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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-29
oTNIAR MERGENTaALEe is DEAD.
He invented the Machine That Revolution
led Type-settIpE.

10Y I tItS"aDn.)
I,TIM ORE OCT % ct,

BALTIMORE, Oct 2S.-Otmar Mer-
Genlhaler the inventor of the lirc-
typcsettES machine died this morn
ing OF consumption.
ne was born in Germany on May 10
1854
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-29
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-29
ROERS SHELL PATROL.


LONDON. Oct. 2s.--rhe lull in the
news from I.adysmth. which was be
ginning 70 be regarded as ominous has
ut length been broken by Il Cape Tow,
despatch under this mornings date.
SAYING scouts from NloG.lrrsp:ui,
having rrpo, ted the Beers iii fore, on
the Hclpmakaar road. Gen. White or-
dcieu out 4 strong inrCe Of artillery.
mounted infantry ANA cavalry. a
small patrol Of mounted infanir" MAS
sEcllcd ~ The Beers zine miles from
LndNsmitE, and the 3oer position WAS
Nodderspruit. The British fore is
now four. miles from the Iners.'.
The other ncWs from the 'front.' does
not "nliGht"n tn" situation. Fragment
GtrA details AZ" arriving o: IL" ocr.i:,o-
ton IF Dundee by the Bn,.rs Is III
guard occupied an outpost i coupl" III
miles from the town. hen q I;oer shell
d!SlodGcl tn"l,l ana the men fed to !,
noiShbnring hill. where 800 Beers sur
rounded them and shot the majority
The Beers then entered Dundee.
houses and pstoled them IN the
streets.
DUNEDIN BULLETS.
AS a pendant t. the above comes the
story from Cape Town to the eff Ct
that several cases Of dum-dum bullets
49, i'''iiN' ~ LIZ i'httS az IJtll".j
abandoned by the British in lhci1
flight. Some Of the Beers wanted III
use the dum-dums in the next ba1tid
but President Kruger vetoed this saw
ing: NO. il must not be 50. Whatey.,d
the British are we Beers are at leas !
human.
The bullets We're then destroyed.
Further details from BuluWa$o, Rho
resia. show that the ;,rmored traili
there on October Il. sent towards Ma
licking. under the command of I-ie.l,i
l.lcWellNn, got within seven miles I'll
l-obatskI. when the British found III
lcad badly damaged. Beers We're Viz
ibl" on the hills in the vicinity. l.cl
batsi ha'! been looted. The train en-
coun;cred the Beers three miles S0l1
~ Crocodile Pass ana the British opel.
81 lire With their MaximS ana drne
the Beers back t. the hills whcnr
lneS ma. advance. Besides eight ma
Elllt.N the l'OerS lost II horses
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-29

STIIYN MAY BIZ DEPOSED
LONDON. Oct 2S-AccorGinG to Il
sEccial despatch from Cape Town re-
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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-11-25
HOW ELI MASSIE DOWNED
III BEN. SMITH,
by oNr VINO wAs rurar.

While mining WAS the immediate cause
of the settlement that later expanded
ir5tu ilrr oitn oT Crystal Fails yet tiis
Hnirirvs.s--, .iJ as,,-.. -
days takes up many of the pages of the
ciiy's early history. All of the large
companies were represented, the X.
G. company having The paramountcy
upon the river. There were many uni.
que characters in the employ OF the
companies ia those days nndas one oi he
uniqucst Of the unique, Ben Smith will
forever live in the memory of our
earliest settlers Mr.. Smith had Il
hobby, ns had almost every other oI
those logging hos, -, contractors aud
iorcmcn, aud TINT hobby was the
desire Ia tell u bigger yarn than any
other man ou llic river. Ben, ns he was
then land is to thus tlay) familnrly
known, pridrd Himself upon tho fact
That lie had ncv,r met a man that could
tell Il bigger stor, than lac could, and Ills
pride was well taken for, until about the
evening OF THANKSGIVING 1888, Ben had
never been vnnqlslicd 10y amy man that
dared face him. On the evening OF the
date above mentioned Mr. Smith, O. NJ.
Brown, Chas. Shiclls-Mr. Shields was
considered second only to Mr. Smith in
the art oi pryrlicating Dick German
and John Hubbard were sitting about
the stove in the warehouse of the VI. X.
l.. company spinning yarns. Eli Massic
dropped ~ with some milk for O. NJ
Brown anl while 20 NJ, WIS cmptying
the pail the uilcr mcmbcrs oi the
quintelto tliou-ht that they would have
some fun with Mr. M,lssic, lic being IL
of with an opener aud Hubbard follow
cd.witl one that lic thought would knock
the dcfcnslcsS NInssc scHclcss but 10 the
nmnzrmcnt of the company eli" con
tinucd io stand there by The fire warm.
ing himself md not exhibiting The least
surprise. 'fhcn Charley Shields sprung n
"whoorcr" hut MasSic remained passive.
Srhncc rcigncd iorrl time until O. NJ.
bfbNH tiit ifrbintl llH NfNl HbpNI lnc
stove and, gathering ia the situation at
u glance he said. Ben, * IL so that you
carried u barrel 81 pork over Sturgeon
Falls" That's what did, snid Ben,
with "a slight cuss word to give the
thing cn.phnsis, cit mndc me sweat and
it was pretty tough 81 NIB but |
male It." Any one TINT has ever seen
Sturgeon Falls with its 100 feet of u
PERCEPTIONS bluff. standing almost rs
strnieht ~ the walls vf room can
rcnlz, how much of a yarn Ben told
The thing had gone the round and, nc.
corling to camp customs and usagcs In
thosc days. Ma~sic must GO IL one better
or "tnkc water" Eli rubbed his hands
together laced The audience aud said
"Tha. reminds me of little trick my
father did over in Canada when was II
young lad The shins u-cd 10 como ~
80 The dock 40 Montreal loaded Will
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-11-25

salt IA largo sacks. My father
was built q great deal like am md ono
day one oI these vessels camo to the dock
and he struck job unloading her. Tho
boys thought that they would have
some iun with the old man so they told
him 10 pick up one of the GOO pound
sacks lying in the hold and carry ID on
deck, n climb OF about 100 feet, and sir.
the old man just picked up one Of those
sacks and walked up three lights OF
stairs as If no had a 30 pound sack of
ilnur ON his back
Ben looked at Shields and Shields
looked ~ Ben and they both started for
tie door As they were leaving the
warehouse Ben WAS heard to cxclaiin,
Il ,nofnht could lie but TINT fellow il
too swift for me-"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-11-25
Get Us De .5hanktm.

Il 10 THE PEofLE rHE STATE or MICHIGAN
Il GREETING.
In accordance with the proclamation Of the president
Of the United States. and in compliance with
K honored custom fIazcn S Pngree governor Of the
/. state OF Michigan hereby designate and appoint
Thursday, the goth day Of November. 500. day
OF thanksgiving and praise to the Ruler Of Nations and
I the Father Of all men for His bountiu goodness
/ as a people during the past year.
Let as On that day forget trials and and
y cali to mind The blessings have received
i Lets us be thankful Tor the harycsts gathered from
the field and orchard for prosperity has us;
ior the growth Of the spirit Of patriotism and generosity
and for the gain made for goodness in personal
/ lives AS wc show the spirit Of praise and thanksgiving
for blessings received let ourselves
higher ideals Of citizenship to broader views OF human
4 brothcrhood that may help to make beloved
state the home Of a happy and prosperous people.
In witness whereof have hcrcuno set my hand and
caused to be affixed the seal OF the Of Michigan
this 9th day OF November in the year Of Lord
thousand, eight hundred and ninety nine
IL. 5. PINGREE. Governor
\ by the Governor \
Jusrus S. SrEARNs Secretary OF State
4a< ~ A AZ s<S K k a. NJ 9 sx9 .Esa A. ~ ~ y
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-11-25

tue incn cslnin.
.'l'er Cod sale, men, he shouted.
'comc over quick our camp Is atire"
A Wild scramble for hats and blouscs
ensucd for a moment, and then the
whole party. t,u man. followed by Mrs.
Jenkins, was dashing through the
cIunp Of sooLS and around the lill to.
the location ot "cappcn" Josiah's
camp.
just niier This hurried exit 81 the
little ThankS.iying party oi which j
write, there WAS Il tap on the outer door
81 "cappcn's Bill'r" camp No response
coming from uitsn, Tom James entered.
"wcll. we'll :, sntcd to himself;
"cnppcn Bill an o'c S'".',n an every
body else gon2 lInh, wcll, ,lnmme, old
son; smells pretty fear ere; must have a
bit % lunch 'sctln on inside"
Every old resilient II thc Lake
superior region has either known or
heard OF Tom james. lie WAS at thnt
time and for years aftcrwarl tie
gistronomical wonder OF this section.
The abdominal PHENOMENA of the bully
goat and the silich palcd into insight.
iicancc when Tum james shicd his
castor into the ring, ami, from tlc
standpoint OF capacity Al bankcfs OF a
modern man-of war do ~ q 15tount to
as much ~ u ninc.sl,0E vIIun pittcd
against his capaclous stomnrls.
IT. did not take Ton kssNcs long to
locate the "bit a. IokcI> hich I've
smelled and it rcqlid 1|l1y n few
moments more to m; INIT Thanks
giving board rcscmbI0 <llo unkc Of u
Kansas cyclone.
After an hours snirslesl nfc fighting
"Cnppen" Josiah : c,lr3p Naa partially
saved and the ,astys scturncd I,
"Cappcn's Bills" cll,jy, A,s<'i time I,
see Tom james disaPfcntlng up th'
trail that he'd to the NJ s,r1
Thus ended Il TI,s11>t< giving least II
the early history ~ Gy~t.,l Fails. I
had lis sequel, how ,sv16. oil tie folowin
Saturday night ,t1tHe Goldcn Cat
saloon, when rholnas sJnuics, Esq, go
u lrubbing that nust have long lingcrc
in his memory. "tappcn Bilr' lcnkin
| being still the master of ccrcmonics.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-11-25

&c Al. q 81 ~ - * ~ - - So - ~ ~ es
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-11
HOW PORTO R1CANs SHAVE

The natives of our new territory, Por- to Rico, have no need to buy soap, for the wooded country abounds in plants whose leaves and bulbs supply most fully the place of tha indispensable ar- ticle. Among the best of these is the soap tree, so called, though it is more a bush than a tree. Its bulbs when rub bed on wet clothes makes a snow-white father, which has an odor like old brown Windsor soap.
 The Porto Ricans, who are all, from the highest to the lowest, great dandies in their way, make soap out of cocoa- nut oil and homemade lye-and fine soap it is, smooth and fragrant. This cocoanut oil soap is used for shaving When man wishes to have a shave in the morning he starts out with his cocoanut- shell cup and his donkey-tail brush and bottle. It is never any trou- ble to find an empty bottle in Porto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, or almost any of the larger West India islands, even in remote spots in the mountains. At least twenty generations of thirsty people have lived there and thrown away the bottles.
 The man carries no mirror he is too poor to own such a luxury. Not one house in twenty in Porto Rico has even the very cheapest looking glass. But generally rich nature provides the mir TOT, as well as the soap. The man goes to some convenient pool in the noun tain stream where the water is quite still--there is his mirror. He breaks his bottle on a stone, and deftly picks out a sharp piece of suitable size. Then he fathers his face profusely, and begins to scrape away with his piece of glass. which in his hands works as well as the best steel razor. A cut, or even a slight scratch, is extremely rare as a result of this al fresco form of shaving.-From The Chicago Times-Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-11
EASTERN LEAGUE CLUBS.

New York, Jan. 10.-The Eastern league of professional baseball clubs held a meeting here to-day in an en- deavor to clear up the business of the annual meeting, which was held here and adjourned to meet in Albany, and again adjourned to meet in New York All the clubs were represented, but the business was not completed and another meeting will be held tomorrow.
 There were several committee meet infs, among them that of the circuit committee, which took up the matter of he clubs that shall be represented in the league during the coming season. Among the cities asking for representa- tion in the league are Worcester, Hart ford, Utica, Albany and Newark, while there is a desire apparent in the league to get rid of the Canadian clubs, Mon- treal Toronto and Ottawa, the last named of which held the franchise of the Rochester club.
 The committee was not prepared to give anything out Its report will be submitted to the general meeting of the league tomorrow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-11
PRISON WARDEN APPOINTED.
Henry Wolfer of Saltwater, Minn., Se-
 lected.

Henry Wolfer of Saltwater, Minn., Se-
 lected
 At special meeting of the directors of the Connecticut state prison held in Hartford on Saturday afternoon the nine applications for the position of warden to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jabez L. Woodbridge were duly considered and carefully can- vassed.
 An informal ballot, each director naming his choice, was taken. The vote was unanimous for Henry Wolfer of Saltwater, Minn. A dispatch to this effect was sent to him at his home in Saltwater. and he has replied, accepting the position March 1 is the date that has been fixed for the new warden to enter on his duties at the prison.
 MT. Wolfer has been in prison work for nearly twenty-eig years. He be- gan his successful career at the Joliet, Ill, prison as wall guard when eigh- teen years of age, in the spring of 1871. He was with the warden of that prison for nearly thirteen years, filling the va- rious positions by promotion up to that of steward of the prison. He resigned his place at Joliet in 1885 to accept the assistant superintendency of the De- troit House of Correction, position which he held for nearly seven years. From Detroit MT. Wolfer was appointed warden of the Minnesota state prison at Saltwater June 7, 1892. He now re- signs the wardenship at Saltwater to come to Connecticut.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-11
TWO DAYS OF THE KAIsER,s LIFE

After doing masterful execution among the wild boars at Springe, near Hanover, the Kaiser returned to Pots dam at S:S0 p. m. on Friday. At 9 o'clock on Saturday he heard the re- ports of the chief of the Military cab inet and the chief of the general staff. At noon a government commissioner from the Cameroons was received in audience. On the same evening his ma jesty arrived by special train in Der lin at o'clock, and immediately after reaching the royal palace received the Austro- Hungarian ambassador in audi ence, no doubt in connection with deli cate questions that are. at present dis turbing the rest of the two allies. At 9 o'clock he was in the officers casino of the Fusilier Guards, where he stayed till 11:30 p. m., evidently much amused and interested by the amateur theatrf- calls given by the officers,
 At 9 o'clock the following morning his majesty returned by special train to Potdam, to be present with his impe- rial consort at the reopening of the gar rson church with military honors. Af- ter this ceremony his majesty heard in the town palace military report, and lengthy report of the plans and prepar- ations for the proposed ship canal from Stettin to Berlin. At o'clock in the evening their majesties gave great dinner party. And that the Kaiser brings a clear and vigorous mind to each item of his days work is evidenc- ed by the fact that although the one- man government is often decried as re- tarding the affairs of state, practically the only point his critics have been able to bring forward is that the confirma- tion of the choice of a new burgomaster by Berlin has been unnecessarily de- layed.-Berlin Correspondence of The London Mail.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-11
TRUSTEES AND GUARDIANS.
attempt to Provide Penalty for Failur

attempt to Provide Penalty for Failure
 to File Annual Report.
 An effort will be made to have the general assembly pass an act during the present session under which a pen atty will be provided for trustees and guardians who fail to file reports an- nually In the probate court, as the law requires shall be done.
 AS the law now stands, guardians and conservators are required to render annual accounts in the probate court, put there is no penalty in the event of their failure to do so.
 There are a great many trust estates in the probate court where the trustees have never filed any account. Then there are others where they render one only when the probate court requires them to do so. In estates of less than $500 these annual accounts may be omitted by permission from the probate court.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-11

l less borrower 1alled 10 prlnB pdck dll
 article lent, and the incensed fairies
 opened their doors no more, adopting
 the tactics of the French innkeeper, who wrote below his sign, "On le loge
 pas lei a credit, car il est mort, les
 mauvais payeurs Pont tue"
 Scott Gin "Marmion') has written of 1 the "grissly door," marrow, deep, and tall," into which those who enter shall neer I ween, find exit more'-alluding to those vaulted recesses in walls in which victims were buried alive. { Though the fact has been disputed, it
 appears tolerably certain that this was
 sometimes the doom awarded to relg-
 ious votaries, who, like Constance" in
 the poem, proved false to their rhonas-
 tic VOWS; but a similar fate has be- 1 fallen others than recent monks and nuns. Some years ago, one of the mag azines published an interesting article upon Kirk Grims," the supposed ghosts of victims who had been i'm mured alive within the walls of a
 Apparently with some idea of defence or protecton) the sacred edfice. The Kirk Grim was often an animal, usual ly a lamb, but there are legends of hu- man victims being sometimes selected; in one case the wife, in another the lit tie daughter, of the chief mason or ar chitect. These traditions are a direct survival of the old pagan superstition that the sacrifice of human life insur- ed the stability of building. Visitors to Algeria still can see in one of the local museums, a block of concrete which once formed part of the Moorish city wall, into which a Christian cap tive had been cast alive while the con- crete was in liquid condition--the hol- low left by the corpse of the victim has been filled with plaster, and cast thus obtained of the suerer's form, that of youth. Many West country rustics still firmly believe in the existence of Kirk Grims; and there are legends that these spirits can be seen, at times fitting about old churches or churchyards; but the sight is not one to be desired, as it presages the beholder's death within a year. One man who saw the local Kirk Grim-in this case a spectral lamb-dis- porting itself in Devonian church. yard, is said to have only survived the sight few months. How many similar ly lduldSllC le6SIluS SupCi SlitiOHo still lie hidden, like lees in wine" as Lord Bacon phrases it, in the hearts of our English rustics, despite all modern educational efforts. There Is still, among many of our villagers, some- thing of the spirit of the Sussex plough boy, who gazing one evening at the set- ting sun, remarked to a companion: "Bill, you knows they tell us at school that the sun don't never move. Now you just look out yonder," pointing to the glowing west, and you'll see for yourself that that's big lie." Doorway superstitions were probably coeval with the art of building, and the old crone who to-day nails up horseshoe over her threshold flor luck Is only follow ing in the steps of many remote races of men, who also practised superstitious rites in connection with their house doors.-London Standard.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-11
AT THE ARMORY.

The Sarsfeld Guard held their weekly meeting and drill last Light At the meeting a committee consisting of Cap tain Jerome Donovan, chairman; Frank Kenna, J. J. Duffy and M. E. Bohan was appointed to make the preliminary arrangements for a ball which they ex- pect to give some time in February.
 The Light Guard also held meeting and drill last night
 The Second company, Governors s Horse Guard, held a short session last night to appoint Q committee on ar engagements for their ball to be given some time between January "A and 31 to the outgoing and incoming governors and their staffs. The affair will be a brilliant one. The First companies, Governors Foot Guard and Horse Guard, of Hartford, will be present.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-11
CHANGE THEIR CLUB ROOMS.

The Amity Club Now Has Quarters in
 Music Hall.
 The Amity club, which up to Monday had their club rooms on Orange street, have moved to new quarters in the new Music hall. Here their club rooms are quite spacious and the members are de- lighted with the change.
 Some time next week an informal re- ception will be given by the members of the club to celebrate the change. Tha " will give masquerade ball at the Mu- sic hall auditorium February 13.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-11
FERROUS ITEMS.

Miss Annie Latham of this city is wis., iting her grandfather in Mantle.
 Robert Manwarring of this city was in Mantle on Monday.
 The New London Day says that the New Haveners who bought the crack grain schooner Julia Francis for the West India trade from Fall River par ties paid $5,100 for her.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-11
nvsnensin,s Clutch.

Dyspepsia's Clutch. pr. yon Stan's Pineapple Tablets are Natures most won derful remedy for all disorders of the stom- can be tested by mixing equal parts of pine apple and beef and agltating at a temper ature of 1S0 deg; Fahrenhelt.. when the meat will be entirely digested. Pineapple by D. A. Gessner E. Hewitt x ,Co.-5
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-11

WOMAN's AUXILIARY, Y. M. GA.
 There will be a meeting of the Wo- mans auxiliary of the Y. M. c. A. at the association rooms Saturday after noon at 3 o'clock. The meeting will be for the purpose of adopting measures for increasing the membership of the auxiliary
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-11
Govern meat Bon tio
Chicago Market.

Reported over private wiro by II. c. Friedman X Co.,. Bankers and Brol,ers 10 Wall Street. N r.. and 7C3 Chapel Street, Room 7 and g. New Haven. N. A. Tanner, Manager of Local Branch
 ()nenino .Jiyhnef Tnwect Cioaa
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-11

At, Top X S. Fe gen As. ... .1o0A 1001a At, Top. < S. Fe adj. gen 4s... t91a 79A Brooklyn El. 1st T. R. Go. .... 96 07
 Brooklyn El R. T, 5s. ...... lilo 110h Central Ky of \. J. E mtg. ... .113 113h Chicago, k. l. x Pacific ext. 5s. .10tY 105
 Chesa X Ohio gen g 41as. zoe. 0l4a 92
 Erie 1st Con. prior lien 4s... O2 92H Manhattan Ky Con. mtg As. .... 97H 07H Mo-, Kan. X Texas 1st mtg 4s. 9414 941a Mo-, Kan. X Texas 2d mtg 4s. -. 69A 60
 Mobile & Ohio gen mtg 4s...... S5 S5M N. Y, Ont X West gen mtg As 1041A 105
 N. r., Sus. X West. gen mtg 5s. 96 96A Nor. Pacific prior gen mtg 5s. .. .101M 102
 Northern Pacific gen lien 3s. 691I 69N Oregon Short Line 5s .10S 110 Phlla. & Reading gen mtg As. S5A S6
 Rio Or. X West. 1st mtg 4s..... 91& 92 Southern Ky 1st Con. E 5s. .104M 105 St. Louis X Southw. 1st mtg 5s. Ss SS1a Texas X Pacific list mtg 5s. ..... .110 110R Union Pacific 4s................10 .103 103A Wabash Ky Co.,, 1st mtg 5s. .. .113 113h Wabash Ky Co.,, 2d mtg s 5s.... 96 96h
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-11

Now York Cotton Exchange. Reported over private wire by Fl. c. Fried. man & Co.,. bankers and brokers, 10 Wall Street, N. Y.. and i83 Chapel Street, New Haven. N. A. Tanner. manager local branch
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-11

Opening, Highest, Lowest Quotations On tie New York Stock Exchange, reported by Prince & Whitely, Brokers. u Center street, New Haven.