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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-29
HUNDREDS OF FISHERMEN DROWNED.

HUNDREDS OF FISHERMEN DROWNED.
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER no THE FLEET OFF
THE NORWEGIAN COAST.
London. Nov 2s.-Additional advices have been
received of the disaster to the fishing fleet on
Ofoten. OH the Norwegian coast. Out OF $50
smacks. all of which were compelled to cut away
their rigging. seventy were driven
ashore and battered to pieces on tho
rocks Many smaller boats were also
wrecked 1t is feared that hundreds OF lives
were lost The bodies of victims are constantly
being washed ashore. The coast Is intensely
bleak and is sparsely settled, and the survivors
arc suffering greatly from exposure and starva-
ton. Communication with the interior Is cut oil,
the roads being blocked with snow. steamer
has left Christiania to assist the wrecked fish-
ermep,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-29
HEAVY SNOWFALL IN ENGLAND.

London, Nov. pa heavy snowstorn prevails
throughout England The fall Is SO hcay as TO
seriously delay traffic OH the railways.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-29
OPERATING EXPENSES.

Two more companies than in 1880 paid dividends
last year and total amount of dividends greater
by over 100000 than il was the year before The
dividend paying roads are;
AMOUNTS OF DIVIDENDS PAID.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-29
EntItIed 70 the Best.

Ks. &c bs e 'h he. s tSs, money will buy
70 every family should have q once bottir .ne Isss
famny fe,neay syruP az Ia sSa md II SS,res b. ~
lsa1lng lyugcsoa.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-29
LAUNCH oE A NEw NArIoNAL IINER.

London. Nov. 2s.-The new steamer Europe. which
was built at Jarrow on tho Tyne for the National
steamship Company. was successfully launched yester-
day. she will be employed IN tho service between
Liverpool and New-fork.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-29

Ocnclt.
The amount paid for lettering the condition q
road beds. equipment, ETC.. not great with
in $4,000 as 1t was the year before. The nsw =
are IS follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-29

general election is an offer of reciprocity from the
Congress of the United states at It's meouhs III
Dacemhar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-29
Proposed INSTITUTE OF BAcrERIoLoGY


Berlin, Nov. 25.-The surgeon generals OF all INC
German army corps have been summoned to Berlin
TO decide whether the Koch treatment shall be Used
in the army hospitals.
DR.. Bergman, In lecture last night declared that
the secret of the composition of Professor Koc's cur
alive lymph was the exclusive property of Professor
Koch. Dr. Bergman Illustrated the degrees Of fever
after each injection and explained the quantity OF
lymph required in the various cases.
The number Of physicians coming to Berlin TO study
the Koch method has not essened. There were 132
arrivals yesterday.
The Government of Prussia will shortly introduce
bill in the Diet providing for the establishment Of an
Institute Of Baccriology at which Professor Koch may
pur,uc his studies. Connected with the institute VIII
be five nirmarics containing $50 beds After aottlng
10 Professor Koch an adequate grant FOR the discovery
The Government will undertake the work Of producing
the lymph. A.. s,, . -,
honor be appointed to investigate the charges against
him OF having sold Professor Eochs curative lymph
at exOrbitant rates -
Dr. Danellus denies that he asked or received any
fees for injections OF the lymph ,
1t is estimated that $50 patients are now III tlis
city under treatment by the new method
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-29
BETTERMENTS MADE.

The funded Indebtedness OF the companies SHOWS
but little change over that Of the preceding years No
ports, as these totals will show:
MIN nL
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and the others to shorter terms. In each case the
sentencs includes hard labor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-29
THE ARSCONDING BANKER REYNAUD.

THE ABSCONDlNG BANKER REiNAuD
Paris, Nov. 28.-Deputy Reynaud, the managing
director Of the Banque dEtat, who absconded ana Is
said to have committed suicide, carried away wtl nm
1000 900 francs which had been subscribed Tor loan
TO be issued by the municipality OF Macon
Tho man mentioned In the above dispatch Is not
Deputy in the French Chamber, unless his election
shall have been validated since November 10, the
date of the latest Paris newspapers at hand. 9l.
Mary Raynaud such is his full NAME had been elected
In an obscure rural constituency Of Auvergne, where
his antccedents were not known. But the Chamber
before admitting him as a Deputy was waiting for
the report OF Judiciary COmmsslos. NJ. Mary
maud held by many people to be ineligible
on account Of sentences passed upon him By the
courts which had convicted him Of false pretences.
lie used to receive loans from toooonding persons,
whom he paid big interest for two months,
and aerward he would declare to the depOsltorS that
their money had been lost through bad investments.
the complaint OF depOsltors he sentenced
to two years imprisonment But le appealed. and
the sentence quashed under the pretext that his
transactions bona fde business. subject ID the
ups and downs OF the markets, though the deposltors
swore that they had intrlsed their money to Mary
Raynaud personal and private loan. Eis sudden
Disappearance and the collapse OF his bank to
Justify the complaints made against him and TO prove
that the Chamber right in Its refusal to admit
him as q Deputy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-10
GEN ERAL EWS,

Ex-Treasurer Archer of MARYLAND has
been indicted for malfeasance.
The new Simpson dry dock at the Brook
lyn navy yard was opened yesterday.
John L. Rope & Co.'s saw mill at Gilmer-
ton Locks, Va, burned yesterday. Loss.
$4,000; partly insured.
J.H. & T. Jouvet, New York. dealers in
thread, ETC., have assets of PERHAPS 500 oo0 .
liabilities, $4,000 They have assigned,
Proceedings have been begun at Harris
burg. Pa. with view to closing m the af
fairs of the American Life Insurance Com
pany.
verdict has been returned in Roetop
finding Miss Eta w. Harris (Dr. TudgateI
guilty of criminal malpractice The defence
will file exceptions
Hereafter, the Bible and devotional exer.
eises will have no place in the Proyidenee
r. l.. public schools. Corporal punishment
can be administered only with the parents
consent
M. G. Patterson, well known architect OF
Decatur, Ill, has turned up after being miss.
ing for six months. He says he was sand
bagged. robbed and abducted, and when hf
finally came to himself he was in hospita
in Halifax,
Three men have reached Mobile after es
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-10
WHIPPED BY WHITE GAPS.
Experience of a Boston Drumm or
Who Preached to Sell.

AUGUSTA, Ga, May &C. f. Rich Bos-
ton drummer, selling patent smoothing
iron for giving gloss to laundered linen,
was severely whipped by White Caps at
Laurens, S. c., Tuesday night. Mr.. Rich's
irons were principally purchased by negro
washwomen. As mode Of advertising his
patent so as to reach the colored people it is
customary for him to hire church in each
town he visits, to address the people upon
the merits of his chattels. Monday evening
Mt. Pisgah Colored Presbyterian church at
Laurens was rented by Mr.. Rich, and the
building was crowded with negroes. Before
speaking of the advantages of the iron Mr..
Rich gave his audience a lecture on temper
aDce and morality.
Tuesday morning negro who atten ded
the meeting told the white citizens that
negroes, advising them to strike for higher
wages and to refuse to work on Sunday
The whites, alter receiving this informa-
tron, organized party to take the drummer
In cnarge, and Tuesday night, after the ad.
dress at the church, Mr.. Rich was stopped
on the streets, while he was returning to the
Motel, by band of aDout 20 masked men,
who severely whipped him with switches.
Mr.. Rich was suffering so much yesterday
from his injuries that he had to remain in
bed. He reported the trouble to the chief
OF police. but as yet he has not been able to
ferret out the guilty parties. Mr.. Rich came
here yesterday. His back was all cut up
from the blows of the switches Mr.. Rich
says he has been travelling South 10 years
selling irons, but this is the first time he was
ever molested He carries number of let
tiers of Endorsement from mayors of southern
cities. He denies having tried to break the
peace ana happiness that are alleged to ex-
ISL between the races in Laurens
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-10
BASE BALL.
The Local Field.

r. II. s., IL; BUTTONS, 8.
Yesterday noon the high school boys went
to Buxton Centre and succeeded in winning
game from that nine. Owing to the poor
condition of the grounds fine ball playing
was an impossibility. For the Portland
boys the battery work Of Dana and Allen
was excellent, the throwing of the latter be-
ing perfect. The infeld played well, while
the outfield had no chances, except Towle,
and the snn hain0 in HE faoa he seeu,d NO. soc
the ball. Lang, McCorrisen, Larrabee and
Tyler excelled for the Buxtons. The other
feature Of the game was the coaching of But-
Ter ana Lang. MeSsrS. DaruSley UI 0uAson
and Haley Of Portllnd, umpired in an i'm
partial manner. Game was stopped at the
end of the seventh inning on account Of the
visitors being compelled to catch the train
The score:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-10
THE STATE.

ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.
The Riverside cotton mills, Danville, Va,
have ordered 30 more 90-inch looms of the
Lewiston Machine Works.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Luke &c f. II. Brown of Bridgton, are man
ufacturing about 200 chamber sets a month.
Both of their mills, their paint shop, store
ture. They handle 1t all from the standing
trees.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
The Baptists Of Surry have invited Rev.
w. o. Whitten to become pastor Of their
church. He has preached there already.
He will move his family to Surry next week.
KNOX COUNTY.
The contract for printing the Rockland
city reports for the municipal year 1889 has
been awarded to Porter & Jones Of the
Courier Gazette, their bid being So cents
page for 400 copies. The Free Press bid 90
cents and Robbins Il Otis 81 a page.
Burnham & Morrill, have commenced can
ming Holsters at their factory at Port Clyde;
the prospect looks good for fair summers
work.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
w. w. Bradstreet has given to the Gar
diner library $1,000 bond bearing per
cent interest, the income to be used for the
purchase OF periodicals.
Rev. c. +. Penney Of Oakland, Cal, form
erly of Augusta, has been invited to preach
the dedicatory sermon at the Free Baptist
church, Augusta. 1t is thought that the
repairs will be completed by the first OF
June.
The school committee of Hallowell has en-
gagged Prof A. Ii. Brainard of East Win
thr0p to Gil the position of principal Of the
high school, left vacant by the resignation OF
| Prof. Beverage.
PENoBscoT COUNTY
The county commissioners have decided 70
put an iron roof on the jail woIk snop aIiIi auI
| rebuild. The Berlin Bridge COMPANY VII WI,
| furnish the roof, which VIII cost "o0u'
| $1,000.
Bangor people appear TO % aeteIultneu d illhe so
| bring to Justice the lnhuman nenu WV ls,S naS
been practising the paIoatlc TIueisleS ~
etnn offered for his apprehension by the HUI
name society has stimulated the officers TO
| renewed exertiOnS.
| WASHINGTON COUNTY.
EK. Wilson of Cherrytield has lately c0u-
| tracted to furnish the New England Packing
| CO. with 5000 sErdine cases.
| The Maine Central folks are building a
| good wharf two miles ana half fTOm the
motel at Millbridge. 1t will be ready for use
| next month 1t Is expected that the Lille
| will be taken off and the Richmond make
| her landings at the nesy wharf.
YORK COUNTY
StOrer Post No. l, G. A. r., of Portsmouth
| N. H., has accepted an invitation of Parke,
Post No. 90, Of Kittery, tO attend the exer
eises In ktttery on the morning Of Mem0ria
| day.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-10
FEATURES OF LIFE IN THE SOUTH.
a Man Arrested for Murder Wants To
Arrest the Governor.
How a Boston Drummer Preached
and Repented In Pain.
Flogged by White Caps on His Way
Home from Church..

COLUMBIA, S. c., May 9.-Affidavlts and
counter affidavits are being made in the Lex
ington lynching case. Graham, the lawyer
at whose instance the governor respited Will
lie Leaphart, was arrested yesterday on a
charge of having assisted in forging the pa
pers upon which the respite was procured
Several named by Sheriff Crafts as having,
according to his belief, been implicated in
the killing ofLeaphart have been arrested on
warrants sworn out by Attorney General
Earle. One of them, F. G. Caughman, who
boasts of his completely in the affair, had t e
hardihood to threaten to swear out warrant
of arrest against Governor Richardson as an
accessory before the fact on account of his
Withholding the affidavits on the strength Of
which the respite was granted.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-10
BRAVE THOMAS cANTcN.
He Is Tramp and He saved Two
- Lives Yesterday.

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May 9.-Late this af-
ternoon Mrs. Charles Frost, during a fit of
temporary insanity, attempted infanticide
and suicide by throwing her four months old
baby into the river and jumping in after
wards. A tramp named Thomas Canton
was eating his lunch on the opposite side Of
the wharf. Hearing the splash, he leaped
into the water, and caught the woman. He
held her until help arrived and then dived
and brought the child to the surface in an
exhausted condition. Mrs. Frost's rash at
tempt was caused by domestic trouble.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-10
MONEY RAISE o.
Aroostook People See Their Railroad
Scheme Becoming Reality.

CARIBOU, May 0.-The Aroostook Repub-
lican announces this week that Aroostook
has virtually pledged the 100000 needed to
insure the building of the direct line of rail
road. DIR. Freeman of Presque Isle. one Of
the directors of the Northern Maine, was in
Caribou recently, and made the statement
that. leaving out the worthless notes. only
$500 was needed to make up the 100000. In
addition to what Caribou had already pledg-
ed, Its citizens subscribed $3.50, or one half
OF the amount needed, In less than "a hours.
the question of the building of the direct
line, so far as AroostOok is concerned, in ac-
cordance with the repeated promises Of the
officers of the Northern Maine to build the
road when S100,000 was pledged, as there Is
no doubt whatever but that If the remaining
$3.50 has not already been raised it will be
within few days at most.
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Gaping from Port Lima, Costa Rica, where
they say they were held in virtual slavery
by an English company which has induced
large numbers of laborers. by misrepresenta-
ti0n, to go to work on railroad there.
The committee on public charitable insti-
tutions reported a bill in the Massachusetts
House yesterday requiring all institutions
for the insane to provide iron fire escapes
outside of the buildings, and other suitable
apparatus, and that the trustees shall cause
the same to be inspected monthly.
Swift & Co., the pork. packers Of Chicago,
have begun three suits in the United States
Circuit Court, which involve 100000. One
is against the New York, Lake Erie & West
ern for $500, 900, and another against the Chi
cago & Grand Trunk for 100000. The third
is against the Grand Trunk road of Canada,
for $4,000 1t Is understood the ground OF
action Is for breach of contract.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-10
ONLY ONE STRIKE.
cotham's Army of Carpenters Work
Ing Eight Hours a Day.

New York, May 9.-The New York Cen
trails elevator at Goth street and North river
was the only place In New York where or
ganized carpenters where on a strike this
morning. Secretary Doyle, at Clarendon
Hall, was elated at the report that all the
non-union aud progressive carpenters. IA In
number, who went to work Monday, had
been discharged this morning, and regarded
1t as favorable to speedy settlement Of the
strike.
that the carpenters strike In Brooklyn would
probably be declared off tonight or tomorrow
morning, as the one or two outstanding em-
Dlovers were confidently expected to give in
today.
Merrill, tn Beekman street boss, was re-
ported as having signed the eight-hour con-
tract and having insisted that his 16 non
union men shall join the union.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-10
ARsoR DAY I'm RocKLANp.
Tree Planting and Flag RaisIng-The
News Of the City.
Especial TO the Press. ]

RocKLAND, May 9.-Arbor Day was cele-
brated in this city by interesting exercises.
All Iof the schools and lmany ..of the people
planted trees, as usual. In.the morning
handsome flag was raised over the Purchase
street school house by the pupils of the
school, amid singing and the cheers of all.
In the afternoon formal aexercises were held
In Farwell Hall, in the course of which the
flag recently presented the High School by
the Edwin Libby Post, G. A R., was for
mally presented and accepted. The pro-
gramme was as follows:
PRAYER. Rev. W. NJ Kimmell
Music Singing by Pupils of the Schools
PRESERVATION If Flag. u. w. Titus, Command
er of Edwin Libby Post. aud Mrs. Jona-
than Crockett, President Of Ladies' Relief
Corps.
Acceptance on part OF the City,. ........
DR.. r. B. Miller
Acceptance on part Of School Committee.
Acceptance by High School,.
......................Pri Principal Jefferson Taylor
Benediction. ............ ........Rev. ID. p. Hatch
Mr.. John F. Sucking. who, for the past
year, has been officiating as principal Of the
Lincoln street grammar school in this city,
has rendered his resignation to the school
board, having accepted a better situation in
grammar school at Quincy, Mass.
Schooner Adacieux, Captain Stephen De-
tOdus dtIifcu yoSttIudy lTOm DdTUduO6S WIFI
cargo consisting of 270 packages of molas-
ses, for John Bird & Co., Of this city, and is
at present discharging the same at Farms
worth's wharf. This is the first importation
of this article ever received at this port.
The Islesford Steamboat Company have
placed the steamer Florence, Captain Alyah
Barbour, on the route this week. The line
is managed by MeSsrs. William Z. HadlOck
and III. w. Joyce.
Captain Thomas Chadwick, of the schoon-
er Jennie +. Wiley, and Frank M. Gnpi- or
Gushing, have purchased ,sehs01ner n 10 New.
buryport, Mass-x--.-nicn is TO be taken at
once tsGvdgd6n's Mills and repaired. She
VIII be used by Messrs. Chadwick and COMA
in the lobster trade.
The prospect for a steamboat line between
this city, Port Clyde and St. George, early
this season is excellent. Parties owning
summer cottages along the coast and bust
ness men in this city and Port Clyde have
been in consultation on the subject, and ar
rangements have practically been made to
start the project as soon as needed arrange
ments can be made The steamer M. & M.
OF Bangor is here, being inspected, nd will
probably be bought for the purpose. Spruce
Head and Tenants Harbor will be stop
ping places
As Observed In Saco.
SAco. May 9-The Saco Eschools united in
observing Arbor Day. Trees were planted
in Pepperell Park and the Thornton Acade-
my grounds, interesting exercises being held
at each place.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-10
Foreign Notes.

In the upper house of the Prussian Diet
yesterday. motion was adopted that the
government take measures to remedy the
ish pupils in the superior schools. 1t was
declared that existing conditions constituted
a social danger.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-10
THE BOSTON CARPENTERS GAINING
~ Present Appearances Reveal the
True state of Things.
Only One Small Strike Among the
Carpenters of New York.
The Strike at squire's-Masons still
Out In New Haven.

Boston, May 0.-There is nothing really
new In the carpenters strike. From IL to 20
men are being set at work daily under the
eight-hour system by builders outside the as
sociation. The Carpenter and Builders
Association claim to have no material
trouble in filling the strikers places. The
men claim that only the rougher class work
Is going forward.
The strike at John Squire & Co.'s pork
packing establishment remains quiet.
Squire denies the charges of rack renting
and keeping company store, and also that
he desired to dispose of his works to a syndi-
cate or a rival firm.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-10

The following are the United States Signal
Service observations for yesterday. May
9th, 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, $50, SW, cloudy; New York, 62o
Sc, partly cloudy; Philadelphia, go, S,
cloudy; Washington, 1859, S, cloudy; AL
bany, go, S, cloudy; Buffalo, 800, SW, rain
rain; Chicago. 42o, NE, rain; st. Paul
$50, N, cloudy; Duluth, 40o, NE, cloudy
st. Vincent. 4So, N, cioudless; Bis
marck. 600, NE, cloudleSs; jacksonville
$50, Sc, cloudless.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-10

consolidation Of the Boston & Maine road.
Thirty-six hundred and fifty-one shares were
represented: 1t was voted unanimously that
sale of the road, franchise and property of
the company and the directors were au
thorized to execute and deliver any deed or
other instrument and all other acts and
things necessary to carry the agreement into
full effect
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-10

Local Weather Report.
PORTLAND, Me-, May 0, 1890.