Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-29

northeast coast of Papua. Herr Caro's
body was eaten. Emperor William has
ordered Capt. Passachew of the Ger
man SecOnd-class cruiser Hansa,i to
command punitive expedition from
China to avcnge the murder of Herr
Meree.
The President has appointed Col.
Merritt Barber Of the adjutant gener-
ais department.. and Major Oscar +.
Long of the quartermaster's depart
ment, brigadier generals Of volunteers
on account Of their long and faithful
services during the Philippine cam
paign. Long has had charge of the
transport service at San Francisco, and
Col. BARRIER rendered important service
AZ Gen. Mac Arthurs headquarters at
Manila.
a decision has been handed down by
Justice Common in the supreme court,
Brooklyn. n. Y. in the suit brought by
John I. Langan against the American
Legion Of Honor. to recover damages
for breach of contract, by which fra
tcrnal mutual benefit corporations
which have recently sought to save
themselves from financial troubles by
changing their bylaws and reducing
the amounts insured members would
reccv" at death, are Immediately af-
fectcd.
The third international college chess
match by cable ended, Saturday. in q
draw. Dy 6 o'clock this evening. four
games had been finished. Of which each
SIDE had scored two. The Americans
then offered n draw on the two remain
ing boards. and hardly had the mes
sage been transmitted when a similar
offer was received on this side. If the
Englishmen had submitted the game to
adjudication they would probably have
been awarded the second game and
thereby the match.
Frank Gilchrist. aged 81. a coal trim
mer, was found in one of the pockets
OF soft coal at the Providence Coal
cos wharf, Saturday morning. He
had been drawn into the pile Of coal.
late Friday afternoon. probably when
walking across il, as the chute was
opened to load q cart. The man had
not been missed until his wife went to
the rocket. saturday, to ask for him.
Then the point of his shovel was found
| just above the level of the coal. He left
wife and six children. the oldest only
| IL years.
: Miss Ida c. Clark. prominent soci-
ETY. young woman. daughter of David
y. Clark. died at her home at SIAM
ford Conn. Saturday. of spinal men
nights. resulting from an accident.
While watching a golf game at the
links OF the Norfolk Downs Club in
Norfolk last July. Miss Clark was hit
on the head by a cleek in the hands of
Albert {. Gardner of New Haven. who
had aimed the blow at golf ball. Her
skull was fractured but she had partly
recovered from the injury when spi-
nal meningitis developed.
Luke Powers. living at Bay State viii
| lage. near Northampton. Mass. went
| through the awful experience of see
ing his little 4-year-old daughter Eli
zabeth almost burned to death, Satur-
! day. without being able to save her.
because of being helpless himself
through intiammatory rheumatism.
The child was playing in the yard.
when her dress caught fire from bon
fire. and. before her fathers cries
! brought the neighbors to the scene, her
clothes were entirely consumed. The
little enc died later in the day.
= The Turkish government is conclud-
, ing a contract for n new cruiser. al
though nothing has been paid on ac-
| count Of the one ordered in the United
States nor has anything been paid on
tie Krupp account for naval guns, nor
have the eight ironclads which We're to
have been transformed into modern
(, ships been taken TO Germany owing 10
! lack Of funds. Two torpedo boats.
= bought at Genoa. have not been deliv-
cred for the same cause. Twenty thou
sand pounds CTurkish) is due the
Krupps and their demands for settle
ment are becoming pressing.
The group of buildings at North
! Chelmsford Mass. on Princeton street,
known as the Silver & Gay machine
shop. and owned by George c. Moore.
were burned. Saturday. leaving stand
ing only the walls of the brick build
I ings and portions of the wooden addi-
| ton. Mr.. Moore's loss is estimated at
| from Sl5. 900 to 10000, covered by insur-
| ance. The loss Of the others cannot at
present be estimated The fire started
! in the attic of the machine shop; cause
unknown. The fire threatened several
/ ntlss Nooutii ouiiui's,S H''' 'N'
| steamers and three hose carriages from
| Lowell went to the scene.
| The Massachusetts branch of the
Gorham. Me, Normal School Alumni
Association held it's ninth annual din
ner at Hotel Thorndike. Boston, Satur-
day, DIR. A. +. Hunt of Swampscott.
! presiding. More than 80 members wei
coined the Peter" DIR. w. ]. Corthell.
the head of the school for nearly a
quarter OF century. Mrs. COff gave
piano selections. AUX Haliens" was
| ,ecitcd by Mrs. Clark. Miss Smiths
songs won favor Speeches were made
by DR.. Corthell, Lincoln owen of the
Rice school! j. Il. Sucking of the
Sherman school, Mr.. Small of Maiden
ard Miss March of the Mather school.
| Edward Rosewater, the Omaha edi
tor, is quoted as saying: William j.
Bryan, in my opinion, will be candi-
date for governor Of Nebraska next
year. Mr.. Bryan still eXerts a wide in
| fluence in the state, and II he receives
the gubernatorial nomination he will
| be a very hard man to beat. If elected
governor he will hope to secure a
Democratic Legislature. in which event
| he will seek an election to the United
States Senate to succeed Gov. Dietrich.
whose term will expire in 1905. From