The Portland daily press., 1889-08-13
GEN ERAL NEWS.

The Emperor Of Austria arrived in Berlin
yesterday.
There was a heavy white frost on the low
land near Dover, N. H., yesterday morning.
The damage is slight.
Hon. Allen q. Thurman has gone to Hot
Springs, Va, where he will receive treat
ment for his old malady, the rheumatism.
Fl. o. Barsford pleaded guilty Of burglary
in the police court at Concord, n. a., yester-
day forenoon and was held in $500 for the
grand jury.
Commissioner Roosevelt intends to remain
in Montana until October, after which out
ing he will be ready for the civil service bat
tie again.
A man named Duverge, is on trial at Tam
atave, for the murder of Mr. Victor STAN
wood of Massachusetts, consular agent in
Madagascar.
Hon. Samuel S. Cox is said to be the only
living man in public life who voted for the
admission of Oregon as State February IA,
1859.
An unknown man laid down on the Cana
dian Pacific track at Greenville, Me-, Friday,
while intoxicated, and was cut to pieces by
train.
story of the finding of a great cave in the
Aspen mountains in which were many In
dian relics and a skeleton.
Martin Burke, the Cronin suspect, was
yesterday identified by Mr.. and Mrs. Carlson
owners of the cottage in which Dr. Cronin
was murdered, as the man who rented 1t
from him.
Simon S. Pickering of Greenland, N. H.,
formerly of Portsmouth. was found dead in
barn of that place. Pickering served in
the navy during the war of the rebellion and
was about 80 years old.
G. F. Fulton, assistant general freight
agent of the Northern Pacific, says the total
Valna nr0pprtV fiaStruved Sp0kana
Falls will not exceed $5,000,000. The North
ern Pacific's loss is under 100000.
Rev. Charles E. Stowe, son of Harriet
Beecher Stowe, is making a bicycle tour
through Maine. He is now making stop in
Saco and he occnpied his former pulpit at
the Congregational church Sunday.
A forest fire is raging Is miles from Port
land, Oregon. Several farm houses and
barns have been burned. There has been no
rain for two months. The whole country is
as dry as tinder and the damage will be very
heavy.
DR.. W. H. Bradley, late manager Of the
weekly Philadelphia Press, was held in
for a further hearing September I'd. on
charge of embezzling funds of the Press
company.
1t is announced that Prof Edward G. Coy,
instructor in Greek in Phillips academy,
Andover, has accepted the principalship of
L
| has been connected with Phillips-Andover
| for 10 years.
Charles Sweeney of Turner's Falls, Mass,
| the Frenchman who fired two shots at his
| wife Saturday night and put one ball into
| his own head, again attempted suicide Sun
| day by jumping from window. He was
| not seriously hurt
Peter Lynch, sailor on board the British
| steamship Charles Merand, was a prisoner
| on board that steamer when 1t arrived at
| New York yesterday from Manzanella, hav-
ing stabbed the chief officer, Alex Hertz, to
| death on July 16.
The grand jury yesterday afternoon pre-
sented to the court of general sessions two
indictments against L. l.. Allen of New
York, ex-president ef the 42d street and
| Grand street ferry railroad company, .charg-
| ing him with forgeries.
Congressman FELTON, writes to the San
| Francisco Argonaut an article in which he
| claims that Russia's sovereignty over Beh-
| ring Sea was never questioned nor denied,
| and that the United States succeeds to the
| whole Of that sovereignty.
Tennyson has horror Of the biographer.
| He keeps no diary and has destroyed his cor
| respondence and all records of it. He is re-
| ported to have said to a friend recently