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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-27

Acting Secretary Allen has sent let
ter 10 Rear Admiral Walker directing
him TO issue general order authorizing
officers and enlisted men OF the Asiatic
squadron 10 purchase oommissary stores
from army commissaries
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-27

New York, June 20 "A dispatch to
The Herald from Pekin says q. A.
Fliche. interpreter of the French lega'
ton here. was struck by a Chinaman,
and IL suffering from the bruises Ths
French minister demands public apol
ogy from the tiung N ysmsn
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11
MAINE NEWS NOTES.

The Somerset county contingent of thu
First Maine Cavalry association held AZ
assembly and banquet at Hotel Heseltor
in Skowhegan Saturday evening In com.
meInoration Of the surrender of General
Lee
Work began on the new Maine Central
station at Brunswick Monday morning.
tho American Express company's office
and the new one will be erected in Its
place.
The farm buildings belonging to Mrs.
George Watson and occupied by Charles
Crawford, situated about one mile from
Dexter village on the Ripley Mills road
were burned Saturday afternoon. Loss
about $1,000.
Sheriff Thompson has appointed Edward
A, Anderson of Limington. superinten-
dent Of the York county work Jail, county
iailer, Woe Melville II. Walker. deceased.
This we'll cause vacancy in the work
Jail SUPPLEMENTARY. Deputy Sheriff
Luke II. Roberts of Alfred is mentioned
as a candidate for the Office.
The present city committees OF the
Democratic and Republican parties in
Biddefori do not take kindly to the new
caucus law. The law provides that each
party shall this year elect city commit.
Tee in a caucus, to be held not later than
April l5h. The act also specifics that each
party call shall be signed by the chairman
of the city committee and copies must be
posted Ia the several wards at least six
days before the date of the caucus. The
Democra tic chairman couldn't be found
Saturday ana no notice WAS issued. The
Republican chairman it is said hasn't Is.
sued the required number OF notices.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

The town of Brunswick expects to
prosper this year, and she richly deserves
to if We may judge by the showing which
one of the seleotmen, Mr.. Charles E.
Townshend, makes of business affairs.
He says;
We have valuation of s., 371, 094 and
our tax rate for the past twenty years has
averaged less than 10 mills. This year
and last year. to, the rate has heen
placed at 10 mills We have everything
that any town or city of 1000 people has
to make rhem happy and oontented with
life. Our schools are of the highest order
A boy may graduate from brunswick
High school AMI go at once TO Bowioin
College TO complete his education without
being Obliged to attend Drepatato
school as So many high school graduates
elsewhere ara sometimes compelled to do.
The grammar, intermediate and primary
schools are admirably conducted. also,
and our object is to provide for the youth
of Brunswick as good schooling facilities
as may be found in any town of its popu-
lRtion in the county We believe We are
succeeding in the effort. We Appropriated
for all school purposes this year, includ-
ing g., 600, for our free library association.
the sum OF Sl1, 76S, pretty tidy sum, and
the experimenting school committe Will
make every cent count TO the benefit of
the scholars ana Jno Improvement OF the
school system.
We have al good fire department, con-
tinued Selectmen Townsend. We use the
hydrant system, the water beng furnished
by the Maine Water Company, which owns
the water works in the town. For this
hydrant service we pay the company S2,-
800 year. The system works splendidly
and IL is pretty hard for fire TO get un-
derway to any great extent with this
method of lighting it.
The Brunswick Village Corporation was
organized in 1893 for the purpose of build :.
ing and maintaining sewerage system
in the more thickly settled portions nf the
town. Ii has proved most successful
undertaking. We have expended about
$50, 900 in their construction, and now
have sewers ample and well laid through
a large plumber of the streets of the cor
poration. Well looked after. they ought
with reasonable repairs to fulfil their
purposes for generations.
In this connection it is worth reInem-
bering that Brunswick is about the only
large town in Maine that has adhered to
the old town government Usually
Maine municipality that has reached the
neighborhood of 5000 population has
sought a city government. The example
of Brunswick seems to show that the old
town meeting has great capabilities in
he proper town. This also has been
demonstrated by the town Of Brookline,
in Massachusetts,.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

Mr.. Joseph II. Manley, of Augusta.
having gotten the Maine Legislature of
his hands, is touring in Mexico in q
private car. Evidently the style in which
he travels has created great excitement
among the Mexicans. One of the daily
papers of the City of Mexico, I'll Pals,
thus describes the advent Of Mr. Manley
Today. not alone in the American col.
ony, but all over the capital Itself, has
been noteworthy for the arrival here of
Senior Jose ii. Manley, together with a
score of friends and admirers from Il e
United States In order to explain tho
sen sarion which the arrival of the said
gentleman has accustomed in Mexico, it is
sufficient to state that .Senor Maniey Is
president of the Republican executive
committee and candidate for President
of the United States, and that he has the
sympathies Of the entire state of Maine
1t is unnecessary to state that Mr.. Man
ley was the recipient at the central station
of exaggerated ovattons, hurrahs and
other noisy demonstrations which so we'll
become the disposition OF those who be.
long to that utilitarian race, which never
loses gold or time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

An agitation is being started in Ban
gor in favor of legislation to compel the
weir fishermen along the lower Penobscot
to oren their weirs for two or three days
in the week to enable the salmon to pass
up to the spawning grounds. 1t is curl
Gus fact that salmon patched in the
head waters Of Maine river goes out to
sea, and when grown returns TO his birth.
place in the spawning season. Tie Now
Brunswick authorities, understanding
this fact. order all weirs opened from sun
set Saturday until sunrise Monday.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11
TIE CIVIC LEAGuE.

Rev. Mr.. Berry plan to secure the en-.
forcement of those laws that are now to
u large extent neglected is undoubtedly
the correct one, and if it does not succeed
there is little prospect that any other plan
Will. Civic leagues in this state are no
new thing. They have been called, usually,
Law and Order Leagues, but their objects
were the same as those of the league which
MIR. Berry speaks for. But their method OF
accomplishing their objects was differ
emit from what MIR. Berry proposes. Gen.
orally their plan of operation has been tc
hire an agent to ferret out and prosecute
law breakers in the courts But while
they have obtained some convictions, and,
in small places, have succeeded in shut
ting up pretty closely the liquor shops
they have never brought about
much permanent improvement. Genuine
and permanent reform can only come
when the people demand it and will take
the trouble to compel the officer:
whose business 1t is TO enforce the Law
10 do SO. When public officers ale con
vincsd that what the public wants is
vigorous enforcement of the liquor Law
ard that their continuance in office de
Ponds upon heeding the peoples wish in
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

MIR. Bryan has awaited h imself again OF
his invitation to the Croker banquet to
let the country know that the question of
the currency is uppermost in his mind,
and that he thinks that it should hold "a
similar place in the minds of the members
of the Democratic party. he represents
Jefferson as favoring the coinage of silver
and gold at the ratio of 10 to one, which
is right enough, but the inference which
he seeks to draw that If living today
Jefferson would be in favor of free coin
aga at 10 to one. while it looks reasonable
becomes unreasonable when the fact is
taken into account that jefferson thought
the legal ratio should be close to the COM
paercial ratio When Jefferson favored
free coinage at the 10 to one ratio, that
ratio was close to the commercial ratio.
Today Ie to one is far away from the COM
meroial ratio. However, the opinions of
Mr.. jefferson about the coinage are not
likely to have much weight in determin-
ing the position of the Democratic party
on that subject next year. 1t is clear
enough that large part of the leaders OF
the Democratic party would like to shake
the silver issue If they could. 1t also
seems clear that at the present time u
large part of the.rank and file of the party.
In the West especially, are with Bryan In
favor of holding on TO 1t. This is due
not to any particular interest in free sill
yer itself, but because Bryan is identified
with AZ. There can be no question that
Bryan has very strong grip upon the
Demooiatic masses. and that the fact is
worrying German and Croker ana the
other leaders who would like to get rid
of him. Bryan understands thus
and his declining of the $40 banquet and
accepting the one dollar invitation is
probably dictated quite as much by de-
sire to cater to the crowd as by loyalty
to the Chicago platform. 1t is pretty
effective way of saying I'm with the
masses"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

The crime at Lake City, S. O., for
which thirteen citizens are now on trial
at Charleston. before the United States
court, admits of not theslightest extenua-
ton or excuse. The negro postmaster
who was shot in cold blood, was not a
culprit, had been suspected of no crime
whatever, and was not regarded by any
body as dangerous to the community. He
was killed simply because he was ne
gre and had accepted an appointment
to the postmsstership. That was the
whole OF his offending. For that ard
that alone, his house was saturated with
oil and set on fire, he was shot dead and
his baby was murdered in its mother S
arms. No Spauiard or Filipino was ever
guilty of a more diabolical crime than
this one committed by the white citizens
of Lake City, South Carolina.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR

John Barring. Lord Revelstoke, the
great English banker, is visiting Boston.
Ex-senator Wilkinson Call Of Florida.
who used to 20 about the Senate chamber
In his stocking feet, Is again a candidate
for Lis old seat
Mr.. Willard =. Cooke, for IN any years
day editor OF the Boston Herald, has be
come proprietor of the Dover IN. b.
Daily Republican.
Mrs. Charles Dinsmors of Auburn, hal
been made comfortable for her old age
BY the will of her son, Klondiks miner,
who has left large estate in the West.
At meeting In West Brookliue, Mass.
Sunday the memory of the late James
Freeman Clarke 1was honored. Among
those who spoke was his daughter, Misa
Lillian Clarke
1t is announced that the microbe OF
cancer has been isolated and cultivated
by DIR. Brai of Paris. The miorobe ia
said to be an inferior fungus growth of
the family of amosytetes.
Mr. f. L. Stanley, formerly of Lewis
ton. and now of Newton, Mass, has gone
to France where he has large orders for
full inventor.
steps have been taken by the Washing
ton coinmandery of the Loyal Legion to
expel General Charles p. Eagan for con-
duct unbecoming an officer and . gentle
man. The sentiment of the command cry
is practically unanimous.
Gen. I. J. Morgan Of New York, form
erly Indian Commissioner, says that
there are hundreds of thousands of Gu
bans who are not affected by the present
religious influences of the island and that
no such opportunity as chat now AFFORD
ed had been presented TO the active spirit
OF the PROTESTANT church In any time in
the past century.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

that respect we shall then have. and not
TIL then. such enforcement. That con-
viction can be brought about only through
the ballot box When shsriffs are taught
that their election depends upon the
faithful enforcement of all laws all laws
will be enforced TO the best of their abil-
ity. 1t is not stretohing the truth to say
that most of our teaching in the past has
been in the other direction, in lthe most
not recall n single case Of a sheriff defeat.
ed because he did not enforce the liquor
law vigorously, but we can point to sew
eral where sheriff has. been denied sec
ond term because of ram rod" en-
forcenent. Sheriff Cram escaped defeat
only by about so votes, though the re-
mainder Of the ticket had majorities
ranging from 800 to 1000, and the reason,
and the sole reason, was that he had radi-
cally enforced the liquor law.
1t is a mistake to assume that officers
do not enforce the liquor law because they
are in sympathy with the rum traffic.
That is not the reason at ALL They do not
enforce 1t because they are afraid they
will be punished by the voters when the
next election comes round il they do.
Make them afraid that they will be
punished if they do not. and the Law will
be enforced vigorously enough. This
MIR. Berry proposes to try to do by urging
the people who want vigorous enforce
ment to act together. not In An indie
pendent party, but in the existing parties.
1t is the only plan that promises reform.
But MIR. Berry is destined to find that all
the service a great many professed pro-
hibitionists will render the cause is lip
service. He will find also pretty strong
sentiment for "judicious enforcement.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

President Mckinley will issue this
week, probably, his proclamation declar-
ing the war with Spain at an end and
peace established. AS soon as it Is is
sued the terms enlistment OF all volun-
teer troops will end and they will be
legally entitled to their discharge. Some
who are still in the service may conclude
to remain while longer, but if they
should all demand immediate discharge
probably no serious embarrassment to the
government would result.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

Among the other commissions which
the Governor is to appoint is the travell-
ing library commission which will CON
sist of four persons who shall be appointed
for terms of one. two, three and four
years. The librarian will be member
ex -offioio Of the commission. and will act
as its secretary. The members are TO re-
ceive no pay, fact which will probably
diminish to great extent the pressure
upon the Governor
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

Tho announcement from Bangor Of
the appointments Of Mr.. Thomas white ~
trustee Of tbs insane hospital turns out
TO have BEEN premature. The Governors
Private Secretary, Hon. Oromandel
Smith. who has been about the state
House long enough to know Whist Is GO
ing on, testihes that such an appointment
has not been made.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

The Old York Transcripts IL In reality
a bright now York paper, published In
the ancient town BY Mr.. =. d. TwombIey
and making It's nrst bow to the public
this April
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

The st. Adams (vt) Board of Trad,
are 10 send suissnries to Maine to per
suade some of our corn packers 10 so 10
Vermont Maine seems to be the Egypt
Of the canned corn business.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

1T seems that the bounty on Maine
wildcats was not repealed by the Legls-
lature after all One law authorizing the
bounty was repealed, but there is pro-
vision in the general game law which was
overlooked. The state now gives ~ for
every wildcat killed, and about three
hundred and fifty are killed during a
year.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

Hon. Bartlett Trip, who has been sp
pointed United States representative Tor
the Samoan Joint commission. 10 nativ'
Of Somerset county, Maine. He Is law
yer and judge at Yanktsn, 8. D., and
was United states minister to Austris
under Cleveland.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

Between Bryan and Croker the Demo-
cratic party is likely TO be made so small
that IL will be deprived of all power for
harm year hence. Their quarrel is
profitable to thescountry.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

Having found the mioFobe that causes
cancer the next thing is to find some
thing that will kill IL without killing the
patient.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11
RAILROAD MATTERS.

A the interested parties did not ap-
pear at the hearing ordered before the
railroad commissioners Monday afternoon
at the West End hotel, on the petition
of the Bridgton & Saco river railway for
permission to construct branch track in
the town OF Hiram, and also q track
through the lum her mills of Senator
Young in the same town, the hearing
was not held.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

Admiral Dewey's statement that he
would not accspt Presidential nomina-
tion from any party will ease the minds
of several Americans.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

The river drivers in Maine will
start two weeks late at least. White,
still reigns In the north woods.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11
FASTING AND PRAYER,

And 1 would respectfully request all
the people OF our State to so use and oc.
cupy the day as shall be consistent with
the purposes for which 1t has been set
apart.
GIVEN at the Executive Chamber, In
Augusta, this seventeenth day of March.
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety mine. and OF
the Independence of the United States
of America the one hundred and TWEEN
ty-third.
LLEwELLYN POWERS.
BY the Governor,
BYRON BOYD, Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11

Many old Maine Democrats are pop
ping mp with the declaration that they
cast their first votes for Franklin Pierce.
as If they were proud Of what their votes
helped do thNt ysar.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11
STATE OF MAINE
A FAST DAY
PROCLAMATION.

By the advice and with the consent of
the Executive Council, and also conform
ing TO time-honored custom, do here
by designate
Thursday, the eth Day Of April,
In the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety nine, as day
fxf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11
MAINE PENSIONS.

Washington, April 10 Tho following
pension changes resulting from the Issue
of March go, are announced for Maine:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11
MURDER, WHAT'S HAT

one Of NoKenney's Alarm Clocks. @s to
s2on Warranted 10 wake the dead. More
clocL Than all the other dealers combined.
NeXKNNEY. shs Jswslss. Musnfaant sanars.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11
JUST RECEIVED.

An elegant assortment of Spring
Overcoats of the celebrated Stein Bloch
Rochester, N. Y.,s make. All gentle
men who in past seasons have purchased
Overcoats made by this house, know,
and others should learn that for perfsc-
ton of fit and high standard Of general
excellence these garments stand with
out peer in the keady-to-wear world.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11
ORIGINAL.

James 81. Fernald, Lewiston, S..
c9I0INAL, WIDOWS. ETC.
Clara l.. Iowden, South Penobscot, g.;
Abigail ID. Grant, Maroon, IS.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11
$4,000
First Mortgage 5 Per Cent. Gold Bonds
- OF THE
Council Bluffs Gas & Electric Co..
OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa.

These bonds are secured BY q first mortgage
upon both the Gas and Electric Light proper
ties. Under the terms OF the mortgage a sink
ing fund of not less than %, 0o0, shall he set
aside each year for the purchase OF said bonds,
or Tor their redemption az los
The statement OF the Company shows net
earnings SUFFICIENT TO pay dividend OF 1-2 per
cent on Its capital stock, besides providing
$500 for the sinking fund. $4,000 OF these
bonds have been taken in England for invest
menf and like amount In this country by
various Institutions. Council Bluffs Is a well
known, substantially built city OF about 5000
population. and Is one OF the important railway
centres wost OF Chicago
Price and further particulars On application.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-13

These numbers speak for themselves
and need no comment.
This Is cold and unfeeling world and
to the moralist It would often appear
that the greatest criminals are the So
called good people. who are so ready to
condemn and hardly ever show charity.
It IS true that charity pauperizes and Of
ten encourages evil doing, but the cure
of charity is more charity. The most
hideous spectacle in society Is the way
in which a fallen woman is condemned.
and yet IL 1t we're not for prostitution.
and the consequent short duration Of life
among these women five years on the
ayerage), We would have an enormous
amount of female crime. Prostitution
exerts as great influence in diminishing
fact that the prostitute generally lives
on the borderland of crime. II. however.
1t were not for prostitution there would
be no alternative but crime for the large
number of women who are always fallins
out of the social ranks.
hesitate to approach this subject, as
may be misunderstood, but I must en-
phatically state that next to the awful
crime of sharing. entrapping, buying and
selling and running women, there is the
not less awful. srime of condemning and
neglecting them forever. We are not de-
serving of the name of moral and
Christian community. 1t would be well II
every man, and especially every one to
whom is entrusted the administration
and framing of our laws, would remem-
Der the words of Lecky, who has in the
truest manner characterized this mourn
full, hapless creature:
There has arisen in society
a figure which is certainly the most
mournful and in some respects the most
awful, upon which the eye Of the moral
ist can dwell. That unhappy being whose
very name is a shame to speak; who
counterfeits with a cold heart the trans
ports of affection, and submits herself as
the passive instrument of lust; who Il
scorned and insulted as the vilest of her
sex, and doomed. for the most part, to
disease and abject wretchedness and an
early death. appears in every age as the
perpetual symbol of the degradation and
the sinfulness of man. Herself the SUI
preme type of vice, she is ultimately the
most efficient guardian of virtue. But for
her. the unchallenged purity of countless
happy homes would be polluted. and not
a few who, in the pride OF their untempt-
ed chastity, think of her with an indig-
nant shudder, would have known the
agony Of remorse and of despair. On
that one degraded ignoble form are con-
centrated the passions that might have
filled the world with shame. The re-
mains. while creeds and civilizations rise
and fall, the eternal priestess of human
ity. blasted for the sins of the people"
1t is often the painful duty of science
and especially of criminology to expose
the Ills of societ and point out the causes
which produce them. It is also often the
still more painful task of the criminolo-
gist to apply withunsparing hand the
knife OF criticism and investigation to the
fostering and pestilential sores Of the
social body. But criminology Is after ALL
pre-eminently the reformers' science, It
is a science which will aid us in our
duty Of leaving the world better than we
found It