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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-10-23
The Centennial.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 22.-Letters have been
received at the Centennial rooms from Brazil
which indicate that the Emperor will be one of
the nations guests in 1876. He remarked re-
cently:-"I am very DESTROYS to visit the United
States, and inteud to d. so on occasion of the
Centennial anniversary, but it will be necessary
for me to obtain permission from my parlia-
ment to leave my empire
Cargoes of pearl tinted granite, ready dressed
from the James River quarries, Virginia, from
Maine, and from Concord, N, H., for the art
gallery and other buildings, are arriving, and
the buildings are progressing RAPIDLY.
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The La WIS against Murder,

So many persons still fail to understand
the condition of the laws otthe state against
murder, that we publish the following sec-
tions of the Revised Statutes on the sub
ject:
When murder is committed with express
malice aforethought, or in perpetrating or
attempting to perpetrate a crime punishable
by death, imprisonment for life. or for an I'M
limited term of years, it shall be deemed
murder of the first degree and punishable
with death. [Sect. of Chapter 1lS R. S.
Upon conviction of any person of murder
in the first degree, a copy of the evidence and
proceedings in the case must be forwarded to
the executive department, which is required
to "review'' the case, with view of deciding
whether there shall be Communication of
sentence to imprisonment for life. As there
cannot be communication of sentence by the
governor unless the council consent to or ad.
wise it, the disposition of the case so far as
any modification of sentence is concerned is
in the hands of majority of the council.
Sect. Of chapter 1876 of the Revised Statutes,
then goes on to say:
Unless they think proper to pardon the
convict, or commute the sentence, the gov
ernor shall, upon the expiration of one year
after the day of sentence, issue his warrant,
as provided in sections nine and ten of this
chapter.
Sections nine and ten relate to proceedings
under the warrant for execution.
In plain terms the laws of the state de-
clare that the punishment for the crime Of
murder in the first degree shall be death, and
compel the governor to issue his warrant for
execution of sentence unless the council shall
advise and consent to a Communication Of the
sentence after 'review" of the whole case,
which "revew" the law requires in every in
stance, although the principles upon which
it is to be conducted are not defined.
The application of this law in the Wagner
case was simply this: the governor laid he
fore his council the evidence and proceeding.
in the case, and asked that body if they
would consent to and advise Communication
of the sentence TO imprisonment for life, add
ing that the executive woull concur with the
council if they should advise Communication.
The council refused to consent 10 commuta-
ton. The law then compelled the governor
to issue his warrant for the execution of Wag-
ner, however painful that duty might be; and
Friday the 10th of January was fixed as the
day for the execution of the sentence. It is
but justice to the governor to make this state
ment and explanation as some, through i'm
perfect knowledge of the law, many suppose
that his action is within his own discretion.
The execution has been postponed to a
period several weeks subse quent to the OPEN
ing of the legislative session, so that there is
some hope that Maine will yet be saved the
shadow of a demoralizing and murder-in-
spring legal homicide within her borders.
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Will the Grand Trunk mahc Bos ton its
Terminus.

CHICAGO, Oct 22.-The Inter Gee an says the
Grand Trunk proposes to make its outlet at
Boston, and the combined lines will form in
opposition. Until the company goes into the
Saratoga arrangement its freight will not be
forwarded from Buffalo except at local rates.
s'We may be compelled to snccumb'' says the
Grand Trunk people, "but we don't believe
that it will be a hard fight, and then the
combination cannot last for all time. Suppose
we give our bust ness all to one company; could
it resist the temptation? We think not. The
strong probability is that We will not go in.
We can get along. and we are bound to. What
we will do is to make Boston our outlet and
pay local rates for the time being" The Do
minion line of steamers, now running to Que
Trunk thus makes rapid through shipments,
and is depending on no other company for ia
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MASSACHUSETTS,.
A SwindIer Arrested.

Boston, Oct 22.-Joseph M. Wales, who has
been attempting to do some heavy swIndirg
by buying goods and offering worthless checks
tions amount to nearly $4,000, but most of the
goods thus obtained will be recovered.
More Water
Mayor Cobb sent this afternoon commune
cation to the common council recommending
an immediate action on the question of an ad-
ditional water supply, the demand for the same
being urged.
Pigeon Shoot.
A grand pigeon shooting tournament for New
England was held here to-day. Several purses
of $3.50 and under were contested for. Shooting
by noted New England shots was first-cass
The agent of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals was present and took
against the participants.
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The Indictment Against Cannon.

SALT LAKE City, Oct. 22-As regards the
Indictment of George Q, Cannon, the Congress
sonal delegate, for lascivious cohabitation,
under the territorial statute, it is claimed that
the court dare not indict him under the DO
lygamy act of Congress passed in 1862, because
the q S. statutes of limitation bars all such
prosecutions, and the Poland bill would allow a
writ of error to the Supreme Court, whereas
the territorial law would not admit of such an
appeal No more arrests have been made
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Current Notes.

Pendleton and Butler is the ticket which
the Cincinnati Commercial proposes for .be
rag money nomination in the next Presden-
tial compaign.
The reputation leaders grow bold. The
Cincinnati Enquirer says that Daniel W.
Voorhees, is likely to be elected to the United
States Senate from Indiana. The evil leaven
works rapidly.
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INDIANS.
Indignation at the Invasion of the Black
Hills.

Hills.
NEW YORK, Oct GA dispatch from Bis
marck, Dakota, states that gentleman from
Grand River agency, eighty miles from Bis
mark, reports intense excitement among the
Indians at Standing Rock agency, owing to the
news that had been received of the Black Hills
expedition. They have learned from parties
who have come into the agency from the west
that 300 whites were seen on the White river
between Mission river and the hills, on their
way to the gold regions The Indaas were
loud in their complaints of what they termed
the governments Indifference to its treaty obi
cations, and they at once convened council to
discuss the matter and to consider what course
to pursue. Several chiefs and head men de-
lvered speeches, the burden of which consisted
OF acc! against the military authorities
checked the expedition had they taken proper
measures; Among other things the council de-
manded that the agent should obtain for dele
CATION representing treaty tribes conference
with the great father at Washington, to take
steps toward the sale of their land to the gov
eminent, as it is better for them to dispose of
the land at once and get what they can for it
than to have the whites overrun it with no
benefit to themselves
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THE talk of another Arctic expedition has
revived the interest in the feasibility of reach
ing the pole by the untried eastern gateway.
1t is generally admitted that the great JAP
anese warm current, the Kuro Seivo, turns
northwesterly after reaching the polar basin,
and it is surmised that it offers the only
practicable route through the northern ice
fields
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LADIES FELT HATS.
hADI Lo L Ell L TIA Is.
We are prepared to do over Felt Hats on our ma
chimes ia the same manner goods are made Civ
ing the original SOFT new appearance.
Gentlemen's discarded soft hats stamp over to
equal new goods.
HILLMAN Il Morrill,,
25l Middle St.,
oc19 HOPKINS, BLOCK. sneod2w
A LARGE PORTION

A LARGE PORTION
of the Community are
prevented from purchasing Coal at the
low Summer Rates through causes
known to themselves and compelled to
pay higher prices so readily and gener-
Ously applied by Operators in Coal
working very unjustly when intelli-
gently viewed. As a Partial Corrective
we offer Coal at Retail for the next 80
THUS GIVING A FURTHER OPPOR-
TUNITY FOR THOSE to whom this ad
vertisement Is more particularly d.
rected.
JOS. ii. POOR & BRO.
oc10 snd1wteodtf
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DIED.
PORT DE PORTLAND.
Thursday, Oct. %.

Thursday, Oct. 20.
ARRIVED
Steamer Falmouth. Colby. Halifax, S-passen-
gers and mdse to John Porteous.
Steamer New Brunswick, Winchester Boston for
PASSPORT and st John. NIB.
Sch Alice Borda, Dukes, Philadelphia-coal to Jos
ii Poor & Bro.
Sch belmont, Blake, 'adelphia-coal to Sam.
Rounds s. Son.
Sch L Gregg, Anderson, Philadelpha-coal to
Saml Rounds & Son.
Sch Lindsey, Johnson New York.
Sch Harriet Baker, Young, New York.
Sch Eliza Sawyer, Cook, New York-coal to Boston
s. Maine RR.
Sch Advance. (Br) Merriam, Maitland, Ms - $50
tons plaster to order.
Sch Senator, Orne, Southport.
Sch f Nelson, Hunter, Calais for Providence
Sch Susanna, Gables, Rockland for New York
Sch Angola, Wooster, Franklin for Boston.
Schs Perkins, Thompson, and Leesburp Her.
rick. Bangor for Boston.
Sch Mary Farrow, Foss Bangor for Boston.
Sch Ida Blanche, Sellers, Penobscot for Boston
Sch Metropolis, Lane, Vnalhayen for Boston.
Schs Fillmore, Adams, and Matilda Orne, Wiscas.
set tor Boston.
Schs Chas Comery, Dreamer, and Idaho, Dreamer,
Bangor for Boston.
for Boston.
Sch Gen Meade, Patterson, Belfast for Salem.
sen Emma Hotchkiss, Alley, Dresden for Boston.
Sen Challenge, Bennett, Boothbay for Boston.
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THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, OCT. 20, 1874

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS Is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley L.
Pullen. Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
Journal as we have information that several "bum-
mers" are seeking courtesies in the name of he
PRESS, and we have no disposition to be, even as
sivey, party to such frauds.
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A REPORT comes from Chicago of not
particularly gratifying nature to the business
men OF Portland. The Lnter-Ocedn says the
Grand Trunk proposes to make Boston its
Outlet and that the Dominion line of steam
er' are to run out of that city. 1t behooves
the merchants of Portland to bestir them.
caIuns
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Forest Fires i'm Ohio.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 22-Advices from New
Washington, Crawford county, Ohio, report
that $500 acres of marsh land few miles from
that town are on fire There is great excite
ment among the farmers in that vicinity, as
their property IS in danger. There are numer-
Gus fires reported in the northern and north
western portion of Ohio, as the effect Of the
continuous drought.
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New York Stock and Money Market.


NEW YORK, Oct. DISCRIMINATORY after loan
ing at per cent closed at 81 per cent on call
Exchange steady at 4S5 for prime 60 days and 1881 a
1884 for sight. The Customs receipts to-day were
s276,OoO Gold steady at 11Os q 11Oi, and closed at
1Os; borrowing rates were to per cent; a per
cent to fiat for carrying; loans at q per cent for
30 to 90 days, The Assistant Treasurer dsbursed
to-day $4,000 in interest and $4,000 in redemption Of
bonds. Governments are active and strong. State
and Railroad bonds strong with latge business in
the former. The Stock market opened firm and adj
vanced (9 per cent, but later there general
falling off Of g . per cent. in Wabash which was
specially attacked. At noon the market was very
strong, the highest prices of the day in some in
stances being current. In late dealings prices de-
clined to per cent, and in stocks the lowess
quotations of the day were made. The greatest de-
cline was in Lake Shore and Union Pacific. The ad-
vance early in the day induced of the bears to
cover, and when their purchases ceased the market
dropped off The total transactions to-day aggregat
ed 10000 shares including s5OO,shares Western Tn
on, 1000 Pacific Mail, 5000 New York Central II 500
Erie, $4,000 Lake Shore, $4,000 Union Pacific, $500
North Western common, $4,000 Wabash 1900 Boston
Hartford & Erie 10000 Ohios. 1000 G & Indiana
Central.
The following were the closing quotations of Gov.
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We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
bat as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve com.
nunications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-10-23

YESTERDAY afternoon the Maine General
Hospital was opened to the public. Formal
dedicatory exercises, full report of which
will be found elsewhere, took place, and Gov
ernor Dingley delivered an address which
will be found worthy of perusal 1t is mat
ter for congratulation that this great public
charity is now placed upon a substantial foot
s,.n
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LONDON, Oct. 22-12.30 P. M.-American securities
u. s. bondss, new loan, 1903, Erie shares 81; pre-
ferred As.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 22-12.30 P. M.-Cotton market is
steady; MddliDg uplands at II a Sd; do Orleans at
Ssd sales $4,000 bales including 5000 bales for specu-
lation and export.
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METEOROLOGICAL

PROBABILITIES FOR THE NEXT rwENTY-FopR
HOURS
WAR Dept, OFFICE CHEF SIGNALl
OFFICER Washington, d. G.,
Oct. %, Il A, M.)l
For New England,
stationary barometer, rising temperature
northeast to southwest winds and partly cloudy
weather, with possibly rain in Virginia and
West Virginia.
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w H L ELS
SPECIALITY FOR DYSPEPSIA.

This is the only prompt, efficient and safe master
ptaton Of the heart dizziness sleeplessness mean-
choy, costiveness, wind, mental and physical deb-
ty as well as many others, which, if neglected, will
of any remedy
had Dyspepsia" twenty years, sometimes able
to eat only the panest food and very little of that
tried physicians and remedies without relief until
learned of "Whte's Specially for Dyspepsia" which
has entirely cured me. (Signed)
Mrs. B. L. WEST, Vineyard Haven, Mass.
Springfield, Ms, Oct. 1S-Mr. White, Dear Sir
The specially is liked very much by every one who
uses it. We have sold it for two years. and are not
selling anything but the Specially" now fer "Dys-
pepsia." Yours truly, G. P ALDEN
Send for Descriptive Circular to the PROPRIETOR H.
G. WHITE, Cambridgeport, Mass.
uel6 dSSW6mos
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Cuban News,

HAVANA, Oct. 22.-The Spanish men of-war
Corona and Tornado have arrived here.
Two mail steamers arrived from Cadiz yes
terday, with 1850 soldiers. They landed 1000
men at Nuevitas.
famous colored bandit chief who has been
attached to Carlos Garcias' forces was killed
yesterday after desperate struggle, in which
several persons were wounded
The barque John Griffin arrived to-day from
New York. She brings the captain and crew
of the brig Uncle Sam, picked up at sea in o
open boat. The Uncle Sam was bound from
Mobile to st. Marc, Hayti, with a cargo OF
lumber and capsized in heavy gale on the
18th inst, and had to be abandoned
Steamer Crescent City, from New York, ar.
rived yesterday, and the steamer City oil
Merida, from New York. arrived to-day.
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ANOTHER reformer has come to grief, this
time in Arkansas. One Abbott, an anti
Republican candidate for Secretary of State,
was interrupted in tie midst of harangue
against the Republican party and its sins, by
man named Kelly, who proceeded to in
form the audience that Abbott once edited
paper which counselled resistance to the
draft, and advised desertion from the army.
Similar charges have been preferred against
Eastern candidates, in times past.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

FOfIIAnd WhOies0Ie Markets.
THURSDAY. Oct. 22.-There is but little movement
to note to-day in the markets. Corn still remains
firm. There was rise in the market reported in
Chicago yesterday, but there was no change worthy
of note here. Moasses is little more active sup
ply small. Sugars remain unchanged. Pork and
lard are steady without change.
Foreign Exports.
ST. JOHN. NIB. Br Schr H Holden-7OO bbs of
-four, 20 tons feed.
Daily Domestic Receipts.
BY water conveyance-1OoO bush cornmeal to 6 w
True s. Co.
R0clxlan Lime Market.
RocKLAND, Oct. 21-Market very firm; common
soc g co.; Lump 81 40; Casks, Csc.
Wood-Firm at S. for best.
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Business Notes.

Yesterday Woodbury. & Latham received the
entire product of the North Turner cheese fac.
tory, about ten tons. This cheese received the
first premiumIat the state fair.
The Lewiston and Auburn boot and shoe
shipments for the week have been 1867 cases to
1765 for the previous and 1880 for the cores
pending week of last year. and the receipts of
leather have been 81 ,604 pounds to 92,1S9 for
the previous, and 53,940 for the corresponding
week of last year.
Among the latest industries established in
Maine is that of collecting and drying sea moss
which is followed in the town of Kittery. This
moss is collected in dories in the neigbborhood
of White Island and Whales Back. Tive
men 60 in each boat and with rakes made for
the purpose tear the moss from the rocks at
half tide. 1t is taken then to the beaches,
where large beds are constructed by taking up
all the large rocks and leaving only surface of
small pebble stones. These beds contain from
ten to three hundred barrels. If there is no
rain, sea water has to be thrown on the moss,
and the sun bleaches it from the dark green
color, first to a beautiful pink and then to
clear white. 1t has to be turned occasionally,
and made the same as hay. After it is thor
oughly dried it is packed in barrels and shipped
to Boston, where it finds ready sale at six
cents pound. Immense quantities are used
by brewers in settling ale.
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Sch Ann Creeon, Jasper. from Portland Of and for
Ellsworth, while passing through Deer Isle Thor
head of foremast. viii repair and proceed.
Sch Birchard q Torrey, from Calais with lumber.
bound West, sprung aeak of Moosepeck Light 10th.
of water.
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lFRoM MERCHANTS EXCHANGED

AT Buenos Ayres 18th ult ship James A Wright,
Morse, unc barques Talavera, Carver. do; Saml Il
Spring. Small, and Archer Hatch for Boston, ldg;
Tatay, Pettes, from Portland; Mendoza, Perry, for
Batavia
Ar LIST ult, barque Chas Fobes. Low, Portland.
Ar at Montevideo 18th ult, barque A Bean, Che
ney, Portland.
In port 18th ult, brig Rebeeca Page, Hill, trcn
Portland.
At Rio Janeiro oath ult ships saml Watts, Hylsr,
and S Blanchard, Green unc
United States
Ar at Falmouth 21st, ship sylvanus Blanchard,
James, Guanape.
Ar at Holyhead 9th, brig Stiman Tibbetts
Glasgow for Rosario.
Ar at Havana 10th, brig Merriwa, Downs, from
Portland
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AN institution to be called the free unlver-
sal business exchange has been established
in Brooklyn. At this exchange persons may
meet and regulate any business they have to
do, and books containing forms of laws for
all business done will be furnished. All the
leading daily and weekly newspapers of the
city and country, with maps, aliases, and
railway and steamboat guides will be on iile.
A competent conveyancer will attend to the
conveyance of property, searches, &c. Such
building is needed by the merchants of
Portland, and were it put up the Board of
Trade and Merchants Exchange would glad
ly furnish it for the purposes of an exchange.
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CLEARED.

CLEARED,
Fox ~
Sch Arabella, Smith. Boston-Bunker Bros
Sch Howard Holder, (Br) Holder, st john, NB-
John Porteous.
Rufus N Merrill has contracted to build a steamer
of about As TONS to between Portland Chebeague
Island and Harpswell. She is to be II feet long ID
and feet wide and is TO built at Back Bay
Messrs G e Burrill Il Co, of East Machias will
launch in few days schr of 40 tons. owned BY tn
buldors Twitchell, Champln & Co Of Portland, and
others.
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SPOKEN

Sept 2s, of Tuskar, ship Col Adams, from Liver
pool for Callao.
Oct 15 lat 80 &c. Ion GO o. barque Josephine (new)
from Waldoboro for Savannah
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Costiveness the most Prolific
Source of i'll Health.

ERISTALTIC
LOZENGES.
Endorsed by all the Medical Jour-
nails as the most Agreeable,
Convenient, Effective and
Sure Remedy for
COSHHENESS, DYSPEPSIA, PILES,
Pleasant to the palate, cause no pain act promptly
never require increase of Dose do not exhaust, and
and for elderly persons, females and children, are
just tie thing Two taken at night move the bowels
once the next morning. Warranted in all cases OF
the PILES and FALLING of the RECTUM. We prom
Use cure for all symptoms of DYSPEPSIA, such as
OPPRESSION AFTER EATING, SOUR STOMACH
SPLITTING OF FOOD, PUBLICATIONS.; also HEADACHE
DIZZINESS, PAIN IN THE BACK AND LoINs, YELL
LowNEss OF THE SKIN AND EYES SICK HEADACHE,
COATED TONGUE, BILLIOUSNESs, LIVER COEPLAINT
Loss OF APPETITE, DEBILITY, MONTHLY PAINS
AND ALL IRREGULARITIES, NEURALGIA, FAINT
NESS &c.
Travellers find the Lozenges gust .chat they need
they are so compact and inodorous that they man
be carried in the Ueet pocket and as aperient or
Trial Boxes so c. large Boxes 6Oc. sent
by mail free of pOstng 10 any address.
For sale by E. S. HARRISON & Co., No. fremont
Temple Boston, and by all Druggists. se9sneodly
TO the COnsumptive.-Wilb0r Com
POUND OF COD LIVER OIL AND LIME, without
possessing the very nauseatng flavor of the article
as heretofore used is endowed by the phosphate of
lime with a healing property, which renders the oil
douby effcacious. Remarkable testimonials of its
efficacy can be exhibited to those who desire to see
them. For sale by A. B. WILBoR, Chemist, Boston.
oc2l sneod3t
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Daily Domestic Receipts.


BY water conveyance-1OoO bush cornmeal to ;
True g. Co.