The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-31
GEN ERAL NEWS.

Secretary Villas spoke on the tariff at
Detroit last evening.
The condition of Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr,
is reported to be worse.
Hardy Richardson late second basemen of
the Detroits has been signed by the Bestons.
Judge Thurman spoke at Wheeling last
night he spoke on his usual topics: his
health and free trade.
John Eddy, of WATERFORD, VT, freight
conductor, was killed yesterday by falling
from his train.
An explosion of natural gas at II O'Clock
yesterday in the cellar of Schultfers tannery
in Lima, Ohio, killed three men.
Joseph Grasch, a Hungarian attempted to
elope with Polish girl, last evening, but
met the girls brother who assaulted him with
an axe injecting probably fatal injuries.
Arrangements have been made for 10000
men to participate in the Republican parade
in Boston next Monday evening. Gov. Ames
will review the column.
Governor Hill figures out plurality of
$4,000 for himself in New York. The Repub-
llcan managers claim between 10000 and
$1,000 for Warner Miller.
The New York Herald's Washington
correspondent telegraphs that President
Cleveland is about to issue a proclamation
putting in force the retaliation act against
Canada.
New York apple growers have formed an
association fOr the purposes of marketing
the fruit, without the intervention of middle
men who they say get an undue share of the
profits.
The Green Mountain Hotel at South Stod-
dard, N. H., together with the furniture and
outbuildings, was burned yesterday morning
The fire also consumed house owned by
Ii. N. Stone.
off by Providence and Worcester train at
Woonsocket Monday evening, died yester-
day forenoon at the hospital He was car
riage maker.
The long contest over the will of Mrs. A.
i. Stewart has been resumed in New York
1t is said that when the testimony is all in
and printed it will make about six volumes
the size of an unabridged dictionary.
John Price, a New York sneak thief, who
was pardoned from the Georgia State prison
last December, will go to prison for nineteen
years for stealing $4,000 worth of bonds in
Albany last July.
The signal service has been making a
special effort to ascertain what the wheather
is to be for the last week of the campaign
1t reports that the coming week will prob
ably be fair.
What appeared to be an innocent stick of
wood exploded in the cook stove of Mrs r.
}. Peele at Bridgeport, Ct, yesterday. 1t
was dynamite bomb and demolished the
| cook stove The Peeles have had trouble
with their neigh1ors the Finnerys.
Patrick Eagan arrived at his home in Lin
| coin, Nebraska, Monday evening. In an in
| terview he denies the authorship of the
Murchison letter and says be knew nothing
about the letter until he saw it printed in
| New York.
William II. Blake, nominee of the Union
Labor party for governor of Missouri, has
sent letter to the executive committee of
That party declining to make the race.
IL Is freely asserted that Mr..
| Blake's withdrawal means a coalition be-
tween the Union Labor and Republican
parties in the State.
In the court of appeals at Kansas City
| Judge Ramsey's opinion affirms the Judge
| ment in the case of Leona Bryan against the
MISSOURI Pacific Railway company awarding
the plaintiff damages for injuries sustained
| on that road while riding on free pass. The
judge ruled that even though the plaintiff
| did not pay for riding, such fact did not
affect the issues in the case, and was no
| defence.
The rumor of the appointment of Sir
| Charlie Tupper as Minister Vests successor
| at Washington made sensation in Montreal
| yesterday. Sir John Macdonald was asked
| as to the truth of the announcement. but
declined to discuss it saying he wished to
| keep clear of the Sackville incident. He
added, however, that perhaps he will saw
something about Sir Charles's appointment
later