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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02
MORE ABOUT THE FIGHT.

Port au Prince. Hayti, June 1, $50 a.
m.-The following additional details
have been received here from Spanish
source at Havana of the engagement re-
prted off Santiago de Cuba yesterday.
The Spanish batteries at first answered
the fire OF the American squadron in a
lively manner. After 20 minutes of firing,
directed in a superior manner upon the
part OF the American feet, the Spanish
batteries began to weaken their fire and
the American ships concentrated vio-
lent fire upon Ell Moro, destroying 1T
completely. The forts at Socapa and
Punta Gorda fired the last shots.
The Spanish losses must have been
considerable. Details are lacking as to
the American losses.
The Spaniards pretend to have struck
the American vessels several times,
but this information is accepted here un-
der reserve.
At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the
American squadron ceased firing. At
that hour there was no Spanish vessels
in sight. No news has been received here
from the despatch hoats
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smile and kiss. To be sure, she looks a
Attie white and pallid, but she Is vivacious
and cheerful in his presence, and he does
not realize that anything is wrong. If he
nao out come home during the middle of
the day, he would have found, instead of
me cheerful wife, weak, sickly, nervous
iinfValld, with headache, pains in the back,
stitches" in the side, burning and drag
glng down sensations and utter despond-
ercy and melancholy.
In almost every case of this kind the
woman is really suffering from weakness
and disease of the distinctly feminine or
ganlsm. Frequently she does not realize
her own condition. If she does, she
shrlnks from undergoing the "examina-
tons" and local treatments" insisted
upon by the average physician. DR..
Plerce's Favorite Prescription is the medi-
cine needed by women who suffer in this
way. 1t acts directly on the sensitive or
gans concerned and makes them strong,
healthy and vigorous. 1t allays inham1na-
ton, heals liberation, soothes pain and
tones and builds up the shattered nerves.
1t transforms weak, sickly, nervous, de-
spondent irvalids into happy, healthy wives
ana competent mothers. 1t fits for wife
mood end motherhood. It makes exam
nations unnecessary. Honest dealers do
not suggest substitutes for little added
proht to be realized thereon.
Il had suffered untold misery for years with
ovarian trouble. cxhausting drain, constipa-
ton, painful periods and other annoying troub-
les, writes Mrs. Annie James, of No. ~ Seventh
street, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tenn "ThauJc
God, my health has been fully restored and I
can e; gladly say ! am well woman to-day, used
SIX bottles of DR. Pierces Favorite Prescrintion
and was completely cured"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con.
stipation and biliousness. They never
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02
GEORGE VANDERBILT MARRIED,

Paris. June 1.-The civil marriage of
Miss Edith Stuyvesant Dresser to Mr..
George w. Vanderbilt, took place today
in the town hall of the Eighth district OF
Paris. on the Rue Anjou. The deputy
mayor oficiRted. There were fifteen per-
sons present The witnesses were MIR.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, MIR. Hamilton Mo.
Kay Twombly, Mr.. Daniel Leroy Dresser
and Mr.. John Nicholas Brown of Provi-
dence. There was no marriage contract
whatever, and the ceremony only lasted
fifteen minutes.
Mr.. Vanderbilt presented $50 francs to
the three clerks of the town hall and he
also donated $500 francs for the use of the
orphans of that district, for which, at the
conclusion of the ceremony the deputy
mayor expressed his thanks.
The religious ceremony will take place
tomorrow in the American church on the
Rue Alma. The nshers will be Messrs.
". B. Osgood Field, Joseph H. Hunt,
Count Antoine Sala, Rutgers Leroys and
Frank Andrews. The bridesmaids will be
Miss Florence Reid and Miss Daisy De
Mantsaunit.
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and another cruiser, in addition to six
small vessels, took up a position ON May
81, at the western side Of Santiago de
Cuba channel opening fire from the hrst
i've vessels.
The Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon,
was anchored towards Punta Gorda and
could be seen from the open sea.
The FIRE of the American fleet was an
swered by Pupta Gorda, MORO and
Socapa batteries and by the cruiser Crls-
toDal Colon.
The American fleet fired 20 shots with
out causing the least damage. The bonn :
Dardment lasted 30 minutes and the Anne
flcan fleet retired with transatlantic
steamer (auxiliary cruiser) damaged.
Two shells were seen to explode on the
lowa's stern and there was fire on board
another battleship.
Several projeotiles fell inside the har-
Dor, near the Spanish warships There is
and here.
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AN AMERICAN STORY.
New York journal Correspondent Tells of
the Fight.

New York. June IAN Evening Jour
nal special from Cape Haytien says:
| The torpedo boat Porter arrived at Mols
St. Nicolas at one o'clock this morning
with dispatches for Washington. She LEFT
Immediately, but before going to sea, the
following story of the commandment Of
Santiago de Cuba, the refuge of Cervers
and the Spanish fleet, was obtained by
your correspondent:
The American squadron augmented
by the torpedo boat Porter, the auxiliary
cruiser St. Paul and the protected cruiser
New Orleans, approached the entrance tt
the harbor Of Santiago at about 1880 p.
m. yesterday, the Iowa leading.
Inside the entrance to the harbor was
seen one OF the warships of Ceryera' S feet
stripped for action.
AS the American feet drew near the
New Orleans was detached and steamed
forward ahead Of the Iowa, Texas and
Massachusetts
One of the forts opened fire on her and
she replied, the other two ships directing
fire on the battery on Punta Gorda with
in the harbor and to the westward of the
position occupied by the Spanish ship.
The latter replied to the fro and immadi-
ateiy became target for all the Alneri'
can ships engaged in the battle. She re-
tired beyond a protecting headland and
was not seen again during the engage
mont.
The Iowa, Massachusetts,, Texas and
New Orleans kept up their terrific fire
against the Moro, Socapa and Punta
Gorda forts for two hours, their projectiies
OF enormous size. doing tremendous
damage to the defenses of the harbor.
Iae masonry on Socapa and MORO was
battered almost into dust and the forms
OF Spanish artillerymen and infantry
could be plainly seen flying to safety Ee-
hind the neighboring hills.
The auxiliary cruiser which Joined
Schley' fleet just before the battle took
place was hit by shells from the forts and
1t is thought she has been seriously
damaged.
After seeking the protection of jut-
ting headland the Spanish warships con-
tinued to fire over the hills towards the
heet, but they had no range-not even
olrect1on---to their shots and the shells
fell harmlessly into the sea.
That the number of killed and wounded
on the Spanish side is enormous no one
doubts, for time and again American
shells hit the batteries and amid flying
masonry and disma ntled guns the forms
OF men were desert bed.
Inc damage done to the American fleet
cannot be learned, but il is thought no
person was killed, if indeed, any one
was wounded.
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The indications are that no movement
on Havana is con templated in tie i'm.
mediate future, and the troops ordered TO
move are destined for Santiago or Porto
Rico or both. The better the condition
Of the volunteer force is known the clearer
1t becomes that it would be mistake
that might be followed by very serious
consequences to undertake to assault
Blanco's entrenohment at Havana, i'm
mediately. Not only are the great mass
Of the volunteers undisciplined, but a
considerable per cent Of them are not
thoroughly equipped. To lead them in
such condition against troops of long
experience and well armed would almost
be to court defeat. Even the civilians
vho hive been shouting Tor an immeJi-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02

Sampson got to Porto Rico little too
soon. Fad he delayed while longer be
would have found Cervera's feet there,
for. it has since been conclusively proved
by the movements of its GOLFERS that the
harbor of San Juan was It's intended des-
tiDation. Simpsons bombardment de
TERED the Spanish admiral from going
there, and the ultimate effect of it was to
fprce him into Santiago. So the bonn
bardment was not in vain after all.
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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 consoli-
dated company is such that all financial
business can be transacted under the
same roof
maraI = e dH
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02

The success of the negotiation for a
trade agreement with France is strong
evidence that, though the feelings of the
populace towards this country may be
hostile, the government is anxious to cul
tivate friendly relations with us. Per.
haps this constitutes the chief Importance
of the trade, for tie extension of the com.
mercial relations between the two coun.
tries by means of it will not be great nor
cover many important articles.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02

The best way to keep Democrats out of
Republican caucuses is not to invite them
to go in. There may be exceptions. but
in the great majority of cases where Demo-
Gratis vote in Republican caucusss it is
because they have been urged to do SO by
some Republican candidate or his friends.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02

One of those phrases that seem to
mean a good deal but really mean very
little is that credited to CASTELAR,, "They
may blockade our ships, but they can
not blockade our HONOR
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY, JUNE 2.

The Salt Lake Tribune is able to figure
out that the occupation of the Philip
pines will be great help to the silver
party. That is reason for not &C.
cupying them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02

While there are newspapers and states
men in Spain which are anxious for peace
and are in favor of some move to procure
it the great majority of the press and
people are still full Of fight, and will con
tinue to be until Spain suffers another
serious defeat. Then they may BIZ in
clined to favor negotiations looking to
the ending of the war.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02

If Gen. Garcia has, as he claims, from
ten thousand to fifteen thousand men in
the province of Santiago he ought to be
able to give our expedition to be ssnt
against the city some valuable assistance.
Indeed with that number of men well
squipped he ought to be able to capture
the town himself.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02
SLAUGHTER HOUSE BuRNE d.

Montreal, June 1.-The Western Abbat-
toir at St Henry, number of slaughter
houses, belonging to MasJerman & Co.,
and some ice houses, were burned today
Sixty cattle persisted. Loss s2UO, 900; in
suranoe $50, 600.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02

ate movement on Havana seem to be
more than half convinced now that it
would be mistake. The experienced
military commanders have been con-
WINGED of it all along.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02

The captain of the British steamer who
lost his vessel in collision with the
Columbia off New York Sunday night
complains that the latter vessel was car.
rying no lights. The absence Of lights
Was due no doubt to instructions from
the navy department and so the officers OF
tbs Columbia cannot be Llamed. The
extinguishment of war vessels Iights
while cruising in the Caribbean sea NAV
be wise precaution, but off the coast OF
New York there is no OCCASION for it, and
as it imperils life and property it would
seem as If 1t would be wise to discontinue
IT.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02

Senator Lodge has concluded not to
press his Hawaiian amendment to the
revenue bill. He is very much cut III
though because the Senate cannot have a
chance to vote on the matter. But the
Senate had a chance to vote on it,,
and The reason it did not use it was be-
cause the friends Of anne xation-includ-
ing Senator Lodge-practically withdrew
the treaty. 1t is the friends of apnexation
and not its enemies, that have prevented
vote on the question, and the reason
they did so WAS because they knew
it would not be in their favor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02
CAUCUS.
CAPE ELIZABETH

n,
The Republicans of Cane El,zahetb are re.
9uested to meet at Grange hall on Thursday,
JuIie AT o'clock p. m, for the purpose Of
choosing two delegates to attend the county
the state convention, also to choose a town
committee. PFR II9I1FR
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02
A SPANISH ACCOUNT.

Havana, juno 1.-The following Span
ish account Of the reported engagement
OF Santiago has been issued here:
The American fleet, consisting of the
Iowa, Massachusetts, brooklyn, Texas.
New Orleans, Marblehead. Minneapolis
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02
Manv a

Many a
husband i'm
AGNES TIL at
his wife is
happy,
healthy and
strong, when
she is really
enduring in
silence al
most unbeaT-
able tortures.
She meets
him at the
door ON his
return from
work or bust
ness with a
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02
TROOPS START AT ONCE.

Washington, June 1.-Secretary Alger
in letter to Congress says 10, 900 or 90
900 troops will go to Cuba at once and
these will be followed as soon as possible
by 50, 900 more.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02
EVENING PROGRAMME.

PART FIRST.
Verspeii eDie Mlestersinger". Wagner
dTduu Aria. ...-...,.. Z. L6OQcdVdllO
Gwilym Miles.
Filth symphony. Beethoven
Allegro, Andante.
PART SECOND.
Grand March-"Queen of Sheba' 80. Goldmark
Harp Solo-"Etude de Concert -. .GodefrOid
Miss Harriet A. Shaw.
Danse Macabre. .................. saint Saen5
War Songs by the Festival Chorus.
America.
American Hymn.
3--Coiumbia the Gem of the Ocean.
4-English National Hymn
5-St. Patrick's Day.
1.-THE Campbells are Coming.
THE Marseillaise.
8-The Watch on the Rhine.
8-Russian National Hymn.
10-Star Spangled Banner.
11-Tenting Tonight.
Baritone solo by Mr.. Miles.
12--Battle Hymn of the Republic.
13-Anvll Chorus. 1e2d1W
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02
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 a library of good novels for SIS per year.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-02
MIsCELLANEous.

WE the Undersigned members OF Cumber-
sat,rdiaanu Bar, agree to close our offices on
s sa.n1Eaa ys, at O'clock p. m. and other
Sen1a,h aays at O'Clock p. m. from June LIST to
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-28
CHAPTER ON DENTISTRY.
A Travelling Man Who Said He Had
Not Noticed the ToIdness of
the Surgeons F0rceps.

The special partner came in with his
hand to his jaw, and not in the best of
humor. He had been having a tooth
extracted, and as the pain wore away
somewhat he was disposed to dilate on
it, as men will. After all the particu-
lars-first attack. what he said, what
his wife said, etc.-he remarked that he
could teach the dentists something
they did not know. says the Chicago
Times Herald.
"fhe Internal pain of extraction"
said he, "iS due to the coldness Of the
fOrceps. Nothing in the world is so
cruelty cold as a dentists forceps, and
when they clutch on to the hot and in
famed tooth a chill goes all through
the victim. / think it would confer a
boon on mankind if some one would dis
cover a new metal that was warm, or
why can't the dentists dip the forceps
into warm water before applying them?
1t would be a blessing to mankind"
II have had two teeth extracted with
in year. said the old travelling man,
land / never noticed the coldness you
speak Of"
You must be very unobservant, sir"
said the special partner sharply, who
was not used to being thwarted.
NO" replied the travelling man, look
ing up at the ceiling, Il took gas"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-28
"MY UNCLE" AND "MY AUNT. !"
How the TwO~Terms First Came to
Be Used In England by
Young Prince.

An ingenious French writer has been
explaining to a curious world, says the
London News, why the pawnbroking
establishments are called my aunt"
(Ala tante.) The Prince de Joinville,
son of Louis Philippe, was kept very
short Of money in his youth. One day
the father noticed that the prince was
not wearing a splendid gold watch that
had been given to him by his mother
Where is your watch ?" asked the bour-
geoise king. "At my aunt's," was the
reply. Princess Adelaide was interro-
gated on the subject, but she knew
nothing about it. Then the young scape-
grace admitted that he had pawned it.
My aunt" therefore, became proverb
ial for the Mont-de-Piete. But then it
may be asked. how 1t comes about that
the pawnbroker in England is face
tiously spoken of as uncle" The
French writer is quite equal to the oc-
casion. The English say uncle" be-
cause the French say aunt" Here in
England everything goes by contraries.
The French coachman drives on the
right, the English on the left; the
French soldier has red trousers, the
English soldier a red coat; the French
man eats an oyster out of the hollow
half of the shell, the Englshman out of
the fiat half; the French ericures drink
champagne after dinner, the English
epicure during dinner, and so forth.
1t Is all case of pure "cussedness."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-28
CHILDREN'S CAST-OFFS.
There Is Very Little of 1t Handled
Compared with the GUAM
titles of Mems Old Clothes.

While great quantities of mems sec
ond-hand clothing are sold, there is
proportionately but very little chill
dren's secondhand clothing. The small
boy is likely to wear his clothes more
than a man does his clothes to begin
with. 1t would rot, for example, pay a
dealer to buy, to sell again as clothing,
pair of boys trousers that had to be
patched. New trousers can now be
bought SO cheap that the price that
could be got for the patched second
hand one wouldn't pay for the hand
ling and the WORK Of repairing. 1t does
pay, however, to repair mems trousers
that need patching. for there are always
to be found for these purchasers at
prices that yield some profit.
But while chldren's secondhand
clothing is rarely seen hanging about
with the mems clothing in secondhand
stores, all dealers will buy it when it
is in good or fair condition. and there
are some dealers that make a speciality
of ii, and seek fine clothing that has
been cast off when but little worn.
There are customers for the compare
lively limited supply Of children's sec
ond-hand clothing that is offered.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-28
INDIAN CREMATIONISTS.
Yuma Redskins That Know How t.
Dispose of Their Dead
by Fire.

c. S. Hilton has just returned to Los
Angeles from Yuma, where he has been
in the employ of the Southern Pacific.
During his stay IN Yuma there were
four deaths among the Indians on the
reservation, and following their usual
custom the bodies were burned Capt.
Hilton says that these Indians are nat
ural born" creamationists, and have the
business down to such a science as to
discount all expensive modern crema
tories in point of effectiveness, says the
Arizona Republican.
Their plan, the captain says, is very
simple one, but it is thoroughly et-
fective. When an Indian dies the whole
tribe have a great powwow and details
IRE told off 10 keep up regular and
systematic wailing up to the time the
body Is prepared for cremation. When
this time arrives a shallow hole is
scooped out in the sand, which is filled
with finely splintered wood, on which
the nude corpse is laid. A cord or two
of mesquite wood is then piled on top
and about the body the fire is applied
and the entire band of Indians gather
about the burning pile.
For a few seconds there is slight
smell of burning flesh, and it is all over.
The wood burns to ashes. and when it
goes out there is nothing resembling a
human frame left; only comparative
ly small pile of gray ashes, which are
scattered over the desert by the Winds
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-07-28
LIZARDS WHICH WALK ERECT.
widely Separated Members of This
Curious Little Family Have
Same Habit.

When drawing attention about q wear
ago to the bipedal movements of Ger
tain Australian lizards. notably the
comical little chlamy mydosaurus, or
"frilled lizard" whose photograph is
now familiar, Mr.. Savlle-Kent referred
to an unconfrmed rumor that the
Mexican iguanoid lizard also POSSESSES
the power Of running on its hind legs.
being led to this by the correspondence
in general structure of the creatures.
especially the abnormal length of the
hind limbs. He publishes a letter from
a gentleman living in the West Indies,
which shows that there also all the
lizards, from the large tree iguana. five
feet long, down TO the tiniest mites
which scamper about among the stones,
are accustomed to run erect on their
hind legs when hurried. says Nature.
The correspondent adds the interest
ing information that on the rocks about
the watershed of the Guiana are old
drawings of lizards running erect Mr..
Saville-kent points out that this pc
culiarity, which year ago was doubted
by many naturalists. but which has
now been shown TO be common. de-
serves attention as pointing to bipedaI