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The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

Indeed, indeed repentance oft before
/ swore-but was I sober when swore?
And then, and then came Spring, and
rose In hand,
My threadbare psnitence s-pieoes tore.
Tie pleasant pages Of the Atlantic
Monthly for March are before me. and, as
usual, "fll long felt want" One must
be hard to please, indeed, who cannot
find between the covers Of the magazine
of which we New Englanders are all SO
proud, ample food for thought, and enter
tainment Of the best The number opens
with Mr. Fiske's interesting paper on
The Ny stery OF Evil, and Professor james
continues his wise Talks to Teachers on
Psychology Mrs. Howe proceeds with
her fascinating "reminiscences, and there
Ia valuable scientific treatise by Profess
sor See, upon The Solar System In the
Light of Recent Discoveries. W. Alleyn
Ireland describes the Growth Of the Brit
ish Colonial Conception; Samuel Harden
Church calls attention to the coming
Tricentensry Celebration of Oliver Crom-
we'll; Rollin Lynde Harte is most enter
tanning In his humorous and graphic ac-
count of the conditions In many of the
New England Hill Towns, and Alice
Browns story of A March Wind, with
several brilliant poems surely furnish
forth for us feast Of good things
NJ, l.. B. W.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13
CURRENT COMMENT.
THE RUSH FOR PENSIONS.
Manchester Mirror.)


We have seen statement that of some
OF the western companies all but fivs men
are already applicants for pensions and
that in n short time nearly every volun-
teer that saw service In Cuba, where the
lighting was ali done In week, will be
on the list And when those who are In
the Philippines come home they win al
most without exception join the process
sion that heads for the pension office, ac-
oompanie6 by the widows, children and
other dependents of those who have fallen
victims to disease and bullets. Within
five years probably ninety per cent. of all
the men who answered the president S
call will be on the rolls, which will call
for twenty or thirty million dollars annu-
ally more than they do now.
This Is regretable, but there Is nothing
remarkable or surprising about 1t. 1t is
what Is entirely natural and was expected
by every cool and sensible person wnen
the war began, and 1t does not lie In the
mouths OF jingoes to cry out against IT..
The boys went to the front with the i'm
pied promise that they should be treated
IN literally in the matter of pensions as
the veteran of the rebellion hal been.
With many OF them this was the induce
meEt that caused them to enlist. That
cir health should be seriously impaired
in service in Cuba and the Philippines
vas inevitable and that the government
would be called upon to support them
after their return WAS not only certain
but reasonable. They may be little pre-
vious as compared with those who fought
the rebellion to death, but theirs Is not "a
remarkable rush. There Is reason, pre-
cedent and tacit agreement behind 1t.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13
CUBAN ANNEXATION.


signs are ABUNDANT That a scneme ior
ahnexing oupa Is NO" unoer way ~ IN
beginning 10 % discovered tnat on'y cue
hihtars eiennent Is In favor ol inoepen"-
ence whiie the more INDUSTRIOUS anu e'
sponsioie part Oh tne Popuiaoion "ao.s
annexation 10 the oni'ed SLAVES Ii ~
"ere noe ior une pieuse oi Oonsress W
give oopa reeuo'n anu inuepenoe..o
onere o"n oe NO quesOion '""e " .'
time tnefe wouia oe u STRONG parry =" '"i'
country openly demanding 'ne ahneA"
.ioh vi the isianu "i'"ou0 Aes
INC opihions Vi s PeopAe
'he pieose WAS uoo eNp'ioi' W py
repou'a'eu' anu 81 70 "o.o'' :"
CASE 'ha' .nef0 sn"ii ~ $3.50. -
ue@"'ion iion ou'a, 90 w. -. =
neeihnihs " oono' we y"
IL rs NO. senui"e' 100
strung 'einpo'sioi y" '"' pa, 1922
"no 'o " a.,
i'i'uo " 80 ap go,
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

1t looks now as If the effect of the joint
high commission would be to strain still
further the relations between the United
States and Canada instead of making
them more friendly, which was the pur-
pose of 10th England and the United
States in constituting the commission.
Having abandoned all hope of reciprocity
the Dominion political leaders of all kinds
are now advocating policy of retalia-
ton, with the imposition of heavy duties
on all American products, except those the
Canadians cannot get along without.
An Ottawa correspondent represents the
feeling toward the United States as more
bitter than ever.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13
Personal AND PECULIAR.

North Dakota is no longer place for
quick and easy divorces. The applicant
must remain there year before taking
action.
Charles dudley Warner. who Is Ill with
pneumonia at New Orleans was engaged
in reading proof of his last novel at the
time he was taken sick.
The Illinois Legislature is considering
proposition for the erection OF a new
Lincoln monument at Springfield, Ill !,
to cost one million dollars
The American Baptist Publication So
ciety has in press, and will soon publish,
a hook entitled "Ihe Messiah in the
Palms. by Rev. Henry Al. King, D.
D.. pastor Of the First Baptist church,
Providence.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

Mr. Quay is not waving any points in
his trial, but is taking advantage of every
legal technioality which the astutest
COUNSEL that can be found in Pennsyl-
vania can invent. This, of course, is his
right, but 1t does not tend to strengthen
confidence in his innocence When the
indictment was found he expressed de-
sirs for speedy tIial, but his counsel,
nevertheless, Immediately began a search
for points by which delay might be Sc
cured. He expressed also desire for
thorough investigation, but his counsel
at the first opportunity undertook to shut
out the books of the bank without which
no investigation at all is practicable
They did not succeed in doing it, but
their attempt would seem to show that
Mr.. Quay is not SO anxious as he was to
have all the facts come out.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

The diplomatic incident between the
Maine Cattle Commission and the Maine
Board Of Agriculture is not yet closed 1t
seems. Ex-Mayor f. o. Beal has again
dug up the hatohet against Secretary
McKeen, and says that the Board of Agri-
culture does not like the credit which
the cattle commission has rot for intro
ducing the system of tuberculosis tests,
He claims that there is not a single in
stance on record where the Maine cattle
commission have ever tested or or. cred
to be tested mans cows without his
first asking that it should be done.
Then Mir. Bsal proceeds towards Secre-
tary McKeen hotly, as follows:
THAT the secretary of the board of
agriculture has for the past four years
been interfering with the duties OF the
cattle commissioners, that he has clrcu
lated false stories about them and their
work. that he has tried to breed discon-
tent between them and those with who N
they have 10 do. that he has criticised
them unjustly ana unfairly, l do not
deny. That he was at the bottom of try
ing, two years ago, to legislate them
out of office Two days before the legisla-
ture closed, is common knowledge to
all -
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13
The new minister to Spain, Bell

The new minister to Spain, Bellamy
Storer. of Ohio. belongs to the we'll
known Maine family, which has won
much distinction in various professions.
Bellamy Storer, ST., was born in Port
land In 1898, and was educated at Bow
doin, although he did not graduate. He
removed to Ohio in 1877 and began the
practice of law in Cincinnati. He served
in Congress in 1885, and in 1874 was II
Presidential elector on the Wing ticket.
His brother, David Humphreys Storer,
was born in Portland In 1904, graduated
from Bowdoin in S24, and ecame dean
of the Harvard Medical School, and a
fam Gus physician and scientist. David
II. Storer's sons. Horatio X. Storer and
Francis H, the one a physician and the
other chemist, attained prominence.
cousin of Bellamy Storer, ST., was
George W. Storer, born in Portsmouth,
N. IL. In 1889, and became q well-knOwn
naval officer, dying in 1864 a rear admiral
on the retired list. Clement Storer, of
New Hampshire, who may havs been OF
the same family, was borr in Kenne-
bunk, in 1T6C. and was member of Con
gress and U. S. Senator from New
Hampshire in years between 1907 and
1919
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

The Mazet committee is finding crook
edness in abundance in the administra-
ton of New York municipal affairs. But
what will it all amount to? Possibly few
men may be- prosecuted in tins courts and
punished. but they will be but the tools
of the real culprits, and plenty of new
tools will be forthcoming to supply their
places. The people of New York cannot
be protected against rsscally officials by
legislative Investigation. They must save
thems elves, If saved they are to be. Dr.
Parkhurst was more than half right when
he declared that the only hope for New
York was to let TIE people stew until
their condition became SO unbearable
that they would have to do something to
remedy it themselves.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

The news from the Philippines is not
OF the most encouraging character,
though Gen. Wheaton's capture of Santa
Cruz will be of much advantage to US
The appearance of insurgent bands
along our line OF Communications,
shows that the backbone of
the uprising is still far from
broken. The tactics that they are resort
ing to now resemble very closely those
employed by the Cuban rebels for many
years against the Spaniards. They are
designed to worry and harass our troops
and keep them continually under heavy
nervous strain. Unless we can coop up the
Filipines we shall never be able to get a
pitched battle with them any more than
the Spanisrds were with the Cubans. They
will hang around our'flanks, dash upon
our troops in an unguarded moment and
then flee away to the mountains and the
swamps. Their main reliance is of course
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

The capitalists who bave been exam
lining the water power at Bonn bazeen Rips
walter Wells calls it i. BON bazee Rips
in his water Power of Maine'O in Nor.
ridgewock, are reported to have decided
to purchase the water privilege and erect
thereon an antitrust pulp and paper mill.
Walter Wells estimated the horse power
of the falls at an extreme minimum of
2472 horses. At the same time the North
eastern Paper Trust have placed with
Greenleaf s. Co. of Lewiston
orders for construction at the
Madison plant to the extent Of
$500, 600. The Moosehead pulp mill al
Embden has passed into the hands of the
paper trust, and will be operated very
soon. On the whole an active business
seems probable on the Upper Kennebec
this summer.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

Three natives Of Maine have collected
in Boston very large private libraries, the
sale of which has attracted much atten.
ton. Capt tain Henry f. Blanchard.
formerly of Augusta, had library rich
in first editions of American authors
and early Bibles; Mr.. A. S. Manson,
formerly of Gardiner, had large colleo-
ton of books relating to New England
history and the late Charles f. Pratt had
an extensive collection of books covering
the general field of literature. Mr.. Pratt
was u native of Vassalboro the first
Friend to hold office in Boston, and the
first president of the League OF Ameri.
can Wheelmen.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

Speaker Bates of the Massachusetts,
House of Representatives says that if
Gov. Rollins of New Hampshire knows
what he is talking about, the people of
New England have a beam in their own
eyes which they would do we'll to pluck
out before troubling about the Souths
treatment of negroes. Unfortunately
nations and communities collectively
rarely follow the scriptural injunction.
England condemns our lynohings. while
fostering the opium trade with China;
we used to condemn England's land
grabbing, while we kept slaves. and gen.
orally the pot nation has called the ket-
tie nation black through all Tins. Yet
there must be some nations and commu-
mites that are better than others; and
we most modestly suggest that New Eng
land is all right, even II Gov. Rollins has
counted his churches and found some
missing.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

Gov. Roosevelt tells the students at
Ann Arbor that he doesn't really know
which he regards as the most dreadful,
the machine politician or the fool REFORM
er. The difficulty with this statement Is
that most reformers are liable to be con-
sidered fool reformers when they start
out if the abuse which they aim to cor
rect is big enough and profitable enough
and sustained by some respectable people.
The rankest fool reformers the country
ever had--if contemporary Judgment
should be taken--were the abolitionists.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

the climate and the deadly diseases Of the
rainy season, but they hope to Intensity
the disastrous effects of these agen cies by
preventing us by their continual activity
from taking tire precautions we otherwise
might for the protection of our soldiIrs.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

1t looks as though considerable force
would be required before the Samoans
will submit to any government that the
treaty powers may agree upon for them.
Their attack upon the Americans and
British marines shows that they are
in very ugly frame of mind. and can
only be pacifed by the bullet and bayo-
net. The situation is not without dan
ger of strained relations with Germany,
If ii should turn out to be true that the
rebels were melted to their attack by
sarman
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

Gen. Shafter says that fighting Fill
pinos is like brushing away flies, and
that the task is more serious than most
people think. Josh Billings's remark,
~ halt fiji" expresses the summit of
human evaporation, which the insects
ran ALWAYS produce,
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

The Joint debate in Lewiston over the
merits of prohibition and license did not
throw very much light on the question
at issue, but 1t furnished an opportunity
for the distinguished disputants to ten
der to each other their distinguished con
sideratiops, and both fully availed
themselves of IL.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

There is = silver mine In Scion, In
Somerset County, and nearly doc en- car
loads Of ore from 1t are to be shipped west
to be smelted. IL Is not probable that the
mine. will turn out big enough to create
a 16 to l sentiment hersabouts.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

Teddy Roosevelt seems to be spoiling
for fight all the time. He wants IL for
breakfast, dinner and supper. It's sort
Of disease with him. which he contracted
probably in the COW boy land.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

When Senior Jose Manley gets back
Augusta will doubtless swell with pride
over his nomination for the Presidency
in Mexico. AS many rs three brass bands
will be needed to receive him propsrly.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

--GoVernor Powers has issued a writ of
election reciting that vacancy has been
accustomed In thief Congress of the United
States by the death of Hon. Nelson Ding
ey, and summoning the Inhabitants OF
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

the cities, towns and plantations 10 ss-
sembls on the Third Monday OF June,
which will be the 10th. to give .in their
votes for Mr.. Dineley's successor.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

1T is suggested that Herbert Powers
of Fort Fairfield. may be appointed one
OF the trustees of the Insane Hospital.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

Around every house there always bright sunny spot
where you plant seed This place where you
want plant Sweet peas We have the finest Mixture
obtanabe also Fifty Best Named Varieties
If you should buy your Nasturum Seed from know
that you will be pleased with the results that you will obtain
from it.
AS for Lawn seed, know that there nothing the
market better than Mixture 1t made from the finest
and oeansst varieties of Fancy grasses
line of Summer Flowering Bulbs very complete and
includes the Golden Rayed Lily of Japan ium Auratum
m Specosum Tuberous Begonas Double and Slnge Caa
dunn Escuenum elephants Ear Excelsior Pear Tuberose
Madeira Vines Cinnamon Vines.
We remind you Of Stearns New Ball Bearing Lawn
Mower which is built ike bicycle
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13
FINANCIAL.

These bonds are secured by first mortgage
upon both the Gas and Electric Light proper.
ing fund OF not less than $1,000. shall be set
aside each year for the purchase OF said bonds
or Tor their redemption at los.
The statement of the Company shows net
earnings sufficient TO pay dividend OF 10 per
cent. on its capital stock, besides provi flag
5000 for the sinking fund. $4,000 OF these
bonds have been taken In England for invest
ment and like amount in This country by
various institutions. Council Bluffs IS well
KNOWN substantially built city of about IS, oOo
population. and Is one of the important railway
centres west of Chicago.
Price and further particulars on application.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13
New Spring Goods.
We are now ready to SHOW New,
Fresh Line In All Departments.

A line assortment of foreign and domes-
tic woolens In our custom tailoring de-
partment. Ready to wear clothing Of our
own make.
This line embraces all the popular
fabrics Fancy cheviots and worteds,
serges, blacks and blue cheviots, ETC., and
the finest assortment OF light overcoats
that we have ever shown. These are
made up in style and finish to sustain
the reputation which our clothing has
gained
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13
FURNISHING GOODS

This department is very full and COM
plete. containing all the leading line Of
staple goods ana the choicest novelties 70
be found in The market this season.
Com, in and let US convince you that
this is Ia good place to trade.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-13

A tiny volume prettily illustrated, be-
longing to the Ladies' Home Journal
Library of Fiction, and published by the
Doubleday q Mcclure Company port
land: Loring, Short & Harmony. contains
a charming story entitled The Minister of
Carthage, by Caroline Atwater Mason.
1t certainly will go most consolingly to
the heart of any minister who has been
Obliged to preach as candidate before
a church committee which has the power
to make or mar his fortunes. and let us
hope to the consoiences OF the members of
all such committees. 1t Is q bright story,
in common sense as well as
dainty fancies.
or another small volume, And Then
Came Spring, n novelette, by Garret and
Arksl, Boston: Z. r. Hsrrick & Co. !;
Portland; Loring, Short Il Harmony.
I should be glad to speak as fsvoraLly,
would conscience permit, but really the
one delightful thing about 1t is the verse
from Omar Khsyysm, which has clear
white page to itself.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-26
HAWAIIANs GOING HOME.
Prince David Kawananallao Returns
From the East.

There arrived at the Palace Yesterday
afternoon a party Of distinguished Ha-
waiians who have been visiting in the
East on pleasure and business combined
ana who are now going back to their
island home. The party includes Prince
David Kawananakao. one of the younger
members Of the royal family; Samuel
Parker. a royalist, who has been men
toned as a prominent candidate for the
office Of Governor of Hawaii, and George
ID. Gear, prominent attorney Of the new
possessions.
The gentlemen all stated that there was
nothing significant attached to their visit
to Washington. ID. G. The Prince and Mr..
Parker said that ii had been merely one
OF pleasure and sightseeing. The former
expressed his satisfaction at the terri
torial form of government decided upon
by the United States for Hawaii When
spoken TO about his rumored candidacy
for the Office of chief executive OF Hawaii
under the new government. Mr.. Parker
treated the subject rather lightly and
cleimed that the rumor was in the nature
of a joke.
Mr.. Gear went to Washington in the in
terest of a number of Gallicans who
were held as prisoners by the old Gov
ernment. He intended to appeal to Con-
greSS TO set them free. but while on his
way he was informed that the Supreme
Court or Hawaii had decided in favor of
freeing them from prison. Mr. Gear
while IN Washington also conferred with
several congressman and Senators re-
garding number of the old Hawaiian
laws, which he contended were in direct
violation of the constitution of the United
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-26
Refuses the DiCtati0n of Gavin
MCNab and Mayor PheIan.
Greaney and Weller to Get the Places De-
manded by the Organization for jerks
and Will Afford.

was considered a strong card FOR future
play. ByingtOn does not look az II from
that point of view and has fatty tod
the Organization" that If Afford IL
Livingston. otherwise known as Little
Lord Fauntleroy jerks. was also an or
ganiZation' aspirant for one OF the $500
jobs. but ByinGton has placed him also
upon the Afford list. and yesterday IL
came out that he had taken the bit be-
tween his teeth and all but officially an
nounced his own choice for the two Of
fees. Those whom his advisers say he
will name despite the Organization" de-
mands are John Greaney and Charles
Weller. The third of the Superior Court
positions he will hand TO Eugene Deu-
prey, IS at first announced. Deuprey,
although an oreaniZation man. Is also
a warm friend Of Byington and at the
Democratic convention Is said 10 have
given UP his fight for the nomination in
ByinGton's favor upon the understanding
that he would be satisfactorily placed.
Byington will honor by appointment Is
Charles 5. Pcery. who will 20 in as chief
bond and warrant clerk. Peerys ap-
pointment will be as satisfactory to BY
ington as TO McNab and Phelan. as he
has an excellent reputation. both private
and professional. and carries a strong pO-
litiCal following. ByinGton will also
probably name Ike Harris and James
HanIy for Police Court prosecutors. His
other appointments to these Offices are
still in the air.
Mayor Phelan's appointments will he
announced tEis week The charter pro-
vides that he shall fill the Offices of which
he has the disposition between the lst OF
December and the 1st Of January. and
his complete list IS expected on December
after the result OF the last bond election
Is known.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-26
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
Anxious Inquiries About Hyde W.
Rfckev. 4 Guest at the Palace.

Considerable anxiety is felt regarding
tho mysterious disappearance OF Hyde W.
hickey. "a Young man who up 10 Deem
hcr lG last WAS guest al the Palace. ON
December 10 Hickey arrived from New
York City and after registering was as
s.lncl room. -Four days later he asked
10 ho directed 10 the Waldeck Sanatorium.
saving that be was compelled 20 undergo
au operation Tor q physical ailmeut. He
paid his bin and left ostensihly 10 go 10
the sanatorium but returned in the even
ink n The same day and informed the
clerk that DIE could not secure accommO-
datons ~ thc Waldeck Immediately. but
had made arrangements 10 be taken I'm on
December lf He LEFT ON that day telling
The clerk that hc would return 20 the
hotel after DE had recovered from the
operation.
IN The meantime two or three kilograms
arrived from his father. J. *. Hickey Of
The Hoffman House in New York and
these were forwarded 10 the WEldeck A
telephone message was received rom that
Institution stating that no such person
as Hyde Hickey WAS patient there. In
Quiry al all the hospitals and health in
etitufiOns 'n the city failed 10 locate the
r0urg man. lr the meantime another
telegram WAS received addressed 10 the
hotel and on being opened proved 20 be
from the father asking for Information as
% the whereabouts of his son. Ten DAYS
have passed since young Rickey left the
hotel. no clcw has as yet been obtained as
20 whore DO has gone. and grave fears
are tC.rr entertained regarding his safe
~ IN "a strange city.