Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-10-15

! than SJ6u.oub from TINS cargo, Wnltn Is
| asserted to be considerably more than
was ever levied in duties from one
vessel there.
| DR. George Harder of Pittstield,
| Mass, and Patrick Hennessy of New
York. were fined $500 each in the die
| trict court at Pittstield. Saturday, for
| docking the tails of five Western
horses at the stables of Irving T. Bush
Of New York. in Pittstield, last month.
| DR.. Harder is veterinary surgeon,
! and HenneSSy is Mr.. Bush's cnachman
They pleaded guilty. Mr.. Bush was
| before the court as an accessory, but
was discharged
The provisional government assay
office at Victoria. Il. a.. was busy. sat
| urday handling a third Of a ton of
gold dust brought down from the north
on the steamer Danube. The individual
| miners We're all allowed the rebate of
4 per cent. of the amount uf royalty
| they paid the government in the Hu
! kOn. The question as to whether cor
porations will be allowed the rebate is
the subject of correspondence between
the provisional and Dominion govern
| ments.
compiled that 5000 people Went to Nome
this season and that 10000 have rr-
turned or are returning. leaving about
| 1000 iii the district for the winter. Fifty
five thousand tons Of general freight
We're carried from Seattle The esti-
mated receipts for the transportation
Of freight and passengers are $l,A74.-
600 and the value Of the freight shipped
from Seattle $1,000. 900. About S. 100
900 gold has been shipped from Nome
| this season.
If any one knows Of a more peculiar
and daring robbery than that commit
ted at Buchyrus. O.. the other night.
the people OF that town would like To
hear about it, At present ii is thought
| the town holds the record Thieves en-
tered the barn Of John Mccullough.
| where they proceeded t. butcher a
calf and dress ii right On the prem
ises. They left the skin and the use
less parts behind. and 80 carefully
covered their tracks that no clue to the
/ guilty ones has been found.
| The reciprocity treaties now pending
before the Senate committee on foreign
| relations We're the subjct Of 4 confer
ence at the White House Saturday.
between the President and Senator
Cullom OF Illinois. senator Frye of
| Maine. the ranking member of the for
cign relations committee was caller
| upon the President. but participated
only incidentally in the conference He
| will see the President by appointment.
Monday, when. it is expected. he
| will present to Mr.. Roosevelt his views
on the pending treaties
George II. Ketcham. owner. trainer
| and driver OF CrcsceuS, in the course
of statement at Toledo O., Satur-
day. said: Il have taken off 30 pounds
since the lst of May, and if | could
only get to l35 pounds | would drive
| Cresceus in ? minutes. | will take the
horse to Columbus. Monday. and he
| Will try to reduce his record next week
| on that track" Mr.. ketcham will take
Cresceus on a long Western trip end
ing at the City Of Mexico. Mr.. kctch-
am in his statement refutes general
statements that cersceus is stale"
| horse.
Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A Miles has won
! a decisive victory in his contest with
| the army chief of ordnance. Gen.
| Burlington. in a controversy Waged for
! two years over the subject of disap-
| pearing gun carriages. the joint con-
| vention of Gen. Burlington and Capt
CroZier. Gen. Miles has opposed the
| adoption of the gun carriage for all
guns. because of his belief that the dis !
/ appearing system was too delicate and !
uncertain for installing hundreds Of
guns, costing millions of dollars Secre- |
| tary Root has been inclined to accept |
the views Of Gen. Miles.
Fifteen suits, aggregating nearly ST. |
100000. have been filed in the federal |
court at Denver. Col. These suits are
against all the pricipal railroads hav-
ing representatives in Denver A lar |
ger batch will be filed in Chicago and |
New York, and the total sum asked |
for greatly increased. The suits have
been brought by Col. George w. Cook,
formerly connected with the Denver &
Rio Grande Railway. They are aimed
az all the railways and car companies
of the United States and Canada, and
involve adjudication of patent car
brake. which was originated in Den
Yer nearly 20 years ago.
Joseph Caisse Of Adams husband of
Mrs. Elizabeth Casse. who was mur-
dored at Lowell week ago, went to
Lowell. Saturday, and returned with
his l1-year-old son. Mr.. Caisse is a
carpenter in Adams. He says he was
married in Willimantic. Conn, when he
was Il years old. She was aged Is
He had not seen his wife for 12 years =
and did not care to see her. He never
saw Charles F. Cooley. who il is al
legged murdered Mrs. Caisse. SO far as :
he knew his wife had not married
again after leaving him. and he lad I
not married. Mr.. Caisse said he was :
never in Lowell before and never saw d
his boy before. He intends to place the :
boy in school.