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The Portland daily press., 1894-03-05
RUSSIA AND THE HEBREWS.
The Czar's Government Denies That 1t
Is Sending Them Here.


Washington, March 4.-Superintendent
Stump, of the bureau of immigration OF
the Treasury Department, has received
an official denial from the Russian gov
ernment that that government is aiding
Russian Hebrews to come to the United
States. A large number of such immi-
grants, however. are coming into the
country. Mr.. Stump says that many of
these are from the Argentine Republic,
where, a few years ago the colonization
of Hebrews from Russia was undertaken
under the auspices of the managers of
the Baron Hirsch fund. The country Sc.
lected in the Argentine Republic proved
sterile, and as fast as possible the He
brews were sent away. Many of them
came into the United States in the ca
pacity of assisted immigrants. Superin-
tendent Stump says the immigrant SER
vice is not to blame because of the large
number of Russian jews coming into the
United States the past year. All immi-
grants under that law are treated alike.
If the Immigrants are healthy, not crimi-
nails, and not likely to become public
charges, and in other respects do not
conflict with the letter and spirit of the
immigration law they are admitted. The
immigrant law, however, debars from
landing assisted immigrants and also
those suffering from loathsome disease.
All suspected immigrants of these classes
are subjected to rigid examination.
The Portland daily press., 1894-03-05
UNCONSCIOUS AND FROZEN.
Man Believed to Have Been Beaten and
Left to Die in Berwick.

South Berwick, March 4.-John Patre-
quin, native of Nova Scotia, employed
by Fred Grant as wood chopper, was
found under the abutment of the Boston
& Maine bridge in an unconscious and
frozen condition at O'Clock this morn
ing. 1t was at first supposed that while
intoxicated he had fallen off the abut-
ment, distance of % feet, but examina-
tion by DR.. C. M. Sic eper showed evil
dence that he had been foully dealt with.
He was seen in saloon at Salmon Falls
at about o'clock Saturday evening in an
intoxicated condition. 1t is claimed he
left there alone and nothing was seen OF
him until discovered this morning close
to the abutment with his head in pool
of blood. Close examination OF the sur
roundings showed that he could not have
fallen off the abutment at the place he
was discovered. The body was entirel y
free from bruises, but there was bad
confusion over the left temple, the left
eye was blackened and the lips were
closed and the mouth badly swollen.
The opinion prevails here that he was
beten into insensibility by parties un-
known, then carried over the top of the
bridge to the ground and placed there to
give the appearance that he had fallen.
His hat was found at the top of the
abutment. He was taken to the town
farm. Up to this evening he had not
regained consciousness. There is slight
possibility of his recovery. The authori-
ties will make thorough investigation.
The Portland daily press., 1894-03-05
BROKE OPEN THE DOOR.
Hotel Proprietor Found Two of His
Guests Dead in Their Room.

South birmingham, Mass, March A.
What appears to be double suicide oc-
CURED today at the Winthrop House.
The facts may possibly determine that
the deaths were due to accident. At
about 10 Saturday night, a man and
woman registered at the Winthrop
House as w. III. Hastings and wife, Wor-
cester, Mass This morning they did
not come to breakfast, but answered a
call from the clerk at 8. Shortly before
6 tonight, Landlord Simon O'Connell de-
tecIed smell of gas coming from the
room where the couple lodged. He
forced an entrance into the room, where
he discovered the bodies of the man and
woman. Life was extinct. A search of
the clothing found in the room showed
letters and receipts in the mans clothes
made out to d. Mccormick, II Foster
street, Worcester, and d. Mccormick d
Co. In the womans dress was q letter
addressed to Mrs. Annie Kelly, 10 Cen
tral street, Worcester, from her mother
in Hudson. Both man and woman were
we'll dressed. and had no baggage. The
man had S209. Inquiry at the Worcester
police headquarters revealed the fact
that Mccormick was in company with
his brother in the beef business IN Wor-
cester. He was unmarried, about 30
years old and rich. The police there
know nothing about the woman, who
was apparently between 25 and 80 years.
When found, the gas was turned full on,
giving rise to theory of suicide. AS
the house is wired for electric lights, the
gas is seldom used. The medical exam
liner states he thinks the deaths due to
accident.
The Portland daily press., 1894-03-05
Shot Down Three Mem.

Memphis, March 3.-The most sensa.
tional tragedy in the history OF Mississ-
ippi occurred at Kosciusko today. S. A.
jackson, member Of the State Legis.
lature and one of the most prominent
Democratic politicians in the state, was
shot and insta ntly killed.
Samuel Russell, an innocent bystander.
was shot and died in few minutes, and
VIM. Sanders, another bystander. was
fatally wounded by Rev. W.P. Ratcliffe,
also member of the legislature and one
of the leaders of the Populist party in
Mississippi. The tragedy was the culmi,
nation Of political feud of long stand
ing which was brought to climax BY 4
bitter newspaper controversy. Ratclitfe
published an editorial in a paper. tn
Vindicator, rejecting on Jackson's vote
in the recent contest in the legislature
over the election OF successor to United
States Senator Walthall. Jackson replied
in card in another paper, in which he.de
nounced Ratcliffe as liar. The tive
met at the court house in Kos iusko to
day for the first time since the publica
tion of Jackson's article. Each began
firing. Ratcliffe was arrested.
The Portland daily press., 1894-03-05
PORTLAND, MONDAY MORNING. MARCH

leaven placed in the loaf during the
caucus has made the work of the COM
mittee comparatively light, and it has
been actuated by a spirit of concession.
This afternoon much of the time OF the
committee was consumed in the digestion
OF the matters laid before it by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue yes
terday. Mr.. Miller went before the COM
mittee to urge an increase of tax on
manufactured tobacco, the Secretary OF
the Treasury looking upon this as the
readiest means for getting money into
the treasury. The discussion of the after
noon was an effort to compromise on ten
cents. During the day, it is understood,
Mr.. Pugh was notified that the commits
tee had agreed to place iron ore back on
the dutiable list at 40 cents ton, it
being now free in the House bill. By
doing so, coal is reduced from so cents a
ton which the committee had agreed to
give and placed on the same level with
iron. This action of the committee, if
accepted, will add to the revenues about
5000, 900. 1t was practically agreed that
il tax shall be placed upon all patent
medicines, cosmetics and perfumery at
the rate of one cent for every 25 cent
pacakge. This will yield $S0,000,000. 1t
was said tonight that the committee to-
day decided to put duty of Is per cent
on wool.
The Portland daily press., 1894-03-05
"TAKE THAT Then"
James Trask Dangerously Wounded
by a Despondent Creditor.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON CALL WHICH
MAY RESULT in MURDER.

It happened in Peabody, Mass Calvin
Borrowed Money of Him Ten Years
Ago and Has Not Been Square About it
Since-So When Traslr Declined to Pay,
Mason Shot Him.
Peabody, Mass, March A sad
tragedy occurred at the home of Mrs.
Lyman Bunker, on Jacobs street at 2. 30
this afternoon. Calvin NJ. Mason, a
leather whitener, about forty years old,
knocked at the door and inquired for
James z, Trask, whose wife is Mrs.
Bunker's daughter and whose family
live with her. Mr.. Trask was on a visit
at home from Charlestown, where he
is employed in the provision business.
He stepped to thesdoor and Mason asked
him if he could pay him any of the money
ne owed him. Trask replied that he could
not. Mason raising his arm, said:
"Take that then," and fired two shots
from revolver. One took effect in the
door and the other entered Trask's
breast. The physicians think he cannot
recover. Trask is about 36 years of age
and has wife aud six children. Mason,
after the shooting, walked away, fol-
lowed by neighbor who heard the shots
fired. Before he reached home, his
pursuer took the revolver from him and
directed his steps towards the station,
where he went without resistance.
Mason said he did not intend to shoot
Trask, but only to scare him. He had
been drinking and was wrought up to a
high pitch of excitement over the wrong
he claimed Trask had done him. He
loaned Trask $500, half of it nearly ten
years ago, and the rest about three years
later. He never received a cent Of in
terest or principal. He claimed Trask
used him meanly and he was driven to
the act by desperation. Mason married
Trask's sister and they have five small
children.
The Portland daily press., 1894-03-05
JOSIAH AND THE CONTRACT.
Mr.. Quincy Tells of His Efforts for the
Man Who Owes Him Money

Man Who Owes Him Money
Washington, March 4,-Josiah Quincy
was the first witness to appear this
morning to give testimony before the
Senate committee ON printing in its in
vestigation of the circumstances con-
nected with the granting OF the contract
TOR photographic work for the Patent
Office gazette to. the National Lithograph
company with which Quincy is alleged
to be connected. Much of the examina-
tion was devoted to the relations be-
tween Mr.. Quincy and Horace Kenney,
secretary and treasurer of the National
Lithographing company, to which tee
contract was awarded.
Mr.. Manderson put the question to Mr..
Quincy and asked if Kenney was in
debted to Quincy at the time of their
first conversation about the printing ofthe
Patent Office Gazette. Mr.. Quincy an
swered "yes," but said the implication
of Mr.. Manderson made a detailed state
ment necessary. Senator Manderson' s
question, said Mr.. Quincy, carried the
Implication that the witness had shown
diligence in helping Mr.. Kenney to put
him in position where he could better
pay his debt. There was nothing in the
relations between Mr.. Kenney and him
self that involved any members of the
National Democratic committee or any
person in the government service.
During the pendency of relations be-
tween Mr.. Kenney and himslef, in which
certain other people were involved
financially, he believed it to be his duty
to advance Mr.. Kenney out of his own
funds, certain money for transactions
with which other people were connected
to certain extent. The Indebtedness
ran up into the thousands, and he took
no security, but believed Mr.. Kenney
entirely solvent Mr.. Kenney owed him
more todaysthan he did when the con-
tract was granted. Mr.. Quincy had never
said that any person in the patent office
who interfered with the National
Lithographing contract would be dis
charged, He had stated once or twice to
Commissioner Seymour that discrimina-
tion was being made against the
N National Lithographing company by the
friends of the Norris Peters company,
and he believed he had mentioned to the
commissioner the name of Mr. Marvin,
who was discharged later, as one of the
officials discriminating against the new
contractors. But he had not suggested
Mr.. Marvin's dismissal, nor that of any
other person in the patent office. After
a short recess, Horace Kenney took the
stand. The witness said he went to Mr..
Ouincy and asked him to assist in
securing the Gazette contract for his
company, telling him of the monopoly of
the Norris Peters company in the work.
and of the opposition that would be
made in letting an outsider get it. Mr..
Quincy took him to see Commissioner
Seymour, who made detailed examina-
tion as to the ability of the company to
do the work. Mr.. Kenney said he pre-
pared his bid for the Gazette work with
out having seen the bid of the Norris
Peters company. He had seen the CON
tract but every body could see that.
The Portland daily press., 1894-03-05
MAGE CHANGES Hls'MINO.
Has Decided to Remain as Pastor of the
Brooklyn Tabernacle.

Brooklyn, March 4.-Rev. T. Dewitt
Talnage has changed his mind in regard
to resigning his pastorate at Brooklyn
Tabernacle. Before he began his sermon,
this morning, he read the following
letter: "Dear brethren of the board of
trustees of Brooklyn Tabernacle-Your
urgent letter is at hand. had fully re-
solved to resign my position, not only
because twenty-five years of my. Brooklyn
pastorate will soon be passed, but be-
cause OF the finan cial ENHANCEMENT re-
sulting from a series of disasters which
would have crushed any bank or insur-
ance company or worldly institution.
Now, by the blessing of God upon your
management, our church is put out of
all en- barrassment and [ believe has seen
it's last crisis. Persuaded by what you
say in your letter, and after seeking
Divine direction, l now and here declare
my intention of remaining your pastor.
What have suffered at anticipation of
parting from this noble and devoted
flock and from my expected removal
from this beloved city, in whose affairs
/ have always been deeply interested, no
one can estimate, and now, with more
faith and high expectation than | ever
udu dU duy pICfiouS POlub III Luy
ministry, join you in new campaign
for God and the worlds betterment
"T. DEWITT TALMAGE."
After he had finished reading the leJter
was loudly applauded for several
minutes. The above letter was in reply
to the following sent to DR.. Talmage by
the board of trustees yesterday: Dear
Pastor-We hereby earnestly request
that you will reconsider your intention
to resign as pastor of the Tabernacle.
We feel that the life of the church de-
pends upon your remaining with us. The
financial exigency that arose from the
necessity of building three immense
churches has been removed. We have
reduced the debt by subscriptions and
have made arrangements by which the
remaining bonds against the church will
give us no more perplexity. We have a
property worth 100000 over all our in
debtedness. Our income will exceed our
outgo, and with continued confidence in
the generous responses from our vast
congregations, we believe the remaining
debt will in due time, Ee extinguished
and that you will have nothing to inter-
rupt your work in the future. Again re-
questing that you will remain with US,
we are
"Yours, ETC."
After the applause Mr.. Talmage con-
tinued: "In June will leave for an
absence until autumn in Australia and
India, and my place will be occupied by
distinguished ministers of the gospel of
America and Europe. SO the church will
be as much thronged during my absence
as during my presence"
The Portland daily press., 1894-03-05
Chemicals Exploded.

Shreveport, La, March 5.-A trehnend-
Gus explosion of chemicals in the Lewis
Bailie company's wholesale drug store
last evening, blew out the rear wall of
the building and the front glass doors
and caused people a over the city to
rush into the streets. Fortunately near
ly all the employees of the company
absent. Those remaining in the build
ings escaped uninjured. The explosion
was followed by fire which destroyed the
store. J. Looney's wagon and imple-
ment store was burned and B. VOLTS
dry goods establishment damage. The
total loss is SIS, 1000; insured for SIS, 900.
The Portland daily press., 1894-03-05
HAWAII And TARIFF.
The Old Story To Be Told Again in
the Senate This Week.
THE HOUSE WILL CONTINUE TO
TALK OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Other Washington News-Josiah Quincy
Tells How He Got Job for One of
His Business Friends-The Democratic
Senators and the Tariff BilI-A Duty
of Forty Cents Ton on Both Coal
and Iron Ore.
Washington. March 4.-The Senate will
wait for the finance committee to act on
the tariff bill and the House will con-
tinue to make a show of industry on the
appropriation bills. This, in brief, is
the probable Congressional programme
for the present week. There will be all
sorts of side motions and discussions to
fill up the vacant intervals. In the
Senate Hawaii is a standing dish and
likely to remain so for some time. SEN
ator Caffery of Louisiana, has given
notice of his intention to speak on this
subject and there is some curiosity to
hear his maiden effort at oratory in the
Senate. The unfinished business before
the Senate is the bill to remove the ex-
listing death trap and build new gov
ernment printing Office. Disputes as to
sites have hampered the consideration of
the measure heretofore. Now by the re-
marks of Senator Dolph of Oregon,
Thursday, tariff questions and the whole
ubjeet of government expenditures and
receipts have been interjected into the
debate 1t is quite possible the govern
ment printing Office bill will be the
medium for a continued tariff discussion
under the ccommodating rules of the
Senate, which permit a man, while
nominally addressing the Senate on one
subject, to devote his remarks exclusive
ly to another and entirely different topic.
There is extreme improbability, as
matters now look, that the tariff bill
will be in condition to be reported to
the Senate during the coming week.
General debate ON the pension apnro-
priation bill will probably close in the
House tomorrow and then it will be SUBJ
ject to limitations of the five minutes
rule until passed. This stage of pro-
who is in charge of the measure, believes
will be reached by Tuesday afternoon at
the furthest. Following this bill, the
District of Columbia appropriation bill
will be called up, and then the sundry
civil bill. The consideration of these
two will dou btless require all the time
at present ALLOTTED to the committee of
appropriations. If they should not.
several other committees entrusted with
the preparation of appropriation bills are
ready to report The naval bill, the
diplomatic and consular bill and the
postal bill are all ready. The morning
more or less general interest proposed
for action. The Speaker has not been
advised of an intention to ask the con-
sideration of any particular question.
The Portland daily press., 1894-03-05
BRIEFLY TOLD.


The Penobscot river is open to Winter
port again.
1t is said in Brooklyn that the appeal
of John Y. Mckane from the conviction
of the jury and Judgment by Justice
Bartlett will be heard by ths general
term of the Supreme court at Pough-
keepsie in May.
George Roussin of Biddeford, eighteen
years old, and Celia Coburn of Saco
aged seventeen, ran away from home
Friday and were married in Dover, N.
FL. They young people have returned
home and received parental forgiveness.
It is said that President Peixoto does
not dare to send his fleet into action for
fear the crews would go over to the in
surgents. The foreigners in the crews,
however, are determined to fight.
Peixoto's soldiers are said to have
bayonetted several young boys.who were
captured with some insurgents.
The Portland daily press., 1894-03-05

for Himself in Politics.
London, March 5.-Sir Henry Ponsono-
by, the Queens private secretary, visited
Lord Rosebery nLondon.yesterday after
cepuance of Mr.. Glastone's resignation
and wish that he accept the premiership.
Lord Rosebery was unwilling to give an
immediate decision. He conferred at
length with his colleagues in the cabinet
and delayed acceptance until evening.
The Queen will come from Windsor to
London tomorrow, and will give LORD
Rosebery an audience in Buckingham
palace. Sir William Harcourt, chancel-
lor of the exchequer, Earl Spencer, first
lord of the admiralty, and Herbert
Asquith, home secretary, called upon
Lord Rosebery today. Mr.. Gladstone at
tended the Chapel Royal this morning,
ut took no part in the cabinet meet
ings
It was after the adiournement of the
Council yesterday that Mr.. Gladstone
formally rendered to the Queen his resig-
nation of the Offices he held in the
Ministry.
Current gossip has it that the Earl of
Kim berley. now Lord President of the
OUuuGll duu OCCl CVdly VI OU1tC lOl doifts
will be made Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, and that Mr.. John
Morley, Chief Secretary for Ireland, will
succeed the Earl of Kim berley in the
India Office.
Mr.. Gladstone arrived at the Padding
ton railway station on his return from
Windsor by special train at $50 p.
A large crowd had assembled to catch a
glimpse of the great STATESMAN. AS he
emerged from the railway carriage he
was greeted with roars of applause,
which he acknowledged by bows and by
lifting his hat. 1t is believed that Mr..
Gladstone will shortly take trip on the
Continent for health and recreation, re-
manning abroad until spring
Earl Spencer, Mr.. John Morley and Mr..
Acland paid visit to Lord Rosebery in
Berkeley square this morning. The Earl
of Kim berley will give dinner to Mr..
Gladstone, his Cabinet Ministers and a
mum ber of other state officials this eve
ming. Mr.. and Mrs. Gla istone will give a
large dinner and reception at the official
residence in Downing street on Monday.
Mr.. Edward Mari oribanks this morn
ing sent reply to the letter addressed to
him by Mr.. Labouchere yesterday, in
which the latter stoutly protested
against the selection of peer as the sue
cessor of Mr.. Gladstone. AS yet the
character of the reply has not been
made public.
The Portland daily press., 1894-03-05
GLADsToNE's SUCCESSOR.
Lord Rosebery Who Will Be the New
Prime Minister.

Lord Rosebery Who Will Be the New
Prime Minister.
Lord Rosebery, who is scheduled to
succeed Mr.. Gladstone,is comparatively a
young man. not being mere than Al. He
is one of those fortunate men who al
ways look youthful, and it is probable
that for many years to come he will con-
tinue to be spoken of as a young man.
Unlike most other prominent members
of the House Of Lords, Lord Rosebery
never sat in the Lower House, for, before
he had attained his majority he had
succeeded, on the death of his grand
father to the family title. He was
educated at Elton and Christ church, but
his school and college friends did not
recognize in him anything more than an
ordinary young nobleman with keen
love of sports. There were others who
could form a truer Judgment, and,
although for some years Lord ROsebery
was best known as an ardent patron of
the turf, the leaders of the Liberal party
were not slow to discern that he had the
making of a statesman in him. He was
only in his twenty fourth year when
selected to second the address IN reply
to the Queens speech, and he acquitted
himself on that occasion SO we'll as
amply to deserve the compliments he
received from both sides of the House.
But the time had hardly yet arrived for
him to devote himself seriously to the
business of politics. On occasions he
took part in the debates. in the House of
Lords. and showed himself to be
possessed of a cool judgment, a
knowledge of men and things far beyond
his years, and style which, while never
rising to real eloquence, never degener-
ated into dullness; some of his speeches.
indeed were perhaps little too. lively
for the sedate assembly of which he was
a member.
Lord Rosebery, though constitutional
ly inclined to moderation, was con-
sistent Liberal and an attached adherent
of Mr.. Gladstone, though at one Tune
rumor persistently asserted that ne had
fallen under the magic influence OF LORD
Beaconsfeld. There was probably httle
truth in this report, but some credit was
lent to it by the fact that when in 1878
he married Miss Hannah Rothschlld
(who died in Novem ber, 1880, 1T was the
Prime Minister who gave the bride
away. BY this alliance Lord Rosebery
became connected with the most power
full banking house in Europe, and was
brought into close relations with eminent
men of all nationalities, besides recelv-
ing large accession of wealth and In
fuence. He was very soon able to show
that, highly as he valued the personal
friendship of Lord Beaconsfield, his
political sympathies were still with the
opposition, for during the famous Mid
lothian campaign in the autumn OF 1879
Mr.. Gladstone was guest at Dalmeny
Park, Lord Rosebery's beautiful seat
near Edinburgh.