Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-02-25
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires From the North. East
| South and West.

1 ne New Jersey House pasSc'i the racing
b lis over the Governors veto Friday.
Mr.. Cleveland has appointed Henry f..
Thurber of Detroit as his private secre
tary,
The French steamer Donnai was sunk in
collision near Saigon, Wednesday. Seven
persons were drowned.
AT GAINESVILLE. S c., Thursday night,
while colored woman was at n frolic, her
five children at home were burned to death.
Redwine, the defaulting cashier of the
Gate City National Bank of Atlanta who
absconded with some $50, 900, was caught
Friday. lie refuses TO talk and has no
money.
Great Falls, N H., is now city.
the charter being granted by the Legisla-
ture Thursday and approved by the Gov
ernor Friday. 1t is incorporated as the
city of Somersworth.
The French Chamber of Deputies passed
A bill FRIDAY that tax be levied on time
bargains on Boursc. The Chamber then
rejected proposal to impose tax on time
bargairs in produce and merchant ,se.
The federation of the Master Cotton
Spinners in session at Manchester, Eng.
Friday resolved to adhere to the five per
cent reduction and to listen TO no more
propositions for compromise from the
operatives.
The first annual convention of the New
| Englanl Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation opened at Y. NJ. G. A. hall, Prosi-
lence, Friday. There were Ia delegates
present, representing assoc ia,ions from all
over New England
Friday was the closing day of the meet
ing of the Daughters OF the Revolution at
/ Washington Mrs. Stevenson, wilr of the
Vicc-presi ent-clcct, was elected president
/ general. Mrs. II.N .Eoynton was rt-electc,i
| yice-presileut in charge of the organiza-
| ton
| Senator Frve. chairman of the Senate
commerce committee Introduced in the Sen
ate FRIDAY a copy of the Curtis bill ported
! favorably 10 the House. authorizing the
secretary of the treasury to fix and i;mit the
| compensation of collectors and survey DTS OF
customs
| The receivers of the Rea1ing ut Phila-
delphia announced Fri lay that penfling the
, receipt of orders from the court, The pay
ment of interest upon preference bonds
would he discontinued. Comparatively few
/ first and second preference coupons are
| outstanding.
/ The strike of the switch tenders of the
I Chicago 4 Western Indiana il practically
over. The company is putting in new men,
! aud the men in other branches of the ser
vice will not 20 out. Everything will be
running smoothly as be fore tie strike with
| in few days.
| Judge Gresham called Friday on .S-Sec-
retary of State Foster at the Fifth Avenue
/ Hotel and remained in conference about an
hour Afterwsrd Mr.. Foster denied that
the Behring sea question vas touched upon,
and said the meeting vas Of purely a
friendly nature.
| The Milwaukee property of the Phila'lei
phii & Reading Railroad Company was At
tacI,ed Friday by the sheriff on claims OF
I ST. 600 alleged to he due the Brown Con
veying and IIeisiiHg Company of Cleve-
! land ohio. The Readiag's Milw aukee
prope ty comprises docks and lands worth
over 5000 900, and about 900 tons of
coal.
Edward Iian'an of Toronto and Wallace
( Ross of New York signed an agree ment
FRIDAY. in New York, to row race for the
Fox championship challenge cup anil a
purse of $1,000 offered by the donor of tn,
cup. The distance Is To be five miles viii
turn: and the rare to be for the tive-niI,
single scull championship of America. The
race is TO be rowed on Nav 81 next at plac,
to be mutually agreed upon.
The French Court of Cessation announces
Friday its decision of the rejection of tn
appeal of Charles lie Lesseps, Marcus Fon
tame and NJ. sans Leroy from Indictment
charging the two former with corrupiinl
members of the Chamber of Deputirs, au'
the latter with receiving bribe wtile
member of the Chamber The trial o
Charles de Lesseps and his fellow defend
ants viii proceed in the assize court.
The schooner Eta A. Simpson o
Thomastou, Coombs, from Union Island
! Ca. for New York. took heavy northeas
gale. Sunday, half way between Barnegs
and Highlands of New Jersey, anil lost he
jib. She succeeded in reaching Vinegar
Haven, Mass, Friday. The sehoone
Douglass Dearborn, ashore at Guilty hunk
: lis badly broken up the recent sever
| sou,her1y weather and will be a total loss