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The Portland daily press., 1900-02-21
MAINE TOWNS.
Items Of Interest Gathered by Our Local
Correspondents.
FREEPoRT.

Fresport, Feb. e0.-Mr. and Mrs. A.
l.. Joselyn. who have tesn visiting their
son In Baltimore for the patt few months,
returned 10 their homo at Mast Landing
this week.
Msssrs. Fred Mitchell, Chas. Chase
aud DR.. Howard attended the Bowdoin
Minstrels at Brunswick Friday evening.
All schools In town executing the High
rchool, closed Friday. Feb. 10th. The
High sch DOL will close two weeks from
that date. March 9th the Ienior class
will go to Boston.
Miss Ruth Fields Of Portland 10 the
guest Of Miss Eva Davis
mir. @. IL. Gilman Is I'll.
The Minstrels, also the drama, Border
land, have been postponed. The former
will now be given March 9th, and the
latter Feb. 9th.
Mr.. Ed Cushing is home on few days
vacation.
Mr.. John W. Wood, travelling sales
man OF A. W. Shaw Sc Co, starts for his
western trip this morning, FEB. Sotn.
MIR, Fred Shipley, who hiss been oct OF
town for some time, Is expected home
this week.
Prof. w. o Jersey attended the ON.
vention at Branswick for the purpose OF
nesting the Bowdoin faculty.
On account OF the storm Sunday none
OF the churches had services.
week. MIR. Jones will move his family
to Medison, Me at an early date.
Mr.. Eugene Clark OF brunswick was
the guest OF DIR. and Mrs. Harvey How
ard over Sunday.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-21
InlplncebIe,

She-I heard about the elopement. lbs
her mother forgiven them!
Hell think not. ! understand she has
gone to live with them.-Collier' Weekly.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-21
500 Reward.

THE Portland Electric Light Company will
Il pay Sl0O 10 any one who Will furnish ev.-
dence that will convict any person OF tamper-
ing with their lines, lamps or machinery.
PORTLAND ELECTRIC LIGHT CoMPANX
Geo. W. Brown, President
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
BIG FOWL FARM

From the New Orleans Pioayune
 It may prove a matter of surprise to learn that Mississippi has a $l0000O poultry fanm. Here is the proof "The second largest poultry farm in the United States, says the Bay-Waveland Commercial Pam phlet, lis located fifteen miles from Bay St. Louis; 5000 laying hens ply their avo- cation, 1,500 ducks and as many turkeys are a. portion of the enterprise. Twenty to thirty 500 and 500 egg incubators are in constant use This alone demonstrates the success of the poultry enterprise" Com menting, the Sea Coast Echo says: When the pamphlet in question was being pre- pared it was a rule to make no exaggera- tions, and no statement that could not be fully suhstantiated upon Investigation The poultry farm located at Bryants, on the Louisville and Nashville lir-c, Was es- tabmshed some few years ago at cost of S100000 It is one of the greatest ana most interesting poultry farms found anywhere. Imagine place where eggs are gathered daily by wheeibarrows full.
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
Admiral Dewey a Candidate.

The rumored willingness of Admiral Dew dency needs confirmation, although the New York World apparently presents it in his own words The Worlds story will not, however, be fully accepted until it is fur cent tour of the south does indeed indi- cate his willinsness to accept political hon ors. and altogether 1t is reasonable to look for Dewey complication in the pre-nomin- abion campaign, which has three months of activity left
 The Worlds report rather indicates that the head of the navy desires the demo- cratic nomination. because he says he con- sders the duties of the office confined to an execution of the laws. Such rigid con- stitutona1 view of the place is un-repub- tain that he desires the honor fo- be be- slowed at Kansas City.
 But great as his services to his coun- try were, and much beloved and respected
 
 have already selected, except in techni- cal sense, their standard bearer. They have decided to place Bryan again before the public, because he stands for equal rights against privilege of all sorts, and this decision cannot now be changed.
 If Admiral Dewey seeks democratic nomination, he must do it in the interest of lot of eastern men. who have op- posed MT Bryan many years, and if this is the case the result at Kansas City will be determined easily. MT. Bryan's enemies were never fewer or weaker than they are today. Like all positive, honest, outspoken men, he has his enemies, but their power for mischief is very limited, and is every day growing less.
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
Porto Rico and inc Constitution.

The republican party has declared in formal and authoritative manner that the residents of the island that General Miles conquered are simply people of Porto Rico under the protection of the United States. un other words, Porto Rico is a colony of the protectorate sort, although the treaty of Paris transferred an unquestoned title to the United States. Whether the bill just passed is sufficient in law to shake off the cession of Paris, changing it from an unqualified grant to a mere protecto- rate. is question that the supreme court of the United States will pass upon; but as that court is as strongly republican in Its methods of thought and aspirations as congress, it is safe to assume that the bill will be sustained there.
 The real appeal lies to the people in the coming campaign, and the decision in No vember will settle the question as mo other authority can settle it. Porto Rico is a small island and the Porto Rico bill is an entering wedge. It is expected to serve as H1e beginning of a colonial system that will be extended as time and circumstances may permit. Already steps have been ta- ken for the purchase of the Danish West Indian islands. An extensive colonial sys- tenn, with a multitude of federal officials appointed by the central power, Is in course of formulation. That Is what the Porto Rico bill primarily means-more spoils.
 Behind the spoilsmen come the tariff and and trust gatherers. They demand -that none of their privileges shall be curtailed. Ihe hemp trust in the Philippines, the su-
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
MIR. REEDS DOWNFALL

From Success
 A good story is told in West Virginia in volving two of the congressman from that snug lttle state and Thomas B. Reed, the gigantic speaker of the last house. The two West Virginians are Hon. Blackburn B. Dovener and Hon. Romeo Hoyt Freer. Both are small in stature and wonderfully alike in their general appearance To- gether they went up to the ponderous Maine man to be introduced.
 "Humph!' said MT. Reed. "is that the best the Persimmon state can do?'
 "What do you mean?" asked MT. Freer.
 "Nothing," drawled the elephantine speak, er "I was only wondering at the uniform ity of things down your way. I suppose the horses are all ponies and the persim- mons all dwarfs -
 Well" interrupted MT. Freer, "there Is one thing in our favor the persimmons have more taste than the pumpkin"
 The laugh was on the speaker, and he acknowledged it by cordially graspdng the hands of the Liliputians and joining ill the merriment.
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
Death of Officer Adams.

The shooting down and subsequent death of two brave officers in the heart of the city by two rowing criminals who prey first upon one town and then upon another, has aroused deep feeling in the breasts of citi- zens, but tile sad deaths of the two men does not call for action outside of the law. The evidence in the two cases will be ample, and their punishment will assuredly follow.
 Not only will the lives of Officer Adams and Officer Kirkley be avenged, but assas- sions and criminals will be taught that this town is a town to be avoided by them Such rowing criminals who traverse the country from end to end, and are at home in all states and all cities need a severe lesson, and they will get one in Birming- ham. Let the law take it's course for in that way the lesson be made all the more impressive and far-reaching.
 A popular effort is, however, needed in aid of the families that feel to the greatest extent the foul acts of the assassns. A fund of a popular nature should be raised, and perhaps it would be wise to limit sub- scriptions to one dollar-certainly, to ten ten dollars Let 1t be general movement, embracing every man for whom these two men dieG. The ttlal of the murderers will now proceed in orderly and regular man. ner. and no one need doubt what the re- suit will be; and all the pent-up feeling of the time should be expended in carrying aid where it is most needed and most de- served. The two families thus stricken should be placed beyond want. The heads of those two families were stricken down at -tile post of duty, and the people of this town should show that they appreciate and will reward courage and devotion to duty.
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
PHILADELPHIA'SL COMPROMISE
From the Washington Times.

from the w WaSnlngt0n Times.
 Word comes from Philadelphia that the local committees have despaired of com pleting the convention guarantee fund of S100O00 within the time limit set by Mr. Hanna, and are asking the mighty Mark to let them off with $75,00O. A few weeks ago MT. Hanna went to Philadelphia and after "rough-housng" Mayor Ashbridge's office, warned the Philadelphians that unless they made good every cent promised he would order the convention held in Madison Square Garden, New York. However, it is now being given out by Secretary Dick, &C., cordng to an Ohioan, that MT. Hanna is willing to compromise with Philadelphia on a "a per cent. basis, and that the amount now in the hands of the local committees will be accepted by him in full payment of the city's obligation to the national con- mittee. The Quakers say they intended to raise the fuM amount, but that they will apply the other s25OOO to the improve ments necessary to make the convention hall capable of accommodating the crowds. The pledge is now being given that all the subscribers to the fund will be amply pro- vided with tickets of admission to the con yention. emitting them to the choice seats in the hall. If this pledge is fulfilled the visitors to the city will be shut out of the convention completely. However, as the Hon. Joe Manley has declared that the most interesting proceedings of the convention wiu have to be held in the open air be- cause of the lack of hotel corridors in the town it is evident that those who fail to get into the hall will not miss much.
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
PUBLIC LANDS FOR SCHOOLS

From the Mobile Register.
 Senator Morgan obtained on Saturday the passage of bill through the senate grant ing 25,000 acres of public lands in Ala bama to the state normal schools at Troy and Montgomery. Ever since the senator found that, owing to the greed of the land syndicates, he was unable to get the pulp lie lands in this state thrown open alto gether ito public entry, he has striven to make those lands useful to the children of the state by getting them granted to ed- ucatonal institutions. In this he has been in large measure successful, altaough he failed in his effort .o get congress to grant all the remaining lands to the public schools of the state.
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
NO MEETING NECESSARY
Clayton Says Burning of the Hall Don
 Require Meeting

Washington, April 4.-Representative Clayton, of Alabama, one of the members of the national democratic committee, said that the destruction of the convention hall in Kansas City would not necessitate meeting of the committee. "The han," he said, twas one of the consideration which induced the committee to select Kansas City. The committee will of course de- sire to know whether the agreement to furnish a hall can be fulfilled by the peo- pie of Kansas City, and the representatives of that citY will, have no doubt, be equal ly anxious to inform the committee what they can do to accommodate the conven- tion"
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
THE QUEENS JOURNEY
From the Boston Herald,

rom the Boston Herald.
 Queen Victcrias visit to Ireland this week can safely be set down as one of the memorable events of her reign, and if it does not result in bringing Saxon and Celt-into more sympathetic relations than have existed between them hitherto. it will not be the fault of her majesty. The queen is a good deal of politician, and is tho embodiment of womanly sympa thy, which is quite likely to be warmly manifested by her on this occasion and heartily recipro- cated by most of the Irish people, who are too brave to be other than generous to their venerable sovereign. The journey will not be a shabby genteel affair of roy alty, Out a stately progress from England to Klngstown and Phoenix Park, and 1t will include d series of brilliant functions and popular pageants such as Dublin has not witnessed in a generation. And it is all for the purpose of emphasizing the queens admiration of her Irish soldiers, and thus acknowledging her indebtedness to them for their gallant services in South Africa.
The age-herald., 1900-04-05

Grant insisted. as mater of principle, on dlseharging the little debt incurred fifteen years before."
 There Is demand for eight or ten times more good. pure milk than the amount of fered for sale inBirming ham," said man who sells milk every day. That is to say, there is a great scarcity of wholesome milk in this city; and therefore there are openings for additional modern dairies.''
 
 sI travei over five of the southern states. and don't believe I ever before noted such marked evidences of general prosperity. . said J. M. Williams, a tobaeconist from Lynchburg "There is great prosperity on all sides, and everybody is enjoying it more or less. The towns are growing, fac- tories are being built, new mines opened, and farms improved; and the merchants are prosperous and are buying goods lib- erally.'
 w. F. Vandiver, lhe widely known whole sale grocer of Montgomery. is in Birming- ham; and the prosperity here impresses him powerfully.
 pr. 1T. M Weedon, of Eufaula, is in town looking after his large property in- terests here
 Colonel J. M. Falkner returned to Mont gomery yesterday afternoon. Hon. John B. Knox, of AnHiston, was in town yesterday attending to urgent legal business. MT. Knox never looked stronger or better and was never harder worked. One of his law partners Mr Bowie, is can- vassing the state for Morgan, and another, CMr. Blackman, is a candidate for the state senate; leaving the head of the firm to ''hold down the office. There Is none in this state abler to do the work than is MT. Knox; none stronger at the bar, or on the platform, as for that matter. Hon. Charles E. Waller, of Hale, was in town short time yesterday.
 Will N. vaught, of Louisville, is in Bir- mingham.
 F. M. Billing and Charles P Jackson of Montgomery, were in Birmingham yester- day.
 Clyde Shropshire of New York is at the Morris.
 R. H. Walker, late editor of the Lime stone Democrat at Athens is in Birming- ham. MT. Walker recently sold the Demo- erat to Erie Pettus and another. Late arrivals in town are: State Treas urer G. w. Ellis of Montgomery, Repre- sentative R. R. Poole of Marengo George I. Motz of Huntsville, Frank Nelson of An niston and John c. Jemison of Lafayette.
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
ST. HELEN

From the London Daily Mall.
 Since the opening elf the Suez canal St. Helena. that absurd little island in tle At lantic, 1,140 miles from Africa, and 1,S0 from America. has had absolutely no luck at all. Its population and its trade have ,ootn declined tte former from 6500 to 5,e00, and the labttr from e15,C0O to G10,000.
 As a port ol, call it used to flourish amazingly in the days of the old East ln- dia route round by the Cape of Good Hope; but nowadays, save for an occasional tramp steamer and the periodical mail boats, there is practically no develGgment at all connected with it's shipping trade.
 St. Helena is great place for caves and hills. Both abound, particularly the lat ter Geologically speaking, the island is largely if not wholly, volcanic, and lot of extinct craters are apparent. Some elf of the ptnnacles have queer names, such as Lots Wife, the Man an,f titS 'HcSse, the Asses Ears Hoidfast Tom, Gid Joan Point Stone Top, etc.
 The only inhabited place is James town, which has a population of about 2,500. It lies in a deep valley surrounded by very high hills. It is not particularly y]nealthy place. Ladder Hil is where the govern ment house is situated. Il Is so cali3.A be- cause of the almost preclpitous ladder like wooden stairs Dy which its acclivty of 600 feet has to be scaled
 Nearly four miles inland from Jaraas- town is an isolated farm house, on au ele- vated plateau about 2,000 feet above the sea. This IS Longwood, where Napoleon lived from 1915 until he died there in 1921 The house is long, low, Wnitewashed, fairly trim Duilding, with extensive out houses, some rather fine old trees and a good bit of decent farm land.
The age-herald., 1900-04-05

gar trust in Porto Rico and the tobacco trust in Cuba all alike demand every dol- lar and every advantage conferred upon them by the Dingley tariff: and they open 1y declare that if this demand be not grant ed the Hon. Mark Hanna will have to find elsewhere campaign subscribers
 Behind the Porto Rico bill is therefore the plaee-hunters and the privilege-holders. of the measure. It was marked for pass age from the outset. It is typical repub- lican measure. Fortunately it simplifies the issue that now comes up between the people and privilege, between colonialism and the constitution.
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
BIG PAPER DEAL

Washington Correspondence Brooklyn Ea-
 gle.
 It will cost the government nearly $1j, 0Go to purchase the paper with which to man. ufacture the extra money provided for by the currency law in tAe Way of additional national bank circulation. The chief of the division of loans and currency of the treas ury department. who has charge of the issue of new paper money, estimates that 900 sheets of paper will be required to print the national bank notes authorized in the gold currency law. This is what is known as distinctive" paper, and will cost more than cents a sheet.
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
BEVERIDCE HAS
 LOST POPULARITY

Washington, April 4.-(speclal) )-4senator Beverldge of Indiana cannot be very happy just now. His first speech-that on the Philippine question-was listened to by 0 crowded senate. Republican and demo- cratic senators made a point of folio wing MT. Beveridge's speech closely. There were two reasons for this. The senator had Visited the Philippines and naturally had much information of great interest, and then he had a reputation for eloquence. and the senate was ''sizing him up" His speech on Wednesday, the announcement of which had crowded the senate galleries, was utterly ignored by a very large pre- portion of the senate. Not over twenty senators heard his peroration, and at least two-thirds of those were democrats.
 The junior senator from Indiana is not popular with the senate, which regards him as forward. Old republican senators think he has played the Porto Rican busi- ness for popularity, and have been angered by what they term his intention to dictate to the senate. The senate was ready to welcome MT. Beveridge. with open arms, but now it prefers to ignore him much as possible. This is unfortunate for the senator's usefulness. He has great ability, Is a splendid speaker with an excellent vocabulary, and with experience should be capable of great usefulness. But the sen ate does not like to have new senators un- dertake to assume leading roles in that body, and thinks that some experience in legislative work is imperative before lead- ership can be yielded.
 There is one expression that MT. Bever- idge uses that causes some criticism in the senate. In referring to the president and his administration, MT. Beverdge says ''the government" and speaks of the party opposed to the government as the "opposi- tion." Government is the English ex- pression for our administration They speak of the government falling" We talk of the administration defeat" The English idea is that the government ends when it falls. Ours is one of continuity regardless of the changes in officers or of the party in power One senator said the use of the word government for 'admin- istration" was an affectation, and not ex- act. The word has certainly not been used in our public life in the sense in which MT. Beveridge uses it. With us govern ment' includes the continuous power of the United States. and not an individual administration
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
PUSH IN PITTSBU RIG

From the Philadelphia Record.
 The Pittsrourg Post, with pardonable ela- t;on calls attention to the fact that While P!ttsburg is the eleventh city of the United States in the number of its inhabitants, it rank fifth in the sum of it's banking loans and diScounts It is also fifth in the amount of individual deposits. In the percentage of gain in the total of toanking deposits during the past year 1t is far in advance of any other of the larger cities. These facts are the outward proofs of great busi- ness activity and prosperity. There is no other spot on the continent where there is more strenuous life and push than in Pennsylvania's western metropolis.
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
Postal Bank Bill Probable.

In the interest of capitalists and the na- tional banks a postal savings bank 0ill may be reported and pushed through. Such a bill would gather together millions upon millions in the cotton states to be carted away to New York, there to be invested in United States bonds This would render currency still scarcer in the south, thus giving the eastern capitalist further opportunity. It would cart away what little currency We have. Not a dol lar would be retained to be loaned in the south. or to be invested in southern coun- ty, city or even state bonds Il is simply a big scheme to help eastern money cen ters at the expense of the country.
 It would not help depositors to any great extent, for it is not proposed to pay above 2h per cent upon deposits, and four out of the five bills pending In the house pro- pose a per cent. rate. Even such rate ii 1t must pay a premium for per cent. bonds as it would have to do so at pres ent. The entire plan reads well on the face, but there is no good in it for either the people the government In the last analysis all the profit will accrue to the ever-rcady self-seeking capitalists, and this is perhaps the reason why postal savings bank will be pushed through. In republican congresses only bills with a strong money force behind them go through. and the postal saving scheme is one of those measures.
 It has oeen proposed to sugar-coat the measure by adopting the plan bound up in the English consols and French rentes. by means Of which the depositor is given credit for the sums deposited, receiving on these sums per cent. interest, and the govern ment puts the money into it's own bonds. thus making the depositors subscribers to a popular loan. This plan has been rem dered ~inoperative by the refunding pro- visions of the gold standard bill. All short- term bonds are being rapidly converted into thirty-year bonds, and these are held al premium. The entire scheme is un- necessary, improbable ito all concerned, and unwise, but it may nevertheless be- come law. This congress is equal to any, thing that is capitalistlc or revolutionary.
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
KEFLECTIoNs OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 When Cupid goes for widower he wears a patch on the seat of his trousers. People always know the most about heaven when they think they know the least about God.
 A widower can always get a woman's sympathy by going around with a mute, wistful look in his eyes.
 If the women had their way, all married men, when they went outdoors, would De made to wear blinkers like a horse.
 As soon as a man has patched up a quarrel woman will try 10 begin il again by telling him that he was most to blame for starting it finst.
The age-herald., 1900-04-05
ADAM-ZAD WALKS

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Our friend Rudyard Kfpling will observe that Ada m-Zad, the bear who walks like a man. is walking right through Persia in the general direction of India.