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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-28
sUReITls VILLAMIL's BODY.
A Correspondent Has Confidence In the
Identification.

The finding of the body of Admiral
Villamil of the Spanish navy, sitting in
w armchair ON the Cuban coast about
our miles west of the entrance to Santi-
ago Harbor, has called forth statement
rom the correspondent of The Associated
Press who witnessed tho destruction of
Jervera's fleet on July 3.
Some doubt has been expressed in car
ain quarters rs to the identity of the
body. The correspondent sets these
doubts at rest He is confident that the
3ody is that of the Admiral.
The finding of his body in chair and
It's positive identification by means of his
uniform and papers found in his pockets
is the first absolute proof of his death.
The first report from Santiago about the
finding of the body. which was received
on March 10, stated that it was believed
10 be that of the Captain of the Pluton
The statement of the correspondent shows
that this could not be correct, for he was
obliged to have an interview with the
Captain of the Pluton aboard the auxili e
ary gunboat converted YACHT Gloucester
IN no ur OF more aiVer tne IlutoH uau
De en- destroyed.
An American sailor on shore told the
correspondent that there was a woanded
sailor from the Pluton there with him.
He asked him if he could get a litter from
ihe Wanda so that they could get this
wounded man off to the Gloucester. lie
sent boat S crew back to the Wanda
with instructions to report to Capt Mil
Ter and see if he could do anything to
q clip the wounded man.
The crew returned with wicker
steamer chair. The correspondent turned
the chair over to the American sailors
and returned to his dispatch boat, the
yacht Wanda.
The Spanish sailor was wo1ndel so
badly, the correspondent says, that he
thinks the Americans did not attempt to
put him in the chair, but that he must
have expired shortly in the place where
he was found
He believed that Admiral Villamil was
lying wounded near by, and that later
he emerged from hiding and sat in the
oh air In which he died.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-28

churches. academies and theatres, he was
greatly disappointed, and Immediately
realized that he had been grossly imposed
upon. Like numerous others who had
come many miles thither, he saw that
he had teen the victim of false profess
sions-that he had purchased lots in n
swamp and wilderness. End not in the
heart of well-established and prosper
GUS city.
The place Dickens had in mind in his
Eden and where his chief character, as
well as hundreds of other Iuen whose
names are not celebrated In story, met
with such great disappointment, was a
scattered settlement situated on the Mis-
sissippi river, at point about half way
between Hannibal Mo-, and Quincy. Ill.
and was called Marion City; village
which, If it had attained to the import
ance designed by thoss who urged the
project, would have been the greatest city
known to the ancient or modern world
so high scared the ambitious minds OF
those men who planned the town. and
who exerted themselves to the utmost in
trying to make their scheme successful.
But both because of the unexpected oper-
ations of nature, and other events which
had not been considered, the city which
assumed such pleasing proportions In
their imaRinations never grew to more
consequences than q mere country village,
where the inhabitants, instead of having
the expected paved streets and walks of
adamant, daily trudgd about in mud and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-28
ABsENT-MlNpNEss.
Some Curious Instances Described by n
Boston Woman.

When college professor Rravely apollo
q ICES to the COW HI has stumbled against,
or literary woman repeatedly runs
against one of her own shade trees while
discussing metaphysics. the trifling blum
ders are often attributed to some peculiar
genius, Gays the Boston Transcript, but
these tricks Of mind andssmuscle are corn
mon to many of the common footpath way.
The lack of coordination between brain
and muscle leads to many laughable
mistake, few instances of which are
here given:
A woman recently went to purchase
some Hamburg trimming. and wishing
to Put on her glasses, opened her UNI
brella instead and having merry heart
she hurried away from the counter con-
vulsed with laughter-the saleswomnn no
doubt thinking her wouid-be customer
was something of luuatic.
A teacher in weil-known academy
has a habit OF carrying his umbrella over
his shoulder like gun, and one cloudy
morning picking up broom instead Of
the umbrella, he hurrieGly walked off
with il, and would no doubt have gone
directly to prayers so accoutred had not
his wife called him back.
A young lady took an ice cream soda
and carried the long spoon away with
her, disooy ering her mistake when she
undertook to fan herself with the spoon
at a lace counter.
Who that uses pen and mucilage has
not dipped the brush in the ink and
sprawled over the paper with pen mad
yertently dipped in the wrong bother
One of the most embarrassing blunders,
however, happened to dainty little lady
who has to wear not only false teeth, but
two pairs of glasses, Sewing at some
dorcas society not long since, she wished
to change her glasses. but her hand, like
n hasty or careless child, but nalf attended
TO her brain, and she discovered herself
with her teeth in her hands instead of
her eyes, as she laughiugly said.
Car conductors could tell many laugh
able story of postage stamps offered for
fares and passengers both vexed and vex-
atious who pass theii own stations or at
tempt TO stop short of them.
Perfectly sobsr and perfectly sane men
have walked in at neighbors' doors and
even entered the dining room before dis
covering that they were perhaps several
doors from their own. These errors of
hand, eye and ear weuld afford valuable
study to the psychologist
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-28
Great Shooting.

A few exemplary old citizens who did
their deer hunting before the noble game
was as scarce as 1t now is were recalling
feats of workmanship when they were
the nimrods of the day.
81 very seldom pulled trigger that
didn't get venison," modestly declared
one veteran whose hair and voice have
grown thin. "In ono instance l brought
down a fine buck that never expected to
get. | saw him coming on the dead run
that is, l saw his antlers, for he was on q
ledge about 100 yards away and just
enough below me to cover everything but
his horns. tried to get his head or body
in sight, but he was going too fast. just
because was mad let fly at the trunk of
one horn. l followed along slowly, NUT
tering at my hard luck, when l found my
buck dead as a herring"
"Shot him dead through tho horn, heys'
sneered the man who will soon be so.
Better wait till you hear it all. That
bullet struckNhe lower inside of one of the
prongs, glanced and went through the
head of the deer. 1t was natural enough,
and | only tell it to show what strange
things may happen"
"Couldn't have been much stranger, -
said the old man who has been bald so
long that he is proud Of little tuft OF
hair above each ear. ~ once had q pecul-
lar experience myself while out Killing
deer just for the sport of the thing. | shot
. deer In the hind foot, the same bullet go.
ing through his BRAIN"
"Caromed ON the hoof, I presume"
chuckled an old cynic, who looked as
though he didn't believe a word that had
been told.
"Oh, mol The deer was scratching his
Free Press.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-28

you're demoralizing trade, selling all
linen collars in sixty different styles for
10 cents" say the dealers.
"Tho way to get it," say we.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-28
Marital PleusnntrIeE.
el2,OOO.

z Shc-Do you remember how you said,
when you We're counting me, that If l
would marry you would have nothing to
Go all my days but sit around and look
pretty? And how different it is now!
He-well, it amt my fault If you can't
look pretty any more. indianapolis Jour-
nal
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-28
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Mardi-GraS.

We hereby lend our assistance to-
wards quick decision to those who
have been hesitating since last season
whether or not they shall go to Mardt-
Gras this season or this season.
Key to Problem: S33 20 for the round
trip.
This concession is not granted to
Pleasure Seekers entirely out OF con-
of the individual merits of
Mr.. Mardi-Gras. but in order to give
the good people of Ell Paso. at their
long and earnest solicitation, an oppor-
tuuity to avail themselves, at an insig-
low rate, of the scenic splen-
doris aud the trainic luxuries which the
T. & p. Holds in the Hollow of Her
Hand.
B. F. DARBYSHIRE,
s. w. F. & P. A. III Ell Paso ST.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-28
HERALD IS AN\~
DAILY~

"Billy" Mason's habit of ignoring old
senatorial precedents rather checked
some of the more stsid members,
particularly Senator Hoar. Now that
the Illinoisan has lined up With the
anti-imperialists, among whom bis
Massachusetts colleague takes such .
high place, the latter has conceived Q
great liking for Mr.. Mason, and .
warm friendship is developing between
the two.
Success Comes to those who per-
severe. II yOn take Hoods Sarsapn.
rilla faithfully and persistently sccord-
ing to directions. you may depend up
on q cure when q cure IL possible.
Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy
10 operate. Cure indigestion, sick head.
ache.
While on the bench Associate
Justice McKenus, Of the United States
supreme court, is the generalization
of dignity, in private he is the most
democratic member Of "the highest
tribunal In the land" In pleasant
we .ther he always walks to the court,
stopping frequently to chat moment
with q friend or gaze with interest At
the shop windows.
We are authorized to close out tho
remaining lots belonging to the FL
Paso Building and Real Estate Co.
in the next 80 dsys at low prices, be-
ing lots 1861 block 226 and lots IL
IL, ID, IA block 223 and lots 10, 20, Il
%. %, "a, Is also, At lots on Myrtle St.
This property must be sold before
February 1st., 1899. Apply to B. f.
HAMMETT.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-28
Hating Stoves and Ranges.
MOMSEN & HORNE.

Shrubbery, EverQreens, Vines, and
Potted Plants. MRS. ]. 81. CoMsroCK.
Beet creamery butter. Is cts. per
pound at J. w. Eckman's, 2IO San An
tonic street.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-28

A picture of darkey life in the good
old times will be presented at the
opera house tonight in the production
of Harry Martell's scene play, The
South Before Tie War. It is play
full of suggestiveness of those planta-
ton scenes familiar to those who knew
the south in slavery times. The play
introduces cleverly number of scenes
that are positively life like. beginning
with Under Southern Sky,wbich pic
lures the return of an escaped slave,
including many incidents of ante bell
UNI days. Another scene depicts a
darkey camp meeting, with all the pc
culiar characters usually seen there.
ing, and amusing incidents that are
known to characterize such q gather
ing. Get your seat at Kline's.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-28
To Tax Payers.

In accordance with section 10, chap
ter JOB, Laws of 1897, you are hereby
warned that after the 3lst day of jan
uary 1899, a penalty of 10 per cent OF
the entire amount of tax due state and
county shall accrue.
JAMES 81. WHITE.
Tax Collector, Ell Paso County.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-28
Mexican Mineral Belt.

The only direct route to the rich
mining regions of Eastern Sonora
and Western chihuahua is via the
Sierra Madre line, and Cssas Gran
des. Trains leave Ciudad Juarez at
1925 daily except Sundays.
j. T. LOGAN,
Genl. Traffic Agt.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-28
To the Public.

We are authorized to guarantee
every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and if not satisfactory to re.
fund the money to the purcha ser
There is no better medicine made for
ID grippe, colds, whooping
cough. Price, 25 and soc per bottle
Try 1t; all drug Isle
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-28
In the Churches.
FIRST M. E. CHURCH.;

In the Churches.
FIRST M. E. CHURCH.;
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Epworth League $50 p. m.
At IL O'Clock Rev. A. P. Morrison,
D., D. Superintendent of the N. M,
missions of the M. E. church, will
preach.
At 80 D. m. Rev. Thomas Harwood,
d. D., Super ntepdent of the Spanish
work of the M. E. church in N. M,
will occupy the pulpit.
Good music. All are cordially invit-
ed.
A. M. LUMPKIN, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Morning worship at IL o'clock.
Evening Worship ''7:3O.
Sabbath school "9:45 q. m.
Junior @. E. at p. m.
Senior G. E $3.50 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30
HENRY W. MOORE, pastor.
sPIRITUALIsM.
r. h. Kneeshaw will lecture in the
Chopin hall on Sunday night at 1880 p.
m. Subject, Thomas Paine, the
suthor-hero of the revolution" The
anniversary of the great hero's birth
day.
sic and solos by Miss Amy Kneeshaw.
Lyceum meets at p. m.
Y. M. G. A.
Rev. A. M. Lumpkin will address
the mems rally tomorrow afternoon at
4 o'clock. He is a forcible and In
terestiug speaker to young men. Come,
bring q friend with you.
D. D. WILLIAMS, secretary.
TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH.
Sabbath school at $50 p. m.
Preaching at IL q. m.
Jr. League at p. m.
Senior League. p. m.
Preaching 1880 p. m.
/ Prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
To all these services you are invited.
We will try to make you welcome.
J. T. FRENCH.
Pastor.
| BAPTIST CHURCH.
/ At the First Baptist church tomor-
row, the IL q. m. subject will be ''The
law of mutual obligation between hush
and and wife,; Evening subject,
"Fig-leaf covering"
Messrs, Beach and Tucker, with Miss
Florence Beall at the organ.
w. o, MILLICAN, Pastor.
ST. CLEMENTS CHURCH.
Septusgesima Sunday.
Sunday school, at $50 q. m.
Services, at IL q. m. and 7:30 p. u.
M. CABELL MARTIN
Rector.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-28
For Over Fifty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething II
,oothes the child, sottens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and IL
the remedy best for diarrhOea.
twenty-five cents q bottle.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-28
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Ia
blets. All druggists refund money if
1t fails to cure, 25c. The genuine has
L. B. Q. on each tablet.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-28
Pure Hygiene Ice.

Made from dtstilled water. Ask
your family physician or druggist IS.
TO purity and health tulness of our Ice.
Telephone No IA.
Ell PAso ICE Il REFRIGERATOR 90
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-28

Speaker Reed" says the Louisville
ourier-Journal. sis fond of joking
about his size, and likes to meet men
who are lager physically than be is.
A few years ago he met for the first
time Mr.. Turk, the general passenger
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-24
IOWA BOYS RECORD
IN THE PHILIPPINE Ed

Tho Fifty-frst Iowa, the last except
49,, IS,u.+ Tannessee of the volunteer reg
,mAnts to return from the Phlllpplhes'
has had an experience that fell 10 the lo'
of none of the others More imam oiic- =
third of the whole time since they leIl
here has been spent on board OF a Trans
port-ninety-thre days on the Pennsy4-
I,oYio going out and thirty on the Sen
ator returning The regiment arrived III
SAN francisco on June s. 1883, and after
being three times disappointed nnaly
got away for Manila on November o, ar
riving there December D,
The Iloilo expedition was In expectancy
and the regiment was Kept on poard tne
shin with a view of sending 1t to that
nlece, for which il sailed on December
e. The men were not disembarked there'
however but returned to CaVlte on jan
uary 81 and dlsembarKea on or eSt Sb,i uai IL, .,
having been continuously ad0at FOR three
months and three days, during all of
which time there was not single death
and but two men sick in the whole regi-
They went into camp at Cavite and
Colonel Loper was put in command OF the
district On February they took part
In the capture of San Rogue and in the
sharp fight of the 18th, but lost no men.
ON February IS Major Duggan was
ordered with the first battalion to the
south line below Manila, near Pasay.
There they We're on constant duty and
in much sharp fighting until March %,
when they were withdrawn to Cavite.
on April is the entire regiment Joined
MacArthur's division at Malolos by way
of Malabon, and were assigned TO Hale $
brigade. From that time until the end of
the campaign their movements were
identified with those of the brigade. They
were under fire fifteen times, and the
casualty lists will tell the story of their
battles and losses.
At the capture Of San Fernando the
Iowans charged across the river in the
60 ne n han rn md 6riIT Tiy1or hn
emy before them were the first to enter
the burning insurgent capital When
withdrawn from the front the regiment
had but 21S men fit for duty out of the
1920 enlisted men and fifty officers Fifty
one were invalided home, forty dis
charged at Manila and seventy-one men
and two officers revolunteered, leaving 76e
men and forty-nine officers to return.
The regiment never set foot in Manila
until II was ordered home. Altogether II
has had a unique experience,
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-24

determined to have a good meal OF some
thing better than Government straight
before 1t leaves for Manila, arranged Tor
a banquet last Sunday and invited It's own
officers and the field officers of the regl.
ment to the feast. There was roast peer
and roast pork and sweet potatoes ana
Irish potatoes and fruit, pie ana coHce.
Sergeant Melvin w Myler and Sergeant
Frank H Powell were in charge Oh al,
fairs. Music was furnished by corpora
Archie Brauer on the mandolin ana Pr- Prl-
1ata McKeen with the guitar. Captain
w H Gillenwater of Company was
made the guest of honor.
Cantain James B. Hughes OF the
Fourth Cavalry has been detailed 70 @ a@cI
as quartermaster and comnhsSalE VI 'iie
stock transport Centennial. -,
The number of troops to sail on the
+ranenort Manauense has been reduced
froI,, 275 to 175. First Lieutenant Howard
7 .eubach. Twenty-third Infantry mas
hae1 assigned to the transport fehhS!l-
vania as quartermaster ana cor cor t : :
A detachment of 175 assigned reci VI u - -
have been ordered to make reauy ~ 'd.. a.
on the Pennsylvania Ihey VIZ ,ioe
formed into a battalion of two conpa4rIS3S ne
i'udnr the Following officers: Captain Ed
ward T. Winston, Nineteenth 1hranct naa,-c:s , >
Seco1d lieutenant William ID. Pascoe'
gjgbtaenth Infantry, and Second LEU LEU
tenant Hunter Kinzie OF the 1"ehlIe'i III
iil4Iet Acting Assistant Surgeon William ~ ~,
Stennn has been assigned to duty On l1io
Eirsf lieutenant Charles E. marrow, w.
ossisfant surgeon, has been assigned 70
famnorary duty at the general hospi'ai
bending his assignment to Mania
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-24

]. s, Goldsmith and. G; A. Black Of Seat
tie; T S. Harmon of Tacoma; L. A. Lew
is, Harry Hahn and z. J. de Hart Of
Portland; H Cornforth of Marysville;
William Schaw Of Sacramento: r. l..
Craig, F. W. Braun, c. c. Reynolds and
J. W. Lynch of Los Angeles. These
members represented over 200 of the larg
est business houses on the coast.
A nominating committee to bring in the
names of the subcommittee WIS select
ed. OF the subcommittee the most i'm
portant will be the committee on traffic
and the chairman of that committee wifi
have to do the leading part in dealing
with freight rates. The committees will
all be named to-day, which will probably
be the last day of the session Of the COM
mittee. Much of yesterday afternoon was
taken up by f. S. Pilsbury. who has
been elected the attorney to appear for
the association before the Interstate Com
merce Commission to oppose the suit
brought by the st. Louis jobbers to make
graded rates from the Atlantic coast TO
ST. Louis and also TO do away with the
differentials on carloads and less than
carloads on the business of the Pa
cific Coast Mr.. Pillsbury attended upon
the invitation Of the association and a
long discussion of the situation took place.
Mr. Pillsbury made many valuable sug-
gestions
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-24
CURTAZ EXPOSED
TO SHAME IN A
DIVORCE COURT
His Wife Secures an
Absolute Decree.

Benjamin A. Curtaz has been divorced
his suffering wife being granted an abso-
lutte decree upon the ground of his shame
less immortality and infidelity. Superior
Judge Daingerfeld, before whom the
wife's suit for divorce was tried. granted
her an absolute divorce awarded her SIPS
month alimony and gave her the GUS
tody of the two minor children, Benjamin
F., aged years, and Albert II. Curtaz
aged years.
The testimony in the case will not bear
repeating. 1t was sufficient to prove every
allegation of the wife and to reveal the
husband as one false to every vow of
married life and dead to every principle
that men of honor respect.
Witnesses were summoned to the stand
to tell the story of the husbands Of
fenses in many places and at many times
The dlsagreeable story traced the shame
less husband from house to house, in the
city and out of town and back again into
his very home In his violation of the vows
that decency alone might have made him
respect at his own freside. Hotel pro-
prietors, servants and lackeys told the
story and linked the name of the derelict
husband with that of a woman known as
May Schribner, who figured in the COM
plant as correspondent.
This concluded the testimony of the
witnesses summoned to substantiate Mrs
Curtaz's charges and the plaintiff was
then called to the stand. In gentle tone
of voice she told the court the story of
her sufferings, and said that she had al
ways tried to be true and devoted wife
and could find no excuse for her hus-
bands shameless actions. She said that
after her return from Oakland she was
unaware Of her husbands degraded ac-
tions until the woman In the case called
him up by telephone II insulted her"
said Mrs. Curtaz, and then my husband
few into a rage and left the house" At
this point Judge Daingerfield interrupted
the proceedings by asking that the prayer
nf Curt9ZS COTnnlpinf ha xryl; ;ab
was done, and without delay the court
granted Mrs. Curtaz the desired relief
Mrs. Curtaz then spoke up and asked the
court to make an order preventing Mr.
CurtaZ from coming to the house after
dark to see the children. and also begged
that the court make an order decreeIng
that CurtaZ was not to take the children
out of the house unless accompanied by
one Of Mrs. Curtazs friends. My reason
for this" said Mrs. Curtaz, rs to pre-
vent my husband from taking the chill
dren to that woman's rooms, as / know
he has done in the past" The plea was
granted and IT went on record that Ben
iamin A. Curtaz, vice president of the
firm of benjamin Curtaz & Son. had 80
reached the depths of degradation that