Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-05-24

stroyed. Loss, $1,000; no insurance. A
house near by. owned by Kate O'Clsire,
was damaged S400; insured.
The Primitive Methodist conference at
Fall River, Macs. was brought to a close,
Tuesday night. Among the appointments
are the following: Lowell. first. Rev. VII.
Yarrow; Lowell second, Rev. f. J. Kee-
vii; Lawrence, first, Rev. Alfred Hum
phreys; Lawrence, second, Rev. j. Iren-
berth; Lynn. w. A. Lindsay.
The strike of the lasters in the j. w.
Walcott & Co.'s shoe factory at Natick,
Mass, is still on. A new move was made,
Wednesday, when a dozen more scab work
men went to work in the places vacated by
the strikers. The working people, as a
whole, are thoroughly angered at this
latest phase of the situation.
A treaty has just be en- made concerning
the Congo, between King Leopold and the
British ministry. This is considered the
most important African treaty concluded
for many years. and is a master stroke of
diplomacy on the part of King Leopold, as
it shuts out France from the Nile basin and
places the Congo state under obligations to
fight the Soudan dervishes.
A largely attended meeting of ciliz, ms a.
Gilmanton, N. FL was held, Tuesday, tn
take action ia regard to rebuilding the Gil
manton Academy, which was burned, Sun
day. The s. n:iment of the meeting was in
favor of rebuilt ling at once, and commit
tee was appointed to solicit funds from ciii-
II. H. "a
pledges for $1,000 the first day.
Moody Merrill, Boston's missing lawyer,
trustee and inancier, whose shady transac-
liods involve maDv Thousands of dollars.
WAS disbarr-d by Judge Blodgett in the su-
perior court, Wednesday. The petition
was based upon a specific fraudulent tran
sactioa by which Merrill deprived Mrs.
Jeanie Eastman. administrative of the es-
tate of j. B. Eastman, of $4,000.
The committee of prominent citizens ap-
pointed by Mayor Corbin of New Britain,
Ct., to investigate the water department of
that city J., has made report and finds an
unauthorized expenditure of S2l ,2SS by
Chairman Jsmes W. Ringrose of the board
found the accounts of the department in a
lOOct duu uIDuslHcsSllht uduucIs
Bessie May, aged about 60, maiden sister
of Edwin May who twice last week attempt
ed to kill herself in East Woodstock, CT +,
attempted suicide, Tuesday, by jumping
into a WE'LL but she was rescued. Irving
May, her brother, who cut his throat two
weeks ago, is closely watched to prevent a
second attempt. They are unmarried and
lived together in remote part of the town.
When the steamer Majestic arrived ut
Q ieenstown, Wednesday, from New York,
sh. was b ,arded by Detective O'Neill, who
ARE sted Thomas Feeney on information
supplied in telegram from London. Fes-
ney is alleged to have run away from
Brooklyn, N. Y, with large sum of
money belonging to bis employer. A large
amount of money was found on his person.
General Kelley, commander of the Com
monwealers announces that he intends to
speak in front of the Capitol at Washington
without violating the grass ordinances, which
proved so disastrous to Coxey. Kelley
says he has s,:ured balloon from an
aeronaut Of q aincy, Ill. land from the car sus-
p nded in mid air, he will address the
crowd in front of the Capitol steps in de-
fiAnce of the district authorities.
Steamer Berks, Philadelphia for Boston,
with a barge, retained to Philadelphia,
Wednesday, and reports that while crossing
Goose Island bar, below Newcastle, she
was in collision supposed on the night of
May 22) with a scow loaded with about 200
tons Of sand, lying at anchor on the range
lights. The Berks has hole stove in her
starboard bow, about Is feet in length,
above the water line. The scow sustained
no apparent damsge.
The Hood barn on the Trull farm, in
Tewksbury, Mass, was burned, Wednes-
day night. In the barn were 20 cows, four
bulls and eight calves, owned by C. I.
Hood of Lowell, and a horse owned by
jesse Truli. Everything was lost but the
calves. The stock WAS all blooded and
hsd but rect ntly arrived from the West.
MIR. Hood estimates his loss at $4,000 to
$50 900; fully insured. The Ere is sup
posed to have been caused by trsmps.
The Alabama Democratic convent on,
w, dnesday, unanimously adopted resolu-
TORS endorsing Cleveland's administration,
favorrg free coinage of silver whenever it
can be done consistently with the manten-
ance of s,und and safe currency, urging
the speedy reform of the tariff and speedy
repeal of the 10 per cert. tax on the issue
of state banks; fsvoriag the construction
of the Nicaragua canal under The practical
ownersl ip or C, ntrol of the government.
L. n ION Truth in an article endorsir @
the lsncet's views on the Manchester thp
canal, makes an unmea ured assault upon
the work. The canal" it says, al, little
better than oHen sewer. The water is in a
I'll hy con ision, rec living as it does tie
sewage of the ci y and number of towns,
thus cndangering the lives of thousands
employed in its ,i'inity. Owing to Il e
Il q Y con ,iIion of tie canal the O leen's s