Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-23
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Wednesday with less OF SoO,Uoo.
The Massachusetts, House Thursday post
poned action on the enRrossment OF the
municipal suffrage bill until next Thursday.
John 3. Yates. jobber in American
watches, New York, assigned, Thursdsy.
Liabilities, $40 1000; assets, S25 900.
Attorney General d. p. Pride died at
Boise City, Idaho. Thursday. He was for
merly private secretary to Senator Hale OF
Maine.
Union Pacific employees have resolved to
strike March 90 unless the wages question
is settled satisfactorily by the receivers or
Judge Caldwell. az
The dead body Of man about 30 years
old was found On the Charles river Hats at
Boston, Thursday, about 200 feet from
Harvard bridge.
= F. L. Taylor was jailed at Ithaca, N. Y,
Thursday, for refusing to answer judges
questions re gardiug the chlorine poisoning
case at Cornell University.
Emperor William, and Empress Augusta
Victoria arrived at, Abaszia Wednesday.
Upon landing, Emperor Will am received a
telegram OF welcome from Emperor Franse
Joseph.
TIE cid colonial mansion belonging to
the estate Of Nathaniel Ropes en- Essex
street, Salem, Mas, was damaged by al
incendisry fire, Thursday, to the extent of
$4,000; insured.
Among the commence ment prize speak
ers appointed at the Goddard seminary,
Barre, VT, sre: Ola Dudley, Bryant's
Pond. Me L. l.. Leonard, Calais; Rich
ard X MT, Calais.
The statement published in the Irish
Times that Mr.. Sexton has intimated his
intention not to return to Parliament, after
the dissolution of that body, is denied by
Mr.. Sexton himself.
The jary 10 the case of Alexander Scott
Jameson, the Gravesend constable at New
York, charged with perjury, Thursday re-
turned verdict of guilty, with r, IN
mendation for mercy.
George W. Howe, principal Of the gram
mar sci DOL at Lowell, Mass, died Wednes-
day, after several weeks illness, at the
age of 81. He has been principal in the
Lowell schools since 1876.
Tie Baltimore Manufacturers Record
says that special reports from New England
show greater disposition than ever before
vest in Southern cotton mills.
The first through train on tie Union Pa
ciic since Thursday of last week arrived at
Portland, Ore, Wednesday. 1t will take
the postofiice department 4S hours of con-
slant work to distribute delayed mails.
1t is learned from, an authoritative quar-
ter that the Queen and Prince of Wales
have given conset to the marriage of Lord
Rosehery and the Princess Maud of Wales,
and that an official announcement may be
expected any day.
The great st foo in the history of Gen.
trail Arkansas is now on, AMI that part of
the state is rapidly approaching the condi-
ton of an inland sea. IL has ra'ned almost
necessarily all over the state and in Indian
Territory for four days.
Madeline Baudet, aged ., died at Boston,
Thursday night, from injuries received
three weeks ago at the hands of her father,
Frank Baudet, and his paramour, Ina ID ,rl
ing. The couple are in jail and probably
will be charged with manslsughter.
The counsel for Champion Corbett. at
Bost II, Thursday. fled motion for new
trisl in Joe Lannon's suit, in which the lat
ter was awarded $500 for breach of con-
tract. Ii is claimed that the verdict was
against the evidence and excessive DAM
ages.
Sagehomme & Hyers hive notifel tie
opers,i, es employ ed in their worsted mill
at North Ardover. Mass that the rate Of
wages that prevailed before the recent and
Only cut Gosn was made by them dur
log the bu.iaess dcpre, ION, several months
past, has been restored.
The suspension of the Loudoa and River
Piase Bank. London, was announced,
Thursday. The capital stock Of the ins,i-
tuition a, 81 100000, of which s. a24 CTS
had been paid up. The authorities OF the
bank have petitiored for ccmpulsory
I winding up Of its affairs.
The Berlin Rel, BIS ,nzsiger m ,kes the Of
ficixl announcement that the Emperor has
given his sanction to Cuanceliur Won C,p-
.piivi to the is,u .nce by the finince depart
men. OF treasury bonds to cov.r tn. iume-
date wants of tn, empir' The issue i,
not {, exceed lGj coo 0oJ marks.
! A dispatch from G enable, the pit. ! II
the department Ut Isers, France, states that
= paui.. wss ceeasad in tb, c1,uprf. .,f n Il