Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-08-17

who is in Merrimack county jail, Concord,
still p,ee<kves stoical silence. County
SOLICITED &paovan gave orders to SheIif
Fellows and his assistants, "Wednesday
night, that no attempt should be made to
pump the young man, 20 he is unmolested
in his silence. He slept well and had q
good appetite in the morning.
The Managus, Nicarauga, correspondent
of the London Times telegraphs "A noted
protocol has been signed uniting Guatemala,
Nicafauga, San Salvador and Honduras
into one republic. to be known as the Cen
trail American republic. Costa Rica was
also represented at the conference which
discussed ,he proposed union, but that
government has declined to sign the pro-
tocol. I'D. .e-~- <~ ~
At Denver, Thursday, on the new cycle
track, Turnbull of Denver lowered novice
record of 2 30 to .2.23 SIS. Brown OF
Cleveland lowered mile competition from
PIP 3-5 to 2.l0 3-5. Titus lowered his
own five-mile record from 1928 to IL 10 10.
Bald of Buffalo reduced half-mile record
from Ito to O5 l,5. Lee Richardson,
Chicago, lowered record for riding back
wards, mile, from 2.37 3-5 to 2 30.
The grand jury at Memphis, Tenn,
Wednesday, found 304 indictments against
persons in Shelby county, making 53S in
dictments found in two days, charged with
selling liquor without q license. Investiga-
tons have developed the fact that the
county, state and city have lost about ST.
500 600 in the past eight years from failure
to collect this revenue. Before the end of
this week it is expected that over 1000 in
dictments will have been turned into the
court. ......-. ..
The Shanghai correspondent of the Lon
don Times says that Japanese troops have
been landed in Corea and that more are
landing almost constantly. The Chinese
fleet is passive. In Japan the war spirit is
intense and universal, said the CORES.
pendent, and the press and popular orators,
both under official control, are developing
schemes for the conquest CT Manchuria.
As the Japanese government continues to
s1ercise strict censorship over all news,
everything reported concerning the war is
extremely partisan. is eap &'s
The damage to corn crops IN parts o.
Kansas and Nebraska is so great that tie
ST. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad has is-
sued orders for the abandonment of over 8
dozen stations on its lines. The officers Of
the road say the stations are not abandoned
permanently, although there is little proba-
biIity of their being reopened until another
crop is assured. People along the line in
the sections where the stations are closed
depended almost entirely on the corn crop,
and now are leaving in great numbers, and
there is absolutely no business for the rail
roads.
Steamer Gen. Slocum grounded near
Rockaway inlet, New York, Wednesday
evening, about 6 80 o'clock. There were
over 1000 passengers on board. Somewhat
of panic occurred, but there were no cas-
ualties, and the officers of the vessel sue
ceeded in quieting the fears of the excur-
sionists. Steamer Angler took off 500 of
the Slocum's passengers. Some remained
aboard the Slocum, others were taken of
by boats that were on the scene. The
Gen. Slocum probably is not seriously dam
aged. and it is expected that she will be
hoated at the next high tide.