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stantane0us shocks went. He had left his
little shanty to turn a switch, and was return
ing just as the rain began to fall in sheets.
He hurried up little. but had failed to reach
the shelter Of the Salem street bridge when
the centre Of the furious whlrlwind struck
him. He was thrown to the ground by the
to move. The little shanty in which he spent
his hours when off duty was lifted from its
foundations and hurled with awful speed
across and down the tracks. 1t was the fate
OF the switchman that it should fall directly
on his inanimate body, and blow from an
outstretching timber caused his death wound.
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HOW 1T HAPPENED.
The Scientific Explanation Of the Ca
lamItY at Lawrence.

Saturdays tornado was generated in an
area of low atmospheric pressure which cov-
cred the lake region, the st. Lawrence val
ley and the New England States. There
was nothing peculiar in the readings of the
the barometers, but temperature was uneven
ly distributed.
Added to this was the large amount OF
moisture suspended in the atmosphere. This
element is known as humidity. Satur day
the amount Of 1t was more than 80 per cent
100 per cent being perfect saturation. The
excess Of humidity Saturday, and for sew
eral days past. was due to moisture laden
air being drawn in from the Gulf Stream by
winds tending toward the centre OF the cy-
clone, which has been during the same days
drifting slowly eastward from the lake re-
gion and the middle valley Of the Mississippi
river. The overcharge Of the air with mois-
ture. when the temperature Is high, caused
commonly spoken of as depressing
and "muggy." When the air is
thus charged and temperature Is high at one
point and low at another, the conditions
are predisposed to serious local disturbances.
At Boston. at o'clock Saturday morning.
the barometer read 2O96 inches, and the
temperature was 75o, At Portland, Me-, the
temperature was CO., and at Eastport it
was only 54o. 1t was 7Oo at Montreal and
6S0 at Northfield, adjacent to Burlington,
VI. Az IOItldnu anu DOStOn t06 WlnuS
were point east OF south, and at Northfeld
the direction was west Of south. In the
eastern lake region the winds were due
west and the temperature was about 100 low
er than on the coast.
This cool.westerly air current, coming into
contact with the warmer, mOisture-laden air
of the east, may have been the primary cause
of the tornado. 1t is entirely probable that
the topography of the country along the
Merrimac, and the Merrimac itself, may
have had something to do with the develop
ment of the storm. 1t has been noticed that
some portions of the country are more liza BILE
to tornados than others, as, for instance,
the state of Kansas; and while
New England very rarely expert
ences such visitations, it Is "a note
worthy fact that this variety is less marked
along the valley Of the Merrimac, which has
now been visited for the third time within
the comparatively limited scope of semi-offi-
cial meteorological observation.
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George Avery's Death.

LEWISTON, July 26.-George Avery, the
hydrophobIa patient at Lisbon, died last
night after series of frightful conVulsions.
The same dog that bit him bit others.
Or. Cobb Acquitted.
BIDDEFoRD, July 26.-The trial of DR..
Albion E. Cobb. on charge of robbing a
man who was drunk in his officce. occurred
in the Biddeford Municipal Court today
The prisoner was discharged. '
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Jail Birds Break the CAGE.

MONTPELIER, Vt, July 27.-The most
daring jail delivery committed at this yicin
ity 1or years, occurred here last night, when
Tour desperate prisoners escaped from the
washington county Jail. by saving out the
grating OF window. The men were j. Nj.
Weaver, aged %, imprisoned for horse steal
Ing VIM. Jenkins OF Barre, aged %, commit
ted for attempted rape; James Hath0rn Of
Washington, VT, aged 16, committed for
highway robbery, and Peter Amour of Barre,
aged 30, committed for keeping house Of iii
fame. All were recaptured today.
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BASE BALL.
The PIayers' League,


The following games were played in the
Players League Saturday:
AT PITTsBURG.
B0stonS.. .........0 1 o o O o p A
Pittsburgs.... ......0 o g. 3
Base hits-Bostons. A.; Pittsburgs, s. Errors
Bostons q; Pittsburgs, 3. Batteries-Gumbert
and Murphy, Staley and Carroll.
AT BUFFALO.
Brooklyns. ..........1 o 2 0 o x-13
Buffalos.... ........1 1 o o A. 8
Base hits-Brooklyns, IL; Buffalos, 15. Errors
Brooklyns, Il; Buffalos, 8. Batteries -Krock
and Mack, Sowders and Cook
AT CLEVELAND.
First Game.
Clevelands.... 40 o o / o 4 l.
New Yorks.........0 o 0 0 l. 1
Base hits-New Yorks, z; Clevelands, 10. Er-
rors-New Yorks, 8 Cleveiands, 4. Batteries
Gruber and Sutcliffe, Keefe and Ewing.
Second Game.
Clevelands.. 8 o o 1 o. 8
New Yorks.. o o o 2 D 3 z
Base hits -CleYelands, 12; New Yorks, G. Err
rors-Clevelands, 6; New Yorks, 2. Batteries
Gruber and Sutcliffe. Ewing and Ewing.
AT CHICAGO.
ChicagoS ......5 o 2 o o I-12
Philadelphias.. 20 o o o o o O.
Base hits Philadephias, 6; Chicagos, H.
Philadelphias, 6; Caicagos, J.. Batteries
Baldwin and Farrell, Sanders and Milligan.
PLAYERS LEAGUE STANDING.
The following is the standing of the clubs
In the Players League:
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~ Per order, TOWN COMMITTEE.
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PORTLAND, MAINE, MONDAY MORNING. JULY

lance of the North and Northwest to unite
with the South in condemning the Lodge
bill.
The sub-treasury bill was indorsed and
resolution passed that sit is the sense of this
body that no candidate for Congress should
receive our support unless he favors the
measure"
A list of legislative demands was made
out and it was voted that no candidate for
the legislature should receive an Alliance
vote unless he agreed to support their de-
mands.
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The following are the United States Signal
Service observations for yesterday. July
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, 76' w, partly cloudy; New York,
missing, Philadelphia, 780, SW, cloudy
MMMashln1g1Sn: MM c1eISs:s se' s. cloudless Albany, 7So
Cleveland, 760, NE, cioudless. betroit 7oo
Sc, cloudless; Chicago, 76O, Sc. cloudiess
st. Paul, $40. Sc, cloudless; Duluth. $40
5, cloudless, st. Vincent, $50, W. cIoudless
Bismarck, 9O',, 5, cloudless; jacksonville
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The funeral Of franklin Fox took place at
his former residence on Bracket street yes
terday afternoon. There was a very large
attendance, especially of the secret societies
to which he belonged. At the request of the
family there were no floral offerings. Rev.
Mr.. Cruft Of Boston, a relative, oficiated.
and the Masonic services followed. The pail
bearers were members Of the Masonic order.
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c. r. ANDREWS BADLY HURT.
A Broken harness and a Spirited
Horse Mako Trouble.

OLD ORCHARD, July 27.-This afternoon
as C. F. Andrews of the Belmont house was
driving down Grand avenue, behind the
thoroughbred colt Protection Boy, the horse
became frightened and started to run. Mr..
Andrews threw his weight upon the reins
and would probably have stopped the ami
NAL had not the breeching given way throw
ing the carriage forward upon the horses
fianks. The colt is spirited animal, and
feeling the weight Of the buggy. endeavored
to free himself from the obstruction. In his
struggles the carriage was thrown against
tree and completely demolished. The horse
at the same time gave Mr.. Andrews a severe
kick in the abdomen. Mr.. Andrews was
picked up insensible and carried to the Bel
mont, where medical aid was summoned. 1t
was impossible to ascertain the exact extent
of Mr. Andrews's injuries, but it is feared
they are of serious nature. The horse, af-
ter short run, was captured.
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Two Towns In Flames

OMAHA, Neb.. July 27.-The business por-
fire today. Loss, $4,000. The town had no
water to fight fire.
PORTLAND, Oregon, July PA despatch
frcm Spokane Falls states that the town Of
Wallace, Idaho, is burning down, No par
ticulars.
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, VI IO5ol SI'UVs
THE MAINE STATE PRESS.


has given Ed Upton an option 1n nn his nS0S baif
interest In the stallion Red Wilkes. bv
George Wilkes, the price being $50 600.
The Other naif interest is owned by w. C.
France wno Is now 9V. East and It is thought
of the greatest living sires, no less than e 81 of
his get being In the 2.30 list, among them be-
ing Prince Wilkes, 2,l43. saasA.-siJ gzsssz Az
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STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

We have received Vel. /, No. / OF the
Brewer Echo, published by 4. ). Cra0treer
formerly of this city and later OF Yarmouth.
The Echo will, according TO the prospectus,
aim to promote the growth and interests OF
the town, and to faithfully chronicle home
doings.
An enterprising young woman aged six IS
reported from South Dresden by the Rich
mond Bee. She prepared piece OF ground
this year with her own hands, planted peas
on 1t, and on last saturday nau tne pleasure Ss
wear She proposes to plant potatoes, and II
Inc heetles let her alone she will doubtless
snceeed rs well as with the peas.
Civil Engineer w. p. Oakes has recently
been tracing the state vein east from North
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A Whole Family Killed.

GRAFTON, w. Va, July 27.-At o'clock
this morning, about the time the west bound
accommodation train was due, William Gold
en-. his wife and three children started to
cross the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio
road near the Railroad Hotel. Seeing YARD
engine coming up the road they stopped to
let 1t pass. The passenger train struck the
family, instantly killing the husband, wife
ana Two ehnlaren ana fatally nITing boy
in an hnur
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a Descendant of Daniel Webster.

NEWPORT, R, l., July 26.-The funeral of
w K Armistead, Jr., shot by accident at
Moosehead Lake. Wednesday, was held this
noon al the cottage of his parents. Young
Armistead was great grandson of Daniel
Wahstar
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The following games were played in the
National League Saturday:
AT PITTsBURG.
Pittsburgs o o o o o GA
Bostons. ns........"...0 2 o o . O. 3
Base hits-Bostons, 3; Pittsburgs, g. Errors
Bost0ns, o; Pittsburgs, 2. Batteries-Clarkson
and Bennett, Gumbert and Decker.
AT CINCINNATI.
Cincnnats. .........0 A o 1 o o x 5
New Yorks.........0 o o 0 o c.
Base hits-Cincinnatis, 6; New Yorks, 8. En-
rors-Cncnnatis, / New Yorks, 3. Batteries
Mullane and Harrington, Burkett, Rusie and
Buckley.
AT CHICAGO.
BroOklyns. ..........0 1 o o o o o x-l0
Chicagos.. o L o 1 2 O.
Base hits-Brooklyns. 8; Chicagos, A. Errors
Brooklyns, l; Chicagos. 9. Batteries Luby,
Demarest and Kittredge Terry and DAILY.
AT CLEVELAND.
Philadelphas.. o o o 2 2 x
Clevelands. .........0 0 o 0 0 O. Q
Base hits-Philadelphas, 8; Clevelands, 5. Err
-Philadelphas, 4; Clevelands, 4. Batteries
Smith and thinner, VickeryI and Clements.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
The following is the standing of the clubs
| In the National League:
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Foreign Notes.
Caudaur an Easy Winner.

DULUTH. Minn.,. July 26.-,Gaudaur was
an easy winner in the profes sional scull race
today. reemer came in second and Hosmer
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swItcnman HIggIns's peath.

LAWRENCE, July 26.-The death of Switch
man Michael Higgins, employed by the Bos-
ton & Maine railroad, was typical Of many
others, SO far as the general surprise and in
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An Ontario cyclone.

HAMILTON, Ont, July ga cyclone near
here today did much damage. Several barns
were unroofed One barn was taken up
bodily and dropped wreck on an adjoining
farm. Large trees were uprooted and all
the crops, fences and trees In a district half
mile wide and mile long were prostrated.
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The New Political Power,

COLUMBIA, S. c., July 26.-Ihe most i'm
ance was the issuing of an appeal to the AL
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MAIN {.
Sermons on the Beach.

OLD ORCHARD. July 27.-Today was one
of the important days of the Christian Alli-
ance campmeetings. Several thousand peo-
pie were in attendance. The day was chiefly
devoted to missionary sermons. Amcng the
speakers were several men and women who
are shortly to become missionaries in foreign
fields. The meetings will close tomorrow
night
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The Game was Stopped.

OLD ORCHARD, July 27.-A bunco man
was arrested by officers Harley and Googins
here today for running the little walnut shell
modification of three card monte. The sharp
gave the name 0i ClareRce Leonard and said
before the Old Orchard municinal court
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SHIPPING MEN STARTLED.
Danger to Navigation In the Waters of
the Dominion.

MONTREAL, July 27.-The agents of the
wrecked steamer Thornholme have received
letter from the captain of the vessel stating
the real cause of the vessel going ashore was
chat the buoy was out of place. He claims
with a proper buoy and signal system, the
lower st. Lawrence could be made as safe
as the Lachine canal. The matter will be
brought up at general meeting of the board
of trade shortly. Another letter was re-
ceived from the captain of the wrecked
Idaho on Anticosti Island In which he states
the steamer went ashore on a reef where the
chart indicates so feet of water. These facts
have startled shipping men.
Foreign Notes.
The Heligoland cession bill has passed its
second reading in the British House of Com.
mons.
When the National line steamer Egypt
was abandoned her correct position was In
lat 46o "a N, long. 33o0 o. W. The vessel
may still be af1oat, and In that event she
would be a dangerous obstruction to vessels
in the transatlantic trade. The Egypt's car
penter denies that he said the fire.was burn
ing when the ship left New York and that
the life boats were unsafe.
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the EATHER.
Fair.

Following is the forecast of the weather
for Maine: Fair weather, westerly winds,
stationary temperature; warmer Tuesday.
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There is said to be an interesting co,,ao
tlon OF horse hesh on a certain "oxsbowso n
the Piscataquis river owned by j. Al. Chasa
Of Milo. Tne herd consists Of Drews. Advo9
Gates, Clydesdales, Lothairs, Normans ana
the neighboring towns. Tristram Peayy. OF
Atkinson, has among them Gl0ster three
year-Old colt that he has refused $500 for.
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CAUCUSES.

The Republicans Of Cape EllzaPei!,h "a are 1pe re-
quested 10 meet In caucus at Town 5n ma1, on
cbaosa SaIasates 10 attend the Republican county
conyentjon 81 Portland, August 9th.
'0n'e"''o'1 Per order, TOWN COMMITTEE.
Westbrook.
The Repub. leans Of Westbrook are requested TO
meet ar I'D. Fellows Hail. WEDNESDAY
FVENINC in, y 30th, at 7.30 O'Clock, for the
purpose Of noml Mating delegates TO the county
'V"''N''O" Per order, TOWN COMMITTEE.
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Yachtsmen at Camden.

CAMDEN, July 26.-Commodore Soley Of
the Massachusetts Yacht Club gave a bail
tonight at Megunticook hall to cottagers.
Some fifteen yachts are in the harbor repre-
senting the Eastern Yacht Club, Portland,
Massachusetts, and New York. The streets
are alive with visitors and all are having a
good time as best they can in rainy weather
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Mean dallysther'..73.0 Max. vel. wind.... 12
Maximum ther.. ...82 O Total precip %
Minimum ther.. ....64.0I
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PRICE 81 A YEAR. WHEN PAID IN ADVANCR So.

Mons0n. He found No a,eo,,.,, 4, ..,,o,,,
ing the trend by the outcroppInnS "a "a p1D, I1lUm
Mountain and Township No. saSt NJ DSitsn oS M
louisville. There Is evidently crnda - slat,
enough In Piseataquis county to sTnn,s siase .ne
worlds market for a thousand years ER'' '"o
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Testimonial TO Rev. T. p. LInenan.

Arrangements have been completed for
the testimonial to be given Rev. 7. p. Line
han, late rector Of the Cathedral. The pre-
sentation will be made at his new parochial
residence, Biddeford, Tuesday evening,
at o'clock. All who have contributed are
invited to accompany the committee on the
$50 p. m. train Tuesday evening. Messrs
Charles Mccarthy, Jr., DR.. T. d. Sullivan
and Joseph A. MCGOWAN have been appoint
ed committee on address, together with
the following general committee:
william Mo AIaux Nhat-roao
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The Boy and the Gun.

AUGUSTA, July 27.-Miss e. Perkins of
Hallowell was shot by Walter Dean, aged
IA, this morning with an air gun. The bullet
lodged in her face and has not been extracted.
The boy claims he did not know the gun was
loaded. He has not been arrested.
Fifteen VIII Die. u;
GAINESVILLE, Texas, July 27.-At pic
mic given at Pilot Point yesterday, large
number of people were poisoned by ice
cream, made poisonous by staying too long
in the cans. Fifteen persons will die.
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Weather Observations.

p G indicates partly cloudy.
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Local Weather Report

PORTLAND, Me-, July 27, 1880.
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PERSONAL.

During the Encampment of the Department OF
Illinois, GA r. at Quincy. Miss l.. Pearl Pinekard
of Monticello H., delighted the veterans by her
fine rendition of numerous patriotic and army
songs Miss Pinokard is the daughter of Capt.
George r. Pinekard. nth III. She was adopted AS
the Daughter of the Illinois Prisoners of War As
socintion mt their last meeting. well as by the
Illinois Association of Ohio Veterans. Miss Pinek-
ard was congratulated upon her fine performance
by COMMANDMENT Chief Alger. She Is only 10
years old, and has u bright future before her.
Harry GARFIELD, son of the late President Gar
field was defeated In the Cleveland (o.) Republican
primaries last week. for member of the Board of
Education. The victorious candidate bears the
name of Ferdinand GunZenhauser. This is truly
the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Col. Robert q. Ingersoll of New York, was In
Washington last week attending 10 business before
the Supreme Court. The Colonel stated emphatic
ally that his visit had no political significance as
he and politics had parted company, and he pro-
posed in the future To devote his time to his private
affairs He has found the change since he has
come to this conclusion to be beneficial in every
respect and he will certainly stick to the course he
has laid down.
Gen. Stewart Van Vliet, u. 3. Army, retired, re-
turned TO Washington last week from Florida,
where he has been spending several weeks When
the General was Second Lieutenant in the Sd
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TIE nErnNnnNr PENSION nrLL.

While IN many prob.tbIy mosi-respects
an excellent measure, the Dependent PEN
sion Bill, As it passed the Senate last week
is "A sharp disappointment to a very large
proportion OF the comrades They had ex-
pected aud they had the right TO expect, in
the first place, that the Objectionable depend
point the GA Il. has spoken so emphatically,
that its wishes should have been needed,
since It's voice is the recognized utterancc
of the great mass of surviving veterans
Beside the obvious objections to the clause
which suggest themselves 10 every one,
experience with that feature of pension
legislation proved SO Unsatisfactory in the
early history Of the country that it was
speedily eliminated from the Revolutionary
Pension laws, and never reappeared again
in any pension legislation until with the
last five years
1t WIS also hoped that the bill would con-
tain at least some recognition of the service
pension principle rs was embodied in
The Mexican Pension Bill, aud that the pen
sion for orphans be made 50 instead of $4 a
month.
Bat strong majority of the Senate were
firmly welded to the bill in the shape that
| il finally passed, and stubbornly resisted all
attempts ut amendment
1t now goes to the House for concurrence.
The House will probably pass the Morrill,
Bill in some shape or another This has
some better features than the Senate Bill
and some not SO good. The better features
are that it does not prescribe dependency
and that it recognizes the service principle by
| introducing the aye feature. 1t will proba-
bly, be considerably modified from it's pres
ent form by the time it passes the House
though in what direction it Ia difficult Ia
predict Then the next step will probably
be a conference between the two Houses
and bill be agreed upon containing features
of both. Again. it is out of the question to
prophesy just what these will be-
When the legislation gets in more def.
mite stage we will discuss it more closely
and carefully. 1t would be premature to do
80 in it's present inchOate condition.
At all events, whatever legislation is
passed will not be at all final in its charac-
acter, nor will the soldiers of the country
permit it to be so. ~ will only be the be.
ginning of the work of justice to the soldiers
and that work must go steadily onward, un.
til they are as fully and honestly dealt
with as the money lenders have been.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Pension Bill