Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-22
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CONDEMNED DIST ATCHEs.

Emperor William witnessed practical iSs,
demonstrations of wireless telegrapny'
Tuesday on board the German thiro-
class cruiser Greif at KEEL.
John Bigby. who was shot by the "a,
Atlanta. Ga. Tuesday: His death makes se:
the fifth victim. Two others We're
wounded.
At the Lincoln. Eng, spring meeting y;
Tuesday the sn ns,11 9th pay! Tod Sloan IN
he saddle. was unplaced. There We're y
starters. and the betting, was . 70 !
against Swirl Inc L.incoinsnnIed h hu Gan.
was won by Gen. reace, o"e" ~
tain Berwick.
The convention Of the Woodmen.s Circle
has adjourned sine die at Memphis.
Tenn, and the s3yereishh .s ea sa1t,e3 down
IN business of arranging the changes N
he laws Of the order TO meet new con
ditions on account OF Inc tremendous i''-
crease in It's membership
rhree men were killed and several in
iured some fatally. Tuesday. by the ex-
plosion of the boiler in saw mill al
Matte Nd The dead a ARE s sh,ens w hnay
blown 100 yards, picked up dead; John
Shuss. horribly mangied. Anthony White
field is thought to be fatally injured
The steamer Mnshiu Maru brings news
sons Of the China Mission Society, was
attacked by imperial soldiers while en-
route from Chung ning to Paoning, ia5s
month TO save himself he jumped into
the water and swan into md-stream
while his escort ran away. a Chinese
aunboat put out from shore and rescued
him.
Signor MARITIME, the Italian minister
who has been recalled by his government
has left Pekin, and Sir Claude n ma Ma
Donald. the British minister. Will ieave,
Thursday. on leave of absence; cp pa,,
Oriini Italian minister at Toxic. mas n s.,n
anpointed to succeed Signor Martina
whose recall is due to the displeasure OF
his government at the manner IN wh'eh
he handled the San Mum pay anar'
Floyd A. Mcfarland, champion sprini
bicyclist of the Pacific coast, mas dec c,
TO accept the challenge OF Harry Fixes a >;
for a race at any distance the latter may
70 = ssure the winner $1,000 alter the pace
makers are paid. He will not consent to
any division of the purse. McFariana mas
received challenge from Eddie McDune
which he will accept on the same condi-
tons he asks OF Fixes
There has been recurrence of snow
storms accompanied by severe cold.
fhro,0hout Germany. A great amount of
damage has been done to vegetation. At
Hamburg the thermometer registered 4
degrees below freezing point. and in the
Harz mountains It was ~ degrees DeioW
freezing point. An enormous amount of
snow fell in the mountains. The weather
has aggravated the influenza epidemic.
Oyer 900 deaths from influenza nave been
.
closed in east Prussia, this week. owing
TO the spread of the disease.
The convention between ureat Britain
and France determining their respective
frontiers in the valley of the Nile, was
signed at London. Tuesday: by the Mar
pnis Of Salisbury and the French ambas-
sador. NJ. Paul Cambon. The signatories
agree to equality of commercial trea tment
from the Nile TO Lake Chad and between
the 5th and 18th parallels of latitude. The
latter clause permits France TO establish
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affiuents. The sgnatores will undertake
70 refrain from exercising political or ter
rtorial rights outside the frontiers fixed
by the convention.
The executive council of the Massachu-
sets State Board of Trade met at Bos-
ton. Tuesday. There were about 25 men,
bers present and President Chase Adams
presided. A report made by Senator
Recommendation offered by the Brockton
Borad of Trade. for the amendment of
the CONSTITUTION to provide uniform hours
was referred to the committee on manu-
factures. The subject of national railroad
legislation and its effect on the industries
of the country was assigned for discus
sion at the April meeting.
Funeral services over the remains Of
the late Baron Herschell. who died at
washington: March I; took place, Tues
remains were afterwards removed to W a.
terloo railroad station to be conveyed 10
ClifO. DorSetShre, where they Will be ~
TERED A splendid shield sent by the
American Society. of London occupied the
place of honor latlthe head of the casket
containing the remains and in the rail-
road car scOr6a- of wreaths were placed
about the casket. but the emblems of the
Queen and the Prince of Wales were tho
only ones placed on the lid of the casket.
The general statesmen of the wholesale
houses of St. Louis Mo. Tuesday nign.
held a banquet and agreed to raise 100000
by subscriptions by statesmen alone for
stock in the Worlds Fair Corporation;
Representatives of the music houses of
the city also held meeting to consider
some plan for raising money for the fair.
One of the most enthusiastic meetings
was that of the Master Plumbers Asso-
citation. A resolution was passed unani-
mousiy recommending that each member
of the association numbering about 300
members, should subscribe to the stock
of the Worlds Fair Corporation in
amounts from $500 to $2cOa
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