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The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

Whether the conspiracy which President
Kruger claims to have discovered among
the British in the Transvaal had real
existence or was trumped for effect is a
disputed question. Kruger is just low
engaged in controversy with the Brit
ish over the treatment of the Utlanders
or foreigners in his dom inion, they alleg-
ing that they are harshly used. There can
be no question that the discovery at this
time that the foreigners were conspiring
against his government should be as
helpful to him as was Jameson's raid on
former occasion, and hence strong
TEN ptation exists to find one. On the
OF her hand the treatment which the for
eigners have been receiving from tn u
Beers is calculated to provoke them to re-
volt
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

The principal objection made to the
Ford bill for taxing franchises which
Gov Roosevelt now holds under advise
ment is that it taxes franchises as real
estate. The corporations want to have
it amended so that it will tax upon the
gross earnings. much in the way that
steam and electric railroads are taxed in
this state. But Gov. Roosevelt is op-
posed to this idea and though he Ia willing
to sign bill amended so that the duty of
assessing the tax shall fall upon the state
board of assessors instead of the assessors
of the various towns and cities he will
not consent to the change the corpora
lions want. AS any time before the 9th
he can sign the Ford bill in its present
shape 1T looks as If the Legislature would
have to choose between that measure in
its present form or that measure amend
ed In way not obnoxious to the COVER
nor.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

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The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

light and no signs Of Q heavy storm.
The barometer give no signs Of anything
unusual until past II o'clock, when 10
began to fall. Capt. Bunker, who
brought the Alicia b. Crosby into this
port ON the night of the disaster, discov-
cred no Indications of any extraordinary
storm during the afternoon or evening
and testified that there WAS nothing In the
conditions prevailing at O'Clock to deter
prudent captain from sailing out of
Boston harbor to the eastward. Capt.
Bragg of the Horatlo Hall testified that
when he sailed out of Portland at about
O'Clock the wind was Hight and the sea
smooth. and there were no indications
of the terrific gale that set in about mid
night. The testimony was oil In one
direction, and completely negatived the
idea that prevailed Immediately after the
disaster that Capt. Blanchard was guilty
of reckIessness or imprudence in sailing
out of Botson on the night of the disas-
ter.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

We imagine if the oolored people of the
South should start general emigration
movement to the Philippines or any
where else the leaders in it would become
as obnoxious to the whites as negroes
who undertake to organize their race TO r
political movements. The South needs
negro labor, can hardly yet along with
out it in fact. Some years ago when
agents under took to induce the negroes to
emigrate from the Southern states they
were promptly notified that they were
engaged in dangerous business and had
better desist.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

The testimony given in the United
States court in the case of the steamer
Portland seems to have completely
vindicated Captain Blanchard show
ing that he was guilty neither of
disobedience Of orders or reck-
lessness. 1t is admitted now that no or
der was ever given Capt Blanchard not
to sail or not to sail until 8 O'Clock. That
disposes of the charge Of disobedience.
As for the charge of recklessness or i'm
prudence in starting from Boston that
seems to be az thoroughly disproved as
the charge of disobeying orders. A dozen
men familiar with the sea and cognizant
of the condition prevailing that evening,
testified that there was nothing observa-
BILE which should have deferred prudent
captain from sailing at the time Capt.
Blanchard sailed. The keepers of two of
the life saving stations at Cape Cod.
of the weather saw nothing in the con-
ditions prevailing through the day or
even late into the evening to presage
heavy storm. The captain of the Maud
g., which passed the Portland of Thatch.
er's Island about half past nine, testified
that while the wind was blowing quite
fresh: at the time, he had no suspicion that
q hurricane or heavy blow. even, was
approaching. and he had no apprehension
for the safety of the Portland. though ne
thought at the time that his wife was on
board. He did not put into Gloucester to
escape an impending gale as has been in
timated. But for the fact that the next
day was Sunday he would have kept on
to Boston, but 1t being Saturday night he
thought he would put into Gloucester
and run to Boston the next day. Several
men ON Thatcher's Island saw the boat
20 by at half pastinine, and they testified
sithat the sea was then smooth, the wind
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

Another Filipino capital has been cap
tured by our troops, but the Filipino
army seems to be still at large. 1t is.
however, being gradually penned up
and it looks as If its capture or destruc-
ton could not be far off. Let us hope
that this Is the case, for the continuance
of the present warfare must be entailing
u good deal of suffering upon our troops
as we'll as upon the Filipinos. However,
men may disagree as to the merits of
the struggle there can be no doubt that
its end must be the triumph of the
United States arms, and the sooner the
end comes the better for all concerned.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

Quit. To this the ducks were tied by a
leather moose. As one bird was fastened
and dropped into the icy water, l pulled
in on the other part of the rope and gent
ly forced Mistress Duck three or four feet
out on 5he black water. Thus III few
moments we had what to any wild duck,
to say nothing of any tame man, would
appear to be a flock of birds swimming
about at random and raising horrible
racket in all this silence of the night"
leave it to amy sportsman today if
this is not an extraordinary method
And where, oh where, was the S. +. L.
P. o. c. L. A.P
Other papers In this very attractive
volume are The Marquis's Meet, Will
liam's Moose, Vigdal of the Jotunheim,
and A Little Upland Game, which latter
means Robins Island with all its charms.
'You are one day in New York City,"
writes MIR. Sears. THAT night you are
hugzing big fire in the clubhouse far
away Ia the country. with the consclen-
tious feeling of having finished a days
work In town before leaving. Next
morning you are on the uplands or in the
marshes bringing down wild birds and
making wild shots. but never waiting
long for another chance. And by noon
you have your limit, which is generous
one. with plenty of time left to reach New
York that evening. and tell the family all
about the day before bedtime.
Al. L. b. W.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

streets escaped paying their dues is NO
reason why they should continue 20 es-
cape. There can be NO vested right IN
= piecs Of luck. and the exemptions Of
franchises FROM local taxation for frw
years was d piece of luck, owing 20 =
p culiar Interpretation of the old law
and neglect to provide the new one
which the court declared necessary II
franchises were to be taxed. The COM
panies simply enjoyed through inadvsr-
tenoe the privilege Of squatters.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

An interesting case at Alfred is one
in which Leonard II. Brown prays for
a temporary injunction restraining Her
bert II. Colberth from practicins medi-
cine within presc ribed limit In North
Berwick. Colberth sold his practice to
Burns for consideration Of s400, and
covenanted to refrain from practice inside
of IA certain limit. Petitioner alleges that
the agreement was broken. The injunc-
tiOn was allowed,
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18
A Rare business Opportunity

fixtures of his store on Main street, Bridgton.
Maine. next door to the Post Office, where for
eight years he has done prosperous business
in Soda tobacco, cigars, and periodicals. The
only news stand for Portland and Boston
dailies. New, low, art tile soda fountain.
Only reason for sale. much impaired health of
owner demanding change 10 out of door life.
Correspondence Solicited
may15M-WF2ws A. w. INGALLS,.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

The Indianapolis Jrounal says the
people will show on Dewey's return the
relative respect held for him and his
traducsrs. Who are his traduceIsf We
have never seen line written nor heard
word spoken which traduced Dewey.
Possibly there may be trnducers Of Dewey
in Indiana, but there are none in the
East
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

had not advertised his philanthropic in
tentions so widely. Three thousand
begging letters a day must make even the
most Jealous philanthropist very tired.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

The list Of gentlem en- named as EOS
sible Democratic candidates for Congress
in this district, includes Messrs. William
A. Roberts of Biddeford, John W. Deer
ing and George K. Bird of Portland, and
Parson Mckinney of Bridgton.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

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., 1899-05-18
ASSESTS.

ASSESTS.
cent, 1928, $50. %
U. S. Registered Bonds, per
cent, 5s,si2 SO
New York City Bonds, l-2
Der cent, 173, 0oo. 90
West Shore r. r. Bonds, li,025 90
st. Louis Gold Bonds, 100000
Cash in Bank, 120. l24.93
Cash in Offices, 6,6S7.S7
Interest due and ACQUIRED, S,562. OF
Premiums in course of collection, "a. Gal 80
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

Subscribers whose papers are not delivered
promptly are requested to notify the office of
the DAILY PRESS, No. OF Exchange street,
Portland. Me.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

-Frseport is enjoying the distinction
clubs, and no libraries except Sunday
school libraries. The tendencies of the
town seem to be sedate on the whole.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

"A water spout. which lifted the Ken
nebec fluid twenty five feet in the air,
visited Bath ON Monday.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18
TERMS:

DAILY PRESS
By the year. Sc in advance or 81 at the end Of
the year.
By the month. so 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 S1.25 at the
end OF the year.
For six months, 90 cents; Tor three months,
% cents.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

Bethel is sgitating the question Of q
system of sewers.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18
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The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18

Another beautiful book from the same
Tales By Hamblsn Sears, with tine
illustrations by Frost Tavernier and
Jaccaci.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-18
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Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-29
Effects of Imagination.

Some years ago number of students
in Europe were concerned in a charge
which demonstrated the powerful effects
of imagination. In a frolic they donned
disguises and arrested another student,
whom they tried III theatrically ar
ranged and dimly lighted chamber and
condemned to death For several hours
they kept their horror stricken victim
in a darkened room, and having inform
ed him that he was TO be beheaded band
aged his eyes and led him to another
apartment.
a crowd was assembled, but restrain
ed their mirth as the victim of the
practical joke was forced to kneel down
and placed his neck across the spindle
of three legged stool They prepared
for great outburst of laughter as the
neck of, the poor young fellow was
touched with a slender cane, but instead
had to shed tears of regret for the ac-
tion, as Immediately upon being touch
ed with the cane the young man fell
dead.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-29
WHAT is THE USE?
No Need to Go Through Life a
Sufferer.
Means of Relief Near at Hand and Rec
commended by People You Know.

What is the use to 90 on suffering
with kidney backache, nervousness
sleeplessness and dizziness when a
50-cent box of Morrow's Kid-ne-oids
will cure you? Probably you have
not heard of Kid-ne-oids, so if you
will read this statement it will pay
you ten fold.
We give you as reference George
Wilt, a cigar manufacturer. who
lives at 343 New street, Peoria, Ill.
He says: Il have suffered for some
time with pain in my back and
weak, and on that account / had to
pass urine frequently. The urine
contained so much uric acid that it
caused much pain to pass it; it was
also highly colored and the odor was
offensive. l tried many different
kinds of remedies, but without any
permanent relief. Kid-ne-oids gave
me immediate relief, and l heartily
recommend them to anyone suffering
in this way, because Kid-ne-oids give
you relief and there are no bad effects
after usiLg them; they strengthen
and build up the system
Is this sufficient evidence to con-
vince YOU that Morrow's Kid-ne-oids
are a wonderful remedy for all form
of kidney disorders? Kid-ne-oids are
not pills, but yellow tablets, which is
a scientific form of preparation of
medicine. They are put in wooden
boxes which contain enough for
about two weeks treatment and sell
at so cents box at NJ. +. Bahnsen's s
drug store.
a descriptive booklet mailed upon
request by John Morrow & Co., chem
lists, Springfield. Ohio.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-29
Bill Was Fooled.

"Seen anything of a feller round
here with red whiskers an a squint?"
queried Bill Sykes of Newberg, as he
adjusted his red comforter and blew z
sonorous blast from his bibulous nose
preparatory to taking little stimUlant,
" cause if you have I've got business
with him. He come to my house yes
terday, an after talking around a spell
an telling Hammer he thought she was
my darter an making n fool of her he
said he would have to inspect the well.
Sent out by the state, you know.
"Well, got a pailful of water, an
he poured some in sasser and looked
at it through 1nikyseope. Then look
ed at it, an say, fellers, that water was
full of alligators a foot long-snicrobes
he called 'em. The upshot was bought
the mil1yscope and some stuff TO put in
the well TO kill the animals, an paid
him SO, but twas partly Hammers s
fault. -
Here Bill looked around defiantly and
continued: "That stuff was salt an wa
ter an there want no bugs. They We're
painted ON the glass to the milzyscope- !"
And with a rather derogatory remark
about the honesty of man generally Bill
left in quest of the man with the squint.
-Dowagiac Republican.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-29
The warning of IngersoII.

The attitude of the typical hide
bond republican, Col. Robert g..
Ingersol may be cited. as indicating
the general view republicans take of
the miserable failure the administra-
ton has made both in policy and re-
suit in the Philippines. The Chicago
journal says: Whatever else Col.
Ingersoll may be, he has been recog-
nized ever since the civil war as a
staunch republican. He made the
speech nominating James g. Blaine
for the presidency and gave him the
sobriquet he carried through the
campaign. He made speeches on behalf
of Mr.. McKinley's candidacy in 1896,
and has taken pride in proclaiming
that his oratorical gifts were always
at the service of his party. He has
never been able to see anything wrong q
about any republican administration
before, and he is the last man on
whose lips one would expect to hear
criticisms of a republican adminis-
tration now. Yet Col. IngersolI,
with,all his predictions and. d.prejudices
in favor of any republican that may
occupy the White House, is out
spoken in his condemnation of the
biunders OF the administration. and
significantly direct in his warnings to
his party against the consequences
he thinks the presoht policy may en-
tail In an interview published in
the Philadelphia North American, a
republican newspaper. the colonel
says: They have made many mis-
takes at Washington, and they are
still making many. If it has been
decided to conquer the tFilipinos,
then conquer them at once. Let the
struggle not be drawn out and the
drops of blood multiplied. The re-
publican party is being weakened by
inaction at the capital. If the war is
not ended shortly, the party in power
will feel the evil effects at the presi-
DENTAL election. If control had been
given to Dewey. if Miles had been
sent to Manila, do not believe that a
shot would have been fired at the
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-29
4 scene Of rerror In India.

A Bengal postoffice superintendent
has received from one of his Babu in
spectors this report of an accident at a
river which had to be forded owing to
the breakdown of bridge: =,
"As was 70 pass the river or water
through my cart for absence OF any
boat some alligators ran on my oxen
hence the oxen getting fear forcibly took
away my cart in an abyss below the
water of y feet which the cartman
failed to obstruct The oxen forcibly
left the cart and fed to the other side
of the river by swimming. 1 myself be-
ing inside the matscreen of my cart
the whole cart fell down in the abyss,
used to cry loudly at the time. The cart
with myself was drowned in the mean
time the Overseer Babu Mehendra Nath
Chose and my cook jumped ON the wa
ter and took my cart in a place where
AZ water then 1 myself jumped ON the
water and saved my life The alligators
getting fear from the cart fled to the
roadside and no sooner we came to the
road they jumped ON the water Had
been under sufTocation for three minutes
more then there was no hope of my life.
. The nearest residents told there
after that some men died this year IN
the abyss by the attack of the alligators.
1 am much unwelI the voice of my
speech is fallen low and out of order
from the suffocation- London Stand
a,-5
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-29
A Foolish Man.

There was once n mao who thought what q
DIRE adful thing it would be If he were blind,
and closed his eyes es he walked along to see
how it would be. In this way he walked over
a purse of gold which another man picked up.
There are today people just foolish. They
moan over their poor health thinking nothing
Will help them, when trial of Hostetter S
Stomach Bitters will cure their ailments 1t
brings steady, vigorous nerves TO nervous peo-
pie 1t purihes the blood tones up the stom-
ach. ana brings back real health by making in
digestion and constipation impossible 1t is
absolutely the greatest remedy known for all
stomach troubles, and is TO be found in every
drlc
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-29

Filipinos, and they would have well
coined the American flag
This is the opinion of a friend to
the administration Col. Ingersoll
does not speak from motives of par
tisanship. His partisanshiP is in the
other direction. 1t is of the sort that
would impel him to defend the White
House policy. But he cam t defend it.
There isn't anything to defend it
with. The administration s acts have
disarmed its friends"
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-29
ABOUT JosLlN.
miscellaneous Batch of News From the
Upper End of the County.

Upper End of the County.
Joslin. June 2S.-John Flynn is
visiting with Mike Fitzgibbons.
The Mississippi river is rising.
while Rock river is falling
Miss Kate Buckley is entertaining 8
Lady visitor from Henry county.
julius Linke, of Port Byron, Sun
dayed with friends in the country.
There will be ball game next Sat-
urday at Barstow between Barstow
The Port Byron academies will
cross bats with the Joslin nine on the
afternoon of the Fourth.
| 1t is said that the severe freezing of
last winter not only killed fruit trees,
but evened matters by killing the
thistles.
Mrs. John Buckley. of Zuma, vis-
tied several days last week in Moline
with her daughter and other relatives
and friends.
W. K. Tubbs, late of Zuma, now of
Cordova, lost a horse as a result of
day previous.
John Campbell, who served in the
civil war and whom his friends
1 ItHOuSAL Was SuiSAy oCaN, las - 'iii
| put in an appearance
b Oar community was very much
Shocked at the sudden death of Oliver
Tolson, who resided upon his own
farm in Zuma township: He was in
Port Byron the fore part of the day
and was noted as being more jovial
than usual. He was found dead in
the pasture.
Supervisors Joe Fitzpatrick, Byron
Kendall and F. c. Mewes came to JOS
lin for the purpose of examining the
Zuma bridge near the Methodist
| meeting house, which was thought to
be in an unsafe condition They de-
cided to put in a new steel bridge,
I which will cost in the neigh borhood
of 81, 600. Bids will be received up
| to June so.
1t is said there is large increase
over last year of quail and young cot
| ton tail rabbits, and likewise a new
importation of potato bugs. There
are also large numbers of yellow
winged bugs that are destroying
muskmelon, watermelon and cucum-
ber vines. They work underneath
the leaves. Alum water and wood
ashes are said to be the remedy.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-29

THE tinplate mills of the country
are to close down pending an agree
ment on a wage scale. and during the
suspension %, 900 skilled workmen
and 10 900 laborers will have nothing
to do but revel in Mckinley prosper
ity. Wrought iron and steel pipe has
been advanced in price by the manu-
facturers from Jan. l. 1899. to date,
100 per cent with good prospects for
further advances. 1t is not recorded
that the pipe trust has advanced the
wages of their laborers.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-29
THE fact that Spain has resumed

The fact that Spain has resumed
the purchase of tobacco in this coun-
try. shows how readily the bitterness
incident to war dies out in the face of
the demands of business. Spain has
LEANED by experience that it is to her
interest to buy tobacco in the United
States. and governs herself according
". Business is business. Commerce
doesn't necessarily have anything to
do with following the flag.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-29
Had kidney disease e.Years.

G.. a. Stillman, a merchant of Tam
pico, H., writes: "Foley's Kidney
Cure is meeting with wonderful sue
cess. IL has cured some cases here
that physicians pronounced incura-
bic. / myself am able to testify to
its merits. My face today is living
picture of health, and Foley's Kidney
Cure has made it such. / had suffer
ed twenty-seven years with the di-
sease, and today 1 feel ten years
younger than did one year ago. l
can obtain some wonderful certificates
of its medical qualities.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-29

lola has accepted a retainer of 81
900 to dramatize the Dreyfus case for
a New York theatrical manager. The
play is to be completed by October
and staged soon after. AS he has
been prominent in the case as a
champion of justice, it is expected
that the novelist himself will be made
to figure as one of the characters of
the drama.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-29

GOVERNOR TANNER has appointed
Kenneth NJ. Whiteham. of the Aledo
Times-Record, as a member of the
board of trustees of the Central hos
pital for the insane at Kankakee, to
succeed Morris Emmerson, who has
been made n member of the state
board of pardons.