The Portland daily press., 1891-06-19
GEN ERAL NEWS.


Yesterday was commencement day at Cor
nell.
President Harrison and party arrived at
Lake May yesterday.
Fire at 13 Central wharf, Boston, last
night. did $1,000 damage.
Brig Jenny Lind, not Frink, arrived at
Vineyard Haven In distress
A severe rain storm devastated the Illinois
River valley Wednesday night.
The Alert and Mohican sailed yesterday
for the sealing grounds to join the fleet al
ready despatched.
The ship Ahahuac reported lost yesterday
was commanded by Capt. M. ii. Walker of
Kennebunk.
The efforts of Yale alumni have brought
$1,000 in cash and $4,000 in pledges into the
university Golfers in the last year.
A Washington special to the Boston Jour-
nal says senator just from Bar Harbor re-
ports Mr.. Blaine's health much improved.
T, G. Shaughnessy succeeds Hon. Mr. Alb
bott, the new premier, as director of the Ca
madam Pacific. He is also appointed vice
president.
Boston aldermen yesterday confirmed the
mayors appointments of rapid transit COM
miSsiOners, and the council did the same by
the governors.
Silas S. Drew, an old and prominent mer-
chant, Of fremont Row, Boston. was sem
fenced to seven years in prison yesterday for
getting goods under false pretences.
Mrs. I. B. Glennan, wife of a Passed As
sistant Surgeon Of the navy, has lost two of
her four children by diphtheria at Raleigh,
N. C. A third is dying and the fourth is
sick with the disease.
On account of the inclement weather the
annual meet and races of the New Hamp-
shire wheelmen at Concord, which were to
have occurred yesterday, were postponed un-
til next Thursday.
The Illinois Central railroad has begun
wholesale discharge of passenger and freight
conductors on the Iowa division. No cause
is assigned. 1t is supposed to be the work
of spoilers.
The President and Mrs. Harrison and
their grandchildren left Washington yester-
day morning via the Pennsylvania railroad
Tor Cape May, accompanied by Mrs. Dlmick,
Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Garfield.
Secretary Tracy has issued another adver-
tisement inviting proposals for the construc-
tion OF the steel, tWin-screw, sea-g0ing tor
pedo boat. Proposals will be opened August
18th. and the contract must be completed in
IL months.
The World says that II. Victor Newcombe,
who has been accounted millionaire, and
who up to a year or SO ago was one of the
largest spectators on Wall street, has been
committed to an asylum for the insane in the
neighborhood of New York.
Wednesday, in the Austrian Rechsrath,
Premier Taafe announced that the govern
ment had decided to accept the support of
the German Liberal party for carrying into
effect the programme announced In the
speech from the throne.
On Sunday there will be union meeting
Of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
| in Concord, N. H., the first ever held In New
Hampshire. There will be secret session
| in the forenoon and banquet and public
meeting in the afternoon. Seventeen hun
dred members, including Chief Engineer
| Arthur, are expected to be present.
The United States treasurer's. statement
issued Yesterday shows a cash balance OF
S44. .4i5.OOO, of which $22, ,029,OOO is on de.
posit with national banks and $40, ,250, COO In
| fractional silver, deducting which items the
net cash balance is but 81 ,235 200, the lowest
| fioure vet reached.