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The Portland daily press., 1893-08-07
ostmaster-Lycurgus Dalton, Indiana
Chaplaln-Rev w. S. Hadoway, Maryland.
Door Keeper-A. b. Hurt Tennessee.
REED FOR SPEAKER.
He Was Received With Enthusiasm and
Moda q Gho orartorisf n S,aacI,


He Was Received With Enthusiasm and
Made Characteristic Speech.
Washington, August 6.-The room of
the committee on judiciary was mono too
large to hold the Republican members of
Congress who gathered tonight to nomi-
nate candidates for the Offices of the SD
Congress. Mr.. Anderson of Illinois pre-
sided and Mr.. Hooker of New York was
sec etary, he being subsequently
reelected to the same position in the
caucus for the ensuing Congress. When
it came to nominating ticket, Gen. Hen
derson nominated ex-Speaker Reed for
Speaker. The nomination was made by
acclamation and after prolonged applause
Mr.. Reed responded in one OF his charac-
teristic speeches. Four months ago, he
said, they had left Congress aed retarned
to their homes with the country in a
prosperous condition, all the mills rum
ming, spindles playing, furnaces running,
labor employed everywhere and the peo-
pie happy. Now. he continued, we are
called back to find extraordinary busi-
ness depression, distrust in all circles
and general decentralization of the finances
OF the country. The change, of course,
he said, was precipitated by the Demo-
cratic failure to legislate. In this emer
gency, the Democrats called upon the
Republicans to lay aside all partizanship,
forget anything that has been done in
the past and join with the Democrats to
get them out of their present trouble.
There was no attdmpt on the part
of Mr.. Reed to outline the
party policy and he concluded
by saying that the Republican party
would be found discharging its duty in
way to fit in with the broad measure
of its past record when it was in the ma
| iority, and if it did this it could be asked
| to do no more.
The remainder of the ticket was nomi-
mated as follows:
Clerk-Edward Mcpherson of Pennsylvania.
Sargeant-atArms-A.J. j. Holmes.
Door Keeper-J L. Hathaway of Montana.
Chaplain-Rev. Horace Green of New York
These, with the exception of the chap
lain, were officers of the 51st Congress.
A recommendation was made to the
Democratic caucus to retain upon the
rolls Capt. Currier of Iowa. Geo. Jenni-
son of New York and S. H. Decker of
Ohio, Republican messengers, Albert
Kennedy of Michigan, chief of pages,
and John Clancey of the District of Col
uIuUld. tllO nCpuDllCdu VAlp, OIL VI
whom served in the last Congress.
Senator Teller on the Situation.
Denver, Col, August 6.-Senator Teller
telegraphs the Times from Washington
as follows: 1.-THE unconditional repeal
of the Sherman law is impossible. All
claims made by eastern men opposed to
silver that enough votes would be mus
tered in the Senate to repeal the act are
not true. Naturally silver men will not
be able perhaps to secure the enactment
of a law that will be entirely satisfacto-,
but they are in a position to force the
| opposition tc a compromise. The situa-
would be few days ago.
Postmaster at Webster.
WASHINGTON. August 5.--H. L. Kill
gore was appointed postmaster at Web
| ster, Me-, today.
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PEOPLE STAY AL HOME.
How the Business Troubles Affect
the Railroads.
THE RUSH TO THE WORLDS FAIR
FAILED TO RUSH.

Consequently Railroads Are Taking Off
Trains and Discharging Their EN-
pIoyes-The Man With Money to Sell in
New York Can Still Do a Thriving
Business-Recent Failures and Other
Business Troubles.
New York, August 5.-Through travel
on all the railroads is lighter than at any
time in ten years past. Limited express
trains of six or seven luxuriously APP
pointed cars between New York and
Chicago and ST. Louis are frequently
carrying less than fifty passengers. One
train on one of the greatest of trunk
lines started yesterday for Chicago with
less than thirty. The number of train
hands, porters, sleeping and dining car
conductors, walters and cooks actually
exceeded the number of tourists.
The fact that almost every business
man is bearing a strain Of anxiety which
makes vacation. absence from his office
or travel for pleasure impossible, is the
explanation which railroad managers
make of the unparalleled falling Off in
general travel.
The railroads are feeling the strain of
decreasing receipts from this source as
well as the increasing difficulty of man
aging even petty floating debts and cur
rent pay rolls. An official of the Pull
mon Palace Car Company said to re-
porter yesterday: 'The Pullman Com
pany spent $2,0OO,O0O in preparing for
the rush to the Worlds Fair this year,
and vet travel was lighter last week than
in any corresponding week for ten years. y
Unless there is early relief not only will
the number of employees be greatly re-
duced but the number of trains in
motion will decrease. Locomotives will
not long be allowed to draw such light
burdens.
The managers of the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy railroad in this city were
notified yesterday that one OF the
through trains between Chicago and
Denver would be withdrawn next week.
The Union Pacific Railroad system has
closed all its car shops and will tomorrow
discontinue 1000 miles of passenger
train service. From Ogden to the Pacific
coast day trains will do the work until
there is more business in sight. As a
railroad man put,it: Several divisions
of the road will shut up shop at night as
tight as village store"
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Local Weather Report.
PORTLAND. Me-, August 6. 1898.
5 a. M. Isr.n M.
weather Observations.

The following are the observations fol-
the Agricultural Department Weather
Bureau for yesterday, August 6, taken
at D. M. 18th meridian time, the OBJ.
servations for each station being given in
this order: Temperature. direction OF
the wind, state of the weather:
Boston. $50. SW, rain; New York. 740,
S, fair; Philadelphia. 700. SW. clear
Washington. 70o, N, cloudy; Albany, 66o
NV air;Buffalo, $50, N, rain; Detroit
$50, NE. clear; Chicago, $40, NE. clear:
St. Paul, 62o, e, clear; st. Vincent, 76o,
Sc, clear; Huron, Oak, $40, Sc clear:
Bismarck, 900, Sc, clear; Jacksonville,
7So, E, cloudy.
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CRISP WILL BE SPEAKER.
His denomination by the Democrats Sat
urday Night

His denomination by the Democrats Sat
urday Night.
Washington, August 5.-The hall of
the House of Representatives was well
filed with Democratic members tonight
| when at $50 Mr.. Holman, chairman of
the caucus, called it to order. 1t was
known before this hour, however, that
Mr.. Crisp's denomination as Speaker
was assured, and that there would be no
contest over the doorkeeper, "Iceman'
Turner of New York, after the action of
the New York caucus, declaring that he
was not candidate, and Smith of Texas
seing the landslide in Hurts direction,
withdrawing from the race.
After short speech by Mr.. Holman,
Mr.. Turner of Georgia nominated Mr..
Crisp for reelection in a brief, but well
tured speech.
This nomination was seconded in
short, pithy speeches by Messrs. Coombs,
Hatch and Wilson, after which Mr.. Crisp
was nominated by acclamation, and amid
applause, Messrs. Springer, Hatch and
Wilson were selected as a committee to
notify the Speaker, and a few minutes
later brought him into the hall, where he
was introduced by Mr.. Hatch.
Mr.. Crisp spoke as follows: ''The OK
traordinary condition of affairs through
out the country has necessitated our
meeting i'll extraordinary session. Inso-
far as that condition is attributable to
existing laws we are nowise responsible
therefor.
sNow, for the first time in more than
80 years, we are in full power. We can
repeal the laws, and we can make good
ones. The people have intrusted us
with that power, and expect us TO ex-
ercise it for their benefit. Our financial
system should be revised and reformed.
The strictest economy in puplic expendi-
lures should be observed and taxation
should be equalizesasnd graatly reduced.
To these purposes are we thoroughly
committed. We must redeem our
pledges.
Let us begin the work at once. Let
us lay aside every other consideration
than the public good and endeavor to so
discharge the duties assigned US as to
restore confidence. promote prosperity
and advance the general welfare Of all
classes of our people.
Sincerely grateful for yoursconfidence
ana enteem, / pledge myself to devote to
the discharge of the duties OF the respon-
s1pie position you have assigned me all
the energy and ability possess.
Clerk Kerr was renominated. Ihe
otner nominees were:
sergeant at Arms-Hermann w. Snow, ILL
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iously Awaiting the Committee APP
pointments.
Washington, August 6.-For the 18th
time in the history Of the United States
Congress, at noon tomorrow, will be con-
vened in extraordinary session. There
will probably be little done in the House
the first W elk, owing to the non-exist-
ence of committees. The organization
of the House tomorrow will take but a
short time. The programme for the re-
mainder of the day will depend entirely
upon such intimation concerning the
message as may have previously come
from the White House. 1t is not likely
the message will be sent in tomorrow.
"Ex-Premier Springer's emphatic re-
fusal to accept the ''logic" of that pro-
vision of the Crisp Cleveland ''treaty of
harmony which is to retire him from
the Craftsmanship of the ways and means
committee on the plea of "poor health, =
has had the effect of stirring up good
deal of the latent animosity which might
have been expected to be developed
among the Democratic leaders in Con-
gress by the announcement on the part
of the SpealSer-to-be and the President
of Redistribution of party honors
and responsibilities. The generally ac-
cepted belief that the Speaker and the
President have decided to displace Mr..
Springer and Mr.. Holman, the two lead
ing Democratic representatives from the
Northern States, from the chairmanships
of the two most important committees
of the House, supplanting them by two
Southern Democrats, Messrs. Wilson of
West Virginia, and Sayres of Texas, has
in fact excited among the Democrats a
grave suspicion that the policy OF a. fair
division of honors between the two sec
tions, successfully followed in the SD
Congress, is about to be incontinently
abandoned, and the obnoxious system OF
six years ago readopted of putting none
but Southern leaders in the posts OF
greatest importance and power.
Under Speaker Carlisle, in the 49th and
fiftieth Congresses, when the Southern
wing of the party had full control of the
organization, few chairmanships of con-
sequence went to any but Southern mem
bers. In the tidal wave of 1880 the num-
ber of Northern Democrats elected to
the SD Congress euualled, if it did not
exceed, the number of Southern Demo
Gratis chosen, and the policy of equal dis
tribution was accepted with alacrity for
for that Congress by Speaker Crisp and
the other Southern managers, the Speak
er finding in this asserted policy OF fair
ness to the North a convenient excuse
for his action at the opening of the last
Congress in depriving his chief rival,
Colonel Mills, Of the chairmanship of the
ways and means, and giving that coveted
place to Mr.. Springer. On the same
plausible and ingenious contention, Mr..
Holman was selected to head the appro-
priations committee, and Mr.. Sayres,
Mr.. Mills colleague and supporter, was
similarly suppressed for the Indiana
Economists benefit.
Now, however, the belief in contem-
plated return to the old system, is not
conducive to the piece of mind of North
ern Democrats.
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Bursting Of the Great Reservoir Of
the Water Company.
FOUR PERSONS KILLED IN THE
WATERS WILD RUSH.

The victims are Mrs. Dennis NJ. Conley,
Misses Agnes and Mamie Conley and
James Moseley-Two Houses Were De-
molished and Their Timbers and Com
tents Scattered Far and Wide--Great
Gullies Torn in the Promenade-The
Appalling Scene Described by Eye
witnesses.
An unusual and terrible calamity be-
fell two homes in the eastern poi ton of
the city yesterday morning, about 6
o'clock.
The great reservoir on the Eastern
Promenade burst, letting loose its twenty
millions of gallons of water in the short
space of about fifteen minutes.
The immense mass of water thus sud-
denly loosed dashed with mighty power
upon the two houses occupied by the
families of Michael Lappin and Dennis
M. Conley. The buildings were crushed
as if they had been made of cardboard,
and four persons lost their lives-Mrs.
Dennis NJ. Conley; Miss Agnes Conley,
aged II; Miss Mamie Conley, aged 10;
and James Moseley, aged 10.
How these met their fate, and how
others escaped, is a story of thrilling in
terest For the proper understanding of
this story, it is important that the reader
shall have il mind clear idea of the To-
cality. The reservoir is situated on the
east side of North street, on the corner
of North and Walnut streets. The land
on three sides of this great reservoir,
which contained twenty million gallons,
falls away rapidly towards the waters OF
the bay, and the descent is particularly
rapid on the side towards the Eastern
Promenade. Walnut street runs, or did
run, from North street along the side OF
the reservoir to the Promenade. On the
north side of Walnut street, and directly
under the walls of the reservoir, were
two small houses, each with small sta
BILE or barn attached. The one next the
reservoir stood but few feet from the
reservoir fence. and the high wall of.clay
and dirt loomed fifty feet or more above
it, the grassy bank seeming like the side
Of small mountain. Michael Lappin,
an iron moulder, lived in this house with
his wife, five of his children. and an
adopted son, James Moseley, aged 10.
Four of his children are very young,
while the fifth is a young man grown.
In the next house lived Dennis M. Con-
ley, his wife and two daughters, Agnes
and Mamie. and his son John.D. and his
wife. A large and faithful Newfound-
land dog, another dog and cat with
several kittens, also made part of the
household; and young Mr.. Conley had in
the barn a favorite horse named pet"
Both the dog, the cats and the horse were
destined to play their parts in the coming
tragedy.
The elder Mr.. Conley was away from
home by night, being night watchman
at the Office of the American Express Co.
The other members of his household
were at home.
In Mr.. Lappin's yard there was large
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-07

Bark Industry from Augusta, Sicily, at
July u, latitude 3O-07 north, longitude
57-11 west, passed a large black painted
bark, water logged and abandoned. The
after house was painted white, her main
and mizen mast fore and maintopmasts
were gone.n
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Liverpool Loses by Fire.

Liverpool, August e.-Fire broke out
Saturday night in the timber yard ad-
joining the Mersey docks on the bound
ary between Liverpool aud Boottle.
The timber and other property covering
three acres were destroyed. Loss $780,
900 pounds.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-07

The Royal Baking Powder is in
dispensable to progress in cookery
and to the comfort and conve-
nience Of modern housekeeping.
Royal Baking Powder makes hot
bread wholesome. Perfectly leav-
ems without fermentation. Quail
tiles that are peculiar to it alone.
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times''
The Richmond Savings Bank.
A Richmond, Me-, despatch to the
Boston Herald says:
For several days there has been quiet
run ON the Richmond savings bank in
this village by depositors, when, not being
able TO realize on it's securities, the bank
stopped payment and closed it's doors.
The anpointment of a receiver will be
asked for. The bank had similar trou-
BILE about year ago.
Reported Saturday.
James McLay, Jr. carriage dealer, New
Haven, Conn.,, has made voluntary as
signment -,
and Trust Company, which is neither a
national nor a savings bank, has closed its
doors. It was incorporated in 1888 with
a canitai stock of 100000 The deposi-
tors will be paid dollar fer dollar.
Manager Charles P. Berry of the Ports
mouth Shoe Company, states that he will
not run his factory more than three days
a week during the present condition OF
the money market He employs loo
hands.
The Southern Pacific Company, in pur-
suing policy of retrenchment, has dis
charged 1000 employees decreasing its
monthly pay roll at the rate of Sso0,o0o
annually.
At meeting of the New Bedford,
Mass, Clearing House Association held
Friday it was voted thatth mills having
accounts with the national banks be noti-
fed that no assurance can be given that
money can be furnished for pay rolls be-
yond the week ending August IL.
The W.H. Livingston Company, retail
dealers in dry goods, Sioux City, Ia,
went into the hands of receiver there
Saturday. The company has liabilities
of $45, 900 and assets of $780, 600.
The Eureka Silk Company, Canton,
Mass, are running their mills only three
days week during the present business
depression. About 500 employees are
affected by the partial shut down.
| The northern division of the Old Colony
system of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad discharged 150 mer
on Friday, the most of them being extra
freight brakemen and worklnen on two
gravel or work trains which are to bt
discontinued.
The Fuller & johnson Farm Implement
Manufacturing Company, Madison, Wis,
will shut down for an indefinite period
Two hundred men are rendered idle.
The first National Bank, the National
Citizens Bank and the Mankato Bank Of
Mankato, Mimi, closed their doors in
succession Saturday. All claim to bt
solvent.
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THE WEATHER.
Rain on the Coast.

Boston, August 6.-Local forecast fol-
New England for Monday: Fair; cool
er, except on the coast of Maine; north
west winds. Continued fair Tuesday.
Washington. Augusta. Local forecast
for New England: Cooler, Monday
warmer Tuesday; fair in the interior;
local rains on the coast; westerly winds.
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THIS. MORNINGS NEWS.

Page 1.
Weather indications.
General telegraph news. ,
Four lives lost by break IN the MUMMY niii
reservoir.
Page 2.
General telegraph news.
Base ball news.
Page 8.
The French in SIAM ."
A popular novel writer.
night on the Moor.
Miscellaneous paragraphs.
Page 4.
Editorials.
Page 5.
Deaths and marriages.
Court record.
State items ofinterest
aAnnual field day of the Knights of the Golden
Eagle.
Central Labor Union meeting.
Odd Fellows celebation.
Portland's weekly death rate.
Dedication of st. Dominic's church.
A Maine sailor killed
Page 6.
In the new Congress.
Hoke Smiths father.
A Javanese girls opinion of American manners
and customs.
Wit and Wisdom.
Page Z.
Financial and Commercial
Marine News.
Page s.
Brief Jottings.
Personal
Dead body found.
Accidents.
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ealen Keen,s Buildings Burned.

Liberty, August 6.-The buildings of
Galen Keen, at West Appleton, were
burned this morning. A horse, cow and
carriage were burned. The loss is
$2500; insured for $1,000.
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Ohio Railroad Hands Discharged.

Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 6.--During the last
few weeks the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern railroad company has laid off
about 1000 men in this vicinity. Satur-
day about 100 more, engaged in the yards,
train service, shops and nearby stations
were cut off More than 100 were taken
from the Adrian shops. and at Elkhart
more than that number were laid Off.
Along the line men have been thrown
out of work in all branches of the road S
business. The company states the de-
preston in business is the cause. Nearly
all the roads centering in this city have
been laying off employees.
Can't Get Money to Pay Off.
Detroit, Mich, August 6.-The Michi-
gan Stove Company has closed it's shops.
About 100 men are thrown out of en-
ployment The impossibility of secur-
ing currency to pay the men was the
cause.
In Fall River.
Fall River, August 5.-The following
mills closed tonight for one month: Amer
lea linen, $1,000 spindles; Anawan, 10,-
900; Fall River manufactory, $4,000:
Flint, $4,000; Granite, $1,000, which has
new mill in process of erection; King
Phlllp, lOo, ooO; LduIel Lake. to,ooo ", 900.
acomat, 2S,000; Richard Borden, 50, oo0;
Robson, $4,000; Seaoonnet, 80, 600:
Shove, 10000; Stafford, $1,000; Wampa-
noag, 6S, 600, and Weetamoe "a, 600.
The shutdown will not be as hard on
the operatives as at first thought, ac-
cording to Secretary Howard, VINO IN
an interview today on the situatlon says
ssVhe shutdown will be welcome to
most Of the operatives if it doesn't ex-
tend over four weeks. They have beer
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-07
Hallowen Factory Shut Down.

Augusta, August 5.-The large oil
cloth mandatory of Arden Sampson &
Sons in Hallowell will shut down the
middle of August until business is bet
ter, they suffering like other firms from
lack of orders. They will also prob
ably close their factory near Brooklyn,
N. Y, at an early day for the same
reason. The company employs 10 hands
here and over 200 in New York. This is
the first time in 35 years that this con-
Germ has been obliged to shut down on
account of business depression.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-07

Containing among its ingredients the pur-
est of medicinal ET9Gch brandy and the best
of imported ginger, it is vastly superior to
the cheap, worthless, and often dangerous
gingers urged as substitutes; -
Slr for SANFORD'S GINGER and look
for owl trademark on the wrapper. Sold
everywhere. - ,,.u.,
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A sIDpEFoRD woMAN's STRUGGLE
Two Men Assaulted Her But She Fought
Them Off.

Biddeford, Aug. 6.-Biddeford police
officers have been hunting in vain for
two men who last night committed an
assault on Mrs. Louville H i'll, a young
woman who was on her way home unat-
tended. The men were in carriage.
They tried to lift her into the carriage,
bu her struggles prevented them. Then
one tried to force her to take a drug,
but she threw it into his face binding
him for moment which gave her a
that she lost consciousness after reach
ing home.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-07
Yachts at Boothbay.

Boothbay Harbor, August 6.-Steam
yachts Juno. Maitland, Carita, Eta, Ed
ma and Auburn, and sloops Viva, Cruis-
or, Archer and Chaos are in the harbor.
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ESTABLISHED JUNE 23, 1s62-vOL. 32.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Change
Of Water
Food and Climate
The Cause
Of r1any
Serious
Illnesses
Which may be
Prevented
By a Timely
Dose of
Sanford's Ginger
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-07
PORTLAND MAINE MONDAY MORNING. AUGUST 1898

working very steadily and harmoniously
of late years, and great many of them
tell me they would like to have rest
during the warm weather. Quite a few
of them have been putting money in the
bank in anticipation OF this kind of
tines;
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Continued on Eighth Page.
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IN EXTRA SESSION.
Congress Will Assemble at Noon and
Elect Officers.
1T rs NOT KNOWN WHEN THE MES
SAGE WILL COME.

Mr.. ssReed Will Receive the Republican
Vote for the Speakership-What He
Said When Nominated-Crisp Will Be
Speaker Northern Democrats Anx-
iously Awaiting the Committee APP
pointments.;