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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-10

Special Correspondence
Savannah. Nov. what seems TO be
a general awakening OF interest In the
fate OF the numerous old colonial
homesteads scattered through the south
Is now taking place In the minds Of
many people. Not from mercenary mo-
tives has this sentiment sprung the
term Investment having hardly en-
tered at all into the considering OF the
subject.
To the traveller journeying along the
highways of Georgia. Virginia and 9TH
or Of the Southern States the eight of
once imposing and festive but now
weather Worn and deserted mansions
where society and gayety held full
sway Is one typically indicative Of the
metamOrphOsis In southern home life
after the Civil war.
The old McAlpin homestead near Sa-
vannah is one Of the first that VIII be
restored 10 a condition such that the
most N not an OF IT'S former prestige
can be regained The McAlpln dwell
ing Is In conjunction with It's surround
ings one OF Sayannah.s star exhibition
places Sightseers are always guided
there by friends who are apt to consid-
err a visit 20 their city incomplete with
out the trip. The only remaining rea-
tive Of Rodney McAlpin, the builder OF
the house. has already laid out extern
sive plans for remodeliug and when
fulfilled will take his family there to
live.
The Hermitage. as the old homestead
Is usually called. Is on the Hermitage
road about half hours walk from the
citv limits. II stands well back from
the roadway and the grounds slope
down 10 the Savannah river. which
flows past the rear OF the building
The Hermitage has a history known TO
but few and well worth relating. TTag-
zeal I'm the extreme are the events as
ISOLATED with the gloomy and echo
haunted structure Spirits from the
neither world are said TO hold high
reyels and uncanny are the tales OF
ghouls, COLLINS and grinning ghosts
that belated passersby claim TO have
seen during the wee sma hours but
luckily, as In the case Of Tam O'Shan-
ter In his escape from the famous
witches Of Kirk-Alloway
Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg,
And win the keystane Of the brig
There az them thou thy tail may toss.
A running stream they dare not cross.
flowing water. the picturesque Sayan-
nah, was always close at hand. across
which they could safely retreat
The foundations OF the Hermitage
we're laid In 1890 by Rodney McAlpln,
then middle aged man. He settled
down TO a life OF ease and enjoyment
with his wife and five young sons. AS
the years passed on and the boys
merged into manhood the elder McAlpin
developed many eccentricltles. He be-
came very morose and for days at a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-10

Special Correspondence
San Francisco. 81 S.-One who has
never visited the native quarters OF
chinese cities cannot conceive the In
dasaHablc mass OF filth and rubbish
..fau descriptions that cumbers mp both
streets and houses. Such a thing as
cleanliness Is unknown, FOR where the
struggle for existence ls so keen people
have mo- time 10 waste on keeping their
rab..atons or their persons In a reason
able state ~ cleanliness Pekln, being
one of the largest, has an equally large
proportion OF dirt, but even In that
phenomeualy unclean place no other
spot can yie for responsiveness with the
Bridge OF the Beggars Not alone are
all varieties ot inonlmate refuse on ex-
hlb.uou there. but also the rlfrad and
remnants Of Chinese humanity
The Chinese beggar resorts not alone
90 personal appeal and unending LAM
eutatI0n but also on personal mutlla-
ton. In the hope that the sight Of his
awaken pity iu the breast Of the pass
erby. Many horrible Instances might
be noted of the manner Inc which The
Chinese moudicauts deliberately mute
late themselves In order tU be- fitted for
their calling. one method Is to bind
an insect upon thc eye and allow It TO
destroy the sight When this is ac-
compUshel. tna heggar may go forth
10 present his claim in consideration
Of hts blindness This ga but one
method " many similar ones. Every
device that Chinese ingenuity can In
vent IS adopted 90 produce def0rmity
and the human form divine Is twisted
out Of an resemblance 20 Its normal
self IN some cases. OF course vast
amount OF patience and perseverance
ls often necessary, but these traits are
Unborn On a Chinaman OF whatever
rank In life The hldeous repulsive-
ness OF the results obtained is such
as 10 spoil the dreams Of the foreign
observer unless he have unusually
strong nerves.
In this respect the Chinese beggars
resemble closely those Of Italy Of the
present day or OF those OF medieval Eu-
rope, although the injuries Of the latter
were for the most part only teigned.
The Chinese likewise are also too
shrewd 10 needlessly mutllate them
selves when they can avoid It. As Is
well known they are past masters OF
the art Of deception, and some OF the
imagined injuries and deformIties are
so ceyerly simulated as TO defy all
inspection and fear OF detection.
Beggary is an established institution
and recognized occupation In China.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-10

came very wealthy, retiring for the
most part from active business num-
Der of years ago.
Young Bell was reared amid luxury
and refinement He was finely educat-
ed. graduating from Harvard last June
and has had every opportunity which
wealth and position could anord' out
an this he pushed aside to come west
and take his place In the ranks OF u.
surveying corps simply that he might
learn the business.
The s.. 00O 900 fortune OF the senior
Bell all descended 10 the surveyor ana
one brother. who Is engaged IN the
practice Of law In New York city. a
part Of Bertrand Bells fortune consists
OF stock in the Baltimore & Ohio SOUTH
western company, which he holds IN hls
own name partly and partly owns py
virtue OF his fathers estate.
President Bacon Of the Baltimore q
Ohio Southwestern was an intimate
friend OF Bells father and Is also a
friend and adviser OF the younger Ben
Not only is this true OF the president,
but all the chief officers OF the young
surveyor are deeply interested "a
the course which he Is pursuing. WINE
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Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Bangor Me-, oct. disappointing
down east, which for several yea
past has been dragging along at a duil
pace. finally has gained an impetus
which will guarantee prosperity for
some time TO come in the districts
where the industry centers, The re-
vival started back in the early spring,
but has Just now reached the stage
where the boom is looked on as having
come to STAY" The shlpyards re-
sound with the incessant pounding OF
hammers and the discordant screech-
ing Of countless buzzsaws For many
years the new tonnage figures have
been so small as to be scarcely worth
the mention, but the prospect has as
sumed a brighter and more promising
aspect. Reports from all the builders
are 10 the effect that their men are be-
ing worked 20 the utmost and II Is
evident that for many months there viii
be no occasion for an exodus OF ship
carpenters from Maine.
Above all other features Of the mod
ern shipbulding trade in these parts
towers the fact that the small sailing
vessels except for CoastWise traffic be-
tween local ports have had their day,
From Passport and Machlas 20 Belfast.
Bangor and Bath the stays and stocks
are burdened with vessels OF from
1000 70 1900 tons. The schooner con-
tinues 10 be the favorite type Of car
rler, no other style having ever been
found equal In point OF service and
adaptability to the regulation fore and
AFT rig
At famous old Bucksport. on the
Penobscot Mckay & Dix the New
York contractors have already launched
one four master, with two more on
the stocks. one Of which is to be
launched In a few days and the other
In December At Camden that pic
turesque old Main seaport. overshad-
owed by frowning McguntiCook, the
sentinel OF the seas, II. NJ Bean re-
Gently launched the six masted schooner
George W Wells. 2.7jO tons He has
also a 300 ton i've master on the
stocks, four master, and has signed a
contract TO build q FIVE master OF about
1890 tons Bockland. thar bustling city
remembered by the writer az where
trolley conductors ring up fares at ev-
cry lampp0st and charge for the get4
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ting on and off. witnessed the floating
OF two fine vessels recently and has
magnificent FIVE master now on the
blocks.
Farther down the wave eaten coast,
at Bath, there are two large steel ships
several barges and q cruiser for the
United states navy under way. The
next launching viii be that Of the
Eleanor A. Percy. 200 tons, six masts,
from the yards Of Percy & Small
So great has become the demand for
buildin- space In the various Maine
yards that there has been deal Of talk
among those interested as TO the adyls-
ability OF turning TO use the yards at
Blue Hill on Plue Hill bay. near
Mount Desert Island These yards are
now In a deplorahe condition, having
been IN disuse for ten or twelve years.
A quarter OF a century ago to see the
name Blue Hlll' across q vessels
stern meant that she was the product
Of hands that could not be eXcelled In
their particular line. Then the quaint
little town. with gllstening church
spires In vivid contrast 20 the lowering,
sullen mountain overhanging the bay,
was az the zenith Of It's career, The
copper mines In the surrounding hills
gave forth abundantly, and the fckle
but profitable mackerel swarmed the
deep waters near by.
It seemed almost instanteous, so
sudden was the change which shortly
took place. Without warning the bot
tom fell from out the price Of copper.
The mines shut down. The riyet, cast
Ing mold and steam hammer supplant-
ed the auger. broadax and adj and
the Blue Hin shipyards through ex-
cessive cost. being unable to keep
abreast the innovations, were forced
10 cease operations. Even the mackerel
appeared 10 feel the influence Of the
reyerses which had swept down as the
whlrlwind over the town, and sincS
those fateful days Il is a matter OF
history that they have seldom yentur-
cd into It's waters.
Blue Hlll has two shlpyards. one is
within stones throw Of the town
wharf on an arm OF the inner bay The
other and more important Is situated
az the Falls, on the old Sedgwick
STAGE coach road. The latter yard
was founded before the Revolution.
and on lis stocks were erected many OF
the stanch ships for which New Eng
land was renowned.
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Burning San Jose Scale,

Atlanta, Ca. Nov 9,-The department
Of entomology last night burned 10000
trees from a Nashville nursery, which
It is alleged, were infected with the
San Jose scale. State entomologist
Scott left this morning for Woodbury.
10 destroy 10000 more trees, which he
has collected there The trees, II ~
said, have been shipped into the State
without the proper certificate.
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Mrecked In The Bleak Sea.

st. Petersburg, Nov. s.--The Novoe
Vremya says two steamers and twenty
odd sailing vessels We're wrecked IN the
Black sea during the recent storms, sew
eral laundering with their entire crews.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-10
Eknress Trains Collide.

Onenbach Hesse, Nov e.--Two ex-
press trains came into collision today
between this place and Frankfort on
the Main. A gas reservoir exploded
setting fire TO the wreckage, and seven
persons were burned to death and eour
injured.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-10
Church Furniture Trust.

Richmond, Ind Nov 9-The Church
Furniture trust, which controls the Ma
tional Church Furniture works In this
city. has closed its local plant for an
indefinite period
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-10
CHINESE MENDICANTS.

Professional Beggars Masters Of the Art OF Deception
Horrible Injuries, Frequently sei-Innicted, Used to
Excite sympathy-Beggars' Guilds Well Organized
and Effective
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moves the unhe,a 7. Sl,n s,s' aIlS
worms thrive u p.,'ib,S5v lshg
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/ Drug Dept
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-10
READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS:
Powerful Endorsement by Prof. N. B.
Johnston


Salt Lake City, Utah, March 80. 1900
Oxygeno King special pains investigate
Mss
Oxygenor city permitted
ays very families Lake City
the instrument
found had been effected when doctors had pohuncd the
thoroughly
that the oxygenor all that was claimed for IT, purchased
which used family with results that
me- say also that found
Of he
may strictly relied In conclusion unhesatngy
all; Don't Of the oxygenor moment is simply
wonderful. Very respectfully
n. b. JOHNSON
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS n1nnrIulnn uuuIrrln1J
BUILDING BIG SHIPS.

New England Yards Break Records in Cargo Carriers
Boom in the Great Industry Prevalent in All Snip
building Centers in Meine-Camden's Six Masted
Schooner.
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DO YOU KNOW

That Constipation the directly indirectly Of nine
enths of the diseases which afc humanity Cure your
constpaon and your other trouble will vanish THE PER-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-10
Millionaire Who Works for $l.25 a Day.
On His Day OF, However Young Bertrand Bell Lives
in a Swell ST. Louis Hotel

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. u
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-10

,r,nense wealth % ~, M bi1'1
In, .,' for which ne 49, .he kn'nss'
It, It, when he leaves .llr riI'e !,
,,t1rS ne came west %, ,..l l,' ylV J
W., ~',,S :, saws he viii ~ M wv nI,isl
VIE ,,,,. and enjoy some ol sria.
" " HE. Of which he IS ' yyor lgrrl
denying hlmself--..- w.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-11-09

During the month OF October the
British losses in South Africa numbered
65s. A London paper says the Boer re-
vival is more serious than at first
thought, and Lord Roberts return may
be delayed.
Twelve men were killed and two ia
tally injured by an explosion of dyna-
mite in the coal mines at Berrysberg,
w. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius NJ. Drake, aged
respectively SO and so. were killed by
coal gas at their home in Hastings,
MINI.
The former flagship New York will
go out of commission at the Brooklyn
navy yard on November "a.
Eleven passengers were hurt in n
collision of electric cars near Cleves, o.
Two Dowie elders were roughly
handled by mob at Mansfield, o.
The Atlantic liner St. Paul suffered
damages of $250,000 at sea and reached
New York late.
In the wreck of Southern Pacific
freight train near Keswie, Cal, two
men were killed and three others in
;.ufed.
Lloyd ]. Smith was acquitted in Chi
cago of the charge of shipping grain
without canceling warehouse re-
ceipts.
Alexander Winton rode from Cleve-
land. o.. to New York in an automobile
in rs hours and 30 minutes.
Laundrymen of New York have de-
clared war against Chinese competi-
tors.
The private bank of Charles Peter
son at Benson, Neb., was robbed by
burglars of $500.
The Farmers and Merchants bank
at jackson Center, o., was blown open
by robbers. who secured $500.
Another body. that of man. was
found in the ruins of the Tarrant build
ing in New York.
Gen. Randall's report states order has
been restored at Cape Nome by SOL
diers.
William Segelson, an Iowa cattleman,
was found dead in a room full of gas in
the Metropolitan hotel in Chicago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-11-09
ELEVEN MINERS PERISH.
Explosion of Dynamite In CoIiiery
Mt BerrysburE, w. Vn.. BIots
Out Many Lives.

Philippi, w. Va, Nov. 5.-The South
ern Coal and Transportation com
pany's coal mines at Berrysburg, six
miles from here. was the scene of an
awful catastrophe about 80 Satur-
day morning. A terrific explosion,
heard for fully a dozen miles around
was the signal that alarmed the neigh
borhood and caused hundreds of peo-
pie to hurry to the scene to see what
had happened. The sight appalled,
them, and the result of the explosion
fills scores of homes with grief
Eleven men are known to be dead, and
the list may prove to be much longer
The explosion was not of gas, but was
caused by dynamite. There had been
n fall of top rock in the mine and in
clearing this up dynamite was being
used. Several shots had been pre-
pared and one of these produced con-
cussion sufficient to discharge 27
sticks of dynamite which were lying
on the ground in too close proximity
There We're 129 men employed in the
mine. most of whom were negroes who
live in the neighborhood with their
families.
The force of the explosion was so
great that two men were found 60
feet from the mouth of the mine. An
hour after the explosion hundreds had
visited the mine. The call for relief
brought every physician in Phlippi to
the scene. The sight was most hor-
rible one. Strewed along the main
channel and about the opening were
the arms, legs. hands and other por-
tions of the bodies of the dead miners.
Fathers and mothers were frantical-
ly hunting for sons, and as fast as
body was recovered they would glance
at it and. recognizing it, would give
hysterical screams The hotel has
been turned into a hospital, and those
still alive when brought out were
taken there.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-11-09
NOT ORDERED BY CARLOS.
The Spanish Pretender Says Present
Rising Is Contrary to His
Wishes.

Venice, Nov. 5.-Don Carlos, the
Spanish pretender, in the course of an
interview had with him here. declared
that the present rising in Spain is
contrary to his orders and will retard,
instead of promoting, his efforts to
secure his rights.
Madrid, Nov. 5.-An official dispatch
announces that the chief of the Carhst
band which had been operating in the
Berga district had taken refuge in
France and that the band in the prov
ince of Alicante has been dispersed.
Arrestsof Carlists, particularly priests,
continue throughout the country. The
arrest of vicar of church in Madrid
has led to the discovery of additional
compromising documents. An entire
band of Carlists has been captured in
the neighborhood of Jaen, capital of
the province of the same name, north
of Granada
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-11-09
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
ScoutinE-Intcrest in the Presi-
Dental Election.

Manila. Nov. 5.-Last week was de-
voted to active scouting. The in
surgents, having failed to crush sim
gle garrison, are now experiencing a
reaction. Lieuts. Wilson and Dority.
of the Forty-fifth volunteer infantry,
destroyed large stores of rice, four
granaries and barracks near Bato.
Capt. Atkinson, with "a men of the
Thirty-seventh volunteer infantry. at
tackled 100 insurgents under Col. VAL
encia, recovering two American pris-
oners and capturing a considerable
quantity of ammunition and supplies
A native orchestra lured the United
States troops from their quarters near
DagupaD, while the insurgents at
tackled the rear, killing two Ameri-
cans and wounding three. Senior
Buencamio, representing the princi-
pal ex-insurgents in Manila, has re-
quested Judge Taft to forward to
Washington n signed expression of
their loyalty. There is considerable
excitement over the approaching
presidential election, with good
deal of betting on the result.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-11-09
Personal AND POLITICAL.

The death of Walter Kerr occurred
at Wright's Corners, Ind, aged 100
years and 6 months.
Gen. Daniel Mcclure, United States
army, retired, died of pneumonia in
Louisville, Ky.
Federico Degetau (rep.), of San
Juan, has been elected the first dele
gate to congress from the island of
Porto Rico to the United States.
DR.. Louis w. Reed, aged 70 years,
died suddenly at Norristown, Pa. He
was surgeon general of the Pennsylya-
MIA guard for 25 years.
Mrs. Sarah Anthony Burtis died at
Rochester, y. Y. in the ninetieth year
of her age. She was one of the first
active workers in the cause of women s
suffrage.
George Washington Freeman Green
(colored) died near Hampstead, N. Y,
aged 122 years and 10 months.
William L. Strong, the last mayor of
the old city of New York, died suddenly
at his home in that city. aged 73 years.
Joseph Biffert, aged 90, died at Peru
Ind. 1t was his boast that he saw the
great Napoleon on his retreat from
Moscow.
Roosevelt ended his campaign of
eight weeks. in which he travelled 21,-
2O9 miles and made 673 speeches, rec
ord never equaled.
The mother of Lieut.. Peary. the
arctic explorer, died at Portland Me.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-11-09
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

More than four-fifths of the popula-
ton of Mexico are of mixed or Indian
blood.
The Missouri is now claimed to be
the longer by 200 miles than the Mis-
sissippi.
For the first time since the opening
of Oklahoma farmers complain of too
much rain.
Some statistician discovers that the
average woman carries 40 to 60 miles
of hair on her head.
Railroads centering in st. Louis ask
their employees to work for the pro-
posed exposition in 1908.
John Wanamaker has been reelected
president of the Pennsylvania State
Sabbath School association.
Chinese viceroys memorialized the
throne to punish Boxer leaders and
save the empire from disruption.
The Woman's club, of AIedford,
Mass. withdrew from the general fed
Grafton on account of the race ques-
tion.
Bresci, slayer of King Humbert,
wrote to his wife in New York that
he is kept in a damp well and COM
PEELED to stand all the time.
Capt. Hassell, who commanded a
company of American scouts in the
Boer army. thinks the Beers will re-
sumo fighting in the spring.
Turkey has been taking a census of
Islam, and finds mat the number of
Mohammedans in the world is 1885,
100000. OF these 1s,OCO,OO0 are in Tur-
key.
James VI. Lynch, the new president
of the international Typographical
union. succeeded S. b. Donnelly. the
retiring president. Headquarters of
the union are at Indianapolis, Ind.
The Fairmount Park association of
Philadelphia has decided to erect a
statue of Robert Morris, to cost S15,-
600. His home was meeting place
of the celebrities of colonial days.
Prof. Hilprecht, of the University of
Pennsylvania. returned from Afeso-
potamia and tells of the discovery of
an ancient Babylonian library in the
Temple of Nippdr, which sheds new
light on the worlds history.
| But five per cent. of the money and
valuables taken from the Galveston
dead has been claimed. and the money
sill held by the committee aggregates
many thousands of dollars, while the
iewelry is worth at least 100000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-11-09
The sultan of Turkey is said to be

The sultan of Turkey is said to be
prosecuting Armenians.
Beers captured 90 British and held
up and looted a Cape Town mail train.
Spain has been declared under mar
tial law on account of the Carlist re-
volt.
Dispatches from China state that
the Germans have defeated force of
Boxers near Kaumi, province of Shan
tung, killing many of them.
Spanish newspapers say money for
the Carlist rising came from England.
A German warship quelled the rebel
lion in Admiralty Islands, shielding and
destroying a native village.
The queen of Portugal jumped into
the sea and saved fisherman from
drowning.
A large tannery at Rancho Del
Chopo, Mexico, was burned with
loss of S5C0,O00.
The emperor of China will not re-
turn to Peking while the city is occu-
pied by foreign soldiers.
Active scouting by American troops
last week had a depressing effect on
Filipino insurgents.