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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
Party Plans in Virginia.

RICHMOND, April ia movement has been
started by several Anti-Alliance Republicans
here for the calling of Republican conyen.
ton at an early day in this city. A circular
letter has been issued, signed by FL. L. Pelonze,
Norman Smith, and others, calling upon tax
the State to sign a paper attached to the cir
cular, which sets forth that the proposed
Slgners are opposed to reputation in any
shape or form; and, furthermore that such
financial fallacies are against the principles
and doctrines of the national Republicans. As
soon as sufficient number of signers have
been secured it is the design of the movers to
have Republican convention called to meet
here at an early day to nominate straightout
Republican for Governor and other State Off
GERS. Pressure is already being brought to
bear upon the Funder Democratic State Com
mittee to change the time of the assembling of
the State Convention of that party from
August 8th to an earlier day. The Read
justers are to hold their convention on June
2d-two months earlier. The Democrats now
acknowledge that they made mistake in put
ting off the meeting of their convention SO
much later in the canvass than their opponents
and it is said that prominent leaders in the
party are seeking to have that error remedied
The Readiusters are working like beavers
The election for county officers which comes
off in every county in this State next month is
to be made the opening of the fight. Appre-
ciating this, Mahone's people are busily en-
gagged in organizing in every section of the
State. The patronage which it seems to be
conceded is to be accorded to Malone will
greatly simplify these efforts. Col. w. E.
Cameron of Petersburg, ond Capt. John S.
Wise of this city, both intimate personal
friends of Malone, are prominent sspirants for
the Gubernatorial nomination of his party
garded as the best of those named, are on the
Wane,
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THE SENATE DEADLOCK.
Both Sides Determined to Stick.

New YORK, April 20.-A Washington des-
patch says that Republican senator who has
been classed among those who were supposed
to be dissatisfied with the situation, and who
would be glad to do anything to break the
deadlock, said yesterday that he saw no more
signs of any adjustment of the difficulties or of
any combinations than were apparent when
this struggle began. Another Republican SEN
ator said he had made all his arrangements to
spend the summer in Washington, and GER
tainly did not expect that there would be any
change in the situation until after the Virginia
campaign.
Republican senators who have been away
and have returned bring back different stories
as to the sentiment of the country upon their
course. One who has been absent a week
comes back stating that he is urged on every
hand to stand by the position assumed by the
Republicans; that the principle of the consti-
tutional majority must be vindicated, and that
it must be demonstrated that the country is
not to be at the mercy of sixteen men who,
from malice, from partisanship or for corrup-
ton, may hereafter choose to combine to de-
feat all legislation.
Another Republican senator, who has also
been absent a week, says that he finds that the
Republicans very generally disapprove of the
course of the party in the senate and believe
that the executive business of the session
should speedily be transacted and the senate
be adjourned. "This talk, however" said the
latter senator, sis not popular here, and / find
all of the senators on both sides on my return
perhaps even more determined in their course
than they were before.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
MAINE.

Fire at Sheepscot.
DAMARIscoTTA, April 2O.-The house of
Frederic Lowell at Sheepscot was destroyed by
fire yesterday afternoon. Loss $1,000; insured
for $500. Most of the furniture was saved.
Cause defective flue.
Fire in Wells.
KENNEBUNK, April 2O.-The dwelling house
of Charles H. Drawn at Wells was burned last
night. Loss 800; insured for 5000.
Fire in Biddeford.
BDDEFoRD, April 20.-About o'clock this
afternoon fire broke out in two tenement
house near the Eastern railroad depot owned
by Carlos Hurd. Loss on building and furni-
ture about $780, insured.
Military Reception in Lewiston.
LEWISTON, April 20.-A military reception
to Governor Plaisted and staff and Gen. Cham
berlain and staff, was given at City Hall this
evening by the Auburn Light Infantry, Co. c.,
First Regiment. There was large atten-
dance of military men from different parts of
the state, and it was brilliant affair. 1t clos
ed with grand ball.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
WASHINGTON.
Nominations by the President

Nominations by the President.
WASHINGTON, April 2O.-The President has
sent the following nominations to the Senate:
Richard Aelmer of New York to be second
assistant postmaster general vice Thomas j.
Brady, resigned.
w. A. McGrier of Pennsylvania to be third
assistant postmaster general vice A. d. Hazen,
appointed assistant attorney general for the
post office department.
Mr.. McGrier is the gentleman who cast the
first vote in the Chicago convention for the
nomination of Garfield and persisted in thus
voting to the last. He is a resident of Wilkes
barre, and so far as can be learned has never
held any public office.
Assistant Postmaster General Brady's
resignation Demanded.
1t is said ON good authority that the Post
master General by direction sof the President
to-day demanded the resignation of Thomas
j. Brady, second assistant postmaster general,
to take effect Immediately. The statement is
current tonight that no other concourse was
open which would secure speedy severance
of Brady's connection with the lpost Office de-
partment, because of the Senate deadlock
which might indefinitely postpone the con-
firmation of his successor
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Favorable Reports from Kansas Wheat

CHICAGO, April 20.-Reports collected within
ten days for every county in Kansas regarding
the crops, show that the whole winter crop of
wheat is better than usual this season Every
thing now depends upon rain. The first few
days have been exceedingly hot and windy,
and in some places the dirt has been blown
cway, exposing the roots of the wheat to the
scorching sun. But flittle damage has been
sustained as yet. With favorable weather the
crop will be the largest ever harvested in Kan
sas. Spring wheat appears to be in an unfa-
vorabe condition. In II counties it is fair and
in 43 there will be poor crop.
The aggregate acreage of rye is rather limit
ed, and the reports as whole are quite favora-
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Disastrous Fire at Bound Brook, N. ]

Bound Brook, N. j., April 2O.-Fire started
here on Main street in barn last evening and
spread rapidly until seventeen buildings were
destroyed. Forty families are homeless Loss
$4,000. The buildings burned comprised the
factory, Moilisons dry goods store, Brokaw's
drug store, Berger's clothing store, Bergens
jewery store, Coriell's dry goods store, the
Bound Brook Hotel and stables, Cook & Co.'s
lumber yard (partly burned) Ramsey's Hotel
and several dwellings,
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The spraugue-Chaffee Litigation.

PRovIDENcE, April 2O.-In the U. S. Circuit
Court today before Judge, Lowell
hearing was had on the bill in equity for the
removal of Y. Chaffee, trustee of A & W.
Sprague estate. Generals Butler and Prior
appeared for the compliments. The hearing
today was on the question of jurisdiction. The
case was continued one week
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
Chicago Street Car Horses Sorely Afflict-
nd

CHICAGO, April 20.-A peculiar, and hereto
fore unknown, disease has broken out among
the street car horses. 1t begins with swell
ling just below the fetlocks, which after little
testers and becomes discharging sore 1t
yields slowly to skillful treatment, but unless
taken early the poisonous matter spreads itself
upward and infects the blood, causing death.
The horses are in every case laid up two to
three weeks. Veterinary surgeons attribute
ing which the animals have been obliged to
stand and travel in cold, wet and slush. The
disease has been slowly gaining ground for
some days, and to-day a large proportion of the
South Side companies horses are under treat
ment; also 200 horses of the North Side COM
pany and 70 of the West Side Company
Parmely's BUS Line reports one horse dead
and forty mine laid up. The express companies
and individuals also suffer
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
Post Office Thieuaa.

CHICAGO. April 20.-E. R. Bakeslee, ar
rested at Toledo, is the mail agent on the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad
whose bold operations caused great dismay in
the post Office here. Since his first robbery he
is known to have committed robberies on the
same road upon pouches destined for Buffalo,
Rochester, Utica and Boston.
r. M. Pomeroy, postmaster of Hebron, Ind -,
has been arrested in that place charged with
rifing registered letters.
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Collapse in the Pork Corner

CHICAGO, April 20-There was sudden
collapse in the pork corner this morning under
heavy sales The price for June, which opened
weak at S1S.35. sold down to SIS. 20, lard and
meats declining IN proportion. AT noon the
price of pork was S17.35 bid, which was 12I
higher than five minutes before 1t is suspect
ed that the bulls are bothering the market in
order to buy at lower prices.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
A New Mexico Town R,,rnad

SAN MARcIAL, N. M, April 19-This even
ing fire broke out in billiard saloon Every
business building in town and many private
residences, numbering thirty houses and tents,
were destroyed. Loss $4,000. The only
building left in the business portion of the
town is one containing several tons of powder.
One building that contained several thousand
rounds of cartridges was burned, the explo-
sion causing people to retire.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
A GIGANTIC STEAL.

Chicago Swindled Out Of Half a Million.
CHICAGO, April 20.-The Times tomorrow
will publish four column expose of gigan-
tic stealings in connection with building of the
county half of the city and county buildings
amounting from 100000 to $500, 900. The
ring consisting of John NJ. Armstrong James
J. Eagan and Glenn Periolat, divided the plum
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
NEW YORK.
Mrs. Garfield in New YORK.

NEW YORK, April 20.-Mrs. President Gar
field, accompanied by ladies and superintend-
emit OF public works at the capital visited City
Hall this morning and was introduced to May
or Grace. The visitors were escorted through
the building, the party spending nearly half
an hour in examining the portraits
of distinguished men in the governors
room. The party afterward visited the new
court house.
Whitelaw Reid does not Want the Berlin
Mission.
Whitelaw Reid states that he has not sought,
nor will he take the mission to Berlin Colonel
John Hay will edit the Tribune during his six
months absence.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
Mormons Prosecuting.

CHEYENNE, w. T., April 2O-Fifty-four
Mormon miss ionaries passed over the Union
Pacific road today on their way to Wales on a
PROSECUTING expedition. All were inferior and
coarse looking men and most of them have
from two to five wives at home
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
MASSACHUSETTS.

Stearns K. Abbott Respited.
Boston, April 20-The Governor and Coun-
Gil have decided to postpone the execution of
Stearns K Abbott, convicted of the murder of
Mrs. Crue, until June 23d.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
Gen. Hancock to Visit Tennessee,

NEW YoRK. April 20.-Gov Hawkins of
tennessee today rendered an invitation to
Gen Hancock to visit Nashville during the in
dustrial exposition next month. Gen. Ham
cock said he would consider the matter
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
EARTHQUAKES in Northern Indiana

CINCINNATI, April 90. dispatches from
Goshen, in northeastern Indiana, report
heavy earthquake shocks in that vicinity, ac-
companied by heavy rumblings, shaking hous-
es severely and causing considerable alarm.
No serious results are reported. The manifes-
tations occurred in territory of some twelve
hilsC square,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21

The Wool market remains without material
change. Manufacturers are boiling back, and pur-
chasing only for immediate wants, although the ag-
gregate sales foot up fair average
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
A Louisiana Town Burned.

New ORLEANS, April 20.-A special from
Watchetoches says fire last night originated
in Fontenat's hotel and destroyed nearly all
the principal stores in town. Loss very great.
Great Generalization prevails.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
TIoKINGs, ETC.


PORTLAND, April 20.
The following quotations of Grain were received
by telegraph from Chicago to-day by A. W. Jordan,
167 Commercial street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

PertIan.. Osaiy Wholesale Market.
PORrLaSp.April 90
The following are Io-day's quotations OF Flour
Grain. Provisions, &C.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
Street Car Strike in Cleveland

CLEVELAND, April 18.-Street railway en-
ployes have dete rmined to demand SO day
for drivers and 1925 for conductors.
The workmen on the Valley Railway have
struck for more pay.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21

The following quotations of stocks were received
yesterday by Woodbury. & Moulton (members of the
Boston Stock Exchange), corner of Middle and Elk
change streets:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
METEOROLOGICAL
INDICATIONS FOR THE NEXT TwENrY-BouB
HOURS.
War DEPT, OFFICE CHIEF SIaNALl
OFFICER, Washington, D. c.,
April 81, A. M.
METEOROLOGICAL
For New England

April Il, "A. WI. J
For New England,
fair weather, stationary or higher tempera-
ture, southerly to westerly winds, stationary
barometer.
SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN.
Fair weather prevails east of Mississippi
river and threatening weather in. the west Gulf
States. A rain fall of / 20 inches in eight
from Fort Sill. The Missouri lriver has risen
two feet in the past AZ hours at Omaha, where
it is four and half feet above the danger
line and seventeen inches at Leavenworth.
The Tennessee has fallen fourteen inches at
Chattanooga, the Cumberland 6fty-ive at
Nashville, the Ohio thirty-five inches at Gin
cinnati. Indications are that fair weather
will prevail in the lower lake region and New
England during to-day and morrow The Mis-
souri, river will probably continue to rise rapid
ly and the Mississippi remain stationary
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21

Daily Domestic Receipts.
By water conveyance-1OOO bush CornneaJ to 9
W. True h Go.
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~ On; Joseph Lane died at Rosenberg, Oregon,
Tuesday night.
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Recsipr. of Maine Central.

PORTLAND. April 10.
For Portland % cars miscellaneous merchandise;
for connecting roads. 90 cars miscellaneous ner
chandise
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By Telegraph)
NEW YORK. April 20-Evening. market
tile paper at 5@6. Sterling Exchange steady at
4.811a for long and 4.83Ih for short. Governments
quiet. State bonds are in light demand. Railroad
bonds moderately active. The stock market opened
strong and closed at slight reaction.
The transactions at the Stock Exchange aggregat-
ed 415, 798 shares.
Ine FOLLOWING are to-day's closing auotation of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21

Dry Goods Wholesale Market.
The following quotations are wholesale prices and
corrected daily by Storer Bros. & Co., Dry Goods,
Woolens and Fancy Goods, "a g. 56 Middle street,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-21
European Markets

European Markets.
By Telegraph
LONDON, April 2O.-American securities-United
States bonds, 41as, 116N.
LIVERPOOL April 2O-12.3OP .M.-Cotton INA, ket
in moderate inquiry; Middling uplands Sd; Orleans
at 1-l6d; sales 5000 bales; speculation and ex-
port ], 500; futures weak.
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The Wool Market.

BOSTON, Aprili20-[Reported for the Pressl.-The
following is list of prices quoted this afternoon:
Ohio and PENNSYLVANIA
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-12-31

THE Philadelphia Ledyer is getting
vicious. 1t says Of some election return
scamps, who have just secured court
decision in their favor, that they $ are
still in luck, but they are in other courts. "
That is to say, they are not in the court
of Judge Biddle, where Mouat came
to grief but in that of Judge Elcock
whence Iouat was dragged out with SO
much difficulty. 1t would seem that
there is here an opportunity for Judge
Elcock to talk to the Ledger for if its
suggestion does rot have the tendency
to bring MIN into public odium and con-
tempt it must only he because nothing
the Ledytr can intimate will do that ;
which he can hardly think.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-12-31
Losses by Fire.

An unknown vessel OH fire off the
quarantine station, at Galveston, ycstcr-
day.
g. NJ. Zugcnfeiden's grocery, in Piqua,
Ohio, was burned yesterday morning.
Loss, 100000.
Tho steamer Rosa e., with 500 bales OF
cotton. was destroyed by fire yesterday,
near Monroe, Louisiana. The cook jump
ed overheard aud was drowned
The deck of a schooner, which looked as
if tie vessel had been burned, was washed
ashore ut Old Orchard Beach, Maine, Oh
Thursday night.
During the present year, up to the 1st
inst. the losses by fire in the city Of BOs.
ton have aggregated only s43j, 5Sj, against
81, la, ,564 in 1850. The losses for this
month have not yet been reported, but arc
small
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-12-31
Obituary

William G.. White, prominent manu-
facturer of Leicester, Massachusetts, dicd
suddenly last night of paralysis.
Col. Henry S. McComb, !. millionaire of
Wilmington, Del, died in Philadclphia
yesterday, aged So years. He was well
known in connection with railroad mat
ters in the West and South.
Henry G. Moon eldest son of the pro
prietor of the Saratoga Lake house, al
Saratoga, New York, fell dead on the
street on Thursday evening. He was
about 40 years of age.
William Botlino, the first trainer and
driver Of Goldsmith maid, Glostcr, Mid
night and other fast horses, has died OF
pneumonia at Middlctown, New York,
aged 81 years.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-12-31
TO-DAY'S News.
Ihe NyAy of the World

Ihe Way Of the World.
An ice famine is feared at Chicago, owing
to the cont inued mild weather.
Port Anton L:zardO, in Mexico, the ter
minus of the Mexican Southern railroad.
has been opened to foreign trade.
The floods in the Delaware river have sub
sided. No odamage is reported to have been
done below the Water Gap.
Herman Willing. ex-treasurer of Lee
county. Iowa. has been indicted for en-
bezzlement of so, 90 while he was in office
1t is said that an attempt was made in
Buffalo, on Tuesday, to bribe common
councilmen to vote for sewer contract of
81, 100000.
Robert L. Lindsay, one OF the Missouri
land swindlers, was sentenced in Steuben-
vile, Ohio, yesterday, to nine years in the
pcnitentiary.
The lumbermcn in many pats OF New
| Brunswick have returned to their homes,
as they are prevented from working by the
scarcity of snow The woods in many dis
tricts arc entirely bare.
The city council of Chicago. has grant
ed permission to the Mutual Union tele-
graph company to erect poles in the streets
until its underground arrangements arc
completed.
\ train approaching Minneapolis yestcr-
day struck and demolished a wagon con-
| tanning four men, and severely injurino
the occupants. One of them is not expect
ed to recover.
| The sales Ofpostasc stamps, stamped ell
vclopes and postal cards for the quarter
ending September 30th last amounted to
s7.O17, 1S9, an increase on the sales for the
corresponding quarter of 1880 of 81, ,O30, 109
The business of the money order divi-
sion of the postal service has increased Sc
much that it has been impossible to grant
the employees in that division the holiday
allowed the othcrdcpartments in Washing
ton during Christmas week.
The steamer Stella which arrived at New
York yesterday from Amsterdam, brought
24S passengers from the steamer Castor,
which was disabled and put into Plymouth
The Stella lost a man overheard on the
9th instant.
The scaffolding of the cornicc of the new
State national bank building in Cincinnati
fell, Oh Thursday evening, carrying three
men to the sidewalk, GO feet below. Henry
Wcfel and John Evans were killed, and
John Wefel sustained fatal injuries.
|, The New York Legislature will meet or
Tuesday next Few members have arriv
cd in Albany and there seems to be lack
of interest in regard to the organization
There is an impression in Republican cir.
clcs that the Tammany representatives
will not go into the Democratic caucus, ant
that, consequently, the organization of the
House may be delayed.
Gottlieb Engel, a prominent young law.
yer of Milwaukee, is reported to have
abscondcd after forging and embezzline
considerable amounts. A warrant has beer
issued for his arrest. 1t is alleged that ht
has swindlcd clients out of estates, SOLD
property not his committed forgerics anC
cmbczzlcd funds of societies of which he
was treasurer. Engcl returned yesterday
and gave himself up.