Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-09


American Wooden co. at Webster,
Mass. met. Tuesday, chiefly 10 con
slider the new price list sent out by the
company. The strikers declared that
they would not return to work under
the new price list. In some instances,
the strikers say, there is slight in
crease, hut on other grades of cloth
there is Il reduction.
BY a decisive vote, Tuesday evening
the Amalgamated Quarrymen's Union
at are, VT, accepted the proposition
made to the executive committee, Mon
day night, by a committee of the Barre
Quarrymen's Association, to defer q
strike until April -. the assoc fatiCn
agreeing in the meantime to submit n
proposition looking to Settlen ent
that will be satisfactory to the union
King Christian, who was born April
g. 1873, Tuesday. celebrated his S4th
birthday anniversary at Copenhagen,
surrounded by his children and grand
children. The Octogenarian monarch.
who is wen preserved in mind and
body, entered keeniy into all the fes-
tiyities. sixty members of royal fami-
lies were present at the palace for the
occasion and took part in the gayeties
1t was announced. at New York,
Tuesday, that at ans$xecutive session
of the board of estfnldeeGpfE tsreater
New York, Monday, a res6l6tI6n* WAS
unanimously adopted to cut the city
salary list 10 per cent. This is exclu-
sive of the uniformed men and police
and fire departments and the school
teachers. Those receiving very small
salaries and veterans of the Civil War
not to be affected by the proposal.
cut.
Damages amounting to S11,1 HD,
awarded in the superior civil - !
Lawrence, Mass, Tuesda3 HI 1 3l
Haverhill & Amesbury StreeteRaHt4Sya
Co.. divided as follows aE60nS the 1olE
plaintiffs who sued to Ezpxuf for PER-
sonal injuries sustained 1n &he derHflS5
ing of n car between lHaVFfhill and
Merrimac on the night Of My IA, 1901 i
Annie Kerrigan of Hadf0rd, 5000.
Walter w. Tilton, Mrrimac. $4,000:
Jean Reardon, Merrim& $500: Susan
Paine, Merrimac, $780,.
The striking longshoi 4men at Hall
fax, N. s., gained them first victory,
Tuesday night, when tw6pf the lumber
merchants decided to pay the union
scale of wages to the deal handlers.
The agreement was signed at the
strikers headquarters and $50 OF them
will start work, Wednesday, loading
the steamers Magda and ChickIade.
The fish handlers quit work at noon
and the coopers went out, Tuesday
evening. Non-union men are coaling
the Plant Line steamer Halifax.
An accusation said to have been
made by Alexander Duchesney, one of
the three sons of Joseph Duchesney of
North Andover Mass, against Police
man John NJ. Shearer, late Monday
night, led to battle in which Police
man Shearer and his aged father sus-
tanned severe attack from Mr.. Du-
ohesney and his sons and the officer
was badly injured. The injured man
is confined to his home, but will re-
cover. The assailants were arrested
and We're fined in the local court.
News reached Halifax, n. s., Tues
day, of a triple drowning at Jeddore:
40 miles from Halifax, on the eastern
shore. On Friday last, three young
men, who were engaged in lobster fish,
ing, left their homes to haul the traps
and that was the last seen of them.
On Monday, parties started out in
search of them and found the boat bot
tom up on the beach. 1t is supposed
that squall struck their frail craft.
upsetting it, and that the occupants
We're drowned within sight of land.
The Danish cruiser Valkyrien did not
leave Port au Prince, Hayti, for ST.
Thomas. d. w. L., suddenly, Gas an
nounced by the Copenhagen CORE
spondent of the London Daily MaiD,
but left there on a pre-arranged date
and will arrive at st. Thomas about
April 10. There is no foundation for
the report that the government is APP
prehensive of revolt at ST. Thomas.
Everything is quiet on the island and
the birthday of King Christian in be-
ing celebrated in the customary man.
ner.
Nine companies which make a bust
ness of going on the bonds of liquor
dealers in New York have notified their
customers of an advance in rates. The
bonds they sign are guarantees to the
state that the liquor laws will not be
violated. When a saloon keeper is
twice convicted of excise violation his
license is revoked and his bond for
feited. Many of the 122 liquor sellers
arrested, Sunday, already have been
convicted once and if proved guilty
again the bonding companies will be
compelled to stand the loss.
The Chicago Daily News, Tuesday,
said: "A financial transaction of big
proportions was announced, today, in
telephone circles. The government of
Germany appears as the purchaser of
patent rights covering all Europe ex-
cept Great Britain, ireland and France
for an automatic switchboard manu-
featured in Chicago. The electrical ap- !
planes will displace a telephone sys-
TEN of 10000 Instruments. Many op-
orators will be forced to seek other en-
ployment, as one person can keep an
entire system in order"
st. Johns Military School at Manlius,
10 miles east of Syracuse, N. Y, a
military institution for boys, founded
in 1869 by Right Rev. Fred D. Hunting
ton, bishop Of the Protestant Episcopal
diocese Of central New York, was de-
.troyed nv fire of Y1pkuOwn origin thic