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The Portland daily press., 1897-02-03
Maine Pensions.

Maine Pensions.
Washington, February Z. The follow
ing pensions have beon granted Maine
people,:
ORIGINAL.
John Boyd, Iogus; William Q. Shaw.
Portland; Timothy Kennedy tdeoeased),
WiIln
SUPPLEMENTAL.
Eben Curtis, Curtis Corner.
INCREASE.
Jacob F. French, Norway; Daniel Nc
Mutt, Calais.
ORIGINAL, WIDOWS. ETC.
Melissa A. McLaufiin. South Prcsque
Isle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

at the front and many Of them are ex-
ceedingly poorly paid for their work.
What justice or fairness is there in
paying a woman a less price h a
man for the same work IL she Ices it
as well? There should be a change in
this matter of reward for faithful ser
vice. If they are skilled and faithful
and accomplished as much as the men
are then they should De paid as well.
The Atlanta Constitution considers this
question Of woman's rogress at much
length and concludes with cheerful
and done well and most of them have
done womanly:
Altogether, the progres made by
women betwee the years 1870 and 1890
in mechanical and industrial ines shows
a net gain Of nearly 10000 occupations.
so far as the government positions
are concerned. there is not a single
department of the service in which
women are not found. except in the
army and navy.
From the figures above cited it is
evident that the fair sex is yearly be-
coming more Independent and self-sus-
tanning. Nor can it be said that our
yeneratiOn for the wOmanhoOd of the
country is less than it was some fifty
years ago. On the contrary, it has
d%eepened, if such a thing is possible,
| with the courageous efforts which the
sex has made for it's advancement.
While there are some faults, Of course,
in the record Of progress which our
women have made during the last half
| century, it is nevertheless as a whole
| entitled to commendatiOn."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

Already the people are awaking from
the political sleep of 1896, and are rep
idly becoming mighty tired OF the
Mckinley gang of i~ncompetents, mar
plots and oppressors. Look at the elec-
lions held this year in many states
democratic gains nearly every where.
Chicago, the goldbug centre in the
west, gone democratic in a mighty
whoop. The handwriting has already
appeared upon the walls of the repub-
Iican B~elshazZar's palace, and 1t reads
very like that of old-Weighed in the
balances and found wanting. McKin-
ley a a glorious chance to do good
and magnify his great office, but he is
too weak, too much Of a man of one
idea, too submissive to wealth, too
much in the grip of millionaire Hanna
to do right, to help restore confidence
TO a long suffering and much disturbed
country. What ever his private viz
tues, however pleasant and attractive
his home life, he is the deadest of polit-
ical failures and time will give oppor
tunity for his political funeral without
honors. The president who has had
such an experience as Mckinley has
had, and in the face Of a widespread
revolt against an infamous robber sys-
TEN of taxation for the benefit Of a
very rich class, a giant monopoly,
shows not only the worst of judgment,
but the very worst of principle. He
lends himself willingly to further the
aims and ends Of the great rapacious,
devouring gang of manufacturing ma
hobs. Hanna says he is fully satisfied
with the Dingley bill.
Hanna is one of the rich manufacture
ers who have got rich by robbing the
people. He was also one of the first
of the m%onopolists lords to Gu e
wages of his faithful w~orkingmen. de
likes the new, very high robber tax,
which leads all other robberies by as
great a speed as the forty mile speed
of a railway train of our day does the
numbering stage-coach of 1910. Yes,
Hanna is satisfied. He may well be,
for he and his followers of the Dick
Turpin gang can now get their fingers
deeper than ever in the pockets of all
sorts and conditions of people. Hann
is satisfied at the encouraging show
ing for more robbery and great profits,
and the manikin in the White house
submissive to the leading strings Of the
big Boss will echo the. sentiment-"I
am satisfied with the very high pro-
lection tax" This is indeed under
radical rule a government of the mo-
nopolists and by the ~mOnopolists and
for the monOpOlists. 1t is all for money
without a particle of fairness, equality
and honesty in the whole thing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

heck or flaw, and It shall
prove TO BE- the ideal history.
With the exact facts given, without
bias or prejudice or advocacy of man
or section-then by all means adopt 1t
everywhere Since writing thu above
We see this in an editorial In The At
fanta Constitution. which indicates
something Of the difficulties In the
consummation of a work, however
needed or desired. 1t says:
I'VE do not believe there is a sensi-
bic person IN the country who wants
MS children to row UP believing that
he brave men who displayed their
valor and their devotion during the
war were traitors on one side or ty-
rants or the other.
There ought to be some capable
man in the country able to divorce his
mind from the mere ephemeral dis
tempers that produce prejudice. and
view the whole struggle, from begin
ming to end, from the standpoint of a
patriotic American, sincerely in love
with all sections of the republic and
and yet we fear it will be long before
the proper temperament and equip
ment are found Joined in one individ-
ual. Ordinarily, men are insensible to
their ~prejudiceS, do not know that they
exist, and believe the coloring they
give to facts is the natural color"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

crates join in paying honors to the
memory Of the victorious chieftain.
the most conspicuous Of northern born
soldiers. But his ought to be lone
without any surrender Of self-respect,
without submitting t. contumely or
reproach or deliberate slight. The
Richmond Dispatch has this ia the way
Of rumor or information:
The extension of an invitation to
General Gordon and others will not do
away with the fact that up to this
time the New York committee has not
approached the commander Of the
United Confederate Veterans with a
view to having in the parade a thor
oughly representative body of ex-con-
federates and sons Of ex-confederates.
We have no inside information upon
the subject-all that we know comes
from the newspapers-but If Genera
Gordon has ever been asked to take
charge Of the arrangements for mus
tering our veterans on the occasion In
question, we have not heard Of it."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13
SNUBBING CONFEDERA ATE VET
ERANS.

The ceremonies and demonstrations
at the completion of the monument
near New York city in the memory of
General U. S. Grant are attracting dis
cussion in advance. There is some
fear, perhaps we'll founded, that the
southern men in the great city, and out
of it, who wore the gray, are to be
snubbed or treated in an unseemly
way. Last year when the confeder-
ates were subjected to a positive slight
in the matter of a parade, The Messen-
ger said 1T hoped hat manly self-re-
spect would keep them hereafter from
being treated cavalierly or humiliating-
of the procession. 1t looks now that
the Confederate Veterans will not have
a fair showing in the approaching de-
monstratiOns in honor of the north's
greatest soldier, for such, we take it,
is the estimate in the north of General
Grant. This is 1s97-thirty-two years
after the wal and with thirty-two
years of peace. General John B. Cor
don, Of Georgia, is the head of the
United Confederate Veterans. He has
not been invited to be present or to
participate, and such is reported to be
h case with other southern leaders in
the great war. This treatment will not
make New York city less unpopular
nor draw the south more towards the
north. We would like to see a differ
sent conduct prevailing. General Grant
had more ~magnanimity than most of
the federal generals. He had a great
err desire for peace and reconciliation
of the sections han any real leader in
the north. In Lincoln the south had
its truest friend, himself of southern
birth, than in any man in the trium-
phant north. Perhaps Grant stood
nearest to LincOln in this respect. Gen.
eral Grant behaved we'll at Appomattox
and showed his manhood and regard
for a soldiers pledge, when he unbuck-
led his sword at a cabinet meeting and
laid it Upon the table, saying hat if
the terms he had made with General
Lee were disregarded, he would resign
from the army n appeal to the Amer
lean people. This was soon after the
war, and years before he became pres
ident.
The Messenger, in memory Of these
things so crditable to General Grant
every a would like to see confed-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

Professor B. Lee, a son of General S.
D. Lee, Of Mississippi, has been called
to a professorship in Harvard Univer-
sity, Mass, salary $1,000 a year, but he
declines, preferring to remain in Chi
cago, where he can prosecute his legal
business, and at the same time retain
his connection with the University Law
School. Southern boys are making
their way.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

So Dan Lamont finds a big salary and
a soft cushion as president Of the
Northern Pacific railroad. When did
Dan study r~ailroading? He would
make a fine captain of a leviathan
ocean steamer. He is universal you
see. A man of all trades.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

Genera Gomez refuses to meet tn
Butcher, He remembers the brave
MaceO's cruel fate. He is suspicious o.
an internal conspiracy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

1t will very much crafty the friends OF
Cuba all aroun the country to hear
that General Rivera is not to be exc
cuted. That is perhaps the one sensi-
BILE, humane act of the Spaniards since
the war began.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

The rapidly with which Group de-
veIops calls for instant treatment; and
yet few households are prepared for its
visits. An admirable remedy for this
disease is Ayers Cherry ectoral. 1t has
saved hundreds of lives and should be
in every home where there are young
children.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

Tt may save you time and money to
be informed that, when you e. a
blood-purifier. Ayers Sarsaparilla is
the kind most in favor with the medi-
cal profession. 1t is the standard and,
as such, the only blood-purifier ad-
mitted at the Chicago Worlds Fair.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

Pennsylvania will dedicate on the 18th
Of May a colossal to Cen
eral George Washington. It will cost
$500, 0OC. In A. D. 1900 North Carolina
will rear a monument to some native
son some where, place not yet known.
The honor is deferred for awhile.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

It a. come to pass that to secure a
Well-built war vessel a great prize has
to be offered in addition to the regular
cost. h people pay 5000, 900 to the
builders of the Iowa for doing good
work and constructing a battleship that
will actually sail well.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

The Protestant Archbishop of Dublin,
w. G. Plunket, is dead, born in 1928, and
vas Lord Plunket. He succeeded Arch
bishop Trench in 1884.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

Last year railway building amounted
to 1913 miles. In 1887, there were
Il, 93S miles constructed. In 1896, seve-
raj states did not lay a track.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

Heigho! 1t is now charged that tn
S~paniards are afraid to shoot Genera
Rivera, but will take him off will
poison.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

School teachers in the great New
York state in the towns are not paid
excessively. They receive 1926 pei
week.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

Whiskers that are prematurely gra
or faded should be colored to prevent
the look of age, and Buckingham's Dye
excels all others in coloring brown or
black.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

Even at Bridgeport, Conn, silver mel
and republicans divided the offices, an'
the g%old-bugs were not in it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13
W. H. & R. s. TUCKER & CO.,
RALEIGH. N. C..
Beautiful French Organizes.

THE SHOWING OF THIN DAINTY WASH FABRICS
AT THIS BIG STORE" EXCELS IN BEAUTY ANYTHING
SEEN IN FORMER SEASONS.
IN ORGANIZES THERE Is AN ALMOST BEwTLDER-
ING CHOICE BETWEEN THE VERY FASHIONABLE
NEW GREEN TONES IN STRIPED N ALLOvER DE
SIGNS, DELICATELY TINTED PERSIAN COLORINGs,
ENTIRELY NEW PATTERNS; COOL, UMMERY-LOOK
ING OLD DELFT BLUES; THE EXCEEDINGLY TASTY
SMALL DRESDEN STYLES, M MANY OTHER CHAR
MING EFFECTS, WHICH ARE AMONG THE BEAUTI-
Full THINGS ONE ALWAYS EXPECTS TO FIND HERE.
BY BUYING EARLY AND IN LARGE QUANTITIES. EN-
ABLES US TO MAKE THE PRICE 35c PER YARD.
YOU WILL WANT THE DAINTIEs B~Y-AND-BY, AND
YOU WILL WANT THEM IN A HURRY. YOU HAD
BETTER TAKE THEM NOW. YOU GAIN NOTHING BY
WAITING. THEY ARE FREsHER NOW. THEY WILL
BE NO CHEAPER THEN. THE PRETTIEST STYLES
WILL BE GONE SOON. EVERYTHING FAvORS YOU
BUYING NOW.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13
SNAPS

Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee liked Havana life
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-13

In this Enumeration a very large class
of women engaged as typewriters,
bookkeepers, telegraph operators, stem
ographers etc., are not given. There
are no reliable statistics available at
present. But these will amount to
hundreds of thousands. The shirt
makers, milliners. ETC., make another
great army Of toilers. The women are
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
FUNERAL OF e. j. MUMM.
Services at st. Luke's Church Were
Largely Attended.

The relatives, many friends and &C
quaintences of E. j. Mumm, assembled
in sorrow about his remains yesterday
morning to pay their last tribute of
affection and respect. He whom they
loved had been snatched from their
midst by the dreadful elevator acct
dent Of last Wednesday. The funeral
procession moved from his late resi-
dence, $50 Holly avenue, to ST. Luke's
Catholic church, where the pastor, Rev.
Father McNulty, celebrated requiem
high mass: and during the services
preached a touching sermon, dwelling
on the noble qualities of the deceased,
asking those who crowded the church
to remember him in holy prayer
The choir, composed of John Gehan,
Mrs. McNamee, Miss Coghlin and Miss
Mile Potgeiser, with Miss Gertrude
Sans Souci at the organ, contributed
to the solemnity Of the services. The
remains. surrounded by many beautiful
floral offerings, gave no signs Of the
dreadful accident, as they rested in
seeming calm and quiet sleep. After
the services the remains were taken to
Calvary cemetery, where they were
placed in the vault. The pail bearers
were Messrs. A. G. Gallasch. J. D.
Riley, Charles Wanzer, H. M. Temple,
George Walker, ]. Newell Smith and
Herbert Charles. His late employers,
MI Straus and Mr.. Ritzinger, with
their employees attended the funeral in
hodV
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
A Piano for a Lifetime.

Most people, when buying a piano.
expect it to give many years of SER
vice. How great, therefore, should be
the judgment and care exercised by the
purchaser when choosing it, and how
diligent he should be in ascertaining
not only that the instrument is all he
desires at the time of purchase, but
that it will remain so.
With such pianos as the Chickering
and Fischer to select from, you can
feel safe in making your purchase here.
Remember these instruments are
only sold by us, and remember, too
these famous old makes are not found
at closing out sales nor do you find
them on the floors of those houses who
are making such hullabaloo because
they have bought some pianos in car
load lots for cash, and for that rea-
son can sell cheap.
We have enough money to run our
business and discount our bills; no
house can say any more. Besides We
are in a position to sell you the best
pianos the world has ever produced.
We are making reductions of $50 to
800 on all our pianos, until Christmas,
and we guarantee our prices to be the
lowest in the city, quality considered.
Get the other fellows prices, then
come here and We'll convince you that
this statement is correct.
Pianos at $125 upwards.
Terms cash, or $40 monthly.
Howard, Farwell & Co., 20, %, "a
West Fifth street.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
PHELPS WON FIRST FALL
Justice Blackwell Decides Against
the Game Wardens

The suit Of Harry w. Phelps, of Min
neapol1s, against the Northern Pacific
express company, Fred Coffin and
Samuel f. Fullerton, was decided by
Justice OF Peace Blackwell YESTERDAY
In the Washburn building.
The complaint charged the defen-
dants with the conversion of three
bucks, one doe and a saddle of yenison
and asked $75 damages.
The plaintiff testified that he killed
the deer Nov. l. nine miles back of
Aitken. He billed the property nv
the Northern Pacific Express company
and rode on the same train that carried
1t into Minneapolis
II. G. Hanke, Of Minneapolis. said he
saw Phelps on the train at Staples and
at Elk river. The defense claimed that
all game was the property Of the state
where 1t was shown that the game
laws and the laws regarding Shipment
had been violated, and that the proper
ty In question came into MINNEAPOLIS
In charge of the express company and
was not accompanied. Under section
IA of the game law, the state was JUS
titled in making the seizure
Station Agent Roche said about II
a. m. he received telephone MESA ge
telling him to deliver the property to
the Triton Produce company. Shortly
e-iIO OOiiAii SoLie anu 1ndOe the
seizure in the name of the state. no
one having claimed it. The latter tag
ged the stuff to Executive Agent Full
lerton, at st. Paul, rebilling the same.
Game Warden Coffin said he was at
the depot when the train came in. He
saw thirteen carcasses Of venison I'M
loaded. Parties present claimed eight
Of these, leaving five which were billed
to Phelps No one came to get them.
About noon the seizure was made. He
did not hear Of Phelps till 4:30, when
the latter came down to the depot just
as the train was pulling out for st.
Paul, and demanded his property.
Ccffin informed him that the property
had passed out Of his possession. Sew
eral days afterwards Coffin told Phelps
that if he wanted to replevin he would
show him where the property was.
Justice Blackwell made a lengthy
oral decision giving a verdict to the
plaintiff in the sum of $3.50. He plac-
ed the value Of the ten-pronged bucks
head at SIS.
An appeal will be taken by the state
game and fish commission.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19

on Jan. IS, 1897, before the assignment
of the Minnesota Savings bank, the
note in question was fully paid to the
bank 'in money or in paper" which
the bank accepted as cash in payment
Of the note and that the note was
thereupon surrendered to w. F. Bick-
el, or his father, William Bickel. For
Col. Kiefer further declares that Will
lam F. Bickel, in fact, paid the note.
According to Col. Kiefer's answer,
it was worked in this way. On Jan.
IS, 1897, the Minnesota Savings bank
was indebted to William F. Bickel
in an amount largely in excess Of the
face value of the $500 note, whereupon
the bank issued to William +. Bickel
it's certificate of deposit for such
amount, and delivered the same to
William F. Bickel on or about Jan. IS,
and before the assignment of the bank
ThereupOn William f. Bickel delivered
the certificate of deposit to the bank
in payment of the note, and the bank
accepted it, in full satisfaction there
of, surrendered the note and can
celled the certificate
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
TARIFF ON BICYCLES
Will BE Applied to Lake Trains
This Year.

Tho railroads running to Minnetonka have
bicycle tariff to wheels carried On the lake
trains. II will take a quarter TO have
wheel carried to or from the lake. General
Passenger Agent Cults, of the Minneapolis
& st. Louis, announced the new tariff yester-
day.
1.-THE bicycle tariff was instituted on all
Western roads in December, 49," said he,
-" but we made an exception to Minnetonka.
However, the business has now grown to
such proportions that 1t is difficult and ex-
penscive to handle. The traffic last year was
so large that 1t was almost impossible for
the trains to make schedule time, and fire.
quently there were delays caused by loading
and unloading the large number Of wheels"
The new arrangements will include a
specially printed check for the Minnitonka
stations, at least on the Minneapolis & st.
Louis. Thte condition of the wheel must
be reported on the check, so that in case any
damage is received en- route It may be known.
Where there is a station with no agent, the
train baggagenen will be supplied with
checks. Where there is no agent also, they
will deliver the wheels, If it happens that
the passenger wishes to alight at such a
point. If the wheels are not called for at
the point to which they are checked they
will be carried to the next point at which
there is an agent. There Is so much of the
Minnetonka business that it has been prac-
tically decided to have a. special check for
each station.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
EX-CONGRESSMAN's DEFENSE.
EXPLANATION OF TRANSACTION
As Given by the Colonel in His An
syYer Filed I'm the District
Court.

During the course Of the Bickel trial,
frequent mention was made Of the
"Kiefer note" But that was all the in
formation that the spectators Of the
trial ever CLEANED concerning that
piece of paper, They did not learn that
it was a promissory note for $500 signed
by Col. A r. Kiefer and William Bick-
, ell, dated May 20, 1896, and made pay
able to the Minnesota Savings bank
four months from date. Neither did
they know that there Is suit pending
to recover the face of the note, in
which Receivers Dickson and Sheehan,
of the Minnesota Savings bank, are
the plaintiffs, and A. r. Kiefer and
William Bickel ST., are the defendants.
But such an action was begun by the
receivers several months ago, the COM
plant being duly filed in the Office of
the clerk of courts. 1t was at once
pigeon holed, however and the news
paper reporters did not see 1t.
The complaint alleges that on May
20, 1896, A. r. Kiefer and William
Bickel executed and delivered to the
Minnesota Savings bank their joint and
several promissory note for $500, pay
able four months after date, and that
on the maturity of the note, payment
of it was demanded and refused by the
defendants.
Col. Kiefer, through his attorney, E.
p Sanborn, answered the complaint,
though the answer is not on file in the
district court Col. Kiefer admits that
he signed the note set forth, but says
he did so at the request of William
Bickel and without any consideration
whatever, and that thereafter, before
the delivery of the note to the Mime
sofa Savings bank, lone William F.
Bickel, under the name w. F. Bickel,'
for the purpose of giving credit to the
note" endorsed it. Thereupon the note
was delivered to the bank.
The answer declares that the Min
nesota Savings bank never paid to any
one any consideration whatever for the
note, and that neither the defendant
Kiefer nor William Bickel Sr. ever re-
ceived any consideration for the note
in question.
Continuing, Col. Kiefer alleges that,