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The Portland daily press., 1898-03-14

most nearly reached. In spite OF the
opening sentence of the Declaration of
Independence, that "all men are created
free and equal. unfortunately it is an
absurdity as there is no equality either
in wealth, politics or education. What
is tho element In human nature whloh
has produced thisg Nothing less than
competition. A freedom unchecked which
leads again to slavery and ultimately
leads to TRUSTS" the greatest evil OF TO-
day. Continuance of these conditions
unchecked, means the overwhelming
dominion of the dollar. There are three
modes of procedure possible, viz. Ihe
easy going acceptance of things as they
are; the complete economic equality,
known as socialism; or the third "mid-
die of the road'' method which is merely
slight restraining influence on things
as they are today. Two books recently
published represent two of these points of
view. Prof. Harris's on Inequality and
Progress, embodies the coutented one;
and Equality by Edward Bellamy, sup
port complete economic revolution.
Mrs. Nelson emphasized with great earn
estness the condition of the present aver
age wage Garner, and very ably brought
before the audience her evident firm con-
viction that Bellamy's scheme Is the
only one to bring about the right sort .of
equality.
The musical part of the programme
was very satisfactory, and consisted of
two solos by Miss Lizzie Brown, a,
Ballata, 40 son la Farfalla," by Petrol
la, "May Time" Tosti; and duett, "A
Song from Persia, 'Foote, by Miss Brown
and Miss Elizabeth King.
At the close of the programme Mrs.
Clarke reminded the ladies of the annual
meeting, April 2nd, at which she hoped
all the members would be present. The
IL Id Moe Ervo n
tell something of the Fairfield meeting,
after which ad iournment followed.
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STUFFED THE HAT.
A Sanford Caucus Which Had Some sensa-
tiona1 Features.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l

Sanford, March 12.-The Republicans OF
this town held a caucus thissssafternoon
and the proceedings were enlivened by
an attempt to stuff the ballot box which
resulted in SO much excitement that there
has been no state LOT the public mind
approaching it since the town hall col
lapsed at the last annual town meeting.
The caucus was presided over by G. f.
Moulton and G. B. Albee acted as clerk.
The proceedings were harmonious until
the time came for the nomination of con-
stables. These were nominated one at
a time. When the vote was taken on the
nomination of Fred W. Cousins, who is
regarded as the candidate sof the advo-
Gates of rigid enforcement OF the liquor
law, two contestants were In the field
against him. The hat of the presiding
officer was I used as ballot box and
when it was emptied after the vote had
been taken the committee counting the
vote found that a bunch OF 40 ballots
tightly folded together had been thrown
against Cousins. There were also found
in the hat a number of smaller packages
of votes. The chairman announced this
discovery to- the caucus and the excite.
ment which ensued was heightened by
the statements made by some present tina,
there were men there who had voted Of
many rs three times. new vote was
taken during which CLOSE watch was
kept of the hat and this time Mr.. Cousins
was nominated. The ticket nominated
is as follows.
Moderator-C. B. Moulton.
Town Clerk-C. B. Albee.
Selectmen-Leroy A. Wentworth, W.
H. Mason, George W. Hanson.
Town Agent-James Kicker.
experimenting School Committee.
L. Thompson, d. II. Emery, Mrs. Ella
Littlefeld.
Treasurer-W. A. Fogg.
Auditor-Fred Averill.
Truant Officers-W. @. Remick, M. ii.
Spinney.
S. Moulton, Fred W. Cousins.
Road Commissioner-W. u. Moulton.
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The Massachusetts House Of Repre-
sentatives by agvote of 60 to 116 has re-
fused to give women qualified to vote fol
school committee the right to vote on the
question of granting liquor licenses
This, according to the Boston Transcript
does not necessarily mean that the HOUSE
is opposed to women suffrage, the ques
tion before it being primarily temper
ance measure, and woman'e suffrage
measure only incidentally. Still, WE
imagine, that the sense Of the House
on the general question of woman
suffrage would be adverse, or if il
favor, the vote in the Senate would be
adverse. The fact that comparatively few
women have taken advantage of the
privilege of voting for school committee
has left the impression that women as 6
body do not really care much for the
suffrage, and while that impression re-
mains they are not likely to have it con.
ferred upon them.
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PROHIBITION AND MEMORIAL
SERVICE.

Next Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock
there will be held in City hall, by the
state and local Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Unions, a combined prohibition
and memorial service, the latter for Miss
Frances E. willard. The programme Will
include addresses from some Of the best
Portland speakers, and from two ladies
who have achieved national and interna-
tional fame, one Of whom is Miss Marga-
ret Dye Ellis of Washington, national su-
perintendent of the legal department,
and the other, Miss Olifa Johannsdoke,
president of the Iceland .Woman's Chris
tian Temperance |. Union. They were
among the best speakers at the national
and worlds conventions held in Buffalo
and Toronto. The music will probably
be furnished by well-known quartette.
of male voices. The day is the anniver-
sary of Neal Dow's birth and has been
made day of national Importance. 1t
will be henceforth known not as Neal
Dow day, but as National Prohibition
day.
In answer to recent inquiry if this
Portland meeting will he made memo
rial service for her father, his daugber
said: "My father would rather not have
it SO. His own work in the cause of pro-
hibition be would prefer to have. kept
in the back ground. Only advance the
principles to which his entire life was
pledged and that will be all the honor
father would desire.
q Clergymen of the city have been asked
to give up their services oh this evening
and it is hoped that they will be able to
do so. They are asked to take seats on
the platform with the other invited guests
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The report of the Board of Inquiry is
expected this week, and then we shall
PROBABLY know something definite as to
the cause of the Maine explosion. The
evidence submitted to the Board has been
guarded with great success, and apparent
lysnot word of it has leaked out All
thatsthe public impression that the Board
will report an. outside explosion rests up
on is the belief of certain men which is
assumed to be founded upon intimations
that are supposed to have come from
members of the Board of Inquiry or per-
sons in close relation to them. This is q
very slender foundation to base CON-
clusion upon, but it is the only one there
is at present. Not single fact is known
to the general public that tends to sup.
port the outside as against the inside
explosion theory.
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Congressman Dingley is reported az
saying that the appropriation of $50, 0OO,-
900 was not made in view of any intima'
tios that had come from the Board of In
curry that it's finding would be that the
Maine had been destroyed by an outside
explosion. The President, he says, COM
punicated no such information to the
congressional leaders who called upon
him. 1t WAS information that had reached
the President that Spain was buying wal
ships that caused him to suggest large
emergency appropriation. Nevertheless
the opinion generally prevails in Wash,
ington that the Maine disaster did figure
in some way in this appropriation.
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THE ROMANCER AT WORK.

The daily lie about the Cuban question
was duly started on its journey about the
city, Saturday. This time it took the
form of report that the Montgomery
had shared the fate Of the Maine and had
been blown up. The yarn travelled fast
and soon there were inquiries at the
newspaper offices as to whether it, was
true. 1t was singular fact that every
body who asked about it made the same
remark, which was: "Of course didn't
suppose it was so, 1 just thought that ]
would call and inquire.
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THE REINDEER EXPEDITION.

Seattle, Wash, March l2.-The govern
ment reindeer expedition which will &c
into the interior of Alaska from Pyramid
Harbor, will leave here next Tuesday on
the bark Seminole, in tow of the tug
Rescue. Bareson and Chilcoot have
agreed to deliver BAL reindeer, 40 Lapland-
ers and about 100 tons of supplies at Pyr-
amid Harbor for $4,000. The deer left be.
hind will go from heresabout March 20 by
steamer to Prince William Sound. Lap
land women and children and such men
rs are not going to Alaska will be sent
next Monday to Fort Townsend to remain
unril shipped to ST Michael to join the
heads of the families
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IF neither the United States nor Spain
wants war, as appears to be the case. II
is difficult to see why war cannot be
avoided. II the Names destruction was
due in part to Spain's negligence. and
Spain does not want war, and the United
States does not want 1t either. then all
that is necessary to avoid it is for Spain
to pay a reasonable indemnity for the Loss
of life and property caused by her negli'
gence. Of course the Cuban Junta which
does want war between the United States
and Spain would regard any attempt te
settle the question that may grow out o1
the report Of the Board of Inquiry by
diplomacy as cowardly and would protes!
against it. but the American people ARE
under no obligation to accept the view OF
the Cuban Junta, nor would they be
guilty of cowardice or lack of patriotism
If they should seek first to settle the ques
ton peaceably, and only resort to wal
when peacesble means had failed.
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is to enforce test at the primaries which
will exclude large element of the party.
He says there is general discomfort and
that the few who will attend the
primaries will be adherents of the favor
ties intended to be benefited by the exolu-
siou. He asserts that he Is still BIZ
metallist, but says:
Now that the great body Of the COM
mercial world has taken it's stand against
silver, I do not believe it in the power OF
the United States alone, by it's independ-
ent action to restore the value of silver to
par with gold at 16 to l. 1 believe that
the United States can restore thu demand
which they withdraw, but do NOS believe
they can restore the demand which was
withdrawn by other countries when they
closed their minis against silver.
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he STRIKERS.
Mayor Lord of saco Urges Them to Go to
Work.

Saco, March 12.-Another attempt was
made today by Mayor Samuel L. Lord, to
induce the striking operatives in the York
cotton mills to return to their looms, but,
like that Of yesterday, it was barren OF
results.
The operatives are fully resolved to re.
main until their wages are restored to the
old schedule and all efforts made by out.
side parties to settle the strike seem to
make them more determined than ever
not to go to work under the cut. This
afternoon mass meeting was held in
Marble Hall which was attended by hum
dreds OF operatives. Mayor Lord, who
was the chief speaker, said that he had
come before them today with message
of peace. He thought the time had come
when the strike should be settled. He
said that he called upon Agent Page this
promised to restore wages when the CON
dition of the cotton market warranted
such course. The speaker, in closing,
advised them to return to their looms,
and if, when business improved, the
agent did not increase their wages, they
could come out again.
The next speaker was Secretary King,
who made ringing speech, in which he
yehemently opposed the idea of the opera
tives going back under a reduction OF
wages and advised them to fight 1t out to
the bitter end. His remarks were loudly
Of 9th boz
who advocated continuation of the
fobt. A vote was then taken on the
Question Of returning to work Monday
and every person in the hall voted in the
negative. The chairman then asked If
there was an operative present who
ryanted to 90 back under the cut down
and not one stood up.
THE FINES QUESTION.
New Bedford, Mass, March lat was
fully expected that the end of this, the
eighth week Of the big strike now on in
this city would see the end of the present
difficulties. But the strike is still on, and
simply, many think, because the weavers
will not come to any terms with the
manufacturers on the fines question. A
GOOD, fair proposition had been drawn
IN by officers of the Weavers' Union and
snbmitted to manufacturers to which the
latter were practically ready to agree.
Then the general body of weavers, or 344
Of them, objected to anything short OF
full abolition of the fines question and
iris dashed every hope of an immediate
settlement to the ground. This practical
hiocking of the end of the strike has
cansed bitter feeling among the
stri kers outside of the weavers, and many
union members threaten to withdraw
fron, strike council and let the weavers
arht their own battle and the other
n5ions will do the same.
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EoR THE PUBLIC GOOD.

Tn another part of this paper appears
on advertisement worthy the reading as
it's for the public good. 1t tells of a Free
distribution OF Doan's Kidney Pills, q
remedy for Kidney Ills. Read it, and
oa11 al Fl. Fl. Hay & Son Wholesale store,
s6a Middle street.
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w. L. U.
Considered Science and Economics satur-
day.

The last open meeting of the Literary
Union for this season took place Satur-
day afternoon at Pine street church, the
programme in charge of Miss Lou Small
and Miss Margaret Laughlin. The broad
subject of Science and Economics was
treated specifically under the three heads
of physical Education, "Clvlcs IN
Cleanliness" and "All Men are Created
Equal"
The platform was tastefully decorated
with pine boughs and two beautifully
spreading ferns, while the reading desk
was frightened with vase of dafodils.
Mrs Clarke called the meeting to order
giving notices of the lectures at MISS
Goes gymnasium, to which all the union
members were in yited, also of the social
meeting of next Saturday, at which Miss
Martin was to read a paper and the Gone
club to have charge of the refreshments.
In introducing her subject for the
afternoon, Mas Small said that she much
regretted that Mrs. Hunt-who was the
original chairman of the committee-hao
moved from the state, and therefore was
unable to be there.
The paper on Physical Education" by
DIR. Harriet NJ. Lewis of the Child Cult
ure club, was read by Mrs. Paul Revere
Stevens of the same club, and was
thoroughly scholarly exposition OF the
subject. A sketchy outline was given
of the development of man from the
single protoplasmic cell up to the present
human being as we recognize it, and
much stress was laid upon the power
gained in the present day by being
"good animal
The benefit gained by out-of- door
exercise, as well as by various forms Of
gymnastics, in order to gain healthy
body, was brought out very forclply
"We are not born free and equal sale
Or. Lewis. "We are most of us ham
pered by our heredity, but by exertion on
our part, we can overcome these
obstacles. Water does not go higher thar
its level but machinery can force II
higher, so by training and education car
we overcome much OF our inheritance "
| Mrs. j. E. Marrett gave an exceedingly
interesting address on ''Civics in Clean
liness" and she began by saying that
in bringing her subject before the
| audience she could not go back to aucien,
history, because unfortunately the
ancient cities were no cleaner than our
own. Col. Waring is very naturally the
one person who stands out pre-eminently
| for the work he has accomplished in this
line, and Mrs. Marrett stated that Col.
Waring himself had said that he could
not have accomplished what he had if he
| had been hampered by any policital con
sid eration. There must BIZ complete
divorce between civil affairs and politics
and this can only be brought about by
public opinion, by no means hopeless
| Influence. Mrs. Marrettt spoke very
earnestly for the necessity of this reform
and begged the women to use their in
fiuence to bring it about
The paper by Mrs. Lyman Howard Mel
son on "AIl Men are Created Equal,
| was a strong plea for the Individual, and
she openedher essay by saying that liberty
was an instructive feeling in every human
breast. The time Of the revolutionary
war was perhaps the most conspicuous
epoch in which the equality OF man was
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For the mos. part the nominations
made by the Republican municipal caucus
Saturday afternoon were denominations.
The most conspicuous exception was the
nomination of Mr.. William L. Bradley
for superintendent of school buildings,
i1stead of Mr.. Thomas Bowen, the present
incumbent.
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ibid PRESS.
MONDAY, MARCH IA.
Today is Inauguration day In the citiei
of Portland, Deering and Westprook.

The reports of the mercantile agencies
show that the war scare has not served
to check to any Improbable extent the
rising tide of business prosperity, though
1t has some effect to depreciate the selling
price of stocks.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-14

Senator Roger Q. Mills of Texas, whose
term expires5a year from now, has an
nounced his withdrawal from the race for
reelection. The reason he gives is that
ths State Democratic executive committee
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-14
GOOD Times HAVE COME.

You can afford to indulge yourself or your
family in the luxury of a good weekly news.
paper and a quarterly magazine OF fiction.
You can get both of these publications with
almost library of good novels for S. per year.
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The Coconino sun., 1898-07-30
For Sale or Rent.

Lot 9. in block the old postofiice buildingl. also lots l9. 20. 2l and P, in block 1 west, Flagstaff. Apply to E. s. Clark at court house. .r. 2Itf
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 turned this morning from fishing ex- cursion to Oak Creek.
 The patriotic finale in the minstrel show at the opera house next Friday night will be genuine novelty.
 WIG Bayless returned this morning from Mohave. Cal. where he has been in the employ of the Southern Pacific railroad company since April last.
 The summer weather in Salt river valley is unprecedentedly hot this year. Three cases of prostration from heat were reported in the valley Thursday.
 The court house is being placed in readiness for next weeks legal festivi- ties. A number of important cases are on the docket. and the proceedings will probably occupy the attention of the mills of justice for ten days.
 Captain Smith of the United States infantry has been appointed mayor of Colonel McC s regiment. as has also Captain Stone of the regular army. The Captain will be appointed from Oklahoma. but the appointment has not yet been made.
 John Mccarthy, the celebrated moun- tain lion hunter. has eleven lion scalps in the Board of Supervisors office here. Mr. Mccarthy follows the killing of lions for both amusement and profit. and he is without doubt the most sue cessful lion hunter in the territory.
 In recent batch of army orders the following paragraph appeared: Leave of absence for one month on account of sickness, with permission to leave the United States, is granted Major Alex ander o. BrOdie. First regiment Y. $. volunteer cavalry" ..
 The Territorial Board of Education meets in Phoenix to-day to consider the matter of a change in text books. Let
The Coconino sun., 1898-07-30

those who were wont to cOngregate about the stove of the country store in in his youth. There was the witty lrishman, the deacon, the old school master, the pompous storekeeper, the dude just returned from college and the drummer. and they all participate in the conversation, and each has a story to tell. The characters were so faith agine that he was sitting on cracker box in the village store listening to the jokes. philosophy and small talk. and that Dennis, the deacon and all the others were actual individualities. Mr. Conary appeared here under the aus pices of the Epworth League and on this account as well as in view of the merit of the entertainment. there should have been a crowded house.
 Two of Babbitt Brothers delivery teams ran away this afternoon. They were standing in the rear of the store when they became frightened and dashed into San Francisco street. the big team bringing mp in front of the Miners Home. The wagon was loaded with goods, which were scattered in every direction. The little team ran into Cotiin's delivery wagon. smashing both wagons. The runaways created considerable excitement.
 This morning as the daughter of Rev. Adams were driving from their ranch and when near the Beasley ranch the team became frightened and ran away. The young ladies were thrown from the wagon. one of them sustaining dislo- cated arm. Al. Beasley brought the party to town aud the dislocated arm was set by Dr. Manning.
 For Sale or Rent.