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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18
a REPUBLICAN YEAR.


THE PRESS OF THE COUNTRY ON PREsI-
DENT McKINLEY's FIRST TWELVE
MONTHS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
The administration is success,
and is receiving the support of the
American people.-Albany Journal.
The first year has been finished of
President McKinlcy's administra-
ton, and the condition in which it
finds the country forms happy
contrast TO that which preceded it.
Pittsburg Commeroial-Gazette.
As the year ends, we may say,
"Well done, thou good and faithful
servant. You have restored the
prosperities and cherished the honor
of the public. Go on in the way you
have begun, and the people will be
with you to the end. Rochester
Post Express.
At the end of one years service,
President Mckinley can look back
upon a phenomenal revival of bus
mess, a restoration of domestic con-
tent, and, barring the possibilities of
war, the brightest prospect upon
which this country has looked in
years.-Kansas City Journal.
He and his associates are con
fronted with international prob
lens of the gravest character. That
he will act wisely and for the best
interests of the whole people can be
judged from his past record. Have
faith in the President of the United
States. Be assured that he can be
trusted to act with prudence anh dis
erection, and at the same time to up
hold the honor of this, the greatest
nation of the world. - Baltimore
American.
William Mckinley, as President
has not only fulfilled the highest
expectations of his party and OF
those allies who joinad with the
Republican party in the crisis OF
1896, but he has risen above those
expectations, and in these hours OF
stress and danger he stands reveal
ed to all the people as a Statesman
and patriot in whose wisdom, tact
and Judgment a nation repose.
it's entire confidence.-N. Y. Mai
and Express.
William Mckinley has completed
his first year of office. He has ex.
ecuted his trust as the nation
chief executive with conspicuou,
ability, and has the moral support
of the great mass of patriotic Amer
lean citizens, without regard to par
ty. Under his administration, the
country has enjoyed its most pros
porous year since 1892, and enters
upon the second with every pros
pect of an increase in prosperity il
all the great lines of human activ
ity. = Toledo Blade.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18
EARN NEWS.

Regular subscription price, 30 cents
Farm News now reaches more than S0,001
families 1t holds this large and loyal fol
lowing of subscribers, because they regard
1t as one of the chief essentials of their sue.
cess in farming. 1t keeps i'm touch with the
most progressive agriculture of the day,
it is scientific in its spirit, and at the same
stilted in its style. It's the kind of a paper
the farmer values in his every day work,
because in it he finds what other successful
farmers arc doing, and how they do it, It's
rs pages contain no dead weight no
"1llers." Every line counts If you know
anything about the farm and farm life
examine Farm News and you will under
it. And it grows better every number
Compare it with any other farm paper, and
it stands ahead in practicability and real
value
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
THE MAINE DISASTER is STILL THE
CHIEF TOPIC.

The President Is Not NeRiectine His Duty
to Prepare for Any Emsrsency-Uncer-
tainty as TO the-Tenper Of Congress is
Causing Anxiety-Departmen Notes.
Especial Correspondence.)
washington.-Of course, the Maine
disaster is still the chief topic both in
Administration and Congressional cir
cles Despite the fact that the air has
been full Of sensational and contradic-
tory rumors, the administration has
not swerved from its determination to
await patiently the report of the court
Of inquiry before 1t acted. While he
has been calm and dignified in all his
course, the President has not neglect
ed his duty to prepare for any emer-
gency. There has been activity in the
departments but this has been justified
by the seriousness of the situation, and
the fact that oftentimes an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure
The President realizes that present
conditions cannot be tolerated much
longer, and fully appreciates his re-
sponsibilities; but he does not yet see
his duty. He hopes that after the
board of inquiry has made its report
some way Of peaceable Intervention
may be offered A great many Of his
visitors urge him to do something. His
invariable reply is: What do you sug-
gest?"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

New York. N. Y.-The mystery OF the
identity Of the three-year-old girl whose
body was found in heneoop On the prem
ises OF Dr.. ]. C. Elliott,at Rock gille Centre,
L. l., has been solved. The child was An
ME Peterson, the illegitimate daughter OF
Hilda Peterson, Swedish domestic ser
want, employed in this city. The woman
confessed 10 having murdered her child
after she had been put under arrest and
taken tc Police Headquarters. a
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

Saratoga, N. Y.-Joseph r. Shaeffer,
village clerk of Ballston Spa, refused to
print on the official ballot the names of the
Village Union ticket nominated for the
charter election. The matter was argued
at Plattsburg before Supreme Court Justice
s. A. Kellogg, who granted mandamus
ordering Schaeffer to print the names on
the official list
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

Havana United States cruiser
Montgomery has arrived here, Her arrival
was very quiet, it being generally under
stood that she comes to replace the coast
survey steamer Fern as quarters for Capt.
Sigsbee and others After firing the usual
salutes and being saluted in return, the
Montgomery was moored in the principal
harbor, near the wreck of the Maine, and
in the centre of a circle of Spanish ships.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

The question Of the policy to be pur-
sued toward Cuba after the settlement
Of the Maine question is one that is
causing the administration the great
est anxiety. The uncertainty as to the
exact findings Of the court is heighten-
ed by the uncertainty as to the temper
of Congress as to subsequent events.
There is undoubtedly a feeling of un-
rest among the Republicans, and a
movement of no small Importance has
been started by Western members to
protest against the iron rule of Speak
er Reed in regard to the Cuban ques-
tion itself. A paper was circulated
which received many signatures,
among them those of prominent rep
resentatives, demanding that the Gu
ban question be settled before any at
tempt was made to adjourn Congress
for the session. This mutiny is caus-
ing Speaker Reed a great deal of anx-
iety.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

London.-There is no longer any use in
denying that Lord Salisbury's health is
such as to make it absolutely impossible
that he can give the application and study
necessary to determining the vital details
of TIE Foreign Office administration. Lord
Salisbury will leave within few days for a
sojourn abroad, and during his absence
Mr.. Balfour will be the reigning chief at
the Foreign Office.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

Fayetteville, Ark.-M. V. Storrer, a
farmer, was shot and instantly killed by his
daughter Myrtle, sixteen years old, who
was returning with him from Huntsville in
wagon. The shooting took place in a
lonely part of the mountains The daugh-
ter and her mother, together with Oscar
Messer, the girls lover, to whom the father
objected, are under arrest.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

A Washington court has officially
recognized that the sale Of newspapers
upon the streets is a legitimate busi-
ness and a public necessity, and that
persons who are engaged in It are en-
titled to the protection Of the police.
1t is held that newsboys may enter
street cars for the purpose Of serving
papers to passengers, and that the
conductors have no right to eject
them so long as they conduct them
selves properly and leave the car
as soon as their business is fin
ished. 1t has cost one of the
Washington street-railway companies
$4,000 to learn this new principle in
civil rights. One of the conductors of
that road took the trouble to kick a
newsboy off his car. 1t was shown
that the boy was not trying to steal
ride, but was pursuing his vocation in
a peaceable and proper manner. His
leg was run over by car coming from
the opposite direction and had to be
amputated. The jury gave him $4,000
damages.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

II one may judge from the letters
and messages coming to Washington
from all over the country. it is certain
that the people are quieting down, and
the excitement which was caused by
the first news of the explosion is Civ
ing place to a calmer feeling. Mes
sages are coming to Washington to
show that the people are indorsing
the Presidents policy, and commend
ing him for his patient course.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18
nnrnnto,. Nsphsu A..ns.inatsd

johannesburg Mr.. Woolf Joel, the
trustee of the estate of the late Barney
Barnato, the South African millionaire, was
shot and killed in his office here. The
murderer, a former soldier named Feldt-
helm, has been arrested. He entered Mr..
Joel's office and demanded s2,5OO. Being
refused, he snatched revolver from desk
and fred
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

Five months ago a sculptor began
work on a clay model Of the President,
from which to make a bronze bust.
The sculptor could have completed the
work two months ago had the Presi-
dent been able to give him as many as
two more sittings OF thirty minutes
each. But the time has not been at the
disposal Of the President since the war
scare and the model remains unfin-
lshed.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

Taunton, Mass.-The LOO operatives
Of the Whittenton Cotton Mills returned to
work after strike which lasted five weeks.
Ten Of the loom fixers who originated the
strike will not be given employment now
because Of tneir prominence in the affair.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

Los Angeles, Cal.-General William
Starke Rosecrans died at his home near
Redondo. The old warriors death was
peaceful He had been in a precarIous
condition for several days. and death was
due 70 a general weakening Of the system.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18
President Has the Money.

Washington, d. C.-The $4,000, OOC
National Defense bill was passed by the
Senate without dissenting vo e, and be
came law by the Presidents signature.
If necessary the Treasury could furnish the
amount in gold.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

London.-A special dispatch from Cadlz,
Spain, announces that the Spanish squad
ron has sailed from that port 1t is under
stood the warships are going to Porto Rico,
where they will await the orders of Captain
General Blanco.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

Washington, d. Cit is learned that
Spain has not secured the O'Higgins, and
that Chill will not sell her 1t is said, fur
thermore, that Spain has not purchased,
and cannot purchase, ships from either
Chill or the Argentine Republic.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

The proposition to erect a national
monument to the memory of those who
perished by the destruction of the bat
tie ship Maine in Havana harbor has
taken hold OF the American heart.
Contributions are coming in freely,
and in this city 150 boxes have
been put up in prominent places and
are being rapidly filled. In every city
Of the Union some movement has been
started and an effort made to swell the
.und to the largest possible proportions.
In Washington 1t has taken the shape
Of theatrical and musical entertain
ments.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

Havana. Lee, in an interview,
said; "If Spain wishes to declare any or all
of us persona non grata it is her privilege to
do so, but if we must leave town we will
leave with the American flag flying and a
brass band at the head of the procession" 4"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

The government decided to abandon
It's expedition for the relief of the mi
ners in the Klondike, as it is not be-
lieved that the miners are in danger
Of suffering. A war department wit
posted the following notice in one of
he corridors a few days ago: Wanted
% Exchange-Reindeer, in good con-
i.tion, only recently imported, for bat
.leships, new or secondhand. Apply
at the War Department. Washington,
D. c.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

Hayana.-Consul-Ge General Lee has re-
eeiyed telegram saying that Mrs. Thurs
ton, wife of Senator Thurston, died aboard
the yacht Anita at Sagua La Grande. The
telegram was signed by Mr.. Barker, the
United States Consul at Sagaa.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discoy cry Of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing To the taste, alt gently
and positively on kidneys, liver ana bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds
cure headache. fever, hahitual constipation
and biliousuess. Please buy aud try box
OF g., @. G. to-day; 10, 25, so cents. Sold and
guaranteed 10 cure by all druggifts.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

Frankfort, Ky.-It Is settled that the
naming Of the batt'eship Kentucky viii be
lone with q bottle Of water from the old
Lincoln homestead in Larue County.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

The laugh was on Speaker Reed the
other day. A postal card addressed
Ito the Congress Of the United States,
Washington. D. c." was Immediately
delivered to him.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18

Secretary Alger is the only lingo in
the cabinet, and from the beginning
has been inclined toward extreme mea-
sures,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18
SaEsgpEe Boafse free

Favore Remedy buying your full
once address to the DR. DAVID KENNEDY CORPORATION
mention tins PAPER They will send bottle prepaid
This prove what wonderful
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-03-18
woMANKINp.

Regular subscription price, Soc. A han
some 20-page magazine containing stories
poems, sketches, bits of travel. and such
general literary matter as appeals most
strongly to the average reader, who wants
pure and wholesome literature of the en-
tertaining kind. It's practical departments
devoted to the kitchen, the flower garden,
the care of children, dressmaking, home
decorations, etc, are greatly valued by
every woman who has ever read them. Ex-
tensive Improvements have been made in
Womankind during the past year, and as
a result its circulation has been increased
from 10000 to COCOA growth that could
only possibly be obtained by giving the
people what they want. We invite COM
parison Of Womankind with other papers
Of IFS kind
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

lessor Norton. "It is characteristic of the American to ba trifiing The Amer ican people are gong into this war without a serious thought of the req sons or the cons equeGCes It is not unnatural that this should be 50. The majority of the American people at hest can look back only a short dis tance to the traditions of civilization They have acquired the varnish of civ ilized life, but the natures hava not been refined.
 T he American people have been sro!]ed by prosperity. The materialism CT this country IS not surprising, for 1t grows out of tn most amazing expe- rierce in prosperity that the world has ever seen. The American people have never really known what t is to want. l lock forward with fear 10 the .ilne when they will face that condition.
 'TEc peasant of Europa is not dis cnEteDted. He is occupy. .ng the station in life to which ile thinks L:cvi6enoe has assigned him, a::d he is resigned to it's discomforts. Bat the Amaric3,1 Wko knows no diseomforts. is, discor. tented because he has not more of the comforts and luxuries of lifeA He wants a Brussels carpet on the floor and {. piano.
 His wife lives in a state of perma- nent dissatisfaction"
 I asked Professor Norton if he be lieved the American people were inn proving or retrograding. He said that he could see no signs of improvement and he saw with fear the deyelopment everywhere Of the hoodlum clement of class of voters who had no reaIiza- ton of the obligations of citizenship.
 GEORGE GRANTHAM BAIN.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

themselves as possible, I advised them not to enlist, but to leave that for the present to men more in sympathy with the cause with which the war was con- cerned
 My remarks would have attracted no attention if one of the older men present had not got up and asked per mission to speak. Then he diSap- pointed me by making speech abus- ing Spain-rather jingoish in tone and accompanied by extravagant gesticu- lation. There were about 400 students present They began to laugh at first. but I asked them to be quiet and after that they were as orderly as though they had been in church.
 When the young man was through I simply said that the country of which he had been speaking was strong ii- lustration of the unhappy effects of bel ligerency. Spain had lived by war ana we could see to what condition 1t had brought her."
 Professor Norton's eye twinkled as he narrated the incident. He looked more serious when he said: Tn en- tering on this war we have outlined a new policy for the nation and struck a dangerous blow at the Monroe doctrine. I fear We have interfered in the government of a Spanish possession which, though near us, is not part of this continent, and which was for eign possession long before the United States came into existence.
 Europe may use that as an argu- ment when she wants to protect her interests in South America. I foresee grave consequences to come from this War-consequences which this nation will be reaping 200 years hence. I be- lieye that this conflict is going to bring out the very worst that is in the Amer ican people"
 | asked Profess or Norton if he be- ]ieyed what MT. Depew had quoted to me from an anonymous SC urce some tiune ago-that the war would bring out the dormant patriotism Of the American people.
 His reply to this was comment on MT. Depew. He said Ill effect that Mir. Depew's influence on the American peo- pie was not for good-that he took nothing serious.
 But he Is an ,Amer!can." said Pros
 A--5~-s -E-L-
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

grow into months on our voyage we began to realize with consternation that we had an extremely long and un- pleasant trip before us from which there was no escape. The very first spell of rough weather had weakened our enthusiasm and now we were left without that wonderful buoyant ele- ment There is nothing to break the monotony but an occasional school Of porpoises giving us chase, or a flock of flying fish rising out of the water and scudding away before the wind, resembling a flock" of birds more than a school of fish. We are so eager for any kind of excitement or change that the cry of Sail, l-o!" will send us all scampering up on deck with as great a hubbub as would be justifiable if we sighted the Flying Dutchman.
 The kind of food used to provision vessel for so long voyage IS neceS- sarily bad-consisting of salted meats and dried and canned vegetables-and we begin to grow tired al sick of 1t. Never in all my life have l experienced such disgust and repugnance of any thing as I did Tor the eternal monotony of eating It seemed that we did noth- ing but eat and sleep, and so soon as one meal would be cleared from the tabl anoth~r would seem to De reaoy.
 Sixty days after leaving CIV York we sighted land at Montevideo, Uru- quay. and I imagine enthusiasm and excitement-were equal to that on board the Santa Maria when Columbus first sighted the land of America.
 The sixty days voyage had seemed much longer to us, unaccustomed as we were to travelling by water, and our eagerness to set foot on land once more was unbounded. Just as We were aDour to enter the harbor, however, and when our anticipations were highest, gale struck us and carried us hundred
 Q croi days we were hove to. When we did finally reach Montevideo we were so sick of the confinement and monotony that we all went ashore and abandoned ourselves after the fashion O. all good sailors. .
 After a stay of three days at this place we proceeded to the Stralts or MooaIIan. Whither we arrived fifteen days later. We had intended to stop and prospect for gold in Terra del Flu ego and Patagonia, but after general survey of the grounds and some con-
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

and Dr. J. L. Hitler. of New York; D. P. Nolan of Albany, E. I. Conkling of Catskill N. Y, and Mrs. Alice J. Bolles of I'ackensack, N. J. Mrs. Bolles is a wealthy and handsome young widow, who lived in a palatial residence in Hackensack, surrounded with every luxury and comfort, but who was lured away from her sumptuous surround ings by the desire for nati gold and the romantic experience of digging it herself. The rest of the party, with the exception of Dr. Hitler, who was formerly a successful lractitioner of Washington, D. C., and J. B. Wads- worth, who is 71 years of age and whose hair is as white as SLOW, are young men employed in the ordinary avocations of life, and who have gath cred together our little "all' and have embarked upon this adventure with all our hearts, for better or worse.
 Our boat is a two-masted schooner. measuring 87 feet over all. with a crew of seven. Her space is divided into forecastle, galley, and main and after cabin. In the center of the main cabin is erected a framework in which the ships stores and our outfits are slowed. Along the two sides are arranged six teen berths for sleeping accommoda- ton. In the center and at the end of the cargo-house Is fixed our dining table. Beneath our sleeping hunks are lockers, protruding so as to form benches to sit upon. Thus the main cabin serves as our sleeping-room, din- ingroom, sitting room, smoking room, library, draWing-room, Storeroom and any other old purpose for which room is required.
 When the work of checking away our effects and making ourselves snug
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

me recently-that we lacked enthusi- asm because Spain was such an incon- siderable foe. Dr. Eliot said he did not believe that was the reason. Besides, he said, we were going to find the prob lem of war difficult enough even with an opponent like Spain.
 One reason there is no enthusiasm" he said, may be that the people know so little about the cause of war. I am sure 1 don't know hy we have gone to war; and none of us will know until all the notes that passed between the two countries are made public We have no means of knowing whether the tone of the Presidents last communi- cation to Spain was like those which went before, or whether 1t illustrated a. change of sentiment.
 certainly if all his communications to Spain were like the last he could not have been trying to avoid a conflict be- cause he must have known that Spain would not give up her sovereignty in Cuba. Possibly the members of Con- gress are as ignorant about the real conditions as wN are. Possibly they yielded to the pressure of what they be- ljeyed to be public sentiment That re- minds me of what Father Taylor of Boston said to Senator Henry Wilson at the time of the last war
 "Congress had done something that Father Taylor did not approve and he spoke to Senator Wilson about it. Sen ator Wilson replied, saying that Father Taylor did not understand There was great pressure from without, he said. Where were your inside braces, then?' said Father Taylor.
 And I wonder where Congress- in- side braces were recently"
 Speaking of our lack of preparation for war Dr. Eliot said that the light artillery of Massachusetts was equipped with obsolete guns-guns of thirt- years ago, of a type for which Ammunition was not made to-day, so fhat if would be impossible to put them