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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-08
A QUESTION OF AUTHORITY.
Removal of Inspector Of Charities
Sanborn of Massachusetts.

BOSTON, Oct 8.-For some time past, diff
ferences have existed between members of
the State Board of Lunacy and Charity ard
Franklin b. Sanborn, Inspector of Charities
of the board, regarding the care and treat
ment of insane poor. The board claimed that
Sanborn had no right to take these persons
from public institutions and provide for their
care in private families, and in its position
the board was fortified by the opinion of the
attorney general that Sanborn transcended
eliminated Saturday in the passing of an Or
der by the board removing Sanborn from his
position as Inspectoriof Charities. Sanborn
now denies the power of the board to remove
him and refuses to vacate his Office until no.
tilted by the Governor that the latter has
complied with the law requiring his consent
to the removal. Sanborn says that in the
notice of removal served upon him no charges
are preferred; also, that according to the by
laws of the board, his office cannot be abol-
ished by mere vote of the board. In con
clusi0n he says: ''lt will be strange news to
the people of Massachusetts, that the princi-
pies of common justice can be set aside at
will by members of State board, or that
laws and regulations governing the civil SER
vice of the State transgressed in spirit or in
letter, or to punish a State officer, whose
only known offence has been that he insisted
on obeying the laws he had sworn to support,
and would not wink at the violation of those
laws by others. And it would ill become me
to desert my post now, when the insane poor
to whose injury these laws have been violated
need more than ever the support which my
Office has always afforded them"
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THE STATE.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The farm buildings in Freeman owned and
occupied by c. V. Starbird were burned Sat-
urday morning, together with hay, farming
tools and hundred bushels OF oats. Part Of
the contents Of the house was saved. The
about 81, 800; insured for 500.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
A dwelling house occupied by William
Pease, on Water street, Richmond, was de-
stroyed by fire Saturday morning. The eff
cient work Of the fire department saved the
surrounding property.
KNOX COUNTY.
George Williams, of Warren, and Ed.
Davis, Of Union, took tincture of aconiteSat-
urday night and died within two hours.
Two doctors were called but could do moth
Ing to save their lives. They mistook the
poison for some sort of liquor.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
A woman rowed seventeen miles in dory
to Bath Saturday morning to have her in
tentions OF marriage published.
IN GENERAL.
People who have just visited the northern
regions of the State report heavy frOsts and
cold weather prevailing there, nearly a
month carrier than has been known for
many years past. Some crops are entirely
ruined in consequence, while others will fall
of from one-third to one-half. The potato
crop thus far Is good, but beans are a total
loss and only one-third Of the usual crop Of
buckwheat will be harvested. At Eagle
Lake. ~ miles south of Fort Kent, three
inches Of snow fell on Tuesday Of this week.
In consequence of the cold logging operators
are making active preparations to commence
tnelr winters operations at once.
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The Last Rain storm.

During the last rainfall. which began Sat
urday morning and ended Sunday afternoon,
a great amount Of water fell, the depth in
this city being 219 inches. There was also
at one time during the rain quite a heavy
wind, the greatest velocity being 26 miles per
hour, which was sufficient flor cautiOnary
signal. The Signal Observer at the Portland
Office told the writer that this Office is so sit
uated that 1t is difficult to make correct local
reports. Sometimes, a storm moving east
ward from the west is reported, but when it
reaches the mountain ranges in Vermont
and New Hampshire its course will often be
changed, so that it will not reach this city at
all, and at other times it will be retarded so
that 1t does not get here until day later
than the time predicted for it. Again, local
storm. OF which there is no means OF know
ing before it appears. comes in from the sea-
A fact which has puzzled the signal obsery-
ers was learned at the Portland oftiee after
weeks Of careful study and comparison OF
the weather at the various offices In the SER
vice. It was found that when a storm oc-
Cured at Memphis, Tenn, 1t was succeeded
on the next day by a storm In Portland. For
a whole year local storms were predicted for
the day next following a stormy day at Mem
pbis, and almost without exception the pre-
dictions were substantiated. Lately. how
ever, this mode Of foretelling a storm has
been abandoned.
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SUBURBAN NEWS.
oAKDALE.

OAKDALE.
This pretty little village, situated only
short distance from the city, has made rapid
strides in Improvement of property and beau
tifying Of residences during the past season,
and the residents propose to do much more
in the same line another year. Fessenden
street, one Of the oldest streets in the village
has been made very attractive, and Pitt
street has been largely improved. The new
school house, between Pitt and William
streets, Is handsome structure, and adds
much to the beauty Of the village. William
street, new one, has much to be done to it
before 1t reaches the general excellence of
the streets above named. Sidewalks have
got to be graded by the seleetmen, and the
street generally should be looked after by
them this fall. On the 1st of September
there was but one family on this street, but
the handsome houses which the Deering
land Company have erected thereon, were
completed about that time, and instantly
sold. They are now all occupied, and the
number OF residents onWDliam street now Is
23. The selectmen will undoubtedly grade
sidewalk this fall for the convenience of
these residents the coming winter, in order
that they may reach the horse cars without
travelling through the snow and slush. The
street needs a number of loads of sand
placed on 1t to harden 1t, and this also. no
doubt, the selectmen will do right away as
they are body Of men alive to the interests
OF the town and Its increase of population.
In another season sewers will have co be put
into the streets and extended into Back Bay,
and then the old and out Of date vaults will
have to give place to water-clOsets. The
general appearance of this village is one TO
be proud OF, and all its residents take pride
In beautifying it, and hope to be assisted I'm
their work by the selectmen.
WILLIAM STREET.
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New York Politics.

NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-The Tribune says
that the Republicans will probably nominate
John H. Starln, the steamboat and trans
portaton millionaire, for mayor of New
York. Mr. Starin says he will accept the
nomination if made unanimous.
Mayor Hewitt intimates that he will not
retire from the candidacy for reelection on
account of the nomination of Mr. Hugh j.
Grant for mayor last night. He says Mr..
Grant represents Tsmmany ideas as well as
any one that organization could name and
that his nomination means that Tammany is
prepared to fghs. Mr.. Hewitt. has not vet
positively announced his decision;
The county convention of the New Yorl,
County Democracy, assembled in the Coop
er Union this afternoon for the purpose of
selecting candidates for county officers. Hon
w. w. Niles placed in nomination Abram s,
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Notes.

Judge Thurman will be the guest Of the
President while in the city. He is.here to
make his argument in the Supreme court on
the telephone bill.
The Lighthouse Board has issued the fol-
lowing notice to mariners "N0tice
iron buoy, painted black and surmounted by
a lens lantern showing a light, has been
moored of Mikes Mate, beacon, main ship
channel. Boston Harbor, In place OF black
can buoy No. 0. 1t will be removed during
the winter on account Of ice."
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Mr.. Thomas on the Stump In Wis
consIn.

Mr.. Thomas made his opening speech in
Wisconsin at Marinette, on Tuesday eve
ming, October I'd.
1.-THE Marinette Daily Eagle, Independent,
devote column to the speech, saying among
other things;
"A large crowd greeted Hon. w. w.
Thomas, Jr., of Maine, at the Wigwam. The
Scandinavian brass band marched up from
the First ward and played some choice se-
lections. In the Wigwam the band played
after which Mr.. Thomas was introduced and
went at once to the heart of his subject hv
stating the historical fact that the Sonthern
Democrats were, prior to the rebellion. the
champions Of both slavery and free trade.
Slavery, after having been submitted ~
the arbitrament Of tine arms. was crnSbsd
and destroyed. Now, the economic doomss
that were rampant in the South at tbe fIms
and during CalhOun's nullifcation neriod
were coming to the front, and a decided sten
was already taken by the Mills bill, which
was ungualihedly endorsed BY the Demo
cratlc PRESIDENTIAL Convention.
Section 8, OF the Confederate constitution.
expressly prohibited the imposition of any
llnPost duty on imported goods for the pur-
pose Oh projecting any home industry. Thus,
commercial and Industrial free trade, and
cnattel slavery, were the two twin, leading
pIInClples, the two main pillars on which
the Confederacy rested
Ihe speaker dwelt upon the effect OF plac-
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From the other Side.

New YORK, Oct 6.-The 10 year old
daughter of B. L. Townshend of Oyster
Bay, was sick with varoloid on the steamer
Umbria, which arrived at quarantine Satur-
day and landed its passengers early this
morning. Miss Townshend was transferred
direct to her fathers home in private tug.
Among the 600 passengers on the Umbria
were Gen. Beauregard, who suffered from a
sprained ankle on the journey, John Hoey
Of the Adams Express Company, and An
drew Carnegie. On the steamer Alaska,
which landed her passengers today, were
hard.
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PARIS N NEws.
Correspondence Of the Press.l

correspondence OF tne fresS.l
WEST PARIS, Oct. g.
s. j. Caldwell, for eight years proprietor
of the Maple House here has sold his hotel
to ID. A. Coffin, formerly of Milton.
Larger orders have been received in the
chair factory than ever before.
S. b. Locke, Esq, our leading breeder of
full blood Jersey stock has beon elected vice
president Of the Oxford County Agricultural
Society.
The recent fair was largely attended.
Thursday there were 1900 present and on
Friday we had 5000. Many were kept at
home on account of rain in the forenoon.
Chandler's Band gave two concerts and were
loudly applauded. Our society is working
Ing In harmony and the fairs are improving
annually. Barrett Brothers, of Sumner,
showed their stations Artemas and West
land, also matched pair of two years olds.
Ihey are doing a successful business. Wheel
er Il True, of South Paris, showed at the
stand Thomas Carlyle. For style and beau
ty he has no superior. lie wore the blue rib
bon. Mountain View Farm, j. G. Young,
Jr., Of Newton, Mass, made its first exhibit
at the fair and for real merit it was not sur
passed.
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Eryeburg News.
Correspondence of the Press. ]


FRYEBURG, Oct. 6.
The Maine and New Hampshire Granite
Company have contracted to furnish the
stone for three stories of the new twelve
story building to be erected at Minneapolis,
MinD., by the Northwestern Guarantee Loan
and Trust Company. The granite will be
cut and carved at the quarry at Rattlesnake
Mountain in North Conway, N. Fl. The
contract is large amounting to over $15O00O,
and is to be completed before August, 1889.
This company will furnish the pedestal of
the soldiers monument. Portland.
The Chancellor and Secretary of the Grand
Lodge, K. of p, of Maine, were in town this
week in the interest of their order.
The cranberry crop, except where the
marshes could be quickly flooded with water
Is a total failure The potato crop is reported
fair and of good quality.
The West Oxford Educational Association
will hold its annual meeting at Hiram on
Nov. 9th and 10th. The State Superinten-
dent of Schools and other speakers will be
nrpSant
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JAcKSonvlLLE'T BuL ETIN.
The Editor of the TImes-unlon
Among the Dead.

JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 6.-The yellow fever
bulletin for the twonty-four hours ending at
6p. m. shows; New cases, 33; deaths, g.,
total cases to date, s,15l, corrected number /;
total deaths, 81. The deaths today include
Editor Martin editor of the Times-Union.
Martin had stood heroicaly at his post
throughout the entire epidemic and the con-
servative and cheerful tone of his editorial
opinions has done not little to ally fear and
keep up the courage of the people.
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TIE BOSTON MANAGEMENT.

BdSe hIts-UhIeagoS, q WaShlngtons, z. ErrOrs
-ChieagOs,3 WaShingtOns, 8. Batterie3-Gum-
bert and Farrell; Whitney and Mack.
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CHARGED sY THE POLICE.
The First Collision With the Strikers
In Chicago.

CHICAGO, Oct. THE first collision be.
tween the police and the striking horse car
men occurred about midnight at the LARA
bee street barns. Capt. Scoack, in company
with his men, brought sixteen imported la
borers to the barn in the guise of Mooney
and Boland's special policemen and were
trying to get them under cover without at
tracing attention when a few of the strikers
began to call out "scab." This infuriated
the captain and he called on his men to clear
the street. The officers went at the little
knot of strikers with drawn clubs and scat
tered them in every direction. At the Sedg-
wick street barns last night, the strikers
put to flight wagon load of alleged specials.
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making Big Guns.

ALBANY, Oct 7.-When the 100000 ap-
propriated by the Federal Government for
the construction of suitable buildings and
necessary machinery for turning cut big
guns at the Waterviiet Arsenal is available
about 500 men will be employed. Col. James
NJ. Whittcmore, the commanding officer,
thinks that not much can be done before
next Spring on the buildings necessary for
constructing the ~ inch guns. The work of
manufacture may possibly be begun one year
from next Summer. Fully seyen-eighths of
Lhe employees will necessarily have to be
skilled mechanics.
The guns to be made under the new ar
rangements will vary in weight from 10 to 80
tons At present 90 men are employed at
the foundry. They will turn out annually
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The Corn Crop.

Of the corn crop Of the United States for 1888
is given in the Farmers Review:
As the increase in the corn crop of 1888
over that of 1887 will be produced almost en-
tirely in the seven great corn States of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas
and Nebraska, estimates are made upon
those States, showing total result of 1,435,-
4,S53 bushels as compared with 780, ,425, 900
reported by the department of agriculture
suming the crop in the other States will be
equal to that reported for last year by the
department, viz: 675, ,736,000 bushels the
total corn crop OF 1888 is estimated as 2, no.
9202 258 bushels
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one inch and one 10 inch seacoast gun and
25 field pieces. The 10 inch gun now con-
structing will, it is expected, at its best ele-
vation, throw ball or she'll from eight to
nine miles, Referring to the cost of the big
Is and 80 ton guns, Col. Whittemore said the
cost of turning out such work, not including
the cost of steel and other material, was es-
timated to be $1,000 per ton. The seven
hundred-t -thousand-doll appropriation does
ever. That sum is to be expended in build
ing the necessary plant for the construction
of s. 10. and II inch guns.
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Colby University.

WATERvILLE, Oct. 6.
The Delta Kappa Epsilon Society held
their initiation last Friday evening. After
the initiation a special car on the 10 o'clock
train bore them to Augusta where they were
cared for by Mr.. Milliken of the Augusta
House. A banquet with toasts and merri-
ment made it most enjoyable occasion
The party returned home on the Pullman
The initiates, all from the Freshman class,
were c. P. Barnes, Houlton; W. L. Bonney,
Donovan. So. LyEdeboro, N. H.; II. J. Kal-
loch, Tenants Harbor; Z. +. Osgood, Els
worth; G. ii. Reynolds, Livermore Falls; II.
X. Rowe, Newton Center, Mass, r. w.
Tower, Bristol, Conn.,; ii. L. Wadsworth,
Livermore Falls.
L. Owen, 'S9. acted as toastmaster to the
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Attempted Suicide.

Saturday afternoon child of Mrs. w. ii.
G. Merrill, who resides near the foot of Will
mot street, discovered her mother apparently
lifeless from hanging from beam in the
cellar. She called in Messrs. Winslow Law
ton and Charles Morrison, who cut Mrs.
Merrill down. DR.. Cummings was called
and i is thought she will recover. Mrs.
Merrill is an elderly woman, out of health,
and has threatened to take her life
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PythIan Sisterhood,

Pythian Sisterhood, No. /, have completed
their organization.
7. C.-Mrs. Josiah Wescott.
z. C.-Mrs. Josiah Burleigh.
v. C.-Mrs. A, III, Simonton.
P.-Mrs. Anders Ebbesen.
M. of F.-Miss M. Lauretta Wigein
M. Of E.-Mrs. Jas. Pollard
X. of II. & S.-Mrs. j. w. Thaxter
M. at A.-Mrs. Edgar Cole.
Asst. NJ. at A.-Miss Sadie Goodhue.
l. D.-Miss Dagmar Ebbesen.
o. G.-Mrs. Mortensen.
Mystic One-Mrs. Dominicus Jordan.
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Burned TO Death.

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct 6.-The wife and Eve
children of farmer named Richter, living
between Geneva and Iowa, were burned to
death Friday night in their house, with a
tramp who was stopping over night. Rich
ter was probably fatally burned. Rum is be-
lieved to have caused the disaster, as Richter
and the tramp had both been drinking and it
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Queer story from Bangor Jail.

A plot to kill Jailer Hathaway of Bangor,
and also prisoner David Stain, has been dis
covered. Whitney and Foster the men ar
rested for plundering old Peter Bennett, are
the concoctors of the scheme They have a
dislike of Hathaway, and are said to have
sworn vengeance against Stain because he
would not join them in plan for escaping.
The plot of assassination, presumably, was
to kill Hathaway with a knife Foster had
possessed himself of. Stain was to be
coaxed into the washroom, while Whitley
was to drop heavy bucket filled with water
on his head from the upper landing. The
Cromwell were also in the plot. Mr.. Hatha-
way discovered something was wrong, and
watched Cromwell so closely that he con-
fessed. Had the scheme worked successful
ly the prisoners would have had little diff
Guilty in breaking jail, as the hour agreed up
on was early morning.
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RAILWAY MATTERS.
MAINE CENTRAL OFFICES.


The building on the corner of st. John and
streets for the Offices of the Maine Central
Railroad Company is now being rapidly
pushed. The foundations are laid and walls
bnilt to the front floor. A description of the
building has been published in the PRESS.
wEsT-BoUND RATES.
A despatch from New York says: Efforts
to advance west-bound rail and lake rates
have practically been abandoned. The
trunk lines left the question of settlement of
the west-bound controversies with the New
England roads. The latter were unable To
do anything because OF the refusal of the
Vermont Central to submit the question Of
its differential rate to arbitration. The near
approach of the winter season, which closes
navigation, will remove the water competi-
tion so that the all rail routes will be left
free to restore the rates If they see fit to do
so. No more labor will be expended in try
ing to bring the Grand Trunk interests To
reason, and Sir Henry Tyler will be left to
explain to his London stockholders why
more revenues cannot be obtained by the
foreign road when the American lines are
desiTous OF cooperation to secure them.
KNOX 4 LINCOLN.
Following is statement of the earnings Of
the Knox 4 Lincoln railroad for the months
of June and July of this year: The gross
earnings of the road for June were 1870 46
against S12,5 $50 81 for June of 1887; for July
S14,314.97 against S13,576.05 for the cores
pondlng month of last year. The gross
earnings for the ten months of 1888 show an
Increase of 2,S9663 over the corresponding
ten months of 1887.
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Knox Horses.

For uniformity of speed, quality and en-
durance, says a writer in the Kentucky Stock
Farm, in writing of the merits of the Knox
family of horses, the Messenger and Morgan
strains are preeminent. Mambrino Chief,
Rysdyk's Hambletonan and Justin Morgan
were each the founder of family, the latter
especially OF line of roadsters, all remark
ably gifted with, the trotting instinct: To
our mind, the best representative Of this
wonderful Messenger Morgan combination
was General Knox. Tracing directly back
to Justin Morgan, through the most bril-
liant and prepotent like of that great pro-
genitor, Sherman Morgan, Black Hawk, sire
OF Ethan Allen, Sherman Blackhawk 142,
and Vermont Hero 5, with four crosses to
Messenger through Bishops Hambletonian
and Plato, he satisfies the most exacting ad-
vocate of the thoroughbred infusion by his
inheritance on the dams side of the blood of
Diomed, the winner of the first English
Derby, with a record of 23ld he made an
authenticated trial of 2.24 at sixteen years of
age. Gifted himself with the instinct of the
trotting gait, the legitimate inheritor of
speed, endurance and finish, he has evenly
and conspicuously perpetuated these quail
ties.
Last year, two of his get entered the 23O
listmaking thirteen to his credit. Five of his
daughters produced 2.3O performers in 1887,
placing him next in rank to Hambletonian
and Mambrin0 Patchen respectively, and
above Volunteer and Ethan Allen. Twenty
one in all of Knox's family entered the 23O
list in 1887. and his produce have trotted all
the way from 2.17a up. Eighteen of his sons
have sired trotters from 2.194 to 2.30, and
seven producing dams, while his grandsons
have sired twelve 2.30 performers. Tried,
therefore, by any standard-individual speed
inheritance and prepotency-Knox is an i'm
portant footing In the history and develop
ment of the trotting horse. But when 1t is
added, as we are bound to add, that his ca
reer was run under the most unfayorable
circumstances; that 10 per cent of his 23O
producing sons were from mares Of unknown
pedlgree, and that rs per cent of the dams OF
thhese performers were in the same category,
SLe results achieved by him In the stud lift
1ln 70 the elevated plane of those great pro-
,,Ss een,u,.JIs which have contributed to the es-
taDnsnment of that type Of the horse which,
py common Sar,LIe consent, Is the most useful in
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Baseball contests at Boston. New York
Brooklyn, Philadelphia and st. Louis were
postponed at Saturday ON account OF the rain.
which was general east Of the Mississippi.
In the worlds series between st. Louis and
New \ ork where games art played on out
side grounds, 20 per cent, Of the receipts will
to the clubs.