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The Portland daily press., 1888-08-03

IA broom badge; a perfect miniature broom
with gilt shield, signifies clean sweep: on the
shield IS portrait Of your choice for president and
vice president; Republican broom Is red, white
and blue; Democratic broom Is bandanna color;
sample by. mail 10 cents; circulars free. A.
SPEIRS, No. Windham, Me. Bill
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-03

EoR sALE-sl2oo; bakery with tools com
corner storei owner obliged to retire, I'M health
the best bargain in New England states.
GEORGE :. STEVENS 4 CO., $50 Washington
street, Boston. SOL
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-03

Ladies. read our advertisement, sale of cotton
underwear und bed spreads. RINEs BROS.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-03
MISCELLANEOUS.


GUNNER BoARDEKs-Parties wishing
- country board, please address M. Q. BUR
NELL, Gorham, Me-, Box 4, one and one half
mile from depot. CITY references. 1876
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-03

One lot of Twill Figured De-
Iatnes. These goods have sold
this season mt l2 l.2 cents; we
shall put them ON sale at
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-03

EOR sALE-s1OOO buys a hrstelass wood
IL and coal business, consists Of horses,
wagons, sleds, safe. office furniture sleds sc
low rent; established 40 years fine set OF custo.
mers big chance for somebody; III health sole
cause for selling. W. +. CARRUTHERS, III
Court street, Boston. 30-l
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-21
" ASHINGT0N,

Born houses of Congress have passed a
joint resolution appropriatipg $500, 900
10 suppress or restrict the yeliow fever
infection in connection with the inter
state commerce.
CHIEF BILL, of the United States Secret
Service, received telegram dated Chi
cagO, from Agent Porter, stating that he
captured, az Mount Carroll H., two count
erfeiters, Keach and Mclaughlin, to-
gether with large quantity of counter
felt aud complete outfit.
Inc President recently sent to the SEN
ate the nomination OF Judge Lambert,
Tree, of ChireSo, TO the Minister of Rus
STA. 1t is thought that Judge Trees sue
cessot in the Belgian mission will be
Colonel Parkhust, of Michigan.
THE president has sent to the senate
the nomination of John p. Casper, of
Kingsley, Iowa, to be postmas ser, and
Louis W. Crofoot to be associate justice
of the supreme court of the territory of
Dakota.
SoME encouraging reports reach this
city from the quiet Penusy lvauis town
where Congressman Samuel j. Randall is
slowly convalescing from the terrible ill
ness which prostrated him three months
ago. He Is still confined to his rom, but
his strength is graduslly returning, and
no doubt is felt that he will be able TO re
suu-e his Legislative duties in December
II looks very much as if the Oklahon a
bill was practically dead measure tor
this session. The opposition that has de
veloped to the bill, which is the more
surprising in that it has grown etirely
| from the agitation against 1t of q single
member-Mr. Barnes, of Georgia-hs:
| become so strong aud so determined that
there seems to be no prospects of it:
| slipping through.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-21
FOREIGN.

Two recent earthquake shocks in
| Greece did great damsge at Vostizz3, on
| the Corinthian Gulf.
A WAR vessel has arrived at Teugier to
enforce claim of Portugal against the
| government OF Morocco.
In threshing machine explosion at
| Ciron, France, eight persons were killed
| and Others injured.
GREAT loss of life and property by
floods is reported 10 Lombardy and
Venice, Italy.
The Bank of England has advanced its
rate of discount from 3 per cent. to per
cent.
LATEST advices from the Afghanistan
rebellion reports the capture of fort
and many prisoners by the Ameer's troops.
ADvIoEs from Afghanistan state that Is
hak Khan and his rebels have defeated
the ameer's troops and are advancing on
Cabul.
LATE advices from Cuba report great
destruction or serious damage and loss of
life in the towns of that island by the re-
cent cyclone and { ial inuudatiop.
The popular rece piol accorded 10 NJ
Carnot, the Presidert of the French Re
public, on bis present tour of the country,
is deemed fatal TO General BOuianger' s
proposed revision of the national consti-
tuition.
BERLIN.-The preparations for Ger
man expedition } search or Emin Bey
progresses actively. Two hundred thous-
and n lrks have been subscribed for the
expenses of the undertaking.
The steamer La France, when entering
Port LGz, Canary Islands, ran into the
Italian steamer America, from Monte
video. The latter vessel, which was lying
at anchor, sunk in q few minutes, and
eighty one passengers and six sailors
were drowned.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-21
A HORRIBLE DISASTER.

Premature Explosion in Tunnel Causes it.
ST. PAULA Pioneer Press account of
g frightful accident Thursday morning at
Wioke's tunnel, on the Montana Central
railroad, twenty miles from Helena, says:
The tunnel, upon which work has been
going on for two years was nearly com
Pleted, and this morning the north
and south headings were only
about twenty feet apart, the contractors
expecting to make connections in Gay
or two. About six O'Clock this morning
the night shift we're engaged in putting
N their last charges. There were about
thirty or forty men at the south heading
and twenty-five in the north. Charges of
giant powder had been put IN at
calculation to set them both of
at once. The men in the south end were
just leaving the heading to get in safe
place. having finished tamping the
charges, when fearful explosiou shook
the mountain overwhelmed the workmsn,
blew some of them to atoms and buried
number under the rocks and earth.
Those who were in the lead on the way
out escaped serious injury, but
the rear of the crowd caught the
Auh lplSS vi bhc plOoiOu. L Su
were killed outright and q number of
others were severely wounded. The sur
vivors escaped to the outer air and gave
the alarm, when the work of rescae be
gan. The bodies were removed and
laid out along the track at
the mouth of tunnel, where
they presented a chastity spec -cle.
Irving's head was CON pietely severed
from the body. Others were horribly
mutilated. The cause was the exploding
of signal cap IN the north heading
which touched off the powder in a large
hole charged fIom the other end, the
men not dreaming that the charge was Sc
near,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-21
FIRES AND CASUALTIES

THE Sowter block, of Wayne, Michigan
burned with loss of $4,000.
FOREST fires i'll the vicinity of East
Tawas, Mich, are doing great damage.
The Oily FIGURING Mills at PfaZil, Ind,
were burned Saturday night. Loss
$4,000.
G. HATrcN, q well known furniture deal.
or of Chicago, failed. Liabilities $780,
900.
The business portion of Harper, Indi
ana, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000
to $25 600.
TIE floods did damage to the extent of
$l,0OG,O0C in Augusta, Ga. Eleven lives
were lost. The ismege il the couatry
must be immense
The Grand opera house aud adiacent
property at Syracuse, n. Y, were destroy
ed by fire. Loss, $208,000.
Two MEN were killed and several seri-
ously injured by falling wall at the
Dayton Veterans home.
HEAVY rains the past week in Alabama
have damaged the cotton crop, paTtlcU
la-ly IN the bottoms.
DR. CRY, a surgeon Of Palatka, Florida,
says the yellow fever scourge Is likely to
spread throughout the south.
THE office of the Oconto Reporter has
been destroyed by fire. The presses and
stock of paper were also destroyed. Loss,
$4,000; insurance $4,000.
THE fine summer home of John John
ston, the Milwaukee banker, known as
"Bracken Brue," near that city, including
residence, farm buildings, crops, etc, were
destroyed by fire.
THE recent heavy rains have flooded
the Savannah river to a height nev0r be
| fore known. The city of Augusta is sub
merged, ana the damage to merchandise
there will reach $l,000,0O0.
THE business portion of the village of
Washburn, Wis, on Lake Superior, vas
entirely wiped out by confagration Fri
dsy morning. Thirty buildings were
consumed with their contents. Loss atout
$3.50, 900.
By the oapsizing of boat ir the Hud-
son river, opposite Hastings, N. l., SIl-
vester Maushen, years of age; Miss Eli
abeth Butler, aged 20; Miss Nettie Voor-
hees. aged %, of Creekskill; John Demor-
est, 26 years old, and Mr.. Derringer, an
artist, also OF CreekskiII, were drowned.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-21
THE LATEST TELEHRAMS
GENERAL NOTES.

| An early fall and severe winter are
pro ophesied by the weather prophets.
THIRTY million trees have been planted
| in Kansas SO far this year.
| CHAUNCY NJ. DEPEw arrived in New
York from Europe Thursday afternoon.
EDIsoN has invented meter whereby
! the how of electricity can be measured.
| LARGE numbers of fowls were killed
! by the intense heat at Gait, Cal, last
mOntk.
URGENT appeal is being made for con
| 'ributuus for the relief of the Florida
yellow fever sufferers.
| THE frost of Wednesday night caused
mach damage TO the cranberry and to-
bacco crops of Wisconsin
& CoRREs sPuNDENT of the New York Sun
| asks that the "Cnristian Scientists" try
their powers on yellow fever.
Coal miners at Brewer, Mo-, are on
strike for slig at increase in wages for the
winter season.
EMPLOYERS of the Lackawanna d Pitts
burg Railway are on strike for back
pay.
The Western Union directors declare
daGibeIiy u oAO anu ohS iOoA'i
per cent.
New YoRK.-Prof. Richard A. Proctor
died at 7:l5 Wednesday evening with
black vomit.
The southwest coke company, has vol
untariy raised the wages of employees
per cent.
The teachers institute at Crawfords-
Vile, Ind, has resolved that teachers
should not chew gum.
THE temperature in Manitoba was
down at the freezing point early Tues
day.
THE state offjceIs of Texas have re-
fused to accept the new capitol building
erected by Chicago contractors.
''LoTrA" the actress, has purchased the
Grand Opera house at st. Paul, paying
$l5OOOO.
The condition of Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe is pronounced critical hut not
hopeless.
3 The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men will be in session at Atlanta. Ga,
next week.
MEs. HARRIET BEEoHER STOWE has been
removed from her nome on Long Island,
n. Y, 10 Hartford, Conn, and at latest
advices was still alive.
THE Columbus, Ohio, centennial ex-
position oPeaed Tuesday, under favor
abe conditions.
CATTLE are SO cheap in Nevada that the
present season will prove very unproit-
able one for stock raises. Beef is sell
ing at 5Ito 512 cents a pound, with few
buyers
JUDGE WEE under Iowa prohibitory law
decides that a man can not manufacture
cider for use in his own family and in
struc's the grand jury to indict if they
find sa.h thing has been done.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-21
A Story Of LIngfellnW.

New York paper, IN some pleasant
gos p about MIR. LoDgfelIow, tells story
OF the way no treated the charges of
plagiarism against the Indian poem,
"HIawajbe," III following closely both the
form and substance of "Tne Kalevala,"
the national epic of Finland. Wnen they
began TO appear. he showed profound
Indifference on the subjsc but before
long his publ, her th1 ught best to call
his attention t. tn I'm, and suggestsd that
a reply rom the poet be written. We'll,
III think about H." said Mr.. Longfellos,
and there the matter dropped. The press
continued to ecno and re-echo the chsrge;
and the publisher again called on the
D ,et, saying, "Resl ,, Mr. LongfelloV,
think it Is high time this olarge was
answered. Again LOngfeilOw said. am
sre about it." adding, quietly, "Hpw is
the book s:iling?' "On, wonderfully
we'll" aaid the publisher. better than
my other boOks!" "Oh, much better"
aud he named the figure-. Shortly after
this interv ew (Mr. Longfellog stIll keep
siteBcel, he Tribune came ont with al
most p4gs of brosd5idr oa the subject.
The publisher was now really excited.
de called on the poet again. ut Will not
do" be said, very decidedly, "io let this
thing to go on any longer" "H0w does
the boos seIlr' asked LDngfel oR.
"Ameziugly-the sale IL already equal 20
tn. cumoin-d sales of your other books"
"Then," said Lonxfellow, 81 tnILk we
ought o be thankful to these critits.
LIT them TAX. Seems 10 me they are
giving Us larxe amount of gra.uitious
advertising. Better let them alone"
Aud let alone they were.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-21

SOME FACTS FOR IOWA COUNTY FARMERS.
In the county Of Iowa there were, ac-
cording to the censEs OF 1880, 167 .85l acres
in improved farms valued at total Of
$8,222 ,331. Reduce this 20 gold basis
and it was s7,149,354.
Ten yeas rolled away. Improvements
were piied on these farms. More acreage
was brought under improvement, and
when the census of 1880 vas taken there
were 253 ,677 acres of improved land,
gain of 81 per csnt. But the total value
of these farms, with SIS 900 more i'm
proved acres, with AL iheir valuable i'm
provemsnts were then valued at only
$7,5o3 ,489, a gcin of only s350,o0o in
round number. In other wOrdE, the
i'm mproveme en's Of ten years, the zdbluEa-
tion of So 0OO more acres OF land, had
sim ply hello the value Of the who'e sub
stantiaIly stationary.
That Is the way the high tariff has
helped the farmers of Iowa county. The
ten years of toll and of improvement
were practically thrown away. Inc
county was worth practically the same
that it was ten years before. Tha' waF
the way protection kept is promise 20
the farmers. They paid for protection TO
the eastern states. Every necessary OF
life they used war taxed for the beneht OF
the eastern manufacturers. Consequent
ly Massachusetts, New York and Pennsyl
vania showed enormous gains in personal
property. Bat the broad acres OF the
western farmer declined in value. He
added house. and barns, with lumber and
iroz and paint, all tariff taxed, and miles
and miles OF fences. He added to the
acres under Improvement; bat stu the
heavy hand of depression held him dI|n.
He was bare'y able to keep the value OF
his farm up to the 1870 marx.
Nov let th9 TO ga county farmer take
another look, The census H. 1870 and
1880 each gave tie live stock III that
county as we'll as the others. The emu
meration of stock is gigon below az it
was in each census.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-21
IN THELaND OF HOOSIERS.
The State Full of Campaign 0rat0ry PrOmin-
pnt Speakers Challenged to Joint Debate.

The State Full Of Campaign 0rat0ry-PrOmin-
pnt Speakers Challenged to Joint Debate.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. ia great cam
paign IN Indiana may be said to be in full
swing. The line of battle extends from
the borders of lake Michigan to the
southernmost hamlet in Posey county
aud it is estimated that over two thou
sand speeches are being delivered
every night now throughout hosierdom.
Reports indicate that Senator Voorhees,
is addressing larger audiences than ever
before greeted him. He spoke to night
at Lebannoo. Congressman Roger ..
Mills on his way to Texas will make five
speeches in Indiana, opening at Rich
mond Thursday af ernOOn tho 2Oth
irst.; at Indiar apolis the night
of the 21st; Brazil, afternoon of the 22d;
Terre Haute at night; Vincennes, after
noon of the oath, and s.. Louis on the
25th. 1t is understood that the dIstin-
guished congressman goes home to look
after his own fences and will return to
Indiana in October.
The dem cratic state committee an
nounces that Judge Thurman will speak
at the Shelbyvilie barbecue Oct. 18Th, at
Peru barbecue, Oct. 18th, and at Brazil
Oct. 2Oth. Brazil is in the heart of the
coal mining region OF Indiana.
The committee is reluctant to
abandon its original intention
to have Judge Thurman address a great
meeting in indianapolis, and to-day de-
termined to carry the matt5r of rentIEg
T0mlinson hall to the -eputlican county
committee for the entire month of Oc-
tober to the city council. TIE hall is the
property of the city and the arrangement
with the republican county committee
vas made by the city Gle k,
acting for the renting committee of the
council. But the majori y of the republican
aldermen arc opposed to any action thai
would operate to prevent Judge Thur
man from speaking here.
Chairman J~witt, therefore, confidently
expects to secure big hall for Judge
Thurman.
Ex-Congtessman W. II. Calkius, who
has recently returned fiom partIc-
ipating IN the Maine campaign, hss chai-
lepged Senator Voorhees, for Be-
ries of joint debates on the tariff.
NJ ij0r Caikins is ing in the matter in
pendent of his state committee. The
friends of Hon. John III. Better. Of this
city, are authority for the statement that
he will at an early Gay challenge Senator
Gurpie to meet hIm IN forensic battle.
Butler is regarded by many as among the
abIest expouuders of republican tariff
PRINCIPLES.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-21
ONE BY ONE THEY COME.

New York Manufacturer FayorS Tariff he
Tho resignation of Albert Meyer from
the tvs nth third district republican asso-
citation has created a great deal of feeling
and discussion in republican circles in
this city. The blow came from quarter
where it was least expected. (he 1epub-
licans all along have been boasting that
the manufacturers in this coun-
try was with them. They have
professed to believe, and probably
did bell eve that there would be no defalt
from that locality. The letter therefore
of Mr.. Meyer, in which he resigues oD the
ground that the tariff revision is an abso-
Lutte necessity has strnck tho republicans
between wind ano water, Mr.. Meyer
Is well known as protection
lsf. He ls one of the
founders for the six plush and silk vel
vet industry which had no existence un-
few years age. Mr.. Meyer says that the
republican refusal to amend and read
just the tariff on butiness principles
and SIS expressed in the Chicago plat
form is even more dangerous to the
protection system than any advocacy of
free trade could possibly be. He there
fore, as protectionist deems it his duty
to vote for revision IN order
that the tariff may be equalized
and made more protective to labor as
was proposed by the republican tariff
comm ission of 1882. Politically, Mr..
Meyer is a man of consequence, being
not only member of the % d
district association, bat also delegate
from the district to the county com
mittee. Socially, he is one of the mosG
popular of New York city Germans, hold
ing bigh positions in the Liederkrans,
Arion and other leading German sooities,
From statement made tonight It is
probable that within the next few days
quite a number of ether republicans will
follow Mr.. Meyers example and resign
from the Twenty third district republi-
can association,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-21
CRIME.

An attempt was made by unknown men
to steal the remains of MaxEelI, the St.
Louis murderer.
Miss ADA tLYNN, q handsome and &C
complished young lady of Glasgow, Penn,
was murdered by robbers while alone at
the house of her grandfather.
THE amount of the embt zzlement
Joseph Breed, the suicided assistant cash
ier of the Hartford (Ct.) National Bank,
is sos, 500. He lost the money in private
stock speculatiens.
WHILE the paying teller of the Third
Natlopsl Bank at Buffalo was at lunch
Thursday sneas-thief purIotned pack
age containing 81 049.
MURRAY WILSON. an alleged diamoud-
thief, IS held st Racine, Wis, for stealing
several hundred dollars worth of dis-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-21

As 10 the negro, he was betrayed into
the hands of his enemies ny Mr.. aiue
and his coterie in 1875. The atteus pt to
republIcanlzs the south BY coalitions
with ex-Confederste disSentsrs from the
democratic party, was commenced in
Virginia in 1881 and succeeded. l. was
defeated by Mr.. Blaine aud his nesspa.
per calliops in 1888 after two unsuccIss-
full previous efforts.
TIE POWER BEHIND TEB THRoNE.
The republican conttss this year rep
resents manly Mr.. B.aine, and he repre-
seuts only his own appetite aud that of
his Unsuitable millIonaire clients. The
democratic psrty represents Mr.. Cieve-
land, who Is charged with no Uumaniy
crime or tendency. He never knit and
begged foc letters he had written. He
never combined with opponents to defeat
the measures of his party. He never
periled the peace of the country to Sc
cure guano beds for his friends. If
elected he will not make an assignment
of his I'D midistration to any body. If Mir.
Tweed were living, snd if his sub-chief
talns were hauling him about the coun.
try and exhibiting him as the next SEQ
retery of the treasury, some democrats
would revolt and wait for better days. In
the same frame of mind republican. who
do not want Harrison elected bad enough
TO see the government placed in the HANDS
of Blaine will not refuse to further the
programme.
II am one of this cless-and therefore,
unless General Harrison gives the oountr J
an assurance that ne will not, if elected,
place the author OF the Mullgan letters
and the political assassin of Roscoe
Conkling at the head OF the state de-
partment, my feeble influences will be cast
in favor of the eleosios of Mr.. Cleve-
lard.
81 find that the opinion express as to
Mr.. Harrison's attention toward Mr.
Blaine is strictly in harmony with that Of
Mr.. Walter Q. Gresham, whose romina-
tion 1 favored" Mr.. Gresham expressed
this opinion very frankly in his recent in
terview in Paris.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-09-21
GORHAM FOR CLEVELAND.
The Selfish, Greedy Political Assassin of :Ros-
eoe Conkling Must be squeIched.

The Selfish, Greedy Political Assassin of :Ros-
eoe Conkling Must be squelched.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.-Mr. George c.
Gorhsm, in an interview as to the state
ment that he had declared for Cleveland,
said that as stalVart republican who
had upheld Grant and ConkIing as
against the the democratic party and its
doughfaced republican serving men led
by Blaine, he could not and would not aid
in restoring to power the petty dynasty
which ruled briefly under Garfield and in
four months organized the defeats of the
folIesirg seven years, solely TO slaughter
Roscoe Conkling.
"Mr. Hsrrison's most effective leader.
at Chicsgo, outside of the state of In
diana" he said, ''hsve publicly stated
that if elected he will appoint Mr.. Blaine
secretary of state. To this comes no
word of denial. The campaign is be
ing made as Blaine cam psign, no:
b, the national committee, but with
out reference to it. We are told tha,
there is bat ore Issue. and that is ths
tsrif. Upon that subject republican,
are asked to sustain dCsmas which are a.
repugnaut to good sense a. they are tO
all previous acts and declar tions of the
| party. tariff for trusts. with incidsn-
tai protection, was never before made {
party test