The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-22

ashore at Grass Point, near Chicago, on Tues
day night, and the following officers and crew.
eight were taken of 10 life boat launched
from tug The boat was stove to pieces be-
fore reaching The tug, and the eight men from
the Arrow and one of the crew of the tn. were
drowned. ~
The investigation of the Treasury Depart
ment into the fractional currency business of
the American and National Bank Noe Com
panies OF New York is concluded. The Amer
icar was found to be forty sheets short
and the National twenty sheets ashort-tbe
aggregate Of the two being less than six INN.
dred dollars, even If all the sheets were of the
fifty cent currency. The Treasury has no idea
that there was any fraud, but that the loss is
due to carelessness.y ~ e.. .e vRET .~.
U. ). Consul Gregg declares that the report
OF his speeches at the Cuban banquet, as fur
nishei by the Jamaica press, were incorrect
Mr.. Gregg asserts that he simply expressed his
belief that Cuba would secure her freedom
and that in his opinion, judging from the exist
ing State of public feeling in America, one of
the first acts of Congress would probably be
the recognition Of Cuban rights. He denies
having uttered the sentiments attributed 10
him. what he did say having very different
application. ID islJIMH.t Hi3It e
A divorce case now before the New York
courts exhibits dark phase OF social life Ira
A. Paine, who seeks divorce from his wife,
stated that he was forced to marry her fourteen
years ago by his parents; that paper was
signed in which she agreed never to require
him to live with her, and that she would never
call on or modest him; that he has never lived
with her; that she lives at Providence and
! keeps a notorious house, owns or leases two
houses, keeps carriage and horses, goes by
the name of Ellen Cooke, and lives with one
! George Cooke, Sporting man.
Great excitement was created in Kokoma,
Ind, Thursday, by the shooting of Joseph Van
Horn by Lieut.. w. w. Dougherty, of the reg
ular army, who was on a visit to his parents.
1t is alleged that Van Horn circulated sland-
erous reports about Dougherty's sisters, and on
Doug1 erty meeting Van Horn he requested
him to recall his remarks. He repeatedly re-
fused, and not denying the reports, Dougherty
fred five shots at him, three of them taking
effect. Van Horn died almost instantly
Dousherty was Immediately arrested and is
| now in Jail. - a1ass4s .'lzaYla -1e e.
Last Tuesday the contract of many the first
nine of the Red Stocking Club with the club
expired, and in the evening meeting was
held and the money accounts of the men were
adjusted and they were paid off Each also
received ahandsome present from the club ms
an ACKNOWLEDGE of the success of the sea-
son. 1t is said that Notwithstanding the at
tractve offers made to them by other organ
/ izations, majority Of the nine have expressed
willingness to remain with the Cincinnati
| club another year.
4 Two more men-one of them John Bashere,
the boss carpenter-haye been taken out of the
ruins of the fallen building in ST. Louis His
head was horribly crushed. aud he must have
died instantly. 1t is thought that four other
persons are still in the ruins but hopes are an.
tertained of rescuing them alive Laboring
parties were kept at work all night. The inn
: mediate cause of the accident has not beon as
| certained, and will probably not be untii the
coroner's inquest. Many reports are in crcu-
lation about the insecurity OF the building and
the iii nsy manner of Its construction, but they
ave mainly exaggerated. Well informed men
say it was q substantial structure and the cause
OF its fall a, great mystery. ~ t-.~.-rg y.
Mr.. Vincent Colyer is on his way to WASH
ington from British Columbia with petition
signed by forty prominent citizens OF Victoria,
addressed to President Grant, praying Ior the
annexation of British Columbia to the United
States. Another petition OF similar import
will be forwarded to the Queen. The docu-
ment is strongly worded, and sets forth with
great force the insulated, helpless condition of
the colony, and the imperative necessity of
| forming political alliance with the United
States. Mr.. Colyer represents that the feel
| ing in favor of annexation received a new i'm
pulse from the recent note of Earl Granville,
urging The British Coumtians to affiliate with
the Canadian Dominion, they regarding it lit
| tie less than insulting, as it would increase
their burdens, without aff)rlng either polii
cal protection or material relief -
The usual State Prison THANKSGIVING dinner
was given at Charlestown, Mass, Thursday.
| Before dinner speeches were made, a poem was
read, and Warden Haynes wound up an address
to the prisoners by announcing the pardon of
two men, nan ed John Long and John Hayes.
| The two fortunate men were loudly cheered by
THAR FELLOW nrisnnars and aite ,rnt,a nm. X
| pected release they shed tears of ioy. The
scene was one of great emotion, aud among the
| 300 or 400 prisoners there was scarcely a dry
eye Mr.. Haynes, when the excitement had
snbSided, said that four years ago these young
| men Zone twenty-five and the other twenty
three years of age)were convicted of highway
ROBBERY and were sentenced twenty five and
twenty years hard labor in prison. Now. af-
Ter serving four years of their time, the fact
| mad been established that they were innocent
OF the crime, and it was but just that they
should be given their liberty, and that no stain
should bnir