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The Portland daily press., 1895-11-13
SUPERIOR COURT.

,, In the two actions between John W.
Deering and Samuel Lisk that were on
trial at the close of Mondays session, the
jury yesterday morning returned a verdict
for the plaintiff in both cases, that is,
they found that Mr.. Lisk was indebted to
Mr.. Deering in the sum of s05.9S, and
that Mr.. Deering was indebted to Mr..
Lisk in the sum of $40.
The case of James Bradley VS.. Martha
J. Tuttle was then taken up. This is a
suit for services rendered in selling a
house. Mr.. Bradley claims that in
October, 1894. he, as real estate broker,
made a contract with Mr.. George R.
Tuttle the husband of Martha Tuttle, to
sell for them the property S75 Congress
street and that Mr.. Tuttle promised him
commission and a present beside, if he
succeeded in selling the house. He also
claims that Mrs. Martha Tuttle also
promised him at her home one day, that
if he sold the property he would receive
his commission.
The defendants, Mr.. Tuttle and his
wife, claim that the story of the plaintiff
was fabrication, that all that occurred
was that he had the conversation with
Mr.. Bradley one day, wherein he told
him that he was going to sell his house
and that Mr.. Bradley told him that he
thought he knew of II lady who wanted
to buy house, simply as one neighbor
would tell another, and that there was
never any contract or anything approach
ing contract to pay him for services in
the transaction. The case went to the
jury in the middle of the afternoon and
| they returned a verdict for plaintiff
against G. R. Tuttle for S25.
| D. A. Meaher for plaintiff.
Joseph A. Locke for defense.
Court then adjourned until ten O'Clock
this morning.
The following rescripts were sent
down from the law court:
KNOX COUNTY.
| Harry 7. Miller pro ami vs. d. W.
| Russell
claims damages for the bite of dog. The
statute gave double the damages sus-
tanned when this action was brought and
| the jury assessed S479 II. There is no de-
Tense to the action. The actual damages
were fixed at half the above sum, not an
extravagant amount, considering the
nature and possible results of the injury,
and on tine whole is satisfactory to the
court. Motion overrued.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Katie B. Young VS.. Inhabitants of
Fayette.
Rescript by Haskell, 1.-THE verdict in
this case was 81, 750-for personal injuries
received from a defective bridge. The
trial was long and expensive one The
report of evidence contains almost four
hundred pages. No fault is found with
the rulings of the court at the trial No
exceptions were taken. The trial, there
fore, must have been fair one, and the
plaintiff prevailed. She ought to hold her
verdict unless the evidence clearly
demonstrates that it is erroneous or that
the damages awarded are excessive Such
demonstration does not appear. Upon
many of the POINTS, considered, there
might be difference of opinion, but the
jury decided all these in the plaintiffs
favor and that decision fairly made and
supported by evidence must stand The
court, after a careful consideration of all
the evidence, cannot say that the verdict
was wrong or that the damages awarded
are excessive. Motion overruled
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-13
ABANDONED MAcHIAs SCHOONER
Discovered by Three York Men an'
Brought Safely to Kittery P"i5s-

Portsmouth, Noyem Der II. --Iuesuas
morning John G. Quits, John Z. brooAS
and Assistant Light Keeper W. NJ. broohs'
left York, Me-, for Boone Island. "non
about half way out they discovered oilo
schooner Pavilion of Machias, Me-, Jun
Der laden, abandonedl about one mile W
the westward of York lodges. The YES
sells cabin was half full of water, puc
the three men succeeded in keeping her
free enough to enable them to work her
into the lower harbor and beach her at
Kittery Point. The vessel probably STRUCK
in the night as she had the appearance
of not having been abandoned very long
Her cargo consisted of about go, 000 1eet
of boards The vessel is believed not TO
be badly injured.
THE STORY OF THE WRECK.
Tuesday noon Capt James ELarrabee
of the schooner Pavilion which was
picked up off York ledge in the morn
ing, arrived here and told the particulars
of the accident. He said the vessel left
was delayed by head winds. She sailed
from Portland Monday morning ana
struck on the ledge at 6. 10 Monday night
1t was hazy at the time and the vessel
began to pound hard. After anchoring
her, he ard the crew went ashore at
York harbor for assistance, but could get
none. Tuesday morning they rowed
from York Harbor to Jerry's Point life
saving station, only to learn that the yes
sci had been brough in here. Capt. Lar
rabee filed protest with Commissioner
Marvin. The vessel had a cargo of 10, 600
feet of lumber for W. r. Chester. The
vessel is uninsured, but the cargo is in
sured.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-13
Steamboat Time.

Schooner Damietta and Joanna of
Portland, Captain George H. Wallace,
with a largo OF stone, made the run from
State Point, Me-, to New York city in
forty eight hours, arriving there on the
18th.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-13
BLACK DRESS GOODS.

Novelties-Silk, Mohair and Worsted, a
combination which has not been ex-
celled for Dress Fabrics.
These are confined styles, and not over
two Dress Patterns in a lot.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-13
MHNCE MEAT.

Another exquisite prOdUc
ton OF the WOHnen's Exchange
is their sEince Meat. The very
choicest material is used and
the flavor and seasoning is
simply perfect. Putup in quart
self scaling jars.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-13

The plant of the York Wall Paper Com
pany at York, Pa, was completely de-
stroyed by fire Tuesday The plant was
worth $500, 600; insured for sl00,OO0.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-13
MARRIAGES.,

A good seat to Faust, +" SOC.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-13
Lewis Morrison as Mephisto tonight.
Maine Pensions.

Maine Pensions.
Washington, Nov H. Tho following
Maine people have been granted pensions
today:
ORIGINAL.
Erastus B. Briggs, Togus.
Enoch l.. Hinckley, Bath.
REISSUE.
John Mason, Emery Mills.
Edwin Frederick, Bangor.
ORIGINAL, WIDOWS. ETC.
Mary J. Erskine. West Oldtown.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-22

discussing the identity OF the man. VIXEN
Sanstrom came up and took a look at
him. one look was enough. In the cold,
white and CHASTITY upturned features he
Immediately recognized Thomes Rlanck.
the demon murderer and most desperate
man ever brought TO earth In this state
by cold lead.
TITS Tom Blanek. sure he said. "and
we might az well take his body to Kent"
When the latter station was reached th8
whole town was at the depot, and a re9s-
lar crush ensued when the body was car
ried into the waiting room and laid on q
bench
The people crowded around and, an they
saw the bloody wounds I'm Bianck's head
and body, they realized how well had the
work Of the brave deputies been done.
Sheriff Van de vanter. who was ten
miles down the track, was immediately
wired and replied 10 have the body ready
for transportation 70 Seattle on the first
train. soon the rumble of the train was
heard and as the engine rushed past and
came 10 a STOP the sheriff jumped OF and
pushed his way into the depot.
A moment later the body was placed IN
the baggage car, where Deputy Sheriffs
lack Mcdonald. George Cave and Harry
Pauley were waiting to get view OF ths
corpse
Shepich was too III 20 come 10 Scattie.
hut Young Crow boarded the train with
sheriff Van de Nanter aud received many
congratulations on his nervy night
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-22
rHuRsroN BETRAYED NO SECRETS
He Had 3 Right To Give News to the
ReErs sS


washington City March sf-Althourh
Mr.. Thurs.on. the Hawaiian minister re-
fuses 70 discuss the cause sha. Lad 10 his
estrang=rnsrt with Gresham, his friends
think & Only fair 10 him to resufa the
published allegation that he has betrayed
diplomats secrets. Admitting that Mr..
TAursscr aid as alleged. his friends as
sert that ne aii nof exceed hts diploma tic
duties n the slightest respect in making
public the ser t@uces imposed on several
OF the Eawa Ban csEsr3rasors by the mill
tary court The proceedings OF The court
were coaa8cEr~l openly. and the sentences
of the prisoners had been publicly an
EounceS4 tn Hawaii. and all the facts
reached San Fra1ciseo by the frs. mail
steamer from tine islands Mr.. Thurstors' s
friends say be has never betrayed any
officai commWsAc Acstion or abused Official
confidence fn the correspondence between
his government aaa himself and the gov
ernment Of the United States. or any OF
its representatives. II is admitted that
IL would have been manifest ifnpro-
priety for him to have 5ivlllged any In
forrna ton from the secretary of state
touching the relations between Hawaii
and the United States At the same rlrsle
IL Is claimed fer hin that he was perfect
IL free 20 publish any Information he de-
sired In regard 10 the events in the Tia-
waiian republic that came into his pos
&sSSsoFf, eHIEets Aas2Spctilsht ot 1ns s4ase
department. provided he did not comment
en- the action Of the United States govern
rent I'm regard thereto.
The suggestion Is made here that a
movement viii be made TN the future
looking to Hawaiian annexation. and that
MIR Thurston's intimate knowledge OF af-
fairs both In this country and In Hawaii
viii lead 10 his having a prominent con-
necsion with any commission on the part
of Hawaii 20 negotiate for terms OF ad-
mission 20 the Union.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-22
Cant. Foiger I'm Trouble Again.

Washington City. March 21.--Capt. Fol-
ger. of the Yorktown. now on the China
station. who had some trouble with his
officers last year in Bering sea, has again
become involved In Ike difficulty. 1t Is
learned that recently he charged Paymas-
ter Webster, of the Yorktown. with In
toxlcation. According 10 The payma star
the captain offered to refrain from press
ing the charge If the paymaster In turn
would withdraw a charge of insuhoriina-
tion he had lodged against the coxswain
Of the captains gig. The paynaster re-
fuset! to do this, and was suspended.
When the matter came before Admiral
Carpenter. after looking into aud hear
ing the paymas;ers story. he promptly
restored the latter TO duty and ordered
a cour; of inquiry. the findings OF which
are not known here.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-22
GREAT FIRE AT SIoTN CITY.
Transfer Co.'S Warehouse and n I.iuSecd
oil VIII Kmrned Loss. $500. 900.

Sioux City. Iowa. March 2f.-one of the
most serious fires In the history OF Sioux
City completely destroyed :he warehouse
Of the Western Transfer Company tofay.
together with its contents cntafiinE a loss
of more than s4HAa5 The high wind
which was blowing blew the fire to the
liuseei oil MIL across the street ana II
was partially DESTROYED ana the greater
part Of its contents consumed, making a
total loss Of $fas 90 The wEul. which
had been from tire southeast, now
changed and increased in velocity. blow
ing for a time directly from the east.
This communicated the flames 10 fhe two
ttE tanks owned hv she nnses.E oil mills
and the platform or which they rested be-
gan 20 burn, Thousands Of people con-
gregaiei by this time and when they saw
the tanks on fire there was wild sIam-
pes.e.
T-a. storage building was an immense
structure 5jslxe9 feet. Including the hr1ek
storage annex. The main part of the ele-
VaEor was five stories high and had .
~anAcity Of l5a ase bushels. In fhe bins
az ~, t{rrle we're stored loo ss} Atshets Of
rsxsetsa ani on the lower floor - tons
q }inseezi oil cake was ready fer TIE mar
k,-- Ia the annex tbe oil was Ia huge
tanks having an estimated caraeity of
1898 gallons. In The h1rk end os the
transfer cowpany's building WIS a mann
s.zach frame structure SIX stories high.
C1+t,fets WITH DsfE-i+a sf-,3 Ale=Lt. ~ &fEsI
alaes tie flames. as i kept water from
r@ashtng The woodwork. Tas E0ze .aar-
<torv ha seT7ent warehouse. .a7x}7a vzs
fNea from tor 70 bottom wttk farm i'm
fsessants aad machinery. assirfa ~ a.
ass1, 500 ga Tajs TnzcA.1eTy was owrf,t
s.y about twenty implement Companies IN
different parts % re T-t-ei Sss.s< The
cyatertS cf the h0T9st z wareh oas,s rs fried
insurance aggrf gatsnE Sa-ts- TIE pA-e-
house ftxelt w2s projected ~ 81 ooo la-
suraCce-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-22
Tho Electrical Workers Defeated.

New York. March 2i.--The strike OF the
electrical workers has ended In cors plete
victory for the Electrical Contractors AS
ISOLATION The settlement was brought
about through the mediation Of the New
York council OF mediation and concilia-
tion. of which Bishop Potter Is the head.
The strike. which commenced on Feb
ruary Is was declared off today. With
the single exception OF having the eight
hour day started on May !, instead of
May l. the strikers have not gained any
privileges which they did not enjoy prior
70 the strike.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-22
AIRfFAI. OF TIE RLMAlNS.
Thousands Of Excited People Sec the
Body Brought I'm.

when the train arrived last evening NJ
7.20 o'clock with the body or fhs nur-
aerer. the depot was black with peopia
and great excitement prevailed. few
moments before the train pulled IN fhs
patrol wagon thundered along loaded
with twelve policemen who Kept the mop
back.
As soon "a the train slowed NJ the bag
gage car door few open Sheriff Van Do
Vauter t.aked his head out and the mon
cheerca hisn Half dozen officers climb
ed into the car, and there on the reos
law pIanek. cold Ia death. a coffin vas
showed IN and the body stowsd away.
A moment later the box waH showed ont
and four men started through the crowd
with tho remains. headed for the deaa
wagon. THE eesveral thousand men imrns-
alateiy pseut Wild and eheeref and shout.
eJ and the twelve policemen had 10 usA
tAagr elehs mhevaiiv ~ keep them hack
ana make way for ttsn procession. AH acpa
a. TIE body - as placed in the dead waEnA
he horaea we're whipped up and the naos
followed 10 :he npoTf,ue.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-22
4 sunreme Court saves a Murderer.

Mandan, y. D.. March 2f--WliIiam o.
Pancoast, the hank rohher and wife mur-
derer, sentenced 10 be hanged May 3. Will
get a new trial. Pancoast robbed a Me-
dina, O, bank of several thousand dollars
and ran away 10 Canada. lie then went
TO Minneapolis, where he changed his
name to Myron O. Kent. married Miss
Julia Holmes, and IN 1S92 moved 10 4
farm near ManGan. In March. 1894. Mrs.
Kent was murdered and Kent disap-
pe..resl. A hired man named SorahesNi
was arrested and confessed that he Killed
Mrs. Kent for $3.50 promised him b.
keGt. Kent was arrested in Colorado,
brought back and convicted OF murder tn
Tie first degree. The supreme cour; Of
.sGt IN Dakota, IN granting a nev trial,
ho<ds that when defendant presen-s an
affidavit stating that he cannot have a
FAR trial by reason Of bias and prejai,ce
" is absolutely necessary that the jud 20
shali call In another judge to help ,ry tne
case. The court says the word MAJ" In
the statute must be construed as manda-
tcry.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-22

When II was thought that Rlanck had
broken through Wednesday night and
had gotten into the Stuck fats near Ati-
barn. Van de Nanter maize the ride OF ten
miles In forty minutes, and, in company
with that old reliable man-hnnter, Jack
Mcdonald. plunged into The flats. They
made sixteen miles through country
that would deter ninety-nine men out OF
every LOO from searching. but IL was a
case of get the man al all hazards
Il VIII never sleep until Biauck In
caught" were the words spoken by the
sheriff to a Post t-Intelligoncer reporter
twenty-five minutes after the Jail break.
Then he went 10 the field and left tho
town end OF the case to Chief of Police
Bolton Rogers.
Yesterday morning the sheriff passed
over the iines, having Travelled fifty-fiye
miles on horseback within tweaty-fosr
hours. and cautioned the men al Kent TO
be ready 10 move when any clues were
developed. At that time he was still un-
der the impression that Blanck had not
passed Auburn, although some old heads
were under the impression that the des-
perado had broken through and was MAX
ing for Palmer.
The day dragged along and still no signs
OF Blanck were found. The men at Kent
were resting on their arms waiting for
something to turn monotQny into excite
ment.
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the hour of his wonderful escape he had
been pursued with such persistence that
sleep was almost 4 stranger to him and
he hardly dare so near a human habita-
ton in search of food lest his well known
and well marked features should be rec
ognized and information be carried to his
relentless pursuers. Thus driven 10 .he
woods and hunted like the wild beast that
he was, deprived of every opportunity to
take 10 any of the few open roads which
the country offered, he wandered. weary
and hungry. with no hope bat the chance
that the revolver he knew so we'll how TO
handle would ultimately force a way for
him through the line OF his .nnumerable
p,irsuers.
But he must have food. and this crav-
ing was his undoing. At last. yielding 10
the pangs Of hunger. he went TO a farm
house and asked to be fed. The farmer
no sooner saw him than he recognized
him and carried the news TO the vigilant
officers of the law with whom the country
swarmed He had evidently dcspaired of
being able 10 effect his escape by keeping
TO the woods and determined 10 take to
the open highway and trust 10 his re-
volver 20 clear the way 10 liberty.
But he encountered men OF equal metal
with himself and the battle began. Hun
ger. loss of sleep and exhaustion must
have shaken even his iron nerve. for al
though he was ready as eyer with his
gun his aim was not as true as In other
encounters and he fired FIVE shots. scor-
ing only one hit.
Game TO the last. he never showed a
sign nf giving up until his last bullet
wounded shat he could no longer speak.
Then he threw UP his hands. but his cap
tors. thinking he had mortally wounded
one OF them. determined 10 have life for
life and continued the fusiaae until he
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-22

The Relentless Chase by Which Blanck
Was FINALLY Run Down.

/. was the greatest fnan-hunt on record
I'm the Pacific Northwest. and from the
moment the telephone last Sunday night
announced 30 sheriff Van de Vanor that
Thomas Blanck. the greatest OF criminals
who has infested this section. had broken
jail and taken with him eight other aes-
perate characters. the sheriff was con
stanily on the field encouraging hts nea
ana strengthening the outposts. At enc
time he went sixty-two hours without
sleep.
The sheriff had at different times about
thirty men directly engaged In the chase.
either regular deputies or volunteers, but
their number vas frequently doubled or
trsbled By volunteer recruits from every
town on the road. He guarded every
wagon road. railroad and srau from Seat
tie southwark, followed every clue, and.
although the cunning desperate kept opt
OF his clutches for three days, the chase
was So hot and the deputies We're 50 close
I'm pursuit that they really never lost the
tran. and finally drove him into the open
b. hunger and loss of sleep.
His plan OF action WAS 70 continually
enlarge the cir.le every time II was
thought the despera 10 had broken through.
Sunday nigh, he covered every outside
point by kilograms and then by special
train took posse OF the best men to be
found IN this city 70 Black River June
ton. where Il was known BlancA had
been seen
The search waS kept up in t1at section.
especially ia the direction of Renton, IN
I'll ths beating Of the woods VedneEday
showed positively that tfe prey had
strt,sk stu further south and was IN the
ToxIaz3s extending from Re1ton sogtn %
Kent The forces we're then turned N
that direction and a.! roads and paths
blocked
Reports from Aubaru and Sumner took
the sheriff Individually to these places.
and taking all things iato consideration
ne had no tttne 20 waste On Morpheus.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-22
Coast seamen Attack Neproes.

San Francisco. March 2l.-The first
breach OF the peace TO result from the sail
ors' strike for higher wages occurred here
this morning, when crowd OF union sea-
men attacked Boarding Master Johnnie
Cain ard ten negroes whom Cain was try
ing to put aboard the bark wilma. The
negroes were hfsed yesterday after Cain s
failure TO secure white men at SIS. Clubs
were hanged right and left, until the po-
lice finally charged the rioters, who were
on Mission wharf, and when peace was
finally secured IL was found that only
five of the ten negroes remained. Tha
wilma put to sea with these five men, who
were not seamen. No arrests were made.
The schooners Ivy and La Gironde also
put 10 sea this morning with short crews.
their captains refusing 10 pay union
wages The La Gironde took on three
green farmers from Sonogna. She needed
five seamen. The Ivy's captain went out
with one negro and cook.
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rapidly ss ;hev coults purap Aaiirts tn.o
TIE chambers q thrar gans ana pun ina
triggers
Szsoke VAS arising around them ana
the stranger. as il afterwards ,,-oyexa.
AaFtag arsSf tie l4ss shas tn his gan.
A4&fsSea cows TIE cgnAaaAinent at the
osass sa1e - TIRE .rAes and made for ina
lets
Like an eel re wsgglesi aksng close Ia
the Eruund 70 sort og mound close hv
S5oalEa, where he sscrets<s himself In
tAe rasae$
IN The sfafaen;'s relaxation Shepica sud
s@rai0g 20 Crow said:
ty tsc3. Fob, l-sn done for"
1&st t5en Charley Newell who Ya.; m
preached 30 witiiH about 10 fSee ~ sha
scene az tlae shooting. was gald ly Sher-
~ ie sosae un and drive the man frol.s
- s'.sias Place. As Newell came Up,
SleTlcA Neisess - the hidden Ynaa 4, come
otat from beh'aa the mound
Suddenly the man showed IA, and s.an,e
toward ise track with his hands up IN tAe
air.
When he reached the foot OF the en-
os.fkfaent Shentch said something 10 Crow
which the latter isd rot understand ard
commenced aring. Crow ais, tur,s,sa loose
az dii Newell from his location with !.
shotgun
Tho ohtect Of the shots feu IN the
ground ana commenced 10 wigxIe. wh#a
Crow. VITO thought no was going 20 rnake
another escape. gave him Two more shots
from about forty feet distant, The pras-
t&tc figure hay AG the ground and nssy,
could be seen running 20 the scene of the
tragedy from all directions,
Thomas Crow. who had con,e ur Il,
within about seycntyrfVe yards when thu
man fell. ran dossn 10 where he lay and
took OF his cream colored hat to get q
View OF his features.
AS he did 50 TIE man gave n gasp. hts
mouth opened. ais limbs relaxed and
death claimed its own.
AS Thomas Crow turned 20 Shenich tho
latter said 10 him.
My God. Tom. get me 20 Ken, as quick
iy ss possible; Ini shot 10 DEATH
While the crewd was stili gathering
around the dead body on the ground Tom
Crow ard a man named John Brown saw
section man with n hand ear getting
away from the near vicinity Of ths shoot
ing. They told him TO come back. bat no
only went the faster Then they brought
their guns Gown on him and he came 10 y
dead step In double quick time.
Shepich WAS immediately placed on thu
car, which was pumped toward Kent az
quickly as possible. ~ being feared that
the wounded man would die on the way.
Before half the distance was travelled
another hand car with Capt. J. J. Crow
and ex~poiiceman John Saustrom was
met. They took their car off the track
and let the party with Shepieh so "a Kent.
Immediately Capt. Crows car was put
back on the rails and run TO the place
where the body OF the dead man lay,
In the meantime II had been brought up
from the lowiand and placed alongside the
track.
A crowd had gathered around and were