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The Portland daily press., 1889-02-09
IN THE SENATE.
The Legislative Appropriation Bill
Passed -orher Business.

WASHINGTON, Feb. s. In the Senate 10
day. the two resolutions heretofore offered as
to naval officers claims and In relation to
the removal Of officers and employees under
control Of the commissioners of the District
of Columbia, and the resolution offered yes
terday as to changes in railway postal
clerks since January, 1886, were taken up
and agreed to.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration
of the House bill to quite the title Of settlers
on Des Moines river land in Iowa. Mr..
EYarts oppos and Mr.. Wilson defended
the bill and it pa assed.
The Senate then resumed consideration Of
the legislative appropriation bill. he
amendment increasing the clerical fore Of
the civil service commission was rejected
without division and the bill passed.
The pension appropriation bill, motion 10
reconsider being the pending question, was
amended on motion Of Messrs Harris and
Plumb in relation TO checks for pensions
and payments for portions Of a quarter up
to the death of the pensioner, and the bill
was again passed.
The conference report on the South Dako-
ia bill was presented. 1t was that after full
and free conference the committee failed TO
agree. Mr.. Platt moved that the Senate
further insist on its disagreement TO the
House amendments and ask further con-
ference. The motion was agreed to and the
c0nferees, Messrs. Platt, Cull0m and Butler,
were re-appointed.
The Senate took up private pension bills
and passed 80 In % minutes, after which IL
adjourned.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-09

ZANZIBAR. Feb. s.-The agent Of the East
Africa Company has succeeded In obtaining
the release of the Catholic missionaries re-
Gently captured by the insurgents, by the
payment Of ransom to Bushiri.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-09
u hoHoOih w Du5uifl.
or Course IL Did
Foreign Notes.

BERLIN, Feb. s.-The recall Of SewaIl, the
American consul to Samoa, produced an ex-
cellent impression here.
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-09

A LII persons are hereby cautioned against har-
IA boring or trusting any of the crew of the
British bark Magnolia" Captain Davis, from
Buenos Ayres as no debts of their contracting
will be paio by master or consignees.
IobSd3t* RYAN & KELSEY, Consigne es
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-09

Mean daily ther....16.5 Max. vel. wind.... 10
Maximum ther. Pa Total prcip...... o
Minimum ther.... IA "a
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
(Feb. 8, 1889, 500 p. M
Observations taken at the same moment OF time
at all stations.
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FEMALE HELP.
WANTED.-A capable girl 10 do genera
IGO CONGRESS- ST., lett hand bell. 81

uTANTED.-A situation wanted by Scotch
wv girl 10 do general house work or second
work Ia private family; also 20 Irish American
girls wanted 10 take situations IN boarding houses.
Employment ONCE, over Park Dining Rooms:
The Portland daily press., 1889-02-09
BUSINESS CHANCEs.
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"ANTED-Men % collect small pictures TO
w copy and enlarge in crayOn, india ink and
water colori salary paid and outfit free. Address
with references for particulars EASTERN COPY
ING CO., 81 Main St., Bangor. Me. l4-u
The sun., 1889-03-31
ARCADIA IN Il CANYON.
Queer Colony OF observation-disclosures
Woman Members of IL.
From, the san Dieoo .Su,


The route from San Diego to the desert
slope on the eastern side OF the county's noun
tain ranges: which was partia lily described IN
2,75Oteet above the sen From this port the road
asccnds through narrow canon shaded with
ancleut oaks. which soon orens out into great
valley OF surprising beauty. turning south a
side road leading to San Vicente runs down a
long cahon whore some interesting people.
devotees OF the vegetarian cnlt. have made
their homes. They, too. wandered down from
Cotton. a distance of 1870 miles or more nearly
three years ago.
The party comprised Mr.. LIE Beuf. his wife.
and their ward, Miss Hadley, all from ST. Louis,
Missouri. Mr Le 6euf 6uf pushed q large wheel
and the women-notable Tor their short hair
and bloomer dress-.rod choertuIly along, be-
homo on Government land. and they chose 1t
In the widest part Of tho can on, Mrs. LeBeui's
health had broken down in Kindergarten work
the coast. The invalid had found the weight
of ordinary clothing ln,olera BILE, and both Of
costume with high shoes Of gray cloth button
Ing w the leg tnstend Of the usual trousers;
N T had aG
resemble, a big Beehive, Linseed oil was rub
niture was constructed of the natural woods
with their bark aud mosses. garden was
Then Miss halley found pocket In the
her tS hfaef shs s s sa
her Clearing. which is now a marvel Of pro.
ductiveness. Miss Cook. another vegetarian.
came out from Missouri to assist her. These
Industrious young women now Save one and a
half acres In grain. with not a weed on the on
tire place. They make thoir own flour. They
With 6iaoEberry '' bushes and various Other her
small fruits. They chiseled ton steps in the
granite rocks leading down to u spring which
breaks through 1ssure in the rocks. 4 cellar
built IN the bank contains some 200 bottles Of
peculiar grape cordial wi lich Is their only
ened. and Is considered sort OF Srape cure.
These resourceiul people Manufacture all
their own garments. Including shoes LIE Beufs
. Several weeks ago man named Wedenmil-
Ter. also q vegetarian, appeared In the canon.
down to San Diego in the stage. and here they
we're married. Miss Cook conttn ues to reside
with them. The two men work on the ranches
thereabouts US opportunity offers. while the
women devote. their leisure to books and the
cultivation Of the gardens.
The sun., 1889-03-31
RHEUMATISM CURE WITH EACH RIDE
Ansonia People Save Doctors Hills by Rid.
Ing on the Electric Cars.

AnsOnia People Save DoctOrs' BiIl~ by Rid
Ing ON the Electric Cars.
ANsoNIA, March 30.-Pcope afflicted with
rheumatism and neuralgia pains in this place
have new fad. Ever since the electric street
railway between Ansonia and birmingham has
been in operation 1t hos been noticed that cer-
tain persons make 1t a point to ride up and
down on the electric cars at least once day.
The system employed here takes the electric
current from IN overhead wire. and the motor
IS In small compartment in the front end OF
the car. being separated from tho passengers
by only light partition. These persons gem
orally manage to sit us near this partition as
possible, and they loan their heads against 1t
when they can. Sun reporter asked a con-
duct0r about 1t.
They are taking their shock" was his
rsPly and AND Questioning brought this;
down on my ear every day. sometimes making
one and sometimes two round trips at a Time
There's one old lady down In Derby avenue
who stops my car every day at the same hour
and takes the trp Will me-. When she first be-
gan she WAS so lame from rheumatism that she
bad to use cane 10 walk with, and often had
10 help her on to the car, She used to sit close
70 the motor and in such position that her
knees as well az her head touched the parti-
ton, At last she discarded her cane. and now
she Is ALMOST As spry as am, though she is
car suffering from sick headache, and they tell
me that round trip cures EN- every time. One
OF them tells me that she Is so sensitive to the
electric current that she can feel IL as soon as
the ear starts. while another says she can't feel
It at all but feels the effect after the ride"
The sun., 1889-03-31


Tho Pennsylvania has faster runners. George
Woolsey. who has Philadelphia trains G5 and
S. 10 one or the best representatives on tho
road, having been thirty years navigator.
william IL. Page: In charge OF tho Wash ngton
limited. is one OF the handsomest and most
young Samuel Pine Of train 10, the fastest un
the road takes The cake" Ac has performed
some startling icas of locomotion.
Nat Sawyer, WHO runs the observation en-
Eino OF the officials on the New York Central
II ono OF Tho best- st-known cns,ineers on the road.
that can't DO Duplicated. Henry g. Millken, in
charge OF the Chicago limited or the Central,
besides being the oldest on thut road, has ,e-
coived honorable mention at various times
from the officials.
John Southworth, the faith or Of engincers.
New Haven. has been vigprou runner for
nearly forty wears.
There ara good strins on Long Island where
George Mil Ter. Edward Pender. Fred Heizmann.
and others have covered miles 10 considerably
less than minute.
Emile Meyers travels fast enough to suit the
directors OF the Delaware: LHckawanna and
Western road. for they always cahl for him
when they go over the road. George W. IiouEh
and VII Jam Bishop are also popular engineers
A weightier engineer than any OF those pre-
yiously mentioned Is Charles Frazer OF the
Erie. He has had tho double experience OF
being lean and fat, and he prefers 275, He has
years in all. He ran Engine 800 for fifteen
years, a distance OF nearly 100000 miles, which
Is twenty times around the globe.
Beatdes Aten, John Rhodes. Hudson Lowell.
and Hugh ltcLnren are popu ar runners on the
Central Of New Jersey. On the New York divi-
not the Oldest. is reckoned smart driver Of
the red Wle
The sun., 1889-03-31
From the ST. LqutI Globe. Democrat


Ell PAso, Tex, March 25.-One Of the old
eat and most respected citizsns OF Ell Paso is
Price Cooper. who lives In the ancient Pueblo
OF Ysleta, and has several times held local
Offices In the county. the last Of which was In
sDector Of Hides and Animals /He has lived
nearly all his life on the border. and has led
the most romantic kind Of life. He has recent
~ revealed an incident In his history which is
most interesting.
He WAS once captured by the Apaches, who
held him as q close prisoner In one Of their
camps. about fifty miles south Of Janos. In the
Sierra Madres near the dividing line between
the Mexican States OF Sonora and chihuahua
While there, he says, he saw the Apaches al;
ways have an abundance OF coarse gold and
nuggets. which hey traded of to the Mexicans
for such supplies and ammunition as they
needed One day he WAS taken along ont OF
the camp, some seven or eight miles through
an exceedingly rough country to wild gulch
where coarse gold was found In abundance in
the gravel and sand OF the dry creek bottom
He assisted his captors In collecting quite a
quantity Of it. Shortly afterward he succeeded
In making his escape.
. This was many years ago. but he says that
he still has general remembrance OF whore
that gulch 10. Until the last band OF hosties
under Geronimo were captured by Gen. Miles,
II was I'm possible to travel through that sec.
tion of country; but now that il Is perfectly
to start from FL PAso and make n trip OF re-
discovery. Quito number OF people are will
ing to accompany him.
The sun., 1889-03-31

Horace Greeley Told Him Cleveland Would
Win In 1884.

MIDDLETowN, N. Y, March 27.-Jeremiah
EiGhmie Is a well-to-do farmer OF the town Of
Hancock. shrewd and level-headed III ordinary
business affairs, but clear gone on spiritual
ism. In all matters Of importance he N ak es a
practice OF consulting the disem bodied spirits
OF George Washington. Ben Franklin. Horace
Greeley. or other eminent men who have
passed away. and thinks that they give him
not only wise counsels but foreknowledge OF
coming events and gift OF prophecy like that
bestowed upon Jeremiah Of old. Some OF his
neighbors.. though disclaiming any special
faith in spirltualsm; place good deal OF con-
fdence In the old fellows shrewd forecasts OF
events to come.
ardent Republican and in the. campaign OF
lSS4. alter consulting TIE spirit oi Horace Gree.
rrsdeen that H Wsnd be- eeced
Some who had faith in his prpphetic gifts were
TO- make bets by the
ampaign OF 1883 came around the winners,
and others who wanted to be, winners,
in relation to the result. Seer Eiehmie
q $bs % sss ra s
was corker on his spiritual ostcations.
and put all his betting friends in the SOUP"
hoy II happeaed that his last presieniial RHTs
explanation he offers is an. ingenious one:
seemingly Inspired by truthful spirits, and
commends itself to the chastened considerl-
tlon OF tariff smashers generally. Seer Eigh-
mie explains:
The first time that Cleveland rnn. in
spiritual communication with Horace Greeley
that departed statesman told me that Gleye-
wanted Cleveland elected. and he said II was
because the spirits could control him. When
Cleveland ran the second time asked an un-
known spirit who would be elected, and was
told Cleveland; | am now satisfied that his
was lying spirit, sent to deceive me and tho
Democrats Just as the Lord sent lying spirit
20 deceive Ahah. as we are told In the Book OF
Kings. The. evil spirit encouraged Cleveland to
Democrats to believe that he could be elected.
1t is easy 10 see how the evil spirit fooled me
and led the Democrats to destruction"
The sun., 1889-03-31

= -, i've TT !nUtUS HhtNu WHOM
he set out. She may knock us out" he rc-
marked at Bounu Brook. as the train passed.
a he reporter hadn't relshed this idea OF .
which was gradually becoming shorter the fur
ther they went He felt uneasy when he spled
the train. which appeared to be about Cranf,id.
hten didn't shut OF a pound OF steam. The
drivers hummed for all they were worth. His
pia piraotised eye bad taken n tho situation at a
distance OF. and bore down upon the station in
majestic style. coming up even with the mile
post In 90 seconds again.
II wasn't train 557. but Dunelen local
which had Just arrived q minute before on the
adjoining track.
The next throe miles were covered In 81, so,
and 53 seconds. respectively. SO five miles had
been made in i3 seconds loss than Ave minutes.
AMI Aten slowed up gradually. The FIRST two
miles ho had run at tho rate OF 70 miles an hour.
Aten crossed the pennsy vania's trucks at q
The sun., 1889-03-31

on to the rear platform OF the last car.
From tho first stroke OF the drivers thirty.
four minute and thre. seconds had elapsed.
Atom had arrived minute late. but he had
also started about minute late. II was a feat,
considering the weather.
On a recent clear day the reporter witnessed
good specimen run with engine 40. which has
q smaller boiler than &c. From the time Aten
struck the yard at Jersey City, d distance Of
thirty miles, 81 minutes and SO seconds elapsed |;
and he would have reached the train shed In
33 minutes II a red flag hadn't stopped him for
tween Westfeld and Elizabeth ho had made
five miles In 81. 81. 40, 80. and 81 seconds. SO
A. seconds had been dropIed out OF minutes
this time, and one mile had been at the rate OF
nearly 73s miles an hour.
Aten repeats; these leafs several times aweek
under favorable conditions. and he never va
RES much from schedule time. But he did
something phenomenal three years ago with
and hence was smaller than, either OF the pre-
Li?us two; but she had a larger boiler. The
drivers made nearly 4UO revolutions minute.
but the indicator few off before that was
couldn't have been much less than eighty miles
an hour. or a mile in forty five seconds.
Aten has been twenty-five years with the
Central. and has been associated with the fast
run since the orening OF the new Philadelphia
line Once. when abroad he had the satisfac-
ofQueen Victoria. Tho EnGlshman who bossod
the office. asked Aten, about the American
flyers, and he expressed curiosity to see the
Aten took or hi; hat and bowed politely.
Hare you really the one I" asked the man,
astonished. and he surveyed the Yankee from
head to foot.
with the passengers % GERS at Phiiadelphia on on the the
foggy morning, Tor the man who brought the
The sun., 1889-03-31

With Engineer John Jones on the Albany local.
Jones was one oil the four engineers chosen to
from Buffalo 10 Weehawken. A speed OF 81
miles an hour was claimed for ona stretch on
the Buffalo division. On q down grade be-
tween Bergen Fields and Hackensack, where
there Is a straight run for q number, OF miles
they credited Jones with 50 miles an hour.
How did II seem? Nothing very unusual"
he remarked when asked about the run. Only
the piston rod wont SO fast you could hardly
see II, and the wheels did Just hum; with 10
pounds OF steam on. ! wasn't tho least ner-
vous, though
Jones IL content with n slower run now. and
II is only whom he Ia late th ut he gets his spunk
un ew engineers are better posted on tho
points Of Interest along the route ilc can tell
how we'll William Walter Phelps trcats his
numerous tenants ut Tenneok. or why MAJOR
Andre's monument Mt Tarpen stops short with
u base slab less than four feet high.
IL would b. Interesting to describe trips with
fnst or well. known runners on other roads. The
The sun., 1889-03-31

fast train from Philadelphia, he and Fire.
man Applegate were busy cleaning and OIL
Ing the monster. as she stood on the
siding next TO the east bound track. En-
gine 35 looked very trim when the wiping was
finished. She had feet 8 inch drivers and 10
by "a inch cylinders She was Just like l69,
with which hten made a phenomenal run three
years ago. only she had bigger cylinder and
the latter a larger boiler.
Bill, as he Is commonly called. looked a
worthy propeller as he stood alongside in
specting her pprts-a big. massive frame Of
over 200, but not portly. with II plain sort Of
Jumper oil much worn by engineers. heavy
black moustache Just turning In contrast to
his silvery white hair gave him an impressive
appearance There WAS repose In his coun-
tenRnce that didn't change much. even when
the throttle was wide open. He seemed to have
the GOODNESS which every engineer regards as
the essential to success In the cab. Aten
has no superstitions, and he carries, no po;a-
toes in his pockets to charm away Ill luck. as
one Of the best runners ON the New York Cen
tral does.
Hogan was due at S:42. and few seconds
before that the shrek OF his whistle was heard,
although the locomotive couldn't be seen
through the fog. He drew UP alongside Aien
less than a minute late. The two scarcely
winked at each other. A yard engine shifted
the five cars on to the siding. and 36 backed
slowly to meet them. The brakeman linked
them on TO the engine and shook his hand
aloft. A sign from the conductor and Aten
turned on the steam. The performance had
taken Just two minutes.
1t lacked seconds OF Is minutes to o'clock.
III he made the schedule time he would get into
The sun., 1889-03-31

glass had been suddenly removed from the front
what was equivalent to a wind with velocity
OF seventy miles an hour would have struck
WASN'T caught up in twinklng and whisked
over the ragged coal heap Of the tender into
space. Such u resistance does locomotive
The reporter found 1t Sufficient to stick bis
head out OF the side window Of the cab. To do
hand and the window sill with the other.
The reporter had noted the time at which
they passed mile nost ID, 9nd ne took out u his Us
walt ior the 18th mile post. There it was, Just
ahead and II he had been much moro delib-
crate he would have missed 1t.
The split quarter seconds were not anick
enough TO catch stroke OF the drivers. over
aud even suecseding second told psrasptthlx.
The sun., 1889-03-31

faSSalc RlNer, ana IN Tunu1HH luFpCEH tlo
Central's yard at ommunipaw. which Is near
ly mile long.
Allowing Tor these three things. Aten must
average a mile in less than minute in order
to get there Under favorable conditions Of
weather 1t may he considered Il nice task.
which few engineers would caro- to attempt,
even with their favorite engines. Aud they oil
have their favorltes. and they try to keep them
as long as possible. En- nglne SO wasn't Aten's
regular one. so she wasn't quite 81 well be-
haved as he would like. His own. No. 4O. was
being oyerhauled.
Aten struck an easy gait OF forty five miles
an hour in running the up grade from Bound
Brook to PlainIeld. He took nearly nine min:
utes for the seven miles billy goat was all
that crossed his course.
We never catch one OF them" said Bill with
smile, mo matter how fast we go. They
seem to be under the wheels some times too"
The fog had half lifted west OF Plainleld, and
there were clear spots where he could see hall
Just before Fanwood, it eTew e,S dense again, and
back to tho Orange Mountains. thick mantle
OF mist still hung over the valley.
big white moon Is displayed In the signal
tower at the FauWood bend when all Is safe
The sun., 1889-03-31

nesrs. The observer evidently saw .Aten COM
ing, but the latter really shot by before the
whirled tho disks all the same. The train bad
passed the up grade, and struck one OF the
bstween Fanwood and Elizabeth, and straight
rs an arrow, Here is where Aten M gets In h his
steam up to AS pounds which was the limit.
ANY greater pressure would escape, by the
patent relief valve. with which all the Centrais
engines are equipped.
Past Fanwood She flew. gathering momentum
as she neared Westted; The reporters eye
mile ahead. and he imagined the effect OF
spreading rails and misplaced switches. Tho
signal disks showed but dimly., Would Aten
stead of slowing up, Aten actually olened tho
yave wider and Westlleld whlrled by, SO It
OF the train rattle OF the switch connections.
and il was smooth sailing again, And sail y
she did. for Aten gave the steam fnil play; and
at the nineteenth mi e post, this side OF West
field. she was doing her best.
The sun., 1889-03-31

picture Of Ben Hurst Is
hsS given ms being
that 81, perhaps. tho
oldest active engineer
in this country. Next
May he will have been
running 0fty years. He
doesn't look old. lie is
remarkably well pre-
served, und he says his
eyesiRht IL MS good ns
ever. His services are
appreciated by the
pennsylyaLia road
Uncle Ben" as he Is
called. has used nearly
every. style OF locomo-
tive that has been built,
The sun., 1889-03-31

easily to the long tles.
tlework crossthe river,
AS luck would have It,
the bridge was closed.
From Bergen Point he
ran In at tho speed OF a
mile a minute. As he
drove through the long
yard, train 5j7 Just pre-
ceded him into the do
pot, and tho passengers
from both trains disem-
barked almost at the
same limo. Some idea
Of the draught produced
BY q last train may DO
had when 1t is said that
about ha I a peck of bal
last hnd been drawn TN
The sun., 1889-03-31
A lion Killed with Stones.
From TIE Etw orleans Times, Democrat

PALo PINTO. March PA large Mexican
lion was killed siI miles from town this after
noon by Mr.. c. S. Duff without a weapon OF any
Kind but stones. The Crawford BOYS sent word
TO Mr.. Dun that the lion was in their neighbor-
spondsd promptly. M The dogs ' were Ts soon s In In
combat with The lion, and actually held him
while Mr.. Dun beat him TO death with, stones.
The lion measured seven feet from the tip Of
his nose to the end Of bis tail
The sun., 1889-03-31
RIDES WITH FAST ENGINEERS
4 REPoRTKR,s NOTES OF MON SPEED
MADE ON THE RAfL.

A Milo In 80 Seconds with wiiiinm Ateu-
Through the Fog on Time-John Hoesn's
Uecord-A Mile n Minute Around Curves
with K. q. KinR-Jobn Jones's work
Hen Hurst, George wooisey. william II.
Page. and Samuel Pine In Quick Runs.
It was morning not long ago, when the
city was wrapped In thick fog and several
collisions happened In the harbor. Three trains
had pulled into the Central OF New Jersey de-
pot at Communipaw. and nearly thousand
people took the ferry boat for New York. Doz-
ems OF prominent business men were among
them. The other boats weren't visible three
rods away. and 1t REQUIRED much manpuvrlng
to reach the opposite side. Tho Captain had
all his mon up on deck to look for
land. but 1t chanced that he nearly
struck the Atlas wreck, half a dozen piers
above that OF the Central. Whom the boat
finally reached Its own slip. thirty. four minutes
had ELAPSED In travelling the mile or SO In
the same length OF time the Philadelphia pas
sengers had come all the way from Bound
Brook. distance OF thirty-one miles. The
boat ride was at the rate OF two miles IN hour.
William Aten. who runs the fastest regular
train about New York. had whirled them along
thirty times as fast. regardless OF the fog
This looks like reckless running but those
who are in the habit OF riding behind Aten
rather took pride in the fact that he wasn't
bothered by the clements. They wore such
men as always tako the fastest line. although
there isn't but few minutes difference be-
tween its schedule and that OF it's competitors
And there has been more rivalry perhaps,
about tho time between New York and Phila-
delphia than between any other two cities.
The SUN reporter had gone down to Bound
Brook that morning to make the return trip