The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-04
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of age, living at 8 Way street. Boston.
about $50 Thursday morning called at
No. Gainsboro street, where his wife
had been stopping with her father, and
fred two shots at the woman. None took
effect and Manning then put bullet in
to mis- head. His wife had not lived with
him for some time.
The official vote of Massachusetts in
the recent election was given out Thurs
day. McKinley's plurality was lSS, 400,
and Wolcott'a l54, 542.
Wheat is in demand in Europe and in
consequences the grain is pouring out OF
California. Yesterday a big fleet went
out carrying cargoes valued at million
dollars.
The fifteenth council of the Union of
American Hebrew congregations closed
at Louisville Wednesday. There was
discussion Oh the report of the committee
on civil and religious bigots which ended
in the report being adopted. 1t calls for
securing the rights for Jews holding that
this will be more efficient than working
through the state department..
The White Star line steamer Germanic
which arrived al Queenstown Wednesday
night from New York, reports that she
signalled the British steamer Glendowsr,
Captain Heyman. Tuesday. The Glen
dover sailed from New York, November
IA for Hamburg and had been In collision
with floating wreck. She was proceed
ing slowly, hel nearest port hole on the
star board side of the bow being just
| above the water line.
Senator Allison Is confined to his home
with cold and absoess of the ear.
Half dozen steamers are said to be
| bound tight in the ice along the north
shore of Lake Superior and it will be i'm
possible to release them.
A public consistory was held in the
throne hall OF the Vatican, at Rome,
Thursday, the ceremonies beginning at
ten O'Clock. The hall was tnronged as
the Pope entered. After tire Pope took
| was held which was followed by the dis
| tribution of red hats to the recently ap-
pointed cardinals. Cardinal Satolii, was
| the first one to receive the hat.
| A Melbourne despatch says that in
consequence of the deficiency of her crops
Australia will require hundred
thousand tons of -four from America,
half OF which quantity has already been
| ordered.
Two men were killed and two other in
| jured by the giving way of a dump cart
on the wheel pit extension of the power
tunnel. Thursday at Niagara Falls.
| ne lGdubTb VI buo lJOuuOu uOCk
Iaborers declare that they have received
kilograms from Hamburg informing
them that large ajority Of the English
| non union laborers who went to Ham
burg to take the place of the strikers are
| refusing to unload vessels and are re-
| turning to England
A despatch from Bombay SAYS the
mortality from the famine in the
Belapupr and Belaghal districts ia stead
| /. -
have died from starvation in the Gonda
district.
| Schooner Hook for Boston from Bangor
with lumber. anchored off Cape Porpoise
| with nearly her entire suit of sails gone.
| She was caught in heavy blow Wednes-
daylight, when her sails were. blown in to
| ribbons or carried away.
| The Joint congressional committee.
appointed to report upon the advisa bility
| of abolishing the tax on alcohol for use
| in the arts, heard O number of witnes es
| In Now York Thursday, and adjourned.
The next meeting will be held in Wash
| ington.
at the meeting of the Board of Review
New York Thursday over forty cases
were decided. The application for re-
mittment of the fine of Jack Curry
driver of Joe Patohen in the John r.
Gentry hippodrome at Belmont Park.
Philadelphia, was denied.
A Catholic churohmanEwell vorsed in all
the steps leading up 70 Bishop Keen .
removal said at Washington Thursday.
that it was well understood In chuIoh
circles that Bishop Kesn's removal was
brought about by German ecclesiastical
| influence. The newspaper talk had
reached the ears of Rome which had
called n halt ON the assaults being mads
| BY the German eoclesiastios on the AmeYi.
can party of the Catholic church in
porica