Kennebec Journal from Augusta, Maine • 12

rr- jr -vv- THE ICENNEBEO JOOBNAIi WEDNESBAY APRIL ft 12 CAUGHT IN ACT poacd by Colhtr soma of ths schools and that waa the business to Women and the Wheel 5: 1 sed In mode ration It surely creates for mna of nut-duor cxeretaa tho benelit of whk'h all physicians mceta 1 nod to eseesa like any other 1 Cfojt is Ukeiy to be The rlcnie uf Mis I PmcgiUxUhc birthday Thbmaa Jefferson la tb occasion at more eom-meiit aad observation than waa given It Saturday but In the distraction at such a national crisis as the present there is little time to eulogist th Heroes of a century ago It has been severe! times proposed to' make the birthday of Jefferson a national holt aay tlt hen It was proposed durlngliii Buyisfl kluds sf Dsssuuk' The announcement that the Senate foreign relations committee has In traduced bill which was favorably received to purchase from Denmark one or all of her three Islands In the West Indie came as a surprise to most readers who did not know of the existence of such a plan Them Isldnds St Thomas St Crolx aad SC Joint Us to the east of rurto Rk-o and are Pitniar S(uta af Spain The name of Sagasts' premier i( Spain la' ono'famlllar at present time to every American and yet most of ns know very little about the mao himself: It Is Sagusta hdt tbs-Queei Regent or the boy kingAJphoiuo XIII who Is the real bead of the government the ruling spirit of the kingdom and to whose band lies thg question of peace orwsr-If blsnAwl tOLgranttba Just and necessary demands of this country brings -war as now seem Inevitable be will be Spain's leader in the stru'g- I th Wrack la Namaa Naikar An hope of raising the ltalnd neem' ta UN been abandoned loa ago aa aooa aa th terrible extent of the torpedo's work waa realised and the bettered hall of the great crulner baa nettled deep Into the harbor mud At drat It waa hoped that the ahlp could be raiaed and pethapa repaired and to have made this possible any aum of money would hare heea glaiilyglven by thla country Aa a matter of eenU-' meat If for no other reason every Americas wonted the limine removed from the epot wberosh had been no treacherously rank But -tho fatal mine or torpedo had done Ita work too lwpQptid the talcing of the ahlp baa befuat'iiiti m'tTOii-gpTW'U'itnyrei daughter of Mr 1 Urf urv hvi viMrlmeMl wisto -yr who are 'fond IN Mine Bertha great deal began to arming manner She grew peareu she vs gdng Into eonsunuitbin Rest and quiet did her absolutely no good A physician impossibility Bo there' Ilea all tU la left of the once proud and magnificent battleship (inking into the foul ooxe of that foreign andhoetil harbor atlll enclosing In' her mangle breast the bodies of almost a hundred of her craar watched over by wheeling vul-tnnn to search of the belated dead a ghastly monument to' one of tbo most beMah crimes perpetrated to recorded history Tbo work of salvage Is still going on and divers and wreckers are still busy removing everything of value that can be taken from the tangled debris Bodies are recovered tlinut daily but between and silll remain to the wreck or are eo completely destroyed that they cannot befeld to be any where A naval commission has been appointed to have In chante the matter wreck The Maine hee liutee at tv -7 nr rate I lag thla may have been due to tera-lwrary ner-voueieg when he examined her be watched her closely hut her SHE RIDES WELL rate for two week tie 'was salted fled then from her high pula and stead-' 7 wasting condition that she waa auffere Ing from aneemU or a btoodlees condition the body She became extremely weak and could not stand th least poMFor ex- 1 cltemenL In this condition at affair they www recomikeaded by an old friend to get some of that fomous blood medicine Dr Wnk lllte for I'M FWopta Jhey did 0 end almost from tha first Bhn began to Improve She eon- to take tlie puis and waa by-mcahs df thoee pills made entirely well and more grateful people than her par- nt rennet be fuuaj In the whole state On Unlft Dr Williams' Pink Pills have proved a boon to womankind Acting directly on the blond nnd nerrro they restore the requisite vitality to all parta of the body: 1 creating functional regularity aad perfect harmony throughout the nervous system The pallor of the rheeks ta changed to the dellratc blush of health: th eyes brighten th muscles grow elastic ambt- tlon Is created and good (walth returns pulac eon- tinned at To the VTaxpaye of the City of Aiigusta: You arc hereby notified far bring In (run and complete Hats of your polls and ea-taloo real and personal- not by law exempt from taxation of which you were POMesaedon th first day of April UW and aa Executor' Administrator Guardian or Trustee also number of dogs and poultry For tho purpose of receiving aid lists and administering tho oath authorised thereto tho undendgaed Asses ora of said city will be la sesoiou at their office In CITY HALL each Bature lay before nr on the Ttb day of May next from 1o l2 A and from to o'clock I nnd also on all stormy JT up to and including that date 1 Falllngto brhi In ouch llst you will thereby BE BARRED OF to make aimllratlan to the County Com RIGHT miss toners for an abatement of any taxoo which aiay lm assessed against you blanks fur returns may be bad of ua on amrficatiou or by calling at tha office of the City Treasurer CHARLES JONES BURLEIGH JOMEPH IL WALU '-W- April 1 1L-U Selectmen Thomas Keegan Tbomoa Paradis Theophllo Parent towa clerk Thomas Smllh: school supervisor' i Thomas Smith Bchoota MS' highways 7 IMt new school house tut school hooks B5 ether purposes OM Selectmen A Hol-brock Horse Kellogg Johnaton town clerk Ownon Gerry: school au- penrlsor Ilidmwnk Money appro- prteted: Schools tUM highways tw support of -poor MOV: other purpoeaa bn' sWAlAl Selectmen Al bert Lock -N Rideout Leslie Hilt tow clerk ft Pellwy school super- 7 vrsor Sarah Rogept Muuey appropriated: Schools twu highways pit other purpoeco tLIL PU GRAND UUOE STRKAU-Setaet-m James Spencer A Fleming W-IL Hoar town clerit ft Hoar echooi -rommltlee Jss Spencer A Fleming Cnlllgan Money appropriated: School support of poor other purpuees LffL PL of Aspessors Wilcox Putnam Skedgell town clerk 1 K- 'pV- JS ft 'i 'V Cuuis before the meeting The following amendment to the mn-atllutlnn were then read amt adopted: Ankle III Amend by striking' out all alter the words "good and regular standing" Article XI Amended so ass to read: dues shall be ti for each achuul payable on or before ths date of the closing at entries the shove sum to be received with the -understanding that It ahull be hi lb a ef nlram free flirw different competitor la the annual championship contest- -An senaut having failed to keep up Its mcuilit-rshlp in the asroclatlpDi'hy the pon-puyment of dues hell be restored to membership by the excrutivs commit tre on tl'o payment of the annual dura" ArdtlrXVL Amrad by striking out (he words "executive and In serting tho words management of the college under whose auspice ihe games are held subject however tp (lie approval of tho executive eoiflmlltee' Artkie XVII 1 Amend by striltlhg out uura serf the wind in both places where the word' "executive appear' Further amend by atrlking out the word ''a" told-'Committee may direct" These smfndmenls were passed without a dissenting voters Then came the altcmultim-- Ctilby presented the following amendment which waa not passed: Ill (By-Usrs) Amend by striking out the wpnl and Insert the words ordrr ofo events Further mend by adding to Section which hall read aa follows athletic management of the college under whose auspices the games are held shall assume- tha wn-llro bualnesa management of tha games shall submit to ths treafurer at tha association a written report of all receipts and expenditures of the games and shall turn over all the profits of tho games to the treasurer of said asspclatkm' The Bowduln proposition for flection I la os follows: "Th Bdwdoln Athletic Association shall aaaume tbo entire business management of the After a lengthy discussion a compromise wsa- effected and It waa voted to submit the following gmendment to Are tide III uf th by-laws which Is to ba the second section to the schools far a mull vote: athletic management of (he college under whoa auspice the game are held shall assume the entire butanes management of the games shall submit to the treasurer of the association a written report at all receipt and expenditure of th games and shall aaaume nH re-spontablhues resulting from auch management- Bald management shall further provide a championship prigs which shall he competed for "yearly by the scnools nf the association and shall provide individual medala as follows: Silver for first hmnse for second and silk ribbon for third" Several other minor changes were nude ta the constitution which were necessitated br th action of the mfollng After this final compromise the meeting nd-journcdvery harmoniously after being In RKSkm four hours It I th general impression smohg those who are Interested In the matter that the Bowdotn College athletic management has taken a little too bold a step by attempting to combine all the preparatory school athletics under th -direct control of on college when th Main college or Mi more or less directly interested In them Th outcome of th whole matter aeem to be that the college will hv th control of th busl-es management of the Inters holsstlc games and Hut they will rout between the Maine colleges that have athletic flride Such an arrangement would be in the highest degree satis factory to all ml would bring th renege in much closer touch with lb preparatory schools than at present IlifanaU TOWN ELECTIONS Brlrclmen Freese Emerson James Ballard town rlrrk Sanborn school committee Freest A-Mann JV Bpencer Money nppropriatMl: flchoola HP highways: pur support of poor IU other purpose 5Mk A Select men I 'Heed TratT MUo IValton town Clerk John Reed school supervisor Alex Bmlih' Jr Money sinmopriatei: Bchoota foi highways KM support of -poor other purpoees ffok Selectmen Duffy Eugune Brennan Joseph Rush town clerk Ryan school committee Joseph Rush John Doyle Michael Crrct Money appropriated' Bchooi tlU: highways ffint support at pour fM other punmeeo Ok Selectmen A Farns-worth Fanutwortb Walls town clerk 1L Longfellow aupervu-or A Libliey Money appropriated: Bchoota what th law compete highway MS8 support of poor Dtt other purpose Incidental M3 repairs at school binMIng aad buy books IS to defray town charge 1SL CABTLE Select aien Dudley (L Tilley A Webber tow clerk Dell It Rideout school supervisor I- Tilley Money appropriated: Brhools cent per inhabitant: highways MM for incidental expenses: IIS for text hooka for repair on chootbouses Belectmes Bowler Small Lyon Haycock: town cleik Chao A Stewart school supervisor Miss Hunter" Money appropriated Common sr bools HM highways IWM rapport of poor 'tlMft other purposes tSMk 7 Selectmen A Oraver Robert WMIaca Buftm-C Waterhouse town clsrk A Dwelly School rapere vteor A Dweily Schools MU highways Er rapport at pear MM ether purposes ML Ssleet men (X Ed-gerley White: While town clerk While school committee White LlttletiekL Money appropriated: Bcboute SB highway tow support of poor pH Inculetilals I3 rhfiiil hnnkffi Ifi Eeleefmen Eldridg Bryant Frank flhaw Harris Foster town clerk Wm Bradbury: chnol committee Wm Bradbury Gem Boynton Frank Crane Money appropriated: Behnute UNDO highway MM support of poor SIM other purpose MuL Selectmen Smith Pollard Georg Sawyer: towa clerk Fred Goes sebotri commute Marr Mrs Wraaenger Snow Money appropriated: Schoulo 3M: hlgn-wajrs IE rapport of poor other pure pant Incidental expen srA IM to pay town debt IKA to improve cemetery: 51 KD WA Selectmen A Hathaway Hate A Da lee town clerk Ctia Clmpher treasurer Chao Cimphcr arhaul supervisor John Mackln school rommlttre A Da tory Hale A Hathaway Muncy appropriated: Schools Mus highway rapport of poor fC other purposes pl NOKTHFIELD-Selectmen Smith Foster Alhea town rlctk Ernest MUIer sc haul siipervlnor If Smllh Money spproprteted: Schools IIP highway I1S rapport of poor Mt other purpoaen road MS school tMMiks town debt Ill ills- rmint taxrP OTIS-Sclectincn Jason IL GranL "Arden Young William Ilosteml town ckrk Kben Kingman school commit lee IL Grant I li rover A giiung Iloncy ffi-tesda LID hlh-1 rA support of pour (ta utlu-r pure ways LM IMNHW fill Tftl'SPIKLIV-Relerltiirn ft lomre Oi II Tsybir Ilalry town rterkj Jirtinaon schnui superiniemieni Harry Wilbur Waterville Captured While Robbing Store Canadian Pacific-Train DerailoMlaar Biit Few Injured SaHriartotySettlcMqt'M ika Eiina isfor- scholastic AsssciaUaa Trsublec 7 'V "'i-J Waterville Me April Officer Ciportg It Blrnyumn s-f Mlsnfl MNta tfamskt wad tPimipt streets las tonight shout 18S0 when he heard gloss He jnoked shout him and listened to hear whsi could in moment there esnte the cry from UP Temple street "FlelCherl Fletqher!" Simpson 1 dashed up the street end came fb belt In front of the fruit store of tf Mr Moore at Na ll Mr Moore told the- officer that burglar had broken1 Into the harness store and second band shop of Barney next door east The officer asked hla Informant If wsa sura and waa not dreamlngsnd tho man said he raw the fellow go In for he had tried to effect an entrance Into Ur shop -v t- Officer Simpson found that light of glass In th store door of had been broken out sufficiently large to allow men to go through The Interior of the store was dark but listening the officer could hear someone moving sltout end- without any further hesitation end not stopping to consider what Kla chsncvs of getting shot were Simpson quickly- broke out more glass to make hi entrance safer sad quicker end went through ths opening brad first 'i'--r Ths officer struck match suit found bunp which be tried to light The light flickered and went out ao ths-officer who had heard a movement in behind the counter walked nroqnd that ant found hfa man In under the show ouu Simpson was not 'Ion a In gelling hla hands on tie maq and pulling him forth Th twisters were put on end the man taken to the door which was locked It was necessary to send for Mr Barney to come down and unlock the door sa the prisoner began to show some disposition to ba aggressive end It would not do to stieihpt to pass him through the-door IIA Barney came down snl liberated both the officer and hi prisoner and then It waa found that tha man was young Harry Wilbur at this city who baa op aevrral occasions given th 'authorities considerable trouble Wilbur was on of the young men who were charged with holding up a peddler two yearn- ago in Stanton and he wo also taken for the larceny of a team In Belfast Officer Slmpaun waa the Wian who a mated Wilbur for the but named offense hen taken 'In store' -'lost night has had-In hla pnaacaslon raaor nd toothbrush that Mr Barney Identl-IM as his property Young Wilbur will be given a hearing before Judge Shaw In the Waterville ladle court this morning He soys he is but IS years of eg but he hoiks older CANADIAN FACIFIC TRAIN DERAILED Train Lssyn ths Iran Near Os lajarsd il Old Tow a April The Caaadlaa Pmellie special passenger train of seven ear loaded with 175 Immigrants from Halifax' destined for points In- th -Western states -and ths Caiiadlaa Northwest was derailed at point little way west of tho station st Danfort at LA Saturday evening It eeems that the train was to stop at Danforth for water and orders but the brakes dll not work and tb train slid by the station short distance when an equalising bar on one of the ears broke derailing the entire train Every ear went off the Iron but only two were badly Injured and It Is thought that there was no one of the passengers very badly Injured The place where ths ears went off th track hi near a bridge tha two that were so badly store up going away acmes the bridge and foiling down the embankment at the end while three other rars were left standing on the bridge being prevented from going off by Ills guard rails that run parallel with the regular rail on eroryJbrMge It waa miraculous under the circumstances that no on was killed Wrecking trains were at one sent out from Bangor Vanceboro aad Urowavillc The rallruad cwnuabmlonera are to arrive on the serne to make aa laveatlgatlon early Monday aural ng A COMPROMISE EFFECTED Thu Maisu lutancbulutlc Awuclaiiua Alkiriis Exercise to BsEqeolly Shared Waterville Me April An adjourned meeting of th Maine Inter-scholastic Athletic Association was held lb Colby chapel Saturday for th rpAw of voting upoki certain amendments to th constitution proposed by Coburn Classical Instltuts and tha Wa-tervills High school Tha mealing was called at the request of tb Walervlllo High ai'hwii Cobuin Classical Instltuts of thla city and th Cony High school of Augusta i Th meeting was culled to order at 11-M by President Ralph Thurston Hows of Lewiston If tiroes of Augusta waa (he secretary The following schools were represented: Bangor High Ralph Bridges Brunswick High A Furbush: ony High Augusta Capen and Stanley Morton Lewiston High Ilowes Edward Little High Auburn Clements Waterville High Eugene Thayer Coburn Classical Instltulq Wa-tervlila Caleb Lewis Bath High Scott Portland High A Anderson and I Watson Hebron Academy Thornton Academy and Westbrook Seminary sent no representative Howdnln waa represented by Cleavea and Merrill Colby by Wellman and A It Warren After tha railing of the roll adjournment waa taken until lA At little after that hour the delegate again rame to order and proceeded to butanes There waa ConaWIreable discussion at the outset over points uf order and lively llllle tilt took plare between Mesara Wellman behalf uf tne irasaHl nmendmenta and Anderwm and Hrhlgea against After lengthy discuss ton It was llnslly yotc-l to proceed to the colalderathM of th pneeesd enrendmenle Perhape It may be well to state that al the annual meeting uf the aseoels ion March Howdutn College presented some amendments to the eunalltutlnn which Would place I he entire nesorlatkm under the direct cuntml of the liuwdiHu College Athletic Association These amendment were sent to the different school which rompeae the aseoclaibiu for ay re and nay vale by mall All uf the schools had not reled upon thesa ameminrenla nl the time of Saturday's meeting so that tha flnul vole on them had not been announced Tlie principal controversy arjme as to whether nr nnt lh lme fig Voting thoee amendments had nut espl wss Anally decided that Ihs lime had not expired but that ths special meeting bad been ealjed for the purpose uf eon-sole ling lbs cnuulsr-a menu mania lifetime to observe hi birthday he dis couraged thd- proposition m(- refused to let lhs data be knOwn Xuw Uiat fro has-been dead almost 72 years and the verdict of hlstury iisi dt'cldcd that he was one at the great num of tha n-public the proposition seems to be nuirs fitllnx Jefferson's chief claim to anngnUiaa laihtohu Aik i ttiamnunm of Ihe-Declantlon'af Independence He was one of th mmt jtromlnent of the revolutionary preshiunik sUhough his services were perhaps nut greater than those of Jobs' Adam of Maamchnsetts Htrepresents tbe genergl prtnclpleaiof the American people It la thia alone which gives any foundation' for tbs national recognition' of hla birthday After all would seem as though July I the national holiday of the Declaration and tb day on which be and John Adams died almost simultaneously was a sufficient holiday for 'him and afforded sufficient occasion' for setting forth his services his principles and his merits': Ilere ls the vlcw of a conservative Intelligent Spanish officer Genera Olas as to what form war would taka at the beginning1 Its source makes It Interesting aiid It agrece wllh the court? mopped out by many Amerienn author Itles: 'He sayi Yankeea will provide the tnsurgenu with arms and ammunition bkickado the ports of Cubaand atanrt to death our army there that subsists now exclusively on Imported food What will bo th role of ouV navy? To break the blockade Jn order to provision our army and in order to get coal for Itself because I suppose that our ships will not come back to coM In Spain That will alL At tbe start the Yankees may destroy our whol 'navy or we maydestroy tbeirs' but in the Jong run they wlU get th advwntagSL All other things will be mere episodes of the war The privateers on rither side will amount to nothing In deciding where Victory shall A--''V Already tha dreamers and theorists ore wondering what effect war would have on American politics and especially on the next presidential 'election onto profess to believe that a war would bring to the front some military boro who would be made President by a grateful nation They bold up the examples of Washington' Jackson Harrison' Taylor Pierce Grant ah-1 Garfield whose war records were mainly if not entirely responsible for the high honors given In tb presidential line The country may rest assured that the next President will bedr the asm name th present one William McKinley Is hero enough for the American people both la peace and war and hla strength and worth and true nobility are mors and morp appreciated every day: 7 Congressman Bailey tho Democratic leader Id Congress baa mads an aaa of himself on many occasions but never more completely than when he tried to get the Republicans to revolt against tha prudent and patriotic course of President McKinley Of course he defeated hla own ends and only aucceedcd In showing that In hla narrow mind partisanship la always paramount to patriotism The epeap course of thoee Democrats who have tried to make party capital out of the present crisis by shouting for war anyway and op-posing the policy' of tho Republican administration In attempting to moin-tMn peace with honor before resorting to war will react with Intense emphasis against themselves Tha example at Oovsrnor Plngre of Michigan In trying to' bo governor at tho stats and mayor at Detroit at the same time seems to have affected other politicians In th same way Two members of thestate Be net have accepted Federal officea and now comes tho question whether they have vacated their aeata Gov Plngbea holds that thyy have apd baa Issued writs fur now election but on of tho senators has resigned hla Federal position and th other la expected to do likewise There are breesy times ahead -April waa the month when active hostilities began la both of thla great ware WlU history repeat Itself? Wire fence in many parts of ths Blais reported to have wintered badly pata of iUev-Mr-WIHi of Itilfasf will deliver the Memorial Day addrvs before Hillings Post Monroa Rev Mr Holt of Cushing will deliver the Memorial aremoD May ft before tbs same post Dealer Me April Lllieelal)-Mra Mary Ana Mmarl wfis bse been llring wHh her sister slra Frank Maenmher about two miles from Hester village wsa fatally hunted Thursday mornlna Mrs mart wsa ever yeses old and quits feeble tret hud all her faculties and was able to be sbmit the hmisn Mrs Mocom-ber went to nnlahbnr'n for a few moments and when shs rreurned fimnd her obiter dead In the dnoryard Aiipraraneea Initb-sted that sho nttemjUed to put onme wood in tho stove and thus set Itr to her rbuhlnx Mrs Amort survived by two hnsluro -Chorles Firm at Abbot nd lisnlel Flynt of leler and tho stater ntiovo nsmsd to mourn her sad death neither large nor Important except as coalfag or naval staiiuiis The £ropoidllon 'or thla country to buy them has receive serious consli ration on several during the last yearn It proposed during the President Grant iisSsrsntoiMutostosi purchase of the Islands far 17508000 and lt has been brought forward In various forma several times aince then In fact-It waa but little mors than a year ago that It was Intimated that Denmark desired to rid herself of the Islands and stood ready- to dispose of them to thh United States at a merely nominal pflce Following that IpUmar lien Senator Lodjf prepared a measure looking to the acquisition of the tent tory but hie proposal tolled to arouse any fttoat public interest and no definite action was taken until this week Thla time the proposition will have better chances of suncess than any former effort In that direction The need of coaling station in the West Indies for our mfty la more keenly appreciated now than ever before "American trade Interests In thorn waters make It mors and more Important every year that this government shall have a naval station somewhere' In that region provided with ample docks and other facilities to accommodate our commercial enterprises and aa the Danish Islands are the only ones which It Is possible to acquire-by purchase or otherwise It would aeem to bo th part of wisdom end sound policy to secure control of 'them It la probable that the sale of the laktnda by Denmark will not now encounter" tbo- opposition which-has hitherto stubbornly' resisted' their transfer to the United States That opposition came chiefly from England whose eemnwrebil policy' has steadily protested against any acquisition of West Indian territory by thin government and this Influence has keen sufficiently strong to compel Denmark to maintain her control of her Island colonics notwithstanding her expressed desire to get rid of them The recent change however In our relations with Great a change in the direction of grenter cordiality and a closer union of sympathy and Interest war-rants tha belief that If we want tha Islands England will not object to our taking them Indeed tier open approval of the purchase would probably follow tbo negotiations as 1 another token of tbs friendllne and good will whleh have received frequent expression ilin tha beginning of our grave complications with Spain Tha situation therefore la apparently thla' Denmark doesn't wanit tha Islands and in willing to sell them cheap (We need more urgently today per-ha pa than ever before Under the Monroe doctrine we could not conaent to their sale to another European vtr England will not object to their transfer to thia country and no prater from ary other country would have any weight whatever In View of these conditions the purchase of the Danish Islands would seem tv do a thoroughly Wise and desirable national undertaking It would atrengthen our sea power aa well as our commercial poal-tlon and avert I wrangle that would surely follow any attempt to transfer the Islands from one European power to another Thank heaven for a President McKinley' at thla crisis Ilka 3- MIWCR IT HONIITLY" In lbs Oplalsesal tofnUCHixaat Hal Em Util able Thu Thau al Uttar StrasrsT 3 Tha above la a vital question It la fraught with Intorent to guata It permits of only one answer" It can't bo evaded or Ignored An Augusta cftlsen speaks here Speaks from experience and ebnvle-tluik Speaks for tke welfare of Augusta A cltlsen'a opinion la letlabla Aa utter stranguria doubtful The Impression created la lasting Curiosity Is ut ones aroused 1 Itead what lollows and acknowledge these facta- Mr El Dow of Northern had a regulation old (hue cam of tame back 1 knew waa my kldheya because I tied been examined by pbyal dans who told mn It hurt mo to straighten up to stoop or to lift anything After cold or any unusual ax ertlvn It became much more act! vs In March DM I Went to the Roll-aiiia drug fittf or cha xrnrtHdg and procured Hoaa'a Kidney Fill and took ahem aa dlrectlona Indicated The beaeflt became speedily aad was radltsU My backache or lama back or whatever you cbooee to term It been nittidy unknown to mo since My wife waa also troubled In tbs asms way Her back would ache ao that It fairly made her sick She took tb pills and they worked aa promptly In her cads aa they did In mine I apeak well of Client to everyone whom I know has a similar I rouble- Doer's Kidney Fills for ante by Ml dealers pries cents MaMed by Fos-ler-Milburn On Ruff ala I sole agents for tbs United Stairs IU member tbs name and taka no aubatltuta glr lie knows well that whether 'ie peace or war Cuba Is lost to Spain and that his kingdom must be humbled FrsniteiT tury be has been conspicuous in Span' leh politic -He cam Infoihs Cortex In the carly flftWaa me of the brilliant young men who combined literary he- was a college with a strong teste for practical aa Weil as -theoretical politics While In the main keepingsympnth'y with the liberal asplrationa of his youth Sagmsta' bc not' hesitated to adopt compromise with his opponents either to maintain himself or his party In power He ha known almost all the vicissitudes? to which an active Spanish politician can be exposed He has been a' conapira-tor be baa been a fugitive and an exile Once he was sentenced to dcath but wped by flight from Queen vengeance and returned to Spain' in time to take his share In that revolution which compelled her to give tip her throne and take refuge In Ftfuice So long aa' Spain was" a republic Sagasts served without- any protest though It Jn but Justice to him to ssy thahls avowed preference la for a constitutional monarchy Sagaata waa'n the ministry under Xing Amadeo' and after the restoration of the Banrhons accepted the situation Ha had In the lay! yean been several tlmtf at the head of theynlnistry cither as-premler or aa the power behind tb combine- tlon The politics of Spain for th last decade until '-the death of Csivovas tnay be described as a' see saw between that eminent conservative and Sagaata The latter Just now la the Spanish government for the acting appointment given him last autumn by the queen regent has been confirmed and extended by the voters In tbo "elections held last week' Of a man with Sagas-ta's record It may bp said wltl safety that be certainly known the public opinion of bis country and does not lark civic courage for ba baa kept the stags before Sn audlanoa that waa both polltlcMly and personMly hootilo to ac It la: doubtful however If Saguta aver found! hlmaelf in a position mors full of peril and perplexity than that he la now In even when he'traa seeking In disguise a harbor of refuge In Franoe with Queen agents In close pursuit ft him The task beforb him now Is on that might daunt tbo moat deft dexterity of man who knows Ml the shifts aad turnings of Spanish politick If ho maintains peace by abandoning Cuba he may sacrifice himself and tb dynasty If ho provokes whf Is certain to lose the Island Much aa tbs Spaniards talk about their dignity and preferring defeat In war to compromising it In pepce it la doubtful If they are aa different from other people aa they consider themselves to bk' Vi- Doubtless between what Spanish sentiment Is today and what It will become Sagaata la baiting Wkh his profound knowledge of hla countrymen and of Cubs ha beyond question realises (hat the Island In practically lost to Spain in the aenae that ail that la loft of Spanish must crumble at tha touch of the Invader Tha task he must sat hlmaelf to If be would avoid war la how to cover the surrender In such a pay aa to- mMntaln what hla countrymen regard as the dignity of tbs Nation how to how with Castilian grace to tha Inevitable That he should make counter proposals to our government to be expected and tha tenor of thee la probably In the direction arranging a retreat from the Inland with IU atagea so graduated aa to sooth a mlich as possible the sensibility of bin people I Last week the Spiritualists celebrated the golden anniversary of their birth a denomination Though the sect has not bad a recognised existence for years It dates Its beginning from tbs spirit rapping phenomenon at Ike home of John Fox In Hydevllle March II 15(1 This family traveled widely and soon waa famous' appealing as they did to the unlvppal yearning for proofs of a future exist nr and reunion with loved ones that had passed away at ones took a hold upon ths mind of tho people on froty sides of ths Atlantic anJ la laoo of tho opposing dsmomdratlolMi at science and tho ohloqujr Inseparable from the presence of countless charla tans and swindlers the thm-miith accepter of the Bsw'cvIdenciTof Immorality soon grw Into a denomination whllp all tb other religious bodies have becqm more or leas affected by ths many partial tn-Hevera In their membership Spiritualism aa speak of It today began with tha "Rochester hniM-klngs" and fur a long Urns it was distinctly wnsatlonaL Hut some ago It reased to be such and It has lieen ths policy of lbs members of the Spiritualist church to discourage any renewal of aensalliNMlIsm 'A H- si i 1 of NmovtBff lb st HI American poverty however surrounded by Spanish waters and It is oar duty to remove It It Is doubtful if Spain would be willing to have the Maine remain there as a monument to the events of that fatal night time and method ef removing the whole wreck am not determined upon however Probably the matter will he delayed until full reparation la given tkk country for tip condition of tbo wreck Is aa ample vindication of the Ameri-- can verdict1 and an absolute rebuttal of the 11 login! and Inconsistent report of sham court of Inquiry r' It In not easy to recooelte ouraelvr to tbo fact that the cruiser Maine Which waa a special source of pride to this State and which a a member of the white squadron had often visited our shares la now but a mass of snarled and blackened iron at the bottom of Havana harbor with three-fourths of her crew Iceping' tbo last ajsenfeut never again to her majesty and pride will she cut tbo waves The navy will have a new battleahlp Mains bat can never replace the Mains that -is no more nor away the awful memory of that fateful night it thrills tbs' Mood of every American to send that simple but significant statement ta the report of the court of Inquiry that the only order disobeyed by the survivors of the crew la the confusion that followed the explosion was thO order to abandon the staklng-shlp In every other respect discipline waa perfect And every command waa promptly obeyed 1 but them was delay and reluctance when tbs order made necessary by tbs grim fores of circumstances wan given to leave tbo sinking and burning wrack It was the old spirit of give up the ahlp" that has mads Immortal the names of ao many American sailors and American ships Such disobedience la a glory and a virtue The wrack to Havana harbor la a grim and eloquent reminder of What naval warfare would ba today' God forbid that war should come'whlcn would bring a repetition of horrors like thin But better thousand times war with all Its horrors and nil Us In- evitable loss of Ufa and property and treasure than that the patriotism of our psopls should sink to too low an ebb to wipe out such a blot aa' the wracking of tbo Maine' Spain is held responsible and must pwke an complete reparation aa can be made by one nation to another fur each crime If war must come It will be a conflict Jn which the cry of an Insulted and outraged people will be the Maine" If as we all hope a-peaceful settlement can be arranged In the matter of Indemnity fut the Maine me well at independence of Culm then It must be pence which maintains our honor and dignity as a' nation and leaves no stain on our flag Hardly a prayer or a sermon yesterday without reference to the war that may come Neither peace at any price nor war for the sake of war la tha American policy at thla time bat pence at the American price and war only In preference to dishonor 7 Hang Chang shows his patriotism by remaining prominent InjChlna's of flclhl Affairs al aiTage Vben he might frtlre Hh a coniplouMifm of having don bin full duly to bin country and aapeelally alm-e be known tha danger! to which ho Is constantly exposed No ana kaowa better than LI llung ('hang tha treacherous aide of the Chines character and probably nobody more surprised than he that I torn permitted to livt aad enjoy hie honor and his weslth so long II- accused of treachery nop and said to be la the pay ef Russia which simply hows that his enemies are aggressive ad shat hi a downfall may owns at any Ransom Norton aupenrlsoc Road Money appropriated: Srbuuta tiy highways tows charge M3L Selectman Lougee Aaron Works Henry Wright town Franklin Higgins ocbecl supervisor Martin ac heels tM high- ways MW support of poor MM school- it-hour repair and current Sspeoaeo PM fi1 BIGELOW PLA BtHtactawn "i John Rlt her William Sedgley -B Kmhncr: town clerk William Uedgley school supervisor William Sedgtay 1 tap) re urarara 0 copra wwi iwwM MWH Money appropriated pcheete tTL 4 0 Selrcfmnl1 Kr Brackett Adam Kile: town clerk Tlbbella school committee Tibbetts K' Nil Money appropriated -School cent to seek Inhabitant HiAlMOND Assessor John Davidson Frank A Hammond Andrew Oardner: town etark John Snell: ouperintendent of ocboola John Davklaoti Andrew Gardner John flnrll Money appropriated Bchoota flM ether purposes MIL 1 1 I PARIS SREEN IN COFFEE ChanyfoM DM Cwm to Attempt to Potato Nr Emptayw Boaton April A Glob pectal from Cherrylh-ld Me aay that a young girl employed by Mr nnd Mrs lsoa Phlnne-mora ha oonfemwd to placing Pari green In th ruffe served for breakfast yesterday morning Mrs Phlnnemora waa marts very tack but prompt medical attendance saved her life Tbo reaaon for tbo aa to unknown Freight Agt Prectttrtaly III Portland Mo April Di Prescott general freight agent of th Malno Central suffered a shock thl evening which affected hla left side At a lata hour ha waa reeling quietly with so Immediate danger Mr Prescott cama to thl city from Concord II lost summer to asaum th dutle of hi reseat posltMi' and ha sine' heed working very hard Georgs Patch of In to join Rheumatism knocked higher Jinn a' ktte Mn Bucher Mineral PWat Ohio depose and says: "I bnv turd Salvation Oil for rheumatism an4 In on or two appHeatlona knocked It higher than a kite" Whrr1-' lng th thl country fiddler which for yean wad played by the hit Clarenc Richard-son also of Portland ST Sclwlmen Alanma Lrish Theodor AHiert Frank (laHiert town rlerh school supervtaor Denman Adrian Dslgls Schools IMS hiahways MVi school haohik L'0 sehaul building fu) iitanlatlon charges SNt Aseesaoro Ibdwrt Mrllure ft Woodard I Gould: town clerk Robert Mel tore ImmI iiix-rvtaor McAvery Money pro-liriHled SelwHijs IWi highways MJt other pfposrA M7L "A 11.