The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-08-17
GENERAL N EWS.

Cullom, the Minneapolis forger, was bailed
for 100000 yesterday
The pressmen on the New York World
struck last night.
Windsorville Hotel, at Windsoryille, Conn,
was entirely burned Thursday night. All
| the guests escaped. Loss $4,000.
The suit OF Col. Schuyler Crosby against
Russell Harrison has been removed TO the
United States Circuit Court from the Su-
preme Court. This removal was made at
Mr.. Harrison's request.
Morgan Grace, M. D., brother Of ex-
Mayor Grace Of New York, and member
of the upper house at Wellington, New Zea-
land, has been nominated by the Pope as
Count of the Holy Roman Empire.
Nine. Patti will reach London from Rio de
Janeiro about the Goth inst, and will remain
at Craig-y-Nos till Oct. 1st. She will then
give seven concerts in the provinces, and
sail for New York the middle OF November.
AGeneral A. T. Goshorn, one of the direct
Ors Of the centennial exposition in Phlladel-
posed exposition of 1892 in New York, and
thinks it could be made greater success in
New York than in any other city.
William Trainor. the highwayman, who
held up Broker Leib in New York few
days ago at SO Broadway, aud fired shot
which luckily missed him, was sentenced
yesterday afternoon to fifteen years and six
months in the State prison.
Mr.. Francis Z. Spinner, ex-United States
Treasurer, who Is suffering from cancer on
his face at his cottage at Pablo Beach, Fla,
| is rapidly growing worse, and his death Is
but question of few weeks. He celebTat-
ed his S7th birthday last January.
Thursday night the weather was quite
cold in the Catskills and at Saranac Lake
there was quite frost. The cool weather Is
| having a depressing effect on the many New
York sea shore resorts, guests having lett IN
| large numbers during the past few days.
Gen. Lloyd Bryce, to whom the late Allen
| Thorndike Rice bequeathed 5l-1OOths OF the
| North American Review, has acquired the
| remainder of the property, and Is now the
| sole proprietor of the magazine. The Sep
| tember issue of the Review will contain an
| announcement to this effect
A conspiracy to kill five farmers Of Wine
l mac, Ind, was made known Thursday by
/ Charles Lyttle, who filed an affidavit against
| John Sutton, charging the latter with hiring
| him (Lyttle) to put strychnine in whiskey
and give it to the men, neighbors OF Sutton,
| and then to burn their barns.
Thomas E. Thomas was fatally shot at
Resign, Wis, Wednesday night, by saloon
keeper named Fred Loshman, A mob took
| Loshman from Jail and lynched him. hang
| ing him to beam in railroad engine house
| Loshman was a hard character, and had
threatened to shoot other men.
The Lafayette. La.l Regulators are in the
were discharged by Judge Edwards and
three others were admitted to bail in $500
each. but the others, IA In number, were
committed without bail. The decision OF
| the Judge was surprise to the friends OF
| the Regulators as it was thought that they
| would be allowed bail.
Articles of Incorporation were filed at
Portland, Oregon, Thursday, by Chester w.
| Collins and others Incorporating the Port
land and Puget Sound Railroad company.
| Tha al ctn ic GE 000 0O0 Aividad into
$4,000 shares. The object of the corporation
| is to construct and equip railroad and tele-
graph line from Portland to Seattle, w. I.
The New Hampshire Governor and coun-
I Gil have appointed the following bank Gem
mssioners under the new law: Alonzo j,
| Mute, of Pennington, one year; William A
Heard, of Sandwich, two years; James o.
Lyford, Of Concord, three years. The board
| is non-partisan, Messrs. Mute and LyfOrd
being Republicans and Mr.. Heard Demo.
crat.
Napoleon Gaudette, in Jail at st. Albans
VT, for horse stealing, escaped Thursda,
night. He had been at work two week
with a chisel and dug his way down undel
the jail and up into the street. He left th,
premises while the sheriff sat in his offie,
near the prisoners apartments. Another In
mate named Brooks refused to join Gau
dette.
1t Is proposed to distribute the amount O
Johnstown relief fund now at hand, whicl
amounts to about S1,14S,000 in addition t
| $500,000 previously appropriated. Those
in classes l. and will be paid off in ful
receiving respectively $1,000, 5000 and 500
/ | each. This will require S135,000. Glasses 4
| and are to receive S30,22, aud 10 per cen
. each respectively, and the sum paid to eaci
class win be Sl5S,365, S550,0OO and sos, 20
3 | respectively. This will not exhaust the re
/ liel funds by about 100000.
: In the New Hampshire legislature; yester
day, the Senate killed the land anu scnHo ,c1Se,
/, district systems bills The House e. k.net
Q the bill adding fishing to the ounaay snUHi M.
q ing act. also the assessment insurance Dlli
Governor Goodell vetoed the Dill autnorIzinl
: the swift Refrigerator Transportation com
nanv Ia increase its capital stock on tht
pgronnd that it provided for speclnc tai
Sbiis the law requires general tax upon al
excepting railroad and manufacturing cor
Two battered and torn Confederate flag
ware lving 10 the breeze Thursday nigh
from n Broad street window, Atlanta, Ga
and 200 Confederate veterans MARCHES
throurh the street to the capitol. Their
was preliminary meeting for the organiza
tion of State Association Of Confederat
I Veterans. There were many interesting an
touching scenes. When Gen. Longstreet er
tered the hall there was cheering for fiv
minutes. Old soldiers who had not me
! since the war were moved to tears.