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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-03-14
ON THE ICE FIELDS.
Notes of the Boom Which Keeps
Maine Men Busy.

BATH, March 13.-At present the ice bus
iness overtops every other interest in Bath.
The yard and wharves are covered with
cars filled with ice from Maranocook and the
Androsc0ggin, while three runs are operated
to their full capacity in an endeavor to tran
ship these loads from the trains to the holds
of vessels waiting here. Wednesday night
three heavy trains came in and when the
men turned to" this morning there were 1914
loaded cars waiting for them. To handle
the increased business here the old locomo-
tive William d. Sewall has been brought
over from Portland and extra men are en-
pl0yed. In spite of the drizzly weather and
rain and showers which has prevailed dur
ing the forenoon the crews have worked
must make the most of their time now, and
no car can be allowed to lie idle with its car
go when every one is needed at the fields.
DEXTER, March 13.-A company of five,
consisting Of George Brown, W. A. Bumps,
+. j. F0gg, G. b. Abbott and s. w. Abbott
have contracted with Gardiner parties to
furnish 5000 tons Of ice out of Silver Lake
sheds for storage. They will ship by rail
each day as the work progresses. Other
parties who have tried the experiment cut
too near the railroad and found the ice filled
with cinders and understandable, and after
spending some $500 gave up the labor. The
present parties will place so men at work at
once on the west side of the lake and will
undoubtedly cut as good ice as can be cut in
the state, 1t being of extra thickness and
crystal quality.
WINTHROP. March 13.-The ice business
is booming on Lake Maranocook. A syndi-
cate, through Morrill, & Gordon of Readfield.
are cutting above the other parties and
shipped their first consignment today. Fifty
carloads left the lake today, comprising 75o
long as the season holds, ' ''
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TARS IN CHAINS.
Moro About Commander Mccalla's
Disciplinary Measures.

NEW YORK, March 13.-The third days
session Of the McCalla inquiry was opened
today. The first witness today was Lieuten-
ant p. j. Merlich. He joined the Enterprise
in 1888. He told about men being put in
canvas jackets. and of the men being ironed
together. Also how an apprentice named
Graham had been confined In double irons
for five days. through some misapprehen-
sion. Men were ironed two and two and
were kept on deck under guard of a marine.
Some were chained at night TO the starboard
bower chain on the deck and covered with
tarpaulin. On the Enterprise the enforce
ment Of discipline was not In accordance with
the rules of the navy. He did not think the
officers Of the ship were derelict in their
duty. At Cronstadt much liquor was snug
gled abroad, and the men became drunk on
duty. A number Of the crew sent ashore sor sor
target practice got drunk and thew away
their arms. A seaman named sutherland az
tempted to jump overheard TO escape punish
ment. He was stoned by members Of the
crew. The Enterprise was not as clean a
shin 80 some ships the witness had been in.
He thought the men had too much liberty.
At Plymouth liberty was given to thirty men
at one o'clock In the morning.
Dr. Z. u. Herndon. surgeon Of the Enter
prise, told OF the cutting down Of Walker.
The witness dressed wound on Walkers
head about an inch and a half long. Later
the man become noisy and was given NOR
phine. Witness did not see the gag in the
mouth OF Walker. The wound was not dan
gerOus
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socIETY's oUTcAsTs.
General Crooks View Of the Cause
of Army DesertIons.

CHICAGO, March 13.-Gen. Crook speaking
of the court-martial to be held In this city on
the 18th inst, at which Lieut.. Steele will be
called on to answer charges of misconduct
preferred against him in connection with
the late Dell Wild affair at Fort Smelling.
said:
sit is my desire, and 1t will be my especial
care during the coming trial Of Lieut.. Steele,
that the investigation shall be as public
one as the nature of ceurts-martial will al
low. In issuing an order to the paymaster
to secure suitable room in which the court
can hold its sessions, have instructed him
to see that proper accommodations are pro-
yided for the representatives Of the press.
There will be 10 star-chamber business
about it. If / can help it.
"You have asked my opinion In regard to
the number of desertions at the present day
IN the army of the United States, and the
reason OF the enormous percentage OF mill
tary convicts now in the different military
prisons throughout the country. You have
pointed out how greatly this percentage Is In
excess of that found In the penal military
establishments Of Europe. Much study has
have solved it, There is no analogy what
ever between the United States and foreign
countries from recruiting standpoint. We
are an intensely patriotic people, and thou
sands Of our recruits enlist from purely pa
triotic motives. 1t Is a popular mistake
that this Is only done in time Of war. The
moment a citizen dons the uniform Of pri-
vate, however, no matter what his previous
social position may have been, he Is instant
ly ostracized by the public. He can no long
er move In good society. He Is simply a
common soldier Thirty years ago, when
all the country west of the Missouri was O
bowling wilderness, there was no society
there to ostracize the private soldier; he did
not feel his position so keenly, and the de.
sertions then were not 80 per cent Of what
they are nOw."
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Robbery at VInalhaven
Especial to the Press.1

VINALHAvEN, March 13.-C. B. Smiths
store was entered last night and about $25
was stolen in money and goods. The en-
trance was made by breaking in the back
door. There is no clue.
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FARMS ON THE HUNTING GROUNDS.
First Step Taken Towards o pen,na
the Cherokee Outlet.
Senator Discuss Rights of Rlacl
and White In Dixie,
A Heated Political Controversy en-
IivenIng the Session.

WASHINGTON, March 13.-At the conclu
sion of the morning hour today the house
went into committee of the whole for further
consideration of the Oklahoma bill. Amend
ments were adopted for the establishment of
land Office in mo Mans Land" and pro-
viding that no person havinga fee simple to
160 acres of land in any state or territory
shall be entitled to enter the land covered by
this act. The hour of o'clock having ar.
rived, the committee rose and reported the
bill to the House. The amendment adopted
by the committee of the whole. prohibiting
the introduction of liquor into Oklahoma
until after the adjournment of the first ses-
sion of the legislative assembly, was agreed
to and the bill passed. The bill contains
provisions which fix the boundaries of the
new territory to include the Cherokee Out
let, with pr0viso that no lands which the
Indians occupy under treaty or law shall be
included without their consent, except for
judicial purposes. The bill extends over the
new territory the constitution and laws of
the United States and the code Of Nebraska
without interference with the local Indian
governments. The Cherokee Outlet is de-
clared public land, open to settlement under
the homestead laws, and bona fide settlers
and occupants are given the preference
right
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In the four-oared intercollegiate races Of
'85, at Lake Quinsigamond. and '86 at Lake
George, Bowdoin won the championship, and
she holds the record for the one and one-half
mile amateur race.
Arrangements are also being made for
races with Columbia and the University Of
Pennsylvania.
Bowdoin has tried hard to get into the in
tercollegiate race at New London this year.
But, although Columbia and Pennsylvania
are not only willing but have expressed a de-
sire to have her In this race, Cornell has re-
fused to allow It, She gives as her reason
for SO doing that she desires to keep the
New London triangular race a permanent
annual event" In view of the fact that
Cornell herself complained Of the exclusive
ness of Harvard and Yale, this refusal seems
a little inconsistent on her part.
The Columbia freshmen are arranging for
an eight cared intercollegiate freshman race.
in which they desire the Bowdoin freshmen
to participate, but on account of their hav-
ing previously decided to row In fours this
spring, it has not been deemed advisable for
them TO row this race.
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AssAILANTs FINED.
Tho Sequel to Some OF Biddeford's
Election Day Troubles.

BIDDEFoRD. March 13.-Today the sheriffs
took their turn as instigators Of legal pro-
ceedings against the men who bindered
them in the carrying out of their orders at
the voting places election day. Officer
Charles I. Charland and Special Officer Irv-
ing w. Mason were tried before Judge
Hamilton, both for assault on the sheriffs.
Tomorrow Is the day assigned for the trial
of Street Commissioner Jere q. Shaw and
Special Officer Abijah Tarbox, who are
charged with assisting In the rescue OF a
prisoner from two sheriffs In Ward Z. The
five Frenchmen whose votes were challenged
and whose arrest Immediately followed the
challenge, will be tried on Friday or Satur--
from Judge Hamilton's decision In every
case. The counsel for the defence are anx-
ious to find out what evidence the prosecu-
tion will introduce to substantiate the
charges made against the prisoners; and 1t
Is not improbable that after the testimony
for the prosecution Is all in, the defend
ants will decline to offer any testimony, and
allow the case to go to the Supreme Court
Officer Charland's case came first. His Of
fence was his attempt to take Fred Peltier
away from the sheriffs while they were TAX
ing him to jail. When Charland was ar
raigned in court this morning his counsel In
troduced no testimony, but made motion
for his discharge on the ground that the
evidence was not sufficient to hold him.
Judge Hamilton overruled the motion, found
Charland guilty and fined him 81 and costs.
The defendant appealed to the Supreme
Court
This afternoon Special Officer Irving w.
Mason was fined $50 and costs for assault on
Deputy Sheriff Stackpole. He appealed to
the Supreme Court. Two more cases are as
signed for tomorrow.
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The Bell Telephone Company has declared
dividend Of So share.
Harrison & Locke, wholesale dry goods,
New York, have assigned. with liabilities
of between 100000 and 100000
The editor of La Tordo, an Havana news
paper, has been imprisoned for advocating
the annexation of Cuba to the Emitted
States.
Two workmen wore killed and two others
fatally injured by an explosion of dynamite
to be used ON the new water works at Rock
vile Center, CT.
An examination has been begun at Ports
mouth, N. H., in the case of Andrew j..
Davis, charged with the murder of James
Cavanaugh at Hampton.
Canadians who have settled in South Da-
kota have been obliged to appeal to their
Dominion friends for aid to keep them from
freezing and starving.
The railroad committee Of the Massachu-
setts legislature has voted to report new
bill for the consolidation Of the Boston &
Maine and Eastern and Lowell, and to
allow the Maine to issue $5.0OO,O00 In new
stock.
Rev. c. B. w. Gordon, pastor of the First
Baptist church in Petersburg, Va, the larg-
est coloIed congregation in the South, has
been forced to resign owing to his pro-
nounced political independence and the
allegation that he voted the Democratic
ticket.
A special to the New York World from
Ottawa says that the closed sea question Will
not enter into the Behring Sea negotiations.
The question of protecting by some lnterna-
sionai arrangement the seal fishery from ao-
solute depletion has not yet been formally
considered, but both the Britls ana United n1a
States governments are desirous OF sucn pro-
lection, and the matter undoubtedly Will be
arranged satisfactorily.
A special 20 the New York Sun from
Washington says there is deadlock in the
committee on ways and means respecting the
tax on sugar. Some of the committee g. h favor
American producers. Others are opposed to
free sugar and want the duty d. kept at rea-
sonably high rate The inability to agree on
ing Of tariff bill, as the other schedules
have all been practically agreed upon. There
will be a reduction of $12,000,000 in the TO-
bacco tax, the license tax to be abolished and
restrictions in the way of special taxes on
the sale of leaf tobacco by producers remoy-
ed. The duty on steel rails will be reduced
from $17 to 1913 per ton.
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Peaks lRInnfi.

The $50 people. more or less, who patiently
trudged Wednesday night through the mud
OF Peaks Islands unsidewalked streets,
might or might not have been sustained by
thoughts OF the benefits derived from living
under the laws Of city, that, except in the
matter Of fcollecting rather robust taxes, lets
them pretty much alone, but they certainly
had reward for their efforts in the entertain
ment at Golden Cross Hall. Professor
Owen there took leave Of his singing class Of
A members, and the proceeds of this final
concert, S25. were contributed toward the
extinguishment Of the debt of the command
cry. The programme was long and varied,
and in recitatiOns, solos, duets and ehoruses
the class showed they had prodted by the
professors instruction. Mrs. Locke Of New
York, rendered several fine pieces, and the
instrumental music was pleasing. j. +.
Brackets Medicine Jack" and Farmer
McGee," in costume, were heartily applaud
ed. "RObin Ruff" by +. E. Skilllngs and A.
NJ Brackett, and cap Of Vice." O. W. Craig
and Professor Owen were finely rendered.
To show their appreciation the class present.
ed fine etching to Mrs. Charles Craig, VINO,
as organist, has done so mnch to maintain
their Interest In the work. The character
songs of Mr.. X. Brackett furnished great
amusement. Mr.. Ambrose Ackley, on pc
half Of the audience. congratulated IIolsS-
for Owen on his success. oUbUhpN'
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INDUSTRIAL FAIR IN JAPAN.
Unusual Facilities Afforded to See
That Interesting Country.

NEW YORK, March 13.-The Japanese gov
ernment has officially informed Saburo Full,
its consul in this city, that the third national
industrial exposition of that country will
open in Uyeno Park, Toxic, on April 1. 1890,
and Will continue until July 81. While the
exposition is particularly designed to show
the home products of Japan, Representative
of the arts, sciences, industries and agricul-
ture, arrangements have been made whereby
foreign products will also be exhibited, for
the sake of comparison. The exposition
will be divided into eight sections for manu-
factures. fine arts. agriculture and horticul-
ture, live stock, sea food, forestry, mineralo-
gy. metallurgy and machinery. The presi-
dent of the enterprise has not yet been
named, but he will be chosen from among
the princes of the realm. The vice president
is Mr.. Iwamura, minister of agriculture and
commerce, who is also inspector of the impe-
rial household finances. Among the COM
missioners are Messrs. Sakata, Yamataka,
Sugiyama, and Katayama. The chief Judge
is R. Kuki, ex-minister to Washington, who
is at present Chief Commissioner Of the I'm
perial Museum.
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WON BY A BLUFF.
Chicago's Subscription Worth About
Sixty Cents on a Dollar.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 13.-The country at
large is assured that Chicago will make good
the $10,OOO,O0O promised. and from what is
would do so. but disclosures may tend to
show the hollowness of popular" subscrip-
tions, particularly when these subscriptions
are to be paid. Chicago does not pretend to
deny that she won the location of the fair on
big bluff" for she pretended to have
$5.000.0O0 in hand at the time of the voting,
when the truth was she had nothing of the
kind, and hasn't yet, though subscriptions
have been pouring in steadily ever since.
An appeal has just been issued through
the newspapers, asking the su bscribers to
double the previous amounts set opposite
their names. This will swell the fund some
tion of increase in cash will be small When
the subscription lists were passed around,
hundreds Of persons put down their names
for sums ranging from $25 to $3.50, well
sessment was the limit of their financial
ability in the matter. The committee was
satisfied with this, however, for showing
on paper was all that was required for the
fight then raging in the House, the commit
tee being satisfied that if Chicago really got
the fair it would not be matter of difficulty
to raise the necessary money outside the
subscription list.
One of the press agents of the worlds
fair committee said today in burst of conf
dence, that the 5000, 900 on the popular sub
scription list, was still out of sight. but that
the finance committee would fix everything
all right.
All in all, the worlds fair subscription list
is not worth more than sixty cents on the
dollar. The $5,00O.00O subscribed-for it
will;reach that probably by the end of this
week-will pan out $3.OOO,OO0, for the cost
and difficulties of collection must be added
to the percentage of defaulteIs.
1t can be readily understood that there
must, Of necessity, be a number of backslid-
ers when the demand for payment of sub
scriptions comes. when it is known that
there are over 1000 names on the Chicago
list, and it is a fact that will not be disputed,
that in at least one-third of the subscrip-
tions the limit was reached when the two
per cent was paid in.
'It's easy enough to put ones name to pa
per-" said Marshall Field, Chicago's mer-
chant prince, shut when it comes to the test
of putting down the cash many people find
that they haven't got it. However, Chicago
will raise the $10,000,000 necessary, but it
will not be through the medium of popular
subscriptions"
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Shipping Notes.

BATH, March 13.--Gardner b. Runnels,
Newport, has contracted with the Now Eng
land Company for four-masted schooner
OF about 400 tons to be commanded by Capt.
George Snow of Yarmouth.
William p. Pattee has just completed a
model for w. d. Cover of Sargentsville.
The craft will measure 1853 feet on the keel,
3S-foot beam aud ~ feet in the hold She
will be three. masted schooner and built by
Rideout & Lord of Calais.
some OF the piles which are to serve as a
foundation for the bookings which will sup
port the two ganboats to be.built here, have
arrived and crew wilt begin driving them
next week. This is work which will oc-
cupy some time since about 1000 pieces must
be set
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TIC BECOME c sEAT.
Town Founded Upon the Rock of
Industry.

Middlesborough. Kentucky, is a thriving.
busy city. Houses and other buildings are
being started at the rate of thirty day.
New streets and avenues are being laid out
and cut through; canals are being dug to
bring. the creek into subsection; swampy
and hollow places are being filled in; whole
hills have been condemned and contracts
made to remove them; in short, nothing has
been left undone which appears to be for
the well.being of Middlesborough.
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POLITICS IN PERU.
One Hundred Killed In a Flight In the
Ayacucho Province.

LIMA, Peru, March 13.-The campaign
carried on by the followers of Senores
Rosas and Morales Bermudese, candidates
OF the constitutional party for the presiden-
tial nomination, has resulted in bloody col
lisions in some parts of the country. During
a fight in the streets of Huanta, Province Of
Ayacucho, 100 persons were killed, including
Senior Lazona, deputy Of Congress ana head
0f the revolution, and DIR. Urbina, chief of
the Rosas party. At Puno number of per-
sons were killed and many houses pillaged
by drunken Indians.
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SNOW SIXTY FEET DEEP
And the Temperature 22 Degrees
6eIow-Food for a Flood.

ALAMAsA, Col, March 13.-The Rio
Grande railway has $50 snow shovellers at
work opening snow blockade across the
San Juan range at Cumbreson. The snow is
reported 60 feet deep. II is above the top Of
the telegraph poles and for miles on each
side is from % to 40 feet deep, the deepest
ever known in this locality. The tempera-
ture was 22o below zero today.
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A Portsmouth Miscreant.

PORTSMOUTH. n. H., March 13.-Last
night between and Q o'clock the 11-year- old
daughter of Henry Murch of Winter street
was sent to neighboring grocery store. She
nearly reached home when a man jumped
from behind the fence, seized her by the
throat. The girl managed to get one OF the
mans fingers into her mouth and caused him
to release her. Her cries brought people out
and the assailant fled. Shortly after, two
young ladies named Paul and Perkins, were
returning from visit to friend on Broad
street, when man sprang upon Miss Paul
and threw her in the snow. Miss Perkins stood
manfully by her friend and kicked and
pounded the man about the head, forcing him
to release Miss Paul, and hearing help COM
ing the villain fed. The police have no clue
IN the aesailant
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RowDolN AND BOATING.
The Eight Will Row on Lake cayuga
With Cornell.
Especial to the Press.l

BRUNSWICK, March 1S.-The final arrange
ments have been completed for Bowdoin's
eight-oared race with Cornell. 1t is to be
rowed June 18th, on Lake Cayuga, Ithaca.
~. A prize cup, valued at $500. has been
put up by Cornell, who has also offered to
pay S15O for transportation Of boats, etc.
Davis, the boat builder, Of Portland, Is
building two cedar eight-oared shells for
B0wdoin, and the men will go into training
on the river as soon as it opens, under the
coaching Of Mr.. Fred Plaisted of Portland.
The eight will be selected from the follow
ing men, who are now in training:
Name Weioht Mama WefOht
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Rhode Island Republicans.

PROVIDENCE. R. l.. March 13.-The Re.
the following officers
Governor-HerbertW w. Ladd, of Providence.
Lieutenant Governor-Danel G. Litchdeld n,
Pawtucket. VI
Secretary of State-samuel W. Cross, of Wes-
ley. "0'-
Treasurer-Samuel Clark of Lincoln.
Attorney General-Horatio Rogers, of Provi-
dence.
These are the present officers exceptine
the attorney general.
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tends that 1t has long been obsolete, and that
an attempt to enforce IL would disrupt the
denomination.
So many of the members Of his congrega-
tion differed with him, however, that at a
congregation meeting tonight he rendered
his resignation as pastor. The case will 90
to the Presbytery, which will be asked to
urge the general assembly to repeal the law
forbidding such marriages.
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The following are the United States Signal
Service observations for yesterday. March
18th, taken at & y. No., 10Th meridian time
the observations for each station being given
In this order: Temperature, direction of the
wind, state of the weather:
Boston, 52', NV, cloudy; New York, 5Oo,
NV, rain; Philadelphia, $50, NE. rain !;
w. MashRgsGR eoggdg f Buao Nw orssR sw Albany a2a
land, 420, SW, partly cloudy; Detroit 4oo
w, cloudless; Chicago, 4O0, SW, cloudless !:
St. Paul, 140, W, ,cloudiess; Duluth. 1SO, W.
cloudless;, st. Vincent. *, NE, partly
cloudy; Bis BismaTek. sca 70, NY. cloudIess' !