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The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
The Cumberland District Convention
at Yarmouth.

An interesting meeting in its bearing on
Sunday school progress among us. was held
Friday with good representative attend
ance In the Congregational church at Yar-
mouth. In the compelled absence of Rev.
A. L. Dunn, who had accepted the position
OF leader Of the meeting the conduct of the
convention was placed In the hands Of Rev.
K. NJ. Cousins of Cumberland Mills. to
whose earnest, judeious and thoughtful
guidence the convention was largely indebt-
ed for its success.
After pleasant service of PRAYER and
song. the greetings of the local Sunday
school workers were warmly extended by
Rev. l.. Reynolds. He made generous and
appreciative measure of the value of the
sunday school. put high estimate upon the
organized enort to promote its efficiency,
expressed his belief that the Community
should heartily welcome such a meeting as
that called Friday to meet at Yarmouth
Inc opening address on What should the
sunday school aim to do for the communi-
ty,~ was delivered by Rev. ]. B. Carruthers,
OF North Yarmouth. He recognized the fact
that the Sunday school has won such a no.
sitisn OF dignity and usefulness that it no.
wnere now needs apology. 1t is one of the
approved agencies Of the century. This
and adults with sound, attractive and
thoughtful instruction along the lines of the
BLDG truth, and the teaching offered meets
vital needs in society, church and state.
our special needs and how to meet
them, opened free and interesting con-
terence, led by the conductor, who spoke of
the value of organization in county, district
ana township conventions and the favorable
reaction OF these upon individual schools.
Rev. E. Bean, of Gray, said a great need
was. that of intelligent and well-trained
teachers.
Rev: L. Reynolds emphasized the need of
abundance of church members in the Sun
day school.
Superintendent Merrill, of GRAY. and 9TH
ers, added forcible remarks upon the i'm
portance Of looking after aDsentees, keep
ing careful records, studying the lesson
more thoroughly, etc.
Inc afternoon session was. introduced by
q praise and promise service led by Rey. D.
Green, of Cumberland. Then followed an
address on. ."Who should be in the Sunday
%y1, school, and why" by Rev. B. p. Snow. Of
The lesson for next Sunday, "Gideon's
Reynolds, of North Yarmouth, and Rev. e.
Bean. OF Gray, gave an address which was
much appreciated on 'The lows and tri-
jumps OF the Sudday school work"
Tree discussion of the points presented
in the afternoon closed the session, which
was well attended, well sustained and of
great practical value.
Ihe evening session brought an excellent
presentation of the subject of Sunday
school organization and management" by
superintendent K. S. Everett, of Chestnut
street church, Portland, and stirring ad-
dress on The book we study" by Rev. +.
T. Bayley, of Portland
lne question box brought in many ouer-
les bearing upon the topics Of the day aud
the regular mark cf the school,
Inese district meetings have been well
received and promise to exert large infiu-
ence to promote the Sunday school interests
of the county. '''''
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10

arises, did the man commit suicide, or was
he knocked off the roof? The warden says
ne killed himself. the prisoners that the wa
ter killed him.
The celebrated brood mare Ellen NJ,
owned by Col. Hervey M. Hale of Haverhill,
Mass, fell and broke her shoulder Saturday
necessitating killing the animal
The sixty-hour swimming match between
Leavitt and Stone, in the Grand Museum.
Boston, was won by Leavitt, who made 30
miles and IL laps.
Twenty of the business men of Cold
water, Kan, who went into the Indian Ter
ritory recently. have been arrested for tres
passing there.
A satchel containing $1,000 was snatched
daylight in Lynn, Mass, Saturday. The
thief was pursued and the money recaptured.
Henry Hermann, one of the quartette who
tried to ext0rt money from Phil DAILY in New
York, has pleaded guilty and been held with
out bail.
There have been two robberies of mails
entering Canada from New York recently,
the last being at Prescott, Canada, where
the mails are distributed to be forwarded to
different Canadian points.
The decision Of the county court gives Nc
Ginnis, Republican, majority Of 30 in the
third congressional district in West Virginia
The Democrats will take the case to the Cir
Mrs. Jacob Minnett, of Newark. N. j..
will sail for Paris, Wednesday, to be treated
by Pasteur. She was bitten by dog last
week. which had been affected by hydropho-
bia.
The Central State Normal School at Lock-
haven, Pa, burned yesterday afternoon. The
building cost $150,000, and there was only a
small insurance. Many of the students lost
their books, clothing and valuables.
The Dominion Minister of Marine has
asked che Knights of Labor to take hold of
the prosecution of several vessel owners who
are known to have sent vessels to sea in an
unseaworthy condition.
Alexander Macmillan, for forty years edi-
tor of the New York Commercial Bulletin,
and a well known newspaper man. died
yesterday, aged 63. His death IS traceable
to exposure in the blizzard of last March.
st. Johns College boys defeated the Naval
Cadets at football, at Annapolis, Saturday.
Afterwards body of the cadets attacked
their recent opponents, who were naturally
exultant over their victory, and free fight
ensued. The affair will be Investigated.
Schooner Joseph Hale, bound for Portland
with coal was run down by the schooner
Franklin, off Cape Cod, Friday, and sunk.
The Franklin belongs in Stockton, Me. Cant.
Griffin, of the Franklin, fell into the hold
and was injured.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
PULPIT AND PLATFORM.
ST. STEPHENS CHURCH.


Yesterday being the twenty-fifth anniyer-
sary of Rev. DR.. Dalton's rectorship of st.
Stephens parish, he preached at the morn
ing service sermon suitable to the occasion.
The storm, which began early in the day,
prevented some from attending the services,
but there was however, considering the
weather, large congregation present to
listen to DR.. Dalton's discourse. OF course
it was appropriate to review in a measure
the history of st. Stephens for the last
quarter Of a century, and this was done.
When the congregation listened to a state
ment of the work done by their rector during
the years that he has been minister Of the
parish, many were not little surprised. for
they never before realized how great has
been his efforts in behalf Of the church. The
sermon was a pleasing, interesting and for
chile one, the text being taken from Thessa-
lonians ii, xv-xvii, inclusive:
Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the
traditions which ye have taught, whether by word
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God
even our Father, which hath loved us and hath
given US everlasting consolation and good hone
through grace, comfort your hearts and stablish
you in every good word and work"
In substance DR.. Dalton said: A century
is regarded a considerable length Of time IN
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
ENTERPRIsINc AMERICANS
May Finish the Work Of Digging
DeLesseps's Great Ditch.

New YORK, Dec. 9.-There is a strong
prospect now that the agony over the Pana-
ma Canal will soon be at an end, and that
the great interoceanic water channel will be
completed. A syndicate has been formed in
this city by we'll known capitalists who have
arranged to put in between $50, ,O00, 600 and
$75,000,0 900 to finish the entire work, and 1t Is
expected that this will take only two years
This syndicate has been formed through the
exertions Of James d. Leary. already famous
in this city for his exploits with his Nova
Scotian rafts of logs. Members of the syndi-
cate are Morton, Bliss & Co., Eugene Kelly
and others. who are already interested in
the American Dredging Company. This lat
ter company already has $17, 200 con-
tract for dredging the Colon end of the canal
and has performed 81, ,oOo. 900 of work on the
contract. The president of that company is
ID: b. Slaven, the treasurer is Eugene Kelly.
The new syndicate has made its PROPOSE
tion to the PanamaCanal Company, and it
has been accepted The mattsr win come up
in Paris for ratification ON December 18th.
when it is expected that the contract will be
finally completed. The French government
has informally approved the agreement.
James ID. Leary has been the contractor
Tor building the big dredges which the Amer
hS"n DAon6ih6 OOhpohy 10 uoiuB Ou tuc Fdudl,
and this brought him into the study of the
Panama problem.
'Do you anticipate any difficulty in CON-
pleting the canalp was asked of Mr.. Leary
yesterday.
Not in the least" he replied. "The
trouble is, those fellows down here don't
know how to manage things. At least, the
people who have been working on the Pacific
don't The American Dredging Company
has been at work on the Atlantic side, Iandit
has done seyeD-eighths OF all the dredging
while the French and other foreign dredging
companies have done only ene-eighth of the
work, and have-suHk any quantityaof capital,
besides losing great many lives from the
fever. The American Dredging Company
has dug nineteen miles of the canal, and has
yet S5,0o0,o 600 Of work to do on its contract
1t uses tn, big dredges which constructed
for it. and is making the greatest progress
possible on the work. Its contract calls for
dredging OH the Atlantic side to the Culebra
Mountains. The other companies are dig
glng from the other side and have made
some progress up the mountain side. The
syndicate now formed is to take the whole
work in hand and complete it,"
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
A sMAshUP IN SECTIONS.
How Freight Train Scattered Itself
BY the Way Side.

ST. JoHNsBURY, Vt, Dec. "a smashup
on the st. Johnsbury and Lake Champlajn
Railroad by which a freight train was
wrecked yesterday, was peculiar. Awheel
broke and the car jumped the track, and ran
about 800 yards with one side off an embank-
ment, so steep that the car would have gone
down If the ground had not been frozen. At
this point culvert about eight feet wide
was jumped by several cars and the train
parted. leaving five cars, three of them off
the track. Three hundred yards further on
was a rock cut and the cars struck the points
Oh the rocks over thirty times, leaving por-
tlons OF the cars all along. When through
this, eight cars went off the embankment and
were mostly broken up fine. The train was
on down grade at the time, and although
the engineer reversed his engine. the train
ran 800 yards before stopping. When the en-
glneer saw the cars going over, he nut on
steam and kept the engine and one car on
the track. The damage will be 5000 or
more "
Many visited the scene to-day, among them
a Ar. Clark, who made a misstep and fall
down the bank and broke his leg. Last
spring he fell down an elevator in the Fair
banks Scale Works, and was nearly killed.
having been able to work but q short time
since then.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
GEN ERAL NEWS.
Mrs. Jay Gould is much better.

Mrs. Jay Gould is much better.
Montana gives a Republican plurality of
SIPS, in total vote of 1904.
Thirty-one Cinnamon were locked up last
night In Hartford, Conn.,, on the charge of
gambling on Sunday.
Rear Admiral William E. Leroy, retired, is
dying OF apoplexy in New York. His age is
20 years.
There is now an excellent prospect of soon
extinguishing the fire in the Calumet and
Hecla mine.
The Missouri militia has been ordered ont
to prevent further trouble at Bevier among
the miners
The price of tickets to the Inauguration
ball has been fixed at $5. The subscription
fund has reached $47,800.
John c. Wood has been arrested in Wilkes
barre, "a, on request Of Toronto, Canad a.
officers, where he Is wanted for murder.
Fire damaged the Globe Iron Works at
Cleveland, Ohio, to the extent of 5000 600
Saturday; probably insured.
The three Payne brothers, the West Vir-
ginia moonshiners, pleaded guilty and were
fined 800 each, with sixty days imprison-
ment.
William Elkins and VIM. II. Pulk. carpen-
ters ana builders OF Philadelphia, were
struck and instantly killed by railroad
train last night
An explosion occurred on!the new Herres
hoff steam yacht Say When, Saturday. One
man was fatally injured and another severe-
ly hurt
At trial Saturday, the new dynamite gun
cruiser Vesuvius showed speed of 81 %
hundredths miles per hour, the required
speed being 20 miles.
Gen. Harrison spent quiet day Saturday.
Col. w. b. Crooklof Philadelphia, personal
friend Of Gen. Harrison's pastor, was among
his callers.
Mrs. Secretary Whitney denies, in an in
teryiew with representative of the Chicago
Tribune, the recently published stories re-
garding the private life of the President.
Crowds gathered about Haymarket SQUARE
Chicago, yesterday, in anticipation OF an
Anarchist demonstration, but the police
kept them moving and there was no trouble.
Edward Healey, one of the originators and
proprietors of the Albany Morning Express.
and one of the oldest printers in New York
died last night, aged 81.
A convict who tried to escape from the
Columbus, Ohio, prison, was found on the
roof of one of the buildings. The deputy
warden ordered the hose turned on him, and
he fell to the ground. Now the question
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
Woman's Work In Maine.


The returns from female workers all over
the State have all been received, and are
now being compiled and tabulated for the
labor commissioners annual report. Among
other things they show that large proper
tion Of the women who earn their own living
are young girls who intend to work merely
for short time, many of them 10 order to
secure small sum before becoming married.
The fact that their labor is merely Of tenn
porary nature no doubt partially accounts
lower than those Of men. A surprisingly
large number have money deposited in banks
or invested in home, The highest wages
received by woman is S12.00 per week the
munifcent pay of one Of the forewomen in a
Waterville mill. The lowest for steady eun-
ployment is So weekly. The work of the de-
partment during the year has been mainly
devoted TO the condition of female laborers,
and its report will contain some very inter-
esting statistics on this subject.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
THE RAMROD COUNTY ATTORNEY.
kennebec Rumsellsrs' Testimonial
to Mr.. Carleton's Ability.
Patients at the insane hospital
Sleeping on the Floor.
Increased Accommodation an I'm
perative Necessity.
Especial to the Press.l

Especial to the Press.l
AUGUSTA, Dec. 8.-The saloon men are
calling L. T. Carleton, county attorney of
Kennebec, the 'ramrod" county attorney.
Again he is after the rumsellers at this term
of court and proposes to 60 on enforcing the
law. This was shown by the action of the
grand jury which arose today. Eighty-five
indictments were reported and of these
seventy-three were against the liquor
dealers. Four Augusta rumsellers were
among the number. Mulverhill was in
dicted for manslaughter and his trial will
open next week.
One Of tic most important chapters of the
coming annual report of the Insane Hospital
will be that relative to the erecting of ad-
ditional buildings to relieve the overcrowded
condition of the institution, and the need in
this direction is evidently very great. At
this time there are over $50 patients who
sleep on mattresses which are laid on the
floors OF the wards In places so thickly that
a person can hardly pass along. Not only
this but there are grave suspicious that this
overcrowding has tendency to foster the
diphtheria contagion which has got SO strong
cases occurring almost daily. II found a
patient one day recently who showed un-
mistakabe symptoms of dlphtheria," said
one Of the trustees today. 'He had slept
upon one of these mattresses and then it
was piled up with twenty-five or thirty
others and it was impossible tn identify it,
They could not all be put through the steam
box for they must be used that night and
tnere was nothing to do but to keep por-
tion of them in use notwithstanding the
danger attending" This same trustee re-
commends the erection of two new build
ings at cost of $4,000 each, and giving an
additional capacity of 200 patients, which
would relieve the overcrowding for while.
The legislature will be asked to consider the
proposition. something must be done. He
thinks the time is not very far distant when
another hospital must be built If the insane
OF the State are properly cared for. An ex-
penditure of S1,000,00O in three years to
come would be none too much, he says, in
the way of additional accommodations for
these unfortunate people. Maine with 1900
insane people makes provision for the care
OF but 45O of them, while Connecticut with a
no larger population than ours is caring for
1900 Of her insane.
1t addition to diphtheria at the Hospital
one case Of German measles has developed
there.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
INSTRUCTIONS TO SHELL THE TOWN.
Reported Contents OF the secre-
tary's Orders to Admiral Luce.
To Argue with Shot and Shell ~
Found Necessary.
The calena Now on Her Way to Port
au Prince

WASHINGTON, Dec. al. Debell Higgins,
confidential clerk Of Commodore Walker.
left here last night for New York with Sec
retary Whitney's sealed orders for Admiral
Luce regarding the Haytian trouble Moth
ing definite is known Of their contents but
an officer well informed says in case the
ship Haytien Republic Is not released Ad-
miral Luce has orders to shell the town Of
Port au Prince. The Galena will leave to-
night at midnight and the Richmond and
Yantic win follow on Monday.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
cIunIe has been Heard From.

lnocklahd COurier-Gazette.l
Our readers who reside near Ingraham's
Hill will remember a smart, honest, energet-
ie, but poor little youngster who in years
gone by dug CLANS for living and sold them
in this city-a youngster Familiarity called
Clunie. About 25 years ago he went away
from here TO seek his fortune, and his last
word to an old friend at the Hill was
You'll hear from me one Of these days"
The returns from the fifth California Con-
gressIonal District show the election Of
Thomas Clunie. ESQ, Democrat. Mr.. Cn-
ME is prominent California lawyer, aud Il
none other than the whilom energetic, hon
est but impecunious boy, who sold clans for
living In the streets Of ROckland.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
They Sailed Along Together.
IGardiner Hnme Innrnal1

EN''%1'-E11NE -E71117 111EEfI
Capt. Rollins. who lately arrived in Boston
in the ship Emily S. Whitney. says he was in
company with Capt. Drew's ship, the Sea
Witch, for thirteen days bafore arriving at
Anjier. They stopped there two DAYS, sailed
at the same time, and were together for
thirty-seven days thereafter, excepting that
they lost sight Of each other for two days
during that time. They parted when 400
miles IRON the Cape Of Good Hope. Capt.
Rollins says 1t is very rare that two ships
can keep together so long, as little varia-
ti0n in the course sailed in night would
carry them out of sight Of each other.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
Burning the Saloons.

LIhA, Ohio, Dec. "a White Cap notice
was left Wednesday night at Thomas Ca
sey's saloon, notifying him that unless he
vacated the building within "a hours it
would be burned. Casey did not heed the
warning, and last night the building was
burned. The White Caps left notices at sew
eral other saloons last night, to take warning
by Casey's treatment and to leave town,
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
The Big Seizure Of Sugar.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9.-Andrew Welch
president of the American Refining Compa-
ny, said today that owing to the seizure by
the customs authorities of the cargo of su-
gar which arrived here ON the steamer
Westmouth, the refinery would have to close
Monday as there was no other stock to work
on. He intimates that the employees will
lose $4,000 in wages. Welch says he knows
nothing Of any fraudulent attempt to have
the sugar admitted at low rate of duty.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
MAIN e.
After the Poachers.

CALAIS, Dec. S.-Deer Warden French re-
turned yesterday from an extensive trip
along the Machias waters, where. he has been
looking for poachers. While gone he made
three arrests and fined the parties $40 each
and cost Of trial for dogging deer. He also
captured three Indian dogs that were found
eating deer that they had recently killed.
He found in possession of Messrs. McGoone
and Mclaughlin a carcass and half Of deer
and five heads A large box of partridges
was seized from other parties that were get
ting them ready to ship.
Cut Her Throat.
BIDDEFoRD, Dec. S.-Mrs. John Flem-
ming, aged 81, cut her throat with a bread
knife last night The doctor sewed up and
bandaged the wound, and this morning she
tore off the bandages and opened the wound,
but she may recover. She is insane.
Rev. Or. Field to Resign.
BANGOR, Dec. 9.-Rev. DR.. George W.
Field, the able and eloquent pastor of the
Central Congregational church, today cele-
brated his seventieth birthday, and COM
memorated the event by a sermon appro-
pirate to the occasion, in the course of which
he announced that at the close of the pastor
al year, next March, he should retire from
the pulpit. but should continue his residence
among his people. The announcement is re-
ceived with deep regret by his parishioners
and by the community generally, by whom
he is held in the highest esteem. Impaired
health is the only reason for this step.
A Warning to the Skaters.
WALDoBoRo. Dec. George 81. Lincoln,
of Washington, Knox county, was drowned
Friday afternoon while skating on the ice on
the lake at that village. His age was II.
His body was found in the evening in 70 feet
NJ ,yotar
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
abOlishinp slavery
Foreign Notes.

The. whole Spanish ministry has re-
signed.
Nine. De Forest, the aunt of Mrs. w. X.
Vanderbilt, is missing and 1t Is believed She
may have entered a convent.
The report that Prince Won Pless would
marry Miss Bessie WoOdville Of Maryland
Is pronounced untrue. Miss WOodyille has
long been engaged to Prince Sapieka. The
mothers opposition has delayed the mar
riage, but. as the prince Is now mortally IN,
the ceremony will probably be permitted.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
The Time OF Usefulness Of AntIers.

The beautiful buck deer which has been
one OF the attractions at McAdam, in the
yard connected with the Office of Mechanical
Superintendent Haggerty, the past season,
shed his antlers Tuesday morning. The
first appearance of the antlers was on April
ON. Tne growth was wonderfully rapid, at
tanning length Of i6 inches, not including
branches. A few weeks ago, he became so
cruel 20 the doe, using his antlers as an Of
fenslye weapon, that ithey had to be sepa-
rated.
The Portland daily press., 1888-12-10
Portland Business COLLEGE.

The regular meeting of the Musical and
Literary Club of the College was held Satur-
day evening. The following committees
were appointed
Prudential G. z, Robinson, ID. E. Fdwa,d.
Guy r. Estes, Annie z. Marsh and Della Nc,
EdItorial-H. M. Haynes, @. J. Wsterbousa
and Ida 4. johnson. o'""use