Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-12-29
NEWS NUGGETS.
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North East. south and West.

Former President Benjamin Harri-
son has received his fee of 100000 for
his services in connection with the ar
bitratlon of the boundary dispute be
tween British Guiana and this repub
lie.
After Jan. /. in making the calcula-
tion Of the per capita wealth of the
United States the Hawaiian Islands,
Alaska and the Indian Territory will
be included. The probable effect will
he TO reduce slightly the per capita
wealth, which now is about $21.
An investiga ton disclosed the falls
ty of the reports to the effect that 49
school children had been drowned,
Thursday night, in a skating pond. Ell
ther at What Cheer or Foster, Iowa.
1t is stated that the story was start
ed as a joke by railroad trainmen.
The foreign engagements of the
Porte for the purchase and renovation
of warships and for naval and military
artillery now amount to CO, 100000, says
the Constantinoplc correspondent of
the London Times while the treasury
is absolutely empty and internal debts
increase daily"
''Paderewski is at Lausanne with his
Wife" says the Vienna correspondent
of the London Daily Telegraph. and
declares the story that he recently
fought duel to be an invention. He
asserts that the nervous affection from
which he has been suffering has great
ly diminished"
Ernest Leroy Holt. captain of the
Phillips Andovcr foot bail team in
1898 died at his home in Lawrence,
Mass. Friday night, after 4 long ill
ness. Holt was a brother of Edgar G..
Holt, who played in the rush line on
both Harvard and Princeton teams
and also on Phillips Andover.
THE American and Danish govern
ments are engaged in direct negotia
tions for the sale Of the Danish West
Indies" says the Copenhagen cores
pondent of the London Daily Mail,
"and the Danish minister in Washing
ton will shortly submit a proposal for
the consideration of the American
Senate
The Governor and Council at Con
cord, \. H.. Friday. held d hearing on
the charges made by Former Governor
David Goodell of Antrim that the po-
lice commissioners of Manchester neg
lect their duty. do not enforce the
prohibitory law, and have allowed so
open saloons to exist in the city dur
ing the last five years.
An accident was narrowly avcrted
Friday night at LimanS NiaduCt,
which crossed a ravne 200 feet deep.
three miles east of East Hampton. Ct.
when the Air Line passenger train
struck the iron bound door of freight
car not feet from the bridge, The
train Kept to the rails. running some
distance onto the bridge before it was
stopped.
A temporary injunction was issued.
Friday, by Judge Hart of the supreme
court at Boston. in the case of DR.. F,u-
gene Y. Kaufman VS.. Frank w. Ho
mans ct ais, to restrain the latter from
transferring or disposing of shares in
the Independent Ice Company to the
American Ice Company until further
orders. Kaufman claims prior right
to purchase the company.
A conference ;of Clergymen and lay
men was held at Philadelphia. Friday
for the purpose of irauguratiag the
movement to suppress vice in large
cities. VIM. Phillips Hall of New York.
chairman of the central committee in
charge of the Twentieth Century Ma
tional Gospel campaign, was present
and outlined the general purpose Of the
movement.
To rid the town of Spencer. Mass.
of what business men consider q nui-
sance Cashier Frank A DrurH of the