 29.-The jury
has awarded Charles M. Evans $1,000 in
the case against Maurice O'Connor and
William f. Merrill for conspiracy and
alienation of his wife.s affections.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Catholic Speaks at Cobb Divinity School.

Catholic Speaks at Cobb Divinity School.
Lewiston, March a9.-For the first time
in the history of Cobb Divinity school of
Bates college, a Catholic priest in the
person of Rev. Father Butler, of st.
Joseph's church, Lewiston. upon invita-
ton addressed the theologians, taking
for his subject, Spiritual Affairs.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
ALTHENE SKIN SOAP. 5 a''S ''1,''.

free from ony ercess Of alkat, and impure
fat-acids as certified to By Dr.. Henry Left
man. Superb For Infants.
For sale by all druggists and H. Il. Hay s.
Son. Middle st,
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
WEAK MEN

This belt is arranged with my pat
ent Electric Suspensory, which is fully
explained in the new book, Three
Glasses of Men" Free by mail. ADJ
dress
DR.. sANDEN. soe BROADWAY, NY,
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
INCREASE
steam Fitters, strike On.

Benjamin J.Smitb, Caribou; Mark {
Holey, Water boro Center.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Maine Pensions.

Washington, March 3d. Pensions
have been granted to the following
Maine people:
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
Trinity River Rising.

Fort Worth, Tex, March 80. -Yester-
day and last night three inches of rain
fell here. The Trinity river rose ten feet
in an hour, destroying two or three of
the water works. A number of small
houses were washed away,
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30

Fast Day Will Be April 22.
The governor has appointed Thursday,
A pril 20 as Fast day.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

Do you suffer from itS Do you know
Its cause? 1t generally means a great
deal, and should not be neglected. Plas-
tiers and medicines hardly ever cure it,
but electricity, properly applied, is a.
positive remedy, as our thousands of
cures IN this city testify. l have just
issued neat little book which every
SUFFERER from Lame Back should read.
1t explains the many causes and effects
of this annoying weakness, and a ra-
tional, positive cure by my wonderful
Electric Belt, For
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-30

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY,
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-11-18

cans hold both branches of the Ieyi.,,
ture.
GaDbert, democrat and populist can.
didate for judge of the surempe CON-,
was elected in Colorado by ahon,
5000 majority over Hayt, silver ~
pub can.
In Kansas the republicans elected
a majority OF the county officers also
seven district judges and the fusin,
lists six, a gain OF two for the fusion
lists. While the returns show a gain IN
offices for the fusionists over 1Sqs
they have lost votes in almost every
county and the republicans gainea
fully 20 per cent. in the vote comparao
with last year.
The democratic majority in Virginia
on the state ticket will probably reach
$4,000. The legislature is almost
unanimously democratic.
In the New Jersey legislature the
republicans viii have a majority Of
q on joint ballot.
The republicans elected six Of the
eight circuit judges voted for in South
Dakota.
The indications are that the Tepub-
licans elected majority of their
Kansas town tickets.
In Nebraska the fusion plurality is
about 10,330.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-11-18

tensive state aid for the sufferers,
especially in the direction Of regulat
ing the waterways.
At Eastbourne, Sussex, Lieutenant
George Whitlock. grandson OF the late
General Whitlock, married Miss
Rebecca Sprague, daughter OF Horauo
}. Sprague, United States consul at
Gibraltar, Spain.
Rev. DR., George II. Hepworth,
New York clergyman and editor, VINO
viii make personal investigation OF
the condition of the Armenians, has
arrived at Constantinople, and will
begin a tour Of Armenia. The results
OF his Investigations will be published
ir The Sun.
The United States embassy at Paris
has received the rerers in extradtion
proceedings in the case Of w. r. Fos-
ter, Jr., who absconded from New
York, on September 2G, 1858, after
having cmbezzled, it was alleged
$4,000 of the cratuity fund Of the
New York Produce Exchange.
a man named LANCE, who for twenty
years has been Prince Bismarcks
head forester in the Sachenwald and
who was pensioned last summer, has
begun suit against the prince to en-
force the payment of an additional
pension which the ex-chancellor re-
fused to grant him.
Tho rtnipictarc nf thn TTuitad Gta4aC
Great Britain and Germany, addressed
a collective note to the Peruvian gov
eminent, asking that a bill for the leg
alization of non-Catholic marriages
be included among the measures 10
be named by President Pierola when
convoking the extraordinary session
of congress.
The following cabinet changes IN
Japan are reported; Count Okuma is
succeeded as minister of foreign at
fairs by Baron Nishi. Count Okuma
also held the portfolio of agriculture
and commerce, and in this he is sue
ceeded by Mr.. Yamada. Marquis
Hachisuka resigned from the post
of minister of education and is sue
ceded by Mr.. Hamoui.
President Iglesias of Costa Rica has
made another step to secure his re-
election December 5, He has eXiled
his predecessor, former President
Mora. according to a statement made
by DR.. J. II. Feuss, Of Bocas del Toro
United States of Colombia, who arrived
in New York yesterday on the Atlas
Line steamer Altai, from Port Limon.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-11-18
SOME NEW INVENTIONS,

Time lamplighters which can be
used in connection with an ordinary
alarm clock have a hammer which is
drawn back and set and a match slip
ped into a casing on a line with the
wick to be lighted. the alarm mech
anism releasing the hammer, which
pushes the match through a CORFU
gated passage and ignites It.
A Hungarian woman has patented
an ice bicycle which has a runner at
tached to the front fork with a fluted
roller supported by a pair of rods ex-
tending to the shaft of the rear wheel
and held in place by a brace attached
TO the crank hanger, the roller being
reyolved by a chain geared to the
crank axle TO propel the bicycle
In a recently designed writing desk
base resting on the floor carries a
single pillar which supports the top
consisting Of a fiat section with a
sliding double back. having clamps
nj the outer edges 20 hold an open
book, the back being formed so Il
rests on a level with the desk when
not in use A side projection carries
another book holder and a second pill
lar at the back OF the desk supports
a copy holder
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-11-18

used. The estate is valued at $40, 900
John A. willard, well known as a
millionaire and banker Of Mankato.
Mimi, has made an assignment. He
estimates his direct liabilities at about
$3.50 0O0. but his indirect liabilities are
perhaps double that amount. His as
sets are largely real estate. which was
worth a few years ago considerably
over 100000.
The s25 700. 600 fortune Of the late
Imblay Clark, which Miss Grace NJ
Elliot Of San Francisco expected to
inherit. seems to have been a myth
Vice President Hobart and Governor
Griggs OF New Jersey, whose names
are used in connection with the story.
gave an air of reliability to it, dis
claim all knowledge
United States Fish CommissloIeg
John J. Brice has submitted to the
president a summary of the work ac-
complished by the Fish Commission
since December |, 1896. AS a result Of
the seasons operations a. the cod sta
were collected, from which 9S,o00,0 600
fry were liberated on the natural
spawning grounds along the coast of
Massachusetts,.
At Atlanta, Ga, Patrolman ! T.
Ponder was killed while shadowing a
supposed burglar who had entered
the wholesale whisky house of H.
Stein5u The business of l.. Steinau
was In the hands of receiver. The
police intimate that some member or
the firm, endeayoring to secure money
from the vault, finding himself dis
covered, killed the only eyewitness
Robert r. Lncolns daughter eloped
with an Iowa youth. The gentleman
who has played the role of young
Lochnivar in this case comes Of a
good family, being a son of Captain
Beckwith OF Mount Pleasant, Iowa
and, as the Lincoln and Beckwith
families have been intimate for many
years it is not known upon what
grounds Mr. Lincoln objects to the
young man as an accession to his
family circle He is about 80 years
old, and the bride is also OF age. 1t
is said that the young people have been
attached to each other for several years
and that the brides family have inter
posed to break off the match 1t is
also said that, while the bride was
visiting relatives in Mount Pleasant, a
week ago, a well-planned elopement
was thwarted by her parents. The
ceremony at Milwaukee is said to have
tian, Beckwith is a professional ball
player. Mr., Lincoln refuses to recog-
nize him The girl is % and is at
home
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-11-18
FISHING DORIES.

The American fishing vessels are
schooners. You can tell them by the
dories which, when not in use, are
"nested'-set one inside the other
ON deck. An ordinary ships boat
usually has a ring in the bow and
stern. into which the ropes by which
it is hois.ed aboard are hooked. A
dory. however, has a long eye in the
painter-the rope at the bow-and in
the stern beckett "A loop formed
by passing a rope through two holes.
There are five dories to the average
besides the captain and the COOK, who
remain aboard while the dories are
out. The first thing the dories do is
to run their gear '-set their travis.
A trawl is a line, about mile long,
from which a thousand hooks hang
by smaller lines. At each end of the
trawl is a keg-hoat The kegs of diff
fcrent vessels are identified by dis
tinctive little fangs, and marked with
the vessels name he kegs are
anchored, and that part OF the line to
which hooks are attached rests on
the bottom. On a forenoon in fine
weather the dories will 'undewun"
the trawls-will begin taking them up
at one end, and as fast "a they take a
fish off the hook will rebait and throw
the line over, hook by hook. But in
the evening they take up the entire
trawl, return with it to the vessel
bait up aboard, and set the trawl
against Nicholas.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-11-18
THE COOKING THERMOMETERS.

Cooking thermometers are rather e1-
pensiye those of American manufac-
ture cost SO so, and imported ther-
mometers $5-but the sale OF them
is increasing. They are made OF por-
celain and of iron, the standard sup
porting the tube containing the mer-
curry inclining backward at an angle
from the base, so that the marking
can be easily read. The scale is
marked up TO 400 degrees and over,
and the several proper cooking tenn
peratures are set forth on the Their
mometer as follows: Correct heat for
roasts in ovens, pork, 800; veal, 800;
beef, 80; mutton, 500 Correct heat
for baking, puff pastry, $40; bread,
$40; pastry, 800 meat pies, 300, Cook
ing thermometers are sold for house
hold use and for hotels and restaur-
ants. ~
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-11-18
LATE RETURNS CHANGE FIRST
FIGURES BUT LITTLE.
HANNA WINS, GOKMAN NIT
Blackburn in a FAR Way TO Get Back
to the Senate-Big Vote in Iowa
Republicans Hold Bare Majority IN
Ohio and New York Legislatures
Tammany's Victory.

Subjained is a summary OF the re-
suits of the recent election as dis
closed by the latest returns
Late returns of the election show
that the Ohio legislature is republican
by a majority of five on Joint ballot
chasing all the fusionist4 as demo-
Gratis. Bushnell, republican, has about
80 600 plurality for governor. the
democrats will contest in court the
election returns in close counties
which will decide the political com
plexion of the Legislature. Hanna
reelection is, however, almost GER
tainty.