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The Portland daily press., 1898-02-01
GOT THEIR MONEYS WORTH.
Biddeford Sees a Polo Game and Fist
Fight.

Biddeford, January 31.-It showed
pretty much all day and the storm con
tinued tonight, the weather was not such
as to draw people from their home pd'
those who attended the game of polo
between the Bath and Biddeford team
at National Hall this evening witnessed
something that was not down on the
programme. During the game Tobin
followed the ball into the northwest
corner of the hall and was held there by
]. Mooney. Shortly after Tobin and J.
Mooney got mixed up in the southwest
corner and it is claimed by one who saw
what Immediately followed that j..
Mooney made swipe at Tobin with his
stick. Then came mix-up with lists
between Tobin and J. Mooney. Jason
saw what was going on. and came to
Tobins assistance. One OF the Batn
men sailed into Jason and he turned his
attention to him. One of the audience
stepped onto the floor and did some
punching for Biddeford. After time
Referee Snowman succeeded in obtain
ing order and the game proceeded, the
game going to Bath. In the latter part
of the sixth goal J. Mooney received
lab in the left eye from Dawson's stick
making it necessary for him to leave the
floor, his place being taken by Phelan.
The line up and summary:
BATH. Mooney and McGilvray, rush,
ers: E. Mooney, centre; Murtsuga, NAN
back; Burgess, goal. Il
Biadeford, Dawson and Jason. rush
ers: Perry, centre; Tobin, hall back;
Murphy, goal
Goal. Won by. Rushed by. Gagged by.
.I-DaIh, j. Mooney, j. Mooney, 2 IS
Jason. Linn
2-Bath, J. Mooney, ]. Mooney, 6 0
o-3all, Dawson, McGilvray, 5.cy
--- j. Mooney, ---- Limit
4-Rath. Dawson, McGilvray, All
5-Raib' J. Mooney, McGilvray, 800
.6--Biddeford, Jason, Dawson, 20
Score-Bath S, Biddeford l. Stops
murphy 40, Burgess 81. Fouls--J.
Mooney. Jason. Referee-Snowman.
Timer-Murnane. Attendance-2O0.
LEWISTON EASY VICTIM.
Roeklaud. January 3l.-The leaders
we're easily defeated this evening by the
home team, the work of the goal tenders
were features. The summary:
Rockland-Murphy, 1st rush; Lincoln,
ID rush; O'Malley, center; Gendreau,
half hack. Smith, goal.
Lewiston Doyle, 1st rush;
Walton, I'd rush; Fitzgerald, center;
Fnrbush. half back; White, goal.
score-Rockland, u; Lewiston. 4.
s+onS-smitb. 55; Smith, SO. Referee
Rird Blackington. Attendance
-350
POLO NOTES.
MANAGER Burnham received a tele-
cram from Mr.. Bird last night in which
he expressed his great pleasure at being
.ble To secure John Smith for the FAM
GUS Rockland term.
McGown Of Rockland is i'll and Lin
coin was loaned to the Rockland team by
Manager Burnham last night
A party of poloists we're entertained
bv John Allen and wife at their home at
Peaks Island yesterday. The party in
eluded Mr.. Turnbull and wife, Mr.. Whip
pie and lady and Manager Burnham and
wife.
The Biddeford team plays the Port
lands at City Hall tonight. Some new
faces will probably be seen with the visi-
tors as Manager Kelsey has lines out
for one or two men who will greatly
strengthen his aggregation.
Sundays Boston Herald contained an
excellent picture of John Allen, Port.
lands famous goal tend.
The Portland daily press., 1898-02-01
HERRING SEASON OVER.

Q st. Johns, N.F., January 31.-Twenty-
five American herring vessels are still in
Placentia Bay but the herring are scarce
and the fishery is practically over.
The Portland daily press., 1898-02-01
pzERiNe CITY COUNCIL.
storm Didn't Prevent Gathe ring Last Eve
ming.

The adjourned meeting of the Deering
aldermen was held last evening, not
vithstanding the wildness of the storm.
AT p. m, Mayor Davis, City Clerk
Jones, City Marshal CLARK, Street Com
missioner Smith, Mr.. Reed of the board
of registration, Aldermen Seal, Lane,
Matthews and Aver had braved the storm
and gathered at the council chambers,
so the meeting was called to order with
4 second reading and final passage was
given the ORDER calling for the High
school house issue of.$l6, 600; also for the
Congress street sewer assessments, and
for the raising of the grade of Fessenden
street.
Ihe vote whereby the claim of Mr..
Waite for damages TO his land On Veran-
da street, caused by raising the grade,
was referred to the next city government,
was reconsidered and it was voted to give
him hearing.
A hearing Will be given Wednesday
evening on the Glen Tood avenue sewer
assessments.
The eleotrics were stalled on Pleasant
street, between 6. 30 and, I. 80 p. 10. There
was no communication between those
parts and Portland from 6 to 8 p. m. !,
| then Westbrook pIow and car came ou t
and the Deering snow plow went into
Portland.
Harmon's pool and billiard room at
Woodfords, which is one of the hand
somest in the state, was opened in the
Jefferds block last evening.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-25
Dis In THE FLAMES.
MANY LIVES LOST IN AN APPAL-
LING CHICAGO FIRE.
Avenues of Escape Cut o9und Victims.
Leap iron, Windows or Are Buried in
the Ruins of a six-story Structure ON
Wabash Avenue.
: Tcrrib,c scono, witnc.,cd.

What was probably the most appalling
Chicago fire since the cold storage holo.
caust at the Worlds Fair, broke out in
the Conover piano building. 215 to 221
Wabash avenue, at IL o'clock Wednesday
forenoon. The dcnth list may reach fiji.
teen and the number of mangled and
wounded is twice that. Within half an
hour after the sheet of fire shot out from
the top floor of the siX-story building, the
entire structure was wrapped in flames,
and the crash of the huge walls as they
tumbled down was heard for blocks
around,
The Conover Piano Company occupied
three floors of the building, including the
ground floor. The remaining tenants of
the building were the National Music
Company, the Presbyterian Board of Pub
lication and Sweet, Wallnch & Co., pho
Geographic supplies. The fire started or
the floor occupied by the Photographic
supply company. The floor was stored
with chemicals and the dry, tinder-likc
materials employed in manufacturing pho,
tographic supplies. 1t wns among this
intlammable stuff that the fire started
The flames quickly spread to the floor be.
meath, where the National Music Com.
pany had tons of song sheets packed away
upon counters and shelves.
Elevators became unserviceable, stair.
ways filled with sitting smoke and all
exits save by the windows were cut off.
There were nearly 400 persons in the
building, and to the windows they rushed
on every one of the upper floors. They
crawled out on the cornices and down the
fire escapes like flies. They poured u of
the exits over one another. Men and
women leaped from the windows. Some
were caught in the arms of %bystandcrs
and in blankets, escaping with their lives.
Others fell to death.
The street was packed with people. The
flames reached n store of varnish and
chemicals on the third floor. There was
an explosion. and the front wall was
blown out. Plate glass windows across
the street We're shattered. Scores were
burned, and many more were struck by
the flying debris.
The throng in the street became seized
with IL panic. The people started to rush
along the thoroughfarc. Men and women
fell. They We're trampled upon. In a
solid mass the crowd pushed on. Huge
burning brands dropped on their heads.
Teams from the cross streets plunged into
the struggling mass. Neither horses nor
people stopped. Some of the horses rear
ed and struck out, %wounding men and
IN Alnbulances were called out from
all stations in the city to care for the dead
and wounded. The financial loss will eX.
coed 100000
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-25
Te,erranhic Brexities.

CALIFORNIA; petroleum trade is booming.
Thirty-two new wells have been sunk
since March /.
Reports from various points in New
England show that the cotton mill strike
will soon end.
The convention of cattle raisers Mt Fort
Worth. Tex, raised n subscription for a
monument to the dead of the battleship
Maine.
AT Holly Springs, Miss, little May
Briggs, the 4-ycar-old daughter of James
Briggs, swallowed n button and choked to
death in a few minutes.
Rain has fallen abundantly all over
Kansas, and stock water, which was
scarce, is now plentiful, and pastures and
wheat are much benefited.
A contract was let by the Board Of Pub,
lie Affairs for lighting the city Of Fort
Smith, Ark, with electricity. The con
tract carries with it an electric street ca,
franchise. to be put in operation in twelve
! months.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-25
PROCTOR TALKS PLAINLY.
rermont Senator Tells the Senate of
His Trip to Cuba.

IA10 arp TO NuOas
Senator Proctor Thursday afternoon
made the strongest argument in favor of
Intervention in behalf of Cuba that has
.ver been made in the Senate. Never
we're the members of the Senate so deeply
impressed. MIR. Proctor made no attempt
Tor oratorical effect. He had carefully
prepared his address, and he delivered it
% the Senate as an official report of what
lie had observed in Cuba. He gave no
opinion as to what action should be taken
~ this Government. He said the settle
nent may well be left to an American
President and the American people," But
while he did not make Il recommendation
IL so many words, he left the impression
With all who heard him that he favored IL
declaration by this Government of the in
dependence of Cuba. He declared that
he was opposed to annexation, and, while
many Cubans advocated the establish
nent of Il protectorate by the United
States. he could not make up his mind
hat this would be the best way out of
he difficulty. He told his associates that
he believed the Cubnrs capable of gov
arnlns themselves, INT REINFORCED this
statement by the assertion that the Cuban
population would never he satisfied with
tiny government under Spanish rule.
There was really nothing new in what
nc said. The same facts have been pre-
tented i'm and again by newspaper cor:
respondents, and have been denounced as
falsehoods. The point of their presenta-
lion Thursday was that they were detail
ed by n United States Senator us the re-
suit of his personal observations-of a
senator, too, who went to Cuba strongly
prepossessed with the idea that the condi-
hon of the concentrates had been greatly
exaggerated, and who came back and de-
tlared that the scenes he had witnessed
were absolutely indescribnble.
He said nothing about the Maine except
to state that he had not formed nor cx-
pressed any opinion on the subject of her
destruction, and preferred to wait for the
'eport of the court of inquiry. Autonomy.
ae asserted. was an utter failure. 1t came
too late. There were practically no ar-
Economists. The rebels possessed the east
Of the island, and even in the west the
Spanish army held just what it sat upon
and no more.
From many view points the statement
was remarkable. 1t had evidently been
most carefully prepared. Every element
Of sensationalism had been s%tudiously
eliminated from it and. except so far as
the facts recited were sensational, it bore
not the slightest evidence of an effort to
arouse the public mind. already keenly
alive to the condition of affairs on the
island.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-25
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The News

In case of war Spain will make some
discoveries in America never dreamed of
by Christopher Columbus.
The monitor Terror has four big guns.
but the Puritan has ten. The Puritan
appears to be n holy terror.
The Indiana Attorney General prose-
cutting the Versailles lynchers is named
Ketcham-but he hasn't done it.
1t now remains for Ignatius Donnelly,
who has married his stenographer, to dis
cover who is going to do the debating.
The Ohio Legislature is wrestling with
an anti-tights bill. And yet some people
say the fight against rum is weakening.
The court which has decided that meat
inspection by the Government is uncon-
stitutional has had n tough subject to
consider.
Speaking of the dogs of war, there is no
consolation for the Spaniards in the fact
that all of Uncle Sans big guns have
muZZles.
In case of war if the Spanish battlcship
Vizcaya should get into trouble the sub
marine boat Holland might be found ut
the bottom of it.
Somehow it doesn't seem very consist
ent TOT secretary LAY to kecp anything
dark longer than twelve hours Mt u time.
The Governor of Idaho seeks election to
Congress on n no-necktie platform. Evil
IDENTIFY it's meek or nothing with him.
Apparently the greatest menace to the
peace of the Old World just now is
Japan's impatience to try that new IVY
on something.
A stove trust with a capital Of $4,000
600 has been formed. This looks as
though the managers proposed to make
It warm for the opposition.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-25
RUSH TO THE FROZEN NORTH.
Many Klondike PROJECTORS Reach the
Pacific Coast.

Many klondike Prospcctors Reach the
Pacific Coast.
Over 5000 prospectors have passed up
the Straits of Georgia since the season
opened, bound for Alaskan ports, accord
ing to Il letter from Consul Smith. rcceiv-
ed Mt Washington. Mr.. Smith writes:
The advance division of the army of pros
pectors bound for the Klondike gold fields
has arrived on the Pacific coast, and in even
in the year. AT least four-iifths are A,ncri-
cans, though many come from England and
also from various British colonies. That
more have not gone is due to the lnck Of
least nifty steamers and schooners constantly
and solely employed in carrying men, stock.
horses. dogs and provisions up to the still
frozen region of the north.
Most Of these are from the Sound. and,
contrary to the general rule in the waters Of
the Pacific, the majority are American ships.
manned and owned by Americans and dis
playing the stars and stripes. A list just
twenty-four sailing craft are now engaged in
this trade between Puget Sound and Dyea,
Skaguay.. Wrangell. and other Alaskan
ports. About. one-third Of the American
steamers touch ut Victoria on their way
north. In addition to this fleet, twelve
British steamers and several schooncrs sail
from this port as often as they can make the
trip, which Is every two weeks. Sometimes
ScNclul AluShHi steamers leuNe tIllS port Ill
one day. Many old hulks that have been
idle for years have been overhaulcl, re-
paired, equipped and pressed into this SER
vice. and all go loaded to their utmost ca.
pacity. AS a natural result, the price Of
passage has already been advanced % per
cent. and strikes frequently occur among
the men employed on the steamers.
This, congestion will inevitably be much
their way here arrive, which will be next
month, unless, indeed, the throng increases
as the days lengthen. The dangers of the
route. the suffering already prevalent and
the knowledge that not one in ten is at all
likely to secure even an Independent liveli-
hood do not hinder the hcgira to the frozen
North. In consequence of the immense in
crease In the cOasting trade, pilots ave to
be occasionally employed who are not fn-
miliar with the many reefs and rocks of the
archipelago of islnnds through which the
channel to Alaska lies, and already two
steamers have been wrecked, and each
proved almost a total loss.
But as long as there are letters received
like the following addressed to n resident of
Vancouver. I'VE have struck 1t rich on an
unknown creek across the border in Alaska
never before seen by man. In the creviccs
of the rocks In one day we picked up 100000
In coarse gold. Sell your business, or give
1t away. and come quick with ten men"-so
long will the crowds go north. regardless of
snow. ice, storms or wrecks.
The Quitting trade is the scene of fierce
competition among the different cities of the
coast. 1t has given new life to all and
caused material prosperity, such as they
have not known for years.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-25
CHAPTER VIII.

lysI
We'll, old chap:"
Dallas tried to make his tone light and
unsuspecting. but was conscious that the
effort was somewhat of Il failure.
Il heard something when l came back
to-day that-that was not very pleasant
hearing
oh" thought Dallas. with sudden in
spiration. that COMPOUNDED sanctimoni-
Gus cousin. l lay a thousand!'
II am told" and Toms voice betrayed
evident NERVOUSNESS. that Miss Rivers
has been up here ever since l left"
she lunchcd here today"
"Oh.." remarked Tom. shortly. Look
here. Dal"-with immense emphasis
there must be a little plain speaking be-
tween us. l think you know that l am
not a jealous chap. l have never felt the
least grudge against YOU on my mothers
account. / have never envied you your
success with women-I never wanted to
succeed but with one; but" dashing his
hand down on the table till every glass
rang, IF you come between me and June
Rivers. l will never take your hand again
as long as / have breath in my body"
Dallas. whose thoughts go with fifty
times the rapidity of his cousins. has
time during this Grafton to reflect and
decide.
My lean old chap" he said. looking
across into Toms disturbed and angry
face and feeling horribly ashamed of his
own duplicity. what are you driving at:'
Tom paused.
II don't like TO think" he said. with Il
straight. stern look ut his cousin. that
you have not the same instincts of honor
and gcntlcmanlikc feeling that almost ev-
cry man has. I never doubted you be-
fore: but when l hear of YOU sitting hand
in hand with the girl whom you know 1
love-"
Who said it?"
mo matter" answered Tom. to whom
the thought suddenly occurred that he
must not allow Agnes to suffer for her
fidelity to his interests.
Dallas felt the time had come to take
the bull by the horns.
II thought" he remarked, 'that the
last time VIC talked about Miss Rivers you
expressed n wish that l should endeayor
to conquer her evident dislike to me; and
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-25
BACHELORS THROUGH SPITE.
Men Who Will Not Marry Because OF
Petty Personal Objections.


1t seems almost improbable that any
man should remain unmarried all his
life simply to crafty sone petty per-
sonal feeling of spite: yet c%uriously
enough such cases are not at all un
Some years ago two young men who
We're sworn friends promised each 9th
er never to marry. and by way of max
ing the thing more binding vowed that
the first to break this compact should
give the other half his income as long
as he remained in the state of single
blessedness. Unfortunately the friend
ship refused to withstand the test of a
keen business rivalry into which they
We're thrown by circumstances later on.
And when II married, the other stub
bornly remained Il soured old bach
elor for the pleasure of thus being able
to keep his one-time friend to his reck-
less compact. The married mans in
come now being pretty colossal, the
grimness of the situation may be imag-
ined.
Another case is that of a well-known,
though somewhat wcak-mindcd. cot
ton manufacturer belonging to Liver
pool. Years ago his master taunted
him that he would never succeed in life
unless he married a woman with suf-
ticicnt brain to supply his own lack of
mental backbone, to use an Irishism.
Thethrust ranked; and the young APP
prentice both remained a bachelor and
became successful merely out of a
spiteful, m~elodramatic hope of one day
being able to fling those words back in
his masters teeth.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-25
ONE ENJOYS

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste. and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
TEN efectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects. prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable%s substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all ard have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro.
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Donot acceptany
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re SYRUP CO.
SAY FRANCISCO. cal.
LOUISVILLE. IN. AEw YORK. ME
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-25
Death from Corns.

All that troubled Mary Murray, of
Brooklyn, after - years of life, was
that her corns hurt her so much that
she couldn't get around as brisk and
lively as Il girl of her age ought to. She
determined TO take heroic measures,
and. borrowing Il razor. she sliced off
the annoying protuberances. One Of
her toes bled slightly, and she applied
ammonia to it. Three days later she
died. Blood poisoning the doctors said.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-25

course events are taking. n glance Mt
Junc's face assures her that her ~irresist-
iblc nephew has made one more conquest,
one To which he is most heartily welcome.
So. with the kindest grace in the world,
she goes to the piano and plays unwear-
icdly while these two reckless young peo-
pie. heart beating to heart, their souls
drunk with the intoNication of their love
and the rhythm of their movements, are
weaving, with gossamcr threads of rap
turc, the web of future pain.
Let us go for II stroll under the trees"
said Dallas. June rose, and together they
disappeared from the lynx eyes of some
one who was watching them from the
drawing room window.
They sauntercd i'll the grove where Tom
loved to take June as being retired from
prying eyes: but, ah! how different was
it to-day! The scclusion which had irked
her so with Tom, from which she had
longcd to escape, seemed an cnchantment
whose only flaw was that it must have an
end.
They were rcaching for the tenth time
the evergreen arch which divided them
from the flower garden. Dallas stopped,
and June stood still beside him.
How shall; 1 see you to-morrow|' he
says. his eyes full of tenderness and Il
touch of regret in his voice. TON will
he here, and then my short day will be
over
June meets his gaze for n moment.
then her eyes droop, and IL Pickering color
comes into her cheek.
My darling!.' he murmurs. and his
arm takes gentle possession of her slight
form, his handsome face bends down to
hers. his lips touch hers. not with the
eager haste with which they have often
times sought red lips before, but with IL
tenderness and reverence new to him, but
most exceeding sweet.
And June! Her heart gives one mighty
| tlirob: ~involuntarily her eyes close; for
one INC IL trance seems to steal her
soul.
She makes u movement to disengage
herself from his arms: he yields to it at
once; and then, before they have time to
recover themselves. each hears Il sound
of hurrying feet and then Toms voice
Shouting:
"Dal! where are you"'
The awakening is horrible. Tom here
already: Both feel like culprits-Dallas
perhaps even more than June.
Dallas shouts in answer. and TOMS big
form looms Slf:ilSttWaN Ill inc opening.
He does not Wear that CHEEKY. genial
smile which is the ordinary garb of his
face: he is evidently i'll pleased; his light
blue eyes express anything but satistac-
ton. He shakes both by the hand. and
they try to look delighted. and feel secret
ly awkward and a little bit afraid of this
usually gool-hnmored giant. He is like
81 big Newfoundland-the childrcn's slave
and play,hing-who shows temper for the
first time.
II managed to catch the earlier train,''
he says. standing tapping his boot with
his stick. II thought there was Il chance.
and told the dog cart to meet me-"
Then they ply him with questions about
his journey and the Show, and he an
swcrs them. but he is not ~, Tom they
are used to. Something is wrong with
him. When they all go into the house
together and June finds Agnes drinking
tea with Mrs. Ellcsmcrc she has Il terribly
shrcwd suspicion who it is that has beer
making. mischief and putting ideas into
TOMS head.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-25
HE is a FIGHTER.

Commodore McNnir, Who Is to Take
Command of United States Navy.
Commodore Frederick V. McNair has
succeeded to the command of the North
Atlantic squadron. The position makes
him the actual commander of the United
States navy. He takes the place of Rear
Admiral Matthews, who goes on the re-
tired list.
The coming admiral is no tyre in tho
matter OF naval experience. He is no