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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-30
OBITUARY..
ROBERT b. BILLINGS.

Robert Il. Billings disd IN this city
yesterday. Prayers will be held Friday
forenoon mt 1890 O'Clock ut his late resi-
dence 124 Federal street. Funeral services
and intsrmsnt viii take plAoe Saturday
afternoon as Limeriok, Me.
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INSURGENTS SURRENDER.

Bayombong Garrison of 300 to 500
Captured by General LaSton.
Manila, November 80 -s.45 a.. NIT Is
supposed that the insurgent garrison at
tayombong. province of Nueva Viscsya,
mum ering from 800 to 500 men, has sur
rendered to General Lawton who started
for that point with the 34th infantry.
Csptain Nichols who comm snds de-
tachment of tbs I'd infantry at Zamboan-
"a, island Of Aindanao. has inaugurstsd
a provisional government there. The In
surgsnts have surrendered to him four
cannon and two hundred rifles.
Officers from the steamer Manauense
which arrived here Tuesday from San
francisco nftsr a terrible voyage, bring
ing three companies of the 3lst infantry,
say she WAS chartered for the Philippine
service and not as an ocean transport and
thst sending q battalion across the ocean
on board of her, was an experiment. The
captain declines to discuss the steamers
experience. He says he Is only the navi-
eating officer and has no Jurisdiction over
the engineering department..
Tbs battleship Oregon, landed men at
Vigan, hoping to find Lieut.. Gilmore
party, as IL is known that he and his men
were there recently. The landing party
found that the Americans had been re-
moved TO the mountains two days before.
The navy has requested the army to 60 In
pursuit.
COL. BELL SCATTERED THE
REBEL BRIGADES.
Manila, Noysmbsr 80 30 p. m.--(By
courier from the mountains TO Daynm-
ban. provinces of pangasinan. )-Ths
fight in which Col. Bell defeated and
scattered the rebsls brigades of Generals
Aleiandrino and San Miguel. took place
on the sammit of the mountains, west of
Mangalaren, forming the divide between
tho Dsgupan valley and the ocean. Col.
j. Franklin Bells regiment, the thirty
sixth infantry and Fowler's company OF
the twenty third, left MaDgalArsn Mon
day morning and marched twenty -four
hours with four hours rest over bare and
waterless region, along narrow trails and
through canous-
At day break November %, the troops
emerged from timtered canon upon the
divide, running into the rebels advance
guard, who reiterated to the main body
before shooting. Col. Bell, who was In
advance with the scouts and one COM
psny, had the rebels In fun route before
the main body of his troops arrived, flee
ing down the mountain to the swarups
between MangaIaren AMI Agujnas, leas-
ing ten dead and many wounded and
abandoning two Nordenfeldt. one two
inch Krupp. one Maxim and one Hotch-
kiss. They were chased through the
swamps and thoroughly dispersed.
Col, Bell captured all their artillery,
supplies and clothing. Many Mausers and
Rsmingsons, some American Winohesters
and a Thousand rounds of ammunition.
The rifles, etc. were abandoned in the
rebels rstrsat and were scattered along
their trail for $50 miles, the enemy IS.
Gaping empty handed, with the exception
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A BATTLE REPORTED.

Caracas, November ~, via Hayden
cal ls- REPORTS have reached here CT
ssvere fgatiny b, tvs EN- the government
troops fnl the Insurgents near Las
TejoriAs photographic communication Ia
intsrrnp I'D.
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of few rifles. The women and children
In shauks Of the camp had no time to o.
cape. Col. Rusoar. chief Of the arsenal,
and q fsw othsr prisoners wsrs taken.
The rebels had artillery trained TO com-
rand the regular tran from Mngslarsn.
Bnt Col. Bell approached from the oppo-
site direction. The rebsls are estimated
TO have numbered two thousand men.
with some English. japanese and four
spanish officers.
REBELS DEMORALIZED.
Washington. November sa-Gensrai
Otis advises the war department that the
troops are pushing rapidly shean and In
dioats that the Generalization Of the In
surgents IL comple'e.
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TO CURE LA GRIPPE IN TWO DAYS

Take Laxative Br0mo Quinne Tablets. All
druggists refund the money il it falls to cnrf.
+. W. Groves signature IS on each box. Zoe.
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AT KIMBERLEY.
British Made . sortie On saturday
Morning.

n-la al. H. Ars knfr AaU
-
ffetorin. Monday, NOVEMBER Hd-een.
Dutort reports that the British made
sortie from Kimberley enriy SATURDAY
morning ana tired on the Beers with ar
tillory ana infantry 10 the darkness.
Inc Dri''sn sor''sa "nere 'ns l,''e'-
"a. - - aco - IT, nr,.-.
-, -. -. ~ h..,.n.a 40 this
.-,.... :, - .,,-..,.h,r ,rr.,,,.,,
ter . h,,,a-.s -,
~. p.~,.,. - ,,u.a ~ w..
-onna.a "a .lr.. n,..,,g Tbs
ns,,,sn ,.,t ON tho as,d . rr,vats ana .
ssrv,nnt II A rerortrd that In, British
.tte,nptra tn isxvs Kim berlsy ON the east
aid. IN .a.ist the .roops from Belmont.
Commansnrt Lubbs was sIiubtly
wounded.
. The British have repuirsd the damare
a, -. r.,,,o.a
s.o
p.,,,.,, - ,rsr-h.,,n.d nv ,,u,hsrs
and after 9 great stand until the after
noon were compelled to take up another
position on the other side OF the railway.
Deihrsy says u 10 impossipis 70 give
the numbers OF killed anu wounoeo
Beers. nut the loss 10 not Rre.t. The Beers
had four guns to the British "a. The
General savs the Free Statsrs are full of
a..
..ss.------------
CANADIANS have AhhIV ED.
Cana ToUn. Noysmber ag.-Ths Allen
"a. rar.,n,an CAN'T Iohn.,on.
iin' ''~. , -" 40 -, o~ss
from montreal oo'opsr 20 anu 3neu'o'
October sc, having ON board the Canaaian
continpent for South Africa. l00o strong,
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POLO.

At characterization, 8; Amesbury. /.
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BATTLE LASTED TEN HOUR

Gen. Mcthuen's Army Routs the Boers
With Great Loss.
London, November IN The war office
has received the following despatch from
Gen. Builer: set
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-15
DENUDlNG THE MOUNTAINS.

y elaborate paper by Marsden Manson on the
I I extent to which mountains being
stripped of forests, published in the Sierra
Club Bulletin for June, constitutes valuable addi-
ton to the literature OF that important subject The
problem involved in the protection of forests one
we must soon grapple in earnest for in California
more perhaps, than in any other State in the Unon
does the preservation of the forests preserva-
ton of the State itself habitable territory
The subject is with which the people are now
fairly familiar 1t has been discussed time and again
in The Call as well as in other publications. and the
facts are known to all who take sufficient interest in
the future welfare of the State to pay attention such
matters The salient point of Mr. Marsden's paper is
the showing made of the injury done to agricultural
lands by the denudaton of the neighboring noun
tain ranges of their forests and the argument upon it
is both clear and forcble
The Old World furnishes warnings to the New OF
the desolaon which results from the denudation OF
the mountains. In Asia Minor and in Southern
Europe vast regions which once fertile and sup
ported prosperous populations, with the primi-
tive system of agriculture practced in ancient times
and in the middle ages, now so barren that even
scientific agriculture cannot render them available for
human habitation Vast of money and great
labor have been expended in reforesting of the
mountain slopes in Europe but the work is slow and
it will take centuries of time replace the soil washed
away after the forests had been destroyed.
The work of devastation is being carried on in our
mountains with rapidity and on a scale far in ex-
cess of anything known in Europe. Our mechanical
ingenuity has provided us with means of stripping
forests from the mountains with something like
magic, and in addition to what is done in that way
sweeping destruction is carried on every year by
forest fires 1t is therefore, with tremendous speed
we are bringing the rich territory of California into
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-15
NEWS OF THE REALTY WORLD.

the late Elizabeth P McRurer the properly o1 on
the southeast corner of Powell ana @ iot is q
xSO feet The sale although just recoroeo
was closed several weeks ago o,5 20
The estate of Joseph M. Wood mas solo ~, 70
alonzo Mason the property the north line
of Vallejo street, 110:6 feet east OF steiner iol
27x137:6 feet, for $27Oo
Easton Eldridgs Co haXe os sos ssss sne to Ss
Mission street 65 feet north OF IWenty- y-siAei1 IN II
at sbogs set S66 s51l' 5e9fh sest e sde Golden
Gate avenue, 1926 feet east OF WepsteFs sa 81 nd
lot 2 x1S76 feet with two atf eotfaee e of three
rooms: s17O0-subject to approval East @ sloe q, o.
Folsom street. 25 feet north OF fs eoId for
$500 apiece Southeast corner (No. Ss4S1 Paat Sa
lett and Twenty-frst streets; lou s1o0 SSN'O West
side No 29) of Diamond street lss:Z 1eeI sSut,l
of Seventh street; lot 2:lOxl25 feet, WIN = q
story house of rooms Sz4'V' suDJeo' - P
There is fair activity in building circles nf a,
a~eregate value of ST. 22S having been MED
for record during the past week. 60, 100
The largest individual amount was sol'A13
renresenting nine contracts let by eugene
Murphy with Shepard Bros CallIorn1iia Mdi E1iiI
Company, Daniel Powers si ramnanV San Fran
cisco Cornice Works, W. l. Holman any aLd Stta taaI
tin Fennell Jr., for 5-story nrleS SaTifoTnia
building on the northwest corner OF . Sal!lo[Ir1s @
and Kearny streets. The next largest "as
that of the Bohemian Club: with George 1se,ns H.
Lang, for fire escapes. lathing, plasteLEingY' piL NJ
naming and other work in connection WIN WIN a. al
terations and improvements to the building oc+
cupied by that club on .se tta east nf Street ol at
q 60 ~ ss52l T, M Ryland contracted with
A. soue for the erection Of SsfoFg f P9k krsnd anne
Duiuiiis ~ streets 10 cost s6420 Annie Knox
eonaIaetsd MG4sssd With James A. Mccullough to erect
a 3-story. basement and attic building on, on Inc ne
south side of Guerrero street, 17s feet nortn OF
Twentieth street to cost $3.50. Sidney l. ana
Annie 6. Strickland contracted With a; w; Pat at.
southeast corner Of Waller street and De Long
avenue for $59o4.
a. P. sonntag OF the firm of Bovee,
Toy & Sonntag is spending a feW weeks
at Bartlett Springs, accompanied py MS
wife and daughter. 1I,1
E. L. Hoag, with Baldwin & Howell;
leaves for a trip to Shasta Springs thls
George Hinkel is having plans prepared
for four modern residences to be erected
on the east line of Hyde street, hfty-hve
feet south of Washington.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-15
CURWEN." UN
OLD F4VORITE.
ut THE GRIND

We get on firm and familiar footing
when the overture of Carmen strikes
up; and where is there a more welcome
familiar? We have so often heard the
opera beautifully done, and many time
done to a cruel death. We like 1t best
when not sung in English. The nudity or
an understood language subtracts too
much from the imagination. Sung so, it
seems wilted Of its crispness and to have
had an overgrown reputation. Neverthe-
less, the performance at the Grand opera
house is one of conspicuous merit, well
staged, we'll sung and we'll applauded. To
say that it is sparkling, bubbllng, Tree,
fresh Spanish, would be to beslaver with
uncritical praise The ensemble work is
excellent, but the abandon is not there.
They stand on tables in stimulation of the
devil-may-care, but they do it because
the stage manager has put them there.
Obedience is reflected in every turn or
the heel Miss Hattie Belle Ladd does not
look Carmen. Her makeup suggests the
masquerade rather than the real charac-
ter and recalls the Celtic rather than the
Spanish. Unless we except Olga Neither
sole there are no path-breakerS in the
role. The old traditional business is safer
to follow. But Miss Ladd is not wicked
enough and does not run successfully
through the phases of barbaric impetuos-
ity and delicate treacherous coquetry.
She bundles the commonplace and grace
full in her acting until we wish she would
cast tradition to the winds; be herself
and originate. We have, however, the
compensation of her voice. Her melodi-
Gus rendering of the dainty numbers we
expected and were not disappointed. She
has a rich, mellow, companionable voice.
and sings with such a comfortable sense
of surety and lack of effort.
Mr.. Persse sings the lover well. He has
tremendous, crescendo possibilities in his
voice, but he has an unfinished way of
reaching their height
Miss Mason sang as she always. does
simply, easily and effectively. The role
does not tax the dramatic powers, and
hence she makes a rather easy success
No toreador ever sang without being en-
cored., Applause follows from very tra6i-
non enr E MIN o a9ai f fne aemand'
The last act is by far the best. 1t is
presto and does not tarry, and the curtain
rings down on a fine picture of passion
and pain. After all, dramatic instinct
knows best what to do with the Carmens
of the world. We should hate to contem-
plate the old age of such.
CHARLOTTE THOMPSON,
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-15
INTERNAL REVENUE REVISION.

hEPORTS from our special correspondent at
~ Washington to the effect that 1t IS prob
able the Internal Revenue Bureau will recon-
mend to Congress the enactment OF a considerable
number of changes in the war revenue law. The
prime object of the recommendations is increase
of revenue, but in changes are needed to
clear up disputed points of the law and make its bur
dens more equitable.
Among the propositions for increasing the revenue
under discussion by the officials tax on
the sale rental of patent-protected Devices such
telephones, and tax upon telegraph and express
companies doing money exchange business The
changes suggested for the sake of greater clearness
and for equalizng the burdens of taxation many
and include modification of the provisions of the
law with respect to mutual insurance companies and
thorough revision of the list of articles taxed under
schedule B, as it is said the section defining what
tcles taxed in that list has been OF much
trouble and embarrassment to the officials
Whether the Internal Revenue Bureau make the
reported recommendations not, it is fairly certain
Congress will undertake revision OF the law The
act was drawn up and passed to meet the emergency
Of the sudden outbreak of war; and has all the defects
of hasty legislation The people bore it willingly,
because the nation needed the revenue, and
patriotism prompted loyal support to any which
provided it. From the beginning, however it was
felt that the taxes provided by it are unequaly i'm
posed and, moreover the language is in many places
so vague as to lead to grave doubts as to its meaning
and intent
One of the serious evils resulting from it is
that under its telegraph and express companies
have found legal qubbles on which to base a claim
that their business is taxed but that the public
taxed for patronzing them. Under these pretenses
the companies have been practcing extortion ever
since the act went into effect and, while the courts
have repeatedly decided against them they have been
able to defy the courts mock at the law and
every protest of the public against the wrong.
The course of the Wells-Fargo Company in this
permit taH-shirking to be practiced The president
of the company ]. J. Valentine, man who poses as
pous church-goer as we'll as an unctuous patriot,
set about devising means of defrauding the Gov
ernment as soon as the act drawn up and he had
the impudence to ask The Call to share in the profits
of the fraud. His proposition that The Call should
send its papers in packages to the express company
covered with one cover and then his company would
receipt for the whole wagon-load package.
Evidence has been disclosed that similar fraudulent
proposals were made to other large shippers and in
some cases big shippers not required by the
company to pay the tax at all.
Such instances of extorton practced upon the pub
lie and of fraud designed at least upon the Govern
1nent prove the need of revision of the law. When
Sinking corporations and also penalty upon the
corporation officials who devise tricks and frauds for
robbing the public and cheating the Government.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-15

Dizziness in the realty market continues,
but the prospects for good fall busi-
ness are considered excellent. Quite
number of comparatively small sales are
reported and q few of larger proportions
are on the tapis and are expected to be
brought to a successful consummatton
within the coming week.
By far the greatest boon the real es-
tate market has received in some time is
the reduction of it's rate of interest by
the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society
from 612 per cent to 6 per cent, which
will make the net rate to borrowers about
4.20 per cent. Other savings banks will
be forced to reduce their loans to at least
6 per cent in order to get their share Of
the business. Brokers claim that the re-
suit of this reduction will be almost i'm
mediately seen in a revival of activity in
the real estate market.
Among the sales recorded during the
past week are the following:
William D. Newhouse has sold to the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Company the prop
erty on the south line of Page street. 1868 feet
east of Scott street, lot 25x1376 feet for S1400.
Edgar ]. Brown has sold to General j. F.
Houghton the residence the southeast corner
frontage OF AZ feet sA inches and depth of
124A feet The price paid for the property is
understood to be $50, 900.
NJ. ]. Mcbride has conveyed to the Hibernia
Savings and Loan Society the property on the
west line OF CollinsWood street, 70 feet south
of Eighteenth street lot 494x125 feet, for $4,000.
Michael Mooney has sold to John D. Spreck-
els the middle 50-vara lot on the south side OF
Broadway between Octavia and Laguna
streets. for SIS 900.
Martin NJ Murphy has conveyed to the
Hibernia Savings and Loan Society the prop
erty on the northeast corner Of Geary and
Lyon streets, lot 112:6x137:6 feet. for $500
Thomas B. Bishop has bought Of Frank 7.
Meagher the property on the west line of Mis-
sion street. 16O:91a feet south of Twenty-thrd
street, lot 100x250 feet
Rev. Denis 0. Crowley has sold to Herbert
E. Law the property the south side of Turk
street. 20s feet west of Jones street. lot Ask
1876 feet. for SIS. 000
street 225 feet northeast Of First street, lot 23
x75, has been sold by Lizzie Hancock to Frank
Pauson for $4,000.
lot on the south line of Joost avenue. S75
feet east of Arcadia street. 25x100 feet, has
been sold by William H. Miller and others to
the Householders' Building and Loan Associa-
ton for $500
NJ. A. Gunst has purchased OF the estate OF
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-15

ization, is one of last nights arrivals at
the Lick.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. c. Gorgas have come
down from Mare Island and are at the
Occidental.
Congressman Marion de Vries is a
guest at the Palace, where he arrived
last evening.
H J. Small, the Southern Pacif1c's mas
ter mechanic at Sacramento, is a guest
at the Grand.
Lieutenant C. NJ. Perkins, Of the flag
ship Philadelphia, is at the Occidental
with his wife.
w. ]. Barrett and John R. Paul, two
well-known residents of Los Angeles, are
registered at the Grand.
James H Kincaid, a capitalist of Vir-
ginia City is one of those who arrived
at the Palace yesterday.
John c. Dornin, a leading insurance
man of Tacoma, was among yesterday S
arrivals at the Occidental.
Nat n. Brown. one Of the best-known
fruit men of Los angeles County, Is
among the late arrivals at the Grand
Ed c. Denigan, the junior member OF
T. J. Denigan, Son & Co., wool merchants,
is on an extended trip in the Northwest.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-15
AROUND THE
CORRIDORS

H. s. Greeley of Windsor is registered
at the Palace.
R. G. Barton is registered at the Cali
fornia from Fresno.
Jesse Poundstone Of Grimes is at the
Grand with his wife.
B. Blacksburg, a prominent merchant of
Humboldt, is at the Russ.
DR.. S. A. Duese, a leading physician of
Benicia, Is at the Occidental.
DR.. w. F. McAllister of the Veterans
Home is a guest at the Grand.
Hugh F. Kemper, a merchant of
Needles, is a guest at the Grand.
D. C. Demerast, a mine owner Of An
gels Camp, is guest at the Lick.
A. c. Mcdonald, wealthy contractor
of Stockton, Is late arrival at the Lick
Eugene S. Ives, well-known and influ-
entail politician of Yuma, is at the
Palace
A. Brown. Of the State Board of Equal
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-15

something like the condition that prevails at
the foot of the Pyrennees.
The need Of providing some remedy for the evil IS
SO imperative that the attention of the public cannot
be too often called to it. The Sierra Club has done
well, therefore, in publishing the paper with photo
graphs showing the condition of the denuded dis
tricts and it is to be hoped it will have wide cir
cuation careful reading and attentive considera-
ton from thoughtful Californians
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-15
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

THE -CALI-Knob, Cal The Morning
Call was started in San Francisco IN De-
cember, 1856, and is now the Oldest morn
ing newspaper The Chronicle comes next
in age as a morning paper, ana tnen the
Examiner.
LINE OF MARCH-Subscriber City.
The line of march on the Fourth of July,
1898, in San Francisco was from the foot
of Market street, along Market to Mont
gomery. along Montgomery avenue, kear-
ny, Market, Van Ness avenue to WashIng-
ton street and countermarch on an
Ness.
HOME MISSIONARY WORK.. N. D..
Carson, New. A young man who wishes
to do home missionary work should place
himself in communication with the home
mission of the church to Which ne pc
longs and he will be advised what ne ne
what denomination he belongs to, It IS
impossible to specifically direct him where
to apply.
SEALING WAX LANGUAGE-X q,
City The following is the Language OF
sealing-wax": White means a proposal;
black, a message of death; violet, SYM
pathy or coincidence; chocolate, invitation
to dinner; vermilion, business; ruby sug-
gests a bleeding heart (used on envelopes
containing love-letters); green slgnlnes
hope; brown is indicative OF melancholy;
blue. constancy; yellow, jealousy. School
girls, in writing to one another, should
use pink and ladies of mature age should
use gray to seal letters of friendship.
PAPER HANGING-G. w. NJ, City.
Before hanging paper on plastered wall
the wall should be covered with glue
sizing which is made by breaking up glue
into small pieces and placing 1T in a vessel
over night with just enough water to
cover 1t. 1t is allowed to soak during the
night and it is then ready, or soft enough
to melt readily with moderate heat. Wa
ter is added to reduce it to the desired
consistency. 1t is then applied to the
wall, which must first have been brushed
down to remove dust and freed from any
grease spots. The same may be used to
prepare plastered walls for an application
of oil paint.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-15

The sword of honor just presented to
Major Marchand by his enthusiastic COM
patriots is an exquisite bit of workman
ship.
The hilt is of gold and silver gilt, orna-
mented with enamel and precious stones;
1t represents Isis. emblem of the Nile,
crowned with a golden sun, adorned with
a necklace and bracelets in enamel, and
holding in her left hand the key of the
Nile. Two crocodiles united by a scarab
composed of precious stone form the
bars consist of two lotus flowers with
their leaves.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-15

ciyea away with each cash want asver
tsement ordered in next Sundays CdH, a
MAGNIFICENT portrait of Admiral Dewey.
printed in fen coiors. size 74x27 inches.
reddy for framing.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-15
ADJUSTMENTS.

Counlba--14ord and Lady Algy.''
CaIisornia-'The Last Word"
OrDheuus-vaudeyile.
TfvoIi-'I3lue Beard"
l4lcazar-'CamiIe'
Opera House-"Carmen-'
Ctutes Zoo Theater-vaudeve every afternoon
Olympia, corner and Ellis streets-specialties
Interstate Co.. Market street. near Eighth-Bat'
tie of Manila Bay
sutro Baths-Swimring Races. etc
Coursing Park-Cou- ing to-day
Recreation Park-BasebaH To-day.
Mechanics Payilon-Cake Walkers tonight
Glenn -Park-Grand performance tomorrow