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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-03
IRON PRODUCTION.
Big Increase Looked For-The Uneasiness
of Labor. =.

The Iron Age says
"The business and scarcity of labor
is one of the most serious phases of the
present situation. The slightest pre-
text is apparently seized upon for an
opportunity to strike. Such disturb
ances have their immediate effect in
throwing the whole line of industries
out of gear, so closely dependent upon
work to full capacity is each link of
the chain.
The lake situation seems to cause
most uneasiness and it looks as though
estimates of the probable tonnage to
be brought to market before the close
of navigation will have to undergo re-
vision. That this has been anticipated
by some of the large interests, is indi-
Gated by the reports that arrangements
have been made to haul large quanti-
ties of Lake Superior ore to the fur
naces by rail during the whole win
ter.
1T is somewhat difficult to Judge of
the demand. A good many of the
urgent requirements which come UP
are really to cover material purchased
from but not delivered by other MAX
ers
The development of the pig iron pro-
ductton has been, as was predicted,
very much slower than the sanguine
were willing to admit But while that
was true the first half of 1899, it will
certainly not be during the second
half.
Furnaces to make foundry iron are
blowing right and left, and there will
be notable increase in this direction.
Ihe majority of them, it is true, are
sold ahead but any disturbance of con-
SUMPTION would be quickly felt.
The shortage of pig iron is most
serious in Bessemer pig and it is re-
ported that one large interest has been
drawing steadily on its emergency
stocks, and may be soon forced to sup
plement its own supply by purchases in
the open market.
There is very little doing In steel,
although very stiff prices are paid for
small lots for early guaranteed deliv-
cry. A second eastern steel plant has
taken large order for steel wire bill
let's for delivery during the current
year.
I'm the west and east the demand
for bars, shapes, bands, hoops, ETC.,
continues heavy. Car builders have
placed some good orders, and season
contracts from the agricultural imple-
ment makers are coming in. The
structural mills are under heavy
pressure, and the plate mills continue
Swamped.
The wire industry is reported to be
quiet, so far as new business is con-
cerned. This is usually the off sea-
son.
The European markets seem on the
crest of as extraordinary a rise as our
own. In England buyers seem now to
be holding off. From the continent a
continuous stream of inquiries is still
coming, but little is being actually put
through"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-03
A Wheat Talk.

Are you interested in wheat? Do you
know how low the price of wheat is when
compared with commodities? Two years
ago corn was as low as 10 cents; now il
is above so cents. Two years ago oats
were IA cents, now they are 20 cents.
Pork at that time went to IS 30, and now,
after a big yellow fever break, it is So. 90
higher In fact. everything has almost
doubled in price EXCEPT WHEAT,
which is now selling at about the same
prices as two years ago. 1t must go
wheat the last time ii was selling at
these prices and now
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-03
TIE COTTON MARKrr

New York, Aug. 2.-cotton futures
closer steady Aug, 5.5l; Sept, 5.56; Oct
55.S9; Nov, pa; Dec, SIS; JAM s. S2; Feb,
G 1 March' O.Ss; April, 5-92 May, 500;
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-03

Strictly vegetable and strictly tr,ie, no
mercury In
cARTER's LITTLE LIVER PILLS.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-21
ENGLISH SUBJECT SHOT.

London, March 20.-In the House Of
Commons today the Hon. Philip james
Stanhope, liberal, president Of the Ma
tional Reformation, asked If Her MaJss-
ty's government had received a report OF
the iamentahle occurrence at Manila
when British SUI jscU named simpson
had, unfortunately, been killed, whether
the government was aware that Slmp-
sons family was partially dependent up
ON him and whether the government
would endeavor to obtain pecuniary COM
psusation for his family by friendly rep
reprasentations 70 the government OF
the United States.
The parliamentary secretary of the
foreign office. lit. Hon. William St. john
Broderick. replied that tho mail de-
spatches with details OF tho affair, could
not be received before April, and that
with insufficient information on the
subject it was useless to make represeE-
tations to tho United States government
for compensation.
Simpson was connected with the An
drews cotton mill and was accidentally
shot during the battle of Manila en- Feb
ruary %, while looking out OF tho win
dow of Inill and, owing TO his white
clothing was mistaken for n Filipino.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-21
teoINTo THE H.RBoR.
End of Cable and Key Found i'm Fuerzs
Prison.

Havana, March 20.-Capt. L. Ia
Houston Of the volunteer engineers was
today questioned by correspondent OF
the Associated Press on the subject OF the
story printed BY local newspaper at
Cincinnati. Ohio. saying that the loca-
tion of the key board by which the United
States battleship Maine was blown up In
Havana hnrbor February Is. 1898, had
been found by him in the gun room In
the Fuerza prison, while engaged In
cleaning out the Notifications.
Tbs captain said that the use OF his
namo In this connection was not au-
thorized. He showed the correspondent q
cable with several wires running into the
harbor at Fuerza prison opposite Cabanas
fortress One wire was connected with a
disused telesraphic instrument in
neighboring building. Though the cable
has not been investigated by the United
States engineers the supposition is that
i i; runs to Cabanas ncross the hnrbor and
has been used for tslegrnphipg. There IL
q remote chance that the wires In the
cable were connected with mines or
torpedoes; but there Is no indication that
1t IL had any thing to do with blowing up
the Maine The end of the cable Is stioE-
ing out of the Fuerza prison and has been
seen by tourists for weeks past. Many
soldiers have also seen the cable aud
many lave expressed the belief that 1t
WAS used to blew up the Maine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-21
DEMOCRATIC CITY COUNCIL.
Result Of the Election Yesterday in
Oldtown.

Bangor, March 20.-The Democrats
elected their candidates In three out Of
i've wards In the Old Town municipal
election today which Will give them con-
troll of this city government Mayor
Weeks Republican, was the only candi-
date for mayor and he received full
party vote. A quietar election has never
been held in Old Town and less than one
half the registered vote was cast.
The Democrats elected the following
. Id ermen:
Martini sedham and Jules Souoy In
Ward /; Ebsp Z. Hartwsll and l.. NJ.
Fortisr in Ward 2; and Fred j. Folsom
and George Sorman in Ward 5. The Re.
publican members are: Leslie Buzzell and
Charles q. Davis In Ward g. and Geo rye
f. Cathcart and G. W. Lowell in Ward 4.
| As the mayor appoints the city clerk
marshal and attorney there will not be
any change in the city ofaoials except In
some minor positions. The official count
of the returns win not b made until
Tuesday night.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-21
THE WEATHER

Boston, March 2o.-Forecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity for Tuesday: Fair
weather, but with increasing cloudiness,
probably followed by snow in the after
noon or night, changing to rain; slowly
rising temperature during Tuesday
night or Wednesday morning; west
winds diminishing and shifting to east
ery in the afternoon, and probably be-
coming brisk to high during the night.
Washington. March 20.-Forecast for
Tuesday for New England and Eastern
New York: Fair: brisk northerly winds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-21
SMALL POX RIOTS.
Several People Shot and Troops Were
Called Out.

Laredo, Tex, March o0.-The crisis In
the disturbance here over the carrying
out of the state health officers regula-
tlons in suppressing the small pox cpl
demic seems to be passed. When the work
of removing the patients was resumed
this morning the scenes of yesterday were
repeated. Capt. Rogers OF the state rang
ers, and four assistants, attempted to dis
perse the crowd, but were fired upon and
Capt. Rogers received bullet in the
left shoulder. The rangers returned the
fire, killing Agapito Herrera, an expo
liceman, who was leading the rioters and
another Mexican and wounding sister
of Herrera. who had fired at the officers
from the window of a house. Several
other Mexicans were wounded, but the
number cannot yet be ascertained as they
escaped. Dozens of persons report see-
ing wounded men.
The shooting was followed by scatter
ing shots in the Mexican quarter and
they were construed as pre-arranged sig
nails by the rioters for reinforcements.
DR.. Blunt had notifiad Capt Ayers in
command at Fort Mcintosh, that the
United States troops were needed and at
IL i5 q. M, . QetacnucDU OF the lUbu cav
airy, mounted and fully armed, with 100
rounds of ammunition each, arrived at
the market place. City Marshal Bartho-
lomew was sworn in as an officer and un-
der his direction the crowds were quickly
dispersed. The leader of the first crowd
encountered by the military undertook
10 talk instead of obeying orders to
clear and he was knocked down with
the butt of u carbine and SO badly hurt
that he soon died His followers fed.
A Gatling gun and an ambulance corps
accompanied the cavalrymen. All places
Of business were closed. The placing OF
the Gatling gun in u position to rake u
street would quickly clear that thorough
fare from end to end. Platoons of troop
ers circulated through the disturbed dis
trict and scattered the crowds gathered on
the cross streets.
While several hundred Mexicans driven
out cf the disturbed district were hiding
under the river bank a strong detachment
of Mexican cavalry deployed on tho south
side of tho Rio Grande.
The city being qEieJed the Work or the
health ofdcars was again taken up wits a
guard of cavalry with eaoh wagon under
orders from Capt Ayers that II anybody
attacked 1t in any way, tho Mexlean
officers or themselves to SHOOT to kill.
The chances of serious troubls ssem
about over.
Capt Rogers was shot from behind. the
ball entering the shoulder joint. The
wound may be serious.
Twenty live rangers have been sworr in
an ara doing guard duty at the posts
and detention hospitals.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-21
on JEkYL ISLAND.
President and Speaker Reed Greet
Each Other.
THE MEETING SAID TO BE MERE
COINCIDENCE.

both Are Expected TO Leave the Islam
yyednesday--Mr. Reed Was at the
wharf When the Presidential
Party Arrived.
Brunswick, Ga., March GO. President
Mckinley rests tonight on Jekyl island.
the club home of number OF eastern
millionsires on st. Simon's Sound, ten
miles up the coast from Brunswick.
With him are Mrs. Mckinley, Vice
President and Mrs Hobart and Senator
Hanna. They are the euests OF ex-Secre.
tary of the Interior Cornelius. n. Bliss.
At another cottage on the same island
is Speaker Thomas 3. Reed. All persons
in anyway concerned in their presence. at
Jekyl assert positively and unreserved,y
that the visit of the owo rival politicians
at the same time ia n mere confidence,
whether any Improvement Of their
strained political relations will be one Of
the accidents OF their meeting on the
island no one viii predict. The Speaker
probably will leave Jekyl tomorrow after
noon or Wednesday forenoon. The run Of
the Presidential train from Thomasyule
over the Plant system was without Incl
dent
a committee from the Jekyl island club
comprising ex-Secretary Bliss, Mr.. Thos.
Nelson Page. MIR. j. A. Scrymser and
Mr. Joseph Stickney of Philadelphia well
coined the President and assisted by
Mayor Atkinson and former Mayor
Crovatt escorted him to Jekyl island.
The President was greeted WITH few
cheers which he acknowledged by lifting
his hat when he emerged from the train
and assisted Mrs. Mckinley to the carri-
age which took them to the revenue
cutter Colfax. Another yolley of cheers
broke forth a.. the boat cast off..and started
on the ten mile river and sound trip to
Jekyl. Speaker Reed. some club mem
bers and q score of pretty girls were No
the water's edge to greet the residential
party when It arrived at The island.
When the President walked ashore MIR.
Reed smi lingly raised his hat ana said,
"How do you do Mr.. President.
MIR. Mckinley acknowledged the greet
ing with a low bow and said,' "How do
you do Mr.. Speaker.
The President and Mrs. Mckinley
entered a carriage and moved away and
che Speaker strolled on. Late in the
afternoon the President and Vice PresI-
dent went out driving.
The President and party are quartered
in Europe travelling.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-21
soo,ss FOUND IN RUINS.
Aslsf aJoseph HaWorth Has Turned Up
All RisAt.

Sew York, March 2O.-The skeleton Of
. ytuein of the Windsor hotel fiys was
found this morning on the 4cta street
side.
9Ae remains were In suoh . condition
that 1t was impossible to tell whether
they ware those of . man or q woman.
The body was found tan feet from the
sidewalk and 20 feet from the rear OF the
building
A human foot with nearly all the flesh
stiu on 1t was discovered at the sams
time. - - .s.s.... fsy-.4 81
~ sselpek- the huspsd u >boaes of .
human log 20 badly charrSd that it oo0ld
not betoia wh4sher 10 was that of male
Jennie Maokenna, reported mfsslng. ID
at the homo OF her sister in Richmond
Hill, LII. Her hands were slightly
burned.
Some clothing, jswslly and small
articles were found in the debris dusang
the morning. The work was chiefly
directed to the Firth avenue side Of the
heap of ruins.
Joseph Haworth, the actor, reported
missing and thought TO be . victfm Of
the Windor bossl tire, Is at IS Fulton
strsst, Wakefield. Bronx borough. New
York. He Is stopping there with Dr..
Moore.
Nj. HAworth reached Wakefield yestsr
day.
A large mum Der Of articlsI were found
during the day. The two bodies found
today bring the total number known dead
up to IL. Besides these at least six psr
sons were seen TO jump from roof and
windows while the hotel was burning, Of
whose bodies NO trace has yet been found.
Several Of the persons hitherto reported
missing were found to b. aafe today. The
present liat of missing numbers ~ This
however, takss into account but few Of
the 200 servants Of the hotel.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-21

. serious wound. He manags1 70 est out
sioe the front door aid alarmed the
neigh bors before ho became unc0noelous.
when the; police and nsi0nbeye entsred
10 houee thGys foand 01e xlace In Q
bsdfosm In whleA. Gas ives eeUapinG, snd
she Vas shemming unconsslousheee. Nc.
piacs recovered Consciousness. end sAio
bis wife bad tried to murder him, ana
the woman was arrested, after they bot1
RAG been taken 10 hospital.
!ns motive for tho woman's crime was
JeesPusy Of her stepdaughter.
Rlsces first wife died six or seven years
$50, and about IS months afterward he
engaged the woman who became his eec-
ond wife, to act - his housskecpef.. Der
maiden, name was Garretson, but she had
ueen married to . man named Savacoll.
nov dead. As long ~ she was. house.
Keeper It 10 said she was extremely KIND
- Places daughter Ids, but abe bscaTue
quite different person when Place mar
risd her. -
/. She was possessed Of AN uusovsrnAble
te1nper which led to frequent qsnrrels
With Ida, and Mrs. Plnce was .ve:y much
embIttersd bssanss her husband took ths
Young womsn'a part Another cause
Tor family btekming was PLACES refusai
TO have hts vifs's adopted son 1--we with
than. The woman was much interior 70
~ husband and stepdaughtsr In edu-
friends Of Mr.. plaee had cut his erquain-
topce on accnNts nf his marriaee 70 the
Fvoznan. Mla6 Place wise popular Win
families IN the neighborhood hnc
tA1B also mads this stspmother Jealous.
Mrs. Placs's story OF tho crime WAS thar
She had thrown csrbolio acid In her step
dAuy fnce during one OF thoir guar.
reis. and thsn got the AKA to defend her,
se1f from an attack by her daughter. but
10 came out during the trial that she had
made preparations for flight and had
written 10 her brother that she would 60
70 him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-21
GREETED MAINE VETS.
General Miles Visited Boston
Yesterday.
ATTENDED MEETING MAINE yETE-
RAMS ASSOCIATION.

Gov. Powers Among Those To BE Pre-
sensesi-- The Governor Makes an Ad-
dress I'm which lie susgests That
This Country win Not submit to
Aay Savage or Horde ofsavassss
Boston, March 2o.-Maior General Nell
son A. Miles. accompanied by Mrs. Miles,
and . member Of his personal star, ar
rived from New York this afternoon and
will remsin In this city for two or three
Days. He was met at the Park square
station by Adjutant General Dalton and
escorted to the Hotel Somerset where he
will reside during his stay in this city.
Previous to dining with Gov. WoIcott,
Cen. Miles was driven to the American
the Maine Veterans association.
The principal event of the meeting OF
tho Maine Veteran association tonight
was the presepcs for short time Of Ma
jor General Nelson A. Miles Many oil
the company served under Ger. Miles
and he was greeted with enthusiasm.
The mem bers Of the association and their
wives, sons and daughters were presented
by President Small, and Gen. Miles had
. pleasant word for each and many one
he asked: What rsgimsnt?"
Gov. Powers Of Maine. who arrived late,
was one Of the last to be presented, and
after hearty sresting, ne said to the
General:
"This Is not my bailiwiok. General, but
Ala glad 10 be here because thess are
my Maine veterans" To which the
General responded that he was also glad
to b here to greet such veterans.
OwinR to other engagements the Gen
sral was forced TO leave early, but he
was chesse,d o. he left the banquet hall
Gov. Powers IN his remarks, said:
~ am always glad to meet and greet
men who fought the greatest war the
world has ever seen. 1t was by youl
tftulnphs alone that not one star was
ef9aoed from our flag. The shadows o1
your lives have begun to fall on the otheI
eide, but your noble deeds are engraved
on tho hearts of those who will come
after you. believe we may declare
that knowledge Is to triumph ovel
ignorance; justice over tyranny. W.
win not shirk our responsibility. VIZ
will NOT submit TO the dictation OF any
asvsgs,. or horde of savaRes.
Remarks were also made by Rev. S.H.
HShliln. Cpl. W. @. Plummer Of Dakota
and Col. W. G. Noroross of the Union
Veterans Union.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-21
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and benedci
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in TIE form most refreshing to the
taste ana cceptable to the system. II
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually
dispelling colds, headaches and levers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per
.inanently Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
. stance. and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
. laxative.
In the process of manufacturing tgs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste. but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE KY NEW YORK. N. Y.
For sale by all Druggists.-Price SOC. per bottle,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-21
THE sARDINE TRUST.
And Talk with n RepI Iesentative OF the
Standard Company.

Eastport, March 20.-Almost everyone
in Eastport now believes that the long
talked Of sardine trust is practically
formed, although IL will take at least 30
days more to complete the work. Ills
said that go 0OO has been deposited in
the Frontier National bank as forfeit
In case the plans would fall to go
through. The whole town appears un.
easy.
with capitalists. lawyers, typewriters and
factory owners. who are interested in the
scheme. the stores and street corners were
crowded with interested laborers and
weir owners busily engaged discussing
the probable outcome. A great many
among the laboring class believe that
tho trust will be q death blow to the
working men, while others are just as
sure that 1t will BE- great benefit to
every body. Tho promoters Of the first
trust claim to have options along the
coast, while the new syndicate. the STAN
dard Sardins company, lately incorporat-
ed under the laws of Maine and capitalized
at five millions Of dollars, is said to be
gaining strength.
Julius Wolff and George Burnhain, Jr. !,
Of Burnham & Morrill, of Portland, were
seen by q reporter Wednesday while en-
route to Eastport. When asked Il the
syndicate would go through. Mr.. Wolff
said: II don't know a thing about 1t,
only / have heard 1t said that the promo.
ta., .sbaN for an dava p,ora n m tha options
However. 1t makes no difference TO us
whether 1t does or not. We are Interested
In the Standard, We have already l3
factories and We Intend to double the
capacity of every one OF them and build
ten more new ones and have them ready
for work with the opening of the sardine
season. We do not consider the Ameri-
can Sardine company any conpetitors Of
ours, and have nothing to do with them
whatever. We manufacture an entirely
different article.
"Our process Is nearer to the French
process with top rolled keys. We can
double the capacity Of all our factories
and we don't need any canning machin-
cry, oil We have to do being to put in u
new oven in each factory. With the ls
factories doubled in this way and the
ten new ones we are building. the entire
plant will give us from eight hundred
thousand to one million cases per season.
"Our present visit here is for the pur'
pose OF selecting suitable places to put
up new factories. We shall go to work
at once. We Will make our headquarters
at Lubeo. so that We won't oomeincon.
tact with the Ametioan Sardine con-
pAny. The machinery already ordered
FLOR making the cans costs over el09. COO
Thscs factories will be at Lubec.
I'VE havs already taken orders for our
Frsneh kind of goods. to be delivered as
soon as packed. The largest wholesale
hopses IN the city Of New York and other
oities are stockholders In our company. +"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-21
Local Weather Report,

Portland, March 20.-The local
weather bureau records as to the weather
are as follows:
Sa. m. barometer, 29.269; thermome,
tsr, 2s o. dew point. 20; humidity, 10;
wind. W; velocity, 8; state Of weather,
clear
m.-Barometer, 20. 720; thermome.
ter, %, dew point. 10; humidity, 80;
direction, W: velocity, l2; state Of
weather, clear.
Maximum temperature, 81; minimum
temperature. 20; mean temperature
81; maximum wind velocity, "a N;
precipitation .03.