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The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12

The Maine Central offers delightful
excursion to the White Mountains on
Sunday next. The special train will leave
Brunswick at 658 a. m. and intermedi-
ate stations as per schedule in advertise
ment, and Portland at 10 q. m, reaching
Fabyans at / p. IN. Returning leave
Fabyans at $50 p. m, arriving in Port
land at 5.45 p. m, and Waterville at $50
p. n. The train will stop at Lake Seba-
go for the Universalist grove meeting
and the tickets will be about one-half
fare. Now is the time to see the noun
tainS in the height of their summer
beauty.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12
LARGE REAL ESTATE DEAL.
Cape Cottage Property Passes Into
Hon. J. p. Baxter's Hands.

One of the Finest Shore Locations About
PortIand--some "Reminiscences of the
Property.
The Cape Cottage property, known as
the Hunt estate, has been purchased by
Hon. J. P. Baxter and will be soon i'm
proved for business purposes.
This property which is now to be I'M
proved, is one of the best known and most
interesting as we'll as most picturesque in
this vicinity.
The first Cape Cottage is said to have
been built on the site of the old Strout
farm house in 1888. 1t was large
square, wooden building with a high
cupola and painted white with green
blinds. 1t was erected by a stock COM
pany with a capital OF $4,000, Messrs.
Knights, burlington, Anthony Strout,
Charles Strout and others being in
terested. Anthony Strout soon came in
to possession and sold to John Neal who
ran the cottage for six years with Joshua
Fernald for manager. Then it burned
down and was replaced by a wooden
gothic cottage, which also was burned
about September IS, 1s49. Over 40 years
ago Mr.. Neal erected the gothic stone
cottage with the gables facing the sea.
Years after French roof was placed on ii
to gain third story. This enlarged
cottage is the one known by Portlanders
of the present day and which was burned
in 1894.
Since then the lot has been vacant.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12
WRECK ON THE CAPE.
Schooner Middleton Goes on the Rocks
Near Jordan's Point Probably Total
Loss.

There is a wreck on the Cape shore. AT
about o'clock Wednesday morning, in
the thick fog, the schooner Howard W.
Middleton, bound from Philadelphia to
| Portland with coal, went ashore near the
mouth of the Spurwink river, just beyond
Jordan's Point. The load of coal, which
is valued at about 81, 0G0 was consigned to
Peter S. Nickerson & Co., coal dealers of
this city Mr.. Nlckerson said the coal had
been bought by him but that it was pro-
tected by insurance very nearly up to Its
full value.
The schooner went ashore at low tide.
and rests apparently on a bed of rocks. 1t
pierced the bottom of the vessel. and that
both vessel and cargo would be total
loss.
The Middleton is a three masted
schooner Of 5s9 tons burden, las feet long
and Is feet deep, with centerboard. She
was built in 1888 at Cooper's Point, N.
j., and up to the time of the wreck
ranked Al
When the tide rose it filed the vessel
and there were two feet of water over the
deck.
Her skipper is Capt. Smith Shaw OF
Philadelphia.
Mr.. Scott Jordan, who resides at
Higgins Beach, when he went out of the
house about o'clock in the morning saw
the schooner ashore and met the captain.
Capt. Shaw said he thought the vessel
was three miles distant from the spot
where she struck. Soundings were made
in the fog and they got 35 fathoms just
before she struck. The vessel draws 1e
feet OF water. Capt. Shaw said that all
his belongings were in his state room and
Jordan advised him to go back and get
them The captain said he wouldn't.
Then said Jordan, "give them to me and
l will go and get Them" but the captain
declined to do this. There was large
quantity of water in the schooner soon
after she struck, and she went on at dead
low water. When the flood tide came the
water was washing over the decks. Capt.
Shaw, the master of the Middleton is a
man said to be about 70 years of age.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12
Messengers Notice.

Office of the Sheriff OF Cumberland County.
State OF Maine, Cumberland. S. August
18th, A. d. 1897.
N1HlS is to give notice that on the 9th day
Il OF August. A. d. 1897 a warrant in insol
vency was issued out of the Court of Insolvency
for SAD County OF Cumberland, against the
CHARLES F. LANDERS, of Portland.
adjudg ,eet,+,t to be. an ,Insolvent Debtor
petition was filed on the 9th
day OF August A. D. 1897. to which
date interest on claims is to be computed.
That the payment of any debts to or BY said
Debtor ana the transfer and delivery Of any
property BY hin are, forbidden by law.
Debtor to prove their debts and in case there
are suf1clent assets to authorize the same 10
choose one or more assignees of his estate will
be held at Court of Insolvency to be holden
said County OF Gumbeearana on the 9Th day Of Of
forenoon. - '
Given under my hand the date first a,ovs
written.
Deputy Sheriff as Messenger Of IN AN :,
Insolvency for said County of Cumberland u
aug12&19
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12
Grand Trunk Excursion.

There will be a special excursion on
Sunday next over the Grand Trunk road
to Gorham and Berlin, N. H., and re.
turn for 81. The train will leave the
station in this city at $50 a. m, arriving
in Berlin at 1915, and leave Berlin at
p m, and arrive home at s p. N.
On same Sunday there will be cheap
excursion from Island Pond and inter.
will leave Island Pond at 4.30 am, arrive
at Portland at 9.25 a. H., return al
p. M The fare from Island Pond Will
be but 81 so.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12
BRIEF JoTTINGs.

The adjourned hearing on the extension
of the Grand Trunk wharf will be hel(
by the harbor commissioners at Mr.
Cyrus Farley's office, today, at 10 a. ~
The office of the county commissioner
is undergoing thorough renovation.
The walls of the county commissioners
Office are being re-colored.
Forest City lodge. No. 49, A. o. U. W.
meets at Orient hall, Harrington block
Congress street this evening. Refresh
ments served after the lodge business ha:
been transacted.
Yesterday was foggy and sticky.
Never before has there been so general
complaint of damp cellars in this city as
now. The exceptionally rainy and foggy
season is the probable cause. Mould
has appeared in houses where it has sell
dom or never before been seen.
The concert that was to have been Civ
en- last night at Great Diamond island, i:
postponed until further notice on account
of the bad weather.
The third annual field day and business
meeting of the Cumberland County AS
ISOLATION, S. of ", did not occur yetster
day on account of the rain.
The excursion which was to have come
from Bath to Peaks island yesterday OF
the steamer Sagadahoc, has. been post
poned one week.
A class of 81 applicants for registration
as apothecaries was examined in the
common council room yesterday by
Messrs. Partridge ofaaAugusta and Hesel,
tine of Portland.
The Maine and New Hampshire Gran
ite company will furnish 5000 tons of
crushed stone to the street department.
Their bid, opened yesterday by Commits
sioner Fernald, was for S6250, and was
the only one that was received.
The Order of United American Me-
chanics and Daughters of Liberty of Port
land, Cumberland Mills, Bar Mills and
Yarmouth, with the Junior Order United
American Mechanics, also of Portland,
will go on a picnic to Long island, Satur-
day. Members will meet at Custom house
wharf at a. M.
There were three occupants of the cells
at the police station yesterday ,all of them
incarcerated for drunkenness.
A delicate relish, smoked whitefish
Give them trial. Congress Square fish
market, agents for Portland.
Portland Division Sons of Temperance
will meet in Reform Club hall Friday
night.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12
The New Theater.

The chairs are being placed in the new
theater. Nothing brings a more realizing
sense to the observer of the nearness to
completion of this place of amusement as
the seating of the house. 1t looks as if
Mr.. Fay would not be disappointed and
that the new house will be ready for bust
ness at the time set by him somewhere
from the 10th to the 18th of September.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12
Another Buncoe Case.

Harry Dunning of Harpswell was
buncoed out of four dollars Tuesday eve
ming. He bought a ticket for Boston,
made the acquaintance of a pleasant
stranger at the wharf, and the two took
a stroll up town. At the post office the
man borrowed four dollars of Dunning,
told him to wait while he paid a bill with
it, and never returned.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12
Plantation Singers.

The Claf1in University Plantation
Melody Quintette, Orangeburg, South
Carolina, will sing at Congress street M.
E church, Thursday, August 10 at S.15
p. IN. These young men under the
direction of DR.. W. L. Buckley, vice
president of the Claflin University. will
spend the summer in New England sing-
ing, to raise funds to erect an additional
school building and to equip manual
training building just completed.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12

We sell an excellent rain Umbrella for S12s
Made of fine waterproof Gloria cloth, paragon
frame mounted on steel rod with natural wood
handles They roll as closely as the more expen-
sive ones and answer every purpose.
On the counter to-day is group of pure silk
Umbrellas, gift for ladies' and gentemen) the prices
OF which have been from $3.50 to $1,000, they are
the odds and ends of stock, we'll take half to
be rid of them. 1t is an opportunity to pick up
bargain
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12
lei the Press rolIow Won

Subscribers leaving the city for their
summer vacations may have the PRESS
follow them by sending changes of adj
dress to the Office, 81 Exchange street.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PORTLAND, AUGUST 10, 1897.

PORTLAND, 2 1897
T<HE very latest novelty in Belts is a plaid silk
mounted on fine Russia leather, with pioskin
strap and silver harness buckle. A fresh
stock of them in to-day,
White kid belts, patent leather belts and NOR
Deco belts in all colors.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12
Races Set Ahead.

The races at Old Orchard and Concord,
n. H., yesterday were set ahead on &C.
count of the rain.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12

One of the most remarkable values our Glove
department has ever sold is the wash leather glove
that we are selling at $1.oo. White, cream
and the lightest oak in heavily embroidered back.
fastened with two large clasps like mans glove.
Some of them have silk cores in the fingers others
made entirely of the leather.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12

Great sale at La Partisan today of Va
nilla Cream Waters, 15c pound, hot from
the oven.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12
HENRY B. CLEAVES.
SETH l.. LARRABEE.
His attornevs

Roscoe W. Curtis gives bond of $1,000
that he will prosecute the appeal, his
sureties being Fred N. Dow, Henry P.
Cox, Ammi Whitney, ]. W. Tabor, D.
W. Kensell and Edward B. Winslow.
The appeal is to the session of the
supreme court which sits in Portland on
the second Tuesday of next October.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12

A fresh stock of taffeta Ribbons ready this
morning. All the new fall shades, all widths, plain
and watered.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

- He esteemed 'arthapintan evidently misintcrpre's the scope and
central Thought 81 the editorial which appeared n a recent issue
II The Commonwealth on the subject u The Lawyer A. a Conservative
Force % Nncr ritir~ing our editorial and pointing out the many defects
and weak rtiut> in the character u the little dishonest lawyer, II says:
oIlowcycr. II The Commonwealth will qualify its argument u a. to Include
only those lawyers who study something In addition to the law who broad
en- their understanding and widen their intellectual field by pursuing aconrse
II general reading then we shall give an uncquiynral amen to what 1t SAYS
I'm praIsc " the lawyers II is not possible Tor a ma to he a lawyer Of any
worth without a knoslcdgc Of many things lie must he 4 student, and the
,rol~ u his Investigations must be wide, His lifcs work has to do with the
affairs II every class, character. profession and calling Of man. And there
fore hi. information must Il" varied, accurate and comprehensive. without
these accomplishments u course the lawyer amounts to but little. lie is
rather A di~rrrdt to his honorable vocation, But such a man Ia the c1ccp.
ton and not the rule The lawyer usually Is a commanding figure In the
community in which he lives he lis A. a general thing the leader. or rather
A leader. Now for the little, neaIy, sly srhrninH, thicvng. ignorant fcl-
low who by accident secures license to practice law, and then uses the license
plfcr. plumber, hackmaiI and rob the transporting, " c cannot command
words to Express our luthIug and contempt. Such a character can tr found
many communities, hut that Is not the lawyer which Schad reference to,
What our nrighbor says about the lawyer and preacher, reading more, etc,
has sour unqualified Endorsement. It would make them both more useful tothcir
fellows. shorten the church maps" and relieve the juicS from much
mental suffering. We publish the farthagnianN editorial In full on the
eighth page II this number u The commonwealth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

The article by ". H. IiAzletcin In
the August number IT the North
American Review on Speaker Reed
and the House ~ Representatives.
demonstrates that the order ~ huSi,
ness is more complicated and dinirult
to perform In the house u rcprcScn.
t~ati,cs than IN any other legislative
body of its she, lie compares II
to the British house Of commons, the
French chamber ~ dcputics the
German rcielistag and the Italian
chamber " deputies, and the faril-
iticS Tor i]ransactlng business in each
~ these parliamentary bodies are
much greater than Reeds machine.
Indeed, under Mr.. Reeds rule and
running, the authority and RESPONSE
bility rests with him. He has the
power to push a man 90 the front or
to crush him. II 1t plrascs his
mighty will he ran legIslatc In the
interest of M part 0f the country
and the balance a ~ to slicol,
Reed u%sually looks after New Eng.
land. The whole thing " wrong.
II strikes us that In all our govern.
mental matters the tendency is to
y concentration of authority.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

~rnE argument used in opposition to a constitutional convention in Ten.
| nc>Scc reminds us OF the arguments employed by distinguished
gentlemen In Mississippi on that SAM subject prior to the calling Of the
convention " 1890, Extioy, Turncy and other speakers seem to be afraid
of the people afraid to trust themselves they prefer to suffer the sad,
unconventional and unnecessary condition which they now endure than
to fly to another which they have not tried, OF course that is a very
absurd contention especially when we consider thcfact that many other
states have tried it, and not one time has the experiment proven dctrimcn-
tai to the people and the state. While " c would not undertake to NEEDLE
with the aNairsof our nMghboring state vet because Of Dur love FOR progress
and growth, and mindful OF MEsissippi's magnificent achievement We
cant help but hope that the cause OF constitutional convention may win.
II it should. Tennessee will never regret It.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

THE average society person is a curious combination. We noticed IA few
L days since in one m the daily papers the picture OF IA young girl at a
fashionable watering place, standing before an instrrtrcss striking ati
tudcS, assuming different pastures in other words learning to make those
little movements and catching little manncrisms which people will pro.
nonnrc 'Cutc' and killing. y The picture referred to above is gl In
Il bathing suit. which suit had scarcely enough cloth In it to cover "A base
ball, with her head turned TO one sidc.whilc she wrings the water from her
little sXinch skirt. To MS these manufactured manners "cutc tricks"
and killing capcrs' and make talk and frUthy conversation which
society people study and practice is inchably disgusting to us. 1t il
passing strange that such things are siderable. 1t can he accounted for
only on the theory that there ARE til with us a very large number OF fools
and silly ncoplr
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

The man with q full purse, u dis
honest brain and a hollow heart, IL a
yerycontcmptiblc character. That Is
the character ~ man who would run
this government aud cnsIavc 20, O00.-
600 NJ freemtn-Tha Is the character
~ man who Is nov In charge Vt the
republican party and whose brutal
clutches are now upon the throat Of
industry. The struggle is on.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

The Commercial Appeal may I've
entirely honest It's opposition to
lcvcc building, but IL will lose many
u subscriber before IL conyinccs the
people " the delta that its view Of
the question Is the correct view.
There may be honesty OF purpose in
It's attitude. but there Is no doubt
OF absence of sense.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

senator George, by the advice IT
his physician. DR.. II. Il. Henderson,
has gone I" Mississippi City to spend
the remainder u the hot season. The
Commonwealth hopes sincerely that
the soft and pure salt hrcc,cs may
quiet his nerves and restore him to
health again.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

Germans platform il being very a.
vorably received. II Is embraced by
many gold democrats as the only com,
mon ground upon which the warning
factions ~ the democratic party may
stand In harmony. The silver people
should make no compromise unfayor-
able to the contamination " their
purpose. Better to be right in defeat
than wrong In victory. Indeed there
IL no victory without right.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

Hn \ Open LETTER To Eastern Capitalists y which we give space to
IL In this number " The Commonwealth, is pregnant with pertinent
suggestions and wise and prudent hints. This writer puts the matter st
MAINLY and ruin,rdy that we cannot exactly understand Just why the money
mongcr fails to see It, and, seeing IT, refuses to respond. There Is no doubt
about 1t being to the interests If he capitalist to do it. His present course,
II prrSrlrd in. viii uItlmatcIywUrk his overthrow. 1t will result In pulling
down the ,cmpc and Killing the rhliStincs, but this purse proud and short.
sighted Samson viii go down a, But 1t gems that his greedy and rapa-
rnuS spirit will he satisfied with nothing leslie is unalteraby bent on
his hrlISh course and nothing else will do him, II is passing strange that
with the light u history the experience and examples Of the past. that men
viii act that way. Still they do it, and will continue to do 1t. until bereft
Of power by an outraged, downtrmldcn and oppressed people The masses
" The people arc patient and Of long suffering slow to move and all that
but lust as sure as there is a Just God in heaven. the extreme will be reached
after awhile, rorhearAncc viii cease to be u virtue, and like 4 Johnstown
Hood, their pcnt up wrath and oppressed spirits will break the dam Of con.
NcniunaliHrS and carry ruin, devastation and woo in It's pathway. May a
wiser craftsmanship see the danger and patriotism provide the remedy be.
fore it Is cvrrlisthngly on latc.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

GDGARS :. WILSON, in his Current Comment IN the New Orleans
~ Ptrnyunc, has revived the question OF building acapitol. MI. Wilson
thinks that prcjudiccs and passion should be discarded and that when the
legislature meets in January next that u capitol should be built. We agree
with him. But we would not ask the legislature In order to do il, TO sur
render its proper function and neglect the interests Of the tax payers How
ever, it occurs t" us that a compromise might be effected without surrender.
ing any rghtS or lowering the dignity of either the executive q. legislative
departments OF the government. No good can possibly come of protracted
strft.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

The behavior OF the striking miners
has been u great disappointment to
the mine owners. They have fondly
hoped that some act NJ violence on
the part Of the .mincrs would he com.
mittcd : that they could have somr
grounds upon which to claim public
fpypr
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

r. the Maryland democratic platform declares for the equal use OF both
l gold and silver Is money metals with equal mint privileges and the
right man is nominated that is all that could be asked, II we could elect men
to congress on that sort Of a platform and they should honestly carry it out.
the cause of silver would no. suffer. Would the gold monomctallsts accept
that platform and support honest bmctalists for congress on it? They
would not
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

IRIS with unfcigncd pleasure that we learn Of the improvement in Dr.
l H. f. Wards health. lie has been in the mountains OF Virginia for
some weeks, and We are told that he is very much stronger and indeed. very
much m rovcd in health in every way. Dr. Ward is one Of MIsissippis
most gifted and useful citizens and this information will give pleasure to
thousands OF his friends and admirers throughout the state. May the god
OF health continue to smile on him. lie should come to Greenwood and take
u few drafts OF arcIan wacr-t will help him.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

Miss Belle Kcarney. of Flora,
Miss has visited Alaska, and in last
Mondays issue of the Commercials
Appeal she had Il very interesting let
ter descriptive " her trip. Miss
kearnry Is \ very sensible young
roman
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

H. =. Muse. u Madison county, a
very substantial citizen. died July
-. 1897. lie was a gallant COnfcd-
crate soldicr--was a member of the
famous Har vcy scouts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

Edward Bcllamy is again before
the world. II Equality" possesses
no more merit than Looking Back
ward II is hardly worth the pains
" reading.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

The l~conNlast contains many ugly
things, but IL also contains some very
wise things. Putting IL all together
the good will outweigh the bad.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

HE unfortunate suggestion OF The Natchez Democrat regarding Senator
1 George 5 resignation has elected the scvcrcst condemnation by some
OF the state papers Under the peculiar circumstances It was execrabc taste.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

CONGESTION Of money IN the capital
centers Is an infalliblc sigh that there
Is very little among the people and In
the channels 1T commerce.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

TIE Louisiana politicians are still stirred up over the question Of federal
1 appointments. While Wmbery is manifestly in the lead. he has not
yet succeeded in putting his foot upon the promised land. SO far ~ We are
concerned We hope Wmherly will get It.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

TTs To he hoped that the visit Of Senator's Quay and Morgan to Hawaii
l may convince them Of the abSurdiy and unwisdom Of the annexation
Of that country to the United States.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

No editor can afford t0take up time
with every little worm that may
chance to get In his pathway.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

THERE are some folks who are always carping and complaining about
l town taxes and you will lind in nine cases out Of ten that these same
men have made more out OF The town and Ny less taxes in proportionto what
they really own than anybody else.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

u FOOL friend is a dangerous thing. Al times he can III, vm moro
IL harm than a wise enemy.