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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
YELLOW FEVER IN SOUTH.

Savannah, Ga, November 15.-Savanah
has raised all yellow fever quarantines
and every quarantine officer has been or
dered in. Railroad schedules have been
renewed.
jackson, Miss, November 15.-One new
case of yellow fever at Clinton and three
new cases at Edwards, and one death is
reported today.
Mobile, Ala, November 15-Three new
cases and no deaths today.
Montgomery, Ala, November 49,
Three new cases of yellow fever developed
here today.
New Orleans, November 15.-There
We're II cases of yellow fever here today
and two deaths. Quarantines are begin
ming to come down and there is now an
open road to the Pacific, with the excep-
tlon of Lake Charles.
The public schools and the civil courts
| opened in New Orleans today.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
EXPORTSsAND IMPORTS.

Washington, November 15,-The month
by the bureau of statistics, shows the ex-
ports of domestic merchandise during
October last to have amounted to $109,
518, ,S42, loss of nearly 50, 500, 600 as com
pared with October, 1895. The imports
Of merchandise during October is shown
to have been S49, ,969,sl of which 1924,
334, 333 was free from duty. For the last
10 months a gain of S79, 292, 702 is shown
the exports of merchandise and a gain OF
$44, ,555,273 in the imports. During last
October the exports Of gold amounted to
s3lO.6l6. and the imports to S1l, $40, 1856.
The silver exports during October ag-
gregated IS, 1895, S42, and the imports s691,
661. In October, 1895 the silver exports
amounted to 81, ,794, ,339. and the imports
S993. $40.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
sMUGGLER NINE BURNING.

Aspen, Col, November 15.-The Snug
gler fire is burning today with greater
force than yesterday aud gas is penetrat-
ing Smuggler mountain to the north with
remarkable rapidity About $50 men
were forced to quit work this morning
in the Della S., and Old johnson work
ings and the deadly fumes are still work
ing north towards the Park Regent,
Bushwhacker and ALA Agent. Unless
the fire is soon subdued it is feared that
every mine of the Smuggler and Aspen
Mountains will become SO foul as to
compel a suspension. In this event the en-
tire district will be flooded. 1t is said six
hours will settle this phase of the stu
ation
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
LOCAL QUESTIONS INTERFERE.
Difhculty in the Way of Reciprocity Ar
rangements With Canada.

Washington, November 15.-The atti-
tude of the administration towards the
subject Of reciprocity with Canada is
probably disclosed IN the following state
ment Of q government official:
''The task of the government would be
made easier If the statesmen in Congress
would be controlled by the interest OF the
country at large. Some of them unfortu-
nately, confine their views to particular
concession to be obtained from foreign
country for local interest; and then de-
sire our compensatory concession 20 be
made not by their own, but by some other
locality. They make OF reciprocity
series of questions to be settled in the in
terest of particular districts. We may be
able to secure arran gements which will
add millions to our national export trade,
and yet it might be defeated by a combi-
nation of few minor local interests, not
| amounting to million. Yet reciprocity
| means mutual concessions; without this
nothing can be accomplished. We must
give a market If we acquire one, not
necessarily free market, but an ac-
| cessjble one. Take coal for an illustra-
| ton. BY giving access to the New Eng-
| land coast we might gain access (perhaps
controD in the coal market of all the cen-
tral Canada with mutual advantages by
reason of geographical and transport con-
ditions. It is the same with other articles
of commerce where the long water trans
portation is balanced against short rail-
way carriage. In some things we can ao-
quire an almost exclusive market, greatly
| increasing our exports, in exchange from
market open only to the competition Of
the other party. So it Is with some phases
of the transportation of logs and coarse
lumber against manufacturers of wood.
Whenever we enlarge the market of
manufacture we inevitably enlarge the
demand for our raw material from which
| they ara made and this tends to increase
the price paid to the original producer.
The advantages of increased trade are
widely distributed.
''In the major portion of commercial
exchange this course is in the exceptional
condition of producing a surplus of both
raw material and of the manufactured
products Our policy must take into
view the situation although it increases
our difficulty in negotiations which shall
| satisfy every interest. All that can be
hoped for is result which in the aggre-
gate shall be clearly advantageous to the
nation as a unit All producers are also
consumers and they often gain on one
side as much as they lose on the other.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
OFFICE SEEKERS MUST WAIT.
President is Busy On His inaugural Just
Now.

Washington, November 15.-Senatol
Fairbanks of Indiana and Senator Elkins
OF West Virginia, saw the President
today upon matters pertaining primarily
to appointments in their states, but also
discussed with Mr.. Mckinley, 1.-THE prob
able policy of the coming Congress. Both
Senators Elkins and Fairbanks agree
with the Pres ident in the matter of pa
cif1c measures regarding Cuba and.Spain.
President Mckinley is anxious to know
what prospects there are for currency leg
islation and asks different senators who
call for their opinion.
Senator Harris of Kansas, who took
q prominent part in the last session of
Congress against the arrangements for
the sale of the Union Pacific railroad,
called upon the President regarding the
sale of the Kansas Pacific railroad. He
believed the Kansas Pacific, like tbs
Union Pacific, would bring the full
amount of the government claim and
though as to the Central Pacific there
might be some difficulty yet he was in
ollned to the opinion that the government
would get Its debt on this account also
paid in fun.
while pressure Is still being brought to
bear on the President for appointments
he is giving little time to such matters
and prefers to work ON his message.
IG Is probable that the President will
make nc recommendation in his message
on general arbitration. The fact that he
made his views clear on that subject in
his inaugural address and that no arbi-
tratioD treaty will be pending when
the annual message is sent, makes it
unnecessary to say anything further at
this time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
DEATH OF PROMINENT NEGRO.

Washington, November 1o.-Ex- Con-
gresham John NJ. Langston of Virginia,
one OF the prominent oolored men Of the
country, died here tonight He was born
in 1928, emancipated at the age of c and
educated at Oberlin, where he graduated
from the theological department. in 1854
he afterwards studied law and practiced
his profession until 1854. during which
time he held several township offices in
Ohio, being the first colored man elected
to office in the United States by popular
vote. In 1869 he was given the professor
ship Of law at Howard University, re-
naming with that institution sevon
years. From 1877 to 1885 he was United
States minister and consul general to
Hayti. Upon his return to this country
he became president of the Virginia Nor
NAL and Collegiate Institute at Peters
burg. Va, where he remained for. three
years when he was elected to the 5lst
Congress and was given his seat on con-
test. Since 1891 Mr.. Langston has been
prominent in politics, but did not hold
office.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
BATH MAN DROWNED.

Bath, November 15.-The news of til e
drowning of Fl. Frank Stinson of this
city in North river was received this
morning by the Knickerbocker Towage
Co.
AS the tug Ice King was coming down
North RlVer Friday evening at about
$50, Stinson fell overheard. The boat
was Immediately stopped and rounded to
and thorough search made for him but
he could not be found. The steward who
was fastening the galley door saw the
man fall ami did not know it was Stinson
until search Of the boat was made.
Possibly he might have been rescued by
some other boat but no report has been
received
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
PLAN TO LYNCH KELLEY.
Hanging Discussed But Failed For
Lack Of Leader.
PROMINENT SOMERSWORTH CITI-
ZENS PARTY TO SCHEME.
People of That City Enraged at Light

People of That City Enraged at Light
Sentence Given Cashier stickney,s
Murderer--P Proposition Was to String
Him to Tree in Front of Jail.
Boston, November ia Globe special
from Somersworth, N. H., says that a
plan to lynch Joseph E. Kelley, the
murderer of Cashier Stiokney, was con-
sidered at recent meeting on Friday
night, but 1t fell through for want of a
leader
The men, among whom were several
prominent citizens, were enraged at the
news which came earlier in the day that
Kelley had been given thirty year
sentence instead of the death penalty for
the murder of Cashier Stickney.
The meeting was held, it is stated, for
the purpose of devising plan to take
Kelley out of the Jail at Dover and string
him up.
1t was proposed to go to the jail, gain
an entrance to Jailer Hayes's quarters.
| overpower him, and get the keys, then
take Kelley from his cell in the ''re-
volver' and hang him to the apple tree
| in front of the hall where he could be
seen by half of the town when daylight
should come.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
FIREMAN FELL FIFTY FEET.

Worcester, November 15.-L. Fl. Winn
of Northampton. fireman on an extra
engine, which was to take freight train
from Oakdale to Nashua on the Nashua
division Of the Boston and Maine rail
road, stepped off the engine about $50 this
and very misty, and as he stepped from
the engine he fell nearly fifty feet into
Oakdale brook. The engineer hearing
him disappear in the darkness, stepped off
to see where he was, and also TO the brook
below. The engine after coming out of
the roundhouse had stopped on an open
bridge directly over the brook The engi-
neer was badly shaken up, and the FIRE
man received a fracture of the left arm
and many bad Lruises. The water in the
brook saved both men from fatal injuries.
They were brought to this city. The
engineer was taken home and the fireman
was taken to the city hospital.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
NEARLY READY TO REPORT
Seal Experts Have About Completed
LabOrs.
WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO
SIGN REPORT TODAY.

This Will Make Available All Data Neces-
sary to Consider Diplomatic Side of
0uestioa-Chances of Agreement Dis
cussed.
Washington, November 15-The British,
Canadian and American delegates to the
Behring Sea meeting had confidently ex-
pected to bring their labors to close to-
day, but after two arduous sessions last
ing until $50 this evening, the experts
had not been able to reconcile all their
differences. 1t was determined therefore
to continue the meeting tomorrow.
UP to the time of closing today the ex-
perts had made good progress, reaching
an agreement on all but three or four re-
served propositions. These, it is expected,
can be agreed upon during the morning
session tomorrow, SO that the expert re-
port can be signed and the meeting con-
cluded so far as the experts are concerned.
This will make available all the data
necessary for considering the vital
diplomatic question of stopping pelagic
sealing.
The intention is that General Foster,
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and Sir Louis Davies
will meet tomorrow afternoon to go over
the resolutions reported by the experts
and if possible agree upon a basis of
settlement. The outcome of this diplo-
matte meeting continues to be much in
doubt. 1t was intimated tonight that the
Canadians might make a counter PROPOSE
tion, not going as far as the Am erican
representatives in desire in the way of
limiting pelagic sealing, but Offering
possible ground for amiicable adjustment
Equally reliable sources stated that if the
issue assumed the form of pelagic sealing
or no pelagic sealing as now seemed like
ly, it would be extremely difficult to
reconcile the differences. In view of the
continuance of the meeting Sir Wilfrid
and Sir Louis will not leave until tomor.
row night or Wednesday.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
DECISION AGAINST REPUBLICANS

Cheyenne Wyo., November 15.-The
Wyoming Supreme court today rendered
a decision in the Carbon county election
case sustaining the contention of the
plaintiffs, who were the candidates for
county attorney, treasurer and commits
sioner of the Democratic ticket at the last
election. The court decided that foreign
born citizens must be required to read the
constitution in the English language in
order to vote. There were 115 Fins who
voted the Republican ticket. but could
not read the constitution in English.
Their votes were accepted as they could
read it in their own language. The de-
cision will put the Democratic candidates
in office and settle very important con-
stitutional question
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
yspKc1A1 TO THE pnEss.1

Intervale, November 15.-George Spiller
Of this place, met with serious accident
the other day. He was hooking chain
and had his fore finger between a link
and the hook. The horses started quickle
and cut his finger off, and pulled one of
the cords from his wrist about six inches
long. The finger was so badly mangled
that it had to be amputated in the upper
joint.
in this town. They took forty hens from
Mr.. Benson the other night and several
from other places.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
GOVERNOR CONDEMNS FOOTBALL

Little Rock, Ark, November 15.-The
governor of Arkansas is the first of the
chief magistrates to disapprove of the
game of football. In letter to Presi-
dent j. L. Buchanan of the State univer-
sity at Fayetteville, Gov. Jones takes
the recent game between the Fort Smith
and State university teams, as text and
condemns the sport as brutal, and recon-
mends that there be stop put alto
gether to the playing of the game by the
students of the State university. The
Governor is ex-otf1cio president of the
State university board of trustees.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
WAS A BowDoIN GRADUATE.
ESPECIAL TO THE PRESS /

Farm1ngton, November 15.-Word has
been received here of the death from con-
sumption of William H. Cothren at
Phoenix, Arizona, which occurred Friday
of last week.
Mr.. Cothren was graduated from Bow
doin college, class of '84, and was made
assistant to Prof. Robinson. His work
attracted the attention Of the Edison Gen
eral Electric company and he was offered
and accepted fine position with them,
with headquarters in Now York City.
Afterwards he was transferred to the
Chicago office, and it was while there that
he was compelled to give up his work
and seek a milder climate. He was a
member of the d. K. E. fraternity.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
CLUNG TO HIS PENNIES.


Mechanic Falls, November 15.-Mr.
Rufus Hackett, an old and respected resi-
dent of this place was run over by the
cars this morning while walking along
P. & r. F. station, and so severely in.
jured that he died in about an hour and a
half. He was one of the landmarks here,
having lived here for thirty or forty years
most of the time supporting himself by
saving wood, until within the past five
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16

Fitzsimmons who is playing at one of
the local theatres, tenders his resignation
to membership in the Marion, Ind,
lodge B. P. o. E., into which order he
was initiated recently.
Feeling that my admission to mem
bership has placed your lodge in a posit-
ion to be criticized, no matter how I'M
justly" says the letter, II offer this
resignation in the hope that your friend
ly relations with the order may be wholly
restored"
The Marion order has been suspended
for receiving the champion into its folds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
LUBEC EMBEzzLER BAILED.

Lubec, November I5.-M. M. Foster
charged with embezzling $25, 600 from
the Lubeo Savings bank, was admitted
to bail Monday morning in $50, 900 to
appear at the January term He arrived
in Lubeo from Machias Saturday, accom-
panied by the high sheriff and clerk OF
courts of Washington county.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
MO Their AND CHILD BURNED.

Clinton, Iowa, November. 15;-Mrs.
today in vain effort to save her four
year old daughter from the same fate.
The child's clothing was ignited from a
bonfire near which she was playing, and
the mother, in an effort to extinguish the
flames, caught the little one in her arms
and held her until both were fatally
burned
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
BUBoNIC PLAGUE DOESN'T ABATE

Bombay, November 15.-The Bubonic
plague shows no abatement in the Poona
district. Within the last 4S hours there
have been 1874 new cases reported and "a
deaths. Six hundred and thirty victims
OF the disease are now in the hospital at
Poona. Business In several of the prinoi-
pal streets is suspended and the town is
being rapidly deserted by the Inhabitants
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
THE WEATHER.

Washington, Nov. 15.-Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont: Unsettled weather
with rain; warmer; southerly winds.
Boston, Nov. l5.-Local forecast for
Boston and vicinity for Tuesday: Cloudy
weather with occasional light rains;
warmer; southerly winds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
PILLS DIDN'T SAVE HIM.

Sing Sing, N. Y, November 15.-Geo.
A. Brandreth, president OF the Brandreth
Pill and Porus Palster company, died at
his home here tonight. He was a son of
DR.. Benjamin Brandreth, the original
pi II compounder.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
CROKER HOME AGAIN.

New York, November 15.-Richard
Croker and his party arrived In this city
from the South today. Mr.. Croker sale
that his health had greatly improved
and declined to talk politics.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16

stable this evening, breaking both bones
in his right leg and fracturing his skull.
he was taken to the Central Maine
General hospital where it was decided to
amputate the leg. His recovery is doubt
full.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
FIRE IN SCHOOL HOUSE.

Woonsocket, RI, November 15.-While
the evening school was in session at the
North Main street school house tonight a
fire broke out in the woodwork of the
lower floor and for time burned fierce-
ly. The principal Of the school, however,
smelled the smoke in time, and marshal
ing the fifty or more pupils in line
marched them all out in safety, although
some of the scholars were considerably
excited, The fire, which resulted from an
overheated furnace, was ext1nguished
after causing damage Of $500.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
GREEK TORpEDO SCANDAL.

Athens, November l5.-The disciplinary
court is Investigating the torpedo scan
dal. 1t has 'cashiered" Capt. RastopouIo
on the charge of oulpable negligence
and has ordered that Capt. Anastasia the
construction engineer, be court martialed
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16

W. ysshing in the shape of merchandise.
,ye,ie wa nave landed within the last two
laro lnreAs three more expeditions and the
,s'i,3 raiSe one which will sail in a few days
svon. wd,l carry nearly half a million of dollars
worth of supplies"
LABELLED FOR FILIBUSTERING.
soL Norfolk, Va, November 15.-The
sSonooner Donna L. Briggs which has
~ ~ suspicion of being engaged in fill
clustering = was today ibelled by United
Ioeates Marshal Cross for alleged violation
Vi the neutrality laws.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
POPE CONDEMNS IT.

Ottawa, Ont, November "a special
from London received here, tonight says
THAT the Pope has condemned the Mani
toba school settlement.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
Chicago Woman Claims To Be Heir.
eSS To Half Million.
WAS ONCE TRIED FOR NUMBERING
FIRST HUSBAND.
Afterwards Settled in Chicago and Spent
Her Money Freely-Marrled Late John
Il. Ketcham Short Time Ago.

Chicago, November 15.-Mrs. Mabel
Estelle Wallace, at whose home on Indiana
avenue, John B. Ketcham died Saturday
and her claim that she is the widow of
the dead club man, has brought to light
her romantic history. According to Mrs.
Wallace, the ceremony by which she be-
came the third Mrs. Ketcham was per-
formed in Milwaukee on September "a by
a Methodist minister. The latter's name
she does not remember. but says he can
be easily found, and her claims to Mr..
KetchaIn's estate of $780, 600 established.
Mrs. Wallace is the widow of James r.
Walkup, former mayor of Emporia, Kan
sas, and wealthy. When he died in 1885,
under somewhat strange circumstances,
his youthful bride was arrested and tried
Tor numbering him, but she was freed.
she married him when she was only
fifteen years old. although he was almost
sixty. She was widow at seventeen and
to avoid unpleasant notoriety, she as
sumed the name of Wallace. She came to
chicago after she had spent considerable
money travelling in Europe and pur-
chased the residence at 1871 Indiana ave-
nue, which she furnished in splendid
style. OF late she had been seen several
time driving in company with Mr..
Ketcham, whose divorce from the second
Mrs. Ketcham, a Toledo, Ohio. society
leader, was sensation few months ago.
Mrs. Wallace, or Ketcha,n, declares that
the certificateIof her marriage to the de-.
ceased, as we'll as his last will and testa-
ment, ,sleaving all his estate to her, are
locked up in a safety vault down town.
John desired that I should not tell
his mother or his relatives of the mar
riage,' said she, shut his brother George
had been here to visit him before he died
John will be buried in my lot in Rose
Hill cemetery, where I expect to lie be-
side him when my time COMES -
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Local Weather Report.

Portland, Me-, Nov. 15.-The local
weather bureau Office records as to the
weather are as follows:
s a. m.-Barometer. 3o.303; thermo-
meter. 80; dew point. 25, humidity. rs;
wind, NV; velocity, 2; weather, clear,
y. m.-Barometer. 30.2O6 thermome-
ter. ~: dew point, SO: humidity, Il.
wind, S; velocity, 8; weather cloudy.
Mean daily thermometer, Sc: maxi
mum Thermometer, As; minimum ther-
mometer. 27; maximum velocity of
wind, II S, total precipitation, %.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
TORpEnO ROAT LAUNCHED.

Bristol, R. l., November 15.-At the
Herreshoff yard today was launched tor
pedo boat No.16. The boat took the water
well.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16

MsssE FELL FROM THIRD STORY.
Lewiston, November 15.-Harry Moore,
man who lives about 10 miles in the
country from Lewiston, fell from the
third story window of A. G. Soribner' s
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-16
Ayers Cherry Pectoral
Fifty Years Ago.

is the standard family remedy
Of the world for colds, coughs
and lung diseases. It is not a
palliative, and is not therefore
put up in small cheap bottles.
It is put up in large bottles
for the household. They cost
more but cure more.
Fads come and go but no
theory or fad can overthrow
the fact, that the greatest cure
for all colds, coughs and throat
and lung diseases. is Ayers
Cherry Pectoral.
so Years of Cures.