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The Portland daily press., 1889-03-14
BLESSING OR cuRss.
Gloucester Fishermen Discussing
Danger From Iocean Steamers.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, March 13.-Some Of
the fishermen claim there will be a great
saving to life and property II steamers are
compelled to take more southerly course so
they will not cross the banks where the fish,
ermen usually resort. The opinion Is in
dulged In by many who never 90 on the
banks fishing but merely go to the North
Bay In the summer season maekerel fishing
and In Ipswich bay and along the coast trawl-
ing or netting. Others VINO have had wide
experience on the Grand Banks and Georges
fishing grounds says they cannot see what
harm the steamers do or have done In cross
ing the off-shore banks. They do not know
a case where an ocean steamer ever ran down
a Gloucester fisherman on the Grand Banks.
The only instance remembered was years
ago when a steamer ran down Province
town schooner which was under way at the
time. The calamity was alleged to be due to
the carelessness OF the watch on board the
schooner When vessel from here never
returns and 1t Is said she was run down by
some passing steamer, II Is only matter OF
suppOsitiOn. No proof can be shown that
this was ever done. Several shippers and
crews say 1t should be remembered that
nearly all the men that get astray in dOries
while attending travis are picked up by
ocean steamers. Capt. Jas. McKinnon and
crew Of experienced bank fishermen were,
about year ago, rescued from the schooner
Lillian Baxter by Capt McMackin Of the
Cunard steamship Umbria and landed a. Liv
erpool. The Baxter drifted of the bank and
was In sinking condition when fallen In
with, Had this steamer not fallen in with
them, probably all would have been lost.
Other cases could be enumerated where
ocean steamers have been fortunate in saw
ing many lives. Many shippers and crews
EXPRESS no objection TO the steamers crossing
the banks, and believe II the fishing vessels
used better and more improved signal lights
and had a regular method for signaling
steamers at night or In dense fog many dis
asters could be ayerted.
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Points.

WA sHINGroN, March 13.-The President
TODAY signed the commissions of Messrs.
Palmer. Washeurn and Swift as ministers to
Spain. SN 'itxerland and Japan respectively,
and of Mr.. Ticbenor as Assistant Secretary
of the Treasl w.
The Star this, evening says it is definitely
settled that Co. pcral Tanner. Of Brooklyn,
N Y, is to be G, Ammlssaener OF tensions. :.
w. g. Frye Of seiiast Ma,hs, = ahi an isPphb, ~
Joseph S. Hought OIL has been appointed
postmaster at Weld Maine, vice Hamlin G.
ireland, resigned. Vid,sl G. Haggett has
been appointed postma. ster Ut Soutn Newcas-
tie vice incumbent, resig ned. ..a
The President will shortly AZ point Sloh seh ne
egates to the commercial congr, ,esss Wnicn Is
to:convene in Washington Octobe. "a OF tnis an,
year. The congress will be atten0, 20 oy uel-
egates from Mexico, Centr al and Soul 4 Auel,
lea, Hayti, San Doming and Brazl /. ana
Will consider the formation OF an Anne iioan
customs union.
The Postmaster General says he shall q. ST
fill vacancies in post Office !, which will TAXI
some time before taking ca seS involving re-
movals. Then he will malye changes where
the incumbents are unsatisfactorilyp perform
ing their duties, and lastly consider other
changes, first looking up the cases where in
cumbents have served considerable time.
Congressman Dingley and Dunn, who were
instrumental in securing the enactment Of
the law to protect Alaska seals. called today
on the Secretary of the Treasury to request
him to issue proclamation warning illegal
sealers and to send a revenue cutter to Beh-
ring sea. The secretary said he would give
the matter his immediate attention. The dis
graceful neglect Of the American seal fishery
administration, is not likely to be continued
under the present.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-14
TINE ENcINEER's STORY.
what Ne Saw as the Train Dashed
Towards the Switch.

BANGOR, March 13.-The hearing on the
Kingman railroad accident was resumed to-
day before Coroner McLane and jury. Mr..
+. Fl. Appleton conducted the examination
Of the witnesses.
Engineer Angel and Postal Clerk Palmer.
who were injured In the accident. were able
TO testify. Mr.. Angel said that he could see
plainly from the engine cab as he neared the
switch, and that the target appeared to show
the switch all right for the main line. The
train was twenty minutes late, and going
over down grade at the rate Of 80 miles an
hour. He felt the engine jump as II went
over the switch. and then the crash came.
After the accident he was taken to the rear
ear, and looking back he saw that the lever
OF the switch was raised up and had not
been thrown over to the side track. He saw
the switch again shortly after. The lever
was down and locked.
Palmer's testimony did not throw any light
on the cause Of the accident
hufus Hamm, passenger, made afidayit
that he examined the switch two minutes az
Ter the accident and found IL unlocked.
There was no paddock In the staple. The
clasp was thrown down over the staple, and
the switch was thrown from the main lins
10 the siding. There was no Ice or snow %
prevent the perfect working Of the switch.
At 2.30 the jury retired to consider the tes-
timony and TO make report.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-14
RELIEF IN FLIGHT.
peststutIon Along the Line Of the
Panama Canal.

New YORK, March ia letter from
Panama written on the 4th inst, says: Sol
lowing fast on the floods on the other side,
comes the stoppage Of work on the canal
On some sections, work has been partially
resumed, but little work is in progress.
Merchants are re-shipping their merchandise
or closing their stores. In Cotton, all the
mechanics and laborers who can leave are
doing SO. Much destitution and suffering
exists along the line of the canal. The soon
er these unemployed succeed in leaving, the
better will 1t be for them. The corners of
the streets In Panama are plastered with
handbills offering free conveyance to Chill
for 1000 citizens Of the United States or Eu-
ropeans who are engineers or laborers. The
step Is evidently taken in view Of the pro-
posed railroad construction.
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an elaborate luncheon at the grounds. at 1.So
p. m, by committee Of the Surrey Cricket
Club. Lord Oxenbridge presided, and he
and Lord Lewisham made speeches Of wei
come. A. G. Spauldlng responding on behalf
Of the players. The game began at $50
o'clock. The weather was bad, thick mist.
which was almost rain, making the grounds
soft and slippery.
The Chicagos took the lead the Americas
tied them, and then the Chicagos pulled
away In the eighth inning, winning by q TO
a In the middle Of the fourth inning the
Prince Of Wales arrived. The players sus-
pended the game, grouped and cheered the
Prince and then went up and were presented
10 him. This had bad effect In one re-
spect, as many Of the spectators supposed
the game was over.
The ball players gave q fine exhibition Of
their skill today on Lords grounds, . much
better place than the Kensington oval. The
game was between All America and Chicago
and was hotly contested. All America won.
the score standing; All America z; Chicagos
g.
The Post says that the general verdict OF
Englishmen, II not cricketers, will be that
there Is no game that they would rather play
than base ball.
The Daily Telegraph says that the general
opinion will be that the Americans are
adopts at throwing and catching, but that the
game Is merely an elaboration OF FOUNDERS.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-14
Public Private paso,,os
Acts. Acts. noooisos'

Compare the huge array Of laws, in which
the number of private and special acts testi-
fes to the pressure of private interests that
are Hourishing, because Maine is becoming a
flourishing State, with the few enactlnents Of
launched ship of State for the first ten years
of its voyage. Those were the days of small
things. if we may Judge of the number of the
laws made; though perhaps he who COM
pares the quality of the work done then and
now might incline to the belief that from the
standpoint of salutary conservatism and dig
nifty the days of the legislatures of the first
decade were by no means the days of small
things. This is the table of the number of
euactments of the legislature of the first ten
years, the public and private acts being sep
arated only for the first three years:
Private. Public. Resolves
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Legislature Notes.

AUGUSTA. march, 3-Mr Ross Of North
Yarmouth was included in the yeas WI. 20 vot-
ed for the Lewiston Hospital yestero.Y ".
This was an error. BE was absent, and even
had he been present he would not have voted
for the resolve.
The resolve to appropriate $1,000 for the
expenses of the commission to attend the
centennial exercises at New York has been
reeonsidered and passed.
An elegant crayon picture of the governor
was presented to Gov. Burleigh In behalf of
the House, by Speaker Dow this afternoon.
an informal report from the judiciary com
mittee to the effect that legislation would be
Inexpedient on the subject Of religious wor-
ship In the reform school.
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Rev. Mr.. Burt Ord aimed.

BIDDEFoRD, March 13.-The ordination
OF Rev. Edwin p. Burtt, pastor of the Bapt-
ist church in this city, took place at Buxton
Centre today, The examining council met
this afternoon, and tonight ordaining SER
vices occurred. President Pepper of Colby
University. Rev. D. Worth of Kennebunk,
Rev. A. K. ?. Small of Portland. and Rev.
g. b. Titus CT Saco, took partin the exer
cises. Mr.. Burtt graduated at Colby in 1884,
and Newton Centre in 1885,
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-14
A NAVAL OFFICER TALKS OF SAMOA.
He Thinks that Official Dispatches
Have Been WIthheld.
And Believes There Has Been serl-
Gus Trouble In Samoa.
Mr.. walker Blaine To Re His
Fathers Confidential Advisor.

WASHINGTON, March 1S.--An interesting
interview with naval officer is given by
"The Star"
'.My information is" says this officer
"that the last official dispatches left Samoa
about the last of January and reached 'Fris-
co about February 10 or l6. These dispatches
were never transmitted to the Senate. which
was looking for so much light on the yexed
question only two weeks before Other dis
patches had been before promptly sent to the
Senate, and the query is natural: Why were
not these last as promptly transmittede"
"Why were they notso transmitted. do you
think ?" asked the reporter.
swell, think that the milk lies in the
fact that Bayard maintained that the whole
problem could be solved In a peaceful way.
Germany had made oyertures to this govern
ment to have a convention In Berlin, where
the wrecked convention Of Washington could
be healed. Bayard thought that by accept
ing Germany's proposition he had been sue
he dismissed Consul General Sewall for
swearing to the true condition of affairs In
Samoa And don't you see, 1t would not ap-
pear very well for him to lay before the Sem
ate particularly as those certain dispatches
had not been called for matters which would
show still further aggression on the part
OF the Germans.
"These matters,or rather, serious wrongs"
he continued, "have been permitted 10 drag
along month after month, and the depart
ments stem to be satisfied that the American
officials protested Again, they knew we
had only one ancient vessel (she and the
Ark would make good pair while the
Germans had three well manned and equip
ped modern built vessels"
Suppose that these reports as to the Nip
sic should prove to have some foundationg
men, women and children and destroyed or
injured American life and property, then /
believe Dennis w. Mu'lan has opened his
battery on the Germans ship, determined to
let the consequences be what they may. l
know the man. My own idea is, and know
that ground thoroughly, for l was stationed
In the Pacific for many years, that there has
been very serious trouble of some kind. all
OF which we may learn in 10 days. IL any
thing has befallen the Nipsic, there
Is no possible way for our
people to communicate only by a
small boat, which might be chartered to
away-a stopglng-place for the California
are in the hands of the Germans. So it
would not surprise me II we should have no
news foriat least ten days, and perhaps long
er. Yet the steamer next due in Frisco, say
on Saturday next, may bear some intelli-
gence. Ii, however, the German iron-clads
now on their way to Samoa, reach there
safely, then they will bid defiance to our
whole feeble. disjointed and scattered navy.
While our people sleep on soft cushions, the
'Sermans are buffeting the waves to our
newly found Ell Dorado"
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-14
AduIterated American Lard.

OTTAWA, March 13.-The internal revenue
department has issued bulletin relative to
the adulteration Of lard. The American
product comes in for general condemnation.
Nearly every sample examined was found to
be adulterated. It Is recommended that the
duty be increased in order to practically ex-
clude the article from Canada.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-14

CHICAGO, March 13.-Traffic Manager
George B. Reeve. Of the Grand Trunk. de-
nies the charges made by Chairman Blanch-
ard that the Grand Trunk has been guilty OF
cutting export rates via Portland, and says
further that 1t Is such statements as these
that create dIstrust and weaken TIE various
railway associations.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-14
RECEIVED BY ROYALTY.
See the American
Team Play Our National Came.

LONDON, March 13.-The first game OF
baseball ever played at Remington Oval
took place yesterday afternoon before
throng of spectators deeply curious as to the
famous game Of baseball. The players. who
were quite the lions Of the day, were given
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-14

weakening on either side. The strikers are
very orderly.
The Spinners' Union held its monthly
meeting tonight, but took no action on the
their union should strike, claiming that as
long as the spinners work the mills will run
and make yarn for which there is great de-
mand and profitable market
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-14
TWENTY DEAD.

An Explosion In the srlnnally Cot
IIery, Wrexhan.
LONDON, March ia terrible explosion
occurred in Brinnaily colliery, Wrexham, to-
day, resulting In great loss Of life. Eleven
dead bodies have been taken from the pit.
and three miners have been rescued.
Later adyices say 20 persons were killed.
The Portland daily press., 1889-03-14
IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
Walker Blaine Examiner Of Claims
Eugene Schuyler Assistant Secretary

Eugene Schuyler Assistant Secretary
WASHINGTON, March 13.-President Har-
rison today sent the following nominations
to the Senate:
Eugene Schuyler of New York, to be assistant
secretary OF state, vice George L. Rives, resigned
Walker Blaine Of Maine, to be examiner Of
claims for tn department OF state, vice Francis
Cyrus Bussey Of New York city, to be assistant
secretary Of the interior, vice David L. Hawkins,
resigned.
A resolution authorizing the committee on
coast defences to sit during recess was re-
ferred to the committee on contingent ex-
penses in ths Senate today. A like resolu-
tioD as to the committee on privileges and
elections was agreed to. Resolutions for the
purchase Of S4,000,000 silver bullion per
month for coinage, and for special commit
tee on the commercial relations of the Uni
ted States with Mexico, Cuba AND West India
Te1aud loi1 At--A-1Ao Ioh WIG PhooS.Ass -
Grafton of executive business.
Of A. c. Mellette. Governor Of Dakota, and
The Senate has also cofrmed the n0mina-
tions of yesterday and that of Walker Blaine,
made today.
The confirmation of Walker Blaine was
not of the, usual order, and was made by
unanimous consent probably as a compli-
Dent to his father. The position to which
he is appointed is practically that of legal
advisor or ''law officer" of the State Depart
ment. Its incumbent necessarily occupies
specially confdential relations with the
SECRETARY. r
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Foreign Notes.

rine, was seized with a fit In the Place de Ia
Concorde last evening, and Is dying.
The government has abandoned the Idea
of prosecuting William 0'Brien for conspira-
cy.
yesterday at $40 D. m. Attorney General
Webster announced that the case for the
Times was finished. The court adjourned
until April I'd.
Newfoundland and the Dominion are In
dispute. The Dominion wants Newfound-
American fishermen. Newfoundland claims
that the Dominion in that case should refuse
to sell bait to French fishermen. But the
Dominion Is trying to secure commercial
treaty with France, and does not take kindly
TO Newfoundland's proposition.
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Fire in the King Block, Denver. Col, did
$4,000 damage yesterday.
Freeman Orne & Sons. general traders,
Southport. Me-, have gone into insolvency.
j. w. Porter & Son, manufacturers Of ex-
eelsior, Strong, Me-, have gone into in
solvency.
The Michigan legislature has passed bill
to allow women to vote fer aud hold the
Office Of school inspector in Detroit.
Ten men have been fined SlOeach at Ports
mouth; \. H.. for witnessing or arranging a
dog ngnt. Inc costs were Sll.50 each. The
men came fom Massachusetts.
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the w WEATHER.

SIGNAL OFFICE, WAR Dept,
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
March 13. 1889, pm.
Indications for the next "a hours for New
England are fair weather, preceded by rain !;
Northeastern Maine, colder weather, winds
becoming northwesterly.
Cautionary signals displayed at Narragan-
sett section, Woods Holl section. Boston,
Boston section, Portland and Eastport.
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
March 49, 1885,
Observer, POI tland, Me-:
1910 p. m.-Hoist cold wave signal. Tenn
perature will fall to or below 20 degrees by s
a. m. March Is. GREELY,
Chief Signal Officer.
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND, Me-, March 13 1899
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sAeADAHoc COUNTY.

Monday, DIR. Bibber Of Bath, had an ex-
perience at New Meadows which he would
not care to repeat. He was called to attend
the sick son of Charles Goddard, on Ding.
ley's Island, and accordingly drove to Small
Point. Leaving his carriage he found q
man who promised to take him to the island.
The stranger launched q crazy sort OF cross
between dory and skiff, which had been
hauled up for the winter, and invited the
doctor to step in. The wind was blowing
strongly from the northwest, thus giving
them the waves in the side Of their craft,
and while the water was streaming through
the open seams, the sea was as constantly
splashing over the rail. The stranger rowed
and the doctor bailed, but the water gained
and they were obliged to land on smal
jslet and turn out the water on the shore.
Then they again proceeded and finally
reached the house, thoroughly wet and near
ly frozen Naturally. the doctor refused to
return in the same craft and another boat
brought him safe to shore. The doctor has
followed the sea and was brought up on It's
shores but he says nothing would induce him
to make that passage again.
YORK COUNTY.
Saeo river opened 10 navigation yesterday
morning, month earlier than last year.
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Mean daily ther....43.5 Max. vel. wnd..... 10
Maximum ther. $40 Total precip.... %
Minimum ther ...2o.3
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
March 13, 1889, 8.00:P. M
Observations taken at the same moment Of time
at all stations.
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the STATE.


The auditors report for the town Of Cam
den shows that the amount expended on
"a. including four new streets built last
Ioa.' i' se,T6I.S3. The book valuation OF
yea yeat town WA i; .704, ,962. The actual valuation
Is double n, Ina. snhS eIo on $1,000. The net town
actually aoVhs th 9iy ner ce.t Of the actual val
debt Is less tnan n ~ wPeeting will be held next
sas1Sh; M6ndsv There here are several crtces for
building new streets. also one for p:osuiolhls uanls
for aid for building railroad. Inc t tsCs
hle vet many favor a railroad to the centre
Of the State. connecting Augusta or Water
VILE with Camden.
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P PC-Partly Cloudy.
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CONTINUED ON FOURTH PASFl
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LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND, Me-, March 13, 1889.
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ment of ten State legislatures. Every
sussex member has thus publicly remem-
hered the ladder by which he climbed to
his Legislative chair.