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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-02-16
MANY THOUSAND MESSAGES.
kilograms and Messages of sympa-
thy Pouring In From All Quarters.

New YORK, February 15.-rhe street in
which Gen. Sherman lies dead was thronged
today by people, drawn thither by curiosity.
A number Of floral tributes were sent In
during the day. The family have received
about 5000 kilograms expressing sorrow at the
Generals death and sympathy for the mourn
er5. -Four soldiers from Governors Island
are constantly on guard, one in the death
chamber, the. others In different parts of the
house. They are relieved every three hours
and will remain till the body is removed.
The emDalming of the body was completed
by the undertakers this morning. Many
callers arrived during the day. Most simply
left cards..
Gems. Howard and Slocum met at the late
Generals house at noon, with many other
military men, to perfect arrangements for
the funeral. Congressman Quinn called
during the day and had a consultation with
Senator Sherman in reference to the attend
snce OF senators and representatives. Mr..
Quinn. speaking to a reporter later on, said
he thought that fully fifty members of the
House and about third Of the Sena 9 would
come from Washington to this city to attend
the funeral services. Senator Sherman left
the house about o'clock to return to Wash
ingtOn.
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Railroads. TeIegraphs and Expresses

mvHR Committee on Railroads, Telegrapns ana
Exnresses have assigned hearings on bills
and petitions referred 10 th. N, as follows;
For Tuesday, ebruary 18th, o'clock p; m, an
For Tuesday. February 18th, clock p. M, an
Acr amending an Act relating TO the Portlana anu
Rochester r. r. Co.
Acisto revise aud amend the charter OF the SeDago
lake and Mechanic Falls X. X. Co.
1aHf sebiesnSt w. Nj. AVER, Secretary.
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LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

gVyHE Committee on Mercantile Affairs and In
II surance will give public hearing at their
rooms In the stale House, Augusta on February
18 1891, at o'clock 2; M, on The bill An Act
adntional to chapter 40 of the Revised Statutes
rel ding to valued policies and the payment Of
los. es by fire insurance companies.
BY oIdtr otthe committee, 49, ~ -
ieb7dtd c. A. MARSTON, Secretary.
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III
tHe , United States has approached the nations
OI europe with proposition for a genera
sagIeement as to the status of silver: bui
th these conferences have failed to overcome
Wy tne experiment. Is it wise for the states.
men OF the United States to hurry the Amer.
lcan people and American prosperity into an
experiment al, Ne, when the powerful nations
oh the earth have refused to try 1t together
The question is often asked, Why does
sne United States persist in putting only
37lt grains Of silver into the dollar when
much more silver should be put In to make
the dollar worth its face value ?" The an.
swer to this question Involves the subject Of
the ratio" The. pure gold in a dollar
WEIGHS zo 2,lo grains. 1t will be noticed
10 times as much. or S7l} grains. This rela.
tlonship Is not accidental. If the silver and
gold coins of France or Italy or other Euro
ptan nation should be compared, relation
snip OF to l65 would be found. This rela-
tlonship or ratio" Is a relic of the times
previous to 1870 when silver was on an equal
footing with gold In most of the mints of the
world, when 1t was more valuable than now
as measured with gold, and when there were
less nuctnations In Its value. In the more
the Great to the discovery of America, the
ratio OF silver and gold was from to 10 and
to IL But with the discovery of America
the worlds stock Of silver was considerably
increased and It's value fell as compared with
the value of gold. When Alexander Hamil-
ton established the finances of the infant
American Republic, he thought to Is the
proper ratio, and the coinage laws of the
United States fixed this ratio. In Europe
about the same time, France revised her
monetary system and established the ratio
at to 15a. Because of the great influence Of
France as we'll as because Of its nearness to
the relation of the two metals for lon
series of years. that ratio has since prevailed
In Europe. In the United States the ratio of
l to ID was found unsatisfactory and In 1885,
1t was changed to about to 16, where 1t has
since remained as the legal ratio. But since
the decentralization of silver, began by Ger
many in 1871. and joined in by the United
States in 1873. this legal ratio has not borne
any near relation to the actual ratio, which
has been often nearer to IS.
Should the Unit-d States change from the
time -hon0red to the real ratio and 20 to coin
ing silver freely, it might save itself from
the heaviest calamities of free coinage; but
would run the risk of finding itself out of
joint with the monetary systems of Europe.
which will probably never resume free coin
age on any other ratio than that of to 153.
Another stumbling block in the way of the
United States would be its stock of silver
coin, already coined at the ratio of l to 16
and circulating in the hands of the people.
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LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

CPECIAL Committee on Taxation' HuO"'
- ings in Representatives, fva1s IL Petition OF
TSlyner and others on a3n
tsrs Petition q Bath TSPieiR TPefi6n Of G. Bean and
70 tax on N, cSeTTPp%pt0D to live Stock Petition OF
Tebv for fsttIG1 fssiGn o. 81 EaS III h smth AND AND
q others tor tor same. order relating to term OF
town assessed Reb I7-aeneral question of taxa
ton. - rpTpv JOHNSON Sec'y
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Railroads, TeItgraphs and Expresses.

TIME Committee on Railroads, Telegraphs and
II Expresses have ASSIGNED hearings on pills
and petitions referred TO them as follows:
For Tuesday, February 9TH, O'Clock p. m.
Petition OF Albion p. Chapman and others for
Cha ter fora street Railroad from Westbrook to
p, rtland. W. M. AVER,
fahIAsntd Secretary
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Railroads, Telsgrsphs and Expresses

YVyHE Committee on Railroads. Telegrapns anu anu
ExpIes es have assigned hearings on pllS
and petitions referred to them, as follows:
For Tuesday Fec. 17th O'Clock p m: An
NV W w. M. AVER,
iorresntd Secretary.
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LIB RARY Y.

ypHE committee on State Library will give pub
II lie hearings at their room In the State House,
Augusta, a. follows: .
February 18th at O'Clock p M on resolve In
favor OF the town OF SearSmOHt.
On res live 10 favor of completing the publica-
ton Of York County deeds, down to. the time of
the separation Of the counties A d. 1850.
febSdtdsn CHAS. p. ALLEN, Secretary.
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MAIN e.
York Teachers Eject Officers.

York Teachers Elect Officers.
SACo, February 1.-THE York county
teachers elected these officers today:
President-G. A. Dlckey of South Berwick.
bunk.
Secretary-Fred w. Freeman of Alfred.
Executive COmmittee-E. A. Chapman of York,
Mrs. Annette Hooper of Biddeford, and T. A.
Perkins OF KenneDunk.
d Again Commissioner Bowers.
AUGUSTA, February 14.-Governor Bur-
leigh has reappointed Roscoe L. Bowers Of
Saco to succeed himself as railroad commits
sioner.
Wandered to a Safe Place.
BIDDEFoRD, February 14.-Mrs. Anthony
Nadeau. reported missing from her home in
a demented condition yesterday, with her in.
FAINT child, wandered to the city farm and is
being cared for there.
u To Abolish the Court.
AUGUSTA. February 14-The Kennebec
Bar Association held a meeting In this city
last night. and voted, 10 to 2. to recommend
the abolishment of the Kennebec Superior
Court. 1t Is desired that the jurisdiction of
the municipal courts of the four cities In the
county be extended, and arrangements be
made for two or more additional terms of
the Supreme Court to be held here.
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PRESIDENT DENIES 1T.
President creenhuII OF the WhIskey
Trust Says clbs on 10 In Peoria.

CHICAGO. February 15.-President Green
hull Of the whiskey trust emphatically de-
nies the story Of Secretary Glbson's flight
from Peoria. 81 have positive knowledge"
said he this afternoon. shat Gibson was in
Peoria Saturday night"
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Committee Ways and BRIDGES.

DErITIoN of seectmen of the town of Fal
mouth and others praying to be relieved from
maintaining ana keeping In repair Iron Bridge
CONSTRUCTED across the Pres1mpscot river in sa d
d. f. GOULD
feb6sndtd Secretary.
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Wandered to a Safe Place.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Copyright Bill Under Fire,

WASHINGTON, February IA The Senate
today took from the calendar and passed the
bill providing for a military post at Essex
Junction or SwaDton, VT,
The copyright bill was then taken up. Mr..
Hale asked to have the consular bill cons;d' :
cred. O'N''u-
Mr.. Call offered resolution requesting the
President to appeal to the Emperor OF Rms.
sia to cease the rsrsecutiOns of the Jews.
Mr. Chandler offered resolutions on the
The copyright bill was then proceeded
with. Mr. Carlisle offered an anlendment
intended to carry out the policy of the Shars
man amendment adopted yesterday.
After long discussion the amendment was
adopted 20 to "a. "''
Vote ON the committee amendments wos
then taken and they we're disagreed to- The
bill was still under discussion when the pras.
idents message announcing General Sher-
mans death was received.
Indian Bill IN the House.
WAsa1NGToN, February 14.-After tbo
transaction of routine business, the Honse
went into committee Of the whole, Mr.. Ding.
ley of Maine in the chair, on the Indian an
preparation bill.
Dtcussion of the bill continued tbrougb
the sitting and without disposing of 1t the
committee rose. .I
The naval appropriation bill was, or, mo.
tion of Mr.. Boutelle of Maine, sent to confer.
ence.
!. !. The death of Gen. Sherman was. announe.
ed, resolutions were passed, committee Of
seven on the funeral appointed, and the
House adjourned
a.. -.iliv wash IA gton Notes. "'''' 80
In the House Representative Dickson
of Kentucky introduced a bill to repeal
the Mckinley tariff act and enact all laws
4repealed'by act. ." '''- s'V""
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Arrested for ma nslauehter

BosroN, February 13.-John Kennedy,
aged %. NJ occupation, was arrested for
manslaughter tonight His wife Bridget
was found dead In the attic In their tenemeDt.
73 Cove street, tonight. The couple had
been quarreling all the afternoon.
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HoNoRs TO ADMIRAL PORTER.
Funeral Private, but a Full military
Burial.

WASHINGTON. February 15-Serviees will
be held In the house because Mrs. Porter Is
not In condition to 60 TO church. Rev. DIR.
Douglass Of st. Johns church will officIate.
AS the accommodations at the house are lin
tied the Invited guests will be restricted to
personal friends Of the family and officials OF
the government. including the President and
Cabinet
The funeral cortege will be the most mag
nihcent ever seen In this city. Over 1000 sol
dlers OF the regular army and as many sail
ors from the navy will be In line.
Following the AdmiraPs wish often ex.
pressed daring his life the body will not be
exposed TO general public view. 1t was also
his wish that he might be buried from his
nome which course has already been decided
upon. The list Of pail bearers has been In
creased to include the following whose
names were not heretofore announced: Rear
Admirals W0rden, J0uett and Queen and
General Joseph Z. Johnston.
Grand Army Order.
Commander-in-Chief Veazey OF the Grand
Army OF the Republic, yesterday issued the
customary general order announcing Admir-
al P0rter's death and directing that the US
ual badge OF mourning be worn.
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Railroads, TeIegraphs and Expresses

nIHE Committee on Railroads, Telegraphs and
Il Expresses have assigned hearings on bills
and petitions referred to them, as follows:
For Wednesday, February 18th, O'Clock p m ,
An Act TO incorporate the Casco Bay Telegraph
Co.
For Wednesday, February 18th, 3 o'clock p. M,
tral X. h. Co.
feb3dtd W. M. AVER, Secretary.
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Indian Bill in the House.
the News al iAue,Ista

AUGUSTA, February 14--0n receipt of the
BuIleigh ordered the flags lowered to half
mast and sent message of coincidence to tie
family. @g ssH4 sa asa
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LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

THE Judiciary Committee will give public hear
Il ings as follows:
Feb. 18th, 3 p. Nippon an Act relating to
Drains and sewers In city of Portland.
Feb. 10Th, p Nippon Act to provide for the
adoption of labels, trade marks and forms of ad-
vertisiDg by unions or associations OF working
men, and to regulate the use OF the same.
Feb. 10Th, 2 p. m Upon Act to restore to cer-
tain corporations rights of which they We're de-
priyed by REPEAL Of Chap. 1873, Public Laws Of
1885. Also upon Petition of Order of iron Hall.
By order Of the committee,
TRE judiciary Committee will give public he ar.
Il ing at their room at the st tte House, Angus
ia, on February Is, 1891 at two O'Clock In the
afternoon, u on petition of Ira q. nersey aud 70
Others for Act TO enable the County Of Aroostook
70 aid In the cons ruction OF railroad In said
County.
BY order OF the committee.
TIME Judiciary Committee will give public
II hearing at their room, State House, Augusti,
on Friday. Feb. 27th. at p. m. upon expeoiency
of requiring stock OF certain qlastpubllc corpo-
tatlons to be sold at auction.
ON Feb. oath, D. m-Upon Petition of Tobias
Lord for Charter for Standish Water Co., and
Upon Act TO renew and extend the Charter Of the
Cumberland Illuminating Co., and Upon Petitions
for Index Digest Of Maine Reports.
On Feb. 26th, 2. p. m Upon Petition of W. X.
Dana ane & 2, hers, TO amend - sec ~, ehapter, TO-
On Feb 9th, D. m. Upon Act relating to the
powers Of the Consolidated Electric Light Co.,
OF Portlnnd. e. 500
THE Judiciary Committee will give hearings as
Il follows: -
10th sxpsssDey o OF
fre-escspes in tenement houses.
February 2oth, p m, upon act ,taI to amend
min riIy Of stockholders Of B. ana M. r. r. and
certain other Dads.
FRANKLIN Z. PAYSON,
1an24sntd Secretary.
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LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

fytHE Committee on Commerce Will give a hear
II ing, Friday, Feb. 20, at 2 p. m, at their room
at the state House. Augusta. upon tho petition OF
tue stockholders of the Kennebunk River tC
amend th'ir ch 'rt-r relative to closing gates
Same place and time, q hearing upon the petition
of w. M. Walker for permission TO build a wharf
into tide water at York, Me.
feb7sntd CHAS II, GUPTIII, Secretarv
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Major Grants secretary. Speer, on behalf
OF the mayor. offered the use of the City hall
to the family as place for the body to lie In
state. The offer was declined on account of
the expressed wish of General Sherman. 1t
was also decided not to comply with the re-
quest of President Harrison that the body
be taken to Washington and there lie In
state. The body will be put in the casket
Tuesday. No one but family and immediate
friends will be permitted to see It.
When the cortege arrives at st. Louis 1t
will be met by delegation from Mason's
Post, g. A. r., headed by Commander Rip
ley That gentleman telegraphed his sevl.
ces Immediately upon hearing Of the death
Of the general, and they were Immediately
accepted By the family through General
howard.
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TEN FRANCE.

TIME temperance committee will give public
hearing Thursd4y, Feb. 10, att O'Clock p m
In Representatives Hall on the several matters
febIhsndtd r. N. MAXIM Sec.
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CENsuRE RoNNEY AND TuTTLE.
al5a sfAsda.7 II -5tf-
The Commissioners Also Blame the
Boston & Maine Company.

AUGUSTA, February 14-The railroad
commissioners have made their report on the
Scsrboro accident. After reviewing the evi.
dence and also reviewing the schedule OF the
trainsaud rules the road. and other min
utie they censured Tuttle and Bonney.
The Commissioners also add: Though
we find the direct cause of the accident was
the carelessness Of these men, we cannot but
believe that the rules of running trains
adopted by the company and the manner In
which they are enforced contributed much If
not directly to the result"
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Mean daily ther....11 l % Max. vel. wind. 2ONW
Maximum ther-. IA .0l Total precip.. %
Minimum ther..... -2l
PC Candidates partly cloudy.
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- Sso,OoO
Thus, were coinage free, ON the basis of
present monthly purchases, there would be a
difference of more than a million aud quar-
ter of dollars in favor Of the sellers of sill.
yer.
But it should be borne In mind that under
free co mage the government could not re-
strict the coinage of silver to Al millions of
silver month, or any sum. 1t would have
to coin into dollars of 37l4 grains fine silver
(Which is the same as 412t grains of stan
dard or allOyed silver, all the silver that
might be brought to its mints from all parts
of this great round world
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THE WEATHER,
344 fsiV ,ss4Hvr--r HH t.iN1a
Warmer.
The following is the forecast of the wealth
er for Maine: Fresh, southerly winds; rain.
Cautionary Signals from Hatteras to Eastport
Local weather Report. iIHla.
PORTLAND, Me-, February 10, 1891.
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tcONrnrED ON rovara FAsE.I
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The question next suggests itself whether
or not this monthly addition of Al million
dollars either in coin or certificates, worth
but about 70 cents each, according to the
market price of silver, will In time take the
place of the gold dollars. By examining the
state of the country's currency the proba-
telligently. According to the last report of
director Of the mint the stock of metallic
coin in the United States Is about as follows,
Gold. ........................,$ $3.50 100000
silver............. .......... 446 6,25O,0o0
1t will be seen that some time must elapse
of gold at the present rate of coinage. Con-
gress will have ample time to act when that
danger shall seem imminent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-23

The Muscovite government church is now APP
parently using all its power to crush out every
form of opposition to its tenets. The sects tina.
have sprung up from the orthodox Greek church
have been repressed throughout the country,
although a nominal subscription has in many
Cases secured immunity. But the Hebrews
have been prosecuted and are now under BAN
ishment The strong hand of the government
in the southern provinces rests also upon the
Professionals Even the granddaughter of Queen
Victoria, Elizabeth of Hesse, wife of the Grand
Duke Sergius, brother of the Gar. has been
compelled by force Of circumstances, if not
actual physical force. to abjure the Anglican
creed and accept that of the Greek communion
The last mentioned fact is not likely to cause
the existing luminosity toward the Russians in
England and Germany to abate. IL pan-slavism
is ever to amount TO anything more than a
hgment of the imagination Russia must cease
this fierce persecution on account of religious
belief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-23

Tomorrow morning Governor Buckley OF
Connecticut and Comptroller Nicholas Staub,
the one republican, the other democrat,
will engage in a contest for blood The COVER
nor, whose title is said to have flaw or two in
ii, will endeavor to enter the state capitol; the
comptroller. who is custodian Of the building.
will do his best to prevent him. II the code
was only in operation in the land of maple nut
megs this difficulty could be quietly and effect
ually settled Mark Twain's home is in Hart
ford, and with his experience as a second in the
great French duel an interesting combat might
be carried to successful conclusion without
damaging either the physical beings of the
combatants or doing violence to the public
morals. How would Eastwood hams N fifteen
PAGES do?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-23

The last Of the greater leaders of the con-
federste movement and one of the two or three
greatest of its generals died in this city Satur-
day night Gen Joseph Z. Johnston. OUTLYING
the aninosities of the war. had served as pail
bearer OF the three military heroes of the
nation in that contest. Grant. Sheridan and
sherman. calling their names in the order in
which they departed from the scenes of earth
For him these men all cherished deep regard
and the tender message from the last named.
delivered by his son to Gen. Johnston after the
death and burial of Gen. Sherman, shows in a
most pleasing light the relations between the
two men. The career of the dead general was
singuiarly eyentful. He behaved like the sol
der he was in the Black Hawk. the Seminole
the Mexican and the civil war and bore to his
grave the marks of ten wounds inflicted in
battle. Gen. sherman and others ranked him
in military ability higher than any other con-
Tolerate general Gen. Johnston a man of
superior culture. of refined manners. of. great
personal popularity The last years OF his life
were passed in the National Capital where he
hal numerous friends of all sections, parties
and conditions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-23

The Haifield-NcCoy feud has met death at
the hand of the telegraph editor Gap" Hat
field publicly announces his WEAKNESS at the
oft-Printed line. Border warfare in times OF
peace, and has declared his intention to re-
frain from further hostility. The few infan-
tile remnants OF the Mccoy family will doubt
less be relieved to learn that they may now attend
district school without an escort, but Gap. y
Hatfields conclusions will bring sorrow to the
homes of at least two rustic undertakes. while
mexpressible grief cannot fail to be apparen,
on the features Of those who have for twenty
years past supplied the rival families with pow
der and buckshot- There will be peace in IVES,
Virginia and Kentucky during the coming sum-
mer. but unless Cap" Hatfield changes his
mind there will also be dearth Of news
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-23

King Cotton must be surely losing his grip
on the south when cotton states Ike Georgia
embark in the culture of tobacco. In old
times, before Cotton was crowned King To-
baceos reign was over a smaller territory than.
at present, and it was sway finally detrimen-
tai 10 the whole region, for il left the lands of
Maryland and Virginia very nearly worn out.
The change may be good for Georgia for a
short season. What is wanted in the south is
variety Of crops ard the shifting of crops on
the same farm from field TO field from wear 10
year as to prevent the soil from becoming
exhausted