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Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-10-19
AUGUSTA MAINE. WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 10 1885,
1897~TAXES!!

If your taxes for 1897 are not paid by
Thursday next your property will be
publicly advertised for sale. You would
not like this. We can loan you money to
pay your taxes or for any other purpose
and let you pay us in installments.
Business Confidential.
THE COLLATERAL LOAN COMPANY,
219 Water ST., opp. Cony House, Augusta.
ocf15 DIFF
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-10-19
Capt. J. G. Blaine Arrives Home.

Washington. Oct 1S.-Capt James G.
Blaine arrived in Washington, today,
from Manila. He has been ordered to re-
port at home to be discharged, his SER
vices being no longer required.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-10-19

On the sealing schooner Viva, which
arrived at Victoria, B. c., from Alaska
are three Scandinavians who have
made the trip from Lake Bennett,
Alaska, via st. Michael in an open
boat, a distance of 1000 miles.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-10-19
51,92S, lat SO
q
I LIABILITIES.
ResRfxeEund. 4 nerscent and
ali <ffGr nj l6fnnSsF'-

ali d(fer claxmsss ........... s5s, ,ss4, ,s24 6
Surplus, companys standard, 4,160,1E
Surplus by legal standard of
N. J., N. Y, etc. based ON
market value of assets and
per cent. reserve. .............. 4,7S4,ss5 2
Policies issued and revived in
1897, Is, l49, insuring. ......... 46i6, ,016 0
Policies in force Jan. 1st, 1895,
9s.7ss, insuring. ng................' 234. .4sAsss 0
The company has paid over $1,000, 900 ii
Maine and has a larger per cent. of al
the insurance it has written in the Stat
now in force than any other company.
c. +. DUNLAP, District Agent,
Is Exchange ST., Portlandl Me.
r. III. ENWRIGHT. So. Gardi1er, Me
Special Agents.
march4. .eOdtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-10-19
Total oxpenditures......

Total oxpenditures..............
ASSETS JANUARY /.
Cash on hand and in banks.
Loans on collateral, u. S.
bonds and other securities.
United States and other
bonds, par.
Y lrst bonds and mortgages
n 14DBtat2 ..................
w on pO1iciesSfn force. =. !.
: l11tS balances and cash
bltBQuops ..s.s.............. Nv .,-:
& ereQt due and accrued. -.
Net 6k8gered and unreported
afnatNIs onpolicies in force
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-10-19

Received for Interest and rents
EXPENDITURES IN
Claims by death, endoWments
and annuities, surrendered
policies and dividends or
returns premiums, total paid
pOlicyholders ..................
Taxes. Expenses, including
Agents' commissions, adver-
tising, salaries, &c...........
Profit and loss account, in
cluding premiums on bonds
purchased, and 500, 600
charged of from real estate
to cover possible deprecia.
ton ....................
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-10-19
iaA5. 1898
SD ANNUAL STATEMENT.
OF THE -
Mutual Benefit
Life Insurance Co.
~
NEWARK, N. J.
3 AMZI DODD, President.
RECEIPTS IN 1897.

Rece,ved for premiuns. $8,60S, 1871 81
Recejved for interest and rents 3.22,S2T 81
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-10-19

Continued on page II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-08
PERSONAL.
for him.

recent issue Of the "Matin" Of Paris just re-
ceived In the malls. says that on the previous
evening six persons and child entered one Of tho
boxes OF the Grand Opera House. in Paris. They
had hardly been seated when the door opened and
an inspector presented himself Speaking to the
head OF the party. he pointed to him that
the box contained only six places. and not seven.
and that the seventh person must pay for his seat
or leave the box. Unfortunately this amable f,nc-
tionary understood by the party none OF
whom could speak French. The Inspector left
and In few minutes came back. accompanied by
derstand English any more than the Inspector; but
he nevertheless ordered the party to quit the box
isi Inclined Inc to roman; but on second thoughts
opera about quarter Of an hour. and were natu-
rally surprised. but they did not make any com:
an 6TnS ape b to spSss FRENCH ss nSse o,
the persons whom he turned out were Mr. Ferdi,
sas at the ExhSen ~ @ and O. hs
The box nad been let to them by one Of MI Pcf
Of the be & ms
takes Of subordinatcs. they should make uI the
s Win to wSSm a hs
of the opera is so largely due.
Ex-Mayor Alcrus Hooper Of Baltimore Is
among those who talked about for the Mayor
atty nomina ton by the Republicans. There Is no
doubt" says 1.-THE News" that Mr. Hooper is re-
garded with especial favor by large number OF
residents Of the city and that some of the politi-
clans who dislike him personally to very con-
siderable extent believe that he is man Of destiny,
and the strongest Republican who can be named
and to be used In Just such an emergency as this
The King and Queen OF Rumania are living
quiet lfe at Ragatz. In Switzerland.
correspondent sends the following incident, with
the assursnre that II has never appeared before:
"A man came into the book store Of Mr. s.. In an
Ohio city, and asked for the 'Autocrat OF the
Breakfast Table. lie looked It through rather
obviously. then hestatingy remarked that his
wife wished him to get II. but he guessed he would
no, take II. At the door he paused and turned
ba *. and asking II they. had any COOK books,
vsed him to write II to DR.. Holmes. who would ap-
pre- gate the JOKE. He did So and received an I'm,
mediate reply asking why nc did not recommend
Cooks Monday Lectures. "
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"from disease only three-fourths as great. This

"from disease only three-fourths as great. Tnls
as the significant feature Of the contest
Let us see what this percentage argument Is
worth. At the campaign against Manila
Dewey lost one man, who died from heart dis
ease. Therefore the denths from disease In his
fleet on that cruise amounted to 100 per cent
Of his total loss. Rise in wrath, American
people, at the horror. Brave men went to de-
stroy the Spanish fleet. and every man who
died fell n victim. not Of Spanish shells but
of lurking disease. II the Spaniards had been
better cuppers and had killed at least one OF
Dewey's men. the disease loss would have been
only 30 Der cent If they had killed nine men
Il would only hive been 10 per cent. What
pity they didn't kill a few OF our men, so as
to save Dewey that awful 100 per cent disease
record. In the Civil War the Confederates
were splendid fighters and did heavy execution,
while the Spanards killed few OF our men.
consequently If disease prevailed in the two
armies nj about the same rate the few casual
ties from fighting IN the Spanish war would
give the later army much higher percentage
of deaths from disease And it Is to he re-
membered that the greater the efficiency Of our
surgeons the more wounds they cured. the
worse would bc their record with regard to the
proportionate loss from disease which would
be blamed to their inefficiency. n there are
two armies Of 100000. and one loses 10000 and
the other 6,OOO their total losses will be 10 per
cent and per cent. respectively. and we should
say the second army came out the better. But
SUPPOSE of the 10000 lost 5000 were killed or
MORALLY wounded. Then the loss from disease
would be 80 per cent. And suppose Of the
1000 only 1000 were lost in battle. Then the
disease loss would be over &C per cent, and
the commander OF that army would by this
correspondent be denounced for letting so large
n proportion of his men die like sheep. Yet he
really would have lost actually fewer men by
disease than the other general and fewer in
proportion to his army either by disease or all
causes put together.
Would II be fair to blame this general be-
cause more men were not killed or left TO die
from wounds so as to give him better dis
ease percentage? Is It just fair TO found in
dictments OF the conduct Of the Spanish war
on figures so utterly worthless as these per-
centages we have quoted? Perhaps the camps
have been mismanaged. 1t may be that the
mortality from disease has been inexcusably
high. II So let us know the facts and act on
them. But in common decency let the indict-
ment be founded on facts, not on mathemat-
icaI fallaces The bowling Sensat.onalst who
shouts recklessly false accusations Is bad
enough The serious writer who twists figures
70 deceive those who looked TO him to learn
the truth does much more harm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-08

them and agree to work with them on an I'M
Outstanding that their feelings were TO I've
soothed by silence while the party In reality
abandoned the silver heresy. But 1t Is beyond
belief that any gold Democrat should consent TO
put in power politicians who are neither honest
silver nor honest gold men, but who Ore ready
to make n pretcnce TO get gold votes one min
ute and another pretence to get silver votes
the next Their silence il not repentance. II IS
dishonesty. The same men who protested
against free silver and then announced that
never in the history Of the Democratic party
has platform been written which embodied
more completely the interests OF the whoie
people" than that adopted at Chicago cannot
be trusted to he for honest money hereafter
Just because they keep still on the subject IL
IS not new and reformed party which asks
votes for Van Wyck and his Contemporaries
Of Bryan. II Is the same old party trying 10
fool people by new dodge The silence OF the
Syracuse platform was prompted not by shame
but by impudence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-08
Nrse7tprk DAILY drismsss
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1895.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

roerIGN There was another Joint session
Of the American and Spanish Peace Com ms
eons in Paris; the points TO ne consioereo W.
eAttled upon. the sittings were ADJOURNED 10
October II. - Delagoa Bay negotiations oe-
tween Great Britain and Portugal nave oeeh
deferred to 1890 owing to demands on poI W
gal nv the United States. - A result OF all
nexation has been a great boom in the sugar
Industry OF Hawaii. - The sultan or IurheE'
In compliance with the demand OF the fo"ers'
will Withdraw the Turkish troops from the ISL
and of Crete Sixty thousand workmen
are on strike in Paris. and disorders In the
streets are increasing; work on the EXhioltlon
the Spanish garrison Manzanillo. Cuba and
the American force under Colonel Ray. VINO de-
manded the surrender o. the city, was narrowy
averted - II is reported in Quebec that the
Joint Commission had reached n settlement OF
the Behrng Sea pelagic sealing question.
DoMEsTIC.-The Indian uprising in Mime
Gotta is regarded as over; General Bacon re-
turned 70 Walker with his command and re-
ported 20 the War Department that the Indians
had been badly whipped. - The war De-
partment issued an order for the reorganization
OF the Army. - The President informed the
American Military Commissions that the Span
ish forces must evacuate Porto Rico by October
IS and Cuba by December l. - General
Greene, Major Hersey and Colonel Lee testified
before the War Department Investigating Com
mission. - George D. saxton. brother Of
Mrs. Mckinley. was shot dead In Canton ONO
- Lowell II. Jerome asked Governor Black
70 remove District-Attorney Asa Bird Gardiner.
of New-York County. from office for discharging
a veteran from his department - Sherman
Hoar died in Concord Mass. - The Demo-
Gratis of the XXVIIth Congress District, of this
State. have Endorsed the independent nomina-
ton OF James j. Beiden. - The upper Yukon
River is closed.
CITY.-Ex- Mayor A. Oakley Hall died at No.
6S Washington Square South - gift Of
100000 to Drew Theological Seminary was an
nounced. - non-partisan reception for ex-
Judge Van Wyck was given by the Brooklyn
Club. - Mayor Van Wyck received threat
ening letter signed with General c. II r Colliss
name, which General Coils pronounced for
gerry - Justice jesse Johnson and Frederic
A. Ward were nominated for the Supreme Court
bench by the Republicans Of the lid judicial
District - The New-York baseball team
was beaten by the Baltimore team by score
Of to I, while Brooklyn was beaten by Boston
7 TO 2 - Stocks were dull and lower
THE WEATHER-Forecast for to-day:
Threatening. The temperature yesterday; High
est, 50 degrees lowest SO; average, 63St.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-08
GETTING OUT OF CUBA.

The President cannot be accused Of impa.
tience in dealing with the Spaniards in Cuba
and Porto Rico. He has. on the contrary. been
most patient and forbearing. He has given
them time and opportunity and entire freedom
for the work of evacuation There has been no
attempt to exercise annoying surveillance over
them or to interfere with their carrying away
whatever they wish. even to the bones which
they say are Christopher Columbuss. but which
the weight OF evidence indicates to be merely
those of Diego Columbus. But patience docs
not and should not endure forever and now
that in his opinion. and we doubt not In that
of the judcious majorty OF the American peO-
pie II has ceased to be the supreme virtue. the
President speaks and acts directly and emphat-
icaly TO the purpose
He requires, II Is reported, that the Spanish
army and authorities shall entirely evacuate
Porto Rico on or before October 10 and that
Cuba shall be similarly evacuated on or before
December l. That is quite reasonable. even TO
lenency. The protocol for peace was signed at
Washington on August IL. That was nifty
seven days ago. In that instrument Spain
agreed Immediately" to evacuate Cuba and
Porto Rico Certainly sixty-seven days In the
case of Porto Rico and one hundred and eleven
days in the case Of Cuba are as liberal an In
depreciation Of Immediately" as any one could
desire. To say more time than that Is reasona
bly, TO be expected under the terms Of the proto-
col. or is needed for the actual work Of evacua-
ton, is to trhe with common-sense
Any pretence that more time is needed or any
attempt to take more would have to be re-
garded as an evasion Of the terms Of the proto-
COL II is not 10 be believed that the Spanish
Government means to attempt any such eva
sion. Responsibility for delay must be charged
against the local Spanish officials In the islands.
We should be sorry to think they were trying,
for their own illegitimate gain or for spite or
for any such unworthy object, to delay the exc
cutlon Of their Governments solemn promise.
If they are. they will surely not be supported by
the Spanish Government in a course which must
be almost as offensive to Madrid as TO Washing
ton. And when our troops md authorities be
gin to take possession of the islands the lin
gerers will find that two bodies cannot occupy
the same space at the same time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-08
THE INDIAN UPRISING.
A REAL INJUSTICE.

From The New-York Times. :.
The present case Ia the more pitlable. because .
seems clear that these Indians have n real gti..,
ancr Congress has refused 10 compensate then,
to the extent OF 49, for the Improvements is
have made upon the lands to which they easff
while ordering IN m TO quit those lands, asco. .s
ingly. and animated 10y real resentment OF ~ a.
Injustice they have risen In revolt and have ~
ready done far more mischief than $500 woud ~,
for Now that they have risen they must 10 p''
down
THE RESPONSIBILITY MUST BE PLACE"
From The Boston Journal =,
There should also he q searching investigation y, ~
the OF the trouble and II there has been a
real provocaton for the rising. those VINO ns nn.
sponsible for II should be hunted down ana p''
ished.
PRESUMPTION OF JUST GRIEVANCES
From The Hartford Courant. -.
As usual. the strong presumption Is shait *.
Indians have just grievances. and that timsy. "a
the part OF the white men would have prex'.y"~
matters from coming TO the present eNtreh"''
FRONTIER GARRIsoNs rNpIsPENsAbh"
From The Philadelphia Times,
Under ordinary conditions the Army shou,o hut
longer have much actual Indian lighting 20 90. 90. d.
long there remain considerable por.ssuss
India m on reservations or otherwise me ptes"~
OF a strong military police Is Indispensable
MISTAKE.
From The Baltimore American Ia
White men with the same provoca.icn "w war
have been nfamrd lust as they were lne nm.
dance OF time The Departments OF the ln,s'fcf
and OF Justice were in consultation WIT sSnu8
several days A full battalion or troops
have been ordered there, II any were 70 % s'
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0musements.


ACADEMY OF pysIGN--io q. m. to 1880 p m.--Ames-
lean Institute Fair
ACADEMY or II, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lie
AMERICAN THEATRE--2:1b- ;l5--Pstcnce.
DIyOV TtIEATRE--z-Sl5-TheN Marquis o: Michigan
BROADWAY TIIEATRE--2-S:1S-T latte corporal
CAsiNo-2-s-Yankee Doodle Dandy
pAt,Y'S THEATRE--2-S:to-AR Runaway Cir. ~,
EDEN MCsEE-wax Works. Grand Concert ard C'he-
EMPIRE TfrArRE-a-s:so- Liars.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-2-S;ii-The Royal BOX
GARpCN -HEATDE-2-I.4S-Cyrano de Bersersc.
GAfRicK THEATRE c-e:ie-A Day AID Night
GRAND OPERA HOygE-c-s-9oing TO the Races
HARLEM OPERA HOCsE-c-S:2o-The Moth end the
srRALp SQUARE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Topsy
Turvy .. ,,..
shoe.
KEITH TO II -. m.--Cortnuous performance
KNIckERBoCKER THEATRE--2-si5-The Chariaian
ROSTER a RIALS-2-SIn Gotham.
iYCEIM THEATRES .So-The Adventure or Lacy
Ureuia. - . n -.
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE-2-s;S"-A b'ace u
Partridees.
MURRAY HILL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lynne.
PASTOR'S-i2 to II =. m.--Vaudevinc. .
SAN JACKS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
wALIAACK'S THEATRE--2- s:,o-1h he Fortune Iei'ef
l4TH STREET NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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OF REPENTANCE, But INPUDENCE.


Some OF our Democratic friends are claiming
FOR their party tremendous virtue because at the
Syracuse Convention It omitted all specific in
dorsement OF the Chicago platform. We are told
that the New-York Democracy has seen the error
OF its ways and Is getting back as rapidly as
possible to the support of the gold standard. from
which IL was led astray in moment of excite
nent by the Populst fanatics. II is urged that
the party should be encouraged in wel-doing by
giving It the election. That is. the Democrats
who have no principle and would rs lief advo-
cate 5O-cent as 1OO-cent dollars, provided they
could get office by It, Will be led TO advocate the
1oncert dollar II they find they can induce gold
Democrats to elect their ticket when they fail
to reaiirm their devotion 10 the 50-cent dollar.
For the benefit Of those who think failure Of
the Democrats 10 indorse the Chicago platform
really means that the Democrats of Ncw-York
can be trusted not TO help the silver cause If at
any time such help should be demanded by
party regularity. we will quote from recent
Democratic platforms. On June a. 1896, the
Democratic State Convention declared;
Free coinage OF silver by the United States
alone can have other effect than TO change
our present standard 10 one Of silver-now a de-
preciated coin-and to retard, perhaps destroy
forever. the success OF the movement now gen
eral throughout civilized countries for the res
toration OF free bimetallic coinage In the princi-
pal minis OF the world.
On September IL, 1895, this same Democratic
party utterly repudiated it's own declaration
and said:
The Democratic party OF the State Of New
York. In convention assembled. unreservedly
Endorses the platform adopted by the Democratic
party at the National Convention held in Chi
cagO on July Z, 1896; cordially approves the
nominations there made. pledges to William J.
Arthur SeWall
support. and declares its deliberate judgment
that never in the history of the Democratic
party has a platform beer written which en-
bodies more completely the interests Of tho whole
people. as distinguished from tlose who seek
legisla ton for private benefit, than that given
to the country by the National Democratic Con-
vention of 1896
What possible faith can be put in the partys
In face Of It's anti-silver platform OF one month,
IT'S dcnupciatOn OF that platform another and
i,s present silence Oh the subject? Would any
body believe It now If II explicitly declared for
gold? Perhaps he might II such n course sig
n;fied the control Of the organization by new
men who really had some principles and had
wrested the party from the constituencies dema-
eogues who can remakc their financial prin-
cipIes every fifteen minutes as the exigcncics OF
campaigning require. But the Democratic lead
ara who IN June. 1896 were for sound money
and in September. 1896, were for free silver are
the same men who arc now trying to bunco the
peopIe into voting their ticket By having no
opinions on money. II they were even conscicn-
tious silver men, gold Democrats might respect
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-08
FEVER AT THE SOUTH.

There is no question about the bravery Of
Southern men in battle. Hut the reports Of
Southern Quarantnes against yellow fever are
not entirely pleasant. One does not know what
10 believe when the traffic Of nm entire State
like Mississippi IL arrested by order Of the
Board OF Health the Governor and the other
State officials being beyond reach. according to
current reports, because of their fear Of infec-
ton Really n State official ough, to be able
10 hold his office whether there Is possibility
of fever or not One dlmly remembers that
some Northern men held their offices. and their
posts rs privates when yellow fever was said
to have broken out at New Orleans and else
where in Louisiana.
Speaking without criticism OF individuals. II
may be said that the Southern methods Of de-
fence against such infection are not altogether
civilized. 1t is long way from civilized treat
ment TO dump n single passenger OFF train at
the boundary Of a State Oh the suspicion that he
or she may have the dreaded disease. Chris
tianity and civilization have both quite differ
ent methods for dealing with infectious dis
cases. and the Red Cross method IS consid
crably more creditable than the ways that seem
10 prevail I'm Mississippi. II is not necessary
that the human being should be so afraid Of
infectious disease that he ceases TO he humane
or n respecter Of the law.
There is not. and never has been, any legal
authority for such arrest OF trade and traffic
in Southern States as frequently occurs when
there is prevalent fear Of Infection The best
that can be said Is that the people consider IT
necessary TO their personal defence TO dsre
gard all laws for tho sake Of their own self
protection. which means. rightly considered
that they are scared beyond all reason. There
are n good many men who would not fear to
fight yellow fever in It's worst form and in It's
home, and some OF them have recently returned
from Cuba. Such men ought 10 have office
in Southern States. but apparently have not.
Genuine civilization defends the people and
not the individual II puts the best practical
defence In the way Of infection az all tines
and does not 60 into lawlcss Mysteries because
some disease has here or there broken over the
barrier. II Is not ready TO destroy all the bust
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-08
THE CONTROL OF NORTHERN PACIFIC
REPORT THAT DIFFERENCES HAD ARISEN Bn

REPORT THAT DIFFERENCES HAD ARISEN BH
TWEEN THE MORGAN AND HILL INTERESTS.
II was reported in Wall Street yesterday that
serious differences had arisen between tie In.
terests represented respectively by J. p Morgan
Co and James J. Hill In regard TO the control Il
Northern Pacific. As n consequence OF these re-
ports, which are declared to have substantial
foundation. many OF the recent speculative pur'
chasers OF Northern Pacific parted with Their
holdings. and both the common and the pre-
ferred stock sold of. The sales of tho comno,
amounted to $3.50 shares. the closing price nsIng
$685.. decline for the day OF per cent OF the
preferred. 1920 shares were sold. the net decline
being " cant