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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-09-30
| AM NOT GUILTY or MURDER. =
Birchall Hears His Doom and stIlI
Protests His innocence.
Sentenced To Be Hanged on tho
Fourteenth Of November.
The Jury Apparently Had Little
Difficulty In Agreeing.

WOODSTOCK, Ont, September 20-This
morning Mr.. Blackstock began his address
to the jury ia BirchalPs behalf.
Before summing up began Mr.. BlackstOck
introduced three witnesses for the defence,
James Costin, farmer living half a mile
from Princeton, was the most important.
He said that a stranger called at his house
Tuesday evening, February IS, and asked
nights lodging. he was refused. He said
he was going to Woodstock. The witness,
who saw the body OF Benwell, swore that
the stranger was not the same man.
The registers OF the Metropolitan Hotel,
New York, was produced, ,ishowing the entry
Of the names Blrchall, Benwell and party,
and acknowledged 70 be genuine.
MI OSler's summing up for the crown was
a pitiless arraignment OF the prisoner. Step
by step he traced the line Of evidence from
the time the Birchall- Benwell party left Eng-
land and made strong points In opposition 10
the theory Of the defence. Judge Mcmahon
charged the deed against the prisoner. The
Jury retired at $50 and were waiting with the
verdict when the judge arrived In the court
room at 1l.3O. The hall was packed to the
doors. The prisoner was brought into court
looking pale and nervous. The jury announc-
ed the verdict Of murder In the first degree.
When asked II he had anything TO say why
sentence should NOT be passed upon him,
Birchall replied: simply that / am not
guilty Of murder"
The jndg4 said: 81 fully concur with the
verdict" and sentenced Birchall to be
hanged November IA.
The crime Of which Blrchall has been con-
victed Is the murder Of the young English
man Benwell, who Is alleged to have been
lured TO Canada on the pretence Of prOfta-
BILE business venture and then murdered for
his money. When the facts OF the murder
were published last winter, attention was
called to number Of strange disappear
ances, and 1t was thought possible that other
murders similar to that with which sBirchall
Is charged had been committed
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WONT STAY IN.
John Styles Doesn't Like His Quar-
ters at the Insane hospital.

AUGUSTA, September 29.-John Styles,
the vagrant, who was arrested at Wiscasset,
and sent to the Insane Hospital for observa-
tion, having escaped from that institution
several times and been returned, is the most
persistent and cunning runaway the Hospi-
tai officials ever had to deal with. Shortly
before his last escape he made a bold dash
for liberty, and when the attendant was alb
sent from his room he shut the door leading
into the corridor and fastened it by taking
wire from off his bed and jamming it in be-
tween the bedstead and door. Then using a
stone, which he had secreted for the pur-
pose, he broke out the iron rods which
guarded the windows, and tearing up his
bedclothing into strips, which he tied to-
gether, lowered himself from his room,
which was in one of the three upper stories,
to the ground.
He was without clothing and it was mid
day. An attendant, who had tried the door
and found 1t fastened, suspecting trouble,
rushed out of the building, but too late to in
tercept the runaway, who was fleeing across
the lawn to the barn, where he grabbed
pitchfork and brandished it about threaten
ing his pursuers. Taking another freak
he threw down the fork and started to run
towards the river and was overtaken and
week ago last Thursday. A double guard
had been placed on his window, but he man
aged to turn the lock of the inner one with
wire and broke out the iron rods as before.
Then he let himself down to the ground
again and departed unobserved. This was
in the night and he was in his night clothes,
but he managed to steal sufficient garments
to cover him. He was followed by the Hos
pital officers but by much sagacity evaded
them for many days, begging food to eat and
sleeping in barns. When taken he was
found in barn in the town of Cornville and
entirely nude. 1t was just week from the
day of his escape when he was returned to
the Hospital, and extra precautions are now
taken to keep him from running away.
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LONDON GOSSIP.
4 Great Labor Struggle Coming
Spanish Republicans-Walder
see Resigns

see Resigns.
LONDON, September 29.AThe critical mo-
ment in the history of the Dockers' Union is
apprOaching-the moment which will mark
the beginning of life and death struggle
between this most remarkable of labor or
ganizations and its natural enemy, that most
gigantic organization of capital, the Ship
Owners Federation. Three vessels from
Australia. loaded and manned by non union
lists, are due to arrive in London this week.
If the dockers refuse to unload them, a gen.
eral lockout is certain to follow. If they do
unload them they abandon the principle of
unionism and forsake their brethren in Aus
tralia. lockout at this particular time
would be serious blow for the men, as their
funds are depleted by their liberal donations
in aid of the Australian strikers. The Ship
Owners Federation has enough non-union
men on its lists to form a working force, and
the only trouble would be to secure police
aid to protect the new men for while from
the violence of the locked out union men.
The union people realize the gravity of the
situation, and the matter will be fully debat-
ed at the first annual congress of the organi-
zation, which will be in session from Tues
day till Thursday of this week. A decision
will then be arrived at in regard to che poll
cy to be pursued by the union toward the
ship Owners Federation, both in the pres
ent emergency and in general.
A meeting of 1000 Republicans was held
yesterday In the largest theatre of Madrid,
to express sympathy with Portugal in her
controversy with England The action of
the Spanish government in increasing the
military force on the Portuguese frontier
was taken in view of the strong Republican
feeling in Spain and to guard against any
possible demonstration in aid of the Portu-
guese Republicans in case of an outbreak
against the Lisbon government.
The rumor that Count Won Waldersee,
chief of the German general staff, would re-
sign on account of his policy Gf army en-
largement having failed to meet the Emper-
or's approval, is confirmed officially. Gener-
al Leszczynski, who succeeds Waldersee, is
commander of the sixth army corps. The
Berlin Post learns that Herr Won Putkam-
mer has been nominated by Emperor Will
lam 1or President of the Ministry of Saxo-
ny. Puttkammer was formerly Prussan
minister of the interior, from which position
| ne was forced to resign in June, 1888, owing
| ick.
A majority of the South American govern
ments have signi6ed their support of the
project for oo an International exhibition at
Genoa IN 1892, to celebrate the discovery of
| America. -
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A Point for the Full Bench.

AUGUSTA, September 20.-The Supreme
Court of Maine, will soon have another fine
point of law to decide, growing out of the
recent decision OF the United States Court
and the Supreme Court of Maine in reference
to the original package question.
A liquor dealer at "The Forks" sold two
bottles of liquor which were sealed and in
the original package. He was brought be-
fore the court for indictment and acknowl-
edged that the liquor was sold after the act
of Congress prohibiting the sale of liquor in
states where prohibitory law existed; but
his counsel brought up the point that the
State of Maine did not have any prohibitory
law; that the decision of the Supreme Court
Oh the United States rendered the Maine
prohlbltory law null and void, and that a
man could not be convicted in the state
courts for selling liquor until another law
was passed, which could only be done after
the legislature met next January.
The verdict was against the defendant and
MI Merrill of Skowhegan, the counsel has
carried the case to the full court, where he
Is prepared to make an elaborate argument
sustaining his point. and he thinks the full
bench will be with him.
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THE Bos'N's CHA RcEs,
Which Are Not Likely to Have Many
Believers.

NEW YORK. September pa local paper
prints the following;
Three members of the crew of the ship
Challenger. which was dismasted in mid.
ocean by the hurricane of August 31st, ar
rived here a day or two ago. One of the
men, Thomas Quinn, the boatswain of the
Challenger, makes some pretty serious
charges against the captain of the
Challenger, going so far as to say that all
during the Storm the captain was under the
influence Of intoxicants, and that he was to
blame In great measure for the loss OF life
on board and the damage of the ship.
Quinn says that when the storm struck the
Challenger she was going at about 13 knots
before the wind. There were IS men aloft
at the time, and in consequence of an order
given by the captain the ship came up into
the wind and her boom was carried away.
The next lurch OF the ship carried away the
tops and yards and eight men who were in
the rigging. A number of seamen were in
jured by the falling spars, and for two days
1t was all the crew could do to keep the ship
above water. Finally the storm passed over
and jury masts were rigged, and though as
sistance was offered from two steamers
which passed. the captain declared that he
would bring the ship in alone.
The seamen all tell the same story as
Quinn, and brother Of one of the lost sea-
men intends to place the matter in the hands
of the United States authorities and ask for
an Investigation.
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GEN ERAL NEWS.

Peele q Elliott, hatters, of Cincinnati,
have liabilities OF S32,0 600; assets $4,000.
Judge Gresham has denied the application
tor writ OF habeas corpus In the case OF
Anarchist Schwarb.
The corner stone Of the Boston Chamber
OF Commerce building was laid yesterday
with appropriate ceremony.
The schooner Hattie Perry, built In Bath
in 1872, and haillng from New. Bedford,
Mass. Is a total wreck on Virginia coasts
crew saved.
A special freight train on the NoItnerni
Pacific, from Portland, ran into the rear ~ oa
Pacific Mail No. Sunday. Two men "eio
killed.
A freight train on the Pittsburg ana west
ern railroad leaped the trestle az onepPei
vile, at o'clock yesterday mornlns' LILLE ininrss
the fireman and brakeman, and latahy inJui
ing the engineer. ,,.,.,o
A seven years old boy named Aitie ulnA .aI at
shot and killed his five years old sisteL ,ee ss
Richards. West Virginia, Sunday, p%soauo99 pea
she said She would complain 10 her iasuoi u
some act he had committed.
pras,dant Harrison and several memners
- .ho az hinet will visit California next May
VI .,'osts sno of Senator Stanford to be present
80 ~ onening ceremonies of the Lelahd
Stanford, Jr., University m,
The threatened strike Of the miners IN I'LL
nois Indiana and Missouri, whlch was 70 %
inaugurated November J, mas oeeh aV0lued
hv the Vermillion and Wilmington Coal com
pany agreeing to pay the advance demanded
BY the miners.
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IN EXCITED TIPPERARY.
More Arrests Said To Re Contem-
plated by the Government.

tsNsSN Ny tttO NONCtftttiOuts
DUBLIN, September 29.-The eyes of all
Nationalist continue to be fastened upon
the court at Tipperary, where Messrs. Dill
Ion, O'Brien and their fellow prisoners are
undergoing trial on the charge of conspiring
to prevent payment of rent to Mr.. SMITH
Barry, landlord, of Tipperary. The per :
emptory refusal of the court on Saturday to
receive the affidavit of the defendants OBJ
jecting to MagistrateShannon'S sitting in the
case, on the ground that he would be biased,
was considered by the Nationalists as fur
ther indication that a fair hearing could
present constituted. At the resumption of
the trial this morning Tiuothy Healy arose
and addressed the court on behalf of the de-
PENDANTS. He referred to the refusal of the
magistrates to consider the propriety of Mr..
Shann0n'S Withdrawing from the case, and
announced that in view of this the defend
ants felt themselves constrained to refer the
question to the High Court of Justice at
Dublin. The defendants, he said, would apply
to that court tomorrow for writ to prohibit
the present magistrates from proceeding
with the conspiracy cases, on the ground of
bias against the defendants. The counsel
for the crown, Mr.. Healy continued, ought
now to decide as to the wisdom and propriety
OF going on with the hearing pending this
application to the High Court.
1t is likely that the last has not been heard
of the collision between the police and peo-
pie in front of the court house at Tipperary
last Thursday 1t is reported this morning
that the government intends to prosecute
many of the persons who were present in the
crowd for melting a riot. Mr.. Harrison,
member of Parliament for the middle divis-
ion of Tipperary, who received severe blow
over the head from a policeman's club, is
mentioned among those likely to be prose-
cuted. Col. Caddell, the presiding magistrate
at the Tipperary hearing, asserts that John
Morley appealed to him to exclude the crowd
from the court house.
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cULsERTsoN's CONTRACT.
The House Committees InvestIga-
tlon Of the Post-offlce Affairs.

WASHINGTON, September 29.-The inves-
tigation against Postmaster Wheat of the
House of Representatives was continued by
the committee on accounts today. Before
any witnesses were examined, Representa-
tive Caswell. representing Mr.. Wheat, called
the attention Of the committee to the act of
appropriations for the House post-ofiics and
contended that its phraseology gave the post
master an absolute right to the 5000 appro-
priated for carrying the malls.
Mr.. Dalton, postmaster in the 48th, 49th
and 50th Congresses, SAID he entered into a
contract with Henry Culbertson for doing
the work at 5000 year. He never, direct
ly, or indirectly, received any part Of this
money as a perQuisite Of Office. He denied
having said to Mr.. Wheat that Mr.. Culbert.
son could give him $50 a month and 1t
would be all right. He never told Mr.. Wheat
about any perquisites Of Office.
Mr.. Bradley, the next witness, never per-
formed any work as CLERK In the House post
office. He had been sworn in as messenger
In the post-ofice. Young Wheat asked him
II he wanted TO make some money by being
sworn into place in the post-office Of a man
expected In several days from Dakota.
to have his name on the roll. Young Wheat
was to do the work and the witness was to
get S5. At the end of March he drew some
thing over S67, all except So of which he
that young Wheat was to get his application
for the place In the government printing
office indorsed by Representative Caswell.
When April came around the man from Da-
kOta arrived, and 1t was arranged that the
witness was to be d substitute on the roll for
another man. For this he drew money for
the entire month Of April, with the exception
OF one day viz. S96.67. When he settled
young Wheat wanted all but S5. The wit
ness thought he should have have half the
amount. At this time the postmaster
who was present, suggested that they get
Mr.. Caswell to withdraw his endorsement
Of the witnesses application for place In the
printing office. Finally the matter was set
tied by his retaining $40. subsequently
Wheat called the witnesses attention to the
improperly of his having a substitute In the
office, and he was discharged.
Samuel Hosmer, assistant postmaster Of
the House, said Mr.. Wheat's son was filing
two positions, which made the work of the
rest Of the employees little harder. He did
not know whether young Wheat was getting
two mems pay.
j. K. Haven, an employe, testified he had
a conversation with Mr.. CulbertsOn concern
ing defective harness, In which Culbertson
said the postmaster had not allowed him
enough money to buy new harness; also,
that he had returned to Wheat over 500,
and at the time Of the publication of certain
charges concerning Wheat. young Wheat
came to Culbertson's house and begged bin
to turn the money over to third party.
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while the great body Of sugar was TO be
hereafter produced In the interior; a..
As In binder twine he had felt that ltS
manufacturers had probably taken adYaD,
tage of their opportunity ana a IeIa1uoo 9s,o
grossly unreasonable prices, pus Had aad a,yan
yery much as other human beings dlu, even
as the farmers did, taking advantage OF
high market price. He had never known
farmer to refuse So bushel for his wheat II
he could get 1t. Mr.. Sherman expressed the
hope that manufacturers would AVOID LnYse
combinations and trusts that gave popular
discomfort; that they would invite talr COM
petition and give TO the people the dement's OF
competition and cheaper producIlon; II
they had done so he would be. as ready 70
vote for repeal Of the law as he now was 10
vote for its passage.
sense Of duty to the state and section he rep
resented to vote against the conference re-
port. He should not attempt to state In de-
tail his objections to the report, but should
draw particular attention to the action OF
the committee upon the sugar schedule and
its relation to other protected interests In
the bill. He could not see the benefits which
would accrue to the people by the sweeping
away Of the imp0st on sugar when measured
In connection with the losses sustained by
them through the increase In duties on many
other articles essential to life.
- In addition, when IL had proved an Obsta-
Gle to the development Of the manufacture
OF sugar by the West and to the command
ing Of reciprocal trade with other nations, ii
seemed TO him III timed and unwise. When
the treatment by the conference committee
OF this new and most promising industry was
compared with the treatment accorded man
ufacturers Of tin plate. steel rails, structural
iron. cutlery, wooen and cotton the result
was not pleasant TO contemplate. The beet
sugar Industry was more important In prom
ise TO the people Of this country than any
20 others. just at the time when
the United States was about to join the pro-
ceSsi0n OF beet sugar makers, when through
tests In several states Of the Northwest there
has been shown great future before this
industry, at time when a great plant was
built in Nebraska and about to start into
operation, the conference report, yielding to
an unwise clamor, refused to accord 1t the
protection, which after hard struggle, the
Western Senators obtained for IL through the
Senate bill. He had no personal interest TO
subserye, but was only bearing In mind that
state and section he was representing. He
could have voted as a Republican and pro-
tecti0nist for the Senate bill. AS Republi-
can and protectionist he should vote against
the conference report.
The conference report was laid aside In
formally without action. The concurrent
resolution for final adjournment tomorrow
was referred to the finance committed In
dividual pension bills on the calendar were
passed, IA In % minutes), among them being
one fora widow of a soldier Of the war OF
1872 and also one for widow of a revolu-
tionary war. After short executive ses-
sion the Senate at adjourned.
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King cotton's sIrthoav.

PAwrUOKET, r. l., September 20.-The
celebration OF the Tooth anniversary OF the
ming by power, by Samuel Slater, in this city
was formally begun today. In eOmmemora-
tion Of the fact that Samuel Slater estab-
lished one Of the first, IL not the first, Sunday
schools In America, the forenoon was given
of children. At o'clock this afternoon oc-
Cured the formal opening Of the Cotton
Centenary exhibition In Centenary Hall. A
number of speeches were made, including
one by Governor Davis. Thousands Of peo-
some appearance with its profuse and varI-
eOlOred decorations.
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sNOR sALE-Woodfords on street car line, 3
E storied French roof house, IL large rooms,
perfect repair, nearly new, open CRATES, furnace,
cemented cellar, Sebago, fine large stable, roofs
all slated large lot high land overlooking City,
$4,000 St. $4,000. w. II. WALDRON, $50
Middle street. 24-l
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mo LET-Desirable down sta

WNO laET-Lower tenement of house No. 18O
a u Pearl street. Apply to p. FEENEY, No. 199
Federal street. 291
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Mr.. DOW IS COLLECTOR OF THE PORT
HIS Nomination Made by the PresI-
dent Yesterday Forenoon
And Confirmed by the Senate Later
In the Day.
The Upper House Hears More
Speeches on the Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON, September 29.-The nOmi-
nation of Frederick N. Dow, to be collector
of customs for the district Of Portland and
Falmouth. Me-, was made by the President
this morning and confirmed by the Senate
this afternoon.
Other nominations made by the President
today are:
John N. Irwin of Iowa, to be governor of
Arizona.
Alfred A. Freeman of Tennessee, to be
associate justice Of the Supreme Court Of
New Mexico.
To be members OF the Continental Railway
Commission, provided for by the diplomatic
and consular appropriation act--Alfred j.
Cassatt of fiPennsylyania. George M.Pullman
OF Illinois, Henry ). Davis OF West Viz
ginia.
Sempronius Il. Boyd of Missouri, to be
minister resident and consul general to ST.
am.
Joseph M. Black of Ohio. to be consul at
Buda Pesth.
Charles III. Shepard of Massachusetts, to
be consul at Gothenberg
Smith A. Whitfield of Ohio, to be first as
sistant postmaster general.
James Lowrie Bell Of Pennsylvania, to be
second assistant postmaster general.
Col. Fred N. Dow was born in Portland
and educated at the Portland Academy,
Portland High School and the Friends
School at Providence, r. 1. He learned the
tanners trade and became member of the
firm of Josiah Dow & Son, which business
he was compelled to relinquish in 1874 on ac-
account of failing of health. He was mem
Der of the City Council in 1S67-6S; delegate
to the national convention of manufacturers
in 1868 and chairman Of the state temperance
committee in 1868 60. This Office he resigned
when the temperance committee decided to
bolt the Republican nomination and put
third candidate in the field. Col. Dow was
member Of the school committee from 1868
to 1873; was aide-de- camp on the staff Of
Gov. Perham, with rank of lieutenant col
onel; was chairman of the Republican city
committee in 1871-73 and IT and was men,
Der of the executive council in 1924, the
latter year being chairman. He was nom
mated for the state senate from Cumberland
county in 1874, but was no. elected. He was
commissioner from Maine to the Centennial
Exposition at Philadelphia, and was again
member of the Republican state committee
from 1876 to 1882 In 1883 he was elected
chairman Of the committee. In February,
1888 he was appointed collector of the port
OF Portland on the death of Hon. Lot MINOR
rill. and served until 1885, when he was re-
moved by President Cleveland for political
reasons. Before accepting the collectorship
he resigned as chairman of the state commit
tee and later from the committee. He was
reelected after his removal from the collec-
torship. Col. Dow served in the Maine
House in 1887 and was its Speaker in 1889.
He is member of the Cumberland Bar.