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The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
THEELECTRlC!AN TAINTED.
His Testimony Was Fixing on Himself Re-
sponsibility for Loss of Life.

Fall River, Mass, February 9.-An in
quest was held before Judge McDonough
this afternoon to learn the cause OF the
accident at the Brownell street crossing,
January 31st by which Brooks Borden.
Orson Swift and Reynard Thornton lost
their lives. Electrician H. S. Weeden
said he was notified that the electrical
apparatus in Connells shanty was out
of order. He intended to look after 1t,
but had more important job at Middle
boro, where there was trouble with the
telegraph, demanding prompt attention
according to the railroad rules. Before
leaving for Middleboro he learned by
testing that the trouble was not in the
battery there. He did not bother to see
if the difficulty was in the track batteries
or the relay. Col. Spencer Borden is an
expert in electricity, and that fact,
coupled with his earnestness in asking
to fix the responsibility on Weeden and
caused the latter to grow very much
frightened. One question, preceded by
a remark to the effect that they were at
last getting some light on the cause of
the accident, caused Weeden to faint.
The medical examiner revived him and
he resumed his testimony after au in
terval of five minutes. He said he did.not
have time to fix the grade crossing gong
because his telegraph work had to be
attended to first. The next morning he
found the trouble and fixed it in about
ten minutes. Other testimony was
offered ard Judge McDonough reserved
his decision. 1t is generally agreed that
all responsibility will be placed on the
railroad corporation, and indirectly upon
Electrician Weeden. After the hearing
Messrs. Swift. Borden, Clark, Chase and
Thornton, whose children were killed or
injured. went to Crossing Tender Com
nelly and Engineer Clarkin and said
they held them in no wise responsible.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
ROBBED BY ITS CLERKS,
Dry Goods Firm Loses Large
Amount.

Providence, R. l., February 9.-One of
the most extensive systems of wholesale
robbery perpetrated in years has come
to light among. the clerks in the dry
goods establishment of Shepard & Co.
Nearly two dozen clerks are implicated.
Through the Vaccinations of the ring,
the firm was relieved of hundreds, per-
haps thousands, of dollars worth Of
goods and perhaps money. According
to the statement of John Shepard, it is
almost impossible to get at any definite
idea of the loss the firm has sustained
in this manner, but the amount is set at
a high figure. The system has been in
operation the last three years, but not
until Wednesday night was sufficient evil
dence procured to warrant the firm in
taking definite measures towards getting
at the bottom of the matter. Up to to-
night 20 employees had made partial or
complete statements Of thieving, and it
is thought that several more were con-
nected with the system. From these
statements it is known that the members
of the ring were known to each other,
and assisted the other members in get
ting away with the firms property. Mr..
Shepard is in doubt as to whether he will
prosecute them.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
THE FIRST IN MAINE,
Launch of the Big Iron Merchant Vessel
Built at Bath,

Bath, Me-, February 9.-The first steel
sailing ship built in New England will
launch tomorrow afternoon at o'clock,
from the yard of A. Sewall d Co. She
has been named after the motto OF the
Pine Tree State, "Dirigo." Her meas
urements are: Length, 312 feet; breadth,
As 1-2; depth, 25-6. Her gross tonnage
is 3OO4.8O, and net tonnage 2S55.79. She
is to be commanded by Captain George
Goodwin, formerly of the ship Sterling.
built for this firm in 1873, and which
Captain Goodwin has commanded for
the past IS years. She will carry crew
of 35 men all told
The vessel is four-masted schooner.
and everything about her is first-class.
The cabins are finely finished in quar-
tered oak and nicely furnished. The Off
GERS quarters are just off the cabin, and
the petty officers have pleasant rooms in
the midship house. The vessel carries a
Hyde steam windlass, capstans and
pumps. She will be ready for sea in
about five weeks.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Post Office inspectors are receiving
almost daily reports of robberies of post
offices in Ohio and Indiana, and of the
passing of fraudulent money orders in
different sections of both states.
Advices from Rio Janeiro say that a
plot had been discovered to assassinate
President Peixoto. Many persons have
been arrested on suspicion of being con-
cerned in the plot and several of them
have been shot.
Passengers ON limited vestibule
Chicago and Alton train Thursday morn
ing were badly frightened when the train
got between Lockport and Lemont.
Rails had been piled on the track by
strikers with the intention of wrecking
the train. The train crew removed the
obstruction from the tracks.
The Lamport and Holt line steamship
Dalton, an iron freighter of 1855 tons
net, has not been heard from since she
sailed from New York for Montevideo
and Buenos Ayres, December 10. The
Dalton has been out fifty-eight days.
She was commanded by Captain Dalton,
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD.
A Mistake About His Cargo Drove a Maine
Sea Captain to Suicide.
Especial to the Press. |


Fernandina, Fla, February 9-Captain
Fl. Blake of the schooner Agnes l.
Grace, now here, shot himself this morn
ing firing ball through his brain. Last
week Deputy United States Marshal
Bernard come from Jacksonville to Fer
nandina and served notice of libel upon
the captain ana forbade the removal of
the vessel until a further order. The
libel is issued in the suit of the Smith q
Kirby company OF Admission, Ala
bama, vs.W. f. Blake, master. The bill
was filed in the United States court. 1t
sets forth that on January 5th, last, the
Smith and Kirby company delivered to
the schooner. 4SS. 1856 pounds of railroad
iron at the port of New York to be de-
livered at theport of Camp Pinckey, Ga,
but on arrival at the latter place it was
delivered to Brooks Brother & Co., with
out the orders of the company shipping
it.
A claim of S6e41 So was accordingly
entered against the vessel 1t worried
Captain Blake exceedingly and he be-
came despondent over his mistake. There
was no doubt of dishonesty of purpose,
the trouble being due entirely to mis-
take. Captain Blake leaves a wife and
two children in Maine. The schooner
halls from Bangor.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
sPEcULATED AND LOST.
But Alfred E. Smith Did Not Take Any of
His Employers Money.

New York, February "a statement
was sent out yesterday that Alfred E.
Smith, the New York agent for the Glen
Paper Manufacturing company of Berlin
Falls, N. H., was defaulter and had
disappeared 1t was alleged that he had
taken $50. COO of the company's money,
and about S15, 900 which he had borrowed
from friends.
Mr. Smith was seen at his home in
Railway. Nj, b. reporter last eve
ming. The reporter was received by a
lawyer, who said he was Mr.. Smiths
counsel, and had full authority to speak
for him. In response to questions by the
reporter, the lawyer made statementsas
follows: "Mr. Smith had large salary,
and a short time ago he lost good deal
of money in speculation and borrowed
considerable sums from his friends to
meet those losses. How much did he
borrow? That is immaterial, but it was
not greatly in excess of $4,000 and he
has made satisfactory arrangements for
it's repayment He lost his money in
stock speculation in Wall street. The
company became aware of these facts
and asked for his resignation, which he
sent in two weeks ago yesterday. But
him. as [ well know, for have been to
Boston and talked with both it's presi
dent and secretary They assured me
that his accounts were perfectly straight
and that there was positively no defalca-
tion. They said they were sorry to lose
Mr.. Smith, for he was the best paper
salesman in the country. Will he be
reinstated?' Well, that | cannot answer
definitely. 1t would hardly be proper for
me to make any specific statement on
that point, but may say that it is not
unlikely. Mr.. Smith never handled any
of the company's money except a few
hundred dollars used as petty cash
fund for paying incidental expenses"
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
The Church in France,
RIsKED HIS OWN LIFE.
How Young Dr. Kemp Saved the Life of
One of His Patients.

New York, February 9.-Dr. Franklin
NJ. Kemp, young surgeon at the Long
Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, risked
his own life to save that of patient on
Wedn esday by the operation of trans
fusion of blood. Two servants in the
house of Mrs Fields, at No. 17S Warren
street, Brooklyn, were found in state
of asphyxiation in their room from es-
Gaping gas. An ambulance was sum-
moned and they were conveyed to the
hospital. One of them, Grace Vroo-
man, was revived easily, but
the other, Kate Pomphrey, grew
worse instead of better under the treat
ment. The patients were in the hands OF
Dr. Brooks, ambulance surgeon, and Or.
Kemp, house surgeon. The effects OF
the gas which she had bfeathed prevent
ed the proper oxvgenation of the blood,
and the patient was growing black in the
face and death seemed not far off when
DR.. Kemp proposed, as a last resort, the
TRANSMISSION of blood. He urged that
this would prolong her life and give a
chance Of recovery, which otherwise was
hopeless.
The other doctors consulted discour-
aged the operation, as it is rare one,
and there was lack of needful apparatus.
But DR.. Kemp said he would risk 1T
with such IL tube as could be procured
and proceeded to bare his arm. The
patient was place on the operating table,
and Drs. Wight and Rand performed the
operation. The flesh of DR.. Kemp's arm
at the left elbow was laid open and the
vein severed, but the tube inserted was
so large that it divided the vein, and it
took some time to restore 1T and insert
the tube. This was effected after twenty
minutes, and the blood was allowed to
pass from the doctors arm into the arm
of the patient.
She rallied considerably, and after DR..
Kemp had lost eight ounces of blood,
the tube was removed, the ends Of the
vein tied, and the wound i'll DR.. kemp's 5
arm was stitched up. The danger in the
operation was that bubble of air might
get into the vein of the heroic physician
and cause death. He rested few hours
and then, resumed his duties.
DIR. Kemp was born in Brooklyn, and is
about twenty -four years old. He was
graduated from the Medical College of
the Long Island Hospital last year, and
received an appointment on the staff
after competitive examination. His
action was highly commended by the
medical staff, and the students made a
hero of him yesterday. 1T was reported
yesterday afternoon that the Pomphrey
woman would die, despite the success of
the operation, as she was too far gone for
it to save her.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
THEY HELD HIS FEET in THE FIRE.
Then Clayton, Who Did Not Believe in
Banks, Told where His Money Was.

Barboursville, KY. February 9.-on
Leatherwood Creek, Cumberland coun-
ty, Wednesday night three men entered
the home of James Clayton, who does
not believe in banks. After gagging the
family, they fired pistols close to Clay
toms head, choked him, burned him
with hot stones and finally placed his
feet in the fire, holding them there until
they were burned to crisp. This con-
quered Clayton, who told where his
money was The robbers got $500, and
escaped on three of Clayton's horses.
Clayton Will probably die.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
cane COLONY Hears the News.

New York, February "a cablegram
received today by firm of exporters
from the De Beers Consolidated Mine
company of Kimberley, South Africa,
saws: "All manufacturers with South
A frica should take stand against the
bill before Congress proposing an addi-
tional tariff on precious stones. Ii the
bill passes the Senate, you may expect an
almost prohibitive tariff here on Ameri-
can goods. Urge all large firms to use
united influence Immediately at Wash
ington to prevent increasing the tariff
on diamonds, which comprise half the
exports of Cape Colony"
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
FLOOD REACHED THE PEST HOUSE.
Small Pox Patients Removed to Safer
Quarters.

Nashville, Tenn, February o. The
Cumberland river is booming and has al
ready reached the danger line. During
the past "a hours nearly three inches of
water fell, the lowlands around the city
are flooded, and hundreds of families
are moving their effects to higher ground
bousa and a number of small nov no
tients were carried today to new quar-
ters. Tne danger line is 40 feet, and the
weather bureau officials predict that the
water will soon reach 45 feet.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
THEY WOULD BIZ FUNNY,
But 1t Is No Joking Matter to Poor
Young Carberry.
HE is DELUGED WITH REMEDIES
FOR THE HICCOUGHS.

They Come in Letters and Are Sent by
Telegraph - Many Are Nonsensi-
cal Notions. But the Sufferers
Hope Is that Among Them There
while the Doctors Speculate on His
Lease of Life.
New York, February 9.-Hiccoughing
his life away by slow stages, John Car
berry lay ON lounge in the dining room
of his fathers home, No. 20 Webster
street, Newark, yesterday. He had just
taken an emetic and seemed weaker, but
the hiccoughs were not recurring with
such frequency. They would come back,
though, Carberry said, before long, and
they will keep on coming back in all
probability, say the doctors, until Car
berry dies of exhaustion unless the ex-
act seat of the trouble can be located
soon.
just how long the patient can live they
will not say. 1t is possible that he will
pull through two months and then sheer
exhaustion will cause his life to ebb
away.
Carberry lives in hope, however, and
he has reason for his hope, toe, for yester-
day there were received at his home $50
letters and "a telegrams, each containing
mention of some unfailing remedy and
urging him to try it. Besides these near
ly 200 remedies were submitted by per-
sons who called at the house.
From among the entire lot Carberry
believes that at least one can be found
which will cure him. From all over
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
and Delaware, the remedies flowed in,
and queer lot they were, ranging from
an intimation that if the afflicted
would stand on his head until he got
black in the face, he would be cured, to
the conventional hiccough cure of hold
lug one's breath and taking nine long
swallows of water.
In nearly 100 of the letters, nitrite of
amyle was mentioned as "sure thing"
From Philadelphia there came postal
card addressed to the postmaster of
Newark. 1t read:
s'Kindiy hand this to one of the physi-
clans in attendance on ]. Carberry, who
is hiccoughing his life away Get up a
first class fright on him and they will
STOP
Another card declared that the only
sure cure for hiccoughs is the eating of
the meat of dried peach pits. One man
in Brooklyn wrote letter and put a
special delivery stamp on it. This is
what he said:
''From babyhood until I was 25 years
old | suffered from hiccoughs. Then L
was cured in this way. Take a glass
about one-quarter full of water, put in a
lump of sugar and spoonful of orange
flower extract, place the left hand on a
high backed chair so that the arms will
bend even with the body to the waist,
take long breath, and then slowly
drink every drop in the glass, taking it
from the opposite to you and making
your body bend.'
From Mountainview came an urgent
request that sharp, open pen-knife be
placed in glass Of water and the water
slowly drunk.
A man up in Peekskill wrote that
when a man is suffering from hiccoughs
he is awfuIly thirsty, and he will be
cured if he will take a large bowl of
water and drink it without stopping.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
Conductors Under the Ban.

New Haven, Conn, February 9.-More
Irregularities :. have been discovered
amorg the conductors of the New York
division of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad. Conductor Klock
of New York, has been discharged and
dozen or more other conductors repri-
manded. The nature of the misconduct
is carefully guarded by the officials Of
the road. 1t is intimated that there is
to be general investigation. The irreg-
ularities, it is understood, are of a
financial nature.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
TO MANAGE THE MAINE.
Report Revived That ia. .NIacKinnon WIN
Be the Man.

Boston, Mass, February 9.-The Traa
script says: SIT was ctated today nssSA
the best authority that I. A. MacKinn0n
has been invited to accept the position Oh
general manager of the Boston & Maine
railroad and that he has asked for two
weeks in which to make decision. This
is in confirmation of the report of some
time ago that Mr.. MacKinnon was aps to
sever his connection with the Concord &
Montreal railroad to take the position
now offered him.
McLeod's Deals.
Philadelphia, February 9.-The New
York & New England and Boston d
Maine stock deal, which the Mcleod
management OF the Reading railroad was
responsible for, was explained today by
Receiver Welsh at hearing in the suit
brought by Isaac l.. Rice for the removal
of the Reading receivers. MI. Welsh
said LIE did not think anybody was liable
for the loss incurred by the company as
the result of the transactions. The
hearing was adjourned to Tuesday.
Neg citations Off.
Boston, February 9.-President Tuttle,
of the Boston & Maine railroad, is au-
thority for the statement that the nego-
tiations for the lease of the Concord d
Montreal railroad by the Boston & Maine
are absolutely off.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
Lockport Bank Men in Trouble.

Lockport, N. Y, February 9.-Dr. J. H:
Helmer, vice president of the defunct
Merchants bank of this city and
prominent citizen. was today indicted
for perjury in connection with the affairs
of the bank. He was arrested and adj
mitted to bail. The cashier of the bank,
J.J. Arnold, is now in Jail and will. be
tried next week for perjury and embez-
element. His shortage exceeds 500, OOO.
The bank is IN the hands of receiver.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
1T Had Faith in a SwindIe.

Zum brota, Mimi. February 9.-The re-
port of Receiver Schofield upon the con-
that it went down because Of it's faith in
that gigantic Minneapolis swindle, the
Northwest Guaranty Loan company. OF
it's $142, 900 assets, over $4,000 in notes
and bonds were given by the Minneapolis
concern, the value of which is almost
nothing. The bank owes $50, 900 and
stock holders must go into their pockets
for nearly all this amount.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
Martha Morrison, Morris, or Burns.

Boston. February 9.-The jury in the
case of Martha Morrison alias Martha
Morris, alias Martha Burns, on trial in
the United States District court charged
with perjury in false swearing to,
pension application, disagreed after be-
ing out all night. Assistant District At,
torney Casey asked Judge Nelson to hold
her in $500. Judge Nelson granted the
request aud the woman was returned to
iail in default of bail. There is no doubt
that che government will try the case
again.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
Local Weather Report.

Portl and, Me-, February 9.-The local
Weather Bureau Office records as to
the weather the following:
ga. m.-Barometer. 30.11O thermome-
ter. 32.O; dew point. 27: humidity. 70;
wind. o; velocity, O.; weather,
cloudy.
sp. m.-Barometer. 30.0S1: tnermome-
ter. 32.5: dew point. 80: humidity, 90:
wind, E; velocity. Z: weather,
light snow.
The mean daily thermometer. 80: max
imum thermometer, 36.2:l minimum tner-
mometer, $50; maximum velocity OF
wind, 13 NV; total precipitation. O.OC
inch.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
Dead in Her House.

Bridgeport, Conn, February 9.-Mrs.
William McGrath of Lang Hill was found
dead in her house last night. Coroner
Doten is investigating. A man was seen
coming from the house yesterday, his
face covered with blood. There was
nothing about the body to indicate that
she was victim of foul play. The Cir
cumstances are suspicious, but it is gener-
ally believed that death was due to alco-
bolic poisoning.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
Midwinter Trotting.

Laconia. N. H., February 9.-The sixth
meeting at the Laconia driving park this
afternoon brought good attendance and
large numbers of New Hampshire horse
men. In the l.40 class, mile heats, purse
$lOO, Young Wood, blk G Uampreyl, won
in three heats; Little Short, b G Oono-
van), second; Madam K, m (Wells),
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
THE WEATHER..
Rain or Snow Until Tonight.

Washington, February o. For Maine
for Saturday Rain or snow brisk to high,
east winds. Signals displayed from
Delaware breakwater to Eastport.
Boston, February 9.-Local forecast
for New England for Saturday: Rain,
followed by clearing during the after
noon or evening; colder Saturday night;
high easterly, veering to westerly winds.
Fair and colder Sunday.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
The Billiard Players.

Boston, February 9.-The second game
in the billiard tournament was played TO-
night by Schaefer and Ives. In the tenth
inning, Schaefer made 271. the highest
on record. The score was 600 to 409.
Iyes's best run was AS.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
seventeen Mussulmans, who plotted to
massacre the Christians
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS A SOLDIER.
William Tells How He Was "Given to the
Army at the Age of Ten.

" 'I'f . i-T lNI L-FHttS - ~ -~'-
William Tells How He Was "Given to the
Army at the Age of Ten.
Berlin, February 9.-Emperor william
today celebrated the 25th anniversary OF
his entrance into the army when he was
made a lieutenant, on reaching his tenth
year. The first regiment OF the Foot
Guard, in which he held his first COM
mission, marched today, under command
of the Emperor of the Lustgarten at
Pottsdam. There the regiment formed
a hollow square about His Majesty, who
addressed the troops. He said: re-
member with sadness and gratitude,
when in this place l was handed to this
regiment and the army by my father ana
grandfather. In this regiment, l learned
obedience that are ever the foundation of
the armyn The Emperor presented to
the members of the regiment new
helmets, fashioned after those OF
Frederick the Great
Italy and the Alliance.
Berlin, February 9.-The Frank fort
Gazette states that the Italian ambassa-
dor at Vienna declares that, in order to
Judge correctly of Italy's position in the
Triple Alliance, it must be remember
that Italy sought entrance into the
Alliance and made overtures to this end
to Germany. These We're received with
great pleasure and were referred to
Austria, which is inseparably allied to
Germany. Austria approved of Italy's
joining the alliance, Without the Triple
Alliance, Italy would have no influence
in Europe.
The Church in France,
Rome, February 9.-It is rumored in
German circles here that Cardinal Ledo-
chowsk, prefect OF the Congregation of
the Propaganda Eide, is about to resign
that office on the pretext that. his health
will not permit him to fulfill its duties.
The rumor has it that the true reason
for his resignation is that there is
radical difference between himself end
the French ambassador to the Vatican,
Cout de Bohaine, regarding the policy of
the church in France.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
THREATENS TO SEND A WAR SHIP.
Minister Terre1Ps Vigorous Demand for the
Release of Two Armenians

Paris, February 9.-The Temps has
this dispatch from Constantinople;
Alexander W. Terrell, United States
MINISTER, has demanded the immediate
liberation of two Armenians, American
citizens, imprisoned in Iskanderun,
Northern Syria. He has threatened, in
the uyept of refusal, to send an iron-clad
to Iskanderun. Serious riots have oc-
CURED in the Angora districts, and 200
cavalry have started from Constantinople
for Yusgat. The populace of Amasia,
on the Yeshitt-Irmak, broke into the Jail
recently and freed several Armenian
prisoners. Sivias and Caesarea are also
disturbed. Seditious placards are posted
in both cities and the authorities
have arrested many persons, including
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-10
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third; best time 2.3s 3-4. In the 2.23
class, King Charles. b h .(H Pope),. won
in three heats; Mollie Pitcher, br m
(Wells), second; Maggie NJ, m tMont-
gomery), third; best time 2.3S 3-4.