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The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
BRIEFLY TOLD.

The Right Hon. Charles Pelham
Villiers, NJ. P, for South Wolverhamton
and known as the father of the House of
Commons, having sat continuously in
the house since 1885, died at nine O'Clock
last night.
The Ontario legislature has pass 9
bills forbidding the employment on sub
sidized railroads of citizens of any coun-
try having an alien labor law, and re-
quiring that logs cut in Ontario shall be
made into lumber in Canada.
Gen. William Booth, the head of the
Salvation Army has arrived in NewYork.
He declines to discuss the prospects OF his
meeting his son Ballington Booth. COM
mander Of the Volunteers of America.
Ballington Booth is willing to see his
father, but wants third person present
at the interview.
The Cleveland (Ohio) music hall
burned Saturday night. 1t was built in
1895 Mt coast of $So,000.
Gov. Taylor of Tennessee has an
nounced that he is candidate for cleo
tion to the United States Senate
Five-year Percy Lockyar Of West
Philadelphia. is missing, and the police
believe that he was murdered by Samuel
Henderson. aged Is. Henderson says
that Percy fell against knife with
which Henderson was whiting and died
Immediately after. Then Henderson
threw the body into creek.
Abbott s. Coffin, wealthy young So
ciety man of Salem, Mass, has been In
dicted on a charge of allowing immoral
practices to be carried on at a summer
cottage owned by him.
By the decision of d New York court.
Yale college will receive one-fourth of
the residuary estate of Mrs. Miriam
Osborne, mother Of Howell Osborne.
Germany has demanded 9s-year lease
of Kiao Chou, and a largo area surround
ing it. China offers to lease the bay and
shores only for SO years. Here the mat
ter rests. The Germans insist on the
right to build railroads and work mines
whenever they wish.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
FOR AN EIGHT HOUR DAY.

Columbus, Ohio, January l5.-TEe
United Mine Workers Of America decided
today to ask for an advance of ten cents
per ton on next years contract for pick
mining and three-f1fths of the pick-Inin-
ing price for machine mining in Ohio,
Illinois and Pennsylvania and four-ffths
in Indiana and other low coal districts
The convention decided that screens ought
to be abolished, all GOAL to be weighed
unscreened. The convention will go to
Chicago uninstructed on the difrerential,
but instructed to ask the operators to
establish eight hours as days work. 1t
is foreshadowed here that the National
Federation of Labor will probably select
the miners as the organization to inaugu-
rate the movement for the eight hour
system on or before May l.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
THE LYNN SHOPLiFTERS.
All Pleaded Not Guilty to Indictments
Found Against Them.

Salem, Mass, January l5.-The grand
jury of Essex county, made it's report at
II O'Clock this forenoon to Judge Bradley
of Fall River, who will preside over this
sitting of the court. Jury trials will be-
gin Monday morning. The four alleged
shoplifters from Lynn, Clara N. Phillis,
Florence Manson and Lleuella I. Cobb are
Indicted for larceny from the building,
while Mrs. Ida N. Houston is charged
with receiving stolen goods, it being that
no evidence was submitted to the grand
jurors duplicating her in the actual steal
ing of the goods. Each OF these women
pleaded not guilty.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
LOST HIS STOMACH.

st. Louis, January 15.-Until DR.. Carl
sohlatter of Zurich, Switzerland, re-
moved Anna Landis's stomach, Dr. A.
9. Bernays Of st. Louis lacked, he says,
the courage and knowledge to attempt
the same operation. DR.. Schlatter having
established precedent-Dr. Bernays'
constitutional and habitual daring as
serted itself.
He cut out the stomach of laborlng
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17

man named Beck, Wednesday at Rebekah
hospital, establishing the American
precedent for the latest demonstration OF
excessive SURGERY
Whether Beck will survive or not the
authorities at the hospital decline to give
an opinion, but they admit that it was
unquestionably a great operation.
The entire stomach was taken out, and
neither the shock nor the hemorrhage
proved fatal. Following the example
Of DR.. Schlatter, DR.. Bernays is having
Beck fed by enaema.
Beok's disease was an incurable cancer
Of the stomach.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17

Don't let the little ones suffer from
eczema, or other torturing skin diseases.
No need for it. Doan's Ointment cures.
Can't harm the most delicate skin. At
any drug store. so cents. !
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-17
French and German Lessons.
CLARENCE HALE CLIFFORD

Will continue his classes and private instr uet
on in French aad German. using the same
the hours Of Sand c'ci3as for particulars.
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Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
pI-ntc. nf th. I.xrnnilla.

Tn taking the visitor to tho top the raseals wait tIll they got him about half way up on some particularly 'slspery" partion If the ascent obvious ly what tle latter-day noyrlists call the psychological moment and make Il unanimous demand for takshcesh. One does not feel like hcsrudgirs few plastros ut such moment NoCr glance strays uneaslly down the ap- palling length and breadth of that huge, steep stairway of jagged hould- CTS, and you Shudderinely wonder how many piastrcs 1t would take for rc- pairs to your anatomy If you were 10 take an lmpromptu tohoggan slide to the bottom. To keep up their enthu- Siasm and give them an object in get ting you back alive you promise them something. You find the whole village waiting for you with open palms nt the bottom. They swarm over you Ike Siberian wolves on helated traveller, whine and bully you out of all your change, your last cigarette. everything you've got, and then nearly mob you for not having more. You shake off the last of your pursuers at the door of the hotel. pull yourself together with d sigh of relief and journey homeward. yowing that things will be largely otherwise and better managed before you appear amid the pyramids again. Sphinx.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
She Liked Sailing.

About twenty years ago q steam packet company of Liverpool wished to buy piece of land which was owned by q "stay-at-home spinster," as her nciehhors described her. She sold her land at a very low price. but insisted upon a clause being inserted in the agreement giving her the right at my time during her life to travel with q companion in any of the company's vessels When the agreement was closed she sold her furniture and went on board the first outgoing ship belong Ing to the packet company. For years this wise spinster lived nearly all the time upon one shtp or another, ire quently accompanied by companion, according to the agreement This was always a person who otherwise would have been q regular passenger, but who purchased her ticket at reduced rates by paying the spinster Instead of the packet company. The company offered hor more than twice the value of tho land If she would give up her privilege, but this she would not do. Her reply was: You got the land cheap. and like sailing; so we ought both to be satisfied. ."-Lipplncott's Magazine.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

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Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
Where Little Things Count.

Bookkeeping has been reduced to such an exact science in the big metro politan banks that the clerks are ex- pected to strike correct balance at the close of each days work, no matter if the transactions have run into the mill ions of dollars. When the books fail to balance, the whole force of the bank is put to work to discover the error. and no clerk starts for home until 1t Is dis covered, whether 1t amounts to two cents or S2,000. Generally quarter of an hour will bring the mistake to light, but sometimes the hunt is kept up until late into the night.
 Such a search was being conducted in a New York bank located in the VI cinity of Wall street. Forty-five cents was missing. At 6 o'clock not trace
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

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 small family md belongings together and proceedcd on h!s way. There are many white men in Alaska married 10 the Indians. They call thcm squaw l nen.-Lcs!ie's Weekly.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
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Astronomers say that one million
 Shooting stars fall Into the sun for every one that comes Into our atmos- phere.
 Fully nlne-tenths of the stars lie Tn a
 belt of the heavens about sixty degrees
 wide, through the center of which runs the Milky Way.
 According to the computations of
 Prof. ITamy, the black race embraces l about onetenth of the living members of the human species, or 150,000,000 individuals.
 Meda Wilhite, of Buckner Ky. now
 four years old. Is probably the largest child of her age in the country. She
 weighs 120 pounds, has a chest meas
 urement of thirty-eight inches, and is
 four feet high.
 Professor Harshberepr says that, | botanieally speaking the dahlia Is an American genus confined to Mexico.
 When the Spaniards first visited Mexi- cn, they found the dahlia cultivated in the gardens of tue natives. It was first grown In Madrid in 17S9, and in Eng land in 1790.
 Professor Krehs, of Chicago Is the third scientist who has discovered the
 germ of yellow fever. If the objects found are identical, thls will be pre- sumptire evidence that the medium of the disease has actually been found. and It's cure, or rather it's avoidance, will follow fin lup courSp
 The telcgraphic tournament which is to tASo place In connection with the electrical exhibition in New York in May Is attracting considerable atten- ton. A photographic record Is to he made of the best transmission. The same matter Is to be used as that sent by r. l.. GaGvin, who made a record of 24s words In five minutes in 1893.
 That the cinematograph is HOW q val uable aid to scientific Investigations
 WIS shown in the eclipse observations In India, and now Professor F'lam-
 marion. the well-known French astron- omer has used n cinematoEraph to take during the night a continuous series of pictures showing sunset, the appear ance of the stars, the milky way, moonrise and the moons motion in the
 sky.
 Contrary to q widespread belief that hard woods give more heat In burning
 than soft varieties. 1t has been shown that the greatest heating power Is pos sessed by the wood of the linden-tree,
 which Is very soft Fir stands next to linden, and almost equal to 1t Then comes pine. hardly inferior to fir and
 linden: while hard oak possesses eight per cent less heating capacity than linden, and red beech ten per cent less.
 If an inhabitant of another world should visit our earth he would hardly fail to notice, among It's curtosities worth reporting to his fellow-beinGs, the numerous observatories, some for studying the stars and others for study Ing the weather, which, within few
 years past have been placed upon so
 many lofty peaks In lands so widely scattered that they may be said to en- circle the globe. He would probably lot down In his notebook: "The inhab- itants of the earth have placed scien- tific sentry boxes all around their
 planet as near the sky as they can get them" The latest of the lofty outposts of science to be established has recently
 been put on the summit of Mount Kosciusko, 1928 feet high, the most elevated point In Australia It Is meteorological observatory.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
RHOne'a Gnn.

We have m old relic up in our country" said a gentleman from East ern Kentucky, which could tell thrill ling story if it were only provided with tongue and brain. IL Is an old rifle which Is said to have been owned by Daniel Boone, the great pioneer. On the stock fifteen notches have been cut and these arc said to represent the number of redskins the lndomitable Daniel slew during his numerous expe- dltions In the wilds of the then young State of Kentucky. On the stock is cut this inscription in rude letters: 'BoONEs bEst fRIN.' The old flint lock was given to an uncle of mine by trapper named Dedmon, who lived on Powelrs River, Tn Virginia, and whose grandfather had hunted, fished and trapped with the hardy Kentucky woodsman on many an occasion."- Louisville Post.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
Clersyman's Experiment..

A laudable attempt on the part of Noting IIill clergyman to practically illustrate to the working class portion of his flock the combined benefits of religion and tankard of beer has, we regret to hear, proved unsuccessful. The Rev. prebendaTy DeniSOn started, for the social pleasure of his congrega- ton, a club, where the reverend gen tleman CIT his Curate went, after dis pgnSing theological pabulum In the church, and served the members with repr and other cOrpOreal refreshments. The idea was to keep them away from public houses and 10 afford them hon. ct recr, a;i9n with a reasOna ble amount of tipple. By the rules no man could be served with liquor more than three times In the course of night But the clergyman was unaware of the degree If not of original sin at least of bibulouS ingenuity among the rougher classes of Noting Hill. They evaded the rule hy clubbing together their twopences and treating each other, so that In the course of the evening q member was able to obtain half q dozen, or even more, drinks, instead of three. The re. suit WAS sometimes unpleasant, and the Prebendary has therefore reluct. antly determined to give up the eXperi- ment.-London Telegraph.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
On Dangerous Ground,

Dick-I am convinced now that the funny men are right when they say woman can't understand a joke.
 Tom-Why. what's happened?
 DickI called on Mrs. Dartleigh- that sprightly little widow, you know last night and just in Joking way pro posed to her.
 Tom-Yes?
 nick-Well, it looks now as If will have to furnish very elaborate dia- gram to get her to see through It. Cleveland Leader.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
BUILT FOR HIGH SPEED.

k turned to retain lever F in It's posi- ton when not using the seat movement so that the wheel can be propelled by pedalirg. The rider relieves the saddle of his weight by placing his feet upon the foot rest. When using the lever i..o7a meEt and raising his body the spring II assists the lever to return to its position. so that the wheel may be driven by the weight of the riders body.
 Mir. McGowan Is quite sure that his machine can be ridden mile a minute with ease by q fairly good rider. A small-sized working model has been made.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
He knclv How Hay Grow.

Those who have chaperoned com pany of city gamins sent into the coun- try by the "Nacation Fund.- will per haps be able to cap this story, told by the London Answers:
 Many years ago. when Londoners had not the excursion facilities for get ting Into the country that they enjoy now, q Cockney friend was staying at a farmhouse. and soon made himself at home.
 Charley was wandering round, close ly examining the top, ends and sides of a certain trim, well-made object fenced round In the paddock. He stared at it for little while, then shook his head duhiously.
 What are you looking for now, CharlesT
 "N'here's the doors and windows, un- cleT'
 "Doos and windows? Why, that's a haystack.
 No fear, uncle, you don't humbug ne! Hay don't grow In Jumps like thatr'
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

Inch and 7.T-lnch rapid-nre guns. they poured in a hail of steel riddling the upper parts of the superstructures of the Chinese ships The water was lash. ed to foam by shells. which. ricochet- ting, inflicted most of the hits, The Japanese fired three or four times as fast as the Chinese, cutting down all who were on deck. Officers were killed at their posts by the deadly rapid-fres
 and none of them could be forced on deck, even nt the nuzzle of the pistol.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
GREAT GUNS GALORE
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 Admiral Ito's squadron In thc recent Caiuesc-Japancse war was well equip rtl Wlfh rapid-hre guns. while the Chinese had none Thr battle If the Yalu demonstrated the value of rapid dec guns. ship after ship of the Chinese Geyt opened fire Tt long range with the heavy Gnns, but the Japanese ships stood straight on until within 3,U00 yards of the enemy, when they turned iu succession eight points to port. and. opening with broadsides from their six.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24

crown che emimnr.S The leakage from tl,se has saturated tae entlr, slopc, causing il to slip down. inst as all have s.au millsidos 2e, and throwing aGainst the pier on thc rivers edge SD trrmen- Gol.s a pressure as to force it nearly four feet toward the river. though its base be IT feet below the ground.
 1'hr plan adopted was to remove the earth around tah pier, to huiM d new and staple foundation Tt q greater depth. and To move the pier Into posi- t!ln upon this new base. In all. 1O tunnels will be driven. removing all the material below the old masonry and from the earth. which formerly supported fl, gradually shifting the weight of the pier to 4O steel rails, rest ing upon 9tO steel rllers. which in turn bear upon the 10 rails of the lower tier imhedded In the new concrete. This has now assumed the form of a mnnolth. and bears the entire weight cf all above 1t, rails, rollers, pier and bridge. on the river side this great block of artificial stone is flush with thn face of the pier. but on the land side 1t extends like shelf eight feet lu width To roll the pier across this shelf to it's proper place will require q rull equal to nearly 1.1oo.0o0 pounds, which will he applied through 10 large
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
NEW CAAlNLESS WHEEL.
Invention of q [. Louisnn 'Tis Said
 Nill Go Mile q Minute.

The chainlrss wheel invented ty NJ. A;cGowan, of St, Louis, works as fol lows according to his specifications: The wheel B meshcs directly with pin eates q foot rest lever E is pivoted in q
 support. |, and carries on its oppslte end saddle. The spring II holds the ieYer E in its proper position md zserves the lever in it's downward move meut. K indicates q screw which Is to
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
Getting Rid of an Incubus,

Say, how Is that for luck?'
 What Is it2'
 You know how my steam yacht has been keeping me dead broke for the last two years?"
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 "Wel. I've got a splendid Idea. I'm going-ha, ha to give 1t to the govern ment. nt."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
Accustomed to It,

Ella-Jack, dear, do you think you can stand up in the battles brunt?
 Jack-Oh, yes; I have become quite accustomed to face powder.-New York Evening World.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
Suuaw Men in Alaska.

At Lake Lebarge we met an English man who was taking his wife and three children for a trip to Fiva EIp-
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
Clearly a Suspicious Character,

"Why did you arrest that man?"
 Because he said he had come out here from Boston to settle up an estate for a widow woman"
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-24
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