The Portland daily press., 1888-10-25
GEN ERAL NEWS.

President Soden, of the Boston base ball
club, denies that Kelley will be made cap:
tain of the club.
Cleveland detectives have traced Axwor-
thy, the defaulter, to Montreal, where he
registered at an hotel under his own name,
September 30.
Proctor & Souter's Academy of Music
in Wilmington, Delaware, was burned
Tuesday evening Loss $4,000; insurance,
| $4,000.
Judge Thurman left Columbus. Ohio. at
2.l5 yesterday afternoon over the Columbus
q Cinclnnati Midland road for CINCINNATI,
where he will be one of the orators at the ex-
position. From there he will 60 to Lima,
where be will speak on Friday.
Arthur S. Emerson, aged &c. a farmer liy-
ing one mile east of Enfield village, N. H.,
| committed suicide early yesterday morning
| in his stable by placing the muzzle of a gun
in his mouth and discharging it, blowing his
| head to pieces. He had been respondent of
late on account of the loss Of crops and
| stock.
The trial of Hollen E. Wells and Frank K.
| Towle for the murder of Charles H. East
man. whose body was found in the river be-
tween Great Falls and Berwick, September
13, commenced yesterday morning before
Judge Knapp of the municipal court in
| Great Falls.
A collision occurred at Howland's station
on the Old Colony railroad about IL miles
from New Bedford yesterday morning be-
| tween the 7.25 train from New Bedford for
Boston and the New York train which was
due at o'clock. The baggage master of the
New York train became confused and
turned the switch the wrong way. No one
was seriously hurt
John Weisman, aged 2S, romantically mar
| red six months ago to Pennsylvania girl in
answer to an advertisement in a Philadelphia
| paper was found dead yesterday morning at
| his home in Shelburne with a bullet hole
| through his heart and pool of blood beside
him. The medical examiner called it case
| of suicide
Police Inspector Mountain failed to appear
| in the municipal court yesterday at the
hearing of the charge that he sold stolen
| railroad tickets. A warrant for his appre-
| hension was issued.
Yesterday morning passenger train on
| the Fitchburg railroad telescoped a freight
| train standing on the track just below Eagle
| Bridge station, New York. Engineer Van
| derwoor OF the passenger train sustained a
| broken nose and serious internal injuries.
| Conductor Gray was also hurt, but not a
| passenger was injured.
| A balloonist named Hogan, had narrow
| escape at Stafford Springs, Conn.,, last week.
| He dropped with parachute at the height
| of 1000 feet. Rain had stiffened the cords OF
the parachute and it did not open until halt
the descent was made. The spectators
| thought Hogan would certainly be killed
but his machine opened just in time to save
| his life.
DR.. Paul Gibier of Paris, arrived in jack
| sOnville, Florida, Sunday, from Washington.
His coming had been daily expected since
| Thursday last. He is sent by the French
| government for the especial purpose of in.
vestigating the subject of yellow fever. His
| investigation is to comprehend the cause
DEVELOPMENT, propagation, spread and cure
| of the disease.
At meeting of the members of the Bos-
| ton Daily Press Association held yesterday
remarks were made by many gentlemen and
appropriate resolutions were passed express.
| i've of their regret at the death of Col r. M
| Pulsifer and extending to his family their
sympathy in their bereavement.
The presence recently in New York OF
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague has given rise to Q
rumor to the effect that the lady came to pro.
cure legal advice, prior to beginning an ac.
tion for large amount against the executors
| of the estate of the late Roscoe Conkling. Il
is said that to SenatorConkling was confided
some property of Mrs. Sprague's which was
lost by unfortunate investments, the Senator
paying the usual income from his own pock
ct thereafter, feeling moral obligation in
the matter
A grand hunting party, to be led by Buffa
10 Bill. is looked for in El Pasco, Texas, in
about two weeks. The party will consist Of
few distinguished Americans and mum
ber of European scions of nobility anc
wealth. 1t will take in the northern por
tions of Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico, anG
penetrate the fastnessness of the Sierra
Madras. that have so long been closed to the
investigation of the white man by the hostile
Apaches, which are now completely re
moved.
Forest fires are raging in Santa Cruz, Ala
media and San Joquin counties, California
and great damage has been done to the frui
ranches and wheat. In the Santa Cru;
mountains some of the largest redwood trees
have been burned In San Joauin the fir,
spreads so swiftly through the dry trees tha
stock frequently cannot escape and The
flames leap across wide sloughs. Seyera
hundred men are fighting the fires in th,
hills back of Hayward'S across the bay from
San Francisco
A fast west bound freight train on th,
Erie railroad, ran into the rear of anothe,
freight train near Otisville, New York. yes
terday morning. Brakeman McMullen wa,
instantly killed.
Hon. Roger @. Mills spoke in Buffalo N
Y, last night, confning his remarks to hi
own and the Senate's tariff bill