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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-26
IN THE LAST LEVEL.
Nearly Ninety Lives Lost by the Ex-
piosion In Wellington coiliery.
Rescuers Hlndered by the Demoi-
Ished TImbers In the shaft,
Through Which TWO of the Miners
Make a PerlIous Ascent.

VICTORIA, B. c.. Jan. 90 The explosion
in the No. 8 pit of the Wellington Galleries
proves to have been accompanied by great
loss of life. Last night it was estimated
that upwards Of fifty were killed.
An eyewitness states that he was about
one hundred yards from the pit when he
heard a report like that of large cannon,
and there instantly shot far into the air
dense mass of black smoke and dust. which
| converted the snow covered ground into an
inky deposit. When this subsided portion
| of the fan house had been destroyed as well
as the wood work in the shaft.
| Manager Dryden Immediately proceeded
to repairing the fan house, which was quick
| ly accomplished, and the fan started again.
The shaft timbers we're destroyed. SO that
cages could not be used, but pulleys and
ropes were Immediately prepared for the
work Of rescue. The tirstsman to come out
of the pit had climbed by meansof the cage
wire cable through the shattered tlmLers to
within one hundred feet OF the top. A rope
was then lowered to him and he reached the
surface in an exhausted condition.
A second miner was also enabled to get out
by this perilous method, but third, when
| fifty feet from the top, lO0sed his hold and
shaft Two men were then lowered as a
search party, and they returned, stating that
nothing could be heard but calls from below.
Fortunately. the mine had not fired, so dam
ger from this source was ayerted.
A temporary cage was made and lowered
to a considerable depth, the miners climbing
to it by means of ladders.
One white man, Robert Williams, the un-
fortunate who fell, was taken out dead. The
explosion took place in the last level, and in
this twenty-five white miners and number
of Chinese were imprisoned. Fears that
they were all killed were verified later, for at
8 O'Clock all the white men were carried to
the surface Dead and the work Of taking out
the Chinese was begun.
Nearly Ninety Dead.
VICTORIA, b. c., Jan. 25.-It is now be-
lieved that nearly 90 lives were lost in the
Wellington collery explosion yesterday. The
bodies Of twenty white miners were taken
from the mine last night and about seventy
more are still in the mine. There Is no rea-
son for believing that any are alive. Three
fourths of the men still in the mine are
EhinamQn
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-26
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-26
The massachusetts Amendment,

Boston, Jan. 25.-In the House this after
noon the constitutional prohibition resolve
was passed to be engrossed in concurrence
with the Senate, by vote Of 100 to 20 with
one pair, being six more than the necessary
two-thirds. The constitutional amendment
will have to be passed by two-thirds vote
in both branches next year before its sub
mission to the people at the polls.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-26
THE STATE.
KENSEBEc COUNTY.

The annual meeting Of the Maine Bee
Keepers Association will be held at Water
Vile, February 18th, 14th and 10th.
The boys Of Continental Hook and Lad
der and Hose Company of Gardiner, are
looking forward to grand time on February
I'd, that being the date on which they enter
tain their brethren from Bath.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-26

Senators Chandler and Evarts and Con-
gressmen Hayden, Boutelle and Spooner
were guests of the Baltimore Young Mems
Republican Club last evening.
Constable Louis Drucker, of New Canaan,
Conn, was shot and killed yesterday, by a
liquor seller named Sheiber, whom he was
trying to arrest. Sheiber then shot himself,
intiicting a fatal wound.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-26
A New Cardinal.

BALTIMORE, Nd, JAM 25.-A despatch to
the Baltimore Sun from Rome says that it lis
understood that Archbishop Williams, of
Boston. will be made a cardinal, and, posi-
bly,, have Bishop Mcmahon, of Hartford,
q anadiufnr
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-26

terial in its building being ice. Upwards of
60.OOO, 900 pounds of ice have been used. The
general appearance of the palace is majestic,
and when lighted by thousands of electric
lights of various colors will present beau
tiful appearance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-26

Mean daily BAR. 30.19 Maximum ther... S.4
Mean daily ther. 2.3 Minimum ther.... 30
Mean daily d'wpt.-3.0 Max, vel. wind. 10
Mean daily hum..77.7 Total preclp...... Il
T indicates trace OF snow.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
(Jan. "a, 1888, 1000 PM
Observations taken at the same moment Of time
~ oil cfa
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-26

The following message has been received
at the U. S. Signal Office in this city, dated
Washington, d. c., Jan &c, 1885, 1906 a. M. !;
Observer, Portland, Me-:
Hoist eautionary southeast signals for
Portland and Portland Section. Storm ad-
vancing eastward from Lake Ontario. South
erly gales, rain or snow. Signals also ordered
for Boston, Boston Section and Eastport.
(Signed), GREELY.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-26
THE MAINE
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON. ID

" AohINWIUli OtlI' -v'
The indications for New England are
colder weather, with rain or snow, followed
by fair weather and fresh to brisk winds en-
the coast, and brisk to high southeastery
winds, becoming northwesterlv.
Cautionary southeasterly signals are dis
played on the Atlantic coast, from Atlantic
City to Eastport.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-26

LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND, Me-, Jan. 20, 1858,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-26
The Grand Army Bill

Senator Davis, from the committee on PEN
sions, to-day reported favorably a bill in
troduced by Senator Henderson, known as
the Grand Army bill, to pension ex-soldiers
and sailors incapacitated for manual labor,
and provide pensions for dependent relatives
of deceased soldiers. The bill has the same
objects in view as contemplated by the de--
pendent pension bill vetoed by the President
during the last Congress- 1t is believed the
new bill, by the more explicit manner in
which its purpose is stated, obyiates the
principal objection raised in the Presidents
veto.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-26
Notes.

ID. N. White, of New Hampshire, has beer
confirmed as United States Consul at Sher-
brooke.
The hearing in the car load cases was con.
tinued before the Interstate Commissioners
yesterday.
Senator Hale introduced a bill today fol
the erection of public building at Bar Har
Dor, Maine, to cost $4,000.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
ANNAPOLIS. MD. THURSDAY EVENING FEBRUARY >, 1885,
a Curions Passover Cnslnn,-

The painting OF hand on the houses in
Tunis, Algiers, etc, is not Jewish Gus
tom, but is common to the natives of these
and other countries. 1t is always an en-
blem Of good luck, and is in Syria-also in
Naples-a charm against the evil eve. The
hands arranged in form of branch are
merely an esthetic form of the charm.
The reason Jews put it on their walls at
passover is because at that season of the
year their houses are renovated inside and
out. Capt. Conder remarks that the hand
was in use as charm by the Phnnicians,
and occurs on votive steles at Carthage
the site of the modern Tunis-whence it
doubtless spread to neighboring states.
He also relates that the "hand is painted
on walls, and occurs, for instance, in the
Hagia Sophia at Constantinople and else
where. 1t is also common in Ireland and
in India (Swa's hand), and on early scep-
ters." Enameled hands were worn by the
ancient Egyptians as amulets.-Cor. Lon
don Notes and Queries.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
The Origin of Petroleum.

Professor Medeleef in Engineering.
has advanced the theory petroleum is Of
mineral origin, and that its production is
going on and may continue almost indefi-
nitely. He has succeeded in making it
artificially by a similar process to that
which he believes is going on in the
earth, and experts find it impossible to
distinguish between the natural and the
manufactured article.
His hypothesis is that water finds its
way below the crust OF the earth and
then meets with carbides of metals, par
ticularly of iron. in a growing state. The
water is decomposed into its constituent
gases, the oxygen unites with the iron,
while the hydrogen takes up the carbon
and ascends to a higher region, where
part of it is condensed into mineral oil
and part remains stored at great pressage
until borehole isput down TO provide ii
a passage to the surface.
Oil bearing strata occur in the vicinity
of mountain ranges, and it is supposed
that the upheaval of the hills has dislo-
Gated the strata below sufficiently to give
the water access to depths from which il
is ordinarily shut out. If the center Of
the earth contains large amounts Of me-
tallic cerbides we have in prospect a
store of fuel against the days when our
coal will be exhausted.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02

A tramp called at a house in Chicago
suburb few mornings ago and asked
for some cold victuals. He was given
plate of oatmeal mush, some raw dried
prunes, tomato and saucer of hominy,
the whole without seasoning of any
kind
'I-I-can't you let me have some
milk, and some sugar. saltssand pepper p
inquired the embarrassed tourist as he
surveyed the spread.
milk is not wholesome" replied the
lady of the house. sweetly, land we
never use condiments. | can let you
have some cracked wheat if you like. -
Haven't you any meat p
ooh, no; we never use meat it is not
fit for the human stomach. Would you
like some cruel
lis this the kind Of stuff you live on?"
Certainly, my friend. Meats. season.
ings, gravies, condiments of all kinds
and heating foods have tenncncy to in
jure the coating of the stomach, impart
an unnatural condition to the system,
and-why here let me read a chapter
of this book too you. / can show you
in half an hour"
With yell of CONSERVATION the tramp
fled. As he went out through the front
gate he paused long enough to write on
the gatepo with chalk these words !:
''Kranks Keep away y
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
Nnmnn Rnles tha Raft.

Sometimes n Chinese or Siamese huS-
band is missed He no longer washes or
tumerics the children; he no longer boils
and hands out the rice in little basins TO
his offspring. His wife is asked where he
is, and, like Barham's cook in ''The In
goldsby Legends" she looks askew. She
does not say anything, but tho neighbors
that is to say, the people in the next
boat or on the next raft-whisper some
thing about disturbance night or two
ago, of cry, of groan or two, of u
splash in the water, and fear that some
thing has happened to the missing hus-
band. He comes back no more, and the
widow presently marries again, all going
quite merrily on the raft and in the house
with the new husband. From all of
which you will gather that the Siamese
woman is of the energetic, determined
sort.
She is not beautiful; she does not charm
that way. Short, sturdily built, of dark
reddish brown color, with her black hair
cut about an inch and a half long and
standing straight up all over her head like
a thick brush; chewing all day long mix
ture of red Chinese tobacco, areca nut and
betel leaf, SO that the brown juice runs
down her chin and on to her bosom; not
clad in more than one colored cloth
wrapped round her, and looking more like
the ''missing link' than anything else, she
certainly does not charm by her appear
ance.
But was told she had a very fascinat-
ing way with her, and, at any rate, she
knew how to keep order at home One
quality she has: She is extremely busi-
ness like and keen at buying and selling.
Atlantic Monthly.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
PRICE ONE CENT


While the women scrubbed away at
their tins and brisk old granny was busy
with her knitting l told them about
America. They were surprised TO learn
these simply house wives who had never
been farther from home than Killarney,
that in America folks had TO pay poor
rates and school taxes and land taxes.
They had hay idea that everything
was free" in America. BY and by, all
wet and smelling of the stables, the far
mer came in-a sturdy, hard-worked fell
low, who admitted that there was not
one in a hundred Of his neighbors as
well Off as himself. lie talked farming
and explained many curious points Of the
condition of tenant farmers to us. When
l asked him what was the cause of so
much discomfort and suffering among
the people, he put by his pipe aud burst
forth in long TRADE concerning the
peasant people and landlords. Small
farms, six, eight and ten acres, for the
support of ten and twelve human beings;
poor lands. potatoes retailing at five cents
for fourteen pounds, rents ranging from
50 to $50 an acre per year for the land,
to which must be added taxes; all this
was the burden of his discourse.
do you own your farm p asked
mo"
why don't YOU buy one f? Haven't
you the money -
"Yes, | have, but the landlords aro
gentry, from enc end of the island TO the
other, and they won't sell. There is no
land for sale in Ireland
When man rents farm in Ireland he
has to pay about $3.50 deposit for the
privilege of renting-pretty much en- the
same plan as we at home have TO make
deposit in order to get the gas turned
on in our houses. IL he ever leaves his
farm either the new tenant or the eject
ing landlord must give him back his de-
posit money. The reason there are no
farms changing hands in Ireland is be-
cause the young men who are coming
on to be farmers have no money for this
big deposit, so when lad grows up all
he can do is to share his fathers little
patch of ground. If it were not for
the sons and daughters in America who
send home money to these old fathers
and mothers there is scarcely a family
of tenant farmers in the country but
would suffer for food every year of their
| lives.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
Narnro Of Infectious niseases.

This discovery of the parasitic nature
Of infectious diseases is of more than
scientific interest; it is Of vast practical
value It has rot yet, perhaps, contrib
uted very materially TO the methods of
treating disease directly, although we
may confidently expect great results il.
the future along this line. There is moth
ing to prevent direct experiments with
germicides upon living bacteria in the
laboratory, and we may hope in this way
to get a more scientific method of curing
infectious diseases, after the theory Of
their parasitic nature becomes more truly
the property Of doctors as well as scien-
fists. Thus far, however, the value Of
the theory has been rather as the founda-
ton of the science of preventive medicine.
Here its Importance cannot be oyeTrated,
and is only beginning to become realized.
III. W. Conn in Science.
Subscribe to the CAPITAL
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
Sacrificed to EdncntIon.

Let any physician, let any candid per-
son, look at the classes assembled in the
Normal college chapel and say whether
these girls look as young girls should?
Do they recommend our great educational
system? Where are the beauties for
which we naturally look in dawning
womanhood-the rosy cheeks and spark
ling eyes, the free movements, the rounded
forms, the dimples? They are conspicuous
by their absence! The girls are, for the
most part, pale, dull eyed and weary look
ing. They are flat breasted and round
shouldered. Here and there blooming,
rosy, "sonsy'' girl makes the prevailing
pallor and languor only more noticeable.
In view of this assemblage, need we ask
whether the vigor of our children is really
sacrificed to education?-E. NJ. Hardinge
In The Epoch.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
1he a1nte1lectual saladn bowl.

At the New England Woman Suffrage
fair one of the tables had a decided nov
city. This was the intellectual salad"
bowl, with lettuce leaves made of green
tissue paper, poetical quotation written
upon each. For five cents any one might
take a leaf, and if he could tell the
author of the quotation he might keep it,
otherwise it had to be returned to the
bowl The original cost of this dish of
salad was ten cents, and it brought $125S
into the treasury, besides making great
deal of fun.-Chicago Herald.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
Concerning "patent Medlclnes. ;.

From 1861 up to 1888 the manufactur-
ers of specifics had to get out patents and
pay into the treasury per cent. of their
receipts. AS there were 5000 articles on
the list, the government derived a large
revenue from this source. The amount
for the twenty-five years reached $780,
100000 In 1888 the tax was abolished.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
He Was n Gintlemun.

Car crowded. Ladies seated, gentlemen
standing. Enters lady, old and feeble,
and stands with difficulty. No one ap-
pears to notice her presence, until a
brawny son of Erin standing near her
says: "Holt onter me arm, me darlint,
and I'll stiddy ye. Begorra, if weren't
a gintlemun, We should have my seat. ~
Detroit Free Press.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02

Il hear" said a Boston woman to a
Western girl that the society of the
West is really very good now; so that one
need no longer hesitate about living there
on that score.
"Yes, indeed. was the enthusiastic re
ply. 'Our society is first class now. I've
counted as many as fifty and sixty dia-
mond and real sealskins in one
Sunday at our church" I"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02

A Good R0rse-Should not hesitate to
wait upon those i'll with such diseases as
Smallpox, Cholera or Scarlet Fever
There is little to be feared by persons
waiting on the sick if they will use Dar-
by's Prophylactic Fluid freely. In sick
rooms it should be exposed on a plate or
saucer, and the patient sponged off with
the Fluid diluted. For safety, cleanliness,
and comfort In the sick-room the Fluid Is
indispensable.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02

We will insert I'm this column advertise.
ments of Wants, For Rent. For Sale, Lost.
Found, &C., not exceeding four lines. ONE
WEEK, or less, for 25 Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
FOR SALE

The stock and fxures of a first-cIass GRO
Gerry and PROVISION STORE, doing cash
business. Best location in the city. Low rent
Will sell cheap for cash il sold at once. Apply
at the Capital Office. 1-3Itf
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02

You may deceive all the people some Of
the time, and some of the people all the
time, but not all the people all the time
Abraham Lincoln.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
SHORT-HAND.

A limited number of PUPILS will be given
lessons in Shorthand by j. DUFFY. For
terms apply at 106 King George street.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02

A SITUATION for a middle aged colored
woman as plain cook. good laundress and bread
maker. Neat and honest Apply at Capital
office for particulars. 1-25w
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
FOR RENT
WANTED

One nicely furnished FRONT ROOM, with
light and heat. Apply at Capital Office"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
FOR SALE.

A Baby's Reed CARRIAGE. as good as new,
Will be sold cheap. Apply at No. 81 Mary land
Avenue
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
FOR SALE OR RENT.

A magnificent Weber Upright PIANO. Rent
only $6 per month. Will be IN Annapolis Sat-
urday, February 4th, 1888. Address &c. o. De-
to call. 1-25 lw
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
FOR SALE.

A deep bay HORSE, 16 hands high, five years
old and will work anywhere, Is also a good
draught horse, For particulars apply to Robt.
IL. Welch, p. o., Annapolis.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
LOST

On Saturday evening Jan. 14th, at the Gym
nasium, Gold LACE PIN with pearl in the
head Reward If returned to 20 Church street.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-02
FOR RENT

Two nicely furnished ROOMS. located on
Maryland Avenue. Rent low, Apply at the
Capital" Office. / law
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-01-08
Thc 81 Nharies.

Senator Juo. T. Wilson, having
conf t"iy renovated his saloon re-
moved the reStsu alt fixtures into
the rear OF his house, has turned that
portion OF the place over TO Mr. 5 n.
Hatcher. That Mr. Hatcher under
5 ands the needs of al eps roan pub,
lie Is 1T monstrutad by the Menu which
he serves Oysters N the halt shell
are he specially just now, and they
ar luscious. Mr. Hatcher proposes
TO tickle he palates OF the p4trons OF
the ST. Charles, and The EXAMINER
has no doubt OF his success III doing
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-01-08
\ Dream OrFair women.

Tennyson i'll his eXquisit' poem,
dreams OF n long procession Of lovely
women of ages past. This is all very
well, bu' the laureate would have done
the world a greater service if he had
only told the women Of the present
how they could improve their hea til
and enhance their charms This be
might easily have done by recon-
mending the use of DR.. Pierce Fav-
orito Prescription. Health is the best
fciend OF b auty, aud the innumerable
ills so which women are peculiarly
subject its worst enemies. Long cX-
perionce has proven that the he attn o.
wJuankiud and the "Favorite Pre-.
scription" walk hand in hand, and
are inseparable. 1t is the only medi.
cine for women, sod by druggists
under u positive guarantee from tbs
manufacturers, that it will give sstis
faction iii every case, or money vii
be refunded. This guarantee has been
printed on the bot le-wrapper, anC
faithfully carried out for many ye4rs
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-01-08
mp ciat Election.
patch to The Examiner.

~ Dispatch to The Examiner.
1AN ANTONIO, Jan. IA special
1ctloh was held in the city for the
'rPose OF li'lng vacancy in the city
unc'l, caused by the resignation OF
aeflnan at large, Belknap, aud t.
Iyhu additional tax of 10 cents Oh
s NlOO for public scho i
IPcses, j +. wcomb, eX-secre-
ESCi Site under Gov. Davis and j.
on"eter We're candidates for alder
G a very ligat yrte was polled,
IuAIng IN he eieCtlou o! Shsefer by
'haspe majority and the defeat Of the
nO0l purnOsns.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-01-08
sn Reference 10 For, BrnNyn

WA,uISGroN, Jan. THE committee on
military affairs met to-day and elected George
B. Parsons clerk The committee considered
introduced in the house by Holman, request
ing the secretary of war to pay 10 part of the
$l6o,ooo appropriated for the Fort Brown
military reservation in Texas, until the
committee acquires further information as to
the necessity for the proposed military post.