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The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26
PARIS OK PORTLAND.
TO the Editor Of the Press:

10 the Editor Of the Press:
1t has been the fashion for some years
past when a picture book, or a play
was denounced as Immoral TO sneer at the
objsctors as narrow-minded Purttans, and
TO say s'Why, in France these things ara
looked at from an artisticspoint of view. /"
We have heard a good deal of talk about
the refining and eleyating influences of
art aud ADJUSTMENTS on the temper of a
nation.
When Anna Held was In Portland a
yesr or two ago, one OF the newspaper
men who interviewed her reported Miss
Held as expressing her delight at the
liberal policy puFsuG by tina Mayor of
New York, regarding Sunday amuae-
ments, and her belief that soon that city
would he as advanced in that respect as
dear Paris.
The natural inference was that she
found Portland bigoted and 'behind the
times" Some one has said that the
French nation is on trial rather than
Dreyfus Unfortunately the softening
effects of art and all the enlightened in
iiuences of Paris do not seem exactly sat-
isfactory when we think of the way Drey-
fus was condemned, OF his treatment dur
ing his imprisonment, and of that strange
| ira, 0 lty now going on in the.cuurt room
ut Paris. II Is still true that" Right
eousaess exalteth a nation"
P. W. r.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26
STATE GOSSIP.

For 40 years Geo. Knight, who muir.
dered his wife in Poland, Androseoggin
county In 1856. has been serving his life
sentence In the state prison at Tnomaston.
1t Is remarkable record without an
equal in our state, and probably few
equals anywhere. OF all the men who
took a prominent part in the evnts which
led up to his conviction, he alone is alive
today. The judge that sentenced him Is
dead His counsel is dead. The county
attorney and the Encouragement who
conducted the case against him are dead
Dead, also, are the court officials, and
nearly ali the jurymen and yet these men
lived life of freedom, and his has been
passed within prison walls he Ia now
81 years old, and Is stilrin good health
and clear Of mind and eye. He was first
sentenced to death, and we venture tie
opinion that he has regretted many times
that this sentence was ever commuted.
Miss Ethel ]. Carey. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles b. Carey of Gibbs
street. Newton Centre, and Mr.. William,
]. Henderson Of Wintsrport, Me-, vert
married Tuesday evening in the Methodist
Episcopal church, Newton Centre. A
large number of guests witnessed IL G
ceremony, which was performed at eight
O'Clock Dy Rev. George II. Spencer, pas
tor of the church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lrcius L. Robbins Of
Chelsea celebrated their golden wedding
last evening at the home of their son,
Fred A. Robbins. Charlestown. A recep-
tion was held early In the evenin II
which MIR. and Mrs. Robbins were assist,
ed In receiving by their son. Fred A.
Robbins, and their daughgtsr, Mrs. B A.
Russell. The affair was of au informal
nature. Mr.. Robbins was born in Sum
ner, Me-, and his wife, who, previous to
her marriage. was Miss Mary A. Strort
is a native OF Raymond, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26
DIR. PIERCES
IA KORITE
PRESCRIPTION

to be the greatest Of all medicines for the
sure of diseases and disorders of the organs
distinctly feminine. 1t is the only prepara-
ton of its kind devised by a regularly
graduated physiciar-an experienced and
skilled specialist in the diseases of women.
It is safe medicine in any condition of
the system. 1t contains no whisky, aIco-
hol, opium or other narcotic, and therefore,
Is sold by medicine dealers everywhere.
and any dealer who hasn't II can get it.
Don't take a substitute. No counterfeit is
as good as the genuine and the druggist
who says something else is lust as good
as DR.. Pierce's" is either mistaken or is
trying to deceive you for his own selfish
benefit. Such man Is not to be trusted.
He is trifling with your most priceless
possession-your heaith--Inaybe your life
itself. See that you get what you ask for
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26
SOUND DOCTRINE.
which Might BE Applied ON This side
| or the Atlantic.
tNsw York Tlmes. 1mpellalist.l

New York Times. Imperiaiist.)
The announcement that "war Is newt
able' In South Africa is a most lame
and impotent conclusion from the prevI-
GUS accounts. Moreover, war is not in
evitable, and. If 1t comes. the party re-
sponsible for 1t before the world will be
the stronger party.
There Is really no escape from this CON.
clnsion. Nobody doubts that Great Brit
ain can crush and exterminate the rapub-
lie Of the Beers. That is precisely the
reason why Great Britain, as thesstrong-
or party, as the party, In the last resort,
of Irresistible strength, should convince,
In the first place. herself, in the second
place the world at large, that she has no
choice but to fight, In order TO convince
these poor, hidebound. Bible-reading,
otherwise illiterate, Beers that the right
10 on her side The conclusion is revolt.
lag. and for that reason. there must be q
strong disinclination on the part OF die
Interested observers, to believe that IL can
be correct.
Always this fact Is to be borne In mind
that SOON Paul - that President Krue-
ger, Is very Intelligent, as well as forci-
lbe person, and that he will not risk a
serious collision with the British Empire
unless hs is absolutely forced to IL to re-
tain his ascendenoy at home 1t is the
business of the British government, as
the stronger party, not 10 make things
hard for him. but to make things easy
for him:
It's glorious
10 have giants strength, but 1t is
tyrannous
To use 1t like giant.
That Is poetical proposition which
may lust now very well commend itself
as q prosaic proposition and as a maxim
OF practical politics. to Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain and his associates. The
power Of Great Britain is so evident and
Overwhelming that 1t, carries with 1t the
responsibility Of averting war. No mat
ter what an anachronism the government
OF the Transvaal may be, no matter how
just the grievances of the "Outlanders''
max be the responsibility goes with the
power, and the responsibility of Great
Britain is to settle her disputes it'll the
Transyaal without resort to arms.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26

Judge WiIlett's statement that the
South has no great love for Bryan. and
would prefer some other candidate may
be trus, but there are no very conspicu-
Gus signs of it The Mississippi conyen-
tion went wild over him, and Senator
Morgan has recently turned himself in
side cut to gst on his side. Probably
Bryan's coquetry with the Populists is
not over and-abo pleasing at the South
where they are regarded as the enemy Of
the Democratic party, and not its assis.
tAnt or ally, but for all that Bryan seems
to have the call there at@present. as
he does everywhere else.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26

National Master Jones, of the Grange,
appears to have bee somewhat misrepre-
sented, owing to the misunderstanding
or misEeporting of statement To
made to an interviewer. He denies that
he said that "if 1t comes to my notice
that any Grange in tho State of Maine
trifes with the so-called farmers move
ment, or lends itself in any way to 1t.
the charter will be promptly taken
away" The idea he intended to convey
was that any Grange which by its action
as body votes to ally itself with any
political party renders itself liable to for
fixture of its chatter.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26

3 The plan that has been under consider
alton for some time past to extend our
tariff laws to Porto Rico has been aban-
doned, bsoauss Attorney General Griggs
was doubtful of the power to take so
radical step. The matter will be turned
over to Congress to settle. Pending that
settlement the conditions in Porto Rico
are likely to be anything> but pleasant
for the Inhabitants. Cut of from traffic
with Spain and with the tariff barrier
between them and the United States
they are likely to be worse of than when
under Spanish rule, their business and
industries being completely paralyzed and
laboring men finding no work to do.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26

A good many gentlemen are being men
toned for tho Democratic nomination In
this district. and some are mentioning
themselves, notably MIR. William A. Rob-
erts. but the outlook is that the Reverend
and Honorable Luther Mckinney will
carry of the prize. If it is proper to call
il that
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26

We hardly subscribe to the statement we
see in some papers that the making of q
trade with the Sultan of Sulu is great
dipl omatic triumph" since ths most NE
appear to get out of 1T is promise ON his
part TO fly our flag over his realm for an am
nual stipend Of 81. goo year and protection
from foreign invasion, and yet we think
the American people are to ba oongratu-
lated that tine trade has been made. II
we had had to assert our sovereignty with
the bullet and the bayonst as We are
now doing In Luzon our already heavy
burden would have been greatly augment
ell. for the Sulus ara far more fierce and
warlike than the Bilipinos and the Span
iards found IL impossible to conquer them,
finally giving up the job after several at
tempts. and contenting themselves with
abe possession Of few towns on the
coast. 1t will shock somewhat, no doubt,
thoss people who have believed that our
Philippine mission Was ciyilizing
and christianiziug one to learn that our
treaty with the Sultan pledges us not to
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26

We observe that the Hon. Hazen S.
Pingree is effusively welcomed to this
State by one of the imperialist journals
in spite of the fact that he has pro-
nounced very strongly against the Phil
ippine war. This leads us to suspect
that the word traitor Is sometimes used
in Piokwickian sense. Certainly no
newspaper could effusively welcome a
man 1t really considered a traitor.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26

A Washington despatch says 1t appears
that Gen. Otis's Chinese exclusion policy
was put into operation some months ago,
though the Chinese officials were not
aware of it. Neither apparently were the
American.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26
MIR. ALLEN HAS HAD NO AID.
VANTAGE.

MIR. Amos l. Allen speaking of the
story that he received advancs informs
ton Of Mr. Reeds intention to resi- gn
says:
Some Of the supporters of Hon. ]
O.. Bradbury and ex-ludge Burban
claim that you had an unfair adyanta {
In the race for the Raminatiea ns q oar
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26

We thought it must be a mistake that
John d. Roc kefeller was going to assist
in destroying the beef combine, and he
says IL was. MIR. Rockefeller's business is
creating 'combines'' and not destroying
them. What he destroys Is the little
fellows.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26

NJ. Eertillon. who testified in the Drey-
fus case yesterday, is the man who in
vented the system of identification known
as the Bertillon system. which Is SO gen.
orally applied to criminals. If this sys-
tenn yields no better results than his sys-
TEN of identifying handwriting. 1t can
not be Of much use. for he swore posi-
lively at the first trial that the bordereau
was in Dreyfus's handwriting. whereas
Esterhazy subsequently confessed that he
wrote 1t. The trouble with his system OF
handwriting naturalization seems ito be
that it is so elaborate and intricate that
Observation-Disclosures ii. not evenlhimself.
Up to the time of his appearance the trial
was lacking in humor. though 1t has
been ridiculous enough, but he seems to
nave supplied that deficiency.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26

Patrons OF the PRESS who are leaving town
temporarily may have the addresses of their
papers changed as often as they may desire BY
notifying the Office
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26
ey lhe month. Dol cents.
lAINE srArE Press ,weekIn--

Subscribers whose papers are not delivered
promptly are requested to notify the Office Of
the DAILY PRESS. No. 81 Exchange street.
Portland. Me.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26

John z. Mclean. who aspifes to be the
Democratic candidate for governor Of
Ohio has just secured the support Of an
other newspapar--by buying 1t outri ght.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26
MURDER, WHATS THAT 2

One o. Mckenney's Alarm Clocks. Csc to
saog warranted 10 wake tie dead More
LOCK IMAM all the other dealers combined.
MeKENNKY. the Jewaier. ai.aument square
sef3SSA
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26
TERMS,

DAILY PRESS
BY the year. SC in advance or 81 at the end. Of
tho year.
BY the MONTH 80 cents.
The DAILY PRESS Is delivered at these rates
every morning to subscribers in all parts OF
Portland. and In westbrook and South Port
land.
MAINE STATE PRESS weekly
by the year, 81 IN advance, or s1.2b at the
end OF the year.
For six months, so cents; Tor three months,
rs cents.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26

sultan excites Is regret over a lost oppor-
tunity to bring diplomacy to boar upon
Againaldo and obtain the recognition
that we want in Luzon without such
a sacrifice OF life and treasure as we have
already made there, without getting 1t.
Justice Bachelier. who holds some
position under the British in Egypt, has
been talking with uncommon frankness
to Bangor Commercial reporter about
En- gland and the Transvaal. After re-
ferring to Engiand's seizure Of Egypt and
her operations in the Soudan, and the
vantage they gave her to extend her pos
sessions to the Cape of Good Hope, he
says.
When politically considered this Is q
magnificent projeot, as IL viii eventually
ri We to the British empire q territory
larger than India and possessing all the
varied climatic, mineral and agricultural
advantages possessed by our own coun-
try, This suggestion will doubtless ex-
plain the attitude of England today tow
ard the Transvaal republic and Orange
Free State, which lie In the way Of her
proposed path Of empire. 9he issue with
the African republic appears to be- one Of
buutdKbs hDXllsn COlOHlbks nave De6u
gradually settling IN these Dutch posses
sions, and IL suffrage be given to them ii
will only be question of a few years be-
fore majority of the voters would be
able to pronounce in favor Of be oming
subjects of the queen.
OF course Presidents Kruger is strug.
Cling to ward off this condition OF things.
1t has been easy TO keep the govern
ment within the control of its original
Boer or Dutch settlers and their descend
ants by limiting the suffrage to their
own class and In the demands put forth
by England they see the obstruction. of
their beloved republic which they have
built up from many years OF hardship.
toll and privation.
The fact that Americans are mentioned
among the excluded classes with the
English is Of very small Importance, In
asmu UGH as the American colony Is so in
signiiican that Its influence one way or
the other would,be unimportant This
influence Is naturally greatly exagger-
ated. possibly for political purposes by
England.
Justice BachelIer seems to admit
that what England is really after is the
Iransvaal territory, which lies in her
proposed path Of empire, and is insisting
on the suffrage for Englishmen in the
Transvaal as mea ms of getting 1t. We
imagined as much.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26
FINANCIAL.
STATE OF MAINE
INVEST MENTS.
Attention Is called TO the following LIST OF
Maine Bonds paying from
31-2io41-2 per cent.

Washington County, Me. 4 per cent
Bonds, due I923-2s. Exempt from tax
alton.
Maehtas Water Co. SIS due 1916.
Oakland Water Co. SIS due 1918.
Newport Water Co. as due 1920.
bangor and Aroostook Railroad First
Mortgage SIS due I943.
bangor and Aroostook Pfscataouis
Division First Mortgage SIS due 1919.
Portland and Yarmouth Electric
Railway Firss Mortgage "a due 1919.
And other high class bonds.
Price and particulars Furnished ON
application.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26

Interfere with the institutions of polye-
amy and slavery which flourish In bis
dominions. but when thsy reflect that 70
eradicate either Of these institutions
would cost hundreds Of American lives
and millions Of money they win probably
conclude that we are NOT called upon to
make that sacrihce--at least not
until we get polygnrny out OF our
own stnts OF Utah and secure Co the
bla,k men Of the South the rights we
have guaranteed them In our constitution.
The only regret the agreement with the
sultan excites is regret over a lost oppor-
tunity to bring diplomacy to boar upon
Aguinaldo and obtain the recognition
that we want in Luzon without such
a sacrifice Of life and treasure as we have
already made there, without getting It..
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26

can Nc Mo- 9ss q sGsa Ssr s. es z SIs
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-26
HOME BONDS
FOR .....-..
August Investment.

Portland Water Co. as, due 1927
Standish Water Co. AS. due H02s
Guaranteed by Portland Wat
ef Co..
Portland Railroad Co. a I-2's,
due 1913.
Portland Il Cape Elizabeth h.
n. SIS, due I0H5.
Interest guaranteed by Port
fund II. RI
Portland Young Mems Christian
ASSN. as. due I0tS.
Portland IL RunfOrd Falls R'y
AS, due 1927.
Lewiston Gas Lis lat Go. lsl NHtge
AS, due 1924.
First National Bank stock.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-10
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.

II IOlIl HIS llOllOl lllG VIZ
Jersey City, May 81, 1899.
Honorable Board of Street and Water
Commissioners
Gentlemen:-f herewith return to your
Honorable Board, without my approval,
an ordinance entitled AN Ordinance to
authorize the Hudson Telephone Company
to lay conduits and cables therein
through certain streets of Jersey City,"
which ordinance was adopted at your
meeting held May %, 1899, presented TO me
for my approval May "a. lS99. ana OF
which the enclosed is a certified copy.
In my d~isapproval of a similar Gram
ance I pointed out a way by which the
city could receive some compensatlon TOT
the franchise which the ordinance before
me gives to the Telephone company anu !
most assuredly expected thar you Wouiu
frame an ordinance that would meet the
ideas of and court the approval OF our
citizens and taxpayers. An oruInance
framed as suggested Ply me Wouru ~
company. which is a home concern, ana
at the same time would have yielded the
eity an annual revenue.
The company pleads poverty any says
1T is a home concern, many merchants
having taken shares of STOCK In tne
same when it was started some lew
years ago, avowedly for the purpose OF
concern. Granted that the company IS
poor and that it has a laudapie opJect
in view, yet do not forget, gentlenls.L
that this. company was Wiling 10 give
fhe city one hundred shares OF its capltal
stock and pay one per cent. on It's capl-
TAI stock annually and such amount 70
be paid before any DIVIDENDS. Whatever
are paid to the stockholders OF the CON-
p . The shares were valued at $40
zach or 81; 600 for the hundred. rms
coupled with the one per cent. on capi.
tal stock and other concessions meant
something for the city; Now for some
reason or other you object to the city
taking stock and you increase the per-
centage from one to two but your addi-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-10
Received and ordered filed.

REPORTS OF CHIEF ENGIN e.
The Chief Engineer reported cerlllcates
in favor Of or CON
tract No. 1,146. r., 90 ooo
on account of contract No. LAG. o. ,e
The N. j. Mexican Asphalt Co, sS;oso'lO,
final on account of contract NO. l'Ioo.
Rernard Cannon, S543.29. final on account
q Henry funsl Byrne. tss.OiS.5s, on account of
c0 Edward coysNeill, $500, on account of con-
tract No. LIP. . 400 aoco,,nt
OF p efn.' MeCabe. Sg22.22, final on account
Of contract No. liz.
From the same otlicer:-
Submitting specifications for improve
ment of Third street. between BrunsWlch
and Merseles streets. oo,
Tnnrovement of Fulton avenue, between
Garfield avenue and Bergen avenue.
Tmnrovement of Myrtle avenue, etWeen
0oaan avenue and Jackson avenue.
Imnrovement of Bentley avenue, from
Hudsnn Boulevard to West Side avenue, ;,
And specifications for pointing up az
masonry work of pumping station ana
chimney; also painting, etc.
Received and referred 10 theil app'o
rriate committees.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-10
100 PER CENT. STANDARD.
EsTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.

NJ II. Connolly Contracting Co. offered to furnish all materials n q al
WORE Henry Henry TWrne offered to furnish all materials AM do all work for % of above
STANDARD. ~ ..,H- Su- k fr o0
of above Standard - ~ 4..1.. - a. au unrL for
james H. Flunkett offered to furnish an Haleras a"o az I'll WIZ -
$500 Of above standard. =. -rm h - OF 40 moo
Bernard Cannon offered to,f urnlsh al Hd'eTas am W
OIL a% NHdbs SdI 7 7" Curev offered tic furnish al materials and do all work. for 1870
of above dndar 4,ZZ - q ~ ul fr e1r.f
Jon Hopkins offered to furnish all naoI"s oo W az "A
above standard. u-ah. ~ -Aaios ,a do all, work for
Sa of above standard - ~ -+aa,, 49, AZ oil vnrk for
Philip Tunu1ty Jr, offered to FURNISH al hhau"' aA ~
SN@ pa pi I am" q Cell offered to furnish all materials n do all work for 1870 OF
above standard.
Prooosms for Improvement of Line DIN street, from Hudson Boutevaaadd 20 10
Gernania avenue, were called for, and TX 20 IN number we're pesM'
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-10

on Streets and Sewers.
ton is rather a subtraction in that, in
my opinion, you will get two per cent. on
something or other if the company reefs
SO disposed and the ordinance appeH Is
to hold water. For what assurance Is
there that the company will ever pay
dividends to its stockholders?
Gentlemen, I firmly believe in the prln,
franchises geanted by the city. 1t is a
principle which the people throughout the
country are rightly selling. upon ana II
should be lived up to by their servants.
BY reason of the granting of this fran
chise the company Immediately secures an
asset that cannot be disputed and the
stock receives a yalue Whicn IS anyLnlng
but fictitious. If this company should
take a notion to sell out to the rival con-
Germ, and there is no assurance that II
will not do so when It once receives tne
price would forcibly impress upon your
minds the value of the franchise which
you practically give away for nothing;
Gentlemen, it is your duty to sustain
this veto and pass an ordinance which
shall make provisions for the immediate
payment to the city of $1,000 in cash; Tor
the payment to the city by the company
of one per cent. on it's gross earnings Tor
a period Of four years, two per cent. LOT
the succeeding four years, three per cent.
for next period of four years, four per
cent. for the fourth period OF four years
and FIVE per cent. for the remaining per-
iod of four years. twenty years being stip-
Mated as the life of the franchise.
Furthermore, the company should pc re-
uuired to give the city a bond with. good
security in order to enforce the placing OF
the streets in as good condition as they
| were before being torn open. F1nally. II IS
TO be understood that the company sinai.
furnish the offices of the city government
with instruments and service free OIL
charge.
The ordinance as drawn fails to meet my
views on the subject of franchises and for
the reasons above mentioned l refuse 10
| sanction the same.
Respectfully submitted.
EDWARD HOGS.
Mayor.
Received and laid on the table until the
/ next regular meeting.
From His Honor the Mayor
Jersey City, May 81 1899.
| Honorable Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
Gentlemen-My attention has been called
to the a~dvisability of asphalting Jersey
avenue. or some other street in Jersey
| City connecting at the Hoboken line. |
am Informed thai the streets in Hoboken
are asphalted. so that one can drive from
Weehawken to the Jersey City line over
| that such a connection would be appre-
/ ciated b ythousand of wheelmen and
drivers and would also be a benefit to
Jersey City.
Wy EDWARD Hoos.
Received and ordered filed.
From His Honor the MAYOR
jersey City, May p, 1899.
| Honorable Board of Street and Water
Commissioners &,
7entlemen-I am informed hat about
three months ago the property owners Of
Ege avenue. between Bergen and West
| Side avenue, petitioned your honorable