Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-11
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


oa,,t-ation killed himself with shotgun,
Tbnrs9Isy. in barn at Lacota Park. niae
u;les from Woonscock, vi. he Is be-
lIa,sa 10 have bean somewhat unbalanced
mentally.
F,ank d. Spiller, aged 80, years, a
bra ka,nan ON the Bosson & Maine Rail
road. was struck by a passing train neal
the Union street bridge, Lawrence, Mass.
Tbnr.dsy. and almost instantly killed.
| He steDped from the en- CINE Of one train
in front of another.
Cart asa Littlejohp. veteran sea
c.,nta,n Of South Portland, having sailed
since a toy. died, Thursday. of apoplexy.
He s4fIsd the seas for over 60 years. and
va. - wears old. Five sons, all but
ono of whom are captains, and three
daughters survive him.
At Lexington. Ky, Thursday, Valley
Oneen won tic q trot. $500, in three
heat.; best time ?. IS Bouncer won the
Trorsylvaria stake, $4,000. in five heats
hest time. 80 In the 2.16 pace, $1,000,
pbelia won two heats and Heirloom one
best time, 2 ll24, by Heirloom.
TIE worlds bowling record was broken
at PutnaIn, CT, Thursday night. in a
match between the Putnam team and
bowlers from Webster, Mass, Amos
Moore. of the latter team, succeeded in
making no pins in three strings. This
beat q, the worlds record OF 500 pins held
by Lowell, Mass, man.
The order Of the post office department
which las befn in operation for several
months, requiring that 60 days be per
mittcd to elapse before duplicate money
orders should be issued to replace the
originals lost has become dead letter,
and the order will pass out of existence
without another being issued to resind it.
The two-mastcd schooner a. b. Metcalf,
from Bangor, Ne, TO Atlantic City, n.
J. it'll cargo of lumber, which won't
ashore, Wednesday afternoon, on the bar
Will, entering Absecom inlet is fast GO
ing to pieces. The sea pounded her all
Her crew saved nothing but the clothes
they had on.
Til, 10Th New Hampshire State Chris
tian Endfavor convention opened at Con
cord. n. H. Thursday, with very large
Attendance of delegates. The opening
prayer was made by Rev. DIR. Il. d. Aver,
pastor OF the North church, Concord,
which was followed by the delegates
prayer meeting with the theme, The
Holy Spirit, led by Rev. f. S. Bacon.
Recess was then taken.
TIE Liverpool Courier, in announcing
the arrival Of Captains Cranfield and
Sycamore of the Valky1ie III, says that
various startling stories against Ameri-
cans have recently gained currency in
Yachting circles. Captain Sycamore re
fuses absolutely TO talk ON the subject.
The liverpool Post says: When what may
be called an official English report Of the
yacht race is published, there will be start
ling revelations which will throw a strong
light upon various phases of the cup con
test.
a telegram from Bogota says that a
public demand has been made for the
recall of Mr.. Jenner, British minister at
BogOta, because of the stand taken by
him in connection with the claim for
$3.50 900 damages of Puncbard, Mci'ag-
part ard Lowther in the Anticouia rail
road matter. The German government,
the dispatch says, will order the retire
ment of DIR. Luhrsen, its representative
having the claim of Punchard, MoTag-
CART and Lowther under consideration.
A band of rebels, Wednesday, attacked
with dynamite a passenger train from
Remedies. Placetas aud Camahuani,
Cuba. The rebels were concealed in tho
underground along the line, and
threw bomb as the train
passed, the explosion badly wreck
ing one of the cars. The affair
viii cause further falling off in railway
travel as it is feared the rebels Will make
similar attacks. The military guards,
who accompany the trains on the various
railways, are no defenca against attacks
of this kind, in which non combatants
are usually the victims
The National Association of Paint, Oil
and Varnish Manufacturers at Chicago,
Thursday, passed q resolution de-
ct.ring that the association will use
all the means in its power to have
Congress create q perpetual, non par
tisan tariff commission, whose duty
it shall be to adjust the tariff from
time to time and the interests of the
country seem to demand advocating the
entire removal of this important business
question from the domain of partisan
politics and It's relegation to the hands of
practical business men. The bill now
pending in Congress whose author is
Senator Pcttig grew, was endorsed as meet
ing these views.
At New York. Thursday, L. Scott
Kenper was appointed receiver of the
New York Braided Cord Company, on
application of Buckingham & Paulson
creditors. for $4,000. The company was
incorporated January last, with capital
stock of 500, 600. Congressman John
Quinn is president. In April, it is said.
the company purchased the plants and
business of the United Cordage Company
and Union Braided Cord Machine Com
pany of Boston, for $50, 900 This led to
dissensions among the officers of the com
pany and in August, Mr.. Quinn resigned
A month later d. NJ. Whitock was
elected his successor. Other changes fol-
10 we'd and the principal creditors took
measures to protect their claims, which
has resulted in tho leceivership