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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
CHINA ALARMED.
INvEsTIGAT TING BARKER,s DEATH

TING BARKER'S DEA tn.
Pennington, December 2s.-The inquiry
into the accident in the railroad yard here
in which Engineer Barker was killed,
was begun by the railroad commissioners
this afternoon, Hon. Joseph B. Peaks
of Dover, presiding. The Maine Central
was represented by Hon. Seth M. Carter of
Auburn, the Sandy River road by Hon.
f. e. Tim berlake of Phillips and the state
by County Attorney E. E. Richards Of
Pennington. Ten witnesses were ex-
amined, and 1t appeared that signals in
the yard were frequently disregardcd
while shifting was going on. The Maine
Central employees disputed this and both
sides admit that Engineer Lombard of the
Maine Central engine had the right of
way. Fireman Plaisted, who was on the
Sandy River engine claims he was exc
cutting Engineer Barker's orders. The
commissioners will render verdict later.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
DALY,s KNIFE FOUND.

Haverhill, Mass, December, aS.-The
knife with which VIM. DAILY admitted
he killed VIM. Doolan yesterday after
noon, was found this afternoon in DAILY )
trunk at his home. The blade is one
and quarter inches wide and fully eight
inches long, sharpened to point. Both
sides of the blade are marked with blood.
An autopsy was held on the body of
Doolan this afternoon ana it showed that
the fifth rib was clearly severed by the
blow and that the knife entered the upper
part of the heart.
DAILY was taken to Lawrence Jail and
just before he lett he declared to assistant
Marshal Dean that he was not sorry that
he did the Job. Continuing, he said,
II ought to have done it years ago." Tho
defence will probably rely on plea o.
insanity
Al the Massachusetts General hospital
tonight it was said that the condition of
Dan Daily, the comedian who was badly
injured last night, was much improved
and his speedy recovery seemed assured.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
FITz IN SADDLE AGAIN.

Chicago, December 29.-Martin Julian
today, on behalf of Robert Fitzsimmons.
issued signed statement which says:
F1tzsimmons will defend his right to
the title OF champion Mrs. Fitzsimmons
has released him from his nromise of re-
tirement. Referring to the conditions
on which Fitzsimmons will fight Corbett
and Mccoy, Julian's statement says:
These conditions are as follows: Let
Corbett beat man like Maher or
Choylnski and establish his right 8
member of Bob's GLASS; let Mccoy beat
his way up to a commanding position
and come along with his challenge after
ward. But first Mccoy must fight fit
opponent at the middle weight limit and
not at catch weights. The statement
concludes as follows; 81 am not going
to allow Mr.. Fitzsimmons to accept offers
from inferior men. When the proper time
comes Bob will meet them all one after
the other In the same ring II needs be. -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29

behind, drove it hard into the nettino
| vieing the score for the fourth time
The play went on, growing warmer
with every second, the crowd yelling like
mad, and fairly crazy with excitement
and the gong sounded the end of the seq
ond period with the score still a tie.
Lewiston's team work was very etfec-
tive, and by brilliants passing thew man
aged to score their fifth and winning
goal early in the lastEperiod, Then came
struggle to prevent Portland from tie
ing. the score. And it was struggle for
as the minutes flew past the Portland
men grew desperate and took all kinds
OF chances to force another goal. Once
Iurnbul and Whipple were drawn away
from the cage and the ball rolled directly
in front of the Portland goal. Allen
oraceu himself to make o stop, but at
such close quarters it seemed impossible
that ne could do it. Tarrant whirled up
and poised his stick for the stroke. One
second OF agony on the benches and then
up came Turnbull. Quick as flash he
grasped Slarrant's stick and held it so
drive the bull home. A foul was called
on Turnbull for this. but he had pre-.
vented Lewiston scoring again, and
Iarrant bore it with good grace and
| shook the Portland half backs hand to
show that he did not mind it in the least.
The work of both Allen and White
was brilliant. Allen in particular made
some wonderfully stops. and once when
things were getting arm, deserted his
cage and rushed the ball up the hall right
through a knot of Lewiston men, saving
another goal OF course the crowd was
disappointed at the result of the game,
but it was mera luck that defeated Port
land and all had chance of seeing the
best game of polo played here this season.
Lineup and summary:
Portland-Lincoln and Curtis rushers:
Whipple, centre; Turnbull, half back:
Allen, goal.
Lewiston-Tarrant, Walton, Jason,
rushers Fitzgerald, centre; Furbush,
half back; White, goal.s
Goal Won by. Rush by, Gagged by n
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
IN HURRY TO ANNEX HAWAII.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-President Nc
Kinley believes that the existing criti-
cal condition of affairs in the far east.
owing to the grabbing of Chinese terri
tory by Germany and the contemplated
grabbing by other European nations.
makes it imperative that the annexation
of Hawaii should be speedily consum-
mated, and he has lost no opportunity
since Congress adjourned for the recess
to impress his view CT the matter upon
such Senators as have called upon him.
He may send a special message to the
Senate, urging immediate disposition of
the annexation treaty, but that has not
yet been definitely determined upon, and
and will probably depend upon whether
the Senate shows disposition to speedi-
ly bring the treaty to a vote or merely
starts in killing time in windy discus
SIGN of the subject The President
shares the belief of Senator Davis, chair
man of the committee on foreign rela-
tons, that sufficient votes to ratify the
treaty can be obtained in the Senate.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
DAILY AND EVERHARDT FIGHT A
DRAW.

New Orleans, December 2S-Jack Daly
and Jack Everhardt met before the Tulan
Abenue Athletic club tonight with abou t
a thousand persons present for a percent
age OF the receipts. The match was or.
iglnally for twenty rounds, but the mayor
would not issue permit for over ten
rounds, and charged $500 for this. Ever
hardt said he had trained for twenty
rounds and refused to go ON until he
secured agreement that if both men
were on their feet at the end of the ten
rounds the fight would be declared a
draw Everhardt tried to make it a rough
and rushing fight from the start, hut
DAILY was clever enough to keep away
from punishment. Days left was weak,
SO that there was not much harm until
the 9TH, when DAILY learned to use his
right and kept 1t going on the body. In
the l0th round Days right did rushing
business on Everhardt's body and there
was danger of q knockout. Then Ever
hardt oiinched and wrestled and saved
himself until time was called and Referee
Duffy declared it draw.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
BROWN DIVORCE CASE OPENS.

Bath, December 2S.-At the supreme
judicial court this morning the following
jury was drawn for the divorce case of
Charles L. Brown, libellant, against
Edith L. Brown libellee: Daniel S.
Jacques, foreman; Humphrey Purington,
Ezekiel G. Tarr, William A. Butler, Fred
r. Winslow, Charles H. Alexander, Hi
ram S. Mitchell. John II. Morse, Charles
W. Lee, Harry II. Donnell, Jacob G.
Clary, FL. A. Partridge. The case opened
this afternoon. Larrabee and Davis ap-
peared for the libelant and Maddox and
Fogg for libellee.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
THE vANLoO A FATAL SHIP.

Halifax, N. S.. December 2S.-A special
dispatch from Bermuda reports terrible
accident at sea on the ship Vanloo, in
which six lives were lost. The Vauloo
was on voyage from Cardiff to St: John,
On the goth inst, the Vanloos foreyartis
suddenly parted and fell to the deck with
crash. A number of men were at
work in the rigging at the time, and
others were on deck Immediately below.
or nine who were carried down by the
falling yard, or were struck when it de-
seconded, three were killed instantly, and
three Others who took the chances of es-
Gaping by jumping into the sea, were
drowned.
None of the bodies were recovered.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
Notice Foreclosure Of MORTGAGE.

Notice is hereby given, that on the six
teenth day of December, A. d. 1885, Fannie
mberland and State of Maine, by her
mortgage decd of that date, recorded in
Cumberland County Registry of Deeds, Book
622, Page 200, conveyed to William H. Bick-
ford, of Windham, in the County of Cumber-
land and State OF Maine, the following
named real estate. viz: certain lot of
land with buildings thereon, situated on the
south side of Green street, at Gorham vii.
lage, in the Town of Gorham, in said County
of Cumberland and State of Maine, and de-
scriped as follows, to wit: Commencing at
the northwesterly corner OF land now or
formerly of Alkaline c. Mordough, on the
southerly side of said Green street; thence
feet to a stake; thence southerly, on line
parallel with the western line of said Nor
dough land, to the line of the Portland aud
Rochester Railroad thence easterly, by said
railroad, sixty feet, to said Mordough land
and thence northerly by said Mordough
land, to said Green street, to the point of
veyed to said Fannie R. Bolton by Sumner
G. Bolton, by deed dated July "a, A D., 1885,
recorded in Cumberland County Registry of
Deeds Book 500, page 263, to which deed and
the deeds therein mentioned, reference may
be had for more particular description of
the premises That, on the third day of
December, A; D., 1897, said william Il. Biek-
ford, did by his Assignment of that date,
recorded in Cumberland County Registry
of Deeds for valuable consideration paid
by Charles II: Allen OF said Gorham, sell,
assign. transfer and convey unto the said
Charles H. Allen, the said mortgage deed,
.he notes, debt and claim thereby secured,
and all the right, title and interest OF said
William H. Bickford, by virtue of said mort
gage, in and to the real estate therein de-
scTibed. That said Charles IL. Allen claims
the said parcel of real estate under and by
said mortgage; and said assignment thereof,
and that the condition of and in said mort
gage has been and is broken, by reason
whereof said Allen claims foreclosure of
said mortgage, pursuant to the statute in
such cases made and provided.
CHARLES II. ALLEN.
Gorham, Maine, December nth, 1897.
dS0lS d1aw3wS
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SlOO Reward, $500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all it
stages and that 10 Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is tho only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being q constitu-
tional disease requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work The
proprietors have SO much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
Of testimonials.
Address, +. j. CHENEY g. co : Toledo, O.
E=EY-Sold by druggists, Toe
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
MAINE sPoRTsMEN's MEETING.

AT the meeting of the Maine Sports
men 8 association to be held at Bangor
Tuesday afternoon, January 4, there
promises to be large attendance, half
fare being offered from all the principal
stations along the Maine Central and
also on the Bangor & Aroostook. Hon.
Az NJ. Spear of Gardiner will open the
debate upon the question, "Should non-
resident sportsmen be obliged to pay a
license fee?" Dir. Spear will take the
affirmative Chairman L. L. Carleton of
the fish and game commissioners, will
be present, and will speak of the work
ings of the guide law.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
TO BUILD BICYCLE RAIRLoAD.

Boston, December ss.-The committee
on railroads reported favorably to the
board of aldermen this afternoon on the
petition Of the Boston, Quincy and Fall
to construct, maintain and operate an
elevated railway in certain streets for the
city of Boston. Accompanying the report
was an order granting the right and looa-
tions asked for.
The report was read, accepted and the
order given it's first reading. Consider
able discussion followed. A motion to
suspend the rules and pass the order be-
ing finally defeated. the order went
over to the next meeting of the board.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29

Only the day before this accident one
of the crew met @ terrible death by fall
ing from aloft to the deck. The ship
Vanloo belongs to Yarmouth, N. S
Further details of the two accidents on
the ship show that the total Number of
men killed and drowned was six of
whom five met death when the forward
broke from Its fastenings. The man l,iiled
in the first accident by falling from aloft
was Patrick Watterson of Barrow. Eng
land. The five victims of the other acci-
dent were: John Brown of Lisbon.
Portugal, able seaman; Adolph E. Kereer r
of Hamburg, Germany, ordinary seaman;
4. B. Gillies of ST. John, N. B.. able
seaman; Robert Miller of Glasgow. able
seaman; James Ellingson of Norway.
able seaman. Brown and Kerger were
killed by falling to the deck and the other
three were drowned. The second accident
happened in latitude 43.l5 north, longi-
tude AZ west.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
DURRANT LOSES AGAIN.

San Francisco, December 28.-The SUI
preme court after hearing the matter az
gued in chambers today denied the ap-
plication of the attorneys for the con
denned murderer Durrant, for a writ of
probable cause. 1t was commended by
Durrant's counsel that Judge Baher
erred in having fixed the date for the ex-
ecution of their client within less than 60
days after the date upon which he was
recommitted to the custody of the war
den of San Quinten prison. The supreme
court, however, denied the petition unan-
imously.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
ROADS GIVEN MORE TIME

Boston, December 2S.-The railroad
commissioners issued orders today to the
various railroads operating in this state
granting the said railroads an extension
of two years on the various provisions
of the law of 1896, requiring the equip.
ment with safety devices of all cars oper-
ated or drawn by them in Massachusetts.
This action was taken on petition of
the various roads to conform with SINH
lar extension of time granted by the in
terstate commerce commission, in re]a-
tion to the act of 1898, passed by Con
gress. which is the same in substance as
the state enactment
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
BRAN CASE WITNESSES.

Boston, December 2s.-The five wit
nessss in the Bran murder case who
have been confined in Charles street Jail
for many months, were given a change
today by being removed from the Jail to
the House Of Correction in Cambridge
The change was made because of repairs
which are in progress in that part..of the
Jail where the witnesses were confined.
They will remain in Cambridge about ten
days. The names of the witnesses are
HENRIK Paddock, Frank Loheac, Folk
Wassen, Charles Brown and Oscar Ander-
son.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
JAMES j. CoRBETT SPEAKS.

Cincinnati, Ohio, December 2S-James
j. Corbett, when shown Julian's state
ment tonight on behalf of Fitzsimmons
as reported by the Associated Press from
Chicago, said: 81 have very little to say.
If should beat Maher or Choynski it
would only be advancing Fitzsimmons'
am now, second to Fitzsimmons. will
do nothing of the kind, Fitzsimmons is
the only man I will fight. l Will follow
his trail until compel him to fight ne.
That is all have to say
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29

The committee on the police pension
bill did not meet last night. The meeting
will be held on Friday night instead of
last night.
The Monaghan of the Allan line, was
expected to arrive last night, but had
not been reported at midnight.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
ALLEGED INCENDIARY ARRESTED

Boston, December 28.-Frederick Cook
was arrested here charged with having set
on fire on two occasions to the Hotel Ton
tine at New Havsn, Conn. The last o.
CURED on Christmas morning. Cook adj
lnitted having set the fire when under
cross exam ination at police headquarters
He claimed that five years ago Manager
White of the hotel did HIM wrong and
out of revenge Cook set the fire. What
tho injury was Cook declined to say, bat
he said he thought he was justified in
setting fire to the place on that account.
He added that he was satisfied to stand
punishment for the offense.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
AN AGREEMENT LIKELY.

Pittsburg, December 2S.-The prospects
for revival of the agreement of the soft
coal mining rate are encouraging The
operators who attend the joint conference
at Columbus arrived home today They
are pleased with the outlook and are con-
fident that the movement will be sue
cess, and that strikes, lockouts and other
disturbances in the mining industry will
soon be at an end.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
DIR. BOND BOUND OVER.

New Haven, Conn, December 28.-Dr.
Elijah A. Bond, who Is charged with
murder in the second degree. in causing
the death of Grace Dearborne Of Everett,
Mass, by o criminal abortion, alleged to
have been committed by the accused, was
given preliminary hearing before Judge
Dow today. The defence introduced no
testimony and Judge Dow found probable
cause and bound the accused over to the
next term of the Supreme court.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
MRS. AVERY DISCHA RGED.

Boston. December 2S.-In the Superior
court late this afternoon Mrs. Martha
Moore Avery, the well known revivalist
was found not guilt of the charge of
violating the city ordinances in obstruct.
ing the public streets, and was dis
charged. Mrs Avery was arrested while
addressing "a crowd at the corner of Ash
land and South streets on Sunday, Au-
gust 8, and commended that she had con-
stitutional right to speak at that time
and place.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
A QUESTION or SANITY.

Boston, December 2s.-In the superior
criminal court this afternoon Judge
Bishop assigned William Sullivan to de-
fend Francis Mclaughlin who was re-
Gently indicted charged with the murder
Of his wife Margaret. 1t rests with the
experts in insanity, who have been or
dered to examine Mclaughlin, to deter
mine whether the defendant will ever 90
to trial, for if they declare him to be
mentally irresponsible he will not be
tried.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
SACHSE NOT GUILTY.

Middleton, Conn, December 2S.-At
5.28 this afternoon the jury in the case
of Herman Sachse, who was charged with
murder in the first degree in the killing
of Bertrand l.. Hotohkiss of Killing.
worth. after being out three hours re-
turned a verdict of not guilty.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
Schooner Heather Belle Wrecked Off
SmaII'S Point.
CREW RESCUED BY POPHAM
BEACH LIFE SAVERS.
BIoodshed All But Follows Net Seizure
at Winnegance.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.J

Bath, December 28.-Early this morn
ing N. W. Brewer one of the members of
the Popham Beach life saving crew,
while on the western patrol discovered a
vessel high and dry on Fuller's rock off
Cape Small Point. He at once fastened
back to the station and informed Captain
Zina Spinney. who ordered the surf boat
out and proceeded with all haste to the
scene Of the wreck. The vessel proved to
be the Heather Belle Of St. Johns, N. B.
She had been to Boston with load Of
lumber, and was returning light. About
midnight Monday her commander Capt.
William Gail, misjudged the distance to
the land and before he realized it his ves-
sel was on the rocks. She was a two
master of 80 tons, built In the Provinces
about six years ago, and carried a crew
Of four men. After saving all of the
rigging and other parts of the vessel that
could be carried away, the life savers took
the crew and returned to the station,
where the shipwrecked sailors spent today
and will leave for home tomorrow.
The work of moving the buildings to
make room for the extension of the Hyde
Windlass Co. s plant began today.
Winnegance creek, where there has been
q clash for years between bass fishermen
and fish wardens, is said to have come
near being the scene of bloodshed Monday
afternoon. Fish Warden James Bailey of
IyatI nd fish -
Winnegance and Phippsburg, taking part
in the affair. S
4 1t appears that since the repeal of the
special law governing bass fishing at
Winnegance creek by tho last legislature,
fishermen have ignored the old common
faw which does not permit the setting of
nets crosswise of channels. Monday,
Warden Bailey went to the creek where
he found seventeen nets set crosswise of
the channel. He seized sixteen of them
and destroyed them. In attempting to
seize the other one, which was owned by
Charles Preble of Winnegance, Bailey and
the owner Of the net had set to which
was not governed by the Marquis of
Queensbury rules. The fish warden rather
got the worst of the scrimmage, being
thrown down and dragged some distance
on the ice before he regained foot hold.
Then it is claimed that Bailey made an
attempt to draw revolver from his
pocket, when one of the fishermen who
was armed with doubled barrel breech
loading shot gun, told the warden that if
6n 1ad ho
with both barrels, the fisherman raising
his gun as il in the act OF get ready to
fire. That net was left there. the fisher
men that hadgathered being too much for
the plucky warden. A case in court will
probably grow out OF the fight. The
fishermen claim that they have right to
set nets as they please at Winnegance and
on the ground that the place does not
come under the term of navigable waters
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
BURGLAR HANGS HIMSELF.

Cambridge, December 2S.-James Dali
ton hanged himself to his cell door in the
East Cambridge House of Correction at
midnight. Dalton was serving three
years sentence, having been found guilty
of breaking and entering in Maiden at
the June term of tho Superior court. He
was thirty years old.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
DEATH OF MRS. WOOLWORTH.

Omaha, Neb., December 28.-Mrs.
Elizabeth S. Woolworth, wife of Hon. j..
H. Woolworth. ex-presideut of the Amer
lean Bar association, died at her home in
this city today. Mrs. Woolworth was the
daughter of Moses Bradford Butterfield,
and a llneal descendant of VIM. Bradford,
the first governor OF Plymouth colony.
She WAS born at Homer, N. Y. in 1886.
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JOB FOR STEVENSON.

New York, December 2S.-Former Vice
President Stevenson, who recently re-
turned from abroad to render his report
as member of the monetary commission,
has accepted the position of western
counsel to the North American Trust
company, with headquarters in Chicago
Mr.. Stevenson will also enter the direo-
tory of the company. V1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-29
BOSTON LOSES THE oFEIcEs

Boston, December 2s.-A a result of
the Union Pacific reorganization of the
offices of the company will ultimately be
removed from Boston to New York At
the oompany's offices here this afternoon
it was stated that the change would
probably take place six weeks or two
months hence, but that no details could
he announced at present.