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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
The shoe workers Statement.

To the Editor of the Press:
Permit us to give to the public the true
Shaw & Godlng. Mr.. FL. II. Shaw on iasr
Thursday asked his employers to meet him
at the factory, where he called the employ.
ers together. Mr.. Shaw stated to us that hr
had always found us good lot Of workmen
and was fully satisfied with all OF US as we'll
as those that he employed at Freeport prev :
GUS to the trouble and desired to adjust mat
ters satisfactorily to all involved. He further
stated that he would take the D. M. train
for Freeport and adjust matters therein sat
isfactorlly to us, provided that we would re
turn to our work at 1 O'Clock; We all placed
confidence in the honor of Mr.. Shaw and
took his words for granted, and we returned
to our work like men. Mr.. Shaw did 20 to
FreepoIt and met his employees there. He
called them together and told them that the
men here had returned to work and were
satisfied to have him adjust the matter al
Freeport He then informed the FreepOrt
wOrkmen that all those who wished could
return to work by signing the firms PROPOSE
tion which was given out by the firm about
the nth, and that 1t would be impossible for
MIN to put all Of the old hands at work but he
would find employment for all who wished
to come back at those terms. He told them
that some of the most prominent places
were filled with new men. We wish to say
right here that the prominent places Of
which he speaks were held by those WIN
acted as committee to wait upon him In
regards to the grievance. The public can
judge the consistency of Mr.. Shaw. Our
confidence in Mr.. Shaw was shown when
we returned to our work, but to our dismay
his word of honor has been waited TO the
breeze. Hereafter we shall demand some
thing further than Mr.. Shaw's mere
word of honor. The shoework kers, besides
those in Shaw & Goding's factories agreed
with the wOrkmen that Mr.. Shaw took an
undue advantage Of the situation. The
statement of Mr.. Shaw In regard TO the ex-
change of letters between himself and Mr..
Mouton, that Mr.. Moulton would withdraw
the Union and himself, Is utterly untrue.
Mr.. Muulton did write that he would with.
draw, but never mentioned a word about the
Union Withdrawing 1t will be seen the
statement In regard to Mr.. Moulton goes Just
as far as the meaning Of the word honor a.
defined by Mr. Shaw. All we want In the
future Is truthful statement Of the facts to
be placed before the public, and not fallacies.
We are always willing to stand by the tru tn
as VIC always advocated that in our princi-
pies; and, furthermore, we are willing to
have this matter adjusted by the firm OF
Shaw u Cooling and ourselves, and we do
not desire the Interference Of outside shoe
manufacturers not concerned in this difficult
ty. SHOE WORKERS.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
THE FLAMES TRlUMpHED OVER MONEY,
When They swept Away the crInneII
Collection at Fall River.
Pistol Bullets whistle After Rock
lands Persistent Fire Bug.
The Accident In Detroit Dis astrous
Fires In Many Places.

FALL RIVER, December 20.-The des-
truction of the Grinnell mansion yesterday
obliterated one of the finest private collec-
tions in the country, among other things be-
ing many mementoes and trophies of the
famous Arctic expedition of DR.. Kane, which
was fitted out by Com. Grinnelps father.
There were letters, papers and documents
from the British government, and distin.
guished officers and passengers of the United
States steamship Worth, Of themselves a
fortune in the estimation of the Grinnell
family. All these trophies the commodore
had gathered into his house at Westport
Harbor.
There were pictures without number,
among them the noted oil painting of the
"Finding of Sir John franklin" by the ar
artist who illustrated the Ivolumes on the
the rooms were filed with curiosities from
comparatively unknown countries, the re-
suit of years of painstaking selection.
AS nearly as can be ascertained the fire in
the Westport house broke out near the furn-
ace. 1t was discovered by servant who,
with Mrs. Grinnell, were the only occupants
OF the residence. The servant hurried to the
stable about quarter of mile distant and
succeeded in arousing the hostler. who with
the greatest difficulty rescued Mrs. Grinnell.
The latter, clothed only in her nightdress,
and protected by horse blanket thrown ov-
er her shoulders, was taken to the Peckham
farm, where she found shelter.
The home cost about $4,000 and was in
sured for $1,000. Strangely enough, the in
surance on the furniture and contents had
run out, and even the monetary value at
tached to them is lost.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
Aveteran Cotton Manufacturer.

Mr.. E. S. Davis, who at the age Of 70 years
resigns the position Of agent Of the Conti-
mental mills at Lewiston, is one of the veter-
ans in cotton manufacturing. He worked
up from the position of weaver in mill In
Lowell, Mass, to position Of oversesr Of the
weave room. In 1853 he went to Lewiston
and took charge Of the weaving in the Hill
mill. From this position as superintendent
of the Hill he was called by Mr.. Lockwood
to position as agent Of one his mills. the
Quinebog, at Danielsonville, CT. He re-
mained there three years and early in the
70's came back to Lewiston as agent Of the
Continental. where he has since been. The
Continental was originally the Porter Mi II
which began operations in 1858. Mr.. Davis
practically built the Continental as 1t now
is-a brick structure four stories high with
Mansard roof and having eight acres and
more of flooring, with 10000 spindles, and
employing 1900 or more of hands. Mr. Dav-
Is owns a place In Boston and will remove
and pass as he expresses Ii, the rest Of his
dayslthere Mr.. Chas S. Davis, his son and the
present superintendent of the Continental
will remain in his position for the present al
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
APPRAISERS AT PORTLAND.
Long List of Nomin natIons Confirmed
in the Senate Yesterday.

WASHINGTON, December 2O-The Senate
in secret session confirmed the following
nominations:
Edwin Dunn to be secretary of legation to
Japan; VIM. II. Gardner of Indiana to be second
secretary of legation to japan; John Little of
Ohio to be commissioner to settle Venezuelan
claims.
TO be Consuls General-wm. Hayden Edwards
of Ohio at Berlin; John Martin Crawford of Ohio
az 81; Petersburg;. Frank Il. Mason of Ohio at
Frankfort the Main; Charles L. Knapp Of New
York at Montreal; Joseph A. Leonard Of Mime
sofa at Shanghai; Oliver II. Dockerey of North
Carolina at kio de Janeiro; Henry W. Severance
Of California at Honolulu; T. I. Sweeneyof In
To be Consuls-Horace G. Pugh of Indiana at
sS Ep ass Bufs 81 S Ssw s
Charles B. Trail of Maryland at MarseiIles ;
Joseph J Bradley Ct West l. ViEginia at South
Olive. H. Simons of Colorado at Hong Kong;
Enoch J. Smithers OF Delaware at Osaka and
Hiago; Mason d. Sampson of Kansas at st. John
n. B Hu III NJ Strakeoff of Missouri at Bremen ;
Irving j. Marratt OF Nebraska at Athens; Samuel
g. Rubey OF Iowa at Belfast Horace G. Knowles
Of Delaware at Bordeaux Blckforo Mackey Of
johnson OF Ohio at Hamburg; Roland j. Hem
mick OF Pennsylvania at Geneva; Edward G.
ssey C Of SeM s st m nl a
Fisk of Vermont at st. Johns, Que, Hiram j.
Dunlap Of Illinois at Breslau; EDMUND B. Fair
New York at Horgeni; Oscar F. Williams OF New
York at Hayre; d. H. Smith Of Arizona at
Nogales; Nicholas smith of@New York at Three
Rivers, Canada: Roger c. Spooner of Wisconsin
at Prague; Alexander j. Reid of Wisconsin at
Dublin; Walter L. Gardner Of Wisconsin at Rot
terdam; Wm f. Grinnell of New York at M an
chester.
To be Collectors of Customs-Joel B. Erhardt at
New York Thomas Y. Cooper at Philadelphia
Albert III. Kellam at New Haven, Ct.
To be Appraisers of Merchandise-Eben Rand
at Portland and Falmouth Me-, Benz. F. Chad
bourne assistant, at Portland. Me.
To be Ass stant Attorney General-John b.
Cotton of Maine.
Treasury-Asa C. Matthews of Illinois to be
frstcomp roller; BENZ. F. ,Gilkeson of Pennsyl
vauia 70 be second comptroller; Joab N. Patter.
son of New Hampshire to be second aud itor
James e. French OF New Hampshire to be collec
| tor of internal revenue.
To be Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Wheelock z. VeaZey of Vermont.
To be Commissioner of Education-Wm. r
Harris of Massachusetts.
To be POstmasteiS in Maine-Wm. Regan a
| Bath; E. ID. Clark at Biddeford; Wm Dunn a
Watsryille; d: X. Jewell at Hallowell; J. Il
Manley at Augusta; + Maxim at South Paris; S
| O. Nichols at Sanford; +. A. d. Singhi at Camden
| Evan Woodberry at Houlton.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
coLsY's SOCIAL REGISTER.
An Editor from Maine Stirs up a
Massachusetts Town.

PIrrsFIELD, Mass, December 2O.- DR..
Gilman Colby, editor of the Bar Harbor
Tourist, came to Pitts6eld month ago and
announced that he would shortly publish
'Blue Book" containing list of the people
of the town, giving ratings in each case of
Individual prominence in social, religious,
literary and financial circles. The town is
greatly stirred up now. because about every
body has received a prospectus of the book
announcing its scope and begging for sub
scriptions at So each. Each envelope con
tains proof-sheet slip, giving the name and
residence of the recipient, followed by nu-
merous stars, daggers, dollar, paragraph
and section marks, aud a note saving:
''Your name will appear as above in the
book, which will contain an index explain
people of the town deem the whole thing in
sulting, if not libellous. The local papers
are filled with communications denouncing
the scheme and requesting the victims to
squeich the intruder. Some Of the most
prominent men propose holding an indigna-
ton meeting to pass resolutions expressing
contempt of Colby and his methods.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
How a Bath householder got Rid OF
Rats.
bath Enterprise J


Many years ago well known gentleman
OF this city, who lived at that time out on
North Street near the Car Works. was very
much annoyed by the depredations OF rats;
1t seemed that all the rodents Of the vicinity
had taken up their abode at his residence,
much to his discontinue.
How to rid the house of their presence he
did not we'll know, it was before the day of
"ROugh on Rats" and the cat seemed to be
powerless among so great host Of the enc
my. At length a wire spring trap was pro-
cured, one that shut in Its victim depriving
him Of his liberty, this was carefully baited
and left in the shed. The fist night 1t re-
ceived as an occupant big gray squealer
that was found In the morning in an active
condition wrestling with the walls of the
prison.
Did the gentleman call in the aid of the cat
and finish the career of Mr. Rat? o mol He
had work which he wished done by that in
dividual A small brass bell such as pet
dogs and cats are sometimes adorned with,
was purchased, and by means of a forked
stick to hold Mr.. Rats head down, was sec
urely wired around his neck. Then he was
given his liberty and his feet beat a hastv
retreat to the music Of his bell For few
succeeding nights there was heard throuyh
the house the iaint tinkle, tlnkleUf hall
but ere week had rolled around, not a raj
was seen or heard through the house. ali was
quiet by night and food was left undistnrb.
ed In cellar aud pantry.
Not long after report was circulated con-
cerning house down below the rope-wslk,
which was said to be haunted. as a wierd,
mysterious tinklings of bell could be heard
az any hour Of the night and IN all parts OF
| the house but all search iaIied To reveal the
| location Of the bell, 1t Ttn.ained luVisahle.
| A certain gentleman on North street night
/ have revealed the secret OF the spiritual
ringing but instead be enjoyed the Joke and
| said nothing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
TERROR STRICKEN.
o'Sullivan May Yet Tell the story OF
Or. CronIn's Death.

CHICAGO. December 20.-A turnkey in the
Cook county Jail today told friend that as
he was passing the cell in which O'Sulliyan,
one of the Cronin murderers,is confined, two
nights ago, he heard the inmate say in a
piteous tone
Il cannot face my Maker with this load
upon my mind"
The turnkey stepped to the door and saw
the iceman lying on his cot with his face
close to the wall. Means came from him and
mumbling unintelligible to the listener. The
prisoner seemed to be in pain.
Whats the matter, Mr.. O'Sullivan?" ?"
asked the turnkey.
O'Sulliyan started up in bed and turned
pale and haggard face towards the listener.
He stared with deeply sunken eyes at him
and for several moments did not answer.
Nothing" he said at last, his scowl re-
turning, and then he flung himself upon his
cot again and buried his face in the pillow
The occurrence strengthened an opinion that
had for some time been entertained by the
jail officials that the iceman is on the verge
Of breaking down. Uf the four prisoners he
has borne the trial and sentence with least
resistance. Physically weakened, as he is,
by incipient consumption, the verdict of the
jury fell upon him with crushingeeffect.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
sLoooY SCENES PREDICTED.
Brazilian ReyoIutIonIsts:Find DANGERS
In tneIr Patn.

NEW YORK, December 20.-A special to
the Times from Rio de Janeiro says: "Al-
ready the revolution by means of which
Dom Pedro was dethIoned so quietly and
without bloodshed, has begun to develop
serious trouble, and the republican leaders
are finding that 1t Is not so simple a matter
to overturn an empire and establish a settled
government In its place, as their easy success
hrst seemed to Indicate. Mutiny has broken
out among the soldiers Of this city, and
bloody scenes OF riot are imminent. The
government Is taking every means In It's
power TO suppress the uprising, and has
made many arrests. Cable and telegraphc
messages are being carefully inspected by
government agents before they are allowed
To be transmitted"
LISBON. December 2O.-It is reported that
the Portuguese government Is anxious for
Dom Pedro to leave Portugal. The ealmness
with which the people of Brazil accepted the
overthrow OF the empire and the establish
ment Of the republic encourages the radicals
OF Lisbon to believe that they will eventual
ly achieve quiet and bloodless revolution
In Portugal.
A. despatch received here from Senior
barD0za, Brazilian minister, declares that
tne oIlginators Of the revolution are all
against the establishment Of slavery No
planters approving Of slavery had any part
In the revolution. There are he saws no
military ambitions or aspirations In the
movement, which aims only to secure civil
liberty and reform of administration.
LONDON, December 20.-The Brazilian le-
cation In this city has received a cable de-
spatch from the government at Rio de
Janeiro. 1t says the report spread yester-
day OF the mutiny among the troops arose
from the fact tnat some soldiers, In the alb
sence OF their officers, had been drinking and
had revolted. They Immediately surrender
ed, and the incident ended. The government
>ays order will be firmly maintained and Jus
tice be done to all.
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Reception to Rev. Or. Merrill,

The reception to Rev. Dr. Merrill by the
Second Parish church last evening was q
very enjoyable occasion. The settees in the
vestry were removed and easy chairs put in
their places. During the course of the eve.
ming nearly 800 people paid their respects to
the new pastor and to Deacon and Mrs. L.
W. Larrabee who assisted in receiving
Among the clergymen present were DR.
Whitaker. DR.. Small, Messrs. Wright, Bay
ley. Frost, Randall, Wilson and Jordan Of
Woodfords. Short addresses of welcome
were made by Rev. d. B. Randall, Rev. DR.
Small and Rev. DR.. Whitaker. and response
by DR.. Merrill. The afternoon choir of the
church furnished music.
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amendments affecting the principle of rules,
the conference took up class of amend
ments affecting the verbiage of the rules.
There were thirty-one of these amendments,
and most Of them were agreed to without
dissent. On motion of Mr.. Goodrich the
rules, as whole, were adopted. One
amendment had been overlooked by the con-
ference. 1t was the proposition favorably
reported from the committee on life saving
systems and devices as follows:
SIN every case of collision between two vessels,
il Shall BE- the duty of the master or person in
charge oeach vessel AS far as he can do so without
serious danger to his own vessel crew and pas
sengers, to stay by the other vessel until he has
aScertained that she has no need OF further as
sistan"e, to render the other vessel such assist
ance as may be practicable and necessary In order
to save her from any danger caused by collision
also to give the master or person In charge OF the
other vessel, the name of his own vessel her port
Of registry or port or place to which she belongs
and the names of the ports places from which and
TO which she Is bound"
Delegate Goodrich obtained leave to have
the principle Of 1t adopted and inserted in an
appendix to the rules.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
FIRED TWO SHOTS AT HIM.
The RockIand IncendIary Sets a Fire
and Is Nearly Caught.

RocKLAND, December 2O.-The firebug
who has been so persistently at work in this
city for over year, and who. no doubt,
caused the costly fire of last Wednesday
morning. made still another attempt this
morning, and came near being caught in the
act by policeman. AT o'clock some un.
known man threw bed quilt, thoroughly
saturated with kerosene, just after it had
been lighted, into the rear window of store
on Main street, occupied by James Dona-
hue. The upper story of the building is used
as boarding house and at the time this
fendish attempt to burn the building was
made, a number of people were sleeping
there. Had the building been burned
number of lives must have been lost. The
fire, starting below, would have cut off all
means of exit.
Shortly after the quilt was thrown into the
window a policeman, who was in the neigh
borhood at that tine, saw man running
spoken to he ran all the harder and the ofic-
or fired two shots at him in quick succession,
both of which must have failed Of the mark
as the incendiary made his escape in the
darkness. This building is situated only
few rods from where last Wednesdays fire
started and there seems to be no doubt that
the same man started both. The fire in the
store this morning was quickly extinguished
and no damage was done.
The people of the city are excited again,
and some vigorous means will be adopted to
secure the arrest of the incendiary.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
The Musicians Calendar.

Professor Morse has now for the third sue
cessive year placed the musical world under
obligations by preparing and editing 1.-THE
Musicians Calendar" which makes its third
annual appearance this year in form, dress
and matter far surprising either Of its pre-.
decessors. On the background is an artistic
and accurate portrait of Prof. John Knowles
Paine, of Harvard University, while the
pages of the Calendar itself are filled with
Interesting facts relating to eminent Ameri-
can musicians. and also many important
facts concerning the history of music in this
country. The Calendar is also enriched on
every page by choice selections of prose and
poetry, largely from American authors, re.
lating to music.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
DISASTERS ABROAD.
Thirteen Sailors Missing and Their
Vessel sunk-A Magazine Ex-
pioded,

LONDON, December sO.--A collision oe-
CURED today, south Of the Isle of Wight. be-
tween the British steamers Ceddy. from
Odessa, December 8, for Antwerp. and the
Isle of Cyprus, which was bound from
Stockton for an European port The Cleddy
was so badly damaged that she sank. Sever
al Of her crew reached land In safely, but 10
others are missing.
The Cleddy was an iron, brig rigged, screw
steamer. of 1893 tons, and was owned In Car
diff The Isle Of Cyprus is Of 722 tons reg
ISter.
ST. PETERSBURG, December 20.-A shell
exploded today In the artillery magazine at
Baku, causing general explosion Of all the
munitions stored there and the destruction
1f the building. The noise OF the exploding
shells and rockets sounded like lombard
ment. One hundred thousand cartridges
were DESTROYED Four persons we're killed
and four injured
LONDON, December 20.-Steamer PrlnE
Wilhelm was run down by an unknown iron
sailing vessel five leagues from Havre. The
,teamer fl ated four hours and went 70 the
bottom. The crew t0oK to the boats, and 28
landed at Bou'ogne. A boat containing 10
men Is missi, &.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21

ROWE EaERY'S e ThEFTS.
Cleaning Out Another MANS Store
Is He Insane?

BANGOR, December 2O.-For several
monthS articles have been missed from the
store of the Mt. Waldo Granite Company,
run by Pierce Bros. at Frankfort. Wednes-
day, Allan and Hartman, state detectives of
this city, were notified. They have been
looking up the case and traced the articles
to parties who said they had bought them Of
man named Rowe Emery of Frankfort,
who said he bought them at auction. Thurs
day evening the detectives went to EN-
ery's house and arrested him. They searched
the house and found large number of arti-
eles such as we're kept in the store, among
them being 200 pounds of Goldfish. The arti-
cles were packed away all over the house.
Keys were found on Emery that fit the store
door. 1t seems operations have been going
on for months. Emery is about 40 years old
and was formerly proprietor of an hotel. He
was arraigned before a trial justice at Win
terport today and bound over in $1,000 bonds
for trial at the January term of court in
Waldo county. His friends claim he is in
sane.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-21
BITuARY.
Martha hIsglnson Nichols.

The last sad rites of respect and love at
the funeral and sepulture were paid to the
memory of the late Mrs. Martha Higginson
Nichols, widow of the late Rev. DIR. Icabod
Nichols, the third pastor of the
First Parish church in this city, at Cam
bridge, Mass, on Thursday at noon. There
was large attendance of relatives and
friends at her late residence on Kirkland
street (and which was formerly that of
Prof. Henry Ware, senior.) Among these
were Profs. Lowering, Torrey, Everett and
other professors in Harvard University
George Fl. Nichols, M. d., of Boston, aud his
son j. Z. Y. Nichols, M. ID. of Cambridge,
Rev. |. Nichols Of Philadelphia, Col Thomas
Wentworth Higginson and Henry l.. Hig-
gins0n. brothers of Mrs. Nichols, Rev Fred
erick rockingham of Milton, Col. Henry
Lee, Mr.. John Holmes, brother Of DR.. OIL
yer Wendell Holmes. Rev: David Greene
Haskins and family, Mrs Charles Jones Of
this city, MRS. Harkins and Mrs. Jones are
of Portland) Mrs. Mary Greenleaf the sister
Of the poet. Longfellow, Mrs. Ellen l..
Jarris ana few others of this city.
The services were simple, yet impressive
Rev. DIR. Peabody read appropriate selec-
tions of scripture and offered prayer. Rev.
Prof. Francis G. Peabody of the Harvard
Theological School, read suitable hymn
and made the final prayer, brief cOmmittal
service and the benediction. The interment
was very estimable Christian lady, trues
loyal. affectionate and exemplary, and none
knew her but to love her.
Obituary Notes.
John II. James, prominent manufacturer
of Brewer, died Thursday morning, aged 50
years.