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The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
NOT PROFITABLE.
Speculative Libel Prosecutions Beaten by
Newspapers.

New York, October 24.-The Times says
that the last fortnight has not been an
encouraging one for speculative plaintiffs
in libel suits. For some inscrutable
reason the average person who refuses a
correction and measures an unintentional
injury to his reputation in dollars and
cents almost invariably moves to adjourn
his case when it is called for trial. Disap-
pointed when the service of summons
fails to wiring smart money from news
paper, this class of persons rarely brave a
trial by jury. Two notable exceptions to
the rule have attracted the attention of
lawyers within few days.
Nearly ten years ago the New York
Times exposed and denounced the ex-
tortion and fraud which Saratoga I'M
dertaker named Holmes attempted to
practice upon the family of General Grant
shortly after tho ex-President' S death at
Mount McGregor. For the last nine years
Holmes has been before juries. special
terms, general terms, and sessions of the
court of appeals. but last week what
ought to be the finishing stroke OF the
spectacle was administered by Chief
Justice Andrews in the Court of Appeals,
who in writing the opinion OF the couTt,
sustaining the Times, said concerning
the attempt of the Times's counsel, Mr..
B. II. Einstein. to introduce evidence OF
Holiness extortion to mitigate damages
for charging Holmes with drunkenness:
"We think the excluded evidence was
admissible as bearing upon the conduct
of the plaintiff in the transaction which
he had aided in bringing him before the
public. 1t must be assumed, in view of
the evidence offered, and it's rejection up
on the plaintiffs objection, that he had
posed before the public as having an
honest claim, which has been dishonesty
rejected, when in truth the claim made
was dishonest and unjust. The article
truly exposed the conduct of the plaintiff
as distinct attempt, through appeals to
the public and otherwise, to coerce the
payment of q dishonest claim.
The other case referred to was tried
before Judge Friedman in the Superior
court for four days last week. One
Arthur e. +. Mulley sought to recover
$50, 900 damages from the Staats-Zeitung
for an alleged libel. The Staats-Zeituug
had carefully corrected the inaccuracies
in the article complained of, and even
offered to pay Mulley a sum of money in
it's desire to do full justice.
Mulley insisted upon trial, and make
a try for big verdict He had already
been awarded S25, 900 at an inquest. when
the newspapers counsel, Mr.. Einstein,
was kept from court by illness, but when
the case came on before a jury, which
heard both sides, verdict was promptly
brought in for the defendant newspaper
The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
GRAND OFFICERS ELECTED.
Supreme Council Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Right for United States at WASH
ington,

Washington, October 24.-At the meet
ing of the Supreme Council 33d degree,
Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite, for
the United States, it's territories and
dependencies yesterday, the following
officers were elected: W. A. Hershiser,
Columbus, O., grand commander; M. w.
Baylis, Washington, d. c., lieutenant
grand commander; G. A. Frambes,
Grand Rapids, minister of state; d. W..
Thompson New York city, grand
treasurer general; John g. Barker. New
York city, grand secretary general !;
Willard C. Vanderlip, Boston, grand
KEEPER of archives; e. Junius Edwards,
Minneapolis, grand master of ceremonies
Alex. Atkinson, Omaha, grand standard
bearer; G. A. Edwards, Albany, grand
marshal; J. J. Stoddard, Columbus, 0. i,
grand captain of guard; Marcus W.
Morton, Providence, r. l., grand prior
grand marshals of camp, Peter Anderson,
Brooklyn; W. W. CARPENTER, Boston ;
Franklin Saunders, Columbus, O.
These officers were installed by Past
Grand Commander John Hoy of Boston.
Edwin S. Foster of Boston and Vernon
O. Taylor of Providence were made active
members.
The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN KILLED.
Breaking Away of Car Caused a BAD
Wreck on Pennsylvania Road.

Altoona, Penn, October 24.-At 2. IL
o'clock this morning a car broke down on
an east-bound freight train at Trimmer S
Rock near Bailey's, on the middle divis-
ion of the Pennsylvania road.
This caused the wreck of two or three
cars, which were thrown over on the
north track, immediately in front of the
south southwestern express, which was
passing at the time.
The engine Of the passenger train
struck the wreck, and was thrown over
into tho canal, causing the instant death
of engineer Daniel Wolfkill and fireman
J. W. Haines. both of Harrisb urg.
The first four mail cars were also
wrecked and took. fire. Eight mail clerks
were hurt, none of them seriously, OK
scept G. A. Chamberlain of Harrisburg,
who had his left arm broken.
4 The passenger cars were kept ru inning
eastward and westward by way of Sun
bury and Lewistown, SO that there has
eebeen but little delay to travel.
B The Harrisburg fire department. wa S
asked for assistance aud chief Holstein
went to the scene Of the wreck with two
which succeeded in extin-
gushing the flames. Several small
houses in the vicinity also ignited from
the fire. The city hospital staff of Har-
risburg was taken to the wreck on q
special car
The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
RAT POISON IN SOUP.
A Drunken Mothers Attempt on the
Lives of Her Children.

Discovered in the Nick of Time-Her Hus-
band, who Asks that She Be Examined
as to Her Sanity, Is a salvation Army
Captain.
New York, October 24.-Susanna Pente-
cost, 80 years old, of No 25o West 18TH
street, Twas arraigned in Jefferson Mar
ket court yesterday on the complaint OF
her husband, Thomas 2. Penteoost, who
is captain in the Salvation Army.
Pentecost asked that his wife be commit
ted to the commissioners of charities and
correction for an examination as to her
M entail status
Penetecost told Magistrate Wentworth
that This wife was a confirmed drunkard.
She had been neglecting her six chill
drens, and when he came home from his
religious work he always found the house
in bad condition, and no meals ready.
He had thought that it was his duty to
put up with such things, but Tuesday
night his patience was exhausted
When he reached home he found his
wife in drunken condition stirring rat
poison in the soup that she was prepar-
ing for the children. One of the children
had seen what she was doing, and just
as Pentecost entered the room the child
threw the pisoned soup out of the win
dow. The drunken woman attempted
to beat the child for having done this,
but was prevented from doing so by the
father, who sent for policeman. Police
man Churchill of the West Goth street po-
lice station, arrested the woman.
Mrs. Pentecost told the magistrate that
her husband neglected her. Shesotfered
no excuse for having made an attempt
on the life of her children.
Magistrate Wentworth committed her
to the care of the commissioners of chart
ties and correction
The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
WAERE is she
Beverly Since Friday Last-Case is Pc
gcuIiar One.

Beverly, Mass, October 24-Mrs. Sarah
Smith formerly q resident of this city
but now of Maiden the wife of Charles
H. Smith, formerly night officer in
this city. and having large circle of
relatives here, has disappeared. She
had been staying with a married daugh-
ter, Hamilton up to Friday last, when
she started Aout to makesa brief visit, as
shessaid, to friends in Beverly. s ss
She left her daughters house immedi-
ately after dinner, remarking as she left
that she would be home for supper. She
went in the direction of the train. The
ticket agent recalls no person answer
ing her description purchasing ticket
She had a small hand bag in her hand
containing, as it is supposed. few toilet
articles. She was in the best of health
and spirits, and was provided with mon
ey.
Since then not word has been heard
from her. She had not visited her Bever-
ly friends and letters sent to her friends
in other Aplaees reveal no trace of her
whereabouts. All of the relations or
friends to whose houses she might have
journyed, with the single exception of
son in Baltimore, have been commune
Gated with, and no trace fund. She was
in no trouble and had never been afflicted
with any form of mental difficulty. She
is Sc years of age, feet inches in
height, and probably weighs 200 pounds.
Her face has a kindly, pleasing express
sion, and her hair is brown. She was
dressed in black and wore stylish black
bonnet
The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
A PRISONERS TALE.
Six Bold Men wer. to Ride Into Plymouth
for Gold.

Plymouth, N. H., October pa bold
attempt at the systematic robbery OF
several banks has been prevented by the
timely capture of one of the culprits.
During the night of October s the store
of George H. Curtis of this place was
broken into and five revolvers and a
quantity of ammunition taken. Wednes-
day evening, October 10. three masked
men held up man by the name of John
Morrisey in the town of Wentworth, and
although the officers have been on the
lookout for the parties since that time,
nothing was heard of them until Friday
of last week, when one of the party, Geo.
Norton, gave himself up to the authori-
ties in Wolfboro, N. H. Sheriff M. S..
Brown brought him to this place yester-
day. Norton implicated as his pal in
these robberies James Gordon, alias
Harry Kelsea, alias Jack McGrath, who
was taken into custody at Ossipee today
and brought to Plymouth.
The story that Norton tells is sub
stantially as follows: Norton, Kelley and
Gordon were going to get three others
and procure six horses, ride into town to
the doors of the Pemigowasset National
Bank Three were going to rush inside
and rob the bank, while the other three
were to be stationed on the outside of the
bank on mounted horses and keep guard
They also planned to rob the cashier Of
the Mica mine in Groton and commit
other depredations in this section. Not
being content with these undertakings,
they laid out a job in Centre Harbor and
West Ossipee by holding up the stage
which runs between these places and
commit other crimes in that section. 1t
was their plan to assembled last Friday
night and perfect arrangements for carry
ing out these robberies, but they failed to
do so for reasons not learned by the
Journal man. Norton told where four
revolvers could be found which had been
secreted by the gang, and they were
found in a barn owned by George
Remission at West Rumney, the place
designated by Norton.
Norton is young man of small stature
and does not have the appearance of be-
ing a tough character. MoGrath is also
of small stature and has boyish look.
They were both in Plymouth early last
Friday.
The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
100000 EACH.
Great Gold Discoveries In British Colum
bia-Twenty-Five Remarkable Mines
Owned by Americans.

Vancouver, B. c., October "a. There
is great excitement in Vancouver over re-
ports from South Kootenay. B. c., where,
it is said by conservative men, there have
been twenty-five mines discovered, which
will be worth about million each yearly
to their owners. They are mostly owned
by Americans. Excitement was increased
yesterday by the announcement that
silver was going up, and immense silver
deposits Of West Kootenay, running 500
ton on the average, would come into
the market.
On top of this came the news Of salts
factory clean ups Of the Caribou County
hydraulic mines, and to cap the climax
word reached the city yesterday from
Eburn, B. c., a few miles from Van
couver, that while John Mcleod was
boring for water in front of the Methodist
church he struck fine flakes of gold in
quantities of 26O feet from the surface.
After galloping into Westminster, twelve
miles distant, to stake out a claim, he re-
turned to prospect and found that gold
ran fifty cents to the pan. and was of the
finest flake quality and worth $21 an
ounce. Persons in the vicinity are
feverishly excited.
The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
BRIEFLY TOLD.

The Czarevitoh of Russia is worse.
The Pope's strength is said 10 be declin
ing.
Eight mail clerks were injured in q
railway accident near Altoona, Pa.
Thursday.
Rev. 7. Dewitt Talmage was Wednes
day installed co-pastor of the First Pres
byterian church Washington.
Five brick buildings in Oakland city
Ind, were destroyed BY fire last night.
Loss $50. 600; partially insured.
. The defense in the Durrant case CLOSED
Thursday and Assistant District Attor,
ney Peixt began the pening address tt
the jury for the prosecution.
In the Supreme Court at Portsmouth
a verdict of $4,000 was rendered for the
plaintiff In the case of the administrator
of Peter McMurphy of Manchester against
the Concord & Montreal Railroad Com
pany. McMurphy was killed at Hallsyille
about two years ago.
Forty seven thousand tons of tea valued
at over ST. 600. 900, have been received at
Tacoma, Wash, from China and Japan
this season.
A rough estimate places the amount Of
fruit shipped from Southern California
this season at 5000 car loads. For the
transportation of this the growers have
paid the railroads about 81, 600, 900.
A brave New York woman, whose
name is not related, remained all night
alone in camp in the Rlpogenus region,
away above Moosehead, in the Maine
forest, last week, while her husband
carried the sick guide out to civilization.
Indian relics in great abundance were
discovered near Milford, Mich, few
days ago when workmen uncovered a
prehistoric cemetery. There are said to
be severa! thousand graves in the area of
the buria! ground, and in almost all so
far opened pipes, spearheads and various
trinkets have been found.
Women bicyolists of Belling. Oregon.
wear boomers and short skirt while
riding through the streets of the town,
but as soon as they strike the city line
they dotf the skirt, strap it to the handle
bar, and ride unenoumbered through the
country districts. When they reach the
city line on their return they don the
skirt again.
The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
BURNED AT SEA.
The City Of St. Augustine Blazing
Wreck Off Hatteras.

Belief That the Officers and Crew Were
Saved-News of the Vessels Loss
Brought by the Orizaba.
New York, October 24-The steamship
City of ST. Augustine which left this
port at midnight on Saturday last, was
burned at sea, off Cape Hatteras, early
on Tuesday morning. The news OF the
disaster was brought to New YORK by the
steamship Orizaba of the Ward ! line,
which arrived here yesterday morning.
The City of ST. Augustine, with her
cargo, was a total loss, but it is believed
that her officers and crew, consisting OF
seventeen men, all told, have been picked
up by passing vessel or have succeeded
in getting ashore on the Carolina coast,
although no word has yet been received
from them.
Henry Bentote the first officer of the
Orizaba, who was in charge at the time
of the sighting of the burning wreck, told
the story of it to a reporter last
evening: cit was on Tuesday morn
ing" said the officer "about two o'clock,
we were looking for the Hatteras light,
Shortly light, which we at first mistook
for that on Hatteras, showed, but we soon
made out that it was vessel aftre and
bore down to her. We were then about
thirty-two miles to the southwark. At
a. m. we were nearly abea.n of the wreck
and we then discovered that it was a
steamer, ablaze from stem to stern. Her
,sne.tr- al
houses, and the only thing standing was
the funnel. From her appearance she
must have been burning four or five
hours.
"We lay to until daylight and then ran
under her stern, where we discovered her
name, City of st. Augustine, ST. AL
gustine Fla. Had we been thirty
wiped out by the flames, tor they were
then breaking through the stern timbers
and only part of the name was dis
cernible We were then about eighteen
miles southeast by east from Cape
Hatteras We found no life aboard the
burning hulk, and after carefully scan
ming the horizon, about a. NJ, we con-
tinued on our course At that time
Hatteras light was just dipping, north
west by west, and the lookout there must
undoubtedly have seen the light of the
burning vessel. :.
cat the time We left the steamer she
was mere shell and must have sunk
shortly afterwards The burning ship
lay right in the line of everything goina
north or south, and have no doubt that
the crew were taken off by some passing
vessel
sit was magnificent sight, con.
tinued the first officer. "but a dreadful
one to all sailors. have seen several
vessels af1re at sea, but that blazing
wreck, as it lit up the seas for miles was
one of the grandest marine sights / have
ever witnessed during my many years OF
experience.
The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
Colby University.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l

Wateryille, October 24.-The arrange
ments for the bicycle meet, which comes
off Saturday, are completed, and every
thing points to successful meet. The
entries closed today and large number
have been made for the several events.
Among them are some of the fastest
riders in thu state, and attempts will be
made to beat state records. The track has
been improved somewhat, and is now in
the best of condition. Special rates have
been secured over the Maine Central rail
road. Arrangements are being made for
ten mile run across the country to come
off about the middle of November. A Gun
is to be given by the faculty. and great
deal of interest is shown by the students.
About twenty have already entered, and
are taking long runs nearly every day On
the track, and on Wednesdays and Satur-
days the game of hare and hounds is
participated in by all and gives them
good training for the longer run later.
The course will be from Clinton to the
campus and will cover q distance of ten
miles.
The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
TORTURED IN coNsTANTlNoPLE
The Terrible Treatment of Many Members
of the Young Turkish Party.

London. October 23.-The Standard
will nublish tomorrow a despatch from
Constantinople saying that most sinister
stories are abroad regarding the ven-
peance wreaked on the Young Turkish
party.
Various versions are given as to
what happened to Izzet after his arrest,
but it is certain that he was severely
tortured in the Yildiz prison before he
was removed to the Beshiktach prison,
where he was mercilessly beaten on the
stomach with clubs in the presence of
many witnesses. He was then sent back
to the Yildiz prison, where he is sup
posed to have died.
It is stated thatlhis wife is insane from
grief. 1t is also stated, although it is
impossible to obtain quite satisfactory
proof Of the assertion, that about 30 of
the leading members of the party were
arrested Saturday and conveyed to the
School OF Medicine, where they were
summarily tried and executed, nominally
being guilty of excuses, during the re-
cent riots.
damped the ardor of the party, which
lacks organization and the power neces-
sary to cope with the officials.
On Saturday the Sultan had his broth
ers, Mohammed Murad Effendi and
Mehemmed Reshad Effendi brought to
Yildiz, where it is believed they aru still
kept The Sultan's recent vigor has
taken the spirit out of his opponents.
Referring to the Armenians, the de-
spatch says, that the new scheme of re-
form is merely a reiteration of the old
law, which has been systematically ig-
nored in the teeth of all the consular
reports. The general opinion is that the
whole question must soon be reopened.
The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
ROARING FURNACE.
Terrible Forest Fires Raging in Wisconsin
Flames Careering over Hundreds of
Square Miles.
bonnet.

Green Bay. Wis, October "a Forest
fires are still sweeping across Kewaunee
and Ahnapee counties and part of Brown
county, between Green Bay and Lake
Michigan, the burning district extending
over a territory 80 to so miles long and
10 to 20 miles in width. West and south
west of this city large territory is also
in flames. The wind is blowing gale
from the south and fires are spreading in
all directions. Few detailed reports of
losses are reported, but between 30 and
40 farm houses, with barns, crops and
machinery have been destroyed No
towns or villages are reported in danger.
The woods are dry as finder and the
soil is baked to a depth of two or three
feet. '@ls tt4
North of the city the lowlands extend
ing to Poshiligo have been burned over
and there is no longer danger in that
direction, though in the woods west of
the bay fires are still3burning fiercely
The territory is thickly settled by farm
ers and reports of the progress of the fire
are. anxiouslyEawaited,
The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
The Universa1ists.

M eriden, Conn, October 14.-The
Universalists General convention today
voted to apply half of the amount of
scholarship loans returned to the pay
ment of current expenses and debt of the
convention. This has been fought i'll
every convention for years. The officers
elected are, President, Charles L. Hutch
inson, Chicago, III. vice president, Rev.
George l.. Perrin, D. D., Boston; score =
tary, Rev. &: L. Demarest, D. d.,
Manchester, N. H. treasurer, Frank W.
Wise, Newton, Mass. trustees, Rev.
Edwin Q. Sweetser, d. D., Philadelphia !;
Rev. Elwoed Nash, d. D., Brooklyn, N.
T.; Rev. j. Colman Adams, Brooklyn;
DR.. Almo Gunnison, Worcester. Mass !;
preacher of occasional sermon, Rev. Al.
Garfield, D. D., Chicago.
The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
NO RUM-NO HOTEL.
Hotel Thacher Will Not Run Because of
Prohibition Farce

Biddeford, October 24-Notice was to-
day served on the guests of Hotel Thach-
er. Biddefords' only public house, that
it will be closed Friday next week.
'sOwing to the prohibition farce, :" is
the reason in the printed notice for the
proprietor's action.
The Enforcement League has been
making Hotel Thatcher the object of pur-
suit. Indictments have been found
against it by the grand jury. The chair
man of the leagues executive commit
tee, in public address Sunday, alluded
to the hotel as being one of the worst
rum shops in town.
The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
M(jNIY()N
Has a Cure For Every Disease
THE FAMOUS PROFESSORS MAR
VICIOUS SUCCESS DEFENDS ON THE
PREPARATION OF A SEPARATE
SPECIFIC FOR EACH AILMENT.

Professor Munyon does not claim that
he has one reme 1y that will cure all
complaints, but THAT he has prepared
specific cures for nearly all diseases. He
does not claim that his Rheumatism
Cure will euro consumption Or dyspep-
STA, but he does CLAIM that it will cure
rheumatism. His Dyspepsia Cure is pre-
pared expressly to cure DYSPEPSIA and all
stomach troubles, his Cough Cure to
cure coughs and all lung complaints
bis Catarrh- remedies Ito cure catarrb. t
The same may be said of all his differen
reIned les.
Munyon's Remedies are absolutely
harmless, and effect positive and perma-
nenteures A separate specific for each
disease. AT all druggists, mostly at 20
cents a bottle.
A s'FATEsMAN's ENDORSEMENT
The Hon. W. II. FaFnham, Jr., of 80
Devonshire street, Boston, Mass, says:
"Of tie many medicines nave tried TO
relieve the terrible distress of indiges-
tion, | know of nothing equal to Mum
yon's Dyspepsia Cure. have suffered
with this trouble Tor many years, and
during an unusually severe attack last
m nth u friend ga1e me small bottle Of
Munyon cule &c try, from hich re-
ceiyed almost instant relief. 1 lind that
these PELLETS produce no unpleasant
effects while performing complete
cure.
Personal letters TO Prof. Munyon, 1905
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pin, answered
with free medical advice for any disease.
The Portland daily press., 1895-10-25
TO PAY AS BEFORE.
Judge Putnam Objects to Democratic
Economy at Boston.

Boston, October Am attempt was
made in the United Stats Circuit Court
this forenoon to change what has been
custom in the matter of the payment of
jurors Heretofore jurors, from time out
of mind, have been paid for the day
previous to the one when they actually
appeared in court. this being done be-
cause in the cases of jurors outside the
Immediate vicinity of Boston, nearly a
whole day, and in some instances an en-
tire day, is needed by the jury to reach
the court.
This forenoon District Attorney Hoar
stated to Judge Putnam that he had
been instructed by the authorities at
Washington to object to the usual allow
ance referred to. Judge Putnam said
that he should not issue any order in the
matter, but that the usual custom would
be followed in the matter This ended
the discussion. and the jurors received
the same allowance as has been given
them in the past.