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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-09-22
ATERRIFIc TORNADO.
Great Damage to the Town OF Joliet,
ILL.,, by Saturdays Storm.
Houses Overturned and Great Trees
Twisted Off Like Pipe Stems.

JOLIET. Sept. 21.-The scene of Saturday
nights tornado in Solicit, Illinois, has been
visited by fully 10000 persons. 1t is re
markable fact that, although fifteen or TWEEN
ty houses are demolished and scattered by
the terrific wind, yet not person was fatally
hurt. Everybody seemed to be aware of the
approach of the tornado some minutes before
it struck the city, and fled to the cellars. The
tornado came from the southwest straight up
the Desplaines river. The constant flashes
of lightning lit up the sky so that the fun
nel-shaped cloud could be plainly seen as it
came whirling toward the city with a roar
like a hundred locomotives blowing off
steam As it reached the city limits it turned
east on Monroe street, demolishing houses,
harms and outhouses. The large two-story
and the house and barn of William Pudney.
on the same street, were the first demolished.
An instant after they were struck the air was
filled with boards, limbs of trees, sections of
roofs, and pieces of heavy timber. The bridge
on Monroe street was picked up bodily and
deposited almost intact two blocks away. A
heavy grindstone belonging to man named
Pudney was blown $50 feet. A large number
of houses were moved from their foundations
and wrenched out of shape, many of them
with great patches of shingles missing from
the roof.
The house of Peter DAILY, on Chicago
street, was turned upside down. The roof
now rests on the ground, and the front door
is high up in the air. Thei poles of the
Western Union Telegraph Company were
twisted off like pipestems, the streets being
blocked with a mass of tangled wires. Tele-
graph and telephone wires were rendered
useless all over the southern part, of the
city. Along Fourth avenue great holes were
scooped out of the hard gravel road. The
people say that the holes were made by balls
of electric fire, which bounded along the
ground during the rush of the tornado. At
the corner of Mississippi and Fourth ave
nues, great trees were torn up, and their
trunks twisted into every shape. A number
of horses and cows were buried beneath
falling ruins The horse and buggy of Dep
uty Sheriff Ward disappeared in the tornado
and no trace of them has yet been sound
The damage to property will be large.
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Items from sanfnre,

The Sanford Mills Cricket and Athletic
Club will open the foot ball season with a
match on the Main street ground Saturday
afternoon. The game will be called at $50
p. IN.
The growth of the lap robe and plush in
dustry in Sanford has been phenomenal.
Fifteen years ago the property known as tho
Sanford Mills consisted of three factories.
giving employment to about 125 operatives.
Three water wheels supplied the power. and
two 50 horsepower boilers were all that were
fonnd necessaryfor dyeing, heating and driving
purposes. Today this corporation have seven
factories, running ten hours per day. Six
immense warehouses are required for the
storage of goods. Ten wafer wheels and fivs
steam engines aie kept in constant operation
and ten boilers have been added to the bat
terry of two. making twelve in all. There are
at present employed in the factories. machine
shops, yards, etc, of the company 525 opera
tives. Few villages in Maine, not on direct
line OF railroad, can show such a rapid
growth.
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THE TROUBLE AT BATH.
a Rumor Regarding the New Eng
land Shipbuilding Company.
snecial to the Press.

BATH, Sept. 21.-This forenoon it was re-
ported that the New England Shipbuilding
Company had offered to sub-let the contract
for finishing the two schooners on the basis
of So per day. In tracing up the rumor your
reporter first interviewed director of the
New England Shipbuilding Company.
sit is rumored that you have offered to
sub-let the contract for finishing the two
schooners to the Knights of Labor; is there
any truth in the rumor?" asked the inter
viewer.
ssNo. we have not offered to let the work
out to them, but boss carpenter in the yard
has offered for lump sum to complete the
vessels, provided he can get the men to work
for him at So per day."
WAS his offer satisfactory to you?'
sYes, entirely so,'' was the answer. "We
consider it cheaper than we can do the work
for
"How is it he can do it at that price,
then?"
sI don't think he can without losing mon
ey," he replied.
'sHaye you made any effort to import la
bor?" was next asked.
81 do not care to say" was the answer
ssDid the directors take any action at the
meeting last night that they are willing to
give to the publc?"
''No The meeting was on matters out
side the labor question"
The men idling about have preserved the
best of good order, and feel in the best OF
humor. They are confident that the compa-
nv will ultimately come to their terms, and
I'm arnn
ion.
No labor has been imported today, and the
situation is largely the same as yesterd ay.
Your reporter interviewed prominent
| builder today, who stated that he thought
the company made mistake in raising the
schedule so soon last spring. and that the
knights made mistake in striking so soon
this fall. He expressed much sympathy for
the carpenters, stating that they could not
live on what was offered them.
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enviable position. The official report of the
engagement en- was made public and numer-
GUS congratulatory kilograms were received
from federal, state and municipal officials
in frontier states, thanking Capt. Herrera
and Col Teron for ridding the country of
powerful man with long flowing beard. 1t
IS believed by the leading citizens here that
the troops mistook Joan Villeret for the
Coyote, as he closely resembled the leader
and the terrible hand to hand fight that he
The bold chieftain The governor has or
dered the mayor to have the bodies properly
identified
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Notes.

The Portlands play with the Boston Blues
on the home grounds today, Thursday, Fri,
day and Saturday. Friday will be ladies'
day.
President Soden of the Boston base ball
club had Capt. Morrill, before him yesterday
and directed him to call the members OF the
team together and read the riot act" to
them, to the effect that repetition Of the
wretched and Indifferent play of some Of
them in Mondays game will result either in
heavy fines or suspension without pay. The
management and the pnblic would not long
er tolerate such exhibitions, and the team
pable or suffer the consequences. The direc-
tors has no fault to find with a player who
tried hard and made occasional errors, even
if damaging ones, but they had shown len
iency enough toward poor playing which
could be easily remedied by the players
themselves.
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FOUND the BODIES
Of the Men VINO Were Entombed in
the Mine.

SCRANTON, Penn, Sept. 21.--At 11.;So
o'clock this forenoon, Superintendent Mich
olson and Fire Boss Proudlock went into the
marine shaft and found the dead bodies OF
in the mine by the cavlng that occurred on
Monday last The bodies were found in the
gangway where the missing men were sup
posed to have gathered when the fall oc-
Cured. They were not crushed and lay as
if the men had gone to sleep. Deeompesi--
group had evidently been suffocated soon af-
ter the accident occurred.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
The Protection of money.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-The publication
by certain newspapers of fac-similes of the
new $40 silver certificates is likely to cause
trouble for those who are apparently igno-
rant of the fact that the United States Sc
cret service sezes all cuts and imprints made
in imitation of the circulation of the country.
The claim by those getting these cuts up
that there is no intent to defraud, and that
there can therefore be no counterfeiting in
volved, does not prevent the secret service
officers from taking prompt action although
it does save the offenders from arrest and
criminal prosecution Numerous advertising
devices in the form of money have from
time to time been seized by the government
and the plates and dies used in their manu-
facture destroyed, even when only the
smallest portion of note, as the half of
coin, ives initiated and cabinet in the Sc
cret service rooms in the treasury depart
ment is now filled with samples of confisca-
ted property. The reason given for prohib
iting this form of advertising or publication
is that sharperS have frequently passed
worthless issues upon ignorant people, and
that cuts used in making the imprints have
been or could be adapted for swindling pur-
poses.
The protection of the circulating medium
and the people who rely upon the govern
as the sole maker of their currency demands,
it is said, that all attempts, however clum-
sy, in that direction must be suppressed.
The Presidents Return to the Capital
PAUL SMITHS, N. Y, Sept. 21.-The
President, accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland,
Mrs. Folsom and Col and Mrs. Lamont ar
rived here last night on the return trip to
Washington. Yesterdays journey was
made on foot through the woods covering
the carries, and by row boats over the Sew
en- Lakes between this place and Saranac
Inn. After dinner last evening an infor-
To-day Paul Smith will drive the party to
Paul Smiths station on the Northern Adj
rondack Railroad. and the remainder of the
trip will be made by rail-
A Snow Storm in New Hampshire.
LAooNIA, N. H., Sept. 21.-A snow storm
prevailed in different parts of Belknap ceun-
ty yesterday afternoon for fully one hour. 1t
was the toughest day of the season on Lake
Winnipesaukee.
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ter's trotting horse, the animal to make a
mile while the man ran half. Bright won
easily, making the half mile in 2.21.
If the weather continues, doubtless there
will be very large attendance today. In
the forenoon there will be trial Of strength
by draft oxen and an exhibition of stations
and family horses upon the track.
AT ii o'clock there will be a bicycle race,
and at one the discipline of working
oxen. At two O'Clock the trotting will COM
mence with the 240 and 2.32 class. 4 good
field of fast hOres are entered in both class
es and some exciting sport may be expect
ed.
People visiting the fair from this city
should procure at the depot round tlip tick
ct, which will give passage direct to the
grounds and return at $1.l0.
PESnUMs.
The following premiums were awarded:
MARES AND COLTS.
Mare and colt by side, F. H. Morse, Glay 1st
prem. G Smith, Gray I'd; F. M. Thompson,
T6ree-yearold colts, A. J. Hunnewell, Wind
Marston, W. Falmouth Sd.
Two,jyearold colts, W. H; Benson, Gray, list;
One -year-od colts-E. G.. Hale, Windham 1st;
+. II. Hill, Gray, I'd; Scammon Fogg, Gray, Sd.
SWINE.
Sow and pigs, Sylvester Cobb, Gray, 1st; Samu-
el Hunt w. Gray, I'd. Boar, Andrew Allen, w.
UFdy, lSt.
SHEEP.
Five grade Cotswolds, E. P. Libby, Gray, 1st'
One buck, s. A. Plummer, N. Gloucester, 1st.
POULTRY.
Best collection, Andrew Allen, Gray; S. S. Ad-
ans, Gray, I'd.
Best trio Wyandotte, s. S. Adams, Gray; An
drew Allen, Gray, I'd.
Best trio light Brahma, B. F. Fickett, New Glou-
cester; Fred Field, Gray, I'd.
Best trio buff Cochin, B. +. Pickett, New Glou-
cester.
Best trio Plymouth Rock, Mrs. Edward Cobb,
Gray.
Best trio Houdan, VIM. Thompson, Gray; F. E.
Maybury I'd.
Best trio Silver Polish, B. A. Haines, Gray.
Seabright, V. W. Morse, Gray. 1st.
Best trio White Bantam, Luther Hill, Gray; do
red bantam. l.. Hill, Gray.
Best trio Pekn ducks, s. S. Adams, Gray.
Muscovy ducks, Alfred Campbell, honorable
Five ducks, Joseph Small, Pownal, honorable
mention.
MATCHED OXEN.
Harrison Spiller, Raymond, 1st; Orin s. Hlg-
gins, Gray, I'd; ID. S.yJordan, Raymond, honor-
able mention.
HERDS.
O. S. Higgins Gray 1st; George H. Freeman,
Gray, I'd; ]. H. Day, N. Gloucester. Sd.
FAT CATTLE.
VIM p. Haskell, Gray, best pair fat cattle; VIM.
Elder, Gray, I'd; Charles Cole, Raymond. honor
able mention.
TOWN TEAM OF OXEN.
Windham town team of 10 yoke, 1st; Raymond
do, I'd; Gray do, Sd.
TOWN TEAM OF STEERS.
Gray, pair 1st; Windham, 3 pair, 3D.
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SUBURBAN NEWS.
SACCARAPPA.


Mr.. III. S. Cousins has taken the contract
to construct cement sewer 760 feet long,
feet wide, and II feet deep, extending from
Main street through Fitch street, crossing
the railroad track, for S4.75 rod. He has
commenced the job with twelve men and is
making good progress. He expects to have
it completed in ten days. Stephen l.. Stew
enson, Esq, is the engineer.
Messrs. J. X. Dunn & Co., have built
commodious stone house near the depot.
The express car which runs between this
village and Portland. has been great con-
yenience and mill owners and business men
generally the past season. That with the
'Shoo Fly" train, has made trade brisk be-
tween the two places.
A small delegation Of Odd Fellows from
this and Cumberland Mills villages will take
in the grind demonstration in Boston this
week.
Saccarappa Lodge, l. o. o. F., viii furn-
ish a course of literary and musical enter
tainments the coming winter.
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with the bonnet out of her jib The Strang-
er was not in sight at the time. The Thetis
passed Half Rock at 9.17 Marblehead rock
in Marblehead harbor at 9.53, winning $500
inside of "a hours.
The Gitana dropped anchor at u .3S, first of
schooners to arrive. The Stranger is now
three miles to the eastward of Half Way
Rock. She will be beaten by over four
hours by the Thetis. The wind is strong
from the westward
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AT on-Washingtons, 4 Bestons, 8.
Base -Washingtons, s.; Bostons,
s. rrors-Washingtons, 10; Bostons, 8.
At Observation-Disclosures l; Cincinnatls,
1. Darkness.
At Observation-Disclosures II; Salems,
six.
one.
At Brooklyn-Brooklyn 10; Pittsburgs,
six.
At Staten Island = Metropolitans, 10;
Louisvilles, 3.
At New York-New Yorks, g; Philadel
phias, 4. Base hits-New Yorks, s; Phila-
delphias, 6. Errors-New Yorks, 2; Phila-
delphias, 4.
At st. Louis-St. Louis, 3; Kansas Citys,
O. Base hits-St. Louis, II; Kansas Citys,
T. Errors-St Louis, A; Kansas Citys, 8.
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BAS e BALL.
The New England League.
PoRTLANDs, 6; HAvERHILLs, /.

PoRTLANDs, 6; HAVERHILLs, 1.
The Portlands played all around the Hav-
hills ON their own grounds yesterday. Both
pitchers were batted hard but the Haverhills
could not hit Conway when hits were need
ed. Several times with men on second and
third and good men at the bat they failed to
score. They got their only run on a triple
by Slattery, followed by double from Fos.
ter. O'Connell played right field: for the
Portlands. He hit the ball every time but
was unfortunate. Shelter made a wonder
full catch of fly. Hatfeld's playing was
superb and Carl and Hawkes. felded finely.
The game probably decides the pennant The
coora folloxuc.
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ATramp Meets a Fearful Death.

GREENFIELD, Mass, Sept. 21.-Attt Ia an Tarn sarry
er's Falls branch of the Fitchburg TailIn Tan,ains
was burned, and later the charred remains n is
of tramp were taken from the car. to n ~ and
fell asleep Vis While smoking, thus ign5ting the
contents Of the @ car The tramp who, ocena Gu
pied the second car says three were III dt2 saU
car when it burned, though only one pouy
has been found.
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YACHTING DISASTERS.
The citana Capsized During a Race
Her Crew Saved.

sldon yaebts Gtsna and G. Smith left
Black Rock, Ct, on Monday, for ruaa race as,
around the Stratford Shoal Light. The Jib
sheet or the yacht Gitana fouled, causing
her to capsize and throwing all on board into
the water. Timely assistance was given py
the Yacht F. C. Smith, and all were saved.
After Att drifting two miles the yacht was Sc
cured and anchored in the Sound, The
steamer Nonowantuc has gone to right her
Both crews stopped at the Lighthouse last
night thoroughly drenched and chilled.
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A SEVERE GALE.
A Number of Vessels Wrecked-Three
Lives Lost.

ST. JOHNS, N. F., Sept. 2l.-The recent
gale on the Labrador and Newfoundland
coasts has involved more destruction to pro-
perty than at first anticipated. On the
ers were totally lost, but fortunately only
three lives were lost. Ali of these vessels
were fish laden. One grand banker was cut
down by an ocean steamer on Monday, off
Cape Race. Hundred of famishing families
shore into the mining settlements
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TUE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.

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strange phenomenon at columbia.

COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. 21.--Last night
there was sheet lightning in the East, at fire.
quent intervals, land subterranean thunder
was heard for several hours. At 5.1S o'clock
a long rumbling sound, apparently proceed
ing from direction a little west of South,
and was followed by a severe shock, lasting
about minute. Houses were perceptibly
shaken, and most of the people awakened.
The subterranean thunder continued for
several hours after the shock. People sleep
ing uncovered near open windows found it
necessary to close the windows and use
blankets.
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New York Politics.

SARARoGA, n. Y, Sept. 21.-John J. q
Brien resigned the chairmanship Of the tie
resignation was accepted. The committee
decided to hold no State convention.
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The vaIhalIa Dismasted.

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, Sept. 2l:-
Sloop yacht Valhalla Of Boston, was DIS
masted near Sow and Pigs Ledge yesterday
during heavy northwest wind. She was
Electra and was towed to New Bedford by a
tug. The Electra will cruise westward TO-
day. The Mayflower was here. last nlght
and sailed for Boston this morning.
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EIcoyote Not Dead After All.

LAM PAsAs, Mexico, Sept. 21.--Dispatch-
es from New Laredo states that Ell Coy
otes family deny the report that he was
killed in the recent battle with federal
troops near this city place officers in an un-
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THE MAINE STATE PRESS,
Thg WEATHER.

WASHINGTON. Sept. o.
The indications for Maine, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont are light focal rains and
slightly warmer.
The indications for New England are
light local rains, slightly warmer, winds
shifting to southerly.
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Mean daily bar. 80 042 Maximum ther.. ..62.1
Mean daily ther. ..51.o Minimum ther.. 40.2 /,
Mean daily DIV pit. 1886 Max. vel. wind. .15 W
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Sept 81, 1886, 1000 P. NJ
Observations taken at the same moment OF time
at all Statinns
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THE GIANT BOATS.
News of Interest About the Yacht
Fleet.

MARBLEHEAD, Sept. N.-The sloop The
tis arrived here at 9.53 o'clock this morning,
under reefed mainsail, topmast housed and
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CHARLESTON AGAIN SHAKEN.
Very Peculiar Condition of the At
mosphere.
The People Much Alarmed at Savan-
nah.

CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. 21.-There was
no mstaking the character Of the disturb
ance that occurred at 5,15 o'clock this morn
ing Most of the people in the city were
asleep at the time, but the shock was sutfi-
cientiy strong to awake them. The features
of the phenomenon and of the atmospheric
conditions were somewhat peculiar. The
weather Sunday and Monday nights was
warm and sultry. The temperature was
high, and there was on both nights an entire
absence OF wind. After 10 o'clock at night,
the wind seemed to have died out entirely.
Monday night indications Of a change in the
weather were apparent despite the intense
ly warm weather. Frequent flashes OF sheet
lightning were seen in the North. and Occa-
sional rolls of distant thunder were heard.
In the opinion of some people there We're
seismic detonations, but there seems to be
scarcely room to doubt that they were the
roll of distant thunder. The sky over
Charleston all this time was entirely clear,
and the moon shone brightly. Shortly after
midnight the wind set in rather briskly from
the East, and clouds began to gather. Some
persons state there was slight shock about
4 o'clock, but if there was it was not Sufti-
cient to arouse any one who was asleep. 1t
was 5.15 when the shock arrived. This was
about the severest felt in Charleston for over
two weeks Houses were very perceptibly
shaken, and in many instances the plaster
ing was thrown down. The shock is vari-
ously estimated to have lasted from 3 to 10
seconds. The worst feature Of the shock
was the additional injury to the Medical
College. where large part of the wall fell
in. It is now gaping ruin, and apparently
must come down to the basement Shocks
are also reported from Summeryille, Sumter.
Blackville, Orangeburg, Newberry, Augusta
and Savannah. Within three minutes after
the shock had passed there we're a good ma
ny people in the streets, although compara-
lively few were women and children; Today
most of the people. kept the middle OF the
roadway, while walking through the streets,
There was little interruption to business, and
none whatever in the work of repairs, which
is progressing as rapidly as can be under the
circumstances. The relief committee is
making considerable headway with the ardu-
GUS work before it. The committee propose
to deal first with the cases of widows and
orphans, who have but one house and who
are unable to make it inhabitable save with
out assistance.
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Earned runs-Portlands, 3; Haverhills, 1.
Bases stolen-Wheelock, Conway. Two base
hits-FOster ORourke. Three base hit-Slat-
terry. Passed balls-O'Rourke, 2; Cooney 2.
First base on errors-Portlands, 2; Haverhills q
Struck out-By Conway, 8; by Conley, 2. Left on
bases-Portlands, 8; Haverhills, 8. Wild pitch
-Conley.
Innings IL 3 4 6 Z s.
Lawrences.......0 3 L 3 X-14
Brocktons ..........4 0 2 0 Ks
Base hits Lawrences, 90; Brocktons 8. En-
rors-Lawrences, II; Brocktons II.
AT LYNN.
Innings. 8 8 8
Lynns s...............0 U 3 8 2 X X-12
Blues. o o x
Base hits-Lynns, 13; Blues. 8. Errors
Lynns 10. Blues, 20.
THE STANDING.
The following is the standing of the clubs
in the New England League: