Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-10
NEWS NUGGETS.
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South and West


Among the members of the Yale Di,in-
ity school, mostly from the Senior class
licensed to preach by the Ministers AS
ISOLATION were: w. y. Page. Brownville
Me-; C. p. Pierce. Auburn, Me
Senator Quay, through his son. Richard
Quay. Thursday. made an emphatic de-
NAL of the published statement that he
intended to withdraw from the contest
for the Republican nomination for Presi-
dent
AT the Prohibition state convention at
Springfield. ILL.,. Wednesday evening. the
free silver plank of the platform was
adopted by an overwhelming ma jority.
The platform also declares for woman
suffrage.
that the fire in the Pope mine has been
cXtinguished, but the seven imprisoned
miners are dead without doubt. as moth
ing could be heard from them. IL will be
several days before the bodies can be
rescued.
The Porte, in reply to the represents
ton made to it by MIR. Riddle. the
American charge d'affares. and Sir
Philip Currie British ambassador. has
given positive assurances that the mis-
sionaries will in nowise lie moested white
they conform 10 the laws of the country.
In consequence of the numerous wrecks
resulting from running coal dumps and
ice cars on the same train with long
loaded cars. General Superintendent San
born of the Boston x Maine Railroad.
has issued an order that meets with great
favor. excluding them entirely from
trains not entirely made up of that class
of cars. after April IL.
Notwithstanding rumors TO the con-
trary. Miss Clara Barton cables the New
England and Armenian relief committee
OF Boston. of her successful work as fol-
lows; News from the expeditions just
received proves that our relief work is
firmly established. In no manner 10 the
authorities endeavor TO control our ac-
ton.
In the English House of Commons.
Thursday. Chamberlain stated that Pres-
dent Kruger of the Transvaai republic
had not replied To his Chamberlain }
invitation to visit England. G.. y. Cur
ION, under secretary, stated that the gov
ernment had not promised any foreign
power that the Egyptian forces should
not advance up the valley of the Nile be-
yond Dongola
A meeting OF the directors of the Grand
Trunk Railway Co. was held at London.
April ., Sir Charles Rivers Wilson. the
president of the company, presiding. AL
ludinS to the changes which had been
made i'll the organization of the COM
pany, Sir Charles urged that the directors
be allowed time to put into effect the
needed reform which they had In view
The annual report was discussed and
adopted.
y dispatch received from Basin. Mont
Wednesday night reported fire raging in
the Hope hoist and main shaft and that
four or five lives were lost Shift Boss
John Buckley and his brother Patrick
Martin sullivan, Hugh Mckeown. Bar
ney Wall. WIFI Belden and Ed Near
thur We're probably sufocated, as there is
no other escape from the mine except by
the main shaft. which is burning. The
buildings are a total loss.
Chief of Police Harrigan of St Louis
" edneSday night, ordered Jim CorDett TO
omit the boxing feature of his show. and
the request WAS complied with. Corbett
visited police headquarters and en-
deaNored to induce the chief to rescind
the order. but the latter was obduratc
Al the matinee Corbett SPARED with
Conley. the Ithaca Giant" and both
We're arrested. Later they were released
on bond. The matter will be settled in
the police court.
The six-round so at Hot Springs, Ark.
between Jack McAuliffe and Harry
Pigeon. lightweight champion of Canada
w edneSday night. was Il hot fight from
call of time to finish. In the second
round McAuliffe uppercut Pigeon and
iloored him. Pigeon got up and. coming
at McAulffe. was fioored again. There
was no decision in the sixth round. and
the men decided to so on. The seventh
round was hot one. but McAuiiffe out
fought Pigeon and beat him SO badly that
1t was some minutes before he came to-
The object of the meeting of the Ar
menian relief committee. which was held
at London. Wednesday. under the chair
manship of the Duke of Argyle to protest
against the proposed action of the Turk
iSh authorities eXpelling the Protestant
and Roman Catholic missionaries from
Asia Minor is generally endorsed by the
London newspapers. resolution was
IL ,t.H.I 49, , ~
for North Manchester. requesting the
government to take immediate measures
to secure the release of the Rev George
+. Knapp. the American missionary. re-
Gently expelled from Bitlis and whose
expulsion from Turkey is sought by the
Turks who accuse him of having melted
Armenians to revolt.
The Maryland Bankers Association
held its first convention at Baltimore
Thursday. Comptroller of the Currency
Eckels. ex-Comptroller Cannon, Presi-
dents Hardy and Ruston of the Virginia
and Pennsylvania Bankers Associations:
Col VIM. NJ. Singerly, Philadelphia:
Governor Lowndes, Mayor Hooper and
many others were guests. The session
was called to order by j. Thomas Smith.
After prayer and selection of tenn
porary officers, addresses of welcome
were made by Mayer Hooper and others.
Tho most important business of the con-
Nention was the adoption of Il resolution
for sound money. offered by President
c. c. Homer of the Second National
Bank. Mr. Homer was chairman of the
committee on the Baltimore Plan for a
national currency system which was APP
proved by the American Bankers Assoc
citation. two years ago.
A special to the New York World from
Portland Oregon, says: Private Frank
]. Aftleck. a Harvard graduate is to be
court-martaled at Vancouver barracks
week JeSprtiOn 11p ,l.,r
army while at Fort Boise In addition to
stealing Il quantity of arms from officers
them as souvenirs of his army life
since his Incarceration. A few days after
he was sent there from Portland he made
an effort to gain his liberty by cutting
his way through Il bath room. On the
following day he made rope of his
blankets and tried to hang himself He
wore Il straight jacket two days. when
upon his promise to behave himself he
was released Since then he has been
heavily chained. Before enlisting in The
cavalry company at Fort Boise. Afileck
squandered $4,000 here.
Vice Chancellor Reed. Thursday at
Newark. n. j.. admitted in evidence the
order book of the American Tobacco Co.,
in the case of alleged conspiracy for the
restaint of trade as instituted by the at
torney general. Josiah Brown. secretary
of the company read from the book sew
eral entries. where in New York and
PhiadeIphia iobbers We're shown to have