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Memo randa.

stonington, Feb 2o-sch Hattie Paige, from
kennebunkport. reported in Boston pa ers as
ulssing Is lying At this port all right.
Norfolk Feb 23-Sch Geo Dudley, which
dragged a .hore at Cobbs Island duiing the late
storm has been foated anu lowed TO ms port
for repairs A new rudder viii be htted.
New York Feb 23-Sch John Il Coyle. Berry.
from Cleufuegos. reports having experienced
terrific w and NV gales the latter part OF
nassaue with heavy seas which flooded decks,
swept awsy boat. and did some other light dam
age about the top WORKS.
biiadeiphIa Feb 23-Sch Eleeta Bailey. from
Fan River with old iron, before reported ashore
AZ Delaware Breakwater, has been fioated and
is now reloading
Steamer Sempioue. at New York from Genoa,
reports. Reb 10, lat 30. Ion 30 %, passed the
derelict sch Bertram n White. OF Jonesport
A dangerous obstruction TO navigation.
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Retail Groeer., sugar Market.

Portland marEet-cut loaf 7c; confectioners
Sc; powdered &c; graduated &c; coffee crushed
51ac yellow &c.
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MARIN ~ n EW {
POnT OF PORTLAND
FRIDAY. Fsb "a.

FRIDAY, Esd -.
Arrived.
Steamphip Sandman. (Brl Vipond, Glasgow
mdse to ii * A Allan.
Steamship Manhattan. Bennett New YORK
passengers and mdse TO J L Llscomb.
steamer ST Croix, Pike, Boston. for Eastport
aud ST John. NIB.
Steamer fremont. Thompson. Boston.
Steamer Enterprise, Race. South Bristol and
Boothbay.
Steamer Onondasa, (USD Hall. Passport.
cruising
Sch Lady Antrim kockland for Boston,
Sch Lizzie Hasan. aud Albert w Black. shore
fishing.
a Cleared.
Sch Three Mays. Sprague, coal port 5
Winslow & Co.
sAILED-Steamers Strathtay and Caoouna
sch Telegraph.
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CITY OF PORTLAND.
10 the Electors of the City Of
Portland:

Notice Is hereby given that the Board OF
Registration of Voters of said city. viii be In
open session at Room Number Eleven Ql) CITY
BuiIdiug. upon each Of the Twelve secular days
prior to the Municipal election which occurs
on Monday. the sixth day of March next, being
from February twentieth to March sixth, inclu-
siye. The first nine secular days OF said ses-
sion. VIZ. February Twentieth 10 March First,
inclusive Will be for the purpose oil receiving
evidence touching the qualification OF Voters In
said city and to revise ana correct the Voting
Lists of the several wards therein, from niue
O'Clock III the forenoon TO one O'Clock in tho
afternoon from three uil five O'Clock In the
afternoon and from seven till nine In the even
ing. excepting on the last day OF said session
March Ist) when IL Will not be In session after
Five O'Clock In the afternoon, The sessions OH
March md 3rd and 4th Will be for the purpose
to enable the Board to verify the correctness Of
said lists and for closing up tho records OF said
session.
AUGUSTUS L. GERRIsH Board OF
MONROE A. BLANCHARD, Registration
MICHAEL L. MCCAIN. OF Voters,
Portland, February 10. 1899. febl7dtd
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CANNED BEEF SUFFERED.
Eagan the Only One to Defend II
Eefore Inquiry Court.
THE Ex.C0MMIssARY ON THE
STAND AGAIN FRIDAY.

Denies That Chemicals Were Used 10
Treat Beef or That Any Beef Was
sent 20 the Army ss an Experiment.
More Choice In Language Than
Formerly.
Washington, February 24.--After SEES
sion Of little more than two hours. the
court Of inquiry Investigating the beef
charges adjourned until Monday pending
the arrival Of witnesses who have been
summoned. Former Commissnry Gener-
al Eaaan today concluded his testimony,
explaining provisions Of contracts for
beef supplies to the armies in Porto kioo,
Cuba and the Philippines. He vigorously
denied any knowledge OF any chemical
treatment Of beef TO preserve IL and dis
avowei any connection Whatever Of the
government with any such treatment,
He further defended the canned roas;
beef, explaining why ~ had been sent
to the troops and when Col Davis, the
recorder asked him II any food had been
used as an experiment or pretense OF ex-
pertinent, suggesting Gen, Miles famous
allegation that precipitsted the Raglan
court martial, the former Commits sarg
General with great dignity and emphasis
replied sweepingiy In the negative.
| General hagan was followed by Major
General Young and other officers who
were in the Santiago campaign, and by
officers OF the subsistence department,
Ihe refrigerated beef, was commended
while the canned roast beef on tho whole
rather suffered as u sequence to the days
testimony. Nexs week probably fifteen
witnesses win DO heard among whom,
perhaps, Gov. Roosevelt of New York,
md II is expected that DIR. Daily will be
examined later in the week when the beef
concerns will have their Representatives
here 10 hear the charges that the refrige-
rated beef was treated chemically.
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FINANCIAL IND COMMERCIAL
Quotations Of Staple Products in The
Leading Markets
New York stock and Money M.rhe,

New hOrk STOCK anu money merhet
~ iele
NEW YORK. Feb. "a.
Money on call was steady 2d2Is; last loan
at 2ts per cent; prime mercantile paper ga
a3Is per cent sterling Exchange strong. with
actual business in bankers bills at SEA
"a ses. for demand. and 4.si44e4 s4isfor six
ty days; posted rates at 4 saga 81. CONNER
cial bills s3a4 s3ls.
Silver certificates 59is a80is. o.
Bar Silver 69is.
Mexican dollars AVA.
Government bonds steady.
state bonds easier.
Railroad bonds Irregular.
The follow ing quotations represent the nay
lne prices In this market;
AN. anu n.. s.seas. .s''.'......' -. 1cV n
bWs an sGkr... .ssssss ......s.s 20
oAihs-No ouanty ..........-.. loo
GU 4. s'.. 1899. 1913
-, No o .-s..sss.. ......ss &c
outs ....'.... 2bH 90
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NEXT STATE FAIR.

Lewiston February 24.--ln session
In Auburn today the Maine State Fair
trustees fixed the dates OF the next state
fair for September 4. 8. q and $.
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Eail oad u. celp ..

:P0RTLAND, Feb. "a.
Receipts by the Maine central Railroad-For
Portland, 3 cars merchandise; for connecting
raods l5A ears mdse.
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DIR. Bu'rs Cough syrup is AN excellent
remedy for children. For Group, whoopipg
cough aud measle-eough i has no equsl
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rfERNANDISA-Ar 2sd. sen Msry Crosby
:, SO 2sdi steamer HlIleraH, Kramer, Portland
uYANNIs-sid a3d. schs A Hsaion. for New
YORK lara Jane. for Greenport; Lucy. Tor
New Haven
JACksoNvILLE--Ar 23d. sch.fIelsn Non-
taxue Adams bermuda :.
NokfoLk-sld Esd. sch Augustus Welt, 81
lot Vera Cruz
cid 23d, bsrque Josephine. Mclean. for Port
Nntonio; schs Abbie Bowker, johnson, fOfs-
iand; Levi Hart New Haven:
NEWPORT NEws-cld 23d, sch Levi Hart
NEw LoNDoN-Ar 2sd. sch Jas l. MaiOy.
NEW LoYDoN-sld gath. sch Mary Brewer.
New NoIk for Portland.
PENSACOLA Ar ieth. barQus NIneveh,
PHILADELPHIA Ar 23d, sch George l.
Drake. skolheld. Apalschicola.
Sld 22d, barque hebecca Crowell, Dow. Fort
SID I'm. Newcastle gath. barge Mahaney. for
Portland
:, SIC I'm Delaware Breakwater 23d. sch Abbie
Bowker. seward
FORT READING Ar 23d, tug Gladiator.
i.nd tug Gladiator, win bargos Alaska, Eagle
iill. and Franklin. from Portland.
so go barge Keystone. for Portland.
fkovIDRNCE-sid Esd. sch George Bailey,
SAN FRANCIsCo-Ar 2sd, ship Erskine NJ
fhelp, Graham. Baltimore sept u
SAVANNAH ld 23d, sch w Chester,
Miilbridge
vlNEYARD-HAyEN-A 2sd. sch Fiheman.
Clark. StOulugton tor New YORK. aud SID.
Sid sd, sehs Ella Pfessey. SAINT Hart, carrie
!. His. Gertrnde Abbott. II Leaning Annie
kimhHl Morris e. Ciin
Tor Boston: JAS II Hamlen. Natal via barbados
Tor Portla for repairs.
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Sid I'm Liverpool 23d, steamer Castilhan, for
halifax aud Portland.
SAD I'm Moviile cath, steamer Vancouver. I'm
Liverpool for Halifax.
Ar AT Queenstown cath, steamer Canada, I'm
Boston for Liverpool
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RoCKPoRT, Feb 23-Ar, sch John J Han.
son Oliver, Boston. to load Ice for WASHINGTON.
Ia port, sch VIM + Donnell. Norton, for Wash
ipgton.
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Ar at Pernambuco Feb 2lst. steamer hamr
Prince. from New York for Snat0s.
Ar Al dion feb 23d. steamer Aianca, from
New York
Passed Sagres Feb 81. stmr Spartan Prince.
from New York for Naples.
Al Al Rosario Feb ~, Darque lila, Avs, New
York VIA Buenos Ayres.
Sid I'm Vera Cruz lin. sch ID Howard Spear.
Sudds. Apalachicola.
Al Barbados eb 7. barque James Wright,
Fisher, from Portland for BuenOs Ayres. In dis
tresS.
Ar at Fort de France 4th, sch Lizzie Z Dcnni-
ssh. Ross, Fern ndina,
Al Port Spain Feb 2. bargue LIN u, DelNno,
for New YORK; Eleanor Williams, Corbetf,
for DO. sch Isaiah X stetson. Trask. from san
Fernando. ar 10Th.
Ar at Kingston. Ja. Feb 18th, sch Abbie
Stubs. Whitney. Pascagoula
Arat 81 Domingo CITY Feb 3, sch NJ A Ach-
orr. CHM, from Pointa. Fitre. 10 clear 9Th for
Palenque and New York
Sid I'm Nassau. NJ. Feb 81, steamer Santiago.
from New York for 81 JagO.
Sid I'm Halifax 24tn, sch Jas w Campbell, for
Pernambuco.
Ar al ST John. NIB. gath. sch Vineyard. Cum
ming. Jonesp0ri.
ca 24th, sch Advance. Shand, Portland.
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NJ Dupalet Professor of the French
language a, the Portland school, offers 10 every
serious student lessons free on SATURDAY eve
For private students two lessons will also be
given as trial ppop
For information. write or call az fhot'
DUPALEI's ofiice saturday at p m -
| ia2dtl Ii. DUPALET, Baxter Block.
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les Membres du COnsiel d'Adminis-
tration du Cereie Francois


sont invites etre presents Ia prochalne
union Jour arreter quelques measures ADM
tratives.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-01

Three days before he died, Governor
Flower made the following interest
ing statement to the writer of this
column:
Yesterday 1 went over to Brooklyn
to show John D. Rockefeller's private
secretary what kind of a growing city
Brooklyn is. l showed HIM that 1000
houses were built there last year. and
that we have an absolute monopoly Of
all the street car franchises Of Brook
Ign perpetually. l wanted to interest
Mr.. Rockefeller in Brooklyn street cars
and l felt that would be doing him
a favor. l guess he took my view of
Brooklyns possibilities; he bought
1000 shares of street car stock right
away.
"But'-and Governor Flower blinked
his eyes humorously-"it did not strain
him very much to buy the 10000
shares. To pay for them would take
less than one-quarter of his yearly div
idends from Standard Oil stock"
Forty thousand shares of Brooklyn
Rapid Transit stock, at 500 a share,
which is much less than the present
quoted value, cost Mr. Rockefeller four
million dollars. Therefore, according
to Governor Flower, an excellent Judge
OF such matters, Mr.. Rockefeller's in
come from the Standard Oil stock must
be $16,OO0,OOO, at least.
Don't stop to calculate how many
men of Rockefeller's calber the coun-
try could support at this ratio. Just
remember that money makes money"
and see if you can get little of it to
make money with before it is all gone
Governor Flower said he had assured
Mr.. Rockefeller that the Brooklyn
street car stock was earning 5 per cent
now and would earn 10 inside of five
years. Therefore, Mr. Rockefeller's lit
tie four million dollars just invested
will soon be paying him $4,000 a year.
1t pays to go shopping in Wall street
on the John D. Rockefeller basis.
And how fortunate that the peoples
streets are given away to let him in
vest his millions at 10 per cent.-New
York Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-01

captivity. 1t was not until was found
by Captain Salceda that / learned that
there would be chance of escape for
me. Soon after that was released. |
had scarcely reached the American
lines when the first struggle between
the Americans and the Filipino5 oc-
CURED. l thanked my lucky stars that
| was not a prisoner then, for | be-
lieved no amount of intervention would
have saved my life. | would have been
tortured as l had been for weeks, till
some vicious fellow thrust his spear
to good purpose and dispatched me. But
| am here alive ard ought not to COM
plain. / would rather be killed thou
sand times than go through that terri
Bile ordeal &C anticipation that l reg
ularly experienced every day for
month. l have had enough of Filipino
captivity" Peters pluck was demon
strated when he returned to Manila.
After his experience and in his weak
ened condition one would have thought
he would have sought to keep as far
away from hostile Filipinos as possible
Instead he kept right on the firing line
to continue his sketching. There he
remained through all the fighting that
followed until the California volun-
teers started for home. He embarked
with them and arrived in San Francis
co during the past week. He was one
OF the earliest artists on the scene. He
sailed with General Merritt on the
Newport last June and was familiar
with all the details of the Manila cam
paign from the time of his arrival until
his departure. He personally met Ad-
miral Dewey and all the officers of the
American fleet, Admiral Montejo nrd
many of the Spanish army officials.
lis acquaintance with the Filipino
leaders he does not care to renew
His sketches, therefore, have been IS
realistic rs his terrible experience.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-01
Perhaps 1t Is Better.

The working mules on the Cleveland
and Brooklyn street car lines have
struck themselves out of jobs Most of
them now have nothing to eat except
what they beg on the strength of being
strikers. 1t looks to me like a badly
planned campaign. These men have
spent thousands of dollars on this
strike and got themselves out of work
after all. By starting out upon a city
ownership campaign they could have
won with the amount expended and
never missed meal. Their demands
would have all been granted as soon
as the city took possession of the lines
and there would never have been any
danger of the wages being reduced But
maybe the good old way is the best.
To properly understand the question
it is necessary to devote some little
study to them and that Is zoo much
trouble. It's better to be an out-of-
work striker looking for a iob-Pil-
grim.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-01

recovering his old self and that his
present condition is no circumstance to
what he was when rescued from his
captivity.
The Spanish American war had end
cd and the Americans were in possess
sion of the city of Manila when Peters
was sent out into the fields in the vi
cnity of the Cavite waterworks to
sketch The American occupation OF
the town without the cooperation OF
the Filipino forces had given rise to
hard feelings in the rank and file OF
yet there was no open suggestion OF
trouble between them. Accordingly
there seemed to be no danger in the
undertaking on which Peters had en-
barked, and he took no precautions to
guard himself He was idly sitting
near the waterworks, sketching it from
the north, when he was approached by
party of Filipinos.
They made no hostile demonstration
and he thought nothing of them until
they approached directly to where he
sat. He then glanced up inquiringly, to
find them evidently interested in him.
Even then no suspicion entered his
mind until he found himself seized and
hurried off to the Filipino camp.
His vigorous protests received no
other notice than to earn him sound
cuff He accordingly was soon sllenced
tho onn.I1t tiNn IN
what should be done with him. After
a while the question was decided He
was ordered to mount horse. Guard
ed by a dozen natives, he rode off In
the direction of San Juan del Mont,
where he was taken before General
Montenegro.
He was charged with being spy in
the interests of the American govern
ment. A story was trumped up as to
how he had been caught within the
Filipino lines trying to sneak away
with important papers and documents
which he had stolen. He was ordered
to be killed, and was hurried away to
prison nearby. The next day, how
ever he was taken away to Caloocan.
Here he remained in Jail for more
than four weeks. Every day he ex-
pected orders to march out to his
death. Almost daily he was visited by
a savage horde and told how he should
die. They thrust him with the points
of spears and struck at him with ma
chetes and battleaxes.
Evidently, though at the time he>did
not know it, some suspicion Of the
truth had come to the general in ctJa-
mand, and he was unwilling to kill the
man without more warra-.t Dav by
day the mental torture contLaed, each |
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-01

velocity and weight of projectile be-
ing known, the amount of heat devel-
oped by its stoppage can be calculated.
In the case of large bodies moving rap
idly the result of the calculation ia
something astounding. For example:
The earth weighs 6,O00 million Million
million tons. 1t travels in its orbits
at the rate of over eighteen miles a Sec
ond. Should it strike q target strong
enough to stop its motion, the heat de-
veloped by the shock would be suffi-
cient not merely to fuse the earth, but
also to reduce large portion of it to
vapor. 1t has been calculated that the
amount of heat generated 5y COLI
sion so colossal would equal that OBJ
tanned from the burning of fourteen
globes of coal, each equal t. the eartn
in size. And should the earth after
this stoppage fall into the sun, as it
certainly would do, the amount of heat
developed by its impact on the sun
would be equal to that generated by
the combustion of 5000 earths of solid
carbon.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-01

According to an authority on the
subject, something like five tons OF
hair are required annually by London
merchants, and, although samples ar
rive from various parts of the world,
the bulk is chiefly French or Italian
grown. Naturally the tresses Of nov
ices who take the veil figure largely
in the hair harvest. Some little time
ago a convent is said to have sold over
ton of hair for $4,000. Will" single
convent near Tours recently dis patched
as much as eighty pounds of hair to
Partisan hairdresser, which would be
worth almost as many sovereigns. A
merchant revealed the fact recently
thai $3.50 was an average price car q
British girls head Of hair,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-01
George Peters Captured BY Native FlIlphoS While
Work and Thrown Into q Dungeon.

thrust Of spear or machete seeming to
bring the long-expected messenger Of
death to him. Matters remained thus
until Captain Salceda Of the Filipino
cavalry happened into the town. He
heard OF the American prisoner and
went to see him, and was astonished
to find that it was the American artist
who had befriended him when in
trouble in Manila. He inquired as to
the charges against him, and learning
them, successfully refuted them,
explaining the true position of
the man. Peters was then re-
leased, but was not allowed to
go back to the American lines for some
time. Eventually he was sent back to
execute a commission for the Filipinos.
Describing the tortures he experienced,
Artist Peters said of the Irgorrotes,
into whose hands he fell: "a score of
these savages, fully armed, and with
their naked bodies painted in various
colors, forced their way into my cell
in the Caloocan prison, and there for
several hours practiced on me the pre-
liminary motions of their favorite
methods of putting enemies to death.
This was, of course, in the nature of a
rehearsal, but there seemed at the time
no sufficient reason for believing that
the performance would be long delayed.
The twenty bowling savages danced
about for several hours, touching me
with the points of their spears, threat
ening to cut me down with their ma
chetes, and swinging their battleaxes
just so as to Craze my neck. They fol-
lowed this with an inimitable represen-
tation Of thrusting the long point of
the AK into my neck and carrying off
my head. l thought it was all up with
me, but a captain came in and sub
dued the savages, promising that each
should have as many American heads
as he wanted just as soon as the war
between the Filipinos and Americans
was declared. This continued every day
or two during the entire time was in
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-01
Pct Suicide Spot.

In the southern part of Columbus,
Ohio, where all the inhabitants are
Germans, there is large and beautiful
city park in one part of which is a
statue of Schiller, dear to the German
neart. Whenever the burden of living
becomes too heavy for a south end citi-
zen to bear he betakes himself to the
locality of the Schiller monument and
there gives up the ghost. When a man
is seen resting against the base of the
monument an officer runs to the res
cue, sure that he is intent upon self
destruction. To prevent would-be sui
cides from rushing to their doom at
Schiller's feet the city authorities had
a high iron fence placed about the
monument, but the more desperate
scaled this impeachment and persisted
in offering themselves UP ON the same
spot.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-01

With a score Of savages dancing
around him, proddng him with the
points Of their spears, swinging their
nachetes dangerously near his head
and their battleaxes within loot Of
his neck, all the while rehearsing the
details Of the death which they would
tnflict upon him in few short min
utes, Artist George W. Peters suffered
indescribable fortunes in the Philip
pines. He was sent there from this
country to furnish sketches Of the
Spanish-American war in the islands
before the rebellion broke out among
the natives against the Americans,
and. ignorant Of the character of the
F1lipinos, he trusted himself within
reach of their camp.
He was captured and thrown into an
lmpromptu Jail, where, in addition to
suffering the physical tortures Of hun
ger and bodily pain, he was made to
undergo the most exquisite mental ag-
ony. He was only rescued from his
precarious position by the Intervention
of Filipino whose friendship he had
earned at Manila by some important
services.
Artist Peters Is not a delicate man.
On the contrary, he is hardy and
strong. His physical strength is equal
to almost any ordinary test and the
dangers and hardships of the American
campaign against the Spaniards in the
archipelago did not daunt him in the
least. He took as good care of himself
as the conditions permitted and was
not materially affected by the dlscom-
forts he experienced.
But mental tortures are too much Sor
any che to undergo without showing
the effects of the strain. His face is
aged ten years since his experience.
There is tinge of gray in the blond
hair that formerly marked him. His
eyes are restless, showing that his
nerves have not yet recovered from the
shock. Physically, he has fallen away
greatly, though he says he is rapidly