Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-24
city council voted to leave the question OF


discharged employees. The steamer cost
| $500 900 and was the finest on the Lakes
The ruin of the interior decorations viii
| make the loss considerable She com
pleted her seasons trips between Duluth
and Buffalo less than a fortnight ago
The Massachusetts railroad commits
sionefS. Wednesday heard the petition
Of the Lowell & Suburban Street Railway
Tor authority 10 issue $4,000 additional
stock. General Manager o sullivan APP
peared before the board and explained
That the additional stock was wanted for
the purposes of extension of the plant
ana equipment and floating Il part of the
companys debt. There was no opposition
to ihe petition of the company, and the
commissioners took the matter under adj
yisement.
Charles +, Nye of Newton n. H.. adj
ministrator of the estate of Raw II. Nve.
has Instituted suit of $40. 900 against the
portsmouth Bridge Co.. for the loss OF
MS ms son me and papers were served,
w., Wednesday. On the night of Sept. 20.
1879; the yacht Juanita, with young Nye
anu a companion named Blakeslee on
board, was swept against the bridge and
sank. both of the yachtsmen being
crowned. This action. like one brought
by Mr. Blakeslce, last week, alleges that
the bridge Is a nuisance and a menace to
interstate navigation.
ON Monday Mrs. /. II. Newhall. who
resides on Market street. Portsmouth. n.
H., was charged with stealing "A suit OF
clothing. She denied the charge and.
early that evening. left her home, osten-
sibly to visit her lawyers office. Up to
the present time her whereabouts are
mystery. Some think she has deserted
her husband and her six children. while
others are inclined TO think that the wo-
man. who Is of a very cxcitable DISPOSE
ton, srieved so hard over The charge that
she committed suicide. Active search Is
being made by the police to gain some
tidings Of the missing woman,
II is understood at st. Petersburg,
that United States capitalists are ne
gOtiating with the Russian government
for the establishment of a rapid steam
ship service between San Francisco
and Naldivostock. and in connection
with the above statement it is stated
that French company il being
formed. supported by the minister Of
commerce, for steamship service 10
Dunkirk
By the will Of the late j II. Sever, filed
for probate NJ Salem. Mass. Wednesday.
the American Baptist Missionary Mon.
American Baptist Home Missionary So
ciely Baptist Publication Society. con
ference OF Baptist ministers OF Massa-
ehuseits and Northern Baptist Education
society receive 500 each After these,
and several private requests. the residue
Of the estate. IL any is left, Will 20 one
sixth each TO the First Bdptist church
Salem. for such members AS need assist
ance; y. Nj. c. a: Calvary Baptist
,hurch salem: Colby university: Newton
Theological Institution. Miss Carrie \
Seaver. Boston.
General Sir H. II Kitchener. com
mander of the Angelo Egyptian eXpe-
dltion into the Soudan, has telegraphcd
the English foreign office at London
that be has definitely occupied Doneola
and the Dervishes have evacuated that
province \ number Of Deryish emirs
have surrendered to- the Egyptian
troops and a large quantity of stores
and munitions of war were captured
from the enemy.
Charles Gavin. Sunday. swan across
the Golden Gate, San Francisco har
Aor. from shore to shore, accompanied
by a fleet of sailboats and many
screaming steamers and tugs Gavin
is said To be the only man who ever ac-
complished this feat. Gavin Was one
hour and fifteen minutes in swimming
across the gateway waters The dis
lance straight across is only about one
mile and a quarter but before his feet
touched bottom on the opposite shore
Caviu had swan seven miles.
The hearing of Police Commissioner
violating the state law regarding contract
labor, resulted in the temporary acGuittal
}f the commissioner. II disclosed the
tact that Michael Abezzio who claims
that MIR, Doolittle is his partner hired
bout - Hungariaus in New York recent
IT, and brought them TO New Haven.
He was, 1t IS alleged. to receive a idrSc
sum OF employment agency for securing
their work. The testimony advanced
shows that they were nearly starved III
New Haven. Mr.. Doolittle protested that
- MOI.
in the matter as was claimed. The hear
ing was postponed. pending an inyestiga-
ton of Mr.. Doohttle's books.
Advces from Honolulu. under date OF
Sept. Il. say: Efforts have been made
during the past fortnight TO generate
dissatisfaction among government sup
Dorters by circulating reports that Pres
ident Dole and his cabinet are not hon
estly in favor of annexation, but are IN
accord with the British section of sugar
planters in their desire for an American
protectorate. which would permit the
continued Importation of ASiatic con-
tract labor which the whites so strongly
oppose. In interviews the cabinet mem
bers state thar a protcctorate would b.
very unsatisfactory ana that they want
no form of political union with the
United States less than a full and com
plete admission of Hawaii as Il state or
territory.
AS the tug Camilla was coming
through Hull Gut, Wednesday, the cap
tain sighted an overturned boat to
which two men We're clinging. The men
men were taken aboard the tug. They
were Charles Hill, first mate, and Second
Mate Ward of the brig II. Il. HuSsey OF
Richmond. Me. They had landed Cap
tain War; of the brig and his wife a
Hun. and We're returning TO their YES
sci. anchored in Nantasket roads, whei,
a sudden guest of wind capsiZed the
boat. When picked up Ward was nearly
exhausted and would soon have relin
pushed his hold on the boat The mon
were put on the Hussey.
Mrs j. II. Newall of Portsmouth, y.
H.. suddenly disappeared. Tuesday
evening They fear she has taken her
life by drowning in the Piscataqua
river which is within a short distance
of her boarding house on Market street.
Tuesday. she was charged by cloth
ing dealer with stealing a suit of
clothes from his store, and upon deny
ing the charge to Marshall EntwiStle,
she started to consult a lawyer. and
since that time her husband has been
unable to locate her. A border claims
that ten dollars has disappeared from
his trunk. and the police have dis
covered that the Woman's best wearing
anrare1 is missing