The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-02-04
GENERAL NEWS.

Visitors are arriving at Montreal In great
numbers to attend the carnival.
Two colored men have been severely hand
led by white caps at Harrisburg, Va.
Kenna had 80 and Goff 3S In Saturdays s
ballot for United States Senator In the West
Virginia legislature.
Willie Reagan received probably fatal in
lnries while coastiug at North Adams, Mass,
Saturday afternoon.
James b. Fassett, Judge of the Nashua
Municipal court, is dead. He was a native
OF Vermont.
Harvey p. Prior, station agent at Enfield
Bridge, Ct, committed suicide yesterday.
Cause unknown.
Russell Harrison arrived in New York
yesterday. and with Mrs. Harrison and Mrs.
Mckee dined with Whitelaw Reid.
Three persons were killed and two injured
by tow boat explosion in Pittsburg, Satur-
day.
The Methodist church at Bristol, n. H.
which cost $4,000, was destroyed by fire yes.
terday.
Mrs. Harrison and her daughter, Mrs. Nc.
Kee. have completed their shopping and will
leave New York next Tuesday.
John Olsen, his wife and three children
were drowned Saturday while trying to cross
Oak.
The trial Of ex-Alderman McQuade, an.
other of the New York Doodle cases, has been
set down for Feb. IL.
A general suspension of Pennsylyania col
lieries Is threatened in retaliation against a
combine Of consumers alleged to be trying to
demorallze the market
Fire occurred in the old building corner of
Haymarket Place, Boston, known as the
"Maison Doree," Saturday. The edifce was
considerably damaged
A car load Of people were injured on a
Denver motor line yesterday, the car break
ing loose, dashing down hill at the rate Of
forty miles an hour, and jumping the track
One person will die.
Anna Klaus. a Philadelphia mill girl, was
murdered Saturday night. presumably by
Otto Kayser, who committed suicide the same
night Kayser was married and had been
paying the girl attention under an assumed
name.
John Heydill, a young farmer living near
Evansville, Ind, dressed up as a ghost and
frightened negro named Tompkins. The
negro split HeydilPs head open with an axe
and disappeared.
One workman was killed by an explosion
in New York Saturday, and two others were
| injured. The nen were blasting and struck
cartridge.
The New York Times in its Washington
| dispatches say that German officers have en-
listed and served in the army and navy O.
/ tuo Oultcu OLdtco, duQ StCuItu plans Oh lOf
tifcations and vessels.
A colored butler in Chicago named Georg'
| w: Clark killed young Swede girl namet
| Tillie Hylander, Saturday, and then sh0
himself fatally. Clark was enamored Of thu
girl, who was called very pretty.
Buck Ridge, Burnside, Bear Valley anC
North Franklin Nos. and 2 collieries, own
ed by the Reading Company. suspended on
erations indefinitely, Saturday, owing to th'
decentralization Of the coal trade. Four thous
| and men are idle.
In Clarksburg. Mass. Friday night, Mis-
| Venie Campbell was assaulted by highway
man, who threw her down. kicked her insen
| sible and then ran away, after securing mel
pocketbook. The young lady is quite i'll from
the effects Of her treatment.
A drunken policeman named Farley fired
five shots from his revolver into crowd whC
| were watching the firemen at work on a fire
In New York Friday night. One shot graZeC
the wrist Of one fireman and entered the ha
Of another. A second shot took effect in tn,
side Of bystander. The policeman was ar
i rested.
| Young 0akes Ames, nephew Of Governo
/ Ames OF Massachusetts, has recently com
into possession Of 100000, and celebrates
the event by marrying Miss Emma Watso
OF st. Anthony Park. suburb Of st. Pau
MINI. As the wedding was not announce
until II had taken place, the social world 0
st. Anthony Park Is In a flutter.
The ConDellsville, Pa, coke strike sprea
to the works Of j. w. Moore & Co., SatuI
day, and 500 men quit work. The report
from the other works are that the situation
Is unchanged. Colonel Schoonmaker denie
that work has been suspended at the Sterl
ing and Jimtown works. They are short
few diggers, but otherwise there has been n
strike.