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SCIENTIFIC MEN NEEE.
conventioe OF the Anerican Association for the
Aavancemenf OF Science.

Conventioe OF the American Associntsn for the
Aavsneemenf OF Science.
DErzor,sAug. eThe Observation-Disclosures
ton Of the American Association for tho Ad-
vancemens Of Sctence opened hero to-day with
vicsPreddent MCGEE Of Washington presid-
ing. h principal feature Gt the opening was
tho address by the Hon Thomas ". Palmer.
who amended Herbert Spenoers definition Of
science by giving it this new one: Science Ia
tho classification Of phenomena,Et go the end that
general principles may b established and do
clared, from which rules of action may be do
duced for application In particular cases"
Acting President McGe6 outlined the objects
Of the associaton and rYferred 10 the high
school building In which the meeting was held
as "one Of the finest buildtng1 devoted to the
cause Of learning in the United 6tateA." Prot.
l. o, Howard Of Washington was elected Vice
President Of Zoology In the room OF the Late
Prof. q. Brown 0oode Til afternoon session
was taken up With sectional meetings. and to
night o memoriA meeting was held for Prof.
Edward d. Cope Of Philadelphia. the President
OF the association, who died last April There
arc many scientific members from abroad meet
ing with the other amAlgAmAted societies Of
the A. 4 4 sessions will last until
Of the economic science section. in discussing
our monetary system. said that the contro
very In regard to o mmetalic tanda wa
but q part Of the far greater question Of me
tcorology.
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A retired sea captain, sixty years of age, we'll known
to the reputable citizens Of New Haven, suffered from
an overworked and WORKOUT digestive apparatus He
had no faith in patent medicines as a cure for dyspepsia,
but was induced by a friend to try Ripans Tabules.
This he did with but little hope of benefit. After try
ing them for some time he said to the friend who had
directed his attention to them: "Those Ripans Tabules
were so effective from the start that l was amazed at
the result, They are wizards. All the ~dyspeptic misery
endured by me since becoming a l%andlubber has dis
appeared. l take one every night now, and feel so much
rejuvenated by their use that l sometimes think l could
climb a ships rigging as we'll as l did thirty years ago."
snff s or Es P RTEs sA% Ts % % sP p%Sa gsSsT % ssEsa r% %sH S 81 1 49, ~ On Ss ss
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ARRESTED FOR sMoKINe oPIUH.

TenaeEioin Police Again Invade Private Prem
i.es without . Warrant
The tenants of the nat house at 100 West
Twenty-ninth street recently complained to
Acting Capt MoDermots Of the West Thir
tieth street station that thero was . smell of
opium coming from the rooms Of William Beck
on the third floor. The acting Captain, with
Detectives WEIGH, Caddell. WolfrsAnd Hunt,..vis-
tied tho place last night Woich rang Beck's
bell. and q oolored servant answered. He aeked
Tor Beck, and when the servant went back to
dnd him the detectives and the acting Captain
followed They found Beck and his wtfe and
Frank Morris and hts wife the later two Of
IN the kitchen The fat was handsomely fur
nishod. Beck said he was Q broker with OF.
hces at 81 New street, and that Morris was q
friend. AL four were arrested.
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HANGED HIMSELF Nv HIS CELL.
Suicide or william Downing. Whs HAD Been
Laekea Up In Saratoga - . Lanatie.

Suicide or william Downing. Wh0 Haa been
Locked Up In sAratssA - = Lanatic.
SARATOGA. Aug. 9.-when tho police inspected
the prisoners cells at Headquarters tonight. at
about 9 o'clock. they found that William
Downing. who had been locked up as q lunatic.
had committed suicide. He disrobed, threw his
clothes into the corridor. tore OF a piece Of his
blanket, and hanged himself. Downing was 80
years OF age. and for several years had been
travelling In the Western States and Hawaii
He appeared In Now York city last fall. claiming
to be the special Eastern representative Of 4
Western silver association, and at that time
gained considerable notoriety.
Downing wac . native OF Saratoga and gradu-
Ated from the Saratoga High School in 1884.
He had always been peculiar. During the past
few days he had been proposing 70 one OF Sara
toga's society bellies by letter. and this led to his
arrest. He told the police that he was delighted
to be locked up, as some one was pursuing him
with the intention OF killing him. Downing had
recently been employed az cashier OF Moon 8
famous resort at Saratoga Lake.
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New Couapanie. incorporated.

ALBANY. Aug. 9.-These companies were In
corporateh to-day:
The Garria.RaSell Trading Company OF New York
city, to a.anu;a'ture Ana deal 10 cigars, cigarettes
AMI other tobacco articles, { pitAI 10000. Dr.
rec~tors-Pruden;io EabeIl, Francisco Garcia and
OtGcr. NV York city.
The Ventura Company % New York city. to manu-
fa:ture cigars. cigarettes. And tobacco ~productsj cap
ltal, klO.UOO. p'reCtors-J AIMEE c Aiken, Robert 0r0
ham, William Levy Of New York city, and otheuk
HernsEetm Architectural Iron Works OF New York
city, to manufacture ornamental iron and osheR
metal work; capital. S45.0UO. DirectorS-L HsFno.
helm. Albert Andrrson u New York city. Z. HernS
helm OF YOnkers, and othen.
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Time-a:lia. 2,Ia. ass. sash.
Mccoy Boxes for sIlners, eenent.

CINCINNATI. Aug. e.-"Kid" Mccoy was tho
star In the 1stio carnival given BY the Nonparen
Club at Hillsdale Park tonight under the
auspices of the Cincinnati Building Trades
Fifteen HUNDRED persons were present.
Mccoy SPARED four two minute rounds With
Jim Freaney. champion lightweight OF Ohio.
The first round even was too much for Freaney.
but the Kid" let mp sufficiently for him 70 go
through the four rounds. Prof. John Duty OF
New Orleans was referee. The entertainment
retted about $500 for the miners.
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Brady says That Mccoy and Creedon Arc
Matched

Billy Brady told H Sun reporter yesterday
that he had matched Kid Mccoy and Dan
Creedon. and that they would fight under his
auspices somewhere in Nevada, between Oct. l
and Oct. 81, for a &c., 0 purse. Creedon and
Mccoy recently posted St.00o each with Al
Smith to bind q match at l53 pounds, and they
have agreed 70 adhere TO this weight II Nc
Coy. who IL 20 face Tommy Ryan at Syracuse on
Sept 8, should lose, Ryan will then DO substitute
ed To meet Creedon.
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ALBANY. Aug. 9.-At the headquarters of the
State G. A. r to-day It was announced that the
headquarters special train to the national en-
campmentt TO be held in Buffalo during the week
commencing Aug. %, will run over the West
Shore road from New York city TO Buffalo. The
train will leave New York city at s:+5 In the
morning on Monday. Aug. %, and stop az All
principal stations between there and Buffalo.
arriving at the latter place at IL O'Clock thai
night. Special excursion rates have bees ar
ranged.
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rEssIE CoHES,s NEW SCHEME.
she Is Vow Trying TO stArve HerseIr at tho
RenitentIAFy

Tessie Cohen. alias Barbara Polster. 81 years
old. who Is serving = nine months term in the
Kings County Penitentiary for attempted sui
eide. is now apparently trying to kill herself by
starvation For three days she has refused all
food. and the prison physicians now have her
under their charge. She has made hall q dozen
futile attempts at suicide.
Tessie ran away from her home on the very
day she was confirmed by Bishop Mcdonnell.
An effort was under way to secure her release,
corTisible. Her mother has frequently called at
the penitentiAry to see her, but the girl has re-
fused 10 recognize or even acknowledge her TO
lationshlp.
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NARAGANsErT PIER, Aug. 0.-The polo tourna-
ment was continue! here to-day, with a light
attendance. The play was tT the Rhode Island
cups, the contest,ng tours being the Point Ju.
dith Country CLUB and the Buffalo Country
Club. Tire match was won 10y the BGnalos. by
superior team work. by a score OF 10 70 =. The
Bgfalos received an advantage OF two goals as
a handicap, but would have won without them.
Tomorrow the Nyopia's first team wi. play the
Meadowbrook's hrst for the Point Judith COUn.
the tournament.
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wene. to s.n Yseht. uaaer ua.sue Cosa.ues..

Women to Sail Yachts under Unique Conditiens.
Noop's HOLE. Mass, Aug. e.-Col. Ferris Of
Newton, q prominent member OF the Woods
Hole Yacht Club, has offered a cup. to be known
as the Ferris Ladies' Cup. 1t is TO be sailed for
under conditions that are somewhat unique.
The race must take place on Friday, and to make
It still worse on the 18th OF the month. Yachts
are to be sailed by the women OF Woods Hole
and vicinity. Spritsail boats only will be al
lowed. and the women can have only one as
sistant on each boat. There must be six entries
to insure the race. but there are likely to be
many more, for there are come Of the most &C.
complishsd y-achtswomeu on the coast here at
the present time. There are also some smart
boats OF the s~pritsail class. Taken altogether,
an unusually interesting race Is assured
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Ten EyeL Aner Purifier uouo-u.

New LONDON, Aug. e.-Ten Eyck and severAi
members OF the wachusett Boat Club arrived
here from Worcester at 1890 o'clock tonight.
They left Immediately for New York on the
steamer City OF Worcester. en- route for Phila-
delphia. A large crowd WAS at the station WheA
the champion oarsman arrived.
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Commodore Morgan was delighted to-day with
the result Of the big ocean race. After be first
proposed 1t he met with considerable opposition
yachtsmen, who doubted Il such q race could be
carried through successfully. But the Commo-
the opinion Of yacktsmen here to-day that he
had been splendltly vindicated.
II was decided this morning to postpone the
hnndicap race that was to be run this afternoon
until tomorrow. and also to have the illumina:
ton ns sPt h5 commas6 59rm S1TNsn n' L, !, 'n asiSa VII ii
lions.
the Bar Hsrbor Club for schooners and sloops
on q scaled handicap, time ALLOWANCE; Percy
schooner prize. The start Is scheduled for IL
O'Clock from Egg Rock Light Tho course is
twenty one miles.
feet viii dihsbShd. Before It does, however,
ranged By the Bar Harbor Club. The matter
was talked OF to-day. but nothing was done
Tonight there are more than seventy yachts
swinging TO their moortngs here with their
anchor lights shining brightly againGst the dark
mp about Q o'clock. Lightning IL up the harbor
at Intervals: The st9rm passed Of later .,..
Britannia has been advertised for sale aroused
considerable comment here to-day. The con-
s sseSe !, o. little Chance OF any American buying
the cutter and bringing her TO this country for
racing. purposes. c. Oliver lselin, in an inter
view this afternoon, said:
81 think 1t very improbable that any Ameri-
can will buy the yacht, but II she does come over
here, | can say that we will furnish her with all
the racing she wants"
Clarence +. Postley. Commodore Of the Larch'
mont Yacht Club. said:
II don't think II possible that the britannia
viii be purchas ID in this cOuntry. l believe that
we have at least two boats thatcan beat her. OF
course. she might win q stray cup or two, out
against such yachts as ViSilant and Defender
l feel certain that she could not do much In an
Eibridse T. Gerry, former Commodore OF the
y. Y. Y. c., said:
al believe that II would be difficult 70 sell the
britannia on this side Of the water, at least IN
less a BUYER can be found willing 10 purchase
for the reason that she belongs to the Prince q
such boats as the Defender or ViGilant.'
Other representative racing yachtsmen ex
pressed practically the same views.
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Polo on the View Field at Newport.

NEWPORT, Aug. 9.-Thers wasa game OF poo
to-day on the new field at the Country CLUB
grounds. the result being IN favor OF the Blues
Nv A score OF 7 10 s.. Among the winners were
Stanley Mortimer, G. EueIls' and I. HItchcock.
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Joseph Robertson. IS years old. = poddler. Of
$40 West Thirty-eighth street, while crossing
Thirtieth street at Tenth avenue yesterday
afternoon was run over by a truck. Several rtbS
were fractured ana he was injured internally.
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Facial
Soap
Facial
Cream

male by prEmatologiat Wooibury. should BE- on the
toilet table u every one who values a clear skin and
good con plsNion. They ARE pure. AntisSptlo. medicinal
send lOc. Tor = sample Of elmer and book on beauty
John II. Woodbury.. lS7 West tsd st., Kew To1G
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portant factor in the outcome Of the race. as
weights count considerably in Lake St Louis
currents.
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REFIgA PAGES FAST.
She wins Three Straight Heats In Rare style
nc oid Orchard

OLD ORCHARD. Aug. e.-Three races were
started at Old Orchard to-day. and only one was
finished. In the 2:10 pace Jock Bowen drove
the marc Refna, the three fastest heats ever
paced by . marc in New England.
A collision occurred in the third heat of the
2:l2 pace. Tho judges held GeorReG.. who won
the heat, responsible. and distanced him. The
summarizes:
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-02
A QUIET DAY ALONG SHORE.
Very Few vessels Were Moving About the
Harbor and Commercial Street Seemed
Deserted.

The water front was very quiet yester-
day. While nearly all OF the large BUSH
ness houses were open as usual, CONNER
ciaI street seemed TO be almost deserted,
and as for the harbor, hardy vessel ar
rived or departed during the entire day.
Early in the morning the long expect
ed English steamers, the Corona and
Memnon arrived, being only few min
utes apart in the sailing channel. 1t
was about 9 oclook when these two ves-
sells were locked at the Grand Trunk
sheds. The Corona brought no cargo,
but had on board 81 returning cattlemen.
The Memnon brought over ID cattlemen
and 500 tons of tin plate. Both vessels
had hard time of it on the voyage, but
neither was damaged, nor had they any
unusual experiences to report. Both
ships will reload at once and will take
large cargo of general merchandise.
The wind-bound feet started out of
the harbor yesterday forenoon, but one
after another came back inside the break
water and dropped anchor again. Evil
IDENTIFY the weather was too threatening
for the coasters outside.
The only fishing arrival yesterday was
the Gloucester schooner James G. Blaine
with 800
The wreckers were at work about the
Robert /. Garter yesterday in large num-
bers Many of these wreckers have bsen
at work contrary to the orders of the
marine underwriters, and those having
been taking coal from the wrecks with
out permission may be sued for that part
of the wreckage which belongs by law
to tie marine underwriters.
The wreck of the Robert L Carter will
be sold at auction at 10 o'clock and the
ligging that has been saved will be sold
at auction on January 18th.
The Custom house inspectors went to
Peaks island yesterday and enjoyed their
annual dinner at Cliff cottage.
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THE THoMPsoN-MAsoN CASE.
Testimony of Witnesses Before the Referee
Yesterday.

The Thompson Mnson referee was con-
tinued before Judge Strout yesterday. A
great portion of the time was taken up
with the cross examination of MIR.
Thompson. but revealed little that was
new beyond what was contained In plain
tiff's statement published in yesterday e
PRESS.
Charles A. Chellis, son-in-law of Mr..
Thompson-ohief testimony was TO the
effect that he was in Mason's store and
that he saw Mason draw parcel of pa
pers from the safe and say to Thompson :
"There are your Burlington & Rooh-
ester bonds"
William Staples of Newfield, testified &c
the same circumstance as Chellis
Gorge Smish of Biddeford was called
to testify to conversation between j. H.
Burleigh and Thompson at the Falmouth
hotel, but the court ruled out the CONVEX.
sation on the ground that it was hearing
testimony.
Matilda Burleigh testified that she had
received from Matthew Carpenter Sl2. 0o(
W Sioso"o hnu Paio ~ OH w 4A"oSA " toi'
the exception of ,$l95 which she took fol
expenses.
John c. Lane testified identifying the
! signature of jeremiah Mason to the re-
ceipr given to show that Mason held the
bonds as collateral security, and he intro
duued several papers bearing Mr.. Mason'f
signature for comparison to be mace
with the signature to the receipt.
cross examination followed at great
length, but did not cause Mr.. Lane tc
contradict himself.
| The case was then continued until S.3(
O'Clock this morning, and when it al.
Journs at noon, will adjourn to Thursday
night.
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THE BATcHELOoR CASE.
The Coroner's Inquest Adjourns to To.
day.

The coroner's inquest over the rem aims
of Mark M. Batcheldor, whose death OF
sebago was attended by suspicion of foul
play, was held in the county attorney Is
room, City building, yesterday, and oc-
cupied the entire day. Eleven witnesses
vera examined, but their testimony was
notsmade public. Three of the witnessed
were detained by the sheriff until this
morning
The witnesses before the inquest were
Levi Kenniston, Lester Keunistnn,
Arthur Remission Mrs. Lucretia Chap
lin, Miss Bertha Chaplin Cassius White
Orestes Thorn, Walter Martin, Henry
Flint, Andrew 55Scannon and Andrew
Sh ca.
The three KenDistons are the witness
ses whom Sheriff Plummer at the re-
quest of County Attorney Libby detail ned
tonight. Lester hen niston whose name
Mark Batcheldor is supposed to have
been calling when he was found by the
roadside is about twenty. five years OF
age He was in the custody of Deputy
Sheriff Flint of Sebago today while the
other witnesses were being examined.
Arthur Remission, about twenty years
of age, is the youngest son of Levi Ken
niston. These two young men were at
their home during the stay of Batchel-
dor, who is supposed to have become in
toxicated there Their father claims not
to have been at home while Batchel1er
WAS there Mrs Chaplin and her daugh.
ter are also jewellers at the Remission
place.
Cassius White is the man who. found
Batcheldor in dying condition. Scan
non and shea are the Shapleigh weaver:
who were at Kennison's, Saturday after
noon, and were detained as witnesses by
a Baldwin constable.
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Judge Daniel Hartman.

Judge Daniel Hartman died at St.
Johns hospital in Brooklyn, Thursday
night after an illness of about one
month. He was born in birmingham,
Mass. and after working his way through
Wesleyan University. from which he
graduate in 1864, lie taught school for
a time ct Kent's Hill, Me. He was adj
mitfed to the bar in 1868, and eyentu-
ally settled in Brooklyn. He was presi
dent of tbs Young Mems Republican club
in Brooklyn in 1s93-94, and was appoint
ed police justice in 1895. His term was
so on to expire.
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The Handsomest Yet.

The most beautiful Calendar for 1897 comes
from Boston, 1t is eleven by flf'een inches and
contains reproductions from cabinet size photo
graphs of Mary Hampton. May Irwin and Maud
Adams. the popular actresses. Its prominent
coIors are enamel blue and brown enriched by
gold, deliberately embossed, producing an ele-
CANT and artistic creation. One OF these caleh-
dars will be sent to any address ii you mention
this paper, and send ten cents in coin or stamps
covering cost of packing and postage TO the
publishers THE X-ZALIA COMPANY, Beacon
ST., Boston, Mass.
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DISCUSSED NEW CITY CHARTER.
The w. c. T. U. Passed Pleasant After
ternoon in Talking Over This Subject.

At the regular meeting of the W. @.
7. y. yesterday afternoon the topic for
general discussion WAS the new city char
ter. Mrs. Albert Cole presided at the
meeting which was we'll attended.
Mrs. Cole, after the usual opening ex-
ercises stated that several ladies had
| been expected &c BIZ present and read pa
pers OIL different parts of this question,
| but in their absence she would be obliged
to rely upon a more general discussion
of the topic of the afternoon. In intro
ducing the su bject Mrs. Cole said that she
had made careful study of the present
city charter and had been greatly i'm
pressed by the provisions that had been
| made in it for the protection of the city s
moral and physical health. Great care
had been taken IN guarding the moral
of the com ,nunity, and in this regard the
present city charter seemed to be model
one II do not think, rs many people
do, that the city is going to destruction
| or that our institutions are in any dan
ger, but have the greatest confidence
| in the men who are now administering
the city's affairs. Indeed, think Port
| land has always been very fortunate in
| its selection of city officials, and that
the men who have Eeen at the head OF
affairs in this city have Teen credit to
us and to themselves.
Then Mrs. Cole went on to state il an
able and concise manner the workings OF
the present city charter with which she
seemed to have a Thorough knowledge.
She took up the different departments Of
the city and the part each performs In
carrying out the system of government.
In speaking of that oath that is admins.
tered to the mayor upon his inauguration
Mrs Cole called attention to the many
things he was obliged to promise to dc
and said that chow well these promises
have been or are bel ng carried out dc
not believe it wise to discuss here"
Mrs. Coles address. informal though ii
was, was very interesting and has thor
'ough1y enjoyed by the ladies present
Mrs. Cola then called upon Mrs. Moore,
the police matron. who told Of her work
and how, it was performed, citing many
cases where she had been called upon to
attend to female prisoners at the poles
station, and the methods she took in ad-
ministering to their moral aud physical
needs Mrs. Moore paid a very hand
some compliment to Marshal Tricky and
Deputy Marshals Sterling and Hartnett
and to the police force in general, speak
ing of their courtesy and attention tt
| their duties.
| Mrs. Moore's talk was very interesting
on account of the fact that Portland was
the first city in the country to have {
police matron, and from the system il
this city the police matron system il
every city in the country has been mod
| elled.
| A pleasant half hour was passed in {
general discussion of the new city char
ter and it's provisions.
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Washinetonian Meeting.

The usual Washingtonian meeting will
be held Sunday evening at the Gospel
Mission hall at O'Clock. The best OF
music will be furnished. Rev. s. j. Pear
son and Capt. Geo. II. Blake will address
the meeting. The interest in the new
temperance movement is steadily increas-
ing These meeting will be held at the
above place until January 18th when a
mass meeting will be held in City hall
to be addressed by the clergymen Of this
city. Everybody Is welcome at these
meetings.