Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-01-18
timated that he would deliver judg

timated that he would deliver judg-
ment, Saturday.
A rather important decision was
given, Friday, by Chief Justice Tuck in
supreme court chambers, at st. John
n. b. 1t was in the case of Alex J.
Mcdonald, arrested by the police on
application of the Halifax military au-
thorities for deserting from the Royal
Canadian Regiment at Halifax. 1t was
held that Mcdonald, being only 1G
years old, was not legally enlisted, and.
thereore, not a deserter. 1t was argued
on the other hand that it was usual to
enlist boys under is as buglers and
drummers. The court held hat while
this might be true in England where
there was no age limit it did not hold in
Canada and no one under is could be
legally enlisted there. He discharged
Mcdonald from custody.
The Detroit, Mich. Tribune says: The
entire capital stock of the Manistique &
Northeastern Railroad has been pur-
chased by Daniel w. Kaufman Of Mar
quette, Mich, and p. K. Methany, sec
retary of the Grand Rapids & Indiana
Railroad. The company will be reor-
ganiZed under the title of the Manis-
tique, Marquette & Northwestern Rail-
road with capitalization of $4,000, 900.
1t is believed that the Pennsylvania
Railroad is behind the project and that
it is reaching out for the iron ore re-
gions of northern Michigan through the
Grand Rapids & Indiana, which it al
ready owns and controls. The Manis-
tique & Northern runs north from Man.
;.s;. n
miles, where 1t connects with the Du-
luth. South Shore and Atlantic.
Capt. w. J. D. Horne of the 9th Cav
airy. u. S. A., made a sensational at
tempt to commit suicide in the street at
San Francisco by cutting his throat
with butcher knife. As the knife was
blunt. the wounds were not dangerous
but the physicians fear the result Of the
shock as his system is run down. At
the hospital the captain talked wildly.
He said he had sought death because
he disliked San Francisco. Then later
he said he had been accused Of treason
and his trial would soon come up, but
he had no counsel engaged. Horne ar
rived there from Manila on Dec. 4, and
ater staying a few days at the Occiden-
tai hotel left. He returned, Friday, and
seemed very nervous. He served in
Cuba and later served one year in the
Philippines. He was very Ill just be-
fore he left Manila. Horne's home was
formerly at Prescitt, Ariz.
An trade has been promulgated at
Constantinople. approving Of the final
convention for the construction Of the
Bagdad railroad by the German Ana
tolia Railroad. A guarantee of 1900
francs per kilometer is promised. The
line will be carried to the Persian guh.
but the proposal to fix the terminus at
koweit is abandoned, owing to political
considerations. The concession for a
line of railroad connecting the Bos-
pht rus with the Persian gulf is regard
ed as extremely important, both politi- !
cally and commercially. When COM
pleted it will bring India within ap-
proximately eight days OF London and
1t will open new international gran
ary and bring considerable part Of
Asia Minor under German influence.
The German concession conflicts seri-
ously with the Russian plans for the
extension OF the Siberian railroad to-
wards India