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The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20
EARLY IN THE DAY.
The Forenoon's Encouraging Reports
from the Sick Room.

WASHINGTON, December 19.-At $50
this morning, a reporter who called at
the Blaine residence was told that the
ex-Secretary was awake and that his
condition was no worse than yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Blaine's physicians had
not yet visited him, and owing to the
early hour no one but the servants were
accessible.
A reporter visited Mr.. Blaine's house
again at $50, and was informed that Mr..
Blaine was little better and had a fair
ly good nights rest. A great many Off
cials stopped at the house on the way to
their offices this morning, and received
the same information in regard to Mr..
Blaine's condition.
1t is now stated that Mr.. Blaine sat up
for short time this morning and talked
with the members of his family in very
cheerful frame of mind. He took some
nourishment. and was decidedly better
than he has been for a few days past.
The sinking spell of yesterday had lost
it's effect, and the reaction had pparent-
ly left the invalid stronger than he was
before.
DR.. Loomis of New York arrived this
morning and went at once to the Blaine
mansion, where he remained with Drs.
Johnstone and Hyatt for. more than an
hour. DIR. Loomis coincided with his
colleagues in this city in their view of
the case, and agreed with them in every
particular in regard to the treatment
that had been followed.
The doctors gave out the following
statement just before noon:
Although Mr.. Blaines condition during the
last week has given serious anxiety, yet at the
present moment he is decidedly better and in
no immediate danger. 1t Is impossible to pre-
dict what changes may occur, but his conditio n
this morning gives more hopeful feeling as to
the progress of his disease.
ALFRED L. LOOMS, M. D.
FRANK NJ. HYATT, M. D.,
W. w. JOHNSTON. M. D..
The doctors will not say, however,
that Mr.. Blaine is anything like being
out of danger. Still one of them said
that he had very strong hopes that Mr..
Blaine might improve so that it would
be possible for him to be removed to
some congenial climate, presumably Cal
ifornia, where the change would. he
thought, be beneficial if it did not work
complete cure.
A Message from Miss Blaine.
AUGUSTA, December 19.-J. H. Man
ley, Esq.,, received the following des-
patch today, relative to Mr.. Blaine:
"There is a marked Improvement. but do not
yet know that it will be lasting. Hope for the
best. HARRIET s. BLAINE"
Said To Be Prepared for the End.
BosToN, December 19.-The journal
says it is informed by one whose infor-
nation comes directly from most init
mate friend of Mr.. Blaine that whatever
the reports sent out, relations and
friends of Mr.. Blaine were told more
than two months ago that he could not
survive the winter if indeed the year.
His family were prepared then and are
now prepared for this end.
The Latest
WASHINGTON, December 20.-Mr.
Blaine is resting easily said Dr.. Johnston
| at midnight.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20

Bowery Beach to Cape Elizabeth-w. L. Ar
que, washington, D. G., S167; David G. Rice,
Portland to Cape Elizabeth-w. L. Argue,
Washington, D. G., s15s; 9. g. Steele, $3.50.
Goodwin, Pleasantdale, 500; Allen A. Bean,
North Deering to Deering-C. G. Steele, Lon
don, KY. S115i II. A. Lawton. $136; Y. s.
'iiil; Willard to Portland-F S. Smith, Washing
ton D. g, ,$1ss; ;sei w W. Z; Argue; $3.50, ~
don. XIV, S4A0; r. S. Smith, $497. .86.
North Goghan to Whits b iso RocsE Parr Eus
Mo-. S145. SO; C. G. Steele, $3.50.
Prouts Neck to railroad station.-F. s. Smith.
washington, b. G., S13s. 90; C. G. Steele, s14o.
Mort North ~ scsTboro t9 g ssa1a WsstbreoaE. ssso Parr'
Falmouth Foresfde to railroad station.-C. G.
Steele London Ky $40; Ei Parr s1ee stee,a
London, KY, $40; f. S. Smith, $54. 96.
Upper Gloucester to railroad station: H. 4: a.
SlTO.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20
Weather Observations.

The following are the observations of
the Agricultural Department Weather
Bureau for yesterday, December 10. taken
at 8 D. m, 10Th meridian time, the OBJ
servations for each station being given in
this order. Temperature. direction of
the wind, state of the weather:
Boston. s6a, SW, cloudy; New York,
$50 s CLOUDY; philadelphia, 4qs, sW,
t,iondy. Washington, 40o. IS, cloudy; Al
bany, sss Sc, cloudy; Buffalo, BS, W,
eio,idy: Detroit. 26e, NV, partly cloudy !;
CHICAGO. 14o, NV, cloudy; St. Panl, g.,
W. cIoudless; St. Vincent, %, W, cloudy;
Huron Oak, 50, NV, cloudy; Bismarck,
lo0, NV, cloudy; Jacksonville, ee', Sc,
cloudy.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20
THREE MEN ARRESTED.
They Are Accused of Giving the Poison to
Homestead Men.

PrrrsBuRe, Pa, Dec. 19.-District At
torneyNJ. Burleigh made information to
day before Alderman McMasters, charg.
ing N. F. Dempsey, district master work
man of the. knights of Labor, ]. NJ.
Davidson and Patrick Gallagher with fell
onius assault and administering poison.
The men are implicated in the alleged
poisoning conspiracy at Homestead. Ac-
cording to the confessions of Davidson
and Gallagher, who were cooks at the
mill, Dempsey furnished the poison,
which they placed in the food given the
non-union men. Warrants were issued.
Dempsey surrendered and gave $4,000
hail
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20
His Playmates Saw Him Drown.

WArERv1LLE, Dec. ia sad drown
ING accident occurred Sunday afternoon
on the Kennebec near the Upper Maine
Central railroad bridge. Johnnie Giroux,
a 15-year-old Canadian boy, was skating
with three companions, boy and two
girls. when he broke through the thin
ice. His playmates brought pole which
Giroux grasped, but the thin ice broke
as he tried to pull himself out, and his
strength, failing, he sank before his COM
panions' eyes.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20
poRTI AND MAINE TuFsDAY MoRNNG. DECEMBER co.

wound was consequently likely to prove
troublesome if not dangerous. Conse-
quently the doctor had the man taken to
the Greeley Hospital, where he could be
etherized and an effort made to extract
the bullets. During the examination,
the wounded man maintained his cool and
self possessed mein. Once, when he
was helped to his feet in order that his
coat might be removed, he gave evidence
of pain, but he made no outcry.
1t will be remembered that when the
first shot was fred on Mellen street, Mr..
Firth felt stinging pain under his vest,
On his way down town, the
officer supposed that he too was wound
ed. He was consequently somewhat re-
lieved when, on opening his clothing,
thirty-two calibre revolver bullet fell to
the floor. Round holes in Mr.. Frith's
clothing showed that the bullet had pen
etrated through both thick
nesses of his double breasted
overcoat, through his underclothing and
finally lodged against his shirt, rapping
his ribs with force enough to make him
Believe He Was Shot.
In the pockets of Ewing,s clothes was
found another ugly weapon. 1t was
pearl-handle knife, of the shape of
pocket knife, but with blades almost
as big as the blade of dirk. Besides
this Ewing had $1.23 in change and a
morocco covered memorandum book in
which were few postage stamps. He
had hunting case gold watch, to which
was attached black silk fob chain with
gold ornaments. The watch has the
word Madison printed across the
face and on the outside of the cover is
engraved the head of an elk. In another
pocket was found pair of heavy gold
bowed spectacles. Another object de-
signed to assist the vision was pair OF
small opera glasses of French make and
good ones, though apparently long in
use.
Mr.. Firth thinks that the man had q
bunch of keys and dropped them either
on the piazza of Mr.. Coombs's house or
near it. But when questioned about this
the man replied, in the same polite man.
ner in which he aswered all inquiries:
"Yau were mistaken about the keys"
Before leaving the station for the
hospital, the burglar said to
Mr.. Newcomb, the turnkey: "He's a
good one"
"Who, the oficer?" said Mr.. Newcomb.
eyes, replied the prisoner, thus maiu-
tanning his politeness, for it takes very
gentlemanly burglar to compliment "a
policeman who has literally sprinkled
his anat omy with cold lead. However
Mr., Erying may, perhaps, be thank fu
that Mr.. Firth succeeded in disabling
him before he had done more execution
himself. Mr.. Frith's promptness may
have reduced the length of Mr.. IErving' $
term at Thomaston. Portland people
generally will share the opinion of the
opinion of the gentlemanly Mr.. Erving
as to the officers GOODNESS, good judg-
ment and bravery.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20
FOR CARRYING THE MAILS.
Bids for sta1ARoute Privileges from this
Vicinity.

WASHINGTON, December 19.-The
Post Office Depar tment has opened the
bids for carrying the United States mails
(star routes) from July l, 1898 to July l j,
1897. The awards will be made Februa'
~ /. Among the bids from Maine are
these:
Sweden to Bridgton; G. 4. Steele, London.
XIV, $3.50: Walter Warren $293.
West Bridgron to East Brownfield; joseph
w. Mackey, North Bridgton, $3.50; David r.
Lord, S298. r,
Rice, Sedalia, Mo-, S318.16; c. e. Steele, $3.50.
Sebago to East Baldwfn--C. G. Steele, London
KY, $3.50; David G. Rice, S267.S0; Walter
South Casco to Portland-George Murch,
South Casco, $780, G. g. Steele S61o.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20
MIR. BLAINE BETTER.
The Distinguished Patient Was Easy
at Midnight.
DOCTORS, HOWEVER, EXPRESS
LITTLE HOPE.

They Say They Do Not Look for an I'm
mediate Termination, but Beyond tn
VIII Venture Nothing.-Much sympa-
thy Expressed in Washington.
WASHINGTON, December 10. = s'Mr.
Blaine maintains this evening the hold
he secured this morning, when his con-
dition showed slight improvement,
said DIR. Johnston this evening. DR..
Hyatt, the consulting physician, concur
red in this statement. They had just
come from the sick room, where they
had held Is minutes consultation
t'Mr. Blaine is still in full possession of
his faculties" continued DR.. Johnston,
sand while very weak, is nevertheless as
cheerful after the trying ordeal of yes
terday as could be expected. He con-
verses as freely as is permitted by his
family, and partakes regularly of nour-
ishment. It is impossible to say how
long Mr.. Blaine is likely to survive. 1
do not think Mr.. Blaine is in any danger
of dying tonight. Further than that
do not care to state"
A friend of the family stated that Mr..
Blaine was liable 10 recurrent attack of
heart failure at any moment, and that
the family have been warned to prepare
for the worst when it comes. ''When," !"
said this gentleman, "the physicians
state that Mr.. Blaine is better, they sim
ply mean he is alive, and that is about
the true statement of his condition. Cor
dials of a stimulative nature and other
liquid nourishments are given him at
frequent in ervals, and these alone keep
him alive. He lies helpless on his bed,
and cannot change his posture without
the aid of his attendants. Mr.. Blaine
may not live - hours, and he may sur
vive three or four days, but l doubt it. y
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20
A Good Ereeze on the Penobscot.

BANGOR, Dec 19.-The port Of Bangor
closed to navigation this morning, after
having been open nearly nine months.
About one and one-half inches OF ice IS
formed in the river and operators are
greatly pleased with its condition.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20
KILLED INSTANTLY.
Manchester Man Thrown from His Sleigh
in augusta.

AUGUSTA, December 2o.--A w. Palm
or of Manchester, market gardener,
while riding on Western avenue, in this
city this evening, was tipped from his
sleigh. His head struck a rock, killing
him instantly. He was about % years
old and leaves family.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20
THE WEA Their.
Cloudiness and Snow.

BosToN, December 19.-Local forecast
for New England for Tuesday: Increas-
ing cloudiness, followed by snow; colder
north to northeast winds.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20
THIS MORNINGS NEWS.

f1l0 NGfSSs
Page 1.
Weather indications
General telegraph news.
Page2.
Annual Meeting of Congregational Ministers.
Page 3.
New Publications.
Maine towns.
State topics of interest.
A Professional ''Weeper."
Charged Corsets.
Editorials.
Bowdoin College.
Page5.
Deaths and marriages.
The court record.
The Finnegan Case.
Electrical Contracts for Portland Parties.
Funeral of Henry Nutter.
What Millet g. Evans have to show their Gus
toners.
Wit and Wisdom.
The Home.
Poem-Where God Writes Success.
Pager.
Financial and Commercial
Marine News.
Page s.
Personal
Brief Jottings
Meeting OF the Society for Protection of Ameri-
can Institutions.
Page9.
Wickedness on Earth.
Self Destruction. ~
Woman's Share in the Worlds Progress.
A Girrs High School in Iceland.
Page 10.
Wit and Wisdom.
The Holiday Fashions.
The Crosby Peach
The Northern Spy Apple.
Page II.
Some Dad Stories
Coming Souveneirs.
He Completed His Halt.
Page 12.
Story-The Empty Compartment.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20
; 4. M $ P. NJ.

Mean daily ther. $50 Max; Max vel. wind. 10 SW
Maximum ther $50 Iotal preclp...s .Oo
Minimum ther. .1S.0l
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20
NO I 7 ICE:: .

NOTIcEis is hereby given that the Atlantic g
~ st. Lawrence Railroad and the Grana a ~
Trunk Railway Company Of Canada, Or one q q
OF Maine for 1893 to make or authorize such
settlement of the taxes now claimed to pe N IN
arrears to SAID State of Maine as shaN Ds
Confirm all bridges bull and located BY SAID
Atlantic s. st. Lawrence Railroad or the, Grsno
Trunk Railway Company Of Canada, during the
wear IS92 and the location OF the Same.
ATLANTIC & ST. LAWRENCE RAIROAD
COMPANY.
THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COM
PANY GF CANADA.
Aaae7 G . d1aw3wWH
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20

Local Weather Report.
PORTLAND, ME. December 19. 1892.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20

barometer .............. ......
Thermometer. ........... -"
Dew Point. .................
Humidity. .....s...........
Wind. $500. ..ss'''.'''
Velocity. .............
Weather. ........... .".l
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-20

Judicial Decisions, Say the Commission.
Have Limited the Scope of the Act
But Their Effect Has Been Exaggerated
Pending Amendments Designed to
Remove these Obstacles in the Way of
the Work-Attention Called to Reduc-
tions in Rates.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-10-28
The Arden Humphrey Case.

petition has been sent to the legisla-
ture from Rutland and vicinity for legis-
lative investigation of the case of Arden
Humphrey, the young man employed on
the Vermont asylum farm, who disappear
ed in June, 1889, and resolution for the
investigation has been introduced i'm the
senate. SO far as the asylum is concerned,
there is no reason why the investigation
should not be held. All the facts in the
case have been repeatedly stated The
question for the Legislature to decide is
whether every case of disappearance which
occurs in the state shall be investigated at
the public expense. If, in case an en-
ploye of the Rutland marble quarres. of
the scale works at ST. Johnsbury, of the
Estey Organ company at Bratteboro, or of
any farmer or other employer of labor in
the state, disappears from the public view.
legislative investigation is to be held,
then one should be held in Humphreys
case; otherwise not The young man was
not patient of the asylum, but farm
hand employed by the farmer in charge.
Ills NdoV was d StldllSt OIci Dul no more
suspicion attaches to it than to that of any
individual who chooses to hide himself
from his friends.
In connection with this case newspapers.
some of them in this state, have given cur
rency to the story oS Mrs. jackson, the in
sane woman whom the supervisors recent
ly discharged conditionally from the Water
bury asylum, that on the day of Hum
phrey's disappearance he was stripped and
horsewhipped for some trihing offence and
his feeling of shame caused him to either
kill himself or run away. No woman has
ever been more radically insane than was
Mrs, Jackson during her confinement at
Brattleboro; she had no way of knowing
anything about Humphrey had she been
sane, and there is no excuse whatever for
any newspaper, claiming to be reputable
to give currency to such a foolish story.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-10-28
Death OF NIrs. mnrrlson.

Mrs. Harrison, wife of the President,
died at the White House, Washington,
Tuesday morning at lao. The end came
peacefully and without a struggle Mrs.
Harrion's illness was the result of an at
tack of grip in the winter of lS90-0l, the
cough which troubled her for several
months after that time returning in Janu-
airy last. Her condition last winter and
spring was such as to require frequent med
ical attendance, but did not prevent her
from filling her eXacting social functions. In
May she suffered from hemorrhage of the
lungs, causing great prostration, and from
that time on her condition was considered
serious, the physicians stating that she had
incipient tuberculosis. July 6 Mrs. Har-
rison was removed to Loon Lake in the
Adirondacks. While there she showed
marked improvement and was able to ride
a distance of several miles. The improve
ment was only temporary, however and
early in September the cavity of the pleura
was entirely filed necessitating aspirating,
or tapping, three times Upon her removal
to Washington Sept. 20, the right lung was
entirely consolidated, and her left lung
soon became involved. The case was ac-
companied from the first with nervous
prostration For the past two weeks the
question of death has been only one of
time
Mrs Harrison, whose maiden name was
Caroline Lavinia Scott, was born at Oxford,
G1
of a Presbyterian minister. Her marriage
to Mr.. Harrison took place when she was
barely 20 and he was 21, and their start in
life was made in the most modest and I'M
pretending way. Both were of strongly
marked domestic natures, and their home
life has always been of the happiest kind
the duties of public station being allowed
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-10-28
The Dedication of the worlds Fair
buildings at Chicago.


buildings at Chicago.
The city of Chicago feicitates itself. and
the people of all the rest of the country
give the Chicagoans cordial congratuation
on the magnificent success which attended
the formal dedication of the Columbian
Worlds Fair buildings last week. Wed
nesday evening great dedication ball was
held. Thursday the streets were packed
to see the grand civic parade. Friday was
the great day of ALL when the dedication
ceremonies proper took place They were
held in the manufacturers building, which
furnished, with its eleven acres of floor
space, the Chicago people proudly say, the
largest auditorium which the world has
ever seen. The audience, too. estimated
all the way from 10000 to 12j, 900. was
probably the largest ever gathered under a
single roof. The spaces were so large that
comparatively few of the great throng
could hear what the speakers said, and the
sound of the chorus of 1000 voices. and the
music of the band of hundreds of instru-
ments were lost i'm the magnificent dis
tances. But the event was success to be
proud Of, all the same. Vice President
Morton and the members of the Cabinet
were there, SO were the judges of the
supreme court, senators and represent
atives, the governors of p states, and
dignitaries of the church OF Rome Bishop
Fowler of the Methodist church offered
prayer. Vice President Morton made the
formal address of dedication. Henry
Watterson and Chauncy NJ. Depew de
livered the principal addresses, and there
was long program of other speaking. with
music and a commemoration ode. The
day closed with gorgeous display of fire
works, which, like everything else about
the celebration, was declared to be the
biggest ever seen. The weather was fine
and this opening event in the great eX-
position, toward which the whole country
looks with eager expectation. could not
have been more auspicious.
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to interfere with it as little as possible In
her personal appearance Mrs. Harrison was
a type of matronly beauty. As mistress
of the White House she has proved her
self equal to every social requirement, and
her winning manner and her native tact
and amabilty have drawn to her the
friendship of all who met her.
Throughout her illness the President has
watched over his wife with unfailing devo-
ton, and the sorely-strcken man, bearing
now his great grief with quiet heroism, re-
country-a sympathy which has found ex-
preston in innumerable messages of con
dolence, not only from our own people
but from foreign countries
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-10-28
Mrs. Harrison,s Funeral.

Private funeral services were held in the
East room of the White House yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock, only the immediate
family, the members of the Cabinet and
few intimate friends being present. I'm
medately after these services the funeral
party started for indianapolis where, at
1880 this morning, the final funeral serv-
ices were to be held in the First Presbyte-
rian church, the church home of the Pres
dent and his family
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-10-28

Mr.. Blaine is making effective use of his
pen in the campaign. In the November
number of the North American Review he
has a trenchant article on the issues at
stake, one of the most striking portions of
which is his contrast of the letters of ac-
ceptance of the Republican and Democrat
ic candidates. Mr.. IIarrison's letter he
pronounces one of the fullest, clearest and
most exhaustive discussions of party issues
ever made by any candidate. Mr.. Cleve-
land he treats with great courtesy, but of
his desperate attempt in his letter of ac-
ceptance to get away from the out-and-out
free trade plank in the Chicago platform
Mr.. Blaine says with unconcealed sarcasm:
1t hardly seems credible that the gentleman
who alarmed the whole country. or at least the
protection part Of it, by his message of 1857
could have spoken moderately on the subject
of the tariff five years later II sounds like an
old Whig letter of mild protection at "A time when
that party was so hard pressed by the Democracy
that to assume advanced ground was to court de
fluf
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The ordinary powders and pastes are nothing 10
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Mr. Martins bill to prevent obscene
shows and advertisements passed the
house yesterday. 1t provides that "any
person who shall post or publicly exhibit
obscene pictures, figures, prints, descrp-
tions or language; or who shall exhibit OBJ
scene plays, comedies or shows, shall be
fined not more thau 5000 or be imprisoned
in the workhouse not more than three
months -
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-10-28

A colonization and repeaters' plot has
been unearthed at Albany, y. Y, by
means of which at least 25OO fraudulent
Democratic votes would have been cast.
The repeaters were brought to Albany,
not by the Hill Democrats, but by the
Cleveland political machine of the county.
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