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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-12-11


with our dim faculties and clinging to the
outside rim Of the universe.
In about two hours we pass through
Cana, the village Of Palestine where the
mother Of Christ and our Lord attended
the wedding of poor relative and having
como over from Nazareth for that purpose.
The mother Of Christ-for women arc llrst
to notice such things-found that the pro-
visions had fallen short and she told Christ
and He, to relieve tho embarrassment of the
housekeeper, who had invited more guests
than the pantry warranted, became the
butler OF the occasion, and out Of cluster
OF few sympathetic words squeezed Q
beverage Of hundred and twenty-si gal
Ions OF wine In which was not one drop Of
intoxicant or it would have left that party
a. maudlin and drunk As the great centen-
NAL banquet In New York two years ago
left senators and governors and generals
and merchant princes. Tho difference be-
tween the wine of the wedding in Cana
and the wine ut the banquet In New York
being that the Lord made the one and the
devil made the other. We got of our
horses and examined some Of these water
jars 1t Cana said to be the very ones that
held the plain water that Christ turned in
70 the purple bloom Of an especial vintage.
! measured them and found them eighteen
inches from edge TO edge and niueteeu
Inches deep. and declined to accept their
Identity. But We realized the immensity
Of supply Of . hundred and twenty.six
gallons Of wine What was that for?
Probably one gallon would have been
enough Tor II was only IN additional in
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
new LINKS FORGED IN THE CHAIN.
Hiram SawteIl's Mutiiated Body
identified Beyond a Doubt.
People From Many Miles Away Visit
the Scene Of Murder.
New Evidence Locating the Crime In
New Hampshire.

ROCHESTER,. N. H., February 16.-ThOu-
sands Of people have, today, visited the To-
cality where the dismembered remains Of
Hiram +. Sawtell were unearthed. Every
thing IN the shape of conveyances within 10
radius of 30 miles was pressed into service
Today. many minor matters were brought to
light, strengthening the chain of evidence.
Early this morning County Solicitor Kivel
sent Drs. Ham and Sullivan from Dover,
who, with DIR. Daniels Of this place, made a
thorough examination Of the body. Super
intendent Small has telegraphed Officer
Witham that there was thickness OF flesh
around Hiram Sawtells finger nails, caused
by disease, and that he also had a twist in
his ankle, both of which the physicians
found on the dead body.
Every day brings additional proof that the
murder was committed in New Hampshire.
John Wiley. who drives a logging team.
riage, supposed to have contained Hiram and
Isaac, In the pine woods, between here and
East Rochester. A few minutes afterwards,
he distinctly heard three shots in quick sue
cession. A number of other parties heard
The firing. Search for the missing head is
still being prosecuted.
Isaac Sawtell passed a pleasant day in Jail.
The services usually held there Sundays
was dispensed with today from the fear that
too many outsiders would want to come in.
Sawtell asked for and eagerly read the Sum-
day papers.
John Kivell, county solicitor Of this
county, and FL. FL. Burbank of Saco, county
attorney of York county. will have confer
enee in the morning.
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william o, Clark.

nouncing the death Of William d. Clark, a
brother Of the late Rev. @. j. Clark, ID. d.,
formerly resident Of this city. He has
been prominent citizen Of Ashland, Wiscon-
sin for some years
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
Justice to Joel Barlow.
Especial to the Press.l


WASHINGTON, February 16.-The House
committee has voted to report bill to do
tardy justice to the memory of distinguish
ed New EDglander, who has been sleeping
for three quarters of a century in an obscure
grave in Poland. Joel Barlow, of New
Hampshire, was Revolutionary soldier, a
scholar and poet and diplomatist. Sent to
France by Washington to make treaty with
Napoleon relating TO commercial privileges
and the damages for spoliation of American
vessels by French cruisers On the high seas.
he had succeeded in getting nearly every ar
ticle of treaty agreed to when Napoleon
started suddenly on his Russian campaign
Barlow waited for him to return; and upon
the first news that he had started back with
his army, started into Poland to meet him.
But he met only the fragments of the discom-
fitted army. Barlow went out to meet the
army in a wagon, but, becoming entaDgled
in the debris, he suffered hardships from
which pneumonia resulted, and then death.
de was buried where he died In Poland, and
| lies there today In grave unworthy so dis.
tingui,hed man, and unworthy the great
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
s75,ooo IN BILLS.
Interesting Episode In a Portland
mans Law Suit.

TOPEKA, Kan, February ia dramatic
scene occurred at the United States Circuit
Court today during the hearing of the case
of Geo. P. WescotG of Portland, Me-, and
Samuel Hanson of Boston, against Joab
MulvaDey, president of the Topeka Water
Works Company and Atlantic Trust of New
York.
few days ago Judge Foster granted q
temporary injunction against Mulvaney, re-
stralnlng him from selling the water works
to other defendants. The time in which the
plaintiff could file bond of $4,000 had ex-
pired. Mr.. Mulvaney had induced all banks
inTopeka to decline to become securities and
the defenda t's counsel moved that the in
junction be dissolved on account of the plain
tiff's failure to file the bond. Mr.. Smith,
counsel for the plaintiff, tried to explain, but
the attorney for the defendants refused to
permit him to proceed. Judge Foster final
ly restored order and allowed Smith to make
his statement. 1t was given as above. then
advancing to the bar he placed roll of bank
notes.amounting to $75, 900 before the Judge,
who accepted them in lieu of bond.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
RUINED BY HIS WIFE.
Mrs. Lippincott Ran the Business
and Forged Her Husbands Name.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., February 16.-An
extensive series of forgeries in notes, bonds
and mortgages with South Jersey and Phila-
delphia firms and individuals as the victims,
has just come to light Edward Lippincott,
well-known resident of Medford, N. j.,
and proprietor of Hadon Hall, Atlantic
City, has for months been confronted with
notes of which he had no knowledge. Sew
eral were signed by Edwin Lippincott and
other parties relatives to himself. These
say their signature were not genu-
lne. Mr.. and Mrs. Lippincott have managed
HadUn Hall many years. Mrs. Lippincott
was the real manager of the hotel and took
upon herself the work Of attending to all the
finances of the establishment. Some months
ago Lippincott was confronted with $4,000 ip
notes of which he had no knowledge. He
finally paid them. After this01e fopnd more
bogus paper in circulation, aId-scits were
begun against Lippincott by number of
banks and private individuals to recover the
amount of money advanced on the notes
bearing his name. Lippincott frankly admits
that his wife ruined him by her forgeries.
The idea that Lippincott had the most sue
cassful hotel on the island enabled Mrs.
LiDpincott to utter the notes without much
fear of their being questioned.
The amounts generally ranged anywhere
from $25 to 500 per note, six per cent. being
allowed on them. Extension was easy and
the whole amount of the forgeries, as near as
can be estimated Is about $4,000,
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17

dead. The poor woman never revived from
the terrible shock, but continued 10 grow
weaker and weaker until Friday. when
death came to her relief.
The news Of her shocking official murder
produced widespread dismay and anguish
among her fellow prisoners. and three Of
I hem. unable TO longer bear their wretched
+ ate, committed suicide by taking poison.
b ow they obtained the poison is not known,
b, 1t possibly they had long had 1t In their
DC ssession and were keeping 1t as last re-
sol rt. The names of the three were Marie
Ka luzhnava, Marva Palovna Karalefskaya
an, Nadezhda S,mirnitskaya.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
Plot to Decrease the Population Of
the Auburn Jail.
Especial to the Press. !


AUBURN, February 16-By prompt action
and shrewd detective skill Sheriff John F.
Lamb. of Androscoggin county, frustrated
Saturday what was undoubtedly intended to
be the most extensive jail delivery in Maine
In Auburn Jail, over which Sheriff Lamb has
jurisdiction, are now between 60 and 20 pri-
soners, and to free great part, If not all. OF
these criminals seems to have been the OBJ
ject.
saw with which to sever the iron bars of
the prison was passed over the jail yard
fence to Jack O'Neil, with directions to take
1t to Patrick Crosby. O'Neil is incarcerated
from Rockland for violation of the prohibit
tory law. Crosby has just been sentenced to
State Prison for three years by Judge Libbey
for grand larceny, but has not yet been
taken to Thomaston.
The plot was discovered In the following
manner: Chief of Police Maxwell overheard
crowd of toughs conversing about the
probability of some of the boys soon being
free. He mistrusted that there was mischief
brewing. and Immediately informed Sheriff
Lamb OF the matter. Guards were placed in
the Jail and the cells searched. In Crosby's
apartments saw, skeleton key and file were
found
Saturday afternoon James Conley, known
as Fred Hanty, was arraigned before Judge
Dresser and bound over to await the next
term of the supreme court. The Jail is be-
ing closely watched, and new developments
are expected.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
THE RoYs ARE STILL THERE.

Department Saturday, so the matter {
work for Bath remains undecided.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
Washington Notes.

There were over $50 present at the ban
quet at the Riggs house Saturday night in
honor of Miss Susan b. Anthony's 10th BIRTH
day. The literary exercises included origi-
nal contributions by many of the well known
people present. Letters were read from
John G. Whittier, William Lloyd Garrison,
Senators Hoar, Sherman and MandersoD,
Speaker Reed, NJ. Louise Thomas, Lucy
Stonc, Frances E. Willard, Rev. Rush Ship
pen. the Political Club Of Rochester, the La
dies Unitarian Society of that city, and the
Woman's Union of Norway.
Secretary Blaine will probably be the only
member of the cabinet who will accompany
the President to Pittsburg the 10th instant.
to attend the dedicatory exercises OF the Car
negie Library in the Smoky City.
A bill has been introduced in the House
providing that, after satisfactory tests, the
Secretary Of the Navy may contract Tor ten
of the Ericsson submarine steel guns for the
use of the navy. The bill appropriates
$1,5OO, 600 to carry out its provisions.
The following Is statement OF United
States bonds purchased from August 3,
1887, to and including February 10, 1890:
Amount purchased per cents, S117,6lS.-
700; AIS, S133. $50; total. $3.50, ,6Sl $50.
Costs. $3.50, ,O5O, ,6s7.53; AS. S14S,6O5, 743 Al
S2O4, ,2i5. $3.50; 45s. $50, LAS. 100 45; total,
$354, ,6o3, ,7Ol95. Saving-4ls, s54, 1874, ,9O497 I;
ais, Sc, ,S42. .366 O4; total, SCI, ,037, ,27l,O1.
Representative John A. Anderson. Of
Kansas has introduced In the House Dill
authorizing the purchase of proper grounds
near or in the city of Washington. ID. c.,
and the erection thereon Of summer resi-
dence for the use of the President OF the
United States.
Representative Baker, from the committee
on territories, has reported to the House on
Che Carr bill, to provide for the admission OF
Wyoming as State. =,
The Senate committee on privileges and
elections began Saturday an investigation OF
the credentials of the several claimants for
seats in the Senate from Montana.
Gov. Fleming of Florida assrues the Presi,,,
dent that the authorities In that state VIII
assist in bringing the murderers OF Deputy
Marshal Saunders to Justice.
Among the bills introduced in the house
was one appropriating $4,000 for a public
building at Saco, Me.
The Pension List.
WASHINGTON, February Extensions
have been granted to the following Maine
people:
ORIGINAL INVALID.
Wetherbee w. Pease. Buxton Centre.
Henry G. Fales, Caribou;
VIM X. Kennard, Bar HarDor.
Richard III. McKenney. Phillips.
Augustus Parlln, East winthrop.
Geo. q. Cook, Kenhebunk.
John o. Soule, Patten.
Henry q. Collins, Dexter.
Thomas V. Bryant, Bryants Pond.
Silas Luce. National Military Home. q
Albert b. Wooster, Vinalhaven.
INCREASE.
Fernando NJ. Thomas, Andoyer
Ephraim l.. Severance, Milo.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
THE STATE.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.

KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The oosequies Of Phineas Morrill, at Read
field Saturday were largely attended. H0
was one Of the old citizens of the town, welA
known and highly respected He had long
and successful business career and was n
member Of one OF the most prominent Mama
families, being cousin to Ex-Governor AMI
Representative Arson =. Morrill, and exc
Governor and Senator Lot Morrill,. Death
resulted from an attack Of la grippe.
KNOX COUNTY.
John Bird & Co., wholesale grOcers OF
Rockland, will soon employ number OF bar
rels in spice and coffee mill they propose t0
establish.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The governor Saturday nominated Frank
A. Creamer Of Wad0boro for clerk OF courts
Of Lincoln county, In place OK George Z. r.
HobsOn, resigned.
YORK COUNTY.
An arrest and trial for murder by criminal
NAL practice may be the result OF the recent
death Of French woman In South Berwick.
At a meeting of the BiddefOrd Board OK
TradeFrday the following delegates were
chosen to the State Board at Auburn, tNe
Goth: +. IL. Banks, Otis 4. Carey, y. ~
Anthoine, j. X. Libby, j. u. III. I9Winsens- I9iusi
The committee, Stephen shaw chalrmaI',
appointed 10 circulate petition 70 COngIess
for an appropriatiOn Of $4,000 Tor post
ofiee building reported 800 names Ihe seq
retarv was authorized 20 forward the petit
tion Ia Amos r.. Allen, Speaker keed se's-
retarv at Washington, VINO mas taken an .iit-
terest In BiddefOrd's wants.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
GENERAL NEWS.

The Republican State executive committee
of New York have adopted resolutions con,
demning Tammany Hall on the ground tha 4
1t is trying to make political capital ont of
the worlds fair bill
Geo. Dimmock, about 45 years old. n nat,.
ralist by profession and graduate of Har.
ward, is under arrest In Cambridge charged
with erimlnally assaniting S,, Clara J. Hoffman,
the girls story the assaults have been occa.
sionally committed ever since she was IA
years old The prisoner has wife and sew
eral children and resided on Sacramento
street, Cambridge.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
Inspector cogan In Portland.

Inspector Cogan, of Boston, arrived from
Rochester, Saturday night, and took quarters
at the Falmouth hotel. He visited the
station, the United States hotel, and several
places that have been mentione in connec-
tion with the Sawtell case.
1t has been ascertained that the man. who
had the black beard-as described by clerk
Smith of the Falmouth hotel-who called on
Sawtell at the hotel and left a note for
him. afterwards called at the United
States hotel andlin the general Office. talked
with a gentleman on a variety of topics. but
did not touch on the then supposed murder
of Hiram Sawtell. This gentleman's de-
scription of the stranger tallies with that of
clerk Smiths. The other caller Sawtell
had at the Falmouth is said to have been
Mr.. Pierce Of Pierce Bros. lawyers of Great
Fails, N. H.
Mr.. Cogan thinks that Isaac Sawtell COM
mitted the murder and that he did 1t alone.
1t is possible thing that "Dr." Blood may
have given Sawtell some points, and that
he might have written the letter to smart
the livery stable keeper at Rochester
from Danvers, Mass, to throw the detec-
tives off their guard, but he doesn't believe
anybody but Isaac Sawtell had an actual
hand in the murder He thinks 1t will be
shown that Isaac Sawtell laid all his plans
for the murder before he left the State
Prison. He says that people who think Saw
| tell crazy, or an ordinary man. are mis-
taken; that he is thoroughly educated and a
very deep thinker. He believes that Saw
| tell even planned for probable discovery
| of the murder, and even arranged the legal
points for bis defence If caught. He thinks
| all the offers to buy out dentists Offices were
parts of this plan, as well as the boldness
| with which he admitted that he was Isaac
| Sawtell at almost the same time that he was
registering under false name at the hotel.
| Mr.. Cogan left for Boston on the noon train
| yesterday.
Sawtell's valise-which he had with him
| when arrested in Portland-was opened al
Rochester. and stiff, bristled brush found
stained red. with which he had evidently
| tried to remove the blood stains from hi:
clothing while at the Falmouth Hotel
Blood stains we're also found on the inside Of
the valise.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
THE MAINE STATE PRESS.

Address All communications 10
PORTLAND PUBLIsHfNG 60.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
SATURDAYS DEVELOPMENTS.
Mrs. SawteIl Identifies the Re-
mains of Her Husband.

Saturdays dispatches from Rochester and
Lebanon give the following particulars in
regard to the Sawtell case:
Coroner G. S. CARL of South WATERFORD
arrived at East Rochester at $50 O'Clock,
and drove to the schoolhouse with Horace
III. Burbank of Saco, the county solicitor
They Immediately proceeded to impanel
jury of six men to hold an inquest upon the
body. This was done at the old Wallingford
house, and they the jury went 20 the school
house and opened the investigation. about
1890 o'clock. Previous to this, Mrs. Hiram
Sawtell had arrived. As 1t proved, she was
the only witness who was questioned.
Mrs. Sawtell established the fact In the
minds of the jury that crime had been
committed. She was ushered into the pres
ence of the august board and that of the de-
capitated body Of her husband, which lay
on table wrapped about with a sheet. 1t
had been decided by the country solicitor
during the giving of the evidence, so a full
report of Mrs. Sawtelps testimony cannot
be given. Mrs. Sawtell was first asked II
she identified the body as that of her late
husband, Hiram Sawteil, and she replied
unhesitatingly that she did. She was shown
the shoes. stockings, handkerchief, collar
button and other things found, and she rec
ognized each one as having belonged to him.
She was questioned closely on this matter of
Identification, but she was positive.
a man WoIkinR III Woou iot near Tue
place where the body was found saw Saw
tell when he drove away from the lot, with
a spade in the carriage beside him. Sawtell
asked the number of dentists In Rochester
and the price of land in the vicinity.
The officers claim that they have two wit
nesses who will testify to hearing pistol shots
shortly after seeing a team answering to the
description of that driven by Sawtell. These
people live In East Rochester and the occnr
renee they report took place on the night OF
the murder.
1t has been learned that the bones fount
in the stove In the woodmsn's hut were the
remains Of lunch eaten there by two mer
some weeks ago.
The body Of Hiram Sawtell has been placed
in a tomb in Rochester.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
Col. Allen Post Burned out.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, February 16-Fire
ing on Main street. owned by Nathaniel
Weston. The lower floor was occupied by
the American Express and Western Union
Telegraph Companies, John j. Gerry's sa-
loon and William Newman's tenement, and
the two upper stories used by Col. Allen
Post, G. A. r. Royal Arcanum, the. Forest
ers, and several other societies and j. r.
Mcguire, barber, in whese apartments the
fire originated. The Grand Army loses
everything except one picture. Their insur-
ance Is $500. The loss on the building is
$1,000, insured for 5000.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
NEWS AND NOTES.
Saturdays Proceedings in the House
Timely Topics Briefly Stated.


WASHINGTON, February 15.-On the meet
ing of the House this morning, the journal
of yesterdays proceedings was approved
years, 12S; nays, 1.
The Republicans were the first to feel the
effects of the new rules, several of them who
were not present during the roll call being
refused permission to record their votes
thereafter.
The Senate bill providing for the ascer-
tainment of the mortgage indebtedness of the
country was passed.
Public business was then suspended, and
the House proceeded to listen to appropriate
eulogies to the memory of the late Richard
W. Townshend Of Illinois.
Addresses were made by Messrs. Holman
of Indiana, Hooker of Mississippi, Compton
of Maryland, Cutcheon of Michigan; Hen.
derson of Iowa. McMillin Of Tennessee, and
Williams, Henderson, Cannon, Lane and
Springer of Illinois, and then, as a mark oi
respect to the memory Of the deceased, the
House, at o'clock, adjourned.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
FROM THE EMPIRE STATE.
The Republican COMMITTEES Sends
Congratulations to the Speaker.
Especial TO the Pre-,

Especial TO the Press.]
WASHINGTON, D. c., February 16.-Speaker
Reed continues to receive complimentary
resolutions and messages, the last being the
following:
NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 1890.
Hon. Th0s. B. Reed;
The Republican state committee by an unan-
imous vote at its meeting today, Instructed me 70
telegraph you as follows:
"The Republican State Committee Of Naw
York send greetings to the Hon Tbos r Reed
Spe ,ker of the Housd of Representatives. We
Congratulate him on his dgnified, firm. iudicious
and honorable stand taken against the revolr
tiOnary tacIics of obstruction adopted by the
desperate minority, aud upon the successful out,
COME OF the attendant parliamentary struggle in
the House. And we further congratnlafe him
upon the splendid support which has been render.
ed by the Republican members of Congress. The
exhibition of Intelligent, fearless ana ageressiye
Republicansm has been new inspiration TO the
Republican party throughout this Stale. and We
believe throughout the entire country and Is
heartily approved by all citizens irrespective of
party who believe in the right OF the majority to
rule" j. N. KNAPP, Chairman
Secretary Tracy did not get to the Navy
Department Saturday. so the matter of the
work for Bath remains undecided.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
Nelson props the Case

BUFFALO, N. Y, February 15.-The case
Of Horace Nelson. owner of the famous stall
lion Nelson, against the board of review of
the National Trotting Association has been
discontinued by order Of Judge Corbett, Mel
son paying the costs This brings the mat.
ter before the board Of review In the same
condition as when the congress convened,
and the question now to be decided is
whether the Nelson Alcryon race In Boston
was square" or not
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
Weather Observations

The following are the United States Signal
Service observations for yesterday, Febru-
ary 10th. taken at p. NJ, 10th meridian time
the observations for each station being given
in this ORDER Temperature, direction Of the
wind, state of the weather:
Boston, 800, SW cloudless; New York aSo
w, cloudless; Philadelphia, 36o. SW. ciond,
less; Washington. 40o. S. cloudless Albany
1So, S, cloudless, Buffalo. 400, party cloudy ..
S!Sveiand SW SS,caSN + ,cioadess Detroit
ST. Paul, 800, N, cloudy; Duluth, 22s' NE''
snow; St Vincent -120 w, cloudy: Bis,
narck. so, NE, cloudy; Jacksonville. co.
NE. cloudless "
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
BouIangists Among the French
Deputies Elected Yesterday.

PARIS, February 16.-Elestions were held
in number Of divisions today tor members
Of the Chamber Of Deputies. MN. Naquet
and Merry, two Boulangists, whose election
was quashed by the Chamber last December
again head the poll in two divisions of the
Seine department and second ballots are
necessary. Boulangists were reelected In
three divisions of st. Denis and the first dis
trict of SceauX.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-17
May Be q Total Loss.

ORLEANS. Mass, February 16.-The four
masted schooner Katie j. Barrett of Bath,
with CARO- Of ice, went ashore on the bar,
half mile north of Nausett harbor. this
morning. The Barrett sailed from Booth
boy, Me, yesterday morning, bound for Phil
adelDhia, pa. She is two years old, and cost
$4,000. Should the wind blow from the
east, she Will he total loss. She is owned
in Bath and Boston.