Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-06
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

the clothing of Mabel Gardner, 4 years
old. Of 80 Railroad street, Lawrence,
Mass. caught fire and she was terribly
burned about the body and head. Her
, recovery is doubtful.
A report has been received at Athens
from Thessaly that Turkish troops
have had an unsuccessful encounter
with large band Of brigands occupy
ing strong position near Grevena.
Macedonia. The officer commanding
the Turks was wounded and five of his
soldiers were killed.
The secretary of the navy. Friday,
awarded the contract for the construc-
ton of the battleship Louisiana to the
Newport News Shipbuilding Co., at its
bid of So. 999, 900. The bureau officers to
whom the bids were referred reported
that there were no indications Of COM
binations on the part of bidders.
Archbishop John J. Kahn, who has been
in poor health at St. Louis for the last
six months, has experienced a marked
change for the worse in the last two
days. His ailment is closely akin to par
alysis and while his physicians do not
think there is immediate danger. it is
known from the nature of his disease
that the end is liable to come at any
time. He recently requested the appoint
ment of an auxiliary bishop for his do
ceSe.
Premier Laurier and Finance Minister
Fielding of Canada. have returned to
London from Paris and, Friday, called at
the colonial office and reported the re-
suits of their interviews with the officials
of the French foreign ministry. The pro-
pose dvisit of the Canadian premier to
Lord Aberdeen. the former governor gen.
eral of Canada, has been given up. The
premier will open the new produce ex-
change at Liverpool, Oct. Z, and will sail
for Canada, Oct. 8.
In a thick fog which prevented the pi-
lot from determining the position, the
ocean going tug Paoli of Fall River,
bound from Philadelphia for Boston and
having in tow the schooner Barge Bala,
laLen with coal, struck heavily on the
ledge which makes off Cape Poge. near
Edgartown, Mass, about A. NJ. Friday.
barge swung up with the wind and tide
and grounded on the ledge with the
Paoli. Both were later hauled of.
The Dowager Empress entertained the
ladies of the legations at breakfast III
, the summer palace, at ii A. NJ. Friday. A
! two miles along the route to where the
ladies embarked on imperial barges in
, which they proceeded through the canal
to the palace. The procession which
presented gorgeous appearance, con-
sisted of six barges towed by a steamer,
and five boats manned by oarsmen. The
! iaOleS returned 10 fekln, III the evening.
The Associated Press is in position to
deny the statement of the Daily De-
spatch of Manchester. England, that the
terms of British syndicate for the es-
Enlistment of fast steamship SER
vice between Canada and England have
been accepted. Nothing in this connec-
/ ton is expected to be settled for some
| time and il is considered likely in ship
ping circles that the establishment of "A
ICanada-Jamaica service may take prece-
dence over the proposed Canada England
line.
The insurrectionary movement in Mace
| donna does not appear to have spread to
any serious extent, although ii is feared
! in some quarters that the Turkish meas
ures for it's suppression may exasperate
the villagers and cause neutrals to Join
the revolutionists The Macedonian COM
mittee's efforts to support the plans Of
it's president. General Tzontcheff. for a
general revolt are handicapped by the
hostility of the adherents Of Sarafof, the
former president, who refuses all assist
ance to the new leader
! After vainly searching for some legal
precedent that would justify different
decision, Judge Carter of Chicago. has
refused to grant naturalization papers to
Lee Guy Dean, Japanese. who made
application with view of becoming a
ute on naturalization said Judge Car
ter reads that any free white man, or
any native of Africa, or any alien of AZ
rican descent, may be naturalized, but
that does not apply to Mongolians and a
Japanese is surely Monaghan" The
which Judge Carter could find was one
made by a Massachusetts court, and that
was to the effect that an application
from such source could not be granted.