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The Portland daily press., 1900-02-17

mother and wifs sit by the side Of ths
man who 10 being tried for bis life. and
they must be silent. The finger Of scorn
L. pointed at the wife and the father Of
her husband and her own father In affec-
ton, must be silent. I, the protector OF
that fathsrless and mothsrless girl, who
my wife and / saw married to my son,
- this wife OF bis bosom, and the WON :
an Of his choice, must be silent. mutt
hear the presence Of my wife and my
daughter at that supreme moment char
acssrizsd in q finai Argument to which
the law allows NO answer, a. . shame, .
shame, with every emphasis Of voice and
gesture and yet must be silent.
"Can IL be wondered that / appeal to
the fathers, the mothers, the wives and
the HUSBANDS Of all the homes and fire.
sides Of the land for the sssistancs Of
their prayers aud their consideration for
the mental and physical suffering Of my
househoidf
81 have failed In this communication
II have not made 1t plain to all the
noble hearted men and women living
under our dag. my most warm and hear
ty thanks for their expressions Of sympa.
thy and their t,ndsr OF ssivice. The
kindness has inexprsssably touched me.
"Let me add one statement on oonolu-
sion. The prosecuting Of officer has stat
cd In public interview that was CON-
scious Of the guilt OF my son. The asssr-
tion is made unequivocally and must be
answered In like manner. 1t 10 absolute.
" false, and must have been known 10
MIN to be false when he made IL. can
conceive OF no reason which could have
nctuAted such fAlsehood except the oon-
soiousnsss that his own position needed
apology sad defense, .
nocent. know it,and ask for no sym
pathy from him. Ny. only request 10 that
l may have the heartfelt support OF all
those who believe in noble American
WON anhood AZ exempiified In those who
bear the fam lily name Of
(Sirned) edward Leslie Molineux."
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-17
WILLARD MEMORIAL MEETING.

Sunday evening, Feb. 18th, there will
be held at Stroudwater hall nesting
commemorative of the life and world
wide work of Frances 4. Willard. Thess
common orative meetings are being held
by the ten thousand local W. U. T.
Unions In the United states, at which
time thank offering Is to be taken for
the Memorial Fund to be used for the
extension and perpetuatioD of the work
to which Miss Willard gave her life.
At the Stroudwater meeting Miss Anna
A. Gordon, e-President.at.I.arge OF
the National W. q. L. u. will be:the
principal speaker. Miss Gordon is well
known as a speaker and writer, and for
twenty years was Miss Wizards constant
companion and friend.
The public are cordially invited. The
meeting viii begin at 1880 O'Clock.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-17
FROM GEN. MOIINEUX.
Pathetic statement TO Public Threngh
Newspapers.

Pathetic statement TO Public Through
Newspapers.
New York, February 16-Gensral Ed
ward Leslie Molineux, the father of Ro-
land II. Molineux, convicted OF che muir
der Of Mrs. Katherine j. Adams. and
today sentenced to death, has issued the
following statement from his home In
Brooklyn to the newspapers Of the ooun'
try:
"Ths expressions OF regard aud Of sym'
patby received by me concerning the per-
secution of my son. from all sections OF
the country are 30 numerous that 1t has
been herstofo.e been physically impossi-
BILE for me to answer them all by personal
acknowledg cement as / should like to
have done and beg to request that you
allow me the courtesy Of the use Of your
columns to express my heartfelt thanks
for the kindness of my friends and more
than that for the spontaneous expires.
sion, on the part Of many with whom ]
have no personal acquaintance OF theii
belief In the Innocence OF my son and
their opinion that he has been unjuatiy
convicted.
$50 far a. the legal questions involved
In the case Ars concerned they are entire
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-17

He has always been ready to take mis-
punt shmeut like q man. Ii whipped he
has Acknowledged the fact and has te,n
ready to meet his foe face to face without
malice. Like his father he has not been
fAultless, bot he has also had much Of
the better and the kindlier nature of his
mother. He pervert, a degenerate and
vicious poisonerf 1t Is impossi BILE and
| absurd.
"Alhough no lawyer, have always te-
lisyed that the American tar is the pur
est in the world and / still believe 80 and
honor aud respect the bar rs such. With
this belief, 1t has been impossible for
me 10 understand how q member OF that
bar, in addition q sworn public prosecu-
tor. a man educated In an American col
lsge and associating with American men,
could assault. by vile insinuations, a
woman, the welded wife Of the defen-
dant. a
Moreover, where should the mother
and the wife of my son have been when
he was on trial for his lifes DOES not
every voice say that they should have
been at his 81 de, and does not every heart
endorse the sentiment? And yet We are
told ty that authority presiding over
that trial that the presencs Of my wife
and my daughter was "a matter Of taste
concerning which men might differ II
Is q matter concerning which can CON-
ceivs no difference In opiuion and be-
llieve that In this view am correct.
"Taink OF the situation. A father. Q
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-17
In DEATH HOUSE.
Moiineu1 Ina Condemned Cell at Sing
Sing.

MoIineu1 Ina Condemned Cell at Sing
Sing.
. Sing Sing, N. Y, February l6.-Ro-
land b. Molinsux 10 now in condemned
cell In the death house at Sing Sing prir-
ON. He arrived here on the express train
from New York due at 500. There was
q curious crowd about the station. Mol
ineux appeared DOL and did not seem to
notice the crowd. On the wsy up from
the city, Molineux occupied seat In the
smoking car. and during most of the
trip smoked cigar and seemed to be
interested in an afternoon paper. He
occasionally glanced out Of ths car win :
dow and seemed In deep thought. During
the trip he conversed for short tune
with his father and Lawyer Battle. When
the brakeman called out Next stor
Sing Sing" Aolineux started up and his
facs assumed more determined express
sion than ever.
4 There was no delay In taking Aolin.
eux to the death house. he did not even
stop In the chief clerks Office to give his
pedioree, but was hurried down the stone
stems and at the big iron doors he took
leave of his father, his brother and Law
yer Battle. He maintained bis wonder.
ful nerve and shook hands wit h each ana
In parting with his father he said
"6ood bye. Govern OF"
General Molineux bore up brayely, but
showed that he was passing through Q
fearful ordeal.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-17
YOUNG wOMEN'S CHRISTIAN AS
ISOLATION.

Mrs. Griffith. wife OF the new assistant
pastor at Chestnut street NJ. b. church,
will lead the Sunday service at the Young
women's Christian Association. The
service begins at half past four. All
women are invited.
On Monday evening, at the regular
weekly social, tina members and friends
Of the Association are invited to ths
rooms TOT celebrate washington'ss Birth
day. All are requested to wear old-fssh'
Toned or colonial gowns in honor Of ths
occasion.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-21
USELESS CONTENTION.

The Circuit court in refusing to enter
tain a proceeding to test either the
legality of holding an election for dele
gate to Congress at this time, or the
legality of WilcoX's election if the cleo
ton itself was legal, has put itself in
line with common sense, with the law
relating to contested congressional cleo
lions, and with the views Of probably
an overwhelming proportion of the peo-
pie of the Territory.
1t is certainly the hope and under
standing of the people that Congress in
tended that we should be represented
by delegate. The election of congress-
men is a federal matter regulated by
federal law though conducted by means
OF state and territorial machinery. Gov
ernor Dole included the election of a
delegate to the seth Congress ana a
delegate to the 57th Congress, in his
election proclamation, and very proper
ly. Not to have done so would have
been inexcusable, and would have been
to bring universal censure upon him
self. The people of the territory, with
scarcely an exception, conceded with
the governor as to the propriety of this
action. They nominated their candida
ties, and each party sought to elect it's
candidate There was a warm and ac-
tive ampaign. The voters were appeal
ed to. On election day they registered
their choice. Wilcox was elected by a
small plurality but by a plurality
nevertheless. Unless frauds can be
shown to change the result, Wilcox is
the delegate elect to Congress, however
much it may be regretted that he is.
If there was authority Of.law for call
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-21
GALLO VS.. ANGLICAN.

In another column is published a
communication from the master of the
French bark Bossuet regarding an ar
ticle which appeared in yesterdays
Star. OF the merits of the issues he
seeks to raise, is not intended to speak
here. A comparison of the statements
in yesterdays article and of Captain
Lordonne's communication today, to-
gether with the general information
this community has concerning mari
time matters, will prove sufficient JUS
tification for The Stars publication.
But Captain Lordonne's letter does
suggest an interesting comparison. He
seems to feel principally outraged, be-
cause the writer of the article did not
sign it. In a Frenchman this is not
surprising. Between Gallo and Anglo
Saxon and particularly American
journalism there is a wide gulf fixed.
The one is personal, the other imper-
sonal journalism. The prime purpose
of the one is to exploit opinions, of
the other to publish news, the facts
and occurrences of the moment leaV-
ing the reader to form his own opin-
ions In France the capable writer
becomes known, and through him the
journal for which he writes In Great
er Britain and America the newspaper
becomes known and influential, and
sometimes through it the capable writ
er who writes for it, In France it is
M. So and so who says this or that.
In England it is the Times or Chronicle
that says it, and in America the Sun
or Herald.
Not approaching this difference Cap
tain LOrdOinee cannot see why the ar
ticle should not have been signed by the
writer, and apparently thinks it is evil
dence of sinister purpose, and is an ad-
ditional cause for feeling, that it is not
signed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-21

ing the election. II there was not au-
thority OF law for calling the election,
It Is solely because Of nice and narrow
distinctions OF statutory construction.
The clear intention Of congress was to
give us a delegate II It failed to con-
vey the necessary authority for elect
ing one 1t did 1t inadvertently and by
such a narrow margin that no execu-
tive officer would have been Justified in
assuming that it had failed
Congress is made by the constintu-
ton the sole Judge of the election, quail
ification and returns of it's own menu
bers. If Wilcox was chosen at an cleo
ton not authorized by law, congress
can say so If the question is raised
in congress it is likely to be decided on
it's merits. The house is so strongly
Republican, that no question of party
politics is likely to come up, or would
be if the delegate had a vote The
Democrats will have no interest in
seating or unseating him, except upon
fair consideration of law
We can safely and confidently leave
the whole matter to congress. We
would have to anyway To fret at re-
suits and attempt to create trouble and
friction with no foundation that prom
Uses success, is to make fools Of our
selves in the opinion of the mainland
public, and to raise the question whe-
Their we are a people capable of repre-
sentative government since we
cannot abide the results at the polls
If the question of the legality Of the
election is an open one, the place 20
test it is in congress.
Meanwhile the best thing is to set
about campaign of eduoati IN that will
insure the election of a man at the next
election who will be more fully APP
proved than Wilvox is, by the people
who regret Wilcoxs election.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-21
UNUSUAL.

The action of H. p, Baldwin in volun-
tarily surrendering large proportion
Of his holdings of paid up stock in XII
hei Plantation because conditions aris-
ing subsequent to his sale of the land
to the plantation, have, in his opinion,
made the price of the land higher than
it would be now, may not be without
precedent, but it is certainly very un-
usual. 1t is entirely creditable to Mr..
Baldwin. 1t is a display of most
commendable spirit of considerable
dealing. There is no suggestion that
there was any legal obligation resting
on him to make this offer. 1t cannot
even be said that it is indisputable
that there was any moral obligation.
At the time the land was sold there
was no question raised by the pur-
chasers of assessable stock that the
price of the land was too high. If in
view of present or probable future con-
ditions it now seems too high, it is be-
cause of conditions and events which
have arisen since, of which in all COM
mercial dealings, the buyer takes
chances, and is presumed to take into
consideration. The seller too, takes
his chances and must take into con-
sideration probable or possible future
conditions. For as conditions subse-
quent make the selling price, in view of
them, too high, so sometimes they make
it too low.
This action of Mr.. Baldwin, while I'M
Is,la1 and nerhans unprecedented is in
line with almost the whole history of
corporate dealings and management in
these Islands, which have been I'M
usually free from wildcat corporation
schemes. Hawaii has always had a
deservedly high reputation in the mat
ter of commercial credit and reputa-
ton for honorable dealing. And this
action of Mr.. Baldwin will go to sus-
tain that reputation.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-21
STATISTICS OF CITIES.

An examination of the statistics of
cities having $4,000 or more inha hitants
in 1900 discloses shIne points Of inter-
est. 1t is shown, for example, that
while there has been no change in re.
lative rank since 1890 among the first
six cities in point of population, there
have been changes as compared with
the year 1880 Chicago has, in two
decades. gone up from third to second
rank, changing places with Philadel-
phia, and st. Louis has gone from fifth
to fourth rank, exchanging with Bos-
ton. Cleveland has made steady pro-
gress, going from eleventh place in
1880 to ninth place in 1890 and seventh
place in 1900. Buffalo has gained in
like manner, rising from thirteenth
place in 1880 to tenth place in 1890 and
eighth place in 1900. San Francisco
has occupied a different relative posi-
ton at each of the three censuses men
toned, rising from eighth place in 1880
to seventh in 1890 and falling to ninth
in 1900, while Cincinnati shifted from
seventh place in 1880 to eighth place
III lo5U ana Ienln place IN l9OU. Plus
burg, which was twelfth in 1880 and
1890, managed to get into eleventh place
in 1900, while New Orleans dropped
from ninth place in 1880 to eleventh
place in 1890 and twelfth place in 1900.
Detroit has gone up from seventeenth
place in 1880 to fourteenth place in
1890 and thirteenth place in 1900, and
Milwaukee has made a similar adj
vance from eighteenth place in 1880 to
fifteenth place in 1890 and fourteenth
place in 1900. Washington, on the
other hand, has fallen from tenth
place in 1880 to thirteenth place in 1890
and fifteenth place in 1900. OF the
other cities having a population Of
100000 or over, Newark dropped from
fourteenth to sixteenth place in the
course of two decades, Jersey City
from sixteenth to seventeenth place
and Louisville from fifteenth to eigh-
teenth place, while Minneapolis ad-
vanced from thirty-seventh to nine
teenth position.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-21
RATS.

The report of the marine hospital SER
vice that three undoubted cases Of
plague have been discovered lately in
San Francisco, should put this COM
munity on guard, if after our expert
ence of a year ago, we ought not to
be eternally on guard. One of the most
significant things connected with this
report is the reference to rats as fire.
uuent likely, and feCund means of the
spread of contagiOn. Much as the sub
ject of rat killing has been urged in
these columns and others, little effort
and that of a spasmodic and Intellectual
character has been made to eXtermi-
nate or materially reduce our crop of
rats. The Board of Health has been
strangely supine in this matter. A few
hundred or a few thousand dollars
spent now in killing rats may save
hundreds of thousands later, if the
plague ever gets among us again. If
the plague does come, and there is any
reasonable proof that the contagion was
brought here directly or indirectly
through the agency of rats, what will
the members of the Board of Health
have to say in justification of their
failure to make any effort to destroy
rats? If such a state of things comes
about, woe to the members of the
Board of Health who has to face an
outraged and indignant community and
justify his neglect in this respect 1t
We're better for him that a milestone
We're hanged about his neck and he
cast into the midst of the sea.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-21

Secretary of war Root is said to be
a recommendation to Con-
proclamation?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-21

Hasn't Governor Dole overlooked an
opportunity in falling to issue a
Thanksgiving proclamation.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-21

How the rain pours, and how
the grass grows, and how useful
a good Lawn Mower is nowl
Our splendid new model Lawn
Mower has been sold in this
market by us for the past FIVE
years, and we have yet to hear
, of the first complaint. Easy to
run, easy to sharpen, durable,
} and reasonable in price.
We have all sizes, from the lit
tie croquet mower to the large
golf machine.
We will have something inter-
esting for you concerning rubber
garden hose later on, when the
} rain lets up: 70 the present we
advise you to use diligently
other garden implements.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
SESSIONS OPEN
THIS MORNING
Many Dentists Will Gather at the
University College.
ADDRESS BY DR.. HODGES
an Interesting Programme Has Been
Arranged and Addresses Will
be Made by Prominent
Denti IS.

The fourth tri-union meeting of the Vir-
gini State Dental Association. the District
or Columbia Dental Society and the Mary
land State Dental Association will be held
at the dental department of the University
college of Medicine toStlay, Tomorrow and
Saturday. An interesting and instructive
programme has been arranged, and there
will be many valuable papers read and in
teresting clinics given by leading members
of the profession.
Efforts have been made to make this the
best meeting yet held, and the committees
have been kept busily engaged arranging
10 entertain the distinguished visitors.
Among those who will address the
meeting during the three-days' session
are: DR.. B. Holly Smith, of Baltimore
College of Dental Surgery, the Oldest in
stitution of its kind in the world; DIR. C.
d. Grieves, of the University College of
Maryland; and many others.
The address of welcome, which will be
delivered by DR.. J. Allison Hodges, will
be responded to by the Presidents of the
different State Societies. The meeting
will be opened with prayer by Rev. Isaac
NJ. Mercer, pastor of West View Baptist
Church.
This convention first met three years
ago at Old Point, the next year in Bal
timore. AT the session in Washington,
"iAeie IL was Helu last year, tnc ITcSl-
dent of the Virginia State Dental Assoc
citation. in responding to the address of
welcome. stated that in regular rotation
the next convention should be held in
Virginia. He was taken at his sugges-
ton, and a few months later DR.. d. n.
Rust chairman OF the Executive Com
mittee, announced the next convention
for Richmond. The object of the Asso-
citation is to promote the interest of the
profession, from a practical point espe-
cially, and to that end special attention is
paid to clinics and to the exhibitions of
various Dental Manufacturing ComEa-
MES.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
RICHMOND WINS EASILY.
Mechanics Will Meet in This Cit,


The twentieth annual convention of the
Junior United Order of American Me
chanics Funeral Association will be he'd
in this city next year The association
met in Washington this year and finished
its work Tuesday afternoon.
selection of place for The next annual con-
vent:on Atlantic City and Jersey City,
n. j., Saratoga Springs and Brooklyn.
n. Y, and Richmond, Va, were nomi-
mated. Richmond was an easy winner
over all competitors. being selected on
the first ballot, with about dozen votes
ITO spare.
In Virginia, during the past two or three
years, wonderful progress has been made
or the 10000 members of the Jr.5 u. o. A.
NJ. in this State. 1854 are members of the
Funeral Benefit branch.
The delegates from this city are much
elated over their victory in capturing the
next place of meeting, and thus helping
the growth of Richmond as a convention
city.
Among those who attended from this
city were f. T. Keeton, Past State Ceun-
cillor: A. L. Bradley National Represen-
tative: r. L. Smith State Representatives:
Joseph Toomey. State Councillor of the
Daughters of Liberty; j. c.. Weckert,
State Representative. State Councillor
Floyd A. Hudsins, of Newport News and
State Vice-Councillor Robert E. Criddle.
of Swansboro. were also present.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
Tax on Exports to Hawaii.

The following notice has been received
at the Internal Revenue Office in this city:
To Collectors of Internal Revenue:
From and after June 4. 1900, the follow
ing articles manufactured or produced in
the United States, cannot be exported to
the territory OF Hawaii in bond. without
the payment of tax, nor with the benefit
Of drawbacks as heretofore, viz: Distilled
Spirits, Stills and Worms, Tobacco.
Snuffs, Cigars, Cigarettes. Fermented
liquors, Playing-Cards, Oleomarsarine
Mixed Flour, Proprietary Articles. Medi-
cines, Bottled Wine and all other products
named in schedule B. of the War-Revenue
Act of June Is. 1895.
Respectfully,
G. w WILSON,
Commissioner.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
MISTAKE IN PRINT.
Col. Mann Sends Out Official Notice.
Other Items.

Col. Mann Sends Out Official Notice.
Other Items.
Colonel William Henry Mann, Clerk of
the House of Delegates and Keeper of
the Rolls, has sent out the following
official notice:
II desire to inform you that Chapter
1903 of the advance sheets Of the Acts
of the General Assembly, entitled An
act to amend section 1862 of the Code of
Virginia, so as to provide that house
holder may waive the exemption made
in his favor by said section. which
appears on page 1119, was enormously
printed therein. The bill failed to
become a law, not having received the
Governors signature. It will not be
published in the volume of the Acts of
the General Assembly"
Hon George w. Settle was the patron
of this act
The State Board of Medical Examiners
will meet i'm Lynchburg on the 18th
instant to examine applicants for license
to practice medicine in this State. Many
Of the graduates of the medical colleges
of this city will remain here several
days. and then go on to Lynchburg to
try the board.
Governor ]. Hoge Tyler and his staff
have accepted the invitation of Colonel
G. Percy Hawes, chairman of the Milf
tary Committee of the Richmond Carnival,
to participate IN the military parade.
The escort will be the cadets from the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
The local members Of the Governors
staff will ride with him in carriages at
the Oakwood Mem orial exercises to-day.
!; Many of the visitors to the city were at
the Capitol and Library yesterday.