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People's voice., 1899-07-06

Every day brings tidings Of new
Gowns captured in the Philippines.
Otis unlike Alexander need not
weep fer new fields Of conquest.
There seems to be an unlimited
number of new towns to be capt
cured Agunildo is always just out
Of reach. Our troops have shown
unparalleled bravery and endurance;
pat they are not proof against
2wamps and fevers and the burning
sun Of the tropics. All over this
and thoughtful people are begin
1ing to ask the question, when will
She end be? Does the result hoped
Tor justify The expenditure of treas
are and blood and worst of all will
i justify The lingering death entailed
by campaign in those fever strick
sn swamps? These are questions
'P0a WHICH the American people
sill pass in the near future.
People's voice., 1899-07-06
A CATERERS TOUT.
lie Has a Regular Profession of His
Own in London and Makes
Lots of Honey.

Few business men pay more in the
way of commission tips, "sweetening'
and so on, than do refreshment con-
tractors, caterers and providers for
bean feasts and entertainments given
by great firms and societies, says LoD-
don Answers.
First of ALL said a great London
caterer to the writer, employees Of ours
swallow a small fortune in paying the
fees to join various orders, societies,
minor clubs, smoking concert commit.
tees, angling bodies and the like. There
is no society in any district with any
considerable number Of members that
has not some member who is paid by
US. With regard to societies likely to
yield us return we instruct our agents
to push themselves forward as much
as possible and help them with funds.
We get an immense amount of business
in this way and always give a commits
sion to any official Of any club or society
that gives US the contract, for in our
business 'sweeteuing' is universal
1--WE keep one smart clerk whose sole
duty it is to register all conyiyial and
other clubs and societies and the date
of their probable feastings and extra
events. He makes out lists months be-
fore the events and then we are after
them. l have personally paid thou
sands Of pounds in subscriptions and
fees to all sorts Of bodies, and one OF
my active partners is a paying member
10 over 300 bodies Of one kind or an
other. He turns up at scores Of their
meetings-an hour here and an hour
there-and he spends money freely
among fellow-members.'
People's voice., 1899-07-06
DisL.c, Cltrk Overhollzer vas

DISI'c' OltTN OVerhol'zef was
@1sd I'D .a5Uce lA1adon'S court laSt
Eesk for costs collected by him and
not turned over upon areceipt beng
lled, In 1898 John Roth sued me
city authorities iOr damage Tor sci
ing some OF his property on an
execution Ihe cost IN the district
'oHt amounted to Sg.iO, which John
No.n paid 10 Mart copeland and
oeid MS receipt Tor the same Roth
ean'ed 10 make a clear title to a
ract OF land aud have the judgment
ef costs dismissed. lie produced
ne receipt Tor the costs and de-
2ahoea mat O'ernoI'1er release the
Judgment OVernoIlzer refused to
40 so until Koth paved the money
lato the court and the Judgment was
released. Koth demanded his
money back. WISE and honest
1rerhoItzer refused to deliver the
money. Now Roth sues him insteadot
People's voice., 1899-07-06

And now comes a professor oI
Washington university with a new
name for the United States. !" Usona. "
This is taken from the awkward
name Of The greatest nation on
earth. United States of North
America. Whether this shall be
taken up as many Of the larger
newspapers and others are urging OF
whether it fall by the wayside a:
have SO many other words which
have been suggested to meet a seem.
ing n Du. which dld not ,lnA,
the popular cord remains 10 .,
seen. I
People's voice., 1899-07-06
GEMS FROM BRYAN.

The following gems are from the
-7en Of Hon. VIM. J. Bryan, and may
De considered as tue American
thoughts, given to the people when
they most need them. In his speech
at Terre Haute, Ind, on Monday,
May 20, he sowed these thoughts
among his hearers;
The fruits of imperialism, be they
bitter or sweet, must be left to the
subject of monarchy. This is the
one tree of which the citizens of a
republic may not partake. It's the
voice of the SERPENT, not the voice
OF God, that bids us eat.
Wars Of conquest have their ori-
GIN in covetousness, and the history
OF the human race has been written
in characters Of blood because rulers
have looked with longing eyes upon
the lands of others.
We rejoice in the marvellous vie,
tory won by Dewey in Manila bay.
I'VE would give him sacred place
in history and crown his memory
with blessings. To us he is a hero
To the Fiiipinos he can be a savior
Let him be known to posterity, no
as the subjugator of an alien race. bu
as the redeemer of an oppressed
tpeople-not as a Lord Give, but a
la Lafayette. The gratitude of
people is better than a ieweleC
sword.
But if we could destroy every Wis
tage of the laws which are the out
growth of the immortal documen
penned by Jefferson; if we coul,
obliterate every written word tha
has been inspired by the idea tina
this is "a government of the peopl
lby the people, for the people," "
People's voice., 1899-07-06

1t IS stated at the Agricultural Depart
ment that cattle will not be admitted
f.Om the United States for exhibition at
the paris Exposition. Horses can be ex-
hibited, but only breeding stock. These
restrictions do not suit Americans at all
who desire to exhibit fine fat stock.
and Commissioner Peck is now endeavor-
ing to secure their modification.
The various chiefs of divisions of the
Agricultural Department are getting
their respective exhibits ready for the
great Paris Exposition. The Bureau of
Animal Industry will exhibit an I'M
mense revolving octagonal refrigerator
OF glass, IN which will be arranged all
sorts Of meats and dairy products, show
ing what this country can produce and
offer to the world in the way of prime
fresh beef, mutton, PORK, butter, cheese
etc.
Tie way to sound the keynote of the
future welfare of the " est is to arouse
its people to support the pls = for federal
storage reservoirs. Unite the West OH
this proposition and federal storage res
ervors will become a reality. Give the
West these reservoirs to hold the waters
which now annually run to waste, and
there will be development of this sec
ton which will make greater demands
upon the manufacturers Of the East than
they are liable to supply.
People's voice., 1899-07-06

LC. r. SHAWVER. do hereby announce
10 the people Of Sumner county that will
oe canailate for sheriff Of said county
subject 10 the a ton of the Democratic
party and P0pulist party convention TO be
held Iuly y 1899 Hoping that my work
las merited the nomination. remain
Yours Respectfully
c. c. SHAwvER.
People's voice., 1899-07-06
New words are being constantly

New words are being constantly
added 10 or language. A crank
and bulIjozer, swipe and some other
words in common use will later fad
:he dictionaries and be considered
good English,
People's voice., 1899-07-06

DR.. Clark, the Chicago Medical
Curative institution will not be here
during July, but will be at the Ar
ingtOn about August 3.
People's voice., 1899-07-06

If Alger really longs to be martyr
zed" out Of the Cabinet, the president
has the full consent of the American
people to oblige the gentleman.
People's voice., 1899-07-06

Farmers are very much discour-
aged over the wheat crop. Many
claim the rust killed the grain before
i had ma.ured.
People's voice., 1899-07-06

Dreytus is once 'slore in France with
Justice in sights fsCt which should be
even pleasanter for France than for
DreVfus
People's voice., 1899-07-06

Teddie Roosevelt has made his debut
and initial speech for the presidential
campaign in 1904. The Rough Riders
yiH make good soldiers for him then.
People's voice., 1899-07-06

William Goebel, the nominee OF the
Democrat party of Kentucky, is young
nan, seli-made, Eho has no close friend.
People's voice., 1899-07-06
Concrete CiSternS and Caves.

'aye your mason build you a cistern
Ur ave of Portland cement concrete
Oyer the Bedford Cave and Clstern
Cos mOud>, which | can give You
the use OF with directions, cheap 10
Sumner County. All that | b1ild
may be tested in a week, and II they
do hot stand full Of water | will for
felt all pay. They are made cheaper
than any of equal strength, and when
water gets all around them from
cracks in the ground they will settle
in body, while a brick cistern will
often settle at the bottom only II too
wet, or burst near the top, il filed
quickly, when the dry dirt is shrunk.
en- away from the wall.
D. |. MURPHY, Wellington Kansas.
People's voice., 1899-07-06
SHERIEE.

l. K. Fl. HANSuARGER, do hereby an
3ouuce 10 the Peoples party, Dem AT and
nv friend, that | will be a candidat' for
,berir before the county convention TO be
4eld on The 10Th day of July, 1895 by the
iusior Pooulist-DemOcrat party. Very re-
speetluAy yours; K H. HANSBARGER.
People's voice., 1899-07-06
Ripans Tabules assist digestion.

Ripans Tabules cure bad breath
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-14
WATERyILLE HIT HARD
A Construction Co. Fails and Leave
$1,000 In Debts I'm Town.

waterviife. June, 1s.-The Richmond
and Potomac construction company which
contracted for the building of the Water
vile and Weeks Mills railroad, has gone
into Insolvency, leaving debts to the
amount of 81, 200 unpaid in wateryille
This concern is composed Of New York
and Conpecticut men of means, but their
corporation was formed under the. Rhode
Island laws and nothing was paid in for
ca pital stock.
Waterville lparties will test the law
pertaining to holding individual members
of corporations upon stock held by them
as shown by the corporation books.
The Richmond and Potomac construo
tlon company has never received any
funds from the waterville and Weeks
Mills railroad company, which has at the
present time some SIS. 900 in its treasury,
from the fact that work was never car
ried to the constructed amount for receipt
OF funds.
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petent surgeons. Many of the injured
will die, but some of them received but
slight injuries. 1t lie impossible at this
hour, owing to the confusion to ascertain
the number of dead, but twelve are
known to have been killed and the list
will run very much higher. Among the
deadly hurt is George B. Clyde, the local
station agent of the Omaha road at Her.
man.
Superintendent Jaynes of the Omaha
road was at Tekamah when he heard of
the disaster and left at once for Herman
on hand car taking two physicians
along with him to assist in sue coring the
injured.
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TO NAVAL WARFARE.
Principles of Geneva Conven-
tion To BE Applied.
This Regarded as First Real Achieve
ment OF Convention.

kkThe Hague, June l3.--In view Of the
statement published in the United States
that MIR. Frederick Hollis Of the American
delegation to the Peace conference had
cabled to the state department. at Wash.
ington that Germany was opposed TO
arbitration in principle, the correspond.
ent Of the Associated Press, called today
on MIR. hollis, who declared that there
was absolutely no foundation for such q
statement.
'tThere is no doubt" said Mr.. Hollis,
THAT the Germans, in this respect, re-
sembling tho French and some other
European nations, ara not as enthusiastic
In support of the arbitration principle as
are others which should take the lead in
this matter; but the German delegates are
cooperating loyalty in framing the arbi-
tration schedule and nothing has occurred
which would justify the publication Of
any statement as to German hostility to
arbitration.
There is another story which is quite
as false and which, in the United States
may be even more mischievous. mean
the absurd story that we have abandoned
the American plan Tor permanent arbi-
trntion board.
The subcommittee of the Red Cross
section met today, Professor Asser Of the
Dutch delegation presiding, to hear the
report OF Prof. Louis RenAult of the
French delegation on the extension Of the
Geneva convention to naval warfare. The
report In the unanimous opinion of the
delegates is a mastery piece of work. Ali
the essential principles OF the original
scheme, as embodied in the report were
agreed to, although several amendments
as to details were submitted.
All these matters will be disposed OF at
Thursdays meeting OF the subcommittee
which win then report and there is no
doubt that Prof. kenault's report will
finally be adopted.
The preamble endorses the application
to naval warfare OF the principles OF the
Geneva convention of 1894 aud the sup
Elementary clause OF 1868.
Endeavoring to reconcile the various
conflicting interests, 1t recognizes the
necessity or not hampering belligerents
In legitimate action, while modifying
unnecessary suffering. These considera-
tions met with the appreciation OF all the
powers. especially Great Britain and the
United States.
The adaptation of the principals Of the
Geneva convention to naval warfare Is re-
garded as the first real achievement of the
conference.
The Brussels committee held a short
session today, reporting progress.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-14
TERRIBLE DEsTITUTIoN.

Nothing To Eat and No Clothing in
New Richm ond.
Milwaukes, Wis, june 1s.--rhe follow
ing telegram has just been received from
Congressman John J. jenkins Of New
Richmond, Wis. addressed to the Gov
ernor and Chamber OF Commerce;
The city wiped out by storm. Every
business building and contents and over
half the dwellings and contents partly In
tured. Over 1000 wounded. Forty dead
bodies; many missing and ruins burn
ing. Local people making heroic efforts
and giving freely Of what little they have
left They can be furnished for short
time, but with few exceptions, no food
or clothing. Not an ,artlcle OF goods.
ware OF merchandise left by noon.
There Will not be q noufhfui TO eat
Must have fmmediate relief. will require
aid for some time. Not cofiin or article
to bury the dead. Practical destitution
prevails. VIII you notify the public
and.ask then that aid be forwarded as
soon rs possible"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-14
Finally Succeededin Cutting Their
Way Through
Filipino Force Was Largest and Best Or
ganized Our NIen Have Met

trees were pepperi1g our men. But
thanks to the markms1ship Of the rebsls
our loss was not as great as it would have
been II the biiiplnos had shot straight.
An.army. however, has seldom fought
under a ereater handicap or more
eourageously than did our regulars, a ma
jority of whom were, comparatively
spe aktng, recruits who could have been
pardoned for retiring In the face OF SUI h
fire from their exposed positions.
The 18th regiment lay TO the right OF
small bridge and IN the front of them
was the 18th regiment with the ninth on
the right and the 21st up the road facing
the bridge which was the key 10 tina
situation. On the hriige wsre the bo6fes
OF two Americans who had attempted to
rush across and many wounded men were
carried from the open ground before the
bridge.
After fiving in volleys for short time.
the Americ sns were ordered to fire when
and where they could see the enemy. II
was every man for himself and the best
our men could do was TO aim nt the faint
mists arising from the rebels smpksiess
POWDER 4
General Lawton. though exhausted .,,y
ths inornfng = faiit rallied by afsser vii
power and was the commanding figure "
tho battle. He went along the hnat
directing and encoIifng1ne the stroops
| General Wheaton and General Oven
sulne were equally courageous. In faof
! the generals. were among the few men oE
the battlefield who refused to take shelter
under hottest fire.
The only approach to the fighting
ground WAS by narrow, winding roaf
where the rebel bullets dropped thickly,
wounding several of our men.
| At four O'Clock there wns an hours iul
In the fighting, and an artillery sergeani
galloped back TO where two guns of 6 ths
mountain battery were waiting in Tesersf
and shouted: bring up those guns =
The sergeant then tumbled exhausted
from his horse.
| Twenty wounded Inen were carried %
cascoe (natiye boat) waiting on the heacl
which was rowed to ParanaQue.
| IL Is impossible at present to estimatti
the number Of Filipino dsad. There are
many dead bodies in the field the Ameri-
cans traversed. This battlefield was
formerly the scene Of several of tn,
greatest struggles between the Spauiardl
and the Filipinos. The Zapote was con
sjdered imprsgnsble and hundreds OF
Spaniards and Bilipinos have been killsc-
while lighting over the same bridge il
former contests for its possession. In
june, 1897, Generals Pho Del Pillar and
Ifias turned a scale of war on the side OF
the Filipinos by deserting the Spanish
aSmy there ON the eve of q decisive
battle, carrying the native militia with
them and by breaking the chain o.
defsnce around Manila.
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Fatalities Will Run Up To Hundred
If Not Higher.
Streets Are Sfrewn With Corpses: Many
Disfgured beyond Recognition.

Omaha, Neb., June IA tornado
struck the village of Herman this evening
causing fearful destruction. A conductor
Of the evening train from Sioux, City
passed through the. place not long after
the storm and he says not building is
Left standing In the town. He counted
twelve dead bodies lying in the streets.
The fatalities will undoubtedly run up to
hundred If not higher. A special train
has left Blair, the county seat, ten miles
distant for the scene of the disaster,
carrying surgeons and all needed sup
plies. Wires are all down north of Her
further north the storm went, but reports
are coming in to the effsct that a large
portion Of the country north of Herman
is laid waste. The entire eastern portion
of Nebraska is being swept by terrific
rain, wind and electric storm tonight.
The streets of Omaha are flooded.
Additional details are dribbling in con.
oerning the tornado at Herman. Adyices
recsived by the Bee up to II 2. m, state
that every building In the town is de-
stroyed except the public school and
small dwelling, both Of which are on the
outskirts. The force of the wind was
terrific as scarcely one piece Of any of the
many structures destroyed was left intact
The scene in the streets OF the once
thriving and beautiful little town is one
of destruction. Wrecked buildings and
broken furniture are strewn all around.
while dead bodies lie in many places, the
corpses badly disngured and some of them
hardly recognizable. The relief train
from Blair arrived about an hour after
the storm and the work of picking up the
wounded was begun. In the course of an
hour the train pulled out for Blair with
95 injured on board. They were taken to
Blair, as there is absolutely no place left
at Herman at which treatment can be ad-
ministered.
All the citizens of Blair have thrown
open their hodses to the wounded and the
unfortunates are being cared for by COM
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-14
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.

The agricultural department weather
bureau for Yesterday, June ID, taken al
s p. m, meridian time, the obser-
vation for each section being given in
this order: Temperature, direction OF
wind, state of weather:
Boston, 76 degrees. SW. clear; New
York, 6S degrees, Sc. pcldy; Philadelphia
20 degrees, 5, p. cloudy; Washington. s(
degrees, ), cidy Albany, IS degrees
S, cloudy; Buffalo, Y degrees, SW
P cldy; Detroit, So degrees, SW. clear
Chicago, 81 degrees. SW. clear; St. Paul
IS degrees, NE, cloudy; Huron, Oak, 81
degrees, NV, cloudy; bismarck, 50 de
grees, NE. cloudy; Jacksonville, s.
degrees, Sc, clear.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-14
FRATERNITY REoEp1ToNs.

Orono. June 13-The Beta Pi and
Alpha Omega fraternities Of Orono uni
versity gave reception at their fraternity
houses this afternoon. The rooms were
handsomely decorated. At the Pi house
the matrons were AIRS. II. NJ. Estabrooke
and Mrs. Alden Webster. At the Alpha's
the receiving party consisted of Mrs. p.
A. Douglass, Mrs. A. c. Waite and Mr..
IL. II. Perkins.
The presidents reception was held this
evening at the ladies' dorrnitory which
had been brilliantly illuminated. The
receiving was by DIR. Harris. Mrs. Mo
Clure and Mr.. and Mrs. Winslow.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-14

Buffalo, N. Y, June IA gang of
between 30 and 40 stevedores and freight
handlers tonight climbed aboard the
Whaleback Samuel Mather which was
lying at the Minnesota Iron Ore docks
and opened fire on a gang OF abont 80 iron
ore handlers who were working ip the
hold of the vessel. John Malysk aged 30
was probably fatally injured; Joseph
Marck, Mike Smith. were Wounded but
not seriously. Sixteen of the attacking
party were arrested The trouble was
caused by the ore-handiers referring to
the freight handlers as "Scabs.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-14
A CHILD KILLED.
Sad Accident Caused by Vicious Horse
at Bowdoinham.

WFHCAAL 10 TIE PHHNtl
Bowdoinham, June ia sad accident
occurred Monday night In this town.
MIR. Sidney Gray drove to the village 20
make some purchases, and on the way
left his wife and child to. make call.
On returning be drove into the yard Of
the house where she was twisting. and
helped them into the wagon. Just az
he Lad got In the horse became unman-
aReable and began to kick.
Mr. Gray was thrown out. and severely
injured about the side and arm. Mrs.
Gray and child were also thrown out,
The child was instantly killed, and Mrs,
Gray was injured about the face and
body. The horse was one MIR. Gray had
recently got and must have been vicious,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gray have ths sympathy
Of the entire community. The child was
1-2 years old
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-14
GEN. LUNA AssAssINATED.

Manila, June 1873 So p. m-Informa-
tom believed to be reliable has reached
here OF the assassination of Gen.. Luna
and his aide-fe-camp, Lieut.. sHaso Ra-
mon, Jnue Sth, by Aguinaldo's guards at
the headquarters of Aguinaldo.
Luna and Ramon 1t appears went 10 the
Filipino headquarters Ito confer with
Aguinaldo, got into an alteration with
the captain of the guard and one of them
drew revolver. The guards then killed
Luna and Ramon with their bay onets.
5H. FROM GEN, OTIS.
Washington, June 13.-The following
cabiegram has been received from Gen.
Otis:
saa Manila, June IS.
To Adjutant General, Washington:
Lawton's troops had severe engage
ments today with enemy in strong en-
trennhmsnts at crossing Zapote river near
Baccor, Cavite province; has driven en-
einy with heavy loss; our casualties some
thirty. INSURGENTS in this southern sec
ton not molested until Threatened attack
in stroug forces on Manila; now scat
tered and in retreat: doubtful IL tLsy
make further stand.
fat,s
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-14
THE WEATHER.

Boston. June 13.-Forecast for Boston
and vicinity Wednesd ay:-Fair weather,
po ssibly followed by light showers
Wednesday evening or night; cooler
Wednesday nights fresh southwest winds
probably becoming North and East We'd
nesday night.
Washington. June 1S.-Forecast for
Wednesday:-New England showers
Wednesday afternoon and Thursday
light to fresh southerly winds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-14
NEXT FRENCH MINISTRY,

Paris. June 13.-Late this even
ing it developed that NJ. Poincare
while he refused the premiership
intimated to the President that he
might enter a cabinet presided over
by M. Paul Deschanel, president of the
chamber of deputies who had previously
hosn in conference with NJ. Loubet
MN. Poincare and Deschanel are con-
ferring with their friends this evening
and will return to the elysee at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning tot report the result
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-14
LOOK S LIKE WAR.
TransvaaI Arm ing Its Subjects Against
Great Britain.

London, June 15.-In the House of
Commons. this evening, Mr.. Joseph
Cham berlain, secretary of state for the
colonies, admitted that the government
had received information that the
Transsvaal government was distributing
arms and ammunition among the j oers
in the British colony Of Natal and arming
its own subjects against Great Britain.