The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-10-16
GEN ERAL NEWS.

The Maine Ice crop now in stock on the
Kennebec is estimated at $4,000 tons.
Mayor P. j. Gleason of Long Island City,
n. Y, has been found guilty of assaulting
Reporter Crowley.
McDoel won the fourth heat and race in
the unfinished 2.19 class at Lexington, KY,
yesterday; time, 2.15a.
The medical examiners say there is no
doubt that William Walton, found dead at
Beaver Brook, Conn.,, Sunday, was murdered.
DR.. Mcdonegal, of New York, charged
with malpractice in the case Of Annie Good
win, has been sentenced to IA years In the
state prison.
Campanini, the famous tenor, las written
for the Ladies Home Journal striking ar
ticle on "HOw to Train the Voice." 1t will
appear in the November number.
Further particulars from the interior of
West Virginia show that in Braxton county
great losses were sustained by farmers and
lumbermen by the cloud burst of Sunday.
The Boston aldermen have revoked the Ii
cense of Park Theatre because of the alleged
immortality of the play "The Clemenceau
Case" which has been produced on its stage.
The great game preserve of Austin Corbin,
In Northern New Hampshire, will soon be-
stocked with Canadian wild animals. 1t
comprises over $4,000 acres. There will be
bears, moose, red deer, grizzlies and Rocky
Mountain sheep.
The famous Snow-Alley case is to be le-
opened, Chester Snow bringing further suit
against the Hon. j ohm b. Alley for 500, 900
on account of rs bonds of the Postal Tele-
graph Company. There have been six trials
in the case.
Railroad men are petitioning the Dominion
minister of customs for privilege of carrying
American car wheels into Canada to replace
wheels broken on American cars in Canada.
IL Is possible that some reciprocal arrange
ment between the two countries may be the
outcome.
JACK McAuliffe, the prize fighter, and an
actress named Kate Hart" went to a hotel
In New York together, and yesterday morn
Ing the girl was found dead in the room. At
first McAuliffe was suspected of murder hut
an autopsy showed that the girl died of heart
disease.
The only son of Col Charles Fred Crock
er, second vice.president of the Southern
Pacific, was killed Sunday by falling over
the banister in his fathers house. The lad
was under 10 years OF age. The boy would
have Inherited the bulk of his fathers large
estate, now estimated at S15.000,000 and
growing every year.
The great race track of the Maine rail is
the 55 miles between Waterville and Ban
g0r here the record Is kept of fast runs. 1t
is great place to try the metal Of an engin .
eer and the quality Of his locomotive, 90
miles without stop. The honors on this
run are divided between Engineer John
Sinclair, Portland man, runner of spec
ials and Engineer Isaac Blake, also of Port
land, With regular trains. Ii is not only the
notables who visit Maine that are treated to
fast time. Although special trains and spec
ial attention are bestowed upon them, the
ordinary passenger on the Maine Central
express trains approaches and even surpass-
es their speed. The famous Vanderbilt run
was accomplished three or four years ago
or on the last visit of the elder William K
to Maine. The Vanderbilt party journeyed
In two New York Central private cars and
covered the 55 miles in 67 minutes. 1t was
the intention of their engineer to make that
run In an even hour, but the New York rail-
road men were alarmed at the speed and
sent brakeman over the tender to request
the man at the throttle to slow down. Grant
ing the request, he still covered the 136 miles
between Bangor and Portland in 1SO minutes
including stops.