Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-24
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souri,. was nominated for Congress,
Wednesday by the Republicans of the
sixth district.
King George of Saxony, who sue
ceeded to the throne, June 10 last, on
the death of his brother, Alberto, is
suffering from pneumonia.
The Illinois river is still rising at
Beardstown. ILL.,, and is now II feet
above low water mark Damage to
crops on the lowlands is increasing and
has reached thousands of dollars.
A fire broke out in the heart of An
napoIis. Nd, at 3 O'Clock, Wednesday
morning, destroyed nine buildings, in
Guiding St. Martins German Lutheran
church and the large general store of
f. J. Jewell, and caused a loss esti-
mated at $4,000.
At a meeting of the executive board
of United Mine Workers, Illinois district,
Tuesday, $4,000 was voted in aid of the
striking miners in the anthracite fields
Of Pennsylvania. A check for the
amount was, Tuesday night, sent to
the national officers at Indianapolis.
Workmen excavating in a gravel pit
two miles south of Dallas, Tex, have
unearthed the remains of a mastodon.
The jawbones were in perfect shape
and eight feet in length but crumbled
when exposed to air. The teeth re-
manned perfect, however. The molars
are 14R inches long, ~ inches wide
and weigh Is pounds.
Gen. Won L. Meyer, United States
ambassador to Italy, who has ust ar
rived at New York, said: Italy is in
prosperous condition. Her people are
happy and the King is extremely popu-
lar" The fall of the Campanile at
Venice, he said, caused profound sor-
row everywhere. The ambassador re-
fused to discuss the visit of Gov. Taft
to Rome.
Within two months Chicago may be
in direct communication with the coast
of Nova Scotia by a system of wireless
telegraphy. Options on two sites for
the proposed station of the new system
have been secured near Evanston by
the agent of wireless telegraphy
company and within six weeks, it is
expected the plant will be installed. As
soon as the plant is installed tests Will
be made by the inventor in person and
line Of communication will be es-
tablished with the station at Glaze
Bay. N S.
Incendiaries are making repeated at
tempts to destroy Fort Stevens, the
new military post near that city, says
q dispatch to the New York World
from Astoria, Ore. Had their plans
succeeded, they would have blown the
fort to atoms and perhaps killed hum
dreds of persons. They set fire to the
torpedo storehouse but the building is
fire-proof and the attempt failed. AL
most simultaneously fire was discover
ed in the barracks but this too was ex-
tinguished. The incendiaries had satu-
rated the floor with oil. After the fires
were put out a note is said to have
been found signed: 1.-The II dynamite
ers" declared that the writers had de-
termined to destroy the fort.
George Ward, vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Commercial Cable
CO.. was asked. Wednesday, by rep
resentative of The Associated Press at
London, what effect the death of John
w. Mackey would have on the business
of the country. He replied: Il do not
know who will succeed Mr.. Mackey as
president. That is entirely in the
hands of the board of directors. You
may say, however that there will be
no change of policy. The progress OF
the company and particularly Mr..
Mackay's plans will be faithfully car
ried ont. The contracts for the Pacific
cable have been let and the enterprise
will proceed precisely as though Mr..
Mackay's death had not occurred"
Reports that controlling interests
in several cotton spinning companies
in the Ashton and Stalybridge districts
of Lancaster, England, are being
sought by American capitalists, are,
according to the New York Tribune,
due to pleasure trip made by several
men interested in cotton mills in New
England who were going in company
through England and were invited to
inspect some of the mills in the Lam
cashire districts. After they had look
ed through several they agreed that
the methods We're inferior to those in
America. They agreed there was 4
great lack in economic measures and
thought it would be a good plan to ac-
ouire interests in some mills and intro
duce American methods. The expert
ment will be watched with great inter-
est by cotton manufacturers.