Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-01
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Admiral Dodgers. aboard his flagship
the New YORK. has caDlcI thc niNg de
partm"nt m" ANNOUNCE mcHt pi his affIE-
.al d, Colombo.
have hron discovered nt Gan" Town
Tucfday. AVN tive Eurnrolns ara iwO cpi-
orrh r,r-ons did from the Gia"as".
About Fn meml crs ot ih' St"n" Work
srs' Union held . meeting In Gainesville,
Mass. Tuesday night and voted Ia posi-
Ious action IN the mater OF strike for
one week.
Tho Jewels MO Prince Henry De Croy or
Belgium seized TN his arrival IN thu
country. wyy. Tuesday. appraised AL th-
aupraIscrg' stores nd New York The
We're estimated to he worth less than
Slsa.
Edward Cudahy Of Omaha. Neb-. has
received a letter u.sfpoTtiue to come from
the persons who kidnapped his son Ed
ward Offering ~ return 81 90 Of the ran
som II the reward for their arrest be
withdrawn ana the search abandoned.
Thn Miners Union al Lens France, har
issued manifesto declaring that as -
tap miners abstained from voting on the
7. q rendIm on the question of a general
strike. ;he anton has decided not Ia as
same he grave responsibility OF orderin;
a strike
The PLANT Steamship Line Will operata
three boats on the Maritime provinces
rrute. this summer. II Is the intention To
charter the steamer Yarmouth TO run in
Halifax. taking in SNdncy, G. B., and
Cha rlOttctown, i. +. |.
Ex-Attorney General John W. Griggs
and cN-Spcakcr Thomas Il. Reed have
Place in Jersey city. Mr.. Griggs is on the
top floor. Mr.. Reed IN the floor below
Lucky thing for GrisgS. said Mr. Reed
''ihat he will be on top OF me instead OF
beneath me.
Prince Alexis Nicolajewiteh Doigorou
kon. formerly secretary of the Russian
embassy in London. attempted to COMM
suicide at a prominent hotel at ST. Pc
t.rSbuT-. Thursday last. Ills action was
Inc Ia family troubles. He had lNt lGStp-
aritrd from his WIFE. The affair has hae1
huShrd MP on accoun: OF the pronsutnce
u tho family. His recovery is possible.
Among those sailing for Europe from
New York. Tuesday. Were Naaame Saraa
Beruharlt NJ Constant C0quelia NJ. AZ
Jean ana Eduard De HesZke. DAVID Rish-
pam ana Mrs Nm. Lloyd Harrison. Mis-
lam ana Miss Il. Hill. daughters of j. j.
Till. Perry Belmont and Mrs. Beimont
ana the Countess Cassini. The niece aad
adopted daughter Of the Russian anoas-
Gador at Washington
The new Si.s1.oJo pier at San Juan. p. r !
caught fire. Tuesday. and was destroy"i
in half an hour large stock OF sugar
and rum was lost in the fire The value
and uUaOtitV of the goods destroyed is
nor known The lire continues to rage
and threatens to spread to the stores 81
the custom house Lives may have been
lost. but this is not vet aScertained. Tn
fire started u minutes after the steamship
Ponce sailed for New York.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
says: wall street is still puzzled By the
extraordinary demand for Union Pachic
Railroad shares From well-informeI
sources assurances are received that par
ties outside Of the Hartman syndicnt
have 81 ,ured a very large amount OF tht
these parties have accumulated enough
of the shares - give them control Is =
matter yet 10 be determined.
At a largely attended meeting of the
Carpenters Union At Lowell. Mass. Tues
day night, il was voted unanimously that
All union carpenters in the city so on
strike. beginning Wednesday morning.
This VIII affect BID men and VIII tie M
several important jobs now in course OF
construction. The cause of the strike is
the refusal of the boss carpenters to rec
Ognize the demands made upon them by
the union about four months ago for an
S-hour day and 4 minimum wage scale
Of 81 per dag.
Police Captain Josiah Westervelt Of
New York. Tuesday. applied for retire
ment on the ground Of having served y
years on the force. and the application
was granted by Commissioner Murphy,
who retired him on pension of $50 n
year. AS soon as the proceedings in the
case against Capt Wcstcrvelt for neglect
OF duty were begun i'll the Centre street
court. TUESDAY, District Attorney Philb'n
announced hat Capt Wcstcrvelt had re
signed ana ne aSkti lnat the DToceeuinSs
he dismissed. MAGISTRATE Cornell com
oiled ana dismissed the ease
Hon. George II. Murray, premier of the
Nova Scutian government. VIII leave Hal
flax for New York. Wednesday. to meet
a cumhnat on OF Canadian and American
capitalists who are undertaking con-
tract 70 build a railway from Halifax to
Yarmouth on the south shore of the pro-
vince. The road VIII be heavily subsidiz-
ed. G. Miliar of London. representing
British CapitaiiStG. arrived III Halifax,
Tuesday. seeking the same contra [. Nc
Ecnzie & Mann of Toronto, the contract
ors Of the Canadian Northern Railway.
aud J g. I'm. are among the parties
with w,som The government: IS ncgotiat-
ing.
The growing demand for W omen in the
"antores Il Germany is hi lfils he sert