Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-04-19
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Burglars have broken into tho Nu.
scum of Fine Arts at SANTIAGO n.
Chill. and cut from their frames n 80
the finest paintings. costing 100 ooo
pesos.
The general election OF members of
| the Spanish Chamber of IDENTITIES in
the new Cortes has been fixed for Nav
! 18th. the senatorial elections occurring
| three days earlier.
The Macedonia Congress- met .+
Sofia. Wednesday, to elect officers. The
credentials committee is now sitting.
The indications are that the pacific ele
| ment prcdomnates in the Congress.
A one-story heel factory at Ward
fiilI. Haverhill. Mass. occupied by A.
A. Bracket OF Boston was burned
'Vhursday. The cause of the fire is un-
known. The loss is estimated at So
COO
At the third days racing at New
market. Eng. Thursday, the double
trial plate Of 200 sovereigns for 2-year-
olds. five furlongs. was won by Mr.. p.
J. Lorillard's chestnut filly Corncite.
with Danny Maher in the saddle
The British expedition against the
Cgaden Somalis has reached tn. fir
eni of Towata island Its advance was
continually opposed, but the Somaiis
were, everywhere defeated. their vii
lagos burned and their camps de-
stroyed
Prince Peter Alexievitch Kropotkin.
the Russian leader. and Lucy Parsons
of Chicago. held a conference. Thurs
day. at Chicago. The presence of tho
prince in Chicago has reused much en-
thusiasm among Chicago anarchists.
who say it will greatly strengthen the
cause.
A whole block at Mayville. the coun-
ty seat of Chautaqua county, New
York. was burned. Thursday at an
early hour. starting in the Mayville
house, which was burned, together
with Gilson's store. the Episcopal
church. the Jail and one or two resi-
dences.
Merton McWain. prominent rlef-
chant of Littleton. n. H.. was attacked
by highwaymen, Wednesday night. and
seriously injured. He was robbed of
$2t0 and the robbers escaped. Every
possible effort is being made to track
them. but up to noon they had not
been captured.
The British battleship Hood. while
leaving the harbOr at Valetta. Malta
Thursday. fouled the French mail
steamer Eugene Perreire. A disaster
was narrowly averted by Il smart evo-
luton on the part of the ironclad. AS
it was the Hood had two boats smash
ed. The injury done to the Eugene
Perriere was slight.
The Massachusetts supreme court. in
a decision handed down at the request
of the House of Representatives. de
-ided that the voting by machine in
that commonwealth is legal according
to the constitution. The House passed
n formal request for an opinion or
this uuestion Four voted in the affirm
ative. while three Of them dissented.
The supreme court of the United
States has practically decided that
Hawaii is an integral part of the Unit
ed states. The federal supreme court
has assigned the territory of Hawaii to
the Ninth judicial circuit. and issued a
rule to the circuit court of appeals 10
show cause why it should not take
Jurisdiction of an admiralty case
originating in Hawaii.
Ten new cases Of the bubonic plague
Including two Europeans, We're official
" reported. Thursday. at Cape Town.
Two additional deaths have occurred.
Official advices to the colonial office re-
gar,ling the progress Of the bubonic
plague in South Africa show prior to
April IS, there had been Al cases of the
disease among persons under military
and naval control in Cape Colony.
Deputy United States Marshal Bry-
ant of Derby. CT. discovered an al
legged illicit still. Thursday, on the
premises of Hobart Hubbel. a farmer
living in the northeastern part Of
Huntington. CT. Hubbers place is close
to the Baptist church. Upon the prem
ises were found several kettles and dis
tilling apparatus. besides two and a
half barrels of cider brandy. Hubbel
was taken to New Haven for arraign-
ment, Friday.
Governor Crane Of Massachusetts.
Thursday. sent to the Legislature We
toes Of both the lobster bills passed
ut the present session. one repeating
tho present law making the mutilatiOn
of Holsters prima facie evidence of NiO
lation of the law. and the other reduc-
ing the legal length at which HOLSTERS
may be taken from 101s to inches.
Gov. Crane holds that the present laws
are calculated to afford desired protec
+;on RI the lobster
Prince Herbert Bismarck has made a
speech at Burg in which he criticised
Emperor Williams Zi2zag course
quoting the elder Bismarck's words:
.The way of destruction for the gov
ernment is to do first this and then
that. and promise today what it does
not do. tomorrow. Prince Herbert
praised Count Won Buelow as the most
capa bic German diplomatist and reccg-
njzed Won Buelow's interest in agri
culture. but demanded that he folio"
I'D with assistance needed, which w:s
an agricultural tariff.
County Attorney George w. Shields
returned to Omaha. Neb., Thursday,
from Dallas. Texas. where he went to
the case of II. C. Hen1er
son. the self confessed kidnapper Of
Edward Cudahy. Jr. He said he had
not secured any information Of value
TO corroborate HendersOn's statement
that he was implicated in the affair.
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