The Portland daily press., 1888-09-17
GENERAL NEWS.

The rice crop has been nearly if not quite
destroyed by the floods around Savanna, Ga.
Fire Friday night at Spokone Falls, w. T.,
destroyed Il frame business houses and
dwellings.
1t is said that John Teemer will go to
Australia to compete for the worlds cham
pionship with Peter Kemp.
Two children, Nellie Long and Michael
Flaherty, were killed on the Providence
road, in Boston, Saturday.
John p. Mcmahon has been nominated to
Congress from the 23d New York district by
the Democratic convention.
The widow of Amos j. Suell, of Chicago,
offers $4,000 reward for the arrest of w. b.
Tessote. Suells supposed murderer.
Jeremiah White, of Providence, r. l., was
shot in the stomach by William Christopher
(colored), Saturday night, and will probably
die.
New York, Pennsylvania q Ohio railroad
yesterday, an engineer was killed and a
fireman and brakeman seriously injured.
Mrs. Richard A. Proctor, arrived in New
YORK Saturday morning. She will confer
with the health officers respecting the dispo-
sition Of her husbands remains.
Peter Giermann and Emil Hiensgen were
killed by terrific explosion in the mill of
the National Milling Company, at Cleveland,
Ohio, Saturday.
The business portion of the town of Flor
ence, Wis, was burned Friday. Fifty-sxty
buildings were burned. Loss 100000; in
surance $25. 100.
A young man calling himself Clarence B.
Sands of New York, has been victimizing
hotel-keepers in various cities, and is now
under arrest in Boston.
President Cleveland has written letter to
Mr.. James Whitney of Philadelphia, deny
ing that he ever used the expression, 81 be-
lieve in free trade as | believe in the Protest
ant religion"
A train on the Saginaw, Tuscola and HUI
ron road, in Michigan, was burned recently
after being derailed on piece of track, the
ties beneath which had been burned. The
passengers had hardly time to escape.
Hattie Leslie and Alice Leary fought a
prize fight at Niagara yesterday, in the pres
ence of fifty spectators. The fight was ac-
cOrding to Queensbury rules, and both WOm-
en- had trained for it. Leslie won in seven
rounds.
An insane woman, 25 years old, has been
taken into custody in Boston. Her identity
trunk checks and scrap of paper bearing
the words Father Boylden, Oxford"
Joseph Cannon spent last Friday night in
the vault of the Keystone national banks
new building in Philadelphia He was shut
in for fun by friend and it took all night
to get the door open and liberate him.
Workmen in the Hoosac Tunnel narrowly
escaped death by suffocation by coal gas
from a passing engine Saturday. Eighteen
men, all unconscious, were rescued, the res
cuing party being nearly overcome
Judge Smith of the New Hampshire Su-
preme Court, has decided that j. Frank
Webster, cashier of the Concord Railroad,
must answer such questions as have been
| propounded to him.
Local assembly 35 "a, K of L., of Philadel-
| phia, has adopted resolutions ccndemninq
| the action Of Secretary Litchmann in resign.
| ing to enter the campaign and endorsing The
| Mills bill.
| A special from Erie, Pa, says that tbe
Democratic confreres in that Congressional
district, have received final and positive
declnation from the Hon. w. l.. Scott d
the denomination rendered him week agc
by acclamation.
The United States steamer Japan, Will,
off the japanese coast, broke her shaft anC
was disabled. She was assisted in by ;
Russian man-of-war. President Cleveland
has ordered medal sent the Russian com
mander for this act of kindness.