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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-31

There seems to be good reason to be-
lieve that the army or at least a consid-
cradle part of 1t is to make a forward
movement at once. What the objective
point is we do not certainly know, but
presumably it is Cuba. Whether the in
tention is to move Immediately on Ha.
vana or to establish base in the island
preparatory to movement somtiIne in
the future, can only be conjectured, but
in view of the fact that it is admitted
that considerable part of the troops
are yet not thoroughly equipped and have
not been brought to the proper state of
discipline, the probability is that all
that is intended Immediately is to Sc
cure and fortify strong base on the ISL
and, from which to conduct operations
in the future. 1t seems hardly likely
that in its present state of unprepared-
ness the army will be led against the
strong defences of Havana.
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AND -
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SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS.

Having consolidated with the Portland
Safe Deposit Company. the Portland
Trust Company now offers its patrons
and the public unequaled facilities for
storage of bonds, stocks, valuable papers
and silver ware.
The security offered is the best in
Maine, and the location is the most GEN.
trail and convenient in Portland.
The utmost privacy is afforded by sep
arate entrances from the street, while
the arrangement of offices of the CONSOLE
dated company is such that all financial
business can be transacted under the
same roof.
mar31 diff
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-31

AT last we have absolutely conclusive
evidence that Admiral Ceryera's fleet is
in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. with
Commodore Schley' squadron blockadinp
it. The interesting question now is what
will be done. Will Commodore Schlev
force the harDor and attempt to DESTROY
1t, or will he be content with keepino IT.
shut in? To force the harbor would be an
undertaking of great risk, and to ATTEMPT
to blockade Cervera's ships indefinitely
Will involve great risk also. The hurri-
cane season is fast approaching when to
keep battleships close to the coast will be
attended with great danger. But thew
must be kept there or Cervera's squadron
VIII take advantage of their absence to
slip out of the harbor and escape. Per-
haps it may be possible to block thu chan
mel securely with old hulks loaded with
stones or iron. A land attack upon San
tiago would seem to be feasible especially
as 1T is in the part of the island supposed
to be controlled by the insurgents. The
town is not heavily garrisoned and the
ships could be relied upon to demolish the
most formidable of the Notifications. II
may be safely assumed, that some
way will be found to keep these ships
from being of any further use to Spain
in this or any other war
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-31

Senator Lodges sober second thought
will probably lead him to refrain from
pressing his amendment to the
revenue bill providing for the annexation
of Hawaii. He will hardly be willing to
assume the responsibility of crippling the
government at this critical time, as he
must do if he should insist that Hawaiian
annexation should accompany the appro-
priation OF money for the carrying on of
the war.
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CASCO BAY STEAMBOAT co.
Snecial Notice.

On, and after May I1th the
fare will be FIVE CENTS to
and from Forest City Landing,
Peaks Island.
Steamers leave Custom House
Wharf.
See time table i'm another
column.
c. w. II. COOLING.
my1ldtf Gen. Manager.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-31

The import of the services of!Memorial
Day were felt yesterday by thousands
who had never felt it before. Hitherto
they have simply recalled the scenes of
carnage of 1861 IS, and as we have receded
from that period the number to whom
they have brought back sad memories
of personal bereavement has become
smaller and smaller, until now but
a very small fraction of the whole COM
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so CTS. ON THE DOLLAR,

ONE LOT 1857 LADIES' SUITS made
to sell at $7.25 to $50, only $500
Some tan coverts included in this lot.
ONE LOT (53) SUITS made of all
wool covert cloth in tan only. Jacket
strapped seams lined throughout with
silk. Made to sell for $40, only S6.9s
ONE LOT (74) SUITS, made of sew
eral different styles and shades of mate
rial, principally blues, everyone of them
made by men tailors. While they last,
$3.50
Worth from $40. 20 To S1h
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-31

Ell Progreso of Madrid beats our yellow
journals all to pieces. Some of the latter
have essayed to report battles that never
occurred but none of them ever worked
them up in such detail as characterized
Ell Progresses report of the great fight off
Jamaica in which two American vessels
were sunk.
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SAMPLE SUITS.

We have 14o sample Suits, some a.,
others 36, others 5s in size, in very de-
sirable shades.
Garments that were made to sell from
$40 to $50 for this sale they may go at
the following prices, $l2.5O, 1900.
1850, 5000, $3.50 and $500.
No suit inlthe house higher than $25.
This price includes even all the S35 and
$45 suits which we had in stock before
purchasing the new stock.
All Collarettes at half price. One lot
of Collarettes worth $2.75, made of half
sheared coney. silk lined, for this sale,
$I.39. Other Collarettes, 1926,
2.9S, sos, 4.9S, SOS and up
wards.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-31
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, MAY 81.

Nebraska's quota under the Presidents
second call is about 500, only half
enough to make regiment for the Hon.
William J. Bryan.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-31

We have assorted (69) Ladies' and
Misses Suits in this lot, some of which
are worth $3.50.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-31

All the linen, crash will
keep I'M OIL
repeated
ciy
Those requested call noons We
during required any,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-31
are

"My customers are
actually
SOAP-HUNGRY
for Fels-Naptha," said
a grocer. They can't
help it. Washes lin
ems white as snow;
cOlOred clothes bright
and new.
FELS g. CO., PHILADELPHIA.
OF grocers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-31

|, members OF Cumber-
to close our Offices on
p. m, and on other
( p. M. from June 1st to
Henry W. Swasey.
IB. d. & H. NJ. Verrill.
Locke g. Locke.
|Seiders & Chase.
Frank D. Marshall.
John Wells.
Edward NJ. Rand.
George F. Gould.
Albro E. Chase.
Edward Woodman.
Benjamin Thompson.
George +. McQuillan.
Edwin l.. Dyer.
William Fl. Looney.
MILFORD G. Chapman.
Eben Winthrop Free
man.
Fred V. Matthews.
Fred'k l.. FERRIS.
Robert T. Whitehouse.
William NJ. Ingraham.
Clarence w, Peabody.
Edward F. Tompson.
Joseph B. Reed.
George II. Allan.
George Libby.
Richard Webb.
Melville A. Floyd.
j. c. Woodman.
Benjamin G. Ward.
j. 81. Fogg.
John I. Pagan.
l.. B. bennett.
F. M. Ray.
i. L. Elder.
George G. Hopkins.
Walter P. Perkins.
Charles 4. Perkins.
Levi Il. Weymouth.
/. w. Parker.
Frank H. Colley.
d. A. Meaher.
Virgil c. Wilson.
Charles Ii. clifford.
John Fl. Pierce.
Charles A. True.
j. j. Lynch.
D. H. Drummond.
E. H. Wilson.
Scott Wilson.
George W. Verrill.
George F. Emery.
mys0dlw
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-31

SPOT CASH DID TT!
We bought the entire stock of

"0 UVugnt The entITe Stock OF
Ladies' Cloth and Crash Suits, Ladies', Misses and
CMidren's Jackets, Cloth and Silk Capes also
few Crash, Linen and Pique Skirts of
one OF the largest manufac-
tuners in N. Y. at just
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-31
GOOD TIMES HAVE come.

You can afford to indulge yourself or your
family in the luxury of good weekly news.
paper and a quarterly magazine of fiction.
You can get both of these publications with
almost library of good novels for SIS per year.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-31
CHILDREN'S REFERS
Ladies' Cloth and Silk Capes.

One lot of Ladies' Capes, made of good
quality figured satin. regularly sold at
1898 and $3.50, for this sale only S2.75.
All these Capes are trimmed with lace
and ribbon.
One lot silk and cloth Capes worth
s6.ss, only $3.75. Some long clay
diagonal capes in this lot. Other silk
and cloth capes at S3.9S, 4.9s, 5.9s,
$50, $50 and 1000.
One lot of embroidered cloth Capes in
black. green, tan and blue, only $3.50
No Cape in the house higher than $40
during the sale, though some are worth
$1,000
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Ladies' and Misses Jack cts.

Ladies' and Misses Jackets.
$500 Jackets at Seas
$5.9S and $6,9s Jackets at sos
$7.98 and $3.50 Jackets at 4.9S
$1,000 and $1O95 Jackets at COS
$1,000 and $14.00 Jackets at $40
All higher priced Jackets at 1000
No Jacket in the house higher than
that, though some have been made to
sell at 500.
CHILDREN'S REFERS
at half price.
All $500 and $5.9s Refers, including
those we had in stock. $2.75
$50 and 1898 Refers, 2.o5
$3.50 and $2.9S Refers, I.5O
Others at Csc, worth $1.9s.
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At $1,000.

Worth from $3.50 to SIS.
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WE, the undersigned, members OF Cumber-
" land Bar, agree to close our Offices on
Saturdays at O'Clock p. M, and on other
September 1St 1898,
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TOWN TOPICS,
10S Fifth Avenue, New York.

saoN TIjt SA ~ EXPERIMENT by Harold vynnes
sa-A MAkTypt- "a AZ OF PASSION. By John Ctiiis--
KS LovE. BY Joanna r. Woo
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-28

A contemporary, commenting on the
demand Of the Secretaries Of War and
Navy for more men for warships and
batteries, remarks that while the labor
market will not feel the drain much,
It is a fact that such employment OF
able-bodied men Is just so much sub
tracted from the productive forces OF
the country. Considering that the num-
Der Of men required cannot be much
in excess Of 1900 altogether, the drain
will be hardly perceptlble. Soldiers
labor, and are the cause OF employ
ment Of others; for armies must be fed
and clothed, as well as paid. Every
year $4,000 men offer themselves for
enlistment in the army, and recruiting
officers can pick and choose. The aspir-
ants for enlistment include many
bright young Americans-no aliens
will be taken now-to whom the mill
tary career is attractive. Nor are the
inducements in the way Of pay offered
to be despised by able-bodled young
men who would otherwise be employ
ed in civil labor in the lower grades OF
employment. While the private soldier
begins his service at $13 month, his
pay increases 81 for every year OF
faithful service up to the sixth, when
It Is S1S. Sergeants in the line get as
high as $50 month; in the engineers,
ordnance and signal corps pay runs at
its highest, from $50 to $50 month.
To the educated man in the ranks there
Is the chance to compete for commits
sion. The navy pay for men before
the mast and petty officers is higher
than given in the merchant service.
When we consider how much Is sup
plied gratis to the soldiers and sailorsin in
the way of food, lodging and medical
attendance, we can readily see that
their pay compares very favorably, for
single men at least, with the wages
given in ut least the lower grades OF
mechanical employments. Many sol
diers and sailors, steady, temperate,
faithful men, lay up money enough
Curing their service to begin business
career with considerable capital. This
is especially true in the West, where
thrifty privates and "non-coms" made
good investments In buying land cheap
ahead Of q boom. In New England
may be found men prospering in civil
employment who few years ago We're
in the ranks, and started in new ca
reer with an honorable discharge and
a few hundred dollars Of savings.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-28
REV. S. r. LYONS.
Recently Elected to the Presidency OF
Monmouth, ILL.,, College.

MOu"OutuS Lily SOhSSSe ID,
Rev. S. R. Lyons, who has recently
been elected to the presidency Of Mon
mouth Qn) College, has beena minister
in the service Of the United Presby-
terian Church for the past eighteen
years, thirteen Of which have been
spent as the pastor Of one Of the lead
ing churches of Bloomington. Ind. He
has no little familiarity with institu-
tions Of education. During the past I'VE
years he has been member OF the
Board of Trustees Of the University OF
Indiana, and much Of that time he has
served as secretary Of the faculty. He
is an eloquent orator, a vigorous writer
and man of wide culture and modern
learning.
DR.. Lyons is a native Of Winnsboro,
s. c., and is 4s years old When he was
a lad of 6 his parents, owing to their
dislike of slavery, removed from the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-28

Reviewing the annual report OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
Mr. Il. G. Prout, editor of the Rail-
road Gazette, writes to the New York
Times to show that very much of the
mortality caused by railroad trains
was from carelessness which automatic
brakes will not prevent. Twelve
sper cent. of the persons killed
were killed while coupling cars and
engines. There still remains 1851
deaths Per year to be accounted for,
sor:sixty- -one per cent. of the whole,
and these were neither passengers nor
semployes. These are picked off at
:the rate of eleven day the year
,solnd. About544 were killed at high
nay crossings, 1856 at stationsfand
S06I from other causes not specified.
ninety lper cent. of all these sre tres
bassefs. Almost ten persons are
Killed. every day in the year because
] thes were where they have no right
sto be. The most deadly of these
ssother causes" it is pointed out, is
waking on railroad tracks. They are
nm down in small numbers at road
scrossings, in greater numbers at sta
ions and in yards, but in far greater
,numbers ont on the open roads, and
tAs sAocking waste of human life is
going ON not through any fault OF
IfaiIroad officials, ''but mostly because
of IN igorant and apsthetic public
cpini5S MIR. Prout concludes his
resiew sikb the sensible advice: Never
walk op fAilrcad track. If you do.
Soa xuS fair chance of being hit by
Is locomotive. II you are hit. the
chances are just about even that you
Ss1l Ia killed. s'-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-28
Curious Marriage Customs.

A curious marriage custom obtains
in the island of Himla, just opposite
the Island of Rhodes. The Greeks,
by whom it is peopled, earn their liv-
ing by sponge fishery. No girl in
this island is allowed to marry until
she has brought up certain number
of spongcs, which must be taken from
a certain depth. In some of the other
Greek islands this demonstration OF
ability is required of the men, and if
there are several suitors for the hand
of maiden her father bestows her
on the man who can dive best and
bring up the largest number of
sponges,
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Published Every Thursday
a new refrigerator car which freeze:

& a new refrigerator car which freezes
without ice promises to be one OF the
advance steps in fruit transportation.
The new car is provided with chemi-
.cal refrigerating machine which is
geared to the axle of the car. The in
yentor claims that with his machine in
use the air in the car is cold and dry
and that even during long stops when
the machine is not running, no de-
iterioration of the fruit in transit can
occur, on account of the dryness of the
mn. It is claimed the new system has
been thoroughly tested and as result
e new refrigerator car lineis proposed.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-28
ouick-Witted Sailor Lads.

A veteran officer relates to Chica-
20 Records Washington correspon-
dent what he calls ga little incident"
to show the nerve of an apprentice
boy. A division of the crew of one of
the battle-ships was overhauling the
after magazine one day, breaking out
fixed ammunition, cans of powder and
gun-cotton, and cleaning house, as it
we're, under the direction of lieuten-
ant and a gunner's mate. The latter
stood leaning over the hatch, singing
out orders to the men in the magazine,
when he accidentally knocked his Ian
tern. against the steel side of the
hatchway. The spring that held the
lamp gave way, aud it fell into the
pit, bottom.side up and still burning,
upon the top of a large tin can of pow
der. The men in the pit were busy
slowing, with their backs turned, and
: did not see the accident. The lieu
tenant, gunner's mate and others who
were looking over the hatch were stu
pefied with horror, but, fortunately
for that ship and its crew of 500 men,
an apprentice boy had his wits with
him, and quicker than you can tell it
skinned" down the tackle, seized the
lamp, extinguished the flame with his
fingers, grabbed the heated can OF
powder in his arms and sang out:
t.You lubbers, haul me and this here
can to the deck, quick" Two jerks
upon rope lifted the boy and his
dangerous burden to the deck, and in
an instant he had cast it over the size
into the sea. The commanding officer
did not complain of the loss OF that
powder, and the boy now wears the
sword of gunner's mate.
'.It was only the other day." said
another officer, "that another gunner's
mate, by q bit of swift head and hand
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-28
Pyrainidal Pirates.

A writer in the Sphinx, OF Cairo,
Egypt, gives this amusing account Of
his experience with the Arab guides
that attended his ascent of the Great
Pyramid. In taking the visitor to the
top, he states, the rascals wait till they
get HIM about half way up on some
particularly "skeery" portion of the
ascent, obviously what the latter-day
novelists call the psychological mo-
ment, and make unanimous demand
for baksheesh. One does not feel like
begrudging o few piastres at such a
moment. Your glance strays uneasily
down the appalling length and breadth
of that huge, steep stairway Of jagged
boulders, and you shudderingly won
der how many piastres it would take
for repairs to your anatomy if You
were to take an impromptu toboggan
slide to the bottom, To keep up their
enthusiasm and give them an objectin
getting You back alive you promise
them something. You find the whole
village waiting for You with open
palms at the bottom. They swarm
over you like Siberian wolves on be-
lated traveller, whine and bully you
out of all your change, yourla cigar
cite, everything you've got, and then
nearly mob you for not having more.
You shake off the last of your pur-
suers at the door of the hotel, pull
yourself together with sigh of relief
and journey homeward, vowing that
things will be largely otherwise and
better managed before you appear
amid the pyramids again.
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South and settled at Marissa, Ill There
DR.. Lyons worked on farm and at
tended tthe district schools between
times. When he reached his majority
he determined to engage himself In the
ministry, and after his graduation from
Monmouth he entered the Xenia (Ohio)
Seminary. His first charge was at his
old home, where he remained until
1885, when he went to Bloomington.
Monmouth's new president isa genial,
charming man, capital storyiteller, a
warm friend and the head Of an inter
esting family.
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sNUsBED BY SOCIETY.
Charlotte Crane, Who Was the Subject
of Unpleasant Notoriety.

An unpleasant bit Of notoriety las
fallen to the lot Of the young actress
Charlotte Crane. Miss Crane Is an In
diana girl, and in the city which she
calls home her parents are prominent
socially and otherwise. When, during
a recent visit Of her company to Attain
ia, she was invited by an army officer
to attend ball Of the swell set with
him she gladly accepted. The patron
esses Of the ball were horrifed when
she presented herself. The idea OF an
actress mingling with them was shock
ing to their refined sensibinties. The
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-04-28
Captured a Big Buck sinele-Handed.

Captured Big Buck sinele-Handed.
Word has been received of the won
derful capture of big live buck sim
gle handed and without weapon or
trap in Upshur County, W. Va, by
George Latham. He secured the ami
NAL barehanded because it is now un-
lawful to shoot dear in West Virginia.
When the last legislature made the
law they did not calculate upon any
one like Latham capturing big deer
by main strength. His feat is with
out parallel in the State.
Latham was at work in lumber
yard, when he heard some dogs run
ming away over in the woods, and all
at once he saw fine buck coming full
speed up the valley. It passed him
within short diztance and he gave
chase. 1t ran o mile up the valley,
when two shepherd dogs, belonging to
a flrmer, joined in pursuit. 1t would
run long distance, then stop and
fight OF the dogs, and in that way
Latham kept within comparatively
close distance of it. A mile farther
up the valley it was chased by the
dogs to where farmer was working in
the fields, and then stopped to fight
the dogs again. The farmer was afraid
to tackle the animal, but another
farmer, named Baker, who had joined
the chase, came up to it, when it
reared on it hind feet and made for
him.
By this time Latham appeared on
the scene, and as Baker made quick to
get ont of the bucks way Latham tried
to catch it by the legs, but missed and
received knock on the head from the
animals hoofs, but he was not hurt,
and pluckily he continued the pursuit.
He grabbed ut his leg again and this
time got hold, and when it struck
at him with another hoof it went over
upon the ground, and Latham on top
of it. The animal was exhausted, and
Latham got it into sled, thinking he
had fine pet, but that night it died.
The animal was overheated, and Lal-
ham thinks its swimming through the
icy waters of creek in its flight
caused its DEATH. The hero of the
chase is having the bucks hide tanned
for Washington Star.