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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
Amendments sent to tte Senate.

Wendell A. Anderson of Wisconsin, was today
appointed Consul General al Montreal; Pierce nj.
b. Young Of Georgia Consul General at ST. Pc
tersburg; Geo. b. Goodwin of Massachusetts,
Consul at Annaberg; c. 7. Russell of Connecticut
John Goode Of Virginia, to be Solicitor General.
Robert A. Howard of Arkansas, to be Assistant
Attorney General.
Francis Wharton of Pennsylvania, to be Exam
iner of Claims for the Department of State.
William NJ Merrick of Maryland, to be Associ-
ate Justice of the Supreme Court OF the District
of Columbia.
Bartlett Trip, to be Chief Justice of the su-
VIM B. Mcconnell, to be Assistant Justice OF
the Supreme Court of Dakota.
John G. Shields of Michigan, to be Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of Arizona.
William H. Barnes of Illinois, to be Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona.
James B. Hayes of Wisconsion, to be Chief JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of Idaho.
Elisha Van Lang of Indiana, to be Chief JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico.
Justice Of the Supreme Court of New Mexico.
VIM. H. Henderson of Arkansas, to be Assocl-
Charles r. Pollard Of Indiana, to be Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of Montana
VIM. G. Langford, to be associate m ;r justice OF
To be United States Attorneys-Geo L. Bird,
for the District of Maine; John S. I'll. Frlnk, for
the District of New Hampshire
To be Judge of the United States Court for the
District of Alaska, Lafayette Dawson OF Mlssou-
Col John Gibbon. of the 7th regiment of infan-
try to be Brigadier General; Col. AbSaom Baird,
Inspector General, to be Inspector General, with
the rank of Brigadier General; Lieut.. Col Joseph
c. Breckenridge, Inspector General, to be lnspec-
tor General with the rank of Colonel.
John f. Herrick, to be postmaster OF Rangeley,
Maine.
VIM E. Smith of New York, to be assistant sec
retary of the treasury.
Conrad N. Jordan of New Jersey, to be treas
urer of the United States.
James w. Whpley of New York, to be second
comptroller of the treasury.
Richard r. Mcmahon of West Virginia, to be
deputy second comptroller of the treasury.
John r. Garrison of Virginia, to be deputy first
comptroller of the treasury.
w. c. Rosecrans of California, to be register OF
the treasury.
Roswell A. Fish of California, to be assistant
register of the treasury.
VIM. A. Day of Illinois, to be second auditor OF
| the treasury.
John S. Williams of Indiana, to be third auditor
| of the treasury.
| VIM. H. Welsh of Maryland to be deputy third
| auditor of the treasury.
Chas. NJ. Shelley of Alabama, to be fourth audi
| tor of the treasury.
Anthony Eickhoff of New York, to be fifth audi
| tor of the treasury.
John S. McCalment of Pennsylvania, to be COM
| missioner OF customs
| Daniel M. Fox of Pennsylvania, to be supern-
tendent of the United States mint at Phlladepnla
| Edward r. Pierce appraiser of merchandise for
| the district of Portland and Falmouth, Maine.
B. j. Peach, Jr., pension agent at Boston.
| Civil Service mmlSSlonerS-Altred ID. Edger
| ton of Indiana, VIM. l.. Trenholme of South Caro-
| lima and Dorman r. Eaton of New York.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
MaIne's Ex-LegisIators.

There are many men in Massachusetts who
have been at one time or another connected with
the government of the State of Maine. The ap-
preaching reunion at Augusta of all ex-legisators
and also persons who have been connected with
the executive department, has led to a call for a
meeting in the gentlemens parlor of the Quincy
House at o'clock this afternoon. AT this meet.
ex-members of the Legislature, and of the execu-
tive council as well as OF others who have held
high official station. The Augusta reunion prom
ises to be big event. Boston Herald.
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Particulars OF Hon. 3. Cratz Browns
Death.

ST. LOUIS, Dec 14.-Hon. B. Gratz Brown who
died Sunday, had been ailing only about week
On Friday, a week ago, he came into the city to
be present at the sale of the st. Louis, Hannibal
connected, and it is supposed that he then took
cold which resulted ina violent and rapid attack
of pneumonia. He gradually sank from midnght
city passed away, surrounded by all the members
of his family. The time of his funeral has not
vet bppn fixed
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
GENERAL N EWS.

Carter Browne, with many aliases, a noted
hotel thief was yesterday in Boston sentenced to
eight years in the State prison.
Gen. Robert Toombs is sinking at his home at
Washington, Ga. His physician says that he can
not recover.
In the fog yesterday morning the steamer Lotta,
from Coxsackie for Albany, N. Y. struck on a
dixie, crushing her bow and sinking Immediately.
No lives were lost.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
Four Drowned in one pay.

SwANToN, Dec. 14-Four persons were drown
ed in Missisqudi bay at Phillipsburg, Saturday.
Henry Burke and Annie Scroggie, teacher, while
skating broke through the ice, the latter being
while crossing the bay broke the ice and all were
drowned
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15

yXTANTED-Iadiesa and Gentlemen wishing a
w nice quiet boarding house will do well to
call at corner of ELM and OXFORD SITS, No. 67 /;
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
Storm on the Sound.

NEWPORT, Dec. 14.-The storm which ragged
here last night was unusually severe. The Old
Colony boat from New York did not reach here
till 10 o'clock this morning, and the boat which
should have left here at O'Clock last night did
not go till $40 this morning.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
HOUSE,
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Supreme Bench Furnishes a
Mormon.

WASHINGTON, Dec. lathe Supreme Court Of
the United States today affirmed the judgment of
the Supreme Court of Utah in the case OF Angus
NJ Cannon, plaintiff, against the United States.
Cannon was indicted under the Edmunds act for
unlawful cohabitation with more than one woman.
dence on the ground that the Indictment did not
alege that he was a male person. nor that the CO.
habitation was with woman as wife. The OBJ
lection was overruled and the verdict of guilty
was returned. The defendant was sentenced to
pay a fine of $500, to be imprisoned in the peni-
Tertiary for six months, and to be further impris
er disSented.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
Bates College Alumni Dinner.

The second annual dinner in Boston will be held
at Young's Hotel on the Goth inst. at p. m. A
business and social meeting will be held the same
afternoon, preceding the dinner. The above date
Is a week earlier than last year and is expected
to better accommodate a larger number Of the
alumni OF the college than found it possible to at
tend at the first alumni dinner last January.
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,

Published every day Sundays excepted) by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
AT 81 EXCHANGE STREET, PORTLAND, ME.
TERMs-Eight Dollars Year. To mail sub
scribers Seven Dollars Year, if paid in advance
Address all communications to
PORTLAND PUBLISHING co.
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Aotion on the paath Of R. Z. Merrlck.

A meeting of the bar of the United States Su-
preme Court was held this morning in the cham
Der of that court to express the profound sense Of
the loss sustained in the death of Hon. Richard L.
Merriek, and to bear testimony to the public and
private virtues which marked his distinguished
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15

WOOSTER, o., Dec. 14-The Orrville Farmers
Bank, private institution run by prominent cltl-
zens of 0rrville and vicinity, was closed Saturday
The bank was reported to be shaky some time
ago, but was reorganized and was thought to be
solid. 1t holds funds of several townships and
school districts ON deposit and 1t is reported that
the depostors will lose ALL The failure is said to
have been caused by outside speculation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
No Faith in Him.

The Kennebec Journal says that one of the
newly appointed Democratic postmasters in a
neighboring Kennebec town is in a predicamcnt.
He received his appointment several months ago,
but his fellow Democrats have so little faith in
him that he is unable to obtain bonds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
RAILWAY MATTERS.
The Eastern Railroad Suits.

Important legal steps have been taken by the
Eastern Railroad Company to determine the
contested election of Dec. 9th, and the entire
question of the sinking fund.- provided by the acts
of 1876 and 1885, and its management and ap-
plication by the trustees will be involved. 1t is
claimed that all certificates of Indebtedness pur-
chased by the trustees must be Immediately can
celled. and that in any event the trustees II tney
invest the sinking fund in such certificates, must
havenO power to vote themselves thereon, or to
use them to outv0te their own beneic1arleS under
the trust. That as this sinking fund increases
every year, the trustees would soon, by this
method obtain absolute control OF all future cleo
tions and the certificate holders, who are princl-
pals, would be controlled by their own agents. 1t
Is further claimed that the action OF the trustees
is an unwarranted interference with the rights OF
the certificate holders and that the trustees ac-
or submit to the meeting the question of the re-
suit of its own ball0ting, and then declaring the
meeting adjourned without even entertaining the
appeal that was formally taken, was arbitrary
and illegal in the extreme, and that all OF these
questions will come before the court II the
trustees had not counted the sinking fund certif-
Gates the old directors ticket would have been
chosen by large majority. 1t is also claimed
that the trustees had no right to count the Har,
ward College proxy, and that this alone would
have reversed the result. Sidney Bartlett Chas.
Levi Woodbury., Henry D. Hyde, and others OF
Boston. together with Hon. Orville D. Baker at
torney general of Maine have been retained as
counsel for various certificate holders, and Hon.
William G. Russell ana others of Boston act as
cOuflSel IOI tuc bIuolccS. AuC 10 DAOu5kle ~
the name of the New England insurance Com
pany and will be brought in the Supreme Court
Of Massachusetts, probably in January.
Minor Matters.
Station Agent Kinsman of West Manchester
depot has received the third prize, $40, awarded
by the Bosten and Maine Railroad Company to its
station masters for the best kept and most at
tractve stations on the line.
1t is rumored, says the Commercial Bulletin,
that the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Rail
road earned $50, 900 net for october and NOvem-
her. Fixed charges average for two months $685.
600, making the surplus earned $4,000.
The Bangor Commercial of Saturday says that
1t is reported what seems to be good authority,
that the managers of the International Railway
Iake Megantic) are to abandon the proposed
route across Moosehead Lake, and go to Green
VILE at the foot Of the lake instead as originally
intended
The directors Of the Eastern Railroad elected at
fed of their election.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
A Dead Body Found.

CALAIS, Dec. l4.-The body of an unknown wo-
man was found behind barn four miles below
this city this morning in partly naked state. An
inquest will be held tomorrow morning
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
WAN z ID.

DY wholesale dry goods house in Boston, a
ID salesman to sell dry goods in the State OF
Maine, one who has an established trade In this
line. None others need apply. Address
dee9dtf +. o. BOX No. 1455.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
WAN ID.

JNREE instruction. Nine young gentlemen to
learn telegraphy. A first class situation as
sured when qualified, at salaries from S45 to
sI25 monthly. Address BOSTON TELEGRAPH
INSTITUTE, 90 Washington ST., Boston.
dec12 d1W
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
Serious Fires in Somerset County.

AUGUSTA, Dec. IA special to the Kennebec
Journal says: On Saturday at 1 O'Clock a. m. the
Kidder barn on the farm of S. c. Mills in Starks
was discovered to be on fire and was soon con-
sumed. 1t contained so tons of hay, about 1900
bushels of oats and nearly all Of his farming tools
and carriages The loss is S5,000 insured for
$4,000.
About the same hour the farm buildings of Josiah
Quimby of Mercer were burned together with
nine head of cattle, one horse, two hogs and all
his crops. No insurance. Cause of fire unknown
in both instances.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
Failure in lewiston.

Boston, Dec. 14.-P. C. Thompson, boot and
shoe dealer in Lewiston, Me-, has failed. He
owes about $40, 900, with nominal assets of about
S1O ono
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
FOREIGN.
The Peace outlook in the Balkans
Bright.
Prince Alexander in Conference With
the Turkish Envoy.
cIsdstene Writes the Queen Regard.
ing a Parliament for ireland.
Lord Salisbury Opposed to Confer.
ence of the Leaders.

LONDON, Dec. 14.-The report in despatch
from Belgrade on Saturday last to the Reuter-
Telegram Company, that bloody engagement
had occurred at Wiki Izyor between two bat
talions of Bulgarians and body of Servians, in
which the former were scattered and the town
itself captured, lacks confirm alton and is gener-
ally discredited.
SOFIA, Dec. 14.-Prince AleXader at Prot has
since Saturday been in almost constant confer
ence with the Turkish envoy, and Lascelles, the
English agent over the settlement of the Rou-
melian question Constant communications
have been kept up with Said Pasha, the foreign
minister at ConstautnOple, and this morning it is
officially announced torecognize the Roumelian
commission.
The conditions of the agreement are understood
to be the semi-independence of Roumelia, the
garrisoning of Philippopos by national troops as
guarantee of good faith on Turkeys part and the
recognition of Prince Alexander as the executive
head of the new Roumelan government, of course
under the direct suzerainty of the Sultan Turkey
is allowed the posses sion OF the Balkans and the
right of free passage across the country at any
time for the proper defence of the frontier. The
news gives great satisfaction here.
The army still remains entrenched along the
Timos river, and is busily engaged In strengthen
ing its natural strong position. The defenceS OF
Mustapha Palanka are being enlarged. The
Servian army is still at Nissa working on the fort
ifeakiOng
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
Fell from a Bridge and was Drowned.

RocKPoRT, Dec. 14.-The seven years old son
of George Young of this village fell off the bridge
over Goose river near his mothers house to-day
and was drowned. The body has not yet been
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
The Presidential SUCCESSION Bit.

The only addition OF Importance made to the
Senate, is provision for the repeal Of sections
numbered from LAT to 150 inclusive, OF the Re
tions in the case Eof vacancies in the office OF
President and Vice President. The effect OF their
repeal is to continue the successors TO the Pfes-
dency in Office until the next general election.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
LOST AND FOUND.

T OsT-Lad'ys riding whip, marked Annie w.
H Fowler, a liberal reward will be PAID upon
its return to SCHL0TTERBECK'S Drug store.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15
Revisine the House Rules,

In presenting the dissenting report of the mi
minority of the committee on rules in the House
today Mr. Randall gave at length ms reason lG
ted by the majority is proposition to distribute
certain Of the appropriation bills which haze Np
committee, among the other committees Of the
House. He Idecfares that such distribution is
without example in any enlightened legislation IN
opinion the inevitable result would be
to make it impossible. to keep any
Just relations between receipt and expenditures
taken from the committee on appropriations and
given to committee having charge OF general
lar appropriations haue steadily increased, and to
such degree that if the same ratio of increase
to be followed in all other appropriations the
result would be not only to exhaust the surplus
revenue, but compel the levying of increased ex-
penSe.
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MAIN e.
The Wrecked KIndIing Wood Factory.

Especial to the Press.1
WIsCAssET, Dec. 14-Workmen were at work
up to late hour yesterday, clearing away the
debris, the result of yesterdays crash. All of the
wood was taken out and covered, in view of the
approaching storm, and extra precautions taken
to avert further disaster to the already shattered
building.
For ten days the pile in the kiln was steadily in
creasing until at the time of the accident, there
were $4,000 bundles or little over 80 cords OF
wood sawed into four inch lengths. In all there
was 220 tons in space 22x32x28 feet posts.
Work in the packing department was to be re-
sumed Monday, after lull of several weeks.
Large orders were to be filed, and the loss to the
thirty workmen who are thrown out of employ
ment, with that of the agents, which cannot at
present be estimated, is serious blow to the
business interests of Wiseasset.
Big Blaze at Biddeford.
BfDDEFoRD, Dec. 14-The stable of Kenneth
w. Sutherland, wholesale confectioner Of this
city, was burned tonight with two horses wagons,
hay, harness and large stock of confectionery.
Loss $500; insurance $500. The stable was
owned by Horace Piper of Washington.
Injured by Falling Tree.
LEWISTON, Dec. ~14.-J ohm Lane of Greene
while falling trees Saturday had his leg caught as
trees fell and terribly crushed 1t has been am
putated, but the doctors say he cannot live.
Postmasters Appointed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA.
The following are to-day's appointments of
Maine postmasters East Surry, Adelia NJ. Gray;
Pennington Falls, Hannibal Hamlin Hobbs; Cen
tire Hirm, B. Hooper; North Waldoboro, Byron L.
Barnheimer; Weld, H. Ireland; Thomaston, T. A.
Carr.
Surprise at the Verdict.
BIDDEFoRD, Dec. lathe coroner's inquest
on the death of Herbert Leach resulted tonight
in verdict to the effect that he was killed by the
train, through circumstances for which the rail-
road company was net responsible. Surprise is
expressed at the verdict as many suspected foul
play.
Obituary.
Capt. Benjamin Mosher, one OF the oldest resi-
dents here and well known throughout New Eng
land, died in Saco yesterday, aged 72. He follow
ed the sea fifty years and was shipwrecked several
times, once off the coast of England, being the
only man saved out of crew of twenty-five. He
had for several years been engaged in the coal
business here.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-12-15

G. LIEBMANN,
Sergeant Signal Corps, U. S. A.
The National tribune., 1885-05-07

Sarran Glocum, from the Pyrenees. A costly
counter OF various marbles extends the length
OF the room. surmouDted By a balustrade Of
mahogany and plate glass. Behind this are
the five tellers, separated from each other by
wire partitions; in fact, each is incIosed in
wire cage. These teliers have each a separate
account with the vault clerk; they are charged
with the money they take out in the morning,
and must return the same amount. either in
money or vouchers, at the close of the days
business
us there no way for one of these to become
4 defanlter?" asked NATIONAL TRIBUNE re-
porter of prominent Treasury official.
Hardly" was the reply. lyon see, their
accounts are balanced each day, and during
business hours they are under constant surveil-
lance, not by detectives; but then each can be
seen by the other, and all by the book-k keepers,
just behind them. Then, too. the gallery is oc-
cupied nearly all the time By strangers. who ara
peering down upon them from above, 80 that
there would be no opportunity for them to con-
ceal any money about them and get away with
it, Then also. the system of accounting checks
is very strict, and one teller doesn't know
when he is going to be transferred from one
point to another. This transfer is very fire.
quently made. For instance, you are teller,
and you have put in your statement at night,
showing the condition of your particular cash
account to the vault clerk. Now. your cash Is
kept separate and distinct from that of any
other teller; and suppose, after you have depos-
The National tribune., 1885-05-07

the United States is now the treasurer, is on
the first floor of the building on the east front,
just east of the northern elevator.
TURNING OVER THE MONEY.
When the contents of all these various vaults
shall have been counted and the results found
to correspond with the reports sent to the
Secretary Of the Treasury from the Treasurer's
office, then the new Treasurer will receipt to
his predecessor for the amount ascertained to
be On hand. and the latter and his bondsmen
will be relieved from responsibility. With ali
the system of checks, the Treasurer has to rely
largely upon the honesty and integrity of his
employees, and as most of those now in the
office have been there for many years it is q
proof that they have been upright in the per-
Torrance of their duties Gen. Spinner when
Treasurer, insisted that as he was under such
heavy bonds for the faithful custody Of the
United States cash. he was entitled to the abso-
lutte control of his force; that his viii should
be law in the matter of appointments and dis
missals. and that the Secretary of the Treasury
should not force upon his office men appointed
for political reasons. Consequently, he was
careful in the selection of new men, was always
on the lookout for those who he believed would
prove of value. and when he retired left in the
Office trained and efficient force which could
not be surpassed by any banking house in the
world. But few changes have been made since
then, and the force to-day is fully up to the
high standard adopted by the gruf old Gen
eral." whose Intercollegiate signature was so
difficult to deeipher and whose conscientious
devotion to his duty earned for him the title
of the watch dog of the Treasury"
The National tribune., 1885-05-07
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