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The Portland daily press., 1899-12-26

FUNERAL OF GEORGE HENRY, JR.
The funeral services Of the lats George
Henry, Jr., VIM died In Loveland, Colo
RADIO, sorae days ago. took place from the
| home Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Henry on Tying street, ct two O'Clock
Sunday afternoon. Ths rooms were
Gro Sded with friends Of the deceased
who had come to pay last tribute OF
respect to the one who had been called mp
higher. Rev. 4. s. ]. MoAllister Of
Pine street NJ. E. church, who read from
the 18th chapter Of Paul's Epistls to the
Corinthiaas, conducted services.
Mr.. McAllister's words were full OF
comfort and feeling and were message
of hope and promise Of "His' help In
time Of sorrow.
Messra Manning. Means, :Usher and
Morton, representatives Of the Order OF
knights of the Golden Eagle. hsld the
service of that lodge, the shsathsd sword
OF the dead brother lay on the foot Of the
oaskst draped In black. The pretty and
solemn service was performed BY the
mem bers who stood surrounding the cas-
ket
A large array Of flowers testified In
silent manner to the love In which MIR.
Henry was held.
MIR. Eenry's death was due to an acci-
dent aud COMES all unexpected TO his
friends and relatives. letter received
from DIR. CLARK Of Loveiand, says that
MIR. Henry was daily improving In health
and 80 the blow comes doubly hard TO
the sorrowing ones left. During his last
few days of life his was patient and care.
full Of the welfare of those privileged to
attend him. Memorial services were held
by the church and Sunday school which
he attended and In the afternoon the Y.
p. s.. Q. f., Of which he was an active
member held memorial service. The se +
of the deceased member was draped In
mourning and the service was very I'M
prsssivs. The society and many friends
followed the remains to the train leaving
for the East. and most heartfelt ~ upa-
thy and message of the power and inhu-
snce of Georges life while In the West,
comes to the family. Rev. K. NJ. Finn
Of Haverhill, Mass, the deceased mans
pastor, wrote most feelingly Of the sorrow
with which the sad news was received.
he will be sadly missed and the memory
of the Christlike way In which he lived
his readiness to do all things as his Mas
ter would like, will linger on In the
hearts of the mourning ones.
Six brothers. Willard, John, Robert
and Albion of Portland, Ernest Of Pleas
antdale and Fred OF Nebraska, to whom
the death comes doubly hard, being far
from home, one sister, Miss Bessie and
his parents are left to survive the oss of
q loving brother and son.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-26
GiZgyZIllIiI!lIIiEaZsSsM
TRAINS LEAVE PORTLAND

TRAINS LEAVE PORTLAND
For Lewiston, $40 a. m. 1.3o. 400 $500 p. m.
For Island Pond. $40 a. m. $50. 900 p. IN.
For Montreal, Quebec, Chicago, $40 a. M,
$500 p. M. reaching Montreal at 100 a. In.
and 100 D. IN.
TRAINS ARRIVE PORTLAND
From Lewiston, $50, 1880 a. M, 5.45 and GAS
p. m.
From Island Pond. ss1o, 11.3O a. M, 5.45
p. m.
From Chicago, Montreal, Quebec, $50
a. m, 5.45 p. m.
sDaily. Other trains week days
Sunday train leaves Portland every SundS.
for Lewiston. Gorham and Berlin ut $50 a. N.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on night
trains and Parlor Cars on day trains.
Ticket Omce, Depot at foot of India
Street. o,t23dtf
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-26
NAME TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Our Local
Correspondents
KENNEBuNk.


Kennebunk, Do. 0l.-The annual In.
stallatlon Of offiosrs OF the York Lodge
OF A. A. NJ, took place in the Masonic
hall last evening, Dso. 20. A large gath
eripg OF interested and invited friends
witnessed the impressive ceremony Of In
stsllation, which was followed by we'll
arranged musical programmes with inter-
esting selections on Edison's latest i'm
proved phonograph. The photograph
selections were arranged by Brother Rod :
ney Arnold. The annual supper followed.
Vocal selections were given by Mrs. q.
W. Gcodnow. Mr.. Leon Rogers and
Mr. Tower. Appropriate remarks wsre
made by Rev. q. r. Millward a visitin z
brother FROM Prsble Lodge, Sanford. The
following officers elect we're presented be-
fore tire Right worshipful Past District
Deputy, q. A. Fitzpatrick for instalia-
ton:
W. william Titcomte
4. M.-Chsrles X. Iittleiield.
j. W. George II. Randall
Treas -Eiank Y. simords.
SEQ Geo. A. Gilpstrick.
8. ID IF. NJ. Severance.
j. DE-. A. Moore.
3. S.-Henry w. Sargent
J. S.-Ctaries ii. Lucas.
Chap -Charlss W. Goodnow.
Mar. VIM. j. Brown.
Tiler--wallaoe Scott.
Orgsnist--A. Il. Haley.
Charles II. Cole Is the retiring past
master.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-26
TWO BOYS DROWNED.

Auburn, December 25 1.-Two French
bays named Lewis Msheux and Camille
Adam of New Auburn, were drowned
while skating on the Little Androscoggin
river about o'clock this afternoon. The
bodies were recovered later in the after
noon.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-26

Ticket Office, Depot at foot of India
Street. o,t23du
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-26
CHEBEAGUE.

Chebeagus, D.c. 2h-Mr. II. W. Bow
en-, the recently appointed postmaster
has under process OF constr uction nea
and commodious building to be used as a
postoffioe. Mr.. Bowsn will take charge
Of the office. Jan. LIST, 1900.
Capt. /. s. Hill, sloop NJ. N. Hamil'
ton, Ia home for the winter. having pm
his We ssel In wintar quarters at Portland
Smelling still continues with fish plen.
ty and prices fair. Messrs. Bennett and
Doughty are high line thus far, havins
made a stock Of between seven and eigh'
hundred dollars since Sept. 18th.
The canning factory closed the 20tt
inst, after O most successful season.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-26
Millions Given Away.

Ii 10 certainly gratifying to the public
to know OF one concern In the land who
are not afraid to be generous 10 the
needy and suffering. The proprietors Of
DIR. kings New Discovery for Consump-
tion, Coughs aud Colds, have given away
over ten million trial bottles OF this great
medicine; and have the satisfaction Of
knowing 10 has absolutely cured those
sands Of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bron-
ohitis Hoarseness and all diseases OF the
Throat, Chest and Lungs are surely cured
BY TO- Call ON II. p. 5. Goold, 577 Con-
gress street and II. g. Starr, Cumberland
Mills druggist, and get a free trial bottle.
Regular size 800. and 9. kvsry bottle
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-26
Red Hot from the Gun

Of Newark, Mich, in the Civil War. II
caused horrible Ulcers that no treatment
helped for 20 years. Than Bucklen's Ar
Mica Salve CURED him. Cures outs,
bruises, Burns, Boils, Fslons. Corns
Skin Eruptions Best Pile cure on earth,
cbcts. o box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by
II. p. s. 9oold, 677 Congress street and
nj q. Starr. Cumberland Mills Druggist.
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hour. 1t Represented a great deal more
than that to me, for 1t was the first hard
work 1 had ever done The surround
ings we're such as naturally to Impress
themselves strongly upon the mind of a
youth brought up amid the CENTER occu-
pations and diversions and luxuries of
life.
ticular time there were in progress ex-
periments, in the equipment of railroad
cars and locomotives, which We're des-
tined to exert lasting effect upon what
is sometimes called the science of rail-
reading. Passenger cars were then
lighted by the old-fashioned oil lamps,
and the journey from Philadelphia to
Pittsburg, over the Allegheny noun
tains. for the Pennsylvania raj road had
just been finished between those points,
a distance of IA miles, was made pie
turesque by the glowing coal stoves
which were considered the acme of heat
ing apparatus, and by the OIL lamps, nee
essarily rendered smoky by the draughts.
1t was now considered practicable to light
passenger cars with gas, and the appara-
tus necessary for such equipment was
then being experimental with in the AL
.toona shops
Another most important device for
the management of fast railroad trains
was Just then being trICd with View
to its application to our trains it found
practicable. This was system of brakes
and brake rigging. The locomotives in
use at that time, the heaviest OF which
l believe did not weigh over thirty tons.
as compared with the ninety-ton loco
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the mastery manner in which she helped
the highwaymen who held I'D the stage
between Globe and Florence. on May 20,
has made her the talk of all the border
towns. She did her part of the work with
all the skill and GOODNESS of a past mas
ter In brigandage, and although she and
her companion Joe Boot, were captured
a few days later byfSheriff Truman and
taken to Florence, there are a half-dozen
or more men of enterprise willing to put
up her bail and induce her to go on the
lecture platform.
According to the stories told by the
people of Riverside-a, stage station ham
let with a population of fifty gossiping
souls-this newest woman bandit is young
and pretty and devoted to the man pre-
sumed to be her husband. When in Riv-
erside the couple were evidently hard up
and they deliberately planned the rob-
berry. The mamsat first demurred. so the
story goes.
ST never can do 1t; never. never, new
err said he. So relates the man who
says he overheard the plottings.
but you must--we must" was the re-
Spouse. "And it's easy. ALI you'll have
to do will be to hold your gun straight
and keep quiet I'll do the rest"
The stage was numbering along through
the hills with nothing Of unusual inter-
est to disturb the monotony of stage
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WILL DEFEND DREYFUS
Continued from Fir.t Pace

OOAtAhuSO from t1FSt rage.
oner communicating with outside peo-
pie.
The Socialists at Rennes are we'll or
ganized, and in case any attacks are
made on the prison they would aid the
troops in repelling it.
There is deep agitation today in Paris
among all parties of various political
colors. The anti-Dreyfusards realize that
with the new cabinet justice will be al
lowed to take its course uninterrupted
1t has been so long since France has had
anything but political ministers the ar
rival of a strong man now at the head Of
the government has come like a shock
Henri Rochefort calls 1t defiance. La
Patr1 Is doing a good deal of screaming.
and dubs Waldeck-Rousseau and his COL
leagues the twelve apostles OF agitation.
Politically, the situation Is In no way re-
marked on the streets. which are quiet.
In the corridors Of the chamber of depu-
ties the politicians are going to and fro.
talking in agitated groups. The new pre-
mter has intimated he will not attempt
to govern without the chamber, but will
accept no interpretations calculated to
create trouble.
1t is rumored Premier WaIdeck Rous-
seau has asked M. Blanc to-change Offices
with M. Lepine, who will resume his old
place as project Of police. allowing Blanc
to enter the Conssii dEtat. Lepine is a
splendid project. and knows much about
the Dreyfus affair that has never been
published. He holds his men we'll in
hand. Blanc is a good man, and has
been placed in difficult situations through
no fault of his
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have succeeded. to win the power, the in
fluence, the emoluments that are power.
You were the son of a father we'll sup
piled with the good things of this world
and your youth was passed among sur
roundings of ease and refinement. All
that didn't keep you from reaching the
top. Why can't he?"
81 don't know said President Thorn
son, with a quizzicaI smile. Perhaps he
doesn't know what I went through. 1t
was soon after Thomas A. Scott became
general superintendent or the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, with offices at Altoona,
that my mother went to him, as an old
friend of our family, and asked him.
What shall do with my boy Frank
This was in the summer of 1858, and 1
had just passed my seventeenth birth
day. l had recently been graduated from
Franklin college, and thought I knew as
much as most college graduates think
they know. Yet 1 had the greatest
confidence in my mothers judgment. The
sweetness of her disposition and the ex-
cellence of her good sense rendered me,
the youngest of her children, especially
devoted to her. did not know that she
had formed any plans for me to pursue
the profession of my father, who was a
judge, and 1 had no special desire to be
a lawyer, although the honor in which
he was held in all Western Pennsylvania
and the dignity Of his position in the
community in which L was brought up
did not fail to inspire me with high ad-
miration for such position in life
To my mothers question Mr.. SCOTS re-
ply was: If you want to make a man
of Frank apprentice him in our car shops
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25

two figures with revolvers leveled stepped
into the road before the fast-driving
stage. The driver pulled up the horses
with tug that nearly set them on their
launches.
two passengers had loaded six-shooters,
weapons and commanded to line up for
inspection.
The driver had nothing to lose One
in the territory, was relieved of 1890, a
About $500 was taken from the other two
passengers, besides a revolver.
After the hold-up, which was accom-
plished without the waste of cartridge
or the disturbing of even a jackrabbit,
Neill stopped off at Riverside and at
| once began arranging plan Of pursuit.
| The stage with its passengers continued
| the journey to Florence, where Sheriff
Truman was informed. He joined NELL
at Riverside and the little posse took to
the hills.
The capture was made at night in the
brush in the hills near Benson. The wom-
an showed fight, and tainted her COM
panion for allowing himself to be taken
without a battle. The officers found in
the woman's possession a sack contain
ing $500 and gold watch belonging to
Neill, one of the stage passengers.
On being taken to Florence the woman
was recognized as Pearl Hart, who Ia
we'll known throughout Arizona and
Southern California
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25
WHISPERIIGS OF WAR
Continued from First Page.

The delegates are widely distributed.
Many Of them occupy private residences.
put most of them favor such clubs as
the Pioneer, Sesame. Grosvenor, Crescent
and Camelot and they are all packed
MY address at the meeting will be from
q woman to women. broadly dealing with
the scope Of cur work and the tre-
mendously interesting questions women
all over the world have &c faee We have
secured the pick Of women's brains from
Mexico TO Winnipeg, working for the
success OF the council. Two thousand
tickets have already gone tons Of Htera-
ture on every subject, social and politi-
cal. have been printed and women will
monopolze the ear of the world next
week, for while London Is opening its
drawing, dining and reception rooms for
US, we are here for practical work. to
throw woman's influence a step farther
INTO the scale OF nations. We expect
much from the American delegates. and
the freshness OF view, breath of prin-
ciple, candor and knowledge which
breathes through the pores OF the great
republic. We are cementing the great
Anglo-Saxon nation. forging with the
strong bands of principle the friendship
and union which must tend to further the
aims OF the conference at The Hague
We hope to show the world what Amer
lea has recognized to a greater degree
than any other nation. that women NAV
rightly stand side by side, shoulder to
shoulder. with the highest and nobIest
manhood"
The anxiety az to the question Of the in
adequacy Of the gold reserve Of the Bank
of England resulted in the Central As
ISOLATION of Bankers meeting YESTERDAY
referring the subject to a committee for
an early report. The rise IN the discount
rate of the Heichsbank, the efforts OF
Germany to attract gold. the expectation
that money will be dear In the United
states before the end Of September ana
determination of the Bank Of Franco to
protect It's gold reserve. have all accen-
tuated the situation.
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motives, for example, now IN use, were
constructed to burn wood: but it was
recognized that some substitute for this
primitive fuel would have to be found
at an early date, and skilled mechanics
at Altoona were building locomotives
and designing furnaces - use anthracite
and bituminous coal. These were but
few of the important operations in prog
ress at the time when l had the good
fortune to enter upon this nOVitiate.
There was. indeed, nothing that the
Pennsylvania road needed in the way of
mechanism that the Altoona shops did
not provide Employment there was, con-
seQuently, not only a liberal but 4 gen
eral education in mechanical railroading.
By the by we apprentices began to pride
ourselves on knowing. how to separate
great machines into their component
parts, to name each part, and to put them
together again.
After the surprise that I naturally
felt in associations so different from those
to which 1 had been accustomed, got
my first idea of the hard part of physical
labor. I knocked the skin off my
knuckles, of course; my finger nails were
soon broken and blackened, AMI my
blue jumper and overalls quickly lost
color under the machine oil and :-time
1t was not long, though, until L began
to take an intelligent interest in what
that I forgot the hard knocks of the
first few days work and then 1 ceased
to ponder over the wisdom of the 3dop-
ton Of another career l had TO think
all that was good for me about the duty
of each day, and at night l was too tired
to do anything but sleep. don't say L
was not tempted to quit, but two consid-
erations came promptly to aid my deter
mination my promise to my mother and
my pride.
'All this time Mr.. Scott. who was him.
self a self-made man in the best sense Of
that term, and who had lived a life of con-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25
VERDICT MUST STAND,
French Minister of War on the
Dreyfus Court-MartiaI.

French Minister of War on the
Dreyfus Court-MartiaI.
PARIS, June 24-The Journal publishes
the report Of an interview with Marquis
de Gallifet, minister of war in the new
cabinet, in which he is quoted as saying
that he does not intend to proceed
against Gen. Zurlinden, Gen de Bois-
denre. Gen. Gonse. or Gen. Fellieux, and
was convinced that none of his collie
aSues in the ministry contemplate rigor-
Gus measures. which would resemble per-
secution- For himself his opinions ex-
pressed In his letter Of April Is were I'M
changed, but as minister he would share
the responsibility Of the act Of the cabinet
unless he was forced to separate from it
In the event of measures being adopted
which he considered imperative or dan
gerous. In his letter to NJ Waldeck-Ros-
seau, accepting the war portfolio, he said
he would protect and defend the army
while strictly holding 1t to its dutt>s
Continuing he said:
I know of no officer who has been
more abused than I. I have never in
obliged In press polemics. and think I
have the right to impose the same at
ttude upon my subordinates I can an
swer insults with the sword I must not
bring soldiers into personal quarreIs and
have taken prudential measures against
officers avoiding discipline. 1 think they
will obey them. Regarding the court-mar-
tial I await its findings In order to learn
whether Dreyfus is innocent or guilty, I
have never doubted the innocence of
Picquart."
In concluding the interview the war
minister dictated the following:
II give my word of honor that none
of the ministers think of influencing the
court-martial. Whether Dreyfus be con-
victed or acquitted. the Judgment Of the
court will be Loyalty rendered and ap-
piled. Everyone must bow to the verdict,
whatever 1t may be-
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travel when two persons, attired in
mountain dress, suddenly appeared from
behind clum of bushes. With cooked
revolvers and held with steady aim they
gave the oId-time frontier order to stand
anG deliver"
The distance from Globe to Florence is
sixty-five miles over country inhabited
by an occasional prospector, hunter, or
band of rowing cowboys riding the range.
Midway between the two places, on the
banks of the ella river, lies Riverside.
Between Riverside and Globe the coun-
try is so rough as to be impossible, ex-
cept on the stage road. TALL craggy
peaks rapidly give place to narrow, wind
ing canyons. Formerly there was much
freighting to Globe over this road, but
this is done away with by a railroad
which reaches the camp from another
direction. 1t was in this lonely country.
nearer to Riverside than Globe, the rob-
berry occurred.
Stage robberies In this region have not
been frequent Of late years, and the
command came with startling effect on
the driver and three passengers.
Hold up, therer' the cry rang out. as
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slant occupation since he grew up in the
vicinity Of Chambersburg. had kept his
eyes on me in the shop, although 1 saw
him but seldom. By and by I began TO
forget how it was that 1 came there. T
know that I never received favor or in
diligence on account of the auspices under
which 1 had entered my aprenticeship
Early in March, 1860 we heard that Mr..
Scott had been made vice president OF the
pennsylvania railroad. There was a great
deal of talk in the shops about this. and
for one felt a natural pride in his pro-
motion, but did not suppose that his ele-
walton would make any difference in nv
station. j went on working in the shops
every day and going to bed tired every
night;.
Then the war came on. The Hon. Ed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25
STEAMBOAT SUNK.
Four Lives Lost In a ChipaIa River
Accident.

Acc10enI.
COLUMBUS, Ca, June A-The steam
er Apalache. Of the Peoples line plying
between Columbus and ApaIachico, which
left Columbus last Thursday, was sunk in
the Chfpola river, near Wewahitchka
Fla, late this afternoon. and four persons
were drowned. Mrs. Clark, of Chicago:
Mrs. Mcknight and daughter of Jack
son, Tenn. and a deck hand We're lost
The Apalache is a ffrst-class river beat
She struck an obstruction.
The only information reaching here is
brief telegram from the captain of the
boat, John Macrum.
The Chicago lady who lost her life Is
Mrs. s. E. Clark. Her address there is
not known. The Apalache had on board
list of one hundred passengers bound
for different resorts in Florida. 1t is
supposed here that the vessel. got out of
her regular course and struck a hidden
obstruction. AS she went down her boil
ers exploded, severely injuring several
people. The accident was seen from We
hitchka and tugs were hastily dispatched
to the scene. Their timely arrival pre-
vented a greater loss of life The Ana
lache was built in Wheeling, w. Va. and
was valued at $4,000
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ONE WILD GUESS.

Dreyfss Said to Have Been Taken
TO Rennes.
LONDON. June 24-The Evening News
this afternoon publishes dispatch from
it's correspondent at Rennes, France,
which says:
with all reserve I send a report that
Dreyfus arrived here at o'clock this
morning. A special train with four
passengers arrived here and the passen-
gers forthwith entered a closed carriage,
surrounded by six gendarmes, and drove
to the military prison. where the coach.
man was detained, presumably for fear
of leakage. The authorities declined all
information and the railway officials are
sworn to secrecy"
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here In Altoona for the full term of three
years, with the same hours, the same
work and the same wages that every
other apprentice 4hn-o h~s' -
That is just the thing said my moth
er. Although neither she nor I realized
just what that three years apprenticeship
meant Mr.. Scott unquestionably knew.
and had my mother known, I am sure
her resolution would only have been
strengthened.
ION the 10th of September, 1853 I start
ed in to work, and that day 1 earned my
first money. 1t was so cents. and 1t repre-
scented ten hours of labor at cents an