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The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21
HARBOR DRIFT.
Various Items of Interest Picked up Along
the Wharves.

There was fresh breeze blowing yes
terday from the southwest and small
boats with even double reef in, found
"a wet sheet and flowing sea, a wind
that follows FAST One Hampton boat
had her mainmast carried away, another
had her sail split from top to bottom and
there were many similar accidents of
the kind Late in the afternoon the
small schooners began to fly into the har-
Dor for shelter and by six O'Clock there
were thirty or more lying at anchor in
the lower roads.
The dust cloud from the city swept
out over the lower bay yesterday after
noon and there it looked as if fog bank
was rising, so heavily was the air laden
with dust PARTICLES
The flag of England floated at the mast
head of the British schooner Hattie Nav
as she ploughed her way into the harbor.
The foreigner brought 337 puncheons and
So tierces of molasses for William G..
Soule. A few days ago Mr.. Soule shipped
cargo to Wilmington, N. C. Another
foreign arrival was the British schooner
Speedwell with lumber.
At the new elevator work still goes on.
Cars unload every day and there are 60, COZ
bushels of corn now in the elevator, be-
sides some oats. This is constantly
drawn away by the coasting vessels and
they will undoubtedly keep the big build
ing fairly busy this summer In the Gel
lar or basement, a fine cement floor is
being laid. There is a layer three and
one-half inches thick of crushed rock
and concrete and on top of this is put
smooth cement finish one-half inch
thick. This work has been delayed on &C
count of the frost in the ground, but IS
now being pushed rapidly and will give a
good clean surface in the basement and
also prevent all entertainments from tur-
bulent high tides. The building looks re-
markably clean and free from dust
which is due to the supervision of Mr..
Davis, in keeping it thoroughly swept.
The Henry Morganthan has returned
from mackerel cruise She brought IS
barrels and her captain says they are the
latest mackerel he ever saw for SO early
in the season.
The schooner Robert c. McQuillan
brought in cargo Of hard pine yesterday
which she landed at the Portland &
Rochester wharf.
The steam yacht Siesta and the pilot
boat Maggie are on the railway being re-
paired.
The schooner Sarah E. Palmer will go
to the Kennebec to load with ice for the
South
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21
Real Estate Tr,-nsfers.

The following transfers of real estate
m this county have been recorded in
the Registry OF Deeds:
Joseph Thuotts of Scarboro to Albert
Boucher of Westbrook in consideration of
$3.50, lot of land and buildings at Scar
boro.
Robt D. Hollis of Deering to Robt. d.
Hollis, Jr., of Dsering, land at Deering.
James E. Frank of Freeport to James
L. Libby of Freeport, land and buildings
at Freeporu.
George E. Fitcl. ct ais of Sebago, to
Mrs. NJ. S. Beach of New York city, land
at Sebago.
Edward Libby of Gorham ct ais, tc
John Lawrence OF Westbrook, land at
Westbrook.
Joseph Gerrish of Otisfield to Elizabeth
n. Pagan OF Lebanon, N. H., land and
buildings at Otisfeld.
Royal ). Webster of Limington, ct ais.
to Franklin D. Cummings of Portland
land in Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
Graduation at the Bangor Theological
Seminary.

There has recently been going on a
gentlemen and others interested in the
Bangor Theological Seminary as to the
continuance of the English course of
study in that institution. The question
was settled this week durin-, the gradu-
alton exercises by what appears to be a
C ompromise.
The trustees have decided to discontinue
the English course as a course, but the
instruction given by Prof. Gilmore and
Prof. Gilmore himself are retained. He
is made professor of Biblical history and
Introduction. All students in the future
will be under one course and there Will
be no distinction between the classical
and English courses 1t was the unan1-
nous action of the trustees and is regard
ed as happy solution of the question.
1t is understood that Rev. Dr. Gordon
of the Old South church, Boston, was one
of the chief supporters of the classical
course and was sustained by Prof. Chap
man of Bowdoin; Rev. G. G. McCully OF
Calais, Rev. Henry L. Griffin, Hon. E.
r. Bupree, Mr.. John l.. Crosby, Hon. E.
B. Thatcher and Mr.. J. G. Blake of
Bangor.
The alumni association of the college
have chosen these officers for the ensu-
ing year: President, Rev. J. S. William
son; vice president, Rev. Smith Baker;
secretary and treasurer Rev. +. S. Hun
newell; necrologist, Prof. J. S. SewaI;
executive committee. the above officers
and Rev. B. B. Merrill and Rev. P. J.
Robinson; committee on raising funds,
Rev. Charles Harbutt, Rev.. SWilliam-
son and Rev. J. E. Adams, d. D.; COM
mittee of arrangements for the annual
meeting, Rev. j. S. Williamson, Rev.
S. N. Adams and Rev. R. A. Freeman.
The members of the graduating class
are: Frank Herman Baker, Bangor;
Charles Nelson Davie, Hyde Park, Mass;
Kenneth Edward Evans, Boston, Mass. !;
Merritt Augustus Farren, New Haven,
Conn; William Ganley, Worthington,
Mass; John Bowen Jones, Youngstown,
Ohio; Theodore Harding Kinney, Houl-
ton, Me. Burton Andrews Lucas, Bridge
water, Mass; Ronald Hugh Mcpherson.
Blues Mills, c. B.; John Hardcastle
Mousley, Lyme, n. H.; Edward Holmes
Newcomb, Ware, Mass. Edmund Samuel
Rivard, Springfield, Mass; Wallace Hen
ry Stems, Westfeld, Mass George Hen
ry Woodward, Winthrop.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21
JUST FOR SATURDAY.
A One Days Sale of Fine Suits.

The Standard Clothing Company will
offer tomorrow, Saturday just for the
day, nearly 200 fine, all wool sack suits
in broken lots, but in all regular sizes at
Sc. 10 suit just think of it. These brok-
en- lots of suits have accumulated dur
ing the past ten months from their regu-
lar spring business and will be offered
Saturday at one-haIf and one-third of the
regular selling price, They will go
quick, for there isn't a man or young
man that cannot use one to good advan-
tage at his work, at his office, at school,
or wherever he may be-
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21

The Plaza Hotel, New York; overlook
ing entire Central Park with its lakes
and drives; veritable summer resort in
the heart of New York city; easy of
access to all piers and railroad stations;
pioneer of new uptown hotel centre
maintains it's lead as the standard hotel
for giving best value for the price; Euro
pean and American plan.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

At a recent meeting of the Waterville
Enforcement League, the name of the
organization was changed SO that it will
hereafter be known as the Christian
Civic league of Waterville and it becomes
an auxiliary of the Christian Civic league
of Maine. Other articles of the consitu-
ton were so amended as to harmonic
with the broader and more general objects
and work of the State organization.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21
Missionary Meeting.

The State street Auxiliary to Foreign
Missions will hold its closing meeting for
the season this afternoon at O'Clock in
the church parlor. Topic China
cordial invitation is extended to all WON
en- interested.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21

State camp equipments in the form of
tents, tent floors, mattresses, camp stools.
etc, have been shipped to Bath, for the
use of the Coburn cadets of the Maine
State college, who are to have an encamp-
ment there.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21
PORTLAND TRUST COMPANY.

The annual meeting of the stockholders OF
the Portland Trust Company, will be held at the
1897. at 10 a. m, for the election of a hoard of
trustees and the transaction OF such other busl-
ness that may legally come before the meeting.
H. BUTLER, Secretary.
apr3Omay7, IA 1,2S.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21
TO DEERING DOG OWNERS.

Ill owners and keepers of dogs in the City
"A OF Deering will see that their dogs are
properly licensed before the 22d of this mouth,
as all dogs found unlicensed after that date
will be killed and owners prosecuted.
Per order, L. NJ. CLARK
may1Sdtd City Marshal.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21

The State pension department is pressed
with applications for aid as never before.
Up to this time 1856 applications have
been received, against 2O71 for the whole
of 1896
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21

For bronchitis, asthma or kindred
torubles of the throat or lungs, take DR..
Woods Norway Pine Syrup. q household
specific for all these complaints.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03
As Viewed from Afar.

That the reputation acquired by the
recent Pennsylvania Legislature has net
been maligned by the state press is
shown by the following comment from
a disinterested source. the Syracuse
Post: THE lawmakers of Pennsylva-
mia, who have earned reputation dur
ing the recent session of being one of
the worst legislative bodies that were
ever inflicted on much afflicted state,
passed, in response to public sentiment,
a good roads law after a great deal of
agony, and before completing the work
took care to add an amendment which
makes the law practically good for
nothing. The Hamilton good roads
law chatters on for 1000 words or more
about the levying of tax partly in
money, partly in work, and about the
township officers to be selected to see
to the collection and disbursement of
the funds. 1t is provided, with far-see-
ing benevolence, that if one set of
township officers wish to buy a large
road roller or something of the kind they
may cooperate with the road super
visors of the next township. The maxi
mum grade of the roads is fixed with
a proviso that a sleeper grade may be
used if preferable) and the treasurer
Of the board of supervisors is told how
much of the funds he can appropriate
to his own use. 1t is a poor system
but it is enough better than the one
now existing in Pennsylvania to make
II worth while.
AT the end of all these provisions Is
attached the fatal clause: The provis,
ions of this act shall not go into effect
until the sum of Sl,OOOOOO shall have
been appropriated by the Assembly ol
shall have been received into the stat,
treasury from taxes for road purposes
the same to be distributed among tn,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03
BITUMINOUS MINERS STRIKE.

From the Philadelphia Stockholder.
1t is difficult at this early stage of the
bituminous miners strike to estimate its
extent and Importance. There is ground
for the opinion that it will assume very
serious proportions. Competition has
forced prices to so low a point as to re-
duce the pay of the miners below liv-
ing basis. Their condition is known 10
be most deplorable, and 1t would seem
that nothing remains for them but to
strike by way of. protest The soft-coal
operators concede that they are paying
wages hardly sufficient to sustain life,
but urge that they are helpless in the mat
ter by reason of the condition of the mar
kets. Many of them will welcome gem
eral strike as a short cut to a readjust-
nent of prices and methods. Good opin-
ion is that soft coal will be forced to re-
cede from the strong position which 1t has
recently taken as a competitor with an
thracite, unless a way shall be devised
for producing btuminous at even lower
cost than now prevailing.
Mining opei ations have not participated
in the economy in production which has
extended into nearly all other 1elds OF
industry. Employment of machinery in
tho mining of soft coal is declared to be
entirely practicable and capable of effect
ing a reduction of more than 30 per cent.
i'm the cost of coal at the mouth of the
mine The pending strike is likely to have
the effect of forcing developments in this
direction. The immediate result of the
strike If it shall involve, as seems prob
able, the Pittsburg, Ohio and West Vir-
ginia districts, will be very favorable 10
the anthracite interests. An advance of
considerable proportions in the market
prices of anthracite securities may be
looked for if the strike takes on, within
the next day or two, the important char
acter which is generally looked for. The
mere demonstration of the fact that, for
the present, soft coal has reached the ul-
innate low point in price will have ten
dency to check its more general adoption
as a substitute for anthracite.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03
The Price of BICYCLES.

t General comment is made concerning
the recent drop in bicycle prices and
many ingenious theories have been
constructed apropos; but the subject
can be surrounded by the single state
ment that the bicycle riding public
finally got tired of paying 800 for a
piece of merchandise not worth more
than S75. The hundred dollar price
was an artificial price which should
have been punctured long ago. Moth
Ing in the bicycles construction has
justified such a price, Eventually the
figures will drop yet lower 1t will
not be many years before for $50 a man
can buy as good a wheel as American
ingenuity can furnish.
Another thing which can be regard
ed as settled is that the bicycle "craze,"
so-called, will not collapse. The wheel
has come to say, Its use is too general
to be accounted for on the hypothesis
that II is due to a passing fad The
roller skating mania supplies us with
the model of fad, and by comparing
the wheeling 'craze" with it we per-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03

ceive that there is nothing in common
between the two. To skate on rollers
1t was necessary to frequent certain
crowded places and endure all the
risks and discomforts of indiscrimlnate
associations. The wheel, on the other
hand, offers itself either as a instru-
ment of utility to the busy worker or
as a vehicle Of pleasure to those So
cially inclined. one can go with 1t
where one pleases, when one pleases
and in such company as is satisfactory.
1t cannot. therefore, fall into disfavor
until better mode of conveyance shall
arise in its place.
All the more desirable is it, therefore,
that the price of a good wheel should
come within the range of the poor
mans pocket book.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03

The discovery is being made that the
alien tax law should not have been
passed until there had been established
in Pennsylvania a uniform rule gov
erning naturalization and preventing
the granting of citizenship to aliens of
a low grade Of intelligence and morals.
The fact that the naturalization courts
have in many localities during the past
few days issued papers of citizenship
Unfortunately to applicants eager to
avoid the alien tax recalls a scandal
Of the most menacing proportions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03

townships etc. In other words, the
Hamilton law is not worth the ink II
was printed in, and the people Of Penn
sylvania, like the people of New York
will have to wait another year, at least,
before any attempt can be made to
convert the bitches and sink holes over
which they ride and drive, into high
ways. New York is better off than
Pennsylvania in one thing. New York
has no good roads law. Pennsylvania
has one which is worse than none. for
it is a deliberate piece of fake legis-
lation."
If the people Of Pennsylvania had to
wait only one year for the beginning
of good road making it wouldn't be so
bad but they will have to wait nobody
can tell how long. 1t is very probable,
however, that before the next legisla
ture is elected the good roads advocates
and the candidates for legislative hon
ors will come to an understanding on
this point.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03
Ijacchus' Advice.
EXPECTATION.

'Tis fortunate we cannot know the cruel
truths that frown
When the fond mirage of fancy turns
the future rrsde down.
We dreamed of June by night and sang
her Establishments by day,
And neglected to be grateful to Kind
comfortable May.
We prom sled state wherein the nu-
man race should find
A world emboweTcd with beauty, and an
atmosphere so kind
That wistfulness srcud vanish as it met
perft ction's plan
But the only one that's happy is the
soda-water man.
Ay, here it is; the season of the spring.
time poets dream,
When the dew-drop hits the pavement
with a little puff of steam.
The June-tldE, when we note with teel-
ings of resIet and pain,
A perspiratoly deluge and mourntul
dearth of rain.
The flowers that we longed for, with
their perfume, soft and sweet,
Have given up and withered, for they
couldn't stand the heat.
Our balmy zephyrs we must manufacture
with fan,
And the only one that's happy is the soda
water man.
Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03

The president of the Pennsylvania
Bar association, ?. C. Knox, in his an
nual address at Cresson Springs We'd
nesday, discussed at length the law in
its relation to labor and trade. After
showing that the right of contract as
between employer and employe is fully
safeguarded by law in this country he
took up the subject OF trusts, or COM
binations through contracts in restraint
of trade. His conclusion was that these
could not be successfully assailed. If
he shall live long enough we think he
will discover to the contrary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03
FIN LEY'S
Special
Sale of
Shirt
WaistS

To enable us to close out
our entire line i'm short
order we have cut prices
to the lowest notch and
will offer every Shirt
Waist i'm stock cheaper
than the cost of manu-
facture. Remember, we
carry mo low priced or
trashy goods at amy time,
and those mentioned be-
low comprise the cream
of the two most popular
brands on the market,
viz, the "King" and
"Derby" Waists:
One lot reduced to 6oc.
One lot reduced to S5c.
One lot reduced to 81. 90.
One lot reduced to $3.50.
One lot reduced to SIS
One lot reduced to 81. 90.
I'm connection with Shirt
Waists, we are showing
the finest stock of Belts,
and at the right prices.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03

In the article on this page yesterday
concerning the appropriations at Har-
risburg for Lackawanna charities we
were misled into placing the West Side
hospital appropriation at $4,000 instead
of $1,000. One report had stated that
the figure had been thus reduced, but
it was incorrect. AS a matter of fact
the West Side institution came near
getting $4,000, which would have been
none too much
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03

wheelmen should be kept off the side
walks. But the present condition of
Mulberry street between Webster and
Madison avenues is such that riders
to and from the boulevard have to
take to the sidewalks else run the risk
Of slipping in mud or going head over
heels because of the bricks and stones
that line the middle of the road. Mr..
Dunning might see what can be done
to make this stretch of road passable.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03

Thanks to Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson's effective booming, a London
firm has placed a big order for Iowa
butter. But our European friends will
never discover what the real thing in
butter tastes like until they stock up
hanna county.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03
SCRANTON. JULY 3. 1897.

The next slump in prices ought to be
In the type writer market 1t seems
ridiculous that machine which, out
side of royalties, costs not more than
SIS should at retail bring 500.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03

n$S: @ ~
A child born on this day will wonder
why the Christian Endeavor excursion
lists encountered three wrecks on western
roads While the Corbett-Fitzsimmons
prize fight enthusiasts escaped without a
scratch.
When in her dizzy flight
The eagle stops to scream and burn
Some powder
The small boy doth pirouette at night,
And as the rockets flash will learn
To yell the louder.
A scandal monger is in position similar
to that of the employe in an oderlferous
bone factory-eXcept that the scandal
operator enjoys the stencil of his occu-
patton.
The Sunday rapers will have a scoop
on the usual Fourth of July editorial this
year.
The cannon cracker and the fool are
having their innings.
Ajacchus' Advice.
Give the small boy a chance today.
The aftermath of court plaster and Ina
ment will be forgotten year hence.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03

According to the chairman of the re-
cent Ohio Popocratic convention sound
money Democrats are either dudes or
dotards." Let the harmonizing pro-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03

A Chicago councilman wants that
city to stop spending so much money
on vaccine virus. and spend more on
sanitation and soap. The idea may be
unscientific but the advice is sound.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03

The abandonment of the antitrust
amendment TO the tariff bill does not
mean that the Republican party has
decided to let the matter drop. There
are other and better methods of action
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03
,ever of such cases among the foot ball

never Of such cases among the foot bail
men.
The foot ball player enters a game Of
two Commute halves; the contest may be
severe and abound i'm "hard knocks" upon
arms or legs or nose, but no player Is held
for even five minutes in succession to an
exertion that reaches every instant the
maximum of his powers. The ball moves
to the other end of the line or down the
Held; the play shifts and changes in
scores of ways. attording an opportunity
for the player to relax. But the oarsmen
must exert himself to the utmost limit
of his strength for 90 minutes, or within
10 as many as one-half OF whole foot
ball game. That 20 minutes is long time
to undergo such a strain will be appar-
| ent to any one who will watch the minute
hand of his watch for that period and
| imagine himself climbing rope while the
| hand almost mperceptibly moves.
o
From the standpoint of the participant,
| furthermore, boat racing seems much in
| ferior to foot ball or base ball. because
| the Individual is so completely subordin-
ated to the machine of which he Is a
part. The oarsman In an eight-oared
| crew Is a mere cog in the mechanism; he
| has no opportunity for individual head
work, no great crises to rise to-unless
| he drops overheard when his oar breaks.
| ne ldCtS u pnySlCdl SlIdili tOO, WHlCn 10
| monotonous in the extreme from its lack
| of variety in detail, and consider the ef-
| feet of this upon the mind. Now in foot
| ball, base ball and some other land sports,
| the individual player, while of course
| trained to work i'm harmony with an or
| ganzation, has many opportunities for
! individual effort which alone may turn a
| defeat into victory or a victory into a
| defeat. And, what is quite as important,
| the game he is playing has infinite va
| riety, sudden changes, meteoric twists
| and turns. which afford an excellent men
| tai stimulus. refreshing indeed when
| compared with the dull, methodical,
| rever-ending swing back and forth, OF
| the man at the oar.
| Exciting as boat race may be and
| fascinating as science, those colleges
which do not practice it probably lose
| very little. 1t may be doubted that the
| sport win ever assume the leadership or
| the rank i'm American college life which
| 1t has attained abroad.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03

In addition to his other recommen-
dations the new librarian of congress
has lately gained the honor of the
Springfield Republicans contempt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03

Fitzsimmons agrees not to kill Sulli-
van; but there are those who think he
is unnecessarily forbearing.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.

Astrolabe Cast: S.1S a. m. for Saturday.
July 3, 1897.