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The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10
A FORMAL CONFESSION.
Young Hurd Tells the Details of His Fear
full Crime to County Attorney.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1

B1ddeford, Decemebbr 9.-Murderer
Fred Hurd's second confession to Marshal
Harmon, in the lAresence of County At
torney Emmons was corroborative of the
flrst but was fuller as to details He ad-
mits, as some Of the authorities had ar
gued, that after using the axe on his
sleeping fathers head, he concealed the
bloody weapon In the closet, then re-
turned to his own cham ber. A mufled
groan uttered by the dying man caught
the murderer ear, and seizing razor,
which was the nearest W eapon at hand,
he hurried back to make sure and quick
er end of his fendish work
The muredIer's GOODNESS and general
Indifference to the conditions surround
ing him have not shown the least sign of
change. He has ourtly Informed sew
eral of the officers who have tried to en-
gage him in conversation that he prefer
red to be left to the dingy seclusion of
his cell His answers to most questions
addressed to him are uttered in monosyl-
lables. Often he makes no reply to his
would be interviewers. His only COM
plaint is about the darkness of the cell
A Biddeford photographer, on going to
his studio one morning recently, found
that some one had entered the hallway
during the night, ripped from their fast
enings-two frames of sample photo
graphs, removed the picturs and left the
empty frames. The photographer was
unable to account for the mortive of this
strange act, but as one of the photo
graphs torn from the frame was like
ness of Fred Hurd, the supposition is
that 1t was he who made the raid on the
hallway picture exhibit, possibly having
his murderous plot i'll mind and wishing
to preclude the use of his likeness in the
newspapers
The wife of.the murdered man bears up
well under her weight of sorrow. She
has not yet expressed a desire to visit her
son in his place of confinement.
James M. Hurd's estate will, it is be-.
lieyed, figure at nearly $12. 600. He owned
the house in which he was murdered and
had money in the bank,
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10
IN THE HOUSE.
Business Transacted by the Fifty-Fourt h
Congress Yesterday.

Washington, December 9.-Among the
bills introduced in the House today were:
By Mr.. Linton, Republican, Of Michi-
gan, making it unlawful for any person
to print, stamp, or otherwise impress
any words, or designs upon the Ameri-
can flag.
By Mr.. johnson, Republican of Indi-
al banks by authorizing them to take out
circulating notes, to the par value of
bonds they have on deposit.
By Mr.. Noonan. Republican, of Texas,
imposing an import duty of So per head
on horses and mules, and $40 per head
on all cattl e; increasing the duty on
wool from to "a cents per pound acting
according to grade, to hides from to
30 cents.
BY Mr.. Bell, Populist, of Colorado,
to maintain the parity between the ooins
of the United States, by providing for
the payment in gold and silver at the
discretion of. the Secretary2of.th Treasury
and withdrawing the right of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to issue bond.
By Mr.. Bailey, Democrat of Texas, to
secure the separation and Independence of
the executive and legislative depart-
ments by forbidding senators and mem
bers from soliciting directly or indirectly
the appointment of persons to Office.
By Mr.. Smith, Republican of Illinois,
to. reduce letter postage to one cent per
half unce.
By Mr.. Tucker, Democrat, of Virginia,
his bill of the last Congress to prevent
trusts, monopolies and combinations in
trade, and joint resolution providing
for election OF senators by direct vote of
| the people.
By Mr.. Faris, Republican, of Ind lana,
making the minimum rate of pension
for disability or to widows of deceased
soldiers under the act of 10. $12 per
month.
| BY Mr.. Curtis, Republican, Of New
York, providing in lieu of salary, fees,
commissions, storage and perquisites of
every kind, as now paid the collectors
and surveyors Of customs at Baltimore,
Boston and Charlestown, Mass, Chioa,
and Falmouth, Me-. and San Francisco.
shall receive salary of not lses than $500
| nor more than $1,000 per annum. IncreaS-
| ing to $100 a month the pensions of the
totally blind and freviving the grade of
acknowledgement Of the army.
BY Mr.. Hit, Republican, of Illinois,
| to carry into effect the recommendation
! of international American conference by
the incorporation of International Anne
| rican bank.
By Mr.. Sperry, Republican. of Connee-
tiout, a resolution declaring that the
time has come when immigration to this
country should be inquired into to asoer-
tain both the character and conditions of
it, also to inquire if the tilne.had not
| arrived to further restrict immigration.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10

ngratulating him upon his election as
Governor of that state and extending the
hope that his Inauguration tomorrow
may be attended by all the favoring con-
di5ions his personal and political worth
demand.
The meeting adjourned
he meeting of the executive commit
tee was held this evening in Chairman
Manley's rooms to discuss the arrange
ments for tomorrow's meeting The na-
tional committee will sit in Omen session
to hear the claims of San Francisco, St
Louis, Chicago, Pittsburg and Now York
AT the conclusion of the speech making
the committee will go into executive ses-
sion and select the convention city.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10
Germany's Parliament.

Berlin, December 9.-The Reichstag
adopted today without debate resolution
suspending all legal action against Hsrr
VIM. Liebkuecht and other socialists
members of the Reiohstag under charges
of lese majestic and other offences dur
ing the persent session of the chamber.
Connt osadewsk-Lyehner, imperial min
lister of the treasury, submitted his bud
get and in his speech presenting it de-
MES the insinuations made that the
presented receipts OF the government had
heen manipulated to favor the proposed
financial reforms.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l

ESPECIAL TO THE PRESS.1
East Harpswell, December 9.-Fred
Orr, young man of about 25 years,
went out to his lobster traps Saturday
and did not return.
Search was made Saturday night and
Sunday and oar and some pieces of
wood, supposed to be part of his boat,
were found.
1t was very rough Saturday and his
boat was old, and it is supposed his mast
gave way and wrecked the boat.
Searching parties with drags will go
out tomorrow.
Mr.. Orr was an honest and industrious
young man much respected by all who
knew him. He leaves wife and one
child.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10

Washington, December 9.-It did not
more than ten minutes today to discover
that the plan of facilitating work, pro-
posed by Messrs. Carter and Manley,
which h looked to the placing of the differ
ent cities in nomination today, was not
satisfactory. All of the number insisted
they would not be ready to present their
claims until tomorrow. Nevertheless the
meeting was held.
After some delay a quorum was secured
those present were: M. Fl. De Young Of
California, Samuel Fessenden of Con-
necticut, d. j. Layton of Delaware,
Perry 81. Carson, of Washington, d. c.,
J. G. Long of Florida, w. W. Brown of
Georgia, George L. Shoup of Idaho, W.
j. Campbell of Illinois, j. N. Huston of
Indiana, j. S. Clarkson of Idaho Cyrus
Leland. Jr., of Kansas, Alebrt Fl. Leo
nard Of Louisiana, Joseph III. Manley of
Maine, James A. Gary of Maryland,
George L. Maltz of Michigan, r. 6. Ey-
ems Of Minnesota, R. G. Kerens Of Mis-
souri,. j. M. Thurston of Nebraska, G. A.
Hobart of New Jersey, Cornelius n.
Bliss of New York, II. q. Hansbrough of
North Dakota, W. NJ Hahn Of Ohio,
laao Trumbo of Utah, Thomas H. Carter
OF Montana, W. T. Forester, proxy for
W. d. Bradley OF Kentucky, j. E.
Saunders of Colorado, Henry c. Cowles
OF North Carolina, L. M. Brayton of
South Carolina. VIM. Lamb of Virginia,
N. B. Scott of West Virginia.
Chairman Carter called the meeting to
order and Mr. De Young moved that
when the committee adjourned this after
noon it should be to meet at ten tomor-
row, morning, when nominations shall be
made.
Mr.; De Young also moved while the
| number of speakers should be unlimited,
not more than an hour should be allow
| cd each city to present Its claims.
Both motions were adopted and upon
motion of Mr.. Hahn of Ohio, a cmmit-
tee of five was appointed. consisting OF
himsslf, chairman, Messrs. De Young OF
| California, Clarskon Of Iowa, Manley Of
Maine, and CAMPBELL Of Illinois, to draft
telegram to W. d. Bradley of Kentucky,
| a mem Der Of the executive committee
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10

mate of an appropriation of $4,000 for
the survey of the boundary line between
Alaska and Bristish Colubmia.
lie also presented letter form the act
ing Secretary of the Treasury submitting
the.estimate of S10 600 or $75, 600 (accoord-
ing to conditions submitted by the Score
tary of State) necessary to complete the
water boundary survey between the
United States and Mexico.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10
A Big Catch,

Highland Light, Mass, December O.
Several large soh have put in here
for shelter tonight. A large catch of
cod by the weirs Saturday was followed
today by larger one. A hundred bar
rels of herring, more than 100000 pounds
of cod and pollock were landed at North
Truro
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10
DR.. PARKHURST.
Address at City Hall Last Eve
ming.
STRONG, ELOQUENT. WITTY, UN-
COMPROMISING.

Was Very Frank About Lukewarm Chris
tians and Professional Politicians and
Municipal Dangers.
DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst, the eminent
New York divine, famous the world over
for his successful fight against .Tammany.
came to Portland yesterday afternoon un-
der the auspices CT the ladies of the High
street church, and addressed a large audi
ence at City Hall upon the subject of
fighting Tammany in New York.
He arrived ut noon yesterday, dined at
the home of DR.. Fem, with Mayor
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10

Madrid. December 9.-The shops in the
city are all closed today, their proprietors
fearing that rioting might grow out of
the great public demonstration against
Che scandals in the municipal council,
and the passive attitude Of the govern
ment in regard thereto. All of the prin-
cipal streets are strongly guarded by the
police
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10
Local Weather Report,

Portland, December 9.-The local
weather bureau office records as to the
weather are the following:
sa. barometer, 80. 276; thermome-
ter, I3. O; dew point, 8; humidity, II;
wind, N; Velocity. 8; weather. 1t. snow.
Sd. m.-Barometer. 80 1870: thermome-
ter. 20; dew point II; humidity, s5,
wind, NV; velocity, 3; weather;
cloudy.
Mean daily thermometer, 1S O.; maxi
mum thermome eter, $50: minimum ther-
moneter, 11.5; maximum velocity of
wind, 12, N; total precipitation, trace
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10
THE WEATHER.
Fair,

Fair,
Boston, December 9.-Looal forecast
for Tuesday: Fair. slightly warmer,
westerly winds.
Washington, December 9.-Forecast Tor
Tuesday for Maine: Generally fair
weather with westly winds. slightly
warmer in the interior.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10
Another Hearing,

Washington, December 9-The Supreme
Court has decided to re-hear the impor-
weeks ago. The reason assigned is that
when the former hearing occurred, there
was one vacancy and now the vacancy
is filled and re-hearing will occur be-
fore the full bench.
The amount involved Is several million
dollars which the United States will
have to refund If the decision continues
adverse to them.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10
LETTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Speaker Reed Laid These Before the Mem
bers Yesterday.

Washington, December 9.-The Speaker
laid Abefore the House today letter
from the acting Secretary of the Treasury
transmitting a communication from the
Secretary of State submitting the esti-
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10
WHERE is FRED ORR {?
A Popular Harpswell Man Is
Missing.
HE HAS BEEN ABSENT FOR THREE
DAYS.

Went Out in a Row Boat Saturday and
Not Since Seen-Searching Parties Or
eanized-NIr. Orr Has a Wife and il
Only Twenty-Five Years Old.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10

The Vnezuelan minister at Washington
Yesterday received from the director of
foreign relations cablegram announcing
that tn 9. country Was perfectly peaceful.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10
MURDER AT ORONO,
A Wretch Shoots Girl and Then Fires a,
Himself.

Orono. December 9.-Michael Lenihan
shot Grace Griffin, waitress at the
Orono house, in the upper jaw. The girl
will proabbly die. He then fatally shot
himself in the temple, the bullet enter
ing his brain. IL occurred at 2. 45 The
cause was dependency.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10

The E. P Cowen Wholesale Lumber
company assigned today; assets, $4,000;
liabilities, $50, 0000.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10
Another.
Stocking Sale
Just the bare facts now
more later.

Women's and Chill Women's.
children'S this time. Chill
Black = cashmere dren'S
hose--5O cent and rs QQ
cent kind-Will be sold cts.
at four pair for $1OO.
or 29 cts. for one pair.
The sale is not till Not
Friday morning and it till
will be a quick short Friday.
sale although there are
some six or seven hun
dred pair in the lot.
Watch the papers.
The Portland daily press., 1895-12-10
LEADERS CONFER.
The National Committee Continues
Deliberations.
A HOT CONTEST FOR THE CONyEN-
TION SITE.

Executive Committee Sends Message of
Congratulations to Gov. Bradley of
kentuckey-Fatc of the Conventions
Location VIII Probably be Settled
Tonight.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-08-16

he went on . mince-pie spree. and had
deyoured sixty dollars worth Of this
pastry before he was arrested.
According to his story his extraordi-
nary liking for mince pie began to
show itself when he was a boy. He
seemed even then to feel that there
was something abnormal in his appe
TIE, Tor he went voluntarily to Bloom
lilgdale asylum in the hope Of being
cured of his gluttony. After he came.
out he believed he was cured and be-
gan to study for the ministry. But
IN a fatal hour, about two years later,
the mania for pie came upon him
with irresistible power. He broke
into the housekeeper's closet in the
Auburn Theological seminary, where
he was a student, and gorged himself
with mince pie. His relapse so proved
upon him that he went to the faculty,
and they advised him, he says, to drop
his studies, as it would be det-
rimental to the ministerial call
ing for him to enter it with
such a fatal appetite for mince pie. He
would be likely to suffer- seizure of his
mania at a supper in the church parlors
or at the table of one of his flock, and
create an unforgetable scandal. He
took the advice of the faculty and
went to peddling clothes-wringers and
bed springs, but his malady was now
SO deep seated that he subordinated
everything to his craving. He devel-
oped an unusual cunning for stealing
mince pie, or in getting the non
with which to purchase it. 81 would
be tempted" said he, and fall; go to a
restaurant and eat a pie and a half or
two pies. | became as helpless a vic
tim to the mince pie habit as the drunk
ard is to the drink habit. Sometimes 1
have pawned my overcoat or my watch
when l ave seen an uncommonly
luscious pie in a window and have not
had enough ready money to buy it,"
Then came the forging of the note
and the pie orgy which ended in his ar
rest. After hearing his story a COM
mission vas appointed to inquire into
his sanity, and it is likely that, in
stead of being sent to a penitentiary,
he will be placed in a lunatic asylum.
He is described as a thin, nervous-look-
ing man with a wild expression, which
is disappointing, for many a man of
New England ancestry would be glad
to cultivate this lunacy if it would not
spoil his complexion and keep him
awake nights.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-08-16
NOT DAME FORTUNES WHEEL.

But 1t Was the Cause of Ups and Downs
just the Same.
It was all about a bicycle and it was
not an 1895 model either, nor was it the
steed Of bloomery beauty. 1t was a
junk, and it vas probably the oldest of
it's kind in existence.
These facts, however, made little
difference to the t~ow-haired urchin
who had come into possession Of it,
and he was the hero of the hour among
his companions, who, after the man
ner of all sycophants, praised his some
what toilsome and serpentine method
of locomotion.
All but a red-headed, freckle-faced
lad, plainly the Ishmaelite of the com
munity, says the Chicago Tribune.
''Say, Billy, why don't you get a
hump on yer?" he yelled derisively.
Are We trainin fu tn fat mans race?"
Huh, mebbe We think you could
ride"
"Mebbe I do. Ye amt tired already,
are yep For Billy's head was pillowed
in the gutter.
Ten seconds later the two were roll
ing up and down the alley in mortal
combat until, as Billy seemed to be
getting the worst of it, his followers,
mindful of possible rides, fell upon his
adversary and routed him. Then they
returned in triumph to the wheel.
Say, Billy asked one of them, sis
this yere wheel pneumatic?"
But before he had time to reply a
hoarse voice from a neighboring wood
shed shouted:
Nav, it's rheumatic, OATS what it is"
And in the brief interval of silence
which followed the critic clambered
down and fed for his life.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-08-16
HCHEESE-B|O|X MAKING.
vast Numbers Turned Out Yearly.
by Expensive Machinery.
competition Among Manufacturers Has
Created . Great Industry-How
the Boxes Are Put
Together.

An idea Of the magnitude Of the
cheese industry in this country is given
- the fact that the boxes in which the
cheese yis. shipped represent a cost OF
ne1rly.haf a million dollars annually.
Htlot many years, says the New
YorAO lin, since cheese vas shipped in
anty kind Of barrel or box which would
hold from one to half a dozen good
sized forlns, packed in straw to keep
them from being bruised or broken in
the handling. It. was only factory
made cheese that received such protec-
ton, while dairy cheese was sent to
market destitute of any covering other
than it's own roughly bandaged rind,
which in most cases proved invulner-
able. Competition among manufacture
ers has changed all this, and at present
the manufacture of boxes gives employ
ment to a large number Of hands and
necessitates the use of powerful and
expensive machinery.
1t was customary in the early days of
the business to saw the hoops, as the
large body of the box is called, out of
the log in planks about %one-fifth of an
inch in thickness. The waste of mate
rial was a most serious objection to this
plan, fully fifty per cent. of the timber
going in sawdust. The invention of
the rotary cutting machine has pre-
vented this waste and at the same time
produced a better hoop than the sawed
article. The chief timber used in maxi
ing cheese-box hoops is the common
swamp elm. No other timber seems
to possess the same qualities of light
ness, toughness and elasticity, SO re-
quisite for cheese boxes, as this once
despised product Of American forests.
The logs, after being cut in the proper
lengths, generally five feet for an ordi-
nary cheese box of fifteen and a hall
or sixteen inches diameter, are thrown
into long watts filled with water, where
they are boiled from fifteen to twenty
hours. The time required to soften the
timber, or cook it, as the operation is
called, varies according to the size OF
the timber and the season. Large logs
require to be cooked longer than small
ones, particularly when the logs are
frozen. 1t is not uncommon to find the
center OF a log still frozen after fifteen
hours Of boiling. Experience is the
best guide in this part of the business,
and to know when the timber is thor.
oughly cooked and not overdone is one
OF the things acquired only by con.
slant observation. When sufficiently
boiled the logs are lifted in iron crap.
pies from the watts and laid on skids,
where the bark is removed. Then a
log'is lifted by a crane and swung into
place in the machine, where it is held
in a horizontal position by chucks or
dogs that center it at each end.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-08-16
A BEARS NOSE.
One Point of the Animal hat Is Very
Sensitive.

Sensitive.
A sportsman's life was once saved by
his knowledge of n Of the physical
peculiarities Of the bear. Gen. Hamil-
ton, who tells the story in his Sport
in Southern India" vas out on a bear
shooting expedition with a brother
officer. The heaters drove the bear
from his hiding place, and a shot from
the officer threw him on the ground;
but he got up with a grunt and made
off.
AS the bear passed an open bit OF
ground Gen. Hamilton again fired, but
missed, and the beast turned upon him..
When he was within a few yards the
general gave him the other barrel. AS
this did not stop him Hamilton started
to run, but tripped over a rock and fell
flat on his face.
The bear was upon him instantly,
and the sportsman, looking over his
shoulder, saw into the bears mouth as
the brute made a grab at him. The
animal caught him by the thigh and
pinned him. Knowing that a bears
nose is very sensitive, Hamilton hit
him several hard blows on the nose.
The bear, unable to endure the pain,
let go, and, before he could get hold
again, Hamilton was up the hill.
His companion ran up and killed the
bear by a ball through his heart. But
the bears ella VS. had laid open Hamil-
tons thigh to the bone, and he was in
bed for a month.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-08-16
FOND OF LETTER H.
Men Use 1t for an Initial in Names When
Any Other Would Do.

Men Use 1t for an Initial in Names When
Any Other Would Do.
cts a peculiar thing" said the
knowing clerk in a hotel whichis noted
more for it's hospitality than it is for its
inquisitiveness into the character Of it's
guests, ''it's a peculiar thing the fond
ness that the average man has for the
letter III as an initial. Now, [ don't
suppose that there are more middle
names beginning with FL than with
any other letter-M or R or or B-but
nine men out Of ten, if they are in
doubt about a middle initial, decide on
H,"quotes the New York Sun. "Now,
my middle initial is w, but for every
letter [ get, except from people | know
we'll, that has my initial right, | get
three in which it is put down IL. It's
very seldom, too, that you'll find a man
with sufficient strength of character to
leave out the middle initial of the man
he's writing to if he doesn't know it, so
he claps in an II and lets it go. There
seems to be a prevailing superstition
that a mar isn't just what he ought to
be unless he has a middle name, and
that the chances are very strong mat
that name.begins with the eighth letter
OF the alphabet.
G"Now, here's another instance: Cast
your eyes over this page OF our regis
ter. That is mostly late guests who
drop in here late at night and sign
! ames Other than their own. See the
|2esult: ,enarles H. JONES' John Il.
ffnith,' 'GAorge H. Robinson "A. IL.
assown,' +. w. Brown and SO on.
FThesge arqeen names on that n page
the MIDI initial of which is Il. Now,
that lett on't any easier to write than
any oths liter; it certainly isn't any
more orna4ental, and l can't see that
in any respect it has an advantage over
the rest of the alphabet. Yet the
human race sticks to it with a fidelity
worthy Of a more important cause. "a
like to have some wise man tell me
WHY
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-08-16
RUINED BY PIE.

Love for This Pastry Barred Hin Out OF
the Pulpit and Drove Him to Forgery.
A most singular case is now in the
courts at Kingston, in this state. A
young man living there was lately
found to be a forger, and when he con-
fessed he said he was driven to the
crime by an ungovernable gluttony for
mince pie. To satisfy his craving he
had forged the signature of a wealthy
man to a note for one thousand dollars,
and had got the paper discounted, says
the Buffalo Courier. With the proceeds