The Portland daily press., 1889-04-09
GEN ERAl NEWS.

Saturday, April 81, will be Arbor day In
Massachusetts.
1.-the situation on the river land country in
Iowa grows more serious from day to day.
All hope of peaceable enforcement of the
evictions has been abandoned.
The United States will early in the coming
summer have new minister from China.
His name is Taui Kook Yan. He is man
of scholarly attainments and holds high
rank as member of the Imperial academy
at Pekin.
The official report of Admiral Kimberly on
the recent disaster at Samoa is now ON the
way to this country, and will arrive at San
Francisco on the 18th instant. 1t will con-
tain, it is hoped, full statement of the ter
rible castrsphe. The responsibility for the
lack of coal will be properly located. There
will be court of inquiry.
Nothing further is known of the where
abouts Of the absconding cashier, Pratt, of
Anoka, Minnesota. AS near as can be
learned now, the amount of his stealngs Is
$4,000 from Mrs. Nell S45, 900 from st.
Paul and Minneapolis correspondents of the
bank, and $4,000 raised by the sale of his
own and other peoples stock.
The boiler of steam launch upon which
six young men were taking an excursion up
the Kansas river, near Lawrence, Sunday,
exploded. entirely demolishing the craft.
Three of the party are very seriously injured
and it is feared one will die.
A defective switch derailed the four
rear coaches of Baltimore and Ohio pas
senger train between Colehour and South
Chicago, Illinois, Sunday The coaches
were thrown with terrific violence against
several coal oil cars standing on side tracks
and broken TO pieces. One man was killed
and dozen others were injured, two or
three severely.
The Albany Journal makes official an
nouncement of the sale Of the control of a
majority of its stock by William j. Arkell to
William Barnes, Jr., OF the Albany Express.
| The selling price, it is understood, is at the
| rate OF $176,0 900 for the entire capital. John
| A: Sleicher, editor-in- chief of the Journal,
will soon be identified with Mr.. Arkell in
| the management of Frank Leslie's.
A despatch from New York saws the
| United States court of claims has appointed
| Miss Mary +. Seymour, the president of the
Union Stenographic company, commits
| sioner of that court for the whole county,
| and the Woman Suffrage party are rejoicing
| in consequence. This action of the court
| settles the question that woman can legally
| hold office.
Fire early yesterday morning lin a large
| boarding house In Beverly, occupied by
| Nathan G. HUI, caused damage to the extent
| of about $1,000. The house was full OF
boarders at the time. There is no question
| burn the premises. Mr.. Huz says he knocked
| a lamp off sewing machine in coming from
| his bedroom after the alarm had been
| given.
| A. j. Mcdowell, of Boston, auditor of the
| Mexican Central Railroad, died at Albu-
quergue, N. NJ, yesterday.
A prize fight near Seattle, w. T., Sunday,
resulted in free for all in which pistols
were freely used and several of the partici,
| pants wounded,
Frederick M. Strong 25 years old, an in.
mate of the lretreat for the insane at Hart,
ford, Ct, escaped yesterday and drowned
himself in pond.
| Jacob Sandt, eminent commander of Hugh
| de Payen Commandery, X. T., of Easton,
Pa, committed suicide yesterday.
The will of the late DIR. Scott Stewart OF
| for the Methodist Episcopal church, has
been sustained by the Supreme Court. The
heirs tried to break the will.
| News has been received in Winnipeg Of q
disastrous cyclone and prairie fires in the
Northwest Territory
A daughter of DIR. Holbrook, of Salem
Mass. while delrious from an attack Of
brain fever last night jumped from second
| story window of her fathers house. Nc
bones were broken and it is hoped the young
lady escaped serious injury.
Rev. l.. Crowell, ID. d., for many years al
elder OF the Methodist church, died yester
day morning, in Lynn, Mass, aged rs years
He leaves widow and four adult children,
For the past few years he has been financial
agent of Wesleyan University
1t is reported that Philadelphia parties
have secured the option upon the controlling
interest in the Phoenix Mutual Life Insur
ance Company of Hartford
There was more trouble in Rochester, n
H., yesterday than on any day since tn,
street car strike commenced.
The remains of the late James |. Christie
assistant doorkeeper of the United State
Senate, arrived in Boston yesterday il
charge of guard under Captain Bassett
head doorkeeper, who like Mr.. Christie him
self went to Washington as page. The re
| mains were taken to Dover. N III.