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The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09
ExoNERATEs cAPTAIN KEENE.
A Letter OF Explanation from the Al
berta's Captain.

GLoUcEsTER, Mass, February s.-A short
time ago Captain Charles Keene OF the
schooner Henrietta of this port, was accused
by his crew Of neglecting to render assist
ant to the British schooner Alberta, which
they fell in with flying signals Of distress.
Since then the following letter has been re-
ceived from the captain of the latter vessel
by the owner Of the Henrietta:
PORTLAND, Me-, February 5, 1891.
J. Foster, Esq;
Dear Sir-iour letter was handed me by A. W.
Butler relating to Captain Keene, In the schooner
henrietta, about negecting the schooner Alberta
of W1nuSor. N. ). saw The schooner Henrietta
about 81 miles south Ut Monnegan and ran my
signal of distress up, and he came down to me
aud asked what wanted. replied was on fire
with lime aud asked II ne would accompany me 70
Tenants Harbvr. He said he would and followed
me Tor couple OF miles. then hauled up In the
wind and leiI. II was blowing very strong frOn
the west and came 10 the conclusion that he uld
not understand what meant. 1 ran up the sig.
nal again ana he came to my assistance a SECOND
board: replied that did not, but rs was bad
ly on hre would nse him 10 accompany me int
Tenants HarDor, but believe tt was blowing
50 hard that Captain Keene could not understand
within a few a lies of MOnhegan. and then sup
pose he came TO the Conclusion l was safe a0u
left me. The report that showed sguals oil ois-
treSS until O'CLOCK Is false, as Is also the report
that my boat Was gone They could see my boat
hanging TO Its dayItS, and showed no slgnal Oi
distress after he left me the second time. L DC
moi blame Captain King at all and am sorry tO
hear so many false reports. Yours truly,
l.. K. PARKER,
Master ScuOOner Alberta
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09
Want Government Mall Routes
GEN ERAL NEWS.

The strike at Hargraves Mill, Fall River,
Mass, has been settled.
boiler explosion in the Gill saw mill,
Reidsyille, Ga, killed two men and wrecked
the building.
Jacoby and Sons cigar factory. $40 East
38th street, New York, was burned Saturdav
night Loss 100000.
John Sbaffer of Seattle, Wash, died Satur-
day from the effects Of a knock out blow
while boxing with William Doyle.
A IL year-Old newsboy was robbed of 40
and papers on Common street, Boston. Sat
urday evening by five hoodlums.
A slight fire occurred in the Merrimac
House, Lowell, Mass, Saturday moraing.
badly frightening the guests.
Charles Kark and Natka Kane were killed
by gas explosion in the Simpson e. Wat.
kins mine. Wyoming. Pa, Saturday.
General Veazey, commander-in-chief of
the Grand Army, was given brilliant re-
ception at Providence, K. l., Saturday,
George Rath d SONS pork packing house
at Dubuque. Iowa, was burned last night.
Loss $4,000.
The American Spool, Bobbin and Shpttla
Company, an American syndicate, has nur-
chased the Woonsocket Shuttle Company's
Works.
The "prior conviction" liquor cases in
Lowell. Mass, which were appealed IN tho
Superior Court have all been settled bv the
payment of fines.
By the fall of staging at the new eleva.
tor at Rchford, Vt Saturday two men fell
64 feet. Jack Bacon of Waterloo. Que. was
killed, and Charles l.. aargram will proba-
bly, die.
Four members of the household of Mrs
Ernest Sternhart of Kansas City. Mo. bavs
| been poisoned by eating cake in which ar.
| senic had been placed, Robert Nichols. col.
ored, husband of a servant, has been arrest.
ed charged with the time.
Princeton, Mass, is excited over the mvs.
| terious disappearance OF Linda Jansen, the
practice against DR.. R. q. Mansur Of thai
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09
A sATTLE IN KENTUCKY.
Fierce Fight Between CoIored Rats.
men and Officers.

JUNCTION CITY, February THE wild.
est excitement was created here Saturday
about o'clock by battle between ten or
twelve negrs raftsmen from the mountains,
and Marshal George Wells and posse OF
this place. Marshal Wells was seriously
wounded. being shot in the right shoulder,
and j. w. Sampson, his broth er-in-law. was
shot twice in the shoulder and arm. Two OF
the negroes are known to have been shot,
and one who escaped is thought to have been
wounded.
The negroes had taken raft of saw logs
down the Kentucky river to Frankfort and
were on their way TO Manchester. They ar
rived at Junction City early this morning
and three of them had row with a saloon
keeper. Marshal Wells. accompanied by his
brother in-!aw, later went to lunch
room to arrest the Degros. He and
his coppanion were fred upon by 10 of them,
after the door had been locked and the Off
GERS were penned In. They returned the fire
and succeeded In wounding three of their as
sailants, Lot, however, till Wells had been
wounded and Sampson had be- n shot twice.
After the firing ceased seueral of the negroes
made theil escape, but were afterwards Cap
tured.
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09

lies, would stoop to any crime. Mr.. VIII
liams thought 1t joke and, after showing it
TO some of his friends, placed 1t In his pocket
and thought nothing more of IL until last
night, when be had good reason to believe
that It was no hoax.
While driving down the main road be
tween here and Lost Greek, man, wearing
mask. jumped out from the side OF the
road and, grabbing the bride, told him to
alight. The horse pranced about, and at the
same time two other masked men came from
behind clump Of bushes and approached
the carriage. One of them carried stout
rope while the other held revolver.
Mr.. Williams realized the perilous position
he was In. and concluded to make bold
dash for liberty. he drew up the reins, and
the horse, which had continued jumping
about. jumped forward, tramping on tue
mans foot who held him, causing him TO
drop the bride.
Williams quickly took the advantage. he
seized the whip and struck the horse. As he
dashed up the road his assailants sent a
shower of bullets after him, but, owing to
the darkness and bend In the road, they did
no harm. The horse continued In its mad
flight for mile or more, when Mr.. Williams
succeeded In controlling the animal. The
buggy was wrecked. but Williams escaped.
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09
obligations In Cities.

There are probably few subjects Of more
general public interest than that Of fires
in cities, both large and small, directly af-
fecting as these do, the wealth. comfort and
safety Of the masses, besides having an i'm
portant bearing upon the structural devel-
opments in afflicted sections. There Is little
need, therefore. says the Engineering Re-
cord, Of specially commencing to attention
lecture on "Confagrati0n in Cities" de-
livered by Mr.. G. j. FL. Woodbury. before
the franklin Institute at Philadelphia.
The lecture began with a general review
q historical fires, dating back to the great
nre az Rome In the year IL Il. O., and was
devoted In turn TO inspection systems, fire re-
sistiDg construction and fire apparatus, It,
self an independent and valuable, though
necessarily condensed. exposition of matters
comprised under its head.
II was apty stated by Mr.. Woodbury. thai
all cities have gained much from the expe
rience derived from conflagrattons. The
trench building laws, for example, were
said TO have been improved In a great
measure from action taken as result of a
nre at Paris In 17l6 In American cities the
large amounts OF wood used Ia construction,
and the prevalence of irresponsible m. tnod,
Of building, are chiefly to be credited with
destructive fires, ana IL Is from these that
measures that will tend TO diminish the
chances OF their recurrence. Some Of the
possible elements Of hazard. like those due
to electricity or to very high buildings, are
too new to enable formulation Of their exact
weight. Others like attempt Of the Indians
to burn New York In I'LL. have ceased to
exist, at least In the older portions Of the
country.
In general, however, Mr.. Woodbury. con-
cludes that the adoption OF any protective
measures will fall short Of the desired re-
suits, unless the community In general
throws off iL apathy In regard to the IRE loss,
and with thorough realization OF the easily
preventable nature OF much OIL this great
waste. becomes interested In creating a pub
lie sentiment that will make demand for
Conditions of safety. Insurance rates In
cities. he maintains, are double what thev
should be, although they do not give a suffi-
cientiy remunerativs income upon the capi.
tol invested In insurance because the fre
looses are SO much greater than they shonld
be. Thus, recent report OF Insurance Com
missioner OF Massachusetts, claims that a
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09
ORCHARDS MOVED DOWN.
The Damp Snow Plays Havoc In
Central New York.
Disastrous 6iaze at Auburn Due to
the Storm.

AUBURN, N. Y. February S.-A violent
snow storm set In here at about o'clock
yesterday afternoon and continued without
abatement until midnight. The snow was
wet and soon telegraph and telephone wires
began going down In all directions. Large
numbers of fruit and shade trees were also
broken down and ruined. The snow is now
frozen solldly to the wires. Falling tele-
graph, telephone and fire alarm wires coming
in contact with electric light and electric
railroad wires caused much alarm among
pedestrians. The mayor ordered the electric
light and electric railroad dynamos stop ped.
leaving the city in darkness and without
railroad facilities. The buildings of the old
Sheldon axle works, being fitted up as forge
works, took fire about 10 O'clock and owing
to the Generalization Of the fire alarm cir
cults. was burned down together with the
machiney being just set up by the forge COM
pany. Loss estimated at $4,000.
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09
ForSIRn Notes.
summe, Hotel Burned.

PALMER, Mass, February S-The house
owned by George A. King at Palmer Centre,
and occupied by himself and FL. G. Sanger,
was burned at 230 this afternoon. The fam.
lily were at dinners and knew nothing Of the
fire until Leighbor rushed In and told them.
The attic was then all ablaze. Nothing
could be done to save the building and only
the furniture on the ground floor was saved
A steamer from this place saved the barns
The house was two stories and half high,
and containeD 20 rooms. In summer 1t &C
commodated 80 boarders, the place being
fire was defective chimney. Loss. $1,000;
insured for 43OOO
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09
The Portland seamen's Friend So
Ciatv.

This society held Its annual meeting last
Saturday afternoon. The special trust of
this Is the Seamen's Bethel Of this port. 1t
stands to this church In much the same rela-
tion that the parish does to the ordinary
church. to look after the financial interest,
and see that the outward trim and equip
ment are what they should
The officers chosen at the late meeting
were President Fl. Fl. Burgess, Secretary +.
Southworth. Treasurer j. NJ. Gould, Direc-
tors w. s. Dana. Fl. Fl. Burgess, T. r. Far
rington and J. FL. Luce. The secretary's re-
port Indicated good healthy tate Of things
In the Bethel as respects attendance, meet
ings and access to seamen as they go and
come at our port. Libraries. when those now
on the stocks are launched, numbering 467.
The reading room, by the figures rendered by
the old sailor. CAPT. Pearl S. Spear. who has
charge Of II, having received 1000 visits, aud
about 400 letters having been written during
the year. The eyangelistic services, held
under the lead Of Captain George Lane. the
cOastwise missionary. for three weeks. were
spoken Of as Of very great value and inter-
est. Capt Lane regards this Bethel work as
In closest and most helpful sympathy with
his along the seaboard of Maine.
Valuable contributions Of books, maga-
zines and papers have been received for dis
tribution; among these Harpeps Monthly
and The Century and such like are specially
appreciated.
The withdrawal OF contributions on the
part Of churches outside OF Portland. which
formerly were annual givers, was referred
to with regret. Where there were thirty to
DO relied upon several years ago there arenot
ten, and some Of the contributions Of the
churches to the cause Of seamen are sent to
New York, contrary to an old time under
standing that II Maine would care for her
only Bethel, the National Society would re-
linquish the field. The churches In Yar-
mouth, Gorham, Auburn, Lewiston, Bangor,
Augusta, Cum mberlond, York aud others were
referred to as having been generous sup
porters.
The treasurer reported a small deficit In
the annual balance, which added to the like
condition year ago shaded away the usual
ly rose eolored tint Of his reports. The
amount needed for all purposes falls within
$500. In negotiating subscriptions there is
felt the need Of new friends to take the
places Of the old ones passed away. This
Bethel work is earnestly commended to those
VINO like to have hand In every good thing
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09
WHAT A PROMINENT GENTLEMAN SAYS
Consul General John o. new VIII
Succeed Secretary WIndom.
He Wanted the Place Before and Now
the President Wants Him For IL.
He viii Be an Acceptable Secretary
and a Valuable Ally.

NEW YORK, February 8.-A gentleman OF
more than local prominence. long identified
with public affairs and thoroughly informed
ent administration. and who has Just re-
turned from Washington. said today: eat
O'Clock Thursday afternoon, President
Harrison cabled TO General John G. New.
Consul General at London. to come to Wash
ington at once. Ii will be remembered that
when President Harrison was making mp his
Cabinet. General New was very anxious to
be appointed Secretary Of the Treasury. He
had been Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury, and his ambition impelled
him TO seek the secretaryship.
His friends urged upon him that he could
not then afford TO sacrifice the consul gener-
alship for the position Of Secretary OF the
Treasury, as the consul generalship would
certainly yield him $4,000 annually, and be-
sides would give many legitimate opportuni-
ties OF adding TO that sum. Indiana has
fallen into very bad form politically, and
the President and his friends are much dis
gusted. The other prominent candidate for
the Treasury portfolio are In the following
order: Ex-Governor Foster Of Ohio, WilliaD
Bliss of New York. Unless General New
decides that the handsome income from the
consul generalship. with the accompanying
freedom from care, is better than the seere-
tar ship with Its perplexiCes Qeaying out
the impulses Of ambltion), he will probably
be the next Secretary Of the Treasury. Tnis
Is the settled opinion of those best Informed
as to the Presidents purposes. Outside Of
the personal relations existing between the
President and General New, the latter's
ownership OF the Indianapolis journal and
the influence 1t can WELD In political affairs
In Indiana In the coming presidential Cam
paign, in which Mr.. Harrison Is an acknowl-
edged candidate, is a feature entering In
the Presidents choice Of this important
Cabinet officer. In case the policy OF tue
administration on the Behring Sea and fish
cries questions becomes heroic, the advice
aud judlment OF General New will be Of the
greatest value. He has studied the whole
question thoroughly from an International
standpoint As ne Is man Of great discrt-
tion and cBution. besides being thoroughly
American, his views will be Of the greatest
Importance to President Harrison. who fully
realizes this. This fact alone makes GeneT-
al New the strongest possible candidate for
the position Of Secretary Of the Treasury.
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09
a BIG TALK.
John Grass and American Horse
Make Speeches TO Secretary No.

John Grass and American Horse
Make Speeches TO Secretary No.
BILE.
WASHINGTON. February7.-The confer
ence between Secretary Noble and the Sioux
Indian delegation begun tnis morning at the
Interior Department. John Grass was heard
first. Indians, he said, did not desire to be
driven back to their wild life, but wished to
consult with the President so as to determine
upon the future. He impressed 1t upon the
Secretary that all Indians were not alike bad
and petitioned for a return to the civilian
agent system. He said that the Indian pO-
lice were able to manage all refractory peo-
pie at his agency, Standing Rock, and asked
to be allowed fifty more men.
American Horse was the next speaker.
The government, he said, had made mistakes
In their attempt to civiliZe the Indians. In.
stead of positions at the agencies being filed
by Indians, white men crowded them out
and took the places. This was one reason
Why the Indians we're called lazy. AT the
agencies, he said, the white men were so
numerous that they fairly trampled on the
Indians. What his people wanted was a
chance to rise and fill the positions Of trust
and consequence that we're within their
rrach. He desired that some attention
should be paid to the wishes Of Indians In
regard to the men to be agents.
He then spoke of religious matters, and
said there were three religious bodies on
their reservation who were trying to teach
them to live better lives, and especially to
bring about religious marriages.
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09
casco Loan and Building Assoola-

At the annual meeting held Saturday eve
ming, President Osgosd reported there has
been an increase In the number Of loans
from 70 one year ago to 154 at this time.
gain Of 76, and In amount from S60.l00 to
1872 3S34S. gain Of SSS.2S34S. Two dlyl-
dends have been declared. amounting to
S4.l02 81, and we have individual profits
amounting to s4,69419 from which another
dividend will be made early this month.
The large sum of sS3 43097 has been re-
ceived and paid out at an expense Of only
S620.63 or less that "a OF per cent. The
company has about $3.50 security for each
dollar owed. The recsiPts we're SS4, Leo
Including si,ssz 63 balance from last year.
The disbursements were ss4 4.155.11 including
nearly 1900 for loans. The liabilities are
Sl3i. .3O7 90 and the assets the same. inclnd-
ing s1S2. 1888 As real estate loans. The earn
ings last year were S11. .0S77s.
The following were elected for the ensuing
year: Fred N. Dow. E. r. Pierce, Nathan
E. Redlon. r. K. Galley. Henry 5. 0sgood,
Edward B. Wlnslow, Prentiss Loring. Seth
l.. Larrabee, Joshua Davis, A. A. White. A.
ID. Smith, VIM. III. Scott. Albion Little, A.
W. Smith, <. ID. Woodmsn. Brown Thurs
ton. John J. Gerrish and WATSON b. Drew
were elec ted auditors for another year.
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09
MONDAY
town January l. A strange woman an
,eo"rad in town and carried the girl awav up

| town January l. A strange woman an
neared in town and carried the girl awav'
The wholesale grocery store of Tolerto.
s.a,son e. Co. at Sioux City. Ia un Sa !.
bnpnsd Yesterday. Loss on building Ss5. .ooo
The saw mills owned by James Mel
| at Nav Edinburg, Ont. we're burned yester-
Sau with over half million feet of lnmher
The loss will be over Sl25.000.
Msssrs. Hanna aud O'Mahoney, memhor.
of the Colorado House OF Representatives.
had an exciting encounter on the floor NJ ~,
Honss Saturday. Hanna called O'Mahonav
= coward and the latter reterted by caIIing
Hanna "a liar, blackguard and coward . if
is reported tnat they will fight duel.
A passenger train was bearded by robbers
or tita. Col, Saturday. The express mas
senger Immediately blew out his lights ana
commenced firing at the robbers who were
fnalIy beaten of. The messenger Is slightiv
wounded but the fireman Of the train Is IA
tally shot.
The Idaho Senate Saturday passed reso-
luton that since there Is doubt as to the va
lidity of the election Of Dubois as United
States Senator for the term beginning
March 4, the legislature shall meet In joinf
session and eject Senator for that term.
Thomas Hardiman of Marlboro, and En-
gene Powers of Cambridge, have died at the
reformatory at Concord, Mass, from drink
ing alcoholene, a preparation used In the
shoe shop of the institution. Hardiman was
In charge of the distribution Of the stock in
the shoe shop and secreted quantity of al
coholene which he subsequently divided
among three companions.
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09
Or. FlIlebrown vIcumlzed.

Last summer Herbert s. Hutchins, who
represented himself to be dssler In west
ern real estate, visited Portann. :Among
the investors in his land scheme was DIR.
Fillebrown, the dentist. and later the doctor
endorsed $50 draft for Hutehins. who was
said to belong In Denver, Colorado. This
draft, II seems, came back to the doctor and
he had to pay II. amounting to $3.50. Finally
the matter came to the notice Of City Mar
shall Green, who investigated and learned
that Hutchins was prospecting In other
fields, and the Boston police were notified to
keep lookout for him. The result was the
arrest of Hutchlns In Boston Saturday,
charged with obtaining money under false
pretences. and he will be turned over 10
Portland officers at once. Hutchins was
brought before Judge Parmenter at Boston
and held ln $500 bonds.
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09
The Press Summary.

The storm which was central "a hours pre-
vious near Pittsburg, Pa, has moved to the
eastward and is closely followed by an area
Of high pressure which now prevails along
the New England and Middle Atlantic
coasts.
Anti. cyclonic conditions prevail in the ex-
treme North west, with an area of low pres
sure central near Texas.
Throughout the Middle States the mercury
in the ba, ometer has been rising and the
temperature falling A fall of 280 during the
last "a hours was reported from North Platte
and Kansas City.
At 8p m. 1t was showing at Eastport,
Nantucket, Chicago, Duluth, st. Paul, Chey:.
enne. North Platte, Halifax, Yarmouth and
Santa Fe, with cloudless weather in the Mid
die Atlantic State, extreme Northwest and
Eastern Maine.
The temperature ranges from 72o at New
Orleans to l4' below zero at st. Vincent.
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09
WORCESTER sTEEL WORKS.
Maine Banks and Companies That
Are Creditors.

A full list Of creditors Of Hon. George NJ.
hice, president Of the Worcester. Mass.
Steel Works. has been filed In the Worces-
ter court OF insolvency. The liabilities ag-
gregate some S623.O00.
Among the list Of creditors are these in
Maine; Bar Harbor. Me-, Bar Harbor B. &
7. Company. $1,000; Portland. Me, First
National Bank. 5000; Searsport, Searsport
Savings Bank. $500
Notes Of Worcester Steel Works Indorsed
by George NJ. Rlce-Portlsnd. First National
Bank. $1,000; National Traders Bank. $1,000.
Lewiston-M National Bank,
5000; First National Bank. 5000. Saco-
Second National Bank, 5000. Skowhegan
Second National Bank, 5000. Auburn
First National Bank, $1,000. Bath-LlDcoln
National Bank, $1,000. South Berwick
South Berwick National Bank. S5OO0 Ken
nebunk-Ocean National Bank, $1,000. Ban
gor-Keuduskeag National Bank. 5000
Eastern T. & B. Company. 5000. Ellsworth
First National Bank, 5000; Bar Harbor-
First National Bank. $1,000 Waldoboro--
Medomak National Bank, 5000.
The Portland daily press., 1891-02-09
SAVED WITH DIFFICULTY.
Wieckers Nearly Lost while Trying to
Float a wrecked scho oner.

CHATHAM. Mass. February 8. - The
schooner George s. Tarbell bilged on the
beach at Monomoy today, during the easterly
storm. Wreckers were aboard all day. Find
Ing 1t impossible to float her at high water,
they attempted to return ashore, bnt the ter
rifle sea running alongside smashed their
boats. broke one mans arm and drove
them TO the rigging. Capt. TuttIe and crew,
from Monom y, rescued the men FROM the
rigging with the breeches buoy. Capt. Hig-
gins, the owner and agent, are now at the
light house on M0nomOy, while the schoon-
er's crew are at the life saving station. 1t Is
doubtful II the schooner Is saved.