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The Portland daily press., 1899-01-03

whitfield ~ he grasped the hand Of the
japanese statesman whom he had saved,
. poor sailor boy, from o sure death In
the Psoidc.
since his visit TO this country nothing
has been heard from Nakahama. Now he
il an old man, retired and living ut ease
on his estate In Japan, with an honored
and progressive family of sons CROWN &
mp around him. Capt whitfield died
several years ago. but the japanese noble
man has not forgotten him or his family.
Now that one OF his sons was to visit
America, he was specially charged to look
up the Captain 3 descendants, which he
appears to have done with some success.
The youngraymaster sent with his letter
to Mr.. Whitfield several large photo
graphs OF members Of bis family, one Of
the old man. one Of an elder son, who
wears some sort Of imperial decoration.
and ono OF himsslf, also similarly decor.
ated
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-03

News from Iloilo will be awaited with
great interest. The situation there at
J last advices was evidently critical. and a
0oliision between the American troops
and the Insurgents was imminent. While
there can be no doubt that In conflict
the American troops will triumph and
drive the insurgents out of the city, the
bitter hatred which will undoubtedly be
engepdered by 1t may have far reaching
effect and tremendously increase the
difficulties of our occupation and govern
ment Of the philippines.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-03

The Populists are always prating about
the people and the duty Of legislative
bodies to obey their win. How much
sincerity there is in their talS may be
inferred from recent operations in Kansas.
At the last election the people elected a
Republican governor and legislature
thereby clearly indicating that they want
ed no more of populism. How did the
Populists treat the expressed will of the
people? Did they defer to its Not bit
pn the contrary they boldly defed 1t by
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-03

calling into extra session the last legisia
ture which was Populist body, and pass
ing a lot OF thorough populistic lceisls-
ton, the most of II aimed at railroads
and capitalists. This legislation. which
in many respects is the worst they have
put upon the statute book during their
reign, cannot be repealed by the new
Legislature because there are CROUCH hold
over Populist senators to render 1t i'm
possible TO get the necessary majority.
They have acted like barbarous army
defeated and compelled to leave q town
which thoy have been occupying-done
all the mischief they could In their re-
treat
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-03
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The Portland daily press., 1899-01-03

The Bangor Wing speaking of the
alleged movement to defeat Senator Hale,
says:
We do not imagine that any sane man
in the State anticipates any oppos itiou TO
the reelection OF Senator Hale. The
newspapers that are advocating the ex-
pansion policy outside the state, organ.
lied an attack upon him which purported
to have been written in Maine, but con-
corning this fact there is grave room for
doubt. The most generally accepted
theory is that IL was written in a Boston
newspaper Office. Whatever the source
may have teen IL attracted but momen-
tary attention, and then only to DO repu-
dated by the men named as probable
candidates for his scat 1t is temporarily
revived by the appearance of an anony-
nous letter, supposed to have been sent
out from Portland, but as IS well known
when a movement can only be sustained
by means OF anonymous COMMIT nications,
II is dying from its own inherent weak
ness The one new feature in this snony-
nous letter is that the so-cslled opponents
have been forced TO bring out a new can
didate. Originally the names OF
Congressman Dingley and Ex-Governor
Cleaves were mentioned as the possible
successors of Senator Hale, but both OF
these gentlemen promptly disclaimed any
connection with the movement and assert.
ed their belief that Senator Hale would be
returned without opposition. Now the
anonymous letter brings out the name Of
Hon. Charles K. Littlefield, of Rockland,
as worthy SUCCESSOR. Mr.. Littlefield has
not been publicly heard from at this
writing, but we doubt II the use Of his
name has any better authorization than
in the instance of the other two gentle.
men who were first suggested.
We have no doubt the attitude of MIR.
Littleted toward this alleged movement
is the same as that Of the other gentlemen
who have been mentioned 10 connection
with it. Probably the only reason that
he has not iepudiated 1t is because he
does not want to dignity 1t even to that
extent
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-03
VISIT WILL BE OFFICIAL.

that the visit here of President Iglesias
of Costa Rica, who arrives in London on
January .. will be official. The govetn-
ment is arranging for his reception and
The President, during
his stay here. will visit Queen Victoria
ut Osborne, Isle Of Wight
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-03
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 8.

Senator Hale's sentiments regarding
Imperialism and Philippine annexation
are shared. we have no doubt, by nine
tenths of the Republicans of the state of
Maine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

We will sell you better Clock for
So, SO, 81 or So than any one else
can sell you for double those prices.
We have two Cuckoo Clocks, one that
marks the hours, for SIS; another that
announces the quarters, for $3.50.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

during her steam trials that the whole
of her machinery and boilers have had
to sc changed. the work in question
delayed the commissioning of the ship
for several months.
The Deutschland. on which Prince
Henry made his trip to China, which
now. serves as his flagship, is the laugh
ing stock of all the naval experts at
every port at which she calls. being
inferior in speed and equipment to
most of the vessels of the Chinese and
japanese navies.
The article. which is most convinc-
ing one, concludes with the rather sar-
castle inquiry as to whether it would
not be well to learn to build ships
properly before squandering vast sums
OF money upon the building of vessels
which are absolutely useless.
1t is asserted that the emperor is
furious at the publication of this ar
ticle, and talks of disciplining the
writer by means Of a eourtmartial. en-
the ground that, although retired, he
still belongs to the reserve of the i'm
perial navy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

But" said Mrs. Dart, 'I do not see
that we have greater difficulties to
contend with than do the women of
the east. The distress is all over the
land, and the problem is a most diff
cult one of solution.t
Wages Are High.
1t is true however, that wages are
higher here than in eastern cities
Many girls here have So d week, a few
have more, and those are in the mi
nority and are extremely incapable who
have less than So.
Several women were found who are
running very much smaller establish
ments than they had maintained before
coming here. They do this and are
measurably independent of servants.
If they have a poor one, they dismiss
her and get along without.
The difficulty cannot be disposed of
in an off-hand manner any more than
the question of disposing of our newly
acquired possessions can be settled by
a school debating society. The ma
jority of right-thinl1ing women feel a
grave responsibility in the matter and
realize that the matter concerns the
mistress as clearly as it does the maid.
But" said several broad-minded wo-
men, who are dealing with the ques-
ton every day, things will never be
any better until domestic service is re-
garded as a profession, and a knowl-
edge of the correct method of baking
a potato and broiling a T-bone as es-
sential to the properly equipped serv-
ant as a lawyers books are to the sue
cessful practice of his law"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

She was a. colored woman, an excel
lent cook and kitchen servant, but she
absolutely declined to extend her field
of operations beyond the sacred pre-
cincts. This idiosyncrasy was over
looked, because of the Narcissa's ex-
cellent culinary attachments, and all
went we'll until an illness attacked
every useful member of the family. 1t
became necessary to ask the queen of
the kitchen to do little sweeping and
busting, and she very firmly declined.
The master of the house demonstrated
with her very mildly. do you think
you are acting like a Christian he
inquired. Il profess to be follower
of the Lord and 1 would not treat you
so. if you were i'll and in trouble
Throwing her head back in the air
and raising her hands to her hips, after
the manner of Billingsgate fishwomen,
the cook exclaimed, There's more as
processes than is that possesses" The
head of this establishment, a typical
mild-mannerer southern gentleman,
was too completely squelched to do
anything but turn over an extra week s
salary and try again.
Girls Getting Married.
Many of the women whose difficulties
during the past few months have been
overwhelming, attribute their troubles
to the fact that at the conference last
fall George @. Cannon advised the
young women to get married and work
for themselves, instead of expanding
their energies in the homes of other
people. AT any rate, in the past few
months the woes of many housekeep-
ers have reached a climax, and as a re-
suit the boarding houses of the city
are filed to overlooking.
This simplifies the matter somewhat.
but the average woman who has once
had home will not long be satisfied
to do this.
1t was suggested by Mrs. II. B. Beat
ty that the servant girl question was a
two-sided one, and that much de-
pended upon the mistress.
Il seldom make changes" said Mrs.
Beatty, and when 1 do, it is on ac-
count of sickness or because the girls
get married.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

it necessary for the lecturer to pause
in her remarks.
From recent inquiry into the mat
ter, it appears that, not only has the
servant-giri question always been with
the Salt Lake housekeeper, but that Of
late it has grown to such uncomforta-
Bile proportions that homemaking for
many people has gotten to be an utter
impossibility.
Various means of solving the diff
Guilty have been suggested. Everything
from importing a quantity of japanese
help from the west TO placing boycott
on native domestics and sending east
for a carload of girls trained on New
England farms, is being discussed.
That some radical measures to rem
edy the difficulties into which the en-
ployers of domestic help have been
thrown will be necessary, is asserted
by Salt Lake women all over the city
A well-known employment agent said
last week that he could place at least
fifty servants in private families, if he
could get them.
Afraid of Jananese.
The question of importing Japanese
help has been talked of from time to
time, but the employment agents are
unwilling to make any move in this
direction. They feel that it would be
more or less of an experiment, and in
the evelt Of its being an entire fail
ure, they would be in disfavor with the
native help, and would, perhaps, find
themselves without an occupation.
"If any effort is made toward bring
ing in the Jap, it will have to come
from the women who employ servants, -
said an agent, when asked about the
matter
Some of the experiences related by
Salt Lake women who are utterly de-
pendent on hired help" are most
amusing.
A charming southern woman, whose
kindness of heart is well known, lost a
valuable servant through illness. Be
fore she succeeded in filling her place
she suffered terrible fortunes from six
incompetents, the last of whom she
entertained hopes of-at least, for u
time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
GERMAN NAVY.
Retired Officer Claims the New Ships
Are Practically Useless.
(St. Louis Globe Democratl


Berlin.-A great sensation has been
created here by an article full of tech
rical details and published in the Han
over Courier over the signature OF one of
the most capable retired officers of the
imperial navy, according to which near
~ every one of the warships added dur
ing The last few years to the fleet are 50
badly constructed as to be practically
useless.
The cruiser Hertha. which formed
part of the squadron that escorted the
kaiser to the Holy Land, reached Genoa
on it's return journey in such a condi :
ton that she is still there in dock. tina.
is to say, she has been undergoing re-
pairs Cor more than four months and
a half, and is not yet ready for sea
The cruiser Gazelle, launched less
than a year ago. had her machinery
and boilers practically go to pieces dur
ing her steam trials, and is undergoing
extensive repairs without ever having
been in commission, nor will she De
ready for sea until late next autumn.
The battleship Emperor Frederick.
which was described at the time of its
launching last year as perfect in every
respect, has made such a bad showing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

When charming Mrs. Helen Campbell
addressed the women of the city on
the woman and child labor question, a
few weeks ago, she said one or two
things that were calculated 10 amuse a
Salt Lake audience exceedingly.
The gifted speaker had been going
over the many needed reforms among
women and children wage-e arners,
when she suddenly remembered that,
in a town of the size and location of
Salt Lake City, the problems that are
so llarassing to the philanthropist of an
eastern city are comparatively an I'M
known quantity.
You probably do not even have a
servant-girl question to deal with, -
said Mrs. Campbell.
The amusement caused by the inno-
cent remark among the roomful of
housekeepers who were present made
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

henzolIern family Tradition has it
that this stone was placed on the bed
of the wife of the great elector. John
Cicero, by a frog. 1t is certain that
this stone set in the ring was given
TO Frederic the Great by his father,
Frederic /, who believed in the legend,
according to certain documents in the
royal archives at Berlin. Old Emperor
William l, also believed in this tails
man, and it is not surprising that Will
liam IL. who respects the past and its
traditions so deeply. should also treas
ure this stone as a sacred talisman.
although its precise significance is no
longer known. All that is remembered
is that in some way il is the chief
talisman of the Hohenzollerns.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

Asked in regard to the native servant
question, Mrs. Beatty said: Il have
always had Mormon girls, and my ex-
perience has been that the servant who
is a good church member makes the
best domestic. The SwedeS are usual
~ devout church members, and l pre-
ferr them to all others that are to be
had here l would not have Jap in
my house. / don't consider that they
are adapted to small households, and
where only one servant is kept"
Mrs. Ritter Opposes Japs.
Mrs. W. W. Ritter expressed about
the same sentiments in regard to the
matter. A Jap she would not have
about her house. and she feels that
mistresses are to a great extent respon-
sible for the disturbances that We hear
of every day.
1--WE do not treat our servants as hu-
man beings, and consider that they
feel much as we do about things" said
Mrs Ritter. Il can make good maid
out of a very poor. one, and while I
don't believe in making my servant
one of my family, 1 do believe in treat
ing her as though she were something
more than drudge"
Mrs. ]. M. Dart tells of an experience
that again opens the discussion of why
girls VINO are htted Tor domestic SerV-
ice prefer any other kind of work, even
when it is less remunerative. She had
a servant to whom she paid 81 a week.
She was not very strong, and COM
planned that she could not stand the
work because she was on her feet too
much. Being a good seamstresS, she
determined to earn her living in this
way. She left this comfortable home
and is now employed in a laundry at
$5.25 a week. She stands for eight
hours every day and irons by hand.
Out of this small advance in wages she
pays room rent and furnishes her own
board. and, besides her eight hours a
day, she prepares her own meals. This.
if less comfortable, seems to be the
average domestic's idea of independ-
ence, and many stories are told of their
leaving good homes to do even more
grinding work.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
BEFoRE-DINNER SPEAKING.
CNashingtou Starr

CNaShingtOu starr
When ] go out to make Il speech
Or sing Il little song,
Experience a trick will teach
That / may not go wrong.
1 will recite what | would say
To make men weep or laugh,
That every sentence | may weigh,
Into monograph.
And then the cylinder I'll send
To my superiOrs straight
To see that nothing may offend
The feelings of the great.
I'll have the diplomatic corps
In solemn council sit.
And listen to my humble store
OF melody and wit.
And thus. mongst friends I'll have no
fear
That words of mine shall fly
Amiss into the public ear.
I've nothing to deny:
If for a toast from me they yearn
I'll risk no sharp abuse.
I'll simply twist the crank and turn
The words and music loose.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
THE TALISMAN OF
THE HOHENZOLLERNS

On his birthday and all great occa-
sions the German emperor wears a
ring set with a small black stone which
does not belong among precious stones,
yet it is jewel of great value, for it
is considered the talisman of the Ho-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
MISTRESS AND MAID
Salt Lake Woman Discusses Ser
want Girl Problem.
HAS BECOME SERIOUS
PERPLEXED HOUSEWIVES DRIV-
EN- TO DESPERATION.

Talk of Importing Carload of East
ern Girls-opposition to Japanese
Help-Some Women Who Have No
Trouble With Servants-High
Wages Paid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

Always ready to sell the best watch
for the least money. We are now
doubly prepared to sell watches
cheap. We have vast assortment
of ladies' and gents watches at cost
prices, and a basket full of boys
watches for $500 each.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

Collar Buttons, Scarf Pins, Studs,
Sleeve Links, Vest and Guard Chains,
Bracelets, Baby Pins and Buttons
All going at less than cost. All
goods guaranteed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07

geldism. Mr.. White. the candidate for gov
ernor stands for everything in that plat
FORM He appeals for support to the classes
who support Altgeldism. If he We're elect
ed it would be their victory. So those of
us who disbelieve in the Chicago platform
will probably vote the republican state
ticket, though we don't want to do so, be-
cause the republicans stand for what we
think is an unsafe policy in their indorse-
ment of expansion
l do not know whether there are many
of the gold democrats who take this view
though several leading ones have been cited
to me as anti-expansionists. Where they
are not looking to some future advantage
the proba bility is that they will accept
the situation and vote with the republicans.
Possibly, after the campaign is over, they
will find that they have acted wisely, be.
cause none Of them, SO far as I have been
able to learn, indorses the suggestion Of
offering peace to Aguinaldo until the Fill
pinos lay down their arms While the
democratic campaign is aggressive enough
In denouncing Imperialism and militarism,
there seems to be a fear on the part Of
many democratic leaders that favorable de-
velopments in the Philippines may take the
ground from under them.
CHARLES M. PEPPER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07
credit of supporting the democratic state
Trying to Get Together.

Trying to Get Together
The democrats in their uphill fight are
also making strenuous efforts toward har-
ynonv There was very large sound
money democratic element in northeastern
Iowa. Some of its representatives in this
section, who are strong party men ana
who are not willing to become republicans,
have shown a willingness to compromise
mast differences If free silver Is not forced
down their threats. The agreement was
made and the effort was put form TO unite
all the elements Of the democratic party IN
sunnort of the state ticket. But the free
silver faction which was In control OF the
organization did not propose to yleid any
of it's advantages. The sound money oemo-
Gratis were welcomed back INTO the pal AIRY
coined back They are still told that rney
are sinners and mourners, and are on pro-
hation. Naturally this kind OF harmony
does not tend to an entnusaas TS su pht,ous
leaders who are looking to the future
swallow their resentment and VIII give a
nominal support. so that hereafter no cues
ton can be raised of their regularity rms
Kind of support does not mean many votes
Attitude Of sound Money Denocrafs.
There is also the conservative SOUND
money element which calls itself democrat
ic, and which processes to believe that
some time in the far distant future there
win be a national democratic party which
viii be entitled to it's support. These men,
after thinking 1t over. have concluded that
the best way to bring the party back to its
senses in Iowa is to act with the repub-
ncans again this year. One or It's most
prominent representatives said to me: Il
am an anti-expansionist and would like the
opportunity to express my disapprova1 of
the expansion policy. But I can't do 1t
this year. They are letting go of free sill
yer, but the Chicago platform has a good
deal In 1t besides free silver. 1t is Alt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07
Opening of Night schools.

The night schools of the District opened
last night with a large enrolment Of pu-
pills in each instance. AT sthe Business
Night High School there were 120 appli-
cations for admittance. All all the schools
where night sessions will be held during
the coming scholastic year the pupils were
introduced to their teachers and given in
structions as to lessons for Monday, when
studies will actively begin. In addition to
the night schools that were In operation
last year sessions were begun last evening
at Gales school, directed by r.. r. Riordan.
and Tenleytown school. directed by w. B.
Ireland.