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The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04
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The passenger train from Worcester to Prov
idence Thursday morning, struck and killed
Mary Murphy, aged 60 years. who resided alone
in Sutton. She attempted to cross the track
near that place before the approaching train,
needless of danger. fItl
Two locomotives and fourteen cars were bad
ly broken by collision of freight trains on
the Sullivan railroad at Careinount, N. H.,
Wednesday.
Thurlow Weed is in Albany in council with
the liberal leaders, it is said. .--
Two of Mayor Mller's colts have been stolen
from Portsmouth. q
The insurance on the steamer River Belle,
which was burned at New York yesterday, is
100000.
Toronto reports the first rain yesterday morn
ing for nearly eight weeks.
A meeting of the Quebec Board of Trade is
called to discuss the reciprocity treaty.
In the case of Evans who was defauting
state agent of Pennsylvania during the war,
the law court resuses to discharge under the
solvent laws of the state.
Nathan Golf has been nominated by the Re-
publicans of the Is. district of West Virginia,
and 0. d. Conger by the Republicans Of the
9TH Michigan district.
The brig Castillo from Havau is reported
near Cape Henry with the captain and several
OF the crew dead of yellow fever, and others
SICK. Medical aid has been sent. .-.
Mr.. Steele Oem.) is elected delegate to Con-
gress from Wyoming territory
The attendance at the New England Fair
yesterday was very large. ..r
The entire business portion of Greenville,
Miss, was burned Wednesday night.
In the second snit brought yesterday against
the proprietor of the Parker House, Boston,
the jury failed to agree.
The Republicanso of the third congressional
district of Tennessee have nominated David
Nilsson. The resolutions deprecete the white
mans party, but are silent on the civil rights
bill
The Republican convention of Nebraska
was stormy, but it declares for calculating
medium based on a metallic currency.
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04
domestic Markets.

NEW YORK, Sept. 3-Evenlng.- Cotton Ex-
change was closed; the market on the street quiet
and firm Middling uplands at 1885, forward delive-
ries unchanged Flour-receipts 15 l66 bbls; market
firm sales Is 400 bbls; Western and State at 80 a
5 So White Wheat Western extra at 5 so q 40; ex-
ira Ohio at 10 g 80; extra st Louis at 80 q 70;
including $500 bbls shipping extra at 5 % q 90;
Southern at % a 90; Rye Aour is quiet at 90 %
bbs 60. Corn meal steady; sales of 700 bbls Wes-
tern at 60 a %. Wheat-feceipts 203, 64 bush; the
market is irregular and unsettled saes 1888 900 bush
No Spring at 10 a. 80; No2 Chicago at 1 ii al
II: 20 1 "A for No Milwaukee, the latter an
extreme; ungraded Iowa aud Minnesota Spring at
1 10 "a 26; No Spring at "a q 81; old Winter
Red and Amber Western Is a 2S, the latter for
choice; Is q % for Winter Red Western; "a
"a 26 for new Amber Western; % a l 26 for new
Amber Tennessee; "a for new White Indiana;
40 for prime; Mixed Spring 10. Rye quiet at IS "a
90c for crop. Corn--receipts 70,749 bush; the
market il a 4c better with brisk demand, chiefly
for speculation ;sales $4,000 bush at IS q SIC for Wes
tern Mixed in store; SGl a sc for Western Mixed
af1oat; go a Csc for White Western Mixed CLOSING
very strong at outside quotations. Oats-receipts 81
125 bush; the market is active and "a &c better
sales $4,000 bush at "a "a 5sc tor new MIXED Wes
tern; 50 @ sc for White Western, including 20 600
bush Mixed Western in store at &c., also 90 900 busb
No choice seller Sept at 56c; and last evening 2SSS
bush do do at 554c Hops firm at 10 0 lac for low
to fair; % "a 3Sc for good to choice Coffee is dul
Sugar is rm tair TO good refining at 81 "a 49, SIC tor
primes sales of 625 hhds at 81 a SEC for Muscoyado:
225O boxes Centrifugal at 94 q Lie rs e0l bags Per-
nambuco ON t. refined firm at 10aS 1Q5e for hard
leum lower; crude at &C; sales of 41O0 bbs refined on
spot at le $500 bbls prompt delivery at 12c cases
are quoted at 16s G17c Tallow-sales of 100000 lbs
of country at II q 76c; a. 600 lbs city at Ssc Ma
val St0res-Rosn is firm at 20 a SO for strained
Spirits Turpentine dull at Doc, Pork is firm; new
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04

to Coe was not performed with any purpose Of
sale of certificate or stock supposed to be repre-
sentedby it.
The Court held that the cashier had author
ity to act according to the general usage and
course Of business conducted by banks. Trans
fers of certificates of stock held as collaterais
were common transactions with banks, The
signature of the cashier was that Of the bank
His signature was given for the purpose of
transferring title, and whenever the blank was
filled contract was established between the
party who Ehas signed the blank assignment
and the person whose name is rightfully filled
in as assignee. Matthews did not know but
what the certificate was genuine and were 1t
any ones business to inquire into that matter,
it was that of the bank officers before giving to
the fraudulent certificate the appearance OF
genuineness through their signature. The bank
erred in placing confidence in Coe to obtain the
transfer of stock from the Railroad Co., instead
OF taking the certificate directly from the COM
pany. They rendered themselves still more
liable by delivering to Cos forged instrument
authenticated by their signature in blank to
transfer, thus giving it a clrrency and nego,
liability which it would not have possessed had
they made the transfer directly to Coo. Thus
the bank put in the power of Coe to commit
fraud upon Mathews, on which this suit was
founded
The conclusion is that the bank is precluded
from setting up forgery q defence. and the
plaintiff is entitled to judgment as above.
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04

Alderman Ottendoffer to-day Informed
Comptroller Green that bankers in FrahkfoI
Germany, would take S., 000,0 00 or Sc, GOO
worth of New York city securities at lob and
fraction, to be decided on, providing the loan
was one issue and amounted to $5,900000 or
over. The matter will, it is likely, be brought
before the Board of Estimate and Appoint.
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04

OMAHA, Sept. 3.-In the Republican state
convention last night Patrick 0. Halves was
nominated for contingent congressman after a
a lively fight, and Bruno Tsichuk for secretary
of state
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04
Superior Court.

APRIL CRIMINAL TERM, 1874, syMoNDs, j., rREsID-
ING.
THURsDAY.-State VS.. Timothy Reardon. Appeal
from the Municipal Court upon a complaint for
search and seizure of intoxicating liquors. After the
testimony for the government was closed the coun-
sci for the defendant called the defendant as wit
ness, but Timothy being man of high moral tone,
and having conscientious scruples against commit
ing perjury, refused to be sworn and asked to make
a statement without being sworn. This the court
refused and his counsel proceeded with his argu-
ment. Verdict guilty.
Butler for State. II. B. Cleaves for defendant.
State VS.. Francis Hoffman. Appeal from the Mu-
nicipal Court upon a complaint for search and sez-
ure. Verdict guilty.
Butler for State. Mattocks g. Fox for defendant.
State VS.. William Parr. Appeal on a complaint
or search and seizure. On trial.
Butler for State.
Kingsbury & Jordan for defendant.
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04

New York Stock and Money Market.

NEW YORK, Sept. 3-EUenind.-The situation on
Wall street to-day not materially different from
yesterday. On the Stock Exchange there was the
continued activity at the reaction from the
sharp advance. There was more or less realizing
of p:otits and the reaction regarded as one of
the natural incidents of Il bull market. The none
tary market is unchanged and the Stock Exchange
borrowers were accommodated at a q per cent.
call, while prime business notes discounted at
q per cent; the closing rates q a per cent.
on call loan. Foreign Exchange was dull and heavy
in anticipation of liberal supply of Cotton and grain
bills in the early FUTURE and the market closed at
1861 for long and 1881 q 4S9 for demand Gold OPEN
ed at 1884, advanced to 10 aid closed at 109s The
also made fiat. The Assistant Treasurer paid out
to-day Sill 900 account of interest and 1900 in
redemption of 500 bonds. The Customsreceipts to-
day were $551, 900 STA bonds dull. Government
bonds firm and in good inquiry this afternoon. The
principal business was in lS67s COUPON which sold
at 117a. The stock market opened from an a per
cent. lower as compared with last nights closing
prices, with the exceptions of Western Union and
spectively. general decline of an q per cent,
followed, but at the first board this recovered.
Later there free sales of Indiana Central and
Wabash the former declining to and the latter to
334, which carried down the whole market from q
Z per cent. There was report that Rock Island
would only declare per cent dividend, which re-
port afterwards denied by parties connected
with the company, nevertheless it was used to ham
mer the market. After midday Ind ana Central re-
covered to 81 and Wabash to 81, while the balance OF
ct steady. The largest transactions of the day
were in Western Union. The market during the
last honr of business moderately active. The to-
tai sales to-day were 127 200 shares, of which 600
shares were New York Central, 300 Erie 800 Lake
Shore 1900 North Western, 900 do pref, $500 Rock
island $500 Pacific Mall 1000 st Paul. 200 do pref.
$1,000 Western Union, q 100 Union Pacific $500 In
diana Central
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04
TIE BR0OKLYN AFFAIR.
Mrs. Tii,on's Private s.a,cmeu,.

HRS Tiiion's Private Statement
NEw YORK, Sept. 3-The Brooklyn Morn
ing Union says:
Inc following most important statement has
neeh maze by most intimate friend of Mrs.
ihton, who frequently visits her and enjoys
her entire confluence, Mrs. Tilton feels most
Heeniy, said this friend. the cruelty with which
she mas been treated by both Mr. Beecher and
the plymouth church committee in their re-
ports; but at the same time she is aware that
having thrown herself in the breach, she must
fpl9e the consequences She regrets exceed
lngiy mat when she left her husbands house
siie did not take with her or destroy all that
correspondence which he has given to the
Mori9. a great majority of her letters she Sc
CuIed through friend who had the entree of
me mouse after portion of her correspondence
was published in the Chicago Tribune. She
uoes not reel at all unkindly towards Mr.. Til
ION LOT using these Instruments in his own de-
renee, bpt bames herself for giving him the
opportunity. She Is much veXed at many state
nehts That have been accredited to her about
nef feeling towards her husband, and takes ex-
cePtion especially to that remark which she is
salQ TO have made, that ''if Theodore will come
anu peg my pardon for all this upon his knees
VIII forgive him and return to his house."
MIS-. Hilton decisively says, she must not come
TO me until he has publicly and forever retract-
ed an that he has said that is untrue about my
sell and Mr., Beecher" Mrs. Tilton, this friend
says, Is not seeking legal separation from her
because she knows that if she should be sepa-
rated IRON her husband he would still meet her
frequently in his visits to his children, aud it
tion 7'-'1''s-' &
This sounds as if Mrs. Titon is impressed
Win the belief that they will not always live
apart.
During the early days of the scandal, her
fatheT, Judge Morse, drew up papers of separa-
ton, but his daughter refused to sign then, land
tn
Titon.
1t is said that Tilton in his forthcoming state
ment Will xfute the assertion that the original
cnaIge against Beecher was only improper ad-
vances, and not adultery. Mr.. Tilton will pub
llsh letter from Mr. Talmage clerk of the
church, setting forth the charges formerly pre-
TERED against Tilton by West; the third ailega-
ton is that Tilton accused Beecher of criminal
intimacy with his wife.
Enongh.
: 1t is now said the statement of Moulton and
1ilton will not be published till next week.
The general public seems to have in a great
measure dropped the subject,
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04
INDIANS.
Ekow TO preven, Indian war.

CHICAGO. Sept 3.-Gen. Sheridan TO day sent
the following order by telegraph to Gen. Terry
at st. Paul. MINI: SHOULD the companies
now organizing at Sioux City and Yankton
trespaSs upon the Sioux Indian reservation, you
are hereby directed to use the force at your
command to burn the wagon trains, destroy
Che outfits and arrest the leaders, confirming
them at the nearest military post in the Indian
country. Should they succeed in reaching the
interior you are directed to send such force of
cavalry in pursuit as will accomplish the pur-
poses above named. Should Congress open up
the country for settlement, By ex.iDgushng
the treaty rights of the Indians, the under
signed will give cordial support to the settle
ment of Black Hills. A duplicate copy of
these instructions will be sent to the General
commanding the Department OF the Platte.
F. IL. SHERIDAN,
Lieut.. General.
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04

STATE PIGEON TOURNAMENT first
state pigeon tournament ever held in Maine
comes off at Lewiston next Tuesday and We'd
nesday at the driving park, under the auspices
of the Aadroscoggn Sporting Club, Among
the prizes offered are a diamond badge valued
at $1O0, an elegant fly rod and Smith & Wes-
son revolver. The contestants will shoot at
fifteen birds each. The Forest City and Maine
Shooting Clubs of this city will be present,and
Portland will be represented by about thirty
guns. Arrangements have been made with
the Grand Trunk railroad by which members
of these clubs will be taken to Lewiston and
back for one dollar. Tickets can be procured
of Mr. Frank w. Smith, at w. S. Dana &
Co.'s Commercial street. The tournament
closes with a sweepstakes, open to all amateurs.
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04
Ihe Proposed New Lime TO she West.

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio, Sept. ga railroad
convention ander the call of the Peoples
Freight Railway Company of Pennsylvania,
Transportation Association, met in this city
yesterday. The object of the convention is to
perfect the organization in each of the states
OF New jersey Pennsylvania, Ohio Indiaua
and Illinois, to push forward the survey of the
best line for the construction of cheap freight
railway between the Atl4ntic seaboard and the
Mississippi river. .}t.'.
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04
MASSACHUSETTS,.
An Important Decision

Boston, Sept 3.--Judge shepley recorded an
important decision in the United States Circuit
Court to-day. May 17th 1871, Sidney Dillon
filed bill against George M. Barnard ct ais,
assicnees and VIM. Hart ct ais, trustees OF
the Boston, Hartford aud Erie Railroad Com
pany, to enforce lien on the property. The
defendants filed demurrers on the 9th of Sep
TENDER following, and the decision to day has
sustained the demurrer. The court has issued
q decree in accordance
Suicide,
James Hagar, aged Sc years, master mechanic
Of the Boston and Maine railroad, shot himself
this morning with Spencer rifle at his resi-
dence, Bunker Hill District. He was Il ghly
respected. No cause is assigned for the act.
Token of Respect.
The New England Shoe and Leather Asso-
Citation held a meeting to-day and passed rcso-
lutions of respect to the memory of Solomon
r, Spaulding, long known as one of the most
prominent and wealthy leather merchants of
Decision in Forgery Case.
In the case of Nathan Mathews against the
Massachusetts, National Bank, Judge Shepley
of the United States District Court to-day de-
cided that the plaintiff was entitled to iudc-
mept and the case should be referred to an
auditor to assess damages This suit was
brought by Mathews to recover from the bank
| damages resulting from the reception from
| James A. Coe as collateral for 900 loaned a
| fraudulent certificate OF 200 shares of Boston
| & Albany Railroad stock surrendered by the
| bank to Coe two years previous with transfer
| iu blank and the name of tue cashier ON the
| back, Said certificate of 200 shares wa;
| originally given to the bank by Coe as collateral
| for S22, 900 borrowed and subsequently proved
| to be a forgery from two shares which resulted
| In the trial and conviction of Coe for obtaining
| money under false pretences. The defendants
| claimed that the cashier had no authority Il
! bind the bank by contract, and the certificate
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04
WARD CAUCUSES.

The Republican voters of Portland are requested
to meet in their respective Ward Rooms on
Monday Evening, Sept. ssh, at To
o'clock,
for the purpose of eectng delegates from each
Ward to meet in Convention and nominate five can
didates for Representatives to the Legislature.
The delegates so elected are requested to meet in
the Reception Room, City Hall, on TUESDAY AT
TERNoON, at o'clock, TO select five candidates for
Representatives to tie legislature to be supported
at the polls on Monday, Sept. 18th.
Per order of the Rep. City Committee.
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04
Rriec SOttings.
RfEeE SVtEiHHs.
Comrades of Bosworth Post will bear in mind

Comrades of Bosworth Post will bear in mind
the camp fire tonight. t-t
Annie Ross, haiing from this city, has beer
arrested at St. John for stealing pocket book
''Shall you can 'em or do 'em pound to
pound?" is now the question among house
keepers.
There will be union temperance prayer
meeting at the Allen Mission this evening
Eloquent speakers are expected to be present.
Peaches to preserve are selling for from 1926
to $3.50 per crate.
The proprietor of the City Hotel has received
from New York a huge gas globe. 1t is placed
over the entrance to the hotel.
The prospect now is that the Second Parish
church will be finished soon. F
The Portland Steam Packet Company have
issued an order that in future the steamers shall
not blow their whistles on entering the harbor
early in the morning.
The schooner Geo. Gilman of this city was
run into and sunk at Elizabeth, N. j., Monday.
She was raised and is now in the dry dock.
Robbins will be tried at the next term of the
conrt in Knox county, which commences Sept
18th.
The Canadian cricketers arrived here yester-
day from Halifax via steamer Falmouth, and
proceeded to Montreal by the noon train.
Officer York arrested George f. Cardiff yes
terday on Centre street. He escaped from the
House of Correction in Portsmouth, N. H.,
where he was serving out a term of eight
months for swindling.
Officers Merrill and Burnham arrested three
boys for playing ball in the street yesterday.
Mr.. Zimmerman of Boston, at whose estab-
lishment the ladder which broke at the Amer-
can House Ere was recently made, was in town
yesterday, and with the Fire Department
Committee examined the same.
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04
POLITICAL.
A Consultation oyer Aaai

A Consultation over Affairs mt the South.
LONG BRANCH, Sept 3.-Vice-President Will
son arrived here this morning, and with Senator
Patterson, Judge Maekay and Mr.. Baker,
chairman of the Republican Committee of
Texas, called upon President Grant and had
protracted interview with him in relation to
Louisiana affairs.
Nebraska Republican Convention.
OMAHA, Sept. 3.-In the Republican state
convention last night Patrick 0. Halves was
nominated for contingent congressman after
lively fight, and Bruno Tsichuk for secretary
of state.
Congregational Nomination.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Sept. 3.-After an all night
session, the eighth district congressional con-
yention nominated Alexander II. Stephens
Missouri Peoples Conve ntion.
New YORK, Sept. 3.-The Missouri Peoples
convention adopted platform demanding the
suppression of mob law everywhere. favoring
the maintenance of public Schools quadrennial
sessions of the legislature, protection of the
people against railroad monopoly, and resolved
that any further contraction of the currency
would be detrimental to the producing classes,
and to oppose any step in that direction, recon-
mend the people of the several congressional
districts to elect members of Congress who
have constantly in view the true interest of the
producers of the West, improvement of the
water routes of the country and other means of
transport alton to the seaboard, reduction of
taxes and the adjustment of taxes, speediest,
most feasible and safe reduction and cancella-
ton of the interest bearing debt, and the
abolition of the monopoly features of our
banking system, with as early a return to
specie payment as can Be effected without
disaster. F -
Nebraska Republican Convention.
Silas CARRIER of Red Willow county was
nominated for Governor of Nebraska by the
Republican convention.
Congressional Nomination.
A Baltimore despatch states that the Demo
| cratic convention which met at Hagarstown
| yerterday nominated William Walsh for Con.
| gress, and that Montgomery Blair was one Of
| the defeated candidates.
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04
SPORTING.
Mystic Park.

BOSTON, Sept. 3c-The following is the sum
mary of the races which took place at Mystic
Park to day.
Purse OF $1,000 for horses in three minutes,
class mile heats, 3 in to harness.
S. f. Twitohell MS b. G. Wellesley Boy, 3 /
Ell. Woodruff ms b. g. Falmouth Boy, 1854
A. d. Carson MS g. g. Cataract 6222
N. Carroll ms b. g Essex, 2 3 5
b. HI. Demorest ms br. G. Unknown, 4 "A 8
S. d. Houghton MS blk S. Emperor, 5 DIR
III Sargent ms S. NJ Lady Van Chit, dist.
Time 2-30, 2.27aa, 2.271, 2295 ft'h"tei
The same day. purse $4,000 for the 2.26 horses,
$1,000 to first $3.50 to second $3.50 to third. $500
to fourth.
Nye Foster rs br. s. Mambrino Gift, 1 1
d. Mace MS big. Fred Hooper, 81 81 8
+. N. Ferguson Ms b. m. Lady Barker, 2
j. Lugrey ms b. G. Joker, 3 3
J. R. Farnham ms br. $. Commonwealth, 5
j. S. Carpenter ms b. s. FL. w. Genet, 3 4 6
Time 2 1863, 2 221, 225. -
Same day, purse $1,000, for double teams.
mile heats, 8 10 5.
j. S. Carpenter MS b. g. Joe Clark and CHI.
m. Moie Morris, l 1 1
d. B. Golf ms. br. m. Lady woods aud b.
m. Corrie, 222
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04

SQUALL ON LAKE SEBAGo.-AInaost an Acci-
dent.-Yesterday afternoon about half-past five
as the steamer Mt. Pleasant was proceeding
down Lake Sebago, she was struck by one of
this severest squalls of wind that has been
known in that section for years, if ever. So
suddenly did the wind strike the steamer that
she was thrown quite on her beam ends, caus-
ng all the cargo, furniture and ballast to
tumble to that side. Capt. Shaw undertook to
put the boat head to the wind but being SO far
out of water, the rudder had no effect. He
then signalled for the steam to be shut off and
driven by the wind, she drifted down toward
the shore nearly half an hour, when, the wind
abating somewhat, he was enabled to partially
right the boat and proceed to her landing which
had been passed in the fury of the blast.
There were about fifty passengers, mostly
ladies, on board, many Of whom became al
most frantic; and prayers, shrieks and shout
ing mingled with the voice of the tornado.
Many of the passengers put on life preservers.
fortunately no one was injured. The steamer
was about four miles from Standish when she
was struck by the squall. Capt. Shaw, who
was cool Throughout, says the boat being side
wheel steamer could not have been tipped over.
Those who have always resided about the lake
sa ythat they never saw anything like it in the
belt sweeping down the lake when two miles
away, and the next moment the steamer was
struck and the water was as white as snow.
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04

VISITING HooKs.-The Washington Hook
and Ladder Company held meeting last even.
ing and voted to receive the America Hook and
Ladder Company of Newburyport, next Tues
day. The visiting company will be met at the
danot and escorted through the principal streets
and to City Building, where collation. will be
taken. Everything will be done to make the
racantion most cordial.
The Portland daily press., 1874-09-04

SAM SHARrLEY.-City Hall will doubtless be
crowded this evening, as the celebrated Sam
Sharpley troupe will be there in full blast.
This is what the Cincinnati Enquirer thinks of
the entertainment: Sharpley's Minstrels had
an immence audiense last evening. The en-
tertainment is quick succession of music,
dancing, burlesque and attractive acts of sun
dry kinds, presenting profusely liberal pro-
gramme at popular prices, and in style to
captivate the million.