Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-13
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is seriously sick at his home in Chi
cago. Grave doubts are entertained 81
his recovery.
| Queen Victoria has conferred the I'm.
perial Order of the Crown of India IN.
on the hereditary princess of Hohen-
| lobe Langenbur, Princess Alexandria
| of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
The President has decided to attend
the dinner of the Commercial Club ir
Cincinnati, Oct. 80. 1t is to be a non
partisan affair and Mr.. Mckinley does
not expect to make speech.
Plans for a memorial service to Gen
Francis A. Walker, late president of the
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology
were announced. Tuesday. by Prof Sedg,
wick. The service will be held in Music
hall, Boston Oct. A. The speakers will
be Governor Wolcott and Hon George F.
Howe.
1t is announced at New York that ar
engagements have been practically COM
pleted for large expedition which will
soon leave for Bolivia for the purpose OF
exploring that country and opening it Ia
American settlers, who are anxious to GO
to South America
A dispatch from Mamund announces
that the Jirga tribcsmen have sur
rendered their Martini, breech- loading
rifles and solemnly sworn to main :
tain the peace and drive out the Umra
Khan's followers. The troops forming
the Mamund punitive expedition have
destroyed rs fortified villages and have
killed many of the insurgent natives.
A gang Of 25 Burnans, armed with
long knives, rushed through the south
gate of Mandalay. Burmah, Monday
| night, and made for the residence Of
Major Dobbie. They were driven off
by the British officers on duty. Fou.
of the Burmese We're Killed and four
wounded. Lieut. Harrington of the
British force and three Sepoys were
wounded.
AT the sixth annual convention of the
Commercial Travellers Home Association
held at Binghamton. n. Y, Tuesday, the
following officers were elected: President
George F. Green of Bipghamton; vice
presidents, S. p Corliss. Albany j. r.
Southland, Newark, n. j.. p. J. McCaffrey
Scranton. Pa. w. II. Holmes Boston. II
H. Cady, Cleveland. ID. *. Clink Chicago
J. Frank Supple. Baltimore. John A. Lee
st. Louis. w. r. Riddell. Chattanooga
Tenn. and H. L. Judell. San Francisco
and j. A. Murray, Detroit.
Mass, a veteran of the Civil War. will be
presented with a Congressional medal OF
honor. at the headquarters of the Vet
Grams Rights Association, Boston
Wednesday, in recognition of an act OF
most distinguished bravery at the battle
of Spottsylvania, while sergeant of the
nth New Hampshire Infantry. Mr.. Bar
ker is assistant chief of the Somerville
fire department. The medal was won by
Mr.. Barker taking the place of the color
killed.
District Attorney Youngs who has
charge of the prosecution of the alleged
murderers of Gudensuppe, at New York
Tuesday, denied that Mrs. Mack was will
ing TO plead guilty to manslaughter and
to give evidence against Martin Thorn
District Attorney IoungS also denies that
Emanuel Friend. counsel for Mrs Mack
has made any such proposition to him on
behalf of his client. Further. Mr.. Youngs
said. he had no expectations that Mrs
Mack would confess or enter a plea OF
guilty in any degree. Mr. Friend char
acteriZed the story as "boSh."
Edward F. German, motorman of
the Brockton Street Railway, was
struck by the 4.30 p. NJ. train for Bos-
ton on the New York, New Haven &,
Hartford at Brcckton, Mass, Tuesday,
and Instantly killed. German hal
been at the freight house at 'POrter's
Pass" a section of the railroad yard,
and stepped on to the main track iG
front of the train, which he did not see
in time to avoid it, owing to number
of freight cars ON side track, OBJ
structing the view. Germans head
was crushed and the trunk was badly
cut up. He was 20 years old and I'M
married.
Rumors of grave condition of af-
fairs at Kingston, Jamaica, OH account
of typhoid fever are rife at Halifax, N.
s. 1t was stated, Tuesday, that a
cablegram had been received announc-
ing that the fever was rapidly spread
ing. Officials at the British naval
dockyard deny that they have any in
formation Of typhoid on board any war
ship at that station, but it is reported
in other quarters that the fever has
broken out in the ship Urgent, so sail
ors and one lieutenant being attacked
and one death resulting therefrom
The fever is said to be of a most dan
gerous type.
Sir William Henry Houldsworth 4,
Bart, Conservative, member of Parlia-
nlent for the Northwest division Of
Manchester, who was the delegate of
Great Britain at the monetary confer
elce held in Brussels in 1892, presided
a. a large meeting at Manchester,
Eng, Tuesday, at which a resolution
was adopted calling upon the govern
rent in view Of the injurious effects
ct the dislocation between gold and sill
ver.' to take advantage CT the over
lures of France and the United States
and redeem the government promises
in regard to securing a stable parity
between gold and silver