Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-03

silver champions. He was for years a
leading attorney in Nebraska
A DISPATCH from Cape Town says tina,
w r. SchTeineT formerly attorney gen.
eI1i. but now leader OF the Opposition
IN be Parliament OF Cape Colony MADE
speech AT banquet at Cape Town
Monday. which was virtually a RcpubH-
can manifesto. He aVowed that he
iQcket forward to the creation Of an in
dependent NfrickaEder nation by uniting
all the existing governments of South
Africa. The speech startled the audience
and the speaker was Frequently inter-
rapted by protests from hearers. Mr..
/ Scn7eiRer finally became angry over these
I iuterrupiiJns and used violent language
for which he subsequently, apologized.
The Newfoundland Colonial govern
n1ent announces that it has purchased
ell the rights Of the Newfoundland
| Railway 60. which have been before
the coutst for years. The rights include
a 22-years mail subsidy and $4,000
yearly allowances FOR rolling stock and
4 mineral lands owned by the company
| The price paid by the government was
about 81 .5Go, $50. The transfer will take
effect at the beginning of the new
year 1t enables all the railway systems
Of the colony to be placed under gov
eminent management.
over 400 delegates from all parts of
the country were present at the SEES
sion Of the American Society of Me-
chanical Engineers at New York,
York. Wedng sday. The officers were
elected: President. W r. Warner
Cleveland. Ohm: vice president, George
W. Melville Washington, D. c.;
Charles II. Manning. Manchester. n.
H.; Francis w. Dean. Boston: L. S.
Cramp. Philadelphia: s. #, Wellman.
Cleveland; w. F. Durfee, New York
City; treasurer, W. H. Wiley: secre-
bers We're elected. \ number of pa
pers We're read.
The schooner Gen. ". H. French of
Stonington. Conn, Went ashore on
Long Island Sound near Peconic. dur
ing heavy sale. early Wednesday.
There was Q heavy sea running at the
time ard the vessel soon began to
break up and IS a total loss. The crew
was discovered by the life-saving men.
VINO launched their boats and with
great difficulty reached the vessel. the
sea being high. They however. sue
ceeded in rescuing the crew and took
them to the life-saving station, the
bitter cold had chilled the crew, and
had they Aot been seen by the life
saving men. it is probable they would
have been drowned. The vessel vas
coal laden and bound for Wester-
~ r. l.
-Four children. locked in house at
1916 sd street Chicago, were smoth-
cred 10 death during IA fire in pile Of
clothirg in a room where they were
playing. Wednesday, Mrs. Mary
Barth the mother. left the house To go
to the railway yards to pick coal. lock-
ing the door behind her. The children.
Joseph six years Rosie, four; John.
two; Louis. enc, during the absence OF
the mother. secured a box of matches
ana, 1t is supposed. ignited the cloth
ing in their play. The mother returned
two hours later to find the house filled
with smoke. In the heap OF burned
clothing was the smouldering bodies OF
the little ones. An empty bucket was
near by indicating that an attempt
was made 70 extinguish the blaze.
Unable to open the doors or windows
and having exhausted the supply Of
water in the house. the children were
overcome in the dense smoke,