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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-27
THERE Is NO PRICE,

if it could be bought, which this country
would. not. be willing to pay.
The week has witnessed the practical
extinction of proud and ancient nation,
but amid the turmoil of International
politics the event has passed almost un-
noticed. Whatever the Anglo French
treaties and agreements may say, Siam
has ceased to be independents, and the
hand nf pitiless fate points to its'eventual
partition between the two great western
powers whose frontiers in Asia have been
steadily approaching each other during
the past decade. Lord Salisbury, in an
apologetio despatch to the British ambas-
sador in Paris, but really intended for
the English people who are already de-
nounoing his surrender to France, speaks
with great gravity about the necessity
for maintaining the independence of the
King of Siam and tho integrity of his
opinions, and in the same document
calmly explains how the French and Brit
ish governments have altered the Siam
ese frontiers and taken slices of Siamese
territory without either deeming it need
full to ask Slams leave or even to pay
the empty compliment Of asking her in
what particular fashion she would prefer
to be despoiled.
1t is fact that throughout the Anglo
French negotiation the government of
Siam WAS not once consulted upon mat
ters
OF THE MOST VITAL MOMENT
to it's country. The King was treated
with no more consideration than would
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-27

Great Britain and Ireland, March 13 and
IA on eight boards, for trophy valued
baronet, the president of the British
chess club of London. the American team
to play under the auspices of the Brook
lyn Chess club and the Britishers under
the ausoices of the British Chess club.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-27
Chess Match BY Cable.

New York, January 26.-Articles we're
signed yesterday for cable chess match
to be played between the United States
of Amerins and the United Kingdom of
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be found necessary to tighten the vessel
or to shift the CARGO

be found necessary 10 tighten the vessel
or to shift the cargo.
on January 18 and was due here yester-
day. She has 81, 900, 900 in gold aboard,
consigned to W. Fl. Crossman & CO. Of
this city.
Shortly after o'clock the life savers
decided that it would be safe to launch
their surf boat and rOwed out to the ves-
sol with great deal of difficulty.
of the vessel, told them that none of the
passengers were in hurry to land, and
that he would await the arrival of the
tugs from New York before doing any
thing further. At the time when the
ST. Paul ran sshors the life savers said
there was only about four feet of water
over the shallowest part Of the bar.
ing from the northwest at the rate OF
eight miles an hour. The sea was still
high and the surf rough.
AS the air became clearer between 9
and 10 O'Clock it was seen that the vessel
was only about quarter Of mile from
the iron pier at Long Branch. Her bow
was pointing almost directly toward the
shore. ..The life saving Grew Of station
at As O'Clock began the work Of trans
ferring this passengers from the vessel to
the tugs. The task was an extremely
difficult one, as there WAS a heavy sea
running, and it was with considerable
danger. TO tho passengers, unaccustomed
to positions where surety Of foot and
ooolness were necessary. Especially was
this true as regards the women.
1t wasGust about 10 hours from the time
when the ship first struck that the first
passenger came down the ladder at the
side of the ship. He was an elderly man,
apparently about 20 years old
AS he stepped cautiously down the lad
der the cowds of passengers on the deck
of the steamer above him and the crowd
OF people on shoresand on the long iron
pier watched his progress with interest.
He was received safely by the life say
ers in the boat.
The next passenger to make
THE PERILOUS DESCENT
was woman OF about the same age ap-
parently as the man who preceded her.
The man had seemed timid, but the wo-
man came down in a confident way and
stepped into the stern of the boat which
was tossing about on the waves. I A girl
followed the woman. She came down
the ladder backward and landed safely in
the boat. Then followed five men, one
after the other.
All the first and second class passen-
SoTS WSre- trttuSl0rT0u S6Ieiy 60 G0o SG0aJn-
boat George Starr by O'Clock this after
noon and that vessel left for New York.
The third class passengers were trans
ferred to the L. Pulver and at 4. 80 p. m.
that vessel stood away for the city.
The George Starr arrived here with 200
passengers this evening. Among the
cabin passengers were James Armour,
Harvey w. Brown, A. Bourka Cochran,
r. Dwight Kendall. Capt. r. e. Palmer,
Prince Serge Wolkonsky and Di xon G.
Walker
The tug r. j. Barrett called at quar-
antine at {. 80 p. IN. with about 90 passen-
gers from the st. Paul. The health Off
Ger cleared them and the tug brought
them here. Tug G. Evarts also stopped
at quarantine at 7.05 D. M. with the
balance of the St. Paul's passengers,
about dozen in number.
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The Neophyts Ashoss
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1

East Maohias, Me-. January a5.-Bark
Neophyte of Yarmouth. N. S., ninety
days from Dublin, ireland, for st. John,
N. B., put into Cutler Friday for pro-
visions and fuel. In the easterly gale OF
Saturday forenoon she dragged ashore and
is now lying on the rocks. Assistance has
been summoned from St. John.
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He Was Everybody's Friend,

Oakland, Me-. January 26.-Charles W.
Henry. everybody's friend and prominent
in Masonry, Odd Fellows and the Grand
Army. died suddenly in a neighbours
house Sunday at p. m. from heart fail
ure,
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Death of .Hur1hnrt %

New York, January 2e Philip Ripley,
formerly widely known newspaper
man, died shortly before midnight last
night at Bellevue hospital in his Goth
year.
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Berlin. January 26 Hon. Theodore
Runyon, American ambassador here,
died of heart failure at this morning.
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John Tyler, a son OF President Tyler.
died in Washington yesterday at an
advanced age;
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Ds0 1HocIuoHt 10 q Taymond y WhftCOmb
Train,
Roanok, Va, January 25.-A section
of the Raymond & Whitcomb excursion
train coming south of the Shenandoah
valley railroad, was wrecked last night
at 10 O'Clock near Riverton. Two Pull
man cars and baggage car were burned.
instantly killed. Engineer Long and
Fireman Pepper were severely injured.
The passengers escaped without injury.
The wreck was caused by the fall of mass
of rock across the track.
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HAVE HEARD A WHISPER

of another suggestion which is singulaly
apropos of the present condition of Eng
lish feeling. Suppose President Cleve-
land should make the above proposition
to Great Britain at the present moment
instead of to Russia. The Venezuela
question. as far as England is concerned,
If recent expressions of public sentiment
mean anything, would disappear like
magic. ANY concession in reason which
the United States nighta AK in settle
ment of the bounuary dispute would be
granted II the public opinion of the coun-
try had any weight with the government.
It is only just beginning to be realized
in England that the policy of the British
government in dealing with Turkey has
met with the most ignominious failure
Sultan and the Czar are in full alliance
or not, their relations are of the closest
description, while Great Britain has suf-
fered humiliation and defeat.
We do not know yet what the result Is
or will be of England 8 almost obsequious
overtures to France in the settlement OF
the Indo. Chinese question. One cannot
help speculating how much vaster would
BIZ the Inducements held out just now by
Enlgand TO the United States, if the two
countries happened to be on friendly
terms. 1t has even been suggested that
1t ud be to the advantage of Great Bri-
ti o negotiate for the transfer of all
her American possessions to the United
States in 90 nsideration of hard and
fast. permanent Anglo-Saxon alliance.
stood SO high in British estimation as
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-27
A LETTER.

We will guarantee to cure your cough or pay
you back the money on bottle of DR.. BaIPs
Cough and Lung Syrup.
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WAS ROLLING HEAVILY

when she struck. The ST. Paul has
about 200 bags of mail on board
When the Chapman wrecking company
received the message asking help, three
powerful tugs were dispatched to Long
Branch The Luckenbaoh Towing oom-
pany also sent three tugs and the New
York Towboat company sent three more
early this morning. Seventy longshore-
men were sent down on the tugs to aid
in handling the cargo in case it should
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-27
RuNYoN DEAD.

Our Ambassador to Germany Dies Sudden
1y.
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BREECHEs BUOY READY

to carrry passengers.
All those on board were then informed
that they might go ashore if they chose,
but the fact that they would be in no
danger by remaining on board was agai n
emphasized.
All of the passengers decided to remain
on board in preference to taking chances
with the breechss buoy.
AS quickly as possible, after the appar-
atus WAS in working order, message
was sent ashore from the ship, to be tel
egraphed to the agents OF the American
line in New York, notifying them Of
the. accident. Another message was sent
to the Merritt & Chapman Wreoking
company, asking that powerful tugs be
despatched at once to the assistance of
the steamship.
Owing to the light shock with which
shs had struck her officers thought that
with slight assistance she might be
pulled off in case the tugs reach ed the
spot before the big hull Of the vessel had
time to work Its way down in the sand
of the bar.
The St. Paul's own engines had, of
course, been reversed as soon as the YES
sci ran on the bar, but their efforts to
drag the ship back were unavailing.
The crews at Seabright and Monm outh
beach were the first to arrive to assist
the Long Branch life savers. At day
light this morning the news that q big
steamship was ashore had spread for
miles along the coast, and the beach was
lined with crowds of ourions lookars-on.
AT that time the wind was blowing from
a southwesterly direction The wind
was blowing off shore, and consequently
was not calculated to increase the size of
the big rollers that came in from the sea
and broke with terrific force on the bar.
The life savers were still afraid to ven-
ture out into the surf with their life boats
at that hour, but they had their boats
down at the water's edge and dressed in
cork jackets and oil skins stood In readi-
ness to launch surf boat as soon MS the
sea should 60 down little.
The point at which the St. Paul struck
is opposite the point known rs Fast End
which lies between Long Branch proper
and New Long Branch. This point is
almost directly opposite the Brighton
hotel.
Messages passed constantly between
the vessel and the shore during the carly
morning hours. From these it was
learned that the officer on duty on' the
steamship was not aware of the proximi-
ty of the coast until after she struck.
The vessel
WAC DOTTrNf1 rrnArrTv
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"HUSTENA,''

The great Cough Remedy of soday,
25c and soc.
g. II. Guppy & Co..
Clinton Gibson, j. f. Hamel,
Simmonds 81 hammond Elk Guenthner
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THINK IT is TRUE.
English Believes in the Turko-Rus-
sian Alliance.
ATTITUDE TOWARDS
TURKEY COMMANDS ATTENTION.

English Would Pay Handsomely for Our
Friendship-PoorS Siam Loses Its Inde-
pendence-A Breezy and Interesting
Resume of the Situation in England
Some of the Latest Effusions of the Pro-
Iifio English Poets.
New York, January ga London
special to the Sun, says: The belief that
an alliance of some sort exists between
Russia and Turkey grows stronger in
most quarters. Nobody giyes the slightest
weight to the denial of the Sultan S
Grand Vizler which is the only Official
contradiction that has been made. A
similar denials of the Franco Russian
alliance, buc lies are without reproach in
the moral code Of diplomacy. Whatever
from the agreement between the Sultan
and the Gear may have taken, it is un-
doubtedly secret understanding, and
nobody expects it to he avowed at
present. Most of those who discredit the
reported alliance point out that it would
be in direct contravention of existing
treaties. So 1t would be; but one of the
most startling facts in these days Of crisis,
is that existing ties and treaties are held
in the lightest esteem and discussed
verywhere as among the most ephemeral
factors Of the situation.
The part which America threatens to
take in the Eastern question to-day COM
mands public attention. The suggestion
in the Senate yesterday that the United
States mlghs invite Russia to paoify Ar
menia and send a feet through the Dar-
danelles to enforce retribution for the
treatment of American missionaries, is
taken seriously in London. Nobody i'm
agines that President Cleveland would
take such step without privately asoer-
tanning first how Russia would regard it,
and II 1t is true that the Gear has q
friendly understanding with the Sultan,
OF course the answer would be unfavor-
able.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05

still claimed That the state mas gvuo 49,.
Mckinley and Chairman Roberts latest
estimate was majority of 1000. The
Democrats refuse to give out any fig
ures, but say that the state has gone in
their favor by a safe majority. They
charge that the reports have been de-
layed purposely and that the latest re-
turns show beyond all doubt that the
state has gone for Bryan. Last night
the streets were crowded with silverites,
who were yelling the name of their
candidate.
Complete returns from congressional
districts give Bryan majorities as fol-
lows: First 1920, Second 8,OS7, Fourth
S,0S7. Bryan's majority in the Third
will be small. The Fifth complete gives
Mckinley 1875 plurality. The Sixth and
Seventh will give Bryan good pluralities.
Republicans claim Mckinley will carry
the Eighth by 2,4O0, Ninth by s, 100 and
the Eleventh by $1,000. Republicans
concede the Tenth to Bryan by 882.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 5.-Chairman
Roberts Of the Republican campaign
committee comedies that Bryan goes to
the Eleventh district with 10, TAG plural
ity. He admits it will be close. The
Eleventh district gave in 1895, Bradley
(Rep. }, a majority Of II, 097 over Hardin
dem. }, for governor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05
Tennessee Goes Democratic.

NASHVILLE, Nov. 5.-Full returns
from 60 out of 96 counties show that
Bryan has carried the state by about
10000; also a Democratic gain i'll the
gubernatorial vote of $500 Many of
the counties to be heard from are Re,
publican and Taylor (Denl.) for COVER,
nor will have majority, perhaps not
exceeding 1000 and may run down
lower. The legislature is Democratic
and has one negro member. The Demo,
Gratis have seven congressman sure and
may have elected Moon. The Republic.
ans claim the official count will be re.
CURED to decide between Taylor and
Tillman, candidate for governor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05
Illinois.

CHICAGO, Nov. 4.-Returns from the
state indicate that the Republicansswill
have large majority in both houses of
the legislature, which will elect United
states senator this, winter to succeed
John M. Palmer. The entire Repub-
lican state ticket is elected by majorities
ranging from 100000 to 10000. John
r. Tanner, for governor, will get about
$4,000 votes less than Mckinley. The
indications at noon point to the
election of Republican congressman il
all districts in the state except the Six
teenth, Eighteenth, Twentieth and
Nineteenth. The last named district is
still doubtful, both parties claiming it.
The Chicago congressional delegation
will be solidly Republican. In this city,
out of total of 343, 708 votes, William
Mckinley received 201,43 and w. J.
Bryan 142,274, giving Mckinley plur-
ality of 81 $3.50
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05
Landslide In New York.

NEW YORK, Nov. 4-McKinley and
Hobart made a clean sweep of the En-
pire state. The Democratic plurality of
5000 in 1892 was reversed and the I'm
precedented plurality of $4,000 has
been rolled up for the Republicans.
Tammany's enormous majority in this
city has been overcome and this strong.
hold of the Democracy has given a
plurality of 10000 for Mckinley. In
Brooklyn McKinley's plurality is &c.
600. In the state outside of the two
cities, he has plurality Of $4,000.
ALBANY, Nov. with less than one
fourth of the election districts above the
Harlem river to hear from and with
the vote of New York oity and Kings
county complete, the plurality of Nc
Kinley over Bryan promises to exceed
303, 900 in the state. One county in tn,
state, Schoharie, which is the home o.
Chairman Danforth of the State Demo
cratic committee, has given Bryan plu
rality of 500. New York city has broker
its political record of presidential cleo
tons. 1t has given Republican plu
rality for president for the first time il
its history from 1882 to 1896.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05
Miles on the Indian.

A champion has risen up for the In
dian in the person of General Miles.
The Indian fighter has become the most
earnest and aggressive Of Indian defend
era This fact aud an energetic defense
Of General Custer are the salient points
in the Miles memoirs. In his opinion
the red man has distinguished himself
as diplomat, statesman and warrior and
may be good even while he is alive. In
speaking of Custer, General Miles says,
~ have no patience with those who
would kick dead lion," and he attrib.
utes the lions death in part to general
ignorance throughout the army as to the
strength Of the enemy, and in part to
the failure of Major Reno to assume re-
Bponsibility for the movements Of his
forces. Chicago Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05
Germans Are Interested.

BERLIN, Nov. 5.-The result of the
election in the United States was re-
ceived throughout Germany with great
satisfaction, except by the bimetalhstS.
A high oSScial of the foreign Office said:
The government is pleased with the re-
suit and congratulates the American
people on Kidding themselves for good
of an incubus and danger of financial
upheaval, which would follow the I'M
settling Of sound currency. All civil
lied nations will profit by the outcome
of the elections and especially Germany
owing to the intimate important COM
mercial and economic relations with the
United States.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05
A Little Girls Riddle.

Several children were asking riddles
the other day, and bright little girl
who listened got the idea of what q
riddle was The next day she went to
her father and said, "There was blind
and curtains On pole and the pole fell
and two men laughed" The father
promptly gave it Up when she said,
Don't you see the point?" Upon being
answered in the negative she puzzled
her brains for awhile, and said, "Nei-
ther do l." She is now practicing on
riddles that have some meaning in
them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05

THE CHEERFUL MAN.
Things That Tighten Life For Hunters In
the Woods on Dreary Days.

Things That Tighten Life For Hunters In
the Woods on Dreary Days.
There is a kind of man who never
lacks camping companions. He may be
rich or poor, big or little. He may be
80 weak as to be hardly able to carry
his rifle and never able to bring stick
Of wood for the campfire. He is wanted,
nevertheless. The campers call him the
jovial man, the one who never sulks, but
always smiles He is cheerful when the
clouds weep and the campers are dismal.
He laughs when he misses easy shots.
He grins when the smoke gets into his
eyes and says that the nubs and sticks
in the camp bed are good, because they
give the sleeper plenty of exercise.
The cheerful man is especially we'll
liked III a camp where the hunters have
had bad run of luck. If week passes
and the woods have been so dry that the
deer or the turkeys couldn't be ap-
preached, then the cheerful man, as he
fries pork or bacon for supper, laughs
and says that any way it's good thing
for the game.
When the weather is gloomy and ev-
cry one has the blues, it is the cheerful
man who gets out and gathers a big
heap of wood, if he can, or. if he can't.
he has somebody else do it, and when
night comes big campfire is started
that cheers everybody up to the story
telling point. which point indicates
cheerfulness
Even small boys are welcome in q
veterans camp when the place is
gloomy. Small boys make things inter
esting. There are guns to drag around
and owners to say things There is q
food supply to pick at, and fire to med
die with, pipes to break and tin dishes
to rattle 1t doesn't take much to che@e
up sad camp, if only the right visitor
comes along. The arrival of a smiling
woman from another camp, one day
when the rain poured, did that once up
on Moose river. She had rife over her
shoulder and three dripping cartridges
i'll her hand. Fer bunting suit was drip
ping wet, &nd her once curly bangs
hung down over her eyes. Every COM
planning man Of the camp leaped to his
feet, and great heap of green birch
logs was sooD 5at and sizzling in the
fire. The gloss: was dispelled like so
much smoke III 4 few minutes she was
standing near the fire steaming as her
clothes dried. When she left, two hours
later, every ono vas as happy us a cat
By a crate fixn.- New York Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05
a popuLlsT 70 SUCCEED PETER.
Kansas Legislature Is HopclessIy Lost by
the Republicans.

the Republicans.
TOPEKA, Nov. 5.-At midnight suffi-
cient returns were in to show that Kan
sas cannot be counted with the eastern
states for Mckinley. The states hard
est fought political battle ha1 resulted
in so close vote that only an official
count can determine whether the fusion
or Republican state ticket is elected.
Leaders III both parties are now Calm
ing but small majorities and the major
ity either way will be within 100 votes.
Republicans claim 1900 and Populists
1000. Bryan electors have carried the
state by Approximately 1000 majority.
The state legislature is hopelessly lost
to the Republicans and Populist SEN
ator will again likely be sent from
Kansas. Besides this Kansas will
have four, if not six Populist congress
men. Jerry Simpsons majority in the
Seventh over Congressman Chester l.
Long rep will be over 1000. w. d,
Vincent (Pop) i'll the Fifth defeats
Congressman w. A. Calderhead by 800
votes. E. r. Ridgeway (Pop.) i'll tho
Third las 1900 more votes than Con-
gresham S. S. Kirkpatrick William
Mccormack tPop.) carries the Sixth
over A, Fl. Ellis by 1900. Besides the
above, whose final majorities will not
vary much from the figures
given, the Populists may elect
M. S. Peters i'll the second and Rev. J.
D. Botlin, congressman, at-large. The
vote on both these is so close that an
official count may be necessary. They
are claimed by each party on small ma
jorities. Republicans elect congressman
in the First and Fourth districts and
probably in the Second and at large.
Congressman Case Broderick in the
First is reelected by 1000 majority
and Charles Curtis in the Fourth by
! 400. J. P. Harris mary carry the Sec