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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-28
coNTR CT WAS ILLEa |.
Decision in the Famous WatervtIle City
Hall Case.

Bangor, December 27.-Ihe law court
has decided the contract between the CIT
hall commission of Wnterville and M T..
Foster s. Sons 70 be Illegal, and therefor
void, in 1896, Watervilie, whose indebted
ness exceeds the i've per cent limit at
tempted to build city hall to cost SD
900. 10 eysde the law commission was
appointed and invested with authority
receive bids and build the hall. A eou-
tract was made with M .. Foster an
Sons and ab5ut $4,000 WAS expenGe
Then work WIS suspended by an injune
ton on the ground that the commission
plan was not legal. This view has jnsl
been confirmed by the decision of tn
court that the contract made with The
Fosters was void. and the money ex
pended on the hall and in legal fees has
been wasted. 1t is said that the city will
REIN burse the Fosters for what they -
pended but is not legally bound to do SO.
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GOULD-CHAPMAN.

Bar Harbor, December 27.--Oliver Q.
Gould, cashier of the First National bank
Of Bar Harbor, and Miss Grace b. Chap
man of Bethel, were married at the home
Of the BRIDES parents last Friday noon.
The house was tastefully decorated for
the occasion, canopy of evergreen was
arranged in one corner of the room
where the ceremony took place. Rev.
Israel Jordan of Saco, the former pastor
at Bethel, officiated.
Mr.. and Mrs Gould left on the after
noon train for Portland, where they spent
Christmas with Mr.. Gould's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John M. Gould, retur aing to
Bar Harbor on Monday night.
Mr.. Gould came to Bar Harbor about
four years ago. during which time he
among all who have met him in both
business and social relations,
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4FH44ANKssgss WING IN MANILA.

San Francisco, December 27.-Advices
from Manila, dated November 20, say:
Thanksgiving day was both observed
and celebrated in this city yesterday not
only by 900 Americans, but also by the
BRUSH anu many other foreign residents.
All banks and leading mercantile houses
were closed and many retail stores kept
open for few hours only in order to ac-
commodate the soldiers who were anxious
to purchase Christmas presents to be sent
home by today S mail. There being no
Protestant church here, special services
were held in the Christian commission
tent on the banks of the River Paslg.
The feature of the Thanksgiving oele-
bration was the dinner given fy United
States Consul General G. y. Williams to
Admiral Dewey and his Captains and to
Major General Otis and his general. The
inaugural Thanksgiving dinner IN the
Philippines was given at the residence OF
Mr.. q. Holman and was attended by the
most distinguished residents of the city.
Among those who attended We're Admiral
Dewey, British Consul Ramsden, Gen.
Anderson and Captain Dyer OF the Balti-
more and Coghlan of the Raleigh; Gen.
Harrison g. Otis, Captain Lamberton of
tho Olympia. Captain Singer and Col.
Mcclure of the governor generals stall.
MAJOR General Otis was unavoidably de-
tanned. Thirty-two guests eat at the
board. At the conclusion of the banquet,
Consul Williams made some interesting
remarks Pointing to an American nag
ha said he hoped that it would always
wave in the Philippines. (Applause.) He
remarked upon the kindly attltud9 OF
Great Britain toward America and spoke
of the honor and love Britons had won In
the hearts of Americans. (Applause.)
Ending his address, he said he hoped that
Thanksgiving day would be observed for
ALI time in the Philippines.
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more than anything else to remove the
prejudice against the employment eff
women as nurses which had prevailed.
The surgeons on the ship all gave hipb
testimonials of the value OF their es
and tho patients on board Wers I'm I'd
in their praise OF them. Ihe other ~. ses
left at Tampa We're employed 10 the hos.
pitfalls there and at Jacksonville.
From that time on women nurses we're
in demand both the government hospital
corps and the Red Cross society emp 10y
ing them in large numbers. 1he hardest
service met by the nurses was ut Chicka-
manga, where he only fatality occurred,
one of the nurses dying there rs result
Of the train. The He'd Cross society fur
nished transportation for all nurses up to
September g. after which it was provided
fer by the quarIermaster' department. at
Washington, New York was the centre
from which most of the nurses were sent
"A reserve was always in waiting for sud-
den calls, and few hours alter a request
from the government had come for q
number of nurses they were all on the
way to their distinction
Many of the nurses returned from their
stations, principally those at Chicka
manga and Camp Wikotf, broken in
health. For these early in November, a
home was opened at Rowayton, Conn,
where more than fifty had to be sent to
reCuDerate. Inc 6e1 OrOSS SOcleby, In "a
report lately issued, says that tranporta-
! ton for more than 400 nurses was fur
nished by the society and that it shared
| in the expenses of 81. The society had al
| SO the distinction of being the only or
e. rization whose mid in the manner of
providing v,lunteer nurses was accepted
| by the Navy Department. When the
prisoners from Admiral Cervera, g neet
were brought to Portsmouth the
Surgeon General of the navy agreed to
accept the services of six Red Cross
nurses. The excellent work done by them
and it's appreciation by the Spaniards
were well illustrated when the latter re-
quested that the nurses should accom-
pany them on the voyage to Spain. Many
of the prisoners were not expected to sur
viye the voyage, SO the nurses agreed TO
go.
Upon their arrival at Santander in
Spain the nurses We're welcomed by the
Spanish representatives of the He'd Gross
society, who exchanged brassards with
the Americans. A mother OF one of the
Spaniards who had been among the
prisoners expressed Ia wish that one of the
Americans might become i'll there SO that
she might show how an American would
be cared for by her.
Some idea OF the Importance of the
Nurses Auxiliary can be gained from the
amount of money spent. AS shown by
the treasurer's report the SUN of Sl07.-
1872, l2 was in all collected and OF this
S72, 10l had been expended up to De-
cember /.
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SUICIDE OF QUARTERMAsTER.

Knoxville, Tenn, December 27.--Capt,
John NJ. Tobin, until recently quarter
master of the First Brigade of the di-
vision at Camp Poland, committed sui
eide today by firing a pistol ball into
his mouth. The bullet passed through
his spinal column, killing him Instant
ly. The deed was committed in Capt.
Tobin's room in the Palace hotel. He
was missing today and a search fov him
revealed his dead body. A blaokened pls-
tol in his hand told the story of the deed.
Can't Tobin was formerly Boston man,
but he is believed to have come here from
Washington. His relatives in Boston
have been notified of the suicide BE had
been morbid for some time. presumably
on account of his discharge from the vol
unteer service when it was being reor-
gnnized. He was relieved from duty
about a month ago.
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THREE BARGEs ACCOUNTED FOR

Gloucester, Mass, December 27.-It is
a singular fact that with the towing into
Shelburne, rs. today of the barge David
Wallace by ths fishing schooner Edith
Nj. Pryor of this city, three barges which
broke adrift from the lake steamer Ar.
ragon, have been accounted for by schoon-
ers from this port.
The Arragon left Detroit, Mich, early
in November with the barges Porter,
Sandiego and David Wallace, for New
York. The little feet passed down the
lakes through the Welland canal and
then by the ST. Lawrence to the Gulf OF
St Lawrence and finally to Halifax. On
the run across the latter port, the hurri-
cane of November 81 was encountered and
all three of the barges went adrift in the
storm. The crew of the David Wallace
were all taken of by down east schoon-
CT and landed at Vineyard Haven. The
crew of the Porter were taken off by the
fishing schooner Procyon. while the men
on the third barge, the San Diego, were
rescued by the fishing schooner Rubin
Hood, both of the latter vessels being from
this port.
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hot TIME IN OLD TOWN.
Paymaster Lord Says They Think Il
Our National Air in Manila.

Washington, December 27.-Among the
Presidents callers yesterday was Major
Herbert NJ. Lord of Rookland, Me-, a
paymaster of the volunteer army. who
has just returned from Manila. He was
accompanied by Representative Dingley
of whose COMMITTEES. the ways and means,
Major Lord WAS clerk up to the time he
was appointed to the army.
Major Lord says that the Filipinos be-
lieye that ga Hot Time in the Old
Town. is the American national air.
When Manila fell nearly all the regimen
tai bands of the American forces played
the tune at frequent intervals and the
small boys of the town began whistling
it.
When Major lord was ordered to return
To the United States he was the gnest of
honor at farewell dinner. A native
band was engaged for the occasion. The
leader of the band understood English,
and when he was asked if his musicians
could render the a merican national air
he responded proudly in the affirmative
And the band played "a Hot Time in
the Old Town"
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HAVANA GAY WITH FLAGS.
American and Cuban Ensigns Hung
Out Yesterday.

Havana, Dec. 27.-The citizens of Ha-
vana read in their morning papers an or
der from Captain General Castellanos
permitting the display of Cuban and
American flags inside the lines of Span
ish jurisdiction, and early this morning
the stars and stripes and the lone star of
Cuba floated over many buildings in the
heart of the city.
The only buildings excepted in the
order are the government offices.
Havana, therefore, is now bright with
color and fire crackers are being ex-
ploded in the streets and on the plazas.
Fear of the Spaniards disappeared with
the appearance of this order for out
came thousands of flags secretly made
by the women of the households or
ciardestinely purchased from peddlars.
Flags originally costing about four
cents have been selling for about dol
lar each.
The order of Captain General Castella-
nos was issued after conference with
General Ludlow and it will be followed
tonight by an order closing the cafes at
10 D. m.
Fourteen persons were wounded yes
terday by people who fired different
kinds of weapons in the streets.
Major General John R. Brooke, mill
tary governor of Cuba, arrived here from
the United States this morning.
The city Jail was delivered into the
hands of the Americans on Saturday.
One political prisoner was found there,
Colonel Bacaltao who was captured with
General Ruiz Rivera and who was par
doned for political offences but sem
fenced to death on the charge of murder.
The United States transport Mobile.
having on board two batallions of the
first Texas and second Louisiana has ar
rived here from Savannah.
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NO FAITH CURE
ABOUT sTuART's DYSPEPSIA TAB
LET'S.

They Cure stomach Troubles and Indt-
gestion Anyway, Whether You Have
Faith in Them or Not.
Here faith will not digest your food for
you. vii! not give you an appetite, Will
iof increase your flesh and htrengthen
vour nerves and heart, but Stuart's Dys-
nepsia Tablets viii DO these things, be-
cause they are composed of the elements
of digestion, they contain the Juices,
acids and peptones necessary to the diges-
ton and assimilation of all wholesome
food. =,
Sguart's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest
food If placed in a jar or bottle In water
heated to IS degrees, and they will do 1t
much more effectively when taken into
the stomach after meals, whether you
have faith that they will or not
Thsy iuvigorate the stomach. make
pure blood and strong nsryes. in the Only
way that nature can do it, and that is,
from plenty of wholesome food well dl-
gested. 1t ia not what we eat, but wnaU
we digest that does US good.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are SOLO py
nearly all druggists at so cents for fuii
sized package, OF by mail from the r. A.
Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich.
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FOR ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE

New York, Dec. 27.-The first day S
sessions of the annual meeting of the
American association for the advance
ment of science were held today in
Fayerweather hall, Columbia university.
Scientists from all over the county are
present. The chief work of the meeting
is the reading of papers on special sub
jects. Those read this morning were as
follows:
''Some recent criticisms of physical
anthropology''lby DIR. Francis Boas of
Columbia.
1.-THE Problem of the Negro Race in
America from an Anthropological stand
point by DIR. Alex Heidlicks.
1.-THE structural popularity of the
Esquimaux of Smiths Sound,'' by DR.. G..
S. Hunting of Columbia.
Archaeology museums, mode of
lighting, effect of glass upon light" by
DR.. Thomas Wilson.
''Color symbolism of the Cardinal
points, by Roland B. Dixon.
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MONEY IN POLITICS.
According to senator Chandler HIS
Native state is i'm a Bad Way.

Manchester, N. H., December sS,-Ihe
Union will print tomorrow the conclusion
of Senator William r. Chambers state
ment of the growth of the use OF money
in politics in New Hampshire As to the
last campaign, the Senator says:
Unfortunately the temptation under
the conditions existing to boldly seize
and selfshly use the great power OF the
great Republican party was too great TO
be resisted by certain forces and persons.
In the coming legislature the Manchester
and Milford railroad bill is to be defeated !;
SO are all bills for electric railf Dads; SO is
the bill to diseniangle the supreme court
from railroad contests; any bill etfectuai
ly prohibiting free passes; tne olii Ior
eIecling railroad com m1sSloneiS Dy tne
people ami making them the People S
agents Instead of the agents OF TIE greab
railroad, and, moreover, the bill prevent
ing fraud ana bribery III party eaueuses.
10 accomplish these objects the great
railroad has already furnished is money
and tire chairman has distributed the
funds in order to control bne hepress hua'
lives and Senators.
There is no possibility of doubt that
herein is correctly depicted new system
Of political control in Rev Hampshire
under which true money influences all
paDuIar legislation and hereafter allRepub-
iIcan political caucuses and contentious
and this election of all delegates and
nominees for office and Of all federal
office holders are to be directed by the
chairman of the state committee accord
ing to his own will and pleasure, except
SO far as lie may BIZ Influenced bY the
CORPORATIONS or individuals who have FUR
nisher to him the large sums OF money
necessary TO fasten upon the people his
scheme OF political rule. Whether The he
publican party will endorse, approves
Submit TO and perpetuate such system,
is about the most important question up
on which it's members have ever been
called to decide.
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HANSON'S PICTURE IN RoGUE'S
GALLERY.

Quincy, Mass, December 27.-After con-
siderable reference to the rogue's gallery
of the Boston police department., covering
some years past, in an effort to establish
the identity Of the deal burglar found in
,Johu Shaw's residence, Chief Inspector
Watts of the Boston police found a de.
soription of one Charles Hanson, arrested
In 1883 for burglary. The description
read that Hanson had q scar on the back
of the neck and another on the arm. and
as the Quincy burglar is believed to be
Charles Hanson, a fisherman. Chief Watts
photographed Undertaken Hall, requesting
that he examine the body for these marks
An examination shows a scar on the left
forearm, beginning at the elbow and ex-
tending to the wrist There was no mark
On the back of the neck.
ne ovher description of the two men
fai.v exactly ana although they varysin
T. ora 70 the scar there is every reason
gIsicye that the men are Identical
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SURRENDERED, BUT TO WHOM.

Madrid, December 27.-Gen. Rios, the
Spanish commander in the Visayas ISL
ands, mas telegraphed the government
from Iloilo, Panay, under date of Deem
Der "a, as follows:
Sam preparing to embark on the
steamer Leo XIII, for Zamheanga, ISL
and of Mindanoc, having yesterday (De-
Gem Der 23), formally surrendered Iloilo
in the presence of the military and naval
commanders. the mayor and the foreign
consuls Have charged the German con-
sui with the protection of Spain's inter-
est. Shall arrive at Manila by the end Of
this month
Though the despatch is ambiguous, it
is assumed here that the surrender OF
Iloilo was to the Americans.
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GEN. BROOKE TAKES COMMAND.

Havana December 27.-The Spanish
troops today still further contracted their
lines and withdrew to the extremity of
the peninsula on which the city of
Havana is built. They now occupy
scarcely two square miles The United
States troops have moved from the
suburbs into the city proper and tonight
are patroling Central park and the Prado.
The whole population is in e state of
unrest-the Spanish residents fearful; the
Cubans are eager to do something to
show they have gained their freedom.
Bands of Cubans freely enter the resi-
dences of Spaniards call upon them to
hoist American and Cuban flags, and to
shout viva Cuba Libre' and terrify
them with their machetes.
Major General Brooke has this evening
formally taken command of the United
States forces in Cuba and has issued the
necessary orders
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TROOPS FOR CUBA.

Charleston, S. c., Dec. 27.-General
J. P. Sanger and his staff arrived last
night to take transport for Matanzas.
He has selected the 18th New York regi-
ment to accompany him and will en-
bark tomorrow on the Manitoba. Gen.
eral Bates is expected from Macon and
the Second Ohio from Knoxville. Gen
eral Bates will take the transport Mime
waska tomorrow for Cienfuegos.
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BURGLAR AR RESIED.

Lowell, Mass, December 27.-Olaf
Mattson, Swede, aged 25, was arrested
here today for breaking and entsrin4 the
of James Breen and company,
ON December 20. and stealing a large
Qu nifty of goods. de confessed and toh
the officers the stuff would be found II
his room in Church street There they
found property valued at $40. He will be
arraigned tomorrow in the police court.
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A MAN
LOST

Lost No man understands the full
meaning of that word like the man who
has been lost. He will tell you: II was
in the woods going ahead steadily when
| realized I'd missed the trail. With a
cry of sLost!' l broke into run heed
less or ignorant of the direction l was
going"
The first impulse of man lost in the
woods is to run. The only safe thing is
to sit right down and reason out the
position.
Sometimes business man gets up at the
usual hour, breakfasts, kisses his wife and
starts for the Office. He has for some
time seen signs that he was of the trail
of health. To-day the signs multiply.
His brain is dull and dizzy, his heart
does not beat right, his breathing is diff
ficult, his limbs feel tremulous. He is
scared. He realizes that he's far away
from the trail of health, and suddenly
like a panther from a tree, the thought
leaps on him, You are a lost man.
The first impulse is to run for help,
though the way is honey-combed with
pitfalls of quackery. But the rational
man faces the facts, sits down and
thinks over the position and its proba-
bilities.
That is the man we want to talk to.
Disease in almost any form is gem
orally accompanied by the failure of the
organs of digestion and nutrition. Re-
establish these organs in healthy action.
the blood is at once enriched, the body
nourished and the general health re-
stored This result is invariably ac-
complished by DIR. Pierce's Golden Med
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4 WARNER ORDERED IN COURT.

Northampton, Mass. Decem Der q. In
the superior court today Lewis Warner,
the detaulting treasurer OF the Hampshire
Savings bank, was granted a continu
ance of his trial on the charge of perjury,
until the June session of the court. On
the charge of embezzlement Justice Fes-
sender refused to allow continuance
and ordered Warner to be in court tomor-
row to answer to that charge Medical
experts, including Drs Mclean and w.
II. Chaplin of Springfield testified that
Warner was on the verge OF menJal
collapse and unable to stand the strain
of trial at this time.
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DEATH OF MRS. JOHN Il. RICE.

New York, Dec. 27.-Mrs. Grace E.
Rice, seventy-two years old, died sudden
ly of apoplexy at her home, No. As West
18th street, last night. Mrs. Rice's hus-
band. John H. Rice, a lawyer, is form
err representative from the state of Maine.
He was prominent in politics during the
civil war, and was a personal friend of
President Lincoln and James G. Blaine.
Mrs. Rice has been i'll for a long time.
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THE MODERN MOTHER

Has found that her little ones are i'm.
proved more by the pleasa Syrup of
Figs, when in need of the laxative effect
of q gentle remedy, than by any other.
Children enjoy it and it benefits them.
The true remedy, Syrup of Figs, is manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only,
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GARCIA,S DAUGHTER DEAD.

Thomasyills. Ga, December 27.-Miss
Mercedes Garcia, daughter of tn, lat
Calixto Garcia, the Cuban leader, diesi
here this evening of consumption. The
body will be embalmed and taken to
Cuba on the U. S. S. Dolphin. which the
United States has designated to convey
the remains of General Garcia back to his
native country.
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COUNT GOLUCaOwSKI WILL RE
SIGN.

London, December 28 The Vienna cor.
RESPONDENT of the Daily Chronicle says
he learns on the best authority that Count
GoIuohowski is about TO resign the port
folio OF Austro- Hungarian foreign minis
ter. Count Goluchowski's resolution is
the outcome of the recent policy of the
Prussian government in expelling Aus
trian subjects from the northern prov.
inces of Prussia.
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DEATH OF NIECE OF BLAINE.

Helena, Mon, December 27.-Mrs. Julia
W. Fiske, wife of the editor of the Helena
Herald. died today. She was the daughter
of Paymaster Walker. U. ). A, and niecs
of James q. Blaine.
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SARAH S. COLE.

Died in this city, December 2S, at resi-
dence of her son-in-luw Simeon Malone
Sarah Somerby, widow of the late John
Cole, aged 81 years, month and Is
days.
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Half tie ills that man is heir to come
.sa Indigestion. Burdock Blood Bit
.ircuethens and tones the stomach ;
kes Indigestion impossible.
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DR.. Bulls Cough >yrup has been initiated
Be sure you get the genuine. DR.. John w
Bulls Cough Syrup. Price % cts.
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DIR. sTEBBINs BETTER.

San francisco, December ~. The con-
dition of Rev. DR.. Stebbins is much i'm
proved today.
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J. laifRAL SAMPSON has GRIP.
& saAingloa December 27.-Admiral
=. Ds}n sho arrived here yesterday from
cork is confined to his room with a
/. tack OF the grip.