The Portland daily press., 1874-06-09
NEW YORK.
Adams Affair. NOT Ours.

New YORK, June 6.-Beecher is reported as
saying yesterday that the story of the Garden
OF Eden was parable and the view that we
are held to eternal penalty for what Adam
and Eve did is contradictory of Gods justice
that no man should regard it but with repug-
nance. The men too, he said, who believed the
world was made in six days are brothers of
Egyptian mummies, and the mummies are the
best men of the two.
The NIoiety Bill
At a meeting of the merchants and members
of the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon,
resolutions were adopted requesting special
committee of the revenue reform from the
Chamber of Commerce to urge upon the Sen
ate the imperative necessity for immediate re-
lief to our merchants, and praying them to
pass the bill known as the moiety bill now be-
fore them. Copies of the resolutions were or
dered to be sent to each member of Congress.
Panic on Steamboat
The steamer Matteawan from Keyport for
this city collided with an inward bound steam
ship in the fog early this morning. The for
tmer lost her pilot house and most of her upper
works, but fortunately not harmed in her hull.
She had some $50 passengers on board, among
whom there was panic, but none were hurt
and she made her way to the city.
Various Matters.
Arrved-steamers City of Brussels and
Egypt from Liverpool, Glamorgan from Ber-
muda.
The corner stone of the coal and iron ex-
change building at Portland and Newchurch
streets was laid to-day.
The thermometer reached $40 to-day in the
shade.
The revised estimates for salaries and ex-
penses of the various departments of New
York city aggregate about sixteen and half
millions
Five thousand Brooklynites were swindled
into the purchase of tickets for a bogus excur-
sion to New Haven Sunday, by party calling
themselves Nav Jukes 81 Co,
Kate Stoddard was thrown into maniacal
paroxyms by the presence in her immediate vi
entity in Kings county Jail, of Mrs. Dyer the
demented who killed her children, and is seri-
ously i'll.
Goldsmith Maid beat Judge Fullerton to-
day, winning 3 of heats. Time-2.1S, 1.1S IA
2.29, 2.21 IL. Fullerton won the first heat.
Explosion of an Oil Car
NEwBERG. June S.-The oil car of the extra
freight train exploded at Greenwood, on the
s. S. Carey of Port Jervis, was fatally injured.
People Killed i'm n Tornado.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, June 8.-The elements had
a literal war yesterday and large number of
buildings were unroofed, chImneys were blown
down and trees uprooted. while the water de-
scended as though the floodgates of heaven had
been opened.
The storm on Onandaga lake was terrible.
1t is reported that several lives were lost. A
party of six msa were out in the sail boat
Challenge; seeing the storm coming they at
tempted to go ashore. but the gale struck them,
the sails were torn into shreds, and the boat
capsized when about quarter of mile from
the shore. They finally succeeded in landing
safely after great Efforts. The same party say
they saw boat containing old man and
two young ladies capszad. The ladies were
lost, and young man was also drowned. A
number of boats were picked up empty on the
west shore of the lake.
The Storm of Sunday.
KINGSTON. June S-The sto IN of yesterday
and last night was one of the most severe ever
known in this section. Reports from different
localities report considerable damage. In Del
aware county the streams all swollen and
washed away crops, fences and buildings. The
flood swept through Plattsvile Valley carrying
away several houses One man named Warren
Clark was drowned.
On the New York, Kingston & Syracuse
Railroad culvertj was washed out and the
track submerged in several places, but no Sc
rous damage was DONE Hail-stones large as
goose eggs fell at Saugerties, doing great dam
age to fruit trees and grain.
Terrific Thunder Storm.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, June S.-The heavy thunder
storms east of this place last night washed
away the track of the Harlem Railroad at Mil
lerton, the neck of the Duchess and Columbia
Railroad at Winchells, and the track of the
Hudson River Railroad near Germantown.
The Connecticut and Western Railroad trains
COmluS w eSI maze no connection With the
Duchess and Columbia trains this morning
The down trains on the Hudson road this
morning were half an hour behind time.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, June 8.-Livingston Creek,
south of Catskill. was so swollen by the storm
yefterday evening as TO partly wash away one
of the abutments under Livingston bridge on
the Hudson River Railroad, and passengers
have to be transferred at that point.
At Flatbush hail stones fell as large as butter
nuts.
The reformed church at Coxsackie was struck
by lightning but not destroyed.
The Storm.
ALBANY, June 8.-The track of the Susque
hanna Railroad was washed away al several
points by the storm yesterday. At East Wor-
ccester several houses and barns were carried off
lost.
railroad Conductor Fined.
MlLWAukEE, June Sat Watertown con-
IuotoT on the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
faui railroad was tried for refusing a man to
his tram without a ticket. The comnlainant
proved he had rendered a leoal note for a
ticket and was refused The conJnctor was
found guilty and fined 5000. ""'
seriOus Damage by the Storm.
MILWAUKEE, June S.-Beloil was visited hv
terrible storm this morning. The splre of The
1st Presbyterian church was demolished and
that OF the I'd Congregational church was badly
damaged. MANY roofs and chmnayS ,,oro