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The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06
FOREST FIRES.
More than 1000 Acres of Valuable
Timber Destroyed.
Farmers Abandon Their Work to Fight
Hre-Strong Appeals for Aid.

HoUTzDALE, Pa, May GA large number of
people visited the ruins Of the town of Brisbane
yesterday and frequent showers of rain dispelled
all fears of renewal of the fire among the
smouderiDg embers. strong appeal is made for
Immediate aid as hundreds of people impelled
to sleep in their clothes, having bed covering
bedding left money to provide shanties for tenn
porary shelter,
JAMAICA, L. l., May 5.-The fires in the woods
In central Long Island are under control last nights
rains have partially extinguished them though iso
lated portions are still burning. No further dam.
age is reported.
PoKr JEWS, n. Y, May 5.-Gilman's Depot
presents desolate appearance this afternoon.
Nothing remains but the ruins of the old saw mill,
feed barns alone being intact. Residents were COM
PEELED to sleep in barns and many spent the night
in the MILL sleeping sawdust, having lost every
thing. Men will be put to work at once repairing
the railway.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, May g. The rain has ex-
tingushed the forest fires.
PITTsBURG, May 5.-The loss by forest fires in
this county alone is estimated at 81 100000.
NEW YORK, May 5.-More than 1000 acres of
valuable timber have been destroyed ON Long Isl
and since Monday last, and forest and meadow
The loss has been particularly heavy the
towns of Brookhaven, Islip, Huntington and East
hampton. Miles of dry brush and scrub oak were
blazing yesterday in the vicinity of Deer Park,
BreSlau Babylon, PASSPORT and Morichee, and at
Flushing several hundred acres of salt meadow
had been burned over. Farmers have aband oned
their work to fight the fire at Flushing. So dense
was the smoke that horses overcome by it
while being driven along the street The losses in
Suffolk county will aggregate many thousands of
dollars. Forest fires also raging west and
south of Asbury Park, N. j. Already an extensive
area Of valuable timber has been destroyed.
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06
Magazine Notices.

The Andover Review appears TO be growing
in public favor. The May number had sever
al articles of more than average interest.
First, we have an liable essay on ''The Chris
tian Conception Of Man." by Prof. Stearus.
We believe that Prof. StearDs is connected
with the Bangor Theological Seminary. II so
this article is adapted to give very favorable
impression of the teaching in that school Of
the prophets. Other articles from the pen of
this author have impressed US with the idea
that he is man of enlightened and broad
views, while loyal to the creeds of evangelical
churches. Another valuable article is q dis
cussion of the relation of Arnold to the OK
ford movement The Oxford school, as now
known, arose about fifty years ago, and repre-
sents the extreme High Church party. 1t has
many followers IN tins country, and both In
England and America has educated many
minds for the Church of Rome. The point OF
the Review article is that Arnold was one OF
the first to point out, and to the end of his life
was the Incorporating opponent OF the es-
sentisly popsh drift of the movement. Con-
sequently, Arnold, in his turn, was bitterly as
sailed by the Pusayites, who encountered In
Arnold foeman worthy o, their steel. The
sum Of it is that Arnold represented the spirit
OF his own times, while Pusay and his follow.
ers labored hard to restore medieval principles,
such as sacerdotalism, characterization and
ceremonialism. The responses to the New
Greed are also reviewed at length in this nuai-
Der, and are regarded eminently encouraging
as indicating general consensus to the spirit
and aims OF its compilers. A few dissenting
voices are heard, but it is believed that "The
New Creed" will be adopted by and used in
a large majority of the Congregational
churches. The heavy article is on the Fate OF
Symbols, subject which Is handled in man
ner corresponding to its ponderosty, and will
not fail TO impress certain minds as necessarily
profound on the we'll known principle onlne
igRotlnl pro mdgniico. The book notices aro
critical, yet Catholic and sympathetic. (Hoyt,
Fogg & Donham).
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06

Mr.. Michael Staples, of Biddeford, who is visiting
friends in this place. went on cunning excursion
to Watts Ledge the other day, and had the rare
good fortune to bring down at his first shot brace
of fowl of kind seldom seen, and perhaps never
before killed in this vicinity. Of the many disciples
of Nimrod living on the Cape, none of those con-
suited were able to name the birds. work
on ornithology, the property of neighbor, pointed
out their identity, which was the double crested
cormorant, 1t is to be regretted that of these
birds could not have been furnished the Portland
Natural History Society. We are informed that
Mrs. has cent the specimens to AN pathological
society in New York.
When the Cape Lights were rebuilt eleven years
ago the experiment OF placing the iron superstruc-
lures on massive concrete bases was adopted.
These foundations have ever proved source of ex-
cessive dampness caused by capillary attraction
and condensation, and various remedies have been
tried to prevent the unsightly stains and other in
effects to outside walls The interiors are now be-
ing scraped from the lanterns to the foundati ms.
preparatory to applying new paint. The outside
walls from turret to Foundation stone," are also
receiving fresh coat of paint.
Mr.. johnson, living in the vicinity of Great Pond
has shot upwards Of thirty wild geese on that sheet
of water snct April ist de uses live geese decoys
Hon. ID. W. Fessenden's family have moved into
their seaside cottage, near the ocean House.
Cunners have appeared in the waters contiguous
to the Two Lights, but they have no appetite for
clans or wrinkles yet. NJ.
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06
ALABAMA CLAIMS.

Judgments Announced Yesterday.
WASHINGTON, May 5.-In the Court OF
Commissioners of Alabama Claims today
judgments were announced as follows, with
interest at per cent. from the dates named:
No. 313. Mary N. Adams executrix of the will of
John Adams, $l363, May "a, 1861; Reuben Free
man, So 50; Elisha S. Burch. 1852; Joseph NJ.
Gallons, 1852.
No 1861 james G. Pendleton, $576, March
No 2O36, Heman Smith, 1888, May "a, 1851.
No. 237O, Paul West administrator of the estate
of Isaac Taylor, $1s ,455.
No. 1871, Mary E. Whiting, executrix of the will
of Gardner =. Whiting, deceased, 1925.
No 1872, Mary E. Whiting, $l465 July 81,
1861.
No. 2901. Persilia Bassett, Administrative of Ze-
mas d. Bassett, Jr., $685. July ~, 1868.
NO. 3722, George r. Phillips, administrator of
the estate of William Shackley, $795, September
10, 1864.
No. $3.50, Edward D. Mandell, surviving partner
Of The firm Of Charles r. Tucker & Co., $3933,
March l |, 1865.
No. 3940, Edward d. Mandell, surviving partner
of the firm of Charles r. Tucker & Co., S2S27.
No. 1892, Dexter j. Palmer, $61O, June %,
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06
GROSS NEPoT1sM.
The New York shipping Commissio ne
shown up in n had Lighr.

The New York shipping Commissio ners
shown up in a had Light.
NEW YORK, May 5.-Judge Wallace of the U. S.
District Court handed down a decision this morning
in the matter of the salaries paid by Shipping Com
missioner G. G. Duncan tohis deputies in which the
court says; 1.-THE duties of the Commissioner are
not intricate or arduous. The duties of the depu-
ties clerical and the law contempates that they
shall be performed by the Commissioner himself
with such clerical assistance as may be necessary.
The action of the Commissioner in appointing five
deputies as soon as he had occupied the office
long enough to ascertain its probable income from
fees starts the suggestion that he had gravey mis-
conceived the spirit of the law. But when it APP
pears that in the ensuing year, 1874 these five dep
utes were salaried at $4,000 each, that four of
them were his own sons, and that of these sons
was only 10 years old, with no more experience or
qualifications for the place than his years would i'm
ply, very cogent inference arises that he had con-
ceiyed a scheme for administering his Office
which was not only not contemplated by the law
but which was utterly repugnant to all notions of
economy; the expenses of the Office have absorbed
all the receipts from 1875 to the present time'
Judge Wallace goes on to make rules for temporary
regulation of the office, aud concludes by ordering
Mr.. Duncan to show cause why he should not be
removed from office.
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06
(Kansas City Times.)


The public will be surprised to learn that Af-
ter tomorrow Mr.. Alden J. Blethen who for
the last three years has had virtual control OF
the Journal, will retire from connection with
that paper. This, as is understood, is in ac-
cordanee with an agreement looking to the cen.
tralizaton of the stock OF the journal compa-
ny entered into last January, by which he of
fered to give or take, and which has resulted in
his stock being purchased by his partners.
Messrs. Van Horn, Lawrence and Mann are
the purchasers, and the Journal will go on 90
usual with Col. Van Horn editor-in-chiei, Mr..
]. B. Lawrence managing editor, and Mr.. J.
A. Mann secretary and business manager.
The price paid is on q basis of $4,000 for t he
whole stock, which is nearly three times the
rate at which Mr.. Blethen purchased three
years ago.
In bidding Mr.. Blethen adieu to Kansas
City journalism-at least for the present-the
Times wishes to say what it has never felt in
clined to say for any other retiring manager of
our contemporary. Though a novice In daily
journalism when he took charge of the Jour-
nal Mr.. Blethren soon evidenced both his
ability and his ideas of conducting metropol-
itan paper. He took the Journal out OF the
narrow rut Of personal journalism in which is
has fioundered for years, and brought 10 MP to
plane 1t had never occupied before. He vas
ABOVE bno petUy 1ealOusle6 80 frequent 70 men
in his position and at all times and under all
circumstances he has proved himself a broad
gauge liberal manager.
His success as a journalist has been some
what phenomenal. Within six months after
taking charge of the Journal he brought it up
alongside the Times for the first time in the
history Of the papers as a real rival as q news
paper. At the same time he has always been
frank and generous, ready to cooperate in any
matter affecting the newspaper interests or the
tionally public spirited citizen, and during
his residence no man has done more for all ma
terisl matters than he. de has co-opeiated
actively and cordially in every public enter
prise, and his presence will be missed in simi-
lar meetings, where his nervous energy and
force have always made him power. Wher-
ever he goes or whatever business he engages
in, he will always have the good wishes Of tho
Times, for while he was our most active rival
in business, he was always honorable and
above board in his dealings.
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06

The cabinet has just received the gift of
some rare carboniferous fossils, sent by two
Scotchmen as a mark of gratitude for a service
rendered them in the New Brunswick woods
last summer, by Prof, Elder.
A large and interested audience filed the
Baptist church Sunday evening, to listen to an
interesting and instructive address on missions
given by Rev. S. f. Smith, D. D., of Newton
Centre, Mass, before the Boardmap Mission
airy Society of the College. DE- Smith is the
well known author of America" "The
Morning Light is Breaking" and number of
other old aud well loved hyn ms, as well as
several books upon missionary work. DR..
Smith was the pastor OF the Baptist church for
about eight years, beginning with 1884, and his
casion of a reception, which was rendered him
on Saturday evening by the church. The oc-
casion was a very pleasant one to all. Among
those who were members of the church when
Dr. Smith was pastor, there were found to be
only six surviving. DR., Smith occupied the
pulpit of the Baptist church Sunday after
noon.
The Seniors were examined on their cleo
tives Friday, and will have only two recita-
tions day for the remainder of the term.
The Junior class have voted to observe Ivy
Day this year according to the old custom, and
not to follow the plan introduced by the last
class of observing Presentation Day instead.
+. e. Barton of '85, has received an appoint
ment to a clerkship at Washington, and has
decided to discontinue his studies, and will ac-
cept the situation at once. He will probably
go to Washington early this week.
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06
GENERAL, NEWS.

The suit of Marie Booth, daughter of the late
Junius Brutus Booth, against Agues Booth to re-
part of the property left by her father has
been compromised, the terms not being made pub
he.
The general conference of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church of the United States, including
delegates from Africa and Hayti, assembled in
Baltimore yesterday
A bridge over the Schuylkill river, at Rogersford
Pa, was burned on Sunday morning; supposed in
cendfary.
William Doyle, one of the crew of schooner NJ
A. Baston of Gloucester, Mass, was drowned by
the cs,psizing of dory at Ketch Harbor, N. ST.
last week. Two companions who were with him
were rescued.
The Canadian Marine Department has sent an
officer to ST. Johns. L. F., to procure suitable
sci for the Hudson Bay service.
Mrs Lydia Richards. 81 years old, while walking
on the Housatonic Railroad at Great Darlington
Mass, Saturday evening" was struck by an express
train and instantly killed.
ZAP Smith, manager of the John L. Sullivan
combination was robbed at the Southern Hotel in
st. Louis Sunday night of gold watch and $3.50.
The watch and money were taken from his room
while he slept. He left his door open.
Six bows, from 10 to 10 years of age. have been
day for assaultlDg with stones and rotten eggs the
Newport polo team.
In the suit of Andrew B. Patten against the
9udnick Company ~ ny at at Providence R. L. for s25
chancery and attorney, the jury yesterday brought
in verdict for plaintiff OF $500.
The knitting machine needle works of Homer Il.
Grady are to be removed from Contocook, N. H.,
to Goffstown.
An official notice from the Wyoming Rubber
Works at Maiden, Mass, to all employees orders
them to resume work in the various departments
from May 9th to 18th. About 500 hands will be
employed through the summer
Frank Langston, son Of the United States Minis
| ter to Hayt who killed man in street fight in
Washington two months ago, was surrendered to
| the authorities yesterday by his father.
Charles il. Hoey, champion Indian club swingei
Of the world, was married in Natck, Mass, last
| night. to Miss Nellie Donovan, both of Natick.
Two masked highwaymen stopped the Cloverdale
stage near Uklah, Col yesterday and took the mail
and Wells, Fargo & Co.'S treasure box. The value
OF its contents is unknown.
The opening of the new produce exchange was
| celebrated in New York last night by reception
| and promenade concert in the hall of the new
| buildings. The whole building was decorated ele
| gantly and thrown open to guests
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06
Terrible sufferings of the Crew of a Rock
land Schooner.

The steamship Hanovsrian brought to Hall
fax on Saturday, from Newfoundland, the
captain and crew of the burned American
schooner Tennessee, who give the following
particulars regarding the loss of the vessel
and their own timely rescue: The Tennessee
left Rockland, March %, bound for New York,
with cargo of lime. On the afternoon of
April 8, the crew discovered that the schooner
was on fire. By midnight the fire had made
such rapid progress that the crew were unable
to remain below, and when morning broke the
entire hold OF the vessel was smolderiDg
mass of fire. In this extremely dangerous po-
sitiou the crew were compelled to remain un-
til April 7th, the fire meanwhile increasing,
when a bark bore down upon the burning ves-
sci, but refused to take off the crew, even
when conscious of the position in which they
were placed. All that night and the next
morning the wind blew fiercely aud the Ten
uessee kept flying before it in the vain endeav-
or to escape. On the afternoon of April 9Th
in lat $50 10, Ion. $50 49,, the barkentine Su-
san hove in sight, and her captain soon had
the suffering crew of the vessel on board his
craft The captain and crew OF the Tennessee
saved none of their personal effects. At II
o'clock, on the day of the rescue, the fire,
breaking through the deck of the Tennessee,
wrapped the vessel in a sheet of fame, which
could be distinctly seen on board the Susan
then some distance away. Capt. Philblook
and his men were afterward landed at ST.
Johns, N. r. The Tennessee was built al
Rockland, Me, in 1852, and rebuilt in 1871.
She was 121 tons burden.
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06
SHAW BROS SETTLEMENT.
Judge Field Orders the Assignee 10 Rem
der an Account.

BOSTON, May 5.-The case of the Globe National
Bank vs. Ferdinand A. Wyman, which is a bill in
equity brought to compel the respondent, who is
assignee of Shaw Brothers. to pay dividend to
creditors out of the S65oooo already collected by
him, was reopened in the equity session of the
Supreme Court this morning, before Judge Field
L. will be remembered that the whole case was
heard about two weeks ago before Judge Colburn
who passed an order directing the assignee to ten
der an account on or before june oath preparatory
to the payment of dividend. Judge Colburn
found, after making this decision, that the Dedham
Bank, of which he is director, was creditor of
Shaw Brothers, and, accordingly decided that he
could not with propriety act in the matter. He
therefore vacated his order. and the heard
de uovo before Judge Field. Mr.. Brooks, counsel
for the plaintiff in the case, moved that an order
be passed directing Mr.. Wyrnan to render an &C
count on or before June oath. No one objected to
this, and the order was accordingly passed. with
the express understanding, however, that the order
should not prejudice the right of any creditor who
had appeared in the case, and should not affect
their right to be heard as to any future order The
order apparently settles the matter for the present
j. o. Telle, appeared for Fogg Brothers & Co.. and
others. Mr.. Brooks for the plaintiff, E. R. &
Samuel Hoar for Wyman, Moorfield Story for
Richardson Denny and others, G. W. Morse for
the Shaws, John Lowell, Jr for A. A. Cobb & Co.,
and W. W. Vaughn for Julius Adams.
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06
THE METHODISTS.
Proceedings of the General Conference at
Philadelphia.

proceedings OF the General Conference at
Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, May 5.-The General Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church reassembled at
9o'clock this morning In Association Hall. Bishop
E. G. Andrews was in the chair and Rev. DR.. Jas.
NJ. King, of the New York Conference, conducted
the devotional exercises.
Bishop Harris read the address of the bishops,
which gave an account of the work of the church
during The past four years. There are 80 annual
conferences IA missions, IL ,349 travelling preach
ers, 12.O26 local preachers, 1,769,534 members
and Drobationers. The increase in the past four
years was SIS, $780, the number of travelling preach
ers who died was 654 and of members So 891.
The accessions were 15S.787. In 1888 there were
1874 churches and 1915 parsonages, valued at
$79, 238, 055. There are 10 theological seminal
ries 40 colleges, sc classical institutions female
colleges. The bishops, in their address, referred
to the laxity of the law divorce, and asked for
more stringent regulations with regard to the SOL
emnzation of the marriage of divorced persons. 1t
also stated that it would be necessary to elect ad-
ditional bishops. The number was left to the dis
erection of the conference. A motion to reconsider
the vote by which the subject of marriage and di-
vorce was referred to the committee the state of
the church was laid on the table.
After the benediction by Rev. DIR. Porter the
conference adjourned until 8 O'Clock tomorrow
morning.
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06
The Cred;, croh;,;.r C.ses.

PHILADELPHIA May 5.-Rowland G. Hazard,
stakeholder, upon whose complaint a receiver was
appointed for the Credit Mobiier of America today
filed in the United States Circuit Court answer to
the petition of Union Pacific Railroad Company
for the removal of Oliver Ames from the receiver
ship. Hazard AYERS that judgment for 1928, 1865
was obtained by the Union Pacific Railroad COmpa-
ny against the Credit Mobilier in the New York
court, upon which proceedings have been brought
to have said Judgment opened, that it not just
~ due, and that the Union Pacific Railroad compa
ny is necessarily interested 10 suit now pending
in Massachusetts brought by the Credit Mobilier,
to recover $2,ooO,0O0 from the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company, the latter corporation Is the sue
cessor of the Credit Mobilier. Hazard denies that
the Credit Mobiier is insolvent but he believes it
would be to its best interest if Oliver Ames was
moved from the receivership and Pennsylvania
appointed. He agrees with the statement that
Ames has not managed the trust in the manner he
should
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06
TELEsCoPRD.
Sad Accident to Local Train Near
Chicago.
Run Into by Locomotive and Twenty
Two Passengers Injured

CHICAGO, April 5.-A dense fog prevailed over
the Southern portion of the city this morning
When the Chicago and Eastern Illinois suburban
train left Auburn with passengers coming into the
city to business stop was made at South Enge-
wood and just as the passenger train was pulling
out heavy locomotive of the Grand Trunk road
which enters the city over the same track plunged
into the rear of it splitting the last car and
telescoping the other two pnning the passengers in
the broken timbers and flooding the interior with
steam from the engines boiler. Two persons were
probably fatally and about 20 others seriously in
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06
WESTERN CYCLONES.
Sections of Iowa and Illinois
Suffer.
ONE PERSON KILLED AND MANY
INJURED.

DAVENPORT, Ia, May 5.-A cyclone struck the
lower end of this city at 4.4O p. m dwelling num-
Der of buildings. One person was killed and a num-
Der of others badly injured.
ROCK Island, H., May 5.-This afternoon a cy-
clone swept across the southern end of this town.
Three houses were demolished, half dozen others
unroofed and many barns scattered to the winds.
All the buildings and fences at the fair grounds
were levelled and four persons were injured.
The Portland daily press., 1884-05-06
MASSACHUSETTS.
rae Ballot Box Robbery.

LAWRENCE, Mass, May 5. The trial of ex-
Mayor Saunders for the alleged ballot-box robbery
was continued today, with Saunders on the stand.
He testified that he had conversation with Shop
ard relative to the ballots other than to him
that if they were tempered with there would be
trouble.
A sensational point in the ballot-box fraud trial
was reached this afternoon. Mayor Breen testified
Friday last in effect that City Clerk Shepard was
perjurer. Today Mr.. and Mrs. Shepard took the
stand and testified that after Mayor B-een had Civ
en- his testimony he called at their residence and
in the course of the conversation he said, "Ihink
of that ID scoundrel (meaning Saunders) laying
in wait around the hall to skulk in.' When this
evidence was given, Mayor Breen all but leaped to
his feet, and in loud tones desired to be heard He
will have an opportunity to testify tomorrow.
Saunders, on the witness stand, made general
denial of the allegations against him,
The COchesett burglars.
BRoCKToN, Mass, May 5.-The court room was
packed this morning, when John Harris and Wal
ter Burt the negro, were brought in to answer to
the charge of breaking, entering and assault COM
mitted last Saturday night, on Barney Dunbar and
Mr. West at Cochesett. John Harris was arraigned
for breaking and entering. He confessed to black
ing his face and in company with Burt went to
DuLbar's house, but charges Burt with doing all
the shooting. He was held in $4,000 for his ap-
pearance before the grand jury. Walter 1rt was
arraigned for breaking. entering and assault, but
stoutly denied any completely in the affair. He
was held in $4,000 for his appearance Saturday
morning in the district court in this city.