Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-09-16
NEWS NUGGETS
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East, South and West.

Queen Wilhelmina returned to The
Hague. Monday, from Castle Loo. pre-
paratory to openl1g Parliament, Tuesday
The city was Sally decorated.
Naval Constructor Richmond Pearson
Hobson. who appeared before retiring
board a few months ago and failed to
qualify for retirement, Will be assigned
to duty shortly by the navy department
The customs revenues in the Philippine
archipelago for the fiscal year ending
June go 1892. compare with 1891. 1900 and
1899, as fellows: For 1892. SS,392.Iil; for 1871
80. Jos, ,754; for 1860, S57S9,291: and for 1888,
So. .097 S6i.
The first car on the Hudson Valley
Railway since St Ut. d, arrived at Balls
ton n Y. from MechanicSVille. Monday
afternoon. in charsyc of four strike break
ers and II deputy sheriffs and went on
its way to Saratoga Springs unmolested.
There were no passengers on board.
William King. farm hand under ar
rest at St Thomas. Ont, has confessed
to having murdered 15-year-old James
Freeman. an adopted son of a farmer
near there. because he was jealous of the
boy owing to the privileges he enjoyed on
the farm. He wanted to take the boy >
place in the family.
Coroner Wood Of Scituate, +. l.. an
nounces that in ms report to be filed this
week Of the ina Test on the death Of Hen
ry Hawkins. VINO was found dead. early
in July, he will give as his verdict that
the aged man came To his death by a
DlOW from II DliHl llStIuHltul III thC
hands Of a person or persons unknown.
Fred Ilesly. Al years of age. a shoe
maker committed suicide at Hudson,
Mass. Monday. Dy cutting his throat;
His body was found in a pasture. lie had
been considerably depressed during the
past few weeks over the coal strike and
told his wife that ne did not see how they
were to get along this winter. widow
and a son survive him. "
A dispatch received from Saigon lcapi-
afrs M Il hrtp
hundred British troops have occupied the
MALAY principalit-- of kalantu at the re-
quest of its Sultan. Kalantu pays "A trlb-
ute to Siam. so this is an aggression.
There is great excitement. as it is feared
| IL means the extension of the British pro-
| tectorate over the whole Malay peninsula,
f. F. Clark. grand chief of the Order
| of Railway Conductors, Monday. at Cedar
Rapids la confirmed the statement that
| employees of all roads in the West will
make a united demand for increased
wages mo strike will occur, said Mr..
| Clark until all other means have been
entirely exhausted, and then only upon
| a two thirds vote of the members of the
organizations involved.
| After being totally blind for seven
wears, saws the New York Times, Mrs.
Julia Morowsk OF Trenton n. -, a.: ha1 j
| and six children when the bandages were
| lifted from her eyes An operation was
performed two weeks ago and when the
4 hanll gDS were rClEONtU LOT u iht
woman saw for the first time her young
est child. born after she became blind.
| The military authorities at Hermosillo
/ Mex. have received word Of a desper.
ate attic between a band of 90 Iadui
| indians and party of Mexican farmers
near Tomato. The indians were on a for
| aging expedition and Were attempting to
drive off a lot of cattle when number
| of farmers of the locality banded together
and attacked them. Six Indians Were
killed and four captured. Two of the
| farmers were wounded.
| The American Board of Commissioners
| for Foreign Missions has balanced its
| books for its fiscal year ending Aug. 81
and, Monday. made public the following
| financial statement: The expenses of l:
| months TO Aug. 81. 1902. were sIil.Su3.3,
and the regular receipts for the year were
| S7.2 76.4I leaving balance on hand
Sept. l. 1902 of SfiGl.l2. The gains of III;
| wear have been from lesacies and wo-
| mems boards. The debt of q year ago
/ iamounting to sia2.asi.sS has beer cancelled
/ through the redemption of pledges Siver
! at the Hartford meeting. last October.
| H. r. Reiter. one of Princeton's mos
noted graduate football players, who Il
now senior in the Theological Seminar,
Z there, has been signed by the manage
$ ment of the Philadelphia American
League eleven - play halfbaek durin!
the coming season. Reiter played behin'