The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-01-12

Public Buildings and Grounds. and Mr.. Ding
ley on that of Banking and Currency and on
the new Committee of Merchant Marine and the
Fisheries.
A scheme is OH foot in Chicago to raise Sl0,-
600 to transfer a rough shaft in the quarry of
the Bodwell Granite Company. at Rockland,
to Chicago, to do duty as a monument TO the
police who fell at the llaymarket riot. 1t is
proposed to build perfectly air tight vessel or
caisson around It and tow it to Chicago. through
the st. Lawrence River. the Welland Canal and
the lakes. The shaft is 10 feet high, and dress
ed i'm the shape of an obcsk would weigh about
$50 tons. 1t would throw all ether obeiisks III
the world in the shade should the scheme be
carried out. as it is proposed to put 1t on base
of thirty-iive feet in height.
Accident on the Boston & Maine.
NINE PERSONS KILLED AND TWENTl-iWo IN
JTKED.
The Portland express, which left Boston for
Portland at l O'Clock Tuesday met with SER
iouS accident at Bradford, a; l.59, p. NJ. Will e
crossing the IIa,erllilI Bridge over the Merri-
mac river. The train consisted Of eight cars
with engine Norris and Engineer Thomas
French The train was in charge OF Conduc-
tor Weymouth. The train had passed On to
the bridge from the Bradford side. i'll safety.
when suddenly the forward trucks OF the
smoker broke and the crash came. The slnok-
er was hurled upon its side and the two coach
es behind We're thrown off the track and COM
plelely wrecked, being piled up against the
Bradford car house. Nine persons. including
husband. wife and child. were killed. and
twenty-five injured. The following is Il list Of
the dead: l.. b. Adams. Newton. Mass; q.
\. Cole, wife and child. Lawrence. Mass;
Jo>ephus Shaw. Boston. of Shaw X 1hayer;
Clarence IIazelwood. 19S Walnut avenue. Bos-
ton; A. $. Walker. Harrison. Me: W lillian
Taylor and John N'Brcn, Bradford. Mass.
There We're many narrow escapes. ami h;ti the
cars plunged into the river the dcath roll
would have been fearful. Mayor j. c. Chap
man. of Portland. was on the train bu; c>cai-
ed uninjured. Attorney General .. ID. Baker.
Of Augusta, was also on board. hut vas unin-
jured. The people of IIaverhill are doing
everything possible for the wouded. he ac-
cdent is supposed to have occurred by the
switch rcd breaking after TIE engine and three
forward ear, had passed over the switch.
IN BRIEF. Steamer Caroline Miller. Captain
Miller. sailed from RockIand sunday morning
for New York with Il Italians on board. whose
fare is paid by the city of Bangor. These
Italians have been cared for by Bangor some
time. the city claiming that the company that
landed them there should bear the expense OF
1ranSDOftlnI them lttth...- iF ia ill@ii IA
kildonan arrived in Baltimore sunday. She re-
ports that in the gulf stream, latitude 3 north.
longitude 6s.3U west. she passed through SIX
miles of floating timber. DOUBTLESS portion Of
the Leary raft which broke away from the
steamer Miranda..... Secretary Lamar has writ
ten ii letter To President Cleveland re>issnln9
his position IN the cabinet, and the President i'll
another letter has accepted. The expenses of
GOV. Bodwelf> funeral will he about s3,00e.....
1t is said that nearly three hundred >ummon>es
have been served Oh witnesses to appear BE-
fore The grand jury in hvhalf of Il movement
to regulate public morals in Portland Drink
in. places and houses of i'll repute. are 10 i'e
suppressed if possihle....T The Hurricane Granite
Company. of Rock!and. and the Cape ANA
Granite Company. of Gloucester. have been
awarded the contract for furnishing the granite
for the completion Of the main building of the
new Court House at Boston. The contract
price for the Whole i, 500 ,.,0J AID each conn
pany furnishes about cqlla! quantities Of stone.
The Hurricane Company bid the lowest. S303,-
800 and the Cape Ann Company Sjib DUD......
James Madison Blai>el died at his home in
Franklin. Sunday evening. aged seNonty-one.
He was prominent as 4 business nam oI III,
town and citizen of his county. 1.-The court of
claims has reported it conclusions Of fact in
the French >poliation claims, arising out Of the
seizure of the following named vessels: Erlr
Hope. Richard Tapran. master; >chr. Bets:
John Charnock brig Amelia. Benjamin liou>-
ton: brig Betsy. John Cushing: >chr. Joanna
l.. Coffin. and ship Venus. Robert lerritt.....
The plaster cast Of the features Of The hate
Governor Bodwell. which was taken by Mi.
Mahoney. will shortly lie used in forming the
model for the bust of the Governor.
The dividends payable iii Boston in January
foot up Sll ,32S.0 9l.
Three thousand Villages in Gli,.a have bten
engulfed in Tie terrible floods.
The Gledden harbed wire patents have been
annuled by a decision in Iowa
Prof. Nirclow of Berlin, in his new work,
declares that cancer is durable.
Judge Hoffman of san Francisco las decided
that the Chinese may import opium.
Mrs. Eunice Cottrell. a Pequot Indian, died
at Stonngton, Conn, III years Of age.
The English steamer Mau,le has foundercd
in the Black SEE. Twelve persons Were drown
ed
BY the ignition of gas which had leaked into
ritt>burg cellar one girl was killed and boy
injured.
lndiana'> 30 coal mines produced last year
3.2l,..l1 tons. Capital invested was - 10 600
miners employed, ,.30i.
The maple SUGAR product OF Vermont aver
HIts alllluillA ABOUT lZ.vDU-vtp pounds. ana IL
brought last wear ) 100000.
Many of the finest farm lands in the South
and West are mortgagcd to foreign capitalists
at iSiirouS rates of interest.
The chrome idea has worked into the coffin
business at Buffalo, the agents of Cleveland
firm offering prizes to secure business.
The death is announced Of DR.. James r.
Nichols. the eminent Boston scientist aud all-
thor OF the book whence: What. Whither:"
The Panama Canal Company has arranged
with the Credit Lyonnais to provide the conf
pany with funds until the issue of new Cb!iga-
tions.
1t is estimated that for the past six Years
strikes have cost the country SIG 100000 !; year.
And the worst of it is they haven't benefited
even the men who engaged in them.
a New York Herald special from Washington
says that President Cleveland denies the report
that he intends to send to Congress asupp!cinen-
tary message defining his position on the tariff
question.
The salvation Army consists of 1852 corps
with 5,GS4 officers. During the last wear. :
S10,3S0 meetings have been held. pit $50
houses visited, and l4S,905 persons were coli
vcrtcd in Great Britain alone.
1t was stated in Chicago Friday that Pres:-
dent Cleveland had expressed desire that the
next national Democratic convention be held in
New York. 1t is therefore likely that the na-
tional committee " i'll SO decide.
The newspaper correspondent who recently
sent the story from Pierre, Oak, that fourteen
skeletons had been found in cellar, has been
thrashed by member of the family accused of
murder and admits his yarn was hoax.
At a recent meeting of the Executive Board
of the National Fishery Association resolution
was adopted proposing the free exchange of
products between the United States and those
of the Canadian Provinces which adopt re-
publican form of constitution and signify their
desire for admission to this country
Investigation demonstrates that Boston has
not permanently as many drunkards as some
have supposed. At one station house there
were 12l arrests during the past three months,
and of this number 1893 were noT-residents
Grouping all the stations. it is fair to say that
about onc-third of all the arrests for trivial
offences are of outsiders.
Fish and Fishing.
Last year clans worth s225,0C0 we're dug from
the Maine mud flats.
Nearly 1000 barrels of Holsters have been shipped
from Ninalhaven during the past year.
A Winterport man whose winter business is
catching amclts for the Bangor market made the
greatest haul last week ever made on the river.
At one cast of the net he took cut 800 pounds of
splendid smelts.
The Vinalhayen Echo saws. Chas DIVER .t