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The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11
CUBA'S SUGAR MILLIONAIRES.
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tO68OOu WelSn III August CohooiJ'I
For many years Cuba, in common with
other West India Islands, enjoyed mo-
nopoly of supplying large part OF the
world with sugar, and the profits acoru-
ing were enormous. By the sugar in
dustry families of great wealth and inf1u-
enoe were built up. For time the civil
ization of Cuba was in many respects far
in advance of the United States. The
dwellings both in the cities and on the
sugar estates were in many instances
palatial, the furnishings and fittings
gorgeous in the extreme, and the use of
silver for all domestic utensils was quite
common.
Thus there existed in the island what
might be termed barbaric civilization,
as compared with what is known as a
more domestic civilization in this coun
trv. The line between the rich and the
poor was sharply drawn. The disaffected
and restless citizens of the islands today
are, to a great extent, the descendants OF
those rich families who, by reason of their
prof1gacy, Incidence, and neglect, have
become almost extinct as power in the
land. There are, however, few notable
executions. 1he palatial residences and
large estates remain, but the families, II
in possession at all, exist only in name.
Their fortunes were dissipated in Havana,
New York, Saratoga, Paris and Madrid.
The present generation of those families
are prohgate idle, and more or less vic.
ious, and, in consequence, a disturbing
element in the island.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11

AT the time of the Spanish attack on
our troops at Manila the insurgents who
had been on our right had withdrawn
to celebrate their feast day. Dispatches
from special correspondents intimate
that the celebration was mere pretext
and that the real reason for withdrawing
was an understanding with the Span
iards. Since the engagement orders have
been issued to our troops tho have moth
ing to do with the natives, who are ap-
parentty showing signs of treachery. If
they turn against US there will be this
consolation, at least. that we shall be
under no obligation to them, either to
liberate them frems Spanish rule or to
assist them to set up a government of
their own. Even Senator Foraker may
not be SO clear in his mind as to the in
tention of Providence when he hears that
the natives are helping the Spaniards
drive us off the islands.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11
PEACE ASSURED.

Just what Spain has done the public
will not know exactly until the text. of
the Spanish note is made public. There
seems to be every reason to believe, how.
ever, that she has accepted in substance
all our terms. There is a hint given that
there are some conditions attached in
some cases, which Spain will be asked
to Withdraw, and that there may be
some controversy over them. There need
be no anxiety, however, lest the negoti-
ations fall through on that account.
When the Spanish government made up
it's mind to ask for peace it made up its
mind also to accept our terms, whatever
they might be, provided there was no
popular revolt. There has been nothing
of that kind, no sign of 1t even, and the
government is perfectly free to carry out
its intention which is to secure peace. No
controversy over details will be permitted
to defeat the end in view. If Spain has
suggested conditions that do not meet
our approval she will promptly withdraw
them we have no doubt, when the fact is
made known to her. Having resolved to
give I'D Cuba and Porto Rico, and per-
haps the Philippines, if necessary for the
sake of peace. she will not let difference
of opinion about the time and manner
of evacuating Cuba, or about the future
government of the latter Island prevent
her from realizing what she is after and
what she really wants more than any
thing else a cessation of the war from
which she has reaped nothing but disast-
er on land and sea, and which. If con-
tinued, is sure. to bring more and great.
er disasters 1t cansbe asserted with.the
utmost confidence that peace is assured.
and that within few days each nation
will issue orders to its troops to stop
fighting. So far as Spain is concerned
the war is over.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11
AN OLD HOTEL REGISTER.
Strange Entries Made at the Old Moravian
Sun HIM.

The following notes are from the regis
ter of the Old Moravian sun Inn at BETH
lehem, 1901:
June ga lady and gentleman in a
chair.
June 24-A family from Philadelphia
in stage, and driver
July "A gentleman in the stage. ohe
glass of punch
July ga company in stage, Win
four horses and driver. Eight breakfasts
8 Dime S, 16 suppers, Il gin spirits,
bottle porter, . pints port. 81 1ss. Id.
July PA lady dressed in black.
July ia company of French gentle
breakfasts, 4 dinners, 5 bottles porter, 2
bowls punch, pint Lisbon.
Two gentlemen in curricle, three
horses and one servant.
July ga company of ladies and gen.
tlemen in a carriage. N. r. The ladies
had bottle of porter every day at din
ner.
| August PA gentleman in Windsor
| chair.
| August 26-A company from Maryland
in chairs. viz. :'One gentleman, two
children, and one negro servant Six
suppers, breakfasts, dinners, glasses
brandy, Ia pints Teneriffe, l glass SAN
garee.
| August 2s-A company of actors.
Twelve suppers, 10 breakfasts, dinners,
10 gills brandy.
! September l. A company in Jersey
wagon.
September 12-A gentleman and l-dy
| in phaeton.
November 2s-General Lee, horses and
4 servants Five dinners, bottle Madeira
quarts beer, S IA pints brandy.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11
GUNS OUT OF THE PAST.
Where They Are Now to be Found.
New York Sun. }

Much of the antique ordnance has been
melted down into the pots and pans of
peace, but there are very many thousands
of ancient cannon scattered all over the
Pacific and the East Indies. 1t causes
the experienced island cruiser no more
surprise to find ancient founders names
ON the guns lying in the grass of savage
towns than the trader in Africa feels at
discovering still in use muskets that
served their turn in the wars of MARI
borough. Some of these guns were
mounted and emplaced by exploring ex-
petitions Of old, when new-found terri.
tory was calmly taken by the first conner.
Such are the guns at Nukahiya and
Hivaoa, which tell the tale of the time
when Americans annexed the Marquesas
and built up navy in the Pacific to
defend them. Such, too, are the guns at
San Juan of the Ladron es, which the
Manila expedition has just seized. While
none of the batteries at San Juan is
modern or efficient, one is conspiouously
ineffi cient. There is bastion so placed
as to protect the old careening beach on
which the galleons were hove down to
make ready for the long voyage to
Acapulco. These guns, richly decorated
and piously dedicated, date back to the
time when the whole Pacific was a Span
ish lake closed to all adventurers but the
stately march of the plate galleons be-
tween Manila and Mexico. Some of the
guns in this bastion are old enough to
have seen service when Drake pried open
the rich Pacific.
Others OF these are guns pirates loot
from armed merchantmen. OF such ac-
auisition are the many guns In the beach
to WINS of Mindoro ana Mindanao and
other southern Philippines, where piracy
was relinquished only when its profits
vanished as the gunboats patrolled the
straits. But the biggest trade in old
cannon used to be carried on in the south
seas. Every whaler carried a supply as
ballast hound out, and each gun was a
! thing of value at the islands. For can
non ard one key of powder any savage
chief was glad to equip the whaler with
all the kanakas needed for boats crew.
| Each chief was anxious to make O show
| of ordnance, and could not have too many
cannon. The guns were seldom mounted !;
| IL fired at q II they were loaded just as
| they lay haphazard on the ground, the
one object was to make noise. .EThe
guns are still there on the islands, but
the civilized races have put taboo on
powder, and it is long since the south sea
| islanders have heard the sound of their
| neglected artillery.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11
LONG-DISTANCE FIGHTING.
Impossible to Tell Infantry from Cavalry
at 1000 Yards.
Washington Star.

washington Star.
"Unless they have had experience. re-
marked an army officer, people are very
liable to have very imperfect idea as to
distances in army and field operations.
and as result they get things oonsidera-
bly, mixed. When they read that armies
are engaging with each other at 1000
yards between them they may think that
they can see each other, but the reality is
far different. At that distance, to the
naked eye, man or horse does not look
any larger than speck. 1t is impossible
to distinguish at that distance between a
man and horse, and at 800 yards less,
/. 200 yards, especially where there is any
dust, it requires the best kind of eyes to
tell infantry from cavalry. At 900 yards
the movements become clearer, though
it is not until they get within $50 yards
of each other that the heads of the col
rumns can be made out with anything
like certainty.
Infantry can be seen in the sunlight
much easier than cavalry or artillery, fo1
the reason that less dust is raised. Be.
sides that, infantry can be distinguished
by the glitter of their muskets. At 2 DOC
yards, however, everything is unsatisfac.
tory, even with the aid of field glasses.
for q marching column in dry weather
raises great deal of dust. At our recent
engagements at Santiago, the heavy rains
of course, kept down the dust, but tbs
falling rain shut out from view the oppos.
ing forces as effectively as would thedust.
Even glass would not penetrate it.
"There is no doubt that the rifles Of
the present day do more service at much
greater distance than those formerly used
but no general is going to waste ammunl
ton at greater distance than his mer
arm will shoot and do good service at g
greater distance than men can clearly see
but the chances are that no battle will be
fought at such distances. The distance
between the White House and the Capito
is about /, 900 yards, and it would not bt
practicable to fight battle at that dis
lance if it could be avoided.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11

The South is up in arms against send
ing the "iIpmunes" TO garrison Santi-
ago. 1t appears that the most of them
are not immunes at all, but as suscept-
ible TO yellow fever as the troops which
have just been taken away. They were
so anxious to fight that they pretended
that they had yellow fever, thinking that
would get them to the front quicker
But now that they have read of the
sufferings or Shafter S army they are not
so anxious to go to Cuba as they were,
and their fathers and mothers and sweet
hearts are very insistent that they shall
not 60
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11
ADJUSTMENTS.
Cape Cottage Park,
SWEPT BY OCEAN BREEZEs.

McCullum's Theatre $50 p. m. and 8. 10 p.
m. Free Musical Concerts daily, rain or
shine, at 81 p. tn. in Casino.
Sundays at p. m in Theatre and 4.45 p. m.
in Casino. free band concert by.Chandler's
Band.
Meals served a la carte or table de hote by
the famous caterers, Robinson and Hodgson;
Banquets. Clambakes, Shore Dinners, parties of
300 or less a speciality. Menu Cards and prices
at office of p & z. E. Ry. Co., IL Monument
Square. Telephone 5O1-s.
Salt water bathing. Fishing off the rocks.
tackle and bait furnished free by A. P. Nor
Fiji in charge OF the grounds.)
Rare Tropical Bird Collection and other
"Cape Cottage" is noted as one Oh the most
picturesque sea shore Parks on the Maine
Toast distant from Portland about seven miles
by a delightful trolley ride across the harbor
! and along the shores Of Casco Bay UnriYalled
marine Views including historic Fort Preble
Portland Headlight and their t TndaTa
| Casino. hence no exposure OF patrons to
| stormy weather.
| See time tables of the P. and 2. +. Ry. Co., at
! IL Monument Square. Portland, Me-
tting to Theatre only 20 cts, augouu
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11
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The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11
KINDERGARTEN MUSIC BUILDING.
The ncience of Music for Children,

This new and interesting method of teaching
the rudiments of Music to beginners, either in
diyidually or in classes. is both true and scien-
tific in construction, and highly endorsed by
leading musicians.
During August MRS. N. K. DARLINGTo TON,
author and proprietor of the method VIII teach
Address in Portland, Me-. care Cressey, Jones
& Allen, where the Music Building "a, lanes ess
FUSED in the method) is for sale frlce ol
game S15O Those wishing to JOIN classes
Should send applications early. Course con;
sists of weeks, 8 lessons a week; opeclal
ateS for summer classes. lyooazW"4p
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11

The war news for several days past has
had to take back seat in many of our
great dailies to give prominence to the
kissing of young lady at Long Branch
by Lieut.. Hobson. Several columns,
with portraits of the kisser and the
kissed, have been devoted to the matter.
The young lady has been interviewed and
made to tell all about it, and Lieut..
Robson has been pestered to give his
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11

Gen. Miles's explicit statement that
he has all the troops he needs and all be
wants has, apparently, put an end to the
Porto Rico "picnio." Anxious as the
war department is to send Gen. Wade and
his army, it will hardly go ahead in the
face of Gen. Miles's report
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11

version Of the affair but he refused. His
exploit in sinking the Merrimao seems
likely to be lost sight of in this later one
of kissing, or being kissed by (there is a
controversy on this point) the Long
Branch belle.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11

The longer the delay in coming to an
understanding with Spain the stronger
our claim upon her territory. In few
days we shall be in San Juan, and the
whole of Porto Rico will be III our actual
control. Manila will soon fall, if it has
not already, and we shall have actual
nossession of the island OF Luzon. Every
days delay strengthens our case and
Weakens Spain's.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11

Better late than never, but if Adjutant
Corbin's order for the enforcement OF
sanitary precautions in the army camps
had been issued months ago it might
have been the means of saving mary
lives. If we have another war before we
have forgotten our experience in this one
we may feel assured that it will be con-
Quoted better.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11

Our soldiers will be permitted to vote
at the State election under the law passed
during the rebellion. So if the result in
the t ate should be close we may have to
await returns from Chickamauga before
we know what candidates are elected.
However, a close election in this state is
not among the probabilities.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11

And now the American troops at Ma
Mia are said to be Disguised with Agui-
naldo. Our allies both in the Philippines
and Cuba do not improve on closer ac-
qaaintance.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11

FFENo doubt Sanford &. Dole is the best
man that can be found for Governor of
the Sandwich islands. Furthermore he
deserves the Office.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11

1.-THE breaking up of the big encalnp-
ments at Falls Church and Chickamauga
and the distributing of the troops at
many places is about as good sanitary
measure as could be devised.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND.
GRANITE ENCOURAGEMENT. PORTLAND BRIDGE
Notice TO Contractors.

Separate proposals will be received at the
Office of the County Commits sioners of Cumber-
land County, at City Building. Portland Maine,
until twelve l12) O'Clock noon, August fifteenth,
1898.
FIRST. for furnishing the following material;
about 3410 SO. yds. of new York granite block
paving. 2Ol0 lineal it. OF granite curbstone, and
AZ Gu. yds of paving grout, the same to DO
delivered as per specifications.
SECOND, for furnishing gravel brick, &C.
ment, castings and all appliances and laying
about 341O So. yds. of granite block paving. set
ting 2O10 neal it, of curbStone laying AZ Gu.
yds. of dry rubble. and building catch basins.
Plans and specifications for the above work and
further information may be obtained at the
office of the County Commissioners at said
Portland. Separate bids for items first and
second, as above specified, must be made,
although one party may bid on both items. No
bid will be received unless accompanied by
certified check payable to the County of Cum
berland in the sum of $4,000 for each portion
as above. The right Is reserved to reject any
and all bids should it be deemed for the best in
terests of the County. The successful bidder
will be required to give a bond for the faithful
performance of each contract as above. the
same to be satisfactory to the said Commits
SionerS.
Y. p. Al allen Len Commissioners mi fbe
GARDNER WALKER, County of Cumberland
aug6 DIT
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11

Even the fierce Blanco has concluded
that he will have to get out of Havana.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11
q Ay, there's
the rub !"

the rub that makes clOt hes
washing a calamity, because
it WEARS OUT CLOTHES and
women.
Not SO where Fels- Naptha soap
is used.
Fels 8. Co.,
OF grocers. Philadelphia
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11
Notice of Dissolution.

The firm of Rawson, Lombard & Co., coop
ers, is this day dissolved by mutual consent,
and George L. Rawson will continue the bust
ness at the same stand, No, 8 Central street,
under the same style of Rawson, Lombard &
Co. All accounts due the firm are payable to
SAID Rawson, and he assumes all debts and
contracts of the firm.
81 GEO. L. RAWSON.
THEODORE H. LOMBARD.
Portland, Maine, August 1, 1898. aug2d1w*
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11
DIR. FlLLEBROWN

has removed to Y. NJ. c. A. Building, Room
SO. Tuesdays, othep days by appointment.
Take Elevator. Boston office 157 Newbury
ST. aug1d1ms
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-11

FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Charles @. Wiggin, Freeport.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-21
INDIA COAL.

India is coming into prominence as producer of coal. The recent prolonged strike among the South Wales miners, and it's serious consequences, have di- rected English attention to the extraor- dinary development which is taking place in the Indian coal industry. The importation of coal by sea into India
 declined from sos, 713 tons in 1894 to 212,-
 900 tons in 1896. A slight revival, due to
 special causes, took place in 1897; but,
 broadly speaking, England has lost two-t thirds of her coal trade with India during the past four years. This, too, in spite of a great increase in the In- dian demand for the article, alike for
 textile manufactures, metallurgic pro-
 eesses, railways and shipping. The
 Indian mines have not only secured for
 demand, but they have carried the war of coal rates into foreign markets. In ] coal, chiefly to Ceylon. In 1897 Bengal supplied half million tons by sea to other Indian provinces and exported l PIP 900 tons to foreign countries The last figure is alone equal to the whole
 of the reduced importation of coal into
 India in 1S96 While the three-quarters of a million of tons which India pur- chased from outside five years ago has declined to about quarter of a million,
 Bengal has raised her total export of coal to quarters of a million of tons. As the whole of the coal import ed into India came formerly from the
 United Kingdom, and as 9T per cent. is still shipped from British ports, the
 loss in trade falls almost entirely on l England. In 1886 the total output of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-21
One of the Sufferers.
.INDTCATIONS.

When some men court trouble it re- suits in marriage.-Chicago News.
 "Who is best man at wedding?" ''The clergyman, of course; he gets paid. d."-Chicago Record.
 Speaking of the hardships of war, the armored battleships are about as hard as they made 'em.-Somerville Journal.
 What lot of black feathers Pene- lope wears in her hat" "Yes; she is engaged to an undertaken. Chicago Tribune.
 Penleigh-"What sort of uniform style would you advise me to have my novels bound in?" Fenleigh-"Fatigu uniform ''-Waif
 Well, prisoner, what have you got to say for yourself?" T don't know, your honor. What would you say?"- Philadelphia Call.
 Those Ridiculous Questions.-House- holder (sharply)-'What do you want?' Burglar (sarcastically)-"Th initiative Journal.
 Sunday School Teacher-"And so Nebuchadnezzar was compelled to eat grass. Now, wasn't that an awful punishment" Little Bobby Commuter -'I don't know; but my father says Nebuchadnezzar was lucky he didn't have to cut it with a lawn mower. .'- Puck.
 Do you think he loves you, my child?'' Not passiOnately, mamma. When I told him I was to be Uncle Ab- ner's heiress, he said he guessed we'd better wait about getting married un- til uncle died. He said he didn't want to prejudice the case. Plain Dealer.
 "See, here, Sarah, you can't go out in
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-21

CTS, the result is that the amount for each has grown so small In most of the States as to be of little practical value to the recipient, In Mississippi last year, the amount allotted to each one of about 4S00 pensioners was only $17, That sum will be somewhat increased this year, as the Arkansas policy of limiting pensions to the indigent has been adopted, with the result of strik- ing from the rolls about thirty names in every one hundred "The other southern States will do well to adopt this policy" the New Orleans Times Democrat advises, Tor they will be swamped, as the Federal treasury is being swamped by the multitude of pension claims.p It recommends that this course be followed in Louisiana by the Board of Pension commissioners created in that State by act of the last legislature.