Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-05
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The Dowager Empress of China is to
hold Il grand review IN Pekln IN June
Nearly 2000n0l wcll-arncd men VIII ne
under arms 81 the occasion. L. i ',.ti I'" N.
Than likely that m opportunity Will ="
taken Ia proclaim "A new Emperor.
An examination OF the books of j. h.
Wisooskie. ex-city treasurer OF Argen-
lin. Kan. shows a shortage of between
$40 600 and ZOO. WisOoskie disap-
reared last week.
The Standard Oil trustees at New
York. Thursday, declared the regular
quarterly dividend Of s. per share and
an extra dividend of 50 per share. pay
able Tune Il. 1899. The announcement
of the divided distributions caused
lump of l. points in the stock to 49S.
This is the highest price eyer reached
for the shares.
Richard Harding Davis and Miss
Cecil Clark Of Chicago, We're married
at It. Gabriel's chapel, Marion, Mass,
Thursday morning. The ceremony was
AS private as possible but the towns
people made the occasion fete day:
Ethel Barrymore, the actress, was
bridesmaid. The guests all left on the
afternoon train, leaving Davis and wife
occupying the Clark house for their
honeymoon
Rev. Sheldon Jackson, an attache OF
the interior department, it at san
Francisco on his way to Alaska. he
will leave in few days on the revenue
cutter Thetis, which is being fitted out
for patrol duty in Northern waters.
His special mission is to disburse a
fund of 500 600 set aside by the last
Congress for the purchase of reindeer
for the Teller reindeer station. The
animals will be obtained in Siberia.
A charter has been granted for the
wyoming. South Dakota and Eastern
Railway 60. with headquarters ut
Rapid City, South Dakota, with a capt.
tal stock of S6,500.0O0. The officers of
the company are: President. j. X
Fireman. Rapid City: treasurer, j. w.
Fowler. Rapid City; directors. Y. 7.
Price. Myron Whsle, Rapid City; \.
Everett. q. H. Burke, G. ;. Bennett ii.
=. Horder. Pierre. The company pro-
poses to build a track across the resef-
walton at Pierre to Rapid City
Further conferences are being held
i'm New York city at present for the
purpose of completing details Of the
consolidation of bicycle makers which
hiss been agreed upon. All options
have been obtained ana it is said that
the formal announcement of the or
ganization would be made within the
next week. Appraisers are now going
over the plants Of the various consti-
tuent companies The question Of
Capitalization has not Vet fully been
determined upon, but il is believed that
the bankers viii agree on the definite
figures, this week.
The third and closing day Of the
third annual convention of the Ma
tional Good citizenship League at Gin
cinnati. was devoted more to business
than the sessions Of previous days.
sin there We're many speeches from
the delegates representing over dozen
states. NJ. A. Neff, chairman of the
Ohio STATE committee of the Union Re
form party. spoke on Unity of Pur-
pose and Concert of Action :. 7.
Nicholson of Washington. on "Fedara-
ton ana Electicism" and Hon. +. $.
Thompson Of Springfield, Ohio, On the
effect Of direct legislation upon NUM-
cipal government.
A special to the Chicago Record from
Austin. Texas. says: The federal au-
thorities of the western district OF
Texas. embracing all Of the Rio Grande
border. have received information that
a gigantic plot is now under way -
sniuggle Chinese into this country
from Mexico. y few months ago the
Mexican Central Railroad Company
imported about 1000 Cinnamon to work
on extensions of that line. They were
brought direct from China and soon
after their arrival a professional
American Chinese smuggler got
among them and caused many OF
them to desert their work and they are
making their way toward the Rio
Grande frontier in small bands.