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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-05
MONTPELIER ON ROCKS.
EIder-Demstyer Steam er Probably q
Total Loss.

st, Johns, N. IT,, May 4.-The British
steamer Montpelier Of the Elder Dsmpster r
line Of Liverpool. England, Captain GoiS,
from Cardif and Las PalmAs, April 90.
for Montreal, while bound up the ST..
Lawrence, went ashore last night in o
dense fog at Duok island, three miles
from Cape Ray at the entrance to CADET
strait. Nothing has been heard Of the
crew. The ship IL probably . total less.
The Montpelier struck ct nine O'Clock
last night and beat ont her bow and bot
tom on the rocks. She IL breaking to
pieces. Her crew landed today from the
steamers boats In which they spent the
night lying on the coast waiting for day.
light.
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WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.

The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, May 4, taken at s
p. M, meridian time. the observation for
this section being given in this order:
Temperature, direction of wind, state of
weather.
Boston, 80. W, clear; New York, 90,
SW, rain, PhilAdslphia, 81, S,
o oldy; Washington, 5s, W. D cldy; Al.
bany, 90. W, oldy; Buffslo. 3i, W,
snow; Detroit, ~, SW,p clay; Chicago, 49,,
SE. clear; Huron. OAK. 90. Sc, clear /;
6S, NE, clear.
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DOLE FOR GOVERNOR.
Appointment of Two Hawaiian Om-
GERS Announced.

Washington, May 5.-Ths President O.
day sent the following nominations 10
the Senats:
Sanford b. Dole OF Hawaii, to be goV.
ernor Of Hawaii; Henry E. Cooper OF HA-
wall to be sscrstary OF Hawaii; L. g.
Bellows Of Washington, to be consul gen-
erAl at Yokohama, Japan; Lieut. CON-
mander Samuel @. Lemly, U. 5. NJ, OF
North Carolina, to be judge advocate
general of the navy with rank Of captain
for the terms Of four years from June
4th, 1900.
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THE WEATHER.

Boston. May 4-Local forecast Saturdays
Eair weather; west to southwest winds.
Sunday fair and warmer; light winds,
mostly southwest.
Washington. May 4. 4.--Forecast for Sat-
urdAy and sunday for New England:
Fair Saturday aud Sunday; warmer Sun
day; fresh westerly winds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-05
LONG DISTANCE SHOOTING.

Beers Bombarded at Distance OF Seven
and One Half Miles.
Warrentnn, Cape Colony, May "A
British Six-ipeh wire gun opened unex-
peo,ed on the Boer lasgsr yesterday at a
distance Of seven and half miles, throw
ing hundred-po saells with wonder
full accuracy and causing nasty retrsa'
Of the burghers. The bombardmsnt con-
tinued today at all POINTS BY Howitzsls .
and field guns, supported by two oom-
panies Of the Munster regiment the Boers
being driven from shelter and their guns
being put out of action. So. 81.
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TERMS OF PEACE.

London. May o. The Daily Expres
publishes an interview with Ar. A bra
ham Fischer Of the Boer peace comInis-
sion given one OF Its representatives st
BouIogns-Sur-Mer before the Mas s1Rni
sailed for the United States.
Mr.. Fischer said: "We will gladly cor :
sent to submit all questions of guarantees
and indemnity to the decision OF any
impartial tribunal. Grant Us taas And
We would lay down cur arms tomorrow.
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APRIL SHOWERS, ,

In May are common this year, and seem TO be
" Welcomed by all except the few women who
happened to get caught without their umbrella
with their spring bonnets on. BENSON'S
READY CHARCOAL Is welcomed
Tor kidding fires.
BIG BAGS 1Oc AT ALL GRoCERS.
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LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.

Portland. May 4, 1900 = The local
weather bureau records the following:
sa. barometer, 29.5l1; thermome-
ter, ~; dew point, 3S;rel. humidity, IS,
direction of wind, NV; velocity, u; state
of weather, light rain.
sp. barometer, 80 791, thermome-
ter, AZ; dew point. 25; rel. humidity, 40;
direction OF wind, W; velocity, 4; state
of weather, clear.
Max. temp. 80; min. temp. 40; mean
temp, 40: max. wind veloc.,2 NV; pre-
cipitation pa honrs, 10.
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LEWISTON BOY WINS PRIZE.

New Haven. Ct, May At was an
nounced that the Dowaes prize winners
at Yals Divinity school for excellence in
reading OF the scriptures and hymns in
cIudsd u. S. Calhoun, Lewiston, Me-, Of
the middle Glars.
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THE vAAL PASSED.

Roberts Troops Crossed without Oppo
sition st windsorton.
London, May 4-11.eO p. m.-The war
OHIO, this evening Issued this following
from Lord Roberts dated Bloemfontein
Friday, iMsy 4;
"Ths mounted infantry have gone on
to the Vet river. The rest Of the force
will march th9re tomorrow. The railway
has been repaired to this.
"Hunter reports very satisfactory news.
that the passage OF the Vaal has been
carried at windsofton without opposi-
ticn."
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MINISTER BECOME MURDERER.
Charleston, s. O., May 4.-Rev. W. Is.
johnson, pastor Of the Baptist church at
Bamberg. S. O., today snot and almost
ins,sntly killed W. 4. Beliinger. stenoe-
raphsr OF this Judicial districs. Trouble
between the Two reaan yesterday over the
painting Of line Of fence.
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(TALK No. 1861
cHILDR EN-.

a great many children who ara Ac-
cussd OF inattsntlon to their studies
are accused unjustly. They are sim
ply suffering from detective eyes.
They are hampered in their work Dy
the constant strain. There is dull
heavy feeling in the forehead. They
feel llstless and drowsy. They can
not take ths interest in their studies
that they should. because Of this dis
advantage. You cannot afford to be
careless about this matter. EFaTv
parent ought to know the true oondi-
tion OF thsir ehildren's eyes before
sending them TO school. II there is q
defect it should be corrected. They
will keep the eyes strong and well
and enable the child to go through
school under the best possible Advan-
tagss. / will be glad to examine the
eyes OF every student In Portland.
/ win tell you inst their true condi-
tien and make no charge for this SER
vice.
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Duntartsn, Scotland, In 1897. Registered
$3.50 tons grcss sl50 tons net, and msss-
ures s4l feet long. 44.b fest beam and 26.9
fest depth.
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MEN PANIC sThICA GN.
THE RAILROAD STRIKE.
Part Has Been Settled and Part Has
Not,

sBuhalo, N. Y. Msy 4-The return
OF the striking car repairers Of this New
York Central to work this morning. an
agreement sreachsd by which the men Of
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BRABANT,S DIVISION
Occupies strong Position ON Ladybrand
Road.

Brabant's Camp, May i.-(By runner
to Mafeking l-Brabant's division now
occupies strong position on range Of
hills on the Lady brand road, about 20
miles from Wepsner. The troops are con-
frontsd by large force of Beers. who
recently occupied WepeEeE and who have
now been locatsd in the mountain known
In the Free state as Eva, tlspberg. This
morning the Borderers horss. under Col.
Maxwell. came in contact with the Boar
outpOlts, but returned TO camp AttE To-
eating the enemy. Latsr group OF bV)
Beers was discovered marching past the
BOer position, but the British were un-
able to tell whether they were friend or
enemy until they had disappeared in a
hollow few miles away, when they
proved to be Boer commando.
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LONG TOM POSTED.

Ladysmita, May 4-The beers have
shifted their guns on the range Of hills
facing the British in front OF Eiandsl-
gaate and have posted Long Ton on a
hill In the direction of Vessels Nsk.
MEN PANIC STkICA EN-.
London, MHy 4.-The Gasstte this eve
ming contains Gen. Ffench's report Of
the disaster to the Suffolk regiment in
the Colesburg district, January 5, which
he attrib=tes entirely tc the fact that a
ms jority Of the four companies of the
regiment engaged were seized with
panic and retired. He pays high tribute
to the officers Of the regiment and the
men who remained with them.
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: The Moptpslisr is sbsel vessel built at
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BRANDFoRT A GOOD CAPTURE.
London. May 4.-Nsws Of the oooupa-
tion Of BrandfoFt was iasusd hy the war
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-13

The funeral of the late Miss Il. c.
Hull took place in Clinton yesterday
afternoon at 2 o'clock There was a
very large attendance, Notwithstanding
the unpleasant weather. In the death
of Miss Hull there passes away the
last of the members of the older Hull
generation, which were born and al
ways lived In Clinton and were highly
honored, respected and beloved by the
whole community. Her brother Alfred,
who died about twenty-three years ago,
was town clerk and cashier of Clinton
National bank for many years up to
his death. The floral tributes at Miss
HulPs funeral were beautiful and the
attendance was large, showing how
popular she was. Everybody called her
Aunt Emily. She always took great
pleasure in the company of young peo-
pie and the young people used to de-
light in going to see her as she was
quite a home body She was born and
lived and died in the same house.
She leaves as relatives of the young
er Hull generation Misses Marietta and
Carrie of Clinton, Wolcott A. of New
York city, who is quite sick from an
operation, but is improving; Richard
L., Of Michigan, who came on expressly
for the funeral, and John A.. cashier
of the postof1ice in this city. The fun
eral was attended by nearly all the
prominent citizens of Clinton, and
friends of the family were present from
this city and other places.
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PERSONAL 1IENTION.

|
| Mr.. and Mrs James FTolles of West
Haven have issued Invitations to the
marriage of their daughter, Miss Jessie
Tolless, to Edward Wesley Gilbert, on
Thursday evening, April rs. The cere-
mony will be performed at 7:30 p. m.
in the First Congregational church of
West Haven.
| The contract between Grace M. E.
church and it's organist, Edwin A.
Kraft, expires May /. No steps have
yet been taken regarding the employ
ment of another organist.
E. H. Daggett, who left the Fair Ha-
ven and Westville Railway company's
office about fifteen months ago to so to
Mexico as an assayer, is in town for u
few days. He will soon leave for Grip
pie Creek, where he will do assaying
work.
Miss Lulu Glasner is i'll at her home,
So Garden street.
John j. Splain of Waterbury, man.
agef of Polls theater in Waterbury,
and formerly of this city, is the proud
father of a ten-pound boy that was born
Wednesday.
Fl, j. Palmer of the United States
steamship "Petrel' is spending sixty
day furlough with friends in this city.
Mr.. Palmer once served on the ill-fated
'Kearsarge'' and participated in the
battle Of Manila Bay as gunner's mate
of the "Petrel." He is now serving his
third enlistment.
William Arthur Stickney, Yale 1901,
of st. Louis, Mo-, was taken to the col
lege infirmary in Prospect street yester-
day ill with bronchitis.
John B. Hart of College street, Yale
1901, is spending his Easter vacation in
New York city.
William S. Holmes of las Norton
street has resigned his position in the
accounting department of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford railroad
to accept an important position with
the Long Island railroad in Brooklyn,
N Y.
Miss Alice Temple Of Chester, Eng
land, who has made this city her home
for the past three years, has just been
graduated as a nurse from the Bridge
port hospital.
w. w. Gale, advance agent for For
paughs and Sells Bros. combined circus,
is in the city arranging for the coming
exhibition.
r. 7. Bates of New Haven, state Sec
rotary of the Connecticut Young Mems
Christian association, was in Danbury
Wednesday visiting the local associa-
ton.
John Farnham Of this city is In South
port the guest of William B. Penney
Miss Annie Moore of this city is
spending a few days with relatives in
Stamford
Mrs John E. Buddington of this city
and her little daughter are the guests of
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Amon
Clark, on Stoves HILL
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An extra holiday bill will be given
at Polls embracing all the fine features
of the show. 1t Is headed by George
Wilson, the jolly minstrel, and has
three great comedy trios Dempsey
Mitchell and company the Three Sa-
vans, and Jones, Grant and Jones. Ned
Monroe and Nellie Lawrence is a bright
SKETCH Carleton and Terre, singers and
comedians; the Saville sisters, SUI
climatic, the Jap wire walker, and Leo
and Chapman are also in the bill.
Next weeks performance will en-
brace features of unparalleled import
ance and novelty Mr.. and Mrs.
Sohlke, the singing and dancing come
dams, will bring here their five archi-
pelagoans, genuine Filipino types, as
lively as crickets shiny eyed little
brown chaps that are as cute as they
are clever. Louise Canning, the sweet
singer of Scottish songs, Grace Dick
ems, and Evan Harries in my French
Model" Fisher and Clark, Phillips and
Nine. Nayron, with her trained tropi-
cal birds; Kelly and Adams, Mitchell
and Kane, and many others will COM
plete the bill.
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The remains of Miss Mary e. Welton,
who died at Derby Monday, We're taken
to Hartford yesterday for burial In
Cedar Fill cemetery. Funeral services
were conducted in the Derby Methodist
church, of which Miss Welton was a
member, yesterday morning Miss Well
ton was the daughter of the late Ed
ward J. Welton of Watertown, this
state She is survived by three sisters,
Mrs. Frank Flower of New Haven,
Mrs. Josephine Down of Chicago and
Miss Jennie t. Welton Of this city. Two
brothers also survive her. They are
Lieutenant Lewis J. Welton, who serv-
ed in the first squadron of cavalry
from this state, and is now in Leaven-
worth, Kan, and Edward H. Welton of
New York. One brother, Theodore
Dwight Welton, was killed in the
charge at Fort Wagner by the Seventh
Connecticut, and Frederick Fl. Welton,
another brother, was wounded at Dru-
rvs Bluff in the Seventh. He died af-
ter the war.
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Grand Op-ra House,

The latest attraction at the Grand
opera house on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, April &c. II and IS, with
matinee Wednesday, will be Rice and
Barton's big gayety spectacular extra
vagar~e comedy, which this season is
practically a new show. The perform
ance they give is unique bright and
entertaining throughout. Among the
features Of the programme is a laugh
ing, farcical success in three scenes,
called MAUD of the TenderIon," in
which Charles Barton will take the
leading part of Woody Smart, who
goes to New York and falls in with
the queen Of the Tenderloin. This COM
pany carries it's own scenic artist and
costumer, and the result of their labors
is some very handsome and original
costumes which are well filled by a
score of pretty, shapely and vivacious
girls who know how to sing and dance.
The performance will also include the
funny farce entitled ''McDoodle's
Flats" or "Satans Inn in which that
pretty burlesquer frankie Haines, will
have the leading part. In the oio there
will appear Barton and Eckhoff, mu-
steal comedians; Princeton sisters, j.
K. Mullen, Annie Dunn and Touhey
and Mack, Hickey and Nelson, and 9TH
er clever speciality performers. Seats
now on sale. Regular prices
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SUSPECTED OF RoBB1NG MAILS.
Hubert r. Seldom Of Bridgeport Here
for a Hearing.

for Hearing. 49,
Deputy Marshal Clark brought to
this city yesterday morning Herbert F.
Seldom aged twenty-five, a clerk in the
Bridgeport postoff1ce, who is charged
with robbing the mails there. He was
arrested in Bridgeport under instruc-
lions from Postofflce Inspector Bull
man. Seldon's previous record as a
substitute had been excellent, and he
was to have been appointed regular
July l.
Postmaster Marigold recently report
ed to the Washington authorities the
loss of letters containing valuables, and
investigation resulted in the finding of
sufficient evidence to warrant Seldon's
arrest.
Seldon's associates during his hour S
of duty were thought not to be such as
his income would warrant his meeting
on equal terms, and it was this state
of affairs which made him an object
of suspicion.
His mother is critically i'll in Bridge
port. Commissioner Wright returned
to the city last night when it was sup
posed that the prisoner woSld be re-
leased under a 81 500 bond. He was
unable to procure this, however, and
was remanded to the custody of the
marshal He expects to find bail to-
day.
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NORA CECILIA DIVER.

Miss Nora Cecilia Dwyer, daughter of
John and Hannah Dwyer of 1874 Ashmun
street, died of pneumonia yesterday
The funeral will be held at the house
on Saturday at 10 a. m. and at st.
Mary's church at 1890. The burial will
be in Ansonia. She leaves two sisters,
Miss Tenie Dwyer, teacher in room 6
Edwards street school and Miss Min
ME Dwyer, teacher in Redding, this
state. She also leaves a brother, Thorn
as, who is an electrician. Miss Dwyer
wasalady possessing fine traits of char
acter, and made many friends. She
was of very attractive disposition,
popular with her associates and from
girlhood made many friends. Her I'M
timely death comes to her family as a
great bereavement and they have the
sincere sympathy of all their friends in
their great sorrow.
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THE HILLHOUsE DEBATING SoCI-
ETY..


Special Meeting Called for Election of
Oficers-President Refused to Pre-
side.
There was a special meeting of the
TIillhouse Debating society at noon yes
terday. The meeting was called for the
election Of officers, as the term of the
last set Of officers had expired a week
ago. As the secretary had injudicious-
ly forgotten to bring the minutes of the
previous meeting it was claimed that
the meeting could not proceed. There
was a great deal of violent discussion
| and several motions We're made to ad-
journ and were lost. The chairman, A.
Willis Blackman, then said that the
meeting was adjourned, even though
the motions were lost He left the room,
whereupon there was a call for the vice
president, who took the chair. A num-
Der of the presidents friends also lett
the room but left, nevertheless, a
quorum of members The motion was
then made that the meeting proceed to
the election OF officers This was al
most unanimously carried ana nominal
lions were made for the officers as fol-
lows: For president, Harrison t. Shell
don 1901, Arthur z. Hodgson 1901 and
Mr. Fleischner 1906. MI. Sheldon 1901
was elected president. For vice presi-
dent Messre. Boyer 1900 Clark 1902 and
Blackman 1900 We're nominated. Boyer
1900 was elected. Marlborough 1900 was
elected secretary and treasurer. Robert
Charles Cole 1900 was elected sergeant
alarms. Messrs Arthur Weidman 1900
and Alexander Wolodarsky 1901 were
elected captains The Judges elected
were Messrs Sargent, Zimmerman and
Robinson, instructors In the school.
This debating society was originated
few years ago by the boys of the
senior class of the school. Since then it
has enjoyed remarkable success and
there are weekly encounters in oratory,
which do much credit to the school and
society. The membership is at present
over sixty members. A meeting is held
every Friday noon at ten minutes after
one o'clock These meetings are open
to the public and cordial invitation is
EXTENDED to persons interested in this
society to attend any Of it's meetings.
The subject for next Friday, April 20,
will be the puerto Rico Tariff Bill'
and snappy debate Is anticipated.
1902
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AN ARTISTIC SUCCESS.
May Festivals Financial Outlook Equal

| M, :, Eae+i1,oJ. E;,,opoio1 O,+,ooIr I,ouo1-
~ Goou'
In discussing the prospects of and the
financial outlook for the coming May
eos.,.,, t,,o 7+, o+h ovid OIL, oe Nov
WIFI 'oui iiai anu ooui iopoi eei
| yesterday, Thomas G. Shepard said:
| You see, this festival, like most fes-
| rivals of the kind in America, is not
given for the purpose of making money,
because we are satisfied to merely cover
expenses. The aim Of this festival Is to
give the people OF connecticut the very
best programme for the very least mon
ey.
1T is missionary work In way, or a
labor of love, If you will. The Connect
icut Music Teachers association has
proven beyond the shadow of doubt
that good music at nominal cost is a
possibility. That we give good music is
attested by the names our programme
contains. Our festival force is made up
of the most interesting figures in the
American world or music to-day. We
get the best people to be had or course
we are hampered, as are all festivals
arranged for the spring, by the fact that
some OF the biggest stars are not avail
able at this time. Therefore we can't
do exactly as we would like, regarding
the opera night, for example.
I'VE believe, however, that the diff
cult question of ODera night has been
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GRAND CANTON sASsAcrTs.
A Very Successful Fair Ends To-mor-
row Evening

Tomorrow evening ends the grand
fair and bazaar which has been given
nightly during the present week in old
Union armory by the Grand Canton
Sassacus. Z, Its success has been very
great, far more so than was expected
and the members of the lodge are being
congratulated upon the result of their
efforts The nightly entertainments
have been very enjoyable and the free
dancing which followed has filled the
floor with dancers. AS the distribution
of prizes will be made tomorrow even
ing, it is expected that the armory will
be crowded to its utmost capacity.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-13
ALPHA DELTA PHI FRATERNITY
Annual Convention to be Held in
Hartford.

Hartford, April 1.-THE sixty-eighth
annual convention of the Alpha Delta
Phi fraternity will be held in this city
next month under the auspices of the
Phi Kappa chapter, the branch of the
organization which is located at Trinity
college There viii be delegates pres
ent from twenty-three of the leading
colleges and universities in this coun-
try and Canada. The business session
of the convention will be held in the
Masonic Temple on the morning and
afternoon of Thursday, May 10, and
Friday, May II, and II necessary there
will be another session on the Saturday
morning following. The annual con-
vention banquet will take place at the
Allyn house on Friday evening at
which toasts and addresses will be CIV
en- by members of the fraternity.
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MRS. T. M. PARKER.

The funeral of Mrs. John M. Parker
was held at the North Methodist church
in Hartford Wednesday afternoon at
290 o'clock, after prayers at the house
s Preston street. The services were
conducted by the Rev. c. H. Buck OF
Bristol lifelong friend of the family
assisted by the Rev. Duane N. Griffin
There were numerous floral offerings,
literally burying the casket beneath
them. The bearers were Charles A.
Baldwin Of New Haven, Howard A.
Camp, Herbert D. Burnham, George
A. Seidler, Frank A. Daboll, and Jor-
dan c. Wells. 1nterment was in Spring
Grove cemetery.