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The Portland daily press., 1890-02-03
FIVE BIG sLocKs BURNED.
oanbury, Ct, Suffers Heavy Loss
Explosions Snake the Town.

DANBURY, Ct, February 2.-The most
disastrous fire which ever visited this city.
with the exception Of the one of 1885, was
discovered at about 1890 a. m. on the estate
at the corner Of Main and Liberty streets,
owned by Charles Hull. Five large blocks
were consumed. Three of the blocks were
Of wood, occupied by George II. Stevens, art
store; I. B. Hoyt & Co., grocery; and Sam
Harris, clothing. The two brick blocks
were occupied as large house furnishing
store by Hull Y Rogers; In the rear Of the
really annexes TO the blocks. All these were
swept away. The fire was discovered in the
cellar beneath Sam Harris's store. From
there the flames crept into the cellar Of Huh
and R0gers's. The hremen extinguished the
fire as they supposed, but 1t broke out again.
In the rear Of the cellar. and worked up
through the Hull & Rogers store to the top
OF the block. In the meantime, 1t gained
headway In the Harris store and the wooden
additions in the rear, which were almost in
accessible, and the fremen's efforts from
| that time counted for nothing
during the progress OF the blaze there were
| several explosions ir the Hull Il Rogers
| establishment, which shook the town. They
had large STOCK OF powder and oils. One
| explosion blew out most Of the windows in
| the buildings within 500 feet Of the fire. Ad-
| joining the Hull Il Rogers block was four
story brick structure, owned by Henry
Il DtIuO anu OCCuplcu Ou Tue uNsb uOOI Dg tHo
| Danbury One Price Clothing Stor'. with
i several Offices above. This block was badly
/ damaged by fire and water, and the goods Of
/ the occupants ruined. Besides the merchants
/ In the blocks, there were about 80 occupants
/ of offices and flats, who will all be losers to
i extent of their entire possessions, household
/ ana other effects. Nothing was saved, and
/ the same thing must be said of the oceu-
| narrowly escaped with their lives. In
| several instances the occupants were
rescued from their rooms almost suffocated
by smoke. The total loss Is about S3OO,OUO:
on buildings, all Of which belonged to G.
| Hull. S125,000:- stock of Hull & Rogers,
$4,000; Sam Harris, $4,000; L. r. II wi
4 Cos. $1,000; George r. Stevens, 5000
Fred Hart, jewelry, $4,000; l.. Klein, tailor
5000: T.. NJ. King, tailor, 5000
other tenants, $1,000 TO $1,000 each. Tie in
surance as far as learned Is: G. Hull, $50,
600; Hull Il Rogers, $4,000; Sam Harris
$1,000; other losses partly covered.
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The Great Stallion Race,

The Board OF Review of the National
Trotting Association will meet at Buffalo,
N. Y, February 11th. when the case growing
out Of the trotting between the Maine stall
lion Nelson and the Kentucky stallion Al
cryon, at the great $4,000 stallion race at
Beacon Park last fall, will come up. Mel
sons owners, G. III. Nelson of Waterville
and DIR. George II. Bailey of Portland, will
be present. DR.. Bailey said:
Pm afraid Of that tribunal; it locks like
a put up job. Some Of 'em want to hang
Nelson, and Tm afraid they'll do it. II the
trial were to take place in q court OF law, l
would not have the least anxiety, as there Is
not any evidence that would convict Nelson
The Maine stallion won that race on MS
merits He was sure winner.
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GwEDoED AFTER MANY YEARS.
A st. Louis Marriage Reveals a Ro-
nance That outdoes Tales OF
Fiction.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, February 1.-Forty-three
years ago Norah Benton, daughter of we'll
to.do merchant Of Gardiner, Me-, and James
Corbett young sailor. were lovers. Ben
ton forbade marriage, and when the young
sailor became persistent he ordered him
from the house. There were secret meetings
between the young people. and finally Cor
bett induced the girl to consent to a secret
marriage. The he bent his energies to get
her to 90 abroad with him, but failed. She
said duty dictated obedience to her father,
and she refused to go with her husband.
Finally he sailed for South America without
any one knowing Of the secret marriage. He
remained away so long that his wife mourn
ed him as dead, and 10 years afterwards
married Thomas B. Dunn. They came West
and settled In st. Louis, where he died,
leaving her childless, but with comfortable
property. She returned to her glrlhoOd
home. and there finding Coroett married and
the father Of a family. she returned to st.
Louis. Two weeks ago Corbett put 10 an
appearance and there were mutual explana-
tiO1s. His wife had died, leaving two
children. Her husband was dead. In view
of this very peculiar position it was decided
to have quiet wedding, and this took place
Wednesday evening. He Is 65 years old. but
looks 80. She Is 60.
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KILLED BENEATH THE EARTH.
Fall Of Rock and Explosion In Penn
syIvanIa Mine.

WILKEsBARRE, Penn, February IA
fall of rock took place in the Nottingham
shaft of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal
Company, in No. plane, this morning and
drove the accumulated gas into the gang
ways, where 10 men had been at woik with
naked lamps.
A tremendous explosion followed immedi-
atey. This was succeeded by an immense
volume Of smoke and gas, which rushed up
the air shaft. The populace gathered in
around the mouth of the shaft, and for some
time the confusion was so great 1t was i'm
possible to ascertain any particulars as to
the number of men at work below. AT length
some order being restored, the TACT was de-
veIoped that on account of the recent caves
and flood but 10 men were at work in that
portion of the mines.
A searching party was quickly formed, and
nv noon bad recovered the bodies Of 10 OF the
men. One died while In the ambulance.
The killed are as follows:
JOHN CRAssING.
DAVID j. WILLIAMS.
JOHN DAVIS.
EDWARD MORRIS.
JOHN HUMPHREYS.
POWELL SCULTZ.
The injured are;
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what They Say in Augusta.
Strike on the Ice Fields.

GARDINER, February 1.-Twenty six men
in the employ Of the Great Falls Ice Compa-
ny struck this week for So and $3.50 per day
and the company paid them of and dis.
charged them.
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SATURDAYS STRUGGLE.
The Minority Consumed Time With
Their Usual Tactics.

WASHINGTON, February 1.-At the OPEN
ing today there was no great pressure on the
part of the public to gain admittance to the
galleries. 1t seemed to be the general i'm
preston that the great parliamentary strug-
gle in the House is practically over. Never
theess, it is the understanding among men,
bers that the Democrats will persist in their
tactics and obstruct, as far as possible, all
legislative proceedings, so long as there is no
regular body of rules to govern them. The
Speaker at the close of the chaplain's prayer
directed the clerk to read the journal of yes
terday. One of the clerks proceeded to dc
so, but when he came to the phrase. "yea:
and nays, and so FORTH" Mr.. Mcmillan in
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The Planets IN February,

Mars rises little north of east about mid
night.
Jupiter rises about o'clock In the MORN
ing.
Saturn is visible very nearly the whole
night.
Venus Is not easily seen this month.
Mercury can be seen in the east before
sunrise on February 2s, when It Is at its
greatest elongation west.
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pnrtIand and Mexico.

Messrs. Charles L. p erin. Boston, +. l..
bartlett. Geo. c. Burgess, j. s. Douglass and
George Ii. Libby of this city, have bought
three mining claims in Jamanlopas, Mexico
and last spring had .an investigation made.
The mines were once worked by the Indians.
They have been found to contain not only
silver and lead, but also to be very valuable
in quicksilver. which is very scarce, the
RI thschilds controlling all that product else
where. The mining property is surrounded
by mahogany, mesquite, oak, cedar and other
valuable timber, and a syndicate of capital.
lists will soon have four lines of railroads
running near the mines, connecting with the
gulf ports. The land is arabic and well irri
gated.
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The Speaker The gentleman from Geor-

gia has the fioor.'
Mr.. Crisp.-"We have now heard a state
ment from each side as to what has been
done by the committee on rules, and what.
ever view of the matter the House NAV take
it is plain that If the committee on elections
has reported this case with undue haste the
committee on rules has not been In too great
a hurry. There is this further circumstance
to corroborate the statement OF that caucus
proceeding, that since then there has not
been a meeting of the committee on rules.
Mr. Crisp then proceeded to argue the CON
tested election cases.
At the close of Mr.. Crisp's argument lat
o'clock Mr.. Rowell took the floor. He went
on to discuss the facts in the contested elec-
tion case in support of the resolutions that
Smith is entitled to the seat, and that
jackson, the sitting member, is not At 80
O'Clock there was motion to adjourn made
on the Democratic side, but il was voted
dowL by viva voce vote, and Mr.. O'Farrell
commenced an argument In favor Of Jack
sons right to the seat. He declared 1t TO be
the determination of the Democrats to stand
by their rights, and not to allow any Demo-
crat to be unseated unless his opponent had
been fairly elected at the polls. After Mr..
O'Farrell had been speaking more than half
an hour. he stopped and said that he had
just been told that an arrangement had been
made by which the House was to adjourn
at the conclusion Of his remarks. That
being so (and he did not care to
speak to empty benches, he suggested
that he be allowed to finish his argument on
Monday. [Several Republican members
That Is fair" On this there was much
confusion on the attempt to arrive at an un-
derstanding as to the length of the debate,
and as to the time Of taking the vote; but
the effort did not succeed, and Mr.. O'Farrell
was directed to 60 on with his remarks. Mr.
UFarrell said that, as the facts in the case
were not known to members, he would pro-
ceed to read from the printed record in the
case, or he would ask the clerk to read it.
The Speaker-"It cannot be read"
Mr.. O'Farrell-"It can be read as part of
my speech"
The Speaker-"It cannot be read"
Mr.. O'Farrell-"The Chair will allow me
to read it as part of my remarks"
The eSpeaker-"According to the rules now
governing this body, gentlemen have no
right to read from printed book"
There was good deal of contest over this
point, Mr.. O'Farrell declaring that he would
read the record in the case until he dropped
In his seat, and several of the Republicans
ridiculing the statement and challenging
him to go on and do 1t.
Finally, after much confusion and excite
ment, it was agreed that each side should be
allowed three hours for debate on Monday,
aud with that understanding (but mono as to
the time for taking the vote), the House, at
6. 6.45. adjourned.
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DEMOCRATS STILL Determined.
Every Prospect of a Lively Week In
the House.

WASHINGTON, February 2.-From the de-
termined attitude assumed by the Democrats
in the House it is evident the week will be
characterized by proceedings of great inter-
eet. The Republicans hope to have a quorum
of their own members present tomorrow or
next day, and be able to force a vote and
finally dispose of the pending election case
in such manner as to preclude the possi-
bility of judicial Intervention. Meanwhile,
the committee on elections is preparing to re
port another contested election case for the
action of the House, that of Atkinson VS..
Peldleton, from the first Wrist Virginia dis
trict. When this report is made it will have
to lie over day before it can be considered.
If an attempt is made to consider it before
code of rules is adopted, another conflict is
certain to ensue. The Republicans hope to
be able to maintain quorum to carry out
their plans. The expectation is that the
committee on rules will present the new code
TO the Eouse within few days Discussion
and action upon it will doubtless fully oc-
cupy any time that may be left after dispos-
ing of the election cases
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Washington Notes,

The mayor of Terrebonne, Can, tele-
graphs ex-Sergeant-at-Arms Leedom that
The public debt % was "a. dec decreased sl2,245, 1896
during January.
The House committee on merchant marine
and fisheries Saturday heard arguments for
and against the bill introduced in the House
by MIR. Dingley exempting American coast
wise sailing vessels, piloted by their licensed
masters or by United States pilot, from OBJ
legations to pay pilets for service rendered.
W. w. Goodrich, representing the vessel
owners and captains of the national associa-
tion, and "a. ID. Hotchkiss, counsel for the
association, addressed the committee in ia
vor of the bill. Judge d. r. Beckwith OF
Louisiana, representing the pilots generally,
spoke in opposition to the measure.
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JAMES DUNsToN, fire boss, severely
burned, recovery doubtful.
JAMES JONES. fatally hurt, skull frac-
tured.
Tom LAKE, severely burned and bruised.
PETER LYNN, burned and injured inter-
nally.
JOHN THOMAS, head and arms burned.
DAVID Fox, severely burned.
JOHN DENNIS, burned
All of the injured are married.
WILKEsBARRE, February 2.--The bodies
Of the entombed miners in the Nothingh am
shaft were found this morning aud taken out
terribly burned. Joseph Jones, a miner,
was so badly injured he will die before morn
ing. making the seventh victim.
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Defuncr Insurance Companies.

New YORK. February 2.-State Examiner
Stanman said tonight that he should recon-
mend that each Of the defunct insurance as
s0ciations, the Guarantee Mutual Accident
Association, the Mercantile Mutual Acct.
dent Association and the Security Mutual
Benefit Society be wound up; also that the
Massachusetts, Benefit Association and the
New England Mutual Accident Association
of Boston should be debarred from doing
any further business in this State. The de-
tlnct companies transferred their members
to these organizations, which then became
parties to the violation 81 the law = y
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What IS Perfect BREAD !?

THE human body is composed of fifteen elements,
and curously enough all natural foods composed
of those same fifteen elements, thus showing how
nature has provided for the sustenance of this body
Wheat Is doubt the best of the natural foods as 1t
contains the elements Of the human body in exactly
the same proportions, but man improves % on Gods
plan and invents "botng CLOTH" by which he sepa-
rates the ground grain Of the wheat using three of the
inherent elements for himself and throwing away the
other twelve thus robbing himself of the most vitalz
ing elements Of thc1nost perfect natural food The
fine four OF commerce is little than starch and
starch is mere heater. To make Peri, bread, them
we do not want "supernne -four" bui wheat meal
giving US all the clements which God pls Ia .he berry
the following by an expert Chemist
In chemistry we find that in 100 parts Of substance
Wheat has an ash of III parts;
ash Of Al partsan impoyehment Of three
quarters.
Wheat has 80 parts of PhOsphoric Acid;
Flour 81 parts PhOsphoric Acidan impoverishment Of
about thfee-quarters
Wheat has 06 Lime, and 06 Soda;
Flour OIL Lime and OIL Soda impovsrshmen Of ave-
eixths Lime and Soda each.
Wheat has SULPHUR l.5; Flour has Sulphur.
Wheat suphurc Acid O5i Flour suphuric Acid
Wheat has Silica os; Flour Silica.
Dogs fed by Magende wide Kinks Page, Physiology on
dourished trove three-surhs OF
the mineral ingredients proved fatal TO the Where phos
phorus the ply sca element of all Vitality wanting food
the same Will be wanting in the system, and the body will
the wasteu expense living on the basis of superfne our
is enormous and foolish
Why should mankind then, use -four and render
themselves liable to disease because -four is mpover-
ishng food? Remember Magende's dog that died from
eating flour bread exclusively! How can parents ex-
pect their children to grow up with strong teeth nerves.
eyes hair, etc. four9 In children every tissue and
organ is growing, increasing in size and developing
Every element that belongs to those tissues or organs
should be contained in the food amentary substan
ees, and IN normal proportions, as provided by the
by history to be perfect food.
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Wonders

are wrought by the use of Ayers Hair
Vigor in restoring gray hair to its original
color promoting new growth, prevent
ing the hair from falling, keeping it soft,
silky, and abundant, and the scalp cool,
healthy, and free from dandruff or humors.
The universal testimony is that this prep
aration has no equal as a dressing, and
is, therefore, indispensable to every Well
furnished toilet.
"I have used Ayers Hair Vigor for some
time and it has worked wonders for me. /
was troubled with dandruff and was rapidly
becoming bald; but since using the Vigor my
head is perfectly clear of dandruff, the hair
has ceased coming out, and / now have
good growth, Of the same color as when 1
was a young woman. I can heartily recon-
mend any one suffering from dandruff or
loss, Of hair to use Ayers Hair Vigor as a
dressing."- Mrs. Lydia o. Moody, East
Pittston, Me.
"some time ago my wife's hair began to
come out quite freely.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-03
Ayers
Hair Vigor

not only prevented my wife from becoming
bald, but it also caused an entirely new
growth Of hair. am ready to certify to this
statement before justice of the peace."-
II. Hulsebus, Lewisburgh, Iowa.
"Some years ago, after a severe attack OF
brain fever my hair all came out. 1 used
such preparations for restoring it as my ply
sicians ordered, but failed to produce a
growth Of hair. then tried, successfully,
several articles recommended by druggists,
and all alike fell short of accomplishing the
desired result. The last remedy applied
was Ayers Hair Vigor which brought a
growth of hair in few weeks. l think
used eight bottles in two years; more than
was necessary as restorative, but liked it
as dressing, and have continued to use it
Tor that purpose. 1 believe Ayers Hair
Vigor possesses virtues far above those of
any similar preparation now on the market"
vincent Jones RtQhmond Ind
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Foreign Notes.

After 40 years suspension, England will
return to the use of paper n tes for small de-
nominations, the printing of el notes having
been begun by the Bank of England. The
continual forging of these notes was the
cause Of their withdrawal. The convenience
OF paper money is the reason for the new
issue.
Agnes Huntington has signed a contract
with Marcus Mayer. through Messrs. Abud
and Beshford, who control her engagements,
for one year. Mayer will endeavor to arrange
American dates for April and May. Miss
Huntington will star In ''Paul Jones"
through the United States, and her contracts
hold good In both America and England.
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Messengers Notice.


Office of the Sheriff of Cumberland County, State
OF Maine, Cumberland S., January 81, A. d.
1890.
VHIS is to give notice, that on the twenty-seventh
l. day of January AID. 1890, a warrant In in.
solvency was issued out of the Court of Insolvency
OF
JOHN W. NOBLE,
resident In the town OF Otisfield, in said county,
adiudged to be an Insolvent Debtor, on petition
of said debtor, which petition was filed on the
twenty seventh day of January, A. ID. 1890, to
which date interest on claims is to be computed.
That the payment of any debts to or by said
Debtor, and the transfer and delivery Of any
property by him are forbidden by law.
That meeting of the Creditors of said Debtor
to prove their debts and choose one or more as
signees Of his estate, will be held at Court of In
solvency to be holden at the Probate Court Room,
In said Portland, on the seventeenth day of Feb
ruaafy, A. y. 1880, at l0 o'clock In the forenoon.
Given under my hand the date first above writ
ten. ISAIAH s, WEBB.
Sheriff, as Messenger of the Court of In
solvency for said County Of Cumberland.
jan2S&feb4
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Three Washed overbo ard.

NEW YORK. February 2.-All transatlantic
steamers arriving here today report very Sc
we're weather. The Jersey City from London
had three lifeboats washed away January
18th and her decks swept of everything
movable. The smoke stack was loosened.
Her boatswain, Albert Davis of Bristol. car
penter Alfred Tophin and seaman Gustave
Wilbur were washed overheard and drown
ed. Seamen Estoliberg and Swainsburg each
had leg broken.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-03
Ia Grippe In South America.

MoNTEvIDEo, February lit Is reported
that the president of the republic has been
attacked by influenza. The disease has as
snmed an alarming character and is becom-
ing epidemic.
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Heavy Loss IN Kenosha.

KENosHA, Wis, February 2.-Fire this
morning destroyed two OF Allen Il SOns's
tanneries, filled with stock, the DenOyer
Water Cure, the German NJ. E. church and
the parsonage Loss, S125,OO0, insurance,
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The following are the United States Signal
Service observations for yesterday, Febru-
ary I'd. taken at = p. M, 10th meridian time
the observations for each station being given
in this order: Temperature. direction of the
wind, state of the weather:
rain; Phiiadeiphia, 4oo, rain; WASHINGTON R n
36o. NV, cloudy; Albany, $50, S. cloudy
Buffalo, 40o,, S, cloudy; Cleveland, 46o, SW
cloudy Detroit, 3S0, s. cloudy; Chicago, 4Oo
SM SW rain; St. Paul, S6', cloudy; Duluth. 4O'
S, SW, cio9dy; st. Vincent..,60., NV. partly
ville.560, S, cloudy.
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Decided In Indiana.

A dispatch from Indianapolis states that
Friday the Supreme Court of Indiana rem
dered decision which sustains the course of
Speaker Reed in counting members present
and not voting as part Of the quorum. The
case at issue was the validity of an ordinance
passed by quorum obtained by count of
the presiding officer.
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Police Arrests.

The average number Of arrests for the
month of January for the past 10 years was
14O4. The arrests for January, 1890, were
1la, or 27.4 less than the average for 10years.
The average number Of arrests for the
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unkenness was $50

month unkenness was $3.50
The arrests for drunkenness for the month
Of January, 1890. were 60. or 23.6 less than
the average for 10 years, and 3 less than for
any single month of January for the same
period.
Since January % the police officers have
seized a large quantity of liquor, consisting
of whiskey. rum and ales. the latter being
much in excess of the other liquors.
Officers Sparrow and MeDonough made a
seizure at Egan's place, Fore street, early
yesterday morning, getting couple of quarts
Of sniriks
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Saw a Steamer Founder.

BALTIMORE, February Capt. Balls of
the British steamer Brompton, arrived here
today from Porman, reports that on January
23d, In latitude 330, A N; longitude so w,
he saw brigantine rigged steamer founder.
She went down in the midst of a tremen-
dous hurricane with all on board. Capt,
Balls says the vessel had no marks to desig-
nate her