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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-11
LIKE JAY GOULD.
The Man Who Played Game of Bluff
with the vanderbilts.

NEW York, January 9.-Charles Par
sons, the new large holder of New Y ork
and New England, first attracted atten-
ton here by the skill which he displayed
last winter in his dealings with the Van
derbilts. They had been playing game
of bluff for more than year, and every
pretence which the Vanderbilts made
Parsons matched, and at last the little
man won. The Vanderbilts s'lay down"
as the saying is, accepted Parsons's S terms
and he turned over to the Central people
that great system of railways which he
has constructed in Northern New YORK
at his own price.
Parsons is grim man like Jay Gould,
whom he resembles not only in taciturni-
ty but in features. He has the finan
ciers nose, and his perceptive qualities
are indicated by the size of the bumps OF
perception which even his shaggy eye
brows will not conceal. lie built that
parallel, not so much to make money by
hauling freight and passengers, but as
part Of his strategy which had the capi-
tulation of the New York Central in
view. He leased one or two other lines,
and made traffic contract the Ca
madam Pacific, by which that great cor
poration was enabled to enter New York
State and find terminal in New York
harbor. This unknown Parsons of
sudden caused Mr.. Depew and Mr.. Van
derbilt to open their eyes. He had 1000
miles of railway, he controlled traffic to
Canada to great extent, and he was
master of the territory in New York
state north of the Central lines.
EThe game of bluff was played almost
sensationally. Walter Webb went up in
to those wilds in the depth of winter and
surveyed through the snowbanks route
for theoretical railroad which was to
attack Mr.. Parsons's property on the
flank. He matched that with contracts
which might have permitted the extern
sion of the Lehigh Valley to Buffalo.
Parsons kept his counsels to himself.
The Vanderbilt people had many an
earnest discussion in their sombre offices
in the Grand Central station. At last,
Just about year ago, on one dismal
Saturday morning, Depew and Wander
bilt and JewetG of Buffalo and the other
directors met this little Napoleon in De-
pew's office and gave him the sword OF
surrender. He signed one or two papers
and they did the same. He bowed and
said s'Thank you,' and departed with
his company leased to the Central on
guarantee Of per cent dividends, and
with 20 per cent stock dividend III his
pocket.
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AN INNOCENT MAN HANGED
If This Story of Witness Against Him Is
True,

CHICAGO, January 1o.-E. W. Camp
bell was the principal witness against
Sidney Bell, convicted in San Francisco,
last summer, for the murder of Sam Ja-
cobson; somewhat noted 'sman about
town." and sentenced to death. Today
Cnmpbell made full confession to the
effect that he was forced to testify false
ly by the police authorities and that the
real murderer was Henry Swartz, whom
he said escaped from the house the mo-
ment after the shot was fired. The con-
fession goes into the full details of the
alleged conspiracy against Bell and says
another witness named Schmidt, under
Indictment for burglary, and who COM
mitted suicide shortly after testifying
against Bell, did so because the police
failed to release him as they agreed to do
for his perjury. According to Campbelrs
statement, jacobson came home to find
his sister in the company of Swarz. A
melee ensued in which jacobson was
shot
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LOSING No TIME.
T'he Fruits Of The Democratic Steal
in New York.
Bill. FOR A GERRYMANDER re-
PORTED READY.

1t Is the Plan Once Rejected Because Of
Its Injustice-n Adopted 1t Will
Make Trouble for Republicans in
Choosing Delegates to Their National
Convention-The Democratic Organ
Promptly Begins Work.
ALBANY, January 9.-It seems to be
agreed by the members of the Democrat
ic party that the first use they shall
make of the legislature they
have stolen, will be to gerrymander the
Congressional districts of the state. And
it is reported that the gerrymandering
bill is already drawn up, and that it will
be passed by the legislature about as
soon as that body re-convenes, or at
least some time before the close of the
month of January. The pretence for.
this haste is that the various Congress
men naturally desire to know in what
Congressional districts they will be next
fall, in order to make their arrangements
for securing nominations. Besides, it is
argued that, the Congressional reappor-
tionment being based upon the United
States census, which has already been
taken, there is no need of delay in az
ranging the districts.
The reapportionment of the Co nges-
sional districts as early as January, it is
to be suspected, may modify greatly the
character of politics in this state. Re-
publicans, for instance, were asking this
question today: ''Are the delegates to
the Republican National Convention,
which is to be held in Minneapolis early
in June, to be elected from the present
Congressional districts? Only four of
the delegates of New York to that con-
elected by Republican state convention;
the remaining sixty-eight delegates, rep
resenting the thirty-four Congressional
districts of the state, are elected
by separate Congressional district
conventions. These little district con-
ventions are usually held inthe course of
the month preceding the meeting of the
big state convention of the Republican
party. There is, of course, intense ex-
citement felt in the approaching Presi-
Dental election by every Republican;
consequently, the strife over the selection
of delegates to the Republican National
Convention will soon be visible in the
several Congressional districts. But it is
OUplOuS bildb oil iutClOouCo LII uAiOoO SOll-
gressional district conventions will first
desire to know the component parts of
the districts in which they live; what
counties, or parts of cities, compose
them. No alliance cans be made,
and no work can 8 be done, in be-
half of the favorite candidates for; dele
gates to the Minneapolis convention until
the Congressional pporionmenta bill
has been passed at Albany that is, if the
delegates are to be elected from the new
Congressional districts and not from. the
old ones. ss's
A year ago Assemblyman Holcomb,
Democratic member from New ork,
drew up Congressional apportionment
bill which was passed by the Assembly
but rejected by the Republican Senate in
consequence of the injustice done to the
farmer voters of the state. The bill is
commended by ''The Albany Argus" the
Democratic organ in the the state capital,
and its passage urged.
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rmentx-five Gears Nearer.
rWashington pispatch to Boston Heral

washington Dispatch to Boston Herald1
WASHINGTON, January 9.-Ex-Speaker g.
Reed is a believer in woman suffrage. So
are his wife and daughter. Miss Kitty
Reed is young, but she keeps informed
on current topics.
Not long ago she astonished her father
by saying: s'Father, it seems to me that
you are growing lukewarm on the suf-
frage question: and Hon. Thomas B.
Reed laughed heartily when he told the
story on himself.
He was also asked if he thought wom-
en- were any nearer getting their rights
than they were 25 years ago, and his an
swer was:
eyes, 25 years nearer"
'sBut when?"
'sWell, in the ordinary course of events
it is likely to be a long way off, but
some day there might come great ques-
ton to settle, when the women may be
asked their will. 1t may come then in a
single day.
The Pension List.
WASHINGTON, January 9.-The fol-
lowing Maine pensions have been granted
today:
RENEWAL AND INCREASE.
Edward Hickey.
ORIGINAL WIDOWS, ETC.
Ann M. Haskell, Helen P. Gushing,
Lucy Norris.
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Among the Maine Troops.

AUGUSTA, January 9.-Adjutant Gen
eral Sprague has commissioned E. E..
Newcomb of Eastport a major to form a
battery organization from new compa-
nv to be raised at Calais and the From
tier Guards. Ralph r. Ulmer of Rock
land has been commissioned captain of
Company H., Rockland, and G. E. Hans
com of Lewiston and w. A. Paul of Au-
burn first and second ieutenants respec-
lively. of Company B, second regiment.
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VIVA LA ANARQUIA.
A Spanish Town in the Hands of Drunken

MADRID, January 9.-Last night band
of anarchists from the country surround
ing Xeres made an attack on that place,
intending to pillage the town. They en-
tered the town at various points, shout
ING 'sviva la Anarquia." This action at
tracted all the rough characters of the
place about them and helped to swell
their numbers to considerable extent.
Finally several bands of desperate char
acters,, led by the armed Anarchists, met,
evidently by previously agreement, in
front of the theatre, where they created
a wild disturbance, shouting seditlous
cries and defying the authorities.
They knocked down and robbed num-
ber of onlookers, kicked, beat and other
wise maltreated all who refused to join
in their riotous conduct, iplundered sew
eral stores and robbed a number of pri-
vate houses.
One man who was caught by the an
archists as he was leaving the theatre,
resisted the attempt made to rob him,
and was then and there strangled to
death amid hideous applause and laugh
ter from the desperate wretches gathered
about him.
Satisfied with the destruction they had
wrought in the centre of the town, the
anarchists became bolder and with loud
shouts of 'tfree the prisoners" they
marched in body upon the prison, de-
termined to release all the convicts there
confined.
Arriving in front of the prison, they
demanded the oI5 cials in charge to open
the gates. The latter refused and an at
tack upon the prison was commenced.
@ e A,,o, bfe4c o,,ayod fro
the prison windows, while others attack
ed the gates with sledgehammers and
beams used as battering rams.
The gates, however, stubbornly held
their own, and the rioters finally gave up
the attack and attired, hooting, yelling
and jeering at everybody and everything.
Mr.. Gladstone and the Testament.
LONDON. January 1O-Mr. Gladstone, in
writing declination to join in the cur
rent discussion in the newspapers on the
subject of modern criticism of the Old
Testament. saws: IL am under the i'm
preston that the Bible has undergone a
certain amount of revival in credit and
authority in consequence of these crlti-
cisms. My own. protracted observation
of the controversy, parallel, and in some
important respects analogous to that on
the poems,,of Homer, compels me to enter
tain but a mean opinion OF negative
speculations.' Mr.. Gladstone goes on to
urge young inquirers to beware of draw,
ing their strength of persuasion and
warmth of affection in the field, as IT they
had the force of argument.
The Duke of Clarence Ill,
LONDON, January 10.--The Duke of
Clarence, the oldest son of the Prince of
Wales, is seriously ill at Sandringham,
suffering from a severe attack of infuen-
"a, complicated with pneumonia.
Beating His Way Round the World.
BERLIN. January 1O.-Cook, the Boston
world trotter, and young Wilbere of New
York, were today released from Jail,
where they had been serving term Of
Imprisonment for defrauding a hotel
keeper. Cook persists that he will carry
out his project of beating his way
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THE WEATHER.
Clouds VIII Gather Today for Snow To-
night and Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, January 10.-The follow
ing is the forecast of the weather for
New England: Generally fair; warmer
Monday night; variable winds.
Signals displayed from Delaware Break
water to Woods Holl, except at Newport
Section.
BosToN, January s.-Local forecast for
Maine: Increasing cloudiness, followed
Monday night and Tuesday by snow;
slowly rising temperature until Tuesday;
northeast and east winds. Snow is fall
ing in the Mississippi valley, where
storm of large dimensions appears to be
forming. Low temperature will proba-
bly, be followed by snow.
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General Butler Sued.

LOWELL, January 9.-Deputy Sheriff
Stiles placed an attachment of $50, 900
yesterday upon the property Of General
Butler. The suit is one for libel brought
against Butler by Estes & Lauriat, for
$4,000. The papers were to have been
served last November, but owing to Cen
eral Buffers illness at the time, not
wishing to seem to be prosecuting him,
the matter has laid over to the present
time. The libel arises, it is alleged by
the Herald last November, in which Gen
eral Butler speaks in an uncomplimenta-
ry way of the publishing firm.
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Money Makers in Trouble.

SALT LAKE C1rY, Utah, January 10
A gang of counterfeiters which flooded
this city with spurious five, ten and
twenty dollar gold pieces during the hol.
idays, was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Greenman yester-
day. All pleaded mot guilty" Mary
Gignon, wife of the chief counterfeiter,
made confession. She implicated her
husband, Jesse Gignon, William Gibson,
William Cronl, P. d. Sprague and Mark
King The men were bound over to
await the grand jury in $4,000 each, in
default of which they were taken to the
penitentiary.
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WHO OWNS THIS TOWN?
The People who Thought They Did Are
Getting Frightened.

BEAVER FALLS, January 1o.-Conster-
nation has been created among property
holders here over telegram from Wash
ington saying that the government off
cials have refused to take the site for the
new government building here because
of defective title. The site, as well as
nine-tenths of the property in Beaver
Falls, formerly belonged to the Econo-
mites. If this title is not good, all the
titles are defective. Millions of dollars
are at stake and hundreds of property
owners, who bought from the Economics.
are on the anxious seat.
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MAY TIE UP TEXAS.
Railroad Men Make Threats, and Trouble
Is Expected.

Railroad Men Make Threats. and Trouble
Is Expected.
New ORLEANS, January 10.--A San
Antonio, Texas, special says: mo ad-
iustrnent of the troubles on the
San Antonio & Kansas passenger railroad
has vet been reached, and the strike on
that road continues with prospect of
spread ng to all connecting roads, which
would practically tie up all the roads in
Texas. A conference was held yesterday
between Receivers Yoakum and McNa-
mara of the Arkansas Pass and a COM
mittee of 25 employees of the con
Meeting roads. The committee proposed
a settlement by the reinstatement of the
strikers at scale of wages demanded by
them. The receivers insisted on retain
ing the new men employed, but promised
to give strikers preference over appli-
cants for vacancies. No agreement was
reached. Local freights will run Mon
day and next week through freight busi-
ness will be attempted. Other roads
have promised to receive it, but their
employees insist that they will not handle
it. All the railroad employees OF the
state have taken this action in support of
the Arkansas Pass strikers. Business is
suffering and turbulent times are expect
ed unless the situation takes better
turn
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HIS LABoRS KILLED HIM.
Death of Attorney General Barnard Who
go Prosecuted Almy and Sawtelie.

FRANKLIN FALLS, N. H., january 10.
State Attorney General Daniel Barnard
died froml pneumonia at his home on
Main street, in Franklin village, at 11.30
this morning. He had been sick with
grippe, but had so far recovered from it
as to be i'll Concord the first Of the week.
There he caught cold, and though able
to sit up was confined to his residence
for few days. Saturday his family be-
came alarmed, and Saturday night DR..
Conn of Concord was summoned. Death
came suddenly and painlessly. He is
survived by Mrs. Barnard, three sons
and two daughters. The oldest son,
James E. Barnard, Esq, was his law
partner. All of his family are at home,
except the second son, Charles, who is in
business in Chicago. Attorney General
Barnard was born at Orange, in this
state, and was 60 years of age.
Mr.. Barnard had Served number of
terms in the state legislature, being pres
ident of the Senate in 1865. In 1870 he
was member of the governors council.
In 1872 he was elected a member of the
Republican National Convention. In
1887 he was appointed attorney general.
The latest and most important cases tried
while Mr.. Barnard was attorney general
were those of the murderers Almy and
Sawtelle, both of which commanded an
extraordinary amount of legal labor, and
undoubtedly enervated him. MI. Bar
nard's brief sickness was the result Of
over-exertion during these trials.
Woodbury. G. Gooch.
B1DDEFoRD, Me-, January 10.-Wood-
bury G. Gooch, prominent Biddeford
citizen, member of the firm of Gooch &
Haines, granite quarters, died of pneu-
monia today, after a brief illness. He
leaves widow, one son and three daugh-
terS.
Obituary Notes.
James F. Mcclellan of New York, well
known to the travelling public as purser
of the steamer Sagadahoc, running be-
tween Gardiner and Boston, is dead, of
heart failure, aged 3S years.
William M. Mower, a much respected
citizen of Auburn, residing at n Union
street, dropped dead at his home Satur-
day morning, at 10 o'clock.
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The Newport Qualities for the Subsidy.

NEW York, January s,-The Pacific
Mail steamship Newport, Captain Shack
ford, made a run from from Sandy Hook to t,
Fire Island and return yesterday, with
the members of the United States naval
board of survey, consisting of Captain
Cooke, Commander Lyons, Lieutenant ).
Seabrry and Chief Engineer MCGEE, to
determine if the speed of the steamer
reached the requirements called for by
the mail subsidy bill. The steamer made
Is knots an hour. which was pronounced
satisfactory by the boaao'
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Weather Observations.

The following are the observations OF
the Agricultural Department Weather
Bureau for yesterday, January 10, tax
en- at p. 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, 240, N, cloudy; New York, 260,
NV, cloTdyi Phil, Philadephis sip r 26, si,odE NE,
cloudy; Detroit, IA, NE, snow; Chicago,
14o, NE, snow; St. Paul, zero, SW, clear;
Duluth, 20, SW, clear; St. Vincent,
-22o, w, clear; Huron, So. Oak, 20,
NV, clear; Bismarck, 80, NV, clear;
Jacksonville, 320, N, clondy.
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VIII Become Governor Mckinley Today.

COLUMBUS, o., January 10.-Arrange-
ments have been completed for the inau-
guration of Major Mckinley as governor
tomorrow. The governor-elect arrived
from Canton yesterday, accompanied by
Mrs Mckinley capta1Gn Golans and Mrs MRS MIC NC
Osborn OF Boston, and delegation OF
Canton friends. A cltizens' committee
met the party at the station and escorted
them to their hotel.
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KEELER
AND
POCOCK
BOSTON,
M ASS.
AM e RICAN
HOUS
new MANAGEMENT
American and European

Rooms, 81 per day and upward. This popular
house. located in the business centre of Boston,
under its new management, and with its new
furnishings and increased facilities, offers. at
guests that are unsurpassed. Large sample
rooms for commercial men. Special attention
given to club and association dinners A gen.
flemen's cafe to be opened on the street floor
GEO. A. KEELER-ALFRED A. POCOCK,
Proprietors. janA-1m
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The Case of DR.. Graves.

DENVER, Col, January 9.-Judge Ris-
ING this morning refused new trial to
Dr. Graves, and also denied a motion for
continuance of Judgment. A motion for
arrest of Judgment was then fled. This
will be heard monday, and, if denied,
sentence of death will be Immediately
passed.
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Women in the Church.

New YORK, January 9.-According to
the Christian Advocate, the ministerial
vote on the eligibility of women to the
general conference in the entire Metho-
dist Episcopal church, is as follows:
Total vote cast .10,756
For eligibility. ..............5, 5,621
Against eligibility .......: 5,135
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BANGOR MARINERS DEATH
One of Four Victims of Yellow Jack at
Rio Janeiro.

New YORK, January 10.-Steamer
Moorish Prince reports that her chief
officer, John Hughes, a native of Ban
gor, Me-, a fireman, and the second and
third engineers, died Of yellow fever at
Rio Janeiro. Since leaving that city
there has been no sickness, but the yes
sci will be detained at quarantine for
fumigation.
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Rutland Methodists Burned Out.

RUTLAND, VT, January 1O.-The Meth
odist church at West Rutland, burned
this afternoon. The fire probably caught
from the furnace. The furniture, pews
and carpets were saved. The church
was built in 1885 and cost $4,000.
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ScrofuIa in its Worst Stages
CUR I'd!
Boston Specialist Bahaed but
the King of Blood Pu-
rifers Wins!

MANCHESTER n. H., July %, '91.
DANA SARsAPARILLA Co.,
Genhenen:-With a feeling of deep
e. gpatd{dpd9 add tes mental mona We to ~ls the
large list Of cures your GREAT NKe-
IChNE has performed.
Some four years ago, our little daughter
Hattie, then years of age, began to show
SYMPTOMS OF SCROFULA.
The disease rapidly increased; We con-
iPI5Sa Piaysieiasis Gei S6 KIND 'hs m 1sse sise
City, who began at once to treat her, but
instead of abating the disease rapidly
advanced. We became alarmed. Took
her to Boston and placed her under fkse
care of q famous Specialist, but
i'll spite of his skill
LARGE SORES FORMED
on different parts of her body. The fil1-
gsss ggweiied # hsE to HAT tlShit fsSsice 1Ra& fhsir
natural size. desperation around
the nails caused three of them
to drop off. We were i'll despair.
Hearing DANA'S SARASAPAR1LLA
recommended as Great Blood Pua-
rigier, we, as last resort. conclud-
ed to try it. At first it seemed to hurt her.
WE CAME NEAR GIVING II UP.
We read the directions, reduced the dose
tS %hsa nalf sbe s CUR :sS tfasP0fnasl; had }aRen
three bottles, we saw improvement.
She has now taken eight bottles and IS
perfectly well-c cheeks rosy
spirits buOyamt. And the only thing
left to remind us of her terrible COM
GiGIOn, is the absence of the three
nails whose entire roots were
destroyed.
Gratefully yours,
MIR. & MRS. JAS. A. HARDY.
Dana sarsaparilla Co, Belfast, Maine.
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sixteen Below at Concord.

CONCORD, N. H., January 10.-This
was the coldest morning of the winter,
the mercury recording 16o below zero.
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ESTABLISHED JUNE %, 1s62---voL. So
THIS MORNINGS NEWS,

Page L.
General telegraph news
Obituary. e
Page 2.
Railroad troubles in Texas.
Body of missing Tena Davis found.
Housekeeping in Washington.
Page 3.
The method of training mice.
Page 4.
Editorials.
Personal and peculiar
Page S.
Lewis E. Smith under arrest.
Music and Drama.
The registration.
Resolutions on the death of Miss Alice Warren.
Maine towns.
Page 6.
Wit and Wisdom.
La Bretonne; story.
Page Z.
Farm topics.
Financial and Commercial.
Marine News.
Page s.
Brief Jottings.
Personals.
The city's health.
The New Plush Mill.
Iires Sunday.
School Gymnastics.
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Local Weather Report.
PORTLAND, Me, Januaryi10, 1892.
5 A. NJ s P. NJ.

Mean daily ther. .17.O Max. vel. wind II
Maximum ther. .24.O Total precip. y
Minimum ther :. 100