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The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28
S. II. BAGLEY DEAD.

Lewiston, October 2s.-Sewall Il. Bag
ley, we'll known business man of this
city, died at about one o'clock this morL-
ing. Mr. Bagley was about SO years Of
age and lsaevs widow. He was SOL
dier In the civil war.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28
OUR LITTLE WAR"
Gen. Young's Command I'm N Brisk
Fight.

Manila, Oct ,ber 2s, 10 a. m.-General
Young's column which left San Isidro
yesterday morning at dnybreak moving
noitiward in the direction of San Rosa.
encountered the enemy strongly en-.
trenched Just beyond the Tuboatin river.
brisk tight ensued and the rebels wers
rapulssd. Two Americans wers killed
End one wounded. Pursuit was impo ssi-
be on account of the width and depth OF
the stream
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28
WHY RUS WAS REMOVED

Havana, October 27.-Gen. Ruis Rivera,
former OWL governor Of the province of
Havana, whose withdrawal from the gov
ernorship has been cabled ~ resigna-
tion, denies that hs resigned. He says
he wa dismissed and that he does not
know upon what ground the dismissal
was ordered. He admits he had reosnt-
II remarked hs would resign In the event
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT

Portland. Oct. "a, 1899. The local
weather bureau records the following
sa m. barometer. 3o.is8; thermome-
ter. 50; dew poiLs, 43; Rel. humidity
50; direction OF wind, NE; wind veloc-
ity, II. state OF weather. cloudy.
sp. Barometer. 0.252; thermome-
ter, a; dew ,oint 43; rel. hum dity, So;
direction wind, NE; wind ssiooity, 8;
state of weather, 1t. rain.
Max. temp, 61: min. temp, a.: mean
temp, 81. max. wind velocity, l6 NE;
preoipitation-24 hours, IA.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28
Beers Are Reconstruct
ing Their Plans.
Cables Brought Us No Impor'
tant News Yesterday.

London, October 2s, The war situation
this morning presents no new features.
1t Is presumed in Natal that the Beers
are reoonstruoting their plans and that
tire English are resting; but kilograms
from Ladysimts at express rates still
occupy IS hours In transmission 10 Lon
don and therefore 1t is not impossible that
something Is happening.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28

Wilson reports that they became sspar-
ated In the woods and that he bnally suo-
cssded In finding his way to the village.
Thirty men startsd out yesterday and
searched until late tonight but no trace
Of Knight could be found. II is generals
ly believed he has met with an acident.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28
TALK No. %. J
ANY TIM z l..

1t is not necessary to choose
brigh. day In which to have your eyes
examined. Any time will do. All
of my tests ara made in a dark room
with artificial lights, 50 that night is
as good as day. Daylight is too
changeable. The instruments that
are used In making the tssts Civ
much more accurate results. Besides,
If can make you see clearly and well
by ARTIFICIAL light there rs surely no
danger. but you can see still better
by daylight. On the other hand IL
you were fitted by daylight the glas-
ses might work badly In the even
ings. Amy time during the day l
VIII bs glad to have you call. will
go ove your eyes carefully and thor
oughly. will furnish you glasses
that give good service at all time, and
under all circumstances
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28

A DISORDERED LIVER CAUSES SAD THOUGHTS.
WHEN THE NERVES ARE OVERSTRAINED BY
WORK OR CARE. THE LIVER STOMACH, KID
NEYS, IMMEDIATELY BECOME WEAKENED IN
THEIR ACTION AND THE BODY is MADE FOUL
AND UNHEALTHY WITH IMPURE BLOOD AND
BILE
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28

THE WORLDS REMEDY for Disease rest6fes these
great centres to healthy action. The blood is made
Clean rich and in full quantity Muscle tissues noushed
nvgoraed and the body healthy Immediate relief give
to the Melancholy.
Mrs Jennie H. Steele Vaugns Ga, 81 suffered
with what the call nura of the had
relief from doctors medicine anything else until began using
Pane Celery Compound have about three
suffered any l first began to ii.
81 feel that has saved m and hope all who
give Pane's C=ley Compound a
The sun., 1899-04-23
ard became master mechanic Of the Erie and

SIrId TsId became master mechanic Of the Erie and
the Brooks locomotive works and al died YEs few
Sherman. Dave Carey and BiiI K KimbaiI iI"Srles Weps
others who came, with Minot. while they were were
TUFTS was gravel train netiHe WITH HincR
tbyo teby Engine %. One day In 1851. lust before
Tas ar and s edsns S% Msw Sk
Ing near Tip-Top summit when suddenly the
engine began to sink. Tufts and his fireman
old going out of sight beneath @ The e'sS s1r
iaGe OF the earth; She disappeared completely.
ten fset eet down. dod ab5 h
sSt,t Snto to il up the sinkhole out q which The
nsns$ May ISL with two 'es ratSs9 trains Tns
Fillmore paniel webster I Stephsn Sers fpesSG pouSas
William i Seward. and a host Of other dis,
rued t6s rst msa 1i that day CHARLEY sherman
hunkrk and Bill Hall pulled the @ second ed sec section. %
obIY md snl Dove Carey and Bli kim9a are the
Maine MAJ, englneers and Hall and Carey are the
only ones still in service. Carey has run mas
r since s5 s neSSr had an ans aeedsn n
to9k &c couple of daysrest TO see how would
,, Speaking Of fast locomotives OF the olden
mr I'm pemnds S mo Of the greatest one Of its day.
nendence. She was built by Ross Wnans in
Bali lore Tor the Boston and Worcester Rai-
road in 1S4D. She was the first locomotive in
,hls wbss,s country to have wrQnght,ron driving
drivers seven feet In diameter. And she was a
coal burner the very first Of her kind Jimmy
Jackman was the engineer who ran her.
and he saw every bit Of her machinery
made and pnt together: good many
He houSht a nothing ms Of fTn TMn
ming her mile in sixty seconds. and mile in
sixty-three seconds was u common and easy
task for her. Those were the days OF single
tracks. mind you. and hand brakes and cast
iron rails. liable to snake heads and other
primitive anpllances, so to run locomotive at
sidered n feat worthy OF being talked about and
boasted OF; required nerve and judgment In an
engineer that few engineers have to-day.
And speaking of snake heads that is
road traveller knows nothing about. One OF
the most important employees OF railroad In
the old days was the snake spiker' When the
raj Is were simply iron straps spiked to wooden
strnEers the straps in time worked loose. and
the ends where they were joined together
is head raised few inches from the ground
trusted man. who had a certain section
Of the track which. he. was detailed
70 patrol. with sedge hammer and a
leather ky bag with lev sPkSs in sluns
to keep sharp lookout for snake heads. for
they were DANGEROUS things for a car to come
in contact with. and. when he found one. spk q
tdown Nat to the stringer again. The safety
of life and property on railroads depended in a
great measure on the vigilance Of the snake
that the boys OF the old days had the nerve to
push their engines mile q minute"
The sun., 1899-04-23

IN and down inside The round Dor portS9ic q 9
slender man, else else he he posd sssI" never @ have
gimleted himself through that sixteen -ineh
por,hiGe By. he did i all sisnt How S hs
Without making a splash sufficient e sttrsot
poral was another mystery. This also he ac-
s2mpshsd Then he swan IVA Ashore ,s , TO the
tary or naval .authoilties know to the con-
ODnd sos brig a. AZ hGds ,shs hs
and the saved poTthole, When the detectiye
appeared aboard the ship while later with his
officer with whom he had talked met him at
the Rangway.
the officer. He has done a neat bit Of ship
Jumping
fbo%t huhdred hV' II the re fesdents at attended, the
TO reach the messroom the guests passed
through an open line OF natty messroom at
e o Saes %s passeS Sn 9 aons S
o fnssh n q uddsny
and. ,retreated forward at a iope. The officer
OF the deck observed this move. When the
tendant who had. SO suddenly abandoned his
llueStlOneu tne man.
I'm sick" said the bolter
The officer OF the deck told the man TO 70
ait and see the surgeon, and then to report I'm
med ately for duty In the messroom, proyd
ing he was not placed on the sick list. The
servant. with many anxious looks into tho
messroom while this colloquy was going on.
went to the surgeon. and the latter examined
him carefully.
You're malingerinR. my m an" said the sur
Geon to the cockney striker. Don't try to
shirk work aboard this ship. You are liable
to get into trouble at that game. Report to the
officer OF the deck as fit for duty at once"
There was nothing for II but TO obey. The
moss attendant was sent into the messroom to
help wait upon the ships guests. He went to
the galley up forward with the procession OF
mess attendants after the soup. and then the
procession Of SOUP plate bearers went aft to
the messroom In close file. OF course. the
guests looked up at this natty parade OF
'strikers." As the English mess attendant
stepped under the Intel OF the ward room door
one OF the women at the table became greatly
excited and all but screamed. The cockney
dropped his SOUP plate and ran forward.
The man that robbed me OF my jewels
Cate him! Catch him." exclaimed the sx-
cited woman.
Which onei" inquired ons OF the officers.
She described him.
He was our second man. Three years ago.
at our Denver house. he went through the Jew
ell chests while we were out and stripped them. !"
The striker" was found hiding In one OF
the bankers. He was turned over to the Colo
rado authorities and is still In jail.
The sun., 1899-04-23
TIE GOOD SAMARITAN.
An East Side Sunday School Boy Throws
New Light OF His Character.

The small boys ability to translate the Ian
guage OF his elders into the speech OF his COM
radcs had an illustration lately in the Sunday
school class Of an east side settlement. and the
incident showed as well that when the child
sometimes hesitates TO answer his teachers
questions. it isn't because the stupid little
head has failed to grasp the idea OF the lesson
hut because tho book words which he thinks
the teacher wants won't come out. This sun
day school class had been studying the story
OF the priest. the Levite and the good Samarl-
tan. The teacher wanted to bring the lesson
down to to-day and to point out that the Sa-
maritan was essentially a Christian, After
Striving To 10 So she wished to ascertain how
far she had been successful and she asked the
hoys what a man who acted like the good man
of the Il. he story would be caed to-day.
The class became dumb, with the exception
OF one small younRster who seemed to be
choking, either with word that refused to
come out, or with mis- own emotion at having
an idea which he wanted to express. He re-
uuired some little encouragement. and the
teacher even went so FAR az TO suggest tho
initial sound of the word which she hoped he
would say. Christian.
Hes a Chr" she said.
But the hoy knew what he wanted to say.
Hes all right" he said. and tho teacher de-
cided 10 let II go at that.
The sun., 1899-04-23
METRoPOLIr4N,s GI4Nr ENGINES
Electricity Will he Generated by Eleven
Machines Capable of ", coo Horse Power.

The great plant which the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company is building on the East
River. between Nnetv-hfth and Ninety-sixth
streets. to furnish electricity to the company's
lines throughout the city will contain eleven
stationary engines. which. it Is said. will be
the largest ever constructed in the world. One
of the engines has already been delivered by
the Edward T. Allis Company, and this COM
pany. which has its works at Milwaukee and an
Office at 26 Cortlandt street. this city. is at
work upon the others. The big machines will
he identical Each is to have a vertical COM
pound engine Of the most modern type. and
will weigh $40 tons and be forty feet in height.
Every throb of tho mighty pistons OF each
engine will carry an amount OF energy equal to
$500 horse power. and when the eleven are
set up and their big iv wheels rcvolve the pas
senRers on the Metropolitan companys lines
will have back OF them in the big power sta
ton a potential energy Of 72.GOO horse power.
Each engine is to drive an alternating cur
rent generator, and 1t was said yesterday hy an
engineer that the electricity ilOm this power
station alone should he sufficient to take care
of all the cars on all the present Metropolitan
liyerod is now being erected. but it will take
some time to put It UP and II Is certain to be
seyeral months before the complete plant will
The Allis Comnanyis is now considering the
building OF twelfth engine Of the same pat;
The R"yS%dst enSPe 'G" Il having hS"" bcen sa
designed by Edwin Reynolds. general super
lntendent and Second Vice. President OF the
company
Another record which has been broken at the
metropolitan Company's new power station Is
that Of ,chimneys; The plants stack is the
largest IN the world and the talest ON the con.
tinent. 1t is 353 feet high and has a 22-ioot
core. In the matter of height It IL beaten by
u stack at Hutte. SaXony. which is 4bO feet
ney OF the Omaha and Granting Company at
Denver. which is 352 feet INCHES high, also
comes within a few inches OF II. The big
chimney, which was built on concrete foun.
dation resting upon piles. weighs S,54O tens.
The sun., 1899-04-23
QUEUES OYER CHINESE GATES.
Signs of Justice Dealt Out to Rebels in
Anhui Province.

Anhui Province.
SHANGHAI. March 2S.-Letters from a mis-
sionary who has Just travelled across North
Anhui from Honan. selling Bibles for tho
British and Foreign Bible Society give graphic
pictures OF the terror and distress caused by
the rebellion in that province. The missionary
started out with n colporteur and two
young Chinese wheeling barrows. For several
days they simply heard rumors OF the approach
OF tho rebels. who were killing. plundering
and burning. Finally. after four days travel.
they neared large city toward which crowds
OF fugitives from the surrounding country
were pouring by every road At all the small
villages rusty old guns were being furnished
up and spears brought out for use. The city
was reported TO lie iull, but thousands were
pressing about the gates eager To secure tho
shelter oi tho walls,
The missionary was unable to gain entrance
to the gates because Of the crowd. which would
give way only for an official Many OF these
refugees had come some distance. and all were
carrying their household belongings In carts
or IN whecharrows. Little children were cry
ing from hunger and exposure.
On reaching Suchon. in kHnRsu. II was found
that the soldiers had defeated the marauders.
Killing a large number. over the west gate
were hanging about seventy queues, some
with the ears attached. and over the south gate
were POO more. grim evidence that Justice had
been dealt out to some Of the criminals Wh0
have terrorlzed the whole province.
The sun., 1899-04-23
THE DENSEST FOREST ON EARTH.
Redwood Enough to Last 500 Years at tho
Present Rate of Cutting.

Present Rate of Cutting.
Henry Ganntu of the U. g. Geological Suruev IN he
National Geographic Magazine.
The habitat OF the redwood Is peculiar. It Is
found only in narrow strip. closely hugglng
the Pacific coast. stretching from the southern
boundary Of Oregon or Just across the boundary
for there are perhaps 1000 acres Of redwood
in Oregon -southward through northern Cali
forna. nearly to the bay OF San Francisco.
The closest and finest growth is in Humboldt
county. near the northern end. That portion
in Mendocno and Sonoma counties is not as
heavy or continuous. nor are the trees as val
liable for lumber. as they branch lower down.
The wood is however. OF slower growth. Is
denscr and harder. and pprhaps more durable.
The best lumbe and the heaviest growth are
everywhere in the valleys and on the flats. On
the hillsides the trees are smaller and not so
close. Nowhere is there any young growth.
The youngest trees. which arc found only in
the northern rortion OF the belt. are several
hundred years Of age.
This is probably the densost forest on earth.
rs measured by the amount OF timber per acre
the trees alone which produces this. although
of large things. but il Ia the great number Of
trees. the c'oseness of their stand In red
twilight You are as it were. under the roof
OF vast temple. roof OF foliage. supported by
The area OF the redwood belt has been care
fully mapped, and is. as nearly as can be esti-
mated. 1000 square miles or l.2eO.OOO acres.
The stand Of timber on this area Is not 50 easy
to ascertain, but may be computed thus:
Fret
Del Norto county aoouuoOOoo
Humboldt county. y..,....,.....,...... 42ni OOOoOoO
Mendocno county. y................,,2s % 100 900 600
Sonoma county say..........,,'.''''' l.oooOoo'ooo
Total ,Ioo 900 900
The annual cut by the mills is 25OO0O.0OO
feet. At the present rate Of cutting. therefore.
the supply will last 300 years In Mendocino
county there is nearly nine times as much
timber on an acre a. III the southern pineries:
in Humboldt county upon DB.4i3 acres the
seventeen times as great as in the Southern
States.
There is ono cause OF destruction from which
this tree is entirely eNcmpt-that Is. fire. Con-
tanlng no pitch, but ON tho other hand.
large amount Of water. II Will not burn when
green. No IRE can run in redwood forest.
trees which is thus exempt
Redwood is in almost universal use on the
California coast. Inthe construction OF houses
little other timber is used. oven as FAR south as
, Los Angeles and san Diego II il exported as
far south hs Valparaiso, Chili. and westward 10
Japan mud Australia. Indeed considering ia
/ eheapness. Sl4 per thousand feet in Eureka
for the best, II seems strange that II has not
found its way In quantity to the Atlantic coast:
Certain II is that before many years redwood
will suppant the now vanishing white pine In
Eastern markets.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-29
The South and the Pending ar

The Indianapolis Sentinel, comment
ing on Senator Foraker's declaration
that the war in the Philippines is not
tration with discriminating against the
south inc playing politics. Ever since
the brief brush in Cuba" says The Sen
tinel, sit looks very much as if mill
airy operations had been regarded not
merely as a sectional matter, but as a
political one as we'll. None but republi-
cans have been put on guard, and the
troops lave been SeduHOuSly drawn
from the north. In raising the new
regiments, instead of correcting what
must manifestly look Like grave dis
elimination, the difference is emphaSiz-
ed by making the recruiting centres for
every one of these regiments in the
north, so that it is practically impos-
Sible for southern men to be in them.
The presidents policy is wrong in this,
and it is a policy that may come back
to plague him."
The Sentinel might have added that
it has been shown very plainly of late
that southern men are not anxious to
join the regiments which are being re-
cruited for service in the Philippines.
The effort has been made to enlist two
regiments in southern states, but VOL
unteers could not be obtained in suffi-
cient numbers to complete these or
CARNATIONS. Probably the president
does not care to risk another rebuff in
that section, and, therefore, will confine
recruiting hereafter to the north and
West. The lack Of enthusiasm in the
south is not due to antipathy to a re-
publican administration or to sectional
feeling. The response to the call for
troops in the war with Spain was
prompt and hearty, and no objection
was made to serving under President
McKinley's banner. But the treatment
| which the southern troops then receiv-
ed was sufficient to cool their ardor,
and as they were ignored by the admin
istration then, they are not disposed to
volunteer their services again unless
there is pressing need Of them.-Balti-
l more Sim
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-29

Much Property Damaged and Crops
Destroyed

Atlanta, Ga, August pa Consti-
t.;icn special from Athens, Ga. says:
The worst storm ever known here
passed over this city last night Mary
Echols, a negro, was killed by iightn-
ing, and $40, 900 damage was done to
property. On lower Broad street the
water was nearly W feet deep and
the Easements OF many business houses
were flooded.
Accompanying the rain was a large
amount of hail. This fell with grea.
force, smashing window panes and
skylights at a number Of places.
At the planning mills of the Moss
Manufacturing Company, IN River
street, the rain washed out a large hole
under M end Of the huI4dirg, causing
the shafting badly and damaging the
machinery.
Adjoining the mill is the Bailey
foundry. A portion If the foundations
of the building sunk and twisted the
shafting. The foundry was two feet
deep in water this morning.
These firms, as well as several others
have shut down for repairs. In the dis
tricts of Clarke county adjoining Ath-
ems on the soath and cas-. The crops
were seriously damaged In many
places there was not a boil Of cot
ton left upon the stalks. Corn was
down and fodder was ruined. Several
bridges in the lower part Of the coun-
try were washed away.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-29
40 SINK A
TEST 300 Pound Dynamite Shell
from IL Inch kihc

New York, August 23.-At the Sandy
Hook proving grounds ,day an exper-
iment was made with a dynamite shell
which ended to prove hat if it had
struck a battleship the latter would
have been sunk. The experiment was
one of those ordered by the board Of
ordnance and Notifications.
The shell weighed 900 pounds n
the charge was 1922 pounds of explo-
sive gelatine. 1t was fired from a r.
inch seacoast defense rifle with a ser
vice charge Of brown powder. About
200 feet in front Of the gun was a r.
inch HarveyiZed steel plate, placed at
an angle of As degrees to the line of
fire. Behind it was a thick backing Of
oak and behind the oak was a small
of sand.
The steel target was blown clear up
on the oak backing and lay seventeen
feet to one side and at right angles to
the line the shot had followed. Part Of
the oak backing and the sand behind
it were blown away. The bursting
charge is estimated to be Is per cent.
more powerful than No. 1 dynamite.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-29
FIVE MEN KILLED
A Confiet Cuban ExsSoldfers
and Gendarnes- Uneasfness Of FOT~
mer AbOnt Getting Their Pay

and Gendarmes-Uneasfness Oh FOR
mer AbOnt Getting Their Pay
Santiago, de Cuba, August 23.--Five
men are dead and ten wounded as a re-
suit of a fight last night between gen
darmes and disappointed Cuban SOL
diers at Cuevitas, three miles from
Santiago, where the payment of the
cuban troops is progressing. Five thou
sand Cubans lac gathered there to re-
ceive pay and after three days only
$50 had been paid. Thousands who had
been disappointed at other points had
come to Cuevitas, as the last place OF
paymen in the province.
The imperfect list causes great dis
satisfaction, and a rumor, circulated
yesterday, that the paymasters would
leave today, alarmed the men who had
not been paid. They began to collect
in groups and to show their ~
Finally their threats became serious.
Captain Beliat, with twenty gen.
darmes, was present to preserve order
among h applicants, and the United
states troops protected Colonel Moale,
the officer having charge of the pay
ments. Suddenly Captain Beliat, who
was mounted, was surrounded by a
mob, struck by stones and bottles and
shot in the arm. His men promptly
fired a volley into the mob, three per-
sons being instantly killed and thir-
teen wounded. two of whom died this
morning.
For a few minutes there was a lively
conflict, carbines and machetes being
used freely. Captain Beliat was the
only gendarme wounded. All the dea
were colored Cuban soldiers.
This morning payment was resumed
under a heavy guard.
There are rumors that a force is
being organized to attack the pay Of
flee, but these are probably u~nfounded.
General Castillo, civil governor of
Santiago de Cuba, was at CueVitas at
the time and soon restored order.
There is no doubt that the inaccurate
list will cause a great deal of hardship.
Many veterans have Vainly followed the
United States commissioners for six
weeks, only to find that their names are
not listed.
General Leonard Wood, military gov
ernOr, does not, however, anticipate
serious rOuble.