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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

For annexation 209; against 81. Not
so bad.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

cures Group, sore throat pulmonary
froubleS-monarch over pain of every
sort. Or. Thomas EcIectric Oil.
mon, wed, fri& wkytf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17
Talking il Over.

When a party of
middle aged wonl-
en- get toget h er
alone, a com mon
theme of converse
ton is their phys
ical ailments. II
,,a,,ll - t..xac &c
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

The signal corps will win its share Of
honor for Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

Post Powers is without troops for
the first time since May >.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

Three weeks ago the 1st Maine left
US and not yet I, single break in its
ranks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

The notorious Carson gang has
reached the climax of its difficulties.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

y wild man in peaceful happy Gin
ton? Perhaps it is romance to at
tract summer boarders
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

How eagerly all read the letters from
Camp Thomas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

Now for settled spell' Of lovely
June weather.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

1t is stated that the expense thus far
incurred in the military operations OF
the state incident to the war amounts
to some 10000. a large part Of this
will soon he returned to the State by
the national governments What is not
so paid back Will be checrfuIIy taken
care OF by the next Legislatures
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

The champion Colbys recognize that
their batting won the pennant, ana
have elected their heaviest hitter. Put
nam. captain for next year. Four
home runs per game is his average
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

our boys arr living among thr bones
of the past at Chicklmau=a. \ Rock
land boy writes home that while some
Of the men in Go. \. We're digging 4
dug up With a bay"nel through Il.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

The opening Of the longest pier in
the world will be celebrated at Old
orchard, Saturday, July .. at II noon.
The governors from all the New Eng
land states have been invited. The
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

Business opened with 4 hoom al th,
Portland recruiting onic". Lieut.. CHAP
lin had zoo applications the first fore
noon. before he was really ready t. d.
business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-17

Lewiston Journal: HalloWell, Which
leads in so many kinds Of municipal
improvements now proposes to wage
war on the disfiguring advertisements
and posters on buildings and fences.
HalloWell will win the name of the
beautiful Maine city if she keeps on.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30
Nc THE SCENE OF RIVAL INTERESTS IN NORTHERN CHINA
CHINA.

always free from ice. 1t is capable OF being for
titled into a practically impregnable state.
There is a good supply Of fresh water at hand
either a naval station or commercial en-
porium. If Russia could make the approach to
it along the peninsula secure she would be sat
isfed. To make it thus secure is the task she
now has in hand. and an uncommonly hard task
il appears to be.
one II the most important new lines projected
by the Chinese Government is to from Pc
king 70 Han-Kow. and will be about 500 miles
long There has been earnest rivalry between
capitalists Of various countries. including the
United States, for the contract for building H.
The route was surveyed by an American engi-
ueer who was formerly chief engineer Of the
Wisconsin Central and also Of the 500" line
and who has now been engaged by the Chinese
Government as a director u its railroads. But
the contract for this line has been awarded. &C
cording 10 latest advices. to a Belgian syndi-
cate which had the support Of the French Am
bassador at Peking and also OF the Russian
Government. The representatives, Of American.
British and German interests have strongly pro-
tested against the award. however. and it may
vet be annulled. for China is land in which
some curious performances take place In busi-
ness TRANSACTIONS.
Another trunk line is 10 connect Shar ghai.
Woo Sung. Hang CHOW Soo-Chow and Ching
Kang. and Will be some two hundred miles long
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30

innovations. II was as long ago as 1868 that the
first Chinese railroad was projected, but IT was
never built. the opposition Of the Mandarins
proving too strong The second attempt was at
first successful A line was built in 1876 from
Shanghai 10 Woo-Sung. and actually put into
operation. But the natives were scandaliZed by
such exhibition Of the black arts Of the
foreign devils and literally rose in rebellion
against It, so that for the sake Of peace the rails
had TO be torn up and the whole enterprise abol-
ished. Some Of the plant sent to Formosa
and laid down there. but the bulk Of IT was
rusting az the bottom Of that river 1t was
perhaps q good thing that that road did not
prosper. for il was OF narrow gauge-only two
feet six inches-and il would have been a mis-
fortune to have that established as the standard
gauge throughout the empire.
The first successful railroad was built by Ii
Hung Chang IN the eighties. That far-seeing
statesman determined to introduce into the en-
pire what he recognized to be one Of the most
valuable adjuncts of civilization. and he under
took to DO it on his own account and on his own
property He opened some iron mines at Lin
ST. in the north In 1881, and built a tramway to
connect them with the nearest canal. This was
worked by Horsepower. but II demonstrated
the value of such roadway. Then. in 1SSS. he
had the tramway tr lnsformed into a STEAM rail
road. The story Of that work is a most ro-
mantle one The chief engineer English
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30

man. d Nj Kinder He was cOmpel!eo 10 "oih
by stealth as though ne committing some
great crime. He had 10 build the first locomotive
secretly out Of such scraps Of machinery as ne
could pick up He got some small driving
wheels as scrap-castings and boiler from
WORKOUT stationary engine while local VINO
ing engine furnished him with cylinder ana
piston When the thing was only hall done the
authorities got wind Of II and ordered work
stopped at once. and ii took. all Of LIS tact ana
influence 10 get the order revoked and perinis-
sion given for the completion Of the line on his
own private grounds.
1t was not long before the Dowager Empress
became Interested in the enterprise, and she
and Ii together got the Government 10 consent
TO an extension If the line under official con-
troll 1t was first extended TO Lu-Tai. then 10
Peh-Tang and Taku. then TO Tien-Tsin. and
finally to a point about ten miles beyond shan
Hal-Kwan. its present limit. 1t is now, how
ever to be prolonged nOrthWard and eastward,
10 connect with the Russian system at hirin.
1t IS a curious indication Of the dntiquated in
huences that still prevail in that empire that
the building Of this extension waG decided upon
for the sake OF the convenience Of the Emperor
when he goes TO visit the tombs OF his ances-
tors. Those tombs are at Moukden. the sacred
city Of Manchuria and the religious capital Of
the empire For a single member Of the i'm
perial family to travel thither from Picking
COSTS under present conditions Of uanspoI-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30

tation. not less thar $4,000, while the
death OF an emperor or an empress and the
consequent funeral to Moukden. would cost at
least S1.5OO.0OO. Such expenses would be
avoided If railroad were In existence Indeed
It has been somewhat grirnly reckoned that the
deaths Of a single unhealthy season at Picking
would entail greater expenses than the cost OF
building the railroad. And when China has to
borrow money OF foreign devils it behooves her
to be economical 1t is another interesting cir
cumstance that the line is 10 be built under the
direction OF that same Mr.. Kinder who built
LIS first road and locomotive out of scrap iron
He is now directing engineer OF the whole ex-
listing railroad in the north Of China Russia
pointment Of Russian in his place. but the
change has not yet been made and is not likely
to be.
The plans for the Russian railroads in China
already familiar to all readers. branch is
to be run from the Siberian road from a point
a little east Of Lake Baka down through Mon
golia and Manchuria to Kirin. but not touching
the sacred city Of Moukden. which is 10 be en-
tered only by the Chinese lire. Thence it is to
branch in two directions. one branch will run
north and east to Nladivostock. and the other
southwark to Port Arthur. there finding the ter
lnnal so long desired. better could not be
supplied with fine docks and shipyards. 1t Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30

Chinese ports have already been. AS Great
Britain asks no special privileges at that port
me request would be entirely unobJectonable
bans. already described. and the strategic rela-
uon Of Talien-Wan thereto
glance az the map will make the situation
seal Talen-Wan is on the eastern side OF the
Regents Sword, not far from Port Arthur and
onmandng the approaches TO the latter at
ue rear or landWard side. If ii were made an
spen port Russia's commercial facilities al Port
Arthur would not De impaired. But her dream
q making new Gibraltar there would be dis
owed INTO thin air. II is that consideration
uIA' lMpels Russia not only TO protest against
ue opening Of Talien-Wan. but actually to
~feaien China with force % prevent her from
making such a concession. She does not wish
" AAo after building a railroad from the Cyals
Tue Yellow Sea. the only satisfactory ter
u"Aus cheek by jOwl with a port thronged with
oi'ush and JAPANESE ships. on the other hand.
o'ea' Britain and japan. while freely granting
Noss'as rsht 70 access TO those waters. may
s1's'stenuy and not unreasOnably object 10 her
1~'us a monopoly Of the northern bulwarks Of
e1 enrance-way to Picking for the undis-
s1iseo purpose II Transforming them into
6uss!aH fortress.
WINE this controversy is being thrashed out
Of interest 10 observe that the work OF the
~-e'neer Is being pushed IN various parts Of the
~"e which vas 81 long sealed against such
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30

The part Of II between Shanghai and Woo-Sung
Ii now approaching completion. 1t follows the
route Of that first and Inflated narrow gauge
line which was torn up twenty years ago. The
new line, az indeed all the projected lines In
the empire. is to be the standard gauge Of
feet 81 inches Another short but important
line is to connect the city OF HangChow with
the end Of The Grand Canal It will be only
ten miles long. but will doubtless enjoy an enor-
nous traffic 1t is now nearly finished There
no other seriously considered plans for rail-
roads In the northern part OF China There ID
for great road in the south. but that. as
Mr.. Kipling says, Is another story. /; belongs
TO another system and involves other interesta
The opening in China for Americans seeking
employment on railroads cannot be described as
good. There might be chance for them II an
American company could get the contract for
building a road but Of that there is little pros
pect The three hundred miles OF railroad now
in operation employ all told only twenty-seven
foreigners Of whom four are engineers All the
rest OF the employees are natives, with whoH
Americans cannot hope to compete. Their wages
are very low The telegraph operators are best
paid getting as much as so week. Engi-
reers get from s. to s. a week. and the other
train hands not more than from 81 to 50. And
even these miserable pttances are paid in silver
worth ~ cents to the dollar. On the other hand
the railroad owners are doing well, as the divI
bends are never less than - per cent per
annum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30
mE SECRET OF TALIEN-WAN
,rcs,A WANTS TO PROTECT THE TERMI-
Nus OF HER SIBERIAN RAILROAD.

STORY OF RAILROAD BUILDING IN CHINA
NOW THE FIRST ROAD WAS DEMOLISHED.
AND THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE BUILT OF
SCRAP IRON-NEw LINES PRO
JEcTED A POOR OUT
LOOK FOR WORK
~. remark that this is the age Of the en-
.,neer is again justified. The present troubles,
. threats OF troubles, in the far East, have
sh.,r origin in engineering rivalry. The railroad
constructor rather than the diplomat is behind
mem sill Russia is pressing to completion the
,rea.es, railroad ever undertaken. For its per
~ working she has secured lien upon part
~ China through which she proposes to run the
mad 10 terminal port that shall be as strong
a. Gibraltar and also shall be open and free
nom Ice all the year round That port is Port
Arthur at the extremity Of the Regents Sword
Peninsula But now Great Britain. while not
Affecting in the least 10 this plan Of Russia's,
asks as one Of the conditions on which she Will
End China the money the latter needs that the
nor, OF fallen Wan shall be made by China
1reaty port" that is. thrown open 10 the COM
nerce Of all nations, as some two dozen other
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-11-02
Poor Little Thing.

We mean the Gazette. Here is
its crying declaration: "All this
Democratic howl about the County
Court is for Tippett, and to crush
out the Republican paper" Bool
hoolI hooLlI What sad vail A
Democratic paper in big Repub-
lican county, trying to crush out
the Republican paper. Yes. every
body should rise up in their might
and smite down this hydra-headed
monster, that would crush out the
Republican paper and thus leave
the party without an organ. Save
the Gazette from such a fate as
this. Meanwhile the Register will
go on crushing out the Ring in
Mason county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-11-02

(S76, S09.32 without interest) for
it is just as reasonable for the
Court to have asked that the net
levy of any other past year, for
instance 1860, 1882, 60 be applied
as credit, as to apply the net levy
for 1896 was not proper Offset to
the amount of the debt found, for
the levy for 1896 was not settled
for until January 1898, at which
time almost another years bust
ness had been done and no funds
to pay the same with except the
1896 funds. The fact is as evsry-
one knows, by the system of bust
ness done by the Court for many
years past. that there is almost a
full years business done before
there is a cent available for its pay
ment
The Courts little sum in arith-
metic propounded by its order
shown above, cam Ut fool anybody
and only serves to show to what
disgraceful methods Boss-ridden
officials will adopt to cover up
their acts, from the view of an out
ragged public.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-11-02
How DO You Like 1t?

Farmers of Mason county, how
do you like that financial system,
which requires you to give t,co
bushels of wheat for the same kind
of dollar that few years ago,
you secured for one bushel; how
do you like to give fire bushels of
corn to-day, for the dollar that a
few years ago, you received for tlcO
bushels; how do you like to be
forced to give three horses today for
$1,000, that a few years since, you
received for one horse? This, the
Single Gold Standard requires you
to do. If you like it, get out your
old campaign hats of two years
ago, and stick some golden rod
blossom under the band, then
mount $1,000 horse and ride to
town to find market for twenty
cent corn and sixty-cent wheat.
Such is prosperity under a gold
standard. If you are not satisfied
with it, go to the polls and cast
your ballot for Geo. I. Neal, who
if elected to Congress, will vote to
change If. Then remember that
if Captain Phelps is elected to the
State Senate, and Chas. S. P. Ed
wards and Chas. Bryan are elected
to the House of Delegates they
will vote to help send man to
the United States Senate who will
help Neal to make the change.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-11-02

first class condition. You have
seen him push nickel mp his
sleeve and take 1t out of his nose
then hand it to the owner, as good
coin of the realm. These tricks
and hundred others of an aston
fishing character are all collapsed by
the wonderful performances of the
Ring Hippodrome Combination
Company, now exhibiting in this
county. Strange as if may seem.
the chief feat or trick is mathe-
NAUTICAL one. in which a singular
combination of figures is the main
feature. For instance. they take
the debt of Mason county aggre-
eating about one hundred thous-
and dollars, and by a process of
manipulating figures, known to
mathenat1cians as reductiO adj
a6surdum, make it appear that
this vast debt is not more than
one half of what it really is. But
at the end of the performance
like that of the regular slight-of-
hand performer, with the hat as
good as when he got 1.-THE whole
of the county debt, when the illu-
sion has passed away, is returned to
the taxpayers just as good, and
Just as much ms it was when the
performance begau-no more, no
less. This exhibition is of interest
to school boys who have their les
sons daily in arithmetic, but the
chief interest centers in the tax
payers who have to deal with
this debt after the performance has
closed and the show has moved to
the next stand. The proprietors
have peculiar method of adyer-
Using. This is done in advance
by private circulars, assuming TO
contain a solution of this problem
These are put in the hands of
some chosen ones among the
patrons, some days before the per-
IIOTH1dnCS. Ills - 0On0 Ludl IhSy
may see chow the thing is done. "but
a strange part of the whole affair
is, that after the performance has
closed the audience is moro mys-
titled than before, and those com
posing it continue to think what
should be the fate of those who at
tempt the impossible. Law in
some states prevents the Ameri-
can flag from being used for ad-
vertising purposes. So this coun-
ty debt with its immense proper
tions, must be kept out of the slow
business and considered as a
business of the most vital impor-
lance to any citizen of Mason
county. That is the way it is now
being viewed by them, despite
both the advertising circulars. .
and the performance. Listenl
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-11-02
They are Honest.

The Republicans of this county
are just as honest and true to the
material interests of the county as
any other class of citizens. The
only trouble is that they have been
fooled, led and hoodwinked by q
corrupt ring, and self constituted
bosses
The county is largely in debt.
1t should be paid. The financial
affairs for over ten years have been
grossly mismanaged. A county OF
the wealth of Mason should not
owe one dollar. There is no ex-
ouse for a debt. Taxes are higher
than ever known in the county.
The truth is. that the County
Court has been carless, and has
not attended to theinterests of the
tax payer. It has been controlled
and used by corrupt ring. which
has ruthlessIy pIundered the coun-
ty treasury for its own gain, re-
CARELESS of the consequences to
the man who pays the taxes. The
ring, its organ and its managers
say there is no debt of the magni-
tude reported by the committee.
Let us see. Messrs. w. 81. How
ard and A. L. Boggess, two more
ardent and loyal Repu blicans than
whom cannot be found in Mason
county, say that the debt is $751;
S06.32, without interest. Both of
these men have had the confidence
of the majority of the voters of the
county presumably of the
Republicans-for both have been
elected to office in the county by
large majorities, as Republicans,
on the Republican ticket.
Does anyone doubt the truth of
the amount of the county debt
when Howard and Borgess. say it
is SIG, sos. 80? Is not their word,
certificate and signature conclu-
slve, though the ring, the bosses
and Gazette, say it is lie.
We are appealing to the honest,
unbiased judgment of the voter.
Lay aside your prejudice and love
of party; think earnestly for a
moment of the condition of things
in your county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-11-02
You Know Him Wen.

What do you think of Charles
E. McCulloch for County Commits.
sioner? Early in life he received
thorough education and business
training in Marietta College, and
then returning home. he has given
his life's work to the successful
management of one Of the largest
estates in the county. The man
who best manages his own bust
ness. is the one who will best man.
age the public's business. Give
Charles McCulloch chance to dc
it, and see if the county debt
muddle is not Strengthened up.
You desire this, don't you? Ger
tainly you do. Then vote for
Charles McCulloch for member of
the County Court.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-11-02
A Sure Sfgn of Group.

Hoarseness in child that is sub
ject to Group is sure indication
of the approach of the disease. If
Chamberlain Cough Remedy is
given as soon as the child becomes
hoarse, or even after the croupy
cough has appeared, it will prevent
the attack. Many mothers who
have croupy children always keep
this remedy at hand and find that
it saves them much trouble and
worry. It can always be depended
upon and is pleasant to take. For
sale by G.. w. M. Hooff, Druggist.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-11-02
He is ClleekN.

The editor of the State Gazette
"has more cheek than Govern
ment mule" In his issue of Fri
day, in try ing to defend the circu-
lars being distributed by the Re-
publican Ring, says this paper has
never replied to any of his articles
on the county debt, or denied it's
figures Everybody who reads,
knows this to be a malicious
and purposely concocted falsehood
intended to deceive the people who
do not read the newspapers, or to
have its effect upon the ignorant
members of the Republican party,
We discussed tie question with
the Gazette until he FLEW flag
of truce and "called for quarter, :"
and refused longer to DISCUSS it in
his paper, and resorted to coward
ly and misleading circulars.
In this paper we publish the re-
port of the committee on the debt
of the county, duly certified as
true by the County Clerk. This
is the record of the debt and the
only one.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-11-02
its Not POLITICAL.

We mean this county debt mat
ter. No politics in it. 1t is bus
mess question, pure and simple.
Its proper adjustment is one OF
equal importance to Republicans,
Democrats and Populists alike.
No, it is not political issue, and
cannot be made such Then lei
men of all parties unite and cor
rect if, just as each one would do
were this his own private matter.
Indeed, that is just what it is, for
each must see that it is paid. or his
children, whe are to come after
him, will have to do it. Let us
have change; let US have it now.
What say you, citizens of Mason
county? The ballot box is the
place for Americans to correct ex-
listing evils. The many thousands
of dollars of county Indebtedness
is an evil no longer to be endured
at least in its present condition.
Let it be corrected, by paying the
county debt at the earliest posi-
BILE date, and avoid, as much as
possible, the interest accumulation.
This can only be done by electing
capable men as members of the
County Court.