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shown by the members Of the tssn
Of tho third rank. and the rank stan Of
last evening were the recipients Of num-
srous compliments upon the faultiess
manner In which they performed their
WORK. The following was the rank stan
fur the smplifei first rank as exemplifled
last evening;
Master Of StsG-waiter l.. Famsdell.
Gn.ssselior Comnandsr-Waltef l.
Rsmsdeil,
Vice Chsnceilor-P. o.. Henry r.
Jacobs.
Preiate-wiIiiam b. Psndergrast.
Master Of work-Thomss J. HouldinG.
Master at Arms-Char!es y. Fender
grast.
Attendants-Louis La Elsur, Roscoe X.
Spiuney, Henry h. Watson. George II.
Hilton. Henry Cossaboom, r. W. Will
liams.
Tablsaux--D onysius, Samuel D. Car
roll.
DIAMOND: q, Urban ]. Grant.
Cnlanthe--william b. Psndsygrsst
Captain Of auard-P. O.. Edward II.
Field.
Head sineu Everett J. Merrill.
Guards-Henry Nudge Dunosn Q. Pass.
Scene Direotor-P.C., william n. Mer-
As.istants-william Q. sohrisrer,
Stephen E. Flint.
Leader Of Throng-L. W. HUMPHREYS.
Inaer Gustd-Arthur H. Nichols.
Outer 8rard-John N. Kelley.
Quartetts-J. b. Crowley. first tenor;
J. 8. Tsrr, s;cond tenori Stanley ".
Carleton, first tass; William II. Ferriok.
second bass.
Pianist-Fred Q. Harnden.
Director Of Chafacters--HenryP p. Leon
ard, n. ID.
Nsster Of wardrobss- Clarence =. Kim
ball.
Assistants-Chas. A. Lsngstrom, j. A.
Nelson.
Calcium Light Attendants-F. X. Bar
ksr, Robert Brennan.
On the Afternoon train came Grand
Chanosilor CHARLES l.. Young Of Spring
field. Mass. Grant Kespsr Of Records
and Seal Charles }. Gross. Lowell. Mass.,
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SOY SHOOTS hIMsELs.

Salem. Mas, February 2s.-Cnford
Ferris. the t7-ysar old son Of Charles
Ferris Of II Barton street. shot himself In
the breast early this morning and will
prsbs6ly die He had been to party
during the night and returned home
shortly after o'clock this morning, whom
10 is supposed he tsok the revolver an d
went out again, rs rome time after two
young men found him on Lathrop street
with q bullet through his lungs.
TONIC ht the doctors think there Is only
n sliQht chance for recovery.
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TO LABOR WITH BRYAN.
Arthur sewaI win Try to Make an
Expansionist of Him.

New Orleans, February 21.-Arthur
Sevail, who was the Woe Presidential
candidate on the Bryan ticket in 1896,
left here last night for Atlanta where he
will meet and confer with Bryan. Mr..
Sewall hopes to convert Bryan to the
policy Of expansion, which he himself
fsvors.
~ believe" he says, that the Demo-
cratic party will have a good chance for
victory at the coming election. but that
NO man ca. be elected President ON the
snti-expanslon plank in relation to the
Philippine Islands. We cannot pull
down the American flag. The Democrat
should readjust the Chicago platform
with q plank declaring for expansion
and American ownership of the Philip
pines.
81 am out of politics and will never
be q Candidate again, but l will 60
heartily and enthusiastically to work for
the Democratic ticket II the Democratic
platform 10 what 1t ought to be.
have been travelling through the coun-
try gathering the public sentiment as
to expansion. and ! intend to lay before
Mr.. Bryan when l meet him In WASH
ington some of the facts have gathered
In my travels. The American people
are not willing to see the flag pulled
down any whore.
sEwALL WOULD SEE NO CALLERS.
Atlanta. Ga, February 22.-Arthur
Sswall Of Maine, who is in Atlsnta to
NEST Mr.. Bryan. spent today as his hotsl
denying himself to all callsrs. Mr.. Sewall
has chartered an engine and car and
will lsave at 8 O'Clock In the morning
over the Southern railway. The train
will run down the Columbus division
until 1t meets the morning passerasr
train bringing Mr.. Bryan 10 Atlanta.
Mr.. Sewall's oar win then probably be
attached to the regular train on Its run
into Atlanta and the two leaders OF the
Democratic ticket of 1896 will confer IN
route.
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INvESTIGAM ZION PRoPOsED.

Washington, February s2.-Rspresenta-
tive Wheeler of Kentucky today intro
duosd 9 resolution directing the com nit
tee on forsign affairs to investigate the
truth OF falsity of the ehaig es made by
Charles ". MAorum, late consul OF the
United Ststss at Pretoria. The commit
t.e IL authorized to send for persons and
papers and to administer oaths to wit
nssses.
The resolution was referred to the com
mitt,e on rules.
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CROSSED ELECTRIC WIRES
Caused sim Alarm TO be Sent In Little
After Midnight.

At 1890 o'clock last evening Patrol
man Madden saw flames streaming from
a front room in the fourth story of the
brick block of Sturdevant & Norton. 1911
1873 Commercial street. A flag wire runs
out from this room and the snow and
| CO on the electric light wires caused
these wires to sag and cross the flag
wire. This crossing of the wires was
the cause of the fire which burned
about the casing of the window. The
damage was very small.
Officer Madden sent In call to the
central fire station and the chemical and
hose wagon quickly responded.
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They have stood the test Of years,
REMOVAL NOTICE,

Abou; March list, the Singer Manufacturing
Company will remove their headquarters
Once and Salesr ooml from their present loca-
tioh at q Free street, where they have been for
the past twenty years, to 566 Congress street,
Baxter Block, occupying n part of the store
with Eressey, Jones & Allen.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.,
incorporated
Operating the Largest and Best Organized
Factories In the World for the Manufacture OF
Sewing Machines. febl9d2w
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mercialism and by the politician, de-
nounoed as bad citizens, incendiariss,
traitors to their country. A prediction
Of . speedy anti-slavery triumph would
have sounded like the freak Of . mailman.
But the conscience Of the American peo-
pla wss not dead. A new condition soon
iiluminsd the question as with flood Of
new light. The popular oonscisnee sud.
denly rose up In its might and did not
rest until slavery was wiped out.
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ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting OF the stockholders OF
the Engineer Mining and Developing Company
OF Colorado, will be held at the rooms OF the
secretary. 81 Exchange street, this city. on
Saturday the sd day Of March. 1900, at O'Clock
D. M. for the choice OF officers and the trans
acting OF any other business that may legally
come before said meeting.
THOS. ]. LITTLE, Secretary.
Portland, Me-, February 81, 1900. feb2idl9t
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-23
VISITING KNIGHTS.
Had Good Time in Spite
of Rain.
How Lynn PythiapS We're Enter.
tanned at WeStbrOOk.
Visited Great Warren
Paper Mills.
Work OF Order Exemp!ifled In
Evening.

Notw itt standing the stormy and dis
agreeable weather Of yesterday, the sec
ond day of tn, visit of the msmbsrs Of
Peter Woodland lodge. No. ~, Of Lynn,
Mass, a. tn, guests Of Presunpscot VAL
lay lodge, No. 4 Of Cumberland Mills, was
indeed an enjoyable event. and taken &C.
sethsr with the two days visit will prove
an event Of history that will always Be
held In the me nory Of the visiting BROTH
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A SOCIAL SESSION.

The members of Portland lodge of Elks
enjoyed a social session last evening.
The membe Of the two theatrical CON-
panies in town, Fields's miniEtrsls and
the George W. Munros company were
present and assisted In the fun making.
A banquet was served during tue svs-
ming. Mr., John W. Sullivan presided.
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GEORGE p. CORNISH.
feb5mon wed ,tri,tf
COKE.

We are now prepared to sup
ply the soto Coke" from the
New England GAS & Coke Co..
Everett, Mass.
This coke is specially pre-
pared for domestic use and
burns practically without smoke
or gas and leaves a small amount
OF ash.
A trial will demonstrate its
merits as a practical and eco
nOmical fuel for ranges and
heaters.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-23
George P. Cornish,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Rooms, ST. IL Congress St.

J. shall open March 1st, 1900,
with an exceptionally large aud COM
plete stock OF British Woolens, con-
sisting of:
Overcoatings, unexcelled in quail
ty and style.
The latest designs in Scotch and
English Suitings. A wide variety
in Serges and Flannel Suitings.
A large line of English and Scotch
Trouserlngs.
White Dress and Fancy Vestings.
All my goods are bought in single
patterns; no two alike, and no other
house in the city will have the same
line Of goods.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-23

MAYOR CHAPLIN RENOMINATED.
4 Bangor, " February 22.-At Repubii'
oan caucus this evening Hon. Arthur
ID. Chaplin was renominated By aoeiama-
ton.
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AND
HOMESTEAD LAWS
THE PARTY CARRIED OUT ALI
THE PROVISIONS AIDING
SETTLERS.

1t is now admitted that the free
homestead law of 1862 was n of the
most benef1cent as we'll as one Of the
most successful measures ever adopt-
ed in any country. It opened to i'm.
Mediate settlement millions Of acres
of the public domain, carried to the
west thousands of high-spirited
Americans from the Eastern states.
and drew from Europe millions of
wealth producing citizens. More than
any other legislation or influence, it
contributed to the development of the
Western states and to the rapid
growth of the nation in population,
producing capacity and wealth.
The homestead act was distinctively
a Republican measure. The first bill,
introduced in 1859, passed. the house
by a vote Of 100 to IS. All of the Re-
publicans except one voted for the bill.
They were supported by some of the
Northern Democrats, but all of the
Southern Democrats except three vot-
ed against the bill. The senate was
Democratic. and no vote was taken on
the bill in the upper house.
In March, 1860. Mr.. Lovejoy reported
the Grow homestead bill, and it was
passed by a vote Of lis to 65. All
h affirmative votes except m were
from the free states. The senate
passed a different bill, and there was
a conference, which finally agreed
upon a modified bill. This bill was
vetoed, June %, 1860, by President Blu
chanan.
In 1862, when the Republicans had a
majority Of 80 in the house and - in
the senate, a new homestead bill was
passed and signed by Abraham Lin
coin. The measure was framed by
Republicans and passed. by Repub-
lican votes. At the same session were
passed the acts establishing a de-
partment of agriculture and providing
for agricultural colleges.
Later on, in 1864, 1870 and 1872, bills
were passed by Republican votes CIV
ing ex-Union soldiers special home-
stead privileges. These acts encour-
aged thousands Of soldiers, discharged
in 1865 and 1866, to cmigrate from the
East and the Middle West to states
like Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas, and
the latter came to be known as great
soldier commonwealth. There are
many reasons why Western farmers
should vote the Republican ticket, but
the legislation hat gave homesteads
to millions is enough, in itself, to bind
the farmers of the West to he Re-
publican party.
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STORY OF A SLAVE.

TO be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains of disease is the worst
form OF slavery. George D. Williams,
OF Manchester, Mich, tells how such
a slave was made free. He says: My
wife has been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in bed
alone. After using two bottles of Elec-
trio Bitters, she is wonderfully i'm
proved and able to do her own work"
This supreme remedy for female di-
seases quickly cures nervousness
sleeplessness, melancholy, headache,
backache, fainting and dizzy spells.
This miracle working medicine is a
godsend to weak, sickly, run down peo-
pie. Every bottle guaranteed. Only
80 cents. Sold by p. G. Remington,
druggist.
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IMPOSSIBLE TO SIIIRK.
Has Duty and Honor to
Meet in the Philippines.

"A q Wv "sN -
Meet in the Philippines.
The progress of the war with Spain
flung into our hands Porto Rico, Guam
and the Philippines. BY fair and open
treaty they passed to our sovereignty.
That sovereignty laid upon us vast
questions and launched US, with new
responsibilities, into the affairs Of the
larger world. 1t set US into the ORR
ent at the very hour of the trenend-
Gus and awful Weakening of the dor
mant Fast close to the shores of
China, that hive of innumerable peo-
pies. 1t lays upon us the question OF
the Philippines. with a sense of re-
sponsibility which no man with a con-
science can shirk. We could, like cow
ards, have turned these fair islands
over to anarchy and blood, or to be-
come the prey Of the greedy powers OF
Europe, a bone of endless conflicts.
But we could, we can, undertake the
sublime experiment of the ages. We
can put our energies, and
genius to the splendid task of giving
security to life and property, educa.
ton, the reign Of just laws, civil and
religious liberty, industrial and COM
mercial thrift, the whole structure Of
modern civilization, to h ten millions
of the inhabitants Of those rich and
fertile islands.
This latter magnificent undertaking.
under circumstances not OF its own
choice or foresight, has been the cleo
ton of u administration. It's pur-
pose is to protect the eighty tribes OF
the archipelago from each other, weld
them together in peace, give them as
complete liberty as our W states en-
JOY as quickly as may be; to put them
in the way of such a career as no ORR
ental-Tropic has ever had the chance
to dream of. We a not bought
the Filipinos at 81 a Eead.' With a
magninimity worthy of h rich re.
public, we paid Spain for her public
buildings and public property. For
her sovereignty we gave out the buff
fets of war. In all u procedures
there neither, has been or is to be, n
element of Imperialism.
There is no swervinS from the basic
principles of Republican government
nor any disloyalty to the interests OF
liberty. We are in the Philippines
Justly, humanely and to stay for the
grandeur of the future of the archi-
pelago, and for hand in h great
movements of the Orient that shah
emphasize the Twentieth century.
Already our unquestioned footing in
the islands has given us a grand and
beneGcent leadership in the worlds
problem Of the Chinese empire, such
as to be nigh the only hope of it's
peaceful solution. Now it is the Amer
ican's business to look fairly in the
face of this vast and ~providential at
tude of world affairs and determine
whether it is wisest for us, in the
greatest crisis Of modern time and
world to scuttle out of the position of
magnificent power and glorious OPP
%portunity into which, without our own
devisings, the republic has been mani
testify thrust of God. I am discussing
now not a political but q profound and
solemn moral and spiritual question,
in which the whole world and all fu-
ture times are concerned.-Rev. A. s.
Fisk, D. D., Washington, D. c.
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LOOKS GOOD

ENCOURAGING REPORTS RE-
CElVED AT STATE REPUBLICAN
HEADQUARTERS.
Grand Forks, Oct. 22.-The Officials
at the republican state headuuarte:s
state thai at nc time since the cam
paign opened has the outlook bean
ore encouraging that at the present
Tune. Reports are coming in every
day from the leaders in the localities
where the campaign workers have
been working to the effect that the
audiences have invariably been large
and that there has been a great deal
o. enthusiasm displayed. AS TIL,
campaign draws to a close more in
terest is taken by all the workers and
the result is noticeable everywhere.
Messrs. link and Woodruff of Chicago
held a %rousing meeting at jamestown
friday evening and concluded their
work in the state with a big rally at
Minnewaukan last evening. These
two speakers who have toured the
state together have met with great
success wherever they went and have
done some effective work. They will
pass through the city on the flyer this
morning EN- route to Minnesota, where
they will remain till the close of the
campaign, leaving for home Just in
time to vote. Robert A. Walker Of
st. Louis, is doing some good work in
EmmOns county and in other German
communities, as he is a very effective
speaker and uses the German as flu
emily as the English. In Grand Forks
county the local republican politicians
and candidates are Out. in force and all
report that the outlook is very salts
factory for the election of the entire
state ticket.
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LONG STATES THE ISSUE.
What IL Involved lis the Prosperity
Of the People.
Burst, Sycamore, III.

What IL Involved. lis the Prosperity
of the People.
Nobody to-day in his sober sense
questions the honest purpose and fidel
ity to the principles Of his party either
of President Cleveland or Of President
Mckinley. Nobody doubts that the
four years of the former were the best
that the Democratic party could give
us or that the fou years of the latter
exemplify it's spirit, it's enterprise, it's
humanity and it's h%elpfulness to every
interest of the people: and yet n was
a period of increasing financial and in
dustrial depression and the other Of
good times and prosperity. 1t is sim
ply a question which sort of admins
t%ration, which kind Of policy, which
application of principle gives the peo-
pie the best results.
I do not believe they are going to
determine this question on the ground
tina a postal clerk stole money IN
Havana and has been punished for 1t;
or that the secretary of the treasury
distributed the surplus money in the
treasury SO that the people could nave
the use of it rather than keep 1t In his
vaults: or hat in the tremendous eX-
tent of administrative work during the
wal there may have been a mistake IN
the amount or quality of the purchases
| of canned beef. On the contrary, they
| will ask: Is labor better employed?
| Are more men at work? Are wages
higher? Are our factories and work.
| shops idle or busy? Have we more
money to spend? Are we finding a
better market at home and abroad for
the products Of Jul industry? Is our
commerce charging? Is the balance OF
trade for or against us? Is our flag
seen oftener on every water of the
globe? Is our navy growing to be
| commensurate with our national needs?
Are we meeting the responsibilities and
opportunities opened to us by the re-
suit of the Spanish-American war? Are
we according education and American
institutions to the Islands of the sea
| that are ours? Are we sending to them,
upon the commissions charged with
their welfare and representing the
United States, men of high character,
competent and faithful? Have there
been four years Of plenty and pros.
perity or four years of neither? Have
there come up out of the river four
well-favored kline, fat-fleshed, or four
other kline, M-favored and lean-fleshed?
Are the ears of corn rank and good, or
thin and blasted with the a s wind?
These are the questions which will
determine the Issues Of the campaign.
It will not be a campaign Of person
alities or quips and partisan criticisms,
but of the general well being Of the
republication D. Long, Washington,
D. G.
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PRESIDENT AND THE SOLDIERS.
A Campaign Roorback Meets With
Prompt Denial.

4 Campaign ROOrback Meet With
Prompt Denial.
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Oct. Is, 190O.-In an
interview Hon. D. 1. Murphy, former
commissioner of pensions, states that
President Mckinley on the morning of
Sept. 4, 1899, said to the national COM
mittee on pensions, G. A. r.: There is
no use denying the fact, gentlemen,
that the money power of the country
is against any further expansion Of the
pension roll" The undersigned men,
bers, only, of the pension committee,
called on the president by appointment
that morning, and in the interest of
justice we desire to say that this state
ment is not true. The presiden. did
not on that occasion, nor at any other
time, make use of any such words, nor
did he make any such suggestion then
or at any other time, and we were
present at all the conferences between
the president and the national commit
tee on pensions from July, 1899, until
the passage Of the bill amending the
act of June q, 1890, in May, 1900. At
each conference he unreservedly ap-
proved h amendments proposed by
the committee and unanimously adopt
ed by the Philadelphia encampment.
More thar this, the president freely
gave to the committee the soldiers and
sailors and their dependent ones whom
we represented, his personal aid in Sc
curing the passage of the bill. Having
satisfied himself Of the absolute justice
of the measure, he did not hesitate to
declare In favor of the amendment Of
the act of 1890 and the liberal admins
tration Of all the pension laws. The
president is the earnest and practical
friend of the soldier and sailors of this
country. From the very beginning Of
his public career he has given eX-
preston to a sincere regard for his
comrades of the war, and on all proper
occasions he has not failed to declare
himself earnestly in favor Of a liberal
administration of the pension laws. In
his official capacity as a member Of
congress and as the chief executive Of
the nation he has evinced the utmost
concern for liberalized pension legisla-
ton and administration. 1t is a cruel
and wicked wrong to put into the
mouth of the president the words
ascribed to him in this interview. He
does not entertain such sentiments.
The chief executive executes the laws
as enacted by congress. and no presi-
dent in the history of this republic has
performed his duty more faithfully in
this regard than our comrade, William
Mckinley. He was, and is, in thorough
accord with the sentiments of the
Grand Army as expressed at Philadel-
phia and Chicago in the administration
of the pension laws, and of this fact
the national pension committee has full
knowledge.
n. B. Brown, Chairman,
GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
John Palmer.
Ex-Secretary State of the State Of New
York, Past Commander-1n-chief G.
A. r., 1892.
J. w. Burst, Sycamore, III.
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PREVENTED A TRAGEDY.

Timely information given Mrs. Geo.
Long, Of New Straitsville, Ohio, pre-
vented a dreadful tragedy and saved
two lives. A frightful cough had long
kept her awake every night. She had
tried many remedies and doctors but
steadily grew worse until urged to try
DR.. Kings New Discovery. One bottle
wholly cured her, and she writes this
marvellous medicine also cured Mr..
Long of a eve attack of Pneumonia.
Such cures are positive proof of the
matchless merit Of this grand remedy
for curing all throat, chest and lung
troubles. Only SOC and $1.O0. Every
bottle guaranteed. Trial bottles free
at P. c. Remington's. drug store.
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Rrx.n I'M a Lower scale.

1.-THE truth is that Mr.. Bryan has
descended on a lower scale. He seems
to be unconscious Of the fact that
when he speaks to even the remotest
and most provincial audience he 10
really speaking to the entire country.
He appeals to one community on high
grounds and to another on low
grounds. At one point he Is is an en-
lishtened statesman, at another he is a
shallow demagogue."-Ex-Co Congress-
man Beriah Wilkens. in Washington
Post.
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lowed any part or lot in the principles
announced in the Declaration OF In
dependence.
That ell the great powers have
adopted the policy of the American
administration in dealing with the
perplexing Chinese question is evi-
dence Of the wisdom which rules in
our state department and the respect
shown abroad for American opinions.
The Hon. Carl Schurz talks like a
man who believes he has a whole reg
iment Of soldiers on his back.