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VOL. VI.
NUMBER 4L
ARMS FOR TOE CUBANS
Maceo's Solders Received
Much-Needed Supplies.
WERE LANDED IN PI'AR DEL RIO
! . . . . . ,
Over
Expedition W as Carried by the Steamer
' Three Friends Spanish Vessels
Were Eluded. r , . .
New York, Sept. 11. Information
has reached this city that the steamer
Three Friends, which left Jacksonville
last Friday, has been successful in land
ing an expedition in Cuba, in spite of
the watchfulness of the Spanish war ves
sels which constantly patrol the coast.
The expedition was landed precisely
where the Spanish navy department ex
erts its greatest vigilance; on' the coast
of Pinar del Eia province, where a few
weeks ago it was reported that the Co
ban leader, Antonio Maceo, was in sore
need Of ammunition and clothing for his
troops. The Jlanding was effected last
Monday near Bahia Honda, where a de
tachment of Maceo's forces which had
1 been sent to wait for the arrival of the
expedition took charge of It the moment
the cargo reached the beach.
The cargo which was landed consisted
of 1108 rifles, 460,000 rounds of ammun
tion, one pneumatic dynamite gun, 2000
pounds of dynamite, 1000 machetes and
a large supply of medical stores ' and
clothing. The rifles are especially adapt
ed for the Mauser cartridge used by the
Spanish army, a supply of which the
Cubans allege can be captured or pur
- chased from the Spanish troops in Cuba,
The dynamite gun is the most prized
' feature of this expedition, and the men
who are to handle it were sent down for
the purpose, and have good practice in
the way of using it to good advantage.
It is thought in Cuban circles that
with this supply of ammunition Maceo
will make an attack on ! the 'Pinar'r del
Rio trocha as soon -as General. Gomez
moves from the east upon Havana this
autumn. ' - '
bM;lrtXc1 THE MAINE ELECTION
jadged to be imbecile and committed to
the insane asylum. They belong to the
family of Thomas Jones, living about
five miles up the Abhrnethy, and neigh
bors say they had been starved into iai
becility, though the examining physician
eays they have been thus afflicted more
or lees through their whole lives. They
were most repulsive creatures, and had
to be outfitted with new clothes before
they could even be taken to the asylum.
Kepublicaiis Expect
30,000 Majority.
LARGEST IN A PRESIDENTIAL YEAR
The Election In Maine.
Augusta, Me., Sept. 11. J. H. Man
ley, chairman of the Republican state
committee, tonight summarized the sit
nation in Maine thus:
"We shall cast, (in Monday's election)
the largest Republican vote ever known
We shall give the largest majority ever
given in a presidential year."
. Mr. Mauley points out that the largest
majority the Republicans have had in
September ' elections in. presidential
years was 19,818, in 1892, ana snows
how much smaller it was in other years.
He then eays:
"If it is a pleasant day, the republl
cans expect to cast 80,000 votes on Mon
day next. The combined opposition can
not throw 60.000." .
Sound-Money Canvass Conducted Under
Most Favorable Circumstances
. The List of Candidates.
The steamer Bermuda, noted for her
filibustering exploits, has arrived in this
port, in charge of treasury department
officers. ' She will in future be command
ed by George W. Brown, who is credited
with having fitted out 10 expeditions to
Cuba during the 10 years' war, the most
noted of which was the ill-fated Virgin
ius expedition. .
CAME TO SEE M'KINLET.
Delegates Visit
Green Mountain State
Canton.
Canton, Sept. 11. The day's demon'
etration on the McKinley lawn opened
early with auspicious weather. The
Vermont delegation was the first to ar
rive. It was greeted with great enthu
siasm. The party of 108 included ex
Governor Woodbury, Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor Mansen, Congressman Henry H.
Powers, Senator Proctor, Governor-elect
Grout, Lieutenant-Governor-elect H. W,
Fish, General J. M. McCollough,- ex-
Lieutenant-Governor F. S. Stranyan.
The Grand Army band, a large troop of
horsemen and the citizens' reception
committee gave them a warm reception
A parade was organized to march to the
major's home, and just as the clocks
were striking 9, a large crowd was on
the lawn cheering for the Republican
nominee.
Major McKinley appeared at the north
bend porch.. About him were grouped
the Vermont committee and the most
conspicuous officials. In the window
back of him was Mrs. McKinley. The
enthusiastic Vermontera showed no
signs of abatement on account of their
long trip. A glee club from St. Albans
sang, " We Want Yer, McKinley, If as
We Do."
State Chairman Merrill said :
"We come from a great and surprising
victory. The battle was fought solely
on national issues. Tn Dattle in our
state was won because the free men of
Vermont, in consideration of both sides',
rejected with unalterable determination
the principles and heresies of your op
ponents."
Colonel George T. Childs, national
committeeman from Vermont, followed
in the same strain.,
. Childs said that 6000 patriotic Demo
crats joined with nearly 50,000 Republi
cans of Vermont in declaring for' finan
cial honor, the rule of law, the safety of
Republican institutions and for Mc
Kinley for president.
TWO FROM ONE FAMILY.
Mother and Daughter Sent to tbe In
sane Asylum. .''..
Obegojt City, Sept. 11. Mrs. Mary
Jones, who claimed to be 76 years old,
Was Badly Frightened.
Peovidbnce, Sept. 11. John Hughitt
who allowed, himself to be buried alive
on the theory of hypnotic suggestion
induced by Professor Wal son, of London,
has been unearthed. Hughitt went to
sleep, but he. woke up fourteen minutes
ahead of the schedule time. When be
came to he.tnade it known by pounding
upon the coffin, and during his struggles
dislocated' his knee. ; When he was
brought to he lapsed into a death-like
stupor which the physicians almost mis
took for death. He . was rubbed with
whisky and alcohol and. revived.. Hugh
itt says be will, never do it again
When . he awoke he imagined, he bad
been buried .. alive, and.-was almost
crazed. : -
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Mast Stand by Watson.
Omaha, Sept. 11. Panl Vandervoort,
of Omaha, president of the Reform
Press Association, gave the. Bee today a
lengthy interview touching the efforts to
have Sewall withdrawn and Watson sub
stituted. He goes into details concern
ing the situation in the Southwest,
where the Populists hold tbe balance of
power, and declares the vice-president
must be conceded to the Populists or
Bryan cannot be elected. He enters
into a scathing denunciation of many
prominent politicians, .and concludes
with an appeal to the Populists to force
Watson on the ticket.
Augusta, Me., Sept. 13. If the
weather is fair tomorrow, Hon. Llewellyn
Powers, Republican, will be elected gov
ernor of Maine by over 30,000 majority,
with a strong possibility that the figures
will be nearer 40,000. At least, that' is
what the prophets of both parties, who
have been figuring tbe vote for tbe past
three weeks, declare. Final instruc
tions . have been given, all plans are
completed, and the ranks are closed for
tbe battle of ballots which will show to
what extent the people ot tbe state favor
tbe gold standard, and how manv are
enlisted in the cause of free silver.
Chairman Manley, of the Republican
state committee, believes that the fig
ures will be the largest ver given in
presidential year, and his Democratic
opponents practically agree with him
Not in twenty years has the Pine Tree
state seen such a vigorous canvass with
so much interest, manifested. During
the last three weeks, it is estimated that
over 700 speeches have been delivered in
all sections of the state by orators of
local and national fame, in behalf of
both, parties. Tons of campaign docu
ments have been distributed.
The Republican canvass has been con
ducted nnder the more favorable circuui
stances. Maine has never' heard
many distinguished Rapublican orators
as during the past few weeks.. On tbe
other hand, the Democratic host has had
many dissenters within its lines and the
number of prominent deserters has been
large. J3ix weeks ago, all was confusion
and disorganization in the Democratic
camp. The fighting luna was small, and
victory was practically impossible. But
the supporters of free silver rallied the
faltering army, and took up the contest.
determined to make the best fight pos
sible and until the last gun was fired
they resisted stubbornly. The Demo
cratic managers maintain that the doc
trine of free silver was practically un
known in Maine two months ago, and
they argue that tho Democratic vote
which will be cast tomorrow means that
their policy has made great gains in the
last few weeks. They declare tbat if the
Republican majority falls below' 20,000 it
will be a Democratic victory.
BITCHEBID BY SPANIARDS.
Cubans
Massacred In
lnce.
Matanzas Frov-
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Will sell either separately or all together
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Douglas Allen, Prop, i
Key West, Sept. 13. Advices from-
Havana by the . steamer Mascotte give
details of a massacre of Cubans in Ma
tanzas province by Spaniards under
General Molinas. The butchery oc
curred on Laa Calaa sugar estate. Moli
nas heard an insurgent band was en
camped on the estate and ordered a raid,
The insurgents had gone when the
Spaniards arrived, and Molinas ordered
the buildings on tbe estate destroyed
The Spaniards surrounded the homes of
the employes, applied the torch and
shot the Cubans as they ruBhed ont,
JMgnteen men and tour women were
killed outright, while thirteen others,
including three children, were wonnded
Molinas was a pleased spectator of the
massacre, and reported it to Weyler as
a "glorious victory."
Thursday insurgents raided " and
burned the town of San Francisco de
Paula, a suburb of Havana. The Span
ish garrison of 300 men surrendered, but
were released after being disarmed. The
smoke and flames were visible in Ha
vana, and caused great excitement. -'
Weyler seems to have completely lost
his head. He is having leading citizens
of Havana arrested by the wholesale,
Weyler says the men arrested have been
plotting to have bim recalled to Spain
The arrests have profoundly, stirred Ha
vana.
THE BUYER BARON'S STAKE.
List of Mine Owners to ,Whena Bryan's
Election Means Millions.
The supporters of Mr. Bryan have on
dertaken to array "the masses against
tbe classes" in this contest and to that
end have held up the millionaires as
supporters of McKinley and Hobart.
The fact that this wag trifling with a
dangerous subject does not at all con
cern those who are endeavoring to
arouse class hatred. They seem to have
no conception of what they are doing
Yet they are fanning a breeze that
may grow into a whirlwind. The effort
is one of the most mischievous that has
as yet been made, and especially as it
can be shown that this silver agitation
is due to the plotting of silver mine mil
lionaires. Touching upon this question
a Washington dispatch to the New Yor
Herald says :
ioe jtepuDiican congressional cam
paign committee has given out a state
ment showing the part played by the
owners of the silver mines of the country
in shaping the course of the recent con
ventions which have declared tor the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
sixteen to one. The statement is intro
duced with a table giving the estimated
wealth of twenty-two individuals and
corporations engaged in silver mining
and directly interested financially in the
opening of the mints to free coinage,
This is the table :
Hearst estate, California f 75,000,000
rairesuiK iill.uxl.utKI
John Mackay 40,000,000
J. B. Haggin 40,000,000
W. A . Clark 40,000,000
William Stewart, fievaaa 40,000,000
Francis S. Newlans, Sharon estate. . . 35,000,090
David Moffat, Denver 80,000,000
Se. ator John F. Jones, Comstock
lode -K.OOO.OOO
Flood estate .- Oi.ooo.ono
uenver sliver smelting: works 25,000,000
R. C. Chamber, Onturlo silver mine . 20,000,000
Charles E. Lane, California 20,000,000
jj. rxoiaen, uia -i eiegrann mine. . . ld,oou,ouo
Mark D-ily, Anaconda. Montana.... 15.000.000
Butte silver smelting works 14,500,000
a. i. nauser, granite mountain 611-
MAINE IS ALL RICH
An Unprecedented Eepubli
can Victory.
BY A PLURALITY OF 50,000 VOTES
The - Largest , In the StatePowers
Elected Governor by Over
45,000 Plurality.
Augusta, Me., Sept. 14. Maine has
followed the example of Vermont and
declared for tbe Republican ticket by the
largest majority in its history. Accord
ing to the latest returns tonight, the
plurality for Powers, Republican, for
governor, will be over 45,000, and prob
ably in the neighborhood of 50,000,
Hon. Thomas B. Reed is re-elected to
the bouse by over 10,000 plurality. Tbe
returns show a plurality of about 10,000
for Dingley for congressman from the
Second district; over 12,000 for Milliken
ver mines 10.000.000 I i n th Third rllnrript. nnd nrnnHpnllv the,
VMnnh ...-.wl ...... . tl rT- -1 V- I If v
mine. Utah 10.000X00
ieaaviue silver smelling works s,500,000
Broadwater estate, Helena, Montana 5,000.000
Senator Henry M. Teller, Colorado. . . 2,000,000
Senator Lee Mantle, Montana 2,000,000
Total . , ." . .- fH7,000.000
After criticism of some of the wealthy
men who are working for free coinage
the statement charges that William J.
Bryan has for years been paid to deliver
silver orations, and concludes : '
"To tbe silver mine owners the elec
tion of Bryan and of a free silver Demo
cratic; house means millions. Placing
the product ot their mines 54,000,000
ounces a year, though it would soon be
100,000,000 ounces,' and the government
paying them at the rate of 31.29 aq
ounce, ana granting, lor tbe sake of ar
gument, that it cost them sixty-eight
cents an ounce to mine it, the people of
the United States would pay into' the
pockets of the silver miners $41,000,000
per annum, and make gigantic monopo
lies in their platform. Tbis ;is an nn
duly conservative estimate ot the pro
fits of tbe silver barons; tbe actual fig
ures would more likely be $75,000,000
per annum. It will be thus be seen at a
glance what is involved in the election
of Mr. Bryan, not counting tbe evils
that would flow from the retirement of
upward of' $600,000,000 of gold upor
which the credit of the nation is founded,
The silver movement is a conspiracy
and those behind it are the most desper
ate and unscrupulous men who have yet
become foremost in American affaire.
same for Boutelle in tbe Fourth district,
In the state legislature, the Democrats
will apparently have less than half-a
dozen of the representatives in the house
and not one in the senate. As antici
pated, the Republicans polled a tremen
dous vote and secured many Democratic
ballots.
On the other hand many disaffected
Democrats remained at home, and onlv
a few voted for tbe nominee of the gold
standard wing. The Populists and the
Prohibitionist votes have been received
from only a few towns, but It is evident
that neither party polled as large a vote
as two years ago. '
ine snccesstui candidate lor governor
is the Hon. Llewellyn Powers, of Hon!
ton, Republican.. Tbe nominees of . the
other powers were: Hon. Melvin P.
Frank, of Portland, Democrat ; Luther
C. Bateman, of ' Auburn, Populist;
Ammi S. Ladd, of Calais, Prohibitionist,
and HonJ Williaml Henry. Clifford, of
Portland, gold Democrat.
Hon. Thomas B. Reed, of Portland,
from the First district ; Nelson Dingley,
of Lewiston, from the Second district ;
Seth Milliken, of Belfast, from the Third
district, and Charles A. Boutelle, of
Bangor, from the Fourth district, who
have for years represented Maine In the
national house, are the congressmen
re-elected.
VESSELS FOR UNCLE SAM.
The McCoy Creek Mines.
Mr. John McCoy, who returned last
week from the mines that bear bis name,
in the Cascade mountains in Skamania
county, Wash., informs the Hood River
Glacier that the members of the Ma
zama mining company will not return to
the mines to work this season. They
got to the mines too late in the season to
accomplish much this year, but hope to
get a better start and be better prepared
for work next spring. About 100 men
from different sections cf the coun
try visited the mines during the short
time the Mazamas were at wotk. Some
of them were old prospectors and were
convinced that the company had a good
prospect of striking it rich. The creek
above and below them has been pros
pected and claims located. The com
pany had considerable work to do this
season, in the way of building cabins
and sluice boxes and flumes, tbat they
will not have to do next year and they
expect tbat with two months' hard work
they can make a clean up that will pay
them well for all their labor.
Recognized His Better Half.
-An old man down in Sherman county
would not believe be could hear his
wife talk a distance of ten miles by tele
phone. His better half was in Moro
during the lecent thunder shower,
where there was a telephone, and tha
skeptic was at Grass Valley, where
there was a similar instrument, and on
being told bow to operate the- thing be
walked boldly up and shouted, "Hello,
Jane I" At that instant, lightning
struck the telephone wire and knocked
the old gent down, and as he scrambled
to his feet he excitedly cried, "That's
Jane, all right!" Antelope Herald.
Bocks For Sale.
Bids Opened for Constructing- Three
Mew Battleships.
Washington, Sept. 14. At the navy
department today bids were opened for
building the three coast line battle-ships
authorized by congress at its last ses
sion. Several prominent shipbuilders
have already arrived to witness the
opening. Among these are President
Scott, of the Union iron works; John
Deloge, of Camden, and Charles Cramp,
of the Cramp ship works, Philadelphia.
The coBt of each of these vessels is lim
ited by law to $3,750,000, exclusive of
armament.
The new vessels are to be combina
tions of tbe best features of the Iowa and
Eearsarge, now under construction,
modified by such improvements as ex
perience has suggested. They will be
368 feet long on the water line, and
seventy-feet wide' in tbe middle. The
vessels will be propelled by engines of
10,000 horse-power and will be expected
to make a speed of 16 knots an hour.
Offensively, each of the three new
ships will possess two very powerful bat
teries. Tbe main battery will be com
posed of four 13-inch breechloading
rifles and 14 6-inch rapid-fire rifles. The
secondary battery designed to repel tor
pedo boats and light craft and to sweep
the unarmored parts of an enemy, will
consist of 16 6-pound rapid-fire guns,
four 12-pound rapid-fire, four machine
or Gatling guns and one field piece.
In addition to this force, an allowance
of gun cotton for submarine mining and
eight automobile torpedoes to be dis
charged from the two tubes on each
broadside amidships, will be carried for
that silent and more deadly phase of
naval warfare. '
AFTER A LONG SEPARATION.
Absolutely, Pure
A cream of tartar baking oowder. Hiehrat of
all in leavening strength. Latest United State
Government Food Report.
Royal Baking Powdsb Co., Mew York
posed of for a sum to a syndicate. Tb en
he resolved on a journey down througb
Oregon and California to find his chil
dren.
He pnrchaeed a stout buckboard and
a fine horse and lelt Seattle July 3,
bound for San Diego. He had obtained1
the address of one of bis children at
Bakerfield, and so far as be could learn
bis pet daughter, Jenny, was still at
tbe home of her adopted parents in this-
country. On the way . down, he run
across two other married 'children, a son
and a daughter.
URYAM RECOKSIDEKi.
to Her
About one hundred head of thorough
bred De Lane Bucks for sale. These
thoroughbred sheep were imported from
Michigan. They are fat and clean- Par
ties desiring to see them at once can go
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Jenny Rnst is Again Restored
Father.
San Diego, Cal., Sept. 14. Two of the
happiest people in San Diego today are
James F. Rust and his daughter, Jenny,
for they have just found each other after
a separation of 10 years.
After her parents were divorced in
18S6 Jenny was adopted by a rancher
and his wife, who live at.Encindatas, 30
miles north of this city, and Rust trav
eled over the country in search of work.
From Idaho be went into Washington,
and after nine yp&re of struggling struck
a rich mine, which be subsequently dis-
Coxey's Sneeess In Speaking From
Capitol Occurs to 'Him.
Evanbvillb, Ind.,. Sept. 14. W. J-
Bryan today denied he would speak
from the steps of tbe national capltol.
He said he beard of such a rnmor and
had telegraphed tbe committee in charge
of the meeting at Washington that to do
so would not be in Accord with bis
wishes. - .
"It would be a bad precedent," said
Bryan, "and one I would not wish' es
tablished. So far as I know, no candi
date for presidency ever spoke at tbe
capitol and I do not enre to be tbe first'.""
, Herr Most Is pisgosted.
Nw York, Sept. 14. Anarchist Henr
Most would leave New York if he could
raise the fnnds to do so. He admits
that anarchy is on tbe decline in New
York and that it does not pay to be am
anarchist leader. In tbe last issue of
his paper he says :
"If I bad tbe money I would go West
and live in retirement or found a colony.
know tbat this would not further the
cause of social revolution, but that can
not be helped. The present state of af
fairs in New York does not suit me. I
am discouraged and disgusted with the'
dullness and apathy about anarchy
here."
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Bryan Rendered Speechless.
Louisville, Sept. 14. Mr. Bryan was
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for bis views: ' "Just say," said be,
"that I decline to be interviewed."
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