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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-15
MORE TURKISH oUTRAoEs.


Abdul Hamid's Soldiers Continue Habit of
Numbering Christians.
London, March 15.-The Morning Post
publishes despatch from Constantinople
saying that advices from Athens show
that the people of that town are in a
terrible condition. The Armenians are
In fear of their lives and dare not leave
the quarters allotted to them for ocou-
pancy. The Turkish officials aIe using
every means to enforce the collection of
taxes despite the fact that the district has
been devastated and people have scarce
ly anything to meet the demands made
upon them. The Turkish troops have not
been paid IN months ard they threatsn
to commit excesses If their arrears of
wages are not promptly settled.
Many similar reports are received from
other provinces in Anatolia. 1t Is
rumored tnat a massacre of Armenians
has taken place in Sivas. 1t 10 stated
that Russian troops on the Anatolian
frontier will occupy the country in event
of disorders breaking out. Advices from
another source are to the effect that that
disorders have occurred at Gemerek,
Vilayet, Sivas and several Armenians
have been killed. An agent named Usuf,
who was disbursing relief to the sufferers
at Sert Vilayet of Dial berk, was
murdered and robbed of 500 pounds fur
nished him for relief Of the sufferers.
The money was part Of the Duke OF
Westminster Armenian fund. The
offenders were probably Kurds. Sir
Phillip Ourrie, British am mbassadcr, and
Mr.. Terrill, the American minister have
demanded that the Porte punish the
murderers and restore the money stolen.
~ Supports Admiral Rsinick.
London, March 14.-The Times CORE
spondent from Athens telegraphs infor-
nation which supports Admiral Reinick
in his denial Of the charges against him.
The correspondent suggests that the in
surgent chiefs excused themselves to the
admirals during the interview at
Akrotiri Thursday, by denying that they
mad received warning from Admiral
Rsinick that the foreign warship would
fire upon them ii they continued their
attack upon Canea.
Blockade viii Begin Wednesday.
:; London, March 1b.-The Chronicle
claims to have authority to state that a
blockade Of Crete aud certain unnamed
Greek ports will begin Wednesday, an
ultimatum to that effect having been de-
livsred to Greece.
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Spain Paralyzed in PHILIPPINES.

Madrid, March 14.-A despatch to the
impartial from Manila does not bear out
the rosy hued statements issued by the
government respecting the situation in
the PHILIPPINE islands. Instead Of the
Spanish troops winning successive
victories over the insurgents the I'm
paroial correspondent declares that the
campaign is almost paralyzed owing to
the lack of reinforcemsntS.
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Even Preaching About Bayard.

London, March 14.-Am bassador Bay
ard today attended services at St. Pauls.
The preacher alluded to the presence or
Mr.. Bayard and paid tribute to him.
Nobody, he snid, had done more to re-
move the disagreements between the
branches of the Anglo Saxon race, and il
was fitting in taking farewell of him that
the English shurch thank him for his
work.
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Maine Built Bark Lost.

New York. March 14.-On board the
steamer Vile de Bress, which arrived tos
day from Haytien ports were seven ship.
wrecked sailors of the bark Geneva of
Boston. wrecked off the harbor of Aux
Cages, February 2. The Geneva was
bound from Barbados for Trinidad with
ballast. The Geneva registered 44O tons
and was built at Buoksport, Me-, 1876.
Insurance unknown
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win Make One Murderer Less In Cuba.

Havana, via Key West, March 14--Gen
Melquizo, who was responsible for sthe
Delgado and many other atrocities in
Pinar dol Rio province. resentful at not
being promoted has decided to return to
Spain, and on the sick plea it is said
will sail on the twentieth.
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The Committee on Railroads
Telegrapils and Expresses

will give public hearing in Railroad Com
missioners' Office, at Augusta, Wednesday.
March II, 1897. at 2 O'Clock P. M, on the pc
ntion OF Alfred Lenox. and eight others to in
Telegraph and Telephone Company.
Wednesday, March II, 1897, at 2 O'Clock
p NJ, on the Petition of A. S. G. Hall and AZ
others OF Madison and Skowhegan, for exten-
sion OF the charter of the Skowhegan and Ath-
ems Railroad Co.
mar11dtd JORNM KALER, Sec'y.
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The Committee ON Mercantile
Affairs and Insurance

will give public hearing in its rooms at the
State House in Augusta, as follows:
Tuesday. March 18th, at O'Clock D. M. an
act to amend sections SO. 60, 81 and 81 of
chapter of the Revised Statues, relating to the
taxation OF insurance companies.
Tuesday, March 10th. at O'Clock D. M.
petitioners asking for change of law in regard
to applications and policies of assessment life
Insurance comp anes.
mar1Odtd WILL l. BURRILI. Sec
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MIR. Dingley, chairman of the waya and
| means committee of the last House, was
called upon to state what had been done
| in preparation of the work for which an
extra session of Congress had BEEN called
MIR Dingley said 81 congratulate the
Repu blioan elect of the 55th Congress on
the prompt and harmonious manner In
which the preliminary work of this
caucus has been accomplished. Gap
plnuse.) 1 trust that it is al augury OF
the promptitude and harmony which
will be exhibited on the extra session
which will open on Monday. The Repub-
lfcan members of the ways AM means
com mittee of the last House, In response
to general demand for this course, has
occupied several weeks in revising the
tariff with view of providing sufficient
revenue to carry on the government
without the necessity of borrowing in
time OF peace and at the same time 80
adjusting the duties as to encourage in
dustries of this country which have been
so badly stricken partly by excessive for
eign competition during the past three
years. We hope to complete this work by
Monday SO as to be able to present a
tariff bill to the House for reference to
the committee on ways and means which
will probably be then appointed and
for prompt report back to the House for
action. l will not undertake at this time
to foreshadow the provisions of the bill
which we shall present. Rest assured
that whatever shortcomings it may
have, will not be the result of a want I
careful consideration but of the inherent
difficulties in framing a measure of such
magnitude. The Republican members of
the ways and means committee who have
framed this measure believe however
that, barring the temporary interference
arising from anticipating importations
for the purpose of avoiding the new
duties, an interference which will de.
pend entirely upon tho promptitude or
the delay in its passage. the proposed
bill will secure the two ends so earnestly
desired by the country, sufficient reve-
nue. to run the government and the en-
couragement of American industries and
the opening of abundant opportunities
for labor. The Congress which will meet
in extraordinary session on Monday will
meet the expectation of our people with
out party distinction if it shall promptly
put upon the statute books q tariff meas-
ure that will meet these two ends. Capt.
tai and labor unite In asking that there
be no unnecessary delay. Let me again
indulge in the hope that the promptness
and unapimity of our preliminary action
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Fatal Shooting Accident at Milo.

Bangor, March la Milo special to
the Whig says that Fred Sargent Of Med
ford was acoidently shot through the
leart this afternoon while handling a
rifle. He was son of George W.
Sargent.
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rHE WEATHER.

Washington Mar.
14---Forecast 70,
Monday, for Maine.
New Hampshire,
and Vermont, fair,
preceded by snow
i n northeastern
Maine, in the morn
ing westerly winds,
colder in northern
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)RTLAND MORNING.

tonight may presage the same results In
the work OF the extraordinary session
which has been convened by the Chief
Executive who has just been inaugurated
amid the piaud It's of the people," GAP.
plauss.)
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portions.

Boston, Mar. .14.-Local forecast for
Monday, fair, colder, Monday night,
westerly winds.
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mir. REED CHOSEN.
Unanimously Nominated For Speaker
Of Next House.
NEARLY ENTIRE REPUBLICAN
MEMBERSHIP PRESENT

|
| Bestowed Upon Him--Chairman Ding
ley Addresses the Caucus-Attempt to
Change the Rules Fail.
WASHINGTON. March l3.-Speaker
Reed was unanimously nominatd for
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
at tonight's Republican caucus. The
attendance of members was unusually
large, 1872 of 203 Republicans being pres
ent. The new members were consplou-
ously Numerous. Mr.. Payne Of New
York was selected to place Mr.. Reed in
nomination. He referred in flattering
terms to Mr.. Reeds popularity in this
House. He said that Mr.. Reed was nom
in ated when this Congress was elected,
that he was the Oh oioe of the Republican
party and that it was the business of the
caucus to respond to this popular de-
mand.
When Mr.. Payne had taken his seat,
Mr.. Grosvenor Of Ohio, who occupied the
chair put the motion and it was adopted
without dissenting vote. Mr.. Payne
Of New York and Mr.. Cannon of Illinois
were designated to escort the Speaker,
who was quietly seated in his private
Office, to the -four. AS he entered, all
the mem bers rose to their feet and CRESTED
him with hearty burst of applause.
Mr.. Reed bowed his Acknowledgements
and standing in the area before the
Speakers desk said:
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Gentlemen, I am very greatly graft
fed by your kind action tonight and
shall try to serve your wishes with what
ever ability have. We have again, as
in the last Congress, politically divided
legislative power. The House of Repre-
sentatives will be Republican by con.
siderable majority and fresh from the
people will endeavor to carry out their
wishes. do not doubt your determin-
alton to do all in your power to bring
this session Of Congress to a speedy close.
Our duty Is simple and the people expect
us to perform it at once and then leave
to them the recovery of the country
from stagnation and depression of bust
ness which have SO sorely tried the pa
tisncs Of vigorous and growing people.
What others may see fit to do we do not
know, but we have strong hopes that all
branches of the government will be in
accord as 10 the policy of giving to the
people Immediately whatever relief their
wisdom may devise"
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Blockade VIII Begin wednesday.

:; London, March 15.-The Chronicle
claims to have authority to state that a
blockade Of Crete aud certain unnamed
Greek ports will begin Wednesday, an
ultimatum to that effect having been de-
livered to Greece
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18
HERE AND THERE.

by all means save all the partly-filled
cabbage heads for the poultry during
the winter; they have need of such
bulky food, and cabbage leaves fill the
bill.
The fallow field has no longer a
place in modern agriculture. With a
proper use of leguminous crops, in ro-
tation with grain and supplemented
with manure, the fallow is q pure
waste.
TO let the hogs follow the cattle is
filthy way of saving feed. Better
grind the grain and feed judiciously;
then what will be digested will be bet
ter for the cattle, and far healthier,
cleaner and better for the hogs.
We see grain fields every day which
could be turned into meadows or pas
lures with profit. Consider the cost
before again putting the plow to eer-
tain fields, and see If you can not do
better with them than you have been
doing.
1t is not often that pigs allowed to
make their beds in the straw pile do as
well as if given a more ventilated shell
ter The bed is so warm that when
they do come out they get so thor.
oughly chilled that their food does
them very little good.
The farmer need sapply nothing
but potash phosphoric acid and time
to the fields devoted to clover. for nitro
gen. the most expensive OF the ele-
ments his lands demand, will be sup.
piled by nature. being taken from the
atmosphere by the clover itself.
Verify, every question has two
sides. II manure is allowed TO lie in
the heap and fcrment, the moisture
aud warmth sprout aud destroy most
OF the weed seeds, aud prevent the
manure from fouliug The land, as il ~
ofteu does when hauled out fresh
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18
THE HORSE QUESTION.
There is IA Continued Demand for the Well
Bred Roadster.

The trend of the times is towards
better roads for the entire country and
grand speedways for all our cities.
What does this mean to the horse
breeder2 Not that there is going to be
an increased demand for fashionably-
bred trotting stock; not that the de-
mand for draft stock will be in excess
of the supply; and surely not that the
common grade horse will bring more
money than he now does. 1t simply
means that 1t has become the fashion
for wealthy men to own and drive for
themselves handsome, speedy horses.
They are not satisfied with any thing
but tie best, and when the desired
animal is found a long price does
not stand in the way. They are not
only willing to pay a fancy price
for him but seem actually to gloat
over it, and never let an op-
portunity pass of informing their
friends that he cost mint of money.
This being the case why not aim to
produce this luxury? Don't say that if
all breeders were to turn their atten-
tion to this line of breeding the mar
ket would soon be as badly over
stocked in this class as in any other.
If all persons were just alike this
would be the case in any walk in life
in which we might travel. But there
will always be premium on brains.
There will be enough failures
along this line as well as all
,tb 10
stand brightly out. 1t is not
business that the careless, slipshod
person will ever find remuuerative,
and there will be perhaps more room
as well as more money "on top than
anywhere IN the horse business.
But said one, don't you know
that the bicycle has made fearful in
roads into tine driving horse businessS"
No, do not know it. nor does any
one. There are hundreds and thou
sands of wheels on the road, but in
very few instances are they owned by
those who would have kept a horse
instead. There are but few wealthy
people who ride a bicycle but
have their driving horse as well.
IL will be a long time before the
stylishly-drcssed city woman of any
age will care To ride u wheel more
than a few hours each week. and even
this brief period OF exceedingly hard
S,ors will only cause her to appreciate
the ease, comfort and luxury of the
phaeton, carriage or victoria drawn
swiftly along by a handsome span Of
horses that are not only delight to
her. but the admiration of all passers-
by. There is no reason for the breeder
of road horses to disparage the bicycle
ady more than the farm wagon or bal
loon. Each has its place, and it is one
that the other can not fill-N. w. Ste
veas. in National Stocknan.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mrs. Margaret Deland is work
ing upon a series of sketches called
"old Chester Tales" which will be pub
lished next year.
-"Outlines in Color" companion
volume to "Vignettes of Manhattan,
will be Prof. Brander Matthews only
book for the year. The new volume,
like tbe earlier one, viii contain exactly
II dozen sketchco--one for each month.
Mr.. James Jeffrey Roche, editor OF
the Boston Pilot, has completed the
manuscript of a story entitled .het
Majesty the King: A Romance of the
Harem." Mr.. Oliver Herford is Illus
trating it, and it will probably be puo-
lisbed before the end of the year.
The Comtesse de Martel, better
known by her pseudonym, "Gyp' re-
GENTLY rode by autocar from Paris to her
newly purchased Chateau de Mlrabeau'
a distance of 500 miles. Some time ago
she was travelling on a railway Train.
when If met with an accident in tun-
mel. and it was her horror OF tunnels
that led to her long ride on her me-
chanical steed.
The latest society girl to go ON the
stage is Miss McCurley, the daughter OF
n retired naval officer and niece OF j.
Pierpont Morgan, the railroad magnate,
She is a Daughter of the Revolution, a
Colonial Dame, and is well known in
naval circles in Washington, Richmond,
baltimore and Philadelphia, but she Is
going to appear in New York in yaude-
Vile under the name of Sylvia Lisk.
The new "piano prodigy Bruno
Steindel, who is only six years old, VIII
make his first appearance in England at
the Crystal palace, in London, at the
opening concert of the season. The
child has already created sensation
on the continent, and his teacher, Prof.
Leschetizky, is said to have expressed
the opinion that he is by far the most
extraordinary of all the "wonder chill
dren" who have yet come before the
Dublic
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18

pounds per acre, or about 90 pounds OF
dry corn fodder to every bushel OF corn.
In 1896 Mississippi produced about U.s.
900, 600 bushels of corn and. therefore,
on the Georgia bases the amount OF
stalks and shuelss produced would
equal l, 300 900 tons of dry corn fodder.
1t is a fact, however, that nearly
half of this is made up of the
leaves and shucl1s which are pretty
generally utilized in this state.
but there is still left in the
fields the enormous total of $4,000
tons of stalks. If this is worth say So
ton the annual loss from this one
single waste on Mississippi farms
amounts to 81, $50, 600. If these stalks
were shredded we do not think they
would be worth anywhere near the
value put on them by the Georgia, sta
ton, $40 per ton, but right here is
where a question of Importance enters.
All agree that no such waste should be
allowed in any business, nor is there
another business which we can call to
mind in which so great a waste is per-
III tbeu. lFOQuc6TS III dlulOSb every
line to-day make every effort to utilize
all waste products and thereby
augment their profits. 1t is
agreed then that the farmers
of Mississippi should utilize if
possible, the SO, 900 tons of corn fodder
which annually go to waste, but the
question is how are they to do its The
only means yet devised for rendering
these stalks fit for stock food is the
shredder, and it is matter of grave
doubt whether the use of this machine
can at present be made profitable.
That is, the cost of shredding is SO
great that many claim the shredded
fodder is rather expensive food in the
end. Experiments at the Mississippi
experiment station would seem to indi-
cate this; still some better use should
be found for the corn fodder than al
lowing it to waste as is now the GUS
tom. Farm Gazette.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18
AMATEUR PIRATES.
Sir Francis brakes First Attempt In
the Art of Piracy.

Spain was not at war with England;
and when Drake sailed with four small
ships into the port of the little town OF
Nombre de Dios in the middle OF the
night, the inhabitants of the town were
as much astonished as the people OF
Perth Amboy would be if four armed
vessels were to steam into Raritan bay
and endeavor to take possession of the
town. The peaceful Spanish townspeo-
pie were not at war with any civilized
nation, and they could not understand
why bands of armed men should invade
their streets, enter the market place,
fire their calivers or muskets, into the
air, and then sound a trumpet loud
enough to wake up everybody in the
place. Just outside of the town the in
vaders had left a number of their men;
ard when these heard the trumpet in
tie market place, they also fired their
guns. All this noise and hubbub SO
frightened the good people of the town
that many of them jumped from their
beds, and, without stopping to dress,
fled away to the mountains. But all the
citizens were not such towards; and
IA or IS of them armed themselves and
went out to defend their town from the
unknown invaders.
Beginners in any trade or profession,
whether it be the playing of the piano,
the painting of pictures, or the pur-
suit of piracy, are often timid and dis
trustful of themselves; so it happened
on this occasion with Francis Drake
and his men, who were merely amateur
pirates, and showed very plainly that
they did not yet understand their busi
ness.
When the IS Spanish citizens came
into the market place and found there
the little body of armed Englishmen,
they Immediately fired upon them not
knowing or caring who they were. This
brave resistance seems to have fright
cned Drake and his men almost as much
as their trumpets and guns had fright
cned the citizens, and the English i'm
mcdiately retreated from the town.
When they reached the place where
they had left the rest of their party
they found that these had already run
away and taken to the boats. Conse-
quently Drake and his brave men were
obliged partly to undress themselves
and to wade out to the little ships. The
Englishmen secured no booty whatever,
and they killed only one Spaniard, and
he was man who had been looking out
of window to see what was the matter
Whether or not brakes conscience
had anything to do with the bungling
manner in which he made this first at
tempt at piracy, we cannot say; but he
soon gave his conscience holiday, and
undertook some very successful robbing
enterprises. He received information
from some natives that train of mules
was coming across the isthmus of Pana-
ma, loaded with gold and silver bullion,
and guarded only by their drivers; for
the merchants who owned all this treas
IRE had no idea that there was anyone
in that part of the world who would
commit a robbery upon them. But
Drake and his men soon proved that
they could hold up train of mules as
easily as some of the masked robbers in
our western country hold up train OF
/ cars. All the gold was taken; but the
silver was too heavy for the amateur
pirates 10 carry.-Frank r. Stockton, in
Century