Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-10-28
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fiXlng case at chicago, Satufuay, ie
turned verdict of guilty against Luke
Wheeler and Capt Williams. Capt.
Williams was sentenced to pay a fine
Of $500 and to be imprisoned six
months, and Wheeler was fined $3oOO
and sentenced to two years imprison-
ment.
The registration books for the first
election in North Carolina under the
constitutional amendment for the dis
| franchisement of illiterate voters
! voters closed, Saturday night. Under
| former laws the colored vote in North
| Carolina was about 10000. but indi-
cations are that the total cOlored vote
at the next election will not amount to
| 56G0 =
Claude Dunbar. aged II. of Baldwin
willie. was shot dead, Saturday, while
! hunting in North Orange, Mass. with
two other boys. Urban Oliver and Les
lie Holston of North Orange. Young
| divers gun struck 4 rock and dis
charged. the charge taking effect in
| the small of the back of the Dunbar
boy. The medical examiner viewed the
body
/ Archbishop Riordan of San Francis
/ co. had IL half-hour's audience with the
| Pope. Saturday. The archbishop
/ found he could give the Pontiff little
/ information which he did not already
possess on the Plus fund case. The
Pope remarked that the principle
which The Hague tribunal had adopted
in the Plus case would simplify the
! solution of similar questions existing in
/ thte Philippines.
! The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
, neers and the Order of Railroad Teieg-
raphers have asked Julius krutschnitt.
| assistant to President Hartman of lhe
Southern Pacific. for decisive answer
to their demands on or before the flrst
! of next month. The demand was made a
week ago. and assurances that 1t would
receive attention were given by Mr..
l>rutschnitt. The railroad employees de-
mand higher wages and complain that
they find the cost of living has been
raised 40 per cent. and that railroad
earnings were never higher.
The coroner. Sunday. held an inquest
on the body of John Volkman. a barber
who was accidentally shot and killed.
Hcspian hall at Cold Springs, n. Y, by
Charles Meinet of IA travelling medicine
company. One of the star features of
the show was Meinets feat of shooting
an apple from the head of some person.
and Volkman volunteered to allow the
apple to be placed on his head. The first
/ two shots failed to hit either the apple
or the man, but the third struck Volk-
man in the forehead and he died within.
an hour. Meinet is held on charge OF
manSlaughter.
Robert T. Lincoln of Chicago. for
mer secretary of war and president of
the Pullman Co.. completed the pur-
chase of 125 acres of land for a hand
some country seat at Manchester, VT.
Saturday. 1t overlooks the golf links
of the Elkwanok Country Club and ad-
joins the properties of a. NJ. Gilber.
and Edward S. Isham. also of Chicago.
a handsome residence will be built,
this winter. Mr.. Lincoln makes Man.
chester his summer home.
Henry Norris alias Harry NORM of
WestbOro. was arraigned before Judge
~ w. Sattery Of the first district
court OF eastern Worcester. Saturday,
on charge of bigainy. His first wife
is said to have been Bertha A. Fay.
under II years of age and his second
Agnes McNiff of NorthborO, whom he
married. Feb. 25. 1902. He was ad-
Judged probably guilty and bound over
in $1,000 for the grand jury. He was
committed to Worcester Jail.
In its issue, Monday morning. the
London Daily News says it hears that
Chief Secretary for Ireland Wyndham
has appointed Sir Anthony Patrick
MacDennell to the post of permanent
under secretary for Ireland. in success
sion to Sir David Harrel. who retires
on account of having reache! the age
) limit. The paper congratulates Mr..
Wyndham on this promising appoint
} ment. holding that Sir Anthony's s
broad views and his liberal dealing
With the land question i'm India during
his administration there are good
augury for Ireland.
1t transpires that the tragedy at Bel
, mont, N. H.. the story of which APP
! peared. Saturday morning, was the re-
. suit of an accident. Young Israel Will
lard. the 13-year-old lad, who told to
the authorities, Friday night. that he
: knew nothing regarding the move
! ments of the dead boy. Ara Bunker.
from the time he left him on Wednes-
day last told a new story. Saturday,
Young Willard says he went into the
woods with Eunker last Wednesday,
gucning. While travelling through the
woods. the gun in the hands of Will
lard was discharged into Bunker
back.
Fresh foreign difficulties have arisen
in Germany over the tariff. The gov
ernment som time ago decided not to
give in December the years notice of
the termination of commercial treaties.
Russia has requested Germany to agree
to five years. intimating that other
wise Russia herself might renOunce
the treaty. Austria has also formally
expressed a desire to conclude an i'm
mediate arrangement lasting for over
a year. When the duties on cattle and
meat in the new tariff came up for dis
cussion in the Reichstag Saturday, Herr
Babel declared that the Social Demo-
Gratis thought that after the recent
votes on the tariff Chancellor Won Bue-
low ought to have dissolved the House
or have resigned
- The stock and machinery in the
Stark mills mule spinning room in the
! NTH flOcr of the west side mill at Man
chester, n. H.. was damaged by fire
To the extent of $4,000 during Friday
night. Three pairs of mules We're de-
stroyed. The employees OF the room
had fierce fight with the flames