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The Portland daily press., 1896-10-21
MISS WILLARD's ARMENIANs.U
Held in New York Pending Giving OF
Bonds and Decision of Superintendent
of Immigration.

Washington, October 20.-The Treasury
Department has informed parties in Bos-
ton who are interested in the one hum
dred Armenians who have arrived at
New York and are detained. that bonds
In $500 each will be taken for the
Armenians provided the superintendent
of immigration at New York decides
that they can, under the law, be ad-
mitted. The bonds are exacted that they
may not become a public charge.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-21

from all over the country. The speakers
included Rev. W. o. Holman, Rockland,
Rev. Sewall Brown, St. George, Mrs.
George Green, South Tb0maston, Rev.
H. B. Woods, Rockport, Rev. f. M.
Preble, Camden, Rev. j. H. Parshley,
Rockland.
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Fire at Mechanic Falls.

Meohsnic Falls, October e0.-At 9. 80
p. M, fire was discovered in the build
inRs owned by Mrs. Nancy Keene, situ-
ated on Pine street. The stable was
burned and q two-story house saved.
Loss. $4,000; insured for $500 ON build
ings and furniture. The fire caught in
the stable, the cause Is unk nown.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-21

All the famous makes
of Underwear are here,
the patented sorts, the
kinds you see advertised
in all the magazines and
mentioned in every
health journal. This
store has the exclusive
agency for most of them,
including nri,
Munsing. DIR. Jaeger's
and others.
Bo ok k lie is, circulars,
samples, ETC.. free.
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One of saco's Veterans.

Saoo, October 2O.-Ira H. Lord, who
for 81 years has been employed in VIM.
Woods harness shop, died Tuesday
morning aged SO years. H he was un-
married and was a brother of Mayor
Samuel L. Lord.
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THE WEATHER.

Boston, Octo Der
2o.-Local forecast
for Wednesday,:
Cloudy, probably
without rain j; south
to southwest winds.
Washington, Go
tober 20.-Forecast
for Wednesday for
New England: Gen
orally fair, possibly
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Weather Observations.

The Agricultural Department weather
bureau for yesterday, October 20, taken
at 8 p. M, meridian time, the observa-
tion for each station being given in this
order. Temperature. direction of the
wind, state OF the weather:
Boston, 50 degrees, S. cloudy; New
York, 81 degrees, S. cloudy; Philadelphia,
"a degrees, s, clear; Washington, Sc de-
S. cloudy; Buffalo, 4s degrees, e, cloudy;
Detroit, "A degrees. S, cloudy; Chicago, IS
degrees, W. clear; st. Paul, 30 degrees,
NV. cloudy; Huron, Dak., Sc degrees, N,
cloudy; Bismarck, 81 degrees, NV,
cloudy; Jacksonville, 68 degrees, NE,
clear.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-21

northern portion; southerly winds.
Local Weather Report.
Portland, October 20.-The local
weather bureau office records as to the
weather are the following:
8a. m.-Barometer. 30.168; thermome-
ter 400; dew point, 800: humidity, $50;
wind. 8; velocity, a: weather, partly
cloudy.
sp. m.-BarQmeter, 90 951; thermome-
ter. $40; dew point, $50; humidity,
$50; wind. s.; velocity, IA; weather,
cloudy.
Mean daily thermometer, 42.0; maxi
mum thermometer. $40; minimum ther-
momster. BIC; maximum velocity of
wind, "a. q; total precipitation, 0.
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NEW AovnRrIsEmENTs.
The tveGtber today
likely to be
fair.

Y V is new, what
ever Is
fashionable, whatever is
desirable in trimmings,
tor costumes or wraps,
be sure of finding it
here in variety.
One entire section is
given over to trimmings,
and the great stock that's
gathered here now re-
presents the best thought
of the leading manufac-
turers everywhere.
Today we are opening
a complete new line of
fancy Bolero Jackets in
mohair, silk and jet.
This very popular form
of garniture comes in
every possible degree of
elaborateness and at al
most any price.
An elegant new stock
of gimps, passamenteries
and buttons open today,
exclusive styles which
you'll not see elsewhere.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-21

Did you see that sump-
tuous easy chair in the
window yesterday?
Our own design and
get up from frame to
finish. We make odd
pieces Of furniture to
order. The choicest of
covering fabrics, the best
of upholstery materials
all through and the most
skillf $ ul workmanship.
Wonderfully low prices
too.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-21
The Wise Retailer


Scientific, Botanic and Magnetic Healer,
removed from lib Free street to az Brown
street, Portland, Me. Treats all old chronic
and Complicated diseases that the flesh Is heir
Doctors office and let him examine your case.
All cases at distance treated by letter ;-fulI
name, age color of eyes and place of residence,
medicines are used in my practice. Office hours
s. a.. M. to 10 a., to 8p, m. oct19 I'm 1stp
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COATEMPTIBLE INDEED.
Expiring Popocraey's Desperate Strug.
giles.
PREPARING FORGED LETTER FOB
FOR CIRCULATION.

Which Attributes Sentiments to Major
Mckinley at Variance With His Whole
Public Career-Document Offered for
Sale to Republican National Commit =
tee.
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if she could see anything. She said No.
placed he- in front of the lamp and she
told me she saw light
II then. ran my hand in. between the
light and her eyes. She said: There is
something in 'front.' and then said it was
a hsnd. One of the boys at the laboratory,
Ned Daily, then placed a piece of brass,
cut circular, in front of her. and she said
1t was plate. A little while later she
said it was yellow plate.
II asked her father if he was positive
she was blind. He said he was. l then
took the lamp and moved it from side to
side, and her eyes followed it and she told
me just where l stood.
"The next night we tried to discover
the location of the bone pressing down on
her optic nerve. The doctor said he was
not able to see it, although we expect we
will be able to take photograph showing
the bone. The remarkable thing to me
was her. ability to distinguish colors. l
believe this is new feature.
This experiment was not made with
the Horoscope. 1t was made with the
caild looking directly at the lamp. The
reports that the microscope will aid the
blind to distinguish articles is all wrong.
No X-ray gets through the Horoscope. In
horoscope is simply light"
Mr.. Edison said he did not think the
X-ray would enable the blind 10 read, be-
cause the article 10 be seen must be oil
metal
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ventor named DR.. Scoring who lived in
this city. One day heard conversation
between him and the late Walter Blair,
who built the Piedmont cable road. Seer
ing told Blair not to think of'putting his
fortune into an expensive trench in tie
ground as in short time electric-cars
would be running all over Oakland. Blair
laughed at the idea, pnt his trench in the
ground and put his fortune into it. and
electricity was substituted on his system
after the road had been sold by the SheI iff
DR.. Scoring fell dead on the street here
about two years ago, but few weeks be-
fore his death he told me that with alumni
mum and electricity an airship would soon
be certainty. l don't say this as proof
that there is a successful airsh1p now in
use, but | will say that if l were to read in
to- morrcw's paper absolute proof that one
has been constructed, / should notfbe any
more surprised than Walter Blair was
after he saw his mistake"
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ANDERSON IN LINE.
Her Citizens Claim to Have Seen
the Aerial Mystery In Its
Flight,

REDDING, CAL, Nov. 29.-Anderson,
located about ten miles south of Redding,
is either in line with other cities of the
coast or else her citizens have the same
might owl" proclivities, for it is current
talk that the aerial monster passed over
Anderson last evening about 20 minutes
past s. Her citizens claim to have seen
the stranger in its flight.
1t was first observed from the corner of
East Center and Ferry streets by a re-
putabIe citizen noticing peculiar light in
the westward. He called the attention of
others to the seeming phenomenon, and
quite crowd collected. 1t was generally
conceded that this must he the long
talKed-of airship. Its course was south
and west, and the lights soon disappeared
III the south. The light was large and
brilliant and seemed to move in steady
course.
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NEW TODAY

Healthy, happy babies are generally
the offspring of healthy, happy mothers.
1t would hardly be natural if it were
otherwise. The baby's health and hap
piness depend on the mothers. The
mothers condition during CESSATION par
ticularly exerts an influence on the
whole life of the child
Impure blood, weakness and nervous
ness in the mother are pretty sure to
repeat themselves in the child.
If woman is not careful at any other
time, she certainly should be during the
period preliminary to parturition. 1t is
a time when greatest care is necessary,
and Nature will be the better for little
help. Even strong, we'll women will
find themselves feeling better, their time
of labor shortened and their pains less
ened if they will take DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription. To those whom
troubles peculiarly feminine have rend-
cred in any degree weak, it will prove
veritab1e blessing. 1t is good general
tonic for the whole system, and at any
time will promote the proper and regular
action of all the organs. 1t is medicine
for women only and for all complaints
confined to their sex is of inestimable
value
DR.. Pierce has written I6S page book,
called Woman and Her Diseases,
which will be sent sealed, in a plain
envelope, on receipt of ten cents topart
pay postage.
Address, WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDI-
CAL, ASSOCIATION, No. 663 Main Street,
Buffalo. N. Y.
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OVER ALAMEDA.
The Mysterious Lights Made Their
Appearance on Saturday
Night Last.

Alameda had another spell of excite
ment over the airship on Saturday night,
when the mysterious light that has been
puzzling residents OF the towns about the
bay made its appearance over the south
ern portion OF the Encinal city.
Shortly after dark the family of a gen.
leman living at Versailles station, while
observing the heavens from the southern
windows of the house saw a big white
light suddenly appear high in the air
about over Bay Farm Island. 1t seemed
to fare out in a second as though some
thing that had obscured it had suddenly
been removed. All watched with breath
less interest while it rose, passing rapidly
westward meanwhile to a greater height,
where ii seemed to pause for an instant.
1t then turned toward the south and
passed on in that direction.
II appeared about the size of mans
head when first seen. but grew smaller
and smaller until it passed out of sight.
The time that elapsed between the first
appearance and the disappearance was
about twenty minutes. and all agreed that
it seemed to iurch from side to side as it
went southward.
A gentleman visiting at the house, who
has had considerable to do with electric
light power, and who saw the aerial
mystery, is convinced that it could have
been nothing else than an electric light of
great mower
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Slaughter of Pacificos in the
Attempt to Exterminate All
on-Combatants..
HUNDREDS OF OLD MEN, WOMEN
AND CHILDREN SLAIN
Terrible Massacre of Those Who
Surrendered in the Province
of P.nar del Rio. e

KEY WEST, FLA, Nov. 29-Late Ha-
pacificos continues by Weyler's, special
orders. All commanders are ordered to
clear the country OF all non-combatants.
This is done silently.
Communication with the country is
difficult and it is hard to obtain details.
The massacres only become known: through
the confessions of officers and soldiers in
some cases. Colonel Struch, it is said,
openly boasted in Havana of killing over
800 old men, women and girls, who sur
rendered in Pinar del Rio PROVINCE.
Many have been also killed in other
provinces. 1t is also reported that Colonel
Struch, while in his cups, gave voting
details of the Pinar del Rio massacre
On the night of November % Coone
oStruch and his men drank heavily and
then followed one of the most horrible oc-
currences OF the war. Intlamed by drink,
the Spanish soldiers rushed upon their
helpless prisoners and subjected them to
treatment which cannot be described in
print. Finally Colonel Struch significantly
told his men that sit was no use 10 be
longer bothered by the Cuban cattle"
The soldiers took tha hint and immediss
ately began fringeon the old women and
girls. Volley after volley of lead was fred
at the covering and shriekiug creatures
who had so lately been the victims of
Spanish cruelty until not one was left
alive. The bodies.of the victims were left
to ths vultures. and Colonel Struch
marched his command back to headquar-
ters and reported to Captain General Wey-
ler that several insurgent camps had been
'raided and about 800 rebels killed.
Colonel Struch and many Of his officers
were given furloughs in consideration of
their services and returned to Havana.
Since going to- Havana Colonel S.ruch
has been drunk all the time and has
openly boasted of the awful slaughter OF
innocents. This story is not in the least
exaggerated, as it is made upon official
lips of Colonel Struch as he staggered out
of the cafes of Havana.
From other provinces come stories of
massacre of innocents, but none so well
authenticated as the one related above.
Weyler's edict Offering pardon to those
who surrender is proving to be simply
device to lure Cuban's to death.
HAVANA, CUBA, Nov. 29.-The latest
reports from the province of Pinar del
Rio locate Captain General Weyler in the
vicinity of San Cristobal. He was march
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lights, and an electrician states it bore all
the characteristics of an electric light.

lights, and an electrician states it bore all .
the characteristics of an electric light.
Anderson town about ten miles south
OF Redding, lays claim to the honor OF
visit from the aerial nondescript on Satur-
day night.
Mayor Davie contributes some pertinent
philosophical reflections to the literature
of the topic of the day.
Dispatches from Los Angeles last night
state that the strange lights have been
seen in the neighborhood for the past few
days.
| General Hart had something further to
say yesterday on the use of dynamite in
war.
I'm the event that an airship could be
| made to destroy city," he said, ''that in
itself would firmly establish the peace of
the civilized world. It would be realized
that it would be no use 10 fight against
such means. The very fact that such a
thing could be done would bring about uni
versal peace. The result would be that
the nations would resort TO arbitration in
all matters of international differences. 1t
would no longer be a matter who has the
| biggest cannon and who can shoot the
farthest. There would be no use for
navies or Notifications, and thus would be
brought about absolute peace"
He also took occasion to explain that
the 100 mile fight referred to in yester-
days CALL was made with the larger air
ship. The smaller one, he added, is capa-
bic of moving much more rapidly. By
going with the atmospheric currents and
using the electric power at the same time,
he claimed, it can attain speed OF forty TO
fifty miles an hour.
One point that has been noticed is that
Attorney Hart intimated several d ays ago
that the course of the airship would be
souther!y and dispatches confirmatory of
this were last night received from Los An
giles.
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SOUTH OF TEHACHAPI.
The Aerial Wonder appears to the
People of San Fernando
ValIey

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Nov. 29.-The
operator OF the California airship seems 10
find the climatic conditions south of
Tehachapi very favorable for the eyolu-
tions of his bird-like machine.
Persons whose occupations keep them
up late into the night relate experiences
of having seen strange and peculiar lights
during the past three nights moving about
near the summit of the mountains or
crossing the valleys at rapid rate.
These visitations have heretofore been
witnessed by only few persons, but to-
night scores of residents of East Los An
geles saw the fitting light in the direction
of Pasadena moving along the foothills
toward Santa Monica.
a CALL correspondent took great pains
this evening TO verify the reports about
the lights, and is now thoroughly satisfied
that some very unusual spectacle was seen
by large number of persons, all of whom
gave substantially the same description of
what they saw, and there can no longer be
any question but that some figure of huge
outline and carrying light has been seen
in the San Fernando Valley and along the
foothills extending from the valley to
Santa Monica.
Motorman Millsap of the Downey
avenue car line, which runs into East Los
Angeles, gave the best description among
the many interviewed. He is quite sure
that what he saw is an aerial machine
operated by human being.
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81; Andy, aged 6; Lottie, aged 8. and
Arthur, a baby IL months ana few days.

81; Andy, aged 6; Lottie, aged 3. and
Arthur, baby II months ana few days.
The house was discovered in flames by
Mr.. Thompson at 6:45 A. NJ. He rushed
for the building and burst open the front
door but was driven back by the flames,
which seemed to be in possession Of the
whole interior. He then knocked open a
room window and took hold of Mr.. Green
man, who was burned so that the flesh
came off in Thompson's hand, and it was
all he could do to drag out the corpse.
He was then compelled to flee from the
house, the flames which came from the
window almost burning him. The house
was quickly destroyed.
} Coroner Matson arrived and the horri-
bly, charred remains of the family were
!, taken from the smoldering ruins. An
inquest will be held in the morning. The
fire was undoubtedly the result OF defec-
tive stovepipe. Greenman and his family
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BAD BLOOD At A BALL GAME.
Bitter RIyairy BY Using Bats With
Deadly Effect

PARIS. TEX. Nov. 29.-For some time
the Indians OF Red River and Eagle coun-
ties, Chcctaw nation, have been playing
match games of ball and the rivalry be-
came so intense that bad blooa was en-
gendered.
Last Thursday at Goodwater the antag-
onism between the two counties culmin-
ated in a general fight, in whicn the butt
ends Of their ball sticks were freely used
and men were knocked down all over the
ball field. some twenty or thirty being
more or less injured. Will Goings had
his skull crushed and died III short time.
Eastman Battise received injuries from
which he died. John Billy was seriously
wounded.
Sheriff Huston OF Eagle County was SO
badly injured, it is said, be cannot pos
sibly recover. No arrests will follow, as
the Indians have no law to punish N an
for killing another in ball game. No
firearms or knives were used.
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temperature being below zero all over
Minnesota and the Dakotas.
The thermometer registered u below
zero at II o'clock tonight and is still
rowing colder.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 29.-The first
real snowstorm of the season in this city
made itself felt to-day. The promised
cold wave was also ON hand, although the
temperature was not low enough to have
been disagreeable if the. weather had been
clear.
At about 8 o'clock this afternoon hail
began to fall and continued for about hall
an hour. Then came light, misty rain,
which continued Internationally until
about 7 o'clock, when it changed to snow.
AT first the flakes were light and hardly
distinguishable from heavy mist But
soon they grew larger, and at O'Clock
quite respectable snowstorm was pre-
vailing. At IL o'clock the ground was
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were burned out two years ago, barely
escaping with their lives.
INTENSELY COLD WEATHER.
Great Suffering in the Far North and
an Increase of the Death List
rs ExDected.

ST. PAUL. MINI. Nov. 29.-The in.
tensely cold weather which prevails in the
storm-swept districts of the Northwest
has brought on intense suffering. and the
death list of four is expected to be in
creased unless milder weather sets in.
Reports from the railways tonight indi-
cate that they are running nearly on time
again.
!. reports coming in from west of the
Missouri say the losses to stock will not
be great, as when the storm broke the
beeves found fair shelter In the valleys.
The weather, however, is very severe, the
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EDISON GIVES HER SIGHT.
Objects Seen and Distinguished BY the
Aid of X-Rays BY Child Blinded
Several Years 400.

NEW YORK,SN. Y, Nov. 29.-With the
aid OF X-rays, Thomas Edison has enabled
nine-y ear-old Kittie Schoellner OF Newark,
n. j., to see after. having been blind for
two and half years As the result of fall,
which crushed one of the bones of the
skull, and it is thought, caused pressure
on the optic nerve, paraIyzing it.
The child was taken by her father to the
laboratory On Tuesday, and Mr.. Edison
consented to see if the X-rays would en-
able her to see. He saws:
"When the little girl arrived I asked her
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AN ORAL REVERE.
Mayor Davie Says Some Pointed
Things About a Curr ent
Topic Of Interest.

AOolC Oi lflk0I SSts
OAKLAND, CAL, Nov. %. - Mayor
Davie has seen phase of human incon-
sistency during the past week that has
amused him. 1t is best told in his own
words:
Whether there be an airship cruising
nightly over this neighborhooi," said his
Honor to little group of friends yester-
day, sis only secondary matter with me
at this time. II there be not one now. I
am convinced that the problem of aerial
navigation will soon be solved. What is
now interesting me is the peculiar;ties of
some newspapers and some newspaper
| readers.
"Earlv Sunday, as you all know, we find
on our doorsteps small Libraries which are
called daily newspapers. We look through
them and find that good portion OF them
IS occupied wit h the marvellous things that
scientists perfect and prophecy During
the past few months this has been more
the case than ever before. The ne wspapers
publish all these things as facts, profess 10
believe them, and the majority of their
readers accept them as truth. Being some
what OF scientist myself, 1 am led to be-
'lieve in many things that now appear i'm
probable. But have precedent for it.
"a year ago if any one had told me that
they could produce a ray of light that
would photograph my watch through a
wooden box would | have beer called an
ass for doubtin- him? Yet have seen
this very thing done. We have all read
of the progress of aeronautics, and yet
when thousand reputable citizens de-
clare that they have seen some kind of a
machine navigating the skies. and believe
their eyesight as proof that some one has
done what the newspapers have told US
for years is only matter of time, most of
those papers try TO make us believe that
they have been fooling US with their prob
abilities, and that their stories of scientific
prophecies are all fool stories.
"SeveraI years ago there was an old in
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Chap Through Another Session

Warren Wooden Mills at Stafford Springs
will start on full time tomorrow. These
mills employ about 300 hands. The Un-
derwood Betting Company of Tolland is
rushed with orders, owing to so many
mills starting in various parts of the
country. number of the wooden mills in
this city recently increased their running
time.