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wharf at the same time. Find difficulty IN
not having room to unload. This wharf Is
very convenient Don't know where could
ind another place. Should not move to the
Cape unless was driven out of Portland.
Supposlng the proposed slip were construct
ed, the rest OF the wharf would be of no use
to me as vessels could not unload there !;
could not transact my business under such
circumstances. On Commercial wharf there
are several retail grocery stores. They ft
out fishermen. On Custom House wharf
there is grocery store, packing establish
ment, fish store and billiard room on the left
side.
Judge Cleayes called for the lease. (Didn't
have it, Witness required to get it. We
have established our dry fish business at Fer
ry Village.
". M. Smith of Portland, testified: A ship
chandler groceries, &c. Business on Port
land Pier My business close to Lewis, Chase
& Whitten; extent of business $125,00o to
$4,000 year. Portland Pier is one OF the
best know Of If l had to leave 1 should
go to Boothbay; business doubled in the
past five years; don't think retail grocery,
dry goods or furniture store could live on the
wharf if public ferry were established;
have laid out $1,000 in the last year there In
Improvements.
Questioned by Judge Drummond-We
sometimes obstruet the passage way; have
no right to do so by law; have no lease, ex-
cept verbal one
Adjourned to $50 a. m. Friday.
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GEN ERAL NEWS.

Geo. Russell. Boston & Maine railroad
brakeman, was arrested in Lawrence, Mass,
yesterday. He confessed to having set many
fires.
The post office at Centre Harbor, N. H.,
was burglarized early yesterday morning, the
safe blown open and $400 in money, securi-
ties amounting to nearly $4,000 and all the
postage stamps were taken. There is no
clue.
In the U. S. District Court in Boston yes
terday morning before Judge Nelson, Hon.
George P. Sanger retired after long and
honorable term of service as u S. District
Attorney and Hon. George II. Stearns of
Chlcopee was installed in his place.
The thirty-eighth annual session of the
New, York Methodist Episcopal conference
was begun in New York city yesterday morn
Ing. There were about 800 churches repre-
Sented.
Mayor O'Brien of Boston has vetoed the
order passed last week making eight hours a
days work for the city employees.
=, The wrecked steamboat Capital City. of
the New York and Hartford line, still lies
on the rocks off Rye Beach, N, Y.
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The corham and the oregon.

Captain George d. Mahoney of the Belfast
schooner Fannie A. Gorham, who fell in with
and rescued the passengers of the ill fated
steamship Oregon, as before announced, ar
rived home Saturday. He was called upon,
but owing to some legal complications which
| may arise concerning the matter, the captain
refused to be interviewed Mr.. Edward Sib-
ley, the agent of the schooner, who had just
returned from New York, where he had been
looking after the interests of the vessel and
owners, was subsequently seen and he said {:
''You may say that we have filed claim for
salvage against the consignees of $4,000
worth of diamonds which the purser of the
Oregon took on board our vessel"
Several New York papers have criticised
Capt Mahoney, stating that he handled his
vessel badly; that he did not wait to come to
the rescue, and that he refused to take pas
sengers on board his vessel. In regard to
this Mr.. Sibley said 81 wish you would ex-
plain this matter and vindicate Captain Ma
honey. He sighted the pilot boat and steam
er two hours after the accident. He did not
think there was any trouble with the steam
er, but thought she and the pilot boat had
rescued some wrecked people When he
discovered a flag of distress he bore down to
the scene and hove to. Captain Mahoney
then took on board and in tow about 800 peo-
ple The captain of the Oregon came along
side the Fannie A. Gorham and asked Cap
tain Mahoney if he would not take on board
all the passengers from the pilot boat as he,
the captain of the Oregon, wanted the pilot
boat to cruise about the wrecked steamer.
Captain Mahoney consulted his mate and it
was their opinion it was not safe to take any
more on board and he so Informed the cap
tain of the Oregon. The Fannie A. Gorham
was full, cabin, ON top of the house, deck
load, and many in the rigging, besides tow
ing several boatloads of men astern.
1t is the opinion of one of the passengers
whom Mr.. Sibley saw and conversed with
that had not the Fannie A. Gorham arrived
several hundred people might have been lost.
The passengers were so grateful to Captain
Mahoney and his crew that they presented
them with most substantial gift-Belfast
Journal.
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SCHOONER ELECTRIC LIGHT
Sunk by a Collision With Schooner
Anne Lord.
Safe Arrival of the Crew In CIouces-
ter, Mass.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, April 1.-The crew
of the schooner Electric Light arrived here
this morning. Capt McGray reports the
following: On Monday, March 9th, at 6 p.
M, % miles south of Cape Henry, during a
dense fog. was run into by the schooner
Anne Lord three-master Captain Ken
dali, of Bangor, from Cardenas for Phila-
delphia. There was strong breeze at the
time and the vessel sank in ten minutes, los
ing everything, the crew being saved by
jumping into the rigging of the Anne Lord.
We were carried to Hampton Roads. then
transferred to the schooner E. NJ. Willard
and landed at Norfolk Rev. Mr.. Merrill of
the Seaman's Bethel procured us passage on
the schooner Roanoke to New York. The
Electric Light was built in Boothbay in
1883, is 90 46-1O0 tons and owned by D. c.
Babson. She was insured in the Gloucester
Mutual for $S,67S.
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RAILWAY MATTERS.

MEETING OF EASTERN STOCKHOLDERS.
An adjourned meeting of stockholders OF
the Eastern railroad was held in Boston yes
terday. President Sewall presiding. Owing
to the fact that no decision has yet been rem
dered by the supreme court as to the validity
of the election of officers at any meeting, a
further adjournment was made until Satur-
day, May l at II a. m. to await decision.
CANADIAN PACIFIC.
Traffic Manager Olds of the Canadian Pa
cific Railway states that the line is to be
shortened some forty miles from Montreal to
Toronto, and relaid with 72-pound rails. In
fact, the road is to be put in first class order.
with the idea of making bid for the east
bound freight. The Canadian Pacific is not
pool line, and its rivalry will necessarily be
felt by the Grand Trunk 1t is likely to
prove as much of a problem to the trunk
line pool on the north as the Chesapeake &
Ohio is on the south, and gives Mr.. Fink an
other opportunity to display and exercise his
diplomatic talents. Speaking of the main
line, Mr.. Olds says that it will be open to
Vancouyer'S S Island, Victoria, in June, and
will then be in a position to assert It's right
to the trade and traffic of the Northwest.
Under no circumstances VIII the road JOIN
any future tranSc0ntlnental pool, Dut III is
not the intention to bid heavily for the Cali
fornia and Oregon business. On the contra
~, it will consider Washington Territory
tributary to the Canadian Pacific, and by
steamer service on Puget Sound will COM
pete for that trade. Next year line of
steamers supported partially by a govern
ment subsidy will be put on between the
western terminus and China and Japan, and
possibly to Australia, thus atfording line
over English territory from England to the
colonies. The Canadian Pacific has with
drawn from the portion of the agreement en-
tered into on enligrant business that pro.
hibited it from ticketing to points south of
the boundary line. 1t is understood that the
Grand Trunk, Michigan Central and other
lines interested are accorded the privilege OF
ticketng North, but as the Canadian Pacific
works under So differential, the force OF
the contract is destroyed, and the agreement
will amount to nothing, There is an antici-
patton of a brisk fight on the Canadian leml-
grant traffic before the season is far iadvanc-
ed.
NOTES.
The Eastern Railroad stockholders meet
ing in Boston, called for Wednesday, was ad-
journed till May 1st, at II a. M, to await the
decision of the Supreme Court as to the va
lidity of election of officers at the annual
meeting.
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prooeedlngs Against Ward.

having secured Judgment frem the referee
against VIM. S. Warner for over 81, 400, 900
worth of property which Warner acquired
from F. Ward, today began proceedings In
the Supreme Court to direct John T. Wilson
receiver of the property which mad been
to him all property in his possession, and all
monies now on deposit in the y 5. Trust
Company, subject to the order OF the court;
After hearing arguments the court reserved
its decision.
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XLIXth CONGRESS- FIRST SESSION.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. April

WASHINGTON, April 1.
Shortly after the opening of the Senate
Mr.. Edmunds moved that when the senate
adjourned to-day it be till Monday next.
Agreed to.
The river and harbor bill was ordered
printed and to lie over in allegiance. :,
Mr.. Sewell, from the committee on library
reported favorably bill appropriating $780,
600 for the erection of a monument to A.
Lincoln. !.
After a short eulogy to the memory of
Lincoln by Mr.. Cullom, who introduced the
bill, the bill was passed.
Mr.. Van Wyck's resolution submitted yes
terday was placed before the Senate inqulr-
ing as to the connection of the commissioners
of the District of Columbia and certain cor
porations of Washington including the gas
light company, national banks ana morse
railroads, Mr.. Van Wyck denounced these
corporations as monopolies that had no
right to exist as SUCH The commissioners
of the district, he said, had no right to
prevent competition as they were DOING
Without transacting any business OF I'M
the Senate went into executive session ana
IN ten minutes the doors were reopened ana
the Senate adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Bland of Missouri. from the commit
tee on coinage, reported back the resolution
recltlng the claim that agents of the SUBJ
treasury at Boston refuse to pay out silver
dollars when requested, and calling on the
to the truth of the assertion. Adopted.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on the labor arbitration bill, gen
eral debate to be closed at o'clock.
Mr.. Gibson of West Virginia, said Con-
gress should not look upon the question as a
labor question or capital question, but as a
great political question. While arbitration,
Strictly speaking, was unconstitutional, Con-
gress had the right to put its hand on every
Common carrier in the country and curb it in
its charges, and having this right it had also
the right to protect it from hostile organiza-
tions.
rose. and Mr.. O'Neill moved that all debate
on the first section of the bill be limited to
one minute.
By q parliamentary man@uvre, Mr. Rea-
gan Of Texas, obtained. the floor an ana In maze
Pending vote on Mr.. ONeilfS mouon,
the House. at 5.45, adjourned
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
SPECIAL NOTICL.s su0

We would call special attention to the ASSESS
Ors' Notice, which appears in our columns today
with reference to Taxes, that all persons interest
ed may comply with the tenor of such notice, par
ticularly the clauses with reference to the U. S.
Government Bonds, Deposits in Savings Banks,
and Abatement of Taxes, and thus save hard
thoughts and possibly hard words, when too late.
mar3O sndtap15
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NOTES.
IN THE Kinks.

THE NEW ENGLAND POLO LEAGUE.
The games played last night resulted as
follows:
At Haverhill-Woburns, 8; Haverhills, L.
AT Salenl-SalemS, 3; SomerYilleS, g
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A New Phase In the Sanborn Will
Case.

EXETER, n. H., April IAN appeal has
will of the late Edward S. Sanborn, the Bos-
ton millionaire, on the ground of undue in
fluence on the part of the trustees of San
born Seminary, to whom he gave the bulk of
his property, and of alleged insanity at the
time of the making of the will in question.
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The Sick cabinet Members.

Secretary Lamar has so far recovered from
his recent illness as to be able to attend the
meeting of the Cabinet at noon today.
A great improvement was noticed in Sec
retary Manning's condition tonight.
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THE WEATHER.
ARE STILL TRIUMPHANT.

WASHINGTON, April 2.
Indications for Portland and vicinity
Slightly warmer, fair weather.
Indications for New England to-day are
fair weather, nearly stationary temperature
except in southern portion, slightly warmer
westerly winds.
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
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List of Patents.

The following patents have been issued
this week to Maine inventors:
G. s. Aver, Saco combined force and lift pump.
j. U. Hubbard, Oakland, device for making
claw hatchetS.
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A ANon-Partisan n Pension office.

The Commissioner Of Pensions, General
Black, is known to be exceedingly hostile to
civil service reform. 1t now appears that he
has secured Y Democrats out of a list of "
persons appointed. 1t is charged that this
has been done in this way: Instead ofcalling
for four names when an examiner was want
ed, General Black called for and was fur
nished with the whole list of eligibles. When
ever this list did not contain the name of a
particular person whom the Commissioner
desired to appoint, in order to oblige a Con-
gresham or boss, that person was sent for,
through special examination and his name
added to the list To open the doors wide
enough and furnish all the facilities required
to carry on this shameful farce the percent
age was reduced from 65 to so for appoint
ment to that office.
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Work of the Fish wardens.

B1DDEFoRD, April 1.-Oficer : Tarbox of
Biddeford and Warden Frisbee of Kittery,
by order of Warden Counce of Thomaston,
visited Biddeford Pool, Kennebunkport and
Cape Porpoise yesterday to inspect the lob
sters at the Pool. One hundred and thirty
1--WE of Illegal size were found in the posses
sion of Duncan Bennett and he will be
brought before the grand jury at the May
term of court.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Objections Against the Passage Of
the Free Ship Bill.
Senator Hale and Congressman
DingIey Present Remonstrances
from Knights of Labor,
What VIII the Senate Do Regard
Ing Nominations
Especial to the Press.

lOptcldl W tlc IIeSS.I
WASHINGTON, April Senator Hale and
Congressman Dingley have presented to the
Senate and House petitions of the
knights of Labor of Bath remonstrat-
ing against the passage of the free ship bill.
Similar petitions have been presented by
Senators and Representatives from nearly
every State in the Union, and they are hav-
ing very beneficial effect. The Knights of
Labor object on the ground that its passage
will ring the death knell of the only means
of support Of hundreds of laborers, and COM
pletely crush the shipbuilding business of
the United States. Such bill can never
pass the Senate, although possibly it may
the House.
Caucus of Republican Senators
Called.
The Senate adjourned tonight until Mon
day to give the Republican Senators an OPP
portunity to hold caucus to determine the
line of action to be taken regarding nomina-
tions A caucus was held today and the
subject was discussed but no decision
reached
The Foreign Relations Committee.
The report that the caucus this morning
assigned Senator Sherman to the chairman
ship of the foreign relations committee is
untrue, as that matter was not mentioned at
all, and still remins open.
Personal.
c. r. Jones and Bishop Neely and wife of
Portland are here, also j. P. Bass of Bangor.
Postal Changes in Maine.
The following information concerning
postal changes in Maine is furnished by the
Postmaster General:
PosTMAsTERs COMMISSIONED.
j. Dubay, Hamlin.
j. III. Lawrence, North Gray.
B. Carney, Dresden Mills.
j. f. Chase, East Limlngton.
G.. L. Richardson, Indian Rock.
G. III. Shaw, North Gorham
NJ A. Damon. South Charlotte.
H. Y. Vnal, West Camden.
H. Halowell, Dennysyle.
NJ ID. Moftbn, Friendship.
j. Berry, Webb'S Mills.
N. A. Hail. Littleton.
POST OFFICES ESTABLISHED.
Winslow's Mills, Lincoln country, on route 8;
marlborough, 2s4 miles south; Orff's Corner,
312 miles north; VIM. A. Vannah, postmaster.
Grange, Waldo county special from East Bel
mont Lincolnville Centre.s miles southwest:
Belfast, miles northeast; j. Hills postmaster.
ACTING POSTMASTER,
G. A Smart Logan
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b, A. KINNEY,
Private, Signal Corps, U. ). A.
MAIN e.
Nominated for Mavor.

CALAIS, April LIN the Republican eau
Gus this evening, M. N. McKusck was nomi-
mated by acclamation for Mayor The elec-
tion occurs Monday.
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Ananoerous counterfeit.

Chief Brooks of the Secret Service reports
that counterfeit So bill of the series of
1882 purporting to be the issue of the Cen
tral National Bank of Norwalk, Ct, and
giving the charter number as 404, has made
its appearance. The banks charter number
is 2342 The note is dangerous one.
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Base Hits-Ne,Sarks, 10; Portlands, Q
Errors-Newarks, o; Portlands, 8.
THE aRosTON Unions" TRIP

THE BOSTON UNIONS TRIP.
The base ball nine that is to start for the
South, April 9Th, under the name of ''Boston
Unions,' will be composed of the following
players: Murphy and Davis, pitchers; Nc
Keever and Cooney, catchers: Hartnett, 1b.
Butler, 2b. MeGarr, 3b. Halpin or Carl, IS. !;
Mullen, IT,. Slattery, cf., and one of the
change batteries, rf The dates for playing
are: Newark, N. j., April7; Jersey City,. s
delphia, 10 Bridgeport, Conn, Is; Water
bury, II and 1S; Amherst Mass, 10; Miller's
Falls, Mass, 20. The club will be under the
Management and captainship of P. Hartnett,
the first baseman of the Boston Blues, and
of last years Portlands.
NOTES.
entity" Jordan has signed with the Man
chesters. He did some good work for the
Lawrences last year, and it was expected
that he would play there this season.
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A Cloud in the East.

LONDON, April AFTER the cabinet coun-
Gil had adjourned this afternoon the minis
ters were hastily summoned to another
meeting which was held in Mr.. Gladstone s
room in the House of Commons. This sec
ond meeting was said to have been called be-
cause of the receipt of serious news from
Bulgaria and Greece. Orders have been re-
ceived at Deyonport, England, to have all
the torpedo vessels there got in readiness for
ram Polyphemus is fitting out hastily at
Davenport. She has been ordered to proceed
to Suda Bay.
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Another Massacre in AMMAN.

PARIS, April 1.-Despatches from AMMAN
report fresh massacres at the Catholic mis-
slonss In the province of Quang Hing. The
number of victims is said to be 442.
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THE pnDmr.AND DAILY PRESS,

Library ny (sundays excepted by the
ruKTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
AT 81 EXCHANGE STREET, PORTLAND, ME.
Address all communications to
PORTLAND PUBLISHING CO.
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Lowell, Mass, yesterday appropriately
corporation as a city.
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BeIgium's Labor troubles,

BRUSSELS, April 1.-Workmen in the
MarIemont collieries have struck There
has been fighting at Mangretont and Ressaix
between strikers and the troops. and many
men on both sides were wounded
Reports from Tennessee, Mississippi, Vir-
ginla, Maryland and Alabama, are that the
People have been driven from their homes,
railroad travel is suspended and vast
amounts Of property destroyed No lives
have been lost.
Hanlon issued a challenge at Toronto, On
tarlo, Wednesday night to Teemer to row
against him three miles on any perfectly
fair or dead water course in America for
$1,000 side, the race to take place in the
latter part of August.
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The public Debt,

The monthly debt statement issued today
shows
Total debt including principal
and interest -. 81 ,sO4, sos, ,463 e5
Net cash in the Treasury. 49, 76,351 ,099.54
Debt less cash in Treasury. ,432, ,0S0, 1850
% ton Of debt. - 21o,23o, 1851
Decrease during the month";. 14,087, ,S3400
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to-day and freight is being received as usual
Five freight trains were sent east without a
guard.
Topeka, April 1.-Gov. Martin has re-
ceived a despatch from Adjutant General
Campbell from Parsons saying that the
mob was in the ascendancy there and ask
ing aid. The governor will despatch the
First regiment for Parsons tomorrow morn
ing. Dispatches from Parsons say an at
tempt to start a freight train resulted in the
strikers killing the engine.
Labor Notes.
The Cohannet and Whittenton mills at
Taunton, Mass, were running all right yes
terday morning, enough of the help having
returned to allow the mills to keep on.
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BASE BALL.
A vERY-pooR-s SEND OFF.

n E1t1 oEND UEt'
An Associated Press despatch fgom New
ark, N. j., states that the base ball season
was opened in that city yesterday with a
game between the Newarks of the Eastern
League and the Portlands of the New Eng
land League. Knowlton and Scott acted as
the battery for the Newarks, and Shelter
and O'Rourke for the Portlands. The score
was as follows:
Innings. ...........1 Q a 5 6 IS
Newarks ks.......... ....1 9 | o-1S
Portlands. ..............O o 0 0 0 o. 0
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FOREIGN.
The King of Corea Issues an Edict
AboIishing Slavery.
Frightful Accident in a Japanese
Theatre-i5o Persons Killed.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.-Hong Kong ad-
vices as late as March 4th, and Yokohama
adyices up to March 13, have been received.
They state that the King of Corea issued an
edict on February abolishing slavery in his
kingdom. 1t is estimated that over half of
the Inhabitants of Corea are slaves
A terrible accident occurred at theatre in
Heramal, Japanese town, on February 2S.
The roof of the theatre gave way under a
heavy weight of snow and fell upon the
spectators, $50 of whom were killed or seri-
ouSly injured
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THE LABOR QUESTION.
The Strike on the Gould System Not
yet Settled.

Striking Worknen Tender Their Ser
vices to the Company,
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LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND, Me-, April /, 1886.

Mean daily bar. ..29.752 Maximum ther 47.2
Nean daily ther. .42.6 Minimum ther.. 1913
Mean daily DIV pt37 Max. velwind. 70 )
Mean daily hum $50 Total precip...... .01
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But the Latter Refuse to Take Back
Part of Them,