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The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21
PERSONALS.

Mrs. Helen b. Fisks OF Indiana, who
has been the. guest of Mrs. Enoch Foster
of Deering street, has returned to her
home.
Wednesday a party of Portland men,
consisting Of Jed +. Tanning, LlewelIyn
Barton, Edward Wilson, Recorder Whel-
den, A. Q. and Walter Dresser, went to
on trip to Lake Winnipisogee, n. H.,
returning Wednesday night.
Thomas ii. Ruger of the United States
army, accompanied by Mrs. Ruger and
daughter, are guests at the Congress
Square hotel.
Mr.. @. IL. Lombard who has been
studying In the office Of Civil Engineer
Fem of this city, has left for Orono,
where he is to teach mathmetics in the
University of Maine.
Capt I. IL. Baker and Lieut.. e. E.
PhiIbrook of the 46th, are expected home
on the next transport.
Elbridge NJ. Wilson OF Gorham was in
the city yesterday and said he should
be a candidate for the office of state as
SCISSOR at the coming legislature. He
was a member of the last legislature and
also the Legislature preceding that.
Mr.. Arthur l.. Farnsworth, special dep
uty collector at this port, has returned
from brief vacation spent at Kenne-
bunk, his native place.
Miss Edith A. Rich, who acts as broker
at the Custom house, is enjoying a va
cation in Montreal and Quebec =
EMr. Robert E. Clark, formerly night
clerk at the Falmouth hotel. arrived in
the city from his home at Island Pond,
VT, yesterday, to spend few days.
Mr.. Theodore A. Smythe, who has sold
out his newsstand on Exchange street, is
to return to his home In Jamaica and
enter upon missionary work
Major General Thomas H Ruger, a
distinguished officer on the retired list of
the United States army, accompanied by
his family are guests at the Congress
Square hotel.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21
STRUCK A GALE.
Experience of Portland Passengers IA
tho Bohemian.

Mr.. William Fl. Gray, the treasurer of
the Twitchell- Champlin company, ar
rived home Wednesday from trip
abroad. He left Portland on the Fourth
OF July and three days later sailed on
the steamer Potsdam for Paris. He was
one of the Elwen party and journeyed
through Switzerland, France, Italy, Ger
many, England, Scotland and Ireland.
He sailed from Liverpool on the steam
er Bohemian September 8, coming direct
to New York. This was the maiden trip
OF this steamer and very rough voyage
was experienced. Strong head winds
prevailed during almost the entire time
and Mr.. Gray says that many Of the pas
sengers were alarmed, "We struck that
same terrible gale that wrought such ter
ritlc ruin and loss of life in Galveston -
said Mr.. Gray last evening. 1.-The wind
blowed a regular hurricane and contin-
ued in it's fury for more than So hours.
The steamer rolled and pitched in fright
full style and 1t was impossible for any
body to go on deck. We had 104 passen-
gers, all saloon, and three less than the
Bohemian is allowed to Ecarry. Many of
these passengers were pretty we'll fright
ened One lady In particular was very ner-
vous and / thought that she would so
crazy. She sat in her state room and
would not come out into the cabin. She
shiyered and shook and was in every way
greatly affected by the storm. felt that
everything would come out all right and
knew that 1t would II the boilers In the
steamer worked as they should"
Mr.. Gray visited Oberammergau, where
chad the pleasure of seeing the famous
passion play. "That is the grandest
thing that I have ever Witnessed he
said. Before saw 1t 1 had no conoep-
tion of what 1t was like. We were at the
entire production, going at O'Clock in
the morning and remaining until ~
o clock at noon; and then after an inter-
mission OF an hour, returning at O'Clock
and remaining until the conclusion at 8
O'Clock. There was an audience OF at
least 5000 people, and so still was every
body in that great number that you could
have heard pin drop. This year there
are about 600 actors in the play
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21
CHARaEp wIrH sMUaGLING.

William g. Haley of Fort Fairfield,
who was indicted at the September Dis
triot term for smuggling across the Cana
dian border, gave $500 tail for his appear
ance at the December District term be-
fore United States Commissioner Brad -
ley yesterday. Hs was Immediately re-
arrested on a second Indictment charging
conspiracy TO smuggle and ordered to
furnish 81 800 bail for his appearance at
the December term. Securities in bo tn
cases were furnished by A. w. Weather.
bee of Bangor.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21
THE AUDITOR AMENDMENT.

A compilation Of the returns on the
vote of the constitutional amendment to
establish a State auditor, shows that the
attempt to establish the Office was not a
success.
As was expected it was the vote of the
out of town people that defeated the
move. If the cities were taken by them
selves the office would have been estab-
lisned. Taken by counties those that
voted IN favor of the amendment are:
Hancock, Androscoggin, Penobscot,
Arc ostook, Piscataquis and Washington.
The vote stood IL, III In favor and 1926
opposed.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21
EXAMINATIONS FOR THE U. S
OWL SERVICE.

Examinations will be held at Portland
Oct % and "A for positions OF copyist,
with qualifications of assistant attorney,
land office, Interior Department; struc-
tural steel craftsman at Mare's Island and
League Island navy yards and other
stations; assistant, nautical almanac,
Washington; acting assistant surgeon.
Marine Hospital service, Juneau, Alaska,
and other stations; archi tectural drafts
man, ordnance department., navy yard
New York and similar vacancies. On
Nov. IA for preparation In vertebrate pale
ontology and skilled Iaborer, National
Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Apply to Ciyil Service Commission.
Washington, D.C for application bla anks
and information.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21
BRIEF JOTTINGS.

The regular meeting of the W. @. Il.
u. will be held this afternoon at 8 p. m,
at 150 Free street.
Hard coal is now 81 ton in Portland,
having gone up an additional so cents.
This with the nt-adyance of 80 cents
makes a rise of one dollar a ton within a
few days.
Arrangements are being mads by the
Church club for a continuance of the
Seamen's Reading ana Recreation rooms.
Tobacco is to be sold the sailors at cost
price.
Next Wednesday the clerks of the post
office viii begin the annual work OF
weighing the mails for period OF st
days.
Petitions in bankruptcy were fled IN
the United States court yesterday by
Daniel j Carr and Bert A. Cutter OF
Portland, and Lawrence Roderick of
Augusta.
Yesterday morning in the municipal
court, Mary Winslow was found guilty
of stealing goods from a house on Fed
eraI street, and also two bicycles. On
one offence she was sent to jail for 80
days; on a second offence 60 days and on
a third 80 days, being six months in all.
The regular bowling tournament at
Pines alleys VIII begin about the mid
die of next month. A match game be-
tween Fred S. Pine and William Silva
two cracks, is being talked of to take
place within short time.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21
CLEVELAND MAY RESPOND.

Chicago, September 2O.-rhe Times.
Herald today says:
"The Iroquis club has asked Grover
Cleveland and Richard OIney to speak
here soon, under its auspices, against Nc
Kinley and for Bryan"
Mr. Olney has promised to do SO.
There is doubt as to Mr.. Cleveland, but
the club has, 1t is intimated, encourage
ment to believe that 1T will hear from
him. 1t has been represented to Mr.
Cleveland that he can put himself and
his followers back into the party most
httingly through the Iroquis club, which
fought for him in the West before he was
nominated the last time, stood with him
during his second term and went down
with what he represented in 1896. -
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21

Chicago, September 20.-The Tribune
says: Prices OF -four are climbing high
sr with an-advancing wheat market, and
the Chicago householder Is confronted
with the possibility OF being required to
pay for his bread as well as for his coal
this winter. The local agents Of the
standard Minneapolis brands OF spring
wheat flour, have notified the wholesale
trade OF an advance of twenty cents a bar
rel, to go into effect this morning.
The new price viii be S4.70 barrel,
which IS forty cents more than was asked
a month ago. Wholesale Procers win
make corresponding advance to the re-
tail trade at once.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21
OPENING OF CONWAY'S CROCKERY
STORE AT $50 CONGRESS ST.

On Saturday John NJ. Conway, who
for more than thirty years has been iden-
titled with the crockery trade of Port
land, VIII open is new store at $50 Con-
gress street, opposite Casco street. Mr..
Conway carries the largest assortment of
dinner ware in the city, which together
with his stock of toilet sets, lamps and
brica- brac, win be marked at very low
prices for the coming week to introduce
the new store.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21

BosroN. September
BOSTON, september 4th, 1900.
To the Mayor and Board of Aldermen ol
the CITY Of Portland, Mntncs

BosroN. September 4th, 1900.
To the Mayor and Board of Aldermen OF
the city Of Portland, Antnes
The New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company respectfully asks your Honorable
Board for pc mission to lay aud maintain
underground conduits and manh0 es, with the
wires AMI cables 20 be placed therein, under
the surface of the following streets:-
Washington street, between Cumberland and
Could Sts
Forest Ave, be etween Kennebec and Lincoln
Sts.
Also for permission TO erect and maintain.
distributing poles with the wires 10 be placed
thereon, at suitable points IN such portions of
said streets as may be occupied by conduits
constructed under this order, and on any
street intersectng any such portion OF any OF
said streets, at or near the point OF inter
ton; also 10 lay and maintain underground
conduits, manholes, cables aud wires for the
purpose OF making connection with said poles
and with existing poles IL may desire to use for
distributing purposes, and for making building
connections with It's said cOnduits, on the
above or intersectng streets.
Plans showing location OF conduit con-
structed and OF distributing poles erected 10 be
filed after completion Of the work.
NEW ENG LAND TELEPHONE AND TFLE-
GRAPH COMPANY,
BY JASPER n. KELLER.
General Manager.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21
WOROMBO MANUFACTURING COM
PANY.

At the annual meeting Of the Worombo
Manufacturing Company of Lisbon Falls,
Me, held at their office the 10Th inst the
following named persons were elected di-
Tectors for the ensuing year: j. w. Dan
ielson, Galen Q. Moses, Frank Gatmann,
Seth III. Milliken, Oliver Moses, John r.
Kelley. Beniamin 4. Harris.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Llewellyn nj. Leighton of Portland tC
Clifford l.. Trot of Portland, for 81, land
in Coyle park, Portland.
Mary 5. Hudson of Scarboro to George
IL. Hudson OF Portland, for 81, land on
the southerIy side OF Prospect street,
Portland.
Francis Fessenden of Portland to Geo.
S. Payson of Portland, for 81, land on
westerly side OF Mellen street, Portland.
j acob nj. More of Portland to Teresa
NJ. Somers OF Portland, for 81, land and
buildings on the easterly side OF Winter
street, Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21

Bears the signature of cHAs. II. FLETCHER.
IN use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind You Haze AlgOa1s Bought.
CAsTORIA
Bears the signature of cHAs. II. FLETCHER.
IN use for more than thirty years, and
zne Kind You Haze AlVays Bought.
cASTORIA
Bears the signature of cHAs II. FLETCHER.
In use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind Yon Haze Alzoa1s Bought
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
Snnfnrll a q lnoL

IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
September 10. 1900.
ORDERED, That upon the foregoing petit
ton hearing VIII be given at the aldermen's
room, city building, on Monday. October s.
1900, at 1-50 O'Clock, p. M, notice thereof to he
given 10 all parties Interested by iubn~ hing the
petition and order of notice thereon in the Port
land Daily Press and the Daily Eastern Argus
&C least fourteen days before aaid he ring
Public notice TO be given as aforesaid shall be
taken as sufficient to satisfy the requirements
OF ihe statutes relating to personal notice.
Rsad and passed.
Atests L. s. SA BORN, City Clerk,pro tenn.
A uue copy Of petition and order OF hearing
thereon.
Attest: E. L. DYER City Clerk.
sept2i-1t
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21

Beginners given a thorough foundation on
me rudlments OF music, ana the patronage of
advanced p'ayers solicited. Especial attentf ON
esyon to Te chnic. lhrasing, Sight headin9
Memorizing, SOL and Accompaniment Work
Addres~ 3S5 Congress ST
In studio between 0-12 a. m, and % o m
sept19deOd1m
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21

- ran Term begins september Q at the rooms I'm
Baxter building. Pupils of both spres reeei,sad
IFlyate pupils arc received afternoon and eve
nlhg' For further particulars inquire of
MISS E. A. FILES, Principal.
Residcnce 100 Free st.
Vi''''""' aug 20 1900. aug27eod4w
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21
MRS. WinslOw's Soothing syrup.

Has been used over Fifty Years Oy millions OF
mothers for their children while Teething,
with perfect success 1t socthes the child,
softens the gums. allays Pain, cures Wind
Colic regulates tAe bowels and is the best
emedy for Diarrhoea whether arising from
eething or other causes. For sale by Drug
2ists in every part OF the world. Be sure al d
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup 25 cts
a bottle
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21

Lieut. Hobson says the Spanish ships
at Manila were not sunk by Dewey s
guns, but were scuttled by the Span
iards.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21
MORGAN CARROLL.

A very pretty wedding took place at
the Cathedral of the Immaculate Con-
ception yesterday morning, when Miss
Mary Morgan and Mr.. John Carroll of
this city were united in holy wedlock.
The officiating clergyman was the Rev.
d. }. O'Brien, rector of the cathedral.
Miss Margaret Morgan, sister OF the bride,
was bridesmaid, while Mr.. MI. Quinlan
did the honors as best man. The bride
and bridesmaid were charmingly attired
and bore themselves with truly Chris
tian dignity. Miss Annie. Shannahan
presided at the organ with her usual
skill.
A large number of relatives and
friends were present, including Miss
Carroll of New Bedford, Mass, a sister
of the bridegroom. A sumptuous we'd
ding breakfast was served at the resi-
dence of the BRIDES mother on Congress
street, which was followed by a reoep-
ton and Inspection of the elegant we'd
ding gifts. After an extended wedding
tour the newly welded couple viii re-
side at 141 Cumberland street. They
are both very popular and have the best
wishes Of all for a happy welded life.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21
WEDDINGS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

An event of special interest to friends
in Portland was the wedding Wednesday
evening of Miss Helen Noyes, daughter
or Rev. Erastus BlakesIee of BrookIine,
Mass, to MIR. Clarence Webster Peabody
of this city. The marriage ceremony
was performed by Rev. Edward L.
Clark, ID. ID of the Central Congrega-
tional church OF Boston, In the presence
of relatives and friends. Harry G. Faby-
an, Esq of Cambridge, a college chum
of the groom, was the best man. The
ushers were Mr.. Henry A. Peabody and
Mr.. Marshall Davis of Portland Mr.
Robert Blakeslee of Brookline, and Eli
oft b. Church, Esq of Boston. The
bride was attended by Miss Dorothy
Blakeslee, her sister. The wedding march
was played by Mrs. Samuel I. Dutton
and Miss M. Lillian Dutton OF New York.
Tasteful decorations filled the rooms
and the gifts were numerous and ele-
CANT.
After brief trip Mr.. and Mrs. Pea
body Will reside at 1877 Emery street,
Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-21
THE PRESS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY.


Eastman Bros & Bancroft
Standard Clothing Go.
Burbank, Douglass & Co.
Commercial Milling Co.
John M Conway.
Oren H0operg Sons
Elwell.
Frank M. Low & Co.
GEO. G Shaw q Co.
LOring. Short & Harmon.
Johnston, Bailey g Co.
Sch oCterbeck & FOss Co.
+. Tibl etts q Co.
Portland Stove hOundry Co..
Geo. A. LibDy. Teacher
N. E. Tel"phon5 and Telegraph Co.
L. M. Leighton.
ADJUSTMENTS.
Jefferson Theatre. r
AUCTION.
f. 0. Bailey s. Go.
New Wants, For Sale, TO Let Lost, Found
and similar advertisements Will be found Oh
page under appropriate heads.
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ILLINOIS RIVERS SWOLLEN.


CHICAGO, March 1S.-Reports received
here to-day show that serious floods are
prevailing In the northern portion of Illi-
nois by the overfiowing of the Illinois,
Desplaines, Fox, Sangamon and Kankakee
rivers. Much live stock and property have
already been destroyed. AT LaSalle. the
Illinois river and tributary streams are
now fourteen feet above normal height
and still rising. Not since 1892 has there
been so much water in this vicinity. At
Peru, Water street is overfiowed and cell
lars are flooded, doing much damage. At
Peoria the Illinois river is out of its
banks and is doing considerable damage
along the valley. AT Havana the Herget
levee, on the Sangamon river, broke last
night. compelling three hundred families
to flee to higher ground. Much stock has
been lost. An enormous ice gorge is formed
east of Ottawa, which may take out the
bridge there, If not broken up by dynamite.
A big gorge has formed between Ottawa
and LaSalle.
At Lorenzo, John Zipp's family, living on
an island at the junction of the Kankakee
and 7Desplaines rivers, had narrow es-
cape. An ice gorge formed above the
island and broke. The released waters SUBJ
merged the entire island and the family
found refuge on a large cake of ice and
were carried several miles down stream be-
fore rescued Inc house and all the stock
were DESTROYED
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and Steyn sending their peace telegram to
Lord Salisbury. were asked TO endeavor to
secure the good Offices of their respective
governments, apparently with the view of
bringing outside influence to bear upon
Lord Salisburys reply to the Boer over
tgres. These seem to have been fruitless,
except in the instance OF United States con-
suls. whose representations to Secretary
Hay were forwarded March II to the
United States embassy in London, with the
instructions outlined above. These Mr..
White. the charge d'affaires. personally
presented TO Lord Salisbury. who received
them cordially but without committing
himself to any definite expression of opin-
ion. AS the Boer overtures had already
been answered to the effect that no propo-
sitions including the retention of the re-
publics' independence could be considered.
the presentation Of the American offer was
already too late, but the premier, appar-
emily, deemed 1t matter of sufficient i'm
portance to put himself on record with a
reply.
Henry White saw Lord Salisbury at the
Foreign Office this evening, and received a
formal reply from the British government.
declining the good offices of the United
States in regard to peace. 1t is understood
that the reasons of the premier are identi-
cal with those already stated. The inter-
view between Mr.. White and Lord Sails
bury was very brief, the premier confining
himself to a courteous verbal declination.
without entering into details.
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BOERs GROWING CRUEL.
Winston Churchill Fears British
Prisoners at Pretoria VIII Suffer.

LONDON. March H.-Winston Churchill
wires to the Morning Post from Durham,
protesting against the ceremonious treat
ment of General Cronje. He adds: 1.-THE
stern decision not to exchange prisoners
will undoubtedly accelerate the end of the
war, but it will prove very hard, and per-
haps even dangerous, for the British pris-
oners in Pretoria.
There is abundant evidence that the
Beers are becoming more cruel, and the
war will enter darker phase. 1t is very
doubtful If the Boer government will be
able to control the wild passions of the ex-
asperated ruffians forming the noisy part
of the Boer forces in the event of siege
of Pretoria, and the position of the British
prisoners would then become precarious.
~ have visited the dam which the Beers
began on Kip river, below Ladysmith. If
it had been completed it would have SUBJ
merged Intombi Camp. where there were
1000 sick
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MAFEKING HOLDING
OUT
COLONEL PLUMER MARCHING TO
THE RELIEF OF THE TOWN.
Baden-Powell's Men in Sore Distress
Message from Lady Sarah Wilson
-Joubert's Whereabouts.
CAPE TOWN, March 13-
Evening.-General French has ar
rived at Bloemfontein.

LONDON, March IA, 4:30 a. m.-Nothing
can be said of the advance on Bloemfon-
tein beyond Lord Roberts's own dispatches.
Nothing more has been permitted to come
is fully occupied with important military
operations. The dispatch from Cape Town
saying that General French has arrived
at Bloemfontein" probably does not mean
that he has entered the city. Lord
Roberts's messages may mean either that
the Beers have cut the railway to the north
or that the British cavalry have done SO.
II the former then it may be assumed that
no rolling stock has been seized. but by
general assumption the latter interpreta-
ton is regarded as correct. This would
greatly facilitate obtaining supplies from
Orange river, an important matter, as
Lord Roberts's line of communication at
Modder bridge is now 40 miles long. The
Beers may make another fight, but there
is little doubt that Lord Roberts will occu-
py Bloemfontein to-day wednesday, The
Beers retiring from Orange river will find
themselves between two British armies,
and their guns are almost bound to fall
into the hands OF the British. while the
occupation of the capital of the Free State
will strain the alliance of the two repub-
lies to the utmost.
The government will not allow the
Kruger-Steyn appeal to influence in any
way their determination not to spare any
effort to prosecute the war. There will be
no diminution of measures calculated to
maintain the full efficiency of the field
force, and whatever reinforcements were
previously considered advisable will still
be sent out.
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WAITING FOR HIS INFANTRY.
Spencer Wilkinson Thinks Roberts Is
Near BIOemfontein.

LONDON, March 14-Spencer Wilkinson,
in the Morning Post. says: Lord Roberts
is probably now waiting in front of Bloem-
fontein for the infantry divisions. None of
them could well be expected TO arrive be-
fore dark. The three divisions would prob
ably be so directed that while the leading
one would follow the cavalry and turn the
Boer defenses the other two would come
up in echelon on to the original Boer 'front.'
so that I'm case of resistance the Beers
could be enveloped and compelled to re-
treat under difficulties, with heavy loss
Lord Roberts is not the man TO forget, In
his determination 10 reach a strategical
point. any measures likely TO contribute
toward crushing a part of the enemy's
force.
There are abundant signs of the demor-
alization of the Beers. The first is the bad
strategy of their resistance to the advance
of Lord Roberts. Then comes the message
of the Presidents to Lord Salisbury. Kru-
ger and steyn. It can be seen. have not yet
quite realized their position. but Lord SAL