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The Portland daily press., 1898-05-21
BOWDOINHAMMYSTERYE X-
Z ASH. ..l sIiIf
.7iy PLANNED.

Richmond, May 29.-Word was received
here this morning, that skeleton had
been found hanging to the limb of tree
on the farm of Mrs. Humphrey Varney
in Bowdoinham, yesterday afternoon. 1t
has been identified rs that of Charles
Oliver of Phippsburg. who disappeared
from Mrs. Varney's home some five years
ago. The man, evidently had committed
suicide and an inquest was not deemed
necessary. A fragment of cloth hanging
to one of the bones of an arm. furnished
the means of Identification
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-21
CITY OF DEERINC-
Notice of Hearing.

Whereas the following persons have ,a,,
toned the City Council to lay out new srfeats
as follows:
OF David X. Fillmore and others asking that
a new street be laid out and accepted, runnnsr
from Lawn Avenue to Stevens Plains Ayem.s
to be called Higgins street.
OF William Leavitt, Jr., and Others for a new
street to be laid out and accepted, running from
Congress ST. In a southerly direction at right
angles with said Congress st. to the water, to
be known as Powsland st.
OF b. ii. Lewis asking that,a strip five feet
wide II each side of Brown Street where said
street passes over land of said Lewis, be set
off to said Lewis
Notice is hereby given that the Committee on
New streets Will meet on Saturday the fourth
day of June, at the corner Of Congress and the
proposed street at O'Clock p. M. At the cor
ner Of Lawn Avenue and the proposed street at
Brown street tr at $50 p. M and will afterward
proceed 70 ueeefiins and adjudge whether pub,
ont for public use. '''' 's'
Per order OF the Committee on New Streets.
l'' JONES, City Clerk.
mey' 1aw3w6
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-21
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The Portland daily press., 1898-05-21
w. G. T. U. WORK.
The Press superintendent's Report of the
Years Operations.

To the Editor of the Press:
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of this city is but one of many
thousands of kindred organizations that
are known and respected in every part of
the civilized world. The vast army Of
women thus banded together in these
various organizations are working to-
gether with the same methods, the same
aims. and a are organized and equipped
for the warfare in which they are en-
gagged with as much systematic precision
as the soldiers that are now being called
together tn protect our nations Interests,
and they are contending with forces far
moro hostile to the interest of the home
than those who now invade American
soil, and whom our soldiers are trying to
subjugate-foes that are pitiless and soul
less.
What the women of the Portland W.
Y i. U. are doing and what they have
done the past year to seek to right the
wrong conditions that exist in our beau
tiful city, one of them has Leen commits
stoned to tell the readers of the PRESS.
For convenience sake she will leave the
the editorial first person, g ven at the
risk or being thought egotistic.
We have four general officers: presi-
dent, two secretaries, and treasurer, and
vice presidents, or managers taken from
the various churches, who look after our
interests in their churches Our work,
classified under the following heads, So
cial, legal, educational and evangeli site,
comprises fifteen departments, each enc
under the care of an efficient superin-
tendent, who alone is responsible for its
prosperity or decline.
Under the social head comes the Flower
Mission which Is too we'll known to need
especial ment on. During the year it
has sent out to public and private insti-
buttons, and among tenement houses in
the slums, eight hundred bou1 uets, nine
ty baskets of fruit, and about fifteen
thousand pages OF reading matter. Equal
outrage. or franchise, comes under the
head of legal matters, and is of consider
able Importance. 1t Is not, however, the
pivotal point upon which revolves our
whole economy, as many would have the
pubic believe 1t is only one of many
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-21
RUSSIA FRIGHTENED BY BUGABoo

St. Petersburg, May 20.-The nubl,c
and the press here are evincing great in.
terest il the future OF the Phllinnine
islands. Much hostility is manifested
towards the scheme by which the TJnitea
States. Great Britain or Germany in
dividualiy or jointly. are to retain posses
sion OF the ISLANDS and some of the news.
endeavor to obtain from Spain a ieasa of
some of the Philippine islands in order
that they may serve as Russian food
base in the Pacific. N'oo
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-21
BILLS TO BE CALLED UP MONDAY.

Washington, May 20.-The House COM
mittee on military affairs directed Chair
man Hull today to call uu Monday a hill
providing for the pay Of volunteers for
the interval between their enrolment and
muster into service. Also the Senate Bill
providing that officers of the regular army
may accept positions in the volunteer
service curing the war without losing
their relatlve ranks in the regular army'
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-21

Now that the government has succeeded
in suppressing the newspaper correspond
ents who have been recklessly exposing
military and naval secrets and furnish
ing he.enemy with valuable information
it had better give it's attention to some of
the retired rear admirals. We have no
doubt of the patriotism of these gentle.
men or their desire to serve their country,
but we very much question the wisdom of
such an analysis as one of them is in
dulging in from day to day in one of the
Boston papers. 1t does not seem alto
gether discreet for one of our rear
admirals to inform the Spanish
admiral in command of the
fleet now in the Caribbean sea that
Pensacola is not strongly fortified that
there is sufficient water there to carry his
feet to the city, that Charleston is within
easy reach of him and that its defences
are not what they should be. Neither
will the people of Portland thank him for
publishing it to the world that this city
could be shelled by ''long distance guns, -
and that there are no ships near enough
to defend it, No good purpose certainly
can be subserved by publications of this
kind. On the other hand there may be
much mischief in them. Men connected
with the army and navy above all men
are expected to be careful not to let drop
information that can be of service to
the enemy.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-21
THE BILLS COMING IN.

Washington, May 20.-Secretary Alger
has sent to the secretary of the treasury
for transmission to Congress supplemental
estimates of appropriations aggregating
$50, 6SS, $40, required by the war depart
ment Tor the support Of the regular vol
unteer armies If the United States. for
the first six months of the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1899. in addition to the
amounts appropriated in the acts of
March Is and May 4, 1898.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-21
NORTH YARMOUTH.

Inc Republicans of North Yarmouth are re.
guessed to meet at the Town House IN said
town on Monday, May 20, sos, at s O'Clock p
M nato for the purpose of choosing two dele
Ra a :, % attend the Republican County Conven-
t t,l ~ 70 pc holden at Portland June 16, 1895
y! W cloose TWO delegates to attend the Re-
pu ist state Convention to be holden at
Per ordSr, TOWN COMMITTEE.
nay1sd5t
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-21
CAUCUsEs.
CUMBERLAND.

The Republicans of Cumberland are re-
quested to meet at the Town House Saturday,
May 21st. 1898, at o'clock p. M, t. choose
tthree delegates to attend the County Conven-
tlon to be holden at Portland June 10th, 1898.
Fer order, Cumberland Town Committee,
may17d5t E. b, OSGOOD, Secy.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-21
GIVEN A LONG T1Tr,E

London, May 20. Mr.. Alexander Col
Ian, the British consul general at Havana
has been gazetted X. g. NJ. &. knight
Commander OF st. Michael and St,
George.) g8El W.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-21
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A .PiIl for
the III.

"1AeyA do you <good," a physician sad IN gs1zzg
some pills to his PATIENT aeho haa sHDere@'
for months from diseases zenA ha6ed sAz@"I heaf-
ment. Has zOoyas bvozed true. The a00na~ re1osfes.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-21
CITY OF PORTLAND, ME.
Collection of Offal, Peaks Island.

SEALED proposals will be received at the
- office Of the City Clerk, Portland. RE,
until IL O'Clock. noon, May Is. 1885, for collect
ing offal and other refuse matter at Peaks is
land once day in each week, excepting Sun
days, from, private houses, and once day
and public Houses for the period from June i.
1898, to September 49, 1898, Said offal and
refuse matter to be carried outside. White Head
or Pumpkin Knob or such other place as may
be determined. into deep water, and there
dumped on the outgoing tide.
The successful bidder will be required to give
duties. The Sanitary Committee reserve the
right to reject any and all bids. Bids will be
addressed to the Sanitary Committee
VIM, III. DOW,
Chairman Sanitary Committee.
Portland, Me. mayl9deod3t
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-10-29
DETAILED STATEMENT
OF
EXPENDITURES
The County Commissioners of Cecil
County during the Fiscal Year
Ending June 30th, 1898.

Published in compliance with Section 10
of Article 22 of the Code of Public
General Laws, which provides as
follows:-
"That the County commissioners shall
make out and publish annually, in at least
two newspapers published in their respec-
tive countless if there be two, Detailed,
Minute and Accurate Statement of the
expenses of said counties specifying there
in each particular item of expense and tor
what and to whom paid, and shalt also
deliver to the sheriff of their respective
counties as many copies of said statement
as there are Election Districts of said
county at least ten days before each
general election, and the sheriff shall
within six days after the receipt of such
copies set up one Of them at the place of
holding elections in each district.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-10-29
$40 2 81
discount.
SO 1872 50

Augut 81 s57 SO
2lL AZ
October ......... 2 20
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-10-29
$4,000 90

Amount paid q, orge Bidde, Treas. of
the chnOl Commissioners, on order of
County COmmis-ionrrs............. $4,000 Co
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-10-29
A Word to the Wise Is Sufficient

Ely's Cream Balm has completely cured me
of catarrh when everything else failed. -
Alfred w. Stevens, Caldwell, Ohio.
Ely's Cream Balm works like charm I;
it has cured me Of the most obstinate case
OF cold in the head il would not be without
it.-Fred'k Fries. 2s3 Hart St., Brooklyn.
N. Y.
A1Oc. trial size or the 500. size of Ely's
Cream Balm will be mailed Kept by
druggist. Ely Brothers. Sc Warren St.,
n. Y.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-10-29

HOODS PILLS are the best family cathar-
tic and liver tonic. Gentle, reliable,sure.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-10-29
Circuit Court.

Jno G Williams. ,0iS 26
Jno G Williams, Clerk...".. ..........." 1857 70
81 lO5 q6
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Continued on Page 3.
FIRST DIsTRIcr-RoAD CLAIMS.

CURE SCROFULA promptly and perma-
nently by thorough course of Hood Sarsa-
parilla. All forms Of this painful disease
yield to the blood purifying power of this
great medicine.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-10-29
Poor and Insane.
Public Schools.

Amount paid Manly Bremen, ress". $500 %
= IN
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-10-29
Itching, Burning
Terribly Afflicted with Skin Disease
and Could Not Sleep = Hoods
SarsapariIIa Gives Complete Re-
IIef-WelI Known Contractor.

81 was terribly afflicted with rash,
which extended all over my body. I
could not sleep at night on account of the
itching and burning. 1 began taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and after using three
bottles was entirely well. My husband
Is taking Hoods Sarsaparilla for dyspepsia
and 1t is doing him good. My little boy
was also troubled with rash and could not
rest. He is taking Hoods Sarsaparilla
and is now able to sleep well at night and
he has better appetite" MRS. M. G.
LOVE, Homecoming, Maryland.
81 have been troubled with pain in my
back across my hips in the morning.
began to take Hoods Sarsaparilla, and
1t has cured me. | can now work as well
as any man." WALTER w. KEGG, Con-
tractor, 70 Columbia St., Cum berland, Md.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Is the best--in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-11
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER.

Greenwood. S. c., Nov. 11.-Five ne
groes lay dead at Rehobeth all day yes
terday along the roadside, another was
killed yesterday afternoon and likely
four others are dead and lost In the
woods. One white man was buried.
three others lie at the point Of death and
more have been wounded. Four heads
OF families have left the country and
armed troops Of countrymen are securing
the country hunting other victims The
trouble was precipitated on election day.
when 200 or 500 negroes at the polls
opened a fusilade against the store in
which the voting was going on. In this
fight one man was killed and one wound
ed. The second occasion for provocation
was that party hunting the slayers OF
the first man killed was fired into and
one fatally wounded and another badly
hurt The arming of the negroes at the
polls, the killing Of Etheridge. the firing
from ambush, all conspired to kindle
flame OF passion, and when that will die
down Il is difficult to tell.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-11
Kelth's New Theatre.

Juan Caicedo, known as the great
Caicedo," is to be the "top-liner" of the
Keith bill next week; and this commu-
nifty is promised one of the most sem
So .ional features its ,theatre-goers have
ever had an opportunity To see. 1t is
seldom that the staid old London Times
permits its columns TO praise any the
atrical attraction enthusiastically; but
here is what IL says of Caicedo:
"Caicedo gave a remarkable exhibit
ton OF wire walking. the like of which
has never before been seen in England.
He walks. runs. pirouettes and dances
upon the slack wire apparently with as
much ease and freedom of movement
as If he were on polished ball room
floor. He turns twenty somersaults on
the wire, both forward and backward.
and does IL wearing pair of Yelling
ton boots with spurs; and he stands on
a chair balanced on its two rear legs
on the wire, and concludes the most
marvellous performance OF it's kind that
London has ever witnessed by throw
ing double and treble somersaults on
the wire without the aid OF balancing
polp.'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-11

A member of the we'll known firm OF
the Hall & Lyon Company was ex-
patiating on the merits of Vinol yester-
day to a customer who had himself ex-
perienced great relief by the use of this
wonderful tonic reconstructor.
The two men were conducting a
mutual admiration society. as far as
Vinol was concerned. and the customer
seemed to be as enthusiastic as the
druggist himself 1t was interesting to
hear the gentleman. whose name we do
not feel justified in giving, start TO tell
his experience in regard 10 Vinol, and
be continually interrupted by the drug
gist. who would whisk from his pocket
a long letter from some brother chem
list, first in one city and then in an
other, which would go on to illustrate
the same thing that the customer was
trying to talk about.
do YOU know" said the gentleman.
"the main reason why l am so enthu-
completely demoralize the little stom-
ach / had left.
You will remember i'm what terribly
bad shape | found myself after that at
tack of pneumonia, and you will re-
member how assiduously / struggled to
take cod liver oil. You will also remem-
ber how impossible il became for me
to retain the stuff for a minute and
how when you last year gave me a
taste of Vinol and I found il absolutely
delicious. / laughed at you and told you
that no medicine that tasted as geed as
that did could possibly do person any
good. You will also remember what a
short time IL took for me TO come back
and tell you how greatly / was i'm
proved under its use
Yes, you are just one OF a pretty
large number" interrupted the drug
gist, who have had the same experience
right here in this store
What is more. professional men have
found out pretty nearly the same thing
and attribute the success of Ninol to
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-11
MURDERED FOR FIVE DOLLARS.

There is always a fascination to me
in watching guard mount, especially
toward evening, with the sun straight
across the tents. There were the men
lined up in stiff. straight attitudes
(they looked like toy soldiers from a
distance), and the bands playing and
the prisoners of that day marched out
for a shame and an example. | was
drawn in sympathy for these lads in
disgrace, usually for trivial offenses.
and wondered how they felt I'm their
unenviable prominence, with visitors
passing. and so on.
One day at the Tenth Cavalry camp.
as / listened to the officers quick COM
mands. / saw n big negro led out be-
tween two guards, who appeared to
watch over him with particular atten-
tion.
What's he been doing?" I asked an
officer near me. "Overstayed his leave %
Worse than that" said the officer
Drunk" said /.
Worse than that; he's murderer" !"
This was startling enough, and /
asked for the story.
"He killed a comrade yesterday-shot
him for a trife. The other man had "A
Spanish gold piece worth about s.. and,
as | understand IL, he was showing IL
around the day before yesterday. when
this big fellow claimed IL as his There
was a quarrel and "a scufile. then the
two were put apart and the trouble
seemed to be ended. But you never can
tell what "a negro will do when smoul-
derng heat gets into him. 1t hap
pened by bad luck. that this fellow was
left I'm his tent yesterday afternoon at
water-call, and the man who had the
gold piece was left I'm his tent. So the
two were alone while the troop went off
on their horses.
Just how the fight began nobody
knows. but shots were heard presently
and the big trooper wac seen pursuing
the other and firing as he ran. He put
three bullets into him, and the man died
this morning"
Had no shown n vicious temper be-
fore?" I asked.
NO he was good tempered enough,
but this thing drove him crazy; he
wanted that little gold piece. he had TO
have IL. and you see what he did. Even
so. he got nothing at all except "a chance
To hang"
what will you do with him?"
Turn him over to the civil authori-
ties no doubt: that Is usually done i'm
serious cases Ike this
looked at that big. strong black man.
pictured him fighting his way up San
Juan hill. shooting down Spanlards with
n fine enthusiasm. n hero with the best
of them.-and saw him now. coward
" ASSASSIN. killing n defenceleas com
rade-a stupid murderer. who would
r'sk his neck for glittering bauble.
Which only shows that n good soldier
and bad man are sometimes found un-
der the same hat.-Cleveland MOnett's
camp stories In Beslie's Weekly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-11
THE SIMPLEST CURE FOR IN
DIGESTION.
As Wen as the Safest aud Cheapest.

As We'll as the Safest aud Cheapest.
The new medical discovery, Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets, digest the food in
stead OF making the worn out stomach
do all the work, give IL much needed
rest, and a cure of dyspepsia is the
natural result.
You get nourishment and rest at the
same time because these Tablets Will
thoroughly digest all Wholesome food
taken into the stomach whether the
stomach works or not. cure is GER
tain To result because the digestive or
gans are given a chance TO rest ana
recover their natural Vigor and tone.
The Tablets are then no longer re-
quired.
To show the manner i'm which the
remedy acts on different people and
how quickly and effectually it cures
stomach troubles We present a few re-
cent cases:
Mr.. J. q. wondly of Peoria. ILL.,,
writes | was unable to eas anything
but the plainest food and even that Of
ten distressed me. but since using one
box OF Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets can
eat anything and everything | want.
Mrs Samuel Kepple of Girty. Pa,
writes I have been entirely relieved OF
my stomach troubles by your Tablets
I suffered three years with sour stom'
ach and gas at night. i am thankful
for them.
Mrs. a. T.. Bowen Barnard. VT.
writes: / think Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets are the best thing for dyspep'
sia ever took. will recommend
them TO anyone troubled as bad as
was.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets will not
disappoint because they cure Dyspepsia
surely and lastingly by causing the
food TO be- properly assimilated, and
cure constipation by producing the
proper quantity of bile. Sold by all
druggists at 30 cents per package.
send FOR free book on stomach diseases
to stuart Co. Marshall, Mich
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-11-11

its beneficial action upon the digestive
apparatus.
Just TO illustrate this to you l would
like to read letter from Charles II.
Collins of Milford. Mr.. Collins is a well
known chemist in that town, and knows
what he is talking about. Here Is
what he says about Ninol:
"'Ninol is everything you claim it
To be. / am particularly interested i'm
Vino from chemists point Of view
because of the most beneficial manner
i'm which ii acts upon the digestive APP
paratus. have had occasion to watch
where cod liver oil had been prescribed
for wasting diseases greatly improved
after Ninol was used. This was be-
cause Vinol enabled a weakened stom-
ach to properly assimiliate the neces-
sary nourishment from every day food
which never was the case when cod
liver oil in any form was taken.
Il know of many patients who have
improved after the use OF Vinol that
before had grown rapidly worse under
the cod liver oil treatment. This was
on account of the richness of cod liver
oil, its disagreeable taste and its vile
odor Cod liver oil would do more harm
for these reasons. to the diseased weak
ened stomach. than the slight amount
of medicine which IL contained was able
10 overcome.
"I am glad to see that Vinol is be-
coming so well known throughout the
land. do not think IL is necessary
| for my praise as chemist to add much
| to it's glory Yet please believe that
you have my most cordial well wishes
| for it's success. Very truly yours
CHARLES II. COLLINS
"Your Mr.. Collins seems to look upon
| II Just right" said the customer, and
| was about TO enlarge on a long story
in regard to Vinol when a business
friend with whom he had an engage
ment happened i'm and reminded him
that he had been waiting nearly an
hour at his office. during which time
he had been enthusing over a remedy
10 which. however he undoubtedly
owed his restoration to health.