The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-31

The boiler of Sauerbiers extensive tool fac
tory in Newark exploded Tuesday destroying
three buildings and killing blacksmith
named Kolb..
B. 7. Rogers, cashier Of the Fulton bank of
Brooklyn, is defaulter to the amount of
$4,000 He has absconded.
Clafin & Coburns boot factory at Hopkin-
ton, Mass, was burned Sunday morning. Loss
100000. Supposed iucendiary.
A boiler in the Union Pacific Co.'S. rolling
mill at Laramie City exploded last week,
wrecking the building and killing fireman
and seriously iDiuring ten other persons.
James Horton of Guysboro, Thomas Kenne-
dy of Canso, N. S /, and Nilsson Mitchell of
Campobello, N. B. have been lost on the Grand
Banks.
Thomas w. Piper, convicted of the murder
of Mabel Young in Warren street church on
the 23d of last May, was has been sentenced to
be hanged.
Martin Reynolds shot one or two of four bur.
glars in his brass foundry Sunday morning on
Leonard street, New York, but they fiually es.
capped.
Floyd's commission store, Waddell's flour
store, McClellan's broom factory, Trips oil
works, McClure's paper warehouse, and the
store of Alex Moore on Pekin avenue in Pitts
burg, were burned Sunday morning. Loss
$4,000. Two fremen were fatally injured by
falling walls.
George P. Bells, a young engraver, killed
himself with a pistol Sunday, at his home in
Boston.
VIM. Fl. Devlin was arrested in Brooklyn for
beating his wife to death Sunday.
Robert Brown is under arrest in New York
for stabbing H:.B. Symonds. the mate of the
bark Brunswick, in Montevideo last October.
He will be sent to Portland for trial.
VIM. Hart, laborer of South Lawrence,
Mass, committed suidide Friday by drown
ing.
Chas. FL. Booth, transportation clerk of the
quartermaster's department of the U. S. Army
in San Francisco, has dfrauded the government
out of 100000. He was arrested, but escaped
Saturday.
Indictments have been found against ten
Dartmouth students for disturbing book auc-
ton.
Adler & Furst, distillers and rectfers of St.
Joseph, Mo-, have been convicted of violating
the revenue laws. The jury returned verdict
of guilty on IS counts. The minimum penalty
is IS years imprisonment and 1927, 800 fine. The
defendants were put under an additional bond
of $4,000 making in all $50,000
Lamman's elevator at Cedar Grove, Wis,
with 10000 bushels of grain, were burned Sum
day. Also the adjoining warehouse belonging
to G. Fl. Smith. Loss $4,000.
j. j. Gilmore, with an alias. one of the most
notorious bank robbers of the country, was ar
rested in Washington Monday. He has been
absent since his attempt to rob the New York
Savings Bank on 9th avenue, TWO years ago.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
Gen. Crook attached Crazy Horses band of
Indians on the 18th and captured large
amount of ammunition aud supplies. Every evil
dence was found to prove that the Indians were
in copartnershp with those at the Red Cloud
and spotted Tail agencies. and that the pro-
ceeds of their raids upon the settlements had
been taken to these agencies and supplies
brought out in return.
The investigation business is going on all
over the country with vigor never before
known. Every prominent man who is spoken
of in connection with the Presidency is hunted.
This sort OF thing is particularly fatal with
Democratic aspirants Pendleton has been
knocked over with fraudulent claim against
the government, which he collected and kept
the greater part of; Tilden is in court to &C.
count for 1924, 900 of lands taken from rail-
road which he aided in securing control of in
the West; Hendricks has been connected with
very sharp transaction in connection with the
Indianapolis water works, whereby he got
$4,000 or more for nothing; Thurman is mixed
up with 6 railroad grab, and William Allen is
living on a stolen estate. How much of truth
there is in these matters cannot now be told.
tits bad time to believe all one hears, for his
credulty will be over-taxed.
The whisky ring trials are going on in Chi
eago. 1t does seem as though those fellows
were having "slice of the judgment day."
The n. Y. Express says it has leaked out
that some enterprising German financiers are
about organizing huge financial institution in
the shape of a bank, with $10,000,000 capital,
to deal in the two thousand millions Of govern
ment bonds in this country and Europe, and to
virtually control the markets of this country,
Great Britain and Germany in these securities.
BRIEF MENTION.
Advice from Southern Georgia and Florida
say early vegetables are ruined by the recent
cold spell. During the past week the destruc-
ton of field crops has been general in Georgia
and Florida, and farmers will have to replant,
Samuel s. Eastman, editor of the Gazette
and Courier, died at Greenfield, Mass. this
week.--Paul Daigren, son of the late Admir-
al Dalgren, died at Rome Thursday Flied
Douglas wants the National colored convention
held at Cincinnati instead of Nashville
McClun and Mclaughlin of the Philadelphia
Times have been held to answer to the charge
of libel preferred against them by Nathaniel
Mckay whom they charged with being con-
nected with certain navy yard frauds.--Bar-
ney Williams has been i'll but is now convles.
cent.--President Hanley is considering the
question of issuing dead head tickets to the
Centennial Without such tickets the general
admission price can be placed at Is cents, but
if they are issued the general price will be 80
enthusiastically Bristow has ordered Col
lector Arthur to discharge fifty night watch
men and ten day inspectors from the New
York custom house.---A contract has been
signed by the Gilbert Elevated Railroad Co. of
New York and William Seller of Philadelphia,
representing the Edgemoor Iron Co., to build
first class viaduct railroad. - Gen.
Buffers suit against the city OF Lowell for
$2500 professional services has been settled by
agreement. The general has commenced to
work up his chances for copgress.--The
Davenport and St. Paul railroad has been sold
by special master in chancery, II. P. Dillon,
for $5O06OO.--Roger A. Pryor has gone to
Mississippi to defend Gov Ames.
FOREIGN.
The question of clerical interference in cleo
tons was before the French Chamber of Depu-
ties last week. Nun, the cIericalist deputy,
made an energetic speech in defence of the
right of the clergy 10 support candidates in Or
der to defend their religion. which was mem
aced by the Democrats. Gambetta replied it
was desirable to have this inquiry made in or
der to remind the clergy that they should re-