Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-28
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The body of Charles o. Morrell of Sa' E
bury Point, Mass, missing since Feb. IL
last, was found floating in the Merlin c
iser al Newbur,port, Friday. He had
been 10 the insane asylum several times al d
left no.e stating he feared be would nave
IN GO there again, and preferred to take his
hfe.
Some 400 or 500 acres OF brush and tim
Der lsnl near Swans hill, Athol, Mass
owned ~ c. w WOODWARD, has been
| burning Tor the p,se three days and Il e
past three Days and the firemen cannot get
/. under c,utrol. Farm houses, barns, etc.,
are tLreatened. Ram is needed to extln-
gui,h the fire.
The Adm. schoolhouse, corner Water
town and Crafts streets, West Newton.
Mass. was burped, Friday. When the fire
was oiscoyereI, 800 Ur more children were
in tile building. They were dismissed and
filed Gu. quie tly, knowing nothing of the
cause until they reach ID the street. All the
hooks in the builiipg were destroyed. Loss,
$4,000.
The president of the R"yal Geographic
Society has appealed tcthe public for funds
with which to start a rescue expedition to
the North. He wishes to ascertain the fate
of the two Z glishmon who accompanied
Bjoerlit and Kalstf MUS on their unforti
nate Gre. inland expedition. He says tn t
nothing ju..ifes the assumption that these
Englishinen are dead.
Harvard continued its unremittent list of
sicto1i,s over Yale on the deb,tng plat
form, at New Haven, Friday night, defeat
ing the Blue people for the sixth consecu-
i've Ii ne. The question was: Res Olved,
That Full Membership in The House of
Representatives Should be Given Members
of the Cabinet Yale supported tie af-
firmative and Harvard the negative.
In the Rhode Island House the ct allow
ing mari, d women to make contracts with
tn. ir husbands was reconmitted TO the
judiciary committee and will probably not
be heard from again. The act was passed
providing for plurality elections for repre-
sentatives in Congress. The House failed
to concur in the Senate resolution for final
adjournment and there will be at least an
other week of the session.
| The help at f. NJ. Rockwell's wooden
mill at l. omi lister, Mass !, went out for a
iendly consultation to see if better wages
could not be obtained. Friday a compro-
mise was made, and at noon word was sent
to Mr.. Rockwell that they would do no more
" ork or allow any one else to unless the
full wages that they demanded were agreed
TO. Mr. Rockwell paid his help and his
mill is closed.
The London Times says: without
wishing to question the ability of New Tea
land to control her island, we are incline d
TO doubt whether past experis nce is of much
avail in the complicated Samoan problem
The main difficulty, however, is that Great
Britain would be answerable for the actions
of New Zealand. Great Britain does not
feel especially called to play the knight
e-rant in unraveling the tangle of Samoan
affairs
Inc health department officers of Chi
cago have declared that smallpox is 'pi-
demic between Ashland avenue and Hal
stead and South 47th street. twenty-five
cases have been discovered within the last
4S hours. On the recommendation of the
health commits Toner, the board of educa-
ion has decided to close all the public
schools for one week, 70 that all danger of
the disease breaking out among the pupils
may be averted.
Daniel S. Parker, highly esteemed res
| ident of South Weymouth, Mass, commit
ted suicide Friday. He stepped out into
the yard just after breakfast and placing a
revolver to his breast shot himself through
the heart, dying almost Instantly. He was
II years of age and leaves a widow and one
daughter. Mr.. Parker was in the leatht I
remnant business there for years, retiring a
few years ago on account Of i'll health. 1t
is thought temporary insanity caused the
act.
Signor Giovanni Conega'lo questioned the
Italian government in the Chamber Ut
Deputies Thursday, regarding the action of
France in expelling Gen. Goggia, an Italian
army officer, as a spy. Baron Blanc, minis
ter of foreign affairs, said France had a
perfect right to expel foreigners without
giving any reason. The Italian govern
ment has proof, he said that Gen. Goggia
was not spy, but it is deemed more digDi-
fed not to make representations to France
on the subject.
Work was recently resumed in No.
wooden mill at Waterford, r. =, after
nearly years idleness, on contract With
the Riverside Company of Providence,
whose mills have been stopped bya strike.
Now the weavers at Waterford have noti-
fed their employ err that they will stop their
looms if the fines system in vogue is not
modified. The Waterford employers reply
that this can only be done with the consent
of the Riverside Company, to whom the
matter has been referred.
A reporter who has returned from tie
scenes of the earthquake in Greece, de-