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The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20
EXPANSION OF BUSINESS.
Orders and Purchases Have Increased in
Nearly All Branches.

New York, August l9.-R. g. Dun &
Co. weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say:
A war which brought no shrinkage of
business while it lasted, has brought with
its ending quite remarkable expansion.
Orders and purchases have increased in
nearly all branches, few as yet being of
such nature that they can be attributed
to the material enlargement of trade with
the lately Spanish islands which may come
q little later. It is odd that the iron in
dustry, while reporting decline in
products, shows more surprising gain In
business than in any other. The demand
for finished pro ducts expands remarkably
considering the enormous orders prior to
July which crowd. some of the biggest
works until December.
Grey forge also advanced and eastern
anthracite and southern pig Chicago
have advanced 25c.
There is q general advance in the minor
metals, copper to 100 for lake, Lead TO
4O7 10 and while tin and tin plates are
unchanged, both are stronger.
Shipments of boots and shoes in three
weeks Of August are the largest ever
known. In spite of general refusal OF
buyers to pay advances asked. purchases
are continuous and keep works busy.
many having orders for month or two
ahead.
Leather has slightly yielded in some
grades with sea rce1y any buying ahead OF
necessities and hides were shade lower
last week and have not changed. There
appears O gradual accommodation OF
prices of materials to the necessities OF
boot and shoe distributors. Such an adj
iustment is needed in the wooden in
drstry. for some mills are closing, and
others are selling old stocks of wool.
present orders for goods not warranting
present prices of material. Yet other
mills in equal number are starting on
different lines of goods and in dress goods
instead of 80 per cent plain, large pro-
portion of fancies has been taken, though
a heavy auction sale, just announced.
may affect the demand. OF cotton mills
also, though few have stopped, quite as
many have started, and the demand for
staples is increasing, and in prints and
ginghams is fairly good.
The yielding in cotton to 5 7-So helps
the mills and Is not surprising, with
present prospects of great crop. Wheat
has further declined two cents in spite of
general holding Of better grades by farm
srs which renders receipts low and visible
supply small beyond presidents. Corn
exports are gradually declining and
prices are two cents lower, rather larger
estimates of yield being now credited.
Failures for the week have been 154 in
the United States against 233 last year
and II in Canada against 80 last year.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20

The controversy between the shippers
and express companies as to who should
pay for the stamp which the government
requires to be placed on the receipt which
the companies are obliged to give the
shippers has come to head In New York,
where suit has been brought in the SUI
preme Court to decide the matter Hon.
Joseph Fl. Choate is counsel for the ship
pers. The attitude Of the government on
this question has besn that 1t lies entire
ly between the shipper and the company
to determine who shall pay the tax. If
the government finds receipt without
the stamp it will prosecute the express
company; but in the controversies between
the shippers and company as to who shall
pay for the stamp the government has in
structed it's agents to take no part. The
suit in the present case, though involving
directly q small amount, is one whose
consequences may be far reaching. A
decision against the express companies
would compel them either to assume a
very heavy burden or raise their rates OF
transportation. Probably the burden
would be too big for them to carry, If
they were disposed to, and their only way
out would be to raise their rates. While
it would be unjust to compel the compa-
MES to assume the whole burden, it would
seem to be no more than right that they
should assume part OF 1t.
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only the city and bay OF Manila; whether
Manila is held under the surrender or
under the terms of the protocol. The ar.
rangement between Spain and the United
States is that the future of the Philip
pines shall be arranged by commissioners
appointed by the United States and
Spain. and whether our flag floats over
one island of the group or dozen will
play little part in that settlement.
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(Ponce Letter to N. Y. SUM-

(POnC6 LeUUer GO N. L. Ouus
The people of this part of the island
look upon Americans as race of giants,
and they seem to have firm conviction
that not only are we great nation and a
big people, but that everything connected
with us is made upon the same grand
scale.
There are good reasons for their having
arrived at these conclusions. The first
troops which landed at Port Ponce were
the Third Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.
and these were followed by the Second
Wisconsin and Sixteenth Pennsylvania.
Probably nowhere in the whole army
could one find similar number of men
of equal stature. The Wisconsin men are
particularly large, and each one of them
would make just about two Of the Porto
Rioonians, These natives are little peo-
ple and lightly built. Many of the Wis
consin and Pennsylvania men stand two
inches or more above six feet in height.
1t happens also that many OF the MEM
hers of General Wilson's staff are large
men. and some of them, like Captain A.
p. Gardner and Lieutenant Fred S. tt
tus, are noted as athletes.
With these big men and officers to fur
nish them their first impressions, the
coming of our horses and mules and
wagons clinched the idea that we were
gigantic without any loophole for argu.
ment. The Porto Riconians have plenty
of horses and mules, but every one OIL
them seems to come of race which was
| stunted ages ago. That they are tough
and serviceable every one agrees, but the
horses and mules also are but little larger
than a good sized donkey. The horses
are thin and agile, and the Spanish
thoughtlsssness, which is equivalent to
cruelty, keeps them goaded along SO that
they never have time to pick up flesh.
The mules which we brought are par
ticularly fine specimens of our native
product, and as hundreds after hundreds
of them were landed, hitohed to army
wagons and set to work, the natives
stared and stared at them in wonder.
They could be heard talking of the great
size and strength of the animals as one
passed along the streets, but it was not
until yesterday that any of them took
means to show his establishment at the
size of the men.
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Gen. Bancroft of Massachusetts. who
was with the troops at Jacksonville. at
tributes the great amount of sickness to
bad sanitary arrangement of the camp,
carelessness and neglect on tho part of
the men themselves, and inadequate hos
pital supplies and service. He thinks
men who go to make up the army should
be taught the rules essential to protect
ing themselves while in the army.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20

MIR. Levi Greenleaf introduced Mr. Mo
Kinney last night as the next represen-
tative in Congress from this district.
Mr. Mckinney ought to have returned the
compliment by abiding to Mr. Greenleai
as the next attorney for this county.
Then as Ananiases, they would have beer
on perfect equality.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20

One reason given for holding the Phil
iIpines Is that England wants US to-
The rule of action in this country used to
be to find out what England wanted us
to do, and then do something as different
as possible. 1t was a pretty poor rule
but to do things because England wants
US to may be q pretty poor rule also.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20

A correspondent of the Montreal Star
reports that 1t is a common thing to hear
the remark in this country that dewey
should be President. We have an idea,
however, that Dewey viii be found not
willing.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20

sentiment of the West is that where the
flag has been raised it must not come
down. Are we going to annex Cuba at
onaa2
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20

The most noticeable thing about the
Democratic meeting at the Auditorium
last evening WAS the absence of promi.
nent Democrats.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20

So far only two of the American peace
commissioners appear to have been select
ed-Secretary Day and Senator Cushman
z. Davis.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20

The Hon. Samuel L. Lords speech at
the Auditorium last night had the merit
Of breyity. That cannot be said of Par
son McKinney's.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20

Ex-Secretary Sherman very plainly ex-
pressed his ideas on the subject of nation
al expansion at a soldiers reunion at
Wooster, Ohio, few days ago. He said:
ssThe vast extent and compass of our
country should satisfy our people and
prevent them from extending their do
main to distant lands possessions diff
cult to control and impossible to defend.
regret to notice q disposition in Con-
gress to reach out for outside territory.
This ambition for the occupation of ter
ritory has been the ruin of Greece, Rome
and the great nations Of Asia in ancient
times, and of Spain, Austria and Italy
in modern times. And now the United
States is in more danger from similar
causes than all others combined. The
greed of territory, and the attempt to
rule it lost Great Britain the great body
of what is now the Unitsd States of
America If we can be content with our
vast continental possessions we can dis
pense with the islands Of the seas. There
is no room for them in our system of
States Their people do not speak our
language. Friendly trade relations can
be easily arranged, but American domi-
nation, if attempted, will lead to INTERIM
Unable evils. "
These views are very similar to those
expressed by Senator Hoar in his speech
on Hawaiian annexation at the last SEES
sion of Congress. 1t appears to have oc-
Cured to neither of these gentlemen that
for the United States not to take the
Philippines under its control and give
to them the blessings of itsl civilization
would be crime. And yet they have
not been regarded as obtuse persons. who
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20

a The order of the War Departmental
reeting the Maine regiment now at
Chickamauga to return to Augusta will
give great satisfaction to Maine people.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20

! Mr. Mckinney said last night that his
voice was much worn. He didn't need
to tell his audience that about his
speech.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20
AUCTION SALES.
PORTLAND, ME-, AUGUST Is. 1898.

PORTLAND, ME-, AUGUST Is. 1898.
To THE HONORABLE THE HARBoR COMMITS
sIoNERs, PORTLAND HARBoR:
TIME Portland anu Cape Elizabeth Railway
Company petition your Honorable Board
for permission TO build a bridge of sufficient
width for its railway tracks on the easterly side
of the Portland bridge. and attached to same
extending from the draw to the Cape Elizabeth
end ALI in Portland Harbor.
PORTLAND AND CAPE ELIZABETH RAIL
WAY CO.,
y Its Attorney.
On the foregoing petition, it is ordered that
" shearing be appointed for Thursday
August 70. next at O'Clock p. m. at the office of
the Harbor Commissioners, No Exchange ST..
where all parties may be heald; and it is fur
ther ordered that notice of the above petition
together with this our order thereon. be given
by publication III the Portland Daily Press,
Argus, Advertiser and Express, for seven
days previous to the hearing.
(Signed)
e. HENRY FOX,
SAM'L B. KELSEY.
g. H. FARLEY.
Portland, Aug. 16, 1898. augl7d7t
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It would seem to make little difference
whether Captain General Augustin sur
rendered to US all the Philippines, OF
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20

FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Charles G. Wiggin, Freeport.
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FINANCIAL.

=. $4,000 :.
BRIDGTON AND SACO
RIVER RAILROAD CO.
First Mortgage,
4 PER CENT GOLD BONDS.
Due juno !, 1928. Interest June and Dec.
Trustee, Union Safe Deposit and Trust
Company. Portland.
The Bridgton and saco River Railroad IS q
narrow gauge road extending from Brldgton
Junction, near Hiram, on the White mountain
Division of the Maine Central. through Bridg-
ton and North Bridgton to HarrIson-N miles.
The road was built to Bridgton in 1882 and has
been in unsuccessful operation ever since. Inc
last report Of the Railroad Commissioners says:
Its road-bed and track are IN excellent con
dition In all respects. It's bridges are carefully
looked after and have been reduced 10 number.
by filling. until there are only Few OF them ana
all maintained in very substantial manner.
The rolling stock is in first class condition in
all respects, and the station buildings are main
tanned in good repair, cleanly and convenient.
Taken as a whole, this is one OF the model mar
row gauge railroads of the State"
The extension from Bridgton to Harrison was
built in the spring and early summer OF 1885, at
a cost OF about S35, 000 To meet this expendi-
lure. NiJ,UUU 0I tllo Cdtllbdl S1OCh " VIC GUM
pany was sold at par AMI bonds issued Tor the
balance.
In making this new issue of bonds it was
Thought best to provide. at the same time, for
retiring $1U6,5O0 outstanding per cent. bonds.
which will mature IN 1902 and 1904 The new
mortgage was accordingly fixed at $685. 900 Of
this amount S1O6, 500 are hold by the trustees
and can be issued only for the purpose men
toned above. OF the remaining $2S.50O. such
as are not required on account OF the extension
will be held in the Treasury of tho Company.
The new bonds form q first lien on the extern
sion from BrIdgton to Harrison and Will be-
come first lien on the entire property when
the outstanding bonds mentioned above are re-
tired in 1902 and 1904.
1t win be noticed that the total mortgage IN
debtedneSS of the company, including Enls -,
sue OF bonds, cannot exceed $4,000 Inc COS.
an equity above the entire bonded lnaeDteuness
OF over 100000.
For the fiscal year ending June 30.
1893. the gross income OF the coili- 600 AKA oe
p3ny was. - 20. o
o9rpini ,s ABOVE c 81, EXPENSES 5,so7.27
In the opipion of competent judges, the ex-
tension of the ro I'D to Harrison VIII auu Haio
rally TO both these amounts. Moreover, Ine
refunding of the present outstanding slA per
cent b. nds when they mature,lnto tne new lour
per cent bonds. will make an annual saving OF
70 1870. which should also be taken lnto account
IN Considering the future of the property.
The mortgage has been drawn and the bonds
issued under competent legal advice, and we
feaI confid .nce in recommending hese bonds as
an investment for savings bank or other trust
funds
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20
OUR BIG WARRIORS.

The Porto Ricans Wonder at the Size of
Them.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20

FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
James M. Thompson, New Gloucester.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-20

FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.
Norman True, Pownal.
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$4,000
CUMBERLAND COUNTY As.
$4,000
Portland Young Mems
Christian Association.
20 YEAR 4PER CENT FIRST .a0RTGaG: BONDS.

70 YEAH APEX CENT FINS MuRlG GAG. BONDS.
This issue is secured by first mortgage on
the land and building, on Congress and High
streets, Portland. which cost 10000. The In
surance is $65,0Oo, and the present rental of
The TOTAL interest charge is $1,000, so that
the income is OVER THREE. TIMES THE
INTEREST charges. Legal opinion and furth-
er information on application. All OF the
above three issues are in $500 pieces.
Werecommend all of the above securities as
ABSOLUTELY SAFE, and offer in addition
the following high grade bonds, in limited
amounts:--
u. 8. Bonds. 1925, as
Portland Water, GOId, AS
Portland Railroad, Gold, A l.2's
Maine Central, LIST Mtge, As
Port. Il RumfOrd Fails, AS
Union Pacific, list Mtge, as
New York & New Eng. 6'S
West Chicago st II. k. SIS
Joliet Railroad, Gold, SIS
Belfast 6's taken i'm exchange.
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FOR CLERK OF COURTS.
benjamin G. Stone. Portland.
The record-union., 1898-10-08
FIGHT AWARDED TO SMITH
McKeever Cutc1assed in the Bout
With the Australian.

NEW YORK, Oct 7-"Mysterious"
Billy Smith of this city is still cham
pion welterweight pugilist. He met
Charley McKeever of Philadelphia at
the Lenox Athletic Club tonight in a
twenty -five-round bout at 142 pounds.
and although McKeever stayed the full
route. the bout was one-sided and all
in Smiths favor
McKeeyer was heralded as the most
dangerous man which Smith had ever
tackled. but his showing was a great
disappointment, as he was at no time
capable of making an impression upon
the mysterious" boxer, who knocked
him off his feet in the twenty-third and
twenty fifth rounds.
When the last five rounds began
Smith was as fresh as ever. while Nc
Keever though plucky was evidently
much weakened from his punishment.
In the twenty third round Smith swung
his right on the jaw, and Mac dropped
to the floor He got up quickly and
hugged his man until the referee
pulled them apart Billy rushed mat
ters in the twenty-fourth, but the bell
came to McKeever's rescue. In the last
round Smith knocked McKeever clean
off his pins with right swing on the
jaw, but the Philadelphian was up in
side of three seconds. Billy tried hard
to get in a knockout blow, but could
not land it. The referee awarded the
bout 10 Smith
The record-union., 1898-10-08

has been through all the intermediate
courts, and was passed upon by the
State Supreme Court, and finally re-
manded for hearing on its merits here.
Before this occurred. on Wednesday,
a settlement was effected, SaXton pay
ing George 1,S25 on the claim set up
of $4,000 for damages. Mrs. George
has also had several cases against
SaXton, claiming the detention of fur
niture, the defense of SaXton being that
the articles We're held for overdue rent.
Mrs. Althouse, in front of whose
house the shooting occurred. several
months ago began peace proceedings
against Mrs. George, alleging that her
life had been threatened
While the officers were talking to
Mrs. Oberlin, in whose house Mrs.
George lived, Mrs. George was seen
coming across a lot near by. AS she
attempted to so around the house to
set in the back way, she was put
under arrest by the officers and brought
to police headquarters. When she was
brought into the station she seemed
perfectly cool, and absolutely refused
to talk.
Mrs George was taken into the wo-
mans department. No weapon was
found on her She was locked up to
await a hearing.
The record-union., 1898-10-08
ARMY OFFICERS.
Quite n Number of Generals Hon
orably Discharged.

WASHINGTON, Oct THE War
Department to-day issued the long-ex-
pected order for the honorable dis
charge from the volunteer service of
the United States of three Major Cen
erals and twenty-six Brigadier Gener-
ais of volunteers. This heavy reduc-
ton was made necessary by the fact
that the volunteer army itself has al
ready been reduced by fully % pei
cent, and there is consequently no
duty remaining for these officers TO
discharge. The officers who were pro-
noted from the regular army will re-
turn to their former duties. The list
is as follows:
Major Generals-John Coppinger, Oc-
tober IS. 1898: Hamilton S. Hawkins.
November 80. 1898; Jacob T. Kent,
November 80, 1898.
Brigadier Generals, to take effect Oc-
tober 81, 1S9S-Francis l.. Guenther, A.
E. Bates, George L. Gillespie, L. f.
Hubbard, j. r. Wattles, Charles P.
Mattocks. NJ w. Sheafe, j. H. Bark
lev. J. w. Plume, T. l.. Rosser, j. K.
Hudson.
Brigadier Generals. to take effect
November 80. 1S9S-John I. Rodgers,
A s. Burt. P. c. Haines, G. A. Gar
retson, H. A Dufffeld. ]. B. Babcock,
Roy Stone, w F. Rudolph, Henry Car
roll. f. P. Pearson, J. H. Page, William
w. Wherry, Charles D. Viele, A. S.
Daggett, j. V. Patterson.
Brigadier Generals Bates, Gillespie.
John r Babcock and Peter Haines will
continue their present duties.
The record-union., 1898-10-08
TRAGEDY IN OHIO.
A Brother of Mrs. Mckinley ShoA
and Instantly Killed.

CANTON (O), Oct. 7.-George d
Saxton, a brother of Mrs. President
Mckinley, was shot dead at 6:1O this
evening IN front of the residence of
Mrs. Eva b. Althouse, widow of the
late George Althouse 319 Lincoln
avenue, where he is presumed to have
gone to make a call. Five shots were
fred, three of which entered the BODY.
Mrs. Anna c. George has been placed
under arrest on suspicion of having.
committed the murder
SaXton was unconscious when neigh
bors arrived, and was dead when the
physicians arrived, the physicians ex-
pressing the opinion that death was in
Simultaneous three bullets having en-
tered vital spots.
The position of the body indicated
that he had been on the step to the
Althouse residence when the shots
were fired. The body was taken TO an
undertaking room and placed in charge
of the Coroner. Immediately after the
autopsy it will be taken to the home
Of NJ. G. Barber, a brother-in-law.
where SaXton, who was unmarried.
made his home.
Mr.. SaXton left the Barber home
about 6 o'clock, riding his bicycle, and
this was the last seen of him by MS
friends. The Althouse home was dark
and locked, and the neighbors' said Mrs.
Althouse had not been at home for the
past three days. One of the neighbors
said a woman who was supposed to
have done the shooting had passed
back of the house.
Mrs. George took her supper as usual
at a downtown restaurant at 4:43
o'clock, and some time later was or a
westbound car, and according to the
motorman, got off at Hazlette avenue.
near the Althouse home. About 9
o'clock she was arrested by the police
officers and locked up. Trouble in locat-
ing her was due principally to the fact
that she moved from her old home
yesterday.
Mrs George is the divorced wife of
Sample G.. George, who formerly was
a tenant of Saxton in his downtown
business block. conducting a dressmak-
ing business. Her divorce was OBJ
tained in Dakota, and a proceeding was
later filed in the local courts by the
husband against Saxton. charging that
Saxton had sent her there to secure
the divorce, the proceeding here being a
suit for damages for the alleged aliena-
ton Of the wife's affections. This case