The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-11-02
GENERAL NEWS.


The decrease in the public debt during
October was $4,3S5. .6l9.oi.
New horse car employees In Chicago were
attacked Wednesday night in a saloon
Pistols were fired and one man was shot In
the leg.
The railway situation Ia Manitoba has be.
come SO serious that proclamation has
Deen issued calling the legislature together
Tor the dispatch Of business ON November 9.
l.. Berman, the sole member OF the firm Of
IL. Berman u Co., Russian American bank
and exchange, 10 Orchard street, New York,
Is missing and the bank is closed. The de-
positors in the bank are mostly Polish Jews
have absconded with is about $4,000.
The potato crop is pronounced by the
Farmers Review the heaviest ever grown in
the United States. 1t is estimated that it
viii footup 216.646 1853 bushels, against 20S,.
164.425 bushels in 1888; 100, 0,682, 600 bushels in
1854; 600 bushels in 1885; las, ,05l ,00C
bushels In 1886, and 134,000,000 bushels in
1887.
Amanda Montgomery and Gus Wineman
two lovers, were run down by freight train
on the Southeast railroad near Greenburg,
Pa, Wednesday night and killed. The
and in stepping off one track to avoid train
there were run down BY another coming In
the opposite direction.
Yankee genius for invention has been
strikingly explemlifed in the case of Henry
@. Pingree of East Gloucester, Mass, who
has invented an artificial sQuid for bait,
which, If it proves success, may settle the
whole vexed Canadian bait question. The
squid is fish of which cod are very fond
and the invention consists of a rubber imita-
tion which is expected to deceive the deni-
ZeDs of the Grand Banks.
The Norwegian steamship King ALT ar
rived at Philadelphia yesterday from
Jamaica, having on board Captain Jacobsen
and one sailor belonging to the Norwegian
bark lnga. which was wrecked on the Island
OF Cayman September IL while on a VOYAGE
from Montevidio to Ship Island. After the
vessel was wrecked, she was boarded by ma
tive wreckers who were driven off with the
of the pistol. After living on cocoanuts on
the island for over two weeks, the crew sue
ceeded in escaping to Jamaica inF a small
sloop. 's-~ :
Erastus Wiman Wednesday night address
ed a meeting of the residents of Huntsville,
Ontario, on the existing conditions affecting
the relations between the United States and
Canada, and in the course of his remarks
said: ut Is as certain as the sun shines that
a change impends in the relations between
the two countries Canadians mistake
Grover Cleveland If they think he will stop
short Of his purpose in enforcing the retalia-
tory policy, whether he triamphs or is de-
feated In the impending conflict for the
Presidency"
The steamer Haytian Republic, which
makes monthly trips between New York and
the island of Hayti, the crew and boat being
now held by the Haytian government under
charge of violation Of port customs, is q
very fine steamer and is owned by Boston
and New York parties. Her chief engineer
Is Mr.. Charles r. Malcom Of Parker's Head
Phips5urg, Me-; the first assistant engi
neer is William Purington, also of Phips.
burg; and one of the oilers Is John Srpague
of Gardiner. These are believed to be all
the crew who are from Maine. On her last
trip but one to Hayti, Mr.. Malcom remained
at home and was In Gardiner on a.visit, Mr.
Puringt0n going out as engineer in charge.
She left New York on her last trip about the
last of September. People who are some.
what acquainted with shipping laws, think
the steamer and crew will soon be released
A gang of boy burglars were arraigned In
court at North Adams, Mass, yesterday
The three members were aged IL, IL and IL
years respectively.
DIR. G. w. Smith, president of Trinity Col
lege, at Hartford, has been nominated as
assistant to the Episcopal Bishop of Ohio,
who is i'll in Europe.
The survivors of the collision between the
ships Arden-C Chapel and Carl Wemisss have
been landed at Barbados, except the cap
tain and first officer Of the Arden Chapel who
stayed by the vessel. Sixteen persons per.
ished.
II. B. Stone has been appointed second
vice president of the c. b. & @. system ant
B. f. Ripley becomes general manager.
Pitcher, the defaulter in prison in Montrea
is believed to be insane.