The Portland daily press., 1890-01-09
GENERAL NEWS.

Fenton K. Lawlor, dry goods, Chicago,
ILL.,, has failed, with estimated liabilities Of
$l00,000.
DIR. Arthur S. Knifin and Miss Emma
Purcell have been arrested, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Kniffin at Trenton, N. j.
At the Victoria mines, near Trinidad, Col,
a cave-in occurred yesterday morning, and
five men were buried underneath rock and
earth. They are probably dead.
Fire in st. Louis yesterday morning
burned out the Western Union Telegraph
and Associated Press offices. and several
business firms. Loss, 100000.
A special from Cheyenne, Wyoming. says
there are three feet of snow in Sweetwater
and Uintah counties. The cattle losses will
be the heaviest known for years.
Rain and snow has been falling almost
constantly since the first OF January, In
some parts of Illinois and the bottom lands
of the st. Garonne river are overfowed.
Mrs. G. j. Sabin, who was found murdered
in Denver. Col, tenement house Tuesday,
was once leading society woman in st.
Louis. She was sister of ex-Congressman
Stone of Denver.
Steamer Wide West, which left Astoria,
December 9th for Seattle, on Puget Sound,
was wrecked on Destruction Island and is
total loss. The officers and crew were res
cued by passing vessel.
United States steamer Despatch is making
trip along the coast with the Chilian naval
officers, who are delegates to the Pan-Ameri-
can Conference, on board. They were at
the Norfolk snavy yard yesterday, and were
received with due honors.
James l.. Scnoetz, ex prosecuting attorney
al Liberty. Mo-, shet and killed John Luy-
Ion Tuesday night. The cause Of the mur-
der is mystery. Schoetz surrendered to
| tho sheriff.
A telegram was received Tuesday at the
Lick Observatory from Prof. 5. W. Burn
ham, chief of the eclipse expedition, sent
| from Lick Observatory to South America,
announcing that the observation Of the
eclipse of the sun, December %, was sue
| cessful, and the expedition is homeward
| bound.
Thomas Emery the well known dam build
| er tells the Fairfield Journal that the dam at
the outlet at Moosehead Lake has been built
| fifty years. He doesn't know whether it Is
| safe or not and doesn't think anyone else
| does. He doesn't think much of the theory
that Indian Pond, below, would do much to
dissipate the force cf the torrent If the dam
| should be thoroughly inspected.
The Secretary of State of Illinois has re-
| corded for the AtchisOn, Topeka ~ Santa Re
| Railroad Company general mortgage lot
| $l50.000,000 in favor of the Union trust
| Company of New York. This IS the largest
| bonded Indebtedness ever filed Tor record Dy
| any railroad system In this State. The
| mortgage is issued for the purpose OF per-
| fecting the general reorganization scneme
and retiring all outstanding mortgages and
indebtedness held against the various roads
of the system of small denominations.
Speaking of the outbreak Of supposed tu-
berculosis in New Hampshire, Dover des-
| patch to the Boston Herald says DR.. Geo.
ii Bailey of Maine, one of the most expert
enced veterinarians in the country, will ex-
anime the herd A few years ago this dis
ease existed in Maine, in its worst form, aud
the only way found to extirpate it was to
was finally eradicated 1t will be remeu,.
bered that a fine herd of five had to be killed
at the agricultural college, 0rono There
are at present three herds aifec.ed-Eli Mea.
der's, William W. Meader's and Bickford
Rand's in Rochester, and Knowlton Foss's
in STAFFORD.