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The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10

The Hon. Joseph Ii. Manley in reply to
trict for advice as TO what man in the dis
trict was pest fitted to succeeded Gov
Dingley writes as follows:
am not citizen of the end Congrss-
ional district. l shall have no right TO
take any part in the contest, as to who
shall be the candidate for Congress 1t
would be highly improper for me; it
would be a disregard of my duties as
chairman of the State COMMITTEES.
know that the Republicans of the end
Congressional district are wise, able,
patriotic, unsel1sh men, who, in their
own good time, and in their own good
way will select candidate to succeed
Governor Dingley in the national House
of Representatives. and when that candi
date is selected it will be my duty and my
pleasure il called upon by the Congress
ional committee, to aid in any way in
my power in securing his election.
l uave taken no part, given no advice,
expressed no opinion. nor shall do SO in
this matter. / think that you Will agree
with me that am pursuing the wise and
right course. | have perfect faith In the
Repu blicans of the old End Congressional
committee that they will do the right and
the wise thing and nominate the candi
date who can best unite and serve the
party. No man can expect TO ill Gov
ernor Dingley's place He must grow to
that
This certainly is discreet. There has
been apparently less discretion manifested
IN some other quarters. One of the
candidates was first put in nomination
p1hlicly in Cumberland County.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10

1t is ythonght that the total expenditure
of the present Congress will reach "a
billion and half of dollars. This Is "a
very large sum; but il Is to be remem
bered that In the term of this Congress
the nation has fought successful war.
As our regular revenue system is arrange
for an income of about billion dollars
for the term OF each Congress 1t is proba
bly, that the next Congress will We
consider seriously the question of revenue.
OF course the war revenue taxes ARE yieL
ing a large emergency sum: but by next
Congress there will probably begin an
agitation for readjustment of this taxa
ton.
Mr.. E. e. Jordan, of Portland. has
been in Washington for a few days, on
his way home from Oklahoma.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10
THE FARMERS AND THE LAW
YERS.
To the Editor Of the Press:

! am glad to see that the town Of Scar
boro is alive and ready to oppose this
lavish expenditure Of the farmers money,
If only more towns would follow suit, our
Legislature might be induced not to un-
Justly take the farmers money and give
it to such institutions as the University
IT Maine or the Eye and Evolutionary.
money they need II 1t was only spent
judioiously
The University at Orono has 500 0
yearly from this State beside somo thous-
ands that they receive from their pre-
tended analysis OF fertilizers and feed
or some other, II matters not which, and
maintain a force at Augusta to influence
our Legislators to wiring more money out
OF us.
We have class of Office seekers among
us, they are mostly lawyers
ready to make mans necessity their op
portunity. These N en- will come around
just before election and seemingly show
the most intense solicitude for the farmer
They will often take the stump and pour
forth their silver tongued eloqusnce in
heart rending strains in behalf of the
poor oppressed anu own.trodden farmer
and laporing man. After the election
however, you hear no more about the
poor farmer" OF the oppressed laborer
and theil children who live in the country
nre lett o get what education they can In
the few weeks of the winters school.
I he farmer is Obliged TO pay just about
seven times as much tax on dollar a,
the lawyer does on his dollar which h,
invests in his electric road. etc. Is this
discrimination according to the oonstitu
zion OF the slater
A few weeks ago delegation of thes,
men. who showed so much anxiety for th'
farmer before the election went to An
gusta ana spoke very eloquently in favor
o living our Chit Justice "a salary of Is, =
30 instead OF . SEQ. Perhaps they we,
oking forward through the dark and
misty future To the time. when they could
i i u the big chair ut the Capitol or mal
e on the bench but some Of them viii
ue laid ION the shelf. ="
"HAYSEED 4"
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10

The "embalmei beef scandal is to be
Investigated through court OF inquiry,
and il the work is done thoroughly we
shall doubtless find whore the RESPONSE
bility lies for the feeding of our soldiers
on poisonous meat. The chances for a
thorough aud conscientious Investigation
are exceedingly good as the court is made
up of army officers.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10

Evidently the great fight of the session
of the legislature is to come over the bill
20 compel the railroads of the state to nell
transferable mileage books for 1000
miles at cents per mile. There is every
Indication that the measure will encoun.
ter strenuous opposition from all the
railroads, and will get very vigorous sup.
port from the people. Already petitions
in Ats favor are pouring in from all quar-
tiers. The gentleman who is leading the
fight for the bill is Representative Webb
of Portland, and only one who under
stand the force of the pressure which the
railroad lobby at Augusta is able to exert.
can appreciate Mr.. Webb's courage and
independence in prominently Identifying
himself with this bill. The railroads
contend that a law Of the kind proposed
will SO reducs their revenues as TO cripple
them, or prevent them making many
needed Improvements. On some of the
new and not very long lines there may be
some reason to fear this but upon line
SO long and well established as the Maine
Central there would seem TO be very
slight danger Of any such thing happen
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10

II am in favor of giving the Filipinos
independence, said one debater.
$50 am l, +" answered the other. And
I'm satisfied that the United States con
trolls the only reliable brand. and that ii
we can get them to hold still and try II
they will like it. Washington Star.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10
THE PRESS.
: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10.

We can readily credit that part of Gen.
Otis s'despatoh which says the Filipinos
are respectful, but that they should be
cheerful after their terrible experience OF
Friday seems aImostIbeyond belief.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10
PORTLAND WIDOWS WOOD t0CIET
zroci,l n6eetinx.

Notice Is hereby given of a special meeting
OF the Portland Widows Wood society To be
held ut the rooms OF the Society In the City
Building on thursday February 23d. A, D.,
1899, at 80 o'clock in the evening. Business OF
importance Is to be con,i cred.
X. &. BRADFORD, Secretary.
Portland, Me, reb. Il. 1893. feb7dtd
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10

1t turns out as we suspected, that the
increase in the cost of State printing has
been due entirely to an increase of publ
cations, Some of them doubtless ore
valuable like for instance the report of
the Secretary of the Board of Health,
which is one of the most carefully pre-
pared and Instructive reports of the kind
published in the country But there are
some which are OF little use except to
kindle the fire with, A little judioious
wedding by an intelligent committee
could reduce the cost of state printing
without sacrificing anything that was of
much value to the people generally.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10

ar. sulr- Cough syrup eonquers Group
Every mother should know this and ALWAYS
keep this wonderful remedy handy
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10
MOTIF T..

| wish to inform my friends and the
public generally, that have opened an
office at ~ IL Exchange st. for the
transaction of Fire Insurance business
and would respectfully solicit share OF
your business First Glass Companies.
X. CUTLER LIBBY,
feb7lws AZ l-2 Exchange ST.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10

The New York sun seems 10 have gene
completely daft over the treaty. IL is
parading the names of the Senators who
votsd against il in black letters as Bene-
dict Arnolds People WHO are old enough
10 recall the impeachment of Andrew
johnson will remember that the Senators
who voted against conviction were the
victims of the grossest yituperation and
abuss-far exceeding that the opponents OF
thu treaty have been subjected TO. Yet the
names ar now the most honored among
Americas statemen. because they re-
manned true to their convictions of duty.
Time sets almost everything right.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10
EriendIy Advice.

Mrs. Styles-Td have you know that
know good many worse men than my
husband.
Mrs. Myles-My dear, you must be more
particular about picking your acquaint
ancesl-Yonkers Statesman
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10

Mr. Geo. II. YORK, well known to the
tailoring trade, can be found with me,
where he would be glad to serve all his
old customers and friends.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10
IF YOU HAVE GOT CATARRH
Read This-kead Ii Anyway.

The 4ERATOl. cures catarrh We do not
take you to California for our testimonials.
We take you 10 the best people in Porila
See the fRAT0R before you buy anything
else Drop all medicine or "a hours aud Sc
the ERATOR You VIII never regret it. Ply
sicians indorse the Erator for they know what
is Ii, ed in IL. Our prescription Is published To
The world. We are p oud of II. Do not & 9 de-
cpiyed bv Infringing competitors. The
orator begi where the othe $ leave on
4 your nose IL stopped 4 ON a hard cold or
chrome calarrh how are you going to inhale ?
Nhy buy Inhaleis.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10
SPECIAL.

In getting ready to remodel our store
we iiLd we will be cramped for room for
a few weeks. Therefore in order to
reduce our stock and make ready for our
New spring Goods we have decided
to cut the prices on all our Winter
Goods. We can show some genuine
bargains never before offered by any
tailor in Portland for first class custom
work
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10

$4,000
First Mortgage 5 Per Cent Gold Bonds
- OF THE
Council Bluffs Gas & Electric Co..
OF COUNCIL BLUFF, Iowa

These bonds are secured BY first mortgage
upon both the Gas and Electric Light proper.
ties Under the terms Of the MORTGAGE sink
ing fund Of not less than 5000, shall be set
aside each year for the purchase OF said bonds,
or for their redemption at io6.
The statement OF the Cumpsny shows net
earnings SUFFICIENT 10 pay dividend OF ~ per
cent. on it, capital stock. besides provi Ing
5000 for the sinking fund. $4,000 OF these
bonds have been taken in England for invest
ment, and 0 like amount In lhs country by
various Institutions. Council Bluffs Is well
known substantially built city OF about 1900
population, and y one Of the important railway
centres west of Chicago.
Price and further particulars on application.
..... FOR SALE By.
\. N. PAYS0n & CO.,
Bankers.
3e EXCHANGE STREET.
jansOdu
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10

ssah. Esiand-Arrive at 1890 n. M; closc
40 p. IN.
Long and Chebepptte Ist0ndss-Arrive at so
A M close at $50 y. m
Cousins IsidHd-Arrive at 1000 M; elos'
l.So p. IN
STAGE MAILS.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-10

Bovsry ssaeh--Arrive az $50 p. M; close at
200 p m
Cape Elizabeth and Knt0tsriue-Arrive at
,.so 4 IN. and $50 p. nj. close ct eco a. "a and
400 p. m
Duck Pond, Ffide's Corner Wiad9am, No.
Wtnsham. RagR0'ld and south C1seo-A'FlNe
4, 100 q. m. close at 2.o0 y. m
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-14
NCBS OF NEWS.

The following young men returned
Sunday evening with the Thirteenth
regiment, after spending a year in the
service of Uncle Sam: Joseph A.
O'Hara, William Schultz, John Nc
Guinness, Thomas and Peter Kelly,
Oscar, Peter and william Hartman.
Charles and Henry Kellerman, Joseph
Helriegle and George Warner. Mr.
McGunness was Company HIS ton
sOrial artist.
There will be a special meeting Of
the William COnnen Hose company at
their rooms this evening. The object
of the meeting is to elect delegate to
the state convention, which will be
held in this city during the week be-
ginning Oct. >.
There will be mid-week services at
the Hickory Street Presbyterian church
Wednesday evening. After the services
| the Sabbath society will meet.
The American Drum corps will con-
! duct their annual ball at Matters hall,
! Friday evening.
The Century Hose company will ban
| quet the members OF the company who
returned with the Thirteenth regiment.
! Friday evening at Hartman's hall.
The Manhattan Social club will hold
| a grand entertainment and ball at ST.
| Johns hall, Easter Monday night.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-14
MINOR NEWS NOTES.

The congregation of the Welsh Con-
greCntional churches of Taylor, North
Scranton and this side are rahearsing
for a singing festival to bc held on the
afternoon ana evening of Memorial day,
May so. The tunes. chants and an
thems are selected from their new
hymnal, "Canir lydd Gnulei1faOl" One
united rehearsal has already been held
at Providence and another will be held
at Taylor on Monday evening, March
20.
Division No Is, Ancient Order OF III
bcrnans, will hold a smoker Friday
evening, and Branch No. 1. Daughters
of Erin, will hold a banquet in Nears'
hall the same evening.
ST. Brenden's Council, Young Mems
Institute, held an important meeting
In their rooms last evening. 1t was
decided to hold a fair during the first
week in April which will be known as
81 plum tree fair" upon which many
articles will be placed and chanced Off
according to numbers. A committee of
twenty five has been appointed to make
the arrangements.
Devil SAINT lodge of 1vorites met in
Cooperative hall last evening and held
portant matters We're discussed
Columbia Chemical company held a
regular meeting last evening.
The Grammar a pupils of this side
will meet in No. l6 school this after
noon at 3.45 to rehearse the music for
the songs which will be sung at the
teachers institute the first week in
April. The exercises will be under the
direction of Miss Anna Munson, Dan
iel Phillips David owens and Profess
sOr Z. A. Cruttenden.
The order of Heptasophs will hold
an entertainment at IvOrite hall on
Wednesday evening, March %, at which
an interesting programme will be rem
! dered.
The West Side board Of trade will
| hold a regular meeting in their rooms
! over the West Side bank at s o'clock
| this evening, and all members are re-
| quested to attend.
The Young Peoples society of Chris
| tian EndeaVor of the Plymouth Con-
| grega tional church will meet this eye
! ming. The topic win be Fellowship ir
| Christian Service" Miss Gladys 10.
| seph will have charge of the meeting
! The Ladies' Auxiliary. Branch No
| a, Ancient Order Of Hibcrnians, vii
| meet in special session this evening
! in St. David's hall to complete tn,
I arrangements for the banquet to b,
| held in Mears' hall on Friday even
ing.
The members of the Bellevue missi n
/ Sunday school will tender a reception
to Thomas Shurburn and Morris Thorn
8 H. a.Fi
Of the Thirteenth regiment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-14

iting his parents of West Market street
Miss Maud Miller, of Wilkes-Barre,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Henry Hod-
son, of Main avenue.
What will probably be one Of the
events of the season will be the repro
duction of The Woven Webb" by the
Crystal Literary and Dramatic COM
pany in st. Mary's hall on Friday eve
ming for the benefit Of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians.
Miss Mary G. Powell, of Spring
street, spent Sunday with Plymouth
friends.
Mrs Il. Evans, of DorrancetOwn, is
the guest Of her mother, Mrs. Jane
williams, Of Wayne avenue.
Mrs. Jane Reese, OF Margaret ave-
nue., is recovering from a serious ILL
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkin Alexander
have received news from their son,
Thomas, who is with the Eleventh
United States infantry, stationed at
Porto Rico. He was very i'll. but is
now in active service again.
Victor Arnold. of the Providence Gas
and Water company, is in New York
city on business.
Miss Carrie Keisling and Miss Dora
Davis visited Nanticoke friends Sun
daN,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-14
THE HAHNEMANN HOSPITAL.
Donations for the Month of February
Are Acknowledged,

The directors of Hahnemann hospital
gratefully acknowledge donations from
the following persons for the month Of
February:
Glass bedside table from Mrs. Belin,
Mrs. Roies. Mrs. Simpson; old linen. Mrs.
d. ' Wint; cut flowers. q. r. Clark; six
pains mems sOCRs, oranges, two shawlS,
Mrs. f.. A. Clarke; five bushel 9otatoe9,
Mrs. w. u. Smith: oranges, Mrs. e. t.!
Lindsay; sheets, pillow cases, under
clothing, Mr. A. B. Warman orangcH
Mrs n. q, Robertson; oranges, cereal
prunes, candy, Mrs. Charles Schlagcri
sugar, Mrs Levi Northup; flowers, Mrs
Walter Dickson; canned fruit jelly Mrs
n. f. Jones; potatoes, Mrs. T. p. Chris
tian: cut flowers; IL, S. Keller; apples,
Mrs. G. L. Reynolds; reading matter
under clothing Mrs. George Sanderson; (;
reading matter, Mrs. J.. d, Brewster;
typewriting. Mrs. Anna !3roadbent; milk,
daily for two weeks. Mrs. William Hall
stead; mould of fruit ielly Mrs. l.. G.
Coursen; celery, squash, lettuce, Mrs,
Richmond; old muslin, Mrs Fritz; was H.
ing machine, Mrs. n. II. watkins; road
ing matter, Mrs. James A, Mott, readinl;
matter Professor Whltmorc, Scranton
business College rcading matter Y ".
c. A.; oranges, Mrs. George b. Smith
sugar, ginger corn starch, Mrs,
l. IL. Allabach; potatoes, oysters, squash,
Mrs. Henry Belin, jr. Desserts were fur
nished by Mrs. Charles r. Connell. Mrs,
c. S WoOlWorth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-14

The board Of managers Of the Young
Women's Christian association met
with the ladies' of this side interested
in the movement of establishing a
branch of the association here, at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon in Simp-
son Methodist Episcopal church TO
further the plans for opening the
branch. The meeting was presided
over by Mrs. L. II. Ripple, and Secre-
tary Savage. of the state general COM
mittee read the Scriptural lesson.
The committee on location reported.
and after the meeting the ladies vis-
tied the several places suggested, but
the location was not decided upon and
the committee was continued. The otll-
GERS of the branch were nominated qs
follows: Chairman, Miss Margaret
Jamison; secretary. Mrs. James r.
Hughes: treasurer Mrs. Robert Will
Jams; chairlady religious committee.
Mrs. John Il. Thomas: entertainment,
Miss Emma Lewis; membership, Miss
Rachel Jones. rooms, Miss Marila
Mott. Abbie Hancock and Mrs. A. A.
Lindabury.
The next meeting Of the ladies will
be held Monday afternoon, March 90.
at the Plymouth CONGREGATIONAL church
at O'Clock. At that time the chair
ladies of the different committees will
make reports, and the names of the
members of the several committees
from the various churches will he
given. Much interest was manifested
in the work.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-14
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

James and Frederick Jennings, of
Forest City, We're the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Samuel Jennings, Of SKINNER ave-
nue. on Sunday.
Mrs. Daniel Jenkins, of Pittston. who
has been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
i. ]. Hughes of North Bromley ave-
nue., for several days, returned home
yesterday.
Mrs. p. +. Struppler, Of South Main
avenue. who was indisposed for some
time, is slowly recovering.
David ]. Reese, Of Gelatt, Susque-
hanna county is visiting friends here.
MIR. and Mrs. II. NJ. Edwards, OF
South Main avenue, are in Harrisburg
for few days.
Mrs. Evan j. Davis, OF South Main
avenue. is visiting her daughter, Mrs
Thomas Jenkins, in Albany, N. Y.
Mrs. L. H. Gibbs, of South Main ave-
nue.. is recovering from an illness.
Miss Emma Hopkins, Of Warrior
Run, is the guest Of Miss Margaret
Jones, of Rock street,
Miss Emma Dunn, of Riverside, y
Y, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. William L
Thomas, of South Main avenue.
Miss O'Hara. of North Main avenue
is entertaining Miss Gilfeather, o,
Wyoming.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-14

Miss Anna Walsh, OF Pellevue. met
with a serious accident at the Lack
awanna Button works while engaged
at her duties there yesterday after
noon. Miss Walsh operates a machine
which is used for moulding the buttons.
IL Is the custom of each operator to
stop their machine when placing the
material out of which the buttons are
made under the pressure plate. Miss
Walsh made no exceptions to the GUS
tom, but, unfortunately for her, she
did not place the material in straight
position and after starting her machine
she noticed her mistake. Instead of
stopping the machine she tried to right
the material and the pressure plate
came down upon the fingers Of both
hands, crushing them to pulp.
DIR. J. A. Manley was called and ban
daged the hands and made her as COM
Portable as possible. She was removed
to her home in barouche. where she
was attended by DR.. Walker, the fam
lily physician, 1t Is not known yet
whether amputation of any of the fin
gers will be necessary. This is but a
repetition of numerous accidents which
occur at the button mill where the new
machines require attentive opera
tors and accidents are in a
measure due to the negligence
Of the young women The in
structions of the foreman, which wer:
to the effect that all machines should
be stopped when playing the material
in position, were not followed out In
the cases of the accidents that have oc-
Cured.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-14

of Morris hotel leading off Spruce
street, stated that they saw DaVitt
come reeling out and fall heavily tn
the sidewalk. They turned him over
and seeing that he was injured they
notified the police. Sergeant Deter
and Patrolmen Potter and Goerlitz
We're soon on the scene, but could not
find out how 1t all happened. Detec-
tive Moir also failed to locate the
source of the trouble. The ambulance
was called and Davitt removed to the
hospital
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-14
NORTH SCRANTON.

The members Of Liberty Hose COM
pany No. 2 held a reception last night
II their quarters in honor Of the re-
turn of the members of the company
who answered the call for volunteers
and went with the Thirteenth regi-
lncnt. Those who volunteered from the
hose company are: Joseph Birtley, dis
trict engineer; David Evans, Corporais
Arthur Mills and Thomas Mills, of
Company II, and John Jones, of Com
pany T.. The evening was spent in a
social way. Speeches We're made by
the returned members ana several Sc
lections We're given by Thomas Rich
ards, Clinton Silkman and John Jones,
Of Company Fl, mandolinists.
The visitors present We're: T. T..
Jones district engineer; Q. Z. Miller
Jacob Smith and David Birtley, who
are charter members Of the company,
ana Robert Proudlock, John Evans,
Lieutenant John Hum. John L. Davis
Walter Kennedy, William Rodda. Da-
vid Jehu, William Hughes. Thomas
Lewis, Charles Anderson, Thomas
Jones, Richard Martin and David d
Jones.
Mrs. w. j, Edwards, of Spring street
is recovering from severe attack Of
tonsilitis.
Mrs, G. w. Davis is visiting Kings.
ton relatives.
Evangelist Neal will conduct reviva
services the rest of the week in tn,
North Main Avenue Baptist church.
Lincoln Lodge, No. 432, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, initiated sev
aral candidates last avpniDu
Rescue Lodge. knights Of Pythias
are making arrangements for their an
niversary celebration which is to tax,
| place in May.
Leon Mccormack, of Waverly, is Wis
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-14
SCHOOL DEPOSITS.

The following sums were deposited
by the principals of Nos l3, 10 and 32
schools yesterday at the West Side
bank:
No. 13-David Owens. principal, 81;
Martha Watkins. $1SS; Elizabeth Lew
is, 10 cents; Alice Evans, 10 cents;
Bertha Kelly, 80 cents; Nellie Rich =.
ards, Sc cents; Nellie Kelly, cents;
Catherine Phillips, $2.10: Elizabeth
Price, SO cents; Sarah Mcdonald, Il
cents; Mary Harris, $1.O5; total, $9.65.
No. 32-H. l.. Morgan, principal, 81
Miss Vaughn, $l.2l; Miss Knapp. SLOT;
Miss Mullen, SO cents: Miss Ruddy, G.
cents; Miss O'Connor. $LSS; total, SIS.
No. 19-Josephine ID. Lees, principal,
s1.3O: Miss Murray. Sl.99; Miss Nichols,
20 cents; Miss Beamish, 81 cents; Miss
Morgan, 93 cents; Miss Kent, 76 cents:
Miss Evans, $1.9O; Miss Wade, $l.2l;