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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-15
Reports of Other De-
partment Officers.
Order Has Prospered During
Past Year.

Tie THIRTY. thipS annual enoampmsnt of
the main Department g. A. X. began
In Portland yesterday forenoon. The
hotel corridors were given up to blue
coated veterans and wearers OF the Grand
Army badge, and happy reunions were In
proprsss at innumerable points about the
city.
The Maine gathering was held In City
hall. Here with armed ssntries before
the doors the veterans were slowly aa.
mittsd to the hall within, elch one being
stopped as he approached the ssntries and
required to give the pass wori.
As they weuded their way up the stairs
to the city hall 1t was evident that these
men who have helped make history and
who have fought SO valiantly under the
old flag are year BY Jear growing whittier
of hair and more slow Of step. They
teem to he as full OF fun as ever, as
patriotic as ever, but tie fra Of youth has
burned out In many, though at these an
nua, reunions the SPARKS are again
famed into life and bring new enjoy
ment with every re-occurring reunion.
1t was one OF the most interesting ses-
sions the Grand Encampment has held
for some years. OF course there were not
rs many veterans In attendance at the
mornin g session as there was In the af-
ternoon, because the storm delayed the
trains somewhat and made the travelling
In the country very hard. 1t was reported
that there were four hundred veterans
present at the afternoon meeting, which
was of an unusually interesting character.
When the morning session was called
to order at eleven o'clock by Department
Commander Frederick Robbie the urual
exercises were held and then the follow
Ing reports were presented.
The Depart ment comm an dsr's roper.
was in part ss follows;
COMMANDERS ADDRESS.
While the department. has suffered a
loss of two Pests by surrender of charter
and one by delinquent reports during the
year 1899, it is gratifying to note that the
loss of comrades In good standing has
been less than for any year since 1895.
when the Department Of Maine reached
tho high water mark Of It's mem bership.
The loss by death t2S4) is the great st
of any year 10 our history, with one ex-
ceptior, but the loss by suspension Is
less than that Of any 9th II year since
the period Of our greatest memtership
A study Of the figures set forth In the
report Of the Assistant Adjutant-Gensral
affords good evidence that the member
ship of the Department Of Maine, al
though decrease ,g, Is still ksalthy and
vigorous. and oaIable Of innrsass and
development.
FINANCES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
The financial condition of the Depart
ment exhibits a commsndabl, degree OF
improvement While the per capita tax,
our principal source Of revenue, has beer
diminished by the loss Of four hundred
and one comrades, there has been an In
crease In the amount received for the
fale of supplies. which, combined with {
strict regard to economy In exyenfes. en-
ables us 10 show q comfortable balancs
On the right side of the cash account.
A part of this is due to the action Of The
last Encampment In disseminating The
expense of Post inspections, but the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-15
BATH MILITARY AND NAVAL Or
PHAN ASYLUM.

I am most happy 10 say that the school
under the care CT this Association, which
receives from the Stat, an annual sppro-
pristion Of $500. 10 doing good work.
There were fifty-sir young children re-
naming In the school January ist, 1900.
Thiry-fve OF this number are children
of the veteran soldiers and sailors VITO
served In the War Of this Rebellion, and
the remaining twenty ono, gr, grand
children of the same elMs TIE me M
bers OF our organization must feel oom-
mendable pride that the State OF Maine
Is willing to assist 10 the edrcstion and
care of 90 msny OF the children OF our
veteran soldi "a who rendered vai1abls
es,Is'a,oe when the life Of the nation
was In peril Under the charge Of iss
com pstent ana faithful board OF manage
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-15
LADIES RELIEF CORPS.

Among the elements that have con-
triputed most prominently to this SUCCESS
and pro sperity Of the posts Of the Graud
Army are the State and National Relief
Corps, composed largely of the mothers,
" ives and daugh ers of the soldiers. The
two Relief Corps Of our own State, IN
tirsly Independent organizations, have
accomplished the most valuable results.
Working along the same lines and d led
With the same aspirations, they have
ans Whose necessities they have alleviat.
| ed.
May God preserve the two Orders. and
continue the pure and useful lives Of
| these angels OF mercy
| 1t WAS the devoted and sympathetic
that, more than any other agency. In
spired tina faith and relieved the suffsrip 60
Of the Union soldiers. In the hour OF
victory the sweetest praise came from the
lips Of mother, wife and sister. When
tile volunteer was languishing In the
hospital, pining away in prison. or lying
whsn the light OF home had gone out for
ever, woman willingly and with Christ
/ ian fortitude sacrificed her all upon the
altar OF her country. Wives gave their
husbands; mothers, their sons; maidens
their tetrothed. The story comes from
q distant town "that q young girl, beau
titul and modest. but with stsAdfast eyes
and lofty devotion, accompanies nsr lover
to the recruiting table, placed bis hand
upon the register, that he might sign
away to his country the life which he had
vowed to her. solemnly kissed him before
@ staring crowd, and bads him an aneo.
tionate goodbye for the last time" The
true soldier can never forget those minis
tsring angels of the darksss days Of the
Republic. God bless the nobls women Of
the State of Maine, who have done and
are doing so much for the veteran soldiers
| Of the Grand Armyt
am proud Of oar commonwealth for
her untiring devotion to ths cause OF
liberty and good government. Her early
history Is fun Of heroic sacrifices aud
Christian bravery. and We are told that
"nesr!y sll her male population capable Of
bearing arms was found In tbs
Continentalasmy." 7bs same spirit thai
amin a,ed our ancestors in theee stirring
times is alive to-day. and 10 10 10 tue
patriotic women OF Maine that its con.
tinuance Is largely due
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-15
FoxCRoET LOSES A PASTOR.

Foxcrofs. February I4.-Rev. Norman
N0Kap pops rpsstos Of the GongrssAtiopsl
church here today received notice that
the Congregational church OF Augusta
had extended him call to that passionate.
1t ha, been expected for several months
that Foxcroft would lose Mr.. Mckin-
non. who 10 one Of the most talented
young ministers of the state.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-15
THATCHER POST ENTERTAINs.

Thatcher Post. No. III. q. A. H.. kept
"open house" all day yesterday at their
quarters, corner Of Elm and Congress
streets. Sandwiches and ccffee were
dispensed throughout the day and the
hospitality Of the post Was partsksn Of hy
\ large number CT the me nbers Of tie
visiting posts throughout the state.
TIE post will keep "oper house" all
day Thursday and the visiting comrades
who have not inspected the posts quar-
tiers are cordially invited to do so.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-15
posTMAsTERs RECOMMENDED.

washi ngton. February l4.-Consrsss-
man Burlsigh has recommended George
A, Herriok for postmaster Of Madison,
Me-, to succeed G. A. WILDER.
Congressman Burlsigh has also recon-
msndsd General Isaac Dyer to succeed
Postmaster Gould at SkowhegAn. Me.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-15
MAINE PENSIONS.

Washington, February 1.-THE fol
lowing pensions have been granted Il
Maine people:
ORIGINAL.
James p. Armbrust, Vinslhaven, 50.
INCREASE
Henry Nichols, Rocklsnd. $40 to $i1
Adam wink, Topus. s. to q; Stephen A
Cham berIain. Mayfsid. $40 to Sl2.
REISSUE.
Greenleaf 4. Berry, Portland. $50
Levi =. Stanhope, Midtown, <l4
CsIoISAL, WIDOWS. ETC.
Phoebe A. Clough. Smyrna Mills. 8.
Special accrued February 2, Martha A
Fc ster, Oakland, IS.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-15
AN UNKNOWN SUICIDE.

Phillips, February IA telephonic
message rsoei ved In Phillips from Eustls,
tells Of the suicide there on Monday Ct
q scrap iron pedlar knownloy the name
Of Meshsr. He was stranger there and
nothing further IL known about him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-15
'RAIN-(C
THE FOOD DRINK

Coffee Injuries growing
children, even when it is
weakened. Grain-O gives
them brighter eyes, firmer
flesh, quicker intelligence
and happier dispositions.
They can drink all they
want of Grain-O-the
more the better-and it
tastes like coffee.
Al grOsess; isc. and sSc.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-08

Italians are displacing negroes not
only on the sugar plantations in Louis
lana, says an exchange, but also in the
river steamboat service. This change
in roustabouts on the boats at New
Orlear" followed an attempt of the ne
groes to raise the wages from sixty
dollars to ninety dollars a month.
There is a scarcity in negro labor,
many of the colored men having taken
the first opportunity to leave New Or
leans after the assaults on members of
their race by white mobs a few months
ago. The Italians certainly are crowd
ing into the United States just now,
but with the experience New Orleans
had with Italians some years ago, one
would think people of that nationality
would be far from popular.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-08

an. Whoever It was, there went out a
life which no one gave more than a
casual enquiry after, or whore enquiry
was made It was baffled and gave up.
Disappearances are usually put down
to money troubles and dishonesty, but
they are by no means always caused
by this or by mental trouble There is
a well known case of a German gentle
man in Berlin who was well off, elder
~ regular i'm his habits. He left his
house one forenoon for his usual walk,
he never returned. The morgue. the
police stations, the hospitals We're
secured, no expense was spared. But
the last ever known of him on this
earth was when he trotted down the
street and turned the corner. He turn
ed the corner into Oblivion.
There is no city without its mystery
of this kind, which remains ever
mystery and unexplainable. Not so
long ago the body of a man was found
on the beach near Diamond Head.
Whence had it come? Who was it?
Not a scrap on the body to give a
one, somewhere, mourned the lost, and
wondered at the disappearance.
Recently a mother has been writing
about her missing son. He was here.
He disappeared. Nothing has been
heard of him. One of the Census emu
merators started for town from Eva.
He had money due him. He disappear
ed Nothing has since been heard of
him. Have these two men wilfully
hidden themselves, or have either of
them come to a tragic fate? Who can
tell? Are their bones bleaching in some
sequestered nook, or have they begun
life anew in some distant and strange
land?
The world is full of strange expert
ences. We think that everything is
well ordered in our little circle, and we
pile dollar against dollar, and imagine
we are protecting ourselves against
every varying turn of fortune and
then, presto, something happens. down
comes our house of cards, we walk out
of our Fools Paradise" and the well
ordered things are thrown into disor-
der. The warnings are every before
us but we never heed them Anyone
of us might disappear and make an
enigma for the relatives and friends.
Disappearance even on Hawaii, fur
nish food for thought.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-08

The milk inspector has become too
we'll known, and the willy milkman can
not be caught, while the festive seller
of oleomargarine simply dances
through the law. The milk inspector
had better take pointers from the same
class of man in San Francisco. He
manages to corral the adulterators.
Food Commissioner Shorey complains
that he has to buy samples of food out
Of his own pocket. Surely the Board
of Health has funds enough to enable
1t to allow Professor Shorey to buy
tin or so Of doubtful milk, or dubious
pork, or disintegrating beef. Nearly a
year ago the Board of Health was buy
ing cigars, whiskey and other comforts
for the use Of those connected with the
Board. One would think that Profess
sor Shorey's modest bill of SIS might
be paid. He expended this to try and
improve the food supply. AS to the
cigars and whiskey, ETC., it is is Doubt
full whether they were of any particu-
lar advantage to the general public.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-08

Sweden is not very populous cOun-
try, and yet it had to support two hun
dred and forty-One thousand nine hun
dred and seventy-seven people out of
its poor funds last year. The relief
and care of the poor in Sweden cost
$3,6l5.OOO out of the public funds. Aside
from this the"' was a great deal of
private charity. The cost of pauperism
in Europe is simply appalling, and no
mind has yet been able to solve the
problem and supply this mass of idle
humanity with work
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-08
DISAPPEARANCES

The curiosities of disappearance are
really wonderful, A man or a woman
is here today, prominent among his
friends and business associates, and to-
morrow he or she has disappeared as
completely as if the earth had opened
and swallowed them up. In large cities
this does not appear so strange, but
in smaller communities it is wonder
full, and shows with what ease an en-
tity can be obliterated. Yet on the
other hand the criminal can very sell
dom obliterate himself. There is al
ways some one who has seen him here
there and everywhere. He is tracked
down and hailed to jail. It is very sell
dom when once any authority gets on
the track of the criminal that he es-
capes.
These thoughts naturally come up
when one considers the question of
some unknown remains in Nuuanu
Valley which were discovered the other
day. Whose were they? A coroner's
jury sat on the bones and could not
decide. 1t had no data to go upon.
1t might have been a Chinaman. It
might have been Japanese. 1t might
have been an American or a Europe
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-08

The San Francisco papers are abso-
lutely silent upon the subject of plague,
but the medical journals and other pa
pers are able to throw considerable
light upon the subject. 1t would be
much better if the San Francisco pa
pers We're to meet the issue in the
same manly way that it has been met
in Glasgow, in Sydney in Brisbane, in
Kioto, in Honolulu. All that the San
Francisco press does now is to hide it's
head in the sand, like the ostrich, and
trust that no one will see it streaming
tail feathers. 1t looks very much as if
federal quarantine will be declared
at the Golden Gate, and then think
what strides the other coast cities will
make.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-08

The decision to sell lots at the back
of Oahu College is a good one. The
ground is not suitable for any college
purposes, and it is suitable for villa
residences. The money acquired from
this will enable the institution to ex-
pand on somewhat larger lines.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-08

The Treasury Department has
thrown a bombshell among the natur-
allied Chinese. The matter will doubt
less become a question of grave inn
portance before the courts.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-27
SCHOOL IDQUISlqIOD
Commissioner Netherlands Views
on the Physical Examination.
Popular Indignation Expressed IN
latter. TO the Municipal AuthOri-
tics-4 Request to The Bonrd Oh
Education 10 Suspend the Order
The Cigarette League HndScs.

The District Commissioners are. daily re-
ceiving proof of public Indignation over the
ordeal through which the children of the
pubiic schools are put in the physical eX-
animation inaugurated by the School Board.
Commissioner Macfarland has received nu-
merous letters of complaint and enquiry,
asking whether he cannot, as the member
Of the Board of Commissioners having the
public schools in charge, do something
either to modify or to abolish the asking OF
such questions as are required in this ex-
animation.
In talking of the matter with Times re
porter Yesterday Mr.. mcfarland SAID that
the authority for requiring the physical ex-
animation was vested In the School Board
The construction of the law has been, he
continued. for the Commissioners 10 act
only in an advisory capacity in such mat
ters. II lies with the trustees OF the
schools. he said. both TO order the exam
fpation in the first instance, and to coun-
teruand II in the second. But Commission
er Mcfarland expressed determination TO
ilse his rights as an adviser of the School
Board TO the full limit, and request them
to suspend the operation of this order.
Mr. Macfarlsnd seems to be convinced
that the examination is not only unpop-
ular, but that II is harmful in its tenden-
cies and should be abrogated, hence MS
determination to resolve the legal doubts
regarding his authority in the premises
and to make a personal as well as an Of
fcial appeal to the board TO stop the ex-
animation SO widely complained Of.
The school year Is now near its close
and it is expected that the publicity al
ready given TO the ipuuisttorial form of
the examination, together with the re-
quest Of Commissioner Macfarland, will
have the effect OF suspending the asking Of
the questions for the balance Of the year.
In the fall the new Board OF Education
provided for In the District Appropriations
bill will have been appointed, and II is
said to be likely that the physical exam
ination will die natural death and never
be revived.
Mr.. Mcfarland was also asked for his
views regarding the. alleged sale Of the
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-27
JUBILANT CADETS DISMISSED.
High school Boys Were Charged
with DfsOrderly Conduct.

Policemen Doyle, Riley, and herman, Of
the First precinct, were the complaining
witnesses before Judge Scott in the Police
Court yesterday against Dudley Toneray
and Hugh P. Orme, High School cadets.
who were arrested last night, charged with
disorderly conduct. The policemen alleged
that Toneray placed cartridges on the car
tracks, the explosion resulting causing
considerable excitement. They also alleged
that Toneray was loud and boisterous
Orme. the police charged with disorder.
They claimed the cadet created a disturb
ance in froat OF No. 1 station after the
arrest of Toneray.
0rme denied the charge, while Toneray
admitted that he had placed one cartridge
on the car track The defendants were
corroborated by witnesses. including Major
Peter, Of the High School Cadets. Major
Peter explained to the court that the
cadets were celebrating the victory OF
Company B yesterday as had been the
custom for years. He said there was 10
occasions.
Judge Scott said the celebration of the
cadets was to be expected after their
splendid showing of yesterday. He added
that while the placing of cartridges on
the car tracks was violation Of law. the
cadets were not aware OF 1t. and did rot
Intentionally do wrong. Judge Scott said
their arrest would serve as warning, and
was sufficient punishment. He then dis
missed the charges.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-27
THE MCGOWAN CASE.
Court-Mnrtinl to Investigate
Charges Against the Captain.

The Secretary Of the Navy has ordered
a general court-martial to meet at the
Washington Navy Yard on May 90 for the
trial of Capt John MCGOWAN. u. S. N. on
charges growing out of the killing Of an
unarmed Filipino native at Cebu, while the
monitor Monadnock. under Captain Nc
Gowan's command, was there in Novem-
Der, 1899. The court will consist of Rear
Admirals Silas Casey, President; F. j.
Higginson and A. s. Barker, and Capts J.
]. Read, Frank Wildes, F. A. Cook, T. F.
Jewell, and c. H. Davis with Maj c. H.
Lauchheimer. of the Marine Corps, as
Judge Advocate.
Captain MCGOWAN will be tried on three
charges: Soandalous conduct tending to
the destruction of good morals in "wii-
fully and without justifiable cause and
without the exercise of proper discretion
firing the shot which killed the native:
conduct to the prejudice of good order and
military discipline in making careless use
of firearms by discharging with his own
hand the fatal shot, and neglect of duty
in not reporting the killing of the Filipino
to the commander in-chief of the Asiatic
Naval Station.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-27

The three sister gunboats Vicksburg,
Annapolis. and Newport, are to be utilized
permanently for the training of naval ep-
prentices. AS long as possible the Old
wooden corvettes Alliance, Essex, and
Hartford will be similarly utilized. All Of
these vessels are supplied with large
spread of sail, and they admit OF cruising
! independent Of steam power. The Alliance
is soon to receive in lieu of her old trunk
engines the compound engines which were
placed in the cruiser Atlanta when that
ship was first built.
The naval officials are determined to
maintain the policy of training appIerti -es
in masted vessels. The advent of mastless
ships and vessels devoid of sail-power has
only emphasized the fact that the best yea
men, The most apt men, are those who have
had experience in ships propelled by sail.
1t is because of this that leading officers
like Rear Admiral Sampson are in favor
of drawing the naval reserves of the COM
try largely from the fishermen and seafar-
ing population of the coasts.
Experience shows that properly TO train
the apprentices they must be schoOled in
vessels wholly or largely propelled by sail.
Great Britain adheres to this practice, and
for the British apprentices special :,liling
brigs ere maintained.
Owing to the large number of men re-
quired for the manning Of all the vessels
Of the Navy, the estimate being close to
$4,000, It is proposed, now, to enlarge the
number Of marines carried On the LATHE
ships and on armored cruisers. Instead of
III
that 120 10 $50 marines will be the proper
ton before long. The commands of such
large guards would be intrusted TO majors,
assisted by at least two lieutenants.
In the early part of the present century
the crews OF warships carried third
seamen, one-third landsmen, and one-t third
marines This proportion, 1t is now thought.
can be resumed including in the landsmen
element the engineers force. On any one
OF the latest type of battleships authorized
the marine guard. under the proposed COM
plement plan, would number nearly two
hundred. or
1t is now the practice to assign marines
TO man battery guns. This has long been
optional, however. with the captains of the
ships. In the Kearsarge- Alabama fight the
pivot gun on the forecastle was manned
exclusively by marines. The marines, 1t
has been found. rapidly develop into first
class artillerymen. 1t is in consequence
deemed wiser to augment on the new ships
the marine guards than to increase the
laDdsman element.
II the new plan with relation to the ma
rines is carried out. the 25G0 men of the |
corps Will, for the most part, be afoat. II |
may then be necessary. ii is said, to In |
crease the corps still further to ensure |
proper protection of naval stations, |