Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-20
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The appointment of Prof. +. De Mar.
tens of the ministry for foreign affairs
and professor of international law in the
University of st. Petersburg, as arbitra-
tor in the Anglo-VeneZuelan boundary
dispute. has been formally approved by
the Gar.
For the second time this year Har-
ward and Yale foot ball teams will do
battle on Soldiers field. Cambridge,
Mass, the freshman teams Of the two
colleges being scheduled to line up
against each other. Saturday.
Mildred L. Brewster. a wellto-do
farmers daughter was arranged at
Montpelier, VT, Friday. charged with
the murder Of Annie Wheeler of this
city on May 80 Miss Brewster pleaded
mot guilty" and was remanded for
trial.
Peter Foley. an employe of the Rock
port Granite Company, was killed by a
Boston & Maine locomotive at Bay
View, Gloucester: Mass, Friday. Foley
was IS years of age and a stone worker.
He is survived by wife and three
small children.
jeremiah Manchester of Westport.
Mass, was brought into the supreme
court at Taunton, Mass, Friday, and
pleaded not guilty to the indictment in
two counts of the murder of Holder A
Trip. He was remanded until date
for trial is fixed.
John H. Laskey, formerly a lieutenant
of police In Boston. in the superior court
at East Cambridge, Mass, Friday, was
found guilty of forging and uttering sig
natures on the bonds, given in 1894 to the
city of Cambridge in connection with the
building of Engine House No. I, on Main
street. He will be sentenced later
Many of the Berlin newspapers COM
ment unfavorably upon Emperor Will
liam's speech, Thursday, upon the oc-
casion of swearing in the Guards re-
cruts. The Volks Zeitung Sharply
criticizes the contention tina. a good
man and a good soldier must be good
Christian. The Voerwaerz ironically
reviews the speech.
Judge Allen, in the supreme court at
Boston, Friday. made permanent the
Appointments CT Henry S. Hyde and
HENRY c. Bliss, temporary receivers of
the Bay State Beneficiary Association.
and perpetually enjoined the company
and it's agents not to do further bust
Lit
which $50. 900 is in the state treasury.
The liabilities are s450,000.
Charles A. Randall. proprietor of the
pool room in the Naumkeag house Derby
square Salem. Mass, hanged himself
| Friday night. in the water closet. He was
| found by his assistant. Arthur Frazer,
who ran out and informed the police. and
| officer Bennett cut the body down. A
| broken bottle containing whiskey was
| floor and the indications
were that he drank most of the contents
| of the bottle before ne committed the
| deed. The cause of the suicide is sup
| posed to be dependency.
Joseph d. Deamaral. a Portuguese bar
Der of Providence. +. l.. was shot in the
neck. Thursday during struggle witt
John Murphy. his brother-in-law, who
! was recently released from state prison
/ The affair grew out of a request by Muir.
| phy for money, which Deamaral refused
to grant. Murphy has been placed unnel
arrest at the Fifth police station. His
| victim who was taken to the hospital I'M
mediately after the shooting. was oper
| ated upon by the X-rays and the buile'
extracted from his neck Deamarai IS II
a critical condition and it is doubtful Il
he survives
The fire in the Smuggler mine at
Aspen, Col, remains unconQuered aho
it is now conceded that it will require
weeks and possibly months before II
/ can be subdued. A new method of at
tack has been decided upon. A drift Is
being run in the foot~wall on the l!tf
level about 10 feet east of the Durn'
ing slope. and when it is completed
i mort holes will be cut through the wal
and steam and water played on tne
fire, which is supposed to be about 81
feet below this level.
In the fourth jury session of the supe
rior court at Boston, FRIDAY, pelol
Judge Maynard. verdict OF $l4.9s4 LOT IN
plaintiff was returned in the case OF II
A. Wyman. receiver OF the Nalio1ia. IN VI,
gress of Friends, defunct endo"men 3
order against it's officers Frank f. Sted
man. Jr.. of Needham, Webster +. Ed
wards of Boston, Benz. F. Galioupe o
HYDE Park. Edwin S. Chase ana Eu NV. !,
A. Chase of Boston, ; ana s,, ffa was brough
70 recover damages for the alleged wrong
I'm uithdrawal of money by the defend
ants from the beneficiary ana slck pehen
funds of the order for illegal purposes
When the inquest upon the BODY
; John B. Ketcham was resumed at Cni
cago FRIDAY. another continuance wa
taken until next Tuesday. Thls wa
done in order to allow the coroner an
no,ice to 60 to each of the drug store
at which medicine was procureu ~
Ketcham when he was Ill 10 coilipat
the prescription on file with those no,
in the possession of the physician VIII
J. ;ss,,od them This is to determine
y the prescriptions were in any wa
8 changed after they left the hanos
9 DIR. DeVenri.
: Judge Fessenden in the SUPERB
( court at Boston. Friday, sen'snoe
Samuel Boyd to four years IN tue nuus
!. ,,cv Fields to Inro