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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
A STORM OUT WEST
which Adds Another to the List OF
Destructive Tornadoes.

ST. LOUIS, May 13.-A terrific storm, ap-
preaching a tornado in destructiveness,
passed northwest over the state at 7o'clock
last evening. At Edna, NO., it was accom-
panied by hail and did great damage to the
growing crops. Ten buildings in the town
were demolished. AT jefferson City and
Mexico, Mo-, buildings were blown down.
y - l-sts- ~ --s- 49, 49, In d nO0Q
and the wind attained a high velocity.
Chimneys, windows and fences were
wrecked in oil parts of the city.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 13.-A violent
wind storm struck Springfield last evening
and lasted 80 minutes. Fences were de-
stroyed and the steeple of st. Agnes church
was blown down. The damage to property,
however, was not great. Reports from sur
rounding places indicate that the storm was
very severe all over this part of the state
At Quincy, ILL.,, great damage was done by
furious hailstOrm. At Burlington, Ia.
during the heavy storm and rain, the, light
ming struck several buildings and a number
of people received slight shocks. No seri-
GUS damage was done.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
Bangor's First Case.

BANGOR, May 13.-The first original pack
age case to come up in Bangor occupied the
attention of Judge Brett this morning at the
Municipal Court. Through a complaint
made by Mr.. w. FL. Pitcher, a member of
the committee of seven, warrant was is
sued for the searching of the storehouse
owned by James Mcclure on the corner of
Independent and Broad streets. Officers
Dougherty aud Bowen visited the premises
and found sixteen gallon and an eight gal
Ion keg of ale.
The defendant claimed that he was an
agent, having received the liquor from Mas
sachusetts and intended to dispose of it in
original packages.
The court announced that it would deliver
its decision at the end Of two days. From
the present facts that can be gained it is the
opinion that Mcclure will be discharged
John f. Robinson, ESQ.,, appeared as Nc
CURES counsel in the case.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
WILL PROTECT. MAINE LIME BURNERS.
Provisions of the Tariff Bill Passed
Upon by the House.
The Usual Democratic War Cry
Raised Against the Duty.
Mr.. NliIIiken Tells What the Industry
Has Done In Maine.


Especial TO the Pressl
WASHINGTON, May 13.-Messrs. A. f.
Crockett of Rockland and S. F. Shepherd of
Camden are here watching the lime schedule
Of the tariff bill. With them are representa-
tives of other manufacturers in New York,
Virginia and Maryland Today's action
shows that so far as the House is concerned
the duty of 6 cents on 100 pounds is all right.
The committee of the whole reached lime
about o'clock this afternoon. and Mr..
Springer of Illinois at once moved to restore
the old rate of 10 per cent ad valorem. Mr..
Springer said there was trust of lime bur-
ners in Maine, and that 1t was an iniquitous
monopoly. etc. Mr.. Grosvenor replied, saw
ing that lime was burned in % states, and
denying that there was lime trust. AS
lime was perishable article, it was import
ant that 1t should be made only as the
market desired it, hence there had been
formed in Maine an association to regulate
the output. That association was not in ex-
istence now however. so there was absolute
ly no ground for the charge that there was a
trust. Formerly the tariff of 10 per cent was
enough. but now kilns have been construct
ed in Canada where the cost of labor is only
about one half of what it is in Maine. Fuel
and lcasks are also much cheaper there.
With this advantage the Canadians have
been taking the market from Maine burners
since 1883. and last year they sold 100000
casks in the United States.
Silver Dollar Bland of Missouri declared
that lime was great fertilizer for the farm
ers. and that the representative of the
farming interests of Maina was daralicts in
not opposing this tax.
Mr.. Milliken said he supposed he was the
man referred to, and would inform the gen
tleman from Missouri that the Maine farm
ers did not use nor need lime for fertilizing.
The industry had built up city at
Rockland and great village at Camden.
The farmers in that region were contented
with the excellent market thus afforded for
their produce, and not one in a thousand of
them would oppose the duty. Some Maine
capitalists! had gone over to the st. John
side and by means of cheap labor were tax
ing our markets. One of two things must oc-
cnr-a great Maine industry must be wiped
out or wages must 60 down.
Mr.. Springer-"Your high tariff drove
your Maine manufacturers over the border"
Mr.. Milliken-"Now we are going to drive
them back"
Mr.. Springer's motion was then voted
down SO to 80 and this leaves the duty as
proposed by the Mckinley bill This is at
the rate of about 13a cents a barrel and is
thought to be sufficient to enable the Rock
land burners to compete with st. John lime
without cutting down wages.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
TO THE INTERNAL REGIONS
Before He Would Pay $4,000 To se
lowed to Port.

New YORK, May 13.-The captain of the
steamer Aguan, which arrived at this port on
Saturday, tells a story of the sea which
sounds like that old tale of the Flying
Dutchman who swore he would beat around
the Cape of Good Hope if he beat for all
eternity. and is still beating, according to
the afidavits of seafaring men. The Aguan
is one of the steamers of the Honduras and
Central American line. When she was about
300 miles off Fernandina, in southeast di-
recti0D, she sighted an American schooner,
dismasted and driving at the rate of four
knots an hour, with the current of the Gulf
Stream toward the northeast The steamer
bore down on the wreck and hailed her. She
proved to be the schooner Mary j. Castner,
which had been dismasted in a cyclone
She left this port on March % for Cuba,
and was on her return trip. The captain,
five sailors and the captains wife were on
board. Captain S. r. Thurber was her mas
ter. The. captain of the Aguan offered to
take the distressed crew off, as he considered
that the schooner was drifting to certain de-
structi0n, but Captain Thurber replied that
he would not abandon his vessel, nor should
the crew. He wanted to be towed into port.
dismasted schooner in for $1,000. To this
proposal Captain Thurber replied: II will
drift with the current of the Gulf Stream
until drift to - before / will pay $1,000" !"
Inc captain OF the Aguan then asked to
be allowed to take the captains wife off the
Castner, but that offer was also refused, and
the Aguan steamed away, leaving the
schooner drifting rapidly out across the At
lantic. Captain Adair said yesterday that
he supposed the captain of the Castner ex-
pected to be able to rig up a jurymast and
make some port in the United States, but he
thought 1t impossible. The spectacle of the
wife refusing to leave her husband in his
peril, and the husbands stern resolve to
make the crew stand by the ship, as well as
his weird, hoarse reply to the proposition for
towage, that he would drift to the internal
regions before he would accept the proffered
terms, made deep impression on Captain
Adair, and he was at the Maritime Exchange
yesterday, anxiously seeking for information
of the Castner.
A partially dismasted schooner was re-
ported on Sunday from the quarantine at
Savannah, which was at first thought to be
the Castner, but the report has not been
confirmed, and Captain Adair thinks that
the schooner is still drifting toward the final
destination spoken of by her captain.
The Mary j. Castner is a three-mas ted
schooner, built in Bath, Me-, in 1877, and
registered 412 tons. She halls from Phila-
delphia, and was consigned to B. f. Metcalf
of this city.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
Religious war In Mexico.

NEW YORK, May 13.-A special from Ell
Paso, Texas, says religious war has broken
out near Ojo Caliente, thirty miles south Of
the city of Zacetacas, in Mexico. A small
Protestant Mexican colony is located there,
sues weekly paper. About May /, the edi-
tor published an article in the newspaper
which the priest of the place thought deroga-
tory to himself and the Roman Catholic
church. He called a meeting of his flock and
after holding council of war they started
out to find the editor. They met him ON the
street and shot him dead, the shooting being
done by the priest and his brother. The mob
then proceeded to raid the Protestant church
and demolished it. A woman and her little
daughter were killed in the wreck. This
happened May and 4, and the authorities
of Zacetacas were notified of the disturbance.
A squad of soldiers were sent down and the
priest and fifty OF his followers were arrested
and are now In iail.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
Tldow OF Henry Il. Smith, Dover.
WASHINGTON Notes.

Railroad postal service has been establish
ed on the line of the Maine Central railroad
between Bangor and Faxcroft, Me-. 55 miles.
Service between Bangor and Newport. Me-.
will be in addition to the Bangor and Boston
railway post office. The line will be known
as the Bangor and Foxcroft railway post
office.
A postofice has been established at Sc
boots, Penobscot county, Me-, and Frank A.
Cushman has been appointed postmaster
Patents have been granted Joshua p. Mad
dox of Portland, Me-, woven fabric for ma
chine betting; Worick o. Jones of Portland,
Me-. setting for steam boilers.
A Washington despatch to the Boston
Traveller says: "a significant incident oc-
Cured in Speaker Reeds room this after
tention of that portion of tho DoaaoeE.tio
press which has been charging the Republi-
can House with all kinds of extravaganza.
Representative Mutchler, the new Demo-
cratic member of the appropriation commit
tee, called to see the Speaker, and in course
of their conversation Mr.. Reed urged him in
most pointed manner to closely scrutinize
all measures before the committee in voting
expenditures of public money, and to prac-
tice the closest economy which could be
safely exerted.'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14

veloped into a carnival of debauchery be-
yond description. The mayor and chief OF
police of Lowell have refused to send Off
GERS there for duty. but twice has the patrol
wagon been called there and returned load
ed. There were numberless small fights. A
man named Farrell was numerically pound
ed and kicked. Another man named Rourke
fell off the electric car on the way into
Lowell, and had his ankle fractured.
The Lowell officers were stationed at the
line, and al rested and handcuffed the intoxi-
the vicinity of the saloon scores Of hoodlums
went out in tie fields. trampled over planted
land, guzzled liquor and danced in high car
nival The inhabitants are thunderstruck,
and even citizens who favored the license
last night the holder of the license was
forced to shut down business for his own
peace, and this morning he was glad to sur
render his license and get his money back.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
THE COSTS AND SIS.
What Two Danbury Men Paid for
Causing Two Deaths.

DANBURY, Conn, May 13.-Two years
ago James McNiff pounded Francis Burns to
death. NcNiff was arrested on charge of
murder, and the city court fonnd him guilty
Of manslaughter and bound over to the supe-
rior court. The case came up today and Nc
Nitf pleaded,grilty to simple assault He was
fined S25 and costs by Judge Phelps. In
January 1889. Frank w. Foote, while, reck-
lessly driving, ran over Carrie Pl TT, fatally
injuring her. He was arrested on a charge
of manslaughter and in the city court was
months in Jail. He took an appeal and the
case was tried in the superior court today
Foote was found guilty of manslaughter,
fined $50 and costs and sentenced to one day
in jail. Surprise is expressed at the light
sentences given in these cases.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
The Louisiana Evil.

BATON ROUGE, La, May 1S.--In message
to the general assembly yesterday, Governor
vigorous style He said if the lottery should
again become firmly planted in the state the
most direful consequences would result. 1t
would hold the purchasable vote of the state
solidly in its hands forever, and make and
unmake governors, judges and all other eff
cials at its will. He warned the assembly of
this great menace to the rights of the people
and the good name of the state, and hoped
that the ability, integrity and public spirit of
the assembly would not permit handful of
men to promote their own personal interests
to the disgrace and dishonor of Louisiana.
NEW ORLEANS, May 13.-The lottery COM
pany offers million dollars per annum for
the privilege of maintaining lottery.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14

thio ditCtuOOu.
William FL. Bigelow was born in Bloom
field, now Skowhegan, October %, 1885. He
was three years at Union College, Schenee-
tady. N. Y, and later read law with Hon.
James Bell of Skowhegan. He was admit
ted to the Somerset Bar in 1857. Mr. Bige-
low was a teacher for many years. Early in
life he lived in New Jersey. He entered the
United States naval service in 1868 under
Admiral Dahlgren and was at Morris Island,
Charleston, Savannah, Fernandina and Hill
ton Head. He was representative in the
Maine legislature in 1869; educational sup
ervisor Of Kennebec county In 1869, and pos
tai clerk on the Maine Central railroad two
years. He became special agent of the Uni
ted States postal department for New Eng
land in January 1874 and superintendent of
railway mail service of New England un-
der President Arthur. In 1885 Mr.. Bigel0w
was appointed postmaster of the United
States Senate and served through Cleyeland's
term. He was again appointed suDerin-
tendent OF the railway mail service of New
England in April, 1889.
Mr.. Bigelow married in 1857 Miss Elvira
Nj. Howe, and had four children, two sons
and two daughters, all Of whom survive him.
His daughters and one son are married aud
one son Is in the Augusta high school. Mr.
Bgelow was an able and trusted official and
a close friend of Secretary Blaine. He was
one Uf the leaders and wisest councillors Of
of the Republican party in New England. A
lovable man in family and private life, he
was loved by every man in the mail service
in New England. He had six hundred men
under him. Postmaster General Wanamaker
had high opinion of his abilities.
Mrs. Ann Brown.
PARIS, May 13.-Mrs. Ann Brown died at
her home in Paris at 2.30 D. IN. Tuesday.
Mrs. Brown was the daughter OF the late DR..
Cyrus Hamlin Of Paris, the first clerk of
courts Of Oxford county. He was resident
OF Livermore, then a portion of Oxford
county, and removed to Paris when appoint
ed. She married Daniel Brown of Water.
ford, where she resided until the death Cf
her husband. Her decease leaves Hon. Han
nibal Hamlin the only survivor of the fam.
lily of DR.. Hamlin. Mrs. Brown would have
been S4 years old in July.
David Perkins.
David Perkins, a well known farmer and
prominent citizen of Cornville. died Sunday
afternoon after an illness of six months. De-
ceased was well and favorably known
throughout Somerset county Mr.. Perkins
was 45 years old and leaves wife and one
son, who Is postmaster at Revere.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14

The following are the United States Signal
Service observations for yesterday. May
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, $40, SW, cloudy; New York, $40.
Sc, cloudy: Philadelphia. 20 9. S, cloudy
Washington. 7Oo, SW, rain. Albany, $40,
Sc, rain; Buffalo, 540. W, rain Cleveland,
Chicago, AGO, Sc, partly cloudy st. Paul,
$50, W, partly cloudy; Duluth, 4s0, NV,
cloudy ST. Vincent. 500, N, cloudless; Bis
marck, 5S0, n, partly cloudy; Jacksonville.
760, S, cloudless.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
The Order of Protection.

BosToN, May 13.-This afternoon the an
nual session of the Supreme Lodge of the
New England Order of Protection opened
Noyes reported membership in Maine Of
1545. Treasurer Wentworth reported a bal.
ance on hand of $402; total amount from
dues $67, 1909; payments from beneficiary
funds $4,000. At the afternoon session
these officers were elected:
Chelsea.
Supreme Warden-J. j. Whippe Of Broekton.
Supreme Vice Warden-J.P. T. Sanborn, Newport
Supreme Secretary-E. L. NOyes, Boston.
Supreme Treasurer-H. N. Wentworth, Chelsea
Supreme Chaplain-Mrs. fLeonora M. Martin,
Cambridgeport.
Supreme Guide William G. Kirschbaum, New
Bedford.
Supreme Guardian-L G. Bernhard, Burling-
ton.
Supreme Sentinel-J. H. Swallow, Brockton.
Supreme Trustees-Judge +. ID. Ely, Dedham;
+; d. Grinnell. New Bedford; Granville Cash,
Chelsea
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
BASE BALL.
a Portland Ieam

The three strongest teams in Maine at
present are the Lewistons. Presumpscotts
and Murphy's Balsams of this city, and a
game between any two of the above teams
would be well worth looking at. Friday of
this week the first of series of games will
be played here between the Lewistons and
the home team. Saturday tine Presumpscotts
will play here, and If you want to see good
game. go out to the ball grounds at p. N.
on either of these days. Wagg of the Colbys
has signed with the Lewistons, as has also
Donah ue Of the Bangors and OConnell of
the old champion POrtlands.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
The Albany Scandal.

ALBANY, N. Y, May 1S.-Today United
States marshal arrested VIM. Gould, Jr.,
senior member of Gould & Co., law book
publishers, charged with fraudulent conspir-
ion with G. P. Whitney, the defaulti
bookkeeper. Gould's bail was fixed at $15,-
900. Up to 10 tonight he had not secured
bail. Whitney was rearrested today at the
instance of the United States authorities
upon charge of having emhezzled from the
the sum of $4,000. Gould's store was seized
by the sheriff TODAY
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
SETTLING STRIKES.
Cutters and BIacksmlths Ready TO
Work at Quincy.

QUINCY, Mass, May 13.-The stone cut
ters' committee and manufacturers have
agreed on 27 cents as the price to be paid
per hour. Blacksmiths are to receive S2.75
per day for II men and 25 cents per hour for
every man over that number, nine hours TO
constitute days work. 1t is understood
tie cutters and blaeksmiths are ready to 20
to.work at any time. The quarrymen havenot
yet arrived at settlement.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14

Ex- Mayor, Richard Vaux, who was nom
mated Monday in Philadelphia to succeed
samuel j. RANDALL in Congress. is one of the
best known Democrats in Pennsylvania
Inc nominee is man of such activity and
almost incredible that he had served as sec.
retary Of the American Legation at London
during the administrator of President Van
Buren,. and as mayor of PSiladelphia for the
term succeeding the election of 1856. W While lie
IN Load9a IN MI 4.atiX paaxs q 9aanGsome presence
a reception, and at Her Majestys desire the
young American dined with the Oneen of
England, an occurrence which, perAsns won
MIN more fame than anything witch has
happened in his latter years.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
ouiat Little Cana

ford mills Yesterday morning the waste wa
being carried off, when the waste & dealer q 20 ?
men were discovered rapidly stnffins raw
cotton into their bags. They had secured
only small amount. but the mill oficials adj Id
heap in the picker house for Some tine
Other mills think they may have lost in the
same way. The dealer says this was a aniet
little game his men were working, and he de- :.
rived no benefit from it. An attempt is be-
ing made to compromise the matter. w
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PRICE Sc YEAR In ADVANCE, WHEN NOT PAID IN ADVANCE 81.

nine passengers aboard. Two women had
already tainted, the rest were shrieking for
help, and the motor man was poweress.
Coming up grade was another car, and as the
runaway flashed along pedestrians stood
still in horror to await the collision. Sud-
denly Z. A. Maxwell, a well known citizen,
rushed forward from his seat, threw the mo-
tor man aside, with almost superhuman
strength put on the brakes, and the next mo-
ment lay on the roadside unconscious, with a
broken ankle, dislocated hip. and possibly
fatal internal injuries. But he had averted
a collision and saved the other passengers.
A thousand people gathered about the pros
rrate man. and willing hands bore him into
a drug store, where he recovered conscious
ness. When he was put into carriage and
taken home the crowd gave him such a cheer
as he never heard before.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
Ii Was Not Crawford

fIdm the faSyt steamsr man who
was not Edmund Crawford. who robbed the
American National Bank Of New York city.
but a man arrested for a less serious crime
The Pinkertons made their 5OOO.mile trim for
nothing, unless what Captain Tafte Of the
S32. 600 oil the stolen sum. NotwithstandinS q
the telegram from New Orleans, Crawford is
still in Honduras, and cannot be extradited
and taken to New Orleans because of the
rigid quarantine
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
Foreign Notes.

Three thousand workmen at Roeniginhof,
Bohemia, are on a strike. Troops have been
summoned to aid the authorities In pr0ocry-
ing order.
Emin Pasha donsauus from the Egyptian
govsrpmenr seven years arrears OF pay, and
grant him pension.
WarnehOld, Haspelmath and Leubky, off,
GERS In the German navy, have been convict
ed OF receiving bribes from contractors and
sentenced respectively to two years and six
months,two years and three month and elev-
en- months Imprisonment
Major Wissmann's forces in Africa have
captured the town of Lindi.
The Blue Book, just issued, shows the ne
gotlations between the British government
and the Vatican relative to ecclesiastical
matters in Melta, have been brought to
successful termination. Throughout the ne
gotiations the Pope displayed desire TO eff
feet settlement satisfactory TO England.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-14
AMonc the STATESMEN.
A speech by Won caprIvI Wins Praise
for the New Chancellor.
LONDON, May 1s.-The Berlin correspOl

LONDON, May 13.-The Berlin correspon-
dent Of the Morning Post says;
By yesterdays speech in the Reichstag Gen.
eral Won Caprfu has passed with one bound to
the first rank Of European statesmen. The opin-
Ion universally expressed In the lObbies was that,
In comparison with his predecessor, he has moth
ing whatever 10 fear His speech was an intellec-
tual treat Of the first order. He has perfect com
mand Of his voice. which Is as flexible as, and
otherwise not unlike that Of Canon Liddon. His
whole bearing, and especially the strength re-
veaed by his eonclliatory manner toward his op-
ponents showed nobility OF nature, high integrl-
ty, and clearness Of purpose. The emperor and
Europe are to be congratulated.
The Times Berlin correspondent says:
IL was a masterpiece and model. tie combines
soldierly bluntnesS With the suave adroltness Of
the .dlblomatlst. He impresses his hearers
with the view that his character Is simple and sin
cere. He never stammers nor stops Tor a word,
and his periods, though spoken on the spur Of the
moment, are most perspieuous and rhythmieal; (;
while bis arrangements OF subject matter Is sym
metry itself. His nerve Is perfect, ana opponents
will fail TO irritate him and goad him to explosions
Of temper as they did with Prince Bismarck.
There Is little doubt that the money he asks for
will be voted