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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-01

There has been good deal of gush
about the war removing all sectional
differences and bringing together the
North and South. But one has only to
take glance at what is going on in North
Carolina to see that the great cause of
arrangement between the sections-the
unwillingness of the people of the South
to obey the laws of the land and permit
the enjoyment of rights guaranteed by
the constitution-still remains as strong
as ever. While the North permits the low
est individual not debarred by law to en-
joy the suffrage freely and to have as
much voice in the election of the coun-
try's rulers as the must influential mem
Der of the community, and the South
drives away from the polls all men of
dark skin, even when fully qualified for
the suffrage by education and intelli-
gence, there can never be cordial feeling
between the two sections The North
cannot forget past differences, while at
the South black men whose brothers
fought at Santiago as valiantIy as the
whites are being shot down simply lie.
cause they threaten to exercise the right
which the constitution and laws of the
country give them. The prejudice of
the North against this kind OF procedure
is not likely to be abated by anything
that has happened in Cuba or Porto Rico
or on the sea.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-01
STEAMSHIP LINE TO RUSSIA.

Washington, October 3l.-Ambassador
Hitchco Ok al St. Petersburg has been In
communication with the State Depart
ment regarding the establishment OF
steamship communication between the
United States and Russia with view to
an increase of trade between the two
countries. Through Unitsd States Con-
sui Bernholdt at Riga, arrangements
have been mads with the United States
Steamship company at Copenhagen,
which possesses large fleet of steamships
to establish line direct between Russia
and the United States. Tho vessels will
make experimental runs between 81.
Petersburg, Riga and New York. The
lat vantage to the importers in the United
States of this line Consul Bernholdt says,
will be in cheaper freights and avoidance
of trans-shipments. He is confident II
will increase the trade between the two
countries.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-01
RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.
Annual Report of the General Superin-
tendeDt.

Washington, October si.-The annual
report Of the general superintendent of
the railway mail service shows that at
the close of the year there were s,074
clerks employed and that with the closed
pouch and express pouch service. the
grand total of miles travelled In the SER
vice was 2s5, 565, 84a
Matter so illeeibly addressed as to re-
quire special attention before denvery
could be effected, or which coul1 n0u Dc
delivered at all amounted to ~ ooa' 400
pieces for the year. 900. oso p'euos ,o "
rooted and forwarded to DESTINATION.
the rest being turned into the dead ietter
office for disposition.
The general superintendent dep!ores
the fact that the number OF casuaitles
last year exceeded the record OF any pre-
vious year, though the number of fatal
ties was not SO great. There were oss
killed, 81 serious injured and l46 slight
ly injured.
1t Is urged that some provision be made
by Congress for the relief of the families
Of clerks killed while on duty and for
the creation Of railway mail service re-
lief fund for the benefit of clerks perma..
nently disabled or killed in the line of
duty.
The wisdom of appointing number of
assistant superinteDdents to inspect
siar, steam boat and mail messenger
routes and screen wagon service, super
wise the weighing of mails, etc. it Is said,
has been made evinent by the result OF
their work during the year.
An innovation is proposed in the way
of establishing postal stations In rail-.
road depots and this and other recnmmen-
dations have been approved by the second
assistant postmaster general.
A statement on the part that the rail-
way mail service took in the forwarding
of mails to and from the military camps
during the war just closed and the de-
spatching of mails to and from the army
and navy in and around Cuba, Porto Hico
and the Philippine islands is given and
list Of improvements and extensions in
the service shown.
1t is estimated that IS. 92S, l1S will be re-
quired for salaries of railway postal
and g. II, ,so4 500 for railway postoflice cars
exclusive of subsidized lines.)
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-01
HOPE FOR RED MEN.
Annual Reports of Indian Affairs En-
couraging.

Washington, October 31.-The majority
of the annual reports of the Indian
agents to the commissioners OF Indian
affairs are of an encouraging nature, and
Indicate a progress generally along
civilized lines. Some of the reports, how
ever, are not SO gratifying and make
some unusual statements. Unusual In
an official report Is the following arraign-
ment in the report Of e. NJ. Yeorlan, in
charge of the Lemhi agency in Idaho:
"These Indians as a tribe are honest
and peaceable and kindly disposed, but
are about as degraded and unerateful set
as one often finds. They have been
humored and, like spoiled children, want
things their own way. and their con-
aition, mode of living and barbaric
practices would indicate that undue con-
cessions have been made on the art OF
agents. In 1881 ! find that go Indian
families were engaged in farming; fifteen
years afterwards. can report but Al fol-
lowing agricultural pursuits, an increaFe
of twelve-not quite one convert a year.
A majority seem to content themselves
with their present condition and continue
on in the old channel, leading life of
/ leness and degradation.
Agent Wisdom of the Union agency.
lIllhu &oTIltOCty Au OudEko Va uAC 1vO
civilized tribes, makes strong plea for
the non citizen insane persons residing In
the agency and says the "Kee too wash, !"
the full blooded society which led the
opposition to the Cherokees treating with
the Dawes commission, are reconsidering
their action, and that an agreement with
the Cherokees at an early date is possible
j. r. Jewell, in charge Of the New
York agency, says: The Senecas on the
Allegheny and the Cattaraugus reserva-
lions, are corporate body under the
name of the Seneca Nation of Indians and
have common interest in the lands of
both reservations. The better class of
Indians are not numerous enough to over
come the power of those corrupt Indians
who have the funds of the nation with
which to corrupt the masses and per-
petuate their corrupt dynasty. The
present dynasGy Is composed of the most
progressive of the Indians, but their
progress seems to be directed toward abb
sorbing for themselves and misuppr0pri-
ating all the funds of the nation. Zach
year before election this dynasty votes
large sums of money to an executive CON-
mittee to carry the election for them
selves. At the last election in May, 1888,
which I was ordered to attend, this execu-
tive committee, to which had been voted
a large sum of money, was openly using
1t to purchase votes.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-01
CUMBERLAND COUNTY TEACHERS

The l2th annual meeting Of the Cum
berland County Teachers association will
be held at Normal hall, Gorhan, Friday
Of next week. November IL. The pro-
gramme is as follows:
ss0-Prayer, Rev. VIM. Cashmere;
Reading Of records; appointment Of COM
mittees; Words of greeting. Hon. W. J.
Topic, Physiology in the public schools
When to teach it and how to teach It,,
Ur. Addison s. Thayer. Portland; Dis.
oussion, DR.. Daniel H. Dole, jackson
school. Charles o. Caswell, Portland
High school.
I0.3O-Class exercise in primary arithme-
tic, Miss Nellie l.. Cloudman, Gorham
Normal school.
ll-Nature study-the year circle,
Prot. A. L. Lane. Coburn Classical Insti-
tute, Waterville.
a4Bus ness, reports of committee, cleo.
ton of officers and any other business.
9. l5-Address the emotions as factor
in education, Hon. ". W Stetson, state
superintendent of public schools.
Miss NJ. Grace Eiokett, Gorham Normal
school.
3.2O-Topic, methods in teaching geo.
eraphy, q. s. Aldrich, superintendent of
schools. Newton, Mas.
A. 5-6.l5-Frederic Robe hall will be
opened to visiting teachers, all desiring
to see 1t are invited to do SO.
7-Music. Address, Aims and methods
in the study of literature, President Ma
thaniel Butlsr, D. D., Colby University.
S.8O-9.45-Reoeption at Frederick
ROBBIE hall by the teachers Of Gorhaln
village.
Round trip tickets for one fare will be
sold by tho Portland and Rochester ana
Maine Central railroads at stations in
the county. A special train will leave
for Portland after the reception.
The officers OF the association are
follows:
President-W. e. Russell. Gorham.
REVice Observation-Disclosures Gray, Bridgron
: Secretary and Treasurar-Vivian j.
Small, Gorham.
Executive committee-Ben Coffin
Freeport: Winifred Griggs, Westport.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-01
DOES 1T
CURE CAIARRH?
One Of the Seventeen Thousand
Testimonials Received.
BosroN. MASS. April 20,

BosToN, MASS, April 20,
Care of Jordan, Marsh q Co.
Dear Siy-I had Catarrh for twenty years, and the
last ten years Gall of which time has been passed in
this great establishment suffered fearfuiiy 1t ex-
tended to my throat; the. base Of my tongue was
badly affected. constantly kept in my mouth card,
anon, seeds, or some such breath purifier. could
sHyomei " in December 1893, and in two weeks
was entirely relieved-and now, after four months
and no return of the disease, say, permanently
cured. am going to ask the head of this firm, Mr..
Eben D. Jordan, to endorse this statement,
ELVIRA E. b. GIBSON.
Endorsed-EBEN d. JORDAN.
Hyomei is sold by all druggists, sent
by mail on receipt of price.
Outfit, complete, $1.00. Extra bottle, Soc.
It is Guaranteed to Cure
THE r. +. BOOTH CO.,
Isr fremont St., Room 81, Boston. Mass.
Home Office,
Astor Court Bldg, w. 33d St., N. Y.
Hyomei Tril Size Outfit, 25c Hyomei Dys-
pepsia Cure, Guaranteed, SOC. Send for folder
The Z. Z: BOOTH CO.. 13l fremont street
Boston Mass.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-01
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-01

Tho protest of the National Civil Ser
vice Commission against restoring to the
spoils list certain offices now filed by
examination or promotion ought not to
be necessary. The Republicans in their
last platform declared their purpose to
extend the reform whenever practicable.
. That promise cannot be kept by restoring
to the spoils list offices that it has been
found practicable to put On the competi
tive list. Furthermore this is an exceed
ingly inauspicious time to begin letting
down the bars just as we are about to
go into the business of governing colonies
which will require large number of civ
IL officers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-01

The Paris correspondent of the New
York Sun declares that positively that if
the United States proposes to annex the
Philippine islands without paying more
than the amount OF the Philippine debt.
Spain will withdraw from the conference
and declare that she is at the mercy of
rapacious conquerors. She will refuse
20 resist any coercion that America may
apply, and will beseech Europe to put o
check on American greed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-01

The campaign in Massachusetts, DOESN'T
seem to be much livelier than the recent
one in Maine, and the chairman of the
Republican State Committee is very
much afraid that the Republican vote
will not come out. 1t probably won't
with anything like unanimity, but then
there is no Democratic vote in the State
worth talking about. The Hon. George
Fred has succeeded in making his party
very small, if not very select.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-01

Gov. Tanner announces that be will
ask the next Legislature of Illinois to pass
measures to prevent the importation of
laboring men from other States. Proha
bly such measure would be in defiance
of the constitution of the United States,
but then Tanner has been defying the
Constitution of the United States for
some weeks past, and the success he has
met with naturally encourages him to
keen ON.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-01

1t is simply absurd to undertake to
figure out beforehand the result in great
State like New York when the vote is
likely to be close, as it is admitted on all
sides is pretty sure to be the case this
year. The papers that are trying to are
sure to arrive at results they want, and
because they want them. Down at the
bottom their hope and expectation Is that
they will draw to the side which they
predict is going to be victorious those
voters who have no political convictions,
but like to be on the winning side.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-01
THE PRESS.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1.

Chairman Babcock of the Republican
National Committee is confident that the
Republicans will have a plurality Of
twenty seven in the next House. 1t Is
abundantly evident that there has been
considerable decline of confidence
among the Democrats of late. The ''poor
soldier campaign is not proving the
success that was anticipated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-05
THE INCREASE OF WAGES
ANOTHER ONE OF THE INDIANA STO-
RIES OF PROSPERITY.
Manufacturers in Twelve Lines Show
They Paid $2,272,7 100 More in
1898 than in 1897.

State Statistician John B. Conner has just
wages paid in 1897 and in 1898 by twelve of
the principal industries of the State. If
every manufacturer had reported the
amounts would be much larger. but the fig
ures serve we'll for comparisons. They are
perfectly accurate in this respect, for only
those of manufacturers who sent in COM
plete reports for both years are included in
this statement. Thus it will be seen by re-
ferring to the totals given in the table that
without considering whether any particular
mans wages were increased or decreased.
the manufacturers in these twelve lines paid
out $2272, 769 more in wages in the year end
ing June 50, 1885, than in the preceding year.
Leaving out the two industries that show a
decrease in wages paid, and the other ten
are found to have paid 81. 1888. or 1856 per
cent more in 1898 than in 1897. Two indus
tries paid $431,569 in wages less than in 1897,
which reduces the net total to $2,272,I6S, or
1910 per cent. net increase.
While this table does not consider the
question of the increase or decrease in any
mans wages, it does show that if the aver
age pay for each individual is $3.50 a year,
the increase in wages this year indicates
that there are now $3.50 persons earning the
average amount of wages who were unable
to find place TO earn anything the year be-
fore. The table follows:
1897. 1898. Amount p ct.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-05
NINE-HOUR WORKING DAY
PRESIDENT PRESCOTT TALKS OF
PRINTERS PROBABLE DEMAND.
The Coming Typographical Union
Convention Will BE a Most
Important One.

q II
Rumors We're rife yesterday that one of
the biggest strikes in the history of the
Typographical Union was to be an event of
the next ten days. but, while it contains
the proverbial grain of truth, it is, for the
most part, a mere anticipation of pos
sibility. AS alleged. the strike. when it
does materIalize, in case employers do not
accede to the demand, will be for nine
hours to constitute working day. The
headquarters, of the International Typo
graphical Union'is in this city, and to re-
porter yesterday afternoon both W. B.
Prescott, president, and j. w. Brentwood,
secretary of the union, said that there was
nothing in the story that a strike was only
a matter Of ten days.
From their statements it appears that the
shorter workday movement had been con-
sidered at the last convention, at which
time committee for it's consideration was
appointed, J. w. Murphy, of New York city,
being its president, and c. +. Hawkes., of
San Francisco, secretary. At the annual
convention, which will be held at SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, beginning next Monday the
report of this committee will first be heard
before action of any sort is taken. For the
consideration of this same question, COM
mttees from the Pressmen's Union and
the Bookbinders Union will meet next
week, also at Syracuse, to confer with the
committee from the International Typo
graphical Union. On the deliberations and
joint conference of these various commit
tees depends the future action of the organ
izations on the nine-hour workday system.
Since the the last convention all the subor-
dinate lodges of these various unions have
been amassing a fund for the purpose of
furthering the interests of the strike If it
does come The Typographical Union of
this city at the present time has fund for
this specific purpose of 81 200 When asked
if, with a shortening of hours in the work.
day. would be asked a corresponding in
crease in hour wages, Messrs. Prescott and
Brentwood said that that was a question
they could not answer, all depending on the
coming convention.
Thirty days notice will be given con-
Germs affected" said Mr.. Prescott before
any employee is called out on a strike such
has always been the rule, and there is no
necessity of breaking it in this case. But
when it does come it will be united effort
of all the unions, whose interests are
Identical"
Mr.. Prescott and Mr. Brentwood will
leave next Saturday evening to attend the
convention at Syracuse.
Messrs. Burford and Hollenbeck claim
that they have not been informed that a
notice of any kind had come to them from
the unions.
The newspaper offices in this city will not
be affected by any contemplated strike,
the compositors work under nine hours. The
local union has renewed its old contract
with the publishers of dailies for another
three years term. Operators work eight
hours and "ad' men nine hours
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-05

Downing Outpitched Thornton.

CHICAGO, Oct. 4.-Dowling's clever pitch
ing and perfect support won the first game
for Louisville to-day. Taylor was even more
effective for the Orphans in the second, and
but for an error would have shut the
Colonels out Wagner was spiked and forced
out of the second game and Dahlen was
ordered out for too much protesting on
decision. Green made home runs in each
game. Attendance, $500. Score first game:
Chicago .......1 O1O o 0 o. Z 4
Louisville .....2 0 0 0 0 0 0 o. IL 0
Batteres-Thornton and Nichols; bowling
and Kittridge. Earned runs-Chicago, l.
Louisville, 3 Left on bases-Chicago, g.;
Louisville, 9: Two-base hits-Lange, Clarke
bowling Three-base hit-Hoy. Home run
Green. Stolen base-Hartzell. Struck out
BY Thornton, /; by Bowling, 8. Bases on
balls-Off Bowling, 2. Hit by ball-Wolver-
ton. Time-1:55.
Second game: RH E.
Chicago ............-..0 0 1 0 *-4 8
Louisville ..............O o 0 OIL / 2
Batteries-Taylor and Chance; Magee and
l<ittridge. Earned runs-Chicago, 3. Left on
bases-Chicago, 2; Louisville, 3. Two-base
hit-Ryan. Home run-Green. Sacrifice
hits-Mertes, Kittridge. Stolen bases-Dah-
len, LANCE. Chance. Struck out--By Tay-
lor, 4; by Magee, 3. Passed ball-Kttridge
Bases on balls-Off Taylor, /; off Magee, l.
Time-1:05. Umpire-O'Day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-05
TYPOGRAPHICAL REPORTS.
Those to Be Made by President Pres
colt and other Officers.


colt and other Officers.
The reports of President Prescott and
other officers, to be made to the Interna-
tional Typographical Union session at SYRIA
cuse next week are now completed. The
president, in his report, shows the union has
the proud position of being in numbers the
greatest labor organization in America
While he would be the first to oppose in
jecting partisan politics in the union, he be-
lieves the union should devote more atten-
ton to the study of questions pertaining to
the social and economic phenomena, He
calls attention to the antiquated organizing
and organizer system in the union, and asks
for reform in this quarter. The class of
and these are sufficiently numerous to be a
menace to union men, particularly those
working at the book and JOB trade. In
some localities job and book printers are
not sufficiently active in union work Mr..
Prescott recommends that the executive
council be clothed with authority, should
occasion require, to invade the territory of
local union, suspend all laws regarding
thoroughly organize the city. While this
may be a long step from the cherished doc
trine or local autonomy he says, yet it
should not deter the International Union
from adopting Legislation which would sim
ultaneously strengthen a weak union and
remove threatening dangers from stronger
ones. rF A
Despite the invasion of typesetting ma
chimes, the International Union membership
has decreased but slightly. Since 1896 the
net loss has been 224, the union having
2S.6l4 in 1898. In the last two years $57, 1872 S.
las been paid out in strike benefits, or a
little more than $2.03 q member Since 1889
the International has paid out for such pur-
poses $270,S7615