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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-29
RAILWAY MATTERS


Tae Maine Central Railroad Company is much
pleased with the steadily increasing business at
their Congress street station. During the month
of March over $50 passengers took their trains
from this depot and probably thousand arrived
at the same place. These travellers are COM
planning of insufficient hack accommodation and
it would seem that the growing number of arriy-
ais would warrant the establishing of regular
lines of carriages by the enterprising hackmen OF
our city,
CALIFORNIA RATES.
Passenger rates to California points are being
gradually restored and all rebates were with
drawn on the 9th, but west-bound travellers can
still avail themselves of exceedingly cheap rates.
the latest quotation from Boston to San Francis
co being $75, reduction of nearly $40 from the
rate in effect previous to the railroad war;
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MEXICO.
Deadly Row over the Election of a
Jefe PoIitico.

CITY OF MEXICO, April 28.-A rebellion, said
to be Of large size" las broken out at Cusi
hueria, an important town in the State of Chihua-
hua, situated considerable distance west of the
Mexican Central railroad. The federal govern
ment annuled the local election for jefe politico
and sent a man OF its own choosing to act as
such. The people under the leadership of Don
Teadoro CaSavdnteS rose en- masse killed the
federal appointee and reinstated Don Pedro
Yrigoyen, who had been legally elected. A large
force OF Mexican troops is on the way TO Cusi-
hueria to quell the rebellion.
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SUBBURN N EWS.


GORHAM.
At the annual meeting of the School street
Methodist Sunday School the following officers
were chosen:
uperintendent-Howard A. McKenney
Assistant uperintendent-Joseph Cobourn.
Lbrarian-0scar Drown.
Assistant Librarian-Mlss Gerty Moody.
Treasurer-Miss Mary c. Harding.
Secretary-Miss Hattie Files.
Rev. Mr.. Bragdon has closed successful year
other year.
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ocean Tickefs arnd Coal.

First Cabin, Second Cabin, intermediate and
Steerage tickets by fast and best steamers; the
man. State, Red Star, North German Lloyd, Ham
burg American, Amsterdam, and Italian lines to
England and Continent, at lowest rates. Stefihg
and Scandinavian exchange.
COAL-Georges Creek Cumberland, and Gas
Coal Nova Scotia, Coarse and Culm, Patent Fuel,
all for immediate shipment for sale by j. L..
EARMER, % Exchange Sc ap24n
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baTs56iIli;; bal{m6atSs.....S 9 "a
Earned runs-Hayerhills, 2; Dartmouths, 2.
Mecshy MSGs fassed via pches
Carrigan, /; Viau 2. First base on bals-Hayer-
fs Fl r! Osse struSR OK ou5v
Carrigan, 81 by Viau, 8. Umpire-L. d. Cove.
Time-2 hours.
YESTERDAYS GAMES.
At st. Louis-Browns, 7; CincinnatS, 8. Base
hits-Browns, IL; Cincinnatis, 6. E~rOrs-Browns,
3; Cincinnatis, 2. Pitehers-Foutz and Murphy.
Umpire-Kelley.
At Exeter-Phillips Academy, is; Clippers, 2.
At Staten Island -Brooklyns,4; MetrOpelitanS,3.
At Baltimore-Athletics, 8 Baltimores,
AT Philadelphia Philadelphias, IA Bunalos, 4.
At Broektcn-Uticas, g.; Brocktons, g.
At New York-New Yorks, 2; Newarks, 1,
At Louisville-Louisvilles, 2; PlttsDurss, l.
NOTES.
The Bowdoins play the Dartmouths, in Hano-
yer n H.. today and tomorrow
"Freshness'' from the Newburyport Herald;
''The Hartfords dropped game to the Portlands
In NeSwburyport Tuesday, the home club de
feated the Proyidences, q to 4 ..,-,,
"iTii The Boston Blues defeated the Institute of
Technology nine, Tuesday, to o. The Blues
have signed Kent Howard, and released F. Sulli-
van ana Harry Taber.
The opening ia game ne ad I9a ade Nationai League
grounds in New York. when the New Yorks will
try conclusions with the Boston. Mayor Grace
has accepted an invitation to witness the game
Governor Hill sent letter to the manager re-
GREETING that he would be unable to be present
owing to a pressure of official business at ALBANY.
The Sporting Life now says Fulmer Is open to
an engagement
Watson, of last seasons Portlands, and Cody.
of the Haverhis and Newburyports, are playing
on the Duluth, Mimi, nine in the Northwestern
League.
Aquatic.
special meeting of the American Yacht Club
was held in New York city Tuesday night, to
decide upon design for the clubs cup which is
to be given for the prize In the International
steam yacht race. The design adopted will cost,
when executed, $4,000. 1t will be a handsome
vase.
Bicycling.
The Kennebec wheelmen have organized with
the choice of the following officers: President, G.
E. Dunton; captain H. L. Stone; secretary and
treasurer Nj. s. Campbell; bugler, A. Flnkhani
first lieutenant, A. c. Walker; second leutenant, s
w. W. Ladd. The club voted to join the league
of American Wheelmen.
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IN THE Rim KS.
BIJoU SKATING PARLoR.

BIJOU SKATING PARLoR.
The beneitto the aids at the Bijou last evening
was largely attended An attractive programme
had been prepared. There was good acrobatic
performance by Kerry excellent banjo playing
by Bean and Armand and an interesting exhibit
tion of polo playing. Saturday evening there VIII
be general skating at the rink, closing TINS years
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THE INDIANS.
Ranchmen Murdered by Hostiles in
Arizona.

CHICAGO, April 28.-Indians made raid in the
most thickly settled portion of Pima county, Ari-
zona. Monday, and killed the Owen brothers,
nrominent rancbmen and the wife and child of
A. L. Peck They also carried off Mr.. Peck's
niece. MI Peck was fired upon and d, severely
the news of the massacre to the nearest settle
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New England Cotton Manufacturers
Association.

BOSTON, April 2S.-The New England Cotton
Manufacturers Association met here. today ana
elected the following officers: President, 81, 3: p
Lawrence, and 4. b. Borden, Fall River; direc-
tors, II. S Howe Biddeford, Me-; o, s: Brown, &
Salmon Falls, N. H; Henry f. Lippitt, W0on-
socket, R. l.; W. A. Stiles, ,Newburyport; stephen
N Bourne, Manchester, N. H., and Robert NC
Arthur, No. GrosvenOr Dale, CT.
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women's Foreign Missionary socIe-

PITTsBURG, Pa, April 29-The sixteenth an
nual assembly of the Women's Foreign MisSlonas,
ry Society began at the First Presbyterian cnurcn
in this city at 10 o'clock this morning, Deie-
gates were present from nearly every State III tne
Union. The reports presented showed the re re.
ceipts for the past year $ld9 S7s Tota nunDeT oe
$4,000 Band question books were printed ana
distributed.
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and other products of South America, admitted
them free of duty and so gave her people work. A
tariff of 46 per cent prevented the bringing Of
such goods here upon which our people could
work.
Mr. Frye continued at some length to show that
tiyity, making Ilady citations from commercial
statistics to Snow the popularity of American
goods in South America He said that one-half OF
the English goods sold to South America were
fraudulently marked american manufacture" so
as to secure a more ready acceptance among the
people.
Mr. Beck said he would tomorrow answer Mr..
Frye's argument
The Senate then at 4.40 p. m. went into execu,,
tive session, and at $50 the doors were reopened
and the Senate adjourned
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Hail Eight inches Deep.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 29.-An l. extra
ordinary hail storm visited Calaveros and Moore,s
Hollow in this county, Yesterday covering 3eit
sncb nuantities that every yestige of vegetation
was demolished, and in some places the hail
covered lie grnlnd to the depth OF eight lnches.
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Fatal Explosion.

CHICAGO, April 2s-This afternoon, while
gang of men were working around an iron ISl lara
tank in Tobey s. Booths packing house Ghe ,aa IK
exploded. James Sanford was instantly Kllleo.
Pat Muldoon and Mat Acton were seriously N, IN
jured and six others were hurt more OF less All
were burned by the hot lard.
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MAIN e.
The Farmington Normal School.

FARMINGToN, April 28.-The catalogue OF the
Pennington State Normal School to be published
in about four weeks states that 1851 students
have entered since the institution was organized
twenty-five years ago; 519 have graduated; 395
ladies, 124 gentlemen, and 80 graduates have
died. The number of graduates teaching the past
year was 199. There are also reported IA law
yers, 13 doctors, 4 clergymen and civil engin-
oarc aroon0 tba graduates
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The Eight- tour AgItation in chicago

CHICAGO, April 28.-One of the morning papers
publishes interviews with all the leading iron and
steel manufacturers of the city. They declare
that the present eight-hour movement among
their men has been badly conceived; that the
real aboring men are not back of it, but that it is
fomented by non-laborng agtators; therefore
the manufacturers will not accede to the demand.
The movement has taken firm hold of the men,
employed in the brass foundries and finishing
shops of Chicago, and by the end of the present
week all of the firms in that business will have
heard from committees of their men, and have
taken a stand for or against the adoption of the
short day. Some of the larger manufacturers of
brass and copper goods have already received no
tice from their employees that they want eight
hours of work with the pay now given for ten
hours OF work
Labor Notes.
The special committee of the House of Repre-
sentatiyes charged with the duty of investigating
the labor strikes ON the Southwestern railroad,
left Washington for St. Louis at 9.45 yesterday
morning.
Several OF the strikers at the mills of the Ed
wards Manufacturing Company at Augusta, have
returned back to work.
The District Executive Board of the Knights of
Labor of Maine, have gone to Fairfield to settle
difficulty about wages in the pulp mill there
An association OF western boot and shoe manu-
facturers was formed in Chicago Tuesday night.
fb0 Yn af By feUtef. The OBJECT is mutual protec-
tiOn.
The glassware manufacturers of PittSburg, Pa,
have formed pool to regulate the prices and pro
duction, and at meeting OF the American Flint
and Lime Glass Association in that city yester-
day, the agreement was to be ratified. Seventeen
out of twenty factories in the country have Joined
the pool, and others can come in If they desire.
The association controls 43 furnaces, with daily
output of 1000 tons of glass ware.
A Rochester N. H., despatch says, that COM
menciDg May 27th, the Norway Plains Company
will adopt fortnightly payments. An advance Ell in
ceded by this company, and the local labor aglta-
tion brought about these results.
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Frank P. Noble, Esq, appeared before the
Council today, asking pardon for John Spaulding,
who went to jail ten months ago from Lewiston
under a sentence of eighteen months. The con-
fnement was occasioned by an act done while in
toxicated They were trying to arrest him when
pistol which he held in his hands exploded. The
ball grazed the forehead of the woman with
whom he had lived. The matter was tabled.
B. F. Chadbourne, Esq, appeared before the
board in favor of pardon for James McCune
and Victor Seymour OF Biddeford, now serving
sentences of five and six years resneetlvau in tiA
state prison. They were sentenced in October,
1888, for assaulting and robbing William Nc
Kenzie. This matter was also tabled.
A commission was withheld from Detective
Davis of Portland until the next meeting of the
Council.
The board adjourned to the 10Th Of May.
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Class Day Officers

MIDDLETON. Conn.,, April 2S.-Among the class
day officers elected today by the senior class at
Wesleyan University were the following: Histo-
rian, C. H. Stackpole, Auburn, Me-; marshal, j.
A. Morse, Bath, Me-; toast master, E. M. Ball,
Bellows Falls, VT. advice to class, L. c. Strout,
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Drove a Smart Trade.

MONTREAL, April 28.-The case against Mr..
and Mrs D. R. Smart and G. A. Smart, accused of
bringing stolen money into Canada was amicably
settled today. They returned $4,000 and were
allowed to keep the remainder.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
The Senate Committee Hear Argu-
ments Against oleomargarine.
The Senate Discusses Senator Frye's
Amendment
increasing the Appropriation for the
Ocean Mall Service.
Especial to the PRESS

kopeCldl lO lHe fRESS.)
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-At the hearing before
the Senate committee on agriculture today on the
ELECTROMAGNETIC bill representatives of dairy
interests from New England, New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland made strong arguments IN
favor of its adoption. They said it was case of
life or death to the darymen of the country; that
the dairies could not compete with oleomargarine
which could be manufactured at a cost OF less
than ten cents per pound, and presented figures
showing the decrease in the exports Of butter
from the United States, which he claimed was
due to this cause. The hearing will be continued
tomorrow. The same bill was today favoraby
reported in the House.
Mr.. Frye today presented petition OF Var
mouth Grange and of 45 wholesale dealers of
Portland in favor of the bill
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Investigating the East Lee Disaster.

PIrTsFIELD. Mass, April 29.-The inquest IN
gan today before Judge Brannng, john Rich Rich
ardson, the contractor who built the da4; test,-
fed to sinking the foundation as ne IhougiIt W d
hard pan he struck was only comparatively
thin layer and he thought the frost might nave got
under it.
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Kreig. Passed balls-Murphy, 8; Kreig, L. Wild
pitches-Clarke, 2. First base on balls-New-
buryports, 3 Hartfords, g. First base on errors
Newouryports, 8 (; Hartfords, z. Struck out by
Clarke, 81 Henry 5. Double plays-Morrison,
Whitley and Murphy. Umpire-Hayes of the
Hartfords Time-2 hours.
HAVERHILLs, 8; DARTMoUTHS, 6.
The Dartmouths first game on the home
grounds, in Hanover N. H., was played with the
Haverhils yesterday, 700 spectators being pres
ent. The features of the game were the st eady,
even playing of the visitors and the batting Of
Chandler and Mccarthy of the Dartmouths. The
score:
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THE LABOR QUESTION.
Great Destltution Among Coal Min
ers in West Virginia.
Cars Running on the New York Street
Railways.
Chicago Manufacturers Will Not
Take Eight Hours for a
Days Work.
one of the ST. Louis Strikers Sent to
Jail.
Notes and Comments on Labor Mat
teYS.

WHEELING W. Va, April 29.-The suffering
and destltution among the coal miners of the
Georges Creek region in West Virginia, is be-
been done in the mines, and hundreds of families
are without the commonest necessares of life.
Committees of the men have gone to all the sur
rounding Cities even as far as Baltimore Pitts
burg and Wheeling in the hope of securing con-
tributionS.
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ATHLETIC SPORTS.
Base Ball.

L
This afternoon the Portlands play their second
game on the home grounds with the Hartfords,
and if the weather is favorable there is every in
dication Of great game. Hickman and Reilly
will be the Portlands battery, and it is expected
that one of the regular New England League UNI
pires will offieiate. The HartiOrds, smarting
over Tuesdays defeat, will play to win, and the
home club will also play to prevent them from
winning. Game will be called at o'clock.
NEwBURYPoRTs, 8 7; HARTFoRDs, /.
The Hartfords were defeated yesterday after
noon by the Newburyports, in an exhibition game
at Newburyport. An Associated Press despatch
says: The visitors were unable to hit Clarke an
amateur pitcher from Providence (who VIII sign
with Newburyport), and in addition they played
a miserable fielding game" Tie acore. however,
shows they hit him hard. though moi safe:
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FOR EICN.
Matters in Greece Assuming More
Peaceful Aspect.
Ten Persons Killed by Incendlary
Fires in Austria.
The Birthplace of Christopher CO.
iunbus Said to have been Dis
covered.
Columbus Birthplace Discovered.

PARIS, April 28.-The Able Casanava, Corsi-
can arch8ologst has discovered archives which
show that Christopher Columbus was born in the
town of Calyi in Corsica whence he emigrated to
Genoa. President Greyy being satisfied of the
authenticity of these archives, has authorized the
authorities of Calyi to celebrate by an official hol
iday the four hundredth anniversary of the dis
coyery of America. The inhabitants therefore
will hold fete on May %, when commemora-
tive Inscription will be placed on the house in
which Columbus was born.
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MA TH|AS ,
80 Exchange St.,

Has just returned from New
York with a fine lot of Inn
ported German, French and
English Cloth, bought much
below the market price or
their real value, and is will
ling to give his customers
the benefit of his purchase.
MIR. Leveen, who presideS at
the cutting table, is an artist
and allows no garment to
leave the establishment that
is not perfectly satisfactory.
Leave your measure at once
and ! guarantee to get you up
the best suit of clothes for
the least money. Cloth sold
by the yard at manufacturers
prices. NO charge for cut
ting.
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The ocean Mail Service.

Debate on the post office appropriation bill was
begun today in the Senate. The chief interest
centres in Senator Frye's amendment increasing
the appropriation for ocean mail service between
the United States and South American States.
Senators Plumb and Frye made strong speeches
in its behalf. Senator Beck made the point of or
der that the amendment proposes new legislation
which under the rules cannot be placed on the
appropriation bill but he will not ask ruling on
the point until he has spoken on it tomorrow The
same point was made in the last Congress against
Mr.. Frye's amendment appropriating 100000
for the ocean mail service, but was overruled by
the Senate The chairman will probably refer
the point to the Senate tomorrow, and Mr.. Frye is
confident that it will be voted down by an even
larger vote than last year. Several Southern
Democrats are expected to vote against the point
of order.
MT. Desert Ferry.
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Taxes Assessed on the Telegraph
and Telephone. Companies-O other
Matters.

AUGUSTA, April. .28.-The Governor and Council
have assessed the tax on the telegraph and tele-
phone companies as follows:
TELEPHONES.
NLnr,r Inn rralnr,ho,,n
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The struggIe Ended.

ST. LOUIS, April 28.-The committee appointed
at the recent citizens meeting to try and settle
the Missouri Pacific railroad strike ,has been hard
at work, and as result the strike will be declar
ed off before the week is out. The particulars of
the terms of settlement are as yet unknown.
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Dress Buttons! +!

Ladies about to purchase Dress
Buttons of the latest styles can see
our stock at a glance.
Large size new Dress and Cloak
Buttons speciality.
Dress Goods and ClOakings
matched correctly.
Last years Buttons cheap.
ESQ dozen last years 25c to 35c
Cloak Buttons at 5 cents per dozen.
500 dozen Dress Buttons 5 to l9
cents per dozen.
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,

Published every day Sundays excepted) by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
AT 81 EXCHANGE STREET. PORTLAND. ME.
Address all communications to
PORTLAND PUBLISHING co.
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All viii shut Down.

CHICAGO, April 2S.-The furniture manufacture
ers resolved tonight to close all their factories
ratner tnan gIah6 lhe demand maue Dy tnelr 5ooo
Nav 1St
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OtseTI NsITy q pUTI UI eHITy.
Sympathy for ireland.

mass meeting, called by number of Con-
gresSmen and business men of Washington to
sympathize with the efforts of Gladstone to secure
free Parliament for Ireland, met tonight and
was presided over by Samuel j. Randall. On the
platform were many Senators and Congressman.
Speeches were made by Senators Van Wyck
and Riddeberger, Representatives Phelps, Nc
movement.
Letters were read from Samuel j. Tilden. Sen
ators Sherman, Logan and Blair, Governors Perry
of Florida, ONeal of Alabama, Albeit of New
Jersey and Oglesby of Illinois expressing regret
at inability to be present.
Resolutions were adopted extending to Glad
stone and Parnell earnest assurances of conf
dence in their patriotism and approval of their
wise and noble efforts
Two More Maine Postmasters.
The following Maine postmasters were appoint
ed, Wednesdays Mayfeld, Somerset county es-
tablshed, Mary E. Flanders; Perkins Pond,
Viola M. Murphy.
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ANEW INDUSTRY
ON the West Virginia CsntrRl-BRTk Peel.
iug-Ths Lumber Trade

ON the West Virginia CSntrRl-BaEk Peel
iug-Ths Lumber Trade,
Correspondence Of The InteIIgtReer.
DoBBIN, W, Va, June la new en-
terprise for this part Of the Senatorial
road Is the bark peeliDg that is being
pushed quite hard this month. This was
made possible and slightly profitable by
the building OF q tannery at Davis by
Fayerweather 4 Ladew, Of New York,
The j, l., Rumbarger Lumber Company,
OF this place, is peeling thousand cords,
The contracts call for the bark to BIO peeled
by the first OF July. TheseasOn being late
here makes the time limited. 1t Is hardly
profitable to begin before the middle OF
May, so 10 peel ANY quantity means con-
siderable pushing,
The work here is done by crews, each
one consisting Of five men. These are d.
vided into two aawyers, one chopper, one
ringer and one peeler. The timber Is
peeled by the choppers and sawyeFs. The
ringer splits and rings the bark for the
peeler, who follows, separating the tree
with spud. The bark lie cut by the
ringer into four foot lengths, that making
convenient size to handle, After peel
ing the bark Ia stood rough side out
against the tree which Is called Saving"
it. This is done to guard against mold
and having the bark turn black, as 1t
would be by being corded Immediately.
One crew cuts and peels from seven 10
ten cords per day, owing to circumstances
More can be peeled where the timber Is
merely slashed than where 1t Is cut into
logs. The work is hard, and considerable
trouble and skill Is required in spudding,
Nothing but hemloCk Is being peeled
here, the taunery making no call for any
other.
Business am glad to say on this por.
ton Oft road Is increasing quite rapidly,
The development during the last year or
two Is very marked. Coal Of course Is Of
first importance. But lumber has also
grown to be no small matter,
The mill at this place Is sending lumber
to all the principal cities Of the North,
from Boston to st. Louis and Chicago, q
great deal oil 1t being cherry. Spruce for
building purposes Is cut In quite large
quantities, the trade for II increasing all
the time. In fact this part OF West Viz.
ginia Is running Maine hard lrsce as to
which shall have the supremacy in that
trade Ia the closer Eastern markets.
CHASE,