The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-12-21
GENERAL NEWS.

The Capital FIGURING mills at Lansing,
Wednesday night, Loss $4,000.
The Panama Canal Company bondbolders
will hold a meeting Jan. Doth, to discuss
plan Of action.
The striking miners at Bevier. NO., are
reported as peaceable, and no further trouble
is anticipated.
The officers of the Order of Railway Con-
ductors deny that an opposition organization
has been formed on the Pacific coast.
The United States troops still hold the
Lacka wanna docks at Buffalo, and occupy
heated and furnished car supplied by the
company.
Fire in Bristol, Conn.,, early yesterday
morning totally destroyed Judd's block con-
tanning four stores. The losses aggregate
$4,000.
II is stated that papers were signed in
New York yesterday by which Senor Alvarez,
owner Of the most valuable Cuban tobacco
plantations, turned over the controlling in
cate with capital OF S4.0OO,0OO.
Gov. Wilson of West Virginia says he has
made no expression as to what course he
would pursue in reference to giving certii-
Gates TO c0ngressmen-elect. This ends the
rum0f that he had ordered the State militia
to be ready at moments notice to enforce
his decision.
Edward Meredith, who Is charged with
assault with attempt to Kill, on Phil DAILY,
the notorious gambler, pleaded guilty to
assault in the first degree and was sentenced
to eight years and ten months hard labor In
State Prison, and Hermann, his confeder
ate. to six years and II months The case of
the women is still pending
The New York Journal says that George
Crouch, who was once on terms of intimacy
with Jay Gould, is about to publish book
on "Gould and Gouldism." which the
author claims will ''make Gould wish that he
had never been born" The book will be
published in England in order to avoid the
libel laws of this country, but Will be widely
circulated here.
Thomas McConnelly, young teacher who
went to Audale, Kansas, short time ago
from the East. was Wednesday fatally in-
jured by one of his pupils. He had some
trouble about the organization of the school,
and had the i'll will of some of the pupils.
While explaining problem at the black
board, he was called liza. by a pupil. He
demonstrated with the young bully, when a
free fight ensued, during which the teacher
received a fatal blow on the mead from q
poker in the hands of one of the boys.
A. Cary Smith, the famous yacht designer,
has on behalf of the MessrS. AnchinclOSs,
owners of the sloop Katrine, senta challenge
to G. o. Isein, owner of the sloop Titania,
Commodore j r. Maxwell, owner of the
sloop Shamrock. and to Archibald Rogers,
owner of the cutter Bedouin, for series of
three races over the courses and under the
rules of the New York Yacht Club, for a
$50 cup, the races to take place before the
June regatta of next year. All the yachts
are in the 20 foot class.
Tuesday night some unknown men nailed
a large United States flag union down to a
Telephone pole in Macon, Georgia. by direc-
tiun of United States Judge Speer the United
States marshal removed the flag and ran it
up over tile Federal building. Judge Speer
strongly reprobated the conduct Of the per
sons who placed this indignity upon the ma
tional ensign and said that such occurrences
gave a character to the Southern people
which they did not deserve. lie alluded IN
forcible terms to the blessings and adyan-
tages the people enjoyed under the flag
1t is now known to be fact that al
through the campaign an expert stenograph
er IN tne employ of the Democratic Nattona
Committee was constantly on hand to take
down every public utterance which Gen
Harrison made. The long reports whieel
headquarters were yigilantly and anxiously
gone over, and 1t was nothing but daily rC
curing disappointment that no sentent.
promised the faintest opportunity for can.
paign material.