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The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
HIS LAST ASCENT.
Terrible Fall of an Aeronaut While Giving
an Exhibition at Pittsfeld.

Pittsfeld, Me-, August 19-Prof.
Beamell of New York, an aeronaut, who
attempted to give an exhibition at Pitts
field, Saturday, met with a serious if not
fatal accident that shocked a large con-
course of spectators.
When the races at Union Park were
nearly over it was seen that the balloon
was about ready to go up. For some
reason it did not seem to initiate very well
and later it was learned that this was
owing to the fact of it's leaking. The
professor had a narrow escape at Fairfield
owing to his balloons catching fire as it
went up Therefore he had been obliged
to replace new cover with an old one.
At last the stays were cast off and up
went the balloon some one hundred feet,
the professor exhibiting his trapeze acts
in the ascent. Instead of going up to any
great height the balloon was seen to be
descending, and when about an eighth of
a mile from the track the professor let 90
his parachute, being afraid of hitting up
on some of the trees not far Distant. The
parachute did not respond and down
came the aeronaut as straight as an
arrow. 1t was sickening thud which
was heard. The man seemed to bound
from the ground like rubber ball, then
dropped down again and over and over he
went, at last lying perfectly still. This
is probably the last ascent of Prof
Beamell, as it was said Saturday night
that his recovery was extremely doubtful.
The injuries are internal and exceedingly
painful.s
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
A BAD QUARTER OF AN HOUR.
Pittsburg Swept by Cyclone-Buildings
Blown Down aud River Craft Sunk.

Pittsburg, Pa, August 19.-Reports of
swept over q portion of Pittsburg and
Allegheny last evening continue. Numer-
Gus accounts of narrow escapes from fly
ing wreckage render it remarkable there
were so few fatalities. The high wind
and rain were accompanied by hail.
During the storm there was much sharp
lightning and a number of buildings in
various parts of Pittsburg and Alleghe-
ny suffered damage to the roofs and Chin
neys. In some instances the windows
and doors were blownss open and the
buildings sdeluged with water. The tele-
phone and telegraph wires, includin G
the fire alarm and patrol systemssswere
badly demoralized. The heaviest indi-
vldual loss from the storm was that
caused by the damage to the frame work
of Henderson johnson & Co. S grain
elevator in the process of erection on Car
son street. The damage will amount to
$40, oOO
Near Bedford avenue, new occupied
brick house collapsed, portion of the
walls falling upon a frame dwelling oc-
cupied by Mrs. Daily and one child, and
Mrs. Pryor and three children. Two OF
the Pryor family and Mrs. Daily and her
child were buried in the debris. They
were speedily rescued and were unin-
jured.
The river craft suffered seriously, and
the steamers Lud Keefer and Millie, and
the barge Dakotah are at the bottom OF
the Monongahela river. NIillie Limbaugh,
stewardess of the Lud Keefer went down
with the boat and was drowned Ar
unknown woman is said to have blown
from the Point bridge into the river and
drowned. John Adams, a conductor OF
a Second avenue electric car, was badly
shocked while removing a wire from the
track and his condition is precarious.
Two men fwho occupied a shanty boat
on the Allegheny side of the Ohio river,
are missing. 1t is feared that they were
drowned The storm was altogether loca
and in the Is minutes of its duration
nearly one and one-half inches of rair
fell. The total damage to the property
in the two cities is estimated at abou
$780, 600.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
Crystal Wedding.
others.

Mr.. and Mrs. Caleb Montgomery of
Deering Center celebrated the 18th an
niversary of their marriage last..evening.
About 100 invitations were issued in
Guiding a general one to Ivy Rebekah
Lodge. The lawn was handsomely deco
rated with Chinese lanterns, and tablas
were spread for large gathering. At
z o'cock lunch was served and for nearly
an hour the guests were enjoying them
selves with the goodies of life After
all had been served the tables were
cleared away and games were INDUCED
in by the younger members, and in fact
age had but very little to do in this part
of the exercises The Backward Sis
ters' Of Ivy Rebekah Lodge gave their
drill, and during this time Hooper, Son
& Leie ehton's team drove up in front of
the house and an elegant oak sideboard
was carried into the dining room. This
present was from the members Of Ivy
Lodge, and was presented by the con-
ductor, Mrs. Charles Berry, and respond
ed to by Noble Grand Mrs. Louis Mont
gomery. The other presents were costly
and some of them remarkably nice
Among the literary exercises was an
original poem written for the occasion
by Miss Louie Fields, which was most
heartily received The corn roast was
one of the most novel features of the
evening and created no end of amuse-
for home after giving three rousing
cheers for the host and hostess. Among
those present were George E. Kenworthy,
Geo. Z. Andrews and daughter, j. A.
Clough and wife, W. Fl. Willard, Maj
Parker, E. E. Wyman and wife, M. H:
Brackett and wife, Geo. Stetson and
wife, and daughter, W. W. Hooper, wife
Eta Low, Mrs. ID. G. Perkins, Mrs. o.
r. Legrow and daughter, J. @. Bicknell,
Mrs. Lidback, d. e. Leonard and daugh-
ter. Mr.. ID. W. Hawkes. and wife, G. G.
Berry, wife and daughter, Mrs. Fletcher,
Mrs. Dean, Mrs. E. L. Elwell, Mrs. H.
W. McCausland Miss q. A: Parker,
Mr.. G. B. Varney and wife. Mrs. L. NJ.
Clark of North Conway, Mrs. E: A.
Leighton, Miss H. B. Whitney, Miss G. E.
Webber, Barney Montgomery of Deering,
Miss L. Knight, Miss Goddard, I. D.
Sale and wife, E. A. Webster and wife,
Mrs. J. e. Longfellow, +. ]. Longfellow,
". B. jackson. Mrs; g. H. Rounds, Mr..
L. Parrott, Miss Elwell, NJ E. Moore,
Mrs. W. H. Shine, Mrs. Hall and daugh-
ter, Mr. Booker, E. H. Goddard and wife,
Mrs. G. H. Fuller, J. H. Card and wife,
Miss C. NJ Record, Miss G. M. Petten-
gill, Mrs G. Woodward, E. E. Briggs
and wife, A. d. Barnard and wife. T.
Archembeau and wife G. T. Hodsdon
and wife, L N. Carle, Mrs. j. NJ. Bonney,
Mr. j. Bell and wife, Mr.. Seely and wife,
Mrs. A. e. Marks Miss G. NJ. Goddard,
Mrs G. S. Pearce, Mr.. G. M. Record, Mr.. L. B.
Sawyer, Providence, R. l. Mr.. Barnard and
wife J. N. Hutchings and wife; Mrs.
Fred Deering, Mrs Lucas and wife, Miss
Lawrence, Miss Fogg, Miss Burnham,
Miss Leighton, Mrs. A. d. Smith, Ar
thur Jones, Miss Annie Frye, Miss Lottie
Hodsdon, Mrs. Carrie Cram and others
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE BAN
QUIET.
AT the Falmouth Last Evening-Tendered
by General Agent Fitzpatrick to Pro-
fessionaI Actuary Stewart and the Maine
Agents.

Last evening at the Falmouth, Mr.. j.
W. Fitzpatrick, as general agent for
Maine of the Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany of New York, rendered banquet TO
Prof. William P. Stewart of New York,
professional actuary of the company, and
also to the Maine agents of the company.
There were present about twenty-five,
as follows: Prof. Stewart, General
Agent Fitzpatrick, James E. Baker,
general agent at ST. Louis, Charles W.
Hume, of Eastport; W. II. Nichols of
Calais; A. G. Perry of Presque Isle; r.
T. Wemore Of Houlton; F. A. King and
f. M. Burton of Bangor, J. H. Ambrose
of Orono; J. II. Mcclellan of Bath; ].
R. Little OF Lewiston;-J. f. Bondman,
Thomas Walker and A. Corbett of Port
land, A. Sylvester of Pennington; A. E.
Morrison of Rumford Falls, and Others
The banquet was of course good one,
and was thoroughly enjoyed. Remarks
were made by Prof. Stewart, General
Agents Baker of ST. Louis and Fitzpatrick
of Portland, Agent King of Bangor and
Ot hapS
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
WILL RACE TO-DAY.
vigilant andss Defender Will Determine
Which VIII Defend the Cup.

New York, August 19.-The final
preparations have been made for the first
of the trial races to determine what yacht
shall meet the challenger for the
America S cup, and the Defender and
Vigilant will meet off Sandy Hook to-
morrow for battle royal. Both yachts
are in better trim than ever before, and
both will be sailed to the limit of their
abilities. Without question the Defender
has been held back. and while probably
no jockeying has been intended, the
syndicate boat has not shown her full
ability to go. The newness of her spars,
sails and fittings has made her people
cautious about subjecting her to the
heavy strain that she must endure when
pushed. She has her big 105 foot boom
and largest Herreshof mainsail aboard.
and is now equipped as she will be for
the international races, provided she is
chosen to defend the cup. The recent
painting and scraping of her aluminium
sides and bronze under body, and the
new spars and sails make her the hand
somest cup defender Yankee ingenuity
has ever put together
AT o'clock this afternoon the Defender
made sail and started down the bay to-
WtitS Uu6 NdITOWS. Iu6T0 WAS ~ SpdIk-
ing breeze. and the crack sloop ran away
from her tender and easily passed the
iron steamboat Taurus with load of
eXcursionists. She anchored at Horse
Shoe. The Vigilant remained quietly at
anchor today. The race tomorrow will
be one of the two which are set by the
Americas cup committee to determine
which is the best yacht to meet Lord
Dunraven's challenger. Gen. Paine S
Jubilee will not take part in the trials,
and the contest will be between the De-
fender and the Vigilant. Should one
boat win the first race and the other boat
the second race, a third race may be fixed
for Saturday. There is little doubt that
the Defender will be selected to meet
Valkyrie Ill The race tomorrow will
be started at II M, from either the
Sandy Hook lightship, nine miles out
side of Sandy Hook, or the Scotland
lightship, four miles out and will be over
one of the two international courses.
Valkyrie III. was towed into the Erie
basin at O'Clock this afternoon.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
MAINE, TUESDAY MORNING,

The Madagascar News, one of the papers
brought by the steamer, advises the Hoyas
to burn the capital on the approach of
the French. 1t is stated that the prime
minister has decided to set fire to An
tanarivo before the French forces get
within striking distance of it and retreat
to the southwark.
ENJOYS Of the queen arrested Rama
sumbazaba, who was charged with not
defending Maryosy, and with not burn
ing the stores there before he retreated
H was taken to Antanananarivo, and
after summary trial was convicted and
sentenced to be burned alive, which
sentence was carried out.
1t is reported that the prime minister
has decreed the expulsion of the British,
American and Norwegian traders and
missionaries. The authority and prestige
of the prime minister is said to be rapid
ly declining.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20

has committed suicide, and emo ssinquesS
will be held. He was 60 years of age and
was formerly we'll known as sea captain
engaged in the South American trade.
Mental arrangement was undoubtedly
the cause of the suicide.
At kennebunk the house of G. H. Clark,
occupied by E. c. Fairfield. was burned
yesterday forenoon. Loss $1,000; insured
The furniture was saved. The fire was
caused by an accident.
Ex-Judge Strong of the United States
Supreme Court died at ?. 10 yesterday.
At Worcester, Mass, Samuel S. Pres
colt, 27 years of age, attempted to kill his
wife and then took his own life at their
tenement, No.53 High street about
O'Clock yesterday morning.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
Weather Observations.

The Agricultural Department Weather
Bureau for yesterday, August 10, taker
at p. m., meridian time, the observa
tions for each station being given in this
order: Temperature, direction of the
wind, state of the weather.
Boston, So degrees, NV, cloudy; New
YORK 1iPa . % degrees degrees, NV, clear Philadel
y degrees, NV, clear; Albany, Sc degrees
W, clear; Buffalo, rs degrees, W, cloudy
Detroit, 68 degrees, NV, clear; Chicago
6S degrees, NE, partly cloudy; st. Paul
n degrees, W, clear; St. Vincent. 81 de
grees, NE, clear; Huron, Dak.' n de-
grees, S, clear; Bismarck, 50 degrees, u
clear; Jacksonville, S6 degrees, Sc, clear
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
Police Break Up Prize Fight.

New York, August 19.-At the tourna-
ment held at the Academy of Music to-
night under the auspices of Parson'
Davies'and Tom O'Rourke the star bout
of the evening was that between the
colored champion George Dixon and Mike
Leonard of New York. In the second
round the men fought viciously and fell
on the floor of the ring fighting. The
police clambered into the ring to separate
the men with difficulty. The principals,
their seconds and the referee, 'Yank"
Sullivan of Syracuse, together with the
promoters of the tournament Daveis and
O'Rourke, were arrested and taken to
the police station.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
Local Weather Report.

Portland, Me-, August 19.-The loca
Weather Bureau office records as to the
weather the following:
s a. m.-Barometer, 80. 637; thermome
ter. &C. O; dew point, $50; humidity, IS
wind, NV; velocity, 6; weather, clear.
Sp. m.-Barometer, 90. 1865; ther1nome
ter. go; dew point, $50: humidity, SO
wind, W; velocity, s; weather, clear.
Mean daily thermometer, 800; maxi
mum thermometer ITO; minimum ther
mometer, 61.0: maximum velocity o1
wind, Is, SW; total precipitation, 10.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
Fire at Kennebunkrort.

Kennebunk, August 19-Fire alarm at
10. 45 called the department out to blaze
on Day street. in a house occupied by
Edward Fairfield and owned by Charles
fire caught in the old wood work around
the chimney.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
BRIEFLY TOLD.

At London, the Hon. Chas A Boutelle
was present in the diplomatic gallery
during the debate in the House of Com
mons yesterday.
News reached Chicago yesterday of the
death at Osceola, Wis, of Leonard W.
Volk, the sculptor
The body of Alexander Snow of Rock
and, who has been missing for week,
was found in the harbor yesterday morn
ing. There is but little doubt that he
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
MI. Reed at Bar Harbor.

Bar Harbor, August 19.-Seeretary
Herbert this afternoon entertained Hon.
Thos. B. Reed, Secretary Lamont and
ex- Secretary Whitney on the New York.
The feet sails Thursday for Halifax.
Thence to Portland and Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
DESPERATE HOvAS.
Will Burn the Capital City Rath er Than

Let the French Capture 1t,
Marseilles, August 19.-The steamer
Tang Use has arrived here from Madagas-
car. She had on board when she left
Madagascar, 1876 French soldiers, who had
been invalided home. Ninety seven of
these are now convalescent, IA show no
signs of improvement and three died
on the voyage. Ten of the sick soldiers
remained at Zanzibar and 13 at Port
Said, their condition being such that
they were unable to proceed.
The Yang Use brought Tamatave pa
pers chronicling report that the Hovas
prime minister, who is the husband of
the queen, had sent a flag of truce to
Gen. Duchesne, the commander of the
French forces, who sent back reply that
he would treat with the Hovas only after
he arrived at Antananarivo, the capital.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
WILL FloHTTo DEATH.

WILL Fl0T " DCH
Prime Minister of Madagascar Yields Moth
ing to the French-Foreigners Advised to
Leave the Country.
London, August 19.-The Telegraph
publishes advices sent from Madagascar
July II, via Port Louis, Mautritius, to
the effect that the Queen would make
overtures for peace.
The French were then within a few
days march of the capital. The premier
declares that he will fight until death.
A number of prominent revolutionists,
including the prime minister's nephew,
had arrived at the capital Native dis
content and the anti-foreign spirit were
spreading.
The British consul had advised all
foreigners to leave the country, as the
government would shortly be unable to
guarantee their safety, or provide carriers
to the coast.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
Kennebunkport's Boating Carnival.

Kennebunkport August 19.-The an
nual carnival of the Kennebunk River
Club occurred this evening with a large
number of boats in line The firstFprize
was awarded Miss Mary Brooks and the
second prize of the Nonintum House, the
third prize to Jack Forrest Mr.. Over
ton Lea withdrew his boat from compe-
tition, otherwise he would have been Civ
en- prize. The judges were Prof. J., B.
McMaster of Philadelphia, G. o. Person
Of Boston and L. E Cutter of Brookline
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
News of the Yachts,

Boothbay Harbor, August 1a-The
yacht Cruiser, Capt. Wiggin, arrived
from a weeks cruise east with party
Camden, Auugst 1a-The schooner
Yacht Marguerite, Vice Commodore II.
w. Lamb, and Sea Fox, exCommodore
Allan Tucker, are at anchor in Camden
harbor The Marguerite sails tomorrow
for Campbello and Sea Fox cruises
al In11ti
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
an Overturned Lantern.

Fairfield. August 10 The two story
farm house and barn owned by W. K
Atwood on the ridge road was DESTROYED
by fire Sunday night. Loss $500; insur-
ance $1,000. The cause was an overturned
lantern.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
THE WEATHER.
Continued Fair,

Boston, August 19.-Local forecast for
Boston and vicinity: Fair; slight change
in the temperature; westerly winds.
Washington, August 19.-Forecast for
Tuesday for New England: Fair; north
west winds.
The Portland daily press., 1895-08-20
THREE HUNDRED KILLED.
Russian NihiIists BLEW Up Barracks a
T0Ola.

London, August 49, Tho Daily News
will tomorrow publish a dispatch from
Trieste, saying the newspapers there re-
port that an explosion occurred today at
the artillery barracks at Toola. the
capital of the government of that name
in Russia. Three hundred persons are
said to have been killed including many
officers. The barracks are heap of
ruins. An examination into the cause of
the explosion, led to the discovery that
the barracks had been undermined every
where. Many arrests have. been made of
persons suspected of being implicated in
the outrage which is supposed to have
been the work of Nihilists
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-09-12
THE BOOK OF THE FAIR.

We have received Part VII Of the
Book Of the Fair, the admirable work
issued by the Bancroft Publishing
Company, Auditorium Building, Chi
cago, ILL., As our readers know this
work is designed TO be a concise his
tory of the Worlds Columbian Expo
sition, to preserve both by descriptive
language and life like illustrations, the
best features of the Great Fair for
present and future generations. The
number 10 hand like the preceding
ones IS a work of art and beauty.
There is nothing to approach 1t IN It's
superb letter press, artistic pictorial
features and interesting and complete
narrative. The Book of the Fair is
the only work in anywise reproducing
IN print the entire Exposition, and IS
without competitor. The entire
work will be Of 1000 imperial folio
pages, and will contain over 1000 Of
the finest illustrations, many of which
will be full page plates of Io2 square
inches of surface 1t is TO be issued in
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-09-12

IMPROVED BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

Slowly but surely, the whole coun-
try is recovering from its long spell
OF business depression. Often one
can still meet the man who "can't
see where the improvement you talk
of has begun But oftener still one
finds others who are doing half as
much, one as much, twice as much
business as was done last year. A
little cheerfulness goes a long way,
and besides, the figures Of leading
businesses, such as the iron trade, for
instance, show that things ar improv-
ing. Edward Atkinson, the we'll
known statistician and political econ
omist, has recently stated that the
United States has become the foremost
iron producing country in the world,
that the output Of iron demanded for
the next twelve months will be II,ooo,-
900, tons, as against 100000 in
1893 and 100000 in 1894. He
also says that there is every PROBABLE
ity that we will be called upon to
build 100000 miles OF railroad within
the next fifteen to twenty years TO
complete existing lines in this country.
Still it takes time for the dollars to
get back into the pockets ofthe thrifty,
hardworking people, and naturally
until they do get there many of them
look upon the talk about improvement
as simply cheap speculation. Results
tell.
One result of improved business is
improved wages, and that every week
we have to chronicle the fact that
some idle factories have been set run
ming again, and that in Others where
wages had been reduced during the
hard times they have been restored in
part at least.-New York Weekly Nit
ness.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-09-12
Pittard's Paragraphs.
and Notes-Things as Viewed
Through Optimistic Glasses.

The Henderson cotton factory is now
being built; the foundations have been
finished
With the remodelling OF the Massen-
burg Hotel: building OF the cotton fac
tory; large breaks Of bright new tobacco
we begin to see the dawn of good times.
We are glad to see the full attendance
reported by all the high schools and col
leges in the State. All OF this denotes a
general feeling OF confidence in the
times.
The first session of the criminal court
OF Vance county, constituted by the late
legislature opened Monday morning.
Not much need OF this court. Vance
county will compare very favOrablv with
the balance of the State in regard to law
abiding citizens.
The season in the spring bid fair to be
one OF the worst crop years for some
time. Look what crops OF peaches, APP
pies, grapes and melons, good crops OF
potatoes, corn, wheat and oats, tobacco
so far splendid and one of the best falls
for curing the crop in several years.
For all these good crops and seasons.
Cleveland WAS not. the cause if he was
accused OF the last hard winter.
We heard several farmers that had to
baccO on the market here last Friday
say they got much more for their loads
than they expected when they left home.
Like reports come from other markets,
our people have been taught good long
lesson of economy which undoubtedly
will be of lasting'gOOd to them yet. They
have no further cause now OF complaint
either of the gold bugs Or silver cranks.
We all should return thanks to an All
wise Ruler for the many blessings He
in kindness has seen fit to so bOuntifnlly
bestOw upon us.
With ) weeks more good weather for
taking care OF corn and cotton, with fair
prices, the farmers in this this country
will be solid with gold or silver stand
ard. SO strip out your tobOcco, bringlt
to the Henderson market which equals
or exceeds, any bright tobacco market
in the State: buy your winter goods
from the Henderson merchants; vote
the old Democratic ticket when the time
comes: love your wife and serve the Lord,
and all things will work together for
your good.
We We're sorry indeed to hear OF the
death of our esteemed friend the Hon.
A. II. A. Williams, of Oxford, at Chase
City, few days ago. Badly Williams,
as he was Familiarity called, was far above
the average man Intellectually, WAS kind
to all he came in contact with and never
refused the cry of the poor. He was
liberal in his donations to all charities.
Never started anything to see ii it could
be done but always went in determined
to accomplish his undertaking. His
wife, children. brothers and friends have
my heartfelt sympathy in their sad be-
reavement. But like a sheaf of corn
coming, in in its season, his soul has been
received by the Giycr in full time.
g. ID. P.