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has given milk every day. Mr.. Foster said
to Mrs Dodge, 81 guess they amt I'D.
YETI
"WelL I'll see," Mrs. Dodge rsnlied
She entered the house and had reached
the dining room door when, lying mr.
italy under the dining table she saw the
body of Mrs. Lane. The Mortified wom-
an turned and rushed from the house
startling Mr. Foster who still stood ON
tho steps, with her loua cry, "some.
| body's dead somebody's dead!' That
cry rang through the little hamlet. Tt
was heard across the road by Mr. Samue.
W. Lane family. 1t was heard by 9TH
ers and soon number of the neighbors
| came Pierce Lane, son of Mr.. Samuel
Lane, ran into the house. He saw the
body In the dining room and went to it,
thinking that Mrs. Lane had tainted.
Las be raised the dead womanAs arm. he
saw the. blood which covered her head
and realized that she was dead. Then,
with dreadful apprehension the first
corners entered the other rooms. AS they
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passed through the bed room. they saw
evidences OF fearful struggle and this
in a measure prepared them for the sight
the center Of the room. A bullet hole
in his forehead, above the nose and mid
way between it and his hair showed how
he had died. Blood and brains from the
wound had oozed over the forehead and
:pto the hair, at one place giving an ap-
had also streamed from mouth and ears
and a great pool of it was soaking into
the carpet under the head of the dead
man. The feet of the dead man were
crossed and his arms were extended by
his sides. Near the right arm was the
son pistol, three cham bers of which wpre
loaded. The pistol lay few inches
from the mans hand, parallel with the
body and pointing toward the upper
part of his body. Lane was dressed in
well made black suit. with outaway
coat. That he had dressed carefully was
shown by the neatly, tied hand,
also black, the standing collar, the cuffs
and the we'll blacked shoes. Smeared
with bloodEas it was, the face still showed
TINT it was that of one who in life had
been o good looking man. 1t was a
youthful, face, with clean cut features
and smooth shaver. Above it on the
wall hung a large arayon portrait of
Lane taken when he was in school and
wore a military uniform. TIE resem-
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BATTLE At yELASTINO.
Turks and Greeks Engaged in Fierce
!. r. s.9s Fight. 'ea
THE MOSLEMS ARE REFUSED
THREE TIMEC.

1t Is Not Going Well With Greeks How
ever Elsewhere-Turks Have Taken
Pentipsgadia - France Protecting
Greeks in Turkey.
London, April 30.-The Daily Chroni-
ole correspondent at PharsaIos teegraphs
tonight as follows:
The Turks attacked Velastino juno
tion Tuesday night with four squadrons
of cavalry and battery of horse artil-
lery. The large force of Greeks there
easily beat the Turks off, but not before
they had displaced half a dozen rails
and cut the telegraph wires. The latter
were repaired and on Wednesday the
train service was resumed.
Fighting was renewed Wednesday
night, but without special result. On
Thursday tie Turks assembled in great
force in the direction Of VsIastino and
as it was suspected that they were also
between this point and Trikkala. O gen.
eral attack was believed to be imminent
Fighting, however. occurred only in the
vicinity Of Velastlno.
'The Turks made an attack before
dawn, bntwere successfully repulsed.
Three times in the course of the morn
ing was the attack repeated. each time
from different direction. and each time
the result was--a repulse. The Turks,
however. pushed the attack with the
utmost determination for six hours and
only abandoned the attempt to seize the
junction about noon.
The Turkish losses were heavy; the
Greek much lighter. Col. Jannicosts,
with the eighth regiment, pursued the
Turks several miles,
" Full grown and mature men, we'll
armed, though without uniforms are
| arriving with every train. They are
supplied with ammunition. The trans
port service is improving rapidly. Hello
graph and night flashing signals have
been established. covering the entire
territory occupied by thu forces"
Athens, April 3O.-A dispatch from
Alta tonight confirms the report that the
Turks have occupied Phillipiada.
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upon 1t and on the art square where she
stood was great pool of blood. What
she thought, what she suffered in that
moment can only be coniectured. what of
the husbandP He crossed the room to the
little stand by the window to get his tin
box of cartridges. The wife saw what he
was doing. The bloody prints of a naked
foot on the floor showed that she left the
foot Of the bed where she had stood. She
reached the stand by the window and the
blood from the wound in her head
streamed down over the books lying upon
it, half filing small saucer which stoo
there. But she was too late. The re.
volyer was loaded again and she turned
in an endsavor to leave the room. The
murderer followed. firing as he went. AS
she reached the centre, he fired one shot
which went wide of the mark, buryino
itself in the wall at the other end of the
room. Then as she neared the double
doors leading to the dressing room, he
fred two more shots. each going to the
right of the woman's retroating form and
being embedded in the wooden frame
work of the doorway. There were two
shots left. Mrs. Lane went rapidlv
through the little dressing room. for
there were only few spatters of blood
there. The murderer was right behind
and either there or in the dining room
fired the other two Shots The nooy
woman had failed first in her efforts r.
prevent her husband from carrying for
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Late Marine News.

Baltimore, April 3O.-Sailed, bark Sam.
uel II. Niokerson, Portland.
Philadelphia. April 30.-Arrived,
schooner Rebacca Shepard, Kennebec.
cleared, SCHOONER Eliza A. Potter Cam.
den, Maine.
Richmond, Va, April 3O.-Arrived,
schooners Mary Langdon, Rockland
Jennie Greenbank, Rookland; Frank
Beaman, Kennebec.
Jacksonville, Fla, April 30. Cleared,
schooner ID. NJ. Anthony, Bath. Maine.
Salem, Mass, April So.-Arrived schoon-
er Alaska. Rockland: Mapang, Cherry
field, Me-; Teoumseh, Belfast, Oyster
Bay; sailed, schooner Dick William,
Bangor Laura Robinson, Rockland; Kate
MoCllntock, Bath
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the other end of the bedroom. was q
small table with drawer which was
found half open. 1t is supposed that Mrs.
Lane and her baby we're sleeping when
Lane entered the room bent on his deadly
work. The baby was sleeping on the side
towards the rear wall of the house
and Mrs. Lane on the side to-
wards the dressing room. Lane crept to
the side of the bod and pointing his
pistol at the baby's head pulled the
trigger. The ball crashed is way through
the little ones head and down into the
bed, under which it was found. The
noise awoke Mrs. Lane, and she evident
ly sprang from the bed. The blood In
which 1T was soaked showed that she WAS
wounded as she WAS rising. but she was
able to resist Der husband. She grasped
his wrist pushing 1t upwards as he
pointed the pistol at her and the pistol
w8s discharged while aimed towards the
ceiling, the bullet burying itself in the
plasterins over the bed. Two bullet holes
in the rear wall of tie house are mute
witnesses of two mlr3 shots across the
bed from the side ON which Mrs. Lane
was sleeping. That made five shots. The
pistol was empty. Perhaps the wounded
woman thought that the worst was over.
At any rate she had time to wind about
her head one of her long stockings which
lay on the foot of the bet. Then she
reeled to the footboard and stood with
her hands grasping 1t for support. This
morning there were bloody finger marks
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Mr. Charles II. Wetzel of Sunbury, Pa.
was so much pleased with a remedy
which cured him of rheumatism that he
made affidavit to the fact for publication
as follows: "This is to certify that on
May 18th I walked into Melick's drug
store on pair Of crutches, bought bot
tie OF Chamberlain's Pain Balm for in
flammatory rheumatism which has Grip
pied me'up. After using three bottles 1
am completely cured. can cheerfully
recommend it.
CHARLES Fl. WETZEL."
Sworn and subscribed to me on Aug.
10, 1894. Walter Shipmnn, j. p. Pain
Balm is for sale at % and so cents per
bottle by HI. P. S. Ghools Drug Store,
SIT Congress St. Portland and K. S. Ray
mond Cumberland Mills.
A Prominent western newspaper re-
commends flax seed tea as an excellent
remedy for whooping cough. 1t may be
GOOD but it is not to be compared with
Chamberland's Cough Remedy. This
preparation will allav the violent fits of
coughing and mako them less frequent
and less severe. 1t also liquefies the
tough mucus, making it easier to expec-
torase. Complete recovery is much
quicker, TOO, when the remedy IS gwen.
there is no danger in giving it to small
children, as it is a pleasant syrup, and
contains nothing injurious. For sale at
70 ana oo cents per bottle by Il. 4, 5.
Goolds Drug Store ST. Congress St.
Portland and K. S. Raymond Cumber-
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blapGe of the face of the dead man to
that in the picture was startling. AS
Lane lay there he did not look his ~
10y in the picture.
The body of the poor little boy lay be-
tween that Of its father and the stove.
Its fingers were still curled in. the way
so often seen in sleeping infants That
the child had died without struggle
was apparent. But for the blood which
thickly covered one little cheek it might
have been mistaken for sleeping in
FAINT. Nothing in the room had been dis
turbed. The bodies lay on some news
papers evidently dropped upon the floor
by whoever had been reading them.
Tie dead man left nothing to tell the
story Of his deed or the reason for it but
he left note which showed that it had
been premeditated. On the table in the
dining room were some legal papers, one
deed to some land Lame had recently
bought, some tax receipts. pocketbook
containing $50 in money and sheet of
paper containing the following: Sam
uel McNinch, 35 fremont street, Boston,
Mass. Margaret N. Lane, $40 Massaohu-
sett avenue, Northwest, Washington, d.
c., NJ. S. Spear. Private funeral Bury
me just as am"
The note was not signed but it was
in young Lanes handwriting. The note
was written on half sheet of letter pa
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ward his deadly work and next in her
endeavor to escape. She fell on her face
nv the side Of the table, her blood soak
ing into the floor One bullet hole was
found in ths top of the head on the right
side. one in the back of the neck and one
over the left enr. One bullet could be
seen embedded in the flesh near the right
temple. Perhaps it was the one which
struck the right side of the head. Per-
haps 1t was the one which entered over
the left ear. In the absence of a post
norton that was not apparent.
On the dead woman's face, beneath the
fight eye was a discoloratlon in the
contre Of which was what appeared to be
a scratch about an inch long. There was
also brulse on one elbow. These and
the bullet wounds were the. only marks
of violence on the body. The face was
that of progressing young women.
Only one thing remained for Lane to
do He returned to the bedroom. The
pistol had been emptied twice and was
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yolo SURF enders.

London, April S0.-A dispatch to the
Times from Larissa dated Tuesday, says:
Volo surrendered last evening (Mon-
day., to force of Turkish cavalry.
The garrison yields up its arms without
resisting.
Is being restored, the Greeks having
torn up the rails during their flight on
Saturday. Eleven large guns were cap
tured by the Turks on their way to Volo
and all the war material in the town
has fallen into their hands. s7
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Prayers for King George,

London, A pril According to the
Athens correspondent of the Daily Mail,
the presence of large numbers of re-
servists without food or lodging has
caused general fear of an out break. AS
result, fully half the shops in the city
are closed. A disturbance took place to-
day (Friday) in ona of the churches when
prayers were being offered for King
George and the royal family.
Greek Ships at yolo.
Volo. April 30.-A squadron of Greek
warships has arrived here. There are
10, 600 GREEKS encamped at Velistine and
$4,000 Greeks occupy positions at Pharsa-
ms ~ .--se
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The German steamer Scotia, from Ham,
burg bound for New YORK arrived at
Halifax, N. S., last evening to land 4sO
German immigrants, who are on their
western states. The steamer proceeded
forSNew York. Y
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ANOTHER TIE ANYWAY.

ANOTHER TIE ANYWAY. ~
Bost on Breaks Even With Washington
Wheeler Wins Game For Phillies.
Washington, (: A pril 0.-Washington
gained lead today on a com Animation of
battery errols. but was overtaken when
CANCEL started off with his three Dagger
followed by two sacrifices and two sing
les.
After playing the tenth inning UNI
pire Hurst called the game on: account
of darkness Attendance, a,Oo9. The
score:
WashinRton, 100000 0-3
Boston, 5000 0 o 0 0 O-3
Batteries, MoJames and Mcclure:
ington. z: Boston, IL. Errors, Washington,
o; Boston. g. Umpire Hurst. Time,
l.56.
George Wheeler Pitched to win.
Philadelphia, April sO.-Philadelphja
defeated Brooklyn today in d pretty bat
tie of pitchers. Attendance, 1859. The
| score:
Philadelphia, 0 o 2 OF 4 o Is
Brooklyn, 20 2 o 0 @ 0, %
batteries, Wheeler and CleIaents3 Nc
Malone and Grim; Base hits, Philadel-
phia s; Brooklyn, 8. Errors, PHILADELPHIA
2; Brooklyn, 1. Umpire Emslie. Time,
1.55. ss
Bates Won Easily. @r@
Lewiston, April so.-rhe Bates nine
won an easy victory from New Hamp-
shire College nine today. The score:
Bates, 0 5 0 @ o o o Oil
N. H. c., o 0 o g. % 0 o IA
Batteries, -PuIsifer. Burrill, slattery
and burlington; Richardson, and Nelson.
Base hits, Bates, 90; N. Ii. G., s.. Err
rors. Bates, 8; N. a. c., 6. Umpire
Casey.
f1 Baseball Notes.
It looks as though with Miller in the
box we would have been quite likely to
have won yesterday from Brockton. and
Brockton Is supposed to have the strong
est team in the New England league.
The Portlands arrive home this morn
Ing and will make their second appear
nnce in this city this afternoon when they
will have the Murphy Balsams for their
opponents. &c.,
r. The Belfast management reports the
following contracts: G. K. Webster. W.
E. DilwOrth, Henry Kane. ID. MoMahon,
+. Carnveau, J. j. Mullhall, j. D.
Farrell. Terms accepted, Edward Hill,
James Callopy.
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what was the motive? That Ia a
question which will perhaps never he
cohcluslvely answered. The Indications
however, are that Lane had suddenly bs.
came insane. Some weeks ago he suffered
from severe cold and was i'll enough to
consult physician. Mrs. Dodge SAWS
that several times lately Lane has paced
the floor. his manner being SO strange
that she asked him If he was not feeling
well. His reply WAS to the effect that he
was not feeling as we'll as usual, Miss
Grace Lane, daughter of Mr.. Samuel
Lane, said today that she had noticed
THAI Lane would laugh in peculiar
manner while talking. AS she expressed
it there was certainly no mirth in it. .
No Importance was attached to these
things at the time, but they are all re-
called now.
A peculiar remark made by Lame while
talking with Mrs. William Davis several
days ago is also remem bered. AS the con-
versation was repeated by those to whom
Mrs. Davis had spoken about it Lane
said, in reference to the cemetery: "That
orchard up there will soon be full. {"
Mrs Davis replied that it would be If
many more bodies We're brought from
away for interment there. To this Lane
answered: ono matter, the grass will
soon be growing over our graves. AS
the conversation was reported today,
Lane and Mrs Davis then had some
further talk Oh religious topics, but
nothing which he said attracted any at
tention at the time.
Lanes habit of firing his pistol during
the evening also seems peculiar one for
a sane man. The peopls here had grown
so accustomed to it that it made no i'm
preston upon them. Mr.. Samuel Lane,
who heard the shots last night did not
think the occurrence worth investigat-
ing. Another of the neighbors said to the
writer that had he heard the shots he
should not have paid any attention to
than, adding II have been out too many
times to find John Lane shooting his
nistol to think it worth while to pay any
heed to 1t. "
Leaving out the question of insanity
there does not seem to be any motive.
LANES financial affairs were prosperous
He and his sister were together the own
arc of one of the finest farms in this
section. In addition to that they were
among the heirs of their uncle, the late
John W. Lane OF Portland, for whom the
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TWO Lives Saved.

Mrs Phoebe Thomas, of Junction
City, H., was told by her doctors she had
Consumption and that there was no hope
for her, butitwo bottles DR.. Kings New
Discovery completely cured her and she
says it saved her life. Mr. Thos. Eggers
1875. Florida ST., San Francisco, suffered
from q dreadful cold, approaching Con
sumption, tried without result every
thing else then bought one bottle of DR.
Kings New Discovery and in two weeks
was cured: He is naturally thankful
1t is such results, of which these are
samples, that prove the wonderful eff
cacy of this medicine in Coughs and
Colds. FREQ trial bottles at Il. P. S.
Goold's drug store, SRI Congress street
under Congress Square HcGel. Regular
size soc. and 81. 90.
5uckIen's Arn!ca Saive.
THE BEST SALVE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblafns, Corns and all Skin
Eruptions and positively cures Piles, OF
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price Is cents per box. For sale by II. p.
S. Goold, 577 Congress ST., under Con-
gress Square Hotel.
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dead man was named, and each received
an annuity of $500 from his estate. Had
Lane lived, when the estate of his uncle
received large share of a property worth
several hundred Thousand dollars, SO
even had he been in any Temporary
financial trouble there would seem to
have been no occasion for any great de-
spondency. SO far as can be learned Lane
AS Is always the case in such circum-
stances story was in circulation today
that he had of late been drinking heavily.
But If this Is SO, certainly none of the
people hereapouts knew of it. Sumo of
those with whom the PRESS CORE
spondent talked, said that Lane was
quick tempered but. as has been said,
there Is no evidence that his family rela-
tions were anything but the happiest.
There remains little to be told. During
the day the neighbors removed the blood
stains as far as possible from the floor
and walls. The blood stained bed was
taken out and burned, but in accordance
with the prevailing belief that body
cannot be moved in such case until the
arrival of a coroner, the forms Of Lane
and the baby lay all day on the floor just
Lane was taken from the floor and placed
upon stetcher. The neighbors naturally
sent for the nearest coroner, Charles
Hnbson of West Buxton, but as the Lane
house is in Cumberland county, Mr..
Hobson could not take charge and so the
selectmen, Messrs. W. NJ. Libby, Emery
Rich and H. II. Sturgis, remained in
control Of the premises. Drs. ". s.
Thompson and L. o. Buzzell OF Standish
also visited the house but Of course there
was no call for their services NJ. S.
Spear, the undertaken, was also present
and did what was necessary. Coroner
Perry of Portland could not come early
in the day ami so the people came and
went, and the house resembled museum
of horrors with the throngs Of people
around it. Horses were tethered in the
door yard and bicycles leaned against the
o-OSS "AAAAO oAS' PH"ookAuPAOlS WOAS odoy
all around the place with their cameras.
There were all sorts of theories to ao-
count for the way the tragedy was COM
mitted. Some thought that Lane had
retired and arisen to do it. Others that
he had changed his clothes and written
the note while waiting for his wife to go
to sleep. The fact that when found the
baby had made no cutlery nor apparently
moved in his sleep was regarded as proof
that he was killed first. All these things
will be subject for discussion for months
to come, around here.
Beside his sister Lane leaves no imme-
diate relatives. Mira. Lane is survived
by her father and sister. The relatives
were notified as Lame had requested in
his note.
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DEFEATED BY BROCKTON..
But Fortlands Gave Them Good Game
For All That.

Pitcher EnglIs Ba.ted Hard-Boston
Plays Tie Game With Washington
Phillies WinAgain.
Brockton, April sO-The Portlan d
were defeated todaysby the home team
in a we'll played game in which the feat
ures were the fine fielding ON the pant of
the teams and the hard hitting of the
Brocktons: The score:
Brockton. $50 % L o 0 %
Portland, 0 0 & o 0 0 o 0-5
Batteries, MoKenna and Shea: Engle
and Nichols. Base hits, Brockton, IS;
Portlands, 9; Errors, Brooktons, q;
Portland, 2. Umpire Kelly. .: t4sHs
Lewiston Signs Pitcher KiIleen
Lewiston, April 50.-Manager Clarity
of the Lewiston baseball team has signed
Henry Killeen, as pitcher for the coming
season. He twirled for Portland last year
and was considered one of the best OF the
league.
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A Great Battle Fought.

Athens, April S0.-(Midnight).- A
telegram just received here says that a
great battle has been fought at Weiss
tino between Turkish force of 5000 and
General Smolenski's brigade. The dis
patch states that the Turks were re-
pulsed with enormous losses.
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VoLO AT MERCY OF TURKS.
Greeks in Flight Left Everythin. Be
!. hind,

hind,
Larissa, April 2s.-tDelaYed in trans
mission. )-Volo has not yet been cap
turod, but the town is practically at the
mercyrof the Turks. The EGreek topics
ara difficult to understand. 1t is asked
here why, if the Greeks intend TO retire
to Phnrsalos when Che Turks entered the
plain, they did not destroy the telegraph
lines, bridges, and food supplies, as we'll
as unexploded magazines and why they
did. not take the guns. instead of leaving
here almost every thing necessary for q
great army.
Inasmuch as they lost their heads it is
not thought likely that they will offer
an effective resistance at Pharsalos to
the victorious Turks whose moral, disci-
pline and condition are splendid.
The people of Larissa are gradually
returning.
There Is great activity in the Turkish
camps but military considerations pre-
vent me from indicating the movements
which are proceeding.