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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-08
NO CONDITION Is HOPELESS

If you are weak and debilitated your
strength and vitality all gone. it is GER
tainly very discouraging to try remedy
after remedy without getting any tene-
fit, and yet this is the case with great
many weak and suffering men. But that
does not prove their condition hopeless.
IL only shows that they have failed to get
the right treatment DR.. Greene, "a
Temple Place, Boston, Mass whose won
deriul cures hnve given him wide fame,
has made q special study of cases of debil-
ity and lost vigor and vitality, aud can
cure you. You can consult DIR. Greene
By letter, free. Just think Of it. 1t costs
you nothing for his advice. Write to him
without delay.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-08
SPECIAL.

In getting ready to remodel our store
We find We will be cramped for room for
a few weeks. Therefore in order to
reduce our stock and make ready for our
New Spring Goods We have decided
to cut the prices on all our Winter
Goods. We can show some genuine
bargains never before offered by any
tailor in Portland for first class custom
work.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-08

town ana person Of sobrioty OF manner.
Said Judge shall be appointed by the Gov
crnor of this state and shall be, OK oiicio,
a justice of the peace aud Of the quorum
for the state. said court shall be held on
the first and third Saturday of each
month, at nine o'elock in the forenoon,
for thu transaction OF civil business, at
such place within said city as said judge
shall determine; hut tho council may ct
any time provide a court room in which
case the court shall lie held therein.
The members of the school committees
first elected under the provisions OF the
city charter, at their first meeting shall
designate by lot, three OF their number to
hold Office for three years, three for two
years, and one fer one year, and shall
ballot one memter to represent each OF
said seven wards. Each member elected
thereafter to ill the place OF one whose
term expires shall mold oiilce three years
They may annually, and whenever
there is vacancy, elect superintendent
of schools. who may he member of the
committee, for the current municipal year;
they shall I'll his salary at the time of his
election, and may Ht any time dismiss
him II they Deem it proper or expedient.
A suitable and convenient room shall be
furnished by the city for the meetings of
said COMMITTEES, wherein shall be kept
their records open to the inspection OF the
citizens The mayor shall be. ex.otiicio,
chairman of the school committee hut
shall have no vote unless the members
present and voting be equally divided
General meetings of the citizens may
from time TO time he held to instruct
their representatives and to take lawful
measures TO obtain Iedress of any griev
ances and such meetings shall be duly
warned by the mayor and aldermen upon
requisition of twenty qualified voters.
The city clerk shall act as clerk of such
meetings and record the proceedings.
upon tho city Iecurds.
The aldermen elect shall meet on the
second Monday Of March ut seven O'Clock
in the evening when the oath, or aiiirma-
ton shall be administered to the mem
bers present by the mayor or any justice
of the peace.
The oath or affirmation Of the mayor
shall he administered by the city clerk or
any Justics of the peace.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-08
OBITUARY..
REV. FRANCIS WILLIAM DAVIS.

REV. FRANCIS WILLIAM DAVIS.
Rev. Frank william Havis whose death
was lately announced was born at Naples,
Oct. 7, 1889, and Gied at Cumberland,
Me. March 1, 1899. While in tender
years, he developed n strong desire to OBJ
tain higher education. and with an in.
domitable Will, which ever characterized
his life, he fitted for college in the sch ools
of Hiram ard Bridgton, and entered Bow
doin in the class of 1855, where as schul-
ar a gentleman nld Christian he exert
ed striking influence in all departments
of college life. His strong arm and char
ncte,istic pluck was largely intrumental
nant of the famous intercollegiate regat.
t, ut Lake Quinsigamond.
With his professors and fellow students
he was IA favorite, and was deeply loved
in the fraternity of Theta Delta Chi.
Having graduated with high honors. he
resumed his studies at the Bangor Iheo-
logical seminary, where he WINS made to
realize that he had mistaken his calling.
Having received his degree. he devosed u
Jaw succeeding years TO teaching and con.
slant study until the summer of 1892,
when he was called. duly ordained, and
installed pastor OF the Congregational
church at Cumberland Centre. Under
his waite hful guidance the church has
hoursshed, as his untiring efforts and I'M
selfish disposition ever commanded fol-
lowing.
During the year of hts installation he
married Miss Helen j. Webster OF Castine
who has ever shared his deep interest in
all that pertained to the welfare of their
transformers ana the public at large, es-
pecillly in matters of education. Until
within, comparatively, few hours of his
death, he was actively engaged with par
ish duties, when suddenly. supposed
culd-sore OH the upper lip developed septi-
caeInia which his physician at once recog-
nized as fatal.
With wonderful presence OF mind, he
summoned his beloved wife and near rel
plans for his going away and the accom-
panying rites. The end was rs peaceful
as the sunset, but cast deep shades of
father, William L., a mother Maria H.
brother, Albert and u sister, Mrs. Myra
Patrick to mourn their loss
How fragile tho thread Of life when the
Creator says. Come Home. T.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-08

Mr.. Geo. II. York, we'll known to tho
tailoring trade, can be found with me,
where he would be glad to serve all his
old customers and friends.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-08
THE CAR TOOK FIRE.

a Portland and Cape Elizabeth rail
road car, No. 49, took lire from a small
switch box at tho top Of the car about
noon yesterday. Tho car was stopped at
the corner of Federal and Gxchang4
streets and u fireman from the chemical
engine soon extinguished the blaze
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-08

SETH HALLS NARROW ESCAPE.
Seth Hall had the narTowest kind of an
escape from most serious accident yes
terday morning ON the way TO his place OF
business in Portland He had gone but
n short distance up the pier after leaving
tho ferry boat on the Greater city's side
when gale Of wind lifted his hat lie
started in pursuit of the missing article
and just as he was crossing the wharf
up came the team belonging to Port
land Head at pretty lively gait. Mr.
Hall slipped and fell under the feet of
TIM heavy draft horses and how he es.
capped being trampled to death is still u
mystery to the spectators who looked on
with bated breath. He managed. how
ever to get out of his predloamont by u
most fortunate roll to the side of the road.
The entertainment to be given by the
niversalists, following their supper on
Friday evening next will be under the di =
reetion of the Philibustrialacak Club as
sisted by Gen. and Mrs. Tom Thumb.
This evening tho Hoss company will
have meeting and very enjoyable feat.
ure Of the evening will be o clam supper
for which this organization is noted.
Miss Edith Nelson of Waterville is the
guest of Mrs l.. W. Gould, Pickett street.
Mr. d. U. Monlton, who has been con-
lined to his house with a lame foot,is able
TO be out again.
Mrs James Brown. who has been the
guest of Mrs. l.. j. Ross Cushings Point,
has returned to her home in Boston,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-08

"A dose in time saves lives" Dir,
Woods Norway Pine Syrup; natures
remedy for coughs, colds, pulmonary
diseases of every sort.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-01
FAIRFAX NOTES.

Miss Amelia Dobson, of Alexandria,
is the guest of Miss Annie Weaver.
Miss Catherine Brill, of Alexandria.
has returned to her home after spend
ing a few weeks with Mrs. James
Adams.
The sudden death of George F.
Albaugh, of Floris, which occurred on
Friday the 18th was u great shock to
his many friends and neighbors.
Hon. r. ". Moore, of this place. has
been requested by Hon. j. S. Q. Black.
burn, of Kentucky, to make some
speeches in the State during the pend.
ing campaign. he will be unable to
comply.
Mrs. William B. Dainger6eld, of Alex
audris: Miss Lizzie Worthincton. of
Seminary Hill Miss Eppa Hunter, of
Manassas, and Miss Annie lowering of
Baltimore, are recent arrivals at Mrs.
Vedder's.
The quarterly conference of the
Methodist Church South, which opens
tomorrow morning at Andrew Chapel,
will be preceded by divine service there
tonight, including q sermon by the
Rev. DR.. J. II. Boyd, P. E. of the dis.
trict, and who is held as one of the
foremost pulpit orators in the State.
The session will close with an all day
service next Sunday, during which a
basket dinner will be served to all who
attend.-Hersld.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-01
Foreign News.

Shanghai, Sept. 1.-The Chinese are
making continual attacks on the Ger
mans in the Kiao Chau Hinterland.
TIE German Embassy at Pekin has
addressed an ultima,um to the Chinese
government demanding that order be
restored in the Hinterlaud.
Berlin, Sept. The Kaiser has as.
tonished the politicians by changing
his mind again, and signing q second
decree today dismissing twenty-five OF
flee holders who voted against his cans
b Il. The Emperor has also order d
Count Limburg Stiruw, the leader Il
the conservatives, to discontinue his at
tendance at the court receptions.
Amsterdam. Sept. 1.-Wold has resched
here that q steamer has sunk in the North
Sea and that nine persons have been rowned.
Brussels, Sept. 1.-Advices from the Congo
Free State say that government troopers there
have routed the rebellious tribes, killing 5OO
Paris. Sept. 1.-The official details of the
atrocities committed by the Voulet expedi.
ton in the French Soudan have been made
public. Captains Voulet and Chanoine have
been declared outlaws for numbering Lieut..
Klobb and taptain Menier, who were sent to
relieve theEI. 1t is said that the expedition
put mothers with babes in their arms to the
sword, and that ~sharpshoO.ers were ordered
to kill snd mut!late every native encounter
ed. al native villages through which the
Fronchmen passed we've burned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-01
Friday EVENING, SEPT. 1, 1899
THE effluvium from the marshes just

THE effluvium from the marshes JUST
south of the city, now that the RANK
vegetation therein is decaying' Is uh'
wholesome enough, of itself alone, u
when to it has been added that OF the
many hog-pens within the corporation
limits. it has become disgustingly Or
fepsiye to every body who lives IN the
southern section OF the city, and espec-
iallv when the wind is from the South;
and the corning of the sidewalks with
Stops, by men and children o ntheir way
to and froul those pens, increases the
unpleasantness and enlarges the num-
her affected By it. There is g munich
nal law that torbids the keeping OF hogs
within the limits of the city, and, in re-
gpect of nuisances, the legal jurisdiction
of the city extends o mile beyond those
limits. AS there is now no superin-
tendent of police, TO whom such mat
GERS were formerly referred, 1t Is hopeo
that the worthy Mayor may take the
necessary steps to have this shamefuI
nuisance abated, and that be may do 50
Immediately.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-01
Terrible Boiler Explosion.

| Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. Five men are
known to have been instantly killed
and q dozen others Injured by the ex-
plosion of a boiler at the Republic Iron
Works at $50 this morning. The build
ing was almost totally wrecked and sew
eral bodies are said TO be buried in the
ruins. One mar died shortly after his
arrival to the hospital and others are
not expected to recover.
The men were commencing 10 charge
their first heat, when the explosion oc-
Cured. The boiler was one OF the up
rightly safety pattern, and is said to have
been registered as Don explosive.
The pressure of steam at the time OF
the explosion can be imagined from the
fact that a drum weighing six tons was
shot up through the roof. 1t fell in an
alley six hundred feet away from the
sceDe. The drum in IFS descent struck
tie corner of a frame house and knock
ed a hole through the corner Of the
building. a scene of the widest ex-
element followed the explosion. The
debris, falling on furnaces, caught fire.
While the firemen were eDdeavoriDg to
%extinguish the flames the search for the
dead and injured began. Slowly the
procession of s~tretchers, each bearing
It's %lifeless corpse OF badly mangled
body emerged from the entrance to the
iron works. Hundreds of people who
surged around the place could scarcely
be restrained from rushing forward and
snatching the cover from the bodies on
the stretchers to satisfy themselves that
their friends were not among the VIC
tins. With daybreak the crowd increas-
ed by thousands. The devastation
wrought inside the mill was ~frightful,
the place being a complete wreck. Fol
lowing the terrible CRASH, the high TIM
bers supporting the roof collapsed PIN
ming down many who could otherwise
have escaped. Several days will be re-
quired to clear away the debris. Until
this is completed, the exact number Of
the dead may not be known.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-01
MURAT HALsTED MENANCED.

Murat Halstead lectured last night by
invitation before the Economic Club in
Cincinnati. The audience was miscel-
laneous in addition to the members OF
the club, which is largely a%nti-imperi-
alistic. Mr.. Halstead's subject was the
Philippines. After the lecture, accord
ing to the rules of the club, Mr.. Hal
stead was piled with questions. One of
the questioners with decided sympathy
for Aguinaldo, after his question had
been answered, added the remark
II hope Otis will be kept in and will
keep on laundering till he and the
whole army are driven into the sea or
captured"
Mr.. Halstead said: "a man with
those sentiments is a traitor to his
country"
Several men jumped up und remark.
ed: "Two.lhirds OF this audience thinks
that way.
M. Halstead replied. "Whoever
thinks that way is q traitor"
Then there was a rush down the hall
with raised fists toward Mr.. Halstead,
but a great number of men stepped in
between Mr.. Halstead and those who
were rushing at him. There was q
great noise and uprosr, which disclosed
the fact that the audience was com
posed of men On both sides Of that
question.
Mr.. Halstead was quietly led ou5 of
the church by a side door and taken
home. No blows were struck, but
chairs and seats were upset and there
were loud threats and great %uprcarious-
QeSs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-01
POLITICAL.

The Norfolk city democratic conven-
ton, held yesterday, in strong resolu-
tions declared for Martin. The junior
Senator's ourse was warmly endorsed.
NJ. J. Lyons and John Whitehead were
nominated for the House of Delegates.
The convention for the nomination
of q Senator in the Tbirty-eighth dis.
trict, which met yesterday at Williams
burg, vas one of the most interesting
eve held on the Peninsula. Exon.
gresham D. Ga'diuer Tyler was nomi-
Dated without trouble, The conven-
ton adopted a resolution i%nstructing
for Martin. The district is composed
of Williamsburg, Newport News and
the counties Of James City, Warwick,
York ard New Kent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-01
T"ELEGRApHiC BREVITIES.

Mrs. Swan, a widow, of Somerville,
Mass, tainted in the bath tub this
morning, and was drowned. Size was
81 years old.
Joseph Rogovitch, until recently Q
saloon keeper, in Chicago, has inherited
the title of count and a large estate in
Hungary by the death OF his father.
He has sold out his saloon and is on bis
way to Hungary.
The large government hospital which
vas erected in Savannah last winter at
n cost of more tn N $780, GOO is to be
permanently abandoned as a hospital.
Il is now closed and the wards are be-
Ing used as storage rooms for medical
supplies temporarily.
Royal G. Brown, Of Troy, n. Y, re
turned home last night to find his wife's
lands and feet tied with ropes. She
was lying on the floor of her room
She to d her husband that a negro had
| entered the house and assaulted her.
The police think it strange that no one
heard her cries for help but are investi-
gazing the case.
A strike which may spread uu.
til the entire shipbuilding inter.
eats along the Delaware river are at
fected, including some fifteen thou
sand workmen, was inaugurated this
morning by the machinists and helpers
of the Crsmp Shipbuilding Company.
The firm made no advances or any at
. N ~ ~ m p oOncfro "a uJifh fha atril arc
Four children were drowned in Long
Island sound at Black Rock. Conn.
this morning and the father of one oil
them persisted while striving to save
the little ones. Their parents, who are
farmers, who live at Easton, took them
to the shore for an outing. While
bathing, the children and their fathers
went beyond their depth. One of the
men was rescued by a camping party.
The others were swept away by the
current and only two OF the bodies hayl
so far been recovered.
Ira l.. Peck, a wealthy resident of Seneca
Castle, near Geneva, N. Y, died last night OF
typhoid fever under faith cure treatment.
His sister. Vina, converted her brother to the
faith. She says she was cured by Christian
science of q disease which physicians pro-
nounced incurable. The grand jury will in
v~estigate Teck's death
There is 3 probability Of q general strike of
Philadelphia street car men on Monday which
will tic up the cars during the &. A &. en-.
csmpment which begins Monday. Trouble
has been brewing among the car men for
some weeks. They say they will demand 50
for a tsn-hour day and a Encouragement Of
the swing runs.
Ira Reid, of Roxbury, Mass, aged 20, shot
his wife, Mary E. Reid, sgcd 60, and her sis
ter, Mrs. Fannie Russell, aged 90, at their
homo last evening. Both women arc in a
critical condition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-01

WASHINGTON street is very broad,
INT not too broad if it shall be made
a part of the long proposed Mt. Vernon
Avenue, the hope OF tile construction OF
which has lately been revived. How
ever, if the owners of property on that
street want it adorned and beautiied
by parks and the parking kept in good
order, few people will object, provided
they supply the large amount ofmoney
that will necessarily be required; hut
that many who don't live or own
lots on that street, will object, if they
shall be taxed for any such purpose,
goes without saying, as to do so would
only be in accordance with human ma
ture, which is the same whether it have
its abode on Washington street or in
Shinbone alley.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-01
IN TEARS.

Dreyfus Yesterday had the most try
ing day be has yet gone through. The
strain proved too great for him, and,
for the second time in the course OF the
trial, he gave way to his feelings and
sought relief in tears. The generals
have branded him as a traitor before
the court, their subordinates have point
Cd the finger OF scorn at him, but he
only once finched-when the official
report of his treatment on Devils
Island was read before him and the
pictures OF his s%ufferings, mental and
physical, were thrown wildly on the
screen of his memory. Then he hid
bis features and wept.
He passed through another such crisis
yesterday, when, after Captain Lebrun.
Renault and witness after witness had
brought up before him again that cold
January morning which ushered in the
scene of his degradation, Msjor Forzi-
netti. a man of heart, told in simple
words and unaffected manner, the story
of Dreyfus's struggle with the madden
Jog temptation to take his life and the
intervention of his wife, as an angel,
pointing out the road of duty.
Then again the prisoners breast
heaved with emotion and tear-drops
trickled down his cheeks. He rose,
and, after o forced effort to remain calm
IS he spoke a few words concerning his
denial to du Patty de Clam that he wrote
the bordereau, he turnedto Folzinetti
with q look of thanks for his consola
ton, so needed.
Dreyfus then uttered these words OF
heartfelt gratitude to his wife for the
courage with which she inspired him:
ut is due to her" he cried, THAT | am
alive today"
The prisoner could a~rticulate no
more, but sat down abruptly to conceal
hi5 distress.
The proceedings concluded a few
minutes later, snd he WAS taken back to
prison, where his wife visited him, and,
in the presence Of Nine. Dreyfus and
the gendarme on guard, he broke down
completely. The tension had been too
much for him. He sobbed %convulsive.
ly, and the partner of his sorrows join
ed him in a solace of tears.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-01

IT SEEMS that TRAITORS are very
numerous, even in Mr.. Mckinley's
W loyal" State of Ohio, as when Mr..
Murat Halstead, who so loved 1.-The
flag" during the war between the
States that he denounced General
Grapt for dereliction OF duty in prose
cutting it, 10 q lecture he delivered IN
Cincinnati last night, called a man
who said he hoped General Otis and
his army would be driven into the sea,
ga traitor" half the audience rushed at
him, and to protect him from their In
tended assault be had to be hustled out
of the back door of the hall. Few peo-
pie are so opposed to the war as the
s'traitor" referred to-, but untold thou
sands of them do hope General Otis
and his army may be Withdrawn from
the Philippines as soon as possible.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-01

SUICIDE.-The colored domestic in
the family of Mr.. Edward G. Yates, Ct
Culpeper, was horified yesterday morn
ing OIL entering Mrs. Yates's room to
find that her mistress had committed
suicide by cutting her throat from ear
to ear. The woman ran screaming
from the house and alarmed the neigh
borhood. The unfortunate woman had
nearly severed her head from her body.
The weapon used was her husbands
razor. Mrs. Yates had been in i'll.
health and was very respondent. This
is the only cause that can be assigned
for her rash act, for the couple lived
happily together. Mrs. Yates was
about Iwenty-six years old, and leaves
two children, the Youngest about SIX
months old. Mr.. Yates is in 8 engineer
in the employ of the Culpeper Milling
Company. He is completely Frustrated
by his wife's rash act.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-01

AT THE reinterment of the remains
OF John Browns murderous ard
incendiary gang last Wednesday,
not only did Mr.. Mckinley o.
der a detachment OF the U. S. army to
act as a guard of honor, but ex-U. S
Minister Whitelaw Reid and Bishop
Potter delivered addresses. But as
Mr.. Reid drove poor old Mr.. Greeley
out Of the n. Y. Tribune Office and
thereby into an insane asylum, and
as Bishop Potter says the Bible is
a collection of myths, nothing they may
say or do is surprising and that any,
thing Mr.. Mckinley does excites no
special wonder, is so we'll known as to
make any special reference to it entire
lv Unnecessary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-01
Krurer's Refusal Means War

London, Sept. IA dispatch from
Pretoria says that President Kruger's
reply to Chamberlain's latest note,
suggesting another conference at Cape.
town, is a refusal. Such a refusal, if
the facts are as stated, would mean
war.
The Boer commandments have been
ordered TO hold themselves in readiness
for an outbreak of hostiliiies. There is
reported to be considerable excitement
among the Beers in the Outlying dis
TT cts OF the Transvaal but the N jority
of the burghers are still hopeful of a
peaceful settlement.
London, Sept. 1.-Colonel MacDon.
aid hes received an urgent Call to the
war office. He expects to go to South
Africa Immediately.