The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-16

been u0oiuSu TO 1ulneu1dGGly lAUOuuct
reforms In Cuba, and q decree putting
the reforms into effeot will be published
on the Kings fete day.
| A despatch says it is probable that Ju-
lilo Sanguilly, the nnturalizsd American
citizen recently sen fenced in Havana to
life imprisonment for conspiracy against
the Spanish government, will be granted
a free pardon.
The worst rain and snow storm in years
as ragged throughout southern CaIiforn1a
for the last twenty four hours with
prospect of its continuing with additional
violence. The mountains and foot hills
are entirely covered with snow. There ls
probably more snow on the ground In
Los Angles and adjoining counties than
| has been seen in twenty i've years.
| William Smith, serving an eight months
sentence at the House of Correction at
| brentwood, N. H., for breaking and en-
| teriDg dwelling ut Deer1ield, escaped
| Thursday. He sawed his Way out of his
cell into the corridor, ana when the turn
| key opened the outer door in the morning
be rushed at him and upsetting him, es-
capped.
| AS the result of tn e~survey on the gun
boat Csstine, now in the dry dock at the
navy yard at Norfolk, Va.,. the vessel
will be detained here for three OF four
weeks while her bottom Ia being thor
ouRtly oyerhauled. 1t has heen found
that six or seven OF her plates are badly
pitted and will have to be replaced by
new ones.
| Judge Wright Of Logan, made absolute
| Friday conditional order secretly made
two days ago, appointing e. Nj. Position Of
JACKSONVILLE, receiver of the Column bus,
Sandusky and Hooking Railroad eompa
ny. Judge Wright said in making the
order that tho petition for receivership
| seemed fully warranted by the large in
debtedness Of the company.
| A Fall River despatch says that the
weagers union met Thursday night and
decided not to give financial aid to weav-
| era of the Granite mill who struck last
| Monday. This action was taken TO dis
| cipline the strikers who left work with
| out the sanction of the union. The
| Davol mill spinners left work yesterday
noon on account of the poor material
with which they wsre compelled to work.
| Gov. Culherson sent his message to
| both houses of the Texas legislature
| Thursday. Among the most important
measures touched on in his reoommendn-
! tioiis ars the platform requiring each ex-
| press company to maintain general
office in that state, alsu IL proposition to
| take life insurance companies doing busi-
ness IN that stato put at least half their
receipts in Texas Investments in the
State.
Receivers Seymour and Lightner of the
Bank of Minnesota, made a statement
Thursday evening giving the nominal as
sets at So, 40, 000 and the liabilities to
creditors 50, 325, 900. OF the bills reeeiva-
BILE 1922, 600 are in the hands of other
banks 20 secure loans. About 81, 600, 600 is
due depOsitors.
John III. Mitchell was the unanimous
choice of the caucus held by the Republic
can members of the Oregon legislature
Thursday evening for United States Sen
ator. There were "a members in the eau
Gus including Nosler, whosa seat is con-
ported Mckinley.
Grand Canton J. II. Dearborn, Patri
arch Militant, has decided TO move its
headquarters to Saco. A petition to that
effect has been sent to the grand council
Mayor Swift has signed the Chicago or
dinanoe making it an offence punishab bic
with fine of So for woman to wear
hat at theatre.
There Is movement on foot to close
down the big Maid of Erin pumping
plant at Leadville. This will mean the
flooding Of all the down town property
and the drowning also Of the mines on
tho carbonate hill. The flooding of the
mines and station referred to will mean
ruin to industries and financial loss OF
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The police searched the apartments of
the clipping Princess Chimay and her
Hungarian Gypsy paramount, Rigo, at
Buda Pestb, on account of information
received that she was a Russian spy.
Nothing was found except some letters
addressed to her by spies.
Sir Travers TWiss, the eminent English
iurisconsult, is dead. Heaawas born in
Westminster, March 10. 1909. For several
years he was professor of political eoono-
my at Oxford and afterward Regius pro-
lessor of civil law in the same university.
The Chinese minister Yang w, called
at the state depart mentss Thursday to an
nounco thas W. U. Ting Fang had been
appointed to succeed him, and that he
had been promoted to Russia. He said
he expected his successor late In March,
at which time he should himself depart
for st. Petersburg.
Minister de LONE disorsdits the report
the Gomez has captured the city of Santa
Clara. He says that Gomez has not NOR
than 1900 men with him, instead of IS, 600
as reported, and that Gomez has not heen
anywhere i'll the neighboIhood of Santa
Clara.
The Senate committee on Pacific rail-
roads has agreed to report favorably the
Gear bill providing for q commission con-
secretaries of the treasury and the inte-
rior, for the settlement of the debts of
these roads.
Inspector Douglass started for Bangor
Yesterday morning to arrest Martha Wal
lace on the charge of breaking and enter
ing the room Of Sarah Habb, s Isabelle
street, Boston in June last, and the lar
ceny of dress and a macintosh. 1t is
said that Martha stole the things and
then went to Bangor where she stole |
some more things and was sent to jail.
Her term has just expired.
Fire started In Slack Bros. restaurant
at Milan, Mo-, Friday and destroyed the
entire business block on the north side Of
the city. Loss over $685. insurance
$ls, 900.
Executions for S3S9s were issued Friday
against G. S. Herr, furniture dealer of
Lancaster, Pa. Herrs assets, aggregate
nearly $40, 0t0 and are believed to more
TIL an cover the liabilities.
A dispatch to a London Eews agency
from Shanghai says that the United
States gunboa Yorktown and the cruiser
Detroit have been ordered TO Nagasaki to
Join the United States squadron there.
Thence, the dispatch says, the vessel will