Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-10
Capital Notes.

The Senate Wednesday, confirmed TN =
nomination OF Edw. w. Ames of Mass
at a.. n, 10 De secretary OF the legation
!, / ne haisas delegation in Congress has
ees for ~ 'o push Hon. r. w. Blue of Kan
Mr.. III. Clay vans ~
me enlisted force of the navy is in
tieas9u "V" men by the naval appropria-
5Ion piil reported, Wednesday, in the
House naval committee.
FRANK Z. Churchill of New Hampshire,
spector. He was formerly sneciaJ agent
lor Tree SCHOOLS in Indian territory
| t'el1IesenlatiVe Cummings Of New York
euhesdaE, introduced a bill requiring
t SiiI ,I1 et'ly OF the navy to contract for
| - Holland submarine torpedo boats
| fairs, Wednesday. authorized favnrahIf
reports on The nominations of Brig Gen.
| Robert L. Hughes to be major general
! anu oois isaac Derussey, Andrew 5
| adler generals.
The largest quarterly receipts in the
| history OF the postal service are recorded
for the three months ended Jan. last.
| lsures Tor which have just been COM
pleteu.- Inc receipts We're S32oo5,621; eX-
! peiui lures, s"oH',Bl; excess of receipts
| over expenditures, 81 ,05S. 400.
Mrs. Helen H. Gardener. the we'll
| known authoress was married at Wash
| ington Wednesday, to Lieut.. Col. Selden
| Allen Day. L. S. y. Justice Shepard OF
me me dlstrict court of appeals. otficiated
| Coi, ana mrs Day left later for Fort
| Williams, Maine. where Col Day is sta
| toned.
| y cahlegram received at the state de-
rartmant, "Wednesday, from United State.
Consul McWade at Canton, is to the ef-
feet that Gov. Peng has reported to tn
consul that the rebels in kwang-Ho have
been defeated and are being pursued bJ
| The imperial troops. The missionaries
| are reported to be safe
| The Republican congressional campaign
| committee AT meeting, "Wednesday
| night unanimously reelected the old Off
| GERS, as follows: Representative BabcocE
| OF Wisconsin, chairman Sherman OF
| New York, vice chairman; OverstTeet OF
! indiana, secretary, and Col w. B
| Thompson of Washington, treasurer.
| Lieutenant General Schofield. retired,
| Wednesday made an argument before the
| Senate committee on military affairs IN
| support of the war department bill for III.
i CREATION of a general staff and the con-
soiida ton OF me supply divisions Of. ,h'
| dorsed all that General Schoiield said.
| = cablegfdm received at the state de
partmeni ron Mr.. Bainbridge, the sec
| ond secretary of the legation ut Pekin
! confi ms the news report of the signing
l
! Tuesday, by representatives Of the Rus
! sian and Chinese governments. The next
| Sep iii the Chinese matter is the evac-
/ uatibn by the powe-s of Tien Tsin and
! Russia has promised fhat when this l,
| done she will eyacuate TIE important
Manchurian t~tsty port Of t!iu ChwanS.
| BY q strict Larty vote the .nsular com
mittee, Wednesday, voted Gown q subs I
| tute proposed by the Democratic mem
| bees Ito establish a stable al adtonG
( nous government in the Philippines ar 4
| then by a party vote ordered report
| o. the measure prepared by the Republic
| can meLahers establishing a complete
| form of civil governmon mt for the islands.
| Chairman Cooper will make the report
| tomorrow. and will seek soon thereof I
| to bring the measure before tie House.
Senators Hoar and Lodge. We inesdav,
presented to Secretary Hay the case tf
Edward Morris, a fisherman of GloLce; -
| ter, Mass, whose smack, v&.no 1 ut ST.
| 900, was seized five or six as tgo by
| the Newfoundland authorities on tt,
| charge of fishing within the :hr"c-r1ii'
limit. Morris says that he was rot cVe'
| the line and the Massachusetts seratC,s
urged that the local court was not CT IN
petent to determine the question. The
secretary promised to bring the matter
| to the attention of the British authori-
| ties.