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The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12
NEARLY FOUNDERED.
Steamer Winnepeg Has Rough Passage
Across Atlantic.

Liverpool, March 11.-British steamer
Lake Winnipeg, from st. John, N. b.,
arrived today having consumed twenty
Eve days on her voyage Her commander
reports it one Of the toughest voyages in
his experience. the heavy sea which was
held over the sEip partly filled her engine
room with water and shifted the cargo,
making it necessary to call upon the pas,
sengers to help remove the water ana
right the vessel. For more than Two
weeks the ships fires were out. and
owing to the scarcity Of drinking water
and the failure of oondensers to WORK.
IL became necessary to throw overheard
307 bead of cattle, "a sheep and % horses
The officers and crew Of the vessel, as
well as the passengers Of whom there
were 70, agree that the ship narrowly
escaped laundering. 1t was with tie ut
most difficulty the great quantities of
water which flooded the ship as the seas
broke over her and put out her fires, were
kept within the limits Of safety to the
vessel.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12

On Monday Mr.. Reed will be elected
Speaker of the House for the third time.
And he will undoubtedly be nominated In
the RepublicanEoauous without opposition
as be was two years ago. This is a great
compliment, and such as few American
statesmen have enjoyed. Three terms in
the Speakers chair Is as much as any
Speaker has ever enjoyed, with the excep-
ton of henry Clay, who had four terms
and was elected in two other Congresses
but resigned after serving portions of the
terms, and Andrew Stevenson, of Viz
einia, who was elected for fourth term
but -resigned. Both these examples.
however, were prior to 1886. The three
term Speakers are in general an i'll us tri-
GUS list. They are: Nathaniel Macon,
of North Carolina, 1S0l-1SO7, Schuyler
Colfax 1s64-ls69, James G. Blaine, 1863
1875, John g. Carlisle 1864-1S69, and
Henry Clay and Andrew Stevenson.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12
Prooeedines Against Americans.

Havana, March 11.-The judge Of the
court at Guanabacoa has ratified the
action of the spanish authorities In i'm
prisoning Charles Scott. the American
citizen, arresten on February on charge
Of having Cuban postage stamps In his
possession. This means the case Will
continue under ordinary j. Tbs
district court has suspended proceedings
against Francisco Larrieu, the American
citizen arrested at Cardenas, May TO-
1896. He will soon be released
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12
Local Weather Report.

Portland, March II. - The local
weather bureau Office records as to the
weather are the following:
a.m.-Barometer, 2p.ss9; thermome-
ter, $40; dew point, "a; humidity. 67;
wind, SW; velocity, 10; weather, clear.
8p m.-Barometer, 90. 956; thermome-
ter, 400; dew point. 80; humidity, "a;
wind, W; velocity, s; weather, clear.
Mean daily Thermometer. 40. 0; ;maximum
Thermometer, 80; minimum thermome-
ter. 80; maximum velocity of wind, Is
W; total precipitation, 0.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12

Grsensburg, Ind, March n.ESteady
rains have sean falling for the last TWO
days and the rivers south OF mere arc
again on the rampage. Six miles OF me
baltimore & Ohio track was was9ea ouG,
two large bridges going down. no tfaln
has been run in Ripley county sinoe
will aggregate $40, 900 and in Decateur
county about 500, 900. 1t will take 81 Q, 600
to repair the pixies.
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certain, all plans hnvs been made care
fully enough. SO that it can be done az
well as not. MIR. Reed has been to see
the President and has had a long talk
with him; and he also has kept in touch
with Mr.. Dingley; so there will be no
bitches in the House for the want of a.
perfect and cordial understanding be-
tween all the great factors in this i'm
portant legislation.
1t may be said that the tariff bill is all
donesat the present time, although there
may be few little things to be done In
the way of finis b ing touches.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12

General Joseph Wheeler. of Alabama,
is one of the Congressman who is greatly
interested in genealogy. He has traced
the line of ancestors Of both himself and
wife back for two or three hundred years
and has. published a pamphlet ON the
subject. 1t is a curious fact that while
General Wheeler is known to fame as a
Confederate cavalryman of the most
dashing description, his ancestors on both
sides are In the lire Of the Massa ohusetts
Pnritans, of the Plymouth Rock and
Boston Bay variety. His father and
mother both came from New England,
and their people had lived there forfmany
years. The General, however, although
proud of his New England ancestry, is a
silnon-pure Southerner.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12
Wool sche dule Complete.

Washington, March 11.-The Mckinley
schedule ON woods and woolins was sub
stantialy adopted today by the Republic
can majority Of the ways ard means
committee. Some important changes will
be made. in classification with view to
meeting the objections Of the wool
growers to the use of cheap wools, tm-
ported at carpet rates under the MoK in
10y law, for clothing purposes. Other
than these little change was made.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12
Private Secretaries Appointed.

. Washington, March 11.-Secretary Sher-
man today appointed VIM. s. Gaitre, Of
Marietta, Ohio, confidential clerk at a
salary OF $1,000 per year. MIR. Gaitre was
assistant secretary to Gov. Mckinley
several years ago. j. Walter Blanford
Of the District of Columbia, has been ap-
pointed private secretary to Attorney
General McKenna, the position he former
ly held when Mr.. Olney was at the head
of that department..
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12
The Committee on Mercantile
Affairs and Insurance

will give public hearing in its rooms at the
State House In Augusta, as follows:
Tuesday. March 10th, at 2 o'clock p. m, an
act to amend sections SO, go, 81 and 90 of
chapter of the Revised Statues, relating to the
taxation of insurance companies.
Tuesday, March 10th, at o'clock p. m.,
petitioners asking for change of law in regard
to applications and policies of assessment life
insura ance comp anies.
mar1Odtd WILL I. BURRILL, Sec.
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President Has distinguished Callers.

Washington, March 11-A distinguished
trio came to see the President during the
afternoon. It consisted of John Hay, the
coming ambassador to the Court of St.
James, John W. Foster, formerly secre-
tary of state and Senator Frye of Maine,
senior member of the committee on
foreign relations Their business was
presumably In connection with the ap-
pointmant of Mr. Hay.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12
The Old Colonel Remembered.

Washington, March 10-Mrs. MoKin-
ley, accompanied by Miss Mabel McKin-
ley and Gen. and Mrs. Botsford, this
morning were driven to Garfield hospital
to visit Gen. Russell Hastings, the Presi-
dents old regimental commander, whnse
leg was broken yesterday. Mrs McKin-
leJ carried large bouquet of flowers for
Gen. Hastings and personally gave them
to him. She was the bearer OF President
McKinley's regrets that he could not
call
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12
Sea and Shore Fisheries.

An act granting Susan s. B. Spring the right
to maintain dam at its present height, at or
near the lower narrows, so called, at West
Harpswell, In the town of Harpswell for the
as Is necessary for the culture OF fish. Will
have hearing at their rooms Friday, March
18th at 2 p. m. f. A. WYMAN, Chair.
F. 8. STEVENS, Sec. mar1Odtd
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12
Fatal Patent Pills.

indianapolis. Ind, March 11.-Five
children in the family Of William Sture-
man. Laporte county, were poisoned by
eating patent pills which they found
during the absence of.:tbeir parents. Two
of the sufferers died, while the others are
critically i'll. The pills on examination
were found to contain poisonous drug.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12
fHE WEATHER.


Washington, Mar.
11.-Forecast for Fri
day for New Eng
land: Increasing
cloudiness, probably
rain, winds shifting
to southerly a n d
sligtly warmer.
Boston, Mar. IL
Tnoa1 foroooet Gov
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Three.Children Drowned.

Bowmanville. Ont, March l1.-Three
children of Frederick LuxoD, an ioe mer
chant, while playing on the river last
night, slipped into hole from which
the ice had recently been cut, and all
were drowned,
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Greece Has Issued Another Note.


London, March 11.-In answer to the
inquiries at the foreign office the autho-
rites state that there is no hitch among
the pow ers in regard to action in sccor-
dance with the term S of their ultimatum
to Greece. The delay Els due to the fact
that the compro mise offered by Greece
is reply to the note of the powers re-
quirss an exchange of views.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12

Rockville, Conn, March 1.-THE
Hockanum and Springvilie mills have
resumed running on nearly full time
The American and Rock mills have
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12
POWERS NOT AGREED.

Affairs in East Unchanged-Terrible Con-
dition of Refugees Landed at Piraeus.
Berlin, March 1.-THE Cologne Ca
zettee says that the powers have not yet
agreed upon the method of applying
ooeroio on to Greece. Germ any and A US
tria, the Gazette saws, are in perfect ac-
cord az to the application of drastic meas
ures, but Russia and Great Britain are
unc ertain.
The National Zeitung says that if the
promised coercion of Greece is not pro-
ceeded with by the powers, Germany will
not take part in any negotiations which
may be entered Into for the pressnta-
tion of another note to Greece.
London. March 1.-THE plans Of the
powers for blockading the coast Of Greece
are still inc omplete. Lord Salisbury
declines to discuss them until it shall
be shown that the negotiations which
have been resumed with Greece have
failed. NJ. Hanotaux, foreign minister
of France and the Marquis dt RI dini,
prime minister of Italy, concur In tae
view. Italy already has 15 warships in
the Levant and is on the eve of sending
Athens, March 11.-Witnesses of the
arrivals of Cretan refugees aS the Piraeus,
where 5000 of them are quartered, de-
scribe their state as being extremely pitt
able They are utterly destitute and
most Of them are emaciated from hum
ger and illness.
Most of them were women and children
and many of them were brought in open
deoked sloops. exposed TO the weather in
an absolutely nude condition. Many of
the women were driven Taving mad
through their sufferings from fright.
and several children were born at sea
or upon landing stages VIII ere the mis-
erable creatures disem mbarked.
Turkish Military Preparations.
London, March 1.-THE Daily News
pu ublishes despatch from Salonica con-
firming the report Of unceesing military
preparations that are being made by the
Turks. Officials in Salonioa, Macedonia
and Kassandra are seizfng for the uss nf
the army. all the horses and mules be-
longing to the Christians in those places.
They have received orders from Constan-
tinople to collect next years taxes in ad-
vance.
Italy Will Send Troops TO Crete,
London, March ia despatch from
Rome SAYS that Admiral Canevaro the
Italian in command of the combined
fleets in Cretan waters, insists upon the
necessity OF landing troops to quell the
rebellion in the interior of the island.
The italian government after comforting
with the government of the other Powers
has decided to send force of troops to
Greece.
Greece Has Issued Another Note.
London, March 11.-In the House of
Com mons, Sir VIM. Haroourt asked the
government if it was true that Greece was
ready to recognize the autonomy IF Crete
uDder the suZerainty of the Sultan. M.
Curon, parliamentary secretary of foreign
affairs, said that Greece had made COM
munication to the government on the
subject of Crete, and this communication
would be laid on the table tomorrow. He
added that Sir Williams question did
not express accurately the attitude OF
Greece.
The Reason for the DELAY.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12

started up the cardin9 and spinning de-
partments on full time. The New Eng
land mill has number of rooms ON full
time.
Woonsorxe:, r. l., March 1.-THE fol-
lowing reports come from the woolen
mills in Millyille which have lately been
idle or partly so John T. Fiske. Jr..
pascoaR, running two sets or full Tins;
Vim. Tinham q Co., Harrisville, and
Whipple, running full time; Wilcox and
Wells, Oak Valley, running in part, will
shortly be in full operation. The United
States Ruber oompany's Alice Rubber
shoe mill, Woonsocket, will start tomor-
row after ten days shut down and will
run eight hours day.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12
THE NEW TARIFF BILL.
Great Care To Be Taken To En-.
sure Passage.
QUESTION OF APPOINTMENT OF
HOUSE COMMITTEES.

Speaker Reed Has Not Yet Reached De-
cision In the NTatter-Bin Ready For
House and May Be Presented When
Committees Are Appointed.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12

Maine: Warmer, southerly winds, prob
ably rain.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12

Little Wabash Touches High Water Mark
Carmi, Ill. March 1.-THE little Wa.
bash river touched ths mark of 1883 last
night, the highest record made. Valley
farms are submerged, and many fami-
Hes are driven from their homes
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The Portland daily press., 1897-06-23
Cabinet Discusses Foreign Policy.
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
For Big Celebration Going
Steadily On.

The committee on celebration of the glo-
rious fourth held another meeting last
night. Everything points to big and
successful show. The Mardi Gras floats
will be brought to Portland some time
this week or at the latest the first of next
week and will be stored in the sheds at
the aims house Messrs. M. N. Eldridge
andS William Dugan have offered to haul
these floats from the cars to the aims
house ~ free of expense with their own
horses. Every arrangement for the care
and setting up of these floats has been
made.
Reports from the various committees
last night shows that the celebration is
going to be great one and that all man
ner of organizations are anxious to help
make it a success. The trades are turn
ing out we'll for that feature of the parade
and everything points to grand parade
and glorious time all day.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-23
1t Was a Fizzle,

A boxing exhibition was advertised to
take place at the foot of Pearl street last
evening in the skating rink. There was
a very small attendance and the affair
was given a sort of frost all round
Duninng and Kelly who were advertised
to box refused to so into the squared cir
Gle although Kelly did finally consent to
box few rounds with the "Picannny"
Connors and Quinn also refused to give
an exhibition and the only entertainment
afforded the small crowd of sports was
a three round go between Barry and Cony
in which neither man tried to make the
other one work. Taking it all around
the affair was fizzle for those who paid
out their coin to witness the expected
SPORT
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-23
AN AMERICAN DICTATORSHIP.
Overtures Were Made to General Scott t.
Occupy Mexico.

1t may surprise many readers to learn
that overtures were made to General Scott
by many Mexicans of position and by
many American officers to permanen thy
occupy Mexico and organize new gov
eminent. The scheme proposed to Gen
eral Scott was, in substance, this: 1t
was supposed that upon the conclusion of
the American army would be discharged,
and that large portion of the officers
would resign, and, with many of the
men, would enter the new army of
Mexico and enough others could be re-
cruited in the United States to make the
American contingent $1,000 strong, and
to this might be added a like number O.
Mexican soldiers. With such an army it
was suggested that Mexico could be held
and governed in an orderly way and
prosperity might be assured.
The plan contemplated pronuncia-
mento, in which General Scott should
declare himself dictator of the Republic
for term of five years or more, to give
time for agitators to acquire pacific
habits and to learn to govern themselves
and to respect an orderly government,
Wncfe UH6 TlSutS I'll pTUpeTuy were nOU
only respected but fully protected
Already in possession of the forts, arse
nails, boundaries, cities, mines and ports
of entry, with nearly all the arms, it was
not doubted that very general acquies-
cence would follow.
Scott was invited to several conclaves of
officers. but from the first emphatically
declined to enter into the plot. He did
not purpose to change his allegiance or
his service or his flag, but meant, he said,
to return with the Fourth Regiment to
the United States.
He had several reasons for this deter
mination. He was essentially conser-
vative thinker and was endowed with
remarkably high sense Of Justice, and he
had genuine contempt for any adventure
which had any flavor Of dishonesty or
bad faith about it,, and he would not
consider for a moment the projectsSof plac-
ing an alien government over Mexico
while the nation was dominated by supe-
rior force.
Had still another consideration been
needed to influence his collrse-as was
not the case, howeyer-there was one
most persuasive consideration-his pros
pective bride. awaiting his return to
White Haven home, near jefferson Bar
racks, Missouri.
General Scott declined to enter into the
plot, and it was finally abandoned. Mid
land Monthly.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-23

A driver of fruit team was held up on
the Boston Turnpike, near the Saugus
bridge, Lynn, last night. The driver
whose name is Edward Collins, was
brutally beaten and relieved of over $3.50
by three men, two of whom he thinks he
can identify.
The board of managers of the joint
traffic association have just made public
an elaborate table of rates on new iron
and steel rails in carloads from Wheat
land, Pa, to points in that state and sew
eral other states. The rate per ton of 224O
pounds range from so cents to Erie, Pa,
to a. So to Rockland, Me.
A negro who gave his name as William
Henry Monroe was arrested yesterday
in Reading on suspicion Of being connect
ed with the electric railroad. He told a
straight story and is thought that he was
the wrong man. He said he came from
Portland and said he was on his way
to Berlin, Mass, to work.
The town Albion has voted $640O to aid
In the construction of the branch of the
Wiscasset & Quebec railroad to Burnhan.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-23

Congress Square Hotel baseball nine
will meet the West End Hotel team on
the Deering grounds for a game Wednes-
day at 2.30p. m.
The breaking up of the Rockland club
which occurred last evening has been ex-
pected for some time. Arrangement will
be made Immediately to substitute an
other city, and until they are perfected
the scheduled games will go on as they
otherwise would, except where .Rockland
was to play. The withdrawal of this club
does not weaken the league, indeed it
strengthens it, if the arrangements which
are now on foot are completed The
Rockland team stood fourth in the race,
and with one or two changes would be
capable of giving the leaders a chase.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-23
Prize winners at Maine University.

Oldtown, June 22.-An announcement
of winners in the Prentiss prize compost
ton contest was made by DIR. Harris, at
the University of Maine chapel, Thursday
morning. The prize is for juniors and
was awarded to Herbert 1. Libby of Ran
dolph, whose subject was "What Consti-
tutes Success" The effort of Miss Gracia
Fernandez of North Dexter, ga Modern
Salon, received honorable mention.
. The fraternity reception at the Chapter
house was the event of the afternoon,
Mrs. Leslie Cutter of Bangor, Mrs. Fl. M.
Estherbrooks, and Mrs. George F. Ham
lin of Orono, received.
The commencement concert was given
in the town hall tonight and the pro-
gramme, which was an excellent one, in
cluded selections by the university OF
Maine Glee club and readings by Miss
Carrie Sanford of Bangor.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-23
COULDN'T STAND PROSPERITY.
Manager Selee Puts His OIdlIn Has Beens
Against Brooklyn.

Brooklyn, N. Y, June 22.-After scor-
ing II straight victories Boston fell
down before the Brooklyns at Eastern
park this afternoon. 1t was by no means
a model contest and the Bean Eaters had
several chances of winning but let them
lisp by. In the ninth inning Kennedy
and Tenney almost came to blows Ten
ney in touching out Kennedy used little
more force than necessary. Kennedy,
however, is mostly to blame for the scene.
Attendance, 1868. The score:
Brooklyn, l 0 1 8 1 ky
Boston, 1 0 1 0 0 0 "a
Base hits-Brooklyn, 9; Boston, 10. Err
rors- Brooklyn, 8; Boston, 4. Batteries
Kennedy and A. Smith; Stiyetts and
Cancel. Time-.2 hours. Umpire
O'Day and Mcdonald.
At Cincinnati-St. Louis, 3; Cincin-
natl, Z.
AT Pittsburgh Chicago, 8: Pittsburg, T.
At Baltimore-New York, 2; Baltimore,
At Washington Philadelphia, IL;
Washington, IL.
AT Cleveland-Louisville, IA; Cleveland
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-23

Last summer while attending court at
Uniontown,'' says D. B. Patton, prom
inent druggist of Fayette City, Pa.
three witnesses were suffering from di.
arrh9a. l gave each dose of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea REM
edy and it gave immediate relief. On the
way home one of my neighbors was taken
with severe cramp in the stomach and
was suffering with intense pains. / gave
him dose of this remedy and within
i've minutes the pain had ceased. The
remedy is favorite here. | know of
many who are never without it. Ialways
take it with me when going away from
home" For sale by H. P. S. Goold's
Drug Store, SIT Congress ST., Portland.
and K. S. Raymond, Cumberland Mills.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-23
Dublin Hoists Black Flag.

Dublin, June 22-About the time that
the jubilee procession started in London
this morning, black flag was hoisted at
here 1t was allowed to float at half
mast for half an hour and then lowered
and borne through the streets at the head
of procession which was armed with
sticks and singing "God Save Ireland
The crowd also removed and burned all
the Union Jacks they could get access to
and then started in the direction of Trini-
ty college but the police drove them back
amid great excitement.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-23
WESTBROOK.

Mrs. G. B. Woodman and Miss Carrie
Pratt are in Brunswick attending the
graduating exercises of the Medical school
The regulations recently issued by the
board of health governing the sale of milk
in this city will go into effect July Is.
A horse belonging to Mr.. Herbert the
grocer, became frightened by an alarm
whistle and ran away, bringing up by
putting two feet in the window of J. d.
Bridgham's store.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-23
AUGUSTA.

Earned runs-Belfast, 70; Augusta, 10.
Two base hits-Hill, McDermott, Maizena,
q Wells 2, Donahue, Veitoh o. Home
runs-Hill, Collopys ,, Mcbride, Hansoom,
Delaney, Schrecongost, Connor Q, Beet.
man. Base on balls-By McCarty, Z; by
Mcbride, 6. Hit by pitched ball-By Nc
Carly l.. Wild pitches-By McCarty, s.;
by Mcbride, 2. Umpire Carpenter.
Times hours
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-23
Late Marine News.

Newport News. Va, June 22.-Sailed
schooner c. A. Donnell, Bangor.
Norfolk, June %, Cleared, schooner S.
P. Black burn, Portland
Philadelphia, June o. Arrived,
schooners Isaiah X. Stetson, st. John.
Cleared, schooners d. H. Rivers, Port
land; Elizabeth S. Lee, Bath; Mary B.
Judge, Gardiner.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-23

RoCKLAND CLUB DISBANDs.
Players Behind In Salaries and Refused
To Go ON the Field.

To Go on the Field.
Rockland, June 22.-The ball game
scheduled in this city for today was not
played as the Rockland players went on
strike refusing to put ON their uni
forms. Umpire Brady declared the game
forfeited to Lewiston to 0. Tonight the
Rockland team disbanded and there is
little probability of its getting together
again, although there are attempts going
on to form an association. Manager
Quinn has carried on the team on his
own hook, and it has been losing in
vestment from the start. owing to bad
weather and small patronage. The players
are all behind in their pay and refused to
continue longer. There is about 500 due
the men and some other small bills.
Every effort was made to keep the team
together, but the money was not forth