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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05
WRECK OF THE "LAPLAND".
Capt. Gates Experience in the Tor
nado In the Windward Islands.

Capt. Gates Experience in the Tor
nado in the Windward Islands.
Capt. G. w. Gates, of Machias, of the
Bucksport bark "Lapland' which was
wrecked at St. Vincent in the recent de-
structive tornado, writes to his wife Of his
experience as follows:
l am thankful to be permitted to write you OF
our terrible experience in the hurricane OF
Sept. 10.
God alone knows what suffered in body and
mind, knowing that If the wind continued we
would be cast upon rocky coast where it would
be miracle If any of US got safe to shore.
arrived at Barbados Friday forenoon. Sat
u,day, weather looking bad, let go the second
anchor. The barometer falling slowly. l went
to the weather bureau for information but they
could not tell me where the storm was or how
far off. l went on board at p. M, got every
thing secure, gave out all the chains. AT p.
M, heavy squalls from n. E. to f. Had axes
ready to cut spars, for knew If vessel parted
and went broadside. she would capsize AT 8
p. m. vessel started. The lightning and howl
ing blast were something awful. l put my
mouth to the mates ear and told him to crawl
forward tno man could stand) and cut lanyards.
L tOOh uattilet SOl W baChotay anu
drew 1t across lanyard-could not strike a blow,
the wind was fierce. The darkness and howl.
ing and shrieking of the hurricane were beyond
description.
All spars went by the board when she fell off
side to wind on her beam ends. Broken spars
and tapping sails made a fearful noise | sent
Leslie Captains SOM below, as there was no use
for him or any one else on deck. The vessel
was then manageable. Both chains out,
spars, sails and rigging lying alongside and
under her bottom. All we could do was to
hold on and let her drift. l knew that the other
vessels We're somewhere near and it made me
more anxious. l knew the vessel would weather
the gale If she didn't 20 ashore.
1t was l05 miles to the island of st. Vincent
and thought the hurricane must abate before
| drifted that far. The night wore on. Such a
night Sod grant that may not have to pass
through another. Leslie was upmost in my
thoughts, but he kept up stout heart-only
asked me once If there was any danger and that
was when went below and told him the vessel
was totally dismasted.
Sunday morning dawned upon a scene such
as few men ever looked upon The heavens a
mass of rolling clouds. the ocean dashed into
white foam and vessel laying on her side.
Spars, sails and rigging were twisted and rolled
up together. Three other vessels In sight In
same condition.
Alta. M, wind suddenly fell calm. l knew
then we were in the centre or vortex of the hur
ricane. We went to work and cut some of the
wreckage away, then the wind suddenly struck
south and l felt we were safe, for we would
drift clear of the island, which judged to be
forty miles due west from us. AT a M, 1t
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05

Nearly all the wooden clocks and
watches which are to be seen in front of
jewelers. stores are made by one man.
This man has been in the business for
many years and was engaged in making
them when President Lincoln was assas-
sinated. Before the murder of the presi-
dent these clocks were painted with their
hands pointing at any hour of the day, as
might happen. But when the president
was killed by Booth, this sign maker re-
solved to have all OF his signs at a uni
form hnnr to commemorate the occur
renee. AS he happened to hear of Lin
coins assassination at just eighteen min
utes past eight the morning after it &C.
Cured, the sign maker has since that
time always painted lis checks vita tAeir
hands at that hour.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05

Luchessi, insane with social hatred, sim
ply struck at her because she represented
to him system Of civilization that gives
nothing to one and everything to another.
He himself is symptom Of poison in the
social ditch. Out of what slime then was
this evil hand thrust forth to kill? AS
heedlessly as animals his parents gave him
being, and as heartlessly as only the hui
man animal can do his mother flung him
out to live or to die. Unfortunately he
lived, and an institution robbed him until
ten Of every sem blance of home.
Thrust out at that ridiculous age to
shift for himself, money and its power be-
came to his infant soul one god above all
worshipful for ever. Then came young
manhood of unskilled labor, with fire.
quent starvation pinches. Then the army
where without parentage to boast of there
was nothing for him but the drudgery of
exasperating discipline. Then a valet
actually in contact with wealth though
unable to rise and take of its pleasures.
Gradually his SOULS protests against fate
soured him utterly, his intellect became
slave instead of master, and at one
fell stroke the unknown evil of the ditch
which society must cleanse sooner or later,
became power.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05

short time since the Empress of Aus
tria, one time pleasure-loving, fox hunt
ing woman, but later with enough Of sor-
row in her life to make her seem ore with
u.s. suddenly went out in the darkness #
assassination. We all shuddered at the
tragedy, not solely because she was an en-
press but because she was also benevolent
woman. Further than that, our hearts
dumbly protested when we learned that
the murderer had neither been wronged
by her nor anyone near her.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05

Such an episode stretches over the social
barriers of a thousand years, and proclaims
in tones, insistent and solemn, that the
lowliest can reach up to the highest to do
damage. And its lesson is that the high
est in raising the lowliest to better, more
wholesome conditions, raise themselves
also and render life sweeter and safer for
all. Further than this: the lesson is not
for Europe alone, but for America also,
and not for our neighbors alone but for
the one who reads this as well as for the
enc who writes.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05
PRESENT-DAY THOUGHTS
BY G. GRosvENoR DAVE.
copyrighted by Dave & Tabor.

AS to anarchy-An unwholgsome ditch
is not purifi I'd by simply curing the dis
eases that arise from it. No matter whose
dead and honored hands dug it, its OBJ
structions must be removed until only a
harmless stream flows through. But this
is no talk about hygiene. The ditch rep
resents certain social conditions, and a
number of European powers figure as
doctors who deal with the sick, but shrink
from the impure source.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05
ELLSWORTH MARKETS.

WEDNESDAY, October 5, 1898.
A bushel of Liverpool salt shall weigh 60
pounds. and hnshel of Turks Island salt shall
weigh 10 pounds.
The standard weight of a bushei of potatoes,
in good order and fit for shipping, is so pounds.
The standard weight of a bushel of beans in
good order and Gt for shipping, is 81 pounds.
OF wheat, beets, ruta- baga turnips and peas, so
pounds of corn, So pounds; of onions, 81
pounds; of carrots, English turnips, rye and
Indian meal, 80 pounds; of barley and buck.
wheat, IS pounds; of oats, 80 pounds, or even
measure as by agreement.
Country Produce.
Beans.
Improved Yellow Eye, per bush...........2.5O
Pea, hand picked, per bu... .2.25
Peas:
Improved. per bu (seed)..
Butter.
Creamery per b............ .2s
Dairy ......................lS 9. ~
Cheese.
Best factory new per b................l2a .l6
Best dairy (new). ....................... 10
Dutch dmported)..... .....................9o
Ncufchatel ................ ................ .05
Eggs.
Fresh laid, per doz ............. ............2 20
Hay.
Baled ........... .............. ......l2 ala
Straw.
Loose ............ .......................1a as
H.,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05
TRY GRAIN-O! TRY GRAIN-O +!

ASK your Grocer to-day 10 Show you pack
age of GRAIN-O. the new food drink that takes
the place OF coffee. The children may drink 1t
without injury as well as the adult Al who
try il. like it, GRAIN. o has that rich seal brown
of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure
grains and the most delicate stomach receives
and sc. per package. sold by all grocers.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05

more you have known of defeat in your
plannings, of industry rewarded by idle
ness because of conditions over which you
have no control, of the steady dangling
before your eyes Of the one skeleton in
your life that society refuses to forget, so
much more will your sympathies be d.
vided between the empress and the
assassin.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05

medicine had tried before had us
The following letter the subject coming
patient who had neglected his long condition
"tnemenI suffered from years. and
we'll
E of GrandP
depleted The did
good time paid
recommended by decided
perfectly well and feel better than have for family
medicine will be-
You should realize well and than
catarrhal affections description Caarh develop where
a to as
membrane the all
how widespread troubles
taking
should B. Hartman,
Columbus, will without
the thousands good
has
England All druggists sell
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05

Should all the sympathy be given to tn :
royal mourners? You can answer "No'
without by hairs breadth becoming
mawkish in your sentiment. And the
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05

So long as privileges are inherited instead
OF won by merit; so long as the beauty and
Joy and helpfulness of our later civiliza-
ton are denied to one and given to another
for no reason except birth; SO long as per-
feetly proper human aspirations to eat and
live and be decent are crushed out beneath
social tyranny that arrogates the power
of God and says to the rising desires of the
human heart, ''Thus far and no farther;"
just so long will Europe have to deal with
the anarchistic miasma that rises for
blind slaughter; for, to the misguided,
government will seem to mean that the
interests of the many are subordinated to
the advantage of the few.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05

So long as illegitimates endure lifelong
smirching at the hands of mud fiinging
purists, whose thoughts at least are con-
eeived in iniquity; SO long as the children
of the poor receive education that only
shows the hardness Of their lot and still
leaves them unfit to grapple with it; so
long as men can be dragged from labor
that pays to the misery and inutility of
enforced army service, conscious all the
time that their blood and their Drawn are
simply being used to bolster up the am
billions of lordly chancelings on top; just
so long will there be the anarchistic spirit;
for custom and law will seem to some poor
souls simply devised to make life unen-
durable and any change enjoyable, even
though it lead to the grave.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05

The mag nolia took its me from Pier e
Magnoi, an en.in mt W. tier b, tanical
subjects.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05

A boon to travellers. DR.. Fowler's Extract of
Wild Strawberry. Cures dysentery, darrhea,
seasickness, nausea. Pleasant to take. Acts
promptly -Adut.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-09-28
BRYAN WILL. RESIGN,
Tho Nebraska Colonel Suffering from
Having to Keep Still.

Tho Nebraska Colonel Suffering from
Having to Keep Still.
Kansas City, Mo-, Sept 20-A
special to the Star from Jacksonville,
Fla. says: Col. William Jennings
Bryan Of the 3rd Nebraska volunteers
will shortly resign his commission in
the United Ssates army and resume
The discussion of public questions.
This statement is not made upon the
authority Of Mr.. Bryan, who, when
asked to express himself on questions
Of public interest, said: "You can
say | refuse to discuss any matters
connected with politics, the army or
myself, except l see no reason to
change my views in regard to cx-
pandiny the territory OF the United
States. l expressed them in my
Omaha speech before beginning
army life"
This is all Bryan would say except
to add "You might also say am
not SO much enamored of army life
as to apply for a commission after
the war is over" -......@-" ."@
l. llC ~ u ANCDluS ICY lillCllG ID SOOll
to 90 to Cuba. Col. Bryan is looking
and feeling we'll, but is undoubtedly
suffering from the restraint he has
placed over himself. elf you knew, -
he said to Il reporter for the Star,
"What 1t cost me to keep still when
there is SO much to say Of importance
to the people and Of lifelong interest
and moment to me, you'd appreciate
the strength Of my will"
When asked if he would talk freely
on all subjects when he had once
broken loose, he said: "You know
how it is when the dam breaks:
there's no telling when the flood
stops" Col. Bryan would not talk
Of the condition Of his regiment or
the dcsirability Of it's being mustered
out, as it has direct bearing upon
political and personal affairs. He
refused to name the date when he
will finally announce his decision to
resign his commission. lie seems to
have fully made up his mind, how
ever, as to his future course. He
said: II shall do what think is
right, regardless Of any temporary
advantage or disadvantage which may
result from that action. That's what
a man should do and the only motive
that should control his actions"
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-09-28
SACRIFICING DEMOCRATS,

1t is presumed, now, that the dem
ocrats will 60 around the state telling
how willing they were to make sac
rifices Of some Of the offices on Il
fusion basis, in order that the cause
of silver should be bolstcred up, and
that the silver republicans and popu-
lists were unwilling, and are there
fore no friends of silver. Let us look
at the democratic proposition, as
made at Anaconda, and determine
just what great sacrifice the demo-
Gratis proposed. They proposed to
let the silver republicans have the
congressman provided that party
would nominate Mr.. Hartman, who,
in d speech in congress last spring,
declared that he stood on the Chicago
platform without Il single change,
and who therefore may be said to be
as good Il democrat as Mr. Campbell,
who was afterwards nominated bv the
democrats. They were willing to let
the populists take the chief justice
of the supreme court on condition
that Judge Pemberton should be the
nominee. Judge, Pemberton is not
nor never was a populist, and has
always been a democrat. He has SO
declared himself on several occasions,
and to prove that the democrats fully
understood this fact, they afterwards
nominated him on a straight demo-
cratic ticket, and as Il straight demo-
crat. The proposition Of the demo-
cratic state convention, after Offering
to the other parties these two posi-
tions (to be filled by the nominations
OF men who are really democrats) was
that they, the democrats, take the
rest Of the state ticket. Now, wasn't
all this very generous on the part Of
the democratic state convention.
TO sum it all uE, it amounted to this:
That in order to have it to say that
they were willing to give up some
thing to aid silver, they would allow
populists and silver republicans to
name two democrats for the positions
of chief justice and congressman,
while they would nominate other
democrats for the rest Of the places
The other fellows could have the
shadow, while they would take all
the substance. Generous, really, and
quite in keeping with the sacrificing
spirit always shown by democracy
when Offices arc at stake.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-09-28

When silver republican goes to
the polls to cast his vote this fall,
there is one question he should weigh
well before going into the booth, and
that is his vote on the legislative
ticket. Every man on the republ-
can legislative ticket is pledged to
vote for Senator Lee Mantle to sue
coed himself. One OF them, Mr..
Harlan, is a silver republican who
was a member of the silver rcpubli-
can convention aand a member of
the central committee Of that party
for the last two years. The nomi-
nces Of the O'lIaraites stand no show
for election, for they have not the
votes behind them. What a silver
republican has to consider when vot-
ing for the Legislative ticket is, will
he throw his vote away from Messrs.
Drinkenberg, Harlan and Buck, and
SO help the democratic ticket that
much, and stand the chance Of elect
ing men who will vote against Sena-
tor Mantle in the legislature and for
a democrat for the United States
senate for term Of six years IF he
does, he helps beat the head Of his
party in this state, and aids the COM
mon enemy. This is something to
be thought Of.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-09-28
His First TfiaE..

He had just returned from the
honeymoon trip andt all aglow with
happiness, had settled down to- busi-
heSS ..&.. "
There was a knock at the door
"So1ne friend,' he Enurmured,
"who has como to congratulate me.
Come in!'' he shouted joyously.
A tall, dark stranger entered.
"Good morning. he said. II
learned that you had just returned
from your bridal trip?"
"Just got back, = replied the happy
fellow, rubbing his hands in glee.
what can do for you2''
"Icalled, explained the tall man,
to sell you a lot i'll the cemetery
one of the best bargains you ever
heard of, lot 20 by
"The mischief!' cried the newly
married. What do I want with a
cemetery lot5 Get out of herel'
"Oh, well,' muttered the stran-
ger, backing to the door, if you and
your family are going to live for
ever, OF if you want the county to
bury you, it's all right. I've moth
ing more to say. Good morning.
The door went "slam!' and the
poor fellow sat down and dispatched
a long, loving note to his wife and
asked her if she were feeling quite
well, and then locked his door and
became thoroughly miserable. AT
lanta Constitution.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-09-28
lie Stabbed Himself.

Missoula, Sept. 23.--John Riley,
one Of the best known characters of
this section, committed suicide at
Coloma Yesterday and was buried
here today. Riley had lived at Bon
ncr for many years and was known to
everybody in this section. He had Il
habit Of working steadily for months
and then coming to town for Il pro-
tracted drunk. Ac had been booxing
little of late and went up to Coloma
the other day. He loafcd around the
town for some time. Sunday he
walked out Of a s;llooa and was later
seen leaning against Il tree. No at
tention was paid to him, as t was
thought he was asleep. The next
morning he was seen still against the
tree and it was found he was dead.
He had cut cash a foot long across
his abdomen with pocket knife.
The knife he had closed and returned
to his pocket. 1t was found covered
with blood.
The members Of the Federation OF
Labor took charge of the funeral.
No motive for the act is known, aHd
it is supposed it was the result OF
excessive drink. &w.-=
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-09-28
Evidence Of Foul PLAY,

Salem, Ore, Sept. 2O.-Thc body
Of an unknown man was found in the
willamette river opposite the city
this afternoon. His hands and feet
were bound with cords with heavy
sash weights attached to each. Scv-
eral CHASTITY wounds were visible on
the head and evidence Of foul play is
conclusive. Several clews Of value
have been discovered and the police
arc working on the case. The victim
is ii man Of medium height and Of
portly appearance, has reddish hair
and moustachc and was fairly we'll
dressed. He wore watch and cuff
buttons. He had in his pocket IA pass
over the O. r. & n. from the DalcS
to Grants and a draw back check on
the Southern Pacific company from
Brooks to Oregon City. A card bear
ing the presentation signature Of Nc
Grath, Il travelling salesman for
Gadsby Of Portland, was also found
in his pocket. His name, however,
did not appear on any OF these
papers.
The coroncr's jury found that the
man was murdered by parties un-
known.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-09-28

If there ever was party that has
been, in the language Of the streets,
"worked to fare you WE'LL" by the
democrats it has been the populist
party Of Montana, Six years ago
that party was induced by democrats
within it's ranks to nominate and
vote for Judge Pembcrton: four years
ago it was likewise induced to take
up Bob Smith, q democrat, as its
candidate for congress-; two years ago
the democrats worked it to putting
up Smith as a populist for governor,
while democrats laughed in their
sleeve at the easy way in which they
had managed to secure a democrat
for chief pie distributor for the state.
This year the democrats, feeling
strong cnongh to do without popu-
listic aid, have thrown off the mask,
nominated Pcmbcrton for what he is,
a straight democrat, while Gov. Bob
Smith takes off his populis4ic false
face and shows up as a simon pure
democrat Of the good old Kentucky
brand and laughs at the populiSts
and their leaders. And still, in some
counties. the populists are keeping
up the fight as assistant democrats
by putting up tickets to draw votes
from the republican party in order to
give democracy the counties as they
have before given democracy the
state. How do they like the imagc
Of themselves in the glass?
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-09-28
MISSOULA REPUBLICANS.
Full County Ticket Noninated-Dc
to Helena.

Missoula, Sapt. 22.-'rhc rcpubl-
cans Of Mssoula county held their
convention today and placed ticket
in the field This makes four tickets
in the ticld-democratic, silver rcpub-
lican, populist and republican.
The republicans placed in nominal
ton the following ticket: State SEN
ator, Tyler Worden: representatives,
NJ. r. Rutherford, Charles e. Beck
with, J. \. McGowan, William
Dyson; sheriff, w. II. Huston: treas
urcr, Robert Fisher: county clerk and
recorder, n. 2. Krone: county attor-
ncy, S. q. Murray: assessor, George
II. Slack: auditor, c. W. Bishop:
public administrator, Ed Rokramer;
county uperintcndent Of schools,
Minnie Spurgcon: county surveyor,
Elmer E. Hughes.
The following were named as dele
gates to the republican state conven-
tion: Gus Moser, II. Hagaas, G.. E.
Boos, J. A. MCGOWAN, W. G. Ranft,
a. J. Houston, W. II. Smcad, DR.. ].
Il. Mccullough, T. G. Marshall, S. 6.
Murray, w. II. Mcleod, G. \. Pep
low, T. II. Mcleod, NJ. r. Ruther-
ford, George II. Beckwith.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-09-28
knocks Out Fusion,

Milwaukee, Sept. 20.-A decision
was handed down from the supreme
court at Madison today which up
holds the law forbidding the printing
Of candidates name,in two columns
on the official ballot and practically
knocks out fusion in this state in the
future. The decision was in the case
OF Carl Rungc against City Clerk
Anderson. Runge is a populist, but
was nominated by the democratic
city convention for city attorney.
City Clerk Anderson refused to place
Runge's name in both columns and
suit was brought to compel him to
do SO.