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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-07
MAINE TOWNS.
items Of Interest Gathered by Corres
pondents of the Press.
POWNAL.

Pownal, Sept. 6.-Mrs Annie Louise
Cary Raymond, in company with the
Misses Maria and Sadie Merrill recently
called on the Misses Chapman while pas
sing through our town on short carriage
drive to Durham,
Miss Ethel Harris, of Portland, Is now
in town. the guest of Miss Lillian La
than.
The Misses Nina and Emma Davis
will give a social for the benent OF the
Ladies Aid Society at Mallet Hall on Fri
day evening, Sept. 9th. Ice cream will
be served.ss
Mrs. Gertrude Merrill of Freeport called
on friends here Monday afternoon.
Schools commence throughout our town
on Monday, Sept. l2th. No list of this
TERMS teachers has as yet been made
public. -
setts. are at Mr.. Gowan S.
Prof. Wilmot B. Mitchell has found 1t
necessary to, at least for the present, close
his connection with our church. HIS ao-
sence from among us will be most kindly
felt. for he is a young man OF rare abln-
ties, and his quiet, gentlenanly ways
made friends OF all who attended our
meetings. No one could listen to one OF
his refined and scholarly sermons without
being helped, and also possessed with
feeling of admiration for this intelhgeho
and highy cultivated young man.
Colds are quite prevalent here just at
present, all afflicted seeming to suffer IN
quite similar manner Ar. ferez
Chapman has been very i'll from the
same, but is now somewhat improved.
Miss Lottie Noyes, of Portland, who
has been stopping at Mr.. True Warren's,
has returned to ner home.
Next week quite a number of our girls
viii resume their studies at North Var
mouth Academy. We are glad that SO
many of our young people are awaiting
themselves of the advantages of this most
excellent school. 1t is matter much TO
be regretted that more general knowi-
edge Of the rare opportunities which this
school offers cannot become more notice
able for with its most excellent teachers
and pleasant location it certainly ranks
second to none in our State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-07
Foreign Ports.

Passed AMER Aug 8. ship William Fl Conner.
Erskine. New York for Shanghai.
Ar at Barbados Aug %, barque Samuel H
Nickerson. Davis. Buenos Ayres { nd sid Esd
for Turks Island),
Sid Aug 10, barque Justin II Ingersoll, Nor
ton, Sayana-la-Mar.
Ar at Hillsboro, NIB. Sept 3, sch Annie M
Allen. Burns, Chester. Pa.
Passed In at Quebec 9Th. steamer Scotsman
(Br). Skrimpshire, Liverpool for Montreal.
yer, Philadelphia,
Passed ST Helena prior to Aug 2S. ship j B
Walker, Wallace, Yokohama. via Honolulu. for
New York.
Cid at St John. NIB. schs Maggie Alice. Miller,
Bath; Beulah, WATSON, Thomaston; Harvest
Home, Wilson, RockpOrr.
Spoken.
Sept a, AZ miles w OF Nantucket Lfghtship.
brig Harry Smith, from Turks Island for Boston.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-18

many sons, scratched on the inside Of
the sole, and the yellow harvest moon
of the great prairies shone down on a
white woman and a red man married
white mans fashion.
That was three years ago.
The third day after the wedding Tx
ico's wife sat in the tepee, writing a
letter to an old school friend, telling
her of her marriage n of her exalla-
ton, when some one gave a long "hal-
10" outside the door.
TiXico's wife rose and looked out.
Tixico sat on his horse in front of
the tepee.
Come, GOMEZ he said in his native
tongue. you are lazy. Take my horse
husbands bidding h saw that he
swayed in the saddle and that his eyes
glared upon her in drunken fury.
w were married white mans fash
ion," he said, but we are living red
mans fashion," and because she was
dazed and did MOI answer him or move
from the doorway he sprang from his
horse and knocked the White woman,
who had come to live with him Indian
fashion, down, and kicked her.
She has lived Indian fashion ever
since until last week.
Ten months ago her heart took cour-
age. She had a son.
"When Tixico ses u boy" she said
to h old squaw who nursed her, 'he
will be kinder to me-"
When Tixico saw the boy he laughed
bitterly. 1T is a cursed half breed"
he said, and he struck the newborn
baby in it's helpless little face.
Last week she held up their baby
once again for him to fondle.
Again he hit the half-breed baby in
h face and struck its mother.
The white woman reeled and stagger-
ed into the back of the tepee.
She held her little son to her heart
and threw herself on her rough bed.
An hour later she was dead.
She had stabbed herself to the heart.
Tixico came upon her lying with the
living baby playing on it's mothers
breast.
He stood quite still for a moment.
Then he took his pistol Inc shot the
baby dead and fired again and again
through the dead bodies of his wife and
child.
The old Cheyenne squaw went out
and told the story.
The white SQuaWW who wanted to live
Indian fashion is dead" she said.
"Ugh!' said the warriors and the old
men.
The squaws giggled together.
Her Great Spirit charm could not
save her" they said, and they went
back to the bead work notices, which
said God is Love-"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-18
He Had No Educa I'd Pig,

MY pride had a fall the other day."
said a we'll known man who is promi-
nent in public affairs. "a few days
back I had to go to a little town in
the western part of the state on a
matter of business, which was soon
transacted, and to amuse myself until
it was time to take my train back,
attended the fair tina CHANGED to be in
progress at the time.
Il noticed as soon as I was on the
grounds that I was attracting a good
deal of attention., and it rather fatter-
ed me, as l was not aware that I was
known in hat part of the state. Wher-
ever l went I could see that I was be-
ing pointed out, n such expressions
as That's him! He's the feller!' greet
ed my ears.
Il began to think tina I would be
called upon to make a speech, and was
thinking up what I would say when a
man, a little bit holder than the rest,
approached me n said:
Say, mister, when ar We goin' to
open up?"
open up what?' I asked.
Why said he, amt We the Teller
what owns the. educated hog?'
II a to admit that I wasn't and as
soon as that fact became known the
attention that I had attracted was gone
and l was only one of the common
herd, looking at the big pumpkins and
crooked-nosed squashes.
1T seems that a man who looked
iii me had exhibited an educated pig
the year before, and I had beer mis-
taken for him."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-18
Australia Has a Drouth,

Victoria, B.C.-Special.)-The steanu-
er Arrangi, which arrived today frorra
Australia, via Honolulu, brings news OF
a large fire at Sydney October s,.wniets
destroyed twenty large mills and in
ficted a heavy loss Of property.
Drouth n hot winds pla:-eG havos..
with the Australian wheat Hleds.. The.
commissions Of agriculture a tfiers.
will not be enough wheat for local de-
mand
Labor day, October II, was generally,
observed in New Zealand. Coal miners
and other laborers made such a. streng.
representation that the enactment of.
an eight-hour Law is expected.
Later reports from the confederation,
at Hankow, China, say that 1,oocs
houses were destroyed and 1000 people.
killed and burned to death.
1t is stated that the Fiji
has withdrawn the subsidy Of 81, O0O9 "a
year to the Canadian-Australian line.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-18
FUNNY SNAPS.

Cleveland Leader: "Well, I s'pose the
German people are proud Of the fact
that their emperor is being so royalty
entertained on his way to jerusalem"
Likely, but wait till their emperor
starts for the New Jerusalem if you
want to see the Germans really happy"
Detroit Journal: "a lawyer, eh? Does
he pursue his calling?" Hardly, he
seems rather to be trying to ambush it.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I see that
President McKinley's souvenir Chicago
program vas decorated by a Miss Win
dett." Lovely Chicago NAME, isn't it?"
Boston Transcript: First reformer-I
suppose you are in favor of the move
ment for a single tax Second Reformer
Il nave taken a position much in ad-
vance of that. I am in favor of having
no tax at all.
Puck: What is that French officer so
excited and angry about? Some one, in
tending to be complimentary, spoke Of
him as having forged his way to the
front.
somerville Journal: Ethel-Mr. Light
wayte is real nice, don't you think so?
Maude-Yes, it seems to me sometimes
that he almost possesses human in
telligence.
Detroit Journal: "Bilks got the ap-
pointment, owing to extraordinary
backing" "Yes?" eyes, there wasn't
n name on his petition that wasn't
on the petitions of all the other candi-
dates"
Washington Star: "Look here said
Aguinaldo's confidential friend, "there's
some complaint that you are getting ir-
ritable." "Well," said the general, what
can you expect in a man who has un-
dertaken to be a great general, a great
political leader, great diplomat and a
board of strategy all at once?"
ed?" Crowded? We can't yawn with
out opening a window"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-18
WealthieSt klondiker.

Alexander Mcdonald, the King Of the
klondike, who packed his blankets out
Of Colorado and has since secured
whole and part interests in 80 or 40 Of
the finest properties at Dawson, besides
nearly the whole Of the water front, is
in New York. There have been many
Klondike kings, so-called, but Alexan-
der Mcdonald overtops them all. He is
the dashing Dlunger and miner, the
typical frontier character. His fortune
has been v%ariously estimated at from
three to thirty millions. He landed in
the Yukon with but $3.50 in his pocket,
and it is said his income exceeded $780,
600 during the first year. With this
money he secured miles Of claims.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-18
STATE WILL PAY CHARGES.
Land TRANSPORTATION forthe Chris.
mas Boxes for Manila.

mas Boxes for Manila
Lincoln, Neb.-(Special.)-Some tr7ne-
ago A%djutant General Barry made a..
request Of the war department at
Washington to transport the Christmas
boxes Of the First and Third regiments.
to the camps Of those regiments. Tnerus
was no trouble about the matter. of
transportation from San Francisco. to !,
Manila, but there was a hitch over thae
and transportation to the coast
The other day information was re-
ceived that the matter had been refer
red to the chief quartermaster at Ona-
ha. The latter, after the matter wsss
submitted, decided that there was u,,,
appropriation available for that pur--
pose.
Upon being informed hat the war
department declined to undertake tc,
transport the presents Adjutant Gener-
al Barry asks that all the friends of the
boys be informed that the state VILE
see to the charges from Omaha andsi
Lincoln to San Francisco and Savans-
nah.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-18
MAJOR LYONS DAUGHTER LYDIA
The Pathetic Tragedy Of a Girl Who Bargained Away Her Heart
to Save An Indians Soul.

Six years ago Miss Lydia Lyons, the
daughter of Major Lyons of Chicago, in
4 moment of enthusiastic impulse, re-
nounced all the pomps and vanities Of
the world and went out to work among
the Indians and to save their souls in
the name Of the Great White Spirit.
Among all the Arapahoes there was one
fierce, wild spirit she could not Chris
tianize. He was Tixico, the finest fight
err and the worst Indian of his tribe.
IT will become a, Christian if you will
become my wife," he said. II will be-
come your wife if o will not commit
a sin in three years." she answered, in
a moment of despair, never dreaming
for a moment the savage could keep
his compact. But he was a stole, like
all Indians. And he did.
IF I break my promise I will lose my
SOUL" she said. eff I marry him I may
save his"
She plunged a dagger into her heart
last week. Tixico, drunk ever since
the night of their wedding, shot their
baby as is craWled over her cold
breast. He has been Jailed and will be
hung. 1t is one of the saddest and most
terrible tragedies that has been re-
ported since the whites began trying
to save the souls of the savages.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-18
APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT.
Thousands Sick and Starving Cry
to the United States.

Thousands Sick and Starving Cry
to the United States.
Havana, Cuba.-(Special.)-Illness and
starvation still continue their work Of
death among the poor of Havana. The
direst misery prevails in every direc-
ton, and the necessity for an organized
system of relief was never more urgent
h a at present.
Trade is at a s%tandstill, owing to tn.
uncertainty regarding the Introduction
of the new tariff. Employment is diff.
cult to obtain and the almost complete
cessation of municipal work and the
gradual withdrawal of the Spanish ad-
ministration preparatory to evacuation
has closed many e Of subsist-
ence.
Adedd to this, the winter weather has
set in with cold northern squalls and a
sharp fall of the temperature, increas-
ing the wre~tchedness of the miserable
beings who are houseless and homeless.
whose huddled forms nightly crowd the
pavements.
The Cuban committee, recognizing the
necessity for immediate action, has
drawn up a petition to the president,
which is being largely signed. 1t will
probably be aid before the American
commissioners for transmission to the
United States. 1t represents not only
the views of the Cubans, but has been
signed also by many prominent Span
iards, who are thoroughly in accord
with this appeal.
The petition states that thousands Of
Cubans are in the greatest misery and
will die of hunger if relief is not given
them; that the of the Cuban
committees have been found inadequate
to cope with so much distress, and that
the people of Cuba, ruined by the late
war, are unable to help except in but
a small way. Their only is
therefore,to appeal to the American
people through the president to save the
lives of thousands of human beings
who are now dying of hunger. They
ask that a sum be raised for special
relief purposes and made chargeable to
the Cuban revenue for payment. What
ever scheme of relief is adopted, it is
urged that it be adopted Immediately.
Prefecto LaCoste, president of the
Cuban junta, said to me yesterday:
There is, of course, the open and APP
parent misery seen in every street, but
there is also a vast amount Of suffer-
ing among the Door which never comes
to the surface. These poor persons
starve and die in their homes, either be-
cause too proud to seek assistance or
too ignorant of how to obtain relief.
The local organizations are powerless
to cope with the present situation. It
has gone beyond them. Dur own COM
mittee is too busily engaged in endeav-
oring to obtain supplies to feed the Gu
bans in arms to do anything toward re-
lieving suffering in the city.
"Our first duty is to feed the men who
have fought, and who are now without
the means of obtaining supplies save
from us; but every day in my office I
hear tales of the poor people here of
the most narrowing misery. The condi-
ton Of the poor people here is simply
indescribable."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-18
Lamont After Concessions.

Washington, D. C.-(Special.)-Ex>
Secretary of War Lamont, vice presi-
dent of the Northern Pacific railroad,
and another official of that road were
in the city today in connection with
Northern Pacific affairs. The main bus
mess was the securing Of greater con
cessions from the p%ostoftice department
in the way of enlarged postal service on
that line.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-11-18

Get a New Brain Every so Days.
A German biologist has calculated
that the human brain contains 300, 000,-
900 nerve cells, 5000, 900 of which die and
are succeeded by new nes every day.
At his rate, assuming the correctness
of the Germans guess, we get an en-
tirely new brain every sixty days.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-23
DAYTON's STRENGTH.
His Friends Claim 1856 Votes in Con-
ventiOn for him.

GRAFTON w. Va, Aug, 22.-Re-
publican county conventions were
held yesterday in several counties OF
the Second congressional district to
appoint delegates to the congressional
convention to be held at Keyser on
the 31st inst, with the result uni
formly in favor of Hon. A. G. Day
ton, the present incumbent.
Marion county elected thirty-one
delegates out Of thirty-four; Taylor
twelve out of eighteen; Randolph
sends her fourteen votes solid for
him.
In Monongalia county twenty-sev-
en- votes are for Mr.. Sturgiss, proyid-
ed he is before the convention, other
wise they will be cast solid for Mr..
Dayton.
The Monongalia convention adopt
ed strong resolutions endorsing Mr..
Dayton's course in congress.
OF the 257 votes ia the convention
Mr.. Dayton's friends claim for him
1876.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-23
A Big Snake story.

The greatest snake story Of the
season comes from Virgins in the
mountains. sJack" Carothers was
up there the other day and in CONVEX
sation with r. F. Hopwooi Esq,
DIR. G. III. La Clair, A. j. Johnson
and others the question of "snakes"
came up. A hunt OF this kind was
proposed and to Cat rocks they went
to hunt his snakeship. A little search
ing revealed several big ones, all ap-
parently with an aggressive DISPOSE
tion They can't tell exactly how 1t
happened, but for little while snakes
flew thick and fast in the air In all
directions as result OF a lombard
ment with stones. When quiet reign
ed only one dead snake was found to
be the result of he fusillade Of rocks.
Its length was that of one old-fashion-
rail and strange to say the head was
that Of a eopperhead and the tail that
of RATHER. News Standard.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-23
win Not Resign.

The Intelligencer corrects, in an 9TH
er column, report which is going
the rounds of the state press to the
effect that Colonel Spilman, Lieuten-
ant Colonel Smith and Major Banks,
Of the First West Virginia regiment.
have rendered their designations, on
account Of pressingIbusiness interests,
now that the war is over. This re-
port was published as a special dis
patch by a contemporary, by which
was doubtless deceived by its cores
pondent, and other newspapers were
misled by its apparent authenticity,
being dated at Chickamauga. 1t is
sufficient to say that the officers mem
toned will remain with the regiment
until it is mustered out, and the In
telligencer takes pleasure in aiding
in putting stop to the circulation Of
what was evidently story OF the
whole cloth, and did them so much
injustice. Wheeling Intelligencer.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-23
Travelled 5000 Miles with SO. so.

CUMBERLAND, Nd, August 21.-
Robert Ardinger, aged 16 years,
travelled from Lead City, S. d., to
Williamsport, this state, distance
of 1900 miles, and had only $3.50
when he started. He beat his way
the entire distance. riding on freight
and occasionally onpassenger trains,
when he could hide in the vestibule
Of the next car to the engine. He
was six days and nights en- route
On the way to Oklahoma he came
across woman dressed in male at
tire on the train, who was beating
her way to Chicago. After stopping
at Omaha to visit the exposition, he
had only 15 cents left. This he
spent for meal
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-23
A Poetic Bray.

Drink, and the gang drinks with
you; swear off and you go it alone;
for the bar room bum who drinks
your rum, has quenchless thirst
of his own. Feast, and your friends
are many; fast, and they cut you
dead; they'll not get mad if you
treat them bad, so long as their
stomachs are fed. Steal, if you can
get million, for then you can fur
nish bail; it's the great big thief
that gets out on leave, while the lit
tie one goes to jail. Advertise and
the dollar comes to you, quit and
they fail to come in; for what care
the men who have dollars to spend
for the man who don't care to see
him.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-23
A Splendid Entertainment five get

Manager Somehow has been car
rying on quite voluminous cores
pondence with the Andrews Opera
Company in reference to their APP
pearance here on Nov. I'd. The Com
pany has three blank dates at that
time and will probably give Union
town one, Wheeling one and if suf-
ficient guarantee can be secured
Morgantown will get the other. The
matter has not been closed yet for
the reason that they demand a big
guarantee and Mr.. Somehow has
not yet secured enough to warrant
the risk. The company is splen-
did one and they offer choice Of eth
er of the following from their repor-
toire: Bohemian Girl, The Moor's
Bride, Martha, or the Double Bill
consisting of Pirates of Penzance
and Cavalier Rusticana. Quite a
number OF our people are anxious to
hear this company and have notified
Mr.. Somehow that they will help
to make up the guarantee but it is
nor settled yet that we will be able
to get them. If you have any inter
est in the matter go to Mr.. Some
born and tell him how many tickets
you will take.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-23

A@RNtt Ate 2 AutNtAt NJ w AkU tfCuN w Atc
Place Of Muster If Carried Out the
LIST West Virginia viii Soon BE at
Home.
CHIcKAMAUGA, Park, Ga, Aug.
p. Colonel Lee, assistant quarter
master general of the army at Camp
Thomas. has received instructions
through Major General Breckenridge
to invite bids of railroads for the
transportation of the entire COM
mand at Camp Thomas, including in
fantry, cavalry, and artillery, to the
home States. Each regiment is to
be sent to its place Of muster into
the federal service. From this 1t APP
pears that the war department con-
templates sending all of the troops
from this camp as soon as possible.
Upon receiving the orders General
Breckenridge had the officials of rail-
roads at all headquarters and they
held a long conference. There are
now A, 900 men in this camp, and
every one OF them is anxious to leave.
Before the war ended they all wished
TO 60 to the front, but the tide has
changed and each man is now count
ing the days until he will be In his
native State.
The news that all troops were TO
be taken from camp was noised about
at the field day exercises this after
noon, where more than 20, sol
diers were congregated. The men
ebaapad yanf faro,,c1v auJ haoapafs x.yifd
with enthusiasm.
To move the army will take many
railroad trains and considerable time,
and it is estimated that the army
cannot well be sent home inside Of
three weeks.
General Sanger and staff will leave
for Lexington, KY, at noon to-mor-
row, according TO present plans, tax
ing with him the division headquar-
tiers. General Sanger's division, the
third of the first corps, will follow TO
Lexington in day or two, the first
regiments leaving not later than
Wednesday.
General Mckee has issued orders
to the regiments in the second diyi-
sion, first corps TO proceed to Kuox-
vile, and the division will begin to
move as soon as transportation is ar
ranged, perhaps tomorrow. Tonight
it is thought the plans for the de-
parture OF these two divisions will be
changed, and that instead of going
into camp at the points named they
will go to their own States.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-23
Major Keener,s Successors.
VIM. McFeely and George W.

VIM McFeely and George W. Dill
ave bought Major Keener's meat
market. They are skilled in the
business and are sure they will please
every customer They will always
keep full stock of first class goods
in their line. Give them your or
ders. tt.