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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-19
OLD ORCHARD PIER.

interior of the pile around the bar is filled
solid with cement concrete The pile
thus anchored becomes almost part and
parcel of the ledge itself and is immova-
BILE. The anchoring of these forty piles at
the inner end of the structure will add
largely to the strength and permanency
OF the entire pier, when completed.
Now that clean sand lotion has been
reached, the work Of construction goes on
with much more rapidity. The 'jacket"
system is discarded, and the long steel
piles, with a heavy iron shoe, is driven
depth required, five minutes only being
required to settle pile ten to twelve fest
into the sand. When the water-jet is
Withdrawn the change in the sand is
again almost magical. 1t speedily hard
ems to its original consistency holding the
pile firmly in place.
word personal as to the men who are
behind this enterprise, and are pushing it
to completion, may not be out of place
in this connection. The company organ
lied is as follows:
President-Henry W. Staples.
Observation-Disclosures L. Hildreth.
Clerk-Edward M. Yates.
Directors-George F. Haley, II. L. Hill
dreth, j. w. Duff, H. W. Staples, c. F..
Staples, j. M. Ryan and M. F. Porter.
The organization as it stands today is
the same as when the company was organ
lied two and one half years ago, with the
exception that Mr.. Hildreth takes the
place of Mr.. B. f. Milliken as treasurer.
BY an arrangement, entirely satisfac-
tory to the original pier company, and
the company constructing the pier, four
gentlemen, three Of them directors, and
the other large stakeholder of the COM
pany, have constituted themselves pier
company within pier company, SO to
speak, and have assumed all the financial
responsibilities which originally belonged
to the outside organization, for the con-
struction, equipment and management
of the pier structure. This "big FOUR
is comprised OF b. L. Hildreth, 6. F..
Haley, ]. W. Duff, and Leon Griswold.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-19
Messenger,s Noslce,

Office OF the Sheriff of Cumberland County,
State OF iMaine. Cumberland S., April
18th, A. d. 1898.
FE1HIS is to give notice that on the 9Th day OF
Il April, A. d. 1885, a warrant in IN
solvency wasis sued out of the Court of InsoI-
vency for said County of Cumberland, against
the estate of
ALVERDO LEAvITT, of Portland.
adiudged to be an Insolvent Debtor
on petition of said debtor, which nett
ton was filed on the 9Th day Of
April. A. D. 1898, to which date interest fl,
clams is TO oe computed.
That the payment OF any debts to or by
said Debtor. and the transfer and
delivery OF any property by him are for
That d meeting of the creditors of said
debtor, 10 prove their debts and
ia case there are sufficient assets
To authorize tie same TO choose one
or more ass!gnees OF his estate, will be held
at I; Court OF Insolvency TO be holden al
Probate Court room in said Portland. IN said
County Of Cumberland on the End day Of
May, A. D., 1898. at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon.
Given under my hand the date trst above
written C. j.. BUCKNAM.
Deputy Sheriff as Messenger of the Court o.
insolvency fol said County OF Cumberland.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-19
favor of the training school.

lhVor OF Gne training school.
Mr.. Babb, the teacher of the Portland
school, spoke of the advantages the coun-
try boyshad over the city boy. He had tie
practical manual training from the start.
1t began with his mornings chores. He
said that the school taught responsibility
and persistency, observation and thought.
He gave many illustrations of the value
OF the school and advised the audience
that if they wanted such a manual train
ing school rs the others had spoken of
they had got to showfthat desire plain
~.
Rev. Mr.. Southworth also gave a sketch
of his own experience. Altogether it
was very interesting meeting.
Delegates were appointed to the nation
al convention of charities and corrections
to be held in New York city, May 18th,
viz: Mrs. Z. A. Moore, Mrs. Henry
Taylor and Mrs. A. B. Cole.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-19
Ocean Pier Company" under the general

Ocean Pier Company" under the general
law.
A difficulty arose as to where the pier
should be located, and the inability of
the company to obtain site which should
be most advantageous for the public and
the investors, delayed the commencement
of work on the pier structure until the
fall of 1897, when the location wherein
the pier.is now being erected was secured,
the Hildreth lot so called, next
north of Old Orchard street, the great
thoroughfare leading to the Beach.
December 90, 1897, contract was signed
with the Berlin Iron Bridge company, of
Connecticut, for the building and cree
tion of q steel pier to extend into tide
water ITO feet, and on March J., 1898,
the curious seeker after pier news saw
carload after car load of steel structural
material rolling into Old Orchard, and
the dream of years was about to be real
lied. In q word, the entire pier struct-
ure had been built, piece by piece, in the
extensive machine shops of the Berlin
Bridge Company. and fitted so nicely that
when they arrived here, the foreman had
only to drop each into its allotted place
and pronounce SO much of the structure
coinpleted; not precisely as was the case
in the building of Solomon's Temple,
where no sound Of axe or hammer was
heard, and yet without forge or lathe, or
any resort to the machinist's or metal
workers art, the work of erection goes
rapidly on.
The first six hundred feet Of the struc.
ture is now in place. enough to give a
partial idea of what the pier will be
when completed, and its sinewy form
shall stand dressed in panoply of steel,
it's broad deck surmounted by elegant
pavillions. Thus far the progress of
erecting the structure has been slow by
reason of the fact that the first forty
eight-ineh steel piles, as they were put in
place, were to be anchored to SUBJ
strata of ledge. which underlies the pier
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-19
A Narrow Escape.

Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. WAS taken
with a bad cold which settled on nv
lungs, cough set in and finally termi-
mated in Consumption. Four Doctors
gave me up saying 1 could live but a
short time. l gave myself up to my
Savior, determined if l could not stay
with my friends on earth, l would meet
my absent ones above. My husband was
advised to get DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption, Coughs and Colds. /
gave it trial, took in all eight bottles.
1t has cured me, and thank God am
saved and now well and healthy wo.
man." Trial bottles free at Fl. P. S.
GOOLD'S Drug Store. Regular size.
SOC and S1.00 guaranteed or price re-
funded
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-19
READINGS FROM KIPLINts.

Mrs. John A. Bellows will give her
second and last recital at Second Advent
church at 4.3O p. m. today, taking Rud-
yard Kipling's writings for her recita-
lions. Mrs. Bellows is remarkably fine
elocutionist and the Kipling selections
will receive admirable treatment at he1
hands. Tickets can be obtained at
Cressey, Jones 4 Aliens and at the door.
PROF. MUNYON MADE AN l.. L. D.
The American Univ ersity of Tennessee
recognizing the scholarly attachments Of
Prof. J. M. Munyon, has conferred upon
him the distinguished and very honorable
degree and title of Doctor of Laws
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-19
THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
BEFORE JUDGE ROBINSON.

BEFORE JUDOE ItOBINSON.
Monday-The following cases were
disposed of before the Municipal court:
Thomas Doran. Resisting officer; fined
$50 and costs.
John Reddy. Common drunkard: &C
days in county Jail. Suspended sentence
of March 81, 1897 imposed.
John Sullivan and William j. Frazier.
ARRAY; fined $40 and one half costs
Joseph Baldwin. Keeping shon on the
Lords day; discharged.
Twelve DRINKS were also fined.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-19
CITY OF wESTBRoOK BONDS.

The City of Westbrook have awarded
to Messrs Woodbury. & Moulton of this
city the new issue of s24 600 per cent
s0-year gold bonds issued to refund q like
amount of bonds dne. The next highest
bidder was Messrs. Swan & Barrett.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-19
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-19

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morning gives up the battle of business at
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-19
INSOLVENCY COURT.
BEFORE JUDGE PEABODY.

Monday-This business was transacted:
First meeting, Greeley A. Bowie, North
Yarmouth VIM. r. Dunn appointed as
signee John J. O'Neil, Portland; Frank
/. Moore, chosen assignee.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-19
Lamson & Hubbard
Spring Style, 1898.

For durability. Style and Comfort the Lanlson
& Hubbard Hat has no equal. For sac by
leading dealers feb17 decd 3mo
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-02
Hoods Pllls euro All Liver me. Is oanta.
choetaik

Choetalk Is. in two principal re-
spects a perfectly secret language. Il
is absolute iargon to the untaught us.
tener, and It is folrly easy to learn II
one Is possessed OF common-sens and
a little patience But though choc-
talk Is learned or taught viva yoce
without difficulty yet since It is al.
most impossible as written Ian.
guage, It is extremely hard 10 explain
It In print.
But II one cares enough to learn It
TO study the directions carefully, after
he has mastered It. he VIII have no
trouble in teaching his friends, and
the fun Of using 1t win amply repay
him.
Firstly, then each word Of choctalk
Is an indication Of the English word
which It represents, and is accom-
pllshed in the following manner: The
first letter Of the English word Is pro-
nounced, not sounded, but given its
full name as in the alphabet. II the
Initial letter of a word is C, say see:
II It is h, say altch; II W, say double
you; II a, say a. After the initial let.
ter is pronounced, sound all the other
consonants in the word, emitting en-
tlrely the vowels. -Harper's Round
Table.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-02
THE "OPEN DOOR" POLICY.
Chairman DingIey Explains Fully the
TERMS Meaning.

Chairman Dingley Explains Fully the
TERMS Meaning.
a Washington dispatch says: Chair
man Dingley of the ways and means
committee in an interview with a
Washington Star reporter explained
the term "open- door" policy, as APP
piled to the future commerce of the
Philippines.
''Ihe phrase open. door policy, "
said Mr.. Dingley, ''means simply
equality of treatment, and not free
trade Asapplied to the independency
Of country, it simply means that i'm
ports from all countries are to be adj
mitted upon the same terms as imports
from the mother country. AS applied
to the Philippines, it would mean that
imports from other foreign countries
are to be admitted at the same rates
Of duty as imports from the United
States.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-02
QUAY's CASE CALLED.
Senator's Attorneys File Demurrers to
Four Of the Five Indictments.

Senator's Attorneys File Demurrers to
Four of the Five Indictments.
The case of Senator Quay and 9th
ers, charged with conspiracy in the
misuse Of money of the state on deposit
in the Peoples bank, came up in the
court of quarter sessions at Philadel-
phia Monday.
The defendants, who are Senator
M. s, Quay, his son, Richard r.
Quay, and Benjamin J. Haywood, ex-
state treasurer, we're not in court,
their interests being looked after by
their attorneys. Immediately upon
the opening of court domurrers were
fled to four Of the five indictments
found against the defendants by the
grand jury aud also fled a motion to
quash the fifth Indictment.
Upon conclusion Of arguments the
court took the papers under advise
ment.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-02
HAWAIIAN COMMISSION

uOlds First Meeting at Washington Since
Retarning From Honolulu.
The commission appointed by the
president to recommend a form of
government for the Hawaiian islands
as a part OF the United States met in
Senator Cullom's committee room at
Washington Wednesday for the first
time since leaving Honolulu, Senators
Cullom and Morgan, Representative
Hit and Judge Frear being present.
The meeting was devoted to discus
sing details of the bill and report
which the committee will present to
congress, which had not been fully de-
cided upon at the last meeting.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-02

Active, rapid aud decisive that is
thc text Of the present age. The
celebrity with which greateyenla event
nate Is illustrated by the experience
of the Maine merchant skipper who
left Manila ia sailing vessel for
voyage around the Cape, stopping at
st. Helena When he started there
was no expectation Of war when he
reached Maine the war was over
This is the way the whirlgig whirls.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-02

II is safe to hazard the prediction
that the next Eve years will see Mex
leo make more progress than in the
last ten, says the Mexican Herald.
The installation is pretty we'll done
now, aud the country already feels
the new motive power. New financial
institutions, new factories, new rail-
ways, new improvements Of all kinds
are projected by substantial people,
and one Of the most conservative Of
our bankers, who never talks for ef-
feet says, "Now Mexico is really
making money"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-02

conclusion Of the translation the COM
missioners empowered Senior Oieda,
secretary Of the Spanish commission,
and Secretary Moore, Of the American
commission, TO draw mp articles which
are to embody the REIMBURSEMENT Of
Cuba by Spain and the cession by
Spain Of Porto Rico and the Philip
pines.
Meeting Was Interesting
A great deal Of interest was taken in
Mondays meeting. The two commits
sions arrived at the foreign Office in
the rain almost simultaneously, aud
repairing to the conference room, inn
mediately opened the only business
before them. Senior Montero Rios,
the president Of the Spanish peace
commission, has usually preceded the
presentation of n Spanish communica-
ton in writing by verbally summarize
ing it, but Monday Senior Rios was
silent and unusually grave. His face
was deeper lined and he clearly show
ed the mental strain under which he
was laboring as he approached the
final REIMBURSEMENT of SPANS col
onial possessions.
without a word, Senior Montero
Rios produced two typewriter sheets
and passed them to the Interpreter of
the United States commission, Mr..
Ferguson, who read them, substanti-
ally as cabled, the outline of the
Spanish document being furnished
later to a correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press by Senior Ojeda.
The commissioners left the foreign
Office Immediately after the secretaries
had been directed to prepare the arti-
cles Of the peace treaty. There was
scarcely any conversation between the
American and Spanish commissioners
after the adjournment.
Among the Americans only tho most
grave consideration for their Spanish
colleagues was apparent. The Span
iards seemed to be relieved at having
arrived at the conclusion Of the long
controversy.
The leading article in The Paris
Temps of Monday is devoted to q Sc
we're arraignment of the American at
titude toward Spain, in which America
is made to appear as a merciless con-
queror imposing Draconian conditions
on helpless foe and "exacting the
signature of a treaty at the point of the
bayonet." The Temps adds:
"The Spanish commissioners should,
in submitting, protest to the civilized
world against tho spoliation of the
weak by the strong"
After the joint session the Spaniards
repaired to their quarters and had an
animated and lengthy session.
Situation Accepted mt Madrid.
A special Of Monday evening from
Madrid says: The city is calm, There
have been no disturbances resulting
from announcement Of Spain's accep-
lance Of the terms Of the Americans.
The papers, however, publish gloomy
articles, sadly reminding the country
that the day is one long to be remem-
bered as marking the closing scene Of
glorious colonial history"
All agree that the government has
adopted the only proper policy, though
much bitterness is displayed toward
the United States.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-02
TELEGRAPH PEOPLE WANT PAY

For Cutting OF Cables OFF the Province Of
Santiago do Cuba.
At the meeting of the Cuban Sub
marine Telegraph company at Lon
don, Wednesday, the chairman, G.
". Parish, referring 10 the cutting of
the cables off the province Of Santiago
de Cuba by the Americans, said ne
had requested the assistance Of the
foreign Office to obtain compensation
from the United States. The foreign
Office, he added, had promised to do
its utmost to assist the company, but
it was pointed out it was doubtful if
the claim would be admitted,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-12-02

Spain has accepted the United
States offer Of 100000 600 and at a
joint session Of the peace commits
sions at Paris Monday afternoon con-
scented without condition to relinquish
Cuba and cede Porto Rico, Guam and
the Philippine islands.
The document presenting this ac-
ceptanee contained only 800 words.
Il opened with q reference to the final
terms Of the United States, aud said
that the Spanish commissioners, after
having taken cognizance Of the terms
proposed by the Americans, replied
that their government had tried to
give as equitable an answer as possi-
bic, but that they were not prepared
to commit their government to the ac-
ceptanee Of the principles embodied
in the American argument.
"Spain rejects these principles, "
the note continues, ''as she always
has rejected them.
Basing her attitude upon the Justice
of her cause, the note then says she
still adheres to these principles,
(Which she has heretofore invariably
formulated" However, the note adds,
in her desire for peace she has gone SO
far as to propose certain compromises
which the Americans have always re-
iected. She has also attempted, it is
further asserted, to have submitted to
arbitration some of the material par.
ticulars upon which the two govern.
ments differed. These proposals fol
arbitration, it is added, the Americans
had equally rejected.
These allegations in Spain s reply as
to attempted arbitration, refer to hei
proposal to arbirate the construction
of the third article of the protocol,
and also to submit the Spanish colo
NAL debt of Cuba and the Philippines
to arbitration. The last proposition
has been made in a written communi.
cation. Since its presentation and il
return for such arbitration, Spain of.
fered to cede the territory in dispute
The Americans refused both PROPOSE
tons for arbitration.
SPANS reply, in substance, con
! tinued by the declaration that tn,
( United States has offered as a kind O.
compensation'to Spain, something very
inadequate to the sacrifices the latter
country makes at this moment, anC
she feels, therefore, that the United
States proposals cannot be considered
just and equitable.
Spain has, however, exhausted al
the resources of diplomacy in an at
/ tempt to justify her attitude. Seeing
that an acceptance of the propose
made to Spain is a necessary condition
to continuance of negotiations ant
seeing that the resources Of Spain ar,
not such as to enable her to re-ente1
upon war, she is prepared, in her de
sire to avoid bloodshed and from con
siderations Of humanity and patriot
ism, to submit to the conditions of thr
conquering nation, however harsh the,
may be.
| She is, therefore, ready to accept tn,
proposals Of the American commission
as presented at the last sitting.
The reading and translation occu
pied less than five minutes. At tn