Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-11-11

iiS w iliC ets-o N ukDn ftHlIfO1t
has purchased nearly $780, coo worth ol
steel rails with which to extend it's line
from Lake Bernett to Closeligh. q poin,
on Fifty Mile river. four miles below
White Horse Rapids. BY June 1st al
least, the railroad company expects Il
have the road completed to the rapjds
and in operation.
As an Introduction 10 a local rate war
at Seattle. Wash. between the three
trans-continental lines. begun Thurs
day, first and second class tickets to
Chicago and Atlantic coast points
dropped Sc. The trouble began through
alleged rate cutting by the Great
Northern.
special TO the Portland. Oregon.
oregonian from Ashland says: The
Carshand-Walters copper mine prop
erty. located just south of the Oregon
California boundary line. near Coles
station, has Eefl sold to the Siskiyou
Copper Co, Of Rossland. B. G. The
consideration is stated to be 800 600
Arrived at Queenstown, Nov. 10. Nov.
~, steamer Campania. New York for
Liverpool. Owing to the boisterous
weather which continues along the
Whole Irish coast she was able to land
only part OF her mails and ii was
found impossible to land her Queens
town passengers.
Ihe Chicago Record. Friday. said.
Inc situation in the coal mining fields
in the southern and weston sections of
Illinois have taken a serious turn and
u IS said that many Of the mines NAV
Dc tied up within the next IS hours AZ
a result Of the continued action Of the
operators in sending coal to points
west and southwest where the miners
are on strike
r. NJ Robinson. = merchant AT Dun-
lap. Tenn, was shot. Thursday night
and robbed of $500 while returning to
his home. Robinson and his brother
were crossing the Cumberland noun
tains and when half way over they
were met by three masked men who
shot their horses and fatally wounded
Il. NJ. Robinson. The victims were
then bound and robbed.
Assistant Secretary Spalding at Wash.
!ngtOn. Friday. took action in th. casas
nl tne employees of the appraisers : office
AT New York, against whom charges nf
inSubordination, neglect Of duty. etc. had
peen preferred by the appraiser. In the
case Of VIM. c. Jacobs examiner of slI
gars, suspension for four months is Or
dercd. 3 he resignation Of ChaS L. keves
Is accepted. and stephen w. Bassett a
clerk. Is ordered transferred to some
other denartment. In the cases Of Daniel
j. Mahoney; Peter Twambly and James
9 bonneil. the assistant secretary admin
iSters 2 reprimand.
The French Senate at Paris. Friday.
sitting rs high court resumed calling
the names of witnesses In the conspiracy
cases, which led to violent scenes Pres
ident Faliercs vainly attempted to pr
serve silence and some Of the witnesses
had TO he removed by the 1ishcrs Fin
any partial order was restored and the
persons arrested were released. NJ. Fal.
heres then read the conclusion Of coun.
sci. who held that the Senate was incom
prtcnt to hear the ease. The session was
afterward suspended. The senate re-
heard further arguments of defendinr
counsel, who submitted that the Senate
was Incompetent IL try the conspiracy
case. The Senate then adjourned.
Fire was discovered in the leather
factory of Beggs 4 cobb. Woburn
Mass, at SIS A. NJ Friday. and al
though the entire fire department of
the city was at once called to the
scene. the entire plant was destroyed.
The adjoining factory of Stephen Dow
X Co. was threatened and the efforts
of the department were directed to
preventing Il spread of the flames to
these buildings The fremen were sue
cessful in preventing the spread of the
Games to the Dow factory. but dwell
ing house some distance away on Ar
linGton street. caught fire from a fly
ing ember and nccessitated the sound
ing Of an alarm. This blaze was quick
ly eXtinsuished. Assistance was ask
cl Of Winchester. but reached the
scene too late to be Of any use The
entire loss is estimated at about $75.-
Geo and is covered by insurance.