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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-15
A MAINE MANS PROMOTION.

The creation of two new regiments OF
artillery for the United States army, has
resulted in the we'll deserved promotion
of Capt. VIM. P. Vose, Maine man and
brother of Judge T. W. Vose of Bangor,
to the Office of major. Major Vose was
born in Orrington about 30 years ago.
He WAS appointed to West Point BY Hon.
Israel Washburn, then the congressman in
the 4th district, and was graduated from
the academy in June, 1864. He went i'm
mediately to the front as first lieutenant
of artillery and his first battle was at
the siege of Petersburg. BE remained in
active service until the close OF the war.
He was brevetted captain Of artillery
for gallantry. Major Vose as captains,
was stationed at Fort Adams, Rhode ISL
and, for some time. He is one of the ten
captains to become majors and is in
line for lieutenant-colonelcy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-15

Speaker Reed q attitude In regard to
war, as outlined in the interview printed
elsewhere, is the attitude, we have no
doabt, of every disinterested thinking
man.in the country. There are probably
men in the country sordid enough to be
willing to plunge the nation into war
for the sake of the gain that they think
would come to them; and there are
thoughtless men, men to whom the pros
pect of excitement brings pleasure, who
would welcome war, but these classes, we
believe, are in tho small minority. These
people are apt to be more demonstrative
than the conservative classes, and it often
appears as If they were in the majority.
Such was the case when the Venezuelan
message was sent in. For several days
Congress and the country. seemed to be car
ried away by them, and there seemed for a
while to be popular uprising in favor of
war. But it was short lived. Within q
week the thinking people of the nation
asserted themselves and the war cloud
was dissipated as quickly as it had
gathered. There is no lack Of spatriotism
in this country. Given a good cause and
the American people are ready to wage
war TO the last man and the last dollar.
But they do not want to resort to arms
until all honorable means of peaceful set
Element have been exhausted.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-15
CITY REPORTS.
Annual Report OF. the Harbor Master.

Charles A. Goud, the harbor master,
has handed in his annual report. From
it we learn that he has visited and moved
from the main channel "a |. fishermen,
small coasters and yachts, 10 four-masters,
80 three-masters, 90 three-masters from
channel and roads, 100 two-masters, one
each sloop. bark, brig, steamer. IL barges
besides 10 sail and 10 steam yachts that
were obstructing the ferry way. He
boarded barks, briggs. 6 three-masted,
two.masted schooners, steamers and
one four-masted schooner from foreign
port, and all showed q clean bill of
health. He distributed $50 copies of har-
Dor regulations. No vessel has been quar-
antined. He replaced two channel buoys
with one new rock and chain in place
of one buoy broken and one lost out
right, at an expense of $72. 90. Owing to
the large increase of the steamship and
coasting traffic he suggests some orai-
nance should be passed for the protection
Of channel buoys.
The report is largely devoted to de-
tailed account of the daily doing of the
fire boat, and reference made to the
visits of the White Squadron and II. B.
NJ. ship Pallas
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-15

all of his friends. he thinks over these
matters calmly and deliberately, and
know that he approved of both.
The people at large who are advocat-
ing war do not under stand the whole sit
uation. If they did they would realize
that Mr.. Reed and the President are act
ing with the utmost wisdom. Mr.. Reed
is ofteDtimes misunderstood. He studies
situation carefully, and even when his
mind is.made up regarding matter, he
is always open to an argument by the
other side. He has the courage Of his
convictions. If he discovers that he is
wrong he is willing to change his mind.
Just now he feels that we do not want
to engage In war over Cuba. He looks
upon the Cuban and Spnniards as An in
ferior race to that of the United States,
and knows that if war should arise over
them agreat part of their undesirable
population will eventually find it's way
to these shores
He honestly believes this, and, in
consequence, does not think that existing
conditions warrant hurried action. He
is opposed to annexation of any kind, as
much SO. in fact, as he is to war;
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-15

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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-15
MAYOR RANDALL,s ADDRESS.

Mayor Randall's address is a straight
forward statement of the city's condition,
and under the circumstances the showing
is very gratifying. Notwithstanding the
heavy extraordinary expenditures that
were imposed upon the city last year there
was reduction of S87, 900 in the gross
debt and ST., 900 in the net debt. All but
$50 900 Of the special appropriation of last
year amounting to over 100000 have
been paid, and the Mayor hopes it will be
possible to replace the balance due the
sinking fund the coming year.
On the subject.of schools the Mayor re-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-15

If it should be the finding of the Board
of Inquiry that the Maine was destroyed
by an outside explosion without the con-
nivance of the Spanish authorities,
yet partly through their negligence,
why could not the question of indem-
nifty be referred to court of
arbitration, without sacrifice of honor on
the part of the United StatesP OF course
If the Spanish government destroyed the
Maine Intentionally then it has already
begun war upon the United States But
supposing chat Spain laid in the harbor
of Havana a mine for the purpose Of pro-
tecting 1t in case of war and some crank
filed with hatred Of the United States
exploded 1t without the knowledge of
the Spanish government, then at the most
Spain would have been guilty of negli-
gence, and her liability to US would be
analogous to England's liability for allow
ing confederate privateers to ..be fitted out
in her ports to preysupon our commerce
during the civil war. England's negli-
gence was greater and more inexcusable
on that occasion than Spain's would be
III Ulio case We nave Supposeu Ell sCn6
question of indemnity that arose out of
the destruction wrought by the Alabama
and the other confederate cruisers that
were fitted out in English ports was set
tied by arbitration. The destruction OF
tbs Maine, except in the. vastly improbable
event that 1t was caused by the Span
ishsgovernment, has no logical connection
with our attitude in regard to the war In
Cuba. 1t should neither hasten interyen-
ton nor retard it. 1t is a separate and
distinct question, and ought to be settled
by itself, To set up the destruction OF
the Maine by a crank OF malicious person
as a reason for Intervention in Cuba is to
set up reason that cannot stand the
test of candid examination. The claims
of humanity or the mischief which the
war in Cuba is doing to our own interests
may, either one of them, constitute
good ground for interfering to stop it.
But the destruction of one of our vessels
without the connivance of the Spanish
government, simply because it happened
in the harbor of Havana, cannot consti-
tuUe a sound reason for such action
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-15
LUBEC'S PIPE DREAM.

Lubec, March a. Arrangements are
being made whereby the Electrolytic
Maine Salts company are to extensively
increase their plant for the purpose OF
getting gold from the ocean. To this end
Mr.. Allston Gushing we'll known lum.
herman of Saint John, has contracted
with the aforesaid firm for $50, 600 worth
of lumber to be used in building dam
and erecting new machinery.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-15
THE A B C OF 1T.

A kidney education starts with: Back
ache means kidney ache. lame back
means lame kidneys, weak back weak
kidneys, cure means Doan's Kidney Pills.
Read about the free distribution in this
paper, and call at 81. H. Hay & Son s
Wholesale store, 1862 Middle street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-15
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, MARCH Is.

The labor leader who addressed the Saco
strikers Sunday urged them to fight ito
the bitter end, and the applause which
greeted him showed that they liked his
advice. "What fools these mortals be. -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-15
COLLATERAL J: AT :: AUCTION.

On Saturday, March 10 at IL m.
At our office, 46 Exchange street, we shall
sell, for benefit of whom it may concern, 8
shares Twitchell, Champlin Co. stock of the par
value of $1,000 per share. Terms cash.
mar15d5t
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-22
Quite Proper.

The public does not expsDt to learn
spelling from the bullets boards IN
war time, but of course some men must
be critical, no matter what the cifcun-
stances. OF one such person the Wash
inston Star tells story: The boy who
gets up the war bulletins was working
with speed which showed that heDe-
allied an eager public was waiting on
his efforts. The characters went upon
the paper with swiftness under his
practiced lands, and now and then he
drew back and contemplated his work
with the pride OF an artist. Presently
the man Of carping tendencies passed.
A sneer came upon his countsnsnce,
and the boy anticipated his criticism
with the inquiry: "Well, what's the
matter with ~" Look at the SPELL
ing!" TITS according to copy" But
the word 'Spain!' See how you have
divided It! spa at the end of one line.
and then on the next in" The boy
gazed at his work for moment or two,
and then proceeded with his stamp
ing. Aren't you going to change it,"
"No, I'm not" But it's palpably
wrong" mot these days. The way
things are going now, you're liable to
find pieces Of Spain scattered around
anywhere"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-22

my going to her room to see a new
fashioned head-dress Worth has sent
her. could not get away, am
afraid you are tired"
NO." he replied; 81 have been
watching the moon and thinking"
II have come to ask of you," said
the young countess-"a favor on which
the whole Of my life depends. In
granting 1t you will make me happy;
if you refuse it I shall be miserable"
THAT shall not happen if I can pre-
vent it," he answered.
His wife continued:
81 have never complained, because I
saw no use in It,; but assure you that
I have not been happy-far from it..
Perhaps am graver by nature than
some women. I can not fill my life
with gaiety, visiting, luxury, and pleas
ure. I want something more. Other
women have love to live for i have
none"
She stopped suddenly, looking terri
bly, confused. tt
II understand" he said, quietly. go
on. Hildred.'
my time hangs heavily on my
hands. l have nothing to do-no oc-
cupation. Oh, Lord Caraven, be pa
tient with me! l want to ask you
for something that will give me inter-
est-tbat will occupy me-that. will
stand TO me in the place Of happiness
and love-" -
II will help you to it If I cam" he
replied.
She looked so fair, standing before
him pleading her own cause. She
drew little nearer to him, as though
her confidence in him were increas-
ing. 81
THAT is what I want you to do for
me. Lord Caraven," she said. 81 ana
not ignorant In such matters; you
might sneer at me. and say my talent
is hereditary; but you will not do that.
I have some little experience, and l
should improve day by day."
He looked at her, half wondering,
half amused.
what is 1t, Hildred?" he+asked. Il
do not in the least understand"
i"It Is this. I want you to let me be
your steward-I mean, let me have
charge of your estar-. could do the
duties far. better than Mr.. Blantyre."
81 give him large salary" said Lord
Caraven, half laughing-"he ought to
do them WE'LL
But you have seen for yourself that
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-22
PARADISE FOR ECONOMISTS.

Little Money Goes Long Ways In Ma
Those of us who are poor will find II
easy living in Manila should we ever be
really welcomed there. Fsur dollars
month will pay the wages of man
servant. Out of this he, accord
ing to the present regime, will pay 10
per cent to the government, support his
wife and children, feed himself and run
q fighting-cock. Mr.. ]. E. Stevens, who
Is authority for this statement, says
that forty cents day supplied his
table-flve cents extra being all that
was necessary to have orchids on his
table and pease in hrs soup. Whether
woman could live on ~ Sttle or would
require more is not stated. Her way
of managing house is likely to diner
from that of bachelor. More eco
nomical than men in questioal Of food
end the Injuries of the table, she Is apt
10 have more requirements about the
house, and to be more exacting in the
way of service. She is apt, too. to use
more Of an establishment than man
does, to spread herself over a greater
amount Of space. Her invitations Will
often turn welI-appointed bachelor
establishment upside down. She finds
no scrap-baskets in the bedrooms, and
is inspired to look for other shortcom-
ings, all of which she goes about reme-
dying as a matter of principle. This
manner of procedure has sometimes led
to the superstition Of her greater ex-
travagance. There are two family pos
sessions the love Of which she will not
be likely to share with her Manila
neighbors-the house-snakes, those
that live up in the rafters and keep the
premises clear Of rats, and the fight
iing-cocks, which each native values
more than all the other members OF his
household. When fire breaks out he
looks after the safety Of his game
cock, removing it to a safe place before
he turns his attention to the rest OF his
family.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-22
COST OF A DOOR HANDLE.
Likely to he High When One Wants
Something Unique.

Likely to he High When One Wants
Something Unique.
The aesthetic person who desires a
unique door handle for his favorite
room must pay for the privilege. For
ty, fifty, even seventy-five dollars may
be the cost of the first door handle
made after a new pattern. The metal
is worth perhaps only few cents, but
the labor comes high. First, the ar
chitect draws the design and submits
it to the manufacturer that is to finish
the handle. He turns it over to his
modeler, who makes an exact pattern
Of the handle and lock in clay or plas-
ter. Every line that is fiat in the de-
sign Is raised in this pattern, and the
more elaborate and intricate the dec
Grafton the more difficult his work. The
pattern is then given to the man who
makes the mold, or oftener several
molds Joined together, known as gates.
These are usually of plaster, and the
molten metal is poured into them with
out in any way affecting the plaster.
When the metal is cool the handle is
taken out, thing of beauty and ex-
pense for the architect, the pattern
maker, the mold-maker and the man
who pours in the metal must all be
paid for their work. The first door
handle only is thus costly. When the
mold is once made the price Of door
handle decreases according to the num-
Der made, 30 that the five hundredth
door handle costs scarcely more than
the metal put into it.-New York Sun.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-22
The Political Lines Drawn.

The passage of the bond issue bill
through the senate on Saturday last
draws the lines of our politics for the
next quarter Of century, says the st.
Louis Journal of Agriculture. That
the bill was dictated from London,
there is no doubt. Its Importance in
international history is so great that
the Spanish war is trivial in COMPARE
son.
As a measure for the collection Of
war revenues, the bill Is one of the
worst measures of class legislation
ever drawn. The Democrats and Pop
ulists in the senate attempted to force
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-22
THE CAM PFlRE.
wartime "Reminiscences of Veteran Of
the Civil War.

wartime "Reminiscences of . Veteran Of
the Civil War.
From New York Sun: Men build
fires in various places to cook their
coffee by or to make themselves warm
or for company's sake" said civil war
veteran, "and any fire is likely to be
more or less gathering point, but l
suppose that the to which the name
of campfire properly belongs, the camp
fire of song and story, is the cooks
fire at the end Of the company street,
built on the ground, under a pole sup
ported at the ends by crotched sticks
driven in the earth, and from which
the camp kettles are suspended. This
was the gathering point Of the COM
pany. Men did not always stand about
the campfire, 1t depended upon crcum-
stances and on the weather. They met
here. of course, at meal times, and there
were times when men would stand
around the fire and smoke and talk
And then 1t might be that the men
would keep their tents, playing caraa
or smoking there, or mending their
clothes, or polishing up their acccutre-
ments. So that there were times when
the fire was quite deserted, or when,
perhaps, there might be seen there a
solitary figure, man who had come te
light his pipe. But though 1t might be
deserted the fire still burned. Some
times on cold and windy nights the
wind would blow It about and scatter It
and sometimes, VIXEN 1t was 10 longer
attended, the rain would put It out,
black, but there was usually living
fire there by day and bed Of embers
by night, and here was the soldiers
hearthstone."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-22

amendments, Iessening its discrimina-
tions against the masses Of the people,
but owing to the fact that Messrs. Cor
man, Caffery, Lindsay, McEnery,
Mitchell, Murphy and Turpie. elected
as Democrats, are controlled by the
sugar trust, the whisky trust. the
Trunk Line pool, the Rothschild bond
syndicate and similar combinations.
the trust and corporation forces I'M
der Hanna were enabled to do as they
pleased. What 1t pleased them to do
was this:
/. They voted down all amendments
taxing incomes under which pluto
cratic campaign fund contributors
would have been compelled to contrib
ute the expenses of the war.
2. They voted against all PROPOSE
lions to avoid bond issues by using sill
yer bullion on hand.
3. They voted down all amendments
imposing war taxes on trusts and other
combinations formed in violation OF
the Sherman antitrust law.
4. They voted down all propositions
to issue non-interest-bearin treasury
notes instead Of interest bearing bonds
this regardless of whether such
notes were made legal tender or not.
s. They voted clearly and unmis-
takably to make everything else in the
bill itself, in the conduct Of the war
and in the domestic policies Of the
country, subservient to the interests Of
the international bankers, who de-
mand the issue Of more bonds and the
indefinite continuance ofthe debt al
ready existing.
As our politics have been heretofore.
any party taking in q national cam
paign the attitude now openly as
sumed by the Republican party under
Hanna's leadership, could not have
carried state south Of Pennsylvania
and west of New York. Perhaps the
Spanish war, Hanna's leadership and
our new world politics" Of co-opera-
ton with London bond syndicates will
change all this. It remains to be seen.
What can be seen already Is that in
one way and another-in every way in
fact-the bill draws the lines for q
great political revolution. Either the
plutocracy under Hanna will be wiped
out as the federalists were under Ad-
ans, or the United States will cease
to be an independent republic Of equal
and self-governing states and will be-
come an empire with Baron Roths.
child as its Caesar and London as the
real seat Of government.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-07-22
BY CHARLOTTE N. BRAEME.

indignation, moved him? Had he
grown ashamed Of his Incidence? Had
he tired of his pleasures?
Sitting opposite to him at dinner
time, she looked at him attentively
Certainly there was change in his
face. 1t was brighter, keener, more on
the alert; the eyes were full of light;
he seemed interested in what was go
ing on. Once during dinner she met
Sir Raouls glance, and it was iSil OF
pleased surprise.
Now is my time," thought Hildred--
NOW l may secure what I want"
When the gentlemen came into the
drawing room she made herself most
fascinating and charming. She sang,
she talked; the whole party thought
her exceedingly entertaining. 1t was
when her husband was looking most
pleased, and listening to her with real
interest, that she went up to him.
II have little favor to ask of you"
she said. Twill you give me five min
utes of your time this EVENING""
His look was one Of pleased, bright
expectation. Is.
"Assuredly, Hildred-as long as you
like. I am beginning to think that
my interviews with you are welcome
ones''
So, when most Of the visitors had
gone to their respective rooms, the earl
fingered. 1t was something novel to
him, this appointment with his own
wife-something piquant. He waited
for her in the drawing room, where
the blinds were still undrawn, and
through the windows of which lovely
moon was shedding floods Of silvery
light.
Presently the door opened and his
wife came in. She had removed the
jewels from her hair and her breast;
her lovely face shone with new light;
her rich dress, her dark hair, made her
most attractive picture. She went
up to him.
you are very kind to wait, Lord
Caraven," she said. 81 could not get
away before. Lady Damers insisted on