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The Republican journal., 1897-10-07

anu business pOSltlOn OF Gne groom, We're
numerous, rare, costly and beautiful. They
included the useful as we'll as the ornamen-
tai and were of silver, cut glass, bric-a-
brac, hand painted china, embroidered
linens, furnishings, several large sums of
money, and large and beautiful assortment
of pictures, some of them the work of
friends. We noticed some presents which
must necessarily remind Mrs. Hilton of her
native State and of the friends in her home
city. Fortunate, indeed are She bride and
groom who are so generously and universal
ly remembered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilton will start Immediate
ly on their edding trip. The brides travel
ing dress was of dark olive green broad
cloth, trimmed with lighter green and very
elaborately braided with black. They will
visit the White Mountains, in Hanover, n
H, and in Massachusetts for few weeks
but will return to Belfast for brief visit
before leaving New England. From Belfast
they will go South, visiting various places
and reaching Chicago late in November
They will make their home for the present.
at the Windermere, which is the most at
tractive of Chicago's private residence
hotels and beautifully located on the south
side overlooking the lake and Jackson Park
The large number of guests from abroad
was notable feature of the wedding. Thir-
teen Dartmouth men were present and two
of the ushers, Messrs. Hardy and Grover.
were classmates of the groom.
Among the guests from abroad We're Mr.
Harold 7. Sibley of Dartmouth College, the
brides only BROTHER Mr.. and Mrs. E. U.
Thorndike of Hartman, Tenn, MIR. and
Mrs. Chas. A. Sibley of Melrose, Mass, Mr..
Edward S. Curial of Anoka, Mimi. Miss
Persis n. Andrews of Paris, Me-, Mrs. Daniel
w. Dodge and Mrs. Reuben Sibley of Free
dom, Me-, Mr.. and Mrs Hoyt W. Hilton of
Tewksbury, Mass, the grooms grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius W. Hilton of
Cambridge, Mass. his parents, Mr.. James
Barnes Hilton and bride of Cambridge,
Mass, DR., and Mrs. G. v Hilton and son of
Chicago, DR.. and Mrs. Il. W. Coburn of
Lowell, Mass, Mrs. c. S. Chase of Washing
ton, d. c., DIR. and Mrs. Dunning and
daughter of Boston, Mrs. S. B. Hunter and
Miss L. A. Hunter of Machias, Me, Miss
Lillian A. Cutter of Brookline, Mass, Mr..
and Mrs. James Fl. Fassett of Nashua,
n. H., the groom 8 roommate at Dartmouth,
MIR. and Mrs. Benz. Robinson of Bridge
water, Mass, Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Burbank
of Des Moines, Iowa. Mr.. II. c. Hill, of Co.
lumbus, Ohio, DR.. James Robertson of Cam
bridge, Mass, Mr.. Geo. A. Leavens of Bos-
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Trule of Lowell,
Mass. The firm of which the groom is a
member was represented by Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin CHM of Winchester, Mass the head
of the firm, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Parkhurst
of Winchester, Mr.. Justin II. Smith of Bos-
ton, in addition to Mr.. Conant, the groom
best man.
The Republican journal., 1897-10-07
Funeral of Gen. Neal Dow.

The funeral services of General Neal Dow
were held at the Second Parish church in
Portland, at 80 p. N. Oct. 9TH. The services
were conducted by Rev. Rollin T. Hack,
pastor of the Second Parish church, assisted
by Rev Asa Dalton of the St.Stephens Pro-
testant Episcopal church, and Rev. A. r..
Wright of the St. Lawrence Congregational
church. Prayer was offered by Rev. D. B.
Randall, D. D., the aged Methodist minister,
himself about 90 years of age. Past and
present members of Portland city govern
ment, mem bers of the fire department and of
the Veteran Fireman's Association, the 18th
Maine Regiment Association, Of which regi-
ment General Neal Dow was colonel, and
members of the Grand Army, were in attend
ance in addition to the general large attend
ance of citizens. Among the pail bearers
were Gov. Powers, ex-Gov. Perham, ex-Gov.
Dingley, ex.G Gov. Gonnor, ex-Gov. Robie, ex-
Mayor Fessenden, ex-Mayor Deering, ex-
Mayor King.
The Republican journal., 1897-10-07


Mayo & White ere granted permission
to occupy portion of Pleasant street while
rebuilding their factory.
The order authorizing the purchase of a
watchman's time record for use in the
Police Department was taken from the
table by the Common Council and passed
in concurrence.
The City Treasurer was directed to de-
posit with the Belfast Savings Bank $125 to
secure the payment of one S100-bond of the
issue of 1882 and now outstanding, with the
unpaid coupons,
The Committee on Finance, with John H.
Quimby acting for the trustees was author
lied to destroy all the bonds of the issue of
1882, which have been paid.
The Committee on Highways was direct
ed to build the road from Chas. A. Russ to
Chas. A. McKinley's, as ordered by the
County Commissioners.
NJ. c. Hill, Collector, reported as follows
Total amount collected. .........SS33 S3333 1888 81
per cent. discount allowed. ...... 1888 "a
Net cash collected. d.................$52 49,, ,O05, ,OS
P'd self, per cent. commission. 800 O5
P'd James Pattee, City Treasurer S31 ,6S5 O3
The City Solicitor, to whom was referred
the claim of the Belfast Water Co. for labor
and material in repairing pipes and chang
ing water gates, also for water used for
fus shing sewers, reported that in his judg-
ment the city is not liable, without special
promise to pay.
The Committee on Finance reported
amounts paid and due on sewer assessments
of 1892. Voted that the delinquent sewer as
sessments be referred to the City Solicitor
with instructions to collect the same as soon
rs possible.
Adjourned to Wednesday evening, Oct.
18th, to act on the work of the Committee on
Refunding.
The Republican journal., 1897-10-07

SEARsMoNT. Quantabacook Lodge, F. and
and will install them Oct 18th: W. M, A.
Millett; S, W., Chas. II. Burgess; j. W,
G. R. Keene; Jr., A. L. Maddocks; Sec,
L. G. Poor; S. D., j. F. Burgess; J. D., J. L.
Bean. Hon. W. W. Stetsoh, State Super
intendent of Schools, addressed the Pomvna
Grange here Tuesday afternoon on "Good
Citizenship and spoke in the evening on
"The Rural School," He had large and in
terested audiences on both occasions.
The Republican journal., 1897-10-07
The Maine Musical Festivals.

The preparations for the Maine Musical
Festivals to be given in Bangor October 14th,
18th and 18th, and in Portland October 18TH
18th and Goth, are progressing very favor
ably. Prof. Chapman directed rehearsal
in Rockland last Saturday evening, and 80
members of the Belfast chorus attended.
A representative of M. II. Andrews Of
Bangor was in Belfast Tuesday with the plan
of the hall in which the Bangor concerts
are to be given, and held an advance sale of
tickets.
The steamer Sedgwick will make an ex-
cursion from Belfast to Bangor Friday, Oct.
18th, the day on which Nordica appears
there, returning after the evening concert.
Tickets for the round trip, $1OO.
The Republican journal., 1897-10-07
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City Government.

The regular meeting the City Council was
held Monday evening. There was one
absentee from the Board of Aldermen and
full board in the Common Council. The
roll OF accounts contained the following
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-06
HOW TO FIND OUT.

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Z There is comfort in the knowledge
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It stands the highest for its wonderful
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paper guarantee the genuineness o.
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-06
SIXTY PERSONS MURDERED.
Another Hospital Attacked by the
Spaniards.

NEW YORK, April 2s.-The Spanish
battalion of Soria has committed one
of the most shocking crimes In Cuba
since the beginning of the war. A
Cuban hospital at Laguna Matagua,
Province of Matanzas, was attacked
on last Friday by the battalion, and go
of the wounded and sick, including 8
women and children, were slain by
the soldiery. To destroy ali proofs OF
their barbarity the Spaniards burned
the bodies OF their victims and the
house in which the hospital was estab-
lished.
This information comes from q
trustworthy correspondent of the Sun
in Havana, who says the details have
been sent to Gomez.
OF the s15, 5,ooo, 600 which will be the
total revenues collected by the Span
ish Government this year, only $4,000
are assigned TO the taxes raised in the
country districts, fact which is OH
cially acknowledged in the report o.
the Financial Department, and which
proves how completely the Spaniardl
have loet control over the island out
side of their fortified towns.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-06
Senator Vest and the Flood.


The resolution introduced by Sena-
tor Vest providing that the committee
on commerce shall report at the be-
ginning of the next session the causes
of the Mississippi floods and the means
of preventing them, involving an in
vestlgation of the outlet and levee
system, should be adopted, and the
appearance of the report should be
the beginning of such a study and
such treatment of the overflow ques-
tion as it has never before known.
The entire country comprised in the
valleys of the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers is interested. While the States
of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas
and Tennessee have the widest areas
involved, Missouri has vital interest
in the question, having great bodies
of alluvial land on both the Mississippi
and Missouri Rivers, with Illinois
coming next. The powers and re-
| sources of the Federal Government
| and the State Governments in tn,
matter should be settled with th'
possibilities of united and simultan
eous action. Heretofore millions hav'
been expended in improving or at
tempting to improve the navigation
of these streams. The question of tn
future should be the protection @
their shores. The report contem
plated IN Senator Vests resolution
should entirely cover the question a
issue and serve as the beginning of
great work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-06
Intemperate Temperance.

Report comes from the State of
Maine that the prohibition sentiment
of that State among the farmers has
stopped the cultivation of barley, for
the reason that barley enters so
largely into the manufacture of malt
liquors.
1t seems amazing that the farmers
should be SO illogical. The Western
farmer might as well refuse to raise
corn because some corn enters into
the manufacture of whiskey, and the
hop growers of Wisconsin refuse to
raise hops because they are used In
the manufacture of beer. Then, to be
equally logical, the glass factories
should suspend because bottles are
used as vessels for beer, and the manu-
facture of barrels and kegs should
likewise be condemned. Cork cutters
also should suspend their industry
since corks are used In bottling al
liquors. OF course, grapes could no
be cultivated nor sugar manufactured
because grape juice and sugar arr
| used in the manufacture OF wine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-06

Politics in the Public Schools.

Politics IN the Public Schools.
Ex-Governor w. ]. Stone, referring
to bossism in the school board affairs
of st. Louis, says:
sI have never taken much stock in
the new school bill. Many of its feat
ures are excellent, but so far as poll
tics goes, 1 believe 1t will place the
Board as completely as ever under
Mr.. Filley's control. I suggested to
some members of the Civic Fedora
ton while the bill was pending that it
should be amended so as to authorize
the Governor to appoint half and the
Mayor half of the members. Being a
new citizen of st. Louis, however, /
did not care to be prominently active
in a local matter. did not care under
the circumstances to oppose such a
measure, which was supported by a
unanimous press and seemed to be in
popular favor. Politics should be kept
out of the public schools, but this new
law will not accomplish that end. The
Republicans have injected politics
into the schools of st. Louis. 1t is an
outrage, but it is true.
ssIf this course is insisted upon it
must be stopped. A political boss
shall not run the public schools of st.
Louis. 1t can be stopped and it will
be. The law should be amended, the
board made appointive and bi-parti-
san or non-partisan, and the appoint
i've power lodged above the reach OF
a ward boss or the boss of ward
bosses. hope the day is not far dis
tant when the public schools of st,
Louis will be freed from this curse. ]
am for a new deal and the demand
should be, 'take politics out of the
public schools -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-06

SOME 300 men near Stockton, who
were unable to get work or preferred
Sacramento to work, tried to get
aboard train for that town the other
night, but the ruthless railroad mo-
nopolists put the train on side track
and so the procession will have tc
walk. The men say they want to &c
to Sacramento for the purpose OF
asking the Governor for aid. Why
did the railroads refuse to carry them
What are railroads for? As for the
Governor, is it not clearly his bust
ness to help and comfort philosopher
of the Coxey school? What arr
Government and Governors for? Il
they are not aid societies, employ
ment agencies, and entertainers o
Coxey travelling philosophers, wha
are they2 :.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-06
In Memory of Mrs. Waltz,

Mrs. d. Fl. Waltz was the daughter
of the late Turner r. Daniel, of Co.
lumbia, Mo-, her maiden. name being
Marion Clarkson Daniel. She was a
devoted member of the NJ. E. Church,
South. Her fathers home was the
preachers home. She leaves a kind
and devoted husband, a married
daughter, Mrs. B. Mcintosh, of Vain
wright, NO., and Eddie, their son, two
sisters, Mrs. W. K. Potts, of this city,
and Mrs. L. A. Gillum, of Howard
County, many friends in Columbia and
Boone County, where she was born
and raised. She had been in poor
health for several years, but was
cheerful and had sweet, sunny dis
position. All who knew her will
cherish her memory and feel that she
is at rest in her heavenly home and
hope to meet her bye and bye. She
was laid to rest in the beautiful ceme-
terry in Mexico, Mo-, April 29th, by
kind friends.
know that pain and sorrow will come,
That angels wings will bear US home
To that beautiful heavenly shore.
But why, Oh! why, should we murmur
When under affiiction's 8 heavy rod;
We will rest at last when the conflict s o 'er
Rest so sweet in the bosom of God.
A LOVED ONE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-06
LARGE EMBEZZLEMENT.
Cashier of the st. Louis Post-0 flee
Under Arrest.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 30.-David FL.
Hays, for eighteen years cashier of
the st. Louis Post Office, was arrest
ed to-day, charged with the embez-
element of $15,o03. The information
was sworn to by Inspector Joe john
ston, of the st. Louis division, who has
been examining the books for the past
week. Mr.. Hays was arraigned be-
fore United States Commissioner Jas.
Craig. The accused waived exami-
nation and was held to the federal
grand jury in the sum of 5000. He
ss once left the commissioners Office
and went to his home in Webster. The
+, shortage was made good by G. NJ
Hayes, general manager of the Grand
Trunk railroad, who came here sew
eral days ago on receiving word of hi
brothers. trouble. Despite this, th'
Washington officials have sent wort
here to begin the prosecution. Th'
accused is afflicted with heart diseas'
and may not live to stand trial.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-06
CAPT. WALTER YOUNGER.
A Boone County Boy Writes From
Cuba. 81


cToiH tuo SentrAHa COufler.
The following letter was written by
Walter Younger, son of A. F. Younger,
of near Younger's P. O., this county,
and well known here. Mr.. Younger
left for Cuba over year ago, where
he joined the insurgent army and has
risen to the rank of Captain. He is
now fighting under Gen. Garcia and
writes letter back in regard to the
affairs of the island. In this letter
Capt. Younger tells of many crimes
and butcheries of the Cuban women.
He declares that although tie Cuhans
are few in numbers and their arms
are of an inferior class, most of which
have been captured from Spaniards,
that the insurgents will never give up
till they obtain freedom. 1t is death
or Cuban independence with the
Cuban insurgents, says Younger, in
speaking of the brutality of the Span
iards.
"There are but few battles being
fought here" says he, "for when q
Spanish column starts out from a
fortified city to search for a Cuban
camp they always make sure that
there is from three to five Spanish
soldiers to every Cuban known to be
in that vicinity, but the Cubans bush
whack them and harass them until
they return. In fact, 1t reminds me
of some skirmishes we used to have in
New Mexico with the Apaches, with
the exception that an Apache seldom
mutilates the body of his victim after
he is sure that he is dead, while with
Spanish soldier it is usually the
reverse. They will often cut off the
hands and feet of the dead left on the
battIe-field and often hack the bodies
to pieces with their machetes and
then leave the dead of both sides un-
buried. Women, whose husbands, and
young girls, whose brothers or fathers
are in the Cuban army, are taken
prisoners and confined in vile prisons,
called houses of refuge, where they
are subjected to the most dastardly
crimes known. Then they shoot them
or burn them. In number of cases
Cuban girls from 10 to IA years of age
have been taken prisoners and put up
at auction in the villages and sold to
the highest bidder to vile men. This
must have been indorsed by Weyler,
for La Llcha, paper published at
Havana in which all articles published
are at first blue penciled by Weyler's
censor, has published accounts of such
sales.
"The Christian people of America
and the civilized world may preach
and talk OF the massacres of Christians
in Armenia, but if they only knew
one-half of what is going on in this
beautiful island, almost within cannon
shot of their own shores, they would
not look so far away TO see crimes
loomnritted by nation claiming to be
civilized that would make even 9
Turk envious.
"Whole cities have been buried and
plantations worth thousands of dol
lars have been destroyed, and If the
war continues two more years there
will not be much left worth fighting
for. What one side does not destroy
inNraids through the country the Other
army does, and thus it has been going
on for two years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-06
Adams-LaFOrce.

Thursday night, April 20, DIR. 8. @.
Adams and Miss Effie Victoria La
Force were married at the home of the
BRIDES sister, Mrs. Brooks, on CLARK
Avenue. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. ]. w. Robbins.
The wedding was a very quiet affair
and Only the immediate friends and
relatives were present.
DIR. Adams is a physician of high
standing in this community and a
gentleman of the greatest worth.
He has made himself famous in this
part of the State by his remarkable
SUCCESS in the treating of the drink
and other habits. Miss LaForce is a
most excellent young lady and has a
host OF friends. The couple will re-
side with the BRIDES sister, Mrs.
Brooks. The LEDGER extends con-
pratulatiOns,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-06

Ir is reported in Washington City
that Sir Julian Pauncefote, British
ambassador to the United States,
declined to take part in the ceremon-
les attending the dedication of the
Grant monument unless he and his
fellow ambassadors were placed in the
procession up near the band wagon
and Immediately following the Presi-
dent. II this rumor is true it Is to be
hoped that these gentlemen may be
allowed co take their doll rags and &c
home. This was an American cele'
bration,a a local affair, and II the august
foreign ambassadors wanted to partic'
ipate they should have occupied the
positions assigned, for practically they
were nothing but spectators.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-06

THE region submerged by the over
flow of the Mississippi produced last
year crops of an aggregate value of
s22 ,OOO, 900. Just how much Of the
crop of this year will be lost cannot
be known until after the overflow is
over, but it is impossible that the loss
should not be heavy. All business
has been interrupted, houses, i'm
provements and live stock have been
greatly injured where not wholly de-
stroyed, and fertile area Of nearly
20, 900 square miles has been trans
formed into scene of poverty and
misery. The flood losses will make a
heavy item on the wrong side of the
national balance-sheet for 1897.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-06
HIS AGED MOTHER.
To Celebrate Her Birthday DR.. w. R.
Rodes Went to Moberly.

Saturday DR.. w. R. Rodes and wife,
DR.. L. o. Rodes, wife and daughter
and N. R. Rodes went to Moberly to
take part in the celebration of the
s5th anniversary of the birthday of
DR.. w. r. Rodes' mother.
The Moberly Democrat says of the
reunion:
An elegant affair was the family re-
union and celebration of the eighty
fifth anniversary of the birth of Mrs.
Rodes, at the residence of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. d. N. Hickerson, in this city,
Saturday. This was the third joint
family reunion and birthday celebra-
ton in honor of Mrs. Rodes. The first
was held in 1887, the second 1892
and third Saturday. Strange as 1t may
seem, not a single death has occurred
in the entire family since the reunion
in 1892.
Mrs. Eliza Rodes was born April "a,
1912, and has thirty-nine direct de-
scendants living-eight children,
twenty grandchildren and ten
great -grandchildren-of whom thirGy-
one we're present as follows:
Children-John Rodes and wife,
Maud; DR.. William r. Rodes and
wife, Mexico; T. T. Rodes and wife,
Paris; Jos. II. Rodes and O. B. Rodes,
Sedalia; Mrs. Mary Muldrow, Rensse-
laer; Mrs. Sallie Carpenter and Mrs.
D. M. Hickerson, of this city.
Grand and great-grandchildren-
DIR. Landon o. Rodes, wife and daugh-
ter and DIR. N. r. Rodes, Mexico; A.
s. Hickerson, wife and four children,
Kansas City; DR.. e. r. Hickerson,
wife and three children, Moberly;
Marcus Rodes and sister, Mrs. Jennie
Buerch, Paris; Mrs. Ed. Hornback
and son, Hannibal; and Misses Rose
and Gertrude Muldrow, Rensselaer,.
1t was a most enjoyable and pleas
ant gathering and the afternoon and
evening were spent happily In social
conversation. A sumptuous dinner
was served by Mrs. d. N. Hickerson
at her home, 223 South Williams
street, and the celebration Of the an
niversary was brought to close with
song and prayer at nine O'Clock.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-05-06

THERE is no need for all this hydro
phobia about Cleveland running for
President. The fear is expressed
that Mr.. Cleveland Ia an aspirant for
the presidential nomination In 1900.
This ia is all based on the fact that he
made speech at the New York Re-
form Club dinner, and discussed the
issues of the last campaign. There
are two reasons, at least, why there
need be no apprehensions on the part
of the people. First 1t 10 by no means
conclusive from his speech that Mr..
Cleveland expects or hopes to be q
candidate, and, second, IL he did, II
is an absolute certainty that he win
never be nominated.