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The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20
SPECIAL NOTICES.


The committee on Legal Affairs viii give
public hearings IN is room at the state House
IN Thursday. Feb. q, 1901. at 2 D. m,
tf4-.1n an act To amend section 20 OF chapter
% Of the Revised Statutes, IN relation TO Miiis
Iii iis@on ans an act 10 amend section Of chapter
"a Of the Revised Statutes as amended by chap
ter s20 OF the Public Laws OF 1891. relating to
iisoon an act to secure preservation of testl-
mOuy in murder trials.
fis-On an act TO amend chaper 80, section 4
Of the Public Laws Of 1899, relating 10 tho re-
10 on an act to amend chapter iOg OF the Re
vtsed Statutes as amended by chapter 50 OF the
Public Laws Of 1seo. relating to the settlement
12i-on an act to incorporate the town oi
Crystal
1361On an act 10 amend section 20 OF cnapter
a., Public Laws of 1899. relating to the duties
and powers OF game wardens ..,. :,
t3T-On an act for the better preservation OF
if5 On an act relating to fees and taxable
costs allowed TO prevailing parties.
Tuesday Feb. 26. 1901. at y. M.
15s-On an act TO amend section 2, chapter
3i5, Public Laws of 1891, relative to dead ha
man,b odes.
is0-on an act entitled an act to amend
chapter o. Revised Statutes, as amended By
chapter 277 Public Laws fS09 and by chapter
25s Public Laws Of 1897.
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 1901. at Up, m.
too-on an act amendatory to section 70 q
chapter 2i2 OF the special laws OF 1905 entitled
an " An act TO Incorporate the City OF soutf
Portland"
ii0--0n resolve In favor OF q. c. Ryan.
1i1--On an act TO supply the people of Souu
Gardiner with pure water,
1i2-On an act additional 10 chapter 90, Re
yiSed Statutes. relating to telegraphs.
l23-on an act to amend ehapter W. puDh'
laws 1898 relating TO burying grounds.
12s-On an act to provide for voting by ma
Wednesday Feb q, 1901, at2p.m.
fi9-On an act defining the qualifications o
Judges of Municipal and Police Courts
Wednesday February 81, 1901. at ?. m.
f55-On an act 10 further amend Secuon Q
| Chapter "A of the Revised Statutes, relating !
dependent soldiers and sailors ana thsi
/ families.
Thursday. February g, 1901, at ?. m;
f5e-0n an act TO amend Section lso oI VI Sh1f X
/ ter - of the Revised Statutes as alnehueu ~
/ Chapter ia of the Public Laws OF 1888 ehtlue'
| AN act relating TO exceptions ana s'e"o
/ grapheTs."
/ i45-On an act to amend section IL OF chapter
/ i34 OF the revised statutes, relating 10 eTilhiha
proceedings In court ,,,
| i40-On an act 20 amend clause G OF sector
So of chapter sc OF the revised stAtntes, reaiihl
/ to trustee process.
| Wednesday, Feb. 81, 1901, at p m
| I50-On an order requiring q deposit fof
parties seeking private legslatioh-
Wednesday, Feb. -. 1904. az 2 p m.
6i-On an act to authorize the laying oQi OF
| way across the tide waters OF the flseataqu'
febsdti BEECHER PUTNAM. Secretary
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20
Co,nnillee on Interior Winters.

The committee on Interior Waters viii give
public hearing in its room at the STATE House
Thursday. Feb. 81, isli Resolve in aid Of
navigation ON MoOsehead Lake;
Thursday, Feb. q, 1891 An act to amend
chapter i39 OF the private laws oi bsT Ise9 e.ae ~
amended by section of chapter 20 OF private
laws OF 1899.
ate the Union River Water Storage Company.
Thursday Feb. 2i, 1901. An act TO amend
chapter 2l3 Of the public laws Of 1888 authorlz-
inc Simeon G. Davis. his associates and assigns
10 construct and maintain a wharf and boat
house in Lake Maranocook in the town oil VIM
throp. .,.
porate the Long Pond Improvement Company.
| Thursday, Feb. 2Sth, 1901. An act TO author
ile Manley Morrison TO erect and MAINTAIN
booms and piers in the Sebasteook River.
Thursday Feb. 2Sth, 1901. Petition OF Passa-
dumkeag Boom Co. to amend charter.
Reassigned.
The hearing on an act to create lien tof
driv ing logs and lumber under contract with
| the owner or any other persons, heretofore all
yertised to occur Wednesday, feD. 18TH, l9Ol Is
postponed till Thursday Feb. 21st, 1901; I,
| The hearing on an act 10 extend the charter Oi
| the Maine Electric Water Power Co., IS reas-
signed TO Thursday. Feb. Il. 1901.
Tie hearing on an act entitled "an aet "
regulate the erecting OF boOms in certain part
| ot the SacO river in the county OF YORK ana the
state of Name heretofore advertised 10 occui
Wednesday. Feb. 18th, 1901. viii occur thurs
day. Feb 21st, 1901. ,,,.
The hearing on an act to authorize ManleS
Morrison TO erect and maintain booms ana
piers in the SebastlcOOk River heretofore adYer
Used to occur Feb 2Sth, 1901 will occur FEB n
| 1901. NJ,
The hearing on an act 10 incorporate the Pis
| toi stream Dam Co, viii occur Thursday Feb
| 2s. 1871. -
| Thursday. Feb. 2sth, 1891. On an act to ex
| tend an act entitled "an act TO incorporate tne
| Enchanted Stream Dam and improvement
| Company"
| Thursday. Feb. 21st. 1901. An act to ineor
porate the Sandy Stream Dam & Improvement
| Company.
Thursday. Feb. 2tst 1901 An act TO amend
| chapter 419 OF private and special laws a
| amended by chapter 1856 of private and speeia
| laws of 1899 reiaiing 10 Penobseot East Brancl
| Driving Association.
| Thursday. Feb 21St 1901. An act for tn
| building OF a dam and maintaining piers in tn
Madawaska River in Stockholm Plantation
| AroostO0k County.
| Thursday Feb 2lst 1901. An act to incoT
porate the Tunk Pond Water Power Company.
febiIdtd S. L. PEABODY. Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20

Secretary Cages order imposing
oountevailing duty upon Russian beet
sugar has been followed by retsliatory
action on the part of the Russian govern
ment by imposing discriminating duty
upon exports from this country destined
for Russia. As our exports to Russia
amount to $40, 900, 900 or S12, 900. 900 an
nually, while the amount of sugar I'M
ported from Russia into this country an
nualiy is only about $25, 900 worth, 1t is
easy to see that we are hit good deal
harder In this business than Russia. Our
exports to Russia are largely manufao-
tures, and the manufacturers who are
fearful OF losing this trade are naturally
a good deal wrought up by the Secre-
tary's action. But the Secretary appears
TO have done only his duty. The Ding
ley tariff law makes 1t mandatory when
foreign country pays an export bounty
on any article for the Secretary OF the
Treasury to impose upon all imnorts OF
that article into this country counter
vailing duty equal TO the net amount oi
the bounty. Thts Secretary Gage hal
done, and this Is all he has done. The
danger of retaliation the Secretary could
not take account of, inasmuch as moth
ing was left to his discretion.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20
on Military Affair.

An act liking the amount Of allowance fol
clerk hire in the office of the Adjutant Gen
will have a hearing Feb. IS. Room Il.
Resolve in favor OF Charles H. Burbank con
tinued to Feb. 13.
Resolve in favor OF Francis +. johnson, that
the sum of two hundred dollars be paid, bounty
lie Laws. Feb 13.
Petition of n. b. Walker and others contin-
ued one week.
Resolve relative to retiring military ofncers
will have its hearing Feb -.
Resolve of the cities of ROcklaud, Portland
and Gardiner carried over 10 Feb. 20.
Resolve in favor Of the Bath Orphan Asylum
Military and Naval there be appropriated eight
thousand and five hundred dollars for the yeal
1901 with statement OF facts. Feb, Is.
febsdtd j. II. SWEET, Sec.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20

shar,ffs know. Another source oi large
revenue has been the boarding OF the
prisoners The sheriff has been allowed
80 much a wseK for each prisoner, and
the differences between this sum and the
actual cost Of board be has been permitted
to pus into his own pocket When the
jail is full OF prisoners-aud for many
years back It has been fun most OF the
time-tais arrangement mas been q very
profitable one for the sherltfs Ihe
scandals connected with the enforce
mtnt department OF the office forced up
on public attention the need OF some re-
form. and there Is no question that the
demand for some change Is now well
nigh universal, the only exceptions being
those who occupy the office ana
thoss persons and their Gloss friends
who hope some day to occupy 1t.
Inc bill under consideration gives the
sheriff an annual salary Of s., 0JO in cash.
free rent Of the living apartment
at the Jail, fuel and Hight, and allows him
to retain the fees of the civil business
II relieves him from paying the employees
at the jail as he does now, and makes the'f
salaries a charge against the county
It also gives the county commissioners
| sole charge Of the boarding of the prison
ers Ii Is estimated that under this ar
rangement the sheriff will derive clear
income from the Office annually Of 5000,
which would seem TO be liberal compen.
sation #. 1t is $1,000 more than the pres
ent sherir thought to be sufficient dur
ing his campaign last summer. as he re-
peatedIy expressed the opinion that q, ,0oC
was compensation enough.
The bill also places the deputy sheritfs,
whose special duty it is 20 enforce tie
Iiquor laws. on = salary Of SS per day,
and provides that they shall turn over
all fees ooIleotable under existing
statutes to the county. This will give the
seizsrs over 5000 a year each, which Is
higher compensation than deputy
marshal OF the city of Portland, who has
to be on duty by night as well ns by
day, receives, and would seem to be
ampIs, There may he some apprehen.
sion that when the stimulus Offices II
removed the zeal of the sellers may
abats. Possibly. But the effect Of the
4 Ol ives IL e4AD ktAeN Aa1 A+NH~-
been to suppress the rumshops, but
rather to keep them going since the mor'
shops the more opportunities for seizures
and the more opportunities for seizures
the more fees An abatement Of zeal car
certainly work no more harm than it'
stimulation by means Of fees has done IL
the past, and in all probability not near
Iy as much.
The bill as whole VIII have, we have
no doubt, an overwhelming popular sen
timent behind 1t. or course it Is har'
ly to be expected that ths benstioiaris
of the present sy stem and those who mop
to profit from 1t in the future will ravo
its radical amendment, but 1t Is tt
business of the legislature to legislate II
the interest OF the many and not Of IN
| few. Ihs measure should promptly be
come law. The present system ha
been rolifo of wide spread demoraliza
ton, and II continued viii surely wrec
the party RESPONSIBLE fur 1t.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20

It is TO be hoped that the arrest Oh
Mrs Nation and the putti g her unasI
bonds to Keep the peaue. will bring her
operations to an end. she has done qui'e
enough 10 arouse public sentiment III
Kansas to ths enforcement OF law
Further proceedings on her part
are likely to lsad to encounters In
which serious crimes may bs committed
Possibly some good may come from the
operations II they stop now, hut II con
tinued there is great danger that muo1
harm will result. Her friends II sne
has any, ought to take her In charge ano
Iepress any further manifestations on hei
paIt.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20

II remains to be seen whether Count
WaIdersee's talk of a military expedition
is mere threat to bring the Chinese en-
press to terms or indicates a serious IN
teptIon to go on another foray, or "punl-
tive expedition" which is only another
name for the same thing. As threat II
may be all well enough If 1t works, but
If the Empress should happen to remain
obdurate military expedition might
have to be uud ertaken even IL not Intend
ed, lest the effect Of an unexecuted threat
might be to MAKE the Empress harder to
deal with than ever. Our governments Is
said to view with dismay the prospect oil
another expedition under Waldersee, fear
ing that it Will excite the Chinese In
other parts of the empire to riotous acts
that Will greatly complicate the situation
and add immensely to the difficulties OF
a peaceful settlement. OF courss
we shall keep out of the expedition bn'
that may not save us from suffering
from 1t.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20
Committee OH Ways and
BRIDGES.

The regular meetings of the committee on
WAYS and Bridges, win be held at the office OF
the State Pension Agent. at o. clock p m, on
Wednesday of each week until further notice.
The Committee on Ways and Bridges VIII
give public hearings at the room OF the state
Pension Agent at the State House in Augusta
as follows:
Wednesday, Feb. 20. at 2 p. m.
On a resolve in favor OF repairing the Malt a.
wamkeag bridge.
Wednesday. Feb. 20, 1901 at 2 p. m.
On petition of Chas. K. Ball and Others OF Inc
Forks, asking aid TO repair the highway trom
The Forks TO Parlin Pond in SOMERSET
county
Wednesday, Feb. 20, at p. m.
On resolve to repair the highway IN Upton,
Lincoln Plantation and Township in Oxford
county.
Wednesday, Feb. 20. at p. m.
on petition of M. IA. Nash and others OF
Harrington, la favor OF aid in rebuilding bridge
between the rowns of Harrington and Cherry-
field known as the Phlmmer bridge.
ian2odtd FRED. l.. PRATT.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20
Committee on Agriculture.

The Committee on Agriculture win give a
public hearing in its room at the State House in
Augusta.
Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 49, 1901 at O'Clock.
ON the order to inquire into the feasibility OF
having the State supply the farmers with tefti-
llzers at cost price.
Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 10, 1891, at O'Clock.
On an act relating TO the better protection OF
sheep ..,,,
Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 26, 1901, at O'Clock
on an order to make a complete investigation
into the management of the office OF the Board
of erieulture as conducted by the secretary.
febf4dtd HENRY ID. HAMMONDs Sec
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20
Com,nittec ON TaxatiOn.

The committee on taxation will give pubic
hearing in its room at the state house III
Thursday, Feb. 81, at 7p.m.
ON an act to repeal chapter sc OF the Publle
Laws of 1898, relative to the taAatioh OF vessel
An act additional TO chapter of the Revised
Statutes providing for tax ON dlfeet IN
Tuesday. Feb 26. 1901.
An act to amend section 60 OF the Revised
Statutes as amended by chapter Sc OF the Public
Laws OF 1895, relating to the taxation OF "iu
i'' ieb4atd H.P. GARDNER, see'y
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20

On the strength of the LssvenwoTth
negro burning an attempt was made 20
get a law passed by the Kansas legis'a-
ture, making hanging obligatory ior
murder in the first degree, but IL mas
failed In both branches. Perhaps haa
the Leayenworth mob contented itseii
with a decorous hanging Of the guilty
nsuro IT might have been an argument
for the revival of capital punishment, for
then it might have been said Win some
show OF reason, that the mob hanseu
the man because 1t thought the penalty
imposed by law was insufficient. bu'
when it burned him 1t showed that u
was acting on an impulse that couid
have sprung from no sober PURPOSE
and could represent nothing but
blind anu brutal fury.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20
REFORM THE sHERIFF,s OFFICE

REFORM THE sHERIFF's OFFICE.
The popular demand for retrenohment
and reform In the office OF sheriff of this
county, has found legal expression In
the bill published elsewhere. The bill
has already bssn referred to the judiciary
committee and a hearing will be given
uDon it tomorrow afternoon. This bill
ls practically union of the Allan bill
and bill drawn under the direction OF
Nr. Charles A. True for the county COM
missioners. The first four sections OF the
bill relate to the compensation Of the
sheriff, and the boarding of the prisoners
and other expenses of the jail The exact
compensation which the sheriff has been
receiving for some years past is not
known except to the men who have CO.
oupied the offioe, and they have not been
disposed to be communicative on the SUBJ
ject. 1t has been variously estimated at
from $40, 900 to $50, 900 per annum. and
some have placed 1t at even a higher fig
ure. That It has been large, much larger
than 1t should have been nobody doubts.
The scramble for the Office which has
been witnessed every four years, and the
large sums OF money spent TO get it, are
proof.enoughlthat IL is much too lucrative.
Much OF the revenue has been derived
from the alleged enforoement of the
liquor law. Or late years the sheriff has
been accustomed to pay the deputy
sheriffs engaged in this business yearly
salary, taking the fees collected himself.
This of course indicates that the aggre'
gats of the fees was larger than the ag
gregate salaries paid, though just how
much larger only the men who have been
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20
COMMITTEES on FOVVns. .

The Committee on Towns viii give q public
hearing IN its room at the state house II
Augusta. on
Wednesday February q, 1901,
al four o'clock IA the afternoon. ,,,,,,
On an act TO incorporate the toMh OF Naiiii
iebisdtd FRANK IL. HASKELL. Secretary
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20

Lord Salisbury has just celebrated his
seventy first birthday. de has hveo IN
thres feigns, and just missed living In
another by being born nine days too late.
ieorge ~. had just died when ne opened
mis- eyes ON the splendor OF Hatneid
House, He has seen seven prime minis
teFs, ana with one exception-Iiord Rose
bery--he Is the only man now living who
was premier under Queen Victoria.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20
Committee on Banks and Bank
Ing.

tUSs
The Committee on Banks and Banking VIII
hold public hearing in its room at the state
House in Augusta.
"Wednesday, Feb 20. 1891. at 3 p. m. An act
In relation TO the van Buren, Trust ana BANK
ing Company. ,
on Private Banking continued.
Wednesday, Feb 2T, 1851, at ) =. M. An act
to incorporate the South Portland Savings
Bank.
Wednesday. Feb. q, 1891. at Up. m. An act
to renew and extend the charter OF the Booth
bay HarbOr Banking Company.
Wednesday Feb. 27, 1901 &C p. m. An act
10 amend aud extend the charter OF the Me-
ehanic Falls Banking and Trust Company.
Thursday Feb 2s, 1901, al p. m, An act 70
incorporate the Maine Loan Association oil Old
Orchard.
Thursday Feb. as. 1901. at 8 p. m. An act to
incorporate the Old Orchard Trust and Banking
Company. a.
extend the charter of the North Berwick trust
Company.
Wednesday, Feb 90 1901, at p M
Reassigned from Feb. Is
ON AN act TO amend Chapter rs oi ihe FuDiie lii'
Laws OF 1889 In relation TO foreign banking asso-
tions and corporations.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20
Committee ON state Lands and
gfafe Roads.

The Committee on state Lands and state
Roads wifgive public hearing in its room at
the state House In Augusta,
Wednesday. Feb. 20, at p. m
On an act providing for state Roads and Tor
febsdtd DAVID z. MoULTON, Sec.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20

The Committee on Salaries will give public
hearing In its room at the State House In
Augusta, on
Tuesday, Feb 90, 1901. II am.
On BIN ia relation to salaries Of Justices Of
febsdtd a. +. GILMORE. Sec.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20
CURRENT COMMENT.
WORTH TRYING.
(Chicago Times Herald, Rep

(Chicag0 Times Herald, hep
Congressman Babcock's bill is the best
kind or an answer to the silly cry that
protective tariff Is tine mother OF trusts
This measure is aimed especially al
those articles manufactured by this gigan-
tic steel trust which has just been organ
lied, 1t does not toucn iron ore, pig iron
or tin plates, but opens the Held OF com
petition TO the worlds manufacturers OF
iron and steel products
Perhaps the best way OF showing whera
the Babcuck bill would hit the steel and
iron trusts is by means Of the following
table OF the imports or principal articles
- Value.
Bar iron, Sl,OoS, 'ol
o3rs IN rn nart az steel. @ So, ,I2s
Hoop band or scroll, 12,4O9
Ineots, blooms. slabs, billets and
forms, l,ss2, ,Ss6
'7"'st steal e' W 426 Sal
Wire rod a l,212, ,694
Wire and articles made from wire, 4O9, ,0S7
Cutlery. 1877. hS6
FIrearms, 799, S37
Manhinery. 1858, ,3g5
Needles, SoJ, 500
shotgun barrels In single tubes, 2O7,70J
III Miscellaneous, lo,oSo, ,VeS
Total. SIS, III 1883
The tariff on the various articles under
these general descriptions Is SO various
that only the experts OF the Treasury de-
partment can calculate tine customs re-
ceiuts from their importation. But II
may be estimated at about forty live psr
cent and valorem, which would yield in
the neighborhood of 5000, 000. This is
a sum which tue government can very
well afford to Invest in this experiment
OF testing to what extent protective
tariff is the mother OF trusts.
For ourselves we take no stock what
ever in the general relation OF the tariff
to trusts. They are an out growth OF
modern conditions ana the operation OF
an economic law as old as the Hood. For
the purpose of testing the question, how
ever a reduction OF the duties ON manu-
faotures OF iron ana steel to a tariff for
revenue basis of, say, fifteen per cent ad
valorem would ssrye every purpose with
out sacrificing so much revenue.
MAINE AND THE ICE TRUST.
(Lswiston Journal.)
Little Maine Ice for market this year,
despIte the fact that Maine Toe Is the best
on the market. Why? Because the Zoe
trust controls the ice-cut or Panobscot
and Ksnnebso and can make more money
selling the poor ioe or the Hudson than
the pure ice Of the Maine rivers. Perhaps
there is no trust problem In this country.
but it looks as II there were one. The
suppression Of competition In the Zoe
| trade will throw out OF commission many
Maine scnooners or force them to go West
| in ballast. Now we shall see how much,
better bargains in POOR ice consumers in
New York aet instead of the bargains
they used to get in competitive times on
good Mains ice. Maine will lose millions
| or dollars through the les trust. The
only justification OF this performance
will be the saving Of corresponding mil
| lions by consumers. Economy Is tbs
platform OF the trust; robbery must MOI
| be its practice. The result may be al
independent boom in Maine ice mex
winter.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20
Commitlee on manufactures.

The Committee on Manufactures viii meet In
the Assessors' Room at the call of the chair.
man. BENZ. COFFIN, Secretary.
iana6-dtt
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20

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notifying the office.
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COMMITTEES on Insane Hospital.

The Committee on Insane Hospital viii meet
at p IN. every Thursday in the Library until
49, CHAs. s. PRINCE, Chairman.
F.A. PORTER, Secretary.
anlTd1
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-20

The DAILY PRESS is delivered at these rates
every morning TO subscribers IN an paris u'
Portland. and in Westbrook and soulh roi'
land.
MAINE STATE PRESS weekly
BY the year, 81 in advance. or Sl.'9 az tne emu
oi the year.
For III mouths, 50 cents; for three months. %
cents.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10
Condition Of Cereal Crops.

" lille yellow blades are still OBJ
served in some lowiaud wheat. il
Is only where the heavy rains Of
early spring stood in the fields
that any damage has been done.
The crop is for the most part Of a
healthy dark green color. and has
made satisfactory growth. There
Is a general belief among the
farmers that this years crop will
show scarcely any damag" by the
heSSian fly. Grass is still back
ward in all parts Of the section.
but marked Improvement has fol-
lowed the warmth and sunshine of
the past ten days. Pasture, are
fairly good in the interior. and
stock Is now ranging the fields.
although some dry feeding is still
necessary. Spring sowing oftlm-
othy aud cloveriS quite promising.
bat last years meadows are not
up to an average condition. and
many Of the fall sOWn clover fields
Will be turned for corn. Rye and
barley have made luxuriant
growth, having Jared even better
than wheat Some corn has been
planted, although very little pro
gresS has been made. The soil is in
splendid condition to work.