Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-16

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price OF meat exists between the large
packing houses of the West. Attorney
General John c. Davies. with Attorney
j. Newton Fiero as counsel, appeared
on behalf of the state.
The British steamer Boveric Capt.
Ellis. from Melbourne, March y, for
Port Natal, reported, May s, disabled
at sea with loss of propeller, has arrived
at Fremantle. in tow of the British
steamer Narvung. The Boveric had on
board remounts and 80 soldiers. The
BoVeric's mishap was reported at FIRE.
mantle by lifeboat containing an Off
Ger and three men, which came from
the steamer a distance of 1900 miles for
assistance.
The general strike decreed by the So
cial Democratic party in support of the
suffrage bill, the debate on which will
begin in Parliament at Stockholm, Swe-
den. Thursday, was carried out. and
the tie-up of business has been COM
plete since Thursday morning. Traffic
generally is suspended. The street cars.
cabs. vans and carts and steamers are
not running and no work is going on III
any of the factories or shops The
printers have also joined the strike
which will last throughout the paria-
mentary debate.
In the case of the state against the
trustees Of the Morgan Preparatory
School of Clinton, Conn, which was
founded and endowed by the late
Charles Morgan of New York City the
referee at New Haven has sustained the
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they have made investments prudently
and in good faith. and that the trust
fund is $33S,29S, a gain of about 100000
on the original sum. The case has been
several years in the courts. and has
involved indirectly the question of the
right Of a Connecticut town to control
private trust for public purposes.
A board of officers composed of capt |
". ri. Coffin. Field Artillery, Capt. f. |
+. Laid, quartemaSter, and capt. l.. |
:. Sorley. 14th Infantry. has been or
dered TO meet at Fort Niagara, y. y.
May 10. for the purpose of examining |
and reporting upon the proposed en- |
largement Of the military reservation |
at Fort Niagara. made necessary by |
the proposed increase of the garrison |
at that post. The board will make a |
thorough investigation and report upon
the amount of land actually required |
and the cost of the same, and whether |
it can be more advantageously obtained |
by purchase or by condemnation.
The Chicago Bureau of Charities has
been enriched by the gift Of New
Yorker whose name is withheld. The
gift consists of a collection of about |
500 rare canoes and intaglios. which |
We're gathered by the donor during a |
period of 80 years residence in Italy |
and they are to be placed on sale by
local jewelry firm. Monday. The en-
tire proceeds, which are expected to |
reach high figure. are to be devoted |
exclusively to the work of the society. |
In the collections are mang gems which |
are the work of antique Greek, Roman |
and Oriental masters They are stones |
Of the hardest quality. Many Of them
are 1000 years old.
Six canvasmen were injured. three /
Of them seriously, in a wreck of the /
canvas and wagon train of Forepaugh |
& Sells Brothers circus at 5 A. NJ.
Thursday. at Marysville, six miles west
of Harrisburg. Pa. The injured were /
taken to the Harrisburg hospital in a |
gravel train and their wounds dressed. |
after which three of them left for York |
to join the circus. The accident was |
caused by the breaking of truck un-
der a car carrying d large canvas |
wagon on which the injured men We're |
sleeping. Two cars were wrecked, |
causing a delay of several hours in the |
movement of the rain. Two sections |
carrying the performers and animals /
were behind the section which was |
wrecked
Margaret Stokes. the 9-year- old child
who is one of the survivors of the |
steamship Roraima, which was de-
stroyed at st. Pierre, is the only re- |
naming member Of family of five
that lived in Brooklyn UP TO few |
months ago. The child's father was |
Clement Stokes, at one time well-to-
do merchant of Barbados. (B. w. ~, |
but for the last few years bookkeeper |
for a department store in Brooklyn. |
Stokes died recently and the widow |
decided TO return to the home of a |
wealthy sister in Barbados. The |
widow packed her property and with |
a faithful colored nurse. Clara King, |
who has been with the family in Bar !
bados, she started on the journey that |
was to be the last undertaken nv the