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The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1898-04-29

evidences OF personal or pOHuCdl CIlInSS
Reading of such things one would imagine that
the mind of man had exhausted itself in its ingenuity
to punish the objects of universal displeasure.
If we had to admit (what is certainly not true)
that the Jews were a menace to peace lest they joined
the enemies of the government in time of war-as
Pharaoh puts it; and that they obstructed pros
perity by consuming and not producing, as intimated
by Goodwin Smith; and that they fomented discord
wherever located, as proclaimed by HofPrediger
St0cker-all these charges would not justify the treat
ment received at the hands of their enemies in Ger
many.
In seeking cause for the animosity thus evidenced
all history has been searched in vain for an adequate
answer Let us now take a glance at the social
fabric of the Middle Ages and see what we may learn
therefrom.
The ancient Greeks are credited with being the first
to form associations for mutual pleasure; but to the
Teuton is given the credit of originating societies for
mutual benefit. About the time when the Jews were
quietly recovering from earlier losses and growing
prosperous, as a result of their industry and provi-
dence, the rest of the people werecoquettingw with the
laws of cooperation. Guilds were established in
almost every community, and each branch of trade
constructed its own organization for mutual protec-
ton. That one portion of the community should be
more prosperous than another was evidence not of
shortening on the part OF the unprosperous, but of
guilt on the part of those who met with success.
Societies or guilds were organized among the silver
smiths, farriers, cobblers, joiners, tanors, i~ron-work-
ers, g%unsmiths, cooks and porters, and no Jews being
admitted, it came easy to pass laws demanding that
they be excluded from the trades, from ownership of
property and from taking part in government. The
barons and knights having pauperized the masses,
they in turn proposed to rob the Jews. This turn in
affairs admirably suited the powers in office, for when
the minor classes obtained their possessions by unfair
means, it came to be less of a crime for the superior
classes to claim the booty. When we add to this the
frenzy of religious fanaticism, led by priests who had
imbibed the doctrine that the church owned not only
the properties but the souls of men as well, and that
the Bible could not be read in the vernacular, but was
known only by such Interpretation as the priests
chose to give, we come to understand the dangerous
ground upon which the Jews stood. We might say
the mines of ignorance had been loaded with venom
Gus influences that required only the friction of a
match to bring forth a full DISCHARGE Of destructive
The Republican journal., 1898-02-03

The following transfers ia real estate wrr,.
recorded III Waldo County Registry of Deeds
for the week ending Feb. .. 1sgS Lewis A
knowlton, Belfast to james f sheldon.
do. land and buildings in Belfast. Addle
Robbins, Belfast, to John Sarherr. ,io
land and buildings iii Belfast Hollis Etrh-
le ct ais, Winterport, to Sanford Hitchi..
Dover; land i'll Winterport, Matthew y.
Cressey ct al, Liberty, to Geo. W McLaiu
do; land IN Liberty. John Hail. Brooks, tu
Geo. ii. Mitchell, lsesb land IN Br ,,lSs
Wllfred Bowler, Bethel, to Edith Il. Bowler.
do; land and buildings in Palermo. W S.
Pendleton, lsleshoro, to Joseph s. Dodge.
do; land in Isles boro. Charlotte C. Rankin.
Belfast. to Eugene S. Achorn, do land in
Belfast Addie O Weymouth Buruham to
Fred ?. Weymouth, do; land and buildings
in Burnham. Patrick Fahy, Winterport, to
Fred IL. Smith, do; land and buildings in
Winterport. Geo. W. Bckford, Burnham,
to Alfred w. Bickford, do; land and build
ings in Burnham. VIM. II. Rolfe, Unity, to
Jesse E. Cook, do. land in Unity.
The Republican journal., 1898-02-03
Cold Weather in Maine.
Three Days Report of the Temperature

Three Days Report of the Temperature
AUGUSTA, Jan. %. Hallowell reports
20 and Gardiner % below
AUGUSTA, Jan. 2S. 2 a. m. The ther-
mometer now registers 23 degrees below
zero.
SAco, Jan. 2s This is the coolest
night of the season, Is below at 10 p. m.
SCARBoRo, Jan. 2S. The temperature
is % degree below tonight.
BERWICK, Jan. %. The cold is ex-
treme here to- night The glass shows 16
degrees below.
BANGOR, Jan. 2s. The record this
morning was sixteen below at six O. clock,
while at Eastport two below was the low
est point reported.
PORTLAND, Jan. IS. Tonight is the
coldest thus far of the season, the ther-
mometer ranging from to 10 below about
the city.
RocKLAND, Jan. 2S. At midnight the
thermometer registered II below and the
mercury is still dropping. 1t is the cold
est night of the winter in this vicinity
LEWISTON, Jan. %. This was the cold
est night of the season, the temperature
ranging from IS below at Lewiston to SO
below at Danville Junction.
BELFAST, Jan. 70. Ihe cold wave was
very severe in Belfast and vicinity this
morning. The mercury stood at is be-
low here, 40 at Burnham, 32 at Liberty
and 20 at Winterport.
RoCKLAND, January 81. At l O. clock
this morning the thermometer registers 6
below zero.
LEWISTON, January 81, l a. m. The
thermometer registers from 20 to "a de-
grees below zero in various parts of the
city.
AUGUSTA, Jan. 81. The thermometer
didn't go above zero all day Sunday. At
l O'Clock this morning it registered 81 be-
low.
BANGOR, Jan. 81. This is the coldest
night of the winter and the thermometer
at i.5O a. m. was 32 below,
The Republican journal., 1898-02-03
~ontents of To-Day's journal.

PAGE /.
,aR- of the Week The Worst Storm for Years
..r. ming Local Industries. A Serious Rail
.. accident. The Senate for Silver.... Cold
.. rar IN Maine. The Maine Press sociation
r5I5nSeInor Plalsted Dead. An 0ld-Eashioned
. -torm.. The Pension Question. Personal.
I.-'er> in Real Estate.
PAGE2.
Washington Letter. American Industries
.f'He Editorial Notes. Maine Savings Banks.
host of Petit Mauan. Curfew poem.
PAGE 3.
Her Farming in Costa Rica. In Memoriam.
urtew Ring. 4 Stampede in New Mexico.
FACE 4,
f,rias. Showed In. Tell the Old Folks. The
t~- schools Interesting Relics in Pros
Editorial Notes our Washington Letter.
uuSetts State Federation of Women 5
a Waldo County Farmer
FACE 5.
e News of Belfast The Churches. Good
aro..A Very Pleasant Reception.
&-sJern Wonders. Literary News and Notes.
,tel Of Deep Water Vessels. Leander Tree
Rose Wood poem}.. W hen Mother aoh-
.sal..A Backlog Fancy (poem).
PAGE7.
HE British Invasion of Belfast Albert Boyd
The Wild Pigeon.
PAGES.
s, rsport Locals. County Correspondence Ship
"s Markets. Births Marriages. Deaths.
'e~s ot the Oranges. The Governors Letter
nd 5et societies OBITUARY. SUIT Against Bucks
tIrm. .GoOd Horses in Brooks.
The Republican journal., 1898-02-03
The Worst Storm for Years

Great Damage to Shipping and Loss of Life.
The mails which arrived here yesterday
forenoon brought the Maine dailies of
Tuesday and Wednesday; and although
they contained columns of details con-
cerning the storm the story may be told
in few words. The storm centre was at
New Bedford, but all New England got
share. Trains and electrics were stalled,
wires down, and travel impossible. The
storm was the most severe Boston has ex-
perienced in 25 years and caused the loss
of several lives besides doing a damage
estimated in the hundreds of thousands.
Numerous wrecks are reported upon the
coast with heavy loss of life, and it is to
be feared that the worst is yet to come.
Late Tuesday night the big three mast
ed schooner Charles t. Briggs of Bath,
Maine, coal laden, was dashed to pieces on
the Nahant coast and it is believed her
crew of eight men perished. The body of
one of the crew has been recovered. Glou.
cester reports heavy loss of life and
about 5000, OOO damage in that section.
Over a dozen vessels are ashore near
Gloucester; at least four more are lost,
and many others have been badly damag-
ed. The water front of the Gloucester har-
Dor and along the cape is dotted with
wrecks and wreckage.
The Republican journal., 1898-02-03
A Serious Railroad Accident.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. V. Cunningham of Troy
Among the Killed.

Mr.. and Mrs. d. V. Cunningham of Troy
Among the Killed.
A terrible disaster occurred on the
Maine Central railroad at O. clock Satur-
day afternoon, in the town of Orono, by
which the Provincial express, or
train 30, from Bangor for St. John was
wrecked, five of the six cars going over a
25- foot embankment. One passenger was
Cunningham of Troy, Me-, was so badly
injured that she died few minutes after
being taken from the wreck, and 3S, as
nearly as can be ascertained, were injured,
two of whom died early Sunday morning.
Following is list of the dead
Mrs. Jennie S. Murray, supposed of
Calais, Me-, instantly killed.
Mrs. Daniel Cunningham, Troy, Me-,
taken from the wreck dead.
Daniel Cunningham, Troy, Me-, died
of injuries at a. m. Sunday.
Rev. FIR. Matthew II. McGrath South
Boston, died at 6 a. m. Sunday
A Sunday special to the Boston Globe
says: Daniel Cunningham died at o clock
this afternoon and his body was laid be-
side that OF his wife at the Orono house.
The surgeons say that the vitality of
practically pulseless from the time of the
accident until his death, and yet much of
the time he was conscious, and before
midnight last night he rallied and talked
freely of the accident and his condition.
He was not told of his wife's death. MI
and Mrs. Cunningham were on their way
to Enfield to visit friends.
The place where the accident occurred
ic hn, o,u 1f la haln n
station, where there is curve of about
ten degrees. At this point is q "till :"
with the river on the south and hollow
called, locally, 'the frog pond,' on the
north. To the bottom of this hollow, the
distance is about 25 feet, down an incline
of perhaps 40 degrees.
AS the story is told by several who were
on the train, the conductor had just pulled
the bell cord to signal the engineer to stop
at Orono, when the train began to rock
and sway, and then the cars, beginning
with the mail car, which was next to the
locomotive, left the track, one after an
other, and went rolling and sliding to the
bottom of the hollow on the north of the
track.
The mail car was swung to a position
at right angles with the track, breaking
lne hedVy steel coupling INK WHICH heiu
it to the locomotive short off. The bag
gage, Pullman and smoker went clear to
the decline, turning on their sides, and
the ordinary passenger coach brought up
in a similar position, not so far down.
The private car of General Manager
Evans, which was occupied by President
Wilson of the Maine Central, his wife and
Miss Fanny Stetson. was partially derailed
but stopped just on the brink of the
enbankment 1t is a very heavy car and
this may account for the breaking of the
coupling between it and the next car,
which saved it from following the others
over the bank.
The locomotive tender was partially de-
rallied, but was soon gotten upon the
track, and the locomotive proceeded to
the station.
The Republican journal., 1898-02-03
The Senate for Silver.

The action of the Senate Jan. 18th, in
les vote on the Teller resolution very
clearly attirms what has been contended
before ard since Congress convened
namely, that with the Senate constituted
as it is to-day there is absolutely no hope
for any desirable currency legislation. This
fact is, OF course, greatly regretted by
Republican leaders, but it is one which
the country might as well know and
understand clearly and, by knowing,
place the responsibility for inaction where
it belongs-upon the adherents of the
silver cause. The sound money men or
the Senate had the best OF the argument
but the silverites had the votes. The latter
maintained decisive majority on every
ballot and persistently declined to have
the resolution amended. The first ballot
came on the amendment OF Senator Nell
son to maintain the parity. 1t was laid
on the table by a vote of 43 to 81.
The second ballot was on the amend
ment of Senator Lodge to pay the bonds
in gold. 1t was defeated by a vote of SO
to "A.
The third ballot was on the amendment
oi Senator quay TO pay the bonds in
money of the highest value. 1t was laid
on the table by vote of 4. to 81.
The amendment of Senator Hoar that
the obligations of the Government shall
not be paid in deprecated currency was
lost by vote of AZ to 80.
The amendment OF Senator spooner to
maintain the gold standard until an inter-
national agreement was entered into was
lost by vote of A to SO, and then the
resolution as originally offered by Senator
Teller was adopted by vote of At to 32,
or a majority of Is.
The Teller resolution was defeated in
the House Monday by vote of 1872 to 1872
This ends the matter as no further action
can revive this resou lion in the House.
The Republican journal., 1898-02-03

In BRIEF. "No man who has any re-
gard for safety or life,' writes VIM. H.
Jeffrey, under date January 14th from
Seattle to the Portland Evening Star.
''should start from Maine with less than
81, OOO-to 60 to the Klondke for gold,
Mr.. Jeffrey remarks that everybody on
the coast has keen eye out for the ''ten-
derfoot's pile and ''Don't mislead YOUR
SELF into thinking you can go into Yukon
country for 500 or $500. ''You simply
cannot ..,....Captain Sigsbee of the
United States warship Maine, accompan-
led by Consul Gen. Lee, and Lieutenants
Howard and Haleman, of the Maine,
paid visit Jan. 9th at Havana to Gen.
Parade, the acting captain general, who
received them courteously and cordially
They expressed themselves as well salts
fed with the interview...An English
syndicate has bought all the menhaden
factories and steamers from Round Pond
to the Delaware, and propose to do an i'm
mense business the coming season. if the
fish make their appearance. go. The Army
and Navy journal thinks that the naval
demonstrations recently made by the
United States in Southern waters are very
significant and indicative of purpose to
hnally intervene by force in Cuba. Hugh
Y. Wallace of Tacoma, president of the
Chilkoot Railroad and TRANSPORTATION
company, has advices of the completion Of
the company's aerial railway over the
Chllkoot Pass to Lake Lindermann This
marks new era for klondike travel, as
the time between tidewater and the head
waters of the Yukon river is shortened
from month to one day.. 1t is under
stood in Madrid that the supreme war
council will sentence Lieut.. Gen Weyler
to two months imprisonment, bat that
the government will grant him pardon.
...... The proposed reduction of mail de-
liVeries in the cities will not go into effect
pending action by Congress. 80. Daniel
Lawrence Blaine, rear admiral of the
United States navy, retired, died at his
nome in Brooklyn Sunday night of heart
failure, following an attack of rheuma-
tism.
The Republican journal., 1898-02-03
The Pension Question.

| To The EDITOR Oh THE ,IoJR>AL- read
with interest Mrs. Pdckard- II. .r on the
| pension question, s.s I do ev,r.thIng rrlat-
ing to the Old soldier; for l, ,oo. nave those
/ who are dear L. III, - Il, we're ~.iling to
leave home and friends for their country =
sake. Bat | must say that WAS surprised
q; oi- statement Mrs. fackal.. makes, com
| ing from one WE have always looked ur6n A.
the veterans friend. She SAYS 1T = a
shameful thing for men who are campara-
lively wealthy to accept pensions even for
wounds" What must the veteran prove
'hat he is pauper, or in danger of becom-
ing one, before he receives what rigLtfulIv
belongs to him? If we owe a man. do w.
stop to inquire if he is wealthy before W..
pay him what is justly his ? Did the Govern
ment make it condition when the men en-
listed that they should not be recompeused
for injuries they might receive if after 80
many years they were able to live without
1t? Believe me, it is not charity the veteran
wants, but justice. 1t is this idea that has
given rise to the slur we so often hear about
Government Paupers." Coming from a
certain class the old soldier can well afford
to ignore such slurs, but coming from their
frends-oh, there is where they sting.
Do we ever think of the difference in the
way the old soldiers treated to-day and
IN those days when the very life of the Ma
tion depended on them? Think of the
crowds that met to cheer them on every side
as they started, young and hopeful, for the
taII I,>fI
days, and the praise our soldiers then re-
ceived, should contrast them with the sIurs
the few remaining ones get day. Many
We're boys at school in 1861, and when they
enlisted they sacrificed their chance of an
education; and those who were fortunate
enough to return did not stand an equal
chance with their schoolmat who remain
ed at home. Others, perhaps, might have
been just entering on business, but they lett
it and those who staid behind built up
fortunes in a few years.
The old soldiers as a class are too selfres-
pecting to accept a dollar of pension money
that they did not know rightfully belongs
to them. They are not beggars. l will
close with quotation that perhaps some
may recognize: 'The only debt grateful
Nation never can pay is the debt it owes its
brave defenders ED. BUsHER.
Freedom, Me.
I'VE do not think our correspondent has
Interpreted Mrs. Packard Alright. We are
sure she did not mean that the veteran
should submit proof of poverty in applying
for pension, but had in mind the unfavor-
able comment caused by the issuing of pen
sions to those who have more than abund-
ance of this worlds goods. Ed Journal
The Republican journal., 1898-02-03

WASHINGTON WHIsPERINGs. Judge
McComas has won the Maryland Sena-
torial contest and after March next the
Senate will contain two Republicans from
Maryland. Mr. German entered the
Senate in 1881 and for some years past
has been power on the Democratic side
of the chamber. The President has
signed the bill accepting the invitation of
Norway to attend the international fish
cries exposition at Bergen from May to
September, 1898. .... The secretary of the
treasury has issued a circular to customs
officers instructing them that merchandise
in bonded manufacturing warehouses is
not subject to three years limitation of
the bonding privileges. AS an act of
international courtesy the way and means
committee has agreed to report favorably
a bill exempting from duty a set of bells
given by the czar of Russia to the Russian
church at Bridgeport, Conn. zee. State
hood legislation at this session was killed
Jan. 26th, by the House committee on
territories rejecting the Arizona, New
Mexico and Oklahoma bills by a vote of
S to 3. The first two measures were
punched and defeated. Then the Okla
homa bill was taken up and beaten by the
same vote. There was no discussion, as
it was understood at the last meeting
that the votes was to be taken without
further preliminaries. Delegates Smith
and Ferguson of Arizona and New Mexico,
stated that they wished to put themselves
on record that if they were allowed to
vote they would vote for the bills.....
President Mckinley has signed the bill
authorizing the payment to William L.
Grant of Gardiner of ST., 900 on account
of his wagon train lost in Texas to the
rangers over 81 years ago Hon. H. NJ.
Heath of Augusta has been the success
tui prosecutor Of the claim. 80. Congress-
man Boutello has introduced bill to
establish military post in or near Ban
gor. The bill provides for the gift to the
government of 800 acres of land and
carries an appropriation Of $50, ,000.....
"Owney," the most famous tramp dog
that ever lived, has been placed in glass
case i'll the Post Office Museum in Wash
ington; or, rather, his stuffed carcass was
placed in that position of distinction.
''O~ney" has travelled more than 200, 600
miles in railroad cars and was known to
every postal agent i'll the United States.
One day last summer he bit little girl in
Minneapolis and was shot.
The Republican journal., 1898-02-03
An Old-Fashioned Snow Storm.

reuTudIy Op6ueu WIN real OLD IaSnlOn-
ed snow storm, such as comes once in half
dozen years, more or less. The last day of
January gave US quiet snow fall early in
the day. to which a northerly gale was added
in the evening. The wind incr eased in vio-
lence during the night and large am cunt of
snow fell. Tuesday morning the roads were
blocked, houses and stores were barricaded
by drifts, and travel and business were gen
orally suspended. The snow was very IN
even upon the ground, blowing completely
Off in places, while in Others the drifts were
from six to ten feet high. No mail stages
arrived during the day, and Condu tor Sui
livan received orders to await the arrival of
snow plow The plow was unable to get
through that day. But two milk teams
came into the city Tuesday, Piper's and Alb
botts'. Allen Shaw started to go to the wa
ter-works station with team, but put up
his horse at \. Z keen's and made the re-
mainder of the trip on foot. One singular
freak of the wind was noted. On the bust.
ness streets Of the city the walks re blown
nearly or quite bare Of snow. while iust out
side were sharp pointed drifts from five to
seven feet in height. On account o' the lack
of milk teams there was great "a .e of CON
densed milk at the grocery stores in the
afternoon But very few places OF business
were open in the evening. T..e weather
cleared duriIEs Iiia night ami tine sul -itt,ii,-
brightly yesterday morning, but Oh account
of the condition of thr roads Superintendent
brlck ordc1cd the sHgna for no school The
snow plov made aia 4ttempt to come from
WtaervllI@ Tuesday morning and Vas obliged
to return. out cai..e ont Wednesday at ) A.
NJ, and arrived here at 8 A.. There We're two
locomotives and they had hard work in
some of the drifts. Conductor Clements and
en- ineers Paul and NiCkerson were in charge.
The snow plow left here at 5 -, closely fol-
lowed by Conductor Sullivau's passenger
train.
The Belfast Savings Bank was opened for
busitess all day Tuesday as usual hut Mr.
j. III. Qnimby, the cashier, says that for the
first time in the history of the Institution he
did NOS have caller.
One citizen, who has lived on Primrose
Hill forty three years, says tina; not a single
team passed his house during the tiav Tues
day, the first time that II ever occurred.
Wednesday the bay was all frozen over
above Carter's wharf, and there was a good
deal o ice off the B Blutf at N0rthport and al
the moath Of the river. The steamers VI y
NJ. aud Silver Star did not appear TUESDAY
but made their regular trips "Wednesday The.
NJ. n NJ landed at the steamboat wharf. Net
The Republican journal., 1898-02-03
Concerning Local Industries.

Mathews Bros. mill is running ten hours
per day with full crew, and with large
orders ahead.
Geo. T. Reed is at work on a LARGE order
from Gloucester for roller bushings for yes
sel's blocks and is making weekly ship
ments.
The Mt. Waldo Granite Co. has finished
shipping stone from Frankfort until sprine
A large number of shipments have been
made during the past few months.
The Republican journal., 1898-02-03
Our Welcome to Portland.

This is the regular Maine Press Associa-
tion weather. Portland Evening Express
When the weather bureau hears that the
annual meeting of the Maine Press Associa-
tion is about to take place, it immediately
orders out storm signals. AS a blizzard
breeder the association never fails. Port
land Advertiser.
The Republican journal., 1898-02-03
Personal.

s.suo
49, h',a;sa ''''H 'e'' 'u0nOas 'of Ne" fofk
oii ous'hess'
q nan went 10 washington D. e. last
WEEK On business
Amos Poor of Waltham visited relatives
III De'ias' ias' week.
Master Fred Grady went to Augusta Mon
day Tor a short visit
VIM. @ Thompson Of New York is visiting
his iather' = Z. Thompson,
James West of Brockton, Mass. is@yisit
ihs MS son. waiter d West
A. O. Philbrick of Rockland was III Be
ias' last Thursday on business.
Elmer Coombs of Laurel, Montana : Wis
lung relatives III Belfast and Waldo
Mrs. Carrie Patterson left Mond,v morn
ing TO spend a few weeks in the south
Mrs Dora Nickerson visited her mother.
Mrs. Geo. H Webb Of Naples. VI. III. ,,.s
week
Mrs H. G. Barke- Of G.-t.r.- -....---..
home Saturday from visiting f-.--... D.. t..
last.
Hiram Mi.hseIs sud vtf. ..u. .-....
Rrook- ast week for r. VISIT ol . few ...-..
Belfast.
Engineer Chas T. shaw went g. ...
Monday for rx.miuatica Il -..1.- ----
and hearing
R-x q y -, q. ~ .-.v
of Bangor arrived LAST Tnu--i.r