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The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16
WAR IN SAMOA.
1t May Mean Cruise for Some of the
New War Ships.

WASHINGTON, June 15.-Advices re-
ceived by Secretary Gresham from Sa-
moa, are to the effect that affairs there
have reached crisis, and 1t may be that
the United States will again be obliged
to intervene between the parties. Ever
since the establishment of the tripartite
protectorate over Samoa, the islands
have been disturbed. and the best efforts
of the representatives of the United
States, Great Britain and Germany have
failed to improve the situation. First
there was trouble growing out of the al
legged arbitrary acts of Cederkrantz, the
Swede selected by the parties to the Ber-
lin treaty as chief of the Samonan land
court. Then financial tangle resulted
from the attempt of a German adviser of
the King to force the people to accept
German thalers at a fixed rate. Serious
discomfort was shown at the excessive
burden of taxation and finally rebellion
has broken out. Mataafa, who acted as
king during Malietoa' S enforced absence
preceding the Berlin conferences, has
never admitted that he ceased to be king
and has felt it necessary to crush out the
aspirant for the throne Advices re-
ceived indicate that war will soon begin.
New Maine Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, June 15.-Amonr the
postmasters appointed today were the
following for Maine:
Frank M. Rafter, Damariscotta.
Alva P: Leavltt sherman Mills.
John M. Grant, West Bangor.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16
STABBED AND BEATEN.
Gardiner People Startled by Ia Muir derous
Assault.

GARDINER, June 15.-Thesspeople of
this city were startled this evening by a
serious stabbing affray. The victim,
Fred Moore of Lynn, Mass, canvas
man of Scribner & Smiths circus, was
found on the Gardiner and Randolph
bridge at $50. The assault was made
by three men, strangers to Moore. The
police up to a late hour had no clue al
though several arrests of suspected
parties were made. Moore has eight
wounds, four inflicted by knife on
his body few inches above the
heart and four bruises on his head. He
lost large quantity of blood but his
wounds are not considered fatal. Moore
claims that his assailants were drunk
and describes the one that did the stab
bing as tall, dressed in dark clothes with
SLOUGH hat and his right eye slightly
swelled.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16
TRULY A CITY OF AXES.
Fall River Boy Finds What He Calls
Lizzie BOrden's Hatehet.
1T WAS ON THE ROOF OF A BARN
NEAR THE BORDEN HOUSE.

As No One Is Known to Have Been There.
Except the Boy, for Two Years, the
Hatchet Is Another Mystery-A Man
Running from the Borden House,
However. Could Have Thrown It to
the Roof, 4lEs - as.
FALL RIVER, Mass, June 15.-About
Z O'Clock last evening a number of BOYS
were playing bali on Third street, in
front of John Crowe's barn, which is
nearly in the rear of the Borden estate,
the north side of the barn serving as a
fence between DR.. Chagnon's orchard,
which is directly in the rear of the Bor-
den house and the Kelly lot, on which
the barn stands. The barn is flatroofed.
about eighteen feet high. In the rear is
an L the full width of the main building,
but not more than IL feet high. Still
extending to the west and toward the
Borden estate is narrower, fat-roofed
L, about nine feet high. A six-foot
fence runs diagonally and southeasterlv
from the north line Of the first L TO acc
ond L, so that it is very easy to scale the
roof. During the game the ball was
thrown upon the roof of the barn. and
Arthur Potter. IA years old, son OF Caleb
2. Potter, scaled the building In quest of
it.
.. Near the northwest corner of the main
building he found Ratchet Of the ordi-
Diary size lying with the head toward the
southeast, the handle toward the north.
west corner He forgot the ball, and he
rushed for the hatchet and then rang out
his salute to the boys below: "rve
found Lizzie Borden's hatchet."
The hatchet is an ordinary shingle
hatchet, with a blade 8 3-4 inches In
length. 1t was covered with rust, and
part of this was scraped off by the boy
when found. It has the appearance Of
having been comparatively new and but
little used. The handle, which is 13 1-2
inches long, looked weather-worn, az il
it had been long exposed to air, sun and
storm. The under side of the handle
had few slight stains, but nothing that
resembled spots. Near the head of the
hatchet these stains were more pro-
nounced.
The boys were much excited over the
lind, and it was given to Mr.. Potter, the
father OF the finder, who now has it in
his possession. He at once notified the
police and tried to find Mr. Jen-
nings, but in this was unsuccess-
full. If the murderer of Andrew
]. Borden and his wife escaped from the
Borden premises by the rear, and it was
very easy way for him to so escape, he
could easily have thrown the hatchet to
the place where it was found.
So far as is known, no man has been
on the roof within two years. Mr.. Grove
knows of none. All telegraph, tele-
phone, electric light wiremen, roofers
and several photographers agree on this.
The police did not visit it in their rough
search.
The police have been carefully ex-
amining the hatchet. They
thought they could tell whether there
had been blood on it or not, but confess
that they are baff1ed.
The police say there is no doubt that
Jose Correiro is the murderer of Bertha
Manchester 1t is also said he has con
fessed.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16
STRUCK A ROCK AND SUNK.
Steamer City of Richmond Comesto Griei
in Fog.

CITY ISLAND, June 15.-The steamboat
City of Richmond, owned by joint
stock company of New London,
Conn, ran ashore on the east side of
Sands Point reef at $40 a. M, during a
dense fog. The steamer struck on the
rocks and stove a. hole in her bottom,
causing her to sink Immediately in about
10 feet of water. Her hold is full of waI
ter. it being up to the guards at high
tide. The steamer; was on her way from
New London for~-New York to be put on
the. dry dock for oyerhauling. ,- She car
rieds no passengers or freight. Capt.
Darrow sent to New York for wreeking
apparatus to have thevessel raised. The
damage to the bottom cannot be ascer-
tanned until she is hauled off the rocks.
The City of Richmond has gross ton
mage of 800 tons. Shei 227 feet long
and of 300 horse power. Her home port
is Portland, Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16
IFIT TAKES ALL SUMMER,

Especial to the Press.l

Especial TO Ine ffeSS.J
BIDDEFoRD, June e15.-Biddeford strik-
ers are out to strike.
Those who have been predicting that
the strikers would go back to work to-
morrow are badly left.
A rousing meeting was held in the
City Hall tonight. The galleries were
crowded with girls and women, the floor
with boys, men and more women. 1t
was an orderly, well behaved crowd, but
once in a while shout went up that
nearly raised the roof. The committee
that is running the strike had confer
ence with Agent Macarthur this after
noon, but little came of it. The agent
| in short, told. them that he would talk
with them If they would come in and 60
to work. He would make no promises
and will not negotiate further With a
committee that represents people not
now in the employ of the company, al
though the strikers will try to secure
another conference tomorrow.
1t was the opinion today of those best
informed that the committee would
at tonight's meeting advise the strikers
to 60 back to work in the morning.
They did nothing of the kind 'sDon't
60 to work YETI was the CRY of every
speaker, and answering shouts would
come from the immense audience of
French people.
1t was talked on the street today that
Lawyer Lizotte, who has assumed the
position of leader of the strikers, had
sold out to the corporation. The local
papers tonight all seemed to think that
tomorrow would see the mills running
oGoin Iiz0ffo OF $ho, oil 10,
with ex-City Marshal Tarbox, who is
employed by the Pepperell and Laconia
corporations, and with Labor Commits
sioner Chalk, who has been saying all
along that the strikers were weakening.
This gave apparent color to the report
that he had sold out.
When he arose to speak before the
meeting tonight, Lizotte denied these ac-
cusations in fierce and fiery speech.
He said that the two Republican papers
said the strikers would go back tomor-
row, but he told the strikers not to be-
lieve it. He denounced the papers and
said that Frenchmen could not get JUS
tice in them. He said that the report
that ex-Marshai Tarbox had bought him
off was lie. Two overseers in the cor
poration, he declared, had tried to
buy his influence, but he asserted
that the corporation could not
raise money enough to buy him. He
quoted figures Of wages paid by cor
porations in Salem, Waltham, Lowell
| and Lawrence by which it appeared that
workmen were receiving from 16 to 25
per centless here than in those places.
He said that last evening he had told
the strikers they would probably be
ordered back to work tonight, but now
he would tell them to stay out until their
| committee said ''go back" and to stay
out all summer if definite promises were
| not received from the agent.
The waterville Strike Collapses.
WATERvILLE, June 15.-The Water
vile strike has collapsed. and nearly all
the strikers remaining here, whom the
| management will take back, are return
| ing to their work in the Lockwood mill.
Many of the union weavers have gone
elsewhere and obtained employment.
The Lockwood management will not
take back the leaders of the strike.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16
SONS OF VETERANS. +
Officers Chosen Yesterday by the Maine
Division.

AUGUSTA, June 15.-The Sons of Vet
Grams today elected these officers:
Colonel-Past Captain c. e. Merrill.
Lieutenant Col0neE-Captain j. d. REYNOLDS
OF Garfield Camp Of Waterville.
Ma1or-PastC Captain i. L. Cooper of Augusta.
Division Councii-C. F. Thompson Of BanSor'
;. W Ware Of Eastport and F. A. Lapham Of
Lewiston.
F. r. Fife.~
Alternate at large-E. G. Milliken of Portland,
Alternate-G. V. s. Michaelis Of Augusta.
This evening there was camp fire at
lakewood Park with large attendance.
Col. E. G. Staples presided and DR.. r. j.
Martin was master of ceremonies.
3 Speeches were made by Adjutant Gen
eral Milliken, Hon. S. w. Lane, Hon. II,
NJ. Heath, Rev. e. E. Newbert, and W.
D.sStinson of Augusta, Mrs. Ella John
son Masonof Biddeford, and Colonel G.
G. Merrill; of Auburn. ,g
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16

the Ford's theatre disaster began in
Washington yesterday. Coroner Patter-
son refused permission for Col Aims
worth's counsel to cross examine the
witnesses.
The whaling bark Sea Ranger of New
Bedford has been lost in the Pacific.
Only seven of the crew of about 40 are
known to be safe,
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16
ESTABLISHED JUNE 2s, 1se2-voL. 81.
THIS MORNINGS NEWS.

Page L.
Weather indications.
General telegraph news.
Page 2.
Sporting news
Island notes..
Young Mems Association at South Portland.
School and college.
Page 3.
Rabida in Chicago.
The Palmetto plant.
Page 4.
Editorials.
Personal and Peculiar,
Current Comment.
Page 8.
Deaths and marriages,
State Street church installation
A challenge to the Portland Yacht Club
Graduaton exercises of the Westbrook High
school,
The gold fields of Surinan
Page 6.
Wit and Wisdom
Story, Hiriheqna.
Poem. Our modern public schools.
Page z.
Financial and Commercial
Marine News.
Page s.
Brief Jottings.
Personals. .-
Second days session of the doctors.
To buy up the Grand Trunk.
The Portland bridge
Arrested on suspicion,
A youthful highwayman.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS GAIN.

Young Williams Famous Army Bill
Again in tho Balance.
BERLIN, June 16.-At 2 this morning,
returns from 10 districts indicate that SO
have been carried by parties opposed to
the army bill, and Is by parties favoring
the bill, leaving 19 in doubt between the
government and the opposition parties,
with the chances in the majority Of them
strongly in favor Of the government.
The government parties have lost three
Of their former seats, two Relchsterists,
or Social Democrats, as second ballots
shall decide, and one to South German
Democrat. The government has won
one seat from the opposition. The So
cial Democrats have won two seats, and
secured many chances for new victories
on second ballot. The Social Democrat
ic gains are undoubtedly enormous.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16
THE WEATHER.
Fair and Cooler.

Boston, June Is. - Local forecast for
New England for Friday: Cooler: gen
orally fair except partly cloudy and some
rain near the southeastern coast: easterly
winds.
WASHINGTON, June Is. For Maine
Fair; probably followed by showers Fri
day night; warmer; west and north to
east winds.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16
BRIEFLY roLp.

Schooner Douglas Hayes Of Bath was
ashore in Vineyard Sound yesterday but
.foated apparently uninjured.
The second innua~A s-tA AhA nn,.sA nf
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16

Sloop yacht Navahoe, before reported
in collision with a pilot boat, has been
towed to Boston for repairs.
Yesterday was German day at the
Worlds Fair, and 1000 were there.
Ex-President Harrison was one of the
speakers.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16
SAW GREAT SPORT.
Large Crowd at the Fairfield Races Yes
49, terday.

/ FAIRFIELD, June 15.-A big crowd saw
some good races here today. The 2.27 and
2.35 classes were won in straight heats:
2.27 GLASS.
St. Lawrence, W. G. Merrill. Pittsheld..1
Maud Banks, Sunnyside Farm, Water
ourrier, Silver Lawn stables = Water
Fred % NJ, 6. i. Marston, skowhegan.
Cunard C. T. Stackpole, Gardiner .6 <
Time-2.z9M, 2.3O, 2.3414.
2.45 CLASS.
Nelson, Jr., Sunnyside Farm. m.........1 8
Ben Hur,sE. P: Dearborn. ...........2
Fred r., G. G. Runnells, Waterville.. dis.
4 ATime-2.391s, 2.41A, 2.43, 2.4Os4.
2.35 CLASS.
Diana, II. B. Conner, Pittsfield ..1 II
George Rolf, G. @, Edwards. Fairfield. 2 Q 3
King Pin, G. E. Lane, Dexter. ........3
Dora May, Sunnyside Farm. -. .........4 3
Time-2.301a, 2.S53a, 2.3S.
At Mystic Park.
Boston, June 15.-In the Mystic races
today. the 2.25 class, purse $500, unfin-
ished Tuesday, was won by blk m Josie
j. (O'NeiD in six heats, Prisonian
Snow second; best time, 220, by Artel-
la; Josie J.'s best, 2.2l S-4. The 2.2s
trot, purse $500, was won by CHI ~.
(Trimble) in three heats, Lady Hamilton
/ {Pitcher) second; best time, 2.21 IA.
The 2.27 pacing, purse $500, was won by
Miss Pauley (Trimble) in three heats, B.
G. Allabreve (MorrilU second; best time.
2.2l IA. The 2.25 trot, purse $500, was
won by Carpie in four heats, Miss Hun
ter lockwood & Jehnscp) second; best
tmaa 2.22 10
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16

@SA AS4sA cOAIf OuAO Ics-OdulC6 w ulI6,
second mate of the American ship A.
McCallum of Thomaston, Me-, which
while on voyage from London for New
York, was run into and sunk on June 7th
by the Cunard line steamer Servia, in an
interview today confirms the story of the
disaster as told yesterday upon the ar
rival Of the Servia at Queenstown with
the "a survivors of the McCallum's crew
on board. White adds some new facts
to the story of the loss of the ship. He
says that the McCallum entered fog
bank at midnight June 7th. The fog
horn OF the McCallum was kept going at
regular intervals. At about o'clock in
the morning, when the ship was in lat.
400 N, long. 500 W, or about 24O miles
from Sandy Hook, the Servia rushed out
OF the fog bank and came bow on into
the McCallum, smashing her planking
and tlmbers as though they were match
sticks. White learned after Preaching
the steamer that no one on the Servia
heard the McCallum's fog horn or saw
anything of her until few seconds be-
fore she was sighted lying directly across
VIZ oSOseAAlOA o WV ENou bu6u LQ6 Sdlt-
ing vessel could not be seen distinctly.
though some of her lights were visible.
1t was too late, however to stop the mo-
| mentum of the steamer, though her en-
gines had been put full speed astern as
soon as the McCallum's lights loomed
through the fog.
White was asleep in his room aft when
the collision occurred. He was awakened
by the shock and rushed on deck. The
McCallum was even then settling, and he
did not have time to run to the bows of
the Servia, which was more than three
| quarters of the way through the hull of
| the McCallum. AS the ship foundered.
White was thrown into the water, where
he swan around for about 20 minutes.
when he was picked up by boat from
| the Servia.
Mr.. Hedley, saloon passenger, states
that the passengers were aroused by the
shock and ran on deck without taking
Time to dress. There was naturally some
little excitement, but not the slightest
| symptom of a panic. The crew obeyed
orders rapidly, and the Servia's boats
were lowered in the promptest manner.
Mr. Hedley adds that to him it appeared
as though the SerWa had cut entirely
through the McCallum. The sailing YES
| oNA WOW 0oWA dlU6E SQo WdS
struck.
PANAMA SCHEMERs LIBERATED,
The Statute of Limitations Opens Prison
Doors,
PARIS, June 15.-The court of cassa-
ton on the appeal of Charles de Lesseps
and other defendants convicted Of fraud
in connection with the Panama Canal
Company, handed down its decision to-
day, quashing the sentences on the
ground that the statute of limitations
covered the offences charged, and that
the indictments on which the prisoners
were tried were irregular. In conse-
quence of this decision, M. Eiffel was at
once liberated from prison. M. Charles
de Lesseps, who. is in the st. Louis hos
pital suffering with an acute attack of
dyspepsia, was informed that be was at
liberty, but he was too ill to leave the
hospital. There were five defendants
convicted on the trial, which ended on
February 9th last. They were Ferdinand
de Lesseps, his son Charles, Marius Fon-
taine, Henri Cottu and Gustave Eiffel.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16
WAVES CLOSED OVER HER.
Second Officer Of the MeCaIIum
Had to Swim for Life.
PARTICULARS OFTHE
LOSS OF A MAINE SHIP.

Other News from Beyond the sea-A De-
cision of the French Court of Cassa-
ton Opens Prison Doors for Panama
Swindlers-The German Army Bill Is
Again Under Fire-Returns So Far Re-
ceived Show Great Gains for the Social
Democrats.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16

Continued on Second Paga.
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16
Jennings Opens for the Defence.


Itwas atexactly ten minutes of II when
Hon. Andrew J. Jennings stepped before
the panel and gravely and solemnly, with
impressive utterance. began his opening
for the defence. His bearing and his
tones brought back wildly that thrilling
plea of the eloquent young counsel be-
fore Judge Blaisdell at Fail River last
summer In the little police court room Of
the Border City. he prefaced his address
with manly personal explanation, that
one Of the victims Of this homicide had
been his client for many years. he had
known him from boyhood, az he had the
eldest daughter of his household. If
then he spoke with more feeling than
seemed necessary for the opening of this
case, he trusted that the Jurors would
ascribe it to this long friendship and not
to anything else. 81
Counsel does not cease to be a man
when he becomes lawyer" bravely
spoke the advocate. Fact and fiction
furnish us with extraordinary examples
to shock the feelings and stsgger the
reason Of men. / think no one of them
has ever surpassed In Its mystery the
crime you are now considering. Its
brutal character is only equaaled BY the
audacity of the time and place. Itneaded
only the accusation of one Of the daugh-
ters to make this the act Of an insane
The Portland daily press., 1893-06-16

FAIRFIELD, June 15.-A big crowd saw
some good races here today. The 2.27 and
2.35 classes were won in straight heats:
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-06-27
MENTIONED WITHOUT NAMES.

A BRIDE and groom recently welded
in St. Johns, Mich, were aged, re-
spectively, twelve and thirteen years.
WHILE in the agony of death from
suicide a young woman of Louisville,
KY, scrawled her will with pencil on
a pillow-case. This pillow-case is to
be legally filed and recorded.
STAGE-sTRUcK girls are said to be
more numerous in Fort Scott, Kan,
than in any other city of it's size They
declaim while sewing, while washing
the dishes. and some of them even
utter their prayers in theatrical style.
A GERMAN authority asserts that
writer's cramp can be avoided by hold
ing the pen or pencil SO that the move
ments take place at the fbrachio-carpal
articulation, but the new reporter says
he thinks he'd rather run his chances
as to the craInp.
A CooUETTIsH beauty in Bayonne. n.
j.. discarded the man 20 whom she was
engaged because he was getting too
fat. On being demonstrated with by
her mother. she coolly said: 'tOh. it is
my intention to accept him again
when grief shall have made him thin
ner."
A CHINESE priest in San Francisco
was robbed and terrified by supposed
corpse. The clergyman was preparing
his incantations over the coffin when
the supposed dead man threw his arms
about the frightened divine, while his
rushed in and robbed the
house
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-06-27
PEOPLE OF EUROPE.

THE late Duke of Sutherland made
and destroyed ninety-one wills before
framing one to his satisfaction.
THE king of Greece receives the small
est income of any European sovereign,
his salary only amounting to 100000.
ARCHDUKE KARL LUDWIG, now on a
tour OF the world. will reach this neigh
borhood in October He is the Austrian
heir apparent. but as he is travelling
incognito his apparency will not ex-
tend to his official pc rson.
Mrs. BERNARD BEERE, the English
actress. has a vast collection of dan
cling dolls, mechanical toys and money
boxes. She makes a point of buy
ing all the clever little inventions
which are hawked about the streets of
London.
THE earl of Aberdeen, the new gov
ernor general of Canada. is dark,
slender man about forty-six years old.
about medium height and intellectual
looking. He wears full dark beard,
dresses modestly, and has few of the
characteristics of the typical English
man.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-06-27

he had an infatuated notion Lrat her
eye was on him. Some of the young
fellows who promeraded into the bar
room regularly built up an absurd
theory that she counted the trips. All
the Old fellows who used to stand with
their backs to the telegraph wicket
and tell funny stories fell away, for
there was sure to come somebody and
motion to them that there was girl
on the other side who could hear them.
Then they always got red in the face
and moved away and never by any
possibility got up courage enough to
do their rtelegraphing there afterwards.
The oookstand was the first to suf-
fer. .ien who wanted to purchase
Mary Jane Libby looked at the pure
face behind the wicket, changed their
minds, and asked for Canon Farrar or
Talmace. The sale of flash papers
fell off, Somehow the pictures were
not as fascinating as usual
The joyous tone of the loungers was
subdueG,. Some of the jocund ''danns"
mysteriously disappeared. An air of
respectful suppression fell upon the
place, and even the porters began to
suspect that the trunks might have
dynamite in them.
1t was not long before the proprietor
began to perceive that some kind of
holy blight was settling on his corridor,
but it was a good while before he got
at the cause of it.
Meanwhile all sorts of attempts by
rash youth had been made to break
down the exclusiveness of the wicket.
Cholly had plunged at it in his self
confident way: "Now, then, my dear,
rush that off, don't you know, that's
good girl" and he had been struck
by a ''sir! ~ that sounded like buzz
saw.
Freddy had leaned on the stand for
an interview and respectfully asked her
some questions about the hotel, and
she had referred him to the desk with
out locking round, until he backed
out, then she smiled sweetly. The
fact is nobody could get over the
discreet line, and to write kilograms
under her eye was next to impossible.
l spelled bottle with one because she
was looking at me, and Harry Lee for
got where it was he wanted to send his
telegram, and she said ''she was sure
she didn't know" in which there was
an awful implication that he didn't