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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09
REAR ADMIRAL PICK ING DEAD

Boston, September s.-Rear Admiral
Henry r. Picking, oommandant of the
Charlestown navy yard, dropped dead at
~ 10 O'Clock this morning at hts resi-
cence In the navy yard. Heart trouble
was the cause Of death.
Hear Admiral Picking was born in
Pennsylvania In 1910 and entered the
naval academy In 1867, receiving q COM
mission as acting master In June, 1861.
During the first two years OF the civil
war he was attached to the frigate St.
Lawrence Of the North Atlantic squad
RON, and with her took part in the sink
ing of the nIivatesr Petrol, aud the en-
Gagement, in March. 1865, with the oon-
federate ram Merriinao and the Sewalls
Point batteries.
In 1851, re became commander of the
ironclad Nahant. From 1865 to 1868 he
was attached to the Swatara, cruising in
Wese Indies and European waters.
Subsequently he was assigned to ord
nance duty at Washington and at New.
port. Ten years of service with the light
house board was broken by tour as
commander Of the Keersarpe, and from
1851 to 1889 he was senior officer OF the
naval forces on the lakes.
He was made captain in 1889 and for
u year acted as photographer OF the
navy. 5
He reached the rank Of commodore by
succession last year, and was placed on
waiting orders until this spring, when
he was appointed commandment of the
Charlestown navy yard, his promotion TO
rear admiral following soon after he had
assumed his duties.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09
AWFUL AND BLOODY WAR.
A Minister from the Trnnsvaal says
There'Il he One.

Chicago. September e." England wants
1ur country and We do not intend to los
it. There will Re war In South Africa
war OF tho most awful and bloody char
aotsr."
This opinion was today expressed b.
II. S. Bosnian, pastor of Dutch reforme
church in Pretoria, Transvaal. Mr.. Boz
man is on his way to the assembly c
Presby terians which convenes In WASH
ngton, September 81. He was born 10
the Transvaal and although he left hon
In April. be has followed closely Ct
vents which have given rise to the prs
mt crisis.
"To the loyal people OF the Trapsyns
viii be added the people Of the Oranp
free State, Cape Colony and Natal. icon
inued Mr.. Bosnian.
1.-THE Afrikander people will fight Il
he last gasp. and II England wins .
must be by the utter ravaging OF tn
'ountry and determination OF every loya
Afriksnder. am convinced that war i
prospect. President Kruger's dramstis
utterances IN the Volksraad, his declarH
ton that he had given all but his life A.
concessions to Eng land, but that the III
Il the republic he would not give. but
faiutly express the feelings OF the Trans
vaal people. Every man 10 certain Eng
and means nothing less than the seizu
4 the country. She has bad that inten-
ion ever since 1878. Afriksnders realiz
has the crisis h as arrived. With thsi
liberty at stake. they propose to 1ph
tut the whole question and forever settl
he question who is to be master in Soutt
Africa
The question of franchises is only or
sason for the strained relations. III
,sal cause lies In England's reaIizatio'
hat II she does nut now crush the rapi
developing of the Transvaal, the FIRE
tate, the Cape Colony and Natal. into
ingle republic. 1t will be too late.
"war must end with the devastation e
be country. My people are fearless
killed in warfare and well equipped
he standing army consists Of only so'
rtlllsrymen, but the burghsrs, their sor
nd hired help and even their wives wi
turn against the invader
There Is an offensive aud defensii
reaty between the Transyaal aud u
range Free State which will COMPEL &
sttsr to furnish troops. To the 400
urghers will be added $4,000 from th
rec stats and $4,000 from Cape Colon
20 combat this number, England W
iced 600, 900 troops.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09
BOSTON SHUT OUT.
Hughes Pitched wei and HAD Good
support.

brooklyn, September e--The Brood
lyns today shut ont the Bostons easily
not man Of the team reaching third
bases Hughes was In winning form ano
received brilliant support. Nichols wa
oatted In lively ttyie. but faultless sup
port kept down the runs. Score;
Boston, 900 o o o o 0 OF
brooklyn, Al 0 XII
Base hits--Bo 9; brooklyn, II. Er.
rors- Boston, o; Brooklyn. 1. Batteries,
Nichols and Bergen; Hughes, Farrell, and
Acauire.
At Pittsburg-First game PittsburR,
3; Louisvill, D. Second game-Called
end second inning on account rain.
At Sc. Lonis-Cineinnatti, 3; e Louis.
At Chioago-Cleveland, !; Chicago, 8.
AT WashinRton-Phiiad 4; Wash
ington, y.
At New York-Baltimorc, 8; New
York, 9. Game called at the end OF the
eighth on account of darkness.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09
OApE NTH MINER.

London, September 9-Fhe Cape Town
correspondent of the Daily Mail says
tThere Is no doubt that MIR. Schreine,
(the Cape premier) and the Afrikandei
leaders, have thrown In their lot with ST
Alfred Miner and this fact explains the
irritation displayed in the Volksraad in
the Interpretations. 1t is reported from
Bloemfontein that ballot will be taken
throughout the Orange Free State to de-
eide whether the governor shall remain
neutral or shall assist the Transvaal.
RAILROAD FARES REDUCED
Cape Town, September lit was an
nounced In the assembly today that the
railroad fares from Johannesburg to this
place have, for the refugees, been reduced
city per cent.
APPEAL 10 THE QUEEN.
Amsterdam, N. Y. September s-The
members of the Dutch Transyaal cota-
mittee have cabled to Queen Victoria i'm
ploring her. "In the name OF humanity
ana Gods kingdom to preserve the
peace =
"GOD WILL BE ARBITER.
Pretoria. September I'm the course
of the debate In the RaRd yesterday, Pres
ident Kruger said he knew the Lord
would give good judgment In the dis
pute between England and the Transyaal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09
A anrAr SCHEME.
Novel Use That Y Rays May BE Put


cts only a matter of time" said one
of the custom house inspectors, when
the present system of searching peop,e
suspected Of smuggling will be entirel,
obsolete. 1t is clumsy, tedious, embal
RAISING and, worst of all, ineffective
Clever smugglers of either sex 'can con
zeal small articles about their clothing =
such manner that they simply canno
be found without completely destroyin
he garments, and no inspector woul
iare take any such chances. The trutl
that searching as now conducte,
DOESN'T amount TO much except as bluff
ind all the old offenders are thorough
ven aware Of It's futility What wi
cake its place, did you askl Why, the y
ray, of course.
mo, | am not Joking; | am in deas
earnest / am confident that inside th,-
next year or two a special form of appas
ratus will be perfected that will enable
an inspector to take a suspect into pr.
vate Office and in 80 seconds tell to a
certainty whether he has any dutiable
articles planted about his person, all
without so much as touching him with
his finger tips.
HE will simply stand him in front OF
an n ray machine and look him over
through a Horoscope. Excuse me, sir,
he may say, but I'll trouble you for your
right boot. | see you have a few dia.
monds concealed in the heel Or it may
be that the man has watch or two sew.
ed up in his underclothes or dozer
yards of gold chain concealed in the lin.
ing of his coat.
st will all appear as plain as print
and, on the other hand, if he is innocent
the fact will be demonstrated in a Tiff,
without subjecting him to the slightest
humiliation or Inconvenience.
Some daring raseals have been known
to swallow valuable gems just before
being searched. With the X ray revolver
such dodge would prove transparent
in every sense of the word, and til,
smuggler would be politely requested Il
move ON to the stomach pump depart
ment, next door. It's a great schem,
and would prove equally valuable in de
tecting shoplifters at large dry good,
stores. II | had time, I'd perfect tbs
idea and take out patent on it."-Nev
Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09
BOSTON MAN DROWNED.

Greenville, September s. The body o.
DE-. Geo. f. Emerson Boston dentist
who wassarowned in Indian Pond, hurs
day AFTERNOON, was taken TO Boston Fri
day.
Dr. Emerson had bsen fishing in the
vicinity of Kineo, for several days
Thursday, he and a guide went out in a
canoe ON Indian Pond The doctor whils
standing in the craft lost his balance and
fell overheard. The guide made an effort
TO save him, but not successful.
The body WIFE recovered and brought
here Thursday -syening. The doctor waI
about IS years old.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09
NATIONAL LEAaUE STANDING.
MANCHESTER ENDS SEASON.

Manchester, N. h.. September THE
Manchester baseball team closed the sea.
son in this city today with q rousing ben
Eft. The afternoon sports included two
ball games between local teams and va
rioUs athletic events. Among the latter,
David Cotter Of this city who has COW
red left field for the team attempted to
break the worlds record Of 10 3-4 seconds
n running the bases. He was success
ful In the attempt and lowered the rec
ord to II 1-2 seconds
ANOTHER GOOD THING.
Sc. John, N. b., September s.--Anoth-
# st. John team went down before tine
cortland team today. They were the
Alerts, who proved as Easy as the Roses
we're. Score:
cortland 0 o 3 s. 3 o x-i4
Merits 0 0 0 0 o 0 OIL
Base hits-Portlands, Is; Alerts, A. Er.
ors-Pt rtiands, 3; Alerts. u. Batteries
Elanaahan and Burrill; Kennedy and
Mclean.
1t is probable that the Portland tsan
will remain until next week and play
With the Montreal team of the Eastern
league, which is slated to play exhibition
ames with st. John clubs.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09
POLICE AGAINST FIREMEN.

The long heralded baseball game be-
tween the policemen and firemen viii take
place on the Forest avenue grounds. this
afternoon. Two years ago the>police de-
partment won Iaurels from the nrein en-
in holly contested game, and the fire.
men hope to retrieve that defeat today.
The game will be called at. O'Clock
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09
Relief i'm six Hours.

Distressing kidney and bladder diseases
relieved in six houre by the "NEW
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE" II Is great surprise on ac-
count of its exceeding promptness in re-
lieving pain In the bladder. kidneys and
back in male and female. Relieves reten-
tlon Of water almost Immediately. II you
want quick relief and cure this is the
remedy. sold by G. FL. Gnrpy q Co
Druggist, 463 Congress street, Portland,
Me.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09
STATE FAIR CONCLUDES.
The Receipt. WIN Ee Larger Than For
Several Years.

Lewiston, September S.-The Main
tate Fair was practically conclude
his afternoon. though one unfinished
ace remains Co be ended tomorrow fore
oon. Two races postponed from Thurs
Az and tive cn the regular card of tn,
ay were completed and three heats ii
'e 2,24 trot. The races ware all closel,
infested and though all hut one won IL
aight heats, the finishes were oloss ant
xciting. The attendance was between
COO and 1900 and tire receipts of the fair
Ill be largely in excess of any for ssvera
ears. being considerably over $780, eco
The summary:
2.3s class, trottinR; purse $500
orer r.. rn g. by Johnny Wilkes
Emery, br by Brown wilkes.
Libby), 2I22
ssstield. b g, tThayer) "a di.
opsy ID. oh M, Bolser and Garoe-
'on) 3di
Time 81 l-s; 81; a.25; sais-4.
The first two heats OF this race wer
eotted Thursday.
2.34 class. pacing; purse $500.
ohnny Wilkes, b S, by Wilkes, CHI
TOM II
fohn a.. b g, q Woodbury. 222
dwin @, s, (Dore) 49,!
artery oh g, (MoManemon) di
.tndsnt, q. (RussslD dis
Time. 2.s0 Ia; 2.2o l-2; s.24 I-2.
2.2o GLASS. pacing; purse $500.
Lady Bayard,b m, by Bayard Wilkes,
e. Woodbury. III
LaundryInan, gr g, (Noyes) 90
.lder Boone. blk s, (hdwards) ga
eva w. IN IN. (Merrow) 443
ady Goodwin, b m, (Hood) sc &
Queen OF Salem, IN M, (Crawford) 8 ~
ambrina, b m, (koster) So
Reno K. b g, q. Woodbury. 7st
Time. ais; 2 is ~; All IA.
$50 class, trotsing; purse S4O0.
Emma D., b m,b Black Nathan,
(Busseli) IN
,elmont, s. (Boutelier) 22.
lex, IN g, tIreland) 33s
Vulcan, blk g, (Fisher) A.
gogiesong. b 9, (Nelson) di
King Wilkes, blk $. (Tilton) dis
schofeid. oh e, (Ryder) dis
lime. a.ss; s.si; 2 s5 l-2.
"a class, trotting; purse $780, (Un1n-
ished.)
Camden Boy. gr g. by Vent vici
(Turner) rs
om Drew. b 6, (Crawford) a2l
donerili, b m, Libby s4S
Philip, b g. (Fisher) 5ss
Ibsen, b @. (Ryder) 455
Philip A hg. (petAe) 76 =
Romp L., (Bouteller) 677
Hattie s, b k III, (Simpson) Sst
lime, 2 % Ia; %; 2.23 I-e
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09
MORE PEACEFUL.


win be war between Great Britain ana
the Transvaal but the Beers will fight I,
she end, he says, II an attempt IL mad
IN their indie pendence.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09

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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09

Governor Pingree of Michigan, who has
teen at Bryeburg few weeks, was l.
Portland last night, and left on the
Pullman for the Vest
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09

Dsloye could say was that IL was not inn
possible that Drsyfus might have pos.
Sessed them. Ibis was all he could say
when Il was question Of high traason.
NJ. Demange added "You Will ind this
phrase In the mouth Of witness entitled
strength OF such a statement that Drsyfus
IL TO be proven guilty. viii seek to
show that you must put aside even the
technical value Of the bordereau and the
last effort OF the prosecution. l will seek
20 combat the circuinsmntial evidence It
has invoked"
AZ the request of NJ. Demange the
court, at this juDcture adjourned until
tomorrow.
AN OFFICIAL GARMAN STATE.
MENT.
Berlin, Septemb er s-ghe ReichanziGer
this evening" in the Official portion OF the
paper, ublishes the following statements:
We are authorized to repeat here with
the declarations which the imperial gov
eminent, while Loyalty observing the re-
serve demanded In regard to the internal
matters OF another o0uatry, has made
concerning the French Captain Dreyfus.
For the preservation OF his own dignity
and the fulfll.nent OF duty TO human
ity, Prince Won Munster, after obtaining
the orders Of the Emperor, repeatedly
made in Decem Der 1894. and in January,
1895. TO NJ. Hanotaux. Nj. Dupuy and M.
Cnssimir Perier. declarations to the effect
that the imperial en- bassy in France
never nlainteinad either directly orsindi-
rectly any relations with Dreyfus.
secretary of State Won Buelow in the
Rsichstag, January "a, 1898, made the
following statement: i ceJIare In tie
most positive manner that no relations or
connectfons of any kind ever existed be-
tween the French ex-Captain Dreyfus
now on Devils island and any German
agents.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09
10 CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Qunine Tablets Ali
druggists refund the money II it falls to cure.
Il. w. Groves signature Is on eaea box. zoe.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09
HOW THEY LIKE US.
st. John People Pleased with Base
ball Team.
Est. John Telegraph. }

The Portland team, which has jest
finished it's schedule of games In the
New England league, gave an illustration
of base ball as it should be played. The
Maine rrofei SIGNALS met the Roses ON the
Shamrock grounds yesterday afternoon,
and made them look like school buys
Never in st. John have ground balls
been hancied as smartly as they were
yesterday ny the Portland infeld. They
simply smothered everything that was
hatted within possible distance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09
CAPE TOWN AROUSED.

Cape Town, September s.--The reports
Z the Raad debate at Pretoria, published
ere, created intense feeling. and the dis
sraging references 20 nv. Joseph Cham
erlain, imperial secretary of state for
he colo3ies, and Secretary Fred Miner,
overnor OF Unps Colony and british high
commissioner In south Africa, are
assnted.
The feeling displayed by me m bers o.
ne Raad surprised those who believed
at q peaceful solution would be reached
nd such solution, In. the. opinion Of
any, has been rendered very difficult.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09
est. John Sun.

AS was generally anticipated, the
Portland New England league team
which defeated the Roses on the Sham.
rock grounds yesterday Is easily the
fastest ball team that ever visited this
city. While the Roses were certainly up
against big odds they did not do them
selves justice, and are oapabls of making
a much better showing against the New
England league champions and will no
doubt do so in today's game.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-09

md that II Mr.. Chamberlain was before
iha oouDtenance OF God, his own con-
Glance must acknowledge there was no
uxeFhinty.
All depended. the President deola1ed,
pom the reply received from MIR. Cham
erlain. He (KruEer) had given much
way already. He had given mis- jacket
nd trousers and the only thing left was
Independence. It was said. continued
resident Kruger, that II was the desire
I the British 60 wipe out the defeat ut
dajuha Hill, but it was the noblest thing
England ever did, when after that she
estored the Independence OF the Trans
aal. That was dne to Mr.. Gladstone,
no saw that the petitions sent to the
9resn were false.
THAT deed" said Mr.. Kruger, sis
rSelibIy engraved on the minds Of the
Inhabitants of the TransvAal a. the no.
lest of Eng lands teeds"
The Presidents declaration that II IL
ame to fighting God would be the arbi-
ar was lnuulg ohoarAd
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-06-02

tallow, SIX pence per pound good rye
whisky, two shillings six pence per
gallon; peach or apple brandy, three
shillings per gallon; deer skins, six
shiLlings. Several other articles were
also named as al circulating medium,
This has often been called "Tbe Coon
Skin Currency" and the governor of
Franklin received less than $1,000 per
wear in the above circulation.
North Carolina had never acknowl-
edged the existence Of the state OF
Franklin. and, after ceding the terri
tory, proceeded TO abrogatc the ces'
sion, and began to try to overthrow the
government Of Franklin and the au-
thority of Sewer, The result was a
dual government, At last, however
North Carolina succeeded in over
throwing the authority Of Sewer, and
he was arrested, charged with high
treason against the state OF North Car
oljna. was taken TO Morgantown for
trial. and during the trial was released
and carried back to Watauga by a
marty of his friends. He was outlawed
bv North Carolina, but all this only
served TO heighten the esteem in which
he was held by his oiuntrymen, he
was soon pardoned and was elected 10
the legislature Of North Carolina. lie
was soon elected to the congress Of the
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-06-02
SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, JUNE 1895.


1t uEon the ground. He was I'm
The next term of court Andrew jack
son was upon the bench, when the shcr-
iff reported that Bean was in town, sit
ting constantly in his cabin door with
hisrhe by his side and that he could not
take him, whereupon jackson ordered
the sheriff to summon every man in the
courthouse and bring him dead or alive.
The sheriff replied; Then | summons
your honor first Jackson at once left
the bench, eXclaming, BY the eternal,
I'll bring him. an he did. He found
Bean in his cabin door rs described.
Jackson approached, pistol in hand,
with the crowd at a respectful distance.
When he got within shooting distance
Bean arose and called out: 4 will sur
render to you, Mr.. Devil!'"
The first church established in Ten
nessee was in 1850. 1t was a Presby-
tcrian, although the "Hard-shell' Bap'
tst was the prevailing religion, and the
majority of the preachers were of the
fire and birthstone order. Tidence Lane
was the first settled minister of the
Gospel beyond the Alleghanies, but be-
fore him had come Rev. Samuel Doak,
who preached from place to place, and
he was followed by numbers of the
Methodist circuit riders, great men
whose homes were in their saddlebags
and who scattered civilization and re-
ligion wherever they went. The first
courthouse established was, according
to specifications, "twenty-four feet