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The Portland daily press., 1886-07-01

CALAIS, June SO.-one hundred and thirty
Italians, employed on the Calais water
works, struck this morning for an increase
of wages. The contractor refuses to comply
with the terms. The majority will probably
go back tomorrow at former wages. A large
number will be discharged and new help
onan1nynd
The Portland daily press., 1886-07-01
Knocked Overheard and Drowned.

CHERRyFIELD, June 3o.-Hackett Brown
Of Millbridge, while fishing there today in a
dory, was knocked overheard by the sail and
drowned. Brown was GO years old. He
leaves widow and grown up family.
The Portland daily press., 1886-07-01
FOR ElCN.
Three Conservatives Are Conceded
Their Seats in the Commons.
Gladstone Obliged to Return Home
on Account of Hoarseness.
a Sewer Gas Explosion Near the
House of Commons Causes
Excitement.
AM oxford unixerslty pay.

LONDON, June 3O.-Convocation at Oxford
today was unusually crowded. Honorary
degrees were conferred on DR.. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes and John Bright. The students
Kissed every mention of Gladstone's name.
Three Conservatives Receive Their
Seats.
:. .LIVEhpooI. June 30-Baron II. de
Worms, Mr.. E. Whiteley and T. p. Royden,
Conservative candidates for East Toxteth
Eyerton and West Toxteth, divisions of Liv-
erp0ol, respectively, were today elected tC
the House of Commons, their seats being
conceded to them because neither was con
tested.
A Statement of Regret.
LONDON, Jan 30.-Truth today publishes q
statement of regret that it printed and cir
culated an error alleging that Cyrus "
Field was connected with the Wabash S%in
die.
a Horrible. Outrage at Pafis.
PARIS, June 3O-Mrs. Rosalie< Nfps rnffi-
Irish lady, was seized by a Nmbesnburbs
ans on the outskirts of VMcenrof woods.
last night, dragged into * pie The tends
gagged bound and ill-tfeat6a left her in
then set her clothes on tifief have been ar
dying condition. Mtors of the outrage.
49, lSstone Goes Home.
& q, June 3o.-Mr. Gladstone is suf-
LoNlrom hoarseness. He has gone to
IMgo,nifden Mo ,,,fden to rest.
The Portland daily press., 1886-07-01

Acting Postmaster.
L. Whitehouse South Vassalboro.
Post Odtces Discontinued.
Rocky Rips, Penobscet county, mail to Oraomo.
One of Senator HaIe's Bills.
The Senate committee on naval affairs has
reported fayorably Senator Hale's bill to pay
James e. Togie, paymaster of the United
States navy, 81 ZOO, and Clerk Blake 800
for losses of personal property by the burn
ing of the Windsor House at Yokohama,
Japan, in February last.
The Mackerel Bill.
Senator Hoar has presented a petition of
the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective
Association urging the passage of the mack
erel bill.
Porter and the Blaine Association.
The following was received in Washington
today:
NEW YORK, June 20.
Y. d. Stockbrtdge, President National Blaine
Republican association, Washington:
am in receipt of your telegram of yesterday
in which on behalf of the National Blaine Repub-
lican Association you tender me hearty c0ngratu-
mighty and will prevail" must of course under
stand that you are referring to the recent action
OF Congress in my case, and heartily thank you
for your hearty recognition of the impartial justice
of that action | appreciate most highly this ex-
preston of your views when consider that
alInOugn am no pOllllcal partisan, am counted
among those who in their politics are arrayed
against that party you so ably represent.
FITZ JOHN PORTER.
The despatch referred to above was as
follows:
HEADQUARTERS
NATIONAL BLAINE ASSOCIATION
To Gen. r. j. Porter
In behalf of the National Blaine Republican
Association and for myself have to tender the
hearty congratulations upon the recent assurance
that "Trnth is mighty and will prevail"
r. n STOCKRRTDcF President
Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-18

Insurance statistics throughout the coun-
try show that the opening of cold weather
is the most disastrous to the companies
carrying risks. Fires are more frequent
and losses correspOndingly heavier. The
reason assigned is the carelessness used
in starting roaring fires in chimneys and
flues which have lain idle during the
summer. With the first drop in the ther-
mometer, CRATES and furnaces, stoves and
boilers are IN active requisition and safety
is lost sight of in the anxiety for immcdi,
ate heat.
Too much care cannot be used in the
inspection of flues and pipes before they
are put into steady use for the winter.
Defective flucs cause a large proportion
of the fires tabulated by the insurance
companies. The hasty and reckless con-
struction of our buildings by which beams
and rafters are too frequently inserted in
chimneys is a fertile source of confagra.
tions, while foul chimneys and disregard
of the effect of high winds upon drafts
and roaring fire add to the number of
such disasters.
AT this season of the year the careful
and wise householder will examine his
insurance policy us well as his wood pile
and coal bin and sef his stoves and hues
in order. 1t will be found to be a paying
precaution.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-18

for each his ."favorte vanity" out of
one and the same cask; and now skillful
manufacturers of the class Of Booraem
perform quite as marvellous a feat by
supplying their customers with any re.
quired variety OF wine, from common
table claret to exquisite Madeira and
Zine old port out OF the same com.
pound of dried apples, sugar and sahcylio
acid. The use of salicylic acid makes
this most pcrnicous adulteraton. OF
course good judges are not deceived by
this fraud, but the so called wine" when
dccanted and put up in bottles tempting.
ly labeled "St. Julien" "Mcdoc,' "Old
Madeira" sherry" etc, finds ready
sale on account of its comparative cheap.
ness. This is the kind of wine that is
sold over the bar in many saloons to "be.
ginners" whose palatcs are ticklcd by its
pleasant flavor.
1t need not be said that these wine
adultcratlons are not confined TO the
city of New York. There Is not a large
city in the Union In which they are not
extensively practiced, but owing to the
defects of the law and the neglect of its
agents, instances of detection and pun.
ishment are extremely rare. The eXccu.
ton of the New York law, under which
this seizure was made, is left TO the dis
cretion of the board of health instead of
being made obligatory upon the police
authorities. In Pennsylvania and in
most other states there are enactments
enough relating to adultcrations of food;
but, owing TO the defective provisions for
their enforcement and the loose cond.
ton of public opinion on the subject, the
laws are dead letters. This species of
fraud will never be eifectually suppressed
until the chemist shall have been attached
to the police force in our large cities and
the adultcration of the food and drink of
the people certainly and promptly pun
ished. There need be no severe penal,
ties for this otiensc, such as are provided
for by the laws of some states. Seizu re
and conliscaton of the adutcratcd arti-
cles and exposure of the fraud would be
sufficient punishment. What is wanted
on this subject is n law that can be surely
and effectively enforced
Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-18

THERE is 4 wrong impression abroad in
some quarters that the next legislature
will consider the vote polled at the last
election in making the new apportion-
ment Of the legislative and new judicial
districts. Our constitution fixes as the
basis of apportionment the population as
returned by federal or state census
The state census of 1885 will govern the
redistricting of the state. That, of course,
will still leave the northwestern portion
of the state, which has received the heavi-
est immigration since that census was
taken, largely disfranchiscd. For the
same reason the central and southwestern
part of the state will also suffer. For five
years to come they will have to remain
satisfied with only a share of what
they are entitled to in the way of legisla,
tive representation. But when the CEN
sus of 1890 is taken what a revelation we
may look for all around.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-18

with the rates current at the same time a
week ago shows no noteworthy change.
Corn has been depressed by the
large stocks in store and in sight
The new corn Is in excellent condi.
tion, and a movement OF large pro.
portions is probable during the next few
weeks. The federal crop report was
more favorable than had been expected
and had some effect as an element of
weakness in the market. Prices are to
II cents per bushei lower In New York
and Chicago, but are n shade higher in
Philadelphia, where the offerings have
been comparatively light. Business in
hog products has been crippled by the
labor troubles in Chicago. Packers at
all western points have generally de-
clined to make contracts for future
delivery, and speculative business in all
markets has been much restricted. The
disturbed condition of the trade has
caused a decline of Is to 90 cents per
100 pounds in the price of hogs, although
the winter season starts out with much
smaller movement than at the
corresponding period last year.
In general trade all interests report
fair activity except in wool. The wool
trade continues very dull, and territorial
clips have been shaded little IN price to
effect sales, but ileeces are very firmly
held in all markets. II is between sea-
SONS in the manufacturing trade, and,
while mills are well employed on orders,
new business is light and next seasons
wants are not sufficiently defined TO war
rant the preparation of stocks of raw ma
turial Another cause of hesitancy on
the part of wool buyers is the failure of
the woolen goods market to advance in
full sympathy with the raw staple. Man
ufacturers are not pushing for new or
ders at current prices, and generally eX-
pcct to realize higher rates on their future
sales. The shortage of wool clips in all
parts of the world and the strength of
prices in Europe, together with the i'm
proved condition of general business, en-
courage confidence among holders of
wool in this country, and from present
indications there is promise of higher
rather than lower prices before the clip
year ends.
Dry goods are moving freely. Iron and
steel reports show increased orders, but
a tendency toward check in business,
caused by the stiffcning views of makers
and sellers. A confident feeling pervades
all branches of local trade. The weekly
clearing house returns again show Omaha
far in the front of western cities in the
increase of clcarings, with totals far up
towards the five million point, and an in
crease of 70 per cent over the
corresponding week Of last year.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-18
Booraem's Wine Cellar.
PHNadeiphia Record.


As general rule the aduitcratlOns of
TODD are much less injuries to the public
health than are the frauds IN wines and
liquors. Most food authorizations consist
in an effort TO choapcn by substituting in
feror articles. as IN mixing -four with
refined sugar, chiccory with coffee, and
ground cocOanut shells with black pep
per. But the frauds in the manufacture
of drinks are of much more serious
character so far as the public health is
concerned. The seizure Of $3.50 gallons
OF claret, Eort, sherry and other wines"
by the New York board of health in the
house OF Nj. j. Booraem reveals to con
sumers some OF the villain ous methods
by which their pockets are robbed ana
their stomachs poisoned.
DIR. Cyrus Edison, the chemist Of the
New York board Of health, who has ana
lyzed tins wine, descTiacS the process by
which it is made without the use of drop
of grape Juice. Dried apples peaches,
curraits and raiSins are maceratcd with
water to which certain quantity Of
sugar is added, and when fermentation
is sufficiently advanced il is arrested by
adding sufficient quantities OF salIcylic
acid. The wine so produced is then
clarified and colored, and when the
proper "bouqueth is given to il the mix
ture is ready for market. Mepiistopelcs
astonished and delighted the half
drunken guests i'll Auerback' >
vino collar in Leipsic by pouring
Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-18
The Time 20 study Up.

The six weeks which will elapse before
the opening of the session should afford
members elect TO the legislature valu-
able opportunity for studying mp the
needs of their constituents and learn.
ing their wishes in matters of projected
legislation. Sofar as the senatorial issue
is concerned, that was made up long ago.
No member of the coming legislature is
probably in doubt how he should vote in
the Joint session if he proposes to act
fairly and honestly and in accordance
with his own pledges or the instructions
of his constituency. The fight is
to be one of Van Wyck
against the field and most of the legisla-
tive recruits enlisted under one banner
or another when they made their canvass.
OF course, there may be desertions. The
railroad managers confidently predict
that there will be several. We shall see
what we shall see. But there are many
problems Of general legislation which
will come up for solution upon which the
nowly elected members cannot inform
themselves too thoroughly. The bogus
railroad commission still exists and ought
to go. Rejected by the popular vote, it
was forced upon the state by the ralroa
attorneys in defiance of the expressed
will of our citizens. Useless, expensive
and laughing stock to all who know Its
composition and workings, it should be
wiped out of existence by the next legis.
lature.
Reveue reform is another question over
which there Is likely to be more or less
discussion. The problem of equalzing
taxation is difficult one and should be
carefully considered by every legislator
in the light of the interests of the state
and the producing classes. Our present
revenue law is inadequate in many re-
spects. Its defects rs brought out in its
operation should be remedied. And then
there is the perplexing question of judi
cial and legislative rodistricting, over
whose solution there are always so
many heartburnings and jealousies.
With map of Nebraska and Super
intcndcnt Lanes last census report
in his hand every legislator should give
some time to the prayerful consideration
of the problem. 1t will bear study. Tho
questions of the submission of aprohlbi-
tory amendment, of a constitutional con-
vention, of changes in the classification of
municipalities and amendments of city
charters will also have to be considered
Every lawyer Will have new panacea
for defective statutes. The doctors are
also yearning for legislation. The
amount of prospective work is enough
to appall the stoutest legislative heart.
The members-elect should post them
selves by careful study of the situation
rs it is likely to be.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-18
Furnishing the Fencers.

The first conviction with penalties i'm
posed for illegal fencing of the public do
main in Nebraska occurred last
week in the federal court of
Omaha when two employees of Chey.
enne county cattle company plead guilty
and were fined $40 and costs, the penalty
in each instance amounting to something
more than hundred dollars. Since the
raid of the interior department upon the
fencers, q large majority of the cattle
companies have complied with the law
and removed their enclosures. Several
still remain IN our state and the land Of
flee has notified its agents in this district
to institute promptly and push suits
against all offenders. This is as it should
be. There was perhaps good excuse
for fencing the ranges during the
years when the ranchman was the only
pioneer and the settler had not yet begun
to lay claim to the public domain. The
government injured no interest by wink
ing at what was violation of the law,
and as no ones rights were assailed
there was no complaint of the practice.
The cattlemen crossed the boundary of
wisdom when their fences, built to en-
close cattle, were maintained to exclude
settlers. The moment that the issue was
made rs to whether the fences or the
homesteaders must go, there was no
doubt about the result The government
stepped in promptly and demanded the
removal of the fences.
Under our Nebraska law owners of
cattle are made responsible for
tie damage done by their
herds to the property and crops of set
tiers. This is called the "herd law"
But under provision of the statutes the
''hcrd law" can be set aside in any
county by vote of its citizenship, and
individual property owners can be COM
PEELED to maintain fences to protect their
farms. The object of this provision was
| to make ranching possible in far western
counties where agricultural land was
| supposed to be scarce and grazing was
looked upon as the only lucrative indus.
| try. 1t was believed that most of the
| settlers would be small stock raisers who
for the sake of having Il free range for
their herds would be wiling to enforce
| fencing upon themselves and
| their neighbors. If the settlers
make no objection to these ranch fences
| and prefer to assist the cattle raising in.
| dustry, as many of the cattlemen insist,
the remedy is al hand. Let them take
down their fences and permit the gran.
| gers" to suspend the "herd law" by
voting "fence law" That would be n
| legal method for the protection of herds,
| Enclosing Uncle Sans land IS not and it
cannot be permitted
Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-18

The fall in the temperature denoting
the certain approach of winter promises
prompt renewal of activity IN all
branches of the distributing trade which
for the past week has been marked by
few noticeable changes. The produce
markets show no features of new inter
est. A fair export inquiry for wheat is
reported and considerable business has
been done quietly at all Atlantic ports
without sensibly affecting values, The
conservatism of the foreign demand has
restrained any tendency to excitement in
the market, and the steadiness of values
has enabled shippers to fill good many
orders that probably would have been
Cancelled at any advance in prices. The
receipts of wheat at northwestern centers
have continued large, aud this free move
ment and the large visible supply have
discouraged speculation for higher
prices. The fluctuations in the market
have been within narrow limits. and the
comparison of closing prices yesterday
Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-18
international Jokes.
Ncw York Tribune.


The Saturday Review rather resents the
humorous proceedings of a Colorado man
who recently wrote to the clergy of an
Irish protestant church in Dublin, asking
for the means to probate will which had
been made in favor of the said church,
and under whose provisions it was to re-
ceive some 100000. The recipients of
this information and request appear to
have been somewhat cautious, though
not cautious enough. They declined to
send the Colorado man the drafts he
asked for, but they took a course which
involved still more expense, for they sent
one OF the number all the way to Denver
to investigate the case. AS the reader has
doubtless anticipated, when the reverend
gentleman reached his destination he
soon discovered that the story of the pious
bequest was tcton, invented
by the ingenious Colorado cor.
respondent for the purpose
of raising the wind as perhaps he would
have put 1t. 1t does not even appear,
however, that the imaginative person
has been pursued in the courts. Canon
Bagot who made the journey to Colo
RADIO to get at the facts, no doubt en-
joyed his trip; but the joke does not seem
to have been appreciated by the church
officers generally, nor does the "Satur-
day" rise to the true plane of its humor.
1t was evidently intended by the Colo
RADIO inventor as an international set
OFF, to the tall stories about immense
English estates alleged to be awaiting
American heirs, which have pulled so
many dollars out of the pockets of citi-
zens of this great republic, notwithstand-
ing all the efforts OF the press to disillu-
sionize the victims. Both the Colorado
person and the manipulators
of the American heirship busi-
ness cndcaVor to play, for
their own advantage, upon the selfinter-
est which is according to philosophers,
the strongest motive in human nature.
Both availcd themselves of distance and
ignorance of the laws and customs of a
foreign country. Both seemed to have
calculated pretty shrewdly. but the Col
orada fisher of men failed in this enter.
prise because his intended dupes were
more wideawake than he had supposed,
though they were no less eager to receive
the hypothetical legacy than he had cx-
pected. 1t is not perhaps to be expected
that the actual sufferers from such inter
national jobs will perceive the fun in
them SO clearly rs the unprejudiced spec
tators, but il is obvious that in both the
cases mentioned all loss would have been
avoided had not the lust of gain caused
the dupes to neglect precautions which
could easily have been employed, and
which would haYe exposed the deccptions
promptly.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-18
Two Little Evas.

The return OF Manager Seymour. of
Draper's Uncle Toms Cabin company,
who is here to attend the trial of the suit
for wages brought against hm by Minnie
Foster, brings two Omaha waits before
the public again. Ono of them is Eddie
Alexander a bright lad of eigh: years,
who was taken out of n bawdy house by
tho authorities some weeks ago. He is
travelling with the company now playing
in the role of Little Eva and taking care
of the ferOcious blood-hounds during the
day. His early training seems to cling
to him. Mr. Seymour has room en-
gagged for the boy at the Plan ters' house,
but he refuses to occupy it, and spends
his time sleeping in chairs in tho all-nIgbt
lunch houses Mr.. Seymour has not de-
cided whether he will keep the boy longer
or fill his place with little Oracle Rey-
nolds, the four-year-o child who was
the victim of John Mattson's assault in
September last. Mattson has been held
to the district court and the child bound
ont by its mother to Mr. Seymour.
Oracle is unusually apt IN her study of
the character Little Eva, for which she
will be cast and Mr.. Seymour predicts
that she will be very successful in the
role
Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-18

JEFFERSON square has again been
brought before the courcl. This time it
is not the market house project of Web
ster Snyder or the scheme Of DR. Miller
to donate tie square as a depot ground
to the Missouri Pacific, but an out and
out proposition for its sale to private
spectators. What they propose to do
with the square is not stated. They may
divide it into lots, cover it with blocks of
residences or business houses, they may
locate a grand rink or they may lease 1t
for show purposes. In any event the
council has no business to dispose OF the
property. With the exception of the
high school grounds it is the only spot in
the city that affords even the semblance
of park, What the city should do
is to make the park more attractive,
Jefferson square should have fountain
and well-kept walks and lawns. Beautiful
shrubberyshould be plantedapd the square
should be to Omaha what Union and
Madison squares are to New York. If
any syndicate desires to purchase land in
the neighborhood of the square it can
have 1t ut the market price,
Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-18
PROMINENT PERSONS.

Prince Victor of England is to be made
duke of Canada.
President Cleveland has at last decided to
call his country place ''Oakvlew.'
Bismark's wife regulates her husband
with an iron rod. She is the only party he
is afraid of.
Senator Jones. of Florida, hasn't touched
liquor for six months. Detroit whisky is not
especially good.
1t is rumOred that James Gordon Bennett
will make Henry George his edtor-in-chief
in the Herald Office.
William B Smith, cotton factor of Char
lesion, S. c., is worth S2o0o,000, and is the
richest man in the state.
Col. John Hay has settled down in his new
Washington house after several weeks hun
ting in the SanduSky marshes.
President Hoxie, of the Missouri Pacific
railway company, is not dying as recently
reported, but Is steadily improving.
Harriet Hosmer, the sculptress, has in
vested large amount of cash in Keely mo-
tor stock. She believes Keely is all right.