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Newark.

Commencing tomorrow, tsucrial SER
vices will br held in III" N. T.. Churrh.
Tor "n" week. the following rrocrauI
has been "rl0ng"i Sunday nInrliilr
sermon, "TIlc Time aud Duty Of C,n.r
Grafton to a." I.ord's WORKS." Thc Lorl's :
supper will follow the sermon. At nirlt
z sermon on "l"rr Fum" lifr." Tlj.
sermon viii i" followed by revival -rr-
vice. Monday night. y. 7. So,
H., It, Possibilities and Needs" A.
or"s~r$ viii hr made byThomas = Smith
and v. j.. Niolds. Tuesday uigh,.--
"O1r Sunday school, It's Field Of Work
ana IT'S CORPS Of Workers. Addrcssr.
hyJ. David 'a4uc'tr, 4. NJ, and l.. ".
Manning Fh. y. "Wednesday NIGHT -
MI~"Ion@.' Addresses by DR.. Walt H.
steele and Mrs. J. i. butlrr. Thursday
nI9h.--'Dur Young People, Their
Dangers and Ncods," Sermon by Rev.
Harvey \. Ewing, l.. y. Friday night.
= Temperance. Sermon bv Rev.
Thomas ;. Holt \. NJ, Il graduate of
Delaware College. class OF '0j. Every
person Is invited to these services, and
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BEATEN AND ROBBED.
E. A. Brown Meets With a Painful
Experience at San Jose. q

SAN JOSE, Jan. Sc. A. Brown,
who arrived here yesterday afternoon
by private conveyance from HOLSTER,
was robbed this morning of all his
money, $500. At the same time he
was beaten over the head with pistol,
and painfully but not fatally hurt. The
deed was done by Henry Marvin, his
room mate.
The crime was committed about s
O'Clock at clearinghouse in the CEN
ter of the city. The robber walked
down the stairs on to the street, car
rying the trousers of his victim, and
so far has successfully eluded the po-
lice. Brown was asleep when attacked.
f. NJ. Owen and wife, who claimed
to have been playing at the Santa Clara
Theater, recently burned, came in the
rig with the two principals from near
Gilroy. They were stranded, they say,
and Brown gave them a. ride and paid
for their dinner and room. Owen says
he grabbed a pistol and attempted to
stop the robber, but failed.
Owen has been detained as a witness
by the police until the matter is clear
ed up. He is not accused of compile
ity He says his home is in San
Francisco, where he is known among
local theatrical people.
The record-union., 1898-01-09

Eight People Were Killed and Several
Others Seriously Injured.
The Hulk Of the Vessel Sinks AL
most Immediately After the Ac-
cident Occurs-The Explosion
Was Terrific, Being Heard for
Miles Around.

PITTSBURG, Jan. S.-The towboat
Percy Kelsey, owned by K. H. Brown
& Sons of this city, blew up While going
down the Ohio River near Glentield,
Pa, about II o'clock this morning. and
six or eight of the crew were killed,
and at least four of the others injured.
The boat was commended by Captain
Leslie Jones of Shousetown, Pa, and
the crew was made up of two pilots,
two engineers, two mates, two firemen,
a chambermaid, cook and the deck
hands, in all about twelve persons.
The Kelsey left Pittsburg about s
o'clock this morning with tow con-
sisting of seven barges and two flats
Of coal, and everything was apparently
all right until the explosion took place,
when the boat was literally blown TO
pieces and the tow scattered and lost.
The hill sank almost Immediately, and
the shattered portion of the upper
works fioated down the river and COW
cred the water in the vicinity of the
wreck.
The explosion was most terrific, and
was heard for miles. Hundreds of per-
sons ran to the river upon hearing the
noise, and an awful sight met their
gaze. Bodies We're floating down the
river, and the debris was scattered far
and wide, but no live person was SEEN
A few minutes later Captain Jones
and three others We're picked up alive
but badly injured, and one body float
ed ashore near Neville Island. The
injured We're removed to- Captain
Crows residence on Neville Island
where everything possible was done to
alleviate their sufferings 1t is believed
that the rest of the crew We're killed.
and parties are now searching for their
Bodies.
The list of dead and injured as far
as known is as follows:
Killed-Milton Woods, pilot, Allie
gheny, Pa, aged 20; Thomas Flynn
second engineer; Joseph Lalley, sec
ond mate; Lee Webster, fireman; Lee
Brechtold, fireman, and another fireman
are still missing.
Iniured-Leslie Jones, Captain, badly
burned and hurt about the body, con-
dition serious; P. Woods, apprentice.
will die; Walter Davis, fireman. serious;
Adolph Wendell steward, serious; Har-
ry Hanna, deckhand, not dangerous:
Hugh Close, iron worker, not of the
deckhand, skull crushed, will die.
1t is rot known what caused the ex-
plosion. The boats boilers We're re-
Gently tested,and found to be in good
condition The boat was considered
one Of the best and stanchest on the
river. 1t was valued at $4,000.
A dispatch from Glenfield says:
When the boat blew up Pilot Woods
was asleep in the pilothouse only a few
feet from Captain Jones. Others of
the crew were also asleep The pilot
was thrown high in the air, and fell
right where few minutes before the
pilothouse was. He was dead when
found, and pitiable sight was his son
only a few feet away, injured very
badly. He was pleading to help his
father Captain Leslie Jones was in
Jured by bad cut in the head and
mis- back badly sprained The BODY of
the fireman was blown ashore near.
Only three of the crew escaped unin-
jured"
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MAJOR MOSES P. HANDY.
HE PASSES AWAY AT AUGUSTA,
GEORGIA.
Was Stricken With His Fatal Ill
ness at Paris, France, Just Prior
to Leaving for America.

AUGUSTA (Ga.), Jan. s. Major
Moses p. Handy died at noon to-day.
The remains will be taken to Berlin,
Md, for burial.
Major Handy was stricken with the
Illness which ended with his death
While he was preparing to leave Paris
for America, after completing his work
as Commissioner TO the exposition.
Never very strong man, the strain
of his position told heavily on him,
and he was advised by his physicians
to give up the more trying work of the
mission. But he persisted until two
days before the date set for sailing,
when he was overcome by what APP
peared to be temporary weakness.
which caused him to postpone his de-
parture. He was nervously broken
down, and his condition was rendered
worse by impaired circulation and
faulty heart action.
Major Handy was born at Warsaw
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ARID LANDS.
Commissioner Hermann Opposed to
Their Being Granted to States.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Commis-
sinner Hermann of the General Land
Office has prepared an adverse report
OF the House bill, providing for the
granting TO the respective States of all
arid lands within their areas, upon
condition that the lands shall be re-
claimed for agricultural purposes by
the State.
In place of the bill proposed. the Com
missioner expresses the opinion that the
Carey law be so amended as to extend A
more satisfactory guarantee to capital
as inducement TO invest in the reclama-
ton of arid lands under the law, but he
disapproves of the effort to enlarge the
quantity of lands which can now be ac-
quired by the States.
The record-union., 1898-01-09
FATAL MINE EXPLOSION
Six Lives Supposed to Have Been
Lost Near Pittsburg.

PITTSBURG OKan.), Jan. Six lives
are supposed to have been lost by an ex-
plosion, probably of dust or gas. at
GAO o'clock this evening, in shaft No.
of the Mount Carmel Coal Company $
mine, six and one-haIf miles south of
here, near Chicopee.
The EXPLOSION occurred at shot-fring
time. when. as far as known, but seven
or eight men We're in the shaft. five of
these being shot firers and the others
drivers. Had the accident occurred
half an hour later the forty men of the
night Shift would have been caught.
The men still in the mines and believed
to be dead are: Joe Setar, Jim Simnon-
man, John Bossin, Anton Weimberger.
Anton oGrwitZ, Casper Bartolio. 1t is
not believed that they can be reached
before daylight.
Great masses of slate and other de-
bris must be removed before the rescue
party can reach the interior of the
mine, and the men composing the resclI-
ing party are having after damp to con-
tend with.
The loss to the company will be heavy.
The mine employed 200 men on the day
Shift.
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Benton County, Mo. his father being
Rev. /. w. X. Handy, a prominent
Presbyterian clergyman The family
left Missouri for Virginia when Major
Handy was a child, and he was reared
and educated in the latter State. While
under age he entered the Confederate
service, and served with gallantry dur
ing the closing months of the war. He
was employed by the New York "Trib-
une" as special correspondent during
the Cuban troubles, and won distinction
by his report of the Virginius massacre
Later he became managing editor of
the Philadelphia Times" and subse-
quently the editor of the Philadelphia
Daily News
He was one Of the founders and for
many years President of the Glover
Club of Philadelphia. He moved to
Chicago in 1893. 10 accept the position
OF Chief of the Bureau of Publicity and
Promotion of the Worlds Columbian
Exposition. At the close of the fair he
went to New York and engaged in lit
erary work and newspaper correspond
ence for year He returned to Chi
cago as the editor of the Times Her
add in 1895. when the paper was pur-
chaser by II. II. Kohlsaat Last Nav
Major Handy was appointed by Presi-
dent Mckinley as Special Commissioner
TO the Paris Exposition, where he rem
dered valuable service.
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CONGRESSMAN BREWER.
rendered a Position as a Member
of Civil Service Commission.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S-Ex-Rerrc
sentative Mark S. Brewer of Michigan
has been rendered p position as MEM
Der of the Civil Service Commission.
He has the matter under consideration.
and his friends are generally of the
opinion that he will accept
Mr.. Brewer is a personal selection of
the President. He was a colleague Of
Major Mckinley when the latter was a
member of the House. and he was an
original Mckinley advocate in Michi-
gan He was a delegate at large at
the st. Louis Convention, having been
chosen on Mckinley and gold stand
ard platform.
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ALASKA TERRITORY.
Recommendations Which the Sem
ate Committee Will Make,

WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-Senators
Thurston. Carter and White, constitut-
ing the subcommittee on Alaska of
the Senate Committee on Territories,
held prolonged session to-day.
They practically decided to recon-
mend that the Territory be given three
Judges instead of one as at present, and
that the Judges be authorized to ap-
point United States Commissioners. this
power now being vested in the Presi-
dent.
They discussed the ACCESSIBILITY of al
lowing the Territory a Delegate in
Congress, and while they did not decide
to recommend this course, they consider
it with more favor than heretofore
There is great pressure for this conces
sion. The principal objection urged
against it is the difficulty of getting con-
venient polling places.
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IMPORTANT OPINION.
Rendered by Superior Judge Shaw
of Los Angeles.

Los ANGELES, Jan. S.-Judge Shaw
in the Superior Court to-day rendered
an opinion in the case of the State Loan
and Trust Company against John Bry-
son, ST.. II. ]. Wollacott and w. O..
Cochran. These three who are stock
holders in the bank, were also bonds
men of S. B. Hunt who was Secretary
of the bank. Hunt borrowed large sums
of money from the bank and died. The
securities were found to be worth less
than his Indebtedness in the amount of
$4,000. The bondsmen asked the
bank to withhold proceedings against
them until the securities could be real
lied upon, and later, when the security
was found inadequate, they pleaded the
statute of limitations. Judge Shaw re-
fuses to allow this proceeding.
The record-union., 1898-01-09
A MISSOURI MYSTERY.
Supposed Murder Case Reported to
Police at st. Joseph.

ST. JOSEPH (Mo), Jan. S.-James
Smith, a boy, informed the police to-
day that early in the day an unknown
man broke in the ice on the Missouri
Rivtr and showed small child into the
opening. The act was witnessed by "A
man, who, after telling Smith to notify
the police of the affair, followed the
murderer across the river to the Kan
sas side. Neither the pursuer nor the
murderer have been found, and the
body of the child has not been recov-
cred. The story is received with eau
ton, although the hole was found at
the point indicated, together with a
pole with which the ice had been
broken
The record-union., 1898-01-09

VICTORIA q. c., Jan. S.-The fleet
at Esuuimault will within a very short
time be the largest that has ever been
stationed there, no less than eight YES
sells being in the harbor. AT present
there are the Imperieuse, Pheasant,
Icarius, Leander and Virago The Am
phion has been ordered north and the
Phaeton and Sparrowhawk will, it is
expected, arrive in a few weeks.
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A MISER'S DEATH.
Heirs Have Been Found Who Will
Share in a Large Estate.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. San old man
named Joseph Blow died recently IN
scualid house on Alameda street. He
was a miser, and left at least $4,000
worth of property, and there was no
apparent heirs. John F. Francis. one
of the leading men of this city, on read
ing of the case, remembered that man
of the same name worked on the old
Francis family place at Lyons, Iowa.
years ago, and he interested himself in
the case. The result is that brothers
and sisters have been found living in
Bainbrock. Lincolnshire, England, and
they Will get the property.
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All of Her Crew Lost.

MARSEILLES, Jan. S.-The steamer
reported to have fundered with all
hands on Thursday last off Bauduck,
twenty-five miles west Of this port
turns out to be the French steamer
Louis, from Cardiff for Marseiles with
coal She was wrecked January 1st
however, and her crew, consisting of
fifteen men, We're all lost. Four bodies
have already been recovered from the
wreck
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A Vessel in Distress.

EMPIRE CITY (Or.), Jan. S-Cap-
tain Scott of the Bandon Life Saving
Station reports large four-masted
vessel in distress about six miles south
of Coos Bay bar The vessel is sup
posed to be the barkentine Echo. direct
from China bound for Coos Bay, and
owned by the Simpson Lumber Com
pany. 1t is likely a tug will be able
to cross about midnight.
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PORTLAND. Jan. S.-John A. Magee
of San Francisco, representing Eastern
and San Francisco capitalists. to-day
gave a contract to the Willamette Iron
Works of this city for the construc-
ton of two steamers for the Yukon
River trade. The steamers will carry
400 tons each and will be of three and
a half feet draft.
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Took His Own Life,

BEDFORD 0a), Jan. S.-James r.
McCownie, a Justice of the Peace and
prominent citizen, who last night shot
and killed his divorced wife while try
ing to obtain possession of their chill
dren, was found dead to-day in the yard
of Sheriff Lane. He had evidently shot
himself. for there was a bullet hole in
his head
The record-union., 1898-01-09
Reagan Withdraws.

AUSTIN (Texas). Jan. S.-Railroad
Commissioner Reagan, who I'D to date
has been IN evowed candidate for
United States Senator against Gov
ernor Charles Culberson and Senator
Roger @. Mills, issued formal card to
the public, which will appear in to-mor
rows paper, Withdrawing from the race.
He says that private business affairs
and other personal reasons cause his
action
The record-union., 1898-01-09
The Murder Not an Accident.

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. S.-Miss Julia
Cling, the twin sister of Katherine Cling,
the victim of Murderer Harry Hay
ward, has lost her suit against the
Travellers Accident Insurance Compa-
ny to recover the face of an accident
policy on her sisters life. Judge Nc
Gee held that the murder was not an
accident, and that Miss Cling was not
killed in defense of her own life
The record-union., 1898-01-09
An Ex-Convict in Trouble.

SAN JOSE, Jan. S.-The man arrested
here. yesterday afternoon as James
Wilson. for attempting TO pass forged
check for $50 on the Farmers Union,
has been identified as J. w. Scott. He
was sent to Folsom in March, 1891, from
Napa County for assisting in a murder.
He was released last September. He
confessed his identity to the police when
confronted
The record-union., 1898-01-09
New York Bank Statement.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-The weekly
bank statement shows the following
changes: Surplus reserve. increase,
S6,475, S25; loans, increase. 81. 900, 300;
specie. increase. 81, S57 500; legal ten
der, increase, $3.50 100; deposit, in
crease, $40. 52S, 800; circulation, in
crease. S64.700 The banks now hold
SD 264. 575 in excess of the require
ments of the % per cent rule.
The record-union., 1898-01-09

her with a revolver as she was running
away. He then knelt on her head and
shot her three times, killing her. He
was arrested and taken TO the nearest
hospital where he was found to be ter
ribly burned. Verdier said the woman
had followed him for year. attempt
ing to kill him.
The record-union., 1898-01-09
A st. Louis Citizen Dead.

Los ANGELES. Jan. S.--Alva Man
sur of st. Louis, President of the Man
sur & Tibbfts Implement Company. and
Vice. President of the American Ex-
change Bank, died in this city to-day
of pneumonia. He has been i'll for a
week only. The remains will be sent to
ST. Louis for interment.
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Sentenced to be Hanged.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. S-Wee Ting,
the Chinese, who on September I'd shot
and killed his uncle, zee Lick Chang, in
the Globe Hotel, was this morning SEN
fenced by Judge Dune to be hanged in
San Quentin at a date to be set hereaf-
ter. Within ten days the condemned
man will be delivered to Warden Hale.
The record-union., 1898-01-09
Case Against Dudley Dismissed.

SANTA CRUZ, Jan. S-The case
against Professor w. r. Dudley of Stan
ford University, accused of passing spu-
rious coin, was dismissed this morning
in the Sequel Justices Court, as it was
purely case Of mistaken-identity..
The record-union., 1898-01-09
An Insurgent Surrenders.

HAVANA, Jan. S-Tha insurgent
Iiauteaan7-Coionel Soto, according to
Spanish advices, has surrendered to the
Government authorities at Sadua La
Grande, with three of his officers and
twenty privates. Senior Ricardo Cal
bis has been appointed Governor of
the Banco Espanol.
The record-union., 1898-01-09
Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-To-day's
statement of the condition of the Treas
ury shows Available cash balance,
III ,So9,342 gold reserve, $161, 334, :
S13
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Tragedy in the Streets Of Paris.

PARIS, Jan. S.-A girl named Decous-
set wavlaid clerk named yerdier to-
day. threw vitroil in his face, and
stabbed him in the back. .Verdier shot
The record-union., 1898-01-09

three smaller houses adjoining the
mansion. and to build a big banquet
room and offices for the staff.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-23
FREE OF CHARGE.

Any adultsuffering from cold settled
on the breast, bronchitis, throat or lung
troubles of any nature, who will call at
I. E. Fickett's, PIP Danforth, E. W..
Stevens, 107 Portland, MeDonough d
Sheridan's. 235 Congress. or ]. d. Gold.
& Co.'s, POI Federal ST, win be presented
with sample bottle of EsOscaaee's
German syrup, free of charge.
Only one bottle given to one person and
none to children without order from
parents.
No throat or lung remedy ever had
such sale as Es0schee's sseruspss
Syrup in all parts of the civilized
world. Twenty years ago millions Of
bottles were given away, and your drug
gists will tell you its success was marvel
Gus. 1t is really the only Throat and
Lung Remedy generally endorsed ply
sicians. One Is cent bottle will cure or
prove its value. Sold by all druggists in
this city.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-23
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VETERAN TELEG RApHER Ri SIGNS.
William ]. Fogarty, day telegraph op-
orator at the Maine Central station in
Waterville, has rendered his resignation
to take effect January 1st. He has been
in tho office IS years. and is one of the
most trustworthy men in the employ of
the company. He is an expert in the art
of telegraphy, and during all his lon 6
service has not made a blunder in train
orders which has been the cause of an ao-
oident of any kind. The Watsrville sta
tion is one of the most important on the
road, being the junction point of the two
main lines, and during the time he has
sat at the key board he has handled thous-
ands upon thousands of orders to engine
men and conductors with direction for
crossing trains. He will enter the Office
of the Hollingsworth & Whitney Co. in
Winslow, January 2. His successor has
not yet been named
THE WASHINGTON COUNTY ROAD.
The railroad comm issioners have exam
ined the new Washington County line.
10 Bangor reporter Col. Peaks said that
the commissioners went over the line and
gave it a thorough inspection, with the
result of finding it to be in good condi-
ton. There were a few details of con-
struction upon which the commissioners
recommended changes, and the altera-
tions as suggested by them are being
made this week. With this work COM
pleted the road will berali right for active
operation, and Col. Peaks said that the
railroad commissioners would issue a
certificate to the railroad company entit-
ling it to give passenger and freight SER
vice next Monday. 1t is expected that
regular service on the line will begin
about the first of January.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-23
RELICS FROM THE PORTLAND,

Gloucester. Mass, December 22. The
schooner Lucille. of this port, arrived at
her wharf today and reports that 20 miles
south of Highland Light she sighted
large packing case with marks on it indi-
eating q that it cames from the steamer
Portland.
1t was SO cumbersome and water soaked,
however, that they did not take it on
board.
The schooner Mary Carbrall, which was
ashore on Caps Cod during the blizzard,
arrived here this morning and also has
a memento in the shape Of q cane belong
ing to and bearing the inscription of AS
sistant City Clerk Gosselyn of Montreal.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-23
HAReoR NOTES.
Items of Interest Picked Up Along the
Water Front.

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The heavy fog which has caused SO.
much trouble on the coast south of Ports
land, reached this harbor late yesterday
afternoon. By nightfall it was SO thick
that all business in the harbor was sus-
pended and pedestrians and teams moved
very slowly and carefully along Comr
mercial street. The harbor was reported
to be we'll filled with coasting vessels.
driven in here by the thick weather.
None of the coastwise steamers sailed last
evening.
The German liner Strathtay arrived in
Boston yesterday morning and began at
once to discharge 5000 tons OF cargo She
has 1000 tons for Portland and will
probably reach here about Sunday.
The schooner Matte j. Allies, reported
| to have gone ashore somewhere down east
during the big storm arrived here yester-
| day in tow of the tug Ice King.
The only fishing arrival was the Leila
B. Fernald, with small fare.
The steamship Ceryona of the Thomson
line is expected here shortly.
The steamship Deyona of the Thomson
line was loading cattle last night and is
expected to sail early this morning. She
takes out an enormous cargo. Among
other things are over 10000 boxes of
cheese, enough to completely bury a small
house.
Eight cars of oranges were unloaded
here Tuesday, placed in q train OF eight
cars and pulled out from Portland at
seven o'clock YESTERDAY morning. At
nine o'clock that night these oranges
were in Montreal SO the train made ex-
press time all the way. The fruit was I'M
loaded for Christmas sale in the Montreal
markets and the Grand Trunk was equal
to The demands made upon them to get 1t
there in time.
There are now thirteen steamers on
their way to this port as follows; Cervona
and Iona of the Thomson line; Lekola
and Merrimsc of the Elder Dempster line,
Turanian, Hibernian, Numidian and
Sarmatian of the Allan line, Sheik,
Georgian, Assyrian OF the Leyland line,
Strathtay of the Hamburg line.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-23
THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
To the Editor Of the Press:

South Freeport, Dec. 90, 1885,
l have just read an article in the PRESS
of Dec. 18th signed John III. SSouia,"
1.-The Confederate Dead" Please allow
me space in your paper to suggest to Mr..
G luld that before be writes another arti-
Gle he had better learn the history of An
Jacksonville. Perhaps he had not any
friends sacrificed on the altar Of southern
t eason. A. j.