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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-27
ODD FELLOWSHIP.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, April ga very sue
cessful observance of the 9th anniversary of
Odd Fellowship here today, was assured by the
fine weather. Many flags and other decorations
were displayed in the principal streets. "A COM
mittee of Daughters of Rebekah received the
ladies accompanying the visiting Odd Fellows
and provided banquet. The visiting en-
campments and lodges began to arrive on the
early trains. The procession started at City Hall
! inst before noon. Robert W. Taber was marshal
and TnoufSS G. Clifford was chief of staff with
the following aiieiiss.-M Mayor John G. Whipple,
Brockton; John Eldridges Taunton; Frank e,
Brow Fall River; Stephen d. NflSrce and Daniel
A. Butler of New Bedford. %@sss
The visiting organizations were as follows: En-
ampments-Metacomet, Fall River; Nemasket,
BrOckton Naomi, Taunton; Massasoit, Warren.
s-Middleborough marlborough; Wan
kinquoah, Wareham; Good Samaritan, Taunton;
King Philip, Taunton; Aurora, North AttleborO;
Orient Attleboro; Pioneer, Bridgewater; Mount
Hope, Fall River; Friendly Union, Fall River;
MassaSoit, BrocktOn.
Music was furnished by nine bands. At 2
o'clock banquet was served in City Hall. Six
hundred plates were laid Toasts were responded
to by the Grand officers and other visitors.
At the Opera House, this evening, ''The Lady OF
Lyons'' was presented by local amateurs. Will
liam N. Weeden, formerly Noble Grand of Acush-
net Lodge, appeared as "Claude Melnotte," and
Miss Helen l.. Hadley, daughter of the junior
Warden of the Grand Lodge, took the part OF
pauline" Following this there was dance at
City Hall.
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LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND, Me-, April 26, 1886.
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STRICKEN WITH APoP.ExY.
Sudden Death of Hon. Edmund
Wilson of Thomaston.

THoMAsToN, April 26.-Hon. Edmund Wilson
of this city, a member of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee from Maine, died last night
from an attack of apoplexy. He was taken i'll
while driving home with his wife, and lived only a
few hours
Mr. Wilson was born in Cornish, on March 4th,
1912. He studied law with the late Judge
Howard of Portland, and came to Thomaston in
1897. He entered the Office of Jonathan Cilley
when the latter went to Congress, previous to the
duel with Graves of Kentucky. Mr. Wilson was
always Democrat. AS such he was County
Attorney of Lincoln county, and Collector of
Waldoboro during the latter part of Folks ad-
ministration, and again under Pierce's admins
tration. He represented Thomaston in the Legis-
lature five terms, and had been member of the
National Democratic Committee for the past ten
years. He was for many years director of the
Knox & Lincoln railroad. Mr. Wilson's acquaint-
ance was large, and his counsel was much sought
in the political circles of his own party He
leaves widow and one son, Bion Wilson, Esq, of
Augusta
The funeral will take place Wednesday fore
noon at 1890 O'Clock.
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An Interesting Letter from Frederick
DOUGLASS,

Mr. John T. Hull, clerk of the centennial com
mittee, wrote note to the Hon. Frederick Doug
lass requesting from him the date of his first ad-
dress in Portland, and has received the following
reply;
WASHINGTON, D. c., April %, 1886.
John T. Hull, Esq:
My dear sir-I am unable to give the exact date
of my first visit to Portland, but now think it was
the year after first entered the Anti-Slavery
field as a speaker, and that would make it the
summer of 1912. was the guest of Oliver and
Lydia Dennett. l well remember the Sunday af-
ternoon, when on the granite posts of the steps of
the old City Hall, spoke to a crowd of about one
thousand, who stopped to hear me. have spoken
in Portland many times since, and well rememb er
the hospitality of General FesSenden, Mr.. and
Mrs. bennett Judge Ware and others. Vast and
wonderful have been the changes wrought since
those stormy days. like to be reminded OF tnem
by those who took interest in the cause OF the
slave in its infancy. The contrasts between now
and then gives me hope and faith for the future:
When stood on those stone steps IN fortlanu
forty-four years ago, was fugitive from slavery
and liable to recapture and return TO bondage,
but now am free. Then was unknown now L
am well known. Then was at the mercy OF the
mob now | am i'll this city at least protected by
law and for nine years have held important ofl-
ces in the capital of the nation.
Very Truly Yours,
FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
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THE STATE.

ANDROSCOCGIN COUNTY.
Twenty-Five thousand of the young salmon from
the Grand Lake Stream hatchery are to be trans
ported to Lake Auburn in short time.
Mr. NJ Z. Titcomb of Pennington beats the
record for this year in the maple syrup business.
He had /, ,O6O trees tapped in his orchard, and the
season was about four weeks long. The product
of this was $50 gallons He says the past sea-
son was the best for his business that he has
known for fifteen years.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Nathaniel Gordon, Sullivan man, "a years Of
age, is reported to have been killed Friday by be-
ing crushed beneath great granite stone as It
fell from the tackle on the derrick. He leaves a
widow and one child.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
A law club was organized by the Augusta law
students last week.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
Bulletin No. 7 relating to fertilizers has just
been issued at the Maine Experiment Station at
Orono.
Miss Mabel Wade of Newport has received
$780, the first prize offered to young ladies under
1S years of age, by l.. Prang OF Boston for an
essay on Christmas cards.
OF the former well-known residents OF Bangor
and vicinity the following now singing in Bos-
ton churches: Miss Sara III. Peakes, c0ntraltO, In
the Eliot Church. Highlands; Mr.. E. K. Holden,
tenor in the FIRST Baptist Church, and MIR. +. G..
Lunt, tenor, in the Warren Avenue Baptist
Church.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
Ished owned by Robert Rowe, situated on
O'Clock Saturday morning. Prompt work saved
the adjacent house, though it was somewhat dam
aged.
The cotton mill at Richmond started up yester-
day.
The Augusta Journal says it is likely that the
talk about establishing an iron-shipbuilding yard
in Bath may yet result in something tangible
There are several wellknown Maine capitalists
interested in the matter, among whom Is Mr.. E.
c. Allen of Augusta. Recently on his trip to
Washington he held a conference with certain Of
fcers of the navy in regard to the matter The
government in the near future must build iron
vessels and there is no reason why concern at
Bath should not have a hand in the building.
YORK COUNTY.
Saco river is very high on account of the snow
freshet The Oldest people at steep Falls say
they never saw it as high as now without rain.
Joab Black of Limington, mail contractor on the
route between Steep Falls and South LimingtOn,
was stricken with paralysis Wednesday night
last. Doubts are entertained of his recovery.
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THE SIGNAL SERVICE.
important Changes to be Made in
the Cautionary Signals,

NEW YORK, April 26.-The signal service
agency at the Maritime Exchange has been noti-
fed by the chief signal officer at Washington that
it had been decided to change to some extent the
cautionary signals of the weather bureau so that
ship masters may have the benefit OF more soe-
cific weather predictions and storm warnings
The off-shore signal has been abolished and in-
stead four different wind signals have been de-
vised for display with the storm flag, to indicate
not only that storm is predicted to occur in the
vicinity of the display but in addition from which
Quarter the dangerous wind in thelstorm will first
blow, an Improvement that mariners will highly
appreciate. The direction signal will be square
flag composed of two horizontal bars, one black
and one white, and the position that the ;, nag
centre tells at once whether the dangerous wind
expected is to come from the northeast, south
east, southwest or northwest directions. This
signal is simple and easily interpreted and may
be fixed in the mind by remembering that the di-
rection flag will be above the cautionary flag for
easterly winds and below il for westerly winds,
and that the black stripe will be above the white
for northerly winds and below it for southery
winds. The change in the signals will be made
as soon as the flags now being manufactured are
sent to the signal stations
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AMERICAS CUP.
1t. HEM of the English Yacht Gala
tea Tells How the Race Should be
Sailed.

NEW YORK. April 26.-Under date of March
18th the New York Yacht Club communicated
with Lieutenant Hem of England relative to
the series of races for Americas cup this summer
by the yacht Galatea. The proposed date was
from September 1st to the 10th, and the course
and conditions very like those under which the
Genesta sailed in 1885.
Under date of April 10th response has been
received. The owner of the Galatea objects to
the New York Yacht Club course inside the Mar
rows as too much cramped as to space and he
advises to have the first race at Newport during
the annual cruise of the New York Yacht Club
fleet This, it is pointed out, would enable the
Galatea to take part in other of the New York
Yacht Club races Lieut.. Hem objects to the
proposed mode of determining the time allow
ance. He says the time allowance between the
Puritan and Genesta was about 81 seconds, and
he cannot consider that sufficient allowance be-
tween two yachts one Of which carried a mainsail
20 per cent. larger than that of the other, and a
topsail in about the same proportion. Lieut..
HEM therefore suggests that the mean OF time
allowances obtained by the New York Yacht CLUB
aud the Yacht Racing Association tonnage rules
should be adopted He hopes Mr.. Schuyler may
be the umpire of the coming races, as he was Of
the 1885 race. The reply of the New York Yacht
Club to the communication is unknown as yet.
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Killed bv a Tram.
Mo cattle Disease in Bangor.
KILLED BY MoONSHINERS
a United States officer Loses hi:
Life for Performing His Duty.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April ga special
from Manchester, Coffee county, says that about
ten days ago Deputy Marshal Webb Purdon, ac-
companied Deputy Marshal Hughes on raid
among the illicit distillers OF GIundy county
Between IL and O'Clock this morning fifteen
moonshiners rode into Manchester determined ia to
the balance surrounded it. Purdon met them as
they entered with a cooked revolver and terrible
battle ensued Two moonshiners fell to the moor
but they had succeeded in fatally wounding Fur-
DON Disabled as he was he seized double par
relied shot gun and fred into the retreatlng gang
and two more fell mortaly wounded. furaon
then fell dead beside the body OF one o1 MS VIC
Tins. The gang carried off three OF their Wouna-
ed companions. large opsse is now In pursuit
of them,
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Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers of real estate in the
county have been recorded at the Registry OF
Deeds:
Portland-Susan j. Darling TO Annie B. Little
field ct ais, land and buildings on Great Che
beague. $400.
Deering-Deering Land Company to Lorenzo F.
Dyer, land 50 200.
New Gloucester-Charles p. Haskell ct al to
Otis c. Nelson, six-sevenths common and undl-
vided of two lots of land S342.S6.
Gorham-- Sarah A. Williams TO Urah 5. Mason,
agent of School District 15, land. $50.
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MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE MASCOT.

Bennett & Moulton's opera company was
greeted with crowded house, last night, at Port
land Theatre, and the frequent applause testihed
to the satisfaction of the audience with their rep
resentation of the Mascot. Miss Bessie Falr-
bairp as Rettina. was very acceptable, and Miss
Irene Murphys Fiametta was good MI. pen pen
Lodge as Rocco displayed the same @ talent cin lnsS
ron rs Lorenzo was good, and the other parts
were well taken The accompanlmentS Mers
well played. Tonight the company appedIs "a
GirOhe-Ciirofla, and tomorrow tne Queehs Laes
handkerchief viii be the attraction
NOTES,
The Spaulding Bell Ringers will be at City Hau
next week. - .,,, 4, 4. ,,,.
Hail the second week in May. Miss Alice Carle
will be in the cast, also the baritone brOcolinl.
There will be grand orchestra OF 22 men.
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QUEEN OF the FLEET.
Fishing Schooners Dispute the Sa-
rah n. Prior's Right to the Title.

BOSTON, April 26.-The claim that the fishing
schooner Sarah H. Prior is entitled to be called
"Queen of the fleet" in point of speed, will on
Saturday next be disputed by ten well known fish
ermen over a 40 mile course, off Boston Light for
a purse of $500. The competing schooners are
announced as follows: Sarah II. Prior, 81 tons
John III. McManus, 1876 tons; Gertie Winsor, 73
tons; William Emerson, 81 tons; Belle j. Neal,
90 tons; Julia E. Whelen, 81 tons; Hattie j.
Philips, "a tons; Emily Z; Wright, 90 tons
80 tons. The race will be a novel one, and bids
fair to be close and exciting.
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War AGAINST the Run, Traffic.

PocHEsrER. N. H.. April 26.-War has begun
against the liquor sellers here seizures being of
daily occurrence intoxicated people found do, on
the nrivileoe of diyulging where they obtained
their liquor or going to jail Arrests and seizures
numerous
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GEN ERAL NEWS.

The tenth anniversary of the Johns Hopkins
University was celebrated at the Mount
Vernon Place M. E. Church, in Baltimore yester-
day, and was largely attended.
The flag on the New York Cotton Exchange
building was placed at half-mast yesterday out of
respect to the late John Phelps. Deceased was a
prominent cotton merchant in the South, at one
time holding the Office of president of the
National Cotton Exchange of America and at the
time of his death being president of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange
1t was stated yesterday in Ottawa that the
American fishing vessel seized at Boddeck, Cape
Breton, had been released by order of the author
tiles.
The Pacific Mail steamer Honduras has been
wrecked on the bar of River Lempa The pasSen-
gers and crew were saved.
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HalIstones as Large as Eggs Fell.

past Killeen Saturday evening" about one mile
from the town. 1t struck the house of Jacob U.s.
leton demolished the building and injured the en-
tire family. The baby was fatally hurt. The res
idence of the Norman Brothers was also destroy
ed The family were saved, having just taken
refuge in a storm house. The storm came from
the northwest and did considerable damage in
the town of Killeen. Hailstones as large as eggs
fell. destroying vegetation and fruit trees, and
breaking MANY window paneS
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a REIGN OF TERROR.
Ceronimo's Band Again Upon the
War Path.
Fifteen Mexicans and Two United
States Soldiers Murdered.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 26.-The Calls
Guaymas, Mexico, special of this morning says:
'Geronimo's band attacked ranches near
Imuris, completely destroying all the buildings at
Casita, a srlall way station near Imuris, on the
Sonora railroad, and killing 10 persons, all Mexi-
cans. A company OF soldiers were sent after
them and two of the soldiers were killed. The
Indians were moving in the direction of Nacari,
in the Sierra Madre mountains. A reign of terror
prevails throughout the district"
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THE LABOR QUESTION.

THE LABOR QUESTION.
Five Hundred BIacksmiths In New
Haven Strike Through Sympathy.
DepIorabIe Condition Of Affairs in the
Pennsylvania Coal Regions.
The Eight Objectionable Men to be
Retained by the Lake Shore.
DastardIy Work Of Strikers on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad.
A Fireman and Brakeman Killed and
the Engineer Severely Injured.
Missouri Pacific Shops at Atkinson,
KS, Taken Possession of
by Strikers.
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,

Published every day Sundays excepte0 by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
AT 81 EXCHANGE STREET, PORTLAND, ME.
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the length of column, or twelve lines nonporet
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Half square, three insertions or less, 20 cents I;
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SPECIAL NOTICES, one-third addltlonai
Under head of "AMUsEMENTs" and AUCTION
SALES" $500 per square per week; three nser-
tions or less S1.50.
THE MAINE STATE PRESS,
Published every THURSDAY MORNING, at $3.50
year; if paid in advance, $500 year
Advertisements inserted in the "MAINE STATE
PRESS (Which has a large circulation in every
part of the State) for S100 per square for first n-
sertion and 80 cents per square for each subse
quent insertion.
Address all communications to
PORTLAND PUBLISHING co.
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St. Luke's Cathedral Parish.

At the annual meeting of st. Lukes parish held
last evening, the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year;
Wardens-George L. B. jackson, Charles B.
Merrill
Vestrymen-Henry W. Hersey, James II. Nc
Mullan, William l.. Putnam, Nathan Cleaves,
John nj. Brown, James E. Prindle, William III .
Clifford j. Ambrose Merrill, Charles S. Deake.
Charles B. Greenleaf, Herbert w. Robinson.
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!. SS7,779 S89,O44 sS1'264

WABASH, ST. LOUIS AND PACIFIC.
United States Commissioner Edmund T. Allen,
sold under foreclosure of mortgage at public
auction in St. Louis, yesterday, the Wabash, ST.
Louis and Pacific railroad, the total price paid
for the entire property being S625, ,OO1. The COM
mittee appointed by the stock and bond holders
were the only bidders and the whole system ex-
cepting the st Joseph and st. Louis branch was
purchased by them. w. +. Nesbit its president,
purchased the latter road for one dollar.
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SET AT LIBERTY.
Big Bear and Three of His Head Men
Discharged from the Penitentiary-
a Sad Sight.

CHICAGO, April 2e.-A special despatch from
Winnipeg, Man, says: The great Northern Cree
chief Big Bear and three of his head men, all OF
whom have been in the Penitentiary at Stony
Mountain, this province, for nearlya yearr, for
their acts in connection with the Rel rebeilloI
have been set at liberty and ordered back 70 leif
reserve. An attempt was made to interview Big
Bear but the old Indian refused to talk. He looks
very much reduced and shows the results OF ms
Imprisonment so clearly that all who nave seen
him consider that his health is rrecoverably prok-
en- He is very thin in flesh, bent in form wan Ill
face and rckety in motion. The old chlef Is III
deed sad sight, a complete Transformation from
the proud, hardy brave that he was only year OF
two ago, and his bent gloomy figure and deJecled
countenance will be no small warning 10 tne
braves that served under him III his campaign
against the whites last spring.
A message from the far West says that crow
foot, the B1ackfoot chief, also tie alters SON
in-law, Poundmaker, another Cree cher, VINO was
released some time ago, have boih sent lneSsel- SCI.
gers to Big Bear assuring him that his 0lncai dg,
nifty had not been in the least degree diminished
in their appreciation by his unfortunate lmprisol-
menJ. His people, who dwell to the number OF
$4,000 on the Upper Saskatchewan, are prepar-
ing to give the old man such reception on MS re-
turn as will inspire him with new hope, although
the government has forbidden the natives 10 In
dulge in any open acts of demonstration renewing
their allegiance to the eX-convict.
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the House that the tariff Of 1867 should be re-

the House that the tariff of 1867 should be re-
stored. A. .,.4 ....
commerce and to provide for boards of arbitra-
tion. 80, -.
the Pacific railroad, reported bill to amend the
various Pacific raToaa % t actS 20 pf9Yde % t8r set
in the construction of said railroad and to secure
to the Tinted States payment of all Indebtedness
Of certain companies therein mentioned. House
calendar.
Aiabama4 4 bill was passed providing for the ap-
ointment of district Judge Tor the southern dis
trct of Alabama.
After considerable debate the amendment was
agreed to, 80 to "a, and the House, at 5.25 p. m
adi0urned
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FOREIGN,
For SETTING the FisherIes Question.

LONDON, April 26.-The Pail Mall Gazette ad-
yocates the formation of supreme and perma-
nent court for the settlement of the fisheries dis
putes between Canada and the United States:
This court, the Gazette says, should consist OF
two Englishmen, and the fifth should be selected
by these four, and be either an American or En-
oishman
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A WIND STORM.
Much Property Destroyed at Fort
Smith, Ark.

FORT SMITH, Ark, April 26.-A destructive
wind storm swept over this place last night, ac-
companied by rain and hail. The storm began at
about 8 O'Clock and continued over an hour.
Stores were unroofed, and stables and shops
biovn down The damage is estimated at 500
900 No lives have been reported lost.
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High Street Parish

at the annual meeting of the High street parish
the following officers were chosen last night for
1886:
Moderator-William NJ. Marks
Clerk and Treasurer-D. w. Snow
Parish AssessorS-P. H. Brown, VIM. Nj. Marks,
Richard Abbott, Charles Cook, John I. Eustis.
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ATHLETIC SPORTS.
Base Ball.

The Portlands play the Hartfords today on the
home grounds, and no doubt a crowd will be in at
tendance curious to see the Portands play with a
club their equal, and all will expect TO see the
men do their best to win. Game will be called at
3 M
HARTFoRDs, 81 BRoCKToNs, 3.
despatch from Brockton says that 500 people
witnessed the Brockton-Hartford game in that
city yesterday. The despatch also says "the
home team was minus two of their heavy hitters
which, coupled with costly errors, gave the game
to the visitors" The score.
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Lake Erie Open to Navigation.

BUFFALO, N. Y, April 26.-The first big grain
fleet of the season from Lake Michigan ports ar
rived yesterday and other vessels are stringing
along slowly today. Up to noon 100000 BUSH
els OF grain had been received and the elevators
are busy unloading vessels.
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creece,s Reply .Unsatisfactory.

ATHENS, April 26.-Greece's reply to the pow
ers is regarded as unsatisfactory: A conference
Italian embassy for the purpose of drawing up
and signing an ultimatum holding Greece answer
able for the consequences unless she defers with
out reserve to the wishes of Europe. The ultima
tum will be presented to the Greek government
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More Carriage Makers Idle.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, April 26.-About 500 of
the carriage blacksmiths employed in all the
principal shops went on strike this morning i'll
consequence of an order from the union. The
men who went out this morning did 50 to fortlfy
the position of the carriage body makers, who
have been out for some weeks, and not on ac-
count of any particular grievance OF their own.