The Portland daily press., 1897-08-14
BRIEFLY TOLD

| The seconds of Prince Henry of Or
leans and General Albertone had brief
interview Friday, but they postponed
| the discussion of the proposed duel in
consequence of the intervention of Prince
| Victor Emanuel, the nephew of the King
of Italy, who claims precedence over all
others in the matter
The special commission, headed by
United States Vice Consul Carleton, has
returned TO Tangier from the city of Mo
rocco with the answer to the demands of
the United States relative to the rights
of American citizens in Morocco. The
answer is satisfactory.
A special dispatch from Milan says
three Anarchists were arrested there yes.
terday morning and that the police seized
a number of documents, bombs and ex-
plosives. Other arrests are expected to
follow. The italian police claim they
have conclusive evidence of an interna-
tional Anarchist plot.
Some of the ambassadors have not re-
| ceived the replies of their governments
in regard to the evacuation compromise
proposed by the Turkish Minister of For
| eign Affairs, Tewfik Pasha, but it is be-
| lieved the compromise will be accepted
and that the peace preliminaries may be
signed on Saturday
Two thousand men employed on Chica-
COS public school buildings went on q
strike Friday by order OF the Building
| Trades Council. The strike may result
in the closing of some Of the schools.
| United States cruisers Brooklyn and
battleship Iowa are in Provincetown, to
remain until this afternoon. The vessels
came in Thursday night after having
been manoeuvering between Race Point
and Wood End for several hours during
the afternoon.
| Southern Arizona and Northern Mexico
have been visited by terrific rain storm.
All the telegraph lines between Nogales
and Guaymas are down and the greater
part of the Sonora railroad is washed out.
| During the past week the Klondike
| fever has abated somewhat in San Fran.
cisco, owing probably to the discourag-
| ing reports received from Dyea.
| The Oregon Railway and Navigation
| Company's steamer George W. Elder, has
arrived from Dyea. The Elder left Dyea
the 9th instant. She confirms the previ-
GUS reports that both the White and Chill
| cot Passes are blockaded.
| Armour & Co. are negotiating for the
purchase of large lot near the Grand
| Trunk passenger station in Lewiston.
| They propose to put up line four story
brick block, and make Lewiston their
principal distributing point for all
Maine.
According to an official despatch from
Manila, Philippine Islands, to Madrid,
serious revolt and outbreak have taken
place at the military prison at Papanag.
| in the efforts to restore order Two Spanish
Ioldiers were killed and 70 Insurgents.
Many were wounded on both sides.
Twenty-one people had miraculous
escaDe Friday afternoon at Middletcwn,
n Y. A trolley car jumped the track
| and plunged into ditch filled with
| water. Nine women and two children
were more or less bruised.
| The Dominion government is fully de-
termined to collect royalties from mirers
in the Kiondyke and elsewhere in the
Canadian territory in the Yukon, In
spector Strickland Of the mounted police,
left here today for the Yukon. ne takes
detachment OF police with him from
Regina. They will go by way of Dyea
and across the summit Of Tagish.
The German Imperial yacht Hohenzol-
lern, with Emperor William and Empress
Augusta Victoria, returned to Kiel Fri
day afternoon from Constadt roads, The
warships in the harbor saluted and tho
imperial crown prince and Prince Eitel
went on board the yacht and greeted their
parents.
At Washington Mr. Pom Kwang Sob,
ex-minister from Corea, died Friday of
acute consumption, recently aggravated
by over exercise. 1t was MI. Soh's wish
that his body should be cremated,
United States Treasurer Roberts is
about to install in the treasury vaults an
electric protective system by which any
tamperlng with the doors of the vaults or
their contents can be instantly detected
and recorded by an instrument on the
desk OF the captain of the watch force.
Prince Bismarck, in his telegram of
coincidence to Sonora Canovas says: II
have never bowed my head before to any
one, but | bow it every time l hear the
| name of Canovas."