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The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
NEW YORK.
Death of Augustus schell.

New YORK, March 26.-Augustus Schell,
the well known banker and politician of New
York, died at 3 o'clock this morning. He was
conscious up to within fifteen minutes of his
death His family were assembled around his
bedside when he expired. Mr. Schell was
born in Rhinebeck. N. Y, sixty-nine years
ago, and was the son of one of the earliest
tiers of Du.chess county. He was of Ger
man extraction, with tinge of Celtic blood in
his veins. Augustus Schell was graduated at
Union College, and studied law, which he
pgaeticed in New York with ex-Judge Slosson
the firm being Slosson & Schell. He had a
successful practice, but gave it up years ago to
give his attention to railroad interests, and to
the affairs of the leading trust, banking and
Insurance companies with which he was con-
nected. he began to take interest in poli-
tlcs wnen young man, and was always
Identified with the Democratic party. A cam
didate fnr the Governorship ia 1852 he was
defeated in the nominating convention by only
two votes, his successful com petitor being
Horato Seymour. He was long connected
with Tammany Hall, and in the Pierce cam
palgn he was chairman of the TsmmaDy Hail
General Committee. Under the admin stra-
tion of James Buchanan he was appointed
Collector of the Port of New York by the in-
floence OF John Kelly, then a member of Con-
eress. He was removed by President Lincoln
in 1861. During the Greeley campaign of
| 1872 he was chairman of the National Demo
cratic Committee. After the fall of Tweed he
was made Grand Sachem of Tammauy, which
| position he held until 1877, when he RESIGNED
it. he was the Tammanv candidate for Mayor
of New York in 1878, but was defeated.
The schurz Testimonial A bandened.
The movement on the part of the friends of
Hon. Carl Schurz to raise him testimonial OF
100000 has been abandoned at the earnest
request of Schurz. A considerable portion of
the SUN named had already been paid into the
fund, aud without doubt the full amount
would have been raised, but the matter com.
ing to Schrrz's knowledge he requested that
the money be returned to the Subscribers, and
out of regard to his feelings this has been
done.
Phillips Exeter Alumni.
New YORK, March 27.-The graduates of
Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., held their
second meeting at the Hotel Brunswick to-
night, to form an alumni association Charles
p Soule was elected president; eugene D.
Hawkins, secretary; Fordica ID. Barker,
treasurer: aud A. Ell. Holm, Rev. Geo. d.
Wilder, Geo. A. Piympton. Edward Tack and
Stanley MeVeagh, executive committee. AT
ter the banquet, Geo. S. Hale of Boston, Profs.
Cilley and Tafis, Rev. Robert Colyer, Rev.
Mr. Wilder and Mayo W. Hazsltine responded
to toast committee was appointed to draw
up constitution aud bylaws.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
BREAK IN WHEAT.
A Lively Grain Market at Chicago-E ew.
est Prices Reached for Cwenty Years,

Lively Grain Market at Chicago-k ow.
est Prices Reached for Cwenty Years.
CHICAGO, March 27.-There was no lack of
lie in the grain market yesterday. The tran
sactions in wheat estimated at 100000. 900
bushels nearly 5000 600 changing hands on
the call board in a few minutes. No. Spring
for May closed at S73 cents, the lowest price in
this market for twenty years. There was no
particular raid on values, but the situation de-
veloped great weakness among holders. Mar
gins were remorselessly called for, and rumors
of failures weiesprevalent. Such reports were
premature, bat the knowing ones predict some
colapses, The shorts saw no great induce
ments TO fill in their trades Wheat can al
most always be sold at current quotations. but
the days business developed instances where q
cut of quarter cent bushel was ignored by
those to whom it was offered
AS wheat is tumhling toward export prices
it may be interesting to' speculators to know
that the Nickel Plate and Lackawanna roads
are charged with having accepted an invoice
of 100000 bushels for Europe at a rate of 123
cents from Chicago to New York.
Corn was fairly active, the scarcity OF good
seed making the article desirable to hold. The
strong feeling at the opening gave way before
the break in wheat, and prices of corn fell off
3 of a cent for April or May.
Provisions were dull as wheat bids fair TO
monopclize attention until the question is solv-
ed at what price demand for export can be
maintained. The break yesterday was 81 cents
perbuShel on May whe it A leading operator re-.
CARDS the days business as the greatest ever
done here. One and half million bushels
were sold on the call for Baltimore holder at
a loss of S2h OOO
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
CAUGHT IN THE RAIL,
A Distressing aud Fatal Accident
Rochester, N. HI.

A Distressing aud Fatal Accident az
Rochester, N. HI.
ROCKIES TER, March 26.-A distressing acci-
dent occurred on the Eastern Railroad here
last evening. Just before the 7.20 train passed
Mrs. Emma Foye attempted to cross the track,
when her heel caught in fssure and she was
not able to extricate it in time to get out OF
the way of the train. The engine passed over
one leg near the thigh emitting it completely
off. The engineer did not see her and did not
know there had been an accident. The cries
of the injured woman attracted the attention
of Mr.. Frank Hurd, of the Worcester and
Nashua road, who supposed some one to be
drowning in the small pond near by. He
boldly plunged in to the rescue but of course
found nobody in the water. Later he heard
Mrs Foye's cries and discovered her lying on
the track. Medical assistance was i'm mediate
ly procured and the injured woman removed
to her home. All efforts to save her life
proved unsvailiDg and che died at O'Clock
this morning. Mrs. Foye was widow, about
% years of age. She leaves no immediate
family
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
Miscellaneous Paragraphs.

The relation between death rates and sew
erage eonFeniences or water supplies has
curious significance. The average death
rate Of St. Petersburg is about 80 per !. 900.
The city has no sewerage system, properly
so called; hence the N-va, its only source Of
water supply, becomes contaminated and III
heaitb results. Cairo has death rate OF ~
per 1000; 1t has no sewers, and the Nile
water supply is constantly contaminated.
The death rate Of Pekin is 30 per 1,00); Its
sanitary works would not be thought sufi-
cient ior small English village.
An imitatOr Of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines,
whose long pending suit for the possession
of the whole site of New Orleans has been
gossip for years, has appeared in Atlanta.
Mrs. Mary Raspberry has sued for the pos
session of about twenty-five acres of land In
the Fourth Ward, upon which there are sew
enty five or eighty houses. The property is
val led at S500,000. She claims that the
property was bequeathed to her by an aunt,
but that the will was lost or stolen, and she
was cheated out Of it by her father. Two
witnesses TO the will have now been found.
AT It's home in Siam the white elephant is
treated like baby all the time. 1t is fed
from bowls of solid gold, its food being the
same as that at the royal table. Six attend
ants are constantly posed around 1t, ready
and anxious to render any service possible.
Every morning it is carrfuly washed with
amarind water, and brushed with the soft
-.st of brushes. A prince, officially known
as ''the lord of the elephant" is assigned TO
Sach "l"H"aot, which he considers special
aark of favor.
i rss nduoeri of muskrats OF unusual
size have recently made their appe france in
,l.n ..to - O.,
day John Davidson and several other gen.
llemen came across lot of them aud began
stoning them, whereupon the vicious aui-
mails showed fight aud soon sent their as
,ailants bleeding from the field. That night
;.h= animals prowled around town ealing ev-
erything they cluld find suitable to their
aste. The next day "a Of them were killed
is they scampered away through the main
streets.
During Lent the elite of the ladies' of Mad
rid society assemble in the chapel Of the
Convens of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to
hear sermons by Father Mon, an eloquent
Jesuit, who, besides displaying much inde-
oendence in religious questioos also, on
Wednesday, March 5, administered severe
lecture to bis audience on the dissipation OF
the past winter season. Then, noticing dur
ing his sermon the arrival of the Infantas
Isabel and Eulalia, the sisters of the King,
he renewed his severe homily, directing his
remarks especially against the French plays
introduced into the Spanish theatres during
Lent Father Mons sermous were subse-
quently examined in a council Of Ministers,
and Senior Pidal. the chief of the Ultramon-
tame party and Miuister of Public Works,
was commissioned to call On the Primate
Archbishop of Toledo and demonstrate with
him on the subject. Cardinal Moreno i'm
nadia falv IN tho r,alaoa haA n IL
terview with the King, and not only ordered
he Jesuit preacher 10 cease his sermons,
but TO leave for the Seville College the same
night
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
Launches nj Rath.


BATH, March 27.-Deering & Donnell to-
day launched the schooner Oliver T. Barrett,
of 635 tons, owned by the builders, Capt. Dem
nis Roberts, who will command her, aud 9TH
ers of Bath.
Goss & Sawyer launched schooner Maud H.
Dudley, of 397 tons, owned by Freeman @.
Curtis, the builders, Capt. D. W. Oliver of
Georgetown, who will command ber, and 9TH
ers OF Bath.
B. W. & Fl. F. Morse launched the tug
Seguin, OF Sc tons, S8 feet long, 20 feet beam,
81 feet deep, built for the Knickerbocker Tow
age Co.
Schooner in Collision.
PHILDELPHIA, March 27.-Schoonfr NJ G.
Crllins, at this port from Portland. Maine. was
in collision on the forenoon of the 26th in the
Delaware river with steamer Allentown
hence for New Bedford. Both vessels re-
ceiyed slight damage.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
MASSACHUSETTS.
A Western Exp. ess Robber Arressed.


BosToN, March N.-Theodore A. Perry, one
of the men, who, in colusion with express
messenger Bert G. Loomis, robbed the safe in
the Missouri Pacific express car on the Wa
bash, St. Louis & Pacific railroad near Roam,
Indiana, last September, of $1,70O. was arrest
ed here tonight. He will be taken to Indiana
on q requisition. The other criminals confess
ed to the robbery when captured last January.
Am Alleged Forser on Trial.
PITTsFIELD. Mass, March 27-The trial of
DIR. w. I'll. Morse for the alleged forgery of the
name of his brother to notes and mortgages
began today. He had neg tiated loan OF
81 800, and it was to be secured by notes and
mortgages on the homestead Moose is charg
ed with getting the signatures of his mother
and brother by the pretence that the papers
were simply for probate business. The names
not being properly signel to the documents
Morse forged his brothers name to them. The
defence was that his brother knGw all about
the papers; he signed them, and wss to have
as loan $1,000 of the proceeds of the mort
gage.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
VENNOR'S RIVAL.
E. Stone Wfggin's Prediction of Ter
ribIe storm 4 odax.

ribie storm Oday..
OTTAWA, Ont, March 27.-E. Stone Wiggin
in conversation today said: The second and
the severe one of the twin storms predicted by
me will cross the msridisn at Halifax to-ruor-
row, D. M, at two o'clock. The breadth of
the storm will he only from Qnebec to Sandy
Point, and the storm centre will pass over St
John, n. b. Earthquakes will also occur In
divers places of which the cyclones of yester-
day in Kentucky and earthquakes In Caifor-
MIA are the advance guard The tide on the
Atlantic coast will be high ana the wind will
blow hurricane. would advise shippers to
clear their whsrves OF all perishable goods and
have the shipping in the streams and at the
docks secured By extra anchors and double
fasteniogs.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28

New YORK, March 27.-The sale of Coop
er's Jersey cattle was begun today, The at
tendance was large and Jerseys were consid-
cred fair Among the animals sold were "Ad-
okabe," COW, for $5O5; LA PriDoesse," heifer,
S42O; roheckmate," beifer, $500; match
largest price obtained at any of the recent
sales; "Nina OF St. Lambert," cow, $1,000;
Nina P.jis, ''tcow, $500; Duke of Darling
han ~ bull, $l1O0; .'Rose Pojis," Leifer
cali, $500; "Trintasia 3D." $500; LADY
Po1is OF Linden" heifer calf, 5000.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, March 27.-The Department
or Agriculture has gathered statistics showing
that the damage to the grain crops by the
frosts last year was fully as great as was esti-
mated by the department at the time. The
proportion of the grain crop reported as un-
merchantable is twice as much as in average
years. Nearly one-half the grain crop of 1883
is unmarchantable. In Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, New York, Michigan, Wis
consin, Minnesota and Dakota the entire mer-
charitable crop only amounts to q million
bushels out of 100000 bushels grown,
Even in the great grain States of Illinois,
iowa, Indiana and Ohio only one-third of the
grain grown is pronounced sound.
Customs Districts.
Senator Beck has introduced bill in the
Senate the effect of which il passed will be to
out down the number of government en- ployes
in the customs service very materially. Its
plan is to consolidate the customs districts all
over the country. La the State of Maine for
instance he reduces the number of districts
from IL to 8 In New York instead of IL he
gives g. New Jersey he chops down from co
l, putting part of the State into the Philadel-
phia district.
National Banks.
The committee on banking and currency is
considering the propriety of SO amending the
national bank laws that examination may be
made more frequently than at present and
that directors may be held to an accountability
for irregularities. COMPTROLLER Knox has been
asked for his views. This is an outgrowth of
the failure of the Pacific National Bank of
Boston.
Rivers and Harborz.
The river aud harbor committee has nearly
completed consideration of the proposed river
| and harbor bill. 1t is understood that the az
gregste of the bill will not exceed $I1 600 900.
| To the Mississippi and the tributaries about
$5,0O0,OOO will probably be appropriated.
Facts and Rumers.
The House committee public buildings and
grounds Tuesday asreel to recommend the erection
ofs public building at Manchester, N. H., to cost
$4,000 and one at Houlton, Me-, to cost SOC, 600
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
Mr.. Reeds Reply to Mr.. Hewitt.
He Exposes the Absurd Inconsistency of
Rewiit's Positions.

The report 1f the proceedings in Congress on
Wednesday which came by telegraph to Maine
contained some report of Mr.. Hewitt's tariff
speech made in the course Of the debdte on the
bonded whiskey bill, but nothing of Mr..
Reeds ereply, of which we find in the New
York papers the following report:
Mr.. Reed, OF Maine, expressed his satisfac-
ton at being relieved from the necessity of en-
swering Mr.. Hewtt's speech, because some
parts of the speech answered the rest of it
The gentleman seemed to be in a great state of
mind on the subject of raw material. Moth.
ing would satisfy him but free material, and
no price vas too high to paw for it. He had
announced that for the sake of free material
he would vote to take all the tax off wool =,
and for the sake of raw material he would
vote 10 put all the tax IN wool he could get
there. He had been conspicuous in declaim-
ing against the inequalities of the tariff, and
vet be proposed to vote for bill which COLI
tanned every irregularity, except that it was
20 per cent. lower. He had announced bls
disbelief in tie bill for which he proposed to
vote. what troer commentary could there be
on Democratic policy than such declaration
from one of the foremost business men still left
in the ranks OF that party? What stronger
commentary than that man declared himsel
ready to vote in three different ways, in each
one of which he disbelieved, and on each de-
claration received the applause of the Demo-
cratic side? He (Mr Reedl supposed that the
gentleman took one-third of his associates with
him in one bad proposition one-third in anoth-
er, one third in another, aud all on the general
wrongfulness of the whole speech Uucon-
scously to himself the gentleman was Juggling
with Words When what the gentleman said
was figured down 1t would be found that raw
materials was that out of which bar-iron and
nothing else could De made. TLauphter and
applause on the Republican side
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
RAILROAD MATTERS.
The Grand Trunk.

1t is stated that there is soon to be change
of policy on the part of the Grand Trunk rela'
tive to through PASSENGER traffic from Western
Canada to the United States. 1t is said that
the Grand Trunk proposes TO run all its
through trains out of Buffalo over the Interna-
tional Bridge, instead of by way of Suspension
Bridge, employing that line for local traffic
alone.
General Manager Hicksop, of the Grand
Trunk, informed the delegates who visited
him last week at Montreal, in reference to the
reduction of wages, that he was not anxious to
enforce the reduction if the men did not agree
SO it, but he would be obliged to reduce the
ttsff and cease carrying freigbts at unremuner-
ative rates. The granaries at Chicago are filled
with wheat awaiting shipment, but owing to
the present scale of wages the company cam
not carry this grain at rate which will yield
a fair profit Mr.. Hickson considers it better
Tor the men to accept a temporary redu ction
than to allow the freight traffic to be suspend:
ed and trainmen discharged.
FIinOr Notes.
The Maine Central railroad has issued cir.
cular stating that the standard time adopted
Nov. 10Th, has been abandoned, and that
trains are now run to st. John by Eastern
standard time, which is fifty minutes
slower than St. John local time, and one hour
slower than Intercolonisl standard time.
The first annual meeting of the New Eng
land Railroad Club was held at the Boston &
Albany Railroad station, in Boston, Vice Pres
ident j. W. Marden in the chair. The report
of the Secretary showed that the membership
was e8, and gave record of the subjects dis
cussed during the past year. The following
officers we're elected: President T. D. Adj
ans, master car builder of the Boston & Alba
ny railroad; Vice President, J. W Marden
master car builder of the Fitchburg railroad
Secretary and Treasurer, j; NJ Ford, OF the
Boston & Albany railroad; Executive Com
Messrs. j. N. Lander, of the Old Colony rail
soads D. G. Richardson, of the Boston & Maine
railroad
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
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THE MAINE STATE PRESS.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

WASHINGTON, March 2S.
The indications for New England are
slightly colder followed by warmer fair
weather, preceded in Maine by local rains anc
followed Friday night by rain, diminishing
westerly winds shifting to easterly.
Cautionary signals at EastEort.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
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DUBLIN, March 27--The Freeman's Journal
publishes an interview with Parnel. The
House of Lords Psrnell believes, will reject
the franchise bill and the result will be a dis
solution of Parliament aud an appeal to the
country. The government, he says, is depend
ent in committee of tn whole upon the Irish
vote for a majority. The raising of special
fund is contemplated to meet the exigencies of
the Parnellitea
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
THE OLD WORLD.

Osman Digna Again Defeated by the
British.
Tamanieb Captured and Set on
Fire.
Ihe Campaign Ended and Gem Graham
Ordered to Return.
Comments of the Berlin Press on
Minister Sargent.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
Ysleta, Texan town on the Rio Grapde,

Ysleta, a Texan town on the Rio Grande,
is now said TO be the Oldest town in the
United States 1t is we'll established his
,orical fact that Spanish military explorer,
named Corando, visited the town in 1910,
and found 1t then a popular and prosperous
civilized Indian community. He was i'm
medialely followed by the Franciscan Friars,
who erected a church and established
schools. The same race of people exist in
The town today that exi sted $50 years ago,
and they are engaged in the same agrfcul-
tural and mechanical pursuits as their fore
fathers at that period and for ages proceed
ing.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
WORK OF THE FLAMES.
Rig Eslaze in. An,ericus. On.

MACON, Ga, March 27.--Fire broke ont in
the Barlow House, at Americus last night, de-
stroyiDg the hotel and eight stores in the same
block, and causing less of S80,0O0 The
guests OF the hotel barely escaped with their
lives.
Printing OfEice Burned.
CHICAGO, March 27.-The building occupied
by Cooke q Co., printers, and others, was
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
appointments of bishops by the Pope.

ROME, NJ ,roh 81 AT the consiftorv held to-
day the Pope appointed RI. Rev. f. X. Leroy
to be arch bishop of New Orleans, and Rt. Rev.
D. Manncy, now of Corpus Christi, Tex, bish.
op OF Mobile.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
Cable Notes.

1t is officially stated that last year. at Ermsteben
small town OF Prussan Saxony, 403 persons were
seriously ill, and 66 died from trichnoss. The dis
ease was caused by eating raw pork which all came
from one and the same hog.
The persons recently ari ested at Madrid on the
charge of conspiracy against the government are
ioTDidden to converse with any except the ofic
ial VINO nteTrogates them. General Yelarde is
most compromised
lhe police have discovered dynamite bomb
Shell In densely crowded building az Leipsic. No
there.
II is announced at London that Gladstone has re
celved his usual health and will return to Paalia
ment Monday next.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28

BERLIN, March 27.- Apropos of the appoint
ment of Mr.. Sargent to bs Minister to Russia,
the BsrIiner Tsgblatt considers that America
has conferred demonstrative honor upon Mr..
Sargent which cannot be regarded as a victory
of Prince Bismarck's policy. The North Ger
man Gazette prince Bismarck's organ)s silent
on the Ruhiact
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
LATEST MARINE NEWS

Fall.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28
A Democratic stronghold Carried by the
RepuhYIcams.

Dover, N H., March 27.-The annual town
meeting of Farnington today caused much
surprise to politicians of both parties. For
years it gave large democratic majority, but
today the entire republican ticket was elected.
M"ch excitement prevailed in Farming ton,
the home OF John f. Cloatmar, a leading dem
ocrat who is talked of as delegate to the ma
tional convention.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28

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