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The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

An aged contributor TO the Bruins.
wick Telegraph recalls that enc morning,
rs years ago, he was hunting for pigeons,
which were then very plentiful on the
Brunswick plains. Hearing distar
voice. as of a man preaching he wasduloy-
ing in that direction when he came upon
four students con cealed behind some
bushes, while u fifth at some distance
was practising his port for coming ex
hibition. The orator was Calvin E. stowe
afterwards the well-known professoy anu
husband OF the author of Uncle Ton b
Cabin
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

A reader of the PRESS, MIR. L. q
Waite, carreots the statement of Hcdue
day morning in regard to the terms oi
Maine mayors. He says that Mayo Beat
of Bangor, served but six terms, having
teen defeated in 1895 for one term H.
also says that Mayor Levi Cutter OF Port
land served seven years. An inspection
Of the records shows that this l. So.
Mayor Cutter served from 1884 u 1870
inclusive, or seven terms In his last
election there was no choice OIL either OF
the two trials, and Mr.. Cutter was elected
by the city council.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23
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The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

One trouble with the Hon. Richard
Olney as Democratic Presidential can
didats is that he is out of accord with
almost everything the Democratic party
has stood for since the Chicago conven-
tion. II g is opposed to free silver, while
the Democracy are in favor of it. He has
no sympat by with the soc'alistic planks
of the Chicago deliverance while the
Democracy have advocated them for four
years past. He is friend Of Mr.. Cleye-
land while one of the cardinal principles,
so to speak, of Democratic doctrine is that
the ex-President must be hated. Bowever,
perhaps these disagreements would
not absolutely prevent the acceptance Of
MIR. Olnsy as a candidate. The Dsmoc-
racy have on several occasions supported
men with whose views and records they
had no sympathy. But as long as the
Hon. William j. Bryan continues to elm g
to the back OF the Democracy there is
probably no chance for Mr.. Olney or any
other gold bug.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

The Rutland Railroad CompanY has
escapel ths two cent mileage law recent
~ passed by the Vermont legislature II
seems that when the road was chsitered
its charter provided that its rates ooald
not be reduced iy the state to such a
figure ss would prevent the company
from earning Il per cert upon ita capital.
On application to the Supreme Couft an
injunction was granted against the rail-
road commissioners on the ground that to
enforce the recent mileage act against the
company would be an unlawful violation
OF a charter which constituted con
tr,ct between the state and tho CON pany.
But the court went further and said that
even if tho rights under this chatter were
not preser Ted any attempt to reduce rates
SO THAI tho company could not earn for
Its stock holders at least per cent on the
preferred stock 1.-THE rate which 1t il nov
earning,) would result In the state's
taking away private property without due
process of law, ana that would be urGon-
stitutionaL If our legislature had passed
the mileage till some of the roads could
probably have escaped its operation n the
latter ground.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

The Hon. William j. Bryan in his let
ter to Perry Belmont declining to break
b cad and drink champagne with Croker
Il Co. says Jefferson stood for certain
well defined principles. That is doubt
less true. But the attempt to define them
Within recent years Las led toa great
were. We do not remember a
prominent Democratic statesman in
recent years who has not professed
TO stand on the principles of Jetfrson.
Bryan has been standing on them and SO
has Cleveland. in their own estimations,
and yet these two gentlemen have BEEN
rs far apart on ali vital questions as the
two poles.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

Representative James Il. Mellen, of the
Massachusetts Legislature, has been called
to order by the chair and may he disoi-
pinned for saying OF an op-
ponent argument that it was nonsense
buncombe and rot" The Speaker OBJ
5ects tn the word "ro:, which he charae-
terized as supplementary According
TO the Manual of Mr.. Jen rsoh the mt =
Der shall not use ''reviling, nilping or
unmannerly words against particular
mem ber." and by implication at least Mr..
Mellen's speech seems to I'LL the bill.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23
PE&SQI.4L
and loECULIL&.

Con Horace Porter, United STATE S
qr,ba. sador 10 Frnnce. declines to discuss
-i.., rumO- that he is to succeed Secretary
4 lsec IN the war department.
HON Joseph W. Bailey of Texas, is "a
s4uaidnto for the United States Senate
90 succsee senator Chiffon, whose term
e. pire5 in 1891.
Inror alton has been received
from Sierra Leone, on The west coast of
Africa, that two daughters of an Ameri-
..,1 ,y,iesinngrv are held 81 captivity by
f.eIuriyes OF the Menai district, lheir
p,fsats having been tortured anu killed.
:. HsuIy stearns, deputy secretary Of
state OF New Hampshire, was 1onnd in
his room Tuesday oyercpm ~ escaping
gas. He was trought back to conscious
ness and has now entirely recovered. The
accident is ascribrd 70 ,he fact that the
burner was out OF order.
la Germany many commit suicide by
ohro3qinG themselves in front of moving
railroad trains, Someone has collected
statistics Of such suicides, which show
rhat in the 10 years, 1871 Sc, there We're
l4,l, and in tho following ten years 1871,
William 1896 there were 2l1-thls III "a
uonuiation Of about $1,000 900.
The Committee on Fellowships OF tho
American School AZ Athens announces
the appointment of Miss Harriet A. Boyd.
at present student in Athens, 10 the
Agnes Hoppin Memorial Fellowship for
the wear 1859. 300. This fellowship is
opail to women graduates o. all Amtri-
colleges, ana includes SlogO ytnr'
The Emperor of Corea has caused 'en-
sation ly appearing in full uniform
cut in American fashion His aFten-
dants nave also been attired in Amerl-
can style The Emperor, 1t is stated. has
eut OIL ais tOpknot OF short queue, which
from time immomorial has adorned the
TOP of the Corean Emperor head.
According 10 statistics Just prepared by
TIE Railroad Gazette, there were during
the year 1895 IN this country 222s railroad
accidents, resulting IN tho death of 4s6
persons. OF whom 46 We're passengers and
B . were employees. During the year 6l6
pasa snaers reosived injuries and 1929 ON
pioyes were hart. In street. car aeoiuen Is
which numbered 1873, p persons were
KILLED and 31s were injured
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23
ADMINgsT RATREX's NOTICE

VHE subscriber hereby gives notice that she
L has been duly appointed Administrative
with the VIII annexed OF the estate OF
JOSEPH 5. WENTWORTH, late OF Baldwin
in the County of Cumberland. deceased. and
given bonds as the law dlrectS. All persons
having demands against the estate OF said de-
ceased are desired TO present The same for set
Element, and all indebted thereto are requested
TO make payment Immediately.
LUTHER ID. USHER.
Baldwin. March (, 1899 wky3wIi
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

When General Eagan gets back from
his vacation he will lind plenty of work
On hand. Since hs has teens gone
dozen or more persons have testified
that the canned roast beef was bad, and
TO call all these people liars according to
the Eagan method will prove long and
arduous task. Perhaps the work before
him may justify him in asking for an
allowance for nerve food,
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

1t may be. as religious contemporary
suggests, that our chief object in taking
possession of the Philippines Is to do the
Filipinos good. Still it is not strange
that our method Of doing them good up
to date has not made favorable impress
sion upon them.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

I'm the coming Republican convention
in the Second Congressional District
there Will be 800 delegates, on the basis Of
the last gubernatorial vote They will
be divided among the counties as follows
Androscoggip, 81; franklin, SO; KnoS
IS, Lincoln, 81 Oxford, 100; Sagadahoe
IL
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

Hon. Amos L. Allen OF Alfred has
promptly denied the authenticity Of an
alleged inJervlsw in which he was reprs.
scented as saying that Mr.. Reed would
NOT again be candidate for the Pr. 81
dency.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

This
machine
Will
the
will
redeemabie $50
terms:four
value $aj,
Monday March
before "wednesday, March Goth
which desired,
wa SND
gingham,
Posi- .ice Sou
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY, MARCH 23.

The Washington Post says that 1t eau be
asserted with practical certainty that MIR.
Hobart will not be invited to run for
Vice President again.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

BY fire in Buoksport on Tuesday
Mr.. larbuok narrowly escaped being
burned to death. He was probably raved
Y the fact that his name stops where it
does
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

Hon. John B. Redman reappears in
politics as chairman of the Ellsworth
school board.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

There is some prospect that the OLD
iron works at Pembroke may be started
up again, in spite of their distance from
both iron and coal.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

The town of Oakland has a new
system of waterworks and is to reap its
reward in lower insurance rates.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

-Chebeague Island exports CLAIMS at the
rate of 20 or % barrels daily throughout
the year.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

There is no means of knowing at pres
ent how faithful is the abstract
sent by Etelegraph, of the proola-
,nation which the Philippine COM
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

deer Isle will again furnish the crew
for the Americas cup defender
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23
CURRENT COMMENT.
THE MISSIONARY AND THE FILL
PINOS.
fiifa

A clergyman went to Luzou.
Where mission he found he had none,
For General Ofis
In very short notice,
Hal converted them all with his gun.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

For four months the liquor shops Of
Skowhegan have been kept closed.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23
$4,000
First Mortgage 5 Per Cent. Gold Bonds
- OF THE
Council Bluffs Gas & Electric Co..
OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa.

These bonds are secured by first mortgage
upon both the Gas and Electric Light proper
ing fund OF not less Than 5000. shall be set
aside each year for The purchase OF said bonds,
or Tor their redemption at 105.
The statement of the Company shows net
earnings sufficient to pay a dividend OF IL per
cent. on rs capital stock besides providing
5000 for the sinking fund $4,000 OF these
bonds have beeu taken In England for invest
ment, ana like amount in This country by
various Institutions. Council Bluffs is well
known. substantially built city of about $4,000
population, and IS Que Of the important railway
centres west OF Chicago.
frice and further particulars on application.
. FOR SALE BY.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23
SPRING 1885,
Mems Department.

My line of Woolens for Spring is now
complete It embraces many choice Sc
/ lections in Worsted and Cheviot Suit
! ines. Covert Overcoatings, Trouserings
and Fancy Vestings which cannot be
! found elsewhere ] invite an early in.
spection before the assortment is broken
and will book orders for delivery later or
at any time you may specify.
Respectfully,
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23

,.,oed
gain Of 81, theeo corresponding month of
These part
property franchises the Edison Electric
in
100000 of the actual
cent of the actual cash cost Of extensions additions The
property excluding royalty charges
earnings
being expressly provided
extensions sands dtions
obliged deposit with
1905 and each thereafter sum equal to cent Of
bonds be invested and
expended adugeous deposited
purchase and cancellation outstanding bonds Under
maturity the bonds either improvements
in retiring bonds, or both
The Edison Electric Company
Orleans population of
incorporated March, % acquiring that time the of the
New Orleans which had been
of the Louisiana Electric Light Company
Of N: ees's ,s IL me city,
INSULT, ESQ. PRESIDENT OF 2HE CHlCAGO EDISON COM
PANY WHO ESTIMATES THAT THE CoMBIN Pro FIR.
XIEs REPRESENT ACTUAL CASH INVESTMENT OF
APPROXIMATELY $a.s6S.Ooo.
recently built frepoo central station of large capacity
enabling produce current extremely
formerly operated by the Louisiana Company held
needs the city and the best its kind
stated be
enable transact its business satisfactorily
management
and its and the city satisfactory
exceedingly favorable field for the development large
lighting business owing to the presence of important element the
population brilliant foundations the
mer months when WINDOWS ana doors az" opn honelnE
necessity and the current for electric fans general
population than that Illuminating
company city of similar size
ISSUE
q
MORTGAGE, ATTORNEYS
The undersigned, having 300 bonds
remaining 100000 at IO6 accrued
of delivery.
The subscription books will
hui off m 90 York md
m Tuesday, March 2stf,, and will close 3 p
day. the right being reserved TO close
earlier than the said time, reject application
a n aIot smaller amounts tn those applied for.
BONDS on HAND TO BE PAID
FOR LATER THAN TWO NOTICE ALLOTMENT
AT OUR
N. W. HARRIS & COMPANY,
CT MILK ST, BOSTON,
81 NASSAU ST. NEW YORK.
2o4 DEARBORN ST, CHICAGO.
mar2
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-23
FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL.
|ANGL O-AMERICAN- CUBAN COMPANY
Capital Stock, 100000.

Property franchises I'm the west Indfas
and gnder Negotiations
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-17

: q. =-"s5n" Of ambitious persons in
Cu3,a a.. .,..,ay, auo r.ra,r more -uau
wil'ig-. ln ~uaduc, a -nv,im.u.ac f.-
! the island st..r -a#rir@ t: ,n hi. .a-
small fa,:.a they represent. III.
first th"@@l' of :hc-r .tr-:nr- faaf.fG-
ual> j. - -,.n up -"an Snr, uf native
military organization. -o a~-i-,. when
occasion a.'-'rr~. in forming GOV
rrnr. .nt- L.vrh to ,hci'. crrGi; the
great body ri "a" Cubsn~ take but
little Interest IN rhr-r schemes. They
nave mad .nG.-h of civil war and ,ur-
bulemc" aud - nothing but poverty
and ruin in tn2, direction It i uEiv
by steady labor thai the masses can
sustain themselves. They know ;hat
running after politicians wiII not give
them bread nor bring back prosperity
TO Cuba. They also see 4 rapid in
p"ovcment Of affairs under III. mill
Iary authority Of The United States.
and that 4 kindly. enlightened gov
ernment has replaced one that was
&rasping. cruel and indilfeJer. to-
native rights.
Gubans have cause % rejoice over
tka fact that no one is running them
into debt. The money collected i
spent exclusively for the benefit OF the
island, and expenditures are kept
steadily within the limits of revenue.
Cuba. If converted into an indepcnd-
ent state. would be Il great bonanza
for il first administrations. Ite free
dom from public debt is quite an ex-
condition. The politicians |
who are so eager for the nited States |
10 depart would like 10 provide Cuba
" III the questiona Dle blessing OF large
issues OF bonds and 20 into the buSi-I
ness of handing .around franchises.
There Is also Il great deal OF money
n running custom houses on the old
Spanish plan. Against anything OF
his nature the island at present is
safely fortified. and the people are
lnder peaceable. benevolent system
hat pays as it goes. The population
: protected against the designs of
eltish political conspirators in this
ime OF transition and may well feel
'leased with their good fortune.-
lobe Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-17
HEADRlCK HUNG.
Was Game to the Last
Moment.
The Execution Took Place at q. -
Thursday Morning.

! John Headrick was executed at Jack-
son at 6:ls last Thursday morning.
He walked from the Jail to the galIows
with a steady. firm step and without
the twitching of Il single nerve. On
the gallows Headrick said that he was
Innocent, that other parties were more
iU blame frr the murder of James
L.ail thdn he was. Claimed that if he
had been given time to prepare for
trial he could have proven that he
WIS not Wholly to blame for the crime
for which he had to give his life.
Headrick joined the Methodist
church and was baptised about week
ago ana since that time expressed
himself "a ready to rive up his life.
an& when the time arrived IL. was a.
nt-1'vy IA any lan who ever walked up
t. steps 10 the %allow>- When he
AOuntcG the "allowS he looked over.
she crowd ard seemed 10 rtx.omnin,. The
@a"r Of every one present. Arter his
spiritual adviser prayed for him he
was asked If lie haa arything to SAY.
He answered that he did and then in a
few words said that lac was innocent
that anotzer party lirin@ in the ;.on-
munity w'sS responsible. for the crime.
FOR whici: Il" was 20 pay the penalty
II 6:l> III, trap Wa sprung a,rd the
L..
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-17
STILL A MYSTERY.
AS to What Became of
B. F. Speak.
II Is Belfved .bv some that he Is In
Memphis and by Others that
he in the River.

From Fri !R, IS Daily.
The disappearance OF B. F. Speak,
VINO left his home in this city last
Wednesday morning IS still an un-
solved mystery.
Why he disappeared no one seems
to be willing to venture even sugges-
ton. He left between the hours OF
two and three o'clock in the morning.
without saying a word to his family.
and all efforts to find any clew as to
his motive for leaving have been OF
no avail. Foot prints were found
near the river Wednesday morning
that were about the size of Speak
foot. but it i not probable that he
rot out OF bed and deliberately walked
into the river. There are Il number of
shanty boats near where the foot
prints were discovered and had the
man Went or fell into the river some
of the occupaI.$ Of the boats would
< heard MIN.
son. tin.e before his disappearance.
arr: v,. understand that hr had stated
to e.. :-erynt parties that ho would like
to go "a Memphis. and said that Il y
couiG @c; ta Memphis ne could @es ali
tine "uncy Il" wanted.
y fe. days before Mr. Speak dis
appeared lie displayed Il role of bills
in business house in the city. The
role, We are informed, contained
considerable sum of money.
On "Wednesday morning gthcsteamers
City az Memphis and Georgia Lee
landed II our wharf. Both OF these
steamers 70 to Memphis ard i is BE-
loved hy some that Mr.. Speak board
ru n'.' at ,hc>r boats and went to
Memphis. He couid have walked
appar,j W either of the boats without
beint observed by people who knew
him. ana, S-lacially could he have
went aboard '%c i'iiy ot Memphis. for
that boat landed 'cre in the morning
and very few people 'Vere onthc Levec-
LATER.
The body Of Is. +. Speak Wis iounG
at three o'clock tnis afternoon Goat
ln~ in IN" river abou. one 4uarterpi
A mile sourh "f Lcmin4'- saw mil.
Th" body wa cagghtby Ma, BurAner.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-17
RObbcl the.GraSr

y startling incident. OF which Nr.
John Oliver Of Philadelphia. was the
subject. is narrated by him as follows:
Il was in a most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow. eye,
sunken. tongue coated. pain coutin-
ually in back and sides. no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by
day. Three physicians had given
me up, Fortunately, friend advised
trying Electric Bitters: and to nv
great JOY and surprise. the first bot
tie made decided Improvement. 1
continued their use for three weeks.
and am now well man. | know they
saved my life and robbed the grave
of another victim.'' No one should
fail TO try them. Only soc: guaran-
teed. at !. Ben Miller's drz, Ire. 5
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-17
Wants the President Impeacned.

Dasz der hr.-.d,n, n;rnc. wi" >. Il.
Andy johnson. "tmpaach,d" wird.
it nirht -ein Verdienst.
Ii the Pre-idaE, i not impcached.
a. Andy Johnson ~as in hi day. it i
not his faul;.
Such i The language Of ch. Wr-r-
lichc Post
l. This our old friend Emil Preeto-
rius. or i ii Carl Daenzer. who i re-
lievin@ himself in this manner:
The WcstIichc Post i trying TO de-
ceir, The public and the Germans in
particular.
We ask in ali seriousness what ha,
President Mckinley done that he de-
serves t" he imyeached: Draw up the
indictment AM submit il to- the .rcat
jury. the people.
The Westliche Post is Il great News
paper, but in its new role as Esau.
trying to deceive the people. will not
succeed. The voice i Jacobs voice.
but the hands are the hands of Esau. "
Macon Citizen.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-17
THAT DIPLOMA
Has Not Yet Been Prop
erIy Signed.
Four Members OF the Normal Fac
uIty IIavo Not Yet Placed their
Names on the Document.
From Wednesdays Daiiy .

FROM euhtsiGy BaIiN.
The members Of the Normal Faculty
are slow about obeying the orders oi
the Board of Regents. The Regents
Were ordered by the st. Louis Court
of Appe.ls TO issue Il Normal diploma
to ilo Fullerton. Th" Board OF Re
gents met last week and ordered tn
Normal Faculty to sign up Il diploma
for Miss Fullerton. Some members
OF the Faculty signed up and some
refused to sign. One member. when
the diploma was presented TO him sent
word to the Regents to 20 10 h-l!.
but of course they didu't 30. Up 10
yesterday the diploma was Yet incom-
rlete. TH" names of PrOf~. Mc(ie"c.
McLcary. WuoG ana Mrs Fuhri we're
still missing. What will the Board
Of Regents do:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-17
STILL KISSING
B. F. Speak Has Not
Been Heard From.
Disappeared From Ills Home We'd
ne-day Morning and Cannot
be Found.
tf6;n Thursdays Daily. ..

fF6;n Thursdays Daily.
The disappearance of B. F. Speak
is still mystery. Every effort has
been made to find him but to no avail.
Mr.. Speak, day or twO before he
disappeared. told friend that he
wanted to 20 TO Memphis and some OF
our people seem to think he boarded
the steamer City of Memphis Wednes-
day morning and went To Memphis.
bu; people on the i-evee say he never
went aboard tn" boat here or they
would have seen him. He did not 30
to kclsO, and if he started there afOot
he was too weak to walk that distance.
1t was reported today that he was seen
on the ferry boat City of McGregor
at about four O'Clock Wednesday
morning. but We have been urat le to
lind the party who claims to have seen
him on the ferry boat. 1t is believed
by some that Mr.. Speak started to
kelSo through the woods and being
too wc.ik I" MAJ tina. [j,ta?cN. -
,.3'. ala, ,.,,.,. =. thu wUO..-