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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-21
The Times Foresees Split Among
the Liberals.


LONDON, Dec. 20.-The Times saws the
Gladstone party threaten to split upon the
question OF conniying at the defiance Of the
law. What could be more opportune than
such retrograde movement as ParnelPs
cnilling treatment Of his colleague, seems ad-
mirably fitted to prepare?
The Campbell Case.
LONDON, Dec. 20.-At the conclusion of
Judge Butts charge today, the case was Civ
en- to the jury and they retired. After q
snort absence they returned and reported
disagreement.
smuggIers Killed by an Avalanche.
VIENNA, Dec. 20-An avalanche has killed
q pand OF seventeen smugglers who were in
hiding near Viceza.
Suffering at Sea
ST JOHN, n. B., Dec. 20.-Schooner Emma
OF 81 tons, from Salmon River for Eastport.
Me-, with a cargo Of deals, was totally
wrecked at McCoy's Head, near Cape Spen-
night. Ihe crew reached the shore COM
pletely exhausted They suffered severely
from exposure.
Fast OF Seventy two Days.
LONDON, Dec. 2o.-Salyator Martabelli,
native OF Malta, has begun a " days fast at
philllppeyille, Algeria He was formerly in
the British navy, and was shipwrecked and
cast upon desert island and tasted no food
for seventy-two days.
Twelve Persons Drowned.
Steamship Llanelly, sailing from Liver
pool, has foundered at Holyhead, drowning
twelve persons.
Killed In a Collision.
LONDON, Dec. 20.-A railway collision at
Charkow, Russia, Saturday, Killed 10 per-
sons and injured 80 others.
Killed by Boiler EXPLOSION.
LONDON, Dec, 2O.-Six persons were killed
by boiler explosion in the town Of Leico,
Lombardy, today.
Bismarck unweli.
A Berlin despatch says Prince Bismarck is
lndisposed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-21

PARIS, Dec. 20.-The Minister Of Marine
has resigned his post, the Chamber having
refused to. grant credit for the building OF
three torpedo boats. as had been proposed by
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-21
Senator AIdrlch's Resolution,

The full text of Senator Aldrich's resolu-
ton offered today providing for reciprocity
with sugar-prodncing countries is as fol-
enter upon negotiations with the government
OF the several principal sugaT-producing
countries Of the world with view of seeur-
Ing mutual agreements by which the United
States shall agree to admit at its ports free
OF duty, sugar and molasses, the produce of
ported in vessels under the flag of either of
the contracting parties, and upon which no
export tax or other export charges shall
have been levied upon condition that such
government shall admit into their respective
countries or their sngar-producing colonies
free of duties, agricultural, mineral and
manufactured products of the limited States
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-21
Nominations by the President.

:. The President sent the following nomina
tions to the Senate today:
Me.
:, Charles ". Roberts to be collector Of customs,
Machias, Me. "
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-21
Close Time for Lobsters,
Killed by a Fall.

BANGOR, Dec. 20.-Wiliam H. II. Stack
pole of Kenduskeag, fell over the stair rail-
ing here tonight and landed on the floor 80
feet below. His skull was crushed in and he
was instantly killed. he was about 80 years
old and leaves widow.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-21
Journalist Fatally Stabbed.

MADRID, Dec. 20.-A well known Journal
ist Of this city was stabbed to death last
night by an assassin, who escaped under
cover of the darkness
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-21
Minister of Marine Resi-,

MANDALIA,- Dec. 20.-The British have
captured the Boshways' camp The rebels
retreated into the jungle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-21

The Evening Star says tenight: "The
President has about decided to offer the
Turkish mission, vacated by the resignation
of 5. S. Cox to Gen. Eghert Levitt, member
of the House of Representatives from the
18th New York district
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-21
Suspends Payment.

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 20.-D. NJ Tobin's
banking house at Aropahoe, Neb., suspend
ed payment today. Tobins assets are $76,-
600, enough to just cover liabilities.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-21
MAIN e.
A Soy Drowned at WatervllIe.

Especial 10 the Press
WATERvILLE, Dec. 20-At half past one
O'Clock this afternoon Alfred Blanchard. the
thirteen year old son of Joseph Blanchard:
was drowned while sliding on the ice on the
kennebec river in company with four of his
young friends. He was seated on q long
sled with three others, and fifth one was
pushing. 1t gained greater speed thau they
intended and went directly for an air hole.
plunging in before they were able to check
themselves. They were all precipitated into
the water Four of them managed to scram-
BILE out. The fifth one went under the ice
and was carried along by the current and
drowned.
A Fire at Lewiston.
LEWISTON, Dec. 20.-The dry goods store
in Lewiston, known as the Emporium. ia
cobs q Sons, proprietors, was discovered on
fire last night. The block is nearly total
loss The loss on the building was $1,000
The owners of stock claim that the loss will
amount to $4,000. Insurance agents claim
that it is from S15, ,OOo to $4,000 Alex Ja-
cobs, who slept in the store, was severely
burned.
A Strike at an End.
SKowHEGAN, Dec. 20.-Much to the salts
faction of the Knights of Labor and citizens
generally, the shoe shop at Skowhegan was
opened Monday morning, and at $50 o'clock
the whistle in trying to call in the crew blew
itself out Of tone. Some forty cutters and
stitchers went to work to prepare work for
the other departments. Probably in a weeks
time the entire shop will be in full operation,
OFF for fba Moodo
Frank Estes of Skowhegan, started his
teams for the woods Monday morning. His
teams consisted of three four horse teams
and three finer teams never left Sknowhe-
gan. Eight dark bays and four grays finely
matched as to strength. Mr.. Estes took from
Stewards Island Mills Glour) 800 bushels of
grain.
Close Time for Lobsters.
BIDDEFoRD, Dec. 20.-A petition is in cir
culation in York county to be presented to
the legislature, asking that the close time be
removed from lobster catching in Maine and
that none under ten and cne-half inches be
caught at any time of the year. The idea is
to limit the wholesale slaughter of small lob
sters for canning purposes. A similar petit
tion will be circulated in all the seaport
towns in the State.
Killed by a Fall.
BANGOR, Dec. 2O.-William H. II. Stack
pole of Kenduskeag, fell over the stair rail-
ing here tonight and landed on the floor 80
feet below. His skull was crushed in and he
was instantly killed He was about 80 years
old and leaves widow.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-21
THE STATE.
PENoBscor COUNTY.

EENOBcCO1 IOONI1.
There were about 2,eO0 arrivals. large and
small, in the port Of Bangor this year. The
principal Imports were 623OO0 feet OF nine
lumber, 50, ,9o4 bushels Of corn. 6O.6s0 bnsh-
els Of oats, l,477 bushels of salt, b. $50 TONS
of coal, 1,5SS tons of iron, 7S1 tons super
phosphates, 754 tons lime rock, S44 tons plas-
ter rock, 525 tons potters' clay, 495 tons
moulding sand, 575 tons of granite. 800 tons
Of steel rails 10,037 railroad ties, G, AGO casks
lime, 5,28S casks cement, $3.50 kegs Of nails,
1857 barrels Of flour, 1913 barrels Of ksro-
Sene oil. There were 20 steamers, 10 barks
and barkentines and 26 brigs. There were 10
foreign arrivals and Al foreign clearances
IN GENERAL.
The Passamaquoddy Indians own town.
ship of timber land washed by the st. Croix
lakes, from which $4,000 has already been
realized and invested in fund, the interest
OF which Is paid to the indians. The COM
mittee Of the Council recommend that a
further realization be made from this town
ship and the money be used to buy more
farming land for the Indians at Pleasant
Point; that their farming land then be d.
vided into lots, so that the Indians may own
1t in severalty, instead of in common, as at
present; and that they have no right TO part
with these lands for any consideration.
The recent storm has given the ice men on
the kennebec and Pen0bscot considerable
anxiety
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-29
Small Talk.

A wrestling match has been arranged be-
tween the Jap and James Faulkner, to occur
at Leland rink, Minneapolis, on Oct. Is, for the
entire receipts. A large party from Cincin-
natl is expected to be present. The match
will be mixed, catch-as-catch-can and Greco-
Roman, best three in five.
This afternoon an exhibition game of ball
is to be played on the West Seventh street
grounds between the st. Paul league club and
q picked zine. The game will be a benefit for
the st. Paul club.
The game between the Bostons and Detroits
at Boston was postponed on account of rain.
The Pittsburg-Athletic game at Phila-
delphia was postponed on account of rain.
The Metropolitan-Louisville game at Louis
vile was postponed on account of rain.
The Brooklyn Cincinnati game at Cincln-
natl was postponed an account of rain.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-29
Four Persons burned.

PITTsBURG, Sept 2S.-A lamp exploded
in the house of Mrs. Mary Flanagan, on
Pennsylvania avenue, last night, badly
burning four persons one of them fatally.
Mrs. Flanagan had unScrewed the burner
from the lamp without extinguishing the
light, and was filling it with oil. The
flames suddenly flashed up and the burning
fluid was scattered over Mrs. Flanagan, her
daughter Sadie, aged years, and an infant
aged IS months. The agonized screams Of
the woman and children attracted the atten-
ton of Hugh Mcclure. boarder in the
house, who rushed to their rescue. He sue
ceeded in putting out the flames that envel-
oped the three victims. but in doing so his
hands were terribly burned. The injuries
received by Mrs. Flanagan and her
daughter are painful, but not serious. The
babe will die.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-29
Marine Disasters.

NEW YORK. Sept. 2S.-The Hudson
river steamer Saratoga, with $50 passengers
from Albany, ran aground near Pough-
keepsie last night. The water was so shall
low there that no craft could get near her,
and the passengers were compelled to stay
aboard until the steamer came off at high
tide at 9 o'clock this afternoon.
CHICAGO, Sept. est is feared that
the schooner Charley j. Smith and her
crew are lost. The vessel left Muskegon
eleven days ago with cargo of sawdust
and lumber. She has not since been heard
of. The schooner st. Joseph arrived in
port this morning from MuskegOn. Her
captain says it is the general impression at
MuSkegOn that the Smith went down i'll
the severe gale that swept the lake
week ago Saturday night.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-29
BOWED BY THE BLAST.
Southwestern Texas Swept by Hurricane
Of Tremendous and Destructive
Proportions.
Numerous Towns and Villages on the
Border Wrecked by the Winds
Resistless Fury.
A Torrent of Rain, Which Completed
the Deso1ation of the
Country.
one Person Killed and Many Injured
in an Illinois Railway
Accident.
A Terrific storm.

ST. LOUIS, Sept 2S.-Advices from the
southwestern coast of Texas, particularly
In the region of the mouth of the Rio Grande,
and from some interior points, give ac-
counts OF great rain storm and much de-
structlon OF property during the past week.
From the 21st and 23d tremendous rain
storm and hurricane swept over the vicin-
lty OF brownsville, Tex, including Mata-
moras. Twenty-six inches OF rain fell up
TO the night of the 23d, and the wind is
said to have reached a velocity of nearly
one hundred miles per hour. Over two
hundred houses in Brownsville were blown
down and large number damaged, render
dering homeless some three hundred
families In Matamoras over three
hundred houses were leYeled and
many injured. The entire rear part
OF the city. embracing over thirty blocks,
was Hooded to the depth of from three to
eight feet. and the people living there were
rescued only with the greatest difficulty.
All telegraph lines were blown down, and
the Rio Grande and the Matamoras and
Monterey railroads were washed out and
traffic has not yet been restored. All the
surrounding
COUNTRY WAS INUNDATED,
many houses blown down and crops de-
stroyed. There is great suffering in both
Matamoras and Brownsville. In the latter
place fully $50 families are destitute, and
in the former 400 families are home
less and in want. Relief measures
have been adopted, and large
amounts of food and money have
been raised and are being distributed.
At Point Isabel the quarantine station was
swept away and other damage done A
four-masted steamer was wrecked fifty
miles south of the mouth of the Rio Grande
and is said to be total loss Her name is
unknown, but she is thought to have been
an English vessel. Her captain and crew
were saved. At Colorado. Tex, the river
has risen twenty-five feet and at last ae-
counts was still rising. All the tributary
creeks are overlooking. and large sections
OF country are submerged. Very heavy
rains have fallen in other sections and
much apprehension is felt for the safety of
property.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-29
Racing at Newmarket. :.

LONDON, Sept. 2s.-This was the first
day of the Newmarket October meeting.
The race for the Hopeful stakes was won
by Abington's filly ST. Mary, Duke Hamil-
toms filIy Carnalba second, Lupin's fily
Aida third Other starters were Lefevre's
colt Consolide and Manton's colt Lourdes.
st. Mary won by three quarters of length,
one length between second and third. The
Duke of Westmin ster's colt Ormonde,
winner of the Derby and the 1000 guineas,
won the race for the Great Goal stakes.
Prince Soltykoff's colt Mephista was sec
ond, and the Duke of Westminsters colt
White Friar third. Ormonde won with the
greatest ease by three lengths, White Friar
a bad third,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-29
How They Stand.
WNn Tactl
One Went to Each.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2S.-Two games were
played by the Baltimore and st. Louis
clubs. resulting in victory to each club.
In the first game Kilroy was invincible.
only three hits being made off him. Hud-
son was batted hard, the visitors winning
the game in the fifth inning, when they
made four runs. Score:
st. Louis. .......1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0-3
Baltimore .......0 0 0 0 Go
In the second game, after an intermission
of ten minutes, McGinnls and Dolan were
substituted by Baltimore, and Foutz and
Bushong by st. Louis. Foutz was quite
effective, but McGinnis received powerful
drubbing, and in the sixth inning gave way
to Purcell, who retired to short in the next
inning. and Maceullar pitched the rest of
the game. The visitors fielding was also
very poor, while that of the home club was
excellent. Latham and O'Neil specially
distinguished themselves. Robinson will
make his debut as a pitcher tomorrow.
Score:
st. Louis. .....1 6 0 2 3 1 2 *-16
Baltimore, 2 0 / o. 3
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-29
LAST OF THE SEASON.
Minneapolis Wins of st. Paul by Hard
Hitting in the Last Half of the
Ninth Inning.
The Game Replete With Brilliant Play
ing, Although the Error Columns
Are Pretty Full.
Eau Claire, With Four Milwaukee
Players. Gets But a Single Score
at Oshkosh.
Chicago Continues to Lose to Phila-
delph1a--The Great ChicagO-St.
Louis Series.
minneapolis Wins the Last.

NEinnea p01is Wins the Last.
The last League game of the season
at the West Seventh street grounds was
played yesterday afternoon between the st.
Paul and Minneapolis teams, the former
being beaten by single score in one of the
most exciting contests of the year. The
playing of both teams was brilliant at
times. Minneapolis secured lead in the
first inning, ST. Paul tied the score in the
fifth, Minneapolis gained point in the
sixth, st. Paul again tied the tallieS in the
seventh and got ahead in the first half of
the ninth, only to drop the game few
minutes later. Duryea was hit twice in
the first, three times in the ninth, and only
three times the rest of the game Pickett
won the game for the visitors, making
three hits and scoring three of the six
runs. McShannic made two fine fly catches
in left foul field. and Jevne got under tour
hard ones in center garden. Minneapolis
scored three runs in the first inning on
Murphy's hit over right-feld fence for three
bases, Pickett's hit to left. and errors by
Jevne, Cleveland and Colgan. In the
sixth another was added on Pickett's hit to
center and Jevne's and McShannic's errors.
In the last half of the ninth, when the
score was to in st. PauPs favor, Muir
ply was put out on long fly to left,
and the Minneapolis boys began
putting On their coats and bagging
their bats. O'Rouke hit the ball cracker
to left field, and Pickett put it into right
center, just out of Cieveland's reach, and
Jevne fumbled the ball, allowing the rum
ners to go to second and third. Sowders
then settled the matter with two-base
drive to right. st. Paul scored it's five
runs in five different innings, in three IN
stances on wild pitches and passed balls
McShannic got base on balls in the sew
enth, and came home on Cleveland's hit
over left-feld fence. In the ninth inning
the first two men to bat struck out. Viii
mot then took a base on balls. stole second
and third and crossed the plate on wild
pitch. The excitement was greatest in the
eighth inning. Three Minneapolis men
were on bases and only one out. Lynch
knocked the ball into left field. but Wilmot
took it in and held Crooks on third base.
Weber then ended the suspense by going
out from pitcher to first. Umpire Tindill
made several close decisions against St.
Paul, but. while his judgment was perhaps
incorrect, his honesty is not questioned
Mr.. Tindll is much above the average OF
the men in his business in intelligence, and
he will doubtless develop into tirst-class
umpire next season. The score is as fol-
lows:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-29
A BROKEN RAIL.
1t Sends a Train Prom the Track.
One Killed and Many Injured.

HINsDALL, ILL.,, Sept. 2S.-The Sterling
passenger train on the Chicago, Burlington
q Quincy railroad while running east this
morning at the rate of about thirty miles an
hour, broke rail just east of little station
called Greggs and the entire train except
the engine and tender was thrown from the
track and rolled down fifteen foot en-
bankment. The train consisted of the
engine tender, smoking coaches. chair car
and two Ordidary passenger coaches. The
rear coaches left the track first, pulling the
others down with them. One coach was
entirely overturned and lay upside down at
the bottom of the ditch, trucks and wheels
in the air. The other coaches were on their
sides, everything being badly broken up
and presenting fearfully demoralized ap-
pearance. One passenger was killed,
Mrs. l.. M. Baldwin, middle-aged lady of
Rock Falls, Ill. She was found under the
rear coach and from appearances must have
been instantly killed. The following pas
sengers received injuries more or less seri-
GUS, as follows:
received several scalp wounds, and was
bruised about the head
MRS. G.. S. WOODS, of Amboy, ILL.,, had an
ear cut and was badly bruised on her right
side.
MRS. GEORGE COOLEY, of Downers
Grove, was cut about the face and one leg
badly bruised.
MRS. LEAH, Of Amboy Ill, had her ankle
sprained and nose fractured.
G. NJ. ALBANSON, Of Chicago, received
several scalp wounds and suffered injuries
about his back and chest. He was quite seri-
Ously injured.
The following persons received minor
bruises and injuries: James r. Fulton,
Waterman, ILL.,; Mrs. r. Snyder, Hinck-
ley, ILL.,; Mr.. Weibert, Hinckley, ILL.,; f.
II. Perry, Waterman, ILL.,; A. l.. Glass,
Sterling, ILL.,; James Lamb, Rockford, ILL.,:
A. W. Gray, Lyndhock, Ont; A. Ashton,
Rockford, Ill; Mrs. Hartman, Hinckley.
ILL.,; Mrs. Griffith, Waterman, ILL.,; Mr..
Wilkinson, Sterling Ill.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-29
Jerome Park Races.

JEROME PARK, N. Y, Sept. 2S.-First race,
one mile, Gleaaor won by q length and a
half. Himalya second, Birthstone third: time,
1:44. Second race, the Champagne stakes for
two-year-olds, three-eighths of mile, won by
Connemara by length Bessie June second,
Belvidere third; time, lit. Third race, the
Hunter stakes, one and three-quarter miles,
Mollie McCarthy's Last won by twelve lengths,
Ferona second, Naiald third; time, 3:l0%.
Fourth race, handicap, one and one-eighth
miles, Stonebrick won by head Preciosa
second, Sapphire third; time, 1869. Fifth
race, selling race, one and one-sixteenth
miles, Adonis won by neck, Pontiee second,
Phil Lewis third; time, 1:52A. Sixth race,
handicap steeple-chase, Judge Griffiths won
by two length, Maj. Pickett second, Justin
Mack tlird: time :52L
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-29

ninth ballot being begun about 7:30 o'clock.
For long time there was nothing to relieve
the monotony. 1t was ballot ballot all
the time. Herbert'S vote fuctuated but
little from the fifth to the tenth ballot.
His highest vote was on the fifth, 81. He
had fallen to % on the ballot Just before
adjournment and went down two more on
the ballot just after supper, Striklng25. He
soon began To climb again, and went stead
lily to 20, IS. 30 and so, on the tenth,
eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth ballots.
Reeds forces chung to him closely, his votes
during eight ballots ranging from "a to 20.
DENNY'S TOTALS CHANGED SLIGHTLY
on nearly every ballot. At one time he
went up to Is and there was slight applause
from the Carver aud Scott delegations. On
two ballots he sunk as low as u. but his
real strength. it was manifested, was Is or
10. Denny held the key to the situation
il was plain to be seen. Reeds men We're
as finn as a rock and Herbert could not win
unless sumo of the Denny men came over
to him. but the Denny men were not dis
posed to abandon their chief. and so it set
tied down into a question of endurance.
There was one peculiar and satisfactory
feature Up TO this stage Of the proceed
ingS. aside from the time when the Chip
peWa contest was under consideration, not
a single effort had been made to mtlict a
speech upon the convention. This was
pleasant relief that was appreciated by the
delegates. and as consequence they were
better fitted TO endure fatigue and distress
of mind.
The thirteenth. fourteenth and fifteenth
ballots showed no change. For the first
time during the balloting Reed forged
ahead of Herbert on the seventeenth ballot.
leading him by one vote and Herbert
jumped up to SO on the nineteenth ballot
and his adherentS were greatly elated and
applauded Justify. but on the next ballot he
fell back to 80 and the Reed men had
brief season of happiness. There was
little fiuctuation for the next five ballots,
but on the twenty-siXth ballot there was
break in Denny'S forces, who
WENT OVER TO HERBERT
and nominated him. 1t was not entirely
unexpected, and yet it was something of a
surprise. The convention had about come
to the conclusion that an all-nlght session
was inevitable and they were prepared Tor
the worst. but it was relief and everybody
accepted the result as the best thing that
could have been done under the circum-
stances. Then there was a brief season OF
speech making and Misunderstanding and the
hall began to empty rapidly. 1t was not
long after that the lights were out and
darkness Feigned supreme. The nOmina-
ton OF Herbert was
DUE TO pENNY'S FRIENDS,
and Strait is credited with having a hand
in it by way of revenging himself on Reed.
who has been his enemy for long while.
Reeds Introduction of the Fitz John Porter
resolution was roundly condemned by
many of the delegates. who considered 1t
ill-timed and in bad taste. 1t is believed
it would have been defeated if the full
convention had been in the hail.