Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-08-25

deprived of their lives by other than
due process of law.
All previous high water marks in the
supply of gold held by the United
States government were surpassed, Sat-
urday, when the amount of the yellow
metal in the possession of the treasury
reached S56S, ,797, ,306.S2. which exceeds by
more than $1,00O.000 the record Of two
months ago. The items comprising this
immense aggregate are: Reserve fund.
s150, 900, ,000 gold coin held for the re-
demption of gold certificates, $685.. .120,-
0S9; gold coin and bullion in the gen.
eral fund. sec. .217.S2.
The baby born to Mrs. Joseph Z.
Wicener at Newport, X. L., will IL it
lives, eventually inherit a large share
of the fortune of its grandfather. Peter
A. ID. Widener. Mr.. Widener's wealth
is variously estimated at from $30,000,-
600 to $40,000.000. He has two children,
George ID. Widener, who married
daughter of William l.. Elkins and
Joseph f. Widener. George D.. Wide
ner has two children. Should there be
no brothers or sisters, the Widenes
babe will in time probably be worth
from Sl5,ooo,O00 to s20,00o,oOo.
The Chicago Federation of Labor,
Saturday. appealed to Helen Gould in
behalf of the striking Western Union
messenger boys. The telegram sent to
Miss Gould stated the case of the
strikers. 1t said in substance that the
Illinois District Telegraph Co. had
broken faith with the lads had re-
quired the boys to work from IL to IA
hours day for pittance; gave them
only a few minutes for lunch at noon,
and that girls had been engaged to car
ry messages in the boys places. Miss
Gould is expected to take the same
view as the labor leaders about the en-
ployment of girls as messengers, and
condemn such action.
On a charge of numbering Police OFF,
Ger Westlake, Artificer William F.
Lacy of the I'D Co., stationed at Fort
Greble. Warren, r. l., was arraigned.
Saturday, before Judge Lewis of the
second district court. Lacey pleaded
not guilty and was committed without
bail for hearing which will be given
here on Sept. s. The crime with which
Lacey stands charged was committed
in Narragansett Pier, on Sunday last.
The attempt of Officer Westlake to re-
store quiet among some of the soldiers
| resulted in his death, Friday, at the
Rhode Island Hospital. The bullet
struck the officer in the abdomen and
death resulted.
Hiram Cronk the only soldier of the
war of 1872 now upon the government
pension rolls, is dying at his home Mt
| Dunn Brook, ~ Y He is in his 103d
year, and so has had the distinction of
I, ,,,
| three months ago his health began to
| fail; for some time he has been con-
fined to his bed, and he is daily grow
| ing weaker. He spends much of the
| time sleeping. Last week he slept for
| three days and two nights. When he is
awake it is at night; during the day he
sleeps quietly. Until about two years
ago the government allowed him IS a
I month, but Congressman Sherman Sc
cured the passage OF special law in
| creasing the pension to sos.
The law prohibiting the killing Of
| mccse in Wyoming will expire Sept. I,
after having remained in force five
years. Moose We're once quite numer-
| Gus in that state, but their continuous
slaughter by hunters so reduced them
in numbers that the open season was
abolished in order to keep the species
from. becoming extinct. Under this
protection the animals have increased
rapidly and there are reported to be
large numbers in the Big Horn and
Jackson's Hole regions. In all proba-
bility the Legislature in January will
be asked To enact a new law for the
protection of these animals, but in the
interim the hunters will have a splen-
did opportunity to renew this sport