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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17


our gold easy and have. tempted other
and more appreciative nations to add
it to their stock. That the opportunity
we have offered las not been neglected
is shown by the large amounts of gold
which have been recently drawn from
our treasury and exported to increase
the financial strength of foreign ma:
lions. The excess of exports of gold
over its imports for the year ending
June 80, 1898, amounted to more than
eS7, 500, 900.
Between the LIST day of July, 1890,
and the 18th day of July, 1898, the gold
coin and bullion in our treasury de-
creased more than $3.50, 00O, 900, while
during the same period the silver coin
and bullion in the treasury increased
more than $147, 200, 900. Unless govern
ment bonds are to be constantly issued
and sold to replenish our exhausted gold,
only to be again exhausted, it is appar-
ent that the operation of the silver
purchase law now in force leads in the
directlo+ Of the entire substitution of
silver for the gold in the government
treasury, and that this must be
followed BY the payment of all govern
ment obligations in deprecated silver.
Must Part Company. go 4
At this stage gold and silver must
part company and the government must
fail in its established policy to main
tain the two metals on q parity with
each other. Given over to the exclusive
use Of 9 currency greatly deprecated
according to the standard Of the conn
merclal world, we could no longer
claim . place among nations Of the first
class. nor could our government claim
performance Of its obligation, 90 far
IS such an obliga alton has been imposed
upon It, to provide for the use o1 the
people the best and safest money.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
HAS HEARD MONKEYS TALK.
What Professor Garner Learned While in
His Cage in the African Forests.

London, November 20-Robert L.
Garner has arrived here after residence
OF nearly six months in cages in monkey
land, that is to say, in the heart of Afri-
ca, where he went in order to study the
simian language, to which he believes
he has found key. His face is bronzed
and he is slightly grayer, but otherwise
he is unchanged.
He said: II touched only the edge of
the field of investigation, but / have ac-
complished all that 1 hoped to in the
time and with the means at my disposal.
l was prevented from doing all that I
had intended. My phonograph never
reached me and my camera would not
work. My photographs were therefore
failures.
despite these drawbacks 1 am salts
he'd that apes have language. The ma
tlves are all right. Monkeys converse.
They use language which is invariable
and constant. By this mean that mon
keys use articulate sounds which have
been handed down to them from their
torefathers. Many of their sounds I
am able to initiate, but of course l have
not yet obtained complete knowledge of
the language.
My Investigations, which were most
pregnant with results, were made dur
ing the time occupied my cage in the
the forest. Then l was unattended save
by slave negro boy and by nv pet
chimpanzee, Moses. who died on the
coast.
Il was enabled there to study the hab-
its of the kula kamba, asort of chimpan-
zee, and of gorillas, and 1 fo und out
much about them which goes to upset
pet scientific theories about goriflas.
Ninety per cent of the yarns told me
about their methods of attack, habits,
life, etc., are pure creations of the imagin-
ation'
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
HIS HEART HAS EMlGRATED.
Five Ribs Are Lacking, His Skull is
Patched. but Burns Still Lives.

Albany, November 2O.-George Burns
of New York city presented himself
Saturday at the Office of the superintend-
ent of the poor as an applicant for
assistance. His assets comprised six
ounces of silver, but they were not
available, being slowed away in his
skull, instead of in his purse.
Burns is a cripple OF a unique variety.
Five of his ribs are gone and one of his
kneecaps is shifted around to the back
of his leg although the foot remains in
its normal position. He suffered these
and other injuries while acting as engi-
neer on the steamer City of Columbus.
On January 16, 1884, the vessel was
wrecked at Gay Head, off the Massachu-
setts coast, while bound from Boston to
Savannah. AT the time he was in the
engine room, and, by the force of the
collision, was thrown in among the
machinery, and all but ground to. pieces
He was one of the 81 people saved out of
the 155 souls on board
As soon as he was removed to New
York city br. Agnew operated upon him
at Bellevue honspital. Besides removing
five ribs his skull was trepaned, six
ounces of silver being used in the opera
tion. Burns's heart was found to have
shifted from the left to the right side of
the body. That he continues to live is
viewed as remarkable by surgeons.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
NEED NOT GO AWAY.
Patients May Take the Amick Consump-
tion Cure at Home.

Cincinnati, November 2O.-At meet
ing of physicians prescribing the Amick
cure for consumption, called to discuss
with the discoverer,a at his home here, his
published assertion that change of eli
mate is unnecessary, DR.. Amick said to
day: "a warm, dry climate is beneficial
if the patient stays in it permanently,
but harm always results from stay of a
few weeks or months when the patient
returns to a colder temperature OF lower
altitude. Unless patients desiring my
treatment he said, ''can go away to re-
main until May, l advise them to take
the medicines in the comfort of their
own homes; but, before they definitely
abandon any proposed trip, depending
absolutely on my discovery to cure them,
I urge each to first try the treatment free
of expense, and then decide for them
selves. | therefore furnish free test
medicines for ali having any lung trou-
BILE, to enable both physician and patient
to judge by results
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
GARLAND DIDN'T sHooL HIM.
man-Reasons for Abner Thorne's Ar
rest.

Paris, November 20.--The coroner 6
inquest in the matter of the shooting of
Harrison A. Whitman at Paris, resulted
Monday morning, in the jury's return
ing a verdict that the deceased came to
his death by a pistol bullet penetrating
the left breast, fired by some person to
the'jury unknown.
The report that Sheriff Garland shot
him was proved entirely false, as the
bullet found in the body was very much
smaller than the ones from Garland S
pistol.
From State Detective A. P. Bassett, who
has worked up the case and now has the
alleged burglar in custody, the follow
ing was obtained this morning.
On arriving at Paris Hill Saturday
morning after the news of the shooting
of young Whitman he learned that one
Abner Thorne had been arrested on sus-
plcion of being concerned in the thefts
and burglaries which have lately taken
place on Paris Hill, but not finding
sufficient grounds to hold him he had
been set at liberty.
Mr.. Bassett then took up the matter and
finding evidence that Thorne had taken
gold dollar and other things from the
post office, he swore out a warrant before
Trial Justice H. c. Davis for breaking
and entering the post Office and stealing
the gold dollar, and upon this warrant
Thorne was lodged in jail
Upon examining his person fres b
bruises were found on Thorne's limbs
and body in a number of places. of
which he gave contradictory accounts.
There are clues showing that the false
whiskers picked up after the scuffie were
in Thornes possession prior to the time
of the shooting.
Newell searched Thorne's room where he
had been boarding and goods were found
which MIR. Newell positively identifies as
his.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21

Watchers on the Shore at Hytfle, near Do
yer, Saw Men Clinging for Hours to the
Masts of a Sunken vessel-Then, One
by One, the Unfortunates Were Washed
Into the Sea-Snowdrifts I2 Feet Deep
on English Railways
London, November 20.- The whole
Kentish coast is strewn with wrecks of
large and small vessels. 1t is believed
that aside from those heard of, many
others were wrecked at places remote
from telegraphic communication. The
maritime underwriters will sustain
heavy losses through the storm. Re-
ports from many points along the coast
this evening show that the gale has
spent it's force, but heavy seas are still
running, and the list of disasters grows
rapidly. Between Calais and Dunkirk,
So vessels were ashore at o'clock, most
of them fishing boats. Two steamers
and seven or eight barges were among
them. Along tile coast, near Calais, II
more dead bodies were recovered this af-
ternoon.. Many houses were unrooted
last night in Calais and Dunkirk, and
the streets swept clean of distractions.
A life-boat went out from Dover this af-
ternoon and rescued eight men from
sinking schooner The bark Johanne
Marie sank off Dungenness this morning.
At Scarborough, on the Yorkshire coast,
several houses were blown down and
many unroofed. Fifteen fishing smacks
are missing from the town. The Swed-
ish schooner Djalmar foundered this
morning The crew were saved.
A spar, bearing the name Moray, has
come ashore at Sand End, Banffshire.
This is taken to confirm the report that
the steamer Moray was lost off that
place during the gale of Friday night.
There is now scarcely doubt that her
entire crew of Is persons were drowned.
The Electro has foundered in the
North Sea, near Heligoland. Her pas
sengers and crew were saved.
Eight fishing smacks from Hastings
are missing, and it is feared that they
were not able to ride out the storm.
A despatch from Hythe, on the En-
glish Channel, II miles southwest of Do
yer, states that three-masted vessel
foundered off that place today. A part
of the crew took to the small boats, but
before they had got far from the vessel
the boats were swamped and all in them
were drowned. When the vessel sank
her topmasts stood above the water.
Nine men could be seen for hours cling
ing to the upper rigging, with the water
sweeping over them. The vessel was
too far off shore for rocket to reach
her, and it would have been foolhardy to
have attempted to get a lifeboat through
the surf that was pounding with terrific
roar upon the beach. There is scarcely
chance that single man in the rigging
will get ashore alive. In fact, some Of
them have already been swept into the
sea.
A heavy snowfall is reported in some
parts of the country. A train left SAT-
from Walden, in Essex, at o'clock this
morning, bound for Haverhill. 1t got
stuck in the snow at Bartlow, and find
ing it impossible to proceed returned to
Saffron Walden. The snow lies in drifts
IL feet deep on the railway.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
She Thought Of the Hard Winter
and He Went to Work.
THE STRUGGLE ON THE LEHIGH
VALLEY SYSTEM.
1t Is Simply Fight for Recognition,
No Question of Wages Being Involved
So Far There Has Been No Serious Dis
turbance-The Railroad Officials Are
Confident that the Battle Will BE Soon
Over

Over.
Wilkesbarre, November 20.-The strik-
ing employees of the Lehigh Valley rail-
road are behaving very we'll so far. They
held another meeting this morning and
appointed additional men to guard the
company's property. The strikers seem
determined to prevent any outrages
which would bring them in disrepute.
So far they have public sentiment on
their side. Since Saturday night there
have been two desertions from the ranks
of the strikers. One was an engineer,
whose wife compelled him to return to
work. The other was fireman, with a
large family. The engineer and fireman
took charge of assenger train on the
Harvey's lake branch this morning.
When the train pulled out they were
hooted by the strikers and their sympa-
thizers. At Port Bowkley a stone was
fired through the engine cab, but neither
of the occuponts were hurt.
Elmyra, N. Y, November 20.-The
SIilho SItudtlOu dG DdyT6 anu WaV0rlV IS
practically unchanged. Only one train
left Sayre today. At 12.45 an effort was
made to move milk train, and great
crowd of strikers gathered around the
engine and prevented it moving. No
violence was offered. Every inducement
was offered the trainmen to leave the
train and finally the fireman got down
from the engine and joined the strikers
amid great cheering. The officials claim
they have number of men ready to go
to work and say they expect to have
trains running in ashort time.
Bethlehem, Pa, November 20.-Presi-
dent Wilbur, of the Lehigh Valley, has
made public the following statement:
ION the eastern division all passenger
trains are moving, and also some local
freight, through freight and coal trains.
On the coal branches everything is run
ming as usual, including coal trains. On
the northern division. passenger trains
are running with some delay. No freight
trains are moving"
Terre Haute, Ind, q November 2O,-
Grand Master Sargent of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen, speaking
of the Lehigh strike, said that with the
knowledge he had of affairs in the world
of railway labor, especially in the East,
he considered the situation to be very Sc
rious. It was simply a contest for the
recognition of organized labor, and no
question of wages. The vote of the fire.
men on the Lehigh system was 425 for
strike to 80 against strike.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
A Gift from Dunlap Commandery,

Portsmouth, N. H., November 2o.-A
delegation from Dunlap Commandery,
Knights Templar, of Bath, headed by
Eminent Commander Thompson, visited
Dewitt Clinton Commandery of this city
tonight and presented the local COM
mandery with beautiful and costly
silk banner, richly ornamented and
mounted. Last st. Johns day, Dunlap
Commandery was entertained by the
local commandery. The presentation
event. A banquet followed the presenta-
tion. The visitors return home tomor-
row.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
BRIEFLY TOLD.

The great strike in the English coal
mines is over.
VIM. Eldridge, who died at the Hollis
poor farm last Friday, would have been
102 years old had he lived until Decem-
ber.
Ell Cid, or the Nichtheroy, as she is
now called, sailed from New York for
Brazil yesterday.
Stephen Toole has been discharged in
court in Boston, the evidence not being
sufficient to hold him for the killing of
his mother and sister by poison. No one
is now under arrest as the result of the
deaths.
John Supple Of Niagara Falls and a
companion were carried over the Horse
shoe rapids, Saturday. They had been
out duck shooting and permitted their
boat to float too far with the current.
A despatch from Meshedperia states
that severe earthquake occurred Friday
evening at Kuchacan;;a town in the north
ern part of the province of Khorassan
1t is though the loss of life was large.
Two-thirds of the town was destroyed
Circulars are being scattered through
out the valley on both sides of the Rio
Grande by secret agents of the Mexican
Revolptionists, advertising for 25.O0o
men to fight. They are to be paid So 80
per day or S75 per month.
Schooner Bessie E. Creighton CT
Thomaston, Capt. Matthews, from PEN
sacola, % days for Boston, reports hard
passage. She lost her spanker boom and
gaff and the sail. A part of the deck
load was washed overheard, the vessel
leaked badly and the heavy seas flooded
the cabin.
Three young men, two of them law
students, the third son of ex-Premier
Mercier, were arrested in Montreal early
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
OBITUARY.
Captain Ira Andrews.

Biddeford, November 20. = Captain
Ira Andrews, prominent citizen, died
this afternoon, aged II. He was for
many years a granite contractor, and at
one time was street commissioner. Dur
ing the war he was captain.
Rev. Theodore C. Pease,
Andover, Mass, November 2O.-Rey.
Theodore G. Pease, professor of sacred
rhetoric at Andover Theological Semina-
ry, died this morning, aged about A.
He was for ten years pastor of the First
Congregational church at Maiden, and
resigned that pastorate October 1st,
when he took up his duties at Andover.
Warren Carver.
Winthrop, November 20.-Warren Car
ver's funeral occurred atLeeds this af-
ternoon. He died of pneumonia after
brief illness. He was middle-aged
gentleman, widely known in this section
as an extensive horse dealer.
Died at the Age of 93.
Biddeford, November 20.-Miss Mehit-
able Curtis, one of the oldest residents
of York county, died at North Kenne-
bunkport, Sunday, aged SO years,
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
Will Be Finished at Bath.

New Haven, Conn.,, November 2O.-
The shipbuilding industry at the Fair
haven yard is practically suspended. The
depression in the coastwise freights had
its bad effect on shipbuilding all along
the coast, and few vessels have been
built since freight rates fell. Last spring
work was commenced on three-master
at Hanscom's yard, but week ago par
ties from Maine took up the stock and it
was arranged to have the vessel COM
pleted by the Morse Shipbuilding Com
pany of Bath, to which yard the keel
was taken.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
Weather Observations.

The following are the observations fol
the Agricultural Department Weather
Bureau for yesterday. Nov. 20, taken
at s p. M. 10Th meridian time, the OBJ.
servations for each station being given in
this order: Temperature. direction OF
the wind, state of the weather:
Boston. $50, NV, fair; New York, 3eo,
NV, clear; Philadelphia. 36o, NV,
clear; Washington, 500, W, clear; Albany
800, NEclear; Buffalo. 3So, SW, cloudy
Detroit, Sso, SW, clear; Chicago. s4',
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
Thurston, the Diplomat.

Washington, November 20.-The partial
publication of the Blount report this
morning was read by Minister Thurston
as soon = as the papers containing it
reached this CITY,. After carefully
perusing the document, Mr.. Thurston
said he did not care to discuss report
printed in piecemeal. He did not know
that he should have anything to say after
the report of Mr.. Blount appeared in its
entirety. He refrained from criticism of
Mr.. Blount's views and diplom atically
declined to touch upon any phase of the
question. He was at the State Depart
ment this morning and had a very
pleasant interview with Secretary
Gresham, with WHOM his relations are
most cordial and pleasant.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
Three-Master Launched.
Evangelical Church Growing.

Boston, November 2O-The Evangelical
Association church is gaining in Boston
and vicinity. Rev. J.Gill has left the
Methodist Episcopal chucrh and joined
the Evangelical Association church. He
is acting as sort of presiding elder in
Somerville, the church organization
holds it's meetings in hall. Rev. q.
Freeman has left the East Maine confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church
and joined the Evangelical Association.
He is pastor of the Winter Hill church.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
DIED IN SIN OKE.
Fire in a Lewiston Tenement House Costs
Three Lives.

Lewiston, November 20.-Fire this
afternoon in the 25 tenement block, on
Oxford street, owned by Jerry Cronin,
partially burned the roof. The insur-
ance is sufficient to cover the loss. Mrs.
Albert Dubois and two children, thre 9
and i've years old, in an upper tene-
mene, were unable to escape, and all
smothered to death. The firemen made
a search, but were unable to find
them until too late to save their lives.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
Local Weather Report.

Portland, Me-, November 2O.-The local
signal Office records as to the weather,
the following:
sa. m.--Barometer. 29.927; thermome.
ter, 30.1; dew point, 20; humidity, g.
wind, NV; velocity, s.: weather, cloudy
8p, m.-Barometer, 3O.O29; thermome
wind, W; velocity, s; weather. clear.
The mean daily thermometer, 80; max
imum thermometer, 36.2: minimum ther
mometer, 29.0; maximum velocity Of
wind, 8, saW; total precipitation. .0(
inch.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
Doings of the Changers.

Syracuse, NY, November 2o.-At to-
days session of the National Grange.
Patrons of Husbandry, j. H. Brigham was
reelected worthy master. Mr.. Brigham
is an earnest bi-metallist. E.W.DaVis of
California was reelected overseer and
Alpha Messer of Vermont, was elected
lecturer. The grange adopted resolutions
favoring woman's suffrage.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
Especial to the Press.1

Vinalhaven, November 2O-Burglars
attempted to enter G. B. Smiths store
on Main street, Sunday morning, about 2
o'clock, but were discovered by the
night watchman, just as they had broken
the fastening on the back window by
prying up the sash. The officer fred at
them, but they both escaped in the dark
ness. The officers have clue and are
quite sure of their men.
Portable Saw RiiIl Burned.
Pennington, November 20.-A porta-
BILE saw mill, owned by Clark & Conant
of Lewiston, located near the border of
Fayette and Chesterville, burned Satur-
day night.
Found Dead on His Farm.
Damariscotta, November 20s-Thomas
81. Chapman, well to do and respected
farmer living in the back part of the
town, was found dead on his farm this
noon. When he did not return to din
ner his wife instituted a search. His
death was probably due to heart disea Sc
Stole the Contraband Liquor.
Biddeford, November 2o.-During the
night, thieves gained entrance into Bry-
ants block and carried off nearly all the
liquors which Constable Richards had
seized and stored there.
Four Biddeford men, Joseph Belanger.
George Boutin, Anare Faucher, and Ede-
rique Carrier, were arrested this after.
noon, charged with breaking and enter.
ing and the larceny of liquors stored by
Constable Edwards. They will be given
hearing tomorrow.
Three-Master Launched.
Bath. November 20.-The three-masted
schooner. Margaret B. Roper, was
launched by Kelley & Spear today. She
is vessel of about 400 tons, and will ply
between New York and Norfolk.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21

yesterday morning for attempting to
blow up the Nelson monument. The
French population have long objected to
the monument being placed in the city,
claiming that Nelson was an enemy of
France and recent press articles tended
to create very bitter feeling.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
Eight Hundred Perisbed

San Francisco, November 2o-Steam-
er advices from Yokohama state that
$4,000 buildings were destroyed in Saga.
Oita and Okayama by the storm and
food of October 26, and 800 lives were
lost.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21

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. ! have been trou-
bled With my Stom-
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= ,,,u { using
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Iviced 4 in my side, aDd |
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? ia be deal about myself.
z Several doctors ad-
erated& I vised me to be oper-
ated upon, but a
lpoD. z frieDd advised roe
( to take
.ooef ( Groder's Syrup,
syrup ) and by so doing /
was spared of a
m0ve0 ( surgical operation.
AZ { ] bad no appetite.
tVS 4 was dizzy, sour
sonrb ( stomA eb, copsfi-
'oNSV : pated. bea dache,.
;+hou$ apd my liver caused
ispSus me uptold agony.
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The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
In the Bay of Biscay.


Paris, November 2O.-Despatches from
Biarritz, noted watering place on the
Bay of Biscay, state that the hurricane
set in there last night, and the wind is
still blowing with terrific violence. A
fearful sea is running in the bay. The
wind, during the afternoon, gained in
strength, and this evening it is blowing
at least 80 miles an hour, where it has a
free sweep. 1t is almost impossible to
stand up against it.
Cherbourg Breakwater May Go.
Cherbourg, November 20.-The storm
has been increasing in violence all day,
and the wind this. evening is blowing a
perfect hurricane. Seafaring men say
they never saw such a storm, and fears
are entertained for the safety of the
breakwater here.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21
PORTLAND, MAINE, TUESDAY MoRNIN

S, clear; St. Paul, 440, Sc, cloudy; St.
Vincent, 260, W, cloudy; Huron, Oak,
4S0. Sc, cloudy; Bismarck, $40, E,
cloudy; Jacksonville, 54o, N, clear
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21

THE WEATHER.
Fair, Followed by Snow or Rain.

Boston, November 2O.-Local forecast
for New England for Tuesday: Fair;
warmer; winds becoming Southwestern
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-21

Washington, November 2O.-For New
England for Tuesday: Generally fair;
slightly warmer; southwest wind. Prob
ably rain or snow Wednesday.