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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-12
TN 4 CANAL BILL.
Senator Morgan stiII Hopes 1t VIII BE
Acted ON This session.

Washington, Z January Ex-senator
Morgan, today denied in emphatic terms
that he had received any communication
from the stateIDepartment notifying him
that Messrs. Forward g. Co., an English
shipping corporation, had made formal
protest to this government against the
use OF the San Juan river as part Of the
proposed Nioaraguan canal system, be-
cause of concession from NicarAugua
to that company.
The Alabama senator is still hopeful
that the canal bill will be- acted upon
during the present session OF Congress.
There is growing belief in the Sen
ate, and especially among Republican
senators, that the amendments will be
accepted and that this step will be tax.
en- in sufficient time to permit action up
on the canal bill II desired, before adj
journmsnt. 1t is even asserted by some
senators that assurance to this effect has
been received from high British authorl.
ty
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-12

An irritated customer in a down town
restaurant recently called his waiter to
him. Here, take this steak back to the
Kitchen" quoth he, "and when you get
there give the cook my compliments and
cram that blankety blank apology for q
steak down his throat"
"All right SIR" said the waiter as he
disappeared with the steak. In a min
ute or two, however, he was back again
still carrying the steak upon his tray.
The customer glared at it. "What do
you mean by bringing that thing back
here?" he demanded. "Why didn't you
do with it as told your
Every sorry. sir" replied the waiter,
''but there were two orders ahead of
yours, sir."-New York Tribune.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-12
ALI PURCHASABLE2'
(From Bishop Pottsr.s,address in

(From Bishop Potter, s>address in Phil
adelphis, Jan. 6
"a conviction has come to pass, which
exists all over this land, that there does
not exist a man who Is not purohasable
man.
about a year ago there came into nv
study in New York some one whom had
never seen, a stranger, whose name upon
his card / did not recognize, and whoss
errand 1 coula not divine.
49, Sir he said, Il am from sucn and
such part of the country In that part
of the country fierce political campaign
is now in progress. One Of your clergy
1t was In territory and not in city,
is attacking from the pulpit the moral
character and moral standards OF gen.
tlemana, a candidate there for very
high office, whom represent
81 said. Il have not any clergymen out
in that part of the world. 1 have no
more Jurisdiction there than you have.
He said, Perhaps not In the Sc nse you
mean, but it Is one OF your men,.
" what do you want me to dor said i
Il want you to sto It., said he, and
Il ALI hQbIuIAIca W tho aAohtABAAshoNA
gentleman whom l represent TO say that
II you Will stop it he will make 1t worth
your while
al felt like saying, 1T will come high.
l got up and walked to the door. /
opened Ii and stood there He looked
there moment In some perplexity. l
said, Does 1t not occur to you, sir, that
this interview is at an endr He went
out.
az mention that incident as a prof
of the statement that have made here
Here was a person in a distant part OF
the country, = candidate for very high
position, who had not the smallest hest
tation In sending an emissary to me with
an intimAtion that II l were prepared to
silence a speaker, who was saying disa-
greeable things, money would be paid to
make 1t worth my while.'
'"Ihe appalling fact Is that from tine
top 70 the bottom OF our social structure
The Judge upon the bench, the legislator
In theanaIls or legislation, the magistrate
In the law courts and the policeman on
mis- heat, are all believed by the great
majority OF the people TO be Durchasahls
men. That such suspicion hould exist
Is itsslf q dishonor so deep ami damning
that no decent community ought to be
willing to rest in 1t for hour.
al am profoundly glad 20 be ableto say
for the community from which lcome.
that there is evidence OF It's awakening
on the side OF righteousness and decency,
OF public honesty"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-12

toms. Her experience in treating fe-
male ills is greater than any other
living person. Following is a letter
from woman who is thankful for
avoiding a terrible operation.
Il was suffering TO such an extent
from ovarian trouble that my physi-
clan thought an operation would be
necessary.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound having been recommended to
me, l decided to try it. After using
several bottles l found that l was
cured My entire system was toned
up, and ] suffered no more with my
ovaries. Mas. ANNA ASTON, Troy, Mo.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-12

Der 1st, 1897, SIT, 5000
Par value of shares, $l.C0.
(Signed) W. 5. White, Treasurer.
Captain IL. NJ. Bean of Camden who lie
helping to navigate the sea OF legislation
instead of sailing In the first six masted
schooner which he built last year, said
today in reference to the water works
company:
"You ask me what have to say about
Camden getting charter to put in her
own water,-I will say this, that our
present water service has never been of
any value in cases OF fire. In every case 1t
has proven an utter failure. as every one
can testify. Therefore we must have the
charter. Our town is In a very prosper
GUS condition 1t has begun o growth in
the right direction. Already we have a
number of fine residences built by
wealthy people who compose our summer
colony, ana the town must be prepared
with facilities for protecting their prop
erty from fire CT they will seek other
fields for their Investments, ana we shall
lose thereby; also our own property is In
jeopardy all the time.
There are a number OF cottage lots
sold at the present time, some five hum
drsd feet above sea level. How can we
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-12

WHAT IS OvARITlSp

A dull, throbbing pain, accompanied
by a sense of tenderness and heat low
down in the side, with an occasional
shooting pain, indicates Inflammation.
On examination il will be found that
the region Of pain shows some swell
ing. This Is the FIRST stage of ovaritis,
Inflammation of the ovary. II the roof
Of your house leaks. my sister. you have
Il fixed at once why not pay the same
respect to your own body?
You need not, you ought not 10 let
yourself go, when one of your own sex
holds out the helping hand to you, and
will advise you without money, and
without price. Write TO Mrs. Pinlxham,
Lynn, Mass, and tell her all your symp-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-12

There will be meeting Of special at
tr action to men at the Y. NJ. q. A. to-
morrow afternoon at 30. seven busi-
ress men will discuss subject OF impor-
tance and interest to all. An orchestra
will lead the singing.
The regular monthly meeting OF Typo
graphical Union viii be held at 8. 10
this afternoon, at the Union rooms IN
Fsrrireton block Considerable business
IL a4.s nsf1rs the msetlLg.
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STATE OF MAINE.

Rockland, Me-, April IL, 1897.
10 Hon. Byron Boyd, Secretary or State
In comoIiance with the statutes OF the
State of Maine, the treasurer Of the Cam
den and KocKland Water company makes
the following returns Of the names or all
the stockholders of said corporation, their
residence, the amount of stock owned by
each, and the whole amount paid in on
the fret day of November A. d., 1897.
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willing to Help.

Pastors Wife-HsS any one offered to
feplaster the church yet?
Struggling pnStor-N-o, not exactly,
but DIR. Stivltu has offered to cover the
walls with ist,us plasters II We don't
mind secips Lis name on them.-New
York Week.
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For Women.

DR.. Tolman's Monthly Regulator has brought
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MAN CO., 10 fremont ST., Boston, Mass.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-12

The second or mid-winter term begins Febru-
airy 1st 1901 Boys OF twelve may be received
from the grammar schools and advanced at
once to the beginners class in Latin. BY
individual instruction the slow boy makes sat
isfactory progress the studious boy saves a
year of his time.
The class instruction aims at preparing boys
to enter Technical schools, Colleges and Uni
versities.
The hand book of devotion at the daily morn
ing service is the prayer-book of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, otherwise the religious
teaching Is absolutely undenomlnational.
For terms apply to
REV. L. K. CALVERT, Principal
and Proprietor, IA Pine street.
jan9dW&S
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-12

ADJOURNMENT TO TUESDAY.
The legislature adjourned after an
hours session to meet Tuesday at 10 am.
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ANOTHER RAILWAY BILL.

MIR. McFadden's new railway taxation
bill is constructed on sy sem different
from that of the others which have been
introd uced and which follow the present
law, placing the tax upon the gross earn
ings OF the railway companies. This Is
the way Mr.. McFadden goes about 1t:
Section Livery railroad company in
corporated under the laws of this state.
or doing business therein, shall annual
ly, between the first and fifteen days of
April, return to the State Boardssof AS
SCISSORS under the oath of Its treasurer, tbs
amount of the capital stock OF the cor
poration, the number and par value Of the
shares, and complete list OF its share
holders. with their places of residence
and the number OF Eshares belonging to
zach on the first day Of April next pre-.
esding. The returns shall also contain
a statement OF the whole length of its
line, the length of its line within this
state, and the assessed value Of in each
town OF Its depots and other property
taxed by municipalities.
Section 2.-The Board Of State Assoc
sors shall ascertain the true market
value Of the shares OF each and every
railroad corporation dong business in
the state. and shall estimate thereform
the fair cash valuation OF all Of said
shares constituting the capital stock of
such corporation on he first day of April
next preceding, which shall be taken as
the true value OF its corporate franchise
for the purposes of this act. From this
valuation snail be deducted the value of
the real estate OF the corporation which
is subject 10 local taxation nncer the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-12

Whole amount OF stock paid in Novem-
Der 1st, 1897, SIT, 5000
Par value of shares, SLIGO.
(Sionadl w s. Mhite Treasnrar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-30
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.

Chicago, Aug 30.-WHEAT-Iight Ar
s.entine shipments of wheat created some
apprehension in the minds of shorts to-
dav and as a result there was a fair de-
mand at the opening. but trading was
limited The volume of business was
small. December opened shade to IA 4sc
higher, at 7114c to 7l3s011ec- During the
first half hour of trading fluctuations
were confined to the opening range Ar
gentine shipments for the week We're 49,
600 bushels, compared with $4,000 bushels
last week and 9S4 900 bushels a year ago
Minneapolis and Duluth reported 49, cars
as against 500 cars last week and 3S5 cars
a year ago. Local receipts were 80 cars,
with 1 of contract grade.
Renewed covering by shorts carried De
cember up to 72d721kc, but later on selling
there was reaction to 715sU1l12c- The
close was 15c higher. at 717su71a4c-
CORN-Firmer cables impaired strength
to corn and the opening was higher with
but little trading, the demand coming
largely from tinid shorts December
opened ssQ1zc higher, at 5619U56ssc. but on
lack of any material support. prices de-
clined to 56iz d564sc- Receipts were Az
cars with IA OF contract grade
Later the market advanced to 571sc on
shorts covering. and after reacting to
5624 c. the close was firm and SzU5sc higher,
at 567sGI57c
OATS-Oats opened steady with fair
trade F'irmness in wheat was the main
bull factor December opened unchanged,
at 35G351sc. but with corn declined later
to 347sc. Receipts We're 213 cars
ISIONS-ProVisions opened hrmer
on higher prices for hogs. the highest fig
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HOWlSON IS
HEARD FROM.
Continued from First Page.)

of 24th deserves an immediate reply.
You say substantially that there IS
no foundation for the statements at
tributed to you as having peeh SET
forth in an interview afterWard pub
lished in the Boston Record and lately
made the subject of a communication
from Rear Admiral Schley to the de-
partment. You evidently read the cor
respOndence as published in the news
papers last week
1.-THE department, let me assure you,
has no purpose of relieving you OF TINS
duty It has implicit confidence IN
your sense of justice and fair-minded-
ness
should the counsel for Rear Admiral
SchIey proceed to offer to the court OBJ
lection to you, it will be for the court
itself to decide the question of your
competency to sit as a member.
Were your letter official instead OF
being merely personal, 1 should refer II
to the Judge advocate of the court. to
be laid before the court I would like
to know if you have any objection TO
giving to the public your frank ana
manly letter in the event that 1t Shall
seem desirable to do So
What YOU have said only confirms
me in the belief that the department
has been fortunate in selecting you as
the third member of the court
Kindly accept the assurance of my
personal esteem, and believe me,
Yours truly
FRANK w HACKETT.
Rear Admiral II. L. HOWlSOn, u. S.N.,
Yonkers, N Z
OTHERS ARE TALKING
Washington, Aug. 0.-COmmander
Richard Wainwright, superintendent OF
the naval academy. came over to Wash
ington from Annapolis today and spent
some time in conference with Captain
IemIey, Judge advocate of the Schley
court, in reference to the testimony to
be furnished by the commander who IS
one of the witnesses on the government
list Captain Lemley has been engaged
in this kind of work for the past week
laying the base for the presentation OF
his case Nothing has been heard by
Acting Secretary Hackett from Captain
Forsythe in. answer to the depart
ment's interrogatory touching his re-
puted interview in relation to the
Schley case Mr. Hackett's attention
has not yet been directed formally to
the publication this morning ascrlblnS
certain expressions bearing on the
Schley case to Rear Admiral Watson;
but, when the matter was referred to
informally Mr.. Hackett intimated that
it was not one of sufficient Importance
to warrant letter writing by the depart
ment.
MAN AT THE WHEEL FOUND
Washington Aug. 30.-The navy de-
partment has succeeded by means OF
its notice to the press yesterday IN
learning the whereabouts of Gustaf e.
ClaesOn, who was the man at the wheel
on the Texas in the battle of Santiago.
Captain Lemley, the judge advocate OF
the Schiey court of inquiry today re-
ceiVed a telephone message from a
resident of this city giving him Clea-
sons address in the United States
which, however, was not made public
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THIRTY DEAD.
Likely to Be the Total of the
City of Trenton Disaster.

Philadelphia, Aug. 3o.-Another body
Of a victim of Wednesdays steamboat
disaster was recovered from the Del
aware river by the police this morning
It is supposed to be that of Harry john
son. a grocer of Hulmeville, Pa, who
was on his way home from Philadelphia
He leaves a widow and five children.
This makes the tenth BODY recovered.
of which eight have been identified.
Two bodies. those of a woman and
small girl, are unidentified. They are
50 badly charred and disfgured that
they will probably never be identified
positively. Nineteen are missing and it
is almost certain that all of these are
dead. OF the eight persons remaining
in the hospital two are almost certain
to die Thus the net result of the awful
explosion will be in the neighbOrhOOd
of thirty deaths when the melancholy
returns are all in
A statement made today by Mrs.
Grant Chaplain who was a passenger
on the Trenton. with her daughters.
Edna, aged Z, and Amanda, aged 3,
establishes beyond reasonable doubt the
fate of Mrs William H. Keen, who had
been reported among the missing Mrs
Chaplain was in the cabin of the steam
boat when the explosion occurred. She
was severely hurt and Scalded by escap-
ing steam and became separated from
her children While making a frantic
search for her little ones Mrs. Chaplain
says she was accosted by Mrs. Keen,
who said she was badly injured and
begged piteously for assistance Mrs.
Claphan was forced to leave Mrs.
Keen to search for her children. She
found both of them scalded by steam.
but she succeeded in getting them to a
place of safety from which they were
taken by the rescuers. Until today Mrs.
Chaplain was too much Frustrated to
make her statement regarding Mrs.
Keen
William H Keen, the husband of the
woman. now placed in the list of known
dead. took his wife and their daughter,
Fannie Keen, aged 20 years, on the City
/ of Trenton for a pleasure trip. He was
found crushed to death in the ruins of
/ the steamboat The daughter was ter
/ ribly burned and scalded and the hos
pital physicians say she can not re-
] cover.
With the death of the daughter the
! entire Keen family will be wiped out of
existence. Mr.. Keen was the superin-
/ tendent of large Philadelphia dairy.
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New York Stocks.

New York, Aug. 30.-Wan Street.-There
were some slight gains as a rule in the
opening dealings, but no important feat
Ire. The Erie stocks were the strongest,
but their gains We're confined 70 fractions.
American Smelling dropped nearly point
and few other stocks showed fractional
declines.
Stocks were inclined to run off in the
early ira aiding, but a demand arose as
prices scaled down and the market gen
orally improved to above the opening
level The gains were mainly fractional
in the active quarter aside from some of
the southwestern stocks, which were a
point up. Tobacco opened 49, points
higher
Low priced stocks We're in better de-
mand in the. second hour, and Chlcago'
Indianapolis & Louisville, New York. chi
ca go & st. Louis, Erie, Chicago Terminal
and Wisconsin Central issues advanced
from 1 to 2 points There was but little
doing in the prominent stocks, but they
showed general frmness.
Bonds were firm
There was no general direction percept-
ible in the price movement which was
narrow and WaVering after midday; New
York. Chicago & St Louis second pre-
ferred rose 2sk points and St Louis x
San Francisco second preferred, La e
Erie and Western common and preterreq,
Metropolitan and Colorado Fuel TO Us
1OintS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-30
RAILROAD PURCHASED
Santa Fe Buys Line From Ar
kansas City to Anthony.

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa F'e
railway has purchased the Kansas
Southwestern railway which runs from
Arkansas City to Anthony, Kan, a dis
lance of 60 miles 1t is said that the
Santa Fe desires the line to prevent
opposition to it's proposed road from
Arkansas City in a southeasterly direc-
ton to Fort Smith, Ark. The deal is
said to have been made at a meeting
in President Ripley's office in Chicago
The Kansas Southwestern was built
in 1887 and was subsequently operated
by the ST. Louis & San Francisco road.
Five years ago the Frisco abandoned
the line and it went into the hands of
a receiver 1t is said that the recent
owners of the Southwestern had just
completed plans to extend the line in
the direction of Fort Smith when the
deal with the Santa F'e was consun-
mated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-30
THINK Us GREEDY.
Germans Think We Want Both Africa
and South America

New York. Aug SO.-G. F. Baer.
president OF the Philadelphia & Read
ing system, who has just returned from
Europe, tells of a remarkable impress
sion which, he AYERS, is general
throughout Germany
Germany" he said, lis watching
with interest the development of the
troubles in South Africa and Central
America The interest is not because
England is engaged in war in Africa,
nor because the South American re-
publtcs are having probably a little
more than their usual amount of revo-
lutionary excitement. The real reason,
when I found 1T, startled me. The Ger
mans believe that all these troubles
have been fOmented by America for the
express purpose of obtaining posses
sion Of both disputed territories.
They say that America brought
about the Spanish war simply to get
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines.
and that this country will not be salts
fed without holdings in Africa and
South An erica They look upon Cuba
as actually a part of the United States
and don't believe this country viii ever
give freedom to that island"
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$4,000. 900 IN CASH
Offered by Bell Agents For Ri
val Telephone Company.

New York. Aug. so.-Charles NJ
Morse, a director in the Garfield Ma
tional bank. has made a proposition 70
the board Of directors of the Telephone.
Telegraph and Gable company OF Amer
lea to purchase that corporation out
right for 81, 0OO, 900 in cash. This is the
only formidable rival of the Bell Tele-
phone company. Confidential circulars
announcing the offer made byMr. Morse
were mailed to the stockholders of the
company today in which the board of
directors recommended the purchase
offer, in view Of the fact that "a large
number of stockholders are not willing
to advance additional funds"
This company was Incorporated with
a capital of SsOOO0.OOO under the laws
of New Jersey, in November, 1895
Since the offer of Mr.. Morse. which was
made about ten days ago, the boards of
directors of the various subsidy COM
panies of the Telephone, Telegraph and
Gable company, of America, have held
meetings and approved of his PROPOSE
ton and a day or two ago the directors
Of the present organization met with
the result that the circular followed