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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-09

bought nearly $4,000, COO worth of our
goods in August and September Of 1897
under the Dingey law, while her purchases
in August and September, 1896, were only
trif1e over SIS, 600, 600. Italy increased
her purchases from us nearly so per cent,
in August and September, as compared
with the corresponding months Of 1896.
Turkey, which also protested, followed
that action by purchasing six times as
much from us in the first two months of
the new law as she did in the correspond
ing months of last year. Even Japan,
which has made such violent protest
against certain features of the new law,
increased her purchases of American
goods materially in August and September
August and September of 1896; while
| Great Britain, also one of the protesting
| countries, increased her purchases nearly
| So, zoo, 600 in August and September, 1897,
| as compared with the corresponding
months of 1896. Taking the thirteen
countries which offered protests against
the Dingley law, and comparing their
| purchases from the United States in the
first two months Of its operation with the
corresponding month of the preceding
year, it is found that the purchases from
us under the new law were nearly S25,-
600, 900 greater than in the corresponding
months of the year.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-09

The first country to send co mmission
to Washington to plead for reciprocity
aud a general understanding by which
trade relations under the new law should
be made as compared with those under
the old law was one of the hardest Chick
ers" against that law when it was under
consideration. The Canadian Govern
ment, in sending its chief official to Wash
lngton to open the way for negotiations in
this line, showed that all of its complaints
about our tariff and its proposed retala-
ton were only for effect, and are no
onger thought of in retaliatory way.
Inc Democratic statesmen who were
laughing in their sleeves during the con-
sideration of the Dingley law over the fact
that dozen or more countries had threat
ened to retaliate by excluding our pro-
ducts from their ports in case this country
again adopted a high tariff against their
products laugh no longer. An examina-
ton of the books of the Treasury Depart
ment shows that our exports to those
countries in the first two months of the
Dingely law were far in excess of our ex-
portations to these same countries in the
corresponding two months of last year
under the Wilson law, thus justifying the
Republicans in their belief that the threats
Of retaliation were groundless.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-09
Editorial Notes.

There is every reason to believe that
Congress will promptly ratify the Hawaii
an annexation treaty, as has already been
done by the Hawaiian Congress.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-09

In BRIEF. The Boston & Maine direc-
tors have declared the regular quarterly
dividend of 1 II per cent. payable January
LIST, to stockholders of record Nov. 3Oth
September gross earnings increased about
SIG, 600 with the improvement maintained
in October and November promising well.
....Ambassador Hay was the chief speak
er at an American Thanksgiving din
ner in London.......H Hiram S. Maxim,
superintendent of construction of the
Atlantic and Pacific Aerial Navigation
company of San Francisco, announces
that the company has now in the course
of construction an airship in which it is
expected to make the trip to the Klon-
dike.....A private dispatch received from
Vienna says that Samuel L. Clemens
(''Mark Twain,'') while being forcibly
elected from the lower house of Reichsrath
Nov. 28th, was struck a severe blow by a
Czech delegete... The Republicans of
Boston have nominated ex-Mayor Curtis
for Mayor, and the Democrats have re-
nominated Mayor Quincy.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-09
Mount Desert Correspondence.

SOUTH WEST HARBoR, Nov. q, 1897
Messrs. Squirting x Ladd of Cranberry
Island while bringing their engine shaft,
bearings and propeller wheel to South West
Harbor during northw ester to ship TO Bos-
ton to have overloaded for their steamer,
lost the whole outfit in twelve fathoms of
water by the boat filling and sinking. They
tried to pit but have been unable to re-
cover it. W. r. Keene went to Boston and
contracted for new outfit for them. A
compound engine will replace the single one
lost.
fremont Lodge, F. & A. M, will hold
their annual meeting for the election of Off
GERS Dec. 81.
The cargo of lumber from the wrecked
sch. Harrie Chester has been bought by j.
L. Stanley.
While Clark Hopkins was taking out the
spars of schooner Rowing Bride in some way
one of the guys slipped, letting the shears
and foremost over the bow, breaking the
mast in the middle. The men at work under
the shears had a very narrow escape.
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The Belfast Free Library

Books added during November, 1897:
Anderson, Lindsay. A cruise in an
opium clipper. 1891. ............... 51S.6
Converse, Florence. Diana Victrx.
A novel. 1897. .-.................. 212.4
Davis, NJ. E. NJ Under six flags The
story of Texas. 1898. ............... 456
Fiske, John. Washington and his
country: being Irving's Life of
Washington Abridged with an in
PRODUCTION and a continuation. 1896. 1913 l
Glyn, Anna l.. A pearl Of the realm:
story Of Nonsuch palace in the
reign of Charles l. 1896. ........... 1892
Hamerton, Philip Gilbert. The life
of j. NJ. W. Turner, r. A. Illus.
1879. ...-............ 81 d
Jacobs. W M Many cargoes........ 11S l
Kirk, Ellen Olney Revolt of daugh-
Ter. -.-..'.''.. '.''''.'. ''''A oo
Lincoln, Jeanne Gould. An unwilling
maid. 1897. Observation-Disclosures. 217 3
*Littel's Living Age. "a vols. ........L II
Lush, Charles K. The Federal judge.
novel. 1897. ...................... 212 2
Marchesi, Mathilde. Marchesi and
music: passages from the life of
famous singing teacher. With an
introduction by Massenet. Illus
trated. 1897. Observation-Disclosures. 323
Montgomery, David Fl. A beginners
American history. 1897. ........... 826 1
Montgomery, David H. Leading facts
of American history. 1897. ......... 1862
Montgomery David H. The students
American history. 1897. .......... 1868
Nixon, Oliver W. How Marcus Whit
man saved Oregon. A true romance
of patriotic herosm. 1896. ......... 819 8
Riverside School Library. II vols.
With biographical sketches and
notes.
Dana, R. II. Jr. Two years before
the mast.
Dickens, c. Christmas carol and
Cricket on the hearth.
Goldsmith, o. The deserted village,
The Traveller and other poems.
Goldsmith O. The vicar of Wake
field.
Grimm brothers. German household
tales.
Hawthorne, N. Grandfather's chair
and Biographical stories.
Hawthorne, n. Wonder book and
Tanglewood tales.
Holmes, O.W. Autocrat of the break
fast table.
Holiness o. W. Grandmother's story
of Bunker Hill Battle and other
verse and prose-
Irving, Washington. Essays from
the sketch book.
Longfellow, II. W. Evangeline, Hia-
watha. and The Courtship of
Miles Standish.
Miller, o. T. Bird ways.
Richardson, A. S. Stories from old
English poetry.
Scott, SIR Walter. Ivanhoe. ......... 151 2:
Scudder, II. E. George Washington:
an historical biography.
Swift, j. Gulliver's travels.
Warner, CT A-Hunting of the deer
and other essays.
*Royal Society of Canada, Proceed
ings and transactions. 1856. vols.
Stedman, E. c. Poems now first COL
1ected. 1897 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1918. IL
Temple, Crona. Princess Louise. A
tale Of the Stuarts. ................. 149. 80
Tiffany, Nina Moore. From colony
to commonwealth. 1897. ........... 1923 21
Tiffany, Nina Moore. Pilgrims and
Puritans. 1896. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1913 26
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-09

Work on the reciprocity features of the
new tariff law is making splendid progress
A dozen or more countries have already
indicated desire to enter into reciprocal
is every reason to believe that this feature
of the new law will prove more satisfac
tory than did the reciprocity features o
the Mckinley law.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-09

WASHINGTON WHIsPERINGs. A deci-
sion affecting pension attorneys and claim
ants generally was made Nov 10th. The
case is that of an attorney who claimed a
fee in pension. The decision follows:
1.-THE restoration of a pensioner's name to
the rolls under any law as the result of
the allowance of a claim for increase when
the claimants title to pension under that
rule is admitted does not entitle an at
torney to any greater fee than would be
allowed for securing an increase we're the
claimant in receipt of pension by virtue
of the law under which application for in
crease was made"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-09


Congress will promptly ratify the Hawaii
an annexation treaty, as has already been
done by the Hawaiian Congress.
Those papers which were talking of
defeating Mark Hanna'' for the Senate
have suspended that kind of talk since the
sentiment of the country has been heard
on that proposition.
The attention of Mr.. Bryan is respect
fully called to the fact that there are
whispered rumors from Mexico that its
statesmen and financiers are seriously
contemplating the adoption of the gold
standard.
growing disposition is reported
among the statesmen of China to adopt
the gold standard, and there is reason to
believe that that government will shortly
follow in the steps of Japan, and lay aside
the silver standard, under which it now
suffers such Inconvenience.
That self-appointed commission" of
silver men who went to Japan in August
to find out the real cause of the adoption
of the gold standard by that country
doesn't seem to be in any hurry about re-
porting. Can it be possible that the Jap
anese gold standard statesmen have con-
verified them? Or did they find the facts
against them?
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-09

The people now have a chance to buy as good
remedies as there are on the market at very low
prices, as can be shown by the very large number
of testimonials that the Company have received
from those who have used the medicines liberal
discount will be given the trade. Dealers who
have Dalton's remedies on hand are requested to
remit to the Company for what they have sold at
the old prices and send statement of what they
have on hand and the Company will bill the same
to them at the new prices on the same conditions.
PER ORDER OF DIRECTORS.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-09

The workings of the new tariff law are
proving extremely satisfactory. 1t is al
ready earning much more than did the
Wilson law in the corresponding period of
its existence, and there is good reason to
believe that the revenues under it will be
ample, and that the reciprocity features of
the bill are likely to result advantageously
to American citizens. In fact, there is
not thus far developed an unsatisfactory
feature IN the new law except to those who
want to find fault
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-09

Grave doubts are expressed by the
Chicago Tribune rs 10 whether the mer-
want war with Spain. 1t argues that
both these classes are just beginning to
feel the steady influence of a conservative
administration at Washington, and any
steps which lead to or even threaten war
with Spain would seriously affect the i'm
proved conditions.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-09

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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-09

Reports of the Government officials in
Washington show that the attitude of the
United States Government with reference
to the filibustering expeditions which have
attempted TO leave her ports for Cuba has
been one of the highest honor and closest
regard for our treaty with Spain. Eight
revenue cutters have been engaged in this
work, putting in a total of 1919 months of
active operations in suppressing filibuster-
ing, cruising IS, 76S miles, and capturing
seven vessels engaged in filibustering
The Yale expositor., 1897-11-26
CASUALTIES.

Des Molnes, low a.-By a premature
discharge of dynamite in one of the
city sewers two men, named ALTERS
aud Barton, were fatally injured.
Milan, Mo.-Thomas Epperson Of
Lancaster, while attempting to load
hogs, was bitten through the thigh,
severing an artery. He bled to death
in thirty minutes.
La Porte Ind.-William Aspy was
crushed to death by the falling of a
building.
Pawtucket, r. I.-While trying to
save the life of her six-year-old son
Henry Mrs. Arthur Forth was struck
by train near the village of st. Jean
Baptiste, a mile from Valley Falls.
Both mother and son were killed.
Milwaukee, Wis.-William Johnson
was run down by a trolley car on the
National avenue line. His recovery is
doubtful.
Los Angeles, Cal.-The Southern Pa
cihc train from Long Beach to this
city ran into wagon, killing H. Comp
ton and his son.
Fort Madison, Iowa.-An entire bust
ness block in Dallas City, Ill.,, nine
miles east of this city, was destroyed
by fire. Loss. $17,S00.
Carthage, Ill.-Fire at Dallas City
destroyed the Commercial hotel. ]. c.
Carther's livery stable, Charles
Schultz's tailor shop and Ganway &
Feldhausen's grocery store. Loss, $751;
900.
Detroit. Mich.-Boydell Bros paint
factory was Quilted by fire. Loss $780,
900.
st. Louis, Nov. II. Clemens a
contractor and builder, and Riley Wal
lace, a carpenter, were fatally injured
in the sheds of the st. Louis Cotton
Compress company.
st. Paul, Minn.-Fire broke out in
the packing establishment at New
Brighton, burning up the smaller
packing house of the plant. The loss
Is estimated at $4,000 to $4,000.
Gladstone, Mich. - Fire destroyed
Bittner's meat market, Conroy's hotel,
and Aaron Millor's building.
Montpelier. Ohio-The public school
building at West Unity was destroyed
by fire.
Plattsburg, N. Mrs. Terrill and
her nephew, Edward Mason, were
burned to death on farm a few miles
from Peru.
The Yale expositor., 1897-11-26
WITHIN OUR WALLS.
MERE MENTION OF MICHIGAN
MATTERS.
An Anegan Girl in Trouble Attempts
To Commit Suicide at Ann Arbor-
Three Omcers of Busted" Lansing
Bank Arrested.

Strange. Sensational Affair at Ann Arbor.
There may be trouble for at least
one student at the u. of nj. as the re-
suit of an affair which almost ended
in one death A well-dressed young
woman took rooms at the Arlington
house, Ann Arbor, giving her name as
Nellie Bawn, of Toledo. The next
morning she did not get up, and about
noon the matron entered her room and
found the girl nearly dead. Her face
was black. An empty laudanum bot
tie lay on the bed beside her and a
chloroform bottle was held tightly to
her nose. DIR. Cowley was at once
summoned and after hard work the
girl was brought TO consciousness.
She left the hotel at once bat left be-
hind some letters which showed that
she came from Allegan upon invitation
of n certain student. The officers
found the girl in the students room
and she was taken to Jail. The stu
dent said: "She is in trouble and l let
her come to help friend out. 1 didn't
think she would try to kill herself. /
don't want her to die on my hands.
I'd rather have you take her to Jail"
The young lady is Stella Sebring,
aged 20, and the student is Howard
Stuch, medic, who had promised to
help the girl out of trouble for which
his friend. Clarence Fuller, of Allegan,
was responsible.
The Yale expositor., 1897-11-26
CRIME.

st. Louis-Henry Clay Johnson, col
ored, was hanged for the murder of
William Amend, a newsboy whom he
shot on the night of Aug. 1. 1896.
st. Paul-Henry w. Heine, member
of the commission firm of Heine &
Cummings, set fire to his barn and
then shot himself. Temporary insan-
ity.
Tacoma, Wash.-Ex-Presid Henry
Oliver and ex-Cashier w. G. Peters of
the Columbia National Bank, charged
with misapproprialion of funds, were
acquitted in the United States court.
the jury holding that the money re-
ceived was trust funds and not de-
posits.
Spokane, Wash.-Mayor e. d. Ohm
stead, A. A. Newbury, D. F. Wetzel
and e. b. Hyde have been arrested on
a second charge of accepting deposits
in the Citizens National Bank at
time when the institution was in en-
insolvent condition.
Newport, Ky.-Duke Croxon, the
first to be tried of the nine men who
followed Mr.. and Mrs. Gleason out of
this city. and taking the woman from
her husband at the point of revolt
yer, brutally assaulted her, has been
sentenced to twenty years in the pen
itentiary.
St. Joseph, Mich.-Peter Peterson
was sentenced to eight years in the
penitentiary for an attempt to murder
his sweetheart, Eliza Harris.
Kansas City, Mo.-Francls A. Wade
was given verdict of twenty years in
he penitentiary by jury at Liberty,
Mo-, for the killing of Alex Schammel.
ST. Louis, Mo.-Henry Clay Johnson,
colored. was hanged for the murder OF
William Amend.
st. Louis, Mo.-The Supreme court
has affirmed judgment in the case of
George Thompson, convicted Of MUIR
der, and set Jan. Z as the date of his
execution.
Carson City, Nev.-Julian Guinan,
the boy who shot and killed United
States District Attorney Charles Jones
recently, was exonerated by the grand
jury.
Springfield, Ill.-John Kloppenhurg
committed suicide by hanging.
Kankakee, HIN. C. Wagner of
saunemin. ILL.,, will probably die from
bullet wound inflicted by John EN-
mons.
The Yale expositor., 1897-11-26
FOREIGN.

Athens.-M Romas, the Delyannist
candidate, was elected president of the
chamber of deputies by vote of SO to
Ga Eleven deputies refrained from
voting.
Constantinople-The sultan has con-
ferred upon Count Muravieff the Rus
sian minister of foreign affairs, the
grand Gordon Of the Osmanli Order for
his services in consolidating the
friendship existing between the two
countries"
Vancouver, B. C.-The steamer War
rimoo from Australia brings advices
that the New South Wales assembly
has defeated the local option bill.
Rome-Signora Verdi, wife OF the
celebrated composer. Giuseppe Verdi,
now in his saith year, is dead.
st. Petersburg-Th Russian minis
ter to the United States, NJ. de Kotze-
bue. has been relieved Of his post at
his own request and owing to his
health.
Berlin-Seven persons persisted in q
fire which broke out among the wood
work OF the shaft of mine near An
London-John Bagnold Burgess,
member of the Royal Academy and a
distinguished painter, died in his six
ty-eighth year.
The Yale expositor., 1897-11-26
Bank Omcers Arrested.

Prosecutor Cummins, of Ingham
county. caused the arrest of Cashier
Chas. II. Osband and Directors Chas
Broas and Christian Briesch, of the de-
funct Peoples Savings bank at Lam
sing. There are Is counts against the
ex-cashier. All three promptly fur
nished bail. 1t is charged that various
false entries were made in the books
of the bank with intent to deceive the
bank commissioner or his deputies.
The two directors concerned, ii is al
legged, did not hold 10 shares of stock
unpledged and owned in good faith,
as is required by law. They are
charged with perjury. Christian
Breisch was prominently connected
with the North Lansing Milling Co., a
pet scheme of Cashier Osband, in which
thousands of dollars of the banks funds
disappeared. 1t is charged that while
he was a director he never owned a
dollars worth of stock.
The Yale expositor., 1897-11-26
A Michigan Mans Big claims.

An old claim for 100000 acres of
Minnesota land which has twice been
rejected will be pressed before con-
gress again this winter The claimant
is George p, Rose, of Fenton, and he is
now looking up data and records in the
government land Office The claim
lies between the Falls of ST. Anthony
and Lake Pepin, covering the site Of
st. Paul, part of Minneapolis, and all
of Hastings, MINI. Rose, who is 70
years old, claims the title through his
grandfather, Levi Fair, who got deed
of the land from Jonathan Carver, the
English explorer. Carver in turn be-
ing alleged TO have received the grant
from Nawdauissia Indians shortly after
the close of the the French and Indian
war, about 1866. Carvers deed TO Fair
is recorded at Chillicothe, o., but no
record of the grant to Carver has been
found.
The Yale expositor., 1897-11-26
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
State Association Met at Port Huron
The New Ohicers.


An audience of over /, 800 people was
present at the formal opening of the
state Sunday school convention in the
Auditorium at Port Huron. Mayor
Boynton delivered the address OF well
come. Judge James n. Davis, of Kali
amazoo, president of the State associa-
ton, responded The report of the
executive committee, read by George
Parsons, of Watervlet, showed that of
SO counties in Michigan all but Alger,
Baraga and Ontonagon had regularly
organized Sunday schools and prepare
tory work had been carried on in the
three counties mentioned. During the
past year 81 full county conventions
had been held. Reference was made
to the worlds Sunday school conven-
ton to be held in London, Eng,
commencing July IL, 1898. The first
worlds convention was held in London
in 1889 and Michigan had % of 400
Americans present. The custom of
holding Sunday school rallies recently
adopted had been very productive of
good results on account of it's non-sec-
tartan and patriotic spirit Fifteen
counties held district rallies during the
past year. The financial part of the
report showed deficiency in the treas
ury of $50.
The following officers were elected:
President, g. j. Diekema, of Holland;
presidents, II. L. Wilton, of De-
troit; Judge j. II. Grant, of Manistee;
Rev. j. w. McDougall, of Otsego; +.
Kleinfeldt, of East Saginaw; recording
secretary, II. j. Barrows, 'of Armada;
treasurer, W. L. C. Reid, of Armada.
Saginaw was the only city that asked
for the convention in 1898, and re-
ceived it unanimously.
The Yale expositor., 1897-11-26
Germans Capture a chinese Fort.

The murder of two German Catholic
missionaries near Yeng-Tu by Chinese,
and the unsatisfactory reply to a de-
mand for reparation led to a naval
demonstration at Kiao Chau. The
three forts there were held by 1900
Chinese and their guns commanded the
fleet Admiral Won Diedrich placed his
four cruisers Immediately opposite,
ready to fire, and sent an ultimatum
ordering the evacuation of the forts
within three hours About 600 German
troops and six guns were then landed
and began to march forward The
Chinese hesitated for few moments
and then the whole 1880 fled across
the hills behind the forts. The Ger
mans quietly entered the Notifications.
hauled down the Chinese flag and
hoisted the German standard, which
the warships saluted Immediately.
The forts are now held by the Ger
mans, who, it is believed at Shanghai,
intend to remain permanently.
In official Chinese circles Germany is
considered to have committed an act of
war American and British warships
have been ordered to kiao-Chau to
watch developments
The Yale expositor., 1897-11-26
shnkr 1nsnranoe On. Clnsed NM.

The Protective Fire association of
Michigan, a mutual insurance company
organized in Detroit about two years
ago, will go into the hands of a re-
ceiver, according to the wishes of State
Insurance Commissioner Campbell, who
had recently received numerous COM
plants about the company. He found
that the company has a number of
losses, aggregating $4,000, which have
not been paid, and there is only IS in
the treasury with which to pay them
There are about $500 policies in force
scattered all over the state, and the
trouble began when the association re-
Gently sent out notices to the policy
holders apprising them of an assess
ment OF so per cent of the original
premium, with which it was proposed
to liquidate the losses.