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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-04-26

NEW YORK. April 25-Evening. market
quiet at LIZ decline; sales 657 baes Middling up
lands at l05e; New Orleans 16ac; futures Irregular
closing barely steady 2 to points advance. Fiour
nrecelPts IT, S3O bbls; dull and q 10 lower sales
1o6Oo bbls; No at 25 g a So, latter an extreme;
Western and State at 4 So q 10; good to cboice
Western and STATED Is q So; White Wheat Yves.
tern extra at 5 80 g so; Fancy White Wheat Wes-
SIS; extra st Louis at 90 a IS; Patent Minnesofa
extra good to prime at 10 q so; choice to double
extra EXTRA. at % 2o low grade extra at s. 10;
winner W neat extra at 0U q 90; Minnesota extra
at COG 20; City Mill extra at 80 a 6 co. South
ern dour steady; sales $500 bbls extra at 90 "a ~
fine State. Cora9eai dull: Yellow at - to 3"
Brandywine at 10. Wheas-receipts $500 bnsb
market urn; spot parcels in light supply and gI
spot and to arrive soon; % for Canada Spring in
bond; ! q for New York No 2 Spring; q "a 291
Tor No No M Min 81 IS for No spring;l ii
for NO White; 45 for extra White; as for White
state tat q for No Chicago first six days in May;
twenty days in May; 1 26a for No Spring for Anril
closing at 26t bid 27t asked; 23@ do May, clos,
Ing at Il; 2St bid. IT asked; No2 North Western
pa, y asked; No Winter Red for April closing az
&c bid 40 asked do for May closing at 32I BID.
80 asked Ra IS do first half May 81 for unaded
bush Canada part at 76c for May. Barley unchang-
ed: Inariey Malt unchanged. Corn-receipts
1,700 o1sh scarce and firm; sales $4,000 bush, in
ending $4,000 bush on spot; 50 "a 55c for uneraded
Western axed 544c tor steamer and low Mixeo SIC
for steamer Yellow; % 55Ac tor No SIC for choice
round Yellow; 5ic for steamer Mixed seller April,
closing at 53c Did, 55c asked; 5l4c do for May closing
at sic bid 51ac asked; No seller April Closing az
5i5c bid 57c asked 52sc do for May closing al Sac
bid, 52ie asked Oais-receipts $3.50 bush; opened
strong ana closed quiet and unchanged; sales lao 900
bush; aot g 36c for No 2; So q 36ac for No White;
36Ae for No 404c for No White; 3I4 a SIC for
Mixed Western; 81 q 405c for White western: 35 6D
36ac for Mixed State SO q 800 for White State in
Guiding $4,000 bush No Chicago in store for export
at 35c. Coffee unchanged. Sugar dull and lower:
"a 7sc for fair TO good refining; u for prime; 2oo
for standard A; 81 q 9sc for granuated; 81 q 81 for
powdered; 81 q 81 for crushed. MoIasses steady,
Rice Is unchanged. Petroleum quiet; crude at
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would be despised on all sides. Noyes knew
of every movement 10 Florids, land Hayes knew
il through him. 1 know this to be true, az d
can show it when the time comes
Dennis knowledge of the campaign is
thorough and complete, and he can show nm
every feature He says that if he had been
forced to swear before the canvassiug board, he
would have told the truth, as he would not
have sworn falsely on any account. When
Noyes pressed him to take the stand, he said
III you are not prepared to give up your case,
don't force me upon the stand" Noyes there
fore withdrew his request. Dennis refuse, to
furnish auy written statement for publication
He says he can satisfy the most incredulous
when the time comes, but will wait until
everything is ready. He is very positive in
stating that an ousting movement is on foot
and his conversation shows that he believes
II. He is very bitter and earnest, and he says
that Hayes is the worst man since Judas Is.
CARROT.
The publication of the statement of McLn
has produced no noticeable sentiment in Con-
gress. The House Committee on Judiciary
have not yet taken any action whatever on the
Blair resolution and quo warranto bill of Rep
resentative Kimmell to test the right of Hayes
to the presidency.
Various Opinions.
VIM. E. Chandler says that an agent named
Morton is the man who has aggregated the tes-
timoDy against Hayes in Florida, and that the
revelations Of McLin and Dennis will not be
news to the President.
Senator Conover says there is nothing new in
the affair.
except from the newspapers. Neither does
Montgomery Blair.
Senator Jones of Florida has no doubt of the
truth of the statements.
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An Editors Mail.

The morning mail Of the editor of leading
daily is not complete unless it contains in addi-
ton to its substantial business, letters from the
following we'll known correspondents:
/. The man who wants to empty his old
scrap book into you.
2. The woman with "piece' of poetry.
s. The respectable dead-beat lecturer who
will furnish his old notes, interlarded with
vigorous puffs of himself, and wants to be
paid for it.
a. The man with currency scheme six col
umns long.
8. The man with national financial system.
do.
6. The man with an old sermon.
z. The person who unfortunately asks the in
sertion of communication IS a favor, and
then writes worrying letter daily inqulriDg
to know why it is not in.
8. The man, woman or child that would like
"roving commission for the Press, under
the impression that henceforth they
would have to pay no hotel bills or rail
way fare.
9. The lady who wants to be wateringplace
correspondent with similar views.
10. Ten or twelve men who want to slip in
advertisements of lectures, religious meetings,
land associations, colony schemes, private in
stitutes, concerts, etc under false pretences
II. The regular batch of applications for
employment; (d) as matter of charity; (b)
because the applicant has always been unsUc-
cessful at every thing else; (c) from influential
friends who want you to pension some poor re-
latior they are keeping sfoat; (d) from the
man who thinks he would be an excellent jour-
nalist because he has never had any training
in the profession; (eI from the school girl who
would like to be Washington correspondent.
IL The iuDumerable host who want little
notice. Philadelphia Press.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
MAINE.

Verdict Against the Maine Central Rail-
road.
LEWISTON, April 25.-In the action of acob
Whitney VS.. Maine Central Railroad, for iu-
juries alleged to have occurred at Lisbon depot,
a verdict was rendered this morning for $500
for plaintiff
Arrested for Forgery.
BIDDEFoRD, April 25.-Edward Sutherland,
young man of excellent family connections,
has been arrested and in default of bail com.
mitted to Jail to await trial, on charge of
forgery.
Methodist Conference.
PENNINGTON. April 25.-Prayer meetings
were held at and a. m. At 9 a. m. meet
ing of the New England Educational Society
was held; at 10 q. M, examination of elders
at 2 p. M, sermon by ]. w. Hamilton of Bos-
ton; at 80 p. M, lecture on church extension
by DR.. McCabe of Ohio.
Barker Mill Corporation.
LEWISTON, April 25-At special meeting
of the stockholders of the Barker Mill today it
was voted to reduce the old capital stock of
100000 to $4,000 and issue new stock to the
amount of $500, 200 in shares of $40 each,
making the new capital $4,000. This action
is considered as certain. The amount is neces.
sary to pay all the debts and place the corpora
ton on good footing.
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FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 26.

world, by Olive Thorne, with drawing by
Howard Pyle. giving an idea Of an old-time
Msy-dag in "Merrie England. Besides these,
there are several other lively and interesting
papers aud engrsvings
Scrtbners for May is the medium of introduce
1ng to its readers eight new draughtsmen, from
The ranks OF the painters, viz 81: +. E. Church,
S. K. Clifford, I'll. w. Robbins, L. DeForest,
Will. 81. Low Frederick Dielman, J. Alden
Weir and Walter Francis Browp, most of
whom have contributions in the present Ma
tional Academy. Drawings are also given by
Walter Shirlaw, Kelly, Moran, Bolles, Rein
hart, Vanderhoof, Riordan, Schell, Turner, Da-
wilson and others. Among the engrayings of
this number are two by Marsh, and two BY
Cole, with blocks by many others of the lead.
ng American engravers
The opening paper, Merry Days with Bow
and Qaiver, is by Maurice Thompson, the
archer-poet, whose paper on Archery last year
in this magazine brought him nearly five hun
dred letters Of inquiry. Another illustrated
paper is by Edward Eggleston on the New
York Post-Ofice, where the writer finds
model system of civil service. Among the
numerous cuts is a large portrait of Postmaster
james, drawn b. j. Alden Weir, and engraved
by Cole. Under the title of Bohemian Days
Margaret B. Wright gives glimpses of the
light and shade of artist life near Paris, with
the aid of some lively sketches by Walter
FRANCIS Brown. In view of the coming bench
show in New York City, William M. Tileston
writes OF transporting dogs. with cuts OF some
OF the purest-bred St. Bernards, Yorkshire
terriers. Dandy Dinmonts, pugs, etc. Camps
and Tramps about Ktaadn is q paper descrip.
tive OF the wood-life of painters with sugges-
tions to campers-out 10 general. The first of DR..
Brewers papers on the curiosities of Bird
Architecture is given in this number, and treats
OF the Bower Birds, and Of the wonderful Gar
den and Cabin-building Bird discovered by DR..
Beccari, this being the first full account of the
bird in English. Two engravings by Henry
Marsh accompany his paper. The serials, Mr..
Egeleston's Roxy, and Miss Trafton's His In
heritance, also have drawings.
OF the unillustrated material, there is An
Impossible Story, by Bayard Taylor, in which
certain desirable reforms are achieved Lissy,
short story by Margeret 81. Eckerson; Little
Rose and the House of the Snowy Range, a
Colorado bit of travel, by II. Fl, I; and q light
essay, Concerning the Use of Fagots at Geneva,
by Leonard W. Bacon.
In Topics of the Time, DR. Holland discusses
Recent Financial Legislation, The Defeat of
the Turk, and The Talk About Retribution.
In Communications there is an account of the
marriage of Princess Mercedes, by an eye-wit-
ness. The Old Cabinet is chiefly about Smooth
Painting, The Society Of American Artists,
Nationality in our Art, Frauds and Good Men,
and The Sonnet.
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WASHINGTON.
The Syndicate and the Finance Com
miftee.

The Syndicate and the Finance Com.
minee.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-Several representa-
tives of the leading banking and financial
houses of New York were in attendance this
morning in the room of the House Committee
on Banking and Currency, but only one of
them Geo. Bliss of Morton, Bliss q Co. had
hearing today. The others will have hearing
tomorrow. Mr.. Bliss, in reply to questiobs put
py Mr. Ewing, said he was a member of the
syndicate that had made the recent arrange.
ment Tor the purchase of the Al per cent bonds,
that the syndicate had purchased ten millions
outright and the option to take more would
cease whenever the syndicate omitted to take
$5OO0,000 month. He saw nothing to prevent
the maintenance of specie payment after the
LIST of January next and he expected great
revivalo of business resulting from better basis
on which the financial Condition of the country
would stand and from the increased confidence
of capitalists.
Various Matters.
The House Committee on Expenditures in
the Department of Justice today agreed to
report favoraby on Senator Thurman's bill to
prevent abuses in regard to the mileage of
United States district attorneys.
The House Committee on P0st-ofhces and
Post Roads today examined Stage-mail Con-
tractor U. E. Fisher of Illinois, who under
cross-examination admitted no had been over
paid $4,000, but had since refunded the
amount to the government with interest.
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From the Graphic,l
Glover as Hunter.

GLOVER, Congressman from Missouri last fall
just give me chance at these Republic
can robbers; I'll ketch 'em as fast as you
can ketcn minDowsi
DEMOCRATIC CoNGREss-Very well; there YOU
go; lots of traps, firearms and ammunition
Now let's see you make capital for our
party.
GLOVER Enthusiastically oh, you bet IL do
it gentlemeni IN ketch the Black Repub.
lican plunderers. ''Set Glover to ketch
thief" you know the maxim remarks. Ha!
hal ha!
Three months pass and finally out of the dull
rumble comes q UOice:
GLovER-Tve got him! I've got himi
DEM. CoNGREss-Got who? Got who?
GLovER-Got Teller! ketched him stealing!
DEM. CoNGREss-Hurrahi Hurrahi L. it HAYES?
GLovaR-No. IT'S one of the clerks Of the
House.
Dem. CoNGREss--Kepublcan?
GLovER-No. Democrat.
DEM CONGRESS- (cheerfaly. but not rapturously)
GLOVER tt,oo ,oeeks later)-Here he is! 1 got
another Teller!
DEM CoNGREss-Hurrah! Hurrahl ssealin' :?
GLovER-Peculationi wasted lots of money!
DEM. CoNGREss-Hurrah! That's q good
haul. Republican?
GLovER-N-no-he's aDemocrat-Your door
keeper.
Dem. CONGRESS- (Approoingly, but SADLY
All! Uh.-a--see here, Glover
next time you fetch Republican.
GLovER-Y-yes, II will.
GLOVER "a month later1-Ha! I got him!
Ketched him stealin'! Stole $4,000 from
contingent fund! got him!
DEM. CoNGREss-Hur-Republ Glover?
-Uh-ah-a-well-this 'un-n-no-
he's a Democrat-a-he's q member of
Congress.
DEM CONGRESS (going for him wrathfully)-
One of US, you undiscriminatiDg scoundrelly
Puke?
GLoyER-Y-yes III couldn't help it! It's
one of you uns!
(They shake him up till some of has teeth are
heard rafting round tn his boots, and his
collar bone loosenS, aohen he gets deoay.)
GLOVER Three days later)-I got him now!
/ ketched him IN the very act of stealth,
and we got the money away from him
$1,000!
DEM CoNGREss-( Groaning)-You Internal
spy and poitroon !O-h-well!-Tell us the
worst Is it a Dem-publican?
GLOVER Holding the door open ready to run, his
face flushed ioith shame, and great beads of
perspiration standing on the outside of his
hGt)-Oh, good gentlemen. spare me!
spare me! Turning TO run and letting has
prisoner go, as he lodges a shotcer of ink
stands and cuspidors)-it's the Democratic
SeIgeant-st-srms
FOURTEEN DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS (pulling
down their vests aud shouting above the
tumult)-I move that the Office of Investi-
gator be declared vacant!
Passed mem con.
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Alternately Shaken and scorehed

Ry the paroxysms of chills and tever the wretched
sufferer for whom quinne has been prescribed ESSAYS
in vain to exterminae the dreadful disease with that
hurtul palliative, which at best only mitigates the
violence of the fits, and eventually proves highly in
furious to the system. In order to effect thorouqh
cure OF malaria fever, whether intermittent or re-
mttent or to render the system impregnable to its
attacks, Hostetters Stomach Btters should be used
daily. That this medicine is searching eradicant of
diseases generated bymiasma anda reliable safeguard
against them, is fact so widely recognized In this
and other countries that to adduce evidence in sup
port OF unnecessary but it either essential
or desi rabe to do So it may well be supposed that
from the testimony corroboratve its claims which
mas been accumulatlng during the last twenty-five
years and over sufficient proof might be gathered to
convince the most inveterate skeptic.
ap22 eodSw1w
CoSGREss.-The Congress- yeast powder is
made of the purest and most healthfu materials 1t
is the best in the world for making delicious white
sweet and healthful biscuits, cakes pastry, sc. Use
none but the Congress-
Vienna Rolls made with Congress Yeast Powder.
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THE WESTERN HURRICANE.
Great Damage Done in Kentucky aud
Ohio.

Ohio.
CINCINNATI, April 26.-The storm yesterday
unloofed stores. blew down houses trees,
fences and did more or less damage to nearly
the entire population of Somerset, Kentucky.
Advices from other points in Kentucky are of
the sa me general tone.
At Toledo, Ohio, several buildings were
damaged A brick block in Monroe, O.. was
top off the residence of McNab, which fell on
Perry's foundry crushing the roof ipjuring
ten wOrkmen. Also quite a number of other
residences were unroofed. At Kensington, O.,
brick school house was demolished, injuring
nearly all the scholars, some qnite seriously
In this city and vicinity the wiod blew down
signs, trees, fences, etc. Rain fell in torrents
and hail in the northwestern part of the city
MEMPHIS, April 25.-Last Friday morning
terrific rain storm set in which continued with
little intermission till Sunday morning During
Sunday and Monday light showers fell but at
O'Clock Monday night the storm was renewed
with great violence and continued until 3
o'clock Tuesday evening when it abated.
During the time nearly s IL inches of rain
fsl, one-half of which fell Monday night and
North Mississippi, Western Arkansas, West
Tennessee and North Alabama. The creeks
and bayous are flowed, greatly damaging
crops in the bottom both by rain water and
flow. Immense damage was done to the
fencing by the wind and floods. also to fruit
passed north of this city, dwelling forest trees
in its track, but no loss of life is reported. At
Huntsville, Ala, the steeple of the Presby-
terrain church was blown off, and several
houses unroofed.
SIOUX CRY, Iowa, April 25.-Sunday's
storm did greater damage than was anticipated.
In the vicinity Of Wall Lake hardly house or
fence escaped injury. The Catholic church at
Carroll was completely demolished. The
house of Daniel Lietz was blown down and a
child torn from its mothers arms by the wind
was found in the marsh east of the house
while Mrs Leitz was found BALI mile west
Peter Anderson's house, barn and granary, all
we'll stocked, were utterly demolished. A
number of other barns and houses were de-
stroyed in the same vicinity. Heavy loss of
property and life are reported at the Swedish
settlement in Crawford county, but the particu-
lars are wanting. VIM. Hollen while trying to
drive cattle from bis barn was borne up into
the air with the barn and cattle and has not
been seen since
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MARINE NEWS.
Launched at Bath.

Lnunchcd At Bath.
BATH, April 25.-Launched today by Goss,
Sawyer & Packard bark of 400 tons named
Veronica, owned by Loum Snow & Son of New
Bedford, to run between that port and Fayal.
Capt. Henry Hattie way commands her.
A Portland Schooner in Collision.
OFF GREAT EGG HARBoR, April A.-The
schooner Hoffman, from Portland for Phladel-
pha, came into collision aid sunk the schooner
Jessie Irving from Virginia for New York.
The crew were rescued.
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NEW YORK.
Funeral of william Orion.

Funeral of William Orion.
NEW YORK, April %. The funeral of Will
liam Orton, late President of the Western
from the Church of the Holy Apostles and was
very largely attended, many distinguished
persons being present. The directors of the
Western U MON attended in a body, together
with delegation from the Union League Club
and superintendent managers and officers of
the executive department.. The interment was
in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at Irvington on the
Hudson. The pail bearers were Roscoe Conk-
ling, VIM. Borden, s. B. q. Vance, John K
Porter, Geo. Walker, Oliver b. Palmer, L. r.
McAlpine, John Steward, Alonzo B. Cornell,
James 81. Barker, Edwards s. Sanford, Ros-
well H. Rochester, Geo. B. Prescott and John
B. Van Every. The floral offerings were pro-
fuse. being the gifts of friends and employees of
the Western Union Co.
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MINOR TELEGRAMs.

OLeary completed walk of 200 miles in 60
hours at Dublin Wednesday night.
Base ball at Boston-Harvards 8, Mauches-
tiers 3; at Lynn-Rochesters 3, Live Oaks Q;
at Lowell-Hornelis 2, Lowells 1.
100000 worth of gold coin was shipped
to England yesterday to pay for silver recently
received.
1t is thought A. B. Cornell will succeed Will
ham Orion as president of the Western Union
Telegraph Go.
Nat MacKay denied before the House Naval
Committee yesterday that he used any influence
or applied any pressure in the matter of the
purchase of the Delaware.
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GREAT BRITAIN.
The Great Lancashire Sfrikers-No Pr
pect of a Settlement.


LONDON, April 25.-As regards the bulk of
the Lancashire strike district there is very lit
tie indications of satisfactory settlement.
There seems no hope OF compromise by arbi-
traton on the side of the operatives. The
leaders of the unions are opposed to the strike,
and there is no guarantee that the working
people, who have taken things into their own
hands, would accept the conclusion of board
of conciliation, if that conclusion recommend
ed submission. On the side Of the spinners
risk adverse decision. In q manifesto publish
ed today the employees say it was with the full
knowledge of the probable consequence already
before them that the employers came to the con
clusiOn to reduce the wages ten per cent. They
are convinced that there is no room for conces-
sion on their part, and regret there can be no
groundwork for compromise. Arbitration,
they say, is out of the question.
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LONDON, April 25-l2.30 P. M.-Consols at 81 1916
Tor money and account.
LONDON, April 25-12.3O P. M.-American securi-
.esmonted states bonds, 67's, 1883; SIS, 1853;
at II. "'
8. LONDON, April 26-345 P. M.-Consols at 81 1915
Tor money and account.
LIVERPOOL, April 25-1230 P. M.-Cotton market
steadier; Mddling uplands at 1915; do Orleans at
o3-od sales 10 goo bales, including 1000 bales for
speculation export receipts 1880 bales including
Futures partially 1872 better; April delivery at
oZI,32, April and May 27-32; May and June 81
Flour at 70 q 26 8; Winter Wheat at II 00 lis 6:
Spring do @ 10 8; California averages lis ia III g.
club, IL q u 81 Corn 26 q 26 g.; Peas at So g. Pro,
VISIONS, &e-Pork at a g. Beet So Bacon at 26 a
y .. La, Lard at $685. Cheese 63. Tallow 80. At Lon
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MARRIED..

In Biddeford. April IS, Henry Hill of Dayton and
Miss Lucy Turner. 49, -'
In Berwick, April 10, Jos T. Arnold and Miss MARY
E. Manning. ' -''' -A"1'
In Lewiston, April %, Edward Willis and Miss Ora
Annie Haley - --'' VI"
Currier. ~ ' a.
IN webster, March 8, Martin V. Higgins of Web
ster and Miss Fannie E. Chandler of Lisbon
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DIED.

In this city April 26, Chas o. Davis aged Sc years
In South Freeport, April "a, Capt Jalrus Il. Lin
coin, aged so years.
In Bath, April "a, Ada E., daughter of John t, and
Fanny Oliver, aged IS years.
In Augusta, April %, Mr.. Alexander Kincaid, aged
rs years.
In Augusta. April %, Peter Gay, aged 70 years.
bingham, aged % years days.
In North searsmont, April s, Isaac Thompson,
In Wadoboro, April a. Mrs Mary wife of Otis
Little, aged so years.
In Wadoboro.. April TO- Mrs. Polly, relict of DR..
Hiram Bliss, aged "a years months,
In DamarscotIa, April 16 Mrs. Sallie, wife of Eli
Jan CROKER, aged 6S years months.
IN Whiteheid, April 2. Catharine Moor, aged 60 YRS
A; e. and Augusta S. Record, aged 10 years
In Augusta, April 20, Charlie Works. aged 10 wears
10 months. NeS ~ '''-o
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL


THURSDAY, April 14.-The Sugar market is quiet
and prices are of c from the quotations of yesterday
Flour continues dull with small sales and we quote
1t as follows: Superfne at so q 80; Extra Spring
o759 rs; Xxx Spring 6 so q 675; Patent Spring
Wheats at 90 "a 9 25; Michigan Winter best 200 q
725; low grade Michigan so q 90; st Louis Win
ter fair so q IS; Winter good at 90 q Isl Win
ter best at rs q 90. Pork continue dull.