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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-16

rbe afternoon session began at
o'clock and continued until ABOUT o.1o
in both branches. 1t was ABOUT
o'clock when the forenoon session END
cd and the members soon disposed OF
their dinners and were back at the
can;tol again, 1t was a lively after
Moon before the session hour arrived
for The rush of the closing days made
itself felt in every little group that
gathered in the lobby or in the cham-
bers ONLY one committee had meet
ing and that was the all important
taxation committee, around whose YER
diet so much interest centered. the
report of this committee was most
eagerly awaited, and nobody couid
seem to guess just what it would DE OF
when it would appear.
The final report of the taxation COM
mittee was made in the Senate by the
chairman in the regular course OF busl--
ness. There were two reports, one on
tho Gardner bill increasing the railroad
t,x and one on the order relative to
revision Of the whole State system OF
taxation. In both cases the report was
a recommendation that the whole mat
ter be referred to the next Legislature
The report was unanimous, and was
accented by the Senate without word
Of discussion. 1t will come up in the
House. this morning, with the other
Senate papers, and an interesting de-
hate is likely to follow. There is no
doubt that the report of the committee
will be accepted in the House, but
there is sure to be some talking first.
,rtis matter disposed OF there is moth
,rs to prevent final adjournment in a
day or two more.
A great stack of matter was disposed
~ at the afternoon session. There was
M debate. but the wheels were kept
steadily grinding. Many bills were
n,ssed along in regular course. and
MANY under suspended rules. Some
| were taken from the table. A few were
hurled out of sight. The matter of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-16
TWO SESSIONS.
The Fate Of Many Measures
Settled, Wednesday.
The Taxation Problem Referred to
Next Legislature.
4 Joint Order 10 Adjourn Before Midnight.
Friday. Fails in House.


The hustle of the sessions closing
days is on at the Capitol. Adjourn
ment is in the air. "Wednesday was a
very busy day, full of interesting
features and lively episodes. The
morning session was long and full of
work. and at O'Clock the first after
noon session of the winter was held.
\ great mass of measures was pushed
along, and the pen of Governor Powers
will be very busy for the next few
days.
The morning session opened, WedneS-
day, with n spirited debate over the
time of the final adjournment The
Senate passed an order calling for the
final adjournment before Friday at
midnight. This. was at once sent down
for concurrence, and the breeze which
il raised in the House soon became Il
TEMPEST: Gardner of Patten, moved
to table the order but this was voted
down, G. to n. Then came a warm
discussion over the passage of the or
der. 1t was vigorously opposed by
Gardner of Patten, Merrill of Skowhe-
gan, Maxcy of Gardiner. Smith of
Hartland, Craig of island Falls. and
Pierce of Blaine. They held that the
passage of such an order would be
very unfair before the taxation COM
mittee had reported on the important
matter before it. On yea and nay
vote the order was refused a passage.
Il to So. The Senate insisted on its
former action, and the order then
went to a committee of conference, the
first such committee to be appointed,
this winter. The conferees met after
the session and wrestled with the
problem.
Z Another long and lively debate was
caused in the House little later on
the compulsory free high school bill,
which came up for its first reading.
Sargent of Sedgwick. moved to indefi-
nitely postpone it. The bill was de-
Tended by Burns of Westbrook, Merrill
of New Gloucester, and Ryerson of
East Livermore. 1t was opposed by
Philbrook of Watervile, Nickerson of
Swanville, Dawson of Monroe, Bennett
of Hollis, and Chick of Clifton. 1t was
the feeling that it was putting heavy
burden on the small towns to make
them support a free high school,
whether they wish to or not, and the
motion to indefinitely postpone was
carried by great chorus of yeas.
Fully dozen committees, including
the judiciary and legal affairs. made
their final report at Wednesdays ses-
sion. A great many bills came in from
the committees in both bodies. Rules
were suspended, right and left, and
bills hurried through their passage. A
number of new bills came in which
were put on their passage without
reference to any committee. Morey OF
Lewiston, presided over part of the
House session, and did extremely well.
The Senate postponed indefinitely the
bill providing for the recording of con-
tracts for the sale Of land, and the
House disposed of in the same waytthe
hin for scientific temperance instrnc-
ton in the schools.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-16

There was an interesting hearing be-
fore the Governor and Council.
Wednesday. on the question of two
special liquor deputies for York county.
The leaders in this movement are John
p. Kelly of Saco, and Il. II. Winslow.
paymaster of the LacOnia mills. They
and the 500 other petitioners ask that
Edward H. Emery of Sanford, now
deputy United States marshal, and
BENJAMIN A. Paker of North Berwick.
an ex-deputy sheriff. be appointed
special liquor deputies for York county.
The petitioners We're represented be-
fore the Governor and Council by
Benjamin Hamilton of Biddeford. and
w. J. Knowlton of Portland. The re-
monstrants were represented by J. O.
bradbury of Saco, and Frank Ms 1ovey
of Biddeford. The hearing contMued
all the afternoon, many witnesses be-
ing examined. and able arguments a'.-
yanced by both sides. No action was
taken on the matter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-16

BY the time that the theatre goers
We're on their return home at II O'clock,
Wednesday evening. two inches of
damp snow had fallen and the flakes
We're filling the air. The snow was
coming out OF the southeast.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31
THE ~sEMIWEEKLY MESSENGER: TUsDA1, JANUARY 81. 1899.

Blacks in those elements and quail
ties that should commend them to
readers of pure tastes who love "the
good, the true and the beautiful" Mr..
Bangs says, and he is an author of
some clever books Of their kind that
none of his contemporaries in the
field of fiction had so wide a range
as his-such as that indicated by a
comparison Of "Briseis, one Of his
latest, with "a Daughter Of Heth,"
one of his earliest novels. His artis-
tic skill never failed him, and all his
work was characterized by a sweet
wholesomeness and generous charm
that endeared him TO all his readers"
He says he ever remained faithful to
1.-THE traditions which had. at the out
set Of his career, seemed to him to be
the noblest in English letters" He
thinks that there will be found no
where a higher standard of sustained
excellence" and thinks sit is difficult
to believe that his work will be per-
mitted to sink int o%bscurity by any
generation of readers of cultivation
and of discriminating taste" We
verify believe hat his best books viii
outlive the scores of sensational and
absurdly romantic novels and thu
morbid studies and the repellant real
ism of so many of latter-day books
Mr.. Blacks best novel we are acquain
ted with is, "a Princess of Thule" o
his earliest. We found "Briseis," on
of his two or three latest, interesting
clean, sustained, full Of brilliancy an
yigor.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31
LEGISLATIVE.

The legislature has under considera-
ton a bill relative TO food adultera-
ton. The chemical department of the
agricultural department finds great
impurity in foods examined. We have
seen it stated that 10 per cent. Of foods
examined were found adulterated. A
bill to protect here is very essential.
The committee on agriculture is giving
due consideration to a measure Of re-
lief.
Mr.. Rountree, of the house, has a bill
providing for township elections as to
a road tax. Good roads are the go now
and wide awake counties are pushing
There are two bills before the legisla-
ture to incorporate new railroad lines.
The inquiry into the condition of the
penitentiary management Of the COM
bine reveals deplorable ~incapacity, and
the debts increase all the time.
The legislature will not c~ountenance
n town or county schemers looking
to reputation. That is right, because
it is honest.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31

'ney. from the North Carolina mountain
country. was a favorite OF The Wash
ington Post some how. And yet we
have thought that It was disposed to
poke a little fun II the mountain ex-
Judge. Its praise has surprised be-
cause Of its warmth, and yet 1t may be
just, for we have no special knowledge
OF the republican representative. Only
a day OIL so ago The Post was moved
TO say "JudgH1inney Is not only one
Of the most picturesque and forcible
speakers In the house, ~ failing OF
an audience, but he has a fruitful
topic, because he expects, allowing
himself some latitude in debate. TO
touch upon the race issue in North
Carolina" North Carolina will await
the solomonic wisdom of this man Of
the west with intense solicitude as he
nay have great secrets TO reveal or an
exact solution Of a problem that is too
much for the intelligence and wisdom
Of any Yankee ever born. Linney unto
the breach,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31
COnQuerin. I'm Order to CfyiIIze

London, January 28.-Rt. Hon. Jo-
seph Chamberlain, secretary of state
for the colonies, speaking in Birming-
ham this evening, at the annual dinner
of the jewelers. and Silversmiths' As
ISOLATION said:
we now see our cousins across the
Atlantic entering the lists and sharing
in a task which might have proved too
heaVy for US alone. Under the circum-
stances, the first business of this the
worst government of modern times is
to draw closer the bonds which unite
us to the other members of the English
race and to promote their CO.
operation in the great work of civil
Ration, which appears to be the mis-
sion of the Anglo-Saxon race"
Speaking of the governments impe-
ria policy, Mr.. Chamberlain said:
providence shapes our ends and in
tends us to be a great governing DOW
er, conquering in order to civilize. ad-
minister and Develop vas: acreas of the
worlds surface, primarily to our ad-
vantage, but to their own advantage as
we'll.
AS TO the result Of this mission hith-
erto, an impartial witness, Rear Ad-
miral Georgc Dewey, has said that one
OF the mightiest factors in the civiliza-
ton Of the world was the imperial poli-
cy OF England: but Ii will not be longer
the imperial policy of England alone
for all the nations that have sprung
from our lOins will share in the task
which mas hitherto fallen on our
shulders alone"
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he had ever heard. 1t made a great
impression, and was the master effort,
the elimination of that singuiarly elo-
quent preachers pulpit discourses.
The most beautiful sermon we ever
heard was by Mr.. Lowe. The most
logically severe sermon we have lis
tened TO was by Rev. DR.. Vaughan, OF
Virginia, a Presbyterian. The most
purely intellectual sermon. reaching a
higher grade OF thinking and longer
sustained, was by Bishop Wilson, OF
Baltimore. Rev. DR.. Deems, himself a
very charming preacher, once told US
that when Rev. DR.. Lovick Pierce, OF
Georgia, and father of the eloquent
Bishop George F., was at his best that
he never heard any n TO surpass him.
DR.. Pierce was born in Halifax county,
y. c., and lived to some ninety-four
years, and often preached, we believe.
after he had urned ninety. He was a
very extraordinary man. So far as we
know those named were the foremost
pulpit speakers native TO North Caro-
lina-Kerr, Leigh, Lowe, Pierce. When
shall the people look upon their like
again? All this was suggested at this
time by our eye falling upon Hebrews
2:3-"How shall we escape if we neg
lect so great salvation" That was
loves text at Rock Spring. Junius
Moore was Of powerful physique, not
emotional and brave. He said if Lowe
had continued much longer that he
himself was SO wrought up that he felt
that a collapse Of some kind would be.
fall him, mental or physical. Low.
preached but twenty-five minutes, blu
it was s%eraphic, enchanting, most beau
tiful, most wonderful. This writer
about 1887, delivered an address of NJ
Lowe at the request of the large Meth
odist family in Halifax county. 1t wa
printed in a 1000 edition or more. H
hopes to publish a new and enlarge,
edition of it before he passes away
and if possible before the present yea
closes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY

The English have poor opinion of the
church music they hear in this coun-
try. Perhaps they do not visit the
south. OF the music in the eastern
states they think we'll because it is
mainly Limited to good hymn sing
ing" but in other parts of the country
they say there is "that unmixed evil
the quartette choir, strongly in evil
dence, and it is no exaggeration to say
that the performances of these people
are little short of ludicrous. In Bos-
ton and New York the quartette choir
is made up of highly paid soloists, who
sing music which distinctly belongs to
the concert room or the stage. In other
words, the real purpose of church mu-
sic has, in this reprehensible manner,
been entirely prostituted."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31
A Valuable Library DESTROYED

Woburn, Mass, January 28.-Fire
which broke out in the historic Bald
win residence at north Woburn Just
after midnight caused a loss on a val
liable collection Of books stored there
estimated at $40, 90.
The building was the residence OF
Colonel Loammi Baldwin, of Washing
tons army and was built in 1761. Col
onel Baldwin achieved great fame as
a civil engineer and that OF his son
Loammi Baldwin, second, who fol-
lowed the same calling, was no less
great than the father. 1t was Loammi
Baldwin second, who built the dry
docks at Charleston and Norfolk about
seventy-five years ago. This man was
also the originator OF the Baldwin
apple.
The books which were DESTROYED to-
day were collected by the three mem
bers OF the family. Colonel Baldwin.
Loammi Baldwin second, and George
X. Baldwin. Most of them were OF a
technical nature 20 civil engineering
AM kindred subjects. There were
about 1000 volumes in the collection.
The loss to the building was about $500
and is fully insured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31
BREvITIES.

Uncle Sam has trouble all about Gu
mo district, plantations are under
guard, many troops are on duty. Ban
dts are prowling and robbing, and
troops are in pursuit. Natives have a
distaste for work. The Filipino forces
are active.
Five villages in Greece were destroyed
by earthquakes.
The N. Y. Evening Post is moved to
from northern states had been born in
the south, and revisited their old homes,
it is safe to say hat the appointment of
negro postmasters would have receiv-
ed less support from the party"
Grant seems to have studied his old
party, the democratic, with clear eyes.
He is reported by Washington Post as
saying that the democratic party could
always be trusted to do the wrong
thing at the critical moment" 1t has
often suffered from bad leadership. 1t
is better ordinarily in opposition than
when in power. 1t is a more honest
party than the republican with fewer
rascals and knaves.
Senator Mills has struck lie" in Dor
ing in Texas for an artesian we'll. He
and got left" Young Culberson, the
governor, got his place, whereof we are
glad. Mills is not wise or stable.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31

It seems to be a legislative perplexi.
ty how it is that Virginia can derive
revenue from it's penitentiary and oys-
ter industry, while both Of these bring
the North Carolina people in deb
We would suppose bad
was the explanation on the part of this
state. Time and again have we es,-
pressed wonder at the failure to de-
velop in I'll state a large and money
making oyster crop. With the great
advantages possessed by the people
living in the remarkably watered Sec
ton in Eastern Carolina there ought
to be now an oyster product of not less
than $4,000, 900. It is but little more
than 800, 900. We mentioned no long
since h a little Connecticut had not
an oyster several years ago. 1t sent
it's vessels into Maryland and Virginia
waters, obtained the oyster seed, and
planted them in Long Island sound
For several years it's oyster product
has varied from 49, 900, 900 annually and
up.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31
PAY OF THE CUBAN SOLDIERS
OF Greater Importance Than Supposed
by the American administrator

ny Inc american Al lllnISIEdtlOh
Havana, January S.-Senor FREDERICK
Mora, the civil governor of Havana,
in al interview today declared
the question of the payment of the
p%ortance than the Washington govern
ment seems to realize. He said if the
Cubans were to collect the customs Of
the islands, which are their property,
their first action would be to meet Gu
ba's sacred obligation to the army by
the payment in full Of the soldiers;
but the custom administration beng
in the hands of the Americans the Gu
pans make a simple business PROPOSE
ton to the United States government
that it shall advance money to pay
the troops, holding the customs as Sc
curity.
If the Americans were not present,
Senior Mora, further said, Cuba woul
easily obtain the necessary loan. M
distribution of his money to the ar
my is essential to permit the ountry
to proceed with the work of agricul-
ture, which must form the foundation
of its reconstruction. The army con-
ain many men who consider that Gu
bua is in a position to demand the
full payment of the army by the Unit
ed States, and assert that other action
on the part of the American govern
ment would be worse tyranny than
was exercised under Spanish sovereign
ity.
Senior Mora considers the under-esti-
nation of the Importance of this mat
ter unfortunate, and his views are held
by a majority of the Cubans. The heat
Of the discussion is daily increasing.
and the newspapers of the island ara
full Of arguments in favor of the pay
ment of the money.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31
WILMINGTON. n. c.
FRIDAY, JANUAR Or, 1899.


We have not seen T. A. Pages mover
cred Rock" 1t has met with marked
srccess. and the critical notices are
laudatory and emphatic. The n. l.
Outlook thinks it the foremost OF Ame-
rican novels in 1898. Other northern pa
ners are equally as kind and apprecla-
five We have read but one mover
nv Mrs. Amelia E. Barr, and a very
short one, but it was really a very Wig
orous and admirably written produc-
ton. Her last book, Thou and the
Other One" is pronounced her best by
coma writers. A novel that ma
made something Of a sensation IL
Iondon is "The Open Question" by =
r. RAYMOND. 1t has leaked out that II
ia nv an actress of fame named Eliza
beth Robins. She made her reputation
on the stage by acting some OF losens
characters. The leading London liter
arv weeklies all laud it. The Academ!
saws it "has aroused unusual n wloe'
spread interest," and "it deserves serl
GUS attention" 1t is a "serlou'
novel of modern life," says st. James
Gazette, "is an extraordinary hn'
novel" Pail Mall Gazette thinks
1.-THE novel of the season. and lone i
struck with the authors penetration>o
detail and clever style. 1t is a booi
which makes a reputation h ar
it's moral qualities we have no seen 81
much as limited at. 1t may be yer.
human and very vicious.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31

Owing to the depression in farming
in Great Britain, and that too in the
face of a gold standard for quite three
quarters Of a century, the 1.-THE system
in the Church of England is very seri-
ously affecting the clergy. SO great is
the injury done to a great many of
the clergy a delegation waited upon the
Archbishop of Canterbury seeking aid.
They say there sis a real danger that
those of them who depend largely upon
1.-THE for their income nay be reduced
to a level which, when we remember
their position and their duties, would
be highly disgraceful. The object of
the deputation was to call attention to
the unjust and excessive burden placed
upon the clergy by the unfair incidence
of local taxation"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-31

1t would be impossible for any one
to say which was the most absolutely
eloquent sermon ever preached in North
Carolina, or who was the greatest
preacher yet produced by this state.
The late Rev. DR.. Jeremiah Jeter, a
distinguished Baptist preacher and edi-
tor in Virginia in the past, held that
after visiting Great Britain and hav-
ing heard many of the more famous
pulpit orators of our own land that
the two greatest preachers he had ever
heard were John Kerr Gather of Judge
Kern of North Carolina, and Andrew
Broadus, of Virginia. The late Gen.
Thomas L Clingman, who was an Epis-
copalian, once told us, in 1875, that he
heard John Kerr for three hours once
and would have been glad to have
heard him longer. The late Hezekiah
G. Leigh was unquestionably a very
impressive preacher of much power.
We heard him in the early ffties, per-
haps it was, after he had suffered one
stroke of paralysis. He was a noble,
intellectual looking man even then. His
. uUJcSl was MUSES., anu we IcCdlI 1t "
this hour with a distinct recollection
of his force, clearness and something
of majesty. His portrayal of Moses was
simple, massive, and very impressive.
Rev. DR.. Robt. O.. Burton in a sketch
of him in a book we long ago read,
tells of him once preaching in Nor
folk, Va, and when he closed the whole
great congregation were standing. That
prince Of modern preachers, Robert
Hall, of England, when preaching to
the Baptist congregation at Bristol,
generally raised his congregation by
the tremendous power of his oratory.
DR.. Olinthus Gregory, the mathemati-
clan and astronomer, in an interest
ing biographical sketch of Mr.. Hall
say that he often saw this effect pro-
duced by him. 1t takes marvellous
power to do that. We never saw any
such result or anything like it. The
most enhancing sermon in North Car
DINA of which we have ever heard was
a sermon preached at Rock Spring
camp meeting, two miles from Hender-
son, now Vance county, and in 1859.
by Rev. Thomas G. Lowe, of Halifax,
1t was on Sunday and he preached to
more than 1000 people. A preacher in
the North Carolina Conference NJ. E.
Church, who was afterwards a presid-
ing elder, the late Rev. Junius p.
Moore, brother of the late Col. B. r..
Moore, of his city, told us he had
heard the celebrated Bishop Kava-
naugn mot the way to spell il we
think) of Kentucky, and Bishop George
f. Pierce's great. most eloquent SER
mon at Goldsboro. but Rev. Thomas
G.. loves sermon at the time referred
to excelled those sermons or any other
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HOME FOLKS

DR.. George A. Foote, Of Warrenton,
whose death has been announced, was
a popular and widely known physician.
with a kind heart. He was a true
friend. We knew him very intimately
and have reason to remember him with
gratitude and affection. His death was
probably caused by an accident a
year ago when he was hurrying from
the train while it was in motion.