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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-10-20
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LsMINGToN, Oct. 10, 1882.

A1mAN0lON, Oct. lS 1907
To the Edito" Of the Press.
Miss E of L -, tells the following:
In her back yard are some plum trees in
which some bush sparrows for several years
have built their nest and reared their young.
The lady OF the house was accustomed to put
upon the back-door steps and window SILL
shreds OF cotton yarn for them to get to build
their nests with, and pieces of cracker or sugar
cookies which the birds would come and eat
and feed to their young, and afterwards coax
their young down when they could fly and
leach them to eat also.
The lady took great pleasure in,the birds as
they came from year to year, and she could
distinguish these from others of the same spec
les, as all others were shy; these were not, even
or their first return. One day after the young
had grown up the whole flock were down up
on the doorstep feeding upon, the supplied
crackers, when to their astonishment a striped
squirrel who had been sitting erect near by
apparently unnoticed, leaped into their midst,
and of they flew in great fright The same
tnlng was repeated several times. Finally
they new up and lighted upon piece Of
clothes line, which had been left for that pur-
pose for them, and putting their heads togeth-
er they Chartered several minutes then down
they heV again upon the steps by the pieces of
crackers. After few moments in leaped the
squirrel. To his surprise, however the birds
Instead OF flying away as usual, set upon him,
picking and beating him with their
wings. The 81 uirfel unable to successfully re-.
slst, Deat nasty cetreat, and strange to say,
never returned. to annoy them afterwards.
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TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Three Men Shot Dead in Knox
vile, Tenn.
THE CITY IN A STATE OF GREAT Ex-
CITEMENT.

KNOXVILLE, Oct. 19.-This morning at a
few minutes after 10 Gen. Joseph A. Mabry,
Maj. Thomas O'Connor and Joseph A Mabry,
Jr, were killed in shooting affray. The diff
hculty began yesterday afternoon by Gen. Ma
bry attacking Maj. O'Connor and threatening
to Kill him. This was at the fair grounds and
O'Connor told Mably it was not the place TO
settle differences and Mabry then told O'Con-
nor he should not live. 1t seems Mabry was
armed and O'Connor was not. The cause of
the difficulty was an old feud about the trans
fer of some property from Mabry to O'Connor.
Later in the afternoon Mabry sent word to
O'Copnor he would kill him on sight. This
morning Maj. O'Connor was standing in the
door OF the Mechanics National Bank, of
which he was president. Gen. Mabry and
on the opposite side from the bank, when
O'Connor stepped into the bank got o shot
gun, took deliberate aim at Gen. Mabry and
fired. Mabry fell dead, being shot in the left
side. AS he fell O'CoDnor fred again, the
shot taking effect in Mabry's thigh O'Con-
nor then reached into the bank and got anoth-
or shot gun. About this time Joseph A. Ma
Dry, Jr., son of Gen. Mabry, came rushing
down the street, unseen by O'Connor until
within forty feet when young Mabry fired a
pistol shot, taking effect liz O'Connor's breast
and passing through the body near the heart.
The instant Mabry shot O'Connor turned and
fired, the load taking effect in young Mabry d
breast and side anc Mabry fell, pie reed with
twenty Luckshot, and almost Instantly O'Con-
nor fell dead without struggle. Mabry tried
to rise but fell back dead
The whole tragedy occurred within two
minutes and neither of the three spoke after
he was shot, A bystander was painfully
wounded in the thigh with buckshot and
another wounded in the arm Four other men
had their clothes pierced by buckshot The
affair caused great excitement and Gay street
was thronged with thousands of people.
Gen. Mabry and his son Joseph were &C.
quilted only few days ago of the murder of
Moses Lusby and Don Lusby, father and son,
whom they killed few weeks ago.
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THE NEXT LEGISLATURE.
One Contested Seat and One New Elec-
ton to be Held.


So far as is known only one seat will be con-
tested in the next Legislature. Under the
terms of the apportionment of 1871, the towns
OF York and Wells were classed together. 1t
was enacted that one town should send the
member one year and the other town the next.
The years in which York should send the mem
Der and the years in which Wells should have
the honor, were stipulated in the act in detail,
for the decade. In the last election, each town
or class nominated and votod for a representa-
tive according to the old apportionment In
the York and Wells class this could not be
done, as the apportionment act did not state
which town should elect in 1882 Each town,
therefore, voted for representative on i,s own
hook. In York, John e. Staples (rep.) had
l35 votes: The democrats aostained from vot-
ing. In Wells, Lamont e. Fisher (iem) re-
celved 81 votes. The republicans abstained
from voting. Each of these gentlemen will
probably claim a seat. The House will decide
the question. York sent the last representa-
tive.
In the Hiram district (Hiram Denmark,
Lowell and Sweden) in Oxford county, the
election in this class resulted in a tie. Chas.
=; Hubbard (rep) had $50 votes, and Samuel
Wardsworth (dem) $50 votes, A new election
will be ordered.
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FRiGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
A Men Falls Into the Fly Wheel of Lew
lston Steam Mill.
Lewiston journal. !

Monday afternoon about o'clock, Mr..
Charles Vine, the blacksmith of the Lewiston
Steam Mill, went into the room where the fly
wheel is situated, and in bending down for
some purpose, lost his balance and fell into the
rim OF the wheel. A man who stood near at
hand at orce took in the horrible situation,
but had the presence of mind to shut off the
power. The fly wheel was revolving at the
rate of sixty-fve or seventy revolutions a
minute, and it seems almost incredible that
the man should have got out alive. AS soon
as the power was stopped, the force of the
wheel of course decreased, and Mr.. Vine fell
of physician was at once summoned, and
an examination showed that the man was in
iured in the hips, legs and ankles and was
otherwise badly SCARED. He recovered quite
rapidly from the shock, and was as comforta-
able as could be expected Tuesday, and
wednesday was apparently doing we'll 1t is
yet too soon to feel that be is out of danger. as
internal injuries are feared. 1t is thought
that the man was on the wheel about one-half
a minute. The wheel was going so rapidly
that he was not thrown from it until its yeloc-
ity was decreased. 1t was a miraculous es-
cape from instant death. Mr.. Vine belongs in
Mexico, -
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Eastport's New Bank Building.
fEaSfnOrt CaptinaI


All the long delayed material for the new
frontier Bank building having arrived, work
is now progressing finely, and the outside walls
with the exception of the front, will probably
be finished tomorrow. The building is to be OF
brick with freestone trimmings, one stosy, and
when finished will be one of the handso uest
little buildings to be found anywhere in this
vicinity. From hasty glancs at the plan one
day recently, we noticed that the front of the
building was to be particularly fine. There
will be two windows and door in front with
very heavy and handsome trimmings. Over
the door will be the name Frontier National
Bank, and the figures 1882" on stone.
The two young men from Portland, Messrs.
Redlon and kimoall, who are erecting the
building, seem to Thoroughly understand the arr
OF brick laying. They have the entire charge
of the building and do their own work. Mr..
Joseph Anderson has taken the contract for
finishing the inside Of the building, which will
be done in cherry.
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NEW YORK.

Forger on Trial.
NEW YORK, Oct. 49, The trial of Selab @.
Carll, indicted for uttering forged United
States registered bonds to the amount of about
VAT 900 upon which on various occasions he OBJ
tanned loans from the Bank of the Metropolis
aggregating about $4,000 giving the altered
bonds as collateral security, was begun today
in the United States Circuit Court. Carlls
counsel made a motion to quash the indictment
on the ground that the former Indictment un-
der which Carll was tried and convicted and
which the supreme court of the United States
decided as defective must first be disposed Of
The motion was overrulled and the trial pre-
ceeded with.
An Editor Indicted for Libel
The grand jurs today returned an indict-
ment for criminal libel against John Dosoy
editor of the Irish Nation for having published
statement charging August Belmont tie
banker had failed to account for certain mon
eys belonging to the Fenian organization en-
trusted to his care some time ago for trans
mission to Ireland
Sale of Imported Cattle.
At the sale of Jersey cattle here yesterdsa
Col. IL s. Russell of Milton, Mass, paid
5000 for Mabel Labey, a three-year-old, i'm
ported from the Island Of Jersey last winter
Gazelia, four-year old was bought by G. L,
Foskert OF WlDsted, Conn.,, for 800. Tio was
bought by ". III. Wilkinson of Springfield
Mass, for $3.50; Stakeholder by r, Goodman
of Lsnox, Mass, for $3.50; Lawmarez's Farm
ers' Glory by + Bronson of Southport, Conn.
A Legal Decision Against New York
Turf Gambling.
Judge Van Brunt today in the court of Com
mon Pleas, rendered decision on the, motion
recently argued befors him in the action
brought by the Jerome Park Villa Site and I'M
provement Company against the Board Of Po-
lice for an injunction to restrain the defend
ants from interfering with the business of
'bookmaking' at the Jerome Park races. The
Judge denies the motion, holding that under
the law of 1877 betting or gambling was unaw-
ful, and therefore no injunction should issue in
the action.
The Rubber Bounce.
The rubber manufacturers continued their
session today. About sixty manufacturing
firms present representing capital of over
$3OO00000. The rubber boot and shoe manu-
tacturers with one exception signed an agree
ment to close their factories December 23 and
reopen only when the price of crude rubber is
sufficiently reduced 20 warrant, and four-fifths
of the other manufacturers agreed to reduced
consumption of crude rubber by 25 per cent
and not to resume present consumption until
the reduction Ia crude rubber will warrant A
plan was also nnder consideration for starting
rubber importing company with capital OF
$5,000,000.
Coal Cars Dumped in River and One
Man Killed.
OTEGo, Oct 19-An engine and fourteen
coal cars were precpitated into the Susque-
hanna River yesterday Afternoon near here by
span OF tue bridge giving away. A fireman
was killed and the engineer injured. A heay-
lily laden excursion train would have passed
over the bridge short time after the accident.
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Shot bv His Own cara,assnass

John McMann, . Bangor man, aged 20, en-
ployed at the Gull River Lumber Company's s
camp ia Minnesota. had been out cunning, and
returning, rested the butt of his gun on a log,
and began conversation with his fellow
workmen. McMann leaned with his right
breast against the muzzle of the gun, and
with sufficient force to cause the weapon to
slip off the log. The hammer hit the log with
sufficient force to explode the cap, and the
charge passed into McMann's breast. The
men caught McMann before he fell, but he did
not speak again and died in less than five min
utes. He was we'll known iu Bangor where
he leaves mother and brother.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
MAINE.

Slight Fire in Gardiner.
GARDINER, Oct. ia slight fire. occurred
to-day in the coal shed Of Dingley Bros. Loss
about $500; insured. Cause unknown.
The Biddeford Railroad Accident
BIDDEFoRD, Oct 19.-The verdict of the
coroner's jury, relative to the death of the un-
known man killed on the Boston and Maine
Railroad near the city Saturday night was
given this afternoon. The jury find he was ac-
cidentally killed while walking on the track
by the 6.45 train from Boston and the railroad
company is exculpated from all blame,
Twentieth Maine Veterans.
GETTYSBURG, Oct. 19-About twenty mem
bers of the Twentieth Maine Volunteers, in
cluding Gen. Chamberlain, Gen. Spear and
Major Nelcher are here under the guidance of
Colonel Batchelder to select location for o
regimental monument.
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MASSACHUSETTS.
A Heavy Failure.

Heavy Failure.
BosToN, Oct. 19.-Mr, Storrs of the firm of
r. 0. Storrs q Co., wooen manufacturers OF
Dedham, Mass, is reported failed for $3.50, 900,
He says the firms liabilities are about $S0,O00
They intend on Monday to pay the wages due
their employees Saturday. night and expect to
AXE an arrangement with their creditors by
which operations will be resumed at an early
date.
Survivors of Rebel Prisons.
The Massachusetts survivors of rebel prisons
held their annual reunion today, 150 being
present. The recent action of the National
Survivors Union in taking preliminary meas.
ures to secure Congressional legislation for
pensioning of soldiers injured by incarcerati on
in rebel prisons, was ratified Speeches in
response to toasts were made by Gov. Long,
Gen. Horace Binney Sargent, Mai. Geo. 81
Morrill,, Carroll d. Wright, Secretary of State
Pierce and others.
New Fish Exchange.
BOSTON, Oct. 19.-The wholesale fish deal
ers of this city have organized fish exchange
in unison With dealers of New York, the latter
having agreed to the rules governing the pro-
posed exchange.
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A Biddeford Shoema ker on Trial forlDis-
turbance.
(Bidaeford Times.)

(Biddeford Times.)
Z. j. Corver, the man who was arrested
Monday afternoon for creating disturbance
in Dearborn aud Shaw's shoe shop was brought
up Thursday morning for trial. Carver, it will
be remembered, paid visit to the above nam
ed establishment aud asked permission to 90
into the workroom. This was granted him.
and he went in and Immediately began irving
to induce the men to strike work and Join the
lasser's crusade. The proprietors, hearing of
bis action ordered him off the premises and on
his refusing to leave, had him arrested and
conveyed to the station, Mr. Beni. r. Hamil-
ton was retained as his counsel and Hon. .R. p.
Tapley, of Saco appeared in behalf OF the pros
ecutors. After discussion of the bearings of
the case an agreement was come to between
the parties concerned The prisoner in an
swer to the charge, pleaded nolo contendere.
The costs of the trial will have to be paid by
the defendant and a fine not being enforced.
the case is continued for Judgment. Several
complaints have been made lately by shoe shop
employees of insults offered them upon the pub-
lss7~t~ee<s ~ or ate 10 ApAOa
vent the further repetition of sbch acts the
City Marshal has been authorized to publish a
city ordinance 10 the effect that parties found
committing such acts will be prosecuted.
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MINOR TELEGRAMs.

An unknown man walking on the Boston
and Albany Railroad was struck yesterday by
the inward Albany express train near Walk
er's Grove, Natick, Mass, and killed.
Further Mexican reports say cholera is rag
ing in Tobasco.
Specials from various points in Louisiana,
Mississippi and Texas report heavy rains dur
ing the past twenty-four hours, doing much
damage to cotton.
At a memorial meeting of the st. Louis
Merchants Exchange yesterday testimonial
to Col. A. w. Slayback was unanimously
adopted.
Rumors of a pending strike of locomotive
engineers on the New York and New Haven
Railroad are pronounced groundless.
In New York 1928 voters were registered
in two days of registration.
VIM. Allen, aged 2s, was arraigned in the
Toombs, New York, police court yesterday,
charged with robbery in Boston. He was re-
mandad
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POLITICAL.
Congressional Nominations.

Congressional Nominations.
SYRACUSE, N. z, Oct. 19.-The Democrats
OF the I'd district here today nominated DR..
Edgar E. Dane of Brockton.
PROVIDENCE, R. l., Oct 19-The Republi-
convention of the 1st district, today renominat-
ed Hon. III. j. Spooner of Providence by ac-
clamation ,and at the Republican convention of
the I'd district also held here today, Hon.
Jonathan Chase was renominated.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19-S. S. Cox was nomin-
ated Tor Congress last night by the Democrats
of the 9th district.
PITTsBURG, Oct. 19.-The Democrats of the
oath district today nominated John g. McCon-
ley for Congress.
NEWARK, N. j., Oct. 19.-Phe 9th district
Democratic convention today nominated Wm.
II. Fielder
BosToN, Oct. 10.-The Prohibitionists of the
4th district tonight nominated Wendell Phil
lips for Congress.
Samuel B. Capen was nominated for the Sd
district and Amos Cummings of Woburn for
the fifth.
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LABOR TROUBLES.
Another Strike Contemplated in Pitts
burg.

Another Strike Contemplated in Pitts
burg.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Oct. 18.-In compliance
with the request of five pits President Jones
of the Coal Miners Association has called
convention of miners of the Pittsburg DIS
triet October 9th, to demand restoration of
the former rate on November 15. The present
rate is 81 cents and was the outcome of
the late strike which failed after
four months of ideness. The miners now be-
lieve that the demand for coal will be SO
heavy at that time that the operators will be
compelled to grant an increase.
Agreeing on a Lower Scale OF Wages,
CHICAGO, Oct 19-The Amalgamated Steel
and Iron Association of the Chicago district,
including Milwaukee, Joliet and Chicago, has
agreed on a lower scale of wages for the COM
ing year and will submit it to the manufa ctory
this afternoon.
AT the afternoon session it was agreed in
view of the falling in prices of iron and steel
to present a schedule to employers for winter
wages from January 1st to June 1st at 123 per
cent lower than the present rates. At a meet.
ing with the employers this afternoon no
agreement was reached and the meeting ad-
journed and delegates went to their homes for
instructions. 1t is understood another conven-
ton will be held Soon
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THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20.
METEoRoLOeToA1,

INDICATIONS FOR THE NEXT TwENTY-FoUR
HOURS.
WAR Dept OFFICE CHIEF SIGNALl
OFFICER, Washington, d. c.,
Oct. 20, | A. M.
For New England,
Cooler fair weather, preceded in the extreme
Southern States and Middle Atlantic States by
light rain, winds generally from the north and
west, and higher barometer.
SPECIAL BULLETIN
Rain has prevailed in the Middle Atlantic
and New England coast and locat rains in the
Southern States with cool northerly winds in
the interior and rising barometer. Fair
weather continues in the North west and upper
Lake region, with warmer southerly winds and
fair weather reported from the lower Lake re-
gion and Ohio valley with cooler northerly
winds. The barometer is lowest north of Min
nesota and highest in Texas.
Cooler fair weather is indicated for New
England and Middle States Friday, and slight
ly warmer fair weather Saturday. Local rains
and cooler partly cloudy weather is indicated
for the South Atlantic and Southern portions
OF the Middle States Friday followed by clear
iins weather in the last named district Slight
" warmer fair weather is indicated for the
Southwest and Ohio Valley Friday and Satur-
day
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SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS.
What Three Gallon Can of Ben
zine Did.
FOUR GAS MAINS EXPLODE IN PHIL.
ADELPHIA STREETS.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19.-While Mrs. Tap
nam, residing at 4,745 Paul street, Frankfort,
was cleaning furniture with benzine. a three
gaIion can that contained the liquid caught
enllre front and side walls of the building, a
three Story brick structure were blown out and
.ne Ifont OF the house No. 4,744 next door part
~ demolished and Mrs Heff seriously burn
ed. AT an earlier hour series of explosions
caused panic in the vicinity of 10Th and
Drewn streets, but no one was hurt. An ex-
ploslon OF gas in defective main blew out the
iron grating over the sewer at Goth and Ogden
seteets and threw it a hundred feet into the
ar, also tearing out the earth and stones
arohnd. A minute later similar explosion
IolloWed one square away at 10th and Poplar
streets. The third explosion followed at 2Oth
and Parrish streets and the fourth at Goth and
Brown Streets Flames then burst from the
sewer throwing volnme of fire into the street.
Houses were shaken within radius of several
squares and tremendous excitement ensued
1t seems miraculous that no one was hurt.
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IMPORTANT DECISIONS.
Capitation Tax on Immigrants-A Admeas
urement of Tonnage.


urement of Tonnage.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19-The Treasury De-
partment has lately rendered a number of de-
cislons In regard to the capitation tax of 30
cents per head on immigrants. The decisions
OF the department may be thus summed up:
inat the tax is to be collected only for alien
immigrants intending to reside in this country,
ana not for transient alien immigrants; that
the owners, agents for consignees, ETC., of the
vessels by which alien immigrant passengers
arrive are to be held primarily responsible for
the 5O cents duty, officers of Customs should be
certain OF the number of alien immigrant pas
sengers intending permanent residence in the
country, and should hold the owners agents
etc. OF the boat or vessel by which they arrive,
responsible for the tax; it is not part of the
business OF the customs officers to determine
the mode IN which the owners shall reimburse
themselves from theimmigrant, nor is it their
duty to collect the tax from & he IMMIGRANT:
every alien immigrant child destined to make
Its home in this country is to be reekoned pas
seDger, for which the head money il to be coll
lected; that the fact that an alien passenger
had, at some prior time, been in this country,
does not exempt him, unless it appears that he
had acquired a permanent residence, never for
mally abandoned that the law makes no dis
Junction between cabin and Steerage passen-
gers; that it is not the province of the depart
ment TO decide whether the immigrant act is
constitutional The enforcement of the new
law respecting the admeasurement of tonnage
providing Ior the exclusion from the calCuia-
tion OF all space not available for carving pur-
poses, brings to the Treasury Department
number OF cases, some of which have recently
been decided. The gist of the recent decisions
is as follows: That the net tonnage, when as
certained, is to be carved on the main beam of
the vessels, and it must also be noted upon their
marine documents; that the crew space in
cludes all space Occupied by the ships compa-
ny, including the officers: that where the ma
rine documents show the tonnage capacity of
any excepted space, as ascertained by United
States officers, the admeasurement and fee
therefor may be waived, that when the deduc-
tions for excepted spaces, with the addition OF
the percentage fixed by the statute, exceeds SO
per cent. of the gross tonnage the net tonnage
shall be regarded as 90 per cent. of the gross
tonnage; that when the deductions allowed re-
duce vessels net tonnage below 20 tons, she
Is entitled to license only; when the deduc-
tions bring vessels net tonnage below five
tons, she is not entitled to license; when
they reduce her net tonnage below 30 tons, she
cannot receive a register for foreign voyage
that involves an entry of the vessel and cargo
on marine coasts OF the uni ed States, unless
it be permitted under Sec 3095, Revised Stat
utes, in the districts adjacent to Mexico.