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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-28
ANOTHER GRIP FOUND.
Thought to Have Also Been Taken BY
Veteran Bixby.

BENJAMIN f. Bixby, the old soldier
who was arrested Wednesday charged
with stealing several grips, was not
placed before the municipal court yester-
day morning. The police made more
Investigations and found another grip
which is believed to have been taken by
Bixby. They also found a musical folio
belonging to Miss Mercedes White. This
folio had been left at Bond s harness
shop on Fore street. Mr.. Bond saw
man leaving the folio at his shop and
remembered that it was left by man
answering to the description of Bixby.
Bixbv Will probably be arraigned In
the municipal court at this morning
session
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-28
A lesson TN VALUES.

IT-7S OLLAR for dollar, pound for pound, there IS
Fl more in Ivory Soap than in any household
soap. 1t is easy to find a cheap soap; bot
elz- to find purity and low price in single soap
is not easy. They combine in Ivory Soap You
can afford to Use it in the laundry; you can not
afford not to Use it elsewhere. It is vegetabIe-ol
soap, in the cheapest form IN which it can Be pro
cured. YOu pay nothing for a fancy box, wrapper
or perfume. It is all in the soapl 1t floats.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-28
What Shall We Have for Dessert 2

This question arises in the family every
day. Let us answer it today. Try Jell-o.
DELICIOUS and healthful dessert. Pre-
pared in two minutes. No boiling no
bakingl simply add boiling water ana
set to cool. Flavors - Lemon, orange
Raspberry and Strawberry. Get PACK
age at your grocers today, 10 cts.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-28
MARRIAGES.

In this city, Sept. 26. by Rev. Dr. Jenkins.
Frank Il. Hare OF Boston ana Mabel TolIes Of
Manchester, y II.
Steuben and Miss Florence L. Guthrie OF Bar
HarbOr.
Miss Matte q. McGlinchey
In MilltOwn, Sept %, Frank G. Noble and
Miss Annie Lawless.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-28
NAM RrG rAIR I'M BOsTON.

The first sr1ennial fair OF the Merchants
and Manufacturers Exposition company
onens at the Mechanics building In
Boston. Monday and win continue four
weeks. The opening week Faniculli's
71st Regiment band of New York will
be in attendance, followed by Sousa and
Victor Herbert. The attractions of the
fair will be many and varied ana excur-
sions Will be run from all points.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-28
PRIME E R.

All-round union Job Printer, with CITY expo
Renee. in tyne display and commercial JOB
presswork; also familiar with all-round country
newspaper and job Office work. competent to
take charge, desires permanent position IN or
out of city Perfectly reliable, and references
given as to character and ability. Address j..
nj. DYER, 70 st. Lawrence St, POrtlandy Me-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-28

After a man becomes old times flies SO
fast that the monthly magazines become
dailies.-Atchison Globe.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-28
10 -.

Furnished house ~ State ST.,
10 rooms, bath, furnace, lawn
dry, nicely furnished, with or
without piano; rent low TO de-
siTabIe party. GEO. z. } YIN AIMS
21O Middle ST., near Monument
SMmare. sep28 Tvs
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05
BY CATS EYES,
Chinese Tell the Hour by tho Line In
tho Feline Visual Organ.

Chinese Tell the Hour by tho Line In
tho Feline Visual Organ.
1t must be conceded that In somo
qualities of primitive, but practical re-
sourcefulness the Chinese are ahead
of most civilized nations. All travellers
agree that If in district where clocks
and watches are unknown you ask
Chlnaman the time of day he will. il
we'll disposed, at once proceed to am
buscade and capture the household cat,
and after pushing up the lids and look
ing for moment into its eyes he will
tell the time with astonishing accur-
acy. The explanation is a simple phys
biological one. The pupils Of the cats
eyes constantly contract until midday,
when they become like fine line, as
thin as a hair drawn perpendicularly
across the eye; after twelve they be-
gin again to dilate. It is to be hoped
that il the practice Is ever introduced
into this country watches and clocks
will continue to be made, as there will
probably be many who will not care
to run after cat whenever they want
to know the hour, or who may fear
some danger to their own eyes from
too close an examination of hers. The
Chinese have by no means monopoly
of the cat as a perambulating time
piece. The negroes of Jamaica are
very we'll acquainted with the method
Of telling the time by looking at the
effect of the sun on pussy's eyes, and
those who twenty years ago we're quite
illiterate and could not tell the time
by watch used to resort to this
method for discovering the time OF
day. l have myself repeatedly, watch
in hand, asked a negro to tell the time
in this way, and it was very rare in
deed for him to be five minutes out by
the clock. !
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05

The press of Europe Is severe in its
condemnation of Gen. Lord Roberts
for having permitted the execution OF
Hans Cordua, the Boer officer, who
was convicted on the char ge Of hay
ing conspired to kidnap Lord Roberts
and other British officers In the in
terests Of the Boer cause.
There is no denial Of the fact that
Cordua and other Beers in Pretoria
entered into the conspiracy, under
the belief that If Lord Roberts could
be prevented from directing affairs
the British plan Of campaign would
be greatly weakened. But In his de-
Tense Cordua advanced the statement
that the conspiracy was not of his
initiative. It was according to him
concocted by British secret service
men and it was not until great pres
sure was brought to bear upon him
that he countenanced it and became
q party to it. In the light OF this
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05
Phil ArfnoUr'S
Big Job

3 /. .
P. D. Armour of Chicago. ''the old
man Of the markets." has q contract
from the Russian car to ship 1000
cattle to that country from San Fran
cisco. 1t is easy enough to secure
the cattle, but the question of trans
portation is an enormous task. There
are not boats enough on the Pacific
coast to carry the cattle. Those who
know Mr.. Armour, however, are con-
fldent that he will solve the problem;
II not, it will be the hrst time that the
greatest trader in the world ever re-
ceived an order that was too big for
him.
The last great coup OF P. D. Armour
was made in connection with the
Letter wheat corner in 1897. This
corner was months in maturing. It
sent the price Of grain up in India.
The value of loaf of bread almost
doubled In Calcutta. in London and
In New York. Joseph Letter was a
foo worthy even of P. D. Armour. 1t
is now a matter of common history
how Armour wrigeled out of a
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05
he Graf. Ct
RUssid
Assigns Him
! 7 ask IS

squeeze" that would have meant f.
rlancial death to 999 men out Of 1000.
He executed great coup in trans
porting millions OF bushels OF wheat
from Duluth to Chicago by boat in
the winter season, when navigation
was supposed to DO closed. 1t was an
expensive affair for Mr.. Armour, but
in the end it smashed Mr.. Letter, just
as Mr.. Armour had figured it would.
Mr.. Armour could have settled his
losses with Letter for about one-half
what 1t cost him to bring that wheat
to Chicago, and 1t is safe to say that
he is about the only man in the trade
who would not have seized the oppor-
tunity TO get off as cheaply as pos
sible. But Mr.. Armour Is not that
kind Of man.
At enormous expense he had sum-
cient wheat shipped to Chicago and
formally delivered it to Letter. It
swamped the latter, the corner in
wheat was broken and Armour more
than recouped himself in the clean
IN ~. lt "-E, .-D.1-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05
immensely of China.

China and it's dependencies have a
total area of 4,21S, 401 square miles and
a population of 402, 100000. In area it
includes nearly one-twelfth Of the to-
tai area of the globe, while its popula-
ton includes nearly one-third of all
the people in the world. AS compared,
with the United States, the latter's is
land possessions being excluded, China
has 100000 more square miles of terri
tory and more than five times as many
inhabitants. The population of China
proper per square mile is 292; that of
the state of Rhode Island is 254, and
that of Texas six.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05
Ito be continued.)
Debarred from Royal Presence

Debarred from Royal Presence
Now and then one hears of society
ladies being offered large sums-and
accepting them-for presenting an am
bilious woman at drawing room;
but money will not always secure Of
of the lord chamberlain's cards Of ad-
mission. For example, the wife or
daughter of a retail tradesman, how
ever large his business and however
wealthy he may be, is never allowed
to enter the royal presence, and two
or three other classes are vigorously
barred. There is also an objection to
the wives of company promoters. In
deed, when there is drawing room
announced the clerks in the lord cham
berlain's Office have quite an exciting
time in inquiring into the position Of
those desiring to attend.-London
Chronicle.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05
The Execution
Of Cordua
P. D. ARMOUR.


in England five mornings; have seen
nothing eaten for breakfast by friend
or foe or myself but coffee and sand
witch and boiled eggs. You go into
what they call the commercial-room.
call for boiled eggs and bread and but
ter and coffee. They will bring it in,
the bread cut in thin slices spread with
butter, with the coffee and eggs, a
spoon for the coffee and spoon for
the eggs; no knife or fork. Was in
yited out to dinner Sunday by J. H.
Simpson, the Belgian hare fancier Of
England. One meal like that in a day
would suffice, so have decided Eng
lish people go to extremes sometimes"
Kansas City Journal.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05
.Scalned Thirteen Indians.

Wichita correspondence Chicago In.
ter Ocean: Fred Grabby, aged Ga, died
at Strand, Kan, last week. Grabby
made himself famous by scalping 10
Indians in one bunch IA years ago. He
was travelling through Oklahoma with
his family. Thirteen young Indians
came upon him and demanded his
scalp. He fled to the wagon and OBJ
tanned a lasso. This he threw around
five Indians and bound them together,
while his wife held the others at bay
with rifle. After he had killed and
scalped the five he killed the other
eight. Such a feat was never before or
since heard Of. To commemorate the
deed Grabby settled on the spot where
he killed the Indians.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05

early On the fourth morning, and wss
atm more uneasy at hearing that there
was no news Of the steamer. He
haunted the quay all the next day,
rather to the detriment Of his work.
ana at night he could not sleep.
Thoughts Of yeronica's fears and suf-
ferings obtruded themselves. Hs
blamed himself for leaving her, for
not having returned to fetch her, al
though he could not well have lett.
She had always hated the water and
feared 1t, and he had loved It. The
next day he was down at the quay
again, trying to get some information
about the steamer. In little while
not he alone, but the owners Of tho
boat, began to get frightened. They
could get no news. No other boat
seemed to have seen anything Of her.
BY and by there were stories Of some
Of the wreckage Of steamer being
washed ashore, and at the end Of .
fortnight the haggard man who spent
his days at the quay looking out for
the boat which would never return to
the town had to give up all hope. The
steamer had assuredly gone down, and
all hands with 1t; and Veronica, his
wife, was lost with the others!
And so ended this brief little episode.
Alan had been very happy with his
gentle wife, and South America was
loathsome to him now. He began to
long, with longing that had been
stifled during his brief married life BY
the drawing out of other parts Of his
nature, for England and things Eng
lish. The white, clear moonlight, the
scent of the tropical flowers, the soft,
dark eyes and liquid accents of the
Spanish women, the songs they sang,
the very guitars they played, remind
ed him of his poor Veronica, now ly-
ing fathoms deep under the restless
sea,
But as she had never stirred the
passionate depth of his nature, SO her
death never drew out passionate grief.
He felt lonely, that was all; and the
glowing land, where everything was so
beautiful and yet seemed SO ephem-
eral, became distasteful to him, so he
gladly accepted Richard Dempster's
offer to manage the export part Of his
business in London, and to return to
English shores.
In short time his South American
experiences almost faded out Of his
mind. Veronica became a sweet men,
DRY to him, which moonlight nights
freshened. He was very successful in
his work, and in four years time had
gained a good position for himself. He
was ambitious, too, and began reading
for the bar, which he found he could
do together with his work for the firm.
And four years after he left South
America saw him respected and much
made of as any young man of twenty.
six might be who is beginning to DO
known as a man who may become i'm
portant.
(To be continued.)
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05
Mo Good Meals I'm England.

eve are making our headquarters at
the temperance Albion hotel. I have
yet to find a hotel or restaurant where
you find meals ready" complains a
Macon, Mo-, man now sojourning In
England in letter to his home paper.
"You must go in and call for what
you want and wait for it to be
cooked. You do not even have a bill
of fare to look over. Have now been
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05
Prince Shocked BY YaudeyIlleE

His more or. less royal ex-highness,
the Prince Kalaminanole, Of Hawaii,
who is now in New York. went alone
to see vaudeville show there to de-
termine IL it was a proper place to
take his wife, and though the per-
formance was mild enough from q
New York standpoint. he was greatly
shocked and decided it would not do
for the princess.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05

it would seem as though Lord Rob-
erts might have had magnanimity
enough to have spared the life OF
Cordua. His permission for the exc
cution of the Boer officer is not in
keeping with the general opinion
formed of him. .> 2-
Beside, the execution Of Cordua we
believe to have been a blunder. 1t
will incite the Beers to more despe-
rate resistance and prolong the agony
Of the South African tragedy.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05
Voter IL a Veteran.

James M. Sherwin Of Grafton, VT,
has voted at every election in his town
local, state and national-since 1882.
II he lives until November he will cast
his eighteenth presidential vote.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05
jonathan Edwards Memorial

The First Church of Northampton.
Mass, will, on June %, place a tablet
upon the walls of its sanctuary in
memory Of Jonathan Edwards. who,
was pastor of this church from 1925 to-
1850, Iii
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05

Army officers predict failure for
home rule in Cuba.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05

$500
Evening journal., 1900-11-08

ed TO vote; flooded the city and state
with campaign literature, much Of
which was absolutely false; brtbed
certain newsdealers to insert such
Democratic documents in Republican
newspapers going into Republican
homes. and then, with all the election
machinery in their hands, were unable
to carry out their plans in their com
pleteness, or to save themselves from
isnominious defeat. This speaks well
for the Republican leaders who cir
cnmyented their designs. but what
must the people think of men In public
life who resort to such practices to
accomplish their ends as those souglf
TO be attained by the Democratic stat'
and County Committees?
Evening journal., 1900-11-08
Glasgow Has Many Visitors

Special 20 the Evening Journal.
Glasgow, Nov. Miss Marie E.
Wingard. who formerly taught at
Glasgow, and who is now teaching in
Kennett Square. spent several days in
Glasgow recently.
Miss Helen Frederick, of Whining
ton. has returned home. after a pleas
ant visit to Mrs. John Frazer.
The supper and fair held at Pen
cader Presbyterian Church was a sue
cess. about $500 being cleared. The
proceeds are to be used for the repaint-
ing of the lecture room. The supper
was we'll attended both nights by
visitors from Elkton, Newark. Della
ware City, Chesapeake. Wilmington
Miss Margaret A. Lewis a former
teacher of Glasgow. who now teaches
at Port Penn. has been visiting Mrs
SAMUEL Alrlchs.
Mrs. William Ellison and daughter
Louisa. paid a visit to Mrs. NJ. e Boul
/ den recently.
Evening journal., 1900-11-08
Celebrated Her Birthday

An enjoyable surprise party was
given at the home of Miss Lizzie
Smith, of Marshallton, in hon-r OF
her sixteenth birthday, Many amusing
games were played, and at a late hour
the guests were invited to the dining
room. where refreshments were served
in abundance.
Those present were: The Misses Ger
tie McDougan, Florence Brumel, Ger
tie Crossau, Bertha Gray, Ethel Gro
Tiers. Lille McDougall, Cora C0lwell
Maud Blest Lidie Smith, Lizzie Smith
Lizzie Guthrie. Martha Webb. Rena
Smith. Elva Smith, Annie Hcpe
Abram Clark. Harry Welch, Walter
Faning, John Taylor. Albert Creig
Reuben Hail. Lewis Kank Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Smith Mr.. and Mrs. Iamei
Blest and family Mr.. and Mrs. Georg'
McDOugall and Frank Sullivan. Georg
Cooper and George Brown, Of Whining
l ton.
Evening journal., 1900-11-08
CANVASS BOARD
HEARS PROTESTS
Several Filed in the Session
Of The Court This
Morning

Chief Justice Charles b. Lore and
Judge William C.. Spruance sat as
returning board in the county court
room at the Court House at II o'clock
to-day.
IL was announced that the boarG |
would meet at 10 o'clock. but Chief |
Justice Lore appeared at the Court !
House before that hour and made the |
announcement that the board would
not meet until 12 o'clock.
Long before 10 o'clock crowds of
/ politicians hlled the corridors of the
Court House. They were on the
outside and even invaded the grass
plots
Protests were presented by Howard
d. Ross, who was the candidate for
senator from the Second senatorial
district; David w. Colpitts, candidate
in the Fifth senatorial district; John
w. Morrison, candidate for representa-
tive in the Ninth district, and David
c. Rose. candidate for representative
in the eleventh district
] Much interest was manifested in the
count throughout the session.
2 Mr. Ross protest is based on the
e claim that ballots cast for him in the
e Third and Fourth election districts OF
, the First representative district, and
I in the Twenty-sixth. Twenty-seventh
Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth. Thirty
fifth and Thirty-sixth election districts
Of the Fifth representative district
were not counted Forty Of these bal
> lots were in the First election district
= The protest against the failure to ge
u p in votes at the Third election district
: where the riot t-ok place on Tues
u day, will not be forced before the boar,
Z Of canvass, but will be fought out befor
=" the Senate.
Protests of Messrs Morrison. Ros
and Colpitts were on the ground tina
balllts counted were improperl
!, marked.
~ Representing the Republicans wer
~ State Chairman Philip @. ChurchmaI
ID Colonel Benjamin Nields Harry !
e' Joslyn and David j. Reinhardt Th
u Democrats were represented by j. Han
81 vey Whiteman, Thomas Davis, Pete
s. l.. Cooper, Jr.. and L. Irving Hand,
es William Butz Robert Ada.r. Fret
Se erick E. Stone, Francis A. McCloske
~ Joseph c. Wigglesworth and Baldwl
B Springer were appointed clerks for II
session.
Chief Justice Lore announced in r
ply to Mr.. Nields that no rules wou
be laid down. The merits of the cas-
"a as brought before the court would
a. dealt with separately The court 7
IN quested that all complaints be MAJ
IN as early as possible in order to be ia
to the defendants, and that a complai
,g- in any district should be presented b
as- fore that district was reached in &
count.
Evening journal., 1900-11-08

For ten years the Rev. j. d. C..
Hanna has been connected with the
Methodist churches in this city, and
during that time he has made a host
of friends. They regret that he leaves
the Wilmington Conference to become
assistant pastor OF the Methodist Epis-
oopal Church in West Chester, but
wish him God-speed, feeling ooniideni
that ne viii serve as useful a purpose
land make as many friends thefe as he
has done here.
Evening journal., 1900-11-08

Judge Cochran, of the Municipal
Court, again has subjected himself to
public criticism. His disposition of
the Serson case last week was follow
ed by his absence from court yester-
day morning, and no session was held
Fifteen cases were down for trial, and
the policemen who were TO be wit
nesscs i'm those cases, and who had
done double duty on election day, were
kept out Of their beds for nothing. Tho
prisoners. too, were kept in their cell.
until last night, although many o
them were arrested solely for drunk
onness. We think the Legislature, al
its next session, should take som,
steps 10 establish the Municipal Cour
ON different basis. A question haf
arisen as 10 whether the appointmen
OF Judge Cochran win have to be sen
TO the State Senate for confirmation
Some are Of the opinion chat it will
Others that 1t win not. Be this as /
may. the Republicans control bot
branches Of the Legislature, ana th
people OF Wilmington look TO then
for relief.
Evening journal., 1900-11-08

Seven months ago the Evening Jour
nal had a circulation Of 7 200 day.
Yesterday we printed and sold
1880 copies. the demand for them be-
ing SO great that we could not even
retain enough copies for our files. No
other newspaper published in Della
ware ever made such a phenomenal in
crease in circulation. Il means that
the circulation of the Evening Journal
has more than quadrupled. and that
in point Of circulation it now is sec.
ond, if not first, for our increase has
been made largely at the expense o
tho other afternoon papers published
/ in this city.
Evening journal., 1900-11-08

Richard Croker. head OF Tammany
Hall. is another man who felt the peo-
ple's displeasure. When Bryan was
in New York he said: Great is Tam
many. and Croker is its prophet" He
now realizes that Tammany was, at
the time he spoke on the edge Of a
precipice, and that the prophecies OF
Croker stood for nothing. The Repuo-
licans and the friends of David b. Hill
upset his organization and his predic-
tions at one and the same time.