Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-07-28
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Otis Bickford was taken to the small
pox pest house atVTilton, n. H., Satur-
day night, making the eighth case IN
that town.
One hundred and twenty fresh cases OF
cholera have been reported in Cairo The
drinking fountains have been closed. Inc
epidemic is of a most virulent character
Many of the natives are attacked in the
streets and die in few minutes.
The freedom of the city Of Edinsburg
was tremendously conferred on the CO.
lonial premiers, Saturday. Sir Wllfrld
Laurier the Canadian premier, in reply
ms, said the only merit he claimed was
his endeavor to bring the French anu
British sections in Canada to love and
respect each other and be true British
subjects.
Salem d. Charles Of Boston, one of the
nephews of the late Salem Charles, alias
Charles Hill. who died at Los Angeles.
Cal, last May. leaving fortune of Sl42,-
900 in cash, has arrived for the purpose of
resentS the eight heirs of the estate OF
his uncle. They live in Massachusetts
and New Jersey.
United States Minister Conger at Pekin,
Saturday. introduced John Barrett, the
commissioner general of the st. Louis Ex-
position for Asia and Australia, to the
Dowager Empress, and presented Her
Majesty with an invitation to attend the
exposition. engraved on Il silver plate
The Empress promised to send a repre-
sentative to the fair.
The infantry drill regulations prepared
| by Mai. Gen. Thomas II. Ruger are to be
given q practical test during the present
summer and fall by the corps of cadets
at the Military Academy and the engi-
neer battalion. Reports of the results
will determine what. if any, changes in
| the regulations are necessary or desirable
before adopting them for general use.
Lawyer Hiram Haviand of Paterson,
n. j.. dropped dead at katonah, N. JU,
| in baseball game, Saturday, in which
| the cOnteSting teams were the Paterson
Stars of which Mr.. Haviland was cap7
| tain. and the Katonah Crescent team.
At the end of the seventh inning the Kat
| onahs led by a score of s to >. Lawyer
| fIaviland. with one man on base, hit the
ball for three bases. When he got to third
base he dropped lifelesS. Mr.. Haviland
was a graduate of Columbia University. \
Another step in the Irish land war has
been taken in the filing at Dublin of an
| Injunction suit brought by John Red
| mond. William OBrien, John Dillon and
| Michael Davtt. representing the United
| Irish League, against the landlords con-
| Stituting the new Land Trust. who are
| unfolding the Freyne estate tenant
| troubles. This suit alleges conspiracy Oh
| the part of the land trust to prevent thu
| plaintiffs from accomplishing by lawful
| means the reforms of aPriament respect
| ing the Irish laws.
| The 1906 class of midshipmen at the Ma
val Academy promises to be the largest
| in the history of the institution. OF the
1 2io appointments it is estimated that %
per cent. will successfully pass the exam
nations. Five Presidential, rs Senatorial
| and Y Congressional appointments were
| announced. Saturday These. with others
| already appointed, will be examined on
! Aug IL and Sept. 15-. Forty candidates
for admission passed the spring examina-
tons. Temporary quarters are being
erected for the accommodation of the in
creased number Of middies.
The closing days of the session Of Par
Lament at London are witnessing heated
| discussions of the ever-recurrinS Irish
question. The past week was especially
notable for the fiercenesS of the accusa-
tions and recriminations banded across
the narrow forum of the House of Com
mons. The resentment OF the Irish mem
bers was stirred to an unusual degree BY
the discovery Of alleged secret document:
of the land trust, organized by the land
lords for the avowed purpose of resisting
| threatening combinations of tenants anC
suppressing the boycotting and intimida-
ton insticated by the United Irish League
or otherwise.
The proprietors of three '.cut-rate'
ticket offices in Boston, were araigned
Saturday, before Judge Bennett in th5
| municipal criminal court on complaints
lodged by the Boston & Maine Railroad
Corporation, which charges the defend
| ants with conspiracy to defraud il
through the manipulation of season tick.
cts between Boston and Portland. Nj
The defendant brokers are William II
| Stewart. 231 Washington street: Gabric
| Clarence A. Colptts. 112 Canal street
They all pleaded not guilty, and each wa:
held in $500 bonds for appearance on july
30. They were repSented by counsel