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The Eddy current., 1898-09-24

Washington, sept is-The Ameri-
can peace commissioners. who sailed
Saturday from New York. bear secret
instructions 70 investigate the stories
Of alleged foreign interference in the
disposition Of the Philippines. II they
hnd that there Is any basis for the re-
ports which have been IN circulation
for months they have been instructed
by the president to Immediately insist
upon the cession OF the entire Philip
pine archipelago TO the United states.
The administration has grown weary
Of the suspicious movements OF Ger
many and proposes TO brlng the matter
to head. In speaking OF the report
that Spain and Germany have reached
secret understanding. by which Ger.
many IS TO be given two OF the Is.
lands OF the Philippine group. a cab.
met officer said Saturday afternoon:
4 believe that the report 10 true. I,
has been the subject OF grave discus
sion between the president and his
cabinet and has helped to mold some
OF our opinions In regard to the Phil.
ipplnes. Our peace commissioners have
been instructed 10 investigate these re-
ports and II they find any basis for
believing that Germany during the wal
has been negotiating with Spain TO se.
cure territory against which our mill.
tary operations might At any moment
have beSn directed they will claim n,
entire archipelago at once The sam,
course will be pursued by them should
Germany attempt TO repeat et Parii
any OF the annoying actions. The Uni
ted States ~ determined that ther,
shall be no foreign intermeddling w,
propose to settle our Affairs with spair
In our own way.
There are many indications tina
lead to the belief that Germany has ha,
some sort OF an understanding will
Spain OF an unirIendly nature to US
The presence at Manila OF so man!
German war vessels entirely out o
proportion to the bona fdo Interests O
Germany in the Philippines. the un
pleasant attitude assumed by the Ger
man naval commanders toward nd
mlrRl Dewey. their annoying and irrI
tating disregard OF Dewey's harbor res
ulations, tho interference by Gerna
vessels IN the war between the Spar
iards and the insurgents, as In th
Irene incident. and tho escape OF th
Spanish captain general from Manil
TO Hong Kong on a German ship a
point TO this direction. Thea tho rC
peated warnings that have come fror
Europe that Germany has offered 500
100000 marks 90 Spain for control q
tho Philippines for twenty years. an
that she proposes to get a naval base q
, station in that archipelago. togeths
with the fact. now well known. tina
Germany endeayored TO secure a con
. blnatlon OF the Europeans powers I
= make tho United States quit the wa
on Spain, shows very plainly that som
, sort Of an understanding existed.
, Germany was not doing thl
placing herself In an attitude Of dli
tinct hostility toward the United Stat,
: without having somo reoompense
. view. She wants a foothold In n
. Philippines. because they are In d
> rect line Of trade between Asia an
oceanlca and Australia. She will be dl
= appointed"
The Eddy current., 1898-09-24
asraauy.s Motive.

New York, Sept 2o.-A special from
Washington. says
A an indication that Germany has
beon schemins 10 share In the dispo-
sitlou OF the Philippines, che authorl-
ties have learned that. acting under In
structlons from Berlin, the German
commander -ln-chlef Of the Aslatlc sta
uou has made an exhaustive investi-
gatlon OF the coal deposits OF the H.
lands. lie was assisted by German
engineer who had beer temporarily as
signed 10 his squadron for the special
purpose Of locating coal. and. with that
end In view. he conducted a thorough
investigation and his report. which has
been submitted to the Berlin govern
merit through Vive Admiral Won Died
erichs, shows that the best Ignite de-
poslts are located on the island Of Co
bu. one Of the vlzcaya group.
This information has been received
from one Of the Representatives OF this
government In Germany and has been
considered OF sufficient importance to
bo presented to the peace commission
ers for their consideration. Onciala
who were interviewed regarding the
matter admit that there can be only
one object which would lead the Ber-
lin government to direct such an inyes-
tigation-the desire TO extend German
Jurisdiction over the island which has
tho largest beds OF coal adapted for
stcaming purposes.
Such an island Is Cebu. reports which
have been received showing that llg-
nits OF good quality Is found there
In largo quantities. Germany would
find Cebu exceedingly valuable as q
coallug station. as II would not neces-
state the establishment OF a coal pile
at Kao Chou. which she recently OBJ
tained
Aware OF Germany's proceedings. the
authorities are taking precautions e
prevent the consummatlon OF any plar
which will enable item to reach frui'
tion. The Berlin government by th'
reduction OF its feet in Manila bay
gave an indication OF It's desire TO re
main on friendly terms with the gov
ornment. While regretting the main
tenRncs OF such n large force at Ma
nila. no protest was made by this gov
ernment and tn eaction OF Germany II
reducing her naval force was entirely
voluntary.
The report made by the German en-
gineor explains to the officials why tn
German vessels were steaming anon
the islands. II Is no longer a secre
that Germany ~ the only nation fror
which the government apprehend
trouble In the settlement Of the com
mitment OF an overt act that the pres
ident determined TO strengthened Rea
Admiral Deweys command so as I
make II the superior OF the Germa
feet in Asiatio waters.
Tho battleships Oregon and low
will start for Manila via Cape Hor
and Honolulu next Saturday or sunda!
by which time II Is expected that a
repairs will have been made and IN
feet OF eolliers will bo in readiness
Leaves OF absence have been given
tho officers until the latter part OF III
! week. II being desired 10 get the shiI
away without delay.
The Eddy current., 1898-09-24

Madrid, Sept, 20-There Is much
indignation here at the fact that there
were i2S deaths during the yoy ge
among the 1000 Spanish soldiers who
have just arrived In Spain on board
the Spanish transport san Ignaelo de
Loyala. from Santiago de Cuba. The
spaniards attribute this heavy death
rate 10 the "inhumanity OF the Amer
leans In obliglng the sick spaniards 10
embark and make room Ia the hos
pllals fol the Americans"
The Eddy current., 1898-09-24
HOLOCAUST MOST TERRIBLE.
Spontaneous Combustion of Dust Causes an
Elevator to Catch Fire and DisaS-
trOuS Results EnSue.
scene Of Hssror.


Toledo, o.. Sept 2i.-Eight people
cremated. eight more fatally burned
and eight seriously injured Is the re-
suit Of the most disastrous Gre that ey-
er occurred in Toledo.
Following are the dead: Samuel
Alexander, Bert Wainwright. Fred
Garrett. Harold Parks. John Smith,
Orsee Parks, Frank Van Housen, John
Carr.
The injured David Kemp, Barney
welch. Charles Klefer. Fred PargoldS.
- Elliott. Charles Brookseefer. Ever
EFT Smith, Hamilton Parks. VIM. j.
Parks. w. c. Jordan, Peter Haas. -
Albaldlo and four others. names un-
known.
The spontaneous combustion OF dust
in the grain elevator owned by Pad
dock. Hoge q Co at o'clock last
night caused the terrible destruction Of
life and none Of those who we're taken
out after the fire started we're far
enough from deaths door 20 tell any
ih!ng Of the details. VIM. J. Parks, the
superintendent. after being blown
through the window OF the lower story
was conscious for a moment and rald
hat about $3.50 a terrible explosion
..S9Wred on the south side OF the ele-
" and ho knew there was about
twenty men at work on the seven floors
OF the enormous building.
Besides those regularly employed At
the elevator. the three children Of su-
perintendent Parks were visiting him
a. the time. One Of these may recover
from hts burma. but Grace, a iT-year-
old girl. Is burned almost beyond rec
Ognitlon aud H8rrold, tue third chtd.
has not been found. being either blown
90 atoms or cremated.
Al $3.50 yesterday evening the peo-
pie Of East Toledo we're startled by a
terrific explosion. which caused a panic
all over the nelghborhood. Houses
were shaken as II by an earthquake
and windows were shattered for blocks
around. Those In the vicinity Of the
Union elevator soon noticed flames
bursting from all sides OF the building
II was but few minutes until the hrc
department OF tho city began the work
OF rosculng. which was rendered dim
cult by the terrific heat OF the Gre
The river cut on escape on one side
The families OF dozen men who were
known 20 be at work within rushed &c
the scene and women calling for thelI
imprisoned husbands. brothers ant
fathers created n scene indoscrlbable
II was learned that the force of twenty
men were expected to load $4,000 bush
Is of grain during the night. Not on'
OF the entire number could be seeI
ln any part OF the building aud Il wa
impossible TO reach them In any way
The heat became 80 intens'
that twenty cars standing ON the sid
ings near the burning buildings wer'
added to the loss. The fire department
had a hard struggle TO save other ele
Vators and properly.
The bridge across the Maumeo rive
was on fire several times, but outsld
the '9ss OF the elevator the damag
Is slight.
Mr Paddock. q member Of the frn
owning the plant. said there was be
tween 100000 and 100000 bushels o
grain IN storage At tho time. Tn
property and the grain Is an entir
loss and will reach ti5O,OOO. The In
suranee Is $3.50. .OOO ON the building an
tha grain b covered With l2ss 900.
The Eddy current., 1898-09-24

Middleboro. Mass. Sept. l9.-The
supposed victim OF the Bridgeport
Comm murder Miss Marion Grace
Perkins. arrived at her home satur-
day In perfect health 10 the great 10y
OF the family and the unbounded as
tonishment OF the entire community.
Her father was not In town. for at
the time OF the arrival OF his daughter
he was on HIS way back from Bridge,
port with the Erewsomo remains
which he had Identified as those OF
Grace and for which the funeral ar
rangements, including the dlgglng OF
the grave had already been com.
pleted. Miss Perkins came from
Providence, II. l.. and was aocompa.
MED by her lover. Chaa. Bourne. and
II was stated that the couple had beer
married. This WA alleEwasd--d -daa4ea
by young Bourne's anele.
The Eddy current., 1898-09-24
Immunss may Say in tho service.
zurliad.a Rssisas.

Paris. Sept. is-0en. zurlihden has
sent his written resignation to Premier
Brisson as follows;
Il have the honor TO bog YOU 10 re-
celye my resignation as minister for
war An exhaustive study OF the pa
pers In the Dreyfus case has convinced
me too fully OF his guilt for me 20
accept. Ns the head OF the army. any
other solution than that Df the mainte-
nance OF the Judgment Ia ita entirety" Z"
President MeKinlsy Is worried about
Porto Rice.
The Eddy current., 1898-09-24

II Is stated the expenses Of tho peace
commissioners Will De GlAQQ- nor -daKt
that Frye, Davis and Gray receive no
fee. and Day and Reid get 5000 each.
Secretary Moore receives $4,000,
The Eddy current., 1898-09-24

Walter Rosser. the soldier who kili-
ed Denny Hildsbrandt, at San Francis
co. has been held 10 answer
The Eddy current., 1898-09-24

Butler Carpenter farmer Of Gray
son county. Tex. broke a les In two
place.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-10

1t certainly looks like it, but there is
really no trick about it. Anybody can
try it who has Lame Back and Weak
Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles
We mean he can cure himself right away
by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine
tones. up the whole system, acts as a
stimulant to the Liver and Kidneys, is q
blood purifier and nerve tonic. 1t cures
Constipation, Headache, Painting Spells,
Sleeplessness and Melancholy. It is
purely vegetable, mild laxative, and re.
stores the system to its natural vigor.
Try Electric Bitters and be convinced
that they are miracle worker Every
bottle guaranteed. Only Soc a bottle at
Fl. p. S. Goold's Drug Store.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-10

Yesterday morning one of the soldiers
who has been boarded at the poor house
during the winter, and about whose case
there has been so much commotion in
the Board of Alderman, escaped from
that institution. Last night he turned
up at the police station, with his face SO
badly battered as to require the services
of q physician. He had got drunk, and
engaged in fight with some one with
the above result. The law says that be-
cause this man served in the army during
the war of the rebellion he must not be
boarded at the poor house, but at some
private boarding house or hotel, and at
taches penalty of something like SIS q
day, we believe, for every day 1t is
violated. Now what are the overseers of
the poor to do with this man? He has
no money and no friends who are willing
to assist in his support. 1t is manifestly
about impossible to find any decent and
respectable boarding house that will take a
man of his propensities and his habits.
It is possible that some low place might
be found that would harbor him for the
money that could be got out of it, but it
is almost certain that in such q place he
would not be taken care of and would
probably be abused. Moreover the
selection of such place even if one could
be found would not conform to the spirit
of the law, for its intention was I'M
doubtedly to provide the persons to whom
it applies with board better than the poor
house affords, not vastly worse. The
Board of Overseers had foresean this diff
Guilty and had asked the Board Of Alder
man to allow them to test the validity OF
the law before the courts, but that WIS
refused on the high moral ground that
such connivance ct the notification of
law would be disgraceful. The only re-
source that seems to be left is to PUT the
man before the courts for drunkenness
and disturbance of the peace and have
him sent to jail. But his offence is not
sufficient to keep him there long, and so
this will afford only temporary solu
ton. The man himself would like to go
back to the poor house, but his voluntary
return would not relieve the overseers
from the continuing penalty. The law
was passed no doubt with good enough
motive but like good many other laws
1t was founded on sentiment rather than
reason. 1t undertakes to compel the do
ing of something which may be impos-
sible to be done. No man can be COM
PEELED to receive in his house another
against his will. Therefore it may be
utterly impossible for the overseers of the
Door to provide for old soldier paupers
outside of the poor house. Yet the
statute says they must. A law that
undertakes to punish men for not doing
what cannot be done is clearly On alb
surdity.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-10

II the trial of lola is a fair example of
the way in which French justice is ad.
ministered the feeling that Capt Dreyfus
may now be suffering horrible punish
ment simply to appease the blind wrath
OF the French populace is pretty likely to
be wellfounded. Apparently the defence
can procure. the attendance of only those
witnesses which the prosecution is willing
that it should have. Men summoned are
actually prevented from coming by orders
from the government, and the protest of
the defendant avails nothing. Further
1noreSthe populaoe is allowed apparently
to take possession Of the halls of justice
md vent its wrath on the prisoner by
announcing him whenever it secs fit. In
such an atmosphere justice
is out of the question. Luck
fly for lola the charge ON which the gov
eminent has seen fit to arrsign him is not
q VERT serious one, but the result would
be the probably if it were. Possibly
in time Che craze that seems to have taken
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THE House committee cut down the ap-
partment from 81, 1000. 900 to $4,000, 900
and the House adopted the committee S
figures 1t is believed the Senate will in
crease the House appropriation and that
the amount finally agreed upon by the
two houses will be somewhat larger than
81, oo0,000. 1t is quite evident that the
with Spain very seriously else it would
have voted for larger appropriation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-10

Precisely what the purpose is of the
Kansas insurance commissioner in de-
manding to know the salaries of the
Presidents of insurance companies doing
business in that state does not appear.
Perhaps he is trying to show that the rates
Of insurance have to be high not so much
on account of losses as Of salaries, and in
many cases if he gets the statement he
is after he will succeed, for some of the
companies are certainly paying enormous
salaries, salaries far beyond any equiva-
lent which. can be given for them. Double
the salary of the President Of the United
preme Judge some of these Presidents are
getting.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-10

Whether the letter attributed to Senol
DeLone. the Spanish minister, in which
President Mckinley is characterized as a
slow politician is genuine or not it is
no use to attempt to say In the light Of
the present information in regard to it.
De LONE ia non-committsl, while the
Cuban Juntn say it is in his hand writ
ing. II DeLome wrote 1t Of course he
will be persona non grata to our govern.
Ineas and II the Spanish government
does not recall him voluntarily, which
most likely it will do, he will speedily be
given to understand that be can hold nc
official communication with this govern.
nent in the future.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-10

Perry ssBelmont's defence of Senator
Murphy's action in voting for 1.-THE Teller
resolution, that MIR. Mckinley voted for
the Stanley Matthews resolution in 1878,
is a pretty weak one. Even were the cases
ansexaot parallel that would be no de-
Z fence. But voting for the Stanley Mat
.thews resolution in 1878 and the Teller
6resolution in 1898 are very different
q things. In 1878 gold and silver were
B close together. In 1898 they are wide
= apart.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-10
. THE LoANao MUCH STRAINED.

Avonmouth, February 9.-The British
steamer Loanao, Captain Evans, which
arrived here from Portland, labored
heavily, and is much strained from the
tempestuous weather which she en-
countered on the passage. The great seas
smashed two boats, flooded the stoke hole
and cabins, washed off the tarpauline to
hatch number two hold, through which
water was admitted to it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-10
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

Once more the old Freedom Academy
will throw open it's doors. After having
been closed for many years it will be re.
opened on March 1, with W. W. Rich OF
Southwest Harbor as its principal. This
Will be good news to the people OF
northern Waldo county, as how many
people can SEMI children there to scohol
and fit them for college. who would not
be able to send them away to other
schools. The re-opening of this school is
the result of the untiring efforts of DR..
A. j. Billings, who was in the last Sen
ate from Waldo county and who succeeded
in getting an appropriation of $500 from
the state.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-10

possession of the French people win pass
away, and they will see the Injustice of
the proceeding against Dreyfus as we'll as
that against lola, but just now they see
nothing but Jews, and in their present
insane state of mind Jews are necessarily
traitors for whom no treatment can be too
bad.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-10

The Cuban resolutions offered in the
Senate will amount to nothing as far as
action is concerned, but they will serve
to keep alive the excitement and that no
doubt,lis the principal purpose in offer
ing them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-10

;, Lord Salisbury's statemenfin the House
of Lords relative to the Chinese situation
was brief and comprehensive. He said
thatsEngIand had not waived any of her
treaty rights and, did not intend to.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-10

Henry Farnham, brakeman on the
Maine Central freight train No. 40 had
his right arm seriously injured Tuesday
morning while shackling cars at East
Newport, getting it cAught between the
bumpers OF two cars DR.. L. M. Griffin
of Pittsfield dressed the wound .and.. found
that the flesh had been started from the
bone, the injury being worse than If o
hone had been broken.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-10

1T is announced low that both Gen.
Blanco, the Spanish commander in Cuba,
and Gen. Garcia, the Cuban chieftain,
are drowning their sorrows in strong
drink.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-10

For many years the Republican party
has been pledged to Hawaiian annexa
tion" is a statement we find in an es
teemed contemporary. Where, when and
how was it so pledged? The only body
that has the right to pledge the Republi-
Scan partyis the National Convention,
and the last National Convention de-
clarea simply that the Hawaiian Islands
should be controlled by the United
States. and no foreign Power should be
permitted TO interfere with them" When
this declaration WIS made a treaty of an
nexation had been negotiated by Presi-
6ent>Harrlson, and had been Withdrawn
from the Sena'e by President Cleveland
The National Convention was perfectly
aware>that this treaty was in existence.
Yet With an annexation treaty right be-
fore its eyes, which had been negotiated
by Republican President and with
tJrawn from the Senate by Democratic
President it resolved, not that Hawaii
should be annexed, but that it should be
controlled by the United States. If it
meant to pledge the Republican party
to annexation, why didn't it say SOP 1t
did not say SO because it did not mean SO.
For the past fifty years the Sandwich
Islands have been controlled by the
United States, in the sense that the word
control is used in the platform. That
is, the United States has insisted that
its influence should be paramount there,
and no other nation should interfere.
The Republican party, through the Ma
tional Convention, pledged itself to con-
tinue this policy. 1t is impossible to dis
tort the language used into any pledge
of annexation, and the people who say
that the party is pledged to that policy
can offer no authority for their state
ment. 1t is of piece with most of the
other reasons given for annexation,
founded on misunderstanding or DELHI
crate perversion of facts.