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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-02-13
SCIENTIFIC GATHERING.
Active Preparations for the @ ming Com
venions in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12-Preparations are
going actively forward for the annual meeting
of the American Association for the Advances
ment of Science. The meeting, it is expected,
will attract the largest assemblage of scienti-
fc man ever known, and it will, it is believed,
be the greatest in point of attendance and re-
suits in the history of science. Heretofore the
meetings have been held in August, but the
date was postponed this year until the first
week in September for several reasons.
The first is that the International electrical
exhibition which is to be given here under the
auspices of the Frank lin Institute is to be in
the AxhiblEfnn Will az its name
clans Of tie world. The preparations for the
event INDICATE that it will be the greatest elec-
trcal exhibition ever held. Invitations havs
been sent to the leading electricians of this
country and Earope, and the replies already
received show that the attenda CO will be very
large. The other reason which induced the
American Association to change the time of
meeting is that the British Association meet
ing will close just before the meeting here be-
gius, enabl pg the delegates to come here also.
The American Association alone will collect
about 2. 900 delegates, the British association
will be represented by from 800 to 400 delegates
and the electrical exhibition will prob bly, at
tract several thousand more. The number
may be further increased by the attendance of
eminent scientists from various parts of this
country and Europe, regardless of their con-
nection with organizations and associations;
but the advisability of inviting them has not
yet been determined.
The meeting place of the Association will be
the University of Pennsylvania, and the ses-
sions will last a week. The Association is di-
vided into sections,esch section having charge
of special branch of science; these will meet
in separate rooms and report the result nf their
deliberations to the general body which will
assemble after the adjournment of the sec
tons.
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connection with such prosecution and whether
the guilty parties have been duly prosecuted.

connection with such prosecution and whether
tne guilty parties have been duly prosecuted
Mr.. Cox Of North Carolina, offered an
amendments directing the committee to report
whether the inteIets Of the government would
6e promoted by selling its interests In the Hot
Springs property. Adopted.
Mr.. Holman OF Indiana, offered a further
amendment, directing the committee to en-
qnlre into tbs leases which had been made by
The government at Hot Springs and ascertain
whether the conditions thereof had been full
filed. Adopted.
Mr.. Ellis of Louisiana offered as a substi-
tnts for the amendment authorizing the com-
mlttee on expenditures or the interior depart
ment to send committee to Hot Springs for
the purpose OF investigating thsir conduct of
work on Hot Springs Greek, and appropriatng
SlOOO to defray expenses This substitute ives
adopted with the addition of Mr.. Holman's
amendment and the original resolution. AS
amended Dy the substitute was agrte ed to. The
House then went into committee of the whole
on the naval appropriation bill. After some
geoate by Messrs. Calkins and Randall of
.Pennsylvania. the committee rose and the
House adjourned.
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Physicians, in performing an operation to
relieve the pain from which Edward Park, a
school teacher, of New Germantown, had be en-
suffering for four months, found in his abdo-
men an abscess formed around watermelon
seed. 1t was removed but the man will proba-
bly, die. The last watermelon he ate was in
Detroit in July.
The Directors Of the Lehigh Valley railroad
Company yesterday elected Elisha P. Wilbur.
president, to fill a vacancy caused by the death
Of Larry e. Packer. Mr.. Wilbur is nephew
of the late Asa Packer.
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Co. announce an advance in eastern pric-
es of 25 cents per ton on stove and chestnut
coal.
The Virginia legislature yesterday passed
bill redi i.tricting the State, by strict party
vote. TIE Democrats have districts and the
Republicans or Coalistionists 2.
James Russell Lowell, Minister to England,
has been delegated by the President aud tel-
lows of Harvard University to represent that
Institution at the three-hundreth anniversary
OF the completion of the University of Edin-
burg, to be celebrated in April next.
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MEXICO.
Out ages Committed by Indians Citizens
Murdered and Houses PIundered.

MATAMoRAs, Feb. 12.-Eight hundred In
dams have risen at the little town of Omitlan.
They attacked and murdered all the most re-
spectacle residents Of that place, the mer-
chants and authorities, among them being a
Snanish merchant named Francisco Asanzo.
The stores and private houses we're all plum
dered, and in many instances fred and com
Dletely destroyed. Every kind of atrocity has
been committed. Seven gentlemen are known
to have beeu murdere !, and several have es-
capped badly wounded. The political chief of
Tuxtspec attacked the revolutionists with 100
men, but was defeated with loss of five men
killed, The 22i infantry has been sent by sea
to approach Omitlan from the coast side, and
some 5000 regulars are concentrating on the
of Puebla and Oaiaoa. The disorder will pr op-
ably be soon quelled.
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Railway pEa,,rr,.

The st. Johnsbury s; Lake Champlain rail-
road has just bought five new locomotives. aud
will lay some 80 miles of steel rails the COM
ing season.
There has been no conference between the
directors of the Boston, Concord & Montreal
road in regard to passing dividend in May
next. The business of the road has been near
" equal to last year, and there are two months
earnings before the accounts can be made mp.
The double track of the Boston & Maine
railroad is now finished to Pine Point, and will
it is expected, be all laid and in running order
to this city by the middle Of next June.
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The Trade Dollar.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-rhe committee on
banking and currency was discharged from
further consideration of the bill providing for
the retirement of the trade dollar and the bill
referred to the committee on coinage, weights
and measures.
virgiaia Investigation Postponed.
It has been decided to postpone the COM
mencement of the Virginia investigation by
Senator Sherman g subcommittee of the Senate
committee privileges and elections until
Thursday. Subp@Das have been issued for "a
witnesses.
Presidential Appointment.
The President has appointed j. H. Nichols
commsso ner for the State of Msssacb uselts to
the cotton centennial exposition at New Or
leans and e. S. Bradford, alternate.
Pension Matters.
Chairman Watson of the House committee
on invalid pensions was today instructed to re-
port a bill providing that proof of being mus
tered into the service shall be considered evil
deDce of Soundness prior to enlistment and the
government shsll be stopped from making
further inquiry when claims are accompanied
by such evidence of enlistment.
One of the bills introduced by Southern
member yesterday proposes to restore 10 the
pension rolls the names of persons dropped
on account OF disoyalty. This would include
JEFFERSON Davis
Tue bill to pension the survivors of the
Mexican and of some of the Indian wars
is Dear the head of the calendar in the House.
This bill also repeas the law which excludes
disloya persons from the pension list. The
Commissioner OF Pensions estimates that the
COST OF paying the pensioners of the Mexican
war would be nearly $75,000,000.
Miscellaneous.
Ire asurer Wyman to-day received from
bank in OHIO two express packages each pur-
porting to contain $1,000. On being opened
one was found to contain only $40 and the
other merely two small pieces of ordinary fan
nell. 1t is supposed that the money was stolen
either before shipment or in TRANSPORTATION,
Representative Curtin was authorized bv
the House committee on foreign affairs TO-DAY
to report resolution to the House granting
Minister Hunt az st. Petersburg permission to
accept the coronation medal given him by the
Gar.
Nominations by the President.
The President sent to the Senate today the
following nominations:
Commodore Edward Simpson to be rear ad-
miral.
Captain w. W. Queen to be commodore.
Commander A. r. Yates to be captain
Lieut.. Commander Edward Hooker to be
commander.
Lieut.. VIM. w. Rhodes to be Lieut.. Com
mander.
Interstate te Commerce.
The House committee on CONN. erce TO-DAY
voted, 140 to l, that il was the sense of the
members upon the general question respecting
the advisability of providing, by congressional
legislation, for the regulation of Interstate
commerce, and that there ought to be remedial
legislation of some kind. Upon the PROPOSE
tion to deal with the matter by a commission
there were affirmative votes and negative
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AFTER THE WRECK.
No Further Effort to be Made 90 Recover
Property-Th he Columbus Goiag TO Pieces

No Further Effcrt to be Made 90 Recover
Property-T he Columbus Goiag TO Pieces
Boston, Feb 12.-It is stated that Capt. Ba-
ker has concluded to abandon all further eff
forts to recover any property from the wreck
of the City of Columbus. The tide runs with
such velocity where the wreck lies hat the
vessel is rapidly going to pieces. Nothing of
value has been recovered. The divers made
fast to box containing machinery. which was
raised to near the level of the lighter, when
he box broke, slipped through the chains and
was lost. There is no hope of the recovery OF
any bodies as it is supposed the decks have
washed away, and that the hull OF the steamer
is open to the action of the waves. Very few
articles of value have washed ashore. A few
barrels of pork have been picked up. The
next storm Of any severity will probably oblit-
crate all trace of the unfortunats steamer
several versions have been gwen of the re-
covery of the ships safe, rumors having been
circulated that it contained a large amount of
money. The purser, MIR. Spaulding, for some
reason, left the key of the safe at Cav Head
when he was taken from there. He did not
suppose tho safe would be recovered. bnt a
few days afterwards it was taken from the
wreck. 1t contained only ships papers. Mr..
Sp uldiDg says that no money or yaluables
had been intrusted to him for safe kespjng by
the passengers. Nothing is known of any val
uables in private possession on board
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EcOIeIIan.s nnurdsr.

NORWICH, Ct, Feb. 12-Coroner Park held
an inquest today ever the body of AL McClel-
Ian. Two witnesses saw Conant fire and Nc
Clellan fall, and one saw the murderer walk
up to McClellan's body, turn it over while it
was gasping and quivering in death, apparant-
emily feel of the pulse and say twice "I'il teach
you TO lot my wife alone" The pistol was
found where Conant said he lett it and was ex-
hlolted as found with three chambers empty.
The coroner returned verdict today that Nc
Clellsn came to his death from bullet, felen-
iously, deliberately and wilfully fred at and
into his body by Frank V. Conant, and that,
too when the deceased was running from him
to escape the murderous assailant. There
were rnmors today that Mrs. Conant, the muir
dei's wife, is showing signs o., ,dementia.
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The Bath Military aud Naval Orphan Asy-

The fifteenth annual report OF the military
and naval orphan asylum at Bath has been re-
ceived. The report is prefaced with fatter-
ing notice OF Mrs. Sarah L. Sampson, through
whose efforts the asylum was founded. The
presidenG of the Board Of Trustees says that
at no time since its foundation has the asylum's
general condition been better than 1T present;
the legal claims against it havs been St tiled;
the egacies of deb's from previous years paid
or provided for, and knowledge has been
gained which has been of great value.
The be alth OF lhe inmates has been remark
ably good the past year. There has not been a
single death, and no very aggravated sickness,
which is due in great part to the diligence and
faithfulness OF the matron, Mrs. A. Stetson,
and the housekeeper Miss Campbell.
The treasurer reports that the total receipts
from all sources within the year have been
SO 964 81; and expenditures S9,969 81, leaving
o balance due the treasurer of S6.l9. The ex-
penditures include l,534 30, unsettled bills
left over from 1882, aud an lem OF 100 for
purchase of the lot OF lsnd adjoiuing the asy-
lum lot on the north, for which a special appro-
priation was made by the legislature. The
buildings have received interior repairs, such
as we're deemed necessary for the healn and
comfort of the inmates, and furniture and 9th.
er needed articles have been provided TO quite
an amount.
The records show that there we're fifty-two
inmates on Dec. 81, 1888; aud thirty-two were
provided with homes, making eighty-four in
mates during the year-of whom nine were
from Portland.
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Awards for Supplying tho Government
Printing Office.

EFthAAS OuCc.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-The Joint Commit
tee on Public Printing has awarded the con-
tracts for the supply of paper for the Govern
ment Printing Office during the ensuing year,
on the bids opened on the 3lst of January. In
structions have been given to the Public
Printer, whenever contractor does not fill an
order within the time specified, or the paper is
not up to the standard, to reject it, and to pur-
chase at once at an open market, bringing
suit against the contractor and his bondsmen
for any additional price paid. The contract
for 1000 reams of printing paper "A by 38
inches was awarded to the Essex Paper Com
pany of Philadelphia at 6 1-10 cents per pound
Nearly all of the contracts for book paper
we're awarded to A. Balfour, Philadelphia, at
$40 cents per pound. The contracts for writ.
ing paper were divided between A Balfour at
an average of 5-10 cents per pound and the
Holyoke Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass, at
3-lO cents Fileston & HolliDgswortb, Bos-
ton, received the contracts for cover paper at
cents per pound. The prices at which the
awards were made are lower than last year.
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QUARRaL1NG WITH A BISHOP



CLEVELAND, Feb. 1.-THE trouble between
members of st. Procop's Bohemian Catholic
Church of this city and Bishop Gilmour, grow
ing out of refusal on The part of the coDgrega.
tion to recognize the authority of the Bishop
in certain matters of church government, cul-
minated yesterday ia an interdction being
placed upon the church by Bishop Gilmour
and the removal of the priest and the closing
of the parish school. The congregation num-
bers about 400 Bohemian families, or 1900 per-
sons. Attached to the church are a number of
aid societies. For some years there has been
trouble between the leaders of these societies
and the church authorities 1t eliminated
few weeks ago in the refusal on the part of the
congregation to select Councilmen from the
names presented by the parish priest, Father
Fnrdek. Bishop Gilmour then appointed four
Councilmen. These the congregation refused
to recognized. On February 2. the Bishop, in
an address to the congregation, reviewed the
troubles existing in the parish, and warned the
members of St. Procop's that they must obey
tie laws of the church or be placed under the
ban of interdiction. They refused to submit,
and the interdict followed as threatened.
Bishop Gilmour today applied to Mayor Farley
for the appointment of a special policeman to
take charge of the church effects until the in
tsrdict is removed. This will remain In force
until the congregation Informs tho Bishop of
their intention to submit.
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NEW YORK.

New YORK, Feb. 12.-It is stsled there are
$50 canal boats here with potatoes that have
not yet been unloaded, and farmers in the in
terror hold large quantites. Bermuda's COM
mand from So to IS per barrel.
The best cucumbers sell at S2 so dozen )
lettuce, 70 cents to 81 per dozen heads; radish-
es, from So to SIS per 100 buDches.
A Disputed Will.
The late John Ell. Hindle, of Albany left
property valued at about $1,000 and no will
He had divorced wife and two children.
Among papers was found document, signed
in the presence of two witnesses, giving his
property to Miss Louise Whipple, of Troy, one
clause of the paper assigning as a reason a
recognition of devotion" and another as a
birthday present" The young lady bears an
excellent reputation. The relatives deny that
the document is a will and propose to contest
it.
Arrest OF the Alleged Embezzler.
George Davidson, chief clerk of the subSis-
tence department of the United States army
station at Chicago, under Commissary Nc
Phael P. Small in 1879 and 1880, was arrested
this morning on charge Of embez2liug $4,000
during the yeYrs named. He confessed his
guilt.
KinseIIa's Funeral.
1t has been arranged that the funeral servic.
es ovhr the remains of the late Thomas Kin
Salla will be held at o'clock tomorrow at his
house in Brooklyn. The funeral promises to
DO one OF the largest ever held in that city.
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+ MANITowoc, Feb. 12.-August Teitien, a
great natural curiosity and giant of no mean
pretensions, died here yesterday. He was
about six feet in height, and in good health
weighed 500 pounds. He was frequently visi-
ted by showmen, who sought to obtain him for
exhibition. but be had horror Of parading
himself. He was about 80 years of age at the
time of his death, and left quite a large estate.
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WORK OF THE FLAMES.
A Vermont Paper Mill Burned Loss $40
600.

BENNINGTON, VT, Feb. 12.-The Stark Pa
per Company's mills at State Line, near North
Bennington, was burned this morning about 4
o'clock. Loss total, excent part of the engine
house; insurance $4,000, as follows: $4,000
each in the Phoenix of Hartford, Insurance
Company of North America, Queen, Northern
and Hartford; $4,000 in the Etna of Hartford,
Sl250 in the Guardian of London and Home of
New York. Cause of the fire unknown. Loss
$4,000.
Steamer Burned 10 The Waters Edge.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 12--Steamer W, p Halliday
oil the New Orleans Anchor Line was burned
to the waters edge this morning. A private
watchman was badly burned. Loss nearly
100000. 9
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(Io the Associated Press.)
A nfahOIieaI Plot Riscoverass-

Boston, Feb. PA can of Atlas gun DOW
der, with fuse attached, which had been
lighted and had gone out, was found today IN
der the house of Frank Farnham, an attorney
at Peabody, Mass 1t is surmissd that it was
placed there by man with whom Farnham
had had legal difficulty, and he may be ar
rasfad
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INDUSTRIAL MATTERS.
One More Strike at Fan River.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Feb. 12,-Tne weavers
at the Crescent Mills struck this noon. Tne
Crescent makes foe goods similar to the King
Phiiip's g ods. The trouble was Caused by the
refusal OF the management to make conces-
slons similar to those made by the King Philip
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MASSACHUSETTS.
The American Electric and illuminating
Company-Hts Regular Dividend De-


clared.
Especial to the Press.l
BOSTON, Feb. 12.-At a meeting of the di-
rectors of the American Electric and Ilumi-
mating Company, held in this city today, the
regular four per cent semi-annual dividend on
the preferred stock was declared; also an extra
semi-annnal dividend of two per cent on both
preferred and common. This makes the pre-
ferred twelve per cent stock, and the COM
mon. at present prices, an eight per cent stock.
The common stock continues active on the
board, the demand exceeding the supply, and
Is principally bought for investment, at prices
ranging from 34 to 3 IL per share. Very
little preferred is offered. A few shares change
hands occasionally, at ten to twenty per cent
premium.
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Gen. Grant Puts an End 90 a Dispute.

TOLEDO, O., Feb. IAN animated discus
sion has been going on in the columns of the
Blade for some weeks, as to whether the Army
of the Potomac refused to charge the enemy
the second time at the battle of Cold Harbor,
when ordered, as is stated in most histories of
the late civil war. Gen. Grant was appealed
to and wrote the following letter:
NEW YORK, Feb. z, 1884.
To the Editor Of the Blade:
Dear sir-YOur favor of Jan. 3 ist is at hand and,
in reply to the question asked therein, will say
that never gave any order to any army that
commanded during the Rebellion to make an attack
where IL was d'sJbryed II is possible, but do not
remem 1er the circum- tSnces; that have givel an
order for an attack for certain hour, and after
ward concluded that It would lie oetter, possibly,
not to Inake it, ana We orders counternanc-
ing; but do not remember that auy such circum-
stance as that took place at Cold H4Ibor
Truly yours,
U. S. GRANT.
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