Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-11-22
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/ Charles Auguste, hereditary grand
| duke of Sake Weimer Eisenbach, died at
Cape ST. Martin, Tuesday, aged 30 years.
! The Portland, Ore. Savings Bank has
| failed and a receiver has been appointed.
/ Assets, s., $50. 600: liabilities, 81, 43o, 600.
| The foot and mouth disease has broken
out among cattle at Falmouth and slit
| ingbourne, Eng, and the boards OF agrl-
culture have been notified of its existence
Two steamers carrying H. 900 bales OF
| American cotton, the first of the SEA son,
entered the Manchester ship canal, en-
route for Manchester, Wednesday morn
| ing.
The steamer Empress of China arrived
at Vancouver, b. c., Tuesday evening, at
ter quick trip. Her cargo is the largest
ever brought and contains large amount
of silk for Boston.
| A dispatch to the Pail Mall Gazette
from st. Petersburg, says that, reports to
the contrary Notwithstanding, NJ. DE
! Giers, Russian foreign minister, has not yet
retired from Office.
All of the mourning emblems which
were displayed in the streets and upon
public and private buildings at st. Peters
burg, prior to the funeral of the late Gar,
have been removed.
The Russian government has received
DISPATCHES from Erzeroum, confirming the
reports of the Sossoun massacre of Arme-
mans. The Turkish soldiers killed many
Kurds who refused to help them kill the
| Christians.
The Westminster Paper Cos mill at
Bellows Falls, VT, was partially burned.
Wednesday. In removing reel from
machine, the men accidentally upset
lamp over pile of paper. Loss, 500, 600;
insured, $31 900.
Secretary Gresham has received the
reply of the japanese government to the
| offer of mediation made by our govern
nent between China and Japan. The
contents, of this dispatch are withheld
from the public, at present.
The convention of the United Garment
Workers of America was continued at
New York, Wednesday. Most of the day
was taken up with a discussion in regard
to granting IA charter to local unions, but
nothing definite was accomplished.
! Nearly the whole business portion of
I Savannah Mo-, was destroyed by fire,
Tuesday, the loss being estimated at $780,
900 The fire started in a restaurant ad-
Joining Odd Fellows hall, and before the
/ fire was put out the stores of 10 firms were
wiped out.
William A. Jones, the wealthiest farm
err near Chillicothe, Ohio. was buncocd out
/ of $1,000 by two strangers, Wednesday,
who worked the tin box game on him.
The box contained letter to Mr.. Jones,
advising him to be little shrewder when
next he bet.
John c. Grcenway, for two years an end
on the Yale foot ball eleven, has finally
decided to yield to his physicians orders
and will not play in the big games this
year. Greenway's place will be filled by
| Louis Hinkey, freshman, brother of
| Capt. Frank Hinkey.
The white laborers employed ut Viii
/ liams Lumber Company in Escambia
county, Alabama, objected to the presence
of so negroes who had just been brought
| in, and, Monday night, fired in to a party
of them, killing three. The remainder of
the negroes fled from the camp.
The Boston Municipal League, We'd
nesday night, declared in favor of the
substitution of one man for the present
police commission. Rev L. 5. Tobey of
Berkeley Temple, asserted that there
would be a legislative investigation into
the acts of the Boston police force.
The most terrific and destructive wind
storm known at Dunkirk, n. Y. in 20
years, prevailed all Tuesday night, doing
great damage throughout this entire sec
ton. The damage in that city is heavy,
but insignificant compared with the loss
sustained in the country south of here.
| lost.
A telegram to Harvard college observa
tory from Lowe observatory, California an
nounces the discovery of a comet by Ed
ward Swift. The position Of the comet,
Nov 90, at 8. 80, was: right ascension, 22
hours, Is minutes, 20 seconds; declination
SOUTH 13 degrees, : minutes. 1t is faint,
with a short tail, and has a slow easterly
| motion.
Several OF Wednesdays Paris papers
publish an interview with a Soudan ex
plorer, in which he declares that the
Turraeg tribe holds four European prison
ers, one of them being Col Flutters who
was reported to have been murdered in
February 1881, while surveying the
route for the projected Central Soudan
Railway.
Ex-Mayor Andrew J. Bently of New
London. CT, has, through his attorneys,
served notice upon his successor, James
p johnston, that he will ask for recount
of the votes cast ut the city election, last
October, on the principal ground of illegal
stay of certain ballots. The application
is returnable, Mover. Johnston's plural
ity was about 25.
Charles e. Marcy, aged 20, of 80 State
street, Springfield, Mass, committed
suicide, Wednesday, by shooting i'll the
head He had been foreman of the black
smith department at the United States
armory for 40 years and retired last year
owing to old age. Since then he has been
despondcnt at times. He is survived by
two daughters and a son.
Iabouchcrcs Truth says. in para
graph concerning the Queens health:
Her majesty has aged very much during
the autumn and can walk only a few steps
owing to recurring rheumatism in the
knees " Truth also confirms the report of
the Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha's illness.
He is said to be suffering from neuralgia
| eczema and internal troubles