Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-06-20
NEWS NUGGETS
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South and West.

]. G. Metcalf, president of the Evans
Vile & Terra Haute Railroad Co. and
formerly general manager of the Louis
vile & Nashville and Denver & Rio
Grande Railroad Cos. has been elected
president of the Mexican International
Co.
Mining men returning to Monterey,
Mex, from Sonora are unanimous i'll
saying the three years drouth is seri-
ously nindering prospecting and min
ing in that state. This is particularly
| true on the west slope of the Sierra
Madre and to the westward.
At the annual meeting of the Bur-
lington & Northwestern Railroad Co.
the stockholders voted unanimously in
favor of a resolution to sell the pro-
perty to the Burlington & Western
company. The property thus virtually
passes into the hands of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy.
Tug Norfolk and Western No. /,
which struck on Black Ledge, WedneS-
day evening, was hauled off, Thurs
day, and towed to New London. She
is leaking but slightly. Captain Kel-
ley said he mistook the buoy of the
ledge for one marking Pine Island
channel. The tug will be towed to New
York.
Former Pres. Cleveland, David Is.
Hill. Gov. A. J. Montague of Virginia,
and Col CASTOR Of Boston, will be the
| speakers at the opening of the new
Tilden CLUB, 18th street and Broadway,
New York, Thursday night. VIM. j.
! Bryan also received an invitation to be
present but no reply has been received
| from him.
| All the railroads between Corrinto on
| the Pacific & Granada on Lake Nicara-
| qua has been completed. Julio Wieste.
the contracting engineer, and Emilio
| Muller. the constructing engineer, have
| received much praise from President
Zeela of Nicaragua and his cabinet for
their persistent struggles against ii
nancial obstacles.
A special to the Record Herald from
!, Baton Rouge La, says: Gov. Herd
| has been notified by the British consul
| that Louisiana cattle will be shut out
of South Africa. This action is be-
liered to be in retaliation for Herd S
protest to the State department against
| mule shipments and the operations Of
| the British camp at Port Chalmette.'
The steamer Cartagena which has ar
| rived at the island Of Dominica, B. w.
l., is reported by the Venezuelan au-
thorities to belong to Gen. Matos, lead
er of the revolution in Venezuela. She
| is said to be a second edition. of the
| Pan Righ Bolivar, the original war
Nln .,.t.
gena will coal at the island of St.
Lucia.
The American schooner George
Parker of Gloucester, Mass, is at st.
Johns, y. f. for repairs. having been
damaged i'll a recent gale. She re-
ports that the Gloucester schooner
| American lost two men on the Grand
Banks during q storm. Al number of
other sailing vessels from Canadian
and New Foundland ports also put in
| for repairs.
Jos. Chamberlain, the British colon
! ial secretary, announced in the House
of Commons. Thursday, that the loyal
ist claims for compensation in Cape
Colony and Natal would be provided for
out of the Transvaal fund and out of
! the first loan raised The total amount
| of the compensation to be paid to the
| two colonies will not exceed, according 9
to estimate, G2,000,00O.
A. S. Williams, lieutenant in the
United States Marine Corps, on sick
leave, has arrived at San Francisco,
from the Philippines on the Hong Kong
| Maru He was Il member of Maj Wal
| ler's expedition and suffered untold
| privations with his men. Some Of his
| command died from lack of food and
| from wounds Lieut.. Williams person
| ally suffered severe bolo wounds in a
pitched battle with natives. The Of
fcer was greeted by his father, former
| Inspector Williams of the New York
police department.
1t is reported that the first cOnclu-
sion of the cardinals about the Ameri-
can Philippine proposition have been
| submitted to the Pope, says a New
| York Tribune dispatch from Rome.
The stricteSt secrecy is maintained but
from what is learned it is believed the
cardinals are chiefly concerned about
the best methods of yielding without
| seeming to do so and without running
| the risk Of being reproached with not
having sufficiently safeguarded the in
terests Of the religious orders.
News Of the death Of Col Battcnburg,
an Austrian army officer in the service
of the Colombian government has been
received by the steamer Leelenawa, ar
irving at san Francisco direct from
Panama. Col. Battenburg. who has
rendered great service to the Colombian
government, was killed June /, in a
fight with insurgents. He was in
charge Of battery Of five guns and
made a heroic stand in the face Of su-
perior numbers. At a critical time he
was deserted by his men who fled be
| fore the insurgents.