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The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

EXTERIOR WILLIAM, of Germany, has
conferred the first class decorat ton of
the royal Order of the Crown upon Mr..
Charles Gibson, an attorney of St Louis
THE President has approved the act
to admit free of duty articles imported
for the St Louis Exposition from Cana
da, Mexico and other American repub-
lies.
The funeral services of Mr.. Randall,
ex-Speaker of the House, took place in
Washington on the 18th, after which the
body was taken to Philadelphia and
buried in Laurel Hill cemetery, many
distinguished persons being present at
the ceremonies
THERE was rumor that on Stanley's
return to England he would again be-
come British subject resuming his
nationality which he relinquished
twenty-five years ago in America
PRINCE BISMARCK is preparing his
memoirs. He will be assisted in the
WORK by DR.. Schweninger and Herr
Young a prominent writer of Hamburg,
whom the ex-Chancellor has known in
timately for many years
A LATE letter from Brazil said that
the discomfort among the military was
growing The Government did not dare
to enforce the order that was issued to
three battalions of infantry to embark
for the southern provinces. The mutt
nous battalions resisted the order ard
during the nights of March % and IS
the barracks were guarded. Finally the
authorities yielded. On the Goth plac-
ards bearing the words Down With the
Dictatorship were posted throughout
the city.
THE Massachusetts, Senate has adopted
resolution addressed to Congress de-
claring in favor of a thorough revision
Of the tariff and the reduction Of duties
upon the raw materials of manufactures
and upon the necessaries of life as far
as the same can be made with due re-
gard to laboring and manufacturing in
| terests.
AMONG the passengers on the steamer
Trinidad, which sailed from New
York on the 18th for Bermuda,
were ex-President R. b. Hayes and
his daughter. Miss Fannie b. Hayes.
The ex-President appeared to be in the
best of health.
/ HERR HEUsNER. Secretary of the Ger
man navy, has resigned because of heart
| disease.
The King of Dahomey, Africa, with a
large army, is now at Lagos, West Afri-
ca, ready to attack the French. Eight
villages have been burned.
EDITOR GoDxIN of the New York
Evening Post has been arrested for the
third time in connection with the Posts
biographies of Tammany leaders.
A SENSATION was created at St Peters
burg by the announcement that the
young woman arrested recently for at
tempting to bride Government official
to surrender copy of the Governments
mobilization schemes and the plans of
the Russian frontier Notifications acted
under the orders Of Baron Won Plesson,
naval attache Of the German Embassy.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23
A Wheat Parasite Like the Army Worm
Appears in Kansas.

ATcHIsoN, Kan, April 19-Farmers in
the eastern half Of this county report
that sort of wire worm is doing great
damage to the wheat The worm is
about an inch long, of the thickness Of
fine wire and of dark brown color.
Wherever it works the wheat soon
withers. The worm is not confined to
any one farm or neighborhood, but is all
over the eastern half of the county from
north to south. Whether it is. further
west or in any other county is not
known. 1t resembles closely the wire
worm common IN Ireland.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

THE Pan-American conference adopted
the report Of the committee on arbitra-
ton. Chill did not vote and Mexico
voted in the affirmative with a reserva-
ton as to certain articles The obiec-
tionable articles were not specified.
The report of the committee on extra
dition was also adopted.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

THE London Standards correspondent
at St Petersburg has stated that the
plans Of the fortress at Cronstadt were
sold to foreign spy by Russian naval
officer for the sum of e19O and that the
officer had been arrested.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

A. +. SPRECKELs of the we'll known
sugar firm at San Francisco. in an in
terview regarding the sugar clauses in
the proposed Tariff bill, said that the
proposed changes will virtually kill the
beet sugar industry in California and
favored the maintenance of the present
ANf;ac
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

A MOVEMENT has been started by the
Confederate soldiers in South Carolina
asking the State to grant an annual
pension of $50 TO every Confederate
soldier who lost an arm or leg in the
late war. and 500 to every disabled SOL
der or widow The matter will be car
ried into politics.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

THE German postal authorities have
notified the Post-Office Department at
Washington that many newspapers re-
ceived in Germany from the United
States are found undelivered because of
the ELIGIBILITY of the labels thereon.
The labels have been mutilated by be-
ing cut from the slips, and the German
officers suggest that they be made
larger.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

THE Treasury Department has noti-
fed the customs appraiser at New York
to deliver to the Danish Consul the
body OF Meyer, murdered in Copenhagen
and shipped to this country. and which
was found in a cask of plaster at New
York.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23
Teller Pope Arrested.

LOUISVILLE. Ky, April IA tele-
gram was received this morning by the
chief Of police stating that W. II. Pope.
teller of the City National Bank. who
absconded with $4,000 of the banks
funds, had been arrested at Lamy, n. NJ.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

THE Alien Labor Committee of the
Canadian House of Commons has con-
cluded its labors A report was drawn
up recommending to the Government to
represent to Washington the harsh effect
of the American Alien Labor law upon
Canadians, and failing to effect change
in the law that reciprocal legislation be
passed by Canada next year.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

IT was discovered the other morning
at Castle Garden that Of l.403 French
and Italian immigrants on board the
steamship Caichemere, the majority
were bound for Pittsburgh, Pa, under
contracts made in Italy .
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

DR. EDWARD BEDLoE, the new Consul at
Annoy, China, was recently dined in true
Chinese fashion by the Clover Club at
Philadelphia A Chinese band from
New York played Chinese music and a
Chinese actor entertained the guests
The rooms were decorated in Chinese
style and each of the guests wore Chi
nese flowers. Birds nest soup and
other Chinese delicacies were served.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23
Three Thousand Acres Eurned Over.

PLAINFIELD, Conn, April o0-Three
thousand acres have been burned over.
Fire sprang up again to-day with re-
newed vigor, on account Of the wind.
Several farmers are in danger of losing
their homes The loss to timber thus
far is about $50, 600. Nothing will stop
the fire but rain.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

GOVERNOR JACKSON has appointed Ed
win H. Brown. of Queen Anne County.
State Treasurer of Maryland, vice De-
faulter Archer. Brown is lawyer and
brother of State Senator John Ii. Brown.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

HENRY WILLARD declared at a ban
quet recently in St Paul, Mimi, that
the Northern Pacific would spend $780,
GOO, 600 in new lines in the Northwest
and would then own 8, 500 miles of line
fully equipped.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

LAWRENCE VANDERMARK, lawyer.
who fed from Saltwater, Mimi, two
years ago after forging his father-in-
laws name to much paper, has at last
been heard of at Wellington, Australia.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

THE National Federation of Labor
Unions of Great Britain, in manifesto
urged working men throughout the
kingdom to abstain from work on May /.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

SIX German caravans are to be sent
out from the sea coast of East Africa to
push into the interior. Emin Pasha
will lead the largest
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

In the British House of Commons
Samuel Smiths motion in favor Of a
conference on bimetalism was rejected
by q vote of 1S3 to So.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

THOMAS Afford. who for thirty-four
days refused to eat any thing, has at
last sled. HIS mind was blank for
weeks He was seventy-eight years
old
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

An American syndicate is reported to
have purchased controlling interest in
all but one binding Irvine factory in
Cara6,
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

THE Emperor of Germany has sent to
Jules Simon, the French statesman, a
handsome set of works Of Frederick the
Great
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

EDWIN BooTH denies the reports that
Lawrence Barrett will be unable be-
cause of sickness to resume his stage
work next season.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

THE Government seized %, 900 dice in
New York the other day for non-pay-
ment of custom dues.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23
CURRENT COMMENT.

THE German Government has agreed
to pay Emin Pasha $50, 1000 year.
The Globe-republican., 1890-04-23

been doing big business, and it now
seems that they have been forging
deeds and abstracts, and are selling land
which they do not own.
WHILE some young men were careless
ly handling pistol at Kansas City,
Kan, the other evening. and while the
weapon was in the hands of Charles
Morley it was accidentally discharged,
the ball entering the right breast of
Adolph Gates and killing him almost in
stantly. Young gates had been married
but few months
IN the United States District Court at
Topeka the case of Moses Harmon, ed
itor of the Valley Falls Lucifer, was
tried the other day and the jury
brought in verdict of guilty. The
paper is free love organ, and Harmon
was charged with sending obscene mat
ter through the mails
The county officials of Lyon County
were recently much agitated over the
discovery that fraudulent census re-
ports had been made and filed in the
county, whereby the population had
been increased and likewise the salaries
of various county officials. An investi-
CATION was being made of the reports on
file in the county clerks Office.
A COLORED man at Leavenwo-th the
other day attempted to CO lect bounty
of three dollars each on seven wolf
scaIps, when it was discovered that the
wolves had been killed in Missouri.
ARGENT prairie fire near Americas
burned eight houses, a barn and about
8. 600 bushels of corn for ]. E. Petermau.
The Portland daily press., 1890-03-06
Browns Wharf and the Harbor Com
uissloneYs.

GstV"n anu tffc TALBOT O0 M
nissioners.
1t is understood that there has been con-
troversy between the Brown estate and the
harbor commissioners as to whether or not
the end of Browns wharf projecting beyond
the harbOr commissioners line some two
hundred feet shall be removed. The harbor
commissioners have insisted, on the strength
Of the report of the government engineers
some thirty odd years ago, that that extern
sion Is injurious to the harbor and now that
the wharf has been partially destroyed is
the proper Time for its removal. They say
that since that decision the government has
repeatedly refused to do any dredging in
that vicinity, because Of the injurious effect
OF this wharf and the next above ii, upon the
currents which are depended upon to keep
the channel clear
The Brown estate on the other hand have
held that their wharf does no injury to the
harbor to any appreciate extent and that
at any rate so long as the Boston g. Maine
wharf is maintained, there can be no objec-
ton to maintaining their own. To this the
harbor commissioners replied that both OBJ
structiOns should be removed and the time
to act on each is when extensive repairs are
needed, as them there would be the least in
jury TO private interests. AS such is the con-
dition now as to the Brown wharf, now is
the time to act as to that-leaying the Bos-
ton d Maine wharf to be acted upon when
Its piling has to be removed.
The question between the parties has Just
been acted upon by the Secretary of War
and the chief Of engineers who have de-
cided that the government will not remove
the wharf, but have recommended the deep
ening of the water by dredging up to and
around 1t.
The Portland daily press., 1890-03-06
Associated Charities.

At a recent NEE ing of the society a con-
ference was organized, of which all visitors
are members. Below the names are given
OF the executive committee.
The meetings of this conference will be
held In room IS, City Building. at 4p. m. on
the End and 4th Mondays In each month, be-
ginning March 10th. Each meeting will be
announced in the daily papers but personal
mott ,es will not be sent
AT these meetings will be read brief pa
pers on different phases of charity with a
view TO aiding practical work.
To the executive committee will be re-
ferred difficulties that visitors may meet
with In their duties, or any matter that per-
sons outside may wish to submit to it.
As this committee has bean carefully Sc
lected from various sources and will be in
creased by the representative of any dis
tinct charitable organization willing to join
1t, we hope 1t will prove very effective aid
10 charity work.
While the regular meetings are for mem
bers only matters Of public interest will be
occasionally condensed and presented at a
public meeting, or through the press.
This is the executive committee:
Presldent-Mrs. NJ. j. Lilly,
Vic, Presidents-Mrs George c. FRYE. Mrs II.
L. Taylor. Miss Octayia Beckett, MIR. (. p. Chase
GGecorang dSeersstsIy.Miss M SCALES
MEMBERSHIPS. William A. Quincy, Miss C. M.
Patten, Mrs. +. Storer, Mrs. Byron D. Verrill,
MIS- MIS-; 9 s Fobes, Mrs. W s. Phelan, Miss Eunice
Legal AdviSor-byrOn ID. Verrill
The Portland daily press., 1890-03-06
FRUIT AND PRODUCE EXCHANGE.
Protest Against the Increase Of For
eIgn Fruit Duties.

A special meeting of the Fruit and Pro-
duce Exchange was held at the rooms yester-
day afternoon to protest against the increase
Of duty on foreign fruit.
President James II. Hall stated the object
of the meeting. He said he did not believe
it would be wise to increase the duties. He
said 1t was considered safe rule to 60 by in
both national and state affairs to let well
enough alone. He thought the plan to in
crease the duties was merely scheme on
the part Of the Florida growers to get better
prices for their products. While he believed
in protecting the Florida growers so that they
may secure fair prices for their goods he
didn't believe in making prices for foreign
fruit burdensome to the consumer. The peo-
pie should have cheap fruits. The present
duties make but little difference in the cost
of goods but the proposed increase would
amount to about dollar box.
Mr.. Cummings said the duty at the pres
ent time was % per cent. ad volorem and if
per cent.
Mr.. /. s. Bean thought the tax was high
enough now and Mr.. 81. E. Soule was salts.
fed with the present duties but opposed to
an increase.
Secretary Winchester said he had received
letters from Boston protesting against the
increase and urging the exchange to send a
protest against any increase to the Maine
members Of Congress. He was in favor of
keeping the duties as at present.
Messrs. j. 81. Hall, G. II. Winchester, l. S.
Bean. Ii. E. Soule and Maurice Cummings
were appointed committee to draft resolu-
tions protesting against an increase of the
duties, and to forward them to Hon. Thomas
b. Reed.
The Portland daily press., 1890-03-06
TRY The PRESS FOR ONE MONTH
ONLY 80 CENTS A MONTH IN AID
VANCE
Fatal Accident at Norway.

Mr.. George ?. Young of Norway went into
the Office attached to his stable, to take down
a strap belonging to some harness. and In
some way pulled down gun hanging up In
its case, which was not supposed to ibe load
ed. The gun was discharged. the ball pass
ing through his lung, tearing terrible
wound. With great presence of mind he
told the man who came 10 his aid not to
alarm the family, but to get him into the
house and procure physician. Young lived
about three hours. He had S10.sO0 insur-
ance, of which about $500 was in the Maine
Benefit, State and Graded Odd Fellows Re-
ilef societies, and about $4,000 in the Endow-
ment Rank and Graded Pythiau Relief, and
$1,000 In the Mutual Benefit of New York.
The Portland daily press., 1890-03-06
BRIEF JoTTINCs.

The members Of Ancient Landmark Lodge
enjoyed bean supper last night.
Trinity Lodge will work its first rank TO-
morrow night and wind up with clam sup.
per.
The Martha Washington Society will meet
with Mrs. Pearson, 116 Emery street. Thurs
day afternoon.
A half barrel Of ale was seized at Mike
Clancy's on Maple street, yesterday, by Off,
GERS Norton and McGrath.
The Dsaghters of Pocahontas of Portland
will institute council of Daughters of Poca-
hontas at New Casco this evening.
The steamer Winthrop arrived here early
last evening, making the trip in "a hours and
40 minutes. This is her quickest time.
The party given by the Young Mems
League Of the Plymouth church asst evening
was very pleasant affair and largely at
tended.
Rain and snow followed each other In
rapid succession yesterday morning. but at
noon the sun appeared and the afternoon
was delightful.
Charles Fairfield gave the children of the
st. Elizabeth Orphan Asylum a ride about
the city yesterday. There were about 80 of
the little ones.
The schooner Stella Lee, of this port,
owned by c. r. Milliken, has been reported
lost, but the underwriters say there is no
truth in the report. She is freighted with
iron.
The police have ascertained that Frank
Williams, the boy who had so much money
Tuesday night. received an order from Mr..
Armstrong for Sc to get cashed. Mr.. Arm
strong declines to prosecute.
The Chicago Art Club, numbering hun
dred or more, have leased the Chapman
House, Rockbound Park, and will occupy it
this season. Mrs. E. A. Jones has received
letters from parties in Chicago who desire to
rent her property, the Casco Bay House,
Trefethen's Landing for the coming season.
Considerable interest attaches to a flag dis
played at the Samaritan's party. Captain
Foote. Of the d. B. Cam, on his last voyage
sighted the brig Golconda, abandoned and
Just trembling before the final plunge. A
boat was lowered. and the captain
snatched the burgee as the good ship sank
beneath the waves.
The Portland daily press., 1890-03-06
A Lively RUNAWAY.

Yesterday afternoon, as Mr. Thompson's
young son, who owns the pony and pony
sleigh SO familiar to Portlanders, was turn
Ing the team near st. Stephens church, the
sleigh tipped over and threw the boy out
The horse then took to the sidewalk, and
when near Morton's, the florist, was stopped
by Ofncer Moore, who threw the animal.
The only damage done was slight break to
the sleigh, and the pony's foot was cut. The
officer did a good job, for il the team had
continued on the sidewalk many people
might have been injured.
The Portland daily press., 1890-03-06
STEAMER ELEANoRA.
Full Particulars Given OF Her ate Ac.
cldent.

Inc steamer Eleanora of the Maine Steam.
snip line arrived early yesterday morning
captain Bennett kindly gave the PRESS re-
porter all the information possible in regard
20 the accident last Sunday which gives a
different aspect to the stories in circulation
yesterday morning
The steamer ran into driving snow storm
Sunday which was SO dense that ships
length could not be seen ahead. and the wind
was blowing such gale that the lookouts,
who were not more than 10 feet from the pi-
lot house. couldn't hear the orders from the
captain. They put in for shelter, but fear
ing collision If they ran into Vineyard Ha-
ven in the storm they laid off Nobska reef
about sixteenth of mile. The steamer
came to anchor about $50 in the afternoon
and the storm grew worse, and at 9 O'Clock
In the evening the captain ordered the other
anchor down. Before this order was given
the mate told the captain that the steamer
was not lying back on her anchor as the
chain hung straight down from the steamers
side, and quartermaster reported that he
thought the cable had parted. As the order
was given to lower the other anchor the YES
sci struck on the reef, crushing In place In
the port bow about large enough for boy to
go through. The steamer was not caught
but swung clear off the reef and afterward
came to anchor off Falmouth. The extent of
the damage could not be told at the time
but as the ships pumps handled all the wa
ter that ran within reach, the captain
thought it prudent to proceed when the
storm abated. Off Cape Cod it was found
the steamer was settling and it was decided
to put back: Back of the hole is a tight
bulkhead with only small gate for the wa
ter to run through to the pumps. The water
gained here faster than it would run off and
Ii this bulkhead had been broken through so
the water would run out as fast as 1t ran In
the volume of water might have been enough
to rise to the fires and put them out. The
vessel was settling forward and was acting
very logy, but she arrived at Vineyard Ha-
ven all right and diver examined the bot
tom thoroughly, finding only one place
where the steamer leaked. This was COW
cred with one-half inch boards with a can
vas covering over them and then a covering
of threequarter inch boards over that. At
ter these repairs the Eleanora proceeded to
Portland. The diver informed the captain
there would be about eight hours work, but
the Maine Steamship Company telegraphed
the Winthrop to make an extra half trip, so
only half trip will be lost while the Flea
nora is being repaired. She expects to be
ready to go on her route early this morning.
The Portland daily press., 1890-03-06
Population of Portland.

City Clerk Burgess announces that thu
check lists show 92s6 voters. There are 95'
aliens In the city, MAXI g a total adult male
population In the city OF 1929. This indi
Gates about Al, 900 inhabitants In the city
Last year the total adult nale population
was 1882. The apparent decrease is proba
bly, due to failure to get two or three hun
dred names added to the voting lists. This
year only 457 additions we're made, whereas
some years as many as 300 names are added.
Probably the population of the city has de-
creased very little. If any, during the past
year, and we may safely reckon on 1900 in
habitants in the city proper
The Portland daily press., 1890-03-06
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Henry c. Rice Of China, Me-, is stop
ping at the Falmouth.
Hon. Henry ingalls, Of Wiscasset was a,
the Falmouth Hotel yesterday.
Rev. Lewis Dexter has resigned the pas
torate of the Free Baptist church at North
Berwick.
Hon. B. F. Hinckley of Georgetown. men,
Der of the State Senate, from Sagdaahoc
county, was in the city yesterday.
Ex-United States Marshals Bisbee and
Murray, State Treasurer Beal, Col. w. A. R.
Boothby Of Watervilee, and j. K. Hewey Of
Alfred are at the Falmouth Hotel.
Captain Augustus L. smiths SOD, Mr.. Bur-
ton Smith, Bowdoin, 'S9. has been reappoint-
cd deputy marshal by United States Mar
shall Saunders. He is good officer.
The Portland daily press., 1890-03-06
Social Life In England.

The subject of Mrs. Chants address on
Saturday afternoon, will appeal to much
wider class of hearers than either of the
themes upon which she displays her remark
able gift Of elouuence elsewhere. She is an
eioquentadvocate, and of course attracts more
strongly those interested to hear her plead
ing; but on Saturday she has free field for
uescrioing that which she has herself seen
anu richly enjoyed, and in which all of us
Jake sympathizing human interest-"Social
Life In England
The Portland daily press., 1890-03-06
Two Attractive Pictures,

In W. d. Little g. Sons window on Ex-
change street may be seen graphic painting
OF the fire on Browns wharf. with the
schooner Prentice Heseltine in flames, and
the tugs trying to extinguish the fire. 1t was
painted by H. B. Brown.
The latest addition to Harry Browns STU
do, from his skillful brush. is charming
marine. embracing that section of the harbor
between House Island and Peaks, with sev-
erai OF the characteristic fishing schooners,
the end OF fish wharf on House Island, with
its windmill, and the whole front of Peaks
The Portland daily press., 1890-03-06

man, lying in front Of E. o. wells's carpen-
ter shop on lower Main street. and was taken
to the station house. He had been sick since
sunday with heart trouble, but felt well
enough to be out yesterday morning. City
Physician Kicker was called, and examined
the man, who was sent to his home In Port
land by the noon train. Berrett is married
man, about 40 years of age, and had been
boarding at the Lincoln House In Lewiston
since last Friday night