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The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
The Coming Week in Congress.

WASHINGTON, April Is.
The calendar of the House has grown to such
large proportions that the, more, important COM
mitteeS are becoming alarmed at the waning
chances for action upon their preferred measures
and are about to make efforts to secure an assign
ment of entire days for their consideration. Sew
eral motions will be made tomorrow looking to
that end. Efforts will also be made tomorrow to
suspend the rules and pass the bill to regulate the
promotion of graduates of the military academy
and the bill to make parcels and light merchan-
disc maiable as special delivery matter Tbs
river and harbor bill comes up as unfinished busi-
Tuesday and will occupy the attention of the
Honse perhaps two days. 1t will be followed by
the diplomatic appropriation bill. The public
lands committee may, under its newly conferred
power, call up during this week one of more of
the forfeiture bills. A number of bills changing
the judicial districts will be called up by the judi
ciary committee for action Saturday. 1t is proba-
BILE that the House will adopt the order setting
aside Tuesday uights instead of Fridays, as at
present, for the consideration of the private pen
sion bills.
The contest for "right of way'' in the Senate
wakes warmer. II is the intention of Senators
Edmunds and Morgan to ask that the doors be
kept closed during the coming week until the
mysteries of the foreign relations committee shall
be disposed of Senator Cullom purposes to insist
upon continuous discussion of the Interstate
commerce bill until that measure is v.ted upon.
Senator Blair promises to keep up his fight for his
general pension bill, his arbitration bill and his
two or three hundred private pension bills. Sena-
tor Sewell, if he is not appalled, by the pressure
in favor of other measures, will plead for the
sideration of the Fitz John Porter bill. Senator
Riddleberger threatens to make some brief but en-
ergetic remarks every day upon the absurdity of
secret sessions. Senator Van Wyek will no longer
suffer the bill to tax railway lands to be put of
without protest. Senator Hoar who comedies pre-
cedence to the interstate commerce bill will
watch for vacant moment to begin the battle in
behalf of the bankruptcy bill and the appropria-
straint If it does not bring in one more of the
regular appropriation bills and take the floor in
virtue Of its ID dominant rights @ under @ the general
cOmplSbed during the week no one can tell.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
NOTHING LIKE EIT SINCE '6I.
A Very Large Section of Montreal
Under Water.

MONTREAL, April 1.-THE whole area of this
city along the river 'front.' in some places for half
mile broad, has been inundated from three to
eight feet deep by the ice breaking up ana float
ing down the St. Lawrence in great masses and
thereby blocking the channel opposite the city
for four miles. The flood is the greatest since
1861, and very destructive to property. The
get in or out of their dwellings is by. boats or
RATS. The mills and factories. as well as the
Grand Trunk car shops, are closed, and thou
until the water subsidies. The corporation has
lately expended a large sum in various ways to
prevent inundation, but the unusual height of
the flood this spring has rendered all the outlay
useless. Outside the city, as well as in it, on the
banks of the St. Lawrence, great damage has
been done for miles, and the loss already sus-
tanned is immense. All work has been stopped in
the warehouses of Peck, Benny & Co., Pillow,
Heresey & Co., Ira Gould Sons and others.
The village of La Prairie is extensively flooded,
and the water is very high.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
Thief's Bold jump.

BOSTON. April 17.-About pollock this even
ing, Ex-U, s. Senator cambridge Wadleigh, upon
Bellevue on Beacon street found a strange man In
possession. The latter attempted to. escape, but
Wadleigh closed the door and grappled with him.
jumped to the ground. Wadleigh shouted for as
sistance, and then descending in the elevator sue
ceeded in reaching the fellow just as he was re-
covering from the shock. Nest singularly he was
apparently unscratched by his remarkable leap,
and was promptly locked up. He gave his name
as George Williams and is about 20 years old. A
considerable sum of money and other property
belonging to Wadleigh was found in his pockets
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
600 Houses Burned.

ROME, April 1S-The town of Stry in Galicia
has been almost completely destroyed by fire.
persons were killed and the inhabitants desti-
tute. A high wind was blowing and the fire start
ed in several parts of the town about the same
walls and steepes. One hundred persons were
killed in one street. The town hall, railway sta
tiOn and telegraph Office were destroyed. A large
number of the wounded were extricated from the
ruins and were sent to Lemberg distance of AZ
miles, where the hospitals are crowded with Suf-
ferers Hundreds of persons are missing. lack
of water rendered aid by the military futile. Mon
ey and food are being collected in from the sur
rounding towns for the relief of sufferers. The
fire originated in a small shop and was caused by
the falling of lamp filed with petroleum
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
Denounced at Dublin.

DUBLIN, April 18.-At meeting of the tenant
farmers at Kldysart today, the land purchase bill
was denounced as simply ameasure for the relief
of landlords. 1t was declared that if farmers got
their holdings basis of four years rental their
position would be very little improved, as they
are without the necessary capital with which to
obtain start A resolution was adopted asking
the Parnellite members OF Parliament to oppose
the bill.
Four hundred tenants of the Earl of Bessbor-
oughs of the Kilkenny estate held meeting today
to consider the EarlS offer of reduction of from
10 to 20 per cent. in rents. The tenants had
asked for reduction of thirty-three per cent. AT
today's meeting 335 of the tenants voted in favor
of acpantinO tha Earps terms
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
Cars Running in New York.

NEW YORK, April 18.-Twenty-ive new men
were hired by the Third Avenue Railroad Com
pany to replace the strikers, and the drilling of
new drivers has gone forward all day. The COM
pany's officials are thoroughly confident. The
company now has enough men to run the cars of
also of these of the 125th street line. The strik
ers were in session all day to day, and they say
hired men of Saturday.
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Desuetude" Again.

president Cleveland is not the author of the
phrase, Tnnocuous Desuetude, said Mr.. Blaine,
the other day. "The idea, of course, was the
Presidents, but the wording was Mr.. Adee's.
This Mr.. Adee is an official in the State Depart
ment who formulates many public documents
When was Secretary of State, had to watch
him closely to keep him from using such ex-
pressions, for which he has strong penehGnt. 1t
was Mr.. Adee, probably, who inserted the phrase
'consuetudinary privilege in Mr.. Bayard's recent
letter to the Chinese Minister
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
Grand Trunk Insurance.

The yearly report of the Grand Trunk insurance
company shows membership December 81, 1850
1o,262. There were $3.50 cases of disablement
during the year, of which s33 were accidents ana
1887 natural sickness. Number OF members dc
ceased during the year. 81. Receipts for the year
$92, ,963.04. Actual disbursements, slO2,1eS'4o
to which must be added six death claims unpaiu
December 81, making the total disbursements
S106, ,6o4os, or S13,641.O4 over and above tne
revenue.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
rhe Life Insurance. Record.

BOSTON, April 49, The record of life insurance
in the United States for 1885, given in the Boston
Globe shows that all companies paid 1o,245
families more than S2s,ooo,ooo. Besides this
amount over Sc, 600 900 was paid on endowment
policies. Since 1850 the companies have paid to
the people $51S S,263.452. The total number of
policies now in force is 814,691, representing an
aggregate of S2,023, ,517 ,488 of insurance. In
1885 the number of new policies was 156, PA, a
gain of 2S, ,249. The total liabilities of the COM
panies amount to $431, ,O33, ,6o4; the surplus to
500, ,661 1913, net increase of $10,849, 1882 ;
present assets of companies amount to S523, 1884,
5.7Q
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
Sad Result of a pebauch.

j. Toomey, two Young men of Somerville, who
have been like tive brothers in their intimacy,
got into dispute this afternoon while under the
influence of liquor, during which Bagley was
knocked down, dying soon after. Toomey was
arrested and confessed they had been in this city
drinking together, and on their return to Somer-
vile had disagreement, which they decided to
settle by fight. They exchanged a few blows;
He says he pushed Bagley down and that Is all
he can say about it,
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The Whole Number Killed.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 1.-THE Evening Des-
match has received special from St. Cloud which
gives the accurate account of the killed and in
iured By the cyclone as follows: st; Cloud killed
81 injured so; Sauk Rapids killed 81 injured
100: Rice's Station, killed II, injured 81; ada
cent country, killed 3; injured II. Total killed
73. injured 215. The death of Edwin Hubert
today' however, makes the total number dead "a
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
This harmonx is CONTAGIOUS.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April 17-over 5000 indig-
nounced the reappointment of Mrs. Virginia
Thompson as postmistress of Louisville and con-
demned in vigorous terms the action of Congress
cratic applicants for that Office Resolutions
were adopted declaring that when next called
upon 1--WE will emphasize this declaration OF Just
indignation by casting our ballots for man true
to the principles he professed."
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
The Fisheries.

Secretary Bayard has, it is understood, called
the attention of the British government to the ac-
tion of the Canadian authorities in regard to our
fishing vessels, claiming that the denial on the
part of the Canadian authorities of the privilege
of buying supplies and bait, and shipping men in
Canadian ports to our fishing vessels is denial
of commercial rights secured by our treaties and
agreements with Great Britain. 1t is understood
that he expects favorable reply from the British
government. If the reply should be unfavorable
a retaliatory law will be passed by Congress. 1t
is understood that the Secretary of State will also
begin negotiations to settle the vexed question as
to the three mile limit in bays and other arms of
the sea- The Canadian authorities claim that the
three miles begin at the inclosing headland of such
body of water. Our government has always
held that they begin at the shores. Iti believed
that this point will be conceded by Great Britain
Or. Heath Assigned.
Dr. Frederick C. Heath of Maine has been ap-
pointed assistant surgeon in the Marine hospital
service and assigned to duty at Chicago.
Minor Matters.
Dr. Hamilton says that there is steady i'm
provement in Secretary Manning's condition. He
sits up for several hours every day and has recoy
cred the free use of his limbs.
The Canadian government has fixed an addi-
tional duty of 71a per cent on sugars imported to
Canada through the Udited States
1t is expected that another call for S10,006,o00
3 per cent bonds will be issued this week.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
The Golden Cross.

The meetings of the Grand Commandery of the
United Order of the Golden Cross will be held in
this city tomorrow. The Grand Commandery will
Peaks Island Woodfords and Knghtvle. Will
liam Ii. Solomon of Boston, Supreme Commander,
will be present and John ID. Young, nj. d., OF Bos-
ton Medical Director; Edward Hartshorn, Grand
Commander for Massachusetts,; and John d..
Swain, Supreme Treasurer, are expected to be in
attandanca
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
Boycott on a RockIand Schooner.

RoCKLAND, April lion request of the
Knights of Labor of Rockland boycott was
recently placed on the schooner Jennie Green
bank, Capt Perry, of and from Rocklann, at Nor
folk, Va, with cargo of lime. The notice to the
Norfolk members of the order expressed the de-
sire that the lime be allowed to remain in the YES
sci until it Stacked which would have involved
had it been carried out, a loss of two or three
thousand dollars to ex-Mayor J. S. Case, and also
a large damage to the owners Of the vessel, OF
possibly her total loss. The owners of the vessel
are Capt Israel Snow and several others. After
a detention of several days the boycott was re-
moved and the lime has been discharged.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
Sunday Lectures on Labor.

NEW HAVEN Ct, April 18-Prof A. T. Hadley
of Yale, State Commissioner of Labor Statistics,
addressed large audience at Carrls Opera House
this afternoon the relation of labor to the State
His argument was in favor of overcoming the
evils through which labor now suffers by proper
legislation "We must first find the source of the
evil he said, "and then apply the proper rem
edy.'
This evening John Swinton of New York adj
dressed the knights of Labor at Carlls Opera
House, and j. b. Sergent, who employs thousand
men in the manufacture of hardware addressed
relation of capital to labor Both halls were
crowded
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
Portland typographical Relief.

The Printers Union met Saturday evening at
the Argus office and formed relief association,
adopting the name of the Portland Typographical
Relief Society. The object is the paying of bene-
fits to sick members, and the society starts with
membership of thirty, having already fund of
about 81 800. The following are the officers;
President-George e. Kenworthy.
Vice President-Samuel III. Brown.
Recording Secretary-W. II. Greene.
Financial Secretary-Joseph III. Wish, Jr.
TreaSurer-ISaac Cobb.
Executive Committee-William H. Mcdonald,
Geo. d. Loring, Frank X. Barnes.
The society adjourned for two weeks, when the
organization will be perfected.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19

amount of reduction of tenant payments which
will be secured in cases they are not normal. On
the whole, if the Irish party ACCEPT the scheme, It
is now practically certain that both bills will pass
the Commons. Chamberlain's speech last night
is simply the preliminary to his return to the
pIemier's fold and, viewing it in that light, the
Radicals are delighted. The truth is that ever
since Gladstone's masterful and defiant speech
of Tuesday night, the field, to adopt his own
phrase, has been his, and the coalition against
him has been virtually shattered. He is in good
spirits, and, as proof of his confidence in his
coming triumph, 1t is said that last night after
leaving the Commons, he took to reading novel
I,nf1a laar. .nraf IN alalrA
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
Real Estate Transfers,

The following transfers of real estate in the
county have been recorded at the Registry of
Deeds:
Falmonth-Davd Wyman to Hawley Folsom
land. $50
Gray-Henry Plummer to Albert Mason, land.
$3.50.
Baldwin-Silas Graifam to Fred L. Graffamland,
$500.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
Failures.

The following failures in Maine have been
reported;
David 'Stearns, general TdueI' hoFoh, Has
failed He owes about S1,5OO. ,,s, - -,
G. A. Foote, restaurateur, bluuetoru, has peeh
foreclosed by the mortgage;
irving TO compromise with his creditors at 10
cents on dollar.
5. Royal, miller EiisWOfthi Is adjusting MS
affairs in insolvency
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
st.Luke,s Cathedral.

Services during the present (Holy Week. will
be as follows:
Morning prayer daily, except on Good Friday,
at 8 a. m.
Evening prayer, except on Saturday at 80 p.
IN.
Second service on each day at IL a. m with
celebration of Holy Communion on Thursday, and
sermon on Friday.
Confirmation will be administered at p. m. on
Saturday, Easter evening.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
Eunera. at Worcester.

WORCESTER. Mass, April 1S-The final cere-
monV in respect to the late Ferdinand Gagnon, of
this city and the burial Of the body took place to-
day and was peope Of this city and sur
rounding towns, as well as delegations from Fall
River. Nashua, N. H., and other places.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
RIddIed with Bullets.

ELGIN, Texas, April 1S.-Recently Oak Hill
church near McDan was destroyed by fire, and
circumstances pointed to arson. A man named
Christian was arrested for the offense, tried and
acquitted. Last night while going home in com
pany with his wife Christian was met by mob and
riddled with bullets.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
The Bishop Of Madrid Shot.

MADRID, April 1s.-At 1890 O'Clock this morn
ing, while, the, Bishop OF Madrid was ascending
the steps leading to the entrance of the Cathedral
he was shot at with revolver by a priest stand
ing at the top of the steps, the ball entering his
abdomen. This was followed by another shot
from the same source, which wounded the Bishop
in the side, whereupon the wounded man fell on
the steps. The priest then descended the steps
and fired still another shot, which took eiiect IN
the Bishops thigh. The priest was then seized,
putting stop to his murderous work, and his
victim in an unconscious condition was carried to
private chamber in the cathedral where the
last sacraments for the dying were administered
to him.
Being Palm Sunday the cathedral was more
than usually thronged by worshippers, and when
the fearful work of the priest was realized
furious mob followed the carriage in which he was
conveyed to the prison by sendarmes, whose
presence alone prevented the lynching of the
murderer. The motive for the crime was revenge.
The man who fired the shots was recently dis
missed from the priesthood and had fruitlessly
applied to the Bishop to be reinstated. One Of
the bullets lodged in the thigh. The Pope has
telegraphed his blessing.
A later despatch says the Bishop is still alive.
The priest has made an attempt to commit
o,nid
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19

GLOUCESTER. Mass, April 1S.-Schooner Geo.
O. Hovey, from the Georges, today, brought in
five dories containing ten men belonging to the
schooner j. w. Campbell of this port, who got
astray while attending to travis. When rescued
they were in an exhausted state. One other dory
reported astray has not yet been picked up.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19

Among the eminent speakers who viii be heard
at the Maine conference in Bridgton are: Rev
DIR. VIM. Butler, OF Newton, Mass; Rev. w. A
Spencer of Philadelphia; Rev. j. NJ Reid, d. d..
OF New York; Miss Yates, recently returned from
India: Mrs j K. Willing of New York
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19

BATH. April 17.-District Executive Board SO,
knights of Labor, to whom was referred the diff
Guilty between the stevedores and coal beavers of
this city for settlement, has been in session, and
after presentation of considerable testimony
placed the rate today at 1914 cents a ton for
shovelers. The stevedores offer was 1914 cents.
Shovelsrs have been receiving ten cents, and
their demand was for fifteen cents, Knights of
Labor to have the preference. 1t is understood
the stevedores will not accept the terms of the
District Board
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
ATHLETIC SPORTS.
Base Ball.

SATURDAYS GAME AT HARTFORD LOST IN THE
LAST INNINGS.
Up to the seventh inning in Saturdays game at
Hartford the Portlands played fine ball, but at the
last loose fielding at critical points lost them the
game. The excellent work of CavaUagh and Reil-
ly of the Portlands the feature of the playing
throughout, Following is the score:
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
prowned at Lewiston

LEWISTON, April 1S.-Today Daniel Mccarthy
a boy IL years old, while attempting to take
piece of wood from the river fell in and was
drowned. The body has not yet been recovered
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
MAIN E..
Arrest of a CHECK Raiser.

HoULToN, April IA man named Weston or
Williams, with several aliases, from Bloomfield,
N. b., was arrested and lodged in Holllton jail
Friday night for passing raised checks upon the
Houlton National Bank. He had obtained $117
by this means
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
Suicide at Boston.

Boston, April 1S-Mrs F. A. Scollans, wife of
Thomas Scollans, living on Union street. Brighton
district committed suicide this afternoon by
shooting herself with a revolver. Dependency,
. caused by long illness was the cause
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
Augusta Bows Honored.

SPRINGFIELD Mass, April 15.-Among those
appointed to contest for places in the Kellogg
prize speaking at Amherst commencement week
are W. F. Skeele of Augusta, E. II. Copeland of
Weare, N II. and G. A. Harlow of Augusta.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
suIcide of a German.

WORCESTER. Mass, April 1s.-Reinbold Volk-
mar, one of the best known Germans in the city,
committed suicide today by shooting himself
through the head with revolver.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
The Death Rate.

The whole number of deaths in this city
for last week was 10, from the following
causes:
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Mrs. Bartlett Net Guilty,

LONDON, April 1.-THE trial of Mrs. Adelaide
Bartlett, for the murder of her husband, was con-
cluded today and the case was given to the jury.
Attorney General Charles Russell made the clos
declared that the theory that the deceased came
to his death by suicide was impossible, and had
been clearly disproved by the evidence. 1t had
long had feeling of repugnance toward the de-
ceased.
Judge Willis, in his charge to the jury. said it
was evident that Dyson had taken advantage of
the maudlin nonsense believed and expressed by
the deceased in order to have his pleasure with
the prisoner. The judge advised the jury to
inry after short deliberation brought in yer
dict of acquittal, and Mrs. Bartlett was released
from custOdy.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
Hon. S. r. crlfford Dead.

DUXBURY, Mass, April 1S.-Hon. Stephen f.
Grifford, clerk of the Massachusetts Senate since
1858, died here today of pneumonia.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
The French Gable Broken.
FOREIGN.

DUxBURY Mass, April 18.-The French cable
broke this afternoon 220 miles from here.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19
The Cholera.

VIENNA, April IT, Cases of cholera are re-
ported from Trieste. The outbreak OF the disease
In italy is said to be more serious than was at
first stated The authorities there, it is alleged,
are hiding the truth regarding the rayages OF the
disease The Austrian authorities nave again
established Gordon on the italian frontier, and
every precaution will be taken to prevent the
spread of the epidemic.
ROME, April 1S-The sanitary board admits
that Asiatic cholera has broken out at Brndlsl,
and has ordered all arrivals at other Adriatic
ports from Brindsi to be quarantined one week.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-19

Michael MeQuirk aged 23, and Ellen Haley,
81, were drowned in the Connecticut river at
Hartford yesterday afternoon by the capsizing of
a boat.