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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-17
MAINE SIGNAL CORPS.
Now at Montauk VIII Come Home ina
Few Days.
This letter has been received:

This letter has been received: s.
Montauk Point, September Is.
Portland Daily Press:
The Maine Signal Corps have been or
dered to Augusta and will leave here
within few days. They have been given
a 80 days furlough and will be mustered
out of the service at the expiration of the
furlough. Sick men are all doing well
except Private Colcord who is not ex-
pected to live.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-17
PORTLAND ATHLETIC CLUB.

The gymnasium classes for boys COM
mences Monday, October g. The classes
will be divided SO that each boy will be
graded according to his physical needs,
etc. There will be no change in the eve
ming classes. The bowling alleys will be
put in fine shape in a few days.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-17
OBITUARY..
AMOS EMERY HOWELL

The death of the veteran provision
dealer, Mr.. Amos Emsry Howell, was an
nounced in yesterdays PRESS. His
death was the result Of paralytic shook
received several weeks ago.
Mr.. Howell was born in Newburyport,
Mass, March. IS, 1917, and came to this
city when boy. He has always been
connected with the provision business,
having been a partner with the late
Joshua c. Morse, under the firm name OF
of Howell & Morse, for many years.
Their store was formerly in Market
souare in the building now occupied by
Cunningham, the clothier. Here for
MANY wears it was the custom for num-
Der of prominent men, mostly old time
Democrats, to gather every evening and
discuss the issues of the day. ~
After the death of Mr.. Morse, Mr.. How
ell took his son, ex-Alderman Winslow
E. Howell, into partnership and moved
to Free street. Here they continued in
business until Mr.. A. E. Howell, owing
to advancing years and the fact that ne
had amassed competence, retired, ana
has since had 10 regular business, al
though he maintained his interest In
affairs up to the time of his death.
Mr. Howell was the Oldest member OF
Ancient Landmark Lodge of Masons, and
was also member of the other bodies of
the Scottish rite up to the Maine Consist
ory. S. P. r. S. He was member of
Portland Commandery, and always main
tanned a deep interest in Masonic affairs.
Mr.. Howell leaves a widow and one
son, ex.Alderman Winslow E. Howell
DEATH OF GEN. HASKELL.
Columbus, O., September 16.-Brigadier
General J. I. Haskell. II. S. A., dropped
dead at the barracks at 4.30sp. m.
The excitement of the day incident to
the return of the 18th infantry brought
on healt failure.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-17
CHIEF. Of ] Police SPEAKS
Ringing Words Advising People TO Use
| Dr. Greeno's hIorvura.
From His Statement No One Can Doubt that
,, Dr. Greene's Nervura is the Best and
Surest Remedy in the World to- Cure

Chief of Police Henry W.
Mason, of New Bedford,
Mass, writes to the people.
sit gives me pleasure to
add nv testimony in this
brief note to that of many
others, of the high esteem
in which DR.. Greene's Ner-
vura blood and nerve remedy
is held in this community.
The fact that it is the prescrip-
tion of a regular physician
adds to the confidence in
which it is held by the public.
/ have given DIR. Greene's
Nervura to a personal friend
who was ill, and was rejoiced
to hear from his own lips an
account of the benefit he had
received. From report and
experience, no doubt exists
of the great value of DR..
Greene's Nervura which |
| recommend.
HENRY W. MASON,
| Chief of Police of New Bed
ford, Mass
This is your golden oppor-
tunity to be cured and DR..
Greene's Nervura is the rem
edy to cure you. 1t is beyond
all question the grandest
remedy and surest cure the
world has ever known, and if
you are ailing, out of health,
do not feel just right, or ii
you are weak, tired, nervous,
J run down, depressed and dis
couraged, you should get this
wonderful medicine at once.
For nervous prostration, in
somnia, rheumatism. weak
ness and debility it is the SOW
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-17

You can't beat it, $3.50 for the round
rip to Centre Harbor on Septic her 2lst.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-17
DEATH OF GEN. HASKELL.

Go to Lake Winnipesaukee on Septem-
Der slst.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-17

Centre Harbor excursion on September
21st.
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The best Lake excursion is down 70
September 2lst.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-17

Hoods Pills cure Sick Headache. 25cs
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will need a brisk, and
up-t date Sc WING
MACHINE to transform
the tearabIes into wear
abIes.
The people who are Bit
ten by the "pay-by-instaII-
ments" phobia will pay
$1,000 for fairish
machine. Those who want
a celebrated name-paate-
machine will pay S35.c GO.
But the thrifty ones will
buy an Expert" at $500
FOR 98c. OF Percale,
straight yoke,
trimmed with ruffle of goods,
two rows of braid, turnover col
lar and pointed shoulder cape
trimmed with braid. Black
and white, blue and white, gar
net and white, green and white,
pink and white.
$L5O Wrapper for csc
Remarkable bargains all of
them.
Have you had trouble in getting
children's waists that don't rip and
aren't easily outgrown?
Get Nazareth Waists next time.
SHOES. Children's School
Shoes. Shield School
Shoe, made of brown dongola,
box calf and kangaroo; button
or lace. Very wearable.
Children's to s, 75c
Misses III to2 $1.2s
BOYS AND YOUTHS
of Box Calf for school wear,
sizes 21l to 51z $1.4a
Youths II to- SLIPS
Wei Kid, Box Calf, Dongola
and Patent leather for Youths,
75c to $1.25
LADIES' Boots of White
Bros. box calf
style and fit perfect, $3.50
MOVED. The LINING
DEPARTMENT
has been moved to the Free st.
end Of the store where the light
is better for matching.
ART EMBROIDERY
to center of first floor where
Handkerchiefs were.
Handkerchiefs take the spice
vacated by the Lining depart
ment.
Thus each department is t,et-
tered.
REMNANTS. The sale of
Dress REM
nants at Half and Two-thfrds
price continues today.
BASEMENT BARGAINS.
Big Bread Raiser, LOG
Earthen Teapots, loo
Butter Jars, 25c, 500. 49c
Tumblers, clear glass, bell top
shape. Price per dozen, 800
Double Wash Boiler, best, SOC
Big Enamel Teakettle, 500
Fruit Jars. Masons, pint, per
dozen, 4so
cakes Laundry Soap for loo
8 rolls Toilet paper for 10c
j. r. LIBBY co.
p~e~>s~~e>~~>><ee>>~>~se~<+
:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-17
NEw ADVERTISEMENTS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. :
3: q. :&ibbY TO-,

It's low tide at the abong-shore resorts.
Flood tide is setting toward homes, and all
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Vacations are hard wearabes, and many
hom ecomng housskeeper will need brisk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
Everybody Reads the State Journal

is no hotel, so every farmers home for
miles about, well as the church and
school house, are used for the accOmmo-
dalton of patients.
Father Kroeger is a quiet, unaffected
man, devoted wholly to science and his
church, grateful that his skill alleviates
suffering, but making no pretensions to
anything but the wisdom of experience
He treats all who come without charge
except the bare cost of the medicines
used.
His correspondence has grown to
such an extent that he is compelled to
employ a secretary, and three times a
week he ships medicine to his patients
In one shipment there was fully $50
pounds of express matter
He is held by the people of his vicin-
1ty in the greatest veneration, and the
term "quack" cannot in any sense be
applied to him, as he is earnestly de-
voted to his profession, and, though liv-
ing in an out-of-the-way spot, he has
provided himself with an X-ray machine
and all the latest scientific appliances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
TO SEVER EVERY BOND.
Mrs. James Brown Potter SAYS She
Will Only Be Too Delighted.

London. Sept 12.-Gossip in the society
columns of the New York papers about
James Brown Potter's determinati ton
to get a divorce has been a, source of
amusement to Mrs. Potter: likewise the
stories that this action had caused her to
give up her home here and dissolve the
theatrical partnership with KyrIe Bel
lew
Nothing that Mr.. Potter can do or may
do can alter my plans or have the Sigh
est weight with me, either in my business
or domestic arrangements said Mrs. Pot
ter.
no intention of doing So It suits me to
play 'Miladi with Mr.. Tree.
When it suits me TO play with Mr..
BeIeW or Mr.. Anybody Else 1 viii do it.
Mr.. POtter's lawyers have written TO Sir
George Lewis. my counsel. asking him to
get me to help them secure a divorce.
AFTER the public and pointed insults that
Mr. PotteTs father has put on me, know
ing what L do OF him and his entire fam
lily, shall be only too delighted to sever
every bond.
las I have supported myself entirely
since my. marriage with Mr.. Potter I can
go on doing So He and his family have
tne american nation. for which L shall
never forgive them to my dying day
MIS- Fotter made great hit at the
of the Albany club at kingston on the
Thames, where many artists appeared on
the beautiful lawn Just before the per-
Torrance began she received the follow
ing anonymous note:
Recalling the recent brilliant charge of
the 1WenIy-nrSr Lancers at Omdurman,
may ask you to recite Tennyson's record
OF another never-tO-be forgotten charge
of British cavalry at Balaklava2
AN ADMIRER.''
Mrs Potter's recitation of the Charge
of the Light Brigade created enthusi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
CLEARING THE MIDWAY.
Chickamauga Park is Being Cleared
Up and Disinfected.

Chickamauga Park. Tenn. Sept r.
The Ninth New York is being paid to-
day. The regiment has packed all its
effects and is expected to leave fos
home early tomorrow morning. The
Second Kentucky is also in readiness to
move and is expected to get away be-
fore tomorrow night. The departure Of
these regiments will leave only about
1 800 men at Chickamauga, these COM
prising one regiment and 500 men in the
hospitals.
The Midway at Lyle, which has been
the scene of so much turmoil during
the summer, is now a thing of the past.
The last of the small shops were closed
today, the majority of the shOpmen
going to other camps. The work of
cleaning up the park is progressing
rapidly. The refuse is being burned and
great quantities of disinfectants are
being used.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
PRIEST CURES PEOPLE.
Country Pastor in South Dakota a
Physician of Great Ability.

Yankton. S. D, Sept. 12--In the neigh
borhood of a country pOstoHce called
Epiphany in the extreme northeast
part of Hanson county, South Dakota,
and ten miles from CanOva, the nearest
railroad town lives Rev. William KrOe-
ger, pastor of the Roman Catholic par
ish of Epiphany, who is noted far and
near as a physician of great healing
powers.
Father Kroeger, as he is commonly
known, is a German who received a
medical educa ton before entering the
priesthood. He has lived in Epiphany
for five years, and owing to the remote
ness from physicians rendered his SER
vices to his parishlonerS. He was es-
pecialIy successful in treating lung
troubles and nervous diseases, and ma
ny cases Of fits were cured His fame
spread, and patients from a distance
sought him
without a line of advertising his fame
has extended throughout the United
States, and he is today overwhelmed
with patients who come on every train
to the extent that carrying them has
become the principal business of livery
men at Villas, CanOva and Spencer, sur
rounding small railroad towns.
Recently eighty persons were waiting
his attention, coming from all over
South Dakota, Iowa. Minnesota and
Wisconsin. with a few from California
and Pennsylvania. all driving from the
station to the secluded Mecca. There
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
HOMELESS.
Fire Destroys Property Worth
Million.

Vancouver, B. c., Sept 1.-THE city
of New Westminster has been visited
by terrible cOnfiagration, causing the
loss of a million dollars. The fire start
ed about midnight from a spark from
a steamer on the water front A fierce
gale was blowing at the time Within
three hours all the buildings along ten
streets were blazing. Handsome
blocks, banks and churches went up in
smoke Two newspaper offices are gone.
The Canadian Pacific railway station
the cathedral and many private resi-
dences are destroyed. Hundreds of peO-
pie are homeless and relief is being
rushed from Vancouver. Two women
are reported to have died from the
shock.
The telegraph Office at Westminster
has been destroyed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
PLACE TO OWN COWS.
Common, Everyday Bovine Worth
$1,000 at Dawson.

st. Joseph. Mo, Sept. 12.-Frank
Hinckley, master mechanic of the Ter
minal Railway company, returned to-
day from Dawson The young man
left Dawson in August. and brought
back with him a fresh deal of news con-
corning St. Joseph people now in the
gold regions. He says there are many
disappointments in KlOndyke and ma
pected to find. Provisions are high
and it costs money to live. He said
there is only one COW in Dawson, and
she is worth $500. She is just an or
binary COW. but she sold for that sum
not long ago, and is now bringing her
owner so and SIS a day The hens in
the same town sold for 81. but they are
considered worth the money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
IT FAILED 10 COME.
Like Many Other Things From the
War Department That Fizzle.

Privates George Pearce of Chiconee
and Oliver Brosseau of Concordia, mem
bers of the Twenty-second Kansas, Ow-
ing to an error of the war department
at Washington were sent to Topeka
last week to be mustered out of the
service They should have been sent
to LeavenwOrth.
The young men reported to the ad-
Jutant general and the governor who
at once notified the commanding officer
at Fort LeavenwOrth. He reported that
transportation would be sent at once
1t failed to come, and W. A Mosher
Major A P. Shreve, H. B. F'1eharty. and
State Architect Lescher made up a
purse sufficient to buy tickets for the
soldiers and they were sent to Leaven-
worth Yesterday afternoon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
POLICE NOTES.

Ofhcer Henderson arrested George
WINS at the Union Pacific depot Sun
day for being drunIs-and disorderIv He
was locked up and awaits trial.
John Doyle deposited a watch for his
appearance to answer to the charge of
interfering with an officer Sergeant
Owens was trying to arrest a man
when Doyle stepped up, seized the ser
geant's arm and said: You can't ar
rest that man unless you take this one
also" 'An right" -safd Sergeant Ow-
ems and he arrested them both and af-
ter locking them up he returned and ar
rested Doyle. The case was continued
I'LL tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
John Emery was arrested Sunday for
being drunk A friend of his appeared
at the station shortly after he was
locked up and deposited SO for Emery's
appearance When Emery was brought
out of the prisoners room he became
boisterOus and claimed that when he
was searched he had 81. 65 on his person.
Jailer Grubbs said he only had s. cents
and when he persisted in his demands
for 81. 65 he was ordered locked up again
by Chief Strauss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
BIG STEAMER LOST.
Nothing About Wreckage to
Lead to Identification.

Duluth. Mimi, Sept. ia big steam
er, in all probability an iron ore car
rier, has foundered in Lake Superior
off the Apostle islands in the recent
gale.
The captain of the steamer. Robert L.
Fryer, which arrived here today, re-
ports having passed through consider
able Wreckage Saturday when twenty
five miles below Outer island and on
the straight course between Eagle is
land and Double island.
The wreckage consisted of hatch COW
ers, of which there are twenty-One
within sight and much other light wood
work, all parts of a steamer. There
were no marks on the wreckage to iden-
tify it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
20 PERSONS DROWNED
By the Sinking of Two Vessels in
Storm.

Brunswick, Ga, Sept. 12.-Postmaster
Symons, who chartered a tug and went
in search of the schooner John H. Platt,
which was in the terrible storm of Au-
gust 80, has returned to Brunswick with
unmistakable evidence of the ships loss
with all on beard. Postmaster Symons'
son was a passenger on the PIatt.
A brother of Captain Townsend, of the
schooner Jessie Q. Woodruff, accompa-
MED Mr. Symons, and he is confident
that his brothers ship had met the
same fate.
A total of twenty persons were aboard
the two lost ships.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
WATCH FOR CATTLE THIEE
Steals Three Carloads of Fine Texas
Steers.

st. Joseph. No. Sept. 12.-Three car
loads of fine Texas steers, stolen from
W. B. Dennis, a ranchman of Chicka-
sha, I. T, were received at the St Jo-
seph stock yards today by Horace VIII
son, inspector for the Cattle Raisers'
association of Texas.
The cattle, Y head in all, were load
ed. it was discovered. at Minco. They
were consigned to Davis, Mcdonald &
Davis. commission firm. The con-
signer was J. E. B. Brown, a stranger,
for whom the officers are now search
ing. The cattle arrived yesterday
They were sold on the market today for
the rightful owner, bringing s., 156. SO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
BURNED THE THEATER.
Men at Camp Thomas Have a Bon
fire

Chiclzamauga Park, Ga. Sept 12.-
The men left in the park enjoyed
bonfire last night at the expense of the
government, setting fire to Camp
Thomas theater, a building that had
been used by Gen. Brooke and in which
summer theatrical entertainments were
given to the men of the volunteer army.
The building was a large one and con-
tanned many thousand feet of lumber.
Gen. Breckenridge has ordered an in
vestigation as to who are the guilty
parties and he promises severe punish
ment If he can identify the incendiaries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
A BARN BURNS.
Mrs. N. II. Adams Stable Destroyed
With Contents

An alarm of fire was sent in to the fire
department headquarters last night at
IL 10 by telephone The alarm called the
department TO a frame barn at 1910 To-
peka avenue owned by Mrs. n. H. Adams.
The barn was falling when the depart
ment arrived and it was impossible to save
anything A carriage and set of harness
belonging to w w. Mills were burned.
The loss IS placed at $3.50. The cause was
1hought 70 be incendiarE-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
NE OCTOPTS DID IT.
How a Populist Section Foreman Re
norted q Cows Death.

Since the days of Finnegan of off agin-
on agin, gone agin'' fame, railrOd section
fOremen have been more or less a source
of amusement to their superiors. a sec
ton foreman on the Santa Fe, in filling
out a report the death recently of a
COW sustained Finnegan'S record
The blank for the report asks the Ques-
ton. Was stock killed within corpora
uon?'' The fOreman's mind could not con-
tain the idea of the word corpora ton
meaning anything. besides the great Santa
Fe railway. and in answer to this Ques-
ito he wrote:
mo. but bY cOrnora tion.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
EXPULSION ASKED.
$4,000 Bashi-Bazouks Must Leave
Crete.

Gambia, Island of Crete, Sept. 1.-THE
foreign admirals have sent an identical
telegram to their respective govern
ments requesting the immediate expul-
sion from Crete of the $1,000 Bashl-
Bazouks in the island, the recall Of the
Turkish troops and authorities and the
appointment of governor general as
desired by the Cretans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
RALPH TERMED WILL WE'D.
Two Well Known Atchison "Globe"
Employees to Begin Life Together.

Atchison, Sept. 12.-Miss Marjorie
Webb and Mr.. Ralph Tennel. both of
the Globe, will be married at the Epis-
copal church on the morning of Sep
TENDER %. Rev. Molineaux officiating.
They will leave Immediately after the
marriage for Chicago and several of
the northern resorts, and will return
via Omaha and take in the exposition.
Upon their return they will go to house
keeping in their beautiful new cottage
on ChalliSS hill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
Lawyer Tompkins Dead.

Montgomery. Ala, Sept. 12-Henry
Clay Tompkins was taken suddenly i'll
In his Office this morning and died in a
few minutes. Heart failure. due to &C
ute indigestion was the cause. He was
for three terms attorney general of Al
ALBANIA and ranked among the ablest
lawyers of the south He has been for
"a dozen years a prominent figure in the
meetings of the American Bar associa-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
ANOTHER KANSAN ACCUSED
3. A. Wise to Face Courtmartial for
Decorating Graves.

Harrisburg. Pa. Sept. 12.--The third ar
rest Of a soldier for participating in the
desecration of Confederate graves, August
6. while the troops were on the march
from Camp AIger to ThOroughfare Gap.
has been made. and Private b A wise o.
company F, TWenty-secOnd Kansas. viii
appear before the corps court martial
today to answer to this charge. Wise was
one of the principal witnesses against
Lieutenant Guy Morgan, Twenty-second
Kansas, acquitted of completely in this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
Comes Out Against Leedy.

Pao1a, Kan, Sept. 1.-THE Osawato-
mic Globe, Democratic, comes out lnls
week against Governor Leedy. This
leaves every Democratic paper in Nj
ami county against Leedy. The Globe
also opposes the reelection OF RauA
Russell. fusion candidate for represen-
tative from this county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
Omaha and Return $3.50 Via the
Santa Fe.

Commencing at once and until further
notice the Santa Fe will sell tickets to
Omaha and return at $50. Fast expo
sition train leaves Topeka 4:55 a. m.
and arrives at Omaha at noon. Depot
phone No. 6S2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
Rev. D. Huu Dead.

New York. Sept. 12.-Rev Dr. Albert
s Hull, for twenty years secretary of
at his home in Brooklyn. of bronchitis
aged Y years.