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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-03
A NEW SNOW PLOW.

A very novel train passed through here,
Friday, which to the Maine Central, is
worth many dollars. 1t consisted of
powerful engine, snow plow, winger and
t1ange digger. The most novel part of the
train was the winger, built by the road
master, Mr.. Nevens. Although it has
been constructed two years, this is the
first time it has been used. its object is
to remove the core of snow that collects
after a heavy snow storm between
double tracks. Its construction is very
simple,a common Car being used, and on
each side is an iron wing which is pushed
out by screw operated from the inside.
When the core is to be removed, the en-
CINE starts out at high rate OF speed
and the wing cuts off the core and the
sloping position and speed of the winger
throws the snow across the opposite bank
What remains or falls back on the track
used is thrown off by the pillow and the
fange digger clears out the inside of the
track. Then a return is made on the other
track and the snow pillow and fiange
digger clear up this one. 1t is q great
construction and is capable of clearing
off a track in half day that many hun
bred men could not do Mr.. Nevins also
has an ice digger which will remove ice
from the rails as fast as any train can
travel -Brunswick Telegraph.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-03

team from scoring time after time. The
Grand Trunk team was very strong on
the aggressive work, and they put up
such a stone wall defense that the steam
ship forwards were unable to accomplish
much. Atkinson, Stevens, Stewart and
Neville worked like tigers to score, but
they were unable to push the "puok"
through the Grand Trunk goal and when
the two periods of thirty minutes each
were ended the Grand Trunk team was
the winner by six goals. Mr.. Ross of the
steamship team fought hard to prevent
h is teamfrom being defeated. but the
skiIful work of the veteran Scanlon was
too much for the steamship defense and
SO they lost.
The Grand Trunk team was very jubi !.
liant over it's victory and their fine work
was literally applauded.
The line up and summary:
Steamship-Greig, goal; Ross, point;
O'Hara, cover point; Atkinson, forward;
Neville, forward Stewart, forward;
Stevens, forward.
Grand Trunk-Boldrick, goal; Rookie,
point; Bolger, cover point; Burton, for
ward; Beresford, forward; Burton, for
wand Ccaplon forward
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-03
: a SOCIAL EVENING.
woman's Literary Union Entertained
Friends Last Evening.

At Gilbert's hall last evening, there
were at least three hundred people as
sembled to enjoy the pleasure of the
'esocial evening"" given by the Woman s
Literary Union.
The committee of arrangements, which
consisted of Mrs. Charles Dyer, Mrs. B.
f. Haskell, Mrs. Paul r. Stevens, Mrs.
Fred Hooper and Mrs. John o. Rice, had
carried out their plans most efficiently,
and the hall presented very pretty APP
pearance, with rugs, chairs and tables
placed at intervals around the room.
The executive board of the Union, con-
sisting of Mrs. Frank B. Clarke, Mrs
Hiram L. Jones, Mrs. Fred Moore, and
Mrs, Frederick Jones, stood in the centre
of the room and received the guests AT
the four tables attractively dressed young
women passed the delicious ices and
punch, and Mrs. Stearns, Mrs. White,
Mrs. Merrill and Miss Deborah Moulton
served. The arrangement of flowers was
extremely tasteful and harmonious at
each table. At Mrs. j. e. Whites table
was hugh bunch of 5onquils. and she
was assisted by Miss Louise Edwards,
Miss Annie Hussey and Miss Elizabeth
Merrill. At Mrs. George Stearns's table
the colors were red and white, and she
was assisted by Mrs. Harry Davis, Mrs.
Leon Forbes, Mrs. Frank York and Miss
Foster. At Mrs. Henry Merrill's table,
earnished with yellow and white jonquils,
the young ladies serving the delicious
cream, where Mrs. Herbert Libby, Mrs.
Edward Cox, Mrs. Harry Higgins and
Miss Josie Scott.
. Pink and white were the colors at Miss
Deborah Morton's table, and some of the
costumes of the ladies emphasized the
prevailing color.
The young ladies assisting here were
Miss Eva Warehouse, Miss Eva Jones,
Miss Colburn and Miss Ethel Woodbury..
The reception committee consisting Of
Mrs. Theodore Brown, Miss Marada
Adams, Mrs. Stanley p. Adams, Miss
Rose M. Giles, Miss Myra Eastman and
Miss Carrie Goold, were indefatigable in
their efforts to introduce all the strangers
and make the affair pass off with pleasure
or all.
Gilbert's orchestra played delightful
seleotions all through the evening, and
towards the close many of tho young
neonle enjoyed the pleasure of dance, so
tbaf altogether the affair was most salts
factory to q /,
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BERWICK.

South Berwick, February 1.-The storm
which commenced here about noon We'd
nesday was the toughest known here
for over ten years Ittnowsd and no bloT t
Thursday noon and business is Tat a
standstill All the mills and shoeshops
are idle today and the schools are all
closed. The train on the Eastern Divis-
ion of the Boston e. Maine, which left
Boston at O'Clock, Wednesday, was about
two hours late. leaving Eliot and was
stalled with 150 passengers in what is
called Sugar Loaf Cut, about mile be-
low Conway junction. The engine was
from Conway Junction, j. Harry Morri-
son went down with load of eatables,
which were most gladly received by the
hungry crowd. 1t took Mr.. Morrison
and his crowd of shovellers about six
hours to make the round trip of five
miles Mr.. Huntress has crews out this
afternoon breaking out the roads In all
directions.
North Berwick February 2.-The
weather has been of Klondike nature for
week past. Saturday the mercury regis
tered is below in the morning. Sunday
| If reach a. and Monday morning at 2
| O'Clock it was "a below. A terrible biz
gard commenced Monday noon and is
lust abating at the time of this writing,
| Tuesday noon.
A depth of snow that cannot be meas
ured, is piled in heaps and renders the
roads impossible.
Senator D. A. Hurd has fine line of
Jerseys and takes great interest in OK
kind. A COW which he purchased of
Henry L. Pierce of Milton, Mass. makes
the wonderful record of 20 pounds and
4 ounces in seven days at four years old
Mr.. Hurd shipped to Brighton market re-
Gently six pairs of oxen, four and five
years old, (23, 1859 for which he received
the SUM of 81 ,lS4.70. Sturdivant and
Haley were the purchasers.
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MlsHAP GEN. TILaHMAN's WIDOW
She Falls, Breaking Her Thigh-Recov
cry Problematical Owing to Her age
She Was a Portland Girl.

Mrs. Augusta NJ. Tilghman, widow OF
the late Gen. Lloyd Tilghnan, met with
serious accident short time ago, and
is now in critical condition at her
home. 929 Madison avenue, New York.
On Thanksgiving day Mrs. Tilghman fell
az she was leaving her bed and broke her
thigh. Her age made recovery difficult,
and, instead of improving, Mrs. Tilgh-
man is at present very low.
Mrs. Tilghman was born on January
10. 1919, in Portland. She was the
Youngest of the fifteen children OF Joseph
c. Boyd first treasurer of the State OF
Maine. Her grandma Their was Mary
King, sister of the Hon, Rufus King, nrst
United States Minister to the court OF ST.
James, and Mrs. Tilghman was in this
way cousin of John A. King, governor OF
the state OF New York from 1856 to 1883
Her mother was Isabella Southgate,
whose sister, Eliza Southgate, married
Walter Bovine, Mayor of New York, IN
1888, When she was young girl Mrs.
Tilehman visited Mayor Bovine at his
residence in Beekman street, and there
she often met Martin Van Buren,, with
whom she was fayorite.
Mrs. Tilghman was named Tor MISS
Augusta Murray, or Lady Augusta" as
she WAS called by her friends. The Muir
rays then lived on st. Johns Park, and
at their house and at their farm on MUIR
raw Hill Mrs. Tilghman was q frequent
visitor. In 1843 she married Lloyd thigh
man, who afterward became a General ID
the Confederate army, and who was killed
in the battle of Champion Hill. Her
eldest son, Lloyd Tilghman, Jr, was
KILLED in August, 1868, near Selma, la.
Mrs. Tilghman has lived in New York
ince the war. OF her eight children only
two are now living, Frederick B. and
Sidell, both of whom ere members OF the
Stock Exchange
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-03
THE RECORD BROKEN.
Eight Steamships in Portland at One
Time.

The steamship record in Portland was
broken yesterday. There were eight big
transatlantic liners in port either tax
ing in or d1soharging cargo. These were
the Labrador, the Grecian, the Armeni-
an. the Iona, the Kildona, the Monaghan
the Oueensmore and the Caconna. The
Grand Trunk docks never witnessed so
much activity as was to be found on all
sides yesterday. Hundreds of men were
wheeling trucks, unloading and loading
freight cars and steamers, storing grain,
shovelling snow, shifting about long
lines of freight cars and the noise of the
whirling steam wenches, the number Of
trains, the footing of engines and ring
ing of bells and the incessant rattle of the
big elevators machinery, was almost
deafening.
So much has this steamship business
grown that the Grand Trunk docks are
now not large enough to accommodate
all of the ships at once. In the coming
summer new sheds will be built, one OF
the docks widened and one pier extend
ed. The Grand Trunk Is doing an inn
,nense business, land if anyone doubts
this fact they should pay visit to the
English steamship docks.
The steamship Labrador of the Domin-
ion line, sailed last night for Liverpool.
She had as a cargo 70, 900 bushels of grain,
1874 cattle, 81 horses. and a large amount
of general produce and merchandise. She
also took out number Of passengers.
The Allan liner Grecian, also sailed
last night with large cargo and many
cattle. She carries no passengers.
The Grand Trunk was hustling thing $
yesterday Ten freight trains pulled out
for the West, one after another, while
an equal number Of trains arrived here.
The East Deering stock yards are filled
with cattle, the freight sheds tull Of mer-
chandisesoflall kinds, awaiting shipment,
while the freight yards is11cro wded with
cars
The Thomson line officials on the other
side of the water, have showed a great
deal of energy in chartering thessteamer
Annandale to take thu place of the lost
O6rOnd l6y btOuulOIo
before they found what they wanted and
finally decided the Annandale would not
disgrace the other fine boats of their line.
She Is a steamer of 5000 tons and sailed
from Newcastle-upon- Tyne, January 80,
SO there will be no breaks in the. schedule
fine of this line. This was the Geron a S
sailing date and the Annandale has
filled her place and Is now on her way
to Portland.
The steamship men are all talking over
the little less than phenomenal run made
by the Grand Trunk in the face of the re-
cent storm. A special train of !. 10 cars left
Montreal at 4.55 Tuesday afternoon and
started for Portland. There were three
cars of horses for the Labrador and they
wanted to be rushed. The horses were
not expected before yesterday afternoon
by the steamship people and it was fully
expected that the boat would be delayed
in getting away by not receiving the
stock promptly. What was the surprise
of ell hands then, when shortly before
Yesterday morning the train arrived and
before s O'Clock the cars were shunted
down on the tracks. alongside the Labra-
dor This was express time made by q
freight train.
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RINEs BROTHERS co.

gan to freeze and still the brave men and
the fainting woman struggled forward.
Again and again they would sink down
into the snow their courage almost gone
and the cruel cold making their limbs
numb and helpless. Then they would
force one another to exercise, stamping
about in the deep drifts, thrashing their
arms and rubbing snow on their faces
while they waited for day to break.
How they managed to keep alive during
the terrible hours which elapsed before
the first dull light appeared in the east
none of them are able to tell. What
agonies they endured in that terrible
storm only those who attempted to face 1t
on Monday night will be able to appre-
ciate. At last with the first dawn Of day
they discovered lone fisherman hut
through the snow some distance across the
field. Painfully and try great exertion OF
their remaining strength they fought
their way over the big drifts to this haven
of safety. With their little remaining
strength they reached the door and COM
pletely exhausted and nearly frozen they
be done for them was Willingly done by
the kindly fisherman and his wife.
Mrs Sproul was unconscious Her
hands, feet, arms and face were frozen
and she now lies critically i'll and there Is
very little hope of her recovery. Captain
Sproul had his feet, face and ears frozen
and the man who was with him was also
badly frozen. The captain managed TO
get up to Portland yesterday and brought
the account of the terrible night and the
injuries to his vessel.
An attachment for $3.50 has been placed
on the Boyd and Leeds for the damage
she inflicted to the schooner Alwllda
Morse. Both vessels rode out the storm,
as the anchor of the Morse held nrmly.
Had it not been for the Morse. the Boyd
and Leeds would have drifted out to sea
and been lost. 1t was wonder that any
of these three people should have survived
their terrible night of exposure in the
worst storm which has been known In
this vicinity for twenty five years.
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injured by the collision, but Captain
Sproul and his man succeeded in partially
clearing the Morse from the run away
doing any more damage. But the con.
dition of the Morse was now very danger
Gus. she was noIdlng her own nobIy pur
Captain Sproul feared that at any time
she might carry away her anchor chain
and drift out to sea. There was nothing
which could be done to prevent such a
thing from happening. Had Captain
Sproul been able to get rid of the Boyd
and Leeds he might have been safe, but
the rigging of the two sohooners was SO
badly tangled up that in the heavy sea
which was running it was impossible to
separate the two vessels Had the captain
not had his wife on board with him he
would undoubtedly have stuck to the
Morse and taken his chances in her, but
Captain Sproul did not wish to expose
his wife to the dangers of shipwreok. and
he determined to take her on shore whers
she would be safe and while there was
yet time.
Accordingly. after great deal of diff
Guilty, Captain Sproul and the man who
was with him succeeded in launching
the dory and taking Mrs. Sproul on board
the twosmen started to row to the Shore
The wind was steadily incl easing in fury
and the snow was falling so fast that it
completely blinded the oarsmen and they
could not tell in which direction to pull.
They were also in imminent danger Of
being boarded by big wave and SUNK or
capsized so they rowed away for dear life
IN the nearest point of the shore. 1t was
a terrible pull and the blinded and
desperate men and the helpless woman
suffereS an anxious ten minutes or so I'M
til the dark outline of the rocks along
shore. with the wide fringe of surf was
seen. 1t was no easy thing to make a
landing here in the midst of this terrible
sea but somehow the dory was run up on
TO the rocks and the three people were
safely on shore.
But their dangers were not yet over and
there was terrible experience before
them. Mrs. Sproul was warmly dressed
and prepared to face the blizzard for
little while, at least, until as heller
should be reached. Over the big drifts
and right in the teeth of the storm the
trio stumbled along. They could not see
q foot in front of them, and did not
know where they were or which direction
to take. At every step some one of the
purity would fall down and be lost to
sight for q time in the depths of the snow.
Helping one another onward. with hopes
of finding some shelter from the fury of
the blast they blindly struggled forward,
but after time their strength began to
leave them. Vainly thsy called with all
their might for help, but the sound OF
their voices was drowned in the roar OF
the breakers and the bowling of the wind.
Finally Mrs. sproul fell exhausted at
the feet of her husband and was rendered
partially unconscious from the cold ana
fright. Captain Sproul and the man VINO
WAS with him lifted the poor woman TO
her feet and half carrying, half dragging
her they groped their way onward, trust
ing every minute to come within the
sight Of some house. Hands and feet be-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-03
MOTHERS MISTAKE.
Portland Mothers Make 1t but with Lit
tie Light There Need Be None.

How carefully mother guards the secrets
of her boys and girls. At night as she
carefully tucks the bed clothes around
them she chidss and warns that mother
will be angry if they repeat last nights
offence, softly saying to herself 1T is only
a habit but l must break them OF 1t.
This is Mother's' mistake. The children
cannot help it and sweet, clean, dry beds
can be the resting place of every child
when it is understood that this is not
habit but a weakness that can be cured.
Active life of the little one tends to weak
ening the kidneys, and weak kidneys
means inability to retain the urine.
This is condition, not a habit, and
should have the same prompt attention
you would give to the marked symptoms
of any disease. One Doan's Kidney Pill
taken twice day and at bed time will
strengthen the kidneys Of child, and in
a short time there will be no cause to
soold, for the so-called habit will disap-
pear promptly. Here's grateful mother
adds her endorsement to our words:
Mrs. Nellie Dunn, Cor. 4th q Winter
Sts., Ansonia, CT. says: 81 have little
boy eleven years of age that was very
much troubled with weak kidneys. When
he was six years he would go in bathing
frequently and remain in for long time.
That was when noticed first any dtfti-
Guilty with the kidneys but he got so bad
that he would wet the bed every night. l
have taken him up at II O'Clock but it
would occur two or three times before
morning. This caused me any amount of
work and I was not strong and besides
knew it should not be neglected, yet we
got nothing to relieve him. Finally I
read somewhere about Doan's Kidney
Pills that they would prevent such occur
renoes and procured them. They have
really been the means of Strengthening
the kidneys of the child and preventing
nocturnal urination. I am very grateful
to Doans Kidney Pills, and l heartily
recommend them to any mother. They
will relieve her of an enormous amount
of work, the child of SO much embarrass-
ment besides performing duty the par
ent owes the child to prevent it from
growing up with weak Kidneys"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by oil deal
ers-price so cents. Mailed by Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name DOAN'S and take
no sutsti5rsa.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-03
ARRIVAL OF THE KILDONA.

The Thomson line freight steamer Kill
dona, Capt. Roberts, arrived from New
castle about O'Clock yesterday morning.
THE Kildona was off the Cape shore
Monday afternoon, but on account of the
chick snow, was obliged to put about
and run away from the land. She en-
countered the storm in all its severity and
being light, rolled a good deal. She ex.
,,erienced the same weather reported by
other shipping. She brought II return
mo cattlemen and 500 tons OF coal for the
Grand Trunk.
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REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS.

The collection of Revolutionary pictures
rbiob are be exhibited in Portland ar
rived last night and the exhibit will be
opened today at the hour arranged for. at
the banque5 hall of the Baxter Memorial
building. Resides the revolutionary pic
lures Charles Soribners Sons have in
cluded in the collection about seventy
other pictures on various subjects. They
include originally by Howard Pyle, Glib
son Shedding, and others.
The exhibition opens this afternoon at
three O'Clock and will be open to the pa
triotic societies. From 10 a. m. to 10 p.
M, Friday. the exhibition will be open to
the public
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-03
LEWISTON WON in CLOSE GAME.


Lewiston, February 2.-Rockland was
defeated by the home team in this city to-
night In one of the most closely contested
games of the season by score of 6 to 5.
The RockIand boys brought with them
Jason of the Biddeford team, who played
q star game.
LEWISTONS PLAY HERE TONIGHT
Manager Burnham and his all star
team, had hard luck in Bath last night,
but that is no reason why they should not
hall tonight. AS everyone knows the Lew
istons are now leading in the race for the
championship and they are fighting hard
to win. In Portland they have their
strongest opponents in the league, and
when these two teams get together the
be the great event in the polo season.
Already nearly every reserved seat in
City hall has been sold, but there are q
few good ones left for the early corners.
The crowd at tonight's game will be the
largest of the year.
K ANOTHER STAR FOR ROCKLAND.
. Manager Bird Of Rockland is said to
have secured Null Smith the famous half
back of the Providence team and he will
appear in Portland tomorrow night.
+ BIDDEFORD TEAM DISBANDS.
Owing to the strike at Biddeford and
the poor support given polo in that city
Manager Kelsey of the Biddefords has,
with the consent of the rest of the
teams, withdrawn from the league.
The league will hold meeting in this
city tonight to arrange for four club
schedule for the balance of the season.
Jason of the Biddefords has signed
with the Rockland team.
The schedule as arranged for this week
is as follows: February 8, Lewiston at
Portland; February 4, Bath at Lewiston,
Rockland at Portland; February 5, Lew
iston at Bath; Portland at Rockland.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-03
THE EXTRA PERIOD GAME.
Jimmy Mooney Scored the Winning Goal
in Thirty Seconds.

Bath, February bath won an excit-
ing extra period game tieing the score at
the third period with only thirty seconds
to play The decisive goal was made by
J. Mooney. The line up and summary:
BATH. Mooney and McGilvary, rush
ers; E. Mooney, center; Murtaugh, half
back; Burgess, goal.
Campbell and WhippIe, rush
ers; Mckay, oentre; Turnbull, half back;
Allen, goal.
Goal. Won By. Rush BY. Gagged By. T.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-03
MURDERER MoNAHAN PLEADS.

Lancaster, N. H., February AT the
supreme court session here today VIM.
Robinson of Whitefeld, pleaded guilty to
two indictments of burglary and got ten
years in state prison.
Monahan pleaded not guilty on three
indictments, two for Or MURDER asird e., 81 Two
with intent to kill another citizen, and
was held for trial at the April term at
Lancaster
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-03
CARS OFF THE TRACK.

EARLY last evening some freight cars on
the Maine Central got off the track near
Union station. No damage was done,
but it took q large crew Of men sometime
to get the cars back on to the iron. For
a time the track was blocked, but by fast
work it was cleared so that it did moi
delay any of the regular trains,
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Score-Grand Trunk, z; Steamship, l.
Referee-Mr Lund. Umpires-Messrs.
Cogger and Kennel. Timers-Messrs.
j. a. MCGOWAN and W. S. Burlez.
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Nearly 0ne-Half Price.

z. Although Monday was stormy day, we
sold over two hundred and fifty of the samples
and sale will be continued until all sold.
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Fearful Story of Captain sproul of the
Lobster Schooner Awilda Morse which
Anchored in Macksrei Cove.