The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-25
BRIEFLY TOLD.

yesepA gweet, 42syears old, of Silver
Spring, RI, was found unconscious IN
the street in Providence, Saturday night
and died soon after in police station.
He Is believed to have been drugged and
robbed.
:. Speaker Crisp says that the Democratic
majority of the House will use every
effort to send the tariff bill to the Senate
by the last of January That will leave
twenty-nine days, including Sundays, in
which the bill may be debated.
A. special from Corrillos, N. M, says a
race war has broken out at Lalyuna del
Gallo, Lincoln county. A dispute arose
Between Mexicaps and Americans over
the ownership Of sheep. In the battle
that followed five Americans and nine
teen Mexicans were killed.
Regarding the story that Drexel, Nor
gan IL Co., have secured control by the
purchase of the stock of the New York
and New England raill Dad in the in
terust of the New York and New Hamp-
shire railroad, J.Pierpont Morgan said :
aft is absolutely false. I would not
touch New England at any price,
Secretary Carlisle has received the
resignation of Harry Ell. Smith, deputy
registrar of the treasury, to take erect ID
January. Mr.. Smith came in under the
Harrison administration and was acting
registrar for long period during the Ill
ness of General Rosecrans, the late regis
trar. There has been considerable friction
between Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Tillman, the
present registrar.
A suit has been begun by Thomas
Edison against the Edison monograph
company for SO, 600, 900 damages. alleged
to have been done him by defendants
Through the sale of monographs IN This
country and abroad. The Edison Y n1ted
Photograph company have also begun
suit against Edison, the Edison Promo
grab Works and the North american q
monograph company for $500, GOO alleged
to have been done to the plaintiff by the
sale of Photographs in foreign countries.
Frank Trumbull, receiver of the Union
Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railroad, has
petitioned the United States Circuit court
for the conveyance of all the property and
lines of the system in Wyoming, Nebraska
and Texas to him in trust. This petition
was made because the courts in those
states will not appoint him receiver Tor
porperty in their respective territories,
unless he shall submit to the rulings OF
those courts. He complains that such
authority will be conflicting and will en-
tail an enormous expense.
The Chicago Tribune says that an
agreement has been entered into by
several electric light companies to cut
the price on lamps in order to squeeze
the small concerns out OF existence. The
Edison, Thomson Houston, Brush,
Schuyler, Fort Wayne-J emmy and one or
two others are said to be foremost in the
scheme. Prices have recently been cut
25per cent Small incandescent lamps
that formerly sold at "A cents now sell at
80 10.
It is learned that the ADMINISTRATION
policy is one OF strict neutrality ana 40.
soIute non-interferenee for or against
either party in the Brazilian trouble.
The increase of our naval beet at Rlo is
principally for the protection of Ameri-
cans and for the enforcement of the
Monroe doctrine against European en-
croaohments on the American con tim
gent Recent instructions to our
diplomatic and naval representatives at
Rio are on the lines above in
dicated. The only cases wherein the com
batants are to be interfered with are
when the interests OF the United States
are injured or Intervention on the part of
foreign power occurs.