davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun., 1896-12-10

cIark; 100; Haniey: 1885 wright. 1885, coImann.
1fp: f. Runson. 1877. Total i.6i1.
Palma CluD-smith, las; Hanseil, lp7: Durrie.
l4o; Buber. l2o: Pearson. 1888: GARDNER, 1851
Total, 1,47S.
The sun., 1896-12-10
Third UAMI

ST. Francis de sales-Rodier. l48; Schafcr lB5i Do
Lacy. ~; ] n"IonHran; lssi lowing, l2a,,, Total 7Ot
o,ronnor' 1917; j. hecoIe. lei; Doyle. l43. Total
The sun., 1896-12-10

East New York corrgan, 1873; Senior, 1lo: Moore
13t; Englc, li6; Earle. l7T. Total. 7l8.
Palm-woolley, l41; Pnster l0l; MuiiIn. IO7; Ger
son, l2S; Sims %. Total, go.
The sun., 1896-12-10

The third game of the Brooklyn Royal Arcanuu,
The scores:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-05
THE MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN.

The calling OF the Republican oaucuses
for the selection of candidate for mayor
aud for ward officers will remind our citi-
gens that we are on the eve of another
municipal election. In mary respects
our city elections are the most important
that we have to deal with They are
more intimately associated with our well
fare than either state or national. What
our municipal officers are and what they
do, whether their administration of pub
lie affairs is wise and prudent, whether
it is progressive, looking to the future as
well as to the present, or the reverse of
these things, more vitality affects the aver
age citizen of Portland than do the acts
of Congress or our State legislature.
These things being SO, it follows that we
should be specially interested in our city
elertioDs-interested enough to go to
the caucuses and there assist in the S.
lection of candidates.
1t need not be said that we cannot ex-
rest a satisfactory and successful admin
istration of public affairs, any more than
we can of private business, unless the
men into whose hands they are com.
mitted are competent and capable. There.
fore unless we select the right kind q
men We shall not get the right kind oil
government Almost all the short com
ings of our municipal administration are
the result OF failure Or Indifferent SUCCESS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-05

Senator Foraker of Ohio has delivered
himself on the Presidential question,
and curious deliveranoe it is. Here 1t
is as published in the Times-Star of Gin
cinnati:
$50 far as 1 am personally concerned,
desire to have, anything whatever to do
with the management of Gov. McKin-
ley's campaign. But | am willing to do,
and am anxious to do, all in my power
to secure for him the enthusiastic sup
port Of our state delegation. l do not
propose, however. to put myself in any
attitude of being cruoifed again as
was in 1883. when, Notwithstanding the
fact that | supported John Sherman
with the utmost fidelity, and as it has
come to be known, at great sacrifice, l
had for my reward only charges and in
situations of infidelity, treachery, and
so on. Nobody has right to expect Of
me or to require of me anything of the
kind, and I shall not subject myself to
liability TO any suoh disagreeable ex-
perience to accommodate anybody"
This seems to signify, as Ear as we can
interpret at this distance, that Foraker
is not going to permit himself to be put
in a position where he can be charged
with DESERVING McKinIey-that, is he does
not intend to be delegate to the nation
al convention. We imagine this is not
the kind and degree Of enthusiastic
support" Mckinley would like to have
from him and his following in the sJate
which is large.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-05
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS
AND
MAINE STATE PRESS.

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ates
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"A Square" is space of the width of a col
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-05
THE PRESS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 6.

The substitution of a free coinage bill
for the tariff bill by the Senate finance
committee indicates that the majority
of that committee have made up their
minds to block all important legisla-
ton by interposing free coinage bill.
Because the House will not assent to free
coinage this committee decides that the
Senate will not assent to anything. 1t
is about as unpatriotic course as can be
conceived of and ought to bring down
upon the heads of the men who have
concocted it the severest condemnation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-05

The Rockland Star claims that Port
land shipmaster is not the youngest cap
tain on the coast, on the ground that
Rookland has several shipmasters who
took command of vessels in their teens
and one, Capt Gilbert, who has been
master since he was 49,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-05

SpRINaFIsLp, Mo. Aug. 18th. 1898.
Il can speak in the highest forms OF
your medicine from my own personal
knowledge. Twas affected witch hesrc
IS years, was treated by tho very best
physicians ana spent hundreds OF doh
lars, tried every known remedy with
out finding relief. Ihave only taken
one bottle Of your p. ?. P.s and can
cheerfully say It has done me more
good than anything have ever taken:
4 can recommend your medicine to ali
aufferers OF the above diseases.
MRS. NJ. NJ. WEARY.
Springfield. Green County No.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-05

Ex-President Harrison has been back
ing and filling so long that it is decided
ly restful to have definite and autho-
ritative announcement Of his intention.
There can no longer be any doubt as to
his purpose. He is out of the contest
for good and will not permit his name
to be presented to the convention. Though
he has always affirmed that he would
not make fight for the nomination, he
has permitted his friends to give the
country to understand that he would
not refuse it, if offered. What has inf1u-
enced him to abandon that passive atti.
tude is not known. The chief effect of
his withdrawal will be to release the In
diana delegation. He was not likely to
have any delegates anywhere else. AS
Indiana has no more favorite sons, it's
delegates are likely to be scattered among
other candidates, but who will get the
majority of them is uncertain.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-05

The Augusta post office has sent out an
average of II tons of newspaper mail a
day during the working days of the
month of January. This is 20 per cent
larger than has ever been sent in any one
month in the history of the office.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-05
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

Will Rumball Of Harrington, saw seven
foxes while out in the pasture land few
days since, one of which was silver
grey and one was black.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-05

Advices from Byron say that sufficient
capital to operate the gold mines of the
promising town has been obtained and
that spring will witness the beginning
of systematic and energetic. efforts in
this direction
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-05
NOTABLE PEOPLE.

Mrs. Anna r. Aspinwall. of Pittsburg,
who died in Scotland recently, left her en-
tire fortune, estimated at SS,opo~1, 70 the
hospitals of the Episcopal church IN Phiia-
delphia-
Gov Hastings, of Pennsylvania, who
has been in Hot Springs. Ark, for some
time, on account of Illness, has returned
TO Harrisburg, with his health fully re-
stored.
Ira D. Sankey is on his way to Los
Angeles, Cal. Assisted by George c. Steb-
bins, the singing evangelist, he will con-
duet two months series of meetings on
the Pacific coast
Among the presents sent by the sultan to
the car and cZaritsa was a piece or the
Holy Cross, a relic belonging 10 the nation,
which the sultan had no right to give away;
His other presents diamond STUDDED
cigarette case for tt car and diamond
necklace for the czaritsa, seem rather
worldly by its side.
Prof RaotIit, of Grenoble, has received
the biennial prize OF $4,000 from the Acade-
mie des Sciences for his discovery OF the
numerical ratio between the molecular
weight OF a substance and the difference
produced on the freezing point OF the liquid
that dissolves it, as well as on the expan-
sion OF the vapors or the liquid.
NJ Flammarion, in the course of expert
ments on the radiation OF spectrum colors.
has made some Interesting observations on
sensitive plants. Four plants sown the
same day and OF the same size were placed
the red. green and blue rays, the fourth
plant being under ordinary white glass. At
the end OF six weeks the red plant was
twice as high as any OF the Others, the
green came next; then the white.
while the blue had not grown the frac-
ton OF centfmeter. The red plant was
healthy, but abnormally nervous, curl
ing up at breath. The plant Kept under
white glass, exposed to the. ordinary sun
rays, though third in the order OF growth,
was vigorous and stout
TIE Boston Traveller has discovered the
grave of Gilbert Stuart, the famous paint
err, whose portrait OF Washingto ton is the
one mcst familiar 20 the world. The fig
ures mo. sl'' alone. incised on the upper
surface of the iron fence curbstone
which separates the old Central burying-
ground from the Boylston street walk IL,
Boston Common, are the only marks
above his resting place, which had been
lost sight of for more than half a CEN
fury. Stuart died. neglected and poor, at
the age of ~, and his body Vas placed In
the vault which had been built in that
sequentiy the precise location was lost.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-05
THE EAST AND IMMIGRATION.

The immigration Restriction League
with headquarters az Boston, has been
making some very thorough inyestiga-
tons as to the character Of the new ar
rivals from Europe. and comes 70 the con-
cluslon that the East should urge more
restrictive laws. for the reason that the
great ma jorfty of the undesirable class
remain I'm Eastern cities, while the better
class. which will in time make good body
OF citizens, moves on to the West and as
slsts In building UP the new country. An
examination by the league OF 100 inmi-
grants over Is years OF age arriving on
three different days IN December. 1885.
showed that while the average iliiteracy
OF the British. Germans and Scandfna-
vians was % in hundred. among the
Films, Russians, Hungarians. Gaiicians
and syrians the average iliiteracy was a
per cent. A study of the destination of
these immigrants developed the fact that
nine-tenths OF the races whose tlliteracy
IL very great remained on the Atlantic
seaboard. while only 10 per cent went west
OF Pennsylvania. and Of these only per
cent went west Of the Mississippi river.
Those races which would be little affect
ed by an educational test go west. while the
iiliterates remain In the crowded cities
and generally In the Sums 1t appears
from the report of the commissioner of
labor that the proportion OF those Of for
eign birth or parentage 10 the total popu-
lation In the Sums of Baltimore was n per
cent. in Chicago 90 per cent. in New York
s5 per cent. and in Philadelphia 81 per
cent. The figures for the foreign born
alone are correspondingly striking. 1t APP
pears from the same commits sioner' report
that Of every LOO aliens ~ were illiterate in
the Sums OF Baltimore. a. in Chicago. So in
New York and 81 In Philadelphia: and that
of every 100 OF these illiterate aliens there
were 81 males OF voting age in Baltimore,
II in Chicago. IS in New York and So in
Philadelphia. The East finds that its STAN
dard OF literacy Is declining and that the
large centers are being filed UP with the
refuse portion of the great hordes admit
ted under our existing laws. The immi-
grafton league. while IL would not exclude
any immigrants whose character and
standards fit them 10 become citizens, still
tons. and as a means thereto Ii advocates
the exclusion Of all persons between the
ages OF II and GO who cannot both read and
write the English language or some other
Iauguava
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-05
OUR CONsULS.

The National Board OF Trade at its re-
cent meeting recommended that the Unit
ed States consular service be completely
reorganized on the basis of merit and that
the system OF appointments and tenure
OF Office he 80 reconstructed as 10 bring il
up to such a standard as the business In
terests OF the country have long desired.
a thorough-going reform is demanded in
stead of any such halfway measure as
that OF President Cleveland. placing all
consulates OF which the salary does not
exceed s2.5oo under some sort OF civil serv-
ice rules. which are TO be loosely applied
by the state department. 1t is maintained
that only by sweeping reform can the
service be built up into a valuable and
competent branch Of the government.
IL is perhaps true that some radical
changes in the rules governing the con-
sular service would result in its improve
ment. but that the service is so worthless
and generally inefficient as is often
claimed is very far from the truth. 1t is a
fact. perhaps. that incompetent men have
been given consular positions and that
they have been no credit TO the country,
but 1t is unfair 10 Judge OF the entire serv-
ice by a few who have proved to be remiss.
The work OF the consular officers OF the
United States is. as a rule. very highly
spoken OF abroad, and in zeal. activity and
intelligence they compare very favorably
with those of other countries. Our con-
sular reports are conceded to be the best
I'm the world. II was only last year that
the British Association of Chambers of
Commerce addressed a circular letter to
the separate chambers throughout the
kingdom calling attention 10 the excellence
Of the reports OF the American consuls
and advising imitation. This was IN a
country the consular service OF which is
permanent and founded on a system OF
| merit. our consular service is not nearly
so inferior as some people paine II.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-05
The Weather in January.

The monthly meteorological summary
for the month of January, issued by q. N.
Salisbury, Of the local weather bureau.
gives the following data to show the citi-
Gems OF Seattle the KIND OF
weather they have been enjoy
ing during the past month. and con-
found any preconceived ideas they may
have on that subject. There have been but
two clear days. and six partly cloudy days.
the remainder being entirely cloudy. The
highest precipitation was on January s.
when IS inches fell. The total precipitation
was 7.0S inches. twenty-three days having
on inch or more. This total is heavier than
usual for January. as is shown by the hg-
ures for the month in other years, when
run from Isl inches TO 6f3 inches. The
average precipitation for this month for
six years is 4.s0 inches.
The mean temperature for that month
was a. making the average for the month
for the last six years 40. The prevailing
direction Of the wind has been south, ard
it reached its maximum velocity On Janu-
airy 20, when a southeast gale OF teirty
miles an hour vas noted. The mean at
mospheric pressure was 2.Ss. the highest
1851, occurring on January 2, and the low
est 29.1s. on January %. The mean tenn
perature was ~ degrees, the highest. 81 de-
grees, coming on January -. and the low
est, % degrees, on January Is.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-05
PERSONAL.

Albert S. Stein, an Everett merchant, is
at the Butler.
r E. Piclxrell, editor OF the North Bend
Searchiight, is in the city.
Eli Wilkin, a prominent citizen Of Fair
haven. is at the Northern.
William Bell, proprietor of Bells hotel,
Wenatchee. is at the Butler.
]. Fl. Suthoff and bride have returned
from their wedding trip to Portland
d. B. Edwards. deputy United States
marshal of Fairhaven, is at the Dfiler.
Capt. C. T. Bailey of Port Townsend. a
well-known boatman. Is at the Northern.
A. Zwicker a Portland boiler manufac-
turer and machinery dealer. Is at the But
Ter
Judge Henry Mcbride, Of Mount Vernon.
Is at the Butler. accompanied by Mrs.
Mcbride.
A. NJ. Miller, jr.. of New York, advance
agent of in Old Kentucky" Is at the
Northern.
p. ]. Smith, state dairy commissioner,
came down from Issaquah yesterday and
is at the Diller.
w. H. Richman. J. r. Fife and L. T.
Warner. jr., party from vancouver, D.
c., are at the Butler.
A u. Scroggy, general freight and pas
senger agent of the Seattle, Lake Shore e.
Eastern, spent yesterday In Tacoma.
Judge Sproat. OF Kootenai b. G, passed
through the city yesterday on MS way 10
Victoria, and stopped few hours at the
Butler.
J. Redelsheimer has written from San
Francisco 10 friends OF his here that ne
stopped few days at Portland ana viii
shortly visit Los Angeles. So far he finds
that business conditions here are equal TO
the places ne has visited. IL IS MS inten-
ton to go directly East from Los Angeles.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-05
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

TIE public is hereby warned not TO pay
any money 10 parties representing 10 %
agents OF the Seattle Posf-lntalsgencer.
~xcsn. The soI,owtng who are the only au-
fhorixed travelling agents OF the Post-In-
fsIligrcer. viz. J. A. Mcclellan, j. i.
Hayley and c. n. Peck This does not
snniv 70 resident agents Of this paper who
70 located IN various cities and towns In
the Northwest. nor to postn1asters. who
are In al cases authorized 70 take Sub.
errfpfions for the Daily. sunday and
Weskly posf-Intelligencer City collectors:
i A Csthrart. r r. HawIey, w. n.
Hanna and W w. Ewing.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-05
I.raAI. REFORMS.

The very excellent paper read by Jus
lice Brewer before the American Bar As
ISOLATION asst year upon the inefrectiveness
OF present legal processes IN American
practice has beea followed by an equally
timely address by Judge Harker, president
OF the Illinois State Bar Association. The
subject treated IS practically the same as
that discussed by Justice Brewer. namely.
the delays Of To- law. Judge Harker says
that We have increased the speed OF ell
kinds - motion except that Of law, That
does not move even as rapidly as II for
merly did Now. ia a houy contested case,
where The fees are sure. three years IL
not considered a long time for litigation in
the trlaI and appellate courts. when the
supreme court IS reached the case may
slumber far three years more. because OF
the congested condition ~ the docket.
While We are going backward. in En-
gland. from which we have drawn our best
legal Inspirations. they are advancing. In
ENGLAND the law has been 50 reformed that
Jarnayce ana JarnJyee Is a matter OF an
Gent history. Nowadays speed and cheap
ness eh&raoterixe the operation of the En-
Siish courts In che course Of his address
Judge Iiarker said; we are prone % look
upon the English as a very slow-going
people. when compared - ourselves. Put
an English PLAINTIFF. II hc have good case.
can rush the mos, rich ana Influential DE-
fendsnt through the Whole SYSTEM OF
courts. and cut 81 the court % last resort
with a speed that would take the breath
out e an American lawyer. \ case. COM
nenced ans tried withla the same nlonth.
will ran the course Of appeal and reach
1uagmen, IN the court q last reeort by the
end OF the second month. Three years Is
tho Illinois average"
TIE reason Ter ths. alrsrsacN I; IS
claimed. Is net hecause English tsdses are
ah,sr CT more bones; than eur own. bat BE-
cause they seek 70 80 complete toS,ice
speedily. and 60 rot decide cases on techEi-
calitiex. Cases ara not reversed On APPEAL
because OF an erroneous Instruction. % the
trial judge. or because q the admission g
dabioas tessimony. 81 Il appear. that sub
s,antiL righs las been S0ae. u TIRE cen
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-05
SEATTLE. WEDNESDAY, FEB.
HARRI,oN,s wIrHDRA WAL.

The announcement Of Gen. Harrison that
his name should not be used at ST. Louis
was evidently no surprise TO his friends.
IL transpires that he had already spoken
and written TO many Of them, stating ex-
piicltly that ne did not want the presiden-
tial Office and would not be a candidate
for the nomination The turn affairs took
in Republican councils in Indiana possibly
had something 10 do with the bringing
forth OF definite declaration from the ex-
president. AT the recent election for chair
man OF the Republican state committee Of
Indiana there were two candidates, f.. III.
Nebeker. former Harrison offiee-holder.
who represented the old followers OF the
ex-president. and John h. Gowdy. who has
been chairman for several years.
Gowdy. who won. professed 10 be for
Harrison II he was a candidate. but IL was
known that at heart he was more favor
able TO Mckinley. The committee. To be
sure. passed resolutions indorsing Gen.
Harrison. hu, they were not for Harrison
20 enthusiastically as the Harrison ex-
office-hoiders who had sought to get con-
troll Of the committee and failed. IL Is a
matter OF history now that the ex-presi-
dent had told his intimate friends that he
did not care FOR another nomination. and
II Is evident that his boom in his own state
was chiefly a movement OF the men who
formerly held Office under him. The failure
Of those men to get control OF the Indiana
organization was certain 10 result in COM
psications and embarrassments. and Gen.
Harrison's letter. which Is. no doubt. sin
cerc. was probably written In order 10 pre-
serve dignited attitude and 20 do Justice
60 his friends and would-be supporters