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The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

There has been rioting in Havana and
several newspapers have been thrown
into the street. AS the Spanish govern
nent maintains strict censorshipsover
the dispatches, it may be safely assumed
that the reports sent out understate
rather than exaggerate the seriousness
of the affair. Apparently the riot was a
sort of protest against autonomy, mas
much as the newspapers that are
supporting that policy were the ones
whose offices were Quilted. The fact that
the rioters were led by Spanish officers
adds gravity to the affair, inasmuch as 1t
tends to show that the army is not loyal
to the governments new policy. Some Of
the dispatches report that threats were
made against Americans, and that at one
time there was so much danger OF an at
tack on the American consulate that
Gen. Blanco surrounded it with troops
and artillery. There is nothing i'm
probable about this. The feeling among
the Spaniards of Havana toward the
Americans is undoubtedly very bitter,
and is liable at almost any time to lead
to assaults upon them. 1t is not by any
mems very improbable that we may be
drawn into war with Spain by some
affair of this kind, either in Havana or
Madrid.
But the particular significance of this
riot seems to DO as showing that autono-
my is destined to be failure. 1t has al
ready been rejected by the insurgents,
and this riot tends strongly to show that
it is distasteful TO the loyal Spaniards,
probably for the reason that it might
deprive them of some of their authority
in the island, and some of their chances
for pillaging the people, for that is praotl-
eally what the Spaniard is there for
Probably the fact is that the majority OF
Spaniards would be quite as ready to
abandon Cuba altogether as to surrender
any33of their powersto squeeze it for oil it is
worth. A dependency is to them simply
conquered province to be pillaged and
plundered That is the only way in
which they have ever treated dependen-
cy. Home rule, such as England gives
her colonies, is entirely foreignato their
notions.
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There has been found slowed away in
the Congressional Library large box of
papers written by Thomas Jefferson. If
Bryan would find time to carefully read
them, possibly he might discover features
in them somewhat at varianeeAwith the
principles enunoiated in the Chicago
platform, and might be led to the con-
clusion that all the modern varieties of
Jeffersonianism are not the "Simon
pure article-notably the hybrid one
of which just now Bryan himself is the
ohiet apostle.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

Count Esterhazy's acquitttal probably
removes all hope that Capt. Dreyfus will
be pardoned, or have his sentence COM
muted. Yet there is abundant evidence
that Dreyfus was largely the victim of
public clamor and race prejudice, and
that little that could be regarded as proof
was submitted against him. His con-
viction was a very black spot on French
justice, and the character of his punish
ment would disgrace sevages even.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

The Municipal Voters League of Chi
cago is doing some good practical work
in the way of enlightening the voters as
to the anteoedents, records and general
official conduct of the thirty-four Chica-
go aldermen, whose terms run out in the
spring. 1t commends fifteen of them by
name, and denounces nineteen, regarding
the latter fit SUBJECTS for retirement to
private life. The work is surely to be
commended, and it is hoped that 1T will
bear good fruit, but it is feared that in
the cases of too many of Chicago consti-
tuencies, the result at the next election
will not be out of the ordinary, and the
seeds will have been sow:. on rocky SOIL
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

One of the South Carolina papers at
tributes the great increase in murder in
t lat State largely to the laws against
uuelling. Formerly. it says. an insult or
an injury led to a oh allenge to duel in
which as rule nobody was seriously
hurt; but now every gentleman has to car
ry pistol to ayenge an insult on the
spot, at close range, when the result is
likely to be far more serious
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

The New Bedford operatives have evil
IDENTIFY made up their minds to strike,
and no amount of argument or persuasion
is likely to have any effect upon them.
They are determined to learn only by ex-
psrience. 1t is to regretted that they
have come to this conclusion for under
existing circumstances they cannot get
their demands acceded to, and the amount
of loss and suffering entailed upon them
and their families will be great.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

The government inspector who ex-
amined the charges against Collector
Deering reported that there was nothing
in them, and mis- report is sustained by
the supervising inspector who has ex-
@ mined it and the evidences on which 1t
was based. The result is what it was gen.
orally expected it would be. The charges
originated in personal feeling, and hardly
deserved the attention the government
gave them.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

Senator. Edmunds took hand in
''helping the money power fasten the
gold standard upon the country as Mr..
Bryan would say, by appearing before
congressional committee and arguing in
behalf of the currency plan of the Indi-
annapolis monetary commission. Mr.. Ed
munds talked as if he regarded the plan
as one that would be generally beneficial
to all interests but of course in that he
was assembling. We have little doubt
that he.is an emissary of the money pow
er and that part of his scheme is to
enslaye the farmers of Vermont; cripple
industry in New England and bring gen
eral calamity in order that the "money
power may laugh and grow fat. Of
course it might be easked how the money
power is going to thrive when industry
and business Is paralyzed, but the asking
of that question only shows that the in
terrogator Is himself in league with the
money power. The only way to prove
chat man is friend to the people and
not In league with the money power ;
is to shout as loud as possible that the
gold standard will put an end to liberty
and convert the great majority of the peo-
pie into. That is..what Bryan does and
he is the greatest friend the people have
in his own estimation.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

Seventy German editors are in jail for
violating the Iese majestic laws.
This ought to serve as vindi-
cation of the young Kaiser, Gal.
though it should be observed that several
of his worthy predecessors managed to
get along without resort to such tyranny.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

The City of Berlin is situated in Coos County,
New Hampshire, on the Androscoggin River,
which furnishes at this point one of the finest
water powers in New England.
The Boston & Maine and Grand Trunk Rail-
roads give ample facilities.
The large Plants of the Berlin Mills Co., the
Burgess oulphite Fibre company and the Glen
Co. are located at Berlin
In 1880 Berlin had population of 1lO0 in
1880 the population was 1929 in ! s95 1881 and is
now estimated to be over 5000
In 1895 the Berlin Mills Company employed
575 men, the Glen Co. 400. the Burgess SQlphite
Fibre Company 125 and other smaller concerns
40 more.
Since then the Burgess Sulphite Fibre Com
pany have doubled the size Of their plant, The
Glen Co. have rebuilt and very much enlarged
their three mills and a shoe factory has been
built which now employs 45o operatives.
In addition to the water power required by
the above mentioned corporations IA, 900 horse
power IS yet unemployed and its development
will result in a steady growth in population in
the future.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

There is force in the suggestion of the
Hartford Courant that the less we hear
from high official quarters during the
next few months about international
himatallism" the better business will be
in l country, and the more Republi-
cans will be elected to the Fifty-sixth
Congress in November next.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

The. reported uprising Of the Seminole
Indians turns out to be untrue. That
they did not do the things they were
credited with is high tribute to their
peacefulness and self restraint. Ger
tainly they had provocation enough.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14
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FRIDAY, JANUARY IA.

Judging from the charges and counter
charges of bribery it is Mammon and not
God which has been reigning in Ohio
for the past week.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

ST. Louis bank olearings last week WEI
a record breaker. For five days they ex-
ceeded 5000, 900, the highest figure ever
touched in that city in six days.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

Thus the hs'Legend of 5Camelot" plays
whimsically upon a metre of 'Rossetti' 6
with good-natured fling at the selection
of ancient themes instead Eof the living
subjects of the present. But the verses
are more than humorous and satirical
theysborrow muchsof the Emusieal sweet
ness and dainty imagination and express
sion of the old ballades.
In "a Lost Illusion he describes with
fuency of large and melodious words
the utter depravity Of the plot of the
"Ghoul of Mayfair" by Syrene, fash
ionabIe female novelist. A reader of the
story is intoxicated with its fascinating
wickedness and longs to meetEthe writer.
At last he does, and the climax requires
the pencil as we'll as the pen to depict the
humor of the situation.
Then Du Maurier slips on his French
thinking cap and reels off number of
"Vers nonsensiques' with extravagantly
comioal Illustrations; next dons a plain
English bilaicoque and in the cot French
of the average Britisher describes his ad-
ventures in Parry.
But he is more than laughing philoso-
pher. Out of his knowledge of life and
human kindliness he can speak tenderly
and heIpfully ,of what some people find
ga Fools Paradise marriage; and
transforms "The Rise and Fall of the
Jack Spratts'' from a mere satire on pre-
Raphaelism and the rise and fall of a
fashionable beauty into beautiful little
idyl, in which shrewd wisdom, loving
kindness and humor are equally mingled
Spanish John. BY William McLennan.
New York: Harper & Bros. /; Portland
Loring, Short K Harmony The hero Of
this story, one of the McDonells of Scot
land. is presented in the first chapter ~
young boy just about TO be sent to the
Scots college in Rome. Though intended
for the priesthood, he displays natural
bent for the career of a soldier, and on
his wayrrto Rome, in company with his
cousin, Angus Mcdonald, he has nun
Der of adventures that. show his youthful
reclzlessness as well as great deal CT
pluck and character. At the college lie
forms a friendship with one of the priests,
Father Urbani, who helps him out of til
scrapes into which he is continually fal!
ing. Through Father Urbani he meets
the Scotch Pretender, His Majesty,
JamesgIII, - who is living n exile in
Rome. He gives: such evidence of being
untitled for the Church, that he is at last
permitted to leave the college and to Join
the Spanish troops operating in Italy.
During his first battle he distinguishes
himself for bravery, and wins promo
tioD. and5he adds to his honors by his
services at Velletri. He is then sent by
the Duke of York. younger son of the
Pretender to Scotland, on a secret mis-.
sionsin behalf of Prince Charles, being
iutrusted with large sum in gold. On
the Journey he encounters many Difficult
ties which eliminate, after his arrial in
Scotland, in the loss by theft of the
money. He does not lose courage, how
ever, and though the witnesses the COL
lapse of the Bonnie Princes cause he
rayenges himself superbly on his enemies
| The story is copiously illustrated by F. de-
Myrbaoh, who expresses the picturesoue-
ness and the charm of the period.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

TOtal.... 81 1888 806.2I 40 81, 45y2361 20
The net income for 1897 (partly estimateD is
$365, 900, a.
general business depression OF the period pre-
sented a continuous increase Of income has been
maintained. The net earnings for 1896 applica-
bic to intereston the bonds were S3l4, 1915,
and the management state hat the expenditure
of the new capital will create more than pro-
portiopate increase of revenue.
The following is q condensed statement OF the
condition of the sub-companes December 81,
1895.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

a cousin in the British navy, whom
Archie has met. and of whom he had
grown very fond. He had left him sick
at Gibraltar, and as no news has peen re E
ceived Of him. volunteers to go out there
and find how he fares. AT Spitheao lie
witnesses the laundering Of the hoyaA
George, and reaches Gibraltar in time TO
be spectator of the last and greatest as
sault by sea and land upon the ROCK,
held by its handful of British. Archie
finds his cousin, and, the latter having
received sick-leave, they return to Eng
land-the cousin to be installed as heir,
and Archie to leave for America, where,
ten years later, he gets his oaptaincy.
Picturesque Sicily. By William Agnew
Patton (New York: Harper & Bros. !;
Portland: Loring, Short & Harmon. }
This is an account of three months
sojourn in Sicily. The writer made
Palermo his headquarters, and thence
took excursions into the mountains, and
to such famous places as Solunto, the
Albanian colony of Piana del Greoi,
Cefalu, Corleone, Ssgesta, ana Castei-
vetrano, the ancient Selinus. The book
is written in light vein but contains
great deal of interesting information
There are word pictures of the scenery
and the conditions of the people; renin-
ders of the lassical associations; descrip-
tions of the architecture and decoration
of cathedrals, churches, and ruined tenn
pies, and glimpses of the influence, exert
ed successfully, by Greeks, Carthaginl-
ans, Romans, Saracens, Normans, Span
ish, and French. The book will stimu-
late an enjoyable interest in the beauti-
full island, which has been the granary
and garden of the Old World, the hot bed
of the arts, and the battle-ground Of rival
civilizations. 1t helps one to understand
the meaning of Goethe's words, quoted
by the author on the title page: Italy
without Sicily leaves no image i'll the
soul-Sioily is the key to all. There
are forty eight full page illustrations in
the book.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14
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7-THE COUSIN OF THE KING. BY A. S. VanWestrum.
s-SlX MONTHS IN IiADEs. BY Ciarice 1. Clingham.
q-THE SKIRTS OF CHANCE. BY Captain Alfred
Thompson.
,o-ANTH6NY KENT. BY Charles Stokes Wayne
IAN ECLIPSE OF VIRTUE. BY Champion Bissell.
Ia-AN UNsPEAKABLE SIREN. BY John Giiliat.
I3-THAr DREADFUL WOMAN. BY Harold r. vynne.
IA DEAL IN DENVER. BY Gimer McKendree.
15-WIIY? SAYS GLADYS. ~ David Christie Murray.
16--A VERY REMARKABLE CIRI-. BY L. II. Bickford.
IS-QYT Of gp Tue SKI suhLPHER BY T. G De Leon
ao-THE HUNT FOR HAPPINESS. By Anita vivansi
Charities
s,-HER STRANGE EXPERIMENT. By Harold r. vynne.
a2-ON THE ALTAR OF PASSION. BY John Gliat
"'nTVP ~ LOVE Bv Joanna E. Wood
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

Secretary to Bayne, M. P. By W. PETIT
Ridge, author of The Second Opportunity
Mr.. Staplehurst. New York: Har-
per & Bros; Portland: Loling, Short &
Harmen.) A Kaleidoscope display of
character sketches-among Others Of a
prince in disguise, Russian spies, and
Nhilists- and shifting scenes of East and
West End London. A prince of some
principality in Eastern Europe, apparent
lyFin pursuit of Russian lady he has
met there, settles in London under an as
sumed name. He becomes secretary to
an NJ. P, and, on the latter's behalf, in
yestigates the social conditions OF the East
End. Here he meets the lady, and their
friendship .ripens into love. They become
the victims of some sort of political con-
spiracy, but eventually arrive at safety
and marriage. Some OF the best passages
in the book are, probably, the visit to the
cigar factory, the Thames Regatta. Gar
wells interview with Tate Bromley, and
the conspiracy.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

Payable as follows:
per cent or $50 per bond on applica-
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o. per cent and interest on OF before
u arch lat.
are listed at the New York Stock Exchange.
Coupon accrues from Jan. i, 1893
Tie following particulars are stated IN leu
The Erie Telegraph & Telephone Company,
in conjunction with the AMERICAN BELL
TELEPHONE COMPANY, owns and oper
ates the Subordinate corporations sconqucI-
OHIO, Iand in all OF Minnesota, North and Sout n
Dakota, Texas, ana Arkansas excepting only
Duluth and the Back Hills dtstrict) :.
The profits of the Erie Company. like those
of the AMERICAN BELL TELEPHONE
. COMPANY. are derived from dividends on the
Shares Of the accompanies belonging to itand
for seven years its income account has peen as
follows:
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14
LIABILITIES.
ASSETS.
S7.210.Oo4.72
$7.21o,OO4.72

AS extensionof the system becomes necessary
from time to time the share capital OF the SUD-
ordinate. 3 companies is Increased and paid for
at par by the Erie Telegraph ana Telephone p nI
EPHONE COMPANY in the same proper
ton the capital already owned BY them The he
Erie Company with the means of payment for
its proportion of such subscriptions as called
for.
BY terms of the mortgage all the stocks of
the subordinate companies belonging 70 me
the Trustee. who shall countersign bonds
only 20 extent of two-thir S of the par value
of S id stocks SO deposited.
The mortgage provides that all the SUD,
ompadlies are to be kept free from bonded
OF floating debt or any action that could
cause impairment in the value of the shares.
xHIc AMERICAN HELL TELEPHOSE
20. is represented in the boards of each OF
The ub-companies by two of its principal
officers.
panies, the physical condition OF the
property, and The accounts have been ex-
anime and reported upon by experts nomi-
mated by the Undersigned.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

A Legend of Camelot. Pictures and
Poems &c. BY George DuMaurier. New
York: Harper & Bros; Portland: Lor-
ing, Short & HARMONY
These are contributions to Punch,
made many years ago, as the fashions
in the illustrations indicate, satirizing
the artistic and literary extravagances of
the period as we'll as certain perennial
foibIes.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

The Outlook has recently been looking
into the matter of the number OF the
present survivors Of the last war in this
country, and has carefully consulted the
English death rates and also secured from
the president of large insurance com
pany in this country the result of Ameri-
can experience. Though the number OF
soldiers in our armies was barely a mil
lion at the close of the war the total
number enrolled during the four years
was about 2,10o,00 "If from these, "
says the Outlook, 1--WE deduct the
100000 who died during war and the
200, 900 who deserted, the number OF hon
orably discharged survivors at the close
of the war wasabout 100000. Ii these
men, whose constitutions had been strong
enough to stand the make and break
ortleals of army life, came out of the war
as vigorous as the average of men, the
death rate among them during the thir-
ty two years that have since elapsed
would but slightly exceed thirty per cent.
The number of survivors at this time
would therefore, be 1, 100, 0OO"
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

JiInty and Others. A Collection of
Short Stories. BY Margaret Sutton
Briscoe. New York: Harper & Bros. :.
Portland: Loring, Short & Harmony
NJimty" DANES T., Jim t., Jimty) is
the son of a ruined Virginian. Father
and son come to New York to seek work.
A strong feature of the story is the min
gled nobility and worthlessness of the old
man.
The scene of "1'he Price of Peace is
laid in Virginia. The story is that of q
shrewd and kindly farmer who helps a
Young wife to hold her own against q
cruel husband.
"An Echo describes thu career of an
Englishinan sinking very low in the
social scale.
In "The Christmas Mummers' man,
amid the grotesoue whirl of a Carnival
of Migrule,' is reunited to wife and
children from whom he had been long
separated.
Shall aEgirl, Ewho has been drought up
in pride OF birth, marry the son of a
pawnbroker, is the question in "Con-
oealed Weapons. - "Annie Tousey's Lit
tie Game'' is the device by which she
leads her close listed uncle into buying,
at her own price, the farm which she
does not want.
princess I-would-Iwot-not'' is q
modern woman who tells her lover that
she would accept his lovesif he could
-. . 10 ha,, fool sba xvou4oa IL Ha cop
vert "I-would-I- wot-not" into "Iwot-
what-I- would.
The terrible authority exercised by a
Russian peasant over his daughter is
illustrated in "It is the Custom"
In "The Salt of the Earth, "a father,
by accepting the inevitable in. his sons
marriage to girl beneath.him, converts
TINT trial into source of blessing.
The last three stories-"A Goose
Chase" "An chronological Wooing, ;"
and "The Quarter Loaf give incidents
in the career of an eccentric man, who
discovers which of two girls he shall
marry by following the lead of flock of
geese; then wins the lady by clearing her
potato-patch OF beetles, and, finally, be-
comes the father Of "a baby SO small that
it falls prey to the enterprise Of a dime
museum manager.
A Legend of Camelot. Pictures and
Poems &c. By George DuMaurier. New
York: Harper & Bros. Portland: Lor-
ing, Short & Harmony
These are contributions to Punch
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