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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08
A Republican State Convention
WILL BE HELD IN
City Hall, Bangor,
Wed, June II, 1900.
AT TWO O'CLOCK p. n.

AT TWO O'CLOCK p. II.
for the purpose Of nominating . candt-
date for Governor to be supported ~ the
September election; and transaoting any
other business that may properly come
before IL. The basis OF representation
Each city, town and plantation will be
entitled to one delegate and for each sew
ehty-tve votes On st for the kspu nlioan
candidate for Governor In 1895 an add
tiohal delegate, and for fraction Of forty
votes in excess Of sevsnty- votes an
Vacancies In the delegation Of any city,
town or plantation can only be filled BY
residents Of the county In which the
VACANCY exists.
The State Committss will be In session
in ths reception room Of the hall at one
sion for the purpose Of receiving the Gre
dentials OF delegates. Delegates, In order
to participate In the Con vention, must
be elected subsequent 10 the date Of the
call for this Convention.
The voters OF Maine, without regard
favor Of sustaining President Mckinley
and his decentralization who believe In
the present. gold standard; in whatever
legislAtion win restore American ship
ping to it, former rank II the world: iu
favor Of the Nicaragua canal; . Pacific
cable; national honor at homo and
abroad; who believe In fres popular edu-
cation; In the pr ONO Of the cause Of
temperance; In just and equal taxation /;
10 an economical and efficient admins :
tration OF State affairs, are invited to
unite with the Rspu blloans In the sslec-
tion Of delegates % this oonyention.
Per Order, Republican Stats Communities.
j. q. MANLEY, Chairman.
BYRON BOYD, Secretary.
Augusta. Maine, May LIST, 1900.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08
The Appetite of a Coat

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose
Stomach and Liver are out of order. All
such should know that DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, the wonderful Stomach and
Liver Remedy. gives a splendid appetite,
sound digestion and regular bodily
habit that insures perfect health and
great energy. Only 25c, at II. p. s.
Goold, SIT Congress street, and II. G..
Starr, Cumberland Mills.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08

81 wish l knew how to manage my
husband"
"Why don't you make him think he is
having his own wayF'
"Oh, do! But l want him to think
that / think he is having his own wayw
Brooklyn Life.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08
LAST WASHINGTON TOUR

OF the season under the Personally Con-
Quoted Tourist-System Of the Pennsylva-
MA railroad will leave Boston May II.
Isttsyurg. Luray and Washington tour,
May %. Itinerary Of ID. N. Bill, Tour
list Agent, eo5 Wash ngton street, Boston.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08

IT 3. ENGINEER OFFICE. ba7 Congress
C' ST., Portland. Me-, April Z. 1900 Sealed
proposals for placing stone In breakwater
at Rockland Harbor, Me-. VIII be received here
until II NJ, May 10. 1900. and then publicly
opened. Information furnished on application.
S. w. ROESSLER. Mai, Engrs.
aplg 10 IL u myS9
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08
Mans Obiter Dictum.

He-There are two periods In a mans
life when he never understands wo-
man.
Indeed, and when are theyT
"Before he is married and afterward."
Golfers Weekly.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08

"Maria, you let that young BOLSTER
stay last night until ! O'clock"
"But, mamma, you told me must give
him time to propose"
"But FIVE hoursv
"Why, mamma, you know be shutters"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08
Too Late Now.

Ethel-Did you hear of Jacks mar
riage?
Believes. l could have married him
II had wanted to.
Ethel-Don't you wish you had known
It sooner ?-Types.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08
True Generosity,

"We've been gettin lot of contribu-
tons from America lately" said Tommy
Atkins. "Now ] proposes that all the
Queens Own chips in shillin apiece fer
the sufferin troopers in the Philippines"
philadelphia North American.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08
Mind Cure.

'What is an exit. pap
exit, Freddy? Well, It is a Latin
placard hung around on the walls in
theaters and opera houses to keep people
from thinking they smell fre."-Indian-
apolis Journal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08

hsus~ caught firs from sparks which fell
ON The reef frem the chimney. The loss
IL estimated 81 ave thsusand dallars with
four tnoussnd dollars Insurance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08
As She Pint 1t.

~0h, mom," cried little Mamie, 'T
know that lady over there"
''Well, who is she. Mamie?"
why" said Mamie, with something of
an effort, she's the little girl what
told you about what sits next to me in
schools grandmother" - Philadelphia
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08

Nv. Roberta 100 Congress sue.t
n. @. Fesssnden, sac
w. II. Jewett. 60x
]. A. Libbey. $40
Sprague, & McKim, <o6 Congress street
Il. A. Jellison, 935 Congress street.
Chas Ashton. v3lA Congress street
b. l.. Donnell 1856 Congress street
". Z. Hatcn, 2 kxcsange street.
W. }. Dennis, ll9 Commercial street.
J. w. Peterson, 1T Middle street.
X 2: Harvard. az Exchange street.
!. w Westman 95 Commercial street.
G. s. Hodgson, s6IS Portland street
+. l. Bracket. PEAKS Island.
A. w. Hill, 45O Congress 1T.
H. NJ Butler, 66 Pine street.
j. II. Vickery, 221 Spring street.
ii. ID. Mckenzie, cor. Spring and Clarh
A. j. Bartor, 90 Portland Pier.
g. A. Eastman, 3 Custom House Wharf
John Cox. % Monument square.
J. II. Hutchinson. IL Kim street.
j. !. Thusa. 81 India street
q II. Stowell, 80 Prebe street.
Z. II. Simonds. 81 lndis street.
A. Griffin, 1871 Bracket street.
Also at the news stands In the Falmouth
Preble. Congress Square. United States and
West End hotels, and Grand Trunk and Union
Depots. IL can also be obtained OF Chisholm
Bros, Agents on all trains OF the Maine Cen
tral. Grand Trunk and Portland g. Rochester
railroads and OF agents on any OF the Boston
The PRKss can also M found Mt the fo.lowins
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08

The PRESS can also Ds.iound at the fo;lowir
places;
Augusta r. Pierce
Alfred-J. M Aksrs.
Bailey's isiandmD. r. Sennett
Bath-Johil.O y. SHAW.
BBiiddstord.A. j. Burahsm.
BTSnsssIc1Ar " +. 1 sssM.
Bangor-J. ID. Glynn
Boothbay Harbor-C. +. Remission.
Brownfield-Jay l.. Frlnk.
Cape Elizabeth Dye. = jose.
Cumberland MIils-H. q. Stsrs
Camden-Fred Lewis.
Cornish-L.E. knight.
Deerlng-N. j. bcanion
Deeriing Center-A. A. McConA
Damariscot An. II. Gamage.
East Deering--w. A. Golden
Tairneld-E. II. Evans.
E Ess%,aHsto11-aai v. Il Ml Mss's&0@
EEr ryysSarss-1. + {. WIKI timora
Gardiner-Bussen Bros
CIV MS LANDINGS. w. Fneic.
\. HIS. M. Lcavitt 9 Son
Gore-F. 4. Russell.
hnightville--L. B. Bradford.
knightyilie--.G. T.. Bush.
Kennebunk-J. II. Gus.
KenneDunkporJ-C. L. Miller.
Liyermore False. Newman.
Lewiston-Chandlsr & Winshin
Long islands. II. Marston.
Limerlck-S. A. G. Grant
Llsbon-C. h. Foster.
IIpson Falls-A. NJ. Gerry.
Mechanic Falls-MerriIl q Denning.
No. Decnng-Noyes Lurvey.
EolWalerboro-J.H II. Chase.
No 'HaveD-C. S. Staples.
EoItn strauord. Nh.-J. q dutohins
NorWay-P r stone.
WinIain- q kimDaii.
A. .. Moves
n Conway-C, Il. Whitaker
Old Orcnard--Jonn l. ScamInon.
Oxford-C. r. Starpird.
Philipps-W. A. ID Cragin.
Ricnmond-A. l.. PrcDle.
Rumiord Falls. j. Role
Art d Nall PaperC0
a. j. Huston
Standardization Bros.
Skowhegan-H. L. Graves.
South POrtiand-J: r. Merrlman.
II. Kicker & Son.
w. II. Morrison.
south Windham-J. W. kead.
South Paris-A. ID. Sturtevant
South Paris-F. A. Shurtleff q Co.
South WATERFORD &c. c. Downs.
Saco-W. J.. Streeter.
saco- H. y. Hendricks 8 Co.
X. l.. Prcble.
Thomastnn-R. w. Walsh.
Vinal Hayen-A. b. vinaL
Waldoboro-Ge0. Bliss.
WestlParis-S. II. White.
Wiscassett-Gibbs & Rundlett.
Wsstbrook-W. b. Boothby.
Observation-Disclosures q Wyman
YArmoushvills-A.J b. Mitchell
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08
500 Reward.

THE Portland Electric Light Company will
Il pay $500 TO any one who will furnish ev.-
dence that will convict any person OF tamper-
ng with their lines, lamps or machinery
PORTLAND ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY
Geo. W. Brown. President
nrE WILL BUY household goods or store
w fixtures Of any description. viii re-
ceive the same at our auction rooms for
sale on commission. GOSS & WILSON.
Auctioneers l54 Middle street. corner silver
street. fee3-u
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-08
THE DAILY PRESS

Can always be found at the periodic
stores Of:
The age-herald., 1900-05-11

offers monopoly prices for armor plate that is well nigh worthless. Krupp armor is no better against the new projectile now
 at the command of the government than any other plate of equal thickness. The question is one that involves millions of dollars; and if the administration wastes money after it's attention has been called to the Johnson she'll it will be held re- sponsble by the people from whose pock- cts the money is taken, no matter how in-
The age-herald., 1900-05-11
THE OILY DAILY HgNspApER IN ALABAMA
ImpracticabIas at Cincinnati.

The nliddle-of- the roaders at Cincinnati are still serving the Hon. MT. Hanna, but they are not serving him enough at pres ent to lend him any material assistance. Their strength is on paper, and it will not be seen at the polls In some of the states they will not have electoral tickets, and in none of them will they poll sig nificant or influential vote. They will not be able to turn the scale in a single state, no matter whom they support or what their platform may contain. Candidate Barker will win some additional mo- toriety in his newly acquired nomination, but he will not win in any state many votes lii his own state he will fare bad ly. His party looks more towards Sioux City than towards Cincinnati, and there is not much of 1t left in the field to look any where.
 The really active and sane populists of the period were represented at Sioux Falls, where Bryan and Towne were put in nom- ination. Mir Towne represents more par ticularly the bolters from the republican party who could not stand its trust and monopolistic tendencies.
The age-herald., 1900-05-11
 FOUR RICH FOREIGN MISERS
They Made Fortunes by Begging in Differ
 ent Countries Across the Sea.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 In Austria man who was without feet
 or arms seven years ago, lacking two
 months, sentenced to hard labor for that
 term of years, is said to be well and hearty
 and with eager longing looks forward to
 the day when he shall be liberated. Simon
 Oppasich is his name. Born legless and
 armless, he managed in the course of fifty
 years to make purely by begging $6O,0O0.
 and this huge sum he was in the habit of carrying about with him by day and hiding in the wall of the cellar where he slept by night. He got in trouble with the Aus trian police by declaring that he was desti- ute and taking an oath to that effect. Lately in England died one Isaac Cor don, who had been a professional beggar, and when he was picked up lfeless out of | the street 1t was found that he had $l5,- | GOO on his person. And a writing was like l wise found that signified that he had made | a will Volunteer heirs are coming for ward in numbers.
 1 The miser. of the story book usually
 hoards his money in good red gold under 1 the hearthstone or in some such uncomfort-
 able spot. Real misers of today seem, as | a rule, to prefer bank notes. They are cer- | tainly more easy to handle. Tori, notori-
 ous Italian beggar and miser, who died | little time ago, after a life of griping want and misery, left s400,OOO, all of which was
 hidden in boxes, tins and behind the tat
 tered wallpaper in his room. It was al
 most entirely in paper money. Another
 man of the same type who died at Auxerre.
 in France in 1898, left a large sum in bonds, but most of his wealth he had in-
 vested in rare wine. No less than 400 bottles | of one very choice vintage over eighty l years old were found fin the cellar he lived | in. This he must have bought bottle by bottle It was practically certain that he himself had never so much as tasted drop | of this liquid gold.
The age-herald., 1900-05-11
Politics in Tennessee.

They are having good deal of politics to the acre in Tennessee, rather more in fact than Alabama had last month; for the contest in Tennessee is by no means one sided. It has two very healthy sides. Gov ernor Benton McMillin is one side, and he is a candidate for both governor and United States senator. Congressman Carmack Of the Memphis district is a candidate for United States senator only, and so is Chief Justice Snodgrass of Chattanooga. Practi- cally and bluntly speaking, Governor Me Milin has a walkover so far as a second gubernatorial term is concerned, but when he attempts to seize the senatorship then he encounters two vigorous rivals at the foot of the tree.
 The state convention Is now in session, and it consists of 1,6Sl delegates. The rail- road companies decided that they would not issue passes to delegates, but would allow them to travel to and from it at the rate of one cent a mile But a delegate could not obtain ticket at the reduced rate un- less he had first obtained a certificate from the county chairman. The railroads issued to Chairman Fitzpatrick of the state ex- ecutive committee 1000 certificates, expect ing him to send them with the utmost inn partiality to the county chairmen. MT. Car mack's manager asserts that this piece of business had been so manipulat ted that Me- Millin heelers only received certificates, and that Carmack or Snodgrass supporters had 'to walk to the convention or pay full fares
 The state convention does not name, 1t is true, a candidate for United States sem ator, but the Chattanooga News thus out lines the nature and possible effect of this political play:
 "The intention in this movement is to corral all the McMilin men possible at Nashville, whether they are delegates or not, to make whoop and hurrah for Benton, creating the impression that the people out in the country are going wild about him and will have nobody but his own sweet self to represent them in the united States senate. It is attempt to bolster up an already defeated candidate by the certificate plan, and is one more evi- dence of the small calibre for which Gov ernor McNIillin and his managers have be- come famous
 Such politics may serve as a temporary ;xpedient but the man or faction who re- 'orts to it will suffer in the end. Taking !his view of the incident, we see no reason why the friends of MT. Carmack or Judge Snodgrass should worry themselves over Il, as it will react in their favor, or at least against the man who employs it in the race for the United States senate"
The age-herald., 1900-05-11
A WONDERFUL SHELL
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Most astonishing results are reported from the test of the new armor-piercing projeetle at Indian Head proving grounds yesterday. A six-inch shell, given one fourth more than the ordinary testing ve- locity, made a clean hole through four teen-inch Harveyized plate. This marvel ous performance can only be understood by remembering that the ordinary test of a piece of Harveyized armor has been to withstand the impact of shell of the same diameter as the thickness of the plate, when the shell is fired at an initial velocity of 1000 feet a second, In this ex- pertinent the initial velocity was 2,5S0 feet and the plate penetrated was two-and-one- third times as thick as in the ordinary test
 The new projectile, devised by the gov ernment ordinance bureau, is described as a sott-noSed conical she'll It would not be dlseret to describe it more in detail, for it IS so much superior to any projectile here tofore used as to make it well worth while to Keep it's construction a state secret If 1t can be used with corresponding eficien- cy in our naval thirteen-inch guns there is no armor afioat in the wide world that could resist them at long-range
The age-herald., 1900-05-11
REBUKE TO MErHons OF GATES

From the Chicago Times-Herald
 The reasons assigned by Henry Seligman and Frederick Strauss of the banking firm Of J. and w. Seligman & Co of New York Tor resigning from the directorate of tba American Steel and Wire company. consti tute an unanswerable indictment of the stock manipulator and thimblerigger who directs the affairs of that combine. They give confirmation in an official way to the allegations made by the press concerning the action of John w. Gates, chairman of the board of directors, in closing down twelve steel mills to promote his oper;- tions in Wall street.
 There is nothing evasive or ambiguous about the published statement of Messrs. Seligman and Strauss. They resigned from the directorate for the specific reason that John w. Gates did not retire from the management of the company" as they | ''had been given to understand that he would do."- It is claimed that at the meet l ing of the board in April assurances were received that the resignation of Gates as
 chairman would be offered about May l. 1 But Mr. Gates did not resign, and he con- tinues to control the company. Under | tueSe MeSSrS. SeHSndn ana l Strauss declare that it is impossible for
 them to continue longer in the directory, | and in order that the stockholders may
 understand their reasons for withdrawing
 from the board they have given their let
 ter the widest publicity.
 | The withdrawal of men of, this promi-
 hence from the directory of an industrial
 establishment because the control of its affairs is in the hands of stock jobber | is certain to have a far-reaching effect
 upon other industrial combines if it does
 not result in a reorganization of the Amer | ican Steel and Wire company. The action
 of these directors show that the best in-
 terests of the company demanded the re-
 tirement of Gates from the management. | There can be but one reason for this | These bankers and stockholders are prac- | tcal business men. They do not believe | that stock company can be honestly or | successfully managed by gambler who | manipulates industrial stocks in Wall l street.
The age-herald., 1900-05-11
MIR. sARGEANr IN THE ART WORLD

Paris Letter in New York Herald.
 Mr Sargent, the famous American ar tist, is continually improving his ex- cellent past. He now fairly dominates the art would with three portraits of the daughters of MT. Wyndham. He triumphs over all other portrait painters in delicacy and finish. Orchardson is his only rival in his picture of -Four Generations" but, of course, his sitters being from the queen down to the son of the Duke of York, makes certain the popularity of his work. The queen gave him three sittings.
 One of the finest things in the picture is the painting of the hands.
 The queen has wonderfully beautiful hands, very small and spatulated. about which Lord Beaconsfield and Miilais used to talk so highly.
 In this particular case I understand a lady famed for her hands has sat for the queen.
 At the new gallery America also holds the palm again with Sargent's most time ly picture of General Ian Hamilton, whose feats just now are on everyones tongue.
 The gallant leader is seen in khaki. The treatment of the face Is truly remarkable.
The age-herald., 1900-05-11
MONTHLY REPORT OF
 CROP CONDITIONS

Washington, May 10.-The monthly report of the agricultural department is as fol- lows:
 Returns to the statistiean of the depart ment of agriculture made up to May show the area under winter wheat in cultivation on that date to have been about 265S5,O 900 acres, or 3,569OOO, or 11S per cent less than the area estimated to have been sown last cipal states, owing to winter killing and the ravages of the Hessian fly, is follows:
 Indian, 160S,0OO; Ohio 969.OOe; Michigan, ST ,0OO; Pennsylvania, 15S,OOO and Illinois, 137 900 acres
 For the area remaining under cultivation the average condition on May l was SS.9. While this average is 62 points above the mean of the averages of the last ten years, it must be remembered that the acreage plowed up, cut for forage (except in Cali fornia where it is not yet definitely ascer- tained) or otherwise abandoned, has been entirely eliminated. The high averages of condition reported last month for Kansas, Missouri, Texas and other more or less im- portant wheat producing states that have escaped the ravages of the fly have been fully maintained, and on May 1 nearly one half of the entire winter acreage remaining under cultivation reported full normal or still higher condition
 The average condition of winter rye on May 1 was S8.5, as compared with S5.2 on May l, 1899; 94.5 on May l, 1S9S and S9.7 the | mean of the May averages for the last ten years Pennsylvania and New York. with 42.1 per cent of the total winter rye acreage of the country, report conditions Il points and points, respectively, below their ten-year averages Kansas, which ranks third in the scale of acreage. reports the high aver age condition of 107, the highest average reported May 1 of which there is any record.
 The average condition of meadow moving lands on May l was 9O.S against S49 on May 1, 1899; 929 on May l, 1898, and 91s, the mean Of the May averages of the last ten years.
 The average condition of spring pasture was 9l.S against S3.5 on May l, 1899; 912 on May 1, 1898, and 90.9, the mean of the May averages of the last ten years. Spring blowing Is more or less late in al- most every state in which its condition is a matter of any especial significance. The only notable exceptions are Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas
 The work already done in the country at large IS estimated at 6S.4 per cent of the total contemplated, the proportion usually done by May l being about 75 per cent. of the whole. In South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas the work is later than in any year for which records are available.
 In consequence of almost if not entirely unprecedented backwardness of the season the statistician is unable to make the usual preliminary estimate of the new acreage of cotton
The age-herald., 1900-05-11

There is but one belief as to his probable action on the request for his resignation and that is that he will not resign and will resist every effort made to dislodge him from his office. His attorney, Colonel W. T. Movers, has had several interviews with him, and acting under his advice, the mayor declines to say anything directly or indirectly as to what he proposes to do He will just sit quietly in the boat and let the other fellows do the rowing. Council man Maddox, who is leading in the matter of busting Mayor Woodward says that if the mayor refuses to get out of his office he will go at him in some other way.