Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-18

Boston, rlday, by Inspectors Shields anu
Whitman, Friday, charged with larceny
of s150 worth of property from Carl Zill.
Both men have recently been stopping at
the hotel No. 2, Head place, Zill, only q
short time ago. having arrived from Ger
many. 1t is alleged that the two men
went ont OF town the other day, and that
Demaurez returned first, went to Zill's
room and took away the latter's valise,
containing clothing and $50 in money.
The most extensive forest fires of recent
years are raging along the west side of the
Cascade mountains, in Washington state
For q radius OF Is miles in the neighbor-
hood of Buckley, the forest is on fire, and
az Tacoma. three miles away. the atmos-
phere is filed with smoke. Supt McCabe
of the Pacific division of the Northern
Pacific, says nothing but heavy rain
will check the flames Several buildings
were burned at Lester, Thursday, and the
fire is spreading in all directions. So far
as heard from, nine ranchers have been
burned out or compelled to leave their
homes. No lives are reported lost.
On the Delaware & Hudson road near
Saratoga, n. Y, Thursday night, the
New York express train met with seri-
Gus accident while under full motion. A
freight train was moving in the opposite
direction on a parallel track. A car loaded
with paper jumped the track and crashed
into the express engine, which was
thrown into the ditch The freight car
also splintered the sides on the passenger
coaches which were wrecked. The pas
sengers, 35 men and women, were roughly
shaken up and sustained many painful
bruises, but otherwise escaped injury
Engineer George Myers was badly bruised
and Fireman James Lamb was instantly
killed.
BY an explosion of quantity OF dyna-
mite in the cellar of a house owned and
occupied by 4. d. Dearborn at Lynn.
Mass. Friday, the entire building was
wrecked and the neighborhood generally
shaken up. The structure, as whole, was
racked from garnet to basement, the cell
ing and wall plastering knocked OIL ana
the building rendered useless; loss OF
$4,000. Mr.. Dearborn's wife and her
mother were in the building about their
work at the time and were thrown down
by the shock. Happily they escaped In
jury, although fragments of broken tim
Der fell all about them. They were pros
trated and removed to the residence OF a
neighl,or. No cause is known for the ex-
| plosion.
The Cincinnati Tribune, Friday, printed
the following: Thomas l.. James, who
was postmaster general under Garfield.
| was at the Grand hotel, yesterday. In an
interview he said Governor Morton will
undoubtedly be the New York candidate
| for President. In New Jersey l find a
strong feeling for both Mckinley and
Robert II. Lincoln. Let me tell you that
Robert II. Lincoln is the second choice
of nearly every Republican met from
every state. He is the dark horse of the
next convention. Remember that Mckin-
| ley, Reed, Morton and Harrison are lead
ing candidates, but if it is found that
none of them can be nominated, you will
sec tho convention go to the son of A bra
ham Lincoln"
The London Standard publishes dis
patch from Vienna, which.thus accounts
for the Emperor's acceptance of Count
Kalnoky's resignation. His Majesty,
while at Pola, instructed Herr Josika to
ascertain whether majority could be
obtained in the Hungarian delegation for
any foreign Office votes, il Count Kalnoky
remained in power. The Liberals met
privately. and decided to oppose every
thing unless Count Kalnoky apologized
to Baron Banffy and received PREPARATION
from the Vatican for the action of Monsig
nor Agliara, the papal nuncio. in de-
nouncing the ecclesiastical bills in Hun
gary. Herr Josika reported the attitude
of the Liberals to the Emperor at the
Hofkoburg, and Count Kalnoky preferred
to resign rather than accept the terms of
the Liberals.
Receiver McNulta of the Whskey Trust,
Thurs day, filed in the United States court,
Chicago, H., a bill praying for an in
junction restraining Greenhut and Others
from disposina of the last ST. 200, 000
worth of bonds issued by the trust and
for their return to the Distilling and
Cattle Feeding Company. The bill
charges that for several months prior to
June |, 1898, Greenhut. Morris, Hobart
and other directors Of the company en-
gagged in speculation in the stock of the
Distilling Company upon the Stock Elk
change of New York. The speculations.
it is alleged, entailed losses of over $500,
000 which were paid from the funds OF
the company unlawfully. The bill fur.
ther alleges that the unlawful use Of these
funds impaired the financial condition OF
the trust and that TO tide over the diff
entity Greenhut and Morris conceived the
idea of issuing the $1,000, 600 worth OF
bonds, which was forthwith carried into
effect