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The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

The Allan line has been running
steamers to Portland and Montreal since
1853 and has lost in all fifteen steamers.
The Castilian Is the only one lost In the
last fifteen years. In 1857 tho Canadian
was wrecked in the st. Lawrence below
Quebec. No lives were lost on this oc-
casion; but In 1859 twenty thrss were lost
on the Indian, which was wrecked on a
rock Oh Marie Joseph Harbor. east of
Halifax, while bound for Portland. As
there were Al souls aboard the loss of 90
seems little In comparison with what
might have been. The next year in 1850,
The Hungarian struck near Cape Sable
and not soul lived to tell the tale. al.
though ESQ were on hoard. The cause Of
the disaster Was never known, although
the lightkeeper of the Cape Sable light 10
said to have confessed on his deathbed
that his light was not burning that night.
The second Canadian was lost In the
straits Of Belle Isle In 1851 through collis-
ion with piece of Ice. Thirty six were
lost ON her. With the North Briton,
wrecked the same year, on one of the
Mingan Islands, north Of Anticosti no
lives were lost In 1868 the Anglo Saxon,
stranded near Cape Race with considera-
BILE loss Of life. The same year the Nor
wegian WAS lost on St. Paul's Island,
Gulf of St Lawrence. but no lives were
lost. In 1864 the Bohemian was wrecked
on Alden's Rock, Cape Elizabeth, with
the loss of twenty passengers. The same
rear the Jura stranded at the entrance of
the Mersey. In 1872 the Dacian was lost
near Halifax; and the same year tt 9
Germany was lost with thirty people near
Bordeaux, France. The St. George was
lost on Seal Island, N. s. In 1881 the
Moravian went ashore at Mud Island,
near the scene of the present wreck, and
the Hanoverian was lost on Newfound.
land. In 1893 the Pomeranian was struck
of the coast of Ireland by a tremendous
wave which swept away twelve persons
and nearly destroyed the steamer. The
loss of the Castilian Is the severest proper
ty loss made by the company in any one
vessel; but the company will undoubtedly
meet this loss with the same enterprise
and courage which 1t showed in the
midst OF its successive losses Of thirty
i've years ago.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

Philippine Islands IL now aud without
doubt viii continue 70 be to retain the
great Asiatic archipelago ~ q permanent
acquisition Of she United States This is
a statemeut Of absolute faot. thsre 10 no
conjecturs OF surmise about II. Moreover
highest authority.
conflicting thss They cannot both be cor
rect We can not give the Filipinos the
same freedom and independence that We
are securing to the people Of Cuba, and at
the same time retain the Philippines as
permanent possession because what We
profess TO BE- securing to Cuba is indie
pendenO and self-eovernmsnt; which are
entirely Incompatible with permanent
sovereignty BY the United states.
II depends entirely upon which OF these
two plans 10 the true one WHISTLER II
Sill be worth while to pay any attention
to the request Of the gentlemen who
unite IN the petition to our government
70 ny cancellation. II the plan outlined
In the Cisvslabd paper 10 the administra-
tionA plan, then probably 1t will be use.
less. TO attempt to treat with the Filipinos
and the best course to pursue will be to
push along ~ fast - possible the present
policy Of bringing them into subsection
by machine guns. But II we are intending
to give thsm the same freedom and indie
pendencs that we are securing to Cuba
then it would b wise 10 stop the present
conflict long enough at least to inform
the natives what our purpose ia AL
they have had ON that point was CON-
tanned In the Presidents proclamation,
and that, while II promised personal Free
dom, quite negativsd any idea Of indie
pendence. As VIC understand 1t all the
Filipino II hshting for 10 Independence.
II he can get it without hghting--and
he can easily II our Bangor contempor-
ary's statement Of our policy be correct
he would doubtless be glad 70 stop. Why
then should not the United States, If the
Filipipos are to be treated As we have
promised to treat the Cubans. be given
assurances to that efiect. What excuse is
there for risking the lives Of American
soldiers until every other means of
settling the difficulty in the Philippines
has besn exhausted
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

Mr.. Shedd Is enthusiastic over the
water powers Of Maine. The total rain.
fall In this State he thinks is less than
elsewhere in New England, but there is
also less evaporation, which tends to keep
the available yield into the streams high.
The forests have reg ulating effect. but
are much less controlling than low tenn
perature and moist atmosphere, which
greatly lessen the amount of evaporation.
Maritime winds also contain more moist.
ure, and thus take less fiom the rivers
and lakes and from vegetation and tend
to q uniform flow of the streams.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

The controversy over the Tins when the
twentieth century will begin has been
raging 10 Rocklsnd, and has been settled
by an appeal which young lady made
to President Eliot Of Harvard UNIVERSE
ty. He writes that the twentieth century
will begin with January Is, 1901. The
question with what year does century
begin or endg" Ia question In chronicle
ey. not astronomy, and must be answered
by reference to ths system of reckoning
which has been adopted by chronologers.
This system makes the biith Of Christ .
dividing point from which the years are
counted backward and forward. The
year Immediately preceding the dividing
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

Abiding to the recent petition of Ger
tain prominent men, asking that military
operations in the Philippines be suspend
cd and Cancellation tried, a Bangor con-
temporary says:
What ia surprising to us, and what
must be past comprehension by the
American people Is the fact that such
men as Bourke Cochran of New 1orS,
Patrick Collins of Boston,, and others
whose names are associat d with them,
are petitioning our government to cease
its present policy in the Philippines,
when they know 1t Is the sole and only
purpose OF the United States, In their
work at Manila and Pauay, to give the
people of the Philippines just as good a
government rs we have oursslves-just
as liberal, just 40 fr ., In every way for
all their Inhabitants. il is our object to
plant upon the islands Of the far east
which have come under our control in
the fortunes Of war the same freedom and
independence that vs. are securing to the
people Of Cuba; SO that the children who
are 90 come up under q new government
there may have this Same advantages for
an educat ion, and the same chance of
personal liberty and enjoyment, that the
children of Mr.. Cochran have In New
York, and those Of Mr.. Collins in Bos-
ton.
We hope that this statement of the gov
ernment's policy Is authentio-that we
are seeking and seeking only to give the
Bilipinos the same freedom and indspen-
dence that we are securing to the people
of Cuba, but the Cleveland Leader. the
personal organ Of Senator Hanna, declares
az follows:
1t is possible tonight to state without
the slightest qualification or equivocation
that the dxed aim and purpose OF the
national Administration respecting the
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

President Iglssias of Costa Rica Is said
70 be in Europe for the purpose of "put-
ling Costa Rica on gold basis" Usual
ly Central American presidents put them
selves on the gold basis and then besake
themselves to Europe for safety and con-
vanionCa
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

AN interesting statement about the
water powers Of Maine was made oy the
eminent engineer of MIR. j. Herbert Shedd
In recent address before the American
Pulp and Paper Association. The impor-
tant water power basins of New England
are nine in number, of which four are in
Maine. The areas and falls are given In
this tablet
Fall from Near
Area In Fall of Power Head to the
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR

Ex-Judge Henry Hilton of New York is
dangerously Ill.
General Booth has left London for a
Salvation Army cam paign in New Zeal
and
General Miller, who is now at Iloilo | S
expecting to erect a summer home at
Stock bridge, Mass.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

Director of the Census Wines has to
conceal his address. such food Of appli-
cations for employment has poured In
upon him. That is what comes Of trsat-
Ing the places a. spoils
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

In Massachusetts they are forming a
iociety of the Spanish war, one OF the
functions of which is to be to ''place glory
where glory belongs by the exposure OF
raudule 1t claims Of service and the erec
lion of memorials to worthy dead aud
worthy actions. BY constituting itself q
court of this kind the society assures 1T
self of labor large and perplexing juris-
iiction at the very outset.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

Pearl Wight, native of Kockland. Me-,
and now wealthy and influential citi-
zen of New Orleans, Is likely to be the
next Republican candidate for governor
of tho state. AS he has the support of
the sugar planters, who have lately sent
protectionist to the United States Sem
ate, his chances of winning are said to
he 0ood
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

The German Reichstsg, by decisive
vote, has rejected the proposition of the
though the war minister made an earnest
plea for 1t. The tax payers, who are the
original disarmament people, had made
themselves heard by the members.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

point is called the first year before
Christ (B. @. ~. the year Immediately
following is called the frst year after
Christ "a. ID. ~. In chronology there Ia
no year o, either before or after Christ.
Events happening within twelve months
after the birth of Christ are said to have
occurred In the FIRST year Of Christ.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

Grand Master Aaron Jones. of the
National Grange. favors the reduction of
The salaries Of congressman. He says that
tn air pay was increased from 5000 to 5000
on the plea that the purchasing power of
the dollar had decreased; but that the
question of salaries is forgotten now that
the dollar has recovered It's purchasing
power. Unfortunately Uncle Sam cannot
always command the services of the best
men at the present prices; and q lot Of
$4,000 congressman might cost the country
far more than the present 5000 variety.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

At the dinner Of the Boston Municipal
Club, on Tuesday evening, Lieutenant
Governor Murray Crane was hailed as
governor o-be. The general acclamation
Of tho organization, which is of stalwart
Republicanism, seemed to settle the
question.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

Mr.. Bryan objects to dining with Tam
many because Tammany does not stand
BY silver. fearing that he may compromises
his political standing by sitting at table
with Croker.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

MI. Joseph Chamberlain has long been
considered very advanced man In his
political ideas, verging even towards pro-
nounoed socialistic theories. He seems to
be justifying this opinion by his intro
duction In Parliament Of bill empower
ins local authorities to advance money to
enable small tenants 70 acquire owner
ship Of small houses Tho bill would al
low the advancement Of as large q sum as
$500 on buildings worth $500 The idea
involved in this proposition 10 not entirely
now, the British public having become
familinrissd With 1t through the Irish
land acts.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

1t is announced the Mohammedan
Filipinos of Mindanao and Sulu are to be
made friendly to US through the medium
If the Sultan of Turkey, who Is to become
,ur great and good friend in the enter
prise. The Sultan seems to have forgot.
len the recent time when SO many Of our
people wanted machine guns turned on
aim.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

A bill 10 repeal the deata penalty has
lust been defeated in the New York as
sembly. 1t got but 40 votes. The argu-
ment against 1t was that life imprison-
mont would have less deterring effect
shan capital punishment
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16
PORTLAND DAILY PRna
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oubecrtpoen Befee.
DAILY In advapce) SO per year; % ~ az
months; q so quarter; 80 cents mont
The DAILY 10 Delivered every norniu By
carrier anywhere within the city limits ~ Of
Woodlands without extra charge.
DAILY tnot IN advance). Invariably q -
rate Of "a . year.
MAINE STATE PRESS, fwesiip published
every Thursday. fi.osner yea; % cents Tor
months; % cents Tor months
Persons wishing 20 leave town Tor long OF
short periods may have the addresses Of thsr
papers changed rs often rs desired.
Advertising Rates.
In DAILY PRESS e1.6o per square, for -
week; $500 for ono month. Three insertions
or lass, 81 90 per square. Every other day u
ysrtisements, one third less than these rates.
Half SQUARE advertisements t1.o0 fos one
week or $3.50 for one month.
"A SQUARE 10 spacs Of the width OF COB
umn and one inch long.
spsotaf Notices. on nrst page. ons-thfrd add
tionai.
d,nus<ments ana AUCTION Sales, 500 Per
square each week. Three insertions or 1854
$3.50 per square.
Reading Notices IN nonpareil type and classee
with other paid notices. Is cents per Line eacn
insertion
Pure Reading Notices 10 reading matter type.
Is cents per line each insertion.
Uorts. To let, For Sale and similar adver.
Elements, rs cents per week In advance, ior
90 words or less, no display. Displayed adver-
t;s,meuts under these headlines, and all adver.
tiser,ents not Maid N advance, will b charged
st regular rates.
In MAINE STATE PREss-sl.oo par square
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

The Oldest municipal ofiice-holder in
Maine Is Mir. II. G. Meader, who has been
elected oulisr Of hoops and slaves for the
forty fourth consecutive year. There has
never been any patronage to vex the in
cumbent of the office into an early grave.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

declines to pay her clerk to
the overseers Of the poor more than $50;
and the friends of the clerk declare that
the salary is altogether too appropriate.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16
100000
State Line & Sullivan Railroad Co.
FIRST MORTGAGE 4 IL PER CENT GOLD REFUNONG BONDS
DUE JANUARY LIST, 1929
Interest Payn6ie January uIy
uNoN TRUST COMPANY, New YORK, Tru,.~e.
INCIDENTALLY AFTER 10 YEARS AT INTEREST
TIoNAL AT ANY TIME AT AND INTEREST," ~ =
AMOUNT AUTHORIZED = s,ooooo
Form, Denomination $1,000 each. with
privilege Of registration as . principal ~
LEGA FOR MAINE SAVINGS RANKS
LISTED ON PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE.
AMOUNT AUTHORIZED,
In Coupon Form, Denomination $1,000 each, will,
privilege of registration = principal.
FOR MAINE SAVINGS RANKS.
These o 6
bonds issues in ed la 1899.

The State Line 81 sullivan Railroad
Company owns line Of road extending
from Bernioe, in Sullivan County, to
Monroetou, in Bradford County, Pennsyl-
vania, a distance of "a miles. At Be.nice
the road connects with the Wilkesbarre
Line OF the Lehigh Valley RailroadICom
pany. and st .sntlorGeld with the.l Will
Transport Il North Branch Railroad
Company, running to Williamsport. The
railroad is substantially built, with iron
bridges, anu is thoroughly bal lasted
The road is leased until May LIST, 1894,
at an annual rental of 10000, to the
pennsylVania 81 Il. Y. Canal Sc X. X.
Company which in turn is leased to the
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company and is
operated as part of the Lehigh Valley
system. The company owns 5000 acres
of coal lands In one continuous tract at
Bernice upon which it is operating
mine equipped for maximum output of
250. 600 tons per annum. The mortgage
covers both the railroad and the 5000
acres of land, including the mine with Its
equipment, and the mining village upon
the property his village contains 1850
miners houses, necessary shops, and
other buildings. including church and
school-house
Without oonsisring the value Of 5hs
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

Many OF the State legislatures are
hunting after new sources of income; and
though Maine's :has not actually been
searching, 1t has practically admitted the
necessity of doing so in the near future
by borrowing $500, 1000. Massachusetts,
has fixed upon legacies. both collat-
eral and direct, as a source Of revenus and
has provided for q graduated tax npon
them. A bill before the Legislature,
which is practically sure Of passage. i'm
poses taxes on legacies of real and per-
sonal property not exceeding $50. 600 Of
one Der cent; exceeding Sc, 600 to $4,000
of two per cent; exceeding uoo,o0o to
$500, 900 OF three per cent. exceeding $500
OoO to 81 zoo. 600 Of four per cent; exceed
ing 81 200, OoO to S., 600, 900 of six per cent;
exceeding s., 0Oc. 600 to $4,000, 900 OF eight
per cent; exceeding $il ono, 600 of ten per
cent. The proceeds are to be apportioned
among the cities and towns Of the com
,uonwealth according to the population.
1t further provides that bequest ostensi
bly, in payment of debt of the testatof
shall be taxable upon the excess in value
OF the property pequeatneo' o1ner"iee ii0
BILE to such tax, over and above the true
amount of such debt, and that bequest
to an executor or trustee, purporting to
be in compensation for services, shall be
taxable upon SO much Of the value OF the
property bequeathed, otherwise liable to
suoh tax, as is in excess of a reasonable
compensation for such services. When
property desoends to father, mother, hus-
band, wife, lineal descendant, iadopted
child, or lineal descendant of an adopted
child of the descendant, 1t is exempt from
tax, unless the clear market value OF the
whole estate exceeds 1000, and 5000 of
the total amount passing to the persons
named above lie exempt II the estate ex-
ceeds $40, 900, but Is not more than 49,
600.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY, MARCH l6.

Evidently there have bean too many de-
tectives ct work on the Bucksport muir
der case.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16
1920, 900.
Toronto, Hamilton { Buffalo Ry. Co.
First Mortgage, -Four Per Cent. Gold Bonds.
PAYABLE JUNE Ist 1916.
INTEREST PAYABLE AND DECEMBER Est
Coupon or Registered Denominations Of $1,000
MORTGAGE.
cox o NewYo and
miIeage with branches eighty
tss) miles.
of Hamilton $4,000,
includes valuable terminate at Hamilton,
costing 81, 100000.
NJ BEckLEY ESQ., President of the
TORONTO HAkIl TON & BUFFALO RAILWAY COMPANY
OFFICE OF
TORONTO, HAMILTON & BUFFALO RAILWAY COMPANY


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The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

AL the arguments that oan be produced
for the ownsrship and ocoupany OF the
Philippines. and many more, can b
offered for taking possession of part of
China. and yet our ex pansion friends ap.
pear to be very much opposed to Joining
the European powers In leasing Chinese
ports. We can probably get valuable
port In China for the asking, whils we
have got to Eight for the Philippines The
Chinese people are peaseAbie, and there is
little danger of any rstsllion after We get
these. The Chinese are more heathenish
than the Fllipinos. and hence mole need
converting. China rs q market is vastly
more valuable than the Philippines. Be-
sides there is the argument 20 effective in
the case Of Hawaii that II we don't take
China some other nation will.
We are not in sympathy with Senator
Frye's expansion ideas, but we 40 agree
with him that II We arr going into the
expansion business there Is 10 reason why
We should not, and plenty Of reasons why
We should, get % good slice of China %
the European powers.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

The statistics OF the departments at
Washin gton show that the generally good
business conditions of the country are
reflected in the reports Of the treasury
department. Tho export trade continues
vious records 1t seems likely that when
the governments fiscal year shall close
on the 30th of next juno the totals for
the year will reach the largest figures In
the history Of our commerce. The figures
for the seven months concluded with FEB
ruary show total of over 749 millions
of dollars worth Of exports against some
over us millions for the corresponding
period of last year. These figures are
not entirely accurate as an indication Of
the amour Of our produce going
abroad, since in some articles, like wheat
the prices are lower than last year and so
larger quantities are shipped to make
up the same money values. than last year.
A reflection OF the good conditions pro.
duced by this large trade is found In the
fact that the custom houses are over how
ing with gold, paid for customs on SOM
modities imported, and the gold reserve
at the national treasury will soon exceed
s4O million dollars. or 40 millions larger
than the reserve held as . sacred trust
for the redemption OF the greenbacks
Tbs relation Of receipts and. expenditures
at the treasury is also showing some
what more healthy condition, although
right here 10 the point which must cause
anxiety. The country Is undoubtedly
entering upon q period Of much material
prosperity, and the sky would be IN
cloudsd but for the unfortunats legaciss
of the Spanish war. Those legacies arc
expenditures far greater than our reve-
nues, and obligations and possessions
viii oh render 1t almost II not quite I'm
possible for us to reduce those sxpendi-
lures. 1t will be for the next Congress.
or for the one succeeding 1t to restore the
proper relations between expenditures and
reoei pts which must subsist II our pros
perity is to be useful and permanent.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

OFFER ADVANCE
PRICE AT THIS PRICE,
PER CENT IF NOT
MATURITY AND OVER CALLED
A
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16
FINANCIAL.


AFTER 10 YEARS AT PAR AND INTEREST
TIoNAL AT ANY TIME AT 105 AND INTEREST,"
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

STEPHEN R. SMALL, President.
MARSHALL R. GfDlNG, Cashier.
feb7dtf
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

We are informed that the operation off
this line is source OF income 20 the LED
high Valley Railroad Con pany over and
ABOVE the amount of rental paid. Accord 4
ing to tn report of state Geologist atl
tine present rate of annual coal output,
the coal or the property will not be ex-
hausted in 100 years.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

land and other property covered, the
mortgage on the railroad alone Is at the
low rate Of $i2,500 per mile. No divi-
dends may be paid by the Company on
Its 81, 900. 900 capital stock unless an
amount equal to such dividends shall be
paid to the trustee to be applied to the
payment of the bonds
1t is the intention of the management
to set aside and pay to the Trustee a suffi
Gent amount to retire S. 900 of the bond,
year, and with this end in view, the
mortgage gives the Company the right to
draw the bonds at 105 and interest unit
January LIST, 1914, after which time they
may be- retired at par.
The company by refundng at 1-2 per
cent, saves $4,000 in interest, and thu
addition of the $4,000 to b" side yearly,
to the present bond intst s3 500. is
an increase of only 500 10 inter-
est, on the DID 8 p9r cent l1t1
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-16

give below extracts written by j. NJ BECkLE
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railroad Company