Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-01
NEWS NUGGETS.
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North. East. south and West.

The Bank of England. Thursday. in
creased its rate of discount from 3 10
4 per cent.
Earl Russell and Mrs. Somerville
were married at the registry office in
London, Thursday morning.
At Thursdays session OF the biennial
conference Of the Young Womcn'4
Christian Associa ton at cleveland
Ohio. the national committee made its
report, after which a memorial service
was conducted in honor Of the late
President.
The whaling bark Andrew Hicks has
just arrived III san Francisco. after
spending nine months in the south seas.
OF Okhotsk. Only five small whales
were taken, near the japanese coast,
producing 1000 pounds of bone and :,
barrels of oil.
Chas. e. torroll Of Springfield ILL.,,
ana -. II. Powell Of st. Louis have
sold the Electric Railroad on the F,ades
brodgc across the Mississippi ut -
Louis to 4 syndicate Of capitalists rep
resentinL New York. Chicago. st. Louis
ana Eas. - Louis. The purchase pric"
has not been made public.
According to the Brussels corre-
spoudrnt OF the London Times and
New YORK Times. diplomatic relations
| between Holland and the Vatican
which were interrupted by the eXclu-
sion of the representative of the Pope
from The Hague peace conference. ar"
about tn he resumed by the appoint
| ment of a new. Paral nuncio at The
Hague.
Plans are now completed. according
to the san Francisco Chronicle. for the
csta bliehmtnt of a large plant by the
Standard Oil 90. at Port i;ichmCnd.
The plant will consist Of q refinery u
which oil will be piped from the Kern
river district \ line Of three steamers
to supply the oriental trade as well as
| the Philippines ana the Hawaiian
| islands also viii hc established.
Joe Ramardo. the owner Of 4 large
ranch near Guaymas. Ariz.. was as
| saul,cd By a band Of Yaqui Indians.
Wednesday. and killed. The Yaquis
ladtd the ranch. stealing the horses
and corn. They visited several other
ranches and il is reported they killed
I
! the past week raids have been made
and the ranches along III" river are al
most deserted.
Thirteen High school students at Os-
Nego. y. Y, We're suspended by Supt
liullis. Thursday. for running away
from school. Tuesday. The boys al
most created Il reign Of terror. They
entered a school. broke the furniture
ANA disturbed the school session. They
also ;ntarfered with firemcn working
AZ Il ire in the business section. They
unhitchei horses IL the streets and
marched through the town shouting
and singing.
Among the passengers who SAILED
from New York. Thursday. on tho
Deutschland for Hamburg is Count
otto Won Molt<e. a nephew of the great
German field marshal Count Won Mol
ike Count Won MOltkc has been i'll
this country since Oct 4. having been
commissioned by the Prussan Parlia
ment. of which he is a member To
study our transportation methods. in
Guiding street and other railway trans
portation. az we'll as traffic on high
ways. rivers ana canals. In an inter-
view he said: Il am electrified with
the progress you Americans have made
in the methods Of transportation. II
il impossible for any one in Europe e
understand this without seeing il. The
best expression | have heard here Is
'up-to-d date which tells the Who!e
story"
An important patent connected WIN
the St. Lawrence navigation has been
issued and submitted to Mr.. Tarte'
Dominion minister of public works. DE
whom il will be laid before the caDi-
net. says an ottawa special TO the New
York Times The patent is designated
10 do away with the lighthouse. buoyS
and. in fact. the entire parapherna!i'
for night navigation between Montreai
and Quebec and substitutes suDmerG-
"a electric system. The main idea IS -
sink an electric cable in the center 81
the navigable channels with power
transmitted from q power mouse ~
Montreal. and lines of colored lights al
or above the water level OF each siue
of the channel, the lights on one Sidp
neing of q different color to those on
,bo ,,her side The lights VIII be sup