Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-07-15
Review.

me fra. b, the demo rats. II ,ae At
prafi.a'..r 'o ,ash.r American steamship,
70 carry flr m4l, IT, Sulft Antercaa ports.
cor 1T another outlet ~ AmerItsn goods.
Nj. Hal showed he Seua,c that j. cargo III
good shipped "a a South Ar.r5can pr, -
ceuiiy. contained u,r+uiioas n IA tweat,.
-iS State, and that ell that j. nreItd Id
bus.d up large trade }, d.rec, caumu0iea-
'tan in SHIPS hyus the H.. q the Jpi,sd
States.
The conviction of Auornc, General Gar
land Of having been in the Pan Electric
ss.nGlr. and having used h.s oiijcia. po-l.
tlon 10 bolster up the corrGp; hu,5ar-- b,
uow complete since Nh. Ramsay otiic.a. re-
port submitted. and President C.e,e-
land = said To be greatly troubled 'hereal,
The Senate committee on pensions mas
gwen President Cleveland. pension yriocs
sharp review. clearly showing that the
Precedent. criticisms were founded on ma.
information. The Hos, FRIDAY tackled
one Of the rsakrs, Of these yetces There
a preliminary skirmish in the House
the 9th, which indicates that the House " IN
decline to pass the bills over the Vetoes Il
: believed the river and harbor bill will tail
. u
would probably be vetoed.
\ few days ago the Canadian government
sent out Il circular which was interpreted as
4 concession Of the most unreasonable de-
mands on their part and led American fish
ermen TO believe that they vere 70 hc al
lowed ordinary commercial privileges IN
. Canadian ports. But the Portland schoon-
eg, CITY Point, seized d technical
violation u the customs laws for taking wat
er on board before reporting at the custom
house Then Capt. Webber Of the Port
{ land vessel J. G. Craig, was ordered out Of a
( port whittier he had gone 10 obtain help for Ills
I sick son and after suffering many ndignIt!es
/ was obliged 10 put 10 sea leaving his son be-
/ hind. Now the cruiser Terror IS after the
/ Craig on the ground that Capt. Weber
/ shipped new man al Nova Scotia ii place
! of his son. Friday, two more Portland
/ schooners, tbe George W. Cushing aud lh.
/ {. b. Harrington were seized for similar Of
! fences against the customs laws those
/ charged agains, the City Point. he Canadians
! evidently, have not heard how the United
I States released the Canadian schooner SIS
! tiers which had been guilty of like offence,
/ for they have sent word to Portland that
! they will let these three schooners 90 on
4 payment OF 800 and costs on each vessel.
/ The owners al once sent telegram 10 Sec
/ retary Bayard and have received an answer
/ that the cases have been reported by the
| consul general at Halifax and are having at
/ tention. Hon. William l.. Putnam advises
1 the owners Of the seized schooners 10 deposit
| the amount of fines and costs ESTIMATED at
| 5000 in each easel, in the hands of the Do
minion officials, pending the settlement Of
| the business. Since then the Portland
mackereling steamer, Novelty, Capt. joyce,
| has been prohibited from buying coal or ice
| at Pctou, Nova Scotia, the authorities acting
under instructions from Ottawa. Capt. joyce
left Portland with short supply Of coal and
| ice under the impression that the fisheries diff
! fcuties had been settled The Henry Viii
lard of Portland, also went to Cape Island,
| short of men, under the impression that he
would be allowed to make up his crew there,
| but soon found out his mistake. He, also,
was ordered to make a stop Of only twenty
four hours, when he reported at the custom
house. Halifax papers show disposition
TO boast over the situation, and the authori-
ties are doing everything possible to harass
| American fishermen. and evidently intend
to adhere to the harshest Interpretation Of
the treaty. 1t is certainly time our govern
ment showed some signs of life and of So
licitude for the welfare of our fishermen.
A Portland schooner, just arrived home, re-
ports that the Canadians extorted from him
lighthouse dues at a point $50 miles from
any lighthouse. Secretary Bayard insults
our fishermen by remarking he can do moth
ing for them and by limiting that they ought
not to have opposed the Commission and
free fish deal.