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The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27

PENSION MsA sUREs.


&iits lssrsdnced BY New Kssisad Me4
bers Of Cs1Errss.
WAsErs1TvS, F-b 26 - The f0llowinz ara
Aaa ns the rccsnt bills Introduced by Nsw z ng-
iaud members OF Congress:
By M. Poland. . b,li enA ting that in view
OF the h.ns sni faithful s4rvices ef First Lieut..
George W Rimgsbury, Twelfth United st .tss
InfA1'rv, he having serve for more than 20
years apr ng tie var II the rebollion and since,
and II, CONS queDce severe wounds through
the langs q. sptne received In action AMI IL
ths lins Of DUTY tor which total disability he IL
H"w rscomrn. ndcd bs an army retiring board
for re, iremeni, ths President 10 hereby auth
crized 10 place him on the retired Ast OF the
army, with the iank, uay and emolunaeuts OF .
cAptsin of Infantry.
Also bill authorizing the Secretary Of tho
Tut Tior to place on the p~nsion roll, subject to
she provisions aud limitations Of the prnsiou
laws, the name OF z riah Burke. widow of
tam Cooks company, Vermont nititis, war Of
1872.
By Mr.. Hale. directing the sscrstary Of the
lrt-risr t. tncre $50 he pensioa Of James J.
Chsae, isie d Lirutopant Of Co. D., ThiRty-
second regiment Maine volunteers, from S73 to
Ss7 yer nanntb.
By Mr.. Dawes, enacting that the Secretary
oft'e lrter,or b~ authorized TO placs on the
psnsiab RI subject TO the provisions and lin-
itst,oDs Of the pension laws. the name OF Mrs.
Eiisu N. Fisgs, widos Of VIM. 81. Fiaeg, iats
msEb-r Of tbs Fifty-soyonth Regiment Mas
sachusetis V,iuntte ers
By Mr.. Bl ir, providing that from and after
ths passsge OF this scL Francss HcNeii Potter
~hose ans 10 now borne ON the psps ON roll d
go per month, shall bs paid in iisu thereof the
sam OF $40 per month.
By Mr.. Davis, directing thu Secretary Of the
interior t0 place On the psuslon roll, subject to
the provisions aud limi.siinus Of the psnsior
Laws. the enc Of Warren. Chubbuck, lrts Z
private In C.. e, Twenty third Regiment NAs
sschusetts Volunteers.
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Minor Matters.

A dispatch from Broadview, Northwest Ter
rtory, dated Monday. says: Yellow Calf, the
rebellious Indian chief, gave himself up to the
police this afternoon, together with four Of his
braves, and the trouble is probably over for
the present.
Advices from Madagascar state that the few
or is rife amoug the Frenchmen at Tamatave.
Baron TeDnyson intends to support, ia the
House OF Lords, the bill legalizing marriage
with q deceased wife's sister.
M. Clemenceau expresses himself as much
Ole ased with the tenement dwellings of work
ingmsn in London. He was horrltied, how
ever, at the slums which he says surpass in de-
grading filth and wretchednessi isny thing to be
spen IN Paris. The infitr ,tion of Socialism
INTO English politics struck him as a remarka-
BILE sign OF the times.
M. Falli-res has ordered that medal be
struck in houor of the eighty-second anniver-
sary Of Victor Hugo's birth.
FifIy-fve thousand photographs of Colonel
Sudeikin's murderer have been circulated
throughout Russia. A reward Of 10000 rou-
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TIE STAR ROUTE TRIALS.

CssErsssmes Exeissd BY Bres q Dsvelsp.
mssss la she NJ ,sser ---FvspsssA e1is
Against Asssvasy Geserai Brewster.
WAsHIsarox, Feb. 2S.-rhe documents In
the 1t Z X ,u.s lastts:. ~hich have bssn scnt
70 the Housc. are exc'itux great dSsl OF in-
dixnarion, among CoaErsasmea par ticulsriy,
for the z, asoa tnst tho detectives In .he sm.
ployment of the 20, ernment sssm 8, have
treated a. evidon % every idls rumor the
eoalu DO found ., the n stioasl CApisAi IL
foot notes aad in vsri us ways ths naraes OF
public men havs b~en msutioned BY inrsndo,
aid Ia snme Cases dir-cty, % having besa cor.
tract, whan IL could easily have been Ascer.
tainsd By ,hs se professional detectives ta.t the
recommendations for the expedition Of the o
toate. ~ers ina 10 in most INSTANCES vt rho re-
G1ea Of coma tis.ts. or for some supposed
pnU, 70 Dec-ssity, iut rs Gen. 6hern IN aud
Grn. 8 ,eridsn cd petitions Oh several OF
tbe roatos ~ to which the contractors did tas-
cally things. Il ie not 20 much the fact tn It
the n smss Of these cungressmsu have been
mf fntion@d by these d1tectivss, bat that they
are sought to be connected In tbsir reports In .
corrupt ~ay, o. which the congressman com
plain. 1t is evident thst the whole g. ar Route
story Ia 10 os told over again from the bogin-
ming, and It Is unfortunate that somo OF tie
mort scaDoslous paris Of 1t are likely 70 bc
connected with the prosecution.
Ex-St atnr Sssencer mas retained ex-C3sy.
Bout veil Of Mass ,chusst-s, aud ~ D.st,ict
Attorney Corkhill of this cits, 20 brr.s snit
agAinst AIT rns, G-usral Brewster for $50 600
for ,llexed defsmA ion OF character In CO.. n 1c-
tion with the prucsed ngs 70 q log TO the atrs.s
Of Mr.. Spencer iD Nevada Judge Wylie, IN
d 90, y, Riug Spencer here, declared very em
phat,c.lly that the action OF the Attorney
General was illegal.
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27

success in that State. He 10 a former resident
OF Camden. graduate Of Bowd, IN College,
class OF ,hS, and htted for college as Camden,
Kent's Hill and Gorth Tarmouth Academy.
De u graduste OF The General Theological
Seminary Of the Protestsnt- Episccpal Church,
New York city. and after bis graduation vas
mission airy at Q dtowp, Me-, rector Of st.
Georges church at Lee, Mass, and Of 81.
Psups church. Erie, Penn. Ten years sgo he
was unanimously elected Bishop of Colorado
An address delivered by him In Denver, Dec.
Soth, on the tenth anniversary of his consecra-
ton as bishop. shows the marvellous growth Of
Colorado Territory, and Of the church Of
which he is Bishop, during the last ten years.
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27
INDUSTRIAL MATTERS.


FALL RIVER, Mass Feb. 26.-The striking
weavers in two of the Pocasset mills returned
to work this morning. The third was to be
reaoy 10Y staiilhg in's noon as the machinery
could be put in order by that time. The other
mills are gaining.
The Borosr Citv and Sycamore mills are
running nearly full. A large part Of the Po-
cass.t mills arc Running and more help is re-
ported NJ the Wsmoanosg. Union and Chase
mills today than at any time since the strike
began.
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27


PARIS, Feb. 26--Argebtine, a small town in
the department of Hsu,es Alpes was the scene
last night Of an outbreak Of viol- nee. Ten
masked ABArchists ransacked the village inn
when 81. .u1fis ensued in which one person was
killed aud seven were wounded.
The Lematin, a French edition of the Morn
ing N.ws,appeared for the first time this morn
ing. Its most strking characteristic is inde.
peudence in politics, and it gives all sides an
opportunity OF statingl opinions. NM. Paul
de CassagDac, Paul Auguste Arene, Jules
Wales and tornely will write alternately up
on political themes. The first number con-
tsins letters from four political writers making
declaration OF their political views. The
most notable is that Of Jules Wales who
says be is glad Of the opportunity of addressing
the bourgeois before being obliged to fire up
on them. NJ. Cassagnsc will expain the posi-
tien OF the Bonspartists M. Corney that of the
roysliss while Nj. Arens will represent the
government.
The death of NJ. Benjamin Ulmsnn, noted
printer is announced.
The repored removal of M. Roulau, the
French Minister at Washington is dead.
The d. aths OF the French general Schramm
ID Gen. Emanuel Felix dc Wimpffen are an
uounced.
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NJ urderer Cnrh E-capcd.

COLUMBIA, S. o., Feb. 25.-Ihs latest ad-
vlcts from Chersw are t. the effect that w. B..
Cash has eluded tpe vi ilauce of those who
were atching his fathers house. and has ee-
CAPPED, u is thought. into North Carolina.
Tow Marshal Richards is still living, but his
is hourly expected. James Coward is also in q
critical condition toright, aud his phy siciaps
entertain very little hope of his recovery. 1t
Is rumored tonight that the governor will issue
a proclamation tomorrow, Offering large rec
ward Tor the apprehension of Cash.
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27
The Chinese Must Go.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.-Judge SAWYER, of
the Clrcult Court, decided es'erday, in u tt sc
case, That Chinameu arriving without retu n
certlncate, who left here between the passas
oil the ltstrlction act on May b, 1882, and the
date y became effective, Aug. 9th, 1882, a. Q
uniawfully in the country This was AZ as
peal case from the District Court, whore the
same decision was rendered
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27
BRIMsToNE ON THE SEA.


ocean Stcamshtps O@ceFs.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Otfi'ers OF the steam
shp Egyptian MOI arch, which left London,
Feb. h ana arr we'd today, report very heavy
gales. For more than a week the balohts
we're bsttened down and the frightened pas
ssngers kept below. On the second day out"
said the third farer, 81 WAS on watch al 10 30
O'Clock p. m. WAS standing on the b,idge.
the night was very dark, a heavy gale ~ ss
blowing, and the atmosphere was charged with
slectriouy. l could feel u in my bon-s. Sud-
d. MY th-re was q lond report, like that of a
6S-pounder. and meteor exploded Just above
ihe bridge. received a vol, Mt electric
shock, and hen I felt as II I had been knocked
into a corner under q feather bed, aud could
Ds breathe. The shock knocked the helms
man away from the wheel, and when 1t had
passed the place smelled of birthstone fol over
i've minutes. The air seemed full of brim-
stone. Some OF the sailors say that they saw
red bali above the msinmast Just before the
meteor exploded, and when it did explode
forks OF FIRE leaped in every direction"
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INDIA.

LONDON, Feb. 25.-When' the American
ship Aurora, which was burned few DAYS
ago at Calcutta, took fire there were 1000
cases Of kerosene on board. II was feared that
the wind and tide would drive the burning oil
TO the crowded part of the river. but furtu.
Daiely the wind shifted, and the flaming liquid
WAS driven upon the beach. The scene was
terrible beyond description. The river seemed
to be on fire. The Cases exploded with a sound
like voll-ys Of musketry Dense blak smoke
eushrouded the town. The escape Of the ship
ping aud the town from disastrous couf ag a.
ton was narrow. The event has revived the
schems of establishing a subsidiary port at
Port Canning, on the river Mutlab, for kero-
seue ships.
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27
Coal Prices for NIarch.

PHILADEL PHIA Feb. 26 The Philadelphia
& keaoIng Coal & Iron q, m ANY has issued
It's ciroolar of March prices for the line and
CITY trade. No changes are made in the rul-
ing r4tes, the figures for white ash coal at
Schu. kill Hav being as follows: Lump
aud Steamboat, So rs; broken aud egg, $2.85;
CHESTNUT, 50; stove and small stove, $3l5; pea,
NO. l, Sl.40; buckwheat, go cents.
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27

That was triumphant appeal OF the lover Of
antiquity, who, in arguing the superiority Of
su old architecture over the new, said. "where
will you find any modern huilcing that has
lasted SO long as the sncieni?"
A dude. having asked . girl IL he might 20
home from singing class With her, and been rs-
fused said YOU'RE as full of airs as = mnsic
boz" perhaps so," she retorted; "but IL I
am don't go with q crank"
The latest patent t. be taken out Is for sheet
iron nght-caps. They are to be used In New
Jersey during mosquito tims.
How soon are great men forgotten What
has become Of the Cardiff giant?
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27
TEE NAINE sTlTE PRESS.
MAINE.
Arrested en- Charge Of Highway
Robbery.

Arrested en- q Charge Of Highway
Robbery.
BosToN, Fsb. 26.-0ficer Seaver OF the Dis
t-ict Police arrested Charles w. Cole at Lew
i.son Monday night, on charge of highway
robbery. The robbery was committed 10 RsyD-
ham In November last, VIM. 81 learned, the
CT m, being relieved of about $500. Cole
VA locsed mp at Station this morning and
will be taken to Taunton tonight
TAUNTON, Feb. 26 Charles W. Cole, ar
70 tod in Lewiston, Me-. yesterday for larceny,
10 now In charge of Taunton officials for trial.
He will plead guilty.
MaysraIty Nsminasions.
RrpDEFoRp, Feb. ga very large and
snthusiastic caucus was held by the Republi-
cans last Dight. DR.. Chas. 4. Hussey was
chairman, and Chas. A. Moody secretary. Two
names we're presented for the nomination
Seth Warren, Esq, and Maj. L. 81. Kendall.
Tho 6r-t ballot resulted:
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"Blaine Head. tho Column.r

The Suniay Tidings of Elmira, N. Y, an
independent paper, gives under the above
heading the result Of its reque to Its readers.
who are voters, to send In their choice for Pres
ident, irrespective Of party. Several hundred
responses had been rscei ged, and We quote
few lines of what the Tidings says:
'sThe Republican sentiment was overwhslm-
ing In favor of james G.. Blaine. rhe choice
OF the Democrats was between Ben Butler and
Governor Clev.l.nd of New York. Rspubli-
cans generally couple the ames OF Blaine and
Lincoln toget er for President and Vice Pres
ideut. None Of the responses received favor
free trade, but hen the question is touched at
all, II is for protection"
A Democratic reader OF Aiken, 8. c., writes
as follows.
II am Democrat, as nearly everybody else
is here, and it may surprise You people up
North TO know that we, that is, the common
people, do not favor free trade. That used t.
be we'll enough when the only peopls here
were mast.rs aud slaves, but DOW when We
have to work, We want the traits OF our labor
to have fair chance for good prices We are
not in favor Of free trade at ALL and II our pol
iticiaus say We are, they know better. MY
choice for President is Kendall Of PeDnsyl-
vanis, because think he. best represents the
conservative, progressive Democratic party,
aud ia in favor Of = tariff. II the Dsmocra G
party goes into this presidential r,ce without
protective plank. it will get left more dis.
mally than it did in 1880, when Garfield was
elected"
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27

kina, brakeman IN the st. Johnsbury Il Lake
Champlsin Railroad, fell from freight train
ne North Concord last evening, and was
killed, being badly msnaled. He leaves wild.
ow and four children.
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WORK OF THE FLAMES.
A College Burnt,

KenIueks College in this CITY. owned by the
Chflstlan Church, was buried yesterday. Loss
$4,000.
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27
LATEST MARINE NEWS.

4 he Asaa FRYE Of Psrsiaaa CslliAss wish
sn Uskssws ~ hssnsr.
NEW YORK, Feo. 16.-rns schooner Anns
Eye, 'r,m Portland, q City Island, report.
that on the I'D. when of Cape Cod, che ~as
ran 'nto by an uakuown schooner, and her fy-
ins jib and all she headgesr attached we're Car
ried away.
ssssusskips in Trsskic and 0vsrdus.
A N 1 oaai Ln.e st..Insr while ras.inx San.
ds Hulk AT III ocluck tonight sua de aiy
step ed ami 10 apparently aground
Two ships II this iUe ara dnr, tho Canada
from Loudoa and the Hslvstia from Liver
pOu.
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bles has been offered for the capture OF the as
saSsin aud 5 OoJ ronb'es for information lead
ing to his arrest. Meanwhile there 70 no clne
70 his whereabouts.
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27
RISING RIVERS.
The Lower pla..i..ipui Ri.,nr.

WICK BURG, Feb 26 The floods In the low
or mississippi, IN the Yazoo bottom, will proba-
bly, equal the foods Of last year, reaching their
maximum height about the latter part OF
March. The lower Mississippi will riss slowly
at stations below Cairo. It Is reported At
this place this morning that tho river has
broken through, three miles below Delta, Lpu-
isiana, and that the water is now three inches
above he track of the Vicksburg. Shreveport
& Pacific railroad near G ,liiornia station.
Great Flesd on Red River.
SHREFEPoRT, La, Feb. 26.-The river Is
higher taan IL has been since lS49, aHd % still
rising. Steamers are bringing in people aud
stock from the submerged plantations. The
whole country, for 100 miles above aud belo y
here is reported to be under water. Great
damage is being done. The river Is filed wit b
hJating debris and dead cattle.
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RUHSIA.
RANCE.

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 26.-It is announced
that United States Minister Hunt Is dying.
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

wAsxrxaroN, Esb. "a.
The indications for Esw England are
SNOW. fol owed BY slightly colder and partly
cloudy cher. winds generally from north to
west, and higher barometer.
METEOROLOGICAL RKPoRr.
t11.27P. MI
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27

Hon, w. r. Care lon of Lewiston, who re-
Gently went to Riverside, Cal, for the benefi
OF his health, does not think that he ia as ~el
~ the pr+seut time as he was when the lef
home. A letter, dated February 14'h, ST.
that RAINY and dull weather be- an Jan. rs
and had continued to date. H. had beeD ab'r
TO 60 out but littc In the meantime. If it were
= more favorable time Of y.ar for makiI tue
Journey over the mountains, Mr. Garcelon
thinks be Hould start tor homn at once.
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27

grand colonial party was given in Ports
mouth, N. q Friday evening last, at whicn
$50 couples oauc-d and 1.0O0 bpect .tors looked
Oh. Among the costumes worn were eix silk
dresses from E'iui, over q hundred aid ti'tv
years old. Suits represent ng SIR William
Psppsrell aud Sparhawk Of Kittery were also
among the number worn.
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27

The Maine friends Of Bishop John Spauld-
ing Of Colorado will be pleased to hear of his
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-24
Muscular English Girls.

Are our girls trying TO become toe
muscular} asks the St James Gazette
Is the physical development produced
by excessive indulgence on the hori
zontal bars, the trapeze and other
graceful forms of exercise good fOr
them This is a question asked by
one Of those disturbers of popular con
tentment-a medical man ia the col
umns Of a contemporary today. The
modern English maiden, as we know,
in the intervals of Latin, Greek, log
arithms, lawntcnnis, the works of
Mr.. Ruskin and the practice of the
sackbut and other musical iustru
ments, pursues gymnastics, with an
ardor which our medical mentor
thinks is overdone A certain amount
of dumb-bell exercise and drilling is
necessary for perfect health, and helps
to produce that comelIness of outward
form and bearing which even wise
men Go not wholly despise But taken
in excess it neither adds to grace nor
health. If we are to believe this doc
tor, the ideal of some British mann
mas would seem TO be that Of the peo-
pie Of ancient Laceadmon, among
whom the women were specially in
structed TO put on as much muscle
and as little clothing as possible. But
England is not Sparta; and warike
virtues, as Mr.. Herbert Spencer often
tells US, are not the only things 70 be
aimed at Besides, it is said that the
Spartan women were not a bit better
than other people, after all, and were
quite as open to the allurements OF
iewelry and fine clothes and good
looking gentlemen not connected
with them by ties Of relationship as
the ladies of any other city in Hellas.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-24
Distinguished Iowa Women.

A lady writes TO the Ottumwa Cour-
Ter: Speaking the other day of
whether or not women have either the
ability or inclination to enter into
politics should an opportunity be
given, a well known state officer said {:
81 have known during my connection
with the state at least two women who
had a thorough grasp Of political
affairs. / refer to Mrs James w.
Grimes and Mrs. James Harlan Both
are ladies of true nobility Of character.
They were not politicians in any sense
of the word, but they certainly possess
in an almost equal degree those quail
ties of mind which belongs IT, the
statesman. Yet both are the most
modest Of women, all they do is done
so quietly that no one suspects the
power welded save those who are
wont to 90 to them for counsel and
guidance, Grimes never fully decided
any state or national question until
his wife had passed her opinion upon
it. and the truth is, Senator Allison
throughout his public life has been
almost equally dependent upon her.
You know-the late Mrs Allison was
Mrs. Grimes niece and adopted
daughter as we'll so that their rela-
tionship was the most intimate. That
Governor Grimes saw far in the future
was evinced on that memorable occa.
sion when it fell TO him to cast the de
cisive vote in the great impeachment
case. He voted not guilty, went
home, and for the rest Of his life bore
with breaking heart the sneers and
hatred, and accusations OF treach.
cry which the professed friends OF
former years heaped upon hi n. All
this he must have foreseen, 50 that
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-24
Crushing n DOOrkeeper.
Washineton RepubIIcap

A doorkeeper of one of the ladies'
galleries in the House has succeeded
in getting himself quite thoroughly
disliked by his colleagues and by the
ladies who are not hungering for the
devoted attention of strangers This
particular doorkeeper appears to live
only to be beautiful, and in that
view Of the case his life is largely a
failure. Many remarks have been
made about his constant habit of
coming inside the gallery and staring
intently upon any well dressed young
lady who happens to be near him.
The other day this crushing doorkeep-
er persuaded one of his colleagues to
take his place for half an hour. The
crusher went down on the floor Of
the House, took the seat of a Con
gresham who happened to be absent,
stretched his thin legs over the desk,
and tried to look interesting and very
much at home. When he returned
to the CALLERS he asked the doorkeep
err who had taken his place Did
any of the ladies see me down there"
ooh, yes"
did they make any remarks about
me"
yes. several of them inquired
who that long, lean, cadaverous
looking imbecile was down there
"What2 They didn't say that.
did they7 Who did you tell them |
VAST
Il said you were hired to stay down
there and keep the lighted stubs Of
the members cigars off from the new
carpet"
The "mashern doorkeeper did not
COON the floor of the House again for
a week