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The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
Ex-Chief Justice Vincent and the
President.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Nov. 1S.-Ex-Chief Justice
Vincent of New Mexico, who was recently sus-
pended from office by President Cleveland for
appointing Stephen w. Dorsey jury commits
sioner, left this city last night for Washington,
where he will remain until Congress convenes. 1t
is openly asserted by Mr.. Vincent'S friends here
that the object of the ex-chief Justices visit to
the National capital is to prevent the confrma-
tion OF his successor by the Senate. Vincents
father-in-law Charles Rigeley, proprietor OF the
rolling mills here and prominent iron manufac-
tnrer and a protectionist Democrat, has just re-
turned from trip to Washington and the East East
He has, through the influence OF kindred IN inter
ton in this matter, which he claims will prevent
the confirmation Of Vincents successor when his
name is presented to the Senate. Senator Cul-
lon, to Whom Vincent is intimately related by
marriage, has also allied himself with the oppo-
sition, and will openly challenge the Presidents
action when the Senate convenes He will at
tempt, through his influence with his Republican
brethren to rebuke the chief executive by refus-
ING the confirmation of Vincents successor.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
BLAZING OIL.
Terrible Accident in a Philadelphia
Mandatory.
One Man Burned to Crisp and Two
Others Die from Their injuries.

Pnu .nr,prr,A Nov 1a-An explosion OF a
-, Trio
'aiiA ol OH al the liiduelpuia Lupiio ooinPanJ
works on the Delaware river, at the foot OF Moore
street this morning resulted in the death of a
., - ~, o,,, sarous-
man anu the propaple aeath oi q poy ahu
ly Injured four others. 1t also caused the partlal
destruction of tha astah1ishment The victims are
- ',.o 20 h,,,od t a
Alexander Banks, ageo AZ, VINO was ouh neU " +"
crisp; Charles Marshall a boy aged Il, cannot be
fonna. Toeenb Eohinson Patrick Doyle, Charles
,,bo viii die fr,m
mclean ana Arthur 1ruepei VIM WI 'A0 A0'ii
their Injuries
A oano of man Numbering about 10 were at
9s " .'.s.- sa,,,,t1,+ion nnder q large
WORK repairing STONE IounuaVion ui,u0i 80 -
iron still which contained 100 barrels OF crude
NJ, srto .o,,sirs od baen nartly completed and
~ nav 's - IN mastering nm
several OF tne men were Silga6Tuh III the stiff
tne interior Wals Mhel tne ~ ln M s md tfino
was pioWn OH set!lng iie on III MI III 70 faI On the
over the stlll causing the puihs oli W i va '-'
men peloW, an ..oor, ,,od otorco os
Alexander Bangs age9 AZ yeaIss at Ilr ~ ar
tne gang, ana was Morkins +| i Wbiia
tne tank, when the eXplosion t1ok pd plaued fr the
tne rescung party was searcg aiTu ,;n ~, nn the
victims his body was oDsetHsa II Hs and ID snr
gIoulu ciosS 70 . tno na ~ +he r;ap named
rounded Dy Dlazmg OH. Ohe " Vle ~ 5n,,a lno hi
nlchael Cavana1gn tpluooelTtu tasta ~ bis comnan
alu - .fo,s,sd affar ono nf the
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
U. S. sENAToRsHIPs.

SALEM, Ore, Nov, 1s.-The Legislature took the
first ballot yesterday for United States Senator
The Republican vote stood "a for John Mitchell,
Is for George H. Williams, and the remainder
scattering Tho Democrats voted solldly for
James Fl. Slater 1t requires 42 votes TO elect.
LATER.
PORTLAND, Ore. Nov. 19-Ex-Senator J. H.
Mitchell was today elected U. S. Senator on the
third ballot.
Thel7 Democrats who voted for Mitchell JUS
tify their voting for Republican by stating he
pledged himself to support the Democratic ma
fionsi administration in whatever may be required
Of him They voted for him under authority OF a
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
Base Ball Notes.

The National Base Ball League met at noon
yesterday in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York
city. All the clubs in the league were represent
ed. Officers of the league for the coming year
were elected as follows: President and secretary
N. E. Young of Washington; Directors, John q
Maloney, H. " Lucas, A. II. Soden ana j. T.
Allen. The day was passed in considering alnena- Si
ments to the constitution of the league and max
TIE leapue viii meet again to-day when the limit
rule relating to salaries will be considered.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
THE ORDNANCE COMMITTEE.
What was Done at Yesterdays Ses-
sion in New York.

NEW YORK, Nov. 18-The Congressional ord
nance committee resumed its session here today.
Messrs Randall, Hewitt Hiscock. ICrisp, Phelps
and Reed were present. Letters were read from
the South Boston iron works offering to take GER
tain contracts for rifles and mortars, also steel
guns or cast iron guns. VIM. P. Hunt president
Of the South Boston iron works advocated IL
inch cast iron breech loading rifle as the most ef
fectiye and economical in manufacture % he s esti;
INT If cast iron We're used the saving would be
yery yer = considerable The committee agreed to go
down to Sandy Hook tomorrow to see 10 lneh
Vas decided to visit the steelworks at Johnstown
pa. Monday or Tuesday next The Cambria
steel works and Midvale iron works will be visit
ed Friday and Bethlehem Saturday, Contracts Of
various Kinds were offered by the Cambria steel
works Parks Bros. & Co. of Pittsburg, Troy steel
and iron works West Point foundry and the
Standard steel casting company The me West ed
Snrinefeld. illinois, declined to undertake any
contract The committee then adjourned.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
a singular viii case.

Boston, Nov: 18.-A singular will case came
up before Judge Hewitt in the Probate Court IN
Salem today 1t is an attempt to set up a will
made in 1907, and another in 1922. The first IS
that of Sarah Pendergast who died in Hayermll
who died in 1912. Clarence A. Haddock OF Ha-
verhl, is the petitioner. to have the Will set up.
The title of the square where the Boston Y Maine
depot in Haverhill stands is involved in the case,
Where the wills have been during ali this tlmeIls
a question which has not been solved. The wills
were allowed, and Col. Lincoln took an appeal Ior
the railroad company.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
LONG STRIKE ENDED.
The Coal Miners CO to Work at Old
Wages.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Noy 18.-At a conference OF
the coal operators and officials of the Miners
Association today compromise was erected on
a steady years work at 21a cents per bushel Tor
mining This is the rate ruling before the strike
which was for an additional half cent per Dusnel
Work will be resumed in all the river mines next
Monday. The strike was inaugurated five months
ago and affected 5000 men.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
Hurled Over an Abutment and
Drowned.

ing wagon containing five young people was
hurled over an abutment at the old stone Lick
bridge. Three of the occupants We're drowned as
follows: Miles Bigam aged IS; Milton Bigam,
aged IS, and Joseph Berkeley, aged 26 me
other two were rescued. The night was very dark
and in the endeavor to turn the heads OF the
horses the accident happened.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
cHEvALRous HooSIERs.
They Give Notorious Wife Beater
LOO LaSheS Nell aid on.

LAwRENcEBURG, Ind, Nov. 18.-George Elles-
brook of Dillsboro, a few miles from here, mas
jail for it. A day or so ago, on his return from
jail, he repeated the offence. His Dc'raEors con-
NOR of them went to his house at midnight, took
him out, stripped him and gave him 100 lasnes
with wagon whip, well laid on, with the promise
another visit.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
IN THE Kinks.
POLO NOTES.

The Walthams defeated the Tauntons three
straight goals Tuesday night, instead of being
defeated as was telegTaphed.
The Salems again defeated the Bostons in
league game Tuesday night.
In the New England league game at Woburn
last evening the Noburns defeated the Brocktons,
8 Ito /. Time, 21 minutes, Referee, j. Manning.
The BijOus of this city were beaten at polo In
Manchester, N. H., last night by the Valam-
brosaS, 3 to 1.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
what caused MccuIIough's Death,

PHILADELPHIA Pa, Nov. 18.--An examination
OF the brain of John Mccullough, the actor, was
made today by Drs. Hugo N. Mills and Rousel
IN the receiving vault OF Monument Cemetery, and
y resulted IN confirming the diagnosis made py
dale Asylum, and showed that there was disease
of the blood vessels of the brain due to blood
poisoning
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
slosson Again the Winner.

CHICAGO Nov 1S.-Slosson won the third game
in the billiard tournament tonight, defeating
Sehaeffer by score of 600 to sol. The winners
average were 1S 6-33, and losers 10 6-33. Ihe
highest runs were Sosson S3, Schaefer So
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
WASHINGTON.
our Foreien Commerce..

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.-Col. w: F. Switzeler,
chief Of the bureau of statistics, has completed
his annual report on foreign commerce. The
total value of our foreign commerce in merchan-
disc, including the sin transit trade during the
the value of exports was $741 900, of imports
S577, 100000, and of the sin transit and tran,
shipment trade SeS,0o0,000. The imports and
exports of gold and silver coin and bullion during
the same period amounted to $s5,252, 1928, Of
which the value of the exports was $42 100000
and of the imports S43, 100000. The value of our
foreign commerce in merchandise including sin
transt'' trade during the preceding year was 81 },
4S1 ,84O,o ,o86, showing a falling off last year OF
S93,251 cpl The most notable feature of our
foreign trade during the last fiscal year as COM
pared with that of 1884, was decrease in the
imports of merchandise of S90,0O0,000, and a
falling off in the exports of gold of $32, ,000 900.
The duty collected on merchandise fell from 81 90,
600 0o0in 1884 to SITS, 900, ,000 in 1885, but the
equivalent ad valorem rate rose from ALI per
cent to AZ ner cent
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
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 SUI
scribers, Seven Dollars Year, if paid in advance
Address all communications to
PORTLAND PUBLISHING co.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
rhink NE pon,t Need Thenn.

WAsHINGToN, Nov. 1s.-The State Board of
Maine has applied to the Secretary of the Treas
ury for the appointment of sanitary inspectors on
the New Brunswick border, but it is not likely the
application will be complied with as the depart
ment does not consider such an inspection Teces-
sary at present
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19

The Republican prints a list OF United States
consuls who it says, it has reliable authority for
present administration. The list includes the con-
suls at Buenos Ayres, Tanger, Antwerp Barran- an
Brunswick, Crefeldt, Mayence, Bradford, Eng
land Bristol, England, Cardiff, Falmouth, Eng
land Gibralter, Leithe, Singapore Southampton,
St. Helena Sydney, Victoria, Palermo, Guyamas,
HaYana and Horgen. Switzerland.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
Postmasters' Losses by Fire.

Assistant Attorney General E. E. Bryant has
reported to the Postmaster General that the total
number of claims Of postmasters for loss by fire,
burglary and other unavoidable casualty allowed
during the fiscal year was 3S5, involving a total
loss OF S2g, ,377. The number of claims disallow-
ed was 165. OF that number % claims were dis
allowed without examination of their merits for
the reason that they were not presented within
the nerods nrescribed by law
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
SMALL Pox

An Alarming State of Affairs IN
ChariottetoWn, P. Z. !.
HALIFAX. N. S.. Nov. 1S.-Sixteen new cases of
small nox were reported in Charlottetown P. L.
l.. Yesterday, making Al now existing in that city
Thirty deaths have occurred since the outbreak
Of the disease about week ago. Fifteen more
patients have been placed in the special small pox
hospital.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19

Joseph Dion, the billiard expert, was last night
taken to Bellevue Hospital in New York city, sur
fering from "acute delirious mania,n
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19

WINTHROP, Nov. 1s-The Kennebec District
Lodge of Good Templars convened with Marano-
cook Lodge, in Readfield, today H. W. Dodge of
Clinton, District Templar, presided. There was
good attendance of delegates and members.
The forenoon was occupied with the arrangement
of preliminaries and the afternoon with the com
pletion of business. In the evening there was a
nnhlic meeting
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
the WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 49,
Indications for Portland and vicinity rams
rising temperature to-day followed by colder
weather tomorrow.
The indications for New England today are
cloudy weather, local rains generally followed py
fair weather, winds generally shifting to south
westerly rising followed by slowly falling temper
ature
Cautionary signals from Wllmingtonto Eastport.
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
The secret Service.

The chief of the secret service division in his
annual report to the Solicitor of the Treasury
shows thai during the last fiscal year 444 arrests
were made by operatives of the service assisted
by local officers large number of which were for
passing, dealing in or manufacturing counte rfelt
money. The amount OF counterfeit money cap
tured during the year was $305,580, mainly in
fash notes, and a large amount Of plates, dies,
moulds and counterfeiting material was. seized
and destroyed The chief OF the division ex-
presses the opinion that there are now in the
hands of counterfeters about 100000 IN base
money The report says the counterfeiting of
coin is on the Increase which in the case of the
FIVE cent nickel is due to the disparity between its
face and intrinsic value. The report also says
been unusually active during the past year they
have been generally unsuccessful In thelr enoIts
to float the results of their work: Recommenda,
Of dies or moulds for making fac SMILES for busl
ness purposes of United States coins, and anotnel
for legislation to extend the powers OF tne service
80 as to include authority to act in all cases o.
fraud against the government.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
Posi- office Inspectors' Report.

From the annual report of Chief Inspector w.
A. West of the Post Office Department it appears
that 539 arrests were made by post office inspec-
tained in i79 cases in the United States courts,
and in "a cases in state courts; 232 persons ar
rested await trial and the other cases were dis
missed or not prosecuted
During the year 459 post Offices were robbed
aud 256 burned, and thirty-three postal cars were
destroyed by fire. The inspectors recovered $15,-
2O3 of missing funds during the year, and $13,-
600 was restored to its owners. From delinquent
postnasters the sum of $5S,352 was recovered
and turned into the treasury
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19

Gov. Ross of New Mexico, has submitted his
annual report He says that in comparison with
the last few years New Mexico has during the
nnrifY.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
MAINE.

G. LIEBMANN,
Sergeant Signal Corps, U. S. A.
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
Report OF tt,e MARINE Hospital Service

The annual report of the surgeon general of the
marine hospital service shows that during the last
fiscal year and up to Sept. 30th the number OF
patients treated was 4172. The necessity for
establishment of hospital at the port Of New
York is urged, as also the propriety OF additional
legislation governing the appointment OF medica |
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19
Death of a WeII-Known Steamboat
Captain.

BOSTON, Nov. 1S.-Capt. William r. Roix, long
known as the commander of the steamer Penob-
scot, of the Bangor line, died in this city this
morning Capt Roix was born in Belfast, Me-,
and was "a years of age. He was in the steam
boat business as pilot and master for thirty-two
The Portland daily press., 1885-11-19

Mean daily ther. .41.8 Minimum ther. 32.7
Mean daily DIV pt,38.5 Max. vel. wind. 6 p
Mean daily hum. $50 Total precip....... .02
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Nov 18, 1885. 10 M
Observations taken at the same moment OF time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-05
DRAPrNGs OF THE FUNERAL CAR.

The funeral car which is TO carry the body of
General Grant to tho tomb Is TO be ready this morning
IL built under tho direction Of Theodore Cunsel
who will complete the decorations. The car will be
nine feet wide and sixteen feet long II will bo drawn
by thirty six OF iroa to DO placed In
# to prevent rafting. No white or silver IL to appear
in the drapng Tho body. framework aud the wheel s
covered with heavy black plumss. and canopy
rises a pyramid over all. surmounted by great
black ostrich pumes Tho wheels will DO
cealed by heavy silk fringe reaching
nearly the ground On tho sides the drapery will be
arranged to form Maltese aud In the tho de-
sign will represent sunburst Three steps Will lead TO
tho platform OF the whore. four supports In the
centre OF the platform. the coffin will rest Three silk
nags draped with Grape and tied with black ribbons will
bs grouped at each OF the while mass OF
drapcres nges and tasses will be arranged about the
canopy.
Some difficulty arose about tho arrangement OF the
central plume the canopy. This plume more than
seventeen feet above tho ground. and ordinarily would
pass under the elevated railway structure In the line
OF march. The ddi ulty finally by the
adjustment OF spring AT tho base OF the plume by which
II can he lowered at pleasure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-05
AyALLIGATOR UNDER A PIER.

"It'l be two weeks termorrer since be come in on
the Alamo" said 1ongshoremau on the wharf of the
Mallory Line of steamers he took his pipe out Of
his mouth yesterday preparatory to rehearsing tho
story of the alligator which has been dsporng itself
in the waters under the Ter for some time. " He
WIRE a little Teller not moren three feet long, hut he
was "a wicked They kept him in tub OF water
and he hadn't had anything TO eat all the voyage from
Florida. The way he'd snap. at the stick when you
went TO poke him up celebrated To to inspire a
deep respect fur him. Well night he climbed out
of his tub and either crawlin through scuppcr or
Ayn' over the rail- jumped into the water The
Other day no climbed upon log to sun himself and
you could see he had grown fat This here dock 10
the wust place the world tur ees aud guess he got
fat on EN-" 49,
wish they had wan under vrey dock ter keep thin
byes from goin swimmin." said the blue-coated arm
OF the law stationed the pier. " There haint been
ANYBODY gon' swmmn of this dock sence the alligs-
tors been at home cept two men the other day that
had so much whiskey board they wouldn't have
been afraid of the divil himself
The question as to whether his alligatOrship can live
in salt water whether be won't die for want OF sun
light and so on discussed with muc interest ard
perplcxity by the the pier. The idea that thu
beast had deserted them and turned up at Bayonne,
N D., where captured on Monday was con
temptuously secuted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-05
DISCONTINUED MINERS IN OHIO.

COLUMBUS, Aug. (SpeciaD. miners
who have been mining coal in the mines OF the
Hooking Valley at forty cents ton in the past two
MONTHS have adopted resolutions u ask their employers
for an advance of ten cents ton Many OF them were
inclined to make demand for sixty cents ton and the
miners OF localities did pass resolutions TO ask for
sixty cents provided demand for Ike sum was made
at all the in the valley. It ascertaincd that
such action Il MT probable at this time. At the meet
nes 1t stated that the Messrs HAYDEN had posted
notices mines Haydenye that hereafter they
would pay sixty cents for mining. and II was
argued that IL these gentlemen could sixty cents tho
other operators the valley ought to be asked Ia pay
like This view did not prevail as II Ii known that
the working OF the OF the Messrs yden does noe
depend any conditions OF the wholesale market Tho
only obstacle to the maintenance OF UNIFORM rate Tor
mining In this region has heen the mining for ory cents
q ton at New-Straitsville.
MAsLLoS. Ohio. Aug tSp'eidb. Six hundred miners.
representing the thirteen mines OF the Mtsllon dstfc
OF the Tuscarawas Valley, met here to-day and decided
stand the old price OF 10 cents ton This was
dono with the understanding that the Hooking Valley
miners will within weeks demand an advance from
forty sixty President McBriie. OF the stale
Miners assured the men that lie believed the
price there would be advanced to that figure before tue
middle OF October
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-05
ENTHUSIASM OYER THE PURITAN.

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. (Spec:aL.-NOthing
created such excitement in this old town for years
the splendid yacht OF yesterday, 10 which the os
ton soop Puritan defeated the Priscilla built by James
Gordon Bennett to defend the America Cup. for II Is
good decided that the Cenesta will have TO meet
the Puritan IN the grand contest for the cup month
hence. The Priscla's champions say that had She
carried lighter rig IN the heavy weather OF Yesterday
she would not have been beaten they also say that tho
rig she carries will insure her winning In tho
smoother waters of New York Bay. Captain Carter of
tho Genesa who watched the by Invitation Of Fleet
Captain Robert Center, from the bridge OF the flag ship
Poynis expressed his surprise at tie IN which tie
schooners Fortuna and MontaUk went TO winG~artl
The Pnlyna steamed outside this morning to ascertain
the state OF the weather but found such heavy sea
rulg from the eastward that when she returned he
signal tho fleet will not leave at present WAS hc.et
her FIRE. The yachts will Start for New-Bello'd AZ
10 o'clock 20 morrow morning scores Of peopc rom
Shore and many yachtsnen visited the Puritan to-day.
among them General b. r. Bnter. VINO expressed erea,
admtrs VI for the pet sloop OF Boston.
II IL reported today that in.tea: OF TIE Athon winning
the sweep stake race which was sailed between tho
Athon. Isis AMI the English cutter stranger. that tts
latter boat won but competent Judges who timed ths
yachts deny the report empbaticslly. Sir Richard
Sutton the enestss owner. IL sad tc be imDrovns and
the cutter will PROBABLY accompany the fleet ~ New.
Bedford TO- morrow.