Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-02-02
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from the North, East,
South and West.

Schooner Fred and Elmar lies on the
beach at Provincetown, Mass, full If
water.
The Senate has confirmed the ,minatic n
of Jesse X. v ii.ett. postmaster AT Waldo
boro, Me.
The customs committee of the French
Chamber OF Deputies has decided 10 in.
crease the corn tax to s francs, with slid
ing scale.
The conservation of Rev. Arthur c. A..
Hail, d. D., as the third bishop of Yer
mont, " i'll take place at St. Paul's church,
Burlington, VT, Friday.
At Salem, Mass, Thursday, Jane, E..
O'Neil of Haverhili, convicted of an assault
on his wife, was sentenced to three years
in the house of correction.
The three-cornered billiard tournament
at Cincinnati. for purse of $500, began
Tuesday night. Schafer won the fir. t
game, defeating Slosson, 600 to 1872.
The expected default by The Atchison
Company of payments due holders of a
large proportion of the securitie, of Corado
Midland Railroad occurred Thursday.
Fire at Chicago Thursday destroyed the
wooden and willow ware storehouse and
factory of Felix & Marstor. causing lJss
of $4,000 on building, $4,000 on con-
tents fully insured.
The great silk stores of Favre & Lioux,
Lyons, France, were burned Thursday.
The fire spread from the store Of Favre &
Lioux 10 several private houses, which wei e
burned. Total loss, 10000 francs.
A letter has been received from the Car
in response to an autograph letter written
to His Majesty by the Pope. The Car
promises that pea"e shall be observed
towards Catholic, through tut the Russian
empire.
In the French Chamber of Deputies
Thursday, at the conclusion of debate in
regard to the condition of the navy, the
Chamber adopted an oder expressing con-
dence in the government, the vote SITS lding
$50 to 100.
d. W. Reeves, leader of the Ameri ,an
Band, Providence, has signed, the action
being forced by an attachment made by n
New York publishing and engraving house
for debt contracted when he was leader of
Gllmore's Band, New York.
The Hartford, CT, street board will set
so of the 250 uns mpioyed men who applied
to work on the streets, Monday, under the
city resolution appropriating $4,000 for
that purpose. They Will be paid 81 day
for eight hours.
The English House Of Lords resume
Thursday The debate on tile parish councils
bill. The Conservative ms ,rity paes&d q
ser1es OF amendments which tile Marquis of
Ripop, speaking for the governme nj, in j.
m ated would not be accepted.
Wilhelm Mas, PARTNER in the firm of
Solomon Mas & Co., Bankers, Mannheim,
Germany, failed tes days ago, with lia-
biiities Of 20 600 600 has been arrested. A
bop merchant, named Luiwia Mas, a
friend of the bankers, who was Involved in
the failure, committed suicide.
Schooner Orpheus, Capt. Derihe, from
New Foundland with frozen herring, from
Gloucester, Mass, put Tito Liverpool,
S.. Thursday, for assistance. Her mate,
Thomas Cummings, and two seamen nam, d
II imey Burke and Julian Rowe, were
washed overheard in Monday nights gale.
Root & Clark, attorneys in behalf of the
second mortgage bondholders of the New
York & New England R,ilroad Company,
Thursday fled protest ia the United
States circuit court, ut New York, against
Judge Wallace's order of Jan. 23, confirm
lug the appointment of Thomas C. Platt
and Marsden J. Perry as receivers.