Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-23

! killed and Joseph Rose. engineer. badl,
| injured. Two brakemen also sustained
serious injuries The damage amount.
| probably 10 100000.
| The British, German and American
ministers at Pekin. have addressed notes
| 10 the Tsung-Li-Yamcn demanding set.
| Element of the Shanghai foreign settle
| ment extensions question. the French
| minister. NJ. Pichon. agreeing to with
draw the protest of the French consul
! agains; the extensions on the condition
| that the proposed extensions do not in
| ciudc that portion of the land forming
| the immediate hinterland of the present
, French concession.
| The Massachusetts board of gas and
electric light commissioners. in their
18th annual report submitted to the
Legislature. Wednesday. recommended
the compulsory consolidation of the
gas companies in Boston. and submit Il
bill to that effect. Gen. Schaff of the
commission dissented and recommends
Il more stringent bill for the same pur-
pose.
The remains of Baron Herscheu. who
died at Washington on March !, were in
tered. Wednesday. in vault in Sc
cluded country churchyard at Tincklcton.
Dorsetshirc, Eng. The interment cerc-
nony which was of the SIMPLEST char
aeter, took place in the presence of the
family of the deceased. representatives
of the Quen. the Prince of Wales and
the American Society Of London. as well
as of large attendance of local resi-
dents. including Mr.. Thomas Hardin the
novelist.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Mrs.
Lodge and their two sons, and Richard
G. Parsons. Jr.. second secretary of the
American embassy in Rome, We're pas
scngcrs on the steamship st. Louis
which sailed from New York, Wcdnes-
ana his family will make a brief stay
abroad. The senator said that he did
no, care TO talk for publication.
The special committee of the Massachn-
sets House appointed by Speaker Bates
10 decide whether Representative James
Mcllcn of Worcester, should be restored
to his privileges ON the floor, reported.
"Wednesday afternoon: that it was recon-
mcnded that Mr.. Mellen again have the
privileges providing he would withdraw
the word rot which he used. Tuesday,
in a heated speech. and apologize for his
two hours discussing the affair.": 1t was
announced later that Mr.. Mellen had
agreed to Withdraw the Objectionable
word and make an apology.
In the French Chamber of Deputies.
Wednesday. the allegations made
against Baron Won Mohrenheim. the
former Russian ambassador here, in
connection with the Dreyfus case. were
subject of an Interpolation of the gov
eminent. Premier Dupuy Indignantly
repealed all the insinuations against
THE representative of an allied nation.
whose services to France can never be
forgotten" and vigorously protested
against the action of the newspapers
which originated such scandalous fall
Stiles
Papers have been filed in the United
States court at Utica ~ ". in a case
entitled The Westinghouse Electric
Co.. and it is set down for trial. April
4. The papers set forth that in 1889
the Westinghouse Co. acquired the ex-
elusive control of the patents of Nicola
Tesla. known as the "Mulitiphase sys-
tenn" The Westinghouse Co. alleges
that the General Electrical Co. is
negotiating contracts for use of the
multiphase system in violation Of the
contract for use of the multiphase sys-
TEN in violation of the contract entered
into between the two companies.
Admiral Philip was the reviewing
officer of the evening at the military
carnival at Madison Square Garden.
New York. Wednesday night. The
garden was well filled with spectators
and the admiral was greeted with
cheers. He was in full uniform and