The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-26
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Senator M. A.. Hanna saws
the statement that President
Mckinley is considering q plan
whereby the freedom of Cuba is to be
purchase from Spain for $100, ,a00, 900, the
amount to be secured by Cuba is not
authoritative.
All the manufactures of window and
flint glass together with 95 per cent of
the green glass establishments in the
country, Will shut down at midnight
next Wednesday and it is likely they may
remain closed for the longest period in
the history of the industry.
Manager Williams of the Columbia
Opera company at Los Angeles, Cali,
has received a telegram from Frank Cur
at Rossland, B. c., to the effect that
Curtis's wife, who was known on the
stage as Pauline Williams, was killed in
a mine shaft at Rossland.
A detective who has been investigating
the fatal shooting of Lieut.. Ayers, a
commissariat officer, and 1.-THE serious
wounding of Plague Commissioner Rand
in Bombay, Tuesday evening last, has
been found insensible at the bottom of
He was suffering from several wounds
in the head and is in a critical condit-
ion.
The President today sent the following
nominations to.the Senate: State, Irving
B. Dudley OF California, to be minister
to Peru; to be consul, Frank Denison
of Vermont, at Woodstock. N. B.; Frank
Dillingham; of California at Auckland,
N. S. W.
Elders Rydalch, Pomaroy, Paris and
Jones, four Mormon elders from Utah,
were run out of Meridian last night. The
elders have been in the city several days
arranging for meetings, and yesterday
began house to house canvass for the
purpose of securing converts.
A negro named Mosely who killed
Farmer John Strong, near Crystal
Springs, Miss, few days ago, and who
was arrested at that place and confined
to jail. was hanged by o mob there at
$50 O'Clock Friday morn ing.
The London Echo publishes an inter
view with DR.. Chauncey NJ. Depew in
lief that the arbitration treaty between
the United States and Great Britain
will be law before the end of President
Mckinley term of office.
The Russian turret iron clad Gangot,
one Of the best vessels in the imp erial
navy ran h upon reef near Transund,
yesterday. monring, during a storm, and
sank almost Immediately. The crew is
reported saved.
n CLARK Lewis was hanged at Fayette-
vile, W. Va, Friday before large
crowd. He sang on the scaffold. Lewis
was hanged for the murder of Charles
Gibson, whose. death appeared to be de-
sired by Mrs. Gibson to enable her to
continue her carousals with Lewis and
one or two others, who were jointly con-
victed with Lewis.
Jim Williamson, convicted of compli-
city in the murder of the Crocker family
in 1925, was hanged at Wharnto, Texas,
Friday.
Terrell Hudson, negro, was hanged
at Decateur yesterday. Hudson killed
Seaborn Malcolm, another negro.
A special cable from leading flour
importer of Amsterdam to the North
western Miller, states that the protec-
zionist party in Holland has been totally
defeated and a free trade majority was
elected. This assures the future of the
American -four trade with Holland.
Bids for s35, 900 worth of city of Water
vile funding bonds were opened yester-
day afternoon. Esterbrook and company
of Boston got th e bonds at lOS.55.
The torpedo boat Foote made the re-
uuired "a 1-2 miles an hour over the
measured course ON the Chesapeake, Fri
day. On this, her second trial, she had
2S seconds to spare.
Henry Osgood, bicyclist, while riding
on the road to Wakefield, near Hollis
Mills, last night, was robbed by an
amateur highwayman, who also stole his
wheel.
1t is rumored that Canon Bruchesi has
been appointed archbishop of Montreal.