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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02


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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05

Great Britain, France and Italy. Ger
many seems to have convinced the Czar
that she is safer ally than France will
over be, and Italy, with her bankruptcy
and territorial failures is likely TO be Of
decreasing Importance III the policy of
colonial extension which is to be the
chief political inspiration of Europe dur
ing the next decade. 1t needs but 8 sin
gle eye, as the Mail and Express remarks
to sea that Emperor William has method
In his SO called madness, and that in his
encouragement of, and aid to the Turk,
he has conciliated Russia, broken the
latter's alliance With France, and laid
the foundation of a we'll defined scheme
for weakening Great Britain's colonial
strength. And between these two con-
tending forces, Greece, with enthusiasm
creator than her resources, is being
crushed By the Moslem heel once more
with Europe calmly looking on.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05

nine influence in our schools which would
be supplied by woman on the oomm,ttae
This assumption is erroneous. The fami.
nine influence greatly predominates i,
the conduct of our schools today
10 be sure there are no wo men
on the school beard, but nine
tenths of the teachers are women. and
the tcacherssdo vastly more in moulding
the characters of the pupils and In direct
ing their education than the school COM
mittes ever did or ever can. The addi-
tion of women to the school committee
will, we believe, make no perceptibls
difference in our schools SO
far as feminine influence is concerned.
While there is no special objec.
ton to it, we fail to discover any great
benefit that is likely to flow from 1t.
While there is no reason for violont OPP
position, the scheme does not hold out
SO brilliant promise of decided bench t
as to arouse much enthusiasm in its
Lehalf.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY. MAY 5.
STATE OF MAINE.
ARBOR DAY.
A PROCLAMATION.
By the Governor.

The statutes of our state wisely declare that
the Governor shall annually set apart a day in
trees. shrubs and vines. Shade trees and
scrubs add much to the beauty of our cities
and villages and to the comfort and elegance of
should be encouraged by concentrated action,
this day has been established. l therefore APP
point Monday the 10th day of May next, to be
all the people of our state show commendable
zeal in promoting the objects for which this day
is designed by devoting the time to planting or
in public parks and other places and around
their homes.
Given at the Executive Chamber, in Augusta.
this thirty-first day of March, in the year Of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-seven, and of the independence of the
United States of America the one hundred
and twenty-frSt.
LLEWELLYN POWERS.
By the Governor,
BYRON BOYD. Secretary of State
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05

am acquainted with the the painter in
Brooklyn grip and confined
months stless and suffered terribly
happened friend had given Rpans
lad had suffered from indigestion they did
good thought she would try them Mrs HILL feeling
they did her good they would least do
patient of her physician was SO
much neghbo change about
said had changed her DOCTOR aughngy
added my doctor coodchocoate color that
soon began take the Tabue began
nausea disappeared began that the
DAYS of sunshine in for her.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05

w. j. Calhoun of Illinois who has
been selected by President Mckinley a
special commissioner to Investigate the
case of DR.. Ruiz, in place of Judge Day,
is one of the best known lawyers in Illi-
nois. He is neither Office holder nor an
office seeker, but for years has been
prominent in Illinois StatsIpolitios. His
personal relations with Mr.. Mckinley
have been of the closest nature and his
tact and Judgment did. much. to secure An
instructed delegation from Illinois for
Mckinley in the last Presidential con :
test.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05

The Torrens land title law passed In
Illinois year or two ago has been
amended by the Legislature to suit the
objections of the Supreme Court. In
stead of vessing the power of passing
upon titles in the registrar of deeds, the
new act hands over the proceeding to
court in chanoery. This will make the
first cost of registration larger, but the
time in which titles are open to dispute
is reduced from five years to two. Thus,
after acceptance of a title by the court,
il becomes guaranteed by the State after
two years. The revised system will be
submitted 10 the Chicago voters at the
judiciary election in June, and thu opin-
ion Is bhnt it will be adopted as strongly
as tire old law wae.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05

The Supreme Court of Illinois has just
given decision which settles the legal
status Of the dog. 1t holds that property
in dogs is of an imperfect or qualified
nature and that they stand, as it were,
between animals "ferRe naturae,' in
which, until subdued, there is no prop
erty, and domestic animals in which the
right of property is complete. So that
from legal point of view the dog now
passes into thu category Of monkeys,
parrots, and singing BIRDS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05

1t is very likely that before long greater
attention will be confessed by the powers
on the Transvaal country, and the treaty
of friendship and commerce between Ger
many and the Orange Free State. which
it is reported sshas already been signed,
may be looked upon as another move in
what is destined to become most inter-
esting game over South African prizes.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05

1t Is semi-offically announced that the
Marquis of Salisbury has proposed to the
powers that a conference be soon held in
Paris to discuss measures with view to
ending the war between Turkey and
Greece. The powers, it is further stated.
are discussing the proposal. but its ao-
ceptance is regarded as doubtful.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05

for the lives and property of American
missionaries destroyed by Turkish SOL
diers. The cebt should be paid, but some
how or other, according to the prevailing
ethics OF the day, such obligations go I'M
mef.yet millions sesm to be available for
military campaigns of unholy conquest.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05

One application of DR.. Thomas Elec-
trlc Oil takes away the pain of the most
severe burn. Tt is an ideal family lini-
ment.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05

1t seems to be no longer a secret that in
The general shake up which has been re-
Gently going on along the lines of Euro
pean diplomacy, Russia, Germany
and Austria arctic be arrayed against
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-05
City Of Tacoma, Washington,
. Per Cent
GOLD BONDS.
Due June I, 1913. Issued for
Water Works.

w CS&Ob Nv ~ NO.
Assessed Valuation, s26. 452. S12
Total Debt, S2,73o,OOO
Less Water and Light
Debt, 2,OSO.OOO
Net Bonded Debt, $50 600
Population 52,S67 State Census of 1899.
The city of Tacoma is located on Puget
Sound, and has one OF the deepest harbors on
the Pacific coast. 1t is the terminus of the
Northern Pacific railroad and has boat con-
nections with the Canadian Pacific, Union
Pacific and Great Northern Roads, thereby
principal transcontinental lines. In import
ance as commercial city it is among the first
foar of the Pacific coast the others beiny San
FRANCISCO. Portland and Seattle. Tacoma be-
ing the terminus of the Northern Pacific rail
road, and having such splendid harbor facili-
Hour. II now leads all others in the shipments
OF these articles. 1t is also the point Of Ship
ment Tor large quantities of coal iron and
rich.
The banks of Tacoma repre-.nt a combined
Gca ap OF over $500, 600; the population in
1890 was $4,000, and by the State Census of
1892 1t had increased to 81, S67
Ihe earnings of the IVdter Works since COM
ing into the possession Of the City in 1898 hare
oeen sufficient to pay all the operating expenses
interest charges on entire acdter {0d3l and
teGTe a surplus available for the Sinking Fund.
Ihls loan was issued under direct vote of
the people. and before the execution of the
ponds the matter was submitted to the Supreme
Court OF the State of Washington in friendly
suit the court deciding that the bonds were
Vanu, forever estOpplng any question which
might arise in the future as to ltheir valid
ity. The Statute under which these bonds are
issued requires that Sinking Fund shall he
established sufficient to retire them al nlatur
ity.
The evening times., 1897-08-10
WIFE BEATING HIS PASSION.
Serious AIlegations Against How
ard Hanna.

oxford, Pa, Aug 10. j Howard Hanna,
cha rged with beating his wife, was given
hearing yesterday. Mrs. Hanna Was IN
able to appear at the hearing, but her
father. Thomas y. Smith, of Garland. Har-
ford, county, Md, was present. Hanna IN
default of bail, was committed TO jail To
await trial.
The arfid iv,t made by Mrs. Hanna states
that her husband once attacked her and
threatened to cut her throat with a razor
MI Smith rays thathis daughteris Worth
slo, 600 and will inherit other property
from ner mother s relatives, of the Steven
family, of Hartford county.
Hanna + first wife was Belle Preston, OF
Hartford county, whom he beat also, and
who left him. On the eve OF marrying his
present wireheobtainedS $50 from her, which
he paid to District Attorney Preston. of lar
ford county, for obtaining a divorce from
his first wife.
Mrs Hanna's condition is uncertain and
shr remains in bed. She Will apply for
divorce. At the hearing yesterday excite
meut ran high and expressions to lynch
Hanna W ere heard ON the street which was
thronged with people. Hanna was fright
The evening times., 1897-08-10

navtga ticn. and even when We took to
boats. anu f,y means OF them pushed on
for twelve miles further It was not 30
bad. but then came the tug OF war.
at was thirteen miles further to the
scene of the reported strike. and to get
there you had to walk and carry your
supplies with you.
'sThere was net mule nor horse in the
country. had 200 pounds to take in.
and took it-packed 1t all the way over
a road that was villainous for the most
part--that Is, where there was any road at
all.
'T made two trips with It. taking l 90
pounds for certain distance, tben
.;acheing it and going back and bringing
up the rest. The result was that I went
over that length OF road just three times
to get 200 pounds OF supplies.
what some OF these people who intend
carrying 400 pounds or SO over Chilka
Pass are going to do is hard to Imagine
Il did not do so badly In the mining z way
In the Sticken River district. I did not
make a fortune by any means, but 1 at
least came away with more gold than
took in. But the one winter that I spent
there satisfied me with life in that quarter
OF the earth. The cold was something
dreadful. and when left there 1t was
with the fixed idea that would not spend
another such winter for all the gold in the
Mines
The evening times., 1897-08-10
Eisenan BrOs...
No Branch Store in Washington.
NO REPLY TO PROF. ELLIOTT.
Official Statement That He is Not
Connected with the Government.

Official Statement That He is Not
Connected with the Governments.
On inquiry at the State Department, it
is asertained that no reply has been made
to the letter on the seal question, which
Mr.. Henry W. Elicit addressed recently
to Judge Day, and which Mr.. Elliott gave
to the press. II is also stated at the de-
partnlent that he Is not now, nor has he
ieen for several years past, conn ected with
the Smithsonian OF any other depa rtment
OF the Government,
In 1890 he msde a report on the Seal
Islands, as agent Of the Treasury Depart
ment. but il was 80 full OF inaccurate
statements, betrayed such want OF scien-
tific knowledge. was so hostile to the
interests of the United States, and written
in such \ prejudicial spirit that Secretary
BlaiDe declined to send it TO Congress or
to allow 1t to he printed.
From that date Mr.. Elliott ceased to
have any connection with the Government.
and he has lost tnooppor5unit yto attackcvery
step taken by IL on the subject, and TO abuse
al persons having any official relation to
sealing matters
waen the case OF the United States was
prepared for the Paris arbitr alton. Messrs.
f. j. Phelps and j. c. Carter, the Govern
ment counsel, decided that the Elliott re-
nort should be ignored and not included in
tie docuEents attached to the case, but
it was printed by the British government
and strongly relied upon by the British
counsel before the tribunal 10 overthrow the
position OF the United States
The evening times., 1897-08-10

SPEECH FROM A DEAF MUTE.
Fright Restored for an Instant the
Power of Utteranee.

New York, Aug. 10..A remarkable cass
of q woman who had been dumb for many
years suddenly finding herself Possessed
of the DOW er OF speech through fright cams
20 light here yesterday.
The woman is Airs c. T. Thompson, the
wife OF a designer in Harlem Both are
deaf mites Yesterday their fiVe-ycar-
old son struck a match and set fire to
a piece Of paper. The flame blazed up,
burning the boys hand so that he dropped
the paper ON the sofa. The sofa caugns
fire Mrs Thompson was IN the kitchen,
rng the smoke Thompson rushed into the
parlor where be found the sofa and other
articles OF furniture on fire. He ran hack
into the kitchen, and, grabbing his wife
by tine shoulders, spelled out the word
''f1re" in the sign language.
Mrs Thompson turned pale and fastened
downstairs. Meeting the Janitress. she
looked her straight in the face for a second.
and then plainly repeated the word fire"
The janitress was dlrmbfounded at hearing
Mrs 1hompSoa talk, but she ran down
the street, and, by turning In an alarm,
saved the house. The damage was slight
When tbe tanitress returned TO the house
she found Mrs. Thompson excitedly maxi
ing signs, The power Of speech having ap-
paTcntly departed as suddenly as it cana
The fact that the daInIb spoke is vouched
for by several OF the neighDOrs.
The evening times., 1897-08-10
LIQUOR SALE Limit Law
Excise Boards Answer to the
Sheehy Mandamus Suit.
Deny Measuring Distances Between
Soldiers Home and Liquor Loca-
t;ops by Shortest Routes.

The excise board, through the attorney
Tor the District. today made answer to
the rr.audaruus stIit, against tt by Henry
Sheehy and deny that the mile limit"
law, prescribing the distance from Soldiers
Home within which 1t is Illegal to sell
liquor, should be measured by the usually
travelled route and not 10y air line.
They deny that their rejection OF the
realtors application for alicsnse was ba sed
upon an erroneous conclusion OF law. or
that the refaters place OF business should
have been measured by the shortest course
OF travel between the nearest entraBee To
his pla,,e of business and the nearesc bound
ary fne OF Soldiers Home. :
1t is denied that IL has been the uniform
practice of the excise board to measure
the distance between Soldiers Home and
proposed liquor locations by the shortest
course Of travel, but, on the contrary, al
lege that the practice has been To meas
ure in a straight or air line; that the prae-
tice as to schools and churches has been
10 measure by the shortest course OF
travel, the act OF Marcn 3, 1898, pre-
seribing the method Of Computing sueh dis
tances.
The answer goes On to state that under
act of Congress, February 2S, 1891, it was
the opinion OF the then attorney for the
District. approved by the Commissioners
and acted upon by the excise board, that
the ground within which liquor should
not be sold embraced all that territory
situated between the extension or boundary
line of the Soldiers Home property and the
line circumscribing the same, one mile
tiirtant.
IL states that this was IN force when the
act of Congress of March 3, 1891, was
passed., and IL was not the intention of
Congress, the respondent aver and believe,
to extend or enlarge the liquor traffic in
the District by reducing the area OF the
prohibited territory surrounding Soldiers
Home; but, that, on the contrary. the act
OF February %, 1891, is expressly re-
feIred to in the concluding section of the
act Of March 3, 1898, and is preserved
from modification or repeal.
II is therefore prayed that the role to
show cause why license should not be
granted the Teiator I've dismissed.
The evening times., 1897-08-10
DRINKING UP THEIR INCOME.
Richa rd McQuilian and Wife Charg-
ed With Being Migrants.

Richard McQuillan, blear-eyed and uL-
shaver, and his wife, Kate, stood up be-
fore the rail at police court this morning.
charged with being yagrants and habitual
druakarIis. The man was trembling from
the effects of his spree and the wife, who
was dressed in blue silk, kept darting
indignant glances at Officer Lynch, who
made the arrest.
McQuillan owns a little property, and
according to the testimony of the officer.
most Of the income accruing from it goes
to furnish them with liquor, The woman,s
father, william Keer, an old gra y-haired
man, tremblingly testified against his
daughter and her husband.
Judge" he said, there's not a worse
pair in the city. They are always drunk
and annoying the neighborhood."
McQuilan in his own behalf, denied that
ne was a yagraut, as the income derived
from his property placed him cut of that
category.
Mrs NcQuillan denied that she was a
drunsard, admitting that she drank beer,
but .nerely for her health. Thecasc against
her was dismissed, but the man received
a sentence of $50 or sixty days.
The evening times., 1897-08-10
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS.
The War Department has issue d ders as

The War Department has issued orders az
follows:
BY direction of the President, the retire
ruent from active service this date, by op-
Grafton of law, of the following-nametl
officers, under the provisions of the act
of Congress approved June 80. 8S2, Is
announced. Major Otis ". Pollock, Twen-
'ty-fourth Infantry; Post Chaplain Joseph
e. Irish, United States Army. Major Pol
lock wifi proceed TO his home.
So much of paragraph 7, special orders,
Nc. 173, July 81, 1897, from this office,
as directs Lieut.. Col. Gilbert 8. Carpenter,
Seventh Infantry, u proceed TO JOIN his
regiment, is amended 50 as to direct him
to proceed to join his regiment Septem-
ber 1 1897.
Capt. Daniel T. Wells, Eighth Infantry,
having been examined by a board of off
GERS and found physically disqualified for
the duties of y major of infantry by reason
OF Disability incident to the service is, by
direction of the President, retired from
active service as. major.
The leave OF absence granted Major John
8. wftcher, paymaster Department of Cali
.fornia, IN extended ten days.
The evening times., 1897-08-10
A WELCOME 10 SCIENTISTS.
Mavor of Detroit Says They VIII
Set the World Right.

Detroit. Mich, Aug. 1O.-"Detroit greets
YOU as those who come to set the world
right side up-' said Mayor Maybury, in his
address Bs welcome to the American Asso-
ciatiou FOR Advancement of Science at its
farty-sixth annual meeting ia this city.
Then his honor added: The struggle he
tween tie religious and scientific world
has largely Come 10 lse a thing OF the past
The old fear that somehow the discoveries
Of science would upset the teachings Of
religion has passed away. What fear
should religion have from the disclosures
OF the Creators handiwork-''
Further words OF greeting Were spoken
byex S enator Thomas W. Palmer ana Prof.
w ] McGee, Of Washington, ID. G., who
presided. responded happily. Various in-
str1ctive scientific addresses filled out the
days proceedings.
The evening times., 1897-08-10
SHAM BATTLE AT OCEAN VIEW.

Field MaBeuvers to Take Place Be
fore Cows. Russell and OFerrall.
Norfolk. Va, Aug. 1o.-Gov. Rus
sell, OF North Carolina, viii spend some
tii,fe at Virginia Beach next week, and
il is expected that GOV. o,Ferrall viii
also he there on the 18th, for on that day
there will be given at Ocean View the
granaest military spectacle ever seen in
Eastern Virginia.
Fieteen companies and several batteries
of artillery will participate in grand sham
battle. Five thousand rounds of atnrnuni
tion will be fired -Adjt. Gen. Anderson
will be present, and he will review a
grand dress parade, which will follow the
field maneuvers, and afterward the troops
will he reviewed by the two governors
The evening times., 1897-08-10
HUNTING A CRIMINAL.
Officers Pursuing a Man Charged
with Attempted Assault.

Hagerstown, Md, Aug. 1O.-The officer
ave ON a hunt for Sanford Davis, white
man, aged about twenty-five years charg
ed with attempting TO criminally assault
Miss Bretta johnson, aged thirteen or four
teen, daugllter of Mr.. William johnson, on
the wniamsport turnpike. The attempt
was alleged TO have been committed Sun
day in Heiser's woods, along the Norfolk
and Western Railroad, when the father OF
the giIl interposed and saved her.
william johnson, the girls father, is sec
ticn foreman on the Norfolk and Western
Railroad, and Davis was employed as a
section hand on the Hagerstown Electric
Railroad.
The evening times., 1897-08-10

circumstances is working under the lash of
death. Ifa woman will always take proper
care of the health and strength of her dis
tiuctly womanly-sef, she is pretty sure to
be IN good general health. Too few doctors
understand this, and consequently attribute
the troubles of which women complain to
the wrong causes.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is q
marvellous medicine for women. 1t acts
directly on the delicate and important or
eans that make wifehood and motherhood
possible. II makes them healthy and Wig
orous II allays inflammation, soothes pain
and heals ulceration- 1t tones the nerves
and makes woman feel bright, happy and
amiable. II does away with the discomforts
of the critical period and makes baby's ad-
vent easy and almost painless. No honest
dealer viii urge an inferior substitute for
a little extra profit. The sale of . Favorite
Prescription |" exceeds the combined sales
of all other medicines for women.