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WILL BE BLAINE
Unless He Positively De-
clines the Nomination.
What the Massachusetts
Committeeman Says.
His Opinion Seems To BE
the Prevalent One.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, November 25.-
Henry s. Hyde. Massachusetts, member Of
the Republican National Committee, re-
turned last night from Washington, where
he has been attending the meeting Of that
body. In an interview this afternoon he
said the choice Of Minneapolis had no sig
ni6canee In regard TO the Presidential nom
ination. Mr.. Hyde said 1t is perfectly un-
derstood that Mr.. Blaine will be nomina-
ted practically without opposition II he
does not positively decline before the con-
yention meets. The Republican party
wishes him TO run and no one but Mr..
Blaine himself can prevent his nomina-
tion. IL he feels that he ought not to uL-
dertake the responsibilities Of the can
paign, Mr.. Harrison will be renominated.
but. In any event. there will be no such ar
ray Of candidates as has been seen In some
previous years. The feeling among the
members Of the committee is one OF great
est confidence in Republican success next
year.
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RAILROAD M MATTERS.
The Financial Plan of tho Bangor
&aroestoos; Subscription Already
Received to Preferred stock.

The canvass which Mr.. j. d. league Of
Caribou is making in This city in behalf of
the Bangor & Aro0stook, is for the object
of disposing Of the preferred stock Of that
road. The enterprise started out with the
issue Of about million dollars Of common
stock. This was issued TO the FIRST pro-
moters Of the enterprise. they paying
about $4,000 In cash for 1t. the amount
necessary for organizatiol under the
law.
Then the next step has been the issue Of
million dollars of preferred stock as a
Necessary part Of the financial plan which
Mr.. +. w. Cram, the general manager, has
outlined as follows:
To secure 81, 900 900 by subscription to
preferred stock, the issue Of which Is lIml-
ted by act OF legislature, and Is guaranteed
D per cent dividend before the common
stock can be OF value, To mortgage the
road In as small amount as Is consistent
with the building 1t In thoroughly first
class manner; well equipped and leaving
aresidue OF from $500, 900 to $500, 200. To
place this residue In the hands OF a trustee
or trustees for five years, as fund to be
drawn upon to pay the interest upon the
bonds and per cent upon the preferred
stock up to such time as the full fixed
charges are being earned by the railway"
1t will take S3.0O00 900 to build the road
1t Is estimated, leaving about S2,O00.O00 to
be raised after the preferred stock IL sub
scribed. This $4,000, 900 will probably be
raised by bonds. The bonds. of course.
will be first lien upon the road. Then
the preferred stock must be taken care Of
TO the extent Of per cent interest. after
which the common stock may share In
what is left. The preferred stock has no
voting power. this function of the corpora
tion residing in the common stock.
The subscriptions to the preferred stock
are approaching the milliou mark, being as
.fotfows:
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-26
GENERAL NEWS.

An attempt was made Tuesday morning
to blow up an Italian tenement house In
Jersey City. No one was hunt, and there
Is no clue.
1t Is reported that Colonel Jonas FL.
French, late OF the Maverick Bank, in
compliance With what he understands to
be the wishes Of his creditors, will max Q
an assignment of his property for their
benefit.
Two more appeals have been filed In the
Searles will care, each on the grounds that
the Instrument was not properly attested
and that the testatrix was not OF proper
testamentary capacity.
1t has been decided that the great ar
m0red battle-ship New York Is to be
launched at Clamps yards In Philadelphia
on Wednesday next. Special trains will
run from New York and Washington 70
carry invited guests, and the occasion will
be notable one.
The score at the end Of the third day Of
the bicycle race in Boston was as follows:
Ashinger, Lumsden and Robb each 1888
miles, laps; Edlin, 81, 8; Albert, 1852, IL;
Wood, 344, 13; Lamb, 292. 8.
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Foreign Notes. :

A Valparaiso special says that Francisco
@. C0ncha, one of Balmaceda's ministers
of justice, was shot Monday lby govern
meDt pickets in the Cordilleras pass. while
he was endeavoring to escape into the AT
gentine Republic.
That noted crook, "The French Colonel"
whose trial has been reported. will spend
the next twenty years in an English prison.
A despatch from Santiago, Chill, says
the statement of the Chilian finance min
lister shows that ex-President Balmaceda
expended during the civil war an amount
equivalent in paper money to S73 1000, 900.
The Russian minister of war has ordered
half million pounds of soldiers biscuits
to be delivered by the first of January.
This order, which Is altogether unprece-
dented since the time of the RussO-Turk-
ish war, has created decided sensation.
The London Standard has advices from
China that the government has decreed
that the printing and publishing of anti
foreign placards Is capital offence, and
has ordered those already convicted of this
offence to be beheaded forthwith.
Though Ill, Lord Lytton composed
poem on Monday. His wife noticed Tues
day morning that his strength was ebblng,
though he continued to write with slight
intervals of rest all the morning and into
the afternoon. He said there was nothing
the matter with him except that he had in
termittent pains In his chest. His wife
drove away to summon doctors, and re-
turned just In time to see him die.
Presikent Peixotto of Brazil has issued a
proclamation abandoning the dicia,orIal
authority usurped by Da Fonseca.
At the Conservative conference in Biz
mingham yesterday one of the delegates
proposed resolution declaring against the
zone man one vote" policy advocated by
the Liberals, and it was adopted.
Speaking at the Unionist banquet which
followed the close OF the Conservative
convention, Lord Salisbury said that the
British government was meeting with diff
ficulty, growing out of the tariffs which
were sitting British trade The heresy
upon which these tariffs were founded
was, he added, a growing one.
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IT WILL Be AN EXCITING TRIAL.
The Counsel Are Already Hardly on
Speaking Terms.
Or. r. Thatcher Graves Makes
Plea Of Not Guilty.
Proceedings viii Wait Until Thanks
giving Dinners Are Eaten.

DENVER, COL, November 25.-Dr. t.
Thatcher Graves pleaded not guilty OF the
murder of Mrs. Josephine Barnaby this
morning and. after prellmlnaries. an ad-
journment was taken till Friday morning
when the work Of selecting the jury to try
the case will begin. The adjournment was
taken ON the motion of the district at
torney. who thought 1t would be hard
ship on the jurors who might be selected
today to keep them away from
home on Thanksgiving day. The excite
ment occasioned by the trial is increasing
daily and people are taking sides. Many
are against the doctor and but few be-
lieve him innocent. 1t Is claimed that the
evidence already obtained against him is so
convincing Of hts guilt as to leave no escape
for him. All the witnesses Of the prosecu-
ti0n from the East are quartered In the
Albany Hotel and are being watched by
detectives In the employ Of the defense.
The trial promises to be fought with much
bitterness, and the counsel for each side
scarcely speak to one another.
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MAoDENED BY HUNGER.
Starving Russian Peasants Resort
ing to pilIape.

ST. PETERSBURG, November 25.-The
trail Famine Committee consists of the
Czarewitch (President). M. Durn oyo, min
lister of the Interior; M. Vishnegradski,
minister of state domains, and NJ. Pobie-
donostzeff, chief of the holy synod. The
area affected by the famine is nearly half
the area of the United States, and a low
estimate places the population of this
part of the country at 100000.
The government provided for the dis
tribution of large quantities of seed grain
In the distressed pr oviDceS, but the distri-
button OF this grain has been greatly de-
layed through various circumstances, in
clucing the extreme difficulty of transport
ing anything to distant provinces. In
many districts no winter sowing has been
done and the inhabitants have nothing to
look forward to, even should they live
through the winter, The only hope that
they will be able to exist through the COM
Ing winter lies in the fact that the govern.
ment Is taking the most energetic measures
70 neip the sufferers. In some provinces
the grain given by the govern
ment has reached its destination, but too
late to benefit many sufferers, for hun
dreds OF people have perished miserably of
cold and hunger.
In the province of Kazan, in Eastern
nusoihs WneTo Ln6 -cnleI crops are wheat
and rye, II per cent of the cultivable area
has been left unsown. Similar conditions
prevail In Kieff, in Voronezh and in Kher-
sod, all governments which usually pre-
duce immense crops of cereals. The hun
CRY peasants are daily becoming more law
less, and acts of brigandage are occurring
more and more frequently.
According to al official estimate, 100, ,OOO,-
600 pools of grain will be needed in Russia
from abroad. Finance Minister Vishne-
gradski proposes lottery of 6,oO0,00O rou-
bles to help alleviate the distress in the
famine districts. 1t is reported that the
Minister of the Interior. who has been dis
guising the true state of affairs from the
Gar, will have to resign now that the full
extent of the famine Is known.
The Jewish quarter of Charkoff was al
tackled by mob yesterday. Much proper
ty was destroyed. The loss was very
heavy. The riot was quelled by
troops. A telegram giving details of the
riot was suppressed by the authorities.
The press of this city is continually pub
fishing vehement denunciations of mer-
chants who are holding grain for an ad-
vance, and clamor for the government to
compel them to sell their grain, or that it
will be c0nfiscated against vouchers of flu
ture payment, as was done during the Cri-
mean war.
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ON STORM BEATEN COASTS,
The Good Work of Uncle Sans
Life Savers,

WASHINGTON, November 25 Mr.. Kim
ball, superintendent of the government
life service, reports that at the close of
the last fiscal year the establishment en-
braced 23S stations. 17S or the Atlantic
coast, As on the Lakes. II on the Pacific
coast and one at the Falls of the Ohio. at
Louisville, Ky. The number of disasters
to documented vessels within the scope of
the station operations during the year was
331. There were on board these vessels
3,147 persons, of whom 3,105 were saved
and AZ lost. The number Of shipwrecked
persons who received succor at the stations
was SOL, to whom 1,5l6 day s. relief in the
aggregate was reported. 1t is estimated
that the value OF the vessels involved In
the disasters was $4.5l4,0 200. and of their
cargoes $2,O96, $50, making total value of
property imperilled $6,910, $50. OF this
amount $5,677, 800 was saved an 81, ,232, 400
was g.
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HIS BAIL 100000
Freight Agent Wyckoff Arrested un-
der the Interstate Act.

New YORK, November 25-Peter 81.
Wyckoff, general freight agent of the Gen.
trail Railroad of New Jersey, was rested
today on an indictment found by the Fed
eral grand jury of eastern Missouri. charg-
ing him with violations of the interstate
commerce act. The New Jersey Central,
Wabash, New York, Chicago &c st. Louis,
Philadelphia & Reading, and the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western railroads
had established joint tariff rate upon
shipments of locomotive brakes over con-
tinuous line operated by them from East
st. Louis to Philadelphia at 3SA cents per
100 pounds. 1t is alleged that the Ameri-
can Brake Company was only charged 3l3
cents per 100 pounds. Wyckoff was re-
leased on 100000 bail. The examination
will be held Friday,
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inson. '"' VIZ "''-
.. Robinson" said as took his haRd.
Ies me make you acquainted with Gov.
mcCreary OF Kentucky" And with that 1
Pasted my chest with the other hand and
lowed. Robinson laughed, and he said he
WI, hmy,uid 90 anything he could In his power TO
neip along my meeting. He started his
procession and brought 1t around to the
wourthouse, and there made the men and
s women get of their horses and 20 inside
sh snu listen to the speech. The result was
Inat ! tne whole crowd went with them. and
t- naa an immense audience. The only
mouDie mad as TO the circus spectators
was tnat they applauded whenever made
= pause. and often chsered at the wrong
ha h.ne; AT the close OF my speech Robinson
.nanoed me handful of circus tickets and
soiu me TO come to the show and bring my
thI,ienas. h,sa1s. The same night there was a Pro
~ usippition po orator In town, and / asked him
1 y ne was going TO speak against the circus.
ne replied that his audience would be
men OF principle, and that he was not
silaid OF the circus. l dropped into his
nsli ,u tnat night and his crowd consisted Of
Post-Despatch.
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AGAIN THE GRAND REVIEW.
Veterans will Marcn Once more
DoWn Pennsylvania Avenue.

WASHINGTON, November 25.-Command-
er-in-Chief Palmer has issued an official
order notifying all members of the Grand
Army Of the Republic that the next annual.
encampment will be held in Washington
on the Goth, 2lst and 22d of September,
1892. After giving the order of parade, he
says: MANY memories cluster in and about
Washington, and the grand review of the
army a little over 26 years ago Is not the
least of them. Once more an opportunity
Is offered us to meet and parade In solid
ranks and numbers in the historic capital
of our country. Every member of our order
who can possibly do so, and certainly,
every one who will be in Washington,
should be found in the ranks and In the
parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in memo
ry of the past for the honor and glory of
our undivided country and the order of the
G. AIR"
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-26
PennsyIvanIa's walk Owe.

NEW YORK, November 25.-Blue and
red for the ! University aE ers Of Pennsylvania %
colors out at the Manhattan fia,I t5n sne
and they drew crowd OF about Snoo Svuay nar
sons to witness the foot ball game MAJ
of these were students Of the two cnlIasas :
The game excited very little enthnsias sI
among the general public, partly becanss
Of the great game on Thanksgiving dav and
partly because It was supposed Pennsyi.
yania would have walk over. Tha fins
score was University Of Pennsylvania. IS;
Wesleyan, TO-
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the GOATS ESCAPED.
Twelve Who Came to See Them
Fight Were Killed.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex November 25.-J.
X. Coleman, an American engaged In bnsI-
ness In Guansjunta, Mexico. arrived here
today and brings the particulars OF an accI-
dent which took place in that city last Sun
day. resulting in the killing Of twelve peo-
pie and the serious injury Of nine others.
Several hundred had assembled on the bull
fighting arena to witness fight between
two goats. when part Of the seats gave way.
The heavy timbers fell on the crowd. crush
Ing the men and women beneath them.
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RussIA's SUFFERING
Finds a Parallel Among Our South
ern Neishbors.

NEW ORLEANS. La. November 25.-The
Picayune's Durango. Mex. special says:
"The total failure Of the corn and bean
crop In this state, owing to the drought
is causing intense suffering among the
poor The price of corn has risen to an
enormous figure. The laboring element Of
most pitiful to see whole families covered
with few rags and half dead with hun
tains, where they hope to proloDg their
lives by feeding on the tunls, the fruit of
the cactus. The better class. which are so
guard the supply closely to prevent the
famished horde from r0bbing them of 1t.
Only the severe measures Of the govern
ment soldiers keep the people in subject
ion. The rich people of the state and the
church of this country are, apparently,
quite Indifferent to the fate ofsthe starving
people,"
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The following are the observations of
the Agricultural Department Weather Bu.
reau for yesterday November "a, taken at 8
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. 420, SW, cloudless; New York.
AZ, s. partly cloudy; Philadelphia, 46o,
cloudless; Albany, $50, SW, partly cloudy :
Buffalo, 2So, NV, cloudless; Detroit, 26o''
NV, cloudless; Chicago, 32o, Sc, cloud,
less; st. Paul, 1So, Sc, cloudy; Duluth,
150, NV, snow; st. Vincent, 12o, calm.
snow; Huron. SO. Dakota, 32o, NV, cloud
less; Bismarck. 320. NV, cloudy; jack
sOnville, $50, e, rain.
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Local Weather Report.
PORTLAND, ME-, November 25, 1891.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-26
ST. ALBANs BURNING.
Big Fire Reported Raging There
This Morning.

Sr. ALBANs, VT, November 26-12.45 a.
m.-Fire broke out at about II o'clock In
Strout's livery stable and is now raging
fiercely. The location is In the midst Of
wooden buildings in the rear of business
blocks on Main street, and a heavy west
wind is blowing. At the present writing,
Waugh's opera house, Richardson, Twigg
Is scarce and much anxiety is felt lest the
fire be widespread. Burlington has been
asked for help.
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And Now Comes Springer. !

WASHINGTON, November 25.-Congress-
man Springer cf Illinois has opened his
headquarters. and the campaign for the
speakership is now In full swing.
Mr. Springer has full confidence in the
strength Of his position.
II have been in Congress for 16 years.
and If fail to win the speakership /
would not feel In suicidal mood. The
speakership Is Of secondary Importance as
in 49,"
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ADDITIONAL.
EIDfIuB6 @, NtISUU.
INCREASE,
In Behalf of clark and Mi,,a,

William b. Grlndle.
ORIGINAL, WIDOWS, ETC.
George Perkins, father. Mary 4. Kennard
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stanford,s Expenses.

SAN FRANCISCO, November Ex-senator
Stanford was before the grand jury yesteI-
day to answer questions about his last elec.
ton as Senator. He showed his private
check book, and produced other proofs de-
monstrating that he did not use money for
politjcal purposes. Stephen L. Gage was
also before the jury on the same matter, as
Gage Is Stanf0rd's right hand man. 1t Is
reported that the supreme court will de-
clare the jury invalid. This will knock
out the great reform campaign which In
cluded the indictment Of Boss Buckley.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-26
Gard OF Thanks.

The employees OF the Portland Safe De-
posit Company desire to express their
many thanks for the beautiful present of
fine large turkeys and accompanying deli
cacies for Thanksgiving May their do
nors enjoy their own all the more.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-26
How License was Defeated.

CALAIS, November 25-The moderator
at the polling place at Moore's Mills, N.
B., came to the rescue Of the advocates Of
teniperance In manner very unexpected
10 the rummies. He ru,ed that any man
who had been drinking was not competent
IN vote and therefore could not be allowed
IN vote until sober. The advocates OF H.
cense were on hand with lots Of liquor
early liz the morning ard by the time the
polls were open many Of the voters were
the worse for drink. The license men saw
that would not do and the liquor disap-
psared Immediately; but when the time
came to close the polls, many had not So
bered off, 50 lost their votes. This was the
cause of the defeat of license.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-26
Might Have seen Yellow JACK.

NEW YORK, November 25.,-The deten-
tion at quarantine of the United States
and Brazil mail steamer Vigilancia is due
to the fact that on November 8, pantryman
Julius Sanderman died of disease dag
nosed by the ships surgeon as bilious re-
mittent fever, but which the quarantine
authorities believe might have been yellow
fever. The vessel will be disinfected. All
on board were well and the passengers
were taken ashore.
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The exp srlment Seems TO work
WELL.

FALL RIVER, November 25.-Ihe treas a,s
urer OF the Bourne mills has lssusH III eh-
ruaSl Uana, 'S Shsrips scheme will be continued
ppoIseS pnOas Tu SIX months from January 2, 1892,
ano'cen she nendii,ons III to remain as before. The
circnlsP c,s also states that the plan Is still an
experiment, although tnis Is Isl tne sixth time
il mas been endorsed py the directors OF
the corporation.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-26
OBITUARY..
AbJah n. Purington.

Yesterday morning Mr.. Abijah FL. Pur-
ington. yardmaster at the Portland Com
pany's works, died at his residence on
Bracket street. aged 66 years. He former
ly lived in Gray, but came to Portland
several years ago. He was at one time in
the firm of Adams & Purington. furniture
dealers. For the last twelve years he has
been In the Employ of the Portland Com
panV
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/. OVER pozEa KILLED.
Tho Cliff Opened and the Men
Were WailoWed.

TACOMA. Wash, November 25.-An ac-
cldent occurred today near Canyon station
on the Green river, 20 miles east of Taco
ma. Monday and yesterday, 60 workmen
were sent to that locality to repair the re-
cent washouts on the Northern Pacific
railroad. While they were working at the
base of high bluff, several thousand
yards Of the bluff suddenly tumbled on
them, killing IL outright, carrying 200 yards
of the railroad track and two men into the
river aud burying several others, some Of
whom it Is thought may be rescued alive.
Relief trains went to the scene and at last
report the rescqers were working hard to
release the buried men.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-26
RocKLANp ALARMED.
Ladies Badly FrIghtened-lncendi
AIRY Fire and a Burglary.

RoCKLAND, November 25.-This city is
becoming alarmed at 4 series Of events
which have happened the past few days.
The other night several ladies were pur-
sued by man and badly frightened.
Last night an unoccupied building on Sea
street was found on fire, clearly the work
of an incendiar
Early this forming the residence of
Oscar T.. Bloc ington was entered and
small sum of d Oney stolen.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-26

Co.. machine shop was damaged $1,000 by
fire this evening; insured. help from
Bangor was arranged for. but fortunately
was not needed.
Two Fires Reported from Fryeburg.
FRYEBuRG, November 25.-John Dever.
aux's dwelling at Kezar Falls, Parsons.
field, burned last night. Loss $1,000; in
surance $500. The house OF Thomas Per-
kins, Conway, N. r.. burned last night.
Loss $500; insurance $3.50. The fire is
supposed to have been incendiary.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-26
MILLS AND FREE TRADE.
That Is the Way John c. Carlisle
Would Have IL.

New YORK, November 25.-Congress-
man Warner Of this city recently wrote a
letter to United States Senator Carlisle
asking his opinion as to Hon. Roger Q.
Mills's fitness for the position of Speaker
of the House at Washington. Inlreply,
Senator Carlisle says lie is sure that if Mr..
Mills is elected Speaker. a spirit of modera-
tion will characterize his administration Of
that office, and that no one will ever have
Just cause co complain of his demeanor
while residing or Of his general course on
political questions. The Senator also
says: 1T is unfortunately true that there
Is adisposition In some quarters to subor-
dinate the question of tariff reform to
others which are, in my opinion, far less
important to the people and far more dan.
gerous to the harmony and success of the
Democratic party. Upon the tariff aues-
tion. we are practically united, while upon
the silver question and, perhaps, upon
some others, there are wide ana honest
differences of opinion among the members
of Our own marty -