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The Portland daily press., 1886-07-20
YORK COUNTY.
The Posie Club.


Several young ladies all dressed in CO.'S
tune, wearing cute blue sailor caps with the
words ''Posie Club on white ribbon on
the front of the cap, appeared at the station
yesterday. They created quite sensation,
and many interrogatives were put forward
as to who and what the Posie Club was. So
the Rambler representative took a stroll up
toward the city of cottages and found the
headquarters of the young ladies.
The Posie Club is an organization of ten
young ladies who have formed an associa-
ton for ''good time" They have rented a
cottage on Fern avenue and will reside there
a few weeks when they may take it into
their heads to pose somewhere else Each
young lady represents flower beginning
with p, and SO they style themselves the Posie
Club. Among their rules are restrictions not
allowing any gentleman callers, (Of course
a reporter is an exception to all rules-and
here is one of the bright spots in this slavish
profession) They told me-and they were
very earnest-that they had kept this rule
strictly, excepting the grocer and milkman,
who of course came on business and could
not rightfully be counted. They are here
ing it, The walls of the room were orna-
mented with hats-tall hats, short hats,
poke bonnets, shade hats, and in fact all
kinds of summer head gear. To be sure
there are only ten of them, but to see the
hats one would suppose there were twenty.
the room fixed up for comfort and pleasure.
The young ladies are from Portland, Saco
and Cambridgeport, and they combine BEAU
ty, wit and talent in the superlatiye degree.
The following are the names of the men,
bers: Lucy Hill, Jennie Clement, Carrie
Whitney, Estella Lord, Alice Hanscom, Ber-
tha Waymouth, May Dyer, Winnifred Bry-
ant. Alice INGALLS, and Bertha Bliss.
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why the Coal Trade Suffers.

The prices of coal are now said by well in
formed persons in the trade to be lower than
they have been since last winter. Sales
have been made by large individual opera
tors as low as $500 and $3.15 for stove, and
$3.50 and $3.50 for broken and egg grades,
''free on board" The cause Of this unfavor-
able condition of affairs is the amount OF
coal produced by most of the companies in
excess of their allotment by agreement. AL
though the amount consumed so far this
year has been ahead of the production
year ago, the companies formed combina-
ton two months ago to restrict their posi-
BILE output because their facilities for posi-
BILE production were far beyond the legitimate
growth of consumption. The way in when
the agreement has been carried out is shown
in the fact that for April and May there was
a net excess of production over the all0t-
ment of AS, ,064 tons, divided among the tol-
lowing companies: Philadelphia " Reading
III SOL; Lehigh Valley, 1885; Pennsylva-
mia Railroad, 101, ,S51; Delaware, Lackawan-
ma & Western, 27, ,74S; Erie Railroad, 9,122
Delaware & Hudson Canal, 1,5o1i less q
shortage by the Pennsylvania Coal company
of 1,6S4. 1t is understood that the Delaware
& Hudson Canal Company Will continue 70
sell its coal at prices made by any competl-
tor so long as the agreement for curtallment
is not observed by all the companies. IL Is
not likely that any relic of the coal comDlna-
ton will be left unless the eXcesses over al
lotments shown in the foregoing hgures are
equalized by Aug. 1st.
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senator MorriIl Leaves for Homo.
XIIXth CONGRESS- FIRST SESSION
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, July 10.
Mr.. Whitthorne introduced a bill to return
the tax ON cotton collected by the United
States in 1S63-66-67-6S from people of certain
States, to be held and used by such States
for educational purposes.
Senator Blair offered an amendment to the
House joint resolution for the use OF the
surplus revenue in payment OF the pubic
debt. The amendment provides that before
payment of any part of the surplus there
Shall be received and set apart $79,O0O,oOo to
be known as the common school fund, such
fund to be paid out as provided in his edu-
catonal bill. This was ordered printed.
The Senate tnen took kup the oleomargarlne
bill, and Mr. Vance proceeded to argue
against it.
Mr.. Butler offered an amendment extend
ing the principles of the bill to wines and
liquors
Mr.. Harris offered an amendment making
it unlawful to sell oleOmargarine within the
District of Columbia or the Territories un-
less distinctly marked as such.
The question was then taken on this
amendment, and it was rejected-yeas Is,
nays ).
Mr.. Beck argued that if the bill were to be
passed, 1t would be right and logical to en-
graft upon it the amendment offered by Mr.
Butler.
MI Butler addressed the Senate in advo-
cacy of bis amendment, and had read various
papers tending to show how imitation and
DOSun Nllto ttlc pub Oh bll0 ludEk6t. 1l6 lO-
garded this whole system Of legislation, how
ever, as unconstitutional and vicious in the
extreme.
MI. Miller renewed former motion to lay
MI. ButlerS amendment on the table, and
the motion was agreed to-yeas 80, nays 16.
Mr.. EdmundS said he wished to correct
the impression which some Senators seemed
TO have, that this bill proposed to tax one
interest for the benefit of another interest.
lie did not SO understand the bill. Ii he did,
he should be against it. He supposed that
out OF every 100 people who ate these oleo--
margarine compounds some believed that
they were eating butter in the sense IN
which their grandfathers and grandmothers
and themselves (when children) understood
that term. No one was poor enough, lg-
norant enough or debased enough to like to
be cheated, and where he could do anything
to repress fraud on the poor he would do 1t,
and would believe he was rendering them a
service.
Mr.. Vest opposed the bill at considerable
length, pronouncing it amonstrous fraud
Mr.. Van Wyck advocated its passage.
Mr.. Ingalls, made sarcastic speech, COM
menting particularly on the vial containing
preparation for cOloring butter, which ne
said was manufactured at Burlington, Ner,
mont, accompanying the circular clalml:nE
for it properties for giving butter a I'm
like the richest grade of Jersey butter ano
no expert can detect it.
Mr.. Miller seemed to regard TINS az
personal attack and replied angrily, elcltlns
another sharp retort.
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Knights of Labor in Convention.

WORCESTER, July ia thrse days con-
vention of the Knights of Labor of District
No. 30, which comprises nearly the whole Of
this State except Lynn and Salem, began in
this city this morning There are now about
1000 delegates, representing 800 local assem-
blies present, and more are expected tomor
row. The work of the convention is trans
acted with sealed doors, but it is to be of va
rious kinds. Questions of Importance in the
labor against capital and the rights of the la
boring man are the main points. The cues
tion Of division of the local assemblies into
more districts. probably one for each county,
will also come up. The only work done to.
delegates and the reading of lengthy reports
by District Master Workman G. H. Litch-
man of MarbIehead, and by District Secreta-
ry and Treasurer, Geo. E. Mcneil of Boston.
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Portland and ogdensburg.

The New Hampshire railroad commission
ers, speaking of the roads in that State, say;
''The reconstruction of bridges ON the Port
land and Ogdensburg has been carried for
ward with much energy and despatch New
iron lattice bridges have replaced the old
combination trusses at the East Branch,
Glen Ellis and first Saco River crossing in
Bartlett. The combination truss bridges
over the Saco river in Upper Bartlett and
over Sawyer's river in Hearts Location are
to be superseded by iron lattice bridges. A
great deal of grading has been done on the
line, including the excavation of 1O,5Oo cubic
wards in Conway, at the ''Cook Cut" which
greatly medifies sharp curve. The en-
bankment at Conway Centre has been wild
ened and the roadbed west of Crawford s
lifted. Two culverts washed out by the Au-
gust freshet have been rebuilt and much
other masonary constructed Originally
there were "a wooden bridges ON this line,
having d total length of 1874 feet These
have been reduced more than one-half, while
the pile and trestle bridging has been re-
duced from 1929 linear feet to 936 feet.
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RIGHTLY SERVED.
One of the Forepaugh Thieves Ar
rested and Jailed in Bangor.
Bangor Whig.

The men who travel with Forepaugh's
show selling admission and reserved seat
tickets and other articles have certainly
gained the reputation Of being the hardest
set that ever came into Maine with circus
of any kind. Every place the show visited
except Bangor, they fleeced people right and
left.
1t is due to City Marshal Whitney that the
people here were not swindled out of large
sums of money. He had, of course, learned
of the "crookedness" of these men, and
therefore, on Saturday morning he sent one
or two policemen to the grounds in citizens
clothing to watch the progress OF affairs.
They had not long to wait, for soon after the
sale of tickets commenced man from Gar
land went up to one of the small outside of
fees where admission tickets could be pur-
chased for go cents, ''to avoid the rush at the
main wagon" He called for ticket and
gave $40 bill in payment. The seller, who
was afterwards found to be Henry Jordan,
hailing from New Jersey, pushed back $9.40
in change, and asked the Garland man to
count it. He did so and pronounced it all
right, and Jordan then pretended that he
himself had made mistake, and asked to
look at the cash. 1t was passed back to him
and he counted it, at the same time taking
out So bill. He rolled up the $40, passed
it back to the unsuspecting purchaser, and
told him to put it in his pocket and look out
for pickpockets. He did so without unPoll-
ing the bills. Officer Allen had been quietly
watching the operation, and at once found
the man and after considerable talk succeed
ed in convincing him that he did not wish to
pick his pocket but would like to see how
much change he had received. 1t was just
as the officer suspected and in a moment
more Jordan was collared, satchel, money
and tickets, and on his way to the police sta
tion with the officer, in spite of the resist
ance which he showed. He had not been in
the station long before a man, who, in the
morning had introduced himself to Marshal
Whitney as one of Pinkerton's detectives,
travelling with the circus, came and asked
his release, making every possible excuse.
Later on the Marshal was offered 800 to re-
lease him, but the show people were mistak-
en- in the official, as the release was impossi-
BILE. Lawyers were engaged and came to the
station and asked that the man might be ar
raigned in the afternoon so that he could OBJ
tain bail and leave with the show. But this
was a failure. Jordan was arraigned before
the court Monday morning. His arrest
frightened the rest of the gang, and al
though police were on the ground all the al
ternoOn and evening no new swindling cases
were reportedto them. The capture was
lucky one, and probably saved the people a
good many dollars.
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ALRANY's GREAT CELEBRATION.
Many Thousands of People Witness
the Parade and the Other Exer-

ALBANY, N. Y, July 19.-This is the sec
ond day Of the bi-centennial celebration.
The city is thronged with visitors and the
streets present most brilliant appearance,
the leading buildings, being covered with
many colored flags and bright bunting. At
9 O'Clock this morning Mayor Thatcher, with
drawn sword, and preceded by crier and
herald, headed a procession in which were
city officials, the Burgess CORPS. the jackson
corps, the bi-centennial committee, and the
CaughnaWaga Indians in war paint and
feathers, and proceeded to the ancient city
gates.
The streets through which the novel col
umn passed were lined with spectators.
Secretary Manning waved to the. party from
his window and was greeted with a salute.
When they reached the high arch at the
south gate of the evergreen city, on the cor
ner of Broadway and Hudson Avenue, the
Mayor, after cries which silenced the multi
tude, made proclamation. This proclama-
ton. which was one of welcome and nOtlfica
tion of the purposes of the gathering, was
fastened to both the south and north gates.
The Indians then sang in their native
tongue. Following this the boom of cannon
and ringing of bells announced that Albany
had thrown open her gates with hearty well
come to all participating in her festivities,
AT the conclusion of this ceremony, the
pupils of the grammar and high schools,
numbering several thousand, together with
their teachers and the Board of Public In
SCrucGlOD, dSS6ulDl6u III d 1cut db OdPneei
Park and carried out their programme. His
toric tableanx were presented, representing
the arrival of Hendrick Hudson in 1909, the
reception of the Dongan charter at Albany
on July 26, 1856, and the reception of Lieu
tenant General John Burgoyne and Baroness
Keisdel by Mrs. Philip Schuyler, after the
surrender at Saratoga, at Schuyler mansion
in October, 1717. The music rendered by a
chorus of 1000 voices was very fine. The
morning ended with canoe races on the Hud-
SON. The fireworks at Washington Park
Thursday night will be the finest ever seen
in the United States, with the single eXcep-
ton of those at the Inauguration of Presi-
dent Cleveland.
This afternoon the school children pro,
ceeded to the places where 45 memorial
tablets had been erected to designate his,
toric spots and unveiled them. The first OF
the grand parades occurred this afternoon,
and was participated in by organizations
representing every trade and branch of busi-
ness in the city with floats and costumes IL
lustrative of their respective pursuits. The
procession extended over the entire route OF
march about four miles,
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ing to So, 300 were entrusted to him for col
lection. He borrowed largely from his
allowed to go to protest. His wife is said to
have received a letter saying he was enroute
for Canada and she has left the city. Capt.
Willing was administrator of the estate of a
deceased cousin, who left considerable prop
erty. One of the heirs recently came of age
and endeavored to get statement of the
money in the hands of his guardian, but
failed and the matter is now before the
courts. The missing man was an active pol
itician and has twice been a member of the
State legislature.
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National Conference of Charities and
Corrections.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 19.-The National
Conference of Charities and Corrections this
morning listened to reports from various in
stitutions and States. A number of papers
were read and discussed, among them being
one by VIM. P. Litehworth president of the
New York State Board of Charities, on
1.-The Children of the State" He stated
that there are in the United States, under 16
years of age, 20,043, ,659 children, but it is i'm
possible to determine how many of these are
dependent or Independent. In 1880 there
were 4S,92S blind persons, of whom 2,242
were in educational institutions other than
day schools, and 33,S7S deaf mutes, of whom
1896 were in similar Institutions; the total
number of idiots in the United States was
1886; of these 292 were in training schools.
The proportion under institutional instruc-
tion, the small class which was to be consid-
cred, may be separated into five divisions,
young infants, homeless children, blind, deaf
and dumb, idiotic and weak-minded. and
truants, which includes yagrants, disorderly
and criminal children, designated under the
general term of juvenile delinquents. The
class of orphans called foundlings is gradu-
ally diminishing. Under the present methods
illegitimacy had become statutory offence.
The aims house care of these little ones has
proved failure. Under organized private
beneyolence results have been achieved that
could never be reached by public system.
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the ANARCHISTS TRIAL.
Origin of the Celebrated Lehr und
Wehr Verein.

CHICAGO, July 19-Judge Gary's COURT
was crowded this morning when the witness,
Lieut.. Stanton. one of the officers wounded
at the Haymarket was placed on the stand.
Witness described in detail the events OF the
night of May and was also asked concern
ing the wounds he received. He saw the
bomb in the air; heard the kissing OF the
fuse, which was about two inches long; saw
the missile after it struck the ground, and to
the best of his belief it was about the size OF
his two fists put together.
Officer Ii. +. Kruger of Lieutenant Steele
Company was the next witness. lie was IN
the front rank. He heard a voice say.
Here come the bloodhounds, and thought
was addressing the meeting. L heard some
one say, 1--WE ARE peaceable." who was
this man; is he among the. defendants p, ;,
eyes, he is the fourth man from the lett,
witness looked at him and said, That's the
man; 1 saw him draw revolver, and am
sure he fired two shots.
''What then?'
''He took cover behind the wagon"
''What do you mean by took cover?
The Lehr ind Weir Verein, of which wit
ness Waller in the Anarchist trial was
member and whose plottings against the So
ciety he detailed to the jury, was organized
in 1875, and on April 16 of that year was IN
corporated under the laws of the State. Inc
incOrporators were about 80 German ana
Bohemian socialists, whose object was 70
train and drill in militia fashion and get
ready for great conflict between capital and
labor which the agitat0rs of that class nave
for many years declared was to come. Inc ne
society attracted but little public notice u9tll
| the year 1879, when the legislature passed. :
| law creating tine State military and 1orplu-
| ding the formation of private military organ
izations without licence from the governor,
| The law caused a great deal of discussion
among LAWYERS, many of whom believed. it
was in conflict with the United States mIIltla I,l
act. In December, 1879, Lehr und .Weiha eila
| Veyein, then forty strong, paraded IN tne
streets of Chicago, armed with rifles, Al
their head road Herman PresSer,, a working working
man and socialist, carrying a sabre. Presssed ~
was arrested and was indicted under 5ae i
new law because his company had refused 70
take out the required license. His case e, Was tbs
criminal court and fined $40. The case wa S
| appealed to the Illinois Supreme court anu l
subsequently to the Supreme court Oh In, tne
United States. In both courts the new law
was sustained. Lehr und Wehr Vereln never
| paraded in public after.
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TIE MURDERED CHiNAMAN.
One of His Countrymen Arrested in
Boston Charged with the Crime.

BosToN, July 19.-Lee Sing, a Chinaman
Harrison avenue, was arrested to-day on
suspicion Of being the murderer of Kuong
Sing Kee. Sing left the above place at about
II Is O'Clock Saturday night, and did not re-
turn. His whereabouts are unknown from
Saturday night until this forenoon, when he
was arrested in the laundry of Wah Lee, No.
so Harrison avenue. A detective was pass
ing the place, and he noticed Lee Sing in
side overhauling trunk with view to
packing up, having already changed some Of
his clothing. AS the man appeared to answer
the description of the man who was seen en-
tering the murdered mans store on Saturday
night, the detective took the man into Gus
fndV
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PORTLAND. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1886.

An excited collequy followed IN Wheh ne
both speakers exchanged remarks OF nigh
ly personal nature.
Mr.. Butler spoke again, and then MT.
Evarts took the floor, but yielded 20 a iilot1pll ~
to ADJOURN after fruitless effort 10 lh t1le ne
hour tomorrow at which a vote snoulu y 9e
taken, and the Senate at 5 O'Clock p. H. au-
journed.
HOUSE.
Immediately after the reading OF the lonr-
nal the House resumed consideration Oh tne
fortifcation bill, the pending amenqment
being that offered by Mr.. Randall OF oo III
sylyania, reducing from $50O,00o 10 $lVsV'ooo
the appropriation for the armament Oh sea sea
coast defenses. Mr.. Randall wltnqreW tne
amendment and offered another, Whlcn w was
adopted by unanimous consent, pr0Vlqlng
that guns, projectiles, ETC., purchased, snall
be of American manufacture. Ine plli was
then passed.
Morrison, of Illinois, from the committee
on rules, reported resolution ordering ses-
sions for tonight and tomorrow n1gnt, tne
former to be for the consideration Oh DlllS
reported from the committee on posi- o1lces
and post roads, the latter to be deVoteu 10
action on bills authorizing the construction
of bridges. The resolution was adopted.
Cobb, of Indiana, from the conference
committee, ON the bill repeating preemptlOn
timber culture and desert land laws, report
ed complete disagreement. The House
insisted upon its disagreement, ana IurLher
conference was ordered
Morrison, of Illinois, offered concurrent
resolution for final adjournment of Congress
at 3 o'clock July 2S. Referred to the com
mittee on ways and means. The House then
at o'clock took a recess until in the even
ing, the session to be for the consideration
of business from the committee on post Oh
fees and post roads.
The only bill passed at the evening session
Of the House was one amending the act 10
modify the postal money order system. 1t pro-
vides for transmission of small sums under
five dollars through the mails The Post.
master General may authorize postmasters at
money order offices, or at such other offices
as he may designate, to issue money orders,
and these money orders shall be designated
three cents shall be charged for the issue
thereof The remainder of the session was
consu,ned in consideration of the bill extend
ing the free delivery system to cities of 10,-
900 inhabitants, or where the gross postal
revenues exceed $4,000 per annum. Without
further action the House at 1910 adjourned.
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A Musical Festival.

WEIRs, n, H., July 19.-The third annual annual
session of the New England musical testlVas
association will commence in the new music auS,u
hall here tomorrow and continue four qayS. y;
Carl Zerrahn of Boston, will be. musical ~ ~
rector, large number of eminent attloro tben'
Mrs. Maud Starkweather, Miss Nellie No1l;an'
Geo ". Want, H. S. Cornell, Milo BenedhlcI, B6e,h,
Mrs: Martha Dana Shepard, the ochupel'
Ladies Quartette and many others
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prohahlx conc to canada.

BALTIMORE, Md, July 19.-Capt. James
r. Willing, of the firm Of William l.. Ellis d
Co., oyster packers of this city, has disap-
peared from the city with from $4,000 to-
$685. belonging to his friends, and no clue
to his whereabouts can be found. He was
member Of the last State Legislature, and
was instrumental in having bill passed re-
funding money paid by owners of oyster
vessels for tonnage tax. Certificates amount