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The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
THE FIRST NATIONAL.
Clouds of binding Smoke Caused
by Small Fire.

Some time after o'clock this morning. in
the room in the basement Of the First Ma
tional Bank building where the janitor stores
the waste paper swept out Of the offices, a
fire started. 1t was small blaze. but It
made lots of smoke, which in binding clouds
rolled through the corridor and swept nm the
elevator and stairways until the great build.
ing was full of 1t. At about a quarter to
two o'clock Police Officer McDonoupb
thought he heard somebody breaking glass
on Market street, and. with Watchman Nc.
Clusky, started to investigate. Guided by
the cracking sound they ran to the Market
street side of the bank Building, where the
waste room is situated. 1t did not take long
to discover what the trouble was, and Officer
McDonough soon had the bells ringing.
Mr.. McClusky rang the door bell and
aroused the janitor. d. B. Barnett who
sleeps on the upper floor. He aw0ke to find
his room filling with smoke, and after
arousing his two assistants came down with
them in the elevator, reaching the lower
floor half blinded and nearly suffocated.
In the meantime the engines had arrived
and stream through the window, backed
up by one taken in through the corridors
from the Exchange street entrance, soon
finished the blaze. The flames seemed to be
confined to the room in which they origin
ated, and did but little damage What the
damage from the smoke may amount to
could not be estipated last night. The large
banking room and the adjoining directors
rooms on the main floor were full of it, and
in the corridors above it was solid enough
to cut. The other offices were not opened
this morning, but it is very likely that books
and papers in them will remind their own
ers of the blaze for a long time to come.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
JEFFERSON DAVIS HONORED IN DEATH.
New Orleans Crowded During the
Funeral Services Yesterday.
A Long Procession Including MANY
Distinguished Southern Men.
Impressive Ceremonies on the Steps
of the City Hall.

New ORLEANS, December 1.-THE wealth
er this morning was beautiful and from day
light until the hour fixed for the obsequies
the streets leading to the City Ball were
thronged with men, women and chill
dren of all ages.sizes and description, crowd
ing their way to to the Municipal building,
where the remains of the late president of
the COnfederacy were lying in state.
The morning trains brought in thousands
of visitors from the surrounding cities, in
Guiding most of the military companies loca-
ted near New Orleans.
The city was draped from one end to the
other with most elaborate showings of black.
Business fronts and residences that were
barren of mourning emblems yesterday were
covered today, and every bit of bunting
there was in the city was flying on a staff at
half mast.
AS soon as the doors of City Hall were
opened stream of visitors began to pour
through the death chamber to take a fare
well view of the remains of the famous Con-
federate leader.
The crowd of visitors was even greater
than that of yesterday, there being hum
dreds OF people from abroad whose visit to
this city had bean delayed until today.
1t was not until 11.30 o'clock that the lid
OF the casket closed down forever upon the
features of the dead. The remains were
then conveyed to the front portico of the
City Hall building. where the simple bat i'm
pressive rites of the Episcopal church were
performed.
Lafayette Square, in front of the City Hall
and streets in the vicinity were densely
packed with people, and the balconies and
every available space from which the pa
geant could be viewed were crowded in the
extreme.
In the funeral procession beside the mil
itary escort and various secret and civic
bodies, were State officials, members of the
city government, members of the general
assembly, judges of the State and United
States courts, United States officials and of
ticers of the United States Army and Navy,
the clergy, attending physicians and the
family of the deceased. The New Orleans
fire department was the last organization.
The funeral ceremonies We're conducted
by Bishop Galleher. Mr.. Markham read the
lesson, Father Hubert said prayer and DR..
Thomas r. Martin recited the psalm. The
choir of St. Pauls Episcopal church then
sang Though walk through the valley of
the shadow of death.' Bishop Gallaher
read the creed and delivered an address,
which, through brief, was very effective.
The ceremony was most impressive, and
the entire assembly stood with bowed heads
while the services were being conducted.
Mrs. Davis and her daughter, Mrs. Hayes,
and T. H. Fenner and family, occupied car
riages in front of the hall during the cere-
monies.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
mlsCELLANEOUs.
To Users of
Royal Baking Powder.

The public is warned against the
stories and so-called kitchen tests of
travelling baking powder agents. The
alleged tests are dishonest tricks
and the stories are false, their object
being to injure the reputation of the
Royal Baking Powder, and intro
duce an inferior article in its place.
The market is full of cheaply
made baking powders, many ofthem
composed of alum, the proprietors
of which scruple at no trick, false
hood or illegitimate scheme, in the
effort to sell them to consumers.
Housekeepers will not need the
tests of baking powder itinerants to
teach them as to the qualities of
baking powder, as they are already
fully assured of the great superiority
of the Royal Baking Powder in
strength, purity and wholesomeness
by the best of all tests, the test of
their own long, practical use of it
in the preparation of the daily food.
Protection from alum baking pow
ders can be had only by declining
to accept any substitute for the
Royal Baking Powder. Experience
has proved this powder of the high
est usefulness, and the Government
tests have established it as the pur-
est, strongest and most wholesome
baking powder in the world.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
A Correction.
To the Editor of the Press.

TO the Editor of the Press:
PORTLAND, Dec. IL, 1889.
Your report of the meeting at Baxter hall
to devise ways and means to secure a site
and erect an opera house makes me to say as
follows:
Ex-Mayor Deering inquired if the owners
of the lots had given bonds to keep the price
the same.
And also that
On motion of Mr.. Deering the executive
committee was requested to secure a bond
srom the owners of each of the lots binding
them not to increase their present price in
the event uf the choich Of their lot as the
SITE
As business man that may possess some
knowledge of the proper forms of conveying
real estate. object to being placed on record
in the above form. and will feel obliged, IL
you will correct the inquiry and the motion
that made offered last evening as ABOVE
reported, by saying that my inquiry made
through the chairman of the committee was
as follows:
Whether either lot had been bonded or in
any way secured so that If 1t should be de-
cided upon 1t could be purchased without an
advance In price.
And my motion offered and carried was,
that the committee be requested to secure, IL
possible, from the owners of all three Of the
sites which the committee had reported las
in their judgment, available) bond of such
property which would carry with it an agree
ment to convey the property in stipulated
time and for the consideration agreed upon
between the owners thereof and the:commit
tee on procuring site for an opera house.
My object was to work understandingly.
and If the committee could not las reported)
agree upon site," then the stockholders
could vote upon the question and decide for
themselves where the opera house shall be
located. To my judgment the meeting was
fully agreed that an opera house is neces-
sity for Portland, and that each member of
the committee would do all in his power to
secure the requisite funds for its erection,
and that the only difference in Judgment was
that while some would at the meeting feel
willing to vote their preference for a site,
others believed 1t better to obtain the option
first and express their choice at a later day.
j. w, DEFRING
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
STRIKE AT FREEPoRT.
A Change Of Prices in the Factory OF
Shaw & Co. the Cause.

FREEpoRT. December ia strike &C.
Cured at the factory of A. w. Shaw g. Co.,
of this place this afternoon. The cause of
the strike is an attempt of the firm to make
cheap shoe at lower rates than they pay on
their established grades, on which the en-
ployes say that prices are low enough and
they will not work any cheaper.
Mr.. A. w. Shaw stated this noon that he
could not adjust the trouble without first
consulting Mr.. III. II. Shaw of this firm, who
is in Baltimore.
FL. A. Mouton is here in the interest of the
International Union.
The hands went out at 10 o'clock to the
number of 130. These comprise nearly the
entire force, as only about 10 or II are left,
not enough to turn out any work. All those
who went out are Union men, while those
left are new hands who have but recently
come to town and have not joined the Union
The strikers quietly dropped their tools aud
left. There was no disturbance of any kind
and it is not likely than any trouble will oc-
cur. The men, however, are determined and
stoutly maintain they will not return to
work until the company yields.
Most of the men went to their homes and
there was no congregation on the streets,
the day being so stormy. 1t is hoped by all
concerned that the matter will soon be amic-
ably adjusted and that the men will soon re-
turn 10 work. Ii would be serious blow to
the town should the factory be closed Tor
any considerable length of time.
Mr.. Cooling of Shaw, Cooling & Co., said
that the strike grew out of slight cut down
on new work for green hands. He knew
that there had been some dissatisfaction
among the men on this account but he
thought it no occasion for the serious trouble
as it was not intended in any way to affect
the old hands.
I'm fact" said he, 81 was under the i'm
preston thai 'hey had accepted the situation
and would On inue accordingly"
Mr.. Shaw val be back soon and without
doubt an attempt will soon be made at ad-
justment.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
BLIND FURY AND BRUTE STRENGTH
Caused the Deaths In the Marrow
staircase Of the Theatre,
Johnstown People Went TO the Play
TO Forget Their Trouble.
Remembrance Of the Springs Horror
Helped Create the Panic.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, December 1.-THE ac-
cident at Parks Opera House last night was
an awful Illustration Of the highly nervous
condition Of a large number Of the people of
this unfortunate city. Under ordinary cir
cumstances before the food there would
have been ho catastrophe. There has been
more or less disposition TO get to the theatre
whenever there was a chance In order to try
and forget the horrors Of the spring. This
was one reason for the large audience at the
theatre last night. There has been an unds-
fined but unmistakable feeling foreboding Of
coming III and this led TO the slaughter last
night. Those who first started out Of the
house went from curiosity TO see where the
fire was and did this so excitedly that the
instant effect was panic. The bell which
struck the alarm Of fire was so close TO the
theatre that II seemed to be sounding In the
building itself. Men sprAng up on the
backs OF those Ia font Of them without re-
gard TO sex aud jumped on heads and
shoulders as though they were the hallway
blanks or steps. The ferocity Of the strug-
gle by some foreign mill workmen was as re-
yOltlDg as disastrous. Blind fury and brute
strength were unclaimed together. What
began In an attempt TO get out to the street
changed into riot without reason, and re-
suited In manslaughter without Cause aud
without intent The number Of dead Is 10
and about 20 are injured. The funerals Of
the victims will take place Friday. The city
officials are severely criticized for per hitting
the use OF the building as theatre.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
DoINcS OF THE SENATORS.
a Resolution Introduced Looking to
a Cuban Republic.

WASHINGTON, December 1.-THE Vice
President presided over the Senate TODAY.
The first part Of the Republican programme
in reference to providing positions on the
committees for the new senators was carried
out by the resignation of Senators Morrill,,
Hisc0ck, Dawes. Hoar, Allison, Frye and
Henderson of their positions on the commit
tees of census, irrigation, transportation
routes to the seab0ard, claims, organization
and conduct of the executive departments,
civil service and retrenchment, respectively.
Their successors are still to be announced.
affairs reported back bills heretofore intro
duced by him to promote the efficiency of
the enlisted force of the navy, to amend
sections 1929. 1880 and 1881 Of the Revised
Statutes relating to the navy, and for the
relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the
liza and the stranding of the Nipsic at Apia.
Samoa. They were placed on the calendar
Among the bills introduced and referred
were the following:
By Mr.. Hoar-For statue and monument to
James Madison.
By Mr.. Vest-Regulatng the printing of certain
public documents and largely reducing the mum.
ber of copies TO be printed.
BY Mr.. Frye-To extend IL months the time for
filing claims for spoliations committee by the
French prior to July 81, 1901.
By Mr.: att-Relating to the laws of the terri
By Mr.. Wilson of Mafyland-To provide for the
settlement of the claims Of officers and crews Of
United States vessels to moiety Of the proceeds
OF the sales Of cotton, picked up derelict and
abandoned on the high seas during the war a I'd
erroneously paid into the United States treasury
as prize of war.
Mr.. Call introduced joint resolution au-
thorlzing the President to begin negotiations
with Spain for the establishment of the
Republic of Cuba. Mr.. Call presented
petition of natives of Cuba. now citizens of
the United States, and stated that it had
been represented to him that nearly all such
persons were in favor of the resolution.
Mr.. ingalls, called attention to the fact that
paper purporting to 6e memorial or reso-
luton of one branch of the legislature of
Montana was presented this morning and
referred to the committee on mines and
mining. 1t was matter of public notoriety,
he said, that there was some difficulty about
the organization of the legislature of Mon
tana. In order to avoid any committal of
the Senate by reference to committees of
resolutions of either branch of that legisla-
ture, he moved that the order of reference
be revoked and the paper be laid on the
table. 1t was so ordered.
Mr.. ingalls, introduced, at the request of
the association Of soldiers Of Kansas a SER
vice and disability pension BILL
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
RAILROAD ANIMALS.
General Manager Furber Made a
Director Of the Boston & Maine.

LAWRENCE, Mass, December H. The
annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Boston & Maine Railroad vas held this fore
noon in City Hall, President Lord in the
chair. Two hundred and fifty stockholders
were present.
1t was voted to accept the report of the
directors for 1889, and to increase the board
The directors for the ensuing year are as fol-
lows:
George c. Lord, Newton.
Amos Paul, South Newmarket,.N. IL.
VIM. T. Stevens, Dover, v. H.
Joseph S. Kicker Deering.
Richard Olney, Boston.
Samuel G. Lawrence, Medford.
Frank Jones, Portsmouth, N. Ii.
VIM. L. Hart Boston.
Alvah W. Sulloway, Franklin, N. III.
Asa p Potter, Boston.
James 7. Furber, Somersworth, n. III.
By unanimous vote the directors author
lied toe issue of stock of the company, COM
mon or preferred, to an amount not exceed
ing $3.500.000, the same to be used to retire
by exchange, purchase or otherwise the COM
pany's outstanding per cent bonds.
A special meeting followed, when the
by a vote of 42,095 to 142.
BosToN, December 1.-THE annual meet
ing of the Eastern Railroad was held today
The old board of directors were presented
for reelection with the exception of William
Haskell, Leopold Morse and Chas. A. Sim
clair, who take the places of the late N. j.
Bradlee, Frank Jones and S. E. Peabody.
The ticket was elected.
No particular significance attaches to
Frank Jenes's withdrawal, as Sinclair is his
son.in-law and their railroad interests are
identified
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
IN OTHER CITIES.
How the South Paid Its Last Trib-
ute of Affection.

RICHMOND, Va, December 11.-Jefferson
Davis's memorial services were held at the
principal churches, and business was gener-
ally suspended today. Ralf hour guns were
fired throughout the day, and during the
noon hour they were changed to minute
guns. The whole or part of the day was
generally observed throughout the South.
LEXINGTON, Va, December 11-Lexing-
ton made memorable the hour of jefferson
Davis's burial today. Business houses,
Washington and Lee University, the Vir-
ginia Military Institute, schools and public
places were closed. Flags were half mast
and bells were tolled. the people turned
out en- masse at the memorial service.
WILMNGToN, N. c., December 1.-THE
memorial services in honor of the late Jeffer-
son Davis were imposing and impressive.
Business was sentirelysuspended. The Opera
House was filled and hundreds of people
were unable to gain admission. All the ad-
dresses were patriotic in tone and entirely
free from sectional feeling.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, December 1.-THE
memorial services In honor of JeffersonD Davis
were held today in the Opera House, the
large auditorium being filled to its utmost
CAPACITY,
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
RAILROAD MATTERS.

NEW ROUTE TO ROCHESTER,.
A special despatch from Barnstead, N. H.,
says:
There is much discussion there over the
subject of the extension of railway facilities
eastward from that town. Two routes are
now being talked of, one via Gilmanton Iron
Works Village to Alton Bay, some u miles.
and the other through Stratford to Rochester
about 15 miles. Hon. Charles S. George. who
is very active in railway affairs in that sec
tion, says: "lf the Rochester route is select
ed, as / am confident it will be, the Suncook
Valley extension road will become a portion
of an important trunk route between Roch-
ester and Concord. l am informed that Con-
cord people generally favor the Rochester
extension. As is known, the Concord &
Montreal corporation is backing this scheme.
and an extension eastward from Barnstead
ed as certain at an early day."
This proposed road would make direct
connection with the Portland & Rochester,
at Rochester.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
DesecratIon of the TempIe.

The next lecture to be given in the w. c.
T. U. course will be plea for total abstin-
ence, under the title OF the Dissertation of
the Temple" or Mr.. Volney B. Cushing,
the lecturer, the Greenfield (Mass.) Gazette
says: "Mr. Gushing Is an attractive speak
er He is a clear and logical thinker, and
speaks with easy grace, grouping his facts
in striking form and expressing himself in
makes his subject fascinating by the dress
he gives it, and he held his audience to the
close of his plea"
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
A Hard NoYaga.

A letter was received yesterday from W.
II. West, one of the crew of the bark Wood
side, owned in this city, announcing the safe
arrival OF that vessel in Buenos Ayres, after
an an unusually stormy passage Of eighty days.
Joseph Wilson, one of the crew. met with
an accident previous to leaving port and
when few days out an abscess formed on
his. arm. laying him up for the trip, and
making, 1t necessary to remove him to the
hospital on arrival.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
Buildings Blown Down.

PIFTsBURG, Pa, December 1.-THE most
destructive wind and rain storm which ever
visited the western portion of Westmoreland
counry, passed over the city of Jeanette
about two O'Clock this morning. Houses
were blown down and unroofed and trees
torn up by the roots and carried long distan-
ces Two large three story frame buildings
were completely demolished and a smaller
building blown down and reduced to splint-
ers.A number of dwellings were moved from
their foundations In some instances and bad
ly damaged. The loss will be as least SfO,-
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
GEN ERAL NEWS.

C. r. Pulsfer, grain dealer of Carroll,
Neb., was shot and instantly killed by an
unknown man Tuesday night.
American fire insurance companies are
said to object to preponderance of busi-
ness secured by foreign companies in this
in other companies abroad, which have no
representations here.
Arguments in the Andover case will be
made before ex- Governor Robinson at Bos-
ton, Thursday, the 10th. All the six lawyers
In the case win speak. Theodore Dwight OF
New York: s. E. Baldwin of New Haven,
and e. ii. Barrows of Boston, for the appel
lant or Rev. DR. Smyth and Judge E. r.
Hoar, Judge Asa French and Arthur ii.
Wellman for the board of visitors.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
Mrs, PrebIe's Bonds.

Boston, December lin the case of Sa-
rah A. Preble VS.. Henry w. Bates ct al,
Judge Colt of the United States Circuit
has decided that the bill of exceptions filed
by the defendants in the case is properly be-
fore the court, and that the practice of the
of filing exceptions to the opposite party,
does not apply to proceedings in the Circuit
Court, taken for the purpose of renewing in
the Supreme Court judgment of the Cir
cult Court. 1t is also held that the bill of ex
ceptions was reasonably signed. The case
will now go TO the United States Supreme
Court if the defendants file a bond to pay
damages and costs, and it cannot be reached
10 that court for about three years, because
the docket is so crowded.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
EuRoSE'S TRousLe.
Crowned Heads and Humble Shop
men Alike Its Victims.

PARIS, December 1.-THE medical report
upon the prevalent epidemic shows that
there are 60 cases among the employees in
the great dry goods store of the Magasin du
Louvre. These a-e all cases of simple. be-
nign influenza which ordinarily lasts about
four days. Complications arise in som 9
eases which make it more serious. In other
large stores 1t prevails to an extent equal to
that in the Louvre. Noispecial precautions
eaSineSS.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-12
Fraternity Primary Disturbance.

To The Editor Of the Press:
On Tuesday evening little boy who has
been found troublesome at the Fraternity,
came up to the library of the primary depart
ment, and, refusing to obey the rules, was
sent home by gentleman who is not regu-
lar teacher in the school.
This boy and some other young boys
shouted at the gentleman when he came out
of the building; but the older boys quickly
dispersed the little ones who made the dis
turbance.
The two boys who caused the trouble will
be expelled from the fraternity. As they
were very young and thoroughly frightened
they probably will not annoy the scnool
again.
CHAIRMAN OF THE FRATERNITY PRIM-
AIRY.