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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-31

What with the pathetic Incident o,
me arrival Of the steamer with more
han coo bodies Of American soldiers
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-31

Is there any further trouble in sa-
moa-scnd for the Oregon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-31

The situation in Samoa is the result
OF two rivals for the situation of king.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-31

The government at Washington eay-
erly awaits some more news from Sa-
fnaa
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10

The letter which General Manager
Evans of the Maine Central wrote to Rep
ressntative Webb, and which was read
in the House yesterday places the Maine
Central railroad in very favorable light
before the people. expressing as 1t does
willingness on the part of the road to
make reasonable concession TO its patrons
Us fast as they can bs made without seri =
ously crippling the roads finances. 1t
offers, as an immediate concession, that
the road will sell mileage tic kets good for
man and his wife and will investigate
local rates with a view to their revision If
any injustice exists 10 them. II the emil
nently fair and conciliatory spirit shown
in this letter were always manifested by
the railroads they would have very mu,h
less trouble with the people and would
much less frequently by the victims of the
drastic, and oftentimes unjust, legislation
which is directed against them in spirit
of revenge. II the railroad management
would cease to assume that the people
were always inclined to be hostile, and
would repose more confidence in, their
justice and fairness they would get along
much better.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10
DEWEY,s HEALTH.

Washington, March 9.-When his atten
ton was called to the statement coming
from Vancouver to the effect that dmi-
raj Dewey is breaking down and cannot
last month longer, Secretary Long said
he had no information whatever on this
point. The stories of the admraIs poor
health have been in circulation with
more or less persisteDoy for the past four
months. They are all traoeable TO private
reports, and though officers of the navy
who have returned recently from Manila
state that Dewey's health, so far as it
could be gauged from his appearance, ap-
pears TO he about the same AS ii has heen
for the past year, they agree that the pr
vate reports probably have a fair basis of
fact.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10
CHAMBERLAIN's LITTLE GAME.
(Ihe London Truth. J


There is an instructive little cores
pondence in The Times Of Monday with
respect to MIR. Chamberlain jingoism
in connection with the United States.
Mr. Henry Norman, who is London cor
respondent Of The New York Times
wrote that English statesmen are grow
ing impatient of the charge that the
English people want the United States to
help them to fight their European blt-
ties" MIR. Carnegie wrote the next day
to The New York Times, quoting the fol
lowing words of MIR. Cham BERLIN, in
order to show that this impression was
a reasonable one: eve now sec our
cousins across the Atlantic entering the
lists and sharing in task which, under
the circumstances, migh5 have proved
too heavy for us MIR. Norman having
invited MIR. Chamberlain to explain MS
views that gentleman replies that he
Goes not seek the cooperation of the
United States for any purely British IN
terest, and that he has never desired CO.
operation except in cases where tho inter
ests OF other nations is at least as much
involved as our own, and then he goes
on to explain his satisfaction that the
United states are likely to take their
part in the gigantic work of tropical
civilization, which seems, in A special
sense, to DO the mission Of the Anglo
Saxon race.
As an impartial reader OF the correspon-
dence, think that MI Chamberlain
rather evades than disproves the sense
which Mr.. Carnegie attaches TO his words
II the Anglo-Suxnn race has a special
mission TO civihze (and to annex tropi-
cal regions, Ii l. evident that the mem
bers Of this chosen race--should they act
on this mission--would become allies
against other races, which may be pre-
pared to contest this mis- ion. The Ameri-
cans have never pretended that they have
any belief in it. 80 tar a. regards them
selves. As | understand their present
policy, it is that, having by the force OF
circumstances, become responsible for the
good government of the Philippines, they
propose to establish coed government
there without any Interior intention to
Incorporate the islands with their domin.
ions. A general policy Of joining with
us in civilizing tropical regions or of
aiding us to do so. is utterly foreign to
their intentions. Mr.. Chamberlain
wants an alliance between British and
American jingoes, because the jingo creed
is weakening on this side of the Atlantic.
He perceives that this tomfoolery is toe
expensive for it to be likely that the craze
will last long with US. Therefore he is
anxious to persuade his jingo supporters
here that the cost viii be shared by the
Americans, and that they viii join us in
lighting for the mission, II 1t be-oontested
by other nations.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10
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The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10
CURRENT COMMENT.
MR.. REED'S TRIUMPH.
Evening STAR

The closing scene in the House on Sat
urdRy was in sharp contrast with the
closing scene in that hall the day the
Flttv-nrst Congress expired. On thu form
er occasion all was acrimony and impa-
tience. The minority was Withholding
from the Speaker the usual resolutions
of thanks. and the Speaker was standing
in his place delivering yaledictory Of
defiance. On this latter occasion all was
enthusiastic and good will. The ininori-
ty through its leader had paid sincere
ana graceful tribute to the Speaker, and
he WAS returning thanks in spirit OF
hearty appreciation. And yet the same
the rules which had Infatuated The ore
House had been applied so as TO secure
the approval of the other
1t pays to be in earnest. 1t pay to 90
through with "A task once il Is honestly
entered upon When Mr.. Reed took the
gavel in the Fifty first Congress be found
himself hampered by practices IN tie
and positively detriment 70 the Tubpc
service be set about at once correcting
the evil. II required resolution es well
as "A knowledge OF what was necessarz.
Fortunately ho possessed both. lie had
the courage to prepare and apply rules
80 unlike the old ones that riot iu
the House was several times during that
session but narrowly ayerted.
The reformer does not always i've 10
reap the fruits of his labor Mr.. Reed
in this matter is an exception to the rula
The next two Houses were Democra
and he ha1 the satisfaction Of seeing
mach Of his work adopted ~ those WHO
had at first denounced 1t; and the dg mon
stIatiun on Saturday crowned him AS a
parliamentary victor. No man IN the
office of Speaker ever enjoyed nj 10 sig
nal triumph.
he rules devised by MIR. Reed are not
perfect. and he has applied them at times
SO as to arouse the protest even of men of
his own party. They concentrate IA large
power In the Speaker, and make it more
than ever important that he should al
ways be man of the best Judgment and
intentions But that in the main. they
have worked for good and for expediting
the public business is something for which
the country is and should be grateful to
their author.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10

The President win not take advantage
1t present of that clause OF the army bill
which permits him to enlist as soldiers
men not natives of the United States, Il
clause which was meant to authorize the
formation of native army in the Philip
pines and Cuba. Probably in the Presi-
1ent's opinion the allegiance of neither the
Filipinos nor the Cubans is yet sufficiently
secured to make it safe to use them as
soldiers. Eventually, no doubt, if we
continue to hold the Philippines we shall
find a native army there IA necessity, just
as the English have in India.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10
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1t is intimated that Herbert Putnam

1t Is intimated that Herbert Putnam
declined the appointment of librarian Of
Congress rendered him by the President,
At the instigation of Congressman Bar
rows and that now that Barrows has
declined he may be willing to accept If
,he appointment is again rendered him,
md there is reason to believe 1t will be.
Mr.. Putnam is no doubt far better uali-
led for the office than Congressman Bar
COWS
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10

One of the numerous senatorial dead
locks has been broken by the election Of
Nj. L. Hayward to succeed Senator Allen
of Nebraska. Hayward is retired law
yer about 60 years of age, and was last
tall candidate for governor, but was de-
feated by small majority. In California,
PENNSYLVANIA, Delaware and Utah dead
looks are S i'll on. with little prospect of
solution.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10

According 20 the Albany Journal Mr..
Croker will press Augustus Van Wyck
for the Democratic Presidential nomina-
ton, and he is said to be 80 much in
earnest about 1t that he will threaten
with defeat any other candidate who
may get the nomination. Van Wyok is
the brother of Mayor Van wyok, and was
Croker's candidate for governor of New
York last year
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10

This legislature has made more discov-
cries than any that we have had for
many years back. Its latest is that the
Board of Agriculture employs counsel
TO press the bills it conceiyeS to be for
the benefit of the state and charges the
expense to the state. What would the
farmers think if the railroads should
charge the state for their counsel, on the
assumption that the legislation they were
after was for the benefit of the state and
that therefore the state ought to pay for
it? They could do it with about as much
reason, for much of the legislation they
get through benefits the state quite as
much as many of the bills originated by
the State Board of Agriculture.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10

There is a strong suspicion in Washing
ton that the canned roast beef which was
complained of SO much was horse
beef. The cans in which it was contained
were all red, SO the soldiers testified
though the cans exhibited to the court of
inquiry have been blue Accidentally the
other day red can was found among the
government stores and when it was
opened the contents correspondent very
closely to the meat described by the sol
diers. Though it has not yet been ALSO
lutely proved it is believed that the meat
in this can is horse beef, inasmuoh as it
closely tallies in appearance with the de
scrlption given of that kind of flesh by
the chief of the department of animal in.
dustry. Prof. Salmon. 1t ID said that
there is an establishment in Chicago
which puts up horse meat.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10

over whether III. chainless or regular
chain bicycles are the best may settle
it as they see tit, but they never argue
about the superior merits OF either the
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10

Germany conveniently washes her
hands of all responsibility for the friction
between the German and American fleets
at Manila last summer by charging all
the trouble to her admiraPs lack of tact
Things might have turned out in a way
that what is now condemned as lack Of
tact would have been rewarded.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10

Congressman Sulzer of New York, one
of Croker whilom henchmen, has an
nounoed himself as candidate for the
Democratic leadership in the house. re-
Gently abdicated in u huff by Congress
man Bailey of Texas. Sulzer goes back
on Croker by announcing that he Is
against expansion and for free silver.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10
LOWER MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 1871 West 34th Street, NEW
A PROUD MAN

is he who can bring the deed of a pretty
and cosy home to present to his wife,
after securing it at such price and on
such easy terms as we enable him to do
when he buys through us. We are offer
ing some of the choicest building lots
and homes in and around the city at
prices and terms that will enable the
man of moderate means to enjoy his
own roof tree.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-10
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY, MARCH 10.

The Krupps have refused to furnish the
Sultan with any more guns until he has
pal for those he has already received.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1899-05-10

moacy tiiaa ordinarily; while al
other gratifying item 10 be yiawcJ
from a business stanlpoin:, is th4
fact that between three and four
thousand dollars additional will bc
circulated in our midst monthly.
Following the above cheerful
news came an announcement by
the NJ. Il. & 3. 7. R'y. Co. is fol
lows: ''We took our pay roll for
the fiscal year, ending April 3oth,
1899, and as each employees name
appeared on that roll in contiuu-
Gus service, up to, and including
April Both, we presented him with
i've per cent Of the total amount
paid him in wages during the year
Or fractional part thereof"
This liberal action on the part of
the company was simply gratui-
T. and is intcn,in,l as a reward for
faiihfu! services on the part Of enl-
pioyos. ot course the railroad
"hoys are naturally cIatcd and
dnly appreciativc. Bonnc Tcrre
Register.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1899-05-10
Raised Wages.

Those Of our citizens who follow
the trend Of events have been
aware, for some time. that the gen
eral condition Of business through
out the United States has shown
such decided activity a> to stimu-
late and encourage enterprise in all
localities.
This week the people Of Borne
Torre felt the good results of this
era of prosperity upon which the
country has entered when on Tues
day morning, the oiiicials Of The
St. Joseph Lead Go. announced &
ten per cent increase OF tie wares
Of their employees, sad increase tc
apply to all departments, and to be
in force from April 18th. Thus.
the men Of the mining department
who received their pay IN the md
were agreea1Iy surprised to fins
that their checks called for nor,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1899-05-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


| The jefferson County circuit court
docket contains fourteen divorce
cases.
Mcn are scarce at Fiat River Tor lll-
dcrground work, as there is SO much
work on tie surface at present.
The output Of lead concentrates at
Ronuc Terre is l25.Do1 tons d day. The
other mills about I15,0p0 tens. which
Is less than their capacity and due to
scarcity Of labor.
The citizens OF FredcrichtoWn on
lie 18th ult,. voted to issue school
bonds to the amount ot $1,000 by aIote
Of - To- :. The money wil! bc uset! TO
repair and mOdcrnizc the old school
building.
The st. Louis. Cape ,7l7arcIoau Z
Fort Smith Ry.. knoWn a the I!oul,
road, wla sold under mortgage 1t Cape
Gi.ardeau on May > A. S. Bard, If
New York bid in the property for
el2A,030. The road Will hereafter De
known as the Southern Missouri & Ar
kansas Ry,
Er. TuIiolsili, one # tue most noted
physicians ana surgeons ot @t. Louis,
writes that careful post morttnl exam
nations Of the bodies Of persons dying
with sp:'sal meningitis this spring
show clearly th1t the IS q Corumcai
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1899-05-10

THE trusts are grinding the
masses" is the stock argument Of
the Democratic press Of today.
Let the "masscs' consider mo-
ment where they are being ground
before they accept the assertion
as il is held out to them. In what
items Of the necessaries Of life has
the cost been so increased by the
so-callod trusts that it has worked
a hardship upon the poor? Name
over Il few to yourself. We do
not deny that there has been a rise
almost generally in the leading
commodities, which should be q
source OF satisfaction rather than a
subject for condemnation, as it in
dicates the healthy condition Of our
markets; but wherever the matter
is probcd it will be found that the
necessities and comforts of life can
be procured at a less cost now than
they could be procured fifteen OF
even ten years ago. What slight
advance has been made on com
modities has been more than bal
anced by increased wages and en-
largea opportunities for securing
employment of the masses. We do
not defend the speculative trusts.
whose ulterior motives are to un-
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1899-05-10
The School Funds SQuanaered

Extravaganza in Legislative cx-
penses and misuse Of the funds col
lccted to pay off the States bonded
debt do not embrace all Of the NAL
feasance and corruption Of the
Democratic administrations which
have financed the State of Missouri
since the beginning Of 1871.
On December 81, 1870, there
were in the State treasury TO the
credit of the permanent school
fund, genuine assets to the value
of 81, ,799, $50. .G5-in United States
bonds and cash. The bonds were
drawing six per cent interest and
returned to the school fund an
annual sum of 500, ,O06 without tax
alton On the people Of this state.
Under a constitution, submitted
by a Republican convention and
adopted in 1865, the States school
fund was required to be invested
in United States bonds: but when
the Democrats came into power
and control of affairs in the State
another State convention was call
cd to submit q constitution under
which the schoo! funds could be
transferred ID State securities and
the cash transferred, 10 the pockets
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1899-05-10
How Prosperity Hits Organism.

! Senator Jones, the head of tlls
Bryanite national committee. re-
marked in 1896 that the opi:hct
soc dollar party" which The hon.
esty money men during tn:lt can.
Yass hurled at lis side hart til,
Dryanite cause more than anything
else which wa; said about it. Ii
Jonos were 10 give his honest opin-
ion now sof the thing which hits
Organism hardest he would say il
was the advance in wages which
are taking place all over the coun-
try. 4 few months ago a leading
Western siIycri!c declared that the
Democracy has no hope Of victory
so long as the good times continue.
There was solid sense in that re-
mark.
A dispatch from Dir1sboro, Pa. ,
published in all the oaily papers in
the country, mentions that in the
blast furnaces in that town another
advance in wages has just been
made, vhich is the second rise in
the past few months. The advance
which has just taken place is 10
per cent. In combination with
the previous rise the employees Of
those furnaces viii now get - per
cent more wages for the same class
and amount of work than they got
in 1898. GA the same day that
this dispatch came dispatch from
birmingham, Ala, announced IN
advance Of - per cc,t ton il the
wages OF 6000 coai miners. Tic
dispatch further stated that this is
the third advance wLich has been
made in the wages Of these miners
this year the entire advance being
i per cent 4 ton, From some
part Of the country OF othor, and
often from several parts sjna!tan-
oouslY, come reports Of this sort
every day or two.
These are tho things which are
killing Organism. Bryan can keep
on from this date until TIC polls
close on November 6, 1900, howl
inc as he did recently, that he had
not seen Gen. Prosperity yet, but
it will do his cause no good. The
people who listen to him at all will
only laugh at him. Advances Of
wages are concrete evidences Of
prosperity which even Bryan's
mendac.ty can not hide. The tens
of thousands Of persons idle dur
ing the Bryanito reign Of terror in
1896 who are employed at high
wages now, and the hundreds Of
thousands at work then who have
had their pay advanced once, twice
Or thrice since the day that Bryan
w4s overthrown, can not be fooled
by the f,sisehoods and sophistries Of
the Dryan!te leaders. The Demo
crat who remarked that his party
has no chance Of victory while the
good times last was philosopher.
The good times arc getting better
and better every day.-Globo-Dom-
ncrat