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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04
Passenger Commissions AboIIsnea

New YORK, December 3.-The trunk line
presidents, at their meeting today, resolved
to abolish passenger commissions on ali lines
east Of Chicago, except the Grand Trnnk
and Vermont Central lines, which are per.
have to compete with the Canadian Pacific
road. They also agreed to abolish private
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04
GENERAL NEWS.

A brother Of the late ex-President Fill
more died in Lagrange, Inds Monday.
A dozen Connecticut postmasters have
been fined $50 each and costs for selling pos
tage stamps on credit
j. S. Gorgas, whose visit to a grand orient
body caused trouble In Masonic circles, has
Withdrawn from the Ancient Scottish Kite'
Coy. ILL of New York declines TO inter-
leIe In the case of the murderer Carlton,
sentenced to be hanged Thursday.
Nine dead bodies have been passed float
dIs or b ae Sds Maser ~ near Delaware Breakwatt
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04
The Farmers in Session

ST. LOUIS. December 3-The Farmers,
Convention began here today. 1t was de.
cided to call the organization the National
Farmers and Laborers' Union. About 15o
delegates were present. The National
Farmers Alliance was In session in this cit y
this afternoon, and negotiations towards
consolidation with the Farmers Convention
have been cOmpletpd
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THERE WILL sELIrTLe SURPLUS.
According to the Present Estimates
Of the Appropriations.

WASHINGTON, December 3.-The clerks of
the committees on appropriations of the Sen
ate and House have prepared a comparative
statement of the estimates of appropria-
tions and expenditures for the maintenance
of the government for the fiscal years of
1890 and 1891, from which it appears that the
net increase of estimates for 1891 over those
for the current year is $2O,S67.19S and the
net increase of estimates for the next year
over the appropriations for this year, is $685.
092 112 The total estimates OF regular and
permanent annual appropriations for the
next fiscal year are $406. .843,31 while the
total revenues are estimated at $3.50, ,414, 1897,
showing an excess of estimated revenues
next year of S43,571, ,O22 The net surplus
for the present year is placed at S53, oil
or So, ,061, ,489 more than the estimated surplus
fer the next fiscal year. This prospective
out reference to the possibility of the enact
ment of river and harbor bill for. in the es-
Inmates submitted by the Secretary of the
Treasury, there is a notable omission of the
ordinary provision for river and harbor i'm
provements. For the preservation of exist
| ing works, the sum of $237 900 Is asked
while the report of the chief of engineers saws
| that S38, ,532, $50 can be pr0ftably expended
next year in these improvements.
The Senate Committees.
WASHINGTON, December 8 AT the meet
| ing of the Republican senatorial caucus this
| afternoon it was decided that the reorgani-
| Zation of the committees be left with the
| caucus committee of the last session, Sena-
| tors Plat, Quay, Allison, Evarts and Man
| derson. Several of the present committees
| will be dropped, the reasons for their being
| called into existence haying passed away
| Among the probable new committees will be
| one on immigration and naturalization and
| one on the worlds fair Of 1892.
| The Pension List.
| WASHINGTON, December 3. - Pensions
have been granted to the following Maine
| people:
David w. johnson, National Military Home.
Hiram Pike, Caribou.
Nathan Folsom, Augusta.
Preston Fisher. Foxcroft.
| Willard Crocker, Greenfield.
Marshall Emery, Lewiston.
Sumner E. Cushing, Thomast0n.
| Josiah Roberts, N0rthfeld.
William Graves, Gardiner
REISSUE.
william Clements, Swanville.
Samuel M. Holmstead, West Hampden.
Democrats In Caucus.
| WASHINGTON, December 3.-About 100
| Democratic members of the House attended
the caucus tonight. Mr.. Holman of Indiana
was elected chairman to succeed the late
| Congressman S. s. Cox of New York. Res
olutiOnS of respect to the memory of Mr..
| fyny ware adOpted
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04

New YORK, December 3.-A terrific ex-
ploslon of sewer gas occurred this afternoon
In Mlnetta lane. The coverings OF the man
holes were broken to pieces and hundreds OF
no personal injuries were sustained The
cause OF the explosion is not known.
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MAIN e.
Hop Lung was Very Mad.

BIDDEFoRD. December 3-An exciting
case was tried in the Saco court room today
Hop Lung. proprietor of Chinese laundry
was arrested in Saco for assaulting a news
paper reporter with hot flatirOn.
The prisoner pleaded guilty and in open
court threatened to kill the reporter at the
first opportunity. He was fined a dollar and
costs but refused to pay the fine and was
sent TO iail
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04
TWO Men DroM,oad

GLOUCESTER, Mass, December "a fish
ing boat containing Charles Hoyt, John
Batchelder and ID robert Bridges, capsized
the two former The latter was rescued hv
a passing schooner. The drowned men were
about So years old, and natives of New
I.,rn Ia ire
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04
Charges Against AubIne DISMISSED

NEwYoRK, December 3.-Tbe hoard of
review. of the National Trotting Association
met this evening at the Fifth Avenue hotel.
Representative horsemen were present from
different parts OF the country. The charges
against Aubine were dismissed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04
Episcopal Missions.

BANGOR, December 3.-The quarterly ses
sion uf the Board of Missions of the Diocese
of Maine began this evening at st. Johns
Episcopal church, with good attendance
Many rectors from other places were in at
tendance The service consisted of the us
ual evening service and an able and eloquen {
address by Rev. Mr.. Winckley of Saco. The
session will cnntinna tomorrow.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04
DISTURBANCE OF THE HEART.

Heart disease is like an assassin, which creepS
upon you IN the dark, and strikes you when un-
awars. therefore, do not overlook any uneaSl-
nesS ~ the region If the heart or disturbance III
Us actlon, Dut at once take DIR. FLIETs REMEDY.
Mack Drug Co., N. Y
marc eod1stp1y
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04
What Aiis Our Darling?

II Flatulency try Hamburg Figs. Dose, one Fig.
II Wind Colic, trv Hamburg Figs. Dose, one Fig.
n Pricky Heat, try Hamburg Figs. Dose, one Fig.
If Erysipelas, try Hamburg Figs. Dose, one Fig.
n Hives, try Hamburg Figs. Dose. one Fig.
n Ringworm. Try Hamburg Figs. Dose, one Fig.
n Cold in the Head try HamburgFgs Dose, one Fig.
n Teething. try Hamburg Figs. Dose, one Fig.
n ConyuIsions, try Hamburg Figs. Dose. one Fig.
II Diarrohea try Hamburg FIGS. Dose, one Fig.
II Chicken Pox. try Hamburg Figs. Dose one Fig.
n Worms. try Hamburg Figs. Dose, one Fig.
II Mumps, try Hamburg Figs. Dose. one Fig.
II Whooping Cough, HambugFigs Dose, ,oneFig'
q Measles, try Hamburg Figs. Dose, & one s,r rig
If Scarlet Fever, try Hamburg Figs. Dose,onefig.
Hamburg Fips 26c hox everywhere.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04
Local Weather Report.
PORTLAND, Me-, December 3, II
Weather Observations

Mean daily ther...25.O MAX. vel. wind. 30
Maximum ther. 800 Total precip... $40
Minimum ther .....14.9
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mr.. Parnell Reported Missing.


LONDON, December 3.-The st. James
Gazette states that Mr.. Parnell disappeared
several weeks ago, and since then has not
been heard from. His whereabouts Is a
mystery. and his prolonged absence causes
much trouble to his adherents. The Gazette
says that though it has been Mr.. Parnell's
custom to occasionally seclude himself, his
period Of retirement has this time been
longer than usual. He has even failed to
keep number OF important engagements,
among which was one to meet Mr. Glad
stone.
As Read Abroad.
LONDON, December 3-The Morning Post
says: IF President Harrison carries out In
practice the peaceful and progressive prin-
ciples indicated in his message, the whole
world will be the gamers thereby"
The Chronicle says: "The extraditi0n
proposal shows a courteous recognition Of
an honorable international obligation. which
should be reciprocated here. The proposal
touching the surplus Is timid and tame"
Two Hundred Killed.
SHANGHAI, December 3.-The platform Of
q theatre at Wienhein, In the province OF
Shantung. collapsed during performance,
and 200 persons were killed.
Foreign Notes.
Three hundred thieves OF London were
banqueted Monday night at st. Giles Chris
tian Mission.
The editor of the Waterford News was
sentenced to two months imarisonment for
printing in his paper opinions contrary to
the views OF the British government, which
is called intimidation.
A strike OF Birmingham brass and iron
bedstead makers has begun, and 1000 men
are now out.
Ex-King Milan Of Servia will l. AXE Paris
his residence permanently.
The Russian army will be supplied as rap
idly as possible with new rifle Of Russian
manufacture.
The French Chamber Of Deputies has re-
jected proposition TO uulllfy the election OF
the BOulangist deputy, NJ. Jaluz0l.
The Salvation Army's headquarters In
London were burned Monday night.
A fatal accident occurred yesterday In the
menagerie attached to Barnum's circus. The
largest elephant belonging to the show be-
came enraged and male an attack on It's
keeper, goring him In the head and neck aud
inflcting fatal injuries.
The Spanish ana Portuguese governments
are reported TO have been warned Of an In
tended ReUublican mOvqmpnt
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04
Cooper-Forbes.

uBELFAsy, December 3-Miss Henrietta
b. Forbes, youngest daughter of Mrs. N. e..
Forbes, was married at noon Tuesday to Ar
thur N. Cooper of Auburn, at the residence
of the brides mother on Cedar street, Rev.
George E. Tufts of the Baptist church, ofic-
iating. At the conclusion of the ceremony a
bountiful wedding breakfast was eaten and
at 2 80 the young couple left on the train for
two or three weeks trip throughout Yer
mont and New Hampshire.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04

The Love Manufacturing Company OF no
chester. N. Y, has assigned. The company
employs 126 men.
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IN UNION IS sTREsoTH.
Plans for Forming the United States
OF Central America.

NEW YORK. December 3.--Adyices from
Managua, Nicaragua, Of November say:
President Roberto Saecasa has approved the
treaty forming a union Of the FIVE republics
Of Nicaragua. Costa Rlca, Honduras, San
Salvador and Guatemala. under the name of
the United States Of Central america. For
the first ten years this union will simply be
an offensive and defensive alliance. At the
expiration Of that period the union will be
cemented by the adoption Of a constitution
which will embrace all the political. CONNER
cial and otner relations between the five
republics and foreign powers. Honduras,
Guatemala and San Salvador have already
signed the treaty, and 1t Is understood Costa
Rica will do the same now that Nicaragua
has signed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04
EAT
Perfect Bread

Natures Great Vital Energy Recuperator.
Wheat natural food contains all the fifteen eIe-
mens found in the human body and chemical analysis
shows all natural foods, vegetable and ANIMAL contain
these same fifteen elements and nearly in the same
proportion as the human body. Deficiency of ritaiE-
ing elements is the trouble rith fine -four.
In boting, all but three OF these needfu elements
bolted out; that one bushel of wheat, ground
fine and unboed, contains as much nourishment for
the body as twelve bushels Of superhne honr Where
phosphorus the physical element OF all vitality is
wanting in food, the will he wanting in the
system, and the body will short in vital energy
the power of endurance Thus the waseful expense
of living the bases of superine -four is enormous
and foolish.
Flour is mostly starch (6S7 per cent aud contains three
chemical elements, Carbon Hydrogen, and Oxygen The
human body contains at least twelve elements besides those
elements, when should contain fifteen elements In order to
properly nourish and sustain the human body?
Nearly all our functions sustained by nerve force hence
the importance of having the receive their full amount
phophoric acid which is the great pabuum OF the nerve
tssne
point worthy of attention is the fact that while this article
nourishes fully the brain and body. IL does unnatualy
stimulate either.
AT the present practice large among
mers grind the finest soundest wheat into fine -four and
the into what is called Graham -four. This
Graham -four ought longer be used. 1t is kind Of
general given mixtures Of bran and spoit -four
large extent unfit for human food What need is good
sweet whole wheat -four finely ground and securely put
for family The brown loaf made from whole wheat is
to handsome the white. 1t be made with
all the exeellences of the white far ightness is
cerned and IL is sweeer and more paatable With this loaf
all the important nutrtive principles which the
CREATOR for wise reasons, has stored up in wheat.
Pure Wheat Meal contains more life sustaining
properties than any other food.
1T Is a rOsitice cure for Constipation.
The loss of Physical force by using Common Flour inn
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04
THE FATHER

Fair.
SIGNAL OFFICE, WAR DEPT,
WASHINGTON. d. c.,
December 3, 1889 p. m.
The following is the forecast of the wealth,
er for New England till 3 p III. to-day:
Fair. stationary temperature, northerly
winds.
Local Weather Report.
PORTLAND, Me-, December 3, 1889.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04
Democrats In Caucus.

WASHINGTON, December 3.-About 100
Democratic members of the House attended
the caucus tonight. Mr.. Holman of Indiana
was elected chairman to succeed the late
olutions of respect to the memory of Mr..
Cox were adopted.
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CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE,
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To Be Built at East Boothbay.

BooTHBAY, December 3. 3.-William Adams
& Son of East Boothbay, have contracted to
build vessel for T. B. Baker and others of
Massachusetts,, 175 feet keel, 80 feet beam, Is
feet deep, the keel to be laid this week.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04

+ BATH, December 3-Judge Hall of the
Sagadahoc Probate Court, filed decision in
the Rogers will case today, supporting the
will. This will, it will be remembered, left
to Mr.. Rogers's niece, Miss Emma Reed, a
large share of the property. Other heirs
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-04
Came Like an Earthquake.

P. C.-Partly cloudy.
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Within our own borders a general condition
of prosperity prevails. The harvests OF last
summer were exceptionally abundant and the
trade conditions now prevailing seem to
promise successful season to the merchant
and the manufacturer, and general employ
ment 10 our working people.
The report Of the secretary of the treasury
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1885, has
been prepared and will be presented to Con-
eress. 1t presents with clearness the fiscal
questions of the government, and avail my
self of it to obtain some facts for use here.
The aggregate receipts from all sources for
the year were $685., 10000 ,05S.S4, derived as
follows:
From customs, S223, 32,I4l SO
From internal revenue, 1S0,s5l,5l3 90
From miscellaneous sources, 81, 2,SSS,s03 %
The ordinary expenditures for the same Pc
riod were 1921, 900, ,6l5.60, and the total ex-
penditures. including the sinking fund, were
$S29, 1879, ,S29.25. The excess of receipts over
expenditures was after providing for the sink
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
Sliding I'm Earnest.

The Esquimaux of North America,
on land journeys, often encounter hills
where it would be very dangerous to at
tempta descent with q heavily loaded
sled drawn by dogs. When such place
is reached, tho: unhitch the dogs and
let the sled descend by its own weight.
All the men act as brakes to prevent, if
possible. descent so rapid as to land
the equipage complete wreck at the
bottom. The two strongest of the driv-
ers take their places on the sides ut the
front of the sled, and the others hold on
where they can; all pull back as strongly
rs possible when the speed increases.
Some plant their feet straight in front
of them and send the snow flying rs if
from o snow-plow. Others find them
selves toking leaps that would astonish
a kangaroo, are dragged furiously along,
or maybe, come rolling to the bottom
after the sled. The dogs regard the
whole affair as joke, and with their
traces tied together como dashing along
in the wild chase, some barking joyous.
ly, others yelping distressedly as. caught
in the traces, they are dragged to the
foot Of the hill by their reckless COM
panions. 1t often seemed n wonder
when, even with al our exertions, We
could land sled and party at the bottom
in safety. st. Nicholas.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
Mulberry ana windbrcnk.

The Russian mulberry Is so good n
nurserymnn's trce-so easy to raise even
IN the most trying climates, and SO
pretty in leaf-that 1t is still doomed MS
valuable for extensive planting. Little
is said now about tho fruit, which is do.
spicablc, or tho wood, which amounts to
nothing; but tho twiggy trees aro
vauntod for windbrealss. Thoy are too
eagerly eaten off by cattle when small,
and too bare in winter to fully suit this
purpose. Evorgrecns mako tho best
windbrcaks, and if they become open
below, some undcrbrush of bnrborry,
purple willow or other plants that cattle
lot alone, will make perfect and endur.
ing shelter from storms, summer and
winter. Young seedlings of sprucos,
arbor vitps, white pines and othor ever
greens cost very little, and If set out two
feet apart convenient to their intended
site, and protected fromcattlo and weeds
TIL three or four feet high, they can DO
transpanted entire and with certainty
of success. -Ne,o York Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
Something Electricity is Doing.

Under tho title stSomething Elcc.
tr.city is Doing" Charles barnard writes
in the Century:
10 the student of social science the
electric motor is full of suggestions fol
the future. If power can be subdiyided
and conveyed to n distance, why may
not our present factory system of labor
be ultimately completely changed? Peo-
pie are huddled together under one roof
because belts and shafts arc so pitiably
short. If power may traverse q wire,
why not take the power to the peoples
homes, or 10 smaller and more healthful
shops in pleasanter place,2 To day we
lind sewing women crowded in hot,
stuify room, close to the noise, smell,
dust, and terrible heat of some little
steam engine at one end of the room
The place must be on lowor floor be-
cause Of the weight of the engine and
the cost of carrying coal upstairs. ct
us see how the work may be done with
motors. We may take tho elevator in o
Wholesale clothing warehouse on
Blocker street and pass through the
salcsrooms to the top floor. The build
ing is lofty and OF light construction,
and yet we find in the bright and pleasant
attic above the housetops hundred girls,
each using power They are seated Of
long tables, zach one having sewing
machine, and secured to the under side
of the table is small electric motor,
one to ench machine. The operator has
only to touch u foot pedal and the motor
starts, giving about one-tenth of horse
power, Mt very high speed. If the speed
is too fast it can be regulated at will by
the pressure Of the foot on tho treadle.
There is no heat, no dust or ill.smelling
oil, and only u slight humming sound,
the sewing machine itself making more
noise than the motor. Tho room is
sweet, clean, and light. and it is in every
respect hcalthful workroom. II we
look out of the window we see two in
sulated wires passing under the sash
down to the electric light wires on the
poles below. There are people who cry
out against tho overhead wires, and
would pull thom all down. Some day
they will be buried underground. Mean
while, is it not an immense gain for
these working girls to be placed in a
quiet, sunny room, fai from the madden
ing engine2 In another shop on Broad
way we may see n different arrangement.
two-horse power motor takes its cur
rent from Oil electric light wire in the
street, and redistributes its power TO
shaftiDg placed under the work tables.
Each operator with touch of her foot
throws her machine into gear, and takes
her share of the two-horse power.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
Extinct Animals.

The goal of absolute extinction has
already been reached by two species of
mammals and three of birds, all of which
undoubtedly inhabited tho planet with
in the last fourteen centuries
The Schelk akin to the urus of
Northern Europe), tho Kamtchatka sea-
cow, the dodo IA sort of short.legged
ostrich, found on the island of Mauritius
as late as 5000, the parrot Of the Nor
folk Islands and the w.ngless ank (Alca
impennis), bird once frequentlng all
the coasts of the Northern Atlantic, but
which has been ''secn no more" since
1866, when the last survivor is said to
have been killed on cliff of the Farce
Island.
The ibex. once abundant in all tho
highlands of Northern Europe, is now
found only in the almost inaccessible
summit regions of the Piedmont Alps,
and the only surviving specimens of the
auerochs enjoy u p-ecarions respite in
the Russian game preserve of Bialowitz.
The American mountain goat is get
ting so scarce that many old hunters of
the northern Rockies have never had
chance to see a living specimen, and the
! list of doomed animals includes the
channels, tho Corsican mou con, the
, bustard, tho cs;sowary, the elk, and
probably the American bison, unless the
"buiIalo farm" Mt Garden City, Kan,
should prove q decided success. brakes
M1gazine,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
The Accordion CIonk.

The accordion cloak is one of the lat
est things. 1t is merely five straight
brcadths of double width nuns yelling
or cashmere. the length from shoulder
to foot, hemmcd all round and the plaits
held close. at tho top and sewn fast into
u velvet collar. But this not all exactly.
The same thing made of ten widths of
the thinest silk or silk null is sewn into
the same collar, and falls loose into the
plaits Of the outer cores. thus making
what is actually two plated circulars,
ono within the other. Pretty women
who envolop themselves in such wraps
soon learn the tricks ballet dancers in
short accordion skirts always mako use
of, and throw their arms about, holding
an end of tho cloak in their fingers, thus
stretching out and drawing in the goods
in graceful curves in the most coouottish
aud bewildering manner. The beauty
and effectiveness of thin, delicate mate
rails has never been shown in way to
surpass these accordion plaitings. For
the underdress of the aesthetic Greek
toilets they are extremely appropriate. =
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