Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-21
LAST EVENINGS NEWS.

The Burlington road has now all the en-
gineers it wants.
The New York Mail & Express has been
sold to Elliot +. Shepard.
Joseph Gleason was arrested in Portlan,
for embezzling $50 from Ira ID. Bogue.
The mercury dropped GO degrees at Coun
Gil Bluffs Monday and a blizzard followed.
Four thousand persons were killed a
Kien-Shen in Yunnan, China by earthquake
severe snow storm is prevailing in Kan
sas and Nebraska, totally preventing traffic
and travel.
Thomas Smith, druggist of New Sharon
dropped dead in the street Monday night
Heart disease.
| The Senate committee on Foreign relat
ions will probably consider the Fisheries
treaty Saturday.
Joseph d. Mckee Co., propretors of
the Penns ylvana Knitting Mills Philadelphia
have failed; liabilities, 100000.
Sir Charles Tupper and Mr.. Laurier had
lively debate in the Canadian Parliament.
Monday, over the Fisheries treaty.
| State Treasurer James W. Tate of Ken
lucky has been suspended by the Governor
charged with being "A defaulter to the amour,
of Sl50,000.
In the House of Lords, Earl Roseberry
moved for a commission to inquire into the
constitution of that body with view to
amending it.
! The bark Talisman has landed at New
York, with the crew of the American schoOn-
er, Jamesford. wrecked in the blizzard of
the Delaware Breakwater.
! The n. Y. Times correspondent at Berlin
| says one of the German doctors connected
with Kaiser Frederick's case said the chances
were in favor of his living through the sum
mer.
c. \. Shaw, formerly the managing editor
of the Pittsburg Dispatch, died Tuesday
morning. He was one of the brightest and
most successful newspaper workers in the
country.
despatch Tuesday afternoon said A VIC.
lent snow storm is raging here. All COM
muucation by rail with Lille and Havre has
been cut off Mails from Paris to Switzer-
land are showed up.
Cleophas Rochette, manufacturer of boots
and shoes at Quebec has closed his factory,
declaring he will have nothing more to dc
with knights of Labor. One hundred and
fifty employees are thrown out of work.
James Hall of New Vineyard, proprietor
of the New Vineyard House, died Monday
night, of kidney trouble, aged seventy four
years. He was leading citizen of the
town and greatly respected. lie leaves a
family.
Jacob Scheele, convicted of the murder OF
Constable Drucker, at New Canaan, Conn.
was on Tuesday morning sentenced by Judge
florence to be hanged May %, 1889. The
prisoner received the sentence with apparent
unconcern.
a petition was presented Monday, in Par
Lament signed by the leading steamship com
panies doing business in Canada praying fo
the PASSAGE of the kirkpatrick bill to allow
American vessels TO render assistance to yes
sells wrecked or disabled in Canadian waters
contiguous TO the United States.
The March term of the Somerset count,
supreme judicial court opened Tuesday
morning, Judge Haskell presiding, and Mrs
| HAYDEN stenographer. Rev. Mr. Post mad,
the opening prayer. There are forty-fiv,
continued cases on the docket. There was
slim attendance. The lawyers prophesy
short term.
1 The star route case of the United State
against Cornelius Cosgrove of Atchison
/ Kansas. to recover 5000, 900 on expedite,
mail service from Las Vegas to Las Cruces
New Mexico was decided on Monday b.
Judge Brewer OF the United States circui
court, at st. Louis, in favor of the defend
ant
| The Kansas State Board of Railroad Com
missioners has sent a telegram to Chief Ar
thur expressing approval of the law abidip,
and conservative position which he has as
sumed in regard to the strike of the engin
GERS, ard the belief that Arthur's conserva
tive action is approved by ninety-fve pc
cent. of the locomotive engineers of In