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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-13
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Ol dttI dCIiVC VI
ferings for our
regular Monday Bargain
Sale deserves your
thoughtful attention. No
matter what the weather
may be Monday it's an
opportunity to S We
money that should not
be missed.
Dyabevzes Room.
: One lot of raw silk
Italian Travelling Rugs.
of couch Blankets, as
sorted colors, at CSC,
marked down from o8c.
In same section, a lot
of imported V e ! 0 ur
Squares, for chair seats
and back, cushion tops,
etc, a great variety Of
beautiful colorings, at
SIC, marked down from
$I.25.
Ribbons.
One lot of plaid silk
Betting Ribbons, extra
heavy, at 23c a yard,
were 33c.
HamdkeycAsgfs.
An assorted lot of seal
loped, hemstitched and
colored bordered Hand
kerchiefs, slightly soiled,
at three for 25c Monday.
Silks.
A lot of remnants of
printed Florentine Silks
and Silk Fringes, two or
three big boxes full, to
be sold at half the
marked prices to-day.
Neckzgeay Counter, Womem's.
An assorted lot of silk
band Bows, at Ioc, were
CSC. At same counter, a
lot Of Japanese Silk
Handkerchief, IL inch
hemstitched borders, at
I2c, were Ioc.
Embr0laezyes Counter.
A lot of remnants and
short lengths of Swiss
embroidered Edges, me-
| dunn widths mostly, at
| nc, been I8c and 22c.
Laees Counter.
An assorted lot Of
black Chantilly L &C e
Edges, wide and narrow
widths, at zoe, been SAC
and CSC.
Linens Counter.
A lot of full size ten
quarter Peerless Bed
Quilts, at SIC, were 75c.
Neea2swork Counter
One lot of Denim Bu-
reau Sets, embroidered,
at SIC, marked d own
from o2c. @As
Yarns Counter.
One lot of black Knit
ting Cotton, at &c, regular
price nc.
Leather Goods Counter.
One lot of morocco
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-13

Mr.. Lang would have made the round
The herald., 1897-03-24
MAY TURN THE TABLES

It is reported now that the Western
Union Telegraph company is preparing
to sue Assemblymen Burnett, Melick
and Anderson for damages arising out
of the seizure of the crooked kilograms.
Perhaps the company will do this, but is
it probable? Section 1872 of the Penal
Code of California provides, in language
divested of legal verbiage, that if two or
more persons conspire to commit fraud
with the intent thereby to wrongfully
obtain the money or property of an
other, or to obtain such money by cheat
ing or false pretenses. the persons so
conepiring are punishable by imprison-
ment, etc. The conspiracy is criminally
consummated when an overt act is done
in pursuance of the agreement Now, OF
course. 1t goes without saying that
neither the telegraph company nor any
of its employees participated in the scalp
enterprise with the primary object of
looting the state treasury. But while
and abetted the scheme of Bert" by
transmitting his dispatches. 1t will not
do to urge that the company had no
means of knowing that the dispatches
were contraband. The effort that was
made to remove them beyond the juris-
diction of the state shows clearly that
the real character of the dispatches was
understood. And even were the fact
otherwise in this regard, ignorance
could not be advanced as Justification
The criminal courts have an inconven-
lent habit of holding that the thoughtless
or negligent commission of a criminal
act will always involve the penalty, al
though the intent be absent. They call
it criminal negligence" and say that
the intent will be implied. From all the
circumstances shown 1t is difficult to
see how the company's manager could
escape liability If it were proved that
of the money so paid was procured
through the agency of the particular
that fell into the hands of the
committee.
Reasoning from these premises, and
keeping always in mind the adage con-
cerning the course of conduct that ex-
pediency requires Of them that live in
glass houses, it becomes a very rational
conclusion that the nervy committee
men will not be called upon to respond
in damages.
OF course the deep good sense Of the
company's agents will enable them to
grasp the situation.
The herald., 1897-03-24
DEFEAT THE RINGS

Inasmuch as the tariff on wool and
sugar Is largely increased by the new
bill, it is the duty of congress to sep
arate both schedules from the bill proper
and rush them through and make them
operative Immediately. There is no
doubt at all that the Boston wool syndi-
dicate will corner the wool of the world
and deprive the government of revenue
from that source for nearly year, un-
less the customs duties are made charge
able Immediately. The wool syndicate
is fully prepared to import every availa-
BILE pound of wool in Australia and South
America and profit by the advance
which the new tariff would force, and 1t
is the duty of congress to prevent it.
1t is not generally understood that in
restoring the Mckinley tariff on wool
the duties become specific, and that they
advance the price of wool 60 per cent.
against 40 per cent under the law of
1890. The tax then, as in the new BILL
was II to 10 cents pound specific, and
the market price Of wool was then 2S to
33 cents pound, but now the market
price is IS to. 81 cents, which makes a
difference of 20 per cent in favor Of the
producers of wool. That Is to say, the
specific tax of II to 13 cents pound on
wool selling at 2s to 33 cents a pound is
equal to an advance of 40 per cent, while
| the same duties on IS to 81 cents is so per
cent advance. The wool raisers de-
manded a tariff rate equivalent to 100
! per cent. Under the new tariff the con-
sumers of wooden goods will pay about
SO to increase the profits of wool grow
ers for every dollar secured to the gov
| ernment in the way of revenue. But
what The Herald insists upon is that
inasmuch as tariff is to be put on
wool, the wool grower and the govern
get the benefit of it.
And what is true of wool is in meas
ure true of sugar. The new tariff in
| creases the duty on sugar to an average
of three-fourths of a cent pound. Un-
| der the Wilson bill the average duty was
! 40 per cent ad valorem, and under the
new bill it will be about 70 per cent
which is quite enough difference tc
warrant the sugar trust in securing the
world for raw sugars. so as to get the
| benefit in the advance in the price of re-
| fined sugar without paying the ad-
vance in duties. All that sort of thing
should be prevented, but we do not for
get the influence of the sugar trust ant
the wool syndicate in congressional cir
The herald., 1897-03-24

of doing things as laid down by the
founders of the republic. But II we are
ever to have representative men in the
upper house of congressman who are
strictly honest. patriotic, scornful OF
bribe givers, careful of the good name OF
our country and of time wasted in quio-
bling over on-essentials-if such we
are ever to have in control of the SEN
ate, is it not time that something more
than suggestions of change should be
offered? What possible danger, can result
If we submit to the popular will all
great questions of interest and among
them the election of United States sena-
TORS?
The herald., 1897-03-24
THE ARLINGTON HOTEL
the Washington monument droops de-
BEAUTIFUL SANTA BARBAR.


The one creditable incident in Nc
Kinley's entire career was his going
forth at his country's call to fight for
the union. Even there, however, his
services were so obscure that his cam
paign eulogists could find nothing in his
war record more exciting than the fact
that he once carried a can of hot coffee
to somebody who was fighting-which
may have been magnificent, but cer-
tainly was not war. Why. there are men
in this county today shoveling mud out
of irrigating bitches. who did harder
fighting and more of 1t during the war
than Mckinley ever did. Yet these men.
so far from aspiring to the presidency.
would consider their services amply re-
Quilted by the position of zanjero.
Four years ago when McKinley's
abomnable tariff bill had done its dead
ly work-had pampered the overgrown
trusts and monOpolies on one hand, and
produced a deficit of $70,000,000 in the
revenues on the other-and the Re-
publican party was picking itself up
out of the dust of the most disastrous
and overwhelming defeat in its history,
the suggestion of Mckinley as a presi-
Dental possibility would have evoked a
continental guffaw of derision as 'the
dream of demented humorst," to use
one of Ambrose Bierce's felicitous ex-
pressions. Smarting under the sting Of
defeat, and In their rage so 1ar fOrget-
ting themselves as to tell the truth,
the more influential Republican papers
and politicians denounced Mckinley as
the author of their misfortune and spat
on him in measureless contempt.
"Why," declared these worthless wrath
fully, ''if it hadn't been for that BRAIN
less bigot and his fool bill we might
have been in power yet"
McKinley's dazzling career OF consist
ent and triumphant imbecility is an in
spiration to every ambitious Ounce In
the land 1t reminds me irresistibly of
a clever parody on a once popular song.
II Believe It. for My Mother Told Me
So" The author. who must have had
Mckinley in mind, sings of his Spartan
mother in this fashion:
She never reprimanded me when away
from school ran:
On the other hand, she bade me not to go.
She said, 'If you grow up fool you'll be
congressman"-
| I believe it, for my mother told me so.
H. A. NEWBERRY.
Riverside, Cal. March II, 1897
The herald., 1897-03-24
John Bought the Cigars

An amusing incident was observed on
a local train a few days ago. In the
smoker sat two Chinese, well-dressed
and self-contained. Immediately in
front of them two Italians took seatD
and began smoking cigars They were
dressed in blue overalls and were Of the
laboring class Presently one of the
Cinnamon leaned over and asked II the
cigars were for sale. IT give 10 cents"
he said, two cigar" The offer was
accepted, the transfer of the articles
made, when their new owner openedlthe
window and threw them away. Why
YOU do that?" asked an angry italian.
Heap bad cigar" was the stolid ans
wer. ''he stink."-Santa Barbara Press.
The herald., 1897-03-24

The Hawaiian Star of Honolulu de-
votes a column to the question of the in
terest Of the United States in that little
republic, and presents many good argu-
ments why the United States should
use due diligence in anexing it. And
that brings up the thought to a Demo-
cratic mind: Why does not the Repub-
lican howl continue, now that they have
it in their power to annex Hawaii? But
it makes a difference whose pig is stuck
under the fence.
The herald., 1897-03-24

land, which has been so fond of pointing
the finger of scorn at the concentration
Of the American mind on the pursuit Of
the Almighty Dollar in both private
and public life should stand condemned
in the eyes of the world as craven from
a similar but much more aggravated
The herald., 1897-03-24
WHY NOT ELECT THEM

In the makeup of the senate of the
United States it is a notable fact that
very many of the present members are
men who gained their political prefer
ment by work done for the machine OF
by the use Of money, and could not
have been elected if an appeal to pop
ular vote had been taken.
We, as a nation, have been and are
slow to change the traditional manner
The herald., 1897-03-24

Powder goes up again. This time as
the result of an arrangement effected
between Atlantic and Pacific coast
companies. The second division of the
agreement includes Oregon, Washing
ton, California, Nevada. Idaho and Ari-
zona, and the advance in prices equals
on an average two cents per pound.
Dynamite now commands 91aQ10 cents
and black powder from 81 to s1.25 per
keg. This will in the aggregate greatly
increase the expense connected with
the development of gold. mines, in the
prosecution of which dynamite is very
important factor
The herald., 1897-03-24
The Jealous Eve Of whittier

After the city Of Los Angeles gets its
boulevard to Pasadena built py the un-
employed. we suggest that 1t fill some of
the chuckholes and bitches and repair
some Of the bad streets and roads from
the Los Angeles river toward Whittier
and Downey. 1t might be well to make
some general repairs first, then spread
itself on a boulevard d.-Whittier Regis
tar
The herald., 1897-03-24

The Cotton and Wool Reporter is of
the opinion that the mills and spectators
will have a years stock of wool on hand
when the new tariff takes effect, and
that the government need not expect
any revenue from that quarter for
twelve months. But the price of woolen
goods will be advanced Immediately to
the basis of the new customs duties.
Let consumers remember that.
The herald., 1897-03-24

A Texas Republican is en- route to
Washington with 5000 applications for
office Bitterly opposed as President
Mckinley is to lynching, no doubt he
would excuse il in this fellows case
The herald., 1897-03-24

General Weyler has submitted
transcript of his account books to the
Madrid government. Since he has been
captain general he has run up bill
amounting to s12s 600 900. Three millions
of it, however, the general has placed
in bank to the credit of his private ac-
count
The herald., 1897-03-24

Senator Platt seems determined to
have his legislature legislate Teddy
Roosevelt out of the New York. police
board. Plat wants no argus-eyed man
on duty in New York to watch the oper-
alton of his ward political machines.
The herald., 1897-03-24

Advices from Washington tend to
prove that the fears of San Pedro's
friends that the harbor fight will not be
finished as long as Coils P. Huntington
thinks he has card to play were not
unfounded. A special dispatch from
Washington to the San Francisco Ex-
aminer, which The Herald reproduces
today should be sufficient warning for
perpetual vigilance and unceasing la
h0r
The herald., 1897-03-24

The initial test Of the act passed by
the legislature two years ago in the in
terest of pure food was made in San
Francisco last week and resulted in the
conviction of grocer who sold prep
aration of glucose, sugar cane. water
and analine dye under the representa-
ton that it was raspberry syrup. We'll
he ought to be convicted.
The herald., 1897-03-24

Chairman Dingley cannot afford to
forget to mention the fact that the reel
procity idea which he has Incorporated
in the new tariff bill was discovered and
made public by James G. Blaine, and
that the original idea has never been
improved upon.
The herald., 1897-03-24

An exchange tries to make the point
on import taxes that we get only very
poor tea at so cents which costs the inn
porter 10 cents. The point is not well
taken. If tea is a necessity, why not
have an inspector to tell us good from
The herald., 1897-03-24

Prof. Stanley Hail announces that
there are 6456 kinds of fear. That is the
exact number, as we all know, but just
now the whole of them are consolidated
into one big fear that the advance agent
of prosperity may lose his way.
The herald., 1897-03-24

Although the Cleveland administra-
tion did not go out in blaze of glory.
Vice President Stevenson retired with
the warmest expressions of good will
from all parties
The herald., 1897-03-24

The way goods and wares are being
rushed into this country from abroad
and the activity which importers are
displaying in Withdrawing merchandise
from the bond warehouses, BODIES no
good to the customs duties end of the
Dingley bill. There will be general
rise in prices, however, the moment the
new tariff schedules become operative.
The herald., 1897-03-24

The single Standard goldbugs that
have delighted to point to Mexico as a
sample of depression, attending the
reign of silver, can possibly let them
selves down gracefully from their high
perch by the seat of their baggy panta
looms when they read up on the Ques-
zion; but they can't be too quick about
The herald., 1897-03-24

The Cleveland, Ohio. woman who is
suing her father-in-law for $4,000 for
filing her mouth with plaster of Paris
to stop her talking, places her conver-
sational privilege at an absurdly low fig-
The herald., 1897-03-24

The leaders of the Republican party
should bear in mind that the last time
they passed a tariff bill they invited
and got the worst defeat their party
ever sustained. The bill which they
have agreed upon is more Objectionable
in many ways than the act of 1890, and its
operation is almost sure to turn the
party down in 1898 as the Mckinley bill
did in 1892.
The herald., 1897-03-24

Ex-Secretary Carlisle made a mistake
when he accepted the position Of special
attorney for Pierpont Morgan's bank
ing institution. He should not have
given his enemies an opportunity to re-
vive the story of his connection in a
dark kind of a way with the Morgan
bond syndicate deal.
The herald., 1897-03-24

Referring to the Lexow Investigation
of the trusts, Senator Cantor of the New
York assembly has the hardihood to as
sert that ''it is the height of folly to
suppose that a committee represent
ing the party which has been bene-
flied by heavy campaign contributions
would undertake to punish its benefac-
fore
The herald., 1897-03-24

The Cuban insurgents are all right
and will do to tie to. The other day a
band of patriots desired to drink to
President Mckinley, but having no wine
they forthwith set out for a Spanish
garrison, which they took, and after
killing the whole outfit. they drank to
our president from the liquor bottles
they had captured.
The herald., 1897-03-24

When a bill was before the Illinois
legislature to circumvent department
stores, a very sensible member said that
department stores were successful be-
cause, and only because, they advertise
their goods and wares extensively. The
store that advertises bargains and gives
bargains will get the business, and it
does not have to be a department store
The herald., 1897-03-24

1t does seem that the perennial stories
of smoking mountains in Oregon and
California have been refuted often
enough to warrant their retirement, but
they continue to appear.
The herald., 1897-03-24
An Indignant Victim of Oil

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
aid: The public was kindly advised
yesterday morning, in the oil column or
a daily paper. that Mr.. Keifer, proprie-
tor OF the Troy laundry, was saving
shekels by burning OIL whether his pa
irons were saving anything or no. and
we are assured that said Keifer viii
cooperate with the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' association to secure pro-
lection from oppressive legislation"
Anything to protect the people in the
oil region is, of course, Oppressive TO
the greedy cormorants who would I'M.
peril the health and lives OF citizens II
they could make dollar.
Already several fires have occurred IN
the oil district, and life and property
have been seriously imperiled. People
have had their insurance policies can
celed, and no wonder. Let fire break
out, like that of last week, when the
dry season is on and a stiff breeze is
blowing, and then who can tell wnat
might be the result?
In the Union-avenue public school
house, near which the fire occurred last
week, there are 700 children and three
teachers. The building is surrounded
by oil derricks, tanks and pools OF oil.
Everything is soaked and daubed with
grease. The smoke and nasty fumes
are so dense that the windows have to
be kept closed. The surroundings are
such that an alarm Of fire and panic
are liable to occur any day. The heaitn
and lives of these children are mere
bagatelles to Mr.. Keifer and the whole
rabble of selfish creatures who are after
| the greasy dollar.
Property has been deprecated in the
| oil district hundreds Of thousands or dol
| lars. Old people of frail health have sur
fered for months and been tortured by
noise and stencil, unable to sleep, ana
| finally driven from their homes :,
| People who have built nice homes ano
paid city assessments for streets and
sidewalks. and have complied with all
Ia ws and ordinances, have had to sacri-
| Ace their homes and flee as from pesti-
| lence.
And all this permitted and encouraged
for two years by city government that
| collects taxes for the protection OF IT'S
| citizens! =,
| There Is not one out Of ten of these oil
! men that has paid a dollar tax on MS
great local industry" They even re-
fused to pay the pitiful assessment OF u
per month on their business, and wnen
they thought they had the large con-
sumers in q hole and at their mercy. they
propped the price Of oil up ana trieo 10
cinch them. =. i.
| I suppose they would have paid the
loss of $50, 900 II the Union-avenue scnool
house had burned down the otner nlsnt !;
| And If a few children should be burned
| to death or crushed in a panic, OF course
| n would be consoling to know that we
have "great local industry! >,
A tirtier, meaner outrage than this OIL
| nuisance was never tolerated py any
city in the United States. T.. j. d.
The herald., 1897-03-24

The Whittier Register of March 10Th
would compare favorably in every way
with the best of the illustrated weeklies
of the eastern cities. 1t is printed on
heavy calendered paper, and upon ev-
cry one of its thirty-two pages are cuts
of local scenes and persons done in as
high art as one would find anywhere.
The reading matter Is descriptive of
Whittier and surrounding country, and
much of it makes bright and clear pen
pictures which rival the illustrations in
gaining the attention of the reader AL
together this number of the Register is
one of the finest specimens of high class
newspaper work that was ever gotten
out in California.
The herald., 1897-03-24
Never Closes
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prints
communications, but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as is consistent with tho
proper expression Of their views.)
The herald., 1897-03-24

After twelve years Of pulling and
hauling, New York is ready to celebrate
the completion of the Grant monument.
Almost any other American city would
have completed the work ten years ago,
but there is some question about New
York being an American city.
The herald., 1897-03-24

1t is the purpose of the ways and
means committee to cram the new tar
iff down the throats of the Democratic
members without opportunity to file
protests. But as that is the surest way
to insure a Democratic victory later,
let the good work go on.
The herald., 1897-03-24

Old Sport John J. ingalls, enjoyed the
fight because it was very much of an
eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth
affair.
The herald., 1897-03-24

The people of the United States detest
war, and they are always ready and
willing to do their level best to avert
it, but they wish to remark that If the
powers of Europe are determined to
cross swords. they will undertake to
furnish all needed commissary and
quartermaster stores at reasonable
prices for cash.
The herald., 1897-03-24

ladies' of the court to ride the bicycle.
She says 1t is unladylike. Her dis
tinguished mother-in-law observed some
years ago that Williams wife is a very
stupid woman"
The herald., 1897-03-24

Mr.. T. V. Powderly has filed an appli-
cation with President Mckinley for
something equally as good" as the
leadership of the knights of Labor, but
he does not make public the terms of the
anti-election contract between himself
and Mark Hanna.
The herald., 1897-03-24

Says the Detroit Free Press, about
prosperity: Less than a month of the
Mckinley administration, and hand or
gans are starting UP all over the coun-
The herald., 1897-03-24

Our neighbors over in Arizona are be-
coming enthusiastic on the beet sugar
question. and their soil and climate gave
satisfactory returns last year.
The herald., 1897-03-24
resident Mckinley says

President Mckinley says times are
hard and the people are in distress, and
his remedy for their ills is that they pay
about s75OOO,0O a year more for their
supplies. William Mckinley has always
been a firm believer in the theory that a
people can tax themselves into prosper
ity, and that the more it costs man
to live the better he is off.
The herald., 1897-03-24

William Jennings Bryan is still strong
in the faith that silver will win, and
there is no abatement in the interest ex-
hibited wherever he goes.
The herald., 1897-03-24

Having failed to pacify the insurgents,
Weyler is trying his hand on newspaper
correspondents-by giving them their
liberty.