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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-02-06
BRUTAL MURDER.
- Woman Shot by Rough-- The Criminals
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Fets o.
Mrs. Mary Lewis, 5S years Of age, was MUIR
dered at North Bridgeport, Conn, Monday
night. Three men, James Blake. Geo. Butler
and John Bishop, while nnder ihe influence of
drink, called at the Twitchell house and at
tempted to feloniously assant Mrs. Twitchell.
Mrs. Lewis went to her assistance when one of
the men shot her in the neck under the left
ear, severing the jugular vein. She died al
most instantly. The men have been arrested.
BRDGEPoRT, Conn.,, Feb. 5.-The three
men, John Bishop, George Butler and James
Blake, arrested for the murder of Mary Lewis
are disposed to talk freely about the case
Bishop, whose correct name is Bshoff, admits
that he fired the fatal shot but claims that it
was accidental. He said they went TO Twitch-
ellis house by his invitation to have good 30
cial time Mrs. Lewis took the gun, pointed il
at Barker and snapped it several times and
afterwards pointed :it at him, He did not
think it was loaded, and he took it himself,
pointed it at Mrs. Lewis and shot her. Mrs
Twitchen, at whose house the murder was
committed, said she had retired with her hus-
band, leaving Mrs. Lewis asleep in the
kitchen; the gang came to the door, broke it
open and began drunken frolic. She ordered
them out when one of the gang grabbed her by
the throat, threw her over trunk in the bed
room and attempted to outrage her.
She called out to Mrs. Lewis, who came to
her assistance. when Bishoff pushed her out
into the kitchen and grabbed the gun stand
ing by the bed and shot her. She heard Mrs,
Lewis exclaim, "Ohl am gonel" The shoot
ing took place about 1880 last night, and the
first intelligence was brought to this city by
Twitchell and his wife this morning. An in
quest was begun this afternoon, and an autop
sy will be held tomorrow.
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troops were armed. In reply he received Or
ders to try TO force his way to Tokar, without
delay, and with the English officers connected
with the expedition, began to march expecting
defeat. Spies had falsely reported the roads
clear with tie exception of some small bands
OF rebels. On Monday forenoon portion OF
the advance encountered a body of Osman
Dignas' troops and a fight ensned which was
mors of rout than o battle.
Later dispatches reiterate previous reports
that Baker Pash9 has met with a serious de-
feat Baker Pasha had with him $500 men,
and he was advancing when attacked. The
losses in killed and wounded amount to 1000
men. Baker Pasha with the remnant OF his
force succeeded in reaching Trinkitat. Ba ker
Pasha intends to proceed Immediately to
Suakim in the gunboat Rougher. The Khedive
has received a telegram from Baker Pasha, re-
porting his defeat near Tokar.
His losses were 1000 men, four Krupp can.
non and two gatling guns. The Turks and
Europeans fought well. Baker Pasha will re-
turn at once to Suakim with the remainder of
his forces.
Foreign Notes.
A London despatch states that America has
purchased the Dundee whaler Thetis for the
relief of the Greely expedition. The Thetis
is two years old, 600 tons burden and the
strongest and staunchest ofthe Dundee whaling
fact
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The Fitz John Porter Case.
Some Reflections Upon the Conditions and
Consequences of the Effort TO Reverse
the Verdict of the Court Martial.

To the Editor Of the Press;
Twenty years from today, no man will care
to have it known that he took sides in favor Of
reversing the judgment of Abraham Lincoln,
Edwin NJ. Stanton, William Pitt Fessenden,
Lot NJ Morrill,, and host of men just like
them, all of whom in their life time, again
aud again declared their belief in the guilt Of
Fitz John Porter.
The most surprising thing in connection
with this matter is the willingness with which
officers of the regular army have fallen into
the trap set by the friends of Porter. The
members of the court martial before which
Porter was tried hsvs been assailed, slandered,
abused, and made to appear as If they were
tools and moot men. II Porter's friends have
given the true Interpretation of that phase OF
the csse then no longer are regular armylofn-
GERS OF courts martial composed OF such officers
entitled to the regard in which they have here
tofora been held.
If, on the other hand, the respect for such
officers and courts, hitherto held, was Just,
then Porter and his friends have obtained his
vindication ~ through mystifcation and other
tactics well known to human skill. What are
these men, who have so ardently labored to
prove that the court martial which tried Por-
ter was mistaken and vindictive; that it arrlv-
ed at an erroneous finding, and consequently
pronounced an unjust sentence, going 10 say 20
ahe fathers and mothers, whose iboys were shot
to death by sentence of other courts martial
during the WARP II the Porter court blundered,
who shall say that the courts which found the
fathers of some of Our young boys and girls,
- nrfun
did not also blunder, and consequently cause
all such victims to have been murdered"
Ahl well. Fitz John Porter had wealth,
high social position, powerful friends, and he
was major general Had he been lower in
rank, without social standing or influence, it
would have been woe to the one who had dared
! to cast reflections upon those who tried tn
case. Il.
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KNIGHTS TRMPLARs.
"A superbIy Drilled Comnnandery in Nc
Work Cily.

York City.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5 Ten thousand persons
jammed Madison Square Garden last night at
the Ivanhoe Commandery ball, and applauded
cont uuously for more than two hours, while
Monroe Commandery knights Templar,
guests of the Ivsnhoe Commandery, showed
New Yerkers what Rochester can do in the
way of superb drill evolutions. The drill be-
gan at 1890 o'clock, and was the brilliant
opening of the Ivanhoe Commandery ball and
reception.
One hundred knights of the Adelphic Com
mandery, plumed and uniformed. first circled
the Garden on spirited unshod horses. Then
Ivanhoe, Merton, Clinton, Palestine, Cnur de
Lion, Dewitt Clinton, Constantine, York and
st. Elmo Communicates formed a gigantic ell
lipse in the centre of the building, and the
Monroe Knights, with full brass band and
gorgeous drum major, marched down through
the ellipse, and assuming bewildering quick
step, marched forward, backward sideways,
and in circle, and then taking fresh start,
formed anchors, triangles squares, Greek
crosses, double crosses and circles, and wound
up by constructing themselves into an alto
gether remarkable whirling star, the points of
which shot off and came back again in way
| that drew enthusiastic cheers
| When the cheers ceased the gorgeous drum
| MAJOR suddenly twirled his baton magnificent
| ly, and the band, playing triumphantly.
| marched and coantermarched on its own re-
| sponsibility with Tremendous success. 1t was
| after midnight before the marvellous perform
| ance ended, and the spectators descended to
| the floors and whirled about to the music of a
hungarian band. Mayor Parsons Of Roches-
| ter occupied box.
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a Transit Conpanr,s suit.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. Feb. A very import
ant case, that of the Northern Transit Compa-
ny against the Grand Trunk Railway of Cana
da, will be called by Judge Dyer in the United
States Court tomorrow. The case was tried in
this court nearly two years ago, and a verdict
was rendered, giving the plaintiff damages to
being far from satisfied, secured new trial
and the case will be entirely gone through
with again. The amount of damages claimed
by the plaintiff is 100000, which damages, it
alleges in its complaint, it suffered through the
failure of the Grand Trunk Company prompt
ly to handle freight for it, in accordance with
certain traffic arrangements between them
In the answer the defendant claims damages
to the amount of $4,000. The trial will be a
long one, undoubtedly, as the case is a compli-
Gated one.
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MASSACHUSETTS.
wendell Philippe FnneraI

Boston, Feb. 5.-The funeral of Wendell
Phillips will take place tomorrow in this city.
There will be services in the Hollis street
church at II O'Clock, conducted by the Rev,
body will bs carried to Faneuil hall, escorted
by the colored company, the Robert &. Shaw
Veteran Association, which has rendered its
services At Faneuil hall it will lie in state
from one o'clock until four, and will then be
privately inferred IN the family tomb in the
Granary burial ground. There will be no ad-
dresses or remarks in the church except by Mr..
Longfellow and there will be no formal SER
vices at Faneuil hall The services in the
church are intended to be for the relatives and
friends of Mr.. Phillips.
New EngIand Agricultural Society.
The largest gathering for years assembled at
the annual meeting of the New England Ag-
ricultural Society today. George r. Loring
presided. Much interest is being taken in the
contest over the location for holding the next
fair between Manchester, N. H., and Worces-
ter. Total receipts fer the year $5, ,462; expen-
ses 1888 Trustees were elected. After pass
ing resolutions on the death of ex-Gov. Head
discussion arose as to the place where the next
fait should be held. Without deciding this
point it was unanimously voted to stop the sale
of liquor at future fairs. The society then ad-
iourned till afternoon.
The selection of the place for holding the
next fair OF the Society was finally left to a
committee appointed for the purpose. In the
asternoon the annual dinner was held, at
which the proceedings were private.
Admiral Thacher's VIII.
Judge Charles Allen of the Supreme Court
gave a decision today il the matter OF the con-
tested clause of the will of the late Admiral
Henry Knox Thacher After making specific
bequests Admiral Thacher provided that the
residue of his estate should be distributed
equally to the authorized agents of the Home
and Foreign Missionary Societies to aid in pro
pagating the holy religion of Jesus Christ, ;,
The residue amounted to about $3l, ,0o0, and
the claimants were the American Board OF
Commissioners of Foreign Missions, the Home
Missionary Society, the Masssc chusetts Mission
AIRY Society and the Methodist Episcopal Soci-
ETY.. Judge Allen finds that al but the Meth
odist Episcopal Society is entitled to the money
be made
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GENERAL NEWS.

In the one hundred yard race at San Fran
cisco monday. between Kittleman and Har-
mon, for $4,000 side, the former won by three
feet.
The meat store of r. o. Isralls in Philadel-
phia was robbed Monday night of $685. in silver
and notes, a $4,000 government bond and o
note of $3.50. The bond and note we're found
this morning in an alley where the burglars
had dropped them.
Workmen in the Shoenberger iron mill at
Pittsburg, Pa, having refused to accept 10 per
cent reduction the works have closed down.
The Suit Of Charles W. Palmer of Pittsburg,
Pa, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has been settled by the company paying
$25,500. Palmer was formerly q baggage
master on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne g. Chica-
go Railroad, and in a collision he received in
1uries which crippled him for life.
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NEW YORK.
The Har.-Town.end Libel sn,

The Hart-TOwnsend Libel SuAt.----
New YORK, Feb. BIN the suit for libel,
brought by Joseph Hart, of "Trutb, !" against
George Alfred Townsend, to recover $50. 600
damages, which was on trial for the past week
in the Supreme Court, the jury today rendered
verdict IN favor of Hart, for sos. Motion
for new trial on behalf of defendant was de-
MED.
Suicide at Sea.
Richard Campbell, aged 45 years, Of the firm
OF Campbell & Smith, paper manufacturers of
Nos. ITO and 112 Nassau street, committed sui
eide on Sunday, in his stateroom on board the
steamship Britannia, which arrived at this
strap to towel roller. The deceased was rat
ed as worth over 81 100000. He left for Eu-
rope two months ago for the benefit of his
health, and it is supposed he committed the
act in fit of dependency. brought on by his
sickness.
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INDUSTRIAL MATTERS
Troubles in New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 5.-William Lewis,
foreman of a coal yard, was shot last night by
Frank Porter, striking coal wheeler. Porter
fred three shots, all of which took effect, but
Lewiss wounds are not dangerous. The DO.
lice who arrested Porter and others were fred
at. A squad of police was sent and made ott-
or arrests Rioters were imprisoned. Henry
johnson, another non-union coal yard FORE
man, was shot at last night by sn unknown
party. This morning, while squad of men
by negro strikers, and Frank Ware, white
man, wounded in the leg. II. A. Hill, engi-
neer at the Macqunis cotton mills, was shot
Saturday by Ed. Knight acting superntend.
ent, and is not expected to live. His dying
Hope aged 80 years, was shot and mortally
wounded by Henry Ferguson yesterday, dur
ing difficulty about business matters.
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A NEGRO FIEND.
Two Murders Committed for the killing
of Dog.

Two Murders Committed for the KILLING
of "a Dog.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Feb. 5.-W. f. Newry, a
negro, has confessed that he killed Henry
Oepugh and another negro named Ross and
then set fire to their house in March last near
Alton, Ill. He says that two or three years
ago Depugh killed a favorite dog of his, and
from that time he had feeling of the bitterest
enmity toward him. On the night of March
9th he was at Depugh's house, and while the
latter was preparing something for him to eat,
he shot him three times with pistol. Ross
was sleeping in the house at the time, and for
fear that he would reveal the crime Newry
shot him also. Then rih!ng Depugh's clothes
of small amount of money and taking pistol
and shot gun, he fred the house and fled
Newry was removed to Edwardsville Monday
night to prevent the possibility of lynching as
great excitement existed among the negroes at
Rocky Fork, by whom Dupugh was held in
high eateen
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NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Contest Over Gen. Hoitt,s win,

DOVER, Feb. 5.-In the Probate Court today
counsel for the widow in the case of Gen. AL
fred Hoitt, asked that her dover and home
stead be set off from the estate of the de-
ceased. Gen. Hoitt made the will in 1854 and
some of the heirs petition for its disallowance.
Today counsel for these objected to the wid-
ow's request, and after a hearing the court de-
cided that Mrs. Hoitt's request be continued to
the March term of court, when the contest
over the will commences.
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LATEST MARINE NEWS.
Notice to rIariners

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-The light house estab-
lishment has assumed control of the light on
the southern end of the breakwater at the
mouth of the Connecticut river 1t is a white
light shown from lantern on a stake and will
be exhibited whenever practicable. Mariners
are cautioned not to rely implicitly on this
light as the difficulties of reaching it cannot at
all time be overcome.
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U. S. SENATORS.

The Contest Settled in Kentucky-BIack-
burn Nominated.
FRANKFORT, Feb. 5,-Joseph @. s. Black
burn was nominated for Senator tonight on the
first ballot, receiving 65 votes against 81 for j.
s. Williams.
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Matthew Arnold deprecates- the tendency of
American youth to flock to the cities and to
seek an education that will fit them for eleri-
said An opinion like this, and coming as it
does from laboripg man like Matthew Arnold
should have great weight with our young men.
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NASHVILLE Tenn. Feb. "a despatch from
Culacan Chihuahua, Mexico, says that Judge
Henry Cooper, formerly United States Senator
for Tennessee, was killed by robbers near that
city yesterday. He was manager OF the fam
GUS Polk silver mine
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LAWYER. Charged with Land Brands.

FARGO. Oak, Feb. 5.-It is understood on
good authority that the grand jury now in ses-
sion has found indictments against large
number of prominent attorneys in this terrific
ry for frauds in land Office cases.
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WORK OF THE FLAMES.
Burned to Denth.

bufMeU 10 DeHths
WHEELING, W. Va, Feb 5.-The dwelling
of William Morrison, of Pocahontas county,
was burned last night, and two little girls, s,aged
7 and IL years, were burned to death.
Oil Works Burned
CHICAGO. Feb. 5-The works of the p. G
Haaford Oil Company at Englewood, were
partially burned early this morning. Loss
$4,000.
Losses Reported Elsewhere.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Feb 5-Fre at Lonoke,
Ark, this morning, caused a loss of $43, ,0C0.
MT. PLEASANT, Ont, Feb. 3D.. P. Crock
er's general store was burned this morning.
Loss $4,000.
JACKSON, Miss, Feb 5.-Half block of
buildings were burned at Kosciusko this morn
ing. Loss $25, 600.
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A Cyclone in idaho.

PUEBLO, CAL, Feb. ga cyclone struck
Idaho Springs today and demolished several
houses aud damaging hotels and mills. No
lives were lost.
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a WEATHER INDICATIONS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.
The indications for New England are
slightly warmer, clearing and fair weather,
southwest winds becoming variable. Higher
barometer.
Cautionary signals are ordered for Eastport
Section Z, Block Island and Point Judith.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
[11.27 P. MI
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-02-06
ON DEVILS BRIDGE.
Investigating the Loss of the
City of Columbus.

The Story of the Wreck as Told by Cap
tain Wright and second Assistant Engi-
neer COlIins-The Investigation 10 be
Resumed Today.
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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-11-13

A LONDON special cablegram says
Harold Frederick, London ~eorres-
p0ndent of the New York Times,
contributes an article to this ey
ing Pail Mall Gazette. in which he
quotes from a private and hitherto
unpublished letter from Gov. CIeve-
land, dated October 20, 1884, as fol-
lows: -
II imagine man standing in my
place, with positively no ambition for
higher position than he now holds.
in constant apprehension that he may
be called upon to ASSUME the burdens
and duties which are the greatest and
highest that human being can take
upon himself. 1 cannot look upon
the prospect Of success in this cam
paign with any joy, but only with
very serious kind of awe. Is this
right =
The Pail Mall Gazette says editor
tally: This letter furnishes per-
feet mind picture and honest cue to
character of Cleveland
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-11-13

THE following letter received by
President Cleveland from VIM. H.
Vanderbilt is worthy Of re-publica-
tion:-
HON. G. CLEvELAND-MyD Dear Sir:
I congratulate you and the people of
the whole country upon your election
to the presidency of the United States.
You owe your election, in my judg.
mant, to the tact that the people be-
lieyed you to be an honest man, and
not to any particular efforts made by
any faction, or made by the republl-
can or democratic parties. Indepen.
dent men, who care more for good
government than parties or individ.
uals, have made you their oho ice, be.
cause they were convinced your ad-
ministration would not be for the ben.
eft Of any politician or favored per-
sons, but for the benefit of the whole
people, This is just the result most
desired. We have reached time
when party amounts to but little,
The country is above all. and wants
an honest government by honest men.
The belief that they will hnd this in
you has caused your election.
Yours, very truly,
w, II. VANDERBILT.
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NUMBER 50.

lots of the people of New York, HON
<estly yscounted, and it is not Jay GoGl
and his Western Union telegraph
eom pany, that are to determine the
electoral vote OF this state. We be-
lieve tk:lt those returns. il honestly
counted, sllog that IL lDajorsty of the
people have voted for Cleveland and
Hendricks. We also believe that
Gould and Elkins coEspired to cheat
in the court. Our counsel is TO-
peaceful methods and careful al,sti-
nence from any others till the last
extremity. But If the republican
national committees call for "rssist-
-ance' is meant to jAcite republicans
to resort. to violent means To Il, feud
frauds, on the pretext Of preventing
them, upon the heads Of Elkins and
his fellow members of that committee
rests the responsibility for the stir
ring up of any violence that may
ensue. The people of the United
States have been cheated once by the
republican party in a presidential
count, and have submitted when the
cheat was ratified by an arbitration
In the fifty five million inhabitants of
this country there are not ffty-fi%s
thousand, if they can read and write.
who to-day do not feel in their hearts
that from March, 1877. to March. 1881.
the two men who exercised the offices
of president and vice-president never
were elected to them fairly. There
will he no arbitration this time, nor
any submission.-New York Herald.
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THE boasted high tariff protection
lifts the monopolist into affiuence and
sinks the day laborer into misery and
penury. It units him for any con-
test with capital by forcing him down
in the scale where it is absolute
squalor and starvation, unless he ab-
jectly submits to every reduction of
wages demanded. and if he submits, it
is only temporary and arbitrary
arrangement, accompanied by rags
and stinted, coarse living. That is
what the republican tariff and party
government has brought the laborer
to. AS for the farmer, he may sell
his wheat for As cents If he can find a
home buyer, but he is shut off from
going abroad TO see If he cannot find
a better market.