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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01
noe for Sl.50 shirt waist.

.U Mere than fifty different pat
terms in ladies' percale and
lawn shirt waists, and hundreds of
white India linon shirt waists will be
put on centre bargin tables tomorrow
and sold at Csc Some are hemstitched-
some are tucke and corded and en-
broidery trimmed-and all have the
new linen collars. Bought to sell at
A.50-scld at s1.50 elsewhere. Tomor-
row at Csc.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01
Special selling untrimmed hats

large table full of ladies' and
misses walking and outing sailors Of
handsome Mackinaw. rough. fancy. and
plain straws. in all color=the very
same shapes and the same qualities
which are being sold at 9sc.
and 5l.37 elsewhere are offered 7M
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01

Several shades OF the
new greys, with new pIeat
backs-full fiare-will cost
you 81 elsewhere. y most
extraordinary value at
s1.9s.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01
0OC for ladies' gowns

mo- instead of sf.2j and $40.
% styles from which to So
iect-in cambria and musliu-trimmed
most eXquisitely with lace and en-
broidery. A star bargain for our an
niversary sale.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-01
|cC for infants caps

Ill. of handsome null and lawn
corded and lace trimmed
all sizes; 15c instead of 25e. for the
occasion.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-12
SENT FREE TO MEN
A Most Remarkable Remedy That
Quickly Restores Lost
Vigor to Men.

A Free Trial Package sent by Mail "a
All who Write.
Free trial packages of most remarkably
remedy are being mailed TO All who vii
write the Stats Medical Institute. They
cured so many men who had battlsd for
years against the mental and physical
suffering Of lost manhood that the lnsti-
tute hns decided to distribute free trial
packages to all who write. 1t 10 home Q
treatment and all men who suffer with
any form Of sexual weakness resulting
from Youthful folly. premature loss OF
strength and memory, weak back, vari-
oocele, or smaciation Of parts can now
cure them selves at home.
The remedy has peculiarly = grateful
effect of warmth and seems to att direct
to the desired location giving strength
and development just where II is needed.
1t cures all the Ills and troubles that
come from years Of misuse OF the natu-
raj functions and has been an absolute sue
cess In all oases A request to the State
Medical Instituta, ass Eiketron Build
ing, Ft. Wayne. Ind, stating that you
desire one Of their free trial packages
viii be complied with promptly. The
Institute is desirous Of reaching that
great olass Of men who are unable to
sample will enable them ta see how it ie
the proper remedies are employed. The
Institute makes no restrictions Any
man who writes will be sent free
sample, carefully sealed In plain pack
age so that Its recipient need have no
fear OF embarrassment or publicity.
Readers are requested to write without
delay.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-12

Massachusetts Men Urging His candi.
d.cy I'm Earnest.



washington, May IL Ii seems evident
that Nassach usstts Republicans are In
earnest about the candidAey Of Secretary
Lens fer the Vice Prssideaoy. His smi'
neat career IN the politics Of that state,
and his distinguishsd service - Score
tary OF the Navy thsy consider ample rea.
ssns why he should be selected for ths
honor, and especially why he should b
supported BY Massachusetts, and the other
New EnGlard states. Some Of the Massa-
shusstts Republicans In Washington hass
approached Maine members Of Congress
on the subjsst or course no extended
argument is needed 70 show TO Maine
men the claims which Secretary Long has
upon than. The old argumsnt that New
England should always siss her own oan.
didates cordial support Ii Of course ~
strong 90 ever. especially In thess later
days when the westward trend Of popula-
sion has carried the osntsr Of politioai In
iuenos farther west than II was In the
days OF the fathers. And OF all the New
England States Massachusetts has pscu.
liar claims upon the consideration and
gratitude OF Maine Republicans. To 90
still further MIR. Long II himsslf . native
Of Maine. regular visitor TO the old
home state, and one who has never for.
gotten his identity az . SON Of Maine.
Of course thsss considerations appeal
to sentimsnt rather than reason but they
are 60 many added oonsiderstions. For
every argument Of reason points to Mr..
Long as worthy the place. He is q
trained statesman. who has seen honor
abls ana distinguished service - Cover
nor OF his state. ~ . member Of ths
House OF Representatives, and ~ sue
cessful administrator Of the navy In q
war that was fought almost entirely By
the navy.
It In believed thas he really desires the
nomination, and that the Aassaohusett' t'
Republicans are in earnest in their advo-
cacy Of him.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-12
PROF. DAMON'S TRIUMPH
In His Recent Public Work Scores Of
Poor Sufferers We're Treated
without One Failure.
Free Treatment Over
But Prof. Damon viii Remain at the
U. s. Hotel for Several
Weeks.
THE MARVELLOUS CURES WILL
STILL CONTINUE.
Tho Lecture Yesterday a Grand Success.
367 Poor Sufferers Treated Free as
Public Test, Nothing Like II Ever
known Here.
THE MARVELLOUS CURES WILL
STILL CONTINUE.
The Lecture Yesterday Grand Success.
367 Poor Sufferers Treated Free as
Public Test, Nothing Like II Ever
KNOWN Here.

Prof. Damea and associate, vitapathie
Healefs, are winning fresE laurels daily,
and without doubt are the busiest men 10
the city In disoharging the CURED patti
snts and receiving the .ilinG. These pa
tients come from slmost every direction
to seek advice for themselves and friends,
and that aid that the Vitapathio treat
mene ts alone bound to AFFORD.
CaAss Of consumption, bronchial affsc-
tions, dropsy, catarrh, deafness, blind
ness, kidney trouble. heart disease,
tumor. cancsr, indigestion, obesity, rheu-
are cured by them, however chronic or
long standing, II cure is possible. When
this 10 not possible the patient is prompt
~ informed OF the faos, and thus spared
all useless expenditure Of time or meney.
And this IL the saddest task the Vita
pashio doctor: hav: to perform. for their
greatest delight 10 In gratifying the hopes
OF patients and their frisnds BY curing
and henenting the afflicted and suffering.
Only yesterday q lady from Peaks
island, who had been told by other ply H.
CLANS she WAS inourable. was made inex-
presaibly happy by the restoration Of her
hearing Aitsr years Of almost total deaf
ness. Another equally satisfactory case
was that Of Mrs. Walton. Her hands and
In gers were diatorted from rheumatism
and rendered useless. After few treat
ments their normal exibility and action
were restored. For the first time in twsn-
ty-two years shs could sew and writ
with ease.
James Bradley was cured OF lumbago
and soistio rheumatism.
Adam Grsen Of partial paralysis Of left
side.
Ann Cummings relieved Of large goitrs
and Ellen Ryan of tumor. Thess are
only few Of many similar cases OF cure.
Ne more free trsatm lent given. but tkoss
who ara able and willing 20 pay for q cure
VIII ind these specialists 90 tie United
6tatss hotel from .. m. 10 p. m. ex.
sspt 8undAya
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-12
THE FAMINE SUFFERERS.

London, May 1l.-Ip the House Of Com
mona this afternoon, the secretary OF stats
for India, Lord George Hamilton, CON-
firmed the reports heretofore received Of
the excessive famine In India and the
mortality thersfrom In the native states.
He added that British officers had beer
sent to those states 10 advise and assist
the native governments and that loans
had bean and would continue TO be
made By the Indian governments to meet
ths Expenses OF the operations for the re.
lief OF the famine sufferers In territories
outside Of the British rule.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-12
SMUGGLING WOOL.
A Gigantic swindIing scheme Un-
earthed In Boston.

Boston. May 1l.-Special treasury
agents under the direction OF agent Con-
verse j. Smith, have just unearthed what
they allege to be one Of the create ct
swindling schemes ever attempted st this
port. Special Employe Bum has seizsd
one hundred sacks OF wool valued at six
thousand dollars, In this city, Lawrence.
Mass, and Bristol, r. I. 1t 10 said the
wool was shipped from Canada through
St. Johp, N. b., to Grand AAnan Island.
There 1t was taken BY English vessels
out 60 sea and reloaded on 20 American
vessels; tnsn taken TO American territory
and loaded on cars In the same manner
a. wool brought into port By coAsswise
vsstsls, ON which no duty IL demanded.
The special agents say that ~ near ~
they can estimate fully forty thousand
dollars worth of wool has been smuggied
into this country thEeush the port Of Bos'
ton during the past year.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-12
COUNTRY RECOVERING
From Embarrsssment of Unnaturaliy
High Prices.

New York, May li.-R. g. Damn q
Co. . weekly review Of trade tomorrow
will say;
With wholesome promptnefs. the coun-
try 10 recovering from the embarrassment
Of unpaturaiiy high prices. The proper
zion OF works and Of hands unemployed
is as yet quite small, aud the volume
Of business transacted though less than
asst year In New England and In Middle
etsses cities. 10 larger than ever before
q 1fty-,our out Of sixty-three clearing
houses In the entire region west OF Penn
sylvania aud south Of the Potomac. The
weekly output Of pig iron May 1, was
a03 $50 tons against 2Ss, 4s2 April LIST.
while M Did stocks not held by the great
steel makers inofeased 1850 tons.
Bs sssmer pig ct Philadelphia and Lehigh
Valley No. ], here srs quoted At twenty
two dollars per ton. The smelling and
dollars per ton to IA cents and copper
declined an eighth to 10 rs cents for
lake, while tin 10 also lower st 20 cents.
Wool yields little more, chiefly In the
finer grades. A decline Of nearly ten per
cent at the London sales 10 one cause. but
more potsnt 10 the continued lack Of
demand from manufacturers who do not
fiud the market for goods ct the advanced
prices named this year at all satisfac.
tory, except for few staples.
Cotton goods are alao irregular aud
In ur satisfactory demand, the prices
averaging only ten per cent higher than
they were November ], while cotton has
risen $50 per cent from S-S to . 7-S
cents, and IL supported By foreign buy
ing. silk on the other hand, has fallen
sharply thirty-hve to fifty cents for the
different grades. The opening OF Phil.
ippine ports has reduced the price Of
hemp from fifteen cents. last November
to eleven cents.
Shipments OF boots and shoes from the
east for the first week OF May were small.
er than IN the oorresponding week OF
every year save one since 1894. Accounts
indicate that dealers stocks throughout
the country are unusually large and
many shops are closed while many more
have but little work ahead. Prices asksd
are practically a. high ss they were jan
uary first, though leathsr averaged four
Der cent lower and hides about ten per
oent lower. In spite OF good exports,
wheat prospects suffice to cause decline
Of 3-S cents, . while oorn has declined
Q 3-s csnts.
Foreign trade opens May with an IN
crease OF six per cent over last year In ex-
ports from New York and q slight ds-
crease Ia iraports. Failures tor ths week
have been 1872 In the United States
against les last year and l5 In Canada
again 81 20 last year.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-12
BATH-LEwIsToN ELEOrRICs.

Lewiston, May ll.-At the annua
meeting Of the Lewiston, Bruuswiok s.
Bath street railway, hsld at Brunswiok
the following officers were chosen, Pres.
ident, Herbert n. Heath, Augusta; gen
eral manager and treasurer, N. I. Mas
son, New York; directors, A. =. Gerald,
Il. J. Lawrence Of Fairfield. A. H. Shaw
Of Bath, &c. Burton Hart and Theodore
l.. Petsrs OF New York.
Gsnsral Manager Gerald and Treasurer
s. A. Nye retired. =
The directors voted that hereafter the
officers and headquarters Of the broad
shall bs either at Lewiston or Bruns-
wick.
It 10 snnouncsd that the change In
managership will NOS intsrfsrs with the
projects Of ex tending the road.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-12
MAINE PENSIONS.

Washington. May 1.-The following
pension changes. resulting from the Issue
Of April 26 are announced:
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-12

George T. Haley, Gardiner, So; John
Mccormack, Togus, $S.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-12

RESTORATION AND ADDITIONAL.
Daniel II. Small. dead, Damascus, $50
INCREASE.
John Reed. Soldiers Home. Togus. IS
John Doyle. National Home, Togus. $12
ORIGINAL. WIDOWS. ETC.
Martha A. Small, Damascus, Sls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-02
GRowTH OF MANUFACTURING.

Full returns Of foreign commerce for nine
months give a satisfactory idea OF the extent
to which American commerce Is expanding in
the right direction. In the early days this
country shipped large quantities Of farm
products. but outside of cotton. grain and live
stock there little occupation provided for
the people beyond making goods for home CON
sumption. Exports Of manufactured goods were
valued at sos. 101. 603 for the first nine months
of 1887. and moderate growth during the next
nine years brought an increase to S1S4 SOT. OA4 in
1896. Four years under the present administra-
ton have made much more remarkable record.
the manufactures sent abroad being valued at
1898 CTS 243 increase Of $153.S71 $50 over
1896 whereas the gain for the preceding nine
years was only $50 705 401 These figures mean
much to all classes Of people, and it must be
remembered that such a heavy gain in the
value Of products sent abroad does not inter-
fere with the steady growth Of manufactures
for use al home. The unparalleled figures Of the
current year indicate that thousands more men
have received steady employment at good
wages. and this increased ability to purchase
the necessaries of life means good business for
storekeepers Of all kinds and a better demand
for the products Of farms The enormous ex-
pansion in manufacturing is largely RESPONSE
hle for the great increase in the number of
concerns in business which now aggregate
1,2S5,S16, against 994 .2S1 In 1887
Exports Of agricultural products this wear
valued at 1904, 125. 496. or slightly more
than half the total. but much Of this no,,,
properly comes under the head of manufactures
also. Formerly this country sent abroad largo
quantities of wheat but in recent wears tho
profits OF milling have been largely retained ar
home and the finished article sent abroad in
the shape OF flour. Exports of -four have aver
aged $51, 100000 in value for each OF the Ia.+
three years. Similarly under the heading ne
oils the shipments this year OF refined METRO
leum. luhricating oils and naphtha were worth
500, all the cost of manufacture bairc,
retained in this country. and only 81 GIG col
worth Of crude oil going abroad. In the sanoo
way exports of whole animals in the live s+o.,
class were valued at only $23 907 1856 while
prepared meats. including canned saItad
smoked. picked, ETC.. were worth Sl27146 Ga
Although this country continues to send ont
three-fourths oftts raw cotton. even In that A.
rection there are signs of progress and each wear
the number of spindles IN operation exceeds oil
previous years. The growth is most notice.
able at the South. where the cotton can he
taken from the plantation to the mill with
least expense fol transportation Exports Of
cotton manufactures averaged S175OOOOO for
sacn or the las two years, and when the Mica
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-02
and the Bryanite OF to-day is neither real nor |
apparent.
PERSONAL.

Judge Robert Grant. OF Boston. the novelist. is
member Of the Board Of Overseers of Harvard for
lgOi; Besides being a B. A, he is doctor OF
philosophy.
Mr.. Hales. the we'll known correspondent in
oou'h AFRICA, tells the story of smart good look
ing married woman of about thirty years of age
VINO acted as Boer spy. She married to a
Russian civil engineer resident at johannesburg.
and at the outbreak OF the slim Trans
walters sent her the border labelled danger
GUS She established herself Cape Town, and
soon managed to extract information from impress
slonable English officers. Says Mr.. Hales: When
LORD kitchener of Khartoum arrived in Africa she
get n his sncra Gr she H coS Ia aI ali things
enc made II her business to come casually in con-
tact with the Egyptian Sphinx She ran her eyes
over the tall. gaunt figure, the rugged, ugly face
She looked into the prominent all seeing eyes and
knew al a glance that she was face to face with
magnetism stronger than her own. and nothing
would induce her to go him again. That is
feel if We're within the shadow of death when
NO woman can reach him to use him; he would
read me like an open book In an hour. and l be-
kafflr If he caught me red-h handed. l will try all
other men. but not that living deaths head. No
wonder ne conquered In Egypt. think ne would
conquer in Hades.' "
John ". Breidenthal, the fusion candidate foI
Governor IN Kansas. prominently identified
with the Topolobampo socialistc scheme few
years
A bronze bust of General Francis A Walker is
Boston Public Library. 1t is life size and repre-
sents the General in military uniform the high
collar of the military overcoat being thrown back
and furnishing good setting for the lower part of
the face. Upon the bottom of the bust is engraved
the name Francis Amasa Walker The bronze
background is recessed for the head. AT the top
the bronze projects forming kind of cornice.
Upon this the words, Soldier. Economist.
Statistictan. Below the background proper is
Inscribed president of the Massachusetts, Insti
tute OF Technology-Trustee of the Boston Public
Library. To the left of the head is the inscrtp-
ton, Superintendent of the Ninth and Tenth
Census. and TO the right, 'Rrevet Brigadier-Gen-
eral OF the United States Volunteers"
st. Paul. MINI. Nov 1-Senator Cushman *.
Davis chairman of the Senate Committee For
eien Relations, who has been confined his home
In this city for the last month bv blood poison
Ing in one Of his feet. steadily although slowly
daily as 10 MS condition from Secretary Hay and
from the leading foreign diplomats at Washington,
as well as from foreign countries Senator Davis
has arranged to he carried TO the polling place on
Tuesday thar he may vote, and his physicians eN-
pect that he will have fully recovered before Con-
gross meets in December.
Chicago. Nov. I.-Stanley Waterloo the author
to-day filed a petition in bankruptcy, scheduling
liabilities OF $l2.lI6 and assets of Sl35-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-02

ra1uan Canal opens quick transportation to the
Far East it Will be still easier to compete with
European mills. in spite Of their cheap labor.
Another pleasing feature Is that while the
total value Of imports is less than it was ten
or twelve years ago. the amount of raw ma
terials has increased providing work for Amer
lean manufacturers The bulk Of imports in
crude condition. moreover, are free of duty. In
this class may be mentioned for the first nine
months of 1900: Coffee SAL, O59. 1873; furs.
So S7. 9OS; goatskins S14.95O.557; hides other
than cattle So 76S $50; india rubber, S2l .a04,-
SO4; silk. $26, 684 ,397. and tin. S15,2S1.o7.
Reasonable duties on manufactures of these ar
tices have developed domestic industries that
were unknown a few years ago. and in the
mean while the cost to the consumer has de-
creased instead of advancing, as was predicted
by opponents of protective tariff. The largest
single dutiable article is sugar. of which S62,-
OBS 263 worth was imported, besides 9,lI9. 432
from Hawaii which IS now on the free list The
small tariff this product is not felt by the
consumer who cannot find any fault with the
present cost of sugar. With the aid of State
hounties rather than government support the
production of beet sugar is slowly increasing;
but the entire yield of farms now under culti
walton. together with TIL, cane crop Of Louis-
ana, is insignificant compared with the annual
consumption of this country, which is approx
irnarely 100000 tons.
The other large items of imports were $50.
41S7S9 worth of chemicals. of which $23 1O5.
2S1 were free: fibre manufacturers S2o,5I3,94I;
jewery, 11,407. 265. of which So, 42I,9S2 were
uncut stones and free: manufactures Of silk,
sos 527 AGA; tobacco, $10,56S. 397; wool, $1,000,
40. and manufactures of wool, Sl3.207 ,64S.
These returns show that there has been no
decrease in the quantity of luxuries imported.
but the improvement in manufacturing has cut
off this market from foreign makers of tin
plates and other forms of iron and steel, while
American manufacturers have steadily secured
customers abroad in this line alone until
shipments for the nine months just ended were
valued at S91,313,0 60-almost equal to the
tire exports Of manufactured articles in 1887.
The shipments OF iron and steel products went
to twenty-four different countries. and
toners are being secured each month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-02
HISTORY LESSONS IN CHICAGO

Reports from the southern shore Of Lake
Michigan give the impression that certain mem
bers Of learned faculties in that desolate wind
swept space have wandered far away from the
strict paths of the humaner letters and have
been called sharply to account 1t Is possible
that the slang Of the stockyards is not alto
gether suitable for historical disquisitions. but
1t should not be forgotten that Cook County
contains within it's borders larger and more
picturesque group Of newspaper romantfcists
than any other town on earth-except Shanghai
1t is barely possible that some of the Chicago
correspondents have put a few imaginative
touches upon their reports Of PROFESSIONAL lect-
ures on the lake front. Such things have been
known to happen In the principal seat Of West.
ern culture on the banks of the great Drainage
canai which Is so much broader. longer, bigger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-02
INQUIRE.

The ingenious and benevolent Mcguire, chair
man Of the Democratic State Executive Com
mittee having tackled an intricate problem
with characteristic success communicates the
solution to an anxious public. 1t appears that
Mcguire was suddenly confronted with the task
Of finding an answer to the inquiry Of thousands
Of citizens who are earful Of losing their JOBS II
they refuse 10 march in the great trust and i'm
perialistic parade" tomorrow. 1t was momen-
tous commission, but II did not stagger MCGUIRE
The destiny Of the Nation trembled in the bal
apce but McGuires massive intellect was IN
conscious of the slightest jar. He did not even
call for chalk and blackboard, but sat right
down and dictated the correct solution to
typewriter ITO save your positions" he re-
plies "for the sake Of your wives and children,
conceal your real intentions and march In the
parade. March for Mckinley and vote for
Bryan. March for the trusts and smash them
'in the secret ballot box, with a cross under
1.-The star"
Prior to this deliverance McGuires exact
place in the order of creation had never been
accurately defined but know that he is
a genius All that the Democratic managers
will have to do In order to make sure Of the
on Saturday and then cause Bryan's majority
next Tuesday to correspond by going in and
pulling out the fellows in charge Of the polls,
under the advice and leadership of Richard
Croker. The bigger the parade the bigger the
Democratic majority. Nothing could be simpler
and more satisfactory than that In the vivid
language of Chicago philosopher Mcclure has
got Mark Hanna whipped 10 a custard.