Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-25
NEWS NUGGETS.
Bro uaM BY The Wires from the North, East
South and West.

Mrs. Parnell's condition at Borden
town. ". j., Wednesday night, was I'M
changed and as critical as for the past "a
hours.
It is reported that French syndicate has
bought the island of Anticosti, in che St
Lawrence, from the liquidatOr OF the cid
company.
The first regular train over the Pemigc-
wasset valley branch Of the Concord a
Montreal railroad for 10 days went from
Plymouth, n H., Wednesday.
A St. Petersburg correspondent says
that the Russian finance minister has not
approved the agreement between the
Russian and American petroleum rings
Mr.. O'Grady presented in the New York
House, petition to Congress, and reso-
buttons favoring the annexation Of Canada
to the United States. The resolution was
adopted.
The English House of Commons will
soon be called upon to consider bill
amending the British North American act
to provide for n deputy speaker in the
Canadian Senate.
Absolutely TtlldOlC WI
firms che report OK the death Of the Cuban
insurgcnt leader Jose Maceo, as result
Of the wounds which he received in the
recent fight at Palmarito.
THE, 6asers In J. ID. Nichols & Sons
WOODEN NM ut Tarkiln, Burrillville, r.
t., stfuck!F "Wednesday, Tor an increase of
wages 81 one Vent yard. The employees
OF other departments ask an increase
The lsssees of the Waterford No. /
wooden fnfll, Woonsocket, r. ] , Wednes-
day began the execution Of the threat to
cut out warps and remove the works to
Providence, the strikers failing to return.
The Connecticut House, Wednesday,
passed bill requiring all children be
tween and Is to be educated. except
that children over IA may be exempted II
employed to labor at home or elsewhere.
A large fire in the woods on the plains
q mile from Newmarket, N. H., had
burned over 100 acres. Wednesday, night.
A large amount of cordwood and sawed
timber was destroyed. Loss, $4,000; no
insurance.
In the English House OF Commons, Wed
nestiay, II. W. Russells bill providing for
the perpetuation of the existing temporary
regulation closing drinking saloons In
Ing. 1913 to 90.
Fire ut Sylvania, Ohio, Wednesday,
destroyed seven buildings and at one time
threatened to sweep the whole town. The
town was saved by the efforts of the Toledo
fire department. Loss, $50, 600; insurance,
about one-half.
The New York Senate. Wednesday,
struck out from the New York city police
reorganization bill the amendment to
give tho dismissed members of the force
the right OF appeal. 1t was put upon It's
final passage and defeated, Is to 1G.
A severe forest fire started near Hyan-
nisport, Mass, Wednesday, and. driven by
n high southwcstcrly wind, is burning
rapidly and has gone over hundreds Of
acres Of standing and cut wood in the
forest. The fire at night was burning
fiercely toward Barnstable and West
Barnstable
A week ago the employees at A. l.
Sayles a. Cos. Union Wooden mill, Pas
coag, X. l., demanded an increase of wages
equivalent to Is per cent Surt. Water
house, Wednesday, offered an advance
averaging per cent, and committee OF
the employees empowered to act Is con-
sidering the offer, and probably will ac-
cept.
Instead of few thousand dollars, as
was at first supposed, the dcfalcation of
the late Paul Schulz, Tacoma, Wash,
land agent of the Northern Pacific Rail
road will amount to $1,000 and may
DO more by 5000, 900, according to the re-
port Of the experts engaged in examining
the accounts of the suicide.
James Ward and A. J. Bryant are
wanted by the police for swindling some
600 persons .'he men constituted Ward
Il Co." employment agency, S23 Wash
ington street, Boston, and had offered
places ut Bar Harbor and Cottage City,
collecting 81 from each applicant but
disappeared without furnishing the posi-
tions
An informal and non-commital letter
has been received by President kendrick
Of the Inter Collegiate Athletic Associa-
ton from the president of the Oxford,
Eng, Athletic Association, stating that
the challenge for summer meeting had
been received and the subject would be
considered and a conference he'd with
Cambridge on the subject.
The Berlin Frankfurter Zeitung's cor
RESPONDENT in ST. Petersburg says: dur
ing the last few days Prince Lobanef,
minister Of foreign affairs, has shown a
more reserved attitude toward Frances
representations in favor Of an energetic
protest i'm Toxic Everything indicates
that Russia will play a passive part, ow'
ing to England's attitude. A committee
of ministers has been charged to draw
up scheme to obviatc the necessity OF
Russian warships' uso Of Japanese ports
in certain contingencies.