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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-18

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-18

What Mary Dame Hall. president of
he Sorosis Climb of New York says of
'SorOsis"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27
CITY AND COUNTRY sIDEWA1Ks.
People Everywhere Seem to Be Much Aliks
About Cleaning on the Snow.

I'm one respect. at least" said q New Yorker,
city and country people are very much alike'
that Is In the matter OF clearing OF their side
walks after a snowfall One would think that
in the city sidewalks would be cleaned on
promptly. but as q matter Of fact they are just
as likely to be left uncleaned here as in any
small town. And this Is always astonishing 70
me. should think that In q big citI IN the
business streets. anyway. where Their ara n4any
passersby. every owner or occupler WOuln keep
the sidewalk In front Of his premises reasonaU
clear of the snow as II fell. TO say nothlngp'
clearing II of after the snowfall had ceased.
And there arc people who do this, a Coca
many Of them. The majority Of people c.rsh
OF the snow after the storm. but II is . !!EhI
fall there are some who do not clear II Oh a. al;
or who delay about II, ! have often seer, ~
one time and another. In the busiest streets
snowfall 10 front OF an unoccupled store, leIt
there until 1t was worn away or meltaI away
But II ought not to be So. / haven't ia,ien
down and hurt myself. and J. don't believe ~
Government interference with the citizen. pnt
i certainly do think that every man ought % "
compelled 10 clean his sidewalk, Of snow ara
find somebody responsible for the side walks ~
front Of the stores unoccupied. These are hus
many. but the patches oil dirty. Icy snow seen
A. times ~ front Of some Of them ought not
DO there"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27
South African Girl Alto Rhodes. Portrait.
From ~ Ma,aSsk inns.

must tell you what one Of my girls did on
Wednesday. This place Is very Dutch. a strong
Bond district. and. OF course. the girls have
One girl brought her tifin Ia a piece Of news
paper on which WAS pripted a portrait OF Mr.,
and threw pellets at II. There were only two adj
mirers Of him In the. whole school. a little and a
t"i6e little one Who ran Tor her ffTifee tsbe's A.
with the precious greasy paper. When she
found the whole school after her she tore il up.
them. That night she complained Of q pain,
and you can imagine how astonished her aunt
was when. in answer To her anxiety, she said
NO. | don't think it's cold. 1 expect 1t is
Rhodes ="
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27
A MAN OF m
Mr.. stoxEIeton Tells Why We Take a Serious
View of Him.

AT first thought" said Mr.. stoggieton. 1T
seems queer that we should take such a serious
view OF humor. We are certainly far more ex-
acting OF the man who writes light literature
than OF the man who writes the heavy. The
solid work we put up on the shelf and take for
granted. but the other book We search. earn
estly. There is something that we'd be very
glad 10 And In il II we could, But We will take
nothing less than the real thing. Perhaps It's
this that makes us seem, 80 worry herlous about
II all Nothing but the thing itself will do, For
that, however. the reward Is great, and now and
then-and more than welcome IA tho man
ward. but, makes good his seeking. 4 man Of
humor who can cheer and delight all hearts
alike-a blessing on his headr'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27


This Is equivalent to 16-cent cotton in one
respect. but TO the community IL IL much bet
ter than l6-cent cotton. because II involves
more labor. more skill. and moro diversity OF
production.
The EdReneld mill marks q point In the eyo-
luton, of cotton handling. 1t IL a stage
toward ultimate products. When a Southern
mill turns the lint Into thread or clothing
needed in the South and the seed into food for
people In the South aud feed for Southern cat
tle and fertilizers for. Southern sol, and the
consumption. then the EdRefeld evolution
will have run its course. That Is what the
EdRefeld mill means. At present Il lacks
some dyeinR and diversity In the weave room
end, some refining processes In the oil mill.
Both can be added at Edgefeld, and both will
perhaps be, the managers OF the mill being
firmly welded 20 the idea OF ultimate products
on the SPOT II the oil Of the EdRefeld plant
were. manipulated To the edible point, and
bearing a Southern instead OF o Chicago brand
every. pound of the products at Edgeheld
would be needed where the cotton was grown
and a duplication OF the EdGefleld plant woulI
be called for in every Southern town.
The evolution OF manipulation OF seed cot
ton will surely be carried forward. and the in
dications now are that IL will result either
in small neiRhborhood or plantation spinning
mills or else In a MULTIPLICATION Of plants sim
liar to the one at Edgefeld. In the former
case all cotton would be marketed In the form
part would be sent away In the forms Of stand
ard goods or yarns. In one way or another
the marketing OF the stable or its by-products
In their primary forms Is no longer profitable.
and the South will not rest content until the
bale OF becomes obsolete.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27
Kansas Preacher Won Out = Pair OF Sic. 50
Shoes.

An interesting incident occurred on our
streets one day this week. The pastor OF one
Of our churches and three other men were
s tanddlng on the warm tTpm side Of Walsh's store
them 70 trade shoes, but he declined, saying
" Yours have holes In them" Another said,
has to 90 around with such shoes we ought TO
take up q collection for him" The preacher.
and ons threw in a penny and athird threw in a
dollar. saying, Now, cover that" The hat
Went around again and aSain, with a ntsie tEitt,,
dollar there, and one man threw In a So bill.
saying. Now, cover that" II was enough,
ward offered 10 refund, but there were no
takers; He now wears the best pair OF shoes
he could tind in town.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27

cesses Of beating and loosenIng become pecss-
aary before 70 Is ready for the sptndles. In the
RdReneld plant all Of the processes between
ginning and cloth making are eliminated. the
loose LINT beinK In condition TO go automait-
caly TO the lappers In the cotton mill. Not
onlv are the middlemen In the handling OF the
cotton eliminated. but so are the middle ma
chimes. The cotton mill OF the Edgeheld plant
contains 5000 spindles and 100 looms. With
room for twice these numbers. The entire
plant IL 10Y in full operation. Its chief de-
sire Il to produce goods that can be marketed
~ home. Its bulls and meal. mixed or single.
its fertilizers and its Palmetto sheetinKs,
stamped with the free that Is the emblem OF
the state. are all sold ct home, fits OIL were
turned into refined lard and other products on
the spot. instead OF At Chicago. every Part OF the
crop grown at home would be consumed. at
home. The managers OF the mill will doubt
less reach this stage at no distant date,
The seed cotton carried to the EdReheld
OF cotton is worth at Edgeneld ~ cents q
pound, or about S225O. The seed. lLOQO
pounds. 10 worth 81 a ton. or -, making SO y
the utmost sum the cotton IL worth to the
community when marketed in the customary
manner. At Edceaeld the l.5OO pounds Of
seed cotton becomes:
5000 yards OF sheetinR at AZ cent. ....."...S7 90
20 gallons crude oil At IL cents ....-...-... , 30
500 pounds Of feed or fertilizer. ........-..... o 90
-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22
FACTS ABOUT SPAIN.

The area of Spain is 1911, 1867 square
miles. exclusive of the colonies, and
the population in 1890 was estimated
at II, 5000 1t has since slightly in
creased. notwithstanding the losses OF
the wars in Cuba and the Philippines.
In area Spain is just about equal to
the combined area of Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware.
New Jersey and half of West Virginia
these States measuring 1874, 900 square
miles. The population of these same
States is 100000 on the basis of the
census of 1890, or about 1,00000 more
than Spain The Spanish nation is
compact, homogeneous, and would be
well united in case of a foreign war.
The soldiers of Spain have been gen
orally rated as poor food for powder
the French despised them in the PENN
sular war-and yet upon occasions, as
in the famous defense of Saragossa,
they have exhibited the most desperate
bravery.
In the event of war Spain's most
serious handicap would be her finan-
ces. They have long been in the most
desperate condition. In 1880 the ma
tional debt was more than two thou
sand million dollars. In 1881 it was
scaled neraly one-half, to 81 ,235 900 900,
which operation fairly satisfied her
creditors, because they had advanced
her money at tremendous rates of in
terest and after deducting large dis
counts. At that time she made 1882
600. 000 of the debt perpetual at four
per cent Since then her colonial
troubles and annual deficits in the OPP
erations of the Kingdom have in
creased the debt to ST. 709 303, $50, upon
which the annual interest charge is
$105, 637 ,031. For twenty years there
has been an annual deficit of from
$4,000, coo to $20,OO0,OO0. In 1897 the
receipts from customs were $4,000, 900
less than in 1896; for 1898 they prom
Use to be s5,00o,Qo0 less than in 1897.
while the cost of the Cuban war alone
is estimated at $l2, 900, 0C0 month, to
say nothing of the large and constant
drain in the Philippines. The foreign
credit of the country is exhausted, and
While, in a supreme emergency, it is
probable that a small internal loan
could be raised it would quickly be
expended, leaving the country in
condition of hopeless bankruptcy.
Her navy is far behind that of the
United States in point of efficiency.
except in the particulars Of torpedo
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22
THE PRORABLE FACTS

The representative of the New York
World at Key West compiled. Saturday
night, what is very probably a fair
summary of the finding OF the Court
of Inquiry, rough draft Of which has
been sent to Washington, but the cor
respondent was prevented from send
ing his dispatch until Sunday because
of the temporary failure of the cable
between the Island and the Florida
coast. Twelve points are. covered in
this summary, and in advance of the
official report, they are here given for
what they may be worth but as the
probable truth:
First-That the explosion that destroy
ed the Maine from the exterior on
the port side, leaving the ram in almost
its original position. driving the bow and
forward structure to starboard the after
part of the ship swinging slightly to star
board. and then sinking.
Second-That the first explosion was fol-
lowed by a second in the interior of the
ship as result of the exterior blow
Thrd-That the second explosion was in
the reserve magazine This destroyed the
superstructure of the ship.
Fourth-That the big magazine forward
did not explode. This is demonstrated
beyond doubt.
Fifth-That the exterior explosion prob
ably came from torpedo Evidence that
a mine might have caused the disaster
was produced but ii was not sufficient TO
convince the court
Sixth-That the impact came low under
the hull of the Maine on the port side,
blowing one of the blge plates to the
surface, where it is still in sight.
seventh-That the ship is broken in two
and probably cannot be raised.
Eighth-That the forward turret was
hurled far to starboarti its top being in
tact
Ninth-That the solitary plate showing
above water is a bottom plate, not from
along the keel. but on the bottom port
side.
Tenth-That the bow of the Maine now
points nearly east, while the rest of the
ship lies along a line nearly at right an
giles.
Elsventh-That the ram of the Maine
hes off to port OF where the bow lies.
nearly on a line parallel to the Body Of
the ship.
Twelfth-That no evidence was adduced
duplicating the Spanish government Of
ficials in the explosion or preparation for
the destruction of the ship.
In day or two-possibly to-day-we
will have the official document The
country is awaiting it with illy-con-
cealed Impotence. When it has been
given to the press, the people and Con-
gress will quickly determine as TO
what we shall do about it.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

A correspondent WISHES 10 KNOW ii
our navy is as well supplied as Spain S
with torpedo boat destroyers.
From the information at hand the
Register is inclined to the belief that
at the present moment our navy is
not as well equipped in this very i'm
portant particular as the navy of Spain.
Perhaps there is no arm Of the naval
service of first class powers receiving
more attention in this day of rapid and
Improved changes in naval architecture
as the torpedo boat destroyer 1t has
been said they are the cavalry of the
navy, and for a fleet of warships to
attack another without them would be
like an army going into battle without
cavalry.
From an article in the Boston Her
aid, we learn Spain recently added
to her navy one among the fastest
and best torpedo boat destroyers
afloat. Her name is the Osado. The
ltItl tHCt W 1tl anu ll0l CldSS 10 NOl III
reproducing. 1t says:
or course other countries have bene-
fitted by England's experiments. and so
we now have the Clydebank Engineering
& Shipbuilding Company turning out for
the Spanish government a torpedo boat
destroyer (the Osado) that will compare
favorably with any ship of her class in
the world
The latest English ship of this class is
the Desperate. She is 30 feet over all,
1915 feet beam. with a depth Of 1872 feet.
Her engines are $500 horse power, and
give her speed of 301a knots per hour.
To make this speed she will probably burn
close to 200 tons of coal per day, which
would of course limit her operations to a
very small basis if she ran at full speed:
but like the torpedo boats. this speed is
more for short dashes at an enemy than
any length of time. The destroyers are
fitted with five torpedo tubes and one 12-
FOUNDER quick-tirea gun and five or six
6-pounders.
The Osado is armed in, this manner and
would prove very serious problem to the
United States fleet in case of war
he dTCICle CONTINUES. w Z nave dt pi es-
ent in the United States navy no vessel
that can be compared with her for the
particular work that she is designed. Our
fastest cruiser, the Minneapolis, 237 knots
could of course. eat her up if she could
ever catch her, but that if is very big
one Two of the torpedo boats that we
are building. the Daniele1 end T. A. NJ.
Craven. are to be 3o17-knot boats, though
they are much smaller than the Osado.
The Stringham, Goldsboroush and Bailey,
all being constructed for our government.
would be more like a fair match for her.
but they are very far from being con-
pleted.
The Porter and Dupo1; are now TIE
fastest torpedo craft We nave a:loat, and
they are 211s-knot ships. Either o. both
of them would doubtless be easy marx
for the Osado, as th+v carry moth z
heavier than 1-pounder RAPID Ere guns.
The Dahlgren and Craven are being built
at the Bath Iron Works the S-rinSh1m a !
Harlan & Hollingswo1--n.; Wilmington.
Del: the Goldsbnough a Wolff *
Zwickcr's. Portland, Ore. AMI the Bail,y
at the Gas Engine & Power Company's,
IIa;r
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

We notice that w E. Chiffon, late
Secretary of State. has paid the State
$4,000 on account This is evidence
that Mr. Chiffon is attempting to make
up his shortage that GER
has not attempted to do, although he
has kept the States money for more
than ten years. When Republicans
talk about the Chiffon shortage it
ought to be behind the door or under
their breath. 1t is likely the ex-Secre-
tary's shortage will all be made good.
Perhaps if the State authorities had
been more dilgent it would have all
been made good ere this.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22
DIED.

CARSON-On Sunday, March Goth, 1898.
at 2:45 a. m, William Carson, aged 20
years.
Funeral from his late residence, 2745
Jacob street, on Tuesday at p. m.
Friends Of the family invited. Interment
at Peninsula cemetery.
CRISWELI-On Saturday, March 18th,
1898, at ! 40 o'clock a m. Gulielma r.,
wife Of r. F. Criswel. aged 50 years.
Funeral from the family residence. No.
80 Zane street, Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Friends Of the family respect
fully invited to attend. Interment private
at Lnwood cemetery.
SPARGO-On Sunday. March 10th, 1898.
at midnight, Elizabeth, daughter of
William and Grace Spargo, aged p years
and II months.
Funeral this Tuesday afternoon, at $50
o'clock. from the North Street NJ. z.
church. Interment ait Mt. Wood ceme-
terry. Friends Of the family invited to at
tend.
KLETT-On Monday evening March
2lst. 1898, john F. I<lett aged 81 years.
Funeral notice hereafter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22
HERE'S RICHNESS
Here's an interview from a Spanish
statesman at Vienna, clipped from the

Here's an interview from Spanish
statesman at Vienna, clipped from the
Philadelphia Record:
1T cannot be to England's Interests to
see the Spaniards expelled rom cuba, as
there might arise al WaShingtoT. an n
clnation to declare Canada's independ-
ence. If during a war the United S,aIes
should incite the Philippines 20 revolt
Spain could avenge herself by raising re-
volts in the American Southern States"
The practical knowledge concerning
this country of some of these Spanish
dons puts the writer in mind of a
disconsolate woman whom he saw in
one of the consulates of the United
States. She wanted to ascertain the
address of her son, who had emigrated
to this country years before, he the in
considerate wretch, failing to keep her
posted as to his address After in
quiry had been made as to her wishes,
she asked will your honor permit
me to look at the latest directory Of the
United States?''
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22
MRS. JACKSON DEAD.
She Was One of the Principals in Famous
Legal Case,

London, March 21.-Mrs Jackson.
who became prominent in 1891 as the
principal in what was known as the
Clitheroe case, is dead.
Miss Emily Hall, who was born in
1860, was married in 1887 to E. Haugh-
ton Jackson, at Blackburn. They
never lived together, she returning TO
her friends and he going to New
Zealand. In 1883 Mr.. Jackson returned
to England, correspondent with his wife
and had one interview with her, but
she steadily refused to live with him.
Litigation between the couple ensued
A degree against her was obtained IN
1889 On March s. 1891, Mr.. Jackson
and others seized Mrs. Jackson when
she was coming from church al
Clitheroe, and carried her off to his
house at Blackburn, where she was
placed in charge of a nurse and closely
confined
Friends of Mrs. Jackson obtained a
writ of habeas corpus and she was
brought before the Court of Appeals.
which eventually decided on March 10
that husband has no legal power TO
detain his wife against her will. Mrs
Jackson returned to her friends.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22


boats and torpedo boat lestroyers.
while the flower of her army has been
wasted in the Colonial wars Her
home seaports are but poorly defend
ed against an attack by modern fleet.
while the famed defenses of Havana
would probably succumb before an at
tack by an American feet after a two
hours engagement. There are bur
four guns in the defenses of Havana
which are really formidable, each be-
ing ten-inch rife, two on each side
of the entrance of the harbor.
These facts are CLEANED from the
best sources of information, and are
pertinent to the present situation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

One of the best evidences that the
forward magazine of the Maine did not
explode was brought to the surface in
Havana harbor, Saturday Divers got
into the forward ,turret magazine and
brought up large quantity of fixed
ammunition, as good as when it came
from the factory" Even the wooden
boxes in which the cartridges were
packed were uninjured.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

The funniest thing about it all is the
belief of some alleged Spanish states
men that in the event of war Spain
would be able to stir up revolts" in
the Southern States of the Union
against our government. There's
delusion for you.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

In the House, Saturday, while the
proposition was pending TO pass war
material into the country free Of duty,
the Democratic members had quite a
lot of fun with Mr.. Dingley upon the
Republican contention that the for
eigner pays the tax The necessity
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

At the Metropolitan Opera House,
New York, Sunday night. four thous-
and people rose to their feet and sang
the Star Spangled Banner" The in
cident was very legible sign Of the
times.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

If the army is really TO do something
anent the thera3ened Spanish crisis, it
could not receive its orders at more
appropriate time than the month OF
March.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

Some of these days the stack of ulti-
matums in the Chinese Foreign Office
will fall down and kill couple of
Ministers. Three new documents were
added to the heap last week.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

Has it ever occurred to anybody that
those gifted statesmen, Steve Elkins
and Mark Hanna, have guided the
Ship of State about long enough?
Somebody else should be allowed to
stand a trick at the wheel.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

We observe with some sadness that
the conflict as to what to do with the
workhouse prisoners is taking on an
acute stage again. 1t usually does this
about once a year.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

Judging from the copious extracts
from the Spanish press, published yes
terday morning, the average Spanish
editor carefully wraps his head in
with the situation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22
PROPOSALS.
SEALED PROPOSALS
FOR REMOVAL or GARBAGE.


Public Building. City Clerks ono
WHEELING W. Va. March a. i'',
Sealed proposals Will b- received a. .'.9
office Of the City Clerk until Wtdu -.
March p. 1898 at o cioCk p. nl tai
removal Of iii kitchen gurbage ano "N Y
from within the limits of tHr .Ut
,,,,,,,,,.,,,i,,, N, Hit. 49, f, ar N.E 1888.
ana ending IN the Roth Gay w AP'-. .'
Proposals 10 b. addressed Co. I'it ''
man of the COMMITTEES ou HFul..
marked on the envelope 't'rop'
removal VI garbage, win tAe
the bidder thereon ...t
Bond being required jhe hao~. "a
state the names Of bondsm'H
he offers --
The committee reserves tha tt-a
nm 6. II. WATNIZS
mh1S.l p. %, . CT! Gem
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

The indications are that the Hous0
of Representatives will be transformed
into a veritable fountain of enthusi-
astic and bellicose oratory, the present
week If Cong ressmen would only
stop talking and do something tangi-
Bile, the country would be better salts
fed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

The. President either has the report
of the Maine Board of Inquiry, or he
hasn't. You can take your choice
from the>Wsa sii;ington dispatches
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

If there is anything more noticeable
about Snain's course than her inability
to carry out measures proposed for
Cuba, it is her capacity 10 evolve ne"
measures.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

On Thursday two more American
battleships will be launched. But they
will not be in commission for at least
six months TO come, mores the pity.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-22

What has become of Senator Till
mans historic and effectlve 'pltcnlork'
in the present crisis?