The Portland daily press., 1896-05-02
BRIEFLY TOLD.

| OAAol 0IOcn Vi Uuo OOhOOEO, Az. IL. fire
department sustained serious internal in
Jurles by falling from building yester-
day morning. A still alarm was ring in
from slight fire and while the chief
was walking on the building in the dark
he fell to the ground.
r. g. Dun & Co. report the failures
for the week 1888. in the United States
against 23l for the corresponding period
last year.
A receiver was appointed yesterday af.
ternoon in Boston for the Atlas Tack
information in the matter.
Theodore Roosevelt was yesterday re-.
elected president OIL, the police board of
commissioners of New York.
A special from Butte, Montana. SAWS
that reliable information is that the Roths
childs, who recently bought quarter in
| terest in the Anaconda Copper company
for 81. 500, 600, have now taken another
quarter at 100000.
The Swiss National exhibition was
formally opened at Geneva yesterday by
Or. Adolph Dueoher, vice president Of
tbs Swiss Confederation.
Some hundreds of unemployed workers
held meeting in Hyde Park, London,
ternat1oEal Socialist resolu ton to over
throw the system of Capitalization of
capital.
All the Pittsf1eld, Mass, masons and
6rtcklayers went out on a strike yester-
day morning. demanding ten hours pay
for day of nine hours. 1t is understood
that the carpenters will follow suit.
George Allgairs hotel, at South River,
N. j., was burned yesterday morning.
All the guests escaped by jumping from
the windows, except Paul Jumper, the
/ nj of fho
factory, who was burned to death.
The Massachusetts, House has passed to
be engrossed the bill amending the city
charter of Lowell.
A forest fire yesterday on the wood
land nIPlymouth, Mass, owned by Bar
nabas Hedge, G. G. Davis and Isaac
Brewster, burned over about 100 acres of
young growth of oak wood. The fire
which was partly in Kingston, was ex-
| tinguished about 4 p. m.
The fishing schooner Henry Wilson,
ashore at Placentia, N. f., which it was
feared would be total loss, has been
floated ana the damage is not SO great as
expected.
| HIGHWAY A. Fredericks was sentenced
yesterday at Boston to state prison for
not less than IS years, nor more than %
| years for felonious abuse of Matilda De-
vine, aged TO-. Fredericks is a peddler,
aged "a.
! The London Times publishes q despatch
from Cape Town saying that advices re-
ceived from Pretoria show that an inter-
dict has been placed upon the property OF
the members of the Johannesburg reform
committee. Judge 0regorowski who
sentenced the prisoners was houted upon
| his arrival at Bloemfentein on his return
| from Transvaal.
Friends of exPrsident Harrison in
| Indianapolis admit MoKinley's nomina-
| tion is assured, and the moral effect of
the action of the Illinois Republicans
| will be to inspire the Mckinley men
here to insist on instructions. Col. John
G. New, who is very close to Harrison
said today Mckinley would be nominated
| and willis it did not necessarily follow
that Indiana would instruct for him, the
delegates at large would be Mckinley
| men.
| Serious differences have arisen among
the stockholders regarding the future of
the policy of the New York Times. A
receiver was asked for by the directors
OF the compay to preserve the equities
of all concerned. Alfred Ely was appoint
ed receiver.
| Unless the Milwaukee Electric Railway
and Light Company accedes to tho de
mands OF the street railway employees, 1t
is probable all the street car lines will be
tied up. The conductors and motermen
| ask for an advance in wages from 10 to
Fl cents an hour and recognition by the
company of the union.
The 400 iron workers on the Northwest
ern and Union Elevated Loop railroads
at Chicago, went out on a strike yesterday
to enforce demand of the Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers. Union for an
increase in pay from 81 2 cents to Al 1-a
cents an hour.
John Lewis, an iron mould er, was ar
| rested yesterday morning in San Francis
90, while In the act OF strangling Isabella
Morris, a young colored woman, in an
alley in that city. Lewis Is Thought to
be responsible for the recent murders of
the unfortunate class of women.
Mrs. Catherine Judd, colored WON
an 100 years and eight months old, d led
yesterday morning at Bridgeport. She
h ad never been Ill during her long period
of life.
A despatch from Havana says trat
the Spanish gunboat Massagera lost six
men in capturing the filibust ering
schooner Competitor.
AT a mass meeting held at Denver for
the relief of the Cripple Creek sufferers
nearly 5000 In cash was given. A COM
pany of militia from Pueblo has been or
dered to the camp to prevent pillage and
preserve the peace.
The 1000 miners in the bituminous field
in Indiana, stopped work Thursday
night. The men offered to work at 81
cents. They had been receiving 80 cents.
but the opera tors asked for reduction
to Sc cents to compete with the Danyille.
Hi nois district
Princess Beatrice, (Princess Henry of
Battenberg), daughter of the Queen has
been appointed governor of the Isle of
Wight.
A Carlo despatch says that Egyptian
troops under the command of Major
MURDOCH, had sharp skirmish with 70
900 dervishes near Skasheh. The deryish-
es were defeated with much loss.
A Havana despatch says The Can
tabria battalion had an engagement near
Romatas with the rebel bands of Lao
and Varona. The fight was hot The
rebels lost over 30 killed and many
wounded. The Spanish loss was one
killed and four wounded.
A Bad Young Burglar.
RoctOn Nav Tho vour croo3.