Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-01
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

A dispatch has been received at OF :
tawa, Ont. from Toronto stating that
Sir James Edgar, Speaker of the House
of Commons, died there, Monday even
ing.
The Irish agricultural and technical
instruction bill passed its second read
ing reading in the English House Of
Lords, Monday. The sale of food and
drugs bill was adopted.
The garment workers in the eastern
district of Brooklyn, have followed the
example of those in the Brownsville
district. Nearly $500 members of the
Independent Garment Workers Union
went out, Monday. They demand a
| 10-hour working day, operators to be
paid SIS week, pressers from $12 to
SIS a week and finishers from 50 to s12
A private memorial service was held
at Friedrichsruh, Germany, Sunday
and the Emperor William sent a mag
nificent wreath of laurels and palms
which Prince Herbert Bismarck laid
on the late Prince Bismarck's tomb
In an accompanying telegram the En-
peror alluded to the immortal services
rendered to the fatherland by the late
chancellor.
Information from Ackron. Ind. is
that +. Johnson, the alleged abductor
Of Nellie Berger, reported surrounded
in huckleberry marsh in that locality.
Is still at large. No tidngs have been
received by the parents of the Berger
girl from their daughter and they are
almost distracted, satisfied now that
she has met a terrible fate. A few
men are still watching the swamp.
At Poonah, capitol of the district of
that name in Bombay presidency, there
have been 50 cases Of the plague and Sc
deaths from that disease, in IS hours.
At the cantonment, in Bombay. 30l
cases Of the plague and 26l deaths have
been reported. Several fresh cases have
occurred among the Europeans. The
meteorological conditions indicate the
close Of the monsoon and the prospects
are ominous.
Chester Alien Wilcox. postmaster of
Quincy. ILL.,. and one Of the most promi-
nent Masons in the West. died, Sunday,
of Bright's disease. aged 81 He was
appointed postmaster by Harrison in
1889 and again by Mckinley in 1897 He
of the Quincy Wing and most of the
time was its manager. He had also
been connected with the Buffalo Elk
press and Milwaukee Sentinel
The German third-class cruiser
Fake, late in Samoan waters. has been
ordered home. The German gunboat
Jaguar viii arrive at Matupi island of
New Britain. in the Bismarck archi-
peIago tnear New Guinea Sept. Is. and
viii convey to his port the governor of
Kaiser Wilhelmsland, who will take
over in behalf Of Germany the Caro-
line. pelcw and Mariana islands recent
l. coded by Spain to Germany.
A dispatch from North sydney c. r.,
says: The Canadian customs officials
made big seizure at this port Mon
day. The steamer "Ailsacraig" from
Rangoon. India. with a cargo Of rice for
Montreal arrived for bunker coal and
was seized by the customs officials for
having on board a large quantity of
cigars. The steamer. when at this port
two years ago. was reported to have
disposed of Contraband cigars here in
large numbers and after her dcpartur"
the officials got wind Of it so that they
ever since"
Jake Cheering and Charles Dunn
glass workers from Cleveland. y. Y.
started from that place. Sunday morn
ing. to sail along Oneida lake to Lewis
Point An hour after starting the boat
capsized. Dunn tied his companion to
the bottom of the boat. but the flashing
was broken by the force Of the water
Dunn then dashed himself and Cher
ing together. and holding GherinG's
head with one arm he chung to the
Keel with the other. He floatcd in that
condition until 10 =. NJ. when they
struck a sand bar near Sylvan Beach.
They We're brought ashore with great
difficulty. Cheering was dead and
Dunn was fearfully exhausted but max
recover.
The Archbishop Of Canterbury. the
Most Rev. Frederick Temple D. d.
rendered q decision at London Mon
day. in the ritual cases which he and
the Archbishop Of York, the Most Rev.
William Dairymple MacLagan, u. d.
heard in May. The archbishops de-
clare that while far from saying the
use of incense and the carrying of
NgntS III procession are unSultaOle or
undesirable accomplishments of Divine
worship. they are obliged. in accord
ance with the prayer book. to come to
the conclusion that these adjuncts are
neither enjoined or permitted by the
law of the Church of England There
fore. the achbishops add. though they
may be used to sweeten church, or
for purely lighting purposes. they urge
all the clergy for the sake of the peace
of the church to discontinue their use
as part Of the services.