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The Portland daily press., 1898-11-30
THE CIVIC CLUB.
TO the Editor of the Press:

80 tHS 1UttOT " ttc xTc6os
AS the Civic Club stands for cooperation
to promote = higher SO .ial order and q
better public life and bespeaks the aid OF
all good citizens to this end, it may be
we'll to correct some Impressions which
the report Of Saturdays meeting may
have produced.
This meeting was a continuation of a
smaller gathering of the Club when pub
lie baths had already been discussed.
The Baths open during the summer
located ON the beach back of Munjoy Hill
bad been noted and reported upon. at that
time. Hot baths. shower baths for cleans
ing. etc.. were what was dwelt upon on
Saturday; such as the new Dover street
baths OF Boston just opened by Mayor
Quincy.
The statement as regards the number
of our people who are without proper
bathing facilities was also incorrectly
reported.
The press of our city has been SO often
made the medium Of complaint in munic.
ipal affairs that 1t has been thought wise
to follow the lead of all cities of any size
and inaugurate Civic Clubs for the study
of the best interests of the citizen. The
club hare represented aims only at thor
ough investigation and accuracy In stalls
tics. It liz for improvement not agitation.
1t especially dep coates spirit OF fault
finding or any attempt to interfere with
official duties or their transaction through
appointed channels.
The Civic Club will gladly entertain
all criticisms upon it's policy Or lg2es-
lions as to It's work provided they com Q
with the name and address of the writer
The clun is formed TO receive instruction
and hopes at an early date to be ad-
dressed by Mayor Randall. and Chairman
of Committee.
Very Truly
MARCIA B. JORDAN.
For the COMMITTEES.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-30

The number of passengers on board the
Portland is not known, but it will con-
siderahly exceed sixty-five, which was the
number given IN the estimate of Monday.
Already the names of seventy-nine per-
sons ara given who there is every reason
TO believe we're on the steamer, and doubt
less the names of others who took passage
on the i'll fated boat will be forthcoming,
The officers and crew numbered sixty -one,
SO it is practically certain that one hun
dred and forty lives were lost Eventual
" it will probably appear that the mum.
Der is considerably greater.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-30
BY r. 0. Bailey & Co., Auctioneers.
Factory at EreepoTf, MAIZE. at Au,t.oa

We shall sell at public auction on Wednes-
day. December 14th, at 2.30 p. M, on the pre-
misses the factory formerly occupied by the G.
A. Cushing Shoe Co., situated at Freepors
Me-. 90 miles from Portland on the main line
Of the Maine Central +. R. Factory is Two
story with brick boiler house connected. Was
built in 1881. Most thoroughly constructed
factory in New England. First story brick:
second wood and glass. Has 10000 square feet
OF space OH each floor; upper noor maple
heavy southern pine training solid foundations
etc. Original cost $685. 900. Is piped for steam
heat, fully equipped with sprinkler system. as
required by insurance regulations. 81 horse
power boiler and 35 horse power engine in
first class condition. Was built for shoe fac
tory but is equally suitable for any mannfac-
turing business. This fine factory IN first class
condition and up to date in every particular
and very desirab1y situated for most any manu-
featuring business will be sold at auction on
above date and offers an extraordinary oppor-
tunity to any party or parties contemplating
manufacturing business. sale absolute and
without reserve. deposit of 10 per cent will
be required from purchaser at sale, balance TO
be paid within days
For furtker particulars inquire of the auc-
tioneers or OF j.. w. Symon 5 g. G. S. Cook, as
noy22dtd
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-30
A TERRIBLE DISASTER.

Probably no disaster ON land or sea
ever brought gloom and distress to 50
many Portland families as the loss of the
steamer Portland on the Cape Cod shore.
Nearly if not quite all her officers and
crew, belonged in Portland or adjacent
towns, and very large part of her pas
sengers also. Anxiety in regard to her fate
began the moment 1t was known that she
had sailed out into the terrible storm Of
Saturday night, and as the hours passed
without any tidings it deepsned into
despair The rumor that foated about
the city yesterday morning that the vessel
had arrived at Vineyard Haven raised the
hopes of the despairing watchers, but only
to be crushed quickly when 1t became
known, as it soon did, that the report was
unfounded. Yet partly prepared as the
public was for bad tidings the news that
finally came caused terrible shock.
The disaster was so overwhelming, SO
completely extinguished all hope, that
it's effect was almost parslyzing.
Inasmuch as everybody on the
steamer persisted, exactly how the
disaster happened will always be a
matter OF conjecture The probability
is that the steamer became disabled by
heavy seas and high wind in the vi
cinity of Thatcher's Island, and was left
to the mercy Of the gale. AS the wind
was blowing somewhat north of north
east she would naturally drift in the
direction of Cape Cod. Or it may bejthat
finding the gale was too strong for her
she was purposely put about, Though
mariners say that would be attended
with great danger). and run for Provinc-
town with the intention of entering that
port. that on account OF the thick wealth
er she missed and rounding the Cape
ran into the breakers at Highland
Light, The strange aud unaccountable
thing about this disaster is that the YES
sci should have started on such night
as that OF Saturday. The policy of the
company has always been ono Of extreme
| caution, and their vessels have never be-
| fore yentured out with storm of any
magnitude in prospect. Those who know
Capt. blanchard say he was inclined to
be over-cautious. There were abundant
signs of storm brewing when the Port
land put ont on Saturday night. The
wind was already blowing quite bard and
the weather bureau had put out warm
ing signals. The weather was bad enough
to make some of the people who intend.
ed to come down in the steamer appre-
hehsiye and to lead them to change their
minds, and taks the train. What MAKES
the case still more strange and unsccoun-
table is that, according to Mr. Liscomb's
statement, Capt. Blanchard went out In
direct defiance of orders. But SO
| vastly improbable is it that a captain
would do thing of that sort without
some very strong temptation-and none
appears in this case-that it seems highly
probable that Captain Blanchard must
have misunderstood the direction given
him. If he could speak he might have to
confess to an error Of judgment, but that
| he would have to admit deliberate and in
territorial disobedience of orders we do
| not believe.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-30

It would be well for some of these
people who are constantly prating about
our duty to humanity to bear in mind
that we owe quite as much duty to Aneri-
can humanity as to the Malay variety.
People who grow quite maudlin in their
sympathy for the Sulu pirates and the
Tagals, and other victims OF Spanish
oppression, as they are fond of represent
ing them, seem to have no trou BILE to
reconcile themselves to the idea of send
ing thousands of American young men
to deadly climate and exposing them
to the most fatal of diseases, or to the
idea of loading down the American
Iahoring man with onerous taxation from
which he will receive no benefit whatever.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-30
WESTBROOK.

The plant of the electric light compa.
nv and the mills of W. Il. Dana company
were Obliged to shut down for short
time early yesterday morning on account
Of anchor ice in the river.
On account of the storm MIR. Bisbee did
not give his lecture at warren church as
advartised. hut gave short talk which
vac very interesting. The lecture will
be held this evening.
E1eotrio liuhts have been placed along
the tramway in the freight sheds OF the
S. D. Warren company.
On account OF the short circuit on the
wires between the paper mills ana Sne
Lower Falls sunday nigtr, the power Ior
lighting the mills was sWltcheu oser W
the plant at West End.
Mayor RAYMOND has had two handsome
show cases of oak and plate glass huueu
to his fixtures. The cases were mouc ~
the Williams Manufacturing company u
Portland.
The friends of Miss Christine jackson;
who Is i'll at South Windham, Will % siau
to learn that she is improving. ,, n
Sawyer, died Monday. afternoon at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs George
B. SWEET. No. So Haskell street. MIS-
Sawyer has been i'll for the past two years.
Her age was rs years. Funeral Wednes'
day ct ~ o'clock from 58 Haskell street.
Burial at Windham.
Mr. John W. Knight is Ill at his home
on Saco street with stomach trouble.
: Lewis Phillips overseer of the quilting
room at the silk mill, is III at his home
on Longfellow street. Fears are enter
tanned Of typhaid fever
Mrs. w. w. Cutter, Mrs. w. Il. Dana,
Mrs u. w, Edwards, Mrs isaac Farrar,
Mrs. Saarh Giikey and Mrs. W. @. Hag-
gott will entertain the ladies' social cir
ole at the Vest End congregational
church parlors this evening. Supper
served at O'Clock. All are cordially in
vited,
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-30
wAsAINGToN's WARNING.
TO the Editor Of the Press.

~ tfeS &httepOs W tftS = Soes
just an even century previous to the
election Of William Mckinley to the Pres
idency in 1895, President George Wash
ington in 1895, issued his Farewell Ad-
dress to the American people
The following excerpts from the adj
dress may not be out Of place in these
times.
.Against the insidious wiles of for
eigp influence Il conJure you to believe
me fellow oitizensl the Jealousy of free
people ought to be constantly awake;
since history and experience prove that
foreign influence Is one of the most ba ne.
full foes of Republican Government"
The great rule on conduct for us, in
regard TO foreign nations, is in extending
our commercial relations, to have with
them as little political connection as pos
sihla.
-FOUR detached and distant situation
invites and enables us to pursue differ
emit course. 1t we remain one people,
under an efficient government, the period
Is not far oil when VIZ may dely material
injury from external annoyance; when
wa may take such an attitude as will
cause the neutrality, we may at any time
resolve upon to be Ecrupulously respected /;
when belligerent nations under the Inn
possibility OF making acquisitions upon
US, will not lightly hazard the giving
us provocations; when we may choose
peace or war, as our interest, guided by
Justice. shall counsel"
Why forage the advantage of so pc.
cuIiar a stuationP
Why quit our own, to stand upon foreign
grounds"
The past with its experience is ours,
and this includes the counsel of our fore
fathers, with their old sayings, and old
ways. Now the question appears to be-,
whether ciinglng to these old sayings
and the old ways is the part of wisdom
for our times.
We all agree that these are the anchors
which have held us safe and secure for q
century. But shall we not slip the cables
and drift out upon the sea of uncertain
yenturss Should. We not rather abide by
the adInonitions of Washington, as the
sure foundation upon which Republi-
can form of government Is founded2
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-30

The indications now are that peace
Greatly with Spain will be concluded in
season to permit of its submission to the
Senate soon after the session opens. In
view of this probability it becomes mat
ter of interesting speculation what action
will be taken by that body in regard to
1t. A two thirds majority will be needed
TO ratify the treaty. 1t will be remem-
bersd that two thirds majority could not
be secured from this Sonata for the rati-
hcation of the treaty annexing Hawaii,
and resort YVES had to the joint resolution
plan by which the necessity of o two
thirds vote was avoided. II two thirds
vote could not be obtained for the annex
alton of Hawaii it would seem that the
chance of securing the necessary number
of votes for. the annexation of the Philip.
pines was very small indeed. There were
a great many arguments in favor of
Hawaii which rio not exist in the case of
the Philippines. 1t could be claimed
with some show of reason that Hawaii
was needed for the defence of the Pacific
coast, and then we had always exercised
more it had been rescued from barbarism
by American missionaries. and the senti
mental argument for its annexation was
very strong. Its native inhabitants were
few in numbers and peaoeably disposed,
and while they were not in favor of an
uexation they were not SO bitterly opposed
to it as to make them liable to resist.
Not single one of the reasons offered in
favor Of the annexation of Hawaii applies
o the Philippines. They are not needed
for defence. American missionaries have
never had anything to do with them and
little more than the bare fact of their ex-
fstsnce was known to the great majority
of the American people before the recent
war. On the other hand there are many
serious and threatening dangers involved
in their annexation. Their people have
not indicated in any way that they want
to come under the dominion of this coun
try, and there is abundant reason for
believing that large part of them will
resist our sovereignty to the point OF fight
ing us. No senator who voted against
Hawaiian annexation can vote in favor
of the annexation of the Philippies with
out being guilty of the arossest incon-
siste9cy, and ii it were not for one fact it
could be safely predicted that this senate
would never sanction any such
act. That fact is that the annex
alton provision will be part of
treaty, and not the whole of it as was tho
CASE with Hawaii. 1t will be pointed out
that to reject the paragraph in regard to
the philippines will be to reject the whole
treaty, and practically undo all of the
work of the Paris commission. This ar.
vument will be urged with great force,
and it is not at all unlikely that it will
make some impression.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-30
BY F. 0. BAILEY & CO.. Auctioneers.
Executors Sale of Household
Furniture and Effects.

BY virtue of license granted by the Honor.
able Judge of Probate in and for Cumberland
County, we shall sell at public auction on
noon at the auction rooms of Il. o. Bailey &
Co. 4e Exchange St, Portland. Me-, al tha
household furniture goods and chatteis OF the
late Chas. Staples, Jr.
,,o. = = dtd
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-30
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DON CARLOS WILL WAIT.

Madrid, November 29.-The Heraldo
today publishes a despatch which says:
ssDon Carlos will not publish mani
festo until the ratification of the peace
treaty by the chambers.
The Heraldo expresses the belief that
the Spanish government does not know
the whereabouts Of Don jaime the son
of Don Carlos.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-30
THINKS COUNTRY WILL TRIUMPH

Paris November 20. The Figaro today
publishes an interview with the premier,
III Dupuy, during the course OF which
it quotes him as saying:
siFor 2S years we have lived under a
contradiction. The army and the demo-
craoy subsist side by side. The mainte-
nance of the traditions of the army Is q
menace to liberty, yet they assure the
safety of the country ard its most sacred
duties. In spits of everything I am CON-
fident that the vitality of the country
will triumph over the present storm, as
it has in all the crises it has undergone.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-30
SULTAN'S RIGHTS WILL BE PRE-
SERVED.

Constantinople, November 20.-The
Gar of Russia replying to the Sultan's
telegram of November 20. in which the
latter urged the Czar to abandon his in
tention OF sending Prince George of
Greece to Crete as high commissioners of
the powers, declares that the friendly
sentiment of Russia towards Turkey are
unchanged and while Prince George is
going to Crete as commissioner OF four
powers, the Suitan's rights OF sovereignty
will be safely guarded.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-30
TIE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 80.

Dr. P arkhurst says the chief causes of
the war were Passion, Piety and Politics;
and the Doctor isn't very far out of the
way.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-30
BY F. o. BAILEY & co., Auctioneers.
Assignees' Auction Sale Of
GRANITE QUARRY, ENGINES
& BOILERS, FIXTURES,
&C. AT FREEPORT, ME.

We shall sell on Wednesday, Dec. It'll, at $50
p. m. on the premises. the E. B. Mallett Free
port Light GraniEe Quarry, at Freeporr, Me.
This property consists Of about tx enty-eight
acres Of land on which is the well developed
granite quarry oisFreeport light granite. Also
lot OF land adjoining the Maine Central Il. R.
tracks at Hreeport village, with buildings and
ONCE thereon, suitable for the handling and
polishing of granite. Quarry is equipped IN
first class manner with ali necessary parapher-
ma la. tools and fixtures, including engine and
boiler, steam derricks team drills, stone cut
ters. polishing machines, shafting, blacksmiths
shops intact all tools and fixtures necessary to
the conducting of a first class quarry, III of
which Il in good condition. Total cost Of the
property and fixtures before development over
$4,000. The granite of this quarry has line
reputation for building, and statuary work.
There are excellent facilities for shipping. both
by. rail and water. This fine properly. win By
sold absolutely without reserve at auction, and
offers splendid opportunity for parties inter-
ested in this line of business or contemplating
engaging in same, circular containing plan
of the real estate and detailed description of
personal property also list of buildings. and
statuary work constructed from the granite,
may be had on application to the auctioneers.
or TO J. w. Symonds and q. s. Cook, assignees
of E. b. BIallett. at Portland, Me- noy16dtd
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-04
SllENCEO THE BATTERIES.
The Second Bombardment of the Fortifi-
cations at Santiago.

The Second Bombardment of the FOrtth-
cations at Santiago.
Copyright 1898 by Associated Press.
Port au Prince, Hayti, June 3. 9:45 p.
m.-This morning at o'clock the
American squadron began the lombard
ment of the fortifications of Santiago
de Cuba, and lively cannonade en-
sued for two hours. which silenced the
Spanish batteries. An American vessel.
the Merrimac, described in the advices
from Santiago de Cuba as an auxiliary
cruiser. making a dash to force the en-
trance. succeeded in passing the first
line of defenses, but was torpedoed
about 500 feet up the channel. She went
down ''perpendicularly" (sic). An Of
ficer. an engineer and six seamen were
taken prisoners. The number of victims
is unknown. Only the funnel and mast
heads of the sunken vessel can be seen.
There is great excitement in the city.
A part of the population assisted in the
fighting on the heights. Everybody is
astounded at the audacity Of the Ameri-
can vessel. The American squadron
was cruising all the while in the offing.
II will be noted that there is an i'm
portant discrepancy as TO the time at
which the bombardment is said to have
begun this morning between the dis
patches from Cape Haytien and Port
au Prince. the former saying 3 O'Clock
and the latter s o'clock. 1t is possible
tween the figures 3 and s.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-04
REVOLUTION STARTED IN SAN DOMINGO
Vllaneuva Land Expedition at Monte
Said to Have Taken Place.
They Are Marching Puerta Plata

and the Fanita is said to have stopped
there to take him on board.
The preparations for the revolution are
said to be very elaborate and there is a
strong belief here that the revolutionists
are sure OF, success. But. on the other
hand the Dominican consul here says he
has a report that the revolutionists have
been defeated at Monte Cristo. The re-
port is generally believed.
According to the impression which pre-
walls at Cape Hayden. the Fanita. when
she left here. had a tried and resolute
body OF men on board. and also carried
heavy supply Of arms and ammunition. IL
is charged that she skilfully worked up
the impression that she was engaged in
an expedition to Cuba and was going to
Monte Cristo to take on more men.
The advices received here on the SUBJ
ject say that the Fanita arrived at Monte
the revolutionists had no difficulty in
taking the town. The most radical re-
ports have II that the revolutionists are In
considerable numbers and are marching
on Puerta Plata
General Jiminez Is a merchant who has
been in business here. at Monte Cristo.
at Puerta Plata and at Hamburg. In his
youth he served in the army aud for many
years he has been very popular in Dornin-
lea.
President Heueraux. according to a COM
mon saying among The Domincans, has
killed on all the prominent men on whom
he could lay hands and who might be ri
walls. The presidents hatred of General
Jiminez is especially marked. but the lat
ter has kept out Of his reach. residing
chiefly in Paris.
About a month ago General JimineZ
left Cape Haytien. ostensibly for Paris.
via Port au Prince but IL Is believed
that while in that city he perfected ar
rangements for a revolution over which. II
gftaeaeGfrsI ha m OT the DOmfni-
cans for the time being at least. will re-
joice. General Jiminez Is = years OF age
and of mild temperament. He has re-
fused several times 20 be a candidate for
Ihe presidency. His father was formerly
president OF the republic.