The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-28
BRIEFLY TOLD.

A cancer has developed in John L.
Sullivap's right aim and 1t is feared that
1t will be necessary to amputate 1t.
Thomas Ii. Watson has announced his
definite conclusion with regard to the
national campaign, which is that from
now until the day of the election he will
do nothing whatever.
Chairman Roselle of the Missouri
Populist state committee, is preparing
evidence to present to the grand jury
which he believes will prove several
elections bribery.
parcial telegraphs that Col. Segura, after
four days fighting in the hills tin he
Pinar del Rio province, has defeated the
rebels. Col. Segura found sixty one Of
the enemy dead on the field.
Wall street was frightened Tuesday by
a report that General Fitzhugh Lees re-
port to the Presidents on the situation in
Cuba was about to by made, and that it
was of such a character that call of an
extra session of Congress would be sent
out in short time. to which the Presi-
dent would address warlike message.
The Sac and Fox Indian agency in
Oklahoma, was held up by four masked
robbers Monday afternoon. Three stores
were robbed and 1920 in money taken.
Indian agent General Thomas has SAG, 600
Sac and Fox annuity money to be paid
to the Indians next week. This money
the robbers were after.
A decision handed down by the state
Supreme court Of Missouri. holds that
th o silver party's state ticket cannot be
printed ON the official ballot. The silver
party ticket was made up Of the Demo-
cratic Presidential electors and the Re-
publican state ticket.
The employees of the Chaplin mine in
Sun City, Michigan owned by Mark
Hanna have issued a statement in which
among other things they say: 'That we
havu not at any time seen or heard of
any coercion from the management of
the Chaplin mine regarding our politics;
that we, have found Mr.. NJ. A. Hanna,
as an employer of labor, humane and
just and the very opposite to what the
Democratic papers wish to make him."
The Pacific cable commissioners have
been summoned to meet on November 8,
in London.
When the steamer Anchoria from New
York October II for Glasgow, arrived at
Neville Tuesday morning police officers
arrested one of her passengers named
Jane Brewster, upon charge of larceny
of Jewelry, committed in New Bedford,
Massachusetts.
Vigorous condemnation of England's
treatment of Irish political prisoners
were expressed at mass meeting in the
Academy of Music, philadelphia. Mon
day night.
The subcommittee of Georgia Demo-
Gratis appointed to reply to the Populist
proffer of fusion, condemn the action of
the rowdies who egged and otherwise il
suited Secretary Carlisle.
The Washington mills which were
damaged by fire at Lawrence. will re-
sumo operations today, and 4500 hands
will return to work.
The government cruiser Petrol has ar
rived al Port Stanley with the news that
the schooner Sandill, loaded with lumber
for Tonawanda from Wharton, went
down in Lake Erie, Friday, and all
hands lost. The SRndill carried D crew
consisting of captain, mate. three seamen
and cook.
The large Smith & Stoughton shoe
factory has been sold to l.. G. Bliss &
Co., shoe manufacturers, and the firm
will move its Brockton and New Hamp-
shire business OF Whitman.
The body of an unknown man was
found on the New England railroad track
in Ro1bury Tuesday morning. He was
about fifty years old, had SCI and pawn
ticket made out to Mary Napsitdt. He
had been killed by a train.
Mary Forbes, the wife of section
hand OH the railroad. living at south
franklin, was struck and instantly
killed Monday on the New England road
near the old beet sugar works.
The Armenians OF Maiden will take
care of twenty Armenians now neld at
Ellis island, if they are allowed to land.
A trade mark has been granted the
Forest City Chemical Gum company OF
Portland for chewing gum.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hart, widow sixty
years of age and her daughter, Mrs.
Sarah J. Stevenson, thirty five years old
and also widow, were found as
phyxiated Tuesday forenoon in their
suite at No. % Broadway, Boston. The
deaths are believed to have been caused
by accident
Mrs. Maggie Scott, mulatto woman,
was shot and killed Monday afternoon III
her listers fat at Both street and Seventh
avenue, New York. The police believe
that the woma1 was murdered by her
husband. Howard SCOTT, an itineranu
musician.