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The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03

Washington, January 2.-The commits
sion appointed by the indianapolis None
tary convention has just completed it's re-
port and recommendations. The commits
sion was composed of Messrs. Geo1 GO F.
Edmunds, George E. leighton. E. G.
Bush, W. B. Dean. Charles S. Fairchild,
Stuyvesant Fish, J. W. Fries, L. A.
Garnett, ]. Laurence Laughhn, G. Stuart
Patterson and F. S. Taylor.
The commission says that gold alone
fulfils all the conditions needed in a
monetary standard, and says that If the
choice is to be made between gold and
silver 1t is clear that the existing gold
have been in fact based since 1878, should
be maintained. A distinct announce
ment in law would effectually remove all
distrust on this point for the future, and
the credit of the government at home and
abroad would be improved, to the saving
of many millions to the taxpayer in
lowered rates of interest on our indebted
neas AS the first and Indispensable ele-
ment of sound monetary system the
standard should not only be distinctly
declared in the law, but clearly fixed in
the minds of the people. By the concurr-
| ing habits of modern civilized nations
throughout the world. gold has in fact
been chosen as the standard. Any country
Wishing to maintain trade relations with
the most enlightened countries of the
world must necessarily base their tran
sactions on the same chosen standard.
Inaslnuch as serious distrust concerning
the permanency of our standard has been
caused in recent years by the forced COIN
age of silver the commission say the coin
age of silver should be discontinued; a1d
the parity of that already coined should
be maintained by direct redemption in
gold. A place in or circulation should
be made for silver dollars by forbidding
the use of all notes, other than silver Ger
tificates below $40.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03

water After taking to the boats, Captain
Daore and the men with him laid to till
me raing in heavy snow storm and bit
the island through the surf. After day.
light nothing was to be seen of the
Corona and officers at Yarmouth believe
that she went down. All hands got ashore
safely. Those who were not taken to
Yarmouth today were sent by another
boat to Pubnioo. Nobody saved anything
except the clothes they wore.
The cargo of the Corona is valued at
$4,000 and the ship herself was worth
about $3.50, 600. The cargo was insured,
mostly through agencies in Montreal.
The news of the disaster to the Thom-
son line steamer Corona created great
sensation here among the steamship otfic-
ials who were informed of the wreck
Saturday night. The Portland agent of
the line Mr.. W. A. Coates, and his assis-
ant, Mr.. Andrew Reford, were absent
from the city. and the only per-
son to be found was Mr.. Bailey,
the stevedore OF the Thomson line,
who had no further information
about the wreck than that which was
obtained from the Associated Press dis.
patches. The Corona sailed Friday morn
ing for London. The total value of her
cargo was 1886. goo.
The Canadian portion of the cargo was
,431 bushels rye, 10,3l5 bushels peas,
143 packages radiators, POI barrels apples,
200 cases canned goods, Ar tags ashes
tos, 134 boxes meats, 1886 bundles
shocks, 1,174 pieces deals, 3,C7S pieces
birch, $3.50 boxes cheese, 485 boxes but
ter, 20 cases hats, / boz clothing, 500
sacks peas, 80 horses. The American
portion. $500 sacks flour, 70. 900 bushels
clipped oats, 42,5OO bushels corn, 500
boxes meats. box samples, 900 cattle.
Mr.. John J.Lappin of Portland provid-
ed the hay and fodder for the cattlo and
horses. He told PRESS reporter Sat-
urday night that he shipped II men to
care TOR the horses and cattle in Boston.
None of the men who shipped as cattle
men on the Corona were from Portland.
All OF them were Canadians or men
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
Weather Observation.

The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, Jan. 4, taken
ats p. m., meridian time. the observa-
tion for each section being given in this
order: Temperature, direction of wind,
state of weather:
Boston, 16 degrees. SW. clear: New
York, 20 degrees SW. p. cloudy; Philadel-
phia, % degrees, SW, clear; Washington,
% degrees, SW, rain; ALBANY, 2 degrees,
S, cloudy; Buffalo, % degrees, SW,
cloudy; Detroit, 20 degrees, SW, cloudy;
Chicago. 80 degrees, NV, p. cloudy; st.
Paul. 26 degrees, NV, cloudy; St.
Vincent, degrees, ---: Huron,
Oak, go degrees. S, clear; Bismarck,
"a degrees, NE, p. p.!cloudy; Jacksonville, 81
degrees, NV, clear.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
RUssIA,s LATEST MOVE.

st. Petersburg. January Alt is an
nounced that M. Kuril Alexeief has been
invested with full powers to promote
tions between Russia and Corea in oom-
petition with British and Japanese in
fuences and to aid in furthering the
prompt construction of the projected
Orthodox church at Zeoul.''
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
Local Weather Report.

Portland, Me-, Jan. 2.-The local
weather bureau Office records as to the
weather are as follows:
g. a. NJ. Barometer 29,S73; Thermom-
eter 8; Dew Point 2: Humidity 5S
Wind NW.;i > Velocity IS; Weather clear.
8p. N. Barometer 29,S91; Thermome-
ter is; Dew Point 2; Humidity 81
Wind w. Velocity 5; Weather. clear.
Mean daily therm. IA; maximum
therm, 20; minimum thern1, s; max. We
ocity, wind 16 NV; total precipitation
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
SIX or FAMILY PERISHED
Burned to Death in their Home al
Jersey City.
SEVERAL INJURED AND ANOTHER
OF FATED FAMILY MAY DIE.

Adolph Reich. well-To-i1o Real Estate
Dealer, His Wife and Children the
yictims-Fire Started safter All Had
Retired.
New York, January 2.-Six members
of one family were killed by flames and
smoke in fire that occurred today in
Jersey City. The dead are:
Adolph Reich, 42 years old, the father.
Emma Reich, 42 years old the mother.
G'illy Reich, % years.
Ida Reich, Is years.
Albert Reich, ID years.
Gustav Reich, years.
Several others were Injured and it may
be that another of the i'll fated family
will die. He is the nineeen year old son
and his body is covered with burns.
John Conway, chief of the Jersey City
fire department was badly cut and
burned. He fell through burning floor
and was rescued with some difficulty.
Henry Reich, seventeen years of age,
managed to make his escape from the
house, receiving bad burns on the neck,
face and hand, but he is not seriously in
jured.
Adolph Reich's home was at 317 Ger
mania avenue, in the Hudson City dis
trict. Reich was real estate agent, and
was well to do. living in pleasant house
of three stories. 1t is believed that the
fire broke out from heater in the base
ment and worked it's way up to the third
floor, where the sleeping apartments of
the family were located.
Henry Reich said it was late when the
family retired, the evening having been
spent in entertaining New York callers.
Early in the morning he was awakened
by shouting. Running out into the hall
he saw the smoke and flames in the lower
hall. His father was there and they
managed to get out of the house together
in their night clothes. Young Reich
then gave the alarm. When he returned
his father was not to be seen, but one of
his brothers. Sigmund, was there but
badly burned. He was taken to neigh
boring house where he said that some one
had awakened him and that he had
jumped through the binding smoke and
flames down the staircase and out int
the open air.
Several engine companies respond,
promptly to the alarm, and ten mintte
later the fire was out. Then the search 6
the house with its ghastly results began
The rays from the firemen' 8 lanterns IL
closed three charred bodies against tie
wall at the foot Of the stairs. They were
the bodies Of Adolph Reich, his daughter
Tillie and Gustav. The father had fallen
upon the daughter and his son was in his
arms. They were burned almost beyoni
recognition.
In the basement of the house, the
searching party stumbled over something
at the foot of the stairs. The lantern
showed sickening spectacle. Two
blackened corpses with arms intertwined
lay there. They were the remains Of Ida
and Albert. Portions of the limbs had
been entirely burned away and the faces
were horribly distorted. They searched
then for the mother. Her body was found
in the dining room. She was but slight
ly burned. She undoubtedly died from
suffocation.
At dawn the bodies were enrolled in
blankets and sent to the morgue.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
DEATH OF JUDGE BENNETT.

Boston. January 2.-Judge Edmund
H. Bennett, the venerable dean of the
Boston University Law school, died at
525 this morning at the Hotel Vendome
after an illness of few weeks. Judge
Bennett was born in Manchester, VT,
April 6, 1924.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
EARTHQUAKE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE


Exeter, n. H., January 2.-Vibrations
of the earth following long noise as if
of great explosion g long way off, aw)ke
inhabitants of this town at five O'Clock
this morning. The noiso was two or three
seconds long and the trembling Of the
ground much longer. Houses were shaken
windows ratified and much commotion
Indoors was caused, sufficient in most
cases to awake the soundest sleepers.
Similar reports come from New Market,
EppiDg and other towns above here, so
that the claim of an earthquake shock
seems well founded.
PASTOR WANTS A CUT TOO.
Manchester, N. e January AT his
morning service today. Rev. Z. S. Bacon,
pastor of tho Tabernacle requested ten
per cent cut down in bis salary, to con-
form TO the CUT down in the mills.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
THE WEATHER.

Boston, Jan. 2.-Local forecast for
Boston and vicinity for Monday: Fair:
except light snow flurries are probable
in the early morning; warmer; brisk to
high southwest to west winds.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
ToNTINE GUTTED BY BIRE.

Brunswick, January s.-The Tontine
hotel was gutted this afternoon by fire
which started in the ell In the rear. The
flames were quickly checked by the fire
apparatus, but the water damage is con.
siderable. The loss is $4,000, covered by
insurance.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
Captain and Men With Him Heard
From Yesterday.
SAILOR BY NAME OF CARL THE
ONLY ONE MISSING.

He is Supposed to Have Drowned in Get
ting Away From the ship-Terrible
Experience of Men Binder Second Officer
Observation-Disclosures of Dead Cattle
Have Drifted Ashore-stsamer Was
Commanded by Captain Dacre.
Halifax, n. S.. January 1.-The steams
er Corona, from Portland, Me-, bound to
London with four hundred horses and q
general cargo, struck on Seal Island at
4 O'Clock this morning during thick
weather. She floated Immediately and on
the pumps being sounded 1t was found
she had fifteen feet of water in her hold
The captain deoioed to abandon the ship
and ali hands took to the boats.
When the ship was abandoned her fires
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03

were out, having Deen eXtlngulSned Dy
the water which poured through the holes
in her bottom. There could have been
no hope of keeping her afloat long enough
to get her to the nearest land, or else the
officers and crew would not have taken
to the boats in the fearful storm that
ragged. The Corona carried an extra
large crew and had 400 head of live
stock on board.
Halifax, n. S., January 2.-Yesterday
mornings disaster to the Thomson line
steamer Corona off Seal island, while on
a voyage from Portland, Maine, to Lon
don, and the doubt that surrounded tho
fate of thirty of her crew, includ-
ing Captain Dacre, caused much excite
ment today in Halifax, especially in ship
ping circles, when the news Lecame gen.
orally known. Until tonight it was i'm
possible to tell whether the two boat loads
of thirty seven men had perished or sue
ceeded inssreaching East Island, but de-
spatches received here at late hour re-
port that they are safe. One man named
Carle. who was supposed to be in the
boat in charge of Second Officer Alfred
Watson, which landed at Wood s. Harbor.
is missing. and is thought to have been
drowned in getting away from the ship.
Most of the men who were in Watson's
boat were oattlemen. The others in this
hoat wers Steward Mckenzie, First
carpenter MoCathner, Second Carpenter
Driscoll Mess Room Steward Boil, Sea-
men Soint and White and some of the
steamer's fremen. The captain and re-
maipder of the crew were in the ships
gig and life boat. These arrived at
Seal island some time yesterday or last
night and have started from there for
Yarmo nth on q small steamer. Second
Officer Watson and his companions had
a fearful experience in the life boat to
which they entrusted their lives, being
af1oat for nearly eight hours before they
made the shore at Forbes Point. 1t was
pitch dark, when they pulled away from
the helples s steamer, and it was not until
after daylie hit that they were able to de-
termipe in which direction to point their
craft in or " TO make the land. A fierce
gale beat II on them all the morning and
the sea thre ,atened to swamp them at any
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
ATTEMPT 10 FLOAT THE FRANK

Exeter, n. H., January 2.-The
stranded schooner Frank at Hampton
Beach was visited by many people today
Her owners, j. B. Norton and company,
of York, Me-, inspected the yesesl and
decided to make an attempt to float her
tomorrow. She lies half way up the
beach.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
LUMBER WANTED.

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square at Ck from AZ isa. 10
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to Feaaabie part es. En rep2y
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to Bos ois freight. Address
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The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
RLTIRE GREENDACkS
And Maintain the Single God
Standard.
ALLOW BANKS TO ISSUE NOTES
AGAINST TOTAL RESOURCES.

These In Brief Arc the Recommendations
of the Monetary Commission Appointed
at Indtanapo1is-Scheme Far More Rad
zeal Than 1hat Proposed by Secretary
Gage.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03

Adolph Reich, Wen-To-i,o Real Estate
Dealer, His Wife and Children the
yictims-Fire Started S.fter All Had
Retired.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03

The Triumph May, However, Be Short
Lived-Chairman Nash of State Com
mfttee Resigns Position to Which He
Had Been Appointed by Gov. Bush
nell.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-14
POOR ARGUMENTS FOR A WEAK
CAISE

1t would be difficult under any circum-
stances to listen with patience TO such argu-
ments as those of Senator Vest against ma
tional expansion, but coming from him they
are not entitled TO any respect whatever.
They would be weak under any circum-
stances. but coming from him they are
ridiculous. Senator Vests resolution de-
ciares it to be unconstitutional for this
government to acquire foreign territory ex-
cept fer coaling stations or some like pur-
pose, unless its intention is 10 confer state
hood upon the territory and citizenship upon
its Inhabitants" The Constitution which
Senator Vest is expounding is not the one
made by the fathers and adopted in 1889.
He admits that the Constitution authorizes
the government to acquire foreign territory
for coaling stations. yet it does not contain
any such authority. There is not word in
it regarding the acquisition OF foreign ter
ritory for coaling stations or for any other
purpose. Under a strict and liberal con-
struction of the Constitution every acquisi-
ton of foreign territory for a coaling sta
ton that has been made in the last hundred
years was unconstitutional. Senator Vest
would not stultify himself by such a claim
as this. so he admits the power of the gov
eminent to acquire foreign territory for
coaling stations or some like purpose" but
denies its right to acquire territory to hold
for any other purpose except TO confer
statehood and citizenship. If the trainers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-14
CURRENT PERIODICALS.

Julian Ralph, who has been, for some
years in England. writes for the December
Cosmopolitan a very clever analysis of what
seems TO him the English idea of a gentle
man, and Mr.. John Brisben Walker at
temptS to consider the American idea.
The Christmas number of Puck, already
out, is of extra size has highly deco
rative cover and its pages are full of good
matter in the way of pictures, humorous
sketches, verses and jokes. The color prints
are especially good. The number is of the
sort to add to holiday gayety In a genuine
way.
The Youths Companion has custom of
sending a decorative calendar to each of it's
subscribers as a New Years gift, and this
year offers one more unique and attractive
than ever before. The coming year Is the
seventy-third of the Companions existence,
and it retains it's popularity with each sue
ceeding generation of readers.
The Christmas number of Golfers Week
ly is the first of the American weelxlies to
enter the field occupied by the famous
Christmas numbers of London and Paris.
1t is beautifully and profusely illustrated.
both in colors and in black and white, by
well-known artists, and is filled with CHRIST
mas stories, poems and essays by popular
writers.
Calendars have taken the place of Christ
mas cards with Prang & Co., Boston and a
package from that house shows a variety of
pleasing designs The majority have violets
or pansies by way of decoration but there
are honeysuckles, lilies and tther flowers.
There is calendar showing the church rec
ord of fasts and festivals and saints days.
a Father Knickerbocker calendar and so on.
Any one of them is worth hanging on the
wall.
Joseph B. and Jeanette l. Glider, found
ers and editors of that excellent magazine
of review and literary criticism, announce
that hereafter the periodical will be pub
lished for the Critic Company by Messrs.
CT p. Putnam's Sons. The editorial manage
ment will remain as before. With the jan
tary number ii will appear in an enlarged
and improved form and in new typographi-
cal dress. The December issue rivals in at
Effectiveness and interest the best issue Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-14

Fears are expressed in some quarters that
the death Of General Garcia may retard the
pacihcation of Cuba and the establishment
OF stable government in the island. The
fears are probably groundless. Gen. Garcia
no doubt it would have been very beneficial
~ exercised. but the cause is always greater
than the man, and the pacifcation of Cuba
Is so auspiciously begun by the expulsion of
the Spaniards and the peaceable establish
ment of American authority that it will
doubtless move forward on the same lines
The death of the old Cuban patriot and
fighter Is greatly to be regretted, but ii is
eAenfS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-14
PLAN TO RAISE 100000
HOW METHODIsTs PROPOSE TO EN-
DOW THEIR UNIVERSITY.
One Thousand Preachers Each TO Se-
cure 81 900, and "A Woman's Guild
to Get a Like Amount.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-At the semi
annual meeting of the trustees of the Amer
lean University held here to-day Hon. Will
liam Connell, of Scranton, Pa, presided at
the forenoon session and Ex-Governor Patti
son at the afternoon Among those present
were Bishop John T.. Hurst, chancellor;
Bishop c. c. McCabe, of Texas; Rev. w. III.
Milburn. chaplain of the United States Sem
ate; Rev. DR.. c. H. Payne, corresponding
secretary of the Board of Education of the
M. Il. Church; Rev. DR.. ]. o. Wilson, of
New York; Rev. DR.. u. II. Carroll, of Balti-
more; Mr.. George p. Hukil, of Oil City,
Pa; Mr. c. c. Glover and M. G. Emery,
treasurer.
The board adopted plans proposed by
Bishop McCabe for the organization of a
ministerial alliance to consist of one thou
sand preachers, each to secure $1,000
81 ,O0e 600 in all--for an endowment fund; and
also for a woman's guild to raise the same
amount. making 100000 for endowment.
The initial steps towards the organization
of the alliance were taken by the election
of Bishop Charles II. Fowler, of Buffalo, as
president, and Bishop McCabe as secretary.
Mr.. c. G. Glover pledged 1000 for the alli-
ance, payable Jan /. Subscriptions to the
alliance already have been made of $25 900
For the erection of the Pennsylvania hall
Of administration $4,000 also has been
pledged.
DR.. w l.. Davidson was elected field Sec
retary, to have in charge the raising of funds
for the erection of the Ohio college of gov
eminent building.
An explanation was made by Henry Ives
Cobb of a water-colored sketch of the
grounds and the proposed buildings, and
also of his elevations of the Ohio college Of
government and the Pennsylvania hail of adj
ministration buildings. MIR. Thomas W.
Smith of Washington; Mrs Evalyn s.
Tome, of Port Deposit, Md. Rev. DIR. S.
Parks Cadman of New York; Mr.. John Il.
Dubois of Dubois, Pa, and Rev. DIR. j.
Wesley Hill were elected trustees.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-14

The true policy of the United States re-
gard!ng the Nicaragua canal has never been
more clearly stated than it was by President
Hayes in a special message to Congress on
March g. 1880, communicating certain cor
respondence on the subject. He said:
The policy of this country is a canal under
American control. The United States can
troll TO any European power or to any cCm-
binaton of European powers. If existing
treaties between the United States and
other nations, or if the rights of sovereignty
property of other nations stand in the
way of this policy. suitable steps should be
promote and establish the American policy
on this subject, consistently with the rights
of the nations to be affected by it, An in
teroceanic canal across the American
isthmus will be the great ocean thorough
fare between our Atlantic and our Pacific
shores and virtually part of the coast line
of the United States No other great power
would under similar circumstances. fail to
assert a rightful control over a work so
closely and vitality affecting its interests and
welfare.
This is firm but not defiant assertion of
the rights of the United States in the mat
ter. and it's course in the present stage of
the proceeding should be characterized by
the same spirit. 1t is probably fortunate
that in trying TO get rid of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty we have to deal with nation
that is entirely friendly to the United States
and will be disposed to make any reason
able concession in order to retain our good
will
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-14

Somehow" says a contributor to a new
Denver paper whose first copy has reached
the Journal, somehow my brain always is
whirling with matter which constantly is
struggling to free itself and to assume
tangible form through pen and ink upon pa
per, and when one stops to think about It
seriously is it not absolutely startling, this
ability to transfer to paper the intangible
fluid or essence which it is supposed the
brain itself generates aud which is named
thought" Wheels! wheels! BY way of
friendly advice the Journal would suggest
to it's young contemporary the wisdom of
discouraging correspondents with whrling
brains The malady is catching and likely
to affect readers.