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The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
WAVE STRIKES CALAIS.
Officers Determine to Enforce PrOhibi-
tory Law.

Calais, October 2.-The recent visit OF
the Womens Christian Temperance
Union seems to be bearing fruit quickly.
Last night the board of aldermen passed
a resolution declaring that the proh1bi-
tory law should be strictly enforced and
that the presiding justice of the next
term of court be notified that Calais ex-
peets a strict construction of the law with
the extreme penalty for every conviction
for it's violation. This morning the po-
lice were ordered to close evrry drink
ing place in this city by Wednesday
next, to cease smoking on the streets,
riding back and forth on the electrics,
loafng, etc. 1t is possible that ST S tephen,
N. B., just across from Calais viii en-
force similar orders.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
Doesn't Say Whether Advance
Offered Should Be Accepted.
Conventions of Delegates From Uniom's to
Act on Matter.

Philadelphia, October 2.-No break has
yet occurred in the ranks Of the striking
mine workers though additional notices
of the offer of an increase of ten per
cent in wages were posted Throughout the
region today. In fact there were many
indications today OF an intent on the
part of the strikers to insist on other con-
cess1ons and to also remain out until
the operators give recognition to their
national organization.
The feature Of the day was the parade
and the mass meeting of mine workers
at Wilkesbarre arranged with the object
of demonstrating the strength of the
United Mine Workers. A conservative
estimate places the number of strikers
in the procession at Is. .06S and the day
was generally given up as a holiday by
the people of Wilkesbarre and other
Luzerne county towns. The mass meet
ing was addressed by President Mitchell
ana other officers of the miners organi-
zation.
In his speech Mr.. Mitchell did not In
timate anything as to the probability Of
an early convention OF miners, and after
the meeting when questioned on that
subject, he said that not local union
had requested the calling OF a convention.
A significant move in this direction,
however, developed tonight at Shenan-
dOah where all the local branches of the
United Mine Workers held meetings and
selected delegates to a convention to be
called later by President Mitchell. ibis
Is the first announcement of the se1ec-
tion Of convention delegates. The entire
region was quiet today and very few
mines were in OneratiOn.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
REPUBLICAN CLAIM.
e66 Votes Said To Be Assured For Mo-
KinIey.

New York, October 2,-In a statement
Issued from Republican headquarters
through Committeeman ManIey, the ma,
t1onal committee claims 266 votes Ger.
tain in the electoral college for Mr.. Mo.
Kinley, 112 for Mr.. Bryan and "a were
put down as in doubt. The states con.
ceded to Bryan are Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
the Carolinas, Texas and Virginia. In
the doubtful column is put Colorado,
Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Me-
vada, Nebraska and Utah. Everything
else is put down for Mckinley but Indi-
ana which, skwith it's IS votes, is
admitted to be in doubt,
When shown this Republican claim,
Mr.. Richardson for the Democrats, char4
acterized it as only $50 much boasting."
He added that the Democrats also had
a poll, which was very different from the
Republican one, but that it would not
be made public.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03

/ their clerks viewed the parade from their
Office buildings. One coal man said it
was a very creditable demonstration. 1t
was after clock when the last of the
marchers swept past President Mitchell.
Then he and his colleagues were driven
TO West Side park, where the big mass
meeting was held. For several hours a
! crowd mad been gathering there and it
was estimated that nearly 20, 600 persons
were massed in front OF the stand when
the labor president began to speak. The
reception he got from the crowd was most
enthusiastic.
H. ID. Nichols, president of district
No. 1, comprising the LackaWanna and
Wyoming regions, was the chairman of
the meeting. After George Purcell OF
Indiana, member of the national exscu-
tive board and the Rev. p. j. Dunn Of
Wilkesbarre, made short addresses.
President Mitchell was introduced. He
said:
Fellow wOrkingmen:-A man would
indeed be devoid of feeling IL he were not
proud to have the opportunity to stand
before multitude like this who are,mak-
ing a fight for something it believes to be
just. am proud to know that you are
composed OF coal miners and their famil-
les. l am proud to know that yOu COM
mand in this fight the respect Of the
clergymen, that you have the sympathy
of the public and that the great Ameri-
can press has said with one voice that
your cause is a righteous ons
1.-The greatest strike In the history of
the world is drawing to close. Already
the great coal carrying railroads have
agreed to increase your wages ten per
cent which is a great victory in itself
True it is not enough, it does not satisfy
US but the time is not far distant when
the anthracite coal miners Will receive as
much for their labor as any other class Of
WOrKmen in the world.
'Ih1s strike shall not be declared off by
me. 1t shall not be ended until con-
vention of miners shall SO decide. Every
union and every oOIliery VIII be asked to
send one or more delegates to a conven-
tion to determine the question for them
selves. -
Mr.. Mitchell then reviewed briefly the
struggles of the miners during the past
forty years and said that the winners
cannot expect to have all the evils which
have bean heaped upon them during the
last half century OF unOrganized labor
righted at once, Continuing Mr.. Mitch
ell said he was confident of victory in the
end. He urged the miners to stand to-
gether and asked that no man return to
the mines until the victory is complete
The national president was followed by
Fred Dicher of Ohio; Benjamin James
executive board and Mother Mary
JONES' After the meeting President
Mitchell was driven through cheering
crowds to his hotel where he will remain
until eight o'clock tomorrow Emorning
when he Will return to Hazelton.
Presidents MitcheI's address SO far
as outlining any future move on the
part of the labor leaders is concerned,
was a disappointment He 1ntimated
strongly last night that he would define
the position of the union today on the
ten per cent concession. His failure to
do so has caused. the impression to go out
that he is still undecided what should be
done.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
MERCHANTS CARNIVAL AT ELLIS
WORTH.

Ellsworth, October 2.-The three days
Merchants Carnival and Hancock Coun-
ty fair, opened here today.
The decorations are the most elaborate
the city has ever known, every business
house and many residences being smoth-
cred with bunting. The night illumin8-
tion OF Main street with colored incan-
descents lights is one of the features.
The carnival opened this morning with
band concerts, a hose reel race for juve.
nile Teams a cake walk for the cham
pionship of the state, running races and
sports. This evening there was band
concert and bali at Hancock hall.
Wednesday is to be the big day. OF the
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
Was Bound to Stake
By Chains.
Pine Knots Piled About Him
and Set on Fire.

Wetumpka, Ala, October 2.-Winfield
Townsend, alias Floyd, a negro, was
was burned at the stake in the little
town of Eclectic, Is miles from this
place, a half hour after midnight this
morning, The crime with which he was
charged was an attempted assault upon
Mrs. Lennie Harrington, and her hus-
band set fire to the pile which reduced
Townsend's body to ashes.
Yesterday afternoon about 1 O'Clock,
the negro, a nephew of the negro Flood,
who was hung in the Wetumpka jail
week before last for attempted assault,
attempted to outrage Mrs. Harrington.
The Woman's screams were heard by an
other negro who was passing along the
road at the time He ran to the house
in time to see the negro escape. As soon
as Mrs Harrington was brought back to
consciousness he gave the alarm.
The news spread rapidly. AlI+he stores
in Eclectic were closed, all the gins and
saw mills shut down; the people left
their wagons in the road and their plows
in the field and gathered for a pursuit
of the negro. The crowd divided, some
securing the woods near the scene of the
crime and others went to the penitenti-
ary for blood hounds. The dogs were
not brought to the scene until nearly
dark, They were taken to where the ne
gro's tracks disappeared and an exciting
chase ensued, The dogs stopped at a
tree on the outskirts of the town. The
crowd coming up soon disco oYered the
negro sitting on a limb. He was
brought down at once and taken to the
scene of his crime. There he was con-
fronted by his victim who positively
identified him. The negro was taken to
the edge Of the village and surrounded
by the mob. The preparations for death
were quickly made. A stake was pre-
pared and the negro was bound to 1t
with chains. Pine knots were piled about
him and the flames were fired by the hus-
band of the negro's victim. The crowd
looked on, deaf to the victims loud
cries for mercy and in an hour he was
reduced to ashes.
Townsend, before being bound, con-
fessed the crime, and said he was also
implicated with EAlexanders Floyd, who
was hung a couple of weeks ago for an
attempted assault on Miss Kate Pearson
in the attempt at that time. He said
he and Floyd had planned for other
crimes of like character but that Floyd S
being hung put stop to them,
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
BRYAN MADE IS SPEECHES.

Lacrosse, Wis, October 2.-When W.
j. Bryan concluded his last speech here
tonight, he had made 18 addresses and
had covered about Is hours Of time
during the day.
Beginning at O'Clock in the morning
he talked at intervals until II O'Clock
tonight, putting In fully six hours of
speechmaking. His first speech was made
at Shakopee and after that appearance
he spoke in succession at Jordan, Belle
PIai1e, Henderson, ST. Peter, Mankato,
GAINESVILLE, Waseoak IOWatona, Dodge
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
AUGUSTA MAN INDICTED FOR
MURDER,

Providence, October 2.-CharIes II. Nc
Laughlin, formerly of Augusta, Me-, was
charge of numbering Charles Drape, an
insane patient at the state hospital.
The indictment alleges that while
drunk Mclaughlin punched and jumped
upon Drape, causing his death. The
prisoner was formerly keeper at the in
efitutiOn
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY

last ball was the only one that struck
White. This last shot was fired within
five feet of him and struck White in the
abdomen. Lowry, with his right forearm
shot, then @clubbed White into insensiblI-
1ty with the butt end of his pistol. White
has wife and three children: Lowry is
81 years old and single Both men are
in a critical condition,
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
MASSACHUSETTS, DEMOCRATIC
TICKET.

Boston, October 2.-At the Democratic
state convention here today the follow
Ing ticket was nominated by accIama-
tiOns
For Governor-Robert Treat Paine,
Jr., of Boston.
For Lieutenant Governor-John B.
O'DOnneI of Northampton.
For Presidential Eleotors-Hon. Thom-
as Wentworth Higginson of Cambridge,
Hon. Thomas }. Gargan OF Boston:
For Secretary of State-Gen. Luther
Step henson of bingham.
For Treasurer-Joseph L. Chalifoux
of LOWELL
For Auditor-E. Gerry Brown of Brock
ton,
For Attorney General-John G. Crosby
of PittstieId.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
RECOGNITION THE THING WANTED

Wilkesbarre, October 2.-The miners of
the Wyoming valley did not respond to
the notices posted by the companies last
night offering ten per cent increase in
wages The collieries are all idle this
morning as usual, the only exception
being the mine of the West End Coal
company at Macanaqua.
MIR. Palmer, the chairman of the press
committee of the United Mine Workers
council here, told the Associated Press
representative today that the offer made
by the operators would not be accepted.
He said
We are not after dollars and cents so
much as we are after principle. We want
recognition, that is the main thing, and
until we get 1t [ am afraid there win be
no settlement
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03

arrival. In the morning there will be
parade of 1remen, civic organizati on s
and trades exhibitions.
The exhibition of stock and produce {
the fair this year is large. The vegetabl @
display is not so good as usual. as th @
past summer has been very dry. The
fruit display is large and of excellent
quality. There is a good exhibition OF
live stock. The poultry display is larger
than that at the State fair.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS

Boston, October 2.-Senator Charles
II. Witt, of East Boston was nominated
for Congress by acclamation at the ninth
congressional district Republican con-
ventiOn tonight
DR.. George B. Pierce of Milton was
nominated for Congress in the tenth
district at the Republican convention at
Union hall tonight.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
POSTED AS LOST.

St. Johns, N. f., October 2.-Four
more fishing vessels with crews aggre-
eating 35 men, were posted today as hay
Ing been lost during the great gale of
September IL, This is likely to COM
plete the list Of local disasters.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
YODTSEY ON TRTAL.

Georgetown, KY, October 2-Henry
Youtsey, stenographer In the Office Of
Gov. Taylor during the latter's incum-
bency, was called for trial today in Judge
CantrilI's court, on the charge of being
hal
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
NEW MILL TO BE BUILT AT MAD
ISON

Madison, October 2.-Ten or dozen
engineers are now at Madison surveying
for the dam and paper mill to be built
as soon sEas plans can be completed. 1t
is hoped work upon the dam can be
commenced this fall and the paper mill
early in the spring.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03


Here's an example. Ayers
Cherry Pee oral is a good cure
for a cough that comes from a
cold. Your cough, ifyou have.
one, may not come from a cold;
your doctor will tell you about
that.
It's a straight medicine with
sixty years Of cures back Of it.
There isn't ghost of the ordi-
nary patent thing about it.
J.. c. AVER COMPANY,
Practical Chemists, Lowell, Mass.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03

Centre, Kasson, Rochester, st Charles,
Winona, and three speeches here tea
night.
The region traversed TODAY is a riob
agricultural section and Mr.. Bryan'a
remarks were addressed especially to far
mers, the trust question receiving even
a greater share OF attention than usual.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.

Portland, Oct. 2, 1900. The local
weather bureau records the following:
s a. m.-Barometer. 30. sos: thermo1ne-
ter "a; dew point, "a; rel humidity, 100;
direction at the wind, N; velocity of
the wind, 1t; state of weather. foggy.
p. Barometer. &c. .491; thermome-
ter 56 dew point, "a; rel. humidity, 90;
direction of the wind, E; velocity OF
the wind, 1t. state of weather, clear.
Maximum temperature, 65; minimum
temperature, 50; mean temperature, So;
maximum wind velocity, IL SE preclpi-
tatiOn-24 hours o.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03

The great trouble in trying
to sell what are called patent
medicines is thatso many claims
have been made for them that
people don't or won't believe
what honest makers say.
We have been telling our
story sixty years. Did we ever
deceive you once? five make
any statement that isn't so, we
will stand the loss. Go to the
druggist and get your money
back.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
STUDENTS

Whose eyes troub hem will find
it to their advs s lge to consult
me. I make tt : are of the eyes
of students am ohOOl children a
specially. l'T 3 examined the
eyes of more $ ian 1000 students
during the :. year and have re-
lieved hundreds of cases Of eye
strain by the application of suita-
bic lenses.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03

the better you will like good black
BENSON'S CHARCOAL to kindlo with.
It's black but clean-and kindles a fire
in half the time you can doit with wood.
BIG BAG 1Oc AT ALL GROCERS.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
THE WEATHER.

Boston, October 2.-Loca1 forecast:
Fair weather Wednesday ana probably
Thursday fresh, easterly winds.
Washington, October 2.-Forecast for
Wednesday and Thursday: New Eng
land: Fair Wednesday and Thursday
warmer in the interior Wednesday; light
to fresh northeasterly winds, becoming
brisk off the southern coast.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.

The agricultural department. weather
bureau for yesterday. Oct. 1, taken at
p. M, meridian time, the observation for
this section being given in this order: :
Temperature, direction of wind state Of
weather:
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03
IF
YOUR
EYES

are so weak that the sunlight affects
them, it is about time that you had
them looked after. The eye is one of
the most valuable organs Of the body,
and the one that does the most work.
You cannot afford to lose them. Let
me examine them, and viii tell
you what the trouble is and what to
DO, I am making q science of the eye
and spectacle business.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03

York. 68 degrees, E. E.oloudy: PhiladeI-
ton, ton e6 degrees, Ne, rain; Albany, 81
degrees, Sc. clear; Buffalo, "A degrees,
Sc, p. cldy; Detroit, 20 degrees, Sc, clear ;
Chicago, 81 degrees, E, cldy; St. Paul,
GO degrees, Sc, rain; Huron, Dakota,
56 degrees. NV, cldy; Bismarck, 48 de-
grees, E, cloudy; Jacksonville, IS de-
grees, NE, p.cIoudy
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-03

Ayers $ Hair Vigor
Ayers s Cherry PectOEal
Ayers Comatone
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-18

Every day adds to the list Of deaths
attributed to heart failure. II the
truth were told the bulk of these
deaths might be written down as due
to stomach failure For It is IN the
failure Of the stomach and other organs
of digestion and nutrition, that g weak "
heart, weak lungs, rweak nerves and
other forms of physical deterioration
having their beginning. The man whose
stomach is sound, who can digest and
assimilate the food he eats, and SO keep
each organ Of the body well nourished,
is the man who is least liable to collapse
under the sudden weakness OF some
vital organ.
The preservation Of health which fol-
lows the use of DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, is chiefly due to the
fact that it perfectly and permanently
cures diseases of the stomach and organs
of digestion and nutrition, purifies the
blood and increases the blood supply of
the body. Weak people will find in this
medicine sure means of strength.
rI was under doctors care for quite tims."
writes Mr. ]. r. Kidd Of Parmleysviile, Wayne
Co, Ky. SThey had almost given me up. and
my suffering was very great. My pulse was
weak, breath short and had severe pains in
back, head and legs Had palpitstion OF heart,
and for eleven months I was not able 20 do
DAYS work purchased FIVE bottles Of DR.. r. v.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and by the
time the fifth bottle was gone was well man"
DR.. Pierce's Pellets regulate the liver
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-18
Too Late to Avert Danger OF
Filipino Competition.
FREE TO SETTLE IN The STATES
Former President Expresses Emphatic
Territory Reyenue Ciaree Reaairiss
Daties to BE Uaifsrn Threushoat United
Dweils Especially UPsn Liberty Clause.

Ann Arbor. Mich. Dec. n.-Gen. Har-
rison delivered lecture this evening be-
fore the Students Lecture Association of
Michigan University. upon the relation OF
the annexed territories and their civilized
inhabitants 10 the United States. 1t was.
Gen. Harrison declared, not intended to be
legal argument on questions brought
into discussion by the Porto Rican bill.
but rather a popular discussion OF some
OF the views that have been expressed in
relation to The students Of our annexed
territories.
The lecturer declared that we had done
something out OF line with our historical
precedents--not in the way of expansion.
but in the character Of ii. He said We
had taken over peoples. rather than lands,
as heretofore. He held the view that the
civilized inhabitants of the territories
were citizens OF the United States, and
that the revenue provisions of the Con
stitution relating to taxation for Federal
purposes applied to the territories.
Too Late to Consider Now.
The occasion for the recent departure
from precedent was found, he sald.
especially in the character of the inhab-
tants or the Philippines. AS to Porto
Rico and Hawaii, there would probably
nave been no OCCASION for treating them
otherwise than We have usually done.
The competition Of our home products,
and especially the freedom of the Fill
pinos to settle in the States, were causes
OF alarm. These considerations, he said,
might very appropriately have had in
fluence when the question of taking over
the Philippines was before US, but It was
now too late.
Subject to ConstitutiOn.
He argued that the provisions of the
Spanish treaty, and of all treaties, were
subject to the Constitution and could not
impair il: and If these islands became
part of the United States, In the sense of
tie Constitution. their people became citi-
zens, and the revenue clause which was
especially under discussion in the Porto
Rican case, applied. He argued that the
Limitations in the Constitution upon the
powers of Congress, whether expressed in
the affirmative or negative form, applied
TO the exercise of that power in all
places; that the very object in the section
requiring duties TO be uniform through
out the United States-which was to pre-
vent Congress from establishing any
where under the jurisdiction of the
United States favored ports-would be
thwarted if foreign goods might be ad-
mitted to Porto Rico free and thence into
the United States free. He especially
dwelt upon the liberty clauses of the Con-
stitution as necessarily applicable to all
civilized peoples owing to allegiance to
the United States.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-18
BALTIMORE MARKETS.

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