Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-10-25
was oc,unied fy four stores, several oiiioefs
| and a lodge room. c9


Tha rio b;Iities are not known, nor tne as
80 ,rbfcb are all in Japan. MI. bag
!. Iii is {, New York, trying TO mahe SET
tle1neut with the creditors
rho vbole.ale and retail millinery and
- store of B. Stark & Co., and
- So,th P,arI street and and III james
-+.oo+ aIhany. n. Y, was DESTROYED by
e. ;rbursday night, and several other
oar,or-s : we're badly damaged. Loss,
go o1o af which Stark Il Cos. store will
- zoo o10 insured for sos, 600. The other
, losers are fully insured
The German Bundesrath Federal Coun-
ciO has refused TO agree 20 the resolution
recently adopted by the heichs'ag IN FAVOR
- ,iter,no article 92 of the constitution of
tha eu'nire. which provides that members
~ tho Rcichs.ag cannot, as such, receive
soIsrv or compensation. The resolution
nrovIded for the payment Of salaries and
tr,ralino expenses to all members Of the
Reic hstag
George ". Reynolds, vetearn editor
and publishar, died. Wednesday, at Frank
lin. \. Y, aged II years. He was one of
the bfst-knowD country journalists of his
day. editing, among other papers, the
News Letter in Exeter. \. H. and Melrose
Journal and Clinton Times in Massachu-
SETS He served In the Union army one
year, attaining the rank of captain, and
was postmaster in Oueonta under Presi-
dent Grant.
| A dispatch from Constantinople repre-
scnts the liberal movement there as being
more marked than ever. The display of
sediti0us plscards has been resumed and
it is reported that several prominent
Softas and notable persons who have been
conspicuous in opposition to the liberal
movement have mysteTiously disappeared.
| The authorities have decided upon taking
rigid military measures TO suppress the
liberal element.
Steam barge NJ Groh arrived at Cheboy-
gan, Mich, Thursday, and reported that
she lccame disabled off Manitoulin is
land, Georgian bay, Wednesday, during
the late gale, ard was compelled to drop
her consort, the schooner Cass r. Atwater,
which drifted away. 1t is supposed that
the schooner was wrecked on the Ducks
and that all on board pershed. The At
water WAS commanded by Capt. MoDer-
mott and carried crew Of six men.
The London Daily News says, in refer
ring to the Venezuelan affair, that the
MOuCDb uOCUEiIb Ids ucNCE GcSIl IuOk0
lndicrous'y distorted than in its misap-
plcation to the Venezuelan question. If
the United States Were to claim that no
European government should interfere in
South America even to obtain redress for
injuries received, 1t would take upon its
own shoulders the responsibility for every
act of every South American executive.
At the trial at Lawrence Mass. Thurs
day, OF jeremiah Dorgan indicted for man
| slaughter in causing the death of Maurice
Lane, two witnesses testified, when the de-
fendant changed his plea to guilty. The
court imposed sentence of II years In
the state prison. Dorgan stabbed Maurice
Lane through the heart, the evening of
May II. Dorgan was under the influence
of liquor and had been put out of the
house, but returned and committed the
crime.
The man giving the name of John
Grant, and claiming to come from Lowell,
who was arrested at Concord, Mass
Wednesday night, on charge of yag-
ranuy. made attempts to end his life while
in the lookup, early Thursday morning.
He hung himself to the cell door with his
suspt n6ers, but was rescued by his cell
mate After ward he tried to choke him
self with his stocking. 1t is thought his
mind is affected. In the district court his
case was postponed until Saturday.
In the supreme court at Portsmouth, n.
H., Thursday, verdict of $4,000 was
rendered for the, e,,plaintiff in the case of the
administrator of Peter McMurphy of
Manchester against the Concord Il Mont
real Railroad Co McMurphy was killed
at HsllsvIllc about two years ago. The
case was tried in Portsmouth, one year
ago, and verdict of S2700 rendered for
the plaintiff. The railroad company ap-
pealed to the full bench, the decision was
set aside ami new trial ordered with the
above result.
Forest fires are still sweeping across
Kewaunee and Ahnaper counties and part
of Brown county, Wisconsin, between
Green Bay and Lake Michigan, the burn
Ing district extending over territory 30
to 30 miles long and 10 to 20 miles In
width West and southwest of Green
Bay, large territory Is also in flan
The wind is blowing u gale from the
south, and fires arc spreading in all direc-
tions. No towns or villages are reported
in danger The woods are dry as tinder
and the soil is baked to depth of two Or
three feet.
Jim Umbra and Mexican John, mem
bers of Jip WHAT'S gang, have been
lynched by Oklahoma cattlemen. The
two men had stolen 80 cattle belonging to
Ben Chapman and his cowboys gave chase.
They closed in on the desperadoes 10 miles
from Cantonment, aud after a fusiladc of
bullets, the bandits were surrendered
The cowboys identified the cattle aud TAX
ing rope, pulled the two men up to the
first tree. \ label was attached to their
clothing warning other members Of the
gang to quit stealing or suffer the same
penalty.
Judge Fitzgerald, Thursday, handed
down decision in the matter of the de-
murrer argued in behalf OF Sheriff Tam
sen in regard to the escape of three post
office robbers from Ludlow street Jail.
New York. There We're two indictments
against the sheriff. The first was for me-
gect of duty and permitting the escape Of
the prisoners, and the other indicted him
with lailer RaaEe and Keepers Schoen
and Schneer. The demurrer to the first
indictment was allowed by Judge Fltz-
gerald, and the demurrer to the second in
dictment overruled