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the storehouse, the blacksmith shop and
so on.
All these buildings are practically
leveled to the ground and in a few
years every trace of their existence will
have disappeared On the slope of the
hills just below is a more melancholy
relic, the Mission graveyard. Here, in
a great square Enclosure, lie the unds-
tinguisha Bile dead of a century-IndianS
and half-breedS, Mexicans and Span
lards, sleeping, many of them, three
or four deep, for the fathers were not
particular about using the same grave
several times over. Being covered with
tiles the walls which surround the in
all distinguishing marks have disap-
peared and there is nothing to show
where the graves are.
center has fallen under the prevailing
Zontal arm wildly in the air, at an alto
gether irreverent angle.
This scene of ruin and desolation is
all that is left of the work begun by
Father Junipero Sierra 127 years ago
and so ably completed by his success
ors in office. In point of age the San
Antonio mission ranks third. First
there was Son Diego, then Monterey
and year later San Antonio. Travel
ing painfully over the mountain ranges
with his mule trains, Father Junipero
gave wa to a dramatic impulse when
he reached the SPOT. Taking the bells
from his mules necks he hung them on
a tree and rung them violently with
his own hands, exclaiming. Come, all
We Gentiles, come and receive the faith
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his congregation to take the service Sc
riously, and to remember that they
were in a consecrated building. The
bridegroom was at least sixty years
old, the bride a maid of fifteen sum-
mers. l suppose ] should have said
blushing. but her skin was so dark that
one could not detect the tell-tale flush.
An audacious American girl, pretty as
a picture, steals close up with her cam
era, determined, despite all. irreverently
to obtain a snap shot. Il got them"
she laughingly cried afterward, Just
when they, were trying to put the ring
on the wrong finger, and 1t wouldn't
fit Wasn't it funny"
The elderly bridegroom got very
drunk at the hotel that evening, but
all the other Indians did the same
thing.
The mission priests of a century ago
were a practical, Woodworking set of
men, and when one thinks of all they
accomplished with the primitive means
at their disposal, one marvels that
every trace Of their handicraft should
have been allowed to disappear. All
around the mission Enclosure you will
find the ruins of adobe buildings. These
piles of brown earth were once long
row of huts where the Mission Indians
dweIt: hero was the f1onr mill. turned
by a primitive waterwheel, here was
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unit of the institution during it's most
glorious epoch?
1t was the prettiest, the quaintest re-
lfgiouS service | have ever witnessed.
There We're no elaborate paraphernalia,
no golden vessels nor gorgeous vest
ments, such as usually illumine the
altar of a Roman Catholic church. For
screen there was a trelliS of green
willow boughs, shutting off the ruined
end of the chapel for candles Gods
glorious sunlight. Yet priests never
held more impressive mass, never
was a religious function more simply
and devoutly performed. The sun
shone on the heads of the fathers and
lighted up the dusky faces of the little
orchestra; occasionally it stole through
the broken tiles and touched the de-
vout countenance of some fair listener,
or struck q CLEAN of glancing color
from her bright summer frock. There
was a brief sermon, / suppose appro-
pirate to the occasion, because it was
a still briefer exhortation from Father
Ferrer in English, in which he uncon-
sciously struck a note Of humor. He
appealed to his audience not to cele-
brate the 10th of September with a too
exuberant cordiality, advice which
many of them, / am afraid, sadly neg
lected later in the day.
Then came the browning feature of
the ceremonial, when the Indian moth
ers brought their black haired, beady-
eyed infants to be christened OF
course, the babies cried, but the rite
was none the less cheerfully performed
Then we were treated to an Indian
wedding of a somewhat peculiar char
acter, and the priest had to appeal to
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to find enough shade to cover. them
selves.
Still, there were many there, pretty
girls and comely matrons, sober farm
ers and eloquent politicians. The lat
ter gentlemen, aspirants for county Of
fees, took advantage of the opportunity
to press their claims upon the voters,
and one could hardly walk yard with
out having card thrust into ones
hands announcing that Mr.. Surething
was candidate for some lucrative
State position.
But. though much politics was talked,
the spirits of the people remained. I'M
dampened and they adjourned to the
race course to conclude the afternoons
sport. The race course was simply q.
level stretch of dusty road, half a mile
long. The horses start from one end
and in due course arrive at the other,
that is all there is about it. There was
no public betting or any of the ordi-
nary sporting accompaniment of the
race course. AS the riding was of a
purely amateur character the contests
did not lack excitement, from a local
point of view, and the finish of each
race was welcomed with warm cheers
from the friends of the winner.
Toward the close of the afternoon the
jewellers retired TO prepare for the great
ball, which was to crown the festivities
VI Tue udy. LII tdHldIe OOolHS, COOi anu
refreshing with their covering of green
willow boughs, concocted an extra sup
ply Of this favorite edible in readiness
for the nights demand. Every room in
the hotel was crowded with ladies pre-
pairing their ball dresses, a string of
buggies drove up with fresh arrivals.
Need I say that the ball was a brilliant
success? 1t was the one opportunity
of the year for many of these people
and they made the most of it,
Strange" remarked an indignant
storekeeper, surveying the scene,
though these small ranchers can never
find money enough to pay their store
bills they can always discover few
dollars to spend at the ball.
Jolon kept it up until long after day
light. Then the visitors departed and
Jolon went to sleep for another year
j. T. ROSE-SOLEY.
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there comes to our ears the sound of
rude barbaric music. The orchestra
enters, a pitiable band, which would
excite nothing but ridicule in the
streets Of San Francisco. But here it
exctes only sympathy; the ridicule is
merged into the pathetic There are
four instrumentalists, and between
them they handle, with less than in
different success, two drums, a fiddle
and a flute. One must pass over the
weakness of their music to gaze upon
the personality of their leader. Tower
ing above his fellow-IndianS, a majes-
tic, white-bearded figure, the man
stands as one of the oldest living me-
mentos of mission work. His age cam
not be found with exactitude. but he
is at least so. and his memory. still
good, carries him back to the day when
the settlement termed with Indians;
when the hum of cheerful industry
filled the air; when handicraftsmen of
every description piled their vocations
under the supervision of the fathers.
He was born on the mission his par
ents were among the earliest rescued
from savagery by the priests. Yearly
he comes with his fellows to the cele-
bration service. yearly he bangs the
drum with more ardor than skill, for
was he not once a member of the mis-
sion orchestra, a humble but useful
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fallen sadly into decay, soon went to
pieces altogether. The indian residents
had dWindled to a mere handful, and
the Land Commission had only left the
mission the ground it had actually i'm
proved, some thirty acres. Hencefor-
ward the Roman Catholic Bishop
troubled no more about this precious
relic of early settlement, though
as earnest men are now adj
vocating the restoration Of all the mis-
sions, it is possible that something may
be done before it is too late-that is
to say, within the next two or three
years.
The old traditions. however, die hard.
Spanish is. spoken quite as frequently
as English; it is universal among the
many half breeds and Indians to be
seen about the town. The celebration
of the 18th of September remains the
one great festival of the year, far over
shadoWing in Importance the Fourth of
July or Thanksgiving day or any of the
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Of Jesus Christ" By Gentiles he
meant, of course, the Indians. Yet,
strangely enough, the good father was
not the first, by more than century,
to speak words of hope in this heather
land.
An aged Indian woman, numbering
over a hundred years, was present at
the ceremony and ready to astonish
the father with a Renaissance. Her
mother, she asserted, remembered two
white men who came to the country
years ago and who talked exactly as
the father had done. Probably these
were the priests sent north by Father
San Francisco in 1851.
The secular part of the celebration
held at Jolon presented many aspects
of a distinctly humorous character.
For the brief period of twentyfour
hours Jolon emerged from it's custom
airy obscurity and became a center Of
vast Importance to the neighborhood.
Few people in San Francisco have
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Ez1Esf NExE]AN FIESTA oF I'VE >EAF

BARE, brown plain, burned
to the consistency of bricks,
barren Of vegetation, save for
the spreading oaks, which
strive, in spite Of the terrible
The Portland daily press., 1898-02-07
BURGLARS CAUGHT IN AUBURN.
Two Youpp Men Who are Much Wanted
In Massachusetts.

Tewiston. February 6.-Oscar NJ. Drake
and Richard Lesion j. Ford, wanted in
Whitman. Mass. on charge of breaking
and entering, We're arrested IN AUBURN
today by City Marshal turner ana OInoer
Benson. The offence was commltteo over
a YEAR 400 and SINCE that time the men
have been living in Auburn. Drake mas
been employed in Fray q Smalis snoe
factory and Ford has been at work 1or
Charles Weymouth, Q Lewiston milk man.
Though the young men have, go lar as
learned. committed mo offence during
their stay here, they attracted the atten'
tion of Officer Benson by hanging about
tbe streets until early in the morning
Their action caused suspicion and City
Marshal Turner learning that they had
resided in North Abingdon, Mass, com-
municated with the chief OF police OF
that place. The Auburn officers were
promptly instructed to arrest the parties.
A confederate, Willie s. Pratt, is also
wanted by the Massachusetts, authorizes.
Pratt. however, left Auburn suddenly
about a month ago. Indictments are
hanging over all three. Tho Massachusetts
officers have secured requisition papers
and the prisoners will be taken away To-
morrow.
The Portland daily press., 1898-02-07
ESTABLISHED JUNE 2s, lss2-voLs5.
A TRIBUTE
OF SCIENCE.
Synopsis of most Remarkable
Lecture Delivered Before the
Ninth Medical Congress, by
DIR. A. L. A. Toboldt, of the
University of Pennsylvania.

The famous fountain of health
at Carlsbad, in Bohemia, which
has been the refuge of invallds
for five centuries, is certainly
well worthy of a careful study.
My experience with this reme-
dialagent has been such that l
may truly say that no remedy
which l ever employed has given
me SO much pleasure and profit
as this particular one. Selecting
a number of chronic hypochon-
driacs, whose Affections have
bafled all my previous efforts as
my subjects, l was truly aston
ished to note that, although no
rigid diet was prescribed, and
only a limited amount of exercise
was indulged in, | obtained most
remarkable results-the complex
ion, even after weeks use,
began to clear up, the step be-
came more firm and elastic, and,
what was more, the entire host
of hypochondriacal complaints,
seemed to vanish like mist.
The Portland daily press., 1898-02-07
HOW KINDRED PAID HIS BILL.

Princeton. Mo-, February 6.-The muir
der at Meyer. of Andrew Alley, and the
fatal wounding Of his cousin, Joe Alley,
by Peter Kindred, has caused much ex-
citement and some talk OF lynching
The murderer Is in Jail heavily guarded
and it is believed the law will be al
lowed to take it's course.
The Alleys are prominent and both
are nephews of Capt. II. J. Alley Of this
city. Andrew leaves a widow and two
children. The trouble arose over note
that Kindred owed the Alley boys and
was long since due. Several unsuccessful
attempts had beeh made to collect the
note, and, as last resort, suit was
brought. Kindred, drunk, and with
revolver strapped around him, entered
the store of the Alleys, saying that he had
come to settle the difficulty.
Some words were passed and Kindred
was ordered to leave the store, which he
started to do. but turned and fired shot
az Joe Alley. which took effect in the
abdomen. He then turned toward An
drew Alley, who had his back turned to
him and fred two shots. one striking him
In the back and the other in the neck.
Andrew died about an hour later and Joe
will not live. Kindred was arrested and
immed lately brought, to Princeton.
The Portland daily press., 1898-02-07
NO CRISIS IN CUBAN CABINET.

Havana, February 6.-Senor jose Maria
Galvez, president of the autonomist cab1-
net says there is no disagreement among
its members nor anything in the nature
of crisis
On the contrary, all the ministers uD-
derstand their.programme and mission,
which he sums up as ito establish the
new regime, to prepare for the elections
and to constitute chamber of deputies
Under no conditions, declares Senior
Galvez, is it the mission of members OF
the cabinet to address. the insurgents
officially OF to negotiate for peace, unless
they should have guarantee as to the
outcome Of their efforts. Nevertheless,
the members of the cabinet, in their un-
official capacity, will do all .instheir power
to smooth the pathway and will contribute
to all private efforts to bring about
favorable issue.
He says the cabinet is expecting favor
able news from the province of Santa
Clara and assurances that Gen. Maxine
Gomez retired across the trocha into 1he
Camaguey district owing to lack OF sup
port and to "the conflicting opinions
The Portland daily press., 1898-02-07
DIR. HALLS TRUSTEES RESIGN.

New York, February 6.-The trustees of
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church
have resigned. Announcement to that
effect was made from the pulpit by the
Rev. DR.. John Hall, this morning and
the members of the congregation were
notified to meeting ut the church Monday
afternoon, February IA and choose q
trustees. The membersyof the congree
tion were loath to discYss the significance
of the trustees action, but it was ad-
mitted by Robert Bonner, j. K. Work and
many others that it was the direct out
come of the differences of the factions in
the church. =
The trustees are the financial governors
OF the church. They are also the financial
hackers of the church. They not only
represent in themselves financial sup
port, but also represent the McCooks,
the Maitlands and Sloans, who are sup \
posed TO be opposed to the continuance
of DR.. Hall in the pastorate.
The Portland daily press., 1898-02-07
SIX WERE KILLED.
Death Came to Boston Firemen in a fall
ing Building.

Death Came to Boston Firemen in a FALL
ing Building.
Boston, February Six firemen, in
Guiding district chief and lieutenant,
were killed at fire here this morning,
which burned out the interior of five
story building on Merrimao street. occu-
pied by CIV Bent & Co., manufacturers
of beds, bedding, etc. The dead are:
John F. Eagan, district chief.
Geo. J. Gotwald, lieutenant.engine3 SO.
Patrick H. Disken, hoseman.
John j. Mulhern, fireman.
W. J. Walsh, hoseman.
Capt. James Victory. I
-Four other firemen were buried in the
ruins, but they escaped with more Or less
serious injuries. They are:
Joseph NJ. Garrity, captain of engine 2.
Thomas E. Conway, hoseman.
Edward Shea, hoseman.
Il. j. Doherty.
Chief Egan was alive when taken out,
but died soon afterwards.
The fire is supposed to have started In
the rear of the fourth story. Sonae of the
firemen had entered window and were
at work on the second and fourth floors
when the roof collapsed carrying down
every floor and burying the meri beneath
the wreck. The crash sent up a cloud
of smoke and sparks, and scattered burn
ing fragments in every direction. In
few moments the news had spread broad
cast that the men were buried under the
ruins.
The first to be taken cut wass Edward
Shea, who was found. about 40 feet from
the front of the building, pinned between
the timbers midway between the first
and second floor. having fallen from the
fourth floor.
AS he was taken out he said to those
who were removing him: "Don't bother
about me- Get the other fellows that are
in there"
After Garrity, Conway, Shea and
Doherty had been taken outsthe sound OF
voices ceased and it seemed impossible
that any more were alive.
1t was just 1905 O'Clock wh en- q cry
came from the inside of the building,
"We have got them.'' Slowly the. bodies
were brought out, two brave priests hay
ing stood on the edge of the saved-in
floor and as Capt. Victory and CT ief Egan
were lifted tenderly on stretchers, admin
istered the conso ations of the church to
them.
A shout of encouragement went up
The Portland daily press., 1898-02-07
ANorHER SCHOONER GONE.

Gloucester, Mass, February 6.-The
fearful experiences Of last week are kept
fresh in the minds of citizens as each day
brings the tidings Of still other disasters
to Gloucester vessels. The latest vessel
to be added to the already lengthy list is
the schooner Volunteer, craft of the
fishing fleet, and while happily in this
case her crew are safe, the loss of so fine
schooner Is OF least depressing.
The Volunteer was built in 1889 at Es-
sex, and had been engaged in the fresh
halibut trade ever since she was fitted
out. She was valued at $4,000 and in
sured for So, COG.
Another attempt was made today to
locate the missing schooner Marcellus at
Dolliver Point, and to recover the bodies
of the rest of the crew from the wreck of
the John Holmes. A diver went down
and searched the Holmes, but no trace
of the bodies could be found. He reported
that the hull of the vessel lies easily and
can be raised. He explored the bottom
some distance, but failed to find any
evidence Of the Marcellus. 1t is now
believed that she foundered off the point,
and that her remains are among the large
piles of wreckage which lie strewn along
the shore A large number of men, headed
by Capt. Turner of Belfast, Fave been
searching the shores all day hoping to find
the bodies of the unfortunate sailors.
Their efforts were unsuccessful, however.
HELPED THE ROPES.
Boston, February Capt. Morris
Whalen OF the fishing schooner Harvey
L. Belden. which arrived today reports
on last Thursday, in South Channel, be
spoke the four lnasted schooner Sarah G.
Ropes, faom philadelphia for Portland
in badly crippled condition and in
need of provisions. The Belden's crew
launched dory and rowed to the Ropes
although fearful sea was running, sup
plying her with quantity of provisions
and also giving some mem bers of the
crew of the four master mittens to cover
their freezing hands.
LUCILLE'S CREW ARRIVES.
Boston, February 6.-The steamer Bos-
ton, which arrived here today from Var
mouth, N. S., had among her passengers
the crew, J6 in number, of the ill-fated
Gloucester fishing schooner Lucille, which
went ashore and subseq uently became
wrecked at Hubbard's Cove, N. S., dur
ing the storm of last Tuesday.
The Portland daily press., 1898-02-07
PHYSICIAN THREATENED BY MOB

Chillicothe, Ohio, February 6.-Great
excitement prevails at Laurelville, over
the alleged murder yesterday of Bessie
Neff, the daughter of a farmer residing at
Adelphi. Late last night the coroner's
jury rendered verdict that death was
the result of GONE drug administered by
DIR. Sampson, local physician, for the
purpose Of performing criminal opera
tion. A mob Of about 800 men surrounded
Sampson's house>for the purpose of lynch
ing him. but the constable with an armed
guard, finally succeeded in driving the
mob back and placing Sampson in the Jail
at Laurelville. People have been coming
all day from the surrounding country and
a large crowd is gathered about the jail
where tho prisoner is confined. 1t is feared
that an attempt to lynch him is to be
made before morning, although the Jail Is
strongly guarded.
The Portland daily press., 1898-02-07

when it was reported that both Chief
Egan and Capt. Victory still had the
breath of life in them. Then came the
word that the Others were dead.
District Chief Egan was a. Bostonian
by birth. He joined the department in
1876 and had during his service had sew
eral narrow escapes. Two of the more
notable of these experiences were at the
Lincoln fire of 1898 and the Masonic
building of two years ago. In the former
he had gone upon the roof Of the brown,
Durell building to reconnoiter when the
flames suddenly burst through the roof,
completely surrounding him and cutting
off his escape. 1t looked as if he was
surely doomed. The firemen on the street
below tried to raise a. ladder, but could
not do so, SO fierce was the fire. Egan
then climbed out on an electric light
wire which was stretched across the
street. but the wire sagged SO badly with
his weight that when he reached the mid
die of the street he found himself unable
to either advance or retreat and there he
hung suspended so feet above the cobble
stones.
Some quick witted men on the oppo-
site roof grasped the situation and un-
fastening that ond of the wire, lowered
Egan until he had come within 80 feet
of the street, when his strength gave out
and he fell into the net.
Egan's life was imperiled twice in the
Masonic temple fire.
INJURED DOING WE'LL. q
Boston, February 6.-Thousands of Curl
GUS people visited the scene the fatal
Merrimac street fire today. H e
All the men who were inj
fire seem to be on the road -
although 1t will be some week q % {
or two are again at their post
Capt. J. M. Garrity of engine !. still
at the Massachusetts, General hospital.
His injuries consisted of bruises and cut
about the hands arms and lef g. and
lady scorohed face. Hosems Philip J.
Doherty, who suffered injuries- about the
ands and arms is reported to be in a
comfortable condition.
In nearly all the churches references
were made to the heroism of the dead
tiremen, and collections were taken for
their families in quite Dumber.
The Portland daily press., 1898-02-07
Weather Observation.

The agricultural department. weather
bureau for yesterday, Feb. 6. taken
at D. m, meridian time, the oDserva-
ton for each section being given IN this
order: Temperature, direction OF wind'
state of weather:
Boston, 36 degrees, N. clear; New
York, 80 degrees, N. clear; Phlladel-
phia, SO degrees, N, clear; Wasnlng, e
ton, 80 degrees, N. clear; albany. 10
degrees, N, clear; Buffalo 70 degrees
SW, cloudy; Detroit. 2S degrees, s.
clear; Chicago. 81 degrees, S, clear; o.
Paul. SO degrees, S. p cloudy; Huron
Oak, 26 degrees, N, D cloudy; blsmarck. (
26 degrees, E, clear; Jacksonville, At
degrees, NE, clear.