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The record-union., 1897-03-23
BLAMED GOOD THINGS.
He Referred to Car Fenders-They
Pushed Him Along.

He was from the country. and showed
it by his walk, as we'll as his clothing
He had come to town to see the ele-
plant, and his condition seemed to say
that he had also seen all the other ami
mails. He walked with that extreme
gravity of countenance and carefulness
Of step which is characteristic of a
drunken man.
AT Washington avenue and Broadway
he met a man he knew. He was over
joyed, and after hugging his friend
around the neck insisted on going for
drink to the nearest saloon.
The friend refused, but was pressed
so hard that he at last consented and
took drink
Then they started across the street
toward the Lindell Hotel, and he Of the
jag was separated from his friend by
the electric cars.
He made a great dash to cross in
front Of Page avenue car, but his
condition was not conducive to haste
The car struck him fender on Women
screamed and tainted and strong men
grew pale and stood transfixed with
horror, for they felt sure that he would
be ground to little alcohol permeated
bits. The motorman reversed his car
just in time to prevent the drunken
mans legs from being broken. AS soon
as the fender struck him that worthy
sat down on it. and when the car came
to a stop he calmly picked himself and
his hat up and walked over to his hor-
ror-stricken friend
Say thie), them's blamed good
things. amt they?" he remarked. just
as though the matter was an every day
occurrence. and someone else had been
the hero of it--St Louis Post Dispatch
The record-union., 1897-03-23
THE WOODMEN.
Head Consul FaIkenburg to Visit
Them Wednesday Evening.

An event of Importance in fraternal
circles Will be the visit of Head Con-
sui T. A. Falkenburg to the Sacra-
n2ento Woodmen tomorrow evening at
Py7thian Castle.
The fraternity Of which Mr.. Falk-
enburg is the chief executive officer in
the Pacific jurisdiction, is of recent
birth, having been founded in 1890.
Since that time it has made remarka-
BILE growth throughout the United
States and Canada
The Head Consul will deliver a fitting
address on Woodcraft tomorrow even
ing, to which all men of reputable
standing in the community are invited.
Light refreshments Of some sort will
probably be provided.
The record-union., 1897-03-23
GEN. GRANTS "HAMMERING.'
Those Who Criticised This Policy
Were Stay-at-Homes.

General Horace Porters Campaign
ing With Grant" now running in The
Century" deals with the battle of Cold
Harbor in the March issue. General
Porter says:
There were critics who Were severe
IT. their condemnation of what Grant
called "hammering'' and Sherman
pounding" but they We're found prin-
cipally among the stay at-homes, and
especially the men who synpathized
with the enemy. a soldier said one
night, when reading by camp fire an
account OF a call issued by a disloyal
newspaper at home for public meet
ing to protest against the continued
hloodshed in this campaign: Who
shedding this blood, anyhow? They
better wait till we fellows down here
The record-union., 1897-03-23
Fitzsimmons' Exhibition.

Bob Fitzsimmons, the new blue-rib
bon priZe-ring hero, gave an exhibition
at the Metropolitan Theater last night.
He showed up in two rounds each with
his trainers, Hickey and Steiner. 1t
was about like all such exhibitions.
There was a big crowd of people at the
depot when Fitz came to town, all
anxious to get a look at him.
The exhibition followed the perform
ance of the Town Topics Company
The record-union., 1897-03-23
PERSONAL MENTION.

D. G. Halsey Of Woodland is visiting
the city.
Mr. and Mrs. P. c. Morris of Oregon
are stopping at the Golden Eagle.
G.. Vincent came down from Grass
Valley yesterday.
Editor Callen of the Williams Farm
err is visiting the city,
The record-union., 1897-03-23
DR.. YERSIN.
The Russian Scientist Who Has Dis
covered Plague Antidote.

Dr. Yersin is the eminent Russian
scientist who has discovered an anti
dote for the plague, now raging in
Bombay. Upon it's outbreak he went
at once to the scene where the mystic
rious disease was working it's ravages
and began to experiment upon it's vic
The record-union., 1897-03-23
Accident to the SolarO.

On her return trip to Port Costa, after
landing the local train at Benicia last
evening, slight accident happened to
the machinery of the ferry boat Solano,
necessitating her being laid up for the
night.
1t was expected she would be ready
for service by this morning, but the late
trains last night had to come by way
of Stockton
The record-union., 1897-03-23
DOING GOOD WORK
A Widows Children to be Cared For
at the Founding Home.

The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children continues to do
good work in this city. 1t was yester-
day applied to by a widow, who is at
service, with a request that two of her
little children be placed in some shell
ter where they would be we'll cared for,
She to pay all expenses for their keep
ing.
The society, through its officer, Dan
Healy, succeeded in having the little
ones placed in the Foundlngs' Home,
where they will receive the best of care.
The record-union., 1897-03-23
Cruelty to Animals.

Humane Officer Dan Healy yesterday
arrested Charles Hackel, who resides at
Oak Park, on a charge of cruelty beat
ing a horse he was driving. The case
will come up before Justice Candy of
Oak Park this evening. A number of
witnesses have been subpenaed and
Healy believes he will make out a
strong case.
The record-union., 1897-03-23
Dead i'm a Cabin.

A Deputy Coroner went up to the
San Juan grant yesterday to investi-
gate the case of a dead Chinaman whose
body was found in cabin. He had not
returned at a late hour last night
The record-union., 1897-03-23
FRS. Van Colt Coming.

Mrs. Maggie Van Colt, the famous
evangelist who conducted successful
services in Sacramento one year ago,
will preach in the Sixth street Method
ist Churcn on Friday evening. Every
body is invited
The record-union., 1897-03-23
SPECIAL NOTICES

VehicIes-Baker & Observation-Disclosures
Carts, BLggies, Carriages, Phaetons, Balm
Farm and Header Wagons, Wholesale
Hardware. Send for catalogue.
KENT BROS, 1917 Third street. for car
riages, buggies, rigs of all kinds at short
notice. Telepnones-New. 20: old. 5I1.
The record-union., 1897-03-23
Rue Admitted to Bail,

Justice Henry yesterday decided to
admit j. O. Rue to bail in the sum of
$40. and set the charge of misde-
ueancr embezzlement against him for
trial on the 10Th inst. at p. m.
The record-union., 1897-03-23
tins.

The result was the discovery by him
of an antidote or serum. which, when
injected into one who has the plague
in it's early stages, checks its further
progress, and in a large proportion Of
cases causes recovery. By means of
this serum the plague is now being
combated
The record-union., 1897-03-23
Confirmation Rites.

At ST. Pauls Episcopal Church last
night class of nine was confirmed by
Bishop Graves, who also preached an
elaborate sermon.
The record-union., 1897-03-23
Pencil niSSion.

Rev. Mr.. NorveI will hold revival
services at Pencil Mission, 400 ] street,
this and tomorrow evenings.
The record-union., 1897-03-23
..Happy Are They.''

Thousands are using DR.. Byron's Ko-
la Vitality Beans. They bring back
lost vital forces, 25c. For sale by P. F.
McMorry, Sixth and X, and II. E. Yard
ley, Eighth and j.
The only genuine domestic bread at
the Pacific Grove Bakery, S23 J
The record-union., 1897-03-23

Save money by buying your tea and
coffee of J. McMorry, 531 NJ.
The record-union., 1897-03-23

Women sailors are employed IN Nor
way, Denmark and Finland and are
found to be excellent mariners.
The record-union., 1897-03-23
SACRAMENTO RANK

THE OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN
the city, corner Fifth and ] streets, Sac
ramento. Guaranteed capital, $30o.o00'
serve fund, So 600; term and ordinary de-
posts, So 224 ,931 81; loans Oh real estate
January l. 1897 s.. 63J 161 10 Terms and
ordinary deposits received. Dividends paid
in January ana July. Money loaned upon
real estate oaly Information furnished
upon application to
w. p. COLEMAN. President.
Ed. r. Hamilton, Cashier.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
Tho Coming Exhibition.

Visitors to the Worlds Fair will never
forget the extreme beauty and fascination
of the electrical exhibit, and the marvels
OF light and color produced by the aid OF
that weird and lily understood power.
While tt electrical display to be seen In
the Auditorium during the exhibition In
May. will not hope to rival that of the
great fair. it will be sufficiently brilliant
and remarkable to excite universal admi-
ration and delight. That this display
will be shown by home concern will
add to the interest In the minds Of many
Portland men. One of the most attractive
of the "active exhibits" will be that of
Mr.. Charles e. Vokes, engaged III the
manufacture of wirs jewelry. This
young man IL styled "The Boy Wonder"
and the marvellous rapidity and dexrerity
with which he fashions some artioles OF
jswelry, even to the placing Of the stone,
etc., surely entities him to the distinc-
ton. The wonderful and justly cele-
DRAFTED "X-Ray" machine will be there
and visitors Will have an opportunity of
gazing at their unolothed bodies. - OF
the many novelties and Interesting feat
ures Of this great exhibition these are but
three, and there are many more quite as
interesting promised.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
Portland Company.

The Portland company last week
shipped five carloads of material for pulp
digesters to New York en- route for Japan
and via steamer Manhattan" Sailing
last night for New York, the balance of
the shipment, five more calroads went
forward. This shipment comprises
sufficient material for five digesters of a
total weight of 200 tons. These digesters
are the first of their kind ever shipped to
Japan from this country. Two of them,
each ten feet in diameter by thirty feet
long, are to be erected in the mills of the
Yokkaichi Paper company, Yokkaiohi,
and the other three, each twelve feet in
diameter by thirty -four feet long, are to
be erected in the mills of the OF Paper
company near Toxic.
The Portland company have also sup
pliad all the phosphor bronze work re-
quired for these digesters, including the
large blow off valves, which weigh in the
vicinity OF 1900 pounds each.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
Jumped for His Life.

There is certain Fright young news
paper man employed By one of the local
dailies whose highest ambition Ia to
be railroad man. He has learned how
TO ring the bell on a locomotive and
knows which way to turn brake to
set up" just now he is trying to learn
to ride on top OF freight cars without
getting dizzy. He was riaing on top of a
train yesterday and as he had gone sew
eral miles without meeting any disaster,
he felt very large indeed.
The train stopped at a station to shift
out car. When the engine backed down
on the remainder. including the car on
which our hopeful stood, something
miscued and there was bump. Nothing
was broken, and real railroad man
would have simply shifted his grid and
remark, "Six feeti" Not so, however.
our hopeful He thought the end had
come and his only thought was to es-
cape with as little damage to his prec.
ious neck as possible. He gave just one
leap and landed on terra 1rma. He mar
rowly escaped striking switohman who
stood on the ground, and he sprninedsone
Of his ankles. He says that in the fu.
tnre he shall ride exclusively on empty
freight cars.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
Assaulted With a Knife.

A serious ASSAULT occurred on CONNER
cial street Wednesday in which Timothy
Mulkern was the aggressor. The victim
was Patrick Heating. who keeps a place
on Commercial street, near India, and
who is a man seventy years or mora
The assault was entirely unprovoked and
without warning Mulkern stabbed Mr.
KeatiDg in the cheek with jack knife.
The knife made deep cash but it is
thought that his eyesight will not be
affected. Mulkern was arrested and the
knife is at the station.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
Protection of Animals.

At the annual meeting of the directors
of the Maine State Association for Pro
lection of Cruelty to Animals held yester-
day these officers were elected:
President-Hon. Stanley T. Pullen,
Portland.
Vice Presidents-Mrs L. d. NJ. Sweat,
Portland; Hon. John Ware, Waterville;
Hon. Joseph F. Snow. Bangor; Hon.
Charles P. Heselt1ne, Belfast; Hon.
Frank L. Dingley, Lewiston.
Recording Secretary DIR. Fl. e..
Vaughan. Foxcroft.
Corresponding Eecretary-Mrs. S. L.
Pullen, Portland.
Treasurer-Mr. Alfred Woodman, Port
land
Agent-Eben N. Perry, Portland.
Attorneys--Mr. Edward Woodman and
Wilford g. Chapman, Portland.
Veterinary Surgeons-F. W. Hunting
ton, D. V. s., and W. S. Lord, D. V. S.,
Deering.
Finance and Auditing Committes-E.
Fl. Davies, Edward Woodman, Weston f.
Milliken.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
The oldest Medical student.

Probably the Oldest medical student
in the country is James Scott, who is
taking an undergraduate course at the
Maine Central school at Brunswick, says
the Journal of Medicine and Science.
Mr.. SCOTT of Crow Harbor, Guysboro, N.
s., has entered upon the three years
course at the school, and when he re-
ceives his degree of M. D., will have
passed b lis 50th Ii. ilestone. He is a native
of Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and went to
Nova Scotia at the age of eighteen years.
He has been a Baptist minister at Grow
Harbor and other places in Nova Scotia
for many years. Within the last four or
five years he has been studying and
practicing medicine in desultory way,
especially in cases of accidents, and be
finally made up his mind to acquire a
thorough medical education. He has g
wife, three daughters and son at Crow
Havbor.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09

A former Eaco woman Is figuring as
plaintiff in q very spicy breach of prom
Use suit now on trial in Boston court.
The plaintiff is Mira. Alice A. Milliken,
widow of ARENAS Miiliken, who was a
son of the late Joseph Milliken, for many
year city clerk of Saco, and who was for
some year engaged in the carriage trim1
ming business.
1t has been quite a number OF years
since they lived In Saco, but Mrs. Mil
liken is quite well known to many In
that city.
Mrs. Milliken sues Jeremiah NJ. Wat
sonlfor $40, 900 for damages for breach OF
promise, and as stated, the case is quite
spicy. The defendant is widower and
wealthy. The plaintiff, when she lived
In Saco. was very pretty woman. She
is described by the Boston papers as be-
ing Of middle age with an attractive face
and lady-like manners.
She was engaged as housekeeper by
the defendant and in 1895 she testities
that he promised to marry her.
Mrs. Milliken was upon the witness
stand nearly all day Wednesday and her
story of the relations between herself
and the defendant was very interesting.
Last night Boston lawyer came to
Saco and spent all night in the CITY
clerks ofioe, going through the records
in search of something or other which
might have connection with she plain
tiff.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
BRIEF IoTTINas.

Mr.. Charles W. Allen, of r. D. Bailey
& Co., is suffering severely from the
effects of a wound in the foot received by
stepping on nail In the store.
One of the Ladder horses stepped on
Driver Bakers foot Wednesday, inoapaci-
tating Mr.. Baker for duty.
Chief E1dridge will round out 25 years
service in the Portland Fire Department.,
tomorrow.
AT meeting of the directors of the
Maine Fish and Game Sportsmen's as
sociation held Wednesday it was declded
to spend the largest part OF the available
appropI iations of the association for the
benefit of the Monmouth fish hatchery.
The regular business meeting of the
W. G. L. U. will be held at 36 OAK
street at 8 o'clock this afternoon.
The statement in yesterdays papers
that the High School Cadets cleared
only 500 from their ball was incor-
rect. The figures should have read 500.
The first two figures were misplaced in
setting the type.
The store of the John P. Lowell Arms
open every evening.
A special meeting of the Woman's
Literary Union will b, held in the yes
try of Pine street church, Saturday after
noon at $50 to con slider the proposition
of the ways and means committee re-
garding the purchase of the property No.
81 Spring street for club house purpos-
q ! al, 1x1v o1- no
made at this meeting. Mem hers will
bear in mind the change in time of meet
ing.
The Gas company is repairing It's main,
corner of Federal and Exchange streets.
There was musical sociable given at
Williston church last evening.
The freight business is very lively all
along the line of thu Maine Central rail.
road just now.
A bicycle with seats for six riders ar
rived in the city yesterday and it attract
ed great attention. 1t is said to be the
first sextuple ever brought to Portland,
and Is at E. o. Bailey & Co.'s.
Dog licenses are being taken out rap
idly at the city clerks office. The special
dog officers Will start out on their annu-
al crusade April 10.
The hearings of the case of the Wild
River Lumber Co., that began several
days ago and was adjourned to yesterday,
was again adjourned to future day.
A woman was found in Lincoln Park
last night, lying on the ground, thinly
clad, with the exception of a seal sKin
sack thrown over her, and dead drunk:
The officers gathered her in. 1t was
said man had been drinking with her
and cleared out leaving an empty pint
bottle.
At the Fraternity house at 8 o'clock
April 4th, Robert L. Whitehouse will
Reads paper on divorce" to the Equal
Suffrage club. All Interested are invit-
ed
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
PERSONAL.

Patrolman Sparrow, who has been off
duty nearly two years on account of ILL
ness, expects to commence work again
May 1st.
MIR. Charles Henrique Stevens. form
erly of this city, who went to California
some three years ago, is to marry Miss
Elizabeth Id. Lyman, daughter of the
lats Col. s. R. Lyman of Portland at
Los Angeles shortly. they will reside
in Oakland.
Conductor S. 8. Stowell has resigned
from tie Grand Trunk after having been
in the services since the road to Port
land YVES built. @. B. Pratt has been
promoted to fill the vacancy.
In the obituary notice of Mr.. Jacob
@. Bell, published Yesterday morning,
the name was enormously given as John
Bell.
Capt. Charles a. Chase, who has been
sick for some weeks past with the grip,
is recovering and will soon be out.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
Messengers Notice.

Office OF tie Sheriff Of Cumberland County
State of Maine. Cumberland IS. April
ry1HiS IS to give notice that on the 18th day
l. of April, A. d. 1897, Warranr in
Insolvency was issued out of the Court of Insol-
vency for said County OF Cumberland, against
the estate OF
JOSEPH A. RUMERY, of Portland,
adiudged to be Insolvent Debtor. on petition
of said debtor, which petition was
filed on the 7th day of April A. d. 1897
to which date interest on claims is to ne
computed.
That the payment OF any debts to or by said
delivery of any property by him are f f,Iu
That a meeting of the creditors of said
debtor, to prove their debts and
choose one or more ass1gnees of his estate will
be held at Court OF Insolvency to be hoifen q +
Probate Court room in said Portland, in said ID
County of Cumberland on the 10Th day ~
April, A. d., 1897, at 10 o'clock in the
Given under my hand the date trst above
written. Y. l.. BUCKNAM
Deputy Sheriff as Messenger of the Conrt q,
Insolvency fol said County of Cumberland =
ap9&16
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
SAILING OF THE PARTISAN.
A Number of Portland People Take Pas
sage.

The Partisan, Captain Barrett, the
flagship of the Allan line, sailed for
Halifax and Liverpool from this port at
1.35 r. m. yesterday. A large party of
Portland people were passengers, and the
wharf and slip were alive with their
many friends for good hour before and
up to the time Of the departure
The Partisan was in spick and span
condition. She Is the only boat that sails
out of this port that does not take any
cattle, combining herself to misoel-
laneous cargo, and to the passenger trade.
one when the ships bell and the boat
swatn's whistle notified all who were not
going on the vessel to get ashore. Then
Captain Parsons the pilot, followed by
Captain Barrett, appeared on the bridge,
the orders to cast of forward wire were
given, the big propeller began to turn
and the great ship had began her course
across the Atlantic. The speotat ors
crowded to the end of the wharf to get
the last glimpses of the boat, and the
rockets exploding, bade the farewell Of
all on board to city and country.
The accommodations that had been
provided on board for the Portland con-
tingent were spacious and comfortable,
md profusely decorated with beautiful
flowers the gifts of friends. The follow
ing Portland people sailed on the
Parisian: Mrs. Hermann Kotzschmar.
Miss Kotzschmar, Mrs. John Small Mrs
John W. Bowers, Mr.. and Mrs. @. F.
Alarming and Miss Manning and Miss
Ida DoteH.
The Partisan carried cargo OF about
$500 tons. The Canadian portion was 1000
pieces deals. 1850 maple blocks 1880 cases
splints. 774 boxes meats, 118 tieroes meat,
100 cases canned meats, 1881 barrles
apples, lab packages butter, COS packages
cheese. 80 packages leather, packages
sundries and AZ, 918 bushels wheat. The
American shipments were 1850 sacks bran,
631 boxes meats, barrels meats, 300
pals lard, and 249O barrels local apples
The Partisan will take on at Halifax rs
more saloon and 30 intermediate passen-
gers.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
AROUND THE DOCKS.
Interesting Gossip Gathered in Many
Places.

There yns only one topic Of CONVERSE
tion at the offices of the English steam
ships yesterday and that was the loss of
the Eldei Dempster steamship the Assaye
which went ashore or Seal island on
Monday afternoon. Capt Caruthers, the
master of the i'll Efated vessel, Is very
highly spoken of among the steamship
men while CAPT. Couch, his first officer,
was for many years the master of the
Sarnia and is well known here. Tho
Elder D emIster lins has lost five fine
ships within the last two years.
The fish arrivals were not many yes
teroay. The Pendragon and the small
boats together brought in about 30, 900.
Capt. Boudret arrived here yesterday
and took command of the British brig
Moss Glen. n Capt. 1verson who came
mere In the vessel has gone 80 New York
to take command of another ship.
The four masted schooner Three Marys
has arrived with coal for the Maine Cen
trail.
The Schooner Psarline has arrived
from Porto Rico with a cargo of
molasses for the Milliksn, Tomlinson Co.
She had sl9 punoheons, 10 hogsheads and
&c tieroes.
The schooner Lucy J. Warren is at
the gas house loading oil for Boston.
The revenue cutter Woodbury. arrived
yesterday at noon and went to A. B.
Wright's TO coal up.
The Golden sheaf is in the stream
awaiting favorable breeze to sail for
Philadelphia.
The schooner Triton which went ashore
last Saturday onaGreen island has come
out of the dry dock and is again taking
ON her cargo of lumber.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
what the Fire Committee Voted To Dc

The committee on fire department held
meeting last night and transacted
considerable business.
1t was voted TO paint the fireboat and
make general repairs on her. Four hun
dred feet Of hose is to be purchased for
the chemical engine.
A committee of the Veteran Fire
mems association was present to discuss
the purchase or exchange of the Peaks
island hand tub which the veterans
d esire to add to their outfit.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
For the Islands.

The spring time table of the Casco
Bay Steamboat company will go into
effect next Sunday. Manager Cooling
says this is three weeks earlier than
usual, but the fine weather and early
spring makes it necessary.
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
State Street Auxiliary.

The State street auxiliary to Foreign
Missions will be held in the church par
programme has been prepared which will
be followed by social hour. A cordial
invitation is extended to all women
interested.