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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07
More Trouble for Spain.

Poor old Spain is in trouble on all
sides and her many Affections are in
creasing in severity Not the least Of
her woes is the fact that our govern
ment has numerous claims against her
for injuries inflicted on the persons
and property of Americans in Cuba
These indemnity claims have not been
pushed because it is the policy of this
government to show every consideration
to an impoverished and struggling ma
ton. But now that Spain is announcing
to the world that Cuba is 'pacified"
and the war is oversize can have no eX-
cuse to delay the settlement of these
just claims. OF course the world knows
well that Spain has not conquered
Cuba and that she never can conquer
her absurd claim that autonomy has
been established in the island she must
take the troublesome consequences,
In the face of Spain's extraordinary
contentious. no objection could b."
raised to the despatch of the Maine 20
Havana. and the United States gov.
eminent has now no great hesitation
i'm pressing the claims. which we've held
in allegiance while the insurgents Wer"
keeping the royal troops 50 busy. with
the understanding that they would lie
taken up when the war was ended.
The state department knows that the
insurgents are having the hest of II.
hut Spain cannot retract the state
and the pacification of the island.
without admitting that the rebellion is
as strong as ever Spain is Therefore
obliged to adhere to her remarkable
claims, although they are proving Il
boomerang.
Among the American claims is that
Of Mrs. Ruiz for indemnity on account
of the murder Of her husband in a
Spanish prison which has not been
pushed Wnlle SPAN mas 't"l 50 surrey
pressed. 1t is probable that the Ruiz
and other similar cases will he re
Element. although the state department
is considering the advsablity of max
ing a demand for the immediate pay
nlent of the $4,000 which has bees
asked for Mrs. Ruiz.
Spain is not the only country thai
owes the United States a large amount
Of indemnity money Turkey has a
large bill to pay for injuries to Ameri-
can citizens in Armenia. but il will he
no easy task to collect bills of that
bankrupt monarchy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
For America.
New York Sun.


Neither the Republican party nor tho
Democracy Is the party Of Hawaiian an
nexation. Neither the Republican organ
iZaton nor the Democratic is Gphtina
this treaty of manifest destiny.
Marcy and Blaine thought alike.
The only party issue involved in the
Hawaiian question is the issue between
Americanism and Mugwumpery. The
line is clearly and sharply drawn.
on one side is the overwhelming senti-
ment of the American people, fortified by
the traditions of its wisest and fur,hest
seeing craftsmanship. and inspired BY the
patriotism that marks the progress of
the world and looks ahead.
on the other side are the disciples of
Mugwump pesSimism, the chronic oh
structioniSts, the constant advocates OF
surrender. the survivors and apologists
of Clevelandism, and the men generally
who are happiest when the flag Is being
hauled down.
That is the only party division that We
know of, with regard to the natural and
orderly process of national expansion and
the interests of this country in the
Pacific ocean Of the twentieth century.
1t is for America, or against America
Does any American doubt which party
will urDEJii2
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07
u,rhwaxmen on wheels.

A wheeman Of West 46th Street. New iorA.
was not long since attacked, robbed ana ier'
senseless by two highwaymen mounted on VI
cycles in Central Park. Repeated accounts u
robbcries by men mounted upon the swift ~
vovng wheel have appeared in the papers III
various parts of the country. In each 1nstante
far as learned. they have evaded the poiie.,
Those depredators of the health. diseases .,
the kidneys and bladder. viii likewise III M
likelihood escape arrest, and pursue their a'.e'
cious career unchecked, unless they are aFFes'
ed in the outset by the potent intervention Oh
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the finest uures y,
as we'll as tonic. known 10 modern times "
genial preventive named is the best known ine
decimal safeguard not only against renal w..
also rheumatic and malarial disorders. IL
the start that disease is the mere easily ~ ~
completely overcome. The use OF the Bitters Is
followed .by the happiest results in cases Oh ".
pepsia. constipation. liver complaint ana 'e
yousncSS. -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07
BILIOUS
NESS

bosses many body and bur
dens many mind. You can't enjoy
the food you like because you are
bilious. You take all sorts of pre-
cautions, and yet the bilious attack
leaps on you like tiger from ambush.
You know the feeling! The blood
seeming on fire with dull heat the
boring pains in the eyes; the head
seeming to open and shut; the hor-
rible nausea. You know the irrita-
bility which precedes and the languor
that follows the attack. It's miser-
able, isn't it Why not cure the
trouble ? There's a pill that will cure
blllousness. DR.. j. c. AYERS PILLS
are an acknowledged specific for this
arrangement.
A. Swanger, Texarkana, Tex, writes :
For fifteen years have used Ayers Pills,
and find them very effective in bilious COM
plants. | have yet to see the case where
they have failed to cure"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

In the annals of commissions there
is nothing more remarkable than the
work Of the Massachusetts, commission
to reconstruct the State House, and the
fortunate old commonwealth is indeed
to be congratulated. 1t reconstructed
the historic old building with consid-
erably less money than was approprla-
ted for that purpose. and now, i'll view
of the fact that there is likely to be
work, the members of the commission
have requested that they may be per
mitted to supervise the completion OF
their duties without salaries.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

Greater New York is beginning 10
realize that instead of reduced eXpen-
ses and economy resulting from its re
organization it viii have TO pay more
than ever Tor municipal necessities and
mxuri,s The abolition of duplicate
offices in thes different horoushs' of
which so much was heard during he
campaign. seems not to materialize.
Consolidation appears to have brought
no saving. This is because Tammany
toughs are in power, and they wan;
the stuff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07
Reflections Of 4 Bachelor.

Woman wouldn't besnear SO much OF a
curiosity if she didn't have any.
No man can keep a secret when he's IN
when she isn't.
Probably women like cats because they
always act SO unhappy when it's raining
outdoors. 4t IS
Most men would rather be held up by
footpad for all they've got than to hold
up baby for five minutes.
No girl has any idea how much she
cares for a man till she begins to have
an idea how little he cares for her.
a woman is attractive in much the
same way as the North Pole is. When
cred that there was nothing there.-New
York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

Part of the enormous quantity of paper
that is turned out ut the Cumberland
mills for The Youths Companion. Mum
sey's and McClure's. comes back even
tually to the place where it was borh.
but in Il different shape. Every now ana
then there appears on the dock huge
boxes of these magazines but all mutilat-
ed sufficiently to prevent them from ge'.
ting into the channels of trade. Most OF
them are slit right through the center.
Occasionally a board on one of the. boxes !,
gets loosened and then there is a wiiu
rush by the sailors from the crafts In the
neighboring vicinity to stock up on loose
literature. 1t is said that these Old mag
azines are reduced to pulp and made INTO
another grade of paper.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

The woman suffrage workers before
the Massachusetts legislative commit
tee met with much unexpected oppo-
sition this year from their own sex.
Many leading women who are opposed
to this step being taken have come out
with strength and spirit and argued
their objections This varied the monot-
ony that has prevailed at most pre-
vious hearings and gave a novelty t,
the occasion. As long as many Wom2l
say they do not want the ballot. ant
while the state thinks it does not neeo
their vote. The battle of the Woma,
suffragist is a pretty hopeless confess
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

The relations between capital and
labor in Great Britain have not fGf
many years been 50 unpleasant as they
are now and it is feared that the pres
ent year Will be quite as notable foI
strikes as last year was. The pfottac-
ted engineers strik" in England has re
suited in loss of $4,000 000 in wages
to the strikers and this by on mean,
represents the whole cost or the STRIKE.
1t is impossible To come anywhere ntlr
the damage to the industries in which
the strikers were engaged. but il Ger
tainly amounts to many millions Of
dollars. During the month Of NoNen-
her the shipments of machinery ia
England were more than 81 900, 600 less
in value than they were for til" sam
month a year before. What makes this
all tn" more unpleasant to the British
is the fact that the exports of machin-
cry from Germany increased almoe;
exactly as much as those of England
decreased. The railway traffic of Eng
land suffered severely by the strikr
and almost every line of business wa
injured in greater or less degree.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07
Germany and American Apples.

Not only the fruit growers of our
country but the whole American people
have been astounded to learn that Ger
many has prohibited the importation
of American apples The ostensible
ground of this strange act is that our
fruit contains an insect or worm tina
eudangerS German orchards but it,
real object is TO answer an appeal from.
German fruit growers To he protected
from American competition and TO gIat
fly a longfe desire on the part of
the German government to strike an
underhand blow at Americas growing
commerce with that country. The frs
effect of this order will he TO turn back
to the consi@ners some 5000 barrels Of
American apples now in various Ger
man ports awaiting trans shipment.
together with several train loads of the
same kind of freight which are thus
forbidden to cross the frontier. Its
broader result however, will he to close
the markets of the entire German En-
prn to the fruit growers of this coun
try. thereby destroying d trade which
has given them yearly increasing
outlet for their products.
Germany has always exhibited a
marked hostility to American prod
ucts, and has thoroughly established
the unjust and foolish policy of exclud-
ing from her markets all our products
that are plainly superior to her ow H.
German apples are the poorest tina!
grow anywhere. and our fruit has
found a ready sale in that country and
has been rapidly growing in popular
favor. 1t is curious to note that just
as soon as an American product of any
sort becomes popular among the Ger
man people the Kaiser's government
invariably discovers that there is some
thing seriously wrong with it from Il
sanitary point of view. Thus in turn
| it has been gravely announced to the
/
of trichina. that American lard wa
made of cotton seed oil, that American
| flour was adulterateu with chalk that
American kerosene was dangerously
explosive, that American corned beef
was made of horse meat, and before
the present bug story was invented it
was charged that American apples
We're loaded with fever germs. Every
thing American, from corn meal to bi =
cycles, and from California prunes to
locomotives and threshing machines,
has been branded by the Jealous Ger
man microbe chasers as breeders and
abiding places of disease and danger.
The sudden discovery of this danger.
Gus insect that does not exist. is sim
ply another unjust blow by Germany
against our commerce. The true cause
of the exclusion of our fruit is the jeal-
ousy of Germany of our commercial
/ prosperity and the superiority of our
products, and the hatred of the ruling
classes of that monarchial country for
our free Democratic institutions. 1t is
unfortunate that our trade relations
with Germany are so strained and that
! they cannot be on a more cordial basis.
| But this country has remedy al hand
that should be promptly applied. In
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

as the chairman of the commissio,,
that has to do with one Of the sre.,.s,
industries that any state can boast of
There was Hon. =. w. Matthews of ~,
labor bureau, who Is as conperca
with the problems of the State,s
greatness as any man whit,
its borders. He climbed the moun,aina
and hills Of the State; he toyed vim
the sentinel crags Of the magnificent
scenery Of Maine and told of the won
derful change that had come ovar
Maine industrially and in national i'm.
portance until the guests at the ia bIas
enthusiastically applauded. Than
there was Attorney General Hahn.
who is never al loss for a word in
speaking the praises of his native
state. He knows the State from Cart
bou in the AroOstook to kitterv Pom.
and he told Of the magnificence ne
Maine as compared with that OF tho
other states of the Union Main.
can give the other states one HIM
dred points handicap and then beat
them all. Maine never Jared so wei,
at the hands of any crowd of men ,s
Friday. II was rare occasion. Ii Was
the grand prelude to the song that
every Maine man sings abroad and NJ
home. Maine first, last, and all tho
time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

During the first six months of It's
$l3 800, 900 more revenue than the Will
son law, in its first six months. When
il Is remembered that the conditions
under which the Dingley law went INTO
operation precisely reversed those
which accompanied the beginning of
capacity in customs receipts, the con
trast is the more striking.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

} Maine Gossip.
A White World.

/ never knew the world in white
So beautiful could be
AS | have seen it here today
Beside the Wntry sea:
4 new earth. bride of a new heaven.
Has been revealed to me.
The sunrise blended wave and cloud
In one broad flood Of gold,
But touched with rose the worlds white
robes
In every curve ana fold:
While the blue air did over all
Its breath i'll wonder hold.
Earth was "a statue half awake
Beneath her Sculptors hand
How the Great Master bends with love
Above the work hc planned
Easy it is, on such a day. FL
To feel and understand.
Lucy Larcom in Boston Journal
Begin to select your valentines.
Wonder if this week can equal last
The town fathers are busy with the
annual reports.
Only four weeks before the March
meeting" in most Maine cities and
towns.
Some of the stage lines have hot
Yet been shovellcd out.
Auburn is pleasantly anticipating
the gathering of Names legal lights.
Wednesday,
Several persons are heard from who
have not yet broken all their New Yea.
resolutions.
Dover is mourning the loss of Bingo
Dinsmore. one of the towns most re
spected dogs. He was coming into the
PiScataquiS Observer office to make 4
friendly call and when part way UP
the stairs fell and rolled to the foot
where he soon died from some unknown
cause. Bingo was nominally owned by
Albert Dinsmore but divided his time
among numerous families 50 that he
was everybody's pet, and all felt as If
friend was gone. Such a dog can
| teach a lesson to many of the human
kind
Guilford correspondent thus adj
vcrtises his town to the world in an
exchange: Liquor is on sale in this
village with little or no hindrance.
Officers of the law muzzled: citizens
asleep: w. c. Il. L. quiet; and boys
going to ruin. rum riots in abundance.
"A South Gardner cat that rings tn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

the Indignation caused by the act OF
the German government there has been
much talk, both in the press of our
country and at Washington, concern
ing prompt retaliation against German
products.
We have every opportunity to pay
back Germany in its own coin. Our
trade with Germany is large and grow
ing. During the year 1897 our imports
from that country amounted to nearly
500. 900, 900. an increase of several mil
lions of dollars over the imports of the
preceding year We import wines.
hosiery, shoddy, cutlery and many
other articles. which we have no need
to get there. if Germany should persist
in closing her markets to our products.
Several times before Germany has
been brought to terms. and our terms,
too. when she has taken a similar
stand. There will be no serious troub
le and no danger of any, but it is
safe to say that the United States gov
eminent can easily show Kaiser VIII
liam that it is to his advantage to re
move his ridiculous restrictions against
American fruit. If other diplomatic
means fail then trade retaliation IS
sure to have the desired effect.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

when Senator Stewart of Nevada is
quoted it should be remembered that
he sits in the upper branch Of Congr"s-
as the representative Of 10000 people.
a considerable number OF whom ~,
employed in his own silver mines,
This, by the way, is more than 1000
less population than there Is IN kennv-
bee county. The State Of Maine has
sixteen times as many people as IN,
state represented by Mr.. Stewart, and
vastly more intelligent population,yet
ii has the same number of senators.
The disproportionate power welded III
the United States Senate by represen
tatives of a few thinly populated min
ing states constitutes one of the great
est dangers To the republic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

Congressman Fitzgerald who de-
scrbes himself as the sole Democra-
tic relic in the National House of Rep
resentatives," loves to challenge hi;
Republican colleagues. One challenS'
which reverberated through the col
umns of the Record, but was neVe
heard on the floor, was recently notet
by Mr. Mccall of the Massachusetts
body, who insisted that whenever sucl
calls to battle were issued by the ticr>
Boston warrior. those TO whom the!
were directed should he permitted L
hear them. 1t is certainly wrong, l.
such important matters, TO leave tn
noble foe to the remote chance o
stumbling upon the challenge amid til
debris of the Congressional Record.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

For a civilized country the Unite l
States had quite record in train rob
berries. last year. Thirty trains We're
held up in 1897. and in the last eight
years 21$ trains We're held up and Il
passengers and trainmen shot,of whom
IS were killed. In Mexico interference
With train is punishable With death,
and there was only one attempted
hold up. last year. Train robbers ard
WreckerS in our own own country have
little fear of state laws. When the
cross the boundary line they are be
yond reach of state officials. and often
make good their escape before othea
authority can be evoked If the crimes
referred to We're brought under federal
jurisdiction the criminals could be pur-
sued 10y United States marshals OF
other officials, freed from present de
iays and hindrances.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

Boston Herald)

Why do you wear pants?N said the
Chinese minister in Washington to DR..
Mary Walker at the latest White House
reception. ~
why do you wear that gown was
the retOrt. ~
Because il is the custom of my coun-
trymen." replied Mr.. wa in his fine Eng
fish
We'll. Mr.. Minister answered DR..
Walker this is a free country, and We
wear what we please" ~.
1t will have to be allowed that Dr..
Walker rather did up his Celestial high.
ness on this occasion. So
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07
Daily kennebec Journal.
TERMS: $500 PER YEAR.

No notice whatever will be taken of
unsigned communications
The journal cannot be held respOn-
sible for the preservation or return Of
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH G. FLYNT. Publishers, Au-
Kusta. Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

Senator Whites assertion that the
whole Hawaiian annexation scheme is
based upon sentimentality and sugar IS
a trifie far fetched in view Of the fact
that the most active opponents of ar
nexation have been the members of In
big sugar trust.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

The response that has come to tn.
strong stand ken by President Me
kinley in his New York speed n
against the proposition to pay the
United States bonds in silver coin.
makes it evident that the powerful
forces that fought the great battle Of
SO still stand shoulder to shoulder
against all assaults upon the national
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

What is this Mr.. Teller tells us about
his state being poor and distressed and
utterly unacquainted with prosperity?
Last wear the state of Colorado turned
out 100000 worth of fruit, $33.00o,ooH
worth of agricultural products. $2S ooo.
600 worth of q "d $l'"oo'""' worth
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

silver mines could have been removed
from the Senate chamber before the
vote on the Teller resolution it would
have been defeated, by a handsome
MARGIN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

The cause of underground wires was
given a great impetus by the recent
blizzard. This is a serious problem IN
the big cities
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

Japan has n unique scheme to rails,
money to pay for its new $500 900, 90
navy. The plan is to create a govern
ment tobacco monopoly. Under tn,
plan in contemplation a farmer wh'
wants to grow tobacco must take on
a license specifying the number o
acres he intends to plant, and he i!
also required to sell his entire crop t,
the government at a certain specific
price. The government will then resell
the tobacco TO manufacturers and deal
ers at an advance of 10 per cent owe
first cost, the expectation being tina
the system would yield an annual rev
enue of $l0,o00,0O0 Nevertheless. it i:
questionable whether any such monop
oily would raise revenue or a revolu
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

Weyler's wickedness and Blanco's
bribery have alike failed against the
heroic patriots of Cuba.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

No. President Diaz of Mexico will not
make Lincoln, Neb., his headquarters
when he visits this country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07
Thrives on Such Opposition.


FbFVOkIyH SldNUdTW NlOnI
The Republic of Hawaii has stood for
five years, Notwithstanding Grover Cleve-
land, Paramount Bsount, Liuokalani
and the rest of the royalties.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

OF course this story is true becaus.'
it came from Cornna, and that is a
good town. A certain gentleman there
is very fond Of escaloped oysters. He
purchased some nice hiNalves Of 10
cal dealer and sent them to his resi-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07
His Possible Fate.

New York Mail and Express) ~.
That ambitious Indiana man who is eat
ing thirty geese in thirty consecutive
days, on Il wager, ought to be careful.
He may be arrested on charge of canni-
balism ii he doesn't watch out.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

They have hopeful spirit down in
the office of the Camden Herald. wit.
ness its poem When the Hills ara
Green" which appeared last week.