The Portland daily press., 1897-02-25
BRIEFLY TOLD.

| The German American bank of Ton
av anda has closed Its doors and State
Superintendent of Banks Kilburn has
taken possession. Superintendent Kill
burn says ali the derositors will be paid
| insfull. The bank has capital Of $10U,
900 and deposits of $4,000
| A big strike was declared yesterday
moon in the shoe factory Of Harvey
| Brother, West Lynn.
the Oklahoma legislature providing for
the issue Of state bonds as circulating
| medium and to boycott national bank
notes.
1t is anticipated that the President will
veto the i'm migrationebill. The objections
to the bill are the difficulties that would
be encountered in its enforcement.
o. S. Turner's chair factory at New
Vineyard was burned Monday afternoon.
A large quantity Of chair, materials,
etc., was consumed. The loss is heavy.
The six young mon arrested for dis
turbing the meeting held by Concannon
the Spiritualist in Boston, have been ao-
quilted. ~
Shortly after 2so'olock yesterday morn
ing fire was discovered in one OF the OLE
vators shaft in the Merchants Exchange
building, Louisville. Whenthe flames were
under control.,the top floor of the. building,
together with its numerous offices was
destroyed, entailing an estimated loss of
about 800. 600.
Comptroller James Fl. Rockies will ad
dress an audience next Friday evening
in Central Music hall, Chicago, in re-
Spouse to the invitation of the National
Association of Merchants and Travellers
on 'The Rates in Business World"
Richard Won SJdo, an old German,
who has for some years sold papers on
the streets of Chicago, is dead. Won
Sydo, who was 65 years of age, was q
nephew of Princess Bismarck. He was
at ons time lieutenant of the Blucher
Hussars. In 1862 he resigned, and COM
ing to America joined the Union army
and fought throughout the rebellion.
A despatch from Constantinople says
that anarchy prevails in the disturbed
districts Of Asia Minor. The Turks and
Kurds have seized everything belonging
tossthe Armenians.
An explosion occurred in the extensive
works devoted to the anufaoture of
Nobel's explosives in Ayershirs. Scotland,
Wednesday morning, killing six persons.
The explosion took place while the men
were washing nitro-gly cerine and the
report was heard 10 miles away.
President Kruger has appealed to the
ing the high court of the South African
republic virtually under tile Volksraad.
This. the PRESIDENT declares. is heces-
sary in view of the persistent attempts
of Cecil Rhodes to undermine the re-
public.
United States Senator WolGott of Colo
RADIO and MRS. Wolcott, started from Eus-
ton station Wednesday morning for Liv-
erpool on their way to New York. Mr..
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well satisfied with the results of his Wis
it to Europe and was very hopeful OF be-
ing able to organize an international
monetary conference.
Seventy-fivs members of the American
Paper Manufacturers association were
present at the 19thsannual meeting at the
Waldorf yesterday. Hugh J. Chisholm
of Portland was elected president.
A convention of the delegates of the
National Sound Money League was held
in the rooms of the Chamber Of Com
merce, New York, Wednesday. Henry
Hent2 presided.
The post office appropriation bill re-
ported to the Senate Wednesday after
noon carries net increase over the House
bill of $500, 600, the total being S95, SB6, :
3SS.
The rumor from New York that Col.
accept the position of Secretary of the
Interior is in no sense verified at Can.
ton.
4 The steamer Fastnet has left Halifax
to endeavor to find and tow into port
the German tank steamer Diamant,
which has been drifting about the west
ern Atlantic for three weeks with a
broken shaft.
law making all contracts payable
in gold non -colleotible and void in Okla.
homa territory, passed both branches of
the legislature, Thursday.
In the welter-ws ight contest at SYRIA
cuse, N. T.. Wednesday night for the
championship of the world, Tommy
Ryan easily defeated Tom Tracy in the
9th round
At the afternoon session of the Ancient
order Of United Workmen in Boston
yesterday, the subject Of classified assess
ments was shelved. The question Of this
issue offcertifcates.fo $1,000 was defeat
ed. The officers elected included Grand
Master Workman Louis q. Merrill of
Concord, n. H.; Grand Foreman, Ed
ward +. Danforth of Skowhsgan.