The Portland daily press., 1897-03-31
BRIEFLY TOLD


Gloucester was burned yesterday morn
ing. Loss $50, 900; insured for $4,000.
Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee. consul general
at Havana, writes that he will be home
April 10. A prominent Virginia Repub-
lican says that if''the Democrats nominate
Gen. Lee for governor of that state the
Republicans would all vote for him.
Bath this year will celebrate its fiftieth
anniversary as city. l..
George q. Slower died Monday at his
home in New York. He was born in Or
land, Sc years ago, and came to this city
when quite young. He was we'll known
business man.
Steamer Lord Cough, Orombie. with o
full general cargo for Letth and Aber-
deem, was to have sailed last evening"
fremen and stokers refused outy and left
her, claiming she was unseaworthy. A
port warden's survey was held and a
crew of men commenced making some
repairs.
Richard Gallagher, Perry Abbott and
Isador Currier, pleaded guilty in the SUI
preme court at Laconia, N. H., Tuesday
afternoon, to breaking and entering
cottages at The aWeirs, and at Lake
Massabessic. They were sentenced to
eight years each in the state prison, six
y6hrb VI WulCu SoulcuC0 - Ou d mitu ILL us
subject to the call OF the county solicitor.
Miss Grace M ekfMey. a niece of Presi77
dent Mckinley, who is at present Id
Haverhill, the guest of Miss Caroline e.
Wilson, her classmate at Mount Holyoke
seminary, was rendered a reception BIZ
the College club. an organization OF
young lady, college graduates, last night.
A strike occurred In VIM. H. Fender
CASTS wooden mill, Pascoag, r. l., Tues
day. The weavers were dissatisfied with
their pay, which Is said to be about the
average of that given in the other mills
In New England. The advance demand
ed was one of IL 1-2 per cent.
DR.. George B. Twitohell died at his
home in RoxDury, N: H. Tuesday moon
of apoplexy, aged 76. Ha was born in
Petersburg. Va, and was graduated
fromtthe University Of Psnnsy Ivania In
ls43.g He.enlisted as surgeon of the 18th
NJ H.. volunteers and was promoted to
SURGEON .in-chief of the 18th with the
rank of major he was one of the best
known physicians.and surgeons in the
state. ! - .s,-
The Cabinet meeting Tuesday wa
short, and 30 far as can be learned was
unimportant. 1t il expected that one or
among them being BENJAMIN Butter
worth of Ohio hsssommissioner Of patents
According tost the official list published
Tuesday the total number of deaths in
Bombay for the week ending Friday
was Lii. Of these 4b5 were due to the
buobnio plague.
A barn and several outbuildings owned
by Fred johnson in North Lancaster,
Mass, were burned to the ground Tues
day, entailinR a loss2of several thousand
dollars. Four cows. two horses and 9TH
er cattle, hay and grain, several carriages
and agricultural implements were
burned.
The total value Of gold in the world at
the present time is about 90. 900. 900, 000
The death Of Primes Yoshi Hito Haru.
No-Miya, the heir to the Japanese throne
makes Prince ArisuRawh Takuhito, now
n his thirty-flfth year, the heir apparent.
u His father, Prince Takahito," ssys a
writer inErhe Boston Transcript, sis an
uncle of the Emperor. end distin-
guished sshiinself as a fighter in the
Satsuma Rebellion. The young Prin &c
was adopted into the family of the En-
peror In 1873. He Is we'll educated as
naval officer. and holds the. rank of cap
tain in the imperial Japanese Navy. In
1883 he was sent to Europe to. exam inc
into the naval and military ornaments,
and he returned withsa liberal education.
During the war with China he served
with the main squadron and acquitted
himself with sctedit. American naval
ioffioers who hayessnet him say that he is
quite pleasant and alta BILE. aDdsiis brother
officers regard him as a gooftefellow and
an excellent, well-trained sailor.