The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-28
BRIEFLY TOLD.

The Shah of Persia has announced tina
henceforth he will abolish the post O.
| prime minister and perform the Junction.
of that office himself
Miss Mathilde Blind, the noted writer
died in London Friday.
| The Boston Commercial Bulletin pub
fishes an alleged interview with Senator
Aldrich on the probable action by Con.
gress OF which the Senator says that
while part of it represents his views, IL
contained opinions to which he could moi
| subscribe.
| The loss of life by the foods in Greece
is much larger than first reported. Forty
bodies have been recovered at the
Piraens. Boats are out searching for
persons who are missing and supposed tc
have perished.
Another massacre Of Armenians is re-
ported to have occurred in the vicinity OF
Diabekar. 1t is rumored that more than
500 persons were killed.
The elevator of the st. Paul Elevator
and Warehouse company at ST. Paul,
MINI, was burned last evening. There
was 100, 600 BUSHES of grain in the build
ing. Loss, 500, 900 insurance $50, 900.
John Ra:nevilIe was held in 5000 oil
Nashua, N. H., Friday, for the attempts
ed larceny OF trunk belonging to the
wife of DR.. Edward Taft. DR.. and Mrs.
Taft were married that day and had
sent the trunk to the depot ahead of them
and Raineviils loaded 1t on team and
drove away.
The lumber trade between the United
States and Maxico has become so heavy
that steamship and schooner line, W hioh
will be devoted to that traffic exclusive
ly, has just been established.
Some of the newly imported Armenians
creaued riot in Lowell, Friday, DO
cause the mill people preferred to hire
French Canadians 10 them.
The four-mastsd schooner John s,
Ames, Capt. Olsen, has reached Washing
ton with cargo OF Joe from the Kenne-
beo river, after rough experience. No
vsmbey Is she ran into a violent storm
off the coast and lost her jib and miz-
zen sail.
Two men made an unsuccessful at
tempt to crack the safe In the Lowell
opera house early F1idayEmorning. They
were discovered and frightened away by
the janitor.
The legation officials at Washington
give an emphatic denial to the Kew West
Ter and his army were ambushed while
m arching through the Rubi mountains
and that the Spanish loss was fully 1000
men.
A cyclone visited q section 30 miles
southeast of Waco, Texas, w ednesday and
demolished several farm houses. At Rissl
the residence of Buck Douglass was
totally destroyed his wife severely hurt
and one of his children killed outright,
The temperature ranged nearly at sum
mer heat prior to the storm.
Commander John MoG owan has been
selected as commander of the Newport
The Jesuit society of the Catholic
church has determined to establish a
uni versity at indianapolis.
An analysis of the contents of the
stom aoh of Frank P. Arbuckle. the Dem
unconscious week ago at Eighth avenue
and 152nd street, and who died soon
after ards, indicated that death was due
to fatty degeneration Of the heart. No
Knockout drops of the ordinary kinds
were ia the stomach.
The docks and harbor at Ham burg pre-
sented q more active appearance vester-
day owing to the fact Mat mora work
was being performed than has been Gona
since tho stflke oeghn. There have been
many arrivals OF men from different
places to fill the vacancies oaused nv
strikers. At Bremen the warebouss
company offered to compromise with The
striking employees.
Prof. Benz. "A pthrop Gould, the distin-
a uished astronomer, died at his residence
at Cambridge Mass. Thursday niabt
from the result of injuries received hr
falling down stairs about D, M. He
was Born in Boston in 1894. At 10 he
graduated from Harvard. "