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The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21

opinion that death was caused by human
hands.
A hurried examination before the m ed
ical examiner arrived showed that the
wounds apparently had been inflicted BY
a coupling pin and the ears cut of after
wards Tho condition OF the body showed
that it had not been hit OF maneIed by
the train, the injuries being confined en-
tirely to the head and the clothes we re
not soiled in the least The body was
identified through lsttars addressed TO MIR.
Connors, which we're found In his pocket,
and he also was identified by friends whs
,ssrvsd with him In the. Third Conneoti-
cut infantry during the recent war. Con-
nors came here yesterday 90 visit num-
her of these comrades, and seemed partic-
ularly free In showing a large roll of bills
while he also wore valuable watch and
chain. Nothing Of any value was found
In his clothing today with the exception
Of a ten cent piece, In his wallet and his
friends are almost certain that ne was the
victim Of foul play.
Connors was last seeen in company of
two men strangers here about 9.3) o'clock
last night, and efforts are bolng made to
locate his companions.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21

with the parade of their garrisons and the
firing OF the regulation salutss. 1t Is
quite probable that in the afternoon Gen.
Miles. accompanied by the engineer
officers stationed here will go down to
GreatsD island and Cushing's is
land on the yacht Cora. which Is used BY
the engineers of this district.
On his arrival here yesterday noon Gen.
Miles and Mrs. Miles proceeded to the
Prebls house where the general registered.
On entering the hotel Office Gen. Miles
WAS recognized by ma ny of the guests of
the house and his unexpected arrival
created not little excitement. He was
dressed In a light summer suit, wore a
black straw hat and there was nothing
about his appearance to indicate that he
was the senior officer of the Anne rican
army. In the afternoon Gen. Miles &C.
companied by Mrs. Miles took a short
cruise about the bay in the yacht Cora
with Major Roessler and few friends
Later in the afternoon General Miles
drove about the city and dined with
Major Roessler at his home. He returned
to the hotel late in the evening.
General Miles's last visit to Portland
was when the Fifth Army corps held its
reunion in Portland. Although 1t has not
been SO stated by General Miles 1t is quite
likely that after he has completed his
inspection of Portland's defenses he will
go ON to Bar Harbor for brief stay.
Colonel Michler, aide to General Miles,
arrived In Portland on late train last
night and also registered at the Preble
house.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
MAY BE WITHDRAWN

The Powers May Make TroubIe-Much
Guessing on the Verdict.
London. August 19.--The Paris oorre-
pondent of the Sunday Special says:
"The government understand, has de-
cided to arrest General Mercier. 1t is ru-
mored that orders will be given to with
draw the case against Drsyfus. 1t having
been proved that the documents relied
upon to establish his guilt are forgeries I"
MIR. Thomas Terrill, @. O., one of the
leading jurists In England. who has at
tended some of the sittings of the Drey-
fus court martial. says: "Ihere Is an
air of uureality aboutithe whole procesd-
ings. Dreyfus alone seems In earnest.
No fierce conficts7of intellect occur be-
tween counsel as would be the case in
England. In my opinion the presidents
of the court has already decided the
question In favor of aoquittal. This ap-
pears to be the case from his evident anx-
iety to preserve an air OF complete Inn.
Partially, though on occasions he is un
able to conceal his hostility to the de-
Tense his intention plainly is to acquit
"The court martial Is as fair as a
special jury sitting without legal assist
ance can be. The opinions it will form
must be feeble and It's Judgment cannot
have the least weight to the legal mind
Much prejudice Is confounded with pa
triot is on both sides. But instructions
from the superior officials of the state
win outweigh considerations OF legal evil
denoe.''
The Observer publishes the following
despatch from Vienna: "It is probable
that a formal contradiction of the state
ments of the French generals at Rennes
regarding the Schneider letter will be
commun ioated to the French government
with request that the generals In CUES.
ton publicly withdraw them. Such
elton by Austria Hungary would break
the ice for heGerman and Italian gov
arnmauts -
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
In THE STORM.
Steamers Reach Port After PerIIous
Experiences.


New York, August 10 Tho Ward line
steamer Havana. which left Havana Au-
gust 10, and the Yucatan which sailed
August IA. arrived here this afternoon.
They experienced terrific we ather at sea.
Both vessels, however, reached this port
without any apparent damage. The Yu-
catan ran into the hurricane on the 18th
and bore away to the southwark for IA
hours in order to get clear of the storm.
The Havana experienced bad weathe
throughout the vayage. Her decks wer 9
constantly flooded by heavy seas which
broke over her bows, flooding her cabin.
On the 10th in lati tude 5000, longi-
tude 77.3O. the Havana spoke the sohoon-
er Levi 3 Andrews of Thomaston, Me-,
from Apalaohicola for Baltimore, lu m.
Der ladsn. partly disabled. but requiring
no assistance. The schooner reported that
Captain Wheeler was washed overheard
and lost during the hurricane on the
night of the l4th. On same date a bark
was sighted with loss of fore and main
top gallant masts, heading S. W., and on
the afternoon of the 18th. in latitude
1885, longitude IS, white schooner
was sighted totally disabled. A tramp
steamer with white letter H on her fun
mel was standing by and would render
all possible assistance.
The Spanish line steamer San August
inc which left Havana August IL, passed
In Sandy Hook this evening. The San
Augustine is four days overdue.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
LATE MARINE NEWS.

New London, August 20.-Arriyed,
schooners John J. Perry. Boskland for
New York. Sailed, schooner Cakes
Ames, New York for Bath.
Vineyard Haven, Mass, August 80 =
Arrived, schooner John B, Coyie, Phila-
delphia for Portland.
Boston, August 2o.--Sailsd, tug Cum
berland, towing barges D. @. Co, Z,
and 10. last two from Portland for Bslti-
m ore.
City Island, August a0.--Hound south
steamer Horatio Hall, Portlandi sshoon.
ers Nat Meader. Gardiner Ada J. Camp
bell. Stonington, Me-; Henry May. Bath.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
WITH GENERAL MERRITT,
The President VIII Discuss the situa-
tion ina the Philippines.

Plattsburg, N. Y, August l9.-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Mckinley and party en-
jcyed two-hours' sail on the yacht Mar
iquita this afternoon. The remainder of
the day was spent very quietly on account
Wesley Merritt arrived here tonight.
General Merritt Is to have a conference
with President Mckinley. Mo nday, on
the situation In the Philippines.
Gov. and Mrs. Roosevelt and party will
arrive here tomorrow On Monday Gov.
Roose welt Will have conference with
President Mckinley at which time they
will discuss the appointments to be made
from New York state to commissions in
the ten new volunteer regiments.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
MAINE NOT in IT.
A rams End,ns of she Big L. A. w.
Meet.

Boston, August 10. The Goth annual
meet Of the l.. A. W. came to an end
officially at noon today with the closing
Of the headquarters and actually this
evening with the closing rams ct Charles
River park. During the week 1900 reg
istered at headquarters. which Is the SEQ.
ond largest attendance at any league
meet While the cyclists experienced for
the first time this week typical dog day
conditions, the day was nevertheless
thoroughly enjoyed, rs those who left the
city tonight, and the numDer was well
into the thousands, were all enthusiastic
over the success Of the six-days' gather
Ing. There were but two runs held to-
day, one to Plymouth and the other to
Wellesley and both were well attended de-
spite the counter attraction at Charles
River park.
The concluding races Of the meet at
Charles River park were only fair in
quality and they dragged SO badly tina;
the last events were run in darkness. In
the open events the finishes were general
iy good but In the handicap races, the
scratch men, as rule, fell by the way
side. The mile national championship.
p Professional, and tn mile championship,
amateur, were the big numbers, but the
| former was slow, and the latter narrow
ly escaped being farce In the finals.
Tom Butler won In the mile professional,
with Major Taylor second, both riders
showing wonderful sprinting ability,
| just at the time when the race looked lost
to them. Jimmie Moran of Chelsea took
the amateur honors beating out Peabod y
of Chicago by few inches. The sum
mary:
One mile national championship pro
tessional-Won by = Tom Butler; Major
Taylor, second; H. Carman, third.
Time. 2.07 10.
Two mile handicap professiona1-Won
by 4. y. MCCARTHY, Toronto (lS0 yards) !;
j. W. Paquette, New Orleans I40 yards),
second; Hugh Mclean, Chelsea (200
yards), third. Time, 41.0
One third mile exhibition. paced. with
out handlebars-E. Ii. Taylor. Time,
/ 40 2-.5
Two mile handicap amatsur-Won by
W. A. Ladue, New York eco yards) Les
ter Wilson, Pittsburg (scratch); U. S.
MIME, Chicopee, Mass. eco yards), third.
Time, 4.45 45.5.
One mile national championship anna
teur-Won by Moran Of Chelsea; Peabody
of Chicago, second; Weber Of Milwaukee,
third. Time. 3 34 As.
Five mile inter-oity team pursuit race
between Philadelphia and Boston--Won
by Boston, Eddie MoDuffee and Nat and
Frank Butler, in Is miles. Time, o.27.
Match race. 20 miles, motor paced, be-
tween Frank Starbuck of Philadelphia
and Harry Gibson OF Cincinnati. Won
by Starbuck by nearly three miles.
Time, 1851 s.5.
Three-mile inter divisional champion
ship, amateur. team race. between Mnssa-
chusstts, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Maine
and New York--Won by Massachusetts,;
Pennsylvania, second; Colorado, third.
Time, 9.27 3-5.
Australian pursuit race, unlimited
Won by John Il. CoIgan, Trenton. N. j.:
Nat Butler. Cambridge, second; G. A.
Church, Philadelphia. third. Time,
TIL 1-3
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Pain Conquered, Health Re-
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woman. lam now on my fourth bottle
and all my pains have left me. I feel
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and would recommend your Compound
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The serious ills of women develop
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warn.ng-t they give should not be disre.
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Mrs. Pinlham understands these
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Write ct the first indication OF trouble,
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
BOSTON BLANKED BROOKLYN
Great Day for the Beaneaters ON the
Home Grounds.

A Great Day for the Beaneaters ON the
Home Grounds.
Boston, August 19.--Boston blanked
Brooklyn In sharp fielding game to-
day. Willls's pitching was super b, while
DIR. Kennedy was mark for Boston,
after the third inning Hickman's bat
ing and the fielding of Collins, Lowe
and Tenney were features Yeager re-
placed Kennedy in the seVenth. Attend
ance, 5000 The score:
Boston, 0 0 s. "a o IA
Brooklyn, o 0 0 0 0 90
Base hits Boston. 10; Brooklyn, 6. En-
rors- Boston, q, Brooklyn, 2. Batteries
Willis and Clark; Kennedy, Yeager and
Mcclure.
At MISUNDERSTANDING, III Cleye.
land, l. Second game) Cleveland, 8;
Pittsburg, 8.
At New Notwithstanding, 4; New
York, 9.
At Observation-Disclosures III; Washing
ton, /.
SUNDAY GAMES.
At Chicago-Chicago, 8: Cleveland, s,
Second game, Chicago, 0; Louisville, s.
At Cincinnati-St Louis, 10; Cincin-
natl, l.
WESTBROOKS, %; ALERTS, 10
A lively game of ball was played Sat
urday afternoon on the Scotch Hill
grounds, between the westbrooks and
Alerts. The Westbrooks won, 90 to 10
BASEBALL NOTES.
Nike Finn thinks Newport deserves
the credit for keeping the New England
league together. Taunton, too, Mr.. Finn
claims, deserves great credit for sticking
IL QUIT Boston Globe.
Well why do Taunton and Newport de-
serve any more credit than Portland and
Manchester
The team left on the boat last night
and will play In Newport today.
Tim Sheehan, the veteran, who until
recently played right field on the Hart
ford baseball nine, has enlisted In the
United States army and will be sent to
the Philippines. Tins last esoapade in
Maine was when he stole some jewerly
in Lewiston and was Obliged to leave the
state.
Abel Lezotte, the old Lewiston player,
has been released by Syracuse.
The Portland scribes believe that
Hickey is not In Spratt's class. Spratt Is
certainly putting up brilliant ball for the
Portlands. Il Brockton Times.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
He Is Accompanied By
Mrs. Miles.
win Visit the Forts Hero This
Morning.

Major General Nelson A. Miles, senior
major general of she United States army.
accompanied by Mrs. Miles arrived in
Portland at noon SUNDAY. He came hers
from Boston where he has bsen making
an inspection of the Qualifications of that
port and his visit to Portland Is for the
purpose OF inspecting Fort Preble, Fort
Williams and the batteries under con-
struction at Great Diamond and Cush-
ing's islands. Forts Prebls and Williams
will DO visited this morning by Gen.
Miles. de will be received at these posts
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
THE TRANsvAAL's REPLY.

Cape Town, August 20.-The Trans
vaal government 1t is reported. has
handed its reply TO the British agent at
Pretoria TO be forwarded to Sir Alfred
Miner, British high commissioner for
south Africa and governor of Cape
Colony.-.
Conflicting accounts are given as to its
contents. and 1t is possible that the re-
port Is premature and that the reply will
be delayed owing to trouble with Portu-
gal about the transport of ammunition
consigned to the Transvaal now in Della.
goa bay.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
FIFTY HOURS OVERDUE.
Two More Steamers Struggle Into
Port.

Charleston, $. O., August l9.-The
Clyde line steamer Iroquios arrived here
tonight from New York. 81 hours over
due. Thursday morning she met the West
Indian hurricane and slowed down but
rode out Of the hurricane W ithout serious
mishap.
Savannah, Ca, August 19.-The steam
ship Kansas City which sailed from New
York yesterday reached Savannah at
midnight, 30 hours overdue. Great anxi-
ETY. had been felt over her delay. She ey-
identity got into the storm somewhere OF
Hatteras.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
PANIZzARDI'S NOTE.
1t Is Said He Has 1t and 1t Was Writ
ten by Esterhazy.

Vienna, August l9.-The Allgemeine
zeitung says: "Col. Panizzardi, former
military attache of the italian embassy
in Paris. has in his possession the identi-
GAL note on Madagascar which is spsci-
fed In the bordereau in the Dreyfus
affair. 1t is In Esterhazy's handwriting
and the paper 10 similar to that Of the
bordereau.
"It was sent to Col. Schwartzkoppen,
attache of the German embassy who had
it copied. The copy was sent to Berlin
and the original to Col. Panizzardi that
no might have copy. This he made but
fcrgos to return the original to his
brother attache.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
TO CLEANSE THE SYSTEM

Efectuaily yet gently. when costivs or
silious, to permanently overcome habitu-
al.constipation, to awaken the kidneys
and liver to healthy activity, without
irritating or weakening them, to dispeI
headaches, colds, or fsvers. use Syrup OF
Figs, made By the California Fig syrup
Go.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
vIGILANCIA'S EXPERIENCE
After Lying in the Storm She Reseues n
Wrecked Vessel.

hAAcN 10y AAS tAAc SUIT SAAC AhcstAts u
Wrecked Vessel.
Havana. August 19.-The captain Of the
Ward line steamer Vigilancia says that
when the cyclone struck the steamer on
August ~, he could not, tell how she
was placed, whether in the centre of the
hurricane or on the edgs. He decided
that to lie TO was the safest plan. al
though the Vigilanoia was never In seri-
GUS danger. When the Mexico passed,
the Vigilancia had been lying to for IS
hours. The captain then decided to go
north In order TO get out of the storm.
The next day he met the Winifrsd, Cap
tain Langharne. from New York, August
s, for New Orleans. then in helpless
condition. As already cabled the vigi.
lancia took her in tow and brought her
to Nassau.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21

The second game Manchester won for
the reason that they hit harder than we
did and didn't make as many errors.
The team Portland presented was badly
patched. Spratt wasn't asked to 90 in
again and Miller played second and
Drinkwater went to right field. Neither
men proved stars in their positions and
weakened the team by just about enough
to cause 1t TO lose. There were two in
teresting features to the game. One was
a catch by John Smith, after long
hard run, which was one of the most
brilliant performances Of the day and the
other was SuilJ's home run. The homer
came In the seventh. The inning opened
with the score 9 to 2 against us and the
case an apparently hopeless one. Miller
and DrinkwateF both were thown out by
Hickey, and Jim Smith hit one down
first base line and got away with 1t.
Smith and Conroy followed with singles
and the bases were filed. 1t was grand.
apparently. for Mr.. Sullivan but it was
hoping against hope that he would take
advantage of 1t. Two strikes were called
on him before he found the ball, hut
when he did meet 1t 1t set sail over the
track though the opening In right center
and down 20 the house. The Manchester
nelders couldn't find 1t and the bases
were cleared. 1t was the most exciting
incident of the afternoon and the crowd
cheered wildly. The four runs tied the
score but the rally was without avail for
the visitors took the lead again In the
eighth and we couldn't do any more.
The score:
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21

ii ali the Ills that man Is heir to come
rom indigestion. Burdock Blood Bitters
sufengopens and tones the stomach !;
makes Indigestion impossible.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
LEXINGTON 10. PORTLAND !.

Lexington. Aug. i9--The Portland
golf club of Portland, Me-, was the
opponent of the Lexington team in a
team match here this afternoon. A re-
turn match will be played at Portland on
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
NELSON REAPPEARS.
An Exhibition HaIf--Mne BY the Old
TrOtter At So. WATERFORD Friday.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l

South WATERFORD, August 19-The
second meet at the new Dirigo park 90.
ourred yesterday and was witnessed by
many sports from all sections of York
county.
The spectators beside being treated to
bicycle race and two finely contested
races, witnessed fine half mile exhibit
tion by Nelson. Although he made no
great time he appeared in excellent shape
and the spectators were greatly pleased
as many had never before seen the ex-
king OF the turf.
The result of the bicycle race was as
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21

Earned runs-Portland, b; Manchester.
Two base hits--Jim Smith. John Smith.
Hickey, Cotter. Three base hits-Kellsy BY.
home run=Sullivan. Stolen basss-Cot-
er, Noyes, BaDnon. First base on called
balls-On Bannon, q; off Flanaghan, 2.
Struck out-By Bannon, 4; BY Flana-
CHAN. Wild pitches-By Flana CHAN.
Passed balls-By Purrinton. Dou tie
plays-Hiukey, Bone and Carney. Time
@One hour 80 minutes. Umpire
Raglan.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
TAUNTON A WINNER.

Taunton, Mass, August 19.-The home
team had run OF luck in today's game
with Newport and won by good hitting
in the eighth. The features Of the game
were Kellogg's batting and the fielding
Of Grant. The score:
Taunton, 1 OF O0i 8 KS
Newport, o q 1 D 0 o.
Base hits-Taunton, s; Newport, 30.
ErIors-IauntoD, 9; Newport, 8. Bat
teries-Kerin and Curtice; Gallagher and
Milleriok.
NEW ENGLAND STANDING.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
Portland,
Manchester.


= Earned runa-Portland, 2; Manchester.
Two base hits-John smith, Pulsifer.
Purrinton, Kelley. Three base hits
Noyes. Stolen bases--Fitzmaurfce Sac
rifics hits-Spratt First base on called
balls--On Morrissey 2 Hit by pitched
bail-By Drinkwater. Struck out--By
prinkwater. Double rlays-- Pulsifer 70
Bone, Hickey and Carney, Noyes, Bone
and Carney. Time-Two hours. UNI
pire-Eagan. Attendance-1S0J
(Seoond Camel
PORTLAND.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
DE BoISDEFFRE SPOKE

In blunt manner and in somewhat
gruff tones but with a certain air of sin
certify which had its effect on the judges.
The general was treated with obvious
Difference by the members of the court
martial. but he did not appear to relish
the novelty of being questioned by ju-
nior officer, one of the judges, who
wished for few harmless explanations.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-21
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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-03
Newspaper Wood Pu,p.

In the manufacture of newspaper
wood pulp, according to present meth
DDS, cord of spruce wood is estimated
to equal Sic feet of board measure. and
this quantity of raw material will
make half a ton of sulphite pulp or
one ton of ground wood pulp. News
paper stock is made up with 20 per
cent of the sulphite pulp and so per
cent of the ground wood pulp. Now.
as figured by experts, the best OF
spruce land, virgin growth, possesses a
stand of about 1900 feet to the acre:
on twenty-five acres, therefore, of this
best spruce land there will stand 154,-
600 feet of timber, which an average
company of loggers will cut in about
eight days. But this entire quantity
of wood. turned in at any one of the
large mills, will in a single day be
converted into about $50 tons Of such
pulp as goes to make up newspaper
stock. and this amount OF pulp viii
make an equal weight Of paper.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-11-03
Pink Satin.

A pretty anecdote OF revolutionary
a recent little volume upon the local
deeds and traditions of a Connecticut
county. The incident occurred soon
after the first successes of the rebel
privateers A beautiful young girl, be-
trothed and shortly to be married, ad-
mitted one day to the house a wan
dering peddler, who undid his pack
and displayed his wares She expected,
doubtless, to purchase some pretty trifle
to add to her wedding outfit; but times
were hard, there was little money to
spare, and, moreover, it was many
months since all imported iincry had
been so frowned upon that no patriotic
young woman could venture to buy 1t,
nor any dealer to sell it. What, then
was the young woman's amazement
and delight when the peddler unrolled
a voluminous piece of the most beau
tiful pink satin-satin, too, quite inno-
cent and inoffensive to the most ar
IDENTIFY patriotic eye, since he explained
tldL IL Wdo q liOpuy VI IiiN DOOeJ
of one of our own privateers! She gazed
upon it in fascination. What a we'd
ding dress it would make! But the
cost--she could not, she dared not, ask
so much money of her father. Nor did
she. But, unrolling the exquisite fab
ric yet further, she draped the rosy
folds flowingly about her supple young
figure, and, crossing the room to where
all the time her father, stern and 81
lent man, had sat writing at his ac-
counts, observing nothing, she sank
upon her knees at his feet. A hand
was laid on his knee; he looked down,
wondering, and she looked up, pleading
and then he understood. Not word
was spoken on either side, but the old
mans hand went quietly into his desk,
drew out purse, opened it, and laid
in his daughters hand forty silver
dollars. At the wedding that soon en-
sued the brides gown and the bride
groom's waistcoat were both of pink
satin, and there was one more pretty
story to hand down of a real Daughter
of the Revolution.