Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-15
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the money required for tho purpose, and
will establish an institution to be known
| as the Hebrew Free School, where the
Hebrew language and literature will be
taught.
In tho Norfolk insolvency registry at
Dedham, Mass, late Tuesday, parties We're
appointed to appraise the property of the
insolvent Steel Edge Stamping and Retin-
ping Company of Mills, fled their inven-
tory. Total amount of real and personal
estate, Sill, 7S76l.
The Standard Oil Co, named ST. IS per
barrel as the price for crude oil at their
agencies, Tuesday, an advance of five cents
per barrel over the past few days. On
Oil City exchange the oil market opened
at Sl.9o. On Pittsburg exchange oil Ger
tificates opened at 95 bid.
DR. Dugagn. the Milford, Mass, town
physician, administered anti toxine
furnished him by the state board of health,
to three Mcdford patients, Monday even
ing, who was critically i'll with diphtheria
Tuesday morning, there was wonder
full Improvement in their conditions.
In the Connecticut House. Tuesday,
the committee on constitutional amend
ments reported favorably the bill creating
a commission of about 80 persons to revise
the constitution of the state. They are
to meet at the Capitol and report to a
special session of the General Assembly
in January, 1896.
1t was openly admitted at ST. Johns, N.
F., Tuesday, that confederation is dead
ISSUE Canada has refused to assume
the full Newfoundland debt of SIS 00O,-
900 and Great Britain has declined to in
terfere while Newfoundland is a self
governed colony. The Mathematics are
dcspondent.
The buildings of Mrs. Blodgett of
Londordt rry, N. H., were burned, early
Tuesday. The fire started i'm the barn,
from what cause is unknown, but is thought
TO bove been set by tramps. The loss is
$1,000; insured. Arthur Irving, who
lived in the house, lost all of his furniture,
which was not insured.
The Chinese legation at st. Petersburg
learns that convention between China
and Japan, fixing the extra indemnity
to be paid by the former as compensation
for the retrocesson of the Lao Tung
peninsula and also fixing the terms for
ViC SNuCoottoi Vi CuIutSt tCTTlIOTy Uy lIle
Japanese, will shortly be signed.
Judge Swan, Monday, in the United
States court at Detroit, decided that a
foreign corporation which is engaged alto
gether in interstate commerce in Michi-
gan under the Interpretation of the federal
constitution. is not amenable to the Michi-
gan law, which requires tax of one half
mill on each dollar of the capital stock.
In the case of John r. Rogers against
his wife, Minnie Palmer, for absolute di-
vorce, Mt London, the court rendered de-
cision, Tuesday, expressing conviction that
there was no collision and granting the
decree asked for. The documents in the
case were sent to the Queens proctor for
the purpose Of inquiry in regard to juris-
diction
By vote Of eight to four, the Sons and
Daughters of New Hampshire, with q
membership of 400, disbanded, Monday
night. special meeting was held, at
which 30 members of the organization
were present. The opinion was expressed
that it was shame for an organization
with membership Of over 400 to disband
on eight votes.
Hon. Hugh McCulloch, the eminent
political economist and financier, who has
twice been secretary of the treasury, Is
lying critically i'll at his Maryland home
some 10 miles from Washington MIR.
McCulioch is not suffering from any par
ticnlar disease, but from a general break
ing down OF the system. He was born at
hennebunk, Me-, December Z 1905
A special New York Senate committe Q
which has been investigating the bribery
charges against Senators Coggeshall,
Robertson and Rayne in connection with
the passage of the New York firemen' s
salary bill, is considering its report which
has been drafted by one of its members.
Inc report exonerates the senators men
tiohea and reviews the testimony at
length.
Inc report that Japan avoided Russia 8
uitimatum by abandoning the Lao Tung