Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-29
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South and West.


that up to Dee. IN there We're 20si cases
and 1881 deaths from the bubonic plague
which is epidemic III that city. People
are still fleeing from the city, ana th9
law is threatened upon the natives iali-
ing to obey the sanitary regulations TO
the letter.
The I.ehigh mills of South t.aston, Pa,
manufacturers OF cotton goods, nav Siih =,
down for four months. ana there Is Stlu
to he little prospect Of Il resumption At
the end of that period. The depression
in business is given AS the cause. rue
plant was started nearly ldu years ago
and this is the first shutdown II has cN'
perienced.
Papers were Tiled at Laconia. \. H..
Monday. with Judge w. t. Fellows OF
the Belknap county probate court ptu-
tioning the l.aconia Car 60. OF Tacoma.
into Insolvency. Attempts nave been
made during the last few weeks 10 com
promise with the creditors but the heSo,
tiations have not been completed ~ IN
cases and thc corporation goes INTO IN,
solvency To dissolve attachments pltHrl
upon the plant by creditors
The Bon Marche dry goods store in Ia
han block AmeShurN, Mass. when M%$
supposed 10 have been uninlUrcd in Sun
day mornings IRE, proved 10 hay" sal F.,
fered II loss of about $itlo by smoke ana
water. Fisher " 90. the pfoWletofS 81
the store. carry an insutanc" OF $yW9-
The insurance on the mock II S4ftHM y,
4. Collins has $l2,mD Insurance; 9. g.
Garter. si5o0. and J. H. Flaws. <llo, The
other tenants carried small Insurance.
Another sweeping reduction in wages
has been made in the factory of Lu-
Their : Johnson, Lynn. Mass. which
has been settled by labor unions with
out having To resort to extreme meas
ures. The cut Was in the cutting de
partment of the shop, and. ii Is said,
will in some rooms reach ~ per cent
but viii NOT be SO high in others.
The Norwegian bark Tciefon from
Savannah arrived al Antwerp, Dee
-. and had on board the crew OF the
Norwegian bark Godthaah, from BAY
erte. for Preston. abandoned. Dec II
in lat. AZ ~. long 33 w, having lost
her mainmast and all her sails and
with her rudder sprung. The Gcd-
thaab was leaking badly.
II. G. Henry. the millionaire contrae
tor has secured the contract to bu1ld IN
approaches to the Great Northern Raii
roads tunnel through the Cascade noun
tains Washington. and men are alrcadS
on tho way TO commence preliminary
work IT will take about SIX months Il
do the work and then every thlng WIZ .
ready to commence ON the track, WhlcI
il is said will be one OF the greatest IN
gineering feats in history, The tunne
viii be q. miles long and will reduce tn
altitude of the road 1909 feet.
The first American house OF Importance
to accept the invitation given last sum
mer by Iii Hung Chang to the manuiact
urers of this country to send represent
ativ,.s TO China to show goods. Is th'
Winchester < Repeating Arms co.
New Haven. ct. Henry Brewer one
the company's representatives. VIII IN
mediatciy start for China to exhibit III
model of 1885. or the Winchester arm:
rife, and Lee straight pull rifle adopte'
for the navy by the United States gov
ernment Mr. Brewer will exhibit tines
rifles to the Chinese government of'icNtls
and viceroys
The Scandal Bank of Minneapolis
Mimi. closed its doors. Monday. Ii
was organized - years ago by Mons
Grna ger. a prominent scandinavian
politician Of Minnesota. Its preSid n
is r. Sunde, who went TO Minneapo'
lis, 10 years ago. from Wilmar, Mimi
where he made fortune as a money
lender. The last obtainable statement
of the condition of the bank was made.
| let. 6. 1t showed loans and discounts
amounting to $is9.2SS. deposits aggre
eating s225.3&337 It's business was al
| most wholly with Scandinavians.
Rev. DIR. ID. V. Gwilym. pastor of the
MacDougal Street Baptist church. New
| York preached his farewell sermon
| there. Sunday night Besides rcsisnine
| the passionate. the doctor Withdrew iron
| the Baptist church and announced his IN
| tention of returning to the Episcopa
church DIR. Gwilym was. until three
years ago. the pastor of an Episcopa
| church in Lewiston. Me About that tins
| he began to doubt the faith of the Fps
copal church. He studied the creed o.
| the Baptist church and joined that sect
| He made his first appearance at the Mac
| Dougal Street church as a substitute, ane
| after Il little time took the passionate. llr
Gwilym came prominently before th'
public last September. by giving All wilf
| were needy free lunches If they woule
attend service. He fed more than ~
poor men at each service. He came gu
| last fail for Bryan and carried poiltic'
/ into the church. In explanation OF TN
| change of denomination, DR.. GwIlyn
| said: II am compelled. in order to retail
| IL conscience void of offence toward God
| TO return to the bosom of my spiritua
mother, the Episcopal church.