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The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13
MOUNTAIN RAILROADS.
They Are safer than the Prairie Rail-
rOads.
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There has been no state In the Union
as fortunate In the matter Of accidents a.
Colorado, so far rs her passenger traffic Il
concerned. This is something marvellous,
too, when one takes into consideration tbs
faos that there Is more crooked. winding
roads In the state than in any other in the
Union. There are more up-grades and
down grades and tapping over than on all
the rest Of the lines Of the country com.
bined.
Away back In the past when the pro-
jectors and promoters Of the Union Pacific
suggested to Congress that Is would be
possible to climb over the mountains and
band the continent with rails Of steel
the members Of Congress laughed and
told in long speeches Of the folly of such
an undertaking. Not very far back In
the history OF Colorado, when the Rio
Grande proposed to pierce the mountain
Businesses. many of the citizens dericed
the idea and suggested that others conl
ride In q train up over mountains IL th ey
wanted to. but not me-
But tho Unior Pacific found Its way
safely through the montains, and so did
the Rio 0rande, and 30 has several other
roads. They carry the traffic across the
back bone Of the continent, and do not re.
mort a. large q per cent. of loss of life as
the air lines on the broad prairies The
secret Of the safety Of mountain roads liss
In the fact that.the best equipment IL
used. aud the greatest care exercised In
the running Of trains, two facts which
guarantee safety.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13

Now, Fitzgerald. what would you do
II man daily demanded your lifer"
whimpered Randle.
At that moment q barkeeper of the
Glen LED who was friend Of Fltzger-
AIDS, and knew Randle's crying was the
prologue to the editors murder slipped to
the door and cautiously placed big re
volver in Fitzgerald's hands.
by -, sir, l would kill him" said
Fitzgerald, as he poked the gun in Major
Handles face. and l will kill you II
you make move You intended to kill
me, but the tables are turned"
Major Randle was completely surprised
and unnerved. His crying became real
and he apologized In an abject manner,
begging for his life. Fitzgerald contemp-
tuously sent him sinking down Main
street. After that Major handle became
an admirer of the editor and claimed to
be his warm friend many times meeting
Mr.. Fitzgerald at public places.
Major Randle WAS great. big fellow,
fet tall and weighing fully 200 pounds
Hs was probably the best dressed man in
Dallas. Nothing but the nattiest and
finest clothing suited his fancy. He wore
a short and stubby gray mustache. ut
which he ne-vously picked always His
eyes were ever restless. as II he continual.
ly feared something.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13
SENATOR FORAKER's DECLARA-
TON.

Senator Foraker declared in his speech
of Wednesday that the occupation of the
Philippines was not to be permanent.
How does he know that? How can any
man know thatf A treaty is pending
before the United States Senate which
transfers the sovereignty over the Philip
pines from Spain to the United States.
II this treaty is ratified in it's present
form, land the Indications that 1t will b.
are very strong) ths Philippines become
part of our territory. By the rules Of
international law they become ours When
they become ours they are like any other
part of our territory inalienable by any
President without the consent of Con,
gress and probably not with it.
Mr.. Foraker was speaking on the
assumption that the treaty was to be rati.
tied, and the control of the Philippines
transferred from Spain to the United
States By what authority could he say
then that our occupancy Of them was::not
to be permanent Where could he have
found any officer of the government who
would have the power to pull down the
Gag from the Philippines after it had
been raised there by virtue of treaty
made BY the President ana ratified by the
Omitted States Senator He could not have
.{ound one for none exists. Once the
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13

We have never observed that there has
been any lack of candidates when a
vacancy. has occurred on the Supreme
bench, notwithstanding the meagre
salary. Neither have we observed that
these vacancies have attracted only the
obscure lawyers who were not making
much money. So far as we are able to
recall the quality of the applicants has
always been high, and their number has
frequently been so large as to prove very
embarrassing to the appointing power.
We want to say also in this connection
that petitions of lawyers in favor Of raising
thejudGes' salaries are not entitled TO much
weight In view of their relations to the
court. Nevertheless we think the salary Of
the judges could be raised very proper
~ to 5000. That is not an exorbitant
figure. Few of the states pay SO low
salaries as this. 1t has been suggested
In quarters entitled to respect that along
with the increase should go an under
standing that in ths future judges should
not act as referees or administrators or
executors of estates. The suggestion Is
entitled to careful consideration.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13

tune, left her by an uncle on condition
that she does not change her name, the
difficulty has been neatly solved BY The
changing by legal process of the name OF
the prospective husband to Joseph H. Dill.
lon Gregg.
The Count de CastellAne having been
greatly aided by his American wife, now
suggests that the United States should
pay back the Lafayette md Rochsmbe eau
debt to France and by helping her In eve.
nv way possible. Thee are more family
ties by marriages between Frsnchmen
and Americans. he says, than between
Americans and the English.
Spencer Pratt. Consul General for the
United States ct Singapore. has sent to
General Otis. United States Military
Governor at Manila, proposal that a
memorial should be erected ut Manila to
the memory of all Americans who fell or
died of disease during the campaign. The
proposal is that all Americans now read
dent In the fan East, of whom there 10 Q
very con siderable number, should be in
vited 10 contribute toward this object
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13

Senator Quay has discovered by this
time that the re are lengths to which even
the most powerful of bosses can not 60.
Heretofore he has found Republican legis-
iitors willing to do his bidding without
much question, but when he asked them
60 elect him to the Senate while an in
dictment was hanging over his head
which might send him to the penitentiary
he presumed upon their subserviency a
little too much.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR

The example of Mayor Van wyck, OF
New York, In raising the salaries of his
subordinates has been followed by the
heads Of all the city departments, and
the aggregate increase in the city salary
list is about $40, 900 per annum.
The New York Journal makes editorial
announcement that the friends of Perry
and August Belmont have asked it to
deny the story published in the World
that Perry Belmont's failure to attend the
Vanderbilt ball was because he was not
invited.
Miss Mary Gregg, of st. Louis. being
DESTROYS of marrying Joseph H. Dillon,
and being hsirass to q oonsides-has for
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13
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The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13
HOw's This

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that can not be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
4. j. Cheney Il Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known +. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able 10 carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West = Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
o. walding, kinnan n Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of tho system. Price I5c per bottle
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13
CURRENT COMMENT.
IOUR BENEVOLENT ASSIMILA.
TON"
[ Manchester Mirror.

In his Instructions to the Americ An
com mander at Manila President Mckin
ley enjoins him to tell the Filipinos that
I'VE come not as invaders or oonquerors,
but as friends, to protect the natives in
their homes, in their smployments. and
In their personal and religious rights
He is Furthermore directed to endeavor to
win the confidence, respect and affection
Of the Inhabitants of the Philippines by
assuring them In every possible way that
full measure Of Individual rights and lib
erty which Is the heritage of free people,
and by proving to them that the mission
of the United States is one Of benovo-
lent assimilation
And this proclamation goes backed by
an army of 80, 900 men and q great navy
equipped and ordered to blow the natives
TO Kingdom Come II they do not give us
their confidence. respect and affection.
and accept our scheme Of "benevo lent
assimilation" which includes their alb
solute subsection to our rule. We come
not as invaders or conquerors, but with
the men and guns to shoot the life out Of
every one who denies our right to govern
the philippines or disputes our ownership
of the tan million natives we have bought
Of Spain at two dollars q head.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13

recognizes what Lord Rossbsvy hes CALLED
the integrity OF his life, which In ell
storms and trials Of politics was never
even doubled" still. 10 IL perhaps
saiutary rule that no man should he can-
onized until the advocatus diaboli has
beer heard
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13

Gov. Roosevelt has appointed Demo
cratic lawyer as his personal representa-
tive in the prosecution of Superin-
tendent of Canals Aldridge Evidently
the Governor intends to live up to his
promise to prosecute sll evil doors impair
TALLY without regard to politics
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY, JANUARY ID.

Wonder if our friends in the eastern
part of the State would take so deep an
interest in the welfare OF the insane II
1t was proposed to build hospital In the
western part of the state.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13

The commission which was appointed
to select site for normal school in the
northern part of the state, has selected
three sites for three normal schools-one
at Hou-ton, one at Dexter and one at
Calais. The schools are to be modest
little affairs to cost only $25, 900 apiece,
Experience has shown that the modest
demands made at first are soon supple
mented by other modest demands, and
that the school that was TO cost but
$25, 900 eventually costs three times that
sum. Unless the legislature has aban-
doned all idea OF economy it won't grant
appropriations for these normal schools
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13

Commissary General Eagan is not to
be blamed for resenting false charge
OF furnishing the army with beef unit
TO eat, but he could have done 1t with
more effect II he had been less yiole n :
about It.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13
AMENDED NOT ADVOCATED
(Rockland News.)

1t is stated that the attack on the Aus
traliAn ballot is very soon to begin and
that bill to revise the present ballot law
Is already being prepared. This bill will
be so worded says the veraoious CORE
spondent, that II 1t passes, the old system
Of voting will be restored with the exoep-
ton that the guard rails may be retained
II the election managers In each precinct
SO desire. We doubt II such q bill would
be success and do not believe that the
Legislature will endorse 10. There Is no
doubt that the people Of Maine generally
fuss and fume at the present system as
one TINT DISTINGUISHES many voters and
has many weak places. Still 1t Is far
ahead of the old system and should not
be SO entirely abrogated. A change max
Ing the ballot little clearer and at same
time making the expense less would DO
welcomed by the voters Of the State. but
they would register q very vigorous OBJ.
iection to returning to the old methods.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-19

pie, who are actually interested in the
subject, seven American and foreign pat
ents have. in the past three years. been
issued to a well-known Atlanta man, who
has invented an entirely new method for
the manufacture of sulphuric acid, by
which saving Of exactly 80 per cent. in
the manufacture is made possible. The
enormous saving to the commercial world
by such process can be appreciated when
1t is known that the making of sulphuric
acid, which, among other things, is used
extensively in the refining of crude Pc
troleum, is next in importance 10 the iron
and steel industries of this country. N. P.
Pratt of the Pratt Chemical Company is
the inventor of the process, which is fast
being introduced in all of the large man
ufacturing concerns in this country using
sulphuric acid. While the scientific world
was eagerly taking advantage of the new
process and the invention was being i'm
portuned by technical papers and journals
for articles on the subject of his inveu-
ton, Mr.. Pratt refrained from writing for
publication.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-19
SPIRITS DAILY DROPPING.
THE MARKET DECLINES TO IS
CENTS 4 GALLON.

Two Cents Loss in IA Day Causes I'm
easiness in the Factors Camp.
ROsin Firm at Yesterdays Inside
Prices on PaIes-COttOn Dull and
Easy and Unchanged-Other Mar
ISets Steady.
Savannah, April 1S.-The sudden drop in
the price of spirits turpentlne during the
past few days has caused some anxiety
among factors and producers. To-day the
price declined to IS cents, or 2 cents lower
than yesterdays closing. There was only
an ordinary request for the offerings al
though a few casks were sold at "a cent
higher late in the afternoon. The rosin
market was firm at a part decline on pales
The cotton market remained unchanged
with light transactions The wholesale
markets were quiet and steady. The fol-
lowing resume OF the different markets
will show the tone and the quotations at
the close to-day:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-19
OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-Market nominal; prices quoted
are per 100 pounds: Boston per bale. $i.25:
New York. per bale. S1.0O; Philadelphia,
per bale, Sl00; Baltimore, per bale. Sl.00;
via New York-Reval, 47c; st. Petersburg,
47c; Antwerp CSC; Hamburg. 3sci Amster-
dam. SIC; Liverpool. 3Oc; Bremen. 3Oc: Ge-
noa Ssc; Havre doc; Gothenberg 45e. DL-
rect, Barcelona. 4Sc.
Lumber-By Sail-Frelghts are dull for
elgn business Is steady. The rates from this
and nearby Georgia ports are quoted at
$A256Jb.25 for q range--includine Baiti-
more and Portland, Me. Railroad ties,
base "A feet, 10 Baltimore. l3Ihc; to Phil
adelphia, 14ibc; 10 New York, 16Isc. Tim
Der rates. 5Ocd$i.OO higher than lumber
rates.
BY Steam--Lumber-to Baltimore, $500.
Boston. $780, New York, 1925.
Naval stores-The market Is quiet; me-
dunn size vessels. Rosin--Cork for orders,
2s 90 per barrel of $40 pounds, and per
cent primage Spirits. A. Larger vessels.
Rosin. 2s Cd spirits, 3s Cd. Steam. 800
per 100 pounds on rosln, sl.00 on spirits
to Boston, and 10c on rosln, and SOC ON
spirits to New York
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-19
FLORIDA.

Jacksonville Metropolis 1t Is a rare
day when the Tampa cigarmakers can
not find some excuse for strike. Some
of them had much rather loaf on a strike
than to work. About thousand are now
out on a strike.
The canteloupe growers of Alachua
county are so numerous that they have
formed an association. They held a meet
ing at Gainesville the other day and de-
cided on a uniform rate for shipping can
teloupes, besides other matters of inter-
est to the growers.
The municipal row at Tampa is all over,
and everybody is happy. The chief of
police and other officers have apologized
to Judge Graham for not carrying out
his ORDERS and Judge Graham has remit
ted their fines. The Police Court now
goes onrtn the~sanne old happy way.
Cards are out announcing the marriage
of Miss Mary Mcmillan of Brewton, Ala,
to Dr. Felix Isham Tarrant of Milton
Fla, at the Methodist Church, Brewton,
Ala, Wednesday afternoon, April 10, 1899.
at 1870 o'clock. DR.. Tarrant is a promi-
nent dentist of Milton, and the young cou-
pie will make their future home there.
Recent forest fires almost completely de-
stroyed the fence surrounding the new
Catholic cemetery. on the Moultrie road,
al st. Augustine, and now the sacred place
is open to roaming cattle, but such will
not be the case for many days. There is
no fund to draw upon TO meet this emer-
gency, so Father Maher has decided TO
give an entertainment to raise funds TO
replace The fence, and. if possible, also get
money enough to clear and beautify tho
cemetery.
Nearly all of the military prisoners now
confined in Fort Marion, St. Augustine,
will soon be released from their disgrace.
Those TO be released are from the volun-
teer army, who were sentenced upon minor
charges, and whose release was recently
decided upon by the war department.
While serving their terms the men, for the
most part. have always been quiet and
obedience, and the people of st. Augustine
have experienced no annoyance from their
presence In fact, hardly realizing that the
fort was being used as a military prison.
In the Circuit Court In Jacksonville Alice
Hargrove has instituted suit against her
husband. James Hargrove, for divorce.
In her bill of complaint the wife alleges
that she was married to the defendant in
OCTOBER, 1917, III NdSSdu COuAityg It
and lived together as man and wife un-
til July IS, 1898, "but was not happy"
owing 20 the quarrelsome and lntemper-
ate habits of defendant. She alleges that
on several occasions he has struck her
with his fist and bit her with his teeth,
and his temper is 50 high that 1t is I'M
safe for her to dwell with him.
Augustn Fernandez, a Cuban, about 30
years of age, was struck by the south
bound mail train on the Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West Railroad Sunday
afternoon, about nine miles north Of Sam
ford and MORALLY injured. He was taken
m that city. He was removed to the Plant
system Hospital Immediately, and died
soon after. Fernandez retained conscious
ness until the last. He has mother liv-
ing at Key West. His last statement was
that he was. exhausted from travelling
looking for worksyand tainted beside the
track.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-19
CHAM. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York. April 1S--Flour was ehad9
steadier al first, but closed barely steady
with wheat. Winter struigths. 3d. coos. 10.
Rye flour quiet. Corn meal steady Rye
steady; No 2 western, 66c. Barley nom-
lnal. Barley malt dun.
Wheat-spot steady; No. red, s31ac; OPP
lions opened firm on the Illinois report,
ana higher cables. In playing for a re-
action, bears subsequently oversold, and
were driven in at midday, causing a rapid
advance. This In turn was followed by a
late afternoon break under realizing ana
rain news. Closed weak at tiA@1hc decline
from the top but hmMc above last night;
May o:osed, 7S9sc; July, 79c; September,
7s1Ac.
Corn-spot steady; No. 2, 43%c; options
opened llrmer with wheat, but lacked ac-
tivity and subsequently eased off sharply
under liquidation, closing weak at nc net
loss; May closed. 4Ossc; July, 4ONc.
Oats-spot dull; No. white. 33c: options
neglected. Beef steady. Cut meats steady
Lard nominal. Western steamed. g. 456i5 SOC;
April, 5.47kc nominal. Refined steady.
Pork steady. Butter steady. Cheese firm.
Eggs steady. Cotton seed OH steady Pc
troleum easy. Rice steady Potatoes steady:
Jersey, 81 5004. So Cabbage strong; domes-
tic, $0.C0W170O. Coffee options opened
steady at unchanged prices to points de-
cline. showed speculative apathy, SELL
ing being checked by low price and buying
checked by enormous visible supplies and
predicted new crop of proportions equal to
last, warehouse movements subsldng, but
receipts at Rio and Santos maintained,
adding to the depression; closed steady,
unchanged to points lower; sales IS, 80
bags. including May. 5.95c; June, 5.55c; spot
coffee steady. Sugar. raw strong fair re-
filming, S-l6c; centrifugal, 96-test, 4ssc mo-
lasses sugar, l-16e; refined strong.
Chicago. April 1s.-After recording an
advance OF ~ to-day on sensational crop
news. wheat turned weak on profit taxi
ing and closed unchanged for May and
stc net higher for July Corn declined NC
oats closed shade lower. Pork rose SC.
and lard and ribs, nc each.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest Lowest. Closing.