Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-06

| second degree. Counsel for Fitzgerald
made a motion for new trial, which wa.
denied by Judge Sutherland, who refused
~ hear arguments on the exceptions.
| The full penalty OF the crime of which
Fitzgerald stands convicted Is ) years in
| prison.
Post Office Inspector AIT aony Com
| stock of New York and United States
Marshal Campbell, Wednesday. arrested
Walter {. Walker. aged 80, farmer of
North Dunharton. n. H., on charge of
sending obscene pictures through the
| mails. When arraigned he entered a plea
# not guilty, ana was held for the grand
Jury. Bonds in $500 We're furnished by
his father, d. z. Walker. ex representative
and postmaster at North Dunharton. Mr.
Walker has hitherto borne an excellent
reputation. He Is married and has a large
family.
Pursuant to a cablcgram from Lord
Salisbury, Charles H. Lurgrin Of Seattle.
Wash, has forwarded to England's prime
minister, the original manuscript of a re.
port made to the British government in
1871 by Great Britain's commissioner ap-
pointed to define the boundaries of Dutcb
fuiana. There are 400 pages in the re-
port, containing description of eyery SET
Element in Dutch Guiana now claimed bv
the British in the matter of the Ven
ozuelan boundary dispute. All the origi-
nal grantees of the British government are
named
The report of the minister of militia and
defence to the Dominion Parliament states
that during the last year there has been n
steady increase in efficiency in the perma-
nent corps and active militia of the coun-
try The establishment returns show the
strength of the Canadian army to be 35.
'S2, made up as follows: Permanent
force. AZ, consisting of: Cavalry. l22.
artillery $50, infantry 305; active militia.
33,035. consisting of: cavalry. aIl5. field
artillery l2i5, garrison artillery 1869.
engineers l5l, infantry IS, e6a. The
financial statement shows that the total
expenditure was sl,574 o13. 20.
Miss Clara Barton, president of the
American Red Cross Society, Mr.. Pull
man. her secretary, and the rest of her
party, left London, Wednesday. en- route
for Constantinople. The London office
of the United Press wired United States
Minister Terrell at Constantinople asking
if he would appoint Miss Barton and her
members of the Red Cross Society as
bearers of relief to the Armenians. tn
which inquiry Mr.. Terrell replied that he
would, but that he would appoint no
Armenian who had been naturalized as
an American citizen, nor would he appoint |
any newspaper reporters. Upon the
strength of this answer Miss Barton de- |
cided to stare for Constantinople at once
Aubrey White. assistant secretary of
crown lands for Ontario was seen at To- |
ronto, Ont, Tuesday, In regard to the |
claims made by the State of Minnesota
to Hunters Island in northwestern On
tario. He said The boundary between
Canada and the United States. west of
Lake Superior to Lake of the Woods is
very clearly defined in Article , of the j
Ashburton treaty of 1919. Any person
looking at the map of Ontario or the man
OF Minnesota will see that line passing
through these lakes could not by any pos
slbility be held to go north of Hunters
Island, so there would not seem to be the
shadow of doubt as to Hunters Island
belonging to Ontario