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The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

10 fhs Editor a the Presss
The ladies' VINO were inshrumentsi In
placing boxes IN Ahe various stores for
the rsiisf Of midas suferins people viii
be placed TO learn that the amount col
lsotsd was $50 20. Twelve boxes were
distributsd among the following nrms:
charles Day % ~; Burbank Sc DouaIsw.
ss.e2: w. Il. Wilson 81 Co., se.72; IVES
End hotel, 80 cents; Otis, u 20 Hilton,
s4so; George o. FRYE, s2ss; orsn Hotp-
er's ssns. $50, Palmsr's. "a SO; I. l..
Homstsd & Co.. $3.50; J. X. Libby
Ss.si; Y. N. Q. A.. s7.59 and % 50. Tbis
cum viii be sent directly to thoss por-
sions Of India where the greatest suffer
Ing exists. and it viii rescue from star
walton Sky children and give them am
pie sur pert for ere month.
who, that heard Mrs. Bslisntyne, the
suissionary from India, last winter. will
ever forget her story Of the plague and
famine Of that country. and the pitiful
appeals for help from myriais OF starving
mothers, with their poor famishipg babies
who bore hardly q semblsnee OF human
isy. whose pitsous and oonsinuous- cries
were stifisd ~ opium given ~ ths
mothers who could not listen to theil
ter ribls hunger CRY.
The horrors Of the situation. % dss-
oribsd BY Mrs. Bsllsnsyne, have been In
orea red ten fold BY the psstilent'sl
cholera that 10 now following In the
wake Of the plague and famine. Their
Intensity can neither be imagined NOS
described. In certain sections the coun-
try Il dotted with ths dead and dying;
the wards are filed with CHASTITY com
panies OF men, women and children feek-
ing escape from the scourge and nndinG
none except in the almest welcome death
that comes from hunger and exhaustion,
The pitiless sun with It, intense heat
adds to the sufYerlngs OF the people,
Who can predict the outcome Of 10 all,
unless the civilized countries nj the
world with mighty effort unite ths'r
forces and 90 10 the rescue OF the suffer-
ing people at onos. Countries are made
up Of villages, towns. and cities, each
one Of which has duty: In shis matter
which cannot be rsisgatsd TO another.
Portland, the home Of noble men and
women Is, In my belief. without peer,
In the Intelligent generosity Of Its oiti
gems. 1t would be Interesting to sum uf
the amounts that 1t has ssnt In response
TO appeals for help from various places
throug nous our own and other coun tries.
and It has been done with spontansity
and unanimity that 10 wonderful II
almost makes one proud that one is q
citizen OF such . fair city. And now thai
this dreadful story OF suffering such Of
has not been known fer centuries. hal
come directly to us through the evidences
Of eye witnesses, and the reliable news
of the secular and religious press, shall
not Pors land true to Its past, unite In
grand concerted movement to help stay
the hands of the destroyer that 10 lsyir 6
waste 30 large portion OF the Indian
EmpireP is there any question but that
the 90, 0c0, 900 Of midas suffering reoI l:
have q claim upon US that We cannot dis'
regard?
Let ue, therefore without regard &c
seotarian CT PARTY sfiiliatiops, unite In
this matter, there by supplementing tbs
kind Efforts OF there ladies who he
taken the initiative step. Ii. h y.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
CURRENT COMMENT.
BRYANISM AND THE CURRENCY.

BRYANIsM AND THE CURRENCY.
(Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.)
Speaking to the sound money Demo.
Gratis. whom the Bryhn ties are trying to
trap with the bit that Bryan's candidacy
has no practical bearing en- the currency,
eoauss 1t IL fer the PRESENT hey cnd reach
OF hts intiuspoe, the baltimore American
calls ate ntion otke fallacy OF suoh ar
1ument. 1t cites the fact that the our
renoy law has always been sound. The
only d Fl srenoe between the present law
and thas which preceded it 10 that tho
law recently passed IL more specific. 1t
wonld have been possible under the form.
or law TO have given u Bryanefaue CON-
strucgion to it. but not probable that any
President or party oould have deluded it.
self to that extent. II there were any
fesiing abroad today that Bryan was
about to bs elected, &c would be reflected
In money ana business. Nothing 10 more
timid and sensitive than capital, says the
American. The first note OF danger
causes 10 to shrink within itself and de-
ssrt the channels OF trade. That it has
Shown no inclination to do this 10 -
s.roug evidence as can be had OF the
public confidence in tbs defeat Of Mr..
Bryan. Tee latter can be eleotsd only
by an overwhelming popular wave. and
suoh an upheavAl would soon bring to
his aid the means OF rspealing the pres-
emit law. No business man or patriot de.
slrss q repetition OF the conditions which
prevailed during three years OF t)ieve-
land'S last administr alton.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
Personal AND PECULIAR.

The health OF the young King OF Spain
viii necessitat, his leaving Madrid earlier
than usual this year. Accompanied by
the queen regent he will. In few days,
60 to Covandouga In Austria.
As President MCKINLEY will be In Can
ton. O., on the Fourth OF July. prepare
tbs for o big cslet ration are being made.
and Governors Roosevelt and Mash. Sena-
tors Hanna and Foraker and Admiral
Dewey havs been invited to be present.
Nelson was thirty-n Inc when he won
the victory of the Nile. wellington was
only forty when he opened the Peninsu-
lar War. Crom well was forty-six when
he won ct .Nassby.
Jules Guerin, recently we'll nown for
his failure to start revolution In Paris,
Is most msthodical In his efforts to undo
the evil effects Of prison life. Not wish
ing co grow stout. he takes regular ex-
eroise daily. and IL doing . great deal OF
solid reading.
1t 10 said Emperor William intends 10
homer the feld marshal, Count Won
Blumenthal, by elevating him to the
rank of prince on July 80. when the old
hsro will be ninety years old. Field Mar.
1udk was VIC Oulrl VI btah VI
Empsrsr Frederick Ill. during the wars
OF 1855 and 1901.
Archbishop John Keane, PRECEDENT Of
the Catholic Univsrsity Of Amsrioa, who
has been In Chicago for two weeks rails
Ing funds for the endowment OF profes-
eors' chairs at the university. has left
fer Washington. During his stay the
Archbishop raised $50, 600 OF 1000. COO
which he expects Co get In the next two
years. OF this sum s5U. 600 we're given
by Michael Cudahy, the balance being
composed OF email contributions. Arch-
piAhop Kesns expressed himsslf as pleased
With ihs success Of his work in Chicago.
He VIII remain In Washington only a
snort tine. as he intends to visit all the
large cities Of the country on the same
GRAND.
kipling's "Abssnt-Mindsd> BeggAr"
has now produced for the war fund 1856.
goo. which 10 at the rate of SIC. 900 line.
There lives In Damn Brook, Oneida
County, n. Y.,a veteran OF the war CT
1873, the last, 1t 10 said. OF the soldiers Of
that war on the pension rolls of the
United States. His name is Hiram
Cronk, ana he Is one Hundred years old.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
ARBOR DAY.

The homes. villages and cities OF Maine
can he rendered stiil mere beautiful and
attractive II all our rssple will use the
day In the spirit and for the purpose
for wnich it 10 set apart,
Given at the Executive Chamber in
: Augusts, this seventeenth day Of April,
In the year Of cur Lord ops thousand
nine hundred, and Of ths Independents %
of the United States OF America the
one hundred anu twenty fourth.
LIEWkLLYN POWERS.
Ry the Governor.
BYRON BOYD, secrstary of State.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

Count Boni Cssteilane. better known
in this country as the husband OF Anna
Gould, Is still financially hard up. not
withstanding his recent visit to this
country which was expected to replenish.
his Golfers, and his property Is threatened
with attachment for debt Of 53.0Oo
francs. Either the Paris editor who rep
resented that he had made raise of
g. zoo. Ot0 10 this country was mistaken,
or else there was q string to 1t which
preyeuts the count using 1t.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

In appropriating 5000 for the old home
week the city has done Ats full share. In
deed some parsons Will think perhaps that
considering the loud plea Of poverty it has
.hssn putting forth 1t has been little too
libsral. However, under the c,rcum-
stances 1t L. better. doubtless, t, be toe
generous than parsimonious. 1t is TO be
hoped now that the example set by the
e.ty In its corporate capacity will be
followed py individ nails and corporations
To carry out the entertainment the COM
m,stes have In mind SO 900 at least will
be nscasssry. and therefore IS. 0C0 must
be raised by private subscription. When
the hat IL passed may .hs responses be
prompt and generous.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

Webster Davis. who resi- ned his offioe
In The Interior department. to plead the
cause Of the BosFs. Is psrforniug that
work with viyor and enthusiasm. At o
recent messing in New York he expressed
the wish that one hundred thousand
AmericA might arm themselves and 10 10
the help Of the Republics. He pronounced
Paul Kruger one OF the grsndess men
ali re, and Cecil Rhodes sooundrsl He
slso clsi med that England was pull lag
Hs around Europe rs the tsil to her
ki.e.' Mckinley he declared to be all
right and said that the effort of British
sympstsizsrs to connect him with the
British effort to crush liberty. was orima
and ought to be resented by every Anasri-
can patriot. But while praising the
President he thought there we're some
men about him who ought TO be got rid
Of a. quickly as possible.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

New Y, ark Is pretty familiar with trusts
of all sorts aud has been very tolerant
of them as rule. But its patience and
+. lis TEN per have given out In TIE presence
o. the los trust. There Is som ething ap-
preaching a popular uprising against
that. and II public sentiment IL equal 10
sm ASKING . trust this one will be
smashed.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

General Roberts continues to advance
rapidly northwArd. the Beers hastily rs-
treating after destroying everything that
may be OF service to the invader. Their
first determined stand Is expect d t, be
ct kroonstad, but Roterts's force is so
overwhelming that they can only hope
to check his progress for very Grief pc.
Rod,
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

Governor kooseveit has finally made
his dec iustion Of the Woe Presidency SO
smphstio that the project to draft
him has been abandoned. He will now
1t Is sal 4. be invited to present Secretary
; Loue's rame to the convention.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

Col. Bryan says he Is not iatsrrs'ipg
III rs,lt 10 ths vi,s presidential nom ina
ti,n. It's the other end OF the ticket ms
Is up agti-st.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09
STATE OF MAINE.
ARB0R DAY.
FRoCI.AMATTON
BY THE GOVERNOR.

Complyiug with the statute which
makes 10 the duty Of the Governor TO
name and set apart day foe the plant
Jog Of trees and shrubs, 1. Llswellyn
Powers, % sovsrnor Of the state OF
Maine, do, with tbs advice and consent
OF the Executive Council, designate Mon
dsy. tas fourteenth day OF May, A. D.,
aeC0, to be Observed throughout the State
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

The Rev. Georas h. HspwoEth thinks
the Sultan will not pay our bill and stat
the ultimate effect Of pursuing our claim
IL going to be to hurt the missionary IN
stead Of help him. Mr.. Hepworth says
the Sultan only tolsrhtss Tire missionary
now, and II he can nnd an excuse
10 will put obstacles In his way
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

Bryan and Towae seem likely to be
tho Populist ticket, and II the Democrats
csn take the former there 10 no reason
why they should not the latter also.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

4 Don Dickinson won't, swallow the
Chicago platform unless IL 10 q good deal
diluted.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

whish wiIi vrastiseily psr.iyss him. ~
Il qri,s Likely thai Mr. Hspworth vii
turn out 10 b . true prophst. Tbs
trouble is shat thsrs 10 no wsy Ia which
We can bring pressure 10 bear upon the
sultan sxcspt By practically making war
upon him, and that 10 out Of the quss-
tion. To post him ~ dishensst debtor
IN nowiss effects him teesuss he has got
used 10 To-. He owes almost ever nation
In Europa. and has for yesrs When they
ask for pay he gives them promise
which be never intends to ,fulnL Thsy
have threatened him, but all 10 no pur-
pose, hecsuseihe knows their threats ars
empty sines no European nation dArss
attack him alone for fear OF piunging the
consinsat into a. gsnsrel war. and they
,annot agree upon any concert OF acii -.
We shall threaten lin with the same re-
suit unless We are able 30 convince hin
that We can carry out our threat, Which
we cannot do except by sttaoting hin.
Perhaps sometime it will be made clear
why Admiral Dewey, after resisting the
importunities OF multitudes al time
when the strongest man might easily
tave Loss his head, II moment OF
calm and delibsration announced his
purpose to bscoms o candidate for the
prt s,dency. Up to the present. however.
70 light has been thrown upon H..
IL still remains q mystery-a great
er mystsry, even, than ct hrtt. for then
there were some plausible explanations
ON band, every one Of which has aimee
Teen shown to be untenable. The cem-
mon idea Was that Mrs. Dewey did 10.
but not only has Mrs. Dewey 5snisd that
she did IL, but she has gone further and
claimed that she tried to dissuads the
admiral. Another explanation was that he
had placed himself In the hands OF the
gold Democrats, and that they had really
brought him out. Bat not the slightest
proof has ever appeared that any gold
Democrat was In the secret or knew that
the annoucemsnt was coming until IL
came. For all that has been disclosed II
IVES all Dswey's own WORE, without oon-
suitution with any body. Even his brother
in-,aw, the astute John X. Mclean, seems
to have known no more about ~ than the
general public. One can hardly attri-
butte IL to s1dden impulse. for the Ad-
mirsl 10 not an impulsive man. Had he
been that he would have yielded
when the shouting and the tumult was
at Its height and not long after 10 had
died. All the signs indicate that his an
nouncement was the outcome CT some
process OF reasoning which went on In
the Admiral's mind, and led him to be-
ave that the people wanted him for
resident and would hail his announce
ment with enthusiasm ard delight. But
how mind az clear and logical as his
career at Manila showed his to be. could
ha We tolerated a process leading to such
conclusions. remains to be explained.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

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The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

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., 1900-05-09

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promptly are requested TO notify the ONCE Of
the DAILY PRESS. No. ~ Exchange street.
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The Portland daily press., 1900-05-09

The DAILY PRESS Is delivered at these rates
every morning TO subscribers IN All parts OF
Portland. and In westbrook and South Fort
land.
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BY the year, 81 IN advance. or ti.2b at the
end Of the year.
For six months. so cents; for three months.
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overnervous people there might be a better pre-
scription, but it seems the nature of these folk
to live at high pressure.
The mature cure" is much needed but
body would take it it offered. They love
the good fellowship of the cafe, the noise and
crowds of the city. They city people, al
though like many of their kind, they may
think they pine for the peace of the country.
1t is a notable fact that there are few among
them who do not hold Russia in fond remem-
brance. The Government they hated of course;
many of them left fortunes behind to fill the
pockets of officials, and many of them know
what is the comedy which the courts call
trial by law. But for the country, for the peo-
pie in general, they have a love and home
sickness.
Amy one who knows the East Side we'll will
easily recognize a fair proportion of the men
in any of the well known cafes any even
ing after II o'clock. At that time the intel
lectual East Side sets forth to enjoy itself. The
humdrum worker is asleep. but these men can
not exist without companionship, and this is
the time to find it. When the theatres are
closed and the meetings ended the cafes begin
to fill If there has been a great Socialistic
gathering the talk is of that. If the brilliant
playwright who gives the Jewish stage plays
considerably stronger than those produced in
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English has just brought out a new work that
is the general theme.

English has just brought out a new work that
is the general theme.
TRUE HOST
Among the tables moves the proprietor He
is not who stands behind a counter or
who holds himself aloof from his guests He
is a true host, and in more than cafe he is
the chief attraction. The propretors of these
cafes social powers in the neighborhood
They are clever, well informed men who can
talk well any subject with their guests
Most of the clever men the East Side patron
ize some one cafe in particular, and the choice
is frequently decided according to their per-
sonal liking for the proprietor. He must needs
be bright man. for his visitors are men of
education and ability. Here one sees the editor
of some SOcialistic paper, there is a musician of
more than local reputation. Another man is a
physician of high repute on the East Side, and
one of its best educated men. Yet another-and
with what respect is he regardedi-is the same
playwright who thrills the East Side with
productions worthy of any stage in the city
Another is the actor who makes the East Side
laugh, and with him may be the actress who
makes it cry.
Everybody is clever looking; everybody
knows everybody else; all is sociability and
bright talk The earnest groups who are talk
ing politics retire to the corners if there is not
a special meeting in some room in the rear
Any one who wishes is at liberty to join in
the talk. 1t is Bohemia; a Socialistic as well as
literary freemasOnry prevails. Introductions
are not necessary beyond that of a smile and
an appropriate remark All are welcome young
and old, Jew and Gentle, although the latter
are in a hopeless minority.
To those who know it this life is fascinating
in the extreme. 1t is phase which few know,
for few not born in it lay aside precon-
ceived notions far to permit themselves
to recognize in the habitues of these places
their intellectual equals or superiors. If stu
dents and socologists and workers in the po-
litical field would turn their attention to these
happy hunting grounds of radical thinkers they
would find out how limited is their knowledge
of conditions in this great city.
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IN THE EAST SIDE CAFES.
PICTURE OF RUSSIAN LIFE AT HIGH
PRESSURE
GATHERING PLACES OF THE INTELLECT OF THF
GREAT EAST SIDE RADICAL THINK
ERs, MOST OF THEM

AT this season the subject of politics claims
The chief attention of every one but one kind
Of politics which is certainly as interesting If
not as important as many is invariably over
looked Newspapers keep US informed of the
dOings Of the great parties; writers Of fiction
have made so-called saloon politics. an open
book; the spelbinder receives attention; the
wizard of the stump is exploited and so on
But few people know of the sort Of thing which
goes in the Russian quarter of the city.
But there must be some clubs for the gre
gariOus instinct is strong there as everywhere,
and the need is well supplied by the Russian
cafes These people want no saloons When
they drink liquor they drink at home in a
properly Wen bred fashion. But their tea they
take in public and over il discuss the questions
Of the day for hours at time In these cafes
there is much political work done, much ear
nest and clever talk the problems Of gov
eminent They are in sense intellectual CEN
tres.
Not every Russian cafe reaches this level
There are many which exist for the purpose Of
dispensing food, and for that alone Four or
five however, make this only a part of their
business. At most hours of the day and night,
until 3 O'Clock in the morning, these places are
filled with men who have come there to sip
Russian tea out of tumbers, meet their friends.
and discuss everything under heaven. They are
the intellectual aristocracy of the East Side, al
though aristocracy is a word tabooed among
them, for they almost all Socialists, or
dreamy and peaceable Anarchists The Social
istic feeling is widespread the East Side, and
In these cafes most of it is fostered-
NEARLY ALL OF RADICAL OPINIONS.
The literary men, the newspaper writer's. the
actors, the professional men form the clientele
Of the cafes. Not all of them interested in
the Socialistic movement. but nearly all are of
radical opinions The air of the East Side is
unfavora bic to conservation. Too much is
membered of the old Russian home across the
water, and while nobody would apply here the
rules that hold good in the Cars dominion, the
habit Of being "ag'in' the government" once
formed, is not easily broken.
One of the cafes on the East Side is the of
fetal meeting place for the Socialists of the dis
tricts- Another. higher up, serves as Tam
many stronghold, but the latter is not typically
East Side like the other. The other cafes are
Russian pure and simple AS steps into
them, he has taken journey into another
world At the little bare tables there are groups
Of men, with here and there woman, all of
earnestness on faces which testify only too
plainly to the life of unnatural confinement led
by most of them.
''She must have just come over" remarked
an habitue of the cafes the other evening Of a
girl sitting near; 'she looks fat and healthy"
The characteristic face is pale, sharp featured
intensely eager and earnest-the face Of one
who thinks too much and breathes the air Of
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1T WOULDN'T WORK.
From Harper's Bazaar.

From Harper's Bazaar
Catterson-Look here, old man! Let me ten
you how manage my wife. l always give her
money when she doesn't want it, and when she
does l refer to the time when L offered it to
her.
Hatterson-Thats a fine scheme, but 1t
wouldn't work in my
why not?''
well, I've never yet seen the time when my
wife didn't want money"
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THE ONLY THING.

From Harpcr's Bazaar
He-Nothng could ever come between US
could it, dear?
She-I can't think of a single thing, unless 1
should happen to become engaged to some other
man
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heaven too little. They drink their tea slowly.
biting off bits Of the sugar. in true Russian
style instead of dropping it into the glass. 1t
is not the most healthful occupation in the
world. after a long days work, to sit and sip
tea until long after midnight; but it makes an
interesting sight for spectators. These people
do not give their overwrOught brains much
time to rest. Life is a struggle for a livelihood
part of the time. and a feversh search after
knowledge for another part. Not all poor,
of course; there many prosperous looking
men and women among the groups in these
places, but the pale faced overworked type is
that which prevails.
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AN AIR OF CHEERFULNEss.

There is a general air of cheerfulness, how
ever. The East Side loves a joke and many go
the rounds. There is always fun of some sort
in the Russian cafes, together with the earnest
discussion which characteriZes the places
Games of sort another frequently
played. group Of men will gather in a cor
ner and crowd together in such earnest
ference that timid visitor might suppose that
they were plotting the destruction of society
while in reality they only watching a game
Of chess and discussing the good or bad points
of the play. Being Russians, they are all chess
players, and thus intellectual strain marks
even their recreation. One might think that for
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