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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-15
Yesterdays CHAPTER
In the Senate Edition of Speeches on
the Tariff Question.

WASHINGTON, August 14.-The tariff bill
was taken up in the Senate today, the pend
ing question being on Mr.. Vests amendment
to reduce the duty on tin plate from 2-10 to
1 cent pound. Mr.. Mitchell addressed the
the Senate in defence of the thigh protective
system as being the policy to which the Re-
publican party stood committed. He was
followed by Mr.. Reagan in an argument to
the effect that Congress has the constitutional
power to levy taxes, in order to regulate
trade and industries.
Mr., Plumb gave notice of an amendment
he would offer to strike out the provision for
duty on tin plate and add a provision to
pay bounty to manufacturers Of tin plate
in the United States. He doubted very much
II the proposition OF the finance committee
would permanently Introduce into the coun-
try the manufacture Of tin plate in quantities
sufficient for domestic consumption. He
knew that when bounty was given in the
tariff bill Congress was entering on a sea
that had no shore, but.a bounty was already
in the bill on the sugar schedule
Mr.. Edmunds asked MIR. Plumb whether
he thought the removal of the duty on sugar
would reduce the price of sugar to the con-
sumer. Mr. Plumb had no doubt of it, al
though he could conceive condition of
things. such as frost in Louisiana or an in
surrection in Cuba, under which the price Of
sugar would 60 up.
Mr.. Edmunds referred to the fact that
when the duty on coffee was reduced in 1870
and taken off entirely in 1872 the price of
coffee in the United States went up.
When Mr. Plumb accounted for that fact
by mentioning the imposition of an export
duty by the Brazilian government, his state
ment was corrected by Mr.. Edmunds who
asserted on the authority of a document
from the State Department, that the export
duty was on coffee when the United States
imposed duty of cents pound and that
the export duty was not changed until five
or six years after coffee was admitted free
into the United States, when the export duty
was reduced.
Mr.. Plumb wanted to know why If the
increased duty on tin plate was not to
increase its price to the consumers, the
Senate was asked to increase the duty He
quoted Mr.. MorrilPs argument in 1888
against increasing the duty to two cents
pound and said that not one single consumer
OF tin plate asked for the increase. He inti-
mated that the finance committee had not
taken into account the condition of public
opinion on the subject and had permitted IL
self to be urged to overriding public opinion
and disregarding the great mass of consum-
ers.
Mr.. Carlisle presented letter received TO-
day from the commissioner of labor show
Ing the labor cost Of ton Of steel rails at
three points, an establishment in the
and one In Belgium. The cost at the first
was given at SLIGO, the second S7.S1 and the
third, $50. wy
"A vote was taken ON Mr..
Vests amendment and it was rejected
yeas, 26; nays, 80, Messrs Davis and Plumb
being the only Republicans voting in tha
affirmative.
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ATerror To Careless CARRIERS.

There is little green card i'm use by the
post office department that is terror to
careless letter-cariiers. 1t is a terror only
when they have once been caught. Very
seldom, indeed, are they caught the second
time. This card is dropped in letter box,
and on it is marked the time it was put in
and also the time it should be taken out by
the carrier. A record is kept by the chief of
the carriers and If that little card does not
turn up with the other mail with which 1t is
due. 1t Is clearly to be seen that the carrier
has not taken the mail from that particular
box. The object, of course, is to test the res
liability of the carriers. Where there is anv
complaint on the part of citizens about the
tardiness of local mails, then little green
card is dropped in one or more boxes in the
district from which the complaint comes
Sometimes it shows carelessness on the part
of the carrier and sometimes it does not.
1t is, however, not necessary that they should
be complaints, for frequently the cards are
put In the boxes of the most efficient men.
or course they are happy when they discover
them. But where a box is missed in which
there is a green card, then the carrier is
hound to get into trouble, and very serious
trouble at that. This card has been in use
bv the postofice department for a good
MANY years in all parts of the country.
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APPLES WILL BE SCARCE.
What the New England homestead
Says of this Years Crop.

SPRINGFIELD. Mass, August 14.-This
weeks New England Homestead says that
apples will be more scarce and more costly
this season than for many year.
In Maine and limited sections of Vermont
and New Hampshire there is fair yield Of
apples, being best in Maine.
Throughout southern New England, New
York, Pennsylvania and the interior states
generally the promise of winter fruit Is
worse than was ever before known. The
apple area of western New York along
Lakes Ontario and Erie, which in good
season ships more than one million barrels
to New York or foreign markets, has almost
no crop whatever this year.
There is one considerable area in Missouri
and Kansas within one hundred
miles Of Kansas City. in which there Is a
phenomenal crop Of winter apples of fine
quality. Eastern buyers are already COB
bling it up at good prices. Summer and fall
apples are also short and command good
prices.
The Homestead thinks that choice western
fruit like prime Baldwins will bring 81 to S5
per barrel In Boston and New York within
three months. The export of apples from
the United States and Canada OF the 1890
crop Will not be much over 100000 barrels,
against 100000 barrels last year and /, 1,OOO, 900
barrels in 1888.
Peaches are a practical failure In southern
Ontario and Michigan as well as in the
southern states and Connecticut.
Pears and plams yield unevenly but are
lar below the average yield and must COM
mand good prices.
OF grapes, however, there will be an i'm
mense crop save in sections of New Jersey
and the South where black rot Is playing
havoc with the fruit The scarcity Of other
fruits will sustain the market for grapes
The shortage of large fruit Is due to the
injury of fruit trees by cold snaps following
warm spells last winter and to the cold wave
and rain that blasted blossoms, while the
drought in July caused much fruit to drop.
The Homestead's preliminary report Of
the potato crop indicates disastrous shor-
tage in the South and West, a curtailed pro-
duct in New York and fair yield in New
England, If spared by rot, which is now
making its appearance.
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BACK AT WISCASsEr.
More About the Capture of MyrIck,
the Jail Breaker.

CONCORD, N H., August 14.-City Marshal
Locke. accompanied by Sheriff Irish of
Knox county, made an important capture in
the city, yesterday morning. Frank Myrick
was an inmate of the Jail atWiscasset, Me-, to
which he was committed to await on
charge of burglary. July 18th, he, in COM
pany with two others overpowered the
jailor, and all would have escaped but for
the jailor's plucky daughter, who siezed a
club and laid one of them out and also held
the other one engaged until her father re-
covered sufficiently from the sudden attack
OF the convicts to secure him. Myrick
escaped and roamed about the country until
ten days ago when he came here and went
to work at the quarry of the New England
Granite Company under the name of Hanson
Brown.
Sheriff Irish having received information
that his man was here came ON, Tuesday
night, and in company with Marshal Locke
wentto the quarry, yesterday morning
Myrick, however, had got tip and had left
just few moments before the officers put
in appearance, but on the way down he was
discovered sitting in house and by quick
work his capture was effected.
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PROPOSALS..
DROPOsA LS for Building Sick Quarters
Nar Xnrd Pnrtsmnufh M III Nauu

DROPOsALs for Building Sick Quarters at
IL NAVY Yard Portsmouth, N. II. Navy De-
partment, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery,
posais. in duplicate, are hereby invited and viii
be received at this Office until IL o'clock noon on
Monday, September 1st 1890, at which time and
tending bidders, for building sick quarters at the
Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in
accordance with the plans and specifications
New Hampshire, Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass.
achusetts; Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, New York,
partment. Copies of specifcatons. with blank
form of proposal, can be obtained at either of the
aforementioned places. Proposals must be en-
closed in sealed envelopes marked proposals
for Building Sick Quarters at Navy Yard Port
smouth, y: H." and addressed to the Chief of the
Bureau OF Medicine and Surgery, Navy Depart
ment, washington, ID. @. The right is reserved TO
waive defects In form and to reject any or all BIDS
J. MILLS BROWNE, Surgeon General Chef OF
Bureau. aug5T&F2w
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RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS CHILD'S DEATH.
The Courts VIII Now Consider viii
liam MInnahan's Drunken Deed.
A queer Story Of the Bogus Marriage
of Saco Youth.
LIneman Dosed With Electricity
Myrick's Recapture-MaIne News.

BIDDEFoRD. August 14.-The final session
of the coroner's jury, called to investigate
the death of little Mary Minnahan, was held
this afternoon and verdict rendered. The
verdict accuses William MinnahanIof being
responsible for his child's death. The full
text of the iury's decision has not yet been
made public. Minnahan will be arraigned
in the Biddeford Court tomorrow morning.
The Times tonight devotes over column
to the story of alleged wrong doing by a
Saco young man. The Times says that the
young man in question, while employed in
Portland some time ago, induced Cape
Elizabeth girl whose acquaintance he had
made during bicycle rides, to marry him
without the knowledge of her parents. Ac-
cording to the story, the girl was deceived,
the marriage ceremony being performed by
a friend of the groom, who impersonated a
justice of the peace. Afterwards the young
man deserted the girl and her young child.
Friends of the young wife then took up the
matter and it is understood that they have
forced the man, who is now living in Bos-
ton. to provide for her. The woman being
an innocent victim of deception, the state
law makes the marriage legal.
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FOR SALE.

FTHE OCEAN HOUSE property at Cape Eliza
Il beth is offered for sale. The hotel accom-
modate 1913 guests. There is nearly 100 acres of
land fronting on the shore. VIII be sold at bar
gain. Apply to SETH L. LARRABEE, 396
Congress Street, Portland, Me, augl4 4dtf
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TOOK 1000 VOLTS.
The Shock of Electricity which
Stunned a Lewiston Lineman.

LEWISTON, August 14.-George Moody, an
electric light lineman, has had touch of a
shock almost as great as that which killed
Kemmler.
He was at work on the roof of the Penley
building in Auburn Wednesday, and it be.
came necessary to cut the line that was car
rying current of 1000 volts.
On Wednesday Mr.. Moody, as is usual,
scraped the wire and tapped it, carrying it
back over the roof. The method is too tech
nical for explanation, but one thing is GER
tain, that the man who cuts the wire does
not care to put his plyers upon the bare met
al of the 1000 volt wire and induce the cur
rent into his system without some predatory
arrangements to detract the current from his
direction.
Mr.. Moody says that his plyers slipped.
AT any rate he got the full shock. 1t
stretched him insensible on the roof and he
was there for two or three minutes sitting
astride one of the arms on the roof, his head
dropping on his breast. The shock burned
his hand, chipping out pieces of flesh clear
to the bone on one finger, and blistering it
frightfully where the plyers were held. On
one OF the fingers was a silver ring. The
moisture was probably under it and induced
the current, for it literally skinned the fng-
er. burning it to the very bone. Mr.. Moody's
wounds are painful and severe, and
1t Is shock to his system, but he gets out
OF it better than might have been expected.
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d1aw1yrS
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

Augusta. Aug. 5, 1890.
NOTICE is hereby given that Petition for the
In Pardon of John Moran a convict in the
Cumberland County JAIL under sentence for the
crime Of Assault and Battery, is now pending
before the Governor and Council, and a hearing
thereon Will be granted in the Council Chamber
at Augusta, on the 22nd day of August at IL
o'clock a. m.
Oramandal Smith, Secretary of State
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FEVER, NOT sAvAcEs
Caused the Death of Two Young
Missionaries From Maine.

NEW YORK, August 14.-Information has
been received in this city of the murder in
the Soudan by Arabs of F. M. Gates, E.
Kingman and John E. Jaderquist.
AUGUSTA, August 14.-In order to learn
whether there is any ground for the rumors
that the two young missionaries, Gates Of
Limington and Warren j. Harris, son of
Gen. B. F. Harris of Augusta, were MUIR
called upon Gen. Harris and his wife at their
home Thursday afternoon.
II am not surprised at the rumors," said
the general, ''for the sad termination of
their pilgrimage has awakened great deal
OF interest, and we haye received many let
ters OF inquiry and coincidence, but my son
Warren and his companion Mr.. Gates were
not murdered by the Arabs, but died of
fever. We first learned of their death by a
personal letter from Mr.. j ohm f. Jaderquist,
who was with them during their sickness.
They were in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West
Africa, where they have been ever since
they landed. They were both taken sick
about the same time. July 1st, and died July
9Th, young Gates dying about one hour be-
fore my son Warren. Two days later Mrs.
kingman, who went from this country with
the young men, was taken with the dread
disease and died. Her husband was pion-
eer missionary there, having been there
some over year."
Young Harris was married but a few DAYS
before his departure for Africa. His wife
was living at st. Paul, Minn., where after
completing course of medical studies, she
was going to join her husband as missiona-
ry.
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REACHED NO DECISION.
The Caucus Lively, Inharmonious
and Without Result.

WASHINGTON, August 14.-ThiIty-nine
Republican Senators held very inhar.
monious caucus on the federal bill tonight,
and adjourned without reaching a conclu-
sion. The meeting developed the fact that
about Is Republican Senators prefer ad-
journment to passing the bill. Messrs
Quay and Cameron questioned the political
exDediency Of passing the bill now. Senator
Aldrich favored adjournment and Senator
Plumb opposed the bill out and out. Messrs
telling his associates that it must be passed
now If ever. Sharp retorts to these speeches
were made. The caucus adjourned at 1890
without taking vote.
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PRICE HA YEAR, WHEN PAID In ADVANCE 50.

chairman Of the board Of selectmen OF Old
town. a temperance worker, and a widely
ch,nw hh,Uwn gentleman. It was found that his
on ths az ga practically split, three cuts we're
forehead es Sasg and on top Of his head and his
ooae was fractured in two places s''' mo -"
he was csTriaS wounds received attention
seemed only partially eonsc,0,,t dnesday ny ~
aot tell now he was injured or give Ha anv TVS ds.
hnlte account Of his journey. s"o @uy uo-
1t Is learned, however, that ba h.a
Alton and left the house Of George w w PsoI IN
ln tnat place shortly after 8 o'clock for homa
driving LIS valuable stallion Gid Moltke
is Isaid that he remembers having nsssad
through the Gilman Falls bridge bnf can rs
call nothing Of the accident except that he
received a sudden and terrible blow. One
report has IL that Mr.. Pratt saw a man
ahead Of him in the road just before his in
Jury. Some think that the blow was in
hleted by drunken man and others that Il
came from the stallion, which they say Is a
vicious animal.
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NEAR FRAsKESsTEIN TREsrLs.
Great Forest Fire Raging In the
Crawford Notch.

Mt. WASHINGTON, August 14,-A destruc-
tive forest fire began this forenoon on Cow
brook, east Of the Frankensteln trestle, In
Crawford Notch, and has been burning
since. The light Of the fire is now clearly
seen on Mt. Washington. 1t is fast gaining
headway toward the west. Several hun
dred acres Of heavily timbered spruce have
been burned over. The loss will be very
great: Smoke from the fire has filed Craw-
Iord Notch and the valley Of the Saco as far
south as Conway.
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The Encampme MT closed.

At today's session Of the National Eneamp-
ment resolutions were adopted fayoring the
removing Of Grauts remains from Riverside
to Arlington, provided 1t is In accordance
with Mrs. Grants wishes thanking Congress
for passing, and the President for approving
pension laws; favoring the making of Ford's
Theatre In Washington national museum
for war mementoes; fayoring the exemption
OF veterans from examination in the CLASH
fed civil service. The minority report of the
committee on pensions was accepted. 1t af-
firms and endorses the resolutions passed at
the encampments at Columbus and Milwau-
kee and the petitions of posts asking for the
passage of service pension bill. The ma
jority report, which was adopted, declares
the disability pension bill the most liberal
pension measure ever passed by any legisla-
tive body In the world, and one that will
place upon the rolls all of the survivors Of
the war whose conditions Of health are not
practically perfect.
ID. +. Stevenson of Cynthiana, KY, was
elected surgeon-ln- chief and Ii. w. Reed Of
Denver. Col. chaplain-in-chief Gen. Veazey
named as his adjutant general Comrade Jos,
III. Goulding of Rutland, VT, and John Tay-
lor Of Philadelphia as quartermaster general.
After the Installation Of officers the eneamp-
ment closed.
During the session a beautiful clock was
presented to Comrade Warner.
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Sport at RockIand.
Special to the Press.l

IoPCOI0tI
RoCKLAND, August 14.-The Rocklands
made their first shut out of the season today
defeating the Rockports IL to 0. The battery
work and the batting of Grey we're about the
only features. The Rocklands have now
won II games and lost five.
The fifth and final shoot of the Oak Hill
Gun Club took place at the grounds this
afternoon. VIM. j. Perry, the secretary of
the club, Is now the possessor of an elegant
eighty dollar gun offered by DR.. c. G. Weld
OF Boston. The following are the scores
Spear, "a: E. B. Ingraham, %; Wm.J. Perry,
20; VIM. +: Norcross, 10; A. Mcdonald, 10.
Perry and Ingraham were tied, the former
winning in the shoot off. Invitations have
next Tuesday.
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The Grand Circuit.

ROCHESTER,, N. ", August 14.-At the
Grand Circuit races, during the afternoon
Belle Hamiin trotted against the PAGER Hal
pointer for special purse of $1,000. Pointer
won in 2.ls1 Harry Wilkes failed in his ef-
fort to beat bis Iode ecGFS cSyded In the III
time, 2.i6S by Alfred s., Pimaco's best SsIS S.iS
"a. In the 3.S3 class, trotting purse 5000.
divided, Richmond, Jr., won; best time, q 2ii
by Frank b., Richm0nd's best, 238.
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senseless In His Carriage.

Tuesday night about 10 o'clock. man and
his wife who were riding from Oldtown to
Pushaw Falls. noticed team without any
driver ahead of them. Reaching it they
found fine horse attached to road wagon
walking slowly along, and lying apparently
lifeless in the wagon was the body of man
from whose head blood was streaming. The
man proved to be Henry A. Pratt, Esq,
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whole. The decision was sustained-yeas,
ia; nays, 81, the Speaker counting a quorum.
Thomas of Wisconsin and Stone Of Kentucky
and in opposition by Mr. Springer Of Illinois,
the latter gentleman moved to commit the
bill to the committee on war claims. No
quorum was developed on this vote and sub
sequent efforts to secure one being unayail-
ing, the House adjourned.
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OBITUARY..
A Veterans Sudden Death.

MAIDEN, Mass, August 14.-Abizer Yea
zle, aged about 60, member Of Edwin Lib
by post, 16, of Rockland, Me-, died here this
been entertained by Hiram G. Berry post of
this city. The deceased arose this morning
and after reading paper few moments
was seized with hemorrhage and expired in
a'few minutes. The body was taken in
Rockland today. This Sudden death has
cast gloom of sadness over both posts. Mr..
lVeazie was well-known citizen of Rock
land and for number of years carried on
an extensive trunk business there where he
leaves a wife and sister. During the war he
served in the Maine cavalry
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Real Estate Transfers,

The following transfers Of real estate in
this county have been recorded at the Regis-
try of Deeds:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A. Gooch to Charles w.
Portland-Albert J. Merrill to Annie Merrill.
$500,
Bridgton-EdWin G. Wilder to Winburn M.
'RPaGT; Brunswick~ Jordan to John A. Dono-
N; NATHAN ". Coffin ct al. to James P. German.
81.
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The following are the United States Signal
Service observations for yesterday. August
l4th, 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, 72o. NV, cloudless; New York,
74s, S, cloudy; PHILADELPHIA, TAO, SW,
cloudy; Washington, 70, NE, rain: Albany
680, Sc, cloudless; Buffalo, 72'. SW, cloudy
SM soDdss ~ SSeaSO s NP PPeJS Gonss:s
St. Paul, 740, N. clOudless; Duluth, go, n
cIoudless ; st. Vincent. 640, E, partly cloudy
Bismarck, 800, S. partly cloudy; jackson,
Vile. 76o. Sc. partly cloudy.
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the STATE.
ANpRoscoaaIN COUNTY.

ANDR0sCoGGIN COUNTY.
The foundations Of the Lewistnn city hall
were completed Wednesday night by the
contractors. Bearce & Clifford, three days
within the contract time.
1t is reported that the Auburn Mineral
Spring Company have voted to appropriate
$500 towards the construction OF a weir at
Lake Auburn for the purpose OF the prOpa-
cation Of salmon. The weir will be placed
at the lake about the first Of September
HANCOCK COUNTY.
A naval sehool-ship, the st. Marv's. has
been at Southwest Harbor for several days.
and the young boys In blue have been enioy,
ing their freedom on shore, and, tits said,
two or more have taken an unlimited leave
kENNEBEC COUNTY.
Ihe axe factory at North Monmouth
Wnlcn mas been idle since last spring will
PROBABLY reopen for business In a short time
IN representatives Of the Commercial Union
lelegraph Company have perfected an ar
Iangement with the Governor Of the Ma
tlonal Military Home for the establishment
short time. -"
PIscATAQUIs COUNTY.
The State Of Maine Slate COMPANY. az
blanchard, Is doing fine business. A short
time ago they took out one block Of stone
that made little more than twenty-three
squares OF first quality slate.
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To Bottle Up the Heat.

Tie Biddeford Journal describes a new
patent device of which II. G. Briggs, Esq.
Of this city. is part owner. 1t is patent
car coupling for steam heating apparatus.
which is so designed that cars can be dis
connected from the train or engine and the
heat maintained, as the coupling is provided
with valves to hold the steam back in the
heaters, whereas iniithe cOntrivances now
used 1t blows out as soon as the connection
with the engine Is broken.