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The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18

EOR SALE-New house on Pitt ST., Oakdale.
u Contains seven rooms and bath, hot and
cold water, wired for electric lights, connects
with sewer, has large lot, and will be sold on
easy terms. Apply TO CHARLES C. ADAMS,
No. 81 Exchange St., Portland. may5-4
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18

EIOR SALE-On South ST., Deering, new
IL storied shouSe, 7 rooms and bath, fine
stable, 5000 feet land. handy to electrics.
pleasant home cheap; also nice building lots
ID electric line at cents per foot. W. II.
& Co. $50 Middle st. 1871
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18

WANTED-Summer Boarders. New house
w on high land commanding fine view large
chambers and piazzas, lovely drives, plenty Of
butter, eggs and cream, two and one-half miles
from Stroudwater eiectricS. Terms SIS per
week. Address L. P. SKILLIN, Portland,
Maine. 13-1
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18

4 OR SALE-Partition front Rockaway, fine
Il job, late style, light weight, half platform
spring, rubber covered steps, beyeled glass.
right, has not been done up, needs to be
Touched up and vanished only. BRADLEY &
SMALL, IS Preble St 1871
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18

GTEAM LAUNDRY-One of the best pawn
~ in New Hampshire; fully equipped, good
business; i'll healthe cause of selling; a grand
chance to engage in the laundry business: will
bear the closest investigation. Address
LAUNDRY, Press office. apr294
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18

ITO LET-Flat, seven rooms and bath. first
floor, Smith ST., near Congress; also fiat on
Congress ST., rooms and bath, steam heat.
VIII let low to the right parties. INQUIRE at
MURPHY'S DRUG STORE, 241 Congress St.
Ill
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18
SUMMER RESORTS.

FOR good country board In fine locality for
Il fishing, cunning. rowing fine views, pleas
ant drives and plenty of shade trees. Broad
piazza. A quiet place for rest and comfort.
Address, j. B. and f. W. PLUMMER, Ray
mond. Me. May144
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18

EOR SALE-Fin keel yacht Cupid and tender,
n thoroughly overhauled, everything in first
class condition, new sails, used one season.
Apply evenings between and 8. J. DONALD
SON. SO Sheridan ST. 13l
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18

EOR SALE-A very desirable two seated car.
IL riage; also a single seated buggy, all in
good condition. Enquire at 20 Bramhall St,
city. 1871
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18

fEO LET-You have good soap in exchange for
"A bones and grease. Drop card or tele-
phone. PORTLAND RENDERING CO.. Tele-
phone 1852 may6
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18

UNHE Fairbanks mandolins and banios excel.
Congress street. Instruction books of all in.
struments. Pianos let. A number of 80 cent
music books (danaged) at % cents each. Su-
perlor strings for instruments. my 1874
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18
FOR SALE,
Forty words Inserted under this head
one week for rs cents. cash in advance.

TOR SALE Elegant musical instrnments
Il just received,-pianos, music SIC hnvaS
Fegnas vons daraot1 tmandolins banos guitars
ior violin and banjo strings. popnIar, mnpsic
music books. etc. Please call HAWFS al
Congress street. mv1S4
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18

SITUATION WANTED-Drug clerk with
~ good experience; wishes permanent posi-
tion Always work for interest of en-
ployer; can furnish best references. HARRY.
1l6 Pearl Street, Portland, Me- III
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18

Ellen I. McCann, Portland, 8; Nancy
q. AcIptire, New Gloucester, SJ2,
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18

pEOPLE leaving the city early can get good
country board within 80 miles of Portland.
Plenty of milk, eggs, and all farm produce in
season. Pine grove, large lawn, plenty of
shade Reduction by season. RIVERSIDE
FARM, Box 81, Cornish, Me. apr19eow4w
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18

WANTED-Man to work on farm, good
w wages. Address W. W., this otlce.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18

WANTED-A first class pressman. Apply to
w L. c. YOUNG s. co. III
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-18
WANTED-MALE HELP.

WANTED-A young man TO work in lumber
w yard, small wages at first, if satisfactory,
good prospect of advancement. Enquire be be-
tween and p. m. at RUFUS DEERlNG CO.,
800 Commercial ST. ISL
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-01-06
RECONCILIATION.

o robin, calling to your mate
20 robin, she has bid me GOD,
Why sing so loud and sing so late.
The days of song We're long ago.
The thrush waits till the spring has come
TIE sing the songs he sang of yore;
Chill autumn strikes his rapture dumb
90 robin, we shall meet no more).
o robin. calling from, the oak
90 robin, she was all to meD,
Gray mists like moveless pail of smoke
Hide all the woodland and the lea.
hear the dsad leaves pattering,
| h9ar the whisper of the rain,
But most hear the songs you sing
90 robin, l must love in vainD.
Q robin. calling clear and low,
20 robin, mine was all the blame),
You sing as If with flowers abloW
And fields ablaze the autumn came.
You sing as if the dying year
Had yet year of joy to live,
AS II the world were never dear
90 robin, she will not torgiveD.
o robin, calling. calling still
% robin, she has smiled on meO,
Trili trill and call, and call and trill,
Fill full the air with melody.
The roses never bloomed 50 fair,
June never wore SO dear grace
@ robin, calling everywhere,
She meets me at the trysting- -placeD.
WESTMINSTER Gazette.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-01-06
HE SETTLED.
Pete stopped the "Intrust" with q
Large Stick of Dynamite.

Pete stopped the "Intrust' with q
Large Stick of Dynamite.
"Yes," unused the citizen who keeps an
eye peeled for the main chance and is
busy about one year in five, II went to
Oklahoma with the push and opened up
a bank. 1t was no trick to lend money
at a rate that would have made Shylock
blush, and we got security on every
thing from land to siX-shooters. We
had some pretty rough times with GUS
toners, but stood it till the thing came
Off that I'm going to tell you about.
''There was a farmer as long as a
fence rail, and about as slim, came in
one day with a hand full of money and
a horse pistol with the muzzle at the
bottom of his hip pocket and the stock
about the middle of his back.
"'I wanter pay off that there mort
gage he announced to the cashier.
"'Can't take your money, Pete,' was
the curt answer. Mortgage isn't due
yet
"'I said kim to settle an stop that
| tarnal int'rust,' and Pete reached for
his main argument. But our cashier,
hired with special reference to his use
fulness on such occasions, had the drop
and Pete made bow as he walked out
after being disarmed.
"In less than three minutes there was
{, terrific explosion and when I began to
take notice again I was hanging in a
scrub oak by my coat, hair and left ear
Fete had blown up our little eight by ten
bank with stick of dynamite and stood
under men with two guns. Our conver.
sation was brief.
"'Will yer settle?'
! "'I WILL
81 did and then left my affairs in the
hands of lawyer" Detroit Free Press
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-01-06

and in his impatience the reporter
would have left the others far behind
had not the warning of the guide that
he would be drowned brought him to
standstill. In moment they were
standing on the coal dock.
Come on, if you want to see me land
the biggest scoop of the year." he said,
as he started toward the edge of the
dock. I'm going to make killing,
sure. l would give 'V' to see the old
mans face"-he referred to the man
aging editor of the other rpaper-''when
he sees this thing. There will be woe
in Israel sure! 1 will go over to the
wrecker before / strike the clerk in the
office, and after l have the details then
l will walk in and make him let me use
that phone willy nilly.' Say" he said,
suddenly, as he came upon coal HEAVIER
in the fog, what about that wreck here
tonight. How many were drowned?"
What wreck?"
"Oh, SO they fixed you, too, did they
Well, there's no use of your bluffing be-
cause | only wanted to get some minor
particulars from you, anyway. What
is the wrecker working On at present?'
"What are you talking about?"
ooh, come, now. I've got this wreck,
and anyway that steam pump would
| give you away"
''That amt no steam pump. That's
the engine in the boiler-room, I guess,
or else it's the engine on the dredge."
"Now, don't swallow that story, not
by long ways" He turned to his COM
panion and said: "These men dare not
say a word. We might as well beard
the lion, SO to speak. I'll go into the Of
flee and bluff the clerk Then I'll get
the details from the men when they
see that l know the story, anyway"
He walked up to the office and knocked
furiously. "Well, I've got here, and
thought that before l left would drop
in and hear your version of the affair
Pretty bad wreck, wasn't it? l fel.
sorry for the poor devils.'
"Why! Where's the wreck? What
boats were they? Was it collision o
the clerk asked all in breath. His
astonishment was SO evidently sincere
that the newspaper man stood for g
moment looking at him.
'Do you mean to say that there was
not wreck here tonight" he finally
asked.
"Why, certainly I do"
"What's that boat out there in the
river pumping, if it isn't the wrecker a
work?"
That's the dredge cutting away some
rock. She has been here for a week."
"You can't fool me, for Westcott'.
man was towing by here and heart
the crash and the screams when the
boats came together"
"Why, he must have heard the Ne
wago when she scraped the Lewiston'
bow did hear some confusion for ;
minute, come to think of it. The Lew
iston was lying at the dock when sh,
came in, and as she swung around il
front of the barge her stern rubbed tn.
paint off the other boat. A derrick cab,
on the dock gave way at the same tim,
and one of the carriers smashed through
the dock"
| The 'molder of public opinion" stoot
looking at him for moment, and then
turned on his heel.
''Well, I'll be" but for once he was a
a loss for words to express himself
Detroit Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-01-06

Young people, you must say what the
future shall be, and if you are true to
your responsibilities the world will bs
better for your having passed through
it.-Rev. R. N, Ayison, Methodist, st
Paul Ainn,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-01-06
The power of sDeech suddenly IA am

The power of speech suddenly came
to deaf mute" who was arrested for
begging in the public streets. When
the judge announced that he would
have to pay fine of five dollars, the
beggar volubly and blasphemously de-
nounced the judge. and the latter in
creased the fine to $50.
"A single sunfower stalk at 3uras.
Kan. carried the unprecedented num-
bey Of 233 blooms OF one time.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-01
DISCIPLINE WAS STRICT.

lieutenant Commander wainwright Tolls
of the Regulations Aboard.
Lieutenant Commander Richard Vain.
wright testified that the regulations in re-
gard to paints and inflammables and all
other precautions were strictly carried
out on board the ship. Every possible
care was taken to avoid accident. All Wis.
itors were scrutinized before being al
lowed to come on board the ship. NG3ody
was allowed unaccompanied. Special
s1ookouts" were required at night. No
unauthorized boats were allowed to an.
proach the ship.
There was fine discipline, obedient
crew, quiet men. He wasin the captains
of1oe at the time OF the explosion; felt a
very heavy shock and heard noise Of fall.
in obstruction. Thought the ship wal
being fired upon. Was told by the cap.
tain to see that the boats were lowered.
He saw few men coming, mostly officers.
He saw no reason to flood the maga1ins
because water was coming up. He raw
fire forward. The boats began to crowd
around the wreck. He induced the boats
to take the wounded to different vessels.
He ordered Q list OF the saved and wound.
ed. There was excellent discipline after
the explosion. Orders were followed with
promptness Of q drill. The only order
not obeyed was the order to leave the
ship. .
He first examined the wreck at day.
light the following morning. He took
eRig With Lieutenant Hood and 9 .few
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-01
men anGa5te1npgeo 20 puaru yneNwreck.
He wa warned of by an armed boats
crew Of S~paniards and then pulled around
the wreck. There were still some burn.
ing Fragments. le
GENERAL LEES STORY.
Amsrioaa Consul us Havana Gives His
Testimony.

Americas Consul Mt Havana Gives His
Testimony.
Consul General Lee appeared before
the court on March 8th. His testimony
related to the official formalitiss pre-
.ceding the Names arrival. On Jan. "
he received . message from the state
saying that the Maine would
DO sent to Havana on q friendly visit to
resume tho regular status Of naval NJ
.lations between the two countries, and he
was ordered to make arrangements at the
palace for the interchange Of official cour-
tesies. After a call at the palace he sent
the state department q cipher message,
saying:
"Authorities profess to think the Unit.
cd States has Interior purpose in sending
the ship. Say 1t will obstruct autonomy
and produce excitement and most prob
ably a demonstration. Ask that 1t not be
done until they can get instructions from
Madrid. Say that II our purpose is
friendly, as I claimed, delay is unimpor-
tant."
1t was too late, however, the Maine
had already sailed. She arrived next
day, and Lee reported her arrival to the
state department,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-01
THE DREADED
CONSUMPTION

T. A. Slocum, M. c., the Great Chem
list and Scientist, Will Send Free,
to the Afflicted, Three Bottles of
His Newly Discovered Remedies to
Cure Consumption and All Lung
Troubles.
Nothing could be fairer, more philan-
thropic or carry more Joy to the afflicted,
than the offer Of T. A. Slocum, M. c.,
of 1873 Pearl street, New York City.
Confident that he has discovered an
absolute cure for consumption and all
pulmonary complaints, and to make it's
great merits known, he will send, free,
three bottles of medicine, to any reader
of the Bismarck TRIBUNE who is suffer-
ing from chest, bronchial, throat and
lung troubles or consumption.
Already this thew scientific course of
medicine" has permanently cured thou
sands Of apparently hopeless cases.
The doctor considers it his religious
duty-a duty which he owes to human
ity-to donate his infallible cure.
Offered freely, is enough to commend
it, and more so is the perfect confidence
OF the great chemist making the propo-
sition.
He has proved the dreaded consump-
ton to be q durable disease beyond any
doubt.
There will be no mistaken sending
the mistake will be in overlooking the
generous invitation. He has on file in
his American and European laboratories
testimonials Of experience from those
cured, in all parts Of the world.
Don't delay until, it is too late. Ad-
dress !. a.. Slocum, M. G., SO Pine
street, New York, and when writing the
doctor, please give express and postofice
address, and mentionreading this article
in the Bismarck TRIBUNE
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-01
r S UNDER 7
Captain OF the City OF Washington Tel
Of the Explosion.

Captain Of the City Of Washington Tells
of the Explosion.
Captain Frank Stevens Of the City Of
Washington testified he was standing
amidships of his ship where he could look
towards the Maine when she was blown
up. He heard a dull, mufled explosion
and commotion, as though it was under
the water, followed instantly by a terrific
explosion, lighting up the sky with q dull
red glare and filling the air with flying
missiles which fell around him. He felt
a trembling Of his ship at the last of the
explosions IN the Maine. There was q
decided interval between the first noise
and the explosion. He was standing
where he could see the Maine lift.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-01
MS confss 70 she pksssss ieaaine 70 the
superstructure.
isousss tlAe lExploslon.

0OHOA6W ANV040s -M54ta-iI .AfHEsQI-5slHHt
Discusses the Explosion.
The captain told Of the escape from the
sinking boat and in reply to the direct
question of whether any Of the magazines
or she'll rooms were blown up the captain
said 1t was extremely difficult to come to
any conclusion. The center Of the ex
plosion wal beneath and q little forward
Of the coming tower OF the portslde. In
the region Of the center Of the explosion
was the 6inch reserve magazine which
contained very little powder, about 800
pounds. The 10-inch magazine was In the
same general region but on the starboard
side. Over the 1O-inoh magazine in tho
loading room Of the turret and In the ad-
joining passage . number Of 10incb
shells were permanently placed. Accord
ing to Captain Sigsbee 1t would be difa-
cult to conceive the explosion involved
1o.inch magazine because Of the location
of the explosion.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-01

agents, three men brought here by
Harris / understand, and formerly con-
nected with the Amboy company az So
~licitors. Harris himself has written the
department that these men are un-
scrupulous and dishonest.
Ihave advised the Wahpeton people
that I would not issue them certificates
of authority to do business here, while
they retain In their employ men formerly
with the Amboy company. The incor-
po~rators Of the Wahpeton company may
be good men, I know nothing to the
contrary. but there is no personal liabil-
ity in . Mutual company, the solicitors
are the men who get the business, and I
do not propose to allow the farmers Of
North Dakota to be swindled as the
farmers of Minnesota were swindled last
year, and by the same men, if l can pre-
vent it."
In connection with this matter, MI.
A. L. Glider of Wahpeton called on the
insurance commissioner today, repre-
senting the company in question, with
the assurance that all of the members
of the company whose records in the
business made them Objectionable to the
department had been removed. Under
these circumstances, Commissioner
Fancher stated to the representative
that the department would have no
further objection to the company's pro-
ceeding to secure a charter, which is by
showing subscribed insurance of 5000,
600.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-01

New Insurance companyINot Received
The Red River Valley Mutual Insur.
ance company, recently Incorporated
from Wahpeton, is having q rather diff
ficult pathway into the insurance de-
partment. The officers of the company
and some of its past connections have
been investigated by the insurance
commissioner, and in response to an in
quiry from Editor Frank Wilson Of
Bathgate as to the standing of the COM
pany, Commissioner Fancher writes the
following letter: "Articles of incorpor-
alton of this company we're filed with
the department early in February. Upon
investigation I discovered that the
president of the company and the real
pusher in the enterprise, Mr. j. M. Har-
ris had been superintendent of agencies
for the Minneapolis Mutual Hail Asso.
citation Of Amboy, Mimi, last year.
This Amboy company was a most gigan.
tic fraud. Insurance Commissioner
Dearth Of Minnesota. writes me that
the officers and employees took $4,000 of
the money collected, for salaries and ex-
penses, paying only about $4,000 in
actual cash on their losses which were
very large. The whole thing: was run
in the interests Of the officers, the farm
ers were used simply to put up the
money and get swindled.
wrote B. ). Rowland, secretary of
the Wahpeton company, that ithe man
agement, methods, eoficers and en-
ployes Of this Amboy company could
not be transferred to North Dakota
while I was commissioner, without q
compelling order Of the court. After q
good deal Of telegraphing ::and CORE.
spondence, they discharged Harris, and
reincorporated, some Of the best men
among the original incorporators going
out with Harrisf The new incorpora--
tors then employed: g general state
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-01

SEvERY circumstance indicates that
Spain is in line for a rousing good
Ithrashing.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-01

SETTLEMENT Of the disputed rate ques-
ton to the coast seems to be as far away
as ever and the low rates still livei .S
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-12
An Operators Story.

1T is an operators PRIDE" said an
old telegrapher the other day, "to re-
ceive press report without breaking,
that is, without delaying the sending
office. About ten years ago, in Ar
kansas and Texas, the work was done
by hand, instead of with typewriters,
as at present, and where newspapers
now expect 10000 or $4,000 words, they
were elated to be furnished with 5000,
and especially so on the circuit extend
ing from Galveston by way of Hous-
ton, San Antonio, Austin, Waco, Fort
Worth and Dallas to Fort Smith, Ark,
says the New York Sun.
1.-The manager of the Fort Smith Of
flee was a confirmed hunter, and inva-
riably, after completing his monthly
reports, he would shoulder his rife and
start for the Cherokee nation, where
abundant sport was afforded 1t that
time for both large and small game.
On n Of these trips, after a long
chase extending to the lair of a bear,
he managed to kill the mother and
he took to Fort Smith and essayed to
raise. They were placed in a large
box in the battery room, which was
connected with the operating room
with swinging doors. In a few months
they had reached a weight Of about
seventy-fve pounds each and were
quite tame, although tricky.
One morning about 2 o'clock, while
Galveston was making the usual su.
; preme effort to clear up for the night,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-12

one Of the bears escaped from its con-
fnement, and, noticing the light in the
front room, proceeded to investigate
The manager had a pet dog which vas
rather affectionate, SO that when the
cub came marching up to the press
operator and climbed into his lap no
particular attention was paid to him.
In fact. the sending operator was an
extraordinarily rapid one, and the re-
ceiver had his mind concentrated upon
the sounder. While writing with his
right hand, he tried to push what he
supposed was the dog from his lap
with his left.
THE effort was futile, however, and
it became necessary to break, with the
surprising statement of fact, both to
himself and to those on the wire:
There's a bear in my lap bothering me.
Minute Not every excuse for a delay
to the report was accepted, but with
the remark, That's a new one,' his
was. and he got time to restore the
bear to it's place.
1.-The report was resumed, and the
sender was endeavoring to make up
for lost time when the second cub es-
capped, and. entering the operating de-
partment, proceeded to take the place
SO recently vacated by the other. The
operator was determined, however, not
to stop the sender again, but bears
have a great proclivity for being med
dlesome, and. after a few minutes of
minor efforts at being home in the
operators lap, he tried to show his
appreciation of friendship by a good
~old-fashioned hug around the neck.
This was too much for the operator
who, opening the key, remarked:
here's that d-n Dear again. and re-
quested a second stoppage, so that he
might put him out and nail the door
shut, for which he was numerically
guyed, as the FEASIBILITY Of bears in
a telegraph Office was too much even
for Texans.
This operator, at last accounts, was
employed by a press association in New
York, and the sender recently won the
fast sending prize in a tournament
Furthermore, it may be stated tina up
to the time of the installation of leased
wires in Texas a favorite excuse for
stand-offs was: Min; got a bear in my
lap"