The Portland daily press., 1897-06-18
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| Robert j. Mccain, a postal clerk on
the run between Bangor and Caribou,
was found dead in bed Thursday morn
ing at the Bangor Exchange. The cause
of the death was probably heart disease.
! He was about 80 years of age.
Rt. Rev.Alfred Willis, d. D., Anglican
| Bishop of Honolulu, has just arriy ed at
| Plymouth, England. He says the Ha-
waiians don't want to be annexed to
America, but to Great Britain and if
| they can't be annexed to Great Britain
the next best thing they can do is restore
Liliuokalani.
The great strike of the New York tail
ors is at an end, and thesstrikers have
won.
ESandy Hook by the action of the ocean
| has been altered into an island.
Peter McGraw of Lewiston, who has
| been missing from home three weeks
and who it was feared had committed
suicide, has turned up alive and well
at Kennebunkport.
James Shannon, 2S years old, was ar
rested in Boston for assault and battery
on Hector Mcleod on Avenue street,
yesterday. The men were in the midst of
q wordy alteration, when Shannon gave
| Mcleod a knock out blow. Mcleod fell,
| striking his head heavily ON the asphalt
sidewalk His skull was fractured and
he cannot recover.
! Her Majesty's ship Pallas sailed from
Halifax at $50 Thursday morning for
Boston. faf
| Queen Victoria arrived at Windsor from
| Balmoral at O'Clock Thursday morning.
Thousands of people lined the route from
the railroad station to the castle. Her
Majesty looked the picture of health and
repeatedly bowed to the cheering of her
subjects.
| The National Council of Women of
Canada held it's closing session at Halifax
| Thursday afternoon, discussing the
| liquor question and scientific temperance
teaching in the schools.
| Cambridge University has conferred
an honorary degree on the Hon. Wilfrid
| Laurier, the Premier of Canada.
| President Faure has consented to act as
arbitrator in the frontier dispute be-
| tween the Central America republics
| Costa RIGA and Colombia.
| The President has refused permission to
| the Compagnie Francois cables tele-
| graphique to land the new cable of that
company at Cape Cod, or indeed any
where upon the United States coast.
Mr.. Richard Cookers Rhoda B., ran
second in the race for the new stakes
of 16 sovereigns each with 1000 sovereigns
added at Ascot yesterday. The Lorillard-
Beresford stables brown gelding San dia
won the first year of the 35th biennial
| stakes.
| The Senate Thursday confirmed the
nominations of VIM. f. Powell OF New
Jersey to be minister to Hayti
| At meeting of the New York Republic
can county committee last night resolu-
tion was adopted denounoing the move
ment to force the candidacy for mayor
upon Seth Low.
Thursday morning the Natural History
building at the University OF Illinois. at
| Champaign, Ills, was struck by light
ming, resulting in damages to the build
| ing, furniture and apparatus OF $4,000.
Among the indictments returned by the
grand jury at Boston Thursday, was one
against George E. Litoht1eld for alleged
embezzlement. Mr.. Lltchtleld was con-
nected at one time with the printing
office run by the Massach usetts Benefit
Life association.
The international foot race, one mile,
purse $3.50, between George b. Tinker of
| England and Patrick Carroll of Waltham
at Appolo garden, Boston, Thursday
AFTERNOON was an easy victory for the
Englishman Tinker won in 452.
The annual meeting of the Bunker Hill
Monument association, one of the fixtures
of Bunker Hill day was held at Boston,
Thursday. President Mckinley was
elected an honorary member of the asso-
citation and fun board of officers was
| chosen
VIM. NJ, Evarts was said to be resting
easily at his home last night.