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The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26
Personal AND PECULIAR

In the race between motor cars and
motor cycles, from Bordeaux to Paris,
1888 miles, NJ. Charron won in Duke, d
petroleum autocar, covering the distance
In II hours 43 minutes and 90 seconds,
beating the previous record by three
hours, 80 minutes and II seconds. The
autocar has four seats, and is of IA horse
power.
The committee of the corporation OF
Brown University have selected for Pres
ident OF that Institution the Rev. William
II. p. Faunoe, d. D.. of New York. He
was born in Worcester, January 10, 1859,
and is of Puritan descent from Elder
Faunce, who during more than 40 years
was the ruling elder of the First Ply
mouth church. DIR. Eaunoe was ntted
for college at Concord N. H., and won
the Greek prize of entrance to Brown
university in 1876. He was graduated
form the Newton Theological seminary in
1884, ordained pastor OF the State Stree {
church of springfield in August. 1884,
where he remained three years, then go.
ing to the Fifth Avenue BAPTIST church,
New York. He has been resident preacher
at Harvard twice. At the University of
Chicago he taught homiletios for three
months each year in 1895 and 1895.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

The rival sardine-racking syndicates
are having battle royal for the posses
sion of the market. The New York Com
merciall Advertiser says that the Standard
Sabine company has made a very shrewd
move In inviting members OF. the whole
sale and il.grocery trade to subscribe
to the stock of the company, thus giving
them o personal interest in pushing the
goods of the company. In the circular Of
invitation the company offers 5000 Of
Z per cent cumulative stock at 500 rer
share. with an equal number Of common
shares to be given as bonus OF the
amount subscribed IS per cent Is to be
paid at once, and the balance when called
for. The officers of the Standard company
are: President, George Burnham, Jr.,
of Burnham 81 Morrill,, Portland, Me. !;
vice-prssident, William b. Dudley, of M.
Ii. Dudley & Co.; secretary, Theodore L.
rockingham of Steele. De Freese g.
Frnthingham; treasurer, Julius Wolf !;
directors. hermann Reesing, Francis p.
McColl, of the Anglo-Amerioan Key CON-
pany; Adolph Goldmark, of Rosenstein
Bros. II. M. Lawrence, of the Lawrence
Packing company of North Lubec, Me. !;
ana Joseph WyInan Of Wyman factory,
Millbridge, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

Maine now has five colleges, the Gov
ernor and Council having formally recog-
nlzed the right of Van Buren, College 30
confer degrees such aslthe other colleges
confer. This college is the well-known
Catholic institution at Van Buren,, in
Aroostook county, In the midst of the
country settled by descendants of the old
Acadians. 1t has been prospecting, and is
said to be especially strong in it's depart.
ments of literature and languages. 1t is
modelled after one of the schools of Mon
treal, and fits many young men for be-
ginning their education as priests.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

The outlook for good apple crop in
this state is not good. :. The Maine Farm
er announces as a result .of a special in
quiry that the prospects are really quite
dismal. In all that territory Of the state
visited by caterpillars last year every APP
pearance indicates u weakened condition
from the defolistion of last year The
fruit blossom all around is far from
promising. The present raid of caterpil-
lars, which is now on in the oroharding
sections OF the state, is expected to pass
soon. The worms. belong,to the forest and
not the tent tribe.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26
Deafness Cannot be Cured

BY local applications, as they CANNOT reach the
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inf1amed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when ii Is entirely closed deafness Is
the result and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to IT'S normal
nine cases out OF ten are caused by catarrh,
which Is nothing but an infiamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
FL. CHENEY q Co.. Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pulls are the best
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26
THE sPEAKERSHIp.
Candidates. of Sherman, Hopkins and
Dalxell.

Representative Sherman of New York
followed Representative Hopkins Of
Illinois at the White House Wednesday.
He said. facetiously, that he was chasing
Hopkins, and that his stay In Washing.
ton would be determined by the move
ments OF Hopkins, as he intended to
camp right on the Illinois mans trail.
sherman said he would go right into
the Republican caucus now and have the
speakership settled. He was sure he had
the fight his way, and anticipated that II
would keep so.
Asked what would form the issue be-
tween the several candidates, he replied
that he did not beIieve IL would be local
ity;
The question in the selection Of q
speaker" he continued, twill probably
be as to the best man to guide the House
In an orderly and sure way. along line
chosen by the House itself. The policy
Of the House will be decided by the
not be a question of getting man to
dominate Congress in the sense Of deter
mining what 1t shall or shall not do"
Speaking Of his own canvass, Mr.. Sher-
man said that be had support absolutely
pledged to him In IL states. or course.
buis uocs uUb mean ~ btate ueleRdulons,
but simply members Of delegations In IL
states.
Representative Cannon of Illinois was
at the White House, also. In talking of
the speakership contest, he said: Eyes,
l am out of the race. Hopkins beat me
by one vote in thu Illinois delegation. He
is a better politician than am. l always
play fair, and SO / am doing everything
l can for Hopkins's elsction; we ILLINOIS
people think he ought to be elected and
will be elected. "
The present outlook is that there will
be two Pennsylvania candidates In the
field for the speakership, Representative
Dalzell Of Pittsburg apparently having
decided to stand, Notwithstanding the
formal Announcement .of Gen. Bingham
OF Philadelphia that he will be oandi-
date. 1t has been stated that Mr.. Dalzell
had eight members of the Pennsylvania
pledged.to him for the speaker
ship, but this is not correct, although he
probably would have had that number
If he had formally announced his candi-
daoy before Gen. Bingham was put for.
ward as the Quay candidate As matters
now stand, 1t is probably that five mem
bers of the delegation will vote for the
Pittsburg representative II he desires
them to.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

Rev. j. s. Williamson. pastor of the
South Parish Congregational church in
Augusta, who is to go to iHaverhin, has
been prominent in the denomination in
Maine. lie was one year the, moderator
of the State conference. Last year he
was tie preacher at the conference in
brunswick. He is trustees in the Maine
Missionary Society and In the Maine
Bible Society, has been the president of
the Alumni Association of the Bangor
Theological Seminary, and is also the
president of the Kennebec and Somerset
Ministers Association.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

"Why." asked President Gonzega of the
Filipino commission, 'should nation
with your constitution seek to make a
colony of distant people who have SO
long been fighting against Spain to Sc
cure the same right the constitution
gives? You fought the same battle In
America when you fought against Eng
land?" We imagine that the answer Of
the expansionist will be that the Filipi-
nos are Malays and not Caucasians, and
tlat it makes a vast difference as to the
right of a people to be consulted in re-
gard to the form of government under
which they are to live whether they
belong to the former of these races or
the hitter. Cauoasians have an inalien-
able right to be consulted, but Malays and
Negroes do not
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

One thing can surely be counted upon
and that is that for the year to come all
the political conventions of both parties
will resolve against the trusts. The
Ohio Republican convention on June /
will lead off with very strong plank on
this subject, and other state conventions
which follow will be no less denuncia.
tory. But the trusts are mot to be sup
PRESSED by resolutions, though they may
indirectly furnish much assistance. As
long as they continue to make money they
will continue to exist, unless some Iegis-
and this seems unlikely. The most SUBJ
stantial hope of getting rid of them lies
IL the probability that they carry about
the seeds of their own destruction. All
Of them are vasty overcapitalized and
have to pay dividends upon stock enor-
mously inflated. Sooner or later the
load Is going to be too great for many of
them to bear and the break will come
And when it does come thers will follow
as great a.rush to get out of the trusts,
as there has been lately to get into them
The country is too large and its resources
too vast for few men or corporations to
control business and industry for any
length of time. There are just as able
she former are not going to sit Idly by and
see the latter monopolize the great op-
portunities of the country.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

The ice trust, which handles most of
the Maine product in New York, Wash
inguon and other places seems to be de-
termined to control the markets. 1t lie
stated in the New York Tribune that the
trust is driving. independent dealers out
by making contracts with their customers
at from IL to Is cents hundred, when
cents 1t is said that ice is being sold in
Washington at cents hundred, In some
insta noes at least.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

Senator Davis of Minnesota, chairman
of the Senate Committee on foreign affairs
and member of the commission that
framed the treaty with Spain, has just
publicly declared in favor of holding the
Philippines, permanently instead of pro-
visionally. "The nation, he says, (which
hopes to be factor in China, has no
right to abandon possession of the Philip
pines.' Thus Senator Davis places the
holding of the Philippines on commercial
grounds. 1t is refreshing after all the
can't about holding the islands to do their
Inhabitants good to have so distinguished
q statesman as Senator Davis give us as
the main reason for holding them that
they will b. the means of putin g
dollars in our pocket. 1t may be q
sordid reason, but it has the merit Of
being an intelligent one.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

Politicians who have looked over the
cid in Michigan say Alger's chance Of
Wrestling the Senatorship from Mcmillan
is very poor. Mcmillan is IA firm friend
OF the President, and there is not the
slightest chance thatsthe Secretary will
be able. to turn any of the patronage his
way, and as for money, If that should
become an influential factor, 1t Is point
ed out that MCMILLAN is in position to
use good deal ,,more of it than Alger. 1t is
confidently believed by persons who know
the situation that Alger will eventually
decide not to stay in the fight, and that
Mcmillan will have walk over.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

The impression that Mayor Robinson
would veto the appropriation bill has
been prevalent for some time past, though
there was nothing authoritative for it to
rest upon until yesterday when the
Mayor publicly declared that such would
be his action. The Mayor does not object
probably to the great majority of the
items OF the bill, but the charter does not
allow him to veto separate items and Sc
he must veto the whole in order to veto
any. Under the charter the earliest
moment Mayor can veto bill is the
next STATED" meeting of the city council.
which is held to mean the next regular
meeting. This will occur on the first
Monday of June and then undoubtedly
veto message will be read. 1t is easy
TO see that this provision of the charter is
a serious embarrassment. The appropria-
tions ought to be available early in the
year, bat unless Mayor signs the bill
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

The fund for the purchase of mouse to
be presented to Admiral Dewey does not
grow very fast, and if 1t is to reach the
figure proposed by the time he arrives in
tn is country some "hustling" will have
to be done. The receipts OF Tuesday we're
only $780, and as such funds are likely to
do the best at the beginning the outlook
is very discouraging. The inference to
be drawn. however, is not that the Alner
cans are unappreciative of Admiral
Dewey's achievements, or that their ad-
miration for himLhas been exaggerated. 1t
simply means that the purchase of a
house for man who is amply able to
purchase one for himself, and would
probably prefer to do SO if he were con-
suited, does not strike people as an
appropriate way Of honoring him.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26
VICTOR HUGO'S GRAFTON ON
VOLTAIRE.

To the Editor Of the Press:
Victor Hugo in his Grafton on kVoltaire
gives potent and most elegant expression
to greater number of profound thoughts
than any orator of the nineteenth century.
If an orator is to be judged by this stand
ard then 1t is the greatest delivered our
ing thisscentury.
The philosophy of his discourse is alto
gether modern. 1t is luminous, and by
its light we see the debt that the nine
tenth century owes to the intellectual
monarch of Europe" of the eighteenth
century.
Although the greatest republic in the
world is not referred to directly, yet in
ferentially 1t is made clear as the light
ofsthe MONDAY sun, that America owes
her freedom to Voltaire in so large a
measure, that any history of intellectual
progress among the people which has
made republicanism possible in the world
Is incomplete without taking into &C.
count that with Voitaire new cycle
begins, "One can say that in the fruit
full eighteenth century, Rousseau repre-
sented the people: Voltaire still more vast
represented Man."
"Hugo has spoken for all races of the
earth and for all time" mo one can
read it and understand it and be the same
person he was BEFORE The grafton was
translated by James Parton, and pub
Iished in 1883. Until recently privately
printed in Portland it has been out Of
print
l. H. DENNETT
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

there must be a delay Of a month ut
least. If Mayor Robinson cuuld have
submitted a veto at a special meeting the
whole matter might have been settled by
this time. Our charter sis antiquated in
many particulars and productive fire.
quently OF useless and sometimes embar-
RAISING delays. 1t ought to be amended.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

The new torpedo boat Dahlgren, will
be launched on Monday at the Bath Iron
Works. The lboat will beilet down from
the ship house until fioated by the tide,
and there will be no long, handsome slide
as in the case of larger vessels. The con.
tract calls for a speed of 80 Ia knots.
and the builders hope to exceed this speed.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

Lewiston is talking OF discarding the
bells as a means of giving fire alarms,
1t being proposed to substitute therefor a
big whistle to be operated by compressed
al
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26
ExECUTOR's NOTICE.

TINE subscribers hereby give notice that they
i have been duly appointed Executors Of the
last will nd testament OF
BENJAMIN J. WILLARD, lats OF Portland
in the county OF Cumberland. deceased.
All persons having demands against the estate
of said deceased are desired TO present the
same for settlement, and all indebted thereto
are requested TO make payment inmBgljatbly.
CHARLE6 W, 7, COOLING
HENRY 4. WILLARD.
Portland, May 1e, 1899.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26
Administrators Sale Of Real Estate.

DURSUANT to a license from the Honorable
land, shah sell, by public auction, on Tuesday,
the twentieth day OF June, A. ID. 1889, at eleven
O'Clock ir the forenoon on the premises, all HE
right title and interest which John A. Libby,
late of Scarborough, In said County, deceased,
had 10 and to the following described real estate,
to wit the homestead of said John A. Libby.
situated In said Scarborough, and bounded as
follows, one lot beginning at the south corn-r
thereof by the road; thence Northery by said
road AZ rods and 20 links; thence Easterly 80
rods thence Nortnery % rods aud - nks 10
lana OF Abraham Plummer; thence Easterly by
said Plummer's land 81 rods and 20 links 10
land of George W. Libby; thence South by SAID
George w. Libby land 45 rods o the ogg Road,
so called thence Westerly by said fogg Road
1877 rods aud 10 links 10 the point OF beginning,
together with all the buildings thereon ana con-
tanning go acres and ll6 square rods more ot
less exclusive however OF the lot within sald
bounds about $50 feet on said Black FONT ROAD
and extending about 200 feet back, described In
deed of Irving c. Libby OF TO John ii: LIBBY,
dated Sept IL, $685. and recorded IN Cumoef-
land Registry of Deeds, Book go, rage oel
Also shall sell as aforesaid the long barn
and carriage house on the West sue OF the sail
read. .,,, ,,
ed on the East and South by marsh OF George
w. Libby; on the West by SAID George W.
Iibby's marsh to the Nonsuch River; thence
Easterly by a creek 80 rods and ~ INKS; thence
Libby's marsh and containing acres and "a
square rods, more or less ~
Dated this nineteenth day OF MAY. A. u. 1889.
AUGUSTUS r. MQULTON,
Admir- c. t. a. of Est. John A. Libby. deceased.
may2O 1aw3wS
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

Subscribers whose papers are not delivered
promptly are requested to notify the Office OF
the DAILY PRESS, No. 81 Exchange street.
Portland, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26
TERMS;

DAILY PRESS
By the year, SO in advance or 81 at the end of
the year.
BY the month. 80 cents.
The DAILY PRESS is delivered at these rates
every morning to subscribers In all parts OF
Portland, and in Wesrorook and South Port
land.
MAINE STATE PRESS (weekly)-
BY the year. 81 IN advance. or s1.25 at the
end of the year.
For six months, so cents; for three months,
25 cents.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26

Patrons OF the PRESS who are leaving town
temporarily may have the addresses OF their
papers changed as often as they may desire by
notifying the office.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26
ANNUAL MEETING.

i holders of the Portland, Saco, and Ports.
mouth Railroad Company for the choice OF
Directors for the ensuing year and for the
transaction of such other business as may
legally be presented. will be held on the first
Monday, the fifth day OF June. 1899, at Eleven
O'Clock in the forenoon, in the Company's hall
in Kittery. Maine.
By order of the Directors.
+. X. BARRETT,
Clerk OF the Company.
Portland, Me-. May II 1899.
may iTdtd
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26
MARRY Me, NELLIE.

And will buy you such a pretty Ring q
McKenney's A thousand solid gold Rings
Diamonds. Opal-Pears. Rubles, Emeralds and
all other precious stones. Engagement and
Wedding Rings a specially. Largest stock in
city. MCKINNEY, The Jeweler, Monument
Square. mar22d1
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-26
N ENTS .
WE OFFER

WE VT III
City Of Deering As, due 1913
City Of PASSPORT AIS, due 1907
Town Of Damariscotta AVS due 1900
Portland Water Co. As, due 1927
Maine Central II. II. SIS, due 1900
Maine Central II. X. rs, due lSI2
Is. due 1905
frie Telegraph & Telephone
Co. COlIat. Trust 5's, due 1875
Cleveland City Ry. SIS, due 1909
Toronto, Hamilton & Buff
falO Ry. As. due 1915
Union Pacific Ry. Co. AS. due 1947
Niagara Falls POwerCO. IS, due 1882
Fond du Lac Water Go. IS. due 1915
AND OTHER GOOD SECURITIES.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-03-03

NoTEThe Hebrew day begins with the sunset of the day
preceding the corresponding common date
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-02-20
Chased bY Wolves.

Bonham, Tex, Feb. 16.-Jim
Bodine, a farmer living at Null
berry, 10 miles north of here, re-
ports that one night last week as
he was returning home from Caney
creek he was chased several miles
by pack Of wolves, and but for
the timely assistance of some men
with guns he would doubtless have
been devoured by the animals.
His cries for help attracted several
parties in the vicinity, who came
with guns and chased TIE wolves
away. The continued cold spell
has made them desperate with
hunger.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-02-20
Contained a Human Body.

Cincinnati, o., Feb. 1S.-The
agent of the Adams Express com
pany at Baldwin, o., upon instruc-
tions from the company, has open
ed 4 box that had lain in the office
of the company undeliyered for
eleven months, to find that it con-
tanned a human body. The box
was addressed to DIR. limerick. who
has not lived at Baldwin for a
dozen years, aud with whom COM
munication has been lost. The
coroner has been notified and an
investigation Will be made, with
small hope of identifying the re-
mains. Baldwin is a small village
on the Cincinatti, Portsmouth &
Virginia road, some twenty miles
from Cincinnati.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-02-20
Eroze a Big Cube of Ice

Richland, Mo, Feb. 19.-James
Garrison, a farmer living in Cam
den county, put up ice during the
cold snap, and his crop is all in one
piece. 1t measures 20 feet each
way. He constructed a box, into
which, by means OF troughs, he
conveyed streams of water from a
spring in the hillside. The water
froze, and when the box was filed
the troughs We're removed. Around
this box Mr.. Garrison built
larger one, filling the space be-
tween the two with charcoal and
sawdust. He says he will drill
and blast the huge cube of ice as
he may have occasion to use ice
during the summer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-02-20
Indian School Superintendent.

The Secretary of the Interior
has appointed John ID. Benedict of
Danville, ILL.,, to be superintendent
of schools in the Indian Territory
at 81, 800, under the Curtis law.
Mr.. Benedict was endorsed by Con-
gresham Cannon, and by a large
number of educators. He has been
prominent in educational work for
many years, and at one time was
superintendent of schools for Yer
million county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-02-20
smaIInox Near OkmuIgee.

United States Marshal Grady re-
ceived the following telegram from
Indian Inspector Wright at Mus
kogee today.
There are several defined cases
of smallpox at Okmulgee and i'll
the country. People should be
warned against going to or from
that locality and proper precaution
should be taken. M
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-02-20
An Honest Medicine for La Grippe.

George W. Watt of South Gardi-
ner, Me-, says; 81 have had the
worst cough, cold, chills and grip
and have taken lots of trash of no.
account but profit to the vendor.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the
only thing that has done any good
whatever. l have used only one 90
cent bottle and the chills. cold and
grip have all left me. l congratulate
the manufacturers of an honest
medicine" For sale by City drug
store and T. n. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-02-20
For La Grippe.

Thomas Whitfield * Co, 24O Wa
bash avenue, corner Jackson street,
one of Chicago's oldest and most
reliable druggists, recommend Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for la grippe
as it not only gives a prompt and
complete relief, but also counteracts
any tendency of lagrippe to result in
pneumonia. For sale by City drug
store and T. ". Coleman.