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The Portland daily press., 1899-11-08
THE VEIL RENT.
Continued from First Page.

and despatch as the Natal force has al
ready failed TO perform what was expect
ed Of It.
Ths confession yesterday evening OF
Gen. Lord Wellesley, the commander-in.
chief, ttat the Beers were more powerful
aud more numerous than had been anttci-
pated, sufficiently explains the present
happenings and the war office will here
nfter have awkward questions 20 answer
In regard to Its apparent colossal igno-
rance Of the Boer strength whion, potn
In numbers Of men and excellence OF ar
tillery is appersEtly . oomplete surprise
to the British military authorities. lt
IL CLEANED that O fair estimate OF the
Boer forces is as follows; Around
Lady nita. 25,C0O; trassrsing Zululand.
1900 advancing on Bughersdrop, 1900
Colesburr, 5000 kiJuberlsy, 1909 Msfs-
vasl border, 1900. Exact information
about the Boer artillery is lacking. but
1t Is known that Gen. Jouosrt's dssacn-
ment before Il was reinforced consisted
of 10 krupp field pieces Of the latest pat
tern AMI two heavy Creuzot siege guns
the British navel brigade would have
rendered Ladysmith untenable.
In connection with the naval guns
most interesting and important expert-
ment has been successfully carried out as
Cape Town with a inoh gun so ssr-
NlCthDld LAuI Ouu Va ttsc ASAAs4..
cruiser Terrible's guns, mouneef on .
Scott travelling carriage. was trod In the
sams way as field gun. with entire
success. The Terrible with u number OF
guns thus mounted. IL on her way TO
Durban, and though tbs guns cannot now
reach Ladysmith, they may be OF the
greatest value In the defence OF Pietsr-
msritzburu, which It seems will probably
have to stand fe:ge. The arrival oil
the Tersii le with the relief crews Tor
China and other available men must
have placed in the neishborhood Of 200
mors men at the seryi Toe Of the military
authorities.
Interesting news comes from the Chan
mel squadron at Gibraltar. showing
precautions almost unknown In Euro-
pean waters In Ieaoe time. On the way
to Gibraltar the fees sprsad out four
miles apart and q sharp outlook was
kept for suspicious craft,
At Gibraltar extra sen sries are posted
at night 1T different parts II tbs s tips
with ten ROUNDS CT ball cartridges Zach.
1hs small guns on the upper deck and
In the fighting tops ara kept ready for
iumediat use, the mmunition being ON
deck and o few mon sleep at the guns,
the searchiiRhts are kept working and all
boats are hailed and not allowed to APP
proaoh without the permission OF the OIL
Ger of the watch.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-08
THOSE Motors.
The Coming visit OF the Leonids.
New York Herald.)

New York Herald.)
A grand celestial parade Of meseors 10
scheduled for November II. and tee
years must elapse ere the last meteor In
the procession passes out Of sight. Whom
the path Of the mstsors crosses that Of
the earth the earth passes obliqusy
through the stream. and Ii exposed TO
the dowupour Of mstsors for several
hours. We greeted few mont ers Of the
advanced guard last year, and look for
ward to view Of the rear guard in the
rear 1900. The mem srs Of this celestial
army are known by the name OF the
Leonids, since their paths traced back
ward sli radiats from point In the con-
sssllation Leo. Their uniform 10 green
and blue and they march in double quick
time, with speed averaging twenty.six
miles q second.
As 1t happens, we are Fastening to
meet the Leonids, and ~ . result OF the
combination OF their speed with ours
(which is nineteen miles n ssoond) that
Of the Leonids 10 equivalent to forty or
fifty miles . second. Thsy make their
presspcs known to us by means Of vivid
and psrsistsnt flashes Of light. as they
dash rock lessly into the air surrounding
celestial artillery. Battalions Of Lsonida
ara marching In widely extended ranks,
about i0o, 600 miles across, by concerted
plan along . prescribed track (nsarIy
.. eco. 600 milss In span), under orders
sealed perhaps forever 70 human intslii-
gsnce. A. every return there are desert
ers from the ranks. worn out BY this
tremendous journeying. lasting over thir-
ty-thres years.
On the coming occasion there may be
some Leonids who enjoyed brief
glimpse OF planet earth as they fastened
By 1t on their way in 1888 and 1865, and
at the parade In 1899 they may decide to
become better acquainted with our plan
ct. A oonseq uenoe the companies and
columns Of the Lsonids will be broken
and gaps lett by the dsssrtera but their
places are soon taken, and the companies
and columns become 70 compact as ever.
Meanwhile the ardor OF the dsssrters
dlminishes somewhat o. they rlungs into
the shield Of ait protecting rs from such
intrudsrs; they encounter numberlss,
obstsclss In the way, particles of air. and
q battle ensues betwees the dessrters
from the ranks of meteors and the partt-
clss. resulting In victory for the lattsl
and disastrous defeat for the former.
The method OF dissing uishinR the
II to recognize ct the outset the sickle.
shaped group Of staIA rising shortly be-
fore midnight somewhat to the north Of
the east point. Any meteor which travel.
athwArt the heavens on . path whose
prolongation backward passes through
the middle OF the sickle may be regarded
as almost certainly belonging to tbs No
vsmber system. II will be quito certain
the meteors not fulfilling this condition
do not b0louR to that system.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-08
(From the Utica Observer. }

II Roscoe Conkling had lived until
today. (O,t. 3O.) he would have besn but
allotted age of man accord
ing to Scripture. The fact that ne has
been dead eleven years and q half and
that for tn, seven presiding years he
WAS a practising lawyer In New York city
emphasizes the truth that he was young
man when public honors were heaped
upon him. In short he was onlv q boy
when he was appointed District Attorney
nj Oneida county. He was admitted to
the bar In the spring Of 1850. when he was
% years old He was 80 big, even then.
that nobody thought t, inquire his aga.
Being q fuli-hedged attorney, hs wAs
sent to Albany to interview Hamilton
Fish, then Governor Of New York. in
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-08
SOLDIERS CoURr-MARTIALLED

Warrington. November THE war de-
partment has received the reports In the
oasss Of the three volunteer soldiers court
martiailsd In the Philippines and sent
encsd to death for assaults upon the ma
tiveaL While no information as to the
nature of Gen. Otis's endorsement has
been made public it is understood the
sentences were approved, 90 otherwise
the papers would not have come to Wash
ington. II Ia possible. however, that the
arrival may be accompanied with rec :
ommendation for . reduction Of the sent
enoe.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-08
Polite Vaudeville.

1--WE are going to run polite vaudeville
only" the manager told his advertising
man.
"What kind is thatT
"Er-why. when one performer kicks
the other In the neck he will Immediately
apologize. "-Indianapo Journal.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-08
ROSCOE CONKLING.

The Career OF an American who II Llv-
ing Now Would BE but Seventy Years.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-08
THE BIOGRAPHIN MEDICINE
A New Aid for Doctors In Study
ing Obscure Diseases.

Operations Performed by Famous Sur
geons Also shown by the Kineto-
scope-The Instrument Hsrnessed 60
the Telescope and Microscope-Novei
Effects Obtained.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-08
Gen. Lawton Will Re-
sumo Today.
Rains Have Destroyed All
Bridges in His Vicinity.

Manila, November 7-4b p. m.-6en
whsaton's orders were to lnnd ut or near
San Fabian. q fishing village 20 miles
northeast OF Dagupan. The insurgsnt
force there only numbered about 300
men, entrenchsd, whereas ct Dagupan
there are some Thousands Of insurgents
aud i've miles Of strong trenches. The
Mounts river is blocked.
Gen. Wheaton 10 supposed to have land
Cd today though communication with
him IL not expected till tomorrow.
The weather has team good since he
started and he should have bssn able tc
take the trenches without great loss.
From San Fabian, Gen. wheaton can
control the roads OF escape from Tarlac
to the northeast. making Q junction
with Gen. Lawton.
Gen. Macarthur will tegin his advances
towards Tsriao tonight
Gen. Lawton will resume bis advances
tomorrow, though 10 the facs Of great
difficulties, rains, In that district having
destroyed all the bridges In the vioinity
Including several the engineers built for
the movement. Gen. LAYTON has been
working hard for several days to get ra-
lions forward. The sbth regiment rein.
forces him tomorrow. A foros Of SOC
attacked tn, fourth cavalry
last nizht making three futile charges
and losing three men; the Americana
lost none. The first raft ACROSS the ferry
ct Cabanatuan was ca rried away By the
swift current. 1t had l6 men Of the
third cavalry on board with their horses,
but only one Of them was drowned.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-08

'Now good digestion waits on appe-
tite, and health on both"
II it doesn't, try Burdock Blood Bit
tiers.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-08
Ike EP
tn Err
SHAPE

until worn out-Suits that we
make. Then at no period OF
their existence do they have that
jaded, second best" appearance
that the ready-made often exhibit
in two weeks. That's because we
use the Rest Materials. Lin
ings, etc., and the workmanship
is honest. Then the clothes nc
every part of you. Look neat and
natty to the last. Shall we make
Suit for you this fall?
n Ol0n TAILOR---DRAPE
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-08
GERMANS INDIGNANT.

Cologne, Novembe 7.-Letters received
By the Cologne Gazette from johannes
burg, dated Oot3b, ID, say that Germans
indignantly repudists the telegram to
Emperor William signed by Coionel
Schiel which they add 'in NO wxy reflects
the feeling OF the Germans of the Trans
wall" Ii is declared, too. that Sohiel
was not responsible for the Objectionable
charactsr Of the despatch % ms was ab-
sent at the time 1t wss SAINT. The letters
confirm the reports that refugees are BE-
ing conveyed across the border In bands
Of from one thousand to Ave thousand,
and add that the sscorting Bosr forces are
YobbinR them Of considerable amount OF
their savings. Foreigners, IL also appears,
are being stopped In the streets and cou-
pelled to give up the money IN their
rockets. One letter concludes' AS the
Beers are victorious johannesburg has
nothing to fear. But II bsAtsn the town
and ali the mixes will soon cease to sx'
isr.''
DUTCH SIDED WITH BoERS.
E,soourt Natal, Sunday, November r.
An armored II ain went over the bridge
yesterday. found Colenso intact ana also
found railroad bridges strong. An Orange
Free State force was sighted SIX miles
from Colenso on the Lady smith side. 1t
was supposed to have bsen engaged with
the british forces from Ladysmith.
Thursday. The Beers suffered heavily. 1t
is rumored that the Natal Dutch took
part In the engagement siding with the
Invading Beers.
POWELL CAPTURES SOME MULES.
Cape Town, November la despatch
from Kuruman. Friday. November .,
says q despatch rider arrived there from
Mafs king that morning announcing that
Colonel Baden-Powen had captured
mum Der Of mules and horses. FRhting
was occurring daily ut NAfeking: all, 1t
was added, In favor Of the garrison. Ma
tives report that Colonel Plumer's force
from Fort Tuli is working Its way from
hhodeaia to relieve Aafeking.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-26
TESTED AND PROVEN.
There Is Heap Of SoIace in Being Able 10
Depend Upon Well Earned Reputation.

1t has been in Augusta for months
Any reader of this paper might have
seen it. II Is what everybody demands
nowadays. but it is what they do not
obtain. There is only one medium sup
plies 1T; only one can supply 1t, and
probably only one will accomplish it.
What is it? Let Mrs. A. b. Sibley of
20 Bridge street supply the information.
Mrs. Sibley says, THE statement in
our Augusta papers about Doan' )
Kidney Pills curing Mr.. Sibley in the
spring Of 1896 of kidney complaint, was
absolutely true. We procured the rem
edy at G. X. Partridge's drug store,
and ii gives us the greatest of pleasure
two years and a half after that state
mcnt was first published, no say that
the cure then effected has been per-
manent. SO that others may benefit
from this wonderful medicine. you are
at liberty to continue the use Of our
names as endorsers."
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by
all dealers. Price 50 cents Mailed to
any address on receipt Of price by
Foster Mlburn Company, Buffalo, N.
Y, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name, Doan's, and
take no other.
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MARKET REPORTS,
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
The Features Of the Days Dealing In All
the Leading Stocks.

New York, Sept. 25-In the last hour Of
the trading, today, call loans were sud
denly marked up TO IL per cent Tho
queckness with which they reccded to
per cent. however, gave the higher rate
the appearance of having been manipu
lated The furry IL created caused IN,
most active selling Of stocks Of the day
New York exchange was heavy at practi
cally all important interior points an.
shipments to the interior continue. Tn,
large supply Of gold certificates nov
available, far from improving conditions
In New York, rather aggravate ed them, a.
IL simply facilitates the movement to III,
interior. a firmer tone Of sterling cx
change precludes hopes Of an early goln
movement. No marked strength wa
manifest in stocks at any time during
the day, in spite Of the bidding up o.
Brooklyn Transit and Leather preferred
The specialiies show the sharpest losses
reaching between two and four points b
a number Of instances. In the railroad
the Granger were most affected but
number Of other railroad stocks wcrt
down a point. Bonds were not as veal
as stocks. as there were q number Of firm
spots in the market. Total sales. par
value, fl,2i01n. United States Is decline.
u ana the ola rs registered advanced ~
in the bid price.
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Nex fcIk Produce Market.

New York. Sept. =.
FLOUR G.cC ptS. n Nsi bhis.. exports
%; hhiS.. sales. $50 pkCs.: frmcr an,
mu'. active IN sympathy with wheat ant
pwi-- ~ high prrtrnElpns of millcrS VIII
dcu. -Iard further advance The mar
kcr CLOSED win an upward tendency.
Wac Nf-krrrlpts, ~ MI bushels. OK
.r. @-nfi, bushels. sales. 5.ni5.W bush
,i- INJURIES. @in u'H bushels exports: spo,
urr:. No red. 75's f1b. afioai spot: No
Northern Duluth. Nhf. fnh. afplt M ar
tjrv. Irw. M. ! hard Duluth. S3tx W. ar
rIN No. rel. 5fi. elevator.
CORN Ecnoirts, ii-.hI bushels. rN
rNltS. H.GGI bushels. sales. ls5.uH bushtis
,u,uI s. 2i0.tun bushels exports: spot trim
Nm z. ini4 f'h allnlt. NJ. >. Az elevator
OATS E,~c.pts. lli PPM bushels. exports
-i.'rt bushels. sales. h6.ru bushels ~
por-~: sp", firm; NJ. ., "a; No. >. y; No
white 31'fA '=. No. X wnitc. gii-a.9
Track mixed Western. a>i-HJo; track
white. 3Her35
EEEt'-Firm; cut meats firm
IAlsb-Ftrm. Western steamed. S5 ~
September. s5.65. nominal: refined. quiet.
pDRk-SteadV.
'TTER-St,ady: Western creamery
ra-i: ~. factory l3i4Ffl5'4; June cream
cry. I%a2e
EGGS-Firm: state and PENNSYLVANIA
2rn.l; Western ungraded. I3g,l>
OTATDES-Stpady: Jerseys Si.uefI o.
New York. sl.25nl.il; Long Island. ~ 25il
ISL: Jersey sweets. slI5fr2uU. southern.
81. roTrl25.
SUGAR-Raw. dun ana easy: fair re
timing. 1915; centrifugal. 5-l6; refined.
quiet.
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After the Clinton Liquor | callers.

Clinton, Me, Sept. 25.-(SpeciaD.-
The ministers of the Gospel are waging
a most vigorous war against the saloon
Keepers with the result that the town
is suffering an unusual drought. The
first blow was struck, the latter part
of last week, when one of the principal
hotel keepers in town was placed un-
der arrest on the charge of liquor sell
ing. He was found guilty on several
counts and besides being fined heavily
was given a Jail sentence. With the
exception of one fine. the sentences on
all the counts were suspended, but with
the understanding that no more liquor
should be sold by him.
The other sentences are hung over
him t. see that he keeps his promise
Al the other hotel keepers in town
have taken warning, with the result
that the prohibition law is strictly en-
forced.
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AT KENT'S HILL.
FRS. Foot Ball Game Gives Victory TO the
Home Team Personal Notes

Kents Hill. Me. Sept 25-tSpcciaD.-
The first foot bali game ~ thr scasnI
was played ON the athletic grounds. Sdt-
urday. between the oicvcns representing
Lrayit Institute Of Turner. ana Kent
Hill. The Kcnts Hill eleven WAS consid
craby heavier than the visitors ana hal
no difficulty in beating the I"aVitts icy 4
score Of ~ to q. Al no stage Of the game
was there a ghost Of a show for til" viz
itors to score. Lindsay Of LcaVitt. played
a good game for the visitors, while tho
work Of H. Waite. Seth Allen and An
drew Allen for kcnt's lli!l was cxccp-
tionally good
Raymond G. Gleason. last year mana
ger If the athletics, has been r. -elcrte!
manager for the ensuing year. Waiter
G. Brown, who was elected captain of in"
foot ban team, has resigned ana gone ~
Tufts college, where he will take a
course in civil engineering. Arthur
Palmer is now captain of the team.
Mrs. Helen Coffin Bccdy Of Pennington.
has been spending a week on the HIN
with friends.
Miss Wilson. formerly prcccptrcss al
BuCkspOrt Seminary, visited friends here
for Il few days last week.
Rev. &. +. Parsons, presiding elder Of
this district. preached in the Methodist
church, Sunday afternoon.
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ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.

The Machias has arrived At the Wash
inRtpn navy yard 10 participate in the
Dewey reception ceremonies.
Quartermaster J. McHyde ~ the Boston
army depot. has received a telegram or
drriuG hum Al once to Manila. Major
Samuel II. Jones. VINO has just returned
from Manila, VIII succeed ~ the position
Of quaGlermastcr uf the Boston depot.
The 18th Regiment lafs Camp Mead
Harrisburg, Pa. Monday. FOR service IA
the Philippines. The troops went in four
sections over the Pennsylvania Railroad
They Witi ~ stationed al the Preside fi
san Francisco q short time before en-
barking fer the far East The work %
recruiting the 4lst and +Ith Regiments dt
camp Meade fur service III TIA Philip
pines Is steadily going on
The navy department expects ~ talk"
possession WI th- United States cruiser
Albany. now building az The Armstrous
Works AZ Newcastle. Eng. about Jan. ]
next. This t.nr sh.p was bought during
the Spanish WAIT, along with the Now
Orleans, but the British neutrality laws
mace VI impossible to bring hpr over lt
tina; time officers and crew w.i To- dcs
iEnated before long u ~ FOR Tbs new
ship
Rev. John II. Liz. chaplain n the -th
ohio Volunteers, was found guilty. ny tue
ohio Methodist conference. at Columbus
ohio. Monday. ut conduct uuhccominE ~
minister Of the gospel. in using disr"
su-ctful language "a Rose Ie.e Burch.
daughter 10 the lieutenant colonel ot the
regiment. ana vas expelled from the
ministry An appeal was taken 4 year
ago The charges We're preferred ny In.
girl ana created a great sensation.
The attention ~ thc navy department:
has been called To- The fact that the Bril-
ish admiralty l.A+ .r13. new departure
IN send.Rs number FIT naval officers -
China tu learn lG. Chinese language. a
number of tt.ize~ uav" been offered fur
proficiency III t.t~ iIr=uaee. The plan Is
regarded with t1y ~ naval officers at
n -l..l.r
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NINE BADLY BURNED.
- Z
One Boston Woman will Probably Die as Re-.
suit Of Gasoline Explosion.

Boston. Sept. 25.-Nine people were
BADLY burned, one probably fatally AZ
! fire in lodging house in the South
nd. tonight The following are at tbe
Iity hospital: Mrs. Rena Butler. who
y on the danger list; Mrs. Sarah p
LOvelace. Miss Lillian Tyrrell. Hewitt
-ovelace. Waverly Greene. and Ches-
erficld Stewart. Others burned ara
Miss Anna Tyrell, Robert Lovelace and
Andrew Lovelacc. The fire was due N
he explosion Of gasoline with which
Mrs. Butler was filling a lamp, mlstak-
ng it for kerosene oil.
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aral religious bodies and paid warm
tribute to the part taken in the life OF
the town by the lodges of Masons ana
Odd Fellows He concluded with warm
tribute to the prinC ely generosity of Mr..
Brown. The entire manuscript of the ad
dress was deposited under the corner
stone.
At the conclusion of the historical
address by Rev. Mr.. Weed, Hon. w.
w. Brown, who presented the town
with the Library building, was called
on for an address. His remarks We're
short and to the points. He expressed
the pleasure given him to present the
Library building to the town. where he
had spent his boyhood days. Passing
on to a recollection of parts Of his for
mer life in the town, he spoke of the
good that might be derived firm the
use of the library and of the chances
that are to be given the young people
to gain a better idea of the outside
world through the use of the volumes.
In the copper box in the corner stone
We're placed some coins bearing the
date of 1899, papers and magazines
containing accounts of vital happen
ings to current history, the history of
the different lodges in town: also of the
two churches and the Sunday Schools.
copies of the first and the last town
meeting and last photographs of the
Brown family and the history of the
Brown family, as we'll as Il history of
the family of Mrs. Brown.
At the conclusion of the exercises
the different orders and people who had
taken part in the parade, adjourned to
the Town hail. where banquet was
served by the ladies of the town.
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Ma io1aI League Standing.
This Weeks Schedule.

The schedule Of league games for the
weeks is as follows:
Tuesday-BostOn at New York, Philadc!
phia at Baltimore. Washington at Brook
iyn. Pittsburg at Chicago, Cleveland at
ST Louis.
day-Washington at Boston
Philadelphia at Baltimore. Brooklyn New
York at Brooklyn, Cleveland at ST. Louis.
Thursday-W Washington at Boston,
Brooklyn at Baltimore, New York at
Philadelphia. Louisville at St. Louis, Gin
cinnati at Tittsburg.
Friday-W Washington at Boston, Brook
Ign a baltimore New York at Philadel
phia, Louisville At St. Louis, Cincinna 4
at Pittsburg.
Saturday = Washington at Boston,
Brooklyn at Baltimore, New York a,
Philadelphia. Louisville at Chicago, Gin
cinnati at rittsburg.
sunday oct I-Cleveland at St. Louis,
Louisville and Cincinnati at Chicago,
Louisville at Chicago.