Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-21

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victory with songs and parade.
Formal awards Of the awards of the
ll,OOO ton battleships, for which pro-
posals were opened. last Monday, were
announced by Acting Secretary Nc
Adoo, Saturday The Newport News
Shippuilding and Dry Dock Company
of Newport News, Va, gets No. Z at It's
bid of $2,595.000. 1t will probably be
named the Alabama. William Cramp &.
Sons, Philadelphia, get No. at their
bid OF $2650,00o. It's name will proba-
bly, be Pennsylvania. The Union Iron
| Works the Scotts) of San Francisco.
get No. 9, which will probably be named
! the California, at their bid Of 81 GA $50
= The engine of the train which left Bos-
| ton. Saturday night. to connect with thu
Providence Line steamer for New York.
WAS deraiied ny washout at East Prov
! idence. X. J. The engineer knew that the
! place was IN a dangerous condition and
was running slowly thus avoiding "a more
serious accident. The passengers were
! transferred to the boat in special train.
! Ielcgrans TO army headquarters from
/ Cheyenne and from Fort Hall agency
| state that there is no truth in the dis
! patch sent out from Washington that The
| Shoshonc Indians are off their reservation
and are hunting in Jacksons Hole. The
| Shoshones are on their reservation and
|
| bands of Bannocks have crossed from
| Idaho into Jackson's Hole. and are hunt =
| ing. The Indian police have gone out to
| round them in.
| The army worm has invaded Stow.
Mass, and the farmers are taking
active measures to stop It's advance
Lewis Parks, a farmer. found that 4,
field of Hungarian grass was alive
| with them. With the assistance of
othershe plowed around the field. max
J ing trench which was filed with
water. Then meadow hay was spread
On the field. trampled down and SET
| on fire. 1t burned slowly but surely
and 1t Is estimated that Mr. Parks de-
! stroyed 30 bushels of the worms when
the decd was done. Farms at Bolton
and Hudson are showing traces Of the.
| worm.
Thomas Burns Manchester. n. II
was taken to Peabody, Mass. Satur
! day. hy State Deceive Mead. Burns
was wanted on a serious charge HeI
had been canvassinE Manchester for
a historical book published in this CITY.
and had also been at work for an in
surancc company in Peabody 1t al
legged that IN order to secure o place as
4
as bondsman Then II is charged
b. emhezzlcd a considerable amount of
the company funds Arrested for
both misdeeds he secured hail and then
jumped the bonds. 1t is for the latter
"hense that the young man was taken |
back 10 Massachusetts
a Washington, y. G. special says that
Gen Hyde OF Bath Is much pleased at
the opening Of bids for torpedo bouts and
says that he feels confident the Bath
Iron Works win be awarded At least two
81 The ,p-kuot class. especially as they
nave bids which guarantee 20i. knots in
stead OF ~ knots. The bldg or the 30-knot
boats ranged from $2tn COZ the bid OF Holm |
=. dialogue Of Camden, n. j.. to the fig
tie lowest Of ALI The Bath bid was for
two at Sl% 600 each and for three at $685.
-" each The Iron Works also submitted
another proposition for two at $235 900
each. Tho next lowest bidder for these
boats was the Herreshoff Co. which bid
Tor one n S2lN.1t0 and for three at sos 005
hld on smaller boats. guaranteeing the
best time that has yet been done in war
craft They bid $4,000 each for three
~ z-knot boats and 1928 500 each for three |
special 25ls-knot vessels the bids being
accompanied by proposition to usp
bronze in the construction of the vessels
posing Trims We're quite dumbfounded at
me hgures and speed which he promises
The Equitable Aid Union. a widely
known beneficiary organization operating
throughout the United States. was
brought into court at Erie, Pa. Saturday
on a Dill in equity which asked for the
app9intment of receiver for class "A
III the order. The petitioner for receiver
was Albert y. Bowel of Cory. Pa. who
Is beneficiary under his mothers corti-
hcate in Phelps Union. New York state.
Tor S69l. The petition sets forth that
class ~, which under the original plan
Of the institution provided for the pay
mcnt of endowmen Mt ana disability claims
At the life expectancy, is insolvent: that
is Sl6l 400; Pennsylvania sa3 900: Michi-
gan. 5000: Ohio. $500. Total liabilities
sS99.tol with {, setof in cash of sSi.ooc and
pointed Chauncey T. Rogers of CORY, re-
ceivcr, and required a bond of $1,000 The
supreme Union in 1895 devised another
class Is and gave its members chance
to he transferred by paying their share
OF the liabilities of class "A" and the sur
render of their old policies. This scheme
brought in Sloo,mo The order has now
new class, with $500 surplus above all
liabiiltles. The decree of the court does
h9t aiieci class Il. The supreme pres
ldent is A. A. Morgan of Cory.
Esquiel Murata, Il Japanese Decor
who came to Cuba a few months agol
ostcntatously to inform himself on the
condition of the island. has
Ia VNSd " ne Il SPY. lie WAS so lmI ru-
dent as to mail his report. and it was
seized and delivered over to Captaipl
General Weyler. on being translated
IL proved to be a report to the japan
use government on the military con
alton of the island Murata was
looked for too late: he had already
sailed. The report is a plain state
nent of the progress of the Cuban rev.
button. accompanied by Il map show
ne the places occupied by the rebels
una loyal troops. The report winds up
Us follows: To avoid international
complications Americans feign neu
-rality, but secretly aid the rebels in
iShting the Spanards, and are ready
o step in and annex the island at the
proper time. Following the methods
u the Americans. we might easily Sc
'ure control of the Philippine Islands
without bloodshed and complications
With Spain"
special to the Desert News of Salt
AXE city, Utah, from Ogden. saws
me OF the most distrouS storms cycrl
in this vicinity passed over 7
re city Friday night and Saturday c
eaVinS devastation in its path. For {
unately there was no loss of life. but i