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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-02
BECOMING DIsGRuNTLED.
Strong Party Men In Rhode island Get
ting Enough of the Farce.

NEWPORT, r. l., june 1.-The legisla-
ture assembled at the state house again
today, In the Senate a motion to ad-
journ until the last Tuesday in January,
1894, when today's adjournment be taken,
was carried upon strict party vote with
the exception of Thomas Carr Watson
who voted with the Democrats. A
resolution was carried on party vote
stating that the Senate declined to meet
the House in grand committee because
to their knowledge members of the
House had been unseated to change the
character of the grand committee. At
1890 motion to adjourn was carried.
Before adjourning the House received
the resolution from the Senate calling
for an adjournment until January, but
they took no action. After a wait of
nearly an hour, during which there were
many conferences, the Democrats at
once repaired to their headquarters at
the adjournment of the Senate, and went
into secret caucus to prepare for their
line of action this afternoon
The House of Representatives met
again this afternoos.s The resolution
adjournment from today to the last of
January, thus forcing hold-over gov
ernment. A motion was at once made
to refer it to a speciai committee who
should report back stofn0rrow morning.
The Republicans opposed such pro-
cedure with a resolution filed for this
day only. The Democrats could not see
the way clear to concur, for they declared
it illegal to adjourn without going into
grand committee. Two hours were
used in debate and upon party vote it
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-02

with not suitably providing for his cat
lie. He pleaded not guilty and date
was assigned for hearing.
BROKE INTO A BURNING HOUSE.
How a BeIated Passer Saved Family in
the Town of Hope.
ESnecial to the Press /


RocKLAND, Me-, June IA special
from Hope to the Roclland Opinion says
that the farm buildings owned by Messrs.
Nathan and Charles Wentworth, con-
sisting of a two-story house, ell and barn
were burned Monday night, together
with all the household goods, the farm
ing implements and a portion of the
stock. The fire was discovered just be-
fore midnight, by passer-by, who, una
BILE to arouse the occupants of the house,
smashed in window and fairly dragged
them from bed. When rescued, they
were SO nearly overcome by smoke that
it was some time before they recovered.
It is thought that the fire caught from a
defective chimney. The loss is estimated
at $2500, and there was no Insurance.
Irving Favour Burned Out.
BIDDEFoRD, June 1.-The farm build
ings of Irving Favour of Limerick were
burned last night. Loss, $4,000; insured
$500.
FIR Rock Le Roi Lodge Burned,
BROOKLYN, Me-, June 1.-Firr Rock LIE
Roi Lodge, the summer cottage of Miss
Beulah, the authoress and actress, was
totally destroyed by fire Sunday. Some
unpublished manuscripts were lost. The
house was partially insured.
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GIFTS to Colby universitY.

Rev. John E. Cummings Of Henzada,
Burma, sends the following note to Iii
on's Advocate: 81 shipped from Henza-
da on the 10th of April, among other
things, two boxes for Colby University,
numbered respectively and 5. No. 4
contains shells and corals from NJ onma-
gon. opposite Tavoy, collected by my
wife and myself in March and April,
1891, the head of a gnat from the pagQda
at Aung- -bin-leh (see my letter to the
Advocate, sAna and Oung.pen-la Revisit
ed') some curios from myself, and Q bog
of specimens of the commercial wo ods
Of Burma from Rev. E. O. StAyens,
Moulmein. Box No. contains 4 lime.
stone image Of Gaudama, presented BY
Rev. j. E. Case Of My3pgyan. I trust
these will reach Colby before commence
ment. They are shipped by the most
expeditions route via England, in care
of Mr.. E. P. Coleman, treasurer Of the
American Baptist Missionary Union,
Boston, Mas. These things, with th}
exception of the stone Gsudafna, will bS
found more appropriate for the cabinets
than for the art gallery, and desire that
box No. be assigned to Prof. Elder fol
the University as token Of my regard
for him as professor, and my interest
in the department which he taught in my
student days.
These gifts are In response to lettes
which the chairman Of the committe on
art at Colby University addressed to Mr..
Cummings two years ago.
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PRAISE FOR MINISTER STEVENS.
A Message From Harold Sewall to Hon.
Joseph H. ManIey.

AUGUSTA, June 1.-The following was
received here today from prominent
Democrat, Harold M. Sewali, ex-consul
to Samoa:
HONOLULU, May 23, via SAN FRANCISCO.
Hon. !. H. Monley, augusta, Maine,
U. S. A.:
Your distinguished fellow townsman
leaves here today bearing with him the
thanks and good wishes Of every Amer
ican throughout the Pacific. Within the
line of his duty it has been his fortune
to do much to promote the American
solution of what seems to every one to-
day to be the greatest of American ques-
tions.. AS citizen of Maine, I am
proud of him and I hope your state will
give him the welcome he deserves %
HAROLD M. SEwALL.
MIR. Stevens Talks 80
SAN FRANCISCO, June United
States Minister Stevens delivered stir
ring address before the Chamber of Com
merce today on the Hawaiian situation.
He declared that for strategical and COM
mercial purposes the islands were more
valuable to the United States than
Cyprus, Malta and Bermuda to Great
Britain. He did not believe the admins
tration of Mr.. Cleveland would neglect
this great American opportunity, careful
and cautious as it is its duty to be.
Resolutions favoring the speedy annex
alton OF the islands were adopted.
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ANOTHER STRANGE STORY.

ANOTHER STRANGE STORY.
Missing Hired Man With Big Knife Re-
ported to Have Been Seen by Two Little
Girls.
FALL RIVER, Mass, May Tonight
there is little hope in police circles that
the murderer Of Bertha Manchester will
be captured for some time. Up to the
present time all the efforts to find Joe
Arrilla, the hired man whom Mr.. Man
chester discharged, have faile d. Detec-
tives have searched the greater portion
of the residences in the Portuguese colony
of the city but failed to find any trace of
the missing man. The missing Portu-
gese among his own people was known
to have violent temper and passionate
disposition and would not hesitate If at
tackled to defend himself with any in
strument at hand. He would fight
his assailant or the object of his
anger as long as he was able to stand.
1t is reported he has been seen near the
water works station on the shore north
of Wattapa pond, about three miles
from the scene of the murder. 1t is
said he appeared from the woods before
two little girls. They say he brandished
a knife and said he had already killed
one woman and would kill another if they
didn't get out Of his way. 4
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ITS CREDIT BROKEN.
Reports of an Attachment and Stringent
Money Market Did 1t.

NEWARK, N. j., June IA bill was
filed in the court of chancery yesterday
morning by Vice President Blake of the
Domestic Sewing Machine Company
praying for the appointment of a receiv-
er for the company. An order to show
cause was signed by Vice Chancellor Van
Fleet, returnable June 2, at Chancery
chambers in this city. The application
says that all the immediate cause of the
company's embarrassment was the
stringency of the money market and the
action of the Astor Place bank in at
taching the company's New York prop
erty. 1t states that the publicity given
the attachment proceedings by the press
in the unsettled condition of the money
market, and the close financial margin
on which the company has recently been
obliged to do business, created such dis
trust as to break down the companys S
credit and make it impossible to continue
its line of discount. 1t was, therefore.
without funds with which to continue
business.
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BONDS OF $1,5OO,OOo.
That Was the Sum Required Of the
PlankintOn Banks Receiver.
SHIPWRECKS ON A STORM SWEPT
SEA OF COMMERCE.

The Most Important of Yesterdays Fail
ures Is That of the P1ankinton Bank in
Wisconsin-A Number of Other Banks
In Distress-The Stringency of the
Money Market at the Bottom of the
Troub1e-New York Merchants Want
the Sherman Act Repealed.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 1.-The
Plankinton bank closed it's doors at
1905 this morning. At that hour this
notice was tackled to the front door of
the institution:
Sowing to the failure of our efforts
to reorganize the bank and to the con-
tinual withdrawal of deposits, we have
thought it best for the interest of all the
depositors and stockholders to close the
bank.
sPLANKINToN BANK"
The bank opened as usual at 10 o'clock
this forenoon and did very little bust
ness. At 1905 William Plankinton, the
vice president, appeared and almost SIM
ultaneously the notice of suspension was
posted up.
There has been no regular run on the
bank OF late. Since the scare of two
weeks ago, however, the large deposit
tors who did not take part in the run,
had been steadily withdrawingstheir ac-
counts from the Plankinton and trans
ferring them to other banks. Many ac-
counts had been withdrawn through the
medium of the Milwaukee clearing
house.
The suspension is largely due to
the failure of F. A. Lappen 6 Co., and
the Lappen Furniture Company two
weeks ago, with liabilities that will
probably amount to $750,000. The Lap
pen firms owed the Plankinton bank
$219, 200 and this sum is due on Lappen's s
personal notes which are considered to
be practically valueless.
The Lappen inventory shows the esti-
| mated value of the latter's stock to be
| $20S, 1888, but the stock will not bring a
| sum anywhere approaching this figure,
and ahead of Plankinton Bank claims
are others amounting to 100000.
Late this afternoon the bank made an
assignment, the Ecourt appointing VIM.
Plankinton assignee. His bond was
fixed at $1,500,000, which was immedi-
ately furnished.
Fired L. Day, president of the bank,
made a personal assignment this after
noon, his assignee's bonds being fixed at
5000, 1000 1t is claimed the bank will be
able to pay the depositors in full.
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negro arrested today for acting suspic-
uously was subjected to rigid cross
questioning. His answers were very un-
satisfactory and he is likely to be held
some time pending further investigation.
Bertha Manchester will be buried tomor-
row, the services taking place in the un-
dertakers rooms.
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Jones, observer:
EAN TEMPERATURE FOR THIS MONTH"; IN
lS92..-.....-.-.......51

Mean temperature for this month for %
years. ....-.......... .......... $40
Total deficiency in temperature during the
month: .;.................. l43
Total deficiency in temperature since
Jan. list. $780,. ....:............,41 All
Prevailing direction of the wind. ........
...:............ :.,..............S, % per cent
Total movement OF wind $50. ....... .6397 miles
Maximum velocity of wind, direction and
date ....... .43, E. on 4th
Total precipitation (nches) ,7.50
Number of days on which .O1 inch or more
of precipitation fell. ll..........,....... IA
TOTAL PRECIPITATION (in inches) FOR THIS
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wATERWLLE MAN DROWNED.
He Was Fishing With Friend Whom ii,
Was Visiting.

LAWRENCE, Mass, June Frank
Proctor of Waterville, Me-, was drowned
this afternoon by the capsizing of his
boat while fishing. Geo. Tasker of this
city who was IN the boat succeeded in
reaching the shore. Proctor, who was
unable to swim, has been visiting
Tasker here and intended to locate in
this city. He was about 58 years of age
and leaves widow.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-02
OBITUARY.


/ BRIDeToN, June /. - Reuben Ball.
Bridgton's oldest citizen, died today,
aged over 80 years. He had been select
man, and an active business man, and
was veteran Odd Fellow. He was
brother Of the late Professor Stephen
Ball, the famous Boston vocalist
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-02
HERE Is ANOTHER.

Fall River Man Accused of Pushing a
Comrade from Third Story Door.
FALL RIVER, Mass, June Luke
Burke gave himself up to the police
tonight. He is accused of probably fa-
tai assault at the Merchants mill at
about $50. He was assisting Henry
Walsh of New Bedford unload machin-
cry in the third story, when Walsh fell
out, striking the ground, 45 feet below.
Physicians have grave doubts of his re-
covery. Burke has bad record, and it
is thought that he pushed Walsh from
the door.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-02
CREDITORS THREATENED.
The Result Was the Failure of the Vic
toria Cordage Company.

The Result Was the Failure of the Vic
toria Cordage Company.
CINCINNATI, O., June 1.-The Victoria
Cordage Company assigned this after
noon. The liabilities are said to be S4OO,-
600 and the assets may reach $500, 900.
G. Weaver Loper is president. The
plant is in Dayton and the main office
has been here. The company was leased
by the National Company but the lease
was not recorded until the latter failed.
That failure, it is said, caused this. The
company was not able to realize upon
stock and materialand was threatened
by it's creditors.
Tacoma Bank Suspends.
TACOMA, WASH, June 1.-The Mer-
chants National bank, the Oldest bank
ing institution in the city, has suspended
payment on account of the stringency of
the money market and inability to make
collections. The bank will probably re-
sumo in few days. 1t has a paid up
capital of $3.50, 600. Figures given out
show liabilities of 5000, 900 and assets of
$1.000,000.
Want the Sherman Law Repealed.
New YORK, June AT the regular
monthly meeting Of the Chamber of
Commerce today this resolution was
unanimously adopted: "Resolved, That
it is the opinion of this chamber that the
Sherman silver purchase law should be
repealed by Congress at the earliest
possible date; that it is apparent to all
that under the operation of the said law
great injury is being done the CONNER
cial and financial interests of our whole
country, and that confidence will not be
restored until the said law is repealed"
Texas Bank in Trouble.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-Controller Eek
els was advised today of the failure of
the First National Bank of Brady, Texas.
The banks capital is $4,000.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-02
The Trial of the Machias.

BATH, June 1.-The gunboat Machias
leaves for her trial in Long Island Sound
Saturday afternoon.
The trial Of the sAtachias will take place
in Long Island Sound on the 9th inst.
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The Cholera IN rr.noe.

PARIS, June Forty choleraic cases
have been reported in the department Of
Morbiham, in the western part Of France
since May Is. OF these cases, % resulted
fatally.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-02
THE WEATHER.
Fair and Warmer.

WASHINGTON, June Ii For Maine:
Fair, followed by showers in the western
portion; slightly warmer; south winds.
BosToN, June /. - Local forecast for
New England for Friday: Warmer;
southwest winds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-02
ESTABLISHED JUNE 2s, 1sea-voL. 81.
THIS MORNINGS NEWS,

Page }
Weather indications.
General telegraph news.
Page 2.
The tennis tournament.
Base ball news.
Maine towns.
Page 8. n
The fishery world as seen at Jackson Park.
The German building.
Page 4.
Editorials.
Magazine notices.
Page 5.
Deaths and marriages.
Music and drama.
Railway matters
Convicted by cent.
The Free Baptist conference
Kings Daughters entertainment.
Page 6.
Wit and Wisdom >
Fashions oi the season.
German political campaign.
1af Page 2.
Financial and Commercial.
Marine News
Page 8.
Brief Jottings.
Personals.
City of Deering news.
Major Susie Swift talks on Salvation Army
work.
The High school field day.
Meeting of the Board of Trade.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-02
For Neglecting His Cattle.

BIDpEFoRp, June 1.-Orrin Cheney, a
wealthy citizen of Wells, was arraigned
in the Biddeford court today charged
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MONTH IN
Inches.

Average precipitation for this month for
23 years. BAT
Total excess in precipitation during
,, month. 431
January 1st. ..................... 475
Number OF clear Gays. ....-.'. .......,,. s
Dates Of # fFoss. .t;,; c,o,;dv d..s Q
Number OF parity CLOUDY days.. 5
Number OF ciouqy Gays: ........,.. 18
Mean monthly dewpoint. -. ............ 43.0
Mean monLnlY nunully' lly'.................~ 72,O
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Local Weather Report.
PORTLAND, Me-. June L. 1893.
8 A. m.Isr.m. NJ. P. M.
Monthly Meteorological Report.

The following summary of the condi-
tion of the weather during the past
month has been received from E. P.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-28

ing one end into the other for a depth of an inch. The two cross-pieces he takes out of the remainder of the straw and fits them in through sits; and on one of them he hangs his wheel. He then makes a slit in the base of his triangle, and in the first cross-bar, and slips in his blow-pipe; and then, proceeding to blow, he ''mer- rily drives the wheel"
 It will be remarked that from begin ming to end he does all his work with the straw; he uses neither pin, nor card, nor thread, nor glue. His only tool is a sharp penknife, and he completes his task and gets the wheel on the spin within quarter of an hour.
 Perhaps our readers would like to copy him. Seven or eight boys, stand ing in a line, each with @ mill in his mouth, ,an with checks puffed out, and waitingtfor the word to blow, would be sight worth seeing.-Golden Days.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-28

were carefully numbered and the ma terial for the new observatory was carried up to the top of Mont Blanc on the backs of porters. Not all the ma terial yet has reached the final stage, but some of it is 5000 feet above the sea level and the rest 10000 feet. Work was suspended, of course, at the be- ginning of winter, but it will begin again in the spring, and if all goes well the observatory will be finished by Oc- tober of this year. The cut shows the present stage of construction.
 There are some queer things about this observatory aside from its eleva- tion. Its dome will be made of aluminium, and its promoter, besides being seventy years old, is a cripple and has to be dragged up the mountain in chair of his own invention. Conse- quently the journeys are accomplished at considerable personal risk to the astronomer. M. Jansen was one of those who escaped from Paris in a bal loon during the siege. In his exciting aerial trip, which ended by the sea- shore near Nantes, he carried with him, carefully packed, a great telescope which he had had specially constructed for him.-Harper's Young People.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.

-Heileibach. Ickelhe:mer & Go. will ship $500. .00o gold on the steamship Trave. -- The Chicago Base Ball Club started south yesterday to display their alleged skill against the cluts of the Southern league.
 Mrs. Anna F. Richards has been ap- pointed matron of the New Hampshire Worlds Fair building, by the New Hamp- shire commissioners The announcement is mads that the elastic web concerns of the country which manufacture rubber gorily for the shoe trade are about to pool their issues. -Ex-Pension Agent Fred N. Web5or. a prominent character in Iowa politics has been arrested at Des Moines, Iowa, on a charge of attempting to murder his wife at Newton.
 Essex Hudson Light and Heat company, of New Jersey, has been incorporated with capital stock of S2,000.G The object of the company is the absorption Of gas and electric plants.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-28
One Thing More.

Nothing promises so well for stu dents ultimate success as disposition to probe every subject to the bottom.
 A lady passenger on board a Maine steamboat engaged the engineer in conversation, says the Lewiston Jour nal. He was very polite and attentive, feeling little fattered, it may be, that a person so impressive in her manners should have come to him for informa- tion. One by ono he answered all her questions-just where the steam went into the cylinder, where 1t escaped and how it was that thepiston rod attached to the crank turned the wheels that propelled the vessel through the water.
 She listened intently, and when he concluded she turned upon him a beam ing face and said:
 ''Now, what is the object of the hoiler?"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-28
MILL FROM ONE STRAW.

Man Who Can Make One in a Quarter
 of an Hour.
 Straw has been used over and over again to play with. It has been plaited, twisted, woven, made into mats and pin-cushions, until it seemed as though nothing else could be done with 1t. But here is a worthy man with a mill made out of one rye-straw such as no one ever thought of before. We have had the prisoner who made a watch completely out of many straws; but who ever before thought of making 8 machine, however humble, out of a single straw2
 He takes rye stem, and from the bottom cuts off eight inches for his blowpipe. He then cuts off from the same end seven inches. This piece he cuts in half, and then proceeds to split and twist these SO as to get the wheel.
 He then cuts off a yard of the remain ing stem, and folds it so as to obtain the isosceles triangle with a base of five inches, and this he closes by thrust
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-28
A PIcturesu,,c Tnwa.

Few towns in this country arc more or pcrilously situated than Port Deposit, Md. Between the with it's annual flood, and the precipitate hillside to the east is only few hundred feet, and upon this barrow strip most of the town is built. Here and there the hillside is terraced, and residents on the front steps of ono house almost look down the chimneys of their neighbours immediately below, while from the crest of the hill the town appears multitude of huddled roofs. Creeping northward from the Philadel- phia, Wilmington x Baltimore railroad Is the line that gives Port Deposit its overland outlet to the rest of Maryland, but so narrow is the margin at some points between the bluff and the river that the railway track Is frequently piled high with ice borne upon the swollen current of the choking stream.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-28
Girdle Bags.

Nothing is more charming with an in
 door dress than the dainty bag of the same material as dress, suspended by ribbons from the waist. like the old. fashioned reticule. Have you among your friends some one whose face and expression are still young, but whost, hair has become prematurely white? Is she, nevertheless, beautiful? 1 thought so, and she wears the sweetest homo gowns Perhaps one of them is hello trope bengaline, finished at foot with a black lace founce caught up with helio- trope bows. The corsage is tucked at waist to simulate girdle, and is edged with lace. The pelerine and under sleeves are alternate rows of lace inser- tion and silk, the pelerine ending in a graceful coquille. The oversleeves are of silk, finished at elbow with the so- called jabots of lace. From the waist hangs her reticule, made of silk ana lace, a convenient receptacls for smell ing salts, handlkerchicfs or bonbons. = Brooklyn Eagle -fs