Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-28
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Boston & Maine Concord. N. H., will go
nine as at present.
The Shah of Persia has announced
that henceforth he will abolish the post
of prime minister and will perform the
functions of that office himself.
Hon. William S. Forman of Illinois
took the oath of office at Washington,
d. c., Friday and assumed his duties
as commissioner of internal revenue.
r. G. Dun & Cos. weekly review of
trade says: Failures for the week were
300 in the United States, against 2S in
the corresponding period of last year.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
that another massacre of Armenians is
reported to have occurred in the vicinity
of Diarbekir. 1t is rumored that more
than 500 persons were killed.
Congressman William Alden Smith.
who has returned from a visit to Pres
ident-elect Mckinley at Canton, said,
Friday, that he was sure an extra ses-
sion Of Congress would be called.
Professor Benz Apthorp Gould. the
distinguished astronomer, died at his res
idence at Cambridge, Mass. Friday
night. from the result of injuries received
was born in 1924.
Alfred Daniels. charged with burn
| ing j. d. Stringfellow's barn at
was lynched about five miles north of
the city. Thursday, having been taken
from the custody of deputy sheriff.
The Peoria hotel at Peoria, ILL.,. was
burned, Thursday night. There was a
panic among the guests and employees,
but no loss of life occurred. One man
was taken from a room unconscious,
having been overcome by smoke. Loss
500, 900.
The board of canvassers has COM
pleted the canvass of the vote for
Presidential electors in Nebraska. The
| figures are: Bryan, 1859 Mckinley,
1925 Palmer 2,797; Bentley. 1888;
lowering, 1856; Machett 172. Bryan's
plurality. 1860
The coroner's jury returned a verdict
at Wilton, n. H.. Friday, relative to the
death of Mrs. Mary Kidder of that town.
The jury find that death was caused by
| shock. inattention. and hemorrhage in
| consequence of an operation reformed by
| DR.. Massecote. the operation being per-
formed in a careless and unsklful man.
| ner. DIR. Massecote is at liberty under
$1,000 bail.
Shoninger, Levy & Company, whole
sale lace dealers, Chicago, confessed
judgment in the superior court. Friday
for $4,000. The liabilities are said tc
be between $4,000 and 100000; assets
not stated. The firm attributed it's fail.
ure to slow collections and lack of bust
ness
4 The lumber trade between the United
States and Mexico has become SO heavy
that steamship and schooner line
which will be devoted to that traffic ex.
clusively, has just been established
The company's vessels. four in number
will ply between Mobile, Ala, and Sa.
bine Pass. Tex, and all of the Atlantic
ports of Mexico.
Thomas Halpin, q years old, wa.
found dead under suspicious circum
stances at his boarding place on Eas
, street, New Haven Ct, early Frida,
, morning. Coroner Mix will investigate
Halpin is a clerk and was seen in &
t shed. Thursday night, with com
l panion. He was found dead in tn,
l same spot.
AS Warren Keen was engaged in turn
ing his horse around on the steamboa
wharf at Portsmouth, N. H., Friday
the animal became frightened ant
backed off the wharf into the river. Mr.
Keen's cries of help were heard on {
towboat and he was flshed out of tn,
river in an exhausted condition. TIL,