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The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03
WANT WAGES RAISED.

Boston, March AIT the regular NEE t.
ing of the common council tonight va e
was passed requesting the mayor to re-
store wages of the city employees. o
The reduction OF wnh-s No-urred last
month, a cut of 7l2 per cent being
made in all departments. Z,
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03
an ABSURD SLunY.

Xashin aton, March 2.-The wer depart
ment officials pronounce absurd lne M
pino junta story TO the effect that Agui-
nuldo has taken several hundred Ameri
can soldiers prisoners and removed them
TO the interior. Gen. Otis's buIle,ln
have accounted for every man In t.
American army ut Manila, aud there 20
not on record a kiLgle case Of @. issing
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03
POPE CHEERFUL.

Rome, March 90 81 p. m.-The Pore
was very CHI eriu' al day long anu IL an
Interest 4 way asked TIE doctors from
lime 10 lire what taay az, us-U ~ his
condition. They treasured nam lhefe
mas, however, eeeE u slight increase In
his temperate re to when the uoctars at
t sch some importance, although hoping
It Is morely due t. the noIrshment no
has taken.
nr. Lappout will remain in attendance
at che Vatlcdn tJnighL
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03
STILL SHOWING IN COLORADO.

Lsadville, Col, March 2 -Ihe snow
storm which begun here at midnie ut sun
day, shows no signs of abatement 1he
railroads are completely tied up west OF
east. Ihe;outlook here is most discourag
ing There has been loss to this com
munity for "a month past of over sS00D a
day In wages in addition to heavy losses
of mine owners through failure to make
shipments and carry ON Development
XoIk.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03
EN- BEZZLER SENrhNCED.

Cambridge March 2.-Horatio Nelson
Hyde, superintendent of water WORKS
at Newton, who pleaded gully to charges
of OBTAINING money unusr laist pIetenses
and embezzlement from the city OF New
ton. was today sentenced to noe less than
two and one-half years nor more fnan i've
years in the staJe prison.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03
CRUTCH FACTORY BURNED.

4 Plymouth. n. H., March The Crutob
factory, owned and operated ny Daniel
Abbott 81 Son at humney, was burned
early this morning. The loss will be
several thousand dollars. 1t Is covered by
insurance.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03
DEATH OF CONGRESSMAN GRAN
FORD.

Washington, March 2. - Representative
John w. Crawford of the fsurth Con-
gressional district of lexas, died here at
the Providence hospital at midnight of
heart dfseass and otser .compiie ationf.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03
SAILS FOP. MANILA.

San Francisco, March s.-Ihe United
States transport Portland sailed today Tor
Manila. She carried hunter Ct recruits
and Il great cargo OF supplies for he army
and navy departments in the Philippines.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03
SOLDIERS WILL REMAIN.
House Declines to Unseat Officers In
Spanish War.

Washington, March 2.-No conference
reports on appropriation bills were press
ing at 6 o'clock this evening and the
House therefore paid its last tribute OF
respect to the memory of the late repre-
sentative Burnley of New York by adjourn
ing until tomorrow at IL O'Clock.
An atte upt was made today to consider
the resolutions reported by the Judiciary
committee declaring that General Wheel.
Ter and the three other members who nc.
cepted commissions in the army had
thereby vacated their seats, but the House
by m overwhelming vote refused to con .
slider them. The political division upon
this vote was significant. The vote stood
II ayes cast by u Republicans. As Demo
Gratis and l3 Populists and l4s names, cast
by l0l Republicans, ~ Democrats and
Populist A half million dollars zach
was appropriated under suspension of the
rules Tor tue exposition at Buffalo and
the Ohio centennial exposition ut Toledo
Tho Senate bill carry 81 600, QUO for q
new building for the department of jus.
tioe, was raised and two public building
bills attached by the Senate for public
buildings were agreed TO.
The Senate bill appropriating Sl46, 600
TO purchase 100, 900 acres of land in con
nection with the provisions of the treaty
with the lower Brule Indians was passed.
Washington, March 2-There was a
great scramble for unanimous consent
legislation when the House met at |
O'Clock today. With the end of the
Congress only As hours of almost every
member had some local measure he was
trying to rescue from death on the calen-
dar and they stood in the area in front of
the Speakers rostrum ten deep clamor-
ing for recognition. Bills were passed as
follows:
To authorize the secretary of the treas
ury to donate life saving apparatus to the
imperial Japanese society for saving
life from shipwreck; u series Of bills au :
thorizing various officers of the govern.
ment to accept decorations from foreign
government; g. r. Dobbins. keeper of
The Moose Peak life saving station. TO
accept n gold watch from Canada for saw
ing life from the wrecked British steam
or Ashton; Joseph X. Kinyon, surgeon
marine hospital, to accept gold medal
from Venezuela for scientific service; Cliff
ton r. Breckenridge, United STATES min
lister to Russia, Admiral Selfriuge and
other naval officers to accept medals from
the Russian government, presented on
the occasion of the coronation of Czar
Nicholas ii.
Mr.. Payne. Republican of New York.
moved the passage, under suspension OF
the rules of the bill appointing $500, OK
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03
M'pARTLAND GOT DECISION.

Hartford, March 3.-Kii Mcfarland
of New York received the decision on
points in his battle with Tom broderick
OF YonKers at The Coliseum tonight.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03
10 BE MAYOR OF AUGUSTA. :

Augusta, March 2.-Samuel Lane was
nominated by the Republicans as the
candidate for mayor in large caucus
held in City hall. this evening. he re-
ceive1 49t votes ngaist 204 tor Howard
Owen.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03
CoMMIssIoN LEAVES HONG KONG

Hong Kong, March 2.-The United
States Philippine comm issioners lett .ase
today on board the Unitsd Sfa.es cruiser
nAltimorA- for Manila
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03

Too late to cure a cold after consump-
ton has fastened its deadly grip on the
lungs. Take DIR. Woods Norway Pine
SyEnn while yet there is time.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03
Save half
your money

Do not throw it away
in half-smoked cigarsl
You will find that 5o1L
of your cigar money is
thrown away every day
if you recall how few
cigars you really have
time to smoke up"
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03
LOTS OF WORK LEFT.
Senate Devoted Yesterday to Routine
Business.
TWO MEASURES OF NATIONAL I'M.
PORTANCE PASSED.

Fortincations Appropriation and Alas
kan Criminal Code-Census and
Naval Personnel Bnls Go To the
President.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03


General Brown Of Falmouth, in an in
teresting address, before the committee on
legal affairs today advocated the assump.
ton by the state of the ownership Of the
historic fort at Pemaquid Point known
as Fort William Henry. Its presentation
is a matter of importance for visitors who
come from all parts of the country to
visit the place. The Psmaquid Monument
association, organized some years ago. is
not able to do the work and SO an appeal
is made to the state. Senator Cham bsr-
lain also favored the resolve.
OTHER MATTERS.
The bill relating to hawkers and ped
oilers, which was reported by the legal
affairs committee, was tabled by Mr..
Hix of Rockiand and sent back to the
committee.
To-day Representatives Hix and Buck
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-03

SCHOOLS Whlch came from the last leglsla
ture.
Chamberlain from the same COMMITTEES
reported ought not to pass on the bill
amending the law relating to the discon-
tinuance of schools and conveying school
children.
4 Reynolds from the committee on legal
affairs, reported ought to pass on the bill
to prevent immoral exhibitions, the
penalty not to exceed $500
Heald, from the railroad committee 70.
ported bill in a new draft and ought to
D ass to incorporate the Patten. Allegash
& Northern Roilroad company.
Blanchard from the committee on
education reported In a new draft and
ought to pass the resolve appropriating
500 year to Potter Academy of Sebago.
The bill for the better protection of
clans was taken up and amended. on
motion of Cham berlain of Lincoln county
giving justice jurisdiction, and the bill
passed its first reading.
The Morey usury bill was again taken
from the table by blanchard, who moved
to amend the same by striking out the
enacting clause, which Is only another
way to kill the bill
Reynolds opposed this amendment and
the motion WAS lost by vote of II to Is.
The disposition ie to make the bill strong
rr than it is in the matter of limitation
in the interest rate. and Weeks of Somer
set tailed the bill.
The yea and nay vote on the usury bill
was as follows:
Yea-Adams, Blanchard, Cham berlain,
Drummond, Hamlin, Head, Hodsdon,
johnson, Pierce, Sawyer, Whitehouse-ll.
Nay-pudley, Fernald; Grindle. Har'
Sharp, Vickery, Weeks, White. Young
IL
Paired-Jones yea, with Plummer, nay
Shepherd, yea, WiAh ~tavans-
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-09
A PLEASANT PROSPECT.
Astronomers Say the Moon Is Getting
Ready to Fall Onto the
Earth.

1t is not likely to happen just yet
awhile, but many astronomers are pre-
parel for the fall of the moon at a d:s-
tant date, says the Cincinnati Enquirer.
1t is probable that eventually the
moon will be drawn well within the
sphere of attraction of the earth. At
present she is just far enough off to
be kept in tow, SO to speak, and to
whirl round and round us as well as
spin herself.
But when the inevitable time comes,
and she is drawn far into the attraction
radius, she is likely to be pulled right
down and fall onto the earth, for her at
traction is, of course. much weaker than
ours. She is in more danger of this at
one time than another, and the danger
is increasing gradually but surely. 1t
may be 10000 or $4,000 years yet, but
when she does fall there will certain
ly be a terrific bump, and the whole
system of the earth will be badly jolted.
1t is calculated that, taking the most
dangerous epoch of the year into con-
| sideration and her consequent position,
she is likely to fall on the northeastern
part of Europe, and will entirely wipe
Russia and Germany from the map
Tidal waves and all sorts of horrors
will occur, and the fallen moon will
| probably break up. The entire climate
of the world will be altered, and Eng
land will probably be more or less i'm
proved, according to the scientists.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-09
TALKED " ABOUT"

The neighhors talked about her nearly
everywhere they met.
They talked about her till she died: they
talk about her yet.
The high and low all spoke Of her. as did
the old and young,
And every gossip tossed her Mime upon her
nimble tongue.
She always kept adding things. by night
as well as day.
To set the tongues a-going In the swiftest
sort Of way;
Across the backyard fences and from
kitchen door to door,
At church and sociable her name was whis-
pered o'er and o'er.
Twas she who kissed the baby first and
blest its happy birth;
Twas she who helped to guide its feet
through all the paths Of earth;
Twas she who watched beside the bed
whereon the dying lay,
Twas she who soothed the stricken friend.
when one was called away.
The neighbors talked about her nearl,
everywhere they met;
They talked about her till she died; the,
talk about her yet.
They talked about her wondrous hands, hel
heart so full of love,
And now the angels talk Of her who DWELL
with them above.
Nixon Waterman, In L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-09
AFRAID OF WILD AMERICANS,
The Visit of Buffalo Bill Has Left Its
Impression.

Ever since the wild west show ap-
peared in Budapest the citizens believe
that every American is in the habit
of carrying revolver. ga few nights
before his arrival" correspondent
writes, ''an American traveller and his
friend had been sitting at table in
a music hall ordering such refresh
ments as may be obtained at that kind
of place. When the American called
for his check the waiter performed q
feat in mathematics and learned that
three times three made II. The Am
erican found fault with this system of
multiplication and stood up to protest.
The young woman who sold the pro-
grammes threw herself in front of him
and seized his arm. please don't,
she said; he is poor man. He has q
wife and family The manager came
running. wait, wait! he entreated.
| please do not make any trouble. I
ask you that you should not shoot.
Yielding to these entreaties the Amer
lean spared the life of the trembling
waiter, who had made a run for the
stairway. There was another cOmpu-
tation and it was decided that three
times three made nine. ."-Ex.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-09
MATCHMAKING IN JAPAN.
The Nal1oda, or Midwoman, Often
Employed to Awaken the Ten
der Passion.

There exists in Japan, among some of
the classes, a certain custom of hiring a
midwoman, nakoda, or professional
matchmaker, in order to make an en-
gagement between couple, writes
Onoto Watanna in the April Ladies'
Home Journal. 1t often happens that
family will desire an alliance with an
other family with whom they are not
intimately acquainted. Then are the
services Of the professional match
maker invaluable. To be successful in
such profession one must never be
known as such to the family she de-
sires to court. Very often nakodas and
midwomen follow this profession for
years and yet are not known as such
save to those who have employed them.
Most of the matchmakers are very hon.
est, and it is their duty to discover all
the good and bad points of the couple
and point them out to the parents; they
give good advice and do everything pos
sible to promote the happiness of the
pair. They travel back and forth to the
homes of the young people, who are
entirely ignorant of their motive, car
rying compliments and presents and
| trying in delicate manner to work on
their sentiment.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-09
SEA WATER FOR STREET SPRINK-
LING.


The Merchants Association of San
Francisco, says the Popular Science
Monthly, has been trying the expert
ment of sprinkling a street with sea
water, and finds that such water binds
the dirt together between the paving
stones, so that when it is dry no loose
dust is formed to be raised by the wind;
that sea water does not dry SO quickly
as fresh water, SO that it has been
claimed when salt water has been used
that one load of it is equal to three
loads of fresh water. The salt water
which is deposited on the street absorbs
moisture from the air during the night,
whereby the street is thoroughly moist
during the early morning and has the
appearance of having been freshly
sprinkled.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-09
A Japanese Girls Wedding.

Marriage in Japan is only civil con-
tract, and not in any way religious
one, writes Onoto Watanna in Ladies'
Home Journal. 1t is protected by law
and social obligations. The church and
state do not concern themselves at all
in marital affairs. The chief peculiar
ity about the ceremony is the exchang-
ing of cups of sake Ia iquid) nine
times; three times the bride, three
times the groom, three times the mid
woman who works between the pair in
making the engagement. Toward the
end of the ceremony a singer sings a
song called "Takasago," which narrates
the loving and happy life of an old
couple. Thus the ceremony closes, the
last notes of the singers beautiful mel
ody remaining in the air, charming all
The last stage of girl life is over.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-09

Says the Philadelphia North, ,Ameri-
can: Any number of whitewashing re-
ports cannot conceal the fact that the
richest of governments, representing q
people who are most generous in their
ideas of the proper treatment of their
army, neglected to support the soldiers
in the field with palatable and nourish-
ing food; that the head of the Subsist-
ance Department was allowed, accord
ing to this finding, to purchase an in
ordinate quantity of canned stuff that
was never intended for steady ration,
and which is now found to be wholly
unfit to eat, and to contract for refriger-
ated beef of which there was no inspec-
ton, as the court admits. Yet in spite
of these obvious and Obtrusive facts, the
President is strongly urged to allow the
subject to drop with the censure Of the
man who discovered the outrage. There
is too little of fairness in this to meet
the views of an indigant people.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-09

A Colorado soldier who is uncOmpr0-
misingly opposed to this war expresses
his views in the following letter to Carl
81. Peterson, of Dawkins, Colo. It is
from Luther B. Wiley, of Company G,
First Colorado United States Volunteers
and is dated Manila, April 9. Wiley
writes:
"Your letter of Feb. % reached me q
few days ago out in the trenches, or
camp, nine miles east of the city. We
have been having work enough to do
for the last two months, though little
fighting. Company c has been in but
one mix up, and 1 was not in that. 1
got to the company just as they were
giving up the chase and starting back
to camp. We had three men wounded
and several more played out with heat,
and so came in very handy to help
them back. I have been uncompro-
misingly opposed to this war on the
Filipino. think it wrong from start
to finish-the policy l mean. 1t was
entirely unnecessary, but now of course
it must be fought out. And it looks as
though the men that enlisted to fight
to liberate people must now fight to
enslave them.
"You will see by the papers that
there has been some pretty hard scrap
ping at various places. AS it happens,
have not been in fight with the
Filipinos yet. The company has been
engaged once, though we have shifted
our position more than once in order to
be in their line of advance, expecting
to get in shot or two. However, they
are wary, and after making a feint fell
back to safety. And as we were not
ready to give them chase our fun was
Ispoiled. Fun! Well, it is anything but
| fun. The heat is simply oppressive.
have seen a higher temperature in
| Colorado than l have ever seen here,
but it seems to smother here.
'Well, Carl, your jolly jingle of frOlic
and fun lifted me out of the blues into
which I have pretty much settled
lately. l had hoped to be at home and
at work before this. | feel as though l
am losing valuable time. My heart is
not in this war as it was in the one
enlisted to fight in, and l go into it
simply because / have to. If were not
an American, l think 1 would be help
ing the Filipinos. You may well be
glad that you did not enlist in the war.
| To be soldier in such cause as we are
now engaged in is nothing to be proud
of. I am chagrined and ashamed to
think of it as it is.
| "Well, Carl, the mail closes at 10 a.
M, and it is now 20 minutes of that
time, so l will have to close in order to
get this to the office. Write soon."
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-09
TIM BRANIGAN'S
.x*x COURTSHlP
BY B. W. Charming

DRANNIGAN carried ice for the Syl-
ID van Spring Ice company. He was
q goodly young fellow, standing
six feet one in his stockings, with
q countenance deeply bronzed by
weather.. out of which his wide
blue Eyes laughed increasingly. His
aa1 Sshirt, open little at the
bas n64he strong, round throat, and
his bT6dd felt hat, indepted with ver-
teal "Denver poke" gave him a cow
bow effect. He was perfectly cognizant
of this, and traded on it with the maids
at the various houses on his beat, before
whom he staggered not little, drop
ping hints of a western past, strewn
with Indian scalps.
"And was you ever there, now, Mr..
Brannigan?" one of them once asked
him, and he answered, ambiguously:
Jaw, an if l hadn't a-been, how
would 1 get the wownd on me crown ?"
"What wownd on your crown? Go
onl"
"I'll show it ye if yen step over
here"
Brannigan bent his FURNISHED curls,
and pretty Norah stretched on tiptoe
to meet them. But just as the two
heads reached one level, the hero lifted
his own quickly and kissed the fresh
colored face that looked so i1itently at
him
"Shure, the situation was that con-
vaynient, cudden't help it'll" he urged,
fleeing to the door with a smart cuff
ringing in his ears.
| But he was to learn that there was a
| type of womanhood demanding more
deferential approach.
| The first time he saw Alma was on a
hot afternoon in August, when she had
Just come down from Nova Scotia, and
was feeling the atmosphere of the South
end oppressive.
Her mother, who kept a boarding
house, and had combined with that re-
sponsibility the care of shiftless sec
ond husband and his two small boys,
had written to Halifax that Alma was
needed. Alma was a slender, dark
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-09

haired girl, with delicate complexion,
and slim, ladylike hands.
Brannigan, swinging in with his huge
ice block, took swift, appreciative
look at her, dumped the Ice in its re-
ceptacle, and stopped on the return
swing for conversation.
"'Tis warm day!"
"Dreadful!" said Alma, listlessly.
81 didn't see you before?"
"No. I've just come"
"Ye'H not stay here! the old lady
can't kape no gyurl more than a week;
tits hole of place!"
I'm Mrs. Browns daughter, from
Halifax"
Brannigan went away at that, sud-
denly speechless.
He saw her nearly every day after,
but he did not seem to make much head
way. A packet Of chewing gum, which
had appeared to him graceful atten-
ton suitable from any gentleman to
any lady, was received with disappoint-
ing coldness.
"It's very kind of you," she said, "but
I never use it. Mrs. Dalby, where lived
In Halifax, thought 1t was common"
One day about month after her ar
rival, he found Alma alone in the
kitchen-and marked with concern that
her eyes were red with crying. Now,
| Brannigan had a mans philosophy re-
garding tears.
"Aren't ye well at all?" he asked,
coming up beside her.
I'm all right" said Alma, holding
her head down, and plunging her thin
| little arms into tub of soapsuds.
The next moment she was startled
and scandalized by the clasp of an arm
about her waist, and the touch of q
brown mustache on her cheek.
"Ah, cheer up!" whispered Branni-
gan, tenderly, at don't sthorm livery
day!"
He stepped back to avoid the expected
slap; but the girl made no sort of dem
onstration. She simply stood there will
a white face and looked unutterable re
proach.
Tactics of so novel kind were dis
composing. Brannigan's bronzed cheel
famed, and the laugh died out of hi:
eyes.
"Say. I'm mighty sorry!" he muir
INJURED; 81 niver thought but ye'd lik'
it! The gyurls mostly does, an tits NJ
harm at ALL"
I'm not that kind" said Alma
sternly.
"I'm mighty sorry" he repeated, ant
as Alma showed no signs of relenting
; went dejectedly to the door.
"'Twas sweet, what l got of it," h
unused, "an' tits bad luck I'll get n
more. She's not the kind, it's true fo
her."
The next few times that he carried ic
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-09
A Novelfst's Memory.

A characteristic of the late William
Black was his ignorance of his own
books. and it was very difficult to get
him to talk about his novels 1t seemed
that as soon as the proof sheets were
returned to the printers Mr.. Black for
got all about his own creations.
''In talking to my husband the other
day" Mrs. Black once said to visitor.
Il suddenly remembered an anecdote
in one of his novels which illustrated
what was saying. Mr.. Black laughed
heartily at the story and then turned
eagerly to me- But where did you
hear so good a storyS' My husband
wouldn't believe it was in one of his
own books until found it for him.