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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-21
In the Sch00'rocm.

The pupils Of the Ashland high
school are to start school paper
PASSPORTS new $4,000 grammar
school building is practically com
pleted.
\ subscription paper is being circu-
lated IN kittery for the purpose of rails
ing funds for new piano for the high
school.
The South Berwick high school stu
dents are contemplating the establish
ment Of school paper 10 be published
monthly.
The Deering High School Alumni
Association are making arrangements
for an All Halloween party the last of
the month.
Efforts are being made by the
Pressure Isle high school lyceum to
have electric lights put in the high
schoolroom.
The Gorham Normal school has the
largest number of pupils this present
term since the school was established
nearly 20 years ago.
The annual reunion Of the alumni of
the Castine Normal school. will be held
at the Y. NJ. G. a. building, Bangor,
Friday evening, Oct. p.
Among the members of the entering
class AT the Harvard Law school are
the following Bowdoin men: Blake. '97:
Young. Pencil and Ives. '9S: Dana,
Came, Jennings and Philoon, SO.
Some Of the Lewiston public schools
arc crowded, and in ten Of them there
are over 50 scholars to the room. This
IS too many, and the school board is
trying to find some way to
mitigate the evil.
The following members of the class
Of 1900. Bowdon College. have been
chosen by the faculty to compete in
he 'GS prize speaking contest which
viii occur February Is: Clifford Saw
yer BragdOn. Cumberland Mills; Rob
irt Franklin Chapman. Portland
Frederick Crosby Lee Newcastle;
Harry Clinton McCarty. Portland;
lanes Plaisted Webber, Bath: Joseph
Walker Whitney. Portland.
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CHEER UPON CHEER
For COLUMBIA. Mrs. iseIin Capt. Barr and
His Hardy Crew.

New York, oct. 20--C. Oliver Iselin
managing owner Of the Columbia. was
highly pleased at the result of today's
boarded the st. Michaels inside Sandy
Hook. Commodore J. Pierpont Morgan
of the New York Yacht club. and Il
party Of ladies, came over from the
Corsair in a launch.
Commodore Morgan and Mr.. Iselin
with shout of delight threw their
arm around each other ana danced
with joy. Then Mr.. Morgan shook
hands with the other gentlemen who
We're on the Columbia during the races
ana the ladies from the Corsair con
gra tulated Mr.. Iselin. Afterwards all
the gentlemen accompanied COmmo-
dore Morgan to the Corsair. where
toasts We're drunk.
Mr.. ISelin. when seen by an AsSocia-
ted Press representative. said:
''of course | am delighted at the out
come of today's race. for it demonstra-
ted thoroughly that in Il strong breeze.
the Columbia is more than Il match for
the Shamrock. I am glad that we had
50 much wind. for it gave us an oppor-
the Columbia was not heavy weather
boat. Having sailed on the Columbia
all the season, | have been able to test
her in every kind of weather and her
work, today, shows that my confidence
in her ability to successfully defend the
Americas cup was not misplaced
Capt. Charlie Barr was rowed to the
tender St. Michaels, a little after )
O'Clock. The men had cheered him on
the Columbia before they left. as they
had Mr.. lselin and his party. When
he arrived at the tender the hurricane
of cheers broke out anew. No cup vic
tory has ever meant SO much to a sail
ing master as this to Barr. Capt. Barr
said:
Il think it was a good race and | can
say now that | had no fear as to the
result. As to my sailormen. they de-
serve all the credit in the world"
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COL. SCHNEIDER DEAD.
Dies From Wounds Received in a Duel With
Capt. Cuignet.

Vienna, Oct. 20.-Col. Schneider. the
former Austrian military attache at
Paris. whose name has been promi-
nently connected with the alleged trea-
son of former Captain Alfred Dreyfus
Of the French army. and who, it is gen.
orally understood. fought duel about
Oct. II. with Captain Cuignet of the
French army as result of statements
made by the captain at the Rennes
court martial, is dead
a dispatch from Paris, Oct. 10, said
that representative of the L'Transi-
geant. the newspaper edited by M.
Henri Rochefort, asserted that while
seeing a friend off on the Orient ex-
press, the evening before, he observed
Col. Schneider being carried to the
train accompanied by physicians and
with blood flowing from a wound in his
side. The colonel is said to have re-
ported at the time:
II recently returned from Switzer
land to fight duel with Captain
Cuignet on account of his evidence re-
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TO win the Americas cup calmly resigned
himself to the inevitable
When luncheon was over the guests re
manned at the table while Sir Thomas;
rose ana IN speech highly complmented
those with whom he had been brought in
contact in the United States for their
generous and sportsmanlikc treatment of
him. Said he:
II am convinced that the Columbia Is
the better boat and she richly deserves
her victory. The first race was a disap
pointment and the second was lost to lis
by an accident. but that matters nothing
we mad TO-DAY. perfect Shamrock
weather, our boat was magnificently
handled. not chance was neglected. The
Columbia won because she ought to have
won and | am satisfied that il is 50.
81 desire to add, continued Sir Thomas
that | mean to challenge again If | can
arrange matters SO as To make it pos
sible At this time | cannot go into de
tails. but I'll try it again some day |
have long regarded Mr.. Herreshoff as the
greatest designer Of yachts in the world
and the future possession of the Amer
ica's cup depends solely upon the abilit'
of English designers to excel him ILL
get ii is | can find the man to build the
boat"
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WILL TRY AGAIN.
Sir Thomas Upton Not Disheartened by His
Present Defeat.

New York. Oct 20.-Sir Thomas Lipton
bore his defeat like the gentleman and
sportsman that he is.
When the boats Went over the starting
line with the Shamrock well in the lead.
Sir Thomas and those about him We're
iubilant. When the Columbia began to
cut down the cfallenger's lead they
looked uneasy. but not despondent When
the turning point was reached and it be-
came clear that the Columbia had the bet
ter of the going there was more uneasi.
ness, but hope still held a place on the
Erin. From this time on. however. con-
fidence in the Shamrocks ability 10 win
rapidly fell and the racers had not Gov
cred more than a third of the distance
back to the mark when Sir Thomas came
down from the bridge where he had been
watching the race and said:
we nave no chance to win now The
Columbia is the better boat. I had hopel
Tor another result. but it is no use now
Nothing but an accident to the Columbia
could give us the race and would not
have that happen for the world. Let Us
all so below and have luncheon
And 50 the man who has spent 81, 000 600
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The Pyramid Pile Cure is a success
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People often wonder that so simple
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man aboard waved his hat or souWest-
er as they stood up close along the
weather rail moment after the whis-
tie blew. The Shamrock crossed the
finish line on the same tack after kick
ing close to the committee boats stern.
Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht finished
5 minutes. Il seconds after the Column
bia. She was defeated in this race, the
final one of the series. minutes. Is
seconds. actual time and 6 minutes, "a
seconds, corrected time.
As the yachts We're being lowed in a
man was sent aloft aboard the Colum
bia in Il boatswain's chair with three
American yacht ensigns. One was fast
ened to the masthead and one to each
end of the backstay spreaders. A large
flag also flew from the Columbia's top
ping lift. just above the main boom.
Commodore Morgan's steam yacht
Corsair. the flagship of the New York
Yacht club. had an American ensign
at each masthead, at the end of each
gaff. on the jackstaff forward and on
the stern staff
For the first time in the remembrance
of yachtSmen who have seen all the
contests for the America
cup. an American ensign was hoisted
at each masthead of yacht OErin)
which was the property of the owner
Of the defeated sloop.
AS the Shamrock. in tow, passed
the Columbia at her mooring on her
way in to Sandy Hook bay, the chal-
longing yachts crew lined up on her
port side and gave three hearty Brit
ish cheers. to which the Columbia's
men, standing along their starboard
rail, answered promptly and vigorous
~ with three cheers ana a tiger.
The official summary:
Outer FLAPS Cor
Start. Mark. Finish. ed. rectel /
Hole 12I900 2 1910 3.3S y $500 |
Shamrock l1Oo.H T. 1917 >. Il 5.ll - 3.44.lI /
The Shamrock allowed the Columbia |
lG2 seconds.
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A LOVING CUP
To Be Presented Sir Thomas Upton by His
American Friends.

New York. oct. 20.-Former Mayor
Strong and number of prominent busi
ness men and Wall street men have sent
out call for subscripi ions for the DUR
pose of presenting Sir Thomas Upton
a magnificent loving cup as a token 81
the esteem in which ne is held by the
American people. 1t is proposed to have
the presentation held at Madison Square
Garden and to have Senator Depew maxi
the public presentation speech.
The regatta committee of the New York
Yacht Club performed its last official act
in connection with the international cup
races, tonight, by posting the following
notice on the bulletin board at the club
house on Madison avenue:
The Columbia having won three out Of
five fair races. the Americas cup remains
with the New York Yacht Club.
tSigned) IS. Nicholson Kane. Chester
Griswold, Irving Grinnell. Regatta Com
mittee.
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Nervous and Physical Debility,

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Out of the northward with a rush
came good stiff breeze clearing away
what little mist and fog there was be
tween and s o'clock, giving the skip
pers and crews of the Columbia and
the Shamrock the best encouragement
they had yet received for race.
BY $50. both yachts were passing
through the outer end of Gedneys
channel and a few minutes later, af-
ter casting off from their tug boats.
they We're standing off and on, under
mainsail and jib, trying the breeze,
which was now from about north by
east and increasing in weight every
minute. BY 1920. the wind was blow
ing fully 90 miles an hour, churning up
quiet a sea off the lightship and it
looked doubtful then whether the
yachts would be able to carry even
working topsails over their mainsails.
much less their big clubtopsails.
The committee boat. which had an
chored east of the lightship cables
length, set the course signals south by
west. soon after 1890. The preparatory
signal was given at 1915, the warning
at 1885, and the one to start at IL
O'Clock Just as the preparatory signal
II.
ing topsail and forestaysail. The Co
lumbia'S was not yet set.
Both yachts We're maneuving north
of the line with booms to starboard
when the warning signal was given.
The Shamrock. heading about north
east. had the Columbia. close on her
lee beam. Both We're lying down with
their lee rails awash. The Shamrock
came about first and kept off for the
line when two minutes We're left before
the signal.
The Columbia, after standing on q
few seconds longer on the port tack
came about on the Shamrock's weather
quarter and as both approached the
line, with the Columbia in the weather
berth. the latter's spnnaker boom was
dropped to port just at gun fire.
The Shamrock, running down before
the wind, reached the vicinity of the
committee boat a few seconds too soon
so Capt. Hogarth luffed out across the
committee boats bow just at gun fire
crossing the line at a 12-knot clip with
the Columbia several lengths aStern
and on her weather quarter. Capt
Barr left the Columbia diagonally
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PEABODY MEDICAL INSTITUTE.

No. Buiffnch St.. Opposite Revere House> Boston.
Mass. Established in 1850. This renowned Institu-
non publishes the staunch and far famed, popular
and unequaled Medical Treatise entitled
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garding me before the Rennes cour
martial"
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VUI'r F.TIpN- tTOr-
Start. Mark. Finish. al. rectel
Columbia. Holes l2.1900 , 1000 3.;iS y $3.50
shamrock ll.Oo.3l T. 1917 ~ Il 3.ll43 . -. Is
The Shamrock allowed the Columbia
1872 seconds.
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End u. F.
BOWDITCH, 90 CITY
Book
The true northerner., 1899-11-01
THE PRECIOUS METALS


Washington, Oct. 26.-Mr. Roberts,
the director of the mint, has made the
following report upon the production
of gold and silver during the calendar
year 1898. He says:
The production OF gold in the United
States In the calendar year 1898 was 3,11s.-
29S ounces, fine. of the value OF s64 463. 900.
The amount of gold produced from quartz
mines In 1898 was. In round numbers. $780,
600 fine ounces. and from placer mines. 31s,-
600 line ounces. The South African repub-
lie produced 3,s3l,975 ounces. fine. of the
value OF SIS, 9,2l3953 Australia produced
S,lS7.644 ounces. fine. of the value OF s64,-
S60sO These three countries are the great
gold producers OF the world-their output
aggregating 10.9SS017 ounces. fine, of the
value of $20S. 1853. or 70 per cent Of the
product OF the world.
The United States still occupies the Sec
ond place as a silver producer. TO which II
was relegated by Mexico, in 1897. with a
commercial value of $32. u.s. 400. against the
Mexican production of 5673S.000 fine
ounces, with a commercial value OF $780,
47540O. Together, they produce 67 per cent.
OF the worlds product No other country
approaches them. the nearest being Aus
tralasia, Bolivia and Peru. The product
of the last two Is uncertain. but none OF the
three exceeds 12,O00,000 ounces fine. The
amount OF silver produced in the United
States during the year from quartz mines
was, in round numbers, 13.500,000 fine
ounces and from lead ores 3lOO0.00O fine
ounces, and from copper ores l0,OO0,0 600 fine
ounces.
THE worlds gold production in 1898 was
13,904, 1863 ounces. fine, Of the value Of $2s7.-
5000 an increase over the product of l697
Of 2,251.S3l ounces, valued al SiS6lG.6o0.
Since 1887 when about $lO6 ,O00O 900 were pro-
duced each year has shown an increase
over the preceding one.
''The worlds production of silver in 1898
was 1865 5295,572 ounces, fine. showing an in
crease over 1897 of .222, 400 ounces, fine
"The worlds consumption Of the precious
metals in the arts and manufactures dur
ing the year was. In rev gold, 1884 kilo-
grams. of a value of $Jo.00O,000 and in new
'-er, 1.065.2S Kilograms, of coming value
4.273.0O0 and a commercial value of $780,
The true northerner., 1899-11-01

How the Immense Fortune Of the
Deceased Capitalist Was De
vided by HIS Last Will.

New York, Oct. 27.-Under the will
of Cornelius Vanderbilt. as made pub
lie, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt is made
the heir of the bulk of his fathers for
tune, estimated at S70,000,000. Young
Cornelius Vanderbilt is cut of with
a direct gift of $500.000 and the income
from a trust fund of 81, 100000. but, out
of the spirit of affection and for the
purpose of satisfying all of the MEM
bers of the family, Alfred Gwynne Van
derbilt gives his brother Cornelius
enough of his inheritance to maxi his
fortune equal to that of the other .Lem-
bers, namely, $7,50O,00O. The distribr
tion of the fortune, leaving out the r 4
of $2,000000 absolutely 10 Mrs. Van
derbilt, and after equalization by Al
fred's act, is approximately as follows:
Alfred c. Vanderbilt. $50. S75.OOO; urs
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. sS.2,,ovS-.
Reginald c. Vanderbilt, H.S75,0O0; Gladys
Moore Vanderbilt, S.S75,0O0; Cornelius
Vanderbilt. T.3750OO; relatives, friends aro
servants. $e56,000; churches and insti-u-
tions $l020,00O
New York. Oct. .2S.-Cornelius Wander
bilt has resigned his position with the
New York Central Railroad compa ~
and will henceforth have no intcr
course, socially or in business, with "A"
members of his family. He bitterly ie-
sents the implication that he is .ao
beneficiary of his brothers generosi,"
He is equally emphatic in the sat"
ment that the settlement was for'.c
by him on the alternative of a coItes .
and that the $6,00O,0O0 added 10 his ~
simply the price of Il noncontesled w; 1.
The true northerner., 1899-11-01
rubnns show Improvement.

Washington, Oct. 30.-Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee, who arrived in Washington Satur-
day night from New York, in an inter
view said that the people of Cuba are
steadily improving under the existing
protectorate of the United States and
are slowly but surely rebuilding their
war-wasted homes and repairing their
crippled fortunes. Life and property.
are secure in Cuba, owing largely. he
said. 10 the salutary restraint exercised
by American military authority. He
thinks the time not ripe yet, however,
for purely Cuban government.
The true northerner., 1899-11-01
LOST IN UNDERGROUND RIVER
Mystery of n LabOrer's Disappear
ance While Digging n Minne-
sOta Well.

Harry Hurl, a farmer living five miles
east of Stephen, Mimi, came to town
the other day and reported that while
two of his hired men were digging a
well on his farm and had got down to
the depth of Al feet the bottom sud-
denly fell in, one of the men was
thrown into a well of water and dis
appeared and has not been seen or heard
of since. The other man when he felt
that the ground was giving away un-
der him caught on TO the rope that was
used in hosting the dirt up and was
drawn to the top. Mr.. Hurl then got
rope and chain about 100 feet long and
attached weight to it and dropped it
in this well, but IL did not touch bot
tom, but was washed rapidly west,
showing that a large body of water was
underneath.
The true northerner., 1899-11-01
WAR MUST END FIRST.
mendations Concerning Philip
pines Until InsurrectiOn Ceases.

Washington, Oct. 2s.-The president
will make no recommendation TO con-
gress concerning the government oa
disposition of the Philippines until tile
insurrection is ended This positive
statement is made upon the authority
of q member of the cabinet, who says
that until all armed opposition is rt-
moved no serious consideration can We
given by congress to the important
question of providing for the future
of the people of those islands.
There are several influences at work
which will probably result in the is
lands remaining under American con-
troll for years TO come. In the first
place. the president does not believe
nor do any of the members of the Phil
ippine commission believe, that the peo-
pie of the Philippines are prepared at
present for an Independent form of
government.
The Philippine situation from an ad-
ministration standpoint can be brief
ly summarized as follows: The presi-
dent will make no recommendation ura
til the insurrection is suppressed. Whefk
peace is restored he will recommend
that the future of the islands remain
undetermined until the people are edu-
Gated in self-government to qualify
them to express their preferences.
The true northerner., 1899-11-01
OLD MAN DIGS HIS GRAVE.
TOmbstOnes and COnins Are Also In
Readiness When the
End Comes.

John McGrew, an eccentric old bach
elor, residing near Richland Center,
Ind, has aroused considerable interest
in himself over the preparations he has
made for his death.
McGrew is 6S years old and resides in
a lonely cabin on an acre of ground that
he purchased years ago. He works at
all sorts of odd jobs and manages to
make living. For the last several
weeks he has been at work in a country
cemetery a short distance from his
home, and it was discovered that he had
dug his own grave and boarded it up.
AT the head of it he erected headstone
on which he had been working for a
long time. 1t is an odd piece of marble
that had been lying around the ceme-
terry long time. Over this he placed
a wooden hood, so that no one can see
what he has written upon it. His coffin
has been built for some time and is
stored away in an attic at his home
The neighbors will allow no one to dis
turb old McGrew, so he goes about COM
pleting the preparations for his final
taking off.