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THE WEATHER.
Fair.
Following is the forecast of the weather
for Maine: Fair weather, southwesterly
winds and warmer.
Local Weatner Report.
Portland, Me„!August 1, 1890.
18am | 8pm.
Barometer. .....29.963 29.064
Tnermometer. ..71. OC
DewPoint.|62. 167.
Humidity. 73. 73.
Wind. NK ,8W
Velocity. 8 io
Weather. PC I Cloudy
Mean daily ther.72.0iMax.vel. wind.... 14 8
Maximum flier.77.8]Total preclp. T
Minimum tuer.G6.0I
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Weather Observations.
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Sftrvipft flhlinrDoHimo In* .
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1st, taken at 8 p. m., 70th meridian time I
the observations for each station being given
in this order: Temperature, direction of the
wind, state of the weather:
Boston, 66‘, E, cloudless; New York, 76°,
cloudy; Philadelphia, 72°, SE, cloudy; Wash
ington, 72°, NE, rain; Albany, 80°, N, partly
cloudy: Buffalo, 72°, S, cloudless; Cleveland,
763, NE, cloudless; Detroit, 74°, NE, cloud
less; Chicago, 72°, NE, cloudless; St. Paul,
80°. SE, cloudless; Duluth, G8“, cloudless;
St. Vincent,76°, SE, cloudy; Bismarck, 86°,
S, cloudless; Jacksonville, 80°, SE, cloudless.
A Felonious Llttlo Joke.
Boston, August 1.—The police have ar
rested Frederick 0. Simmonds, aged 14, the
son of Police Officer Simmonds of Chelsea,
on the charge of having attempted to wreck
the Flying Yankee train Wednesday night.
Ihe hoy confesses to frequently putting
•;l°nes on. the track to see the train jump.
He is believed to have had accomplices in
the last affair but will not disclose who they
are.
At Cape May.
Cape May, N. J., Aug. 1.—Secretary
Blaine arrived at Cape May this evening.
Ho will remain until the President returns
to Washington, Tuesday or Wednesday
next.
I THE NEWS OF THE DAY IN MAINE.
Men Who Sail the Ocean Blue Dance
on Rodlck’s Island.
A Drowning Man Gallantly Rescued
by His Companion.
Insurance Figures—Mad Dog Scare
In Farmington-Other News.
Bar Harbor. August 1.—A brilliant re
ception was given this afternoon from three
to;six by the ladies of the Canoe Club on
Rodick’s Island. The flagship’s band and
Baldwin’s band furnished music. Admiral
Gherardi, Captain Schley of the Baltimore,
Captain Brownson of the Petrel, Captain
Sterling of the Dolphin and many other offi
cers were present in uniform. Mrs. J. Bid
dle Porter, Mrs. Robert Amory, Mrs. F. R
Jones and Mrs. A. L. Mason, received. Mrs.
Drayton, assisted by the Misses Jones,
Thorndike, Scott and Sturgis, dispensed re
freshments. Hundreds of guests were pres
ent and dancing was in order.
The Kebo Valley Theatre was filled with a
fashionable audience this morning to listen
to the harp and song recital by Miss Shaw
and Mrs. Clark. It was a very successful
affair and both artists were enthusiastically
received.
Four unlicensed buckboard drivers were
tried today and each fined 810 and costs.
INSURANCE FIGURES.
From the Annual Report of Joseph
O. Smith, State Commissioner,
Augusta, August 1.—Insurance [Commis
sioner Joseph O. Smith has completed his
annual repori ior ussy, anu 11 nas oeen pre
sented to the Governor and Council. Twen
ty-seven national tire insurance companies
have made returns, two less than 1888. The
business of the factory or mill mutual com
panies as hbeen largely extended. The total
risks written by the 19 companies, all of
which are located out of the state, amounted
in 1890 to $5,399,646.35, on which the premi
ums were $49,377.41.
Under the head of “Foreign Companies”
the commissioner says lire underwriting has
been a profitable business in Maine since
1886, the ratio of losses paid to premiums re
ceived being 51:73 per cent in 1887 ; 49:98 in
1888, and 43:49 in 1889.
The number of life policies written in
Maine in 1889, not including industrial poli
cies or assessment certificates, was $8,050 for
the sum of $5,145,497.72,making $26,276,033.41
represented by 16,814 policies in force De
cember 31,1889; a gain of 565 in the number
of policies ana of $1,108,424 34 in the amount
written in 1889 over that of 1888.
A Life Saved.
[Special to the Press.!
Rockland, August 1.—While Frank Gott
and Walter Boynton, of this city, were out
on a fishing expedition off Monroe’s island
today, the former came near drowning. He
was hauling in the anchor when he tripped
and fell overboard. He sank twice and was
going down for the last time, when his com
panion leaped over, securing him in the nick
of time.
Oxford Prohibitionists.
Lewiston, August 1.—The Oxford county
Prohibition party convention at South Paris
today nominated for senators, E. N. Carver
of Canton and C. E. Waterman of Paris;
commissioner, Benjamin Swett; treasurer,
T. C. Cushman; register of deeds, Eastern
district, P. G. Barrett, Dixfield, Western
district, B. F. Thompson; sheriff, W. W. Ab
bott, Dixfield; representatives to legislature,
A. A. Parlin, Sumner; R. B. Waite, Buck
fieid; John Devine. Norway; W. W. Flye,
Hiram; Oscar Howard, Dixfield.
A Winthrop Mystery.
Winthhop, August 1.—A bareheaded and
barefooted man, apparently insane, etneiged
from the woods today, and ha3 been provid
ed for by the authorities until further facts
are ascertained concerning him. He claims
that his name is Thomas Proctor, and that he
belongs in Parkman, Maine. He has un
HmihfoHlir honn tirr. mlnrinrr cnmn limp TTct
was completely bewildered and in a pitiable
condition. He says he married a lady named
Hannah Holmes.
Fearful of Hydrophobia.
Farmington, August 1.—Some of Farm
ington’s citizens are becoming a little anx
ious concerning the prospects of, hydropho
bia. Since the Butterfield dog ran mad, sev
eral other dogs have been snappish and one
has bitten children slightly, and many have
shown the dull and dumpish symptoms pre
monitory of hydrophobia, but it is hoped
that the cause is only the excessive heat of
the weather this week.
Mills to Resumo Work.
Winthkop, August 1.—The Wayne Wool
en Mill Company has just been organized,
in Wayne, to operate a mill which has been
idle two years. The capital stock is 850,000.
Improvements will be made and operations
will begin soon.
Secretary Tracy at Kittery.
Kittery, August 1.—The United States
•teamer Dispatch, having on board Secretary
of the Navy Tracy arrived at the navy yard
this morning at 6 o’clock.
Mado a Big Haul.
Bangor, Aug. 1.—Burglars made a big
haul in this city last night, entering the resi
dence of Mrs. H. E. Prentiss, and taking
overy article of silverware on the sideboard.
PLUMB VOTES THE OTHER WAY.
A Difference of Opinion Among the
Republicans In the Senate.
Washington, August 1.—In the Senate
today on an amendment to reduce the duty
on fire brick, Mr. Plumb voted with the
Democrats. This was the first case where
party lines were not drawn In the votes. Mr.
Plumb, having thus started in an assertion
of independence of party allegiance, so far
as the tariff bill was concerned, began to
take Mr. McPherson’s place in offering
amendments. His first two amendments
were to reduce the duty on enamelled and
hydraulic cement. After discussion they
were voted down by the Uepublican majori
ty. On the hydraulic cement amendment
Mr. Paddock joined Mr. Plumb in voting
with the Democrats. The result of the vote
was—yeas, 21; nays, 27.
Messrs. Sherman and Hiscock expressed
opposition to the Senate amendment reduc
ing the duty on plain white and undecorated
china and porcelain.
Mr. Allison, while admitting the remarka
ble growth of the crockery industry and ex
pressing his williogness to give it fair pro
tection, declared that with favorable legisla
uon in we administrative customs urn, tne
rates in|the proposed amendment were suffic
ient.
Mr. Plumb inveighed agair st the exorbi
tant demands of the high protectionists. He
produced a letter from a merchant doing bus
iness at St. Joseph, Mo., and Atchison, Kan.,
stating that on an invoice of crockery he had
paid that day a customs duty of $10.40; that
under the pending bill the duty on the
same invoice would be $31.32 aud under the
M.’Ktnley bill,$57.12. Mr.Plumb declared that
it was time the people should have an in
nings. Hitherto the manufacturers had had
all they asked for. Protective legislation
seemed to him a game of battle-door and
shuttlecock for political advantages on the
one side and personal gain on the other. lie
protested against “bolting” the bill in the
"S sai<1 u had keen “bolted”
through the House.
.¥?• Shei man concurred with Mr. Plumb
in his statement that no proposition made to
tax the people should be smpparted unfess
'e,r« was eood ground for it. either for col
lection of revenue or some purpose of public
policy such as protection to American in
dustry. He said the crockery "dustrV of
the United States was not to bo ignored^nor
refused any reasonable demand, ft never
could have been established in this country
without protection. The prices of china
ware were less now than the duties that
were levied on them ten years ago. The
bill went over withouta vote on any of the
pending amendments apparently without
the discussion beiDg brought to a close.
The Sugar Schedule.
Washington, August 1.—Senator Quay
today proposed the following amendment to
the sugar schedule of the tariff bill: “All
sugars above 13 Hutch standard in color to
be classified by the Dutch standard of color
and pay duties as follows: All sugars above
13 and not above 16 Dutch standard in color,
three tenths of a cent a pound: all sugars
above 16 and not above 20 Dutch standard,
six tenths of a cent a pound; all sugars
above 20 Dutch standard in color, a cent a
pound provided if an export duty shall here
after be laid upon sugar or molasses by any
country from whence the same may be im
ported, such sugar or molasses so impoited
shall be subject to duty as provided by law
prior to this act.
The Pension List.
Washington, August 1.—Pensions have
been granted to the following Maine peo
ple:
INCKKASK.
John Hancock, Peacove.
Orrln F. Goodwin. Springfield.
Henry Ingraham, Bath.
Geo. F. Stedman, Foxcroft.
Manuel Thomas, North Gorham.
Jas. F. Tobin, Camden.
Albert Haskell, Bangor.
Isaac Young, Damarlscotta.
Luther Clark, Eockland.
Jas. Harris, Togut.
John Lachon, Skowhegan.
Edwin H, Garcelon, West Troy.
Walter D. Campbell, East Troy.
Perley Whittier, Cbestervtlle.
Geo. W. Gerry, LlneolnvUle.
Harry Braddock, East Knox.
Lucius Libby, North Turner.
John 1). McGuire, National Military Home.
Jas. 1. Tobin, Lee.
Chas. H. Potter, Brldgton.
Almon H. Walker, Pittsfield.
Nathan Batcholder, Tennant’s Harbor.
Chas. S. Thursten, Ashland.
Benj. B. York, North Searsport.
The Previous Question.
Washington, August 1.—In the Senate
today Mr. lilair offered a resolution instruct
ing the committee on rules to report within
four dayt a rule for the incorporation of the
previous question or some method of limit
ing and closing debate in the parliamentary
procedure of the Senate and asked for im
mediate consideration.
Objection was made and the resolution
went over until tomorrow.
Washington Notes.
TIlP lnhhviatc amnlnvn/1 Mia r.nuloiona
lottery declare that Congress will pass no
measure antagonistic to their concern this
year.
The House took up the sundry civil bill
yesterday and spent the day in trying to s< -
cure a quorum. .
The Frye postal subsidy bill will be re
ported to the House without amendments.
Lodge Bill Endorsed.
Boston, August 1—A large mass meeting
chiefly of colored people, at Faneuil Hall
tonight, adopted resolutions favoring the
adoption of the Lodge election bill.
IN MARTHA’S GROVE
Chautauquans Had a Narrow Es
cape from Serious Injury.
Fbyebubg, Aug. 1.—The combined hur
rlc me, hail-storm and thunder shower that
swept over this region, Thursday afternoon,
was most terrific and destructive. It appears
that the Chautauqua grounds were directly
in the centre of its path. A large crowd of
strangers from Fryeburg and neighboring
towns had assembled at the grounds and it
was about at the time of the beginning of
Dr. Twitchell’s lecture. An ominous black
| cloud hung for a few minutes In the western
horizon, when suddenly, with hardly an
admonitory rain drop, it burst upon the
grounds like an infuriated monster. Men
rushed to put their teams under cover,
chamber maids dodged wildly about to
secure windows and the entire grounds
looked more like the enclosure of an insane
asylum than anything else.
It was at the auditorium, that the panic
was greatest. When the trees began to fall,
the women rushed past and almost over one
another in a frenzied attempt to get out.
The ushers had the greatest difficulty in
preventing the crowd from rushing out into
the white sheets of hailstones that were
swirling past. The wooden awnings were
lowered as quickly as possible, and the only
accident that occured was that of a young
lady who was hit by one of them that had
been caught by the wind. It was Miss
Mamie Woodward of South Conway. It is
not thought that her injuries will prove
serious.
The storm passed as quickly as it had
come. When it was over, the ground, which
was not covered with fallen trees, was
literally strewn with small branches and
twiggs that had been either torn off by the
wind or beaten down by the hail. In the
F.ftSft rtf nna nr torn frnno if ia imnncfnln
whether they were shattered by the wind or
lightning. Several parties are sure they
saw the bolt. The inmates of one cottage
had to be chopped out, so near had the
tree fallen to the doorway. Another cot
tage had its smoke-stack unjointed and its
shed dismantled.
Damage In Knox County.
Rockland, August 1.—About 3 o’clock
Thursday afternoon, a severe electric shower
passed over St. George, doing considerable
damage. Houses and trees were struck.
The shower was accompanied by a cyclone,
blowing down chimneys, trees, etc. At
Wiley’s Corner great damage to crops is re
ported.
Will Lowell’s Barn Burned.
Harrison, August 1.—A barn containing
about 25 tons of hay, owned by Will Lowell
at Harrison, was struck by lightning and
burned yesterday.
HUNDREDS SHOT.
An Insurrection In Salvador Put
Down and Its Leader Killed.
La LiBERTAD, Aug. 1.—News is confirmed
of the defeat of Gen. Rivas by government
troops. Rivas was taken prisoner and this
morning he was publicly shot, his corpse
being exposed on the Plaza Armas. It is
reported many prominent persons are com
promised. A strict inquiry is being made
regarding Rivas’s conspiracy. The capltol
suffered considerable damage during the
siege. Hundreds of persons were shot dead
in the stseet. Rivas lead the outbreak
which was suppressed by Gen. Ezeta who
hurriedly marched from the frontier to put
down the rebellion.
Living on Mussels.
Halifax, N. S., August 1.—Despatches
from Cape Herman, N. F., report the people
there to be suffering greatly from want of
food. Not a pound of flour is to be obtained
in the district. Some families have sub
sisted for months on mussels and shell fish.
On June 20th, snow fell to a depth of four
inches. A similar state of affairs is reported
from Qulerp n.
The Mutinous Grenadiers.
Halifax, N. S., Aug. l.—A cablegram
confirming the report that the Grenadier
Guards have been called back was received
by the military authorities here today.
The Cholera at Mecca.
London, Aug. l.—Cholera is spreading at
Mecca. Wednesday 81 deaths from the
disease were reported and Thursday 84.
Ceneral James Its President.
New York, August 1.—The Honorable
lhomas L. James, president of the Lincoln
National Rank and ex-Postmaster General,
was today elected president of the East
Tennessee Land Company to succeed the late
General Fisk and has accepted the position. (
This Is the most extensive land company in
the South and the one now building the city
of iHarriman, Tenn., to which place the
great Lookout Rolling Mills of Chattanooga
remove. General James is satisfied
that the place and the company have a fine
future. _
CENERAL NEWS.
One hundred and sixty-seven failures are
reported in the United States for the last
seven days, against 191 last year.
A severe storm blew down trees in Rhode
Island towns yesterday and demolished sev
eral buildidgs.
Emma Sheridau, tne leading lady of the
Boston Museum, and A. B. Frye, the engin
eei at the Boston post office, whose marriage
was a general surprise, were united by a
justice of the peace at Deer Isle, Me.
A Johnstown, Pa., paper prints a list of
the victims of the terrible Hood last year
giving the number as 2,187 which, if correct,
leaves over 200 bobies not recovered.
Tolstoi’s “Kreutzer Sonata’’ cannot here
after pass through the mails except under
seal. 1 ostmaster General Wanamaker de
clares tho book unmailable on the ground
that it is obscene.
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
has adonted resolutions stronglv in favor of
commercial reciprocity with adjacent coun
tries as embodied in a letter received July “5
by Senator Frye of Maine from Secretary
Blaine.
Knights of the Golden Eagle.
The annual field-day will take place on
Monday, September 1, at Long Island, under
the auspices of Forest City Commaudery
i °.‘i.1U,An invitation llas been extended to
both Windsor and Highland Castles to par
timpate. The arrangement this year is for
a basket dinner to take place in the grove,
where hot coffee will be served. The pro
gramme will include dancing, games and
sports.
SPORTS OF THE SUMMER SEASON.
A Good Day for the Trotting of the
Androscoggin Association.
Slmlo, from Cornish, Mo., Winner on
a New Hampshire Track.
Volunteer Wins thelCoelet Cup In a
Drifting Race.
Lewiston, August l.—It was a good day
for the racing at the Androscoggin Trotting
Association meet today, and these were the
events:
2.36 class.— PURSE $300.
George 8. Griggs, b g Pickerel.1 1 l
J. H. Twombley, b m I.ucy.■ -3 3 3
Ira Woodbury, b g H. D. K.4 4 4
Ramsey & Smart, D g Blacksmith.2 2 2
Best time—2.32%.
2.46 CLASS.—PURSE $200.
H. P. Elliot, b g H. P. E.1 1 1
G. E. Edwards, g g Charlie M.2 2 2
F. J. Watts, b m Hattie Pearl. dls.
F. R. Iladen, b m Bellevena. dls.
A. C. Taylor, b m Hazel Kirk.6 6 ds
I. P. Woodbury, b s Rancho.3 4 ds
John D. Ktbby, Honest Tommy.4 3 ds
C. E. Lane, b s Jobu Lambert.6 5 ds
Best time—2.36.
Tomorrow promises much excitement.
Several horses from out of the state will be
present to trot In the free-for-all purse.
Laconia, N. H., August 1.—The summer
trotting meeting at the Laconia Driving
Park was finished today. Intne 2.37 class,
purse $200, Simto, owned by N. J. Foss of
Cornish, Me., won, best time 2.35. In the
running race, purse $250, three-quarters ol a
mile, D. W. Blanchard’s Dick Turpin won,
time 1.213. The free-for-all, nurse, $300, was
won by liomeruler, time 2.273. J. A. Taylor
of Penacook, Is Homeruler’s lucky owner.
Cleveland, O., August 1.—The grand
circuit trotting meeting closed today. In the
2.25 class, trotting, purse $2000, divided, Mc
Douel won, best time 2.18J. In the 2.17 class,
pacing, purse $1500, divided, Cricket won,
best time 2.11J by Dallas.Cricket’s best 2.14J.
.. . m » UUHIUKi J7UIOO iffiVW, AVU3
alind Wilkes won, best time 2,16.
FOR THE COELET CUP.
Volunteer Drifts the Fastest and
Takes the Trophy.
Newport, E. I., August l.-Tke result of
the yacht race for the Goelet cup is given in
elapsed time for boats not measured and
corrected time for others. Of the schooners
the Palmer did not finish. The Merlin's
time was 5.56.21; Seafox, 6.18.23 (not meas
ured); Mayflower, 6.24.25; Marguerite, not
taken. The (Enone did not finish. Of the
sloops the Volunteer’s time was 4.65.49;
Puritan, 5.18.34 (not measured!; Katrina, 5.
27.02; Gossoon, 6.29.20 (not measnred); Clara,
6.03 55; Grade, 6.21.24. The Cinderilla and
Dave did not finish. The Volunteer won
the cup. The wind was very light the race
being a drifting match.
Today’s Regatta at Old Orchard.
Old Orchard, August 1.—The annual re
getta of the Saco Yacht Club will be sailed
off Old Orchard Beach tomorrow at 2 p. m.
Indications are that a large crowd will be in
attendance, and the race is sure to be a close
one.
BASE BALL.
Rocklands, 12; Rockports, 7.
(Special to the Press.)
Rockland, August 1.—The Rocklands
played carelessly with the Rockports today,
winning easily. Both pitchers were batted
hard. The following is the summary:
Rocklands.2 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 x—12
Rockports.2 0003011 0-7
Base hits—Rocklands, 12; Rockports, 9. Two
base lilt—Hooper. Home runs—Charles. Hooper.
Struck out—Winslow, 4; Urey, 1; Packard, 3;
Newbert, 2.
The Players’ League.
The following games were played in the
Players’ League ;yesterday:
AT PITTSBURG.
Brooklyns.2 20001 10 x— 0
Pittsburgs.1 10111000—5
Base hits—Pittsburgs, 7;' UTooklyns, 12. Errors
—Pittsburgs, 4; Brooklyns, 4. Batteries—Morris
and Fields, Weybing and Klusiow.
AT CLEVELAND.
PhiladelplUas.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 x— 4
Clevelands.2 10000000—3
Base hits-Philadelphias, 7; Clevelands, 6.
Errors—Phlladelphias, 1; Clevelands, 0. Batter
ies— Bufflnton and Hallniau, Bakelv and Sutcliffe.
AT CHICAGO.
Chlcagos .0 004003,0 1— 8
New Yorks.0 00011030—6
Base hits—New Yorks, 9; Chlcagos, 12. Errors
—New Yorks, 6: Chlcagos, 4. Batteries—Bart
son and Farrell, O’Day and Ewing.
'AT BUFFALO.
Bostons.1 2 2 4 6 5 0 2 x-21
Buffalos.2 0 2 1 0 3 2 3 0—13
liOOO 11113-DUU.UUS, 1.0 , OU31UU3, 1 I . LI1U13
Buffalos, 6; Bostons, 4. Batteries—Humbert,
Daly, Kelly and Murphy, Haddock, Keefe and
Mack.
PLAYERS’ LEAGUE STANDING.
The following Is the standing of the clubs
In the Players’League:
Per
Won. Lost. Played. Cent.
Boston. 62 31 ’ 83 .626
Brooklyn. 60 '38 88 .668
New York. 46 37 83 .664
Phlladelphias.... 47 38 86 .662
Chicago. 45 '38 83 .643
Pittsburg. 35 45 80 .437
Cleveland. 34 45 79 .430
Buffalo. 20 67 77 .258
The National League.
The following games were played in' the
National League yesterday:
AT CHICAGO.
Bostons.0 0340010 x— 8
Chlcagos.0 0020000 1— 3.
Base hits—Chlcagos, 7; Bostons, 8. Errors—Chl
cagos, 6; Bostons, 3. Batteries—Hutchinson and
Klttredge, Getzeln and Bennett.
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
New Yorks.1 0200000 x— 3
Clevelands.0 1100000 0—2
Base hits—New Yorks, 6; Clevelands, 3. Er
rors—New Yorks, 2; Clevelands, 1. Batteries—
Garfield and Zimmer, Welch and Clark.
AT CINCINNATI.
Phlladelphias...«...l 00003 1 Ox— 6
Chictnnatls.0 1201 0000—4
Base lilts—Plladelpliias, 8: Clnclnnatls. 8.
Kro.?inF1,hadelpJilas, 2; Cinciunatis, 4. Batter
ents Klmes and *Iarrln8ton, Gleason and Clem
at BROOKLYN.
First Game.
Brooklyn*.4 Ooosooox-7
Pittsburgs.0 00030000—3
Base hits-Brooklyns, 9- putsburgs. 10. Er
rors—Brooklyns, 1; P ttsburgs. 2. Batterics
Lovett and Daily, Decker and Decker.
Second Game.
Brooklyns.Ill 2 3 2 1 0—20
Pittsburgs.l oooooo—i
Base hits—Brooklyns, 13; Pittsburgs, 3. Er
rors—Brooklyns, 1; Pittsburgs, ll. Batteries—
Terry, Foulz and Clark, Gibson, Osborne and
Decker.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
The following la the standing of the clubs
in the National League:
Per
_Won, Lost. Played. Gent.
Philadelphia. 66 23 85 .658
Brooklyn. 56 23 84 .654
Boston. 54 32 • 86 .027
Cincinnati. 49 34 83 .590
Chicago. 43 39 82 .624
New York. 37 <3 86 .430
Cleveland. 23 69 82 .280
Pittsburg. 18 «4 82 .219
The American Association.
The following games were played in the
American Association yesterday:
At Brooklyn—Brooklyns, 1: Toledos, 2.
At Rochester—Rochesters, 9; St. Louis, 4.
At Syracuse—Louisvllles, 6; Syracuse, 5.
Notes.
At Lewiston—Lewistons, 21; Marions, 18.
tobey-Crant.
It was a merry party which gathered at
the home of Capt. A. W. Granfc,Machlasport,
Monday evening. The occasion was the
tenth anniversary of the marriage of his
daughter Abbie to George L. Tobey, M. D.,
now of Lancaster, Mass. The social pleas
ures of the evening were varied with music
and miscellaneous readings; the former was
rendered by Miss Mabel Kenney, of Port
land, and Miss Nettie Tobey, and the latter
Dy seidon h. lirowu, p™™ oi tne
Wellesley, Mass., High school. The entire
party also joined in singing a number of the
good old tunes which all delight to sing.
The rooms were handsomely decorated and
the figures ’80 and '00 over the embowered
bay window served to pleasantly remind all
of the auspicious event which had called
them together. After a choice collation and
many congratulations and well wishes for
tlie worthy doctor and his excellent wife, the
company separated, convinced, one and all,
that such an anniversary is most enjoyable
to all concerned.
Moonlight Sail and Dance.
There will be a dance tonight at (the Gran
ite Spring House, Long Island, music being
furnished by the Brunswick band. The
Casco Bay line will take you there.
SPEAKER REED’S REPLY.
A Masterly Exposure of the Falla
cies of X. M. C.
The Quorum Ruling Sustained by
Unanswerable Logic.
8ome Flimsy Arguments Handled
Without Cloves.
fTiie North American Review.]
It is really! a great pity that the arti
cle entitled “Speaker Reed’s Error” should
not have received the illumination of the
author’s name. It is vety true that an argu
ment ought to be just as good whether writ
ten by one man or another, but if the real
name of the writer in this case had been
signed to the article, every reader would
have made the comparison between the im
mense resources of the author and the very
small results of the argument, and would
instantly have said: “If he who knows so
much can say so little, how weak his side
must be.”
Those familiar with the discussion will see
that, notwithstanding 22 pages are taken up
in the attempt to answer eight, not a solita
ry new fact or principle is brought Into the
field. Except the comparison of the Speak
er with Dogberry, there is really nothing
new.
AH the arguments, or assertions rather,
which he has presented about the presiden
tial veto and tne submission of amendments
to the Constitution, were presented in the
House of Representatives and will be found
in the House debates, where the ideas were
so thoroughly exploded that Mr. Carlisle did
not deem them worth producing in his able
and candid'article. But the anonymous par
liamentarian, never having either heard or
read the debates, was perhaps not to blame
for not knowing the failure of those argu
ments when brought to the light of day.
In seclusion they may have seemed good,
but in the House of Representatives they
survived, even in the estimation of their
best friends, only the brief measure of time
which was required t« state them.
It is not the intention of this article to re
state the arguments in favor of the position
of the House of Representatives on the quo
rum question, which Is now ac
quiesced in by the people of the
United States. That would be ientirely su
perfluous. If they weie not stated in the
March article, then they cannot be stated by
me. It is worth while, however, to restate
the principle involved-a principle which
has not been limited In its acceptance by the
assent of Governor David B. Hill and of suc
bodles as town councils, gas companies, and
the like, but has had the concurrence of su
preme courts all over the country. When
the Supreme Court of the State of Maine,
the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, the
Supreme Court of Indiana, and the Supreme
Court of Illinois, and many others, have
solemnly and repeatedly decided that the
doctrine of the quorum as maintained by the
present House of Representatives is the law
everywhere, their decisions are *ot to be
controverted by a sneer about town councils
and gas companies. When all the courts are
on the side of David B. Hill, it is hard for
even so exalted a person as an ex-M. C. to
Eut him down with a phrase or dispose of
im as a mere politician.
The principle which all the courts have
thus unanimously sustained is a very simple
one, and solves all the problems with equal
advantage to the business of the country and
equal solace to its common sense.
The presence of a majority of the legisla
tive body constitutes a quorum to do busi
ness. The essence of all business on the
part of the legislative body is,the consent of
a majority of a quorum of that body,either ex
pressed or Implied, it may be as thoroughly
expressed by silence as by sound. In the par
liamentary sense, presence always implies
full sight and hearing of all that takes place.
If a member, then, is present in full sight
and sound of all occurrences, and if all ac
tion is loudly proclaimed by clerk or Speaker
he is as much a party consenting to all that
occurs as if he vociferated in his loudest
tones. This all admit. Even the writer of
the anonymous article admits this in all
cases except that of a yea-and-nay vote.
Hence, even with him, we have only to deal
with that method of determining the re
auib.
It must be obvious that all methods of de
terming the consent of the members are ol
equal value. By ea°,h of them laws are
passed which have equal validity. Whether
the sense of the House is made manifest by
mere volume of sound or by the rising of
members in their places, by members pass
ing between tellers or by yeas and nays,
makes no difference whatever in the
result. Laws passed by either way
have equal force. What, then, was the ob
ject of the constitutional provision as to yeas
and nays? Was it to establish a new and
separate doctrine of quorum ? Was the quo
rum to be a majority present when all other
methods of determining the question were
used, but a majority voting when yeas and
nays were called ? Was there to be one quo
rum required in one cise and another quo
rum in another? Does it require any differ
ent body to pass a bill by yeas and nays than
by a rising vote? A majority of the House
being present, can 129 members to 1 pass a
bill by standing up, and not pass it by yeas
and nays? A claim like this utterly ignores
the meaning of the call for yeas and nays,
and the right to have it which is given un
der the Constitution. What were the yeas
and nays given for? Look at the debates on
the adoption of the Constitution and you will
see. It was to inform the people how their
representatives voted, if they voted at all;
and also the fact that they did not vote, it
such was the case. The idea that, in addi
tion to this, the constitutional quorum was
thereby instantly shifted from a majority
present to a majority acting is entirely a
modern invention, as illogical as it is uncon
stitutional.
The clerk’s count of those who
are present and do not vote
seems to meet the disapproval of the anony
mous writer. "Gathering up hastily the
names of those scattered around the House”
is one of the phrases. “Sees, or thinks he
sees” is another. This is entirely gratuit
ous. How long since has sight been inferior
to sound? When was it determined that the
eye was less accurate than the ear?
Theory and Practice.
In actual practice how is it? The clerk’s
record as to men present ha3 thrice been cor
rected as to those present and not voting,
one name each time; but this has never been
so as to affect results. Many more times
than that has there been error as to those
who voted. People have responded by mis
take for men at home sick, and men of simi
lar name have responded. At one session of
the Forty-fourth Congre s, December 4, 1870,
an error was made on the vote which changed
the result entirely. A motion to suspend the
rules was carried by a vote of 136 to 78. Mr.
Flatsted of Maine, was recorded as not vot
ing. On the 5th of December, the next day,
he rose in his place and declared that he
voted in the negative, and proved it. After
ward Mr. Fuller arose and declared that, al
though he was recorded as not voting.be had
voted in the affirmative. This left the vote
137 to 79, not two-thirds. Thereupon Mr.
Randall, the Speaker, claimed the right to
give the casting vote and gave it, and so the
motion was finally carried. On January 8.
1849, Mr. Farrelly’s vote was not recorded,
“““ *uv uniruiuil v> rt3
made and the result changed. The motion
was lost instead of carried. The vote by
yeas and nays whereby General Grant was
made General on the retired list, as given iu
the llouse journal, contains no less than
four errors, which can never ne corrected,
the Congress having ceased to be.
Examples might easily be multiplied to
show that this “absolute correctness of the
vote” is but the dream of an ingenious
pamphleteer hard-pressed for an argument,
and despairing at the outset of finding any
to which he would care to sign his name.
In the face and eyes of these facts how
idle it is to say, "The call insures the
absolute correctness of the vote.” With the
very same truth it may be said that the roll
call and the noting of members present and
not voting insure the record of the presence
of a quorum with accuracy. It is not
absolute correctness in either ease, but as
much so in the one as the other.
It is hardly worth while to waste time on
the discrepancy discovered between rule
vlii and rule xv; between a rule of Imperfect
obligation, which expresses the sense of the
House as to the duty of each member, and a
rule which meets the practical question of a
member refusing to do his duty. If the
actual bodily presence of a majority of mem
bers constitutes a quorum, as all tho courts
have unanimously decided, is anything
more needed than the machinery to record
that fact? IJoes recording the fact that they
refuse to do their duty exonerate them i
Has tho anonymous writer forgotten the oft
quoted quotation of the most eminent
Speaker that ever sat in the chair apropos
of rule viii., that “you might bring a horse
to water, but could not make him drink i
Hoes this nameless writer dream that lie
could do wbat the unrivalled resources and
wonderful genius of Mr. Blaine were openly
confessed to be unequal to? Is there some
where in space a mute, inglorious Milton,
some buried Cromwell, who could have done
what our most skilful parliamentarian de
clared in open House he could not.
X. M. C.’s Remedy.
The evil to be corrected by the new rules
is admitted by the ex-M. C. He therefore
proposes a much better remedy, as he
thinks. At the outset it should
be borne in mind that the
remedy in use has done its work. The
House of Representatives, by its capable
and sensible transaction of business, has
attracted the approval of the whole country.
The unknown writer says that this should
all be set aside and his remedy adopted, and
the shades of many eminent persons, dead
and living, thereby be placated. Did it ever
occur to tlie reader what a singular dispen
sation of Providence it is whereby those who
do not have the things of this world to do
could have always done them so much better
than the poor creatures who did do them?
Did you ever seea sidewalk committee who
could not build a finer house than the
architect and the master-workman? It
really looks as if Providence had wasted its
mostcloying sweetness on the desert air.
The new rule which the critic suggests is
that the Speaker should fine each member
who refuses to vote “not exceeding fifty
dollars,” and thereby compel the horse to
drink. This seems very strange, coming as
it does from a writer who has so deep a
respect for the letter of the law that, when
the Constitution says the votes of both
houses shall be determined by the “yeas and
nays,” he will be satisfied with no con
struction which shall not determine the
quorum the same way.
Suppose we apply the same strictness of
construction to this new rule. “Each house,”
says the Constitution, “may determine the
rules of its proceedings, punish its members
for disorderly behavior, and, with the con
currence of two-thirds, expel a member."
Vnil 117111 nnfipa that fha nnnmc f
the rules of its proceedings is separate from
its power to punisb'its members for disorder
ly conduct. The Constitution does not say
that the House may determine the rules of
its proceedings and rules for the punishment
of members for disorderly conduct. Not at
all. "The House,” says the Constitution,
‘may determine its rules and may punish Its
members.” It is the House in both cases.
Would the writer whose name is so well
concealed conteud that the House could de
legate to the Speaker the right to determine
the rules of its proceedings'1 Of course not!
How, then, can the House delegate to the
Speaker its power to punish its members for
disorderly conduct? It could just as legally
by two-thirds vote make a rule which would
authorize the Speaker to expel a member.
Here is a clause which contains three pro
Sositions: (1) The House may determine
jb rules of Us proceedings; (2) punish
its members for disorderly behavior; (3),
with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a
member.
The Constitution says that the House may
do all these things. Nobody would ever
dream of saying that the House could dele
§ate to the Speaker its right to act under the
rst clause or the last. Who until now ever
supposed that the power in the second clause
could be turned over to another? Who be
fore this writer ever seriously proposed that
the House could delegate Its power to pun
ish ? The very interposition of the words
‘with the concurrence of two-thirds” shows
conclusively that the House is to do the act.
An Unconstitutional Scheme.
For the purpose of giving a false force to
his argument, the author, with Injurious gen
erosity, gives the present Speaker omnipo
tent power over rules. But if the present
Speaker, or any Speaker, had even hinted at
a desire to have the power to fine memberg
“not exceeding fifty dollars,” he would have
seen the limit of his power. In short, the
scheme is both unconstitutional and imprac
ticable. The House could not do it if it
would and would not If it could.
It is surprising to see the sudden trans
formation of the author from strictness to
looseness of constitutional construction
when he passes from something some one
else has done to the thing he wants to do.
Delegate the power to punish to the Speak
er? You can see the position in which this
writer was placed, and which forced him to
this remarkable proposition.
Here was a gigantic evil—so vast that the
people, without distinction of party, on sec
ond sober thought approved of its suppres
sion, even when done as some of them
claimed in a partisan way. If the remedy
used was to be condemed, it was needful to
suggest some other remedy. It would not
do to appeal to the power of the House, pure
and simple, to punish by fine its disorderly
members, for the reply to that was very ob
vious. It took six hours of hard work under
rules which counted a quorum to censure a
member. To discipline 130 members would
have produced all the effects of the most
elaborate filibustering. It would have taken
three months—not to say eternity. Obvious
ly, then, in order to mako a plausible case,
the power of the House to punish and expel
must be treated with a latitudinarian system
of construction which could not be tolerated
unless carefully disguised. Hence
the jumbling together of the
two distinct powers of the House. keDt en
ureiy separate in tne Constitution—the pow
er to determine the rules of its proceedings
and that other entirely different provision,
the power to punish members lor disorderlj
conduct. Both powers belong to the House,
and can be delegated to no man.
If any parliamentary body has ever under
taken to|allow its presiding officer to fine
its members without appeal, its name has
not yet been brought into prominence. “At
some future day, perhaps, Mr.-will deem
It wise—nay, deem it necessary—to show a
single shred of authoritative parliamentary
ruling to justify a”—proposition- “so extra
ordinary!”
The author says the President’s veto can
not be overruled except by a quorum actually
voting. Why? Because, he says, "the votes
of both bouses shall be determined by yeas
and nays.” Yeas and nays must certainly
show each vote of each member. Each
member’s vote must be determined by yeas
andjnays. But there is no applicability of
this provision to that entirely different ques
tion whether either house is in con
dition for doing business by having a quorum
present. What the House votes is one thing ;
what it Is is ano'lier. The Constitution pre
scribes how the vote shall be determined;
the rules made under the Constitution pre
scribe how the presence of a quorum shall
be determined. Whatever business is done
is done by a competent body; and if that
body, properly constituted, acquiesces in the
result arrived at by its members who do vote,
what shock is there cither to common sense,
business sense, or constitutional law?
The Supreme Court of Maine has decided
that three aldermen out of seveD, a plain
minority, were not only enough to certify
the election of members of the Legislature,
but to create a presumption of a quorum act
ually preseut when there was no otli. r rec
ord. The Supreme Court of New Hamp
shire has decided that when, of seven aider
men, six were present and three voted, the
votes of two were enough to carry the meas
ure.
To be sure these are citations about aider
men and other inferior persons, but our au
thor's contempt for aldermen and town
council men ought not to blind hltn to the
fact that the decisions were by the supreme
courts of two states, and supreme courts of
such well known learning that they ought
not to be confounded with the inferior per
sons whose cases they decided. It
must always be borne in mind
that the law in this country
applies with equal measure to all persons,
both great and small. The law ; which
governs the doctrine of a quorum in a town
council governs it also in Congress, if the
constituting provision be the same. The
converse also follows, that whatever law
governs a quorum in Congress governs the
quorum In the hundred thousand school
boards and councils everywhere in the laud.
Not the least of the good effects of tbe proc
lamation of the true doctrine by the House
is the advantage it has been and will be to
those corporate bodies, through which (lows
the bood which gives health and vigor to the
whole body politic.
The action of the Senate of the Empire
State of New York, acquiesced in by all
parties ever since, is not to be lightly dis
missed as the partisan action of David B.
Hill. Nobody has ever dared to question
the law passed under that ruling, and no
body has since questioned the ruling Itself.
Other sovereign'.States are certainly entitled
to some respect. '
It may be that the House of Kepresenta
tives at Washington ought to have set a good
example to all the States. But how if it did
not? Must progress be stopped and com
mon-sense flouted because they did not
Uft^IU ilk HIU vv
rejected because it was not found under the
biggest wigs?
It has not been thought worth while in
this artle to notice the citations from emi
nent authrs, as they have not the slightest
bearing upon the question at issue. They
(lo not touch upon them in the loast. They
can ouly impress the uncritical and careless
with the idea that the author had the sup
port of famous name). There Is no need to
produce Judge Cooley, The Federalist,
Erskine May, and Judge Story to prove that
the Uouse can punish its members for
disorderly behavior, when the Constitution
expressly says so in seven words. I)o these
plain words need buttressing by even those
eminent names?
A Good Old Device by the Attorneys.
This quoting of abundant authorities is a
good old device of the attorneys: when
your caso is weak anywhere, double the wit
nesses on the parts where there Jls little or
no dispute. It is a good way to confuse the
jury and keep out of mind the point
against you. Forcing men to vote by lines
would be utterly ineffectual in case of a re
yo*t such as we had early in this session,
if the House alone exercised its power to
punish. Therefore the author, in a paren
thesis, slides in a proposition for the Speak
er to punish, then proceeds to but
tress, by numerous citations, the right
of the House, and he thinks the jury will
suppose that the right of the Uouse and the
right of the Speaker are oue and the same
tiling. Ills scheme is worthless unless the
Houso cau delegate its power to the Speaker,
and that is the very point which his cita
tions do not touch. On the point of the
. right of the Uouse they are as abundant as
they are superfluous. The very case whlcl
he cites in a foot note of the action of Mr
Colfax was a case of punishment by thi
House, not by the Speaker. Suppose
should now turn to the anonymous writei
and quote to him his own language: “Yoi
propose a new rule, giving the Speaker a'
his own discretion, in a certain case, powei
to punish a member by fines; yet not oneir
the entire number of Speakers, eminent
dead, buried, and alive, ever suggested that
the Constitution contained the strange
power that you are trying to induce the
House to insert among Its rules, where It
never had place before." Would not the
author be overwhelmed? and if not, why
not?
If it be a good argument against counting
a quorum that no distinguished man ever
did it, why it is not a good argument
against making the Speaker a police justice
that no distinguished man—at least no dis
tinguished man over his own name—had
ever hinted at it? If it be a good
rejoinder to this to say that the evil
has only existed during the last two years,
why is It not equally so to the declaration
that Rule XV. cannot be sustained because
it has just been invented? If novelty be no
objection to the one, why is it to tne oth
er?
The most surprising sentence in the whole
article is the last one, “May we not believe
that he [Speaker Reed] is strong enough and
wise enough and brave enough to retrace
his steps and correct his error?” Retrace
his steps and correct his error I What little
comprehension this writer would have us
think he possesses of what has actually oc
curred !
The "error" whereof he treats was the er
ror of the Speaker just 26 hours. Then it
became the error o! the House of Represen
tatives. It has since become I he error of the
-•upuuiu,nu pai i * auu m uic pcujHO WHO
United states. It had previously been the
error” of the state supreme courts.
Whatever may be the strength, wisdom,
or bravery of the Speaker, he has never
thought himself strong enough, wise enough
or brave enough to correct an “error” of that
kind and of those dimensions.
Thomas B. Heed.
BY THE WINOINC SACO.
Yesterday With the Chautauquans
In Martha’s Crovo.
Fair Weather Continues—Many Peo*
pie at the Assembly.
Fuykbuko, August 1.
A fairer morning never dawned than this
of today. The show of yesterday left many
unpleasant traces In the shape of fallen
trees, some splintered into many pieces;
but these have been removed by a force of
workers, including the managers of the as
sembly and reinforcements from outside.
All were willing to lend a hand In order
that the grove might be restored to its origi
nal beauty.
The chorus under Prof. Morse are mak
ing good progress and every morning many
of the Chautauquans spend a pleasant
hour In the auditorium enjoying the rehear
sals.
The normal class of today studied under
their teacher, Rev. J. F. Clymer, “How to
Teach In the Sunday School.” In this work
there are two elements—1st, principles; 2d,
methods. Principles are changeless, but
forms and methods of expressions may
change and can be adopted to environ
ments. The seven principles of teaching
are:
First—The law ot adaptation.
Second—The law of co-operation.
Third—The law of definiteness.
Fonrth—The law of system.
Fifth—The law of illustration.
Sixth—The law of repetition.
Seventh—The law of variety.
The popularity of the cooking class. Is at
Its height, the lessons are valued by all, and
good Chautauquans sigh for a dual exist
ence ; there being at the same hour three
classes. The question is not easy to decide,
“Shall we go to Dr. Clymer’s class to the
cooking school, or to Professor Ropes’s hour
on ‘Biblical Translations?’"
The first lecture ot this afternoon was de
livArPfl hv Up Purkhnpat nn »>Tha
of Christianity in Place, Monument and
Art." The substance of the lecture was as
below. The great scheme of human redemp
tion is based on historical and geographical
data. In confirmation of this truth the land
itself is a strong agency. Palestine is a per
petual conformation of the truth rf God’s
word. Nazereth and other localities of
scriptural writings were particularly de
scribed by the speaker. Students of the Bi
ble should notice especially the coincidences
in the four gospels and in the land itself.
All the recent discoveries in these lands
give us history contemporaneous with the
Bible and are of untold value. In this day
of suspicion when ‘we ministers are silent
the very stones cry out and confirm the
truths of the Bible. The places of interest,
both of Pagan and Christian Rome, were
minutely described. The lecture was a fine
and Echoiarly production.
After resting for an hour the people again
filled the auditorium to enjoy Prof. Ropes’s
lecture ‘‘Some Phases of American Humor.”
It was very amusing from beginning to end.
Many amusing stories were related illustrat
tlie wit of all classes and intoduciog the
humor of many nations.
Prof. Ropes leaves the Grove tonight
His lectures on “Blblcal Translations" have
been of great interest and those attending
have received great benefit
Tomorrow being Sunday School Day the
character of the lectures given by Prof.
John S. Sewall and Rev. C. U. Spaulding
will be in that line.
Tne second illustrated lecture by F. A.
Ober on Algiers will occur lu the evening.
Sunday at 10 a. in. Assembly; Sunday
School, 2 p. m.; sermon by Rev. George W.
Field, D. D. vesper service at 0 o’clock and
an hour of praise and prayer at 7.30.
STATE TOPtUS of interest.
There is said to be a family in Waterville
of which three members all over 70 years of
age are suffering from whooping cough in a
malignant form. One of them will probably
die.
A down east paper has been struggling
with the Indian names of the six nations
around the Ohio and finds them fully as hard
to handle as those of the Penobscots and
other unimproved red men of this part of the
world, Punxsutawney was the particular
name the paper fell over.
An interesting specimen of prehistoric
botany was brought to the surface last Tues
day at Eastpoit. Workmen were! engaged
in sinking a drive well and at a depth of
twenty feet in a stratum of blue clay they
found a spruce cone in excellent preserva
tion although quite block. Nobody can tell
how many thousand years have elapsed
since the cone was deposited where it was
found.
Oneof the census enumerators in this state
worked so bard that an old trouble was
aggravated and he died before his returns
could be made to the supervisor, although
his canvassing was completed. This is be
lieved to be the only case where absolute
fatality resulted although several enumera.
tors have frequently declared that they had
rather belkilledlthan suffer again what they
went through while doing their work.
The Piscataquis Observer tells this story:
X*. 111 »iiu Heal <1111 nemUDOrnooiI ;i
farmer was unloading hay In Ms barn, using a pat
ent hay fork for that purpose fastened to a rafter
high up lu the roof. Id some way the warp or
rope, got a turn round one of the man’s legs’ on
the load, and when the horse attached drew the
warp taut the man found himself lifted some fif
teen feet above the load and dangling In the air
heae down, lie was quickly relieved from liis
perilous situation without tujury. It Is said to be
his first perfortnanc on the '‘flying trapeze.”
Abiel Chaudler Jr., of Bethel has in bis
posessiou an officer’s spy glass picked up on
the second Bull Run battle field. The case in
which it was enclosed contained the name of
Lieut. Thomas B. Tromley Co. B, 8th South
Caroline Regiment. The lieutenant
was dressed in a beautiful grey suit, lylnglon
his back with his sword in his right hand
and tlie glass beside him, shot through bis
head. Beside his body Mr. Chandler counted
13 others from this same regiment cold in
death.
The editor of the Aroostook Republican
has made a suggestion which if not original
with him is well worthy of consideration.
He suggests that whereas the rock bound
hills and rock-iiddcu pastures of Maine have
become historic it would be a good thing to
have a public stonecrusher that would travel
around from town to town, chewing up the
surplus boulders into good serviceable road
making material. This suggestion is cordi
ally endorsed here, because while there are
many rocks in Maine there are not many
really good dirt ronds._
Hon. Wm. H. Rexford, formerly of Con
cord, N. H , ex-state senator and ex-sheriff
of Merrlmac county, N. 11., died at Stratford
Thursday, a ;ed about "0 years.
SUNSHINE AND HEAT BUT NO RAIN.'
Discouraging Reports From «h.
Farms of the Croat West.
The Corn and Wheat crops Promu*
To Be Many Bushels Short.
Armies of Chinch Bugs Campaigning
In the CralrK^lelds.
Nhw Yobk, August 1.—A ChWgo special
says that reports are coming fronWhe West
and Northwest regarding the condition ol
the corn and wheat crops, in consequents^ of
the drought. The secretary of the Kanfe*3
state agricultural department says that the
corn in his state has suffered Immense dam
age this week by the hot and dry weather,
and that if such conditions are general, the
trouble will amount to almost a national ta*
lamlty.
The correspondent of a Chicago firm says
it is estimated that the corn crop of Kansas
this year will not exceed 50,000,000 bushels.
This Is much the lowest estimate yet, and It
may well excite alarm. If it be correct. ltttiA
•uoruige win ue requirea In the other states
to justifyBthe claim made by an expert that
«?« United States will be
36u,000,000 bushels short.
Reports from Nebraska regarding the corn
crop are no more favoralle.
In some western localities the warm
weather Is more favorable to spring wheat
than to corn. Reports from South Dakota
are very conflicting. In the southeastern
portion of the state the crops are said to be
the best ever known, but In the other parts
of the state the farmers have reason to feel
discouraged.
In North Dakota the crop is seriously in
jured. In many districts the farmers will
scarcely be able to regain their seed. The
average crop in these parts cannot possibly
exceed eight o 12 bushels per acre.
This same condition prevails along the
line of the Northern Pacific railroad, west
from Fargo. A Buffalo, Minn., correspon
dent says that chinch bugs are again appear
ing In the grain fields in large numbers.
CRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Maine’s Del -gallons at the National
Encampment.
Maine will send the largest delegation to
the coming National Encampment of the
Grand Army men at Boston which she ever
did to a similar gathering, Portland ex
cepted. While over 80 posts have already
announced their intention to attend, As
sistant Adjutant General Milllken Is dally
receiving applications for assignment of
quarters, for new men are coming forward
today from a post of forty men. There is
much enthusiasm prevailing over the trip
and it now looks as though the Maine men
would number upward of 5000. All the
leading officers and prominent men of the
organizations are going and have engaged
rooms at the hotels. Nearly all depart on
Monday, but few are going previously. As
sistant Adjutant General Milllken will be In
Boston tomorrow to complete arrangements
for the department.
The delegation elected at the last State
Encampment to attend the national event
consists of ten men, headed by Hon. Hanni
bal Hamlin of Bangor, who is ever wel
comed by the veterans, and who will be one
of the most distinguished men at the en
campment. The other members of tha dele
gation are: N. 1. Coffin, Post 50; A. W.
Fletcher, Port 35; Henry W. Sleeper, Post
54; Arthur M. Sawyer, Post 2; Delance
Young, Post 47; Moses A. Salford, Post 99;
S. C. Belcher, Post 25; L. T. Carlton, Post
21; C. U. Sawyer, Post H. Alternates—
Enoch Foster, Post 83; Timothy Elliot, Post
28; Caleb N. Lang. Post 2; W. W. Ulmer.
Post 16; Polaskl Hodge, Post 71; D. B.
Parsons, Post 97; Henry Boynton, Post 13:
Elijah C. Wilder, Postal; A. W. Warren,
Post 23; B. B. Murray, Post 1. The Past
Commanders entitled to seats in the en
campment are Gen. Geo. L. Beai, Gen. C. P.
Mattocks, Gen. Selden Connor, Daniel
Wh'te, Gen. 1. 8. Bangs, Dr. Augustus C.
Hamlin, Nelson Howard, Col. A. C. Farn
ham, E. M. Shaw, Dr. Benj. Williams, Gen.
James A. Hall, Capt. S. W. Lane. Richard
K. Gatlev. II. H. Burbank. Col. F. M limw
and Mnj. John D. Anderson, the present
Commander. Ooe hundred veterans re
presenting the post at the National Soldiers’
Home at Togus, of which Department Corn'
mander Anderson Is Treasurer, will go as
his escort, accompanied by the Military
Band of the home.
A neat ana striking pine cor* badge will
be worn by the Maine veterans, and Is now
being sent out by the Assistant Adjutant
General. It will consist of a pretty red
satin ribbon attached to a bar, duly In
scribed, and at the bottom will be attached
the cone.
General Oiders No. 7 were Issued trom de
partment headquarters Thursday. It an'
nounces that the headquarters of the De
partment ot Maine will be establl-ned at
Horticultural Hall. I’ost commanders will,
on arrival in Boston, report the number of
comrades present from their posts. Previous
to opening these quarters the Commander
and Assistant Adjutant General will be
found at the Quincy House. All comrades
from this department are invited to call at
headquarters and register tbelr names.
All railroads in the State will make rates
of one full fare for the round trip for each
road, not one limited fare, as some have sup
posed. The Commander is desirous that all
comrades who take part In the parade
should be in uniform.
The commander is gratified to be able to
report a large gain during the quarter just
closed—three new posts and 233 comrades,
making 158 posts and 9584 comrades In good
standing June 30, and one new post has
been organized since the close of the quarter.
Attention is called to the G. A. It. muster
at Camp Benson, Newport, beginning Aug.
19. Saturday, the 23d, the Commander and
other department officers will be present.
In closing, the Commander says: “The
citizens of Boston aro making great prepara
tions for the entertalnruuui of their guests.
All may rest assured of the most royal and
enthusiastic greeting. The commander ot
this department hopes to see every comrade
from this department who can possibly do so
in the parade in Boston.”
THE STATE.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Tweuty-five weavers with their families
have arrived at Augusta from Fall River.
They were driven away from Fall River by a
contemplated shut down, and came to the
Edwards mill, where more help Is needed.
PENOBSCOT COUNTY.
The West Branch drive from above Ches
uncook lake is expected to bo in the boom at
Old Town today. It reached the Piscataquis
waters Tuesday. The West and East Branch
drives were united at Medway, and have
floated aloug together''since. Both u fives
contain 70,000,000 feet of logs, and 1X0 men
I are at work in hnrrying them torward. 1The
season has been favorable, and the drive is
said to he a very clean one “ut wwlogs
have been left on the shores, Hat , ledges
and falls.
SAGADAHOC COUNTY.
The revenue cutter *?**!* *“}
Wednesday afternoon. The crew were paid
off at the custom bouse there.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The shoe factory at Calais is to receive an
addition more room being required for this
business The contracts for the foundations
and tile erection of the building have already
been placed.__
Machigonne No. I.
The members of Machigonne Engine Com
pany, No. X, are requested to meet at the
cugine house today to attend the funeral of
th'late Thomas Hamel. Time of funeral in
daily papeis. _
The Duchess of Montrose, who is well
known as an owner of racing horses, had a
peculiar experience with one of her grooms
recently. She thinks that he formed a syn
dicate to over-charge her grossly for excess
baggage while traveling and when shedis
charged him for this he organized a strike
among her servants, who refused to prepare
breakfast unless she came to terms. She
went without breakfast, won the strtke and
defeated the groom in a suit which he
brought for his wages.