The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-30
BRIEFLY TOLD.

8 William Walsh. the lost Bath man, re-
appeared Thursday and explained hi
absence.
At the Empire club at Buffalo, N. Y,
Eiliy Moore knocked out Kid Ksrwin
IN the third round Thursday night. :
l.. D. Ranger has been appointed post
master TT Bean, and A. j. Darling, post
master at MORO, Me.
Banrsy MoGouIdrick, one of the most
wideiy known hotel men in Maine, died
Thursday at Cherryfield, at the age of
S..
The strike of coal miners at SalJneville
Ohio. which was declared March 10, was
sAstied yesterday and 800 striking opera
tors have returned to work.
Cablegrems from Bombay say the
drought continues with no signs of
abatement and that the orop situation
Ia India is daily becoming more serious.
The treasury depa stment Thursday
instructed DIR. Senner, commissioner at
New Y ork to land 253 Armeniana on
tlsis giving a bond in 500 each.
w. s. Stratton, the rich gold mine
owner of Cripple Greek. has made an
offer TO bet 500, 900 against $500, 600 that
William j. Bryan will be elected Presi-
don't,
Terrific storms have prevailed upon the
Portuguese coasts. A fishing boat found
erea In the Bay of Setu bal Wednesday
night end hor crew of fourteen men were
drow1s1.
George n. Stacy. one of the best known
and a native of Wisoasset, Ne, died
"Wednesday, aged 6s. He had lived in
Caihasidga for 50 years.
The treasury gold reserve at the close
Of business Thursday was s118, 272, 8l5.
The days Withdrawals 1t New York
was s5l3, 900. There were deposited $500,
coo geld in exchange fo- currency.
A notice was postsd in the Slatersyille
cotson .nills, North Smithfeld, r. T.,
the niil will start on full time Novem-
her 9. The mill at present is running
9our days week.
The schooner Maggie Abbott, ashore
on Ratan Hill reef, Connecticut did
not come of Thursday. All idea of
floating her has been abandoned. Her
dsckioad was sayeo, bnt the balance OF
the cargo cannot be got out.
A Norwalk, Conn. despatch says
The big sloop Mary Jane, Capt. Chamber
lain, Bridgeport to New York with sand,
ooliidsd witch Rock Dunder near Cock
eanse Island Thursday. She filled and
sank in three minutes. The shipwreoked
party was rescued with great difficulty.
Word was received at Ellis Island
Thursdav morning from Washington
that bonds would be required in the
casss of the detained Armenians Hagop
Dogi9ian, an Armenian merchant of Bos-
ton, has agreed to give bonds to the ex-
tent of s65, 0oG.
The closing session of the grand divis-
ion of Maine Sons of Temperance ended
al Ratsrville Thursday noon. The SEES
sion was occupied in hearing the reports
of the divisions in the state The next
animal meeting will be mt Cumberland
Mills.
AZ Jersey Shore. Pa. Tuesday night,
Wits Gaps aooosted Robert Norton and
Charles Weloh, who had been calling on
two women, threw them into q creek,
made them promise not to call on the
women again, suspended them in air
frofa railroad trestlo andspunched them
with pointed Iron rods.
AT New Haven, Conn.,. Thursday after
nom the state attorney nolled the case
against Rev. H. II. Hayden, which has
been on the superior court docket since
1879. The clergyman was charged with
the murder of Mary Stannard of G milford,
and the trial attracted the attention of
the whole country at the time.
william W. Mclaughlin, whose con-
vactiOn of extortion as inspector of po-
+. lice of New York, twas recently reversed
by the court of appeals, was formally
He was then suspended pending further
action on charges against him and Or
dered 10 report for duty every morning.
According to oriental advioes, the
Japanese are secretly aiding the rebels
in Manila. A rumor was in circlation to
the effect that two Japanese steamers
had succeeded in secretly landing over
5000 stands of arms on The southern
coast of Manin Island
Charles o. Kaiser of Norristown, Pa,
has been placed under arrest charged
with the murder of his wife. Mr.. and
Mrs. Kaiser Sere supposed to have been
wsylaid by highwaymen Wednesday even
ing Mrs. Kaiser was shot. dead and Kaiser
received a wound in his arm. The stolen
articles were found hidden Near where
the shooting took place also revolver
with two empty chambers. Kaiser
had frequent quarrels with his wife.
Salvation Oil gives perfect satisfac-
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