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The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22
MAN KILLED BY TRAIN.
KING
KING FAMILY REUNION
TAUNTON.

More than 200 descendants Of Ensign
Philip King. who settled In Taunton.
Mas, In 1850, assembled at Historical
hall. Taunton, Thursday, for ths purpose
Ct forming an association and to strength
en- the bonds Of Acquaintance and FRIEND
ship between the members of the ia mily.
Although the King blood flowed through
the veins OF all present there were many
family names represented. Among them
were Hall, Bethel Andres, Wilbur.
Gushee, Davol. Eddy, Robinson, Williams
Hammond. Fields. Rowland, Crane.
Leach, Washburn. Leonard, Dean, Fam
iltcn. Reed, Seaser. Pratt vanderwarker,
Sampson, Coward, Shaw. richards,
Albro. Morse. Crawshaw, White, Perkins
Fish, Arnzsn, Lus,omt, Atwood. Thrash
er. Waksr, Bullock, Olefeld, Bates, Pin
ney and Rinhmond.
The organization was made with Rep.
resentatiye Silas Dean r ed as president
and Albert King as secretary.
Mr.. Reed in behalf of the Kings of
Taunton extended cordial welcome to
the visitors.
Albert King read an original poem
Hon. Marquis Fayette King. ex mayor
Of Portland. historian Of ths day, deliv-
cred an exhaustive ADDRESS. tracing the
femily history back for centuries.
After dinner carriage rides were taken
to the site OF tho Philip King homestead
on Taunton river. near the residence Of
Elisha Williams ard to the grave In the
old Summer street cemetery.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22
MARRIAGES.

In Parkham. july Q. Charles L. Marshall Of
Dexter and Miss Edith NJ. Doore Of Dover.
In Alexander, July 4. Chas. Z. IIunnewell and
Miss Ida f. McPheters.
In Rsngeley July o. Leon Haines and Miss
Mertia Lillian davenport.
In Greenwood. July 5, James Arthur Lap
ham and MISS Mary Il. Cole. both OF Green
wood.
In East Poland. July IT. George H. Record
and Nj 5 J0sephiae A. Walker, both Of Poland
In New Bedford, July II. Benjamin King of
0rono and Miss Minnie Fletcher Luscomb.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22

Tho Harpswell steambo It company give
another of their delightful three hours
sailing trip down the harbor oyera new
route tomorrow Sunday Music Will
be furnished by Hoves's West End band
of IS pieces For particulars see adver-
Element.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22
HOSIERY
DEPARTMENT.

Boys fast black Cotton
Hose two and tive sibEesl, "a
stocking That Is ~ bargain sat
l5c, osB sale today ut
NO cents per pair.
Mems Eust Black Co tom
ERuse fiut are fully eQnal to
some of fisc rs cent hose. On
sale to-day
. pniFs for % cents.
Ladies' Fast Black Hose
that every pa. chaser admits
fO be tile brsf b3 E-3c StGck-
ing they isnve seen, on sac
today AT
9 cents per pair.
Ladies' Black Hose, HcPnas-
d0rf dye, s,duhie Heels, Ssies
an Fees. in 9 a-9 anis o az
only, IN csc Stocking, sOid to-
day at
s pair for $l.Oo
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22
q ABYssINIAN CRURCH UoNCgRT.


TheHshoir of the Abyssinian church, as
sieted by Messrs. Harry Files. W. Free
man, G. l.. Rice. Charles johnson and
Professor Crane win giye.-s sacred CON-
cert at the above named church Sunday
evening. The following is the programme:
Voluutary--O Organ, violin and cornet
Antheni-- o Praise the Lord, Choir
ScI iptnre Eeading and. Prayer. Pastor
Male Quartette--I could not do with
out Thee.
Soln-Arsle, He Calleth Thee
Miss Mathews
Chorus-'Tis Jordan River l Must 90
Cross.
Solo Fear Not Ye. o Israe:, MIR. Files
Male Quartstte-RsmembeT Ms, o
MIGHTY One
Solo-Ths Volunteer Organist,
MIR. Honey johnson
Address, Pastor
Anthem MAKE the Song. Choir
Hymn. Choir and Congregation
Benediction.
A silver collection viii be taken at the
door. All ara invited.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22
ExECuToR,s NOTICE.

rNHE subscriber hereby gives notice that he
Il mas been duly appointed Executor OF the
last win and testament of
LEVI DAY, late of Brunswick,
in the County of Cumberland, deceased,
and given bonds as Tie law directs.
All persons having demands against the
estate OF said deceased are desired to pre-
sent the same for settlement. and all indebted
thereto are requested to make payment inn
nIedIatey.
CHARLES w. WEBER, Durham.
Brunswick, JRly 10, 1892 jly221law3wSs
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22

Portland. JAY ~. isO0.
" n re sell an ex-
w cellent quail.
ity Of sum-

w celIent quail.
ity Of sum-
mer Underwear for men
at soc each-Si.oo the
suit. These are to be
had in white or blue
mixed or brown mixed at
the same price and from
the gauziest through
several degrees of thick
ness up TO middle-weight.
We are also showing
an exceptionally good
line of Balbriggan I'M
derwear, knitted from
fined combed Egyptian
cotton, finished with
French neck and pearl
buttons. perfect fitting
garments. non-shrinkable
: at 75c each.
Special and exclusive
styles in mems fancy
Half-hose. to be worn
with low shoes. Gray,
blue and brown cotton,
light weight, at CSC, 36c,
and soc a pair. Plain
black lisle-thread at 36c,
soc. and up. Black cot
ton Half.hose from
IL I-2c a pair 70 soc.
Mems silk plated Stock
ings, black, at 75c and
$500 a pair.
Pure silk ones cost
$3.50. Fancy striped
and spotted Socks. very
Frenchy at 25c, so, 7sc
and $I.oo. Also a high
novelty in plain black
cotton Stockings with
bright colored silk soles,
at 3oc pair. :
For men with tender
perspiring feet we rec
ommend a very light
weight black cashmere
Stocking. soft enough to
form a cushion Tor the
foot, absorbent enough to
take up the perspiration
preventing that clami.
ness, the summer bane of
many men who have
never discovered the adj
vantages of wearing a
stocking made of wool
in warm weather; these
we have at all prices
from 25c up.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22

White duck suits.
blouse. trousers. hat and
rubber sole shoes, for
Yachtsmen and others
who go down to the sea
in boats are sold at this
department.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22
LADIES NECKWEAR
DEPARTMENT.

All colors in usade tsp silk
Z Bows for fndies' -wear; New
shapes ana New styles.
Price for today
2J CENTS ench.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22
BUTTON
DEPARTMENT.

Elegant New Patterns nrd
SYKES la Belt Bucktss la Jei.
Gilt, Enamel, Dfab Metal
AMI Cut Steel, ON sale Today
rs cents each.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22
A SILK WAIST SALE.

The j. X. Libby company advertise an
odd lot CT silk waists which they are sci.
lrg at sl.9s. These waists range in prics
from IS. so to $3.50.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22
DRESS TRINMING
DEPARTMENT.

Reduced prices on Dress
Trimmings and Garpftures
III most cases 1-2 their for
amer price.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22
YELLING
DEPARTMENT.

Plain and spotted chiffon
/ Vetianss, 3Sc ansl soc per
yard.
White WASH Vaiis at csc,
soc, Csc and 800 each.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22
STAMPED LINEN
DEPARTMENT.

Creionue Cushion Covers,
25e, soc each.
Cret0sane Table Covers,
csc, Soc each.
CollaF and Cuff Bags Use
each.
Fell line of D3ylles, Center
Pieces tn new design at
sntise lepariiBent.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22
LEATHER GOODS
DE ARTMENT.

New lime of Ladies' Chate-
Saline and Bicycle Bags iss afI
the popular Icsssaers, ~ fF0MA
soc 90 $500 each.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22
AN UNLUCKY kUN.
Train Bearins Railroad Men 90 Maine
Central srestins strikes = Han.


A meeting OF the directors CT tbs Maine
Csntral railroad was held 10 this city
We sterday. there being present; Frank
lin o.Milsor, president; George +. Evans,
interpretations and general manager
Lucius Tuttle. VIM. 9. Davis. Joseph s
Kicker, Thomas W. Hyde, John Ware,
Senator Vim. p. Frye. Joseph II. Msnley,
Lewis Cass Ledyard, Henry r. Reed,
Henry N. Whitney. Gen. S. q. Law
renee was absent.
President futile OF the Boston &
Maine and the other directors from the
West, came on special train. The con-
ductor In change Of the train was Barton
Noyes. the engineer Frank Webb. aud the
fireman, Walter Eddy. Near North Bar
wick the train struck man nane1 Day,
who drove on TO tie track ale ID OF tie
cngire TIE train was stoprei aud the
man was found 20 have suffeie1 had
wound In The lead which is feared will
pr owe fa.al.
MAN KILLED BY TRAIN.
North Berwick. July 81 Ed. Day, n
Young man who works in livery stable,
Gu Wells street, this village. was killed
today at 1910 a. m, while passing the
grade crossing on the western division
OF the Boston & Maine railroad, by an
extra. His horse was killed and cart de-
molished. He leaves wife and two chill
dren. This IL the third fatal accident at
that place within a few years. Tie point
IL known as JunkIns crossing.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22

You will find reduced prices all the DRESS Goods and SILK De-
partments that will insure the Best of Values for
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-22
HANDKERCHIEE
DEPARTMENT.

New line of Hetnstitc he'd,
Lace Trim med and White
Embroidered handkerchief
at AZ l.9c each.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-13

than before. The Beers have had time
to arm to the teeth. Joubert and his
men have mapped out their plan of
campaign. The forts of johannesburg
are filled with ammunition and quick
firing guns-paid for, by the way, out OF
uitlander taxes-and the Beers have
made sufficient collections of mules to
suffice for transportation and field serv
ice. The Transvaal commissariat de-
partment has been revised and improv-
ed, and when Jouberts men face the
English forces it will not be on horses
fresh from pasture, as was the case at
Krugersdorp.
But these are not all the difficulties.
Now that it is known that President
Steyn and the Orange Free State
Dutchmen are in active sympathy with
the Transvaal Beers, 1t is no simple lit
tie bucolic foe that Great Britain is fac
ing. The Afrikanders of the Cape COL
ony also have expressed their SYM
pathy with the burghers across the
Vaal in their opposition to what they
deem English aggression, so even in her
own territory England has enemies to
face.
At Simons Town, which is about 20
miles from Cape Town and connected
ny AoA nAeh tAAeAN WY ehS A'AAAieh eAA-
thorities have established their new
naval base. Slmons Town now has
nearly a mile Of splendid docks and
Notifications in process of completion,
and hereafter will be known as the sta
ton of the Cape and West Coast Royal
squadron. Here marines are stationed
in considerable number and here will
center the British naval operations. But
with all her immense navy in southern
waters England can do absolutely no
harm to the South African Republic
from the sea. Every man and gun that
goes into the Transvaal from the Cape
has to bel transported by mule and
horse through what is practically a
hostile country, passing great dis
lance frorA any central base of sup
plies. AS All the railways of Cape Col
ony are governmental roads, the sit
uation dufing the earlier stages Of such
an invasion will not be SO bad as it
might b9, but when Il comes to an ad-
vance on Pretoria and johannesburg 1t
will be a.different story.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-13

horses just off pasture. They had to
endure artillery fire until the enemy
was within 500 yards of them so as to
save that precious ammunition of
theirs. Then they found 1t necessary
to silence IL Founders with nothing but
their rifles. Difficult as such a thing Is
to do. these plucky Beers did 1t. Cronje
and his men not only did this, but also
hanked Jameson's position by night,
and when the harassed Englishman and
his followers made a dash TO the south
for shelter they found themselves cut
on from retreat. 1t was this clever
maneuver which eventually hemmed in
the invading force and caused the
Chartered company's men to run up
their white flag Of surrender.
The same keen strategy was shown
at Laingsnek and at the battle of
MaJuba Hill. Colonel Anstruther, puff
ed up with his own Importance, had led
his English force into the Boer country
like second Braddock. He scoffed at
all warnings. He refused REINFORCE
ments. He and his force approached
Pretoria with flags flying and the band
playing. They were a band of walking
targets. and the enemy knew It. The
Beers gave him last chance, meeting
him with a white flag and warning him
back. He laughed in their faces and
marched on. In ten minutes he was
shot down and 120 of his little army
We're dead or wounded. They had SIM
ply marched into one of the cleverest
ambuscades ever prepared, and that
ambuscade was thereafter known as
the slaughter of Bronkhurst Spruit.
Major General Colley, conceited as
Anstruther had been, marched in to
wipe out the disgrace of that terrible
defeat. He led his expedition in from
Natal and it was his intention to pass
over the Draaksberg range OF noun
tains at that dip or pass which is
known as Laingsnek. The Beers were
not slow to see this. and did not let such
a chance escape them. Strategists al
ways, they made a dash for the Mex.
and. under Joubert-the same Joubert
who is now at the head of the Boer
army--seized and held it, quietly wait
ing for Colley TO come up. On one side
stood the steep and lofty slopes Of
Aajubas on the other two less COM
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-13

handing hills. Up these two hills Col
ley tried to force his 500 men. The
"embattled farmers" lay close, and.
from behind their befriending rocks,
deliberately picked off the English, man
after man. always aiming for an officer
when possible. Every shot took effect.
In fact, after the engagement 1t was
found that many of the bodies of the
Englishmen who had fallen had as
many as five and six bullet holes
through them. just as Jackson's men
once lay low behind their shallow
trenches of cotton bales. so the Beers
stuck behind their impromptu embat-
Elements and drove back their enemy.
They had not so men all told, but they
sent the English once, twice, three
times in disorder back down the slopes.
OF five English staff officers only one
came out alive.
When the battle was over, each one of
those Dutch rifiemen knelt down and
thanked his God for victory. Such is
the stern piety of the Boer.
Then came Majuba Hill. Colley,
smarting under two disasters. de-
termined to seize Majuba. With 600
1t was not done secretly, however, for
every movement, as 1t was afterward
found. was being watched by the willy
Beers. At daybreak the English stood
overlooking the entire Boer position
below them at Laingsnek. They were
on ground Of their own choosing. Their
position seemed impregnable. With
two Maxims they could have cleaned
out the entire Dutch force. Yet with
the loss of but one man of, the at
lacking party the astute burghers of
the Transvaal stalked their intrenched
foes as they might stalk antelope. Foot
by foot they made their way up that
slope. Before Majuba had been lost
and won they had killed or wounded
is English officers and over 300 men.
Never before had English arms met
with such crushing defeat. Never
befors had English officers been so out
strategied. It was little wonder that
the Transvaai got back her indepen-
dence and the union jack was hauled
down from Pretoria.
In the present case 1t has been said
that England's task Is even greater
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-13

They have been doing for South Africa
just what the Hudson Bay company
did for North America half a century
ago. Their one stumbling block has
been the little Transvaal republic.
England now seems to feel that the
present is a good time for getting rid
of this obstacle In her imperialistic am
billions and in this may perhaps be
found the real reason for her present
activities at the Cape.
Just how that struggle for African
supremacy viii come out only time can
tell England realizes that she has no
insignificant foe to face when she meets
the Boer, and consequently her military
plans have been astoundingly large.
She has delayed the first blow until
everything is ready. Some Of her very
best blood has already been spilled
among the hills and rocks of that rug
ged little republic OF which Kruger is
the oligarchical leader, and before the
union Jack again floats over Pretoria
and Johannesburg 1t is likely that still
more English blood will be shed.
WILSON g. LOWELL.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-13
SUNDAY AT VICTORIAS COURT.

1t is very rarely that Queen Victoria
spends Sunday in London. but when
this is the case she attends the service
in the private chapel attached to Buck
ingham palace, which has been the
scene of so many remarkable royal
weddings. At Osborne there is also a
private chapel where prayers are said
every morning soon after breakfast.
When the queen is in the south Of
France. or in Italy. on her annual holt
days. service is held at the hotel or
villa at which she is resident, and on
more than one occasion Sir Arthur Sui
livan has presided at the harmonium.
to the delight of every one who has
been present.
The queen on Sunday likes to hear
accounts of philanthropic work and
missionary enterprise, and one clergy
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-13
CAR FARES THE WORLD OVER.

In Belfast, Ireland; Berne, SwitzerA
land; Cork, Ireland; Marseilles, France;
Prague, Austria, and Sydney, Australia,
the fare is cents for any distanSS. In
Dublin, ireland, the fare is 1 cent al
mile. In Berlin 1t is 21a cents for the
first two miles and 1 cent for each adj
ditional mile. says the Chicago Tribune.
In Florence. Italy. it is 2 cents from the
outskirts to the center of the city and
cents across the city. In Paris the
fare inside the buses and cars is cents.
while for cents seat ON top may be
had. In Calcutta, India, the fares run
from 21s to AZ cents mile. In Client.
Belgium; Lyons, France, and other cit-
les there are different fares for first and
second class seats.
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ton OF her de-
scendants the queen has always taken
peculiar interest, and has been present
at most of the services. She attaches
great deal of Importance to this rite,
and especially to the preparation which
precedes the actual ceremony.
Readers of histories dealing with
such important changes as those in
yolved in the disestablishment of the
Irish church will not need to be re-
minded of the queens Intense interest
in such matters. At time when af-
fairs were almost at a deadlock she
interposed so tactfully that the discs
tablishment question was settled to the
satisfaction of both disputants. Quite
lately the queen has been not less con-
cerned in the ritualistic crisis in the
English church.
She has followed every phase of the
high church controversy with care. and
has realized it's import. Some of her
relatives have leanings toward ritual
isn, hut the queen herself is a stanch
supporter, as was the prince consort,
Of the evangelical position in church
affairs. In her Leaves From the High
lands" there are several indications Of
her opinions, which are unaltered at
the present day.
When the queen was in residence In
the Isle of Wight, she used to attend
the church at Whippingham, but of re-
cent years she has preferred to worship
in the private chapel at Osborne House,
lust near the queens pew are lovely
marble memorials of various relatives,
Including the Duke of Albany and the
Duke of Clarence, and there is private
entrance by which she can enter the
church without colliding with the or
dinarv worshipers. The queen was
very friendly with Canon Prothero
when he was the rector at Whipping-
ham. and it was in this charming vil-
lage church that Princess Beatrice was
married.
All the royal family took a great in
terest in the building of new church
at Crathie, and the queen visited twice
the big bazaar which was organized
largely by the energy shown by Prin-
cess Beatrice and others. The church
is a fine structure, admirable for
acoustics, and so built that every wor-
shipper gets very good view of the
pulpit. st. Georges chapel, Windsor.
is another edifice in which the queen
has worshiped very frequently. The
church least known to the public Is the
private chapel attached to Buckingham
palace. 1t has some very fine windows.
but is otherwise not remarkable. OF
course, the chapel royal was attended
by her majesty very frequently in the
early days of her reign, and among the
nowadays one may often
see members of the royal family.
The queen has great idea OF rev.
erent demeanor in a church, and has
instilled the same into all her relatives.
who are notable for their most careful
avoidance of many latter day signs OF
in a place of worship.
Sunday at court has ever been, DUR
ing Queen Victoria's reign. happy and
restful day.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-13

| AT the present time, as was also the
case during the Jameson raid, great
deal is heard about the Chartered
company" though Just what this COM
pany stands for is not so well known.
| This company is really the British
South African Chartered company" and
is large corporation of London cap
| italists organized for the exploitation
of the lower part of the dark continent.
While they have done much for the de-
Ivelopment of the Cape and the country
| to the north, 1t has also been this COM
pany and the rapacity of Its African
officials which has brought England
into conflict so repeatedly with her At
| rican neighbors.
The Chartered company" was first
formed the year after Matabeleland
and Mashonaland, which lie just north
of the South African Republic. were de-
clared in 1888 to be within the sphere Of
British influence. 1t secured a royal
charter granting powers of administra-
ton over these territories, together with
many other concessions. in return for
which it was to encourage immigration
and colonization, develop mines and
promote trade and commerce. To them,
it should be noted, was also given the
military force.
BY treaties with Germany and Port
ugal the sphere of British influence had
finally been acknowledged to embrace
all territories from the Transvaal up to
the Kongo Free State. So the Charter
ed company built the railway from
Kimberley to Mafeking. 1t was really
this initial move that awakened in the
Napoleonic mind of Cecil Rhodes his
plan for a Cape to Cairo" railway.
But for years Kruger had been the
thorn in the Chartered company's side.
His country was In time found to be
the greatest gold producing territory In
all Africa, and as the Boer himself did
not seem to have the slightest DISPOSE
ton to develop his own mines the
agents and officers of the Chartered
company had long looked with envious
eyes on the gold mines of the Trans
vaal. 1t was this company, practically,
which was at the back of the Jameson
raid, and which would have most profit
ed if once "Dr. JIM had been success
full in his invasion of Boer territory. In
the official investigation which followed
the Chartered company was persistent
ly whitewashed by the English menu
bers Of the royal commission. but the
reason for this is not far too seek. In
the first place, it was an English COM
pany, and in the second place many
of its members were British public
men with very strong pulls in the right
quarter. They had, too, tremendous
wealth and power. and it was a fore
gone conclusion that they would be ex-
onerated Gas far as such transgressors
were capable of exoneration) long be-
fore the commission ever came together
at London.
Today both the Orange Free State
and the South African Republic pres
idents realize that their natural and
inevitable enemy is, and always will be,
this rapacious English company of
spectators. who have had and always
win have the imperial authorities to
back them up in their financial and ter
ritorial ventures. It Is well establish
ed axiom Of the English colonial office
that wherever English trade once enters
the English flag is soon to follow. The
Chartered company are good pioneers.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-13

man in high po-
sition says that
both her maj
esty and Prin-
cess Beatrice
are deep stu
dents of the BIZ
Bile. The nursery
in which the
young Batten-
bergs spend a
good deal of
their time is
decorated beau
tifully by texts
p a / n t e d b y
Princess Henry
of Battenberg.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-13

The London Daily News Is authority
for the statement that Norman Sharp
the friend of the late Sir Robert Peel
says there is remarkable likeness both
in manner and speech between Embass
sador choate and Sir Robert.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-13

YHEN Jameson raided the
u" Transvaal, the clock of South
u u Africa was turned back ten
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-13

In the confrma-