The Republican journal., 1896-04-16

N4iN - hiolioHs ouSSdSC ulC} C1t Ulli NdS
passed by vote of 127 yeas to l nay. The
bill was at once sent to the Senate and
was there passed by vote of SO to 4. 1t
now goes to the governor. The bill com
pels railroads to carry bicycles free if
release for damages is given. There is
little doubt that the governor will sign it.
..... Senator Quay, through his son Rich
ard Quay, has made an emphatic denial of
the published statement that he intended
to withdraw from the contest for the Re
publican nomination for President.
Advices from Corea state that assassina-
tiOns OF japanese have taken place
throughout the Corean provinces. Rumors
are circulated that Russians are travelling
throughout the peninsula tanning the anti
japanese feeling. g......... Notwithstanding
rumor to the contrary Miss Clara Barton
cables to the New England Armenian Re-
lief Committee OF Boston, OF successful
work and nUn-inteltcreuce by the Turks
She says the need ion more funds is urgent.
.....During squall on san Francisco bav
the British ship Blailmore was capsized
and six of the crew drowned. including
Thomas ludgate, chief officer and Samuel
Kenny, steward. go. The extent to which
this country exports horses to Europe is
not generally known. Some idea may be
had from the fact that the port Of New
l ork ships 100 o. . annually. y.... The record
made by the ram katahdin in her run
Thursday was an average OF Il 3 i knots an
hour. At one time she reached - knots.
This is given ON authority OF a member of
the trial board The katahdin is a b.
knot boat..... At the prohibition State con
yention in Illinois resolution was adopt
ed which requests that Congress prohibit
the manufacture of liquor in the nted
states and also prohibit the sale of liquor
in the District OF Columbia, all territories
and all military posts.....A dispatch to
the London Chronicle from Cairo saws
that Col John A. Cockeril. the well
known American newspaper editor and
spondent. died suddenly at Shep-
heards Hotel in that city April 10th.
Death was caused by apoplexy. Col.
Cockerill recently arrived in Cairo from
Japan, where he had spent considerable
time as the correspondent of the New
\ ork Herald. He was representing the
same paper i'll CairO...,. The jury in the
case of the Cubans on trial at New York
in connection with the Bermuda hlibuster-
ing expedition, returned verdict on
April 10th of mot guilty in the case OF
all defendants. Emmons Blaine died at
Chicago in 1892, and when his wife quail
$40. COO which indicated that the estate
was valued at half that figure. The in
ventory shows that the good assets Of the
estate will not reach above so, 600
FISH AND GAME. Edward F. Rowe.
superintendent of the fish hatchery at
Green Lake, shipped from the hatchery
during the month Of March 25, OC0 trout
eggs to New Hampshire; 40. GEO to the
Maine commissioners; i0, coo to Washing
ton, D. Is, 000 TO Ohio; 10. GO to Rhode
Island; 10 CO to Vermont and one case of
salmon eggs to New Jersey and New
\ 1olk. Last week George Hoxie of
North Bucksport killed a mother seal and
pup in the river at that point. The old
seal was monster, measuring l. feet
in length and giItino . - feet and weigh
ing about 10 pounds. The young seal
was but few h0nls Old and measured t
feet inches ia length and weighed about
70 pounds. 1t was easily kined.... The
regular nominations made by the COVER
noI were confirmed on Thursday. among
them being that OF Hon. L. 7. Carleton
OF Winthrop as commissioner of inland
fisheries and game. Aleception was ten
dered to Mr. Carleton at the Augusta
House in the evening by his friends and
lie was warmly congratulated by them
MI. Carleton will have his office in Au-
gusta..... The lobster dealers Of Portland
WHO furnish about all of the fish tor the
New York mal ket. keep them in BIG cars
in the docks in which the board Of health
says the sewers of the city empty. The
health officers have ordered the lobster
dealers to remove their cars from the
docks to deep water. This means a loss
of thousands Of dollars to local dealers,
who have protested y hearing has been
granted them on the matter.... Com
missioner OF Sea and Shore Fisheries
Whitten is much exercised over the law
which passed the Massachusetts legisla-
ture and is now in the hands of the COVER
nor for a nine inch lobster law. He says
that he is fearful that it will induce much
law breaking in this State, where we have
a ten and one half inch law, leading the
fishermen to take under length Holsters
and ship them to Massachusetts, . The
close time for sardines ended April 18th,
but the Eastport factories will probably
not be opened Tor some time yet. The
hundreds of men who have been out of
employment since December 1st have
rather discouraging outlook.