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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

The Republicans of the First Congress
sional District of Maine, are requested to
send delegates to convention to be held
in City Hall. Portland, on Tuesday. Au.
gust Cd, 1898, ut 10 O'Clock, q. m., for
the purpose Of nominating o candidate
for Representative in Congress- and tran
sacting any other business that may prop
erly como before it.
The basis of representation will be RS
follows: Each city and town will be en-
titled to one delegate and for each seven
ty-fve votes cast for the Republican,
candidate for 1896, and for fraction of
forty votes in excess of seventy five votes,
an additional delegate.
The Distriot committee will be in ses-
sion in Reception Hall at o'clock, o. m. !,
on the day of the convention to receive
the credentials of tho delegates and to at
tend to such other business as may be
necessary.
Per order.
Republican District Committee,
Thos. f. Staples,
Secretary.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07
TOO STRONG TO WORK.
Cubans' Rations Cut Off Because
They Are Lazy.
Copyright 1888 by The Associated Press.

Copyright 1888 by the Associated Press.
Camp Siboney, Juragua, Province OF
Santiago de Cuba, July 5, by the Associ-
ated Press Despatch Boat Dauntless, via
kingston, JAM, July 8, 1915 a. H.
uoneral Young, commanding the first
brigade cavalry division, left here at noon
today for Key West, in bad health, on
board the Cherokee. The general has been
suffering lately from fever and the doctors
advised his leaving. Brigadier General
Dutfield succeeds to his command.
9 Genera Young yesterday refused
issue further rations to the Cubans unit
advices are received from Washington in
answer to his expose of the situation here.
The Cubans refuse to assist in the
hospital and commissary departments,
claiming they are soldiers and not labor
ers. The same answer was given by them
to General Baker when he asked the
Cubans to help open the roads or'aathe
transportation Of supplies to the trent.
This. together with General Garoia's not
preventing the entrance of General Fan
dos reinforcements into Santiago de
Cuba, has caused discomfort among the
American officers and troops.
General Young has reported the situa-
ton to the United States government.
In the meanwhile he has placed the
Cubans in a separate camp under police
regulations and has turne them over to
Clara Barton for rations.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07
TWO GRATEFUL WOMEN
Restored to Health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
"Can Do MY Own Work."

Mrs. PATRICK DANEHY,
West Winsted, Conn, writes:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-It is with
pleasure that I write to you of the
benefit have derived from using your
wonderful Vegetable Compound. Twas
very i'll, suffered with female weak
ness and displacement of the womb.
"Icouldnotsleepat night, had towalk
the floor, I suffered SO with pain in my
side and small of my back. Was trou-
bled with bloating, and at times would
faint away; had terrible pain in my
heart, a bad taste in my mouth all the
time and would vomit; butnow, thanks
to Mrs. Pinkham and her Vegetable
Compound, feel well and sleep well,
can do my work without feeling tired;
do not bloat or have any trouble
whatever.
II sincerely thank you for the good
advice you gave me and for what your
medicine has done for me-"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07

property holders all along the line were
the town credit. The aggregate sum
amounted to hundreds of thousands OF
dollars.
The first tangible form assumed in the
initiatory work of locating a railroad
through the shore towns of Hancock and
It was given the name of Bangor and
Calais road" Lysander Strickland, Judge
Emery, Saith Tresdale and a number OF
other gentlemen of railroading expert.
ence were interested in 1t. In 1880, Col.
J. f. Green surveyed the route and Sc
cured a charter in 1881, for the "Maine
Shore Line'' railroad The first survey
for the present road was made by Col
auckland in 1891. Very little progress
was made in the construction, until the
summer and fall of 1897, when a new
board Of directors was elected and suffi-
Gent amountcof capital secured to push
the road to completion.
Owing to unavoidable delays the beau
tiful month of October, 1897. was not i'm
proved in rushing the work along and
many wero the chickering's and gloomy
forebodings of repetition of the oft
repeated failures. Prophesies that sit
would never come" were rife. But the
heart cheering signs of life, and steady
forward movement gave encouragement
to the fainting ones.
A large force of workmen began to
PIT in an appearance at prominent points
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07

covered himself with glory. Attendance
1852. The score:
Baltimore, 90 3 30 10 ks
Philadelphia, 0 0 0 0 2 0 O as
Base hits-Baltimore, II; Philadelphia,
s. Errors-Baltinore, 4 Philadelphia. /.
Batteries-Hughes and Robinson; Dunkle
and Mcfarland.
(Second Game.
Baltimore, 0 o 3 8 0 211 x-15
Philadelphia, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o. Q
Base hits-Baltimore, %; Philadelphia.
5. Errors-Baltimore, 0; Philadelphia, G..
Battetries-Pond and Clarke; Wheeler
and Murphy.
Pittshurg, July 6.-Today;s game was
uninteresting. Gray won for Pittsburg in
the eighth with a hit scoring Hastings
and Donovan. Attendance 500 The score:
Pittsburg, 0 100 0 o 2 x-3
ST. Louis, 0 o 0 1 0 o.
Base hits-Pittsburg II; st. Louis, T.
Errors-Pittsburg, /; St. Louis, Q. Bat
teries-Hastings anu Schriver; Hughey
and Sugdon.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07

The company have purchased g. large
gravel pit in that vicinity and will exca
vate sufficient material to make O. suitable
building lot with ample grounds.
The management of the road give en-
couragement 10 the impatient walters fol
first ride over the road, that the whistle
Will signal the time of starting the first
train On or before October 10, 1885, On
some portions of the road the train will
start at an earlier date.
With such solid representative men of
old Washington county to back up and
push along the enterprise as George A.
Curren, Calais, president; Geo A. M urohie,
Calais, clerk and Gen. S. ID. Leavitt,
PASSPORT; W. r. Allan, Dennysville; j.
K. Ames, Machias; r.. B. Curtis Ma
chlas; II. M. leighton, Columbia Falls;
j. G. Talbot, East Machias; Austin Har--
ris, East Machias; G. K. Campbell Cher
ryfield; V. L Coffin, Harrington; b. A.
Chandler, Addison; L. &c. Noyes, Steu-
ben; Cornelius Sullivan, Whttneyville;
Frank SAWYER, Milbridge, directors
Weaa are confident there is nothing the
matter with the Washington county rail
road, and the people down East are wait
ing only to throw up their hats and all
shout together, "Shes all right
4. 9. ENCLOSING, Esq, division engi-
neer, headquarters at Cal is, has been an
interested and valuable official in his de-
partment of the great work. He has ex-
hibited superior knowledge in railroad
engineering. Every detail has been care
fully looked after by him. Very many
dlfflcuis points have been made clear
after passing his inspection. A fair share
OF praise ana tribute to deserving men
might be brought to public notice at this
time should the merits and we'll doing
OF ell who have had hand in making
this great public enterprise grand sue
G. H. KILBY.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07
HIT KENNEDY HARD.
Boston Won Game From Brooklyn Yes
terday.

New York, July 6.-The Brooklyns to-
day lost game to the Champions The
Boston hit Kennedy hard enough in the
third and seventh innings to win. The
scorer
Brooklyn, 2 0 0 o Il 0 0 o.
Boston, 0 90 0 02 0-5
Base hits-Brooklyn, S; Boston, 6. FIR
rors-Brooklyn. q; Boston, z. Batteries
Kennedy and Ryan; Lewis and Yeager.
Chicago, July 6.-By u grand batting
rally in the ninth tho Orphans pounded
Wilson for six hits and turned almost
certain defeat into victory. Attendance
1900. The score:
Cleveland ctisi : 0 0 Q Q o-S
Base hits-Chicago, 12; Cleveland, o.
ErIors-Chicag o, ]; Cleveland, 2. Bat
teries-Callahan and Donahue; Wilson
and O'Connor
Baltimore, July 6.-Baltimore and
Philadelphia played two games today
and the Orioles won them both. The first
was exciting at the finish, but the other
proved a walk-over. DR.. Pond, who has
enlisted in the army hospital corps,
pitched his last professional game and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07
WESTBROOK.

The accumulation of waste paper and
other debris on Main street, has been
Street Commissioner Billings.
Miss yeniss NJ. Brown, who is spend
ing a few weeks in Westbrook, spent
Sunday and Monday with her uncle.
DR. Morrill, Of Woodfords.
Mr.. G. E. Mariner of New York is ex-
pected at his home in this city soon to
spent his summer vacation with his
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Mariner.
Miss Edith Bragdon, the popular teach
er at the Forest street grammar school,
enjoyed days outing yesterday with a
few of her pupils at Riverton park.
Mr.. Allan Skillings and family have
returned from Biddeford Pool where
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07

have been delivered at Calais. More
will soon be on the ground. On the
Eastport branch two trestles of the
bridge over the upper crossing of Little
river are completed. The others between
Calais and Passport will be in readiness
AS soon as the material is procured
The rolling stock will be of the best
material and built after the latest pat
tern. The road will be equipped at the
| start with large number of passenger,
baggage and postal cars, fully up to date
in every detail The Pullman coaches
will equal any of those in use on the great
western or Pacific roads.
The postal cars will be of special
interest to the people residing along the
old "one horse" star routes, who have
been subjected to the miserably poor SER
vice given by the Kentucky contractors.
With the assurance of such great and
glorious reforms the people along the
line have issued call for day OF jubi-
leo, when all will join in singing, 1.-THE
morning light is breaking
Water tanks holding so. 600 gallons each,
will be located at Washington Junction,
Turk station, Cherry field, Colum bia
Falls, Machias, Calais, Southern Inlet
l83 miles from Calais) and Eastport
junction. Excepting at Machias and
Eastport the water will be taken from the
public works, If satisfactory terms can
be. made. otherwise the company will sup
ply on its own account.
From the passenger station at Passport,
a distance of $3.50 feet, plans are being
made for building q railroad wharf to
fford twenty feet of water at low tide for
vessels to load and discharge Finely
equipped round houses will be erected at
Eastport and Washington Junction.
Calais will have q large brick station, a
two story building, baggage rooms and
ticket office on the ground floor tand the
general and telegraph Offices I'D stairs.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07

of operation. The sight of the first
breaking ground brought forth ex-
resslons Of joy and confidence from
those who one month before, were will
ling to wager the price of the best silk
hat to be obtained in Bost On that the
building of the w. G. railroad was all a
myth.
From the starting up to the present
day, the work has been steadily progress
sing. 1t starts at Washington Junction,
IN Hancock county three miles from
ellsworth, running from that point to
Calais, 105 miles, with branch to East
port l6 miles. There will be three
steel bridges on the route over the
Narraguagus river (Cherrybeld), MacAias
and Denny's rivers. The highest and
most expensive structure will be over
Denny's river, rising thirty lone feet
above the surface of the water Right
hundred tons of rock were used in The
construction of the abutments on both
sides of the river
Some two thousand men and four hun
dred teams are employed at the present
time. When the road is fully equipped
eight engines will traverse the rails
They will be powerful iron horses built
at the Brooks Locomotive works, Dun
XIX, New York, weighing between fifty
two and fifty-eight tons each. and Of the
latest pattern with six driving wheels.
Rails are now laid eighteen miles out
OF Calais, where construction trains are
at work ballasting the road. Nine miles
out of Calais and two miles from East
port Junction, the road is not as yet
completed. On this account there W IL
be delay of a number of days in laying
the track to Eastport. Twenty fiat cars
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07

At Milton, one mile from Calais, Will be
located the car and machine shops, round
bouae etc.
.Gravel pits an..along the lipe:have been
purchased for ballasting the road. A
powerful steam shovel is being operated
nine miles from Calais. The balIasting
is being done at the rate of one mile q
day.
The maximum grade of the road is one
and one half per cent. The minimum
curvature is ten degrees. The maximum
grade Is used only in very few places
rs the tract of country through which
the road runs is comparatively level. The
most difficult portion of the road to
build was ut East Maohias. where the tide
water was encountered on every hand.
The best engineering skill was need
ed to surmount the many obstacles along
the marginal way. The road bed was
constructed on made land, to provide a
public highway under the steep rocky
embankment. and protect pedestrians and
teams from colliding with the iron horse,
by high board fencs. The piece of road
through East Machias will far exceed the
cost of any other section of the road of
equal distance.
Some of the piles in the trestle work
along the line have been driven to the
depth of seventy-tive feet. AT the lower
crossing at Little River on the Eastport
branch, there will be IA twenty foot girder
put in to span the river.
Considerable dicussion as to the loca-
ton of the station at Dsnnysviile has been
had. The matter has not been fully de-
cided by the board Of directors until very
recently. 1t is purposed to erect neat,
convenient building, fitted up for the
accommodation of the irons of the road,
near what is known as the "Milwarkie
road. " about one mile from the village
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07

they have been enjoying a brief outing
at their cottage.
Mr.. Bert Quinn, formerly of Westbrook,
but more recently of California, has been
calling on old friends in this city for the
past few days.
Mr.. Henry Howe of Tarrytown, N. Y.
formerly of Westbrook, is visiting friends
in this city.
MI Nm. Hueston, the contractor and
builder a member of the firm of Gray &
Hueston of Westhrook, was the victim of
bicycle accident early yesterday after
noon. MIR. Hueston was riding on his
bicycle from Prout's Neck, Cape Eliza
beth, when he in some way took header
and was hurled to the ground, striking
on his head and shoulders. AS result
OF his fall he sustained broken collar
bone. He returned to this city on the
electric cars and DR.. Horr attended to
the injury.
The Clerks and the Presumpscots, the
local ball teams, played practice game
yesterday afternoon at Warren park.
The Westbrook Stars are scheduled fcr
a ball game this afternoon at Warren
Park with the South Windham team.
The grocers of Westbrook at the West
and East Ends with one or two excep-
lions, closed their places, of business yes
terday afternoon at H. 80. They are to
close Wednesday afternoons during July
and August.
The grocers expected to 60 on an excnr-
sion yesterday to the islands, but for vaEi-
ous reasons it was postponed until lat
er .Nate
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07
Especial Correspondence of the PRESS. }

Especial Correspondence of the PRESS.
Eastport, July 7, 1898.
The boys and girls of school days have
grown up into man and womanhood since
the first mention of the shore line rail-
road in old Washington. 1t would be
difficult for many of them to give the
date when such prospect was put before
the public. 1t was during the year 1869
when the first call for citizens meeting
in the cities and towns along the line
was made. The call was needed, and
people everywhere assem- bled to hear the
advocates of the movement tell of the
great advantages which would be derived
from railroad communication in Wash
ington county, q section of country hay
ing 2,7o0 square miles of territory, one
third as large as Massachusetts,, with it's
5000 miles OF railroad. while the whole
heart of our famed section Of the state
is without such progressive modes Of con-
yeyanoe. An enthusiasm was aroused
which became effective in awakening the
masses to their great public needs. The
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07
FATAL ACCIDENT.

James MCCLELLAN, an employe Of the
Maine and Now Hampshire Granite COM
pany, was run over Tuesday morning at
Redstone, N. H., by car loaded with
stone. One leg was completely severed
and he was otherwise badly cut and
bruised, from the effects of which he died
Tuesday afternoon. He leaves widow
and four daughters.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07
Cannot Praise 1t Enough"
Miss GERTIE DUNKIN,
Era0lx1in Nab

Franklin, Neb., writes:
:" 1 suffered for some time with pain
full and irregular menstruation, falling
OF the womb and pain in the back. l
tried physicians, but found no relief.
Twas at last persuaded to try Lydia
q. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and cannot praise it enough for what
1t has done for me. 1 feel like new
person, and would not part with your
medicine. I have recommended it to
several of my friends"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07
WASHINGTON COUNTY RAILROAD.

After Delay of More Than Quarter of 3
century the Peoples Hopes Are to BE
Fuliy Kealizsd-The Large Sums of
Money Expended Will bring Satisfactory
Returns,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07

,hrs g. Short rs Washington St, Provi-
uence r. l.. says: Had muscular rheu.-
matism in my arms so badly could not
cured me and have had no trouble since
Miss NJ. L. Bernard Kingston, n. Y,
says: Suffered for a long time with stom-
ach trouble. Sent to Munyon's for his
remedies. which promptly cured me-"
says: "My wife suffered from rheuma-
tism. kidney and heart trouble. Believed
she would die Munyon's Remedies entirely
cured her in two weeks"
Postmaster G. A. Mitchell. MitcheIlville Md,
says: WAS great sufferer from rheumatism and
kidney troubles One bottle Of Munyon's Rheuma-
t.sm Rnd Kidney Cures made a permanent cure
Miss NJ. o. Cross, 41S ST.. N. E., Washington,
d. O., says: ''Was great sufferer from nervous in
somnia. Local physicians did me no good. Mum
yon's Nerve Cure made woman of me-
Guide to Health and medical advice abso-
lutely free. Prof. Munyon, 1905 Arch St,
Philadelphia.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07
ANOTHER CAPTURE REPORTED

Key West, Fla, July cit is reported
here that the Spanish warship Alfonso
Kill, attempted to run the blockade out
OF Havana and was captured by an Aine-
rican cruiser.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-07

453 1-2 Congress ST.,
Opp. soldfer.' Nonument
Free examination every Saturday. ily4dtf
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-12
An American Vesuvius.

The new model American mortar bat
presents many novelties. we. might say, in
the art of ordnance hitherto as yet I'M
practiced.
When the sixty mortars are fired at
once, as is the design, Sandy Hook will
be a new rival 10 Vesuvius. And as each
shot is twelve inches in diameter and
weighs half a ton, one can see what an
annoying thing ID will be for an enemy
fleet to encounter our mortars on a sum-
mer's day. These "barkers" are to be
put in one circuit and fired from armored
turrets placed in out-of- the-way localities
that command a fun view of the APP
proaches TO New York harbor from the
sea. And as the channels are spaced off
into imaginary squares the officer, with
his plane tables and range finder simply
follows the enemy's boats with his tele-
scope. When the instrument locates the
fleet on certain square the telescope con-
meets a circuit that fires a pit previously
ranged on that certain square. AS these
pits are deep in sand, surrounded by nat
ural scenery, Il is hard even for a Sandy
Hook officer to so off shore and loca te
one. The only weak spot is the Atlantic
Highlands. from which, If an enemy
should capture it, the Smelling of the
Hook" could be done. But to take the
Highlands would be very difficult
IL is intended that the mortar shells
shall be fired into the air at such an an
gle that they will drop upon the enemy's
decks. No ship has yet been built that
can resist such an attack
Curiously enough, after they have been
fired you suddenly see them at a great
hight, sailing along together like a flock
of geese. They as suddenly disappear in
midair and strike at your feet at almost
the same time. As each discharge costs
about $4,000 for the entire sixty pieces,
one hours active work foots up cost OF
a,OOOO00, or, for a days work. at $4,000
OO0. One can therefore see that Uncle
Sam has powder 10 burn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-12
A Kingdom to BE Had Cheap.
From the PalI Mall Gazette.


Antonius Aurelius, King of Araucania,
the first and the last of his dynasty, had
once his day of fame. He was the man
who would be king. and for a short time
he was one. Aurelius began life as an
ambitious Frenchman, he ended 1t as a
German, under the name of Herr Won Ton
nelns-dying in great poverty at Marseilles
but for a brief period in the fiftes he
was king over the Araucanan Indians in
South America. When Won Tonnens
founded mis- monarchy he found it neces-
sary to have his court, so he Travelled
over to Europe and created his own or
ders and titles. Then he reigned till his
court was broken up by the government
of Chile, and Aurelius as a roi en- exile re-
turned TO Marseilles.
And now M Henri lie Baulx, the French
explorer has found the court OF Aurelus
l still surviving among the Araucanian
Indians, by whom the European ceremo-
nia is administered with gravity and dig
nifty. The titles and orders still remain
but the court is in bad way of business
and lives chiefly by a primitive agricul-
ture." Vacant thrones are not found ev-
cry day Any one desiring kingly crown
to gain should apply to NJ. le Baulx-
present address, Patagonia.