Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-10
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assigned. Assets. $1,000: liabilities, SGD
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Il The British ship British Peer. Captain
Jones. which sailed from London. Oct. 1
for cape Town, has been wrecked neal
SaldanhA bay. South Africa Four of tbs
crew were saved and IL are missing.
| The New York Evening sun says thai
| Rev. Dr. Talmage denies the report OF
his engagement to Miss Susie Mangan
Of Sing Sing.
| IL is stated that Dominion govern
rent has taken over the Bale Des
| Chaleurs Railway. which Will hereafter
he run in connection with the Inter
colonial system.
! Governor Morton OF New York
! Wednesday, took a decided stand in ia
/ Vor of civil service reform. He approved
! the Reconsideration Of several thousand
positions in the state service submitted
| 10 him by the stale civil service commits
! sion.
| Hon. ". j. Bryan wifi make two Jack
son birthday banquet speeches, one at
Chicago Jan. 7. and the second at oma-
ha. Jan :. II Is intimated that in his
Chicago address Mr.. Bryan may make
his first comment on President Cleve-
, lands message to Congress.
Gov. Aitgeld has committed to 30
years. the life sentence of Henry Sch
I wartz. convicted in 1896 of the murder
of kellogg Nichols. an express mes
senger on the Chicago. Rock Island
and Pacific Road.
The British brigantine Rosebud. at ST.
, Johns. ~ f., from Glasgow, is almost
total wreck. She encountered a success
sion of hurricanes on the passage and
lost her sails. bulwarks deck gear. boats
and upper spars. and her cabin was
flooded The crew We're. kept at the
pumps continuously for four days.
The observer at the Oak Island \. Y.
life saving station reports that the Brit
ish ship Brenda. from Calcutta. July Is.
via Temerara. with a cargo of sugar for
New York, stranded at A. NJ, Wednes-
day. about half a mile east of Long
Branch life saving station. The vessel
lies easy on the outer edge of the bar.
The Lord Mayor of London. having
invited United States Ambassador
Bayard to accept a farewell banquet at
the Mansion house. Mr.. Bayard has ac-
cepted the invitation and fixed the date
of the entertainment at March ?.
The Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co
of Hartford. CT. has brought suit against
the city of Urbana. Ohio to recover $50
600 damages. The company holds $4,000
of the city's per cent. bonds upon which
The city refuses to pay but per cent. in
terest. which the holders refuse to ac-
cept. There is $40 900 of the bonds held
in Hartford. and $3.50 $50 in New Eng
land.
The German steamer Kaiser. which
recently arrived at Hamburg from
Port Natal and was prepared for the
accommodation Of the men who had
taken the place of the dock men now
on 4 strike, was sunk. Wednesday
night, and the police authorities have
begun investigation into the sinking of
the steamer
The Boston Herald. Wednesday. said:
In order to save lot of trouble for
himself and others. Dick O'Brien has de-
cided to make good his match with Joe
Walcott and will face him for the fourth
time. tonight. in the Marlboro Athletic
unsatisfactory meeting, for O'Brien
doesn't want to fight. as proved by his
efforts to get out of the match. O'Brien's
appearance in the ring will save his
| Tommy Dixon are to box 10 rounds As a
preliminary.
The civil marriage of Miss Lucy Fol
let uhl. daughter of United States Am
bassador TIL, to Mr.. Guy V. Thompson
of Yale university. took place before
the civil register in Gethnerstrasse,
Germany, Wednesday. Only the couple,
With Mr.. j. Is. Jackson. secretary OF
the American embassy, We're present.
The religious ceremony took place at
the residence of AMBASSADOR Uhl. in
the evening.
Christian Hanson. the desperate ar
rested in Everett. Mass. Tuesday. was
brought into court at Concord. Mass,
Wednesday, for assault and robbery at
the house of George Flint in Lincoln.
Saturday morning. he pleaded not
guilty and was held in $1,000. His case
was continued one week. Young Boss
mission, who claims he was an unwill-
ing accomplice of Hansons, was held
as a witness.
Dick O'Brien, the Lewiston scrapper,
was the unwilling cause of Tom
O'Rourkes being pulled into the police
court in New York. this week Some
time ago Bob Anderson and Tom
o Rourke leased the odd London Street
and opened the Broadway Athletic Club.
According to agreement they We're to
share alike. but Anderson alleges that as
soon as the club commenced to pay he
was frozen out To get even. he started
the Marlborough Club. For his opening
bout he secured Dick O Brien and Joe
Walcot. but nc sooner was the an
nouncement made than OROurke sue
ceeded in pulling O'Brien away for Il go
This week Anderson and o'Rourke met.
blows were exchanged. and the affair
was settled at the police station. Ander-
son ut hrst preferred \ charge of assault
against o'Rourkc bn. later Withdrew it,.