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The Portland daily press., 1897-01-19
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In this city, Jan. ID, John Love, aged 81
years.
In this city, Jan. 1S, Patrick Con!ey, aged 10
wears. Boston papers please copy.l
Notice of funeral hereafter.
In Old Orchard, Jan. II, of heart failure, Rev.
H. +. A. Patterson, of the Maine Meth. Confer
ence. aged rs years.
Funeral Tuesday forenoon at 10 o'clock, at
the NJ. e. Church.
years months ri dayS,-a soldier OF the war
In Alfred. JAN IA, William Jewett. aged "a
years l months IA days
In Bath, Jan. ID. John a. Hogan, aged ~
years. o.,
"a years.
In sacG. Jan IA, Daniel Roberts, aged IS yrs.
In South Hollis. Jan. 8, Mrs. Dorcas Roberts.
wife OF Calvin Roberts aged 70 years.
In Brunswick, Jan. 10. Miss Mamie Sawyer,
aged % years.
In Chelsea Jan. 16. Charles S. SWEET. former
ly of Falmouth. aged II years,
In Bridgton. Jan. IL, Cyrus G. johnson. aged
/. In Bean, JAN %. Miller Kicker, aged 60 years
IN Bowdoinham, Jan. IL Gilbert Small aged
In East Bowdoinham, Jan. 10, Mrs. Lucinda
wife Of Elisha Pratt aged rs years.
LII Jackman Corner, JAN Z, Mrs. Catharine
In Hebron Jan. 10, Mrs. Olive Farris, aged
95 years 10 months.
In West Appleton. Jan. 5, Mrs. Louise Wey-
mouth, aged 80 years.
In Exeter, Jan. o. MISS Caroline Colbeth, aged
rs years.
aged 90 years,
In SearsporU, Feb. s. Mrs Eliza A. Colcord,
aged So years.
In Mexico, Dec 81 Mrs. Susan NJ. Balkan,
formerly of Robinston.
In Bar Mills, Jan. IL. Harris Oliver. infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. w. &. TUFTS.
fThe funeral Of the late Mrs Martha H. Lor-
ing will take place on Wednesday forenoon at
IL O'Clock, at her late residence, No. 125 Spring
street. Burial at Yarmouth in the afternoon.
The funeral of the late Annie NJ. Johnson.
will take place on Wednesday afternoon at 2
O'Clock, from No. Walker street.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-19
MUSIC AND DRAMA.


Mr.. Powers will give his new pro-
ernmme in the Ladies Aid Course at
City Hall Wednesday evening, Lord
Chumley," adapted from the comedy
maao famous by Mr.. E. II. Sothern, ar
ranged fer his own use by Mr.. Powers
with the permission Of MIR. Sothern.
Course tickets reduced for Powers and
Jubilee Singers. Course and evening
tickets now on sale at Stookbridge's.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-19

Boston, January 1884 petition was
fled with the clerk of the Senate, today,
signed by james f. Morton and others
urging the legislature to memorialize
Congress to take such action as will
secure the recognition by the United
States Of the independence of Cuba.
A bill providing imprisonment for not
less than one nor more than i've years,
for stealing bicycles has been filed.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-19

The Boston Post says: "The kindly
feeling towards Nine. Nordica. and the
general impression that she may not
have heen justly treated III her recent
dealings with the opera company. have
been very evident in the reception she
has teen accorded Mt her rerent appear
ance in cnucert in Now York. She as
always popular. Now, however, there
seem an added warmth and enthusiasm
in the applause and 'bravos' freely be-
slowed NJ on her.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-19
WITHOUT A RIVAL.

Annual Sales more than 100000 Boxes
Csc. at Drug Stores, or will be sent by q. g.
Agents. B. z. ALLEN CO., se5 Canal ST., Now
Fork, post paid. upon receipt Of price. Book
Tree upon application.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-19

Mrs H. a. Lewis, No. 267 Vaughan
ST., has reduced the prices one-half on a
large assortment Of Stamped Linens and
Commenced Pieces for a special saIe
commencing Wednesday, January goth.
at 800 &. M, and continuing until same
are disposed Of.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-19
4 WONDERFUL. MEDICINE.

wEECEEA7IsS PILLS, taken IS directed
Will quickly restore Females tocomplete health.
They promptly remove obstructions or irregu-
Larites Of the eystom. For
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-19
SO cents per yard.

HALF remaining single Dress Patterns
To-day.
One lot Novelties all
ducc for TOday's ASc yard.
The leader., 1897-06-30
FOR THE FARMERS.

The Shropshire has round, solid
body and a good fleece of six or eight
pounds, and is an excellent sheep for
small flock upon the farm and for do
nestle use. Its size and the nature of
its mutton and wool suit the demand,
and it is most often seen at the fairs and
in the market.
To be effective mineral manures for
spring and summer crops must be ap-
piled early. They need some of the
spring rains to dissolve the fertilizer SO
that the plant roots can make use of it.
Besides, as weather and soil become
warm and dry there is less need of the
fertilizer, as the soil itself releases more
of its own fertility under such condi-
tions.
There is no better way TO fertilize
poor land than to SOW it with peas,
using phosphate of lime to furnish the
mineral fertility that this crop requires
to perfect the seed. 1t is not nitrogen
which the pea crop most needs other
than what the pea roots supply to dis
migrating air in the soil and hberating
its nitrogen. But TO form the grain both
lime and phosphate are required. With
these supplied the soil will grow richer
every year.
The leader., 1897-06-30
RoILs, soILs, soIIs
hoods Pulls cure sick headache -
some Interesting Facts Rerara,n
the OUTPUT of Crescent nir,.I

This article is intended to convoy -.
ceptlon of the enormous amount Of r,, W, IN
terlal consumed during season in s,,,,r lia'
ing the demand for one of the most nor,,is.
bicycles made. The Western Wheel Mort.
Chicago, makers of the Crescent wheel -,
the largest, and without doubt the r r1ase
complete, bicycle factory in the world onJ
can turn out, when running to fullest cs'
pacity, 725 finished Crescents in tyoi
hours, or a complete up to date" bicycle
per minute. 'Ne
They used during 1896 $50 miles of tub
ing, or enough to nearly reach from Cb;.
cago to st. Paul if placed in a straight line
The spokes were made in their own fac'
tory, and required $50 miles of wire y.
enough to reach from Chicago to IincoIr
Neb.; so miles of brass rod was renr,ra3
TOR spoke nipples. Ii the spokes, spoke min.
Piles and tubing were placed in a straigb.
line they would reach from Chicago IN fbs
Rocky Mountains at Denver. The crants
II placed end to end, would cover a distance
OF Y miles. They used IS miles of steel for
crank axles, wheel aXles and pedal aylas
and 10 miles of steel for seat posts. II fbs
rims that were used in the Manufacture az
Crescents IN SO were placed one upon the
other they would make pile 10 S00 faot
high, 5000 feet higher than Pixies Pol
and about the height of Mount Elias in
Alaska, whose summit has never vet baen
ItdCueu Dy man. IL required 32,lS4 SOuara
feet OF sheet steel to make the Crescent
hollow tooth sprockets. and 2l,S76 sauars
feet for the steel stampings of the head and
seat post clamps, or in all enough fiat steel
to cover an area of II acres There were
used 10 miles of cork grips, log miles of
finished hubs, and IS miles of steel wIrp Ia
pin frames together before brazing. The
finished chains, end to end, would reach
10 miles, and the different pieces OF which
they are composed would reach 1874 mics
or in all 307t miles, the distance from chi
oago to Cincinnati The bearings OF lSg6
Crescents required 1897 800 steel balls
which, if placed in a straight line, side bv
side, would reach a distance of 4j3 mile;
To lace the chain and dress guards on the
ladies' Crescents manufactured in 1896 re-.
quired 434, $50 yards of cord, or 24GI miles.
enough to allow a small boy to stand on
the top of the Auditorium tower in Chicago
and fly his kite where the people in Des
Moines, Iowa, could see it. 10 supply
Crescents sold in 1896 required l.G08 ~
bolts, and l,4S8,075 nuts, having an aggre.
gate weight of % tons. The total weight
Of the complete bicycles was 2,3S2 81
pounds, or l,l9l tons. To crate these bi.
cycles required l,235, 40 square feet Of lum.
Der made up in pieces; 72,7lS,GGS separate
and distinct pieces entered into the con-
struction of '96 Crescents, and if all We're
placed in straight line, end to end, they
would reach from New York to some dis.
lance in the Pacific ocean west of San Fran.
eisco.-Creseent Bulletin July |, 1897.
The leader., 1897-06-30
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

| THE trial of the suit brought by
! Thomas A. Shedd, of Boston, against
George Troutman, Of Philadelphia,
which involves s., 900, 900, was begun in
the district court az Wichita, Kas., on
the Goth. 1t is result of the failure
of the Lombard Investment Company OF
Kansas City.
TIE statement of the condition of the
treasury on the 26th shows: Available
cash balance, 1924, 1G4, 420; gold reserve,
S14,774 291.
CHARLES L. CUNNINGHAM, who forged
Judge f. T. Hamilton's name to a
check for SIS, 600, was sentenced by
! Judge Stone at Cleveland, Ohio, on the
Goth, to five years in the peniteutiary.
TIE senate finance committee has
changed the provision for duty on
hides so as to make it ad valorem in
stead of specific, fixing the rate at 20
per cent. instead of ~ cents per pound.
THERE was a fearful wreck on the
Goth on the Wabash at Missouri City,
Mo. The train ran through bridge
into twelve feet of water. Nine per-
sons are known to have been killed.
THE New York tailors' strike threat
ems to break out afresh.
AUGUSTUS A. GARRISON and Frank
Jones were killed and Tom Jones NOR
tally wounded in a bloody battle which
took place at Pleasant Valley, Texas,
on the Goth.
FAILURES for the week have been PIG
in the United States, against 2l7 last
year, and "a in Canada, against "a last
year
| jim WILLIAMSON, one Of the murderers
of the Crocker family, was hanged at
Houston, Tex, on the 25th.
IT is reported that Speaker Reed will
announce his committees on the last
day of the extra session.
A TORNADO struck the northern por-
ton Rich Hill, Mo-, on the 25th. The
damage will amount to thousands of
dollars.
! JOHN MOSES, who murdered and robbed
white farmer, was lynched at Crystal
Springs. Miss, on the 25th.
RUSSIA will not join with Japan in a
protest against the annexation Of
Hawaii
SENATOR MORGAN has introduced a
bill to annex Hawaii.
LAzARD FREREs on the Gath shipped
$3.50, 600 in gold TO Europe.
The leader., 1897-06-30

The family of John A. Lloyd, Of Meri.
dian. and several boarders had a narrow
escape from death last week from
poisoning, supposed to have been ad-
ministered by Hattie Lee, the negro
cook, in the evening meal. The parties
were all taken sick about the same time,
and the symptoms of each indicated
arsenic poison. Those who were af-
fected were John A. Lloyd, wife and
son, J. NJ Barron and wife and j. X.
Russell. While all the parties are out
of danger one or two of them have
been quite sick, and but for the prompt
attendance of physician the result in
all probability would have been fatal.
warrant was sworn out for the arrest
of the woman and she was placed in the
county Jail.
The leader., 1897-06-30
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
ALrnchinr at crr.taI springs.

John Moses, a negro and a self-con-
fessed murderer, was taken from Jail at
Crystal Springs last week and lynched.
The crime for which he paid the penalty
was most heinous in character and
showed depravity almost inconceiva-
BILE. John G.. Strong. an old and highly
respected farmer living some three or
four miles south OF Crystal Springs,
went to town with load OF produce,
which he sold and received his pay from
one Of the banks. After transacting
some business he left for his home.
When he reached a point about one and
half miles from town he was over
taken by negro, and probably before
he was aware of his presence the fiend
struck him several blows over the head
with heavy club, and he fell uncon-
scious upon the floor of the wagon and
probably died instantly. Tho negro
then rifled his pockets and, starting the
team, sprang from the wagon, leaped
over fence and disappeared in the
woods
The leader., 1897-06-30

Elders Rydalch, Pomeroy, Parish and
Jones, four Mormon elders from Utah,
we're run out OF Meridian last week.
The invasion Of private residences So
aroused the people that a large crowd
gathered and when they attempted to
hold services the elders were politely
but firmly notified by a committee OF
citizens that the people would not allow
the privacy of their homes to be thus
invaded, and that the elders must leave
town. They left on the first train.
The leader., 1897-06-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

JupsE BoTKIN, department com
mander of the Grand Army of the Re-
public of Kansas, has sent invitations
to the department commanders of Mis-
souri,, Iowa, Oklahoma, Nebraska and
Colorado, asking them to attend the
annual reunion of the Grand Army
of Kansas at Leavenworth, October IL
to is.
A STORY was current recently that
the sugar trust would like to buy Cuba
from the Spaniards on the same plan
as the Hudson Bay company which
England had. Col. John J. McCook
was the man credited with the idea.
The United Confederate Veterans
met in annual reunion at Nashville,
Tenn, on the odd the assemblage be-
ing called to order by Gen. John b.
Gordon. Gen. Reagan delivered the
principal address of the day. At night
brilliant reception was given by the
Tennessee Daughters of the Confeder-
acy to the veterans.
CALCULATIONS on the 22d were that
the tariff bill would pass the senate
about July I.
THE general executive board of the
X. of l.. at Washington have adopted a
resolution calling upon congress and
the president of the United States to
take action for recognizing the belliger-
ency of the Cuban insurgents and also
recommending that local and district
assemblies of knights adopt the same
resolution when they celebrate the
Fourth of July.
GEN. john Il. GORDON, despite his
own resolve not to run again, was
unanimously reelected commander-in-
chief of the United Confederate Veter-
ans at Nashville, Tenn, on the Esd.
Atlanta, Ga, was chosen as the place
for the next reunion.
SAMUEL GoMPERs, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and
Frank Morrison, the secretary of the
organization. went to the white house
recently and had talk for an hour
with President Mckinley on labor in
terests and labor legislation. Mr.. Me
Kinley fully Endorsed trade unions and
said: Il regard the organization of
labor as the natural and Legitimate eff
fort to secure its rights
THE League of ohio Valley Bimetal-
lie clubs" is the name adopted by rep
resentatives of free silver clubs of
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Vir-
gina which recently met at Cincinnati
and united under one constitution. Of
ficers were elected and indianapolis
chosen as the next place of meeting.
TEA importers and men interested
in the tea trade in New York have de
cided to put forth organized efforts to
secure a tariff on tea The New York
men favor a duty of ten cents pound
on all tea imported.
TIE widely-known actor, odd Hoss''
HOey, has been taken to Bellevue hos
pital at New York, his mental vagaries
having assumed a violent form. 1t was
feared by his physicians that he will
never recover.
The leader., 1897-06-30
Steamer Aground.

Natchez, June 24.-The steam boat
feathers grounded last night at the
foot of Natchez Island, few miles be-
low here, in four and half feet of
water She was following the old chan
mel, where there was always from twelve
TO fifteen feet of water. The channel
has changed to the Mississippi side,
and cuts close to what is known as Car
thage Point light There is plenty of
water in the new channel and about
seven feet across the head of the island
on the Mississippi side. The feathers
was still aground at last accounts.
The leader., 1897-06-30
Government BuIIding in Hoe.

Edwin Memories, cashier of the First
National Bank of Meridian, was last
week appointed receiver of the new
government building being erected
there. Chancellor Hill issued the order
for receiver on the petition of the
creditors OF Contractor Beeman Of
Chicago, who is alleged to be financial y
unable to carry out his contract The
building will be completed under the
direction of the receiver.
The leader., 1897-06-30
An Interesting Document.

IN interesting document, dating back
to 1905, while Mississippi was terri
tory, will be interesting to Missis
sippians. 1t is piece OF parchment as
largo as a full-sized sheepskin covered
entirely with splendid penmanship,
evidently written with quill pen, and
is in fine state of preservation. 1t 10
grant of ., 500 acres of land from the
British government to certain indi.
viduals and was executed Ion the 18th
day of May, in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and seventy
nine, and in the nineteenth year OF the
reign of our sovereign Lord George the
Third, by the grace of God, Of Great
Britain, France and Ireland, king de-
fender Of faith and SO forth" Attached
to this Anticipated document, which is
real curiosity, is a skillfully executed
map OF the land, being done with pen.
All the seals, signatures, etc, are in
tact and show that the ever present
red tape" was as much in evidence in
olden times as now. Another interest
ing and historic feature of this old
document is the Endorsement on the
back in perfectly preserved, regular
John Hancock style of penmanship,
which reads as follows
Filled Nov. /, 1905.
"THos. II. WILLIAMS, Register"
Mr.. Williams was then register of the
United States land office in the then
territory of Mississippi, at the old
Washington land office in Adams county.
lie was one of the first United States
senators from this State. lie served
longer in the senate than any other
man from this State, prior to the war.
lie was three times elected by the leg.
islature and once appointed by the gov
ernor. He didn't, however, serve full
terms of six years after each election.
His aggregate service amounted to
nearly twelve years.
The leader., 1897-06-30

TOPEKA, Kan, June 24.-Judge Fred
Wellhouse, the leading cultivator Of
apple trees in Kansas, says, that APP,
Piles are not doing well in the state
this year, although the other varieties
of fruit are in a most promising condi-
ton. The peach crop, he thinks, will
be the best in the history of the state.
Judge Wellhouse's orchards consist Of
1,63O acres, containing 100000 apple
trees, and are located in the counties
of Leavenworth, Miami and Usage. In
10 years he has picked 400, 600 bushels
-
The leader., 1897-06-30
A Esprit" CONFESSES.
An Assistant of Medium Steward Says SpIr-
| itnalism Is a fraud.

itualism Is a Fraud.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, June GA man
who has been for ten months profess
sional spirit at seances, who in that
time has helped delude and cruelty de-
ceive widows, orphans and bereaved
parents, among them some of the best
known people in this city, has re-
formed and confessed. "Spiritualism
is the rankest kind of taking, and I'll
never do it again" he says. His
name is w. II. Rehfuss. He lives now
at AS East Eleventh street. While he
was a spirit he worked for c. w. Stew
ard, who conducts a "spook dem at
1870 McGee street, the house in which
Concannon, the great spiritualistio
fraud who, was publicly exposed in Bos.
ton, gave seances when he was in this
pitv
The leader., 1897-06-30
Picked Up $500.

Jim Hall, alias Lawrence Wilson, who
is wanted in Bessemer, Ala, for murder,
was captured last week at Lumberton
by Ike Allen, a negro who worked at the
depot in Ellisville. A reward of $500
Ike knew of his whereabouts and went
down and captured him. The negro
was brought to Ellisville and given
over to the sheriff.
The leader., 1897-06-30
She Missed Him.

A poor woman who kept a shop in north.
husband Who could 9 searcey he
credit to the family, one day found herself
widow through the sudden demise Of her
spouse. A lady, who frequently made
small purchases at the shop, called to see Ler
and to offer her sympathy, though knowing
that the mans death must in a certain sense
come as a relief, as the wife had often sui.
fered from his violence. She was not, how.
ever, quite prepared for the stoical way in
which the wife took her bereavement.
said the lady:
Il am sure, Mrs. c., you must miss
your husband
We'll, mum, it do seem queer to g INTO
the shop and find something in the TIL! =
Tit BITS
The leader., 1897-06-30

ROYAL MCKENZIE, a patrolman on
the police force of Duluth, Mimi,
claims the distinction of being the
giant policeman of the United
States. Mckenzie, as he appears on
his beat, measures feet 81 inches
from the sole of his shoe to the top of
his helmet. His actual height is g feet
10$4 inches, and he weighs 2s5 pounds.
The leader., 1897-06-30

IN the Russian empire the rate OF
suicide for ordinary mortals is so in
the million. But the rate for doctors
is no less than 631 in the million, ac-
cording to recent official returns. This
is all the more a matter for concern, as
Russia suffers from scarcity of medi-
cal men.
The leader., 1897-06-30

Prof Standardization was a great
philosopher. By observing the mere fall Of
an apple he discovered the law Of gravity,
Smithers - That's nothing. BY Simply
biting an apple Eve discovered the gravity
of lawn. Y. Journal
The leader., 1897-06-30

THE 200 descendants of Francis
Drake, the famous navigator, have
formed an association in the western
part of Pennsylvania, to put forward a
The property, they say, is situated in
Devon and Somerset counties, Eng,
and consists of about 5000 acres of
land and $500, O00, 900 in money, the re-
suit of the accumulation of rentals for
about 15O years.
The leader., 1897-06-30
A Demand for Small Notes

WASHINGTON, June 24.-The treasury
department within the last week has
received a considerable number of re-
quests for small notes in unusually
large quantities. This inquiry was
entirely unexpected and is confidently
regarded by treasury officials as an in
dication of improvement of trade con-
The leader., 1897-06-30

SINCE the decision of the United
States circuit court upon the constitu-
tionality of the Illinois state law,
which provides that cities or counties
shall be liable for three-fourths of the
damages inflicted by a mob, Chicago
will be compelled to pay something
like $1,000, 900 in settlement for the de-
struction of property in the great rail
road riots of 1894.
The leader., 1897-06-30
a BOY REVIVALIST.
John DE Merritt, Aged 3. Attracting Great
Crowds by His Preaching.

Crowds by His Preaching.
NEWPORT, Neb., June pa most
unusual condition of excitement exists
in this section of the state, due to the
preaching of child frail youth of
10 years, who really looks to be no
older than nine. Crowds are floeking
weekly to Newport from adjoining
counties to participate in the re-
vival that has been developed by the
child. Rev. John E. De Merritt is
the youngest ordained minister in the
world. He lives here with his par
ents. who are in very reduced cir
cumstances. Though he has been at
tracing attention for some time as a
most precocious child, the most extra
ordinary ability of the youth as pull
pit orator was not suspected until re-
Gently, when he commenced to partici-
pate extensively in revival work. At
Broken Bow, Newport, and other points
through Rock county this little ad-
vocate of Gods ministry on earth has
spoken to crowds, sometimes averag-
ing 1000 people.
The leader., 1897-06-30

ACCORDING to the returns just pub
lished by the journal Officiel, at Paris,
not single citizen OF the United States
has abandoned his country in order to
secure naturalization as Frenchman
during the last 12 months
The leader., 1897-06-30

THE fact was brought our in con
vention of liquor dealers at Chicago
the other day that the city has $50
fewer saloons than a year ago, and has
consumed in the past few months 49,
600 barrels less of beer than in the same
time last year.
The leader., 1897-06-30
Father DaIton's Silver Jubilee.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, June 26.-Twenty
five years ago Sunday Rev. William j.
Dalton became pastor of the Church of
the Annunciation, and that day is also
the 25th anniversary of the founding
of the parish, whose silver jubilee will
be celebrated Sunday and Monday with
elaborate ceremonies.
The leader., 1897-06-30
Litigation at an End.

Chancellor Pintard, by consent If all
parties, last week appointed B. w.
Griffith, president of the First National
Bank of Vicksburg, receiver of the
American Manufacturing Company,
owning the match factory at South
Vicksburg. This ends long pending
litigation.
The leader., 1897-06-30

THE monument erected to the mem.
DRY of Harry Wright, 1.-THE father OF
baseball" was unveiled in West Laurel
Hill cemetery at Philadelphia the
other day in the presence of large
crowd of people.