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The Portland daily press., 1891-01-29
Pine Tree state Club.

BOSTON. January 28.-About $50 members
Of the Pine Tree State Club were present at
the mid-winter reunion and dinner at the Re
we're House this evening. General A. P.
Martin. president Of the club, presided, and
made some very Interesting remarks. Be-
sides being the regular reunion, 1t was la
dies night. The club entertained as guests
Mrs. Abba Goold Woolson and Mrs. l.. A.
Wade. An excellent musical entertainment,
under the direction Of ID. G. Robinson and
fin. Mrs. z. u. Ackerom. Miss Lillian CARL
Smith, ID. G. Robinson, Miss Fay Davis,
reader. Miss Helen Fogler, pianist, and Miss
Harriet E. Shaw. harpist.
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A Seven Per Cent Dividend.

BRUNSWICK. January 28.-The Bowdoin
Paper Company today divided the fund
which was set aside six months ago as div
idend to labor. ameng its employees. The av-
erage amount received was I'll per cent.
Mr.. w. Fl. Parsons, Jr, vice president Of the
company. announced that the experiment
would be continued six months longer. The
company has increased It's product from Is
to 25 tons day In the last six months. The
mills employ 11S men and women. and make
800 feet of paper minute.
That Riddeferd Pool Steamer.
BIDDEFoRD. January 26.-Suit has been
brought In the United States Circuit Court
against ex-Sheriff Samuel G. Hamilton to
recover the steamboat on which sheriff's
attachment was placed last summer, and
which has been on the river ever since.
Captain Prouty Of Lowell. Mass, was sup
posed TO be the owner. but T, v. Coleman of
Brooklyn. N. Y. now claims her, and 1t Is
he who brings suit.
VIII CO 70 the Law court.
BIDDEFoRD. January 2S.-0verseer Rob-
ert s. Donaldson, of the Pepperell mills,
against whom an Indictment vas found for
refusal to give information to Deputy La
Dor Commissioner Campbell. fled demur-
rer In the Supreme Court. The court over
ruled the demurrer. and the defendant took
exceptions, The case will 90 to the Law
Court.
Sickness OF a Week.
AUGUSTA, January 28.-Cases of the con-
tagious diseases, Of which the State Board Of
Health were notified. were reported as fol-
lows for the week ending Saturday, January
oath:
Diphtheria-Eastport, q.
Typhoid fever-Augusta, 12; Blaine. /.
scarlet fever-Bialne, i; Camden, 1; Farming
ton, 1; Forest City, i.
Slander Suit Settled.
BDDEFoRD. January 2S.-In the Supreme
Court at Saco today, the suit of Emma Pet
rim VS.. the Biddeford Standard. for slander,
was settled, the plaintiff receiving $3.50. The
suit was for 5000. There Is only one more
civil suit on this terms docket,
Gath Shooter Bound Over.
BATH. January 26.-At the hearing of the
case of Arthur Perkins, charged with shoot
Ing Harry Blaisdell, at the Bath Iron Works
the respondent was bound over to the grand
jury in the sum of $500.
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o BITuARY.
Rev. Geo. n. Feeney.

Rev. George FL. Feeney of the Roman
Catholic church at North WalpOle. N. H.,
died on Monday. aged 81. He was a native
Of West Concord and received his education
In the public schools Of Concord. He was
College, Three Rivers, Canada, In June, 1882
and had been curate at Portland, Nashua,
N. H., and Concord. He had been located
at North Walpole three years.
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%

freeman, VIM. Ergeman, A. H. Battersby
and Chas. Sass, were sentenced today here
to serve enc year In states prison at hard
labor and to pay fine Of $500 each for
maintaining a disorderly house on the
the sum Of $1,000. The cases will now 60 to
the upper courts.
The Passaic County Agricultural Associ
alton was also fined $500 In each OF two In
dlctments on the same charge.
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An Entsrpr!sIng Convict.

COLUMBUS, o., January 2S.-Last week,
Warden Dyer Of the Ohio penitentiary. re-
ceived letter from Illinois. accompanied by
a photograph Of Hon. Il. E. Taubeneck. an
Alliance member Of the Illinois legislature.
The photograph was recognized by the Off
GERS and prisoners as w. Fl. Rodgers, who
was received at the penitentiary from Wayne
county In 1885 for forgery. He was paroled
August Z, 1886, on the strength OF what has
proved to be forged letters from the Judge
nare0uS.
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Two Vessels missing.

HALIFAX. January 2s.-A special from
Digby says little hope Is entertained for the
safety of the brigantine Edmund, Captain
Crowell, st. John November Is. for Barba-
does, lumber laden. She was owned by st.
JohS and Digbv parties and her commander.
The crew are all foreigners.
The new three mastsd schooner Albertina
Bav. N. s.. about December Is, for New
York, with coal, has been given up as lost.
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Two to Ono Against ingalls,.

TOPEKA. KAN. January 2S.-The vote for
the United states senatorship In joint session
Of the legislature today resulted: Pfeffer 10l
ingalls,. 5S; Blair. 8; Baker. /; Merrill, J.;
Kelley. 1,
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The following are the United States Signal
Service observations for yesterday. January
2Sth, 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, 3So, N, cloudy; New York 42o, S.
rain; Philadelphia. 42o, E, cloudy; Wash
ingtoD. 46'. s, rain; Albany. a0. NV.
partly cloudy; Buffalo. 36u. NE, ass elo1dE
rain; Chicago, $50, Sc. cloudy. St. Pau,
$50, N, snow; Duluth. 28o. S, cloudy; st.
Vincent, 12o, w. partly cloudy; Bismarck.
2So, N. cloudless; Jacksonville, 56', 5,
partly cloudy,
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The Dark Cloud had a Silver Lining,
READ THIS!
0 SUFFERING WOMEN 4!

Mrs. EVA /. FOWLER resides at
Hampden Centre, Me-, and as the
bright October sun shone upon her face,
glowing with health, as she stood upon
the piazza of her little cottage, it was
hard to realize that only few months
ago she was Fastening towards the
grave as fast as disease could do its
fell work. Listen to the story she told
us -
81 am now twenty-one years old, and
last winter found myself failing rapidly.
My side and back were so lame it
hurt me to breathe. l felt TIRED
AND DRAGGED OUT ALL THE TIME, and
could get upstairs only with great difficult
W. had very bad cough. My ap-
peute tailed me, and after eating the light
est food would have terrible distress
at the pit of the stomach. / could
not sleep. Night after night would have
to get up and sit up after one o'clock nm
til morning. tried Cod Liver Oil and
other medicines, but received no benefit.
But, am happy to say, TWO BOTTLES
OF DANA'S SARSAPARILLA CURED
ME COMPLETELY"
A positive cure for diseases Pc
cuIiar to women. GUARANTEED
TO CURE. Don't Suffer. Get a
bottle now.
DANA sARSAPARILLA CO.,
BELFAST, Me-
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Say Squire srIbsd rneun. !.

TACOMA. WASH, January 2S-Represent-
ative Frame. Democratic member from
fdred $1,000. $1,000. then 5000 to vote for
Senator Squire by a man voUched for by
Squire's private secretary as being all right
In any offer he made. Representative
Hutchinson Is quoted as having stated ne
was offered bribe to vote for Squire. Sew
eral otner senators also tell the same story.
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Iaadera Now.

CHICAGO, January 2S.-When asked this
morning as to the final disposition to be
made o. 81 the indians srh now y az Fo.t Snefidan, m
termined In the future. Now that Sitting
Bull and the other chiefs are killed and /
have most of the others here, the Indians
are left as you might say without leader.
There Is no danger Of further outbreaks at
Pine Ridge
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LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

nHE judiciary Committee will give public
i hearings at their room, State House. Angus
Ia, Ms follows;
Februaty 4th. p.m.-Upon IAN Act to provide
for printing and distributing ballots at the publ
expense and to regulate voting for State and city
elections"
February 10th 2p.m.-Upon "An Act to insure
the better education OF practitioners OF dental
in the State of Maine /"
BY order of the Committee,
FRANKLIN c. PAYSON,
tan2Osntd Secretary.
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CONCORD. N. a., January 2S.-In the
House this afternoon bills were passed max
Ing Labor day legal holiday and ratlfying
leases of the Upper Coos and Hereford rail-
roads to the Maine Central.
The Governor and Council this afternoon
granted q pardon to Michael Winn OF
Nashu, who served eight Of the twenty years
sentenced In prison for numbering his wife.
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,st. John schooner Lost.

HALIFAX, N. s., January 2S.-The schoon-
for ST. John, N. B., Is q total loss, with a
cargo of coal, on the rocks mile Adobe Pc
lit Passage In the Bay of Fundy. She was
driven ashore Sunday night In a gale. The
crew was saved with their effects. The
Burpee was owned In st. John,
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Council for Ordination.

A council for the examination OF Mr.. VIM.
Thayer Jordan. as a candidate for the
Christian ministry. will meet at the Fee
Church, Western avenue, Deering, today at
SD. m. II advised by the council the ordlna-
tion services will be held at 7.3O p. m. The
sermon will be given by Rev. Thomas Hill,
N
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Reed Was Muvdared

PORTSMOUTH. n. H., January 2s.-The
dered verdlat tonight 70 the effect that Ell
bridge q; Reed came to his death at the
hands OF Daniel Murphy and Frank Wood,
and that Mrs. Reed was accessory after the
fact. The prisoners will be given hearing
Saturday iu the police court
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Nature Is with Them.

Nelson 81. Campbell, Otis NJ. Wait, George
P. Flagg. Geo. E. Small. Alvin l.. Ludden
and Stillman v. Harlow. citizens of Canton,
ask that they and their farms be transferred
and annexed to the town Of Jay. They say
that they live In an isolated portion Of the
town and that nature Is with them In this
matter having placed the Rockernecka
mountains between them aud the village In
Canton, which access to Jay Is easy: Their
mail is received at North Jay. While they
have no cause for unfrisndliness with the
people of Canton, they think that they be-
long with Jay on the Jay side of the noun
tains and petition accordingly.
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Recalling the Helne Murder.

EXETER, January 28.-Mrs. Charles N.
Tay lvr was granted divorce from her hns-
band, Charles N. Taylor Of Portsmouth, for
adultery. Taylor Is the man who was shot
last fall by Charles Heine who afterward
killed his daughters and himself. Sometime
ago Calvin Page put trustee on Taylor's
estate and today Taylor's counsel asked for
the trustees removal
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| ,YoUNawooD. Pa, January 2S AT
O'CLOCK this afternoon ITO bodies had been
recovered from the Frick coke mine, Of
which Is were identified.
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Collision In Delaware Bay.

LEWIS, DEL. January 2S.-The British
HAMPTON roads, sund the three-masted
schooner Millie aud Gussie, New York for
Norfolk, with guano of the Delaware Capes.
The captains son was drowned and the
captain badly injured. The Macedodian
han a hnla stove In her DOW.
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Dangerous crooks Arrested.

NEW YORK, January 2S.-Two dangerous
crooks were arrested Monday by Inspector
Byrnes's men with a, costly KIT OF burglars
Naber. alias George Houghton, and David
Cummings. alias Cronin. Both are incorri.
gible offenders.
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committee on Taxation.
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.
IEcIsLAIIYE NOTICE.
LEGISLATIVE NorIcE.

VsHE Legal Affairs Committee will give public
Il hearing at their room at the State House,
Augusta, on January 20, 1891, at O'Clock In the
afternoon, on "An act TO repeal section 80, chap
ter ia OF r. s. reatiog to use OF live pigeons for
target shooting.
MORRILL, N. DREW, Secretary.
ian22 sndtd
The Portland daily press., 1891-01-29

NOR SALE--A nice house on Cumberland street,
II contains 15 rooms, has gas, Sebago water,
water closets and good cemented cellar; also one
modern improvements; good property for invest
ment. Inquire of A. @. LIBBY 6 CO., 421A Ex-
change street. z6-1
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LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

gNHE Judiciary Committee will give public
hearing at their room in the State House,
Augusta, on THURSDAY February IL, 1891 at
two O'Clock In the afternoon, upon petition OF Dr.
Thomas Hill. and 90 others, for municipal SUI
frage for women.
BY order Of the committee,
FRANKLIN Z. PAYSON,
fan24sntd Secretary.
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MlasIng BARK spoken.

New YORK, January 2S-The steamer
Phiiads lphia reports that the bark Montuai
supposed TO be lost at sea is still afoat ana
sound, although swept clean above decks.
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SPECIAL notice..
u,,ern.ttonaI steamship Co.

~,Irpsu.NT TO q vote CT the stockholders on OF
this Company at taslP asn Aanas meeting ss Of said
"Wednesday, ha holden 1T their office, Railroad
S9 dpostsnd. on WEDNESDAY February dltn
at O'clock 70 dscss 4 shs % p
tne comp1y cp@sy shall be built; and to act upon any
new s'Titer 'Tmaiters pertaining TO the above ques-
tions:o J.B. COYLE, President.
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LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

HyHE Judiciary Committee will give public
Il hearing at their room, State House, Augusta,
on THURSDAY, Jan'y. 29th, at 2 o'clock p. M.
upon question of expediency OF changing present
method of publishing Maine Reports.
BY OrQer of the committee.
FRANKLIN c. PAYSON,
jan16dsntd Secretary.
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TO LET.
FOR SALE

EOR SALE-Two houses arranged for two
ments, west Of State street. will be sold at good
bargain TO close. One house on st. John street,
near Union Station, at a good trade. N. s.
GARDINER, Oxford Building. room /. 27-1
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WANTED-Agents to send for the Daisy knife
w and scissors Sharpner. Guaranteed to give
satisfaction or money refunded Sells at sight.
Territory free. Apply at once. BRADFORD CO.,
"a School street, Boston, Mass. 26-1
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and fhe city conncil OF the city Of Portland "nu'
Re IL enacted by the Senate and House Of Pan.
resenIatiyes in legislature assembled, as follows
Section 1.-The county commissioners ~ re
county Of Cumberland. and the city council Of he
citv m Portland are hereby authorized and y em. amy
nowvered by contract to release and convey each
to the other upon such terms as may be agreed,
Of said county and of said city in the properly an
the corner of Congress and Myrtle street. in the
cty of Portland, known as the city hall ana comrt
house and said property shall thereafter be held
in seyeralty as may be agreed upon between said
county and said city, the interest OF each to ha
free and discharged Of all interest title In the
Section 2-The county commissioners of said
county are hereby authorized and empowered TO
represent and act for said county In All thines
that may be done under the provisions Of section
one.
Cumberland and said city Of Portland are each
hereby respectively authorized and empowered TO
issue bonds 10 such an amount as may be neces-
sary to provide the funds required for the pur-
poses aforesaid, not. however, TO exceed the con.
sttu, ional limitation.
Section 4-This act shall take effect when ap-
nrnvod
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.

NE fOhILAND DA1LI fhESOs
Published every day lSundays excepted) by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY,
At 81 EXCHANGE STREET. PORTLAND, ME-
TERMS: Seven Dollars Year. When payment
is made strictly in advance the price will be Six
Dollars.
RATES OF ADvERTIsING-One inch space Of
the length Of column, or twel lines n0npGreU
constitutes square"
$l.5O per square, daily, first week; 20 cents per
week after; three Insertions or less, $1.OO; con-
ttnufng every other day after first week, 80 cents
Half square, three insertions or less, 76 cents.
one week, LOO; so cents per week after.
SPECIAL NOTICES, One-third additional.
Under head Of "AMUsEMENTs' and AUCTION
SALES" 500 per square per week; three.nser-
tions or less. S1.50.
THE MAINE STATE PRESS.
Published every THURSDAY MORNING, at e2.6O
year II paid In advance, $500 yeaI.
Advertisements inserted In the "MAINE STATE
PRESS" (which has large circulation In every
part o! the State) for &100 per square for first in.
sertion. and so cents per square Tor each subse.
q tent insertion
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Rev. Philip Iltcomb.

Rev, Philip Titcomb died In Kensington,
N. H., January "a, aged nearly 70. Mr.. fit.
comb was born In Newburyport, February
%, 1872, vas graduated at Yale College in
1S43, studied theology az Andover aud at
Bangor, and was graduated at Bangor The
1s47 at Hinsdale. Mich, preached 10 Cherry
field, Dexter. Kennebunkport, Limerick.
PlymptoD, Mass. and Kensington, III. H.,
where he completed his ministry.
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GEN. BoYHT0N and the SILVER POOL.
Ne Is willing To Be Responsible For
His Articles.
Two DIpIomatIsts To Be Made irs
Rank Ministers.
A Quiet Day In Congress. Business
Moving .on.

WASHINGTON. January 2S.-Gen. 81. V.
Boynton testified before the silver pool In
vestIgation committee today that he sent the
message to Dunnell Of the New York Times,
on which the despatch was based, stating
that DINGHY and Payne said they would not
have gone into the investigation If they sup
posed such revelation regarding Senator
Caemron would be made. Witness said he
accepted full responsibility for 1t.
Mr.. DINGHY suggested that 1t was entire
ly possible that he might have said he re-
GREETED exceedingly that any Congressman
should have done any act which made 1t
necessary that such facts should be brought
out. But that was very different from what
Gen. Boynton quoted him as saying.
A stormy scene followed as Gen. Boynton
undertook to repeat the conversation In
which the remark quoted occurred. Mem
bers Of the committee and spectators all took
part. Representative Dockery was also ex-.
amined at considerable length.
Correspondent Moore of the St. Louis Re-
publican testified he did not now of any sill
YER pool or Of any members Of Congress spec.
it stated that Representative
Perkins Of Kansas was connected with
the alleged pool. Mr.. Perkins said he was
the person who asked Senator Vest to try
and get Mr.. Dockery to drop the investiga-
tim
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Other Committees.


The committee on labor voted today tn re-
port favorably on the bill to make Labor Day
legal holiday. Secretary Perry, of the
Lasters' Union of Portland, and Secretary
Gilpatrick, Cf the Portland Carpenters Un-
ion, were among those who appeared in IA
vor of the bill
The committee on insane hospital today
Superintendent Sanborn from $1,000 to S2ooo
The amount asked for was $500. A resolve
In favor of the Bangor insane hospiral will
probably appear later.
The insurance committee will give hear
ing on the Question OF the inspection Of boil
The committee on railroads voted 10 re-
port fav0rably on the bill permitting the
Buston & Maine to increase its capital stock
to $4,000, 900; the DILL to legalze the transfer
Of the Rumford Falls d Buckfeld railroad to
Com pany the bill relating to the Sebaco
Lake ana Mechanic Falls railroad. and a mi
additional to the charter Of the Portland
Railroad Company.
The bill for the charter of the Lewiston.
Augusta and Camden railroad was laid on
the table.
The judiciary committee did an enormous
amount of work this afternoon, being in ses.
sion from until nearly 6 O'Clock. The work
| however was largely on private matters OF
no particular interest to the public.
They voted to give hearing on the bill
| for incorporating the Bangor Hospital on
| Feb 18th.
| mouth Company at So. Berwick.
| The committee on fisheries and game
| transacted some business, but adjourned ths
hearing on the bill TO prohibit the shooting
| of deer In Cumberland and York counties
until next week.
| The Enabling Act.
Following is the text of the enabling ac
intended to correct the troubles Of the cit,
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LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

yTyHE judiciary Committee will give public near
III ing at their room at the state House, augusta,
on WEDNESDAY, Feb. 4, 1891, at O'Clock in
the afternoon upon act TO amend chapter 379,
OF Public Laws OF 1885, entitled AN act to pre-
vent incomps tent persons from conducting
business as apothecarfes, and upon "An act to
legslize AID make valid the doings of the Town
of Cape Elizabeth.
By order uf the committee
ian2S. I'd FRANKLIN O PAYSON, Secretary.
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STORAGE and STEAM POWER


ONE-HALF Qo0x5e) OF brick, slated roof.
~ mill. on westerly side Browns wharf, Win
steam power If desired; also second moor
S1iGox58I of upper half of same mill, with steam
nnower and ali The latest improved machinery for
Box Manufacturing and general wood working,
Including planers and mstchers. etc, all 10 per.
feet order and ready for immediate use; railroad
track and every convenience f.r handing ma
terial, both by rail and water; For furtner par
ticulars apply to j.. ID. HAMLEN sun, QUO
jan13sn4w
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THE w EATHE
Rain or Snow,

Following Is the forecast of the weather for
Maine: Increasing cloudiness; rain or snow !;
southeasterly winds; stationary temperature.
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The Tax Committee.

The special tax committee has appointed
hearings as follows, to begin at 80 p. m.:
February S-Llsting system, State assessors,
increase and poll tax.
February 4-The double taxation of mortgages
and the taxa ion Of timuer lands.
February 5-Railroads, telegraphs and ex-
presses
February 10-Exemptions, collateral Inherit
aDces and savings banks.
February Incorporation and franchise taxes.
February l2-Electric light, water, gas and in
Surance companies.
Messrs. Spear, Savage and Chadbourne
are list committee to lock up court decis-
ions on questions of taxation.