Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-08-23
NEWS NUGGETS
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| Inc AllellCdH Lille steamer 81. Paul,
which will sail from Paris for New
York, Saturday, via Cherbourg, will
| take the remains of Chas. l.. Fair and
Mrs. Fair. which will be forwarded to
| Cherbourg from Paris, Friday after
| noon.
The state department is in receipt of
a cablegram from Minister Bowen at
| Caracas saying that he could spare two
of the war vessels now in Venezuelan
! waters This information is taken to
| mean that the situation has improved
so far that little danger now threatens
| American interests.
A number of strikers who quit work
in the silk mills of Jersey City in SYM
pathy with the Paterson strikers, re-
turned to work. Friday. Two hundred
of them went to work in one mill. At
| another mill where about 100 persons
are employed, quite number have al
ready returned and more are expected.
The Gloucester fishing schooner Cos
mus arrived at Halifax, N. S., Friday,
with a temporary steering gear Of
ropes. having carried away her rudder
head as well as split her sails on the
Grand Banks. The schooner yacht
| Shenandoah of Newport, from that port
via Bar Harbor, and the steam yacht
Alcedo of Philadelphia, arrived at Hall
fax, Friday morning.
| Fl. w. Forster Conservative, has been
elected to Parliamentary vacancy in the
Seven Oaks division of Kent, caused by
his appointment to the lord commits
sionship of the treasury. His majority
was meagre. The contest centered on
the education bill. At the last election
in the West Seven Oak division of
Kent Mr. Forster defeated his Liberal
opponent by 12,102 votes.
Thomas J. Sullivan, charged with
dynamiting a dwelling house, was in
the police court at Lowell Mass, Fri
day. and was ordered in the sum OF
$1,000 for the superior court, probable
cause being found. The text of the
complaint charges Sullivan with ex-
ploding a stick of dynamite in the
| Kitchen of his mothers house in Claire
street. Aug. 3. The kitchen was wrecked
by the explosion. Sullivan denies the
charge in toto.
Mayor Knight of Buffalo. n. Y, has
| issued proclamation suggesting that
on Sunday, Sept. Il, the first anniver-
| sary of the death of Pres. Mckinley,
memorial services be held in all of the
churches in Buffalo and that the city
be draped with the flag of our country.
He has appointed a committee to ar
! range for other observances fitting to
the occasion. He further suggests
that on the day following the anniver-
sary exercises be held in the public
schools.
Skagway dispatches say that al
though the Skagway- cable is
not broken. the government crew of ex-
lperts has stopped operations toward re-
pairs and given up the proposition in
despair. The trouble arises chiefly from
great kinks in the line, which was so
loosely laid that it went to the bottom
| in coils. The insulation has been broken
in so many places that an entire new
cable seems necessary. The line is 100
miles long. 1t was laid last fall. but
has been operated only a few weeks.
Mr.. Morgans ideal of industrial de-
velopment through the principle of
combination is of such vast magnitude
that I confess it was beyond my men,
| tai grasp" Pres. G.. A. Parkin of To-
ronto University, fellow passenger
with Mr.. Morgan, thus condensed re-
markable conversation in which the
financier outlined for him his views of
the financial future. MIR. Morgan be-
lieves that the financial world is see
ing, today, only the beginning of the
development of the principle of COM
bination,' said Pres. Parkin. He be-
lieves the trust idea is progressive. 1t
is only in its infancy. His shipping
trust. he told me, was only the shipping
interests
The Vatican authorities have COM
pleted the collection of documents re-
ferring to the Philippines question for
the use of the apostolic delegate at Ma
Mia and it is conjured that his appoint
ment is imminent. A complete history
of the negotiations on the subject of
the friars' lands is given, including a
history of the voluminous report of the
Papal delegates and full text of the
notes exchanged by Gov. Taft and the
| Vatican. These are supplemented by
precise instructions regarding which
secrecy is maintained, though Cardinal
Rampolla, the Papal secretary of state.
expresses the hope that instructions are
so framed as to enable the delegate to
fulfill the Pope's promise to Gov. Taft,
namely, to reach solution satisfactory
to both parties.
| A correspondent of The Associated
| Press at Paris was informed at the
foreign office, Friday, that the sue
cessor of Jules Cambon as French am
bassador at Washington had not been
| appointed. but that NJ. Jusserand the
| French minister at Copenhagen, had
been selected for the post NJ lesser
and speaks English fiuently and is the
| author of several English books. His
| wife. who was a Miss Richards, is an
American who has resided for a long
| time in Paris. NJ. Jesserand has been
prominently connected with the move
| n1ent for the development of athletic
sports in France. 1t is not true that
| NJ Cambon is going to st. Petersburg
as the successor of Marquis De Monte
bello. French ambassador to Russia. 1t
| is said on good authority that NJ.
| Cambon will be appointed French am
| bassador at Madrid, succeeding NJ.
| Patenotre.