Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-21
CONDENSED DISPATCHES

The Epworth League Conrre..
Workers began in Peoples Temple ~
lumbus avenue. Boston. Wednesdav
with delegates from 1900 leagues u -,
first general conference district wh,a~
embraces these Methodist confere.as1'
Maine, East Maine, New Hamrsh,s,
Vermont, New England and ~
England Southern.
The annual council of the Cleric., ~,
for the maintenance and Defencs nn
Catholic Principles tEpiscopan we o.
malIy opened, Wednesday, at the S'b,, LUZ
O. the Advent at Boston. with delera,ssna
Baltimore. Chicago, Fond Du i Lac m
and other points. The first service -.
held, Tuesday night, when solemn ve.,. as
were sung by Right Rev. Charles cS.asa
man Grafton. d. d., bishop OF Fond X,
Father Arthur Richie, rector ~ n ~.
Church OF st. Ignatius, New York civ nc
A representative Of The Assocta,.s
Press at London. has made an investI.
cation into the whole subject of Ame,,-
can fruit shipments to England A.
the result shows that the trade IA ~ !.
breeder basis, this year, than II ba,
ever been before. The largest handler,
Of California fruits say that the .ea-
son for imported fruits, which "a no,,
practically over, has on the whole haa,,
decidedly successful.
Onhcials at Washington, are not xuro
that any reciprocity treaty with Cuho
which Minister SIuiers may draw M
VII. have to be submitted to the ~.
ban House of Representatives. but thev
incline to the opinion that 1t must ~
Should this be the case the reported re.
organization of the Cuban House bv a
majority hostile to closer relations with
the United States undoubtedly will
postpone indefinitely the consummat,on
OF a reciprocity treaty.
Bids for the % round glove eonte.,
between Young Corbett of Denver.
and Terry McGovern of Brooklyn. were
opened. Wednesday. at Cincinnati.
Ohio. The only clubs to bid on tho
contest were the Penn Art Club or
Philadelphia. and the Hays Valley
Athletic Club of San Francisco. Meth.
er club offered a guarantee for the
match. The bids were wired to Sam
and Young Corbett" in the Feast. and
they decided not to accept either bid
for the present.
The Chicago. Indianapolis & Louis
Vile Railroad Co., Wednesday, filed
with the interstate commerce commits
sion at Washington, its answer to the
complaint of the Kentucky state rail-
road commission regarding an alleged
merger of interests among the railroads
in the South. The answer denies that
the road is party to any Of the COM
binations alleged or to any of the con-
tracts. arrangements or agreements al
legged in the complaint. The answer de-
mics that either the Kentucky commits
sion or the interstate commerce COM
mission mas jurisdiction in the case.
Sitting in his capacity as presiding
justice for the eighth judicial circuit,
Justice Brewer of the United States su.
preme court, Wednesday, at Washing
ton, denied an application for an ap-
peal to the circuit court for that cir.
cult from the decision of Judge CaId-
well, providing for the appointment Of
4 master in chancery to supervise the
meeting of the stockholders of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron CO., to be held,
Dec. 10. The petition for an appeal was
presented on behalf of ]. C. Osgood
president of the company by Attorney
Frederick d. McKenney of this city and
Attorney d. c. Beaman of Denver, and
was resisted by Attorney w. H. Horn
blower and Attorney F. w. NJ. Clutch
ron. both of New York, who appeared
Tor John w. Gates. The decision was
based upon the fact that the appeal
had not been taken within the time re-
uujred by law