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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-25
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Fifteen Thousand Copies of the Mes
sage to be Printed.

WASHINGTON, Aug 24.-The House agreed
to the conference report on the bill for the
erection of the appraisers warehouse at
New York. 1t provides that the site shall
not cost over $s5o,0OO. or the building over
$65O,OOO.
! Resolutions were passed directing the
printing of 1900 copies of the Presidents
message on the fisheries treaty, and the
House went into committee of the whole on
the deficiency appropriation bill, the pending
question being on the appeal taken by Mr.
DlDDle from the decision of the chair ruling
out the provision for the payment of the
French spOliati0n claims on point of order.
A quorum was not present, and the House
at 4.3O adjourned until evening
MRS. sheridan's VIII.
The House committee ON invalid pensions,
today, authorized favorable report on the
bill granting pension to Mrs. Sheridan,
widow of the late General Sheridan. The
committee reduced the amount of the PEN
it the same as the Senate bill.
A Job for Kittery.
The training ships jamestown, Saratoga
and Portsmouth will be put out of commits
sion next week and the officers detached. An
item in the navy appropriation bill provides
that $4,000 be expended In repairing those
ships, ana it will be carried into effect at
once, now that the conference committees of
the two Houses have agreed upon report
The Saratoga and Portsmouth will be entire
ly rebuilt at the navy yard at Kittery, Me-,
and when completed will be practically new
ships. The jamestown will be rebuilt at
the navy yard, Norfolk, and it Is expected
the work on all of the vessels will be finished
by January. The apprentice boys on board
will be transferred to the receiving ships,
New Hampshire and Minnesota.
Pensions and Postmasters.
Pensions have been awarded the follow.
ing Maine peoples
ORIGINAL, INVALID.
Joseph II. CONN, Lisbon Centre,
Mark Goodwin, West Auburn.
INCREASE.
Laurel Monson Houlton.
Everett Carver Milo.
X. X. Knapp, National Military Home.
Prenseler Leather, Belfast.
Ivory N. Stanchield, Milo.
Horatio N. James, South Charlotte
REISSUE AND INCREASE.
John Maher, National Military Home.
Lila c. Foster was today appointed post
master at Beams Corner, vice Hannah l..
Butterfield, resigned, Otis Howe at Rumford,
vice f. A. Barker, removed.
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THE CROPS ABROAD.
European Wheat Reported Generally
Far Below the Average.

LONDON, Aug. 24.-It is evident that this
is going to be one Of the worst wheat and
corn years that Europe mas known in long
WHILE Continued rain and cold weather
have cut the crops down almost everywhere
save in Russia. In Great Britain Kains
jackson, who is the best agricultural OBJ
server in the kingdom, says the harvest may
be said to recede as the season advances.
Half of the English crops ought to have
been secured by this date, and probably not
a twentieth part has yet been cut. The
country mlllers are exceedingly nervous
about the near futures.
There will undoubtedly he an inferior
wheat and barley crop this year. The ed
ltor of the Mark-Lane Express saws: ssEvery
day increases the peril and lessons the
chances of good CROP
30 the testimony accumulates. There is
danger OF Misrepresentation in America,
owing to the recent unexpected discovery
that the wheat acreage of Great Britain this
year has increased 10 per cent. When it Is
recalled that this is on the small basis of a
total acreage of 2,317,0 900 acres it will be seen
that u Is not OF much Importance. AS a
matter Oh fact the yield probably will be
more like that of 1879, which was the worst
year OF the century, than like any other. The
common estimate now is that the British
crop VIII be % per cent. below the excellent
yield of last year.
The deficiency in Wester Europe is almost
as marked. France now expects a harvest
OF about S5,000,000 hectoliters, against 110.-
100000 last year. Italy has a wheat deficit
of 20 per cent on last year.
In Germany the crops are all very back
vorable, being reduced as the DAYS 20 bv.
Rye 1t is feared will be 80 per cent. below
the average.
Roumania reports wheat crop 30 per cent
under that of last year, although on an in
creased , acreage. Russia is said to have the
pest yield for the past three years, and In
dia.s yield is put at 25S,0oO,OOO bushels,
which is about the average of the past six
years. But the general story about wheat
is gloomy, and maize is even worse 1t
seems almost universal complaint, too,
that wheat is of poor quality.
The Great Eastern Adrift.
The tug Storm King was towing the man,
moth steamer Great Eastern in the CLYDE to
Liverpool last evening when an enormous
sea parted the hawser and the Great Eastern
vanished IN the darkness in the direction of
the sea- The big vessel was laboring heavily.
Eight Hundred Drowned.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 24-Eight hundred work.
Tcon.
Cholera on ShIpboard.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-Cholera broke out on
Inc portuguese transport India, while bound
from Macaco to Mozambique, and within AS
proved fatal.
Foreign Notes.
r; a despatch from India says that 5000
Ihibetans are marching upon Sikkim.
D., 1t IS officially announced in Brussels that
The forces Of Congo State have recaptured
.he Stanley Falls station,
. One thousand houses have been burned at
Orenburg. Ten thousand factory operatives
ire made homeless by the fire.
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ITEMS FOR HoRsEMEn.
a Good Fair to be Held by the York
County Society.

To the Editor Of the Press:
The time for holding the annual cattle
show and fair Of the York County Agricul-
tural Society has been changed from Sept %
2S to Oct. %. The cattle show and trotting
win be upon the new grounds Of the Saeo
and Blddeford Trotting Association, and the
fair will be In the City Hall, Saco. The new
track Is located near the Eastern depot,
Saeo, and Is said by horsefnen to be one OF
the best hah-mile tracks In the state. The
managers offer $500 In purses for tr0tting
and hope thereby to bring here some Of the
fastest horses in the State.
ASA l.. KICKER,
Secretary York County Agricultural Society.
The following Is the full programme Of the
races Of the York County Agricultural Soei-
ETY.:
WEDNESDAY,, OCT. o.
Purse No. 1, s175-for 2.45 class
Purse No 2, S20O-ior 2.30 class.
Purse No. 3, s1OO-f0r f0ur-year-olds.
THURSDAY, OcT,4,
Purse No. A. s2OO-for 2 lao class.
Purse No. 5, s100-for 800 minute class.
Purse No. o, S75-fOr threeyear-olds.
FRIDAY, OcT. 5.
Purse No. Z, S4OO-Free for all.
Purse No. 8, s2Oo-stallions which have never
beaten 2.3S.
Purse No. 8, s50-for twoyear-olds.
The above purses are to be divided as fol-
lows: so per cent to first horse, 25 per cent to
second horse, Is per cent to third horse. and
10 per cent to fourth horse.
The races are to be mile heats, best three
in SYe to harness, excepting purses aud "a
which will be best two in three. This socle-
ty is a member Of the National TIOtting AS
ISOLATION, and the races will be conducted
under the National rules. Heats In each
days race will be trotted alternately.
Mr.. A. ID. Bumps Of Thorndike owns two
good horses His bay mare Nellie Cole Is by
Joe Irwin, he by Wieheomb Fearnaught dam
by the Burnett horse. by Old Drew. Nellie
Cele has a record Of .52. made at Augusta
last week, and promises, when handled more
to make trotter.
Mr.. Bumps also owns the handsome four
year-old black stallion Young Dare. He
stands i54 hands high, and was sired by Cas-
tie Dare, 2-3S.
Nellie Cole stands 1872, Is a very fast walk
er and roadster, and can show .35 clip.
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ider tIfed by His suspsnder.

BAR HARBoR. Aug. 24.-Driving and din
ner parties are numerous here, and Just at
present are the leading occupation Of sum
mer visitors.
Frank Bennett, from Ontario, the man ar
rested yesterday. was arraigned today for an
attempt to enter the cottage Of Morris X.
Jessup- He defended himself, and is well
posted in police court law. A piece Of sns-
pender found on the window sill fitted
broken part found on Benefits person. He
was put under $1,000 bonds ior kds appear
snee at the October term of court in Els
worth.
Inc yacht Sea Fox. Mr.. Can6elcI owner, Of
New York, and the Dagmar, II. H. Fay, Of
Boston, owner, arrived today.
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An alarming state of affairs has been de-
yeloped in the city of Greenyille. S. C,.where
tne United States District Court is now in
session: Geenville is the centre of the moon
snd snine district in South Carolina, and over
2oO @ witnesses are in attendance on the court.
Inc me ainculty seems to be want of funds to
them being without money or credit. are in
danger of starvation.
Inc SIX prisoners confined in the Coos
county jail at Lancaster, N. d.. had nearly
succeeded IN digging through the walls when
yesterday morning. ""' "i''o'oiu
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a Curious Coincidence.

A very curious statement is made in con-
nection with the bill which was introduced
in the House last night by Representative
Wilson of Minnesota, to give effect to the
message. 1t was remarked at the time that
it was singular that this bill should have
been ready; for introduction at the same
time with the presentation of the message,
and 1t is now admitted that Mr.. Wilson was
consulted by the President, and that the bill
and the message were joint production of
MIR. Wilson and the President But it is not
generally known that Representative Wilson
mas Tor many years been a regular attorney
OF one OF the great trunk roads leading out
OF Chicago, whose business would be ma
terlally interfered with II the new 500
road, which runs from st. Paul to the Allan
tic seaboard, should be successful, the pur-
pose or effect Of the latter road being to di-
vert traffic from the road OF which Repre-
sentative Wilson is the attorney. The bill Of
MIR. Wilson and the message Of the President
are therefore, in one sense, at least, a very
helpful movement in the interest Of the
client OF Mr.. Wilson. These statements are
made by Congressman frem the Northwest,
who claim to be conversant with the facts.
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Notes.

At the game Of ball between the Augustus
and GARDENERS yesterday at Gardiner, the
form9r won by score Of 8 10 o. Small, the
new pitcher Of the Augustus was very effec-
tive.
An attempt was made Wednesday night 10
play base ball by natural gaslight in Indian
apOlis, with such satisfactory results that
regular game will be played between the In.
dianapolis and Chicago clubs one night next
week.
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ermen and to maintain the dignity Of the
public He has done nothing; he does moth
ing now. He only asks Of Congress further
neglect. The fishermen and their friends,
their advocates In the Senate have never
suggested anything further than actiou re-
sponsive to that of Canada. The existing
law Is annie for this"
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Caught in the BeItins.

BRUNSWICK, Aug. 24-John Parent su-
perintendent of the Canadian cooperative
shop, got entangled with the belt to-day. and
had his arm broken in two places.
Wilton's Protection Against Fire.
LIvERMoRE FALLS, Aug 24.-Hiram Holt
will put large force pump into his new
scythe factory at East Wilton With hose
which the citizens propose to buy. the town
will be well protected from fire.
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Mean daily bar. 20, 1872 Maximum ther.. 80.
Mean daily ther...67.6 Minimum ther. .....52.
Mean daily hum. Total precip,.,,,, %
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
GAHgs "a, 1888. 8.o0P.M.)
Observations taken NJ the same moment of time
At all stations.
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Drowned In the Kerduskeae.

BANGOR, Aug. 24-Dennis O'Leary, aged
~ years, was drowned in the Kenduskeag
stream this afternoon. 1t is thought he had
an attack of heart disease. He fell in near
his honse
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MAIN e.
Colonel sprague a Candidate.

Especial to the Press.1
AUGUSTA, Aug. 24.-Colonel Henry NJ
Sprague, of Auburn, today announced that
he would comply with the request of the
officers of the militia to become a candidate
for Adjutant General. Colonel Sprague has
been member of the militia for twenty
years, and was clerk in the Adjutant Gener-
ais office for five.
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New England League.

The New England League games yester-
day resulted as follows:
AT MANCHESTER.
Manehestnrs. 2: Worcesters, 3 Base hits
Manehesters 8: WOrcesters, O. Err0rs-
Manehesters, q; Worcesters, .. batteries
Meade and Clarke, Staffordiand Terrien.
AT PORTSMOUTH
Lowells, 3; Portsmouths, .. Base hits
Lowells, 4; POrtsmouths, 8. Errors-LOw-
els. 4; Portsm0uths, 2. Batteries-Sulliyan
and GuInasso, Willis and Kittridge.
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Other Games.
Al. guyA..-v..

Innings. ..........1 3 5e 7s0
Skowhegans.. q o 2 q 2 o Y
PresumpscOts.......O o o y i o O. q
Base hits-skowhegans IL; Presumpscots. 4
Errors-Skowhegans, 2; Presumpscots 8. hat
teries-Priest and PushOr Baehelder and Har-
Harmon.
At Acknowledgements 8; j. p. Lowell
Arms Company Of Boston, 7. Hits-Au-
gustas, II j. p. LOvells 8. ErrOrs-Augus-
tas, 5; J. Z. Loyells, 3. Batterles-Under-
wood and McManus, Mccormick and Me
Kee.
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BASE BALL.
The National League.

hNO N0etgN6h &OaSAo-
The following games In the National League
were played yesterday:
AT PrrrsBURG.
Innings. 49,. ....,1 3 a 6 .
Pittsbargsl. ...,...,.4 l 0 o 1t
Indianapolis. .......1 1 o 0 l.
Base htts-P -Pittsburgs, 10; indianapolis, 12. Err
rOrs-Pittsburgs 2; Indianapolis .. Batteries
Morris and Carroll, Healey and Daley.
AT DETROIT.
Innings .......-. i 2 8 81 8
ChicagOs .........-.2 o o x-l4
Detroits. s........... % 2 o o o o p a
Base hits-Chlcagos, 10; Detroits. 8. Errors
ChicagOs A; Detroits, 10. Battercs-Krock
nd Flint, Getzela and Wells.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
Ii 1nings. 2 z .
New Yorks.........O o % o o g. o
Phila delphlas. 1 o o a o o. .
Base- hits New Yorks, 9;Phnadelphias, o. Er-
rors-Nrew Yorks, II Philadelphas, 8. Batteries
-Weleh and Ewing, Gleason and Clements
AT WASHINGTON.
Innings..........I o .
Bostons. ...t......O o 2 o o o KS
Washingtons. 40 0 o o o o.
Base hits Bostons, 8; washlngtons, 8, Er,
rors- Bostons, a.; Washingtons, a. Batteries
Sowders and Kelley, Whitney andMaek.
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THE WEATHER.

WAsHINeToN. Aug. %.
The indications for Maine and New Hamp-
shire are light local rains. slightly warmer,
southwesterly winds.
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND, Me-, Aug. "a, 1888.
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or the above gentlemen, Capt John r.
Kelley is wealthy shipbuilder, and employs
many men. Joseph Varney is large lum-
ber manufacturer. and employs some forty
men in his mill. Joseph NJ. varney is son
of Joseph. and has charge of the mill. Capt.
j. B. Perkins is retired shipmaster. Will
liam Liberty is marble manufacturer, and
has worked in Italy, and he knows what low
wages are. Messrs. Wright and Fred Willis
are prosparous farmers
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Four Hundred Speeches.
Especial to the Press.l

IDPNFIsII 70
AUGUSTA, Aug. 24.-The number of polit-
ical meetings to be held in the State by the
Republicans will be the largest ever known
in one campaign in the history of the party.
About two hundred assignments have been
made thus far, and they will reach over four
hundred by the END of the campaign or near
ly one to every city, town and plantation in
the State. The last week will be an intense
ly active one and large part of the meetings
are to occur then,
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The following games In the National League
were played yesterday:
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26
jewelers. Weeklv.

nc 1itdFy rope
pattern IS a stylish form of the pad
lock bracelet.
Heavy twisted gold penholders.
brightly polished, are great favorites.
A new amber cigar-hOlder is wound
with rough silver ribbon from end to
end.
Filigree silver finger rings, studded
with turquOiSeS, are commencing to ap-
pear.
A novelty in queen chain pendants is
miniature tomatoe made of fine choral
Quite number have taken to match
boxes completely covered with small
garnetS.
Unique umbrella handles of heavy
oXidized silver initiate swords in scab-
bards.
Large punches of Parma violets of
enamelled silver are frequently worn
in the hair.
Out West jewelry set with butterflies,
WasDs, beetles, ETC., is at present all the
rage.
Imported cuff buttons of white onyx.
figured, like French percale, are neat
and stylish.
A bunch of richly-chased feathers, ar
ranged as a japanese fan, form a
brooch of no mean order.
The newest patterns in gents chains
include Dickens, one side all gold and
the other all platinum.
Among foreign novelties is a clock in
the head. OF a beer barrel, which rests
upon a sOlid-loOking trestle.
jewelers. are showing queen chains
made of tiny gold, silver and platinum
links which look very attractive.
The run which m00nStoneS have had
this season is extraordinary. Those
with blush tint now have the call.
Useful and ornamental as we'll are the
new combination paper cutters and
b0okmarkS of mottled oXidiZed silver.
In bracelets knife-edge band set with
small torquoiseS and pearls, in threes
alternately, is considerably admired just
now.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26
THUBS' COURTSHIP.
A Heartrending Story of Love.
Typewriting and Despair.

A Heartrending Story of Love.
Typewriting and Despair.
Detroit Free Press.
Youg Thubs is a good business man.
but outside of business he is not such
good manager. He had beautiful type
writer, one of the perfected kind, aged
nineteen years, better than new, with
laughing blue eyes. Having fallen in
love with it, he one day sat down beside
it and told it that he wanted to dictate
letter of love to his sweetheart. 1t went
to work mechanically.
My dearest angel, love you deeply, deyot-
edly; no other being could ever inspire in
my heart such a fervent and lasting affec-
ton, and take this method of laying at your
feet my life, my love, my honor and my for
tune. Will you accept these? Answer i'm
mediately. Your sincere lover,
"There it is," said the typewriter.
''TO whom is it addressed?"
sTO your own dear self" said Thubs,
with voice that would make a lemon
ade shaker.
land you want reply?"
Eyes, my precious one."
"Well, you shall have it in the same
manner; take this seat at the instru-
ment. Ready?"
MIR. THUBs-Dear Sir: Yours of this in
stant received; contents noted. In reply
beg to state that your offer is exceedingly
kind and worthy, but there is a bar
which would prevent its acceptance.
"Stop." said Thubs. "Why should
there be bar between rs ?''
"Well, you write on"
My marriage last Thursday night with Mr.
j. Squiggs renders"
But Mr.. Thubs' distant footsteps were
echoing down the corridors in no time at
all, and in next mornings paper was
WANTED-A young lady typewriter. B.
w Thubs.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26

and it is matter that concerns me
deeply--are you gentleman of correct
habits?"
am"
do you drink intoxicating beve-
rages?"
mo, upon my houor.''
'Do You attend horse raceS?"
"Never."
Nor chew tobacco?''
''No, no.''
Nor smoke cigars?"
"No."
Nor cigarettes?''
cigarettes, Mrs. Canaggy? IF there is
one thing on the face OF the earth utter
ly detest, i6athe and abominate it is the
cigarette. 1t is tnS 9Iiii*asSence of all
that is vile, eXecrable and abhoTrent. A
man who would smoke cigarettes would
steal sheep, Mrs. Canaggy. and the per-
son who manufactures or deals in them
is pirate and double-dyed scoundrel,
Tor whom hanging is too good"
" Mr. We're de We're, | regret to give
you pain, but can never be your wife, )"
said the beautiful young widow, sadly.
why? o, why, Mrs. Canaggy -
=" Because" and her voice fell upon
his ears like the murmur of distant
cascade, or the weird, sepulchral wall of
the night wind among the ghostly tree
tops of a November landscape be-
cause l am silent partner in a Gig
arctic factory"
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-26

tiny ruby eyes, the whole within an
oval of enamel forget-me-nots, is a
pretty lace-pin to be seen in Broad
way window. Another use of moon
stones is in necklace made of the
graded stones pendant from chain of
alternate platinum and dull gold links
which was worn by all English beauty
visiting at Newport. MoonstOnes and
cats-eyes are more popular in England
than they have ever become here, and
set of cat's-eyes and diamonds is the
most valued and popular of engagement
gifts on the other side.
Mrs. LIE Breton, kinswoman of the
Langtry, has been the latest English
woman Of social note to ''go into bon
nets" as they call setting up millih-
er's shop in London. Here is one of
the bonnets seen at her opening. 1t
was of mignonette crepe, held by large
black jet beads, with spray of apple
blossoms was supported by bow of
black velvet. A very novel Direct6ire
hat had the brim turned up so as to
form square. A bow of ribbon stood
upright on the crown. Black Leghorn
hats, trimmed with fruit, were among
her novelties, and she showed many
pretty little yachting caps, with cloth
crowns and velvet brimS, in navy blue,
principally.