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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03
Hopeful Of Early Adjournment.

1t is gratifying to note the hopeful
ness resulting from the recent progress
on the tariff. A short time ago adj
journment before the last of July was
not expected by the House leaders
Now it is said Mr.. Dingley thinks it
may come by July 10th.
This would indicate a spirit that
augurs favorably for speedy work in
the conference committee. 1t also in
dicates that the currency. question will
not be brought up for consideration,
except it may be that provision wills:be
asked for a currency commission. Wi.h
such a commission the agitation over
the currency, an agitation which is
needed to clarity public opinion respect
ing ways and means, might be more
effectively directed so that the work
could be expedited when Congress
meets in regular session.
Nor does the expectation on the part
of the leaders of early adjournment en-
courage the opinion that the Hawaiian
question is to be disposed of.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03
4 Merited Promotion.

The promotion of Henry C. Merriam
to lbrigadier general was merited as II
Is gratifying to the people OF his native
State and his friends everywhere. He
was born in this State Nov. 13, 1897.
His retiring year is 1901 He served
during the war, 81 to IS. He partict
pated with gallantry in the battles Of
Antietam, Shepardstown Ford and
Fredericksburg. He was Joined to
General Ullmann's expedition 10 Louisi-
ana in 1868 to organize colored troops
and served with them to the end of the
war which found him in command Ut
the oldest colored regiment in the
United States service. He participated
with his colored troops in the siege and
assaults on Port Hudson. the action at
Donaldsonville, and the campaign and
seige at Mobile, leading at his request
April 8, 1865. the final assault on Fort
Blakely, which resulted in its capture.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03
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Hotel Profit Sharing.

The most conspicuous attempt at
profit sharing in a hotel, has been
undertaken by lilly Haynes in the
Broadway Central, New York city.
Ten persons, including the head wait
ers, housekeeper and most of those III
the office are to divide among them
selves in addition to their salaries one
third the profits.
Mr. Haynes is 10 years old and wishes
TO devote less time to business. He
feels better assurance in doing this by
giving his employees an interest in well
doing beyond that afforded by their
wages. Theoretically the labcrer is
worthy ..i his hire and should receive
it. But supposing he does it is prob
able he feels less Of an incentive than
he would find in the expectation of a
share in the profit beyond what he re-
ceives in wages. Mr.. Haynes says he has
no patience with this rot about
mutual antpathy between capital and
labor and with such employers as he
there ought to exist none. We trust
that while in this philanthropic mood
he has decided to pay his walters
enough to relieve them of the necessity
Of extorting charity in the way of
ssti,r
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

weeks. Now 1t is not likely all these
reports are true II any Of them are
Edhem Pasha. III he has rendered MS
resignation, did SO on the suppositlon'
assumed or otherwise. that he was to
lead the troops out OF Thessaly. II ha
is unable to do this who can? 1t would
mean that they must be driven out
Who will undertake to do that? But
this dispatch from Berlin, whence mas
emanated the most open encourage
mcnt the Sultan has received in ms
obstinate policy, assumes peace is al
ready arranged between Greece ana
Turkey. Does this mean Greece VIII
consent to Mussulman domination in
Thessaly? Or does it mean nothing =!
1t is time something Of significance oc-.
CURED out that way and there seems 70
exist q possibility that when 1t docs.
occur it will be very significant
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

ing dull there is no such thing here.
for the people are all busy. Geo. NJ.
Esty was trying to make water run up
HILL. He was digging a ditch from his
house to the street. Rufus Porter sat
on his piazza reading Longfellow's
Hiawatha just to pass away the time:
VIII Lamb was figuring out, on sheet
of paper, how long it would take 10
catch all the fish from Rangeley lake.
providing they We're put back as fast
as they We're caught. Mrs. w. l.. But
Ter was practicing Mozart's latest pro-
duction: as we turned the corner up
Pleasant street we could see in the dim
distance the outline of Geo. Thrasher
coming with minnow bucket. ON in
quiry it was learned that he had EOt
started to dip Haley pond dry. The
tears were in his eyes. He had loet
half dollar among the stumps oud
was going to try and recover 4. s.. -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03
Time for Eastern Question 10 Develop.

After a long silence contradictory re-
ports on the eastern question begin to
come in from the various sources Con-
stantinople, Berlin and London. One
dispatch yesterday announced that
Tewfik Pasha now declares Turkey has
an indefcasible right to Thessaly and
proposes to hold it. another CORES
pendent from Cotstantinople says
Edhem Pasha has rendered his resg-
nation of the command in Thessaly on
the ground that he cannot govern the
troops under the proposed peace condi-
tions. Then a Berlin correspondent
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03
Promptness in Dealing with the Tariff.

Chairman Dingley is quoted as say
| ing that every days delay in the tariff
costs the government in revenue $780,
900. Accordingly the inference is that
the revenues for this year will be-
about $40. 900, 900 less than had the SEM
| ate put through the measures az
promptly as the House. 1t is notice.
able, too, that the more the bill is de-
bated the nearer it gets to the House
! measure.
| After all the Senate has been quite
prompt as compared with the time cont
sumed in shaping other tariff measures.
| President Polk did not sign the tariff
| bill of his administration until nearly
| II months after his Inauguration. II
was year after Inauguration before
Grants administration was not passed
until he had been President l6 months
| President Harrison was inaugurated,
March 4, 1889, and signed the Mckinley
| bill October 1, 1890. Grover Cleveland
was elected November, 1892. on thu
' promise to make tariff based on the
| theory that protection" is unconstitu-
| tional This much talked about tariff
was not ready for his signature until
August 1894, and was then considered
| by the President as unworthy of it.
| This, notwithstanding the Democratic
party was in absolute control of both
branches and if they could not frame d
, proper measure the party must be held
responsible.
| How different today when the Repub-
lican party has but AZ Of the SO MEM
,, bers in the Senate and some of those
/ cannot be implicitly relied on. And
, today those who are criticising the sem
ators who did not vote against the hide
duty in which they do not believe, and
in not strenuously opposing sosheUthe
features when it was demonstrated
that opposition was Yoese pan use
| less, anu HledHt liioIe u stfiiS $-VV,Voo "a
T, day deficit, are members of the party
which had entire control of both
, branches and only succeeded in putting
| together year and six months after i.
came into power. measure such that
Democratic President declared it per-
| hdious and dishonorable and was APP
, plauded for SO doing. Surely COM
plants from that source are made with
exceedingly poor grace.
| Nor is the Democratic party deserv-
| ing Of the credit for the progress that
has been made except that up to date
! they have not filibustered and resorted
! 10 mean tactics for delay. They have
! taken plenty of time to discuss the
! schedules and have delayed by votes
] that obviously We're not needed. The
Democrats have furnished themselves
! with all the denunciatory campaign
! material that the most exacting partisan
could require of them. The Republi-
cans have RETAINED from this in their
effort to secure promptness. They have
relied on the tariff. not just what they
would like but the best to be had, to be
it's own argument. If the bill is not pro-
, ductive of sufficient revenue its first
year, but is thereafter. the fact will
afford, under the circumstances, no Just
ground for complaint against the Re
publican party, although no reasonable
precaution should be neglected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

two cats of very diverse character, ono
being very frolicsome and the othel
quite sedate. A few days ago the live.
" kitten found the other asleep, and =
scheme of mischief entered her brain
\ basin of water stood on the floor anu
20 this baptismal font the mischievous
little cat dragged her drowsy compan-
ron by the neck and suddenly soused II
Jver head and ears in the water. The
yells OF astonishnent and anger coming
| from the scene sounded like felins
| curses. The perpetrator of this rude
practical joke was seen Immediately
| after. making her toilet with the fnno-
cent expression Of babe.
Let us hope young America win keen
within bounds until after midnight
Sunday.
Soon it will be Hello, Belgrade. how
many big fish caught, today" Work
has begun on the upper end Of the new
telephone line from Pennington to Au-
| gusta via Belgrade Mills.
Bath boys can no longer play ball on
eie stteet- Inrce OF them We're ar
ested recently, and fined by judge
togg who seemed to forget the DAYS
when he was the crack fielder and
batsman Of the Bowdoin nine.
Eugene Y. Debs, the famous socialist
and labor leader is expected to visit
warren this summer, and the whole OF
Knox county is excited at the prosnec.
he will be the guest of Norman w.
Lermond OF Warren, who is secretary
OF the association which is planning for
soc'aiistle republic, of which associa
tion Mr.. Debs is president Perhaps
they Will locate their republic in Knox
county.
Waterville claims to have solved the
tramp problem. The printing and post :
ing of few signs calling attention az
tramps to the fact that hereafter they
would he arrested and prosecuted as
Migrants has had the effect of prac-
tically Kidding the city of them. This
IS cheap method and if effective in
one city ought to be elsewhere. Per-
maps few notices along the State bar-
der would keep the undesirable boboes
from our limits. But il other states
tried TINS, what then? Would Weary
Willie cross the ocean or hustle for
Canada to escape the ignomny of ar
rest. II ~ probably the tramp cyl,
cannot be permanently cured in a citv
OF state by so simple and effective a
method. "
u
biddeford, usually the lively ard
breezy. is ssseaisous of saco. usually the
quiet and drowsy, and a local naner
declares that Biddeford has got 10 wax.
up or Saco will draw the evenin..
crowd With the dancing pavilion. the
merry -go-round, and the superior On
portunlty for bicyclists. ii is just now j
sood deal more livel.r in Saco th,n
Biddeford in the evening.
Inc hangeiey Lakes, in this weeks
issue, gives vent to the fol,ow.nr.
Ihe compositors were lowering ro,nd
the editorial chair like bees around ,
sunnower. The sporting editor was our
looking Tor the man who was trvjrg ~
eaten 10 pound salmon, ana the con,
nook was bare. AS it was close ont,
pupiication day. time was valuable ara
me local editor was sent ont ~ s,a
what was going on and what Tia M.
Pc were up to. The local man returna,3
with batch as big as a congressma anu
maiden speech. Talk about times rs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03
Timely Democratic Arsumsass.
(Ell Perkins in N. Y. SUM-


! nave been engaged by the patriotic
Niison-Cieveland Democrats to get up
arSnments against Mckinley and his
wicked protective tariff. Our star Demo-
cratic argument is this:
a protective tariff Is a benefit to the
lew az the expense of the many.
.r, mat paragraph is our stock In trade.
i ms IS Bryan's argument too.
am working this Democratic argument
or all 1t is worth now. This is the way
prove Il to the wicked Republicans: .
- go TO Dingley, Piatt Grosvenor. arlc
Dotliver and knock them out with Que1-
lions. | know. of course. that the 0.009-
WV lahoring men benefited by the tar1n
are the many. but knock this fact Out
with our Democratic arguments. 90 20
the Republicans and say:
Weren't the aggregate wages earned
pv all our laboring men in our mills. on
our railroads, and in our mines IN ~
a,a sna to our last census reports -
Yes admits Mr. Dingley. ''the nsa'
got that 5000 coo. GEO. -
And the finished product of all the
miils was worth $l1 600 $50 WASN'T y ~
Then. | said. looking at the wickeo
Doiiiyer of Iowa. "if the 20.0Q0.UW VOL.
men got ssoo0.e0o,t00 out of the$ll oooOy
ior which the finished product sold tnsn
hotels, and mines. who put up al ~ the
money and run all the risk, got g w
Geo while the workmen got $sooo.0W w.
Yes, nodded Mr.. Dolliver.. we ad"''
the fact, don't we Mr.. Plat? u
Y es. said Mr.. Piatt, who saw our st.s
Democratic argument had crawied into
the ground and pulled the hole IN atsef
u. This many and few argument ~
lucent"
.'of course l said. 1.-THE millions q
iabcrers are the few, and the few enou-
Fhen what do YOU think happened!
Why, an agnostic smile seemed TO sprcAN
over the faces Of Dingley and Grosvenn0 20
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03
Maine Gossip.

Playing drunk" will not be popu-
lar pastime with South Portland boys
hereafter. A few of them tried it re-
Gently, and while the people around
did not pay much attention to them a
deg proceeded to investigate with dis
astrous results to one of the initiative
DRINKS. The doctor says the boy will
live, but he will not play drunk again
very soon.
Prospect has been excited this week
over cattle stampede. "A large herd
seemed suddenly to 60 wild, and in
spite of fences and all efforts to check
them ran five miles before they became
possessed of their domestic qualities
again. Perhaps they had just heard of
the new duty on hides.
A Portland clergyman has lost his old
time confidence in mankind. There
came to him the other day a man who
said he had not had square meal in a
week. The minister gave him a note to
a hotel keeper, saying that the man
could have what he wanted and that
he, the minister, would pay the bill.
Friday the minister started out to paw
the bill How much do owe for that
poor fellows meal?' he asked Sixty
five cents" said the hotel man. What
did he have to cost so much?" asked
the unsuspecting minister. Five beers
and a Manhattan cocktail
Belfast citizens were much surprised
this week by a free distribution of
bread. milk and eggs throughout the
city. 1t was not the result. however.
of some grand pllilanthropic movement
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03
} The Same...
{ Old Sarsaparilla.
s,A -

I That's Ayers. The same old
sarsaparilla as it was made and
sold by DR.. ]. c. Aver so gears
ago. In the laboratory it is
! different. There modern appli-
ances lend speed to skill and
! experience. But the sarsapa-
J rilla is the same old sarsaparilla
I that made the record--5O gears
Of cures. Why don't we better
ite Well, we're much in the
J condition Of the Bishop and the
raspberry: Doubtless, he
said, "God might have made
better berry. But doubtless,
also, He never did," Why
don't we better the sarsaparilla?
We can't. We are using the
I same old plant that cured the
Indians and the Spaniards. 1t
has not been bettered. And
J since zoe make sarsaparilla CON-
pound out Of sarsaparilla plant,
We see no way of Improvement.
J OF course, if we were making
! some secret chemical compound
we might 49,. But we're not.
We're making the same old sar-
saparilla to cure the same old
diseases. You can tell it's the
same old sarsapartlla be-
cause It works the same old
cures. It's the sovereign blood
purifier, and-it's Ayers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
PopuIist Pyrotechnics.
(whig and Courier.)

WINS anu SouiieT.J
Senator Allen says Prof. Bateman -
liar. Prof. Bateman says Allen II ,
forger. Tom Watson says Bryan y q
trimmer and Chairman Butler insists
that Watson is coward and bluudeEer.
This is decidedly warm conversafion'f1f
an off year and there are a few more
Populists yet to be heard from
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

Premier Laurier of Canada was fiat
tered into accepting knighthood, but
Premier Reid of New South Wales
could not be induced to take the title
He said if he wished to retain his in
fluence at home he could not take it.
Australian independence is of quite
firm quality
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

AS those nations, the governments
and press of which are growing abou.
our tariff rates, sell to us more than
they buy from US they are not likely 10
cut off their noses to spite their faces.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

Worthington C. Ford has estimated
that the tariff measure as it now stands
would, If importations continue in vol
ume equal to that of the present, pro-
duce $10O, O00, 900 more than the Wilson
law. The Wilson law the last year
during six months of which imports
rushed in produced a deficit Of about
$35, 900, 900. No satisfactory conclusion
can be arrived at by comparison with
the abnormal imports Of the past six
months. 1t looks as though a tenn
porary tax on something, stock and
bond transactions may be the most ex-
pedient source to look to, would be
warranted by the conditions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

The Ohio Popocrats with all their free
silver righteousness didn't say word
about the rising price Of wheat and the
falling price Of silver
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

All who attend the tenth annual con-
vention of the National Republican
League at Detroit, the 18th, 14th and
18th Of this month, are assured of en-
especially strong for the reason that
Detroit will leave no stone unturned to
impress upon the convention the de-
STABILITY of holding the National Re-
publican Convention in that city in
1900.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03
The celebration of John Cabot

The celebration of John Cabot's dis
covery of America dwindled into in
significance in comparison with thu
celebration of the 60 years reign q
Englands Queen. The latter was a.
instance of celebrating the past will
an eye almost single TO the future.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

The acting president of Chscago's
board of education isaccused of pocket
ing subsidies and brides. That's kin
of educational influence that should not
be of the free, public variety.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

An Oregon concern has req Gntly
bought up 10000 bucking cayuAs a
bronco originally bred by the Cayusa
Indians, for packing purposes. The
ponies cost 81 head and at that price
the canned horse meat industry ought
to boom, provided the purchaser can be
kept in ignorance of what he is buying.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

A new species of bee Is reported
from East Searsmont where a dozen
ladies' met and painted the iron fence
around the cemetery. They did not or
ganiZe into village improvement so
tiety, but they did most effective work
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

Strange as it might seem to one who
judges from a name, the Pine Tree
State is not so much Interested in the
pine duty as are some others.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03
Daily 8tnafbff yOnrual.
rERMss sz.oo Pm YEAR.
M nes,oe xhatever Will % tAkea of ul

Ne nessos Whatever will - taken Of IN
Oaensd communications.
THH JOURNAL CANNOT BIN HE'LL
RH9PONeIBLD for the preservation o.
return Of rejected communications.
Address all communications relating l.
subscriptions ana advertisements to
BURLEIGH Z TbYNT. Publishers, Au-
gusta, Naive
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03
When a
man falls out

When a
man falls out
of a ten story
w / n 4 o W
you'd natu-
rally say he
is a dead
man. Well,
perhaps he
Is and then
again, per-
h aps n OF.
Som hi ng
m a y We
him. There
m ay be a
friendly avn
ing that will
let him down
easy, so he
may be sound
and we'll to-
morrow. You
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

The more that Democratic convention
is considered the less favorable to Nc
Lean it appears.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

The last Legislature of Oregon failed
to organize, consequently no senator
was elected. Senator Mitchells term
expired March 3; The governor APP
pointed II. w. Corbett, a sound money
Republican. The Senate committee has
reported favorably for his admission.
The Legislature failing to organize had
gone home before the vacancy occurred.
The committee believes that under
those conditions the governor had a
sensible one but it is being strenuously
opnoSed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

The New York Journal of Commerce
Is Democratic in its politics but frank
~ says business is improving and nc
one can doubt it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

stands for Napoleonic and for
nasty. The great mans temper APP
pears to have been both.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

but was caused by the combined runa :
way Of bakery team, a milk team and
an express team. the latter containing
10 cases of eggs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

If we can't trust jury to convict a
trust with law enough to do SO what is
the use of more law?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

Boothbay is looking forward TO thu
xcursion of the Maine Press Associa
ion, and the newspaper i turr
re anxiously awaiting their In 10 thi:
1arbor so famed for its fun ans
3cenery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

The complaint comes from Mercer
hat the leaves are falling. and they
lon't know whether it is because
-utumn has arrived preinaturely or be-
ausesAnfae insect is at work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

"A feeling of confidence pervades the
New York Chamber of Commerce. Here
Is an extract from its annual report
issued few days ago Liquidation is
about complete. The shelves of the
merchants are carrying reduced stock.
the water has been squeezed out Of
speculative enterprises, the price of all
kinds of commodities is extremely low
economy and not extravaganza is the
order of the day. Stern necessity has
taught it's needed lesson, and the coun-
try waits for the words that Will set
every wheel in motion and put every
laboring man at work. and the words to
be spoken are, Sound currency, ample
revenue. a stable tariff Moved
by equitable law and to
the laborer and the "
these words be spoken
the power. The peoTde
quick to learn, amos tn
known, will bring p.oinE
their representatives in G.
though, at the moment, tn
not over. Herein lies pi
safety for the future" Col
say the word and WHEEL the 3
ksurpaIls or imports Is squeezed
the predictions Will 60
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

Weyler having "pacified" Cuba want:
more troops to keep it pacified.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

The Apdroscoggin register of deeds
houGErhe had EN- when a deed was
Ned at his office, this week, running
rom Mary Driscull 10 Mary DriscolL
II was all right, however, one being a
Mrs. Mary" and the other ii Miss
Harry" =
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-03

A pretty good cat story comes from
Portland where they have habit OF
telling good stories of all kinds. The
tale goes that Portland man possesses