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The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
THEY FEARED TROUBLE IN HAvERHILL,
Striking Cutters Exasperated by the
Filling of Their Places.
Big Crowds Collected Around the
Scene of Expected Strife.
Strikes In other Piaces-WillIan and
His Laborlng Subjects.

HAvERHILL, Mass, February 1.-THE
labor situation here is assuming grave as
poets. The striking cutters at Spaulding's
mandatory have been trying every since
they left off work to prevent others from
taking their places. Sentinels guarded all
the approaches to the factory and every new
conner was stopped and admonished against
going into the factory to work. The force
of cutters has increased every day and today
the number reached thirty, nearly the full
complement. This exasperated the strikers
and fears were entertained that their threats
would be backed up with violence. AT noon
and six o'clock this evening, two or three
hundred people collected near the factory.
apparently to frighten the new cutters as
they came out. No violence was resorted to
but menaces and vile epithets were used.
The strikers have inaugurated system OF
boycUtting boarding-house keepers and 9TH
ers who in any way aid the cutters who have
come here from other places to work at
Spaulding's., I'm this way, six new cutters
well OF the New England Boot and Shoe
Cutters Union, at work at Spaulding's, Is
particularly obnoxious to the strikers. He
Is accused of being traitor to the order by
accepting his position. He makes good his
claim to consistency by presenting a letter
from George Bnrdett. president and w. E.
Clark secretary of Union No. 7, New Eng
land Boot and shoe Cutters Protective Un-
ion, Dover, Y. H., which says that union, by
an unanimous vote indorses the stand taken
by Maxwell as regards his entering the shop
of w. w. Spaulding at Haverhill. The In
ternational Shoemakers' Union held an
important private meeting here Monday eve
ming and plans for waging the war against
North Adams manufacturers were freely
discussed Treasurer Fl. j. Skeffington,
Henry S. Logans, r. w. Robinson, w. e.
Ordway and other labor agitators were pres
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
GENERAL NEWS.

Fire in Morrison's dry goods store, Low
ell, Mass, did $4,000 damage last i2ht.
Two distinct earthquake shocks were felt
in st. Louis Monday night. No damage was
done.
Tschigorin has won the chess contest with
Gusberg at HAVANA, winning eight games
to Gusberg's seven; draws, five.
Another case of typhus fever has been dis
covered among the immigrants who recently
landed in New York from the Waesland,
A leak In the aqueduct which supplies 60
houses In Hopkinton, N. H., with water
threatens to cause the people there much in
convenience.
Chief Justice Corliss of North Dakota,
speaking on the state lottery scheme, said it
was better for the state to become bankrupt
than to sell it's honor.
Protestant evargelists, while holding ser,
vices in Hull, Ont, yesterday, were attacked
by mob of French Canadians and SIX, IN
cluding two ladies, were seriously Injured.
| Emile Frick, designer in the Boston OF
nee OF the Merrlmac mills, whose home was
| at Jamaica Plain, has not been seen since
| Saturday afternoon, when he left the office
with $l40O in cash, his own money, upon his
| person.
| j.. Edwin Dudley, secretary of the Citizens
| Law and Order League of the limited States.
| announces that the eighth annual meeting Of
| the League will be held in Toronto ont.
| February 70. 2S and "a. MANY Of the most
| prominent speakers Of the United States and
l Canada will participate in the proceedings
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
Gen. Hyde's Successor.
sSnecial tO the PrasSl

WASHINGTON. February 1.-THE ap-
pointment of successor to Gen. It. w.
Hyde of Bath, whose term as one of the
board of managers of national homes for dis
abled volunteers is to expire soon, is a mat
ter Of some interest in Washington now.
The position is a purely honorary one, no
salary attaching to it. Gen. Hyde has been
on the board, or will have been when his
term Of Office shall have expired six years.
Part Of the managers are so ex-officio, but
Gen. Hyde's successor will be appointed by
Congress. The other day Congressman
Boutelle introduced in the House resolu-
tion naming Col. A. B. Farnham of Bangor,
as successor to Gen. Hyde. The resolution
was referred to the committee on military af.
fairs, who are expected to report before long
list of appointments TO this board. 1t
seems probable that the House
committee will report the nomination
of Colonel Farnham, and that the House will
endorse the action of the committee. Ther
the resolution will go to the Senate. 1t il
understood that the two Maine senator:
favor General Hyde, who is a candidate fol
reappointment. What effect the appoint.
ment of Colonel Farnham would have upon
the tenure of General Stephenson at Togu'
would be matter of speculation. Genera
Hyde has always had the reputation of being
friendly to General Stephenson, who is no
the most popular governor the home at To
gus has ever had, as is matter of common
| knowledge In Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
AMONG THE BOOMERS,
Blue Coats In the Way May Precipi-
tate Fight.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., February 1.-THE
Journals Pierre, S. D., special says The
city is full of excitement, owing to the open
ing of the reservation. The rush Of BOOM
ers to the west side is now we'll under way
Real estate dealers have promptly advanced
prices, but activity in deals is not yet begun.
The boomers who hurried across the river
last night, were met on the shore by a long
line of blue coats, who refused to let them
land. 1t is reported the military had orders
to keep everybody from the land South of
Bad river and South Pierre, the boomers
are preparing TO make another raid in that
direction. 1t is not known how long this
surveillance will be maintained. If the sol
diers are not withdrawn soon. it is possible
one counties have more or less land opened
to settlement by this order. Pierre already
has five banks, and more are getting ready
to begin business. Property is being plotted
and street car lines constructed; business
blocks are going up and the boom is fully
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12

An Injunction secures Postpone
ment Of the Nelson Alsryon Case.

BUFFALO, N. ~. February 11.-President
p. p Johnston of the Beard OF Review OF
the National Trotting Association. presided
at today's meeting of the board Secretary
Morse of Connecticut. j. ID. Carr Of Califor-
mia, M. j. Payne Of Kansas. and George W.
Fisher Of Rochester, N. Y, were present.
The Nelson-Alcryon case Of alleged fraud
was brought up. Attorney Smiley asked
that the charges be dismissed on the ground
that the board mad no jurisdiction and stated
that Wesley p. Balch, who gave the race,
was not a member Of the association. An
affidavit to that effect from Balch was pro-
duced. Mr.. Nelson said he came unprepared
to go ON with the case, and asked for post
pOnement. In December next he could
prove that the race was won on Its merits.
Now he was, in honor, bound to keep ST.
lent. In executive session the board decided
it had power to try the case. The defendant
again pleaded for adjournment. MIR. Nelson
was allowed to explain his reasons in execu-
tive session, but the ruling was again ad-
verse. Mr.. Smiley now played his trump
card, and served an Injunction on the board.
granted today by Justice Corbett OF the Su-
preme Court. This put a wet blanket on
the whole proceeding. The injunction will
remain until the board can be heard for its
dissolution. The board will meet again to-
morrow morning.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
WILL DIE LIKE CATTLE.
industrious Indians of DEVILS Lake
on the Verge of Starvation.

FORT ToTTEN, N D., February 11.-Be-
tween 800 and 1000 Indians credited to the
DEVILS Lake Agency are wholly destitute of
clothing and in the last stages of starva-
tion. Unless furnished with food, clothing
and medicine at once these Indians will die
ike cattle. Disease has brought fully one
half of them to the verge of the grave, and
the recent inclement weather enhanced their
sufferings. Indian Agent Cramsie has issued
the following appeal for aid:
IL desire to appeal to the American people
for relief for the Indians of Devils Lake,
who are in a starving condition and very
destitute of clothing The circumstances
have been fully reported to the Interior De-
partment with proper estimates for articles
of food and clothing from time to time, since
August 5, 1889, and l have been furnished
$500, which was expended in food, and long
since issued. am informed that no further
relief can be rendered by the government
until Congress makes an appropriation, but
from appearances the Indians will be in
their graves before relief by an appropria-
tion can be used. These Indians have sup
ported themselves for years by their own in
dustry without government aid, and their
present destitution is through no fault of
their own, but is due only to the total fail
ure of their crops, the same as in the case of
white settlers in the neighborhoOd."
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
SOME POINTS FROM THE DEBATE
The Minority Made One In Fixing the
Time for the Vote.
Mr.. Funston Made Another at the
Expense of MIR. Hatch,
Who Thinks the Republicans are All
as Bad as Their Speaker.
Especial to the Press.l

WASHINGTON. February 1.-THE debate
on the rules passed off in the House today
without incident, excepting little disap-
pointment which befell the Republicans.
who hoped to hasten the final vote. Mr.
Cannon, who led on the floor alone in the
absence of Mr. Mckinley, who is Temporal
rily unwell, proposed a resolution closing
the debate tomorrow afternoon. The Dem
ocrats, who want to waste time on principle
as well as discuss the rules at their leisure,
proposed through Mr. Springer to extend
the time of taking the final vote to Friday.
Many Republican members who do not wish
to let pass so eligible an opportunity for
speeches wanted more time. So Mr.. Spring
er's proposition TO close the formal debate
tomorrow afternoon and proceed under the
five-minute rule until FriSss afternoon, pre-
vailed by a large vote, much to that gentle
mans astonishment. The Republicans who
are thinking more of short, business-like
session, than of chances to make speeches
chafe at what they consider the waste Of
two whole days.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
In the Boston & Lowell Depot.

BosToN, February 1l.-At about o'clock
tonight fire broke out in an attic in the south
wing Of the headhouse Of the passenger sta
tion OF the Boston Il Lowell railroad. In
waybills, cancelled tickets, etc. A lively
blaze was soon in progress. The fire was
confined to this portion of the building aud
was soon su5dued after having burned
about 20 feet of roof and destroyed the con-
tents of the room. The rooms of the en-
gineering department, general freight agent,
auditor and president, beneath the attic,
were soaked with water and the furniture
and the httings were badly damaged. The
valuables were locked in the vaults The to-
tai damage is placed at from $4,000 to S25,-
600: insurance on the Building about $780,
600, on contents S2S,00O, Little OF no delay
was caused in the despatch of trains. The
cause of the fire is unknown.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
Ice Companies Have the Blues,

=, NEwBURG, February 11.-Ice dealers in
the vicinity are becoming alarmed over the
crop. The Muchattoes Lake Ice Company
of Newburg, with a capacity Of $4,000 tons,
has always heretofore got ice from a lake of
chat name in the western part of this city
Muchattoes Lake is not yet even frozen over.
pany, will go to Crown Point tomorrow to
negotiate for the cutting of supply of Ice
from Lake Champlain in case the Ice crop
here proves total failure. The price de-
manded by Lake Champlain ice dealers for
stock at present on hand is said to be fifty
MuchattOes Lake.
+. l.. Shattuck, on the New York. Port
JerviS q Monticello railroad, has a contract
to supply a New York ice company with 20
car loads of ice every day dUiing the present
epnenn.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
The Mountains We're Moved. i.

CORVALLIS, Ore, February 1.-THE
greatest loss in Benton county by the recent
flood occurred In the Alsea vallay. The Al
SEA river overflowed its banks and in many
places the water was several feet higher than
ever before known. Several head of stock
were drowned, and much fencing was
washed away. The mountain sides In many
places moved down into the bottom, some Of
the slides being 500 feet square, and SO deep
that in some instances large trees were, car
ried hundreds of yards downward and are
now Standing erect. In other cases trees
nave been broken and piled up with earth so
feet deep, forming a dam in the mountain
streams. ,. .
The only death reported in Benton county
morning. A large slide came down the
mountain side, burying Robert Barclays
residence, and imprisonlng Barclay, two
children and ROBERT BOWL .on, ,.a me Iatner and
dculty. but Brown was found dead, having
been crushed by heavy timber.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12

WASHINGTON, February 11.-Pensions
have been granted to the following Maine
people:
REISSUE.
Nathan L. Bradburn, Elmore.
INCREASE.
Marshall b. Stone. Bridgton.
Daniel Young, East Bradford
John I. Clark, Franklin.
Randall Gallison, Sherman Mills.
John o. Hussey, North Greene.
Cornelius Toomey, National Military Home.
John Head, Bangor.
Daniel Burns, Calais.
John p. Bickford, Hermon.
Charles III. Knox, New Sharon.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
confIdence In ParneII.

LONDON, February 11.-Parnellite MEM
bers Of Parliament today reelected Mr..
Parnell chairman. A vote Of confidence in
| Mr., Parnell was adODtpd
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
Warned by a strange man.

LIMA, Ohio; February 11.-Quite a sensa.
tion was created here over the testimony OF
j. B. Showalter,a deaf mute employed at the
Standard Oil Refinery, given at an Inquest
being held by the coroner. Showa!ter said
that the morning before the explosion which
killed one aud injured FIVE others, he was at
work in the still house, when a strange man
approached him and motioned for him to t0l-
low him. He did go, and the fellow gave
him a note telling him that everything was
fixed. and that when he gave him the tip to
look out. Showalter was frightened and did
M work the next day when the explosion
took place The strange man he had never
seen before. and the supposlilon Is that tue
yepge against the comUany. The matter is
neing fully investigated.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
THE STATE.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.


Work was commenced last week upon the
new Maine Central station at Etna, and the
building will be completed before long as a
good sized crew Is at work. 1t will be appre-
ciated by travellers who stop at and start
from Etna.
sAGADAHOC COUNTY.
The New England Company closed con-
tract Saturday to build aHl 100 ton TOUR ma.ted
schooner, Tor IL. M. Randall, OF Port Jefer-
son, Long Island. The vessel Is ~ be cOm-
pleted next September.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The project inaugurated at North Anson
short time ago to construct dam on tho
old privilege at the head Of the falls has
taken definite form aud 1t now seems TO 90
well settled that the undertaking VIII oe
carried out as soon as the season opens.
YORK COUNTY.
A petition Is In scirculation at hiIe.y
Point asking for an appropriation HSll Oon-
gress for the removal Of the Ledge eeswesn
the Fort MsClay wharf aud Fishing hiahs''
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
Washington Notes.

Postmaster General Wanamaker was be-
fore the House committee on post offices and
post roads yesterday, and discussed fully the
proposition in his annual report for the es-
adjustment of a limited postal telegraph.
Patents have been granted to the following
citizens of Maine; Hiram Burrill, Sanger
vile, water wheel; Rodney N. Hall. Paris,
wall bracket for staging; Edward w. Robin
son, Deering, barb for wire fences; James
Ii. Sewall, Portland, hose coupling.
The nomination of Alanson w. Beard to
be collector at Boston was confirmed by the
Senate yesterday.
The nomination of Charles Emory Smith
to be minister to st. Petersburg did not
prove a sensation, as it had been forestalled
by previons announcements. There is bit
Of history connected with IT, showing how
Secretary Blaine's personal choice prevailed
against political influence supposed to be
all-powerful. The candidate, backed by in
fiuential Pennsylvania politicians, was Mr..
G. c. Harrison, sugar manufacturer of
Philadelphia. Mr.. Harrison was indorsed
by the Postmaster General. Senators Quay
and Cameron, and practically by all the Re-
publican representatives from the state. 1t
was unavailing, nevertheless, in the face Of
the fact that secretary Blaine wanted Mr.
Smith to have the place.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12

S. Wheelwright and others asked for the re-
moval of James Mayeyille Of Bangor, special
constable, on the general ground Of derelic-
tion OF duty.
Orders were passed for the conveyance to
Stephen Peabody of two lots Of land in In
dian township, Washington county, for SER
vices rendered as agent OF the Indian lands,
also 100 acres Of land to q. A. Rolfe OF
Princeton for about 500.
The time for the next meeting OF the eoun-
ell Is fixed for March 9TH.
E. p. Wilson, Fred Appleton. X. w. Saw
yer, +. S. Coe, L. f. Wyman, Nj. q. Pierce
and William Monroe of Bangor. are enlight-
ening the valuation commission on wild
lands
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
MY LORDS AND cENTLEMEN.
The Queen Refers to tho Recent
Trouble with Portu gal.

LONDON, Feb. 11-Parliament reassembled
today and the Queens speech at the opening
of the session was read. 1t opens with a
reference to the cordial relations between
her maiesty's government and all foreign
countries. Portugal, it says, has aeceded to
the request Of England in regatd to Central
Africa. and the Portuguese government
is doing its best to maintain the friendly re-
latlons that have always existed between
that country and England. With these en-
deavors her msjesty's government heartily
co-operates. 1t next alludes to the Brussels
conference, and expresses the hope and faith
that favorable results wkn~e9nEzEzwalis aed
toward the suppression OF the slave Iladen
Egypt Is congratulated upon her financial
prosperity, and the Samoan settlement is
briefly alluded to-; and there Is promise to
lay before Parliament all the papers relating
TO the Samoan conference, and to the extra
diti0n treaty with the United States.
In home legislation Ire and will demand
prominent place In the attention OF Parlia-
ment. Her majesty Is glad to announce a
marked diminution in the amount Of agrarian
crime, and a decrease la the number Of
counties wherein 10 Is found necessary 10 en-
force exceptional provisions Of law. There
Is promise to Introduce a land purchase
bill and local government bill and other
measures for Improving the material inter-
estS of Ireland.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
a Centile Victory.

SALT LAKE, Utah, February 11.-Oficial
returns give George A. Scott, Gentle, for
mayor, a majority of 800: Louis Hyams,
GENTLE, for treasurer, 659; E. r. Clute, Gen.
tile, for assessor, 466: j. NJ. Young, Gentle,
for marshal, 773. The remainder of the Gen
tile ticket, including 10 cOuncilmen. are
elected by majorities ranging from 300 to
400. This gives them control Of the munich
pal council for the first time in the history of
the city.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
weather Observations.

The following are the United States Signal
Service observations for yesterday, Febru'
ary 18th. taken at p. M, 10Th meridian time
the observations for each station being given
in this order: Temperature, direction of the
wind, state of the weather:
Boston, 800, Sc, cloudless: New York, 360,
S, cloudy; Philadelphia, 360, NE, cloudy
Washington. $50, s., cloudless; Albany, 340,
S, cloudless; Buffalo, $40. 4. cloudless
Cleveland, 400. S, cloudless Detroit, 40o, SW,
cloudless; Chicago, $50. NV, cloudd; St,
Paul, 2O', w, cloudless; Duluth. 22', w,
cloudless; ST. Vincent, 10o, Sc, partly
cloudy; Bismarck. 24e, SW, cloudless
Jacksonville. $40, N, cloudy.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12

A conference Of the leaders Of the nation
al labor movement will be held in Kansas
City, February 26. The different labor or
carnations have practically coalesced and
the leaders think 1t most auspiciOus time
to look over the field and plan the
line OF action In which the powerful politi-
cal Influence Of the labor movement may be
felt most adyantageously to workingmen.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
Crossings on the ogdenspure.

CONCORD. N. H., February 11.-Permis-
sion has been given by the railroad commits
sioners to the Portland & 0gdensburg diyis.
ion of the Maine Central railroad to cross at
grade the Whitefeld and jefferson, and Con-
cord andMontIeal railroads; and also several
highways in Carroll, Whitefed and Dalton.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
sugar trust NAV Do BUSINESS.

New YORK, February 11.-Judge O'Brien
this afternoon handed down his decision in
the celebrated Sugar Trust case. He decid-
ed that the company should be allowed To
continue business, but continues the iniunc-
tiul restraining the trust from transferring
its property or doing any other acts which
might interfere with the rights Of the plain
fA'aA
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12

pose, and hence is discouraged. This rule.
as it discourages the filibuster also gives, of
course, greater facilities to the majority for
taking up business, and for completing busi-
ness when it Is taken up. Messrs. Carlisle
and Randall have objected that
the details of these rules regu-
lating the order of business put the
individual to disadvantage as compared
with the committees in getting business be-
fore the House. This is undoubtedly so
but the Republicans reply that 1t is better
that this shall be so, than that the commit
tees should be, not only made secondary to,
but be actually rendered lmpotent by the in
dividual.
Another point on which the issue is
squarely drawn, is the new rule forbidding
the Speaker to entertain dlatory motions.
The Democrats contend that it makes the
Speaker an autocrat. But the Republican
reply that "the approval of the House is the
very breath in the nostrils of the Speaker,
and nobody on earth is so jealous of its liber-
ties and so impatient of CONTROL" is as true
of Speaker who is not compelled to recog-
nize dilatory motion as of one who is. The
power of the House that has directed him
not to recognize such motion can at any
time reduce him to impotence. But the
power of the House should be the power of
its majority as the Republicans believe. And
here is where the Democrats dissent
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
From Over the Sea.

BERLIN, February 1.-THE North Ger
man Gazette says that Emperor Williams
reason for confning his initial inquiries rel
ative to the labor question to France, Eng
land, Belgium and Switzerland is that the
labor movements in those countries resem-
those in the German coal districts. his
M .jesty, the Gazette says, is making inves-
legations into the labor conditions Of other
countries, including Italy. Denmark and
Sweden. The Swiss government has in
structed its representatives to invite the
government of the countries to which they
are accredited to take part in the labor con-
ference to be held at Berne. This action on
the part of Switzerland shows that Emperor
men have not led her to abandon her project
for a anpfarnnQn at Rarna
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-12
rne Book Concerns Business.

New YORK. February 1.-THE new Office
building erected by the Methodist Book
Concern on Fifth avenue and goth street, at
a cost of 81, 900, 600, was dedicated tonight by
Bishop Andrews. A large number of prom
inent Methodist clergy and laymen pRrticl-
pated