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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
DISASTER TO BE INVESTIGATED.

Chicago, August 29.-Coroner BERG
began today an Investigation of the
cOleseu m disaster TO ascertain who may
be held legal responsible for the accident
The coroner ascertained that when the
iron frame fell it was being used to sup
port pulleys for hosting heavy timbers.
This discovery caused a ssnsation. A
search was then made tor John j. john
son. the foreman, with view to quss-
tioning him as to whether the arches mad
besn used as supporters for the hosting
tackle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
JOHN w. MAY DEAD.

Lewiston. August 2o.-John w. May,
Esq Of Auburn. dropped dead this fore
noon at Msrrymeeting Park. He was
graduate of Bowdoin coll age and a mem
ber of Kennebec county bar. He leaves a
widow and two children. Heart disease
caused death. He was seventy years of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
GEN. pEpIN pEFEA rEp.

Cape Haytien. August 2e.-News has
reached here ffom Santo Domingo con-
tirming the defeat By the revolutionists
Of General Pepin, in command of = gov
ernment force who lost 80 men killed and
had forty OF his soldiers captured. Iu ad- :
uition, General Pepin was COIL PEELED to
abandon a convoy OF provisions.
Further fighting has taken place near
Monte Christi between the reyoiutionlsts
and the governments troops. "Details Of
this engagement have not yet reached
here.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
SHIP LOST AT CEBJ.

Yarmouth, N. s., August 20. "A cable
gram from Cebu, Philippine islands an :
nounces totnl loss of the ship jane Bur-
rilI, W. D. Robertson. master. Gre W
saved and at Cebu The vessel was from
Newcastle, N. ), W., for Manila. coal
laden. She was launchsd In 1889, /. ss5
tons. and was owned by William BurrlIl
u Co., OF this place.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
DEMEY HOME FUND.

Washington. August 80 Although the
Dewey home fund Is increasing only by
small contributions and has not reached
the $40, 600 mark, Treasurer Roberts says
there is Sl5. .000 additional In sight for the
fund. This amount has bean promised
from New York, Pittsbnrg. Cleveland,
Chicago, Milwaukee and other western
oitiaE. ~
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
PROPERTY BOSTON SYNDICATE

Seattle. Washington. August 20.-phree
Boston syndicate headed by Stone and
Webster and fourth road Will be- trans
ferred to the same people in few days
The purchase price for the four lines is
about 81 500, ,0C0.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
A REMARKABLE RECOKD.

Havana. August 80. -Gon. Ludlow,
military governor OF Havana, has official
Information OF 1S cases of yellow fever In
the department during the present month.
among the patients being four soldiers
and two American civilians The others
are Spaniards. AS August is the most
dangerous month of the year. such rec
ord is remarkable. thu figures being far
below the records for the month of
August during many years previous to
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
THREE BURNED no DEATH.

Winnipeg, Man, August 29.-Mrs.
James Jubenvilie. wife of a successful
Letelier farmer, was burned to death with
her two children, aged two and four, this
morning, In their home.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
GOV. woLCoTT BUYS SUMMER
HOME.

Ellsworth, August 80. -GoTernor Roger
Wolcott of Massachusetts, has purchased
handsome cottage at Northeast Harbor,
Mt. Desert island, which he will occupy
as summer home. He has spent several
seasons here.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
AoADEMY BUILDINGs BURNED.

Andover, Mass. August 20. The rhil-
lips a ndover academy farm buildings,
including the mansion house STABLES, were
burned this afternoon. The cause was
spontaneous combustion In some hay.
Yhe loss is $500; insured.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
THE GRANT sIGHTEp.

San Francisco, Aug. 29-The transport
Grant bearing the Idaho, Wyoming and
Dakota regiments was sighted shortly
before IL o'clock. The Grant left
Nagasaki, Japan on the 17th inst.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
pEoIsIoN FoR CnoYNsKI.

Dubuque Athletic Club, Dubuque, Ia,
August 20 Joe Choynski was given the
decision over Australian Jimmy Ryan
al the end Of o a0.roup1 go here tonight,
for the light heavy weight chainplcn sship
Of the word Caoynski demonstrated
great cieverness throughout.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
NJ. LIssAJoux ARRESTED.

Paris. August 29.-M. Lissajoux, who
supplied the Eclair with Information
from which TIE "Cetts Canaille de D.
article was concocted, was arrested today.
Ihe prisoner declares that the article was
made up from information received from
several persons, not from documents and
that he did not know anything about its
origin.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
A RATE CUT.

Cleveland, Ohio. August 21.-The
Michigan Central railroad cut the freight
rates on oats and cat products from Chic
go to the seahoard Two oents today. 10.
day all the ether roads concerned met the
cut.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
NEWARK kEpnRTs

San Francisco. August 30. The United
States cruiser Newark which was blown
out of her courss and ran short Of coal
while rounding the Horn, arrived he-e
this afternoon.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
PARENTAL BLESSINGS BESTOWED.

Hoston, August 2a. "A Block Island
special to the Globe says tnat William
Wilson Sloan, Jr., the Harvard stu lent
OF class '02, who two months ago sud
denly married Mise Rose Lincoln Ed :
wards of Cambridge, the intended bride
Of George Henry Boeck of st. Louis,
and who are summer guests there, have
been forgiven and the parental blessings
have besn ooplously bestoMed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
NEW CONGRESSMAN ELECTED.

New Orleans, La, Aug. 29-Jos. e.
Ransdell, was elected today, to fill the
unexpired term of s. t. Baird, the con-
gressman from the fifth district who
died recently.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
ELEYGN DEATHS IN ALL.

Chicago. August 80. John Marshman,
who was injured in the wreck ysster-
day, died tonight, bringing the total
deaths up to IL.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30
abama camp In British Reohuanaland,
GROWS MORE SERIOUS.
The Transvaal situation Is Exceeding.
iy Grave.

The Transvaai situation Is Exceeding-
ly Grave.
London, August 30. .-Commenting on
the latest utterance Of President Kruger
of the 1ransvaal government, as cabled
to the Associated Press from Cape Town,
yesterday, that the South African repub-
lic adhered to its latest offer and would
not make any further concessions, the
afternoon papers unanimously draw at
tention to the increased seriousness Of the
Yransvaal crisis
But, in the same breath they express
uncertainty regarding the nature Of the
concessions beyond which President
Kruger says he will not 90. No official
announcement has heen made of these,
though they are generally understood co
be five-year franchise and Increased
Outlsndsr representations.
''If this is correot." the Globe says ''it
cannot be long. before diplomacy has to
MUST BE PREPARED.
johannesburg, August 20.-The Stand
ard and Diggers News credits General
Joubert. the commander-in-ohief of the
rransyaal forces, and Vice President of
the heplkDllc, Win bnc sbhNtincNb tnhh, ht-
though he is personally desirous TO do
everything to preserve peace. the situa-
ton is such that the republic must be
prepared for war.
GET OUT YOUR BIBLES.
London, August 30.-The Johannes
burg correspondent OF the Morning Post
says: President Kruger in course Of an
interview today (Tuesday) regarding ths
crisis, said he considered the Boer posi-
tions best defined by Psalm 50.
Cape Town. August 21.--The M mbers
of the progressive party in the CAPE
House of Assembly, freely declare their
dissatisfaction with the speech of the
premier, the Hon. W. II. Sohreiner, last
evening In the debate precipitated by Sir
John Gordon Sprigg's motion to adjourn
MS q censure of the policy OF the govern
ment with respect TO the transit OF ar ms
intended for the Orange Fee state.
They announce their iutention of organ
izing public meetings to protest against
Mir. Schreiner's course In the matter.
1 Dispatches received here from Pretoria
and Durham show that the Uitlanders ara
suffering greatly from the strain inJvlved
in the political crisis.
Many ladies are leaving Pie.ermaritz-
burg, capital of Natal. The women are
petition to Queen Victoria in
favor of pea3e which will pe sent to ell
parts of the colony for signatures.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-30

A close examination of his a6 trunks
revealed no arms
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-22
BOLTING DRMoCRATs IN KIN.
TUCKY.

LEXINGTON, KY, Aug. 16.-Anti-
Goebel Democrats met in convention
here this afternoon and unanimously
nominated EXC )vernor John Young
Brown for Governor. 1t was the
largest Democratic convention ever
held in Kentucky, ITO counties being
represented by delegates.
The resolutions adopte7, after
declaring that Goebel and the other
nominees of the Louisville convention
were not the choice of the Democrats
of Kentucky and that the nominations
had been secured by fraud, and were
therefore not entitld to support, en-
dorsed the Chicago platform, recog-
nized Bryan as leader and their choice
for the presidential nomination, con
demned the Louisville Courier Jour.
nal and Times for supporting Goebel
and the gold standard; denounced in
strong terms the Goebel electionlsW ia
vored new laws for the regulation OF
railroads in the State and for open
competition in the sale of school books
condemned the President for aiding
and abetting trusts; condemned the
State administration for mismansge'
ment and extravaganza, and concluded
with an appeal to ''every citizen who
favors the preservation of civil liberty.
honest electors and good government
for support in the patriotic effort to re,
deem Kentucky from Republican dom
nation and from the threatened evils
Of corrupt machine politics."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-22
THE COST OF THR GOVERNMENT
IN THE TWO WARS OF THE
LAST CONGRESS.

An official revision Of the appropri-
stions by the Fifty fifth Congress
shows a total for the first session of
1898, 231, 615, and for the second OF
1914, 9s1. O22, or 81 568, 212, 637 in all.
Besides the direct appropriations, con-
tracts were authorized for sums aggre-
eating ST., O47, 274, Of which much
more than one half was for new war,
ships.
During the two wears covered by the
Congress there was an annual increase
OF expenditures caused by additions to
the army and navy aggregating more
than $40, 398. 600, and in the various
branches of the civil establishment $50
new Offices were created and esq old
ones abolished.
The largest appropriations in the
second session were, in their order, for
pensions, postofices, army, navy, sun.
dry civil purposes, deficiencies, mis-
cellaneous purposes, legislative, rivers
and harbors, Indians, District of Co.
lumbia, tortifc ations, agriculture, and
diplomatic and consular corps.
Up to May 1. 1899, the expenditures
on account of the war, excluding thcs
made in preparation before war was
declared, amounted to about $500, 600,
900, of which 1886, COS. 48O was spent on
the army and navy since June 3Oth,
1898 a. Saturday Evening Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-22

collision by the municipal administra-
tlon. Indeed, the supposed ''guar.
0lans OF the law" are passing the point
or merely Winking at vice. They are,
becoming active criminals themselves.
One of 1.-THE fine st" recently held up a
street car in the American metropolis
and robbed everybody On it worth rob-
bling. Profigete women from all parts
OF the country are pouring into the
city, because the town ia "wide open"
and one OF. the Mazet detectives found
thirty posts unpatrolled by policemen
in the worst part of the city. Such is
disrespectable, disreputable vice in
New York.
A leading Havana merchant, a Gu
ban, having business connections with
most Of the cities of the island, and
who claims to be we'll posted regard
ing CIban affairs, announces that uni
versal suffrage in Cuba would mean a
black republic in the near future, and
that the only means of preventing it
would be the incorporation of the
island as a possession Of the United
States, as a State. territory or colony,
leading to American immigration, in
termarriage, the enrichment of insular
blood and the improvement of the
population. In his judgment, Cuba is
otherwise doomed to become another
Hayti. His assertions are based upon
the fact that in population not exceed
ing $50. 600 with a voting capacity of
400 600, the 5paniards number only
80, 900, the white Cubans, 1875, 600;
those claiming to be white, 25, 900,
while the blacks numbered 300, 900 in
voting strength. His theory ia that
more than half the 6~paniards. under a
system of universal suffrage, would
not vote, and the number who would
vote must inevitably diminish each
year. Toe Cubars who will no longer
have the fresh blood Of Spanish immi
grants to draw upon, will gradually
grow fewer, while on the other hand,
the blacks, who thrive in this climate,
and are big, strong and healthy, will
increase at a rapid rate. The result
will be, he believes, that in fifty years
there will be more than two million
negroes in the island and less than
$50, 900 others. Even in the first
election" he declares, the blacks
could carry everything their own way,
if they knew their strength"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-22
PRACTICAL UTILITY OF WIRE
LESS TELEGRAPHY.

In the month of March the world
was made aware of the practical value
Of q wireless ~telegraphy in a most i'm
preesive manner, when by e of
this wonderful discovery a two thou
sand ton freight ship, the "Elbe," with
thirty lives on board, was saved
through its fundamentally. The facts
are briefly as follows: The British gov,
eminent some time since placed a
wireless Geographic transmitter on
board the East Good win Lightship.
On the nearest land, twelve miles
away, stands the East Foreland Light,
house, and in it's tower was placed the
receiving instrument. Here a mes
sage was received, without wire, from
the lightship, stating that a full-rigged
vessel had just gone ashore on the
tire acherous sands. The ship was in
imminent danger and should have
prompt succor. On receiving this mes
sage q dispatch was sent to Ramsgate.
Steam tugs and lite boats were has
tened to the imperiled ship, and she
was soon pulled eff the sands and
saved. Tnis practical illustration OF
the utility of the new discovery has
made a deep impression throughout
Europe and America, and the great
nations are taking prompt steps to
provide the lighthouse service with
this means of communication, while
the various navies are preparing for
it's utilization in the event Of war.
1t was in 1889 that Professor Hertz
discovered that electric waves travel
ed through the air like waves OF light.
This set experimenters to work, but
the fact that the Wav went straight
like light waves, without curVing to
the earth, proved a stumbling block
to the scientists, and will doubtless
prevent the use Of this discovery be
yond the limit OF q few miles. In 1896
Marconi, a young Italian, not then
twenty six years of age, perfected an
instrument by which it was possible
successfully to telegraph a distance Of
twelve or fourteen miles without the
medium of wire. The saving of the
''Elbe" in March practically demon
strated the truth of Marconls claims
and the utility Of the discovery.-The
Coming Age.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-22

The Russians, after cor quering Fin
land early in the present century,
succeeded in reconciliDg an alien race
of the Protestant faith to their rule.
They did this by adroitly making on
cessions to local pride.
the Emperor of all the Russias be.
came the Grand D AXE of Finland. His
power was absolute elsewhere in his
empire, but he governed Finland with
the consent of the Estates of the Diet.
which assembled in the capital, Hell.
singfors, and sanctioned new taxes
and laws. Finland was the only prov.
ince Of the empire which enjoyed any
OF the privileges Of self, government.
Finnish money was distinct from
Russian currency. There was even a
separate Finish customs line regulated
by local officials. The best system Of
primary education known in the en-
pire was established. Finland, more
over, was not garrisoned by Russian
troops, but by it's own soldiers. There
was a general system of consumption,
but the province was not degraded to
the level of conquered territory.
In consequence Of the tolerance and
practical wisdom with which 1t was
governed, Finland has remained the
q1ietest and best ordered province OF.
the empire. It's religion and local lib.
critics were respected. It's capital was
rebuilt, it's ports were improved, and
the province made a steady advance
in prosperity. Nihilistic sgitatoFs we're,
powerless there when unrest vas seetha
ing everywhere else.
Unfortunately for Finland this wise
and salutary policy Of home rule has
as u readers have already been told
been changed. A month before the
tsar's Peace Rescript was issued the
Finnish Diet was convoked to consider
a new army bill, and this was follow.
ed by a manifesto which virtually de-
prived the province OF home rule. The
local army was to be Russianized,
taken outside the province and greatly
increased in strength. The Russian
Council of State was to reserve for its
own decisions all questions relating to
the interests Of the empire, and the
Finish Diet, which had previously
sanctioned every law, was to be allow
ed merely an expression of opinion in
such matters.
Finland is now honey combed with
discomfort. The Diet has rejected the
new laws, and the people have failed
in seeking redress from the tsar.-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-22
ALLIANCE SPEAKING IN WAKE

The Lecturer OF Wake County Far.
mers' Alliance, Bro. Fl E. King, will
deliver Alliance Lectures at the follow
ing places on dates named:
Houses Creek. Friday night August
25th z o'clock.
Ebenezar, Saturday night August
Goth z o'clock.
White Oak, Friday night September
9Th z o'clock.
Olives Chapel, Saturday night Sep
TENDER Oh z o'clock.
Apex, Monday Sept. 18th 8 80 a. m.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-22
UNITED STATES DEPAR TMRNT
OF AGRICULTURE CROP
CIRCULAR FOR AU.
GUST, 1899

CORN: Condition The average CON
dition Of corn on August 1 was SO 9
This was 80 points higher than at the
corresponding date laet year 5 z points
higher than on August 1, 1897, and 3 2
points above the mean Of the August
average for the last ten years. There
was an improvement during the month
of 8 points in Pennsylvania, 5 in Ohio
and Illinois. Ain Indiana and louisiana,
/ in Iowa, 8 in Missouri and Texas, Ii
in Kansas. and 6 in Nebraska and Ar,
kansas. o. the other hand, there was
a decline of 9 poins IN Virginia, 8 in
North Carolina, 8 in South Carolina, 2
Tennessee and Kentucky, and 1 in
Georgia and Alabama.
TOBACCO: Condition During July
the average condition of tobacco de
clined IL points in Kentucky, 6 in Ten
nessee, 3 in Missouri, Pennsylvania,
and Virginia, 2 in Massachusetts, 1 in
OHIO and Wisconsin, and s in Indiana.
On the other hand, there was an i'm
provement in New York, while 10 con
necticut the crop about held its own.
APPLES: Condition There are but
few States from which the reports as
to the apple crop are not ever more
unfavorable than they were last month.
Taking the IA States having 5000, 900
or upward apple trees in bearing at the
last census, there was a further de
cline during July of z points in New
York and Tennessee, 8 points in Penn
sylvania and Kentucky, 4 in Missouri,
North Carolina, and Maine, and 6 in
Iowa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-22

North Carolina has had such q town
for years; Princeton, across the river
from Tarboro. It is peopled by colored
people entirely, and had its own mu
Dicipal government, and the last time
we heard of the place it was a peace
able, quietly governed community,
never interfering with white people,
and white people never tresspassing
upon them. Speaking OF this Alabama
town, the Wilmington Messenger adds:
"North Carolina has two exclusively
white towns into which colored people
are not allowed to enter, and they are
peopled by Northern whites"
The negroes from all over the State
are called TO meet in Raleigh in a gen
eral conference On September 9Th and
2Sth. The call for this conventions
says: "Industrially, we are not MAX
ing any head way. We are not accumu.
lating money, o owning land-and
until we do this we cannot be counted
as material factors. Are you thinking
along this line, and have you any plan
to benefit the mRsses9 Internationally,
we must do more. The age demands
that intelligence 60 to the front. Plans
should be devised to open a free night
school in every church, and thus create
q new stimulus for education. Politi
cally, we must find where we are, and
allow future events to shape our
course" The call is signed by Q. Ell.
King and A. NJ. Moore. Plans for de
feating the Constitutional Amendment
will be discussed. The promoters claim
it will be the most important negro
conference ever held in the State.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-22
c COLONIZATION.
Hon. Pope Brown Says Races Must
Separate. -

S$%SGS &40S%
Separate. -
QUITMAN, Ca, Aug. 19.-At the
meeting of the Georgia State Agricul.
tural Society here the race problem
came prominently to the front as q
topic Of discussion. Hon. Pope Brown,
president OF the Society, an extensive
and prosperous plRnter of the State,
asserted that the white man and the
negro are at the parting Of the ways,
and said the former should assist the
latter in his Efforts to leave this
country.
That portion Of his annual address
on the negro question was loudly sp4
planded, In this connection he was
also bold and unequivocal in declar.
ing that the South should stop toady-
ing to the North.
Mr.. Brown said:
1T is between the white people of
the South and the negroes of the
South. The South haters of the North
are at the bottom of all the trouble
and we need not fatter ourselves that
those South, haters are few and far be-
tween. There r plenty of them. In
my opinion the majority of them have
no use for US except when they think
they are making something out of US.
Mt. Thurber, OF New York, rendered
as a great service a few days ago by
telling us a exactly what he and his
people think Of us. I think it is time
we were letting them alone. Q lit run
ming after them. Then quit toadying
to them. The small politician also
causes friction between the races. By
submitting every question of county,
municipality and State to a white pri-
mary this trouble could be averted
and better government would be Sc
cured in all cases.
THE leaders Of the negro race are
preaching discomfort, and wheth er the
scheme of colonization is practical or
not, I am not prepared to say, but Z
do believe that it is to the interest Of
the people of the South to aid and abet
the negro In his efforts to leave US. A
few days ago, when certain prominent
citizens were called on by the press to
say how we should protect our fami-
lies against certain crimes, there was
a response that seemed to meet the
approval of the press. It was this:
Make a miniature arsenal of every
country home" I say if it has to come
to that it ia time for the parting Of the
ways. Shall we part 10 peace or strife3
I would say peace, and let US sand
not upon the COST"
Among the other speakers was Hon.
Hoke Smith. of Atlanta, who discussed
Practical E 1ucation."