Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-27
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from North. East
South and West.

| South and West.
| The Oregon House, Wednesday, passed
| a Joint memorial to Congress protesting
| against the seating of Brigham II. Rob-
| erts as a member of Congress from Utah.
| ton House. Wednesday, instructing the
| Washington United States senators to
vote for the ratification of the peace
| treaty.
| There is much quiet opposition to the
| appointment of J. l.. Starr Hunt. former
| ly of San antonio, as vice consul general
of the United States in the City of
| Mexico.
United States Senator Knute Nelson of
Minnesota, the American commissioner u
| the Bergen exhibition. and Mr.. O. A.
Thorp of Chicago have been gazetted
knights of st. Olaf, at Christiana.
Mr. T. Il. Hunter, teacher in the
Adams school. II miles northeast OF
Albany Mo-, was, Wednesday, fatally
stabbed by d 13-year-old pupil. named
Charles Ayres, whom he was whipping
The boy is in Jail.
A dispatch from Colima. Mex, states
that the volcano of that name is in fun
| activity. An outburst of smoke followed
| by lava occurred directly after the earth
quake, Tuesday. The sight is imposing
and the Indians are moving from the
neighbor'hood of the mountain. No fur
ther casualties are reported.
The Won Mohl Co. of Cincinnati, whose
| receipt Of an order from H. Cornish for
sample box Of their medicine, is thoushs
Mrs. Kate Adams, have searched their
files with the result of finding another
Letter ordering Il sample. This one is
dasd Nay Ryx lS and nd is ssn sd IL
New York. This letter has also been for
warded to the police of New York The
secretary. of the Won Mohl Co. says the
| n Il CHI N hH
Barnet letter bear strong resemblance.
Lawrence Jones, OWNER of the ILL
fated launch, Paul Jones, which was
LOST near Breton Island, about Jan. 5.
with all on board, and Mayor Taggart
Of Indianapolis. whose daughter was
among the party. have returned to New
| Orleans from down the river, after hav.
ing made a fruitless search for some
trace of the victims of the disaster.
They found only some more wreckage.
among which is a part of the stern of
the launch. They have abandoned all
search.
The fight of the women in behalf of
the proposed constitutional amendment
granting equal suffrage has been be.
gun in earnest in the Indiana Legisla-
ture About so petitions from all parts
of the state have been presented. the
aggregate said to represent nearly &c.
900 persons. The great majority of the
signers are women, but each petition
makes a fair showing of the opposite
sex. The agents of the women's organ
ization are still at work in all parts OF
the state. and those in charge of the
movement say that $4,000 names will
be submitted on petitions before the
agitation closes.
Charles Green, a prominent real es.
tate man and formerly president of the
ST. Louis Fair Association, left,
Wednesday, for Lexington, KY, to sell
at public auction the famous Lexing-
ton race track, operated by the Ken
lucky Racing Association. The track
has existed for sc years and is said to
be the oldest racing course in America.
Ten years ago the organization operat-
ing the track became financially EN-
barrassed and Mr. Green came to Its
aid with a loan of $4,000 That in
debtedness has now run up to nearly
$50. 900 Green foreclosed upon the
property two years ago, and now goes
| to LexinE. On to sell it out in town lots
Articles of incorporation were filed with
the secretary of state, at Trenton. y. ).
| L
featuring Co.. with an authoriZed captal
3 stock of $50. 600 900, one-half of which IS 70
be preferred and the other half common
: stock The preferred stock is to pear =
, peq. cent cumulative dividends. The COM
, pany is empowered to manufacture ana
deal in all goods of which india runber
gutta percha. balata or other SUBSTITUTES
form component part Articles OF IN,
cnrnora,sion was also filed by three allied
concerns. the National Tin Plate Co., the
United States Tin Plate co. anu the Ma
, tonal Tin Plate and Stamped ware Co
The two former have an authoriZed cap
lital stock of $l25 900 each, and the latter
he National Tin PLATTE and Stampeu
Ware co. an authorized capital OF $-o'-
MANUFACTURE ana deal in tin. terne. black
: | nlate and steel plate, and the larger con
5 Germ is in addition authorized to manu-
| facture steel and IRON
4 AS a result of an interview between
MAYOR Martin and City Marshal Locke
of Concord. n. H.. "Wednesday, at . A
NJ. the liquor dealers were summoned
| to appear at police headquarters
!, Thursday On appearance they were
, ordered to close their places OF pusl-
, ness, both front and rear entrances
remove their goods get out of business
, and STAY out, this order to be IN eHec'
from that hour. This action Is IN a.
cordarce with the declaration made py
Navnr Martin in his inaugural IN ef-
feet that during his administration tins
nrohibitory law should be as rigldly en-
forced as any other criminal statute
,rba dealers have accepted the inevira-
ble and closed at once. but refuse to be
; interviewed or make any definite state
ments as to their future actloh Ill the
matter.