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The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
WILL BIZ READY FRIDAY.
Tariff Bill To Be Reported To The
House Tomorrow.
DECISION REACHED BY WAYS AND
MEANS COMMITTEE.
Asphalt And Bitumen Transferred to Du-
BILE List Yesterday-Action Taken SIM
ply to Increase Revenue-Meeting of

Asphalt And Bitumen Transferred to Du-
BILE List Yesterday-Action Taken Sim
ply to Increase Revenue-Meeting of
Full Committee Today.
Washington March 1.-THE tariff bill
will be reported to the House Friday.
This was the conclusion reached by the
Repub blican members OF the ways and
means committee at the meeting today.
The only other matter of importance
agreed upon was the transferring of all
asphalt and bitumen to tho dutiable list.
Some crude forms of these articles are
now on the free list. The rate was fixed
at one dollar and fifty cents ton on as
phalt. not dried and not advanced in any
way.
A duty of three dollars a ton was
placed on asphalt in more advance stages.
The purpose Of placing asphalt on the
dutiable list was principally because
moro revenue was needed and for the
further reason that all imporJations are
controlled by one company which the
company understand Is receiving large
figure from the sale of commodity.
Several hours were spent in making
verbal amendments to the bill and COR
reoting phraseology. There will be a
meeting of the full committee tomorrow.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
GREECE WILL DECLARE WAR.
This the Most I'm portant Rumor of After
noon From East.

Vienna, March 17.-It is asserted in
official quarters here that Greecs will
declareIwar against Turkey.
London, March ia despatch from
Athens says the Turks holding the for
titications at Ratimo have made sortie
into the town and pillaged the houses
of the inhabitants without the slightest
opposition on the part Of the powers.
Rome, March IA despatch from
Canea to the Secolo, says that the Gre
tan insurgents have declared that they
will reject autonomy and offer sll pos
sible resistance to ths occupation of the
island by the powers.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
Local Weather Report.

Local Weather Report.
Portland, Me-, March II. = The loca-
weather bureau office records as to the
weather are the following:
a.m.-Barometer, 80. 420; thermome-
ter, 11.O; dew point, 6; humidity. 70;
wind, W; velocity, 8 Z; weather, clear.
s p. m.-Baromete 30 $50; thermomer
ter, 800; dew point.23 humidity, 70;
wind, NV; velocity, 6 weather, clear.
Mean daily thermometer, 90; maximum
Thermometer, 35; minimum thermome-
tor. 6; maximum velocity of wind, Is
NV; total precipitation, inch
Weather Observation.
The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, March Il taken
at 8 p. M, meridian time, the observa.
tion for each station being given in this
order: Temperature, direction of wind,
state of weather:
Boston, So degrees, NV, clear; New
York, 3S degrees, sW, cloudy; Philadel-
phia, 42degrees, SW, cloudy; Washington,
46degrees, S, rain; Albany, 80, degrees,
S, clear; Buffalo, 40 degrees, E, cloudy:
Detroit, "a degrees, Sc. rain;
Chicago, A degrees, S, cloudy; St.
Paul, 3S degrees, S. cloudy; Huron,
Dak., 80 degrees, NV. clear Bismark,
80 degrees, N, clear; Jacksonville,
81 degrees, NE, clear.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18

After q hearing lasting for nearly
day and half, w. E. Atcheson of Calais,
whoswas arrested ON the charge Of crlmi-
nal assault ON ten n-ysar-old child, has
been bound over to appear before the
grand jury at the April term of court un-
der bail of $500.
The preliminary test of the new navy
yard dry dock at Brooklyn. N. T., was
made Wednesday morning, when the
Monitor Puritan was foated in it. Every
thing worked satisfactorily.
In the Gardiner polo benefit last night,
Lewiston defeated Portland s to l and
Gardiner was defeated by Lewiston 4 to
n
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
Missing Lawyer Located.

Hartland, March 17.-By means of a
letter received by a gentleman intarsst
in the Sebasticook & Moosehead rail
road, it appears that the hartland law
yer, David E. Thompson, who disap-
psared year or SO ago, has been pref
ty definitely. located near Dallas, Texas
There ia no intinlation that he will
return to Maine or will remove his fami-
ly to his present whereabouts
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
Big Transfer of Property.

Skowhegan, March 17.-Weston & Co.,
have sold their extensive lumber mills
and water power hsre to the Skowhegan
electric light company for $40, 600.
The purchasers will uss the power for
electric lighting and other purposes.
Weston retains the use OF the lumber
mill three wears.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Senator Elkins introduced IN tae SEN
ate Tuesday hill which provides for
discriminating duty Of 10 per cent on
all goods i'm ported into this country in
vessels other than those of the United
States. IL also provides for the same
duty On the importation OF sucn goods
py land means Of transportation.
The Boothbay Harbor railroad company
met Tuesday NIGHT and discussed
the proposed electric rond to connecG
with the Name Central.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
A Settlement Probable.

Lynn, Mass, March 14.-There are
some indications, this evening of an early
settlement Of the big strike that has been
in progress at the factory Of Williams,
Clark & Co., since March s. The lasters
union of the Boot and Shoe Workers.
Union, organization that had primary
grievance that brought about the strike,
decided to submit the trouble, as far as
their organization is concerned to arbi-
tration. There is every prospect of other
unions interested doing likewise.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
POLO LEAGUE MEETING.
Championship Awarded to Rockland-
Voted Inexpedient to Enlarge Circuit.

Rockland, March 1.-THE Maine Polo
league held the last meeting of the season
at the Thorndike hotel, Rockland, this
evening The following were present:
W. W. Burnham, Portland; H. H. Don
nell, Bath; E. P. Smart, Augusta; H..
G. Bird, W. @. French, Rockland, and
Secretary @. W. Richards. Augusta.
Gardiner and Lewiston were not repre-
sented. The championship for the season
of 96-97, was awarded to Rockland. 1t
was voted inexpedient to enlarge the
present league circuit Several protested
games were dismissed without notion. 1t
was voted to open the season of 97-9S OH
November, 1897, and to close March ~,
1898
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
Revenues Increa sing.

Washington, March 17-Total collec-
tions of internal revenue for February ~,
729, o16, an increase of S42, 6S4 over Fehru-
ary, 1895. The collections from July 1st,
1886, to and including February are $9S, :
900, 0s5. against S9S. s81, 370 the correspond
ing period 1S95-96, an increase for the
period ending February, OF S27, 7145.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
First Catholic cabinet minister,

Rome, March 1.-THE Osservatore
Romano; q papal organ, publishes an ar
tiole commenting upon the nominGt tion
of Hon. Joseph MoKenna as attorney in
the cabinet of President Nick inlev, in
which the paper makes the claim that
McKenna ia the first Catholic nominated
cabinet minister of the United States
since the foundation of the Am erican
Republic.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
Reports ON Nominations.

Washington. March 1.-The Senate
committee on foreign relations today Or
dered favorable report on nominations of
John Hay to be ambassador to Great
Britain, Horace Porter to be ambassador
to France, and Mr.. White to be secretary
of the embassy at London.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
CANCELLED ORDERS MISSING.
New Phase to the LimiDgton Defalcation
Case.

Limtngton, March 17.-Attorney J. o.
Bradbury. counsel for ex-Treasurer
Leonard ]. Strout, has been here investi-
eating his shortage accounts. His in
quiry for cancelled orders for comparison
with the alleged faulty ledger entr les
brou ght from the town officers the reply
that the orders are missing. Ex-Treasurer
Strout claims that all his cancelled or
ders were deposited in the town safe.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
police Commissioner Removed.

New York, March 17.-Mayor Strong,
as announced this evening, has removed
Andrew d. Parker from the office of
police commissioner OF the city of New
York. The cause of the rem oval Uf MIR.
Parker, as set forth In Mayor Strong S
communication is that he neglected his
duties as police commissioner.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
fHE WEATHER..

Washington Maj
17---Forecast f o ]
Thursday, for New
England; increasing
cloudiness W i t /
showers, warmer:
sout h g a S t g + l J
winds.
Boston, Mar. II
Local forecast for
Thursday. increas.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18

Saco, March ia committee of tn,
Saco Board of Trade reported favorably
on the proposition of shoe manufactur
ing firm to locate here. An attempt will
be made to raise money with which t,
erect building.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
oliver Optic Dying.

Boston, March IT, William L. Adams,
the author. widely known by his nom
de plume "Oliver Optic,'' Ia very ill at
his residence in Dorchester and his ply
sicians express the opinion that he can
live but day or two. He is in his 18th
year.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18

days and abolish days of grace; Damar-
iscotta Mills Water Power company; au-
ithorizing town of Wayne to raise money
for celebrating one hundredth anniver-
sary; to incorporate Lamoine Beach
Water company; to authorize Maine Pulp
and Paper company to sell electricity; to
establish the Maine Polyclinic.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18

ing cloudiness probably light rains
warmer, vari able winds.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18

Major Diokey of Fort Kent called at
tention to the mistakes that have been
made In the construction and enlarge
ment of the Maine Insane hospital. he
spoke in support of the work of the
commission. He said the expense of the
com mission was not.large, for the time
it had been in existence. MIR. Dickey
said that the hospital had been called
an Eastern Maine scheme, but that Ban.
gor was not in Eastern Maine and that
the centre of the state was not reached
until the traveller gets to Lincoln.
MIR. Winslow of Portland said that
when the matter was before the House
before he was laboring under wha,
he had found to be IL Misrepresentation,
and that he had since found that the
com mission had "builded wells and had
rendered good account of their expen.
ditures.
Mr. Whelden said he must say either
that the members of the commission are
| rasoals or honest men. He said it was
inexpedient to appropriate as this time
any such sum as the one proposed.
Mr.. Hamilton of Mattawaninkeag said
that if there had been any mistake they
had been made by SOME one besides the
com mission, because that body Lad beer
appointed by the Governor and Council
and its bills audited by that body.
Mr.. Hamilton said that indefinite post
ponement meant that tie hospital woule
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18

Continued on Second Page.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-18
And Remained While Fatal Seconds
Were Counted.
HALF CRAZED HE RUSHED Ar
HIS C0NQUEROR.

Fitz Receives the Demented Pugilist With
Contempt And He Is Supported To His
Dressing Room By His Seconds-The
Newly Made Champion Leaps Into Box
Occupied By His Wife Who Kisses His
Cory Face e-Detailed Description OF
Greatest OF Modern Fistie Battles.
The herald., 1897-11-21

cy. Blue grey velvet was called upon
for the toque, which was trimmed with
ch1ffon, Violets and ostrich feathers.
a dress which suggested the possi-
pllity OF revival of the polonaise was
OF faWn-eolored cloth. with incrusta-
tions of rich embroidery Stimulating a
long poionalse upon the skirt which
was plain otherwise. The pouched
bodice was made with IA double collar.
the lower one deep enough to be like
small bolero, the upper one reaching
out into epaulettes on the shoulder.
both collars were heavily embroidered
ana edged, as was the skirt embroid-
cry, with line of fur A standing coll
lar at the throat was fur-edged also.
10 finish this toilette came a tooue of
perlwinkle velvet. with a tuft of yio-
let's at one side. and above it an
aigrette of the same flower.
A prominent toilet in a promjner,
box was Of old rose cloth with a close
fitting bodice of Old rose moire, strined
broadly across with black satin and
green velvet. The bodice front was n
vest OF grey cloth. studded with steel
and bordered on either side with Per-
sian lamb; to edge the Persian lamb
were bands of grey-green velvet sewn
with silver. The waistband, of old rose
velvet, was caught with a steel slide.
Below the belt the Persian lamb and
velvet were continued behind and in
front in square tabs.
The matinee wrap appeared short as
rule. Oftener than it should, it took
the form OF Russian blouse jacket
worn by a stout woman.
ELLEN OSBORN.
Copyright, 1897, by Bachelor Syndicate
The herald., 1897-11-21
COURAGEOUS BOY.
How His Coolness Saved Him
From Becoming Tigers
Meat

1t is related that party Of English
officers were dining in jungle, some
distance from Madras in India. when a
huge tiger, ''maneater'' much dread
ed by the natives, rushed in among
them, seized young midshipman. and
flung him across her back. as helpless
as mouse in the fangs of cat.
In the first moment Of terror the
other officers had snatched up their
weapons and retreated few PAGES
while the great beast stood lashing her
sides with her tail, as if doubtful
whether to seek more prey or to retire
with that already taken.
They knew that it is usual with the
tiger. on seizing a victim. to deprive it
of life at once by pat OH the head
which generally crushes the skull; but
this is not an invariable practice
Hence. as the little MILDLY" lay mo-
tionless on the creatures back, his
friends, uncertain whether he had re-
ceived the fatal pat or not. were afraid
to fire lest they kill him as we'll as his
assailant.
While they were thus hesitating they
observed his hand stealing gently over
the side of the animal. Supposing this
movement to be merely the convulsive
The herald., 1897-11-21
London Morning Post.

The owner of THE London Morning
Post" is the real editor or director of
the paper Sir Algernon Borthwick is
a very remarkable example of inde-
pendence of mind. He turned his paper
from a threepenny into a penny sheet
against the opinion and advice Of
everybody whose opinion and advice
was worth having: his own excepted.
At the time of the transformation this
piece of journalistic property was reck-
oned to be worth about $4,000 a year.
Its yearly profits have since reached a
quarter of million, perhaps more. Sir
Algernon is politician as we'll as Jour-
nalist, and perhaps more a man Of the
world and of society than either-ac-
complished, acute, with that faculty of
detecting the drift of currents of opin-
ion which is perhaps more essential to
the journalist than most others. And
he has had the good Judgment and
nerve to run his. penny. paper on the
same conservative lines-not politic-
ally--as when it was published for the
classes only. That is what the masses
like.
The herald., 1897-11-21

tional attention. The people who came
to see the show numbered something
like thirty thousand. Three train loads,
thirty coaches, came from what is
called the Short grass country" or
Western Kansas.
And all Atchison was literally crowd
ed with corn decorations. The bus
mess buildings We're nearly hidden in
designs of corn stalks, and the work
was artistic to an astonishing degree.
Curtains OF strung corn and popcorn
served instead of doors, the different
colors Of corn being harmoniously
blended. Thousands of yards OF corn
and popcorn for decorative purposes
were strung and sold by the different
church societies.
"A scene in one merchants display
WINDOW presented the starry heavens.
with yellow sun, made of hundreds
OK grains Of corn, just sinking below
Inc horizon, throwing it's rays upon
noatlng corn husk angels, one of which
reclined upon a crescent moon made of
white corn. Under the electric lights
the erect was wonderful; and there
were dozens of others just as clever.
one Atchison artist constructed scene
or grains of corn representing THE An
selus, pasting the corn upon card
board. The result was astonishing. A
peculiar thing abs ut corn is that, when
grouped in a design and rubbed with
an oily cloth, it resembles ivory.
Among the mechanical designs were
corn chairs, corn desks, corn covered
buggies, corn jewelry. corn shoes,
immature corn harness, and a thou
sand other fantastic notions.
Many of the corn hats worn during
the carnival could scarcely be distin-
guished from the best work of the pro-
1essional milliner. Indeed, q lady of
Atchison who has gone into this corn
millinery business has more orders
than she can fill. She has had a re-
quest from Mrs. William Mckinley for
a specimen of her handiwork. and will
send her a bonnet made from corn, in
the most fashionable style of the sea-
The herald., 1897-11-21

It's hard for New York boy to ad-
NIT that he Is behind the rest Of the
country In anything at any time, but
the facts are against him on Thanks
giving. Every year the Police Depart
ment Of New York and Brooklyn issue
permits for parades on Thanksgiving
day. Brief entries on the police blot
ter itemize these parades in terms
something like this:
Red Rovers, $50; Bowery, East sth,
Lafayette. Astor, Bowery.
Plumed Pirates. 70; Bowery, Grand.
Allen, Canal. Bowery.
This and a dozen other like items
which follow have similar meaning.
The Red Rovers will be out parading
with 150 members, the Plumed Pirates
with rs, and will march along the
streets specified with the full sanction
of the law.
Without any such sanction little pa
rades, with from half dozen or a
dozen boys in each, get together some
how in the more sparsely settled re-
gions OF the city. In either case the
idea is the same. The lads wear masks
AMI drape their sturdy legs in old petit
coats, to which latter they are so un-
accustomed that they generally tum-
BILE down half n dozen times a minute.
They blow long horns and howl until
they are red in the face; and though
they would put their hands in the fire
any other day sooner than do it, on this
day they ring all the doorbells in the
neighborhood and hold out their grimy
f@,,
masks prevent their feeling ashamed.
This to a New Englander seems
shocking way of celebrating the festi-
val. but 1t Is only very old custom
that New England has outgrown 1t
is as old as the Merry Mount of VOL
laston and the Lord of Misrule"-as
old as Thanksgiving itself, and, indeed,
q good deal older.
1t is a usage that goes away back
to the English harvest festivals, and to
the Christmas waits" and mum
mers" who went from house to house
playing pranks. 1t goes clear back to
the Roman Saturnalia, which was
harvest festival also: and how much
further back 1t goes is more than the
wise man can tell us. Probably to those
ancient Asiatc gentlemen who We're
the common forefathers of the lot of
us, and felt happy, just as we do now,
at harvest time If the crops were good.
1t sometimes seems hard for boys
and girls to learn things, but it's really
harder yet to make them forget A
Yankee boy goes into the pasture and
calls, Co boss. Co boss." to his cows
in spite of the fact that there's no
such word as "bos' in English. because
the Roman cowboys said hos" two
thousand and more years ago; and the
Greek boy had done 1t before him. and
long before that the Indo-Aryans of
Asia began it-probably. "Bos' is
good Latin, and pretty good Greek and
Sanskrit; just as horn blowing in
masks at Thanksgiving is a fair mod
ern bluff at the Roman Saturnalia. The
mask itself is doubtless borrowed from
the Romans and Greeks outright; even
savages make use of them. however.
There are other parts of the country
where almost every trace of the Satur-
MALTA idea seems to have vanished.
There the boys play football and have
hare -and-hounds matches and bicycle
races; and though football and hare
The herald., 1897-11-21

spruce tree 81 sunset: and the sight of
them-who. said poultry show" If all
hats are covered with plumes, most
necks have little furry heads with
beady eyes and pointed noses peering
from under them, so that the prospect
of lively times on the chicken roosts is
a good one.
There may have been a play, but
these are the things to which l paid
attention. The new shake amounts to
competitive examination in gloves
and hands. When two women stand
up to each other, wrist to wrist and
fingers to fingers. the little, faddish
sway to and fro, tick, took, like a clock
pendulum. as ordained by fashion,
gives just time enough for measure
ment and observation; everybody near
is fully informed who wears SIS and
whose number is 6% also who has new
gloves and who has economical.
The jewelry novelties that women are
wearing this autumn are in part as
follows: Large round lockets to hang
below the waist; these have glass faces
and carry four-leaved clovers. Slides
for the pet dog-collar of black velvet
| ribbon. Hanging from the slide is u.s.
ually heart-shaped locket, on which
| is lizard, or a sprawling turtle in
green olivine. Muff chains in oxy-
dized silver or in white enamel with
, the links connected by emeralds or tur-
quoises. Gold curb chain bracelets fas-
tened by diamond padlocks, each pad
lock holding a golden key. .-...
The novelty in manners this season is
the eagerness with which, milliners
and dressmakers mob women who are
wearing novel gowns from which they
can get fresh ideas. and the complai-
sance with which some well-dressed wo-
men regard the innovation. Such dress
inspection is easiest at the theater, and
there is still certain decorum about
it in the evening; there was almost ne
cessity for the reading Of the riot act
in the vestibule before and after the
matinee. -s
| The matinee blouse is Of pale blue
or pink MORE velvet. Black and white
plaid velvet is smart also.
The matinee belt is Of gold, gallon
patterned, with chine design in flow
ers; or else it is of white leather, and
oxydized. silver studded with amethysts
or emeralds. "
The matinee hat is like large pie,
with nicely crimped crust borne on
the slanted hand Of a. waiter; meat
pie, with a big puffy upper crust, it
would be, probably. 1t is not admira-
BILE. .
The matinee hat tits sidewise, the
slant producing an 'incongruous effect
on certain young, innocent types of
faces. as II a Madonna were trying to
look rakish and failing miserably.
The matinee hat carries birds of such