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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-02
LIONS DEvoURED KEEPER.

Vienna. January lone Of the animal
kespsrs ct the Vienna geological gardens,
sntered the cage OF lions today In .
spirit Of brsvado and six lions rushed
upon him and tore him to pieces. The
AtssndAnts sought In vain With fleming
torches and streams OF water 10 drive
the Wild beasts from their victim.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-02
WARRIORS BALKED.

Halifax, n. S, January III. w. G.
Morrison, of Boston, arrived here Sun
day night and today informed the re-
cruiting officer he could raise company
in Boston to fight for the British in
South Africa. They had all fought in
Cuba. MIR. Morrison was informed his
offer was contrary to neutrality laws.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-02
CROKER BREAKS A LEG.

London. January IA spseial despa tch
from Vantage, county Of Berks, say
that MIR. Richard -Craker, who has been
staying at q country house near there.
slipped while mounting a horse, owing to
the animal swervina. and broke one Of
his legs. Mr.. Croker is being attend.
ed by DIR. Emerson, who has reduced the
fr lcture. He Is now resting easily. The
accident occurred Monday morning.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-02
LEWISTON MAN BEATEN.

Buffalo, N. Y, January AT the
Olympic Athletic Club fought before
1000 spectators AL Weinig of Buffalo de-
feated Dick o'Brien of Lewiston, Me-.
In ID rounds. O'Brien was so badly
punished about the body that he was
compelled to throw up the sponge. 1t
was hard fought battle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-02
TWO NEW JUDGES.
Appointments OF msssrs. wiswen and
Powers conarmed.

Augusta. Ne. January 2.-Judgs A.
p. wiswsli Of Ellsworth was confirmed
~ chief justice Of the Maine Supreme
bench at ia.r5 this morning. He then
qhaiined I'm this presence Of the Governor
and Council
Frsdsriok A. Powers OF Houlton was
confirmed and qualified a. an associate
Justice.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-02
A Life and Death Fight.

Mr.. W. A. Hines Of Manchester, Ia,
writing of his almost miraculous escap-
from death. says: Exposure after
measles induced serious lung trouble,
and day. All my doctors said must
soon die. Then began to use DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, which
completely cured me. I would not be
Without it even IL 1t COST $500 u bottle.
Hundreds have used 1t ON my recommen-
Throat. Chess and Lung troubles. f" Reg
ular sizs Scots. and ei,00 Trial bottles
fres at II. p. s 1oold. b77 Congress
street, and u. g. Starr. Cumberland
Mile, drug store
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-02
JONES PUT OUT. ,

Utica. N. T.. January i.-Jack Hsmil-
ton Of Troy put out Arthur Jones 4of
Washington in the 18th round OF what
was to have been a So-round go bsfors
the Genesss athletic association this af-
tsrnoon. Ths tinal blow was terrific
left swing on the solar plexus
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-02
OLD SOUTH CHURCH OPENED.

Boston, January 1.-1hat famous old
structure, the Old South Meeting house,
was rs-opened to-day after undergoing
extensive interior changes which the
hand Of time had made necessary. The
changes and finish give the several rooms
Q modern appearance
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-02
The Appetite of q Coat

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose
Stomach and Liver are out of order. All
such should know that DIR. Kings New
Life Pills, the wonderful Stomach and
Liver Remedy. gives a splendid appetite,
sound digestion and a regular bodily
habit that insures perfect health and
great energy. Only 25c, at III. p. S.
Goold, SIT Congress street, and II. G..
Starr, Cumberland Mills.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-02
FOUGHT TO DRAW.

New York, January Jack Downey
Of Brooklyn and Percy Mcintyre OF New
York, fought - hard rounds az 1876
pounds to q draw In the Greenwood A.
q. in Brooklyn today.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-02
FITZSIMMoNs MATCHED.

New York. January I.-Robert Fitz-
simmons was matched today with Jack
Mccormick for o six-round sparring
contest. The purse Is to be 20 per cent
of ths gress receipts, the winner to take
all. 4hs date Is January 30, and the
place the Industrial hall of Philadsl-
phia.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-02

It was announced from Manila Dessm-
Der %, that Col. Wilder, some time prev.
had telegraphed to Vigan. from Bayom-
bong that Aguinaido with a number Of
Igorroti litter bearers, hal crossed the
mountains, near Bayombong, going
southwark, and that his wife had died
IN a village In that vicinity. 1t was
added that she had been Ill since the
of their flight proved fatal.
Three Filipino cfficsIs a's1 surrendered
to Major March and the Fiiipiros gave
up two Spanish and two American pris-
oners.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-02
ALL BUT AGUINALDO.

ellis Sisters, His Cousins and his
Aunts" Falling Into Our Hands.
Manila, January 1.-Aguinaldo's wife,
sisters and eighteen Filipinos. have sur
rendered to Major March's battalion OF
the third infantry at Bontoc, province
OF that name
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-06
PROTECTION FOR AFRICAN PYGMIES

Some Germans. il appears. have been hunt
ing pygmies in the central African forest as the
! agents of menageries hunt wild animals The
| pygmies were wanted for exhibition at the
| Paris Exposition. SO the white men spread a
| feast In the woods to which they invited these
| strange little people. who accepted the p~roffered
| hospitality. The dwarfs soon found that they
were the victims OF misplaced confidence. for
seventeen of them were seized and the march
for Paris began. They were scarcely out of the
woods, however, when the British OF Uganda
arrested the Germans and released the prison.
ers. There will be no anthropological exhibit
az Paris as far az the African dwarfs are con-
cerned. The trade in pygmies, for show pur-
poses, has been nipped In the bud
Many representatives of tribes living in polar
or tropical ATTITUDES have been taken in the past
few years thousands of miles from their homes
for the convenience Of anthropologists who de-
sired to study them. In nearly all cases the re-
| suits have been disastrous to the poor victims OF
| this avidity for scientific research. for thew have
| been unable to endure the sudden and violent
change. Anumber OF African dwarfs have been
| taken to Europe. and all except two have died
| within "a few months. They seemed unable TO
live even in the climate OF Italy. A boy from
/ one of the pygmy tribes, sent to Germany in
1893, did not live to undergo the measurements
| and examinations that we're prepared for him.
| Two girls who we're captives with him had a
| bad two months in Germany before they were
| sent back TO Africa in time to escape the winter
| that would probably have been fatal. They
trusted no one and were so afraid Of being poi
| soned that they would partake OF no food till
they saw their attendant eating it. Learned
men lectured about them as the trembling
creatures sat on platforms shivering with fright
| at the attention they received.
Some years ago an African trader offered TO
send a dwarf TO this country.at his own expense
for scientific examination. The offer was de-
| clined in view Of the fact that every pygmy
taken to temperate ATTITUDES up to that time
had died. Az last accounts. the men who at
| tempted to drag q lot OF them to Europe for
| show purposes were to be placed on trial for
their offence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-06

Two kinds OF ruf1anism among National
League players are worth comparing.
Last week, according TO the Philadelphia
Press. LAyoIE and FLICK. OF the Philadelphia
nine, got into a fight, not or the ball field,
hut in the clubhouse. LAJoIE was he g-
gressor, and FLICK, who is not blamed. broke
two Of the bones OF LAJoTE's hand with a
ball bat. This Ia one sort.
"McGRAw," says the Evening Post, de-
scribing the other kind. continued his
practice Of fighting the umpire " in the
game played by the st. Louis at Boston
last Saturday, land was put ont Of the
game by EMsILE in the third inning and
later sent of the grounds"
How much worse is the st. Louis style
than the Philadelphia style! In Philadelphia
the contestants slugged each other in pri-
vate. upon q personal issue for which no
arbitrator was specifically provided. In
Boston, however. the player deliberately
violated the League rule against wrangling
with the umpire, in the presence Of thou
sands Of spectators who had paid money to
see baseball played. OF course. neither the
Boston club nor the League as a body did
anything to punish the offender or guard
against such offences in the future.
Better a thousand fights in the clubhouse,
begun on the sole authority Of the partici-
pants, than one on the ball field with the
Leagues approval.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-06
santa Lucia Doomed.

Who has not sung Santa Lucia" or at least
heard that hackneyad Ncapolitan tune played.
thumped or twanged on some variety of musical
instrument, In some part Of the globe? Santa
Lucia is an old-world quarter Of Naples, now
doomed to destruction. The oldest church in il.
which gives its name to the district, is said TO
have been built by one Lucia. a granddaughter
Of Constantine the Great. Every year, on the
night before Dec IS, her Feast Day, 81. Lucy.
church in Naples. She comes in n tall ship of
gold and silver, and after praying in her church
returns home, while a great storm wind arises
from Mount Vesuvius and speeds her vessel
swiftly on its homeward voyage.
There's yet another and more modern church
In this quarter, the Madonna della Catena, built
in 1873, and also Possessing it's legend. The
sailors OF Santa Lucia were recaoned among the
sturdiesi Of that coast, and especially AZ divers
I'm the days before diving costumes were in
vented. Once n diver brought M from the
depths Of the sea a chest. which on being
opened WAS found 10 contain an old oil painting
OF Our Lady, with a bronze chain wound
around il. This picture became a great object
of generation. and the chain suggested the title
of Della Cateha.
The whole quarter between Gigantic and
Chiatamone Is being rapidly pulled down, and
a fine new road is 10 be made leading to the Via
Carracciolo. The old. narrow dark ,avarns'
shops. the narrow streets. wherein the passer-
by could touch both the side walls. will dis
appear, and with them the crowds OF people
who passed their existence in these corners and
among whom alone II Il still possible TO hear
the genuine Ncapolitan dialect. The pickax is
survive only In The song that every country
knows 40 well.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-06
ROWDYISM.
The College Boys.

From the Yale Alumni " eektu.
The Princeton Alumni WeekIp takes the
Princeton nine TO task for what Is described, by
people who sit around score boards, as playing
ball with the mouth. Not being particularly in
formed about the particular circumstances OF
the game with Cornell, at which the chief
sounds were made, we may say. without dis
courtesy TO an ally. that the criticism OF the
Princeton Alumni Weekly pleases us. 1t pleases
us. because all fighting against such things in
university athletics pleases US.
II also reminds that the habit Of talking 10
growing on the Yale nine. This uninterrupted
mutual encouragement Loses something of It's
force by Its continuousness. 1t is also weary
ing and detracts from the pleasure of the game.
II passes also easily into attempts TO trouble
the other side, which i anything but good base
ball, the nature OF the game being athletic. 1t
Is not adapted to debate.
And this further reminds us of certain spec.
tators who curnber the bleachers. Theincident
Of the Lehigh game. referred TO elsewhere.
should never be repeated on a Yale athletic
field. Capt. Camp would be perfectly justified
In Joining with the captain of the opposing
team in a request to the umpire to suspend the
game until such people as the offenders AT the
1ehigh game were either obliged to leave the
ground. or publicly agreed to be decent. Men
who try TO rattle the PLAYERS Of the opposing
team are a disgrace to their college. Time was
when these tactics were freely resortsd to in
most all intercollegiate contests. We NAV he
thankful that that time has gone by. Alumni
sometimes come back to reunions and fail into
the old habit of 'rying to help play the zane
with the noise they can make. Those, how
ever. who have kept in touch with the im' row
ing spirit Of athleti sport. know that the only
applause which Is welcome Is The applanS Of
good plays and the applause of encouragen ent.
We think the latter can be cut down cupsidNra-
bly, and should never be allowed to inter fere
with the work OF the opposing players.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-06
Oregon.

Oregon il the second important state 10
express itself on the Presidential campaign
of 1000. and il declares for the Republican
policy of honest money and expansion
BRYAN opened the Oregon campaign In per-
son. so he cannot separate the result from
his own individual prospects.
Since Mex INIEY's Inauguration In 1877
anti Republican imagination has seen a
waning Mex INiEy and a waxing BRYAN.
although continuously throughout this
period the facts have been substantially
10 the contrary. The venomous ana
bottomless crusade against "embaImed
beef" in 1898 and the half-crazy ISLANDERS
OF Secretary AIHER didn't prevent the
Republicans from carrying the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES, although the precedents
OF inter Presidential elections favored their
defeat. Disappointment at the Weari-
some, costly and bloody continuation OF
the Philippine war in 1899 DIDN'T pre-
vent the Republicans from winning the
greater part of such elections as were then
held. This spring the loud and bitter DEM
ocratic nti-imperialist howl over the Porto
Rican tariff didn't materially diminish the
Republican majority in Rhode Island.
In Oregon II Is the same 1t Is the same
over the entire Pacific Coast, and 1t Is the
same throughout the entire country,
The United States. having embarked upon
the greatest venture Of their career, the
removal Of the Spanish power from the
American continent. and the expansion OF
American influence into the Pacific, will not
vote their stnpendois success a failure. at
the bidding of malcontents or in response to
the complaints Of a political opposition to
the party in control OF the Government.
Only Republicans. lazy Republicans. can
beat the Republican party in the election Of
next fall.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-06
Straddle and BuncOmbe.

BY means Of a queer combination or
opportunists. anti Bryanites and semi
Bryanites. the Hon. DAVID BENNETT HILL.
assisted or tolerated by Mr.. CROKER, Mr..
MCLAUGHLIN and Mr.. MURPHY. was able to
keep the New York Democratic State Con-
vention from saying anything about the
Chicago platform. The money resolution is
a cheerful bit OF Jeffersonian bimetallism.
and favors both gold and silver as the
standard money of the country, the money
Of the Constitution and our fathers-each to
be maintained at a parity with the other In
purchasing and debt paying power"
After about July or July 8 the New York
Democrats will have to favor Sixteen to
One. Presumably they will then eat their
words with Just IA good appetite as they
did in 1895, Beforet the National Convention
they may be parity bimetallists. After the
National Convention and when they hold
their State Convention for the purpose of
nominating a state ticket, they will be Six
teen-to-One "bimetallists," that is. silver
monometallists.
The resolutions about Trusts and imperial
ism are simply inflamed poppycock. We
don't see how the former could have been
read in the convention without Il salvo Of
outlaws, and the anti-imperialist and
anti-Administration blather might have
been written by IRVING WINsIow or
GAMALIEL BRADFORD, Against phantom
issues the New York Democrats draw
their daggers Of lath and stab the air valor-
ously. When they see the Chicago plat
form. a real foe of the prosperity OF the
State. they silently sneak away.
The convention was a famous victory for
Mr.. HILL. While the resolutions are mute
about the Chicago platform, they bind
the delegates to the Kansas City Conven-
ton to vote for Col. BRYAN. who is the
Chicago platform on two legs, and they
bind the Democratic party of New York
to accept and support without reservation
whatever platform that convention may
adopt. Mr.. HILLS victory" will last
for about one month. Meanwhile the gen.
uine Bryanites will be hot against him and
the other %temporizers and borrowers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-06
No Suppression for Richardson's or
Barcus's Benefit.

For ITS WI dignity and honor the House
Of Representatives should not adjourn with
| out taking up and passing the Senate con
| current resolution for printing as a Govern
ment document sixteen thousand additional
copies Of the Messages and Papers OF the
Presidents"
This action M this Ia all that is needed
| for the enacement, 30 far as there can be
efacement, OF the scandal resulting from
| the gift Of the duplicate plates to Mr..
| RICHARDSON at that gentleman's solicit
tation three years ago. The gift plates
were voted In a mistaken spirit of gener-
osity. How disgracefully the Gift has been
| abused the whole country now knows.
The Hon. JAMES ID. RICHARDSON has no
ment. He has not even a moral right to
object TO the breaking of his and BARcUs's
monopoly. He obtained the duplicate plates
on the distinct understanding that Congress
was free TO print further editions from the
Government plates whenever it saw fit 80
10 do. He declared at the time that he
should always and under all circumstances
welcome tue appeaTdnce oI u new bOVeTn-
ent edition. He made that declaration in
the strongest language Of which his flexible
tongue was capable,
Nor need there be any sympathy for Mr..
RICHARDSON'S pocket under the circum-
stances. Although BARcUs got by far the
better OF the bargain concerning royalty.
Mr.. RICHARDSON'S profits up to this time
pay him three or four times over the full
value Of all the literary labor performed by
himself in connection with the compilation.
Besides the plates, costing 50. 200, and be-
sides the $50 remainder set OF previous
Government editions. costing about 1900
to produce and worth about $4,000 az
the market has been. RICHARDSON gets
royalty from BARCUs on the q 600 sets
already printed for the Committee on
Distribution" At seventy-Ave cents a set
this amounts 10 S2O,25O.
II the proposition at the time of the gift
Of the duplicate plites had been to vote Mr..
RICHARDSON 5000. or $4,000. or SO. 900,
or even 5000 outright in full compensation
for the editorial llbor he voluntarily UNDER
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-06
BloemfOntcin and Pretoria.

The Free State capital and the Transvaal
capital are in British hands. Except for u
little warfare TO come, which this fact must
make desultory and aimless. the South
African tragedy Is over.
JoUBERT is dead. CRoNJE Is a captive.
KRtGER is a fugitive. BUTLER and KITCH-
RNER have lost their laurels. And ROBERTS
IL the most conspicuous military comman-
der in Europe.
We can only say again that it IL an omi-
nous event when In the present age one civ
ilized State conQuers, annexes to itself and
abolishes the independence Of another. even
when the victim is nc bigger or stronger
thu a Boer Republic.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-06
OUR OWN.
Aid for the Families Of American Regulars.

Aid for the Families Of American Regulars.
To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sr: Now
that the American Volunteers OF both army
and navy In the late war. and those depend
ent upon them. have received a benefit from
the generous citizens OF the city Of New York
and in other cities OF the land. Is IL not time
to remember the needs OF those whom the
officers and soldier, OF the Regular army who
have died in their country's cause have left
behind them?
A society has been formed for this purpose
called the National Army Relief Society. Its
officers guarantee the high purposes OF the
society. and the honest and judicious admins
iration OF all funds received. Gen. +. V Greene
Is the President. The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt
and Mrs.; Ellen Hardin Walworth are Nice-Presi-
dents. The trustees of the fund are the Hon;
the Hon G n Bliss. The Treasurer Is William
kedmond Cross, and Assistant Treasurer. Miss
Grace BigeIow. Headquarters OF the society.
~ sst rorty,seocnd street, New York rd ahe
pany. 81 Nassau street, New York.
This society aims to relieve d stress in times
OF emergency. to secure employment and TO
provide educational facilities for Its Dene-
i~iciaries, rs their needs may demand. All TINS
Is In accordance with the American spirit OF
Independence. self-reliance and true manhood,
as well al kindly generosity. The American
people have q charity as broad as their land.
They cast their bread upon many waters. 1t
seldom returns In kind PERHAPS It does IN
blessings called down upon the country by
those whom II has succored from distress OF
every description.
In this newly formed society. we have an
opportunity to help our own flesh and blood IN
our own land. The husbands and fathers OF
those for whom this society asks gifts OF their
fellow countrymen and women. gifts of money.
gifts Of work. gifts OF interest and sympathy,
have died to uphold the honor Of our flag. ard
In their deaths have shed an undying light upon
the pages of American history. that those who
read them now. or In the days TO come. can see
only glory there.
Does not our pride In our own heroes, does
not our love for our own race. prompt us TO
generous deeds In behalf OF the saddened
women and children these brave men have LETT
to our care? Like all soldiers. OUR had a strong
faith. second only to the faith in an all mercitnl
God, which every. true American carries m ms
heart They believed in US. In the true
hearted generositv Of their countrymen,, They
made no requests no appeals. They died at the
call Of duty, nobly, gloriously. trusting us.
Shall we dare 10 be faithless? \. Y. Y.