Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-02-01
NEWS NUGGETS.
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North. East. south and West.

The price of print cloths at Fall River
has been advanced Lie and there is
moderate local trading at the new fig
ure 3 1-16, for all regulars.
The sum of nearly 100000 kroner
was sent by postal orders from per
sons in the United States to friends in
Norway during the year 1901.
Gen Fred Funston will not have to
undergo another operation, but he will
remain at Kansas City several days
longer under medical treatment. Gen.
Funston will then go to Lawrence.
With imposing ceremonies and with
every token of the honor ana esteem in
which he was held by his fellow citi-
zcns the funeral of Rear Admiral
Lewis A. Kimberley, n. S. N, (re-
tired who died. Tuesday, ut his home
in Newton, Mass. was held. Friday.
A Michigan Central train coming
from Machnaw. city, was held up at
Grayling. Mich, Friday, for three
hours. There was a case of smallpox
on board and the health officer would
not allow the train to proceed until
every person on board had been vacci-
mated.
JOS Wade and r. II. Dalton We're
hanged in the county Jail yard at Port
land. Ore, Friday. for the murder of
James Il. Morrow, Nov. II last. Both
men retained their nerve and just be-
fore the rope was put around Wade's
neck he said: you may think I'm hap
by, but I'm not"
F. Augustus Heinz, Thursday night
when interviewed at London, as to
sold out his mining possessions to the
Amalgamated Copper Mining Co, re-
fused to give any information what
ever upon the rumor saying: Il decline
to give any information what ever on
the subject"
Kidder, Peabody & Co. and F. S.
Moseley & Co. of Boston. have offered
Sl25 per share for the 81 900, 600 capital
stock Of the Massachusetts Loan and
Trust Co, and many stockholders have
expressed their willingness to sell their
holdings. The price offered is s17 above
the figure at which the last sale of the
stock was made.
The tariff committee of the German
German Reichstag. Friday, adopted
another important clause of the pro-
posed new tariff bill, providing that,
unless treaty stipulations prevent it,
the same rates of duty may be levied
on foreign goods and the same meas
ures enforced against them, as are ap-
piled by the country or origin to SINH
lar German goods.
The United States circuit court at
Boston. in a decree order that Theophe-
lus King. VIM. II. Barnard and Ed
monds Putney, receivers of the Eureka
Silk Co. sell the property and assets of
the concern at auction in Boston.
March 3. The company has a mill in
Canton, Mass. and other property in
Boston, New York Cincinnati, Chicago
and East Hampton, Conn.
Miss Annie Craig of Argyle street.
sydney. received injuries in runaway
accident at Halifax, N, s., Friday af-
ternoon from which she died. Friday
night. She was about to cross the
street when horse attached to the
Canadian Express wagon took fright
and ran away. She was knocked down,
trampled upon by the horse and the
wheels passed over her body
meeting of Western fire insurance
managers has been called to meet in
Chicago. Monday, to consider the
Western situation" Insurance men
say the situation in the West has for a
loEs time been anything but satisfac-
tory, rates being low and losses heavy.
The meeting may decide to advance
rates and inaugurate plans for improv-
ing conditions throughout the West.
a circular has been issued from the
general office of the Houston & Texas
Central Railroad announcing that. Feb.
]. the merit system will go into effect
on that road. After that date all en-
Iloyes of the road from the highest to
the lowest win be given merit and de-
merit marks and their records will de-
termine what their future will be. This
order affects every employee in the SER