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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-09
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, April 8. Commander Yates
is ordered to duty as equipment officer at
Portsmouth navy yard, April 3Oth; Com
mander White to hold himself in readiness
for command of the Kearsarge; Commander
Johnston is detached from Portsmouth navy
yard, and placed on waiting orders.
Revenue steamer Woodbury. has been as
signed to duty on the coast Of Maine, from
PASSPORT to Rockland. Steamer McCulloch
has been assigned to duty on the Southern
coast. Capt. Dean will command to Wood
bury and Capt. Mitchell the McCulloch.
PastAssistant Surgeon Storer has been
ordered to Portland.
The Secretary of the Treasury said this
afternoon he had concluded what course to
pursue relative to maturing bonds, but could
not announce what the programme would be
until it was completed.
Postmaster James has appointed a commits
sion to investigate clerical work in the de-
partment with view of affecting greater
efficiency in the service.
The Congressional committee and all other
members of the escort left Washington, to-
day, with the remains of the late Senator
Carpenter by the morning train, for Milwau-
kee via Chicago.
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rae WESTERN FLOOD.


Great suGering and Want in Dakota'
OxAHA, Neb., April s. At midnight the
water was rising, and was within half a 1901
of the highest point reached, ana II Is eA-
pected to attain the maximum before morn-
ing. Ice running in heavily.
The Missouri river at 10 o'clock this morn
ing registered 10 feet inches above 10"
vster mark and rising half an inch an hour.
The river is now a foot higher than ever
known, but owing to the precautions taken
the damage is slight as yet, but the situation %
ia critical. A further rise of four inches VIII
carry the water over the wall into the Union
Pacific wards and flood the lumber yar1s.
The current is very rapid and large amouh'
of ice is running. 1t is hoped that the
highest point is nearly reached. put tue
people are very nervous over the possloliities
of the next few hours.
YASkrox, Dt.. April s. The water Is
subsiding rapidly and the Missouri Is now
running in its natural banks at this point.
The bottom lands are still submerged
Altogether nearly thousand people were
ruscued from farm houses in the lnhaolteo
region in this county, alone. Many nave
not been reached owing to the lmpassaoie
character of the ice walls surrounding
them and it is feared they may perish from
hunger and exposure before relief can reac'
them.
The question ofproviding for the survivors
who have lost their all is pressing, for thous
ands have been reduced to absolute want
The counties aided by private donations
have borne the expense, but movement !;
on foot to assist in relieving distress when
the community is unable to do so.
Sioux CRY. April $. All tine gorges II
the river above here are undoubtedly broken
The food is at its height and passing at least
four feet below the level OF the river 'front.'
and ten to fifteen feet below the level OF thu
business portion of the city. The lowlands
on the opposite side of the river in Nebrasks
are flooded, and people are compelled to ge'
out Covington people were brought to tins
side. The ice is too rotten and broken u!
to form any gorge below. The water is sta
tionary aud doubtless will decline tomorrow
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the lobby il aware that they are shabby and
. sorry lot. They are, for the most part,
made up Of inferior. broken-down politicians.
bar-room loungers, vulgar sponges, miscel-
laneous windbass, humbugs, and hangers-on,
who would not, it might be supposed. have
any influence whatever with any man Of sense
or character. How such creatures can help
any bill or hinder any measure, would be in
credible if the fact we're not indisputable.
They contrive by sheer push and impudence
to impress . certain number of members of
Congress, and to delude them with the notion
that they are of importance. One of their
invariable assumptions is that they have
great influence with the leading newspapers.
members of the Cabinet, prominent Senators
and citizens all over the United States. They
are forever Dragging and lying of what they
have done. can do and will do; and by the
mere force Of iteration induce not a few in
experienced persons to believe them. The
impudence Of some of the lobbyists is amaz-
ing. They go from hotel to hotel, from bar
room to bar-room, staggering and boasting
with all their might and laboring to persuade
those they meet that they really carry
weight. And the wonder is that they
succeed with a certain class. Lobbyists who
have not position enough or credit enough
to get a hat or coat on trust will tell you
what they are doing for some able and digni-
fed Senator; that they are looking after his
interests; that they are directing his mind.
and so forth. Sumner, Chase, Stanton, even
Lincoln himself, used to be remotely patron.
lied BY such fellows. To-day they are strut
ting up and dow n Pennsylvania avenue, telling
of the good counsel they have given Garfield
Of the blunder Blaine would have made but
for them; how they helped Evarts out of a
quandary of the valuable points that they
furnished to Alexander II. Stephens, &c. In
all probability the boosters have no acquaint-
ance with the men they pirate Of and would moi
be recognized should they speak to them
Despite their shallowness, ignorance, and
total lack of character, they manage to live
by lobbying, when it would be thought tina
they must starve to death. None of then
are likely to get any m oney ahead-vagabonds
and swindlers seldom debut they keep w
their wretched shams year after year, and
impose on many more people than any wise
man would think possible. The rank and file
of the Washington lobby is composed o.
rretrievable dead-beats.''
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FOREIGN NEWS.
The Earthquake at Chic.
Continuation Of the Shocks and Great
Distress of the People.

Continuation Of the Shocks and Great
Distress of the People.
LONDON, April 8. A dispatch from Chic.
Thursday evening, says slight shocks contin-
ue. Large quantities of blankets, goods and
medicines have been shipped from Tvra by
each steamer Two hundred sappers have
left Piracus in a gunboat to bury the dead
The injured are more than twice the number
killed.
CoNsTANTINOrLE, April 8. Goschen, Brit
ish Ambassador, has sent Major Trotter to
Scio to distribute relief to sixty villages
The number of victims is now estimated at
5000.
ATHENS, April s. Sixty sappers with
material for huts have gone to Scio. The
Mayor of the Island appeals for every sort of
relief. Forty thousand persons are without
bread. Prominent Athenians are aiding the
government in affording relief.
Boat Race Of the English Universities.
PUTNEr, April s. The University boat
crews have just started for the race Cam
bridge has the Surry side of the river. and
Oxford the Middlesex side. At Hammer
smith bridge the Oxford crew were leading
by scarcely boats length Cambridge
rowed splendidly. The race was three miles
long. The course was admirably kent
throughout, and there was no accident or
hitch. The Oxfords won by fully four lengths
Time, 81 inmates and 81 seconds. The Ok
fords pulled up fresh at the finish, but
Cambridge showed great distress Among
those who witnessed the finish were the
Chinese ambassadors and suite
The Condition Of Beaconsfieid.
LONDON, April 8. A bulletin at IL this
morning. says Beaconsfield passed a good
night and had refreshing sleep. He has
taken his nourishment. The symptoms
caused by the late serious relapse are pass
ing away. His condition is more hope full
than yesterday.
Irish Affairs.
The Times says several meetings of the
Irish members were held last night The
general opinion is favorable to the land bill.
but with the exception that no provision was
made for the la5oring classes. At a meeting
Of Ulster members, it was desired to recom.
mend the bill to the Ulster teuantrv. and il
was stated the home rulers are determined to
oppose emigration clauses.
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WEATHER REPORT.

Indications for the Next ~ Hours.
War Dept, Office Chief Signal Officer.
Washington d. c., April 81 .. N.
For the New England and Middle States
fair weather; slight change in temperature ;
northerly to westerly winds, and stationary
or slight rise in barometer.
Special Weather Bulletin.
The storm which was central on FRIDAY
morning in Kentucky, moved eastward.
causing heavy rains from PENNSYLVANIA
southwark to Florida, and dangerous north
east TO southwest winds on the Middle and
South Atlantic coasts. This storm has how
passed to east of the coast line, and il
central near Cape Hattcras Light rain
continue in Virginia and Ohio valley. and
light snow in Illinois and the Mississippi
valley, st. Louis and Davenport. Clear
weather has prevailed from the New England
coast westward, and in the southwest the
temperature remains unchanged, except
IN Tennessee, where it has fallen
about 10 degrees. 1t continues Is
degrees below mean for the north from
Lake Michigan, westward and southwark
to the Missouri valley. The observer at
fankton, reports that the river has fallen IA
feet in As hours, the channel is clear and the
ice gorge broke without damage.
Indications are that fair weather will pre
vail during Sunday, in the New England.
Middle and South Atlantic states.
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The New York Times shows up the lobby
at Washington in the following graphic and
not very complimentary manner: 1--WE are
continually hearing of the lobby at Washing
ton, and most persons unacquainted with i,
and the peculiar features of that city imagine
the lobby to be number of shrewd, clever.
unprincipled men, who, if they had any
moral principle. would be capable of better
things. They are As unprincipled a. they
we'll can be. Everybody who has been
brought in contact with them knows that
But they are, ~ . rule, far from clever. He
Who sees the fellows ordinarily included in
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A Long Fast. A Rival Of DIR.
Tanner,

Iowa CRY, Iowa, April 6. The condition
of Miss Hattie Deuel. remains unchanged.
This is the forty-third day of her fast Her
the last two days. The me dical society here
expresses its disapprobation in a resolution
passed to-day, that it ''views with deepest re-
greet the present unseemly and disgusting ex-
hibition of the misfortunes of a human be-
ing in this city. and that in our opinion those
who aid and abet the prolonged suicide of an
insane individual should be held responsible
according to the principles Of common law. -
In reference to this resolution, her brother
in-law, also physician, at whose house she
is living, declares that every possible way
except force has been tried to have her break
her fast, but all to no purpose, and that
this criticism is harsh and not justified by the
facts in the case
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The Tribune says: ut is the misfor-
tune of Senator Conkling that he is not
quite willing to have the people rule.
They did not elect him to the Presidency,
nor General Grant. They did elect
James A. Garfield. They clothed him
with the Executive powers. and imposed
upon him the Executive responsibilities.
and did so because they wished to see the
Government directed by him, and not by
anybody else. 1t would be n grave mis-
take in Mr.. Conkling to endeavor to
thwart their will The Executive chosen
by the people cannot be reduced by Sena-
torial fiat to the position of a clerk, to
record the will of a Senator. 1t was not
the will of the people that Senator Conk-
ling should make the appointments, and
he will find that he cannot with safety
attempt to seize by force trust which the
people have deliberately withheld from
him. The controversy is no longer one
between different elements within party.
for the President has manifested such con-
spicuous fairness toward all elements that
no complaint is possible on that score. 1t
has become a contest, not between the
President and Senator Conkling. but be-
tween the people and such Senators as
may wish to set themselves upas masters
over the people and their President. If
Senator Conkling insists upon putting
himself IN that position. he will assuredly
find new occasion to remember that no
oligarchy is established by the Constitu-
ton or desired by the people of this coun-
frvN
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There is every indication that the mum.
Der of immigrants arriving in this country
during 1881 will be larger than for any
year for long time past. and probably
greater than in any single year of which
correct statistics are available. Last
years record was the largest known. but
in March 1880. only little over twenty.
one thousand foreigners arrived. whereas
in March of this year the arrivals num-
bered nearly thirty thousand. All the
steamship companies are making unusual
arrangements to accommodate the ex
pected rush.
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Condensed TELEGRAMS.

The Chicago provision market was excited
and sharply advanced Friday, on advices that
the prohibition on hog products had been
removed.
Fortyhv laborers who are widening the
Old Colony Railroad, struck at Fall River,
Friday, for an increase from Sl.25 to 81. sc
per day.
Hon. Nathan +. Dixon Of Westerly, Il. l..
representative in Congress five terms, was
stricken with paralysis Tuesday night, and is
believed to be sinking fast.
The St. Paul and Souix City branch of the
Chicago, st. Paul NJ. & o. Railroad, opened
Thursday. through to Souix City, has been
blocked since February.
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Liebig Co.'S Arnicated Extract of Witch
Hazel quickly relieves periodical sutferings
Of females. at possesses apeculiar power"
says Professor PATTISON, in his celebrated
work on Diseases of Women, of relieving the
sufferings of painful periods. at wards off
the suffering without in any way interfering
with the proper flow" Beware of cheap
Counterfeits. 1t is invaluable in most of the
commoner diseases Of Women. Cures dis
figuring pimples and eruptions.
Sold in fifty cents and dollar sizes
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MASSACHUSETTS,.
Death of a Journalist.

BosroN, April 8. Stephen n. Stockwell,
for many years connected with the editorial
and reportorial management of the Boston
Journal died this morning from compiled
ton of diseases, aged SO. He was one Of the
oldest journalists in New England He has
been a member of both branches of the legis-
lature and prominent in other positions of
political and religious trust.
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ILLINOIS.
street Car Conductors Strike.

CHICAGO, April Z. The strike of conduc-
and drivers of the west division street Car
lines. continues. No car from that most
populous part of the city has crossed the
bridge since Wednesday. Pedestrians seem
willing to walk until the strikers demands
are conceded.
The street car conductors strike ended
this afternoon by the unconditional surrender
of the company to the demands of the conduc-
tors and drivers, and the reinstatement of
men discharged because they advocated the
strike
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The entire collapse of Greenbackism in
Pennsylvania, where it once cast nearly l0O,-
600 votes. is the subject of an editorial in
the Erie Dispatch ''Of the late leaders Hen
drck b. Wright is home again; so is Frank
w. Hughes the same of +. =. Devices. The
greater and lesser lights that were all
trimmed and burning anew are back in the old
parties-and the doctrine that was int nded
to give every man a millionaire's rights and
privileges without in the least working to
attain them has gone where the woodbine
twineth, only more so-for woodbine will
twine again, but National doctrine never"
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New York Stock Market.
Chicago Produce Market.

CHICAGO, April 8.
FLOUR-steady and unchanged; Winter wheats.
Go56 90; spring double extras, 4 5Oa5 %; extras
0Os4 50. WHEAT-lower; No. 2 Red Winter
l 02dl 02{; No Chicago Spring. / O0s al O3. for
cs-h 05 bid for May O6. 81 O6i for June; reject
ed at 76ss2. COKN-good demand 37lG4Ii for
cash; 42s a42l for May; 42i for June. OAiS-quet
and weak; 31i 1884 for cash; $50 d35l for May 35I
for June. kfE-active and higher at 1 0ial O5
BARLEI-easier at OOal OF. PORK-excited
and higher; 16 s7a37 on for cash 16 GOAL ga for
April; l6 92lS16 o. for May 10 9si l6 90 for June
II 90 for July. LAkD-actise, firm and higher
1860 for cash; 10 s09l0 s2l for May; 10 goa 10 93
Shoulders. S 20; Short rib. o5; Short clear, IS
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Railroad Accident.
MARINE NEWS.
Schooner Sunk by Collision at Sea and
Several Drowned.

Several Drowned.
VINEYARD HAVEN, N. H., April 8. Ar
rived schooner n. II. Skinner of Taunton,
Thrasher, Boston, for Philadelphia. Capt.
Thrasher reports at midnight, the 9Th, of
Cape Cod, co!lided with schooner Fred
Brown of Providence, Small, from New
York, with piping and logwood. The lat
ter vessel sank Immediately and only one
person. a seaman named Nicholas Jeremiah,
was saved. The captain, mates and three
children and one seaman were drowned.
The lines were thrown over and one man
pulled partly up, but he let go and was
drowned. The Skinner remained in the
locality two hours. Damage to the Skinner
slight. Names of the lost are unknown.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
New York Money Market.
Erentn0 Report.

New YORK, April 6.
Money easy at q on call and closed at 4 8.
Prime mercantile paper a &. Exchange strong
nominally higher; actual business sla for long,
and s3a for short Governments quiet. State bonds
active and generally firm. Railroad bonds in fair
demand. Stock market opened generally firm but
speculation weak and declined steadily through
dency at or within fraction of the lowest figures
touched DE- cline in prices from the highest point
ranged from / to Il, the latter Reading other coal
shares, Washington Chattanooga and Changers be.
ing also prominent in the decline. Indiana Bloom.
ingtOn and Western were notably strong and nd
vanced 81 on the days transactions.
TransactjOns 2; 6 gS3 Ahares
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FIRE RECORD.
Burning of a Rolling Mill.

TOPEKA, Kansas, April s. The rolling
mill of the Union Pacific and Atchison 1
Topeka railways is burned. The operatives
barely had time to escape before the roof
fell. Loss 100000. About three hundred
men are thrown out of work
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Aailp 4ennebte 5ournal.
Augusta, Saturday Morning, April O.
STATE OF MAINE.
by The
q q " N h N q H
A PROCLAMATION.


In accordance with a pious and time honored Gus:
ton, come down to from the Pilgrim Fathers. and
found 20 suitable to love and vsneratiou, /
HARRIS u. PLAIsTED, Governor. BY and with
the sdvice and consent Of the Council do hereby sp
point and set apart
THURSDAY, the Twenty-frst day Of April,
next, - . day Of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer
And do recommend TO the Christian people Of our
State to keep this their annual fast; refrain from
labor, business. anu semenfs, and. in their homes
snd hoa,es Of public worship. humble themselves
before Him whose mercy endurefh forever suppl.
eating HE favor upon Themselves, the State and
Nation; confessing Their sins and seeking forgive
ness Of the same, In humility Of spirit. "H We
say that We have sin, We deceive ourselves, and
the truth Is not in u.s. but II We confess our SINS Hs
10 faithful and just TO forgive our sins and to
cleanse from ali unrighteousness-"
Given ut the Council Chamber 1T Augusta. this
thirty first day Of March. in the year Of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty one, and
Of the Independence Of the United States OF
America the one hundred and ffth.
HARRIS n. pLAISTED.
By THE GOVERNOR.
JOSEPH o. SMITH, Secretary Of State.
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Forty years ago when Maine people
talked Of going to The West" they had
reference to going to Ohio, Illinois and
possibly Indiana. Their imaginations did
not reach to the Mississippi when they
considered the question of going West
and settling in the new States and terri
tories. 1t seemed like long and toll
some journey to start for Ohio or Illinois,
and it really was an undertaking of con-
siderable magnitude to the emigrant OF
those days.
But a great change has come over the
situation. The West as it was then
understood is now tar away beyond the
Mississippi, bounded only by the Rocky
Mountains or the Pacific. That great
stretch of country which was put down
upon the maps of forty years ago as the
Great American Desert" and which was
then traversed only by herds OF buffaloes
and rowing Indians, is in the region of''The
West" of to-day. and attracting popula-
ton from the last as did the States of Ohio
and Illinois formerly.
One of the effects of the westward ten
dency OF emigration is the drain which
it is making upon what used to be
the Western States upon the hither
side of the Mississippi river. We
find the papers of Ohio and Illinois pub
lishing articles against the Western fe-
ver." and urging the people of those
States to stay at home just as the Maine
papers advise our people to be content
and remain in and help to build up their
native State. The LAND of promise"
the country that fills the imaginations Of
the adventurous. the unstable minded. the
young and inexperienced. is far westward
of the banks of the Father of Waters.
The West" has been removed. Ohio
and Illinois are comparatively eastern
States. What n wondrous movement and
growth Of population towards the West
does the history of the last forty years
record Before many years the swelling
tide will roll up against the Rocky Noun
tains its waves will then be stayed in a
great measure and turn backward towards
the East.
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At stanton. Virginia.

STANTON. Va, April 8. The residence
of Edwin Reeves, was destroyed by fire last
night One of Reeves children was burned
to death. and another was so badly burned
that it died this morning. Mr.. Reeves him.
self was severely if not fatally injured
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CALIFORNIA.
Moody and Sankey.

san Francisco, April 8. Moody and
Sankey left this morning. for the east The
closing meeting was held yesterday, and
$50, 0oOw raised to pay off the debt of the
Young Mems Christian Association building.
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Have wistars Balsam of Wild Cherry al
ways at hand. 1t cures Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Group, In.
duenxa, Consumption, and = Throat and
Lang Complaints. 30 cent? and d bot
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When she was girl that her mother ALWAYS
gave her sulphur and molasses to purify her
blood. but she now gives Sulphur Bitters to
her grandchildren as it is the best medicine
she ever sxw.-TAe Father.
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