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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-08
DEATH OF sPRINavALE LADY.
lsPEcrAr 70 THE PREss.I

Sanford, November 7.-Abbie, wife OF
Hon. Charles II. Frost of Springvale,
died at 80 Sunday morning. She was
IS yeas old and had been suffering from
cancer. She was highly respected.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-08
CAUSE OLA SUDDEN DEA TIL.

Lewiston, November 8.--Thomas Giles.
who had been in Lewiston with two men
named Goss and Dyer, died suddenly at
league of this city was notified and
viewed the body. He pronounced death
due to apoplexy caused by intoxication.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-08
SPAIN CAN'T FIGHT.
50 Says Capt. Wyndhan, British
Consul at Barcelona.
NATION HASN'T MONEY TO CARRY
ON A WAR.
Feeling Against United States Very Bitter
in Barcelona-City Has Been Deprived
of Its Trade With Cuba and PHILIPPINES

of Its Trade With Cuba and Philippines
New York, November 7.-Captain Wm.
Wyndham, who has been transferred as
British consul at Chicago, after three
years service in a similar capacity, a0
Barcelona, Spain, was passenger on tne
French liner La Bretange, which arrived
here from Havre today. After spending
a week with relatives in Philadelphia, ne
will leave for his new post at Chicago.
He said:
1.-The feeling in Spain against fhe
United States is one of great bitterness.
There have been no demonstrations In
Barcelona or thereabouts within the Last
year against the United States and the
Spanish government is taking care that
there shall be none. The bitterness, how
ever, is very marked, particularly so In
Barcelona. Before the Cuba war BARGE
Iona, was one of the great manufacturing
centres of Spain and prospered chiefly on
its trade with Cuba and Manila. The
war in Cuba and the Philippines islands
has cut off this trade. Barcelona has lost
6n0 Dest ana most lucrative market sne
enjoyed. Only one-third of the men
hitherto employed in her factories are
now working and they are ON reduced
time. All over the manufacturing centres
of Spain there is similar commercial
prostration. The Spanish cannot under
stand why the United States, a friendly
nation, should allow so many filibuster-
ing expeditions to get off safely to Cuba.
That fact makes them additionally bitter.
When 1 left Spain there were no symp-
toms of anger against Hannis Taylor the
late minister of the United States to that
country. The Spanish were too much ab-
sorbed in what General Woodford, the
new minister, might say or do. heard
no talk there of war with the United
States. Spain has not the money to wage
war. AS for the reported prospective up-
rising of the Carlists, don't think there
is much danger of that now.'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-08

taking every wave aboard. The load was
too much, and after moment, when we
all felt that we were lost, the ship keeled
over to starboard, and went down stern
first
"What became of my mates I do not
know. I remembered that the boats had
been loosened and that some of the men
were ready to take to them if the vessel
went under, but no boat could have lived
for minute in that terrible sea, and if
any of them did get in the boats it was
simply to be swamped as soon as the first
wave struck them.
ST was near the spar, and when the
stern of the vessel began to go under 1
went for the rigging and went up as fast
as I could. Another man went with me,
the second mate, and I thank the Lord
that he was with me, or l would have
gone mad during all the long hours that
[ was up there hanging on and trying to
keep off the frightful cold that was surely
killing us both.
"All this time the hail and sleet was
coming down in a cutting sheet, and we
were covered with ice in few minutes,
for though the top of the spar on which
we were hanging was twenty-five feet
above water, the big waves struck us and
broke over us and the hail cut us like
shot.
"I knew that 1T was about three O'Clock
when we went down, and it seemed to
me that daylight would never come. For
what seemed to be an age, we hang on TO
the rigging and we twisted our arms
about the spar and let them freeze in
position, for we would have fallen into
the fearful sea.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-08
MORNING NOVEMBER

Jose Bruzon; Pinar Del Rio, Senor Mar
cas- Garcia; Puerto Principe. Senior Rafael
Nasallox; and Santiago de Cuba Senior
Enrique Capriles. Tenor Francisco de
Armasa, reformist, has been appointed
governor OF Matanzas province.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-08
Fifty Years Ago.

Who could imagine that this should be
The place where, in eighteen ninety-three
That white world-wonder of arch and
dome -aT<s
Should shadow the nations, po1ychrome...
Here at the Fair was the prize conferred
On Ayers Pills, by the world preferred
Chicago-like, they record show,
Since they started-5o years ago.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-08

When daylight came we could not see
sail anywhere near US and the sea was
as lad as ever There did not seem to be
any chance of it going down. Hour after
hour we waited there and then we saw
the MaripOsa coming.
when she finally sighted US and we
saw her head for us, / tried to tell my
mate, but could not, and he looked at
me with happy look In his face. 1t was
terrible time to us before she came up
to US, and then [ knew we were not yet
safe, for the sea was running mountains
high and the big steel boat was rolling
like skiff,
''Three times the Mariposa circled
around us. On the third trip around she
ran right alongside our spar and as she
went past dozen men reached for US. l
do not know who got the mate, but Mr..
Smith, the engineer, got hold OF me and
dragged me from the spar and over the
rail Of the Mariposa. An instant later
we had passed the little stick on which /
and the mate had been hanging almost a
day. although it seemed week.
The second mate, Louis Laforce, told a
narrowing story. He said that in the rush
of the men from the hold, one of them a
watchman, was trampled to death. The
crew was frantic to get out of the place.
Six or eight, he said, must have been
drowned like rats in the hold. They
were not warned of the sinking Of the
boat, The first long dip of the stern was
the first intimation they had that the
final danger, was at hand and then they
made grand rush to get on deck. The
hatchway was too small to let. them
through together, and the result was that
one of them was trampled to death and
several were left to drown.
The unknown fireman that went down
with the Idaho was named Richards. He
lived at Ogdensburg and was the son of
Captain Richards of the tug Thomas Will
son, which plies on Lake Ontario. Nell
son Skinner, first assistant engineer,
lived at Auburn
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-08
Local Weather Report.

Portland, Me-, Nov. THE local
weather bureau Office records as to the
weather are as follows:
8 a. m.-Barometer. 29.S36; thermo-
meter. 40; dew point. 80. humidity. "a;
wind, w; velocity, s; weather, clear.
Sp. m.--Barometer. 29.943; thermome-
ter. 81: dew point. rs; humidity, 70.
wind, W; velocity, 10: weather clear.
Mean daily thermometer, ~: maxi
mum Thermometer. At; minimum ther-
mometer. 81; maximum velocity OF
wind, 20 NV, total precipitation, o.
weather Observation.
The agricultural department. weather
bureau for yesterday, Nov. 4, taken
at p. M, meridian time. the observa-
tion for each section being given in this
order: Temperature, direction of wind,
state of weather:
Boston. 40, W. clear; New York. 30.
pt.oloudy; Washington, 46, NV, rain;
Albany So, N, clear; Buffalo, 46, N.
cloudy; Detroit, a, Sc. cloudy; Chicago
48, Sc. rain; st. Paul, 36, Sc, rain:
Huron. OAK, "A, S, clear; Bis,
mark. "a, NV, clear4 Jacksonville,
68, Sc, clear
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-08

Buffalo, N. Y November 6.-The West
ern Transit oompany's steamer Idaho
which left Buffalo yesterday afternoon for
Chicago laden with package freight
foundered off Long Point on Lake Erie
during q furious gale at O'Clock this
morning. The first mate and one sailor
who succeeded in reaching the rigging
were rescued by the steamer MariIosa late
this afternoon and brought here. The
balance of the crew, numbering 10, were
undoubtedly drowned.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-08
SEES A CHANCE TO TRADE.

London, November 6.-The British
officials regard the prompt agreement ar
Russia and Japan, providing for tenn
porary suspension of pelagio sealing as a
vindioation of their refusal to enter into
the conference and as demonstration of
their contention that All understanding
exists between the three countries. 1t is
likely that Great Britain will consent
to stop sealing. Her Majesty's govern
ment confidently expects settlement of
the question by the United States pur-
chasing tie Canadian interests.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-08
THE TREATY SIGNED.

Washington, November Ga convention
between the United States, Russia and
Japan, looking to the joint protection
of the seal, was signed at the state de-
partment today at 1915 p. IN. 1t will re-
come effective.
The text of the treaty will not be given
out by the state department until final
notifications are exchanged. As the docu-
ment must 90 to the senate for approval
custom requires that it be held from
publication in this manner. 1t is said,
however, by those concerned that the
general purpose of the treaty has already
been outlined in she press.and it Is likely
that all of further interest that remains
in the document is the exact nature of
the additional restrictions that are to be
imposed upon pelagic sealing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-08

CAT the word the anchor dropped from
the bow, but it went too slow and the
ship simply tumbled into the. trough of
the seas, which broke over her IN tor
rents.
"In an instant she was as helpless as a
log as she was tossed here and there and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-08
THE ELECTIONS.

The Republicans Score Another Point In
Ohio.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-27

so that | deemed my first attempt at
entering a lions den II success.
but my assurance of success was n
little premature, and fortunate was it
for me that beneath the cage was a fur
mace in which glowed red-hot iron rods
and trusty attendants at hand to effect
lively WELD them upon the lion if neees-
s;ty demanded, else another page would
have been added to the bloody history
of the king Of the forest and another
name of his list of victims. After
three minutes stay in the lions den
mase parting salute to the GREATNESS
audience and prepared to leave the
cage. AS | backed toward the door OBJ
served to my horror that the lion was al
most imperceptibly rising from the
floor, preparatory to springing upon
me. Almost overcome by the grave
danger of my situation l contrived to
signal the attendants to thrust the
heated rods between me and the blood
thirsty brute. Scarcely had done so
when the great tawny creature hurled
himself upon me, and, burying its
claws in my shoulders, bore me to the
floor.
IL felt the hot breath of the lion in
my face as he opened his huge jaws
preparatory to sinking his fangs in my
throat and a horrible death was but
brief second distant when the red-hot
irons were brought into play and used
so effectively that the brute was forced
to retreat to the far end of the cage
without inficting further injury upon
me. / was hurriedly drawn from the
cage, none the worse for my thrilling
experience save badly shaken nerves,
lacerated shoulders, and tattered
tinse jacket. AS hurried behind the
curtain the band triumphafftly played:
See the Conquering Hero Comes and
noticed that a panic in the audience had
been narrowly averted. And what be-
came of Richard Ill? Oh, he lived to
Kill Franconelli few months later
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-27
The Elephants Trunk.

In st. Nicholas there is an article on
"A Baby Elephant" by +. Fitz Roy
Dixon. Mr.. Dixon says: The wonder
full power of the trunk was never
falling surprise to us. It's extreme
sensitiveness, andye it's great strength,
showed how well supplied it must hsyo
been with nerves. 1t was always NOV
ing, always feeling or smelling, or car
rying something, and the little sort OF
finger-tip seemed the center of sensi-
bility. remember wdlrt that she would
never allow us to touch 1t, and shc
guarded it with great care, folding II
up if she thought it was in any danger.
1t is said by the natives that an ele-
plant deprived of this trunk-tip is like
a man deprived of his sight, so helpless
does il become.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-27
THE GOOD LANDLORD.

1, .ng TO you about man whose memory
long should last;
,,,. rame was Hiram Morethangood, he
lived In Nottoofast;
"a tho 10 save his native land he never
drew a sword.
us was what all his tenants called mighty
fine landlord.
wbene'ar a tenant CHANGED to break pane
or two of glass.
M never used to storm and rave or MUIR
muir out "Alas!"
IN, he would go and buy some more. In
sunshine or in rain,
n, ~ II was at zero, and have them set
again.
should get torn,
He would not, as some landlords do. COM
plain from night till morn;
And il the paint got SCARED and soiled, the
frst,thing he would do
Was send and have the painter come and
paint the house anew.
a drain,
:, made mo difference to him; he never
would complain.
And IL a tenant short of wood should burn
the cellar stairs,
Ne always thought II sweet delight to
make such small repairs.
And II tenant should neglect to close a
swinging blind.
And IL should be thrown from its place by
the fierce winter wind.
And tumbling to, the walk below some
passer-by should KILL
He would not say one unkind word. but go
and pay the bill.
And ere the morning light broke forth he
from his bed would rise,
And not with thunder in his tone nor anger
In his eyes,
But with a rosy shade OF Joy upon his man
~ face,
Would to the tenant go and give full deed
OF the place.
Thomas f. Porter. in y. Y. Sun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-27
4 Phenomenal Island.

\ most phenomenal island is that of
Bornholm, in the Baltic, belonging TO
Denmark 1t is famous for it's geo.
logical peculiarities, consisting as it
does almost entirely Of magnetic, and
It's magnetic influence is not only very
well known to the navigators of those
waters, but also much feared by them,
on account of its influence on the mag
netic needles, which makes the steer
ing of a ship correctly matter of much
difficulty. In fact, this influence is felt
even at distance of miles, and, being
sighted by mariners on the Baltic, they
at once discontinue steering their
course by the needle and turn, instead,
to the well-known lighthouses and
other holds to direct their craft. Be-
tween Bornholm and the mainland
there is also n bank of rock under wa
ter which is very dangerous to naviga-
ton, and because of its being constant
ly submerged vessels have been fire.
quently wrecked at that point. The
peculiar fact in this case is that the
magnetic influence of this ore bank is
so powerful that a magnetic needle sus-
pended freely in boat over the bank
Will point down, and IL not disturbed
will remain in perfectly perpendcu-
lar line.-Chicago Chronicle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-27
Her Ilcn of II.

A Hudson IN. W lady recently took
into her household a 12-year-old girl
who had been brought up in the Brook
lyn orphan asylum, expecting to train
her for servant. The child had been
told that whenever she answered the
door bell and was handed card to re-
ceive it on n small tray which was al
ways at hand on n hall table. A few
days ago, friend coming to luncheon,
Martha answered the bell. and, grasp
ing the tray, opened thedoor far enough
TO thrust her thin LITTLE face out, at
the same time demanding, in sepul-
chral whisper: where's your ticketT'
-Brooklyr life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-27
STORY Of A MOUSE.
How 1t Managed Ia Gain Access to n
Food Closet.

Both men and the lower animals arc
distinctive in their actions. Here is a
mouse story which was told by a wom-
an whose word may be depended upon.
She said that she kept some food in
an old-fashioned washstand in her
room. The mice got at the food She
wondered how. She could find no hole
through which n mouse could possibly
get into the compartment in which the
food was kept. But the mystery was
explained. The narrator sat one day
alone in the room painting. a
little mouse came from somewhere.
1. approached the stand. The
compaItment which contained the
| food was closed by folding doors-to
one of which was attached Il cleat to
cover the crack between the two. Not
being at all afraid of the mouse--which
evidences her to be a woman of eXcep-
tionally firm mind1the lady kept on
painting, with an eye on the intruder to
see what he would do.
1t evidently knew where the food
was-th rough the sense of smell, no
doubt, though some other mouse might
have informed it. 1t sat upon its
launches and looked up. The bottom
of the doors was considerably above
it, for the stand was raised some three
inches from the floor by feet. 1t seemed
to deliberate. Then it made a leap and
struck the doors at the bottom at the
place Of their touching on the cleat,
AZ the very point where blow would be
most likely to jar them open. This ac-
ton was repeated three times. The
last time one little paw went back OF
the cfeat, which had been Jared out
somewhat, and the other succeeded in
catching so as tp support the mouse's
body. The result? The door was
pulled and pushed open as nationally
as a human hand could have done it.
The lady could not allow her food to
be spoiled. of course. The mouse was
scared away, but the lady must have
regretted the necessity of preventing
its enjoying what 1t had come at by
procedure as certainly rational as was
ever human procedure.-Chicago News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-27
HUMOROUS.

SO 1t -Smith-"Seeing is be-
lieving," Jones-"Not always. 1t often
depends upon what paper you see it in"
Chicago News.
Gan you tell me what has become
of old Capt. Saltwater" lies light
housekeepin'." I'm Harlem?" "No, in
the lower bay."-Brooklyn Life.
-Mitigation.-First Citizen-"They
say the snow is often 20 feet deep in
the Klondike." Second Citizen
Heavens! But of course, there are no
sidewalks. Detroit Journal.
Had the .-Wickwire-"Real
ly, now, you don't believe the poor are
growing poorer" Mudge-"I know
they are. Look ut me. i haven't half
the money had on pay day."-Indian-
apolis Journal.
"A Wish.-"My youth" said the pc
nurious man, was spent as n sailor"
I'D like to have known you then"
"Why?" 1T would have been n pleas
ure to~see you pay out something, even
if it was only cable."-Washington
Star.
Papa" said Tommy, little broth
er is q week old tomorrow, isn't hep"
yes" Lets you and me give him n
birthday present" VERY well. What
shall it be?" Lets buy him n wig.
He needs that more than anything"
-Tit-Bits.
NO." said the impecunious gentle
man, ~ don't think / should like to be
n publisher. The little paper / issue
among my friends is an awful nuisance
to me. What must be your trouble with
the reams of paper you send out?"--
Boston Transcript.
She Appeals.-"John," said the
wife of the citizen who had just settled
his freak election bet like little man,
1.-THE next time you want to bet on an
election, just agree that, in case you
lose, you won't make fool of yourself
for three months. 1t will be quite as
difficult as anything else you could ur-
dertakc, and it will spare the feelings
ofyour relatives. Puck.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-27
GERMANY'S COMMERCE.
Her Relations with Great britain and
Other EurOpcnn Countries.

The imperial statistical office at Ber-
lin has just published detailed ac-
count OF the commercial relations OF
Germany TO foreign states in the year
1896. In that year Germany's exports
to Great Britain, British India, Aus
tralia and Canada amounted in value 20
SOS, 100000 marks, while the imports
from the same countries and from the
British West Indies amounted to 031,-
100000 marks. To Great Britain alone
Germany exported to the value of 49,
100000 marks, and from Great Britain
alone she imported 61i,000,000 marks.
Very different are the statistics of Ger
man trade relations with British India
and with Australia. The exports to
those destinations amounted to 10000
900 marks, while the imports thence
reached a value of no less than 270,000,-
900 marks. In view of these figures the
conclusion is drawn that = k~ermany
need not fear in the case of British
India and Australia any attempt TO
hamper her export trade, as she is in
position TO retaliate with effect. In the
case of Canada, however, Germany is at
disadvantage. Her imports from tina.
country only amounted TO 100000
marks, while she exported l5,000,00O
marks worth of goods to British North
America. The results of commercial
treaties with Russia and Austria-IIun-
gary are strikingly illustrated by the
new statistics. In 1892 German exports
to Russia had reached total value of
$780, 900 marks. In 1898, during the
second half of which the tariff war
with Russia prevailed, the value of Ger
man exports to That country fell eff a
the figure of 1s5.0OO,O0 marks. After
the commercial treaty came into force,
in March, 1894, the rise in exports to
Russia was constant, and the past year
they reached total of 3G4,000.000
marks. To Austria the amount of Ger
man exports in 1891, the year before the
conclusion of the commercial treaty,
was 34S,OO0,000 marks. 1t rose in 1892,
the first year of the commercial treaty
to 377,000,o00 marks,) and last year to
All, 00O, 900 marks.-N. Y. Post.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-27
FASTENED TO THE GULL's BILL.

mine tells a good story of gull that
had been wounded by a sportsman.
The gull made gallant endeavor to es-
cape out to sea. 1t was followed by a
number of other gulls, who seemed to
know the distress their fellow was in,
and endeavored, apparently, to encour-
age it by wheeling around il and shrek
ing cheerily as it labored on. 1t was
soon evident, however, that its strength
was failing, for its wings began to flut-
ter helplessly and the bird could no
longer sustain itself. 1t had just
reached the water, when from the
group of its companions, who followed
it, two were seen 10 dart down, with the
rapidity so characteristic of their kind,
and seize the fallen bird by the wings.
They thus sustained it until a safe rest
ing place was found. These birds are
remarkable for their unusual spirit Of
attachment for each other, and FREE
quently display the true spirit OF
friendship towards one another.-Min-
ME Slade, in Y. Y. Ledger.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-27
Five Arab MnNIms.

Never tell all you know; for he who
tells everything he knows often tells
more than he knows.
Never attempt all you can do; for he
who Attempts everything he can do often
attempts more than he can do.
Never believe all that you hear; for he
who believes all that he hears often be-
lieyes more than he hears.
Never lay out all you can afford; for
he who lays out everything he can afford
laws out more than he can afford.
Never decide upon all you may see;
TO, he who decides upon all that he sees
often decides on more than he SEES
Detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-27

The oldest predicament in which an
ostrich ever found himself lately befell
one of the huge birds belonging to q
South African farmer. This ostrich
stole and bolted while steaming hot a
big dumping. The birds regret was
Immediate and visible. In his struggle
to get rid of the fiery thing within hin,
Mr.. Ostrich twisted his supple neck
around one of his legs and succeeded in
tying il in a knot. 1t required three
men half an hours time to extricate
the bird from its self-made trap.