Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-18
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Hugh u. Cam of Yarmouth. y. s. &
wealthy shipowpcr. died suddenly We'd
nesday. Of heart failure. aged %.
a certificate Of incorporation was filed
at Dover. Del. TODAY. for the .ttianti a
and Pacific Oil Co. of New York City.
Capital, $4,000.
Sixteen cases of bubonic plague were
reported. Wednesday. Mt Cane Town. in
Guiding three Europeans. The corpses Of
three men. whose deaths had not been re-
ported. were discovered.
James J. Hill passed through Spok,nc
Wednesday. When asked as to the truth
of the reports that he has secured con-
troll of the Burlington road. he replied
II don't want To say anything about that
You will have to get that from the other
end.
According to dispatch TO The London
Daily Mail from Vienna Il band of Bull
garians. W ednestIav. invaded Turkish ter
rtory at Akh-Tash. in northern Turkc
stan. They were repulsed by the Turk
Sh troops. One Bulgarian was killed AMI
the others escaped.
The little flyer Go;dsborough did no.
complete her trial trip. Saturday, as was
expected telegram received at the
navy department from Seattle says tina,
owing to n slight accident to the torpedo
boats ma chincrv the trial was postponed
until some day this week.
There was practically no change. We'd
ncsday. in the strike Of the iron mould
crs at ST. John. n. Il. About 30 union
men are out and in only one shop is the
work really badly hampercd as few non
union men working joined the union
strikers. The strikers will receive 81 a
week from the head Of their union in Gin
cinnati a delegate from that city Is
coming here.
Tho bill to submit the proposition for
the expenditure of s26.oc0.oM for canal i'm
rrovement to the people of the state at
the next election, was killed i'm the Senate
at Albany. n. V. Wednesday. by q vote
of II ayes 10 IL noes. Senator McCarren
offered an Amendment providing for an
expenditure of S60coo,0tO instead of S26.-
0oo,oo1. This was defeated by the motion
TO lay OF the table.
Rev. Mr.. Il. l.. Simonsrn. who with
drew from the Methodist Episcopal
church at the recent session of the New
York East conference. Wednesday. ISSUED
a card to the public in which he denies
in general all the statements made
las; Thursday hy the Rev. j. NJ. B,cklcr
editor Of the Christian Advocate. Mr.. ST
monS"ns withdrawal was c3u-cd because
of his advocacy of Christian Scicncc
views
Three young mon wcrc drowned about
$ L. M. Wednesday,. about mile and Il
quarter off Oico:t, X. y. on Lake onta-
rio. by the capsiznc II sail boat Thcv
were: Eenj. Tcrbro' K. son of Wm. Ten
brook; WE. Thomot on son Of Harvey
Thompson: Frank A'kc1, son Of Zen Al
ken. All three were between " and -
wears old. They lived in Olcntt and var
members Of prom nCnt families. incN
started out IN n sal, boa il the at rpnCn
Pe:cners who ATTEMPTED 10 so 10 their
assistance arrived TOO late.
The board Of classification of the TINT
ed States general Apr lis rs announced
decision Wednesday. regarding the duty
on fish IN packages &c Ices than one-halr
barrel. smoic1 herrn%s ;rrortnd in
wooden boxes OF loss tilan one halo har,-l
capacity and declared ~ a uutiat,C Il;
70 per cent. ad valorcr', 1indNr p2ragrant.
rs of the act ot 1897. or at thrcc-uiIartcrs
OF one cent per pound under paragraph
2G1 OF said act, whichever rate may br
the higher. WHO'RE The talir nrcy'or- tw
rates for the same article the hoarl
held the higher rate to be charccahle.