Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-01-20
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL MONDAY. JANUARY 90 1902

to give ST. John $4,000 for public
library if the city will furnish site
and give $4,000 year for support OF the
institution. The common council ,as
already agreed to this
A crusade has been started at p. NJ,
10 fight the adulteratiOn of milk "a
which the great mortality of infant, is
largely attributed. The agitation is an
outcome of the grave concern expre ss-
ed at the depopulation Of France. 'rhe
Matin has organized "Citiz ms
League for the Protection of Human
Life" which will carry through the
prosecution of every case of milk q .ul-
teration.
Miss Vanderbilt Wackerman. the
beautiful young American girl who pe-
came insane at London sc-f1a months
ago and was arrested for raising the
figures on $4,000 worth of bonds, ow
labOrs under strange hallucinations
She believes herself to be a sleening
beauty, the heroine of a fairy tale, and
remains in bed almost constantly, with
her eyes closed, posing as the sleel ing
beauty of her imagination
he loTu ciiei justice or Engi: no,
Baron AlverstOne, Saturday, sustai led
the contention of the defence of Dr.
Krause. that the charge of melting to
murder must fail, as there was no vi
dence that the letters in the case lad
reached BrOecksman, but that he
question Of attempting to persua !e"
must go to the jury. DIR. Krause ,!as
found guilty by the jury and was m
fenced to two years Imprisonment.
King Edwards visit to Earl Howe at
Penn house, Amersham, is proving
brilliant social and sporting event. The
other guests included most of those
known as the Inner circle" Hon.
George Keppel and Mrs. Keppel, Earl
de Grey, Hon. Sidney Greville. Lord
vane Tempest and Viscount Cur2on.
Fridays shoot was record day for
Penn house. the bag being 1903 pheas-
ants, 10 brace Of partridges, 10 hares
and 20 rabbits.
The purchase of Literature pub
lished by the London Times) by John
Morgan Richards, president Of the
American Society of London and father
of John Oliver Hobbies (Mrs. Craigie),
ido CIcdtcu iIttiC COuuuCht ia htCic
airy circles. Mr.. Richards is also pro-
prietor Of the Academy. with which
Literature is now incorporated. The
Times will replace the paper sold with
occasional literary supplements, the
first of which appeared, Friday.
The explosion, Saturday, of the boiler
of a spinning mill near Manresa. Spain,
destroyed half the village of Puente De
Vilumara. The hospital at Manresa is
filled with the injured. Sixteen mutt
lated bodies of working people who
were buried in the debris have been re-
covered. These include the manager of
the spinning mill and his two sisters.
Of the persons injured 30 are not ex-
pected to recover. The dead included
many children. The Queen Regent mas
wired her condolences. 1t is said GO
were killed and 100 injured.
The announcement at Berlin that Di-
rector Ballin of the Hamburg g-Ameri
can Steamship Line and Director VIE
gand of the North German Lloyd Line
intend going to New York together at
the end of January causes much con-
lecture as to the object of their trip.
The most reasonable suppositiOn is that
it refers to pooling arrangements with
the United States lines. though both
Herr Ballin and Herr Wiegand are
reticent. The Lokal Anzeiger says it
learns that the object is to participate
in the festivities in the United States
on the occasion of the visit of Prince
Henry.
DR.. Antonio Jose Cadivid, private
secretary of President Marroquin of
Colombia, and Gen. Manuel Maria NAL
laraino, ex-minister of war, have ar
rived at New York. from Panama.
Their mission is stated to be to dispose
of the government emerald mines at
Muza, a department of Boyaca. These
are said to be among the most valuable
in the world. At present the Colom-
bian government is said to receive a
monthly rental of $4,000 for the use of
the mines. but the financial stagnation
of the country and the expense Of
maintaining large army make it
necessary to sell some of them out
right.