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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-26
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY, MARCH 26.

1t can be accepted now as settled be-
You'd all question that the Board of In
quiry's report finds that the Maine was
blown up by an outside explosion. But
whether that finding is based on evil
dence so conclusive as to exclude all
reasonable doubt of it's correctness, or is
at most only strong probability remains
to be seen.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-26

county people are by no means sinners
above all others Secretary Mckeen has
made good beginning in breaking up this
nafarious business md it is to be hoped he
will keep right on, until swindling ceases
to be feature of any of our fairs.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-26

Preston Tower or Will He no. Come
Back agan. By Jessie M. E. Saxby,
author of Ben Hanson, etc. illustrated,
is not SO Scotch as it looks. Dialect is
kept we'll in allegiance and We have left in
fact readable story of sort to be
The record-union., 1898-10-02
HENRY T. GAGE.
Enthusiastically Received at San
Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1.-The Re
publican Gubernatorial candidate has
arranged to attend and address a series
of mass meetings in San Francisco.
The first was held tonight in Wood
wards Pavilion tonight where a
crowded house gave Mr.. Gage an en-
thusiastic reception.
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman Frank Mclaughlin of the
State Central Committee, who intro
duced as the Chairman of the meet
ing Irving NJ. Scott
Mr.. Scott delivered a. brief address,
in which he urged all Republican sym
pathizers to work earnestly for the sue
cess Of the party's State and municipal
tickets. He then introduced Henry T.
Gage to the audience, who gave the
candidate a warm greeting.
Mr.. Gage was listened to attentively
He spoke at length along practically
the same lines as on the occasion of
his platform appearance in the south
ern part of the State
Jacob II. Neff. Republican nominee
for Lieutenant Governor, followed in
an address, which was we'll received.
Senator George G. Perkins also spoke,
dealing mainly with national issues.
He reviewed the course of the National
Administration. and asked for an in
dorsement of President Mckinley
course by a big majority for the Re-
publican ticket next November.
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SUIT OVER A TRUST DEED.
Edgar Sutro Brings Action Against
His Wife and w. G. Suencer.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1.-Edgar
Sutro, son of the late Adolph Sutro, has
filed a suit against his wife, Henrietta
L. B. Sutro, and William Crane Spen-
Ger, in which he asks an injunction Of
certain rights under the trust deed of
real property executed by Adolph Su-
tro in August, 1880.
The complaint recites the execution
Of the trust deed to Elliott J. Moore
and w. K. Van Allen, and alleges that
on the Sd of June, 1896, the plaintiff
having become indebted to the defend
ant Spencer in the sum Of SS,571, ex-
ecuted to said Spencer his promissory
note and secured the same by a mort
gage upon certain real estate; that at
the time of the execution of this note
trustees of the Adolph Sutro deed, ad-
rnitted notice of the same in writing,
and that the note remains unsatisfed.
The complaint also recites that in
1897 the plaintiff, for the better main
tenance of his wife and her infant child
decided to her his interest in the said
trust property, subject, however, to the
lien Of the mortgage to the defendant
Spencer, and alleges that the so deed
ed property produces an income Of $50
a month, which his wife now refuses
to apply either in whole or in part to
the satisfaction of the Spencer mort
gage.
The plaintiff demands that the Spen-
Ger note and mortgage be declared a
lien upon the plaintiffs share Of the
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So Badly LaceTdusd That There is Little
Hope of Recovery.
Set Upon by the Three Animals
During a Parade at Butte, Mon
, tana-Eina11y Manages to Es-
cape From the Gage, Falling
Unconscious Immediately on
Reaching the Ground.

BUTTE (Mont), Oct. 1.-When Leh-
man Brothers circus parade started
this morning the regular lion tanner was
absent, and Walter Blanchard, known
as Zeke Walters, the animal man, took
his place in the lions cage. The lions,
three in number appeared to be IN
bad humor on account of the weather.
Upon entering South Butte two Of the
lions joStled each other in passing, and
a conflict between the beasts seemed
imminent, when Walters cracked his
whip, the lash falling on the head Of
one of the lions. With a roar that
could be heard for blocks the savage
animal sprang at the keeper, and an
instant later both brutes had attacked
him. Walters was thrown to the bot
tom of the cage, and the next instant
the three brutes were upon him, rain
ing blow after blow upon the PROSTATE
man with their great paws. With a
superhuman effort Walters grabbed one
of the bars at the side of the cage and
drew himself to his feet, at the same
time attempting to fight off the brutes.
Almost blinded by the torrent of
blood from the wounds in his head,
Walters made one last desperate effort,
and painfully dragged himself to the
door at the rear of the cage. Unfast-
ening it he leaped to the street, and
fell unconscious to the ground. The
door slammed shut after his exit, thus
preventing the escape of the animals.
His back is terribly lacerated. The doc
tors say he cannot live.
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copyrighted. 1898, by Associated Press.l
BERLIN, Oct. 1.-The correspondent
here of the Associated Press learns from
the Foreign Office that the Cars pro-
posal for a disarmament conference is
quietly but slowly making Roadway.
All the Powers, including France, have
now accepted the invitations, but with
limitations. Italy's reply which has
been published, indicates clearly what
will be the basis of the conference. Ul-
terror questions, especially all questions
regarding territorial arrangements,
such as Alsace-Lorraine, Egypt and the
Pope's temporal powers, will be strict
ly tabooed. The discussions will be
confined 10 the social and economic as
poets of the questions.
One German newspaper suggests that
Russia should begin disarming by re-
ducing her army on the western frontier
by $4,000 men, adding that Germany
and Austria would then make a SINH
lar reduction, and that by exercising
influence at Paris, Russia could obtain
the reduction of another $4,000 men
on each side of the Franco German
frontier. Thus the European active
armies would be at one stroke reduced
by 100000 men.
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THE PHILIPPINES.
A Madrid Paper Advocates Spain
Giving Up the Islands.

NEW YORK, Oct. IA dispatch to
the Herald from Madrid says:
Senior Montero Rios has telegraphed
to Senior Sagasta that he had received
a most satisfactory impression from
the attitude of the American Peace
Commission.
The Macdonald" not ordinarily a very
serious paper, strikes note which re-
fleets the opinion Of the most serious
giving up the Philippines. This attitude
now is taken by many Of the leading
papers, the view being that the re-
tention of the archipelago is yet an
other pitfall for Spain.
At the same time the Government
holds 5000 men ready to send to the
Philippines. The Minister of State
lamented before the Queen the fact
that certain papers were in favor of
the cession of the Philippines. 1t is
interesting to know that the Minister
Of State considers that Spain should
maintain her sovereignty over the en-
tire archipelago, and in such a spirit
as already indicated in the Herald
the Spanish delegates at the conference
are inspired.
The question of a number of negroes
who have come back from Cuba is at
the key to the problem, and proposes
to form them into battalions destined
for the Spanish possessions in Africa.
The record-union., 1898-10-02
TEXAS FEVER.
Solano Catt1emen Organize For
Mutual Protection.

SUISUN, Oct 1.-At a meeting of
the Solano County cattlemen at Suisun
yesterday a permanent organization to
be known as the Solano County Cattle
mems Protective Association was
formed, and resolutions adopted to
eradicate the disease which has been
prevalent among the native cattle Of
Solano County during the past two
months.
DIR. Charles H. Blemer, the Govern
ment splenetic fever expert, who has
been in California for some time, was
present and addressed the meeting as
to the causes Of Texas, splenetic or
Southern cattle fever. DR.. Blemer
stated that he had made several ex-
aminations of cattle in Solano County
suffering from splenetic fever, and
stated positively that the disease was
brought in by tick-fnfested cattle from
the southern counties Of the State.
Resolutions were adopted by the So
1ano County Cattlemen's Protective AS
sociation TO prevent the movement of
tick-infested cattle into or within their
county, and to petition the next Leg
islature to grant the cattlemen of the
northern counties protection against
this disease by establishing a quaran-
tine line for the year 1899.
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telegrams furnished by the Tao Tai or

kilograms furnished by the Tao Tai or
local Governor to Chinese paper al
lege that the Emperor of China commit
ted suicide on September Dist, after
signing the DEGREES which placed the
Dowager Empress at the head of affairs
in China This, it is added, is under
stood to mean that the Emperor was
assassinated.
All the English speaking Secretaries
and the principal members Of the Chi
nese Foreign Office. it is also said, have
been seized and banished.
The British Foreign Office to-day re-
ceived a dispatch from her majesty's
Minister at Pekin saying that Mr.. Nor
timer, a member of the British Lega-
ton, ON returning home yesterday with
a lady, was insulted and attacked by a
mob, which stoned him and covered him
with mud. Later in the day, the dis
patch adds, some American missionar-
les were similarly attacked, as was the
Chinese Secretary of the United States
Legation. The latters ribs We're broken.
Sir Claude Mcdonald, British Minis
ter at Pekin, reports that there is a
dangerous feeling abroad. Steps have
been taken to call the attention of the
Chinese Government to these outrages.
CONFLICTING STORIES AS TO THE
CAUSE OF EMPEROR'S DEATH.
LONDON, Oct "A special dispatch
from Shanghai says: The announce
ment of the death of the Emperor is
confirmed The reports as to the means
employed in his taking off differ One
story has it that he died of poison, and
another that death was caused by
strangulation, while a third states that
he was subjected to frightful torture,
a redhot iron being thrust through his
bowels.
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trust property, and that a receiver be
appointed to seQuester the rents and
profits.
ORANGE AND LEMON CROPS.
Car Agents Confer as to Handling
of the Fruit.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1.-The traf-
fic agents Of the Southern Pacific and
the Santa Fe roads have arranged for
a conference with representatives of
the several refrigerator car lines for
the purpose of reaching an understand
ing in regard to the handling of the
orange and lemon crops during the
coming season.
1t is customary, SO the freight OFF,
cials of the Southern Pacific Company
declare, to hold meeting of this kind
every year. There are many matters
connected with the marketing of the
citrus crop on which an agreement be-
tween the. interested car lines and car
riers has to be effected before the crop
begins to move, and all such matters
will be considered at the coming meet
ing, which will be held on Wednesday
next at Los Angeles.
The Southern Pacific and the Santa
Fe have long been credited with hav-
ing an arrangement for the pooling
and equal division of the orange bus
mess, and rumor has it that this ar
rangement is to be continued during
the coming season. Transportation
rates and refrigerator charges viii also
be fixed for the season, but 1t is under
stood that very little If any change
will be made from the existing schedule
of rates and charges.
The record-union., 1898-10-02

of the Olympics was marked by some
sensational runs, uncovered some good
material, and was thoroughly enjoyed
by 1000 spectators. Hall, Captain of
California, divided the center of the
stage with the fullback Harrisburg.
Harrisburg made a truly notable run
Of seventy-five yards in the second
half.
The first half was not as fast as the
second, though California scored once,
and should have done SO again if the
time had been extended five minutes
The second half redeemed the game.
which on the whole was of a. fine order
for an initial contest. Both the STAN
ford and California coaches expressed
themselves in terms very favorable to
the blue and gold eleven. The Olympics
were out of condition, and went to
pieces sadly after Captain Smith was
forced to retire on account Of a
strained shoulder. Wind they needed
for their believing lungs, but they got
it only in the rests.
The record-union., 1898-10-02
Residence Burned.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1.-The resi-
dence of Ferdinand Walterson, West
Seventh street, was entirely consumed
by fire this morning under very re-
gretable circumstances. Mrs. Walterson
had been away at the beach, and Mr..
Walterson had had the house decorated
profusely for her home coming to-day,
it being also her birthday. Probably
some of the decorations caught fire by
falling over the gas jets. The loss is
$1,000.
The record-union., 1898-10-02
A High Jump Record Broken.

SAN FRANCISCO, Ok. 1.-Arthur
Henly Of the Ukiah High School broke
the United States Academic record in
the high jump to-day during the aca-
demic amateur field day at the Olympic
grounds. Henly cleared the remark
able hight of feet ~ inches. This
was the only record broken. All the
events were we'll contested. The Oak
land High School made the most
points, the Polytechnic school being
second.
The record-union., 1898-10-02
War Investigating Commission

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The War
Investigating Commission devoted it's
time to-day largely to the statement
filed by Nelson Herself on behalf of
the New York World" giving what
he calls a record of facts concerning
the establishment of Camp Wikoff and
it's management, together with specific
instructions of abuses charged to have
existed, dates, number of sick in hos
pitfalls, deaths, etc" The statement
was made in response to the general
invitation from the commission. The
commission directed that a reply be
forwarded to Mr.. Hersch, informing
him that the communication should
have careful consideration.
The record-union., 1898-10-02
CORBETT-McCOY FIGHT.
The Latter's Manager Says It Will
Take Place on the 18th.

BUFFALO On. ", Oct. 1-William
B. Gray, manager of kid" Mccoy,
arrived here this morning
You can say positively and definite
ly from me- said Mr.. Gray, that the
Mccoy Corbett match will take place
in New York State on the original date
set, October 18th, If it is a pleasant
day, for it will be picture fight, all
reports to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. ~
The match will take place in Erie
County. We have decided to take the
event to a place where it is wanted.
I will not say where the bout will take
place until October 9TH. You can also
say definitely that the fight will not
take place in Syracuse, either"
Gray reiterated that the reported di-
vision of the $4,000 stake cut no fig
ure, and that the winner would take
all.
The record-union., 1898-10-02
HARBoR DEFENSE VESSELS.
Bids for Construction of Four War
ships Opened.

WASHINGTON, Oct. bids were
opened at the Navy Department for
the construction of four harbor defense
vessels Of the monitor type. authorized
by Congress at an expenditure Of
S1,250,000 for each monitor.
Their speed will be twelve knots,
about double that of the old monitors.
Their batteries will consist of two 12-
inch breech-loading rifles, four 4-inch
rapid-fire guns and seven smaller cali
Der rapid fire guns. The monitors will
be 225 feet long, fifty feet broad and
draw about twelve and one-half feet
of water.
The lowest five bids were as follows:
Lewis Nixon, SS25,000; Newport News,
$4,000; Bath Iron Works. 1862, 900;
Union Iron Works, SS74,O00; Maryland
Steel Company, $S76,O0O.
The record-union., 1898-10-02
PEACE COMMISSION.
American and Spanish Members
Hold Their First Joint Session.

PARIS, Oct. 1.-The American and
Spanish Peace Commissioners assem-
bled for their first business session at
2 O'Clock this afternoon in the rooms as
signed to them for their deliberations
in the French Foreign Office in the Quai
d'Orsay. A special entrance is set
apart for the use of the Commissioners,
in order to furnish them with every pri-
vacy and convenience possible.
The session of the commissions lasted
ninety minutes.
The next session will take place Mon
day at in the afternoon. Both COM
missions maintained secrecy as to the
proceedings.
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Pages Application Denied.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 1.-The SUI
preme Court has denied the application
of ex-District Attorney James D. Page
for writ of mandate to compel Su-
perior Judge Wallace to settle a bill
of exceptions. Page was convicted OF
embezzlement. and was sentenced to
eight years Imprisonment. He APP
peaIed from the judgment and order
denying a new trial. Judge Wallace
refused to settle the bill of exceptions,
on the ground that the District Attor-
ney had not been notified in writing.
as required by law.
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THE SITUATION AT FASHODA.
BRITISH GOVERNMENTS RETI-
CENCE ON THE SUBJECT
Causes a Bitter Cutlery In the Press
of England-Supporters of the
Present Ministry Disguised.
copyrighted. 1898. by Associated Pre-:

Copyrighted, 1898. by Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-The oyster-like
reticence of the British Government re-
speeding the situation at Fashoda and
the intentions of the Ministers in the
matter is causing a bitter cutlery in
the press. Even the supporters of the
Government are disguised. The only
hint on the subject appears in the army
order of the Commander in Chief of the
forces, Lord Wolseley, on the conclu-
sion Of General Kitchener's campaign,
in which he says: THE campaign has
resulted in the reconquest of the val
ley Of the Nile from the second cata-
ract to the Sebret River"
This is seized upon by the press as
an indirect statement of policy upon
the part of the Government, and as i'm
plying the determination Of the Min
listers to insist upon Major Marchand's
evacuation Of Fashoda. Inquiries made
in diplomatic circles reveal the opin-
ion that the ultimate settlement Of the
difficulty viii be that the French will
retire from Fashoda, but will be per-
mitted to retain an important part of
the territory through which Major
Marchand marched. This will be an
other score for French bluff, similar
to the Niger settlement, which is now
admitted to have been a diplomatic
victory for France.
The interesting announcement is
made that the Pope has ordered the
Papal Nuncio at Paris to request the
clergy and clerical organs to discon-
tinue their opposition to revision of
the Dreyfus case. This is a blow for
the Jesuits, who have been instigating
the military authorities and who con-
troll the most virulent and most un-
scrupulous anti-revisionist newspaper,
the "Libre Parole"
The extraordinary lax treatment of
the anarchist assassin Of the Empress
of Austria, the Italian Luccheni, in the
prison of st. Antoine, Geneva, Switzer-
land is causing much remark. He is
allowed wine, cigars, letters and news
papers, spends money and gives news
paper interviews. In fact, he is treat
ed like the lion of the prison. When
examined before the magistrate he
makes a parade Of jests and frivolous
answers. The assassin's trial has been
fixed for the first week In November.
The record-union., 1898-10-02

Revised Extradition Papers Re-
ceiyed by the Chief of Police.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1.-The re-
vised extradition papers in the case of
Cordelia Botkin, charged with the muir
der Of Mrs. J. P. Dunning and Mrs.
Deane of Delaware, were received by
Chief of Police Lees from the Gov
ernor Of Delaware.
They now contain a formal COM
plant embodying the evidence against
Mrs. Botkin, which, in Lees opinion,
win meet Governor Budd's objections
to the first papers.
The revised papers viii be presented
TO Governor Budd on Monday. The
attorneys for the defense say they care
nothing for the papers, and they rest
their case on the decisions that an
alleged criminal cannot be declared to
have fled constructively from a State
in which it is admitted she never
placed her foot
The record-union., 1898-10-02

SANTA CRUZ, Oct LATTER being
out half an hour to-day, the jury
brought in a verdict of guilty in the
George f. Plyler case, the defendant
being on trial for mayhem. He will be
sentenced on Wednesday. An appeal
will be taken to the Supreme Court.
Mrs. Plyler was present when the YER
dict was brought in. She sobbed vio-
lently, while Plyler, who was cool, tried
to console her. This is Plyler's second
trial for the mutilation of. Charles
Harris.
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The City of Picking Disabled.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1.-The Pa
cific Mail steamer City of Pekin start
ed this afternoon for China and Japan
by way of Honolulu. She had about
fifty passengers. all told, and all the
freight she could carry. Before she
was well out of the bay, however, she
met with a mishap, which delayed her
departure. When off Fort Point her
machinery became disabled, and she
was towed back to Mission Bay.
The record-union., 1898-10-02
Small Steamer Wrecked.

SEATTLE (Wash.), Oct i. The
steamer Discovery arrived to-day from
Southeastern Alaska. She reports a
small steamer, the Lady of the Lake,
running between Juneau and Skaguay
and Dyea, as wrecked near Haines
Mission during a recent storm The
Lady, of the Lake Isl an eighty-ton yes
ed, and was towing two barges when
she was blown on the rocks by the
wind. The crew was saved.
The record-union., 1898-10-02
Associated Cycling Clubs.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 1.-The
Board of Governors of the California
Associated Cycling Clubs, after an ex-
ecutive session tonight, decided not
to- grant sanctions outside the territory
covered at present. The board de-
clared it's Willingness to affiliate with
and recognize any association which
Eastern riders may form, but at the
same time expressed it's unwiLinGness
to undertake the control of racing IN
the East or in any territory remote
from it's control.
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The Seventh Regiment.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1. = There
are nearly a thousand applications for
discharge in the hands of Colonel Ber-
ry Of the Seventh California Regiment
and the work of segregating the good
from the bad excuses offered by the
applicants is going on. Colonel Berry
expects to complete this work to-mor-
row. Comparatively few that have
been passed upon have presented valid
reasons for discharge.
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WHO Is WILLIAM NELsoN7
Tried to Kill Himself, and Said He
Was From Sacramento.

A dispatch from Stockton last night
reads:
civilian Nelson, who claims to re-
side in Sacramento attempted to kill
himself on Main street this afternoon
by taking morphine. He states he
came to Stockton with woman who
robbed him of 500 and poisoned him,
but he could give no description of his
companion. He will recover"
The city directory does not contain
the name Of William Nelson. He may,
however. have been here a short time.
The record-union., 1898-10-02
The Tramp Shot by Thomas Dead

REDDING, Oct. 1.-W. Boughen, the
tramp who was shot by Albert Thomas
near this city on Thursday morning,
died of the effects of his injuries to-
day. A Coroner's inquest was held
this evening, when Thomas acknowl-
edged having shot the man without
warning from behind, because he
thought that Roughen had stolen some
thing from his cabin.
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Senatorial Nomination.

CHICO, Oct. 1.-The Republican joint
Senatorial Convention of Butte and Te-
hama Counties met in this city this
evening for the purpose of nominating
a joint Senator. DR.. A. T. Maggard
Of Corning had no opposition for the
place, and was nominated.