Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-04-30
CONDENSED DISPATCHES

The Massachusetts, House, Monday. lO4
to -, killed the bill to repeal the Boston
subway bill.
| The seal fishing season Just ended has
been one of the most successful on locord
Two-thirds of the steamers engaged did
remarkably well, and the remainder made
enough to pay expenses. The value of the
catch is estimated at about $500, 600.
| Judge Brown of the United States dis
trict court at New York, Monday, denied
the application for u writ OF habcas cor
pus made in behalf of DR.. Buchanan, the
convicted wife poisoner who is to be
electrocuted on Wednesday next at Sing
Sing state prison.
J. r. Holland, the defaulting cashier
of the Merchants and Farmers National
Bank Of Charlotte n. c.. missing for
about week, surrendered to the author
tiles, there, late Sunday night and is
| now in Jail. 1t is now thought that his
defalcation exceeds $S0,00
For some months past, f. II. Dearborn
& Co. of Dover, n. H., have been the
| victims of a clever shoplifter A woman
detective was put on the watch and the
| thief was discovered to be Mrs. Tucker of
South Berwick, Me. She confessed her
guilt and paid back to tho firm 800, the
value of the stolen goods.
| The Washington Post announces th; t
the marriage of ex- Mayor Hugh J. Graz t
of New York, and Miss Julia Murphy
eldest daughter of the United States sen
ator from New York state, will be pri-
vately celebrated, Monday. The marriage
will be celebrated at the home of the
bride, the mansion formerly occupied by
Senator and Mrs Stanford.
Tho Berlin Norddeutche Algemeinc
Zeitung semi-official, defends Gcrmanys
part in the joint protest against the
Shimonoseki treaty. eve are fully iusti-
fed, it says, however little the protcc-
ton of foreign interests Is concerned in
going hand in hand with Russia. This,
moreover is policy which has the ad-
vantage Of promoting effectively German
trade relations with cast Asia. "
In the New York Senate, Monday night.
Senator Abern Of New York city, denied
the truth Of the statements made before
the committee investigating the New York
city fire department., imputing corrupt
conduct to him in connection with the
passage of the bill increasing the fire
men saitTltS l1c ueIninueu tnaL inc
committee investigate thoroughly the
truth of the statements.
For some unexplained reason the Chel-
sea ferry boat City Of Maiden ran into her
slip at Boston, at full speed about Q +. M,
Monday, causing much excitement and
moro or less injury to boat and persons.
The boat crashed into the head house and
drove the drop fdfty six feet upon the
driveway. Nearly every passenger stand
ing on the forward end of the boat and
number at the head of the passagcway on
shore were thrown down. Three were
quite badly hurt.
The German Ernperor's astonishing
changes of his political and personal
plans recently have earned for him the
new nickname of Wilhelm Deer Boctslicho
William the SUDDEN. His latest sur
prise for the army is that four instead Of
two army corps besides two cavalry divi-
sions shall take part in the great manuu-
vres before Emperor Francis Joseph. The
change is supposed to be due to his wish
to show the Austrian Emperor more
troops than were assembled before the
German soycreigns at Germany in 1898.