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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25
Waldo Good Templars.

The annual meeting of Waldo District
Lodge of Good Templars was held in Memo
rial Hall. Belfast, Saturday, Feb. Goth The
lodge was opened at 10 30 a. N. by District
Tempar E. L. Bartlett Eight lodges We're
represented by 103 delegates. The follow
ing officers We're present. District Tenn
plar E. L. Bartlett; Counsellor, W. S.
Jones; Secretary, Toman H. FernaId; Mar
shall, NJ A. Sanborn. The following served
pro TEN: Vice Tempar. Lora Maxcy
Superintendent of Juvenile Temples, Mrs
Geo E. Bracket; Chaplain, Geo. E. Files /;
Treasurer, j. II. Mckinley; Guard, H. A.
Shaw, Deputy Marshal, Mabel Rose; Past
District Templar, Josiah Adams.
The address of welcome was by Miss Flora
Weber and the response by District Tenn
plar E. l.. Bartlett
The District Lodge degree was conferred
on nine candidates.
The Secretarys report showed a gain of
10 members of the Order in Waldo county
during the year and new lodges.
At noon an excellent dinner was served
by Belfast Lodge.
In the afternoon session the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year
District Templar, E. L. Bartlett; Counsellor
I. H. Fernald; Vice Templar, Mabel Rose
Secretary, H. F. Erskine; Treasurer, W. S
Jones' Chaplain, ]. b. Mckinley; Marshal,
Josiah Adams; Deputy Marshal, Helen
Veazie; Assistant Secretary, Mrs. E. II
Banton; Guard, H A Hadley; Sentinel,
james Pendleton. The officers were installed
Templar, assisted by Lora Maxcy as Grand
Secretary, and Leforest L. Robbins and
Flora Weber as Marshais.
The following resolutions We're adopted
Resolved, That we extend the thanks OIL
the District Lodge to Belfast Lodge fol
hearty welcome and generous entertain
ment.
Resolved, That we extend the thanks of
| the District Lodge to the NJ. G. Railroad
and also TO the Belfast and Castine Steam
boat Co. for courtesies extended to mem
| bers of the orders.
| Resolved, That we commend the action OF
brother Mears as State Constable for wha,
he has done and is doing to enforce the pro
hibition laws in Waldo county.
| 1t is voted to hold the next session in
| Brooks in May.
| The Islesboro delegation, to the number
| of "a, came over on the regular trip of the
steamer Castine and returned by specia
| trip in the evening, leaving Belfast at II
O'Clock. The Belfast and Islesboro mem
| bers and a few from other lodges held so
ciable in the lodge room in the evening and
| very pleasant occasion was made.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25
The Social Season.

George Pratt Epworth League will give an
entertainment tomorrow, Friday evening, at
the M. E. Vestry, to consist of stereopticon
views of Scotland and literary exercises
Admission Is cents.
The preparations f II the Hook and Ladder
bail to be given at the Belfast Opera House,
tomorrow, Friday, evening, are progressing
favorably and give assurance of success
full and pleasant affair. The music will be
by Sanborn's orchestra. The citizens have
responded literally to the call for contrbu-
tions to the supper and an abundance of good
food, well served, may be expected
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25

There is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was supposed to be incur
able. For a great many years doctors pronounced
it local disease, and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure with local treat
.ment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional disease, and the re
fore, requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. j. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, o., is the only constitutional cure on
the market. 1t is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Ad-
dress F.J. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, o.
HB-Sold by Druggists, Toe. Inns
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25
Secret Societies.

A special meeting Of Timothy Chase
Lodge, F. and A. NJ, will be held this,
Thursday. evening, for work.
Past Master W orkman j. G. Aborn went
to Boston Monday to attend the annual
meeting of the Grand Lodge of Massachu-
sets, A. O. U. W.
A delegation of Masons from Timothy
Chase and Phoenix Lodges visited Excelsior
Lodge of Northport Saturday to witness the
work in the third degree.
Canton Pallas, P M, l. o. 0. F., will give
a reception, turkey supper and dance to
Belfast Company, U. R.. X. of p, and Bel
fast Band at Odd Fellows Hall Thursday
evening, Mar. 18th.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25
Concerning Local Industries.

The Dalton Sarsaparilla Co. recently fin
ished the manufacture of large supply of
sarsaparilla and nerve tonic for the spring
trade.
The prospect Of a creamery being estab-
lished here this spring looks decidedly en-
couraging. Mr.. Wilson was in town Satur-
day in consultation with members of the
Board of Trade, and will return again in a
few days, when something tangible may be
looked for.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25

A recent letter from the Pettingill ad
veltising agency, Boston, indicates a
frightening of the business outlook and
shows the confidence of one of the largest
advertisers IN this country in a speedy re-
turn of general prosperity. Pettingill &
Go. say: ION account of the promised
return Of business prosperity, Dr.. Greene
has decided to lay aside the display ad-
veltisements that he is now using and
Substitute the copy We enclose, which
calls for much larger space
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25
Golden Anniversary.

WINTHROP, Feb, 90. The golden wedding
of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Wood, celebrated
here tonight was brilliant affair. There
were present well-known people from this
and surrounding towns to offer congratula-
tions and best wishes. Happy speeches
were made, there was inspiring orchestral
music, and the hall was deliberately decorat-
ed. Mr. Wood is prominet Republican,
and has occupied high positions of trust in
State and county. During Harrison's adj
minstration he was postmaster in the u S.
Senate. He married Feb. 20, 1847, Miss
Ruth Brown of Winthrop.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25

Some of the papers are commenting
rather tlippantly on the fact that many of
the delegates to the Mothers Convention
at the National Capitol are maiden ladies.
Did they never hear the saying, "While
there's life there hope?"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25

The Lexow investigation of trusts, now
in progress at New York, has developed
an astonishing amount of ignorance. Men
with millions to their credit, or discredit.
W hen on the witness stand exhibited a
total loss of memory and unblushing ig
n5rance. They evidently need guardians.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25

We do not think favorably of the pro-
position to change the name of Maine
State College to University of Maine. For
one thing it would necesstate the ball
team changing the letters on their sweat
ers: and there are other objections.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25

President Cleveland keeps right on duck
hunting and otherwise enjoying himself,
regardless of the fact thai the Belfast Age
calls him down every week
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25
Little Hiss Harrison.

INDIAN4PoLIs, Feb. 81 The expected al
vent OF an heir at the residence of ex-Pre 81
dent Harrison was realized at 5 30 this
morning, when Mrs. H arrison presented her
distinguished husband with a daughter, a
plump little cherub weighing s 3 pounds.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25

A call has been issued for Republican
caueuses this evening and to- morrow even
ing to nominate a candidate for Mayor
and candidates for ward officers in the re-
spective wards. From present indications
thcre will be no opposition to the candi-
dates nominated at these caucuses. The
responsibility of conducting the affairs of
the city for the coming year will thus de-
yolve upon the Republicans of Belfast,
aid they should accept the trust with a
due sense of the Obligations they are to as
sumo. A judicious selection of candidates
is Of the first Importance. They should
be chosen, not as a reward for party ser
vice. but solely with regard to fitness fer
the positions they are % fill. 1t is not
proposed to have a partisan city govern
luent but one that will work harmonious
ly foi the public good A careful, bust
ness like administration is what the situa-
sion calls for, and what the people ex-
peGt. We do not believe they will be dis
appointed. There is work to be done
which calls for the best endeavors of the
best men we can secure to manage the
affairs of the city. There is no disturbing
issue, and no occasion for one Let us
.'roid such in the future. Let us consign
all past issues to oblivion, and see what
can be accomplished by united effort for
the best interests Of Belfast
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25

President Cleveland in h is last message
to Congress expressed the opinion that if
it be found that Federal authority is not
broad enough to reach the trusts, 'sthere
can be no doubt of the power of the sew
erai States to act effectively in the prem
Uses, aud there should be no reason to
doubt their willingness to judiciously ex-
ercise such power Several States have
already moved in this direction. Some
four or five have passed stringent laws.
AID anti trust legislation is pending in
twice rs many more. Many of he trusts
have been under investigation in New
ok, aud the Lexow committee is still at
work. The sugar trust, the coffee trust,
The tobacco trust, the wall paper trust,
have been more OF less thoroughly venti-
lated. While it is difficult to reach some
OF these combinations, and, as in the case
of the sugar trust, the law has been defied
and there are indications of perjury, these
Investigations must inure to the public
good. The steel rail trust has already
gone to pieces, and competition has
brought the price down to SIT per ton.
This has caused large purchases and or
ders that will keep all the mills running
for year at least. This ensures a large
amount OF labor, not only at the mills
but in the transportation and laying of
She rails. 1t was claimed for the great
oil trust that it had cheapened the
price of this illuminant to the con
sumner; and this is true, but the same
result would no doubt have been at
tanned had the oil trust never existed.
! ike all such monoples the oil combine
has simply bided its time, and we have
seen the price advanced some 40 per cent
against trusts are up to this time lament
ably rare. Utah, however. furnishes one
case of interest. The Union Pacific Coal
Company of Salt Lake City, with another
wholesale company and fourteen retail
dealers, organized in 1895 the Salt Lake
Coal Exchange. The object was to pre-
vent any person, not member of the ex-
change, from purchasing coal from the
companies interested at as low price as
that charged to members. The plan work
ed well for a few months, but the grand
jury finally got evidence of discrimination.
The members of the exchange were there
upon indicted for unlawfully combining tc
restrain trade and increase the price OF
the companies were fined $500 each, while
the retailers were fined only $25. On ap-
peal the United States Circuit Court has
upheld the decision of the lower court.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25

Mrs. Clara A. (Reed) Mcdonald of Dumb
gan, Cal, died in Sacramento January 10Th,
death ensuing short time after an opera
ton for cancer had been performed: The
deceased was born in Bucksport, Maine,
and was 81 years of age. She married
George F. Mcdonald. of Glenburn, on
November %, 1865, and went to California
IN 1872. They had resided in Dunnigan dur
ing the past fifteen years, where Mr.. Nc
Donald had been a trusted employe of the
railroad. The death of Mrs. Mcdonald is
not only great loss to her husband, but
also to the community in which she lived.
She was active in all lines of Christian
work, prominent member of the Good
Templars and at the time of her death was
Past Grand Vice Templar of the Grand
Lodge. The funeral services were held at
the Methodist church, of which she was a
devoted member.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25

James Morse, a former resident of Albion,
died in San Jacnto, Calf, Jan. 18th, after
long illness, aged 10 years. He went to
California from Albion six years ago in
hope that the change of climate might bene-
He had been married twice, and left large
family of children by his first wife. His
second wife was Mary l.. Ward of Unity,
and she and one daughter survive him,
very bright and promising young lady of II
years. The latter Is taking a classical course
of three years in San Jacinto.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-01
Bosh.

One of the great vices entering into
the life of the nation, according to the
Chicago Tribune, is 1.-The thirst for Of
lice" In that journals opinion it ia
becoming worse and worse every year.
and it's exemplars in every community
ARE the drones;" "the men who are
found at national and state capitals
and in large cities seeking office are
usually the lazy and often the vicious
and dishonest"
Nonsense. The men who hunt politi-
cal Office are not worse upon the aver
age than the men who seek private
employment. There are hangers-on in
every field Of labor and in politics these
are usually the most conspicuous, per-
sistent and effusive. But the same is
true in other vocations and especially
at the headquarters of large corpora
tions and other places where the favor
of those in authority is helpful in
securing preferment.
In this country II rs no crime to seek
office. The very men who make the
loudest howl over the thirst for 1t are
often the greatest victims of that
thirst, and howl chiefly because their
appetite has not been appeased. 1t is
true that in the minor positions opened
through politics the rewards look big
ger at distance than they do arter
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-01
CALENDAR FOR JULY.

1 June brides cease to be a subject or
thought for the society editor.
2 Weather is propitious to the cultiva-
walton of home grown cucumbers.
Little boys with money TO burn pro-
ceed to raise smudge.
4 The American Eagle enjoys a day OF
rest.
5 Wilkes-Barre editors begin their an
nual 40 days diet on huckleberries
and milk.
Persons who have notes to meet are
afflicted with dumb ague.
Z A sea of gaseous matter passes over
the editorial page Of the Times.
s Editor Wade Finn takes his first ride
on a railroad pass.
Board of control is rendered banquet
by the High School alumni.
10 Phil Sheridan Monument association
reports progress.
IL Wilkes-Barre citizens petition to be-
come part of greater Scranton.
II Evening papers decide that one cent
week is a large price for the papers
they put out.
13 Police break the record by arresting
scorcher.
II The green apple arrives at proper
condition to tangle the internal ar
rangements of the small boy.
Is Dan Shannon dislocates his spine try
ing to lift the WiNes-Barre ball club
out of the mire.
16 First band concert is given Gn a horn
at Nay Aug park.
II Wouter Won Twister OF the Wilkes
Barro Record has lucid interval.
IS Steve Dyer refuses to play anything
but Short stop with the local base
ball clubs.
10 Herman Notz decides that 1t is i'm
possible TO reform the school board.
20 Editor O'Toole begins the composition
of a nomination letter of acceptance
to be used in case of emergency.
21 Michael Griffin purchases an ear trum-
pet in order that the voice of the
people may be heard in calling him
to Office.
20 Handley executors decide that too
much money is being expended in the
erection of magnificent buildings on
Spruce street.
20 A nom -office-seeking Democratic socie-
ty is organized with Nathan Vidaver.
John f. Roche, John J. Fahey and
Anthony Walsh as charter members
2i The police discover that the side
walks are made for pedestrians and
not for juggeTnaut wheelmen.
25 City Editor Kern declines to edit Freas
Bogert's base ball column.
26 Neil McTague consents to sacrifice
himself on the altar of his country
II given the proper nomination.
| 27 Mayor Bailey enters the lists as
slver-tongued orator.
2S Left Fielder Eagan sprains his larynn
| on the coaching line.
20 The main show catches up with pros
perity's advance agent and every
| body gets raise in salary.
| 80 Attorney Charles Hawley cultivate'
chin whiskers in anticipation of {
boom in Populism that will threateI
| the Prohibition party.
| 81 Wait and see.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-01

dice and inherited traditions among
the natives IL massed against the eff
forts of the English officials TO cleanse
these foul places and lift the social
order up to a more sanitary plane of
existence and the impression which
Mr.. Hawthorne conveys is that so
long as this shall be the case, the
battle for better conditions will be
hopeless. He finds among many hu-
name Englishmen who are working
like heroes to fight back the disease
the belief that 1t would be well to let
the fast multiplying millions of the ma
tive races kill their surplus population
off by the combined process of infanti-
eide and filth and thus spare civiliza-
ton the problem of feeding the grow
ing mass of superlluous unfortunates
whom India itself is insufficient to
maintain.
This opinion, nakedly stated, looks
barbaric; but it is the only solution
possible unless the intelligence and
humanity Of the Christian world shall
go at the task of publication in In
dia on q scale commensurate with the
need for IL.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-01
The Plague in India.

Contemplation of disease and death
is none too pleasant under the most
favorable circumstances, but for
chapter of horrors which, though sick
enng, is conservatively written and
evidently true, commend us to Julian
IIawthorne's article in the July Cos
mopolitan describing the ravages of
the plague in India. Mr.. Hawthorne
passed three months in the plague
centers under a commission from that
magazine to prepare for it's columns
the story of the visitation. His first
paper giving the results of this mis-
sion is one of the most effective speci-
mems of reporting within our knowl-
edge.
That India should be plague e-stricken
is not to be regarded strange after we
read Mr.. Hawthornes account Of the
sanitary conditions of Bombay, which
mirror the conditions in the country
generally. We quote one paragraphs:
"a house was marked down for Yisi-
tation in the midst of the Bazaar.
You could not see anything of it from
the street: it was screened by other
houses, but it was large enough to
contain 600 people. 1t was built round
an interior court, perhaps five and
twenty feet square; the four walls en-
closing it went staggering up, story
above story, so that we seemed to
stand at the bottom of a WELL But
what a well! The place, even here be-
meath the open sky, smelt like a cess
pool. The ground under foot was
boggy and foul; it was composed OF
dung and rotten matter Of all kinds
and upon investigation proved to ex-
tend downward to a depth of no less
than five feet. This huge and tester,
ing mass of coagulated filth had beer
accommodating unchecked, deep down IN
that pit Of human habitations, for fifty
years past. The heat, quite apart from
the poison of the atmosphere, was
sitting and intoleIable; there could
never be any movement of air In thi.
place, nor could the sunlight penetrate
its hideous depths. But the window,
of three~score living rooms opened
upon II and this was the atmospher,
which the inhabitants drew into thei
lungs day and night"
The singular thing is that the ma
tives of India don't want to be res
cued from the plague. When they ar
taken sick they hide away from tn
sanitary inspector and practice al
sorts Of deception in order to avoid be
Ing taken 10 the hospital. In one cas-
eight living men in a room stood
corpse up alongside them and trie,
TO make the inspector believe that al
nine were well; in another room
corpse already far advanced towar,
decay was seated In a circle of card
players I'm the hope that the inspec
tor. after casual glance in the door
would certify to the occupants health
fulness and pass on. The whole fore
OF caste, supers tition, religious preju
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-01
The New Librarian of Congress.

1t is doubtful If the president could
have chosen for the position of librar-
ian of congress a man better fitted for
the present duties Of that position than
is Hon. John Russell Young. Always
a post of responsibility and honor, call
ing for scholarship both widespread
and profound the librarianship at this
particular time makes extraordinary
demands, of a character which Mr..
Young is exceptionally well qualified
to fulfill.
On the eve of the dedication of the
new library building-architectura
and structurally the finest home of
printed knowledge in the world-and
just before the organization of staff
of assistants upon whose ability and
fidelity to duty will largely depend
whether this greatest collection of the
preserved wisdom of the ages shall be
of corresponding usefulness to the
American people, the call was not sim
ply for a scholar versed in library lore,
but also for an experienced and prac-
tical man of affairs, n man with .eXecu-
tive ability and broadened ideas. To
this call Mr.. Young responds with ere
dentials calculated to satisfy the min
utest requirements. To the depth of
the student he adds the breadth and
aplomb of the seasoned journalist the
polish of the diplomat and the fine
courtesy of the natural gentleman.
Not he but the country is to be con-
graduated.
The nomination of Mr.. Young to this
position, moreover is accepted by the
journalistic fraternity Of Pennsylvania
and of the country as another of the
presidents felicitous tributes to the
craft. There are editors who seek Office,
and TO them the president has upon the
whole been more than ordinarily gra-
cious, but here was an editor, and one
,of the giants of the guild, whom the
office itself sought; and sought for the
fiattering reason that it recognized in
the success which had crowned Mr.
Young's work in journalism the best
possible evidence of his eminent
fitness for this new trust. And thus
while the compliment is rich with per
sonal significance to it's immediate sub
ject, it really amounts, in the larger
sense, to an Endorsement Of journalism
from the highest source on earth,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-01

A curious kink in human nature was
revealed by the young woman in New
York the other day who visited each
of the leading newspaper offices and
told with great detail story of the
suicide of an alleged friend which upon
inquiry proved to be absolutely flcti-
tious The young woman gained moth
ing by her deception, but instead made
herself liable to arrest, and solely, IL
would seem, for the purpose of Great
ing a mild and momentary sensation.
No wonder Max Nordau argues that
the world shows symptoms of degen-
eracy.