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The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26
Free Will Raptists.

DOVER. Sept pa Free Will Baptist
yearly meeting was organized here this after
noon with S. G. Whitcomb, of Pittsfeld,
moderator; A. G. Hill, of Dover, clerk and
treasurer; r. H. Togier, of Corinth, as
sistant moderator, and G. E. Mason, of Ban
gor, assistant clerk. This afternoon was
taken up with reading the record of the pre-
vious session, the report of the treasurer,
reports of delegates to other bodies and dis
cussing an amendment to the constitution.
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BosToN, Sept. 25.-The second animal
meeting of the New England Tfotting Horse
Breeders Association began today at Mystic
Park, the attendance being 15O. A fine die
play Of blooded stock was made, some 800
animals being on the grounds, including
nearly 100 stations. Among prominent ex-
hibitOrs present are Gen. TiltOn, @. II. Nell
son and ex-GOv. Hendee OF Vermont. After
the races, which were not very interesting,
was cavalcade Of stock upon the track.
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A Mysterious Visitor.

Every summer there comes to Bar Harbor
fine looking old gentleman, tall in figure,
with iron gray hair and snappy black eyes.
He never registers, spends money lavishly,
and Is accompanied by one of the handsomest
and best dressed young men ever seen at
Mount Desert, who is equally mysterious.
The two appear to have no cares, and a few
days since arrived at dead of night on a
steam yacht. which, after safely landing its
passengers, Immediately put out to sea. All
sorts Of rumors are rife regarding the pair.
Some say the old gentleman is an immensely
wealthy opium merchant of India. Others
state with an equal degree Of certainty that
he is an old New Yorker who has grown
rich in some foreign land. The young man
is very accomplished and has not up TO the
latest reports, worn the same SUIT twice.
Possibly this may be a new Count Of Monte
Cristo.
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26
MAINE e FAIRS.
Opening of the Exhibition at Frye
burg Yesterday.
Especial to the PRESS ]

FRYEBURG, Sept 25.-The thirty-eighth
annual exhibition Of ihe West Oxford Agri-
cultural Society opened at the pleasant and
well arranged grounds in Fryeburg today
with good attendance. An unusual num-
Der Of ladies were present for the first day.
There is an excellent showing of stock
both in quantity and quality. Fryeburg
furnishes two town teams, one from the viii
lage and the other from North Fryeburg. By
a new rule of the Society the names Of the
owners are not allowed on exhibits until the
premiums are awarded, making special men
tion impossible until tomorrow. Hall en-
tries do not close until tomorrow, but judg-
ing from the handsome rugs, quilts and af-
ghans, the Jars of toothsome dainties and the
delicious plates Of fruit the display will full
iy equal IL not excel any in the annals Of the
society.
The races were quite up 10 the usual
standard, that of three year old colts being
especially worthy of notice. Four fine colts
were started and the race was close from
the first:
Following is a summary Of today's races !;
24OCIASS
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26

mistake made for improving Back bay, Port
land, where, instead of $4,000 being appro-
priated, $4,000, 900 was the amount, and in
speaking of that city, Mr.. Blair called it ''a
little one-horse village down in Maine"
And again he said that Portland would not
probably bring $4,000 if bought outright.
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26

Draught oxen under six and one-half feet-1st
Lester Warren Denmark; I'd, Clement Hartford,
Denmark; 80, Benz. Knight, Sweden.
Draught horses in pairs-1st, Perley w. Stey-
ems, Fryebnrg; I'd, John j. Pike, FTyeburgi 90,
Eben Il. N. Fox, Lowell.
Working oxen-1st, Frank Barker, Fryeburg
2d, G. Z. Smith, Denmark; Sd, John CJlDy, Den
mark.
Matched oxen-1st, Lyman Plummer. Sweden
I'd, stephen Rowe, Denmark: Sd, Armon Warren,
Denmark.
Fat hefers- LIST, John Weston, Fryeburg; I'd,
Austin Bemls Fryeburg.
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26

The Senate has confirmed the nomination
of Capt. W. S. Schley, to be chief of the
bureau of equipment ahd recruiting of the
navy department, with the relative rank of
commodore.
The Acting Secretary of War this after
noon ordered United States troops to be sent
to Rio Grand City for the protection of life
and property there.
Among the wealthy members of Congress.
Isaac Stephenson, formerly of Maine, IS the
plutocratic exception among the nine Wis
consin members. He has worked his way ND
as q lumberman, and now controls the largest
lumber company in the United States. He
owns very finely equipped stable and racing
stud, and is esteemed worth $1,0OO,OOO.
Mr.. Stewart offered resolution in the
Senate today calling on the President for
such information as he has received since the
7th instant as to the action of the Chinese
government on the recent treaty. Mr.. Ed
munds suggested that the resolution be con
sidered in executive sessions for reasons
which he would state. The Senate then
went into executive session.
In debate in the Senate few days ago
upon some appropriation bill, it is reported
that Mr.. Blair denounced the hasty action
taken upon such bills and referred to the
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other Games.

At st. LOuis-St. Louis, 2: Athletics. /
At Observation-Disclosures 2; Cincinnatis
/.
At Observation-Disclosures, 0; Louisvilles.
At Kansas City-BroOklyns. 7; Kansas
Citys, T.
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off the Iron.

Charles Booger' cashier of the law firm of
suicide in consequence of the Bedell defalcal
ton. Ns suspicion attaches to him, but The
matter had preyed upon his mind, throyyinS
him into a state of melancholia. -'s
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26

Glascoek, Of the Indianapolis club Is au-
thOrity for the statement, that the man
agement are negotiating with Ward, of the
New York, TO take the management and
captaincy next year.
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BASE BALL.
The National League.


The following games In the National League
were played yesterday:
AT BOSTON.
Innings. ...........1 2 3 4 0 o
Philadelphias.......8 D o o q O-fO
Bostons ...........O o o o . o.
Base hlts-Phlladelphias, o. Bostons, .. Errors
-Pbiladelphias, 1 +; BOstOns, .. BatterieS-San-
ders and Clements, Sowders and Somers.
AT PIrTsBURG.
Iupings.... ......,1 2 b
PittsburgS..' .'.'',o y p
Base hits Pttsburgs, 8; Detrolts, 8. Errors
Pittsburgs, o. Detr0its, IL. Batteries-NIorris
and Carroll, Getzein and GanzeH
AT CHICAGO.
Innings .........I 2 3 4 G7sO
Indianapolis. o o 8 D D .
Chieagos.. ........2 o 2 o o 1 o o. q
Base hts-indianapolis, IL Chicaeos. d. Fr.
Tors-lndianapolis, 10; ChleagOs 8 Batteries
Gumbert ana Darling Burdiek aud Buckley.
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The committees made examinations Of the
following classes and awarded premiums as
follows:
Draught oxen over seven feet-1st, John Yves
Ton Fryeburg; I'd, John s. Ames sweden; 81, J..
T.. Emerson Fryeburg
Draught oxen under seven feet-1st, Clement
hartford, Denmark; I'd, Eben j. Fessenden, frye
Durg; Sd, Reuben Smith, Denmark.
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Mean daily bar. &c. OFT Maximum ther. ..602
Mean daily ther...51.0 Minimum ther. ...4O.3
Mean daily d'wpt.. .48.0 Max. vel. wind :. 10 Sc
Mean daily hum. 1855 Total precip.... %
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Measures of minor Importance,
Pensions and Patents.

The following Maine pensions have been
granted:
ORIGINAL, INVALID.
John Morrow, Larone.
INCREASE
Samuel Berry, Jr., North Anson.
Randall N. Wilson, Kenduskeag
Herman C. Arthers, North Lincoln
Humphrey III. Yates, Robinson.
ORIGINAL WIDOWS, ETC.
julia A., widow of Edward Pillsbury, saco.
Ruth, mother OF Chas. f. French, Somerville.
The following patents have been granted
to Maine inventors:
Henry G. Fitch Portland, peg for stringed mus
ica instruments.
Chas II. Perry, Augusta cuff holder
Charles s. Stearnes, Dexter, stove polish.
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26
Musical Almanac September.

I Music Teacher Rises at his usual
h0ur, and plans and dreams out wide awake
musical campaign.
Music Teacher Sets his wits at work
70 devise the best methods, and concludes
that there Is no better way than to use Ditson
Zoos Superior Music Books.
Writes for catalogues, specimens and des-
criptlons;; He Begins to Fish for en-
Catalogues arrive. He is favorably impressed
with the following: Royal Singer go cts,
or, SS DOZEN for Singing Classes and High
Schoosi Jehovah's Praise Isl, or SO
dozen) for ChOirs Classes, Conventions Sa-
cred and Secular music: Song Manual
Book 1, 80 cts, Book 2, 40 cts) COM
10 plete new music course for Schools:
United Voices go cts, $3.50 doz) a
collection of School Songs; Part Songs
and Clees Isl, 50 doz); Anthems Of
Praise Isl or 50 d0Z); Dow's Sacred
OrpheuS for Male Voices (S1.) has 90
% good and new sacred quartettes-Just out
- The Teacher concludes still to use the very
= successful Richardsop's New Method
= for the Pianoforte $500, but gladly
- aVals himself of the new classic collections.
= Plano Classics (Sl.00). Classical pi-
- anist (S1.o0), and Young Peoples
20 Classics (s1.o0), as containing the best
80 pieces for practice.
ANY Book MAILED For RETAIL PRICE.
Oliver DitsOn & Co.. Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26
Lincoln County's Show.

DAMAsIscoTTA, Sept. 25.-The thirty
third annual fair Of the Lincoln County Ag-
ricultural Society opened on their
grounds today here, to continue four daysi
The prospect Is good for large and success
full exhibition. There will be better show
Of stock and fruit than ever before and the
ladies' department will be finer. A large
number Of good horses are entered for tRe
races and they promise to be warmly contest
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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
(Sept. 20, 1888, 500 PM
Observations taken at the same moment OF time
at all stations.
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THE MAINE STATE PRESS.
THE WEATHER.
SIGNAL OFFICE, WAR Dept,

SIGNAL OFFICE, WAR Dept, J
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
Sept 25, 1888, pm. J
The indications for Maine and New
Hampshire are fair weather, followed by
light showers during Wednesday afternoon
or evening, slightly warmer southerly
winds, becoming variable.
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The Kennecec Fair.

WINTHROP, Sept. 25.-Tbe fifty-seventh
annual cattle show and fair Of the
Kennebec Agricultural Society opened at
Readfeld today with the prospect of splen-
did exhibition. On Monday large array Of
exhibits arrived, including number of cat
tie and horses. There were never so many
on the grounds so early before. Today Is
neat stock day, when the committees pass
upon the merits Of the cattle, sheep, swine
and poultry. Tomorrow and Thursday will
be largely devoted to horses, when the races
will be contested. Recent improvements
have put the grounds Of the society In bet
ter shape than ever before.
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Mandeville,a paath.

DUBLIN, Sept. 25.-The Judge has refused
TO grant the motion on the appeal made in
behalf Of the Governor Of Tullamore prison
to quash the verdict Of the coroner's jury in
the case Of Mr.. John Vaudeville. 1t will be
rendered that Mr.. Vaudeville died in prison
while serving sentence for offences under
the crimes act, and the coroner's jury re-
turned a verdict that bis death was caused
by the treatment he was subjected to by the
prison officials.
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26

LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. 20. 1888.
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26
MAIN &.
Some Bath Vessels.

BATH, Sept. 25.-This afternoon soon after
three O'Clock, there was launched from the B.
W. and I'll. f. Morse yard, Bath, the largest
tug-boat in the world. the II. f. Morse.
This tug is owned by the several members
of the Morse family and will be used by the
Morse Transportation Company of Boston
and New York, in towing the fleet Of twenty
coal barges owned by the Morses. The
same firm built a tug, B. w. Morse, an i'm
mense tug, and she proved so powerful and
| such success in every way that they de-
| cided to build another and even larger one,
and the III. f. Morse is the result She is
ten feet longer than the B. W. Morse, other
wise her dimensions are the same. Length
157 feet, breadth 30 feel, depth II feet. Gross
tonnage about 450. The net tonnage, after
the engines and boilers are in, will be about
250. She will easily make sixteen knots per
hour and will be capable of towing four
large coal barges at once. The tug will
create a sensation in the maritime circles of
New York and Boston.
There was also launched at high water,
| yesterday afternoon. from the yard of Kelley
Spear, a three-masted schooner not vet
named, and owned by the builders. The
schooner is 90 feet in length 81 feet in
beam, and rs feet in depth gross tonnage
156, net tonnage 14S.
The three-masted schooner Carrie A. Lane.
owned by Arthur Sewall & Co., has been
chartered to carry coal from New York to
San Francisco. This will be the first in
stance of schooner's rounding Cape Horn
with Atlantic coast coal for San Francisco
If the voyage is successful many other
schooners will probably be put into the busi-
ness. Shipbuilders and ship owners here
think that the schooner will make the VOYAGE
just as safely and just as quickly as a ship.
The Carrie A. Lane is but year old
measures about 750 tons and is chartered at
| $12. She will take cargo Of about 1900
tons and SO will receive about S14. 400. After
her arrival she will be kept oh the Pacific
coast in the coastwise trade, now monopol-
lied by ships.
off the Iron.
BANGOR, Sept. 25.-This morning about
$50 o'clock, the freight train that leaves
Bangor at six o'clock, when at Odline's
crossing five miles from Bangor, broke apart.
ana the cars left the track doing some dam
age TO the cars and track. The train was
heaVlly loaded which was the cause of the
breaking. working train was Immediate
ly sent from Bangor to the scene of the ac-
cident, ana the cars were got on the track in
Iour hours from the time of the accident.
NOBODY was injured. The passenger trains
which leave Bangor at 725 and sac a m
were delayed until II o'clock.
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26
Mexican Affairs.

MEXICO, Sept. 25.-The government tee-
graph lines are In terrible state on account
Of the late storms. Almost entirely new
lines will be necessary.
1t has been decided not to declare quar-
antine against the United States until real
cases Of yellow fever appear In New Orleans
or Texas.
The rain yesterday caused slight rise in
the lakes surrounding the city The weather
today Is threatening. and many streets are
under water yet, the stagnant water causing
typhus. Heavy rains throughout the State
Of Guerrero caused floods, which were very
destructive to life and property. The low
lands In the main sections Of the State are
abandoned.
Foreign Notes.
British reinforcements have been ordered
to Suakim, where the rebels have assumed a
threatening attitude.
A force Of British troops, under Col. Ora
ham, has totally defeated the Thibetans at
Jel0pho Pass. Four hundred Thibetans
were killed
The British government, 1t appears, reaIlz-
ing that Canada Is In a semi-defenceless con
dltiOn should any trouble arise with the
United States over retaliation, has asked for
an extensive report Of the armed resistance
the country could offer should there be any
trouble. The federal government, since the
retaliation question has become a live issue
at Ottawa, has walked up 10 a sense Of their
defenceless condition. A cabinet meeting to
consider the question has been called.
The woman found murdered In Warsaw
was police spy In the disguise Of Nihilist
Forty suspected persons have been arrested.
A project, under the patronage Of the Bel
gian government, Is the establishment Of
refuge in the Sahara country for travellers,
missionaries and savants.
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26

tors is so long that two stands will be erected
for the speakers.
The Harlem Republican Club has taken
entire charge of the arrangements for this
meeting, and deserves great credit for the
work that has already Deen done.
Committees have been hard at work, and
IL the meeting is not a success In every re-
spect 1t will not be from lack of energy on
the part of the club members. Major Apple
by, who Is the grand marshal of the parade,
has been extremely busy responding to the
applications for places in the line. The pa
rade will be started early in the evening, and
will march through the principal Harlem
streets.
The meeting will not wait until the parade
is over before the speaking is started. After
the chairman's short address, Mr.. Blaine
will probably be the first speaker, and will
be followed in turn by Depew, Foraker and
Mckinley. At the second stand there will
be Congressman Butterworth of Ohio, X. Il.
Frazer, John Finerty of Illinois, W. L. Ma
son of Illinois, General Adam Z. King of
Maryland, General Stewart l.. Wo0dford of
Brooklyn, and number of others. In case
khe weather should be bad the meeting will
take place at the Coliseum Hall, 107th street
and Lexington avenue.
A. w. Beard for Congress.
BosToN, Sept. %. The third district Re-
publican convention tonight, at its second
session, nominated State Treasurer AMI ex-
Collector A. w. Beard for Congress on the
twenty-fourth ballot, after Edward L. Pierce
OF Milton, had Withdrawn. Ex-senator II.
y. Boardman, Boards principal competitor,
was nominated for elector.
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26
News from Khartoum.

LONDON, Sept. 25.-Advlces from Khar-
toum to the Emin relief committee confirm
the reports concerning the presence Of
white man In Bahr-E Gael country. In re-
ply to request for information regarding
this person the Mahdi sent an Insulting re-
fusal. Inc roads between Berber and Khar-
toum are fairly safe and news may arrive at
any moment
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26
meeting at the Polo Grounds.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-It is impossible to
make an estimate of the number of people
who will turn out on Saturday night to hear
the great orators of the Republican party ON
the issues of the day at the Polo Grounds.
The speaking is to begin early, no later than
s o'clock at the outside, and the list Of ora
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26
EUROPEANS I'm IMMINENT DANGER
In Consequence OF the Trouble In the
German Concession.
The Reports Concerning the White
Pasha Confirmed.
Authentic News OF the Mysterious
Stranger May be Expected.

LONDON, Sept 25.-A despatch from Zan-
zibar says that thirteen servants were killed
by the natives at Kiliya, and the Germans
killed ten of their assailants. The insur-
gents seized the town and re-hoisted the Sui
tan's flag. 1t is reported that all the Ger
mans in Lindi have been murdered. and all
the Europeans on the coast are in imminent
danger. The British and Indians are pre-
pairing for an exodus en- Hsasse from the
coast towns In the Germaniconcession
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26
Mr.. BIaine's Movements.

AUGUSTA, Sept. 25.-Mr. Blaine is making
preparations for his Western trip. He leaves
Augusta on the express, Thursday afternoon
going to Boston, where he will remain over
night at Young's Hotel. The following day
he goes to New York where he will stop at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Saturday he
speaks in New York, as has been announced.
He remains in that city until Monday eve
ming when he departs for Michigan, making
his first speech in the State at Detroit next
Wednesday. After filling his engagements
in Michigan he goes to Indiana.
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26
EvansviIIe's Hospitality.

EVANSVILLE. Ind, Sept. 25.-Evansville
from today on is willing to invite yellow
fever refugees to come here until the danger
of the scourge has passed.
The Portland daily press., 1888-09-26

Troy, N. Y, Sept. ga convention of
the Democratic clubs of this State opened
today. About 800 delegates were present.
When the name of Hillwas mentioned, en-
thusiasm was unbounded. Addresses were
delivered by Chairman John G. Graybill,
Comptroller Roche of Troy, and Hon.
Bourke Cochran. The latter expressed his
belief that the time had gone BY when the
masses will sit silent and allow capitalists to
grow rich at their expense.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-12-19
The Casualty Calendar.

The central state normal school building
IN Lock Haven, Pa, was totally destroyed
by fire One hundred boarding students,
most of whom were in the building at the
time, were safely removed The building
was of brick, four stories high and cost so,
900. The amount of the insurance is said to
be small. The total number of students in
attendance was over two hundred Many of
them lost their books, clothes and valu-
ables
An accident occurred on the Dudley branch
OF the Huntington & Broadtop railroad in
Pennsylvania whereby more than dozen
persons were seriously injured The more
seriously injured are Mrs. Allen Black, John
Dougherty, John Bollinger, Ed f. Gould,
Misses Lizzie and Mary Laster OF. Dudley,
all of whom received dangerous internal in
Juries and painful cuts about their faces from
the broken car windows.
Norman, the seven-year-old son of the late
auditor L. O. Storla, of Moorhead, Minn
has been missing. When last seen he was
playing Skinny on the ice on the Red river
1t is believed he fell in one OF the numerous
open places in the ice and was drowned One
small boy who played with Norman sal d he
sawIllm in the morning and that his clothes
were wet and full oficicles. It is thought that
the boy telling this story knows more about
the lost boy but fears to tell, thinking he will
be blamed. There is little hope that Noman
Storla will ever be seen again alive.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-12-19
Proposed Union with Canada.

Representative Bntterworth of Ohio is
very enthusiastic for commercial union be-
tween this country and Canada. He has
devoted much thought to this subject. and
has formed a definite plan by which he thinks
that this union can be accomplished. This
plan he has embodied in the following joint
resolutions which he introduced in the house
at Washington.
Whereas, The citizens of the dominion of
Canada are one with us in race, lineage, his
tory and tradition; and, whereas, the re-
sources of the two countries supplement each
other, and the arteries Of commerce, bothnat-
ural and artificial, are SO interlocked and mu-
tually dependent upon each other that they
ought to constitute a single system, to be one
and inseparable; and whereas, the commercial
relations between the United States and the
dominion of Canada are, and have been,
strained and unnaturally cramped and in a
measure paralyzed, owing to the inability of
the two governments to establish such a
system of international trade and COM
merce between them as is essential to meet
the requirements of the situation; and where
as, the conditions and relations before re-
ferred to, as also the geography of the two
countries, suggest the impossiblity ofa just
and permanent settlement of the controver-
sizes pertaining to the fisheries, boundaries and
transcontinentai trades, except by blending
ofeforts, and interests, under one governments
tai system, and point logically to the necessi-
W and probability OF q unity and assimilation
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-12-19
Foreign Gleanings

The hope that the man arrested in Ken
lucky would prove to be the much sought
Tascott, the supposed murderer of the late
A. j. Smell of Chicago, has been dashed by
the receipt of a telegram from Lyons saying
that the suspected prisoner has been released.
The German reichstag adjourns on Dec
Is and will reassemble about the middle of
January The Critical situation in East
Africa, where the Arabs are effectually wiping
out the German colonists and clearing the ter
ritory Of every vestige of the German regime,
will force more ample explanations of Ger
many's policy than the chancellor intended
Count Herbert Bismarck, since his return
from Friedrichsruhe, has maintained re-
serve regarding the plans of his father, Civ
ing evasive replies to the ''feelers" privately
quito him by friends in the reichstag 1t is
reported that the chancellor may yet relieve
Count Herbert of the responsibility of MAX
ing explanations and come himself to the
reichstag to disclose his scheme for the res.
toration of German influence