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The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19
CONFERENCE AT BRUNSWICK
sixty -nve Teachers OF Fitting Schools
Met Bowdoin Faculty.
fsrrcrAL TO THE rREssJ

IHFECIAL TO IhE EhseSS
Brunswiok, February 1Z-Today
some sixty five principals, assistanss Of
the Maine High schools and academies,
met in conferspcs with the president and
faculty Of Bowdoin college. The norninG
session, which was held In the Ssarles
Science building, vas opened By Presi-
dent Hyde who explained that the con-
ference had bean called In order, II pos
sibls, to bring about closer conneosion
between the secondary schools and the
college and also to promoes bettsr ootn-
mon understanding bstwsen thsm. In
order 20 do this ths various SUBJECTS In
the college requirements would b taken
up In turn and thoroughly examined.
The subJect would be introduced BY the
head Of the department. In college and
then thrown opsn Tor general dlscns sion.
This plan was productive Of most excel
lent results since u not only explained
the position Of the college, but also
showed clearly the views Of the prepare
tory schools on all these subjects. The
discussion continued until noon when
the visitors we're invited to inspect the
college buildings.
At 1.30 q dinner was served to the
guests and members Of the faculty at
New Meadows Inn. Seventy -four sat at
the tables, After the dinner President
Hyde called for informal remarks from
some Of the visitors Among the speakers
were Principal Chase Of Portland, White
Of Bangor, Moody Of the Edward Little
High school. Libby Of Lewiston High.
johnson Of Coburn Classical Institute,
Cook of Augusta, Sampson of Thornton
Academy, Cole Of Bath, Snow Of Yar-
mouth Academy. Dutch Of Halloweii and
Professors Macdonald and Lee Of the
college. The speeches. which were OF a
more general character than the talk OF
the morning, were extremely interssting 9
and were well received. The unanimous
opinion seemed to be that the best results
could bs obtained only by hearty ooopera-
ton on the part Of the fitting Schools and
the college. The conference CLOSED at
D. IN.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19
EXCHANGE OF SHELLS.
Both Sides Occupy Strong
Positions.

Bird River, Saturday. February H.
1hs position near Dordreoht now is that
the Beers oosupy . strong hill north Of
the town and that the British hold com.
mandins post to the South. Both are
maintainins brisk exchange Of SHELLS
over Dordrecht.
General Brsbrant's horse. 1000 strong,
commenced the march from Pen Hook
Thursday morning over . trsckisss vsldt
and through . mountainous end diniouls
country.
Early Friday thsy were fred upon and
the firing continued all day and well In
% the night. the British clearing tho
Beers out Of succ ,ssive positions. under q
terrific rifle fire lasting eight hours.
Toward midnight Friday. the British
forced the Beers at the point OF the
bayonet out OF their last position. an
important one overlooking Dcrdrecht.
The artillery duel was continued today.
The British casualties we're eight killed.
including Captain Crallan and Lieut..
Chandler and eight wounded.
The British captured some prisoners
end quantity Of forage and provisions.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19
ENEMY IN A PANIC.
Position on Modder River Hurriedly
Evacuated.

London. February 19-The Daily News
publishes the following despatch dated
sunday morning. February IS, from
Nodder River:
"Our sudden appearance seems to have
a astounded the enemy and thrown them
into a Ianic. All the positions were
hurrlediy evacuated and the big guns at
Magersfontsin and Kimberley vera left
behiud.
"3sn. Cronje moved his transport.
consisting Of many hundred wagons
along bank of kopjss north Of the Mod
der, toward ffyfontein. II got past our
mounted infantry, but owing to wsa-i-
ness had to sop. Thereupon our artillery
opened upon 1t. The main body Of the
Bosr force kept up Q running fight ths
whole day vainiy trying to escape.
"Each time their advance guard sought
to move of, our mounted infantry gal
loped round and checked than. We never
attempted to sop their main movement
oontenting ourselves With trying to check
them.
"Thsir position n; kotfyfonteln is raid
to be very strong. They entertain o
Wholesome DIRE I'd of ten thousand cavalry
moving more quickly than they go them
selves We hope to be In Bloemfontein
shortly"
The Daily N1ws has another despatch
from the Aodder river military camp,
dated Sunday morning. which says:
VAt dawn on Friday the Beers were
observed moving wagons along the
kop!es toward KOffy fontein. Our mounted
infantry was sent out from kiipt Drift,
b ut was driven back and the enemy 6
wagons passed.
VGenera, Knox's twelfth brig ade. how
o yer, quickly attacked the en- smy's main
body and severe lighting went on all day
over a line which was very extended.
The enemy, making a desps rate attempt,
finally escaped. owing TO the serpentine
ten d Of the river.
"Ths mounted infantry suffered from
he trying thanking movement. Our force
has now Teen reinforced.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19
ALL WORKED WELL.
Lord Roberts Operations Dovetailed
Perfectly.

Jaootsdal. Orange Free State. Friday,
February 16. Lord Roberts combination
for the movement Of the corps dove
tailed with precision although obstacles
thst had not been forsseen had to be
overcome.
The execution Of his design began at
o. m, Sunday. Gen. French rode into
Kimb berley Thursday afternoon, just when
he was due, according to the tield mar
shals time table. having. In four and a
half days, marched ninety miles with
artillery and having fought two small
engagements.
The relief Of Ki imberley was accom-
plishsd with the loss Of only fifty men.
Twenty thousand infantry made splendid
marches under sub.tropical sun and
through dust storm to hold the posi-
tions which General French took.
Lord Kitchener was with General
fuckers division. In consequences OF
his transport arrangements, the four d.
visions moving over the sandy veldt are
fei and wstersd. 1t IL hardly possible tc
appreciate adequately the mathsmatioal
precision with which every part of th'
transport department has worked, march
ing through the day. toiling almost sleep
lessly throughout the night, vict ualing
the army and evolving every b our results
from seeming chaos.
Everybody did what was expected Of
him oheerfully though enduring fright
full fsSigues. Few slept more than thrss
hours The battalions, hour after hour.
toiled through the heavy sand uncom-
plainingly and when, now and then a
man fell out Of the ranks exhausted, he
would rsjoin his company later after he
had rested.
About hfty or sixty were overcome by
the heat and had to be sent 20 the rear In
the backwardsd file Of empty wagons.
The rapidtty Of Lord Roberta movements
away from bis base has solved one Of the
problems perhaps tbs chief problem Of
the war.
He and Lord Kitshener have GREAT ID
mobile force able 20 move 10 exterior
lines and to outfiank the Beers. them
selves so wonderfully mobile.
The position of the Boer army at Spyt.
foutein being untsnabls. General Cronjs
ordered . retreat. AZ the moment this
dsspatoh Is written 1t is uncertain
whether his whole force or only portion
has gone toward Bloemfontsin. 1t 10
possible that . party IL going north Of
Kimberley.
Il 10 supposed that 30 ton gun 10 still
In the nsishborhood Of Kimberley. The
road from Jacobsdal to Moddsr station 10
now open.
Further details Of the Boer retreat
show that tbs snsmy has been fighting .
good rear guard action and Occupying sue
osssivs kopjss In order 10 allow the moving
Of the ooEvoy, which. however, has been
going At . very slow psos. the anims Ii
apparsntly being dead beat.
The latest reports show that the Beers
In the neigh ahborhood Of Klipkrsxis Drift
are undoubtedly disheartsned.
Gen. Frsnch's magniaosnt march Il
stiil ths subjsot ef admiration, especially
| IN view Of the dust storms and thundsE
storms that all sxrsrisnosa.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19
THE WEATHER.

Boston, February IS.-Fair Monday ;
probably fair Tuesday with slowly rising
temperature Tuesday; westerly winds.
diminishing In force and becoming vnri-
able by Tuesday.
Washington, February ls.-Eorecast for
New England: Partly cloudy Monday;
warmer ana cloudy Tuesday; diminish
ing north westerly winds.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19
SWEAR OFF SMOKING.
(TALK No. 1907


10TH Err.
There IL no deny ing the fact that
glasses are bother In many ways.
TLsy often pinch the nose or cut the
face. Ifyou GO ont shopping and for
get to take them, your entire Aftsr-
noon Is spoiled. If you have to wear
glasses for both far and near. you
have to change them hundred times
a day. There are a great many OBJ
jsotions to them. A great deal Of this
bother may be avoided. however. By
having an expert optician do your
work. There are many ways and
oontrivanoes for making the use of
glasses less troublesome. By select
ing the right frames and adjusting
thsm correctly the glassis will rest
easily and comfortably upon the face.
The use of a chain and hook for eye
glasses makes 1t impossible to forget
them. Bifocal glasses are always be-
fore the eyes and always adjusted for
every distance. II your glasses are
O source Of annoyance to you In any
way. maybe oan help you overcome
the difficulty.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19
INSULAR POSSESSIONS.

Senate WilI Give Them Their Attention
This Week.
Washington, February 1s.-Ths stten-
tion of the Senate this week will be given
largely to the relations Of the United
States to the insular possessions. The
bill providing form of government for
the Hawaiian islands has right OF way
and II 1t should be 80 fortunate as to bs
finally acted upon before the CLOSE of the
week, the Puerto Rioan bill under thu
agreement made in the Republican eau
Gus will be Immediately taken up. Th'
probabilities are that the Hawaiian bill
win be debated at considerable len2tt
and that many amendments will be
offered to 1t.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19
CHASING CRoNJE,

Jaoobsdsl, February T.-GenerAl Ksl-
ley-Ksnnsy 10 ssin pursuing the Bosra
He has now captured more than 100
wagons. The Highland brigade rein
forced him after q forced march.
0snsral French has lsft Kimberley to
jein in the parsuit Of the Boar army.
The guards have occupied the Bosr po-
sision ct Magsrsfontsin.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19

hers. The prssa with the sxc ptien o.
the violently partisan local Cuban organ,
comments favorabls upon them.
The Ouba Libre which 10 antagenistio
10 the governor general says the general
orders are "nercly sriek 10 prolone the
American ocoupasios."
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19
ITALY EXCEPTED,

London, February i9.-Lord Rcssbsry
writes to the Times exposing his regrets
that. In a recent speech he tcrgot to men,
tion the singular instance Of open
frisndliness displayed by Italy during the
present war.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19

where In ondon this evening that Gen.
erai Cronjs. with an army Of 1000 has
been captured.
Apparently they emanated from the
continent No confirmation Of them can
be obtained.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19

The work of shelIing the Bosrs procssds
vigorously. Owing to the style Of the
action, the Beers are bound 10 show
tss open, whsnevsr they are obliged 10
leavs the koplea.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19
BULLER ADVANCING.
Occupied Camp on lIussar
Hill.
lIuSsar

Chieveley, Sunday, + Fsbrusry ls.-Gen-
eral Butler has established hia headquar-
tsrs on Hussar hill. Heavy artillery fir
ing was maintainsd At intervals by both
sides from Wednesday until Friday. The
British slowly pushed the advanc, and
their infantry occupied sntrsnehsd new
positions In front Of Hussar hill with
slight losses. 1t is believed that the
lyddits worked havoc on the Boer
trenches The offers are suppossd to have
moved their big guns back over the
Tugela Friday afternoon. The rife itrs
has been neavy at times. The whole
country Is thiokly wooded.
4 The British operations are directed to
the capture Of Hlanswane Hill, where
the Beers are strongly fortified and from
viii oh they are shslling the British with
great accuracy.
The British infantry are now disposed
along Q line extending for seven miiss
to the small kopjes ut the base Of Monte
Cristo hill. From six o'clock Friday
morning the British inoessantly shsllsd
Monte Cristo, with the Mex separating
1t from BlAauw Krantz hili, on the right.
The British infantry IL making slow
progress up the Mex. In the endeavcr to
occupy Monte Oristo, which will enable
them 10 sufilade the Beers on Hang
wane.
lhnvp nllTil nl0nlQnU
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.

Portland, Feb. 1s ls0o-The local
weather bureau records the following,
sa. m.-Barometer. 20. 322; thermome-
ter, 1872: dew point, l2; rel. humidity,
9o; direction of wind, N; wind veloc-
ity, 20; state of weather, hwy. snow.
sp. m. Barometer, 29.422; thermome-
ter, 100; dew point I; rel. humidity, 81;
direction of wind, NV wind velocity, 10;
state of weather, clear.
Max. temp. 1s; min. temp, IS: mean
temp, 10; max. wind velocity, 20 NV,
prec]pitation-24 hours 100 in.
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.
The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, Feb. ls. taken at 9
p. m, meridian time, the observation for
each section being given in this order:
Temperature, direction Of wind, state of
weather.
Boston, 90 degreea NV, clear;
New Yoik, 20 degrees. NV. clear; PhilA-
dslphia, ~ degrees. w. slsar; wash.
ington, Is degrees, W, elsarI Albany, Is
dsarsss, NV, oleAr; Buffalo, 10 degrees.
W. oiouay, Chicago. IL degrees, NV.
clear; So. Paul, 10 dsarsss, 6W, cloudy
as;S.o.: D;s.. 4 !. a:sr.si ii T. ls.syy; sl.s.sy;
Jacksonville, 81 degrees, NV. cisas.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19
was practically no interruption Of street
Cur servios In this oity.
HALIFAX GETS II.

Halifax, Ms. February "a storm
Of snow and hail accompanied BY . gale
Of wind from the so1thsast commenced
this morning and caused heavy ses.
10 Is stili blowing hard.
The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19
CAUSED A SENSATION.

Havana. February 1s.-Goyernor Gen.
sral Woods general orders specifying the
prsrogatives Of military commanders and
civil governors are creating a sensation
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-08-01
THE NEW PRESCOTT
First Stone of the Bank of Arizona
 Building

Prescott. July S0-(SpeciaD The first stone of the foundation of the Bank of Arizona building was laid to- day Three ear loads of lumber. 15O. 900 brick and 1000 perch of stone are on the ground. Excavations are down from ten to twelve feet for the underground floor. A force of men and boys are working tonight on the Bsshford- Bur mister building by electric light.
 The foundations for the Journal Miner building are under way. The Burke-Hicley ground is cleared and foundations are under way Burke and Hickey teiegraphed California for fe- male assistance and waitresses at good wages. The opening day will be Au- gust 1. at the old sherman house.
 The first business to be opened up in brick. entirely built since the fire, k that of Boersch & Co $ restaurant on COrtez street. near Gurley. opening Au- gust l.
 The threatened rain failed to materi- alize here today. It did considerable damage at Skull Valley, however. lt is clear here tonight.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-08-01
A FATAL ACCIDENT.

4 deplorable accident occurred on the upper railroad spur at the United Globe shelter in Globe last Saturday fore noon. resulting in the death of Horatio N. Lyon, breakman. The Silver Belt says:
 "Deceased was one of the crew switching coal cars at the shelter Two cars were shunted onto the spur from the switch and Lyons was on the rear end of the forward car The spur is only long enough to hold five cars, and the two cars shunted were moving at an unusual rate of speed The spur passes under the terminus of the cable tramway and the break on a car can not be applied until after the ear emerges from under cover. about sixty feet from the end of the spur over a deep ravine The cars were moving so fast that Lyon did not have time to put on the brake and the car on which he stood went over the small bulkhead Ca l0X1O timber bolted to the stringer) and fell to tAe bottom of the gulch When the car struck the bulkhead Lyon was pitched far out into the ra- vine and fell on the rocks fully sixty feet from the end of the track His neck was broken and the body other wise mangled. The coroner's jury did not fix the responsibility
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-08-01
AN OLD RELIC IN USE.

The Journal Miner has placed d blow paper cutter in it's office While the public may not understand what sort of machine it is. the printing frater- nity will recognize it on sight of the name. It is an instrument made use-of a half century ago by members of the craft for trying to cut paper with, but instead of accomplishing the purpose aimed at, it tore the paper apart. Ieav- ing the edges ragged and fraved and was productive of more profanity. prob ably than any device ever installed in printing office. with the single excep- tion of a gasoline engine. The latter wears the championship belt as pro- fanity producer no matter where you find it.
 The aforementioned paper cutter re- mained in the Journal Miner office for nearly twenty years as a reminder of the trials and tribulations of former years, and was then carted up to the residence of the editor and used as a henrOost. Now the thing has been cart ed back to the office as return to the way of doing business when the print ing business was in it's infancy.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-08-01
MINING NEWS.

R. A. Thomas. president of the Black Hills Copper company. limited of Jerome. Arizona. returned to Los Angeles last week from the mines. Mir Thomas reports to the Mining Review that never at any time in it's history has there been so much work going on in the Verde district as at the present time, nor is there anything. he says. of d superficial character about the work, il is good. solid work bound to be pro ductive of substantial results Asked about work at the Black Hills mines he replied that everything was going on in the most satisfactory manner We have been taking out considera bIe quantity of good ore in our develop ment work and we are now going to put in. if we find what we want, d small jacket to reduce the ore we are taking out. There is good gold and siI- ver in it outside of the copper and it will pay Us better to work it ourselves than to ship it. Our property is proving itself up in better shape every day We know that we have a big mine"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-08-01

of issuing S100,O00 in bonds for the pur- pose. After the meeting F. B. Gage. who is d member of the council. and who is also a director in the $. F, P and P. railroad had special train run to Del Rio carrying members of the council and City Engineers J. J. Fisher and Sturtevant cut there to look over the proposition of obtaining water from there. One water right there. it is said is offered for sale al a very reasonable price. which carries between 500, GOO and 100000 gallons of water per day. If this can be purchased it is proposed to pump the water direct to the reservoir in Prescott. The location of the water
 is about 500 feet lower than Prescott. While the source of supply there is about ten feet lower than that at Agua Fria. but from the lower place the wa ter has to be raised 275 feet higher than the reservoir in order 10 get it to Pres colt.
 The williamson valley spring which has been mentioned as a possible source of supply, was found to be nearly 800 feet lower than Prescott and instead of being the amount of water there as re- ported it only amounted to tbout 60- 000 er 10000 gallons daily. The council sun has some funds available from the former issue but it is estimated that it will take an additional $lOO.0OO to put in d system from Del Rio.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-08-01
COMMERCIAL LAW LEAGUE.
A Great Gathering of Lawyers at Mil
 waukee.

Milwaukee. Wis. July S0--The Cream City is filling up with commercial law yers from all parts of the country, come to attend the annual convention of the Commercial Law League of Am erica. The executive committee held d meeting at the Hotel Pfister today and completed arrangements for the con- vention. which will be formally opened tomorrou morning. Judging from the number of delegates already arrived the attendance will be larger than at any previous gathering of the organiza- ton, which has now been in existence more than five years. Since the last annual convention the league has made decided gains in its membership. not ably in Illinois. Ohio. Pennsylvania West Virginia. Indiana. and several of the far western states. The present officers of the league are: President Charles R. Miller. Canton. O.: first vice president. A. II. Gleason. New York city; second vice president. C. C. Kirk patrick. Springfield. O.; third vice-pres- ident, S c. Tapp. Atlanta. Ga; treas urer, E. k. SumerwelI. New York city: corresponding secretary. George $ Hull Buffalo. N Y: recording secre- tary. Edwin A. Krauthofr Kansas City. Mo.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-08-01
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Mrs. R. H. Hooper, of the Verde val ley. is in town on business connected with the estate of her late husband.
 Being unable to secure building for its new newspaper pant. the Journal Miner was compelled to buy lot and put up d new building, the contract for which was let yesterday and work com menced on it today. The contractor agrees to have it ready for placing the machinery in it within two weeks. The building will be located on Gurley street on the corner of the alley in he rear of Hotel Burke.
 The Journal Miner has received a larger press from Jerome, the one form arly used by the Reporter there. but dnds itself short of type with the in complete office received. It will prob ably take two or three weeks yet to get its building completed and its new machinery and type in place ready for toing newspaper business in real good shape Job work can be turned out promptly and neatly as of yore, as all the type is new.
 The Bashford- Burmister company commenced work today clearing away the debris of the fire from their old warehouse lot on the alley back of their former store The walls of the old store building will be taken down to the ground and d new building erected on he site. In speaking of it today R. N. Fredericks said While we had a good building before. we will build a much finer and better one.' They expect to be occupied about six months in re- building.
 Bishop Nelson. of Georgia. has drawn ID bill which is now before congress md which provides for the establish nent of an industrial school for negroes wherever ten thousand dollars can be -aised for nucleus. In this event, even trustees. residents of the south, may obtain from congress $150,O00. one hird for building equipment. and pre- iminarN expenses. and the remainder for permanent endowment. The num- oer of these schools is to he limited to me for each hundred thousand of the negro population of the state.
 Our sheepmen are receiving permits from the agricultural department at Washington permitting them to graze the fiocks on the two reserves. Such permits ought never To have been nee ASsary or demanded. as everyone knows who knows anything about our noun aims and running stock on them. that anything. grazing is a benefit to the preservation of the growth of mer- ,haptable timber.-Winslow Mail.
 The funeral of the late Dr. James Hess took place Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock from Borders undertaking par lors, interment being in the Odd Eel lows cemetery, deceased being mem Der of that order He was native of Lebanon. Virginia, and died of heart trouble and not of consumption. Be sides young wife he leaves a son 2 months old.
 F. Scopel has started masons a work on one of the new buildings which he proposes to erect and has men and teams 'at work clearing the ground fol tue other one. One of the buildings twill be located an Montezuma street