Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-20

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French ambassador. win dispute tn
validity, Of all sentences imposed by tn
tribunal after that date. especially tn
sentence Of death passed upon the Ar
revolver in his house.
r. d. Robbins has begun suit agains
A. r. Hatch, a well-known fruit grower
to foreclose q mortgage on the latter
property consists OF $50 acres. and is on,
Of the finest orchards in the state
Hatch's failure is due to outside invest
ments IN orchard property. neglect Of thu
property at SuiSin. and the low prices re-
ceived for fruit for several seasons.
Mrs. Georgia Drew Merrill a native OF
| Plymouth. Mass, a woman of literary
ability and q writer and editor in h,stor-
lcal nelds' died at the Dugan. House
sis. Mrs. Merrill was the great -grea
granddaughter of Gen. George Glover OF
Marblehead. head Of the American artil-
The body was taken to Boston for burial.
| A colliery in Reicklinghausen, West
phalia. was the scene Thursday, of a
disaster in which a large number of
persons were killed by an explosion of
fire damp. Forty miners were buried
In the mine, but all but five were final.y y
resucred. 1t is estimated that about 80
were killed.
The woman suffrage bill came before
the Vermont Legislature. Thursday,
| as a special order. The bill was to ex-
tend municipal suffrage to women tax
payers. After many arguments pro-
posed amendments were offered and
rejected. and the bill was killed by a
decisive majority.
Jonathan G. Hunton. a councilman.
q nd vhr, Il ~ Inv 1e.u u1nv. sNf
Lowell. Mass, convicted Of conspiracy
against the city in a horse sale, came
up for sentence in the Middlesex su-
perior court, Boston, Thursday. before
Judge Hardy. Hunton was sentenced
to pay fine of 5000 and 10 serve four
months in Lowell Jail. Clapp was fined
$500.
According to advices received by the
Spanish government from Manila. cap
ital of the Philippine Islands. battles
have been fought at Santa Cruz and
Angratt between government troops
and insurgents. The reports state that
the Spanish were vigorous in both en-
gagements' Their loss is said to be
slight and that Of the rebels near
ly 500.
nepuuTe hcdRdU, sergeant DI
police was found lying in IA pool of
blood in a vacant lot on Reno street
Cleveland. Ohio. a fey hundred feet
from his home. Thursday morning. His
throat was cut and blood ooZed from a
cash six inches long. Members of his
family stated that ne had been robbed
of $40 or sl5. They could give no des-
cription Of his assaiiants.
Prince Luigi. the Duke of Abruzzi
and son of the King Of Italy. has left
New York. The Italian frigate Girls
toforo Colombo. on which the Prince
is lieutenant, left the North river
where she had been at anchor the past
three weeks, at l015. Wednesday
morning, and cleared Sandy Hook at
noon. She goes to Boston, thence to
Halifax. and finally to Genoa.
Jake Gaudaur, the oarsman of Toron-
to. in reply to w II. Barry's challenge
to row him on the Thames for e250 a
side. says his boat was smashed into
shreds on the way across the ocean; he
is out of training. and as winter is
coming on, has no facilities for rowing.
He adds, that if Barry comes to Canada
he will row him for as large an amount
as he chooses to name and allow rea-
sonable expenses. He promises to row
Barry on the Thames. next spring for
$3.50.
The congress of Religions finished its
business at Indianapolis. Ind. Thurs
day. and adjourned. Hiram w. Thomas
was elected president. and Jenkin
Lloyd Jones was reelected secretary.
Tt,.. ttvss.sa
men are from Chicago. The next con-
gress will be held at Nashville, next
year during the Tennessee centennial
celebration. 1t was decided to change
the name of me organization from
American Congress of Liberal Reli-
gions to Liberal Religions Congress"
Notwithstanding the rigid Chinese
exclusion act, the annual report of the
supervising special agent of the treas
ury. shows that during the year 3olo
Chinese We're admitted. and 415 re-
jected One hundred and ninety-eight
were arrested for violating the law.
and 120 deported.. During the year 1856
laborers of that nationality left the
United States and LOG returned. The
enforcement of the exclusion act cost
during the year $50, $50 Recommends
tions are made looking to additional
stringency in the exclusion act. by the
requirement of witnesses other than
Chinese in all cases where proceedings
are taken affecting the rights of the
Chinese to enter or remain in the
United States. etc.
The First National Bank. Sioux
City, Iowa, closed it's doors uneXpect-
edly. Thursday No statement of its
condition has been made, but the
statement of October 6, showed the
capital and surplus. $4,000; loans,
$492, ,564; deposits. s537,99S. officers of
the bank declare the bank perfectly
solvent and dollar for dollar will be
paid the creditors. The crash was
caused by recent heavy Withdrawals
and difficulty in realizing on assets.
Many bad investments have been
made within the past few years and
much of the banks money is in unpro-
ductive property. j. X. Brugh, a
large dealer in crockery. followed the
First National to the wall. His busi-
ness was extensive.
Mrs. Ann Oatley, 67 years old. killed
Mary Ann Brennan, years old. at