The Republican journal., 1896-11-26

Dec. 14....... Inc government gunDOatS
Newport and Vicksburg will not be
launched at the Bath Iron Works until
December 5..... William Widgery Thomas
died Nov. 21st, aged 90. He was one of
the oldest and most prominent citizens in
Portland. He was in early life in the dry
goods trade wholesale and retail He has
been president of the Canal Bank since
ls49, had been in the Maine House of
| Representatives, Senate, and both branches
of the city government and was mayor in
1923. He leaves three sons, VIM. W. late
minister to Sweden, Henry g., and
Elias. Saturday brought the first sleigh
| ing of the season in Oxford county. Six
inches of dry snow fell at Norway, and an
electric car with a snow plow was stuck
in the snow on Main street short time
..... While the jury at Wiscasset was delib
Grating Saturday in the Mank case, by
advice of his counsel, Mank, indicted for
murder, retracted his plea of not guilty
and pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
c. II. Nelson's valuable mare Sarah Full
ler, by Nelson, died suddenly Nov. 23d at
Sunnysde, Waterville The cause of
death is unknown. While her record
was but 229 she would undoubtedly
have become one of the fastest of Nell
sons get She has gone a trial in 2. II l. g
IN BRIEF. The Metropolitan Steam
ship Co. Nov. 10th placed in the hands of
| Clerk Mason, of the United States dis
| trict court, Boston, its check for 500, AL
90 to satisfy the decree of this court re-
| turned in the suit of W. K Vanderbilt of
| New ork, owner of the steam yacht
| Alva, against the owners of the steamer
| IL. +. Dlmmock, which ran down and
sank the Aiva three years ago. Under
| the decree, the owner of the Alva gets
500, 467. 30 and the balance goes to the
Alva crew, who lost personal effects by
reason of the collision. The trial of ex-
| first mate Bran, for the triple murder on
the barkentine, Herbert Fuller has been
set for Dec. 14th, in Boston. The Judge
| overruled the defendant S motion to quash
the Indictment An effort was made to
have the trial take place in Maine, to
avoid capital punishment, but was with
out avail..... The appeal of Sir Edward
| Clark from judgment of the court of ap-
peal at London, compelling A. D. Clarke,
owner of the yacht Satanita to pay Lord
Dunraven, owner of the yacht Valkyrie
IL, for the loss of the latter vessel by col
lision with Satanita in 1894, has been dis
missed with costs by the House of Lords.
... Before the largest crowd ever seen at
horse sale in this country, and after
sensational auction, John r. Gentry the
| champion harness horse of the world,
passed into the hands of Lewis g. Tewks-
| bury OF New York city, for $40 600 at
Madison Square Garden Nov 10th. ....
| VIM. }. Bryan is preparing to publish
| book about the first of next year which
| Will embody an exhaustive treatment of
| the silver question and bimetallsm, en-
| phaslzlng It's Importance as the issue in
1900. Mr., Bryan has authorized his pub
| fishers TO announce that one half the
royalties received from the sale of the
| book will be devoted to advancing the
cause of bimetallism during the next four
years. The work will include Mr. Bryan's
| biography, written by Mrs Bryan. Ii is
asserted that the worlds production of
sugar this year will be 800 600 tons great
er han last year, Notwithstanding the di-
mlnlshed production in Cuba. The in
creased cultivation OF the sugar beet in
Europe accounts ror the increase. . The
thirty-foot boat Spray, in which Captain
! Slocum left Boston April %, 1895, with
the intention of circumnavigating the
globe arrived at Sidney New South
| Wales, on Monday. Captain Siocum, on
the coast of Japan, few weeks ago, mar
roWly escaped being taken by pirates
| He was next heard of in northern port
of Australia. Comptroller Eckels will
| again recommend that the national bank
ing act be so amended as to permit the is
sue OF circulation up to the par value of
| bonds deposited to secure the same in
| stead of 20 per cent. as is now provided
| for... Henry c. Paine says that the old
| Mckinley tariff act will not be revived in
| Congress, but that there will certainly be
tariff legislation as soon as possible to
| protect American industries and to raise
money enough for the expenses of the
government. A tariff on wool will be one
of its chief features. ..... The announce
ment is made that the Pope has appoint
ed Rev. Dr. Thomas j. Conaty, rector of
the church of the Sacred Heart, Worces-
ter, Mass, to succeed Bishop J. Keane as
rector of the Catholic University at Wash
| ington. .... The Boston Commercial Bulle-
TIN has secured the signatures, without
regard to party, of 50 local wool houses
to petition for the Dingley bill Of the
| four houses that did not sign only one be-
lieves the bill should not pass go. Judge
William II. Hillard of North Stonington,
Conn, sent one of the largest turkeys
ever raised in that town to President
elect William Mckinley for his Thanks
giving dinner. One OF the bright writer's
n the town sent poem on the biad.....
George W. G. Ferris, the inventor and
builder of the Ferris wheel, died Sunday
at the Mercy hospital, Pittsburg, Pa,
where he had been treated for typhoid
fever for week. The wheel made for
tune for Mr.. Ferris, and gave him fame as
an engineering genius all over the world.
..... The receipts Of apples at Boston for
the week ending Nov. 21st amounted to
50, 300 barrels The exports of apples to
Liverpool for the week were 46, O76 bbls.
and to London 6,965, making the total
shipments SO, 041 barrels. ... The great
| wire nail trust has collapsed and nails
have dropped one dollar a keg. 1t is
predicted that the price will be down to
,25 per keg.
POLITICAL POINTS. The receipt of re-
| turns from the late election in South
Dakota makes it possible to complete the
| list of members of the House of Repre-
| sentatives OF the 55th Congress. This
shows a total of POS Republicans, 1877
| Democrats and - Populists. OF the Re-
| uuhlicanS five are said to favor free coin