Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-20
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Courtmartiais have been ordered at fo-
koham.a in the case OF a number OF Jar
anese officers who are accused OF lootinS
during the campaign IN emma agaInss
the Boxers.
Sixteen hundred and ninety-five dollars
in fines is the result OF the police court
hearing ON the liz men arrested IN raids
on two policy shops at Lynn. Mass, rue
day night The gamesters were nneu si'
each.
TWO firemen are dead and two others
are seriously injured as the result OF the
fall of a brick wall of the plant Of the
George Fl. Smith Cap Steel Casting Co,
which was destroyed by fire at Milwau
kee. Wednesday night.
over 1000 prominent Masons have regis
tered at Cincinnati at the Scottish Kite
cathedral for the Golden conyocation or
the Rite OF the Valley In Cincinnati.
which was eSta blished in that city -
years ago. Wednesday
The sheriff raided the Grand View hot-l
at Buffalo, y. Y, early Wednesday. ana
captured ~ gamecocks, said to belong to
Buffalo and Hamilton. Ont, parties
About 80 people were assembled at the
place. Five arrests We're made
Henry Maxwell, the oldest man in St.
John. n. b.. died. Wednesday, aged .!
years. He was Tor years leading lum-
Der merchant. Justice Burbridge of tn.
exchequer court. Ottawa. and j. E MAJ
rOway. the noted Canadian chess piaye-.
also of Ottawa, are sons-in-law of the
deceased
Wilson p Foss Of Haverstraw, n. Y.
defeated Charles r. Norris, formerly
amateur billiard champion Of the Cmca
go Athletic Association and now Of the
knickerbocker A. c., for the amateur
billiard championship of America at New
York. Wednesday night, by score OF
800 to AGA.
Michael Reagan. dock laborer. was
ven, CT, Wednesday. on the charge or
first degree murder. He tainted. and az
the request of his attorney the hearin.
was adjourned. Reagan Is accused Of
causing the death of his wife by a kick
administered. last Sunday.
The Denver, Col. News. Wednesday.
said: Advices from outside sources and
borne out by information obtained in
Denver. indicate that the Guggenhelm
Exploration CO. has secured control of
the output OF lead fuxing ores of the
country. Indispensable element in the
smelling of precious metals.
Gen. Oscar F. Long superintendent Of
transport service at San Francisco. VII
soon leave San Francisco to take charge
at Washington. ID. c., of the land ard
water transportation of the United states
the Pacific sea board He will succeed
Gen. Bird, who is soon to go the re-
tired list. Captain Carroll A. Devol will
succeed Gen. Long at San Francisco.
Official announcement was made, Wed
nesday. at Cleveland. Ohio. by the bank
ers' committee of the Everett Moore Syn
dictate. concerning the sale of the Can
ton-Akron and Canton assillon. Urban
and Inter-Urban Traction lines The deal
has been formally closed and the prop
critics will be transferred to Tucker An
thony x Co of Boston. within few days.
The entire transaction involves about 81
500. 600.
The Missouri River Power Co. has com.
pleted a line for transmitting power froin
its dam and plant at the Missouri river
to Butte. Mont The length of this line
is 80 miles and it crosses the main range
of the Rocky mountains at an altitude OF
300 feet and a spur of the main range at
almost an equal height. At present this
line conveys Il 000 horse power but 1t y
intended to double the power by the con-
struction of another dam.
At the annual meeting of the general
committee of the National Liberal FEEDER
alton held at Leicester, Eng. Wednesday,
ed debate a resolution was passed con.
demning the policy of insisting on the un-
conditional surrender Of the Beers In
South Africa. affirming that the future
contentment and security of South At
RIGA could only be secured by regular
peace. on broad. generous lines.
At a meeting held at st. Petersburg,
Wednesday, in spite of police orders To
the contrary, the local university STU
dents rejected the government conces-
sions respecting student organizations
and meetings and proclaimed that they
would strike unless their demands for
Sou ct
ready broken out at Kieffa. The assist =
ant minister of education has gone ID
that city.
The annual bench show of the wes.-
minister Kennel Club was opened, Wed
nesday, in Madison Square Garden, New
York. with "a more classes than ever were
exhibited before and with $1,000 to be
of the show was the large number of en-
tries of old English sheep dogs. among
them Howard Gould's Robin Adair, a dog
which was never beaten at any show in
England and which was shown for the
first time in this country.
Rev. Chas. r. Lord for the past 70
years resident Of Newburyport. Mass,
and well known throughout New England
in Congregational circles died at New
buryport. Wednesday. aged IS years. Mr.
Lord was born in New Hampshire in 1877
and was graduated from Dartmouth Col
lege. He was the author Of many books
on theology. He retired from active work
20 years ago and had since occasionally
preached at the summer church at Sails
bury Beach. widow survives him.
Amos Gould. former cashier of the
Platte Valley State Bank or Bellwood
Neb.. Tuesday. at David City. Neb..
pleaded guilty to the forgery of II notes
ranging in amount from $3.50 to $14O0. He
court, saying that If released ne and his
friends would soon make UP the defalca-
tons. In the course OF his remarks he
iuTltteu tne forgery or $D,VUU in notes,
but he said he could not tell whether or
not that was the total amount of his
forgeries
"A deputation of boot and shoe manu.
facturers from all over Canada will walt
upon the Canadian government to re-
quest an Increase OF the duty upon i'm
ported fine Shoes says q Montreal special
to the New York Times. The Complaint
Is that the Canadian manufacturers have
to pay high duties upon the fine feathers
they import for this class OF shoes, while
the shoes are admitted at figure which
makes II impossible for them to Compel.
with the american manufacturers. They
Will. therefore. request an increase of the
cent. :
Miss Lucy Osgood. who lived Oh tile
pa newport road just beyond the iowa
line OF Ciaremont. N. H. was found dead
on me roadside not far from her home.
AIRY tuesday. 1T seems that Miss Os-
sood left her house while the severa
TORN was raging TO go to the house OF
'elsnDor, Mr. Peabody. about three-Quar-
ers OF mile distant. but had gone only
inird OF mile when either from heart
.fhure Or exhaustion she fell down and
was soon covered by thessthIak milling
snow Miss OsgoOd was rs yeafs 0fsdge
rht Ieaves valuable estate ana her only
ney in Texas