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The Portland daily press., 1883-11-21
BITTER RAILROAD WAR.
The Western Roads Threatened With a
Fierce Struggle.

The Western Roads Threatened With a
Fierce Struggle.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-A Chicago special
states that the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railroad Company has just sent an official LETT
ter, withdrawing from the Des Moines passen-
ger pool.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. Nov. 20.-There is every
indication that the fercest railway war ever
known in this country will be started within
the next two or three weeks. The announce
ment of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railways withdrawal from the Iowa pool
means that the iron-bound contract made a
year ago between the six leading lines of the
/ West for the business of the Northwest has
been broken, and that war will be wsged
along the whole line. The st. Paul people
claim that they were unfairly treated and will
never again enter pooling arrangement. Cen
eral Manager Merrill, of the St. Paul, says
that he means business in his move in with
drawing, and will cut and slash right and left,
as soon as the first move in this direction is
made. The officers of the other lines say that
the St. Paul knows that it has the advant tage
over them, and object 10 pooling, when it
might just as well do its business individually
and get larger share of business and larger
percentage, even if rates were much lower
than at present The cut in rates will be made
almost the first of next month, and will affect
all cities between Chicago, st. Paul, ON aha,
and Denver. A prominent railroad man said
yesterday that the war would not be in freight
alone. but that passenger rates would be
slaughtered also. "Why," he said, "you will
be able to go to Denver for cents before
the 1st of January 1 honestly believe that it
will be the greatest railroad war ever knewn
in the history of the country. People who
know Manager Merrill know when he under
takes thing that his dogged determinat ion is
as hard to move as the Rock of Gibraltar. He
has been in the East lately, and it is the gem
eral opinion that he has been consulting with
the New York directors, and that the whole
matter has been carefully talked over, and the
policy to be pursued agreed upon; that there
will be a great rate war there is not the least
earthly doubt"
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-21

out seal or signature This was conclusive
evidence of bis false pretensions and he was
hurried from the mill with threats of vengeance
should he make temperance. Early in the
evening he made another attempt to seize
Lambert on the street. but he was foiled in his
purpose by the crowd. Having boarded the
O'Clock freight for the purpose of leaving
town, he was taken out as the train was about
starting, and beaten soundly and received
orders to leave town on foot as soon as he
possibly could. The fellow represented bim-
self as the boys father, and has always gained
possession of all his earnings. After quite a
hard siege the boy made his escape from his
factory in this village for few weeks past.
The presumption is that it was for the purpose
of kidnapping him and to receive his wages
that the outrageous attack was made.
An Oakland lady died last week from the
effects of eating cloves.
PARIS.
The Oxford Democrat celebrates its semi
centennial in January. DR.. Laphaln, OF Au-
gusta, is now writing history OF the paper
from its inception down to the present time,
with sketches of those connected with it The
history will appear in about six weeks DIR.
Lapbam was formerly on the staff of the DEM
ocrat.
IN GENERAL.
The Good Templars are entering auspicious-
ly on their winters campaign in the State
Following the new lodge instituted at East
Winthrop last week, the Grand Secretary re-
ports two more within few days, viz: WASH
ington, No. 219, at CALAIS, aud Somerset, No.
178, at North Anson. Two or three more are
expected this week. Next week is collection
week in the lodges in the entire State, the pro-
ceeds to go for temperance literature, to be
distributed by the lodges in every community
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-21
WEST INDIES.
Emnneinatinn I'm Cuhn,

HAVANA, Nov. 10.-The Official Gazette has
published a royal decree, ordering that all
doubts concerning the application Of any part
of the law of the gradual abolition OF slavery
shall always be resolved In sense Of the wild
est latitude for the liberty Of the slave or pa
trocina6o, and, therefore, owners of patrocina-
los, when the latter have acquired their free
dom, shall not compel them to pay indemni-
ties for their children. The decree argues
that, although the law Is not very explicit on
that point yet " clearly orders that under no
condition shall the families OF pauoonados be
separated, and that II parents were obliged.
when freed, to pay for the rescue of their chill
dren, other sections Of the law providing for
gradual abolition would be- violated: and fur
thermore, that it would be unjust TO compel
the freedmen to pay for the liberty OF their
children when the law Of 1880 denies TO the
government itself the prerogative OF indemni-
Tying owners for the loss Of their slaves
Action Taken Against BaRdits.
The government has given permission to
planters residing near Puerto Principe TO az
terminate, 10 conjunction with the civil gov
ernment, party of bandits which has bean
committing depredations in that district.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-21
NEW YORK.
Rad RacOrd.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Nov. 20.-The Post-Ex-
press publishes letter from a man who says
he knew O'Donnell, the murderer Of Carey
the informer, years ago. O'Dopnell was at
that time one of the chiefs Of the Molly Ma
guires of Pennsylvania, and in oonJun ction
with Dan Kelley, Jim Carroll and man
called cred Shirt" was implicated in sew era
mysterious ''iobs'' presumably murders. His
three confederates were afterwards hung
O'DonnelJ, who formerly called himself Thorn
as Moran, is the only one at liberty.
The Long Esland Murderer.
OYSTER BAY, L. l.. Nov. 20.-Tramp Doyle,
saspectsd OF the Maybee murders at Brock
vile, was brought before old Mr.. Mayhee this
morning, and his voice was recognized as that
of the man who committed the assault and
robbery. His examination was continued this
afternoon. aud he was afterwards committed to
jail. During the examination the floor of the
room gave way, precipitating the large audi
ence into tho cellar, but it was so full of bar
rels the fall was not great and although many
we're slightly, none were seriously injured.
The stove, in falling over, set fire to the wood
few minutes.
Suspected of Aiding Insurgents.
New York, Nov. 20.-Schooner Azelber
and Laura, which cleared yesterday for Mica
ragua, has been seized by the customs authori-
ties on suspicion OF carrying arms and ammu-
nition to the Haytien insurgents.
Telegraph Consolidation.
A consolidation has been effected between
the Postal Telegraph Company and the Postsl
Telegraph and Cable Company. The consid-
Grafton given by the latter to the former was
100000 Of the stock of the latter.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-21
Notes About Notable People,

Liszt will spend the winter at Rheims.
Thomas Mast, the caricaturist, is Just recov-
ering from serious illness.
viii Carleton, the poet, is lecturing to the
Cornell University students.
Henry Ward Beecher says that his recent
trip South and West has made him feel ten
years younger.
Miss Eleanor Winslow is the name Of the
latest American ''furor" in England. She ia
Bostonisn.
Sonora De LONE, wife Of the Spanish Charge
de Affaires at Washington, is considered the
haudsomest lady in the Diplomatic Corps.
Matthew Arnold's lecture on Emerson Is fin
ished, but not yet s'polished off" and 1t will
not be delivered until this latter process has
been gone through with.
George d. Robinson will be the third COVER
nor of Massachusetts, directly descended from
Dolor Davis, who came over in 1885. John
Davis aud John D. Long were the others.
The Duchess of Edinburgh, daughter of the
late Czar, is the brightest and most amusing
'alker of the British royal family. She says
very funny things.
Chsmbord's former tutor, Oomte Berrano,
died recently, leaving rich and important
willed by him to the Provincial Museum OF
Bohemia.
Sherman aud Grant were St. Louis me n be-
fore the war; Grant drove In cord-wood and
Sherman was president of horse-oar line.
sheridan, meanwhile, was engaged in carting
earth dug out Of canal.
Mile. Dudley, of the Theatre Francois, Par
is, surely is devoted to her art She has Just
had Fix front teeth drawn, in order that she
may lisp in accordance with the requirement of
her role in lies Naucroix."
Margaret Washington Is George Washing
toms greatgrandniece, and, excepting cous
in of hers who keeps up the old family place
down on the East Shore Of Virginia, she has
more OF tho Washington blood in her veins
than any other American, She keeps a board
ing house just back of the Riggs House, In the
capital. Although seventy years DID, she
active and alert. Her features have strong
resemblance to those Of Washington.
Although he will be eighty-fve years old in
December Mr.. W. W. Oorcorsn attends daily
to business at his office and elsewhere in wash
ington. BE writes much himself, aud his let
trs are written in as clear, firm and resu
hand as those of a painstskins young man.
His handwriting is quits small but easily legi-
BILE.
Mary Anderson's great beauty and wonder
ful snccess in life are both ascribed by an as
trologist to the fact that jupiter, Venus and
the moon were all in conjunction at the time
of her birth. Should she ever marry, though,
be pgedjcIs that she will be unhappy, as Mars
and the sun were also IN conjunction When
she wes born
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-21
FIGHTING FOR LAND.
Contesting for Possession OF 5000 Acres
of Timber Land i'm New Hampshire.

CONCORD, N. H, Nov. 20.-The adjourned
term of the United States Circuit Court COM
msnced here to-day, Judge Lowell Of Boston
presiding. The first suit for trial by jury was
the New Hampshire Land Company vs. Henry
L. Tilton, William j. Bellows, Charles 81.
Fitch and Truman Stevens of Littleton, and is
a test case of some fifteen actions brought to
recover possession of about %, 600 acres of
valuable wood and timber land near the town
of Carroll, in the White Mountain region.
The plaintiff is a corporation existing under
the laws of Connecticut, and claims its title
under what is known as the James Wiley
held under sales made by a legislative COM
mittee appointed in 1876 to repair and con-
struct certain highways in the White Noun
tains, and authorized to dispose of ungranted
lands and pay expenses necessary for improve
ments. Plaintiff claims that conveyances by
this committee are void because the descrip-
tions In the deeds are not sufficiently explicit
to locate the tract sold. Defendants answered
this by asserting that plans and surveys were
made for the committee by which the lands
were sold. after which they were lodged in
the Secretary Of States Office, from which
they were tAkes, as is ALLEGED by some one
interested in the Wiley grants. The grantees
of the committee of 1895 and their descend
ants continued In peaceful possession of the
land until about the time of the commence
ment of these suits, a period of nearly 100
years. Defendants in the Tilton action say
their deeds are sufficiently explicit, but viii
maintain as q matter of law that plaintiff,
being foreign corporation, is without
ostensible business in this State, where laws
have been created which prohibit such bodies
from buying or selling real estate; that no
comfy exists which extends TO 1t in New
Hampshire rights and privileges not enjoyed
in Connecticut. Plaintiff claims that it's char
ter was granted the day before the enactment
of the Connecticut law forbiddiDg corpora
tion from buying or selling real estate, and
while the power to hold such property may sot
now exist there, yet it does in this State.
Chase & Streeter, John Y. Mugridge Of Con-
cord, Pike g. Parsons, Barnard & Barnard of
Franklin, Ladd & Fletcher of Lancaster, Bur-
leigh & Adams and G. A. Jewell of Plymouth,
are counsel for plaintiff. Bingham, Aldrich &
Remick, Bingham, Mitchell & Batchelder Of
Littleton, Ray, Drew and Jordan and - Gar
penter of Lancaster, and Gen. Gilman Mar
ston of Exeter are counsel for defendants.
In the afternoon a jury were empaneled and
evidence was introduced showing execution of
deed in 1881 to the company covering the
lots in dispute as we'll as others near the White
Mountains Plaintiff denies the alleged theft
of the plans and surveys from the Secretary of
States Office, made by direction OF the road
committee in 1896 and asserts that no portion
of the premises sued for in this or other actions
were ever cultivated by defendants or those
under whom they were held.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-21
RAILROAD LITIGATION.
Suit Brought by the Eastern Rail
rail Company
To Determine the Right of the Road and
the Trustees.

BOSTON, Nov. 20.
A hearing was held before Judge Holmes OF
the Massachusetts, Supreme Court in this
city to-day on bill in equity, brought by the
Eastern Railroad Company against VIM. @.
Rogers ct al, trustees, under the act of the
Legislature passed for securing the indebted
ness Of the corporation and for other purposes
The prayer of the bill is that the Court shall
determine the rights of the parties in 15,2O2
shares of the capital stock of the Maine Cen
tral Railroad Compar the value of $619
coo. The plaintiff ~. ration >ges that
the time the trustees acquired ,ssession of
all the property of the road, all The shares in
controversy were pledged to various creditors
for money borrowed. Since I, 0gtime debts
for which the shareslapsre pie sIIehave been
paid, and the shareS1 haEe been transferred to
the trustee and held by them. The Maine
Central company was established under the
laws of Maine, and its management beyond
Portland was acquired by the Eastern Road by
the purchase of the 15,202 shares of stock,
which gave the Eastern Road controlling in
terest in the Maine Central Under the law in
Maine it is provided that the actual manage
ment, use and control of the Maine Central
shall remain in the Eastern Road so long as
there shall be no default of the pr rincipal and
interest on the bonds issued when the consol-
dation took place. No such default has oc-
Cured, and the plaintiff corporation claims
that it alone has the right to vote on the 15,-
202 shares, bnt the defendants allsge that the
right to vote on such shares is vested in them
1t is also contended by the plaintiff chat said
shares were inadvertently transferred to the
trustees, and under the statutes of Maine the
latter have no right to vote on the shares.
The answer of the defendants admit substan-
TALLY all the allegations in the plaintiffs bill.
but claim that they have sold bonds and other
property included in the deed of trust to re-
deem the shares in suit from the PLEDGES
They also say that 1851 additional shares of the
Maine Central have been purchased by the
Eastern Railroad with the consent of the
trustees, and now stand in their name
The questions involved are purely those of
law, and the views of the Eastern Railroad
Company were presented by Mr.. Richard Oh
ney, and Messrs. VIM. g. Russell and Geo.
Putnam represented the trustees. Judge
Holmes reserved his decision.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-21
EVACUATION DAY.
HI ow New York Proposes to Celebrate
the Evsnt-5O, ,0OO Men i'm Line-Parade
of 500 Steam Vessels.


the Evsnt-5O, 900 Men i'm Line-Parade
of 500 Steam Vessels.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.--If the weather is
pleasant on Monday next the display in this
city will undoubtedly be the most notable in
its history. Great interest is manifested in the
centennial celebration of the evacu alton Of the
city by the British military forces. An effec-
tive committee has charge of the arrangements
which are upon a mammoth scale. In fact, SO
general is the desire among associations to take
part in the grand procession that the commit
tee has announced that no proposals will be
received after tonight. The day viii be quite
generally observed as holiday in this city aud
Brooklyn, and the majority of the business
houses closed. There is to be liberal dis
play of bunting in the day time and llumina-
tions at night
Gen. John Cochrane will be Grand Marshal
of the procession, and, it is supposed, will
have at least 10000 men in line, including the
LIST and I'd Division of the National Guard, re-
representatives. of the National Guard from 9TH
or parts of the State, regulars from the forts,
veteran and other military organizations from
this and other States, Survivors of the war of
1872 and the Mexican war, Ii. A. h., battal-
ion of 800 policemen, a battalion (13 companies)
of the fire department., volunteer and exempt
ur0 ofSau]ZabtOQ6, NUMEROUS CIVIC bOCiHbl6s,
etc. The mility display will, be a magnificent
one; there will probably be 5000 members of
the Grand Army of the Republic; the veterans
of the late war will parade in two brigades,
with full ranks, and the civic organizations
more especially the Irish, will appear with
very full ranks, probably from $4,000 to 10000
in the Irish part alone. 1t is the intention of
Gen. Cochrane to start the procession at 57th
street, on its way dewn town, at a. m.
A unique feature of the celebration will be a
steamboat parade, under the management of
ex-Congressman Starin, who expects to have
from 400 to 500 steam vessels in his procession,
trimmed with bunting, which will occupy two
or three hours in rounding the Battery. An
other harbor display will be line of men-of-
war of the North Atlantic Squadron, under
Rear Admiral Cooper.
Governors of different States have been in
yited, and those of Massachusetts, Connecti-
cut, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Maine,
Rhode Island, New Jersey and New York
have already notified the committee of their
intention to be present
In the afternoon Wards statue of Washing
ton is to be unveiled, with an oration by Geo.
William Curtis, etc., and in the evening num-
erous banquets, concerts etc. President Ar
thur has informed the committee that it will
De impossible for him to attend, but it is hop
ed that he will find it convenient to come, at
least the committee have not yet given up the
idea that he will be present.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-21
WASHINGTON.
noings of tI,c secre, SERVICE.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-James j. Brooks,
chief of the secret service division of the
treasury department reports that during the
fiscal year ended June 30th, 1888. 376 arrests
were made by agents of the service, and 81
were convicted and sentenced. The total fines
assessed was $14,979. Counterfeit money
was captured aud secured as follows: United
States Treasury hotes $25, ,486; National Bank
notes, 81 ,1S8 coin, $5, 5,240: nickel, $91; gold
bangles, (an imitation of 81 gold coin, repre-
sentative value), $92; flash notes, representa-
tive value S. 452, ,3S1; gold turnings, represent
alive value $56; genuine money So. The to-
tai expenditures for the transportation OF
subsistence, incidentals and services, $66, ,415.
The report says that during the past two
years no new counterfeit note has been put in
circulation, and recommends legislation max
ing the manufacture and sale OF dies for max
ing counterfeit coin, crime.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-21
GENERAL NEWS.

The prisoners confined in the jail at Mar
shall, Missouri, set the building ON fire yester-
day and then cried for help. The doors were
broken in and six prisoners escaped, only Two
OF whom have been recaptnred.
At the Northern Pacific preferred stock
holders meeting yesterday afternoon in New
York, 352, ,428 shares voted in favor OF the
twenty million dollar second mortgage bond
issue, and only sixty-three against 1t
The soles of the shoes of James Doyle who
was arrested Monday upon suspicion of being
the murderer of che Maybee ladies at Brook
vile, Lond Island, have been found to cores
pond exactly with casts taken Saturday night
of the foot prints on the ground around the
Maybee barn.
The historical flag of the Bon Homme Rich
ard under which Paul Jones won his famous
victory In 1779 will be displayed on Evacua-
tion Day in New York city.
The latest reports of the Georgia cotton crop
shows yield of 6S to 70 per cent of an aver
age.
The remains of Mrs. John Russell Young
who died iu Paris last month arrived at New
York yesterday and reached Hartford, Conn.,,
last night
The new Connecticut board OF pardons held
it's first monthly meeting at Hartford yesterday
The board consists of the governor and five
others.
Liabilities of Cleayeland, Cummings &
Woodruff of Chicago, dry goods who transfer
red their concern lately are placed 90 S60Q, 600;
Aad asssts 100000, II is seroEtsd they are
settling !cz sixty cents on the dollar
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-21
Extensive Erauds i'm Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, o., Nov. 20.-County Attorney
Brewster, who succeeded w. s. Cappellar a
few days ago, states that he has discovered ex-
tensive frauds in duplicate charges. Ex-Audi-
tor Csppellar's clerks systematically raised the
valuation OF property returned by the board OF
equalization, and computed the taxes upon
this fraudulent valuation. He thinks their
purpose was TO direct the attention of tax pay
eIs TO the fact that they had paid an excessive
amount ana recover liberal commission for
making the discovery and obtaining for de-
fraudsd tax payers the proper refundment. e.
w. Petit, the ex-auditor's chief deputy, ad-
mits that valuations were raised, but claims
that it was done by outsiders who obtained ac-
cess to the duplicator. Cappellar denias that
lion, the amount at which they are estimated
by brewster. The latter demands the arrest
Of some of Cappsllar's clerks.
The Portland daily press., 1883-11-21

plus funds, and they prayed that 1t be deter
mined who ware entitled to share in anv divi-
sion which might be made Of the fund.
Various persons were selected to represent
the different classes of policy holders, and il
was prayed that they be made parties to the
suit. The case came up for hearing at Athens
COMPANY could hold the reserve fund, that the
directors could declare dividends, and that
those who held policies at the time OF the dlvi'
sion would be entitled to share in 1t. The
court ordered to five lawyers $1,000 each; 3D.
800 to four others, and allowed the company 10
dispose Of the balance.