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voted down unanimously. The original
motion was carried and 1t was directed
to elect by nomination and ballot, the
successful candidates to have a ma
jority OF all votes cast.
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JUSTICE LORE
WAS SELECTED
Will Represent Wilmington Dis
trict al the General Conference
in Chicago May Next.
MR.. BAYNARD WITHDREW

AND REFUSED TO BE A CANDI-
DATE - IMPORTANT MEETING
OF THE LAY ELECTORAL CON.
FERENCE HELD YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.
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IcOntInued on Second PaEe.l
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When the Republican State Commit
tee sent its vigorous answer to the
unionists' committee, Bayard p.
Burn Of Milford, Delaware. wrote
to District Attorney Byrne stating that
the cause OF Delaware republicanism
had been much advanced by the manly
attitude Of the Republican State Com
mittee. In reply, Mr.. Byrne sent the
following interesting discussion on the
political situation in Delaware:
February Q, 1900.
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ELDER s REPORT
RECEIVED TODAY
Interesting Summary of Work
Done Last Year in EastOn
District.
GREAT STRIDES WERE MADE

IN VARIOUS CHURCHES, DESPITE
THE DEPRESSING CONDITION IN
LOWER DELAWARE AND MARY
LAND-MANY SOULS SAVED.
GENERAL WORK OF CONFER
ENCE-
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APPEAL FOR
PARTY UNITY
Strong Invocation for Party
Harmony on Basis of
Party Loyalty.
FROM MR.. BYRNE TO MR.. BURN

IN A COMMUNICATION TO THE
LATTER THE FORMER STATES
THAT A FEASIBLE PLAN WILL
BE FORMULATED TO ENCOM.
PASS DEMOCRATIC DEFEAT IN
DELAWARE.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-07

bronoho. regularly made 500 niles 10
stxty hours. ana tnsn. rsstins biz nouHt
for four days. made the return tFsp. AZ
this was not cavalry sehisvsnsnt. u h
not used for purposes Of esupsfis4n.
Touchfng the performance. hswstsf. Ne
military writer says that, "exospsine NE
sss, there IL prbaps no creature on eafth
so stubborniy enduring 80 the bronche.
were made there would BE- found much
difference tetwesn the records which
Eugiish and American soldiers wouia
register. He says that oomf osits pic
ture made OF 600 British and 81 30
American troopers would show that ths
three lines which establish the "sssp' o.
the rider are practically the same, ana
that upon this and the proper cars Of tbs
borse depend lsrseiy the masters OF dis-
lance accomplished and speed main
tanned.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-07
THE STEAMSHIP COMBINE.
Consolidated LsyIand aud Atlantis
Transport Compsnies' Plans.

Boston, March 6-BcrnfrI ". Baker.
president of the Atlantic Transports
Stss ship line. returned from karops
yesterday on the Cunard liner Luoanis
and talked further about the ocnso'iia-
tlon Of his company vita the Lsyland
line. While abroad MIR. Baker Arranged
the details OF the onangs with Fretsrlcs
L. yland ~ Co, and the first meeting Of
those interested will be held In England
about April O. The consolidation win
tske effect on May /.
"Ihe Lsvland and tine Atlantic Trans
port Linss," said Mr.. Baker, "hsve
anal gnmated. Neither line has been All
sorbed The consolidation takes In all the
lines Of beth companies and this capital
of the new concern will be $4,000. coz
The new name Of this company has not
toen decided upon"
In reply to que: tion az to the extent
Of his holdings In the new company Mr.
Baker said that while he would not make
public the amount he had invested. he
would say that he was the largest indi-
vidunl siookholdsr.
"Ihe meeting Of the new company will
be held about the middle Of Afril and
much more detail will be ssttled on
them" he continued. ''The line will be q
very big one. and thu service Of tho At
iantlc Transport from New York, Balti-
more and Philadelphia will be continued.
as will be the sailing Of the Leyland line
between Boston, Moptreal and Portland.
Me.
"Ihe Ley land line has at present under
way five big poats, and our company are
building thirteen. We Will have very
big fleet, and IN addition the ten ships
belong ing to the combination which are
In the fefvlce of the English government
will be put on again as soon as they are
relea sed. The rew boats have acoommc-
dalton for both freight and passenger.
and are of more than 1900 tons each.
"Ths oorporasion will be EDRii'h. as
the vessa,s are under thst dag. Many OF
the stoe holders, however, ara Amsri-
cans We will have three vessels q week
from New York, Two will go to London
and one TO Liverpool. will DO the head
Of the line hare and the headq uarterS will
be in New York.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-07
CoRBIN COURTS INVESTIGATION.

Washington, March 6.--The resolution
sdopted by the Senate calling for com
pIste record of the court martial which
tried Adjutant General Cortin when
lieu tenant-e olonel Of the 18th oolored In
fantry, on a charge OF cowaruioe, and
OTHER Information as to his military ca
reer, called for a mass Of papers that will
require q weeks time to copy, accord =
ing to the estimate CT the war depart.
ment.
General Cerbln In anticipation Of the
reply today addressed to Senator Davis Of
Minnesota an appeal for an Immediate
examination Of his soldierly record from
tine day he entered the service as bog
of 10 years old. 3S years ago, up to the
present. time. Moreover, he authorizes
the sscrstary to present his (Oorbin s.
resignation to tho President, IL the search
reveals a suggestion Of unworthinsss
The lstter includes the finding OF tht
court martial which most honorably 40
GU tilted Lieutenant Colonel Corbin OF thu
charge, General Grants letter confefrins
upon him two bravets for gallant services
al the time be YVES charged with coward.
Toe. and finally, q letter from the colonial
of the regiment. who preferred the charge
praising the work In the campaign. AL.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-07

In a short time after taking charge OF
his paskorate Mr.. sheldon built a new
church, a handsome stone structure, and
a comfortable, roomy parsonage near by.
His family consists of n wife and one
child. He leads a quiet life, but his face
and figure are known to perhaps every
man. woman, and child in Topeka-an
athletic man, AZ years old, but looking a
little younger. broad rhouldered, STOPPING
some hat, for he Is a considerable stu.
dent. growing bald on the forehead, with
A heavy. coarse brown mustaohe and
straightiorward gray eyes. he looks
more like a business man than a preacher
He Is entirely practical In his ideas OF
Christianity, and looks at all questions
rather from the concrete than from the
abstract point. his first parish was at
Waterbury, VT, country district seven
miles square.
at seemed 10 me,"' he said THAT II
could see every man, woman, and child
in my whole parish betwesn two Sun
days could face them on Sunday and
preach with the knowledge that was
PIE ching something definite. But 10 was
a physical impossibility. The parish waf
seven miles square, and, bsing In the
heart of the Grssn mountains, 10 was all
uphill. Ny only means OF locomotion
was Q small horse that had quiusy,
stringhalt and lazy disposition"
30 Mr.. Sheldon boarded around" un'
Ill he became thoroughly familiar with
the people he preached 20. hr. Sheldon
IL the son Of Congregational minister,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-07
Presidential Electors Must All BE
Chosen in State Convention.
HEADQUARTERS
REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE,


AUGUSTA, MAINE, JAN. 4, 1900.
TO the Republicans of Maine:-Prior
to 1892 two Presidential electors at large,
corresponding to the two United States
senators, were nominated in State con-
vention, and the remaining electors, cor
responding to the members of the United
States House of Representatives were
nominated by the several congressional
district conventions.
The passage of the Australian Ballot
law entirely changed the procedure. I'm
der the law, all Conventions are por-
ton of our election system, and this
ballot act requires that candidates to be
voted for by the Voters throughout the
whole State must be placed In nominal
ton by convention representing no less
a constituency than the whole State.
Hence, all the candidates of party for
Presidential electors must be nominated
in State Convention, and have there
fore Included in the call six electors.
]. Ii. MANLEY, Chairman.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-07

tnaI marching time being eighteen hours
and thirty minutes. At Fort Warner
they rested one day, and returned Tn
Harney on the same horses at the uniform
rats Of sixty miles day. Capt. Edmund
Il, Fechet started at midnight for the re-
lief OF the Indian scouts who had been
sent out to arrest Sitting Bull who, after
killing that chief. were belssRuered In a
log hut by his followers. Fechet took an
ambulance wagon aud Hotoh kiss gun
with him. The gun carriage broke down
and he was compelled to fasten the trail
OF the piece to the tailboard Of the ambu =
lance and thus drag IL along. Notwith-
standing this handicap he made the nrst
forty 1--we miles In less than seven hours,
He fought and drove on the young
sioux bucks, then secuted the country
for ten miles, gave his troopers some
breakfast and returned TO the fcrI
Fourteen hours were consumed in cover
ing ninety miles Of ground,
Ihe cavalry horses Of the American
lrmy have undergone these endurance
aud speed contests carrying weights OF
more than 500 pounds. and without any
training other than that received In the
ordinary course OF frontier scouting ano
daily drill svolutions. rhs greatest
Rilitary ride recorded, as 10 appears on
paper, IL that Of the Austrian Count
Srahrenberg, who rooe one horss 500
miles In seventy zone hours. The animal,
however, carried only tbs Counts weight,
i2s pounds, 20 had been specially trained
Tor months 10 undergo the endurance tssl
and during the whole time OF the ride 10
vas kept up on stimnlants. ine noIss
died within twenty-four hours after the
compilation CT Its task.
Col. Dodge, in his sum mary Of remark
| anle rides. tells Of q professional express
rider. whom he personally knew, who fol
many mon this carried mail from n Psss
10 Cbihuahua, through q hostile Apache
country. This man, On one horss,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-07
MAINE PATENTS.

Washington, March G The following
patents haze bsen granted to Maine peo-
pie: A. ELK, Portland, Me, machine for
pointing pioksts; E.Greenwood, Phillips.
Ne, Check valve; ). Knight and J. l.
Max well, Eridgton. Me-, n,ilk-paiI hold
sr; A. A. Libby, Portland, Me-, window
pulley
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-07
A Republican State Convention
WILL BE HELD IN
City Hall, Lewiston,
We'd, April 18th. 1900

for the purpose of selecting six candi-
dates for electors of President and Vice
President of tho United States. and four
delegates at large and four alternates to
attend the National Republican CoDven-
ton to be held at Philadelphia, Pcnnsyl-
vania, on Tuesday, June 10, 1900, and
transacting any other business that may
properly come before 1t.
The basis of representation will be as
follows: Each City, Town and Pianta-
ton will be entitled to one delegate, and
for each seventy-five votes cast for the
Republican candidate for Governor in
1896, an additional delegate, and for
fraction of forty votes in excess of sew
enty-five votes. an additional delegate.
Vacancies in the delegation ofany city
Town or Plantation can only be file by
resident of the county III which the
vacancy exists.
The State committee will be in session
In the reception room of the hail Mt nine
o clock, on the morning Of the conven-
ton, for the purpose of receiving the ere
dentials of delegates. Delegates in order
to be eligible TO participate in the con-
vention, must be elected subsequent to
the date of the call for this convention;
and delegates, under this call, should not
be elected to the State convention to be
hereafter called for the purpose of nomi
mating "a candidate for governor.
All electors of Maine without regard to
past political differences, who are in
sympathy with the sentiments expressed
in the call of the Republican National
Committee for the Republican National
Convention, are cordially invited TO unite
with the Republicans of the state in cleo
ting delegates to this Convention.
Per order Republican State Committee.
JOSEPH Ii. MANLEY, Chairman
BYRON BOYD, Secretary.
Augusta, Maine. Thursday, Jan. 4, 1900.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-07
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u meet IN caucus A. Gfsnfs ttAA iu saiA tesn
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-24
THE CITY OF SEVEN HILLS.
Rev. H. II. Gewen Tells Of the Rains
of Ancient Rome.

Rev. h He GoWen Tells OF the Aufuo
of Ancient Rome.
The first lecture Of the fourth annual
series delivered in this city by the Rev.
III. II. Gowen was given last night at the
Collins hall, President Graves, Of the
university. took the chair and introduced
the lecturer. After Introductory remarks
and a description of the unique position
occupied by the city of Rome on account
of the continuity of its history, the splen-
dor Of its associations and the magnitude
of its monuments, Mr.. Gowen plunged into
his subject and took his audience among
the streets and ruins Of the seven-hilled
city.
The forum Of Trajan was chosen for the
center of operations, and from this point
a number OF excursions were made in DIFF
ferent directions. One walk along the
Corso brought the travellers into con-
tact with the pantheon, built q b. c.
by Marcus Agrippa: the reputed ''hired
house. Of st. Paul in the via Lata; the
mausoleum Of Augustus, famous not only
as the burial place of that emperor. but
also as the site of the funeral pyre of
Cola di Rienzo thirteen centuries later:
and the column of the philosopher enper-
or, Marcus Aurelius. with its bas reliefs
commemorative Of the wars against the
Marcomanni and Quad.
Returning to the forum, great land
marks OF history were described, In the
arch of Titus. COMMUNICATING the, dc.
struction of Jerusalem. and the arch OF
Constantine, COMMUNICATING the conquest
of the empire by Christianity. Then a
visit was paid to that stupendous monu-
ment of barbarism, the coliseum, built by
the "Flavian emperors. A walk along the
Appian way was made the occasion OF de-
scribing the entry Of the apostle st. Paul,
and an account suggested by the arrival
at the catacombs was given Of the heather
and Christian memorials of the dead.
In conclusion. several lessons were
drawn from the present condition of
mundi," the other lesson from preserve
ton rather than from destruction, and an
appeal for such an ideal of civic life that
buildings may hand down history to ages
unborn and that better men may be
reared. grander and stronger even than
the mightiest memorials ever reared by
the hand of man.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-24

dark morning q man by himself might
walk into. but II would be impossible for
d party OF three to disappear IN the same
hole, MS on the trail men always walk
some little distance apart, and II one man
went in the splash would warn those fol-
drawn to the hole, and there was no In
dicatfon that the Ice around II had been
broken. Whenever such a breakage oc-
ours, the Ice broken on IL frozen In the
water and can be seen plainly. 1 feel
confident none Of the party fell into that
''There is no likelihood the men who
might commit crime near Mimic would
attempt to escape by way OF the Dalton
trail, for the fact is It would be slow trav-
there are no houses Mt which they could
stop from day to day.. as on the regular
Dawson Bennett trail"
Clayson, has started toward the interior
from Skagway In the hope of getting
some trace OF the party.
Probably no other young man has so
many friends and is held In higher es-
TEEN than Mr.. keire. and once they are
satisfied that he has completely disap-
peared every step will be taken to recover
run down the men responsible for the
When the news first came from Tagish
OF the party's disappearance, II was stat
ed that a man named Ralph or Rolph had
been arrested as a suspect. Mr.. Relies
friends for time chung to the hope that
he. had escaped and been taken into Gus
n fact. came down. on the Cottage City
yesterday, but could not be substantiated.
and Mr.. Relies friends who investigated
1t are satisfied that 1t Is incorrect.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-24
Seattle Man Has a Complication
Of Troubles in Dawson.
SERVING rIvE.yEAR ssNrENcE.
In About 10 He Psrdoned, when an
Accusation, Known Here to he
Untrue, Comes Up About His Past
Life ana Threatencs TO Blast HIS
Hopes-Chief Reed Writes Let
ter which May Secure Release.

Strenuous efforts ara being made to Sc
cure pardon for Ed Lord, formerly
well-known bartender Of sthis city, but
now serving five-year sentence in Daw-
son City for grand larceny. Chief or Po-
lice Reed is In receipt of a letter from
Leroy Tozier. a friend OF Lords. asking
him to supply information upon which II
Is hoped to secure Lords release.
Lord, as has been published in the Post
Intelligencer. pleaded guilty in November.
1897, to the charge Of stealing $4,000 from
''Nigger Jim Daugherty. Judge Mac
guire, before whom the case was tried
sentenced him to- five years, but subsei
quently promised to sign a petition for his
pardon after he had served two years.
The two years have expired. but In the
meantime new complications have arisen.
and It is necessary to overcome them be-
fore Judge Maguire's potent influence can
be secured In Lords behalf.
About two months ago the press dis
patches told how an escaped convict from
the Mississippi penitentiary named
Charles Summers. alias J. o. Morrison.
returned to Mississippi and, after
paying the state for the expense 1t had
been put to in trying to capture him.
was pardoned by the governor Summers.
during the. early SOS. was convicted OF
express robbery and sentenced to. the
penitentiary. He escaped twice, and the
second time he did SO by bribing guard.
whom he took with him in his fight. His
last escape was successful. He spent
short time In this city after his escape.
Vigorous efforts were made to locate him,
but always without success. He went to
Alaska, and there made a fortune, which
he used in settling his troubles in Mis-
sissfpppi s.rs'2 q
The Old adage, ''glve a dog bad name.''
seems to have applied in Lords case, for
the rumor has gained currency in Daw4
son that Ed Lord Is none other than the
guard who assisted Summers to escape
from the mississippi penitentiary, and,
according to Toxier.s letter, Judge Ma
guire has refused to sign Ed Lords PEE
tition to the dominion government for a
pardon until such q time as his record
can be cleared OF this accusation against
him.
Tozier's purpose in writing to Chief
Reed is to verify Lords statement that he
mers escaped from the penitentiary. and
the guard whom the latter bribed Chief
Reed has replied to the letter, stating
that Lord was so employed here at the
time, and in the Svery nature of things
could not be the man who aided Summers
in escaping, Lords friends here believe
that Chief Reeds letter will ultimately
result in his being pardoned M
Summers, the central figure Of the story.
is now in Seattle. He has had an In
teresting career. tits claimed that at the
time he committed the crime In Missis-
sippi he was a detective in the employ OF
an agency of national reputation. In Al
aska he was manager OF variey thea
ter in Dawson and Juneau.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-24
DEATH OF E. P. CUMMINGS.
Well known Police Officer Succumbs
to Typhoid Fever-Was Highly
Esteemed by His Associates.

Edward p. Cummings, one of the most
popular and efficient members of the Sc
attic police force. died yesterday at Provi-
dence hospital after an illness that had
confined him to his bed since January 2.
Typhoid fever, which eliminated in pneu-
monia, was the cause Of death.
Cummings was born in Ireland thirty
years ago. At the age of about Is years
he emigrated to this country in company
with his older brother and an uncle. They
settled in Mankato, Mimi, where the
uncle and brother still reside. Ten years
ago Cummings came to this city. He was
employed at first by the Spring Hill Water
Company, and later worked for the James
street car line as a gripnan. This position
he held for three years. In July, 1897, he
was appointed on the police force.
On New Years day Cummings complain
ed Of being i'll, but refused to lay off, stat
ing that he did not want to commence the
New Year by not working. On the next
day, however. he was SO III that he was
unable to work. A few days later he was
removed to Providence hospital For a
time he fingered between life and death,
but q few days ago 1t was recognized that
II was only IL question of time until death
came.
A sad fact in connection with Cummings
death is that he had been married but a
short time. His young wife was completely
Frustrated yesterday.
lie church. but was connected with no
secret orders. He left some property.
John Sullivan, captain of police, in speak
ing of him yesterday. said.
"Cummings was faithful and efficient
officer. When one considered his magnif-
cent physique the idea that death would
soon claim him could hardly be entertain
ed. He was a fine specimen OF physical
tributes of an honest and faithful public
servant"