Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-04-23

was issued a warrant for the arrest OF
Samuel f. Aymer, the defaulting book
keeper of the bank. Aymer was later
arraigned before United States Commits
sioner Shields, and held in $4,000 bail.
Ayn,er is charged with having altered the
account of the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Co. from 1851, 3O1. "a to 1871, 301. "a.
A bill in equity was filed in the supreme
court at Boston, Monday, by Frederick o.
Prince and II Others against members OF
the Rapid Transit commission, j. Edwin
Jones and Michael Meehan, contractors,
and City Treasurer Alfred Turner, pray
ing for an injunction against the con-
struction of the subway. The bill alleges
that the subway act is in violation of the
property rights of the inhabitants of Bos-
ton. No preliminary step was taken to-
ward stopping work.
According to the most reliable informa-
tion, Frank Howard Poor, formerly of
Haverhill, and now an inmate of the
Massachusetts reformatory at Concord,
Mass, for forgery, is many times mil
lionaire. Young Poor has recently been
left an estate which is worth between
10000, 900 and s25, 600, OOO left him by
Millionaire Howard of Nevada, for whom
he was named He is "a years old and
has a sister, Kitty Poor, at Lynn. His
time will expire in January, 1896.
The New York joint executive COM
mittee of the Atchison Road sent, Mon
day, by cable to the London committee,
the following as a resolution it had
adopted: Resolved, 1t is the sense of
this committee upon the organization of
the successor company under the plan of
reorganization that provision be made
for the appointment of independent audi
tors by the stockholders of such company
to make an annual examination of its ac-
counts and report to the stockholders
AT about 3 A. NJ, Monday, freight
train on the Grand Trunk broke apart
while going down grade at Norton Mills
Vt. The engineer George Paron, ran
away from the detached portion of the
train, and when he judged that he was
far enough away to be safe pulled up
again. While standing between the
engine and tender looking back for the
detached cars in the darkness, they struck
tho train unexpectedly, crushing Parsons
fatally. The fireman escaped unhurt
Fifteen cars were derailed.
Monday morning at ST. Johns Episco-
pal church. Washington, Hon. George
Nathaniel Curzon, NJ. p, of England and
Miss Mary Vincia Letter, eldest daughter
of the Chicago millionaire, A. u. Letter,
were married in presence of the British
ambassador and Mrs. Cleveland and n
large and distinguished company, in
cludiDg guests from England and from
the leading cities in this country. The
ceremony was performed by Bishop Tai
bot OF Wyoming. A wedding breakfast
was served at the Letter mansion
Inquiry has been made at Blackheath,
Dudley, suburb of Birmingham, Eng,
for Rev. John Bell, of the Established
church He is said to have betrayed and
sent to America Miss Emily Hall, who
died at lying-in hospital at Detroit, two
months ago. The Dudley police say that
they have received no statement of the
case against any man named Bell and
living in their neighborhood. No minis
ter named Bell is known thereabout. At
Blackheath, Rowley. Staffordshire, there
is a Rev. Jonathan Bell, who belongs to
the Primitive Methodist sect. He is in
poor health and at present absent from
his charge