The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-27

containing five of the crew and four passen-
gers. Inc schooner was bound from st. An
drews Island to Old Providence Island, with
- passengers. She sprung aleak and sunk
3S miles northwest of Old Providence Island.
The dory left the wreck without water or
food. leaving 10 men, women and children
clinging to the schooner's two booms, which
were lashed together.
John B. Place of Rochester, N. H., died
yesterday, aged 92. He was veteran Of the
war of 1872.
A New York despatch says that Mrs.
James g. Blaine, Jr., who is about to become
mother, is dangerously i'll, having been
prostrated by her domestic difficulties.
There were % new cases of fever at jack
sonville yesterday, and two deaths.
Mrs. P. J. Lynch, wife of retired New
York merchant, while suffering from brain
trouble yesterday, jumped from third story
window and was killed.
McAuliffe knocked out Mike Conley, the
Ithaca giant" in fight at San Francisco
last night
Mrs. Della S. Parnell has written a letter
to lrish-Americans asking them to vote the
Democratic ticket.
Miss Maggie Mount aged p, a music pupil
in Cincinnati, committed suicide yesterday,
by cutting her throat
The wages of 1900 coke workers in the
Connellsville, Pa, region will be advanced
from 8 to 10 per cent Nov. 1st, and coke will
advance 25 cents a ton.
The spinal meningitis is increasing among
the horses in New Bedford, and bad case
OF glanders has been reported to the board Of
health.
Ex-Governor and United States Senator
William I. Hamilton died of pneumonia at
noon yesterday, at his home In Hagerstown,
Maryland.
Gaetuo Russo and his wife, notorious coun-
ho xtax.n 80 4 . 4 A
York.
BY the payment of dividend of 25 per
cent, just declared by the Comptroller Of the
Treasury, the creditors of the Vermont Ma
tional Bank of st. Albans, will have received
673 per cent of claims proved.
Mrs. Henrietta Spece and Mrs. Martha
en- in Baltimore, were suffocated by gas in
their room Thursday night Mrs. Beckel
blew out the light before retiring.
Surgeon Porter reports to the Marine hos
pital bureau from Jacksonville, Florida that
there are nine cases of yellow fever at Enter
prise. Florida, six of which are critical. and
that DR.. Long is the only physician there.
Fire Fire this morning destroyed Gebaur and
fergy planning mill IN Helena, Montana.
Loss $4,000; insured for $4,000; also w. S.
Davids0n's carriage and harness SHOP
Loss 1900; insured for $4,000.
Another log raft, says the st. John Globe.
Is to be built on the Joggins shore the COM
ing winter. Mr.. b. B. Robinson has about
closed a contract with parties in River
TO contain about e, 600 sticks.
llt has been learned In PHILADELPHIA that
the Babylonian expedition Of the University
Of Pennsylvania, which left early last sum
mer, has been shipwrecked in the Mediterra-
mean Sea. All hands are well, and the expe-
dition will proceed as soon as possible.
A north bound train on the Kentucky
Central railroad yesterday afternoon left the
track at the junction of the Richmond extern
sion near that place. The engineer and a
passenger were fatally injured. Two others
were severely injured.
At the German Baptist church, in Misbler.
Huntington county, Indiana, a few days ago
includes the serving of soup and the washing
OF feet. Some sc0undrels managed to dose
the soup with cr6ton oil which caused about
one quarter OF the congregation to be taken
violently Ill, with cramps and several have
not yet recovered.
Considerable alarm has been occasioned
over the death in the st. Johns hospital. in
Brooklyn, of Capt. John Jillard, Of yellow
fever; The health authorities, however, as
sert that there is no reason for fear, as every
thing possible to prevent spread Of the dis
ease has been done. The captains steamer.
WhASh athAfOQ JCotCAQdJ, was llUlAtuldLtly
returned to lower quarantine, where she will
be thoroughly fumigated.
The jury in the case Of Beals vs. Thomp-
son yesterday in Boston returned
favor TeraS' Cf Se DyaiDt morning as.esda in
the damages at $4,000 This is a suit
brought by Mrs. Myra Beals against DIR.
Augustine Thompson, Of Lowell, for $4,000
damages, for having alienated the affections
OF her husband, james III. Beals.
Additional interest was added to the rail-
road fight in Manitoba, Thursday, when it
became known that the government had
despatched gang Of Northern Pacific track
hands to put in a crossing at Headingly.
Advices from Headingly state that the Cana
dian Pacific officials with large gang of men
appeared on the scene and tore up the cross
ing conveying the rails by train to the
town.
Ground has been broken and the work
commenced of preparation for the Florida
Central Seini-Tropical Exposition, to be
held in Ocala the coming winter. The Ocala
Company, Of which Mr. George s. Mayo.
formerly of Hampden, Me-, is treasurer. has
given fifty acres Of land to the Exposition
Association, plans for the buildings have
been accepted and the work will be rapidly
pushed in order to be ready for the winter
travel. Beside Mr.. Mayo there is in the list
OF names OF promoters of the enterprise,
that of Gen. j. l.. Chamberlain, of Maine