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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-12-29
Pennoyer's Open Letter.

However much Governor Pennoyer,
OF Oregon, may differ in his views from
prevailing sentiment, none who know
him will dispute the earnestness OF
purpose and honesty OF intention which
he brings to bear on all matters, pub.
lie and private.
His assumption that the present de-
pressed condition of finances is due to
the repeal of the silver purchase act,
is, of course, entitled to no more
weight than the individual opinion of
any other man of equal mental power.
And as his zeal has led him into state.
ments which seem to be overdrawn, it
may be that the deep thought he has
given the subject, has made him OBJ
livious of all other factors which have
served to bring about the condition he
deplores. 1t sometimes happens that
wise men formulate theories which
seem to them to be so logical and con.
elusive that they are adopted as Ak
iomatic propositions when wanting in
some detail that has been overlooked
but which ia nevertheless essential to
make the application to practical ideas
success. The Governor certainly errs
when he asserts that two-thirls the
people of Oregon are without employ
ment, and more than one-third with
out sufficient means of support. His
observation has doubtless been drawn
from portion of the community,
which is not a fair indication of the
whole population, and in his desire to
place the situation in as strong q light
as possible he has overshot the mark,
and virtually defeated the whole object
of his letter. >s-+.iss .s
1t seems to the casual observer that
the Presidents efforts have been to
promote I" the use of both gold and
silver, without discrimination against
either metal" as Governor Pennoyer
demands, but that the two high exec
utives differ simply as to the method
of bringing such a contamination
about. The President thought that
to restrict the policy which was fast
driving gold out of circulation, was in
direct accord with the platform on
which he was elected, and he showed
very plainly in his message to Con-
gress that this was and had been the
effect of the silver purchase clause.
That its repeal has not Immediately
reinstated parity of the two metals Is
no indication that his policy is not
strong motive towards that desirable
object. q I
The pathetic ending OF Gov. PEN
noyer's letter will not cause the Presi-
dent to lose much sleep. What posi-
bic object could the Executive of q
great nation have in reducing the peo-
pie, who have placed him at their head.
to a condition of want and starvation?
Is there any earthly ambition higher
than to fill the position acceptably
and we'll? No, no, Sylvester; your
boomerang has returned to You, in
fecting no wounds but upon yourself.
Better let the fame acquired suffice
and not venture on untried methods
for keeping place in the public eye.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-12-29

Date of first publication. Dec s, 1898.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-17
THE BIG SULPHiTE MILL
For Making Wood Pulp, at Gardiner,
Burned Yesterday.

GARDINER, February 16.-The sulphite
pulp mill, owned by the Richards Paper
Company, situated in South Gardiner,
was burned this morning. Loss, $780,
600; insurance, s1So,00o. 1t was the
most important single indus try in this
city, employing Is hands. The Maine
owners are the estate of E. C. Allen of
Augusta, q. c. Moses of Bath, o. D.
Baker of Augusta and Henry Richards
of Gardin r, besides G. H. Richards and
other Boston parties. The directors
will hold meeting tomorrow, when the
question of rebuilding will be discussed,
this depending largely upon the adjust
ment of the insurance. The plant is en-
tirely new within two years, and the pro-
cess of manufacture is original and al
ready highly perfected. The fire caught
in the sulphur storage room, and de-
stroyed the entire plant except the en-
gine room, sawmill and boilers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-17
CONGRESSMAN BouTELLE.
The Scoring He Gave the Democrats on
Pension Delinquencies.

In the House Wednesday, Mr.. Boutelle
of Maine spoke vigorously against ths
adoption of the proposed amendments Of
the pension law. 1t had been said that
the Union veterans would be as safe il
the hands of ex-Confederates as they
had been in the hands Of the Republican
party. Much as he regretted it, it was
his duty to say that the plain, unmistak-
able record of Congress showed that up
on every question affecting the liberality
of the Government in pensioning the mer
who had saved its life, the ex-Confeder
ate members had been almost uniformly
and almost, if not quite, solid against it.
And today, almost 80 years after the
berate, political party which was com.
ing into power on the 4th of March, next
whose headquarters were south of Ma.
son and Dixons line, was fastening to
proclaim it's policy. Every item of these
amendments was an assault on some
good. great principle in the interest OF
what was thought to have been protect
ed and guaranteed by the great civil
war.
The Democratic party was marshaled
today with not thought of progress,
with not a proposition for, advance, I'm.
furling the banner of repeal. Today
the Democratic party proclaimed as th e
policy of the new administration the re
peal of the laws protecting the liberty
of the citizen, the repeal of the laws pro-
tecting the purity of the ballot, the re-
peal of the laws protecting the great in
dustries of the country, the repeal OF
laws carrying into effect the great
duty of the country to the men who
fought liz order that the country might
live. That was the Democratic plat
form. That was the attitude it had vol
UNFAIRLY assumed before the people of
the United States.
Today the House was confronted with
a proposition to strike serious, demor-
alizing and (it was intendeO fatal blow
at the pension system of the republic.
This was due to the fact that the gentle
men who had served against the govern
ment on the battlefield had assumed the
responsibility of putting on this appro-
priation bill, this new legislation, be-
cause the proper committees from which
it should emanate happened to be COM
posed of men who had q different esti-
mate of the value of the services of the
soldiers of the Union.
This subject, which lag 80 near to the
hearts of the loyal people of the country
had been taken out of the hands of the
committees, composed of loyal mon, and
had been untimely thrust before this
House by a majority of men who had
fought against ths country, There was
no chivalry in tampering with the gener-
osity of the government, and in using
against the government the very wea-
pons which its generosity had returned
to the hands of the men who had at
tempted to destroy it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-17
RockIand Items.
Especial to the Press.

RocKLAND, February 16.-Sheriff j..
Warren Gray has appointed c. F. Duffy
of Camden deputy. F. G. Currier, who
was the deputy from that town last year,
declined reappointment. William F
Searle of this city, who has a widespread
local reputation, received intelligence
today that by the death of his brother
Robert. which occurred in San Francisco
recently he had fallen heir Ito to cash and
daughters each receive handsome re-
membrance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-17
sTRoNG's SENSATION.
A Physician Assaulted and Robbed by Two
Strangers.

STRONG, Me-, February 15.-Quite a
sensation was created when DR.. W. E.
johnson arrived from New Vineyard in
very excited state Of mind. with the
buttons torn from his clothes, and said
that he had been assaulted and robbed
by two men about three miles out of the
village.
The doctor had been to see patient
and was on his way home when two men
sprung from the woods, one seized his
horse by the bride and the other lsprang
into the sleigh and tore his coats open,
took his pocketbook and a bunch of keys
and departed.
1t is not known in what direction they
went, and no clue has yet been discov-
cred
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-17
Weather Observations.

The following are the observations OF
the Agricultural Department Weather
Bureau for yesterday, February 16, taken
at p. M. 10Th meridian time, the OBJ
servations for each station being given in
this order: Temperature. direction of
the wind, state of the weather:
Boston, 800, NV, snow; New York, 36o,
NV clear; Philadelphia, 40, N, clear;
Washington, $50, N, clear; Albany, 30o.
NV, cloudy; Buffalo, 1S0, NV,
cloudy; Detroit, 22o. NE, clear; Chicago,
24o, NE, clear; St. Paul, 1872, NE, clear;
St. Vincent, 28o, Sc, cloudy; Huron,
OAK, 1872 Sc. clear; Bismarck, 20o, S,
cloudy; Jacksonville, 70o, w, clear.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-17
THE STEAMER CHESTER
Puts in at Halifax Disabled After stormy
Passage.
1Speclal to the Press

HALIFAX, N. S., February 1G.-Steam-
er Chester, twenty days from Rotterdam,
bound to New York, put in with parts Of
machinery and propeller disabled. Very
heavy weather was met with crossing the
ocean. Seas ran higher than ever before
witnessed and gales of sudden violence
succeeded one another for several days.
The decks were washed and swept of all
movable things. She was struck by a
mountainous wave which hit her aft.
lifting her stern Iup and damaging the
propeller. The steamer was also short
of coal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-17

Harvard, Hon. Robert Treat Paine, Bos-
ton, as o committee appointed to receive
funds for the erection of proposed me-
mortal building at Harvard, in memory
of the late Bishop Brooks, have issued a
formal appeal to the public. The sum
hoped to be raised is $1,000 Subscrip-
tions may be sent to President Eliot, or
Edwin Fl. Abbott, Cambridge, or either
of the above committee.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-17
THE WEATHER.
Fair and Colder.

WARRINGTON, February 16-For New
England for Friday; Fair; colder; north
easterly winds; probably snow Friday
night or Saturday. Signals displayed at
Woods Hol] and Narragansett sections.
Boston, February 16.-Local forecast
for New England for Friday: Generally
fair; colder during morning; northerly
winds; probably snow or rain Saturday.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-17
The Pettigrew Pulled Off. s.

LEwEs, DEL, February 1e.-Schoonor
R. E. Pettigrew, Boston for Norfolk,
which went ashore ON Pope's Island,
Va, was pulled off last night and towed
to Norfolk, Va.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-17
THAT KANSAS IMBROGLIO.
Sheriff Of Shawnee County Orders
Governor to Disband Militia.
LEWELLING PREPARING TO GET
DOWN FROM HIS HIGH HORSE.

Republicans Provisioned For a siege--But
1t Is Raised by the Populists-Proposi-
tions and Counter Propositions Sub
mitted.
WICHITA, Kan, February 16.-Last
night Garfield Post, G. A. r., held an
open meeting, which was attended by
hosts of citizens and at which resolutions
were adopted. condemning the action of
Governor Lewelling and offering their
assistance to Speaker George l..
Douglass, and his fellow members of the
legislature. Representatives of the Sons
of Veterans announced the readiness of
that organization to defend the Republi-
cans. Q
TOPEKA, Kan, February 16.--The
sheriff of this county has issued a pro-
clamation declaring that he is the peace
officer of Shawnee county and notifying
the governor that he must disband the
militia force at the capitol building. The
sheriff has 200 armed deputies who will
march to the state house this forenoon.
Battery A, of the first regiment from
Wichita AZ strong, early this morning
was put on duty at the principal APP
proach to the capital. They have with
them a Gatling gun and splendid sup
ply of ammunition. Battery B, of
Topeka, Is men, under the command of
Lieutenant Parker, guards the state
arsenal on the square.
Business is depressed and there are
more school children about the streets
near the state buildings than in the
school houses. The hotel corridors are
swarming with men from many parts of
the state.
The troops ale composed of decided
majority of Republicans and are. to say
the least, lukewarm in the performance
of their duties. The example set for
obey the Governors orders to eject the
Republicans from Representative hall,
has had decidedly demoralizing effect.
The adiutant general issued an order
that no provisions should be allowed to
be taken into the hall by any meaas
whatever. Friends from the outside
took well filed baskets of provisions to
the capitol and the guards on duty al
lowed them to be drawn into the hall by
means of ropes.
The Wichita battery even went so far
as to allow their Gatling gun to be placed
in such a position as to be in no condi-
tion for use. An examination of the
piece showed that very essential part
of it's mechanism had been removed,
rendering it entirely useless.
TOPEKA, February 16.-The Populists
have practically abandoned the field.
They met at noon in the basement of the
Capitol, and decided to make nofurther,
attempt to gain an entrance to Represen-
tatiyeS' Hall
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-17
ESTABLISHED JUNE 2s, 1se2--voL 81.
THIS MORNINGS NEWS.

Page 1.
Weather indications.
General telegraph news.
Page 2.
Legislature proceedings.
Page 8.
A "Portrait Talk
Great times for the little ones.
Page4.
Editorials
New publications.
Odds and ends.
Pages.
Music and drama.
Deaths and marriages.
Maine towns.
City of Deering news.
Page 6.
Wit and Wisdom.
Spring millinery.
Poem: The snow storm.
Page Z.
Financial and Commercial.
Marine News.
Page 8.
Personal.
Brief Jottings.
Meeting of Good Templars.
Special meeting of the city government.
Annual meeting of the Atkinson Company.
The Portland linited' trains q grand success.
Sad shooting accident at Ogunquit.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-17
memorial to Bishop Brooks.

BosroN, February 16.-Rev. Andrew
P. Peabody and Prof. George Fl. Palmer,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-17
Lewelling Makes Proposition.

Topeka, Kas., February 16.-At 2
o'clock, F. J. Close, Gov. Lewelling's
private secretary, appeared in the hall.
After brief address expressing hope
the trouble might be adjusted amicably,
he read the following proposition from
the governor, that in the interest of
peace and harmony, he will withdraw
the state militia and not allow the Re-
publican house or employees to be inter-
fered with by the Populists, provided all
proceedings commenced by the Repub-
licans arising from the arrest of Ben G.
Rich be dropped, that the Populist mem
bers and employees be not disturbed by
arrest and that the sheriff of Shawnee
county discharge his deputies and not
try to interfere with the acts of the Pop
ulists and state officials, including the
militia; this agreement to continue in
force until the close of the present ses-
sion of the legislature.
Counter Proposition by the Republicans.
The proposition presented by Governor
Lewelling to the Republican House to-
day was discussed by the latter at length.
Finally counter proposition to the
Governor was adopted. 1t provides the
chief clerks of the rival houses both
be arrested for contempt and the cases
submitted, by the habeas corpus pro
ceedings, to the Supreme Court Tor deci-
sion. The agreement is to be ratified by
the signatures of Speakers Douglas and
Dunsmore and the Governor.
This proposition was submitted to the
Governor. who said he would not give an
answer until tomorrow morning, as he
wished to consult the attorney general.
In the meantime he promised that the
Republicans should not be molested.
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Continued on Second Page.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-17
DOW & PINKHAM, Agent
35 Exchange S., Portland.
OTHER AGENTS IN GLlMBERl AND cnIIHry

George u. wight, BridgtOn
Thomas III. Riley, Brunswick
John C. Kendall, Freeport
H. Il. MiI1etf. Gorham
Mrs q. A. stock bridge, XarMouthyillo
tana@ MW&Reatf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-17
The Governors Bluff is No Good.

At IL the Governor sent message to
the House stating he would give members
15 minutes to vacate the hall, warning
them that failure to vacate would force
him 10 eject them at the point of the
bayonet The Republicans received the
MASSAGE with derisive laughter and took
no action upon it. They at once doubled
the guards in the corridors and at the
doors of the House and waited expect
antly to receive the attack. An hour
passed and no troops appeared. Then
the Republicans settled down to routine
business. AT noon wagon load of pro-
visions was delivered to the Republicans.
Speaker Douglass stated the House was
now provisioned for two days.
Great excitement was caused at noon
by announcement of a sheriff in the lobby
that he had received word from Lawrence
that an armed party of sixty men had left
there for Topeka to aid the Populists.
The sheriff, addressing the members of
his posse, informed them of the informa-
ton he received. and ordered all those
armed to fall in and accompany him to
the station. There he said he proposed
to demand Of the invading party that
they lay down their arms. In the event
of their refusing to do SO the sheriff said
he should be obliged to arrest and dis
arm them. The sheriff, accompanied by
200 men, marched to the railway station,
followed by a great crowd. When the
Lawrence train arrived, 60 men were
aboard, but carried no arms, so the sher-
iff had nothing to do.
Lewelling Makes Proposition.
TnpEKa KaS Fahr11arv ia .
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-21
sullivan Making Enemies.

Sporting men are at loss to under stand John l.. Sullivan's sudden friend ship for Charley Mitchell. They arc also puzzled over the eN-champiou's actions in introducing Mitchell to his audience in lIavlin's thcatcr, St. Louis, and making this remarkable state mcnt: "In this coming meeting my synpathics are with him (MitchelD for, as a sporting man, l don't think Mir. Corbett is on the level" Tho only way they can account for Sullivan's change of base Is to ascribc it to the big fcl- lows dislike for Corbctt and Sullivan's aversion to being looked down upon as a 'back number" They believe that the Bostonian cannot realize that his position in the sporting world is entire ly different from what it ever was be- fore and that he imagines he should b, just as prominent in the matter of mall ing matches for the championship as when he wore the pugilistic crown.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-21

steamer Mary Garratt, running t. Stockton. In 1880 he3 left the steamer, telling his friends that he had made considerable money in Bodie mining stocks, and that he could make more money on Pine street than in steam boating.
 Rippcy claims that he was worth S3O, 900 at that time, but those who know him well say that he never had over 5000 after his arrival in this city Soon after be left the steamboat Rippey became loungcr about the stock boards and worthless man.
 For two years past he has lived at 1920 Powell street in very poor lodgings and for several months he has been un- able to pay for his board and room. The landlady, Mrs. Daly, allowed him to stay out of her kindness of heart, be ing unwilling to turn him into the street. He was almost without cloth ing and so poor that he always objected to having anyone enter his chamber, prefcrrIng to do his work himself tC having the women of the house see him in his poverty. Nearly all of his cloth. ing found it's way into pawnshops.
 Macllay continues to improve. His asSailant is at present in q critical con litiOn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-21
A KneellnE Nation.

The Japanese may be described ap- propriately as the kneeling nation, since they do almost everything on their knees that we do sitting or standing. Whenever a guest, be he native or for eign, arrives at the inn, the host and his wife and all the servant girls drop on their knees simultaneously and lower their heads till the nose almost touches the floor. The same is done when he leaves the inn. In this respect Japan has not changed, except in few large hotels in Tol1io, Nikko, Kio:o, and other cities which are kept by Japanese proprietors almost exclusively for for eigners, since few natives are able or willing to pay twelve shilllngs to fifteen shillings day, when they can be com fortably housed and fed in Q genuine Japanese inn for about four shillings. In such m inn, again, it would be con- sldered q great breach of etiquette If the servant girl, on being called to n guests room by clapping the hands, did not get down on her knees before inquiring what is wanted. Yankee Blade.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-21
Ratio of the Sexes in Fishes.

That noted piscatorial authority, Dr. Fulton, of the royal Scottish fishery board, has for years been devoting his spare time to nscertaining, as far as possible, the ratio of sexes in fishes. Since the time of Cuvier no other man has devoted as much time to the special study of this curious subject, therefore it is doubtful If any living naturalist has acquired as much valuable in formation on the subject as this cccen- trio genius, who devotes weeks of each year to making thorough investigation in the line of his hobby. By way of a general summary he has at last de clared that female fish of all species arc considerably moro numerous than males, with two single exceptions (and these not certain), tho ''angler" and the catfish. Among that class of fishes known to experts as "flat-fshes" the proportion of females to males is as three to one in tho founder anl ns twelve to one in the "dab." Among the "round-fishes" the proportion is from three to two in the cod to nine to two in the common gurnard. In ths point of size the female is larger by thirty per cent. in all the flat-fishes. In the cod, haddocls, angler and catfish tho males are always decidedly the largest.-Philadelph Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-21
An Old Tale as Good as Now.

The Penobscot Indians have been peaceable, so far as the whites are con- cerned, ever since the settlers in the valley became anywhere numerous. But there was time when the cabins of the English were few and far be- tween, when the red man made pretty free with his white neighbor. One tra- dition of the Pcnobscot valley is that one day an Indian came to settlers log house and demanded a breakfast. The settler was away from home, and his wife, not daring to refuse, set out the food on table in the corner of the room. Before the intruder could cat, another Indian came in and the two quarrelcd as to which should do the eating. While they wrestlcd and strug- gled and rolled on the floor a third In dian. who slipped in when the fight be gan, sat calmly eating up what they were quarreling over, and to such good purpose that when they got through, nothing was left. It was an aboriginal application of the fable of ''thc lion, the bear and the fox" wherein the two for
 mer fought merely to give a rogue Q characterization Evening Journal.