The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-16
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

to suffer 20 per cent. discount to be cashed.
Congressman Smalls of South Carolina, in
dicted for bribing member of the Legislature,
and L. Cass Carpenter, indicted for forgery,
were convicted this week in the Supreme
Court at Columbia.
q. S. Marshall Sheffenberger, confined in
the Kansas pententiary for robbing the gov
eminent of $4,000, has been pardoned by the
President.
d. M. Bennett, editor of the paper called the
Truth-Teller, has been arrested for sending
blasphemous and obscene publications through
the mails.
W. B. Spooner a venerable citizen of Bristol,
r. l., was killed Sunday night by druggists
mistake.
James S. Bovey was held at Somerville
Sarah Hiuckley by abortion.
The post office, Eastern hotel, several stores
and residences in Centealia, ILL.,, were burned
Tuesday Loss $3.50, 900.
The Argentine torpedo ship illuminate ex-
ploded in the harbor of Buenos Ayres recently
killing eleven persons.
The line of the Pennsylvania railroad is in
tested with tramps, and Saturday two trains
were boarded and robbed by them.
Thomas G. Whitney, of the American ship
Marianne, was murdered by the first mate on
the 18th of October while the vessel was at sea,
aud thrown overheard. The mate is under al
rest at st. Thomas.
The Panama Herald says that Mrs. john
ston, the wife of the British vice consul at
Iquitos Peru, was attacked and fired upon by
the mayor and band of about fifty armed fol-
lowers, on the night of July 1st., in her house.
She miraculously escaped unhurt.
BRIEF MENTION.
Frank B. Merrill. inventor of the steam
street motor, died in Williamsburg Tuesday.
- Spotted Tail and bis tribe are on their way
to the Missouri river.-Vanderb ilts will is
being contested by his daughter, Mrs. Lebau,
and his son Cornelius, on the ground
of undue influence on the testator.
AN agent of the Russian government
is in Philadelphia endeavoring to contract for
iron bridges for the Danube.--DuriDg the
winter the Canadian mails from Europe will be
landed at Halifax.--Emmonds Raymond,
President of the Passumpsic railroad of YER
mont, was arrested at Nrwport, VT, Thursday
uAShV oh ShoisO VI pOoliuS ny ooV P"So "h0
impeding the mails-Stting Bull promises
the Canadians to behave himself while in Their
country but swears vengeance against the
Americans. She arguments before the
Fishery Commission have all been made
Col Bob Ingersoll is reported as saying that
ne wants no position under the government.
"A priest named Salvatelli sues the Catho-
lie archbishop of st. Louis for $11 900 back SAL
airy and threatens exposusure of his manage
verdict of $4,000 in this case Of Chas. Mckinley
against the United States Life Insurance Go.
of New York. The defence set up was intemp.
erance.-The associated rubber companies
will hold another auction sale of rubber
goods in Boston, December and
8. - George j. Barry, chief engineer
in the navy, died at Philadelphia Sun
day. He was appointed from Maine.--Hsr.
vari accepts Yale's challenge for race in
eight cared boats and chooses New London
James Spencer, the last survivor Of the famous
fight between the frigate Essex and the British
ships Phoebe and Cherub in the harbor Of Val
paraiso, died last week.--The cigar makers
strike in New York still continues, and there
are no signs of an adjustment.--John Fraser
dry goods merchant of Toronto, has failed.
Liabilities $1t0,000. --Assstant Secretary of
the Treasury Mccormick will retire about Dec.
l, and will be succeeded by Mcpherson, chief
of the printing bureau.--Gen. La Grange,
superintendent of the San Francisco mint, has
resigned, and his resignation has been ac-
cepted.--The election Of Shoemaker as
Attorney General of New York has given
great hope to Tweed of his speedy release
DR.. Martin Payne, who secured the repeal of
the law making it a penal offence to dssect
body 10 New York, died Sunday.-Corydon
Weed of Bloomington, ILL.,, has failed. Liza
bilitles 81, 100000 Weed has been borrowing
money from other parties on illinois farm
mortgages, guaranteeing principal and interest
of loans.-Ellis 81. Roberts of Utica denies
that he voted the Democratic ticket at the re-
cent election as alleged by Senator Conk-
liug--Gen. Butler has been interviewed by
New York Sun reporter on the adminstra-
ton. He did not speak very plainly, but said
enough to show that he is not an admirer of the
Presidents Southern policy The total re-
ceipts of the Eastern railroad for the past year
were $2,50S, LOG OIL total operating expenses
81, 708, 1920; net income $597 ,230.56 Total
receipts of the Boston & Maine were $780,
O19.43; operating expenses $1,51s, S54 81; net
earnings $780, 1854 46 The liabilities of the
State Savings Bank CT Chicago are So, 1894 900;
assets estimated at 81 ,27S. 777.--Coal has fall
en- to $3.50 ton in New York.--The House
Committee on Post Offices has agreed to report
bill for the payment of Southern ante-bellum
mail contractors. --The compromise offered by
the Chicago whiskey couspirators has been re-
jected. The Republican majority in Kansas
was the largest ever given 10 proportion TO the
vote thrown-Several hundred coal miners
resumed work last week. They had been idle
seven months.--Foser Bodgett died at At
laDta, Ga, last week. Rut-
ger B. Miller OF New York, died Monday
The Graphic says the Syndicate has notified the
Secretary of the Treasury that no more four
per cents will be taken pending legislation on
the silver bill. and if that bill passes the sale of
bonds will cease.
TURCO-RUSSIAN WAR.
The reported fall of Erzeroum proves to
have been premature announcement and a
momentary CLEAN Of success has relieved the
gloom of the "month of disaster" over which
all Turkey is mourning. An eleven hours
battle in front of the town has ended in the
owe rthrow and retreat of the Russian column
of attack, one of which had actually succeed
ed 10 penetrating the defenses; and the battle,
twice won and lost, has left the Turks masters
of the field as far as the heights of Deve.
Begun, which are now occupied by the defeated
army. But despite this unhoped-for success,
the peril is only postponed. not averted. The
victorious &c neral can venture to say nothing
more than that he "still hopes to hold the
town. and the clamorous demand of the TO-
habtants for a capitulation on the first approach
of the Russians shows how little help is to be
expected from them. Moreover in every other
part of Armenia, the invaders are still tri-
umphant. In Europe, again, the tide of i'll
fortune has been absolutely unchecked since
Gen. Gourkhos advance three weeks ago. Ra-
hova has been abandoned by its garrison. The
attempted raid across the Danube at Oltenitza
has been ruinously defeated. Widdin is suffer-
ing from the fire of Roumanian batteries on
the opposite shore Gen. Schobeleff has de-