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The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
OBITUARY..
Charles s. Smith.

Mr.. Charles S. Smith, one of the Oldest tel
egraph operators in the United States, died
at his home Iu Jersey City on Monday. He
was born in Portland, Me-, about 60 years
ago. He studied telegraphy, and was asso-
ciated with Samuel F. K. Morse and j. d.
Reid, now United States Consul at Duferm-
line, Scotland, in the building of the first
telegraph lines. 1t is said that he construct
ed the first instruments actually used on a
practical telegraph line. Upon the compile
tiOn of the New York and Washington line,
in 1876, he became manager of the terminal
office at Jersey City. Later he was engaged
in the construction of the O'Reilly lines In
the Southwest. From 1853 to 1857 he was
manager of the New York Office of the line
to Boston. About 10 years ago he became
connected with the, Western Union Tele-
graph Company, and at the time of his death
was steward of the dining room in the West
ern Union Building. One son and one
daughter survive him.
Thomas Holt.
Mr.. Thomas Holt, general manager of the
j. u b: H. Railroad at Bordie, Cal, has just
died. He was formerly chief civil engineer
OF the Maine Central and Eastern railroads
when Judge Rice was president. Mr. Holt
was little over "a years of age He was en-
gineer In charge of construction upon the
Maine Central extension from Danville
junction to Portland, which was completed
In 1871. He constructed the old general Of
hce building of the Maine Central on Com
mercial street, which was his headquarters
for years. Upon leaving the Maine Central
Mr. Holt moved to California and carried on
extensive mining and numbering operations
at BOdie, among the mountains. Here in
1881 he constructed for \ corporate company
the Benton & Bodie railroad with &c miles Of
rail. connecting with the mills and mines of
that section. With these interests Mr.. Holt
had been closely identified to the day of his
death. He was man of integrity, courage
and indomitable will, the indirect cause Of
his death being determination to reach his
station at Bodie by stage from Reno, Ne
vada, through blizzard, which turned back
all but he. Pneumonia was the result of the
hardship experienced upon this trip, from
the after results of which Mr.. Holt never
fully recovered.
William n. Small.
WIsCAssET, December 11.-William II.
Small died this morning. He was formerly
county commissioner and for 70 years prior
to 1884 was deputy collector Of customs He
leaves wife and daughter.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
H,nkIey and webber burned our
Business Blocked.

TACOMA, Wash, December 11.-A strike on
the Cascade division of the Northern Pacific
railroad, extending from this city to Pasco.
253 miles, began Sunday and threatens to as
whole road. Not a freight train has arrived
at or departed from Tacoma or Seattle for
three days and business in the freight wards
is practically at stand still.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12

The following are the United States Signal
Service observations for yesterday, Decem-
Der 18th, 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, ,46o, w, cloudy; New York, 4So
Washington, 4So, NV, cPdless; Buffalo. 400,
w, cloudless; Cleveland, 44o, w, cloudless !;
Detroit, 4Oc, SW, cloudless Chicago, A. .SW.
cloudless; St. Paul, $40, NE, cloudy !;
Duluth, 24o, NE, cloudy; st. Vincent, 90,
n. cloudless; Bismarck, 40, NE, p. c..
Jacksonville, 6S0, NE, cioudless.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
No { the Abilene National Bank,

The bank at Abilene. Kas., whose failure
yesterday morning, was the First National
Bank, not the Abilene National Bank of
which MIR. Clark Barker is president, neither
Is there any reason to believe 1t was in the
slightest degree affected by the failure Of the
First National
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
Peters's Last March.

BERLIN, December ia member of the
Plantation Company has received a letter
from Dr. Peters, written during the march
into the Somali country. 1t refers to the
treaty made with certain Somali
emssaries before they left Witu
The recipient of the letter
believes this treaty lured Peters to his doom
and the emissaries were rely spies.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12

Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Worcester. NUass

mechanical, electrical and chemical laboratories
unsurpassed for convenience and completeness.
The next examination for admission TO the De-
partment of Mechanical Engineering occurs Jan
uary % and 23, 1890. For Catalogue or specimen
examination papers address II. T. FULLER,
dec1Oeod4w President of Faculty.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
Weather Observations.

Mean daily ther....4 400, Max. vel. wind. -. 20
Maximum ther. ..44S Total precip... ..... 81
Minimum ther. ......352I
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12

He Kept a Stolen Horse.

FARMINGToN, December 11.-Deputy Sher-
if Nelson Gould returned from Augusta
where he had been to see Detective True
and Sheriff Stevens, and the horse thieves
Dyer and Malcolm, and as result of that
vlsit he Immediately placed Edward Stanley
OF Farmlngt0n under arrest on a charge Of
receiving stolen property.
Stanley is the man with whom the horse
was left Sunday night by Dyer and Macolm
in their flight across Franklin county. The
state claim in making the arrest of Stanley
that the horse left with him that night was
stolen horse and he thus became the recipi-
ent OF stolen property. Stanley was brought
before Judge Chandler in the Pennington
Municipal court, but the trial of the case at
the request of County Attorney TimbHrlake
was postponed week owing to the absence
OF an important witness.
The Industrial School.
AUGUSTA, December 11.-At the annual
meeting today Of the corporators and mana
gers of the Industrial School for girls at
Hallowell the report of the superintend-
ent sho wed that 303 girls have lived at the
scnool since 1t opened on January 20, 1875,
and there were twenty-four new commttals
last year. The average number in the school
has been siXty-eight. officers for the follow
ing year were elected as follows Sidney
Perham, president; E. Rowell, treasurer; !;
Chas. K. Nash, secretary; III. K Baker and
Mrs. l.. M. N. Stevens were elected trustees
for three years.
EIackhaIps Trial.
AUGUSTA, December 1.-THE case of ].
A. E. Blackhall of Waterville, for embezzle-
ment from Kingley & Co., brokers, is on trial
TODAY before Judge Whitehouse. s s.
Brown of Waterville, appears for Blackhail,
and County Attorney Carleton for the
State. Kingley q Co., claim that Blackball
had embezzled between $1,000 and 1890. Mr..
Kingley of Auburn, Titcomb of Waterville'
and Hezeltine of Skowhegan, have already
been examined. Nothing appeared detri-
mental to Blackhall. Sensational facts are
promised.
Fell Through Two Stories.
LEWISTON, December 11.-William Cra-
mer. employed in the Bates weave room
number two, fell two floors in the elevator
shaft this morning at about seven O'Clock.
and was badly hurt. At first, it was said
that the man was killed, but the physicians
find that leg and a couple Of ribs are brok-
en-. He lives on Walnut street, Lewiston.
and has family
Governor and Council.
AUGUSTA, December 1.-THE governor
and council confined the work to routine
business today. The Passamaquoddy Indi-
ans case against Agent Munson was laid
over till the next meeting. The council ad-
iourns to December 26, which will be the
last meeting of the year.
HlnkIey and Webber Burned our.
THoMAsToN. December 11.-Fire broke
out this afternoon in the basement of the
hardware store of Hinkley. & Webber and
spread into the basement of the store of EI-
win walsh. The fire department soon cot
control of the fire. but much damage Was
done to the stock of Hinkley & Webber.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12

Horace Allen and wife, of New Milford
Conn, were poisoned by condensed milk
which they drank in theirtea Tuesday night.
They will recover
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12

THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,
Published every day Sundays excepted) by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
AT 81 EXCHANGE STREET. PORTLAND, ME
Address all Communications 70
PORTLAND PUBLISHING co.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
London Afraid OF the Dark.

LONDON, December 11.-Negotiations en-
tered upon In the hope of preventing gen.
eral strike of gas workers have failed and a
strike Is now imminent which may leave all
London that depends upon gas in total dark
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
THE WEATHER.

Fair.
SIGNAL OFFICE, WAR DEPT,
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
December ii, 1889, s p. m.
The following is the forecast of the wealth
or for New England till pm. today:
Colder and fair weather Thursday; fair
and stationary temperature Friday; north
westerly winds.
Local Weather Report.
PORTLAND, Me-, December IL, 1889.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
Foreign NotoS,

Colonel Clibbom Booth of the Salvation
Army, has been arrested in Geneva for vio-
lating the decree expelling him from Switzer-
land.
The influenza which is raging in Europe
has broken out in Stockholm and thousands
are suffering from it.
Railroad traffic in Germny is at a stand
still owing to heavy snow storms.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS.
Maritime Delegates Recommend Its
Use to Prevent Disaster.

WASHINGTON, December 1.-THE report
of the committee appointed by the Interna-
tional Marine Conference on a life saving
system and devices has been completed The
committee say that in case of collision be-
tween two vessels, the master or person in
charge of each vessel should be required, as
FAR as ne can without danger to his own ves-
sci, crew or passengers, to stay by the other
vessel until 1t Is ascertained thatlshe has no
need OF further assistance, and to render the
other vessel such assistance as may be prac-
ticable and necessary, and also to give the
other vessel the name of his own vessel and
her port Of registry,or port or place to which
which and to which she is bound. The COM
mittee believes that the basis upon which an
agreement between the several nations is
most likely to be established regarding life
saving apparatus aboard ships can be found
in the rules of the Board of Trade of Great
Britain. The committee recommends the
extension of the principle of these rules to
all smaller craft as far as practicable The
committee says there Is no longer any doubt
that the proper application OF oil is efficaci-
GUS On the open sea, and is of the opinion
that all vessels should be supplied with a
proper quantity of animal or vegetable oil
with suitable appliances for its distribution.
The Pension List.
WASHINGTON, December H. Pensions
have been granted to the following Maine
people:
ORIGINAL.
Frank Fl. Jewell, Hermon Centre.
REISSUE.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
The Pension Lisr.
a Maine Man Appointed.

WASHINGTON, December 11.-Edward j.
Merrill of Maine has been appointed assis-
tant librarian of the House vice Smith, pro-
ofc
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12

P. C.-Partly cloudy.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12

PORTLAND, Me-, December IL, 1889.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12

WIsCAssET. December 11.-William H.
Small died this morning. He was formerly
county commissioners and for IL years prior
to 1884 was deputy collector Of customs. He
leaves wife and daughter.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-05
THE GROWN PRINCE BURIED.
The Ceremonies at tho Chapel Yostor
day-A Peculiar Theory.

The Ceremonies at tho Chapel Yestor-
day-A Peculiar Theory
NEyNA, Feb. i.-As the day progressed
the approaches 10 the court chapel became
more aud more dcnsely packed with pco-
pie anxious 10 gain vantage point from
which 20 view the remains Of Crown
Prince Rudolph. The crush was 10 great
that the line Of troops formed 10 keep
open a way 10 the chapel was broken SOW
oral times. resulting In great confusion
aud the iniuring OF q number Of persons.
Many women who got caught iu the great
rush tainted and were with difficulty cN.
tricatcd and carried ont from the crowd.
Emperor Fran els Joseph, In receiving
Baron Won Fcicryary and o:her Hungarian
Ministers today, expressed his satisfaction
at thc tone Oi the Vienna aud Pcsth jour.
nails with reference 10 the political s.tul.
ton. The attitude Of the press, he said,
had been great sOldcc tO him Ia his
grief
The Emperor las given orders ior the
completion oi RudOlph's Austria
gary In Word aud In Picture"
Herr yon szocgyeuy, an official ol the
imperial household, las gone to LuXom.
berg 10 take charge VI papers left by the
Crown Prince. The Emperor and tho
Empress gp 10 Prsth On Saturday ucxL
At the funeral services eighty seats will
be- allotted 10 the diplomatic body and
two 10 journalists. Windows on the
route oi ihe funeral procession arc being
let nc high prices POO and 80 florins
being paid. Several foreign newspapers,
including the Nlbs, Narir.hiH, ol
Munich. have been cOuh-ratci IN tho
uustulHre because they contained alleged
lnciiul account, of the incidents proceed.
ing Rud0lrh's suicide. Tie council Of
Austrian and Hungarian ministers meets
on TUESDAY 10 decide whether tu8h
statement ought 10 be published with a
view 90 putting an end 20 iho many u.
mur current
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-05

TO Amelia c. Waite, widow Of the late
Chicl Justice Waite, the balance OF one
years salary, SS,7l5.
The Supreme Court Of the United state
yesterday adjourned until Monday, March
/ next, at II o'clock.
Posmasters appointed; Tenncssce-J.
W.Andrcw, Linwood, Wilson County, Ar
kansas II j. Welsh, Sutton Pike County.
A bill was introduced bv Senator Glib.
son yesterday, authorizing tho Southern
Bridge and Railway Company OF louisi-
ana TO construct aud maintain u bridge
over the Mississippi River above the city
of New Orleans, ior the passage of railway
trains, wagons, cattle and foot passengers.
Secretary Endicott yesterday transmitted
TO Congress the report OF Adjutant- Gen
eral Drum, giving the strength OF the or
glnlled militia OF the various States and
Territories and the force of men available
Tor military duty, but not organized. The
totals are: Commissioned officers, S,3g1;
enlisted men, 0S, l0H number OF men
available, but not organized, S,lOi,G2s.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-05
PArrERsoN's BREACH OF PROMISE.
Mary Fleming Files Her Cause OF Com.
plant Against tho Ex-senator.

Mary Fleming Files Her Cause OF Com.
plant Against tho Ex-senator.
PnTLADrLruiA, Pa, Fob. l.-n the
suit Of Mary 4. Fleming Tor damages for
breach OF promise OF marriage, entered
against John J. Patterson, cN.Uuiicd
States Senator of South Carolina, the
statement for cause Of complaint was filed
today II Is accompanied by an affidavit
made by Mary +. Fleming, that the mat
ters alleged in the statement "arc in all
respects just aud true, 10 the best OF her
knowledge and belief "
In the statement filed the plaintiff al.
lcgcs that Mr.. Patterson promised to
marry her that date for the marriage
was fixed Tor several different times, but
In each instance was postponed 10y the
defendant aud that the defendant has
since married one Mildred Frank, Of
Waukesha, Wis, who il now his wife.
In consequence Of the engagement
plaintiff alleges that she laid ont aud ~
pended large sums Of money In preparing
for marriage, and that In consequence OF the
breaking OF the engagement or promise ui
marriage by the defendant she has sui.
icrcd loss OF position, disappointment.
annoyance, modification aud the loss of
the sums ui money, whereby she IN in
iutcd aud has sustained damage to the
extent ot $50 900, and therefore she brings
this suit
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-05
III. macc, u, N.w orleans.

NEw OrrAys, Feb. l.=ihc weather
was cloudy anI mild aud the attendance
ai tho races WIS good. Tho track was
heavy.
Flint mrc . iurlDngs. Starters rulrh.
ctt. KpnaugIon, Iluuuc, Playful, Mary
Cleo Martin
Pulchctt Won iu ll3l; rlornc wooul
kunsIuglun third.
second race milo s1rnrg l'Dlliu
llavlcy, sL Albius, lrH, Gabc G. and
Grey Fox
Eo.ln luvIcy won In l.2g, g. Adams
second. lr.s third.
Tnid rrr .G.lG mile. Sanou' Jim
ms o.. Eternity, Naucll aud joyful
Juy.u' Won 100 100 Jimmy u second,
Nturll third.
Fourth muc-l3.iG mile. stariora Ca.
lillian, Mc'luuory l'ul l"li, Henry llJr
dy aud l,ogarlIusz
MrMuUgfy won in iu 1884, NcmrI'urH
second, llyniy Hardy third.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-05
a Innn, rniiiinn.

WAsuiSoroy, Feb. g. President pro.
tenn Ingalls, today laiI before the Senate
the following petition
10 thr npu0nIle senate aud iioua ui Eepc.
suHs
Your humble petitioner would respect.
fully beg that you honorable body pass
the bIll introduced hy senator Butler, Ol
the South Sea Islands. empowering the
Commissioners oi Whitman County, W
T., to iauo bonds not tD exceed sluD.UuD
a. build q courthouse anl ilil in the town
oi COlluK. Now, your petitioner most
humbly pmys that YOU double thr dusH
aud give thgm privilege 10 raise t2DD,OJ0.
II Will take lhis amount Aud while YOU
are about 10, give us $4,000 Ia build q
balloon 10 get down b. the county sHat.
DO this, aud your petitioner will forever
pray JonN SMITH,
II WIS referred 10 tho Commiil,, on
IpTfltUfirH
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-05
ArccnIInr Ihcor,.

LovDoN, Feb. iHAnolhcr Sensational
story reldliyc to lbc death Of the Austrian
Crown Prince comrs from Brussels. It is
asserted that ihe Crown Prince became
outauslcl in au affair oi honor with a
high Austrian family aud that ii WIS de.
cidcd that the Prince aud son oi the
family iu question should Gght a
duel on the slcaIIol American plan,
according to which method dice are
thrown 10 decide which ol the ducile.ts
shall commit suicide. The dice were
thrown and Rudolph lost Tho timo spc-
Gifted ior the suicide Of thc loser was three
months. aud at iho expiration Of that pc.
Rod tho Crown Prince fulfilled his engage.
mcnt and took bic own lIlo. The TACT that
during the time mentioned Rudolph was
apparently prcpar ng.ior his coming death
seems 10 give color tp the foregoing story.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-05
TIE HAwEs TRAGEDY.
The Enterprise OF tho Ago.Hor,ld IN
showing There Was nn Eyo WitaJ6B.

The Enterprise OF tho Ago-Hor,ld IN
showing There Was an Eyo wita5sB.
Special Dispatch 60 The Appeal
BmwNoH,u, Ala, Feb. A-Thc ig5.
HT1I has demonstrated real journalistic
enterprise, aud as q result has Published
an intensely interesting story " regard 90
the great Hawcs tragedies. Il sent out a
detective and a special reporter 70 dad q
supposed eye witness 10 the murder OF
Mrs lIswes. They found man, after
hundreds 0i milcso OF rough travel and many
hlrlshlps, who proved 30 be- a twin brother
oi the witness. While thu mission lil not
meet with the hoped Tor success, that
paper has demonstrated beyond ppmlyen.
turc. that there wns 1u eye witness io the
crimes ol Richard lluwcs and Fanny By-
ant. This is only another instance Of tho
value ol tho newspaper 10 the officers Of
the Law in hunting down criminals, Cspoc.
tally when their deeds are shroudrd in
mystery.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-05
KILLED BY A sTRuMpET.
A Respectable Married Lady Brutnlly
Murdered nc Tullahomn.
special Dispatch to mo Appeal

special Dispatch to The Appeal
TuLlAuouA, Tenn, Feb To-day
about O'Clock pm. while Mr. II. G. Ar
ringion, Northern citizen, who lives
three miles from here, was In town, a
woman Of il fame named Sarah l.ooncy
went To his house aud, approaching Mrs.
Arlington, who was In the ward washing
clothes. demanded dinner. Mrs AIRING.
ton made the excuse that there was moth.
ing cooked. This seemed to make the
Looney woman furious aud she seized u
heavy bludgcon and siuisk Mira AIRING.
ton a blow on the head, crushing In tho
whole front II the skull. Tho murdcrss
then took her victims shoes aud bonnet
aud came ON tu town. passing through hero
after dark Mrs. Arlington was conscious
when discovered and q runner WIS sent
hurucdly after nr !. W. Phillips hut the
poor woman lived only lew minutes
alter his arrival The olhcrr' are now ou
the trail Ol the muflcrrss and she will hr
captured before morning.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-05
THE MURDERERs DIDN'T ESCAPE.
A Crime Committed u Month Ago Near
Birmingham Siftod.


Birmingham Sined.
special Dispatch 20 The Appeal.
BIRWNGu,N, Ala, Feb. Al. II. Read,
Il. y. Lamar, Tom Scwcll aud j. u. Masle,
four white sawmill men who live at Rob
Crson Station, on the Cahaba River, about
six miles south Of this city, were arrested
this morning charged with being the mur.
dcrcrs Of the unknown man whose decay
ing body was found on the south high.
lands yesterday afternoon. The evidence
against the mch is Just this About q
month since tho four prisoners and an
other man started from Birmingham in n
wagon 10 20 10 Robertson. They were all
drunk and hilarious, and while they wcr
passing the place where the dead body
was found their wagon stalled. They then
dismounicd and commenced 10 eat cocoa
nuts and PLAY cards. A broken coCoa-nut
was found in the hole with the dead
mans body. The following day while
some WO0d-cuttcrs were NJ work about 2lO
fee, from the hole In which the body WIS
found, two Of the men returned. and their
actions were such as 10 excite the sns-
piciOns oi the workmpn. Tie WOTkmcn
now understand the reasons why thc men
attempted 90 allure them away from the
vicinity 0i the hole. The COrUncr'b Jury
is at work On the matter.