Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-09

 From All Quarters. THE ELECTION IN MAINE. Speaker Reed Returned by A Rousing Majority. THE REPUBLICAN VOTE DOUBLED. Destructive Wind and Rain
 In Illinois. THREE MORE RAILROAD WREckS. Another Attempt to Wreck a
 Central Train.
THREE MORE RAILROAD WREcks.
OLD TIME mAJORITIEs.

Central Train.
 OLD TIME MAJORITIES. speaker Reeds Majority Doubled in the First Distrfct-Al the State off, cers Receive Large Majorities-Re- publican COngressmen Returned from the Second, Third and Fourth Dfstrfcts-Largest Republican Vote Thrown In an of Year Since lS66- Chairman Manley's Message to President HarrfsOn-Big Falling Off in the Prohibition Vote-Speaker Reed and Protection Endorsed. PORTLAND, Me. ,. Sept. S.-Seventeen towns in Reeds district give Reed 5,543, Frank I, 4,291, scattering 45. Reeds plu- rality, 1859. Same towns in 1888 gave Reed 6, 6,142, Emery 5,52S, scattering 23s. Reeds plurality 514, Twenty-Five towns in the state give Burleigh 6,932, Thomp- son 4,O69, scattering 274. Burleigh's plu- rality 2,870. Same towns in 1888 gave Burleigh s,Oss, Putnam 6,250, scattering 336. Burleigh's plurality 2,682.
 PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. 8.-Thirty towns give Burleigh s,2se, Thonfpson 5,722, Clarke 204, scattering 23. Republican plurality 2,564. Last time Burleigh had 1O,O79, Putnam 1866, Cushing 271, scat tering 236. Republican plurality 2,113. Republican gain of 451, or over 21 per cent. Reeds plurality in 29 towns in the First district is 3,264. He had the last time 3, ,439 plurality, and it looks as if it would be nearly doubled. Twenty-Five towns give Burleigh 6,939, Thompson A. O69, scattering 274 In 1888 Burleigh had s,932, Putnam 6, ,25O, scattering 336. This year .the republican plurality is 2,S7O, against {, 2,682, gain of 188 or over 6 per cent,
 PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. S.-Fifty towns gave Burleigh 13,64O, Thompson s,753, scattering 6s7. Burleigh's plurality 4,ss7. Same towns in 1888 gave Burleigh 16, ,S34, Putnam 12, ,427, scattering s59. Burleigh's plurality 4,407.
 PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. 8.-Seventy-five towns give Burleigh IS, ,7O9, Thompson 12,- 383, scattering S77. Burleighs plurality 6,326. Same towns in 1888 gave Burleigh 23, ,239, Putnam 16, 535, scattering 1,155. Burleigh's plurality 6,704. Twen ty-one towns gave Reed 10,373, Frank 7,064. Reeds plurality $500. Same towns in 1888 gave Reed Il ,43s, Emery g, ,6ss. Reeds plurality 1,760. -.s
 PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. S.-One hundred towns gave Burleigh 22,12s, Thompson IA, 772, scattering 1,O3O. Burleigh's plu- rality 1856 Same towns in 1888 gave Burleigh 27, ,33s, Putnam 19,815. Burleigh's plurality 7,523
 LEWISTON, Me-, Sept. 8.-Returns from large portion of the city and towns in the Second congressional district show that ex-Governor Dignley is reelected to con- gress by nearly 1000 majority over Allen, democratic, for congress.
 PORTLAND, Me-, Sept S.-The total vote of Portland is: For governor-Burleigh 3,570, Thompson 2, 127, Clarke 142. For congressmanr-Reed 3,64S, Frank ?, 169, Hussey, prohibition, ST. Four republican legislators are elected and one democrat, the latter on account of local dissatisfac- ton. There is great enthusiasm over the result of Reeds election, and a big meet ing was held in city hall with an address l by Reed, under the auspices of the Young Mems Republican club.
 1 PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. S.-One hundred and twenty-five towns give Burleigh 26, l S01, Thompson IS, ,114, scattering 1,275. | Burleigh's plurality S,678. The same towns in 1888 gave Burleigh 33,476, Putnam 24, 546, scattering 1895. Burleigh's plurality S,93O.
 l PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. S.-One hundred and thirty towns give Burleigh 27,S25, l Thompson IS, ,S5S, Clarke 496, scattering 544. The last time Burleigh had 34, ,57O, Putnam 25,316, Cushing 969, scattering 694. Republican plurality S,967 as against 2, ,254 two years ago, democratic gain of
 PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. S.-Forty of fifty-three towns in the First congressional district give Reed 15,502, Frank 10,S30, scattering 40. Reeds plurality 4,672.
 PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. S.-One hundred and fifty towns gave Burleigh 30, 799 Thompson 21 ,0O0, Clarke eos, scattering 6O9. Last time Burleigh had 38, 192, Put nam 2S, ,372, Cushing ,112, scattering S44 Republican plurality 9,799, against ,S2( two years ago, @ democratic gain of 21. 1 PORTLAND, Sept.S.-Portland gives Bur leigh 3,673, Thompson 2,146, Clarke 15S scattering 36, Reed 3,751, Frank 2,1S8, scattering 11S; Reeds plurality 1,563, tho largest ever given a member for this dis trict. One republican representative tc | Goupill, dem., winning by nine votes.
 PORTLAND, Sept. S.-Two hundred and ten towns give Burleigh 40, ,935, Thompson 27, ,427, Clarke S61, scattering 95S. Tn same towns in 1888 gave a republican vot of 5O,351, democratic 37,244, prohibition 1,276, scattering 1,0s9. Republican plu
 rality 13, ,508, against 13,007. Republican
 gain 501: If the towns to hear from fal of in the same proportion the final vot
 should stand: Republican 64, 4,5OO, demo
 crotic 45, ,509, scattering 3, 900, total 113, ,O0O In 1886, the last off year, the vote stood
 Republican 68 ,991, democratic 55, ,289, pro hibition 3,068, scattering 23; republica
 plurality 13,702. This year the pluralit
 will be about 19,000, gain of $500 an
 1000 ahead of the present year. The pro hibition vote comes united with the scat tering or omitted, so it is classed as seal
 tering, and may be considerably larger i The members of congress are all re-electe
 by large majorities, MT. Reeds bein
 doubled, the county officers are mostly r
 publican, the senators are all probably r'
 publican, as in the last legislature, and tt
 representatives must stand fully
 strongly republican, namely, 124 repul
 licans to 26 democratic.
 MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT.
 AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept. 8. - Chairms Manley of the republican state committ sent at midnight the following dispatch
 President Harrrison:
 Maine gives the largest republics
 majority thrown in an off-year since 1S
 and larger majority than given in
 presidential contest since l06o, with u
 single exception of 1884 and 1888. Go
 Burleigh is reelected by majority excee ing 15,000. Speaker Reed is re-elect
 by the largest majority he ever receive exceeding 4,50O. Representatives Dingle nv Boutelle and Milliken are reelected
 majorities ranging from three to ii
 thousand. The Pine Tree state endors E. your administration and remains firm 1y it's advocacy of protection to American m dustries and American labor.
 Crowded Into a Pail. PROVIDENCE, R. l., Sept. S.-Two m Y on the New London pike, between Arc Inl and West Natic, Sunday morning found IS the road A watAr pail into which V