The Portland daily press., 1897-07-02
e5, 3O5, 243, in the following proportions:
Number Amt. Paid
Employed. for Wages.
BRIEFLY TOLD.

IneOQOr6 FlS6l is now III US Odu IItth
cisco city prison charged with the murder
of Isaac Hoffman. At 5 o'clock he re.
ported at the office of the chief of police
was taken TO the city prison and booked
on six charges, namely: One of murder
| two of forgery, and three of embezzle-
| ment.
The first section of the Chicago
Christian Endeavor train ran into a
freight train six miles west of Akron,
Col, about eight O'Clock: The fireman
was slightly hurt, and the engineer was
seriously injured. One passenger was cut
over the left eye.
Telephone reports from Westfeld
eighteen miles north of Sioux City, Iowa,
announces the death Sunday night by q
bolt Of lightning of Mrs. Charles Nc
Causland, her son, Charles McCausland,
her stepson, Frank Mills, and a hired
girl.
Frank J. Lang, 90 years old, was ar
| rested yesterday afternoon at Central
Falls, r. L., and is believed by the police
to be the murderer Of Mrs. Mary Rodgers
OF Philadelphia, who was brutally killed
and her body concealed in the cellar OF
her home on June 9.
For the first time in history general
census has been taken of the population
of the Russian empire, which Is shown to
number 129, 211, lib, of which "a, GIG ,28C
are males and "a, 594 1888 females.
Senior Canovas del Castillo. the Spanish
premier, and the Duke Of Tetuan, the
minister for foreign affairs, have had q
long conference on the subject OF the
latest news from the United States.
| AS the result of failure Of joint wage
conference of the amalgamated assoc1a-
ton of iron and steel workers and manu-
| facturers to agree upon the scale at the
Y0nn0SfnyVn conference Wednesday, all the
union mills are closed down, and between
| Is, 600 and IS 200 men are idle.
Lieut.. Olin M. Smith has been elected
captain and Sergt Frank Peabody. first
lieutenant of Company l., Second Regi-
| ment at Houlton, the vacancies being
caused by Captain Hu1ne's promotion.
Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw and her husband
Robert; who attempted to commit suicide
| at Somerville, Wednesday, after having
shot his wife and stepdaughter, are each
| in critical condition in the hospital here
today. Annie Cotter, Mrs. Shaw 8
daughter, who was wounded in the back
of the neck, will recover.
| The Charlestown navy yard presented a
scene of more than usual activity yester-
day morning. The first day of July saw
the whole of the force of the Equipment
department at work. The department. has
been running on half time for several
months.
Ellis H. Roberts of New York, today
took the oath of office as treasurer of the
United States at once entered upon his
duties.
The case of the mutilated portions OF
the body found in the waters around New
York has drawn public attention to the
fact that there must be many crimes COM
mitted in that city which are never
brought to light. Thursday the waters
a woman's leg, encased in a stocking has
been found.
| The Hamburglscher correspondent to,
day publishes semi-official despatch
| from Berlin to the effect that the peace
| negotiations between Greece and Turkey
may be expected to be concluded in three
weeks time.
navy of the United States. At exactly
two minutes past two Thursday the fina
orders of the Navy Department were
carried out. The officers and crew as
sembled on deck and Commander Miller
read the orders that made the vessel nc
longer part of the navy. The flag wal
then hauled down and the crew dismissed
Many of the crew Of the Yantic are now
on the receiving ship Wabash, while some
have been transferred to the Marblehead
The officers have not yet received theil
orders.
A heavy earthquake shock was fell
in Centre Harbor, N. H., about An
O'Clock Thursday morning. 1t was &C
companied by deep rumbling like claI
of thunder. Buildings were shaken ane
many people were awakened an alarmed
by the noise and vibrations.
r. G. Lehman, the English coach, wht
coached the Harvard crew, sailed Thurs
day morning on the Normania, accom-
panied by Thomas Nelson Perkins of Bos
| ton.