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The Portland daily press., 1889-09-30
OBITUARY..
DANIEL FOSTER eoopR1cH.

NOASAhANAAs
News has been received of the death of
State Senator Goodrich at Blue Earth City,
Minn., after a long. and painful illness, of
cancer in the stomach. Mr.. Goodrich was
graduate of Colby University, class Of 1859
and native of Bingham. He went to Min
nesota in 1867. In the war he served as a
sergeant major of the 7th Maine volunteers.
He was a lawyer by profession and was
rated as one Of the brightest lights of the
Minnesota bar. He served as senator from
the sixth district in 1878 and 1881. In 1885
and 1887 he again served the State as senator.
IRA Ii. FOSS.
Mr.. Ira III. Foss, a we'll known citizen of
Saeo, died yesterday at $50 o'clock a. M. For
many years previous to about 1877 when he
returned he was agent of the York Corpora
tiun. he had been Mayor of Saco, several
times alderman, and had also served as post
master. He had also represented the city In
the legislature. He was Republican Presi-
Dental elector in $780, Mr.. Foss was one of
the most highly esteemed citizen of Saco and
was well known throughout the State He
leaves widow and one son. His funeral
will take place Tuesday at O'Clock p. m. in
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THE w EAThER.

Fair.
SIGNAL OFFICE, WAR Dept,
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
September 20, 1889, s p. m.
Ihe following is the forecast of the wealth
or ior New England till p. m. Monday:
FAR weather, followed by light rain in
southern Maine and New Hampshire,
southerly winds. slightly warmer.
Local Weather Report.
PORTLAND, Me-, September 20, 1889.
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These dividends are payable in October
at the dates mentioned.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
CARPET BEATING NOTICE.
Patented, Steam Carpet Beating Ma.
chine at Forest City Dye House,
N PRRRr n Sr

opposite opposite PTeble House. Carpets cleaned at all
orders for carpet cleaning should be left the day
s OF early In the morning to ensure return
apr8 o'"ei 40 'aNon' aodsntf
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This was the programme Of the music a
High street church last evening:

An encyclical letter was read In the Catho
lie churches yesterday requesting the pray
ers OF the congregations for the Pope who
is very i'll.
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de an daily tner....4s0 Max, vel. wind. 10
ther. ....649 Total precip..'. U.
ther. ..... .40.3
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0' "edtner Report.
PORTLAND, Me-, September 90 1919,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-06
PRICE, WO CENTS.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
A whole western city burned.

SPOKANE FALLS. w. T., August s.
The entire business portion Of the city,
with the exception Of one mill. was de-
stroyed by fire last night. The loss
will reach 81 600 600. The blaze started
in a clearinghouse on Railway avenue
at O'Clock last evening and burned
until this morning. 4 large
number of frame buildings and
several grain elevators were near
the lodging house. aud soon after
the fire broke out they were ablaze. 4
strong wind was blowing toward the
city at the time. aud the blaze was soon
beyond the control Of the iiremen. The
fire leaped from street 10 street. and
nothing could be done but let the
flames have their own way until they
reached the river and then endeayor TO
prevent the fire from reaching the
buildings on the opposite side.
The flames swept through the city.
aud one business block after another
was consumed. everything being burned
to the waters edge. Every business
block in the city, including eight banks,
all the hotels but one-all magnificent
structures except the Crescent Block.
and every newspaper except the Re
ric,c. were burned out. The burned
district includes all that part of the
city from the Northern Pacific Railway
to the river, and from Lincoln 10 Wash
ington street. Several persons are
known 10 have perished, and several
more were injured by lcaping from
windows.
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IS KlLRAlN ARRESTEp2


Considerable Doubt IA to thc Truth OF th,
Report.
BALTIMORE MD. August j.--Ihe r. +.
considerable doubt here as 10 the cor
rectness of the report that Jake kllrair
has been arrested Two dispatches have
been received tonight from diiIeres
sources in Virginia. and It Is case of
p.y-yOur-mOney aud take your choice
One dispatch Is from Norfolk, which
says that Kilrain was arrested 200 Ocean
View and taken back To Hampton. The
other il from Hampton. saying that
Kilain had not arrived there. and that
he was not under arrest.
NORFOLK. VA, August ( Parties
out fishing at Ocean View this morn
ing at lay break. report that Jake xii
rain, while trying o. escape boz "a cat
boat was Cyertaken by slOOp ON
which were detectives. and the
pugIh,t was arrested. After
arresting Kiiain. the fishermen. vino
were within 100 feet # the shore. say
that the ,l0op. with Kilrnn ON board.
started for Od Point. Mr.. Kilraiu
was with her husband and accompanied
him. Nothing has been heard of lhe
party since then.
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PETERSBURG.
Court Sew. Political Cockadc city
Nntr-.

] uuri ftNr ISL iuiiiitti- ofkhdc AitN
Nntr..
tsponl-nce of tine Times
PETERSBURG VA. August The
/ Hastings Court. Judge ID. VI Bernard
presiding. met pursuant TO adjournment
at lO ID clock tins morning Charles
/ Blond. llyiuia Jones' joe Hicks aud
Mar.ha Harris. all colored and con
fined i'm th' city jml under cdpids
pfonnc. were released by Judge Ber-
lail. Mr j. VI. Mullen, the attorney
for the Commonwealth, waving the
notice required by law.
The case of the Commonwealth rs
Alexander Sullivan for violation of the
revenue laws. and who was fined $50
by the Mayor. came up ON appeal. The
decision of the Mayor was reversed and
the accused discharged.
As the time Of the Convention draws
near tho many friends of Captain 5.
". \enablc here and elsewhere are be-
comilg more -anguine Of his success.
Whilst Captain Nenable and his friends
nave -tudi0usly avoided doing or say
ing anything in advocacy of his nom
inaiiou. that could possibly be con.
-lrued as aLtlgOnistic t0 any Of
the wolihy aspirant- for the
nlmina'iou. they feel satisfied
tnat he aill not only 90 into the con-
Feuti0u with q strong following. but
chat he viii gain more strength after
the convention assemblies than any one
Of the candidates now in the field. Ger
tain it is that there is not a more avail
able man upon whom the honor could
Boz conferred. or one IN whose keeping
the cause Of the Democracy could be
safer
The freshet in the Appomattox reach
cd ii- height about midnight last night,
since which time the water has been
gradually Tecedilg. There was "A
heavy rain in lhis city and its vicinity
this morning about o'clock,
and If this rain extended
90 the counties above here and cOntigu-
ous 90 the river. DO is feared that another
overflow will follow close OH the heels
of the present one. The river is still
oul of lbs banks. and all that portion Of
River street ir the immediate vicinity
OF The wharf Is a perfect sheet of
water. Tie stable and yard of the
Peters burg Street Railway are sub
merged. and the water was 50 high
Saturday night that the teams Of the
street car railway had to be taken else.
where. 4 portion of the track Of the
Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany in this city is under water. but
not to depth as to prevent the run
ming Of trains.
Colonel James ID. Brady took charge
of the revenue office here this morning.
IL is understood tnat General Stith
Boiling will have charge OF the post
Office in this city next Monday. Few,
ifauy. changes for the present will be
made in the clerical force.
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CONVENTION NOTES
Received by Telegraph Yesterday.
Especial TO the Times

CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. August o.
Reports from this county show that
O'terrall has captured more than hall
of the twenty-six delegates to the Gu
bernat0rial Convention. Mckinney anc
/ Tyler, have friends, while the strongest
man. whoever he may be, is sought by
the noncommitial.
LEXINGTON, VA, August j.-FrOm
the reports in from the six magisterial
district s primaries held Saturday even
: ing electing delegates to the Demo.
cratic Gubernatorial Convention al
/ Richmond, the following summary j.
made up: Mckinney, Z: Beirne, :
/ Harris. 3: O O'Ferrall, 3: not committed
/ l. Total. 2l. The enc not committed
/ it is safe to say, is a Mckinney man.
which gives Mckinney 8 instead of 7.
DICK BEIRNE WINS IN sPoTsLYANIA- -
THE BLACK AND .TANs.
FREDERICKsBURG. Va, August O.
Spotsylvania Courthouse was alive to-
day with political sentiment. as 1t was
the time selected to appoint delegates
TO the respective State conventions.
The shadows, white and colored,
blended in the ranks of the
one in no small numbers.
whilst the Democrats held their
own i'm larger numbers and bent upon
unity however much they difTered d before
an end was reached. Chairman Raw
Ings, of the unterriiied, called the
crowded courtroom TO order and eX-
planned the purpose of the meeting.
Mr.. A. W. Massey was made permanent
chairman and Colonel Y. X Charters,
secretary.
MIR. Rawlings in a patriotic speech. re-
signed the chairmanship and Mr.. Lee
j. Graves was elected to fill his place.
who made a handsome speech in ac-
cepting It,
Dick Beirne" won the field. The
Hon. Chancellor Barty was elected
delegate at large. and he is pro
nounced Beirne man. Messrs. CHARTERS,
+. G. Beverley W. l.. Day and John
HaydOn, of the delegation, are all for
Beirne. j. NJ. Holladay is undecided.
r. L. Waller and J.. NJ Smith are for j..
ll0ge Tyler first, and Beirne second. j.
r. Leavell is for O'Farrell first. and
Beirne second. j. Horace L9iry is for
some man beyond the mountains.
Beirne, therefore. in spite Of tthe fight
against him. carried the county.
Later on the Republicans assembled.
Chairman Waite spoke at length. The
Wing party and the Republican, he
thought, breathed a principal through
The same nostiils. lie was Wing be
fore the war, and, therefore. Re
publican now. Theappause came from
feeble few.
Mr. $. l. BIggOtt, Jr., was chairman,
Mr. Warren. secretary. The follow
ing compose the delegates elected. aud
all for Malone for Governor: 4. f..
Thomas. j. +. Lacy, J. Z. Turnkey, W.
w. Ashby. b. L)neas, S. /. Baggot,
delegate at large.
The committee on resolutions was
absent some time considering resolu-
ton offered by Mr. John TurL-
ley, denouncing Colonel John
w. Volt. the editor Of
the Free Ldncc Of this city, i'm securiI z
at the hands of Colonel Brady the ap-
pointmont Of Newton Colbert as deputy
collector of United States revenue.
After much discussion the committee
refused 20 report it.
For gubernatOrial honOrs in Spotsyl-
vania Malone. among Ibis followers, is
chief.
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A BLOODY DUEL
Between Charlie Armourand lIi- Father
iu-i.aN.

Bctween Charlie Armourani iii- Father.
in-Law.
NEW ORLEANS, La. August "a
special despatch from Baton Rouge Cd
the PicayuIie reports that "a bloody due
took place yesterday morning neal
Cotton Post. Avoyelles Parish
between Charlie Armour and h..
fathe--in.law Harry Ducate il
which the former was severely and Tire
latter mortally wounded. The fight
grew out Of an alteration between tht
two men at dance the night before
when arrangements were a, once made
for a meeting on the banks of the ba
YOU i'm the morning.
The two men faced one another at
daybrake in the presence of fully fifty
men. friends of both cOmbatants. wng
had come to witness the light. The
men were placed in position with their
backs to each other and cOusiderab. .e
distance apart.
At the signal both men turned and
advanced rapidly. firing as they ap.
preached one another. aid never stop
ping until both combatanis lay pros
trate upon the ground. Ducale had
been struck in the stomach with seven
buckshot. making a wound from which
he cannot recover, while Armour 5 rig
knee had been shattered by "a rifle ball.
Both men were taken to their honestly
their friends.
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THE CR0NIN SUSPECTS
GRANTED A CHANGE OF VENUE
IN CHICAGO.

Burke I'm Route and Closely Guarded
Disastrous Fire in Washington Terri
tory-Briti-h Pacific squadron on the
Way to Behring's sea.
CHICAGO. August 5.-In JUDGE Hor-
! tons court this morning. the attorneys
/ for o Sullivan presented "A bill Of ex-
ceptions. showing that o Sullivan OBJ
/ iected to the continuation Of his case TO
the August term. Judge Horton signed
il, and then Oyerruled the motion to
qnash the indictment against Coughlin,
Begges. Woodruff and Kurze. In the
case of o sullivan, be granted the me-
ton FOR change Of venue and sent the
prisoner TO Judge McCOnuell's court.
The five defendants were i'm court and
listened 10 the proceedings.
TRIAL SET FOR MONDAY TIE 2sTH.
In granting O'Sulivan change Of
renUe to Judge McCOnnel's court TO.
day. Judge Horton also transferred the
cases Of all the other prisoners to the
same court. explaining that The statute
that gave 0 O'Sullivan the right to ask
for a change of renUe. must not be- used
for the purpose of securing a separate
trial. Consequently the prisoners Will
be tried together. All pleaded not
guilty. and were taken into Judge Ne
Connell 5 court. At the suggestion OF
the State attorney. the trial was set
for Monday, August 26.
BURKE. TIE SUSPECT. EN-ROUTE.
ST. PAUL. MIN, August j.-Burko'
the famous Cr0nin suspect. who leit
Wnnepeg yesterday morning in charge
OF Chief Barber. of the Chicago police.
arrived at the Union depot this morn
ing n twenty-five minutes past Is
o'clock. i'm a special car which was att
tached to the Milwaukee train. and dee
parted at 7:l0 o'clock. No special ar
rangement have been made for thc
accommodation OF the party between
here and Milwaukee. and from The
latter city they will proceed to Chicago
by the regular train. Every preoaution
is being used to assure the safe cor
duct of the prisoner and nO one was
permitted to see him. The report that
he was chained TO the car ll90i is gen
orally regarded as a cauarl.
MARTIN BURKE ARRIVES IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. ILL, Angus. J.-Mafun
Burke, the Cronin suspect haudcu1ed
to two Detectives. was dropped from
the 81. Paul train about 6 O'Clock from
the Union depot tonight. and from
there driven in a carriage at lightning
speed. to the lIariison-street station
and placed in a cell. At The depot |
was a squad of policemen waiting. os-
tensibly, to escort Burke from ihc de-
pot, but really to act as a d COY for the |
reporters. There were very few people |
about the police station and no one save /
the police authorities knew Of Bulke's |
arrival until be had been safely placed |
behind the bars.
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TERRIBLE RIOT


Between Chinese Coolies in siam.
san FRANCISCO. August j.-The Japan
Gazeue. received by she steamer City OF
Pekin yesterday. contains an account
Of a terrible riot between two factions
OF the Chinese Coolies at Sang Kong
Siam. About 5000 men engaged in the
conflict. Spears and firearms were used.
and many persons were killed. The
Coolies were more or less under the
influence of liquor and fought like de
mons. Spears were thrust into the
bodies of wounded men, and their
bodies held aloft. the Coolies in the
meantime yelling mdeously. The Sia-
mese troops charged the rioters. aud
after bayoneting a number OF them,
quelled the disturbance and captured
nine hundred of the rioters who were
afterwards fined and released.
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DANVlLLE DOTS
Meeting Of the Farmers Aiiianrc-riio.
Mention.
fSuerill fO the Times

Special tO the Times.
DANvuLLE. VA. August > The Bor-
der Farmers Alliance. CONF. sed Ci
delegates from the Allilrces in the
border counties Of Virginia and North
Carolina met IN the Academy of Music
this A. NJ. President j. N. Wilson pre-
siding. anu will be IN session two days.
The meeting is secret. but it is under
stood that the subject OF obtaining dat
fercnt facilities ON the sale of leaf to-
baccO on this market was di,cu. ea.
and in fact is the business which
calls the Alliance together. The
guanO question Is also under c9rsliela-
ton. A committee of five is n0w in
conference with like committee from
the DanVille Tobacco Association.
FOrty-three alliances are repro Dssntei
by one hundred and fifty delegate
DR.. ID. Reid Parker. grand lecturer
Of North Carolina. addressed the AL
lance this morning.
A telegram received heie this morn
ing gives intelligence of the instant
killing. by lightning Of Miss Addie
Reid az Cataw ba. y. G.. yesterday.
Burglars are on ths rampage here.
Saturday night the store OF j. R. Swain
was broken into and robbed. the resi-
dence Of DR.. j. A. And rsOn, of North
Danyille. was also broken into and "a
very valuable silver service stolen. The
thieves have not yet been apprs hcnded.
Mail was 10 day carried up the Aew
River Railroad as far as Vile
the first that section has hli since last
Wednesday. Several Transfers had to
be made. II will probably bee % week
before passenger traffic is resumed ou
that road.
Heavy rains in this section again last
night.
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FROM BEDFORD.
Railroad accident - Delinquent Mai
Clerks Damage to Crops-rer>onal.
Spec -nl Cnrresp1nlenca of the Tlmes.I

Railroad Accident Delinquent Mai
Clerks Damage To Crop.-rer>onal.
Special Correspondence of the Tines
RODEs. VA. August 5-An east
bound freight of the Norfolk and West.
ern road ran through An open switch at
Forest station yesterday. The engine
ani four boxes were derailed. and
tIains were delayed some time. The
aanage was considerable, but what
amount is not known.
IL is learned here that the officials of
the Norfolk and Western road have
presented to their conductors a paper
for their signature which would obi
gate them TO assume the possibility
for all damages arising from running
into washOuts. Only one conductor
signed. 1t Is a remarkable effort TO
dodge responsibility on the part Of the
railroad people. and the world ought 10
know the name Of the man whose in
tolieciual brilliancy suggested such a
silly thing.
III Dir. Wanamaker will have the
mails moved by ireight-trains instead
Of rapid trains. he Will be in the line of
reform. Only two copies of the DAILY
TIMES have got to this Office this week.
Ihe postal clerks are green and fresh
aud the Republican party 50 anxious
Tor whack at Uncle Sam 5 payroll
that the public may go to ".
Information from Franklin county
Today. shows that the crops on the
river and on the creeks are utterly
wiped from the face Of the earth by the
last ~ eek 5 rains. and people are skir-
mishing round for something to live on
outside Of the usual reliance. Spare
cattle aud hogs. chickens, eggs, etc are
being carried 10 Roanoke and Lynch
burg for revenue. bad as the roads are.
one of Fmnklin's industries, moon
shining Is ON boom. and will con
tiuue to be for some time, the crops be-
ing lost
Hon. Granville J.. Norman. Of this
county. lost almost his entire crop Of
wheat 400 bushelsl by the wet
weather and most of his Oat crop.
Hundreds of others have as badly
suffered.
The rush Of thc Baptists to Liberty to
attend che Strawberry Association.
which Will meet tomorrow, Is great.
Richmond is fully represented. The
association vii continue four days.
PERSONAL.
Mrs Morton and her daughter. Miss
Lizzie. of Richmond. are spending the
summer with her -on-in-law. X. G. W.
Radford. Jr.. near here. So also is Miss
Fox, OF Lee-burg.
%. D. TERRELL, Of Steelton. Pa. is
pending some time with his father.
DIR. j. j. Terrell. member Of the Vir-
ginia House OF Delegates, near this
place.
Master Robbie Kascy. Of Richmond,
is spending he summer with his grand
mother. Mrs VI. VI. Kasey.
Miss Carrie Siicer. of Bufordyille
spent the week with Miss Laura Moor
man.
Miss Carrie ". Coleman, OF Chester.
who taught private school near here
has returned 90 her home for the vaca-
ZION. She expects TO come back again.
People " lao slipped away from citie,
10 p'roOt around The farms of their
friends this summer. got left. 10 bas
been $50 damp and -o muddy that they
could rarely get from the house.
GOLLRY.
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MRS. MAVERICKS 5 TRIAL.
THE PRISONER MAKES A SENSA-
TlONAL STATEMENT.

Conclusion OF the re>timony-other Ncw-
From over the sea- Complete Rout OF
the Dervi-he.-The British Naval Dis
play in Honor of William.
LIVERPOOL, August 5.-In the May
brick trial to-day, ex NayOr School. of
Liverpool. testified that Mr.. May ybrick
told him that he habituaIly used poi
son.
THE PRISONER s STATEMENT.
The prisoner read a statement. setting
forth that she had bought hv-papar for
use as cosmetics for many years. She
had used cosmetic cOntainin. arsenic
which DR.. Griggs. Of Brooklyn. pre-
scribed. She had lost the prescription
and. wishing TO make a substitute for
the formula. she soaked hy-papers and
elder flower in lavender water. and COW
cred IL with plate and towel tOeNclude
the air
"On the night of May 9th. 60 she con-
tinued, after the nurse had given the
deceased meat juice. | sat by the bed
He complained that he was very sick
and much depressed. and impl0red me
TO give him powder which 7. earlier
in the day, had failed To administer. |
was oyerwrought. terribly anxious and
miserably unhappy. His distress un-
nerved me. and as he said that powder
was harm less, and that / could put IL in
his food. / consented. ami mixed il i'm
the meat juice. Nr. Maybric then
fell asleep and appeared % be better
n nn fnI IN o..
administer my more. and placed the
meat juice on the wash-,tand. where it
remained until Mr.. May brick took pos
session of it, The day before his death
| fully confessed and received his for
giveuess for the fearful wrong | had
done him. The concluding part Of Alrs.
Maybrick 5 stateaeut spreadaprsfouud
sensation in the court. The evidence
ended with the prisoner 3 statement.
COMPLETE RCUT OF THE sRvIsHEs.
CAIRO. August General Grenfcll.
telegraphs that he has made a recon
noissance.and found thatFaturday s bat
tie completely dispersed the Dsryish
army. Out of the force of $500 men
which Wad-El-N Jumi took into bat
tie, only a few remain.
FOREIGN NOTES.
PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND. August o.
The naval review here 60 day in honor
of Emperor William, was a brilliant
success.
THE LONDON riMfs ON THE BLACK D-A-
MOND SEIZURE.
LONDON. August 6 The Times this
morning in a leading editorial COM
ments on the latest seizure of Canadian
sealing vessels by the American
aud says. There j,
not a particle of justice for
the high-handed seizure of the
Black Diamond. No statue OF Congress
can bind English citizens beyond the
territorial waters OF America without
the consent Of England. The seizure Is
contrary 10 international law and the
comfy of ations. The good sense and
love Of Justice OF the American people
can be- relied upon 10 assist in tine set
tlement of question which ought
never to have been raised