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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-08
MARRIAGES..

In this city, Oct. 4. by Rev. A. H. Wright.
Forrest Eli Pickens and Miss Irene Maud Young
both of Portland.
Caleb N. Moulton and May L. Smith. both OF
Portland.
In Rockand, Sept 49, Charles A. Rose and
Alberta Brewster.
In Rockland. Sept e6. Martin Engelson and
Clara Cables.
In Searsport. Sept. 20, Hermon I. Leach OF
Orland and Miss Caro- M. Perkins OF PenoDscot.
In Thomaston, Sept "a, Harry Young OF Tho
maston and Nellie White of R0ckland.
In Belfast. Sept. %, Robert Barclay and Miss
Ruth Pendleton.
In Belfast Sept. 90. Walter Cooper and Miss
airline z Simmons.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-08
PORTLAND. october 5, 1898.
T~HIS morning we
Il shall sell a table
fulaof Japanese

Iul sOI Japanese
Cups and Saucers, three
sizes and twenty different
styles, no end of colors
and shapes. for after din
ner coffee, for tea or choc-
olate, at 3oc-marked
down from o8c, SIC, 75c,
o2c and 48c.
There are only on e
hundred and three of
them in the entire lot,
they are all very desir-
able and the price aver
ages less than half the
actual worth.
1t is the greatest crock.
cry bargain the Basement
has offered this season.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-08
DEATHS.

InIthis city, Oct z. Harriet Elizabeth. only
child of william and Marjorie E. Gregory, aged
months
F Funeral Sunday forenoon at 10 O'Clock, from
parents residence. No. Washington street.
In Portland. Oct 4, Stephen L. Day, nged 2t
years weeks days.
(Lewiston papers please copy.l
In Scarboro. Oct. Z. RUDY Blossom, infan,
daughter OF Albert f.. and Lizzie S. Wright
aged months days.
funeral this Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clk
from parents residence, Scarboro
At Cousins Island, Oct. 6. Mrs. Cordelia G
Prince, aged 85 years.
Funeral Sunday afternoon at l o'clock, al
Cousins Island. Prayers at Riverside Cemetery
in Yarmouth, on arrival there, probably o'clk
or before.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-08
DEATH OF CAPTAIN HowEs.
A Deering Man Who Was Friend OF
Gen. Garcia.

A despatch to the New York sun unaer
date of October 9th, says that captain
William NJ. Howes of the American bark
Maryland of Portland, Maine, died Ill
that city on that date from yellow fever.
1t was only few weeks ago that the
PRESS published a letter from Captain
Howes in which he told about sailing ior
Havana and about the refusal OF the
Snanish authorities of that port to allow
the Comal, the Red Cross supply ship, to
land supplies for the suffering people
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-08

In Rockland Sept. %. Elthea, wife OF James
A. Slower, aged SO years..
In Bangor, Sept. 80, Simon Ii. Richardson
aged 83 years months.
In Augusta, Sept. 3d. Ellen. wife of Timothy
Mccarthy, of Bangor, aged IS yeara
In Levant Sept. 30. Mrs. Eva Lillian Hender-
son, aged 40 years.
In East Hebron, Sept. "a. Or. A. E. Robinson.
In Edes Falls, Sept 49, Ira Smith. aged about
In Ellsworth Falls, Sept. 49, E. Walker Moore.
aged 79 years.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-08
A SUPPOSED FRIEND
Gave Him Case of Rheumatism.

81 had been in the habit for many
years of drinking strong coffee twice q
day without sugar or milk, hoping by
that means to moderate the effects upon
my nervous system.
I never supected the coffee habit had
anything to do with my rheumatism,
which was SO bad that was unable to get
about without crutches, at times.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-08
MCCOY AND MAHER MATCHED

New York, October 7.-Kid Mccoy and
Peter Maher were matched today to meet
in 25-round contest before the Greater
New York athletic club, Decemb Der s.
for purse of $4,000 and division Ct
the gross receipts.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-08
GUIDE SNOWMAN GUILTY.

Pennington, October 7.-Elmer Snow
man Rangeley guide was today found
guilty of having pursued his occupation
without q license, violation of law.
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g. g. :&ibb4 60,
SeasOnables for Saturday.

Mems Underwear ShIrts,
Drawers and
So Combination Suits. The
Oneita are growing in favor.
Many men prefer their UNI
der fIannels to be all in one
piece. You'll find many
grades of them here, Jersey
knit Ribbed BaIbriggany
half wool and all wool $l.26,
I.5O, It's, 200 $50 to-
400.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20

used for his service being hoisted on board
the depot ships and bestowed in cradles OF
the upper deck.
The depot ships can themselves on occa-
sion play tho partof torpedo boats. Indeed
every man-of-war, batteship and cruiser
alike is now fitted out with torpedo tubes,
from four to eight being placed in each
ship, SO thaa every war vessel is practically
a torpedo boat.
The craft which are especially designed
for tho torpedo service are classified ac-
cordfng to size, the seagoing torpedo boats,
sometimes called torpedo boat destroyers
or torpedo boat catehers, being often from
$50 to $50 feet in length, while the small
est size or third class torpedo boats are
from 10 to 60 feet and of only 10 or IS tons
burden. The torpedo boat d~estroyers are
small men-of-war carrying an armament
of rapid fire guns sufficient in size and
number to render them formidable ever
to larger nlen-of-war.
The destroyers have often a higher rate
of speed than the torpedo boats. They are
seagoing or ocean vessels, whilc the small
er boats are designed for use in harbors or
comparatively still waters and do not
show much ability to stand the buifetings
OF the ocean.
Naval experts point out that tho gun of
today is the result of centuries of evolu-
ton. 1t is a weapon that has been steadily
improving since the day when it was fred
with a match at the ~touchhole, and it is
possible thnt after the lapse of tho same
amount of time that has brought the gun
to its present pitch Of perfection the tor
pedo may DO as formidable and successful
a means of offense as the gun Wait I'M
til the torpedo is as old as the present age
Of the gum ? say the experts, land people
may have a very much better opinion of
its destructive merits"
One OF our newest torpedo boats is the
Rowan, which was recently completed at
Seattle. Tue Rowan is q queer looking
craft viewed bow on, because Of her high
freeboard forward. This feature was
adopted for the Rowan in tho designs of
Chief Constructor Hichborn in conse-
quence Of tho high seas encountered o n the
Pacific, as she was constructed for opera
tions on tho west coast. This high FREQ
board gives the little vessel much Of the
impressigeness in the picture of an ocean
liner. But the elevation is only about four
feet above the deck line and extends but a
short distance aft.
Next to the Farragut she is the largest
Of the torpedo boats yet constructed She
has a length on load line of ITO feet, n
feet breadth, nearly IL feet draft, her dis
placement is 1879 tons, and with twin
screws and vertical quadruple expansion
engines she is expected to make 26 knots.
This very small craft win be propelled by
engines having an indicated horsepower
of $500. She will have q bunker capacity
for so tons of coal.
Tn Rowan, not being a fighting ship,
will have merely the torpedo outfit and a
few machine guns, the list of her weapons
being three 10 inch Whitehead torpedocs
and four ! FOUNDER rapid fro guns. Her
complement will be four officers and 80
men The cost of hull and machinery Ia
Sl44, 900.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20
EYEslGHT FOR LIBERTY.
A Missouri convict's Desperate and Orig
inal Efforts to Escape.

"A Missouri Convict's Desperate and Orig
inai Efforts to Escape.
An inmate OF the workhouse at Kansas
City named Bond exercises exceptional in
genuity in his efforts to escape. A short
time ago he became SC. robellious it was
found necessary to lock him up in the dark
cell with his hands handcuffed. While
there he planned to escape by assauIting
tho guard, hoping to knock him senseless
and escape before assistance could be sum
moned. The scheme was we'll planned,
but lniscarried. Shortly after he was
locked up in the cell, which also contained
another prisoner, he called for tho guard
and complained that the handouts were
SO tight they hurt his wrist. The manacles
were heightened out a notch and the
guard left. As soon as he was gone Bond
slipped his left hand out of the irons, leav-
ing the handouts dangling from his right
hand. Then the other prisoner, who had
consented to aid in the plan to escape,
called for h guard, saying he was sick
II needed assistance. As the guard en-
tered the cell Bond struck him over the
head with the handouts, knocking him to
t1i01 14Qol, jul 1tOu IcllIEIlAS I'LL QACOu-
scious. The latter was on his feet in an
instant, grappled with the desperate pris-
oner and called for assistance. Other
guards rushed in and the two men were
secured.
Bond was quiet for some time after this
sscapade, but lately has been complaining
Of being very sick, and on several ocoa-
sions tried to induce Assistant City Physi-
cian Lapp to send him to the hospital.
Tho doctor examined the man, and, ascer-
Jaining that tho sickness was imaginary
aud convinced that his only object in
wanting to DO sent to the hospital was to
cur q better chance to escape, declined
to have him sent there.
subsequently DIR. Lapp was summoned
to the orkhouse to see Bond, whose eyes
were found to be terribly intiamed and al
most closed, and as the nature of the case
serious Bond was taken to tho hospi-
tai, where it was found that he had rub
bed some poisonous substance in his eyes
in order to make them sore, so he could DO
sent to the hospital.
He succeeded only too well, as 1t is the
opinion of the attending physicians that
as a result of the injection Of the poison
in his eyes he will become totally blind.
In the meantime he has been chained to a
cot in the hospital for fear even in his
present condition he ma make IN effort
to get away. Should he recover and serve
out his time he will be at once rearrested
the charge of felenious assault on a
guard and perhaps for some ever more
serious crime, which he seems to think has
been discovered and may be charged
3. yainst him.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20
Tho Unlettered Learned.

Crudity of diction is not always indlca-
tive of crudity OF thought. The latter has
been longer in the world than language,
for the princyal savage was not without
the clements Of mind when gestures and
grunts were his sole means of expression.
To rebel is as human as to err, and he
who defies grammar is not necessarily a
fool. How often we hear it said, 'sOh, he's
an uneducatcd a and SO pay no seri-
u attention to what the "unfortunate''
may have to say. It may happen that we
suffer moro thar he does " such assumed
superiority. The round Of the seasons can
effect as much as a college curriculum to
an open eyed man, not In the same di-
rcction, not with equal artistic finish. but
b fool Is he who sets down tho untutored
student of the outdoor world as iittlo bet
ter thar Il fool. by syntax and prosody
we cannot solve the problem Of an oak
tree or that of the minnow in tho brook
that flows past its gnarIy roots. Greek
philosophy does not explain the color Of a
flower nor Roman sophistry why birds
build nests. -Lirpincott'a
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20

man from coming constantly in contact
with him, though to q certain extent his
innate eowardice prevails, and numerous
instances are on record Of q cattle killer
having beer driven off his prey and igno-
miniously put to flight by no moro for
midable adversary than a little native
cowherd boy armed with a stout stick.
Favorably situated coverts generally hold
one or moro of such tigers during the hot
weather, and, oddly enough. if one season
all the occupants are killed, the next one
others will have taken their place. It is
for these tigers that buffalo calves are tied
out for bait, and, cruel as it may seem to
do this, there is no doubt that the death
of q tiger saves much more suffering than
is caused to tho animal sacrificed to effect
the purpose.
MAN eaters" are happily rare, for
where one exists it becomes q regular
scourge, the population for miles around
being afraid to pursue thor regular ayoca-
tons or to stir out unless in large bodies
in case any should fall 8 victim to the
dreaded animal.
What tho cause may be of a tiger becom-
ing q man eater can only be a matter of
conjecture, but the animal is often an old
one and d tigress. Various theories have
been adduced to prove why a tiger should
become an habitual eater of human flesh,
but the most probable one is that such an
animal having become decrepit either
from old age or from wounds is unable to
procure its ordinary food, and SO, finding
that the killing of a MAJ is a compare
lively easy task, takes to this method of
obtaining its meat.
Man eaters are Invariably most GINNING
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20

Large Versus Small Warships.

One argument that has been made in
favor of building q comparatively large
number of small warships rather than a
smaller number of large vessels, with
large crews, is that the smaller ones afford
the greater number Of independent COM
mands and opportunities of training for
command. Between 1872 and 1883. rs sea-
going fighting ships We're launched for the
British navy, varying in displacement be-
tween 430 and 1000 tons, and the number
of men and officers in these ships ranged
from SO in the smallest to ego in the lar
gest. These ships were to be found all
over the world. Admirais, captains and
leading officers of today were ali trained
in them, anrs spiendidly trained. These
ships, however, have beer displaced dur
ing recent years by larger vessels, with
larger crews, making, for each command,
larger claims on naval estimates and on
the reserve Of men. Some of tho foremost
authorities now lean to the opinion that
too much trust is placed in big ships and
runs ana too 1ittie in the skill, enterprise
and valor which may be had in the dirco-
tion and management of a ship of modcr-
ate size. To multiply such smaller ships.
is to multiply the chances Of getting good
men in command. PiIing up ar1nor and
guns condemns many such men 20 sub
ordination to their interiors. Sessions
Magazine.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20
HAVE HAD no TEST.
TORPEDO BOATS TOOK NO PART ~
THE RECENT SEA FIGHTING.

The United States Naval Authorities, How
ever, still Have Faith In Their Effective
ness and win Soon Have a Good Sized
FIotilla In Commission.
It seems that we have been too hasty in
c~ondemning tho torpedo boat. Likewise
we were too hasty in assigning it superla
tive virtues. Before the wan with Spail
had actually begun the experts loudly
voiced their alarm at our lack Of slis class
Of war craft. They proceeded t show that
our big battleships would be acs. he mercy
of these terrors Of the sea Of which Spain
had SO many and we had SO fow.
But tho moment the sen fighting vas all
over and it was apparent that the torpedo
boat had played ITO part at al in the affair
these same experts or other equally ready
to Jump at.conclusions chanted : requiem
over the torpedo beat and pronounced it a
practically useless arm Of the naval service.
The fact is that at no time during the
wal was the torpedo boat given a chance.
Every naval man understaE1 Is this In
the first place, torpedo boats are designed
to do their work under the cover of dark
ness. But both of the great sea battles, at
N1dillIl dl3~t k1o1ll4t5Ns WA SrSA
broad daylight. AS a result torpedo boats
we're used by neither side. The two Span
ish destroyers which were sunk at Santi-
ago had nc business toebe out there. 1t
was the sheerest folly thnt ordered them
out. That was merely a sacrifice. 1t was
not q test.
/ believe that just 9wo torpedoes were
launched during the entire war. Both
os..,o7 OF A r,,a,sieap uorcbira nv the
Spanish, but with the customary lack OF
accuracy. One Of these torpedoes, you may
remember, was actually picked up by q
daring American Jack Tar who went over
board after it and towed 1T back to his ship
after u~nscrewing the exploding head.
That tho United States naval authori-
ties have not lest filth in the effectiveness
Of the torpedo boat is shown by the fact
that work is still being pushed on the doz-
en- or more of these boats that were ordered
months ago. When they are all completed,
we shall have a 1otilia Of some twenty odd
torpedo beats of various sizes.
No fleet, in fact, is complete without
torpedo boats, as no army is complete with
out light artillery. Vessels designed to
light with ~torpedoes are divided into sew
eraI classes. There are torpedo depot
ships, torpedo %gurboats or torpedo vessels,
seagoing torpedo boats n first, second
and third class torpedo boats.
The torpedo depot ships are really store
ships for tho use OF a torpedo boat flotilla,
They arc floating machine shops. carry
ing everything necessary for the use OF a
feet and for such repairs as can be made
without docking the vessels. They also
carry torpedo boats, the small craft
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20

JUSTICE IN THE ARMY
Characteristic Stories Of
Generals Shafter and
Lawton.
INCIDENTS OF FRONTIER POSTS
Overbearing Corporal Sound
" Thrashed- Unique Pun
ishment of a Band.
INCIDENTS OF FRONTIER POSTS

Generals Shafter and Lawton are alike
in combining a keen ems of humor with
a love of justice. A few years ago, says
the Washington Star, when Shafter was
colonel Of the First infantry, n in COM
mand of Angel island, Cal, he had in one
of his regiment companies young bucko
Of a corporal who had achieved the repu-
tation of a Singer from his entry into the
outfit. The corporal was an out and out
bully, although he was at the same time
a good soldier. 1t was n of his delights
to pick q~uarrels with husky looking young
recruits just joining the regiment from
the recruiting stations and to TRY them
OUT in regularly arranged pitched prize
fights. He had never been beaten in one
of these affairs up to the time of this
story. Then a slender though muscular
young chap, q tribe under the middle size,
came along to tho regiment from the re-
cruiting rendezvous at Columbus, O. This
young fellow was quiet enough in his
ways and devoted himself strictly to his
owa business. He was rather fond Of phys
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20
WAR ON B~ARNACLES.
AFTER TIE FIGHTING JACKIE MUST
CLEAN SHIP.

How the Bottoms Of Cruisers and Battre-
ships Arc Freed From Their Coating Of
Marine Growths-A Grand Naval Scrub
bling Bee Has Begun.
Most good housekcepors indulge in what
they call housekeeping at least once o
year. In the navy q somewhat similar
custom il in vogue. The sailors, however,
do not clean ship bytsking up carpets and
moving all the furniture on deck Every
part of a warship which ca,4Sbo reached
with water and scrubbing brushes is kept
scrupulously Glenn all the time, but there
arc paris Of a vessel which arc only access
sible when che is in drydoek. The prin-
cipal part Of course is tho ships bottom.
The men OF Unclo Sans navy arc get
ting ready for a grand ship cleaning car
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20

you fixed for the furnishing of the music.
1t didn't strike me when I heard of this
that you acted with any CREST amount Of
generosity toward your comrades / would
recommend that you seek TO adjust your
difference with the men somewhat more
satisfactorily to them. You may now
march tho band to quarters"
The bandsnaster obeycd the order, and
it was not half an hour later before he
made bis appearance in the soldiers bar
racks with a 500 goldpiece in his hand,
which he gave to the soldier who had made
the arrangement with him for music.
I'D was a nlistaig, " said the bandmas-
ter. IT was only fooling NIT you ~fellers."
But he transferred out of the regiment as
soon as be could make it go through neE-
ertheless.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20
On Keeping Going.

"Horace Greeley said.'' said Mr.. Mob
bleton, that the way to resume was to
resume, and it might be said of individu-
ais under stress of work and circumstance
that the only way to keep going is to keep
going. OF course If a man is downright
sick he wants to stop, but it may be that
the only safety for d man who is not sick
is to keep going; that IL he stops to rest
he will run down so that he can start up
again. There are plenty Of men who
would rather work than be idle, and there
may be times when the only way to keep
going is to keep going."-New York Sun.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20

CONSUL GENERAL RoUEsgvILLE wILDMAN.
statehood to what was then Idaho terri
tory. He made a favorable impression
while at Washington, and President Har-
rison made him consul at Singapore,
where no remained three years, afterward
being transferred to Bremen. Cleveland
ousted him, End Wildinan returned home.
He was commissioner of the Straits Settle
ments at the Worlds fair and later became
editor Of The Overland Monthly at San
Francisco, where he remained until Presi-
dent Mckinley gave him the station at
Hongkong. At first he was only a consul,
but was soon promoted for the valuable
services he rendered his government.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20

The earliest known mention Of the
pianofofte was in 4 playbill dated May
1s. 1861. The piece announced was The
Beggarss Opera with Mr.. Beard as
Captain Macheath.'' Mrs. Stephens as
Mrs. Peachum,a Mr.. Shutter as Peach
nm. The principal attraction was
given as. Miss Buckler will sing q song
from Judith accompanied Nv a new
Instrument called pianoforte. a-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20

Wealthy Patient-And this yerniforrn
appendix which is causing all my trouble
Is. as I am Informed, quite useless
Doctor-Er-well, ! would hardly 80 50
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20

her In drydock. Better still, invent an
a~ntifouling preparation which will pro-
vent the growth of b~arnaeles. Hundreds
of people kayo tried to do this, but have
failed. Yen may be tho one to succeed
Composite bottoms do 0 wholly prevent
marine growtbs, so that even though our
warships may be oil through fighting the
Spanish they win go on fighting che bar
nacle Indefinitely. CHARLES WARNER
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20

Window plants In Germany are often
watered with cold tea or coffee. The eff
feets are said to he beneficial.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20

There are In circulation In China at the
present time coins bearing the names Of
Eaaperors who lived 1000 years ago
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1898-12-15

- w Berlinie zapalily sic
ma scenic testru wlosy aktorki
Rautendelein. Jej kolega
Wintersteim zarzucl ma MIA
p}aszcz i ogie6 przytlumi1.
= w Niemczech opisuja i
mierza wszystkich notorYcz'
nych anarchist6w.
- Alba6czycy uprowadzili
z wioski serbskiej trzy najla.
dniejsze dziewczeta i zadaja "a
ME $4,000 grossly okupu.
w Armenii panuje gl6d,
a Kurdowie dopuszczaja sic
nowych gwalt6w.
- Anglicy przebakuja juz
dzisiaj, ze ME mysls wycofad
ie z Krety.
- w Grenadzie baby zbom-
bardowaiy pomnik Kolumba,
kt6ry podlug ich zdania stai
sic przyczyna nieszczesc, jake
spad}y ma Hiszpanie.
- General Wood kaza} W
Santiago aresztowac dw6ch
redaktor6w, kt6rzy mieli po'
jedynkowac sic ma szesciostrza'
lowe rewolwery, ma odleglosc
90 krok6w.
- Process Franka Kraak,
Amerykanina, kt6ry obrazif
Wilhelma, nazywsjsc 60 ,,ba'
rania glowa" odbsdzie sic W
Berlinie 90 Grudnia.
- Ze zezna6 kapelana 6
puiku ochotnik6w stanu llli'
nols Wynlka, re kto znosl Po'
wietrze miasta Chicago, ten
moae przebywac bezpiecznie W
kaadym innym klimacie.
- Rsda miejska W Alton,
ILL.,, przyje1a rezolucys zmu'
szajscs dzieci do pozostawania
wieczorami W domu i nakfada'
jaca wysoki podatek ma kup'
COW sprzedajscych papierosy.
- Ma gwiazdke dla wojska
ua Kubie i Porto Rico prze.
znaczys pu}kownik G. A.
Woodruff 10000 funt6w in
dyk6w i 1000 swiezych zura'
win.