Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-09
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South and West

Al meeting of the creditors of the
Afnesbury Carriage Co ait Amesbury.
the unfinished work by Jan. 10, Vacate
the building and close out an finished
carriages ana bicycles by May l. The
company will Undoubtedly pay 100 per
cent.
The executions for $2l6.166 were
entered against the Catasauqua Mfg
Co. at Allentown. Pa. Tuesday. The
sheriff will sell four rolling mills and
90 houses at Catasaqua and Fullerton.
Pa, January ,.
Ernest EnSel. the German statis-
tican. died at Locssewitz Tuesday,
aged -. Herr Engel succeeded to the
dictatorship of the bureau of statistics
in 1860. He was the author of num-
bar of statistical works.
At the municipal election at kcenc ~
H.. Tuesday Hon. Francis \. Perry Rep>
WAS elected mayor by Ge1. the largest
ma j0rity since keene has been Il city. OF
he aldermen elected. four are republic
cans. one Democrat. Thirteen Reput-
lican councilmen were elected. and two
Democrats The building Of 4 street
railway entered largely into the contest
and nearly all those elected favor the
project
Smith & Burden. contractors of
Long Island City, n. Y. have made
an assignment. The failure of the
firm caused the senior member. George
II. Smith, who is in the coal business.
to also make an assignment. Mr.
Smith said he thought the liabilities
would reach 500, 900 and the assets OF
the firm would be near that figure
Mrs. Caroline r. Winslow who, had
a national reputation as leader
among women. died at Washington
Monday night aged "A. Mrs. Winslow
was prominent in the local social pu-
rty organizations and woman suffrage
movements. She was for several years
a director Of the Wimodaughsis. and
was active in the management of other
womens organizations.
The December pilot chart of the
north Atlantic. issued by the govern
ment photographic office. was dis
tributed Monday This chart shows
plated the positions of remarka BILE
group of derelicts. They number Is in
all and keep each other company off
Cape Hatteras. directly in the track
of vessels Most of these vessels were
sunk by the two cyclones in October.
The Raleigh Tribune ii daily Republic
can paper Will appear at Raleigh. n. c..
Jan. ! next. 1t will be the only Republi-
can newspaper in the former slavehod-
ing states. It's manager expects it to be
"A financial success. as there are $1,000
white Republican voters now in North
Carolina, with a large percentage OF the
negroes now able to read. ana in addi-
ton 10000 Populists who will patronize
it, more or less. OH account of the flu
sion policy in state politics which it Will
advocate. GOvernor-e,ect Russell is
among the stockholders.
Judge Benedict in the criminal
branch Of the United States circuit
court at New York, Tuesday, directed
that at the opening OF the December
term. Wednesday. the names of John
d. Hart. Edward Murphy. John j.
O'Brien. Captain Chas. B. Dickman.
Col. Emilio Nunez Gen. Carlos Roloff,
accused of having been concerned in
Cuban filibustering expeditions. be
calleds Should the defendants fail to
appear their bail will probably be de-
clared forfeited. There is belief that
Gen. Roloff will not answer to his
name. it being intimated that he
landed in Cuba with an expedition, a
few days ago.