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and speech. that Mr.. Beavers sought refuge


in his room.
The young lawyer was confused OF purpose
feeling that all was not right and get unabl
so to straiehten ont the tangle OF event
"a to see a clear course to pursue. The Judg
II only the Judge were present: with M
keen insight and courteous but forcefu
procedure, Why had the Judge sent hin
! here. all unused to emergencies. without I
surer guide why had he not told him jus
what TO do in case Of crisis? All. hut h'
had IF you find yourself in a hole. advis,
with Cronkite."; those had been his yer,
words. Advise with CronkiteT Woulc
| that he could: but acre wa, Cronkite?
Yours to comm. nd. SIR" said familia'
voice, In response . this unconsciously eN-
J pressed thought n as the door closed and
| the lock snapped. tn e stood the butler.
Abe, Abe" cried .dr. Beavers all incredu-
lous: can it be you. in such guise. and !
not know you. all this time? Why | am
amazed. delighted"
"You see. you weren't expecting to see mo
| In any such capacity. sir" said the former
detective. modestly and so you didn't see
me at all. It's all very simple. Now sir
I've got but n moment to spare before | go
TO the station to meet the Judge. and want
you, without the delay of word to give me
the torn will"
Silently Mr.. Beavers obeyed
Abe Cronkite whipped n microscope from
his pocket. and examined each shred closely.
There's no doubt of it," he commented,
n he folded away the scraps in his hand
kcrchief I'm deliver this valuable docu-
ment to the Judge, sir, he explained. as he
! turned TO the door.
The Judge. he can't come" gasped Mr.,
Beavers. he's confined to his bed"
After the letter he got from me this morn
ing he'll be here on n litter If necessary:
and the most sklful phys in the city
with him, or | miss my mark. sir. asserted
Abe Cronkite. Keep good heart. and be
down in the library in half hour" and the
door closed behind him. and on bewildered
but happy young lawyer.
II wa. with difficulty that Judge Josiah
Marcellus hobbled into the library, assisted
on one side by distinguished looking gentle
man of professional bearing. and on the other
by the solemn butler. As he extended his
hand to the two Latrobes. each man in turn
street tched out his left hand in greeting
What" said the Judge. each Of you is
left-handcd. see"
"A family trait" murmured the Latrobcs,
But one which the deceased did not have;
a little matter which seems to have escaped
your attention"
What do you mean by that" demanded
both men. threatenngly.
Gently, gentlemen" said the Judge. you
show a commendable zeal for business. in
which ! assure you | will meet YOU half way
But let us do everything deccntly and in order.
Allow me to present you to Dr. Schenck.
the most eminent pathologst in this country
who If it becomes necessary, will make an
exhaustive post-mortem of the deceased
"A 81. ,fI
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TORN WITH THE LEFT HAND.
EBEN LATROBE'S WILL AND THE AT
TEMPT TO DESTROY 1T.
Cronkite. the Detective. Plays Butler for n
SeIf-wiIIed Old Man PILOT Of the chicago
Heirs and the Important Point They Over
Iooked-A Young Lawyers beginning.

Iookeu-A f0ung Lawyers Beginning.
Judge Josiah Marcellus was laid up W II h gout.
which the sudden complication in the AFFAIRS
OF his client. Eben Latrobe. only aggravated
There was no help for It; however self-relant
and self-sufncieht he had always been. no
was now bound hand and foot and must act
through another. SO. perforce. he sent for
| his partner. MIR Beavers. whom hitherto
! he had confined to the attorney work Of the
| offlce. and explained the situation to him.
You must 90 down to the Glades az once.
Beavers" he began. in Response to this
telegram from Latrobe requesting me TO
come and bring his personal papers with
me Personal papers, Do you know what
| they are? See, these ure they--two wills.
one drawn In 1897 by Squantum. the village
| lawyer: the other drawn in 1890 by myself.
when he had rational season. and proper
and equitable in all respects except that II
| does not specifically revoke the prior one
or course wanted him to do so. and also to
destroy It. but no. no; he insisted that he
might change his mind and then II would
| be easier to tear mp the latter one than to go
| through the trouble Of preparing an entirely
new instrument Did you ever hear OF any
| thing so absurd? But that's Eben Iatrobe
| all over He's naturally hot-headed and
| suspicious, acting on impulses which oppo-
s'o" "h'' '"a"e'' h'' N''
| long retirement from business on an aihp"
| fortune has served TO conserve 'hese cna'a'-
| teristics, II not his health
Eben Iatrobe' You must know, mas SINCE
| his wife died, been something oi recius',
living on his place down al the Hiaoes ana
wasting his time dictating nonsensica' mono
, graphs on American antiquities TO private
secretary who ] wish were a'tlhs IN 'ha'
| capacity to his master, the devll fe'er
| Splain Is the young mans name. ana rehehl-
| ber say, look out for him II ne Isnt snake.
| I've missed my vocation all these years ana
| should be stacking hay on my fathers iarm.
| Well. 10 90 on II il now eighteen years since
Latrobc's only child. wild lad, capped
| brief and rapid career OF acting contrary
| TO his fathers wishes by eioplnH WIN an
actress 20 Europe. Naturally Tor nm AZ
leas' Mr. Latrobe regarded THIS onence as
| objectionable. He al solntely refused To help
the young couple "hen they became s'rarueu'
a"n "hen oo'n oieu oi 'ne i''er AZ naprs
ne oeiieu '"e" h''ie uaus"'e' 'S"
IN iaheuase NOR" ior''o'e wa"
was ohiy .hro"Sh 'ne Pa''n' N','"N "s''
"orkuls o' eoou woman ''"' MS WIZ
Appearing 10 ms pe''e, na'"'e' "nen " W. ~"'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31
McCRILLIS ACQUITTED.

Boston. December ga remarkable
trial in the United STATES court hefore
Judge Lowell, ended at eleven O'Clock to-
night, whe Ransom II. McCrilIis, an
ex-deputy collector Of international reve-
nue. in Collector Gill's district, was
found not guilty by jury on the charge
of embezzlement He Was Immediately
isoharged, and In company with Airs.
MoCriiiis, who was greatly affected bv
the decision, left for his home In Me-
thuen. The jury took tine case at four
o. clock and was out until eleven O'Clock
although returning to the court room
several times for Instructions.
MoCrillis was appointed deputy COL
10 or for the Merrimack valley district
S. me months ago and recently was dis
charged quite Unexpectedly aud some
time later arrested. At tine trial It was
shown In evidence that the alleged en-
beIzzement were minor sums, as small as
AZ cents, and none over S., and at the
same time, the defendant had collected
something like s65, coo in revenue since
his incum bency OF office.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31

sionaiIy innicss serious injuries 10 does
not appear that Cadet BOOKS
death was attributable 70 hazing
though very likely the treat
ment he received from his fellow cadets
after the fight broke his spirit and had
something to do with ending his career
at the academy. But altogether aside
from what the facts were In this par
ticuIar case, IL appears clear that the
cadets still have to undergo tests"
and submit to indignities which are
entirely out OF place in such an institu-
ton, and which ought to be abolished.
In the literary colleges where the pow
err Of the faculty IL much less arbitrary
and extensive than at the military
academy hazing has been virtually done
away with. 1t would seem therefore that
1t was possible to put an end 20 it at
the military academy, or, at least to con-
fine it to forms that are entirely innoo-
ious. To dothis It is first Of all necss-
sary that the faculty should be out Of
sympathy with It. and In the second
place to iniiict punishments so severe
that the cadets will fear more to break
the rules OF the academy than their own
code Of honor. At present they seem
to stand in more awe Of the latter than
the former.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31

The New York Sun thinks the defeat
of local option IN Vermont is likely to ex-
ercise considerable influence on the agi-
tation for it In Maine. There Is an as
sumption here that there is an agitation
for local option in Maine. Doubtless
1t is true that there is considerable san
timent in this state for that policy, but
1T cannot be said that anything that
can fairly be styled an agitation for 1t
exists In Maine today. There has teen
q suggestion or two from influential
erly consider the resubmission OF the
prohibition amendment to the people;
but nothing is likely to come OF 1t.
Those who would ike to see it done feel
that the time has not yet come when
such proposition can be presented in
the Legislature with any hope OF re-
oeiving favorable action. just now all
the agitation there is in this state is in
the direction of more vigorous enforce
ment of the present law, and 1t can be
truthfally said that the non-belisvers In
prohibition are just as anxious for 1t to
succeed as the believers, though for very
different reasons The prohibitionists
expect thSt a vigorous enforcement will
demonstrate that the present law is an
effective remedy for intemperance, while
the opponents of prohibition expect
that 1t will show the law to be utter
Iy futile and will greatly intensity OPP
position to 1t. Whether there Will be any
agitation for local option depends upon
the result CT this experiment. There
certainly won't be any in the Legislature
this winter worth speaking Of Indeed
we doubt If the subject is presented at all.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31
OUR PRE- SlDENTS.
Cumbersome Methods OF HIectIng Them
should BE Changed.

Nsw York, December 90 WHITING on
"The President of the Twentieth Cen
tury," for a copyrighted special issue of
the New York World tomorrow, ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland refers to the Presidential
tenure in these terms:
"ThoughtfuI citizens viii more and
mors appreciate the objections urged
against the present Indirect and cum
bsrsome mole of eleeting their Presi-
dents. The circumstance in which this
plan originated, is ever OF controlling
I'm portance, ought no longer to excuse
such battling confusion OF ideas as
grows out of the proposition that in e
popular government the peoples chief
officer and their most direct represen-
tative may bs the recipient OF their
trust and the depositary OF their power,
In ilagrant opposition to the Declared
popular will. -tia'e
"Strong arguments are from time TO
time urged in favor of a change In the
tenure of the Presidential office. These
should challenge serious attention, to
the end that the present constitutional
limit may bs removed and q more reas-
onabls and useful one substituted.
There has been continual increase In
federal legislation of a pereInptory char
acter and related to the immediate and
routine necessities or the country, and
SO it has come to pass that OF ths four
sessions of Congress held during q Presi-
dential term two are so brief as to scarce
Iy permit the passage OF necessary appro-
priation bills, while of the others one
occurs when the President Is usually
strange in his new office and burdened
with opportunities and labors inseparable
from a change OF administration ana the
remaining one encounters during it's
continuance and Interruptions, timidity
and Generalization OF Presidential
and Congressional canvass. These con-
ditions suggest the scant opportunity al
lowed for the initiation and adoption OF
new and important remedial legislation
during a single Presidential term. An
other argument of considerable weight
In favor of the change 10 based upon the
complaint that the business and other Inn
portant interests of our people are now
too FIRE luently distributed and disquitted
by the turmoil and heat of Presidential
election. 1t is not amiss to add that a
su stantiaI extension of the executive
tenure would pave the way for estab-
fishing the Ineligibility OF AN incum bsnt
to succeed himself-which has long
found favor with a large class OF our
people as contamination much to be
desired.
"Thus American citizens in the 10th
century will be charged with the duty OF
securing for themselves the actual sub
stance of popular rule by establishing a
more direct mode OF selecting the peo-
ple's choice or executive in strict &C.
cordance with the peoples will; also ex-
tending the tenure of office as to enable
him to be tier serve his countrymen and
more thoroughly protect and defend all
their interests.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31
MANY LIVES LOST.

Paris. December 29.-Advicss from the
ports say the recent gale ragged with ex-
IRENE violence and that number OF fish.
ing smacks and coasting vessels have
been wrecked. Nine fishing boats have
been stranded near Dunkirk, and three
OF them will prove total wrecks. Their
crews were seen clinging to the rigging
but the majority OF them were beyond
reach of the rockets A life boat gallant
ly rescued many of the fishermen but ten
OF them persisted. A brig was totally
lost on the SabIes De Tonnes or her
crew four men were drowned and two
reached the beach by clinglng to bar
rels, but before the on-lookers could
ssizs them they were swept back and
sank The fishing smack Espsrace
fo1ndsred tff Treport and three fishar-
men were lost. A pilot boat belonging
to Havrs has bean lost with two men.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31

Colonel Mills, the commandment of the
West Point Military Academy, thinks
that hszing cannot be suppressed entirely
at that institution, SO long as human. ma
ture remains what 1t is. That may be
true, but until more strenuous endeav-
ors have been made to suppress 1t
than yet appear. the public Will not be
inclined to accept this view. The trouble
seems to be that the faculty of the insti-
tuition have winked at the personal fights
between the cadets and by SO doing have
virtually winked at hazing, for when a
cadet declines to be hazed he is sent a
challenge to fight and II he declines this
he is branded rs a coward and becomes
so unpopular with his fellow students
that life is made burden to him. 1t is
evident that SO long as the cadets are
permitted to present a worse alternative
than submitting to hazing, hazing can
not be stamped out. II the faculty real
ly want to get rid of hazing in all its
forms they will strike at lighting. IL is
probably true that the hazing now in
vogue is much less brutal than 1t
was formerly, but the testimony
showed that even In Its modified form
IL sometimes brings about the COLLAPSE
OF the cadet subjected to It and COCA
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31
HOw's Thisl

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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31
HARMswORrH's IDEAL PAPER

New YORK, December ga fred
Harmsworth, editor and proprietor OF the
London Daily Mail. has consented to
take charge for one day only OF the New
YORK World next Monday, to illustrats
his ideas OF what ths Goth century news.
paper should bs. Tuesdays edition OF the
World will bs under Mr.. Harmsworth' q
sole direction-ne form, size, style and
contents. 1t is said that Mr.. Joseph
Pulitzer personally offered to give so,
600 to any charity MIR. Harmsworth
designated If Mr.. Harmsworth could
successfully illustrate his novel ideas
OF 10th century journalism, which he h as
expressed in recent magazine articles
and newspaper Interviews. This invita-
ton, 1t is said, was accepted by Mr..
Harmsworth.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31
THE ANNUAL MEETING
The National Traders Bank OF
Portland.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
National Traders Bank of Portland Will be held
in their banking room, No. 80 Exchange street
II O'Clock a. m, Tuesday. January s, 1901, fol
the choice of directors and such other business
as may legally come before the meeting.
JOHN NJ. GOULD.
decsdtd Cashier
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31

We imagine that public interest in the
revival OF the controversy over "em-
balmed" beef and canned roast beef
will be rather langued. especially as the
revival is for no better purpose than to
enable an ex-Seoretary of War, who
rightly or wrongly became very unpopu-
lar when in office, to pay of a grudge
he owes the general Of the army. The
commission that Investigated the man
agement of the War Department dug
out all the facts that are likely ever to
be discoverable in regard to these two
articles of fooc with which the army was
supplied. They showed clearly enough
that General MiIes's charges went a
good way further than any evidence
which he was able to present justified.
Secretary Alger presents nothing that
shows any mere, though he wants 1t
to be inferred that General Miles's
charges were made malioiously and were
known to be false when made. He
shows, however, too much luminosity, too
much bitterness toward Miles TO enJitle
his differences and deductions to much
respect. such people as still have
enough interest in the subject of the
controversy to wads through the Score
tary's article will be likely to discount
heavily from its conclusions because of
the personal Ill feeling manifested and
his obvious purpose to present General
Miles in the worst light possible. Its
ultimate effect upon the public esti-
mate either of the ex-Secretary of War
or the general OF the army, will be very
small. Those who believe Miles was
animated by worthy motives in his ar.
raignment of the commissary depart
ment will believe SO still in spite of
Alger.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31

WAS the same, and the same fortunats re
suits attended this wreck as Jhoss whion
accompanied ibs predecessor, in that no
one was hurt. The damage which re-
suited from the second accident was
heavier than that caused by the first,
The accident was CAUSED by a car In the
middle Of the train jumping the track.s
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31
CURRENT COMMENT.
MURDERS IN MAINE.
(Kennebec Journal.)

In spite of its murder belt" this SEQ
ton OF the United States is better OH
than any other part OF the country IN
regard to murders. Vermont can boast
the smallest psr cent of murders pei
capita of any state in the Union, and tbs
fact is greatly to her credit. New Hamp-
shire, Maine ana Massachusetts, follow In
the order given, showing that these four
northern New England states have the
smallest murder ratio Of any section OF
the country. From the statistics for the
PAST decade Vermont's annual murder
percentage Is one In 30, 4o6; New Hamp-
and Massachusetts, one in ~, 822. The
next lowest In the list is pennsylvania,
with cDe-in IL, $50, while the highest
murder ratio Is found in Navada, where
1t Is one In l13.
BLAIR AND 1HE NEW HAMPSHIRE
SENAIORSHIP.
New York SUM-
The Hon. Henry w. Blair, Education
Bill Blair, is once more candidate
for the Republican nomination for Sena-
tor in Congress from New HamDshire
In touching circular addressed 20 the
members of the New Hampshire iegis-
iature he gives an account or himself
and his political services and sacrifices.
1t seems that he made himself poor by
going into public life. Then he should
not be encouraged to return to 1t. 81
would be glad TO die for my country ut
any time" he says Very good OF him,
but he can show almost as noble spir-
1t by throwing away ambition aud re-
fusing to go 10 Washington ard talk the
country to death. He IL u II erciiess ora
tor when he Is allowed to start,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31

with Captain Hank Han to take COM
mand or the new boat. 10 has been ny
wish from the beginning and thoss upon
whom largely depend for advios thought
Il would be beat 10 have both Captain
Han and Captain Watson sail the boat,
one acting as advisory and reserve skip
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31
HANK HAFF

Boston, December 29.-The Lawson cup
defender will have two masters, Capt
Hank Han to be sailing master and
Capt Nate Watson to be on board In an
advi sorry capacity. This announcement
was contained in the following statement
issued touioht by Thomas Lawson.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31
A RAILWAY COINCIDENCE,

Manchester. N Ill. December ga SEQ
ond wreck within thres days occurred at
Hooksett, ten miles north of this city, at
midnight last night, when the train on
the main line of the Boston and Maine
railroad which left the rails earlier in the
week, came again to grief. The train
was manned BY the same crew, the place
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-31

The Maine Central railroad makes the
welcome announcement that hereafter
Its mileage books win be good FOR bear
or, instead of only for the purchaser and
his wife, IL he happens to have one.
This concession Is In line with the prom
iss of General Manager Evans that conCes-
sions should be made to the travelling
public as fast as the business OF the road
Justified, ana is the second one that has
been made within a short time, the first
being a considerable reduction In local
fares all along the line. The people can
rest assured that so long as MIR. Evans
manages the road they, as well as the
stockholders, will have very tangible
reasons for wishing the roads prosperity
to continue to increase.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-19
From the Yoke of Imperialism.
NOTIFIED.
Simple and Informal Ceremony Mt
the Home of the Governor.

Oyster Bay L. l., July lion the
breeze-swept veranda of Sycamore, his
country home, Gov. Theodore Roose-
Welt Yesterday was officially notified of
his nomination for vice president on
the Republican ticket. The ceremony
was so simple as to be almost in
formal. Surrounded by the members
of the committee on notification, a lit
tle marty of invited guests, Mrs. Roose-
Welt and the rest of the governors
family. Gov. Roosevelt listened to the
address of notification by Senator VOL
colt of Colorado, chairman of the COM
mittee. There was no attempt at cere-
mony. The party simply ranged them
selves about the wide verandas which
conn and a magnificent view of Long
island sound, and Senator Wolcoif,
practically without preliminaries OF
anv kind, delivered a short address.
To this the governor responded briefly
and then luncheon was served. An
hour was spent in general conversation
on the cool porches, and then the party
returned to oyster Bay, where a special
train was waiting to convey them back
TO New York.