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The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16

A Democratic exchange c"mincndS our
''Goebrl' election law as one protecting the
citizen IN his right to vote" and should have
added las many times n he chooses.
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16

What would the Democratic party have
that all Lincoln Republicans" would become
member, Of the Democratic organization in
iyoo'- Kansas City Star.
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16
OUR CHIEF RESPONSIBILITY.

4 dut, aud responsibility that will confront
Our next congress is action upon the irus,
problem. Both Republican and Democratic
national platforms advocated legislation. such
as would restrain and proven, abuses Of com.
binations OF capital. Both parties stand pledged
to favor action upon this growing evil, but To
the Republican party did the people en,ru,,
its solution. and upon her stat, s,nen does Il
now devolve to formulate u plan whereof, com
petition in all lines of tad. may Dc secured,
destroying the power Of these apgrega,ions of
capital TO restrict business. create nohopo.
lies. limi, production ar control prices"
The people have no confidence in the s,lu'
iiom advocated IN The Kansas City platform
and by Sugar Baron Havcmry,r, and this
they have shown IN their verdict oi November
9th. They preferred rather Ia shoulder its
solution upon The great const'uc i've party.
which has squarely met, faced and solved
every grea, is>ur since the war, That the cN.
pansion and further investment OF capital must
not he discouraged ~ impeded is fully rrcos.
niled, hut with this in mind. the evil tcndcn-
ci,s Of trusts must hc curbcd and subjected to
government, control. \ practical solution Of
the trust problem is the creates, responsibility
which rests upon our next congress.
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16

Letters from the soldier boys are back num-
b,rs, Letters Of condolence from Emilio
Aguinaldo and other Tagals to Bryan,te friendS
in America are more interesting and timely.
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16

This Poor Old Missouri cry. which YOU
hear 81 much at. Is all found in Democratic
papers. which insis, upon misrcpresenting
their opponents by impu'ing to them such "a
calamity wall Ii the reader would only stop
tn think, he could detect its Populis,ic tain,.
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16

The people may ties, assured that such rises
in the prices OF Manufactured products n 'h
take place will be exploited in all Democrat
papers while increased wages and rises IN the
prices Of the products of the farm will be-
passed by most d,scrcrtly by the same organs.
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16

Democratic editors are now squealing be-
cause the Republican papers have given their
little Jefferson City machine a bad reputation
aud say that it i'll becometh a good Missourian
to speak sligh'ingly of anything within the
confines Of our grand old state. In other
words, pride yourself upon your lack of oh'
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16

History repeats itself proc'aimS Mis-
>ouri's junior senator in accounting for the
reelection Of William Mckinley. and this as
scr,ion is further amplifed in showing that no
administration carrying on a foreign war has
ever been defeated. On the contrary. opposi-
ton Ia the war oi 1912, DESTROYED the FEEDER.
ais, party. while the same policy Of the
Wings toward the Mexican War euded that
party's influence. Following out the reason.
ing of Mr.. Vest. Democracy has a sad future,
should history repeat Itself, and may he mum
bered among the parties of the past.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
Nothing to Shed Any Light on
Affair Yet.
Fish Peddlers on Stand
Yesterday.
Their Testimony Was Not Of
Material Value.

South Berwick, MAY s-The Inquest
on the murder Of Mrs. Fannie sprague
was resumed today by the co-oner's
Jury, ana several witnesses were exam
insd but when an adjournment was
taken tonight until next Saturday IL was
generally believed that the tribu nal
would not be able to report more dennite-
ly than ths fact that Mrs. 5prague oam Q
20 her death at the hands Of some person
or persons unknown to the jury. The
authorities have nearly exhausted their
efforts in an attempt to locate the perpe-
traitor Of the crime but tonight they ad
NIT that ths various olews that have been
followed up have failed to throw any
material light upon the affair. II is said
the authorities will soon offer q reward
for the arrest Of the murderer which may
interest many to assist In unravelling the
mystery who would otherwise take no
interest in the case.
1hs first witness bsfors the ooroner's
Jury this morning was Solomon Cutler,
the Portsmouth Dish peddlar. He testified
that with his partner. Frank Thompson.
he arrived In South Berwick between six
and seven O'Clock on Monday evening /,
the night before the oriue was COM
mitted. They stabbed their horse In the
establishment OF 8. p. Huntress and
then went to Salmon failss Just across
the river. where they lodged that nghs.
They came back 10 South Berwios on
Tuesday morning about i've O'Clock
and peddiod their tsh through town.
Incidentally In tbs morning they
swapped horses with a local trader, They
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
ARMOR USELESS.
Startling Fact Disclosed to
Senate.
Shell That Will Pierce
Any Armor.
Discovered by Officer Of United
States Navy.
Superior to Anything
Now Known.
Will be Discussed Today in
Secret Session.
Will be Discussed Today in
Secret Session.

Washington. May s.-Some facts almost
startling In their importance were laid
before the Senate today In secret lesisla-
tive session at the conclusion OF the reg
uiar open session. They related 1t Is ur-
derstood to the invention OF shell by q
prominent officer of the Unitsd States
navy. shell superior in every essential
quality to any now In use either By this
or By any other government. rhe quality
Of penetration possessed by the shell Is
said to be 50 great that NO armor now
manufactured here or abroad has suffi-
oient resistance to Withstand 1t.
The facts whioh wers in tbs possession
of only few Senators were deemed SO
important that the Senate decided to oon
slider them In secret session.
Today after the naval bill had been
laid aside for the day, Mr. TiIlman
asked for secret session In order that he
might explain to the Senate Why he de-
sired :he avmor plate matter TO lie dis
oussed In secret.
The Senate agreed with hir1 and to-
morrow the srmor plats matter will be
discussed behind closed doors.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
KNOCKED CHOYNSKI OUT.
sharkey Wins In Fight of the Hurri-
cane Order.

Chicago, May a-Tom Sharksy at
Tattersall's tonight, knocked out 10 .
Choynski Of California In two rounds
The lighting was OF the hurricane order.
both men landing repeatedly but Sharkey
had the fight well In hand throughout.
The knockout blow was left jolt to the
Jaw Just as the bell sounded for the end
Of the second round. Choynski tried to
respond when the third round was
called but when he attempted to arise,
he fell over on his back on the floor and
Referee Malaohy Hogan awarded the
tight to Shs srksy. The men met for SIX
round go at catch weights. Choynski
weighed about 165 and the sailor 1856.
The betting ranged at three to one that
Choynski would not last the six rounds
and even money that Sharksy would win
on Q knockout.
When they came to the center OF tine
ring In the first round Sharkey imme-
diately started hostilities and did not give
Choyn nski moments rest for the entire
three minutes. sluggina his face all over
the ring and knocking Joe down twice.
Sharkey himself slipped down twice near
the end OF the round, but finished the
round In good shape while Choynski was
plainly suffering from Sharkey's bonn
bardment of the stomach.
In the second round Choynski tried to
keep away but Sharkey kept coming
perslstently ana forced his opponent to
make a stand. Choynski landed several
stinging lsfts to the marines face but the
latter paid little attention TO the blows
and kept boring In with all his strength
The blows Sharkey was landing were
wearing the Californian down gradually
and the latter was unable to protect him
sslf In the exchanges but when sent to
the floor he would not take advantage of
the count but would jump up just as
soon as he hit the floor. Finally Sharkey
in one OF the mix-ups got a straight
right to the stomach. which doubled his
adversary no. Then the sailor became
like a mad-man and lunged at his ad-
versary and fofosd him On the
ropes. Choynski tried to fight back, but
he was too weak and AFTER withstaneing
the hardest kind Of punishmsnt finally
Sharkey was will pleased with the re-
suit and danced jig as Choyaski was
being counted out.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

Almost at ths same time, o wsll dressed
young woman uho was riding IN ths
car, was struck on the hasd By Q sharp
stone that crashed through the window
and badly injured her. FINALLY the mo-
tsrman rstdrnsd ana amid shower OF
stones and mud, susoesged In GETTING
his car away from TIE crowd.
This afternoen two cars were sent east
from the Idndeli line aheds at Taylor
and Einnsy avenues. These were the
fiFst 10 leave there durins the day. In
the row about starting them J. r. shii.
ley was hit over the had with revolver
BY one Of the police ofiiosrs aud was
badly out. Numerous arrssN were made.
when the cars reached Binney and New
stead avenues crowd Of ssrf kers
gathered about them and made. tnrestsn-
Ing demonstrations The mounted police
made vigorous effort to drive the crowd
away. In the astsmpt Sergeant Hickman
struck man three tinss with bis sabre,
painfully injuring him. The crowd broke
all the windows In the oars and other
wise damaged them, After twenty min
utes the run down town was resumed. Al
Van Deventer and Binnsy avenues agents
OF She company, fearing further trouble,
ordered that the cars be taken into shed
there.
East Ht. Louis. Ills, may be drawn
into the strest car strike. A committee
from the street railroad union OF that city
was In conference with Chairman Lee
this afternoon.
A msmber Of the committse said that
the committee was here to see what sup
port IL could get from the national body
and the Sc. Louis car zen n 10 were to
declare a strike In East st. Louis.
A partial list OF those injured In the
various encounters followst
Conductor stsve Sellers, suburban line,
eye knocked out.
Jos kohring, shot By Conductor n o.
Clellan at 18th street and Washington
aven us; not serious.
John Caruth. notormsn, Beliefonteine
line, struck In face with brick.
John Gransth, driver, slightly hurt In
coliision.
The following arrests have been re-
ported: Conductor George MoClelllan.
for shooting; Nicholas Doyle, Union line
motorman, for rioting; Willie Hickey, IA
years. charged With throwing stones;
unknown man; John Walsh. 10 years,
stone throwing; Charles Scum, Il years;
Frank Tule. IS years, stone throwing;
Henry Beck; James Kelly; John vreigh-
ton.
President Whitaker of the st. Louis
Transit company has refused the mayors
offer OF mediation.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
BALL or FAME JUDGES.

New York. May s.-The names of sew
enty-two judges for the hall Of fame,
New York univ srsity, were made public
today by Chancellor MaoCracksn. He
also gave out list of twsnty-sight others
who have bssn invited to act and from
all of whom eooeptanoes are expected.
These one hundred Judges will make
selections In connection with the Senate
of the university. Ybe names are In four
divisions. The hrst 10 Of twenty-five co.,
isgs or univsrsity presidents. The second
is OF twenty-four scientists and professors
OF history. In the third are twenty four
publioists, editors and authors, while the
fourth from all of whom aoceptanoes have
not yet been received IL composed Of
twsnty-sight chief justices. The chief
Justice Of the United States has agreed
to act a. have . large majority Of the
chief justices Of the states. Three Of the
jud yss are women.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
TO DISSOLVE ICE TRUST.
Application Filed by william II.
Hearst.

Albany, N. Y. May s.-Attornsy Gen.
eral Davis this afternoon received . letter
from the law firm Of Einstsin g. Town.
send notifying him that tomorrow they
would on behalf Of their client. William
Il. Hsarft of New York city, make ap-
pIication for the dissolution OF the Amer
loan Ios company.
The cancellation of certificate Is asked
for ON the ground that the company ID
conducting It's business unla awfuIly and
in violation OF chapter 8S3 OF the laws Of
1897 and section seven of the stock cor
porAtion law. Section ssvsn reads: ''No
d omestio stock corporation and no for
eign corporation doing business in this
state shall combine with any other ooI-
Do ration or person for the creation OF a
monopoly. or the unlawful restraint OF
trade or for the prevention or competi-
tion in any necessary CT life.
This will be done by presenting the
peti tion OF Mr.. Hearst praying that ths
certiticats OF the American los company
b o cancelled and the CON pany be re-
strained from doing further business.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
LANGUAGE QUESTION.
Creates the Ususl Uproar I'm Austrian
Reiehsrath.

Vienna, May s-Ths Rsiobsrsth re-as-
ssmblsd today and the governmsn intro
duoed bill dealing with the language
question. It nallsd forth strong ob1sotions
from the Cseohs. whoss attitude led to
an extraordinary uproar in the public
galleries which were finally cleared By
foros.
when the Reiohsrsth rsasSsmblsd the
government submitted three bills dealing
with thu language question in Bohemia
and Moravis. The Czeohs Immediately
began . series of obstructive tactics. All
tnsir motions were rel jscted amid the up
roar Of the galleries. whoss occupants
hurled abusive epithsts at the Czschs on
the floor and also amid the uprcar Of the
Christian socialists and the peoples
party on the one side and the Czechs on
the other.
Several meless ensusd, and after ses-
sion of i've and half hours the house
aojour ned. not having reached the order
of the day.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
THE WEATHER.

Boston, May s.-Local forecast-Wed-
nesday fair weather preceded by showers
in the morning; brisk southwest winds.
Thursday fair, cooler; fresh to brisk
northwest winds.
Washington, May S.-Forecast-New
Wednesday; Thursday fair except
showers on the Maine coast; brisk to
high south to west winds.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Important Changes Made in Method Of
BallotiDg.

Chicago, May Sat the Methodist
General conference today, the devotional
exercises were conducted by DIR. J. d.
Potts of Michigan. willis Bishop Ninde
presided over the business session.
The report OF the special commission
confirming the recent action Of the con.
ference In granting ,qual lay and min
isterial representation at all general con-
ferenoes. but, exosrt under special
provisions excluding lay men from all an
nual conferences. was adopted after hot
debate.
Bishop Warren presented the report OF
the committee which was appointed
four years ago to revise the organic law
Of the church. Important changes were
also made in the method OF balloting on
certain questions. - -.
The main provisions were as follows:
The ministerial and lay delegates shall
gather as one body. They will also vote
together as one body with the following
exceptions:
(A)-On every question which proposes
a change in the discipline they shall vote
separately.
OBJ They shall vote separately on an y
other question where requested By one
third Of either order Of delegates present
and voting.
(C)-In ali cases Of separate voting 1t
shall require the concurrence OF the two
orders to adopt the proposed measurs,
except that for changes OF she oonstitu-
tion vote OF two-thirds Of the general
conference shall be sufficient.
Article H.. which refers to the adop-
tion OF constitutional amendments was
also altered.
Another important change adopted
provides that travelling preachers shall
be organised by the general conferences
INTO annual oonfsrsnoss, the sessions
Of which they are required to attend. In
opposition to exclusion Of isymsn from
annual conferences, speeches were made
BY DIR. j. II. Buckley and DIR. A. b
Lee.
4 motion to reconsider was lost BY a
lnrgs majority. Il ives also resolved to
adjourn sine die ON Tuesday, Nay evth.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
VICTORY FOR ANTI-TANNER
FACTION.

Peoria, Ills, May s.-The Republican
state convention was called to order at
eleven O'Clock. Chairman Rsnnells an
nounoed the name Of Hon, Judge Brown
of Vandaiia, as temporary chairman.
Brown was understood to be the choice
Of the section headed BY George Vernon
Tanner and favoring the nomination for
Governor Of Judge Hanscy of Chicago.
3. II. Bsthe, on behalf Of the Senator
Cullom faction, named Charles g.
Dawes. A roll call resulted In Q viotnry
Tor the anti Tanner faction. Dawes get
ting 798 votes and Brown 720. The
election Of Dawes 10 generally regarded
~ signifying the probable nomination
Of Congressman Reeves for GovsrneE
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.

The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, May s, taken at
p. M. meridian time, the observation for
this section being given in this order:
Temperature, direction of wind, state of
weather.
Boston, So, SW. clear; New York, 20,
S, D. oldy; Philadelphia, IS, b. clear;
Warrington, 50, 5. clear; Albany, 72,
S. oldy; Buffalo, SO, W, rain; Detroit,
troit. Sc, N, cldy; Chicago. "a, NE, rain,
st. Paul, 56, Il, clear; Huron, Kak., 6i,
N, clear; Bismarck, o8, N, clear |;
Jasksonville, 76. SE, clear.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.

Portland. May 8. 1900. - The local
weather bureau records the following:
sa. m.-Barometer, 30.041; thermome-
ter, Al; dew point, 35:rel. humidity, 20;
direction of wind, SW; velocity, IL; state
of weather. cloudy.
Sp. m.-Barometer. 2962s. thermome-
ter, so; dew point. 4S; rel. humidity, 90;
direction of wind, SW, velocity. 4; state
of weather, cloudy.
Max. temp. 90; min. temp. IS; mean
temp. A; max. wind veloc., II SW; pre-
cipitation-24 hours, OF.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
PRINCETON DEFEATs YALE.

Princeton. N. j., May s.-Th, annual
Yale Princeton debats was held tonight
befor q large audience. Hon. john q.
Ca rlisls OF New York. presided. Yale
gu pported the affirmative question: Re
solved that the Hay -Paunoefote treaty
in ally submitted to the Senate"
The speakers debated with much force
and TaaGs good impression. The
judges, after eight minutes' deliberation
returned their decision In favor OF the
Princeton team.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
To Real Estate Owners.
MAINE ARTIFICIAL STONE Co.
CooD,TRUE MASoNS

are panied to see a brother with a hand
bandaged. and it's hard for some to be-
lieve that the injury was caused by chop
ping kindling wood. They cannot under
stand why anyone will use wood when
BENSON'S ALWAYS READY CHAR
COAL is so much better and cheaper.
BIG BAGS 10C AT ALL GROCERS. -
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
PALMERs SAILED TOGETHER.

Boston, May S.-The four IN ,sted
s ,hoonsrs William b. Palmer and Mary
Il. Palmer. wbish left here last Friday
for Isouisbprg, y. b.. beth reached their
DEF tlnation early this evening having
been In company nearly the entire dis.
fance. The william b. Palmer arrived
ten minufes In advance,
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
Burbank, Douglass & Co.
BROWN DEFEATS DARTMOUTH.

Hanover, N. H. May s.-The track
met here today between Brown and
Dartmouth was won by the former. "a to
81 points. The meet was the best ever
held at Hanover and neither side had any
advantage until the last events when
Brown ciirched the meet by winning the
broad jump and discus events. Hall of
b own and MoDayitt of Dartmouth
yfoved 10 be. the stars Of the meet, the
former scoring three hTste and one Sec
ond, awhile the latter secured three firsts
Czreon broke the hammer throw record
OF Dartmouth with ia feet, 8 3-4 inches
to his orsdit. Brown ceiehTated the even t
here tonigAt with speeches In the hotel
c.Fridcrs by the coach, cartain and
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
THUNDER STORM LAST NIGHT.

There was a thunder storm which
continued for few minutes between ten
and eleven O'Clock last evening. At that
time the rain came down very heavily
and the peals OF thuuder were very prom
inent This was the first thunder storm
Of the approaching summer season and
the second one OF the year. one bay5ng
taken place In one Of the storms dgfing
the month OF February.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
(TALK No. 1907
Toadstools and MuSh-
rooms.

A few days ago asked gentls-
man how to tell the difference be-
tween toadstools ard mushrooms.
Ihe answer was, you can tell by eat
ing them. II you die. they are toad
stools. If you live, they ara mush-
rooms. This oitsn fatal method of
telling the good from the bad. re-
minds me of great many wearers
Of spectaoles.
They often select their own glasses
or buy inferior ones and fail II dis
tinQuish the good from the bad until
the eyes are iejured and in many
cases esgapfetsly ruined. If you will
ceh 1T my office and have your eysa
Correctly fitted, will give you moth
ing but the good, for that is the only
kind sell.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
FIVE KILLED.

Omaha. Nsh.. May s.-A wreck is re-
ported ON the Union Pssiho near
Cheyenne Five killed.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
MISCELLANEOUS.
ATTsCELLANEOUs.
GREATEST
HUMAN !
BLESSINGS

A skin without blemish and a-body nour-
ished with pure blood. Such d the happy
condition produced by CUTicURA SOAP
and cUTlcURA Ointment, externally, and
CUTtcURA RESOLvENT, internally, 10 tho
severest cases of torturipg, dlsfigufing,
itching. burning, and scaly huniors.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

sold everywhere Price. THx ssr. q as or, curicvnA
foAr, sc OIrTuKSr. 5c. RRsoIyEEI ahalt s.el soe
PorrER DRus Ann CsEs. CoRr., sole Props, bosson
~ How 70 Cure HunerA" ot-pege book. fres.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-17
MAN ACCUSED OF ARSON.
a Maryland Detective Arrests Col
nreI Xirciuian


HYATTSVILLE, Nd. Aug. 17.-John W
Thomas coIored, about twanty-t three years
Of age. standing six feet two inches in
height, has been arrested in Hyat1sville
by David C. Smart. Chief of the Maryland
Detective Service, and taken back to vir-
ginia, charged with arsan.
Thomas was employed by DR.. A. C. Fish
er Oh his farm in Emmerton, Richmond
county, Va DR.. Fisher discharged Thorn
as and ordered him never 10 return TO his
place. In the latter part of June Dr. Fish
er's barn ives burned in the night and sew
erteen horses and a number OF eews were
consumed, eutaiIins a loss Of over ST, Geo
Thomas was arrested On suspicion and held
TO await the action Of the grand jury CT
Richmond county. He gave bail in the
sum of $500, his father going surety.
Shortly afterward he left Virginia and
located in Washington, D. C. Detective
Smart managed to gst him into Maryland,
the law CT that State beirg. more favorable
for the extradition Of fusitives from jus
tiee than that OF the District of Co.un bia
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-17
a RACE BETWEEN TRAINS.
Runaway CoaIer Dashes Into and
Wrecks Freight

DOVER. Del. Aug IA runaway
''wiIdcatt coal train was the cause of a
bad wreck Just west of Dover al about /
O'Clock yesterday morning on the Della
ware, Laekawanna and Western Railroad.
The train was made up of about forty
loaded coal cars. and when coming down
the grade at Mount Arlington tie engineer
lost control of his train. the brakes refus-
ing to work
The train dashed down the long grade
at terrific speed and overlook the regular
midnight freight No IS the engineer of
which at once began to race his train TO
keep out OF the way OF the train in, the
rear. On arriving at the drawbridge west
of Dover he was compelled to stop, as the
next block was closed. and the coal train
crashed into the rear OF the freight All
Of the train hands Jumped when il was
seen that the collision could not be avert
ed. Twenty-one coal cars, the caboose
and three freight cars were piled across
the three tracks. and the engine of the
coal train was turned completely over and
headed in the opposite direction The east
an6 west bound tracks were torn up for
a distance of zee feet.
The engineer of the wildcat Ioccmo-
tive was bruised on the shoulder and his
| fireman wrenched his foot when he leaped
from the tender