The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-07-21

very short time. So far the prospects are
good, but drought OF prolonged rain
during the packing season may change the
outlook. The Maine and Province goods
take the lead of all others and are in de-
| mand everywhere...... Bangor is said to
possess young man that can raise bis
ter on any person by simply holding his
hand on the flesh, and can cure various
chronic diseases by the same method.
Hon. A. K. BiXby, one of the building
| committee of the Maine World s Fair Com
mission, has received a letter from the
architect stating that the work is progress
ing finely. The foundations are all in and
the walls are up to the second story.
| Mrs. Emmons Blaine arrived at Bar Har
Dor Monday morning on the s. l5 boat,
having spent Sunday at the Brunswick in
Boston. She was accompanied by Master
Mct ormlck Blaine, nurse and two maid
servants She was met ON the wharf by
Miss Hattie Blaine and driven directly to
| Stanwood. -. Peter Murphy. a we'll known
proprietor OF cunning and fishing camps
in Northern Maine, says he has been rob-
bed of 81, 300. ..... The IIallowell Granite
Cutters Union has voted to refuse the
manufacturers proposal for a settlement.
...... The kennebec Valley Central Union
has adopted resolutions of sympathy with
the Homestead wolllmen a ld condemning
the employment of the Pinkertons there.
In BRIEF. Through the enterprise OF
Payson Tucker Of the Maine Central Il. r.,
Mount Washington is to have a new at
traction. A powerful search light is to
be erected on the very tip top. 1t will be
the highest and strongest light in the
world. A sufficient amount of money to
place it has been subscribed by the rail
roads and hotels Interested and opera
tions will soon begin. 1t can be seen from
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Mas
SachuSettS, New Y York and Canada. nee.
The value OF silver coin has so depreciat-
ed in Peru that if free silver is ever de-
cided on in this country it might be
cheaper to import a few sloop loads than
to coin it ourselves. Peru, by the way,
has had to close its mnts. The an
nouncement that the stockholders of the
Maverick bank are to be assessed, came
as a surprise to most people, who had sup
posed the assets sufficient to meet the liza
bilities There are likely to arise many
interesting legal questions as to the liza
bility of certain stockholders, as there did
III the case of the Pacific National Bank
1t is suggested that the holders of the
stock. who took it as collateral for loans
to French and Potter, may be liable by
reason of having the stock transferred to
them when the loan was made. There are
about l25 stockholders. outside Potter
French and Dana, who will be called upon
to contribute The holders are scattered
all over New England many being saw
ings banks. ..... The keclev Institutes have
been obliged to pay a revenue tax for re
t1jliDu Gu1ln; n fhni,, FI., Inv
says 50 and Uncle Sans law is respected
....,.At meeting OF the trustees of Tufts
College last week, resolution was adopt
ed opening the college to women i'm the
undcl graduate department ON the same
terms and conditions as to men, il being
understood that for the present the col
lege viii not be able To furnish boarding
accommodations. The total loss III st.
JoiGl is now estimated at fifteen mil.
lions: insurance -, 80, 600 ..... Rains have
caused destructive floods on the Tombie-
bee river, in Mississippi. Thousands of
acres of cotton and corn have been ruined
and many families made dcstitute..A
rich gold discovery has caused excitement
i'll Colorado,..... The Argentine torpedo
catcher Rosales foundered in a storm off
the coast of l'ruguay, The officers were
saved, but the crew, numbering seventy
are missing. The Argentine ironclad Al
merante Brown and cruiser Veinticino,
en-routc to Spain. are missing ..... At the
meeting of the National Educational as
sociation at Saratoga Friday President
Hyde, of Bowdoin, read a paper on the
ideals of education. ..... All is quiet at the
Homestead mills. The strikers are still
firm and refuse to think of returning to
work. Mr.. Frck is said to have received
letters threatening murder. The West
Superior Steel company of Wisconsin has
determined to fight the Amalgamated as
sociation. About 200 men are affected. =.
The Homestead members of the Anal
| gamated association have sent out an ap-
| peal to the trades unions of the country
| for financial assistance in the fight against
| Carnegie. Steamer Enchantress from
| Santos is detained at quarantine in New
| y ork with yellow fever on board. During
| the passage several officers died of the
disease. 80. The striking stone cutters and
| quarrymen in Stony Creek, Ct, Monday,
voted not to accept the propositions sub
mitted to them by the manufacturer as
sociation last week. 80. Mrs. Rose Terry
| Cooke, the authoress. died at Pittsteld,
| Mass, Monday morning. of congestion Of
| the lungs. .... The American Pharmaceuti-
| cal Association voted to meet in Chicago
in June. 1893. They favor the creation
of college scholarships for the training of
| skilled pharmacists. -. Warrants are out at
Homestead for the arrest of the leaders of
the strikers on the charge of numbering
some of the pinkerton men.
WASHINGTON WHIsPERINGs. The dis
agreement between the House and Senate
over the. army appropriation bill, was
practically settled Friday by an agreement
on the part of the conterees. This was
the last of the bills in conference, the dis
putes over the others being patched up
heretofore. The Senate Silver bill was
defeated in the House of Representatives
at Washington July Is, nays 154, yeas 1876.
Ex-Speaker Reed led the opposition in
grand style. A majority of Democrats
voted for the bill and nearly all the Repub-
licans against Senator sherman intro
duced a bill for the repeal of certain parts of
the act directing the purchase of silver
| bullion and issue of treasury notes thereon,
approved July IA, 1890. :. Russia has given