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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-14
The Portland Well Protected.

Seattle, Wash, September 18.-The
treasure ship Portland got away for ST
cargo, consisting principally of machinery
for four steamers which are to be con.
structed by Moran Brothers at ST.
Michaels, this winter. One steal steamer
the John O. Barr, was completed. On
the Portland s forward deck was Maxim
rapid firing gun, capable of moving
down an army OF privateers. It will fire
300 cartridges, weighing one pound, pei
minute.
Secretary Hamilton, of the North
American Trading and Transportation
company, was aboard. Inside the
captains cabin are a dozen new rifles,
which will be used effectively, if need be,
to protect the treasure which the Port.
land will bring down from the Yukon
mines.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-14
THE NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE MUD
DIE.

The New England league middle is in
teresting.to say the least, and at the same
time unfortunate for no matter how the
controversy is decided the team whom. the
decision goes against will never be salts
fed, that they were not unfairly treated
Manager Durham was undoubtedly very
lame in not playing off the postponed
game with Fall River on the date that
had been arranged. The constitution of
the New England league does not leave it
at discretion of the two clubs concerned to
decide when postponed game shall be
played but provides that the secretary
may name date at the request OF one of
the clubs when the other is Obliged to
show up, the same as If the game were
regularly scheduled. Both sides seem to
admit that the game in question was au
thorized by Secretary Morse. On the
other hand 1t is difficult to see upon what
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-14
National League Standing.
VIII Be No Play Off in New England
League.

Boston, September 49, There will be
no play off for the New England baseball
honors will not be decided until the'league
directors meet, which will be on the
second Wednesday of January, 1898. 1t
was found that there were several points
to be decided which affect the clubs that
cain to be in first and second places.
President Horace A. Keith of Brockton.
and Manager A. j. Finn of the Newport
club met Manager Murnane in this city
today and the matter was fully discussed.
Mr.. Murnane said: 1.-THE games must
count as sent by the umpires, and if
there were any disputes the directors only
could settle these. 1t was a certainty that
the Brockton club Keeling ksure that the
team had won first honors had already
disbanded. The Newport club was intact
an ready to play and after season series.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-14
BALTIMORE MAKES A GAIN.
Took Two Games Yesterday From
Chicago.

While Rain Prevents Boston From Playing
New York and Brooklyn Game Ends
in Tie-The New England League
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19
\ SATISFACTORY END.

Galveston, Tex, Feb. 1S.--The street
car strike was adjusted this morning ON
the following basis The men employed
for one year or longer are to receive -
cents and those in the employ OF the
company. six months, IL cents an hour.
The company further agrees to give the
preference to union men when employing
additional labor. The contract between
the men and the company,as based on the
terms stated. has been signed and is good
Tor one year. immediately on signing
the contract work was resumed on all
lines.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19

WILSON HAS ACCEPTED.

He Will he President of Washington and
Lee University.
Washington, Feb. S.-Postmaster
General Wilson states that he has accent
ed the presidency of the .WashingtogEniid
Lee University.
Acting Secretary McAdoO and Admiral
Ramsey have authorized an unqualified
denial that Admiral Bunce has sent "A
report to the Department criticising the
vessels of his squadron, or recommending
expenditures approNmating II million
dpllais, or in fact any extended report at
a!l. On the contrary, rs result of the
stormy trip to Charleston the additional
repairs and expenditures required is Il
small boat to replace the one lost hy the
Maine. The published statements are de.
clarcd TO he Il rcvamping of the criticisms
passed upon the ships by various officers
III the past three or four years.
Secretary llerbert's final act before
leaving for Charleston Yesterday was To
sign an order aho!ishing the naval steel
board and transferring its work to the
hureas OF steam engineering and con
struction. This board, which was con
stituted by Secretary Whitney has been
for nearly twelve years the source of con.
tinued trouble in the Navy Department
and the subject of drastic criticisms ut
all times.
Yesterday Naval Constructor Dashiell
was ordered TO the construction bureau
ami all matters pertaining to ships ma.
tcrials were transferred with him SIM
ilarly Assistant Engineer Freeman WAS
transferred, together with all material
matters, to the steam engineering uurcau
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Mann Page, of Virginia. Was Elected

President of the Council.
Washington, Feb. IS. The Supreme
Council of the TURNER'S Alliance was in
session here. Resolutions were adop.ed
as follows:
Calling on the Senate to defeat the
Loud postal bill because, us asserted. IL
is not II measure giving IL necessary in.
crease in the postal revenues but it is
calculated To work II hardship on the
people by increasing the cost of their lit.
eratrre.
recommending the Rochdnle co.opcra-
tive system as tie one best adapted to the
needs of the order.
Protesting against the ratification of
the pending arbitration treaty. because,
as alleged, it is IA dangerous diversion
from the path marked out by Washing.
tom
Declaring the council! opposed to the
releasing Of the Government lieEs on the
Pacific railroads, either by legislative or
executive action, without the payment i'm
full of both principal and interest to the
United States as they become due, and i'm
default OF that demanding that the Cow
ernmcnt take possession of and opera. g
the roads in the interest Of the people
The following officers for the ensuing
year were elected:
President-Mann Pace, of Virginia.
Vice president G. Vincent, Indiana
Secretary. treasurer--W. p Bricker.
Pennsylvania
Executive committee Mann Page, Vir-
GINA: X. y. Southworth, Colorado: John
Brcinie. West Virginia: A. b. Welch.
New York. and w \. stokes, South
Carolina.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19
y LIGHT TRUST.
IN Electric Lamp Combination Has Been
Formed
'II.A r ACY.

IN Electric Lamp Combination Has Been
Formed
St. Louis. Feb lS.-rhe Republic to-
day says: One of the most powerful
combinations ever formed in the United
States has Just been entered into by prob.
ably dozen of the largest manufacturers
of incandescent lamps.
The combination seeks to regulate the
price OF incandescent lamps ali over the
country II had its origin in this city.
and is already engaged in an effort to
crush out competition through threats
Tor suits for damages for alleged in
lr,ngemeEts upon certuiin patents.
There has been no exchange of stock or
consolidation Of the physical effects of the
companies, but instead the combination
has been effected through THE pooling of
patents controlled by the companies in
order that they may be able to array
themselves against ali competitors who
refuse to come in and raise prices on
lamps. In this way the promoters Of the
scheme hope To crush ont all the small
concerns that have waged unceasine war
fare against wealthy competitors
d. II. Rhoteuhamcl. president of the
Columbian lncandescent Lanp Comnnnv.
of this city, is said to haze been the ori.,
lnator OF the plan. Besides the Column
bia COMPANY the combination include,
the Westinghouse Electric Company. of
Pittsburg, the Edison General Electric
Company, of New York, and companies
at Warren, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio. Sp,ing-
leld, Mass, Chicago, and one or two
other places
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19

Canca, Crete, Feb. 1S.-Everything is
quiet here this morning. The foreign
marines who are in occupation of the
town are still flying their respective
flags, but the Greek flag has been low
cred from che Greek consulate in compli-
nnce with the notice sent to the consul hy
the European commanders yesterday
The Turkish troops have occupied forti-
fled positions around the town with the
co operation of Che European officers.
The mutilated corpse OF n sister of the
Russian vice-consul has been found lying
on the ground mt lIalepa. The discovery
OF the body hns created an intense feel.
ing of Indignation among the foreigners
here.
Athens, Feb. lS.-Despite the action of
the powers i'll restraining the Greek
troops III Crete from aggressive opera.
tions against the Turks and the probable
tiles that that island will Eventually he
handed over to Greece without the neces
sity of her lighting for its possession, the
war feeling here is hourly increasing.
The enthusiasm with which the reserves
responded to the call to arms has been
fully equalled by the -miitary artior of
volunteers, who are Hooking into the city
from all parts of the country, eager to
take part in battle against the Turks.
1t is announced this morning that the
mus VI ''iScNc luttIilS 10 Jake commune
OF the Northern army in person and this
report has had the effect to still further
iniiamc the martial spirit of the people
Indications of what may be expected in
the WAY of assistance from Macedonia In
any possible conflict with the Turks is
shown III the steady accession of Macedo-
nians to the Greek ranks 4 force of
| 900 Macedonian volunteers in one body
crossed the frontier yesterday and Joined
the Greek army.
In reply TO the demands OF the diplo-
mats representing the great powers here.
that the Greek tlotillu, commanded nv
Prince George, he withdrawn from Cretan
waters ut once, NJ. Skcuscs, minister of
foreign affairs, sent to each minister u
note saying the withdrawal of the notll,
will he impossible until Crete is COM
pletely paciied, and furthermore, that
the Greek government will not rescina its
orders to the Greek forces in Crete to Cd.
pose the landing of Turkish troops upon
the island.
Col. Vases, commanding the Greek
military forces in Crete, has established
headquarters ut Coma and is making
preparations to attack the town of Selino
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19
WOMEN
AS SPEAKERS.
Tremendous Crowds at the Con-
greSS of Mothers.

MRS. BALLiNGToN-BOOTH MADE
THE OPENING ADDRESS YESTER-
DAY-MANY PAPERS READ ON
IMPORTANT SUBJECTS By vARI-
Gus LADIES-DET.EGATE HOGAN
GIVES THE MEN a SLY DIG-THE
ATTENDANCE OF DELEGATES
MANY TIMES LARGER THAN WAS
EXPECTED.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19
A Short Story
About a Medal /,

Az the Innsbruck tAustrin) In
ternNiinnnl Exhibition 1896. there
Wee eighty five eXhib:l"rs Of BIZ
cycles, REPRESENTING" the Inanufac-
'"rei- % America. England,
Ffauce, Germany aud Austria.
Enchnt these manufacturers had
spent time aud money iD the pre-
paration of exhibits that they
hoped would win the prize. The
pr!Hr was II gold medal. lust one.
The .'C'cveland SAtll Special"
got II. Come aud see the wheel
that did this.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19
THE FLAG,
LOWERED.
Hauled Down by Orders From the
Great Powers.

TIE WAR FEELING IN GREECE.
HOWEVER, rs INTENSE AND THE
LIKELIHOOD IS STRONG THAT
POSSIBILITIES WILL BREAK OUT
AT NY MOMENT-THE KING OF
GREECE WILL TAKE ACTIVE
COMMAND OF THE NORTHERN
ARMY.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19
Spring Hats at Walter S. Langdon'S
\ RAILROAD EAIBEZZLER

st. Louis, Feb. lS.-Daniel Haines.
claim agent of the Cotton Belt route. was
arrested at his home at Maiden, Mo-. YES
terdav on bench warrant ISSUED by the
grand jury of this city. 1t is stated by
the deputies who have Mr.. IIaincs in Gus
toby that the latter is charged with en-
eZ%llnS amounts aggregating $30, 900
Mr. Halnes has been clam agent for the
COTTON lieit route for the past eight
ears
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19
THE BRADLEY-M MARTIN BALL.

The BradleyMartin ball may interest
New Workers and furnish them some
thing to talk about, but Acme Cough
syrup is especially interesting to Roam.
okers. They know it to he good, and
that's why it sells SO well. Large bottles
only % cents. eve make it, II. G.
Barnes. He Puts Up Prescriptions
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19
HIS HEAD CUT OFl,.

Winston, \. c., Feb lS-Frunk
Pierce l4.year- old boy, while riding on
the steps of Il railroad car in Salisbury
last night was thrown of. The train was
running backwards and it ran over and
severed the boys head from his body.
The head was cut into four pieces.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19
DESERVED HIS EATE

Madrid. Feb. 1S.-A dispatch received
here from Havana SAYS it is reported
there that DR.. Iertucha who was Gen
cral Antonio Maceo's physician and ac
companed him Mt the time the insurgent
leader met his death, has been assassi-
mated.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19

We have just finished going over our
entire stock OF furniture, carpets, china
and glassware and have now ready for
sale a lot OF odds and ends that we will
offer Mt a big reduction for the next ten
days. THE e. II. STEWART FURNl.
TURE co.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19
Our Tailoring Department
is Ready for the Spring Trade

OUR STRING SuITINGS ARE
HERE. AID WE INVITE YOU
TO LOOK OVER THE NEW
THINGS THAT WILL RE WORN
Bl GENTEE; DHESSERS THE
COMING SEASON.
Gu.lkESON & TAYLOR,
HATS AND FURNISHINGS.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19

Pierre, 5. d., Feb Isl. b. KYLE
was to-day elec,cd United States Senator
by the solid Republican vote and IL few
Populists who stayed with him Most
OF the Populists deserted him, but
enough remained to give him the required
number to elect
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19

Remember that we inauguratcG n year
ago the now popular prices, 81. 10 and 81
Tor coal. See, We lead. others SONG
time follow. J. II. WILKINSON & Co.,
lo2 Third street ;. W. Phone 2l0.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19
DEMOCRAT
UNSEATED.
Report of House Elections Com
mittee Reversed.

THEY HAD REPORTED IN FAVOR
OF SEATING THE DEMOCRAT, BUT
THE HOUSE DECIDED THAT HIS
VICTORY AT THE POLLS WAS
OBTAINED THROUGH FRAUD,BY
TIE SUBSTITUTION ON THE
TICKET OF a COON FOR AN
EAGLE.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19
DOING TIIEIR REST.

Providence, r. l., Feb. lS-B Il. and
II. knight, the cotton manufacturers
here, have agreed {, run 100000 spindles
on short time for three months They
operate i3c, 600 on the old plan and are
running on short time 100000 spiudles.
The original agreement vii! be more than
carried out. For special reasons it was
convcnicnt to contnne the Pontiac mill
in full operation The report circulated
that they were not keeping faith with
other manufacturers is therefore entirely
untrue.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19

can Offer yon the best flooring, cell.
ing and dressed boards in the city for the
price j. II. WILKINSON.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19
MARCH OF ARABIrKArION.

Paris, Feb. lS.-France and Brazil
have signed Il protocol referring their dis.
putes regarding territorial boundaries to
arbitration, the president of Swiss con.
federation to he the referee.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19
TEEN wEATHD ia

fASG Forecast for Virginia: Local show
crs in tho early morring, followed by
fhr; nprther;y winds; colder in southern
pOrt,on.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19

Rock bottom prices on special lines of
shoes for few days at Mangus & payn-
tcrS
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19

have received II car of sash, doors. and
blinds, bought when the price was the
lowest ever reached in the history of the
manufacturers of these goods. You know
what this means j. II. WILKINSON.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-19

ROANOKE CYCLE co. Agss.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-10
What Typhoid Fever Costs.

A correspondent of the Washington
Post gives the following appalling ty-
phoid statistics: Every year in the
United States 100000 people are sick
with typhoid fever. Forty thousand of
them die. They are sick 2S days on an
average out Of every 800 days. Thus
we have 1920, 900 days of sickness
from this disease.
Every case of this sickness means one
month, generally two months, of idle
ness. If the wages Of the patient are
only so cents day, there is loss of
$50 month. Generally this sickness
means loss of wages i'll two months
time of $50 or $50. The average loss of
wages for six weeks would be $50. Add
to this the doctors bill, which is any
where from $50 to $100-we will say
500 If the patient lives in the city and
has trained nurse for only three weeks,
there is another $40. Ten dollars for
the prepared food, ice, milk, etc,
brings this moderate bill up to $f65.
Multiply this by the number Of people
sick, and we can see every year in the
United States 500, 100000 lost to pa
tients by the inroads of this one disease
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-10
DIR. JOHN GUTTERAs.

ton with resignation. The whites, how.
ever, protest against it. They surge in
crowds to the railroad stations and
frantically beseech or curse the officials
because of the lack of accommodations
They are mad with fear and they fight
desperately to get away from the strick-
en- place.
At the first rumors Of the presence OF
the epidemic those who have the means
send their families to the northern
states, far out of reach of the plague
The poorer people get as far away as
their money will carry them at the rail
road stations. There are tears in many
eyes and sobs mingle with the more
commonplace sounds. Those who are
left behind stay to face death. Those
who depart go to suffer anxiety and per-
haps privatiOn among strangers Every
means of transportation is taxed. The
very poor, who 'have no money to buy
railroad tickets, take to the pine woods
On the seacoast some take refuge on
islands.
Next comes the quarantine.
1t seems harsh and selfish to shut
people in town where a deadly dis
ease is epidemic, but the law of self
preservation justifies it. This same law
justifies the imprisoned ones in trying
to escape. So a mere edict will not do
Guns are needed, and the dead line is
drawn, The local militia of neighboring
towns form Gordon around the infect
ed place. and the amateur soldiers are
enforced by private citizens At every
road and lane stands an armed man.
grim, determined and ready to warn or
shoot. They are all filled with the same
determination to ward off the infection
from their homes Each man feels that
he is protecting his own family, and
when man fights for his Preside he is
lion at bay.
And how goes it in the fever stricken
town? Walled in by the law on four
sides, pelted from above by the merci-
less sun and with the scourge waiting
for them at every turn, life becomes a
dreadful nightmare. Business is sus-
pended Stores are closed and the streets
traversed only by the doctors, the
nurses and the dead wagon.
In the present epidemic from which
certain sections of the south are suffer-
ing the disease is being fought by skill
ed experts DIR. Guiteras, the great Phil
adelphia yellow fever specialist, has
been sent there by the federal govern
ment, and every precaution is being
taken to prevent the spread of the
scourge. 1t is probable that the great
epidemics of former years will not be
repeated this year, but the crisis will
not be passed until the first welcome
touch of frost is felt along the lower
Atlantic seaboard. G. j. BowDEN.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-10
SHADOW OF A PLAGUE
LIFE IN THE MIDST OF A YELLOW
FEVER EPIDEMIC.

Rush of the Panic Stricken Populace to
Escape From the Town-Then Comes
Quarantine and the Horrors of Hand 20
Hand Conflict With the Pest.
"The wind in the east and no frost
until November This means little to
one who has never been in the midst
of a yellow fever epidemic. To the resi-
dent of an infected district, however, it
is full of import
After shutdown on midsummer S
day is when southern town seems to
stir with life. All day the blinds have
been closed tightly and the streets prac-
tically deserted, but when the sun no
longer beats fercely down on brick and
stone, when the long shadows have
deepene2 into cool, wide spreading dark
ness, then the shutters are thrown open
and groups gather on verandas and door
steps There is the sound of laughter
tinkle of banjo or the low thrum Of
a guitar. Peace and happiness are in
the air.
Late in the evening some one comes
up from down town, and a whispered
conversation is held There is sus-
picious case at the hospital, but the
physicians have not as yet given their
opinions The word has been passed
around, and wherever the rumor spreads
the laughter and the music are hushed
''In the morning we will know say
the men. Probably it is nothing seri-
ous
Yet each man hesitates as he nears
the corner where he knows the bulletin
will be posted. The ancients trembled
when they asked the oracle to speak
The bulletin is there. It is the fever
During the day more deaths occur and
more bulletins are posted,
The scourge is on.
The evolution of panic is dra-
matte thing. Fear of an unseen foe-a
foe that strikes in the broad sunlight or
in the dark, in the crowded street or in
the seolusion of the home-causes it.
Death may be communicated by touch
The rail against which you lean, the
knob Of the door which you open, the
newspaper which you pick up, may
have been handled by one who has since
been stricken and polluted
The colored people generally, as well
as some of tho natives who have lived
through other epidemics accept the situa.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-10-10
MOONSHlNER IN REAL LIFE,
Quite Different From His Confrere a
Seen the Stage.

Quite Different From His COnfrere as
Seen the Stage.
The Kentucky moonshiner in real life
does not resemble his counterpart, de-
scribed III novels and unprecedented on
the stage, in the least. He does not
wear top boots and a SLOUGH hat. AS a
rule he is too poor to possess the former,
and he is more apt TO go barefoot or to
ample along in a pair of wornout bro
gans than to wear top boots. His hat is
usually torn straw jimmy and his
clothes are yellow and faded with age.
Regularly, on days when the grand jury
meets in Louisville, dozen or more of
the moonshiners are presented for in
dictment They present woebegone
appearance as they pass along the streets
in charge of the marshal. In their own
poor homes in the mountains they are
hospitable, but of the stranger ever sus-
picious. The latter may make his bed
in the one room where the entire fami-
liquor brings forth statement that
none is to be had this side of "the
store. At the same time still may
be in operation within ten feet of his
whereabouts.
"The store" represents to the noun
taineer all civilization. On winter
mornings he will tramp to it through
cold and snow to sell a few stiff rabbits
and swap yarns not overbrilliant. One
of the mountaineer's chief sources of
income is his honey, and this finds
ready sale at the store" The moon
sinner seldom receives money in pay for
his wares, but is paid in bit of bright
calico for his wife or a shoulder of ba-
con. If he can add to this a few pipe
fuls of tobacco, he is we'll satisfied with
the results of his labors New York
Commercial.