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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-03-06
MAINE MEN BOUGHT HORSES.
Among Them Was Or. Bailey Who
Paid 81 600 for BIondette.

New YORK, March 5.-Horsemen Of all
grades swarmed into the American Institute
building this morning to attend the sale Of
M. L. j. Roses celebrated trotting stud
from the Rosemead stock farm. Los Angeles.
The crowd was much larger than yesterday.
The sale began promptly at 10 O'Clock. The
sale Of Alcazar, with record of 220a, was the
great feature Of the day. He was sold to
Unlein Brothers and Capt. Fred Pabst, the
900.
.yoodoo brought s24. 100 from Mr.. Babcook
of Hamellsville, N. Y.
Harvester brought $1,000.
Thor was bought by c.. M FOgg Of Nash
vile, Tenn, for $1,000.
Agnes Clark brought 1875.
G. l.. Cushman of Auburn. Me-. secured
Aimee for $1400.
Blondette brought $1,000 from George 81.
Bailey Of Portland, Me-
Alcyola brought S2225 from A. j. Wetch.
Del Fay was bought by w. FL. Burgett of
Brookline, Mass, for S1,075.
Dimple was bought by Ii. L. Horn of Nor
way, Me-, for $3.50.
Choice brought $4,000
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SIMPLIFIES MATTER s.
An Arrangement Effected In the Af-
fairs Of Brown, Steese & Clarke.

NEW YORK, March 5.-An arrangement
was made yesterday by which the creditors
of Brown, Steese & Clarke, the insolvent
wool firm of Boston. will gain 10 per cent,
and Messrs. Steese & Clarke will be dis
charged from their liability on Brown. .Steese
& Clarke's paper, amounting to $3,00O,OO0
The agreement is between the principal
creditors, banks and trust companies of this
city, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and
the heirs of the late John D.Sturtevant, who
are his widow and two daugters, the wives
of Messrs. Steese & Clarke.
Sturtevant, who was one OF the pr0prle-
tors of the Sturtevant House, encouraged his
sons-in-law to form their copartnership
with Gideon p. Rrown and indorsed the
firms paper, receiving as security wool,
which, as subsequently discovered, was by
pothecated to other people by Brown. In
all he paid the firm $267, 900 In this way, and
this amount has been proven against the es-
tate Sturtevant's heirs, for the sake of Sc
curing the discharge of their sOns-in-law and
husbands from their liability, proposed re-
Gently to give up their claim for this sum and
to withdraw lawsuit for the recovery of
$4,000 deposited in bank in Boston by the
assignees, subject to the courts action.
A majority of the creditors In number and
amount agreed to the proposition yesterday
afternoon. and according to the Massachu-
sets and Rhode Island laws the creditors in
those states will be obliged to agree also.
This, to some extent, simplifies the affairs of
the estate,
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ment is without parallel in the history of the

ment is without parallel in the history of the
world
A man named Dixon, in Elks county, Kan.
has confessed to murder he was hired 20
commit last summer, and several Of his ac-
completes have been arrested.
The Boston Advertiser says: English
capitalists are now scheming, and have en-
tered into active preparations for the pur-
chase of the four firms of the United States,
two OF which are located In Boston, now
practically controlling the manufacture and
sale of soda and beer apparatus and the
manufacture and supplying Of extracts, syr..
ups and everything pertaining to the manu-
facture and production Of soda water beverss
ages. The amount of capital involved In
the affair Is said to be between $4,000 600 and
$9000,000. The houses with which neeotia-
tions have been entered into are j. W. Tufts
d Co. and the A. d. Puffer & Sons Manu-
featuring Company, of Boston, John r Mat
thews g. Son Of New York, and G. S. LIP
pincott of Philadelphia"
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GEN ERAL NEWS.

There are IA cases of small pox and varlo-
loid in Meriden, Conn.
Four men we're killed and five injured by
an explosion In mine at Plymouth, Ia,
yesterday.
David Hay was instantly killed by an ex-
plosion of dynamite in a building in Pitts
burg, yesterday.
John w. Davis of Pawtucket was nomi..
mated for governor by the Democrats OF
Rhode Island yesterday.
Ohicer Shoemaker, of Detroit, Mich, was
shot and mortally wounded by one Of two
burglars whom he was pursuing Tuesday
night.
The Boston Journal says that Messrs.
Pritchard d Mann, lessees OF the Parker
House, are financially embarrassed. Exten-
sive improvements on too little capital were
the cause.
John Brooks Parker, prominent in Massa-
chusetts militia, aid de. camp with rank of
captain on the staff of Brigadier General
Peach, Junior commander of the second bri-
gade, committed suicide this morning by
Shooting himself with revolver. Despon-
dency, due to illness, was the cause of the
suicide.
In an interview Tuesday night, Vice Pres
ident Morton, who is visiting the South, ex-
tolled the courage and enterprise exhibited
by the people of the Southern States in the
development Of agricultural, manufacturing
and Industrial interests during the past
quarter of a century, and said the achieve
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GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
Pardoned Asked For a Portland Boy
From the State Reform School.

AUGUSTA, March Sat a meeting of the
Governor and Council, today, Rev. S. F.
Pearson of Portland appeared for the par
don of Edward E. Cochling, 16 years and II
months old, an inmate of the state reform
school. Cochling was sentenced to the
school in February, 1889, for stealing metal
to the value of 81 80 from the deck of q
steamer and selling it to obtain money to
attend wild west show.
Among the petitioners asking for the boys
pardon were Judge Gould, who sentenced
him, and the parties from whom the lad
stole. The matter was tabled as was also
the matter relating to the removal of James
T. Mayville. liquor constable Of Bangor.
The council voted that in their judgment
an additional constable was required for
Penobscot county and Gov Burleigh has
nominated Geo. A. Larrabee of Kingman for
the place.
This afternoon Gov. Burleigh nominated
Hon. A. G. Andrews municipal Judge of
Augusta.
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Military order Of the Loyal l LegIon.

The Maine Commandery Of the Loyal
Legion Of the United States held stated
meeting last evening at the Falmouth Hotel
Gen. John Marshall Brown, commander,
presiding. Among those present from other
places were Gen. Geo. j.. Beal. Hon. q. ID.
Bisbee, Hon. j. o. Smith, Capt. W. Gushing
and DR.. Mitchell. The following were cleo
ted companions Of the first class:
Acting Master Rowland Bridg0am, U. S. N.
Castine. -
Ca Captain Charles Wesley Ford, Isl Me. Cayal-
Major Lester Dwlnel, 18th Me. Vol. Inf.,
Bangor.
Major Charles ii. Boyd, Portland. was
nominated to the Commandery-in Chief for
membership as a ompanion-at-large.
A committee was appointed with reference
to the twenty-fifth anniversary Of the found.
ing OF the order, which occurs in Philadel.
phia April 18TH
Companion Major Henry S. Burrage read
a paper entitled "The Retreat from Lenoir's
and the Siege Of Knoxville"
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TRAMplED THE FLAG IN THE DUST.
stormy Times In the Republic OF the
Transvaal.
lecaron, the Spy, Challenges Some
Of pavItt's Staten ents.
BRAZILIAN Merchants Want our
Goods instead OF British.

LONDON. March 5-Despatches from The
South African Republic say serious Demon
stration has been made there against the
existing government. President Kruger Of
the Transvaal attempted to make . public
speech, when the crowd refused to llsiss and
be was compelled to retire. A mass meeting
was then organized and resolutions adopted
denouncing the Transvasl government. Az.
ter the meeting. the crowd proceeded TO the
government buildings and tore down the
flag Of the republic. Subsequently the moi
went to the house at Landrost where Kruger
was receiving deputatlon and sang "Ruls
Britannia" The railings around the house
we're destroyed by the crowd and the Trans
vaal flag hauled down and trampled under
foot by the excited people.
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CAPT. BoUTELLE ASKS A QUESTION.
The Perlls of Trip to the Shot
District Of Arkansas.
Mr.. Crisp of Georgia Talks Back
with the Natural Result.
Cate Retired to Private Life In Favor
of Featherstone.
rsnecIal to the Press

WASHINGTON, March o. The third day of
the contest over the unseating Of Mr. Cate
closed today after heated debate during
which there were several exciting scenes.
Mr.. Crisp of Georgia, who has been acting
like naughty boy in school for several
days, tried to talk back to the Speaker, when
the latter was trying to get members into
their seats for better order The Georgian
came out of the encounter as might have
been expected. Mr.. Springer of Illinois
tried to avert the unseating of Mr.. Cate by
proposing an amendment providing that
committee of investigation be sent into
Arkansas, but Mr.. Boutelle gave the PROPOSE
tion shot that left both Mr.. Springer and
the amendment collapsed. II would like to
ask the gentleman from Illinois question
for information" said the Maine member.
81 did not quite catch the full reading of the
amendment and would like to hear whether
he has incorporated in it provision to en-
able this committee to get back alive with
its report?" The Republicans shouted and
the Democratic party turned red in the face
and cried "Oh,"
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EAST TENNESSEE BOOMERS.
Auctioning Off Corner Lots at HarrI-
man.
Correspondence of the PREss.l
KFATHLEY. East Tennessee.


KEATHLEY, East Tennessee,
February q, 1890.
The home Of the boomer. in short the
boomers paradise, is East Tennessee. This
genus homo, or rather the liveliest specimen
of it, has removed his headquarters from the
wild and woody west to these Tennessee
mountains. The East Tennessee Land Com
pany, so-called, had advertised through
out the United STAGES its great sale
of lands at the newest city of the New South.
Harriman-that is to be-calling it the
strategic point-the much sought for location
for the really great manufacturing city Of
this section-for the Goth of February. And
the boomers gathered there, coming from all
quarters, from Maine to Dakota, and from
Michigan to Arkansas. Three thousand
were present at this opening sale Of lots.
This place is near Keathley, small station
on the Queen and Crescent road, about 256
miles from Cincinnati. Keathley contains
the railroad station, a 7x9 grocery store, one
frame house and two or three tumble-down
log cabins. Hartman is simply town site,
with ungraded streets and few board
shanties. OF these more than one half are
real estate Offices One about 12x15 In size
bears conspicuously on its front canvas
sign;
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Fast Day on April II.
AUGUSTA, March 5.-Governor Burleigh
has appointed April II as Fast Day.
Ex-Mayor Staples Nominated.
BIDDEFoRD, March 5-The Democrats
tonight nominated Edward W. Staples for
mayor. He served three terms few years
ago.
Old Orchard Meetings..
OLD ORCHARD. March 5-The Old Or
chard Campmeeting Association announces
the following campmeetings next summer
The Adventists, July to IA; Christian Alli-
ance in charge of Rev. Dr. Simpson, July l9 to 20;
Holiness convention, led by Rev. A. Mclean,
Societies of Christian Eudeavor, August 13 to II
Portland District Methodist Camp Meeting,
to 81,
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The Colored Race,

CHARLESTON, S. c., March 5.-John r.
Lynch, the colored politician of Mississippi,
delivered an address here yesterday, in
which he spoke Of the moral, religious and
educational status of the colored Americans.
In these respects, he said, the race has made
material progress, but could have and would
have made more progress had the different
religious denominations among the whites
rendered them the necessary assistance.
In conclusion he strongly condemned and
denounced all schemes looking to the depor-
tation or emigration of the colored people
from the United States and from the South.
ave are not wards" he said, ''but
citizens; not beggars, but laborers."
The colored people neither ask nor desire
any financial aid to support themselves,
or to assist them in going from one place to
another. All they ask is justice, equal rights
and a fair chance in the race of life. If, un-
der such circumstances. they cannot survive
they will blame none but themselves
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cAUDAuR AND hAMM.
Winners Of Races In Florida Waters
Yesterday.

ORLANDO, Fla. March 5.-Three thousand
people gathered at Lake Eola today to wit
ness the race between Gaudaur, Hamm, Ten
Eyck and Hosmer. The course was a mile
straightaway. The race was rowed in heats.
In the first, Gaudaur took the water first,
his lead to the finish; time, $50;
Hamm, 6.02; Ten Eyck third, Hosmer fourth
Second heat, Gaudaur first, time, 7.22; Ten
Eyck, 7.32; Hamm third. Hosmer fourth.
Tie Quarter-mile dash for the ST. Johns
purse was very close between Gaudaur and
Hamm, the latter winning In 10. This was
to establish quarter-mile record.
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The stuff Expungad.

BISMARCK, n d.. March 5.-The Senate
yesterday considered the communication
from the attorney general In which he made
a sarcastic reply to request of the Senate
for his opinion as to the proper procedure to
compel the attendance of witnesses before
the investigating committee. 1t Is well
known that 1t is the desire of the Committee
to compe! certain state officers who are close
testify, and the attorney general has been
evading the questions sent to him for some
time.
The communication of the attorney gen
eral was taken from the records, on a mo
expunged,"
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RAILWAY MATTERS.
NEW HAMPSHIRE RAILROAD p1ANs

NEW HAMPSHIRE hAlLROAD PLANS,
There are various rumors In railway cir
cles concerning efforts that are being made
by the Boston & Maine railroad for securing
an independent connection southwark for
the Upper Coos line, which extends from
West Stewardstown, N. H.. to North STRAIT
ford, N. II. One plan proposed is said to be
to build from the latter place link to the
terminus of the Victory branch Of the st.
Johnsbury and Lake Champlain road, dis
tance of about 13 miles. 1t is stated that thi.
link would be very easy Of construction.
Another plan talked of is to build a link
from North Stratford, down the Connecticut
Valley to Lancaster. and thence through
Jefferson to Hazen's Mills, and there con-
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Where Are the parkevso

GUTHRIE, l. T., March 5.-Great indigna-
tiOn Is expressed here at the Statements IN
the special kilograms sent to the press from
Topeka in regard to the alleged negro
colonization of Oklahoma. The lands of
Oklahoma are all taken up and among the
settlers there is only handful of negroes.
1t is difficult to understand how thousands
Of negroes are to be colonized on lands al
ready occupied by legitimate claimants.
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the STATE.
ANDRosCoeeIN COUNTY

Il. j. Millett. proprietor of West Minot
poultry yards, received present Friday OF
breeding pen Of Plymouth Rock fowls; They
were sent by Mr.. Ii. B. May Of Natick,
Mass, to take the place of the breeding pen
lost by him at the late fire In Lewiston where
Mr.. May was to act as judge.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The position OF clerk OF courts OF Ian
cock county was rendered to q. I. Fellows,
Esq. Of Blcksport. by Gov. Burleigh, but it
was declined.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Telegraph lines are being run into the
State House. The operator will have his
office In the room with the Insurance Com
missioner.
KNOX COUNTY.
Maynard Sumner. president Of the Rock
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Working Together.

CONCORD, N. H., March 5.-The granite
manufacturers representing Concord, West
Concord, Sunapee, PeterDoro and Manches-
ter. this afternoon effected permanent or
to harmonize existing and anticipated differ
ences between employers and employees. A
bill of prices governing the work in this city
and West Concord was prepared and sub.
mitted to the local branch of the Granite
Cutters. Union tonight, In response to which
similar body from tie Manufacturers AssO-
ciatiOn
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Q. a. Everett.

Amory Maynard died at his home in May
1876, in company with w. Ii. knight Of Sax
onville, he established a wooden mill In May
nard, frsm which nucleus he has gradually
developed the A ssabet Manufacturing Com
pany, among the largest strictly woolen mills
in the limited States
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The following are the United States Signal
Service observations for yesterday, March
9TH. taken at s 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, 800, w. cloudy; New York, 36',
w, cloudy; PHILADELPHIA, 34o, NV, snow
Washington. 800, NE, cloudy; Albany,
"a, NV, cloudy; Buffalo. 140, n, cloudy
cleveland, l4o, NE, cloudy; Detroit. 12', n,
Paul., 50, calm, cloudless; Duluth, 10. E,
cioudless; st Vincent. -12o, S, cloudless
ane 6lesmsTck. arc p, Sc. cloudless; Jacksonville.
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MAIN e..
overheated Steam Pipes.

RoCKLAND, March 5.-The jury composed
of d. N. Mortland, Oliver Otis and A. A.
Beaton who were appointed by Sheriff Irish
to investigate the cause of the fire in the
Young Mems Christian Association building 6
which occurred Feb. 20. completed their Ia
bors this morning and report that the cause
of the fire was overheated steam pipes.
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Since the enactment of the Maine
Non-FoIfeiture Law the UNION
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY has afforded extended
insurance upon some hundreds Of
policies that had lapsed, and has
paid in full no fewer than One
Huncred and Forty claims there
under.
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An interesting case was argued before the
bench of the Supreme Court In Boston, Tues
day, that of Sadie X. Cox VS.. Charles MAY
we'll ct al, executors, which was an action
by the plaintiff to recover about $50. 600 upon
a written agreement Of defendants testator.
Noble Maxwell, who left large estate. and
several Of whose heirs lived In Brunswick,
Bowdoinham and other parts Of Maine. De-
cision was reserved,
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meet with the Maine Central. The link
would be some 30 miles long. Lancaster and
Jefferson people are very active in support
Ing this last named scheme. On the other
hand 1t is stated as quite probable that the
Concord and Montreal will purchase the
Upper Coos, in which case the former will
build from North Stratford to Groveton
Junction in order to secure complete
through line. Well posted railway men say
that II the Boston and Maine does not sell
the upper line they will without doubt build
one or the other Of the two proposed links
mentioned above.
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That Kennebec coal company at the
mouth Of the river are still drilling away on
the second hole. Next summer they will
search under water along the shore, II Is
said. II there Is coal mine there anywhere
thev want H.
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The entire time of the Senate In executive
session yesterday afternoon was occupied
with the discussion upon legal points in
volved In the resolutions presented by Mr..
DOlph's special committee having In view
the punishment OF newspaper eorrespon-
dents for contempt
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BALTIMORE HAS NO ICE.
An Agent Sent to Maine to Purchase
What He Can Get.

BALTIMORE, March 5--There is consterna-
tion among ice dealers and owners of private
icehouses, both of the city and country be-
cause Of the complete failure of the local ice
crop and the great shortness of the Northern
fields Never before in 35 years has there
been such complete failure of the ice crop.
Nota pound has been stored in Baltimore
ice houses.
One of the large dealers in Ice, who has
had an agent in Maine since the middle of
January ready to purchase whenever the op-
portunity offered, received despatch yester-
day morning from his agent, stating that the
thermometer went down to 40 below zero in
the night, and that the cutters were at work
0n:the Kennebec and Pen0bscot.
For two years the ice crop has been fail
ing. No ice has been gathered on the Sus-
quehanna since the winter of 1887-S8. Prior
to that time it was no uncommon thing for
the dealers here to get their full supplies
from the Susquehanna.
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USED CANADIAN CURRENCY.
The Difficulties of Calais Ranks-Ap.
probation for Mr.. Reed.
Especial TO the Press,1


WASHINGTON, March 5.-Hon. l.. G.
Downes of Calais, has been here this week
to see what could be done with the commits
sioner of internal revenue to get the ma
tional banks of Calais out Of trouble into
which they fell a few years ago by using Ca
madam money without thinking of the con-
sequences. During the war, when the ma
tional banks were established, Congress, in
order to do away with the old state banks,
placed an internal revenue tax of 10 per cent
upon all bank circulation other than that of
the national banks. This caused the state
banks to disappear as banks of independent
issue. When Thomas Murphy was appoint
ed internal revenue collector by Mr.. Cleve-
land he went down on the border and found
the banks there using Canadian currency in
their business. At the same time similar
raids were made on banks on the Vermont
border. The tax is 10 per cent upon all the
money used Illegally by the banks. AS the
Canadian money was used over long term
of years the aggregate of the fines is quite
considerable, much more than the banks of
Calais feel able to pay.
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Maynard Sumner. president Of the Rock
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OBITUARY..
Samuel q, Washburn.

AVON, N. Y. March Capt. Samuel B.
Washburn, Of the famous Wsshburn family
Of Maine, proprietor of the Washburn mills
at Minneapolis, died at the anitorium here
this morning.
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ON THE BOSTON AND MAINE.

General Manager Furber Of the Boston &
Maine road has just issued an order making
division superintendents responsible for all
expenses. Mr.. j. A. Harrington has been
appointed purchasing agent Of the road, vice
Geo. +. Hurd resigned.
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Hoping for Cold weather.

GARDINER, Me-, March 5-Today's warm
weather has put a temporary check on ice
operations on the Kennebec, but already a
good harvest has been packed away. Some
piling up ice on the outside to be sent away
by the first schooners that arrive after the
river is open. Up to the last storm 1t cost
less than one half the usual amount to house
the ice, and this, with the great demand on
account of the short crops in New York, will
give an additional profit to the Maine men.
Men were working all night last night in or
der to do all possible before warm weather
comes. The prediction of a cold wave today
gives a brighter aspect to affairs.