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The Portland daily press., 1893-08-23
HOW 1T WORKED.
Secretary Carlisle's Statement of Opera
tions Under the Sherman Law.

Secretary Carlis1e's Statement OF Opera
tions Under the Sherman Law.
Washington, August 22.-In response to
a resolution of inquiry, Secretary Carlisle
sent to the House of Representatives to
day letter setting forth the following
facts: From August 13, 1890, to August
16, 1873, the department purchased 161,-
521, 900, 900 fine ounces of silver, costing
$50, 669, ,459, The highest price was
SO. 20 If an ounce, August. 20, 1880, and
the lowest $o.169 an ounce, July "a, 1898.
Treasury notes for S150,115,9S5 were
issued in payment for silver bullion, of
which S714, 636 was redeemed in standard
silver dollars. Up to August l., 1893,
$40, 1874, 100 in treasury notes were re-
deemed in gold There have been coined
36, ,Os7, 1856 standard dollars from bullion
purchased under the act of 1890. On the
14th inst. the government owned Of
silver purchased under the act 1S9, 133,-
161, ,375 ounces, costing $121, ,217,6T
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-23
Weather Observations,

The following are the observations for
the Agricultural Department Weather
Bureau for yesterday, August %, taken
at p. M, 18th meridian time, the OBJ
servations for each station being given in
this order: Temperature, direction of
the wind, state of the weather:
Boston. 70o. S. fair; New York. IL, Sc,
Philadelphia. 72o. Sc, fair; Washington,
76o, Sc, clear; Albany, 70o, NV, clear:
Buffalo. 6so, NE, clear; Detroit,6So, Sc,
clear; Chicago, 74o. Sc, clear; ST. Paul
64o, Sc, rain; St. Vincent, $40, NV, clear
Huron, Dak., 600, W, clear; Bismarck
720, NV, fair; Jacksonville, 7S0, NE
clear.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-23
ESTABLISHED JUNE 23, 1s62--vOL. 80.
THE MORNINGS NEWS.

Page L.,
Weather indications.
General telegraph news.
Pagea.
Telegraph news.
Base ball news.
Building of the two Dakotas at theWorld's Fair.
A trip from Portland to Pemaquid.
One Of the Light Brigade.
The Ohio campaign.
Page 4.
Editorials.
Personal and Peculiar.
The silver in the Treasury vault.
Kansas Populists and their boards.
Page 8.
State Items of Interest.
Maine towns.
Music and drama.
Deaths and marriages.
Opening day of the Cumberland fair.
The Peary expedition.
Telephone and telegraph companies puzzled to
find poles.
Wit and Wisdom.
Agricultural topics.
The fair cyclists.
The exposition organ.
Page =.
Financial and Commercial
Marine News.
Page 8.
Personal.
Brief Jottings.
Railroad matters.
The Starlight rescued.
The coming Christian Endeavor convention.
The State shoot. {4
Funeral of the late Charles Goodrich.
A strange craft in midocean
Schools of methods in session.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-23
fSnecial to the Press.l

Bath, August 22.-The case OF W. S.
Hagar, Richmond whose shortage as an
officer of the loan and building association
has been reported, was settled today in tn
Supreme Judicial Court, by the payment
of the required snm.
Most of the liquor cases have been mol
pressed upon payment of costs. The
court adjourned today.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-23
Victorious Firemen Parade.
Especial to the Press,l

Bath, August 49, The mem bers of
Kenne ebec Engine company, No. 8, cele-
brated their victory by a parade tonight,
headed by drum corps. They paraded
the principle streets amid considerable
display of fireworks.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-23
MAINE WINS.
Massachusetts Marksmen Defeated in the
Lewiston Tournament.
Isnecial to the Press.1

Lewiston, August %. The first day of
the annual tournament of Maine gun
clubs on the Androscoggin grounds was
eminently successful. The Richmond
team won the championship of Maine
clubs very easily as was expected. The
chief interest was the contest. .between.the
Massachusetts and Maine teams. This
contest the Maine team won as follows:
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-23
To Repeal the sherman Act.

New York. August 22.-The American
Bankers Association has issued an adj
dress to the bankers of the United States.-
1t calls upon them to petition Congress
to repeal the Sherman silver act i'm
mediately and Internationally.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-23
THE WEAT HER.

Washington. August 22.-For New
England: Warmer; southerly winds;
fair.
Boston, August 22.-Local forecast for
New England for Wednesday: Fair;
slight change in temperature; light south
to east winds.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-23

Containing among its Ingredients the pur-
est of medicinal French brandy and the best
of imported ginger, it is vastly superior to
the cheap, worthless, and often dangerous
ginrers urged as substitutes
ASK for SANFORD'S GINGER and look
for owl trademark on the wrapper. Sold
POTTER DRUG s. CHEM. Corp, Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

Change
OF Water
Food and Climate
The Cause
Of rlany
Serious
Illnesses
Which may be
Prevented
BY a Timely
Dose of
Sanford's Ginger
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An AMERICAN COLONEL
offered 8eaus 10 Take Charge Of The Cos,
etnmea. srHy 10 Brazil.

WAsaISsToS. Dee. l4.--Ot tie nasn Al
the capital who s-e 10. IN aefivs public life
there Is hardly any figure better kncwE
than tbst Of Colonei ChSrles &c Arnsud,
who was .aiiitsFy expert under 6eaefai
Fremont 4aring the early years Of tsie wss
He i. large, ane-looAing genileusn, hes-
sian by tirth. of great enthusiasm AMI re-
markably verssd il all international ques-
tons. Colonel de Arasui has within few
days been offered by Senior Msjopea. the
Brazilian minister, Il benus Of 5000 and a
salary of $500 per Ga0uih 10 ~ 10 Brazil
and take command Of the Brazilian army.
''No, division of it, mind yoa. said he
in his emphatic way. Net a Portion OF L.
hat as comman4er-iu ehief of the whole
army. vo1h have accepted tue otter in
a uionien, were it not for family clrcuni-
siaDces which makes it absolutely iEspossi-
Bile for me to leave Washington.
Col de Armand has had a wonderful ca
re er, has supreme confidence in his own
military Judgment and g. commander Of
any army would undoubtedly cut 4 brilliant
figure in active service. If the revolution
shouli spread it is possible that the colonel
may yet be persuaded to take hand in it.
IL is said that during one Of the uprising IN
Nicaragua a few years ago the colonel vas
offered bonus of $4,000 10 tsAe COM
mand of the government troops.
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IN OTHER STATES.
Thermometers Registered All the Way from II
10 30 Degrees Below.

| CascoEi.. n. H., Dee. li,--rhe mercury
/ took biz drop in ihis section this morning
/ The thermometer registering the following
marks, all below zero Bristol, $ degrees
! Waterloo. IL degrees; Concord, IL degrees
West Concord, III degrees East Concord
! Is degrees; Antrim, 26 degrees, and Hills
horo Bridge, % degrees; Lebanon, 30 de-
| grees.
BgAproRp, Vt. Dec. 1.-THE thermo-
| meter this morning indicated 81 TO rs de-
grees below. Service pipes of the water
! system fro1e and burst in several houses.
| The stage driver from East Corinth reports
4n degrees below st that village. II is the
coolest weather for years.
| poRr.uor IN. n. H., Dee. H.--This
morning was the coolest of the season, the
glass registering from 10 10 degrees below
zero ia the compact part Of this city. In the
suburbs and adjoining towns it averaged
from 10 to Ii degrees below.
LAxcAsrKR. y. H., Dec. II Last night
the thermome,er stood al 2n degrees below
zero at o'clock this morning. At ! at 81
degrees below, the coolest night for several
years.
I.owitt, Mass., Dec. 1.-THE thermo-
meter recorded II below zero here this
morning. At North Chelmsford it regis
tered 3 below.
UASovFr. y. H.. Dec. 1.-THE ther-
mometar here showed - belog at : o'clock
at Norwich, VI 40 below at Lyme, n. H.
81 below.
NAsurA, n. H., Dec. 1.-THE tempera'
ture wss from 90 20 p below here this
81 I
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cH,cAeo's posroFflcE RosseD.
The Cashier Was Held Up BY an unkrcwa
Man Who Escaped.

Cnt, ,co, Dec. 1.-THE pDstoilise in
this city was robbed Tuesday night Of over
$1,000. Andrew j. Robertson, cashier OF
the wholesale stamp department, vas found
unconscious at about 10 0 o'cl9, IN bis eli e.
His story is that about 7,30 o'clock, while
he was balancing his accounts, some IN
known person assaulted him ard took the
money.
NJ. V, Zimmerman, clerk in the retail
stamp department. was the frat TO notice
anything unusual about the appearance of
Mr.. Robeftsons Office. Il4lmerman re-
ports for duty at 10 O'Clock at night and
about . 10 O'Clock he entered the building.
He knocked at the cashiers door, but re-
csiyed no response. Then be tried the
knob and found the door wa' locked
This was an unusual occurrence, and
when Mr.. Zimmerman entered his oan Of
nee he remarked 10 Miss Jones. a clerk,
that MIR. Robertson must have gene out.
She did not agree with him, sna, as she
was passing ouF of the building. she en-
tered the cashiers Office by rear passage
way. She saw Robertson lying on the
door face downward.
The police force Of the city as well as
secret service men of the government be
lieye that the rcbber has lef town.
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SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The shoe store of Frank s. Maxcey, Bid
deford, formerly of Gardiner. who recently
failed, was sold at auction. Thursday morn
ing. W.R. Csrle of Weterboro bought the
stock and fixtures, at u IL per cent on the
cost.
A house on King street, Biddeford,
owned by Joseph Z. Billings, aud occupied
by Joseph Polekewioh, was damaged 70 the
extent of $500, Thursday, the loss being
covered by insurance. A defective chin
ney was the cause.
A. W. Bigelow of Newport, chief clerk
of postal car between Boston and Ban
gor. has sued the town of Newport for
$1,000 for injuries received by falling into
A ditch several weeks ago. MF. Bigeiow
sustained a serious injury to one of his
knees at il claimed.
Simon Fred Spinney Of Eliot, 8 ship car
penter, aged about 50 years, went 70 Ports
mouth, Wednesday, and started TO return
home early in the atternoon, but ap TO
Thursday morning had not reached there
The wind was blos ing a gale at the tinle ne
left in boat and it Is thought he must have
been overcome by the cold or died OF heart
failure. Search along the river. THURSDAY
failed to discover any trace of the mlssipg
man or his boat.
Charles f. Taylor, who died st his resi-
dence on Cedar street, Bangor, Tuesday
at the age of = years, was member OF
one Of the Oldest and best known fanai'ie'
in Hsngor. He was for many years Z. >
consul at the City of Mexlc1, and eight
years ago finished long term as deputy
collector at Wilmington, \. c. His sidoa
is Spanish womnn whom he married II
Mexico
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There nre at toast afo cases of grip, all
Of "a mild type in Mrridcn, Conn.
Grargr BARNES, aged 70, died st Win
steti. touu.. from smoking cigarets.
The Thermometer registered ~ degrees
below z"re at BanAor Me, yesterday
morning.
The cnidest temperature of the season
is reported from different parts of New
England.
One man il supposed 80 have lost his
life in hotel fire Al Worthwhile, VT. His
name was midget.
4 death from .mailpoy occurred at Bos-
ton. the first since the present appearance
Of the disease IN that city.
Mrs. Harriet itolbrook died st seymour
Conn. She was in her 9th year. aud
lived in one hatlse - years.
The railroad station AZ Newton, Conn.
was entered hg ifasglar- and a number oi
express pa, kHges were stolen
The NIiddit-sex ribl,rr wOrks' Mt Middle
town. Conn. will lie ready to start up b
Jan Is. aud will employ 10 hands
Fred IIuaon. aged II years. attempted
20 cross p pond st Coilin-ville, Conn.
broke through the ire aud was drowned
A mass meeting of citizens was held a
Rockville. Conn. for pHblic proiesi
against the passage Of the Wilson tarif
hill
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Senator Isnses F. Pisrce, sf Mgr Ycrk-
writes
.4For the past tEo years hare suffered
verv mach fraus an aggravated form of ner-
vcus dyspepsia. have resofrsd 10 various
remedial agents, deriving but LITTLE benefit.
few months since friend Of mire sng-
reste,i the trial os AELooCks PoRoF $
p..srERs. Foilosing the sagzsstionsi have
been usfnr the sanse vith the hspyisss
effects. To those similarly afflicted let me
suggest the manner af slieir asa. place
cne over my stomach, one ovcr the sispa'ie
region, and ore on my back The eifsst =
excellent From s5s day commenced tsisir
use have been slowly but surely improving,
ana ain quite eanasenf that By continuing
shall again De resserei 20 my accustomed
health. decIleodxsfolrm
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MONEY.

Over 600 series Of Greek coins, issued by
independent cities, are known to exist
In the fifth century before Christ refined
copper was deemed as pfecioHs as gold
In 1874 Napier'S coin weighing machine
was put in use in the Bank Of England
The trade doiiar was intended for use in
commerce. with China, India and JapN.
The first American coins were made in
England in 1872 for the Virginia company
The first English gold eaius were niBtei
In 1887, in the fort y-second yearof Henry III.
In 1881 the invention Of milling; the edges
of coins to prevent eIippins; was iutrotitteed.
At the beginning Of tbe Chri-tiaa era the
relative value OF gold and silver we're ~
to9
The famous 'tWaesi's money" which
made so much tFenbae 10 lFelsCd and the
colonies in f5s2-;l. was made OF pincbpeck-
The continental money deprecisse-l 81
greatly before the end OF ths Re~etutingi
that Il passed current only at the rate Of
to 40
Among the South Sea islandeFs. far a
long time after their acquaintance WITH
Europeans began, all valnes were expressed
| in axes
Down TO The StFnsR conquest The hrit.
ous had .ilivisg money and ''dsas' money.
the former being slaves and cattle, the lat.
| ter metal
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caassED xira sssos-
lE~is q Tayiar xsnsed Al North ssr~ics isr
sgraiss HeHse

SoRrH BKxaMK. Dec ite--Lesl. G.
az ior. wartsd ir Scrsh SersIek for set
ting IRE, vas arrested a. New Market,
Wednesday. sna b-englst here "Wednesday
nixA.. Tia crime for which Taylnr Is
Santei IS shs plllseing Of hoase owned
BY Charles B Reed ard setting IRE to il On
the aigal Of lcG. J. He is also supposed 70
have barned rhe bsra Of JzfHes HEssey a
short time sfsFrssrl. Immediately afser
the barniag VI the buildings be crossed over
into New Hampshire and bis seiling some
OF the ssaiea sropsfty in Portsmouth leo to
Ai. arrest. He viii be given a trial Safer
day uaorsing before Trial Justice Haven 4.
Butter
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MUSTN'T OPEN LETTERS.


PosrEAxp, Dec l4--Abien B. Bartlett
postmsst.r at orrington under The Harrison
administration, is on trial in the United
States district court here for OBTAINING and
ops ming Iettsr registered at his Office, ad-
dressed to Flora J. Mitchell, Salem. Mass
The-e was onfv small sum nf money IN
tho letter. Defence is that the letter va.
detained by mistake and that By stlekiHs
to another letter ii was aceideutaliy forr
open. Distric. Attorney Dyear appears fol
the government and Clarence Hale for ths
defpnca
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THE COLD WAVE.
Mercury Reported to Have Reached
45 Below Zero.


SoRElp@Kwock, Dec. IA - Special. -
The mereary dropped 70 IS degrees bsios
zero hers this morning.
AxeHAsic FtLLs, De 1.-THE ther-
ncmster registered = belo~ Thursday
asorning at this place.
BAH. Dee l4.-The Thermometer
showed - below this norning in this city
sa at Yves. Bath; - at weolwieh; and 20
st Phippsbary, The kenashee Ess frozen
over the entire length of the city. The
ferry boat [ sl0n Vas out eariy breaking a
passage from Bath 10 Wooisich. She wxs
an h5ur going from shore TO shore. about
AaIf nile The large MSiae Central trans
fer beat Hercules was put az work sRd In a
short .lne the harboF was elesred. II has
bssn several years since Baih's harbor has
h&i such 4 freeze-over As last nlgat.
CAL,is. Dec. li.-The past three days
haze been the col.tst OF tie season. Al.
. oelock this morning the thermometer in
this city registered 90 Priaeeton, 54 Mill
town. a. Red Beach, -; Robhinsion, Is (;
and G-asi Lake Stream, - below zero.
The ST. Croix river froze solid from the
bridge 10 the nNFows last night, Tugs
broke eAannel through this afternoon,
The indications are for another severe
night.
PoxrLASD, Dec. ll.--Reports from
towns in this vicinity show that last night
was intensely cold. 1t Portland j. was only
eight below zero, but in Deering it was L
below. ia Westbrook :, helos on West
brook country roads 81 below. Reports
from along the line of the Portland & Roeh-
cater Rlilro&J show II was colder than this
IN spiingyale and Waierboro, the thermom-
eier going as low ss 81 below.
LEwIsroN. Dec. l4.-The mercury
dropped 10 50 below zero tins morning. AT
West Auburn It was % below, ;s2 at Dan
vile junction, 95 al South Lewiston, 81 at
New Gloucester aad % a. East Auburn.
Bibpt FORD. Dee, l4-Last night was
ihe coolest here for years, the lowest ther.
raomeser record here this morning being So
below. Buxton reports IS below,
RIcnHoSp, Dec. H.-The thermometer
registered 81 below here this morning.
NORM ANsoN. Dee. l4.--lt was 25 de-
grees below zero here this morning.
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The danse du rcutre feels pas ont It not
finding eia ysat Ii, New York eits.--phiia'
tlelpAia Record.
New York refsises the ,laE~e da sebtre-
High kicking II all kinds gFss. bat that 5
TOO low Philadelphia Times.
The tisBse du ventre Iiss been suppressed
ty the Nesg York police. and Aniheny Cont
stock = trip through the Midway iast sum
rser was net an idle search for pastilue.--- =
Chicago News.
Now Ner York gathers mp the hersas Of bff
garments. TsIffs out with moral pride afasl re-
joices over her immense superiority 20 Chi
cago In respect to tslefating wicked dane
ing Boston Herald.
The so called Egyptian thestsf imported
from the Chicago Midway has lseD paiifsl
by the police in New York It speaks well
for the metropolis that is couldn't stomach
the vicious ssnse do vensre.--4stiantaJ JosF-
Bai.
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This remedy Is becoming 20 veil known
and 40 popular as 10 need no special mention.
Al niso have used Electric Bisssrs sing ths
same song Of pssise.--A purer medicine
ioes not exist sod il is guaranteed 70 10 al
that IA claimed. Electric Bittefs VIII cure
al diseases Of the Liver and Kidneys, viii
remove Pimy!es. Boiis, SAT- Kheum and
other affections esused BY impure blood
Will drive hslsrIa from the system snd
prevent ~ we'll ~ cure all Malarial fevsfs.
For cure of Heaische, Constipation and
Isisgssiign Try Electric Bittsrs,---Entlrs
satisfaction guaranteed, on money refunded. /.
Price 80 ssss. and 81 20 per bottle q W.
A. Ersk.ne's drug store. Gardiner.
sepszyeodz wfoIrm
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Telsgraph Wires cM Down.

PRoVInESCE. Dec. li.~-There is a sar
an at Sonth Kingston brtw,en the au,
thorities aud the Postal Telegraph com
pany. The company had line OF poles
and wires in town, hut desired to replace
them with larger ones Tha town cnuu-
ell seemed to grant the petition asked for
4 new line of poles was run through the
center Of the town. These poles were cut
down and new ones were put up. The
latter were again chopped down and the
Wires were all twisted up.
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HANGED sY MEXICAN INSURGENTS.
Tragic Dfalh OF Gen. Vicente vlada Of the
FedefaiAmy.

FL PAso, Dee. I4.-Gen. Vicente Vi
lala of the Mexican federal army, was re
Gently captured by the insurgents sne
hanged. lie was formerly Judge of the
supreme court and was among the mosi
prominent generals in the army.
This information was received here yes
teriay in LITTER from man well knowr
IN the State Of Guerrero, who is engaged in
the disturbances headed by Gen. Ganni
Neri. lie says Gen. Neri has not surrer-
dered and his troops have not been desert
inc him
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SALEM, Mass, dec. iI.--li is thought
that the run which was begnn yesterday
morning ou the SALEM savings bank il
about at an end, IA l~iurr this hauk
closed for the day many deposition, had
decided not 80 take ont their money. but
they had their books balanced. The bank
has ample funds to stand any run that
can lie made. and ,he miiciais have de
clined several offers Of assistance from,
OF her institutions
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PLENTY or WHEAT IN CHICAGO.
Ten Million Bushels Moro n Storage Than
There We're Last Year.

CwcAao, Dec. i+.--There were stored
in the elevators of Chicago yesterday more
than 2l 900 coo bushels of wheat. an
amount unprecedented in warehouse rec
or1s.
one year age yesterday tie licensed ele-
ra.ors held but 10. 7Os. 1872 bushels, aud on
Dee. 70, lsgi. the state gs'rar reported
COS ,HI4 hn.hels Of - heat - town, The
rumor that the wheat Is not in good condi
ton is not true.
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ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
4 Hunser meets Death while slose IN The
Maine Wosds.

B.xeoa, Dec. IA special to the Com
mefeisl says that Chsrtas e. liseasa, .
H.ynesviIle lumberman, acriientails she'
and killed himself in the woods Tuesday
he va. alone At the tine and 1t cannot be
sold how the accident occurred