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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-12-15
ROCKLAND HAPPENINGS.
Registration Board Closes Its Labors-
Death of Nj. p. Crocker.
lSpacial to the Press.l


RoCKLAND. December 14.-The registra-
tlon beard closed its two weeks session
Saturday night, just 1910 voters having
registered. This is about 400 short of the
actual number Of voters here; but as the
board is to be in session again in March
nearly all will probably be listed. The
local board consists of Nathaniel Jones,
chairman. Fred w. Wright and Justus S.
Sherman. They nave performed their du-
ties to general satisfaction.
The news of the death of Niles T. Crock
er, who died in Boston Saturday, was re-
ceived here with deep regret The deceased
was about 60 years OF age and member of
the Grand Army. His funeral will be held
under the auspices of Edwin Libby Post
The MOntville quarterly meeting of the
Free Baptists is to ba held with the church
In this city Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
Miss Louisa A. Dymerritt Of Dover will be
present and deliver an address on mission
Work"
Schooners Mollie Rhoades. Caroline
Knight and Red Jacket, three vessels of
Rockland's extensive lime fleet, have gone
into winter quarters here. Schooners
Georgie Berry and Billow are at the South
Marine railway, each receiving a new fore
foot and shoe. Schooner Jennie A. Cheney.
which has been lying in this harbor for
some time, with her cargo of lime badly
afire, will probably be opened this week.
The fire in the schooner Carrie G.. Crosby.
which returned Saturday from Cape Eliza.
beth, will doubtless be smothered without
difficulty.
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OPPOSES UNION.
A Canadian Statesman Who Thinks We
Hate the English.

TORONTO, December 14.-Hon. Oliver
MOwat. premier of Ontario, writes an open
letter to Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, the
veteran ex-premier of the Dominion, in
which he discusses at length unrestricted
reciprocity and British connection. Mr..
Mowat declares that he favors unrestricted
reciprocity and believes that this car be
brought about without imperilling Canada s
loyalty to Great Britain. He ridicules the
annexation movement. He declares that,
great country as Canada is, the time for
forming itself into an Independent nation
has not yet arrived. BE gives many rea-
sons why he is opposed to political
union with the United States. he
says the Canadians should be proud to be a
part of the British empire; that they
should remember that Canada was gained
by the British people at great cost of life
and treasure and that the feeling of hostili-
ty in the United States to Great Britain
furnishes a powerful argument against
annexation.
Thirty-One Drowned,
LONDON, December 14-British ship
Enterkin was wrecked during the gale
Saturday night, in the North Sea.
The crew of 81 men, with the exception Of
one apprentice. were drowned,
Foreign Notes.
Mr.. Keane, the McCarthyite candidate for
Parliament for Waterford, has Withdrawn
and Michael Dayitt has consented TO stand
for the seat.
Advices have been received to the effect
that Emin Pasha and StuhlmaE have DIS
covered a river, the most southerlv bfsnch
Of the One, rising northwest nt Ujij, and
flowing into Albert Edward Nyanza at q
point on the southeast shore.
Reports Of the ravages OF influenza In
various parts OF Europe are being con-
ssantly received. The epidemic is spread
ing rapidly il Jutland. Holland and Den.
mark.
Following the actlou CT the Eeman
Catholic church in Manitoba the Erlsc0-
paiian church has applied TO the courts 10
vote sufficient funds to maintain Episcopal
schools in Canada.
a revolutionary movement Is in progress
in Sac Pauio, Brazil, tho ofject beins to
depose the governor Of the province. Thls
far the insurgents have only succeeded j,
oustiug number OF local oficiass.
The Canadian government pionosa to
keep supply of bait by LEANS oi cold
storage ard sell il to fishermen so tlatI,
Will not be necessary for thcm to procure
palt IN Newfoundland
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WON AT THE FINISH.
Ship A. j. Fuller's Chase of the Nj. p. Grace
Through Two Oceans.

New YORK. December 1.-two trim
looking American clipper ships passed
Sandy Hook at $40 O'Clock yesterday
morning, after race from San Francisco.
One was the A. j. Fuller, commanded by
Captain Colcord, and the other the M. p.
Grace, which had for skipper Captain De
Winter. The race was in the nature of a
having an advantage Of full twenty days
start. Despite this fact the A. j. Fuller
overhauled her at the Hook and beat her
up to Quarantine. although the Grace had
two tugs up the bay. while the Fuller had
but one.
The Grace is Of 1868 tons register, and on
August last she sailed out of the Golden
Gate bound for this port. Her captain had
wagered goodly sum with his friend Col
cord, Of the Fuller, that he would beat him
here. At that time Captain Colcord ex-
but he was detained for twenty days after.
Still, the wager was up and Skipper Col
cord had nothing to 10 but trust to fortune
and fair wind. He knew he could sail all
around the Grace, but twenty days was a
handicap he had not reckoned on.
Still he was not disheartned. He
crowded on all sail and set out on the long
stern chase of his rival. For month past,
day after day the horizon was swept with
glasses in hopes of sighting the Grace, but
In vain, until just after dawn yesterday a
sailing vessel was seen. A spanking
whole sail breezs was blowing, aud every
stitch of canvas that the ship could stagger
under was crowded ION. Gradually she
drew on the leader, and at 730 Cap ain
C0lcord was 0yerjoyed at finding that Sue
was the ship he had been chasing through
/. two oceans.
Half an hour later the ships were abreast,
ana they made the Hook ten minutes later.
There was great cheering from the Fuller's
crew, answered by defiant yell from the
Grace. for Quarantine, whereat the race
would end, bad not yet been reached. and
less than mile away ana the tug Evarts
flying the house flag of the Grace. A tow line
was made fast, but the boat and her charge
had not gone far when the f. w. Vesburg
came along and took the Fuller In tow.
Again the Fuller was crowding on her
rival. The engineers on both tugs had
their throttles wide open and full heads Of
steam on. The Fuller was Enthusiastically
taking the lead, when the captain OF the
Grace ran up signal for another tug and
the Evarts blew for assistance. Another
tug in the bay answered, but, despite the
efforts of both. the Fuller gradually drew
away and reached Quarantine, winning
the wager by the very narrow margin of
three minutes.
Both the big racers were built In Bath,
Me. The Fuller was launched In 1881, aud
is vessel of 184S rs gross tonnage. Her
rival Is an older and larger vessel, having
been built in 1875 and being of 192S.13 tons.
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BRIEFLY TOLD.

During the year ending October 3i.l246
charters were issued by the American. Ped
Grafton of Labor to unions in 30 states, in
GLIDING two in Maine. ~
Secretary Foster continues to improve
slowly. He was compelled to cancel his
engagement to speak at the dinner f'the
Boston Board of Trade Wednesday even
ing next. a.
Ware county jail, at Waycross, Ga. was
broken into Sunday morning, about ESQ
O'Clock, by a mob of 90 masked men, who
went to the cell containing Welcome Cold
en- and Robert knight, leaders OF the Var
no riot, and shot them dead.
Seventeen Chinese landed on the beach
near Port Townsend, Wash, Sunday
hight, from British Columbia, Ten were
arrested by the customs officials andthe
others escaped.
Contractor Thomas of Washington has
deserted .the work on the federal building
at Lowell, Mass, and Captain Condor OF
the Treasury Department will attend to
the completion Of MIR. ThOmas's contract.
Another 'hold your wheat" circular is
printed in the Farmers Alliance MinDestl-
ia organ. The author of the circula. main
tatns that IL the farmer does not get twice
what is now offered him for his wneat 1t Is
his own fault.
Dispatches from number of the larger
cities of the country, from New York III
San Francisco, show that ON acccunt 0t
the prevailing mild. damp weather, the
grippe Is again prevalent. G0vGrnOr-slect
Mckinley is suffering from an attack Of
the rnalady at Canton. Ohio.
The mysterious disappearance Saturday
of Edward II. Cole. clerk of the Nyack
IN. W Corporation, and holder of other
responsible positions, has caused greas ex.
element there. Searching parties havo
failed to find any trace Of his whereabouts.
The general theory Is that he committed
suicide while temporarily insane
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Was NORCROSS INSANE !?
Tbs Man Who Killed Sage Had Been
Violently Demented.
DIR. GRAVES HEARS OF HIS PECU
LIAR A1TIONS IN DENVER,

Somc Thugs Which May Explode the
Sage's Assailant Do Not Answer De-
scription of Norcross-A New Suspect
Witnesses at Denver Tell of Mrs.
Barnaby's Suspicious.
New YORK, December 14-Coroner,M Mes
sener made public today the result Of the
examination made by him and other physi-
clans upon the brain of the bomb thrower.
AS the result of the examination, it is gem
orally conceded by physicians that the
bomb thrower was of unsOund mind for a
protracted period, and that his insanity
was not a sudden development.
Wnen the brain was being removed the
coroner examined the teeth carefully, but
did not discover an unsound tuoth.
The left upper canine tooth was slightly
def0rmed, having groove across its 'front.'
1t would have been noticeable at once to a
dentist, yet the Boston dentist who exam
ined the teeth on Saturday night made no
reference to it.
Chief Clerk Rickert said he had exam
ined all the teeth with magnifying glass,
excepting the extreme back molars. Not
one OF them has any filling, he said. The
Boston dentist said that many of NOrcross's
teeth were decayed and filled with gold.
Coroner Messener also said that the
board Of the dynamite thrower must have
been growing for three or four months,
while according to the friends of Norcross
his beard was not more than three or four
weeks old. The beard was greatly singed
by the explosion and most have been much
longer before death than it is now.
coroner Messsner received letter to-
day from K. Z. Marsh of Philadelphia in
which Is enclosed the picture of a missing
Philadelphian. The missing man was last
heard of in the vicinity of Pittsburg. The
coroner has the idea the crank may have
been in the oil country for a considerable
time, and there learned the use of explo-
slves. Inc picture slightly resembles the
features of the dynamiter. Coroner Messe-
ner sent an urgent message today to the
Norcross family, in Boston, to come and
identify their son If it be he.
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p. C.-Partly cloudy.
Weather Observations.

The following are the observations of
the Agricultural Department Weather Bu-
reau for yesterday December IA, taken at 8
p. m. 18th meridian time, the observations
for each station being given in this order:
Temperature. direction of the wind. state
of the weather:
~ Boston. 400, N. cloudy; New York, So,
NV. cloudy; Philadelphia, $40, NV,
cloudy; Washington, 4S0. w, partly
cloudy: Albany, 360, N, cloudless; Buff
falo, 32o, NE. clondy; Detroit, 400, f.,
rain Chicago, $40. Sc, cloudy St. Paul. 400.
N, rain; Dnlutb, $40, NE. rain: st. VIM
cent. 24o, NV, cloudy; Huron. So. OAK,
24', NV, cloudy; Bismarck ,24o, NV,
cloudless; Jacksonville. 640. Sc. clOudless.
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Opened by the Governor.

GARDINER, December 14.-Governer K.
@. Burleigh, his staff and their ladies,
General Luther Stephenson. Jr., and off,
GERS OF the National Soldiers Home, Togus,
and S. l.. Miller of Waldoboro, department
commander of the G. A. r. of Maine, at
tended the opening of the tenth grand fair
of Heath Post. No. 6. G.. A. R.. of this city
this evening. Addresses were made by
Gov. Burleigh and Department Commander
S. L. Miller. At the close Of the entertain
ment, Gov. Burleigh stood in front of the
stage and large crowd passed him. each
one shaking his hand.
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ROUGH ON MILLS.
No Protection for The Apostle Of
Free Trade.
1T LOOKS AS IF HE NIGHT BE OUT
OF 1T ALTOGETHER.

Failing To Be Made Chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee, He Nay
Decline To Serve Tho Senate Com
mittees-New Measures Presented-Mr.
Manley and Mr. Blaine.
Especial to the Press.]
WASHINGTON, December 14,-While the
Craftsmanship of the Ways and Means
committee has not yet been formally ten
dered to the irrepressible "Bill'' Springer
of Illinois, there is very good reason for
believing that such will be the case, as was
intimated in the PRESS last week. If Mr..
Springer is made chairman, Mr.. Mills will.
probably not be member of the commit
tee, although he will be offered place
with the expectation of his declining it.
In that event, Mr.. Mills will cease to cut
any figure in the present Congress. as, if
he declines to serve on the ways and means,
he would not accept any other committee
assignment.
1t would be the irony of fate IL. after all
his work In the cause of tariff reduction,
Mills should finally be ignored by his own
Crisp has practically decided upon the
Democratic members of the ways and
means committee. who will be Messrs.
Springer, Mills. McMillin of Tennessee,
Wilson of West Virginia, Breckenridge of
Arkansas, Whitney of Michigan, Outh-
waite of Ohio, Fitch of New York, By
mum or Shiveley of Indiana, and Stevens
of Massachusetts,. Mr.. Mills's name will
be put on the list, and he will vnly be able
r. decline after the committees have been
{ rmally announced
Postmaster Manley of Augusta is in
town on post Office business. He says he
knows nothing about Mr.. Blaine's inten-
tions, and has no idea whether or not he
will be candidate.
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VETERANS WHO WERE NAMED.

PROVIDING for Them IN proposed Leg1sla-
tion-Other Measures.
WASHINGTON, December Ex-senator
Cameron today introduced a bill providing
that all persons on the pension rolls and
llpersons hereafter granted pensions who
lost the sight of both or one eye; or lost
both hands or feet so as to be totally dis
abled, or enc hand or foot, so that they
may be nearly helpless and require the at
tendance of others, be granted pension of
500 month. Those who lost an arm at
the shoulder or leg at the hip are to re-
ceive $50 month; those who lost an arm
at the elbow or leg ut the knee. S55; and
all who incurred or contracted other dis
abilities to receive a sum per month equal
to the total of the rates for all the other
disabilities.
Mr.. Frye re-introdvced with a number of
amendments the bill reported by him
March End last from the select committee
on Pacific railroads, providing for refund
ing the debt Of the Pacific railroad.
Senator Frye introduced q bill fixing the
salary of keepers at all life saving stations
and houses of refuge at $1,000 annum and
the congressional of all surfmen at S75
per month when employed.
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CHANGERS IN SESSION.

Given Royal Welcome by the Good Peo-
pie of Skowhegan.
SKOwHEGAN, December lathe 18th
annual session of the Maine State Grange
commences here tomorrow forenoon.
There are 22O subordinate oranges, each
entitled to representation by master and
his wife. This session is likely to be the
largest of any previous sessions. The
larger part Of the delegates are here to-
night. The citizens gave them q reception
in Coburn Hall this evening under the
direction of the Board Of Trade. Presi.
dent Anderson Of the Board Of Trade gave
the address of welcome and ex. Governor
Robie responded for the Grange. M. r.
Hunt, the Master, will deliver the ANIMAL
address tomorrow afternoon. Tho election
OF officers comes Wednesday.
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and expenditures Of the executive depart

and expenditures of the executive depart
Mr., ouay-Library. chairman; commerc;
public buildings and grounds; woman suf-
frage.
Mr. Sanders-Enrolled bills. chairman; !;
irrigation; claims; public lands; patents; /;
private land claims.
chairman; commerce; pensions: Revolu-
tionary claims; to Investigate the condi-
ticn of the Potomac river In front of
Washington.
Mr.. ShermeR-Foreig relations, chair
man; finance; rules; quadro-centennial;
University of the United States; TO invee-
tigate the condition OF the potomac river
in front of Washington.
Mr.. Shoup-Indian depredations, chair
man pensions territories; Indian affairs.
Mr.. Souire-Transportation routes to the
seaboard. chairman; coast defences; i'm
migration fisheries public buildings and
grounds: University of the United States
Mr.. Stanford-Public buildnss and
grounds, chairman education and labor !;
fisheries; naval affairs; civil service and
retrenchment.
Mr.. Stewart-Mines and mining, chair
man; appropriations; territories; irriga-
ton claims; Nicaraguan claims.
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures, chairman; !;
naval affairs; railroads; census; epidemic
diseases; Indian affairs.
Mr.. Teller-Privileges and elections,
chairman judiciary five civilized tribes of
Indians private land claims
Mr.. Warren-Irrlgation, chairman; en-
crossed bills; mines and mining; woman's
suffrage; agriculture and forestry.
Mr.. Washburn-lmprovement of the
Mississippi river, chairman; commerce
education and labor: civil service and re-
trenchment; post offices and post roads /;
University Of the United States.
Mr.. WilS0n--Revisi0n of laws, chairman
interstate commerce; judiciary; quadro-
centennial; organization, conduct and ex-
penditnres of the executive departments.
Mr.. Walcott-Civii service and retrench-
ment, chairman; District of Columbia; in
terstate commerce; post offices and post
roads; library.
The name of Senator Kyle does not ap-
pear in the above list, although Senator
PETER, his Alliance colleague, Is given four
assignments. 1t Is learned that Senator
Kyle was approached with view of ascer-
tanning his preferences. but his responses
were non-cOmmittal and he vaguely hinted
that the Alliance senators would receive
committee assignments from both the Re-
publican and Democratic caucuses. Doubt
has been cast upon his soundness in Re-
publican principles.
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Reciprocity With the West Indies.

NEW YORK, December14-A Washing
ton special says that reciprocity negotia-
tions with the sugar producing colonies Of
Great Britain in thr West Indies. author
lied under the Mckinley bill, have reached
satifactory conclusion in every case ex-
cept that OF Jamaica; The conventions
dad and Barbados, together with those of
Demarara, in British Guiana. In the case
of Jamacia the question at issue is the
amount of revenue which that colony is
asked to relinQuish.
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ALlMONY ALLOWED HER.
The Court Provides Financial Aid for
Young Mrs. Blaine,

DEADwooD. S. D., December 14.-In the
petition of Mary Nevins- Blaine VS.. James
g. Blaine, Jr., in the circuit court of South
Dakota at Deadwood this morning, the
court ordered that the said Mary Nevins-
Blaine be allowed $500 alimony pending
the suit and expenses of the suit, and that
she be allowed $500 as attorneys fees in
conducting the action. The trial is set for
the February term. The plaintiff is now
taking depositions in New York.
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One Kind of southern Boya.

ST. ALBANs, w. Va, December IA
Charles Hess and Fent Duval, boys OF l6.
quarrelled at school last Friday, and Hess
Stabbed Duval fatally. On tho same day,
James Jarvis, another boy. resisted Prof.
Eddy, and IN the fight cut Eddy four times
With e pen knife. At Belmont near lero
Pref Clarence Singleton was stabbed Eve
times yesterday by one Of mis- pupils, whom
he had whipped on Friday.
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EDWARD M. FIELD ARRESTED.
Taken from an Insane Asylum to a New
York Prison.

NEW YORK, December 14.-Edward M.
Field, of the failed banking firm af Field,
Lindley, Weichers & Co., was arrested to-
day at Manchester Mansion, private in
sane asylum near Luckaboe, N. z. He is
now locked up in the police headquarters
in this city. rhe arrest was made on a
warrant issued by Judge MARITIME, the
charge being grand larceny in the first de-
gree. Fields family were Informed that
the arrest would be made. He will be ar
raigned tomorrow.
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GRAVES RECOMMENDED HER.

The Maid Whom Mrs. Barnaby Regarded
With Suspicion.
DENVER, Col, December 14.-In the trial
Of DR.. Graves, today, Mrs. E. S. Worrell,
Jr., her grandmother. Mrs. Allen, and
Mrs. Currier. Mrs. Worrell's mother. testi-
fed. They related the story of Mrs. Bar
naby's drinking of the poison and death,
and DR.. Graves's peculiar actions when he
visited Denver much as has been printed.
While III, Mrs. Barnaby said to Mrs. AL
len: "OD, keep this horrible affair still.
Don't let 1t GET into the papers. will put
this In the hands of the best detectives. I
am satisfied some one is not treating me
right. have no enemies, but think the
maid employed at DR.. Graves's REQUEST"
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Augusta Republicans Organize.

AUGUSTA, December 14.--Prominent
Republicans met here Saturday night and
organized Republican club, which they
named "The Blaine Republican Club"
These officers were elected: President,
John F. Hill; vice presidents. Treby john
son. Fred g. Hersey, Fred Cony, W. H.
Gannett, Geo. d. Haskell; secretary, Chas.
S. Hichborn; treasurer. E. G. Dudley; ex-
ecutive committee, A. M. Goddard.
After Forty Years Service.
BIDDEFORD. December 14.--Thomas Fl.
Emery, who has tanght school 40 success
sive years, mole than half Of that time as
principal Of the Summer street grammar
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THIS MORNINGS NEWS.
Page L.

Page 1.
News of the missing Burton l.. Kinney.
Bath built ships race through two oceans.
Maine wins its suit against the Grand
Truuk.
Edward NJ. Field Arrested.
Was NOrcross the bomb thrower?
Alimony ordered for Mary Nevins- Blaine.
Rrekland Happenings.
S'ate Grange in session in Skowhegan.
Washington News: Springer likely TO be
chairman of the ways and means commit
tee.
Republican Senator's assigned to commit
tees.
The Graves trial in Denver.
Page 2.
Capt. Couch enterLains his friends.
Queer experience of two men In a board
ing house.
Y: ?. S. G. e. entertainment at Second
Parish.
City Government Committee views the
Rocnester property.
Page 8.
Congress at Work.
Wit and Wisdom.
The Home.
Current Comment.
Page 5.
Sporting Topics; the Kite-Shaped Track !;
The Seasons 2 80 list OF two-year olds and
yearllnRs.
The Day Nursery and Free Kinder
eartPn.
NluFiciDal Court.
A Run of Scarlet Fever.
Page 6.
Christmas Presents for Little Girls. D
Page z.
Marine News.
Markets and Financial Reports.
Page 8.
The Grand Army Fair.
Brief Jottings.
Personal mention.
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IAN HEADED FOR HeNE. -
A Message from Burien b. EinnOy to
ais Anxious Eifc.
THE MISSING NAN POOR ALIKE IN
PURSE AND MIND.

Believed To BE walking Towards Home
from New York-His Message Written
on Postal Card--NIrs. Kinney Hope
full Search in Progress for tho UnGor-
tunate Man,