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The Portland daily press., 1899-12-28
THE WEATHER.

Boston, December 27.-Locai forecast.
Probably light snow in the morning
followed by fair weather; light westerly
winds; fair Friday.
Washington, December 2T-Forecast
Thursday and Friday:-Maine and New
Hampshire-Snow Thursday and prob
ably Friday; light to fresh variable
winds.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-28
RUMsELLERs MUST SETTLE.
lsPEcIAL TO THE IREss.J

Bath. December g7.-The grand jury
for Sagadahoc county which has been In
session since week ago Tuesday, came
In tonight and reported 40 indictments.
one of the largest number in the history
OF the county. 1t Is believed that every
holder Of a U. S. license has been In
dictsd.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-28
TO CONTINUE MR.. MooDY's WORK

East Northheid, Mass, peoemter %. -
An appeal to the world to provide funds
for the con tinu uation of the work begun
and tor 20 years carried on by the late
Dwight l.. Moody, was issued today BY
ths trustees of the Northheld Seminary.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-28
YILIpINos MAY MARRY.

Washington, December 27.--Gsn. Otis
has issued decree authorizing the cole
bration Of civil marriages In the Philip
pines He cabled Secretary Rooa to that
effect today and the Sscretsry approved
the action. Heretofore. all marriages
were celebrated by the Catholic church 80
that Protestants and non. Christians were
prohibited from marrying. The decree
does not interfere with the Catholics who
may be married according to their own
rights. but extends the privilege Of civil
carriages to those who desire it, just ~
B .practiced In the United States.
BRIBERY IN PHILIPPINES.
"sshington, December "a. THE adjn-
fsnersl has reosived a copy OF an or
atty iasued by Gen. OTIS, aiming
80 suppression OF bribery which, IL
IL Eiported, has been extensively practiced
In the Philippines.
ONE AMERICAN KILLED.
Mantle. December 27.--10 so y. m.--It
now appears that one American was
killed in the attack upon the Subig gar
rlson yesterday by Gen. Santa Ana.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-28
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.

weather bureau records the following:
sa. m.-Barometer 30.020; thermome-
ter, II; dew point. 10; real humidity, 20;
direction of wind, w; wind velocity, s.;
state of weather. clear.
Sp. m.-Barometer, so. 100; thermome-
ter, 22: dew point, IA; real humidity, Sc;
direction of wind, W; wind velocity, 8;
state of weather, clear.
Max temp, 20; min. temp, 16; mean
temp, %; max wind velocity, IL w;
precipitation-24 hours, 0.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-28
First Thought Of Sinking British
Transports,
But Postponed This
Coup for Time.
Invasion of Canada Would be
an Easy Job.

New York, December 27.-Relative TO
ths attitude Of the Irish revolutinary So
cIeties toward the government Of Great
Britain at the present junoture OF affairs,
the Evening Post today quotes an officer
Of the Clan Na-Gasl as saying;
England can only be made to feel BY
physical force and we're now now going
to give her some Beor treatment We did
intend going out and sinking that nrst
expedition from Canada to South Africa,
but thought 1t better to walt little. We
can mobilize our men without much diff
Guilty, for an attack on Canada, aud We
are fairly we'll armed, as wsll a. the
United States troops In the Spanish war.
We have lots OF Springfield rifles and are
handy with this bayonet.
"No decision has been arrived ut yet.
Everything will depend on the immediate
future. We have either regiments or COM
panies all ovsr the United States and are
fairly we'll drilled, and great many Of
our men ere In the militia. The Ancient
Order OF HibsrniAns has really nothing
to do with this. II numbers about 25o.l0
and u majority of Its members belong to
cur organization. All It's officers do and
30 of course IL will act with us. We have
lots Of men In the regular army camps or
clubs In every post-and even II they
were sent against rs to stop rs on tne
border, they would either march across
with us or give Us blank cartridges.
"If IL 10 decided to attack Canada, we
shall do all 10 our power to keep matters
90 secret as not to emba. .s-s the Rovein n
ment until We are actuhireon the border.
Jhe French population In Cane IN would
be with us and there are nums-ss of or
own countrymon ready to welcome Me-
Canada would be an easy mark. We
would have the Canadian !oyniists ON ths
run In week
NOT A MILITARY ORGANIZATION.
Ottaws. Ont, December 27-A prami-
nept mem ber OF the n iber mans OF Ottawa
telegraphed President James Noonan OF
division SO. Ancient Order Hibernians,
Worcester, asking If 1t were correct that
he and the members CT the order had
voted for an invasion Of Canada. A reply
has been received denying that anything
of the Kind took placs. MIR. Noonan
added that the society was purely for fra
ternaI purposes.
ENLISTING FOR BoER WAR.
New York, December e7.-The Evening
Post to-day saysi The work OF eniisting
men In this city to take the boer side IN
the war is in charge of two agents who
operate in a saloon nsar police head
quarters. One OF the men 10 ostensibiy
cigar dealer, but 80 freely are their opera
tions going forward that under their
Ieadership the Boer sympathizers In this
city are organizing an association as they
say, Ito assist many people who arc SEEK
ing information in regard to the Trans
vaal."
A number of people, chiefly young
men. have gone to the TransvnaI. Some
two hundred left week ago and sixty
went lust before Christmas. The leader
In the movement Ia one Gustav Simon,
a Boer, recently arrived from the trans
German Henry Scharff, who has hvet
many years among the Beers.
FUND FOR BOERS.
nnnAn, hn,. sl- -Ehara Is
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-28
(TALK No. 75.)
DIS EAS e S.

Use AS & 5,
There are of course good many
diseases of the eye which may come to
any psrson at any time. There are
others which are due solely to strain
and overwork. 1 pslieye that Cats-
raots are caused In nine cafes out OF
teu by the foolish practice OF doing
without glasses ss long as the eyes
can be forced to do that work with
out them. Styes are almost invaria-
bly, caufei by defect in the focus Of
the eyes and can be cured with glas-
ses. Irritation and Inflammation Of
the eyes and lids ars caused by strain.
Twitching and jerking of the Ida are
caused by far sight. Near sight and
As'gmatlsm win bring on aoating
spscts before the eyes. sixty Fer
cent. of the chronic and sick head
aches are due to eye strain. II every
one who finds that their eyes trouble
them in any way, would have the de-
fe,t iooket after at once, many SO.
rious disea.es oould be avsrtei.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-28
Business Man of Experience

nESIRES to engage in established lcgiu-
IL mate business where services and seme
capital are wanted. Answers must give full
particulars which viii be confidential md let
ters Returned II so desired. No brokers. High
est references given. Address N. K. W., Port
land Press dec22dtwslstp
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-28
FUND FOR BOERS.

Philadelphia, December 27.-There is
a general movement among the Irish
citizens here to aid the Beers in their
war with England. A call was today
sent out for special assessment on
every member of the Ancient Order OF
Hibernians of whom there are about
25. 600 in this city. A return OF S2S, 900
is expected. which will help to help the
general fund of sl,000,000 which Irish
organizations throughout the country
seek to raise.
The Portland daily press., 1899-12-28
GOOD RESOLUTIONS

are good at any time. but especially at this
time OF the year. How long do YOU intend to
wait before you resolve TO see whether BEN
SONS ALWAYS READY CHARCOAL Is bet
ter than wood? One bag will convince you.
RIG RAGS 10 CENTS AT ALL GRoCERs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-02

steamer Navaboe STAPLES. New York.
ana nro.oeelsad ~ F2rnnsvyielx. encounter
"a 90 ana hove 10 eighteen hours.
T2roa1earth 03r, r3ove1I Taupico Tor
T3aItir9ore caugbt in gale and pus in for
coal. 1'aseed schooner Ida Lawrence about
7oo r,tles sC,,tb,,-ord If Charleston vi n
ely faat os - IN bold sfesm Yacht
Columbia New YORK and proceeded 70
Fiorida
Sailed cleaner Patbo P0. Nisbep
ptGa1einbta
steamer r,erUen CBr) James at this Dor.
rar,.rtr. Ort % snoI,e stip Pomona. or
GLASGOW, STEERING \ W lar 81. "a n.
long 76 " one hundred DAYS from
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-02

planned why men should more frequency
suffer from the disease than women. THE
habit of sitting with the legs crossed "
says the surgeon, restricts the action of
the digestive apparatus, especially of the
lower intestine, and causes stagnation of
the contents and the stretching Of the cpen-
ing of the vermiform appendix, making 1t
possible for Instructions to reach the lat
ter organ and thus causing appendicitis
The appendix is only loosely attached TO
the caecum, the portion where the small
intestine joins the large intestine, and
there is always some half-digested food in
the caecaI bag. BY crossing the legs, and
it is generally the right leg that is put
upon the stretch, the undigested food
passes into the vermform appendix and
sets in an Inflammation. In the space of
a few hours pathological processes set in
and an attack of appendicitis has been de-
veIODed -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-02
ORDINANCES.

BY Alderman Dixon
An ordinance 10 require that the repair
of paved streets, when such repair has
been made necessary by the work of con-
tractors and others, snail be made by the
city of Savannah and at the expense Of the
party whose work has made such repair
necessary.
Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and aldermen of the city OF Savannah. in
Council assembled, That hereafter when
repairs to paved streets are made necessa-
nv by work done on the streets by con-
tractors or other parties, they shall be
made by the city of Savannah, through it's
proper department and the director of pub
lie works at the expense of the party or
parties who have dug up the streets or
made the repairs necessary. and every per
nit hereafter granted for the digging IN
of a paved street, or for other work there
on which makes repairs necessary, shall be
subject 10 the terms and provisions of this
ordinance.
Sec 2 Be 1t further ordained That all
ordinances and parts OF ordinances in CON
fict with this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed.
Ordinance read in Council for the first
time Oct IS, 1899, and published for IN
formation. WILLIAM p. BAILEY.
Clerk of Council
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ORDINANCES.
BY Alderman Dixon

bS AiQeIIldn DlNOn-
An ordinance TO exclude prostitutes and
the inmates of houses of in-fame from the
audiences of theaters and opera houses
in the city of Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mavor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah in
Council assembled That hereafter it shan
not be lawful for any prostitute or any in
mate Of house of ill-fame to attend anv
theatrical or other exhibition given in anv
theater or opera house in the city of Sa-
vannah. Should she so do, contrary TO this
ordinance, she shall be subject to innne-
date removal from the building. and in
addition, upon conviction before the Police
Court of the city of Savannah, to a fine
not 10 exceed the sum of TWENTY-FIVE (95
dollars and Imprisonment not to exceed
ten Q0 days, either or both in the dis
erection of the court.
Sec. 2. BE it further ordained. That a.
shall not be lawful for a ticket seller or
any person controlling the said Thea ter
or opera house, or any exhibition "a he
presented therein, or any employe or rem
resentative of the company. or persons SO
controlling, to sell tickets of admission Ia
any prostitute or any inmate of a house of
in the city of Savannah under penalty.
upon conviction before the Police Court
of the city of Savannah, to a fine not to
exceed twenty-five (20 dollars and impris-
onment not to exceed ten O0) days, either
or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. Be 1t further ordained, That all
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-02
ORDINANCES.

BY Alderman Dixon
An ordinance to prohibit the soliciting
of trade from persons passing In the
streets or sidewalks.
Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah in
council assembled, and it is hereby or
dained by authority of the same. that from
ana after the passage of this ordinance.
1t shall be unlawful for any person in
front Of his place of business, to solicit
trade from persons passing on the street
or sidewalk in the city of Savannah.
Sec. ?. Be it further ordained, that anv
person violating this ordinance, shall on
convection before the Police Court of the
clty OF Savannah. be subject to fine not
TO exceed 500 and Imprisonment not 10
exceed thirty days, either or both, in the
discretion of the court
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, that all
ordinances and parts of ordinances in con
hict with this ordinance, are hereby re-
pealed.
Ordinance read In Council for the frst
time Oct. Is, 1899, and published for in
formation. WILLIAM P. BAILEY.
Clerk of Council.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-02
MAKING OF ARTIFICIAL SILKS.
They Have I'm "A Measure suppIanted
the Genuine Article in France.

They Have I'm "a Measure SuppIanted
the Genuine Article in France.
From the Scientific American.
The production of artificial silk has for
some time past attracted the attention of
experimenters in France, and it has been
used with success to replace natural silk
in certain fabrics. Duke Du Chardonnet,
who claims to be the first to have sue
cessfuny carried out the process, exhibited
some fine specimens of artificial silk at
the Paris Exposition of 1889. Since then
he has perfected his system and a the
present time a factory of considerable i'm
portance is in operation al Besancon, un-
der the direction of Mr. Trieano. This
factory is now capable of producing $50
Kilograms of artificial silk day.
Natural silk is largely made up of body
called 'tibroin' together with other sub
stances, such as gelatine albumen, wax,
coloring matter, fatty and resinous mat
ter etc. the cellulose of The mulberry leaf
being thus transformed by the silxworm.
The nature of these transformations is of
course unknown, and in order to produce
a substance resembling silk a method is
adopted by which the ce.lulose furni shed
by cotton is used as a base. The cotton
having been transformed into nitrocellu-
lose or guncotton by treating it with nj
trlC ana Suip0uFlC dclus, TINS ldlltt - us
solved in a mixture of ether and alcohol
and the resulting collodion is filtered un-
der pressure.
In order to he successfully used for the
production of artificial silk il is found that
the col!o6'on must be allowed to age"
for certain period of time, the reason Of
which has not been definitely settled;
however. il is certain that the collodion,
on being allowed to stand undergoes GER
tain notifications by which it is better
fitted for the purpose 1t is then run into
c1F,n{-ers which have capillary holes in
the bottom and The collodion is forced
our of these holes under a pressure of 10
TO 50 atmoepheres. II comes out in the
form of white. cylindrical, filaments; these
are united 10 form threads, which are put
up in skeins. and all traces Of alcohol or
water which they may contain are re-
moved In this state, however, the threads
are extremely inaammable, partaking of
the nature of guncotton, and TO remove the
difficulty they must be "denitrated." that
is to saw, the ce,lulose must be brought
back INTO it's normal condition. This part
of the process. which Is indeed an es-
sential one involves considerable difficulty
ana has been experimental upon for come
time By Mr. Du Chardonuet and others.
However, a process has at last been ar
rived at which accomp,ishes this in a sat
isfacforv manner The details of this
process have not rs yet been made pub
lis but 1t is certain that by this operation
white, silky threads are produced which
are not appreciab'y more inhammab,e than
natural silk The skeins which have been
made IN of these threads are then dyed
by immersing them in a heated bath Of
basic aniline color.
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ORDINANCE.
BY Alderman Haas

BY Alderman Haas
An ordinance to permit the use of COM
position roofing on buildings in the city
of Savannah, to define the character of
such roofing and to provide for the man
ner in which such roofing shall be laid.
Section !. Be it ordained, by the Mayor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in
Council assembled That hereafter the use
Of what is known as composition roofing
will be permitted on roofs of buildings
within the corporate limits of the city of
Savannah, under the certain conditions
hereinafter mentioned.
Sec. 2. Be il further ordained, That all
persons before beginning to put on com
position roofing, shall file an application
for permission TO do so with the clerk of
Council which application will be referred
to the superintendent of the fire depart
ment for his report and upon its return
the clerk of Council will refer such petit
ton to the Fire Committee of Council for
such recommendation as 1t may consider
necessary, after which the petition will be
referred to the Mayor and aldermen for
approval, and no person, firm or corpora
ton will be permitted to put on compost
ton roofing until such approval has been
given
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained That no
composition roofing will be permitted ex-
cept such as have been approved by the
Southeastern Tariff Association. 1t must
be laid upon sheathing, placed close to-
gether, so as to effectuaHy prevent expos
ure of roofing on the inside through cracks
and openings in such sheathing. Each
sheet of roofing must be laid so as to lap
not less than two inches and the entire
surface of the roof must be covered with
a thick cement or concrete mixed with
sharp sand gravel or other incombusti-
bic material and laid not less than one
eighth of an inch thick. Tin or other
metal must be used for Hastings around
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GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Nov Flour ruled moder
ateiy active and easier in sympathy with
the weaker ruling of wheat and closed
dun and heavy al nominally unchanged
prices. Rye -four, dun. Buckwheat -four
steady. Buckwheat, steady Corn meal.
steady. Rye, quiet; No. > Western 64l1c
Barley. duh. Barley malt. dull
Wheat. spot. steady; No. red, 75lsc: on
lions opened weak at a decline of sc. and
further declined NC under weak cables
slack export demand. Indifferent outside
speculative interest and prospective heay-
Ter receipts; there were a few rallies on
local covering. but the market was final
ly weak at about the lowest point, a net
decline of %d7sc; May closed, 7S1sc: De-
cember, 74ssc.
Corn. spot, weaker; No. 2. 4os.c: options
weak at a decline of Ac and ruled dun;
selling arrested here by a partial reac-
ton at Chicago; the early decline was
due to weak cables and predicted larger
receipts; closed steady a 4c nominal de-
cline; May closed. SS1zc; December, S9ssc.
Oats, spot, dull; No. white. 30Ibc: on
tons nominal; no business.
Beef, strong; family. S11.0O012. 50. Cut
meats, weak; picked hams, SAa934c
Lard, easy; Western steamed closed IS 50:
city, $50; November closed, $3.50 nominal;
refined easy
Pork. dun.
Cotton seed oil, weak.
Petroleum. strong; refined, New York.
1925; Philadelphia and Baltimore, $3.50:
refined New York 1925.
Rosin, quiet
Turpentine, steady at 51A051&c.
Rice, steady
Butter, steady; Western creamery I'm
24c; state dairy, 161aG20c.
Cheese, steady; large white, 12c.
Eggs, steady state and Pennsylvania
2O12d21c; Western ungraded 14G1Sc
Potatoes quiet; Jersey, $1.0Od1. 25; New
York, a.0oq125; Long Island. S1.121ba1 25;
Jerseys sweets, $1.50q200; Southern
sweets, s112lz01. 25
Cabbage, quiet; Long Island. $2OOQS.00
per 100.
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Freights. dun; cotton. by steam to Liv-

Freights. dull; cotton. by steam to Liv-
erpool 26i4c.
Coffee, options steady with prices un-
changed to points higher, on covering
light local buying and demand from
abroad. later. there was further rise OF
8 points on general support; the tirmer
Brazilian market light receipts and a
good warehouse movement contributed 10
the better movement; holiday in Havre
restrained buyers here to some extent;
closed firm at a net gain of TO 10 points
sales. 12.250 bags. including January, 5.25c
March. 540c; spot coffee, Rio firm; mild
firm.
Sugar. raw. steady; fair refining l3-l6c
centrifugal. 9s-test, 5-16c; molasses SUI
gar 9-16c; refined. steady.
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Per steamship Gate City for Boston =
S,0S9 bales upland cotton. 3S bales sweep
ings, 221 bales domestcs, 70 boxes fruit,
crates vegetables, 7S tons pig iron, 81
packages mdse.
Per steamship Itasca for Baltimore. Pa
barrels rice, 1727 barrels rosin, IS barrels
turpentine, 1856 39S feet lumber, 60 packages
vegetable cars scrap iron, 100 barrels
rosin oil, 95 packages mdse, 292 packages
domestics and yarns, 80 bales hides, 14a
bales linters, 10 bales fibre, 70 cases can
goods, 10 barrels pitch.
Per schooner Isaiah K Stetson for Ban
gor Me-292, 29S feet yellow pine lumber.
Cargo by CooneY. Fckstein & co.
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Steamship City of Macon, Savage, New
York.
S leamship Itasca, Diggs, Baltimore.
Steamship Barry (BD. Holt Havre
Steamship Craigearn (Br), Pugh. Liver
pool.
Steamship Europa (Br). Davies. Bremen.
Bark Ole Smith Ploug (Nor), Andersen,
Gothenburg.
Schooner Bertha NJ. Walker. Moore,
Philadelphia.
Schooner Melissa NJ. Trask Cobb,
Brunswick.
Schooner Isaiah X. Stetson. Bangor. Me.
Raymond T. Maui Smith, Gardiner,
Me
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Steamship Juanits North CBr), Bremen,
Oct %.
Steamship Strathleven (Br), Bremen, via
St Michaels, Oct 90
Steamship Kirkheld Br. Bremen, via
Norfolk Oct. 20.
Bark d H. Morris, (Nor), Moe, passed
Barry Island. Oct. 30. for Bristol.
Bark Stanley (Nor), Jochumsen, Liver
pool, Oct %.
Bark Louis CNoD. Schancke, passed
Prawle Point, Oct. 30 tor Bremen.
Bark CLINT (Nor). Blrkeand, Rotter-
dam Oct. %.
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Key West. Fla, Nov. Arrived steam
er Mascotte Miner, Port Tampa, and sail
ed for Havana
Fernandina, Fla, Nov. 1.-Cleared
schooner Nellie s. Pickering, Haskell,
Philadelphia.
Cleared and sailed, schooner James
Judge, Burton Boston.
Sailed. schooner Berkshire (Br), Conren,
Stettin.
Charleston, S. c., Nov. 1.-Arrived,
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TIVHI VIIt NFIdosUW IdII,
1t was recently announced by a we'll
known medical man that the reason men
suffer so much from dyspepsia is because
the stomach is crowded out Of position
and cannot readily perform its proper
functions. Now comes a surgeon, who
puts forward the suggestion that appen-
dicits is common because of the habit Of
sitting with one leg thrown over the 9TH
er.
Many causes have been quoted for ap-
pendicitis but none has satisfactorily ex-
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Foreign Exports.

Per British steamship HiItarn for Man
CHESTER ,224 tons Florida phosphate, val
ued s12,240; 1647 feet satin walnut lum-
Der. valued $3.50. 500 barrels rosin. valued
81 ,4o0; 1884 sacks cotton seed valued Sc. 900;
500 barrels rosin, valued 50, 1872. 81; 5,2O1
bales upland cotton, valued $1S7 ,496. 05; A.
126 bags sea island cotton, valued S21, 336.-
Cargo various.