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The Portland daily press., 1899-10-10

AN ingenious plan for evading the
pediars' license law has been tried In
Somerset county. A man went about
Pittsiieid selling rugs. When asked by
an officer for his license, be displayed a
share Of stock Of the company for which
he-claimed to be selling goods. He de-
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cord. N. G. over a month ago. she says: IN her
N. Y. "A little girl here was In dreadful health.
We told her folks about Dr. Pierces medicines.
I knew what they had done for US. Her parents
bought bottle OF his Golden Medical Discov-
cry and of Favorite Prescription and one OF
Pellets The patient has improved wonder
fully after taking these medicines Iwish every
body knew the great virtue OF DR.. Pierce .
medicines. have been using them in my fam
lily for three years and always with success.
Twill be pleased to have my letter published.
If persons wishing to know more about the
great benefits we have received from using DR..
Pierce's medicines will write, enclosing stamp,
will gladly answer"
Every mother of children ought to
possess DIR. Pierce's grand book, the
Peoples Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser, magnificent thousand-page illus
trated volume. II teaches mothers how
to care for their children and themselves.
It is the best doctor to have in the house
in case of emergency. Over half a mil
lion copies were sold at $3.50 each, but
one free copy IN paper covers will be
sent on receipt of 2I one cent stamps
to pay the cost of mailing only or
send 81 stamps if you prefer heavier,
handsome cloth bound copy. Address
the publishers, Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association, No. 663 Main Street,
Buffalo, N. Y.
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ADELBERT ]. SJOHOLM,
PIANIST.

Pupil OF Prof Hin of New York.
The fundamental rules OF pianotorte playing
thoroughly taught TO beginners. also special
attention given 10 the correction of faulty
technie In advanced players. Call or address,
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-10
JEWELRY REPAIRING.

I'VE are familiar with an kinds of Jeweir
~ repairing and have made IL speciality
for years. We are now ready TO make TO order
anything In rings or pins Of any special design
yon may wish At very short notice. MokKN-
MEX. tne Jeweler. Monument Square. Portland.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10.
Daley PRESS

DALEY PRESS
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The DAILY PRESS is delivered at these rates
syory morning to subscribers in all parts OF
Portland. and 10 westbroot and South Port
land.
MAINE STATE PRESS CweeklD-
BY the year, 81 In advance. or CLIPS at the
end Of the year.
For six monlhs. 30 cents; for three months,
26 cents
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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., 1899-10-10

Subscribers whose papers are not delivered
promptly are requested to notify the Office OF
the DAILY PRESS, No. 81 Exchange street.
Portland Me.
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MAINSPRIAGS, 75c.

The best American MainsprIncs. made by the
Elgin and Waltham companies. Warranted
for one year. MCKINNEY. the Jeweler
Monument square marl9df
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A THOUSAND RINGS.

To select from. Diamonds. 0pals, Peal.
huoys and az other precious stones. Engage
stent ana wedding Rings specially. Largest
mock In the city. MCKINNEY, the Jeweler
Monument Square. marchi9dtf
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NOTICE.

Beginning October o. 1899, Cottage street
from Church street to Broadway viii be closed
20 teams until further noiiee
Z. A. sKILLINGS. Street Com.
South Portland, Oct. I. 1899. oet9dtf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-04
WARS FOR INDEPENDENCE.

The anti-expansionists lay great stress on
the fact that the Filipinos are engaged in a
war for independence, while the United
States is asserting the right to govern with
out the consent of the governed. Both of
these contentious may be admitted without
affecting the ethics or the equities of the
case. There Is a semblance of logic in the
contention of the anti-expansionists, for II
it can be shown that the United States Is
prosecuting an unjust war in the Philippines
then the war should cease Immediately and
our troops should be withdra wn. The anti
expansionist position is that because the
Filipinos are fighting for independence,
therefore they are fighting for a just cause,
and because the United States is trying to
establish its authority against the consent
of the insurrectionists IL is fighting for an
unjust cause. In other words, they assume
that every war for independence is a just
and righteous war. and every war for the
suppression OF an instruction and the es-
adjustment of government authority by
force is an unjust and unholy war.
The famous Declaration Of independence
contains a good many glittering generalities.
but it nowhere asserts that political indie
pendence is the inherent right of all peoples.
Thomas Jefferson did not let his rhetorical
enthusiasm carry him quite as far as that.
He could announce 1T as a self-evident truth
that governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed" but he
justified the movement of the colonies for
Independence only on the ground that "a
long train OF abuses and usurpations, pur-
suing invariably the same object. evinces a
design to reduce them under absolute
despotism." So far from claiming indie
pendence as a sacred and inherent right of
the colonists he enumerated twenty-seven
distinct grounds and grievances on which
they based their claim. Not one OF these
grievances exists in the case Of the Fill
pinos. They are fighting for independence
not as a means of Fighting wrongs or curing
grievances. but as an inherent right of all
men. The Declaration Of Independence does
not assert or imply any such right.
II Is noticeable that when the signers Of
the Declaration of independence came to
frame a Constitution they did not embody
any OF the glittering generalities Of the
Declaration. The latter instrument declared
! that ell men are created equal. but the Con-
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stitution recognized the right to hold black
men as slaves. The Declaration said gov
ernments derive their Dust powers from the
consent of the governed. but the Constitu-
ton recognized the government without
representation of Indians and negroes, and
made IL the duty of Congress and the Presi-
dent TO suppress Instructions by force. In
short. the Declaration of Independence was
based on sentiment and the Constitution on
force. II the latter had said all governments
derive their just powers from the consent
of the governed it would have been a rope
of sand and the Union would nave fallen to
pieces almost as soon as it was adopted.
In 1874. when the whisky insurrection &C.
CURED. five years after the adoption of the
Constitution. Washington sent 5000 soldiers
to suppress the ifasGrrection without asking
the consent Of the governed. Every Presi-
dent from Washington to Mckinley has had
TO use troops to put down Indian outbreaks.
Congress has never declared war against
the Indians, and no President has ever
asked for congressional authority to put
down an Indian instruction. 1t is his con-
stitutional duty to do so.
1t is the same in the Philippines. A por-
ton Of the people there, one tribe, are fight
ing for independence without any rightful
claim for ii or any ground for doing So.
They want to throw off the rightful author
ity of the United States and establish a
government of their own over the other
tribes. without the consent of the governed.
They are in the position of Indians or other
american citizens or subjects in insurrec-
ton against the government. and they must
be put down by force. 1t is not necessary
for Congress to declare war against them
as 1t would against a foreign nation. 1t is
the duty of the President to suppress the
instruction and establish the authority of
the United States. The moral quality of a
wal for independence depends on the char
acter of the people making it, the character
OF the government against which it is made,
and the grievances Of those making it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-04
THE VOTING MACHINE SCHEME.

The action of the Taggart Council in pro-
viding for voting by machines in six Re-
publican precincts and refusing to have the
experiment tried in any precinct having a
natural Democratic majority has a decided
ly ugly look. AT best voting by machine is
an experiment, and as an experiment it
should either have been tried in every pre-
cinct or in an equal number of strongly Re-
publican and Democratic precincts, or in
precincts where the vote is equally divided.
The Taggart Council refused to consider
either of the propositions above stated
which would divide the risk between the
two tickets. but have selected six of the
strongest Republican precincts in the city
for the experiment in the hope that some
thing will happen which will cause the
ballots cast in them to be thrown out, or,
If not thrown out, to make it impossible
for all OF the voters to exercise the right
of suffrage.
Not one voter in ten has ever seen a vot-
ing machine. There is no way for him to
inform himself as to their use until he
arrives at the voting booth. ALI the instruc-
ton that can be obtained must be obtained
by request of the election officers. Perhaps
1t is intended that election inspectors shall
take advantage of questions asked by
voters to throw out or refuse their votes,
on the ground that they have given some
indication of how they intend to vote. Per-
haps it is the hope of the Democrats that
many voters will refrain from going to the
polls rather than expose their ignorance of
the use of the machines. 1t may be that
they hope that the time consumed in the in
struction of voters in the use of the ma
chimes will result in keeping many votes
out Of the box until the polls close. In any
case, 1t would have been much fairer and
less Indicative of a purpose to disfranchise
voters If the experiment had been tried in
precincts divided in their majorities. and
the Republicans who are compelled to en-
ploy the new method will do well to be on
their guard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-04

General Alexandra, head of the Filipino
commission that has just visited General
Otis, is reported as saying:
Admiral Dewey promised us in Hong-Kong
that at the termination of the war with
Spain the Filipinos would be given their
independence. Dewey was our best friend,
but We understand now hat he will not be
permitted to keep his word with us.
1t is not at all likely that Admiral Dewey
made an explicit promise of the kind stated.
but whatever he said was subject to the
change of circumstances that occurred aft
erwards. In April, 1898, when he sailed from
Hong-Kong to find and destroy the Spanish
fleet, the war between the United States
and Spain had just begun. The Fflipinos
were in rebellion against Spain and it was
our policy to aid them. Under these cir
cumstances Admiral Dewey was justified
in holding out every encouragement to the
F%ilipinos to continue their fight against
Spain. At that time neither he nor anybody
else imagined hat the Philippines would
come into our possession as a result of the
war. 1t was nearly a year before they did,
but when that occurred it changed the sit
uation entirely. Nobody but the Filipinos or
American anti~-expansionists would think Of
now quoting promises made by Admiral
Dewey long before the Philippines came
into our possession.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-04
COTTON ACTS.
Sends a Scathing Letter to In West
ern Union Telegraph

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 3.-The following
forwarded by telegraph to-day by the
president of the New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change in reference to last Fridays ex-
element concerning Liverpool quotations.:
New Orleans. Oct. 3.
ident Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. New York:
IF, as stated in Mr.. Dealy's explanation
the operator, in sending Liverpool specials
on Friday, changed the system without
notification, leaving the trade to read the
dispatches as had been customary, and
which reading caused a false impression OF
enormous advances, his action was no less
criminal than if the result or willful and
corrupt deception.
1.-The cotton trade of the South has been
victimized aid demoralized by the criminal
neglect and carelessness on the part or
your employees, and 1t is due the cotton
trade, as well as the interests OF your COM
pany, that the official or offlcials whose
neglect of duty permitted such conditions
and the operator or operators VINO sent the
dispatches without notice of change should
be known 10 the world and promptly dis
missed as an example to deter others In
future from like criminal negligence. We
do not consider absence of officials who
leave their duty to be performed by incom-
petent people any excuse for so grave an
issue.
1.-The board of directors of this exchange
meets tomorrow 10 take vigorous action In
the matter and your prompt reply is re-
quested for their consideration
John NJ. PARKER,
president New Orleans Cotton Exchange"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-04
CHIEF ENGINEER KILLED.
John O'Melveney shot by Idaho's
Former Lieutenant Governor.

SALT LAKE. Utah. Oct. 2-John O'Mel-
veney is dead and Capt. ]. F.. Mills. for
merry Lieutenant Governor of Idaho and
recently connected with the Second United
States Volunteer Engineer Regiment. is in
the hands of the State authorities as TIE
result of a tragedy which occurred here
late this afternoon. O'Melveney vas the
chief engineer Of the Oregon Railroad Short
line Company. He was In his office about
4 o'clock. when Mills entered. The latter
had made application recently. for work in
O'Melveney's department, but had not been
accepted. 1t Is claimed that he blamed
O'Melveney. He fired three bullets into his
victim, then dropped the revolver and quiet
ly walked TO General Traffic Manager Ec-
cles's office and I'm the most ~nonchalant
manner said:
Mr.. Eccles. I have shot Mr.. O'Meiveney.
l told him this morning that l would do so.
and / have kept my word"
Police Officer Lincoln appeared on the
scene about this time and said: .Are you
the man who did the shootingf" Mills said
that he was. and he was then put under ar
rest. O'Melveney was shot while writing at
the desk. and the Ink had SCARCELY dried on
the paper before he WAS dead
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-04

commit the folly IL Is now guilty of. j rec
ommend this conference TO appoint a COM
petent committee to prepare a bill for the
treatment of these habitual criminals and
that copies be sent to all members ana
friends of reform measures, that q pubic
sentiment be created in its favor. The soon
er the subject is agitated the sooner the
remedy will be applied.
Another thing on which the agitation
should be kept up is the absolute separa-
ton of sexes and OF youth and ADULTS in
jails and warehouses. This old infamy
still rears its head in exultant power. We
are told II Is impossible TO destroy II be-
cause of the expense. The coming genera
ton will realize that the cost OF such treat
ment may be small compared with the cost
entailed by the present system. 1t is the
difference between the seen and the unseen.
Some day the contrast will be made clear.
I'm the production of these effects and OF
Others which may suggest themselves to
you the principles OF organized charity VIII
he applied to all dependence and pauper-
ism. Primarily this means the investiga-
ton Of all conditions and circumstances
with a diagnosis of their causes, and with a
complete record. Then follows the effort
to alleviate distress and alter conditions by
careful counsel and timely aid. inspired by
true charity, Christian love. 1t means
scientific methods with a heart behind it.
1t means a hand held out to the unfortu-
nate. and If he will not take II, 1t means
self or, in the last resort, place him where
he can do no harm. 1t means the treatment
of each case with the patience of hope
Clll lltC ~ vi wv - tHS VIZ y-A
says.
CONCENTRATION OF AGENCIES.
Around the Charity Organization system
will concentrate all good influences. The
churches, the benevolent orders. the schools,
the officers of the law, the charitably-
minded everywhere. finding an identity of
principle and object, will unite in the pur-
suance Of its methods and there will be a
general as well as a scientific treatment
Of the subject.
least resistance, but the cooperation OF
all interested. with thorough as their
motto, will be enlisted and there will be
great results. even far beyond the present
hopes OF enthusiasts. Systematic co-opera-
tive work will have it's effect upon most
unpromising material, but there are many
cases where only a little thought and slight
effort may save a soul.
This fundamental principle of charity
organization, which the passing generation
on which all future dealings with the I'M
fortunate will be conducted. 1t Is not a
new principle. though newly applied. 1t
was taught with infinite patience, with In
finite wisdom and with infinite self-sacri-
flee in Judea 1850 years g 1t Is Christi
Prof. Charles r. Henderson, of the Uni
The Value of Associated Charities in
Small Cities" Discussion of this paper was
followed by an address by Gen. James r.
Carnahan on 1.-THE Indiana State Soldiers
Home The evening session closed with an
informal reception.
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and Germany In cooperative polar explora-
tions. : If the polar districts are ever
to be thoroughly explored it will probably
be due to such joint action" The trouble
is that in the region under discussion such
a thing as Joint action" becomes at times
impossible for man or beast The learned
wise. no doubt, but there are other things
slightly more important just now than polar
exploration. And fortunately the polar sit
uation is so literally supplied with ice that
1t will keep very nicely until some single
nation can save up enough money TO go up
there and thaw the whole thing out.
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Great business administration that.

he temper of the address sent to Presi-
dent Mckinley by the Indiana Yearly Meet
ing OF Friends was admirable. There was
in it plenty of earnestness and a strong ex-
preston Of a desire for the bringing about
Of peace. Yet the will OF the meeting was
expressed in a manner that showed loyalty
OF the highest type and the most commend
able respect for the chief executive of the
Nation The Friends showed rnost clearly
the difference between a loyal desire for an
honorable. ending of the war between this
country and the Filipinos and an insane de-
sire to NEEDLE alphabetically with scme-
thing that was beyond their ability TO criti-
else intelligentlv or to amend effectively.
like Atkinson and the rest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-04

On the theory that a person convicted OF
crime Is entitled ID every legal defense
Captain Carriers counsel are probably JUS
tined In their latest move In his behalf, al
though there - no reasonable doubt OF his
guilt Their motion for a writ OF habeas
corpus and the discharge of the prisoner Is
based . the article Of war under which
he was convicted. which provides that a
person so convicted may be punished by
fine or imprisonment, or by such other pun
ishment as the court-msrtiai may adjudge."
Captain Carriers counsel contend hat as
he has already suffered punishment OF dis
missai from tie army and the degradation
incident TO the publication Of his conviction
n the local papers. as ordered by the court.
- = not subject 70 the further penalty Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-04
X OF NEW WORKERS.
What the Astors, ~Vanderbflts and
Others Pay.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3-Taxes for the cur
rent year have just become payable. On the
first day of collection these payments, by
the largest property owners In the city,
were made: William Waldorf Astor. 1906
$50; Arnold. Constable & CO., S26o.OOO; New
York Central, $4,000; John Jacob Astor,
s235. 600: Ogden Goelet. s25O.0Oo: ]. Pierpont
Morgan, $50. COO; Central Trust Company,
s113. 600; estate of William III. Vanderbilt,
S20.O00: Lorillard estate. $4,000: George
Ehret. SOL, 600; estate of George Bliss, $780,
600: Fourth National Bank, $4,000; Orlando
Potter estate. $4,000; August Belmont, S5,-
600; Tiffany & Co., 10000 Gould estate,
SIG 900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-04

New York hotel managers expected the
Dewey celebration visitors to vacate their
quarters as soon as the affair was over and
so make way for guests whose purpose was
to see the yacht races. but, as 1t turned
out. the Dewey people decided TO stay a
day or two longer and the landlords who
had promised the rooms are making peace
as well as they can with the yachting en-
thusiasts. Presumably the landlords based
their expectation of entertaining two sets
of guests on the belief that their prices
would bankrupt the first crowd in time for
the second TO come in.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-04
Feminine Reasoning.

The Bird Lover-I see you wear a ha
trimmed with a birds wings. Do you know
that nearly two million birds were slaugh-
tered last year to make adornments for
women's hats?
The Sweet Young -Thing-Good gracious.
Oh, well. anyway, among so many my one
little bird doesn't count.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-04

Civilization has smoothed down some of
the asperities of barbarism. but it Is a sur
face polish after all. The behavior of the
vandaIs who mutilated the figures of the
Dewey arch in their craze for souvenirs
was not exceptional. 1t is sad TO say, but
was What might confidently be expected
under such circumstances anywhere. Sou
venir hunters have neither manners nor
morals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-04

imprisonment. Technically there may be
ground for this contention. The language
of the article quoted is alternative and may
be construed TO exclude the right of a court
martial. after having imposed a special PEN
atty. to impose the additional one of i'm
prisonment. 1t would be strange, however,
If this point had been overlooked by the
judge advocate general and the attorney
general.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-04

IT got along just in time said the Cheer
full Idiot, Ito see two locomotives going in
opposite directions on the same track"
Twas there much of a collision?' asked
the ~thoughtless boarder.
None at all. They were going away from
each other"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-04

The Republican party in indianapolis is
not big enough to divide, and so-called Re-
publicans who try TO divide it at the critical
point of a campaign are political traitors
of a very mean type.