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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

DIR. Charles Atwood Kofold has been
appointed assistant professor of embryol-
ogy In the University OF California He
is now completing his work as superin-
tendent OF the State natural history sur
Vey OF 1i1nols and viii not assume his
new duties until the first of next wear.
Lord Hopetoun, the new governor-gen-
erai OF Australia is expected to dazzle
the colonies with his magnificent enter
tanning He is taking an enormous
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24
HALF-CENTS.
(Banker S Magazine. J


The coinage of the half-cent is being
demanded from numerous quarters In
the early history OF the country this coin
did not seem to be needed. Business had
not reached the degree of division and
specialization that rendered it useful.
Such as were coined were treated more
as curiosities than as money. In all new
countries where resources have to be de-
veloped there is d disregard for detail and
of small things. The broad foundations
and framework OF Il nation have to be
roughly hewn at first, and by degrees the
finer details and the finishing and polish
ing are attended to. AS civilization pro-
crosses the population increases the trad
ing and everyday business is done on
finer lines.
Convenient small coins for use in small
transactions cOnduce to economy and say
ing. In California IN the pioneer days
thera were no coins less than dime. All
transactions in which change could not
be exactly made, less than dime, caused
a loss to one side and a gain to the other.
The sharp, 1nS1stent person always
gained the long bit IN the bargain. For
a long time CaIifOrnIans affected to de-
sp1se nlckels, but the advantage of max
Ing closer and Juster change gradually
recommended Itself and now even the
copper cent Is gaining ground in that
state Of great resources and large ideas.
The demand Of the half-cent comes
from those sections of the country where
the struggle for existence is becoming
more difficult, and where the subdi-
visions OF business and competition in
prices cause the loss of even a half cent
in making change a serious matter.
There are many things sold for cent
which would be sold for a half-cent ii
such coin existed. The dollars would
probably take care OF themselves better ii
the half-cent was in existence to be taken
care OF, than they are now when the
cent is the least coin that can be looked
after. To add the half-cent to our coins
would increase the profits of small deal
ers, and the possible economies of that
class of people who are obliged to make
small purchases. As it is now either the
seller or purchaser IN these small deal
ings, which by their number, are OF great
Importance, loses or gains.
10 save cent eacn day amounts to
three dollars and s1xty-five cents a year,
and to save half Mt each day effects a
saving OF one half of the same. The
country should have the half-cent
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24

A reporter for the Express called upon
the sheriff today with this question:
- A morning paper asserts today that you
have said that you never intended to en-
force the liquor law. Is that true? Did
you ever make any such statement?''
The sheriff replied: mo never made
any such statement to any live man, -
Evening Express,
The morning paper referred to is I'M
doubtedly the PRESS. We have no dis
position to do the sheriff any injustice.
The assertion that he had said that he
did not intend to enforce the liquor law
was founded on an Interview with
him published in the Sunday Telegram
in which he was reported to have said:
81 never told anybody that would en-
force the liquor law to the letter. said
/ would see that the county got some
revenue out OF the traffic"
Tt seems to us that this is equivalent to
declaration that he did not intend to
enforce the law, in the proper sense OF
that word, but simply to get money out
Of the traffic for the county. We have
never seen any contradiction of this in
teryiew. II it did not take place, or ii Mr..
Despeaux's language was not correctly
reported, then of course Mr.. Despeaux is
entitled to a withdrawal Of the statement
the PRESS made. Otherwise we think
no injustice has been done him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24
UNCLE SANS CLOUKs.
(From the Chicago Record. }

There are 600 clocks in the treasury de-
partment, and a man named Fleming is
paid $40 mouth for winding them and
keeping thsm in repair. This duty is let
annually to the lowest bidder, and the
cost has been reduced from $50 to S45 a
month by rivalry between MIR. Fleming
and another clock maker, who secured
the job for two or three years through po-
litical influence during the last Cleve
land administration.
Mr.. Fleming had looked after the
clocks in the treasury at salary of S75
a month as long as anybody could re-
member, until he considered that privi-
lege a vested right, and when it was
taken away from him by Secretary Car
Isle he was very uneasy, and finally un
derbid his rival and offered to do it for
$50 month The contract was given to
him, and the next year the other man
underbid him and got the job for $50 a
month, Next time Fleming came in
with an offer of $40 month, which was
really lower than any body could afford
to make. because it requires nearly all
his time to perform the duties, particu-
larry as many OF the clocks are getting
old and constantly need repairs. Sin the
other departments the messengers of the
different bureaus look after the clocks,
except the large ones that are connected
by wire with the Naval Observatory and
accurately mark the sun time.
The clocks of the White House are
looked after by one Of the local jeWlery
merchants, who sends man every week
to wind them and sea that they are in
order. 1t is a curious fact that only one
out of % or 30 clocks in the White House
is of American manufacture, ana that is
big gilt affair, which stands on the
mantel in the green room, and was pur-
chased while James Munroe was Plesi-
dent.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24
CoNFIDE IN MARYLAND.


Four years ago. and for the first time
in her history, Maryland cast her cleo
toral votes for the Republican candidate
for President. The wisdom of that has
been amply attested in the past four
years, and the most casual contemplation
of existing conditions, and contrast with
the stats of affairs prior to 1886, prove
indubitabIy that MaryIandshas profited al
most incalculabiy by reason of President
McKinley's election The question be-
fore the voters Of Maryland this year is
practically the same as it was four years
ago. Then it was to safeguard what the
state had and pave the way for more
prosperous future. Now it is to protect
the present and guarantee the future.
The popuIace OF this commonwealth is
too enlightened and intelligent to be
frightened by the false alarm Of imperial
ism, no matter whence it emanates or
what argument is brought forth to sup
mort it,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24

The paramount issue of Mr.. Bryan s
campaign is getting rather lukewarm
support in the South, where the idea had
taken pretty firm hold before the Kansas
City convention that expansion would
prove a great benefit to Southern trade.
A few papers are giving it some support,
but as many are vigorously opposing
while more are non conmittal OF course
1t makes no great difference what South
ern Democrats views are now, inasmuch
as they viii all vote the Democratic tick
ct, regardless of the platform, but it win
make a great deal Of difference when Mr..
Bryan calls his Congress together. They
will then assert themselves, and as they
will be in the majority they will assert
themselves with great effect
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24

Four years ago Bryan IS idea of a Presi-
dent was that he was the peoples hired
man. This year 1t is that he is the head
of corporation for he declares that the
government is corporation and the
people stockholders in 1t. 1t looks as
though Bryan was drifting away from
the people and getting trust ideas into
his head.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24

Mr. Bryan extended his thanks to the
Populistic end of his aggregation yester-
day, and had considerable to say about
free silver, though he also discussed i'm
per1alIsm. He did not treat free silver as
if it were a dead issue by any means; but
he left the impression that he still con-
sidered it as important as ever. When his
congress is called together, if it ever is,
his Populistic supporters will not forget
what he said yesterday on the subject of
free silver, nor suffer him to forget 1t.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24

There is a general chorus of warning
from the Republican leaders of the dan
ger of confidence, and it ought to be
Needed. ssSThe prevailing impression from
one end of the country to the other is that
Mckinley is sure to be elected, and the
betting men who look at elections purely
from the standpoint of money making
are strengthening this impression by
giving odds OF two to one on him.
The danger of a continuance of
this state OF feeling is that it may lead
many Republicans to stay at home on
election day under the Impression that
their votes Will not be needed. Maine,
one Of the first States to vote, is exceed
ingly liable to make the mistake of over
confidence because of the we'll known
fact that the Republican majority in this
State is overwhelming when the voters
come out. What more natural than for
many Republicans who might find it in
convenient to go to the polls, to stay
away on the ground that a large Repub
Iican majority was certain anyway, and
their votes would not be missed. II it
were simply a question of electing the
state ticket that might be true, but the
size of the majority in this state is going
to have great influence all over the coun
try For that reason it Is necessary that
every Republican vote should be thrown.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24

A correspondent reminds us that our
statement that Oregon gave its electoral
vote to Bryan In 1895 Is incorrect. He is
right. Oregon gave It's vote to McKin-
ley. The state we had in mind was
Washington.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24
CuMBGRLAND CoUNTY.

Senators Harry R. Virgin, Portland.
Thurst0n S. Burns Westbro0k,
Joseph Y. Hodsdon. Yarmouth,
Winburn S. Staples, Bridgton.
Attorney-KOAert 7. Whitehouse. Portland.
Sheriff-Oren Z. de peauX. Portland.
Judge Of Probate-Henry @. Peabody. Port
md
Register of Prebate-Joseph B. Reed, Port
md.
Commissioner George P. Plaisted, Gorham.
Treasurer-James NJ. Thompson New Glou-
sSUer
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24

Adam E. King at Biddeford.
Lee Fairchild at Biddeford-
AUGUST %.
Adam e. King at Ogunquit.
Lee Fairchild at OgunqulG.
AUGUST %.
Eugene Hale at So. Berwick.
Amos IL. Allen at So. Berwick.
AUGUST 30.
Edward G. SWEET at Bridgton.
Eugene Hale at BridgtOn,
Geo. Edmund Foss at Sebago Lake.
Chas. e. Fairbanks at Sebago Lake.
Edward PaYson Brown at SebagO Lake.
Walter @. Emerson at Sebago Lake in
fternOon.
AUGUST 30.
Adam E. King at Merrymeeting Park.
Chas. H, L1tchman at So. Waterb oro.
Julius @. Burrows at Portland.
Chas. e. LitGlefield at Portland.
Andrew J. Colburn, West Falmouth.
Frank I. Moore, g
Eugene Hale, Brunswick.
Adam E. King.
AUGUST 81.
Eugene Hale at BRUNSWICK.
Curtis Guild at York,
Amos j.. Alien at York,
Chas. II. Litchman at Btddeford.
Andrew j. Colburn at Otistield.
Robert T. Whitehouse at Old Orchard,
SEPTEMBER 1.
Curtis Guild at Kennebunk.
Chas. n. Litchman at Kennebunk.
Andrew J. Colburn at Casco
Richard Webb at CascO.
SEPTEMBER 8.
Curtis Guild at No Berwick.
Amos Il. Allen at No. Berwick.
John Barrett at Harrison.
Richard Webb at Harrison.
Cushman K Davis at Saco.
G. w. Atkinson at Springvale.
SEPTEMBER 4.
John Barrett at Raymond.
Robert Il. Whitehouse at Raymond.
G. w. Atkinson at Lebanon Centre.
Amos l.. Allen at Lebanon Centre.
SEPTEMBER 5.
John Barrett at So. Portland.
Robert L. Whitehouse at So. Portland
d. e. Moulton at So. Portland.
q. w. Atkinson at w. Buxton.
Amos l., Allen at w. Buxton.
SEPHEMBER 8.
Edward Payson Brown at Baldwin.
Edward G. SWEET at Baldwin.
John Barrett at Limerick.
q. W. Atkinson at Limerick
Amos L. Allen at Limerick.
SEPTEMBER Z.
Edward Payson Brown at New
Gloucester.
Charles p Mattocks at New Gloucester.
Curtis Guild at Bridgton.
Walter @. Emerson at Bridgton.
John Barrett at Biddeford.
G.. W. Atkinson at BiddefOrd,
Chas e, Smith at Biddeford
SEPTEMBER s.
John Barrett at Berwick.
q. w. Atkinson at Berwick.
Edward Payson Brown at Brunswick.
Charles ?. Mattocks at Brunswick.
Curtis Guild Jr. at Underwood Spring,
afternoon,
Henry Cabot Lodge at Underwood
Spring, afternoon.
Edward Payson Brown at Underwood
bpr1ng, afternoon
Amos l.. Allen at Underwood Spring,
afternoon.
Edward O. SWEET at Underwood Spring,
Henry Cabot Lodge at Portland.
Curtis Guild at Portland, evening.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24

FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
At Large-Josoph 0. Smith of Skowhegan;
gorge z. WescoiI of Portland.
First Dist. = Charles +. Libby Of Portland,
Second DiSt.-James w. Wakefield of Bath.
Third Dist-Fred Atwood, Winterport.
Fourth Dist-AlmOn H. Fogg. Houltoa.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24

We offer, subject to sale
Washington County (Maine) As due 1923-192S
City OF Portland As due i9O21912.
City OF South Portland IS due 1908.
Town Of Cape Elizabeth as due 1901 to 1904
City OF Augusta As due 1919.
City of Belfast AS due 1913.
Town of Yarmouth i-2's due 1902 to 1906.
City of Cincinnati (OhiO) SIS due 1910-1930
City of Urbana (Ohiol l-2's cue 1906
Lucas County (OhiO) - 5 due 1904
POI tland Water Co. As due 1927.
Waiertown (Mass.) Water Supply Co. First
Mortgage SIS due 1905.
birmingham Qdass.) Water Co. First Mort
gage 4 1-2'S due S25.
Portland & Cape Elizabeth Ry. First Mortgage
SIS IA sUmed by Portland r. Il. Coz due 1915.
Medheld g. Midway (Mass.) ST. Ry. First
Mortgage SIS due 1920
Grand Rapids BY. Co. First Mortgage IS due
1916.
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Ry. First Mort
gage As due 1916
Denver Lily Tramway Co. First Mortgage SIS
due 1919.
Erie Telegraph s. Telephone Co. Collateral
Trust IS due 1926.
Niagara Falls Power Co. First Mortgage SIS
due 1892.
Particulars upOn application; CORES
pOmdence solicited.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24
Mercantile Trust Co,
Portland, Maine.
Endorsed by Clergymen.

Gentlemen: Some personal experience
enables me to heartily recommend the use
of Henry & Johnson's Arnica and Oil
Liniment. For external application in
cases of sprains and bruises it is inquest
1onably excellent. 1t takes hold and
gives relief. This is not a guess, but q
word of testimony.
EDWARD HALVES, ID. d.
DIR. HAYES was for many years pastor
of the First Church, Burlington, VT. His
testimony is the testimony Of all who use
the Arnica and Oil Linimsnt. 1t never
fails to give satisfaction. Sold by all
druggists at % and so cents a bottle.
c. RI. CUPPY & CO.,
Monument Square,
PORTLAND MHG.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24
AUGUST 30.

Adam E. King at Merrymeeting Park
Chas. H. Litchman at So. Water boro
Julius @. Burrows at Portland.
Chas e. LitGleteld at Portland.
Andrew J. Colburn, West Falmouth.
Frank I Moore,
Eugene Hale, Brunswick.
Adam e. King.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24
AUGUST 90.

Edward G. SWEET at Bridgton.
Eugene Hale at BridgtOn,
Geo. Edmund Foss at Sebago Lake.
Chas. e. Fairbanks at Sebago Lake.
Edward Payson Brown at SebagO Lake.
Walter G. Emerson at Sebago Lake in
ftnrnOOD
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-24
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.


Adam e. King at Biddeford.
Lee FairchiId at Biddeford.
AUGUST %.
Adam e. King at Ogunquit.
Lee Fairchild at OgunqulG.
AUGUST 90.
Eugene Hale at So. Berwick.
Amos L.. Allen at So. Berwick.
The evening times., 1900-10-05
CIRCULATION Statement.
Arms for China.

Which one of the Administration
eliques is It that has, or expects to
have contract with the Chinese Gov
ernment for the sale and delivery OF
arms? There is something of that kind
in the wind. else our authorities would
not be found looking askance at the
French proposition to cease supplying
the Chinese with firearms and munitions
of war.
Yet, if the civilized world is to be
freed of constant menace from China,
the disarmament Of that country is an
obvious necessity. The possession of
modern artillery has filled the Chinese
with confidence in their military power,
and has been mostly responsible for
the late anti-foreign outbreaks. One
OF the first conditions of peace should
be general and thorough disarmament,
and there should be a solemn treaty
stipulation among the powers binding
each and all Of them not to sell arms
of any description to the Chinese or
their Government.
It is more than likely that England.
Germany, and France will insist upon
such an agreement, which will be re-
sisted by the United States. in the in
terest of some favorite contractor But,
in the end, we shall probably find it
necessary to consent, as indeed we ought
to at once, and without any words about
The evening times., 1900-10-05
BURNING GALVESTON DEAD.
Many Bodies Yet to Be Removed
From the WrecknCe

GALVESTON, Oct. 5.-Nineteen more
bodies have been taken from the wreck
age piles and burned. Beneath the ruins
of Lucas Terrace ftfrteen bodies are
buried. and no effort las yet been made
to take them out. Under the debris at
the extreme east and west end CT the city
it is estimated there are at least eol
bodies.
Many cases Of blood poisoning have re-
suited from the handling of the bodies,
and there are four victims at the hos
pita,s. The force employed in removing
the dead has been greatly decreased.
and the work is necessarily slow.
Miss Barton. of the Red Cross Society,
says the work OF relief has scarcely
started, and there is yet much distress.
She is taking great interest in proyid-
ing homes for unsheltered people, and is
considering a proposition from an East
ern house to ereet portable homes
DR.. George Soper, of New York, has
been placed in charge of all sanitary
work TO be done in Galveston Within
ten days the business and residence dis
tricts of Galveston will be lighted with
arc lights.
Business is slowly assuming normal
conditions. and every day notes an i'm
provement. Twenty-sfx foreign steam
ers are IL port awaiting cargoes
The evening times., 1900-10-05
HEIRS OF a MISER.
Fortune of u Brooklyn RecIuse to Be
Distributed at Last.


NEW YORK Oct 5--The estate of
Frederick Schudt. miser. who died in
Brooklyn in February. 1887. is about to
be distributed. after three years of
searching for heirs and after a number
OF lawsuits
Schudt came to this country from
Germany about fifty years ago. a poor
man. He served in the regular Army
from 1854 to 1861, and after that he de-
voted himself to professional penman-
ship He lived all alone and in a frugal
way. Everybody who knew him thought
he was extremely poor, and he enccur-
aged this idea
After his death il vas found that NJ
had money in savings banks amounting
to $50, ,G9e In a Will he left s.. .000 TO a
friend. but said nothing OF what was to
be done with the other S1S000 His
executor advertised IN German papers.
Soon there were thousands of people
who said they were first and second
cousins, uncles, aunts. and uieces of the
dead mfSer. Two claimants Nagel and
Dehmann, brother and sister, maintain
ed later, however, that they were full
cousins TO Schudt on his mothers side
Col. James d. Bell was appointed the
referee in the case. and a commission
was appointed to take the testimony in
Germany Of the several claimants. tn $
commission reported that it was salts
fed that NageI and Diehmann were en-
titled TO the property Colonel Bell
came TO the same conclusion, and his
report to this purpose was confirmed
yesterday by Surrogate Abbott.
The evening times., 1900-10-05
The Anthracite CoaI Strike.

The Pennsylvania strike situation is
without new developments. but the i'm
minence Of a coal famine in New York,
Boston, and Philadelphia. is causing Sc
rious anxiety on the part of the Coal
Trust magnates. They are under the
heaviest kind of social as well as OF po-
hticaI pressure to sacrifice their pride
and end the strike.
But they still refuse to recognize the
miners union. and declare that they
never will do So. 1t will be interesting TO
watch the outcome. A great many people
including coal dealers, believe that the
magnates will eat humble pie before they
are done with the strike and, after some
weeks of stupid resistance will finally
take their medicine and so ccnle to terms
at last when they might have done so at
first
Although the men declare that the
terms offered by the Reading Coal and
Iron Company are totally Inadequate, it is
probable that employers and employed are
not very far apart on the mere question of
wages and powder. We're the trust to
make the same offers TO the union that it
is making to the miners at each colliery
separately, the chances are that they
would be accepted without much delay OF
durance between the trust and the miners
Ultimately one or the other will have to
give in. At present the indications seem to
suggest that surrender will come from the
side Of the trust.
The evening times., 1900-10-05
THE ARKANSAS CENSUS.
Governor Jones Greatly Disappoint-
ed With the Official Returns

ed With the 0ficial Returns
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Oct. 5.-The off,
cial census returns from Arkansas have
caused great disappointment and indigna-
ton all over the State. Governor Jones'
in discussing the figures today, said:
The figures given must necessarily be a
disappointment to the public Arkansas
ought to have a population of at least l.
500, 600 The Increase of population is too
small as compared with previous census
returns. Why should our per cent OF in
crease drop from 40.5S per cent in 1899 to
1926 in 1902 1t is not reasonable. The
population of 1S4 Incorporated towns and
cities is given in the report published TO-
day.
There are some Incredible features
about this report. For instance, Pine Bluff
gets population of IL 1856 as against 1852
IN 1890, an increase of only 1914. Hot
Springs gets 1913. as against S,0S6 in 1890.
an increase Of 1887. Fort Smith gets II
5S7, as against II 81 in 1890, an increase
OF only 296- Will any fair-minded citizen
uphold the integrity OF this report for an
instant? Helena gets $3.50. as against 51S9
in 1890, an increase of only 341
These figures cannot be otherwise than
erroneous They serve to show how in
complete have been the returns from the
entire State Through these imperfect cen
sus returns, Arkansas Will get only one
extra Congressman, when We should have
had two We also suffer in comparison
with other States. 1t is a grieycus wrong
and unfortunately We shall he unable to
right it."