Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-25

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The Empress. however. was not in
jured.
At a meeting. Wednesday. of repre-
sehtatiVes OF the commerce and indus
| trles OF Berlin, a resolution was adopt
ca IN iaVor of summoning a national
| meeting with view of undertaking
| vigorous agitation in favor of main
| tanning commercial treaties as q safe
guard OF commercial interests.
G. G. Graham, Robert Earwood
| and Richard Russell, employees on Geo.
w. Nanderbit's Biltmore estate. were
drowned in French Broad river.
Wednesday, nine miles south of Ashe-
vile. n. c. They attempted to cross
the river. which was much swollen
from recent rains, and their boat was
overturned.
Count Won Buelow, the new imparial
German chancellor, while presiding
at the ministry of state. made q
lengthy speech in which he explained
his aims and emphasized the indispen-
sable necessity of a strong and united
government in order to carry out the
domestic policy which the country de-
mands and requires.
A cable dispatch was received by the
Dominion Line Steamship Co, at Bos-
ton, late Wednesday afternoon from
Queenstown, stating that the crew of
the schooner Leading Breeze, Boston
for Eastport, with. miscellaneous
cargo which was abandoned at sea
during the heavy gale of two weeks
ago. were saved by the crew of the
Commonwealth.
The Storthing was opened at Christi
ana, Wednesday, with the customary
ceremony by the Crown Prince Gustaf
in his capacity as regent. The Crown
Princes eldest son. Gustaf, took the
oath of fidelity to the constitution. In
the speech from the throne the regent
made the usual reference to the friend
ly relations existing with the foreign
powers and briefly touched upon the
Chinese trouble.
Col Piquart's suit for libel against
Lejoure arising from the Dreyfus pole
mics. was decided in his favor at Paris.
Wednesday. The court condemned the
manager Of the paper. NJ. Pouch. to
nav a fine Of 1000 francs, and NJ. NJ. Pos
ian ana GallX. the writers Of the arti-
cles. were sentenced to six months and
o months imprisonment. respectively,
and all three We're sentenced to pay 3d.
600 francs damages.
Henry Ivory. colored. charged with
completely in the brutal murder Of
Prof RAY Wilson White. the law in
struct0r OF the University of Pennsyl-
vania. was convicted of murder in the
first degree, Wednesday. at Philadel-
phia. Prof. White was murdered with
a railroad coupling pin and robbed on
the street. Saturday night. May 49,
Amos Stirling and Charles Perry. both
colored. are yet to be cried for the
same crime.
Intense adverse feeling has been ex-
cited at St Thomas, d. W. l., by the
renewal of the report that Denmark
intends TO sell the Danish Antilles to
the United States. a meeting Of the
colonial council has been convoked at
St. Croix for the purpose Of making
formal protest. The newspapers dis
cuss this question. declaring in bold
type we do not wish to be sold"
There is no desire. much less enthusi-
asm, among the population to belong
to the United States.
Emperor William and Empress Au
gusta Victoria. Wednesday. dedicated.
with elaborate ceremony. the suspen-
sion railway which runs along the rive.
Wiper and connects Elberfeldt and
Barrnen. high ingenious structure.
subsequently His Majesty attended the
dedication Of a hall Of fame in Bar
men. Replying to an address by the
burgomaster the Emperor warmly ac-
knowledged. on behalf of the Empress
and himself. the cordial reception ten
dered him by the people Of the town.
Glostser Barnes. negro. was lynched
by mob if his own people in the
northern part of the county near NickS-
burg. Miss, Tuesday night. In drunk
Ell fury Barnes murdered his wife,
stabbed and badly wounded a negO who
interfered. and engaged in rifle duel
with a white man who attempted to
arrest him. In charge Of two colored
deputies Barnes was started for the
county Jail at Nicksburg. On the road
his escort was put to flight by a big
crowd of negroes. who took the murder
or into thicket and shot him to death.
The Worcester. Nashua & Rochester
branch Of the Boston & Maine Rail-
road was tied up, Wednesday morning.
by q serious freight wreck at SltllillS
junction. about five miles from Gin
ton. Mass. An express freight of 40
cars. pulled by big mogul. siX-driver
engine. ran into a car on q siding i
the junction. The engine and eightcars
We're thrown from the track. the en-
CINE having its truck badly broken.
while some of the cars We're destroyed.
They were loaded with general mer-
chandise and the loss is estimated at
SO 900. One track was cleared shortly
before noon. and through travel will
probably be resumed, tonight.
An iron cage will be built in the
criminal court room at Cleveland, o,
for Edward Ruthaven, the negro who
will be placed on trial there, next Mon
day. for the murder Of Patrolman
Shipp Ruthaven is a desperate man.
At the lime Ship was killed he escap-
ed from a score of policemen who were
pursuing him. in a long running pistol
fight If he had not been overcome by
strategy he would doubtless have killed
some of the men who later captured
him in indianapolis. He openly de-
clares that he will shoot Sergeant Of
Detectives Doran at the first oppor
tunuity The cage will be provided to
~, ont on his mart in the