Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-06
NEWS NUGGETS.
Broush. by the Wires from the North, East,
South and West.

The Salem Mass, Carpenters Union
has voted to demand an eight hour day,
beginning May l. They will meet such
of the employers may desire To confer
with them, next Monday evening.
The funeral of Prince Henry of Batten-
burg who died on board the British cruiser
Blonde, while en- route from Cape Coast
Castle for Madeira. TOOK place in Whip
ingham church, Osborne Eng. wednes
day
Chairman Benton of the Connecticut
Republican state committee, said,
Wednesday, he believed The Connecticut
delegation 10 ST. Louis would support
Reed while he stood any chance Of uomi-
nation.
Nora Haley, living at l07 Charles street,
Boston, and employed by the Clifton
Manufacturing Co at G5 franklin street.
walked into the elevator well. while ct
work, Wednesday. and fell distance Of
fse stories She died al noon.
a Por, Townsend. Wash, dispatch
says that. Wednesday, British ship XII
brannan, inward bound from Callao to
Vancouver. d. C., was driven ont on the
rocks. near Point Wilson, by fierce
Northwestern. The crew was saved
A dispatch from Constantinople saws
that III. Stoiiof. the Bulgarian prime
minister. will have conference with the
Sultan. Thursday. during which be will
request the Sultan TO recognize Prince
Ferdinand as the ruler OF Bulgaria.
The defaioation Of cx- General Manager
Lawler Of the Philadelphia, Reading 4
New England Railroad, was settled by his
relatives, AT Hartford, CT, Wednesday,
and there will be no prosecution. The
total sum is slightly in excess Of $4,000.
The secretary of the interior has decided
upon May next. as the date of the open
ing for settlement of the agricultural
lands Of the Red Lake Indians in Mime
sofa, which embrace about 500. 900 acres,
and which viii be sold at & % per acre.
.. The err ditors OF William Il. Ash. shoe
manufacturer OF Lynn. Mass, have &C
cepted an offer OF 20 per cent to be paid
in go days. The assignee reported the as
sets TO be sec, 900 in stock, machinery and
goods in works; liabilities. s6o, zoe.
In the pigeon shooting at Monte Carlo.
Wednesday. four rounds Of the contest for
the Grand Prix, in which there were log
competitors. were finished Dnlan, the
American competitor, missed three birds.
Roberts missed two and Heygate and
Barker one each
u. Rollins Morse, banker of Boston.
obtained leave from Justice Lawrence, at
New York, Wednesday. to bring action
against the United States Cordagc Co
for the foreclosure of mortgage made.
Jan l, 1894, to secure s., 500. 600 worth
OF bonds to the United States Trust Co.
as trustees.
A conference of the commandants of the
forces OF the Australian colonies after sit
ting week, at Sidney, n s W, has
commended a scheme of concentrated
federal defence and also that all Australian
troops be armed with rifles of the same
pattern, callbrc, etc, as those supplied to
the imperial troops.
A dispatch from Constantinop,e. dated
Feb. 4, says that a telegram received
from Aintab asserts that massacres at
Aintab and Marash are probable if the
negotiation for the surrender of the town
OF Aeitoun by the Armenians should fail
to put that place in possession of the
Turks
A bomb was thrown, Wednesday even |
ing, at the house of the doctor at Lisbon
who had certified to the insanity of the
Anarchist, who, Jan. 10, threw a stone at
King Charles as the latter was driving in
an open carriage. The house was con |
siderabiy damaged Ten arrests have
been made in connection with the bomb |
throwing.
Schooner Compeer arrived at San
Francisco. from New Whatcom, Tuesday |
evening, with the crew of the British shin |
Nineveh on board They were picked I'M
south Of Cape Flattery, having deserted |
the vessel, which was In sinking condi |
ton. Aftcrward the wreck, being a
menace to navigation, was set on fire and |
burned to the waters edge.
The annual meeting of the Union pub-
fishing Co., publishers of the Manchester
Union, was held at Manchester. n. H..
Thursday, and resulted in the upanj-
nous election Of an entirely new board of
directors and the passing of the property
into new hands, Dr. Moore being now out
of the establishment. The new CONTROL
ing owner is Gordon Woodbury. of Bedford.
N. H.
One Of the large boilers of the Benning-
ton Electric Light Co. at Bennington
vt, exploded at 4.l0 p. NJ, Wednesday.
completely dcmolishing the boiler house
and almost running the dynamo house.
One boiler was hurled 200 feet. landing in
the river. Patrick DAILY, who had charge
Of the dynamos, was injured beyond re-
covery, and William Conlon, fireman. ia
1t the point Of death. Bennington was in
Wednesday, night
The trial of Rev. John Fitzgerald. on
The charge of causing the parochial school
house IN Charlotte,N N. Y, to be set on fir.
and burned, July II, was concluded at
Rochester, N. Y, Wednesday, and the Jury
returned verdict Of guilty Of arson In the