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The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
Ministers Meeting.

The Ministerial Association of Portland
and vicinity held meeting at the Y. M. CA.
hall yesterday morning. The object of the
meeting was to hear further reports from
committees appointed at previous meetings
to labor for better observance of the Sab
bath. 1t was reported that 80 druggists had
signed the paper to close on Sabbath, that
one or two had refused to sign, and others
desired a different plan for closing The fol-
lowing resolution was adopted by the associ-
alton:
Whereas, for the better observance of the Sab
BATH the Ministerial Association of Portland and
vicinity have requested the druggists of this city
to close their stores, except for certain hours, on
whereas, a majority have consented to do so if
it can be made unanimous, While others express
their willingness to close upon other conditions
than those named in the paper; therefore,
ResoIued, That we respectfully invite the drug
gsts to hold conference on Friday, at 2.30 pm,
In Common Council room, City Building, to agree
upon plan of action touching this matter; also,
that this association would be pleased to be rep
resented at such meeting to state the views OF
this body upon the matter. And we hereby des-
ignate Messrs Hallock, Dunhams and Daniels to
which all of the association are invited to be
present.
The following communication from Boston
was received and read;
AT the regular meeting of the Boston Gro,
cery Clerks Benevolent Association, held
Tuesday evening, May 18th, the following
resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That we extend our thanks TO the
Minister'S Association of Portland, for their ac-
tion in adopting the resolutions presented to that
body favorng the early closing OF stores, and urg
ing upon their fellow citizens the necessity OF
purchasing their goods during the day. And we
trust some action may be taken by their brethren
in this city and ysinity, in the cause One OF the
causes of empty pewS, we believe, is the unneces-
sary demand from the public, that stores shall be
kept open fifteen hours on Saturday, and we be-
lieve if this injustice is presented from time to
time from the public pulpit, sympathy may be
aroused and this pernicious custom will cease.
ResoIged. That copy of this resolution be pre-
sented to the various Ministers Associations in
this city assembled during the coming week.
Very respectfully, yours,
CHARLES L. LoTHRoP,
Secretary Boston Retail Grocery Clerks AsSo.
Faneuil Hall Square.
The association discussed freely and hear
tily the points at issue, and with unanimity
adopted this resolution:
Resolved, That we urge the employers of the
city of Portland to fix upon some day early in the
week for the payment OF wages instead OF Satur-
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
RAILWAY MATTERS.


The Sandy River Railroad has voted to
issue $4,000 of preferred stock.
Cordley, Young & Fuller's weekly letter
treats of the consolidation of the Maine and
Eastern as follows: sThis consolidation
doesn't seem to be bull point on Boston
and Maine, and how far permission of the
Legislature will help Eastern to realize its
ambition is hard to see with the naked eye,
for the directors and stockholders of Boston
and Maine will have to be consulted, and it
looks to an impartial observer as if they
already had a pretty good thing, and pol
icy of let well enough alone will be likely to
prevail 1t is very noticeable that all the
talk about consolidation comes from the
Eastern side of the house. There is no
doubt Eastern is now earning handsome
dividend, but when it will be allowed to pay
it is very doubtful" Boston and Maine re-
covered lost yesterday and sells at 1908
1t will be remembered that last year while
the Flying Yankee was on the route fast
passenger train from Portland arrived in
Bangor about 1880 D. m. 1t is reported that
during the coming season this train will run
only as far as Waterville at night and will
leave there the following morning several
hours after the Pullman from Boston has
passed and run into Bangor as a passenger
train. Last year it did not pay as a night
train, but the Bangor Wing says many will
regret that it will not be run this year, as it
was a great convenience.
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
important TeIephonIc invention.

A correspondent writes to Nature, April
%: Under the name of the 'phonophore'
a remarkable telephone invention is about
to be introduced to public notice by MI.
Langdon Davies. The name is given to a
contrivance which, while absolutely non
conductor of continuous electric currents,
still allows of the passage OF transmission of
rapidly alternating currents such as corres-
pond to sounds in vocal and harmonic tele-
phony. The 'phonophore' itself may be re-
garded as at once condenser and an induc
tion coil. 1t consists essentially of two in
sulated wires laid side by side, twisted to-
gether and wound up upon a bobbin. one end
of each wire being completely insulated
Regarded as a condenser, its capacity is very
feeble indeed. Regarded as an induction
coil, it will be seen that neither the primary
nor the secondary forms a closed circuit.
Yet it transmits telephone speech perfectly.
1t follows that that Mr. Langdon Davies has
solved the problem of telephOning on an
open circuit But the real object of the in
yention is to enable telephone messages, in
cluding both vocal and harmonic under that
ry telegraph wires without interference with
or from the telegraphic messages that are
simultaneously passing through the wires.
For many months Mr.. Langdon Davies has
been at work experimenting upon the
lines Of telegraph wire running across
the country of Kent. He has devised
a whole series of new telephone ap-
paratus in which not only the in
duction-coils of the transmitters, but also the
bobbins OF the receivers are replaced by
open-circuit phonophore coils. Apart frM
its purely technical value, the new instru-
ment presents several points Of great scien-
tific interest," and opens up Sundry new prob
lens to the mathematical physicists
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
BURNING MILLS.
TWO Disastrous Fires in Aroostoois
County, Sunday.

HoULToN, May 24.-F. w. Titcomb's
shingle and saw mill, together with large
amount Of lumber, burned Sunday afternoon
The origin of the fire is unknown. A high
west wind prevailing, cinders were blown
directly upon the village and set fire to the
buildings of S. F. Mulberry, which were en-
tirely consumed together with some stock.
The house and stable of Charles Lowering
burned, and the house of BENZ. B. Smith
was partly burned Kinney & Watson lost
500 barrels of starch, which were stored in
the Mulberry barn. The losses are: Tit
comb, $4,000; Mulberry, $1,000; Lowering,
$500; Smith, $1,000. The insurance is:
Titcomb, $1,000; Mulberry, 5000; Lowering,
$500; Smith, 1000.
The loss on Kinney & Watson's starch
was $4,000; fully insured. Numerous other
buildings caught fire, and only by strenuous
efforts was the village saved This is the
first fire since the introduction of the water
works, and their efficiency cannot be too
highly praised. Every one admits that they
saved the village. Water stock will take a
boom.
On Sunday morning steam mill at Lin
neus, owned by man named Campbell, was
burned. The loss is $4,000; no insurance.
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
THE FISHERIES.
"Touch and Trade" Permits Declared
Worthless.
Canadian Projectors" to Cruise in
the Bay of Fundy.

OTTAWA, Ont, May 24.-On inquiry it has
been learned that no authority whatever ex-
lists for the recognition in Canadian ports of
the permits issued by American collectors of
customs. under which the captains of fishing
vessels have claimed the right to enter and
trade in Canadian ports. The Collector OF
Customs at Portland, Me-, has incurred the
displeasure of the captains of fishing vessels
there by informing them that they have no
right Whatsoever to ask at the hands OF the
Canadian authorities any recognition OF the
permits.
ST.. JOHN, N. b., May 24,-The govern
ment STEAMER Lansdowne arrived here SAT-
urday with the new schooner Terror In tow.
The Terror has been finished with view to
her employment as a protector to the flsn-
cries and nolice vessel. She will be put In
commission at once. The schooner General
Middleton was to sail from here today 10
cruise in the Bay OF Fundy.
LONDON, May 24.In the House OF Com,
mons today Osborne Morgan, Under Colonial
Secretary, said in regard to the seizure OF
the fishing schooners David j. Adams ana
Ella M. Doughty by the Canadian authorl-
ties, that cable message had been received
from Minister West at Washington saying
despatch was on the way to London embody-
ing communication on the subject with the
United States government. The Under
Secretary added that when the commune
cations arrive they will be considered IN
friendly spirit and with due regard to the
complete maintenance of the fishery rights OF
our fellow subjects in Canada"
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
Breaking the Salmon Records.
Bangor Whig.l


Saturday was a great day for the salmon
fishermen at the dam. There were large
numbers Of sportsmen casting the fly and
numerous fish were hooked In the morning
Mr. Andrew Wiggin, Jr., secured a beauty.
In the afternoon Fish Commissioner Henry
o. Stanley hooked fish and played him four
solid hours before he succeeded in landing
him. 1t was splendid salmon, weighing
nearly twenty-five pounds and it jumped out
of water about fifteen times before being
landed Commissioner Stanley has the
honor of playing a fish longer than any
other man who has yet visited the dam. Mr..
Edward Stetson of this city, during the
time that Mr. Stanley had fish on his line,
played salmon the shortest time on record
and secured him. The salmon took hold of
Mr. Stetson's fly, made run and came out
of water. He then made another short run
and jumped clear out of water and landed in
boat belonging to another party. The
whole affair occupied about a minute and
caused lots of excitement. Mr.. E. A. Buck
also got fish during the afternoon. Another
good-sized one was taken on raft which
came through the sluice and plunged into
tha wafer
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
GENERAL NEWS.

Two children of Michael Feehan of Mount
Pleasant, Pa, were burned to death and a
third probably fatally injured yesterday
morning, by the bursting of an oil can from
which the children were pouring oil upon the
fire in the absence of their parents.
The steamer Dean Adams was totally de-
stroyed by fire at Memphis, Tenn, Yesterday
morning. The loss is $4,000. Her cargo
of cotton and corn and cotton seed was also
consumed. The value of it is not known.
A New York despatch states that Ex-
President Arthur is still improving.
The body of DR.. Dio Lewis was inciner-
ated at Mt. Olive crematory at Fresh Pond,
Long Island yesterday afternoon without
ceremony. The family and number of
friends wero present when the body was
placed in the retort.
All hopes of the recovery of Officer Nc
Nulty, one of the victims of the bomb
explosion ia Chicago, have been abandoned.
italian veterans who fought under Victor
Emanuel and Garibaldi celebrated yesterday
by monster festival at Union Park, New
York city,
The Queens birthday was observed
throughout the Dominion of Canada yester-
day as general holiday.
Fire yesterday destroyed the building of the
Harrison Chemical Works in Philadelphia.
Loss 100000; fully insured.
Near Catulla, Texas, Sunday G. W. Cren-
shaw shot and instantly killed AleXand er
Irving in the presence of two neighbors.
Crenshaw gave himself up. and in explaining
the shooting said that it was customary for
Irving and himself to greet each other by
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25

snapping their revolvers and he snapped his
thinking it was empty. Both Irving and
Crenshaw were young men OF wealth and
were well connected.
Miss Ida Miller, daughter of Justice Mil
Ter of the U. S. Supreme Court, was married
at noon yesterday at her fathers residence
in Washington, to A. E. Tousalin,. formerly
vice president of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy railroad Rev. DR.. Shippen of
All Souls church performed the marriage
rites.
About 60 ladies and gentlemen, most ply
sicians, attended the hearing at the City
Hospital in Boston yesterday, in response to
petitions that the privileges of the dissecting
students. DR.. /. T. Talbot represented the
petitioners and there was no opposition.
President Dacey of the trustees agreed to
lay the matter before the board for its ac-
tinn.
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
CoRHAM.
The Arrangements for the ceIebra-
ton Progressing Finely.

The arrangements for the 150th celebration
of the settlement of Gorham-which occurs
tomorrow-are progressing finely. Yester
days PRESS gave a general outline of the
programme. Since then we learn that the
main arch over Main street is about COM
pleted and from its summit will float the
flags of the PRESS and Argus. On the main
square pedestal will be erected bearing
the life-sized figure of an Indian. Gorham
Academy will be elegantly decorated and
Illuminated; also the other public build
ings. The tents arrived yesterday and
were put in place. All historical places
have been marked by appropriate tablets.
There viii be a fine band concert and bril-
liant display of fireworks in the evening
The time table of trains will be found in
the amusement column of our paper and
there should be no difficulty in attending
this celebration.
The New England View Company of this
city have been secured by the committee to
make photographs of the procession.
Messrs. J. III. Lamson g. Co. have taken a
large number of fine views of prominent and
historic points in and about Gorham. and
will secure many others on the day of tho
celebration. The views are Sx10 inches in
size
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
North Conway.

Extensive preparations are being made for
the season of 1886 at the Sunset Pavilion,
North Conway. The old piazza has been re-
moved, and a new one built, twelve feet
wide and three hundred feet long. The
front of the house, Office and parlors, has
been remodelled and much improved. A
smoking and reading room has been added;
there are to be open fireplaces in the south
parlor and the dining room; most of the
chambers have been newly furnished and
many newly capeted. Many more bedrooms
than formerly can be warmed for the au
tumn weather, and arrangements have been
made for warming the halls above stairs.
The hotel has an unusually fine bathroom
and pure running spring water on each floor,
and electric bells. These advantages, with
the improvements, and the excellent cook
idg for which the Sunset Pavilion has al
ways been noted, furnish surety for good
season for proprietor and guests. Great at
tention has been paid to the drainage, and it
is considered faultleSS.
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
THE HoTEL NORTH RoBBER.
If Pardoned by the Governor, Frank
lin County Autho rites Want Him.

PENNINGTON, May 24.-If Augustus Cove,
the Hotel North robber, is pardoned by Gov.
Robie, he is wanted in this county on a
charge of having stolen horse and team in
the Dead River region. After he escaped
from the Kennebec county jail, he fled into
Franklin county, where, in the Dead River
country he stole a horse and team, but was
pursued and captured in Eustis. He was
taken to the Pennington Jail, where Jailor
Jewell identified him as Cove, and he was
delivered up to the Kennebec county author
tiles to serve out his unfinished sentence.
Now, if the Augusta effort to secure his par
don succeeds, justice can be meted out to
him for his misdeeds here.
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
PROPER PUNISHMENT.
a Grand Army Man Proposed Jeff
Davie's -Aeaiesa- and Will he Ex-
PEELED from the Organization.

NEW YORK, May 24.-When jeff Davis
was making his trip through Georgia, the
newspapers reported that S. NJ Saunders of
Mt. Vernon, N. Y, had offered a toast to the
ex-Confederates health. This created a sem
sation, because Saunders is a northern man.
The event described took place at Savannah.
Mr. Saunders is member of Farnsworth
Post, G. A. R. Commander James H. jan
kins, who is clerk in the cashiers depart
ment of the New York custom house. APP
pointed committee to investigate the affair,
and ascertain whether Comrade Saunders
did or did not propose the health of jeff Da
Wis at banquet in his honor. In cores
pondence between the Post and Saunders,
the latter acknowledged that he did so pro-
pose the health of jeff Davis, and maintain
ed his right of free speech. The committee
have reported that the charge is true, and
have recommended that Saunders be re-
auested to resign. The Post has voted to
support the report of the committee.
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
the FlTchBuRc HoRRoR.
Massachusetts Railroad Connn1is'
sicners' Report.
Three Faults in Construction CT the
Road Mentioned

Boston, May 24.-The Railroad Commits
sioners have made public their finding in the
case of the accident at Bardwell's Ferry on
the State road on April 18th, 1886, by which
AZ persons were injured, of whom II were
killed or have since died. After minutely
detailing the location of the tracks and the
circumstances of the accident, the Commits
sioners say: "The cause Of the disaster was
the slide Of a part of the embankment, and
the cause of this slide was the concurrence
of three faults in construction. First, in
1S66-69, when this portion of the road was
reconstructed over the very imperfect road
bed of Messrs. Haupt & Co., piece of crib
work was placed in the embankment, occu-
pying considerable space midway between
the track and river. This crib-work was af-
terward covered with earth and rock so that
its presence was unknown to the present
managers of the road. The contractor had
forgotten it, and denied that there was any
such work on the road, but after the acci-
dent the projecting ends OF the timber re-
Vealed its existence, and an excavation has
revealed its extent and character. The pins
have rotted away, and the timber has great
ly decayed
dent, the Commissioners say, was neglect
to provide an open culVert, by which the
water accumulating in the ditch on the
northery side of the track would be drained drained
necessary by the engineers IN charge OF
"renoyating" the road, but it was abandoned
for some unknown reason.
The third defect was added, when the Sec
ond track was built in 1884 Much broken
rock was dumped on the southern slope of
the embankment, with an idea OF strength
ening and widening it. Such of the rock as
reached the foot would aid in sustaining the
bank. but that which remained high and dry
over the weak spot would by its weight be
come source of danger and cooperate with
the water in producing the final disaster.
The three causes together were needed to
produce the sad result, and altogether they
abundantly account for it. There Is no eYl,
dence of any negligence or fault on the part
of the Fitchburg Railroad Company, or any
one in its service, and the present State road
officials appear to have exercised every POS POS
sible precaution for the safety OF trains. Inc
Commissioners call especial attention to tne
heroism displayed by Engineer Littlejohn at
the time OF the accident, and to the services
rendered by other train employees who were
themselves suffering from injuries.
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25

Edward S. Tobey of Boston, was reelected
president with 80 vice presidents, among
whom are Hon. Robert G. Winthrop, Hon.
John Jay, John G. Whittier, Bishop War
Hopkins, President Julius III. Seelye of
Amherst, Hon. Frederick Douglass, Hon. J.
II. Drummond of Portland, and Amos A.
Lawrence; Secretary Rev. r. B. Howard; !;
Treasurer f. M. Patten. The old board of
directors with one exception was reelected
and eleven new members were added. David
Dudley Field of New York was elected an
honorary member of the society.
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
SLID FBoM THE BED.
Suicide of Woman Who Thought
She Had Become Burdensonne.

HEBRON, May 24.-Mrs. Hiram Staples,
who lived near the Academy had paralytic
shock about four years ago and another very
severe one some time last winter, which en-
tirely prostrated her, not being able to even
feed herself In this bodily and mental
weakness she became wearied of life, and
took a string that the family used to tie her
pillows together with in bolstering her up,
fastened it around the bedpost and herneck,
and slid herself off the bed, thereby hanging
herself. She was about 70 years old.
Swallowed Poison and Died.
BANGOR, May a. Mary Inman, aged 43
years, committed suicide here tonight by tax
ing Rough on Rats. She was half drunk
when she swallowed the poison.
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
OUR MERCHANT MARINE
Active Measures to be Taken for Its
Restoration.

WASHINGTON, May A.-At the invitation
of the committees of the Gulf shipping league
a meeting of the representative men from
different sections was held this evening. A
full and free discussion was had as to the
Importance and means of reyiving our mer-
chant marine. There was general unanim-
ity of sentiment and the following preamble
and resolution were adopted:
Whereas, the Gulf ports OF the United States
have recently formed an association for the pur-
pose of acting in the restoration of American
shipping and especially in procuring adequate
and regular postal steam communication with
foreign countries; and
Whereas an object Of such high Importance de-
mands positive action of the great interests and
investments in shipbuilding and the ocean carry
ing trade of the Union; therefore
ResolUed, That this association respectfully and
earnestly urges on this great maritime interest
to organize anational league embracing all local,
river, lake and ocean navigation for the purpose
of bringing to bear upon Congress and public
opinion the necessity of legislation appropriate to
the success of this vital object.
Letters and kilograms received show a
widespread and growing interest in the
after.
The Portland daily press., 1886-05-25
Tea and coffee Dyspeptics.


1t has occurred also to the writer to make
many observations as to the circumstances
under which tea and coffee are found to agree
or disagree with different persons; in the
first place, as Sir w. Roberts has pointed out,
tea, if taken at the same time as farinaceous
food, is much more likely to retard its diges-
tion and cause dyspepsia than if taken lit
tie time after eating; and the custom adopt
ed by many persons at breakfast, for IN
stance, of eating first and drinking their tea
or coffee afterward. is a sensible one; so also
it is better to take ones five O'Clock tea with
out the customary bread and butter or cake
than with it.
Indeed, while there is little that can be
said against cup Of hot tea as q stimulant
and restorative, when taken about midway
between lunch and dinner, and without solid
food, it may, on the other hand, be fruitful
cause of dyspepsia, when accompanied at
that time with solid food. 1t is also q Curl
GUS fact that many persons with whom tea,
under ordinary circumstances, viii agree ex-
ceedingly well, viii become the subjects of
tea dyspepsia if they drink this beverage at
time when they may be suffering from men
tallworry or emotional disturbance.
Moreover, it is well-recognized fact that
persons who are prone to nervous eNcitsSafnts
of the circulation and palpitations of the
heart have these symptoms greatly aggravat-
ed if they persist in the use of tea or coffee
as a beverage. The excessive consumption
of tea among the women of the poorer classes
is the cause of the so-called ''heart-cOm-
plants" among them; the food of those poor
women consists largely of starehy substan-
ces dread and butter chiefly, together with
tea, i. e.. food accessory which is one of the
greatest of all retarders of the digestion of
starchy food.
The effect of coffee as a retarder Of stom-
ach digestion would probably be more felt
ia mob fff-
tice to take it only in small quantity after
very large meal; it is then mixed with an i'm
mense bulk of food, and its relative percen-
tage proportion rendered insignificant: and
to the strong and vigorous the slightly re-
tarding effect on digestion it would then have
may be, as Sir w. Roberts suggests, not alto
gether a disadvantage; but after spare
meal and in persons of feeble digestive pow
er, the cup of black coffee would probably
exercise retarding effect on digestion which
might prove harmful.