Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-28
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have declared that the scheme of England
Russia and France for the effectine of re
forms in Armenia lacks guarantee.
Two Armenians, editors of the .Journa
Vatan, have been arrested at Athens fo
Matchmaking the Turkish minister ant
publishing articles insulting to the Sultan
The American Line steamer st. Louis
which left Philadelphia, Saturday, for
three days trial trip, passed to sea at 6. II
A. NJ, Monday. She was detained in til,
Delaware bay, by fog.
The Concord 81 Montreal Railroad sta
ton at Greenland, N. H., was broken in
to, Sunday night, and bicycle valued at
500, the property of the American Elk
press Company, was stolen
A violent shock of earthquake was ex-
perienced in The village of Agikcnt, dis
trict of Baku, Russia Sunday, and 81
houses were wrecked and many inhabi-
tants buried beneath the ruins.
One new case of small pox was dis
covered at Claremont, n H., Sunday, and
removed to the hospital This is the first
| case in week and was in the Noley
| family. There is another that is regarded
as suspicious.
Gen. Jas. B. Swain died at his home at
Sing Sing. N. Y, Monday, aged rs years
Gen. Swain was a friend of Horace Greeley
and was the first city editor of the New
York Times. He was at one time city
| editor of the Tribune
The forest fires in Wisconsin, which
broke out several days ago, but which
were believed to be under control, are
again reported raging with increased
fierceness along the line of the Duluth.
South Shore and Atlantic Railroad.
A dispatch from Madrid to the London
Pail Mall Gazette, says that cavalry regi-
ments going to Cuba have started ft
Cadiz, where they will embark. The
battalion of infantry ordered to the Phil
lippine islands has been diverted to Cuba
The new British cruiser Terrible was
launched in the Clyde Monday. She is
1880 tons, with engines of %. 900 horse
power. and is expected to develop a speed
of 20 knots an hour. She is 53S feet
long, II feet wide, and has 1926 water
tight compartments.
Reports from Leavenworth and other
Weastern counties in Kansas are to the
effect that ravages of the chinch bugs in
wheat fields are severe. In Leavenworrth
county. where the wheat crop has never
been known to fail, farmers are blowing
up their wheat and planting the fields
At a meetings of the executive commit
tee of the New Hampshire Veterans AS
ISOLATION at Concord, N. H., Monday, it
was voted to change the time of holding
the annual reunion at Weirs from the last
week in August to the first week in
September, beginning Tuesday Sept 3.
Abram Conkling and Henry Vantuyl,
of Tunkhannock, Pa, while returning
home, early Sunday, stepped from the
east-bound to the west bound ira ok near
McCunc' s. on the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
and in front of west-bound passenger
train. Both men were instantly killed
The reply of the Porte to the powers in
regard to the Armenian administration
scheme submitted by tho latter, was ready
for delivery, Sunday evening. but for
some unexplained reason it was suddenly
cancelled, and IL council of ministers has
been summoned to draw up another docu-
ment.
Shortly before midnight, Sunday, Egg
bert H. Chatfield, in saloon argument at
lSOClltSUcI, Az IIituc UIlt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
that he was member of the A. p. A
Dominica Kearns, a bystander said. Il
am glad there is one man willing to
acknowledge it. Upon this Chatfield drew
a revolver and shot Kearns dead. The
murderer was locked up.
A terrific thunder storm over New York
city, at 1926 p NJ, Monday, was pre-
coded by period of total darkness which
lasted from a few minutes past IL until
30. The darkness was as dense as that
which usually prevail at the midnight
hour and caused considerable consterna-
ton. The thunder storm was followed
by heavy rain, which continued all the
afternoon.
The Whitman Mills Corporation was
organized in New Bedford, Monday, for
the manufacture of cotton goods in the
now plant to be erected on Nash Point
1t will start as the largest mill ever insti-
tuted in New Bedford. The capital stock
is 500. coo. The mill is to be two stories
high and will cover tract $50 by 1875
feet In size. The capacity will be 60, 900
spindles and 1900 looms.
The London Times publishes dispatch
from Hong Kong saying that money, arms
and munitions of war are being shipped
from the Chinee mainland to Formosa to
assist the newly established republic in
resisting the Japanese. The dispatch fur
Their says that there is strong anti
dynastic feeling in southern China and
that the leaders fear the declaration of "a
republic in Formosa will wreck their
scheme.
Peter Baton, aged about 81. employed
In running the long distance telephone
line between Boston and Portland, was
instantly killed. Monday. by contact with
the feed wire of the H. NJ. & A. Electric
Railroad, about mile from Amesbury,
Mass. He climbed pole to stretch the
wire when his companions saw him fall
back He was prevented from falling to
the ground by his leg catching in the arm
of the pole. Workmen got ladder and
took Baton down. Physicians were called
and pronounced him dead. He had no
friends in this country.
At 2. &c. yesterday, 80 policemen sur
rounded the Crawford Opera house, 1t.
Joseph, Mo-, and arrested principals and
spectators OF bare knuckle finish fight
which was being quietly pulled off The
pugilists were Red Timely of St. Joseph,
aud Kid Saunders of Omaha. light.
weights, and were in the middle of the
Geeb ,onpd xvhap the doors vars I.ay-or