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The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03

But few senatorial contests now re-
main to be settled. There Is the vacancy
in Delaware where triangular struggle
is going on. Another IN Kentucky,
which depends on the action Of Governor
Bradley. The Kentucky Legislature does
not meet until 1898 and no one. not even
Me. Bradley, seems to know what he
will do in the matter. The. Florida Leg
islature meets in April when most likely
MIR. Call Will be elected. The Oregon
Legislature 10 in deadlock and South
Dakota. Mr.. Kyle is seeking reelection
and insUtah the fight is still on. The
interests of the nation demand that every
seat In the..Sehatssbe occupied at the-ap-
proaching extra session of Congress.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03
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II there be any opposition to the Engel
railroad bill 1t did not make it's appear
ance at the hearing at Augusta yester-
day. The Alden interest which it was
thought would oppose it upon q fuller
understanding of the measure seems to
have concluded along with the other In
terests that it was desirable. The sus-
picion with which the bill WAS regarded
at it's first appearance was due in part to
the suddenness with which 1T burst forth,
and partly te the general impression that
in almost all railroad measures there is
a cat under the meal, in other words
that the bill means more than it appears
to. an Impression by the way
which is too frequently correct one. In
the light Of the explanation which has
been offered this bill appears to be one in
the interest of the owners of the property
and it's securities, not the majority
owners merely, but all the owners.
Probably 1t will meet no opposition of
consequence in the legislature, except
possibly in some of it's minor details.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03

/. AS the time of the municipal election
is drawing nigh we want to call at
tention to the fact that everyone knows,
but which many are prone to. forget, that
in the great majority of cases the caucus
decides who shall fill our municipal
Offices. Hence it is of the greatest inn
portancs that the people who desire that
the city shall have competent Officials
SHOULD interest themselves in the
primaries. There will he little danger
that the offices will be captured by in.
ferior men, who may be seeking themEfoI
their own advantage, if all the people
take an interest in the CAUCUS.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03

1t turns out, as might have been an
tiotipated from it's source, that the
alleged interview with Lyman j. Gage,
in tho New York World, in which that
gentleman was made to freely express
views ON the currency problem was
manufactured cut of whole cloth. MIR.
Gage has not communicated his views to
the World or any other paper. Hardly II
day passes but the World contains some
alleged interview with public man as
false as this, and yet it boasts the largest
circulation In the country. which goes to
confirm the opinion Of the late P. L.
Barnum, that the American people dear
~ love to be bumbuRg ed.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03
Mean temperature ion this month ion 20

Mean temperature for this month for 20
years ...........: .....:........ ......... 49,
Average excess of daily mean temperate
ure during the month. ...:..:....... 3.5
temp. since Jan. 1......:. .............. LOO
Average daily excess in temperature
since Jan. 1st.... SO
Prevailing direction OF the wind. ........N
Total movement OF wind: 63o8 miles
+Maximum velocity of wind, direction and
date. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. SO, y, on the 2Sth
Total precipitation (inches) ...............4 400
Number OF days with .01 inch OF more
of precipitation. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s
TOTAL PRECIPITATION Gin inches) FOR THIS
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03

Senator Chandler's newspaper, the
Concord Monitor, has resurrected the
paragraph of the Repp blican platform
which deals with Cuba, ami expresses the
belief that "ths government of the
United States should actively use its
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8

The crusade instituted in New York
about six months ago against the riding
of bicycles by swomen has been taken up
by the disciples Of Charlotte Smith in
Massachusetts. Its early arrival in this
state may be. confidently looked forward
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03

The soothing, lung healing virtues of
the newly cut pine are all EN- bodied in
Dr.. Woods Norway Pine Syrup, the SOW
ereign remedy for coughs aid colds, and
lung troubles Of all sorts.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03
IL PRECIPITATIoN Gin inches) FOR THIS
MONTH IN

Average precipitation for this month for
20 years ....3...:.......... 3.52
Total excess in precipitation during
month. ................. ........... AT
Accumulated excess In precipitation since
January 1st....... ......... AT
Number OF clear days 10
Number of partly cloudy days. .......... Ii
Number of cloudy days. 8
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03
THE ATWOOD LEAD CO.
Notice Of Annual Meeting.

rs,eE animal meeting of the Stockholders
Of the Atwood Lead Co. will be held at
the Office 60 Of the Company, No. 4s2 Fore ST.
Portland, on Monday February 1st., n lssI. at at
3 o. clock p. M for the election 81 oi1ce si
ness that may legally come before the meet
ing. AUG. I. F UlLER, o oasI1
Portland, January, 2Srd, 1897. zaoto
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03

From the same publisher we have re-
ceived The Story of the Chosen People,
by Fl. A. Guerber, author of Myths Of
Greece and Rome. In this little volume
the story of the Chosen People or Hebrews
is told in the same objective manner as
the. story OF the Greeks and Of the
Romans by the same author. As In those
companion volumes of the Eclectic
School Readings. theYgreat characters anc
events of history are described in the
form sof. interesting stories which cannot
fail to attract the attention and impress
the minds of young readers. The nature
Of the subjects in this book gives it a
peculiar interest. Beginning with the
creation it gives in a connec ed series of
stories, an outline of the most important
events in the history of the Chosen
People. The book is we'll adapted for
supplementary reading in schools, tho
narrative being written in the simplest
style and easily within the comprehen-
sion of pupils in the third and fourth
reader grades. 1t is beautifully illus
trated by twenty-five full page repro
duotions Of celebrated paintings, numer-
Gus small cuts, and by sketch maps Of
Jerusalem and the Holy Land.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03
JOLIET RAIL WAYC0
5 Per Gent. ST.
20 YEAR GOLD BONDS,
Dated August LIST, 1896.
Principal and interest Payable
i'm Portland, Me.

The Joliet Railway Company owns and
operates the entire street railway system
in Joliet ILL.,, and line to Lockport,
manufacturing town five miles distant,
situated at the present terminus OF the
Chicago Drainage Canal.
The population Of Joliet, incl udlng
Lockport is over 49, GOO.
The Joliet Railway Company owns
sixteen miles of track, large brick and
stone power house with double equip
ment of boilers, engines and generators.
a large stone car-barn with capacity OF
over 40 cars, and other valuable real es-
tate.
The property has cost over 100000.
and the present owners are now eXpend-
ing on track and car equipment about
$4,000 more. The present mortgage is
for $3.50, 900, and covers all present prop
erty and all that may hereafter be ac-
quired.
The railroad has been recently pur-
chased by Portland parties and is con-
trolled by them. The net earnings of the
road are two and one-half times the in
terest on the bonds.
The officers and directors of the road
are: J. A. Henry. Joliet; W. B. McKin-
ley, Chicago; ]. E. Burnham, Edward
Woodman, Weston F. Milliken, Henry
P. Cox, Walter. G. Davis, c. L. Baxter
and George f. Duncan, all of Portland.
Price and further particul ars upon ap-
plication.
GEORGE r. DUNCAN,
40 Exchange St. Portland. Me
jan27d2w
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03
Monthly weather SUMMARY.

The following summary of the condi-
ton of the weather during the past
month has been received from E. P.
Ionac observer.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03
NASAL
cATAR Ri
LOCAL DIsEARE

and is the result of colds
and sudden elm attic
changes.
This remedy does not con-
tain mercury or any other
injurious drug,
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03

Elementary Meteorology by Frank
Waldo, junior professor in the United
States signal office, from the same pub
Usher, is book especially adapted to
High schools and colleges. It is a pioneer
in this field and the only book so far
published that fills ..ths demand for a
high school text book of meteorology.
The authors experience as practical
meteorologist and teacher Of the science
has.givenHhim unusual qualifications and
advantages for writing a work which
should possess all the essential qualities
of q .modern text book. It is not too
much to say that sDr. Waldo has done
this in very satisfactory ma inner in the
present book. 1t is first of all q practi-
cal text book, the result of actual expert
ence in teaching the subject. AS BELTS
the text book of q new and progressive
science, it is modern in method and
treatment. Its subjects are 80 clearly
presented and simplifed that what has
been commonly regarded as an occult
science,;to beTstudied only by few scien-
fists and experts, has been made as SIM
pie, as easy, and as comprehensive as
any other science.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03

The same publishers issue An Essay
on Robert Burns, by Thomas Carlyle.
This EDITORS notes to this edition are
interesting and helpful. The introduce
ton which deals both with Carlyle and
Burns, makes just the right points to
impress the student before commencing
the. study of the essay. The book is uni
form with the Eclectic English Clas-
aics in print and binding. and it's price
shows that the best literature is now
within the reach OF all.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03

sThe BICYCLES are the celebrated Pierce Spe clas,
1897 Pattern m'fd by Geo. Pierce q Cos o. qua
falo. Boston and New York. Fitted with HartIoro
Tires, First Glass Nickle Lamp, New DegarGldIIr n
Bell, Standard Cyclometer. and Hunt Lace Saouie'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-28

NIurderous Work of a san Francisco School
Teacher-The Cause.

San Francisoo, Sept. fill Deppe.
n school teacher at Fifteenth and Shot
well streets this evening, shot and seri-
ously wounded Joe Zammitt,a member
Of truck s. The shooting took place in
front of the FIRE house at 1921 Market
street where Zammitt Is stationed. The
bullet entered the fireman's side.
passed thu luEh the left upper portion
Of the abdomen and perforated the in
testinas. peppe was arrested and
locked up in the city prison on a
charge OF assault to murder.
According TO the story of the
wounded man he was standing in front
Of the truck house with Maurice Hig-
gins, also member of the company,
when DeDpe accosted them. Without a
word Of warning Deppe drew "A revolt
Yer and lacing the muzzle against his
victims side. fired. Policeman Living
ston was passing the house at the time
and he soized Deppe just as the latter
was about to fire second shot.
Deppe, when asked why he had shot
the fireman, declared that he had
ruined his family Zammitt denied the
story told by his assailant. He says he
Is acquainted with Mrs. Deppe, but
never visited her during the absence of
her husband.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-28

AS was well understood at the time
by your representatives and probably
by all miners, the scale Of wages adopt
ed and agreed upon last spring for
northern Illinois was fixed at certain
figures for the express purpose of cna-
bling the mine owners Of northern IL
linois to compete with central and
eastern Illinois and Indiana mines, and
was based upon the wages which were
then in effect in those districts. The
scale of wages formulated Mt the re-
cent meeting at Springfield Is not aon
sistent with the basis OF mining wages
agreed to last spring. Even If the
present contracts between the MANA
gers and miners Of northern Illinois
were to be wiped out the mine owners
OF this district could not compete with
the mines of central and eastern H.
linois and Indiana ON the scale % wa
ges proposed at the Springfield meet
ing, and the conditions of last veqr
when you did not work half time. would
be repeated. The price demanded by
the Springfield meeting for mining In
eastern Illinois Is four to seven to per
cents per ton higher than the price
which was being paid In that district
Mt the time of our settlement and upon
which our settlement was based. The
price now demanded IN the Springfield
district Is only to 8 cents above tie
price which was being paid NJ that
time. The price now demanded for
Pana is not to exceed 3 cants higher.
The districts referred to can produce
enough coal to supply the entire trade
now enjoyed by northern Illinois, or
which we can hope to get, md they
are our most direct and closest com.
petitofs. The wages demanded in
northern Illinois by the Sprinsiic
meeting are an advance Of II cents per
ton over the wages agreed to last
sDrinp md enho1ipd I'm otr cont RI & 8
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MURDERED HIS FAMILY.
Then Put a Bullet in His Own Head With Fatal
Effect.
TERRIBLE DEED OF AN IOWA FARMER.


Carrolton, Iowa. Sept. 27. - The
slaughter of a mother and her six chill
dren occurred at the home of John
Boecker. n farmer living eight miles
northwest of here, last night, Becker.
5ba flendish husband completed his
,loody work by sending bullet Into
his own head, inflicting a fatal wound
rbe family were prosperous Germans
and as far as is known mad lived hap
nilv. No motive for the tragedy has
been disclosed.
Boecker's victims are his wife and
thsse children: Caroline. aged l4;
christine, aged 0; Henry, aged 9: Liz
gir aged G; John. aged 3; and an I'M
FAINT. All are dead but Henry. and the
later cannot recover from his wounds.
Boecker's brother, Henry. VINO ilNes
about twenty rods away, Went TO thS
boi,se at O'Clock this morning and
,yns the first to know Of the tragedy.
I}oec,er, with his wife and baby, SLEPT
Ga "a bgck room, and their corpses lay
an one bed. The wife had been shot
i'm the neck with n shotgun which stood
IN the corner: the baby had been shot
and It's head had been crushed WIN
mo butt of revolver. The man sun
Nrqathinr. had n bullet hole high up
on tho forehead, and by his side was
a smith & Wesson revolver with two
chambers empty.
t'nstaIrs Henry and Lizzie lay on n
he'd with bullet holes in their heads
tro inter dend, the boy still breathing.
In the opposite corner of the same
roon, Caroline. Christine and John were
dend, each with n bullet hole IN the
sorehead. though Caroline had two.
inte this afternoon the bodies were
stil untouched, the sherin ana c"ro-
nor being occupied in arranging Tor
the inquest and other pren'lli'1 ~.
n was undoubtedly "a case OF mur-
dor and suicide. All b,.9 two children
mot with instant death, for the blood
plots were under the head and they
Inv MS calmly in renose as IL In sleep
XII except Henry, who is not yet dead,
were attlred in night robes. Inc
,yaonon Boecker had borrowed from
his brother Henry last Thursday, re-
marking that he wanted 1t to kill rats
I'm the cellar. 1t Is now recalled that
Rocker had since then practiced tar
yet shooting.
Boecler was "a years old, and for
twenty years lived in the same neigh
borhood; in fact, on the same farm.
He has been regarded as prosperous
farmer and only recently bought a
20O-acre farm n few miles from the old
homestead Yesterday he attended
catholic services with his family.
Later he was visited by a neighbor,
who says that when he left the Blocker
home in the evening they were SEEM
incly a happy family, and not pre-
monition of the awful tragedy enacted
a few hours later was given by
Blocker or any one of the household
Members of his fathers family say
he had no family troubles, his financial
affairs were In good shape and they
can assign no motive for the terrible
crime.
on the other hand, It is said that
John had disagreed with the old folks
and Henry over the occupancy of the
farm on which John lived, and this Is
assigned by some as the cause of the
trouble which eliminated in murder
and suicide.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-28
TELEGRAPHIC BREVlTlES.

The official reports of the French
harvests of barley and oats for 1897
show that the former will yield 1852,
2l0 hectollters, compared with 1919, l52
in 1896: and that the latter viii yield
S70lG690 compared with Sg,0O3,S5S in
1896
Tom Sharkey, the San Francisco
pugilist, has drawn the color line and
now positively refuses to meet Peter
jackson or any other colored man in
the ling. He expressed himself as
willing to meet Charley Mitchell.
Physicians say the yellow fever sit
uatlon in the South is improving.
It is reported that the brig
Francisco last February, with 100 south
sea colonists, Is now engaged in the
slave trade, The colonization scheme
was a failure. The men who had
started in sarch of an Adamless Eden
fell to quarrelling, and after selling
their vessel, scattered in various direc-
lions.
Captain Frank II. johnson, master
of the Pacific Mail Steamship COM
pany's steamer City of Sydney, died at
his home insan Francisco Monday
night. For some time he has been suf-
fering from liver complaint and dropsy.
on Friday morning an operation was
performed, from the effects of which
he never rallied, He was one of the
best known ship captains on the Pa
cinc.
Replying to the accusation of the In
consistency made against him for con-
demning the concert or so-called con-
cert of the powers. Mr.. Gladstone
writes from London; In 1850 we
tried to make the concert act and we
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-28
FIGEL OUT ON RAIL.
Surprise Caused by the Action of the Call
formal state Prosecutor.

San Francisco, Sept. 27.--Judge Car
ron Cook decided today to admit The
odorr A, Figel. charged with the MUIR
DER Of his employer, Isaac Hoffm an. to
bail PENDING the trial of the case
tgWnst him. The amount fixed was
10000. The question came up for de-
,lsIon upon habeas corpus proceedings
hut after the court had decided that
ms was not the proper course of pro-
orlugc in the premises. District At
t1In'y Barnes created considerable
tulprise by announcing that as the
y'lcial prosecutor of the county he had
no objection to the admission of the
leieudant TO bail, us the evidence was
conflicting and uncertain, and LETT con-
tlaIahle doubt as to the guilt OF the
l'isndart Attorney Ach, who has
uteH enSaged as special counsel for the
ltNisehHnn, appeared surprised at this
stoigment and apologized to the court
tur having taken up its time, saying
MAJ he ahoulG certainly net have done
~ hea he known OF the views of the
hstrct attorney.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-28

The New York Silver Democrats Make Him
Their Choice.

New York. Sept. 27.--The most i'm
portant development In the Greater
New York political situation today was
the unanimous nomination of Henry
George for mayor by the United Demo
cracy composed OF numerous free silver
and Bryan clubs. Mr.. George once
polled GS000 votes as a labor candidate
for mayor of New York. His strength
If they should accept, would be drawn
principally from the Democratic vote.
A belief is current that Mr. George
will not accept tonights nomination II
Tammany lndorses the Chicago plat
form.
ON the other hand. the old-time
Democratic leaders prefer TO ignore the
silver question altogether. 50 the
Democrats nre ms much worried over
Henry George as the Republicans are
oNer Seth Low.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-28
BOSTON AS A WINNER.
baltimore Team Falls Before tho Terrific
Onslaught OF Their Opponents.

=, Baltimore, Sept. 27.-Outslde of a lit
u' contingent of faithful Boston root
Eutaw house, there ia no Joy in Baltl-
MgG' tonight, Boston has taken the
rubber in the crucial series. is ahead in
me hght for the pennnnt and there
srfms TO be but little probability that
ne champions" can save It, Iloffer,
th1 Wiznrd;" Nops, the "Southpaw,"
quo Brother Joe" Corbett, all went
1.-Two like ripe grain in a hurricane be-
.ot- the terrific onslaught Of Boston's
l9litrs, Until what seemed at first to be
victory for the home team, was final
y turned into n rout, the Ike of which
1los been seldom witnessed on ball
me score by innings is as follows
baltimore -. i. "a 0O002 2 o-10
eoa'on.. =. =. ....131 40 81 lis
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-28

tnry Wilson for Distribution.
Washington, Sept. 7.--Secretary VIII
son of the agricultural department
has secured an order from the post
office department permitting the agents
of the agricultural department to at
tach the government frank to pack
ages of sugar beets to be sent from
growers to the experiment stations
throughout the country for analysis.
Last spring the agricultural depart
ment sent sugar beet seed to farmers
in twenty-seven states. II is now the
intention to test the beets grown from
these seeds In the various localities
for saccharine strength, and 1t is de-
sired that this work shall he con-
Quoted at the experiment stations.
Under the arrangements made today
with the pustoillce department the
officials at the experiment stations will
be allowed to sent postal franks to all
farmers TO whom they supplied seeds,
by the use of which they can send
through the mails free Of cost pack
ages of beets not exceeding four
pounds In weight.
Returns have been received from
some of the experimental growths, and
Secretary Wilson said today that, con-
trary to his expectations. the best re-
ports have been received from the
South. rather than form the North
Beets grown in the vicinity of Rich
mond, Va, give returns of from 10 to
is per cent of saccharine matter, and
from the Pecos valley in New Mexico
from Is to 22 per cent. In Europe an
average of 10 per cent is considered
large
1t is Mr.. Wilson's intention to dis
tribute twelve tons Of sugar beet seed
next spring. Heretofore all the seeds
distributed by the department have
been procured in Europe. The growers
in Utah have promised three tons this
year and It is expected that other To-
calities will furnish part of the supply
necessary.