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The Portland daily press., 1899-11-17

Leavitt. Mrs. Knights son, at Unalaska
In the northern regions, and started for
home. Captain knight was enjoying good
health and WAS having gooi luck. This
was later news than any letter received.
as Captain Bodnsh came directly home
without any stops
. On Monday evening at Hoesg hall Miss
Clark and Miss Libby will give another
private dancing party.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-17
COMMITTEE ON POLES.

The committee on poles were out yes
terdsy making an inspection of ths pole
lines OF the Lew electric light company.
Complaints regarding the location Of
poles and the manner in which they are
being placed continue to be heard and the
COMMITTEES has bean enasavering to
straightsn out some of the difficulties
which the new com pany encountered.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-17
KNOCKING OUT RECORDS.

Chicago November l6-Msjor Tsylor
secured two more worlds records today.
He reduced tbs half niis record from
40 a.5 to 40 l-5 seconds and the third mile
from 81 2-5 to "a Id. Taylor was paced
BY motor oyols carry Ing wind shields.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-17

deford, Westbrook and Boston will assist
our home musicians. ThsIe will be ex-
oelient soloists. quartette and grand
chorus. which merit the most liberal sup
port. Admission % cents. Reserved
seats 80 osnts
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-17
SUBURBAN HAPPENINGS.
Meeting of Wesbrook
School Board.
Officer Instructed to Look After a
Trulnt.
Brighton Avenue Sewer
Completed.
News From Capt. Leavitt Who
Is in Unalaska.

The November meeting of the West
brook school committee was held last sv-
ening, at which there was q large attend
ance. n OF much out OF the regular bust
ness wac transacted, except that case of
truanoy W as considered. In this case the
parents wsrs unable to MAKE their boy
attend school. The committee Instructed
Truapt Ofiicsr Gilman to see that the boy
does not miss another session.
Mr.. Joseph Labricqus has returned
from North Adams. Mass, where he has
been working.
AIRS. Sproul has been called to Somsr-
willie, Mass, where the child OF her daugh-
tar. Mrs. Ssntsr. 10 suffering with scarlet
fever, and from the ELECTS Of q severe
burn received recently.
Mr.. Charles Il. Jordan OF South Wind
ham was In town yesterday.
Mr.. Fred Young of Auburn 10 visiting
relatives hsrs
The monthly meeting Of the board of
engineers of the fire department will be
held this evening.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-17

quate cast presented . most interesting
play.
1t will be repeated at the matinee to-
day. also In the evening. The company
will close Its engagement / wo per-
formances tomorrow.
ELROY STOCK CO.
The Elroy Stock company. one Of tie
very test dramatic organizations playing
standard comedy drama. with J. Harvey
Cook In the leading roler, will be the
attraction at the Portland theatre all
next week, pre-enting afte: and
evening some of tie hest plays now te-
fore the public. TIE repertoire for the
week includes An Actors Romance, TIE
Police Patrol, The Land of the Midnight
Sun. Paradise Alley, Northern Lights. Mrs.
whitehouse, a bright new society play
The White Squadron, 1he Midnight
Alarm, The District Fair. and Others OF
equal interest and importance. Monday
nights play will tie The White Squad
rom" a powerful patriotic scenic drama,
In which Harvey Cook and Lotsie Church
are feen to great advantage seats now
on sale.
PIPPA PASSES.
Miss Agnes Ii. Stafford will give read
ing at the Woodfords Congreg stional
church. OH Thursday evening. November
90, her subject being Brownipg's drama,
Pippa Passes Miss Stafford is too well
known to Portland people to need any
words Of introduction and the entertain
msnt promises to DO a delightful one.
ROsSINlI CLUB.
Yesterday morning the Rossini club.
first division, had tine concert with
the following interesting programme;
Piano Solo-Sous La Feujlle, Heller
Miss Margaret Jordan.
Vocal Solo-Fruhlingslaube, Frantz Ries
Miss Noyes.
Piano Solo-Largo and Scherzo,
Miss A. NJ. smith.
Vocal Solo-Two Swedish Airs,
Mrs Whits.
Piano Solo-Sohezino, Hunt
Miss Fobss.
Vocal Solo-Mon Occur q tn Voix,
Saint Saens
Piano Solo:
., Eis2is,
b, Soherzo.
Q. Barcarolle, Gadi
Miss Eiwell.
Vocal Solo-Avs Marie, Bizet |
Miss Brown.
Vocal Solo-Ritournslli. Chaminads |
Miss Rios.
PADEREWSKI.
The season sale for the Paderswski re-
,itals in New York. opened yesterday,
and by noon one half Of the big Carnegie |
hall was sold at $40 ticket. Padsrewski
appears at City hall. January sd,in matt.
nee only.
GRAND SACRED CONCERT.
The fair which has been In progress for
, week and more for the building fund |
If the Sacred Heart church, has been a
pronounced sncoess. II should be rs.nem-
Dered, heweyer, that on Sunday evening
! grand sacrsd concert win be given at
he City hall and good talent tom Bid.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-17

very IN my incarceration Of Aulcahey.
Frank Auburns rs superintendent Of the
insane asylum was capital AMI an sae-
quate cast presented . most interesting
play.
1t will be repeated at the matinee TO-
day. also In the evening. The company
will close Its engagement b wo per-
formanoes tomorrow
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-17
GRAND SACRED CONCERT.

The fair which has been In progress for
week and more for the building fund
of the Sacred Heart church, has been a
pronounced snccess. 1t should be rsgnem-
bered, hewerer. that on Sunday evening
q grand sacrsd concsrt win be given at
the City hall and good talent from BID.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-17

The season sale for the Paderswski re-
citals in New York. opened yesterday,
and by noon one half Of the big Carnegie
hall was sold at $40 ticket. Paderewski
appears at City hall. January Sd, In matt.
nee only.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-07
THE SIRDAR.

The word "Sirdar," which has been
so frequently used since the exploit Of
Lord Kitchener, is a contraction of the
Arabic words "Sayer ed Oar"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-07
SOCIAL SUCCESS.
How Minister Choate Stayed at Wind
Sor Castle.

We are so licked over the social sue
cesses of the Choates, says Roswell
Field in the Chicago Post, that if any
body will bring along that Anglo-Ame-
rican alliance we will sign it without
reading it, Joseph and his wife went
uD to Windsor to call on the queen,
and the old lady was so enamored
with Joseph's stories that she insisted
on their remaining to dinner and had
the spare chamber busted and aired
for their accommodation This, we
understand is a most unusual conces-
sion, for as a rule ambassadors are eX-
pected merely to pay a formal call, to
nibble hard biscuit, swallow a cup
of tea and loaf about the station until
the down train for London comes along
for them. But Joseph is not that kind
of an ambassador. He Just set himself
to work to entertain her majesty, who
likes a good story when the children
are not about, and its dollars to dough-
nuts, or pounds to mullins, that had
Joe really wished it, he might have
spent the week instead of the night,
We know Joe in Chicago, and we
know what he can do when he is feel
ing good. We dare say Joe told the
queen that she was the best house
keeper he had ever seen, that Windsor
is one of the few places in the world
where a man can be perfectly conten-
ted, and that her "reminiscences of
John Brown are a text book in Ameri-
can schools and colleges. Then he
told a little story, and we can see Joe
skillfully explaining the intricate
points of the joke and automatically
wondering at ner majesty's quickness
of penetration. President Mckinley
made no mistake when he sent Joe
Choate to represent us at the court of
st. James, and we have no doubt that
he will spend much of his leisure time
either at Windsor or at the Isle of
Wight. leaving our young townsman,
Spencer Eddy, to attend to the details
of official business.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-07
BALDWIN ENGINES CHOSEN
THUNDER CLAP AMONG BRITISH
MANUFACTURERS.
The Midland Railway Company of
England Gives orders for Twenty
Locomotives from American Builders

The Russian government has made
a contract with the Baldwin Locomo-
tive Works for eighty-nine loComo-
tives for the Trans-Siberian railway,
all of them to be delivered within the
next two years. The same company
has a contract to furnish twenty loco
motives to the government of Sweden,
ten for France, fifteen for Egypt and
ten for the Midland railway of Eng
land.
In 1896 the United States exported 212
locomotives, in 1897 34S. in 1898 $50, and
the contracts for 1899 exceed that
number 1t will not be long before the
American locomotives are used on ev
cry great railroad in the world, be-
cause they are universally conceded to
be the best made. Consul Smyth of
Hull in recent letter to the seCreta
~ state says the announcement that
the Midland Railway company had
closed a large contract for new loco
motives with American builders fell
like a thunderclap among British man
ufacturers,' and the managers We're
compelled to make explanation
through the newspapers. They said
the orders placed with British manu-
faCturers in 1897 for fOrty-eight en-
gines had not yet been filled and that
they could get no definite satisfaction
| as to their delivery. Locomotives are
/ a necessity to the company" he con-
| tinued, and we must have them, so
! the directors decided to ask from Anne
| RIGA, ten engines each from two firms,
! the Baldwin and the Schenectady, to
! be delivered within ten weeks from the
receipt of the order
Mr.. Boyle, u. S. consul at Liverpool
in writing on the same subject, says
this contract has created CONSERVATION
among the British manufacturers an
a general protest both from them and
| the public.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-07
SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY.
Professor Richards Project Set for a
Day Early in May.

At last the details of the Sunday
school rally have been arranged. The
time is May 9th, at $3.50. The place is
also settled and committees appointed.
At the meeting of the Union today at
4:30 general information will be given
of the plans. The Sunday schools are
already on the alert, and it will need
only the settled facts to give direction
to enthusiastic efforts.
during the first part of the meeting
the lesson of the following Sunday
will be handled after the usual GUS
tom. All interested in the rally are
requested to be present.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-07
LEFT FOR MANILA.

Carl Joehnke and Charles Heinemann
are believed to have slowed away and
left by the Puebla yesterday for Ma
Mia. They were known to he aboard
when the transport cleared the chan
mel and it is not thought they We're
landed anywhere. Joehnke is from
Portland and Heinemanr from san
Francisco. Both are quite young men
and have been here for some time.
They We're members Of Company b,
N G. Fl
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-07
LANDS
Sale.

1st-Two lots at Kaliki, facing Kane.
hameha " Road, and in front oe
G. Marknam's residence, with a new
dwelling on.
2rd-One lot, 96x2OO feet mauka of the
Catholic church premises at KalihL
3rd-Twenty-fo lots at Kapalama.
lying mauka of King street, about
800 feet from the Kapalama tram
ways depot.
4th-Five lots and houses at Kapala-
ma, situated mauka of King street
and on the Waikiki side Of Morris
Estate premises, income $552OO q
year.
5th-A lot Of about half an acre, mau-
ka side of King street, about 400
feet from the corner Of Liliha ana
King streets. The premises produce
an income Of $4,000 per annum.
Gth-Twenty-thr lots, 5Ox1OO feet, in
Puunui Tract; twenty-five lots.
55x15O, in Puunui Tract twenty-five
7th-six lots, 1OOx2OO on Nuuanu street,
right opposite the old ice works.
about 800 lots, 5Ox1OO, at Nuuanu at
rear and mauka of the above lots.
Sth-About fifty lots in the Kekie
Tract, situated opposite the Makee
Island band stand. 1t is admitted
that it is one of the best tracts near
the Waikiki sea beach.
9th-About fifty lots in the Kapahului
Tract
1Oth-About 1,00G acres in Kealakomo,
Puma, Hawaii: the land extends
from the beach to about two miles
| from the Volcano.
1th-City properties. etc. etc
Prices are the cheapest in the mar
ket.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-07
RELIGIOUS PROPERTY.

1t is asserted that property owned By
religious corporations in Cincinnati,
but not used for church purposes, has
escaped taxation to the extent of $500
coo during the past five years. An eff
fort is to be made to collect it.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-07
CASTLE & COOKE, LIMITED
Commission rIerchants.
SUGAR FACTORS.

AGENTS FOR
The Eva Plantation Co.
The Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd.
The Kohala Sugar Co.
The Waimea Sugar Mill Co.
The Koloa Agricultural Co.
The Onomea Sugar Co.
The Fulton Iron Works, St. Louis
Missouri.
The Standard Oil Co.
The George F. Blake Steam Pumps.
Weston's Centrifugals.
The New England Mutual Life In.
surance Co., of Boston.
The Aetna Fire Insurance Co., OF
Hartford, Conn.
The Alliance Assurance Co., of Lon
don.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-07
A GOOD THING

There's one good thing when they feel
dry
That business men cannot pass by,
For far and wide it's fame you hear,
They stop to drink of Rainier beer.
On draught or in bottle at Criterion.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-07
ANCIENT TUMBLERS.

Tumblers resembling in shape and
dimensions those employed today have
been found i'm great numbers in Pom
peii. They were made of gold, silver,
glass, marble, agate and precious
stones.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-09
BURIED BY THE G. A. R.
Funeral of the Late Col. SextOn-Serv-
ices Read by DIR. Lucas.

CHICAGO Feb. S-Without unnecessary
formality or pomp the remains of the hate
Colonel Sexton, commander-in-chief Of the
q. A. r., were laid at rest to-day at Rose
Hill Cemetery Comrades of Columbia Post
conducted the services at Memorial Hail. in
the Public Library building, and at the
grave, while other posts of the city attend
ed and assisted in the simple rites of the
order Escorted by he G. A. r. and by
details of letter carriers and postofice
clerks, the body was taken 10 the residence
DOL La Sale avenue, ana was conveyed to
Memorial Hall. There IL lay In state
viewed by hundreds of old soldiers and
friends until 1:3J y. m, until the religious
service of the q. a. r. was read by Rev
Daniel Lucas. of indianapolis. After the
forty posts Of Cook county had viewed the
remains the funeral procession formed and
the body was borne TO Rose Hill Cemetery
where again the religious ritual os the c.
A. r. was read and three volleys the mill
tary salute 90 the dead. fred over the grave
The commanders of the forty posts OF Cook
county acted as honorary pallbearers.
The executive committee of the national
council Of the q. a. r. will meet In Cincin-
natl in about three weeks to elect Il ST. .ces-
sor TO Colonel Sexton as c0mmauder-in-
chief. Senior Vice Commander w. G. John
son, Of Cincinnati and Department Com
mander john G. Blake OF lliirois, are the
leading candidates
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-09
MAY REPRESENT SPAIN.
Duke D'ArcOs May BE Appointed Min
lister to Washington.

NEW YORK, Feb. S.-A dispatch to the
Herald from Washington says: Private in
formation has been received in Washington
that Duke D'Arcos. formerly Spanish minis
ter to Mexico is likely to be designated by
the Madrid government as its minister to
Washington to exchange the notifications Of
the treaty of Paris. Duke D'Arcos would be
thoroughly acceptable to the administration
not only because of his personal ability. but
on account of his alliance with an American
famly-the Lowerys, OF Connecticut
Duchess D'Arcos, who is a daughter of
Archibald Lowery, of Connecticut was al
social belle in Washington before her mar
riage. 1t is recalled that Immediately after
the departure of De LONE Duke D'Arcos
and his wife were visiting Washington. and
the duke was afraid that he would b. des-
ignated as minister, post he did not care
10 accept because of the impending war
His friends here say that he WOULD now be
willing TO return. lie was secretary of the
Spanish legation here before being trans
ferred to MonteVideo several years ago. A
high official says that the President has not
considered the question of the appointment
of & successor TO General Woodford as min
lister TO Spain. but he desires to send a rep
resentative to Madrid the moment the rati-
fications are exchanged
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-09
THE couNTY GovERNMENT BILL.

The chief objection to the bill designed to
make some changes in the manner Of the
transaction of county business is to the leg
islative feature which provides for county
council. It divides the large powers now
given to county commissioners into Iegis-
lative and executive, the former Of which
are vested in the proposed council and the
latter in the county commissioners. The
theory of the provision is that upon which
government generally is based-a division Of
power designed to secure the best results in
government AS has frequently been re-
marked in the Journal. there can be no more
objection to a legislative branch in county
government than in city and town govern
ment. If any one should propose to abolish
councils in cities, leaving the mayor to de-
eide upon the amount necessary for ex-
penditures as we'll as to eXpend 1t, those
now opposing county councils would be
among the first to denounce the proposition
as autocratic and dangerous. Yet there is
less restriction upon county commissioners
than is placed about the mayors OF cities
With wider range of official duties than
have mayors, why should not county COM
missioners be under as much legislative re-
striction as are mayors of cities?
In cities the mayor or controller makes es-
Inmates for the expenditures of an ensuing
year. which are sent to the council. The
council inquiries into the necessity of the
estimates and upon them bases the city
appropriations. Items in such estimates are
frequently cut down or rejected It is neces-
sary that this should be, so that all ex-
penditures may be reasona ble-reasonable
because it is natural for those who expend
to have very liberal ideas about expendi-
lures. For instance. if the recommends
tons Of the heads of public institutions of
Indiana should be accepted by this Legis-
lature, the appropriations for new buildings,
improvements. etc, would exceed 81. 500 900.
The Legislature votes the money and for
tunately does not give institutions all that
they call fer. All that is intended for the
council is to appropriate money as does the
Legislature. The system under another
name is in force in New York, but if it
were not it is a proper adjunct to county
government to retain the analogy to our
system of popular rule.
County commissioners may not be dis
honest or lacking in watchfuness, but it
is a fact that under a loose system, expen-
ditures are made in many counties which
cannot find warrant in law. Certain allow
ances are made and have been made in
many counties which are believedsnot to be
fully warranted in law. Such allowances
are made with an air of secrecy which
causes suspicion. Such matters will go to
the council, if the bill shall become a law,
as claims for services to the State now go
to the Legislature. In short, the county
and township trustee councils are needed to
make a system of government composed of
legislative and executive branches complete
from top to bottom
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-09

The situation i'm Cuba has continued 20 i'm
prove until the danger point seems to be
passed. Current dispatches indicate steady
subsistence of friction and growth of better
feeling. The Cancellation of General Gomez
was an important event, and it looks now as
if the disarming and disbanding of the in
surgents would follow soon. In this mat
ter. well as in placating other leading Gu
bans, and in the generous and sympathetic
treatment of the remains of General Garcia.
the government has shown a great deal of
practical wisdom and tact. All this goes
to prove that the Americans are equal TO
every situation with which they are called
by destiny or by duty to deal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-09

Marion papers continue to comment on the
recent attempt of Grant county young man
10 kill his sweetheart and then himself. He
is now in jail and the young woman is still
in critical condition. A few days ago he
wrote her a letter protesting repentance for
what he had done, suggesting that they get
married in order to save him from prosecu-
ton. and signing himself your best and
thoughtful lover, George W. Keplinger."
Most young women would probably prefer
that their lovers should show their affection
and thoughtfulness by not trying to kill
them. Another letter is published in which
the father of the young man advises him
not to employ an attorney, for the reason
that the county is compelled to furnish an
attorney who will plead just as hard as one
hired by himself" This shows how that
provision of the law is abused in the interest
of criminals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-09
The American spirit.

New York sun.
We reprint part of the speech made be-
fore the Indiana Legislature by the Hon.
Albert ]. Beveridge after his election as
Senator last week. Mr.. Beveridge's words
are instinct with that spirit of brave and
hopeful progress which is the American
spirit. From the thread of scanty settle
ments on the Atlantic coast the Americans
have spread to the Pacific. They are now
TO spread on the islands of the Pacific. The
blood of the pioneers, the conquerors, trad
ers, settlers civilizers, the makers of States
and the soldiers OF progress, is not eX-
hausted. The ant-eXpansionists do not
know or trust their countrymen and are
afraid of expansion. the natural and inev
table American movement onward.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-09

If all the township trustees were as intel
ligent and conscientious as Mr.. Sherrick, of
Westfeld. whose communication appeared
in yesterdays Journal, there would be no
need of legislation upon that subject lie
proceeds upon the assumption that all of
them are as we'll qualified and as conscien-
tious as himself, and that in all the town
ships in the State the taxpayers are so large
a majority that they can secure an able and
careful man. as they have in Washington
township, Hamilton county. Unfortunately,
such IS not the case The law is necessary
for those who are not so thoroughly in lc-
cord with the taxpayers as is Mr.. Sherrick.
He asks his constituents how large the levy
for roads shall be. Before building a school
house he consults the taxpayers. There have
been quite a number of trustees who have
not done this. Where they have the best
local government, the people in town meet
ing vote the money to be expended and pass
upon the necessity of and the cost of school
houses. In such States the selectmen or
trustees do not feel nsuted by such an act
Of the people. The advisory councils are
made by this law to take the place of the
meetings of the people, and the trustee
should not feel insulted by having the peo~
pie represented in some way in the making
of appropriations. The mayors of cities do
not feel insulted because they cannot spend
a dollar without a vote of the council. it
has been proved by long experience that it is
not wise for the branch of the government
which votes money to have its expenditure
Under the present law the trustee practi-
cally votes the money and expends it very
much as he pleases. Some men can be trust
ed with such powers: others cannot.