The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-03-17
GENERAL NEWS.


Pierre Cote, haf French negro, died in Vim
cennes, Ind, Saturday, aged 115.
shark SO feet long has been captured near
Panama.
The Charter Oak Park spring meeting at Hart
ford, Conn., is to be held June 10, IL, II and Is.
Marx s. Rowalla's gycerine factory in West
10Th stree, New York city, was damaged SAC, ,0U0
by fire yesterday.
The officers of the Boston, Lowell and Concord
Railroad made tour of inspection of the Manches-
ter and Keene road, Saturday.
The Lotos Club of New York CITY Saturday
night, elected Whitelaw Reid president for the en-
suirg year.
coroner's investigation of the death of the Yale
student who received fatal injuries by falling while
boxing in the gymnasium, has begun.
DR.. Alfred l.. Elwyn, grandson OF John Langdon.
the first Continental governor of New Hampshire
died suddenly in Philadelphia, Saturday.
The reports rom New Haven stating that Jones
'S4 and Odell, S6, of Yale, pitchers. have signed
contracts o play base ball next summer are en-
tirely without foundation.
Hoffman g. Billings machine and brass works at
Milwaukee, Wis, were burned yesterday. Loss
So 1000. One hundred men are thrown out of em-
ployment.
The strike in the Williston cotton mills at East
hampton, Mass, will end Tuesday most of the
help returning at reduced wages Gafter being out
nineteen days.
The brig Screamer, which has fallen under the
suspicion of the Spanish government, has arrived at
the De aware Breakwater, and will probably go on
LUIS lS tu0 SNIP reported TO have
party of Cuban bandi on board
Oliver d uglass' house near Silver Lake. in
Pittsheld, Mass, was burned Saturday night. The
family bar ely escaped in their night clothes. A
boy was taken out with his throat cut and is in a
dangerous condition.
Two freight trains on the Grand Trunk Railway
came in collision six miles from South Bend Ind,
saturday; owing T. wrong orders. Both trains
were badly wrecked, Engineer Paul was fatally IN
jured and four other train men seriously hurt.
Early yesterday morning while freight tram
was backing out of siding near High Park, near
Toronto the scene of the terrible accident on the
I'd OF January last another freight train ran into
it. The engineer and fireman of the latter train
jumped and were seriously if not fatally injured.
Damage $25, 900.
Charles Mooney, aged 30, a grandson of William
Mooney, one of the founders of the Tammany Soci-
ETY. of New York city, died Saturday in a lodging
house in Thompson street, where he had been liv
il for some time in sta5e of abject poverty and
deslituIlon
Deputy sheriffs took possession of the box office
at Hooey's Theatre in Chicago, Saturday night, on
the strength OF a claim for $1,000 which anna
Dickinson makes against Fanny Davenport the
actress appearing at that theatre. Ths pro-
prietor of tn theatre was compelled to furnish
bonds for S250O before the officers would quit the
place.
The body of Thomas Goddard, of Sutton, p. O.,
was found in an open field outside the village on
Wednesday last with the head split open. After
the discovery $1,000 vas found in his room at his
hotel. 1t was supposed that $500 was taken from
his pockets after the murder. Lewis Pine has been
dIIesteu on suspicion. he mad considerable money
about him, but denies the crime.
The shortage in the accounts of the missing City
Collector MacMahon, of Hoboken, N. j., aggre-
gates esrly $27 900. His friends believe that the
shortage occurred through advances made to frends
and say that the amounts were carried forward and
the actual deficiency Is now known There are
others, aud they are in the majority, who believe
the deficit will be over 100000.
Joseph Silvia, seaman on the schooner VIM. P.
Hood. avis, from Providence for Baltimore a ma
tive of the aps de Verde Islands when between
| Point Judith and Block Island, Saturday evening
| fell from the head of the mast to the deck He
liz ed one hour The vessel arrived at Newport at
midnight and body was taken ashore and delivered
to the city authorities. He eavesa wife and three
[ children.
Before committee of the New York Senate. in
| session in New York Saturday, Charles Moses a
packer in an oleomargarine factory testified to his
hands and feet becoming sore, his nails dropping
out, through handling the oleemargarine His sys-
TEN became SO impregnated wi b the poison that he
| that if he went back to work there again it would
| be his death. Mancella Falcon, butter and cheese
dealer testified that the Western cities were get
| ting wealthy by forcing spurious article on the
| market and decelvlng consumers in the East, The
sale of oleomargaf1ne was ruinous to the dairy in
| terests of the State. Mr.. Fasoon proposed as
remedy that s. ate nmission should be appoint-
ed, whose duty II would be to license the manufac
turers OF and dealers in oleOma garine and to de
tect violations of the law which should be punish
ed by severe penalties. The commission should be
| composed of reputable merchants of New York aud
| representatives of the dairy interests The adul
| teraled product Was very delerenous to hea th
Chares bosehen, butter and ch -ese dealer aid that
the sale OF putertne and oleom was killing
the h0nest ontter Industry The effect OF ils CON
tinued sale on The trade would make every manu-
dealer SWiudler