The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-23
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Yesterday was bright and warm in the
morning, but quite cold in the after
noon.
Owing to the heavy rain which fell last
Sunday the Children's Day concert which
was to have been hold at the Abyssinian
church was postponed until next Sunday
evening.
Excellent are the results of treatment
at Kelley Institute, Portland, Me.
The National Educational Association
will hold it's annual convention at Wash
ington, D. G. July 7th to 18th. A train
will leave Portland at p. m. on the Bos.
ton & Maine July 9th, via Fall River
and Royal Blue lines for Washington. The
cost of the trip will be S17.95, tickets
good to return until the 18th.
The Democratic County Convention
will be held at 10 a. m. today in Recep-
ton hall and District convention at p
m.
About 20 of the High school boys go to
Brunswick tomorrow to take their ex-
aminations for Bowdoin College.
EEOne of cur large fruit dealers.says that
the shipment of evaporated bananas
from Nicaragua, new business, has
been inaugurated.
The Cecilian quartette of this city fur
nished music at the commencement ex-
ercises of the University Of Maine We'd
nesday.
Mr.. Morrill, N. drew of this city has
given $25 to tine Frost Memorial library
at Westbrook seminary.
The new flag which the. pupils of the
Peaks island school have purchased by
subscription will be raised on Friday.
Appropriate exercises will be held in the
school room.
Superintendent Dinsmore of the Obser-
vatory has put out handsome Ameri-
can flag.
The Y. W. G. A. zfeld dayiwill be held
at Old Orchard, Wednesday, July 81.
Miss Harriet Taylor, general secretary of
the association, and Miss Rouse, travel
ing secretary for the students volunteer
aid movement, will be among the.special
speakers for the day.
Attention is called to a change of time
in the time table of the Falmouth Fore
side Steamboat company.
At the stated convention of Bramhall
lodge, No. 5, z. of P, this evening, the
rank of esquire will be conferred and to-
gether with the nomination OF officers for
the ensuing term calls for large atten
dance. All knights are cordially invited.
The L. M. class met Wednesday, June
%, with Mrs E. J. Thompson, e41 Con-
gress street. After the usual programme
the work for the coming year was
planned. The class then adjourned to
meet the second Wednesday in September.
The so-called squadron of warships
that was sighted Tuesday, and that
many persons thought would destroy
Portland turned out an innocent feet
OF porgie steamers.
The opening races at Rigby, which were
to be held next week, were formally de-
olared off, yesterday. The project of hold
ing class meeting the second week in
July, to follow the Old Orchard races,
was abandoned.
Sixty Lewiston recruits will go through
here today for Chiokamauga.
The Maine insurance commissioner has
issued an order regarding the Maine
PRESIDENT agent law This law is in
tended to keep all the insurance business
of the State of Maine in the.hands of re-
sident agents Of the state. The commits
sioner issues the letter because, he says,
several companies have violated the law
through ignorance, andshe desires that
from this time on no company shall be
able to plead ignorance as an excuse.
The letter is sent to every company
licensed to Go business in Maine.
Steamer Forest Queen will make regu.
lar trips between Portland and the Old
Orchard iron pier, this summer, begin
ming early in July.
1t is the desire of the Fourth Of July
committee that all who are to take part
in the parade of horribles meet invthe
city council chamber at 7.30 tonight.
Another batch Of recruits for the Con-
necticut companies at Camp Burdett ar.
rived from Hartford last night.
The Grand Trunk recently placed with
the Pullman company an order for 20
now day coaches. Eight of them have
bsen received and will be put into imme-
date service on through trains.
Schooner Fiheman, which arrived in
the harbor, yesterday, lost her foretop-
most during her trip from Boston.