Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-08
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South and west.

Star Pointer won the frce-for-all
pace at Lexington. Ky. Wednesday. II
straight heats. Best time, 2.G3.
The Phillips Andover students at
Lawrence Mass. voted unanimously.
Wednesday, to refer the matter Of re-
Stunning athletic games with Phillips
Exeter to the athletic committee With
full power.
The First National Bank of Ithaca.
Mich. closed. Wednesday. Robert NJ.
Steele is president of this bank, as well
as of the one which failed, Tuesday, at
Mount Pleasant Mich. Steele failed
at St Johns. recently. for a large sum.
Freight engine 6S exploded while stand
ing on Il side track near Cooper street.
Meriden. CT. Wednesday. The report was
audible in all parts of the city. Engineer
John Webber and Fireman William But
Ter were IN the car ut the time of the
Though every piece of glass Was blown
out the engineer had his head slightly cCt.
The engine is a complete wreck.
Charles r. Copp of Lawrence. Mass, has
been appointed general foreman of car
painting for the Boston & Maine Road
and will Have full charge of the corpora
tons rolling stock in this respect in New
England. MIR. Copp is president of the
y
ISOLATION of the United States and Canada,
and editor of the car painting depart
ment of the Railway Car Journal. lie
has been with the Boston & Maine Rail-
way 70 years.
The biennial session Of the Vermont
Legislature opened at Montpelier, Vt.
Wednesday, with a large proportion of
the members present The House for
the first time in its history contains a
full membership of PAS, every constit-
uency having succeeded in making an
election. OF these 225 are Republicans.
Is are Democrats and there is one In
dependent and one Populist. The Sem
ate contains so members, all of whom
are Republicans. The oath of office
will be administered. Thursday, to Gov
ernor-elect Josiah Grout of Derby and
the lieutenant governor a reception
was rendered. Wednesday evening, to
Governor Circuit and Retiring Governor
Woodbury., at the state house.
There is car famine in Iowa. which
is growing more serious daily. The
railroad commissioners are receiving
constant complaints from all over the
state of insufficient service. The rush
of grain is the cause. Alang the Chi
cago Great Wester road in many
towns, farmers have left their wagons
standing by the tracks for days, load
ed with grain, waiting for chance to
dispose of it. A week ago the trouble
was confined to north and northwest
Iowa, but now it is general and getting
worse constantly. The roads that have
Eastern lines have ordered cars to be
rushed to the state. but they are not
to be had, because roads will not give,
up cars Of other lines when once they
get them.
A Chicago dispatch to the New York
Times says: The committee of the
Royal Canadian Yacht Club of To-
ronto. having in charge the challenge
for an international race. has advised
Commodore Bergman of Chicago, who
issued the challenge, that it would not
be accepted with it's conditions. The
objections which the Canadians raise
against q race with the Vencedor are
that the Venecedor is too large; that if
they built a yacht of her class she
would be worthless as racing craft.
except for the one race. Commodore
Bergman. in order to have race, has
decided to build a new yacht which t
shall meet the objections raised by the
Canadians. The new challenger will
be AZ feet corrected length, with a load
water line of 81 feet.