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The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
DEATH ON THE RAIL.
Several Railroad Wrecks Reported
Yesterday.
SIX TRAMPS CRUSHED TO DEATH
INA BOX CAR,

In Freight Wreck at Alton, Illinois
Thirteen Others Were Injured-Four
Lives Lost in a Wreck on the GAINESVILLE
Narrow Gauge Railroad.
Alton. ILL.,. April 5.-Eour men were in
stantly killed a two fatally injured and
thirteen seriously injured in a freight train
wreck near here this morning. The wreck
occurred at Wood river bridge on the Chica-
go and Alton cut of. about half mile
north of East Alton. A heavy freight train
was coming down the grade when the mid
die of the train hulged out and fifteen ears
were piled on top of each other along the
track. None of the frainmen were injured.
Six men. who are supposed to have been
riding in empty box car, boating their
way to St.houis. We're caught in tho wreck.
The car was crushed into a heap. The train
was too heavy behind, and when the. brakes
were pat on in front the weight was thrown
on a fiat in the middle of the train, crush
ing it almost to atoms. The debris OF this
car wrecked the others. The tramps were
coming from Chicago and were in the emp
ty cars.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
25.5: maximum velocity of wind, IA; NV;
total precipitation. %.


The following are the observations for
the Agricultural Department Weather Bu-
reau for yesterday, April. taken at p.
M. meridian time. the observations for
each station being given in this order.
Temperature. direction of the wind. state
of the weather.
Boston, AZ. degrees, n. clear; New York.
Al degrees, E. clear; Philadelphia. ID de-
grees. Sc. clear Washington, Sc degrees,
Sc, clear. Albany. 49 degrees, NV. clear;
Buffalo, A degrees. E, clear; Detroit. 46 de-
grees. Sc, cloudy Chicago, 60 degrees. Sc,
cloudy; St. Paul, "A degrees. E, cloudy; ST.
Vincent, 81 degrees. cain, cloudy; Huron,
Dak.. 40 degrees. NV, fair; Bismarck, 36 de-
grees. Il. cloudy; Jac cksonville. 64 degrees,
Sc, fair.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
Mr. Larrabee Has Taken Possession.
lSpecial to the PRESSl

Monson, April 5.-P. j. Larrabee of the
law firm Of Frank and Larrabse of Port
land, is ill Monson toady taking possession
of The machinery and fixtures of the Lake
side Slate quarry, Which is owned by Port
land parties and which suspended opera
lions last fall. This machinery is being
moved to he Nstional quarry which was re-
Gently opened on the ''Burmah'' vein of
slate in tie west part of Monson. A new
corporation will be organized 10 operate the
National quarry. The slate on this vein is
proving to be of superior quality and is
found in inexhaustahle quantities.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06

Pittsfeld, Mass.-Considerab Off sensa
fion was caused here and in nox by
the disclosure today that Fred j Fol,
well, until recently head garden TO An
son Phelps Stokes at be la trr s ll., CO in
Lenox. was defaulter to the amount of
$4,000 OF $1,000. Folwell incurred many bi Is
in his employers name and appropri ateu
theschecks given him with which 10 ray
them. Folwell is missing. His wife and
child are in this city.
The Fenobscot river opened to navigat ion
at one o'clock yesterday, after being close q
one hundred and three days. The steamer
sedgwick of tie Bar Harbor line WAS the
hrst vessel to.arriYe at Bangor.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
Will Accept the Company's Offer.

Northampton, Mass, April 5.-The en-
ployes at Relding Bros. silk mill, who uro
on a strike, held a stormy meeting tonight
to consider the company's proposition.
which is to give them five per cent advance
The employees struck for ten per cent.
The committee appointed at the meeting
reported in favor of holding out fer ten
per cent. but many employees are salts fed
with the company's offer.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06

Washington. April 5.-The following
sions:
Inorease-Robert ]. MoDuff. Lagrange
Charles D. Wilbur. Eastbrook.
Reissue-Charles jimmo, Bangor; Leroy
Harding, Hsrtland.
Reissue ana Increase-William Senior,
Togus.
Original Widow-Betsy Gordon. Farming
ton.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
Children of the American revolution

Washington, April 5.-The society of
the Children of the American Revolu-
tion is reality. Mrs. Daniel Lathrop Of
Massachusetts, who originated the idea,
and in whose hands the Continental
Congress Of ID. A r., placed the matter,
presented the plans-to the national board
at the executive meeting today. They
were unanimously adopted, and Mrs.
Lathrop was elected president for four
years.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
Death of Hon. Asa Beacham.

Rochester. NH, April 5.-Hon. Asa
Beaoham died this morning st his Resi-
dence in Ossipee. aged.94. Earlier in his
career he engaged in the hotel business,
numbering and banking. He represented
hisstown in the legislature and did much
during the war in aid of recruiting and
forwarding men to the front, using his
private means. He was one of the most
active promoters of the Great Falls and
Conway railroad, of which ne was di-
rector for many years. He is survived
by two daughters.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
Local Weather Kepor,.

Portland. Me-. April 5-The local Weathe,
Bureau office records as to the weather the
following:
sam.-Barometer. 8Oo35. thermometer
35 o; dew point. %; humidity 81; wind, W
velocity, Z; clear.
D. m.-BaroDeter. Ol9l: thermomete,
3s.2; dew point "a humidity. 81; wind. NV
velocity s; weather, clear.
Mean daily Thermometer. SO o; maximum
Thermometer. 46.4 minimum Thermometer
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
The Official Count Makes a Change,

Providence, April SAN Official count
of votes cast in Wednesdays election for
second representative in Cum beYlsnd,
elects John Dillon, DEM, by 90 plurality.
in place of John Barnes, Rep This
will give the Democrats mem hers and
the Republicans 100 in the grand conf
mittee
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
NO WONDER HE DIED.
Fearful and Wonderful Manner in which
the Man Was Attire d.

Boston, April 5.-An unknown negro,
died on Columbus avenue tonight while
mont street. He was about 40 years old
and was dressed in black overcoat,
four coats, four vests, pair of pants,
sixteen shirts, three pairs of drawers
an two pairs of socks. He was not known
at 40 Piedmont street.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
Need Not Pay Taxes.

Boston. April 5.-Assstelegram is received
from Mary NJ. Patrick, president of the
American college for girls a; CONSTANT
nople, confirming the report that a trade
for this college is assured. and all property
at scutari. occupied by the college is ex-
eDpted absolutely from taxation. The case
is unprecedented for this telegra NJ says
that thanks are due to Sultan Abdal II am
idii and Judge Terrell. minister ple1ipo.
Tertiary of the United States.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
settled With the Bank.

Amesbury. Mas, A pril 5.-Hervey N.
Gould called at the Powow River bank
this afternoon and settled the matters
relative to his note to the satisfaction of
the bank officials who turned $500 of
town of Newton bonds held AS collateral
over to him. This settles the matter as
far rs the bank is concerned
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
A Modern David,

New Haven, Conn, April 5.-Frank MT
tick, aged Ii of Ansonia, threw stone at
A. NJ. Brauch. aged fourteen, of tn' same
town this afternoon. The stone crushed
Brauch's Skull and he died in a few NOM
eents. Coroner Mix ordered the arrest OF
hittich. pending an inquiry.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
Visited yanderbilt's Estate.

Ashville. N. C.. April 5.-A delegation
of prominent mill men from New Eng
land, headed by Henry C. Lowering,
arrived today and visited Vanderbllts
estate. They left this afternoon for Char
lotte N C.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
THE WEATHER..
Take Your Choice.

Boston. April 5.-Local forecast for New
Engl an for Saturday: Fair; stationary
teinpetature; variable winds.
Washington. April 5.-Forecast for Satur-
day for New England: Increasing cloudi-
ness; rain by Saturday night: warmer ;east-
erly winds; increasing in force.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
FOUR LIVES SACRIFICED.
Fatal Railroad Disaster on the GAINESVILLE
Narrow Gauge.

GAINESVILLE. O., April 5.-Four persons
were killed outright and a fifth fatally in
jured in a wreck on the Bellaire, GAINESVILLE
and Cincinnati narrow gauge at trestle
about five miles east of Summerfeld this
morning. A coach jumped the track as the
train FIRST approached the trestle. which is
situated on curve. The coach ran on the
trestle half way across and then the en-
gine also-left the rails. carrying down five
bents of the trestle TO the ravine below.
Eli Lucus, the engineer, whose family re-
side in this city. was instantly killed. Mrs
e. Young and her little daueht of sum
merfeld, and resident OF Bellsyille, suf-
fered the same fate. Jesse Johns, The fire.
man, was fatally injured
A Wreck at Windham junction.
Nashua. N. liar pril 5.-Passcnger train
No. 5.due in this city ats1l.30. over the Nash
ua and Rochester branch of the Boston and
Maine railroad. consisting of two baggage
and two passenger cars. left the track a
half mile beyond Windham Junction. It
is reported that no one was injured but
that the train was badly wrecked A wreck
ing train was sent from here at once. The
cause of the accident is said TO have been
misplaced switch. Tie passengers were
badlyFshaken up.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
Captured Two Jail Birds.

Lewiston, April 5.-0fficer Beaulieu tale-
graphs that he las captured near Quebec
today the two prisoners Driscoll and La
poinre, who escaped from Auburn jail last
week.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06


One of the most attrac-
tive offeringsin our Hab-
erdashery department
this week is a line of fam
cy Shirts at $3.50, white
bodies with colored per-
Gale bosom and link cuffs,
to be worn with white
collar,.--a great variety
of handsome styles.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06

Parson Davies has ordered postpone
ment to an indefinite date of the tommy
RyanJack Wilkes.fght
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
sE:L-EE:CT TI0N

OF a Carpet INSURES SATlSFAC-
TI0N.
YOU are SURE to be entirely satisfied
with your selection, whatever it may
be, II you make It from OUR STOCK
of CARPETS, In EVERY MATERIAL
and a GREAT VARIETY Of new
PATTERNS. Just what We have to
show in FLOOR COVERINGS is much
easier to SEE than TO DESCRIBE.
The ARTISTIC EFFECT Of a CAR
PET PATTERN is a matter for the
EYES and only the eyes can AP-
PRECIATE 1T.
The DESIGNS WE SHOW are OURS
and OUR ESTABLISHMENT is the
ONLY PLACE in town to see them.
For an Al SELECTION call on US.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
The Ueather today
is likely TO

APRIL 6. 1895.
NHIS morning our
i complete new
line of Easter
Neckwear for men and
boys will be ready.
1t is a splendid repre-
sentation of all that's new
in fashionable neck dress
and the prices are lower
than for any similar stock
we have ever shown.
We've put the emphas.
is on the line at 5oc,---
the popular price for a
light Scarf, land the
scarfs are quite as good
as any we've sold for 75c
and csc, in other years.
Novelties in bows, Join
villes, Wash Ties, Japa-
nese reversibles and
Wlndsors.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06

Bank Clearings are Unusually Heavy--Rap
id Falling off of the Available Wheat
Supply-General Conditions Favorable
in the Business World.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06


For Easter get pair
of New York made, goat
skin Gloves, a particu-
larly choice line of which
we opened this morning
in a varied assortment of
tan shades at Sl.5o.
A fresh stock of Dents
Gloves from London is
also just in, the latest
London colors.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06

is composed of
various gums dis
solved in spilits
of turpeutine, lin
seed oil, and the
The advocate., 1895-08-28
Advocate Club Rates.

The best time to do political mission
ary work is in the fell and winter. Tb
time will soon he here. Those who WSE
10 get up an ADVOCATE club in the,
neighborhood should send TO this off
and get Pates-chssper than ever. W
want TO get new subscribers and kee,
old ones.
The advocate., 1895-08-28

POINTS to which tickets will be sold are
the principal Cities, Towns and
villages in the States of Kentucky, Tennessee,
Alabama, Mississippi, North and South Caro-
lima, Georgia and Florida.
The advocate., 1895-08-28
First published August z, 1881
SheriR's Sale.
1888

In the district court OF Shawnee county,
state Of Kansas:
B. F. Perkins, plaintiff, vs. Ludlow Martin and
Stella Martin, defendSnts
By virtue Of an order Of sale issued to me,
out Of said district court, in the above enti.
tied action, win, on Monday, the 9th day OF
day,At the front door Of the court house IN the
city Of Topeka, In the county Of Shawnee, In
the state Of Kansas, offer at public sale, and
sell to the highest and best bidder, for cagh
in hand, ali the following described real
estate, to-Wit; TWo-thirds interest in lot No.
l46 East First Street, city Of Topeka
The above described real estate 10 taken under
attachment, ss the property OF said defend
anita, and appraised At the sum Of 800, and
win ba sold TO satisfy said order OF sale
D. N. BUBDGR, Sh0RiR.
The advocate., 1895-08-28

MATES for the sale of tickets will be june
~ IL, July S, August 7, September 4
and october a, 1895. Tickets will be sold for
the Regular Trains starting from Cincinnati,
Louisville, Evansville and st. Louis, and from
Stations of our Connecting Lines in the North
10 connect with those trains. Tickets good to
return within 20 days
The advocate., 1895-08-28

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For 8l.5O we send the Law book and Eha
ADVOCATE one year; 1925 gets the book aud
bNo ADYocATks one year; az getS the book
ana three ADVOCATES one yeaR.
The advocate., 1895-08-28

Full information cheerfully furnished upon
application to
The advocate., 1895-08-28

GEO. B. HORNER, Div. Pass. ASt, st. Louis, No.
GP. AEMORE, Gent Pass. A6t., Louisville, Ky.
The advocate., 1895-08-28

For el5O we send the Doctor book and the
ADVOCATE one year; e2,25 gets the book and
two ADVOCATES one year; 83 gets the book
and three ADVOCATES one year
The advocate., 1895-08-28
Paint

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The advocate., 1895-08-28
FREE TO A CLUB OF FIVE.

SHOE AND HARNESS KIT
for home use. Can do ali
your own repairing. Best
outfit ever sold for the prics.
More and better tools than
any other. Four best-qual
ity iron lasts. You pay The
freight
This outfit at any hardware
store would cost So, and con-
slsts OF the following tools
with their retail price.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-16
BIG PRICES FOR FURNITURE.
Auctioneers Talk OF the Private Sale of
Rich Mems Effects

Auctionecrs Talk OF the Private Sale of
Rich Mems Effects
A party of auctioneers en- route from
Chicago to Buffalo were in the smoking
room of a Lake Shore sleeper the other
night telling stories. Selling horses
and farm stuff by auction is all right, 5"
said one. but for genuine fun give me
the private sale of rich mans fArni-
ture. When Anthony Drexel died there
were lot of things which had personal
"reminiscences connected with them
which everyone wanted. 1t was finally
decided to hold a family auction and
sell them TO She highest bidder. The
first thing put up was a small clock,
worth, suppose, about twenty dollars.
"'Ill give five hundred dollars was
the first bid. 1t came from a nephew.
"'Make it one thousand dollars" in
Perfected younger son.
Fifteen hundred dollars replied
the nephew
The nephew won and got the twenty
dollar clock for money with which he
rould have bought the finest clock in
Philadelphia. never knew what the
history Of the clock was. but II must
have had peculiar one. Then put
up big armchair. It was the chair
Drexel had sat in for over twenty years
and il had a valuable association for
each one Of the family. 4 married
daughter and young Anthony DreNel
were the ones who wanted it the most,
and the bidding. which opened al one
thousand dollars, was spirited and
lively. ! finally sold the chair to An
thony for six Thousand Eve hundred
dollars The days sales brought IN
over twenty-five thousand dollars.
Il never had anything as good as
that" said another auctiopeer, ''but l
cold the Childs effects in the same way.
The chief contest was over one OF those
pld-fashioned tail clocks Chil6s' eld-
est son finally bought it for eighteen
hundred and fifty dollars, and it is now
!" the Ledger Office in Philadelphia.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-16
We'll Preserved.

Boy-Mr Dunn called to see about
hat bill of his.
Mr.. Short-Well, If he comes in again
tell him his bill is in good state Of
preservation and is likely to reach .
good old age.-Boston Transcript.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-16

was. before vanderbilt took her Up. ID
rather hard luck, but was not known al
any time CO frequent queer places. She
is inclined to be reserved, quiet and
Strewd. Prior TO the Vanderbilt regime
She was somewhat free, but held her
self well in hand and alwa Us estimated
herself highly. She is not wonderfully
handsome, hut yet commanding ard
rather stribing woman in appearance.
She is not known By tie name Of Nellie
Neustretter at present. She is tie
slother of two children Details con-
corning Nine. Neustrettar's life l.zay tie
freely published SO far as she is cen
cerned, for publicity is the staple which
women of her class most ardently d.
sire and thrive upon. There are i,un-
dreds of women like her il: Paris and
many other European capitals. She is
not the best of her class in appearance
or in vogue. She may be called a mid
dle-class person in the society in which
she moves. The foregoing account OF
her is sent from Paris to the New York
World by one who bad the advantage
Of personal observation
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-16
I. kuechenmelster,
Harry st. Greenhouses.

a fine strain of Pansies at so cents dog.
These are young plants just beginning
10 bloom; a sure success II planted as
directed: also C:eraniums, Nerbeaes.
Roses. French Cannas, Calues, Border
plants. bulbs. etc My plants are 4 No
/. and prices the lowest. Plants set
out free of charge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-16
All or None.

She-I'm told you want to marry mo
only for my money.
Count lie Broke-Nor, nor; 1 shall
want your fathers money as vell.-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-16
NELLIE NEUSTRETTER.

zhs Pretty Correspondents In the Famous
Vanderbilt Divorce Cose.
+ Nellie Nsus:retter. TIC correspondent
In the recent Vanderbilt divorce case,
rather tall, blonde woman. about
kwenty-five or twenty-six years O.
are, said TO have gone 10 Paris freq
Brussels, and before that TO have nvrc
on Holland. Some say she is Swedish
Or half Swedish. She is described low
Is the luckiest woman in Paris. and
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-03-14

Joubrrt, the French moralist whose
Thoughts hal great success, was SO
odd aud original that witty woman
declared he gave her the idea Of soul
which had met by chance with a body
that it had to put up with and do with
as well as 1t could.
His friend and editor, Chateaubriand,
described him as an egotist who was
always thinking of others. His ambi-
ton was to be perfectly calm, yet no
one betrayed so much agitation as he.
In eating and in taking exercise he
was as inconstant as coquette For sew
eral days he would live on milk; then
for week he would eat nothing but
hash On one day he would be iolted in
a carriage full trot over the toughest
roads; Oh the next he would be drawn
slowly through the smoothcst alleys.
He hld library of mutilated books,
for when he read he used to tear out OF
a book tho pages that displeased him. -
YOUTH Companion
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-03-14
NOTIFIED GY A CELL RINGER.
How Western Villages Were Attracted to
"A Travelling Show.

How Western Villages Were Attracted to
Travelling Show.
"a theatrical man has varied expert
enccs, and some funny incidents are con-
tinually coming before him." said a
Snowman to % reporter. "Tho ono night
stands arc prolific Of episodes and pro-
family, especially the latter, but they
also AFFORD good bit Of amusement aft
er tho annoyance is over They arc not
quito 50 awful now as they used to be.
A few years ago o company was pilot
iLG through the west came upon n rath-
er unpromising town, but fate willed
that we should give one appearance
Tho hall we hired was a crude affair.
and SO were the accessories. There was
no box Office, no reserved seats, and l
had TO stand at the door and collect the
admission money. AT $50 not soul
had appeared. At 7:l5 great big chap
came stalking in and asked me if l
wanted ringer. What S a ringerY
asked. a man TO ring the bell Yuu II
never get folks up here to see this show
till you hire somebody to 80 down town
and pull the town hall bell. They are
used to it and won't come without.
took the ringer at hij word, gave him
half dollar, and he dopar cd smiling
Soon the deep changing of = bali smote
upon tho All, AM in less tIan 10 time
tho to"n!eo2le came pouring in, enough
of them 10 make fair audience. In
spite Of the fact HAT our attraction had
been set forth on the billbcards and in
tho local papers, if that bell hadn't been
pciled VIC would have played to vacant
benches. W Washington Post.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-03-14
A Woman with Beauty and Nerve.

Since the death of Seyffert, the Wen
ma eXccutioner, the authorities have re-
ceivCd scores of applications for his
place, Of which the most curious is that
of pretty woman, who sends her pho
tograph with the following letter:
Il am 10 years old and possess great
physical strength. Ny sex and above all
my beauty lit me for the employment
solicit. The fact is that the last person
on whom the condemned man fixes his
gaze is the eXecutioner, who nine times
out Of ten is repulsively homely. How
much more consolin2 it would be for a
criminal before entering into eternity to
have the knot adjusted by the soft hands
of "a woman, whose bewitching glances
would cause him to forget for an in.
slant the terrors Of a moral agony worse
than death. vienna Letter.