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The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
GLAD THERE is But ONE MOULTON.
HaverhIlI Knights of Labor Speak on
the situation There.
Figures From chicago Which DO No,
Support Sensational Stories.
The Murmurs of Disorder in Fran ce
Next Thursday.

HAvERHILL, Mass. April 2S.-Chick
Brothers had 20 cutters at work today. Lo-
cal Assembly, 1896 Knights of Labor, issued
a circular today, stating; "The Knights Of
Labor cutters wish it understood that there
is strike at Chick Brothers cutting room
for an advance of 81 per week, and the cut
ters will not return to work until the de-
mand is complied with. Cutters going in to
take their places will be. considered scabs
and advertised as such through the country.
Only two of the 50 cutters in the rooms be-
long to the International Union. If the two
are going to make the price list for so and
then Moulton charge the rest with being dis
gruntled Knights. of Labor. we want the mem
bers of the international Union and every
body else to know it. We do not believe
this has received the sanction of the rank
and file of the International Union. Ii it
does and these are the methods they and Mr..
M0ulton employ to improve the condition of
The workingman, we thank God there is but
one Moulton and one International Union
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
100000 Blaze.
GRANTED A CHARTER.
Knox Post of Lewiston Admitted 4
the Grand Army.
Especial to the Press.l

Especial to the Pressl
LEWISTON, April 2S.-Last June % mem
bers of Custer Post, q. A. R., of this city,
owing to dissatisfaction resulting from re-
lief corps affairs, Withdrew from that organ
ization and formed themselves into an indie
pendent order known as the Knox Veteran
Association They consisted largely Of the
charter members of the first post ever organ
ized!in Lewiston. Since then the new socie-
ty worked persistently and their ranks have
been enlarged by many new members, nearly
all of whom never belonged to any G.. A. r.
organization before. AS they grew in num-
bers they realized the necessity of having a
charter, and consequently applied to Col
Drew, who was department commander at
that time, for the same. The charter, how
ever, was refused and the veterans were
somewhat dishearteEed until last Saturday
evening, when notice was received that De-
partment Commander Anderson had granted
the longed for charter. Tonight they held
netting in Clan Campbell Hall, which was
attended by 60 veterans Officers were elect
ed and preliminary arrangements effected
for the permanent organization of Knox
Post, G. A. R., which will take place one
week from tonight if the department officers
are able to attend. Knox Relief Corps,
which is composed entirely of mothers, sis
ters and daughters of veterans and army
nurses will serve as an auxiliary to Knox
Post, which promises to be one of the most
prosperous in the state.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
THE MAINE STATE PRESS.
MORE THAN THEY ARE WORTH.
The Cost of Licenses to buy Bait In
newfoundland.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, April 28.-The crew
of the schooner Elsie NJ. Smith, from the
Western Banks, say they called at Fortune
Bay to obtain bait. After buying a license
they found that instead of its being good for
one year it would have to be renewed every
time they baited, about every three weeks,
costing ST. for every ton the vessel registered
Finding this was more than they could af-
ford to pay, they gave up the license and the
money was returned. The coast was SO
thoroughly patrolled that every place where
bait could be procured was guarded by
armed crews. Vessels have been taking
more bait than they needed and selling it to
the French people of that locality. They
said that Newfoundland had sent a repre-
sentative to Washington to try to make sat-
isfactory arrangements, but he was not no.
ticed and was almost kicked out of doors.
American fishing owners had said they want
ed no bait from Newfoundland, and could
get along better without.
The schooner Rapid Transit was reported
at Round C0untre eight days ago. loaded
with herring. Captain White was accused
of violating the law by taking a cargo aboard
and giving bonds of $1,000 to land it in the
st. Pierre and returned for another cargo,
when he was arrested. He was carried to
st. jacques to answer before Collector Clin-
ton. His vessel was threatened with seizure
and confiscation. The crew say it is no use
tG go to the Banks cod fishing so long as
such stringent law exists against supply
ing bait. Our own people are responsible
for the existing state of affairs by misrepre
sentiDg the true facts in the case.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
GEN ERAL NEWS.

Three slight shacks Of earthquake were felt
at Saratoga. n Y, Sunday night.
BIC. Young & Co., shoe manufacturers,
Boston, have assigned. Liabilities $30,OOO.
Nearly all of the striking 800 operatives in
Nashua have returned to work
Thomas A. Underhill was struck and
killed by train on the Northern road at
Concord, N. H., yesterday.
O'Donovan Rosa has been found guilty of
libelling p. S. Cassidy. He will probably get
off with fine.
Doyan 81 Wright, the New York bucket
shop operators. have liabilities Of $50O,OOO;
assets, nothing.
Mrs. Della Parnell ties to the New
York Herald that the stones of her poverty
and suffering have not been exaggerated.
Mrs. Timothy Walker Of Rumford died at
noon Monday OF pneumonia. She was the
mother of Postmaster Walker of Lewiston
and was Seventy-eight years Of age.
The annual report of the Union Pacific
railway system for 1889 shows the gross
earnings to be $21, ,070, ,1S1, an increase of
1874 $50; surplus earnings, Sll, ,195, 81: In
crease, S735,33G; total net income, SO, $3.50,
402
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
viii Lunch at Newmarket.

EXETER, n. II April 2S.-The directors
Gated at this place for 40 years, to Newman
ket junction. The hiect OF this move is to
save time in the movement of trains by
avoiding ten minutes stop at Exeter. At
Newmarket Junction the trains invariably
have to wait from ten to thirty minutes for
Concord and Portsmouth trains. The trans
fer of the cafe to Newmarket Junction Is
very displeasing to the people here, who re-
gard it as an initial step in movement to
discontinue the stopping Of express trains at
this place. 1t is understood that new and
spacious station will be built here at once in
place of the one burned.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
A WARNING TO BRAZILIANS.
Freely Expressed Opinions May Brlr g
Their Advocate to jail,

NEW YORK, April 2S.--Mail advices from
Rio de Janeiro say that the provisional
government has issued this decree:
Whereas, to the detriment OF public order and
tranquility, false reports and alarming rumorS
have been circulated with the manifest and un.
patriotic object Of favoring censurable specula-
tions, and, Whereas such reports and rum0rs are
highly injurious to the foreign credit of Brazil,
weakening confidence In the stability of our in
stitutions and In the security Of the obligations
contracted by the nation, and, Whereas, these
reports and rum0rs are moreover intended to
cause alarm and panic among our fell0w-cltiZens,
who, with thorough confidence and perfect tran
guilty, have, throughout the length and breadth
ot on the land accepted the new order Of things.
authority to prevent and remove all causes ef
social disturbance, assuring and guarante eiDg
order, which Is indispensable in the free and law
ful exercise OF every species of activity, and to
the development OF national progress.
Therefore, Marshal Manoel Deodoro Da Fon-
SEGA, chief OF the provisional government, insti-
tuted by the army and navy In the name OF the
nation, hereby DEGREES:
Article 1. To the provisions OF the decree of
Dec. %, 1889, are subject all persons who orig
inate or aid in circulating, by means of the press
or telegraph, or in any other way, in Brazil or in
foreign countries false reports and alarming
rumors, such as refer, for instance, to the dis
ciplne OF the troops to the stability of the insti-
tuition OF the country and to public order.
Article 2. From this provision is excluded
written or verbal criticism however severe 1t may
be of the governments acts for the purpose Of ex-
posing, correcting and preventing administrative
errors, provided 1t be free from personalities and
defamation.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
NEWS OF TIE FLOODS.
Four Hundred Families Moved In a
Hurry In Dallas, Tex.

NEW ORLEANS, April 2S.-The Picayune's
st. Martinsville special says: "The water in
this parish is rising at the rate of eight
inches in "a hours. Taose who reside in the
lowland section near the woods have been
compelled to leave their houses and move to
the bayou bank. Crops in their section are
lost. Twenty-Five hundred people will suffer
In this parish from the floods. The situation
is getting very serious. Every inch of ground
in Bayou Chene section is under water"
A special to the Picayune from Dallas,
Tex, says: about 400 families were driven
from their homes in Dallas and the suburbs
by the overlooking of Trinity river. The
water last night ran through the windows of
the first floor of the Dallas elevator and
damaged large amount of wheat as well as
machinery and betting The ST. Louis
Pressed Brick Company are heavy losers.
Two thousand bales of cotton were soaked
at the compress at the foot of Lamar street.
The Dallas Brewing Company will suffer
considerably"
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
Consul SeweIl on Samoa.

Interview in the San Francisco Examiner.J
do not anticipate any trouble in Samoa.
Peace reigns there now, and undoubtedly
will continue to do so. There is now def
mite understanding among the powers, the
difficulty.
The independence Of the Samoan Islands
is worth all the trouble that it has cost the
United States, and this independence must
be maintained. 1t is not question of CO..
coanut groves. Ii 1t were the islands would
properly belong to Germany. The coming
Importance of our commerce on the Pacific is
well recognized at the National Capital. We
will soon have ships whether we would
build them ourselves or have free ships, and
when we do and the Nicaragua Canal is OPP
will convince any one of the immense STRAIT
egic Importance of this little county, and
that this Importance is far greater than that
of the Sandwich Islands,
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29

Tommy, the big cat at Capt. g. T. Osborn's
sail loft, at Belfast. died Saturday from old
age. Tommy spent his entire life in and
about the sail loft. He was accustomed. to
visit vessels coming to Swans wharf, and
several years ago was carried away in es-
sci making trip to Boston. On arrival in
Belfast, Tommy was the first to come ashore
and Immediately went to the sail loft. He
visited every workman at his bench and ex-
pressed his mute satisfaction in getting back
home. After that adventure Tommy never
went on board vessel, and when night came
always presented himself at the loft. Tommy
was placed in box and given good burial
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
Atlantic League.

The following games were played IN Lhe
Atlantic League yesterday:
At Baltimore -Baltmores, .; WOrees ,ers Z.
At Newark-New Havens, 10; Newarks, 2.
At Washington-Wash 13; Jersey
Citys, 3.
At Wilmington-Hart IS; Wllmlngtons, o.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
LEAPED FROM the FLAMES.
Mrs. VIrtel's ESCAPE From Death in
Her Burning House.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 2S.-About 8
o'clock this morning fire was discovered in
a small frame house on the corner of State
and Fifth streets. occupiedsby Robert Virtel
as grocery and residence. The alarm was
given by Mrs. Virtel, who jumped from the
second story window with a child in her
arms. Two other children were in the
burning building but the firemen. at great
risk, succeeded in rescuing them. Mrs. Vir-
tel was badly injured by her fall, and all
were shocKingly burned. The youngest
child, aged three years, will die. The others
are six and eight years of age respectively.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
Speaker Reeds Pittsburg Speech.

Hon. Thomas b. Reed gave his hearers
some fresh and vigorous thoughts in his
speech on the Southern problem at Pittsburg
Saturday night. as he does in all the subjects
he discusses. 1t is a point which we have
never seen elucidated by the Southern Dem
ocrats. why, if admitting that Caucasian
rule is necessary in local and state, affairs, it
is necessary to extend the principle to the
tain that negro Ignorance has no real right
To representation in the halls Of Congress,
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
BASE BALL.
crays, 10; Unions, @.

The ball season was opened In Gray Sat-
urday by game between the Grays and
Unions Of Cumberland, resulting in favor of
the Grays. 10 to Q. after II innings. No one
expected very brilliant game as it was
very cold and the players had not had much
practice. The Grays took big lead in the
first two innings, and it looked as If they
would have walkover, but in the sixth the
score was tied and remained so until the
11th, when the Grays succeeded in getting
run. The batteries were Sklllings and Nor
rill for the Grays, Farewell and Peterson for
the Cumberlands, umpire, Cummings.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29

how about the alien ignorance which sends
solid delegation Of Democratic Congress-
men from the Tammany wards of New York
city. Our Democratic contemporaries cite
the disorders Of carpet-bagger days as proof
that the negro Is untitled for the ballot, but
to the adherents Of the Tammany bosses,
whose rascalities the Democratic New York
Evening Post has just been exposing.
Speaker Reed struck the right key when he
urged that the North should disclaim all in
tention to interfere in Southern local and
state elections, but should insist on the con-
stitutional right Of Congress to regulate Fed
eral elections, North, South, East and West.
II to do this Is, according Ito the threat of
Bourbon Senator Pugh, TO ENSURE the she'd
ding of blood and the destruction Of the
peace and order Of the country" 1t must be
because the Union armies fought for four
years In vain and that the South does notyet
admit that this Is nation,
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
KENNrREC COIrNTY.

For the first time in the history OF the line
the Kennebec made an extra trip to Boston
on Saturday afternoon. The unusually
large amount of freight ready for shipment
made 1t necessary, There are over 1880
bales of jute which will come down this
week for enc of the.Gardiner paper mills.
The steamer arrived Monday morning and
left on its usual trip in the afternoon.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
Railroad litipation

CONCORD, N. H., April 2S-The petition
OF the Northern railroad to have the stock
that line to the Boston 6 Maine apprai sed
came up before Judge Allen of the Supreme
Court today. Hon. Sylvester Dana OF Con.
cord and Hon. David A. Gregg of Nashua
appeared, the former in persen and the latter
from the action of the meeting when The
lease was ratified, and asked that the court
determine the value of their shares in the
corporation. Hon. Ossian Ray, one of Mr.
Gregg's counsel, stated that for his client he
should ask that an order be made by the
itemized schedule of all its assets. under
oath, so that the dissenting stockholders
might be able to obtain accurate knowiedce
of the value of their stock -S"e0
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
CIayton-sreckir RIDGE

LITTLE Rock, Ark. April 2S.-The Clay
ton-Breckinridge investigation Committee
examined 195 witnesses today. All but
three were colOred They testified thew
were at Plummerville the day of the presi,
Dental election and voted for John M. CLAW.
ton for Congress. County Judge J. H. Mer-
ritt of Arkansas county testified that he al
ways gave Republican representation on
the election board whenever requested to do
SO. Last year no one asked him to appoint
Republicans, so all the judges and clerks he
named were Democrats.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29

The following are the United States Signal
Service observations for yesterday. April
28th, taken at .. M, 10Th meridian time
the observations for each station being given
in this order: Temperature. direction of the
wind, state of the weather:
Boston, 48O, E. partly cloudy; New York
56', S, partly cloudy; Philadelphia, 56o, S.
cloudless; Washington, $50, Sc, cloudless;
Albany, 500, N, cloudless Buffalo. 5o0, Sc,
cloudless; Cleveland. 520, NE, cloudyi De-
troit, $40, NE, cloudy; Chicago, 640, 5,
cloudy; St. Paul, $50, NV, partly cloudyr
Duluth, 400. f, rain; st. Vincent. missing
Bismarck, Gao, N, cloudless; Jacksonville,
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29

A short time ago the disaffected members
Of st. Mary's parish. Biddeford, sent to
Bishop Healy batch Of letters written with
view to substantiating the charges set
forth in the famous resolutions, published
satisfactionists held in Warren's hall SUM-
day afternoon "a letter from Bishop Healy
was read. In it he stated that he had turned
their letters over to the investigating CON-
mittee of the diocese.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
American Association.

The following games were played In the
American Association yesterday;
At Rochester-R -Rochesters, 5; Brooklyns, I.
AT Syracuse-Athletics, 2; Syracusesl.
AT Louisville -LOuisvilles, 2; ToledOs o.
At ST. Louis-St. LOUIS, o; Columbus g.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
New Hampshire Weather.

WEST MILAN, N. H., april 2S.-There
were white frosts on the mornings of the
Goth, 2lst, 22d, 23d, 25th and 2Gth of this
month. -Four inches of snow fell Saturday
night and Sunday morning, accompanied by
thunder. The total precipitation for April
thus far is 097 inches rain and inches of
snow.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
a Doodle Case Dismissed

NEW YORK. April 2S.-Today Judge Cow
ing in the general sessions court dismissed
the indictment for bribery against ex-Alder-
man Lewis Wendell Of the Doodle board of
1884. The district attorney said Wendell
was not a member of the combine. The
people had no evidence on which to 60 to
trial.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
Sold Out.

Mr. Amos l.. Millett. the we'll known
grocer in Congress Square, has sold out his
stock to Geo. c. Shaw & Co., and has ac-
cepted flattering position with Twitchel
Champln & Co., In their Boston house.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
Fire Bugs at Work

MIDDLETowN, Conn, April 28.-The vii.
lage of Cobalt. II miles east of here. was
threatened with destruction by fire which
broke out at 1.30 a. m.
Capt. Simpsons barn, with contents of
horses, cows and hay, a large shed filled
with paper waste. a cider mill and a coal
shed filed with 100 tons OF coal, were burn
ed, and. at last accounts, the fire was still
unquenched. The loss, SO far, is not ascer-
tanned. The fire is believed to have been in
cendiary.
PORTLAND, Conn, April 2S-Three large
barns of Mrs. Eliza White were burned last
night. The loss is probably from $4,000
$4,000, as they were filled with hay and other
voluables. Insured. The cause of the fire
was probably incendiarY
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
Labor Notes.
STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST,

A Bath young mar man W went e,n on trapping ex-
Of steers escaped from barn last faI and
have roamed the woods all winter. The
traps used were old fashioned scatch- am.
alive bear traps covered with hay, The
steers bent their heads down to eat the hay hy
and were caught by the neck. Wild life ap-
pears to agree with steers, for they were as
fat as if they had been stalLfed ali winter.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29

Police officer Dennis Tracey of Bangor has
an enviable record. He has been on the
force for IA years, and in that time has res
cued eight people from drowning and has
fished % corpses out of the PenObscot. He
wears silver medal for his life saving SER
vices.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29

Ex-Mayor Albert NJ, Penley of Auburn has
work erecting a family tree. The original
Penley was runaway sailor from an Eng
iish man. .of-war. He is said to have settled
in Pownal and from him the Peniey family.
which is numerous through Androscoggin
county has descended
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29

south coast of New Zealand, and the drown
ing of her commander, Capt Geo. L. Small
os Searsport. The bark was bound from
Bluff Harbor, N. T., for Port Pitt, with lum-
ber. The crew all managed to make their
escape. Capt Small was 26 years of age and
the eldest son of the late Capt. Geo. c. Small
He had been on the Pacific coast about six
years. sailing as first officer of the ship Ros-
sic Welt of Waldoboro. and master of the
barks Malay and Emelle of San Francisco.
His mother. sister and one brother, Rev.
Edward Small, now live in Maiden, Mass.
Is Ii Hiram SawteIIe's?
BIDDEFoRD, April 2S-The Standard prints
the following: A human head or skull was
found by some fishermen few nights since
in the bushes near the road leading from
Limerick to Cornish. 1t was destitute of
flesh except upon the side exposed to the
sun, where the skin and flesh seemed to be
dried to the bone, and showed quite heavy
set of side whiskers. Inside the skull a
mouse had begun to build a nest. 1t was
preserved by one of the party who found it.
Mr.. Eucknam indicated.
BUCKFIELD, April 2S. An exhaustive
hearing was beld at Reform Hall before Trial
Justice G. n. Prince, on Saturday, of
State VS.. w. S. Bucknam, for knowingly
selling diseased meat resulting in complete
vindication of Mr. Bucknam, who was dis
charged. About dozen witnesses were ex-
amined.
The City Settled.
BIDDEFoRD, April 2S.-The city of Saco
today settled for $3.50 with Benjamin Po-
thier, laborer who was injured by the cav
ing in of sewer last fall. Pothier had
brought suit against the city for $1,000.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29
In Original Packages.

WASHINGTON, April %. = The United
States Supreme Court. through Chief JUS
tlce Fuller, has rendered an opinion adverse
to the constituti0nality of state laws provid-
ing for the seizure of liquor brought into the
state in original packages. Such laws, the
state commerce. After the liquor becomes
the. property of the importer, the state may
under It's police powers, regulate or
prohibit the sale, but it has no power in the
absence OF the express congressional author
lty, to prohibit the transportation of the ar
ticle from another state and its delivery to
the importer. The case was brought here
on appeal from the Supreme Court of Iowa,
and this court reverses the de ,ision Of the
state court. Justices Gray, Harlan and
Importance to prohibitionists and liquor
dealers.
In the House.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-Speaker Reed
laid before the House today a message of
the President, returning, without his ap-
proval, the bill to allow Ogden, Utah, to in
crease its indebtness. Referred to the COM
mittee on territories.
The legislative appropriation bill was
passed without division.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on bills relating tn the District of
Columbia.
Another Pension Bill.
WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator ingalls,
today introduced bill granting a pension Of
Sc month to all persons who served in the
late war not less than three months nor
more than one year; to those serving more
than one year and not exceeding 800 days,
So month; to those who served over 800
days, one cent per diem for each days SER
vice. No person worth $1,000 at the time of
filing his application, shall be entitled to
this service pension.
Washington Notes.
After more than a year of struggle the
has agreed to recommend the following for
appointments to federal offices: For the ma
val office, Frank ID. Currier; pension agent,
Il. p. Cheney; for collector of customs at
Portsmouth, Mr. Pendexter.
A. d. Stacy has been appointed postmaster
at Palmyra, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1890-04-29

Hezekiah Stetson of Sumner has quite a
collection of coins. Among others is a
Speed the Plow" cent, which has the legend
Success to the Fisheries" on the reverse
side. He has also an East India / cent OF
the time of Rajah Brooke.