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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27

The new tariff law has got to work
very badly indeed to make possible re-
vival of tariff agitation for many years
to come. If there is any one subject the
country is sick of it is tariff. For the
last ten years there has been hardly a
day or an hour in which it was not I'M
der discussion. No sooner has tariff
bill been passed than an agitation has
been begun to repeal it and pass another
founded on different system. The
consequence has been that for the last
ten years business men and manufacture
ers have been constantly harassed and
threatened with change in the condi-
tions on which their business was being
done. That paralysis of industry followed
was only what might have been expected.
The battle of the systems has gone on
until practical men have lost all patience
and have been drawn to exclaim, g plague
ON both your house, give us something
that shall be permanent, and shall re
move the un certainty that has been par
alyzing all our endeavors'. Schedules
of the Dingley tariff may be changed from
time to time, but if as a general thing
the new law works fairly we'll, there will
be SO loud and general a protest against
any wholesale tinkering of it that it will
be a good many years before any party
will risk a declaration of policy which
has for its chief cornerstone a general re-
vision of the tariff
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27

1t is reported that a strange discovery
has been made with relation to certain
laws on the Connecticut statute books
regarding the marriage relations, which
puts an en- tirely new Interpretation upon
the subject and makes bigamy almost
impossible to punish. Under one section
q chapter 200 it is clearly shown by legal
experts who have been examining the
ESw laws that a mas may marry dozen
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27
of insincerit,,

Harper's Weekly thinks that rs per
cent. of the 100000 voters who supported
Bryan last year will flock to the gold
standard, and then everything will be
plain sailing. Nevertheless, it would be
very unwise to abate one jot or little in
the campaign of education, the need of
which is still severely felt in certain Sec
tions of the land "Truth is mighty, and
so is ignorance, as Speaker Reed once
remarked.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27

Vanity Fair sends up wall, and Ia
ments that the London season which is
now nearing its end has been remarkable
for bringing into prominence the ''intem-
perate habits of Society The worst fea
ture in the whole matter is that the wom-
en- are reported to be as bad as the men.
If this be true, making every allowance
for Jubilee year, the conclusion is ir.
resistible that England now affords a
good field for temperance crusade.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27

How the cause of currency reform has
been advanced by President Mckinley
eleventh hour currency message does not
appear. The currency reformers would,
we suspect, have been just asiwell pleased
if it had been held over until next win
ter, and if his this had been done there
would have been less room for charge
of insincerity.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27

No,greater calamity could befall Presi-
dent Andrews than that he should be
taken up by the Democratic party of
Rhode Island and paraded as a martyr,
and we feel sure that man-of his sense
will not permit himself to be so used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roose-
welt very pertinently points out the neces-
sity of naval reserves, and observes that
while we are naturally peace loving
people, it is absolutely necessary to have
in addition to our regular navy, however
efficient it's officers and men may be-and
they are efficient-such organizations as
have been formed in several of the States,
as nucleus around which to build a re-
serve force to our navy, which in case of
a declaration of war would be of some
service in twenty-four hours, and of great
service within two weeks. 1t might be
we'll if Maine would heed the warming.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27

According to Paris dispatch to the
London MAIL Emperor William of Ger
many has been interfering in the Hawaii
an affairs This is not at all unlikely, but
only in keeping with that congenial spirit
of meddling in other nations affairs
which appears to be rampant in that er
ratio monarch
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27

In view of the universal unrest among
all classes and political parties in Spain,
the Carlist leaders have decided to begin
an active political propaganda through
out the whole country. Public opinion
in Spain is of most inf1ammable nature,
and mere spark may yet set it into a
blaze.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27
GEO. F. DUNCAN,
AZ Exchange St.

Portland & 0gdenshurg Railroad Stock,
Dividends guaranteed by M.C.R.R.
Ponland 6 Rochester Terminal "a, 1907,
Interest guarantee by b. q M r. r.
Town II PitisfsId Me-, As, 1878.
Consolidated Electric Light Co. SIS, 1905.
Prssque Isle, Me-, Water Company SIS. 1907,
indianapolis ldlana. Water COMPANY IS. 1928.
St Joseph Water Company, Guaranteed SIS, 1909
First National Bank Stock.
Cumberland National Bana Stock.
Casco National Bank Stock
FOR SALE BIZ -.
H. WI. PaysOn 4 Co.
BANKuFS,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27

Justice Dickey, of the Supreme Court
in Brooklyn, has just dealt a severe blow
to the civil service laws of the State of
New York, by deciding that county EN-.
ployes are not amenable to the merit sys
TEN. The failure of the legislature tc
provide proper machinery to carry out the
intention of the Constitution as to civil
service examinations is all the more re
markable in view of the fact that New
York is probably the only. State in the
Union within which civil service is pro
vided for, not simply by statute, but by
the fundamental law of the Constitution
The case will probably be taken to the
Court of Appeals.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27

Corn exports are still heavy-6, 635 1896
bushels in July against g. 21, 500 last year.
A good reflection of the actual conditions
abroad
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27
THE PRESS,
TUESDAY, JULY 27

Prosperity cannot advance too rapidly
now to suit the public. Nor can it come
in too large doses.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27
PROPOSALS FOR COAL.

Bids will be received at the Chief Engi-
neer's office for furnishing the Portland Fire
Department with 200 tons of hard coal, more
or less, stove, egg ana chestnut sizes. Bids
m. For particulars apply to Chief Engineer.
WILSON SPRAGUE,
Secretary of Committee on Fire Department
Portland, Me-, July 23rd, 1897. jy24d3t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27

or any number of times, and unless he
lives with some of these wives he cannot
be prosecute under this law 1t is not a
crime for man to be married to more
than one woman SO long as he does not
live with his wives. 1t is hard to say
whether the Nutmeg State is afflicted
with too much or too little law. One
thing seems very likely, that her mar
riage laws as we'll as those recently
passed on the observance of Sunday are
liable to lead to curious compilations.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27

The Joliet Railway Company owns and
operates the entire street railway system in
Joliet, Illinois, including line to Lockport,
a manufacturing town five miles distant. situ-
ated at the present terminus of the Chica-
go Drainage canal.
The city of Joliet is about 40 miles from
Chicago on the Atchison, Chicago, Il Rock
Island and Chicago ~ Alton railroads. The
population of Joliet including Lockport is
over 10000.
The Joliet Railway company owns is
miles of track, large brick and stone
power house with double equipment of
boilers, engines and generators, and a COM
plete new car equipment.
The present mortgage is for $3.50, ZOO and
covers all present property and all that may
hereafter be acquired. Tha.railway is owned,
ties. The net earnings of the property ARE
two and one-half times the interest ON the
bonds.
The officers and directors of the road are
:: A. Henry, Joliet. E. B. Winslow, John =.
Burnham, Edward Woodman, Weston +. Mil
liken, Henry r. Coz, Walter G. Davis, G. l..
Baxter and Geo. +. Duncan. all of Portland.
Price and further particulars upon appliea-
ton.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-27

| BY the Mortgage Deed a sufficient amount of
rent is assigned directl y..to the Portland safe
Deposit Company, Trustee, to pay the in
| terest on the Boiide.
| Price and further particulars on applica-
| ton.
| We have already sold a large amount of
| this issue for Trust Funds.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-07-31
RICOS Y POBREs

-;Es verdaderamente ndispensable?-p
Sin la menor duda; 4 menos de que podAs airmar
que no ha habido crmen.
La condesa guardo sencio
iva veis.-oberv6 ell irresistible iuezquc nj mis-
atrev&is negao teneis raz6n liza cvihencia
poue Deseamo sabe adems eneis aguna sospecha de
quitn puedc e autor de abominable asesinato
- Ell Sr. Robirner vovo hacia ell fiscal le pregunto
- / Els ESQ, verdad?
-iSn duda sin dnda -djo dfstraidamente ell sefor Des
loes examnaba e retrao de de cabcza
polvada agracado rostro
La condesa pareci6 rehexionar, pero contesd. El
iuez afadid
lila egado nuestra notjcia que hace pocos dias
KS verdad?
---Es verdad
-iI4os Montaron asf?
-Precisamente.
ICON que motive? mo fu6 causa de haber sdo
gidos por los guardas cazando en- vuestra possession?
En- efecto Scomo estais bien informados?. Por
mi parte debo decarar que 20 acuso a nadle.
-iPor generosidad!
Ignore quero seguir ignorando ha ocurrldo la
horrible gaca que prva de hiio querdo Que
dolor mo tengo vaor nj fuerzas para
pensar otra cosa!...
Esto fue dcho abatmiento acknowledgements s'mu-
ado
La condeaa sura Elm duda cruemene pero odio la
tenia. .
Anad6 hpocrecia que acababa de dar pruebas:
-Os repto que 70 no a nade tengo que
un deseo de desgaciado ho descansar paz,
de m pero que paabras podran conteneros
fCabaleros, sos libres! Cumplid vuestro deber!
Snspir6 profundarente ev6 paiuelo aridos ojos
saudando los honsbre que nclinaron alej6
En- aquel momento,s ancano alto, pao en- Ia
mano, camnaba por bcsque toda prisa, digendose la
Boca del Lobo. *#
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-07-31

Era ell cazador de topos.
Cumplia la promesa que habfa hecho Teresa
La vfspera habfa lido dos 4 levarla noticias,
En- su ultima cntrevista no la habfa dicho mas que
cstas palabras:
Aquel dfa, al encontrarse ella, fue mas breve
IIa concluido- do.
La desgracada pronuncio palabra.
Sc me6 pobre y, cayendo de rodias al pie
de la ocnt6 ell las lor6 amarga
Ell hombre que acababa de morir, la habfa amado 10
dudaba.
iPerdido para siempre!
Ahora lie habfa perdido
lie veia los oos cerrados tendido lecho, pado
sin va entire made ativa del gope terrible
ella cuando agunas por e boque los
das de fiesta en- Ia g}esia de La Ferte.
aquel?a podia odiarla Il
Sc sentfa abatida sin fuerzas sin valor.
De todas las ideas buan pobre trastornada
caoeza una sola dominaba aquel caos.
Era la de tenfa no enfa porvenir,
terfa ell pa la habtacionca
SOL palabra de madre carca de her
de quienes era la nina mmad lie eran ahora odiosos
Guerra abandonaro todo, hur de alh
Pero adonde ir que recursos?
SQuG hacer, in cuando deshonra esuvera la WIS.,
ia de todos2
mo hsbia perdido al que deba de serssu apoyo?
Al pensar venian cabeza ideas de muerte de
suicide.
De refexones la sac6 ell ruido de cabaos coches
que aproximaban q la granja
Sc evanto de pronto asomo la ventana.
Un tenblor repentino apoder6 de ella.
Cuaro gendarmes escoltaba coche eno de lodo,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-29
FIRE AT DETROIT.
The Pre-. Press Printing Company sus-
tains Heavy Loss.

Detroit, Dec. 29.-The Arcade build
ing, owned by the Heinman estate, on
West Larned street, burned early In
the morning. completely destroying the
paper stock OF William C. Jupp. the
stock and plant of Charles L. Roehm
e. Son, wholesale stationers, and the
stock of perfume materials OF the Eli
sum Manufacturing company.
The five-story structure to the wes,
OF the Arcade building, occupied by the
Detroit Free Press Printing company.
was for time threatened with de-
structon. The building was flooded
with water, and the stock and plants OF
The Free Press Printing company, Gin
& Higgins, bookbinders, and the Hab-
bin Engraving company were nearly
ruined. The total loss on the buildings
| and their contents will reach $l2o'Ooo
of which The Free Press Printing com
| pany sustains the heaviest share, abou'
S66 900. with $4,000 insurance. The otn'
er losses are fairly covered by insur'
| ance. The cause ofthe fire is unknown
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-29
A1GER DANGEROUSLY III
The Secretary of War suffering iro" ~"
Attack of LA Grippe.


Attack of La Grippe.
Washington. Dec. 29.-General Aiger'
secretary of war, is very SICK man.
pe is living critically i'll at his residence
on X street from an acute attack OF the
grip. with typhoid symptoms. II Is ohis
within the last few hours that MS con
dition became such as to warn his lam
ilv He has continued to discharge
some of his official duties. This ne dld
while living in bed and against the ad-
vice of his physician. But now he mas
hecome very much weaker ana no at
temnt Is made 10 conceal the lact tha'
be is in a dangerous condition. Gen
aral Alger has not been in robust heaith
\ for some time.
} He is n man of slight physique anu
| tho severe strain to which his system
las heen subjected during the last weeN
has sanued his vitality to the lmit
uis nervous energy was such, however
that he could not give up until lorce.
20 do 80 by sheer inability to proceed
forther 1t has been his practlce -
- Too much attention to the detail'
20 the business of the war department
and he has really done a agreater ahoul
% ootual work than he was opilgeost "
All this told on him, and ne Is no'
suffering from the effects OF 700 ''o'
onplication to his official iaoors'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-29
GAGE STILL IN OFFICE.
Rumors Regarding the Secretary
Without Foundation.
HAS NOT TENDERED RESIGNATION.

The President Has the Highest Regard for
Mr.. Gage and the Feeling Is Reciprocated
No Occasion for Rumors of the Secre-
tary's Resignation-Gener Alger DAN
gerously Ill from an Attack of la Grippe
Other Washington News.
Washington, Dec. 29.-They've re-
signed Secretary Gage again. and there
Is great ado about 1t in Washington.
Reputable newspapers at first ignored
this kind of talk, but finally several
Of them in the east printed the story
that Secretary Gage had resigned and
would leave the cabinet on account of
disagreements with the president.
| There is absolutely not the faintest
shadow Of foundation for any such
reports and stories. The president en-
tertains the highest confidence and re-
spect for Secretary Gage and the feel
| ing is cordially reciprocated by the lat-
| ter. They understand each other thor
| oughly, and are in hearty and sympa-
| thetic accord upon all important ques-
| tions where there should be harmony
between a chief and his lieutenant
An Implied Understanding.
| Mr. Gage never offered to resign, al
though at the very start he frankly
told the president that If at any time
he should become an embarrassment t'
the administration by reason OF ms
positive convictions on the hnancla
question he would cheerfully step ASIDE
That has been his position from th'
start. and il will continue to be sucn
Every cabinet officers relations VIII
, | the president are or should be identi
cal with those held by Secretary Gage
Every cabinet officer holds his positio
with the understanding, implied o
specified, that he will never perm
himself to become an embarrassment
TO the administration Of which he is
70 part. and if at any time he feels tha
he cannot subscribe to the administrs
: ton policy he must officially efface hin
self There is no occasion for any sue
move being taken by Secretary Gas
nor is there the slightest possibility
conditions arising which will call Il
1 such action. The president approx
of the attitude assumed by his minlst'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-29
ca.s of lanes MingIe.

snr,npfeld. Ills, Dec. 29.-Argument
:. ba,nS made in the circuit court OF
sangamon county for new trial IN na,'ne ,ne
oase of lanes Mingle. who was found
Guilty on the charge of numbering tne
susant Of Mary Briscoe some time ago.
The mother was brutaiiy assau.sa leu
- the head with a hatchet at the
go time Mary Briscoe does not
Sish ud Mingle to hang, and her testimony
w,lI have strong effect for new
,ria, The officials believe that oespl.e
.no strone case against Mingle a ne"
.-,oI will he granted.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-29
SHOT GIRL AND SELF.
Young woman's Refusal to Marry the
Cause of Double Tragedy.


ST. Louis, Dec. 29.-Marcus Nassauar'
living in Clayton. a suburb OF this city
shot his sweet heart Miss Katie DO
senbach, daughter of the ex-sheriff. and
then blew out his own brains. For
some time Nassauar has been paying
his attentions to Miss Dosenbach, put
as he was comparative stranger to the
family who knew nothing of his past
the young lady repulsed him.
He called at her home and was ao-
mitted to the parlor by the girls young
er sister. AS soon as Katie entered the
| parlor Nassauar drew revolver ana
| shot her through the breast. AS she
fell he put the weapon to his own heao
and pulled the trigger. He died instant
ly. The girl is thought to be fataiiy
wounded. Her father was for many
wears collector and sheriff OF 81. Loui'
county. In 1892 he shot and killed Ma
for Smith. a well-known attorney. M
was sentenced to six months In JAN an'
fined $500. Since then, although weaithy
he has lived in retirement.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-29
EDWARD l. RADCLIFFE

was denied Mr.. Towns said that there
was some justification for the assault.
Judge Newburger looked at Mr.. Towns
in establishment. and said: Il am sur
prised to hear counsel make such an
admission"
The Judge. after referring to the rec
concentrations for mercy made by the
Jury. said: wife beating may be pop
ular in some countries, but not in Amer
lea. propose in your case to meet out
such punishment as Will serve as a
warning to others that they must ho'
repeat an offense of this kind.
Ratcliffe was taken to the peniten'
tiary on Blackwells island, where nc
| will be confined at hard labor. TINS
| does not carry with it the depriVatioi
] of civil rights that is involved III
\ states prison sentence. large crow.
was present to hear the actor sentenced
Mrs. Ratcliffe and her father Pete
de Lacey were absent.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-29
Trust In Edged Tools.

pittshurg. Dec. 29.-Eighty per cert
of the edge tool manufacturers IN tne
limited states have consolidated 'neia
interests and have arranged Tor lne
erection of new plant near Charieroi
about forty miles south of this CITY, OIL OIL
the Monongahela river. The concerl ,,l
~, he known as the American AK anc
TOO, company. and will have capita
r,oor of 50 OOO. 900. 1t will employ oVe'
non skilled workmen and the averae' aeo
weekly pay roll will amount TO slo'ooO
The consolidated plant will be in oper
ation within six months.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-29
KILLED by an Explosion.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-By the explosion u
alcoholic vapors Theodore Winkoisky, d
casl varnisher was blown through the
nnanbole of a gigantic beer tank ana
instontlv killed. Leonard Scholller ana
Jouis Imme. his helpers, who were
,1.orl,ing in the tank with him, were
,',,r,ad sensenless to the bottom OF the
nonantacIe and so badly burned that
there is small chance Tor tneii ~,
cry. and Henry T. Klein VINO was 81 S
the outside, was badly shocked py .ne
concussion of air. The accioen. -.
Cured at the brewery of the inoepe"'
dent Brewing association.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-29
,,.,.r Rucker or for Dyea.

Portland, Ore, Dec. 2s.-The steam snr
chin George w. Elder has saiieu Ior
Dvea and skaguay with 120 passengeps
and 900 tons OF freight. Fifty horses
and 100000 feet of lumber were re oto to
fered. but the Elder was unaoie ,so n.s 81
- room for them. Among the pas
nonaors was Major l.. II. RucKer'
S,a,'rth rrnited states cavalry. who goes
to skaguay and Dyea to make an IN IN
''o..igation " of the passes for the pur-
nose Of selecting the most feasible route
For the government Yukon reiief eNpe'
[ dition.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-29
ACCUSED OF FLoGGINe BOYS.
sensation in IA Country School Near Gales
burg, Ills.

burg, Ills
Galesburg. Ills, Dec. ga sensatloh-
al affair in the Cooke school, orange
township. has caused much excitement
warrant has been issued Tor Neis
Iindetrom. The story is that Llho-
strom went to the schoolholse wniie
the school was in session. lie hao
new rawhide whip. 1t is said that ne
was angry because of trouble WHICH
two Of the pupils had had with ms own
children. At his request, 1t is saiu, MI
Anderson. the teacher, dismissed all the
nunils save the two whom LlnotroIli
wanted. They were sons OF a.. W.
| Morse and j. f. Rumbo. Lindstronn =
accused of noeging the boys. Aecolu,
ing to the parents the chlldreh W. ,
| covered with black and blue weits' ih'
! teacher. il is said, permitted the "nip
! nings. Mr.. Rumbo and Mr. Morse ar
highly in dignant. The school poaru' .
which Mr.. Rumbo is member me
to take steps to prosecute Llnostroii
for trespass in interfering win III
| SCHOOL