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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-12
WANTED-AGENTS.

A GENTS WANTED for Polar Star Ice
"A Cream Freezer Makes smoothest ice
cream in thirty seconds Can be operated
by child; great economy in ice and salt.
For territory in York and Cumberland
counties, Me-, and particulars, address. with
1442 Main street. Worcester, Mass. 12-1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-12

WANTED--A chance to do any kind OF re-
w pairs in your heating apparatus by men of
1884 r. WESCOTT, 131 Lincoln ST., foot of
Myrtle. 19-u
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-12

WANTED-5O0 stoves to store for the sea-
W son. We cart them, store them, black
nicely and SET up in autumn at reasonable
prices, also storage for pianos. household
separate rooms at low price. HOOPER, SON
e. LEIGHTON 60
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-09
He Rode Back ward.

Clarence Mclean has accomplished
the most wonderful trick in the history
of bicycling. With his back to the han
die bars and his arms folded he rode III
semidarkness a quarter Of mile OH a
narrow track. He performed this feat
at the recent bicycle meeting at Detroit.
1t fairly took away the breath of the
spectators, who had never seen anything
like it before. The Detroit track is nine
feet banking on the turns and five feet
on the straight. While doing his turn
Mclean twisted round on his wheel I'M
til his back was to the handle bars. He
was sitting OH the saddle and took his
hands from the bars. In this position,
with no opportunity to see the handle
bars Of his machine or to see the way to
steer on the half dark, electric lighted
track he rode the entire quarter, nego-
tiating the banks successfully, all in AZ
seconds. New York journal.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-09
Food For Long Rides.

Cyclists will be interested to hear
that French doctor has been investi-
eating the proper nutriment for long
distance ride and has concluded that no
meat or other heterogeneous food should
be taken while doing the days work,
but that the ideal refreshment is fruit
and milk. He has tried scientific exper-
iments on horses, too, and finds green
fodder and liquid better than oats, He
says that if fluid be taken in frequent
rather than long drafts, with fruit
when milk cannot be obtained, the body
loses least. Chicago Chronicle.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-09

Zimmerman return to the race track
is about what might have been expected
from man so long on popularity and
SO short on training as is the old time
champion. When he first talked of get
ting into shape to race again, it was
with the alleged purpose of meeting the
present day champions and measuring
his speed against theirs That is not in
"Zimmie's" programme as arranged at
present, however. He now expects to 90
touring through Europe, where he will
occasionally appear Oil race track, say
How dye do?' tn the crowd and spin
an exhibition mile or so Just to show
chat he can still ride wheel
An English race promoter is said to
have tried to book Jimmie" for that
kind of work aud an exhibition, and
Jimmie" is said to be much taken
with the plan. There is no doubt that
the Jersey Skeeter," as he was once
known to fame, still has great popular
ity among cyclists in Europe, and one
of the sure evidences of it was the re-
cent naming of one of the principal
races in Paris the Prix de Zimmerman.
Chicago Times Herald.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-09
BUROETTE ON HIS WHEEL.

The Famous Humorist Relates His Eape-
rienco In Attempting to Ride Bike.
Bob Burdette got his bicycle out one
moonlight night, and this is how he
tells what happened:
| held him by the withers right in
the middle Of the road and mounted
without assistance.
dismouuted in the same independ.
ent manner.
Got on again and proceeded to break
him to saddle
Did tide the first time?
Well, sayl
People had told me-liars of all ages
and both sexes-that l couldn't fall if
when felt that was falling l would
stick out my foot.
stuck out both feet and both hands
and fell on my head.
fell on one side of that diabolical
wheel and then on the other, fell on
both sides at once. fell on top of it
and underneath it and made "dog falls"
with it. l fell between the wheels
fell behind the hind wheel and before
the front one at the same time and
don't know yet how did it. l fell aud
thrust both my legs through the spokes
of one wheel. | met terrified man in
buggy and drove him clear off the
pike through Wheeler's hedge, and
don't think he has come back yet.
Every time fell slapped the palms
of my raw, swollen, throbbing hands
on the hard "inelastic' pike, except
the time fell OH my head. fell hard
err and with greater variety Of landing
than any man could fall unless he
dropped out of balloon and lit in a
load of furniture. / lost my confidence,
my patience, my temper, my clamps,
lamp, bell and reputation. broke one
pedal, the saddle and the ordinance
against loud, boisterous and abusive
| language at night. l ran into every
thing in sight except the middle of the
road. l sat down on everything in the
township except the saddle. scorched
/ in a circle not 8 feet in circumference
until you could smell birthstone. l
made more revolutions than South
American republic, and didn't get ten
feet away from where l started. !
haven't been so mauled and abraded, SO
thumped and beaten, so trampled upon
and scratched, since l left the army.
But can ride. Kansas City Times.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-09
A Bear Was After the Girls.

Five bloomer girls had an exciting
experience near Hamburg, Duchess
county, N. Y. recently. A pet bear es-
capped from its Russian keeper and
dashed madly along the country road.
The bicycle girls came suddenly upon
the animal, abandoned their wheels and
scrambled over stone wall The bear
also took the wall, whereupon the girls
with shrieks of terror climbed up trees
while bruin stood looking at them in
open mouthed amazement. The keeper
arrived at that juncture and, securing
the bear with chain, led him away
New York World.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-09
Hawaiian
Electric
Company.

The cleanest, brightest safest and really,
in the long run, the cheapest and best light
for use in the family residence, is the mean
descent electric light. Safe; nothing could
be safer A few days ago a prominent gen.
tleman of Honolulu came rushing down to
the office of the Electric Company and said:
"Give me figures for wiring my house, and
want it done at once; no more lamps for me.
Last night lamp tipped over and it came
80 near setting fire to the house and burning
nv children and ] take no more risks"
This is the sentiment of quite number in
the past few weeks, who have ordered their
houses fitted with the perfect light.
Just think it over and make up your mind
that you want the best and safest light: send
for the Hawaiian Electric Company and tell
them what you wall.
We have complete stock Of everything in
this line and have Just received a lot of the
very latest designs in chandeliers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-09

Most of the objections to bicycle
tax would be dissipated were the wheel
men satisfied the money would be used
for building bicycle paths and improv-
ing the roads. American Cycling.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-09

And rest for tired mothers in warm bath with
CUT1CURA SOAP, and single amounting with CUTI-
cURA (ontmenH, purest of emollients and greatest
of skin cures This treatment will afford instant
relief and point to speedy cure Of the most
torturing, disfguring, humiliating itching, burn
ing, bleeding, crusted, scaly skin and scalp hui
mours, with loss of hair, when all else fails.
Sold throughout the world. British depot F. NEwBERY &
Sons London POTTER D. c. Corr Sole Props. Boston,
u. S. A. Vs." How to Cure Skinortued Babies post free.
EVERY HUM0UR From c1 FpP to S RE%EpS fsa by
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-09
Want. a ouadricycIe Nov.

A Topeka woman advertises to trade
her bicycle for baby carriage. Topeka
Daily CAPITAL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
THE TOBACCO QUALIFICATION.
E1aniners Report y wal 20 mako All WRAP.
pern ray Wrapper Duty.

w~AsHISoroN, Nov. 18. Tho conclusions
reached by the tobacco examiners In the customs
service at their conference In New York city on
Nov. A-s have been transmitted by Appraiser
wakeman to Secretary Gage. There were
present inspectors from New York, Philadel.
phia, Tampa, Baltimore. Boston, Buffalo, Chi.
csgo. Detroit, El Paso, Key West, Now Orleans.
and Malone. 1t was the Judgment of the con.
ference that In tho examination for classified.
tion Of imported tobacco at least one-fourtb Of
oil grade marks on each and every invoice DO
ordered for examination; that the Appraiser
take at least three carrats, or twelve hands.
from the top, centre and bottom OF each bale,
and that he count the leaves to determine the
proportion of wrapper and filler. and report tho
percentage Of each according to count.
THAT in classifying tobacco the fact as to
whether the tobacco shall be commercially
known as wrapper shall not be considered, but
only the fact as to whether 1t is suitable for
wrapping cigars.
"1hat the Secretary Of the Treasury DO re-
quested to so amend existing regulations as to
embody these recommendations"
The Committee on Questions Of Law reported
and the conference adopted tho following:
We state It to be the opinion of this body
matter how packed, whether with niier tobacco
or otherwise, and regardless Of tho proportion Of
or other package Of tobacco, should pay wrapper
duty at the rate of 81. s5 q pound.
I've would also state that in our Judgment
Treasury Department circular 159, placing this
construction upon the law was timely and
proper, and not only prevented ,discord and
confusion In tho execution Of tho law, but will
be the. means of saving hundreds OF Thousands
OF dollars to tho Government, which would 9th
orwise be lost, besides giving protection to con-
scientious importers who faithfully pack and
purchase their filler and wrapper tobacco sepa-
rately. as we'll as give that fair protection to
our own homo tobacco growers, to which they
are justly entitled under. the law.1 Tho cigar
manufacturers being highly, protected. should
be willing to conoede equal Justice to their
fellow countrymen."
Tho report is under consideration by Assistant
Secretary Howell.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
WILLIAM c. WHITNEY rs BACK.
ne Won't Talk Politics. ana Says He IN Ne,
We'll Informed.

He WON'T Talk Politics. ana Says He is Net
We'll Informed.
William @. whitney, who left New York
abruptly while tho political campaign was In
progress and went to Europe, returned homo
yesterday in the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
He was accompanied by Mrs. whitney, Lord
Edward Colebrooke. Lady Edward Colebrooke,
and Sidney PaRet. brother Of Mr.. whitney's SON.
in.law. Arthur Paget. All three are to DO his
guests in town.
One Of the first things Mr.. whitney was will
ing to do when q reporter intercepted him on
the steamship deck yesterday afternoon, was to
deny that politics had had anything whatever
to do with his journey over the water. He had
not been abroad in two years prior to this fall, he
said, and he wanted to make another trip there.
Moreover. he had been working very hard. and,
besides, he had business over there that required
his immediate personal attention. And then,
too. Mrs. Whitney desired. as he did, to take q
little run through Europe. He had had no
political auarrels or disaRreements prior to his
departure, he said, and he reiterated that his
leaving the city had no political significance.
He was very much Interest ed at the time in his
business; rather more 30, he intimated, than In
politics; =. a,,oo. ,.,.,uo..
it after he sailed that he was disgusted with
Tammany's plan Of campaign, the only response
he made was to repeat that his departure had
To a request for his opinion on tho results of
the election, Mr.. Whitney made reply that he
he hes said tGG paibli Shea'p practically inc nothing RHpeFs about SorotahS the
American elections except the result In tho
Greater New York contest.
political harness as I used to be. you know. II
I we're ! might bs able to say soms.hine."
tory at ali. He said that It seemed to DO purely
q matter OF local issues.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
ALIEN 1ABoRERs TO 60 BACK.
Commissioner Powderly Gets Twenty.oiRht
HunEarinns ane 10 ON Track or More.

Comuinoiouor RoWderly Cots Twonty-oiRht
HunEarinns anc 10 on Track or More.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Immigration Com.
missioner Powderly has succeeded In running
down o portion Of the Hungarian immigrants
whose arrivals at various times within the last
year aroused the suspicious of the immigration
officials. Twenty-eight Of them have already
been arrested ana will be deported. in accord.
ance with the provisions of tho Alien Contract
Labor law. Other arrests are in view. About q
month ago q party of fifty suspects was detained
at Baltimore While Mr.. Powderly made q per-
sonal investigation.
would warrant further detention, tho Commits
gioner was satisfied that they came to the
United States in violation of the law, and he put
Special Inspector George I. Baldwin on their
ters' camp in Mississippi in the vicinity of
Memphis. the party pursuing a devious route
40 II to avoid detection. There. at tho risk of
his life. and aided by local labor leaders in Mem
Phis. Baldwin learned that not only these men
Austria-Hungary that they were sent from
Vienna and consigned to different persons in
different cities. but all finally bring up in stave
cutters camps in Missouri, Arkansas. Missis-
sippi and louisiana.
Warrants were issued on Saturday for tho
arrest OF fifty of them, and twenty.cight were
found yesterday in Memphis. where they had
been abandoned by the "boss." who evidently
scented danger, and disappeared. The other
camps. and the whole party sent back to Europe
at the expense of the steamship company which
brought them over.
A party of 1872. supposed to be bound for the
Louisiana lumber amps arrived at Galveston
and deported. II found to be here in violation Of
the law.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
THEY ARE For QUIGG.
several Republican District Organizations ASK
Him TO Keep His Post.

Him 10 Keep His Post.
The Republican Campaign Committee of tho
Thirty-sccond Assembly district met at the
club rooms of the Union Republican Club, 1925
Lexington avenue. last evening to wind up its
work for the year. Before adjourning sine die
it adopted the following resolution by a unani-
nous vote:
Resolved, That before this committee adjourns
sine die the officers thereof are hereby directed
to convey to tho Hon. Lemuel f. Quigg, the
President of the Republican County Committee.
the assurance from the Republicans of this dis.
trIct that they will continue loyalty and faith
fully to follow his leadership in the Republican
County Committee. That despite the results Of
election day we hold him in the highest personal
regard Il as a man, a citizen, and rs q Republican,
and that we will ever affectionately remember
his indcfatigablo work and his uniform kind
ness and courtesy; and be 1t further
ResOired, That We urge upon the members Of
the County Committee from this district a con-
tinued loyalty and devotion to Congressman
Quigg, and to urge upon him the necessity OF
accepting a reelection as President of the
County Committee for the coming year.
Similar resolutions have boon adopted by the
Republican organizations In the Third, Twenty
eighth. and a half dozen othor Assembly dis
triCts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
DLsP UTEs IN TIE CANnAss.
Cit Dixie Thinks He was Elected Alderman
but Tnmmany Guesses Not.

The contestingc candidates and their counsel,
who have been examining the ballots returned
from the Nineteenth Assembly district as void
or protested, completed their work yesterday.
Howard F. Dixie. Cit candidate for Alderman.
declared that the result satisfied him that he
should have had eighty plurality over Geagan,
the successful Tammany candidate. Asa Bird
Gardiner, District Attorney. elect. who was
present representing the Tammany candidates.,
said that they had found twenty-five ballots
which had been counted for the Cit candidates
and which the Court will undoubtedly declare
void IL an appeal Is made to it. Such an appeal
will be made, he said. If the Citizens Union law.
yers go to court in an effort to secure q change
in the returns.
A demand was made of the Board OF Canvas
Bers that they send for the tally sheets which
the Gifts allege indicate the election of their men.
Chairman Oakley refused to send for the sheets,
saying that they are no part of the returns
which the Board is required to canvass, and that
1t could not use them In any event. The canvass
of the vote in the Twenty-seventh Assembly
district was completed last evening. Chairman
Oakley said yesterday that the board will prob
ably be ready to discuss the result of tho election
on Saturday morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS.
The OLD Lancaster Going TO Exclusive Services
in tho Apprentice System.

In the Apprentice System.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Tbese naval orders
have been issued:
Ensign p. n. olmstead. detached from the Terror
and ordered TO the Lancaster. Ensign W. C. Cole, de.
to the navy yard. Washington. Lieut.. J. II. Rohr.
hacker. detached from the yorktown and ordered
home. with two months leave. Ensign Yates Stir
leave. Lieut.. C.. T. Moore. detached from the Naval
Academy and ordered to duty at Port Royal. Lieut..
II. NJ. Hodges. detached from the Bureau OF EuuIp.
ment and ordered to the Detroit.
These army orders have been issued:
The retirement from active service Of Lieut., Col.
william L. Waters. Deputy surgeon'deneral. Is an.
nounced.
Infantry; Second Lieut.. Paul Ii. Malone, from Com.
pany Z TO Company G; Second Lieut.. Louis II. Bash.
from Company c TO Company Il,
Leave granted Second Lieut.. Ora Y. Hunt. -Four.
teenth Infantry. is extended two months.
Leave granted Capt. Thomas c. Woodbury., SIX.
teenth Infantry. is extended ono month ana fifteen
Leave granted Second Lieut.. Frank W. Coo. First
Art liery, Ia extended one month.
The following changes In the stations AMI duties of
officers OF the Medical Department are ordered: Cant.
Richard W. Johnson, relieved from duty az Fort
ing. ana report % thr commanding oflcrr for duty at
that post. q .pt. Charles L. Woodruff Will, uron the
abandonment OF Fort Custer. proceed to Jackson Bar
racks. Louisiana, and report To the commanding oni-
Ger for duty at that post TO relieve Major William e.
Shannon.
The United States steamer Lancaster has
sailed from Hampton Roads for Boston, whore
she will be put out OF commission and reDaired
ms a gunnery ship for the Newport training sta
ti0n. Capt. Stirling. her commander, will be
relieved of bis and most of the other
officers will be detached, and sent TO other du-
ties. This cruise is the last tho old vessel will
ever make as q regularly attached shin Of q
naval ~stetion. Hereafter she will be uSSd'axolu.
siyely for the apprentice system.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
THEY WANT THE TWIN CITIES.
Gum ana MIRA. Holloway Lay Claim to =. oOO,.
o Acres in Minnesota.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-A legal representa-
tive OF Two claimants astonished Commissioner
Hermann of the General Land Office to-day by re.
q~uesting his assistance in securing official papers
to establish the right of his clients to 1000, 900
acres of land. embracing the cities of st. Paul
and Minneapolis and much OF the surrounding
country. The claimants arc A. N. Gum of
Maumee and Mrs. G. b. Holloway of Hol-
land. They are descendants of an English
pioneer. Jonathan Carver, who settled In the
Northwest before the Revolutionary war, be.
the claimants, received a large tract of land
from the Indians. 1t is commended by the
claimants that the transfer of the land to Car:
by the Continental Congress. Commissioners
Hermann promised to give his assistance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
WANT CIVIL SERVICE UMBRELLAS.
PIacsholders who Think That mayor Strong
Could Shield Them from the amman Rain.

PIacsholders who Think That MAYOR Strong
Could Shield Them from tho Tammany Rain.
Mayor Strong extended the classified civil
service last year 80 that IL took in most of tho
subordinate places in the various municipal de-
partments. including in many cases deputy
Commissioner and bonded officers. This extern
sion is not sufficient, now that Tammany is
coming In. to satisfy some Of the men who were
not included in II. Several placeholders of this
class have suggested that it would be n good
thing II Mayor Strong would make an order
which would put them In the protected class.
Among these are said to BIO some secretaries Of
department boards.
Secretary William Leary of the Park Board is
not In this category. He says that Tammany
can have his place as soon as she wants IL after
she gets in. Mr.. Leary knows q trick or two
about the civil service. and said regarding its
extensions:
THAT would not bother Tammany q bit. Tho
new Mayor could rescind such an order, and IL
hcdidn't Tammany would have no trouble in re:
placing the present oficeholders with men of
her own kind without violating the law, either.
She knows how to do it,"
Mayor Strong Is said TO be opposed TO making
any change In the civil service regulations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17

reserved on tablets. will be carved the names
of Phidias, Giotto, Raphael, Angelo. Titan,
Durer, and Velasqucz. These names will ex-
tend over tho front of the building.
On tho Amsterdam avenue side are TO be two
large panels. Upon the northern panel will be
carved the names OF Yclasgucz. Turner, CUR
landajo, DDrer, Franz Halls, Reynolds, Lorraine,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
BROOKLYN POSTAL CLERKS LUCKY.
The Salaries or KiGhty.nve or Them Iucreased
800 q Year Each.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-The Post Office De-
partment increased to-day the annual allowance
of the Brooklyn Post Office for clerk hire SO, 500.
which was distributed by advancing the salaries
of eighty.five clerks. Among those favored
were Superintendent Gewicke and several in
the money order division, assistant Superin.
division, Superintendent Hopkins of Station A.,
Superintendent Frost and others of Station B..
Superintendent Brooks OF Station G, Superin-
tendent landmark OF Station 3, Superintendent
Conlin Of Station V. superintendent Carratis of
Station w. and many clerks of the mailing and
free delivery diyisions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17

drawings are seven In number, the most i'm
portant of which tho front elevation is repro
duced In THE SUN to-day.
The building will be on the eastern side Of
Amsterdam avenue. the entire distance be-
tween lO9th and 10th streets being included
in the lot purchased by the Academy. which
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
ASSEMBL rM EN- At DINNER.
Incidentally They Try TO Devise Means "a
Obtaining Legislation.

Assemblymen-clect Brcnann and De Grau of
Kings county gave n dinner at the Hanover
Club, Brooklyn, last evening to Assemblymen.
elect Davis and Tiffany of Kings and Wallace
of Queens. All of.them had the Cts Union in
dorsement in the capmaign. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Lowenthal and Adler OF this city were invited
to the dinner, but didn't. 20, Mr.. Brennan said
that they had tried to devise a plan TO obtain
cided on any line of action. Brennan wants to
be Chairman OF tho Cities Committee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
FRONT ELEVATION.

runs back also on the street side for some dis
lance. 30 as to leave an open space around the
building on all sides. 1t will face on 10th
street. Tho front of the building is to be
adorned with statues representing the arts, and
above the statues, near tho roof, in the spaces