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The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
Prohibitory Conyention.

The Prohibitory State Committee, w. T,
Eustis chairman, have issued a call for a State
Convention in Bangor Thursday, June 18th,
The men and women of Maine, regardless Of
past party affiliations. are invited to attend.
The invitation also includes "those who hon.
esily disagree and those who are undecided, as
suring all of courteous treatment aud an op.
portunity to express their views"
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
A Question of Title,

CHICAGO, May 0.-In the Circuit Court this
forenoon, Judge Moran granted temporary
injunction TO restrain the erection OF buld-
ing on the lake front OF the city by Socialists
under a license granted by the City Council.
The title to the lake front property which is
valued at several millions and has been In liti-
cation Emany years, is claimed respectively
by the government scrip holders, State of Him
OILS and City OF Chicago.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
LUMBER FREIGHTS.
Position of the American Captains at OF.

Position of the American Captains at OF
tawn.
OTTAWA, Ont, May 9.--American boat cap
tains and owners still hold out for advanced
rates Tor carrying lumber. They have formed
an association and passed the following resolu-
tions.
That all boats load In tern as placed on the
list of arrival
That all captains OF boats being offered 81
10 New York and 1870 TO Albany shall refer
offer to the first boat on the list.
That should captains OF boats, after having
signed the list, leave the ranks or load contra
ry 70 the bylaws wo shall be empowered to
publish his name in al the leading papers on
the route and stigmatize him as o man of no
honor and one In whom no dependence can DO
nlaoad
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Review Of Portland Wholesale uarke,

Review of Portland Wholesale Market.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING May 8.
Quite number Of changes the past week. Coal
is lower for Cumberland; Chestnut is quoted at 90
96 20. Copper is declining. In Drugs & Dyes,
Opium, Morphine and Quinne are all lower. In Mo.
lasses Cenfuegos has an inside price of 3Sc. Fish
is 5o@25c Off on Cod, Pollock, Hake, Haddock and
Herring. In Produce, Pea Beans are lower; cream
cry Butter is quoted at 23@24c; best eating Apples
command 5095 90. Sugar is 9ls for granulatei
and $3.50 for Extra G. In Grain, car lots Of II. nj.
Corn have advanced hs@lc. In Provisions Plate
Beef has advanced 5oc9sl Lard is higher.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
An Editor shot Dead

JACKSON, Miss. May 9.-Deputy Sheriff
Charles Butler shot and killed Samuel Tnomp-
on, editor Of the Oxford Eagle at Oxford
Miss, yesterday. To-day the grand jury found
true bill against Butler, who was lodged in
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
Launch ar East naarinr.

The new schooner Sebago will be launched
at high water today from the yard of George
Russell, East Deering. This is fine vessel oi
about 800 tons register. owned by j. S. Wins
low & Co. and others of Portland and vicinity
and will be commanded by Capt. Joseph G.
Clark of Pembroke, late master of the schooner
Bertha j. Fellows
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
Train Robber Convicted.

CLARKsyILLE, Ark, May 9.-The jury in
the case of Jim II. Endon, one OF the Little
Rock & Fort Smith Railroad traia robbers
who murdered Conductor John Cain have Just
returned verdict of murder in the FIRST degree
after being out 30 minutes.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10

PROVIDENCE, May 9.In the Supreme court
to-day several cases against the A. q w.
Sprague manufacturing company on trust
mortgage notes were tried. Governor Butler
appeared for the defence. The court overruled
his objections and the jury gave verdicts for
the plaintiff, In one case for S109, ,15G and In an
other for &G003
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
The COLORADO Ballstorm.

DENVER, May 9,-The damage done by the
hailsiorm yesterday will probably aggregate
$ioC00 Hardly residence or public build
ing in the city escaped injury. Vegetable and
flower gardens In the city and vicinity are total
wrecks. Young fruit trees suffered terribly
and every variety of fruit was killed. The
loss to ranchmen In the immediate vicinity Of
Denver is very heavy.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
SAD AFFAIR.

A Child Burned to Death and it's Father
Seriously Injured.
CHICAGO, May "a dispatch from Palmyra
Mich, says Lyman Haviiand and wife last
night left their four children alone in the
house. Alice, the eldest, aged 10, fell asleep
while reading newspaper, which caught fire
In some way, and set the house and her clothes
in a blaze. She cut of doors, but was
burned TO death. A boy of nine years rescued
babe, and the fourth child escaped. Tho
father, on his return, not knowing the fate of
the children, rushed into the blazing house and
was seriously burned
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
Chicago Live stock Market.

(By Telegraph.l
CHICAGO. May 9.-Hogs-Receipts IL 900 head:
shipments 800 head; opened 6G10l higher; closed
with advance lost; mixed 1907 so; heavy at So
az S5;hght at z OoG7 80; skips 8 60d6 60.
Cattle-Receipts 5000head; shipments 1000;
10 lower; exports at 6 40d6 65.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10

PIrrsBURo, May 9.-The Western Nail AS
sociation met this morning. The discussion Of
trade developed the fact that the demand is
very heavy. Stocks are still light but in bet
ter assortment than month ago. The card
rate remains unchanged.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
!. Aimed at tha pvnamitern.

nsHARRHBURG. Pa May 9.--The bill prohbi-
ting the manufacture, sale and use OF any
article, device or invention for the purpose Of
surrepttiousy destroying human life and
iDjuring properly by explosion or FIRE was
passed finally in the Senate to-day and sent to
the House for concurrence.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
A Train Falls Through a Bridge.

SIOUX CITY, May GA train on the Van
derbilt road in Nebraska went through bridge
about four miles from Norfolk yesterday morn
ing, Joseph Fessenden and engineer Samuel
dent.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10

NEWARK, May 9.-Ex-Speaker John Egan
was brought to Essex county Jail in this city
last night, having been arrested on an indct-
ment of the grand jury charging him with an
attempt to bribe Assemblyman Armitage of
this city during the session Of the New Jersey
T,aoiaafura
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
Wastern Union Annaals.

HARRISBURG, Pa, May 0.-The Western
Union Telegraph company today filed two ap-
peals from the settlements OF the auditor gem
eIal and State treasurer OF Pennsylvania for
tax on capital stock amounting la the sggre-
gate to &l47 2GQ
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10

J. w. Palmer Of Bangor has this year cut
about ,000, 900 feet OF logs, viz: 100000 OF
poplar, 10000 of cedar, and the remainder
sprrce. He employs about 40 men on his
drive.
Miss Carrie Davenport, club swiuger and
clog dancer, who was popular In the variety
theatres OF New York, died Tuesday last in
Dallas, Texas, where she was fulfilling an en-
gagement at the Novelty Theatre. The cause
OF her death was convulsions of the heart, for
which she had been under treatment for six
years, and which FRUSTRATED her several times
during her performances. She was born in
Bangor and was % years OF age.
The trustees OF Lee Normal Academy met
the 9th inst, eighteen members being present.
A large amount Of business was transacted
and among other things 1t was voted to appro-
pirate sum OF money sufficient to put in new
and improved seats in the school and ante
rooms, aleo TO lay new cors in the same and
do all other necessary repairs and painting on
the inside of the building. The academy has
had very successful term the past winter and
spring, aud close3 the term this week. One Of
the Oldest trustees, Mr.. Lowell of Lee, was
found dead in his bed on the morning of the
trustee meeting. He retired the evening pre-
vious in his usual health, only complaining Of
being very tired, as he had labored hard on
his farm.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
Capt Silas Manson of Paipsburg, who has
been i'll with pneumonia, died Monday even
ing at Gardiner. For four years he has been
employed as captain by the firm of b. W. Y
III. #. Morse.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Isaac Bedell's house and barn at East Ma
chias were burned the morning OF May otn
Nearly all the contents OF the house and val
liable COW were lost. No insurance.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
A $40. 600 Fire in Boston.
LABOR TROUBLES.
Mine Set on Fire bv STRIKERS,

Mln6 Set On Fire Dy StrlKers.
CHICAGO, May 8. The strikers at the Wes-
tern Cooperative mine in West Belleville,
Illinois, set fire TO the mine Monday night
when it was unoccupied. The FIRE ragged all
day. There was considerable5trouble Monday
and men who attempted TO work we're intimi-
dated by the strikers. The burning mine is
one Of the largest in the Belleville district and
and the loss by fire will amount to nearly Sl0C-
O0n
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10

The following quotations OF stocks are reported
and corrected daily by Woodbury. & Moulton, cornel
OF Middle and Exchange streets.
NEW wong
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
MARINE NEWS.
Launched at Thomaston.

THoMAsToS. May 9.-Major S. Delano
launched his steam launch, "Issis' at noon to-
day. He has put on board one o; Brayton's
improved steam engines, from the works in
Boston. Mr.. Brayton is here experimenting
the ioh.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10

READING Pa, May 9-The officials of the
Reading iron works today acceded to the de-
mands of the puddlers who struck for semi
monthly instead Of monthly payments, and
about 3so hands will resume work Monday
next.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
Council Of the order of Red Me.

LANCASTER, Pa, May 9-The great coun-
Gil OF the Improved Order Of Red Men Of Penn
sylvania is now in session in Columbia. A
parade tcok place this morning. after which an
address Of welcome was delivered at the Opera
House, where the council is sitting. A number
OF prominent members from Philadelphia,
Pittsburg and other cities are present
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
Maryland Fruit Prospects Good,

WASHINGTON, May 9-The Maryland peach
prospect as reported to the United States de-
psrtment of agriculture is full average. The
prospect for other fruits in Maryland is unusu-
ally good
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
GeorRia LeRislature,

ATLANTA, Ga, May 9.-The Legislature
met today and opened the election returns.
The vote stood: Henry ID. Mcdaniel 23,680;
scattering, 334. The Inauguration will take
place probably tomorrow
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
1he Illinois wheat CROP.

81 oSsdPRINoFIELD, May 9-Reports covering
looo townships make the estimate that the
crop OF winter wheat will not exceed 40 per
cent OF the crop Of 1882.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10

Indictments for Legislative Bribery.
1ANKroN, OAK, May 9.--It is believed that
at least four indictments have been found by
the grand jury for legislative bribery.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10

Rev. Austin Richards, formerly Of Nashua,
N. H., died in Boston yesterday
Y. u. Hickman, late receiver OF the Lake
Aty, COL, land office, is defsulter in $4,000
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
European Markets.

(By TeIegr2ph.)
LIVERPOOL, May 9-12. 80 z. M.-Cotton market
moderate INQUIRY and supplied supplied; uplAnds
at 13-l5d; Orleans 15-16d; sales 10 700 bales,
speculation and export 1000 bales futures Irregular,
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
Chicago Grain Quotations.


The following quotations Of Grain we're received
by telegraph to-day by Bigelow & Co., LOT CONNER
cal street, Portland;
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
New Yera stock and Money Market.

NEW YORK, May 9.-Money on call loaned be-
6G6E. Exchange firm at 4.S3A for5ong and 4.86
for short. Governments unchanged. State bonds are
dull and featureless Railroad bonds irregular.
The transactions at the Stock Exchange aggregat-
ed 100000 shares.
Inc following are to-day's closing quotations
Government Securities:
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
MASSACHUSETTS,.
Massachusetts, Legislarure.

Massachusetts Legislature.
Boston, May 9.-The Legislative veto in
vestigating committee had the Governors pri-
vate secretary before them this forenoon, but
he refused to give any facts relative TO the
sending in OF the veto or in regard to his re-
lstions with the Governor. He said his re-
fusal was under the directions of Governor
Butler.
The Governor has refused to approve bills
amounting 10 S1400 signed by Messrs. Wright
Sanborn, inspector Of the State charities, as
they have not taken the oath of office and he
says they are not legal officers of State.
A SO, 900 Fire in Boston.
Spontaneous combustion was the cause OF a
fire this morning, which did $1,000 worth oil
damage in building No. 367 and 359 Atlantic
avenue, occupied by 7. Remick q Co., dealers
in cotton waste and paper stock. A fireman
discovered the FIRE in the fourth story of the
building at a few minutes past six o'clock,
and TO get all the help that was needed il be-
came necessary to sound two alarms. The fire
was more stubborn than brisk, and required a
good deal of water to subdue it. The damage
by fire was mainly in the story where 1t orig
mated but the stock on the three floors be-
meath was considerably damaged by water.
The loss to Remick & Co. is estimated at about
$4,000, and is covered by insurance. por-
tiOn of the lower floor was used by G.. W. g. @.
r. Miller, bottlers, who suffered water loss
which will be adjusted by the Shoe and Leath.
or Company, where the firm was insured for
$1,000. The loss on the building is estimated
at SI0[0
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10

The market for Wool remains without improve
ment. The demand from manufacturers continues
to be confined TO immediate wants and there is no
encouragement for them to buy freely on account of
the depressed condition of most kinds Of wooden
.~u41
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-10
Railroad Receipts.


PoRTLAsD. May 8.
Received by Maine Central Railroad, fSs Portland
30 cars miscellaneous mercbs ndise for connecting
roads 80 ears miscellaneous nsoFcnandiSe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-01
THE MINING MAMA.

There was an Ex-Governor q few years since
whose business frequently called him into some OF
the mining regions of tho West. One day he was APP
preached by wealthy neIghbor who. diifidenty
suggesting that no must see opportunities for eX-
celleut investments, finally offered hun $4,000 TO
lie invested in mines. Do you know anything
about mines !" asked his friend. %
"NV. nothing
"Wonld you intrust me with $4,000 TO be IN
vested in railroad stocks some manufacturing en-
terprise, according 90 my Judgment
@No, don't think would
"Then in Gods name, man" shouted the excit-
nbIo Ex-Governor & why should YOU blindly givo
AWAY your money to he sunk in noles IN the ground
of which neither you nor know anything
lind Mr Gilbert L. Crowell been favored with an
equally sound adviser he might have been pre-
vented from approprating trust funds ana sinking
S775,0 ia a " hole in the ground" And mining
which in the last two years has como TO le an I'M
savury odor IN the nOstrlls of Eastern people as the
condition of the market has testified, might have
been spared tins last blow. Yet it Is not unlikely
that 10 advice could have healed his Inhalation
The mining monOmania is disease to be COM
menied to tho study of psychologists People
sound on every other point 20 utterly daft on tho
sablect of mines Men like tho one quoted above,
who wonld never dream of investing a dollar in
any legitimate manufacturing or commercial bust
ness without a thorough knowledge aud close OK
animation. have asi,ln ana again sunk their thou.
sands i'm some wildcat mining scheme the
strength Of the ASSURANCES Of promoters the
reports of experts aud the richness OF tray OF
sample ores The idea of finding precious metals
in the earth exercises the influence that Is fet
by the who hunts Tor the buried treasures of
Captain Kidd. or the gambler who pursues The
phan tom Of fortune dependent on a" lucky turn
" the cards. Now it IL worth pointing out that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-01
Npw.voRK DAILY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY, MARCH l. 1883

probability of their rising above $lOo,ooo.
But some one will say: 1t would he very
hard on the rightful contestant OF seat 10
mt him to the expense of vindicating MS
right TO an Office to which he had been falriy
elected. and it would he equally. unfair to re-
souire the person holding certificate OF eiection
I" TOT pay the cost OF defending MS pT"'"J"0
"riglt.n True but in either case the cohtes',
ant or sitting member ought to know enough vi
the strength of his case at the outset 10 oo
aware of the risk he assumes, ana THIS shou'u
be, like all other litigation, case III WHICH
the loser pays. Contested election cases are
the only ones in which the htigant taxes no
risk of being mucted in costs. Ii Is que stloh
whether the Government is just to itself ana
honest toward the people when iE invites the
costly ltigation of contested elections by offer
ing to assume the expenses OF the contest Oh
both sides. The whole business is glaringly
absurd. What could be more ridiculous imam
for a body of chosen law -makers to postpone
till the last day Of its official existence the
settlement of the vital question who Is legally
competent 20 take part in making the laws 7
for constituted and organized BODY to post
pone till the last day of its life decision as 10
who legally constitute it2 Only one thing
could he more preposterous, and that would De
to pay both contestants their salaries and per-
quisites, together with all the expenses OF the
contest. Congress habitualy does this. 1t
holds out premium to contestants. 1t Is the
only court in which both plaintiff and defend
ant can get judgment for the full amount
sued for and all the costs.
So manifest reversal of Justice, so gross and
ridiculous an absurdty, ought not to be per-
mitted to continue. We are not about to re-
commend specific legislation on the subject ;
that is not our province. We simply desire 10
direct public attention to the subject.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-01
GENERAL NOTES.

Work has been begun on u railroad FOL
Transporting stone to the site OF the new State Capitol
OF Texas mt Austin the basement story OF which TO be
completed next January.
Seventy five residents of Albany have
pledged themselves start In company on March II to
establish Il colony In Jim River Valley, Oak Those
who are married will not send for their wives and
children until the hardships Of settlement have been
overcome Some of the cOlOnistS VIII take several
thousand dollars with them, ana none WIN start Without
enough ready money for temporary support
The census returns OF the Northwest Prov
inces of India and Dude cnumerate more than 5000
professlonal acrobats" 100 actors" 5000 ballad
singers" 10 curers by ncantation" 33 gamblers %
-charmers" 80 match-makers," 10000 singers
and dancers" 4 poets" "story-tellers" aud Z
thieves" There more than 100000 cultivatOrs
the soil nearly lO,OOO nearly IOOOO
money -ender5
"Why don't You make them put those wires
under ground /" gentleman asked Mayor King. of
Philadelphia. on Monday pointing 20 the electric light
and telegraph wires running along Chustnut-st. They
will he put there very soon," replied the Mayor great
deal sooner any way, than any more will be placed up
there. shall not sign permit for another wire 10 he
strung along on poles; that 1 am fully determined
upon.
Some English under graduates who had been
in labor with practical joke ut length brought 1t
forth and chrstened it the telegraph joke At half hour
intervals throughout the night they telegraphed TO
existence in Jersey This was no doubt very amusing
at ALL Tor his father who cOulnt get wink OF sleep dis
inherited hun on the spot declaring that only bad sou
" ould have such puck OF fools for his friends.
A Nova Scotia railway officer will contribute
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-01
MP FRELJYGHUYSENS DIPLOMACY.

Secretary Frelinghuysen has been disciplin-
inc one of his subordinates in South America.
His reply to the Senate resolution IN regard To
Minister Partrdge's scheme OF joint mediation
in South America shows that it was not enter
tanned at Washington for single day. The
Diplomatic representatives of Great Britain,
France and Italy, after comforting with Min
lister Partridge at his house in Lima, induced
him to sign memorandum setting forth the
necessity of mediation on the part OF the
United States and the European Powers as the
only means of saving Peru from complete de-
struction. Mr.. Frelinghuysen, on receiving
this memorandum teIegraphed to Minister
Partridge that he was expected to return to the
United States by the first steamer and that his
diplomatic associates must be informed that his
action was disapproved by the Government.
The United States Ministers at London, Paris
and Rome were also instructed to announce to
the three Governments that Minister Partridge
had acted without authority in proposing and
taking part in this scheme OF Intervention.
Mr.. Frelinghuyse sen lost no time in repudiatlng
the action of his subordinate Apparently he
WAS startled by the bare thought that any
agent of the State Department should have
attempted to do anything whatever III South
America.
Now we have no disposition to defend Min
lister Partridge. lie seems to have acted with
out authority, and ought to have been recalled.
The course which he recommended does not
commend itself to our judgment. An American
| diplomat, humbly playing second fiddle to the
| French Minister, and standing cap i'll hand
among his European colleagues at the door of
| the CHILEAN Foreign Office, would be sorry
spectacle for nation winch has pro-
! claimed the Monroe Doctrine. But while
| Minister Partridge made an indiscreet proposal
and neglected TO consult the State Department,
| we cannot help having some sympathy for him.
| He had been compelled i'll grave crisis to look
ON while the diplomatic influence of his country
was filtered away in maction. He was
sorey tempted, at last, to try something
to save q PROSTATE State from conqucror'
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