Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-23
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Fifteen persons were drowned. SUNDAY
by a sudden thrush Of water into tn
Easements of various houses in the lou
er portions of the town of Kieff Ruxsi,
a torrential rainstorm accompanied r.,
violent wind and hail broke out durin1
the afternoon and turned the streets int
veritable torrents. flooding cellars ana
drowning their occupants before they
were able to escape. Large trees were
upr cote and ra rhr der entertainments
heavy.
Replying to a question of Henry La
bouchere in the British House of Com
mons, intended to elicit a statement az
to whether the resignation of Sir
Michael Hicks Beach, the chancellor
of the exchequer, indicated the posi-
bility of the adoption of a protective
policy, the premier. A. j. Balfour. said.
Monday, that there was no ground for
believing that any policy settled upon
by the cabinet while the chancellor was
a member of it would be changed by
his retirement.
1t is estimated that from 10000 to
$4,000 harvesters will be required
around Winnipeg, Man. The Cana
dian Pacific Railroad Co. is arranging
with the Allan and Beaver Steamship
Lines to carry laborers from England
at exceptionally low rates. Gen. Man
ager McNicholl is at Winnipeg. and
| hopes to avoid a grain blockade this
year. The road, he says, has pur-
chased 100 new engines and will have
10000 cars available.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger was,
Monday. purchased by Adolph S. Ochs
from George w. Childs Drexel and the
Drexel estate, and possession was at
once given Mr.. Ochs. The purchase in
| cludes all the Public Ledger estate,
comprising about half a block of i'm
| proved property on Chestnut and
i Sixth streets. facing Independence hall
The price paid is not made public, but
| it is stated on good authority that
over 900 are involved in the trans
action.
| Two companies of militia have been
ordered by special train to Rusk, Hen
derson county, Texas, for the protec-
ton of a negro of 10 years of age, who
is confined in Jail there charged with
criminal assault on the daughter Of a
planter. Forty men of the State Guard
/
other company has been ordered from
Marshall. The victim of the negro is
highly connected and her relatives and
| friends are so incensed that trouble is
expected.
The British trade commission sent
| out to inquire into the best methods of
| promoting British trade in South Afri-
ca seems much impressed with the
| great activity of the Americans. In its
| first report sent home the commission
says America will be the greatest men
| ace to British trade and that the
Americans are making q fine effort to
get hold of the market and are intro
ducing their practice OF specialization
and concentration with the same result
so well exemplified in other parts Of
| the world.
| A number of the anti-imperialists of
| Boston, including Charles Francis
! Adams. Moorefield Storey and Julian
| Goldman, left, Monday night, for Boil
| tons landing, Lake George, to join
other leaders of this movement at a
meeting of the special committee APP
pointed last spring to investigate af-
| fairs in the Philippines and secure the
| publicity of the facts. The meeting
| will beheld at the home of Hon.
| s5church and Herbert Welsh of Phila-
| delphia, and many of the Western
| leaders in the movement will also be
present. The object of the meeting Is
to canvass the investigation that has
been made and discuss the present
| situation.
The governor of Zarnbesi has mott
/ fed the Portugal authorities Of the dis
| patch of punitive expedition consist
| ing of 500 Europeans and 700 natives
| from Chindo for Barus to suppress
native insurrection in Angola. The
natices there have committed many
| harbarouS acts against resident
| Europeans having destroyed their
, property and compelled an exodus OF
| the white population to the coast.
Seventy white persons have reached
| Novo Redondo in q sad plight. They
| had travelled $50 miles on foot. Much
anxiety is felt for the fate of others; Z
II is reported that number Of traders
who were unable to escape have oeeR u
captured by the natives, who cut w K
and burned their bodies MHf