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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-20
MAINE TOWNS.
Richmond.

The recently chosen officers of the First
National Bank are: G. Fl. T. j. Southland,
president; t. j. Soutbard. William t. Hall,
W. S. Stoutenburgb. directors; j. M. Odi-
orne, cashier. The bank has declared a
Semi-anDual dividend of three per cent.
The following have been chosen officers OF
the Richmond Savings Bank T. j. South
ard, president; A. b. Gaubert, treasurer: L.
J. Southard, w. T. Hall, d. G. Ames, Har-
mon Smith. A. j. Reed, w. T. Hail, Jr.,
trustees.
Clarence E. Downing is In jail at Augusta,
awaiting trial at the April term of court at
Bath upon charge of assault with intent
to kill. He attacked his landlady, Mrs. Lu-
cy j. Mcleod. with slungshot while he
was drunk, infilcting severe injuries. He
was laster In the employ of Caldwell &
LIBBY, and came here frCm Lynn.
Rev. Mr.. PetteLgill OF Warren, recently
from church In one of the Western States,
has been engaged 10 supply the pulpit of the.
Congregational church here for several sun
DAYS.
o,e Of the heaviest snow storms of the
season set In Saturday afternoon. Nearly
loot OF snow fell, followed by nail and sluet,
and then turning TO rain. Telegraphic COM
municati N was interrupted, and the trees
are more heavily iced tnan by tne last sleet
storh. Owing to the crust formed. travel is
slow and labUrious. The milkmen and 9TH
ers who were Obliged to be out with ttams
Sunday morning, had their horses feet TIED
up in cloths To protect them from the crust
Inc heavy snow and crust on the Ice fields
Will De serious and expensive interierencs
with the Ice harvest, ana Is likely " cause
the Abandonment Of operations in seyera,
places. Work was suspended on some Of the
fields yesterday morning.
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ND. MAINE TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 20, 1se

added incorrectly. Then the returns from
some of the towns were not received In cor
rect form and correspondence with the as-
SCISSORS. and consequently delay would be the
TesnIt' In the matter of wild lands. the
Commission will fix valuation which. n
adopted, will make this valuable property
nav what is generally believed to be nearsT
its share of the state tax. That Is, its .yaln-
alton will be substantially increased. WhiIe
it il known that the valuation will show
material gain over that OF ten years ago, the
commission is not able as yet to fix the exact
percentage.
chairman Knowlton Of the commission be-
lieves that the state law should be amended
as regards the appointment OF town assess
ors. He thinks that this office should not be
combined with any other' ana tnat me board
He says that his service On this
and the previous commission teaches
him that a board of three members is he
best. The members should be elected for
terms of three years, one being elected In
each year. With such boards, Mr.. Knowl-
ton IS of the opinion that much of the diff
Guilty now experienced In fixing the state
valuation would be obviated.
The great question of the winter for the
Maine legislature is that of taxation. III the
valuation commission Is not able to report
very likely not be brought before the two
Houses before that time Ii this Is so 1t lends
strength TO the prediction heard here on
every side that the session will be long one.
The Rossini Club.
The committee on the judiciary has voted
to report favorably the bill increasing the
amount of property which may be held by
the Rossoni Club of P>rtland. The report
will probably be maze tomorrow.
Impc TIA Mt Hearings.
February 9th is the date fixed Os @Ae judi
ciary committee for the hearing on the
Clas0n Australian ballot bill and February
10th that for the hearing on the dental regis
tration bill.
Points.
The House has passed to be enacted the
bill Incorporating the New England Confer
ence of Free Baptists and 1t now goes to the
governor.
The House has concurred with the Senate
in passing to be engrossed the resolve favor
ing the repair Of iron ships at the Kittery
Navy Yard.
An order has passed the House and Sen
ate providing for daily edition Of SEQ copies
OF the journals of the two branches. The
House has also ordered 200 cards with the
names of the joint committees printed there
on.
Citizens of York aud Cumberland counties
petition that the killing of deer In those
be prohibited for 10 years.
The House today voted to pay the clerk
aud assistant clerk of the last House for
their services in organizing this House., the
same sum that their predecessors were paid
for similar work.
A resolution has appeared making an an
nual appropriation of $1,000 for Oak Grove
Seminary.
The House today directed the judiciary
TO inquire as to the expedtency of
the Law so that warrants for city
aud town taxes shall be committed to the
instead of the collector.
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Telephone undersrounu Wires.

AT a recent meeting of the City Govern
ment the Telephone Company gave notice OF
its intention to get permission from the
Maine legislature to run their wires under
ground. In this connection this piece of
news will be interesting:
In Berlin, where the telephone Is entirely
under government control, the fifteen thous-
andth customer has just been connected wi b
foreign cities In this respect. the main
wires are all underground, the length Of the
underground lines exceeding $500 miles. The
ayeroge underground cable contains % wires
and Is encased in heavy cast iron tubes.
More than 500 manholes, most Of them al
points where two or more cables cross. facil-
tate tle insertion OF new wires or cables.
without disturbing the Streets"
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Trains all DELAYED.
Springfield Buried In Ice,
ICE STORM IN RocKLAND.
Serious Runaway Accldent-Prepar
ing for Railroad Hearing.
Especial to the Press.l


RocKLAND, January 19.-The ice storm
which began here Saturday afternoon. and
continued through Sunday, was the most
disastrous known since the winter of '86,
when such great damage was done through
out New England. But one steamboat
reached Rockland on Saturday, that one be.
ing the steamer Pioneer, of the Rockland-
Vinalhaven route. ThS Boston boat, due
here. Saturday morning, had not left that
city last evening. Nearly all of the trains
have been somewhat late. Travelling by
foot was rendered almost impossible, while
telephone and telegraph connection with
other towns was broken. The damage to
shade trees was also quite large. At noon
today. it Is still quite cold and showing.
Should 1t be followed by a cold rain the
damage will be enormous.
The result of the hearing of the Thomas
ton Street Railway Company, which takes
place Thursday evening of this week. Is
awaited with great interest by at least feur
towns In Knox county, as it is expected that
the all-imDortant decision will then be made.
Quite a serious runaway occurred here
this afternoon. A horse belonging to Albert
Rich, while being driven from the North
End took fright and started into dead run.
Mr.. Rich and his wife. who we're in the team
were Il rOwn out, the former receiving Sc
we're cash on his head, requiring medical aid.
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DAMAGE MORE THAN FIRST REPORTED.
Forests of Trees and Miles Of Wire
Frustrated.
Railway Traffic Somewhat Delayed
In Spots.
Forcible Arguments for Putting Wires
Underground.

Boston. January 19.-The situation with
regard to telegraph wires this morning is
worse than 1t was yesterday. The business
of all the companies Is nearly at standstill.
Neither the Western Union nor Postal Tele-
graph Companies has single wire to New
York by the direct route. The trouble is
mostly below Hartford. The Western
Union has one wire to New York via Alba
ny, whichis being used for the transmission
of Duxbnry cable messages. An effort is be-
ing made to patch up the Associated Press
circuits but up to this hour, II 10 a. m, the
only points which can be reached are Provi-
dence, Worcester, Springfield, Hartford,
Lynn, Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton
and Newport. The meagre reports obtained
indicate that the ice storm is more serious
further west than it is here, and that as lit
tie news will centre in New York this fore
noon as in Boston.
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TEE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.

Published every DAY Sundays 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-On inch space OF
the length OF column, or twel lines fonpdTeH
constitutes square"
$l.6o per square, daily, first week; 10 cents per
week after; three insertions or less, $l.00; con
unuing every other day after first week, 30 cents.
Hai square, three insertions or less, rs cents.
one week, $l.oo; 30 cents per week after.
SPECIAL NOTICES, one-third additional.
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culties and will probably assign. Liabilities
are between 500, 900 and 5000, 1000. chiefly due
their bankers. Ii the house goes down.
Lindsay, Gllmour & Co. must follow suit
with liabilities Of 100000.
The American National Bank Of Kansas
CITY. Mo-. was taken in charge by the United
States Examiner yesterday. A run on the
Savings Bank, occupying the same building,
was at once commenced, but all demands
wtre promptly met The National Bank Is
said to owe over SIS. 900. Pies deut Slim
son says the failure was caused by lack Of
confidence which has pervaded the business
world for the past few months. Liabilities,
81, ,250, 600; nominal assets. 100000.
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RAILWAY MATTERS.
Concord 4 Moa,rsal Plans.

In relation to the bill which will be intro
duced into the New Hampshire legislature.
authorizing the Issue Of additional stock for
the Concord and Montreal corporation,
Frank S. Streeter. counsel for the company.
says:
"fhe amount OF new stock which win be
asked for Is S3.0O0,00O. 1t Is desired for the
extension Of the Whitefeld and Jefferson
road to Berlin and beyond, for providing
terminal facilities at Nashna. for track and
extension Of coal facilities &C Portsmouth,
including an extension OF wharyes, for
changing line OF track at Grow ton Junction
for securing better facilities for connection
with the Grand Trunk line, and for provi-
ding additional and better accommodations
aud facilities at Nashua, Manchester, Laco-
MIA, Lake Village and other places on the
various lines Of the system. The corpora
tion Is contemplating extensive improve
ments along IT'S line. especially at Ma0ches-
ter and Nashua and &C some other places
where betterments are mostly needed. Un-
der this bill no new stock can be issued ex-
cept for the purpose Of providing money %
increase the property OF the corporation and
Its facilities for doing business. II may be
stated tnat neither this line nor that for the
Boston aud Maine for similar purposes pro-
vides for the method Of selling new stock"
Notes.
A street railroad Is to be built In the spring
connecting Oldtown. Upper saltwater and
Great Works.
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CONTRACT LABOR LAW.
Mccalium, Constable & Co. Guilty
of Its Violation.

BOSTON. January 1s.-Judge Carpenter. in
the United States Circuit Court today, gave
decision in the case Of United States. VS..
Alexander McCallum and others, holding
that defendants, constituting the firm OF
McCallum, Constable & Co., of Holyoke.
Mass, are liable for violation of the con-
tract labor law. and judgment for plant iff is
ordered in $1,000 and costs. The defendants,
In 1885, contracted with one Paul Glouton of
TrUyes, France. TO come to this country and
work for them at their silk stocking factory
in H0lyoke. The defence contended that
manufacture of which is new Industry here
and that they were exempt from the opera
tions of the statute. The government took
the ground that the work was not on that
part OF the stockings which were different
from those previously made here.
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SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON.
The Sentence Imposed on Charles n.
Willis Of PittsfIeld.

PIrTsFIELD. Mass. January 19.-Charles
q. Willis. the defaulting treasurer of the
Stockbridge savings bank was brought be-
fore judge Barker in the superior court to-
day and arraigned on three indictments
charging him with embezzlement His
counsel waived the reading Of the indict-
ments and Willis pleaded guilty to all; one
charged the embezzlement of 5000. one OF
$4,000 and third Of $1,000. Counsel for Willis
made strong plea for clemency urging the
prisoners former irreproachable character
and the fact that he had made all possible re-
stitutiOn. He was sentenced to seven years
In the state prison at CharlestoWn.
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Labor Difficulties at naverhIn.

HAvERHILD, Mass, January 19.-Labor
troubles. which have been brewing at Miller
& Fosters shoe mandatory since New
Years, eliminated today In the discharge
Of the entire force Of employees In the bot
toming department. The cause Of the trou
BILE was disagreement on the price-list be-
tween the firm aud the international Shoe
Makers Union. The dismissal of the bot
toners necessitated the stopping OF work by
the lasters. Only the cutters and stitchers
or laff
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-20
Real sstate Transfers.

The following transfers OF real estate In
the county have been recorded at the regis
try Of deeds
Portland-Loring L. Cumm lpgs to HAIRY @. Ma
son. 81.
cascO-Mary b. Edwards to Klla r. Dawson.
81.
Mary B. Edwards to Norman IL. Edwards. 81
brldE o -Elizapstb a. Bllings TO fhiiofiek A
James NOR 500 ct sL tOBuei o. MOulten ct al
al.
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NOT a matter Of Wages.

BosToN, January 10 MIR. Morgan, tn.
business manager OF the Boston Post. SAID
today, speaking Of the lockout Of the union
composit0rs. that it was not matter oi
wages that caused the discharge Of the union
men, the men now employed receiving the
same pay. Under the old system, however.
the Typographical Union gave orders to the
composit0rs. Now the owners Of the paper
give orders themselves.
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TO PROTECT SCOUTS.
The CheYennes to ae Moved to Fort
keogn.

WASHINGTON January 19.-Authority has
been granted Gen. Miles to transfer. tempe
rarily, as military measure, the Northern
Cheyenne band. numbering 500, from Pine
Ridge to Fort Keogb, Montana. This au-
thority was granted by the Secretary of War,
with the concurrence of the Secretary of the
Interior. 1t was thought to be necessary by
Gen. Miles for the projection of the Chey-
ennes who have been serving as scouts
against the hostile Sioux
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the STArE.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.

SAGADAHOC COUNTY,
w. +. Morgan & Co., Of Richmond, are
now turning out twenty cases Of boots per
DAY.
A party Of smelters who had been to Hell
Gate, below Bah, to rescue their camp last
week, were coming back on the weakened
Ice, and when near Smeltville they saw
Richard Gould break through the Ice and
sink. The men helped him out, and In doing
so lost their sled, camp and all the clothing
and fishing utensils 1t contained.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-20
COMMONWEALTH AvEnuE COMES
HIGH.
The City of Boston must Pay Heavy
Land Damages.

BOSTON, January 19-The jury in the Su-
perior Court in the case of the Boston and
Roxbury Mill Corporation against the City
OF Boston. today reported a verdict of $222,-
1872 for the plaintiff. The case was petition
Tor assessment of damage caused by the tax
ing of 49, $50 square feet of land belonging
to the petitioner for the purpose of widening
Commonwealth avenue from Il. a On to VOL
v'rn streets. The sum of $4,000 was re-
fused by the petitioner TO settle, before the
suit was brought.
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weather Observations.

The following are the United States Signal
Service observations for yesterday. January
10Th, taken at .. M. 10Th meridian time
the observations for each station being given
In this order: Temperature. direction Of the
wind. state of the weather:
Boston, 260, N, cloudy; New York, 26o
cloudless; Washington, 32O, N, cloudless !;
Albany. 24o, NV, cloudy; Buffalo. 320, SW,
800. SW, cloudy; Chicago, 36o. SW, cloud.
less; st. Paul. 4O', Sc, cloudless; Duluth,
cOndS cS w. sS1ay o. psPty p clondvy loaT5y
Jacksonville. 49,, E. cloudless.
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Pleaded Gully TO MansIau ughter.

PROVIDENCE. r. l., January 19.-In the
court Of common pleas today, Judges TIL
linghast and Wilbur on the bench. Jeremi-
ah Sullivan was charged with the murder OF
his wife. On November 21st last, Mrs. Sui
livan was found dead on the floor at home,
and In another room her husband was found
druak. By arrangement Of counsel the pris-
onsr was allowed to plead guilty OF man
slaughter and was sentenced 10 ten years In
mr.
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Found Bruised and Dead.

LITELEToN, N. e., January 19.-George
Atkinson. aged 35, a lath sawyer at Holmes 3
near the Mount Pleasant house this morning,
frozen to death. His home Is Moncton, N.
b. The body when found was badly bruised.
The authorities are making an examination
fodav
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-20
RAILROADS AND TELE6RAPHS.

TVyHE committee ON Railroads and Te'egraphs
Il have assigned hearings upon bills and petl'
tions referring to them as follows
For Wednesday, Jan. 81 '9l, p. m.-An act
to amend charter Of Biddeford g. Saco Railroad
For Wednesday Jan %, '9' 3 p. m.-An act to
incorporate the Waldo Street Railway Company;
An act TO incorporate the Lewiston, Augusta and
jan2Osntd W. M. AVER, Sec'y
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Boston, January 19.-The will Of the late
Capt. j. B. Thomas, which will soon be pre-
sented for probate, cont Ii Is stated, no
public oequests. Aside from bequests to other
than immediate relatives, the property, said
to be valued at S11 600 600, is left In trust to
tue widow and to the two sons, the latter be-
ing named as the executors.
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Colonel Sinclair for senator.

CONCORD. N. H., January 19.-The Demo-
cratic senatorial caucus was held at Chase's
Hall tonight, Hon. Harry Bingham presld-
ing. He announced that he would not ac-
ceDt the nomination IL rendered him. There
upon Hon. Charles A. Sinclair Of Ports
mouth, was unanimously nominated by ac-
clamatiOn
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Severity is Increasing.
January l9.-The severity
.nar reeantlv axnerianead In GrsaI
OBITUARY
Mr. Elisha Brown.

Mr.. Elisha Brown. Aged 70 years. died at
his sons residence, East Boston, January
sunday afternoon at Browns Hill church,
Cape Elizabeth. Mr.. Brown was the oldest
marine engineer In Boston at the time OF his
death, having seen over fifty years active
sarvica
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-20

lne annual meeting OF the diamond Island
Association was held last evening. The fol-
lowing officers were elected:
president-Joseph A. King.
Secrttary-Pnllip Y. Turner.
Treasurer-Ge0. III. Libby.
Dhect0rs.-Jos. A. King, Edwin l.. Cooling,
VIM. II. Thaxter. Seth L. Larrabee, Walter
Woodman, Franklin II. Morse, Ansel h. Doten,
Franklin NJ. Lawrence, Philip +. Turner.
In view Of the large additions In the past
few years to the number Of residents, and
consequent Increase In matters Of Importance
needing attention. the number Of directors
was increased from seven TO nine.
Mr. Seth L. Larrabee, who has served so
successfully as president Of the society for
several years, declined to be considered
again a candidate. and Mr.. j.. A. King was
elected. MFR. Larrabee however continues
as one Of the directors.
Last summer the ladies resident on the ISL
and secured pledges to a considerable
amount toward building for general meet
ings. The association last evening voted to
empower the directors to lease, or EEL. at q
nominal price. such lot Of land as may be
determined upon s suitable for the erection
OF the proposed building
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STORAGE and STEAM POWER
TO LET.

oNE-uAIF doox56) of brick, slated roof.
Eth on westerly side Browns wharf, with
steam mo bower If desired; also second floor
3S0nx sh of upper half of same mill, with steam
nnnyvsr and an the latest improved machinery for
hos manufacturing and general wood working,
Including planers and Watchers. etc., all IN per-
tect order and ready for immediate use railroad
track and every convenience for handling ma.
terial both by rail and water. For further par
Commercial Street, head of Browns wharf,
tanl 3sn4w
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International Steamship C

VvHE annual meeting OF he stock holders of the
L International ste ,mship Co will be held at
.neir nae oice, karoad Wharf on & &Wrdnesdsy' me me
the purpose of choosing dir ctors for he ensuing
year, anu the transaction of such other business
as may legally come before them.
ian adtd h. j LIBRY. Secretary.