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Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
THE WORST GALE IN YEARS,

BRUNSWICK, Me-, June 14.-Brunswick
 was visited this afternoon by the worst
 gale experienced for years. It lasted but
 a short time and was accompanied by rain, hail and thunder. A large number of chimneys were blown down, damaging roofs severely. Many trees were uprooted. Two large elms fell on the residence of the late Judge Barrows. crushing in the roof A chimney fell through the roof of Alp. pleton hall, Bowdoin college. The tin roof of the stock house of the Bowdoin paper mill at Topsham was blown of and the residence of A. w. Dennett was struck by lightning. iniuring two inmates.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
LOST

pETWEEN 965 Grand avenue, by way of D Olive street and 665 State street, or return ing from 665 to 422 State street. one shoe box marked in percil-Allie s. Hurlburt Contents of box were package of fruit jar rubber bands and lamp burners, one of them marked Bradley & Damn: also bundles marked Everett B. and Allie s. Hurlburt, and other parcels of no value except to their owners Any information re- garding same will be gladly rect ived by
 HURLBURT BROS.
 je15 1t$ 1O74 Chapel street.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
THE JULIET RETURNS. The Students Unaware Of the Anxiety Caused by Their Absence.

C3ube0 uy IHeIr Apbeuces
 CHICAGO, June 14.-The steamer Juliet, with the graduating class of the North western university, arrived here at 3:15 this morning. All on board were safe despite the experiences of the even ing, and unaware of the anxiety which their failure to return had caused, or of the reports of disaster to the craft.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
OIL STEAMER BLOWN UP.

Fifteen Lives Lost and Several
 Ships Burned-An Explosion in
 the Hold of the Petroliain a French
 Port, Caused by L1ghtning-BlaZing
 oil Poured out Upon the Water and
 Thrown Into the Rigging of Ves-
 sells.
 BORDEAUX, June 14.-An appalling &C., cident occurred to-day just outside the harbor of Blaye on the River Gironde, twenty-four miles northeast of this city. Lying off the harbor was the British steam CT Petrolia, commanded by Captain Hub back, which had arrived on June 12 from Philadelphia. The usnal routine work was being performed on board, when suddenly there was a flash, tremendous roar, and the vessel was blown to pieces. Huge frag- ments of the deck and deckhouses were carried up to great height.
 The shock of the explosion alarmed the town and hundreds of persons rushed to the wharves to discover the cause of the noise, it being thought by many tbat the magazine of one of the forts defending Blaye had been blown up. The river was strewn with wreckage from the Pe- trolia
 ThsAdissster was caused by the ignition of gas that had formed from the petro- leum comprising her cargo.
 Burning oil hoated on the water. This was drifted with the tide against several vessels lying at anchor near by and set them on fire. Two or three other vessels were ignited by burning oil that fell on their decks and rigging.
 The Petrolia burned furiously and the hao info fhof for the many small boats that were launched to approach her. Dense volumes of stifling black smoke hung over and around the burning steamer. Some of the more venturesome of the boatmen heard cries for help and rowed as closely as pos sible to the burning steamer. They suc- ceeded in picking up sixteen of her crew, three of her engineers and the second off cer. Some of the rescued men were severe ly burned. They were taken ashore as quickly as possible and physicians were summoned to attend them. The survivors said that there were twenty others on board the vessels when the explosion occurred, and a search was made in the vicinity of the steamer for them, butnot body was found, and it is believed that every one of these men perished.
 The crews of the other vessels that caught fire did their utmost to quench the flames, but their efforts were fruitless, and some of the craft, mostly vessels engaged in the river and coasting trade, were burned to the waters edge. Further information from Blsye shows that a thunder storm was prevailing al the time the explosion occurred, and the disaster was caused by lightning striking | the vessel.
 LATER.-Fifteen persons were killed by the explosion and fire. The loss on prop erty is $1S0,000.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
FORT GRISWOLDHOUSE

And Cottages. On the Sound, opposite A7ss IF New London, Conn. Seventh season; un- Ee der the same management ss last year. Ek&AA cool, healthy and delightful summer resort bathing, boating, fishing, etc. Rooms and cottages may be engaged at Sturtevant House, New York city.
 c. R. EIdridge,
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
HARD THUNDER STORM.

PrTTsFIELD,, Mass, June 14.-A hard thunder storm, accompanied by heavy fall of hail. ragged here from 5 to 6 o'clock this afternoon. The hail did great deal of damage to vegetation. Before the storm the heat was terrific. Two sunstrokes are reported.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
@lauts.
WANTEn

One Cent . Word each rnsergion avs esnts . word fer . fuu week (ssvsn sfAss.l
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
WILL BE OF GREAT INTEREST.

The Session of the Associated Cham Empire ar LondOn-Every Board of Trade in the Dominion Will Att tend-Erastus Wtman Will Watch the Proceedings.
 TORONTO, Ont, June 14.-Delegates depart this week from almost every board of trade in the Dominion to attend the session of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the British empire. which every five years assemblies in London. The interest in the coming session is largely augmented, following so closely as it does on Lord Salisbury's speech at Hastings, by the proposal to discuss the relations hereafter to exist between Great Britain and her colonies. This has special reference to their federation, 50 as to be on an equality with the mother country, with not only representation in the i'm perial parliament, but an entire absence of tariff between them, with, however, & tariff against all other countries. One of the results of this proposal would be g. discrimination in favor of the colonies throughout the British empire against cot ton, wheat and other food products from the United States, while practical free trade between England and Canada would follow.
 This, it is alleged, would enormously stimulate the agricultural productions in Canada and increase immigration, and it would necessitste along the whole north ern border of the United States a cordon of custom house police to shut out the cheap goods from Great Britain. It is claimed this would be such @ reversal of | policy, both by the mother country and 1 her chief colony, as to materially alter the | relations existing between the latter and l the United States, as this would attach | Canada to British connection and destroy the wish for political union, and effectually | postpone the constant progress made in I favor of reciprocal commercial union.
 Erastus Wiman, who departs this week | for London for the special purpose of l watching these proceedings, has applied | for credentials from the Toronto board of 1 trade in order to participate in the discus sion. There is considerable opposition to | this action on the part of the board, as it | is believed thst those who seek to obliterate | tho commercial barrier between Canada | and the United States are disloyal to Brit l ish interests, while on the other hand there | are many who feel that the conference would be incomplete without the attend ance of representative who SO fully un- derstands the question with respect to the | United States and Canada.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
BIG HAILSToNES.

WEST RANDOLPH, Vt, June 14.-After two days of intense heat a hail storm
 passed over this place at a'clock to-day. Stones measuring two inches in diameter
 and weighing two ounces fell, doing much { damage to greenhouses, but not injurins growing crops to any great extent.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
Lake SaltOns stall.

eH&lN With it's fleet of boats, barges and .EsEsE.s18Ese ..EE1Ese steamer Cygnet and surrounding Cygnet will connect with the following trains %ncn a sfop at Lake; Excursion tickets going 451, 7:A. DoolittIe's wagonette will leave cor ner Church and Chapel streets 4:15 to convey Lake. For extra trips and excursions address myN 1mof G. H. BALDWIN East Haven Ct
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
ELI SrACKHOUsE.

Death of the Representative from
 South Carolina-A Short Sketch of
 His Life and Career.
 WASHINGTON, June 14.-Representative Eli T. Stackhouse of South Carolina died suddenly last night.
 General Stackhouse was one of the party that accompanied the body of the late Colonel L. L. Polk, president of the farm ers' alliance, to Raleigh, N. O., last satur- day. He returned to Washington yester- day morning. Later in the day he com plained of slight attack of indigestion, but seemed to be in good spirits. Repre- sentative Cate of Arkansas, 6 member of the farmers alliance, who has rooms in the hotel where Mir. Stackhouse stayed, says that the general did not return to the hotel for dinner. About 12 o'clock last night MT. Gate was called to the rooms of Mir. Stackhouse and was told that he was dying. A physician was immediately summoned, but before his arrival MT. Stackhouse was dead. The only persons at his bedside when he died were his son and Representative Cate and the latter's son. His body will be taken to Little Rock, S. O., for burial.
 Eli Thomas Stackhouse was born in | Marion county, S. O., in 1894, received a l common school education and worked on his fathers farm. In the war he served in Longstreet's corps of the Army of Northern ! Virginia. Before reconstruction he was
 elected three times to the state legislature
 and since then he has devoted himself
 chiefly to the improvement of agriculture
 in the southern states, the superintendence
 of his own farm and the education of his
 children. He has written many agricul.
 tural essays, was president of his state al.
 liance, and O trustee of the State .Agricul
 tural society. He was elected to congress
 for the first time last year.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
HOUSE FOR SALE.

"A Ihave on my hands house that have :;i no use for.
 Will some good man make me an offer R. E. BALDWIN, d&w SIS Chapel street.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15

FORT FAIRFIELD, Me-, June 14.-A tor nado with vivid lightning and heavy rain was experienced here last night. The barns of Captain Poole and Milton John ston were blown down and considerable damage was done to several other build inQs
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
RtF!!IEl ], AND M } RtEyRN!sHEg; ]! ]! X Il 3.

PUTNAMsS RESTA URANT, T11I1S Opposite Sea View House, liEEffsU SAVIN ROCK. 6&AAA 18th season at the shore.
 Fresh Sea Food, Shore Dinner. Full line of choice Confection, Ice Cream, Soda Water, etc, etc. Edison's Monograph now on exhibition in the waiting room. Putnam's is the most attrac tive and comfortable place on the shore. loS Emo w. IF. PTJTNA M Proprietor
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
HETEROGENEOUS.

We now opening third invoice Of Jewett's Celebratfd Hard Wood Refrircrafors
 Without doubt they are the finest goods in the market, and to-day have the call orer all others
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
FOR SALE.

EOH SALE.
 A FINE, lightweight gig made to order in the n very best manner of selected materials. It rides remarkably easy, and can be seen and the price for gig and harness learned of MR. CRUT- TENDEN at the Hyperion stables rear of Hype- rion theatre, Chapel street. je14 If
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
STIR. AVEn-

4> From pasture of Thomas Mills, Orange,
 on Sunday night, bay horse with black legs; has scar on inside of nigh hook. A reward will be paid for his return or for information leading to his recovery. P. O. BOX 169,
 je14 2tt West Haven,
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15

Lawn Mowers Ground IY special patented machinery. Will call for D and deliver. Telephone connection. ~7t MACKENZIE & MACARTHUR, Telephone No. 437-12 65 Orange street. apN0tf
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15

$2O,OOO to Loan 0N real estate security in sums as desired. O Address H. 0. R., ie14 St G0 Trumbull street.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
WORK OF THE ELEMENTS.

| A Destructive Tornado in Illinois-A ! Church in Ruins and the Assem-. 1 bled Congregation Imprisoned-The Damage is Estimated at Two Hun. dred Thousand Dollars-Storms All 1 Through she New England States. GALEsBURG, H., June 14.-There passed through the southeastern part of this l Knox) county about 8 o'clock last evening l along its path. It seems to have first sp- peared northwest of Galva. Its course was south and east through that city and the main body of the storm passed along the chief business streets. The citizens
 had no time in which to fly to places of safety. In the Free Methodist church
 there was assembled large congregation.
 In the rink there was gathering
 committee to arrange for @ Fourth of
 July celebration. The church was quickly
 mass of ruins, and the congregation was
 imprisoned. A number were injured, one
 dangerously. A large crowd of rescuers
 got the imprisoned people out. The rink
 was also blown down, but those inside es-
 capped without injury. Had the storm
 come few moments later many more
 would have been in this building, and loss
 of life would surely have resulted. The
 roar of the storm was terrible.
 The storm was accompanied by midnight darkness and an awful sweep of wind that carried everything before it. Nearly every
 business house along the principal street was unroofed, and stocks of goods were badly damaged by the floods of water fol- lowing the tornado. The Chicago, Bur lington and Quincy round house was total ly wrecked. The G. w. Barnett elevator near by was unroofed and ten thousand bushels of grain deluged with water. The Rock Island and Peoria elevator and a part of the depot went next. The tall steeple of the Baptist church was cut as if by a knife and was hurled into the street. The Congregational church was also badly damaged. There were in August Olsen's | house at the time Mr. and Mrs. Olsen, Charles Olsen and four others. The resi- | dence collapsed, killing Nr. Olsen instant ly. The others escaped as by miracle. | Business to-day was completely suspended | and the streets were filled with debris of | every description. The stores are more or | less in ruins. There is hardly a residence | but will need repairs. The total damage | is estimated at S200,0 One person was killed and many were injured.
 ATpEMENDous HIATT. sroRu
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
TREMENDOUS HAIL STORM.

GREENFIELD, Mass, June 14.-A tre- mendous hail storm struck this town at 5:15 tonight and caused damage estimated at $10,000. The storm came from the west. There was hardly a window on the west side of any shop, church, store or residence that was not demolished. The loss at Holy Trinity church was sl,000. With one or two exceptions there was not a shop in town that did not lose several hundred psnes of glass. Many of the hail. stones measured ten inches in circumfer- 6nce
Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
Enrniture, Etc.

Deansr Rhe u matIc Pills absolutely cure
 SauraIRie- Entirely ~~s~fahIr. Safe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-30
OLD VIOLINS,
Collector Pay Prices for Them which Are
Far Beyond Their Value.

Collector Pay Prices for Them which Are
Far Beyond Their Value.
Nuremberg Letter to Chicago Herald
don't think Q more INSCRIPTIONS set of men
exists anywhere than the old violin dealers of
Germany and Austria. They have absolutely
no price and absolutely no business basis
They ask one man 1000 marks for an instru-
ment (having sized him up as an Americana,
when to the very next person who enters they
will gladly sell for half the amount. Such a
thing a. price list or catalogue is unknown 10
them, and consequently unsophisticsted
stranger is at their mercy, and they have not Is
much mercy Q western horse shark
The American public can form no idea Of the
demand that exists fer Italian violins IL is
simply marvellous, and you will see before long
specimens BY third and fourth-class makers,
that now are worth from ESQ to $500 each
bringing the price Of Guarneris and Bergonzis
today. 1t is bound to come. People who have
money are bound to have fine old violins and
will pay fabulous prices to get them. They will
be worth more than their weight in gold The
appreciation of the violin IL growing every dav
in America, and numberless young Indies are
now studying IL In preference to the piano. and,
inasmuch Ms the ambition of every violinist al
ways has been and always will be to own an
Italian or some other good old violin. the de-
mand is yet. il seems TO me, in its infancy in
our country. Exactly what proportions it will
assume no one can foresee, but l believe we will
divarius and when no Italian violin of any
merit Whatever can be had for less than s1 900.
while the majority will bring from %, 900 to
$40 OOO
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From the Detroit Free Press.
1 was ut Miners Greek in Idaho when an In
cident happened that was both amusing and
uncomfortable.
"who names this childg" said the parson ~
he looked at the two mountain specimens who
had brought in their baby to be ''krisened"
The man stepped forward and said loud
enough for the rest of the school house congrs-
cation to hear:
"'rain't got no name vet Ne and Sally
couldn't hitch on a name"
How will Joseph dor asked the psrssa,
anxiously.
Il reckon that viii do fust rate. /" answered
the man. and as the woman did not object the
ceremony proceeded aud the infant was duly
christened Joseph. The mountaineer and his
the newly christened child had powerful lungs
and knew how TO Use them
But the next day they returned and brought
some OF their friends with them.
Yer made q right smart kind of a mistake"
said baby's grandmother, who accompSnied Il
this time. AN low it's agin the Law, too Yer
krisened the baby Joseph"
And lite good name, too" aid the parssa,
much surprised.
Not for this ere young 'un, reckon WY,
man alive. it's gal"
Can't help that, said the psrson stoutiy.
The objection comes too late. The fsth0
should have objected when offered the name"
But here the parson g wife came % the rescuo
and with womanly tact suggested . compromiss
ON Josephine, and the parson vowed that hero
after the good woman should assist him IN the
services TO ses that no ILLEGAL formula was pr0-
nounced, ms In this instance.
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q long time and cured her, and now though
she has been more than six years married she
has her first child. 1t Is boy. She was tell
ing me of it and was so happy she kissed me-"
As we walked in noted that the houses Of the
peasants were far better than those OF other VII
lagos had seen and asked II the peasants had
not become more civilized and more ambitious
under Count Tolstoi's teaching and example.
"No. think not" was the reply. "They
take advantage of his good nature. and can do
places for the grazing of their own stock.
They do o. little they please and take what
they please from us. I may object, but they
say, oh, the count will not do anything to us,
and the result is the estate is very hard to man
age. 1t has been decided over to our youngest
son "a boy Of about four, as is the custom as
to the family estate or homestead in Russia,
and am his guardian. The Count Tolstoi was
the youngest son Of his father. and in this way
the estate came to him. As to our peasants. r
think they are, it anything, not "a good so they
were ten years ago. suppose in the far future
they may improve, but it seems to me that the
outlook Is dark"
Chatting IN this way We walked over the viii
lage, then visited the gardens where the
countess raises all sorts of fruit and vegetables
for her family and after walking through a
magnificent forest along paths shaded by tall
birch trees whose beauty reminded me Of the
famous cryptomeria trees which line the road
to the shines at Nikko, Japan, we found our
way back to the house. The Tolstoi estate con-
tains about 800 acres of arabic land and for
est and its woods are wild, romantic and beau
tiful It was given to Tolstoi's grandfather by
Catherine III rs q reward for his mill
tary services, and though not large estate for
Russia it Is very fine piece Of property. As it
is today Tolstoi resides upon it rather as the
guest Of his family than as its owner. He
would cell it today IL his wife would consent
and give the proceeds to the poor and as the
wise wife and good mother that she is refuses
to do this he has washed his hands, as it were,
Of all responsibility concerning it and it's care
devolves entirely upon her. His action in
wishing to give up his property was undoubt-
eddy due to q sense Of duty. Hers in insisting
upon keeping him. her family and herself from
dirt, poverty and starvation also from the
action Of the same sense, and as We drove in a
rude droschky through the moonlit forest to
the train last night could not but think that
Of the two she has chosen the nobler and the
better part. Her life as it is can hardly be one
Of rest and roses and her sacrifices, cheerfully
made. though they do not include the wearing
OF sackcloth and ashes. are TO my mind greater
than bis. Tolstoi is giving up much for his
own ideas. His wife is giving up all for him.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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OLD TIMES IN HAWAII,
The Absolute Power OF the King and the
Peoples Fear OF the Priests.

The Absolute Power OF the King and the
Peoples Fear of the Priests.
From the Overland Monthly
Reverence for royalty was ono OF the most
marked characteristics of the ancient religion
OF the Hawaians. 1t was formerly crime
punishable with death to pass through the
king 8 shadow or sit higher than his head. His
person was sacred, and protected by q strict
system of taboo. In the royal palace the taboo
stick, with which the king announced his ex-
communications, is exhibited. 1t is q wand
with carved stone cap. If this stick was
lowered on the approach Of q courtier he
was compelled to withdraw Immediately.
and was recognized as being in disgrace.
The kings will was absolute; but the ma
lorlty OF the Hawaiian monarchs seem to
have been OF . kindly disposition. and
to have made no improper use of their
extreme power. 1t was due to one of
them that the taboo system was abolished
This system bore with grievous weight upon
the women. They were forbidden the use of
some OF the most common articles of diet, such
as bananaE and certain kinds of fish, on pain
OF death. 1t was taboo for q woman to enter
the eating house OF the men, or one of the
"helaus or temples. Before the arrival of the
first missionaries the reigning king, GU. Of con-
sideration for some of his women, declared the
The work of converting the natives to Chris
uanlty was greatly assisted by this voluntary
remuneration Of the old heather system. The
power OF the priests was broken by il, though
their influence was still strong with the natives,
The source OF the awe in which they were held
is easily understood, when one considers that
they were formerly invested with the right of
choosing the victims for the human sacrifices.
Later they depended largely on the .'anans" or
power OF praying people to death to retain
their influence. No amount Of argument can
disabuse the native mind, Of belief in this
particular kind of enchantment. 1t is not the
priests alone who practice it. 1t ia believed
that any one can compass the destruction of an
enemy by sufficient exercise Of will power.
In fact, 80 strong is the popular conviction on
the subject or SO weak the vitality Of the race
that it Is sometimes sufficient merely to con-
vince man that some one has determined to
pray him to death.
An instance Is related by one Of the early
missionaries Of man who became thus con-
WINGED, and set the day and hour OF his own
death. Mr.. Armstrong was resolved that the
man should not die. He accordingly procured
q sufficient amount Of chloroform and kept him
unconscious until the fatal hour was past. His
astonishment on being reused was boundless.
but the bold ruse saved his life.