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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-24

The Rev. George W. Bicknell of Cam
bridge, Mass, formerly of this city, de
livered himself thus at public dinner
last week:
"If it would only have the effect of
breaking up the selfishness of Congress,
aud inducing it to do something for
the benefit of the country instead of
looking out merely for the political
views of it's members, which is deroga-
tory to the welfare of the nation, |
would like to see them blown up. 1t it
were not for my Christian principles and
the loss of life it could cause, l should
like to see about one. hundred pounds
of dynamite put under the National Capt.
tol and have it blown sky high with
the half-dime museum it contains"
This is pretty loose talk for clergy
man, and there is very little sense in it
too. A clergyman holds the place of a
public instructor. People expect from
his mouth words of wisdom. They ex-
pect him to talk discreetly, to weigh his
words. If he suggest remedies for pub
lie evils they expect that those remedies
will have az least some application to the
disease, some tendency to cure it. But
what tendency would blowing up the
national capital with an hundred pounds
of dynamite have to cure congressman
of selfishness and dilaJoriness. If it
involved nothing more than going sky
ward for season and then returning
to terrasfrma? There is only one kind
of blowing up" that will do Congress
any good, will cure seltishness or pro-
crastination, and that is blowing up by
the people. Dynamite will do no good.
Let the Rev. Mr.. Bicnkell turn his
thoughts away from dynamite and in a
direction that will prove more profitable.
Let him urge the. voters of his flock to
go to the polls and rebuke =. the selfish
congressman, if there happens to be one
of that sort in their district He can do
some good in that way. He can do no
good by suggesting dynamite. and he
may do much harm because there are a
good many cranky people in.this country
who do.not have Mr.. Bicknell's Christian
principles to restrain them, and who are
very susceptible to suggestions of blow
ing up people with dynamite.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-24
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-24
OFFICE OF THE
General Reorganization Committee
OF THE
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Co
Room eOe Mutual Life Building,

Room 9O6 Mutual Life Building,
80 Liberty Street, New York City.
In consequence of the voluntary forma-
tion of several protective committees in
this city and Europe representing differ
ent classes of bonds of the company
and its auxiliaries, to avoid adverse
and conflicting plans of reorganization.
the undersigned, and such others as
may be associated with them, at the ex-
press request and with the direct CO.
operation of the directors and officers OF
the Atchison Topeka q Santa Fe Rail-
road Company, have consented to act as
a General Reorganization Com mittee in
the interestes of all the various security
holders, creditors and stockholders OF
the Atchison system, for the purpose of
assisting in the preparation promulga-
tion and carrying through OF proper
plan of reorganization OF the nnanclal
affairs of the Company and looking to
the restoration of the property to the
control of it's stockholders and directors
at the earliest practicable moment.
With the consent of the Railroad Com
pany, Mr.. Stephen Little has been en-
gagged to verify by an immediate ex-
animation of its accounts, all statements
su admitted by the officers of the Company
and general plan for the restoration of
the Company.to credit will be presented
to the parties interested at AS early a
date as practicable.
Holders of bonds and creditors Of the
Company are requested to send their
names, addresses and amounts of hold.
ings to the Secretary of the Committee,
in care of the New York Guaranty and
Indemnity Company, Mutual Life Build
ing, New York.
R.SOMERS HAYES.
Chairman.
L.A.VON HOFFMAN,
EDWARD N.GIBBS,
F. P.OLCOTT,
LOUIS FITZGERALD,
GEORGE G. HAVEN.
ADRIAN ISELIN, JR..
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WILLIAM ROTCH,
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of Boston.
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JOHN r. DOS PASSOS, VI ooaieoi'
HERMANN KOBBE. Secretary.
New York, April IA, 1894.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-24

The New York Herald has been maxi
ing a canvass of Breckinridge's district
and its inquiries show that the chances
of his denomination are very small.
Even those who are friendly to his re-
nomination confess that they do not
expect it. The majority of the people
interviewed 10y the Herald say he will
not carry county, with the posslb lie
exception of Fayette.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-24

"Gen." Kelly's division of Coxey's
army is said to be made up OF sober men
who are really what they claim to be
men anxious to work, but unable to
get an opportunity. But how do they
expect to be benefited by tramping to
Washington? A city already full of I'M
employed and to which thousands of un-
employed are fastening would seem to
be very poor place to seek work in.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-24

clearly right and expedient that nothing
is needed to make it successful, but
general information in regard to it.
There is no politics in it, and it has
already secured the sanction and approx
al of leading men in both parties 1t
places all religious denominations on
exactly the same level, treating all
precisely alike,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-24

1t is greatly to the credit of New Eng
land that Morrison L. Smith could mus
ter but forty men for Coxey's army in
Boston. Evidently fools are scarce in
New England.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
THEY MUST PAY OR CO.. TO JAIL,
Uneasiness Over the Action of
the Collector of Taxes.
Thought to BE a New Scheme Of the
Arrears Department.

Much uneasiness was occasioned to-
day among those who are In arrears for
personal taxes by the announcement
that Judge Beach had issued an order
committing Lucy w. Whiting. Hugh
Kelly. Charles II. Pine. Franklin Farrell.
Charles Meyer and George II. Watson
10 Jail for falling to pay taxes on their
personal property.
None OF the orders had been executed
up to noon to-day. Hugh Kelly. who.
with Charles IL. Pine and Franklin Far
rel, does a sugar importing business at
II Wall street. was quite indignant at
the step taken by the Collector of Ar
reais OF Taxes. He said he had no fear
OF arrest. but declined to talk about the
matter. He referred the reporter to
Lawyer II. Charles ulman. OF 237 Broad
way, who. he said. had his and his two
business associates cases In charge.
Mr.. Ulman was greatly surprised to
learn Of the order issued by Judge
on him OF any such proceeding. There
was nothing for II now but TO pay the
taxes. he said. and wait until certiorari
proceedings could be heard, when he
turned TO his clients on the showing In
court.
Kelly, Pin n Farrel, he SAID, were
residents OF Connecticut. and their per-
sonal property was in Cuba. where their
sugar interests lay.
1.-THE case has been on record In GER
tiorari proceedings for two years" said
MIR. Ulman. but the Corporation Coun-
sci by some manipulation kept 1t from
trial in order. as ! suppose, TO make a
test case Of it. II Is a new scheme Of the
tax arrears department. TO try TO collect
doubtful taxes The only case which
they ave for precedent is that OF Hoyt.
The personal property in this case was
all in louisiana, and was decided In the
defendants favor because the Court held
that the situs Of he property must be In
the State whers the tax is levied"
His clients cases were, Mr.. Ulman
said. of precisely the same nature.
4 member of the firm of Kelly, Pine
& Farrell hurried into Mr.. ulman's Office
while THE Evening World" reporter was
there. evidently much alarmed at the
possibility Of undergoing a period OF
personal restraint In Ludlow Street Jail.
He was, however. assured by the lawyer
that things hadn't got to such a pass as
that. but that the money would have TO
be paid at once to s%traighten matters out.
The caSes of Mrs. Whitney. George II.
Watson and Charles Meyer are on the
same footing with those OF Kelly. Fine
and Farrell.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
LAST EDITION
INCOME TAX VICTORY
Democratic Ways and Means Men
Vote to Report It Monday.
Agricultural Tariff Amendment Lost
in the House.
Coal and Iron Schedules to Have
Three Hours Each, Tuesday.
By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON. Jan. 20.-There were
some dramatic incidents and significant
results at a special meeting of the Demo-
cratic members of the Ways and Means
Committee. held last night at the Office
Of the Commissioner OF Internal Rev
enue.
The crucial test Of the income tax was
made, and the friends of the measure car
ried a motion to report the measure to
the full Committee and to the House
next Monday. The affirmative vote num-
bered six, a bare majority.
This was given after Messrs. Breckin-
ridge and Stevens had withdrawn from
the meeting for the purpose, as the
friends Of the measure believe, and
stated. of breaking a quorum on the
Committee. The meeting last night had
been anxiously anticipated by the income
tax men on the Committee.
The Internal Revenue bill was COM
plete in all its details and phraseology,
n yet for the last week 1t a been
impossible to get the measure out of the
Committee n before the House be-
cause OF the inability to keep together
a quorum Of the Committee.
This appeared to be more accident than
design, yet 1t was far from satisfactory
to the friends of the bill on the Com
mlttee. For this reason the meeting
last night was looked upon as decisive
appear and vote to take the bill out Of
Committee.
h members present were Messrs.
s s'seHni WHITING n raf Stevens IBS ynnm;
and Bryan. The members absent were
Messrs. Cochran and Montgomery. The
nine men present gave three more than
clearly able to carry their motion to re-
There was some discussion as to the
until after the tariff discussion. but the
income tax men would not hear Of this.
They wanted a vote at once.
ei dsefeuP %r. 2Sesirsa e s Rso Is d in-
posed to pushing the income tax while
the tartn Is pending, arose and said he
would be compelled to withdraw. as he
opponent of the bill, next arose and said
that the room was so overheated hat
he would have to Withdraw.
ger. as the withdsawa: Of B%reckinridge
and Stevens carried re quorum dow
to seven, or six without the vote of
Mr.. Wilson, who was in the chair. II
Mr.. Bynum withdrew, the quorum would
be broken.
AS Mr.. Stevens withdrew on account
OF the heat, one of the income tax men
NOR, that 1t seemed to be getting too
hot for a good many gentlemen"
Mr.. Stevens did not like the sugges-
ton, but It was explained to be in fun
and he retired. Then the move for an
immediate report of the bill was pushed.
Instead Of retiring, Mr.. Bynum made a
speech, saying thai he thought the
House should be put in possession of the
bill. This turned the scale, and gave
the income tax men a bare majority
without the vote of Mr.; Wilson.
that the Democratic members of the
Committee who oppose the income. tax
may Join with Republican members,
In the full Committee, to keep the meas
ure back from the House.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
SARA A MALE AMAZON.
Added Female Attire to a Feminine
Name While Drunk.

William Sara, a well-known peddler. of
Mulberry street. was sentenced to three
months on the island in the Tombs Court
this morning on the charge OF %disorderly
conduct.
Sara got drunk last night, put a pair
of earrings in his ears, arrayed himself
in a lady's silk waist and a jaunty hat
with a feather. n sailed forth on the
street. OF course, he was Immediately
surrounded by a crowd of men and boys
actions.
Then the crowd began to guy him.
One man tore the silk waist from his
back. while Others pulled the hat from
his head and played football with 1t.
During the melee Sara lost one of his
earrings. He became furious and charged
on the crowd, accusing various ones Of
stealing the earring.
Policeman Burke, OF the Mulberry
station. arrested Sara. and also Joe
Perrin, whom Sara accused of stealing
the earring. In court this morning the
latter was discharged.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
THE ANTE At $1,000.
Justice Hogan's Deal at a Post
Poker Robbery Session.
Mrs. Goodman Won at n Quiet
Game, but Lost Her Jewelry.

Justice Hogan. who Is said by his
friends to be an authority on the great
American game OF draw" listened
eagerly in the Essex Market Court this
morning to the details OF a poker game
In which women figured as principals.
The game itself broke up in n row.
One of the women claimed that she had
been robbed. The police were called in,
and as a result o men and a women
the Justice.
The game took place in the furnished
rooms kept by Mrs. Barbara Goodman,
at So Rivington street. IT began at 6
dropped In. The latter had been a fire.
quent visitor at the place, and, accord,
Ing to her story, had always dallied with
ing i MIS-. Goodman's s"i apartments, and
with this she hoped to make a good
wei" she said to the Justice, 1.-The
everything. oh, yes; there were others
in the game. Well, when my last nickel
had gone, ! tok. off my ring and Mrs.
Goodman let me have 50 on It.. Luck was
against me. and then ! hock-I mean,
gave her my watch. and she loaned me
"a on II.
she continued, d" and then luck, came my
way, and as soon as ! got back the ~ ]
redeemed my watch. Just then the row
began, but ! know nothing OF any rob
berry"
Mrs. Goodman admitted thai. this part
OF the story was true. she added that
shortly after s o'clock three men, named
Ferdinand Romaro, William Marc ana
Luigi Peconi, entered the apartmbent
and took the place of others who had
left the game:
table, she said. and went down 10 the
basement for his OyerCOat. intending 10
leave. In doing so, she claims. he opened
the front door for Michael Mayo, who
uietly entered the place and stole all
the jewelry he could lay hands on.
Most of the articles are said To have
held in pawi for poker debts They CON
sisted OF two gold watches, three silver
watches, eight gold rings, seven gold
pins, two gold bracelets, two deeds or
lots In East New York and n fire insur-
When Nerd got back to the poker
table again Mrs. Goodman became Hus-
picious and ran down to the basement,
where she missed her property, she
would allow no one TO leave until the
Rosenberg and Abrams all the parties
we're searched, but the stolen goods could
not be found. Mrs. Goodman then
plotted the police to 235 Mulberry street.
where the Genello woman lived with
Michael Mayo. The latter was In the
room and ali the property was found un.
der a cloth on the mantel where he had
A general roundup OF all the parties
named followed. Justice Hogan held
them for trial in 5000 each.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
LOOKS LIKE A FIGHT.
Clouds Lifting from Duval Ath-
letic Club Prospects.
Party Not Likely TO Be Followed
Out of Jacksonville.
Panama Park Thought TO BE the
Probable Scene of Battle.
Special to The Evening world.)

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Jan. 2O.-Pana-
ma Park, four miles cast OF jacksonville.
will probably be chosen as the site for
the fight. 1t Is on the Florida Central
and Peninsular Railroad and can be
made almost inaccessible by the opening
of a drawbridge over the creek that runs
through the park.
The land has been offered to the Club
by a Mr.. Lyman, and unless some more
advantageous proposition Is laid before
Bowden and his confreres they will ac-
ceot.
There is little doubt that the authori-
ties will be content with preventing the
battle being held In this city. and no
demonstration In the way of following
the principals u of Jacksonville Is
likely.
With the coming OF some OF the main
guard of the army OF Northern sports
the cloud of uncertainty has lifted.
Everybody now takes II for granted
that there is going to he a battle, and
that It viii be free from interference.
The action OF the Governor In ordering
troops here cleared the atmosphere.
Previously the club managers had been
pickering, and were at cross-purposes as
to the advisahility OF holding the fight
IN the arena and defying the Governor.
Now they are all working for the one
purpose, TO hold the fight near the city.
but in safety.
The betting so far In this city has been
light. 800 to SEQ, with Corhett, Of course,
as favorite, being the ruling price.
Henry Stedeker begins selling auction
pools tonight on the fight, and then n
fair line on the money situation can he
obtained.
Fat Masterson and Ike Thompson re-
turn TO Anastasia Island to-day. They
are perfectly satisfied with the Clubs
promise In regard TO the check. and there
is no danger OF Mitchell entering any
further objection II the Duval people do
their part OF the business properly.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
CLIQUOT.


Drs. Shannon and Lilienthal, who are
attending him, cannot as yet determine
whether the internal wound he suffered
Will prove fatal or not. He Is suffering
the most intense agony, and Is kept con-
stantly dosed with hypodermic injections
of morphine. His stomach refuses all
food.
Chevalier Cliquot, who is a Canadian,
Is known, and has travelled all over the
world, giving his wonderful exhibitions
of taking steel blades Of all descriptions,
watches and chains into his stomach.
lie only returned from a trip abroad a
few days ago.
Prof. Hop., of the Metropolitan Throat
Hospital. was anxious to witness these
exhibitions in the interest OF science, and
his associates yesterday. After easily
~disposing, Of q number Of small swords
Just to give him an appetite, the Cheva:
duelling sword with a twenty.thres-
inch blade. After slipping twenty-five
inches of cold steel Into his body he
pound weight at each end. He then
twisted 1t completely around to the as
constituent Of all.
In doing This feat he pierced the lower
he next took fourteen small blades and
put them down his throat at once.
While they remained there, Or: Hope
suddenly noticed him grow white and
torter: Losing his presence OF mind.
DR.. Hope grabbed the swords, and In
pulled the whole bundle out at once.
This lacsrated Cliquot's stomach and
aesophagus terribly.
Some years age this human sheath
had a sword break in two while swal-
lowing IT.. and 1t was thought he could
not live. Since then a number of ac-
cidents have occurred. but none so seri-
Gus as the present one.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
STEVENS A WITNESS.
Tells the Committee that Hawaiians
Were Bound to Revolt.

tBy Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-Ex-Minister
Stevens has been before the Sub-Com-
mittee OF the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations nearly all morning.
and has been examined particularly re-
garding events leading up to and during
the revolution OF a year ago.
He said that all the material facts
were shown in the current dispatches to
the State Department at the time.
Senator Gray, OF Delaware, examined
Mr.. Stevens very closely, upon the point
where he has been charged by Commits
sioner Blount with abetting the revolu-
ton. The .ex-Minlster stood by the
statements that he had previously made
and ave the Committee no opportunity
to show by his testimony that the
United States was In any IA respon-
sible for the revolution.
Mr.. Stevens was emphatic In his dec
laration that the revolution would have
occurred in any event; that 1t was only
a question of time, and that the Queen,
by trying to overthrow the Constitution,
forced IT at the particular time when 1t
occurred.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
WANTS $3.50 FOR AN EYE.
Rudolph Till Sues a Brewery Syn
dictate for Damages.

sau street. have commenced IN action
in behalf of their client, Rudolph TIL,
of 1902 Avenue a. against the New York
Breweries Company. Limited, to recover
$4,000. TIL was employed by the Com
pany, which Is an English syndicate. in
the hottling department. at SSS Second
venue, formerly carried on by the II.
Clausen & Sons Brewing Company. This
Company Is now a member OF the syn
dictate,
In August, 1893, a bottle filled with Did
ale suddenly exploded and struck Till.
who was at work on the premises, in the
left eye. Till lost the sight of the in
jured eye, and sues for damages. The
Company denies its liability and al
leges negligence on THIS part. The case
Will be tried in the Common Pleas Court.
The evening world., 1894-01-20
RAIN FOR MORROW.
Then VIII Come Freezing Weather
Says MIR. Dunn.

Very heavy rains are reported from
the Central States. and II Weather
Prophet Dunn's prediction is correct this
vicinity will get a part of them to-nnor-
row. The rainfall In Oklahoma was 2.t4
inches during the past t~wenty-four
hours. Kansas records Las inches: st.
Louis, 10 OF an inch, u Chicago rs OF
Upper Mississippi Valley.
Mr.. Dunn says that high northeasteriy
winds will prevail during to-day and to-
night. They will be followed by cloudy
weather and rain tomorrow. The tenn
perature will be considerably warmer,
This distgreeable weather will only
last until Monday, for there is an area
of cold weather following In the rack
OF the storm: Freezing point may be
touched on Monday.
The temperature in this city at J
o'clock was 81. The coolest point IN the
United States was at Northfeld. where
the mercury registered eight degrees be-
low zero. At Jupiter, Fla, g. degrees
marked the warmest point in the coun-
try. NarI