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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-15
DEAD INCREASED BY ONE.
Further Details of New Richmond Cy-
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Nwe Richmond, Wis. June 1.-THE
number of known dead was increased by
one, Henry Larsen, a boy about fourteen
years of age, the son of laborer and two
of the injured died. Ten bodies still re-
main unidentified. -Four bodies were
found today, those of Mrs. Kate. Hawkins,
Willie Hughes, John Prior and -------
Larsen. The Hawkins family consisting
of MIR. and Mrs. Hawkins and three chill
dren Isl wiped out with the exception of
Mr.. hawkins, who is seriously injured
and his recovery Is very doubtful. The
body OF Patrick Early, o boy of twelve
years, Is in the mass of wrecksge In
which the body of Prior was found. but
1t could not be located today. Two OF the
injured died today, Mrs. J. Brockway
and Thomas Stevens.
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LIGHTNING VISITS ELLSWORTH.

Ellsworth, June 14--Lightning struck
and wrecked the roof of Charles ].
Treworgy's lumber mill at Ellsworth
Falls, this afternoon. The Is men in the
building were shocked by the electricity.
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THE KIpLINGs SAIL.

New York, June 14.-Mr. and Mrs.
Rudyard Kipiing sailed for Europe to-
day on the Teutonio.
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d. j. M'GILLICUDDY INDICATED

Lewiston, June i4.--A largely attended
meeting OF citizens was held at the
municipal court rooms this evening to-
ascertain the sentiment Of the people In
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Nine We're Killed and Is Seriously
Injured.
Only Three Buildings
Left Standing.
Tive Persons Killed in Neigh
boring Town.

Herman. Neb., June 14.-This village
was destroyed by tornado last evening.
Nine persons were killed and is were
seriously injured in the wrecks Of their
homes. The tornado started about two
miles west of Herman and after travel
ling west short distance, turned back,
covering strip about s5 rods wide.
1he town was directly In its path and
only two or three residences are left
standing. The Methodist church and the
school building are the only other build
ings left. The church is being used as
hospital and morgue. Following is q
list Of dead:
DEAD,
D. b. Hopkins.
Mrs. d. B. Hopkins
A. Hopkins, their son.
Mrs. Kelso of Pender, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Hopkins.
W. s. Richards, postmaster.
Mr.. Hawkins, home four miles west of
Herman.
- Davis, child.
Louis Clausen Of Missouri Valley.
Thomas Hines Of Blair.
Mrs. Hopkins's body was not found un-
til midnight, having been carried 40 rods
and dropped In an orchard.-- The town
proper is totally destroyed.
There wes but one tornado Insurance
policy in the town and that was for but
trifiing amount. The balance Is q
total loss. The storm came ON very
slowly, giving most of the people ample
time to reach their cellars. A large num-
- not reported arc slightly injured
wake of those reported, one half are
looked upon as having received fatal In
juries.
1t is reported that the. tornado which
struck this village, wrecked several
houses at Dane Hollow. Two persons
were killed and 10 are reported severely
injured.
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pursuing its course midway between the
Cayman group and Cayos de las Doce Le-
guas. Morning finds us rounding Cabo de
Cruz the picturesque headland which
FERNS the southwest tip of the great tri-
angular province of Santiago de Cuba; an1
thenceforth the mountains keep US com
pany, crowding down close to the sea and
peering over one another's shoulders as If
to get better view.
The coast hills are bare and desolate
enough, but the dark heights behind them
are forbidding description They are said
to contain incompatible stores of mineral
wealth and though apparently inaccessi-
BILE have been mined, here and there, since
earliest time. The aboriginal Indians took
silver copper and gold from them, and the
first Spaniards, by most primitive meth
DDS. got out an average OF four million
dollars worth of ore every year AS late
as 1907 s 1000. 600 tons of copper were mined
in ten months. Then the Spanish Govern
ment. not content with realizing a very
large sum by way of taxes on the product
increased the excise charges to such an
outrageous extent as to utterly kill the
enterprise. Then for more than half a
century the ores lay undisturbed in the
pockets of the hills, until the attention
OF Americans was turned this way.
It is only about fifteen years since the
first mining claim of foreigner was rec
ognized in Cuba Now several North
| American corporations are busy in the
Maestro range, developing rich tracts of
mining territory, building railways to the
| coasts from their works in the upper
heights. and shipping increasing quantities
| OF ore to the United States In the un-
! known defles OF this dark Sierra and in
! the painless wilderness beyond the noun
tains, the patriots" had their secure
camping grounds, from which they defed
! Spain for three long years. and might tave
| held the armies of the world at bay in
/ definitely. if food enough to sustain life
! could have been grown in their Businesses.
! To the world at large this Land of the Sky
| is vet terra incognito. and yet men Won
! der why Spains hundred thousand soldiers
! did not crush at once the few hundred
! half-s starved rebels. Under circumstances
similar to General Weyler's the Earl Here
/ ford resigned his command In despair,
when ordered to wreSt the cliff castle OF
/ Dunnottar from the Scotch insurgents.
| Said he: "If all the imps of mischief had
eonspired to burden a man with an I'm
| possible task. they could not have done
! worse than TO saddle him with the siege
/ of that seagirt rock.
| While the coast mountains OF Cuba show
| traces of former volcanic activity. the main
range-the back bone OF the island, so to
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speak, which is really a continuation of
our Western eghenies-Tesembles the
Cumberland chain OF Kentucky and Ala
bama in limestone cliffs and deep caverns.
The Sierra Honda ('Holiow Mountains, y
for example, which cover more than 5000
square miles OF Central Cuba, are honey
combed with calcareOus caves and grottos
that absorb good-sized rivers and have un-
derground communications for long dis
tances Their entrances are generally con-
cealed by impenetrable screens Of t2ngle-
vines, and soma of them have several out
lets, wide apart There are underground
side-vaults, too, with portals that can be
hidden by movable rocks: so that those ia
these subterranean abodes were as safe
from invasion in them as if lying in their
graves. Their mere neighborhood was such
a guarantee OF security that bands of in
surgents, relying on the swiftness of their
legs to get them beyond pursuit if the
enemy approached, came boldly forth to
cultivate corn, tobacco, and potatoes for
their own support. Where the peTils OF
eloudland end the jungle begins, with zig
gag trails through which the machete must
cut a way. Each rowing band Of patriots
was followed by a hoiador Citerally trans
lated, leaf-scraper), whose duty il was TO
obliterate all telltale tracks. Often the
hojador went farther and facetiously led
the pursuers a merry dance upon q sham
trail, into a quagmire or impossible mo-
rass, where they floundered about helpless
ly while the rebels chuckled in the bushes.
The forests are equally unfavorable for
catching human game familiar with their
iutricacies There are absolutely no land
marks in the dense jungles. where curtains
OF creepers extend for miles and the moon
| and stars are obscured by solid canopy
/ OF green, the only way TO tell ones where
| abouts being the constant expedient OF
climbing the tsllest trees.
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.
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from the madding crowd, what more per-
feet place of retirement could be found than
one of these beautiful islets? For very
little money one of these "Gardines de la
Reina" might be bought and a lodge or
bungalow built thereon; and nearly every
thing the blessed hermit would need to
sustain life he might raise in his door
yard, assisted by natures bounty in the
way of wild fruits. fish. etcetera. There are
neither snakes nor wild animals to be
feared the climate is absolute perfection,
epidemic diseases are unknown, and pro-
tected by the long Cayos de los Doce Le-
guas on one hand and the mainland on the
other. hurricanes and severe storms never
visit the enchanted locality.
Many Moro Castles.
The entire circuit of Cuba, following the
coast line as nearly as possible, is about
/, 720 miles. In all this distance there are
fiftyfour ports. fifteen of which are open
, to commerce. Only nineteen lighthouses
guard these harbors Some of the noble
bays are tolerably well fortified, so far as
stone walls 60 but their prominent fea-
lures, according TO war experts, are a
source of weakness rather than stsngth.
the forts almost invariably occupying high
/ elevations and the walls, carried high up,
affording splendid targets for lombard
ment by the shells of modern war yes
sells, the ships themselves remaining safe
ly out of range OF the cannon in the forts.
One is struck by the number Of Moro
! Castles on this island, and wonder why
the Spaniards did not exercise their custo-
mary verbosity in naming their defences.
! The explanation is simple. The word
| moro means ''promontory." The old Span
| ish idea was to set all their forts on hills,
after the fashion of the buccaneers, so that
! a sharp lookout for enemies might be main
tanned Most of Cubas harbors are curl
| ously land locked bays, opening 10 the sea
| through long and narrow channels. They
1 have been well compared to the shape OF a
mans hand, with the fingers spread and the
| wrist reduced in size. The wrist is mark
ed with warts of bold, rocky hesdlands
where the channel enters the sea, one side
generally much lower than the other; and
on the higher and sleeper angle OF the
shore, between the harbor entrance on one
| side and the ocean on the other stands the
moro. the castle on the promontory'-
| formidable enough al the time OF erection
AT Cienfuegos, the most important COM
| mercial harbor on the southern coast, there
| is no such fort, although its beautiful and
] commodious bay present the usual features
| Probably the reason why a Moro Castle
is lacking here may be found in the fact
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the crocodiles' jaws, and the voracious
llnd-crabs did not deyour him. Besides
fish and Holsters the finest 10 be found
anywhere, oysters clinging 10 the maDgroye
branches. and birds that will almost come
al call having never learned the fear of
man-are various wild fruits. including or
anges, hgs, piantains. cocoaButs, malan-
goes. "a species Of indigenous potatoe),
yucca cassava. and other edible roofs, and
usually plenty CT fresh water.
80 country on earth is SC rich in hatural
gardens OF the sea as Cuba. being enyi-
roued by no fewer than 1.500 islands of
account besides iunumerable reefs and
Gays the smallest OF them capable OF sus-
tanning few people almost Independently
MosG OF these islets are not unlike the
Bahama and Florida reefs. having been
created By the same coral builders that to-
day may be seen through the transparent
waters, working as busily when this
old world was young, and comparatively
poor in islands.
Next 10 Isla de Pinos, the largest Of Gu
ba's Islands lies OF the north shore
stretching forty miles or more between the
province Of Puerto Principe and the old
Bahama channel. and is locally known as
Cayo Romano Correctly speaking it is
four big islands set close together and
surrounded by score of little ones, and
their combined area is about two hundred
square miles. They are unique in being a
vast natural salt mine, capable of supply
ing half the world. Their surface is
broken sil over by many small depresslons,
TWO or three feet deep During winter
storms Atlantic bilIows surge completely
over these Gays, leaving the hollows filled
with brine The burning sun of summer
soon dries the water and deposits OF pure
salt are left behind, all ready for use,
+ without the trouble of evsporating it, The
sole industry OF Cayo Romano is that Of
gathering what the sea has thus provided,
ana the only inhabitants are a few salt
miners, who remain less than half the
year. and who work in desultory fashion.
1 on the southern coast OF Cuba, Grande
/ Cayman and the two smaller caymans are
/ the most important islands. always except
l ing the Isle de Pinos; and next TO them in
area is the long and narrow archipelago
[ called Cayos de los Doce Leguas. Between
the latter and Puerto Principe province
are scattered the brightest gems OF the
1 Caribbean-fiawless emeralds set in tur-
quoise and sapphire-the hundred fowery,
birdrhaunted lsleis of eternal summer
/ which Columbus named the Queens Gar
| dens" when his esrayals were beealmed
| among them.
For one who has had enough Of life in
ciaes and longs for peaceful days "iar
The times., 1899-10-01
THE PAN-PREsBYTERrANs.
They spend Day in Si@htseeins
and Pleasure

and Pleasure.
The time -honored custom of the Pan
Presbyterian Alliance in holding no Sat
urday session during their general coun-
cils. Was observed yesterday. and the del
egates who have been in almost constant
session for several days pat. spen. the day
IN recreation and social converse. The
local committees having in charge the en-
tertainment Of the visiting clergy men. hal
provided a programme for the day which
proved TO be most enjoyable en-, an
which was very generally taken advantage
of. Mount Vernon was visited By way of
the river. and the sail in the clear. crisp
air OF the autumn day added tone and
vigOr 10 the religious deliberatOrs who had
been housed up closely in their church
councils, and when the former home and
last resting place OF Americas most his
toric parsonage was reached. there was
keen interest manifested on the part Of all
to charge the memory with the beautiful
picture which Mount Vernon presents 10
the stranger, especially if he be from for
eign lands. as most OF the visitors yestsr-
day were. After the grounds and build
ings had been inspected the assemblase
was grouped on the lawn .-yyard the river
and a picture taken with the old manS.cn
as a background.
In the evening the COrcOran Art Gallery
was the centre of attraction. From until
IL O'Clock the place was crowded, not only
with the visiting delegates, but also with
the families Of local Presbytsrians. In
honor OF the Alliance the trustees Of the
gallery acted as hosts The gallery was
made resplendent by the glimmer Of over
3, 600 electric lights. The full corps Of mu-
sicians in the Marine Band. under the di-
rection Of Prof. Santlemann, filled tho
place with melody. while the masterpieces
in art and sculpture. enriched by their
splendid surroundings OF architectural
maguifcence. made scene that will long
be remembered. and will doubtless be por-
trayed in word pictures 10 many eOngrs-
cations Of Presbyterians in all parts OF
the world, when the visiting pastors re-
turn TO their several fields OF labor
Today the pulpits Of most OF the
churches In the city will be filed BY the
delegates TO the council The Monday eve
ming and Tuesday morning meetings have
been eliminated on account OF the Dewey
reception. The programmes for these two
meetings will be carried cut on Wednesday
afternoon and Thursday evening The
council viii adjourn on Friday to meet
again four or FIVE years hence in Liverpool
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on Board la clenega. ?

August % 1899
Sailing eastward from Isla de Pinos, you
End yourself ri once in the mazes Of an
sther green archipelago-the Reef OF Gar
fsns and Gardners And very appropri-
ate Is the name bestoEed by the verbose
spaniardz. for every isie;. big and little
IS q yeritable conservatory Of bloom and
beauty. though nature is the only gardner
the archipelago has ever known. This
particular group numbers about fifty ISL
lnds, the largest not more than six or
eight miles long. the smallest, a bit Of
coral rock just peeping above the waves.
TO the north. between The Gardens
ard the Peninsula de Zapata e'The Shoe. -
so called because OF its shape. which forms
tine southwest end OF Santa Clara Prov
ince). the Tranquil Caribbean is dotted
tiIick With islets. each fringed with man
grove thicEets, the home of croeodilcs, par
rots. and seafoNl innumerable. The latter
Fnd secure breeding places II these minia-
lure paradises which are unfrequented by
the human species, and birds OF every
leather fatten on the wild fruits and seeds.
This Il the chosen home Of the Cuban par
rots aud paToGuets, which find such profits-
ble sale in the United States. Every
ihicket j. alive with them. and their shrill
screaming aIls the air. The fowler has
only 10 row out from the mainland IN bis
ranor set his snareE in the bushes and
wait FOR the gorgeous green and yellow fel-
lows 20 futter into them.
modern Crusoe. cast ashore on one oi
fhpse islands would not fare badly, pro-
sk-@A h. l@at at a RESPECTFUL distance from
The times., 1899-10-01

that Cienfuegos is a counple OF centuries
younger than Havana, Santiago, Trinidad.
and Matanzas
Spain had fallen into her days of deca
dence before the comparatively new city
came into prominence, and the era had
gone by when she considered it worth while
to fortify her American possessions with
the massive and picturesque castles OF
medieval times which would go down like
so many eggshells before modern artillery.
Back of Cienfuegos there is hump which
Cubans dignity as a mountain, though 1t is
nothing more than a respectable hill, just
big enough to break the monotony Of the
fat country surrounding it,
The harbor is so well hidden among the
keys that its shipping can be seen only at
close view. 1t will be remembered how
Commodore Schley, when he came this way
in quest of the Spanish feet, thought he
saw the masts of Cervera's ships in Glen
fuegos' sheltered harbor and was about TO
enter in hot pursuit when the insurgents
brought him word that the fleet was far
to the eastward. Three large rivers that
empty into Cienfuegos Bay enrich it past
computing, being navigable for small craft
long distance inland-a matter of enor-
nous consequence in roadless country.
The Cuato is the most important river in
Cuba, being navigable sixty miles above
producing district. During the late war the
Spanish General Pando held the rivers S
mouth; but the great water highway to the
interior was practically controlled by Gar
cia, who had his camp only few miles
above.
Great Mineral Wealth.
| Next comes the Bay of Trinidad, with It's
| trinity of ports and its white-walled city
! clinging like a collection of birds nests tc
| the side of La Villa Mountain. thousand
! feet above the sea that glistens in front
| The lovely harbor is almost land ocked
! but so shallow as TO debar vessels drawing
more than ten feet OF water Sasiida, the
/ worst port of the three. is generally used
as 1t lies at the head OF the inlet. So shal-
| low is the water that all vessels must load
| by means of lighters and get away as
| quickly as possible TO avoid sticking fas'
| on the sandy bottom. Yet the shabby III
| tie port enjoys large trade In prosperous
! times principally in sugar and honey.
| has extensive wharyes and warehouse anc
| q rather handsome station for short Taii-
way connecting Trinidad and points TWEEN
| ty miles or so beyond.
! The next port OF call on our eastward
| way is Santiago, nearly twice as far IRON
| Trinidad as from that point westward Z
/ the Isle of Pines. To avoid the dangerous
reefs, La Cienega' stands far out TO sea
The times., 1899-10-01
These specials" for Monday Only
Immense

10c Glass Salt Shakers for. or...........7c
soc Breakfast Sets. like cut glass, .35c
12c Fruit Bowls. like cut glass....Sc
15c Water Pitchers, like cut glass. 1oc
24c dozen Jelly Glasses.
3sc dozen Mason's Fruit Jars. ...29c
s6Is. seosld sa 'sles eel u!BIeoIod SF'5s
The times., 1899-10-01
Talbert,s Injury serious.

The condition of Henry Talbert, color
ed. forty-one years old, who was injured
Friday evening in a bicycle accident at
the corner of Tenth and X Streets north
west. Is reported as critical. Talbert is
lying at the Emergency Hospital with a
fractured skull. The young white man re-
sponsible for the accident has not yet been
arrested. but is said 10 be known TO the
police
The times., 1899-10-01

q 0Q pair for the Double-face
~o.JO Tapestry Portieres, both
sides in equally good effects.
These may be compared with
those usually retailed at 50
pair.
The times., 1899-10-01

5,oC0 dozen Towels
Of one kind and price
are contracted for.
Buying direct from
the maker. and in
such quantity. the
price TO us and 10 you
IS less than usual.
Best u 1-2c Huek
Tow e's. 20x3S inches,
for only
lOc.
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15c sheet-iron Baking Pans.
&c bottles Hirsh's Ammonia. ........sc
SC bottle Liquid Bluing gfOr.....2c
1se Japanned Coal Hods....12c
1oc Hardwood Knife Boxes.
sc Wooden Spoons, 14-inch. ....2c
1sc Cotton Mop. with handle ...10c
The times., 1899-10-01
SCENES ON CUBA'S COAST
Island Paradises That Await Ma
ture Loving Owners.

scores That Dot the Caribbean sea
Nf-fted-ocean-Wa salt Beds of
Great NaIue-GIimpses of Principal
Ports-DeVeIopment OF Enormously
Rich Mountain Mining Properties.
The times., 1899-10-01

Il Il pair for the new ''Mer-
~f'io cerized" POrtieres, look
ing like those of all silk that re-
tail at SIC. You'll find them
elsewhere at $40 pair.
The times., 1899-10-01

g no pair for the usual S3.50
~L.fc Tapestry Portieres. New
designs in art colors. Note the
silk finish and extra heavy
fringe.
The times., 1899-10-01

6QC for measuring. making and
" hanging best hand made
Opaque Window Shades. Soc for
Kings best Scotch Holland
Shades
The times., 1899-10-01

81 50 for making Seif-opening
i'oO Box Couch, upholstered
in any style Of material. Of
which you viii find an extensive
choice.
The times., 1899-10-01

inc yard for the usual i2 1-2c
iU Dotted Curtain Swiss. 80
inches wide. 10000 yards con-
tracted for-at a saving of 1-2e
a yard to us and you.
The times., 1899-10-01

When the people drink Heurich's beer they
know what's what and that's as high as meta
physics can hy. Heurich's can be had by 'pAonias
ga Arlington BottIing Co.
The times., 1899-10-01
100000 Specials. q

10000 yards of su-
perfine double Satin
Damask. direct from
Andrew Read & Co,
Scotland's leading
makers. Twelve new
1Ses-lsoO patterns. u
inches wide; usually
S1.35 yard; for only
S1.1o
The times., 1899-10-01

11IC pair for the usual 19c Stockings.
tE2 Sizes TO 8 1-2 for boys and girls.
Choice of medium and heavy weights.
Sizes 1-2 to IL for boys For misses
with long feet and slender limbs are spe-
ciaIly made ribbed hose, in sizes IL TO
91-2.
The times., 1899-10-01

81 QQ pair for real Irish Point
-'oo Lace Curtains in newly
beautiful effects. Ours come
from the maker direct. Besides,
they were bought and are to be
sold for cash. We can say that
S2-9S pair for the credit stores
81 lace curtains.
The times., 1899-10-01

1QC pair for usual 25c Stockings. Sizes 3
~ to 9 IL for misses; medium weight
and fine ribbed. Sizes 8 IL to II for boys,
heavy rib
The times., 1899-10-01

1oe Hardwood chopping Bowls &c
sc Rolls Tissue Toilet Paper. &c
s1.25 Bisselrs Carpet sweapers. s5c
9Sc Curtain stretehera, full size .s5c
81 Electric" Washing Machine. .ss.25
47c Cedar Tubs. painted -.........S Soc
45c Folding Cutting Tables. .S5c
The times., 1899-10-01
5000 Dozen Pairs Black Hose
Children's "0nyx" Hose.

INC pair for better than the usual Il 1-2c
lV Stockings. Sizes 6 IL to 8, in me-
dunn and heavy weights, for boys and girls.
Ribbed and plain. All with double knees.
The times., 1899-10-01
Draperies Less Than Usual Prices.

zoe pair for better than the
y usual 81 Curtains. Full so
inches wide. 8 1-2 yards long,
and in Brussels lace effect. TO-
600 pairs of them were made to
our special order. TSc pair is
less than the jobber can ask the
retail merchant.
The times., 1899-10-01

50C pair for usual Soc Hose. in better
ID than usual variety. OF silk finish
Isle, plain and ribbed. OF yarn-dyed cot
ton in medium and heavy weights. Double
soles etc
The times., 1899-10-01
Autumn Needs for the Home.

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offurntu
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