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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-20

was on her starboard tack when in fact
she was on the port tack is not substan-
| tiated
The libellant establishes by satisfac-
tory preponderance of evidence the fact
| that the schooner's mechanical fog horn
| was properly sounded with two blasts as
required by lazy, and the master of the
schooner being on deck and having full
warning of the steamers approach, by
repeatedly hearing her steam whistle,
naturally would be alert to take every
precaution for the safety of his crew and
of his vessel.
The positive testimony of the captain
and crew of the Maud B. Witherell finds
support in the probabilities of the case.
1t is possible that the steamers whistle
may have drowned the sound of the
schooner's fog horn, I am of the opinion,
however, that If any misunderstanding
OF the schooner's signals existed on the
steamer it did not contribute to the col
lision.
No change of course was made by the
steamer in consequence of the signals;
and the signals were too nearly ahead
(the master testifying, ''It was ahead, or
little on the port side'') to justify an
assumption by the master that the
schooner was out of his course, even if
he supposed her on the starboard tack.
As was in the Umbria, 1866 U. S. 404:
IL is dlfllcult to locate the exact poSlt-
ion of a vessel in fog, and still more
difficult to determine her course and dis
tance, and while a vessel continues to be
heard so nearly ahead, it is manifestly
unsafe to assume that she is upon a
course that will keep her clear
AS an excuse for not reversing the en-
gines, the claim of misapprehension of
signals or erroneous signals is far from
satisfactory; and would If accepted as the
true reason for holding the course and
for not reversing, indicate the further
fault of attempting to locate with close
precision vessel nearly ahead in thick
fog, by the sound of her fog horn.
Furthermore the present case is an
eminently proper one for an application
of the rule laid down in The City of New
York (147 U. S. 72, 85), The Ludwig Hol-
berg (157 U. S. 60. ~, and the Umbria
(166 U. S. 404, 409), and any doubts re-
garding the management of a schooner or
the contribution of her faults, if any, to
the collision, should be resolved in her
favor
I find upon the whole testimony that
the schooner fully performed the duties
imposed upon her, and that the steamer
was solely at fault both in proceeding at
excessive speed in fog and in failing
to take due measures to prevent collis-
ion or modify it's affect after discovering
the presence of the schooner.
A decree will be entered for the libel
1ant
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-20

Vana being situated near the western
END OF the island, these two provinces
have been distant from the Captain Cen
erafs headquarters, and he has main
talned his outposts there at great cost
In those places have been the extremities
OF his military system, and there the
paralysis is naturally felt first. The loss
of Victoria de las Tunas has undoubtedly
made 1t necessary either to abandon San
tlago de Cuba or make an aggressive
campaign there. This province is at the
extreme eastern end of the island land Vic
tor1a de Ian Tunas is near its western bor-
der-at its gateway, in a certain sense
For the lines of communication between
Santiago de Cuba and the rest of the ISL
and pass through that city. The effect
of giving up these two provinces to the
Cubans will be to endow them with a
large area of country whence resources
may be accumulated for the armies operat-
ing in the four western provinces of
Santa Clara, Matanzas, Habana and
Plnar del Rio. 1t should not be forgotten,
however, that the withdrawal from the
eastern provinces will strengthen the
Spaniards from military point of view.
The posts in those provinces were far
from the base of operations, and were sus-
tanned at great expense of both men
and money. Weyler can now concentrate
in the four western provinces, and ought
to be able to cope with his enemies
efectually for time at least. The whole
territory in which he must operate is
within comparatively easy reach of Ha-
yana and MatAnzas. both excellent bases
for military operations.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-20
oapt. E. p. FIckett's Vacation.
To the Editor of the Press:

To the Editor OF the Press:
On my vacation, I received hearty
reception from all visited. At Vineyard
Mission. which is in charge of Madison
Edwards. This mission is branch of
the Boston Seamen's Friend Society.
Last Sunday visited the Brooklyn navy
yard with Mr.. Edwards in his little
launch and was permitted to take part in
the service aboard the U. S. S. Cincin-
natl, which is ordered on three years
cruise. The farewell address was preached
by Mr.. Woods, and proved to be very
affecting zone. The ship is under com
mand of Capt. Chester, as noble man as
ever trod ships deck, and carries a
crew of 400 men. Among other things, II
visited the old receiving ship Vermont,
and the U. S. ship Marblehead, just off
a three years cruise and carrying crew
of 5000 men. At Staten Island I went to
the sailoss'. Snug. Harbor, where 100 sons
of Neptune have one of the most com
Portable homes that they could wish for.
This home is oyerseen by Gov. Trask,
who is man in the right place. They
have also most beautiful chapel, costing
over $1,000. Besides the chapel there is
a theatre which will seat four or five
hundred persons. A band of 40 pieces
plays on the lawn cnce week in front
of the theatre. Most certainly these sons
of Neptune have good reason to thank
their great benefactor, Mr.. Robert Ran
dali, for leaving them such a port, where
they can ride peacefully at anchor in their
declining years, and at last drop their
anchor in Heavens broad bay and be
worried no more forever.
I wish to express my sincere and heart
felt thanks to G.. W. T. Cooling mana
ger of the Casco Bay Steamboat Co., for
the passes he gave to the party of boot
blacks of Fore and Commercial street.
Saturday afternoon. The little fellows
enjoyed the sail wonderfully.
CAPT. E. P. FICKETT.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-20

The difficulties between Greece and
Turkey have at last been adjusted through
the mediation of the Powers. Greece
loses very little territory, and Crete will
have practical exemption from the tyran-
ny of the Turk. The great nations, in
spite Of their jealousies, have acted hui
namely and wisely, and had Greece heed
ed their advice in the first instance she
would have saved herself much humili-
alton and expense. Those who applaud
ed the ''pluck' of; Greece and denounced
Lord Salisbury and his associates in the
concert Of Europe. now realize which
was the more statesmanlike course. Crete
gets no more than what the Powers were
ready to guarantee in the first place, and
that the Turk is not now in Athens is
due to the united and determined atti-
tude of Christian Europe.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-20

On Saturday King Oscar of Sweden
celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of
his accession to his throne, amid gen.
eral expressions of devotion and good
will from his subjects. One hundred and
seventeen years ago the ancestor of King
Oscar, an obscure man, enlisted as pri-
yate in the Republican army of France.
He rose to be one of Napoleon's distin-
guished marshals, and of all the men
about Napoleon who became princes OF
kings, Bernadotte alone founded a royal
family which has endured. The secret
of it is the fact that he quarrelled with
his chief, and later when elected heir to the
throne of Sweden, took up arms against
him
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-20

A branch of the Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution has been formed
in France. If interest is taken in the Or
der by the French people themselves, there
ought to be material for large society
there Several thousand French soldiers
and sailors served in our war of indie
pendence; but 1t is doubtful whether
many of the traditions of that service
have outlived the great upheavals expert
enoed since then by France. The officers
belonged to noble families, and the Re-
volution obliterated many of them. From
the Frenchman's point of view, the mod.
est renown of Yorktown has been eclipsed
by the more recent and memorable
gJories that cluster around the victories
of Napoleon. The membership in the
French branch of the society will prob
ably be confined largely to the American
colony in Paris.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-20

The Congregationalists of Munjoy Hill
babe adieu yesterday to the old ST. Law
renee street church. For forty years the
society has lived a life of usefulness in
its old place Of worship on ST. Lawrence
street. After this it will have it's home
in the beautiful new building on Con-
gress street, one of the noblest church
edifices in New England. The name OF
the Esociety will also be changed some
what, and it will be known as the ST.
LAWRENCE church.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-20

The ghost of Queen Anne Boleyn hav-
ing been seen by the sentries in the Tow
er of London, a death in the royal family
Of England is said to be portended. 1t
seems to have been the province of the
sentries in the Tower to see this particu-
lar ghost just before such sad events. In
the olden days such an appsrition would
have been construed to mean something
rotten in the state of Denmark but in
these days of security and order nothing is
anticipated outside theI common lot Of
man.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-20

The reported intention of General Wey-
Ter to abandon the provinces of Puerto
Principe and Santiago de Cuba to the
insurgents, may well be construed as a
sign that success is in sight for the pa
triots. These two provinces form the east
ern portion of the island and territorially
amount to more than one half of it. Ha-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-20
Deafness Cannot Be Cured.

by local application as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear There Is only one
way to cure deafness and that is by constitu-
famed condition OF the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infiamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing and when it is entirely closed, Deafness Is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever ;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but all inflamed condition of
the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness caused by ca.arrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars; free.
F. J. CHENNEY&CO., Toled. o.
eT Sold by Druggists Use.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-20

The green two-cent stamp will not
come back after ALL The nations of the
earth are generally making stamps of this
denomination in red tints, and the recent
Postal Congress decided that concert
of the Powers was desirable in this re-
spect.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-20
THE PRESS.
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 20.

The Attorney Generals decision on
Section % is too, too slow.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-20
PORTLAND TRUST
COMP ANY.
PORTLAND & RUMF0RD FALLS RY.

NOTICE is hereby given that as provided in
~ the trust mortgage given by the Portland
&. RImiora Falls railway to the old Colony
1892 said railway will pay at the office OF Kid
der. Peabody & Co.. 113 Deyonshre street.
Boston, Mass, or at the Portland Trust Co. in
Portland, Me-, on and after the first day Of
October, 1897. upon presentation and surrender
thereof. with interest due thereon to said first
day of October, all bonds issued and now out
with premium OF por cent on tine principal
thereof. All future interest on any such
bonds ceases with coupons due October1, 1897.
or. at the option Of the holder, the above bonds
will be paid at any time prior to Oct. 1, 1897,
at lo5 and interest to date of payment, at the
offices specified above
r. G. BRADFORD, Treasurer.
jy2sdM. w&Ftoctl
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
HAREM BATHS.
Adele Stern Says the Suitan's Wives Dis
port In Perfumed Steam.

port In Perfumed Steam.
1t has remained for German newspa-
per woman, Adele Stern, to penetrate the
mysteries of the sultan's harem. How
Fraulein Stern managed to get into the
sacred precincts of the baths she does not
say, but she gives a very interesting de-
scription of their interior. She says:
Along the walls are low settees. In the
middle of the room stands magnificent
Turkish clock Near by is mangal, an
open metallic stove, from which comes
daintily perfumed heat On the top is IA
big bronze pot in which delicious mocha
is being brewed. AT every other step is a
sort of cradle in which rest from one to
three children.
1.-THE dolce far niente of Turkish female
life can nowhere be better studied than in
bath The women of the harem enter
the bath early in the morning and spend
from an hoEI to the whole day there.
"And now to the bath itself 1t is a
veritable fairyland. The soft, damp air,
the white marble. the perfumed steam, all
help the illusion of being in some NIKE
land Right before me, splashing in the
water, are two nymphs. Their immense
black eyes glance sadly at me from beneath
a mass of raven black hair Their forms
are exquisite. white rs the alabaster sur
rounding them and with skin as soft as
the richest velvet.
"At this moment am accosted by an
elderly woman whose arms arc muscular
in the extreme. 'Maschallahr she cries
which translated means, Oh thou wonder
of Cod Just why she considers me In
this light do not know. Without more
ceremony she takes me, plunges mo int
the water, rinscs me, soaps me, and fnall,
places me fiat on a stone couch. Then be
gins the massage.
1.-The bath finished, I am once mor'
ushered into the dressing room. drink 4
cup of coffee and depart Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
ONE OF THE SMART KIND.
A Young Bridegroom Who Makes an Ex-
pensive Guy of Himself

A lot of travelling statesmen, spending
Sunday In Washington, were doing what
drummers at rest always do, when one,
who was very fresh and aggressively
knowing, got up and left the hotel office.
81 never liked that fellow, said one of
the two remaining, land L don't like his
kind. 1t Is that sort that gave travelling
men the reputation they have, and I'd
like to see the last one of them fired out of
his position and decent man put in
(Which reminds me, said the other,
"of the very freshest chap of all ever
saw. He had little money of his own,
and he lived in a country town in Indiana
and Travelled around the state for the only
wholesale store in the place. He kept his
job because he had money in the concern
and because he did have some ability as
salesman, though he was insufferably con-
ceited. l used to be thrown with him oc-
casionally, and l never went to hotel
with him that he didn't always ask for
the best room in the house. Well, after
awhile he got married, couple of years
ago that was, and he made his first trip to
New York, accompanied by his bride who
was nearly as big a fool as he was. The
Waldorf was the only place in New York
good enough for them, and do you know
what the zap did when they got thereS"
81 can guess, " smiled the listener
"That's just what he did He lined up
alongside the counter of that elegant place
as if it were the Hotel dc Hoss in Sque-
dunk, and with wave of his hand, that
same old wave / remember so well, BY
links, he said to the clerk, gimme the
best room you got in the house. And the
clerk did, but after letting the young fell
low spread himself on it for n minute or
two he told him the best would cost him
$500 day, and for once in his life freshly
had to acknowledge that he had bit off
more than he could chew Washington
Star
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18

Special sale for November month at the
Laurium Fair next to the postoffice.
One hundred and twenty five boys oyer
coats, sizes from 6 to 13, worth from
81. so S.. at this sale only from $3 to
$1.75; 90.inch youths listers. sizes from
IA to 10, worth from 30 to 80 SO, at
this sale from $3.50 to IS; $50 mems
Melton overcoats, worth %, at this sale
81; 100 mems listers in Chinchilla,
worth SIS, at this sale $40. so; 112 mems
listers, in Irish frieze, orth $3.50, at
this sale $11; IT'S pairs mems calf
boots, worth 1915, at this sale $1.4S;
100 OF boys calf boots, sizes from 3 to 5,
worth $3.50, at this sale $1.1O. Give
me a call and convince yourself that
what we say is true and that by this
special sale you can not only save pen
MES, but dollars as well. The Laurium
Fair. l. FEINBERG 20.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
boring the Bore.

Come in and see how get rid of bores
You've often asked my recipe and I'm
about to deal with one of the most viru-
lent of his type" IL was nm old banker
speaking, and he showed his guest into
the private office.
"Hello, Orpey" began the bore at
sight Just dropped i'm to have talk
about poor Lipsey. suppose
Eyes, of course, neglected his business
gambled away enormous sums of money,
fell victim to the terrible curse of intern
perance, dissipated his fortune, and even
lost his home. Too badi"
Awful But did you hear
Certainly Tried to drown his sorrows
in deeper rotations than ever, lost his trial
situation in commercial house, was
branded bad egg and left to his own re-
sources. Drifted away into great city,
family suffered, he braced up, found hon
est employment, won friends and was do
ing well, everything considered. T"
"That's right, BUT
$50 heard. Back with us again. He
has a fine position, looks like his old self
and everybody happy"
do you think he'll"-
81 know he will. A few old calamityites
think otherwise, but he's all right. We
have him for dinner tomorrow night Goes
to the Uppies next night "
"Nop l hope
"That's all right. So do the rest Of MS. "
"Well, good day. Pretty busy these
times"
"There you have it," laughed the bank
er as he closed the door. "You persist In
doing the talking and bore will run ev'
cry time. detroit Free Press
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The annual farmerS' institute is To be
held at Champaign, Ills, i'm February.
The queen and Princess Beatrice left
balhoral FOR Windsor on Nov. II. They
VIII reside at the castle for about five
week before proceeding to Osborne for
Christmas
rev Or Henry r. Pritchard of In
uiahapolls, who is the Oldest living
preacher in the Church of the Disciples
OF America, has preached 5000 sermons.
lie has known General Harrison ever
since the latter was a boy.
r. o. Randall, retired druggist. was
run down and killed by an electric street
car at ottumwa, la.
Kaiser Wilhelm is said To have taken
great liking to Lieutenant Niblack.
the naval attache of the United States
embassy in Berlin and frequently in
vites him to the palace.
The spine Of Martin A. Brookshire.
aged 90, was broken in three places in
runaway at Moweaqua Ills. He died.
three deaths in one family in one day
Is recorded at Freeburg, Ills. Arnold
and wife and Gustave Arnold, a grown
son. were buried side by side in the
village cemetery. They died natural
deaths but of different maladies.
Sebastian Mutzger of Daggett, Mich.
committed suicide by hanging.
Francis Dillinger, a farmer. while CO.
ing through a dark woods near Elwood
Ind was fired upon from both sides OF
the road. The bullets passed close to
his head.
Ford county. Ills, has purchased a
farm, built and equipped poorhouse al
an expense Of 500, 900.
A. G. Holcomb. a prisoner in the
county Jail at Dodgeville. Wis, escaped
by getting possession Of the keys in
some mysterious manner. He is sup
posed to have had outside aid
George Seagraves of st. Louis re-
proved his two grown sons for some
trivial offense. They made a murderous
assault on him. His skull is crushed ant
he cannot live.
The public school building at West
Unity, o., was destroyed by fire.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
Railroads NAV Get More Time.

washington, Nov. 1S.-Dec. the in
|'erstate commerce commission will give
nearing to the railroads that have
peutioned for an extension of the time
~ which to equip their freight cars and
locomotives with automatic brakes and
car couplers under the law of 1898. The
commission estimates that something
,ess than per cent Of the railroads
nave complied fully with the provisions
|or the law. There seems to be little
|uouot that the commission will extend
the time.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-18
Something Wrong.

"This coffee does not seem quite right.
dear" said young Mr.. Hunnimoon to the
best little birdie in the world.
81 know it doesn J." replied his mex
perienccd little wife, with tears In her
voice, land can't imagine what 10 the
matter with il either. 1t Is the first time
/ ever made coffee, dear and I'm afraid
have done something wrong. The seeds
have been boiling quite half an hour, but
they just won't get soft. What do you sup
pose is the matterp'-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.