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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-23

all sold, and, as noted, there SEEING N ho
little question of this: for with the exnoa Ge
ton opening over two years awav cyar
two-thirds Of the tickets have been diS-
posed Of The prizes are many, runnino
from 500, 600 francs in a few capital nrizas
for some semi-annual drawings dow rs
small sums The offer to any one inter1
ested in lotteries is a very alluring ono
and the avidity with which the French
people have picked up the ticket indicates
how much interest they are taking in it,
In addition to ell this, there will be the
regular revenue derived from the general
admissions, when will go, of course. to
help pay the large daily expense. Ali in
all, If you grant the French premise that
the lottery is to be desired, the scheme
seems a capital one, but believe thera
are few people in the United States ont
side of the inveterate gamesters who re
greet that the lottery scheme OF the Column
bian Fair was killed.
Taken all in all, the exposition of 1900
in Paris promises to be of peculiar inter
est, novel and brilliant in the extreme
wholly unapproaching the Columbian
Fair in point of magniticence, splendor
of architecture, scope and Dimensions.
The one, it seems to me, will capitally
illustrate the character and traits of the
one republic in its dash and brilliapcv
while the other stood as an unapproach
able token of the power and the dignity
and the possibilities of the most INNER
tant Republic of history.
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MET THE WRONG MAN.
A Quaker Surprises Confidence Man,
Who Retires In Haste.

Who Retires In Haste.
A fine looking man with a gray beard
and wearing large Quaker hat walked
serenely down Broadway recently, and
when near the Astor House he was accost.
ed by dapper fellow, clad in loud striped
trousers "Why, how do you do, Uncle
Josh Simpson,"
The Quaker beamed placidly upon the
man who knew him so well, but whose
indurated countenance he had never seen
before. The confidence man, for such he
was, was shaking the hand of the Quaker
effusively when the latter, with queer
twinkle In his eyes, replied:
ooh, I do not have SO many, but they
are harder
The swindler, nothing daunted, con-
tinued: "Let me see. l met you some
where, Uncle Josh, but cannot recall the
placer"
''I remember seeing you before" the
Quaker said
eyes, yes, but where was itP"
With that same merry look from his
eyes the old man said: II visited Black
wells island some months ago to inyesti
gate some case 1 had, and I saw you there
in a convict's garb. If not, am sure
will soon see you there"
"You are not an easy mark, old fell
low" remarked the would be swindler as
he walked away. The Quaker was Thomas
Lawrence, lawyer and a member of the
Society of Friends, who resides up the
Hudson. He is also writer and is the
author of a story entitled "The Indian
Raid on South Mountain His humor
and originality are known in this CITY and
Virginia, where he once lived.-New
York Commercial
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GOTHAM A5LAzE wlT+l FERvoR!c
Sixty Thousand Persons FlocIzed to Moody
and Sankey's First Revivals.

Sixty Thousand Persons HIoclzed to Moody
and Sankey's First Revivals.
Writing of when Moody and SanIey
Stirred the Nation" in The Ladies' Home
Journal Nathaniel P. Babcock thus re-
calls the first revivals held by the well
known evangelists in New York city:
To the hippodromep was the cry of the
Protestant religious world of New York
during the early months of the year 1876.
Twenty-one years ago, and yet the strange
ness of those days. when over the great
metropolis hung an atmosphere charged
with the electricity Of religious zeal, is
fresh in my memory. TO the hippo
drome!' The words were uttered from the
pulpits of scores of churches-frst as ad-
vice, then as a comnand-by ministers to
congregations ITO the hippodromel' You
heard the phrase in the street cars in the
hotels sometimes upon the busy avenues.
On early morning trains steaming in
from suburban points you saw women by
hundreds, with 1uncheons in baskets,
drawn to the city, not by the spring mil
linery of the stores, but by that shibboleth
which echoed in myriad Christian hearts,
ITO the hippodromeH
"Moody and Sankey, aided by multi
tude of local clergynen and bands of vol
unteer Christian workers, had undertaken
the task of setting New York on fire with
enthusiasm for the cause Of Christ. How
great was the measure of their success
may be judged by the fact that there were
days between Feb Z, the beginning of
the revival, and April 10, its Close when
as many as go, 000 persons found their way
into the presence of the evangelists-one
meeting following another from noon till
late in the evening, with almost constant
ly assembling audiences of 1000 or s, 1000
at each.
"What was the record of conversions
during those ten weeks of daily religious
services? Somebody asked this question of
Moody midway in the REVEALS course
Record he repeated. Why, that is kept
only in heaven Well so, for there at least
1t is immutable, whereas the walls which
rang with the glad cries of converted sin
ners have long since been RACED to the
ground, and not stone or brick or joist
or girder remains to tell the story of what
went on in that vast auditorium in the
early dawn of our great centennial year."
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RAISING MONEY BY LOTTERY.

: The exposition management on the co.
600, 900 francs of the lottery makes clear
per cent in interest Of 100000 francs,
which goes tossthe prize fund, so that in
the end the exposition will clear the
whole 60, 000 900 francs if the tickets are
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Left Handed Artists.

M. Jan Van Beers paints left handed
but his case is by no means unprecedent
ed, or even rare. So long ago as A. D. 60
Turpllius surprised his patrons by holding
his brush in his left hand Putting aside
artists who, like Holbein, AMIGO Asperti-
nj, Rugendas, Fuseli, Antonio Sole, were
practically ambidextrous, and those who.
like Cornelius Ketel, abandoned without
any particular reason the use of the right
hand for that of the left, there remains a
very considerable number whom accident
or misfortune drove to educate their left
hands to do the work Of the right. Tins
Jouvenet, like M. Verge, was forced NV
the paralytic condition of his right arm 10
work with his left, and Mazzola, I'D to bis
death in 1888 the director of the imperia1
gallery of Milan, who would only Consent
to the amputation Of his right arm, which
the doctors declared necessary, after he had
satisfied himself that it would be possiblo
for him to acquire the necessary skill to
paint with his left hand. 1t may also he
mentioned that the late Louis Hagbe vico
president of the Royal Institute of Paint
ers In Water Colors, used to draw with bis
left hand, as a congenital affection had de-
prived his other hand of fingers Throuob
illness, Patrick Nasmyth, also had to
adopt the left as the painting hand. and
Frederick Tayler, p. r. W. S., was aIeo
left handed. Several artists and draftsr,o,,
of note of the present day, whom it is mai
necessary now to particularize, draw with
their left hands Finally, it is stated tbat
Sir Edwin LandsGer was ambidextro,,s
Boston qranscript
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BaIfour's Name.

1t is not generally known that Mr.
Balfour's name is a pathological puzzle
1t is usually explained as from the Gaelic
words bale faur, - meaning cold town. !"
But that explanation is a mere guess and
has been brushed aside by German scholars.
The only explanation of 'Balfour' to
which there is no serious objection is that
it represents bale pawr" meaning "tho
two of the pasture :"
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l!d.iizll.I|.ll.!!.hIIlil!LlIIa

@" aad after MONDAY. October 4th. Iaa7
trains will run as ioiloWs
LEAVE.
For AuDurn and Lewiston 7.05 500 A. m. !:
FOR Gorham, Berlin and Island Pond 500 a,
M; 1.30 and 600 D, m. Wv ~
For Gorham and Berlin SUNDAYS T 20 n. m
For Auburn and Lewiston Sundays 7.3o a. M,
and 500 p. III. ''oo '' -'i''
For Montreal and Chicago 500 a. M; and
600 p. m. ' "A
For Quebec 500 a. m. and.e 90 p. IN.
ARRIVALS
FROM Lewiston and Auburn $50, l1.1b
:, a. M, S.15. 500 and GAO p. m.
FROM Island Pond. Berlin and Gorham $50
anu Lib a. m and 90 y. m.
from chicago and Montreal $50 a. NJ. and
600 D. m. -
From Quebec $50 a. m anGe. 90 p. m.
FROM Lewiston and Auburn Sundays $40 a. m.
.,a human pa,ace Sleeping Cars on Night
rams ana parlor cars on day trains.
TICKET OFEICE DEPOT AT FOOT OF
INDIA STREET
ChAS. NJ. HAYS. Gen l Manager.
Portland, October Atm. 1897. Oct4tf
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NEXT WORLDS FAIR.
Some Features Of the Paris Exposition
of 1900.

All Nations Except Egypt Have Engaged
space-Unique Features Under Consid-
eration-Need of Hurry the Part of
the I'm ted States.
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Don't hurry. Take time to examine
the labels and trademarks of goods va,
buy, and you will protect yourself from
cheap and worthless substitutes.
The record-union., 1897-11-08
Weather Reports.

The Weather Bureau reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures yes
terday to have been So and SO degrees,
with gentle northerly winds and clear
weather prevailing. There We're light
frosts both on Saturday and yesterday
mornings
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday We're 81 and Il
degrees, and one year ago to-day 69
and 4G degrees.
The average temperature was AZ de-
grees, and the normal so degrees, show
ing yes sterday to have been 9 degrees
cooler than usual for the 7th of No
vember.
The wet thermometer at p. M. was
A degrees, being y degrees cooler than
the dry thermometer at the same hour
The percentage Of moisture in the
air at a. m., and 5 p. m., was 92 pei
cent. and 80 per cent. as against 92 per
cent. and II per cent. at correspond
ing hours on Saturday.
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DIED.

COuRTNEY-Near this city, November
9Th, John Courtney, native of Ireland,
aged 56 years.
Funeral notice hereafter.
BAUMGARTEL-In this city, November
9Th, John c. Baumgartel, husband of the
late Mary J. Baumgartel, and father of
Frank l., George c. and and Chas. 81 Baum
Hembree of Grass Valley, Or. Native of
Germany. Aged Ct years, l month and
II days
Friends and acquaintances are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral to-
day (Monday), at 10 o'clock a. m,
from his late residence. near Freeport.
Interment City Cemetery
LOESER-In this city,. November 9Th,
Anna r., daughter of Nettie B. and
Glust..v A Loeser, native of Sacra-
mento, Cal, aged l year and months.
Friends and acquaintances are re-
spectfully invited to attend the funeral
to o-day (Moqlday), at 3 O'Clock p. m.
Alley II and I, Sixth and Seventh
streets. Interment City Cemetery.
DEMMING-In this city, November 9Th,
Mrs. Sarah Demming of Sacramento,
aged IS years.
friends and acquaintances are respect
fully invited 10 attend the funeral to-
morrow (Tuesday) at 10 O'Clock a. M,
from the parlors of George IT. Clark.
IOl7 and 1919 Fourth street. Interment
City Cemetery.
BAUMANN-In this city, November 9Th.
Katherine Baumann, a native of SwitZ-
erland, aged 35 years
Friends and acquaintance are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral to-
morrow (Tuesday). at O'Clock p m.
from the parlors of George II. Clark
l0l7 and 1919 Fourth street. lnterment
City Cemetery.
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4:3O it was earnest and painstaking
work for both judges and boys. Long
rows of benches and chairs were occu-
pied by the spectators. who, by their
frequent applause, demonstrated their
appreciation of the skill, strength and
endurance of the boys.
1t was really a treat to watch these
youngsters, with confidence beaninS
over their countenances, acquit them
selves of the required tasks.
The best jumps made were: High
jump. feet 5 inches; broad jump, ID
feet 3 inches; hop-skip-and-jump, 80
feet 3 inches. The judges, twelve Of
the active Turner's, We're more than
pleased with the result of the after
moons work.
The prize winners Will not be an
nounced until the evening of the next
gymnastfc exhibition, to be held on the
evening of the 24th of this month.
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ADJUSTMENTS. A

1t is strictly within the limits of ac-
curacy to say that two hundred peo-
pie We're turned away from the Met
ropolitan Theater last night, the first
Of the return engagement of the Ellie
ford Norton Company. Before the cur
tain went up all sittings were taken
and soon after all standing room was
occupied. The popularity of the troupe
is something out of the common. 1t
is sufficient endorsement OF its merit
The Fire Patrol" was the play. 1t
was we'll given, with Mr. Biunkall. Mr..
Yale and Mr.. Scott in the heavier and
romantic roles, and Mr. E1leford and
Miss Norton in the low comedy parts.
Two sensational features of the even
ing were a fine stamp quartz mill in
operation, and the full outfit of fire
patrol with horses, wagon. officers and
men. The play was a complete sue
cess with the audience and the applause
was sincerely hearty and frequent. To-
night the sensational drama New
York Day by Day"
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COURSING AT MERGED.
The Great Annual Event to Begin
There Tomorrow.

The popularity of coursing is signally
evidenced by the great interest taken
in the meeting of the Interstate Cours-
ing Club at Merced this week, when
probably the greatest coursing match
ever held in this State will be run. Sew
eral of the best Sacramento dogs have
been entered to compete for the rich
stakes.
For several years past it has been the
custom to hold an international cours-
ing match on the plains near Merced
each year in October or November, and
each succeeding year the attendance
has increased. This year an eX-
ira effort has been made to raise good
purses, with the result that the races
held in the United States. The entries
to date promise to show the largest
number ever entered in a coursing
match in this country.
Dogs have been entered from all parts
of the State and from the East. The
colonies will be represented by one
from New Zealand and one from Aus
tralia. Some dogs that We're recently
the pride of English kennels will have
chance to show their mettle. Taking
them all in all the standard of the dogs
entered is of the highest quality.
The first prize will be 81, 900, Sec
ond prize $500. third and fourth prize
$500 each, and a number of smaller
prizes. John Grace of San Francisco
will act as Judge, and James Grace, his
son, will be slipper. The coursing will
commence on Tuesday morning, the
9th, and Will continue four days. The
dog owners and the spectators will
leave Merced at o'clock every morn
ing for the coursing grounds, few
miles in the country.
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THE CHINATOWN IMBROGLIO.
FONG DUCK TONGS SAY THEY
ARE NOT IN IT.
The Enmity Against Chin Mon Is
Said to be of Personal
Nature.

A prominent member of the Fong
Duck Tong, one Of the Chinese socie-
ties connected with the recent troubles
ia Chinatown, called at this office last
evening and made a statement con-
cerning the condition of affairs, SO far
as his society is concerned.
From his staNment it appears that
Chin Mon, the man on whose life an
attempt was made last Thursday, is a
cousin of Chin Cow Nuey, one of the
defendants in the recent murder trial,
and only recently returned from New
York. having come here in the interest
of his relative.
After his arrival he was promised
work in the cannery on Sixth street
by Leon Low, the Chinese boss, but
on appearing at that place he was in
formed that he would not be given
employment owing to his recent con-
nection with the murder trial.
An alteration followed in which it
is alleged Him Chune, the man now un-
der arrest charged with assault with a
deadly weapon, took a prominent part
and told Chin Mon he would kill him
for trying to have Cow Nuey acquitted.
Chin Mon, though a member of the
Fong Duck Tong, used only his indi-
vidual efforts in behalf of his relative.
and the attempt upon his life was made
for this reason, and was independent of
any interest he may have in the So
ciety of the Fong Duck Tong.
Chin Mon seems to have incurred the
enmity of the men interested in the
conviction of Quong Sing and Cow
Nuey, and the recent threatened out
break was directed against him indi-
vidually.
Chin Mon, Leon Low and Him
Chune all belong to the Quong Joo Com
pany, and the attempt to kill the form
in that company, and not on account Of
trouble between the Suey Ons and Fong
Duck Tongs. The latter have been
established in Sacramento for fifteen
years. and its members claim that the
recent trial was the first in which they
have ever been interested
While it is believed that at present
the trouble is not between the rival
| societies, still it is not unlikely that
acts of violence will be committed that
will sooner or later bring on a clash. At
least one man is said to be marked for
the morgue, and he is afraid to go on
the street after dark
LAST NIGHTS SCARE.
The greatest excitement prevailed in
Chinatown last night, caused by the
announcement that a number of fight
ing men of one of the tongs would be
in on the $40 train from San Francisco
A number of Celestials, accompanied
by their attorney, b. Thomas, visited
police headquarters and asked that the
expected highbfnders be corralled be-
fore they had time to begin the killing.
Under the direction Of Chief Drew
Captain Fisher with squad of officers,
was at the station and searched all of
the dozen Cinnamon who came in. No
weapons of any kind We're found, but
two addressed Mongols were taken
TO the station on suspicion. They
proved to be witnesses in the HON
Cow Nuey murder case, and were al
lowed to go.
That highbinder war is imminent,
many of the Chinese, as we'll as the
police force, believe, and until the
shooting is over people cannot be too
| careful about walking in the vicinity
of Third and | streets after dark.
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SOCIAL EVENTS.

Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Sea-
man gave them a happy surprise at
their home, 906 0 street, on Saturday
evening, the occasion being their we'd
ding anniversary. The affair was a
complete success in every particular,
and proved one of the most ENJOYABLE
events of the season. During the tenn
porary absence of Mr.. and Mrs. Sea-
man the ladies had decorated the house
throughout with beautiful flowers. and
the finishing touches OF all the details
showed that the affair had been man
ned by mastery hands. Music, both
vocal and instrumental, and pleasing
games contributed to the enjoyment of
those present, and the participants will
long remember the event as one of the
pleasantest of their lives. At a late
hour all sat down to a tempting repast.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
F. II. Schardin. Mr.. and Mrs. D. w.
E,ilers. Mr. and Mrs. A. w. Seaman, Mr..
and Mrs. E. r. Tiel, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Mauhart, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Agee, Mr..
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ELIJAH. !"
Last of Rev. Mr.. Hoyt's Lectures
Interesting Musical Features.

The last of the series of lectures on
THE Life and Character of Elijah
was delivered by Rev H N. Hoyt at the
Congregational Church last evening to
large congregation. Special music
had been prepared by the choir from
Mendelssohn's oratorio of Elijah" to
assist in illustrating the theme. Mrs.
Mary NJ. Ross rendered with much feel
ing and power, for offertory the solo,
Hear Ye, Israel"
The regular choir, composed of Mes
danes Ross and Howard and Messrs.
Cohn and Beardslee, We're assisted by
the following wellknown singers: Mrs.
Dewitt Smith and Miss Weldon, So
pranos; Mrs. Robt. N. Hawley, contral-
to; DR.. G. T. Miliken and Walter Long
bottom, tenors, and J. G. Genshlea and
Mr.. Watrous. bassos.
Mrs. G. A. Neale accompanied on the
piano, and Miss Belle Darlington pre-
sided at the pipe-organ. The two
grand choruses, BE Not Afraid" and
Thanks Be To God" were entered into
with spirit and were very creditably
rendered
The record-union., 1897-11-08

McMillen was born in Ohio fifty-three
years ago and at twelve went to work
in an iron foundry. When the war
came on he joined an Ohio regiment and
served through the war. His father
and five brothers also served in the
war. After peace had been declared
he entered mercantile pursuits but tired
of its inaction. He went to Ironton
and was employed on a gas pplant.
When the plant was finished he was
about TO leave but was advised to stay
and study the manufacture of gas. He
mastered the science and acquired
plants in several towns in Ohio. He
became manager of the gas. plant at
Columbus. Ohio, and revolutionized the
industry Of gas making. st. Louis felt
his power in the amalgamation Of the
warning gas powers there He is at
present operating in New York where
he is a leading factor in all gas deals.
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At the Target.

The following scores We're made yes
terday by members Of Troop b:
Captain ]. Cooke Al. Sergeant F. Nor
rison A, Sergeant Boden A. Sergeant
Pike 43. Sergeant K. Lee A.. Sergeant
II. Lee 40. Sergeant Hunt 80. Sergeant
Banouier 81, Corporal Ziegler ~. Cor
poral Kelly AZ. Privates Powell A, Sui
livan 40. Hunt 80. Evans "a, Ross 33.
Lee 81, Schenaker 30. Mnlner %. Clegg
%. March 21, Williams %, Wara "a.
Young p.
Pool Shooting-Corporal Ziegler 43. Al
40, Captain Cooke 80, Sergeant Boden
43. Major Wallace 81, Privates Sween-
ey 20, Chalmers 36, Daul 81, Sergeant
X. Lee so, Sergeant H Lee IS.
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LIKELY TO RECOVER.
Baumann, Who Attempted Suicide,
Is Doing Well.

Stefan Baumann, the wife murderer
and would be suicide, is still at the Re-
ceiving Hospital, and will, the physi-
clans in charge believe, recover.
His temperature was nearly normal
yesterday, and he was entirely ration
al, but could not be induced to speak of
the murder or the causes that led up to
it.
The funeral of Mrs. Baumann, the
murdered woman, viii be held from
Clark's undertaking parlors on Fourth
street at O'Clock p. m., tomorrow
and the inquest on the remains will
nrohahlY be held tn-night
The record-union., 1897-11-08
DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT.
A Little Girl Falls With Her Baby
Sister-The Infant Killed.

On Saturday morning Annie r., the
infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
tave Loessr, who reside at GIG in the
alley between Sixth and Seventh, H and
l streets, received injuries from which
death resulted later in the day.
An elder child was carrying the baby
down a fight of stairs, when her foot
slipped on a piece of cabba ge-leaf and
both fell to the bottom. The back of
the babes head struck on the floor, and
conclusion Of the brain followed, which,
despite the efforts of a physician, re-
suited in death
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Recruits for Folsom.

Deputy Sheriffs Appel and Harring-
ton of San Francisco came up last night
with two prisoners bound for the Fol-
som penitentianry. c. w. Fiskes goes
for five years and Jos. McGinniss for
eighteen months, both for burglary in
the second degree.
Deputy Sheriff Mcclure of Los Ange-
les brought up Theodore Cantrell, SEN
fenced to ten years for manslaughter.
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Pastor Mitchelrs House Robbed.

Rev. Frank M. Mitchell, pastor of
Calvary Baptist Church, who resides at
517 Fifteenth street, reported at police
headquarters last night that while his
family was at church his house had
been burglarized, and that a dozen tea
spoons, four tablespoons and 81 in cash
had been stolen
The record-union., 1897-11-08
VICTORY FOR CoLJrMRTANs
ATHLETIC BOYS.
Yesterdays Exhibition at the
Turn-Verein Gymnasium.

The gymnasium in Turner Hall pre-
sented an animated scene Yesterday af-
ternoon during the prize-turni Of the
Boys Turning School. Forty-three
boys of from 6 to Il yes7-s of age. di
vided into three classes. struggled for
supremacy in all-around gymnastics,
such as exercises on the horizontal bar.
vaulting horse. parallel bars. high
jump. -skip-and-jump broad Jump.
and feats of strength.
Promptly at O'Clock a bell called the
boys to fall in. and from that time till