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The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
ELECTED TO FIND THE DOORS CLOSED.
The French Chamber VIII AnnuI the
choice Of Gen. soulanger.
cerman observers Anxious to See
the New Majority at Work.
Censor Su Demands that China
ExpeI American Residents,

PARIS, September 24.-It is now estimated
that the supporters Of the government com
prise 300 moderate Republicans and sixty
five members of the Left. The Chamber is
certain to annul the elections of Gen. Bon
langer and Mr.. Dillon.
ST. PETERSBURG, September 4.-The
Russian press is chary of its comments on
the results of the elections in France.
BERLIN, September 24.-The North Ger
man Gazette says: "The elections In France
show that the Conservative Republican
faction. whose moderate leader is Leon
Say, will become an important factor in
shaping the policy of France in the near
future. The group, headed by NJ. Say,
while propagating the tradition Of Theirs.
may nevertheless prove unable to furnish the
kernel of complete and reliable majority
that will assure the country a strong and re-
spected government The actual import of
the elections cannot be gagged until the new
majority is at work.
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
RICE Sc A YEAR IN ADVANCE.

"Jesus was not actually led down into the
wilderness Immediately after HIS baptism,
for de was already there; He did not main
tain an absolute fact, for II so He must have
been miraculously sustained, In which case
He would have been free from hunger and
from the suffering which made the tempta-
tion to tarn stones into bread. The wider
ness was not barren waste, but merely. q
woody and mountainous part Of Judes, with
vineyards, olive groves, and many fruit trees
abounding in 1t. Christ was not literally
taken to the Holy City and set upon pima
Gle Of the temple. Had the devil taken Him
through the air he would have wrought
miracle, and only God can do that; had the
devil attempted to walk with Christ to the
temple, Journey Of twenty or thirty miles.
during which the fast could readily have
been ended. and then to the pinnacle, he
would have been frustrated, for by law no
foreigner could pass the first Enclosure. or
court of the temple, under pain Of death the
Jewish people could not pass the second, and
the priests alone could enter the third, In
which the temple was. And though the
devil monk or priest would be for the occa-
sion. Christ would not falsely have assumed
the character"
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25

Completing the organIz alton Of the
Concord & Montreal.

CONCORD, September 24.-At a meeting Of
the Concord & Montreal directors today the
following permanent officers were elected:
President Frederick Smyth, Montreal.
Clerk-W. M. Chase, Concord.
Treasurer j. Frank Webster, Concord.
Executive Committee-Beni. A. Kimball, John
A. Pearson, Concord; Chas. A. Buslel, Laconla.
Finance Committee-Samuel 5. Kimball, Con-
cord Chas. e. Morrison.
Bylaws were adopted and action taken In
reference to the details of the business of the
new corporation.
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
YOUNG PEOPLE AT BATH.
Opening OF the Sessions Of the Chris
tian Endeavor Societies.

BATH, September 24.-The delegates to the
State Convention of the Young Peoples
Endeavor arrived in Bath, by special train
this noon. 1t promises to be one Of the best
meetings of the Union. The meetings began
at the Winter street Congregational church
at 1.30 p. M, with service for praise and
prayer, after which Rev. o. w. Folsom Of
Bath, made the address of welcome. After
the transaction of regular business, address,
es on "Our Watchwards" were made as fol-
lows: Duty, Rev. j. M. Frost. Portland
Loyalty, Rev. 0. w. Waldron, Saco Fellow
ship, Rev. G. 81. Pope, Kennebunkport.
An address on sour Duty to the Missiona-
ry Cause" was made by Miss Elizabeth u.
Yates, a returned missionary from China,
and Miss Alice M. Kyle of Portland, gave a
report of the Philadelphia conference.
AT 4 p. m. the meeting adjourned to the
chapel, where. a conference on committee
work was held conducted by. w. II.
pers were read as follows: Lookout Com
mittee, Miss Mabel Waldron, Oldtpwn; So
cial Committee, A. E. Lemont, president
Penobscot County Union; Prayer Meeting
Committee, Mrs. 0. III. Tracy. Biddeford |:
Relief Committee, A. b. Morrill,, Portlan !;
Missionary Committee, Miss Emily w. Milli-
ken, Augusta; Sunday School Committee, E.
ID. Gerrish, Lewiston.
This evening prayer meeting was held
at 7.15 with greetings from Rev. E. NJ. Cous-
ems, president State Sunday School Associa-
tion and w. j. Chadbourne, General Secre-
tary Bath Y. M. G. A., and an address by
Rev. j. W. Hamilton. D. d., Boston.
Some interesting figures are found in the
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
New York Republicans.
EXPERT TESTIMONY,
Which tho Witness Himself sho wed
To Be Unreliable.

HARTFORD, September 24.-The trial oc-
CURED today in the Supreme Court Of Will
liam j. Souder for murder IN the second de-
gree. The prosecution claims that death to
the victim, John II. Calvin, resulted from
penetrating wound to the skull and brain
from penknife in the hands Of the accused.
The defense claims that the subsequent op-
Grafton Of trepanning caused 1t and that such
wound could not be inflicted with a knife
In the hands Of an ordinarily strong man.
was given a skull and knife and asked 10
show the impossibiity of penetrating the
skull by blow. Ths skull was struck sew
eral blows, one of which produced much the
same kind of a wound as the State claims
WAS inicIed So Sp upon i Gaixin tndt;s his act oy
wound could not be made produced some
thing of sensation.
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
GEORGE FRANCIS AMONG HONEST MEN.
citizen Train Sent to jail on an Ac-
ton for Debt.
Ne Tells the Court that Hones
ReIgns Behind Prison Bars
And Promises to Pose as a Freak
When Liberated;

Boston, September 24.-Citizen George
Ffancis Train Is prisoner. He was arrest
ed this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff John b.
Fitzpatrick, at the suit Of Oscar NJ. SpIlIer
OF Toledo for a debt alleged TO have been
contracted many years ago, which the plain
tiff In the warrant alleges amounts to $1,000.
Mr.. Train gave to reporter his version Of
his arrest and the reasons for 1t. He said:
Il was in Switzerland In 1917, where my
children were being educated, and received
letter from John A. Liant, editor OF the
Toledo SUM- asking whefhsF A would net
guarantee $40 to buy type for his little pa
per. He said would not De called upon to
pay 1t, but merely to guarantee 1t, which
did. This Spiller is Hebrew pawnbroker.
In Toledo, and he advanced Liant half the
amount, $50 or $40. never heard anything
about 1t until long after had returned home
In 1876, when was In Madison Square. New
York, he got judgment against me In Toledo
for about 500, and four years later he came
TO me In New York and wanted me TO settle
II Tor $50 wrote to Liant, and he replied
that he had paid 1t all. Then Liant got tudg-
ment against me In New York for s363.63.
the amount swelled to $1,000.
do you intend to pay the amount, Mr.
Train, or Will you 60 TO jail?"
"Of course I'll 90 to jail, be replied.
When brought before Judge Ely In the
poor debtors court Mr.. Train made ram
bling, incoherent statement, In the course OF
which he said that he had been pronounced
OF unsound mind, though harmless. ITO
put me In jail would be to have the lail torn
down; to let me out would be to kill the
foreclosed. and he was made martyr gener-
ally. All this was done merely because he
had quoted the Bible.
He then explained how the debt became
due, as above stated
"Can /, In law, do anything here TO satisfy
this courtY' said Mr.. Train.
The judge said he could give ball
Mr. Train-Which refuse
The Judge-0r take the poor debtors oath.
:, Mr. Traln-Which L cannot, as l don't be-
lieye In God, and am q lunatie.
The Judge-Well, l have only to commit
Mr. Traln-Precisely. 1 am lunatIc, and
as ! have won that reputation by careful at
joined.
Mr. Train then commenced TO pitch into
the Boston newspapers for not having pub
lished bis lectures. he asked; us this In
The judge said, certainly"
"Weli." said Mr.: Train, II rather like this
court. Tis kind Of genial. [Laughter.l
was six months In jail In New York for
did not like"
The yudge-It looks as IL you would be
compelled to stay In Jail here forever
Mr.. Train-It looks that way. Well,
everywhere l go demoralize the prisoners.
[Laughterl The only place | ever met hon
est men was In jail. All the thieves are out
side. IL ever get cut win 90 TO the dime
museum as freak. Laughter.l
The judge wrote an order for Mr.. Trains
committal to the Suffolk county Jail, and
with courtly bow to the court and the re-
EitZpatrick
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
VERY ENTHUSIASTIC.
South American Delegates Arrive in
New York.

ooutn american DeiegateS Arfive IN
New York.
New YORK, September 24.-At o'clock
ed of representative citizens, boarded the
revenue cutter Manhattan and steamed
down to quarantine, where they met the City
of Para and took off the South American
delegates to the International Congress. The
party on the City of Para consisted of DR..
Jacinto Castellanos, delegate from Salvador !;
DIR. Joaquin Arrieta Rossi, attache; Samuel
Valdi0is0, secretary; Senior Juan Francisco
Velarde, delegate from Bolivia; Alcibia Des
Velarde and Mariana Velarde, attaches;
Geronimo Zelaya, delegate from Honduras
Roberts, from Chill, and Julia M. Foster of
Santiago, Chill, who was taken on board the
cutter. The party on the arrival at the barge
Office took carriages and were driven to their
hotel; They Will leave for Washington in a
few days.
In conversation with Senior Zelaya, dele
gate from Honduras, that gentleman said :
"Our people are very enthusiastic over this
International Congress, and expect many
advantageous results from it. We wish to
develop our mining ana agricultural inter-
ests, but it is our mines that we want to see
In operation as soon as possible. We need
railroads and an enlargement of our COM
merce with foreign countries, especially with
the United States. All classes in our coun-
try desire closer relations with your
people," In speaking of the present foreign
trade of Honduras. he said that it was
now controlled by England and France;
that those countries were reaping all the
benefit and were opposed to the opening up
OF all the South American countries by 9TH
ers than themselves, and that the one main
result hoped for by his countrymen from this
congress was the immediate influx of Ameri-
can trade and American enterprise in devel-
Oping the country.
Senior Juan Francisco Velarde sain in rela-
tion to Bolivia: "We wish to develop our
mining and agricultural interests. Mining
is the principal industry and always will be.
We have rich gold and silver mines. Our
copper mines are equal to any others and we
have one of the richest tin deposits in the
world. England monopolizes the trade of
our country, and of course will not advance
our industries to the injury of her own.
what we wish is to have the United States
tion.'
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
MAIN G.
Courtln Maine.

DOVER. September 24.-The Supreme
Court convened here today, Chief Justice
Peters presiding The prospect is for term
of the average length and no very important
matters.
FARMINGToN, September 24.-The Sep-
tember term of the Supreme Court opened
here this morning, Judge Haskell presiding.
1t will be short term.
ALFRED. September 24.-The grand ;ury
in the Supreme Judicial Court for York
county reported this morning 20 indictments.
The following ere public:
Rice X. Smith. murder; Fred Holland. COM
pound larceny; Albert III. Hurd, larceny; Isaiah
shackey malicious miscais rSacs ra Garles y Robin
assault and battery; Aifre' reeman, assault and
battery. two indictments george Foster and
Frank Parker, jointly !. eted for compound
and Entering; rim Kelley r. Smith, assault and bafgs
terry.
Rice K. Smith of Marlborough, against
whom an indictment Of murder was re-
turned, was arraigned this afternoon He
pleaded not guilty. Benjamin f. Hamilton
and Charles s. Hamilton of Biddeford. were
appointed counsel by the court The trial
will be on Thursday. October 3.
An Auburn House Burned.
LEWISTON, September 24.-The dwelling
on Broad street, Auburn, owned by G, /.
Barker and occupied by Thomas Wood and
Samuel Lufkin, took fire around the chimney
this morning and was burned. The loss is
$4,000, and insurance $500. Wood and Luf-
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
A Needless Disaster.

QUEBEC, September 24.-Eyidence given
at the inquest today tends to show clearly
that the recent land slide could have been
guarded against by properly repairing the
cracks in the cliffs years ago. A boulder
weighing tons was chained to the mountain
side with an inch chain and an inch board
covering was used to hide other defects and
danger from the publc
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
on a Moving Cliff.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, September 24-The
startling information has just been made
National Encampment was averted by mere
chance. The sloping hillside at Juneau park,
where 100000 people were seated on the
night of the sham naval battle, was moved
six inches. Had it not been for the stone
hill the whole side of the cliff would have
slipped off into the lake, carrying the people
with it. The ground at the bottom of the
hill is bulged and at the top there is deep
tissure where the sod and earth has been
torn aDart
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
THE NEW ENGLAND RECORD BROKEN.
Yearling Lizzie Miller, a Maine
Horse, Trots a Mile In 2.57.
Opening Of the New England Breed
ers' Third Meeting at Mystic.
Nelson's String Is There and Is At
tracing Great Attention.

BOSTON, September A.-The third meet
ing of the New England Association Of
Trotting Horse Breeders was opened at Mys-
tic Park this morning under most auspicious
conditions for success SO far as weather, at
tendance and number and variety of exhib-
its were concerned. and the outlook is for
the best fair, with its accompaniment of races
that the association has yet held. AS last
years meeting exceeded in number and quail
ity Of exhibits that of the year before, so
the one of this is still greater advance and
makes show Of which the association and
its management feel pretty proud. Horse
men competent to Judge say that never In
any part of the country have they seen so
many young trotting stations Of good breed
ing brought together for exhi bition, and are
cOrresp0ndingly elated at the prospect
Most Of the stations exhibited have been
premium winners In the State fairs of New
England this fall, and are now brought to,
gether for more extended comparison and
competition. This Is true also of the brood
mares and FLIES, and, In short, the show is
first class one, and with its races and special
exhibitions daily Is something well worth a
visit from every lover Of the tr0tting horse.
The association under whose auspices the
fair is held is composed of the largest breed
ers Of trotting horses in the New England
States, and is organized for the sole purpose
Of improving trotting horse methods of
breeding and of bringing the horses them
selves up to the highest possible standard.
1t Is not money making association in any
sense, the profits from its meetings going
into the breeders, prizes offered for the year
following and not into the pockets Of the
members. The latter, when they are also
exhibitors, pay for their own stalls and have
no privileges not enjoyed by non-members.
At present the association Is somewhat in
debt, owing to the heavy expenses of new
stalls for last years meeting. but the pros
poets are that 1t will be soon wiped out and
all the money be available for premiums
The officers Of the association deem the out
look most hopeful one and are doing their
best to make the present meeting q success.
G. FL. Nelson's horses make a fine exhibit.
Other prominent exhibitors are the High
lawn Farm, Lee, Mass. L. d. Wiggin, Bos-
ton; w. G. Parker. Boston Rundle & White,
Danbury, Vt; j. r. Farnum, Waltham;
B. +. and III. f. Briggs, Auburn, Me-; W. S.
Bailey, East Hardwell, VT; Gale & Rich
ardson, Plttsfeld, Mass; Isaiah Thomas,
Goffstown, N. III. About 1000 people were
on the grounds this afternoon. when three
races were trotted, for New England bred
two-year-olds, the three minute class where
ever bred, and three-year- olds. The races
resulted as follows:
RACE FOR NEW ENGLAND BRED Two-YEAR
oLDs, srAKE-S300.
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
MAINE WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25 1885,

trot concluded the 43d annual fair of the
York County Agricultural Society. The fair
has been success. Financially the result
is not up to the hopes and expectations of
the management, but the races, with the pos
sible exception of Mondays, were extreme
ly closely contested. and were without ex-
ception the best races ever seen In the two
cities. Where the management Should have
cleared $1,000, and would have If the wealth
er early in the week had been good, they are
only about $3.50 ahead. A few more than
31O0 tickets were sold at the park in three
days, and the receipts at the hall were very
light, only about $500.
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
PRESENTED HIS REVOLVER.
How a North Berwick Sheriff Seized
Barrel of Whiskey.

BIDDFoRD, September 24.-The Journal
tonight says:
Deputy Sheriff B. P. Parker of North Ber-
wick extended his acquaintance with Hog
Point rumsellers Saturday night. He went
down to that unsavory locality to see how
things were prospering with the denizens
who persist in selling in spite of the frequent
visits of the officers and slipped into the
basement of one of the dives through back
door, just 10 season to see the proprietor
drawing whiskey from half barrel. Officer
Parker observed that he was looking for
just such liquid as the half barrel contained
and took possession of the rancho forthwith.
As usual, a big mob Of Hog Pointers assem-
bled before he could get the stuff out and all
sorts of violent threats were showered upon
the officer He pulled his revolver and kept
the crowd in tolerable order and then put
Stacy Hall, young man who had accompa-
MED him, keeper of the half barrel until he
could get his team up to the door. Young
Hall took seat, revolver in hand, on top of
the cask and then the mob began to express
much interest to know whether or not he
was duly qualified officer of the law. Upon
learning that he only possessed the authori-
ty which he had received through Sheriff
Parker, his right to occupy so choice seat
was savagely disputed and a rush was made
by the crowd toward the young man. Hall
presented his revolver so promptly and with
such an air of business that the mobs cour-
age failed and finally the liquor was loaded
into the team and hauled off amid fierce
threats and dire imprecations.
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25

The controversy in Bangor over the alleged
outrage Of the girl Of feeble mind has become.
Of portentous magnitude. II we may Judge
from a sentence in an open letter written BY
+. q. Beal to the News. Mr.. Beal says one
editor has brought out "his mud-slinging
machine and has coughed up his barrels Oh
mud and slime, even on to the very skirts OF
His Honor, the Mayor, the City Marshal,
the Honorable Judge Of our Municipal
Court, and In fact on everybody who did not
think best to take any stock In his mad and
excited advice"
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
SUNDAY school Workers,

kin lost part of their furniture, but it was
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
LIZZIE MILLER's RECORD.
A Maine Yearling Trots a Mile In
2.57, Best In New England.
Especial to the Press.

Especial 10 the Pre5s.
LIvERMoRE FALLS, September 24.-Liz-
Miller, the fast yearling flly that trotted at
Canton in 3.o1f recently. today made an ex-
hibition to beat the New England record
made by Palm. 3.123 doing the first quarter
in 43 seconds, half in 1.26 and the mile in
2.57, by far the best record by a yearling ever
made in New England. Lizzie Miller was
recently sold to a Massachusetts party for
$500.
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
THE DEVIL A NoNENTirY.
His Personality Denied by a Baptist
Pastor OF Chicago.

CHICAGO, September 24.-The Rev. Ii. II.
Barbour, pastor Of the Belden avenue Bap-
tist church. created sensation In the Bar
tlst ministers meeting by reading paper at
this mornings session in which he denied
the existence OF personal devil and treated
the passages from Scripture speaking OF such
parsonage as figurative. and not literal.
Perhaps the most astonishing part of his
paper was that which treated of the tempta-
said:
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
To Harriet nesonst stowe.

HARTFORD. Ct, September 24.-The Op-
era House at Hartford, was crowded to
overfowing this afternoon to witness the
monial to Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. The
tableaux illustrate national events from Co.
lumbus to date, and were designed especial
ly to show the progress Of woman. The au-
thor and manager was Miss Cora Scott Pond
of Boston. Mrs. Livermore was lecturer.
Mrs. Isabelle Beecher Hooker personated
Mrs. StnWe
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
BASE BALL.

The following games were played in the
National League yesterday:
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
Buried for Manylhours.

QUEBEC, September 24.-At O'Clock this
morning the laborers at work on the ruins
OF the landslide heard moan under a heap
reached Joseph Kemp, whom they extri-
Gated. Kemp, who is 72 years old, was still
able to speak after being buried 1OS hours.
Stimulants were administered and hopes are
now entertained that he will recover. In
tense excitement prevails.
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25

SALEM, Mass, September 24-The 43rd
annual session of the National Council, o.
y. A; NJ, was held at Salem today. Ma
tional Commander w. o. Staples presided.
Ten new members were admitted, represent
ing eight States. The report of the national
secretary showed that during the year two
State councils were instituted in West Vir-
ginia and Ohio. The number of councils is
357, membership 5000.
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25
MEDiTATlNC RETALIATION.
Censor Su Demands the Expulsion
of Americans from China.

SHANGHAI, September 24.-The action of
tie United States in forbidding Chinese i'm
migration is having its inevitable result and
the government here is meditating measures
of retaliation. According to kilograms from
Pekin the Emperor and his privy council
are now deliberatlng upon memorial from
Censor Su demanding the expulsion from
this country of all Americans in Chinese
employ. Not only is this drastic step in con-
temptation against Americans who occupy
subordinate positions, but there is strong
agitation In favor Of greater restrictions
upon the presence of American merchants
and missionaries in the treaty ports.
The Portland daily press., 1889-09-25

A Maine drummer has made a sensation
by telling the Auburn Gazette that the
country regions OF the State are full OF
thieves and highwaymen. ready and willing
TO attack traveller who is unable to defend
mer says he see many Of them in his drives
over lonely country roads, but has succeeded
In avoiding th9m. III this drummer carries
or much cash as Imagination, he would bet
ter watch out" as they say out West