Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-23
Daily Kennebec 3ournaI.
kEWs NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires IRON North, East
South and West

The Southern Express Co.. Wednesday.
paid over to the National Park Bank of
New York City, $4,000 in settlement for
the loss of that amount of money by the
robbery of the Express Cos. safe at CO.
lunbia, S. c., last Monday. The National
Park Bank was the shipper of the stolen
package.
The action of the Massachusetts, Ex-
ecutive Council, last week, in voting
. pardon and release for Welcome H.
Hathaway of Fall River, a cotton
broker convicted in 1898 of making
false entries. etc, has met with the
Governors appreciation and Hathaway
IS pardoned. His pardon will take
effect, Thursday, and Hathaway will
spend Christmas in the bosom of his
family.
c. p Huntington has sold the 250o-ton
iron steamship Morgan City. now lying
in the Erie basin. at New ork. and it will
soon sail with freight and passengers for
Seattle and south Alaskan ports. The
purchaser is Joseph Ladue and the price
is about $4,000 Mr. Ladue has given an
order for several steamers for the trans
portaton business. The Morgan City will
run. between Seattle and Dyea and Skag-
uay until June l, when she will start with
freight and passengers for ST. Michaels
connecting at that port with the boats
owned by the company.
a brisk blaze in the air shaft of Hotel
Royal. an apartment house on the corner
of Exeter and Beacon streets, Boston
Wednesday afternoon. caused loss of
between $4,000 and $4,000. principally by
water. The building is owned by the p.
c. Brooks estate. The fire is thought to
have started on the third floor in the bath
room of Suite 6. occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Ludlow, by Il lace curtain coming in con-
tact with a gas jet. The flames commune
al xI., -t,.a,a.
the fire was confined. but not before it
had reached the seventh floor and roof.
The last of the police cases which grew
out of the LeXow committee investiga-
ton at New York, WAS disposed, Wednes-
day, upon the recommendation of District
Attorney Olcott, it being the case of for
mer Wardman Burns. who was accused
OF bribery and who skipped MS bail OF
$4,000 and went to Europe after he had
been indicted. His bail was declared for
feited, but he returned about TWO months
ago and gave himself up. He again fur
uished bail and has since been at liberty.
District Attorney Olcott told Judge New
burger that the evidence was insufficient
to convict Burns.
a few days ago the government of
Nicaragua arrested Senior Salvatore
I.acayo a wealthy citizen of Granda.
Nicaragua at his coffee estate. and have
IMPRISONED him. The charges against
him have not been made public. 1T IS re-
ported that Senior CaStelano, president
of the Diet OF the greater republic OF
Central America has expressed his desire
TO resign as Il member of the Diet ana
will continue his efforts so far as ms
health permits. to make the Diet ana iis
Central American organization, the
greater republic of Central America,
ocular with the people and get all the
states to unite into a union OF the people
and for the people.
The United States training ship Alliance
was sighted off the Highlands at 80 A.
NJ. Wednesday. and passed in at Sandy
Hook an hour later. She left Key West
for New York. Dec. 15 The Alliance
reached Key West. Dec. ,, and was en-
| gagged there in target practice rms m
| irhes a long cruise for the Alliance. she
| left Newport. r. l.. June 26. with run
| complement of apprentices. and the lirSt
port was Southampton, where she arrived,
| Iuly 81 after which she proceeded u
| Cherbourg. Gibraltar MADEIRA, Azores
and St. Thomas, in the West inales; "n''
| spent a short time in each part. COM
| mander Albert Ross is under orders 10
| take command of the Alliance
! Warrants were issued at st. LOUIS
| Mo. Wednesday. for the arrest of Ed-
| ward S. Whitaker. president OF the
7 ,indeI Railway Co.; COrwin IL. Spen-
Ger president of the Southern Electric
Hallway; John Scullin. president OF
rain Robert Mccullough, general man.
ager of the Cass Avenue kail"ay'
rha other officials are charged with
having failed 30 have provided vest
| b,,les during November. December
January. February and March OF each
wear for the protection of motormen as
required by law.
,rbe schooner Frank A. Raekliff. com,
rr-inded by Captain George f. kanG u
Orient Heights. left East buS'q,, ''$, pnsol,,te
| started down the harbor on her Voyase -,
| to Seattle Wash. The party on p0a.u ~,
c,udes 20 prospectors as follows: ne, ne, iilor ,
| Treworgy of Surrey NE. Miio WI ~ w" hor,
| a.. mate on the voyage around tne noi y
TO the Pacific; Edward Colley OF boSsoi II.'a
| steward: DR.. Hanley OF the west ELY Dn.,
shin.s surgeon: August Colson. East l6oS-
ton; John T. Clark, of Lynm Lty,ambridge: h1 John
H,,ns. r. f. Jordan. Thomas Damarici1 mar n
| David Martin. Harry Weber, Jonn ~ ~
Mcc;rath. and Chris Anderson aSy %
BOSTON. and H: W. smith dd OF oaiei nositions ir
, of these men have left Sooo Pos'ioii' ~
| r,oston, to go to the goid feeions'
Nous has reached San Francisco, OF tne
e.,,oot;nr in Guatemala of NUMBER OF
| on,itiCal prisoners, incluuins wv in.
p,ho are known all over the oen'a., Ia.
American republic. The execution ~, ~
A,l,oii ,,id ion pas, month at Huehuetango. The
Prneipbpl Rds pbrother1iniaw is'm M Of pans
Enantes ;ulT s now in this city Another vic @
tim was ne Honduras e9onfl of aiang hlncisH the
",.,i,,t;onary party and was executed ps
carriea orrrr o. out by General luis M Melina s,a
Three other prominent Gpasemaila anmsr includ SSi
| iereu 'it"t1ioaa Nareello DcLcon. Il law.
INK n, L1dl ,,nd ella Zandobal. It is estimaaee
Her; , +hm ther.i :lre now in Guatemala prisons
MAJ nn less ssss than 225 prisoners OF the ia''
revolution