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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-27
. SIXTEEN SAILORS RESCUED
And Proyincetown Was Happiest Town
in America Yesterday.

Provincetown, May 26-The sixteen
members of the crew of the Provincetown
fishing schooner J. P. johnson, who went
astray on the western bank last Friday,
arrived here this morning.
All were well, although they suffered
much from hunger during Saturday.
The men report that they were unable
to judge the location of their vessel after
they had been out trawling short time
but by blowing fog-horns continuously
the dories were got together.
Then they were tied one behind the
other and they remained in this position
until daylight Saturday, when the dense
fog bank lifted
1t was then decided to attempt to row
to La Have, N. s., the nearest port. Two
dories were abandoned before heading in
that direction, the occupants being dis
tributed in the other boats.
1.-The small quantity of hard tack in the
dories was soon exhausted and the men
were compelled to eat raw fish.
At one O'Clock Sunday morning the
Norwegian bark China, Captain Ander-
son, from Hamburg, hove in sight The
men were taken on board and cared for.
On Monday the schooner 1. B. Merritt,
Jr., passed near the bark. She was sig
nailed and as she was bound for Boston
took the men on board.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-27
NIcKLE-IN-sLoT MACHINES.
Bfddeford City Marshal Says They Must
Quit Business.

Biddeford, May 26.-Deputy Marshal
Morgan visited all the places in town to-
day where nickel-in- -the-slot machines
have been in use and ordered their imme-
diate discontinuance. The order was is
sued by City Marshal Harmon, to whom
a complaint was made by Herbert Warren
an expressman.
Warren went into Henderson & C)lef
cigar store, Saturday night, and played
one of the machines. He claimed that the
showing of cards resulting from his
operation of the lever entitled him to a
cigar, but one of the proprietors who had
watched the operation disputed Warren s
claim and refused to give him cigar.
4 Warren today filed his complaint with
the marshal, who summoned Mr.. Cole in
the office. There Messrs. Cole and War
rem continued their controversy, but were
unable to come to any agreement, and
the marshal ordered Mr.. Cole to take the
machine out of the store.
Mr.. Cole said if he was obliged to take
out his machine all other store keepers
would have to follow suit, whereupon the
marshal declared that he would see to it
that all such machines were ordered out.
The carry out of this threat occasioned a
great deal of grumbling on the part of
some of the merchants, but the machines
all had to go.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-27
DICK o'BRIEN BEATEN.
Lewiston Man Defeated By Kid Mccoy
Last Evening.

New York, May 26.-Fully six thousand
passed through the turnstiles of the
Palace Athletic club tonight to see the
middle weight boxers, Charles (Kid) Nc
Coy, who recently returned from South
Africa and Dick O'Brien of Lewiston,
fight twenty five rounds at catch weights.
These two men met in Boston two years
ago and they fought twenty-five rounds
to draw. Tonight o Brien had the ad-
vantage in the weight. Mccoy was by
far the better ring general and worked
along in his usual cool manner. Hes i'm.
ply wore down his opponent, who despite
his gameness, was outclassed, and after
they had only gone half through the
tenth round, Referee Charley White
stopped the fight and declared Mccoy the
winner. O'Brien was badly beaten, and
the action Of the referee was commended
by all those who witnessed the mill.
Mike Scans of Lewiston, and Jack
o. Brien of this city were the contestant
IN the first Of the preliminary bouts.
They boxed at 120 pounds and were
matched to go ten rounds. Sears proved
vastly superior to his adversary and al
though the New Yorker worked very hard
the New Englander out-pointed him
cleverly and the referee decided in favor
OF the boxer from Maine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-27
BRIEFLY TOLD.

a President Faure of France, formally re,
ceived the new o.. S. ambassador, Gen.
Horace Porter, Wednesday.
The Harvard college crew yesterday
afternoon defeated the B. A. A. crew in
mile race by one length.
Edison M. Shriever of Maryland was
elected supreme regent of the Royal
Arcanum in Boston yesterday.
An epidemic of scarlet fever and diph-
liberia has led to the closing of the schools
both at Fairfield and at Benton.
Capt. E. W. Reed of the stricken ship
T. +. Oakes, was found not guilty of
not providing suitable food for the crew.
The German Reichstag Wednesday
adopted a credit of 3O,O00,0 900 marks for
the purpose of re-arming the German ar
tillery with improved field pieces.
Two men were instantly killed and
three others seriously injured by the ex-
plosion of boiler in a saw mill of Joseph
Haney at Glen Hazel, Elk county, Pa,
yesterday morning.
Dingley was held at Gardiner, Wednes-
day, there being large attendance.
Every business house was closed from q 30
to p. m.
Civil Engineer R. E. Peary has been
detached from duty at the New York
navy yard and granted FIVE years leave of
absence. This action has been taken by
Secretary Long to enable the officer to
prosecute the Arctic explora tions.
Captain f. S. Israel of the British
steamer Ethelred in letter to the Boston
fruit company of Boston denies the story
that the Ethelred was made target for
Spanish warships on the passage to and
from Jamaica.
..Advices received in Boston for Port
Antonio, Jamaica, under date of the 21st
instant state that the British steamer
Vermuda, which was seized at Port An
tonic, Jamaica early in the present month
for alleged 6libustering is still detained
by the authorities.
Sick and discouraged over his inability
to meet payments on his home, Alex T.
Beckett, formerly clerk in the Nation
al Bank Of Illinois, which collapsed few
months ago, shot and killed himself yes
terday. This is the third suicide resulting
from the failure of the bank.
The Order of Railway Telegraphers
adjourned sine die at Peoria, Wednesd ay
morning. W. V. Powell was reelected
grand chief. A ladies' auxiliary was or
ganized with Mrs. W. H. Allicorn of To-
ronto, as president. The proposition to
join the National Federation of labor
was voted down.
The annual conference of the Christian
Missionary Alliance of the United States
was begun Wednesday at Chicago. The
alliance is non-sectarian and inter-deno-
minational. 1t has something like 2OO-
000 members in America and in foreign
mission filds.
VIM. F. Booth of Fitchburg, who was
arrested in that city Tuesday night
charged with the murder of Timothy
Sullivan of Townsend last Sunday was
arraigned in the district court yesterday
afternoon and found probably guilty Of
manslaughter. He was held in $1,000.
Senior Sagasta, the Spanish Liberal
leader, will shortly publish a statement,
in which he will announce his unalterable
opposition to the sale of Cuba. The
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-27
Steamer Movements.

Glasgow, May s5.-Sailed, Tritonia, for
Montreal.
Queenstown, May a6.-Sailed, steamer
Servia, New York.
New York. May 26.-Cleared, steamer
Seandaln, Amsterdam, Fuerst Bismarck,
Hamburg. Sailed, steamers st. Paul,
Southampton, Britannia, Liverpool.
Southamton, May 26.-Sailed, steamer
Havre, New York.
Glasgow, May 26.-Arrived steamer
Ornidale, Montreal
Hamburg, May 22.-Sailed, steamer
Boston City, Montreal.
Liverpool, May 26.-Arrived, steamer
Teutonic, New York.
Glasgow, May 26.-Arrived, steamers
Furnisia, New York, State of Nebraska,
New York
Liverpool, May 26.-Arrived, steamer
Partisan, Montreal
Plymouth, May 26.-Arrived, steamer
Sale, New York, for Bremen.
Southampton, May 26.-Arrived, steam
er Paris, New York.
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HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH COLONY.
Document in Governor Bradford's Hand
writing Presented to Massachusetts,.

Boston, May 26.-The Bradford manu-.
script history of the Plymouth colony
was formerly presented to the Common
wealth by Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, for
mer United States ambassador to Eng
land, before joint convention of the
Massachusetts, legislature today. The con
vention of the two houses of the legisla
ture assembled at II o'clock. Soon after
ward, Governor Wolcott, accompanied by
the executive council Mr.. Bayard, Sena,
tor George F .Hoar and several Massachu-
setts congressman, entered the chamber
As soon as they were seated, formal pro
ceedings were opened by the clerk of the
Senate, who read the decree of the consis-
torial convention of London.
The actual presentation was prefaced by
an exhaustive historical address on the
manuscript by Senator Hoar.
President Lawrence presented Mr.: Bay
ard to the convention. Mr.. Bayard began
by expressing his great pleasure that he
had been able to execute his trust and
deliver the long-lost document
Mr.. Bayard then related his experiences
in obtaining the manuscript in London.
In closing, Mr.. Bayard expressed himself
as being deeply grateful for the part
which had been assigned to him on this
occasion.
Mr.. Bayard resumed his seat amid great
applause. Gov. Wolcott after thanking
Mr.. Bayard for the fullfllment, accepted
the trust imposed upon him by the con-
sistory in London and referring to the
gracious act of international courtesy
which is now completed.
AS soon as Governor Wolcott had fin
ished, Senator Bradford of Springfield
offered an order which was adopted
thanking Mr.. Bayard for his great kind
ness and extending to the consistory of
London the great appreciation of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Following the Bradford manuscript ex-
ercises at the State House today, the mem
bers Of the American Antiquarian Society
gave dinner at the Parker house, especi-
ally in honor of former Ambassador
Thomas F. Bayard. About so gentlemen
were present, and Stephen Salisbury
presided. The speakers were Gov. VOL
colt, the British consul, Sir Dominic
Calnaghi, Hon. Charles B. Beeman, Hon.
Justin Windsor and Senator Hoar The
latter regretted the failure of the arbitra-
tion treaty.
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M. RalIi Insulted.

Athens, May 26.-An exciting scene took
place at the ministry of marine today.
Signor di Felice, the italian socialist lead
er rudely accosted and insulted M. Ralli,
the Greek premier. The latter imnedi.
ately summoned the police and had di
Felice put on board of an italian iron
clad lying off the Piraeus with request
not to allow him to again set foot on
Greek soil.
When Signor di Felice, the italian So
cialist leader was being conducted under
arrest by order of NJ. Ralli, whom he had
insulted, to the Piraeus, to be placed on
board the italian warship Sardenga, a
number Of the Garibaldians attempted to
rescue him, and free fight ensIled in
which a soldier and civilian were Sc
verely wounded. AS soon as he was on
board the iron clad, di Felice was lib
Grated at the request of the italian minis
ter, the Duke of Avara on his solemn
promise to quit Greece without provoking
further incidents.
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Mr.. White said he would vote for the
committee rate.
Mr.. Stewart, Populist of Nevada, stated
that II there was to be tariff bill the
products OF Nevada, including borax,
should receive adequate protection. A
vote was taken on Mr.. Vests amend
ment. 1t was the first vote on the bill
The amendment was defeated 20 to "a, as
| follows:
Yeas--Berry, Caffery, Chiffon, Clay,
Cockerill, German, Jones, Kenney, Lind
say, Morgan, Murphy, Pascoe, Rawlins,
Democrats; Heitfeld, Populist. Total,
Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Bur-
rows, Carter, Chandler Cullom, Davis,
Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Frye, Gal
linger, Gear, Hanna, Hansboro, Hawley,
| Lodge, McMillin, Mason, Penrose, Per
kinss, Platt, of Connecticut, Platt Of New
son, Republicans; McEenry and White,
Democrats; Cannon, Silver Republican;
Jones and Stewart. Populist. Total, 81.
4 Following were the pairs: The first
name would have voted for the Vest
amendment and the last against it.
Daniel and Pritchard; Turner and Hoar;
Pettus and Mcbride; Mallory and Proctor
Martin and Mantle; Mitchell and Sewall ;
Tillman and Thurston; Harris (Kansas)
and Clark; Bates and Deboe; Harris
(Tennessee) and Morrill,; George and VOL
colt; Bacon and Wetmore; Butler and
Warren; Mills and Mason.
ALI the Republicans voted or were
tpaired against the Vest amendment so
that they presented a solid front. Two
Democrats, McEnery of Louisiana, and
White of California, voted with the Re
publicans. All other Democrats voted or
were paired for the Vest amendment.
Mr.. Heitfeld, Populist, voted with the
Democrats, but Messrs. Butler and Tur-
ner, Populists, were paired with Republi-
cans. Mr.. Stewart voted with the Re-
tpuhlicans, as did Jones of Nevada and
Canon, Silver Republicans.
Pettiigrew, Silver Republican, though
present, did not vote. Teller, Silver Re
publican, was absent and not paired
Kyle, Independent Populist, was also alb
sent and impaired. Messrs. Hale,
Republican and Faulkner Democrat,
Democrat, were absent and no pairs an
nounced for them.
on boracic acid at cents per pound was
| then agreed to.
| When the next item, alchoholic perfu-
merry, colonge, etc., was reached, Mr..
| Vest moved to restore the old rates of 90
per gallon and so per cent ad valorem.
| The amendment was defeated without di-
vision
Mr.. Gray, Democrat of Delaware, resist
ed the committee amendment on bleach
| ing powder, or chloride of lime at IA of
| cent per pound. After some discussion
| the paragraph went over At o'clock
| the tariff bill was laid aside, paragraph
| 8, page 8, having been reached An agree
ment was reached that a vote be taken on
the conference report on the sundry civil
bill at 2 O'Clock tomorrow. At b. .33. D. m.
| the Senate had an executive session and
afterwards adjourned.
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to give the average ad valorem rate for
the entire hill or the total number of
amendments proposed.
Ihe formal reading of the Dill then be-
gan, and the Senate was thus brought to
the point of considering the measure by
paragraphs. The first amendments were
formal and were agreed to without ques-
tlon. AS soon as the second page was
reached, contest arose over the amend
ment proposed by the finance committee
regarding the duty on boracio acid from
4 to cents per pound. Mr.. Vest of Mis-
souri, moved to substitute three cents
Mr.. Aldrich replied that the proposed rate
was regarded as q proper protection to
the producers of the article in Nevada
and California. Mr.. Jones of Arkansas.
presented prospectus of an English COM
pany, setting forth that it was about to
purchase and consolidate the borax lands
and plants in Nevada. California and
Oregon.
Mr.. Jones declared that crude borax
from the United States was selling at
profit in London at less than 2 cents per
pound, and 1t had the audacity Of com
Ing to the United States Senate and ask
ing protection of cents a pound, Mr.,
Mr. Aldrich answered that there were
many borax companies outside of the
English company. Some Of them had
been compelled to shut down as a result
of the Wilson tariff bill.
They were shut up asserted Mr.
Jones, because it would be profitable to
them To shut up the other companies"
Mr.. White of California, said he had
been assured by those interested that
there was not a word of truth in the
statement that the American fields were
controlled by an English company. The
negotiations for sale had failed.
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Gen. Gomez Coming to America.
King Must Answer to Federal Courts.

Boston, May 26.-While it is not ad-
mitted by the authorities there is little
doubt that Albert M. King, who is now
under S2500 bail in the state courts on a
charge of embezzlement of $50. 900 from
the Boylston national bank will be taken
into custody tomorrow by the United
States marshal. This will be done be-
cause it is thought that the state courts
have no jurisdiction over the case, the
funds embezzled having been taken
from a national bank.
United States District Attorney Casey
when asked this ev ening said: stAll I
can say is that the case is under consid-
Grafton by u.s.
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cated-Operations Involved Hundreds
of Thousands of Dollars-"Docn Now
Among the Missing.
New York, May 26.-The Journal and
Advertiser tomorrow will publish the fol-
lowing: "The many persons who were
inveigled into all sorts of schemes by DR..
G. FL. Griffin, who formerly had an office
at No. 10 Broadway, are mourning the
loss of their money and wondering what
has become of the smooth tongued pro-
moter. Dr. Griffin left town suddenly a
short time ago and only now is the extent
of his scheming coming to light. The
companies which he organized are too
numerous to mention.
He was interested in a syndicate which
intended to build railroad through the
coal fields of New Brunswick, Canada. It
was with this scheme that he first put in
his appearance on lower Broadway. He
said he had just arrived from Canada and
was authorized to raise money with which
to complete the railroad, part of which
had already been constructed in New
Brunswick. One of the first persons
whom he interested in the railroad project
was George De Metz, of 81 New street.
Mr.. De Metz invested $40, 600 in the rail
road, and later turned over to DR.. Griffin
$4,000 in addition. The road was never
built although De Metz said yesterday !:
81 hope to be able to recover at least
some portion of my investment from the
company, which owned a small bit of
road there.
Hardly had this deal been begun before
DR.. Griffin announced himself as the
owner of the large and valuable coal
properties in British Columbia, and or
ganized company by the name of the
Nanaimo Coal Mining company of
British Columbia, under the laws of West
Virginia. Stock was issued to the
amount Of So, 900, 600 and bonds amount5s
ing to 81, 100000. DR.. Griffin was presis
dent OF the company and several New
Workers were interested financially in the
scheme. The bonds and stocks We're
printed in Montreal and the Western
Land and Trust company of Montreal
registered the bonds of the company and
guaranteed the interest on them amount
ing to S1S0,000 per year.
Dr.. Griffin then went to London to dis
pose OF them, but meanwhile the trust
company Investigated in British Column
bla and eabled to London, which prevent
ed hissselling the bonds to investors there.
As president of the Panther Mountain
Coal and Coke company of West Virginia,
Griffin received $500, 900 in bonds Which,
he was to dispose of in London. He
found it difficult to sell the bonds and
obtained loan on them of something
like $50, COO. The Farmers Loan and
Trust company, with whom the registra-
tion of the bond issue was arranged, has
since received query from London as to
the value of the collateral, but have
washed their hands of the whole. business.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-27
crayon Portrait swIndlers Located.

Bangor, May 26.-The crayon portrf D
swinders, who have been defrauding ho.sl
keepers and others in different parts of
Eastern Maine, were reported in Ply
mouth this morning and the landlord
of the Robinson house in Bucksport,
where they owe big bill was notified by
telegraph. A hunt will be made immedi-
ately for the crooks who have swindled
hundreds Of people in various parts of
Maine.
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premier denies the existence of a cabinet
crisis and says he is resolved to remain in
office

premier denies the existence of q cabinet
| crisis and says he is resolved to remain in
| office.
A movement which may develop later
| into more or less general curta1lment OF
production among New England cotton
mills, is to be inaugurated the coming
month by the mills of the Dwight Manu-
featuring company at Chlcopee, the Ly-
man company at Holyoke, and the Great
Falls Manufacturing company at Somers-
worth, N. III.
j. d. Sweet, arrested Tuesday afternoon
on complaint of Joyce Brothers & Co., of
Portland, Boston and Providence, dealers
in rugs, was tried in the Auburn police
court Wednesday forenoon and was dis
charged. He was charged with the en-
bezzlement of small amount of money,
having been in the employ of the compa-
ny.
DR.. James Six veterinary surgeon,
has been arrested at Logansport, Ind. He
is wanted at Springfield, Ill, on a charge
of bigamy. Six won the heart of Miss
Kate Hornung. Later her parents learned
from half dozen women at different
points in Missouri, that they had married
Six and were undivorced. The authori-
ties were notified and Six was arrested at
Logan sport.
a neV. n. w. 11dfTISou, pttSUOr VI Une
Peoples Tabernacle, and his family dis
appeared from their home in Washington,
Wednesday, and it is bt ieved that the
reverend gentleman is several thousand
short in his accounts. He was given en-
tire charge Of the church funds and ac-
cording to the charges failed to pay bills
for furniture, carpets and church organ
for which the money was given him and
also borrowed large sums from his
parishiOnerS.
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WEALTH FOR BoWDolN.
Garcelon Will Case Decided In Favor oi
the College.

Oakland, Cal, May 26.-The decision
of the United States Supreme court in
dismissing the appeal in the Merritt suit
means 100000 to Oakland for a hospital
and s40O 600 to Bowdoin college in Maine,
for by that decision, the last knot is un-
tied in the legal snarl which for six years
has prevented the utilization of Mrs.
Catherine Garcelon's great bequests.
There are no more obstacles and the
estate will be wound up, the bequests
paid, and the 100000 hospital estab-
lished. Mrs. Garcelon died in December,
1891, and ever since then the litigation
has been in progress in the state and
federal courts
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London, May GA despatch to the
Daily Mail from Vienna says that the
Turkish government has mobilized fifty
thousand additional troops who sare
in readiness to advance into Thessaly and
that the government is making active
preparations for Turkish administration
of the province.
London, May 27.-A despatch to the
Times from Larissa, says the impression
is general among the Turkish troops that
there will be more fighting. A brigade
of Rediffs has strated for Phourka armed
with Mauzers.
London, May 27.-The correspondent of
the Standard at Constantinople, says
The council of ministers has decided to
prolong the armistice. 1t will refuse even
to discuss the retrocession of Thessaly,
but will leave the other points for con-
sideration to the Powers. So far as the
note to the European arbitrators is con-
cerned there can be no doubt that whether
the Sultan is only bluff1ng, or Is the VIC
tim OF popular pressure, a peace such as
Europe expects cannot be arranged with
out the risk of the gravest complications
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Weather Observation.

The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, May 26, taken
at p M, meridian time, the observa-
ton for each section being given in this
order: Temperature, direction of wind,
state of weather:
Boston. So degrees, N. cloudy; New
aS.' dork' % 90 degrees, N, clear Philadel-
pnla' o2 degrees, N, clear; Washing
lon, % degrees, N, clear; Albany, "a
1Meagg7rees, Mag7 n, clear; Buffalo, IS degrees,
NV ~ w, P,;cloudy, Detroit, 50 degrees, 5,
St. Paul, 6s degrees. S, cloudy; Huron
OAK, 80 degrees, Sc. cloudy; Bismark
q degrees, NV, cloudy; Jacksonville
10 degrees, NE, clear.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-27

New York, May 26.-General Booth
Tucker, commander of the Salvation
Army in the United States was tonigh t
house at the big army barracks in West
14th street. Sentence was postponed until
June 18, and the commander was liber-
ated on the same bail as he has been unT
der: Complaint was made by residents
OF the neighborhood of the barracks, who
alleged that they were greatly disturbed
by the singing and the band playing at
the Salvation Army meetings, especially
those that lasted all night.