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The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
EX-MAYOR STRONG.
Death of a Notable Figure of Greater
New York.

New York, November 2-William Il.
Strong, tie mayor OF the old city of New
York before this sreation of "Greater
New York. died suddenly shortly after
midnight at his residence. IL West 57uh
street,
The Illness of MIR. r.Strong had been kept
from his political friends. 1t was known
among his business associates In the
Wholesale dry goods district, but none
suspected that his condition was alarm
ing Mr.. Strong has not been at his place
of business for several days.
Mr. strong took an active part 10 the
present campaign, and it is said that his
political lahors, combined with his at
teInpts to retain supervision over his pri-
vsts sffairs, resulted in undermining his
health
William l.. Strong was horn in Ohio
in 1897. and came to New York when a
young man. He found employment with
different firms until January l. 1870,
when he started In business for himself
er-the firm name of william L.Strong
81 Co. The firm soon grew to be one OF
The pFOnlnSub Bustuosb uU0b3A VI tne
city. He also Interested himself IN bank
ing matters, and became president of the
Central National Bank.
MIR. Strong took an active interest In
politics, and was one OF the first leader 5
OF the reform movement in this city
In 1924, and was elected mayor on the
Republican. Citizens union ticket IN that
year. At the time or his death Mr.
strong was director of the Central Ma
tional Bank, and the Merchants asso-
citation, vice prestdsn6 and treasurer OF
the New York Security and Trust Com
pany, and trustee OF the New York Life
Insurance Company. He was member
of number of clubs, among them being
the Metropolitan. Union League, Rspub-
lican, Turf and Field, Wool, New York
Athletic, Colonial, Ohio Society, New
England Society, American Fine Arts
Society, American Museum of Natural
History. Metropolitan Museum Associ-
alton, American Geographical Society,
and others.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
A CURIOUS EXPERIMENT.
II Can De Performed at Cost of n
Few Cents.

Few Cents.
A curious experiment which any one
can perform at the cost of a few cents is
herewith explained:
Buy an ounce of liquid sodium ANAL
gam, a sheet of aluminium costing a few
cents and about six inches of stout cop
per wire With a file sharpen one end Of
the copper wire so as to give il the shape
of pencil. Rub off the surface of the
aluminium plate with n knife just before
beginning the experiment.
Dip the pointed end OF the wire into
the amalgam and after removing 1t, COW
cred with the liquid alloy, write or drnw
on the aluminium plate. Dip your wire
into the amalgam from time to time just
as If you were writing with pen and ink.
Never mind the fact that your ink is Il
metal and that your pen seems to write
nothing but scratches. Finish your work
and then watch and see what happens.
The lines just traced by your pen will
suddenly assume a dull whitish tint, con-
trasting with the brightness of the metal.
Then they will rise above the metallic
surface at the rate of about one inch an
hour. In less than five minutes your
drawing will be in strong relief. You
may wipe ont the white substance which
has thus sprung from the metal, but II
will develop again with the same vigor
as would some kind of mushroom gifted
with the rather abnormal property OF
thriving on metallic ground.
These white formations consist princi-
pally of alumina. The cause OF their
growth is the formation of an amalgam
of aluminium in which that metal is in
molecular state altogether different from
that in which it exists in its coherent
form. Although mercury has less affinity
for oxygen than aluminium rs soon as an
alloy of the two metals is made alumni
ium loses its previous chemical inertia
and undergoes a slow combustion the
product of which is alumina.
Sodium plays no direct part in the reac-
tion, yet without it | found it difficult to
get the mercury to adhere TO the alumini-
um. Sodium facilitates also the adhesion
of mercury TO the copper wire. The best
results are obtained in damp weather. IL
the air is dry at the moment of the ex-
pertinent, results just as good viii be OBJ
tanned by breathing gently from time to
time on the drawing, so as to slightly
meisten the amalgam of aluminium
Scientific American.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
BURGLARS CAUGHT In ACT.

Biddeford, November ALBERT Proven
cal "a, and William beaumont, about the
same age, are locked up in the station
house. charged with breaking. entering
and larceny. They were arrested by off,
oers Martin and Whitney about is
O'Clock this morning. being found in the
rear of the Dewey lunch room at 6b Main
street, kept by Henry Simard. One OF
The men was just emerging from the
lunch room through a rsar window when
nabbed by ths officers, and the other
was standing In the yard back OF the
place Entrance to the lunch reom was
gained by Sitting with q knife the wire
screen covering rear window, and then
raising the cash.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
Detectives Expect TO Land Him
Very Seen.
Missing Lost at Fire
Now Number 18.
Investigation of the Explosion
Closed Friday Afternoon.

New York, November e.-rhe police re-
partment has been investigating the lisi
Of persons reported missing in conneoticn
with the Tarrant fire for the purI ose oil
getting at q correct list OF persons sup
posed TO have lost their lives In the FIRE.
The persons reported were inyestigat' d
through tho station nearest the address
given, and in many cases they were re-
ported ms safe. In some cases the police
could not find the supposed missing per.
sons at the address given. The list as
revised this afternoon shows IL persons
reported missing and not accounted for.
of these six are not known at the ad-
dresses givsn by the persons reporting
them missing. On the list is the name
OF Benjamin Moorehouse. n clerk for Tar
rant g. Co. For some reason the authori-
ties persist In declaring their belief that
he is alive and keeping under cover. 1--WE
have detectives ont after Moorehouse, and
expect t. ln1 him tocay, laid Assistant
District Attorney Walsh, who is assist
ing in the fire marshal's Investigation.
Moorehouse's family ana neighbors at
Monte air are convinced that ne perlfneu
in the disaster.
The fire departments investigation OF
the explosion closed this afternoon, after
the testimony Of Louis Patterson and
George q. Thompson, employees OF Tar
rant 81 Co., had been taken.
Thompson is bookkeeper for the
firm, but he showed Ignorance OF what
was In storage in the upper floors. He
said Moorehouse, the missing clerk. was
the cnIy man that knew just what mate
rial was In the building.
DIR. Lederle. health department analyst.
who examined the seven drums found
in the ruins, said today that they had
contained analyne oil which is only q
little less explosive than kerosene oil.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
A GREAT SCHEME.
which Is Quite Certain to Tnconven-
Hence Reckless Pedestrians.

which Is Quite Certain to Tnconven-
fence Reckless Pedestrians.
Eyes, this cane is, n pet of mine," said
n Front street business man, passing
his hand lovingly over an unusually
heavy bamboo walking stick. Il had 1t
built to order. The shaft. as you will
observe. is peculiarly knotty, but its dis
tinctive feature is this huge pointed fer
rule, which was made in a blacksmith
shop ON the next block. Did have any
particular purpose In view? Why, Ger
tainly had. The cane was constructed
for use rs a collision buffer and has prov
ed a most unqualified success.
''You are familiar. ! dare say. with
the special type of idiot who comes
prancing down the sidewalk with his
head twisted around looking ut something
over the top of his shoulders, and you
know, of course, that he invariably runs
into you. 1t makes no difference how
frantically you try to avoid him; You may
jump and dodge and do your level best to
hunt cover, but your efforts are all in
vain. The idiot bears down on you by
some mysterious gravitation, and the
next thing you know he has smashed
against your diaphragm with concus-
sion that leaves the print rof your vest
buttons on the inner surface of your
backbone. Then he looks around with
an expression of innocent surprise.
"'Scuse me- he says blandly. I didn't
notice where / was going
"I suffered greatly from that brand
of monster before l invented my cane"
continued the Front street man, but now
there is nothing | enjoy more than an
encounter. My tactics are simple. When
Y IL H..
his head screwed around as usual. stop
stock still, clutch my cane firmly under
my right arm, point out, brace myself on
my feet and begin to read a letter or
newspaper. j never raise my eyes or
shift my position, for ! know full well
that no power on earth can prevent the
idiot from landing square on the mark.
A moment Of exquisite anticipation en-
sues, and then | have him. As a rule
be impales himself trifle north of the
equator. and when he feels the prod of
the ferrulC he emits a series of agonized
bellows, which are sweet music to my
ears. For some little time he is unable
to speak and clasps his abdomen with
both hands, moaning. Then | get in my
fine work. l am really delighted. but
pretend to be very angry. l scowl at
him fiercely.
"'What the deuce do you mean, sir
rahr | hiss. L fear you have ruined
this valuable walking stickr
"That caps the climaxl The bare idea
that he has run into such a bludgeon hard
enough to.Samage it greatly increases the
poor idiots pangs. He looks at me pitev
ously.
"'Scuse mep he gasps. I didn't notice
where / was going
II wave him haughtily aside and pass
on, chuclIling in my sleeve. That, briefly,
is the modus operandi. It's great
scheme, sir; great seheme! | wouldn't
take 500 for this canel"-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
nrook Far,n rIen.antrier.

Mr.. Ripley once announced that con-
tribution would be taken to defray ex-
penses at Brook Farm; "but, as the
speaking was to be continued during the
time the box was passing round" the au-
dience was requested to put in as many
bills rs possible. so as not to disturb the
speaker by the rattling of small change.
Boston Christian Register.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03


She laid her face agaiast her mothers
breast and sobbed.
MY poor child, what Is itr' the older
lady asked. HAS Reginald been cruel
to your
"No, mamma" the bride replied, at Is
not that. II is all ON account OF terrible
discovery. 70
'Ah," the fond mother exclaimed,
''then he did not tell you all before 1t was
too latel oh. my poor child Oh. the
monster! There Is a dark page In his
iifei All, how can man be SO base!
How
she found the photograph of me sitting
in a wash bowl" the stricken one inter
rupted, "that you had taken for baby
food advertisementp
Then they snt there. dumb with grief
Chicago Times Herald.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03

"Do you think republics are migrate
fulY' asked the statesman.
"No. SIR" answered the professional
politician. "If you know how to work it,
you can coax as much salary and Incl
dental profit out Of a republic as you can
out of any form of government l know
OF. AS n matter of fact republic is one
of the easiest institutions ON earth ~
Washington Star.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
hnaine.a Prann.itian.

''Do you believe that young Swinton
proposed 70 the elderly Miss Linton last
night. us she says"
THAT'S what she calls 1t, but all he did
was to make a proposition to propose IL
she would advance him some of her pro-
posed allowance. Denver News.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
stiIluncanxinnea

Benedick-It is sad that most of the
people who commit suicide are unmar-
ried. How are you going to get around
that?
O'Batch-0h, well. s'pose after a fel-
low has been married awhile he gets SO
he can put up with almost anything
Chicago Times Herald.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
A to PhiIaannhr

Fright always has reason" observed
the platitudinous gentleman.
True enough, but there are always
several reasons offered for wrong" COM
mented the wise man.
Thus we see that philosophy can think
at mark for a considerable time and
have no noticeable effect on the mark
Baltimore American.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03

Jack-My goodnessl Ring for a mes
senger boy.
George-What's up?
Jack-That stupid tailor has sent me
the baby blue neektie I ordered for
Ethel, and / presume he has sent her
my new suit of clothes. ] must explain
to her at once. or she'll think it's the
latest fashion and be out on the street
with them.--New York Weekly.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
He ourht to Know It.

"Do you think that it's mans duty to
acknowledge always he is in the wrong
when he has difference of opinion with
his wife?'
well" answered Mr.. Meekton reflect
lively, "bctter late than never. But it
really seems to me he ought to have had
sufficient perception to know that he was
in the wrong before there was any discus
sion of the matter whatever. Washing-
aon Stor
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03

Captain John Randolph brings to this
ssice potato weighing two pounds. He
frankly confesses it was the largest In
the patch. This is unusual. Most people
who bring vegetables to this Office say
they left the larger specimens at home
Atchison Globe
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
In the Gaming Ane.

"Your honor" said the woman lawyer
deferentially, Il challenge this juror, Al
pheus Cook, for cause"
Cook" sternly spoke the woman judge,
4you are discharged"
And there were whole generations of
delayed vengeance in the CLEAN of the
courts eye as she said it.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03

'Don't you believe" asked the girl in
the pink shirt waist. that It makes pa
thetic selection still more pathetic to re-
cite it in dialectT"
81 do, dear" answered the girl in pale
blue. at always makes me feel like
crying to hear you do anything at all in
dialect. Chicago Tribune.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
he Wnsn,t Certain.

ibid you," the landlady archly asked.
reyer taste Belgian hare, Mr.. Smyth-
ers?'
II don't know" the star boarder an
swered. "There was one in my soup at
dinner What is your cooks nationali-
?-Chicago Times Herald.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03

"He wore his evening clothes at break
FAST" exclaimed one woman.
"Yes," answered the other. 81 cart
make up my mind whether he is from
Chicago or whether he's one of the New
port fashionables trying to do something
dashing and original. w ashington Star.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
son,e For Choeolate.. We Tru.t.

Some For Chocolates. We Trust.
"Stimson is mean man."
'Why soT'
"He's got way of keeping his wife
from going through his pockets for loose
change"
"How's that?"
''He spends it all before he gets home."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
Socrates Tripped.

mo one," gravely announced Socrates.
''ean arrest the fight OF time"
"Now queryingly interrupted a by
stander. 81 thought anybody could stop
a minute" And even the disciples of the
great philosopher were forced to smile be-
hind their togas.-Philadelphia Record.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03

dolly, II you keep on spending money
this way we'il have to go to the poor
house."
''WeIl, IL we do, Jack, we'll have lot
Of nice things to take with us."-Chicago
Record
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
More information.

Tommy-Say. paw
Mr.. Figg-WeIl?
''What Is mistaken identityT
"One OF the commonest cases is where
some one horse individual mistakes him
self for a statesman" - Indianapolis
Press.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
Airy.

''You know" said Senator Sorghum re-
pFoyingly. 81 told you that what j want
ed was a good. breezy speech"
well" answered the professional ora
tor, Il thought that was what gave
you. Nearly everybody who heard It
said my arguments We're only wind."-
Washington Star.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03

Rabbit heads with small horns are ex-
hibited in some Swiss taverns for the
mystiication OF tourists. The horns are
affixed to the heads by clever and wag-
gish taxidermists.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
A shanghai Rumor.

''No. I do not know what the European
concert will play" observed Ii Hung
Chang.
Then. with a knowing smile, he con-
tinued:
But l should not be surprised II we
furnished the Tuan."-Baltimore Amer
lean.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03

Howell. there's one thing; you never
hear of a man wishing he was woman.
She-Of course not. 1t might be his
fate to marry some horrid man.-Boston
Iranscript.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03

"Rebecca. how did II happen you were
invited to Mrs. Au Fait's luncheonw
well. maybe she wanted people that
could be depended on to make them
selves agreeable. e."-IndIanapolis Journal.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03

'De man wifi er bashful tongue" re
marked Uncle Ephe, ''ain't always got ell
slow brain. Colorado Springs Gazette.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03

'IThe candidate" said the idle observ-
or. .whc confines his speechmaking to
swot'll yon haveY viii find himself at all
times speaking to the capacity Of the
house. indianapolis Press.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03

,x7.y5yl5Ts zlX.zsISXj

) The strong man and the weak
woman. The sturdy oak and the (
} clinging vine. Women to-day do J
? not expect to be carried around
! like children. They have serious !
Z work to do-hard work-and they [
I must be fitted for it. The ideal
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D is SMITHS GREEN MOUNTAIN
2 RENovAToR. because it is made in
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I redolent of the fragrant woods, the
( green hills and the bracing air.
/ These herbs are so combined as to
} assist Nature in restoring Strength. ,
Your Smiths Green Mountain Rem
\ ovator is all IL is recommended TO be-
Ii is worth its weight in gold. 1t really
IS wonderful the way / gained strength 4.
y after using the Renovator. ! was COM
Z rietely nun down, nervous and exhausted;
Y could not eat, sleep, or do a bit OF work;
u was depressed and discouraged. Alter
4 using one bottle felt its strengthening
Y effects, and continued its use, unui after
n using few bottles, now feel like a new
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v sleep like log. and feel strong, and my
n nerves no longer set me on edge. L can
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" icine, and shall do all in my power TO help
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n szs Spring Street, Portland, Me.
"a cnS~9sSeoeSaSuSo SnSuSoSsSoOaG
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
Kept mostly
for those
who
dem and
it.

You don't see this box
i'm stores as much as
others. But as many
have them as any cigar
sold. The ''lmport" is a
cigar mostly kept for
those who know what
it is. Those satisfied
with the flat tasting do
mestic cigars sold for SC
will not see the virtue
of imports at first.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03

Bill-Did you know old skinfint7
Jill-Sure.
'Did you know he diedT
''No. Is that soT'
''Yes; and he left lot of money be-
hind him."
81 suppose because he couldn't take IL
with him."
You got that right. Among the be-
quests he left a dollar to each Of his
hrothers."
"And how many brothers did he haveT'
"oh. So worth, believe"
Statesman.
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03

Take the MAINE STATE Press for .
weekly paper
The Portland daily press., 1900-11-03
JEST AND REPARTEE.
Some rarasraph. rhat Are Intends.
10 Mnke You smile.

Some Paragraphs That Are Intended
TO Make You SMILE.
whats the matter with that man
Goldrox, doctor?"
"Oh, simply nervous trouble"
NERVOUS trouble, Is itT'
Yes; he's worrying about his money"
"Oh, well, It ought to be easy for you
TO relieve him Of thatl'
"Cats don't go to heaven, do they,
mammaT
'.No, my dear"
Il know why they don't, mamma"
well, why don't they, dearP
Because they couldn't enjoy them
selves, for there's no nights there"
Bill-You can't keep some men down.
Jill-Is that so?
Certainly it's SO. Now, when n man
commits his first act In a downward
course, what do they do with himr
"Don't know"
"why, he's Immediately sent up, isn't
hep
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-You talk about
women being untruthful about their agesl
You gave out that the event was your
twenty-sixth birthday celebration
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-So / do, dear.
"You know you're over 40"
"Yes, but there were quite a number OF
my birthdays passed without being cele-
brated."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-01
Circulation Statement.
The Strike Settlement.

The Coal Trust magnates in New York
assert that they have reached conclusions
which will settle the anthracite strike
within a few days. Generally they say
that there will be an offer of approx
mately ten per cent advance in wages,
which viii: be accepted by the men of one
mine after another until all will shortly
be at work again without any formalities,
and that thus the strike will dwindle
away.
The trouble with the Coal Trust appears
to be that it too readily assumes willing
ness on the part of the miners to accept
any terms that may be offered. unaccom-
panied by guarantees that concessions
will outlive the Presidential election. Or
ganized labor in Pennsylvania. as else
where, sees a chance in the present po-
litical situation to wiring some measure of
Justice out of its trust oppressors. Dis
passionate observers are impressed with
the strength of the position held by labor
and its absolute power to bring rapacity
and inhumanity to terms.
All good citizens desire to see the strike
come to an end. if that can be accom-
plished equitably, and with safety to the
post-election interests of the strikers.
But the New York magnates seem to ig-
more the miners point of view entirely
They may be forced to consider it before
the struggle is over.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-01
RepubIiconism and thc Fla

A correspondent of the New York SUM-
enthusiastically urges that every Repub-
lican in New York buy and exhibit an
American flag, that the town may be dec
Grated in all its streets and avenues with
the national colors. and voters thereby
induced to vote the Republican ticket
This sounds like a made up exhorta-
tion, but it is not; il is bona ide let
ter. This intelligent New York Repub-
lican actually explains to the readers of
the Sun" that the cause of Mckinley and
Roosevelt will be advanced by the free use
OF the American flag on the houses of
Republicans and elsewhere. One cannot
escape the conclusion that he regards the
ftars and Stripes as the special emblem
md private possession of the Republican
party and would like 1t understood that
all Democrats are. by their profession of
political faith opposed to his own, ex-
pstriated and cast into outer darkness
with weeping and crashing of teeth.
Tie nsivete OF this theory of politics
is delightful. Il makes the duty of the
citizen so simple. II he wishes to be a
good American and have right TO the
flag under which his fathers lived and died
he must vote for William Mckinley. BY
no other name can he be saved II he
does not acknowledge the sovereign might
Of projection, Imperialism, and Hanna. he
is thenceforth a man without country.
and will have TO get out naturalization
papers to reinstate himself in the posi-
~ nfs
statement that the only trust he recog-
nizes is the obligation TO trust Mckinley
indicates that he would like to have II
understood that the President is the whole
Republican party. but II has not yet been
made clear that he is the whole country.
We have. hitherto. gone through the form
OF having a general election once in four
years. but II there is henceforth to be
one party under the old flag. perhaps
. foruality will prove unnecessary.
eriously. there seems to be a disposI
on the. part of many Republican ora
20 claim the Stars and STRIPES for
ir exclusive possession, and It is
'ugh TO set any intelligent man to
mixing. II either party is 10 be enti-
TO the exclusive use Of the flag. y hich
ght it 70 be? Are the principles of
publicanism so wholly different from
csc Of the Democracy that II one is
nerican the other cannot be? There has
yer before been time when this aues
on was brought before tho PEOPLE in
ist this way. The general understand
AZ has always been that both parties
we're American and uatriotfc
II The American flag stands for anything
ii stands for liberty. fraternity. and
esaalIty. The charge made by the Demo-