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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06

Dix otner men, selected from the
various SHIPS with Ensign Powell in com.
mana, manned 1he lauuch which was to
ile ao the maroon mouth and take off those
who escaped. The Merrimao was made
ready. six torpedoes We're strung along
ner port sl9e Win wire connections to the
bridge. Her anchors were Iashed at The
bow and stern. Her cargo of coal ~ was vas
shifted and her cargo ports vera onenen
SO that she would more readily Hi whao
the time came to cut her anchor 1asb;nos
open the seacocks and torpedo her bnlS.
heads.
The work was not completed until altar
TOUR o CLOCK thursday morning, but with
tie sky paling in the east, Lient Hohson
headed in on his desperate mission an
board the ships.of the feet picketed abont
the entrance. every officer and man with
many warm hearts beats for their brave
comrades awaited the issue with ewes
anxiously fixed on the jutting headIand
that marked the entrance of the barber
but as the Merrimac steamed forward.
Rear Admiral Sampson, pacing the deck
of the flagship, looked at his Watch o and
at the appearance of the streaks in the
east, decided that the Merrimac could NOT
reach the entrance before broad day light.
Consequently the torpedo boat Porter
which was alongside was despatched 10
recall the daring officer. Lieut.. Hobsop
sent back protest with request for per-
mission to proceed. But the Admiral de-
clined to allow him to take the risk and
slowly the Merrimac swung about.
During the day Lieut.. hobson went
aboard the flagship. His once white duck
trousers were rs black as g coal heavens
his old fatigue coat was unbuttoned and
Lis begrimed face was deep-furrowed Nv
tense drawn lines, but steady resolution
still shone in his eyes. So absorbed was
he in the task ahead of him, that, IN
mindful of his appearance and of all
ceremony and naval etiquette he told the
Admiral in tone of command that he
must not again be interferred with.
Il can carry this thing through said
be, "but there must be no more recalls.
My men have been keyed up for "a hours
and under tremendous strain. Iron
will break at last
Such was the indomitable will and
courage with which he faced death and
glory. When Hobson left the ship and the
extended hands of his shipmates, more
than one OF the latter turned hastily to
hide the unbidden tear. The lieutenant
waved adieu with a smile on his face.
This morning the Merrimao started
shortly after three o'clock. The full moon
had disappeared behind black cloud
bank in the west, leaving only a gray
mark of heaving waters and the dim out
line of the Cuban hills, showing against
the unstarred sky to the watchers on
board the ships of the fleet. 1t was that
calm hour before dsw when life is at its
lowesG ebb and the the runs out, carving
the lives of mortals with it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS. MONDAY MORNING. JUNE g. 1898

heavy fire from Mauser rifles and the
heavy guns of the batteries.
Lieut. Hobson and his men are now
Spanish prisoners, as a flag of truce an
nounced and will be exchanged in due
course of time. That their mission was
successful, admits OF no doubt, for En-
sign Powell distinctly saw the spars of
the wrecked ship in the middle of the
channel. Lieut.. Hobson planted her at
the very point he had selected.
SCushing's memorable feat in blowing
up the Confederate ram Albermarle is
over matched by Hobson's act. for Cush-
lng's men crept up Albermarle sound at
midnight and fell upon an unsuspecting
foe Hobson took his ship over three
hundred feet long into the very focus OF
dozen batteries with the enemy at the
guns and blew her up. Discovery at the
end OF his journey was inevitable and
death was almost certain. No name there
lore can be written higher on wars
temple of fame than his
Like Cushing's deed, Hobso ms desper-
ate undertaking was conceived by him
Sampson joined Commodore Schley on
Wednesday, the latter had already ascer-
tanned that 1t would be impossible for the
deet to crawl into the rat hole in which
the Spanish fleet had taken refuge. The
mines across the entrance and the bat
teries which commanded it, made the
mere contemplation Of it an act of folly.
Commodore Schley WAS inclined to
think the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius
might be able to countermine; but che
ships would have to go in single file, and
If one were sunk in the channel the
progress of the others would be block
AIDED. 1t was then that Lieut.. Hobson
conceived the scheme of sinking big
collier across the harbor entrance and
asked to be allowed to execute it himself
1t seemed certain death and almost GER
tain failure, and the odds were over
whelmlngly against reaching the entrance
before discovery. Hobson was 80 snthu-
slastlc, however, that his confidence was
infectious and the Adm1ra finally gave a
reluctant consent
Lieut. Hobson's chief anxiety was that
in the dark he might miss the narrow
mouth and run on to the shoals. to the
westward.
To prevent the possibility of this. the
plan Of allowing the Merrimac to run in
under the Spanish flag with the fleet in
feigned pursuit firing blank cartridges
and blazing the path to the harbor on .
trance with searchlights, was considered
but abandoned because, among other
reasons, Lieut.. Hobson with his volunteer
crew did not want to die, if their lives
should be sacrificed under false oolors
They wanted to go down with the Stars
and Stripes floating proudly from The
Ne rrimac.
When the Admiral's consent was OBJ
tanned, Lieut.. Hobson became impatient
of all delay and that very night, Mednes
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
AN ACT oF,HERoIsM.
Lieutenant and Veteran Save Their Com.
rades' Lives at Tampa.

Tampa, Fla, June 5.-By an act of
heroism Lieut.. Parker, who is in Charge
of the old club house on. Lafayette street
near the Brigade, and which is beine
used by the government as a storehouse.
and Thomas Mc(lee, a veteran of the civil
war, prevented what might have been q
calamity. These two men picked ND a
box OF ammunition which in come mys-
ferrous way had caught fire and needless
of the danger, carried it to the river
some distance away, and threw it .in...;,
1t was recovered later when the tide
went out and was found to be considera-
mystery. In the storehouse ware niied
hundreds of boxes Of ammunition, each
containing 1000 cartridges. Had the
oartrid ges IN, IN the n. burning box exploded
as there were at least score of soldiers
working in and around the building.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06

DAY, after the moon went down, he set
the time for the attempt.
volunteers were called for on all the
ships of the fleet, and to the credit OF the
american navy. it may be eaid that few
1inched. Whole cheering crews stepped
forward at the summons for the extra
hazardous duty. About three hundred on
board the New York, some 100 on board
tne Iowa, and like proportion from the
otner ships volunteered. Lieut.. Hobson.
nke the hero he Is, decided to risk as few
lives as possible. He picked three men
from the New York and three from the
Merrimac. The latter were green in
the service, but they knew the ship and
mad pleaded hard to go, and one man
slowed away on board the collier.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
Deafness Cannot Be Cured.

by LOCAL applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion q tne ear. There "a oply one
way to cure deafness. Bnd that IL by constitu-
tionsi remedies Deafness Is caused ~ an in
famed eeafiaen Of tha mucous lining Of tho
Russaojslan Tube: When this TUBE Is infamed
Ind and 8hen 1t q entirely closed, Deafnesais
TIE Esstst, and fdiess the inflammation can 69
takAe out and ttlis tube Restored % tts Normal
condition, hearing VIII be Destroyed fQreyep:
pins cases ops 81 Ssn .ase csussa 81 rsfarrh'
which is noshtng brt 81 fhfiamed condition 81
thp tUAepgls enrfsoes.
case of Deafness caused by catayrk) hhst can
yirenlars, free.
p. ]. CHENNEY co. &roled. o.
Sold by, pTpggists H6c.
HALLS Family P7sfs ARD the best
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
f. WI. EWSEN g. co.
53S Congress Street. mus7u
AMERICAN VESSEL SIGHTED.

Liverpool, June 5.-Capt. Williams of
the British steamer Laguna, of the Elder
Dempster line, plying between Rotterdam
and West African a. ports, writes to.the
company as follows:
cat 7.4O a. M, May 16, when 30 miles
north northwest Of Cape Finisterre, 1.-THE
most western headland of SPAIN we
sighted large vessel, painted white with
yellow funnel, showing the American
colors She steamed toward us till with
in three miles of us, when, having sight.
ed our celors, shs was evidently satisfied
and disappeared northward."
The identity of the alleged American
vessel is unknown here, but if she were
An American, she was aunarently looking
out for Spanish Graf.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
weather Observation.

The agricultural department. weather
bureau for yesterday, June 8. taken at
8 p. m, meridian time, the oDserva-
ton for each section being given in this
order: Temperature, direction OF wind
state of weather:
Boston, 80 degrees, e, clondy;, New
York. So degrees, Sc, clear; PhIladel-
phia. 6s degrees, Sc. clear; wash,
ington. 70 degrees, SE, clear; Albany, ~
degrees, SW, pit cloudy Buffalo, 20 degrees.
NE, clear; Detroit, u degrees, NE, pit
s.. Paul 70 degrees, SW, cloudy; St.
Vincent, 50 degrees, NE, pit cloudy Huron,
OAK, ~ degrees, W, clear; Bismarck,
~ degrees, NV, clear; jackson
Vile, ~ degrees, NE, clear.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06

ONE LOT 1857 LADIES SUITS made
to sell at $7.25 to $50, only $500
Some tan coverts included in this lot.
ONE LOT (53) SUITS made of all
wool covert cloth in tan only. Jacket
strapped seams lined throughout with
silk. Made to sell for $40, only $6.9s
ONE LOT ca SUITS, made of sew
eral different styles and shades of mate
rial, principally blues, everyone of them
made by men tailors. Whiie they last
&wCs & NC n
s aysss, DSs0V
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
THE MODERN BEAUTY

thrives on good food and sunshine, with
plenty of exercise in the open air. Her
form CLOVIS with health and her face
blooms with its beauty. If her system
needs the cleansing action of laxative
remedy, she uses the gentle and pleasant
Sydru Of Figs, made by the California
Fig Syrnp Co. on.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
DEATH OF PROMINENT BOSTON
MAN

Boston. June 5.-Jonathan A. Lane
of the firm of Allen, Lane & Co., died
this afternoon at his home 628 fremont
street. of heart failure aged 76. Mr..
Lane had been in poor health for some
months. Last January weakness of the
heart developed to an alarming degree
and he failed gradually since. Jonathan
Abbott Lane was distinguished citi-
zen of Boston, an honored merchant, an
able representative, q well-known re-
former. a worthy member OF many be-
neyolent organizations Of the city,
prominent religious leader and an elder
of the Union CONGREGATIONAL churcl
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
Local Weather Report

Portland June 5.-The local weather
bureau office records as to the weather
are as follows:
sa. m,.-Barometer, 30. 246; thermome-
ter. IS; dew point, 49,; humidity, g.;
wind. E; velocity. 4; weather, clear.
An. m'-Baromster, 80. 1877: thermome-
ter, 80; dew point, 40; humidity, a.;
wind. s.; velocity, 8; weather, cloudy
Mean daily thermometer 90; maximum,
Thermometer, 81; minimum thermometer,
40; maximum velocity OF wind, ID NE;
total precipitation, 0.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
SAMPLE SUITS.

We have 14o sample Suits, some 81,
others SO, others 3s in size, in very de-
sirable shades.
Garments that were made to sell from
$40 to $50 for this sale they may go at
the following prices, $l2.5O, 1900,
1850, 5000, $3.50 and $500.
No suit inlthe house higher than $25.
This price includes even all the $35 and
$45 suits which we had in stock before
purchasing the new stock.
All Collarettes at half price. One lot
of Collarettes worth $2.75, made of half
sheared coney, silk lined, for this sale,
$i.39. Other collarettes, $S. 2s,
2.9s, 3.9s, ea4s98, SOS ara np-
wards, a5eN $500 uaanTcc sgt Sis9 -
a
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
THE WEATHER.

Boston, June 5.-Looal forecast for
Boston and vicinity for Monday: Fair:
warmer; variable winds.
Washington, June 5.-Forecast for
Monday for Maine, New Hampshire
and Vermont: Fair; except showers in
extreme Northern portions; variable
winds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
MAY MOVE TUESDAY.

Augusta, June 5.-There is possibili
ty that the battery of artillery NAV 90 to
Fort Popham, Tuesday, though it is not
a certainty. They are all ready to go and
drilling hard each day.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
= LFREDA AT HAI1FAx

Halifax, N. S., june 5.-The American
steam yacht Alfredo from the Great
Lakes bound nd e Msw ESrk having been
arrived today for coal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06

Can't be perfect health without pure
blood. Burdock Blood Bitters makes
pure blood. Tones and invigorates the
whole system.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06

All crash
Portland in
marked down for this
and
shall alterations during this
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
Worth from $3.50 to $15.snu3
At $1,000.

We have assorted 1907 Ladies' and
Misses Suits in this lot, some of which
are worth $3.50.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
SPOT CASH DID lTv
We bought the entire stock of

Ladies' Cloth and Crash Suits, Ladies', Misses and
Children's Jackets, Cloth and Silk Capes also
few Crash Linen and Pique Skirts of
one OF the largest lnanufac-
turers i'm n. Y. at just
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
Ladies' and Misses Jackets.

Ladies' and Misses Jackets.
$500 Jackets at S2.9S
S5.9S and $685. Jackets at sos
$7.9S and $3.50 Jackets at A.9S
$1,000 and s1o9S Jackets at eos
$1,000 and s14.OO Jackets at 5gs $50
All higher. priced Jackets at Sc 1000
No Jacket in the house higher than
that, though some have been made to
sell at 800
CHILDREN'S REFERS
at half price.
All $500 and $5.9s Refers, including
those we had in stock. $2.75
$50 and $3.9s Refers, 2.25
$3.50 and So 9S Refers, l.5O
Others at CSC, worth $1.9S.
Ladies' Cloth and Silk Capes.
One lot of Ladies' Capes, made of good
quality figured satin. regularly sold at
$3.9S and $500, for this sale only S2.75.
b.
All these Capes are trimmed with lace
and ribbon.
One lot silk and cloth Capes worth
$5.9s, only 1915. Some long clay
diagonal capes in this lot. Other silk
and cloth capes at S3.9s, 4.9s, SOS,
$50, $50 and 1000.
One lot of embroidered cloth Capes in
black. green, tan and blue. only $1.59
80 SIG s0&1f
No Cape in the house higher than $40
during the sale, though some are worth
$4,000. @a16 aagT A5a8.a
III be put on sale Tuesday, May 81, at
you will notice that all goods in the
, Ia
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06

SO CTS. ON THE DOLLAR.
The the alone enough
goods arrived We
putth on
FRIDAY, MAY ~ AT $50 Am.
And will sell with Saturday
After
items of each department
considering year.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
STORY.

The Dauntless Tells ofAchievement Of Men
of Merrimac.
Copyright 1898 blythe Associated Press
On Board the Associated Press Despatch
Arizona republican., 1898-07-29
PORTRAIT MADE WITH A RIFLE.

Adolph Topperwein, San Antonio's marvellous young rife shot, has just performed another of his astonishing feats. With 22-caliber rife he stood at a distance Of twenty feet from Il double thickness of heavy paper, about three feet long by two feet wide, and shCt On it the outlines Of an Indians head. It took exactly 152 shots to do the trick. It was free-hand drawing as the figure was not traced on tho paper beforehand. This made the feat especially difficult, as "Tep' had to place every shct with reference tc where it's predecessor lad gone, and where all the following shots were to go. Tr other words. he had to have every detail of the drawing" planned out and constantly in his minds eye while he was shooting. One shot fired a fraction of an inch wild would have spoiled the whole picture.
 It is not clear whether or no this marksman is a member of Roosevelt s regiment of Rough Riders. If he isn t he ought to be-Philadelphia Record.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-29
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Lieutenant Briant H. Wells of the Second infantry, who was reported ser iously wounded before Santiago, is a brother of Governor Wells of Utah.
 The death is announced at Berne, of Oliver Zschokke, who built the first mountain railway in Switzerland, up the Rigi. His father was the famous; novelist, Heinrich Zschokke.
 Mme. CEenay, the wife of the famous engraver, has just obtained a judicial separation from her husband Mme Cheray was the sister of Mme Victor Hugo, and for some time acted as the authors secretary at Guernsey.
 The youngest volunteer in the naval reserve is Cadet Roland s. Gielow, a bugler on the training ship New Hamp shire. He is a friend of Hobson and is proud of bugle which was given to him by the hero of the Merrimac.
 It is said that the last direct descend ant of Amerigo Vespucci, who is living at Florence, Italy, is the Countess America Talon. Her husband Wis count Talon, was a Frenchman, who fought in the Crimea and was mortally wounded at Solferino. They were once rich, but the widow has little left to live upon except a small pension ac- corded her by Spain in memory of her great ancestor.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-29

has not meant more adver- Using, but, on the contrary, less.
 This was largely due of course to the fact that the business world would be demcralized by war, and then, too, the alleged that they were be- ing forced to pay more than their share There are some things the ad- vertiser should remember, and it may be of value to call his attention to them. If he needs newspaper public ity, as he certainly does, then he should realize that the cost of getting out the papers has been and continues to be enormous.
 It is interesting to note the cost of cable dispatches: From St. Thomas. via Haiti, the rate is $2.46 a word from Kingston, via aiti-Martinique. tiago de Cuba, 36 cents; from Havana, 5 cents; from Cape Haitien, $1.4S; from Porto Rico, S5 cents, and from Mole St. Nicholas, 521z cents.
 This is the amount simply for cables. and it should be remembered that there are the dispatch boats, with their crews and high priced reporters. Then there are all sorts Of additional expenses, until the cost of the war services has amounted to amazing figures.
 The public, however, had to have the news. It was the business of the press to furnish stories of the struggle, and it has done so without regard to ex- pense. Some thinking advertisers have seen their chance in the increased circulations. Many have been unfor- tunate in not realizing the situation.
 The pity is that the newspapers cannot be more generous with one an- other and cease spelling the good done at great sacrifice by begging the public to believe that the cables of contempo- raries are but lies written in the home Off1ce.-Fourth Estate
Arizona republican., 1898-07-29
OUTLAWS WIPED OUT.
Successful Work of Crowd of Deputy
 SheriffS

Kansas City, July 2S.-A special to the o.ar from Eufala, I. T., says: In two distinct bauIles with deputy sher- ifs a gang of cattle thieves and out laws who have disturbed the Chero- kee and Creek nations for long time, were destroyed. The first fight Qc- cured six miles east of Checotah and resulted in half-breed Cherokee, Petit, being mortally wounded. David Greenhouse of the French gang was slightly wounded and captured and Cawhorn was captured. Later the re- mainder of the gang was intercepted near Braggs, Cherokee nation, by Deputy Marshal Ledbetter and posse and all the outlaws killed. The latter were Goldsby. brother of Cherokee Bill; Nose Miller and the famous Pick allow Bill
Arizona republican., 1898-07-29
GETTING THE WAR NEWS.

It Entails an Enormous Outlay-Ad- E vertisers Miss an Opportunity.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-29
Gila Valley, Globe $ Northern R.R. Co.
TIME CARD NO. 15. Taking effect Tuesday, June 21. 1888 (Mountain Time.)

Trains Nos. Il and 1a run daily except Sunday.
 Trains Nos. II and 12 connect at .Gila River Bridge with stage from and to Globe.
 Trains Nos. Il and n make connec- tions at Bowie with Southern Pacific trains 19 and 20 for all points east and west.
 from this schedule as circumstances may require. .s
 Time as shown, is arriving time, un- less otherwise noted.
 Employees will destroy all time cards o1 previous dates B. JONES. 7 4sss@A slAfG Superintendent WILLIAM GARLAND, President.
 TO MESA AND TEMPE.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-29
C. R. GOODlN...proprietor.

Johnson Bros, Agents at Mesa. Louis Sultan Agent st Globe l.. K- Drais, Agent at Florence L. W. Collins, Agent at Phoenix.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-29
SILVER CITY REDUCTION CO.,,

This plant has been purchased and will be operated in the future by the estate of the late Senator George Hearst of California, under the gen eral management of D. g. Nllette. Jr. It is the intention of the present man. agement to largely increase the ca- pacity of the plant and equip it with every modern appliance for the sue cessful and cheap treatment of ores and concentrates. Consignments and correspondence solicited. Advances will be made on orea
Arizona republican., 1898-07-29

The cost of the war with Spain fell almost as heavily on the newspapers as 1t did on the government. The return has. of course, been small. Increased
Arizona republican., 1898-07-29
WE CAN SAVE YOU TIME

And time is money. The Union Pa cific makes the quickest time to nearly all points east
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-20
"A BULLET ENDS A
 WRECKED LIFE
W. THIEDEMANN'S BODY FOUND ON THE OCEAN BEACH.
An Uncomfortable Love for Drink Brings Behrand Joost's Son-in-
 Law to a Suicides Grave.

The body of William Thiedemann was found by F. Sunkel. an employe of the Olympic Salt Water Company, on the ocean beach early yesterday morning near the Seal Rock House. The body lay on the side of a sloping cliff with bullet hole in the right temple and a white handled revolver lying beside it with two empty shells in the cylinders. One of the bullets had entered the mans brain, caus- ing instant death.
 The reason given for Thiedemann talk ing his life is that of family trouble pro- duced by drink and dissipation. He was married to the daughter of Behrand Joost, the former owner of the San Ma teo and San Francisco electric street car line. One child is left of the union, who with its mother. is residing in Martinez
 The deceased had been inmate of the German Hospital until last Wednesday, When he left that institution he said he was about to secure employment at 519 Front street.
 Previous to the breaking up of the fam fly Thiedemann resided at 1724 Page street and was at one time engaged if the mercantile business with fair pros poets of success until his dissipated hab. It's brought him to ruin.