Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-30
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| Frosts prevailing in Germany and EARL,
faIls OF snow in Berlin and elseWhers
give promise OF long and severe wintar
| The Warren Wooden Mills. Stafford
Springs. CT. will start up on full tim.
Monday. These mills employ about M,
hands. A number of the wooden mills IN
| Rockville. CT. have recently increa san ~,
| their running time.
1t is reported on semi official an.
thority that the Argentina Congress
| will pass law. next year, providing
for the payment OF the national Ioan
| The measure known as the Unincation
| law will be repealed.
| Alfred Austin. the English poet lauro-
ate. had a narrow escape from drownine
saturday While he was fishing in the
| Tweed. his boat was upset In the randi
and he was thrown into the water Tbera
| was no one near him al the time and
| when assistance finally did arrive Mr.
austin mad been In the water some time,
| When ne was rescued he was in a com
plete state of exhaustion, but he Is now
| recovering. ~"
Hon. Patrick Mcguire Of Boston
died, Saturday afternoon. after a Short
| Illness He was born in Ireland in 1928
| ana came to Boston in 1852 He en-.
| tered the real estate business in 1867
and in 1882 established the Republic
For a score of years he had been
delegate to the national Democratic
convention. for 80 years prominent in
state and city politics.
little over week ago Dr. Jameson
underwent surgical operation to re-
lieve painful malady from which he
has suffered for some time Under d.
rections from the government Sir Will
liam Broadbent. Saturday, visited Hol-
loway jail, near London, and saw Dr.
Jameson. 1t is stated that, as a result
of his examination, Sir William advised
that he speedily released.
Two bills of particular interest were in
.roduced into the General Assembly at
Mohtgomerv, Ala, Saturday. and both
appear to stand good chance of becom-
ing laws: Or. Cameron. chairman of the
public health committee introduced a bill
seeking to prohibit the sale of cigarettes
and cigarette paper. Senator Moody Of
Tuscaloosa. one of the most influential
members, introduced in the Senate a bill
providing os a liquor disp,ensary system for
pensary system, now in operation in
South Carolina. He is working diligently
Tor the passage of his bill and is conf
Gent 1t VIII become a law.
The preliminary investigation in the
butcher murder case closed Wednesday.
at Moncton. Alex. McMullen. who was
arrested by Detective Ring and held to
give evidence for the crown. was a witt
tells q startling story of the tragedy on
that September night which left her an
orphan and robbed her of one of her
brothers, but the crown will divulge
nothing 1t Is stated that a prominent
st. John barrister has been retained as
sSs $500 It. counsel with Mr.. r: Barry
OF John E.: Sullivan. the suspected. The
defence will call about 80 witnesses when
the case comes up for trial in January
and viii undertake TO establish the fact
that Sullivan was not in Meadow Brook
on the night of the fire and murder of
the butchers
AT Saturdays sitting of the Behring
sea claim commission. at Victoria. b. c..
TO strike out two of the claims filed by
the British side. on the ground that they
did not come within the terms of the
present commission. not having been in
cluded in the summary of the claims re-
ferred TO the Paris tribunal These
claims were that of the schooner Black
her being ordered out of Behring sea in
1886, and the personal claim Of Captain
Jas. Gauding of the British marine SER
vice. for $1,000 expense incurred in con-
nection with the seizure of the schooner
Ada. Both claims. the British counsel
insisted were among those which should
spondence regarding. them clearly showed
that it was contemplated to include both.
The argument was continued at some
length and the decision reserved.
Albert N. White. who has been
keeper of the morgue at New York
City, since 1865. was suspended, Satur-
day, by the commissioners of charities.
The suspension was made pending an
into serious charges
which have been laid before the COM
missioners. When asked about the ma
ture of these charges. Silas c. Croft.
president of the commission. intimated
that there had long been a systematic
traffic in dead bodies at the morgue.
Il have looked into the matter care
fully" said the commissioner. land we
are determined to put a stop to this
abuse" Commissioner Croft was re-
luctant to go into details. but he added
that the immediate cause of Keeper
Whites suspension was his failure to
account for the disposition of three
bodies which We're recently placed in
his care, and which are not accounted
for. it is said. on the keepers books.