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The Portland daily press., 1898-07-25
MIR. M'KENNEY AND FREE SILVER.


4 The Rev, Luther F. MoKenney, Demo-
cratic candidate for representative to
Congress from this district, has recently
expressed wish that discussion in the
coming political campaign may be con-
fined to local issues. The letter of Mr.
william e. Jeffrey, published elsewhere,
throws good deal of light upon Mr.. Nc
Kenney's strong preference for local is
sues, and at the same time renders it
very certain that his preference will not
be gratified. Much as Mr.. McKenney
would like to confine himself to local
questions the demand will be SO general
and SO loud for an explanation of his letter
Of two years ago in which he declared that
free silver would be the greatest curse
that ever happened to the country" and
pronounced Mr.. Bryan imam of small
calibre." rs to compel him to say some.
thing about national issues.
What will he say? Will he reiterate bis
beliefs of two years ago-that free silver
would be the greatest of curses, and that
Bryan is a man of small calibre? To do
Ullbu WONa0 OH Uu0 51lf6r D9IOO-
Gratis who constitute the great bulk of the
party, and we should have the spectacle
of candidate without party. But if
he had had any intention of doing that
he would have been open and above
board to the convention that nominated
him and not have accepted nomination
on straddle platform.
VIII he point out that when he wrote
the letter which very inopportunely tor
him Mr.. Jeffrey has unearthed, that he
was holding an Office conferred upon him
by Mr.. Cleveland and that it was loyal
ty and gratitude. to his chief, rather than
any intelligently formed opinions regard
ing free silver or Mr. Bryan thai impelled
him to express the beliefs that the former
was curse and the latter a man of small
calibre? That would place him in the
category of sycophant OF mendicant He
couldn't do that without completely
wrecking his dignity and self respect.
Perhaps he may say that he has changed
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-25
By F. o. BAILEY & CO., Auctioneers.
IMPORTANT SALE
REAL :: ESTATE
AT AUCTION.

We shall sell on TUESDAY. Aug I'd, at
o'clock =. M. at our office No. 46 Exchange
street, Portland, Me. The valuable property
ST to $50 West Commercial street and No.
Beach street The property consists OF a three
story substantial brick building with slate
roof having u 1ioor space of nearly $4,000
square feet. The lot contains II 344 square
feet of land. This property is available and
wei situated for manufacturing purpos es be-
ing in close proximity TO Maine Central and
Boston s. Maine Railroad tracks. Will be sold
subject to a 1-2 years lease at $1,000 per year.
Has been occupied by present tenant nearly 20
years.
At o'clock p. M we shall sell on the
premises the lot of land situated on Washing
ton street. opposite, Gould street, being aDoIt
70 ~ feet front and having depth of 100 feet,
and containing about 814S square feet
Terms cash. For further particulars inquire
OF the auctioheers. jly25dtd
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-25
THE PRESS.
MONDAY, JULY 25.

The surprising information that there
are shops n..Portland..where. beer can be
bought came out in the course of hear
ing in the municipal court on Saturday,
and appears to have caused genuine
sensation among the officials,
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-25
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The Portland daily press., 1898-07-25
A GIFT FROM MIR. REED.

The committee on school room decora-
lions has just received another valuable
contribution for assembly hall, High
school. The gift is from Hon. Thomas
B. Reed, q cast of Venus de Milo, per-
feet reproduction of the original by Henri
Deloche. 1t arrived from Paris Thursday
aud has been placed in the principal S
office during the summer cleaning.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-25
AMUsEssEwTs.
Cape Cottage Park.
Swept by Clean Breezes.

McCullum's Theatre $50 p. m. and SIS y.
m. Free Musical Concerts daily, rain or
shine, at 6'l6 p. M. in Casino.
Sundays at p. m. in Theatre and 4.45 D. hi.
In Casino, free band concert by Chambers
Band.
Meals served a la carte or table de hote by
the famous caterers, Robinson and Hodgson
Banquets. Clambakes, Shore Dinners, parties OF
300 OF less speciality. Menu Cards and prices
at Office of P. & 9. E. Ry. Co., II Monument
Square. Telephone 504-3.
Salt water bathing. Fishing off the rocks,
tackle and bait furnished free by A P. Nor
rill In charge of the grounds.)
Rare Tropical Bird Collection and other
Park attractions.
"Cape Cottage" is noted as one OF the most
picturesque sea shore Parks on the Maine
Coast. distant from Portland about seven miles
by delightful trolley ride across the harbor
and along tbs shores of Casco Bay. Unrivalled
marine views, including historic Fort Preble
and Portland Headlight, and their Notifications
Sy the sea. Cars run to entrances Theatre and
C Ss. hence no exposure OF patrons to
See time tables of the P. and c. E. Ry. Co., at
II Monument Square, Portland, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-25
CUMBERLAND

The Republicans OF Cumberland are o,,o,.od
to meet at the Town House on SaturdaJu s,'IT
2Sd, at o'clock p. m, to choose deeSata'eu ~
Portland on Tuesday, August I'd, at G1lty Han,
a. m. Fer Order. Az cloch
jlyl9dld TOWN COMMIrrpp
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-01-15

hnphcamos al ntegente pdbco lsla La lecura
tudlo a condolences
Sociedades garandas de vuesras vo
intormes de:
CT storer, Sspcs sntendee-C B. Meltz, Aseae general
yentes gsa1os N: Lago, David Stoer Fernando M
I.aisao Cares Hueata soctad0g Fernando
nlv.ra Ponce Juan F. Alsleux, Aroyo-Agntes coc
soyes en kroyce Basni Hernanos:
.no All. ronces
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-01-15
lntsresantisim0

Vino tinto de mesa, do Ia s'Vinicola. .espa-
iola", erI cajas de Ii botellas y de "a me-
6ias botellas alambradas, y en- barricas, ca
lidad tan buena mejor one el vino frances
detallan Boysen b Oa. Playa de Ponce.
Julio Is de 1897 ina
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-01-15
ELECTRlC|STA AMERICANA.

DE regreso DO los Estadcs- Unidos con una
extensa factura de timbres, botones, bate
rias, alamhres y demaa accessories, ofrecs de
nuevo sus servicios para instalaciones cleo
tiicas de todas classes, y para niqnelar objetoe
por medic dc In electrioidad.
Ponce, ~ de Nbre. de 1895.
(Cristina 90 LUIS SALAzAR-
Eots: &c facilitan presupuestos para pain
- elfcfricaa. 9va
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-01-15
iOjo, Ojo!

6s desean vender rs sellos dc los
del 4e Centsnario del descsbunsenfo
do ssta lsla:
I'm sss& lnprenta lnformaxan.
Pones, NevseMbre iSoA.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-14

R.ookh" about that gazelle with its
soft, black eye" that always kicked
the bucket just as 1t had become inter
esting.
But, if the farmer is to be commits
Grated, what shall we tender of conso-
lation to those editors of Republican
papers who so cocksurely pointed to
the advance in wheat as the result of
the election of their presidential can
didate, the restoration of their policy,
the revival of McKinleyism in Ding
leyism? How now will they avoid the
reaction? With what plausible tale
will they explain to the farmer, be-
guiled of his vote, that it was McI<in-
ley and Dingley that brought dollar
wheat, but that they are not responible
for its fall to sixty or seventy cents
We are sure they are equal to the
emergency, but we have a curiosity to
see how they will squirm cut of the
knot in which their own logic entangles
them. We warned them that they
might have to inset just this condition,
and that it was unsafe to Try to fool
the farmers. but they did not heed our
counsel, and, on the whole, they will
richly deserve all they will get.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-14
The nechanic Arts Would Help.

What would this Old world do if it
were rot for the enthusiasm of it's
youth? What would life be if boys and
girls were horn fifty years old? And
how much better a world it would he II
men and women could count their age
as Holmes did his, ard be seventy
years young" When something comes
alonS like this war, at which SO many
Of us older once shrug our shoulders as
we contemplate it and SEA-, or thizk we
see, behind all the fervor and human
itarianism, the bsser passions of men
see the play of the politician and the
schen:ing Of the jobber behind the folds
of Ole Glory, our boys and girls see
only country and fag AID glory and
honor, and their pulses leap aid
bound with devotion to the land Such
enthusiasm is beautiful even when mis-
placed, and, perhaps, it is we'll for hui
manity that so large a portion of it is
always young.
All of which is suggested by the effort
that the seniors and Juniors of the Me-
chanic Arts school are going to make to
help that gentler side of war, the
movement to mitigate it's horrors and
alleviate its inSeparable sufferings,
which the Red Cross societies of the
country have been formed to undertake.
These young people have neither god
nor silver to give, although, we be-
lieve, some have given themselves, but
they will appeal to those who have to
give. And SO they purpose giving
reproduction of the class play of the
seniors, 1.-THE Cricket on the Hearth"
and of that Evolution of the Book Of
the juniors, in their assembly hall next
Saturday evening. Their hall, unfortu-
nately, will seat but 400 of the thou
sands Of our city who, we know, will
want to go and see these really excel
lent performances, killing two birds
with one stone by being amused and in
structed and also helping along a good
cause. But those who come first to
buy tickets will be served until 400 is
reached, when the doors will close on
the tardy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-14
"DoI!ar Wheat" and Politics.

BreadwinnerS will not mourn as they
read the news of the collapse of the
young Wheat Merchant of Chicago who
entered the field last winter and, conf
dent that he could win where so MANY
had make wreck of fortune, attempted
the capture of the wheat supplies of
this granary Of the world AS they
were told by their wives of the rapid
advances made in the price of flour,
finding no compromising advance in
their income, they failed to appreciate
the laudations poured out on the Mer-
chant as the friend of their co-laborer
who had grown the wheat. For thew
had sense enough to know that the
Merchant did not begin his enterprise
until the extent of the crop had been
we'll ascertained and the bulk of the
product of the fields had passed out of
the hands of the farmers. Breadwin-
ners knew that the profits went mainly
to the elevators and millers who had
stocks on hand and to the men who
were specializing in their staff of life.
Mr. Letter was quite positive in his
announcement that he was in no sense
a Spectator; he said that he was SIM
an article whose value, his Judgment
and information assured him, was go
ing to rise because of the disparity be-
tween the supply and the demand But
if he was not speculator he followed
their conventional methods, buying and
selling and settling for millions Of
bushels of wheat that had no existence
save on the memoranda of the deals.
and there was the usual recurrence Of
the rise Of the price towards the end
of the month, with sharp declines at
the close. Now it is said that the mil
lions he was credited with having
cleaned up from his merchandising are
all gone. and Letter joins the "OId
Hutches" of the remorseless, Unsuitable
grain pit. And wheat slumps, and by
and by flour will slide down the scale.
and bread will cheaper and the bread
winners will feel easier. And the farm
er, poor fellow, butt of spectators.
politicians and demagogues, with his
wheat fields rank with the crop to
come, sees the visions Of the harvest
fading away, tobogganing with wheat,
and he turns to read again-if he reads
it at all-that passage in 'LalIa
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-14
Given Time to Get Ready.

We have landed handful Of marines
In Cuba; the Spaniards resisted their
taking possession; a battle" en-
sued, and four of our men have been
killed. But we hold possession and the
flag floats over Cuban soil This is the
full measure of accomplishment of all
the efforts that have been put forth in
the effort to compel Spain to Forth
with evacuate Cuba and Cuban wa
ters." For week or more we have
had daily stories of troops embarking
and descending on the coast Of Cuba
at various points, but the following
days have denied prior accounts, while
contributing fresh lot. Possibly
Skaters command has gone perhaps
has made safe landing. But all that
has been done is on sea. There have
been commandments of some towns by
the navy. and Cervera is bottled up"
in Santiago harbor.
If Shafter has gone to Santiago to
support the navy with a land attack,
that is now being done which should
have been done at first To send
fleet to lie off a town and lombard it's
forts without the support of an army
- SIMPLY d waste VI SOOQ powder ana
shell. How useless it is is shown by
the statement of the construction at
the mouth of Santiago harbor Of new
forts and batteries, earthworks, for the
most part, but all the stronger for be-
ing made of that material. If Shaft
er's troops shall find the rear of the
town defended by earthworks, he will
find that the military commander there
has occupied the leisure given him to
good advantage. The arrival of the
squadron there was notice that there
would be some time land attack, and
If no line Of interior Notifications had
been previously constructed he would
be unfit for his place if he, the Spanish
commander, had not Immediately be-
gun it. The topography Of the country
lends itself we'll to defensive works,
and we apprehend that Gen. Shafter
will find the land defenses Of Santi-
ago as hard to reduce as Sampson has
found the water defenses. But, wheth-
er Shafter is in Tampa or af1oat, or
where he is going if he has gone, is
all matter that the public are left to
guess about, assisted by the versatile
war correspondents.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-14
Better Keep Still.

With all their old time virulence New
York city Republican papers are
humping Tammany. They whack it
for its attitude toward the schools, and
the removal of a couple of Republican
police commissioners has rolled them
even more than the school policy.
Meanwhile their news columns contain
accounts Of indictments, arrests and
convictions Of Brooklyn city officers,
under former Republican rule, for
about as shameless corruption as ever
disgraced any city, not excluding Phil
adelphia. And up in the state an in
vestigation, in spite Of it's one-sided-
ness and embarrassing purpose of Gre
alton, is uncovering frauds In the
spending OF the nine million dollars
on the canal, duplicating Re-
publican state officers in con-
tracts for removing rock" that
proved to be only gravel; and at an
other place showing that money was
used to deepen the canal several feet
more than the specifications called for,
merely to furnish some factories with
a larger supply of water, while the con-
tractors struck the manufacturers
for $4,000 additional to what they got
from the state.
1t would strike an unbiased outsider
that, as long as all Tammany is yet
doing is cutting down expenses,
a trif1e more reticence would be more
becoming to our Republican contem-
poraries. Probably they. too, are mere
ly trying to divert attention.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-14
In woRlan's Realm,
WOMEN WILL PREACH.
Denver Pulpfts to BE Occupfed nv
Federation women

Denver Pulpits to Re Occunfaa Inv
Federal on Women.
Next Sunday twelve of the Denver pulpits
VIII be occupied by prominent Federation
women as was announced in The Globe of
several weeks ago.
ihose already appointed by Mrs. Henrotin
ana her aids are: 1.-THE Rev. Caroline Bart
lett Crane, pastor of the PEOPLES church
kalamazoo, Mich; the Rev. Celia Parker
Wooiley, pastor of the Independent Liberal
church, Chicago; Mrs. Henry Solomon of
Chicago, president of the National Council of
Jewish Women; the Rev Anna Shaw. the
noted temperance and equal suffrage lecturer.
the Kew. Florence Kollock Croker, Universal
1st, and Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson. OF Phila.
deiphii. one of the noted Psychologists of the
day. Mrs. Wooley will preach in the Unitarian
church, OF Denver. Mrs SOLOMON VIII speak
on THE Hallowing of the Home" probably
before the, congregation of, the Temple EN-
manuel. Mrs. Stevenson will speak on 'Prim-
tive Religions The Rev. Anna Shaw will
occupy the pulpit of Trinity the largest
Methodist church in Denver, and one of the
largest in the world. %. -: 5a5isc,
Then there will be an afternoon meeting at
the Broadway theater for children, at which
Jane Adams, Of Hull House, and some 9TH
ers OF the finest speakers of the Federation
Will talk to the children. at 5 O'Clock there
wiz be a. ryesper service with addresses on
The Study of the Bible in Women,s Clubs -
The great Sunday night meeting will be held
IN the theater. at which Jane Adams and
other speakers will strike the keynote of the
biennial, in their address on ssThe Sniritua1
Significance of Organization.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-14
CIVIL WAR yum YUM"
The Favorite Diet of the Boys Back in
1868.


To The st. Paul Globe:
The complaints about the soldiers food
which come from the camps in the South re-
mind me Of an incident of the Civil war
After the war ended was appointed clerk Of
the military committee in the house Of repre-
sentatives at Washington. On looking over
the papers in the committee room 1 found a
big petition, signed by a large number Of
prominent men. including some of the most
eminent clergymen in New England and New
York, praying congress to legislate to COM
pei the war department to add butter to the
regular ration of the soldiers. OF course this
was sentimental nonsense, for it was plain
that such butter as the government would buy
and transport to the South would become
rancid by the time it reached the camps. for
there were no refrigerator cars at that time;
but the butter question was seriously consid-
cred at public meetings in the North and the
hardship Of f., the Il, men , In being deprived of
Of their lives since they were babies, was
gravely urged in the petition. Hard bread
and salt pork must always be the staple diet
Of men engaged in campaign for the reason
that they are the most portable and con-
densed articles of food that can be supplied
and the least liable to be spoiled by hot
weather. We always managed to have a sur
plus Of coffee to trade with the natives for
vegetables, fruit and chickens and capable
commissary sergeant could manage to do a,
good deal towards varying our bill of fare
On the march, when each was his own cook.
the fayorite dish of the boys was hard tack
broken into small pieces and cooked in a
tin cup with water and a bit of salt pork to
flavor the mess In my regiment this went
by the name Of 'yum-yum and with a cup
Of strong black coffee it made an appetizing
meal. The sutler furnished cheese charging
five cents for a piece about as big as two
fingers, and the blackberry bushes in Vir-
ginia gave us an excellent dessert. l have
known whole regiment to be cured of dys-
EMERY, which is the scourge OF all armies in
the field by camping for a few days in a
region where blackberries abounded
d. v. Smalley.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-14
Our Amateur staff Officers.

Poultney Bigeiow, in Harper's Weekly
The great need at present, to prevent need
less suffering amongst our men, is a proper
organization Of the comnissary department
and staff generally. The army is numbered I'D
with civilian staff officers whose duty it is to
see that our men are properly located AMI
taken care of. The colonies and captains Of
the individual regiments are powerless in this
matter; they but obey the orders of their
suDeriors on the staff
In Euro can armies staff officers are selected
from the most highly educated of the army.
They have to pass special examinations in or
der to test their fitness for variety of special
duties of the most important kind: and OF
all important duties the German officer re-
CARDS the care of the mems health as the
most important. When a German regiment
marches to war, the staff officer goes ahead
to lay out a proper camping ground, to pre-
vide wood and water and in other respects
to make the regiment about to arrive as COM
Portable as possible. When the weary men ar
rive they have but to cock their supper and
curl up to sleep.
The United States troops who arrive in
Tampa are dumped out at railway siding
like so many emgrants. No staff officer pre-
pares anything in advance for them Regi-
ments &c off in any direction that suits them
looking for the nearest place where they may
cook their pork and beans.
am no pessimst / have been camping with
regulars, living their life ealing their food.
fire. In all the armies Of Europe there are
no better soldiers, man for man, than those
of the United States infantry, and nowhere
have l known officers who commanded more
cheerfully the respect and obedience OF their
men.
On the otiier hand, in no army of Europe,
not even In Spain, have seen troops so badly
treated through the Incompetence OF staff Off
GERS, who today strutting about in new
uniforms, when they ought to be whistled out
of camp as frauds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-14
HER OPPORTUNITY.

II the women's club ever needle to Justify
itself 1t is going to have its opportunity in
the present war says the Inter Ocean. In
tracing the evolution of the Women's club
most critics have attributed it's beginning
in the last twenty-five years to the capacity
Tor organization which women manifested
during the Civil war. So wide and strong il
the network of clubs now spread over the
country that the old associations called into
being by the present crisis VIII have few of
the dificufties-to contend with that met the
sanitary commission.
During the civil war there were upward
OF 1000 aid societies tributary to the san
1tary commission, and the utmost that they
did was not superfluous. On the very day
of President Lincoln's first call for troops
the women of Bridgeport organized with
the rather vague intention Of affording relief
to the soldiers
But the sanitary commission and the Red
Cross have made it easy for those who fol-
low in their steps. THE woman who is ready
to work now for the soldier may be sure
that all she does will be effective.