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man the northern. and 10000 years later the
situation is reversed II has been suspected by
croh and others that local climatology would
De so altered by this agency to leave some
impress on the geological record. Professor Gil
bert views that theory with some favor and
hopes that evidence OF its soundness will be
sought by biologists
Whatever else may be thought of Professor
&oiys recently published paper, no lack Of def
niteness cali be imputed to it. The principal
mineral constituent of the sea is chloride of
sodium. Professor Jolly thinks that all of the
sodium in that body of water came from the
rocks and was washed in there at a compare
lively uniform rate, in consequence of the action
or the weather upon the land. The soundness
OF his premises viii doubtless be called in ques-
ton. but his results are interesting After ap-
plying number of corrections to his figures he
concludes that between 80, 600 600 and 10000 600
years have elapsed since the surface of the
globe was first subjected to the denuding action
CT rain.
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wrong to attribute evil motives to them.
They have come to express profound regret
Sharp and short will be the fate of such of the
offenders as may be caught, and the entire ana
undivided attention of the police is devoted to
the task of catching them. Caught? Very prob
ably they have already been caught. certain!
Well not absolutely, but 1t Is at the utmost
question of a day or two. Clearly IL Is not
case of sufficient gravity to justify Such an un-
courteous step as bringing an additional guard
to Peking-just if the authorities intended TO
neglect their duties. Any proclamation? In
truth the only question was the precise terms
which would be most acceptable to the legations
The Minister almost monOsyllabically presses
for something more definite Reply follows re-
ply, and presently all the Ministers seem 10 de-
sire to talk at the same time. Half an hour
passes and there is a slight change in their att-
tude. They talk less of what they have done,
and more of their willingness to do anything
and everything. Finally an understanding is ar
rived at, and off they go in their greasy pomp.
In two days more a written communication is
received from the Tsung-li-Yamen couched in
terms as insolent can be disguised in diplo-
matte form, and simultaneously proclamation
issues nearly as possible declaring that II
was all the victims fault, and that no more
European ears should be nailed to the pump.
This is the net result of the fine words Of their
EXcellencies the Princes and Minister'S Ihen
come several repetitiOnS of the same game, until
at length, when ii is known that the additional
guard is coming up next day, the authorities
climb down just so many inches as long eX-
perience teaches them will suffice to stop the
advent of the barbarianS, and yet leave the
business omen for interminabe correspondence
With more or less variation in detail, but SINH
lsrity in essence every foreign Minister spends
a large part of his time thus. Sometimes the
trouble IS provincial, and that affords additional
scope for irritation and procrastination some
times the question divides the legations into
hostile groups, and then the Chinese simply
revel. Every Minister knows in his heart that
nothing but force is a remedy, and they turn 70
look atone ancient gun and twenty guards A
hanpy life truly! Tiffin hour comes as a well
come relief Hot though II be 1t brings ceSsa-
tion from weary fruitless labor. Friends come
in and the conversation is Of home and ciVlilza-
tion The envied ones are those VINO can nope
soon to hid Roodby to thia vast centre OF bar
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ORDNANCE FOR CHAPTER.
SIEGE GUNS AND MOUNTAIN GUNS TO By
USED IN CHINA-HOW THE LATTER
ARE PACKED ON MULES

Before his departure for China General Chat
fee suggested that some of the heavy artillery
that had been organized for service in Cuba
but never was sent there be shipped to China
and acting on that suggestion Battery o, 7th
Artillery, Captain Williams has been ordered
to San Francisco whence it will be shipped on
the first transport to China. The battery will
have 145 enlisted men. The siege guns, car
riages and platforms will be shipped from Ma
Mia, where they have been some time, and
will arrive at Taku at about the same time
with the of Battery O.
more important feature of the United
States Ordnance Department in connection with
the Chinese affair is the order which has been
placed by the Government with the Vickers
Sons & Maxim Company of England for twelve
mountain guns. These guns are now being
made, and will be shipped to General Chafee's
command as they are completed. These
guns of the 75-mm. pattern, and are
in most respects like the guns which, under
the command of Captain George w. Van
Deusen of the 18th United States Artillery. did
much good service in the Philippines.
These guns are made so that they may be
transported the backs of pack animals, and
each gun has also pair of shafts that fit into
sockets on the end of the trail, and it may be
drawn fairly good roads. For long
marches, and in mountain regions the various
parts of the equipment will be carried on the
pack animals, and field piece will be divided
among four mules. The gun with mechanism,
will be one, another will carry the cradle
which is cast in one piece, with the recon
buffer; a third will carry the trail complete with
elevator, and the axle, wheels and tool box will
be fastened the fourth mule 1t is calcu-
lated that one animal shall carry twelve rounds
of ammunition so that the number of additional
animals required for gun depends the
amount of ammunition taken. The packs. in
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A YOUTHFUL INVENTOR.
THE AUTOMATIC GUN DESIGNED BY A
JUNIOR AT HARVARD.

Boston, Aug. MAXIM Nordenfeldt, Bor-
ehardt and other automatic machine gun in
Fentors recognize in quiet youth now study
ing at Harvard a rival whose achievements so
far give promise of more remarkable results in
the future This twenty-one -year-old boy
William Startling Burgess. son of Edward Bur-
CESS, the famous yacht designer-at eighteen Sc
cured in the face of opposition by these same
men on the ground of infringement patent
from the United States Government for an
automatic machine gun. twenty-one of the
forty claims he put in being allowed-a re-
ularkable record.
1t in October 1897. that his patent was
granted, and he at went work and, with
the aid Of Government draughtsmen at the
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds. was turning out
designs for an improved gun when the Spanish
broke Coming of patriotic stock. he
at once enlisted in the Navy. and postponed
the development Of his gun.
1t has now, however been taken up and the
gun viii be placed on the market. The first de-
sign which was good enough to be indorsed by
the experts to whom it was submitted, includ-
ing Commander Seaton Schroeder, L. S N.
inventor of the briggs Schroeder gun; Lieu
tenant Charles c. Jameson. Ordnance Corps, U.
S. A. now at Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
and Commander Richard Wainwright, now
superintendent Of the Naval Academy
made when he was sixteen. The gun is of
marvellous simplicity, the present model having
Just five working parts The Sandy Hook de-
Sign however, calls for a slight increase in the
number Of parts and slight increase in the
complication, but preserves the elements of
simplicity lightness and effectiveness. 1t is
effective first, because il is simple, and sec
ond. because the recon Of the barrel performs
10 other function than COMPRISING a single
spiral spring
Another clever mechanical device is an inter
locking arrangement which makes it impossible
for the hammer to come in contact with the
cartridge until the breech block has been locked
solid and is ready for firing, thus doing away
with the danger of premature discharge and
minimizing the danger of jamming, the terror of
users Of rapid fire guns.
It's trustworthiness is increased by the fact
that young Mr.. Burgess provides two eXtractOrs
opposite each other. instead of the one usually
used in guns of this class, and, furthermore, en-
tireIy surrounds the head Of the cartridge with
metal when il is fired, thus preventing the
escape Of gas OF the rupture of the cartridge,
which would inevitably jam the gun.
MI Burgess is a Junior at Harvard He was
graduated from Milton Academy. Milton, Mass,
which he entered at eleven. He was born on
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being member Of the Institute and other fash
ionable clubs.
During the Spanish American War in spite
OF his youth and account of his mechanical
ability, he was made gunner's mate, in charge
OF the secondary battery Of the United States
auxiliary cruiser Prairie, serving with her on
coast patrol and Cuban and Porto Rican block
aiding and in the engagement off Mariel, when
the Prairies big guns at long range smashed
the AlphonsO XIII to pieces
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barrie filth and corruption. After that, more
work Letters and reports cables to be coded,
and the question of the honorable member for
Little PuddletOn to be answered with full de-
tail and statistics, and a weary day passes
until / o'clock strikes and another ride, or the
club, with its cool reading room and a game of
whist bridge and a glass of wine, leads up to
dinner.
Set this picture as the merest speck in an
ocean of ruthless enmity and bitterness. Sur
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round it by frowning walls girdled by an armed
effective weapons of scientific war. Add mon
cher colleague whose business in life is to
counterpart and trip you up. RecOlect that
your countrymen know and care nothing. Then
bring crowd of women and children, wives and
daughters and apostles of Christianity to share
your perils, and you have faint notion of the
lives of your Ambassadors and representatives
during a peaceful day in Picking.
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Christmas Day. 1873 He ranks high In his
studies and Is prominent socially at college,
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-01
sEw Apxnar..nnzsrs.
NEW ApvEnrrsEnrrrs
PoRTLANp. January

PORTLAND JsnuaryL
TIME Linens department will
l. sell today hundred dozen
pure Linen Damask Towels,
fourteen choice patterns, plain white,
pink, red and blue borders, deep
knotted fringe, at S2.4S the dozen,
$I.25 the half dozen, ale each. The
Towels are all of excellent quality,
soft bleach. large and medium size.
There1l be no more of them at any
thing like the price.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-01
A CHIMNEY FIRE.

The alarm fsom Box ol8 last evening
at 2 30 o'clock was tor a chimney fire.
The box Is Q new one recently placed at
the corner Of Forest avenue and Walton,
formerly Oak street. The chimney is on
the Maine Ger trail gate house kept by
Mr.. Durham, on the roadway, two
strests below Walton street.. When the
IRE was discovered Mt. Sorepson started
for the house of Hose 8. Woodfords. His
young brother, Frank. also saw the
smoke and running to the box pulled In
an alarm. II oss went Mp Forest ave-
nue. and Hose came down from Nor
rills Corner until they met. and up 60
that time had seen no cause for an
alarm. Host s was returning to the
houss, the all -out ha, ing been sounded,
when they fourd one OF the Sorensons
and lsarnsd that ths1iblazs had been sx-
tinguished.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-01
STATE OF MAINE.
County OF Cumberland, SIS.
Supreme Judicial Court.
John J. Frye
vs., In Equity
C1az2z E5:JJ1:lIilD

County OF Cumberland, IS.
Supreme Judicial Court.
John J. Frye
vs.. y In Equity
Altman International Motor Co.
The Plaintiff, John j. Frye OF Portland I'm the
County of Cumberland, and state OF Maine, ~
behalf OF himself and other stockholders OF tne
Ahham International Motor Company, a
corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State OF Maine, and having It's
location and place of business at Portland In
complaint against said corporation. and there
by complaining shows unto this Honor able
Court as follows:-
First:-Thst heretofore, to-wit on the
twenty-eightn day of December, A. ID. 1899, the
stockholders of said Altman International
Motor Company held meeting, and voted u
dissolve and terminate said co p0ration.
Second THAT said meeting was held at Port
land Aforesaid, mt the ONCE OF the Company.
Third That the plaintiff Is an oficer,
namely, q Director. and q stakeholder In said
corporation, and Is instructed TO bring this bill
In equity US Aforesaid. by a vote OF The stock
holders.
FOURTH That there are existing liabilities
against said corporation and assets thereof re-
quiring distribution:
Wherefore Plaintiff prays:-
Ftrst:-That such MOTTO. be given In the
premises as to this Honorable Court may seem
meet
Second THAT said corporation be d. solved
and terminated and that such receiver OF
trustee be appointed as may seem meet to this
Portland. December cath, 1899.
HENRY G. PEABODY,
Solicitor for Complainant.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-01

Rev. J. L. Jenkins of1oiating. later
msnt was In Forest CITY osmsssry.
william walsh was srrsiansd In ~
municipal court on . toint ssarch cd
seizure warrant returned against hia-
self and Fred Kelly. walsh reesivsA .
flns Of 800 and costs. which he paid.
Kelly Is NOT ret In custody.
II. n. vsrriil. representing the bank.
rurt firm of Woodbury. and Moulson,
has asked Bankruptcy Referee Pisres
for an extension Of slime for the fling OF
creditors schedules and has been given
until next Thursday.
The police have been requested TO flud
Gilbert Doyle Of Philadelphia, q young
man who has bean boarding st 80 Spring
street for the Lass thres monthA He was
last seen on Middle street. Thursday
night. He IL % years of age, about 8
feet inches In hsight and weighs las
pounds. He had no occupation In Port
land.
The committee on lights are placing
welstach burners In the gas lamps
about the Soldiers monument.
The directors Of the Invalids' Home
wish to thank all who made donations tn
their Christmas baskets.
The new quart srs Of tire station No. Q,
will be open for inspection 10 the ladies
Of Ward 1, on Thursday. January 4, from
to Q p. m.
Damon assembly, No. ]. will have .
public Installation on the evening Of jan
uary Q. A special meeting will be called
on the afternoon of the sams date. All
sfficers-elect are requested to be present.
Portland lodgs.N. Il. o. p, will install
officers next Tuesday evening.
Engineer Knowiton OF the Portland
Railroad company 10 having q commodi-
Gus office fitted up for his use at the pow
er station. A portion Of the offios will be
fitted up as temporary sleeping apart
ment
Superintendent Harvey Smith OF the
Dsering division IL also having several
improvements made at his ofli,s, In the
Morrills Corner car barn. Mr. Smith
has had his quarters psrtitlonsd OF from
tho waiting room and win have small
enclosure devoted exclusively for his use
as An offios.
The Cosmos club will meet with Mrs.
Cram, 90 Grsen street., this evening.
There will be q reception to ladies and
gentlemen at the Y. NC. A. rooms from
3 to 8 and to 10.
4 The regular monthly meeting of the
women's Maine Indian association will
be hel in the Friends church, Oak
sire ct, tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
The public IL welcome.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-01
PERSONAL.

mr.. ). >. hevoi' 'ne iurrier. VIII 70 Nv
his Portland omoe' baxter Diooks MON
day. jan ist' Win hne OF ssins 70 taks
osueis "oAn'
TOBIAS L. Eastman Oh 'rsyours' !" NJ
tns raimou'n no.ei'
Msssrs n. M Lewsen' Anreu nAnnan
ana a. ID. Ahen Oh .nis oisy' re.arnea
on rHoay from = "'p VI se'oi"i u"'
spent IN New iorR'
MIS-. ~ A. Porter ioI Lincoln street.
ieit cht1roW aheorhoSn Aor SAo"nee"",
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-01
STATE OF MAINE.


Cumberland, IS.
John ]. Frye
VS.. In Equity
Altman International Motor Co. J
ORDERkD,-That subpoena issue TO re.
spondent corporation, Altman international
M otor Company, to appear before our Supreme
Judicial Court at Portland I'm said County OF
Cumberland, on the FIRST Tuesday Of February.
A. ID. 1900, at ten o'clock In the forenoon, by
serving said respondent corporation with said
subpoena, an atlestsd copy OF the within bill,
and tina order oil court thereon, thirty days, AT
least. prior to the nrst Tuesday OF February,
A. d. 1900, that said corporation may then and
there show cause. II anyit has, why decree
should not issue, as prayed for; and that no,les
be given by publishing an abstract OF said bill
ana copy OF the order Of court, In the Port
land Daily Press, newspaper published 10
Portland, once week for three successive
weeks, the last publication to be at least two
weeks before said first Tuesday Of February,
1900, that all persons interested may then and
there show cause, II any they have, why said
decree should not issue, as prayed for.
Portland, December twenty ninth, A. ID. 1890.
TH0S. II. HASKELL,
Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court.
Abstract OF the Bnl aud copy OF Order OF
Court.
Attest, D. @. STONE. Clerk.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-01

been stolen from %. but for many other
things Of like nasurs which We are nov
payine for. II II - true Of %. psrhaps.
- u II Of other oitiss, thss there u no
end Of jobbsry and schemes 10 dsfraud
the city, bus On the whole We ere batter
than are many cities. We have laws by
which the authorities som 70 havs no
idea Of enforcing. 10 may be that the au-
thorities are trying 70 kill the laws
Enthusiastically ths city has made wonder
fal strides. We have system Of schools
squal to tbs best ID the world II IL .
wsll-known fact that our public schools
are 20 fine that privats schools cannot
exist here for any length Of time. We
have many clubs which give unlimited
opportunities TO all for the study Of
history, literature and other subjeots."
DIR. Fenn spoke Of the incrsass In the
number Of womsn's CLUBS and opportuu-
itiss for women. The city 10 among the
first In Its appreciation Of literature and
music. Boston may sxosll 10 in this,
but we stand among the very first In the
world.
"I wish Gould say Is much for the
morality Of the city" said DR.. Fem.
1.-THE distIllsries have gone and 20 have
the open saloons. One may walk about
cur principal streets without having ones
sensibilitiss shocked BY the sight Of the
saloon. but they exiss. We have back
slid from the old high notions Of our
fathers, l fear. The law which 10 ON
the statute book 10 law merely In the
name. The churches have grown from
4 10 80. There are probably too many Of
them, but they all exist and are presided
over by able and gifted men. They now
celebrate Christmas and Raster and other
church festivities which onr forefathsrs
would not have oountenanoed for min
ute. There lie no seotarianism now and
the relations between the churches are
very friendly. One could enter . Baptist,
a Methodist OF Congrega tionalist church
aud never know from anything that
might be said what was the denomina-
tion Of the church."
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-01
WILL VETO ORDER.
Greater Care Should be Taken 10 Pro-
seet tine. Cisy's Interest.


This being the nrst Monday Of the
month and OF the year thsre will be .
meeting Of the city council. Some impor-
tsnt matters may come up for action.
Among other things the order which
passsd the council 81 rscsst NESTING au-
thovizing contract to b made with the
Peaks Island Water and Light Company
for twenty hydrants Will be returned 70
the council with the mayo's veto. II 10
understood that Mayor Heihnson thinks
very well Of the scheme 10 give Peaks Is
land water. He believes that providin 9
the company can give satisfactory SER
vice the oity should make a contract
with them for hydrants. He does not te-
iisvs. however. that suoh . contract
should b made without greater care be-
ing taken 10 protect the city than 10 I'm
piled In the present order. There IL
nothing In this order which provides that
the com paDy must furnish certain wat-
or pressure all the time a. order to fulfil
its contract with the city. This In the
mayors opinion, so 10 10 understood.
should be expressly provided for In the
orsier end the city council - q whole and
not not. By : com missee should pass upon
IL 10 very probable that an order en-
bcdyins the views OF the mayor may BIZ
D rssentsd at the same time as the veto
message and that shis order, carefully pre-
% red and protecting the city in every
way viii be entirely satisfs Glory to the
Peaks Island Water and Light Company.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-01
BRIEF JOTTINGS.

The Portland Lodge Of Elks entertained
as special guests on Friday evening tbs
members Of the Alma Chester company
and Deming's minstrels. About one
hundred were present and a most enjoya.
BILE time was mad.
The bank clerks will dine at the Fal
mouth hotel on Tuesday.
The Olympia club Of Portland give a
musical and dramatic entertainment at
All Souls church on Monday evening for
the benefit of tho Sunday school.
The Ladies Aid Of the Church Of the
NJ ss,ah will hold the 1Ist meeting oil
the year at the home of the PIE sldent
Mrs. Frank Calderwood, ~ North street,
Wedns lay afternoon. January Sd.
Theirs will be u special meeting Of
the Ladies Auxiliary A. .. II. in A,
at Hibernian hall, "Wednesday evening
Mt s O'Clock. The pre- dent desires all
members to be pr s,nt as there will b
business of Importance transacted.
Commodore Bray will hold New
Year reception at the Portland Yacht
club Monday evening, from $50 to 10
O'Clock.
The regular IeheaI sal of the Portland
Festival chorus will be held at Y. NJ. G.
A. hall, Montay evening. at 7.45. pub
lilo rehears al will be given by the chorus
en- JanuarI 18th.
All members Of Sea Brsezs Temple,
No. 8, are requss ed to meet with Mrs
W. II. Dry iale. rs Myrtle street. Tuss-
day evening, January 21 at Z O'Clock.
The fifteenth annual reunion Of the
students of the Shaw Business college
will take plac, at the college rooms In
this city, Saturday evening, January G..
1900 All old Students Of the college are
invited to be pre- s,nt.
A narrow smpe from u serious fire 90
CURED at Mr.. Frsd W. prics's paint
shop, 3i3 st. John street, Saturday morn
ing about 8 o'clock. In some way a
might have ass Ime1 large proper
tions, had 1t not been for the quick work
OF MIR. Albert Moultun.
There IVES still alarm at Engine SIS
hous, Saturday morning about 10 O'Clock
for chimney In the hous, Of Mr.. George
W. Thayer, 80 Dow street. The small
hand extinguisher was all that was need
ed to quench the flames. There was no
damage.
Petitions in bankruptcy have been filed
In the district court by Charles h. Cham
berlain of Belfast and Charles b. Noyes
of Atkinson.
The two men who have been detained
by the police on suspicion that they were
the parties who recently fim-dammed
a conductor on the Portland street rail-
road out of s4.Oo, were dischar gei in
default of sufficient evidence to convict
them.
Funeral services for the late Clara
Vinol took place from the GaeeIy hos
pital at Q O'Clock s.surday afternoon,
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-01
BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS.

Forty-six creditors Of @. II. Clarke, the
Ksnnsbunk carriage dealer, who was re-
Gently adjudeed bankrupt ON IN invoiun-
tary petition. vera In s:ssion ut the Office
Of Bankruptcy Referee Lewis Pierce all
DAY SATURDAY, for the purpose Of inquir-
ing into the bankrapt's financial oondi-
ton. The oreditors' schedules olossd La
biIitiss Of $4,000. with disclosed assets
Of only sit00.
Clsrxe had enjoyed heavy trade tSis
year. sailing q large number of carriages.
for which he received q good deal Of
money. This money has disappeared,
leaving NO trace on his Looks, and he
claims that it wss used to defray cd
bills and temporarily keep bis head aoove
watr. AmonS the creditors were
several local firms. ino luding the y. q.
Bailey carriage company.