Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-02-19
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from North, Easi.
South and West.

Postmaster General Wilson authorizes
the statement that he has accepted the
presidency of the Washington and Lee
University.
Del. says General Richard f. Kenney.
Delaware's new United States senator Is
seriously i'll at his home there.
The story of the birth in New York of
a,ra raisin trust is diseredited by the whole
were seen. Wednesday. declared they had
heard nothing about it.
\ dispatch received at Madrid from
Havana. says it is reported there that DR..
and accompanied him at the time the
insurgent leader met his death. has been
assassinated.
France and Brazil have signed
a protocol referring their dispute
regarding territorial boundaries to
arbitration, the president of the Swiss
confederation to be referee.
The Legislative trust investigating
committee at New York. Thursday, fin
ished up with the Sugar Trust and COM
menced on the National Wall Paper Co..
Henry Burn. president, being the first
witness.
r. B. and b. r. Knight. cotton manu-
factures of Providence. have agreed to
run 100000 spindles on short time for three
months. They operate 10000 spindes. all
600 spndles. The original agreement will
be more than carried out. For special
reasons 1t was convient to continue the
Pontiac mill in full operation. The re-
port circulated that they We're not keep
ing faith with other manufacturers is
therefore entirely untrue.
Chun Sing. Il Chinaman, was hanged at
San, Quentin. Cal. Wednesday for a
mining camp in the Sierras, in Septem-
ber: 1895: Without provocation he at
| tackled All Fook. a fellow countrymap.
with an axe, hacking him frightfuIy br;
not fatally. He then chopped All Fook's
wife to pieces and afterWard went to an
| adjoining cabin and killed another Chi
nese couple. brutally beheading the wo-
man. While in jail awaiting trial. he at
| tempted to kill the jailer but was unsuc-
cessful.
In the English House of Commons.
Thursday, after discussion. the proposal
| to erect new London county council
JOS. Chamberlain. secretary of state for
| the COLONIES. in course of the discussion
of the claim made by the South African
| republic for indemnity for damage sus-
trained by the raid of DR.. Jameson and
followers into Transvaal. said the Boer
government claimed for material damage
| damage E1GOO,OOO. This remark provoked
| great laughter.
An exceedingly handsome and costly
diamond badge has been made by the
jewelers. G sI of Detroit, Mich. to be present
| ed by Postmaster General Wilson to
President-elect Mckinley on the evening
of March 5, on behalf of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity. of which Mr.. McKin-
| lation badge of the fraternity. surrounded
by 16 specially selected large blue-white
diamonds. A delegation Of the fraternity
will attend the inauguration when Pres
ident Mckinley will wear the gift of the
| fraternity. .s
| The business of the year just passed
was the most remunerative ever exper-
enced by the Suez canal. the traffic aggre-
report OF Consul General Penfield. at
Cairo. to the state department Great
Britain supplied two-thirds of the traffic.
and he declares it is a regrettable fact
that not one ship under the United States
flag passed through the canal during 1896.
although in 1895 four American warships
in making the passage. The total number
Of steamers using the CANAL last year was
3407 having tonnage of S.594.3O7.
The woman who abandoned the baby at
| the South Framingham. Mass, depot.
Wednesday. has been located. A drum-
mer gave the police clew to a young
woman. named Annie Pierce of Milford.
whom he saw with. valise answering
| Manning looked UP the case, the Milford
officers were notified Of the affair. and
after some searching. the woman was
home. She was arrested at midnight and
arraigned i'm court. Thursday. for aban-
doning the child. The case was contin-
ued week bonds of $3.50 being furnished.
Mrs. David Morris lies at her home in
| Hanover street. Portsmouth N. H.. in
an unconscious condition. suffering from
conclusion OF the brain which was pro-
duced by wound on the back of the
head Her husband says that she fell on
| the ice one day last week and thus re-
ceived the iuiury The police doubt this
\ statement and are making a quiet investi.
cation. Mrs. Morris was taken to the
Cottage hospital. Thursday. DIR. Junkins
wound on her head could not be made by
a fall, but has the appearance of having
| been caused by some blunt instrument
The woman is unable to speak and can.
not throw any light on the affair.