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The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
MUSIC AND DRAMA
IN OLD KENTUCKY.

"In Old Kentucky" which had Its
first production this season at the Jef1er-
son last night is one of the most whole
some and interesting plays presented 70
the public today 1t is no stranger %
Portland for several years ego 1t was
brought out at old Portland Theatre, anu
two seasons ago at City hall. IN the hanos
of the present company it has los0 nuns
of its power to please. 1t Is 4tse5 "no
interesting st all times, ana tiero aio
scenes besides of thrilling excitement as
at the burning of the stable, 5he reap
over the ehasm and on the race track
The first act discloses Madge brierly s
cottage in the Kentucky mountains. IL
is vigorous, novel and picturesque. You
see the cottage among the trees IN WIG
mart of the mountains, the residence OF
Madqe. who secures her own protection
from the outer world by drawbridge
over a EARNING chasm 1t is here that
the hero, Frank Layson, is nearly shot
by Jealous rival-hsre where the rivals
for Afadge's love endeavor to throw each
other over; the precipice. and here where
an attempt is made to blow Frank up
with dynamite. Madge saves him BY
fearlessly swinging across the gulf by
lneans of a rope when the drawbridge
fails her, and throwing the bomb into the
chasm. There is thrilling spectacle es
the bomb skaters the walls of the gorge
and tears up the ground. The scene is
cieyerly constructed and admirably
worked. Then there is q capital scene OF
Frank Layson's blue grass home and the
home Of "Queen Bess," mare that is to
run for the Ashland Oaks at the Lexing-
ton races. In this scene the now famous
picanninnis appear in some of the most
original and grotesque negro dances ever
seen OF a plantation. They are real
picanninnies and the way they shuttle
their feet would astonish one unaccus-
toned TO negro dancing This act ends
with an attempt to gst at the marc and
a successful endeavor to fire the stable.
In the third act there are five scenes,
the principle being the interior and ex-
terror of the paddooks on the Lexington
race track. The hero will be ruined I'M
less eQueen Bess'' wins the Ashland
Oaks, and as the jockey is drunk, Madge,
a clever horEe woman, dons full jockey
costume and rides the mare to victory.
The scene is full of excitement, especially
when the thorough breds are observed in
the race, and 'sQusen Bess' carries the
plucky heroine Hrst past the post. The
cheers of the crowd are emphasized by the
applause of the spectators. The play
abounds in excellent comedy and is won
derfully brisk In action.
Miss Lulu Tabor takes the part OF
Madge Briefly, the flower of the noun
tains. admirably. Miss Tabor has fairly
identified herself with the character. She
is bright and winaome, and she has the
true abandon of the unframed mountain
girl. Her appearance on the race track
as the handsome young jockey who rode
Queen Bess to victory was the signal for
a grand burst of applause.
Miss Tabor was strongly supported by
Mr.. Frank Dayton. who gave the charac-
ter of Frank Layson, true son of Ken
tncky, a most manly and effective repre-
septation. Mr.. a. Il. Bradley was very
good as Col. Sandusky Doolittls, !: the
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
Chase & .Sanb0rn's
Package Teas

are superior.
Each brand is the best IN
it's class, and being sold only
il pound and half-pound
alright packages, retain
their full strength and arc.
ma, which is not the case
with teas sold in bulk.
One pound makes over 200 cups
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
DEATHS.

In East winthrop. Nov. 7. Mrs. Eliza R. Pack
In Bath NSv. 6. Fred j. Huse. aged 20 years.
In Bath, Nov 8, Bertha III. White, aged l6
In Gardiner. Nov, 2, Charles H. Merrill, aged
60 years.
6s years.
The funeral of the late Charles II. Gayett
taKe place on Sunday afternoon q ocik;
from his late residence. corner OF Sawyer anu
Front streets. South Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
EMERsoNs VS.. WEST ENDS.

A game of football between the Emer-
sons and West Ends was played at the
Oaks yesterday morning. The West Ends
were heavier set OF boys than the Emer-
sons. but for all that the Emerson nut up
q great game. The halves were 20 min
utes. In the first half the West Ends
scored touchdown. In the second half
with the ball on the West Ends five yard
line the Emersons were held for dowrs
They soon regained the ball and amid
great cheering scored touchdown. Final
score, 5 to 8.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
RoBINsoN.5 THE CATERER.

Mr.. George d. Robinson, so long PORT
lands popular caterer, has associated him
self with the celebrated firm of Tad.
Cook & Co., caterers. Arrow Place, Bos.
ton, and the advertisement will show
what large facilities the firm possesses for
supplying all sorts of entertainments.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
ToWNE DEFEATED.
MARRIAGES.

IN this city, Nov. 9. at st. Pauis Rectory. by
Rev. Jos Battell Shepherd, Thomas w. john
son and Alzada Florence Butler.
In Phillips, Oct 80 B. H. Roberts Of Deering
aud Miss Daisy Bangs OF Phillips.
In Oakland. Nov. 2, Frank B. Robbie and Miss
In Biddeford. Nov. 8, Anthony Woods and
Miss Ida Lang0is.
In Old Orchard. Nov g. MILFORD M. Norrad
and Miss Maricn Sprague OF Bangor.
In Phillips. Oct. 20, Fred q. Leavitt and Miss
Ida Heath.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
So reverbsrated with rapturous ap.
JESSIE HARCOURT COMEDY COM
PANY.

JESSIE HARCOURT COMEDY COM
PANY.
Next week the attraction at Portland
theatre will be the Jessie Harcourt Com
edy company, that will commence an en-
gagement Monday night in the great
semi-military drama entitled "Lynwood,
or My Kentucky Home" Miss Har-
court is a talented and handsome young
emotional actress. and has surrounded
herself with company of exceptional ex-
cellence. This. season her leading man is
Mr.. Charles K. Harris, a young actor OF
considerable, talent and experience, who
is we'll known to local amusement low
ers. The last time he was seen here was
with the Bennett & Moulton company
last winter and his artistic work In vari-
Gus roles won many compliments from
all VINO saw his performances. and the
local press as well.
A number of refined and pleasing
speciaItIes will be introduced, and in this
feature the company will be found supe-
rior to others that have been here this sea-
son. Reserved seats went on sale this
morning for the entire engagement.
Matinees will be given daily commencing
Tuesday.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
DEATH OF ROBERT MoGREGoR.

Toledo, Ohio, November 1.-THE stall
lion Robert McGregor. 2.17 l-2, the
Monarch OF the Home Stretch dropped
dead today at the Ketcham Farm near
this city, aged "a. He was the champion
sire OF 2.i5 trotters, having ID to his
credit. among them the champion trotter
Cresceus, 2. 093.4. He was also the sire of
&C in the $3.50 list.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
GROUNDS WILL BE ALL RIGHT.

The Portland Athletic club had men
out on the grounds yesterday fixing them
up in good condi ion for today's game
with the Newtowne team.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
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The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12

MANTED-A farmer and his wife to flll
w positions at the Truant School. Oakdale,
Mass. Man m st understand farming in all its
branches. Wife to be good cook. No chill
dren. Salary first year $500 and home. y. u.
JOHNSON, Oakdale, Mass. 12l
WANTED-On or before January 1st, .
w, young man who has had successful ex-
perience as teacher iii the Public Schools as
assistant superintendent in the Truant School
at 0akdale +. L. JOHNSON, Oakdals, Mass.
YNENEMENTS-D Desirable tenements OF 8
Il and rooms, centrally located; price SO
and $11 per month. j. G.. WOODMAN, % Ex-
change street. III
fEO LET-Furnished front room at 2l7 Cum
berland street. Steam neat, gas and path
References requ red. II.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12

DOR SALE-A pair of McAllister Bi-JTnial
Il lamps for steTsopticon Will sell the pair
or separate. w. Il. SHINE, 10 Smith st. 12-l
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
PORTLAND w. c, T. U.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YoRK. N Y.
The Portland daily press., 1898-11-12

| NANTED-At once young man as porter.
| w FOSTER. AVERY & Co, the Besse
| Syndicate Outftters. 1911
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
THE OAKLAND WATER COMBINE.

T is evident the exposure made by The Call
 of the proposed combination of the rival water companies of Oakland was most timely and op- perfume the interests of the people of that city Warning having been given, the citizens of Oakland their guard and prepared to contest every effort that may be made to fix water rates at exces- sive amounts for the spolation of the public and the enrichment of the combine. >
 Under orr law, as, construed by the courts, municipal authorities in fixing water rates are compelled to allow the water companies fair degree of interest on the capital invested It is therefore of prime importance the people of every community to see to it that investments in public utilities Honestly and egitinately made, for Ii two companies combine their capital stock at the amounts fixed by themselves it will be equally possible for dozen: to combine and demand rates sufficient to return profit the whole.
 The proposed combination in Oakland, ii carried out will have capital stock of about $I2oooo 900, and fixed yield per cent interest that amount would compel the people of Oakland to pay $6oo, 900 annually for water Moreover, the way would be. prepared for another set of capitalists, or perhaps the set, to start third company and eventually add another 6oooooo to the stock on which interest must be paid It would be bonanza to the water. companies, but death to the consumers. .. ==
 The danger of excessive capitalization by means of
 
 trolling public utilities is by no means remote one More than one community in. the United States IS suffering the evil effects of just such trans. actions. It is easy method of settling controyer ses between competing companies and has proven so profitable to the owners of the.companes that all of them more or less inclined adopt it. '.
 All evidence points to the conclusion that the two companies which have been supplying Oakland with water are ready to pool their issues and com bine at the expense of the general public A year ago. when water rates were under consideration by the Oakland City Council, representative of one of the companies said to the Councilmen: "1f you do not abide by the law and give us a fair rate of interest our investment, there but one resource left to capital; that is combinations" a.:.% .**:
 The Call has taken up this question: as it: did that of the water contest n Los Angeles in the interests of the general good. It has no anag gonism to in vested capital It will give continuous aid to the. cause of justice and fair dealing with the public, but the battle in each city must be fought by the citizens themselves. The warning has been. given to- ak: land, and the scheme of the combine exposed Now let the voters to it that their Councilnen do not betray them any point involved in the contest
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
WHERE BLAME RESTS.

VIRTUALLY the whole responsibility for the
 N numerous accidents resulting from the tender
 less street Ill this city rests upon the ou- 2ervisors They have the power to compel the com panies running the to adopt suitable safety ap
 piances but they refuse to exercise 1t. More than two years ago they adopted an ordinance requiring all street in the city to be equipped with sutape guards for the protection of the public This ordl- nance is to go into effect thirty days after form o fender is approved by the Supervisors, but from that time to this they have never decided what form of guard should be adopted nor gwen approval to any suggested by the companies. ...
 Not long ago the San Mateo electric line for mally notified the Supervisors that it would at equip its cars with safeguard If they would ap- prove it and declare it to be suitable within the meaning of the ordinance. The Supervisors, how ever neglected to do They seeking fender of their own, it seems, and until they have found one the cars are to be left without safety appliances and the people are to continue exposed to the danger of death at almost every street-crossng.
 Under these circumstances public indignation will not waste its force the street companies It may please the groundlings and the mob to- howl against the officers of these companies, but inte- gent citizens know that the true offenders in this are the Supervisors, who for more than two years have failed to perform their duty and who, in
 
 the killing of little Hulda Johnson, have once more postponed action--even the pretense of action-or two weeks longer. The way in which the Supervisors have dealt with their duty in the case would have been farce if the rapid succession of fatal accidents resulting from their delay had not converted it into series of tragedies affecting hundred households. They have played at making tests with dummies of straw and gone through dozen other foolish antics to deude the people into the belief they about to take action Each successive death by the trolley has been followed by some such performance of folly or fraud. The talk goes on the tests continue, and so do the deaths but are apparently as far from a year ago. = Unless all evidence is at fault there is but one ex- panaton for this shameful and criminal delay the part of the Supervisors and that comes promptly to the mind Of every citizen 1t is hardly necessary to state it. The Supervisors clearly waiting for an arrangement with some company that manufactures lenders. They not making tests to see which fem
 der is the best, but holding out to see which com pany will pay the highest price for their approval of its goods Every delay bears all the marks of being nothing more nor less than bid for poodle.
 The situation is too plain to be mistaken. The lives of the people are endangered while corrupt officials dicker for coin and seek to make profit out of the blood of the victims crushed beneath the wheels of the fenderless cars. It IS issue for the Grand Jury The Supervisors must be made to act whether they get their price or not t :. ::
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
=
 LAW AND EXPEDIENCY.

T N his speech on the Teller resolution MT. Bailey
 for the fiatsts said: There IS not lawyer i'll the United States or any other country who will ven- ure, his professional reputation, to deny that our national bonds can be paid in silver" < :: :: "
 MT. Bailey has therein the singular experience of stating fact. Every one knows that the United States can pay their debts in silver for the Govern ment Is sovereignty and there is power to com pei 1t to pay at all. It give it's bondholders something or nothing, just 1t pleases, It can re- pudiate every penny owes and its creditors will be absolutely without recourse. :.s #
 Therefore of course, 1t pay its debts in dollars worth only 50 cents. NIT. Bailey has made no discov- cry. Repudiation of the half or the whole of the national debt cannot be prevented. There nothing in the constitution to guard against it. There is tribunal before whose bar the nation can be sum noned to plead if irnpeached for the dishonor.
 Whenever the people elect President and ma ority of the House and Senate in favor of repudia ton every obligation of the Government will be- come worthless in the hands of its holder. # MT Bailey and those who stand with him desire at pres ent to repudate half of the debt But little while they may seem to stand where they accuse the sound money men of standing, for by teaching the safety and expediency of repudating half the national debt they invite into the field the past masters of demagogy who will challenge Mir. Bailey to give a good reason why the whole debt cannot be re- repudiated, as well as half of it.
 It is the knowledge of the absolute correctness of Mir Bailey's position that the debt be half re pudiated that drives into common association in politics the who know that repudiation, while not prevented by law, is canonized against by ex- pediency. Whether practiced in whole or in part, 1t finally destroys public credit. A nation without credit is nation without hope It may lose credit through exhaustion of resources and be con1forted by the worlds compassion. But if it lose credit by willful repudiation while solvent and aboundng in resources it wins the worlds contempt and its ct- may be spat upon by slaves.
 It is the ambition of Mir. Baeys party to control the next Congress by majority large enough to override the veto and enact repudiation of half the debt If this be done the Fifty seventh Congress will be elected the issue of repudating the other half of the debt and Mr. Bailey can safely ask the same question and his challenge will get the same answer
 The United States can repudiate 50 per cent of it's debt.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
THE FOOL AND THE GUN.

r HE time is herein fact has long been here
 when the particular fool who kills friend
 through the impulse to point gun, presumably unloaded, should be treated criminal homicide. The presumption that any gun, under any circum- stances is unloaded should not be permitted to stand
 When the friend is dead the fool goes into spasms of grief from which, unfortunately, he ultimately re
 covers and while he may have been reformed by the experience other fools have not been impressed and they go right swelling the mortuary record. The latest instance of this occurred at Stockton The killed will be duly buried in day so, and among the mourners will be the killer. He is reported now to be almost crazed with grief. He ought to be entirely crazed, then he could bat his empty head against the walls of asylum and be deprived of the weapon wherewith to blow holes in the anatomy of acquaintances. The better course would be to send him to jail and send every other of the same brand of idiot to keep him company.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
COLLECTED IN
 THE CORRIDORS

Dr. Hatch of Sacramento Is at the Lick. c. c. Beekman, a capitalist of Oregon, is a guest at the Grand.
 Cy Mulkey, the prominent horse raiser of Napa, is at the Grand.
 D. H. Coles, a wealthy mining man of Sonora, Is at the Baldwin.
 Superior Judge T. E. Jones of Weaver vile Is staying at the Grand. W. A. Bowden, the well-known attor- ney of San Jose, is at the Palace.
 F. R. Clifford, large nline owner of Auburn, is stopping at the Baldwin. ::
 T. E. Udell, a prominent merchant of St. Louis, is registered at the Palace.
 ". M. Wright, a prominent member of the Board of Trade,:is at the Palace. : Justice w. D: Gilbert. of the: Circuit Court of Portland is at the: Occidental.
 Dana Harmon, a wealthy mine-owner of Nevada City, is registered at the Lick.
 J. M. Fulton, a prominent attorney and railroad manager of Reno, is at the Cali fornia. .:: !. >< :,
 Jerome F.. Y oung. a physician of San Jose, is at the Lick. He is accompanied by his wife. .::'.:
 MT. and Mrs. Timothy Hopkins came down from Menlo Park last evening and registered at the Palace.
 Among the arrivals at the Grand is Jus tfce of the Peace and United States Land Commissioner Dante R. Prince of Fresno.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
FLASHES OF FUN.

"Gordon tells me that his wife saves a great deal of money for him now
 Flows that? Is she doing her own housework?"
 "No, but she has learned to walk so as to make an ordinary petticoat rattle like the costliest silk. ."-Cleveland Leader. Uncle: Mose-Mistah, gimme nah money.
 Bookie-Why, uncle. your horse bolted. turned around and ran the other way. Uncle Mose-I tole you I played him bofe ways.-Philadelphi Times.
 Browne-Did you ever see a man who really wanted the earth?
 Towne-Oh, yes.
 BroWne-Who was he?
 Towne--A. f1rst-trip passenger on an ocean nner.-Brooklyn Life.
 'sWithout word of warning he threw himself at my feet"
 "Oh, well, you know he couldn't miss them.,'-Cleveland Plaindealer
 Tramp-Gud yer. spare dyin' man a few pennies, mister?
 Cltizen-What! A strong, healthy-look- ing man like you dying?
 Tramp-Dat's wot I said. Me efforts to live widout workin' is killin me, an me doctor says I need a little change, see?- Chicago News.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
POODLE RAMPANT.

HE action of the Board of Supervisors on
 Monday in taking the public pound away from
 the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty: to Animals and placing 1t in the hands of politician who will conduct it in the interest of lawlessness and poodle is the last of long line of offenses against decency which have been committed by the present supervisoria ring Captain Delany is responsible for this stroke of statesmanship He IS chairman of the Committee on Health and Police, and 1t is he who has made the other Supervisors dissatisfied" with the administration of the pound Members of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals de- clare that his dissatisfaction has arisen out of failure to backma them to the tune of $500
 Captain Delanys committee is the same that issues permits for prize fights. According to an ex- pugilist quoted in yesterdays Call he and his col leagues are issuing these permits for coin. Young Mitchell" IS willing to that broker claiming to represent members of the Committee on Health and Police demands that every promoter of
 ring contest shall disgorge from $25o to $500 before the necessary permission to victimze the public is granted The evidence of Delany's attempt to black mail the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is positive and direct Moreover, its is enlinently respectable Young Mitchells" test- mony is equally positive and direct
 II it be true, as is thus specifically charged, that Captain Delany and his colleagues on the Committee
 
 up citizens for money, instead of continuing in off, cia positions where they may msrepresent their sttuents their proper place is in jail Surely there is law against the sale of prize fight permits well as against attempted official backma Where is the Grand Jury? Is it possible that body will pass these charges by un- noticed? Has the moral sense of the people of this city become bunted by contact with poodle Supervisors that 1t cannot be aroused when it is discovered that the dirty coin of bribery and blackmail is being jingled under its very nose?
 So far as the public pound is concerned its trans fer to the domain of politics is in the na- ture of an official crime The booders in the Board of Supervisors who have brought this about deserve no consideration whatever. They are band of highbinders whom of the moral restraints which keep ordinary rascas out of Jail possess any influence. What should be done with them is to prosecute them They have unquestionably taken the pound awayfromthe decent people who were con ducting 1t because they could make it pay tribute to the corruption fund which they have established An investigation of the prize fight permits may be left to the slow processes of the Grand Jury but the subject of the pound should be taken up by some body who will instantly land Captain Delany and his collection of official bandits in jail
 There is limit beyond which it is intolerablc to press human patience We think this limit has been reached in the pound matter.