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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-18

pay its depositors or redeem its bills.
according to contract, nobody wants
| redcmption: the promise to pay is as
good as the pay itself. but the minute
the individual or the bank, or the
United states government is short of
funds, every creditor wants his pay.
Every period of tariff reform that we
have had in this country has been ac-
cnmpanied by financial difficulties, an
empty treasury. and disaster to our in
dustries The reduction of the tariff
in 1888 was accompanied by the des-
truction of the United States bank and
produced the panic of 1887. The act of
1916 was accompanied by irredeemable
state tank notes and produced the
panic of 1858. In 1857 tariff reform was
accompanied by wildcat money of the
West and produced the panic of that
year. The reduction of our tariff in
1873 was accompanied by our trouble
some greenback and produced the dis
tress of that year, which the most OF
US remember. And in 1898. on the en-
actment of the Wilson bill. the silver
dollar certificate rose up as its accom-
panElns nuisance. the effects of which
we have not yet recovered from.
-sitit 'dih dDout money as though ii was
d thlng created by law. We have had
three monetary conferences with the
principe countries of Europe. in rs. 81
ana ", where men have tried to make
SILVER and gold alike. Every instance OF
wnich mas produced a failure. They are
no more alike than potato and
peich. But to make them of the same
value by law is impossible The leading
countries of the world have said not by
law. but by fact that gold is the thing to
* W
wants. 1t is the most difficult to obtain.
ana the principal countries of the world
Following these natural laws. have said
that It should be the basis and measure
of value.
Prior to the passage of the Wilson bill
England was obliged to sell her manu-
featured goods largely to the silver-pro-
ducing and silver-paying countries Of
the world. and was obliged to pay us a
balance of trade in gold. We had Eng
land once just where we wanted her. and
Continued on page q 49,.
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BITS OF MAINE NEWS.

Lewiston has given the bridge con
tract to the EdgemOor Bridge Co. of
Wilmington Del. for S45.940. The time
limit is Aug. 4. 1896.
City Marshal Harmon of Biddeford
Friday. notified all owners of nickel-in-
the-slot gambling machines that such de-
vices must be removed Immediately. A
Biddeford man. who had played d losing
game on one of these machines entered
IA complaint, which was the basis of the
marshals order.
Scott Greenleaf and Henry Hatch OF
Bath. convicted Thursday. of arson in
the Sagadahoc supreme court at Bath
will not be sentenced at this term their
counsel. Friday. having filed motion in
arrest of judgment. which the court over
ruled, and to the courts ruling counsel
took exceptions which were allowed Re
spondcnts were placed under $500 each.
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HOLMES SEEKS RELIGION.
He Is Baptised in Roman Catholic Faith
Appears Resigned 10 His Fate.

Philadelphia. April 17.-H II. Holmes
the murderer. was admitted to the Ro-
man Catholic faith through the rites
Of baptism, at the county prison, yes
tcrday. The condemned man went
through the service solemnly. Fathe,
Daley states that Holmes was to all
appearances sincere in his professions
of repentance and he is apparently re-
signed to his execution. which will take
place, Nav l.
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Maine Pensions.

Washington, April 1.-THE following
Maine residents have been granted
pensions:
Increase. Francis \. Shaw. Belfast
George W. Roberts. Old Town; Martin
Brewer, Boothbay Harkor. Reissue,
George w. BurdinS, South Thomaston.
Original widows, Esther J. Charles.
South Snthfield; Elmira J. Day. Den
mark: Julia f. Thornton. Fairfield
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Lumbermen will Read This With Interest.

Bangor. April LIN the case of c. F.
Palmer VS.. Penobscot LAUNDERING Asso-
citation a case of much interest to lum-
bermen. the jury in the supreme court.
this evening. returned verdict of $3.50. o2
damages for the plaintiff for alleged neg
ligence of the defendant in rafting logs.
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WASHINGTON Forecast.

Washington. April l7.-Forccast for
Saturday For New England. threatcnn.
light rain; cooler in the interior; castcrly
winds. becoming variable.
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Fairfield Temporary Bridge Gone.

Fairfield. April 17.-(SpeciaD.-The re-
mainder of the temporary bridge between
Fairfield and Benton was carried away
last night. by the freshet. The damage
is ahOut $500
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FAIR AND WARMER.

Boston, April l1.-Forccast for Sa:ur-
day FAIR warmer, Saturday night; east
ealr changing to southerly winds.
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We CAN PROVE IT,

and figures DOM lie. We are actually selling
you dollar pre- operations for seventy-iive cents.
HOW can you earn money easier? Perhaps you
may want some preparations not on the list,
write us and well send you our price-lst. We
can give you prices that Will astonish you.
Look Oyer the LIST haln.u
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John Stetson Dead.

Boston. April lS.-John Stetson. the we'll
known theatrical manager died shortly
after / A. NJ.
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Wepay special attention to all orders by
mail. orders shipped the same day received.
II you are in doubt about the price of anything
not given above write us.
ALFRED 8. HUTCHINSON.
Reliable Registered Druggist 10 Water ST.
Next Door TO Post Office, Hallowell, Maine.
febieod3mo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-18

Accommodation afforded parties needing
Furniture, Pianos, BICYCLES, Watches. Dia-
monds. Can be repaid in install mt MT
Business Confidential.
THE COLLATERAL LOAN COMPANY.
PIC Water St..opp. Cony House. Augusta.
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For Your Protection

we positively state that
this remedy does not con-
tain mercuryur any other
injurious drug.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-18

ECY'S
CIR Fam BAL
Cleanses the Nasal Pas
sages, Allays Intlamma-
ton, Heals the Sores. Pro-
tects the Membrane from
Colds, Restores the Senses
~ To - a aud Small
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-20

business streets, in the vicinity
of great business institutions,
the fostering vice Of a great metropo
lis For what hidden purpose we do
not know, and only whispering suspi
cion indicates, this measure has been
so far executed that shamelessness
fiaunts itself openly in the daily
presence of innocence and modesty.
Those who are insulted and outraged
protest, thus far in vain, to the powers
that be; who have, of their own mo-
tion and for motives that one can only
guess, ,decreed that a part of business
street shall be dedicated henceforth to
social infamy This is the business in
which the conservators of public order
arc engaged, while men struggling
with weakness and pain are arrested
for drunkenness and locked up to die.
There have been public uprisings for
less crimes than this in many city of
the land. We desire to hold up to the
scorn and execration of the decent peo-
pie of ST. Paul the petty sordid, huck
stering spirit, mingled with the cal
lousness of political appetite, which
have wrought together to bring the ad-
ministration Of our city into such an
abyss of disrepute
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-20
TROUBLE IN THE CAMP.

Mr.. Dana, in his unmasked char
acter as a typical Republican, is likely
to prove as much an irritant as he
was while wearing the garb of Demo-
crat. There Is a decided conflict Of
opinion between him and several en-
inent and prominent gentlemen in his
party. Mr.. Dana is so habituated to
speaking his mind, regardless of the
feelings of others or Of political con-
sequences, that neither the strict dis
cipline of the Republican party nor the
masterful mind of Mr. Hanna will be
able to make him an assistant in this
solemn farce the Republicans and the
trusts are playing for the benefit of
both and the befoolment Of the public.
Beginning in a paragraph the Sun en-
larges to editorials and, commenting
on Governor-Mayor Pingrees state
ment that Mr.. Mckinley is quite of his
own mind on the subject of trusts, it
stoutly AYERS that Mr. Mckinley would
no more think of fighting trusts than
he would Of waging war on checks
and promissory notes or amy other COM
mercial necessity or convenience
I We find evidence Of approaching dis
tturbance in the Republican camp in
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-20

the antipodal opinion Of that other en-
inent exponent of Republican policies,
our esteemed contemporary, the Pioneer
Press. 1t also has its comment upon
the report the Michigan governor
mayor gives of his mission to Canton
and conference with the president-eIect
upon the vital topic of trusts. 1t cor
daily agrees with the free coinage gov
ernor-elect and the whilom free coinage
president-elect as to these competition
stifiers So far from agreeing with it's
brother Dana that they are a "com-
mercial necessity or convenience" or
that they are a natural outgrowth of
a demand for scientific and economical
methods of carrying on great bust
nesses, and q mo more harmful
than partnerships are,' our neigh
Dor defines them as "monopo-
listic organizations which would
curtail the openings of enter
prise and levy unhallowed tribute on
our industries"
1t thus becomes painfully apparent
that there is an irrepressible conflict Of
opinion between these two eminent ex-
ponents and expounders of Republican,
ism that is almost sure to result in a
collision of their vituperatives. We can
not imagine our contemporary submit
ting in meekness to Mr. Dana's char
acterization of those who hold opinions
of trusts similar to that expressed by
the Pioneer Press. He "does not be-
lieve for moment" that Mr.. Mckinley
is among those who have been duped
by the demagogues and knaves'' into
hostility to trusts This leaves our
nelghbor, in the Suns judgment, to be
classified either as a gullsble sort of
Journal, easily duped by the knavish,
which offers grievous insult to it's sag
aclty, or, what is worse, as one of the
demagogues or the knaves. We put
1t in the distinctive although Mr. Dana
evidently regards them as Identical
But we leave any bubble about terms
to the larger question about trusts and
the character of those who espouse or
denounce them! Meanwhile we will
search from some safe point of obser-
walton whence we can view the con-
fiict that is sure to come when these
two Republicans lock horns.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-20
AT THE THEATERS.

The annual engagement of Sol Smith Rus
sell, which will begin Monday evening at the
Metropolitan opera house, has been for years
one of the events that call sout not only
the regular theater-goers, but Others who pay
rare and periodical visits to the theater. He
has a personality that accounts to large
sell and his company will be seen in a new
comedy by Martha Norton entitled "A
Bachelors Romanee." 1t is described as be-
ing witty and natural.
The Al G. Field Minstres and "Utopia" will
be the attraction offered at the Metropolitan
opera house commencing with a Thanksgfv-
ing day matinee. This is claimed to be the
greatest minstrel company travelling en-
bracing, as it does, seventy of the most prom
inent minstrel stars of the day; while the
most novel and sensational American and
European speciality acts have been secured
for the olio.
In "A Yenuine Yentleman" at the Grand
Mr.. Heege presents an ideal impersonation
of the Swedish character. He confines his
work to legitimate lines and his characteri-
cation is marked by an entire absence of
horseplay Tomorrow at 2:30 popular priced
matinee will be given.
''Saved from the Sea- which will be pre-
sented at the Grand next week, is drama
now approaching it's twelfth months run at
the Princess theater, London, and received
its initial American production under Will
lam Calder's supervision at the Bowdoin
Square theater, Boston, December last.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-20
Urgent Need Of the Navy Pointed
Out by Melville


WASHINGTON Nov. 19.-The report
OF Commodore Melville, chief engineer
Of the navy, made public today, gives
detailed statement of the condition
of all warships SO far as their machin-
cry and mechanical apparatus are con-
cerned. AS q whole. it shows that all
the modern ships are in good condition
except In a few minor instances. in
which machinery Is being overhauled.
The old time ships are as usual reported
as antiquated, but most of them are
said to be serviceable, considering their
age.
The bureau has expended $675, ,O96 dur
Ing the past year. The New York navy
yard has done the largest quota of work
the expenditures on vessels being
$S46,S27 and the yard expenses $3.50, ,537.
The Norfolk navy yard disbursed
$122,32O on vessels and $49,471 on the
yard. The Boston navy yard spent
$6O2 on vessels and $10,015 on the ward.
The Mare Island, California, yard dis
Z bursed $123,362 on vessels and $50, ,451
on the yard.
Commodore Melville points out in clos
ing that large number of valuable
engineers have been retiring during the
year for physical disability, owing to
the heavy strain on this branch of
work, and an increase of the force is
urgently recommended. He says "The
personal element is one which must
enter largely into the result of any
naval engagement, and If we had the
most powerful and the swiftest navy
afloat, it would be valueless to us in
time of war if we have not sufficient
number Of trained men to see that the
machinery of this fleet is in condition
good enough to keep it in going in act
ion. The guns will be poWerless with
out the machinery, and other things
being equal, that fleet will give the
best account Of itself which has the
best equipment of trained men in the
engine room as we'll as at the guns.
To sacrifice the one is merely inviting
disaster to the whole"
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-20
CUBAN AMAZON.
Niece of the Insurgent Leader Gar
ella Captured.

HAVANA, Nov. ia dispatch from
San Antonio de Los Banos announces
the arrest of a Cuban amazon Juana
Garcia, a woman Of great bravery, a
fine equestrian and niece of the cele-
brated insurgent leaders Garcia and
Fundosa. She was armed, had a guam
tity of cartridges and had been assist
ing the insurgents.
Near Muera Melena, this province, the
insurgents have derailed a military
train on board of which was Cen
Munosa, who as already cabled, is on
the sick list. The rails were lifted and
the train was fired upon, but without
result. News is received that the in
surgent Serafin Zanchez at the head Of
1000 followers made an Intellectual at
tempt to capture the village of Condado
He sent a demand that the town should
surrender and that the families in it
should take their departure, as in the
case of the refusal to surrender, he in
tended to lombard it. Some families
went into the country while the rest
took refuge in the factories of the town.
By using a dynamite gun the garrison
compelled the insurgents to retreat to
the great enthusiasm of the household
ers and of the small garrison of seventy
men. The insurgents in the course of
their retreat burned all the country
dwellings, along the way and thousands
of tons of cane.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-20
A REFoRMAToRY FOR WOMEN

The paper read yesterday by DR..
Helen w. Bissell before the state con-
ference Of charities and corrections at
Red Wing deals with a very important
subject, and one which ordinary hui
manity. as well as scientific penology,
forces upon the attention OF the legis-
lature at an early day. This is the pro-
vision by the state Of an institution to
which women may be sent who have
made themselves liable to some penalty
Of the law. In the past, the admira-
BILE work Of caring for such offenders
and Of leading them pack to forsaken
ways has been carried on by private
initiative, either charitable or relig-
ious. Our courts have held that the
judges may not commit a prisoner to
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-20

such an institution; but that where
the state Furnishes, the state must take
charge of executing it's sentence This
lays upon us all an obligation. BY the
declaration of the laws that we our
selves have made and the constitution
that we have framed we are bound to
provide an institution for the care and
reformation of women offenders. Coun-
ty jails and warehouses are not fit
places for them. Still less so is a state
penitentiary 1t will be to our everlast-
ing shame, as we'll as to our social det-
riment, If we permit this claim to so
unregarded.
DR.. Bissell has sketched the outline of
what such an institution should be. If
we discard sentiment and come to face
the facts as they are, all the fine-spun
theories about the identity of the sexes
in their place in life vanish like the
filaments, Of imagination that they are,
and we see the necessity imposed by
nature herself of different treatment
duty of the state seems to us to be too
plain to admit Of argument We must
have a reformatory for women in Min
nesota. Fortunately, it needs no great
expenditure of money. Massive walls
and armed sentries are not a part of it.
All that we have to do is to secure a
suitable tract of land within easy reach
of the large cities, and construct there
the cottages for residences and the
modest edifices for such occupations as
women can pursue. A few matrons and
assistants can officer the whole, and
the cost of construction and of mainte-
nance will be but a trifie The institu-
ton itself will save from degradation
and ruin many a woman who has
stepped astray, as well as assist in
the enforcement of sentences which,
as DR.. BisselI points out, are now too
often suspended, regardless Of alb
stract justice, rather than to commit
women prisoners to the only places
open to them. 1t will not be to the
| honor of Minnesota if another legisIa-
tive session passes without adding to
the roll of our admirable correctional
institutions reformatory for women.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-20
LEAVE 1T OUT.

We suggest to the honorable common
means Of saving much waste of time
and breath, that it omit from the spec
if1cations of the garbage contract of
the coming year the penalty clause
and the requirement of a bond for
performance Of the obligation entered
into. This has proved to be
useless formality. We do not approve
of laws that are never executed, and
conditions that are never observed.
We see no reason why the precious
time Of the noteworthy gentlemen who
occupy the council chamber and the
eminent statesman in the mayors Of
fee should be consumed in consider
ing details that are not intended to be
Of any practical force or effect The
experience Of more than two years has
now demonstrated that there is no
person in st. Paul, except perhaps the
health commissioner, who has an idea
that the collection Of garbage amounts
to anything except a pleasing method
of permitting favored individuals to
draw comfortable stipends from the
city treasury. The consideration which
they give for this is a matter for them
to settle themselves. If they please
to collect more or less city refuse we'll
and good. If they do not equally we'll
and good. If they want to haul it out
side Of the city limits, they are allowed
to do so. If they want to dump it in
side, there is no response but an un-
availing kick. The householder who
complains that he pays for a service
that is not rendered Is laughed to
scorn as a tenderfoot for imagining
that he has any rights in the premises
The proposition that contractors are
not bound TO perform their engage
ments has been thoroughly established
The principle that when an individual
or firm gives a penalty bond to the
city the signers of that bond are in no
way liable, and are never to be called
| upon to make good any dereliction, has
been affirmed and reaff1rmed. All this
| being now matter of common knowl-
edge, under seal of the official approval
of the common council and the mayor
of ST. Paul, why not recognize it in the
| garbage contract? Why any longer
put up the foolish pretense that a
service is to be rendered and certain
! compensation paid therefor and that
somebody is to be held liable for non
performance of promises? Nobody is
| to be fooled any longer. The prece-
| dent has been established and con-
firmed repeatedly. Let the council now
call for bids for the removal of gar
bage throughout the city of st. Paul
during the year 1897. Let it permit the
bidders to name all their own condi-
! tons and make their own terms, and
assure them by due public advertise
ment that their bills will be approved
and paid whether they do any work
at all or not. That being the happy
rule which has governed the execution
Of garbage contracts in the past, let our
officials say SO plainly for the future
and have done with absurd pretenses.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-20
FARRELL AND MRS. WEST.
One Is Arrested and the Other Seeks
Shelter.

M. F. Farrell, ffty-two years old, was ar
rested last evening by Detectives Gruber and
Murnane on a charge of larceny. Farrell
had with him when taken in custody several
pieces of harness. The detectives claim that
Farrell is the party who about a month ago
carried off a $50 harness from Allen & Co. s
livery barn. Shortly after Farrell had been
locked up woman answering to the name
of Mrs. West called, at, the station and re-
quested lodgings for the night She claimed
that Farrell and she had been living at a
lodging house on jackson street, but, owing
to the rent not being paid, she had been
turned out. She said she had no place to
go, and was given quarters for the night
in the female ward. Farrell about ten years
ago was in the saloon business in the north
ern part of the state.i While on a visit to
st. Paul at that time he had fight in the
Olympic theater on Seventh street, in which
Farrell claimed to have been robbed of 81, 900
worth of diamonds which adorned various
parts of his raiment befpre the fight started.
For the past few years Farrell has been
playing in hard luck.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-20
TAKEN TO ANOTHER CITY.
Michael Ryder Accused of Passing
Forged Checks.

Michael Ryder was arrested yesterday by
Detectives DAILY and Sweeney at the request
of Minneapolis officers. Ryder, who was
formerly hackman, but has been out of the
city for the past nine months was taken to
Minneapolis last evening by Detective Nor
risey. Ryder is charged with having passed
two forged checks on Fred Woods, proprietor
of the Gem hotel, Minneapolis, in February
last The first check was for $780, and was
made payable to Merrill Ryder, Of st. Paul
back and received the money. The second
check was for $25, and purported to be signed
by John Whalen, a business man on First
avenue south, Minneapolis. Both checks were
afterwards found to be forgeries. Ryder re-
fused to talk about the case.