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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-02
TO LICENSE RAIpRoAps.
Or. Depew's Plan For Dealing With
Cana dian Lines.

NEW YORK, January IA special to the
Herald from Washington says: THE cru
sade against the Canadian railroads has be-
gun in earnest The Vanderbilt system has
set the ball rolling. Chauncey Depew has
planned a campaign which will be aggressive
yet conservative.
His roads will not ask to have the Cana
dian lines outlawed, nor will they Insist TN
Withdrawing the consular agents Of the
United States, by whose aid transhipmeDt
in bond is carried on. Mr.. Depew's plan Is
simply to place the Canadian roads under
the authority Of the Interstate commerce
commission.
rhis is to be done by license system. A
day OF two befOreChristmas bill was intro
duced in the House by Representative Bur
ton of Cleveland, o. 1t may have been only
a coincidence that John Newell. president
of the Lake Shore road, was here about the
same time. The Burton bill requires any
railroad doing business partly In the United
States and partly In adjacent foreign
countries to obtain from the Interstate COM
merce commission a license TO engage In
such business, which license may be revoked
IL the holder violates the interstate CON-
merce laws.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
C,MOKED SHOULDERS 71scents per pound
- at G. A. ROUNDS, cor. Boyd and Heath sts

DARTIES having a schooner or vessel for
Il s4le, of about sixty tons can hear of a
purcha,er by addressing THOMAS e. HAGAN,
Bath, Me. 242
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GEN ERAL NEWS,

Andrew Borjensen, Swede, has been
sentenced to be hanged at Litchfield, Ct, LOT
the murder Of his sweetheart.
Three men, armed with revolyers, bound
and gagged Express Agent Peabody at AL
bia. Ia. Wednesday night, and robbed him
of $500.
The Koch lymph was applied. for the first
time to eight patients in the Massachuselt
General Hospital yesterday: Four are suf-
fering from phthisis, two from lupus, one
from tuberculosis of the tongue and one
tuberculosis Of the elbow joint No imme-
diate effect was noticed after the injections,
but the cases will be closely watched.
Senator Hale mas secured the adoption Of
resolution in the Senate, which win un-
ss tbs, hSdv 70 shall meet The resoiu,iSn H. 0op 0po
vides that the architect of the Capitol shall
cause to be placed on the east and west fronts
Of the main portion OF the Capitol building
suitable fiagstatfs, and to ha 70 the American
dag float therefrom from sunrise till sunset
each day Of the year.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-02
ON ThE HUDSON RIVER.
the Knlckerbocker Company Expects
to Get a Good Ice Crop.

NEW YoRK, January President Maclay.
of the Knickerboeker Ice Company, took
flying trip up the Hudson on Tuesday to SET
what the prospects were OF beginning the Ice
harvest To Tribune reporter he said on
his return that he was much pleased with
what he saw. The river is closed from Peek
skill northward, and no ice has been housed
south of Rondout "The prospects are ex-
celent," he said. "rhe quality of the Ice l.
good all along. and, though I found few
ragged fields, the surface generally Is In
beautiful condition. shove ice Is rare
which may be accounted for by the absence
Of storms and fresnets preceding the freeze.
When the ice began forming the water wa
undisturbed. The weather indications
pOint to a warmer temperature ana reports
from our camps cause us tn fear another
snowstorm, which will not help matters any.
Snow acts as a blanket and prevents TIT
formation of ice. This is plainly shown To
be the case in report fr0n Catskill Creek
That part Of the ice which has been KEEP
scraped clean Is eleven inches thick, whils
that under the snow Is but seven and one
half inches. In manv places we cannot USE
scrapers because the ice sinks under the
weight and the water rising over the depres-
si0ns spoils the field.
1--WE have housed some ice at Rogers
Island, Hoppernose, Long Dosk. Beaver
wyck Island, Barren Island and West Camp.
Considerable cutting has been done at Dln>-
more, and scraplDg Is going on at Turkey
Point, Tarrytown East Port, Pine Grove,
Stuyvesant and other Places and II the snow
doesn't interfere and the weather remains
cold the harvest will soon begin in earnest.
At Rockland Lake the Ice Is from six TO ten
inches thick, and we may begin cutting there
| In a week or ten days.
General Greely's weather report says the
| temperature was tour degrees above zero al
| Albany this morning, and IL Is possible that
| the warm wave now threatening from the
| southwest may not get up high enough to
| hurt us. l have noticed that nearly ali our
| cUld weather this season has come from the
| north and northeast. 1t usually comes from
the Dakota 70 zion, the home of the bl zzArd
bat, strange to say, the weather out there ha'
| been remarkable warm. IDstead Of so and
40 degrees below zero 1t has been 16 to Il
/ ahnvav
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The Rope Jumping Record.

AUBURN, N. Y, January 1.--Frank Un-
cles of tut, city, this afternoon broke the
worlds record at jumping the rope, making
1000 skips without break in IA minutes and
20 seconds.
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Toe Amy u Lapor.

Boston, January THE West End street
railroad has increased the wages OF motoI'
men and Conductors on the electric cars fsom
So to S2.25 day,
CHICAGO, January i.--The shops OF tue
Illinois Steel Works, ,exeept the blast furnace
sput down last nigbp, throwing foOO men ont
OF work,
FALL RIVER, Mass. January The
dIrrctors OF IRe Bourne mill nearly two
yeaIs ago sd1p.sa pSss fbsy y nave % now IssSsi
oirsular 10 the employees announcing for the
fourth tune tbelr plan Of profit sharing.
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SEVEN CHILDREN BURNED.
Left Alone In the House While the
Family Went to Church.

RALEIGH, N. c., January lon Sunday
night Scott Thompson, a negro living near
Rayboro. Pamlico county, went to church,
leaving in his house five of his children and
two others, whose ages ranged from few
months to 10 years. During the services at
church Thompson's house was seen to be oD
fire and the congregation rushed toward it.
The cries of the seven children were plainly
heard, but by the time the house vas reached
the roof fell in and all of them perished.
The origin of the fire was a badly built
chimney, which is usual In the houses or
cabins OF negroes here.
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SLOWLY DYING.
How Boston Policemen Saved a
Score Of Lives Yesterday.

BOSTON. January l About 2 o'clock this
morning Pstrolman Knowlton of Division 8
discovered gas leak in the dwelling houses
numbered 55S and 564 Harrison avenue and
Troy street, at the South End. In these
houses were seme twenty persons asleep in
bed. 1t was cold night, and the windows
were all tightly closed to keep out the frigid
air. rhe doors also were all closed. These
persons were all found by the officers from
Division 8, who were summoned to the scene
to be overcome by the escaping gas A num-
Der could not be aroused, having become ul-
conscious. Several, indeed, were very near
death, and If the leak had not been discOv-
cred by the officer when 1t was, they would
probably not be alive now. They were all
carried into neighboring houses by the Off
GERS and citizens, and there cared for. 1t
was necessary to summon several physicians
TO the scene, and by strenuous exertlons the
lives Of those most affected were saved. None
will die, it is thought.
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MEAN rEMrERAruRE FOR rHIs MONTH M

Total d ficlency in temperature during the
nOnIns... .s.s.ss.......'.s.-..-r- lfZ
Toial excess in temperature since Janu-
ary ......................... 81
Prevailing direction of wind ................ NV
Total movement of wind (miles) ............ 6647
Extreme velocity of wind direction and date,
loln. ooN w
Total precipitation. n......................... 5.C8
Number of days on which .01 inch or more
of precipitation l........................ 10
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-02

NEW YORK. January There was a
wedding in Raymond street jail, Brooklyn.
on Tuesday night. The newly made hus
band is Thomas, alias "Nigger" West. whu
is awaiting trial for the murder of Police
man John j. Clancy at Third avenue and
President street in September last. The
bride is pretty girl named Nellie Williams.
The Rev. Job Bass performed the ceremony,
which tooK place In the keepers room War
den Brymer and Keepers James Ratigan and
George Meade were the witnesses. Soon af.
ter the ceremony West was taken back t.
his cell and the young wife went home.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-02
Monthly Weather Report.

Mr.. E. P. Jones. of the Signal Service fur
nishes the following summary of meteoro-
logical observations at the Portland station
in the month of December:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-02
School Girls Badly Burned.

LONDON, January 1.-Whiie school fete
was in progress at Wortley, near Leeds, to
day string of Chinese lanterns fell from its
fastening upon the heads of bevy of young
girls. The dresses of several girls were
lgnited and scene of wild excitement en-
sued. The other pupils beat out the flames
with their hands but in doing this suffered
severely themselves. A number were badly
burned on their hands and arms. Fifteen
girls were more or less burned, and 1t Is
feared some will not survive
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-02
TOTAL PRECIPITATION (IN INCHES AND HUN
DREDTHs) FOR THIS MONTH IN
coIdes, December In Ten Years.

A record Of the temperature during the
month Of December in the past 1oyears, kept
from thermometer readings made each day
at a M, shows that the average tempera
ture for December was 1872. the coolest De-
cember in the decade, the next oldest being
December. 1882. the average being 10 So
The apparent difference between this table
of averages and the mean temperature for
the month given in the Signal Service re
port above is due to the taking of the figures
averaged below in the morning, the Signal
Service, on the other hand, making several
readings each day. These are the figures:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-02
Dangerous TO hlppine.

BosToN, January 1.-Steamship Dorches-
ter, Captain f. NJ. Howes, reports that De-
cember 31st she passed the schooner Lucinda
capsized. Absecom lighthouse bore north
west by west, 50 miles distant. The vessel
Is waterlogged and dismasted, the sea cover.
Ing the deck. so that only the Ibow and
stern show. She is dangerous Obstruc.
tion, as she lies directly in the track of yes.
sells between the winter quarter lightship
and Block Island.
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be required to be sent from the East to man
these ships.
The char tered vessels. TO be made efficient.
as well as the revenue cutters Bear, Rush.
Corwin and Wolcott, now on the Pacific
coast. will nave 70 be armed with servlceabe
guns, nothing short Of six-pOunder Hoteh-
kis rapid fire piece In bToadside, with four
seven-incn Hotchkiss rapid fire guns In pivot
1t Is thought that the intention Of the au-
thoIitles here is to endeavor to arm the rev
enue cutter fleet In a manner that will Offset
the fighting efficiency Of the British gun
boats now In the Pacific.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-02
Clinton Prison In slames.

PLATTsBURe, N. Y January 1.-The new
part of the Clinton prison, the kitchen, hos
pital, store rooms. slate shop and machine
shop, burned today. The new portion con-
tanned 374 prisoners, who made a deter
mined stampede to escape, but 1t was frus-
trated. Loss 100000
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Local Wearnep Report.
PORTLAND. Me-. ,Tanuaryl. I 3.

M 4an daily ther..... 9.3 Max vel. wind. IA w
Maximum ther- ..18.0l Total precip....--.
Minimum ther.... 0.6!
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YANKEE TARs WERE THERE.
Why They Didn'tsPreYent the Muir
der Of Cen. Barrundia.

WASHINGTON, January /. Secretary
Tracy is preparing letter to Commander
George q. Reiter, who was in command of
the United States steamer Ranger, at Guate-
mala, al the time of the killing of General
Barruudia. Commander Reiter was de-
taehed from his vessel soon after the Bar.
rundia affair, and it was generally under
stood that the relief was at the request of
Secretary Blaine, who was represented as
desiring addit onal information of Minister
MINERS position in the matter. Sufficient
material coming into possession of the State
Department to justify Mr.. Mizner's recall
Commander Reiter was allowed to go on
waiting orders. He visited Washington
last week and saw the Secretary of the Navy
to whom he made presentation of his case
The Secretary did not entirely approve OF
the course taken by Commander Reiter who
as senior naval officer Of those waters, was
responsible for the conduct of the service at
Guatemala.
1t is generally understood that the Depart
| ment's objections are based on Commander
| Reiter's i6actioD, apart from his own re
ports. The fault appears to be the failure
| to act on his own responsibility, and a TOT
| strict adherence to naval regulations Il
has been presented that the naval force on
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-02
Nine cars Off the Track.

SALEM, January Mime cars Of the
freight train from Portland fer Boston were
derailed at Rowley shortly before six a. m
Th- accident was caused 0y the breaking of
two journals and the drawbars connected
with one of the cars. 1t will require several
hours to clear the track, All passenger
trains meantime are obliged to run from Sa-
lem to Newburyport by the Danvers and
Georgetown branch.
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Armed Vessels for BerIng Sea,

NEW YORK, January IA special to the
Times from Washington says II Is rumored
that the Treasury Department Is preparing
to augment the revenue cutter fleet in Bering
Sea for the coming spring by seven vessels.
1t is not known rs yet from where the seven
vessels will be obtained.
1t Is inferred, however, that they will be
made up Of chartered steam whalers and
small ooastwise steamers. Should the above
rumor prove correct, over forty officers Will
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-02
The Pension List.

WASHINGTON, January 1. - Pensions
have been granted to the following Maine
people:
ORIGINAL INVALTp.
James Kelley Togus.
j. Chandler, North Fryeburg.
+. GAZE, Winterport.
INCREASE.
Benz. s. Apt Calais.
John DOnnell. Bath.
j. Cartney, National Soldiers Home.
VIM. +. Berry. Camden.
ID. w. Starbird, Richmond Corner
REISSUE.
Leavitt Thayer Watervllle.
As I. Wing. Oldtown.
Joseph c. Bowen, Searsport.
Burton Bunker, Amherst.
ORIGINAL, WIDOWS, ETC.
Comfort s., widow of Charles s. Thompson, Ban
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Ready to Fight.

MARLBORO, Mass, Januar, Ia meeting
OF the executive committee of the United
held here today. Louis j. Goetz stated that
the meeting considered the strike of the
shoemakers In Lynn and decided to force
the fight all along the line. A financial plan
was adopted to bring sufficient aid to the
strikers to enable them to hold out all ne xt
summer IL needed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-02
THE LAND OF THE czAR.
ConvIcting NihlIIsts and Wsglng War
on the Jews.

81. PETERSBURG. January LA young
lady named Istomina, who was the organ
izer Of one OF the Nihilist rings, has been on
trial here for her connection with NlhllIsm.
She was subjected to very severe examIn-
alton, last seven hours, and was finally
forced to confess everything she knew re-
garding the workings Of the secret organlza-
tIon. The officials thus learned who the
young wOman's confederates were, and their
conviction was secured. Several persons
who were accused Of being members OF the
order and were imprisoned have been llber-
ated, owing to the absence Of any proof in
their case.
LONDON, January 1.-Mr. Froude, In a let
ter on the subject Of the persecution Of the
Jews In Russia says:
This proud, sensitive government resents
foreign Interference with its internal affairs.
l fear that the action that has been taken by
the English people Is more likely to injure
than 10 help the object Of our 81 mpathy."
The Chronicles Vienna correspondent
says reports have been received from Russia
that severe anti-Semitic measures are being
enforced that hundreds OF Jewish shops are
being closed daily, and that thousands OF
families are being expelled from different
villages throughout Russia. A great exodus
OF Russian Jews. especially to America, the
correspondent says, may be expected 10 the
coming spring.
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Ouud.

4 HAVE found the Greatest Cure on Earth for
Il Rheumatism am Neuralgia In their worst
chronic forms. / suffered Twelve years aud tried
every known remedy. Sufferers write to me ami
enclose stamp. MISS E. s. ORR, East Harps we'll,
Maine. janld&wlm
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weather Observations.

Indicates trace.
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The following are the United States Signal
Service observations for yesterday. January
1st, taken at p. M. 10Th meridian time
the observations for each station being given
in this order: Temperature. direction of the
sind. state of the weather:
Boston, 500. Sc, rain; New York, 44o. E.
foggy; PHILADELPHIA. 44o, S, cloudy; wash-
ingtOn. 420, calm, foggy; albany, S60, 5,
cloudy; buffalo. 46o. s., rain; Cleveland. 5O0,
S, cloudy Detroit, 48', S. clondv; Chicago.
Duluth. 1S', N. cloudless; st. Vincent, zero,
SW, cloudless; Bismarck, 14o, NV, cloud
less; Jacksonville, &C.. S, partly cloudy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-02
Lewiston BOY ameng the Dead.

LEWISTON, January lin the recent cav
airy attack upon the Indians, one Of the
boys in blue, whom the telegraph announces
to have fought aud died in the ranks of tae
regulars, was former Lewiston boy, George
Elliott, son of Andrew Elliot, who Is em-
plOyed In the Continental mill in this CITY,
He enlisted for five years, and had served
throa
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Jumped f,om the wIndows.

HALIFAX. N. D., January The loss on
the GLOBE Hotel fire will be considerable, but
1t Is pretty well covered by insurance.
There were many narrow escapes, several
persons having to leap from the windows.
1t is believed, however that no lives were
lost. TIE building occupied by Outhit &
Monaghan was considerably damaged and
several other buildings were slightly burned.
II is thought that all the property destroyed
was pretty well Covered by insurance, but
accurate figures cannot now be obtained.
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A eresent to Sheriff Irish.

lSpeci ii TO the Press.
RoCKLAND, January 1.-Sheriff Irish, at
the banquet last night. was given a splendid
gold watch by his deputies.
At the State Prison.
RocKLAND, January 1.-Stain and Crom
well were both interviewed today in prison
regarding the Medfield despatch.
They were seen separately and neither
knew that the other had been interviewed, in
fact the two men have never met together
in any way since coming here.
Stain was surprised when told of Revels
story. He said 81 DENY this whole thing
before man and God This talk of RevePs is
mere bosh. | never mads confession.
Cromwell declared his innocence in the
same way and said the whole thing was "a
black lie"
James FIiel of Portland, who has served a
three years sentence for larceny, babe fare
we'll to the prison on New Years day.
Schooner Moreiaht Probably Lost.
CALAIS, January 1.-Schooner Morelght
of Calais. Captain Hallowell. from Portland
for Calais, loaded with grain for King 6 Co.
and others, that left Portland December 20,
has not been heard from ard probably is
lost. She carried crew of six besides the
| captain, all from this vicinity
Two of the crew were Horace and Levi
Halowell of Dennysville, nephews of the
captain. The rest of the crew are unknown
| here.
The Skowhegan Pulp Company.
SKowHEGAN, January IA corporation
known as the Skowhegan Pulp Company
| has been organized to manufacture pulp
with capital stock of $150.0OO. The direc-
| tors are R. B. Shepherd and E. P. Page OF
| Skowhegau, A. E. Plaisted and F. E. Heath
| of Waterville, and Omar Clark of Cara
| tunk. r. B. Shepherd is president and E.
| p. Page, treasurer 1t is understood th Al
| this company will purchase the Carrabasset
Company's plant here and operate it.
Baths New Library.
| BATH, January 1.-The Patten Free Ia
brary was opened without formality TODAY
A meeting will be held Monday when th,
deeds will pass. The building is of gra,
pressed brick and cost $1,000. 1t was pre-
sented to the city by Galen G. Moses, presi
dent of the New England Company.
oIon williams Instantly Killed.
EUsTIs, January 1.-Olon Williams, son O
ID. K. Williams, of Embden, was instantl,
killed Tuesday while loading wagon sled
Mr.. Williams was 20 years old and a YER
promising young man.
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Tre wsa1~ES. : .
Snow or Ram, warmer

Snow or Ram, warmer.
Following is the forecast of the wealth AT for
Maine: Snow or rain; winds shifting to
southerly; warmer.
Cautionary signals displayed from Savan-
nah Section to Boston Section.
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band or son a au1ds,er.

New YORK, January VIM, @. Mellow
an was arrested today charged with throw
Ing his mother from a fve-stOry window last
night, the fall killing her. William claisas
his father did II, and he also was arrested,
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lSpeci ii to the Press.
RoCKLAND, January 1.-Sheritf Irish, at
the banquet last night. was given a splendid
gold watch by his deputies.
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A Blizzard Out West.

KANSAS CITY, No., January IA blizzard
set in last night and continued with general
severity during the to day over northern Mis-
souri, and Kansas. Kansas Is covered with a
blanket Of snow four inches to foot deep,
and in many places it is drifted to an extent
to seriously cripple the railroads.
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prummers cnoose offIcers

Boston, January The New England
Commercial Travellers Association tonight
elected Ephraim Stearns president and
Walter P. Tilton SECRETARY and treasurer.
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MAIN e..
Business Change.

lOPCOidi W tlo IEcsSsl
RoCKLAND. January 1.-Beginning today
the firm known as John Bird & Co., one of
the largest wholesale grocery firms in Maine,
changes its existing firm name and becomes
a corporation known as the John Bird Com
pany. The officers of the new corporation
are; John Bird, president; 5. M. Bird, vice
president; E. NJ. Stubbs, treasurer; John
Bird, s. NJ. Bird, W. FL. Bird, Z. 5. Birl and
e. M Stuhhs directors
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Loss of 100000 in Gotham.

New YORK, January 1.-The seven story
brick building, 24l TO 247 Centre street, occu-
pied by various firms, was burned tonight.
The loss on building and contents Is esti-
mated at 100000.
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Heavy Loss In Montreal.

MONTREAL, January 1.-Beauchemiu &
Alain's five story block. on st. Gabriel
street, burned last night with the contents;
loss Sl0O. 600, insured for $50 600.