Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-14

l accounts Tor lime mixed Win Silica III
this natural curiosity.
Since Gen. Weylers engagement with
the Cnbans at Rubi Heights, there has
been no fighting reported. Great anxiety
prevails at Havana, and news from the
front Is eagerly awaited. as II Is felt that
upon the success of Gen. Weylers CAM
paign vast results depend. Unofficial adj
vices show that Weyler Is again on the
march and 1t is believed that his force Is
now temporarily encamped in The BruJo
Hills. A delegation OF colonies of the
Havana volunteers have offered 10 fur
nsh the government with 20W1 volunteers
for employment in Weyier's campaign.
Another long standing American
boundary dispute is to he settled by
| arbitration. in accordance with a
treaty executed several days ago at
| Bogota, by which Costa RIGA and Co
lumb;a have agreed 10 leave their ter
,itorial division line to the adjudication
of the president of France, or in the
event that he cannot undertake the re-
sponsibility President Diaz Of Mexico
will he asked.
Chauncey NJ. Depew filed the viii of
| the late VIM. II. Vanderbilt with the
| surrogate, at New York, Friday. The
viii bequeaths $2J0,000 to the rector,
church wardens and vestrymcn of ST.
| Bartholomew church to he he kept
invested by them and the income APP
piled to the uses Of the church. The
balance Of the estate is left mainly to
Mrs Nanderbilt's relatives. The es-
tate is valued about s1.100,000.
An Illicit still located at No. IA. Will
lard street, in the West End. Boston,
was seized. Friday, by officers of the
liquor squad and attaches of the
United States internal revenue depart
ment This is the fourth Illicit distil-
lery raided in Boston within year
Hon. Thomas y. Reed Of Maine
passed through Vancouver, H. c.,
Thursday. on his return East from his
campaigning tour on the coast
A special from Duluth. MIMI says:
sat was officially announced here,
Thursday, that the Rockefeller iron
syndicate has sold S500,0 900 worth Of
Minnesota ore to be delivered next
season. and 10000 tons Of Spanish
American ore. This will enable the
underground mines on the Mesaba
Range to resume operations at once
ard will give employment TO thou
sands of men. George Shaw conveyed
to Captain y. d. Moore the Iron Chief
mine for 100000
Not since the days Of ~ has San
Francisco been so crowded with ships
as il is at present. All classes of YES
sells are anchored in the bay and seven
cut Of every ten are seeking a charter.
Many of the sailing vessels are in bal
last and a few have brought coal from
Australia for a nominal sum in Greer
to clear expenses. All the captains
are excited over the advance in wheat, |
and some Of the later arrivals are !
holding out for 35-shillng rate to the |
United Kingdom. The disengaged tom |
mage in part at present exceeds 10000 |
tons. while on the same date last year
il was only 27.6ii. The chartered ton
mage aggregates 103, 392. as against g.
as on this date in 1895
The stockholders OF the late Boston
Daily Publishing Co. (Ohe Standard)
held a meeting, at Boston, Friday
night. for the purpose of raising money
to pay for legal assistance. DR.. Free
man read an Indictment against the
Standard management, claiming that
$685. 400 went into the treasury and S225.-
zoe came out. What became of the re-
mainder. he said. the directors refused
y
Houghton. an early director explained
that the receiver mad all the books and
must report to the court and to give
out his findings beforehand. would be
an offence to the court. He said the
management had been honest and GER
tain parties wanted to secure the plant
for half its value. a committee passed
The hat and collected Sl1..2. This pre-
~
subdued and the meeting adjourned
subjected to the call of the chairman.
John Lyons, the most notorious horse
thief that has ever operated in New Eng
land and New York. who has served
eight years in Sing Sing and also long
terms ,rr in Acknowledgements N,:, New Hamp-
rested in Hampden. Mass. by Chief Me
Cam of the West Springfield police force.
Monday night. on suspicion of having
session, and was Thursday. identified
and taken to Worcester by Inspector
horses from exMavor Pratt eight years
ago. Lyons has operated extensively in
Wostehester county. New York. and It
is estimated that he got away with $4,000
worth Of horses and carriages. During {
his most prosperous career, Lyons lived ,
in pretentous house in HYDE. Park;
of the comforts of life. He was regarded
as q mysterious but respectable man,
vet all the. time he was carrying. on an s
extensive business in horse stealing in
western Massachusetts and New York s
state. Lyons gave the name of James
johnson when he was captured and the s
circumstances of the arrest We're UNI
usual. Chief Mccain had started on a |
coon hunting expedition in Hampden. !
eight miles from Springfield, and in the ,
barn where he put up his horse. found
man rolled up in blanket. A new buggy ,
was outside the barn and q handsome
horse in a stall. Inquiry showed the
man to he a suspicious character and h
was arrested for vagrancy and charged
with that offence before the police court.
England imports nearly els. 900, 900,
worth of timber a year, and pays |
$4,000. 900 for minor forest produce |,
A N mi har million and q half jc mid fnvi I