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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-26
The Last Of the Slaves.

KANSAS CITY, December 25.-An unique
case was decided in the -proba 9 court of
Cooper county yesterday. 1t was that Of a col
ored woman who has just discovered that
she Is a free woman and not slave, and
who brought suit against her late masters
estate for $1400 wages.
At the commencement Of the war Joseph
Hickman, then the wealthiest and most in
fluential farmer in the, county, bought a ne
gress in the market and brought her to his
farm as a sewing maid. Since that tire she
has never been allowed to go beyond the
bounds of the farm and in her petition she
alleged that she had been permitted to hold
converse with none Of her race, and none Of
the family was ever permitted to tell her the
results Of the war.
When her old master died three weeks ago
she ran away to Boonville and while there
learned that the slaves were emancipated
and that she was free woman. Sne told
her story to the lawyer, and he brought a
suit to recover $1400 (wages at So a month
for % years. from Hickman's estate. The
court decided for the plaintiff today and al
lowed one half the amount claimed.
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The Montana MuddIe.

HELENA, Mont, December 25.-The test
legislative case of Representative Roberts
was called in the district court Yesterday.
The suit was brought by Roberts to compel
age and at the same time to settle the right
of Republican members from Silver Bow
county to their seats in the legislature. The
attorney general claimed that Roberts petit
tion was insufficient as it did not set forth
the fact of his election or that he was mem
ber of the House. Another point raised by
the attorney general was the question as to
whether Roberts was member of a legal
House of Representatives. Judge Hunt de-
cided that the writ must issue. The attor-
ney general entered an exception and the ar
and Mediation, judges in Silver Bow county
placed their designations in the Governors
hands today,
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mate of those who do this well. watch the
introductions at the Rext reception you at
tend.
'To stand easily is one of the hardest
things TO do. The actor who can stand per-
in his profession, you may be sure. In So
clety you will find gentlemen standing on one
leg, or with legs crossed, or feet wide apart,
or attempting to stand easily with feet close
together and toes out. / say you will
notice gentlemen doing this because an
ladies stand that way. But they are just as
bad as the men. and IL you study the effect
Of these postures you will be able to tell the
women as well as the men. The correct at
titude Is with one foot slightly advanced
and the other about a foot back Of IL, with
the toes nearly at right angles. This gives
one latitude to rest the weight of the body
on either or both feet, and gives ones sup
pleness some expression"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-26
CHRISTMAS IN SPRING.
A Holiday Made Remarkable by the
Unreasonable Weather.

KANSAS CITY, No., December 25.-The
weather was spring-like here today. the
thermometer registering fifteen degrees
above the freezing point.
PrTTsBURG, Pa, December 25.-As far as
the weather was concerned, this was the
most remarkable Christmas ever expert
enced here. The day was bright. The
thermometer registered above sixty degrees
in the shade and in the sun the mercury
reached eighty-fve degrees.
CHICAGO. December 25.-Christmas day
here was bright, clear and warm, the ther-
mometer indicating in the neighborhood of
sixty degrees above zero in the shade in the
outlying suburbs. The Great Lakes today
are as free from ice as in mid summer, and
navigation to a limited extent Is kept up
even on the north shore Of Lake Superior.
GALLON, Ohio, December 25.-The mild
weather has caused the grass to grow, the
dandelions to bloom, the lilacs to leaf and
the NAPLES to bud,
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Trouble in The South.

SAVANNAH, Ga. December 25.-A riot oc-
CURED to-day at Jesup, 81 miles south of Sa-
vannah. Two white men were killed and
two others seriously wounded. Several me-
groes are reported killed. Two detachments
of the Georgia Hussars and troop of the
First Regiment of Georgia Cavalry have
gone to Jesup tonight. More trouble is ap-
pretended.
AUGUSTA, Ga, December 25.-Two Off
GERS were dsarmed and beaten to-day when
they tried to arrest party of drunken ne.
groes. half dozen negro ring leaders
were finally arrested and locked up. Then a
eral whites. One negro was killed outright
and another badly wounded. All is quiet
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-26
Texas Offenders Under Guard

GALVESTON, Texas, December 25.-The
$50 train last night brought in 80 prisoners
from Fort Bend county under the escort of
United States Marshal Dickenson, and a
posse of deputies. These, with % citizens of
Fort Bend county were indicted by the fed
eral grand jury here for running citizens out
of the county. Twenty-six besides those
thus charged were indicted for murder.
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Graceful Movements.

"Do you know that there are very few
people who know without instruction how
to walk across room, how to make grace
full bow, or how to stand at ease? Neither
of these three things Is done gracefully by
10 out Of 20 men and women. Did YOU ever
notice that an actor in walking across the
stage rarely obtrudes his feet on your notice,
while an amateur will impress you as not
knowing how TO handle them? The reason
Is that the experienced actor keeps his tees
down always, and doesn't lift his feet much
on the floor. Simple, isn'tit? But trick
to be acquired all the same.
AS for making bow, there are as many
different ways almost as there are different
persons. To stand with the body nicely
poised and incline the head gracefully Is
quite an art. II you wish to form an esti-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-26
PORTLAND, MAI

any Republican following. They number q
few sore-headed politicians, including two
or three Independents, who always fight be-
tween the lines. and have no Republican sup
porters. All the talk about the Farmers AL
lance opposing Allison is silly. A guerrilla
paper of this city sent out petitions over the
State asking people to sign them, requesting
their members to vote for Governor Larrabee
instead of Allison. 1t is true that the Gov
ernor is opposed to Allison, but the Repub-
lican papers in the rural districts jumped on
him so hard fol- his supposed connection with
this petition that he had to come out in an
interview and say that it was circulated with
out his knowledge or consent"
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LONG LIVE AMERICA.
BouIanger's Greeting to da Fonseca
and the Braziiian's Reply.


PARIS, December 25.-Some interesting
correspondence between General Boulanger
and General da Fonseca, President of the
Provisional Government of Brazil, is now
made public for the first time. Soon after
the news Of the Brazilian revolution was
confirmed General Boulanger sent the fol-
lowing message to his friend, General da
Fonseca:
Accept my sincere congratulations for the
able and patriotic manner in which you have car
ried out the plans which resulted in the over
throw of a despised monarchy. Your generalship
ly grand by the fact that not single life was sac
rliiced How different even from that of 1775,
ton in the world! How different from that of
France in 1889! The United States set the ex-
ample which revealed the possibility years ago of
all America becoming free from the yoke OF i'm
perialism. France followed in her footsteps, and
God grant that ere mother century has rolled by
all Europe will be free.
81 have great faith in the future of France, how
ever much she may be misgoverned at present-a
misfortune which L hope will never befall Brazil.
Will have hearing 1t is with you, as 1t will be
with me and my confreres, to show to the world,
as the great United states have done, that repub-
lcan government founded on liberty, fraternity
and equality will expand until the last vestige Of
kingcraft is swept away from the earth.
Long live the United States of Brazil!
Long live America!"
In reply to this remarkable greeting,
General Boulanger has received the follow
ing
SIN the name of the citizens of the United States
OF Brazil thank you for the cordial greeting
which you were inspired to send me. Be assured
that every means worthy of patriotism
was used TO bring about the present glorious re-
suit
"Yes, Brazil is free, and all America is free
Never more-and / speak adyisedly-will the
shores.
The present result in Brazil has been the dream
OF my boyhOOd. In undertaking the step which has
so gloriously resulted in our favor, L was fully
aware OF the great responsibility it entailed. My
desire was to bring about a blO0dless and mem
orable revolution. That desire has been gratihed,
thauks be to God.
''Some of my good friends in this and other
parts of the world have honored me with the title
OF The Boulanger of BRAZIL Let me say l am
proud of the title, and if B0ulangism means the
peaceful overthrow of despotlsm and the firm es-
tablshment of liberty, equality, fraternity and
posperity | cry. aloud with all my heart Long
Live Boulangerl" FoNsECA.
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Doctors Say It Is Serious.

PARIS, December 25.-Dr. Germain See
read paper on influenza before the Acadmy
of Medicine in this city and 1t was discussed
by other distinguished members of the pro-
fession. DR.. See thought the academy
should not encourage the opinion that the
epidemic is without gravity. He said that
patients were very apt to have pneumonia
or bronchitis in fatal forms.
DIR. Dujordin Beaumetz believed the
epidemic a form of dengue, a peculiar,
erratic, epidemic fever allied to rheumatic
affections. All the speakers concurred in
the opinion that the disease was not HARM
less, and that in case of relapse the con-
sequences were very serious.
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Silcott In Ottawa.

OTTAWA, December 25.-A man answering
in most particulars the description Of Silcott,
the Washington forger, has been traced to
this city, and is believed to have left for the
West. His hair was dyed dark brown and
he had entirely discarded the clothing with
which he came into Canada. He said he was
going up country to look for work. From
words he inadvertently dropped, it is infer
red he would try to leave the country through
British Columbia and make his way even
tually 10 England by way of Australia. lie
evidently has plenty of money.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-26
sarnum Entertains Newspaper Men.

LONDON, December 25,-All the boxes
usually reserved for royalty were Monday
set apart for the representatives eff the Lon
don press, who to the number of 200 were
specially invited and entertained by P. I.
Barnum, j. A. Bailey and Imre Kiralfy at
Olympia, the occasion being an entire change
In the circus programme of the Greatest
Show on Earth. The event was novel one
for London and was grand success. all
the new features were enthusiastically in
dorsed. The whole house for boxing night,
tonight was sold week in advance. The
crowds continue to be tremendous.
Portugal and England.
!, LISBON. December 25.--It is reported that
the dispute between England and Portugal
regarding their African possessions will be
submitted to the Duke Ernest of Saxe-Co-
burg and Gotha for arbitration. The British
minister has had several long interviews
with Senior Gomez, the Portuguese foreign
minister, on the questions at issue. The
Portuguese corvette Mindello has been or
dered to remain in Delagoa bay.
Moussa sey's Trial.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, December %. - The
persons who appealed against the acquittal
of Moussa Boy allege that the judges In the
recent trial favored the defense and omitted
decisions ON II counts of the indictment
Fire In Sydney, N. s. w.
AZ ~ vs. DeCblHUcI ITO
yesterday destroyed the wharveS of the New
Zealand Steamship Company, together with
a large quantity of stored produce.
Foreign Notes.
A general strike of colliers has been in
augurated throughout Belgium and scare
ity of coal is already beginning to be severe
ly felt.
The London Daily News says Germany
will send an iron clad to Brazil to protect
German colonists.
The London Daily News correspondent in
crete writes that the recent decree of the
Turkish government granting amnesty to
political offenders on the Island, only makes
the situation worse. Christian residents
were agitated at this turn of affairs, but are
cheered by news that the Greeks will soon
make fresh efforts In their behalf
Madame Bonnemain, the enthusiastic
supporter of Gen. Boulanger, has inherited
81 500, 600 the bulk of which she will devote
to the Generals cause.
Five convicts overpowered the guard in
the penitentiary at Portsmouth, Ont, Tues
day night, and escaped to the United States.
A block of buildings in Charter House
square, London, burned yesterday causing
loss of $750,000
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STATE ITEMS OF INT EREsT.

The Valuation Commissioner thinks the
State valuation will be increased from ten to
fifteen per cent over the valuation for the
last ten years.
The fish commissioners have a million
saemon eggs in the Matching house at Sebago
Lake. The greater part of them are for
Sebago, but some will go to other waters.
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NO COAL NEEoED.
Householders Happy and Thousands
of fainers Out of Work.

SCRANTON, Pa, December 25.-The Della
ware, Lackawanna &c Western Coal Com
pany to-day notified their employees at the
Brisbin, Sloan, Archibald. Dodge, Manvlle
and Hallsted mines, numbering over 1000
miners and laborers, that the collieries
would shut down after to-day until the
weather is cold enough to raise the present
stagnation in the coal trade. The Pennsyl-
vania Coal Company, with IA mines at
Dunmere. Pleasant Valley. and about Pitts
ton, have shut down all but one at each
place, throwing about 1000 employees out.
The workmen at the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Companys mines, are daily expecting
similar notice
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Iowa Republicans are Tor Allison.

CHICAGO, December pa dispatch to the
Tribune from Des Moines, Iowa, says: "The
Senatorial situation is still a subject of inter-
est, but there is no reason to think the ont
come will be different from what was pre-
dicted months ago. Senator Allison will be
reelected, and will have the vote of every
Republican member of the Legislature.
Every Republican paper in the State is sup
needed several Democrats would vote for
him in preference to any other man. The
whole talk Of rejecting him comes from men
who are not Republicans, and are without
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-26
Eastern Star Encampmenr, .. o. o.
r., No. 2.

The following officers we've chosen last
evening for the ensuing term:
C.P.-R d. Billings.
ii. P.-W w. Cole.
S. Wv. A. Smardon.
II. S.-Benjamin J Small.
+. S.-Chares Paine.
Treasurer-Issac II. Clark.
j. W.-Thomas A. Hood.
A, of H.-W. L. Plummer.
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Washburn Mills Not Sold.

BOSTON, Mass, December 25.-The pub
lished statement that the G. c. Washburn
FIGURING Mills, of Minneapolis, had been
sold to an English syndicate is cnntradicted
by telegram from the q. C. Washburn-
Crosby Company, of Minneapolis, propri-
etors of the mills, to their Eastern agent,
The telegram is as follows:
C. c. G. Thornton, Boston:
You can contradict the statement. The mills
are not sold no one bidding on them at present.
WAsHBURN-CRosBY COMPANY,
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Obituary Notes.

MIR. James A. Jordan of East Boston, who
commercial men in New England, his eff
cheney and popularity making him highly
esteemed. Mr.. Jordan was a native Of
BridgtOn
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The following are the United States SignaI
Service observations for yesterday, Decem-
Der 25th. h.taken at p. M, 10Th meridian time
the observations for each station being given
in this order: Temperature, direction of the
wind, state of the weather.
Boston, 540,.. W, cloudless; New York.
560, SW, c.oudless; Philadelphia, 53o. SW'
cioudless Washington. l560, SW, cloudless !;
Buffalo, 420, SW, cloudless Cleveland. 42o'
Sc, cPdlss; Detroit, 42c, w. cPdls; Chicago,
46O, sW,, cloudy; St, Paul. $40, SW, cloud.
Vincent, zero, N, snow; Bismarck. 40. NV,
cloudless; Jacksonville, go, E, cloudless.
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Tnree Sailors Drowned.

YAQUINA CITY, Oregon, December 25.-
The steam schooner Farallone, was struck
to-day by heavy sea which carried over
board the chief engineer, the cabin boy and
three Swedish sailors. The sailors were
drowned before assistance could reach Them
The chief engineer and the cabin boy sue
ceeded in catching some wreckage and were
rescued by tug. The Farallone was towed
in badly damaged
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-26
The death Rate Increasing.

BERLIN. December 25.-The public health
authorities report great increase in the
number Of cases Of influenza. and an aggra-
the death rate The fatal effects are produced
by complications of pneumonia and laryn-
gifts. In Bremen the gas works are short Of
hands in consequence of the employees being
down with the epidemic In Munich the
disease is increasing and the hospitals are
full. The epidemic has appeared at Buchar-
est, GalatZ and Braila
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They Own a Word.

In the growth of the English language
some words that were originally coined fer
commercial purposes have been assmilated,
and have come into general use. Among
these words is ''celluloid," term used both
as substantive and an adjective. 1t is the
name of substance compounded principally
of pyroxylne, and is q descriptive word
meaning that the object has the appearance
or form of one or more small cells. But the
United States courts have recently decided
that the word may not be indiscriminately
employed. 1t is trade mark, and as such
has been registered and the inventors are en-
titled to its exclusive use.
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HENRY w. GRADY AT REST.
Southerners Pay Last Honors to the
Atlanta Editor.

ATLANTA, Ga, December 25.-The funer-
al of Henry W. Grady. took place at the
First Methodist church today. The body
was taken from his late home at 10 o'clock in
the morning, under an escort of committees
from all the organizations to which he be-
lOnged and placed in the church, where, for
three hours, constant stream of people
many from other parts Of the country, passed
to view the face all loved so well. The cer-
emonies were performed by five ministers,
and were of the simplest kind possible. The
interment was at Oakland. The funeral
procession was the longest ever seen here.
A special feature was the Constitution staff
on foot as an escort.
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SMASHED IN A CUT.
Accident to a Canadian Pacific Train
Near BrownvilIe.

ST. JOHN, N. b, December PA Can
adian Pacific train was five hours late today
owing to big smash-up near Brownville. In
rounding curve in the rock cutting the
whole train left the rails. The sleeper. first
class and colonist cars were smashed. The
porter of the sleeper and the cook sustained
slight injuries.
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a Gard of Thanks.

TO the members of the Carpenters Union
of Portland, and the public generally:
This is to certify that l have received from
the General Secretary in Philadelphia, a
check for one hundred dollars, the funeral
benefits for my late husband, Daniel Ward
of Deering; and gentlemen OF the Carpen-
ters' Union, / hereby tender to you my heart
felt thanks for the money. But above this,
| shall never forget the interest that you
have taken in me and mine.
Mrs. ELLEN WARD.
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THE w EATHER,

Fair.
SIGNAL OFFICE, WAR DEPT,
WASHINGTON, ID. C.,
December %, 1889, 8 p. m.
The following is the forecast of the wealth
er for New England till pm. today:
Fair weather, lower temperature, north
westerly winds.
Cautionary signals displayed from Sandy
Hook to Eastport.
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IMITATINc EUROPE.
New Methods in the legal System
of the Japanese.

YOKOHAMA, December 25.-The recon-
slruction of the ministry is intended to give
ultimate effect to the visit of General Count
Yamagata Aritorno to Europe; namely, to
introduce European methods in a larger de-
gree into the legal and administrative sys-
tens of the empire. There has been an ex-
change of places in the ministry, introduc-
ing two new men, Aoki aud Iwamura. The
first becomes minister of foreign affairs, and
the second minister of commerce. The new
minister of foreign affairs replaces Count
Ohuma Schigenogu, who is created privy
councillor, with the rank Of minister. The
significant part OF the change is that Count
Yamagata Aritorno, hitherto minister of the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-26
Hospitals Crowded.

PARIS, December 25. In consequence of
the spread of the epidemic, the hospitals are
pelled to make extraordinary provision for
new patients. In the school of the Daughters
of the Legion of Honor, at st. Denis, one
third of the pupils are i'll, and the school is
closed,
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THEY CAN sYMPAThIzE.
Great Works Family Have La
Grippe.
Especial to the Press.l

SOUTH BERWICK, December "a disease
is raging among several families in this town
which the local physicians pronounce La
Grippe. the Russian influenza, which is har-
assing the people in other parts Of the coun-
try. One family at Great Works, consisting
of eight persons, are all badly afflicted by
the epidemic. 1t comes to a victim in the
same form as an ordinary cold, accompanied
by an itching sensation within the nostrils,
which extends away to the brain.
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Spoiled the Cars Christmas

ST. PETERSBURG. December 25.-The Car
epidemic of influenza. Today he was too i'll
to attend the regular Christmas church ser
vice, and compelled to omit the customary
review of the parade of the Guards. The
Empress presided at luncheon given in the
Anitchkoff palace after the military parade.
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Ate a Quail a Day for Thirty pays.

BALTIMORE, December 25-Carroll S. Mac
Gill to-day finished his task of eating thirty
began on November % and each morning
since reported at the same place and partook
of thelquail. He says hereafter the quail
and himself will be strangers. as he has had
anouph
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II Vanuuishes the Warrlors.

LISBON, December 25.- The Influenza pre-
walls to such an extent among the soldiers
in garrison here that it will probably prevent
the proposed review on the 2Sth inst, on the
King of Portugal. The King is also suf-
ferpr
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Louisiana's Ascending officer.

:, NEW ORLEANS, December 25.-Maj. Z. A.
who stands indicted for the embezzement Of
nearly SeOO0OO of State bonds and for for
gerry OI numbers on said bonds and who dis
appeared from London two months ago, has
arrived IN honduras: There has been much
conjecture concerning the ex-Treasurer's