Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-04

leace at the death Of Queen Victoria
and congratulations on his accession to
the throne. was presented to King Ed
ward, Friday afternoon, at ST. James
palace. London, with the customary
ceremonial. The populations included
Roman Catholics. Jews and Presby-
terians. The Kings replies were practi-
cally identical. He promised to unre-
mittingly promote the enjoyment and
bless ings of religious liberty, tolerance,
peace and good viii among all classes
and religious races.
a small boat containing two persons,
presumably boys or young men, was
swept owe" the rapids of ST. Mary's
river at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich,
Thursday. Neither boat nor passengers
have been seen since. One of the pas
sen5ers was rowing hard against the
current. but the boat was carried UNI
der the bridge and caught by rush
Of water below. 1t overturned when a
Sew hundred feet below the bridge and
the two attempted to retain hold of it.
They were finally dragged from the
overturned boat and disappeared.
A special dispatch from Odessa dated
April &c, purporting to give an eye Wit
ness story of the recent ferryboat dis
aster on the river Dineper. near Katch-
karnvka, when almost 100 mothers.
with their babies, returning from the
evening milking. We're drowned. A
sudden storm spranG up. there was n
panic. the pontoons We're swamped and
a few saved by q boat. Three persons
chung TO horse which swan ashore.
Practically every family in the village
was rendered motherless by the dis
aster.
\ special to the Chicago Record
Herald from Grinnell. Iowa. says: The
Grinnell Congregational church Thurs
day night. took the second step looking
10 the expulsion of Prof. George ID.
Heron from the membership rolls. The
church voted without dissenting voice
to call council of churches to try
Prof. Heron for conduct unbecoming
4 minister, as recommended in the res
buttons adopted by the association at
Baxter. The committee will write at
once to Prof. Heron and invite him
to take part III the formation of the
council.
Armour & Co.'S beef house. one of
the largest buildings at the Chicago
stock yards. was damaged, Friday
morning. by flames and water to the
extent of Sl00. 900. On the fourth floor,
awaiting slaughter, We're 1000 head OF
live cattle. which We're rescued with
great difficulty. A general alarm was
sent in and after an hour and n half
OF struggle the firemen succeeded in
I tonuuering the flames. One hundred
men under the direction of Chief Swee-
ME We're at work on the third and
fourth Iioors when a large ammonia
pipe burst and the Sitting odor which
arose drove the men into the open air.
Many were half blinded by the gas and
escaped with difficulty.
\ special from Philadelphia to the
( Now York Tribune says: John F..
Lewis vice president of the Merchants
! Trust, Ca, and one of the incorpora-
tors of the Philadelphia Trans Atlantic
articles at Trenton. N. j.. with an al
lowed capitalization of s2.500000, said.
| Thursday night on the project: The
company has not been organized in the
interest of any syndicate or combina-
ton. 1t is the intention of the COM
pany to build its own as well as char
ter steamships primarily for freight
transportation purposes. They will run
between this city and London. and
Z while freight is the main object 1t ia
probable that in one half the ships ac-
commodat tons will be made for pass
Sen1erS."