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The Portland daily press., 1900-12-04

MAINE STATE PRESS Cweekly)-
BY the year. 81 in advance, or si.25 at the end
of the year.
For six months, 80 cents; for three months. 2S
cents.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-04
CURRENT COMMENT.
OUGHT 10 READ THE PAPERS.
(Roston HaraId l

The Hon. Joseph Ii. Manley ought to
peruse the enterprlsing newspapers more
attentively. de would thus avoid the
dense ignorance he displays as to the
S6OOO JOB that is coming to him.
JERRY SIMPSON.
New York SUM-
Jerry Simpson has moved into Missouri.
despatch.
Now bleeding Kansas bleeds as she
never bleo before and the folks are wear
ing weeds on the wild Neosho snore. They
wall in Osawatomie, they weep in Potta-
watomie; the signing and the sobbing
drown the Crookeu's awful roar. There
is rendina of locks, for the Sockless packs
his socks and will live In poor old KAN
sas no more, alas, no more We shall
never more be merry, for We have lost
our Jerry, and thrice fortunate Missouri
will never restore our Sockless Socrates
wherefore with tears and these poor sor-
row songs our Jerry we ever shall de-
plore. 1.-The Sunflower Offering"
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-04

We Own and Offer


SUBJECT TO SALE
Csty Of Portland as, due 1902-f9l2.
Town of Cape Elizabeth as, due 1901.
Town Of Yarmouth 1-2's. due 1902.
Town OF Gorham As, due 1901.
County Of Lawrence (ohio) SIS, due 1912.
City Of Portsmouth (ohio) 5s, due 1928.
City OF GAINESVILLE (ohio) As, due 1915.
City of Urbana (Ohio) 1-2's. due 1900.
City of saltwater (Minn.) SIS, due 1921.
County of Dayiess Ind.) 6's. due 1908.
Maine Central r. r. AS, due 1912.
Maine Central r. r. rs, due 1912.
Portland Railroad Co. First Mortgage
Alps, due 1918.
Portland & Cape Elizabeth Railway Co.
First Mortgage SIS, due 1915.
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Ry. First
Mortgage As. due 1916.
Cleveland City Ry. First Mortgage Ss,
due 1909.
Duluth Street Ry. First Mortgage SIS,
due 1890.
Denver City Tramway Co. First Mort
gage o s, que 1919.
Omaha Street Ry. First Mortgage SIS,
due 1914.
Grand Rapids Ry. Co. First Mortgage
5's, due 1916.
Medfield & Midway (Mass.) Street Ry.
First Mortgage SIS, due 1920.
Portland Water Co. Gold As, due 1927.
Calais Water Co. First Mortgage SIS, due
1905.
St Croix f. L. & w. Co. First Mortgage
6s, due 1905.
Framingbam (Mass.) Water Co. First
MortAags 1-2's, due 1925.
Fond du Lac (Wis) Water Co. First
Mortgage SIS, due 1915.
Erie Telegraph & Telephone Co. Cola
teral Trust SIS, due 1925.
Niagara Falls Power Co. First Mortgage
5's, due 1882.
Particulars upon application; CORES
pondence solicited.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-04

The DAILY PRESS is delivered at these rates
every morning to subscribers In all parts OF
Portland, and in westbrook and South Port
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-01
CANAAN, CONN. THURSDAY. II
TCU~ 2.i:n ut His Word.

The faCuI,y of terSe and forceful speech Is ordinarily an advantage, but occasionally man gets hoisted by his own epigram. A hustling young New Yorker who was recently established In branch of the oil business had set out to get the patronage of a certain firm. The head of the concern was re- luctant to make change.
 1.-The oil we have been getting has not been unsatisfactory" said he, ''and l fail to see why we should make n change. Are there any extra induce ments you can offer? How do you pro- pose to improve on the old qualityT'
 Tn this way" was the prompt an- swer. q propose to give the business my personal attention. I intead to put some of my brains into every barrel of oil we send out"
 The rejoinder pleased the old gentle man, and he became a customer.
 A few months later the hustling young man was obliged to make u jour ney, and In his absence, through some oversight, the quality of oil was allow ed to deteriorate. 1t was quickly noted. and letter on file In the office records one of the protests It reads: Gentle men-When we were induced to use your product, we were assured that MT. Blank put some of his brains into every barrel of oil We deeply regret to observe that Mir. Blank Is threatened with paresis. Washington Star.
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-01
A Tigers tIIte.

I have more than once heard of a man defending himself from the on- slaught of lion or tiger by thrusting his rife barrels down it's throat in the last resort Poor Major Sandbach Of the artillery came to his death In So- maitland few years ago In attempting to thus hold of lioness, which never theless managed to Infiict on his hand and arm bites which proved fatal. A curious story of the same kind comes from the Khandwa district of northern India.
 Mir. Bayley. also an artillery officer, was charged by wounded tiger which he was following up. He missed 1t with his first barrel, and the second failed to go or. The tiger sprang, and MT. Bayley jumped to one side, thrust Ing out his rife to keep the brute Of. The tiger, it Is stated, seized the bar rels and drove his teeth through them and, being unable to withdraw them, was shot by Captain Harrison, Mir. Bayley's companion.
 In his death struggle the tiger drag ged the rife from the owners hands, and the jar caused by the stock strik- ing the ground broke off two teeth which were imbedded in the steel. This story is said to be absolutely true. but, with the profoundest respect for the strength of the tigers jaws and teeth, I venture to think 1t wants explana- tion.-London Sketch.
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-01
Fatal FreIuht wreck

A fearful explosion of dynamite oc- cured in the yards of the Jersey Central railroad at Ashley, a suburb of Wilkes barre, Pa, killing Frank Mclaughlin of Mauch Chunk, aged 27: Michael Bird of Ashley, aged %, and William Buckley of Wilkesbarre, aged 2S, all brakemen, and fatally injuring two unknown men. En- gineer Rehrig of Mauch Chunk was badly injured. Engineer John Roughley of Ashley was severely scalded. William Brown of Ashley, night boss at the roundhouse; Brakeman Thomas Rowe of Newton and Flagman Michael Coyle of Ashley were badly injured. The accident was caused by the loss of the control of a heavy freight train, consisting of 24 cars. one of them loaded with dynamite. which was coming from Mauch Chunk to Ash ley. The train was in charge of Engineer John Rehrig,
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-01
s.n~rni Market.

New York, Jan. @ FLoUR-StAte and western very quiet and barely steady without important change. al- though concessions were demsndedI Minneso- La patents, Sa.pOasib winter ntraiKhta. tA@ as.bo. winter extras. ss.coas.sss winter patents, s3h5a9so.
 wHEAT-weak and considerably lower this morning under disRppoi ntinR oabies, fer eign selling and local unloading. RYE-Steedys state. bSo.. c. f. f.. New York. car lots, No. western, olsto.. f Q. b. afoat. .=
 CORN Easier st a slight decline on con- tinued favorable weather news and the break fin wheat
 oATS-Dull and easy; track. white. state. M As5o.. track, white. western. aiA8tc. PoRk-Quiet, meaa. sio.boaii. family. sia~ l3bo.
 LARD-Quiet: prime western steam. t.iko. BUTTER Steady state dairy, iaasto.s state creamery, 2oa2sc.
 CHEESE Steady, large, fall made. fsnoy. iss4aisc. small. fall made, fancy. ms4slsc. EGGs-Speculatiyely firm. state and Penn syivaniN l7lsaisc., western. unsraded a. mark. iiai6ltc.
 suGAR-Raw firm, fair refining. aiS.isstos centrifugal. pi test. a7-iac. bid. refined hrms crushed. b.0Oci powdered. bsn.
 TuRpENTtNE-steady al bta1.lto. MoLASsES- Firm; New Orleans. ttshso. RtCE-Steadys domestic, saeltc.i Japan. ~ TALLow- ouiet city, sss s.iOc., country. alsAhklc.
 HAY-oulet; shipping, ssa7cOl sood to choice. sOaS5o.
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-01

teen men pumped SO Feet to the ground. Little of the lodge property was saved. The Puerto Principe Electric company. capital S200oO0, to furnish electric lights in Puerto Principe. and the Puerto prin. cipe Tramway company. capital S2oo 900. to operate electric railroads in the same province, has been incorporated in Tren. ton.
 James Juhh, an Englishman, of New Britain. Conn, aged 2s, in a tit Of in. sanity committed suicide by gashing his throat with carving knife. lt Is said his insanity was the outcome of con stant breeding on the war In the Trans vnal.
 The south Atlantic squadron, composed of the Chicago, Montgomery and VII. mington, under command of Rear Admi. ral Schley, has reached Monteyideo, uru. guny. from Ensenuda, Argentina, and Admiral Schley reports that the vessels have been placed In five days quarantine by the authorities.
 While the United States gunboat Wheeling, now in Hongkong harbor. was saluting in honor of the German emperor's birthday a gun burst, killing Gunners Campbell and Nelson and se. riously wounding Lieutenant Beatty and Gunncrs Conroy and Bite. The United States court of appeals has affirmed, with costs, the decision of Judge
 Iaeombc dismissing the hnbcas corpus
 proceedings In the case of Oberlin Nj. Carter. convicted by court martial of
 frauds In connection with the Savannah
 river and Cumberland sound improve ments. Abraham E. Elmer of Utica. N. Y., celebrated his one hundred and eighteenth
 birthday anniversary Friday Elmer is
 blind and deaf, but his mental faculties
 are unimpaired He was born in War
 rcn, Herkimcr county. In 1TS2 and serv-
 cd in the Fourth regiment at Sackets | Harbor during the war of 1872.
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-01
Terrible Suffering In AIa.isn.

The war department has made public an important report from Captain w. k. Abercrombie, Second infantry, who com mandcd the Copper river exploring ex- petition in Alaska last season. The captain found that hundreds of persons were dying from starvation and scurvN in the Copper river country. The people in Valdez were in most pitiable condi- tion, crowded in miserable huts like sar- dimes in box. There were no facilities for bathing. Most of the sufferers had scurvy and not few frost bitten hands and feet. The tops of old rubber boots and strips of gunny sack made shoes and socks for many of them. At least 70 per cent of the inmates of the huts were mentally deranged. This was common to those whom fear of scurvy had driven over the glacier, where so many had per ished by freezing to death.
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-01
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

The Brazilian ports of Rio Janeiro and Santos have been officially declared free of the bubonic plague.
 The German steamer RcmuA was wrecked on the coast of Denmark on Monday. and II lives were lost.
 The dowager duchess of Sleswick-Hol' stein, mother of the empress of Germany, has died of pleurisy at Dresden.
 It k reported that the Admiralty Ia. land natives killed and ate the crew of the trading schooner Nipamarra.
 The prince regent of Bavaria has con. fcrrcd the Order of St. Michael, first class. on Dr. Nanscn, the explorer.
 The bubonic plague has broken out at Rosario, Argentina, and rigorous cor don has been established at that place.
 According to a dispatch from Tcheran. the condition of the ahah's health is such as to give his physicians grave uneasi' ness.
 Baron Speck von Sternberg. secretary of the German embassy in Washington, has been awarded the Grown order. sec ond class.
 The British steamer Expedient ran down and sank harbor steamer near Al. tona, Germany. Thirty workmen were drowned,
 The vossische Zeitung claims that tho sugar trust Is now fully established and that 250 out of the 400 sugar rchneriea In Germany have joined the combination.
 A contingent Of Colombian troops has gone from Colon to BarMnauilla. IL ia reported that the government has Au.OO0 men under arms. The rebellion continues.
 Her Vaze, the polar explorer, armour. ces that he will lead an expedition next summer into nrctic regions in the hope of finding Andree, the missing Rcronaut, or his remains,
 In consequence of n report received by the India office from Lord CurEon, who announces that 3,bO0,000 are receiving famine relief. Mansion House fund will probably be started.
 The consul general of the United States of Colombia at London has been inform cd that General Casabianca has defeat. cd the rebels at BacaramauEa. General Luian also defeated the rebels at Cerrito.
 Mrs. John n. Rich, the Chicago woman surrendered to Mexico to be tried for the murder of her husband In Juares last May. has been adjudged guilty by the Mexican court and sentenced to serve i4 years in prison.
 Australia is excited over series oi four murders exceeding In horror the crimes of Theodore Durrant at San Francisco few years ago. The vlctima i'm each case were women, and all had been outraged and afterward more or less mutilated.
 Mir. l, Kerr Osborne, a prominent resi- dent of Toronto. has received a cable from the war office In London advising him that his son, Lieutenant John Wood. burn Osborne, had been killed In action in Natal on Jan. 2I. Lieutenant Osborne was an officer in the Scotch rides.
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-01
LnWtOn's Body Home.

San Francisco, Jan. 31.-With her flags at hnlf mast the United States transport Thomas entered this harhor yesterday bearing the remains of General Henry w. Lawton, Major John A. Logan, Jr. Lieutenant Bennett and Dr. J. J. l.. Armstrong. In the cabin of the Thomas were about 20 passengers, including Mrs. Lawton and her children. The vessel was met at the Golden Gate by General Shafter and Lieutenant Wilson, Major w. r. Tucker, brother-in-law of Mrs. Logan; Robert Bentley, friend of the Logan family, and Captain Barneson of the transport service. The Thomas was passed by the quarantine authorities, and General Shafter then escorted Mrs. Law ton and her children to the home of friends. The caskets containing the bod. ies were landed at the transport dock and later taken to an undertaker's under an escort of artillery.
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-01
Senate Caucus Names Hendricks.

Albany, Jan. 31-Fruncis Hendricks has been made the caucus nominee of the Republican majority In tie senate, and his nomination will be confirmed for state superintendent of insurance. All the P Republican senators attended the caucus. Senators Amber and Raines deferred voting when their names were called on the first ballot. The other 25 all voted for Mir. Hendricks confirmation, but it takes 26 votes to confirm. Senator Am bier then said that although he would have preferred to see his personal friend, Superintendent Payn, continue in office. he had come to the caucus determined to abide by the will of the majority, as an organization Republican should do. Then both he and Senator Eaincs voted for Mir. Hendricks, making the vote unanimous in the caucus, The insurance committee will report Mir. Hendricks nomination favor ably to the senate, and it is likely all the Democrats will join with the Republicans in giving to Mir. Hendricks a unanimous vote for confirmation.
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-01

saved from lynching, hustled into jail, and the hunt for the assassin is still go ing on.
 The Republican state officials and mem bers of the legislature without exception denounced the shooting in the most un. measured terms. Governor Taylor inn mediately caused a small address to be published, In which he declared the af- fair to be disgrace and an outrage and calling for the most sober condemnation. He sent orders at once to Adjutant Gen eral Collier directing him to take steps for the preservation of order. General Collier at once issued an order for the mobilization at Frankfort of the eqtire militia of the state.
 Dr. David Barrow of Lexington, one of the leading surgeons in the south, who was called to attend, Senator Goebel, late last night said:
 Senator Goebel is shot through the |. right lung and is in q dangerous condi- tion, as some main arteries were sey- cred, and he is bleeding internally. If the bleeding ceases and he lives 24 hours. the chances in his favor will be material ly increased. There is nothing we c,.n do for him."
 A physician from Senator Goebels bed side at PHO a. m. said there had been no change in his condition for two hours, but that he was in a precarious condi- ton. ...... GoebeI Declared Governor. The following report was made out late last night by a majority of the governor ship contest board:
 "The undersigned, the board appointed and selected by the general assembly to | determine the contested election for the | office of governor for this commonwealth | between William Goebel, contestant, and | William s. Taylor, contestee, beg leave | to report that we have heard all the evi- | dence offered by both parties, and we | now respectfully report to the general 1 assembly of the commonwealth of Ken | lucky that in our opinion William Goe- bel was legally elected governor of the commonwealth of Kentucky on the Tth | day of November, 1899, and that he then and there received the highest number of legal votes for any one cast for the office of governor of Kentucky at said election, and we therefore respectfully suggest that this report be approved and reso- lution adopted by this joint assembly de claring the said William Goebel governor elect of the commonwealth of Kentucky for the term commencing the 18th day | of December, 1899.
 "We decide that the said William Goe-
 bel has received the highest number of legal votes and is adjudged to be the per
 son elected to said office of governor for
 the term prescribed by law"
 The report was signed by all the mem,
 bers of the board with the exception of
 Representative Garberry.
 The report in the case of the contest
 for lieutenant governor is identical, with
 the exception of the names.
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-01
PORTO RICO A COLONY.
Consultation Not Applicable to New
 Possessions.

Washington, Jan. 3l.-The Republic ans of the ways and means committee of the house have laid down definite lines on which the Republican leaders of the house have decided to legislate for Porto Rico so far as tariff duties are concerned The decision reached is exceedingly inn portant, as it commits the Republicans of the ways and means committee to the theory that Porto Rico and the Philip pines are not the territory of the United States within the meaning of that section of the constitution which provides that customs and revenue laws shall be uni form throughout the United States. In other words. it commits them to the view that new possessions can be governed as colonies and that discriminating duties can be laid against them.
 The question arose in connection with the bill introduced ten days ago by Rep resentative Payne of New York, chair man of the ways and means committed to extend the customs and revenue laws of the United States to Porto Rico and to make it 8 collection district. The Repub- lican members of the ways and means committee. to which the bill was referred. discussed it at several secret meetings and have decided to favor q substitute, which will be offered when the bill comes up for discussion in the full committee.
 This substitute provides that the tariff of Porto Rico on goods from foreign countries except the United States shall be the same as that on goods entering the United States from such countries and that goods imported into the United States from Porto Rico or from the Unit cd States into Porto Rico shall pay 25 per cent of the tariff on foreign goods that is. between Porto Rico and the Unit ed States there shall be horizontal re- duction of a per cent in the tariff.
 The substitute also provides that the revenue from such tariff duties shall be used to defray the expenses of admins tration in the island.
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-01
Bryan In Boston.

Boston, Jan. 31.-For the second time during his career Colonel William ]. Bryan, who for nearly four years has been the recognized leader of the national Democracy, was the central figure of an unusual demonstration in this city. Aft CT participating in several events of less CT importance during the day Mir. Bryan addressed an immense mass meeting in Mechanics hall, building containing a seating capacity greater than any in Bos- ton. It is estimated that there were 10,- GOO persons in the vast assemblage, hun dreds of whom remained standing throughput the evening. The speakers included Colonel Bryan, Hon. John r. Altgeld, former governor of Illinois; Hon. John J. Lentz, congressman from Ohio, and Hon. George Fred Williams of Ded- ham.
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-01
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS.
House Excludes Roberts by Big Ad-
 verse Vote.

The case of Brigham II. Roberts the Mormon representative elect from Utah. which has occupied SD much of the atten- tion of the house since the assembling Of congress, was decided on Thursday by the adoption of a resolution to exclude him by vote of 26S to 90. The vote against Roberts was divided as follows:
 Republicans, 16S; Democrats. 90; Pop. ulists, f. and the negative vote: Demo crats, 4T; Silver Republicans, 2; Popu- lists, 1. The senate on Thursday passed the urgent deficiency bill.
 The order in the house Friday was the delivery of eulogies upon the late Vice President Hobart. which occupied che at tention of members for 2la hours. The speakers were Messrs. Gardner. Stewart Parker, Fowler, Daly and Salmon of New Jersey, Payne of New York. Dalzell and Brosius of Pennsylvania, Richardson of Tennessee. Grosvenor of Ohio and Dol liver of Iowa. The senate was not in session.
 Secretary Gage on Monday replied to the senate resolution of Jan. 23, calling for information as to his dealings with officers of the National City bank. Sec retary Cages action in the sale of the New York custom house was again att tackled by the Democrats in the house Senator Mason took exception in a speech to recently published interview with the British consul at New Orleans. Senator Tillman spoke against the retention of the Philippines. Representative Clayton of Alabama introduced a resolution in the house fixing July 4 next as the day for withdrawing the troops from Cuba. The movement to grant civil pensions to government employees received a decided setback in the house. A bill was intro duced in the house by Mir. Driggs of New York rendering the thanks of con gress and medal to Miss Helen Gould. Ex-Congressman Bennett was elected sec retary of the senate.
 On Tuesday one witness was heard by the senate committee on elections in the Clark investigation. He said he yot, for Clark, but while he received money from other sources he got none for his vote. Senator Bacon argued for his Phil ippine resolution. The house session was short. John De Witt Warner of New York appeared before the house commit tee having the matter in charge to pro test against the passage of the shipping subsidy bill. The delay of the senate in ratifying pending treaties is being criti- cised
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-01
Torre. shoot. SIX Americsp,

A report is current in Sonora, Mexico. that six Americans, David Cusick. John Eldridge, George Lunt, Charles Burns, Lon Webster and Henry Williams, were shot during last week near the foot of the Bacatete mountains, east of Guayamas. by order of General Torres, who Is in command of the Mexican troops now op- erating against the Yaqui Indians in the Bacntete range. It Is further reported that the matter was brought to the at tention of the American consul at Gupga- mas, but that the latter declined to act
 It is said the Mexican troops found the Americans in friendly intercourse with the Yaquis whom the troops have sur rounded in the range. Some of the names are known here as those of prospectors. Americans at Guayamas warn all Amer jeans to keep away from the Yaqui coun-
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-01
The Aged Minister.

If his work be in city church, 1t Is grave question whether any min- ister can now discharge it with eth- ciency who is much above 50 years of age. The multitude of details in a city parish. the excitement of the life, the severe demand upon the mind and the heavy burden of responsibility call for a man in the prime of fife, with an alert intellect ard an unfailing body.-Ian LGclaren in Ladies' Home Journal.