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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-02
HARBoR NOTES.
ttsms Ofinteres, Picked Up Along the
Water Front.

The side wheel steamer Kennstec
which has been plying between noston
ali nenaebsu during tbs summer, has
b en- chartered bg the New Haven stsum-
foat company to sun teeNeen New York.
New have and pfovid nee. The henn :
bec arrisel in noston saturday on r
last trip from Bath, and islt for New
York Immediately after discharging her
cargo.
The St John boats begin ming this
week Will run only two trips week, the
Wednesday trip being omitted.
A keeper has been plicrd on the Aus
trian steamship 6reo Vienna on which
little Willie Cato net his death on Friday
night by falling down hatohway A
suit for damages for $500 has been
brought against the owners OF the steam
ship.
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DISCOVERED IN TIME.
Mr.. Mckenzie. a Portland and Roches-
ter EmpIoye, Prevents Bad Fire,

Last night MIR. Mckenzie, q Portland
ard Rochester employee, found crowd Of
BOYS starting fire In the shavings and
refu'e near pile of telegraph rolos on
the Dump" not far from the lumber
piles Of Brackett's mill He put out the
fires in time TO keep the blaze from get.
ting into the lum Der piles. One boy was
arrested but was latsr released This Ia a
dangerous locality in hich TO start fires
and shonld be kept free from rubbish Of
this sort and carefully watched The no
Ice wish to call attention TO the fact
that the city ordinances provide penalty
of so for setting fires within the cit,
limits without permission.
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oUIOKeR rIME 40 YARMOUTH.

The running time to Yarmouth. ON the
Portland and Yarmouth railway, is to
be shortened by fifteen minutes Here o.
tore 1t has taken an hour and fifteen
minutes to run from Portland to Var.
mouth but now the time is to be cut
down to one hour. qhis will be- great
conyenierce TO all patrons of the road.
and e-p, claliy 60 Yrrmruth people. 1t
will also be a great Gazing of time for
those who wish TO go out to Underwood
TO dinner. They san now leave the CITY
quarter of an hour lator and c4n get
back earlier after dinner. 1t will not he
long before MIR. Pillsbury will offer sev.
eral diderent kinds of game on his table,
not served yet this season. as the law now
allows the shooting of anything except
mouse. Ven son will be welcome addi-
ton to the bill Of fare ON these cool even
ings.
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IMPORTANT HEARING THIS
MORNING.

In the Municipal court this morniug
win occur the hearing ON the libel Of the
liquors and beer which were seized by the
police at the bottling establishment of
Murdoch & freeman. This was one of
the biGsest seizures the police have ever
made and the liquor and heer obtained Is
vslued at s $50. The parties from whom
the liquor ard beer was taken contend
that it was in their store rooms by mis-.
take having been taken from freight
car intended for persons IN herIin, N. Ia.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-02
BGIEF JOTTINGS.

The Ird'2a' A'a OF the Church Of the
Nsssiaa win me Friday Afternoon with
mrs. Parker, o. 81 Congress street.
krs. t. q. weterhcuse has been attend
ina the fall OPENINGS of millinery IN New
York the raft week.
Garfield Council, O. U a ~, Will
have free supper at their meeting Nor
day evening for msmbers Of the oroer and
invited friends.
The regular morthly meeting Of the
Salvati u Army Ala Society VIII hs held
in First Parish House on Mednesday, Oct
Alb, at 10 so a. M. All are cordially in
vited.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-02
REV. DIR. FNNN's SERMON.

The Rev DIR. Fem of the High street
church returned homo from Europe on
Wednesday of last week and yesterday
preached his first sermon at his church.
His subject was the Experiences Of the
Sea-, which is the preface to series of
sermons on Europe which DIR. Fern Is to
deliver during the coming months. DIR.
Fem has travelled extensively in Europe
and in all has made eleven tours on the
Continent. On his last,frip he was absent
over q month.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-02
AN OLD FIREMAN.

AS recent mention has been made OF
men who have occupied one position for
many years, IL will not be out of place to
add that Oh the 4th inst, MIR. edward
W. Porter will have completed his forti.
eth year as engineer Of, formerly Maohi.
gonne, now Engine /, of the Portland fire
department.. In all this time MIR. Porter
has proved to be faithful and competent
person for the place and is good for many
y ears to come.
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NEWSPAPER THIEVES.
Police Caught Three Boys stealing
Papers Yesterday Morning.

Newspaper thieves nave been annoying
the Portland morning publishers not .
little during the past few months and
Saturday morning one OF the morning
papers made formal complaint TO the
police about the matter. Deputy Marshal
Chenery set three police officers to watch
the Con zress street newsdealeTs' stores
on Sunday morning and as result
caught three boys in the act Of taking
bundle of papers from IN front of jew
ett's store. 1t was about five o'clocR
when the papers we're left in front Of
JeWett's and little later three boys
came down the street together. One Of
them had bag under his arm and whep
In front OF Jewett's another boy picked
up the bundle and passed 1t to the boy
with the hag who put the bundle out of
sight. Officer Madden who was watching
this store from Schlotterbevk IS drug storr
gave chase to the boys who ran at tn,
top OF their speed down the street. The
officer picked ont one of the boys and
stuck to him until he finally caught him
after long chase. At the police station
the boy said that this taking cf newspa-
pers from in front of the newsdealers
stores had been going on TOR long time
and that the boys who had escaped and
who ware with him were his brothers.
Deputy Marshal Chsnery qpestinned tn.
boy and then sent for his brothers who
were In sunday school. Later they were
BROUGHT to the station by their father,
a respectable citizen, who was very IA ucb
excited over the occurrence and promised
anything II his soma could be released
fiom custody. The matter may be settled
In court this morning.
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HIS HEAD SPLIT OPEN.
Dennis o'Douneu Found on High
street Badly Cat.

officer Frank Merrill found Dennis
o Dcnuell, a lahorer who lives at 15e
York street, lying on the sidewalk on
High street near Spring at nine O'Clock
last night With long and deep cash In
ne back Of his head frt m which TIRE
Il cd was flowing In stream. The man
vas badly Intoxicated and didn't know
how ne had coms by his Injury though 1t
~ thought that he fell and ont his head
against the curhstone O'Donneli was
taken TO the poles station and DIR. Leigh
ton took six stitches in the wound.
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eAsroKtA

Bears the signature of cHAs. H. Ftxrczss.
In use for more thaa thirty years. aud
lie Tsad ie@ {Saes Alsears Bo.rhl.
cAsToR1A
Bears the signature Of cHAs. II. FIErcHEs
In use for more than thirty years, aud
The Kind loa Haze Aiaays soAsAt
cAsroRIA
Bears the signature of cHAs. II. FLETCHER.
In use ior more than thirty years, and
The Kind Yoa Haze Aiaga1s RanrhL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-02
MILLINERY OPENING.

Palmsr's millinery opening occurs to-
day. The display will undoubtedly be
one of the finest ever given by this house
and cannot fall to be of the greatest In
terest TO the ladies of Portland as well ne
those attending the Music Festival.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-02
A BREAK AT FALMOUTH.
Burglars Enter the House of Reuben
Merrill Near the Corner.

Saturday night burglars entered the
house OF Reuben Merrill at Falmouth
orneI, near the Grand Trunk depot and
lie bicycle a a macintosh This
is the second break which has hesn made
at this place within short time Some
other places were entered at Falmouth
ON Saturday night but they had not bsen
reported to the Portland police
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FUNERAL OF MRS. WINsIOw

The funeral of Mrs. Jane G. B. Wins
low occurred Sunday afternoon at the
residence of Ardon W. Coombs, Esq.. 1856
Vaughan street. Rev. John Carroll Per-
kins officiated and the intsrment was at
Eve. green cemetery.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-02
Our readers win notice in our advorsis-

Our readers will notice in our advorsis-
ing columns the ad. entitled "a Real
Esta Story" by Llswellyn NJ leighton.
AS air. leighton Is an experienced
builder and has been reliable business
man of Portland for over 20 years his
statements should have some weight
with anyone in need of anything in his
1fna
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-02
IMPORTANT MAIL CHANGES.

Commencing Monday, October End 10.
slant, midday mails for the east, Ban
gor, Rockland, etc., win close at 1i.45 a.
m. insssad of ia M, as heretofore. Above
change ismade necessary by change OF
schedule on Maine Central railroad.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-02
THE DEAIH RAlE.

There were sixteen deaths In Portland
during the week ebieh endal Saturday
noon. The DEATHS were cue to cancer.
gsstritis, hemiplegia inanit'on, arute in
dlgest ion, menin it's, rephrltlE (s) pare
sig, pleurisy. pneumonia, senility (2l
nraemls ard whooninv cough
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-02

Has s@~n used over Isiity Years oy manon. o
uethers for their ch,ldser while 1eethlns.
with perfect success - so-thes ne emilia.
olieas me gums. aiIays Pals. cures wlne
Cohe. regulates Ne towels, and Is .ar pesi
temedy Tor Diarrhoea whether ar.sng lsen
ieething oiucr causes. For SAFE BY frass.
Eists tn every part OF the world. ne SIRE -
asl .or AIRS. wtnslew's soothlng syrup. 30 @
q bitth
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-02
MRS. sHACKBoRD,s EUNERAL,

Tho funeral of Mrs. Rufus ShaoKfori
will occur this afternoon from 14s Park
street. Rev. DIR. Jenkins and the REV.
Dir. Dalton will officiate.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-02

Cures Group, sore throat, pulmonary
troubles-1onareh over pain Of every
s3rk DIR. Thomas Eclectric Oil.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-02

y. r Libby Co
Oren Hooper's Sons.
Oven. NUins & Co.
Il. NJ. LeWsen. 4 Co.
Eastman Bros a Bancroft
J. d. falm r.
Posters " House.
Miss A. B. Warren.
FINANCIAL.
Portland Trust Co.
ADJUSTMENTS.
Jefferson Theatre
Foot Bali
Wonderful opportunity.
portland Theatre.
New Wants. To Let por sale Lost, Fouud
ana similar Advertisement. will b. louad under
thar appropriate heads on PAGES
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- N
Kid Cloves for TIE
Festival.
Kid Gloves for the
Thea re.
Kid Gloves for the
Receipt n,
Kid Gloves for the
Wedding,
KID Gloves for
Church,
Kid Gloves for tho
Carriage.
Kid Gloves for the
Journey.
BLACK Crepons have
cREpoNS. outlived tho
prophecy
that they had seen their day.
Today they are the most pop
ular OF all the blacks.
The Deweys among Dress
fabrics. But there are crepoRs
and Crepons. Those that We
reject outnumber those that We
accept.
None gain admittancc hero
but the most mcrltabe. For
instance:
A iuch, designs. SI.es
"A Bradford, designs, les
A =" English, q designs, Is0
Al F" Bradford, u designs,
l.75
A " German Silk fig., 4
patterns. LY5
"A English, double face Prs
a =" Bradford, d Signs. 200
Il Silk, s2.25 TO $50
Three Muslin Underwear
Specials.
NIGHT Made of excellent
RoSEe. Muslin. Yoke Of
eight clusters Of
tucks, and two rows of wide
Swiss assertion. Embroidery
on neck and sleeves; pearl but
tons. This sale price soc
D AWEas. MadO Of
Fruit of
the-Loom'' Cotton; aeep cam
bric ruffle with cluster Of three
tucks above.
ih.s safe price Csc
CA Made OF fine
GO ct Cambria; full
COVER, front; close fit
ting lack;rouud
neck aud arm scye trimmed
with cambria rufia, aud narrow
Val edge Pearl buttons.
This sale price goo
DEW EY'S The purchasers
PICTURE OF ever Box
FIRES. of Craddock's
Medicated Blue
Soap will pc given fine picture
of Admiral Dewey, matted aud
ready Tor framing.
No good soap is as cheap.
No cheap soap is as good.
A remarkably pure and clean
sing soap.
A Box of 8 cakes for Csc
Aud Dewey's portrait Free.
HALE'S For the
Cow POUND Hair, cures
QulNINE da ndruif,
stops hair
falling out. relieves itching,
makes new hair grow on bald
spots, except badness from age.
Il have never tried anything
SO satisfactory to prevent hair
coming out" says Mrs. Brewster
OF Vineland, N. Y, and hun
dreds of others tell tho same
story.
ROYAL PEARL For the
O IN
plexion, Freckles, moth patches,
pimples, black heads, blotches
vanish before it. Gives the
skin fresh, fair appearance.
Haie's Royal Pearl and Com
paund Quinine are on sale at
our Toiet Goods counter.
SPOOL COTTON will
DROP. lin an
tic Spool
Cotton. white, number SO to 10,
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Speaking Of Eyes.

This IL the way we do Quar-
Optical bmSincss. we guarantee
"a perfect fit or refund Ihe
nnOnet. we do ala kkmas Of
Aye glass aud Spectacle ts~pair-
iux while you wait We can
ma yofa may kind OF ~ lease ia
~ few hours. we have the
largest siacR of Optical Goods
iss the city. We can give you
amy price glass YOU want. ami
~ e wal not charge yOW $1,000
for "a $500 pair of glasses.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

more and more versed in natural magic,
and his talents In that line were so great
that he soon won a reputation as a mas
ter OF miracles. He perfected his dex-
terity and became proficient in tricks in
volving the use of sleight of hand. He
also learned the art Of forging documents
and seals, and practiced with zeal the
profession of the idea of mine and
thine
In Rome he met beautiful girl, I4o-
renza Feliciani, daughter of a girdle
maker, and as she was dexterous in the
practice of SLY arts and promised to be a
good assistant to him and helpmate, they
were married She was, In fact, more
original and inventive than himself, and
they travelled over Europe In a coach-in-
four with a retinue of servants in gor-
geous liveries. He played the part Of a
magician, prophet and eXorcist so we'll
that his fame spread over Europe and peo-
pie Of the better class, scholars and writ
ers, met him with great Difference. The
ladies wore fans, hats and souvenirs a la
Cagliostro; his wife's picture and his own
were worn in lockets. Marble busts of
the couple were to be seen in the parks
and palaces, and under the picture of the
charlatan were inscribed the words, 1.-The
Divine Cagliostro."
One of his famous arts was the prepar-
alton OF a re ruvenating tincture, by
whose use old and wrinkled ladies might
obtain a smooth skin and the various
charms of youth. cat Strasburg," says
one of his biographers. "he reaped an
abundant harvest by protesting the art
of making old people young" Cagliostro
himself pretended to be of great age. and
declared that he had hobnopbed with AL
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

Below, with their moldering doors. are
the carriage house and the stable, where
frightened ghosts were materialized. the
stories Of which kept the superstitious
people of Paris indoors on dark nights.
The cellars of the old house are dank
and noisome, and there are several large
holes in the floor that remind one of
oubliettes. The courtyard has a morose
and solemn aspect. At one end, under a
tagged porch, there Is a stone staircase,
worn by time. 1t does not require a
vivid Imagination to fancy the hosts Of
beautiful women who walked up those
steps with trembling limbs, attracted by
the promises of the old wonder-worker.
And up these steps walked the pompous
Cardinal de Rohan to discourse with
Count Cagliostro on such subjects as
necromancy, metallurgy, cabala and
oneirocritic, which constituted the
four elementary divisions of the
great Cophta's art. Caglostro' s
career in France was a f1amboyant
one, and for time all Paris flocked to
his soirees and seances. He was as prodi-
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exander and Julius Caesar; that he was
present at the burning of Rome under
Nero, and was an eyewitness of the
crucifixion of Christ. AS the founder Of
q certain mysterious lodge Cagliostro
gained many adherents. He led his
brotherhood back to Enoch and Elias,
and promised the members that they
should be born again, morally and physi-
cally, and in that way they could live
5000 years.
Count Cagliostrs was at the perihelion
of his fame when he first appeared In
Paris, in the summer of 1881. His record
had preceded him, and all Paris was on
the oui vive. Cardinal de Rohan of
France, who was a firm believer in the
pretersons Of the charlatan, entertained
him in Paris, introducing him to that gay
world of the old regime which went out
forever in the French Revolution He cap
tured Paris as easily as he had the other
capitals on the Continent. and he literally
coined money.
Imbert Sainte-Armand. the author Of
Marie Antotnette and the End Of the Old
Regime says: THE mania for the
supernatural, the rage of the marvellous,
prevailed in the last years of the eigh-
teenth century, which had wantonly de-
rided every sacred thing Never were the
Roscrucians, the adopts, the sorcerers
and prophets go numerous and respected.
Serious and educated men, magistrates
oourtiers, declared themselves eye-wit-
nesses Of alleged miracles"
When Cagliostro came to France he
found the ground prepared for his magt-
cal operations. A society eager for dis
fractions and emotions, INDUCED to every
fern Of extravagance, necessarily well
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by forging theater tickets. and then a
will He robbed q goldsmith named Ma
rano Of sum of money. Balsamo pre-
tended that secret treasure lay buried
in q certain rocky chasm just outside the
city of Palermo, and that he, for a con-
sfderation-of course-was able to unearth
the gold by means of certain magical in
carnations. The goldbeater was SIM
pie man, and like a gudgeon swallowed
the bait, hook and ALL He paid the re-
Quired fee, and accompanied by the anna
teur sorcerer paid visit on a certain
dark night to the lonely spot where the
treasure was supposed to he.
The necromancer drew a magic circle
Of phosphorus on the ground, pronounced
some cabalistic words and bade the gold
smith to dig. Marano went to work with
pick and spade. Suddenly terrific yells
were heard, and troop of devils (Jo-
seph's boon companions In disguise)
rushed from behind the rocks and pounc-
ed upon the hapless goldsmith. They
pummeled him with their fists and prod
ded him with pitchforks, and left him in
sensible among the rocks. For this act
Balsamo was forced to flee from Palermo
to escape the vengeance of the furious
goldsmith and punishment at the hands
of the authorities He was not loath TO
leave the city, for he had the heart of a
rover.
In company with q Greek named AL
thotas he visited Greece, Egypt, Arab
Persia. Rhodes, Malta, Naples, Venice
and Rome. According to his own account
he studied alchemy at Malta in the lab
oratory of Pinto, grand master of the
knights of Malta and ST. John. During
the course of his wanderings he became
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

While there are few structures that
exceed the new building in vertical dimen-
sion, It is by all odds the tallest inhabited
building in the world. The restaurant on
top of the main building is 30S feet above
the street, while the topmost offices, large,
comfortable rooms, are "a feet in the air.
Their windows command view OF over
forty miles. The two lofty towers of the
building may be seen from nearly the
entire distance across the State of New
Jersey.
The new building has a frontage of 1873
feet on the street which it faces, of %
feet on side street and of AZ feet on a
rear alley. 1t may therefore be said to
look In three directions. 1t is nearly four
times as high as its main frontage. The
difficulty presented by that proportion is
an architectural problem of some magni-
tude in itself.
The lot on which the building stands
contains 1900 square feet. Considering
this fact and the great height of the
structure, it need not be said that vast
amount of steel and stone and other
material enters into it's construction. AS
a matter of fact, il weighs about 10000
tons. If all the material were loaded
upon heavy street trucks it would require
a procession of teams and wagons nearly
three miles long to convey it. 1t would
build all the houses of an ordinary subur-
ban town, with enough left over to con-
struct a good sized church.
1t may surprise those who are not ia
miliar with the art of modern construc-
ton to know that this towering struo-
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9 (. ss99s sss% 50 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

ture, with all it's weight, rests upon a
foundation of sand. It Is as secure, how
ever, as though its base rested upon the
most solid rock. In fact, q foundation
equal II not superior to rock WAS made
for 1t.
This was done by driving timbers a
foot in diameter and forty feet long into
the sandy soil which forms the site Of
the building by means of a twenty-ton
pile driver. These piles are in rows two
ter to center under the vertical columns
which support the structure. There are
some. L, 900 of them under the whole build
ing Several acres of Georgia timber land
were denuded to furnish the foundations
alone of this big building.
The piles were driven into the ground
as far as they would go under the blows
of the twenty-ton pile driver. They are
thus prepared to sustain a weight Of
twenty tons. AS the most that will be
put upon them Is about seven tons 1t
will be seen that they form tolerably
secure foundation. Moreover, they are
below the water line, SO that they are
indestructible by the ordinary process Of
decay.
When the piles were driven in their full
length the sand was cleared away for
foot down around their tops and concrete
was poured about them, forming a solid
rock surface, resting securely upon their
CAPS on this concrete base were lald
large blocks of granite and above them
the brick piers of the building.
The weight Of the building is not al
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

The new Park Row building In New
York is undeniably the tallest office
building In the world, and with very
few exceptions the tallest work of
human hands to be found anywhere
on the earth's surface. A passing glance
at the sky line Of Lower Manhattan
shows how decidedly it towers above it's
near neighbors and closest competitors
the St Paul building, which Is 30S feet
high and the American Surety building,
rising 312 feet above the street. The Man
haitian Life structure, which was for a
long time the highest IN the city, is,
tower and all, nearly fifty feet below the
summit of the new building How long
the Park row building will enjoy its pres
ent pre-eminence is, of course, impossible
to say. The very conditions that have
made it may cause it to be excelled within
the next few years.
To begin with, its height from the side
walk to the tops of the cupolas on the
towers is 800 feet, Thus it is over 100 feet
taller than the dome of the Capitol at
Washington, So feet above the ex-
treme height of the Pyramids. Even
these figures do not represent it's
full proportions. The fiagpoles on top
of the building are 81 feet in height. The
foundations extend "a feet below the sur
face. Therefore, from the base of its
foundations to the top of it's flagpoles the
new building spans sol feet. How great
this distance is one may realize by re-
hectfng that ii is equal TO the length of
two city blocks or by measuring on the
distance horizontally for himself.