Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-06
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The Massachusetts house defeated the
woman suffrage bill, 1877 to 81, Tuesday.
The Sons and Daughters of Maine held
their first banquet at the Cooley house,
Springfield, Mass, Tuesday evening.
About $50 were present
D. Hack Tucke, NJ. D., +. r. G. p, LII.
d., the well-known writer upon the sub
ject of mental diseases, died in London,
Tuesday He was born in 1927.
The report of the Harvard Athletic
commit &c on the foot ball question was
presented at the faculty meeting, Tuesday.
AS the faculty did not finish the consider
alton of the report its decision is post
poned until the nextmeeting, March IS.
W. J. Van Patten was re elected mayor
of Burlington. VT, Tuesday, by major
ity of 500 Republican aldermen were
elected in every ward. The Bennington
town election resulted in a complete Re
publican victory by an average majority
of 179.
Nat Herreshoff was not so well, Tues
day. Monday, DIR. Robert Miller was
called to Bristol, for consultation. He
stated that there was no pronounced ty-
phoid symptoms but pneumonia symptoms
were developing on one side, with consid-
cradle bronchial trouble and the patient
very nervous
At conference of the East Pennsylva-
MIA Evangelical Association at Pottstown,
Pa, Tuesday, the following appointments
were made for the New England districts
Joshua Gill, presiding elder, kingfield,
Me. A. B. Clark and f. I. Bayliss, mem
bers quarterly conference: A. f. Clark,
member of the Jesse Lee quarterly confer
ence
1t was reported on Wall street. Tues
day, that the Union Pacific reorganiZa-
ton committee would dissolve on account
of the iripossibility of accomplishing any
results until after the next Congress. l..
M. Schwan, secretary of the committee,
stated that he had had no intimation Of
the prospective dissolution of the commit
tee.
Tuesdays programme at Cannes was
devoted to a review of ali the steam and
sailing yachts which are assembled at
that resort The nautical parade was
brilliant affair and included large num-
Der of pleasure craft. Many yacht owners
entertained parties of guess on board
their boats. In the evening there was
grand banquet at Cercle Nautique.
An offer has been received from Cape
Colony to establish free trade with Canada,
which would give the latter the advantage
in the markets of the Cape equal to 90
per cent over the United States and even
Great Britain. 1t is a practical move in
the direction of the acceptance of the
principle of the preferential trade endorsed
by the Dominion Parliament, two years
ago.
Panama advices under date of Feb
%, say: A Lima newspaper reports the
American bark Portland Lloyd, 100 tons,
with cargo of nitrate, was wrecked in
the bay of Junin, and all the crew
drowned except two These state that
before the wreck occurred a mutiny
amongst the crew took place, resulting in
the death of the MASTER Captain Alfred
Reethy.
Charles Lanman, the wcll-known writer
and traveller, died at Washington, Mon
day night, from heart disease, aged 81.
Mr.. Lanman in 1850 became private secre-
tary to Daniel Webster Later he held
several government positions and in 1866
became secretary of the Japanese legation,
holding the office until 1889, since which
time he had been engaged in writing and
painting. Mr.. Lanman was the author of
about 25 published works, and some of
his landscape paintings attracted atten-
ton.
A London Central News dispatch from
Pekin says that Lii Hung Chang started
for Japan via Tien Tsin, Tuesday. He is
now in supreme favor. During his stay
in Pekin he had five audiences with the
Emperor and two with the Empress The
prospects for peace are regarded as very
good, but there will be no armistice until
conference is had between Chinese
ENJOYS and Japanese representatives. Lii
Hung Chang has full power and is the
bearer of an imperial dispatch to this
effect. All of his rivals have been dis
pcrsed and if his mission is successful
many reforms will lie instituted
Thomas A. Jones, made famous during
the troublous times Immediately follow
ing the assassination of President Lincoln,
died, Saturday night, at his home near
La Plata, Md. Jones secreted John Wilkes
Booth on his premises after his flight from
Washington and kept him hidden from
the officers for seven days. Fearing that
his guest would be discovered, Jones
placed Booth and Harold on a mule and
led the animal seven miles to the Potomac
river, where he procured yawl boat, in
which they reached the Virginia shore
and made their escape Jones was subse-
quently tried in Washington for his con-
nection with Booths flight, but was &C.
quilted. He was "A years old.