davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-22
YARMOUTH.

At recent meeting OF Crusade chapter,
Epworth league, connected with the
Methodist church. the following officers
were elected: President. Mrs, George 5.
Barton; vice presidents, Edward IL.
Lander, Annie Simonton, L. E. Mile,
Hensritts Curtis; treasurer, Albert K.
Codd; secretary, Lizzie Jordan; oraanist,
Edward II. Lander. The church will
hold a Christmas tree and concert next
Monday evening.
Susosusong tribs OF Red Men are to
postpone their meeting from next Mon
day to Wednesday evening, when the cleo
ton of officers will be held.
The annual meeting of the Hillside
Library association Is to be held this eve
ming. In the event that the weather Is
very stormy the meeting will be held on
Saturday evening.
The annual reports will be received and
officers elected at this meeting. The books
have been recatsl ogued and will be ready
for distribution Saturday afternoon as
usual.
Miss May Allen, Y. II. S., '97, and
Smith college, 1901, was one of three
members OF her class to be elected to
membership in a Greek letter Fraternity
at that collegs this election depending up
on scholarship.
The large combination, mail and ex-
press car owned by the Portland and Var
mouth electric road has for the past few
weeks been run by Kingsley and Porter
the Portland and Yarmouth Express COM
pany. Their orders are collected In Port
land and hauled to the car and conveyed
to the outlying towns along the line of
the road, where deliveries are made by
team. Two trips are made daily and the
expressmen have made a contract for the
uss of the car for year. Before long 1t is
expected that the electric road will secure
contracts for conveying the United States
mails to the several post offics over their
line
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-22
ANNEXATION OF SAMOA.

Washington, December 2i.-Ihe follow
ing statement is mads by the official Ger
man authorities here: "a press telegram
OF the 18th Instant, from Apis, via Auok-
land, reports that the German consul in
A pia has soleinnly proclaimed this pend
ing annexation OF opclu and Savaii by
Germany to n number Of Samoan chiefs
ON board the German man-of-uar and
that on the same day he hoisted the Ger
man dag on the supreme court.
This report does not cover the reports
from the German consul In Apia and, ao-
cording to the instructions which he has
received from Berlin 1t seems TO be abso.
lutsly untrue.
'The German consul hiss likewise
wired on the 18Th instant but he siInpl y
states that certain TAnu CHIEFS have re-
fused to pay the head tax Imposed by the
three consuls, hence they had been or
dered to leave the district by the thirteen
chiefs. The three oonsuis have in
structed the thirteen chiefs to send the
aggrsssors to Apia for trial. This has
been agreed upon.
The state department had no message
from our consul, at A pis, to confirm the
reports Of fresh trouble In Samoa and
this fact Is regarded MS sufficient to show
that any slight disturbances that may
geEated in the report. Officials are conh-
dent that whatever trouble may oour will
not be ohnrgeable to the German officials.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-22
.wOODFORDS.

The regular monthly meetine Of the
Oakdsle Hall association was held last
evening at the hall on Pitt street..
The election Of the officers Of Crescent
assembly, Pythian Sisterhood. will be
held Friday evening at K Of p. hall.
A foil attendance IL desired ~ an inter-
ssting programme 10 TO be carried out
after the business OF the evening.
The body Of william Tinsman Of East
Deeriug, who was one Of tbs crsw OF
the battieship Maine who was killed at
the time Of the disaster In Havana har-
Dor, Ia among the numb Der Of bodies that
are being disinterred from Cuban soil
aud sent either to relatives u buried at
Arlington Heights by the United States
ct their cemetery. The remains Of young
Tinsman are by orders Of his relatives,
to be shipped here where they VIII be
given burial at one Of the local GENE
teries.
The annual meeting of the Odd Eel
lows hall association Of Woodfords IL to
be- held some time the latter part OF jan
nary.
9hs woodfords Congregational Sunday
school will make departure from the
rule this year and instead OF having
concert by the younger members OF the
school, the programme to be rendered On
Sunday evening will be carried out BY
the older p 1plls. Stories and poems rel.
ativs to this Christmas season are TO be
included In the programme. Tie exer-
cises will also include o p aver and an
address by the pastor, Rev. K. +. Wilson.
Sd soial music will bs rendered by Choir
Gs OF young people and a quartstte CON-
posed Of the Misses Armstrong, Mr.. Brad
street and Mr.. willard. Cynthia Law
renos and Marie Foss will sing duet,
as will Sadie Carter and Edith Arm
strong, and a solo by Miss Phebe Coed
win. On Monday afternoon Christmas
tree exercises are to be held In the YES
try. The exercises Of Monday are to be
In charge of Miss Carrie johnson, the
assistant superintendent OF the interme-
diate department. of the school, assisted
by the officers and teachers Two hundred
children are expected In attendance. The
children or their guardians have been
invited. The seniors are not to be ipclud-
ed in the distribution OF the gifts. The
exercises ars TO commence at O'clock
with O SOCIAL hour to be followed with ex-
erolses by the children. and the Advent of
Santa Claus who IL to deliver the pes
ents.
The Sunday school Of the Clark Memo
rial NJ. K. church will give reception
to the children connected with the school,
ON Monday afternoon from 4 to o. Light
refreshments will be served and games
enjoyed,
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-22
THE HAYrIANS AFRAID.

Port au Prince, Hayti, Correspondents
Of the Associated Press, Deosmbe s -
The German varship Nike entered this
port yesterday coming from Puerto Plata.
Santo Domingo. The ship. which has a
crew Of $50 sailors and marines and
mounts IL guns, saluted the Haytian
flag. The So lutte was returned by the
forts.
The arrival of the Nixs caused gener-
al oomIaotion among the population.
owing to the fact that 1t occurred on the
day Def ore the anniversary of the threat
ened bonn bardnisns of Port au Prince BY
the Germans two years ago. at the time
of the Luders affair, and this people feared
that the Nike had been sent here to en-
force the immediate settlement of another
dispute in which a German resident OF
this city named Tippenhauer, Is at
pres emit Interested.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-22

the abssnos OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ID,
Libby, In Boston.
Mrs. Harry Taylor. who has been so ne
versiy III for some weeks past, has so far
recovered az 10 be able 10 sic up part OF
the day.
Mr.. Edward Palmer has severed his po-
sition with E. l.. Sargent aud will enter
the hat factory In Portland. Mr.. L. J.
Whitney has taken Mr.. Palmer's place in
the store.
The funeral services of the late Miss
Gertrude Longley took place on Wednes-
day at Q o'clock from her late homo on
Elm street. The service was most
solemn one. The SD Psalm was Rad by
Rev. Frank W. Smith, "a fav,rite Psaim
Of the decsassd). Prayer was offered By
Rev. John II. Roberts and q most COM
forting message was taken from the
words: "Coms unto me. all 70 that ere
weary and / will give you rest" Mr..
smith spoke Of the one who has stepped
out Of our lives, In u tender and impress
sivs manner that brought comfort to all.
Tbs patient sufferer Is st rest. Music
was furnished BY Mira J. v. Knapp al d
Mrs.. W. II. Worth. Tbs SONGS "Jssu g.
Savior Pilos Me-" and "Gath ering
Home" were sung. The large number
OF friends present. and the host Of flowers,
the toiiin being literally buried with
lovely blossoms, testified TO the love In
which the dead girl vi Q held. her sweet
disposition and plosssnt, genial nasrre
endearing her to all. The pail Gear re-
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-22
PLEAS ANTDALE.

Mr.. Charles ii. Taylor, Evans street,
is under the care of DR.. Lombard. suffer-
ing from tonsilitis.
Mr.. Harry p. 3 mall and MIR. Arthur
W. Robinson of Tufts college are at their
homes In this city. for the Christmas
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wellman OF Rochester,
n. H., are at the home Of MIR. and Mrs.
Preston Longley. Elm street. called By
the death Of their niece. Miss Gertrude
A. Longley.
Miss Jennie Roberts of Bowery Beach
has been spending few days with her
friend, Mics Sadie Worth. on Evans
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frsd Morse have re-
turned to their home In Dorchester, Mass
after visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hamilton, Elm street.
Mrs. James &c Hayes is entertaining
her sister. Mrs. Leroy jackson of Cali
fornis, for the winter months.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles n. Libby have
been spending n short time with Master
Seth Emerson and Miss Helen Maud
Libby on Gray street. Portland, during
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-22
GORHAM.

The preliminary examinations OF the
winter class of the Gorham Normal
school were largely attended yesterday az
ternoon. The class was examined In
teaohing exercises and the large number
Of citizens who were present found thess
exerci SEES to be Of unusual interest. The
dumb bell drill was especially enjoyed.
Among the trustees Of the school who are
in town In attendance at the final gradu-
alton Exercises which occur to-day are
Prot q. A Roberts of Augusta and
Hon. w. ]. Knowlton of Portland. Ex-
Gov. Robis and Mr.. George Griffin were
interested spectators of the exercises yes
terday afternoon The final graduation
exercises will oo,ur at Normal hall this
morning at nine O'Clock and the public
are cordially invited to attend.
s. p. johnson and wife, Charles Coffin
and wife, Miss Matte Cressey, Mrs.
Elmer Black and Mira. Martha Harmon
were the representatives of the Gorham
Grange at the annual convention at Au-
gusta.
MIR. L. S. Boothby and Mrs. Leroy 8.
Pike of Cornish are In attendance on the
graduation exercises OF the Normal
school.
The young people Of the Methodist
church will give an old folks concert at
the church on Washington's birthday.
The musical programme viii be under the
direction of the Rev. Mr.. Cashmere.
News was received here yesterday after.
noon thar Oscar Libby of Gorham had
been seriously injured at the Robinson
mill at South Windham. No particulars
Of the accident could be isSsned.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-22
REBELLION ENDED.

Washington, December 21.-The at
tempt at revolution In Guatemala has
come to an end according to advioes to
the state department from United States
Minister Hunter. He cables that on the
14th inst. the retels seized the town Of
Tacoma near the Mexican boundary. The
government troops soon surrounded the
place and captured nearly all of the in
surgents, bringing the revolution to q
sudden termination.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-22
MORRILLS.

Mr.. J. X. Cobb Of Morrills. the grocer
has received handsome soarf p n from
his son-in-lnw. Caps Clark Of the sohoon-
tr Alice ID. CLARK. The scarf pin Ia made
OF n solid gold nugget.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-22
MrscELLANEoUs.
MrsCELLAvE0Us.
HOLIDAY HINTS.

The ideal Gift for Christmas Is one
that combines beauty and utility. In
few things can these qualities be better
represented than In House Coat or
Smoking Jacket. We call speciaI
attention to our large assortment this
season, for variety, style and quality tho
line is far superior to any that We have
ever shown. We carry sizes in stock
from "a to 40. Elegant things in Bath
Wraps. Neckwear, Gloves, Dress Suit
Muffiers, silk Umbrellas. Canes, Cuff
Buttons, Scarf Pins, Dress Suit Cases,
and many other serviceable articles can
be found in our stock suitable for
presents for men.
Call In and look over our goods when
you are doing your Christmas shopping
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-22

There was a meeting OF Willard Hose
company No. 9, at its house "Wednesday
evening. Among other business, 1t was
voted that the company take immediate
steps TO procure large fire hook and line
for use nc tires. A COMMITTEES was ap-
poiItsd to wait upon the mayor with a
request that crtA in numbers Of tiremen
DO appointed as special police to act a.
tires. by protecting property from need
less destruction and from theft by out
siders In cases Of fire.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-22
SCHOOL CoMMITTEE.

The Decem Der meeting of the Westbrook
school committee was held last evening.
Committeeman Huard, Witham and
Carleton were absent.
The matter of electing an assistant
teacher for the High school to MI the
vacancy caused by the resignation Of Miss
Maud II. dudley, Was deferred until the
end OF the school year. June, 1900.
The superintendent and chairman Of
che board were authorized to provide .
substitute until teacher Is elected.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
VIII Take an Outinc.

The plumbers unions of the Twin Cities
will picnic at Russell Beach, Saturday.
At a meeting of a joint committee of the
two unions last evening the following
programme of eighteen events was de-
cided upon:
Baseball match between St. Paul and
Minneapolis plumbers.
100-yard dash, members only.
Digging contest, for plumbers labor
ers.
Master plumbers race.
T. Ladies race.
Sack race, fifty yards.
100-yard dash.
Running broad Jump.
Girls race.
Bear race for boys.
Three-legged race.
. Egg race for ladies.
Hop, skip and jump.
Heel and toe walking contest.
Fat mems race, 200 pounds and over.
Seventy-five-yard dash for boys I'M
der IA.
Arrangement committees handicap
race.
Waiting contest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26

9 formation OF crystal yock. Through
pIcH ot tie piping there y less than 4
na1f snoh channel through the center. Ssy-
ing very small stream Of ysteft T4e
new water plant, and after dIsoussinR
several plans which were, submitted Il
well.
Inc board also has at ats disposal s
n1eo appropriation for repairs, and with
THIS money itswill build new heating
plant to serve cottage No. and the hos
PitaI, The present plant-is not gundcient
Tor all tho buildings The board 0uthoriz-
co the drawing OF plans and specifications
1or a new boiler house and boiler to cost
less than $1,000. g
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
DANES LAST WEEK.
Minnesota State Band Follows Next
Sunday Afternoon.


Como park in it's entire history has
never entertained with it's manifold
beauties so many visitors as the present
summer. A large portion of this increase
of attendance is possibly due to the fact
that there has been goodly supply of
excellent band music. The engagement
of Prof. Danz the present week, which is
his last for a short time, has proven one
of the most successful concert series
that Prof. Danz has ever directed at this
resort. Each evening sees frequent en-
cores of the various selections testifying
to the excellent merit Of the members Of
his musical organization
Commencing next Sunday afternoon
the Minnesota State band, fresh from it's
big success at the encampment of the
Fourth regiment, Will return to Como
park for an engagement, which
Prof. Selling promises to make the most
pretentious of the summer season. The
following presents the program for this
evening:
March, Gate City; overture, Der
lin; fantasia, 1.-The Colored Wedding" !;
waltz, "Calve"; selection, 1.-THE Winner !;
intermission; march, Brigade" medley,
1.-THE Best; patrol, American; selec-
ton, Sweet Innescarra"; galop, Fly
aWaV"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26

been reissuing beer stamps, or, rather,
number of the concerns have been doing
so. I must decline to give the names,
but there are seven or eight in the state
that have been violating the law.
When the war revenue went into eff
feet, raising the tax on beer from 81 to
81 per barrel, it was a great temptation
to the smaller brewers who were forced
into competition with the larger concerns
AS regards bottled beer, the law requires
that the beer must be taken from a
stamped barrel In a number of instances
1t has been discovered that beer has been
bottled out of unstampad barrels In
these cases compromises have been eff
fected by the government agent
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
DECIDED SUCCESS,
Says Commissioner McHaIe Regard
ing National Labor Convention.

Labor Commissioner McHale returned
yesterday from Augusta, Me-, where he
attended the national convention of Ia
Dor commissioners. Mr.. McHale reports
the gathering a decided success, both
from attendance and the discussions OF
interest to all engaged in statistical
work
The delegates were entertained by DR..
John F. Hill and his wife in the old
Blaine mansion and received very cor
dial treatment from the citizens of Au-
gusta during their stay.
The various phases which the trust
question is assuming was discussed
somewhat literally, as it related to the
employment Of labor. One of the feat
ures of the convention was the attend
ance Of ex-United States Senator J. w.
Bradbury, who, at 81 years of age, is
still hale and hearty He also par
ticipated in the discussion of monopolies.
Mr.. Bradbury was a contemporary of
Clay, Calhoun and Webster. Mr.. Nc
Hale says the weather has been exces.
sively hot In the East
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
IN lABOR'S
........FHEa.D

Prominent members of the building
trades council are authority for the state
ment that the bricklayers, carpenters,
fathers, stonemasons and plasterers are
nearly all employed at the present time
and that the indications are that the pres
ent situation will not change until late
in the fall. OF course 1t is expected there
viii be a reaction in the latter part of
October, or the first of November, but the
conditions have been so much better this
year than they were last that the mem
bers of the several trades under the
jurisdiction of the building trades council
ere not worrying about the future.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
Globe 7-2s-'so.

crop in the United States to be ESQ, OOO 600
bushels for this year, and should it meet
his expectations, 1t will be the largest
ever recorded. with the single exception
of the crop Of 1895, which footed I'D some
thing like 100000. 600 bushels
According to Mr.. Hall, the early crop in
the middle belt of states. such as Mis-
souri,, Illinois and Kansas is unusually
large and the prospects for the fall crop
are such as to warrant the belief that
prices will fall below the average.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
VITAL STATISTICS.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.


MARRIAGE LICENSES.
George Eckenauer Louisa linn.
Louis DANES, Florence Ward.
Gustave Paetz, Auguste Krutsche.
John Zehret, Theresa Mitchell.
Charles w. Collins, Carrie Swenson.
BIRTHS.
Mrs. Charly Edstrom, girl.
Mrs. Joseph Holmes, SIS Van Buren,, boy.
Mrs. Amos Sicily, 535 Forest, boy.
Mrs. John Lagerman, 12S E. Cook girl.
Mrs. o. II. Pritchard, 81 S. Robert, boy.
Mrs. William Young, 464 Webster, girl.
Mrs. Frank Kadada, 407 Michigan, boy.
Mrs Emil Kroemer, 500 Rice, boy.
Mrs. George Tuchner, 1913 Marion, boy.
DEATHS.
Baby Mcdowell, hrs, city hospital.
William Kickerer, 81 yrs, 1875 Euclid.
Julia Holmes, 81 yrs, Ala Edmund.
William O'Leary, Il yrs, 1863 e. Seventh st.
Mrs. O'Shea "a yrs, St. Joseph's hospital.
Baby Mcneil, 3 hrs. 5S6 Mississippi
Baby Kadada, 407 Michigan.
D. Erbe, 40 yrs, city and county hospital.
Francis Stead, 10 mos. 413 Summit place.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
REPAIRS FOR SOLDIERS, HOME.
Board Meets and Agrees to Spend
Some Money.

The soldiers home board met yesterday
afternoon at the state house and made ar
rangements to spend the appropriations
made by the last legislature for improve
ment. The following members of the
board were present: President s. H. Tow
Ter, DR.. O. s. Pine, c. f. Mcdonald. ].
R. Parshall and G. W. Lavaque.
A contract was let for the boring Of an
artesian well 700 feet deep to furnish the
water supply for the home. Since the
buildings were first put up at Minnehaha.
park the institution has been supplied
with water from two wells, but these
have long since become Inadequate to
serve the purpose for which they were In
tended. The piping which connects the
yarionus cottages has become lined with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26

FOR ATHLETES, AND ALL OTHERS
interested in athletics, cycling, golf. ten
MS, riding, sparring, or any sport, a bath
with Cuticura Soap is one of the luxuries
OF modern civilization. 1t cleanses, puri
fes, and beauties the skin, scalp, and
hair, soothes and prevents chatting, Itch
Ing irritation, and Inflammation, and
when followed by gentle amounting with
Cuticura, the great skin cure and purest
Of emollients, proves most grateful in re-
lieving and Strengthening tired, famed.
sprained, and painful muscles.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
WILL WEIGH GRAIN.
List of Men Appointed by Railroad
and WarehOuse Commission.

List of Men Appointed by Ra1lrOau
and Warehouse Commission.
On the recommendation of Gov. Lind
the state railroad and warehouse commits
sion has made, and yesterday announced,
thirty or more appointments as assistant
we1ghers of grain to serve at Minneapo-
lis and Duluth. The appointments are
effective Aug. l.
The new appointees are as follows:
To Serve at Duluth-W H. Groffe. Nor
ris ORourke, ]. T. Dunphy, M. Hoffa,
II. P. Jeckell, J. Zimmerman, e. o.
Lundgren, Amedee Bainsonneault, L.
Christensen, James Murray, Andrew Nc
Cormick. All are residents of Duluth.
For the Minneapolis station:
FromSSt. Paul-P. R. Mcdonald.
Alien a0ni FL e schneckenSe berger Nick
O'Connor, Ralph Reese, J. Phillips, Alex
ander Miller, L. A. Wyberg, Daniel Shore,
Alloys Mantell, Otto Peterson, Nels Sun
deem, Ferdinand Johnson, B. S. Cav, Au-
gust Schaper, George r, Lawrence, ]. G.
Gubbins.
From Chaska-L. K. Sexton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
Cnrpenters Growing.

A. G. Branlund, John Powers, Otto
Lutt, ]. Shauler, Axel Olson, Ed Erick-
son, Joseph MCGEE, Fred w. Harrington
and Charles Lesman took the obligation
of the carpenters union last evening;
trade brisk, with all members of the
union at work. A committee Of three,
Seth Walton, A. J. Metzger and Frank
forms, badges, ETC., for the Labor day
parade. Gus Elmquist was elected trus-
tee vice John Dawson and Victor Ander.
son a delegate to the trades and labor as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
COMES AFTER BALDWIN.
Buffalo Detective Wants the Young
Man to Return to Buffalo.

Detective Sergeant John J. Gearey. of
Buffalo, N. Y, arrived in the city last
evening to secure the return to Buff
falo of F. H. Baldwin, the youth who
gave himself up to the local police Sun
day, admitting the theft of $3.50. Baldwin
says he took the money from a former
employer. The Buffalo authorities spent
some time looking for Baldwin and ex
pressed satisfaction that the young fell
low had finally been rounded up. De-
tective Gearey says he will take Baldwin
back today If the young fellow will go
without papers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
Two WIN. for Probate.

Judge Bazille has admitted to probate
the wills of Mary E. Kelly, wife of Pat
rick H. Kelly, and Samuel Sternberg. The
former estate is valued at $50, 900, of which
$4,000 is in personal property, The heirs
Sternberg estate is valued at $27, 200, and
is bequeathed in Its entirety to the
widow
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26

The executive committee of the trades
and labor assembly last evening consid-
cred a grievance of the coopers' union
against the Northwestern Vinegar Works
company, which company, a representa-
tive of the coopers claimed secures its
material from Chicago. The committee
will recommend that a conference be
held by representatives of the union and
company, to see if an amicable settle
ment cannot be brought about.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
ILLEGAL BEER STAMP.
Collector Mccoy Looking Into Al
legged Brewery Frauds

Internal Revenue Collector Mccoy has
been in Minnesota for several months
and during that time has collected sever
al thousand dollars in fines and back tax
es from brewers throughout the state, az
result of systematic attempt to de-
fraud the government, In reference to
tbs matter Deputy Revenue Collector
Vars said yesterday:
1.-THE trouble is that the breweries have