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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-29
THE PACIFIC CABLE
Will Soon Connect Us With Honolulu
and Manila.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-At the meet
ing, today, the Pacific cable bill was
amended so as to provide that the gov
eminent cable shall be of American
make. IL this can be supplied according
to the highest standard and at a cost
not exceeding 10 per cent. above foreign
manufacture.
Another amendment authorizes the
postmaster general, secretary Of war
and secretary of the navy to make ar
rangements for connections with Japan
and China.
A proposed amendment authorizing
the President to purchase a private
cable if he considered it advantageous
to do so was defeated.
AS finally determined upon the bill
provides for government cable from
the coast Of California to Hawaii and
the Philippine islands via Midway and
the island of Guam, or by whatever
route the President may consider most
practicable. The cost is fixed at not to
exceed sl0.0OO.00O. of which 100000 is
made Immediately available. The work
of construction is entrusted to the
army and navy departments and after
the cable is laid it's operation is to be
under the control Of the postmaster
general. secretary of war and secre-
tary Of the navy.
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COMMERCE AND LABOR
Will Be Official Name of the New
Department.

Washington Jan. Ex-senator Nell
sons bill creating a department of
commerce, which passed the Senate, to-
day, was amended in various particu-
lars. Probably the most important of
these amendments was one changing
the title TO read: 1.-THE department of
commerce and labor" 1t provides for a
secretary who is to be a member of the
cabinet an assistant secretary and al
so the other officials and clerks neces-
sary. The proposed department is es-
pecially charged with the collection
ton and with the development and fos-
tering of foreign and domestic COM
merce.
In the department there is to be a
new bureau of manufacture and many
bureaus now included in other depart
ments are transferred to this new de-
partment including the life saving SER
vice, the lighthouse services, the ma
rine hospital service, the steamboat in
spection service and the bureaus of
navigation, of shipping and immigra-
ton. as well as the control Of the fish
cries and the Chinese exclusion ques-
tons. all now within the jurisdiction of
the treasury department, the fish COM
mission and the census bureau.
The department is also given juris-
| diction over the consular service so far
| as it pertains to commerce.
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CUBAN POSTAL FRAUDS.
Inspector Gregory duplicates Rathbone
in Neely's Dealings.

Havana. Jan. 2S-Duiing the trial. to-
day, of the charges growing out of the
Cuban postal frauds, Inspector Greg
DRY continued his testimony. He said
that according to the report of Inspec-
tors Sullivan and Leatherman. there
were only 57,1S4 surcharged stamps on
hand. May rs, 1899, or 50. 4o4 stamps less
than were credited to the account OF
burned stamps. Sept. IL, 1899 Gregory
said this difference was probably $780,
900, since no record of cash sales was
kept and no more stamps were received
in the interval from the United States.
Regarding the surplus cash found by
Sullivan and Leatherman, May 26,
Gregory testified that c. F. W., Nicely
was not charged with about $4,000 in
various items and that consequently
there should have been deficit instead
OF a surplus.
Gregory said that Estes G. Rathbone
made two reports, one to Gen. John r.
Brooke. former governor general Of
Cuba. and the other to the postmaster
general, June 30, 1892 and that the fig
ures in these two reports did not agree.
Senior Zayas, in cross-examining
Gregory. attempted to show that from
the record it was impossible to arrive
at reliable figures regarding the stamps
which were sold.
Senior LanuZa counsel for Rathbone,
tried to fix the responsibility for the
miscellaneous accounts upon Reeves
who, he said. should have discovered
the errors and the items paid without
vouchers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-29
WISE LITTLE DOG
Saves BrookfieId from Big Fire and
Perishes in Flames.

Brookfield. Mass, Jan. ga small
dog owned by John L. Mulcahy, saved
the town of Brookfield from serious
confiagration and probably much loss
of life. at an early hour this morning.
and because of his warning bark the
firemen were enabled to confine the fire
to three two-story frame buildings
which were a total loss. The damage
is estimated at $4,000; fully insured.
The three buildings were situated in a
row very close together, and the flre
started from some unknown cause in
the middle one. John l.. Mulcahy, a
baker who used the building for bak-
cry, was aroused from his sleep by the
barking of his little dog and barely es-
capped in his night clothes. The dog,
hewildered by the flames, ran back into
the building and was incinerated.
The two other buildings were owned
respectively by Derrick & Delaney ana
John Mulcahy. One was occupied as
meat market. the other as an under
taking shop. The middle building in
which the fire started was also owned
by John Mulcahy. The loss on each
building and contents is estimated at
$4,000.
The gale which prevailed during the
night forced the flames and burning
wood high in the air and they fell over
the nearby buildings. Assistance was
asked from the North Brookfield de-
partment and soon after it arrived. a,
number of the firemen with town Off
Gals were standing near one of the
burning buildings. Without warning
the side wall fell on them and five men
were injured. 1t is expected that all
will recover.
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GRAND TRoTTINe CIRCUIT.
The Stewards Fix on Dates for the
Season Of 1902.

Detroit Mich Jan. 2S.-The stewards
of the Grand Trotting Circuit who have
feld their annual meeting. today ana to-
night, at the Hotel Cadillac. fixed the fol-
lowing dates for next seasons harness
meetings and adjourned to meet In Bos-
ton Jan. q, 1903:
Detroit, July II to 49,; Cleveland, July
q to rs; Columbus. July Is to Aug. 2;
Buffalo. Aug. TO 8: Glens Falls. Aug. ii
to 16; Readviie. Aug. IS to q; Provi-
dence. Aug. % to 30; Hartford Sept l
IIaute. Sept 70 10 Oct. 4. Representatives
Of the different tracks announced that
the following amounts will be offered III
stakes and purses. Detroit, $4,000: Cleve-
land. So. 600; Columbus. si0UW; Rdfalo,
$4,000; Gfens Falls. $4,000: Readville, $40
60: Providence. $4,000; Hartford, $45.0Co;
Cincinnati. $1,000; Terre Haute. $1,000;
total, $3.50, 600
The stewards officers, d. J. Campau
of Detroit, president. and Sidney w. Giles
OF Cleveland, secretary, Will hold over
another year
At the annual banquet, this afternoon,
a committee of five was appointed to go
before the National and American Trot-
ting Associations to ask them the abolish
the proxy system, thereby making IL
necessary for all tracks to have a repre-
sentative at all meetings in order TO vote.
In the event of q refusal, the members
Of the Grand Circuit will withdraw from
those association and form governing
tody of their own.
The committee is composed of the fol-
lowing: ID. j. Campau. Detroit; w. S
Pollock. Cleveland; c. NJ. Jewett. Boston;
John Il. Sage, Buffalo; c. X. Dufferin.
Tcrre Haute. A committee of three was
authorized to appoint a presiding judge
who will act at all the meetings down the
circuit. This committee will be appoint
ed by President Campau later.
c. A. McCully. representing the New
York Trotting Association. whose appli-
cations for dates in the middle of August
tor the Brighton Beach track was refus-
Cd made cash offer to the owners of
the Glens Falls track for their dates and
membership in Tie circuit and the stew
ards authorized President Campau t.
close the deal if the offer is ratified by
the directors of the New York Associa-
ton and accepted by the Glens Falls peo-
pie. Mr.. McCully stated that a trotting
rieeting would DC given at Brighton In
August whether Or not the track became
q member OF the Grand Circuit.
The application of Syracuse for the
week of Aug. %. instead of the second
week in September which il has had
heretofore was refused and that track
withdrew from the circuit. meeting
will be given there that week, howevC-.
Columbus made an effort TO secure the
opening meeting OF the circuit but the
stewards awarded the honor to Detroit.
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THE CUBAN DELEGATES
Present Their Claims for Reciprocity
Before the Committee.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-The Cuban
reciprocity hearings were resumed, to-
day before the ways and means COM
nittee, with delegations representing
the beet sugar industry of Colorado,
and a number of Cubans representing
the planters of their islands, in attend
arcc.
f. X. Carey of Colorado, spoke of the
Development of the beet sugar industry
of Colorado and its bright prospects II
not endangered by Cuban concessions,
which he asserted would rebound to the
great advantage of the American Sugar
Refining Co. The present movement.
he said. was only another chapter in
the inevitable conflict between the do
nestle sugar producers of this country
and the Refining Co., the latter seeking
to crush the former.
Representative Hopkins of Illinois,
questioned the witness as to whether
any concessions to Cuba would injure
the beet sugar industry. Mr.. Carey de-
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cls.red that injury in such case was in

clared that injury in such case was in
evitable.
Representative Hopkins said Mr.. Ca
rey's assertion of injury to the beet
sugar industry was only an assumption.
and he expressed the belief that re-
duction could be made of a certain per-
| centage without destroying the beet
sugar industry.
| Representatives Dalzell and Grosve-
nor took part in the discussion, stating
that the injury to domestic producers
had been shown by this and other wit
| nesses.
L. b. Machado, head of the delega-
| tiCn of Cuban planters, said in part:
1.-The Platt amendment attached as an
appendage to our constitution, chained
the Cubans to this country to such an
extent that we are powerless to help
ourselves. or to develop our internal
life. because the pathways for dealing
with outsiders are closed to us. There
fore Cuba must starve If necessary
without even the right to ask for relief.
1t has been said here that the Cubans
have the cheek to knock Mt your door
fer aims, like beggars. The Cubans
will be eternally grateful to you for
giving us our liberty, even with the
Piatt amendment, but that does not
mean that we are eternally forbidden
to come to you, and that your final
word has been said in Cuba. AS we
have no personality, at whose doors
shall we knock?"
The statements of the Cuban delega-
ton were in progress when the COM
mittee adjourned until 100 p. M.
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FATAL FIRES.
CONTINUED from page ~

were no casualties. The high wind
carried the flames hundreds of feet in
the air. The sparks from the burning
structure fell on streets and buildings
half a mile away.
After a hard fight at 1915, the fire.
men gained control of the flames. The
heavy fire wall of the Lindell hotel
saved it from destruction.
Two hundred and thirty guests OF the
Iindell hotel were driven from their
apartments into the street by raging
flames which wrecked the adjoining
building al the corner of Seventh street
and Washington avenue and threaten
ed to sweep away the hosiery. Wo-
men were carried from the upper floors
by elevators and down the stairway In
fainting condition. Mothers with in
fants in their arms CROPPED their way
through suffocating smoke.
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Capital Notes.

Senator Hoar introduced bill. Tues
day, increasing to 500 per month the
pension rate for total blindness.
Gov l.. M. Shaw left De Moines, Ia,
Tuesday over the Northwestern with his
wife for Washington to assume his duties
as secretary of the treasury. He will ar
rive in Washington, Thursday afternoon.
The two houses of the New Jersey Leg
lslature voted separately for United
States senator. Tuesday. John F. Dry
ballots and Congressman McDermott
those of the Democrats. a bill was in
troduced in the Senate authorizing tun-
mel under the Hudson river.
The military appropriation bill has been
Practically completed by the House COM
mittee on military affairs. Chairman
Hull will report it as soon as he returns
from a trip to Iowa which he is about to
take. The bill carries approximately $si,-
eco, OOO which is about $26000.G GOO below the
still subject to change.
In the present opinion of the officials
at Washington. President Roosevelt can
rot accept any present from either En-
peror William or Prince Henry without
authority from Congress. In cases where
gifts have not been returned to the 90
nor, the presents have been deposited by
ne President in the department of state
or in the Smithsonian Institute
The war department is not disposed to
on's utterances which were quoted in the
Senate, Monday The officials. after
studying the Manila dispatch in which
Gen. Wheaton Is quoted, are satisfied
that the debate in the Senate proceeded
upon an entire misrepresentation of what
Gen. Wheaton was reported to have said.
Senator Hoar favOrably reported to the
Senate. Tuesday, from the committee on
the judiciary his bill increasing the sala-
ries of senator's and representatives elm
ha salaries the
chief Justice of the United States supreme
court at $4,000, and that of the associate
justices of that court at $l2.5Oo; tnat OF
circuit judges at $500. and that of dis
trict Judges at $3.50. The salary of the
chief justice of the court of claims is
made 1925 and that of the assistant JUS
tees $5625.
The census bureau has issued pre,im-
mary report regarding Touring and grlst
mill products. 1t makes the following
showing for 1900 with increases and de-
creases since 1890 Number of establish.
ments 25.25s. increase 81 per cent; capital
carriers. average number 81 0I3, decrease.
% per cent: wages, AIS, decrease z
per cent: miscellaneous expenses. Sl0,-
.25, $685. decrease % per cent; cost or ma
terials SIZE, 1926. increase 10 per cent
per cent.
At the cabinet meeting, Tuesday, Sec.
Root read private letter from Gen.
Chaffee which denied the reports of fric-
ton between the military and civil au-
thorities in the Philippines and save a
very encouraging resume OF the situa-
ton His statement was considered very
gratifying by The President and the MEM
bers of the cabinet. Postmaster Gener-
al Payne talked briefly about the pro-
,;ress of the new regulations for weed
ing out publications from second-class
mail privileges The course of the de-
partment in this respect is meeting with
opposition. but satisfactory progress Is
being made.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Eugene Dupont. president of the extern
| sive powder manufacturing firm of f. 4.
Dupont. Denemours & Co. died at his
home in Christiana, Del. Tuesday night,
| from pneumonia. Mr.. Dupont was 81
years of age. He was a son of the late
Alexis |. Dupont. A widow. two sons and
ceeded Gen. Henry Dupont as president
Of the firm after the death of the latter
in 1889
Second section of train 16. New York
Central Limited, east bound. about 10 A.
M, Tuesday, struck the Oneida switch
engine standing on track No. l in front
Of the Oneida, y. Y. station. Both en-
Gines and much of the stat were de-
molished. The engineer of the limited
Dorsey Welcn of Albany, was killed.
Fireman Cahill oi Albany, was injured.
The limited engine No 202 was thrown on
her side and blocks tracks and 3. None
of the passengers or train crew was in
jured. The cars remained on the track.
At the bye-elec:ion to fill the seat in the
British House of Commons for Dewsburx
rendered vacant by the retirement OF
Mark Oldroyd. Liberal. on account of i'll
health, the Conservatives made strenuous
efforts to capture the seat. Mr.. Cham
berlain, the colonial secretary, wrote a
letter declaring that lit was not q con-
test between Liberals and Conservatives.
There are only two parties, those for the
country and those for the Beers. The
poll resulted as follows: Runciman Lib
eral $500; Joe Haley, Conservative, 4512:
Quelch, Socialist, 1887.
The Foster-Dickinson case at Boston
was taken from the jury. Tuesday, and
Juror Driscoll has been declared in con-
tempt OF court. Driscoll is the man VINO
recently failed to appear at the opening
of court and whose unexplained absence
caused a days postponement. In pass
ing upon the case Judge Lowell said:
THE court has been informed that MIR.
Driscoll came to this building this morn
ing intoxicated and unfit to discharge the
duties of a juror" Judge Lowell SEN
fenced Driscoll 10 serve two months i'm
prisonment in the Cambridge house of
correction.
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THE CONDOR LOST.
All Hope Gone-Wreckage Foune
Which Belonged to Her.

Victoria. T. c.. Jan. 2S-The arrival OF
the steamer Queen City from the. west
coast of Vancouver Island. tonight, serv-
I'd only to confirm the belief OF tnose
who have feared that the British Sioo2
Of war Condor was lost on the way from
this coast to Ho nolulu. ~.
The officers IF the Queen Cityssay that
lee. 6. Indians of Ahousett picked up
,,ortion of a boat which was white anu
had q copper bottom similar 10 those
carried by warships. 1t had brass let
ter .'C- on a black boss and three bow
arrows, which signified that II was ,he
rrnpartv Of the admiralty Of Great bri-
~, The lighthouse keeper at Cape
c ,a' found ohronometer and gold
,y9tch NJ English pattern: ana chain.
renr hoard was also picked up bearing
the letter &C. Eu,. ..,,-
- fro,, Eso,,i,nault, today. to search for
tne condor The EReria is the fourth YES
rel to go on the search.
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from the Caribbean sea to the Pacinc
ocean. A canal sufficient to accommo-
Gate the largest vessels is then TO pc con-
structed under the supervision OF the
secretary of war.
The bill carries ar alternative provision
authorizing the President to proceed win
the construction of the Nicaragua canaI
in case he fails to secure the necessary
concessions from Colombia or satlsIac-
tory title from the Panama Canal %
An immediate appropriation OF sloVu' .
GO is made in either event. The limit OF
cost is fixed at Sl35. 900 in case tne ne
Panama route is chosen. while $3.50 900 go
IL allowed in case the choice fans on the
Nicaragua route.
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TWO MURDERERS HANGED.
Crowd of 1000 People See Them Exc
cuted at Harrisburg, Pa.

Harrisburg. Pa. Jan. 2S.-Weston N
KEEPER and Henry Bowe We're hanged at
1910 o'clock today, in the Harrisburg jail
yard In the presence OF 1000 people. ior tne
murder of Chas. w. Ryan The murder
ers went to their death without shud-
der and neither made any statement on
the gallows.
The crush for admission to the Jail was
so great that 1t required the combined
efforts of the police force and the sher-
iff's deputies to keep the crowd away
from the entrance. Several of the jurors
were forced to fight their way through
the crowd into the prison. The hopse-
tops and telegraph poles in the vicinity
were crowded with people eager to VIII
ness the execution. Two men with 6,
camera secured admittance to the jan
for the purpose of securing a snap shot
of the hanging. but the warden detected
them and took the camera away from
them until after the execution.
Bowe and Kaiper for several years
worked in and about the mines at ly-
kens, Pa. During the morning of March
IL last they visited the Halifax National
Bank of Halifax. this county. ana MI,
Chas w. Ryan the cash in the vault
They quickly gathered into telescope
satchel the loose money in the caSn
drawer. amounting to about sSom Whiit
one of them was fastening the lid of the
satchel he laid his revolver on the cash
ier's desk.
Mr.. Ryan seized the weapon and in q
desperate struggle which ensued petweer
the desperadoes and the cashier for pos
session of the revolver the cashier was
shot In the breast. dying several hours
later. Persons living near the pahk Were
attracted BY he shooting and Rowe ano
KEEPER were captured by posse. OF citi'
zens and turned over to the authorities
Within two weeks they were tried ant
convicted of first degree murder
Frank Il. Sholey. an accompilce. pieadee
guilty as an accessory ana was sehteheee
to 10 years in prison.
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ALL DOING WELL.
No More Deaths from the
New York Explosion.
District Attorney Jerome Must Answer
to a Charge of Assault.
Mavor Low Asks About Explosives IN
the Tunnel.

New York. Jan. 2S.-The authorities
arg energetically trying to learn why
The terrific explosion of dynamite oc-
Cured which killed six people ana did
On much damage in the vicinity OF the
Grand Central station. This is win Il
view to fixing the responsibility.
District Attorney Jerome said, to-
night. that he had come to the conciu-
sion that fire undoubtedly caused the
explosion. He had ascertained that
Epps, the powder man, had candie
in the dynamite house and with it had
lit another and longer candle. In DO
ing this the district attorney thinks
fire may have been started which ignH-
ed the paraffine in the paper in which
the cartridges were wrapped.
Mr.. Jerome has concluded, from the
information from various sources, tha'
at the time of the explosion there were
between 125 and 200 pounds of explosive
in the house at the time of the sup
posed fire.
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The big steamship Minnetonka which

The big steamship Minnetonka which
was built at the Cleveland, o., yard OF
the American Shipbuilding Co. for
ocean trade. has been cut in two and is
being put in shape for the trip to the
coast. The work will be completed by
the end of the week. In about six
weeks the Minnewaska, the second OF
the steamers building at Cleveland for
the American Navigation Co. for ocean
trade. will undergo similar alterations.
The boats will be towed in sections
down Lake Erie to Port Colborne and
through the canals to Quebec.
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Albert Jennings, former town treas.
lrer OF Wellesley. charged with utter
ing forged Wellesley town note on
State Treasurer Bradford. was ar
raigned in the municipal court at Bos-
tor, Tuesday, and waving examina-
ton. was held in $1,000 for the February
grand jury. Bonds were furnished by
the sister of the defendant, Miss Julia
+. Jennings. Another charge against
Mr. jennings. that Of stealing 5000
from the Natick Savings Bank. will be
heard at Natick. Wednesday.
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NEW CANAL BILL.
Spooner Introduces Substitute for the
Nicaraquan Measure.

Washington. Jan. 2S.-Just before the
adjournment OF the Senate, today. SEN
ator Spooner introduced substitute for
the Nicaragua canal bill The new bill
IS practical authorization of the Presi-
dent of the United States to choose be-
tween the Panama and Nicaragua routes.
The first provision looks to the acquisi-
ton of the franchises, right OF way AMI
other property o. the new Panama Canal
control Of the Panama RAILWAY The
President is authorized to pay $4,000 .0g1
for these. provided a satisfactory title
can be obtained.
necessary concessions from the republic
OF Colombia. these to include the perpet-
uaI control of 1e-mile strip of territory