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The Portland daily press., 1888-01-31
MIKE IN WASHINGTON.
The Original Package :seIIer Meets
the President.
[snecIaI to the Press.

Especial to the Press
AUGUSTA, Jan. 30-The redoubtable Mike
Burns arrived home from Washington to-
night, where he has been for some two
weeks past. He went to obtain redress for
the treatment which he received from the Of
ficiafs here, who put a stop to his imported
liquor business. He met Col. Charles B.
Morton at the National Capital, and was
with him nearly every evening. Burns was
introduced at the Department of Justice by
the Colonel, and presented his grievances
there, filing papers and affidayits, asserting
that he had been prosecuted in Maine be-
cause he was Democrat and an Irlshman.
and that while others were allowed to con-
tinue In the business of selling imported
liquors he had been singled out for persecu-
tion. He visited the Department four times
in explaining his papers and presenting
them. He says he got favorable answer
from the Department, and hints that there
are to be some surprising developments. He
is sanguine that his business will be protect
ed in this State by the United States author
tiles so that he can carry it on without him
drance. He states that he shall open retail
shops for the sale Of the liquors in every
city in the State, and thinks the only way
his business can legally be destroyed is
through law passed by Congress. Burns
met President Cleveland and wife at the last
Thursday evenings reception, and was in
troduced as "Dr." Burns of Augusta.
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SAVED BY the WOODBURY..
Particulars Of the Thrilling Rescue o
the Riverside's Crew.
fCorrespondence Of the Press ]

Correspondence OF the Press.J
RocKLAND, Jan. 27.
The u. S. revenue steamer Woodbury. has
arrived from a cruise this afternoon looking
more like an iceberg than a ship. The
Woodbury. reports fearfully cold and
tempestuous weather off the coast of Maine,
every thoroughfare being closed, with heavy
fields of drift ice between Portland and
Eastport.
The Woodbury. reports having this morn
ing spoken the British schooner Sower from
ST. Johns for New York, with colors in her
rigging, trying to hold on with her only re-
naming anchor near Shingle Island. until
the wind abates. The Sower didn't require
assistance, but her master reported the
British schooner Riverside as having lost
both anchors and chains in the gale OF
Wednesday night and having on the change OF
wind on Thursday night been carried out
over the lodges by an immense Ice foe. de
thoughtit possible that the crew might have
escaped in the ships boat and reached some
rock or island comprising the group between
Deer Island and the Isle au Haut., With
this information, the Woodbury.. under full
pressure of steam, forced her way through
barriers Of ice that under ordinary circum-
stances would not have been thought of, but
human life was possibly at stake and or
binary obstacles seemed trifies. Every
island and rock were scanned by eager eyes
for some sign of life. At last, the lookout
reported something like man under the
lea Of rock on McGlither's Island. Soon
flag, union down, was held in sight under q
cluster of spruce trees, and the discovery OF
the crew confirmed.
The Woodbury. approached as near as pos
sible, and dispatched boat with an ofncer
and sturdy crew to the rescue. The angry
surf and precipitious rocks covered with
frozen spray made the transfer to the boat
exceedingly dangerous, but it was finally ac-
complished without the loss Of life, and the
half frozen, hungry, ship-wrecked crew
were soon alongside in snug quarters. and
the recipients of every care that misfortune
demanded. Capt Britt, Of the Riverside.
gray haired veteran, tried to express In ac-
tions and tears what his quivering lips re-
fused to speak. Capt. Britt relates that dur
ing the storm, and after the chains had part
ed, his little 16 year old son who accom-
panied him for the first time, was broken
hearted at the thought of never seeing his
mother and sister again, and his tears fiow-
ed freely as the winds howled and the
grinding ice crashed against the ships sides.
But his bright eyes, ever on the alert f0r
means of escape, first espied the Woodbury.
heading for them this morning and the tears
came again. but this time for joy at the sure
prospect of rescue. He says one boy he
knows of has taken his last voyage at sea.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-31
Lth CONGRESS---FIRST SESSION.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 80.
Senator Sawyer, from the post Office COM
mittee, reported back adversely the PROPOSE
tion to reduce letter postage to one cent. He
stated in reply to Senator Beck that the COM
mittee had made no written report, but that
it did not think it prudent to attempt to re-
duce the postage at present. The Post Of
fee Department was still running behind,
and it was thought better to wait until it
was self-sustaining before any further re-
duction of postage was attempted
Senator Hoar desired to have put on rec
ord his belief that it was the duty of the
government and the interest of the people to
have postage reduced to one cent. He be-
lieved that the Post Office Department
would rapidly become self-sustaining at th at
rate but even if not, the direct benefit in
binding the country closer together would
more than compensate for any deficit. There
was some further discussion by those in ia
vor of the reduction.
Senator Frye offered resolution which
was apopted calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury for information touching the trans
portation of goods across the boundary line
between the United States and Canada in
bond or otherwise, as to what methods are
bonded goods passing the frontier both ways,
and as to the enforcing of the second class in
the sixth section of the Interstate commerce
law.
Senator Frye also offered resolution in
structing the committee on foreign relations
to have prepared a statement embracing tne
following points:
The various political organizations Of Canada
and the several provinces, including Newfound
land. a..
Dominion and several provinces
Commercial states established.
Amount and value of the commerce and trade
between the United States and CANADA.
Amount value and transit rate OF goods MOI
Area and population of the Dominion and prov
inces.
Amount of the funded and floating debt, re ver
ues and railroads, showing the mileage and cost
spare capital funded and noStlng debts ana % guar M
minon; their canals, showing the size OF lokcs
the cost of canals; the number of months navlgat
ed therein; the average number of vessels nayi
gated the dates for a series of years, of the op-
ening and closing of navigation of the So. Law.
renee and as TO the subsidies paid steamship and
railroad companies.
Senator Frye said the information called
for was exceedingly important and valuable
and the necessity for it apparent in view o1
the fact that serious questions, commercial
questions, were liable to arise at any time
between the United States and Canada. The
resolution was laid over
The Senute then took up the Blair educa
tional bill and Senator Morgan addressed
the Senate in its opposition.
| After Senator Morgan finished, Senator
| Evarts took the floor and announced his in
| tention to speak upon the bill tomorrow.
| Senator Blair referred to the statement cir
| culating through the press that Ex-Justice
| Strong Of the Supreme Court declared hii
belief as againt the constitutionality of the
| bill. He had taken pains to speak to Jus
lI.v Lxl l.
tice Strong personally. STRONG mad not spok.
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Water Supply.

The complaints made by the residents Of
Munjoy and Bramhall Hills that the water
company has failed to properly supply them
with water during ''cold weather" is well
founded. The company regret exceedingly
that it has not been able to remedy the
trouble, but up to this time they are wholly
unable to do so, Notwithstanding that more
than two hundred families and stores on the
low level have been shut off in the street,
because the waste Of the water to prevent
freezing is contrary to the rules Of the COM
pany. II the present scarcity of the water
on the hills will serve to impress upon the
minds of our patrons the necessity of using
water economically, and not wastefully, and
If they will aid the company to locate the
waste, there will be plenty Of water for all.
Residents on Munjoy Hill have said no at
tention has been paid to the petition sent in
to the City Council, asking them to force the
company to supply the higher levels OF our
city. Tie fact is, that the city authorities
have given their attention to all petitions
from its citizens, and they have cooperated
with the company in its efforts to change
the system of supply, so that the low levels
could be supplied by combination of direct
pressure and reservoir, while Munjoy and
Bramhall should be supplied by direct sap pres
required time and very large expenditure
of money, as 1t has been necessary to lay
new lines of large pipe entirely around the
city, with large cross pipes from side to side,
properly connecting these pipes, in fact, an
entire new system of piping had to be laid
in our streets, having this special object in
view. Before next winter a completion
of this piping and the construc-
tion of a large reservoir on Munjoy
to use IN connection with the one ON Braun
hall, the system can be separated, and there
after the supply for the low levels will be
entirely Independent Of the high service sup
ply, thus giving the residents OF Munjoy and
Bramhall Hills a supply of water wholly in
dependent of the low service supply.
The company Is able to supply over $50
gallons daily to every man, woman and child
in this city, whether takers Of water or not,
and it does furnish this amount. Nearly all
large customers are supplied through meters,
hence the present great waste of water comes
from great number of small streams, the
aggregate water wasted being millions of
gallons. Some takers have the impression
that small stream. no larger than a lead
pencil run to keep the pipes from freezing
does not waste much water. the fact is that
such stream is not less than 1000 gallons
per day. GEO. p. WEscoTT
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PAY Night.

Saturday night, while the moon was suffer
ing dim eclipse, which since the advent of
science, and the consequent Punishment Of
superstition, no longer ''startles nations" /
happened into Treasurer Newman's office,
which is in the Congress street station Of
the horse cars, and witnessed the scene of
paying the laborers of the Portland Horse
Railroad Company. They had come into the
office, in great numbers, at the close of
hard weeks struggle with the flying snow
and tempestuous cold. They were Of all
ages from the youth Of twenty summers to
the gray haired veteran of sixty winters.
Some were small in stature and of light
weight with an occasional man Of stalwart
frame and robust strength. They all were
warmly clad, and well equipped with boots
and mittens for the conflict with the ele-
ments in which they had been engaged. The
citizens Of Portland as they struggled along
our snow bound streets during the past
week, have witnessed the assiduous activity
of this battalion of shovellers, as they have
piled the snow high above the top Of the
high boxes upon the sleds, which have oc-
cupied our streets for the last few days to
the almost entire exclusion of everything
else. Towering far above all the rest, ''in
stature proudly pre-eminent." has stood
Isaiah, his calm eye surveying the move
ments of every sled and man under his
charge, reducing predisposing confusing to
order by his index finger out stretched above
their heads. No teamster or shoveller
dares demur at his supreme command.
Superintendent Jordan has been in the
thickest Of the conflict, directing all. At the
close of the weeks achievement tne tired
laborers go In to get their pay. Treasurer
Newman Is both ready and willing. One
after another. in rapid succession, receives
| the roll of shining silver dollars, each accord
| ing to his deserts. He examines the accom-
| panying account of his time and departs
| from the cashiers window well satisfied.
These men who were paid Saturday night,
| with possibly few exceptions, were born In
| foreign lands, and had come hither because
| the universal testimony of all witnesses had
| proclaimed this to be the laborers' happlest
| land And of all the number who received
| into their hands the weekly cash, not one OF
| them will ever return to the smaller pay and
| greater hardships of his native land. And
| yet there are politicians who denounce our
| laws and the institutions which those laws
| have contributed to establish and maintain,
| little knowing that their policy, II followed,
| would in few years assasslnate business,
7 and reduce the lab0rers Of this prosperous
land to the poor level Of the tyrant governed
peoples Of Europe. BEAUMONT.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-31
GEN ERAL NEWS.

Prof. Asa Gray, the eminent botanist, is
dead.
Second baseman Pfeffer has again signed
with the Chicagos.
Militia have been ordered out to suppress
the Mccoy Hatfield vendetta.
Several Rhode Island and Massachusetts
towns report slight earthquake shocks yes
day.
Six persons were injured by the derailing
of a train on the Burlington and Missouri
railroad at Cambridge, Neb., yesterday.
The Bristol Rubber Works, at Providence,
r. /, have received needed supply OF coal
and started their works.
Fears are entertained for the safety of pas
sengers and trainmen believed to be showed
in on the Canadian Pacific without much, If
any food.
DIR. George A. Crosby, one of the most emf
nent physicians of New Hampshire, died at
his residence in Manchester, yesterday morn
ing, from congestion of the brain, after two
weeks illness.
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ss4.5oo


The above estimate Of the county tax for
the year 1888, with the probable balance Of
funds at the end Of the year 1887, was deemed
by the commissioners IN making the esti-
mates to be sufficient to meet all just bills
which may probably be presented to the
county for payment during the year 1888.
The following cases appearing upon the
docket for the year 1887 have been disposed
of as fOllOws
In the petition Of the Portland & Roches-
ter railroad, for increase Of damages on ac-
count OF the laying out and acceptance Oh
the roads known as William, Pitt, Fessen-
den, Noyes and Falmouth streets, ,repr0t filed
on appeal was taken to the Supreme Judi
cial Court and not yet reported
In case of A. V. Cole ct al, petition for
ferry landing; prayer Of petitioner denied,
appeal taken; committee appointed; the re-
port returned reversing the decision OF the
commissioners and carried TO law court. Re
script received with order Of court requiring
the commissioners TO lay out said way. Mo-
tice for laying out said way and assessing
damages were given for hearing May nth,
1881. Report filed June term, and case or
dered to be recorded.
In the case Of j. III. Lombard ct al, for lo-
cation Of highway In CascO and 0tisfeld !;
prayer Of petitioners denied: appeal taken
to Supreme Court; appeal dismissed; certi-
fed back and ordered to be recorded.
In case Of Lewis p. Crockett ct al, petit
tion for highway In the town Of Naples,
prayer Oh Qtultut pIOCtculuE
closed and ordered to be recorded.
In case Of Henry A. Miles 1T al, petition
for diseontinuance of location Of a highway
IN the town of Baldwin; prayer Of petition
ers granted. Report filed at June term; pro-
ceedingS closed and ordered 10 be recorded.
In case Of James Lawrence ct al, petition
for diseOntinuanee Of town way In North
Yarmouth; prayer OF petitioner dismissed;
proceedings closed and ordered to be record
In case of Charles Jones ct al, selectmen
of Windham; George w. Leighton ct al, Sc
lectmen of WestbrOok, and Charles w. Lib
by ct al, selectmen Of Searboro. petitions to
define the boundaries on roads in Windham,
Westbrook and Scarboro. Prayer Of petit
TONERS granted. Report filed.
In case Of y. A. Tllt0n, ct al, selectmen OF
Cape Elizabeth; case continued until Feb.
25th, 1888.
In case Of Solomon Stuart et al, select
men OF Deering for gates at railroad cross
ing in the town Of Deering; prayer of petit
in full and ON Cobbs' Lane granted in part
Notice OF County Attorney for the exam
inatiOn of Sheriff and cOroners' bond, /:
notice received and filed. Report of Com
missioners nled and ordered To be recorded
In case0 j. ID. Spiller ct al, petition Tor
alteration or new location in the town Of
1aseo, cumberland county, aud the town OF
roland, IN AndTOscoggin county; prayer Of
petitioners granted. Report fled
In case 0i j III. Lombard II AL, petition
Iot alteration or new location IN towns Of
Otisueid and CdscO; PRAYER of petitioners
gran ed. Report filed.
HENRY NUTTER.
JAMES "A IoLMAN.
j. b. HAMMOND,
County Commissioners OF Cumberland
County.
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officer Allen Missing.

BANGOR, Jan. 30.-Anxiety is felt regard
ing the Whereabouts of Officer Thomas f.
Allen of the Bangor police. he left the sta
tion Wednesday night about 10 o'clock, say
ing he was going into the country on busi-
ness, and has not since been heard from.
Grand Army Women.
LEWISTON, Jan. 3O.-At the session of the
Woman's Relief Corps of the Department
of Maine, the following officers were elected !:
Presdent-Mrs. Inzetta A. Small, Lewiston;
Dexter.
Junior Vice Presdent-Mss Isadore Baker,
NorridEewock.
Chaplain-Mrs Vaughan, Skowhegan.
Treasurer-Mrs. Azuba Bayley, Lewiston.
A public installation occurred this evening.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-31
DETAILED COST OF SUPERIOR COURT.

MUNICIPAL COURT, PORTLAND.
Cost Of officers and wit
nesses. 9,25 .51
Bills on account OF ONCE, 535.54
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-31
THE FLAM ES.
A Loss of Over Sl4, ,ooo,o on
Broadway, New York.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3o-The buildings on
Broadway between and including Nos. 545
and 553 burned this morning, the fire being
the most severe of any on the street for 10
years. The firms who lose are; Robertson d
Kaufman, trimmings; R. K. Wilson, laces; {;
Stern. Folk & Co., clothing; M. ,Kaemper
Innings; f. Blanchi, feathers and flowers;
Henry Rogers, fancy goods; j, l.. Libby q
Co.. Clothing; Veit & Nelson, fancy goods:
G. A. Jost, clothing; Materlinson, q Co..
clothing; Jenowski q ErLst, clothing;
Mitchell & Picard, clothing; Louis Meizger,
The total loss is S14,000,oOO.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-31
who should commit the deed and it fell to

who should commit the deed and it fell to
him.
Professor Virchew thinks the German
Crown Prince is suffering from Perichon-
dritus
The French consulate at Damascus was re-
Gently invaded by Turkish soldiers who re-
gardless of the consuPs protest seized an
Algerian seeking French protection. France
demands satisfaction; Turkey claims that
the Algerians are Turkish subjects.
Galician papers confirm the reports Of the
movement of Russian troops toward the
Austrian frontier.
Father Stephens, Of Falcaragh, county
Donegal, has been arrested under the coer-
cion act
Patrick Doyle Of Gap Dunloe, was muir
dered in his house yesterday evening. lie
recently prosecuted some sheep stealers.
Father Kennedy and eight farmers have
been summoned at Dublin under the crimes
act for attending meetings of suppressed
branches
Five hundred bill processes and ejectment
notices have been served against tenants
on the Draper estate at Londonderry.
Prince Bismarck refused to see Lord Ran
dolph Churchill, on the plea that he had too
much work to do.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-31

An instance of tine power of the sugar trust
In New York is given by a broker who re-
lates that, when 2 100 tons of Manila sugar
formed, competitive bids resulted in a price
of AZ cents. Granuated sugar at the time
was 11-16 cents and crushed 81 cents pound,
wholesale. During the past week another
cargo of 2,l00 tons of Manila sugar arrived,
but as the trust had been completed there
sugar brought but At cents pound, differ
ence of nearly $4,000 against the importer,
and at the same time granulated sugar had
been advanced te u cents and crushed to 81
cents pound.
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THE WRONG BOTTLE.
A Sanford Druggists Mistake Which
May Cost a Life.

SANFORD, Jan. 3o.-Yesterday Geo. Bart
lett, of Springfield, sick with rheumatism,
sent to C. II. Pierce's drug store for medi-
cine. The druggist put up two kinds, one
for external and one for internal use. He
got the labels on the wrong bottles. Bartlett
took dose which threw him into severe
spasms. There are but slight hopes of his
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-31
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
Balfour Ready to Again consIgn
O'BrIen to Prison.

oouodi HSa0J ~ NSaHt SStS'6u
O'Brien to Prison.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3O.-A special today to
the New York Tribune from London, signed
T. P. Gill, Member of Parliament, says;
You win get new idea of Mr. Balfour
when inform you, as am able to do on the
best authority, that he has issued warrant
for the re-arrest of William 0'Brien. The
warrant was signed and placed in the hands
of the police yesterday.
Mr.. O'Brien was so exhausted after his
speech at the banquet in his native town
Thursday evening that he had to leave the
room and go to bed the moment it was con-
cluded. One can hardly credit that even Mr..
Balfour can be so infatuated as to take such
a step as this in view of Wilfred Blunt's ac-
cusation but | have heard that the prospect,
made known by Mr.. OBTien's announce
ment in his Mullow speech of his intention
to answer his jailor face to face across the
floor of the House of Commons, has so
wrought upon the chief secretary. that his
nerves have got the better of his discretion.
To prevent Mr.. 0'Brlon's speaking in Par
lament and thus avoid that terrible ordeal,
the "brave Mr.. Balfour," as Mr.. Goshen
calls him, has determined to get his oppo-
nent under lock and key once more, even
thugh by such course he will be pleading
guilty to the horrible charge made against
him by Blunt, the charge of intending TO
murder the Irish leaders by destroying their
health in his prisons.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-31
SUBURBAN NEWS.
SOUTH PORTLAND.

SOUTH PORTLAND.
A lodge has been formed at South Port
and to be known as the Live Oaks. The
following officers were chosen:
President-Fred Orr.
Vice President-Wm. stanton.
Secretary and Treasurer-Cllnton Fisher
Chaplain-George Crockett
Manager-GeOrge Studley.
Guard-J. Whittmore.
A meeting will be held at G. Crockett's to-
morrow night
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-31

L. P. JONES. Pry't S. c.. U. S. A.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-31
Sneezing Catarrh.

The distressing sneeze, sneeze, sneeze, the ac-
rid, watery discharges from the eyes and nose the
painful Inflammation extending to the throat, the
swelling of the mucous lining, causing choking
sensations, cough, ringing noises in the head and
splitting headaches,--how familiar these symp-
toms are TO thousands who suffer periodically
from head colds or influenza, and who live in ig-
norance Of the fact that a single application Of
SANFORD's RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRH will
afford Instantaneous felfef
But this treatment in cases of simple Catarrh
gives but faint idea of what this remedy will do
IN the chronic forms, where the breathing is OBJ
structed BY choking, putrid mucous accumula-
tOns, the hearing affected, smell and taste gone,
throat liberated and backing cough gradually
fastening itself upon the debilitated system. Then
1t is that the marvellous curative power of SAN
FoRD's RADICAL CURE manifests itself in instan-
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first application. 1t is rapid radical, permanent,
economical, safe,
SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE consists of one bot
tie Of the RADICAL CURE, one box CATARRHAL
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RESOURCES.
Balance In treasury, Dec.
81, 1887. ............ .;,:.:.i ,451 SS
Due from county tax Of '87 .14,3l5.23
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County Commissioners Report.

The bills audited by the County Commits
sioners during the year 1887, upon the vari-
Gus accounts, amount to the several sums as
hereinafter set forth. The gross amount OF
bills paid from the treasury may not be pre-
cisely the same as the amount OF bills audit
ed by the Commissioners, as seme OF the
bills audited this year may not be paid until