The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-08-26
NEW YORK.


NEW YORK, Aug. 25-Yellow fever is re-
ported on board the Nova Scotian bark Evan
geline, which arrived at quarantine Sunday
afternoon. All of her officers and crew were
attacked @i by the fever on her voyage from Cuba
to this port, and three of them died. The re-
mainder are convalescing. One of the men
who died was Donald McVane, aged thirty, of
Edlnburg. On examining his trunk after his
death, false bottom was found, in which was
a will, dated 1871, from Peter McVane of lob
booth Wynd. in Lelth, leaving several houses
in trust to his son, the deceased, whose annual
rental was $500. The captain of the bark
says he cannot imagine what reason induced
McVane to ship as a common seaman.
Various Matters.
Joshua Shove. confidential clerk aud book
keeper of Corliss. Macy & Co.. stationers, 80
Nassau street was arrested to-day charged with
embezzling $50, 900 from the firm. The defal-
cation was discovered by Benjamin f. Corliss
during the absence of Shove on a vacation
The Secretary of the Board of Emigration
estimates the immigration to this port the pres
ent year at 135, 900, or about onehalf of that of
last year and the year before.
Mrs. j. T. Miller, aunt of Miss Pomeroy to-
day made affidavit which was corroborated by
another lady that Glendening was the man
who called at the Infants Asylum ia Clinton
Place, New York, to make arrangements for
the confinement of the deceased.
John E. CANT, president of the American
Bank Note Company, died to-day at Stock
bridge, Mass, aged So.
Mrs. Ellen Knapp of Nyack, pension claim
agent has been arrested for over charging for
services.
lForeigu Thief Arrested.
A man giving his name as Gustave Meyer
was arrested here, having been recognized by
one, Lewis Moses as Theopile George KRISTEN,
who is alleged TO have robbed the Kulin Credit
bank of Western Russia last December of $780,
600 in bonds and money. Kerstein was a di-
hal ,orl I,o,
the defalcation until last evening. 1t is said he
committed many forgeries beside his embezzle-
men.s, and that man in Kulin lost $4,000 by
him, and several banking houses in Berlin were
vIetlmized to the amount of $4,000.
Fire.
BUFFALO, Aug. 25.-Abont o'clock this
afternoon, a fire broke out in the grain drying
house attached to the Reed elevator fronting
on Water street and Buffalo river. where some
$4,000 bushels of spoiled grain were being dried.
The flames spread rapidly to the elevator and
caused its entire destruction. AT one time sew
eral large p1opellers lying near by were in dan
ger, but by the exertions of the fremen the
flames were cOnfiped to the elevator. The
building was owned by the G. NJ Reed estate
of Erie Pa, and Jas G. Harrison OF this city,
and was valued at $l50,000. Harrison had one :
third interest, which was insured for $4,000.
Northern Pacific Il. h. Case.
New YORK, Aug. 25-In the suit of Elijah
Myers, the holder of the 7.3O mortgage bonds
VS.. the Northern Pacific Railroad Co., to re-
strain the Company from issuing more of such
bonds and to remove Jay Cooke and r, B. Og-
den from the trusteeshp, motion was made
before Judge Donahue IN the Supreme Court
Chambers, to-day, to remove the cause to the
U. S. Circuit Court, which was granted.
Thieves Shot.
ALBANY, Aug. 25-On the Hudson River r.
R., a detective was attacked last night in Green
bush, by two men named Hartman and
Crimes with paving stones. when he shot both,
desperately wounding them. He then brought
| them to the station house where they were
locked up, It's thought they belong to gang
who have plundered freight cars lately.