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The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
IN THE HOUSE.
morrow.

The House Of Representatives reassem-
bled after the holidays recess. There
was an attendance of only about half it's
memb bers. The gallery were well filed.
Before the debate was begun upon the
Loud bill to amend the post laws with
respect of the transmission Of second
class matter, which WAS the special or
der for the day, Mr.. Broderiok, Republi-
can of Kansas, secured unanimous con-
sent for the presentation OF resolution
which was agreed to. directing the secre-
tary of the Interior to report TO tie House
the cause of the omission to issue patents
to lands in Kansas granted by the gov
ernment to the Union Pacific railway
company, most of which have been sold
bona fide purchasers who are in possession
to the authority under which the United
States land official at Topeka pretends to
act in permitting homestead entries to be
made upon these lands.
The House then went into the COM
mittee of the whole for tho consideration
of the Loud bill.
Mr.. Ouigg said the author Of the bill
had been wilfully misled by the state
ment that this class of matter was being
transmitted at cost OF eight cents a
pound, and that therefore this amount
WOuIu D6 ShVeu. uo BoutIoLHhu 1u0uO ~
allowance for fixed charges in the postal
service.
The bill, If enacted into law, would
not dispense with single postmaster,
clerk, railway postal clerk or single mile
of mall service All these would remain
and continue to increase whether or
not the class in question was kept out OF
the mails. The only possible saving ur-
dor the bill would be the indefinite
a mi fpr
carry ing the matter.
Mr., Ouigf contended that the bill
ieopardized the interests Of newspapers,
ne wsdeale lers, printers and the whole long
list of trades and ind uEtries allied with
the publishing business.
Mr.. Bromwell, Republican, Ohio, sup
ported the bill. The necessity for the bill
he said, lay first in the state of the gov
ernments' finances, which demanded a
reduction of expenses wherever possible.
TIE second and the principal one was tine
duty Congress owed 70 the youth of tho
country to protect it from the demOraliz-
ing influence soft rashy literature which
was distributed broadcast over the land
through the malie at a cost of cent
pound. Really valuable literature, school
books for instance, he said did not circu-
late at cent pound: the Holy Scrip
lures had no such privilege unless they
we're cut up into parts and issued IS a
serial in order toIdefraud the revenues OF
the government; tracts and similar pub
locations paid eight cents pound, while
the Old Sleuth series paid Que cent a
pound.
The opposition to the bill was further
expressed by Mr.. Cummings. He said the
newspaper publishers association. wnlch
endorsed the bill represented but 16l OF
over 1900 daily newspapers of the coun-
try. Eighty-ive per cent. Of the news
paper circulation in the Unitad States
was that Of papers of less than ], wv
copies. 1t was against this class OF publ
cations the bill would operate.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
ANoRoscooelN RISING.
The Heavy Rains May Make Trouble for
Pulp Mills.

Livermore Falls, January 5.-It has
rained here necessarily for over twelve
hours, and at a. m.. was still raining
with no favorable signs of letting up, and
nhould it rain dozen hours longer as
hard ss it has during the past twelve
hours t ere are fears that ica in the An
dFoscoggin will break up and go out.
Should such calamity happen the dam
age to property along the river at this
place would foot up in the thousands.
Just above the Chishlom's Mills the
ab utment on the west side of the river,
being bulls for the new Portland and
Rumford Falls Railroad bridge, is not
near enough complsted to stand very
heavy freshet, while the Golfer work fol
the D Ter nearest the west shore, which
has been constructed at an enormous sx-
pense. would surely be swept away, aud
the Golfer for the abutment on the east
q de W ould be destroyed. 80
1t is hoped that we are not to have 9
repetition of the ice freshet of last March.
The Saco Swollen.
Biddeford, January 5-The warm
wea ther and rains have weakened the lex
almost to the point of breaking up. A
continuance of the rain might cause 6
recurrence of last springs freshets.
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Mr.Mahany, Republican of New York,
asked Mr. Cummings If he shongns II ha q si, sIe
culating library. III believe, Mr.
Cummings answered, "ths post office
ought to- obey the law and the postmaster
general should not do as the secretary OF
state has done and say to Congress, You
can pass law, but We'll do as we please
about putting it into execution -. Ap-
pause.
Mr.. Cummings read letters from the
owners and editors of trade. religious,
agricultural and other publications urging
the defeat of tbs bill He protested
against it's passage in the name OF
thousands of employees, whose means OF
livelihood would be injuriously affected
by its operation. He declared the plli
was drawn in the interest of loose books;
and in the interests of express com
panies They we're, be said, asked to
strike down law that had PRODUCED
more books and done more for literature
than any law ever enacted.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Cumming, Is
re.narks the committee rose and at 4.4U
the House adjourned until tomorrow.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
Assignee in Cobb Case.
ESPECIAL TO THE rREss.l

Winthrop, January 5.-The creditors OF
l.. o. Cobb, who recently made com
mon law assignment to Elliott Wood
met Tuesday morning at the Office OF
the formers attorney. l.. I. Carleton,
ESQ. Of the entire Indebtedness Of SIG, 900,
S1lOO were received.
MIR. Cobb had made large investments
in western real estate and had borrowed
various amounts of money with winch
to pay taxes and improvement assess
ments upon the same. This ne holds free
of all inoum brance. but the present
financial conditions are such that this
cannot be sold at fair valuation hence
his assignment.
With a revival of business it i g the
opinion of business men that this proper
ty now in the assignee's hands will be
valuable but it is only question OF
slime.
It was voted to ask Mr.. Wood to take
an account of stock and make a report
at a later meeting. His appointment
as eminently satisfactory to all.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
AIMED AT ADDIcks.
Governor Watson of Deleware Dissertatei
on Bribery at Elections.

Dover, Del, January 5.-Gov. Watson s
message was presented to the general as
ssmbly today. He concluded with a dis
sertarion upon "bribery and corruption
in 1be conduct of our elections" On this
subject the Governor says: "It doubtless
has existed in some degree for many
years and has been practiced by members
of all parties in the heat of political con-
tests. 1t has of late, assumed suoh alarm
inn proportions as to challenge public at
tention and demand drastic treatment at
the hands Of the legislature. =
The Executive declares that distinct
danger threatens in these tlmea OF over
grown fortunes when the corrupt hand Of
am bilious wealth is extended to seize up
on the great political places heretofore
supposed to belong to those whose good
citizenship, worth and attachments com.
mended to the electorate of thess5ate. AND
he homes that men of all parties who love
their state and recognize the common
peril will unite is eradicating it.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
Hearing ON Nutter Case.

Wiscasset, January 5.-The hearing in
the Abhie Nutter case for the appoint
ment of guardian, was begun before
Judge Kenniston of the Probate court to-
day. The Probate court room was too
small to accommodate the crowd which
attended, the case being heard in the Su-
perior court room. Great interest Is
manifested In the oase in this section.
and sensational developments are looked
for later. But two witnesses, Miss Ourish
and Miss Nutter's brother Richard, have
been examined. The hearing adjourned
until Friday next at ten O'Clock.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
MR.. QUAY GETS THERE.
AS Pennsylvania Senator Has a Habit
of Doing.


Penrose Nominated to Succeed Senator
Cameron In Republican Caucus on First
Ballot.
Harrisburg, Pa, January 5.-The
full Republican cauous of the senate
and house held tonight to chose candi-
dates for United States senator to sue
ceed Senator Cameron, resulted in ls5
votes for State Senator Penrose OF Phila-
delphia, 7t votes for ex-postmaster gen
eral John Wanamnker, one for Senator
Cameron, one for ex-congressman John
B. Robinson, and one for Judge R1ce,
presiding judge of the superior court.
Senator Ksuffman,a Wanamaker lead
er moved to make the NOMINATION
Unanimous. He said tine motion was
made at the request Of Mr.. Wanamaker.
The motion was adopted and the caucus
adjourned.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
Murderous Assault in bingham

bingham, Mass, January 5.-Mortimer
O'Brion last night made q murderous as
sault un Ernest Hay ball at the residenc 6
of O'Brion's divorced wife. O'Brion and
Hayball got into dispute and O'Brion
fired one shot which missed him. Hay
ball returned the fire. wounelng " Brlen
in the shoulder, O'Brion disappear ed at
Ter the shooting, but was afterward
picked up in Boston by the division off
cars last night.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06

the formalitie5.
In the Senate caucus Senator A. II.
Savage nominated for president Albert
R. Day of Corinna, Penobsoot county.
and the nomination was seconded by
Engel of Bangor and carried.
Kendall III. Dunbar of Damariscotta
was unanimously nominated secretary oi
the Senate.
E. Il. Purinton of York county, Amos
j. Butler of franklin county were pre-
sented for nomination Tor assistant secre.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06

a young man and was presented by Judge
Philbrook of Waterville.
For third folder there were also three
candidates: Henry Chaney, S. s. Hol-
brook OF Harpswell who served the last
house, and Louis j. Drawn of Gardiner.
The ballot resulted in the choice of Mr..
Brawn:
49, 80. Whole number, 135
Henry Ohaney.
8. s.. Rolbrook, 81
Louis J. Brawn, 20
. -Four candidates were in the field for
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
[spEoIAr TO THE PREss.l

Augusta, Me-, January 5.-The only
thing which now remains to compIete
the organization of the legislature Is the
formal election tomorrow of the officers
nominated by the Republican members
in the Senate and House oauCuses this
evening. Of course the members must
first take the oath of office, but there
are no contests to be settled and that I'M
portant question will also figure among
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
Gould not SIeep-Run
Down Nervous Fe-
male Troubles and
Weakness. all these
Ailments succunb to
3ukeY's Kidney Pills.

IT was troubled with kidney disease, great
Iy run down and so nervous that l could not
sleep. / heard of Buker's Kidney. Pills, and
procured one box which gave me immediate
relief, tits more than you recommend for
female troubles and weakness"
Ellsworth Falls. Me. Mrs. Sarah F. Joy.
Pills soc. at the druggist or mailed postpaid for
price. Dr. f. C. Buker will give advice by letter
tee. Write for our valuable book on backache.
Bskey PHI Co., Bangor, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
SENATOR PERKINS RENOMINATED
Kennebunk Boy Will Again Represent
California In Washington.

Sacramento, Cal, January b.-United
States Senator George G. Perkins was
unanimously re-nominated by joint
caucus of Republican memb bers of the
legislature tonight. The nomination is
equivalent to election.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
More Contracts for Bath Iron Works.

Washington, January 5.-Contracts for
light VESSELS and light house tenders
were awarded today by tho treasury de-
partrnent as follows: Wolf g. Zwioker,
Portland, Oregon, one light vessel to be
done in ten months, s75, co; Bath Iron
company, Bath, Maine, two light vessels
to be done in nine months S74, 5oo each,
one tender to Re done in eight months,
s72, 600, Lewis Nixon Crescent Shipyar
Tlizabeth, N. j., one tender to DO done
In eight monthe, $72, 200
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
New Hampshire Nominations.

Concord, N. H., January 5.-The Re-
publjcan legislative cauouses were held
tonight. Chester B. Jordan Of Lancas-
Ter Was nominated president ofsthe senate
and James F. Briggs Of Manchester
speaker of the house. Senator Gallin ger
will probably be renominated by accla-
nation
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
A Wreck aud Drowning Accident.
rsPECIAI TO THE PRESS.1

Damariscotta, January 5.-An un-
known vessel from Boston went ashore
on Southern end Monhegan Island at
4 q. %. Monday loaded with 1890 bar
refs Of kerosene. The vessel liz total
loss. Part Of the cargo and crew OF five
were saved. Uninsured. George Simmons
was drowned Monday afternoon. While
setting lobster traps, the boat capsized.
He was q resident OF Muscongus Island
near Round Pond, aged 80. and married.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
Hieh water al Norway.

Norway. January Sit is raining hard
here and the rivers. especially the
Crooked and An1roscoggin, are rising
rapidly to n threatening point. Unless
the weather changes In few ho1rs
much damage is probable.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
READY FOR THE WORD.
Legislature Will Begin Business To.
day.
OFFICERS FOR BOTH HOUSES NOMI.
MATED LAST EVENING.

Caucuses Attended With No Particular
surprlses-LittIe Chance for Austral-
liam Ba Hot Law to Be Amended
Status of the Attorney Generalship
Contest.
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THE WEATHER..

Boston, Jan. g.
Local forecast for
Wednesday: Fair,
colder, west winds,
fair Thursday.
Washington, Jan.
5. Forecast f o I
Wednesday for New
England: Partly
cloudy, probably
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
1,anri,rDeolines To Be Knighted.

Montreal, January 5.-While hon. Win
fred Laurier, the dominion premier de-
cIines to discuss the matter II IS learned
from reIiable sources he has definitely Ie-
fused the preferred honor of knighthood.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06

second doorkeeper They were Walter D.
Bean of Jay, Philo P. Turner of White
field, Charles M. Bradbury of Biddeford
and e. E. Maxim of Vienna. The second
and decisive ballot gave Mr.. Bean so
votes, Mr.. Turner, 6; Mr.. Bradbury, 2s,
and Mr.. Maxim, 6.
THE COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Larrabee will be ready to an
nounoe his committees when the House
meats next week. He is as silent as the
Sphynx about the appointments, ..but
some indications are always seized upon
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06

3 Consumption is the natural result of
regleoted cold, Dr.. Woods Norway
Pine Syrup cures coughs, bronchitis.
asthma and lung troubles of all sorts
down to Che very borderland Of oonsump-
Eeu.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06

fLe Republicans of the inco nlng MAS
sachuset ats uomlna oise r.
Lnwren for president last night.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-06
Lewiston Favors state Leagae.

Lewiston, January 5.-There was a
meeting of ths Lewiston Baseball asso-
citation tonight The sentiment was in
faver 49,. 'g7. 1t S
vctcd that Il 9 direct rs hnv Q Soc :
tion repre-
leag : J. omoters at Augusta. soon to be
/ eld. |
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-11

carrier promise to become as relatively
un1mpOrtant to its larger use for the
purpose OF navigation AS the MISSISSIPPI
pl at ST. Louis or the rivers that wash
Manhattan.
Primarily, it will be Chicago's har-
Dor. lt WILL be twenty-eish5 miles
long, and with depth of Lwenty-.ix
feet and surface width of 300 feet II
will admit any vessel which sails these
inland seas. 1t is here that Chicago
has exhibited a long foresig. t. The
federal government has now practical
ly completed the work of opening
twenty foot channel from the furGner
end OF Superior and Michigan to Buff
falo; but there are as yet no hsrbors on
tie lakes of similar draft. IL Is just
this That the drainage canal will pro-
vide Tor Chicago, with an lnevita BILE
stimulus to It's lake carrying trade,
Already the western metropolis is
the greatest inland port in the world,
and in point of tonnage the world IS
third port, inland or seaboard The
new harbUr will be the finest and larg-
est on the lakes and afford unlimited
water frontage aud dock room.
More tnan all this the canal must
eventually for N part of broad chan
mel from Lake Michigan to the Missis-
sippi and the Gulf of Mexico. With
an extension OF siXty-SiX miles from the
present terminus at LSckp To it will
carry navigation to tue illinois river
and p our into the latter such d stream
as Will multiply the present volume
sixteen times. 1t will make the river
navlgable to craft OF fourteen teet
draft from it's junction with the canal
to its mouth.-CarI Snyder ia Rsvi- W
OF Reviews.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-11

more to help build up Ell Paso than any
real estate company in the city. The
lots in Franklin heights are being re-
tailed cut at low figures with COM
ple,e abstract of title, and sales are
being made fast at working men g
living prices. The promising shade
trees which the company Ma, has
tie avenue, Texas, Wyoming, Montana
and Austin streets are growing rapid
ly and already are becoming marked
ornament to the resident part of the
city. And as these are the best ma
cadamized streets in town they are
fast becemirg the principal drives. 1t
is pleasant to drive along Austin, Wy
Oming and Montana streets and note
the improvements, oticeably the sys-
tenn of irrigation which has been in
troduced there. This is carried on by
running a four inch pire up from the
Southern Pacific round house and
spreading the waste water from the
round house through the bitches of
Franklin nights. The water is not
oily or at all greasy;it is perfectly
clear. Such systems of irr:gs ton OBJ
tain in Denver, Salt Lake and other
cities to the northwest water
tiers and'ditches from earlyspring to late
,, in the fall. In that way vegetation is
Kept Cd the bloom and the boom seven
to eight months in in the year.
The Ell Paso Real Estate company
lately sold out pearly all of it's realities
on Myrtle Avenue, and they are now
being ex ensively built upon. Here
tofore the company has not gone into
building operations, it's business
having been confined to handling
real estate and making loans. But il
i is now proposing to build number OF
handsome residences on Wyoming
stree. which :hey will offer for GALE al
| the cost of construction, on easy terms
and at low rate of interest. The
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-11
FRANKLIN HEIGHTS.

In accordance with the plan of the
HERALD to set forth the real estate
and building interests of Ell Paso in
special write-ups 10 stated issues of the
HERALD, the Campbell Real Estate
company and their work were present.
ed two weeks ago to the public. This
week, the HERALD takes pleasure in
showing what the Ell Paso Real Estate
company and the Franklin heights ad-
ditiOn people have succeeded in doing
for the city of Ell Paso.
1t is safe to say that no property
here is becoming more valuable and
better located than the Franklin
heights addition, formerly known as
Morehe ad S addition 1t comprehends
300 acres, covering eighty city blocks.
ext nding from Magotfi1 avenue north
10 tho foothills. This add ton is
owned by the Ell PasO Real Estate COM
pany whose directors are G.. Nj. Will
Iiams, president; Richard Fl. Hutton,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-11
A Learned Woman.

1t may be surprise 10 learn that
Miss Florence Bascom, who is at the
head OF the geological teaching at Bryn
Mawr college, Is also one OF he as
sistants OF the Unitel States geOlog zeal
survey. Miss BascOm, who has the
right to inScribe "Ph. D." after her
name, has just returned from Russia,
where she ate nded the meetings of the
seventh international geological con-
gress. The Russians proved extremely
hOepltable entertainers. By invita- ion
of the Car the biologists took an ex-
curslOn into the Caucasus, and. also
made u visit to Finland, because the
geology Of that country is considered
peculiarly interesting. Miss Bascom
was entertained at many receptions
and formal banquets.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-11
ChicagO's Great Ditch.

The city of Chicago is so remarkable
In every way that we have ceased to
view with surprise any undertaking
which it may assume. After its white
wonder. risen like a dream frOu out of
. bleak mOrass; after its thirty-story
sky-scrapers floating on the unstaple
foundations of a bog, we can in 70 wise
marvel that it should build d drainage
sewer to carry a volume of water as
large as the Ohio river and costing
1900 900.
But the import OF the Chicago drain
age canal has been obscured by it's
name. Few besides iis engineers real
ize that it's unique cOntriva1ces, it's
monster machines and novel method ,
OF construct on were to show this ma
ton how it might be possible to build
q canal which would carry boat from
New York at the mouth of the Hudson,
1000 miles inland, to the base OF the
Rocky Mountains.
The cunal is in reality huge arti-
fetal river. Its functions MS a sewage
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-11

company will not allow a house TO go
up on that street that is to cost less
than $4,000. This in itself will make
that q very desirable residence part OF
the city, particularly as 60 many other
parts have adobe or small houses,
while this section of the town will be
devoted to thS finer grade of residence
properties.
The Ell Paso Real Estate company
has 10 anticipation al improvement
thas the town has long been in need of
and that is an electric street railway
from the plaza to Fort Bliss. The i'm
provement will have been started with
in a year, aud the line will run from
the plaza and Oregon street north to
the Boulevard. and thence east on the
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-11

vice-presideDt--both being members OF
the Colorado Springs firm of Thurlow,
Hutton and Williams; with w. 81.
Long andA. p. Coles as the local
directors. Mr.. Coles is secretary as
well as local manager and agent for the
company.
The present owners purchased
Fraokl'n heights property in 1891, and
at once began to improve and make at
trsctive the addition. AS q part of
the plan they planted 200 shade trees,
grade d and Dacadamized the streets
all in a substantial manner. The FL
Paso Real Estate company was or
ganized in 1896 under the management
of Mr.. Coles, and members of the COM
pany hold that it has done as much Or
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-11

ed vet whether the road will be an
overhead trolley, or the third rail sys-
tenn; bnt that it will be built does not
admit of doub.. This will be a great
thing for Ell Psso, AMI will certainly
materially help in building up Frank
lin heights addition.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-11

The above is good presentation
of Alfred P. Coles, the we'll known real
es ate de aler who has for the last eight
years been an energetic and progress
sive citizen and business man Of Ell
Paso. Mr.. Coles came from Lebanon,
TEMP, and married in this city, Miss
Nellie Bell. daughter of Mrs. L. M.
Bell, aad grand niece of the late Judge
P erson, a leading property owner and
after whom the Pierson hotel was nam
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-11

ed. Mr.. Coles is the manager of the
Ell Psso Real Estate company, as we'll
as manager of the Ell Paso Building.
and Real Estate company. He has been
deeply interested in the welfare of the
city; has ever been on the look out for
the welfare of the town, and has left
no stone unturned to bring capital and
enterprise into this place Mr.. Coles
is a good kind of citizen to have
around.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-11
THE WEEKLY HERALD.

TIE WEGNEv T1EhACD.
a large eight page paper giving the
local events OF the week, published
every Saturday. just the paper to
send friends for Information regard.
ing e Faso. Price So. 90 per yesr-
ak months 81. 90.