Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-09
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The British transport Aurania sail
ed from Hamilton. Bermuda, for Cape
Town. Monday. with 1925 former Boer
prisoners.
The Albany Burgesses Corps. Il mill
tary association of Albany, n. ". has
peen granted permission by the Cana
dian government to enter the Dominion
under arms for the purpose of visiting
Montreal and Quebec
Permanent orSanizatio of the new
United States Realty and Construction
Co, has been effected at Il meeting
at New York, of the board of directors.
Officers We're elected as follows:
Pr resident. BTaddish Johnson, chair
man of the board. H. S. Black: vice
presidents. Albert Flake. Robert +.
Bowling and i. p. McConnell; secre-
tary. r. G. Babbage; treasurer. &. NJ.
Fellows.
The Chamber of Commerce of Annoy,
Foo Chow. Shanghai. Kobe and Yoko-
mama have endorsed the resolutions of
the Hong Kong Chamber passed Sept
Il. as to the desirabilty of the proposed
fast Atlantic steamship service con-
Meeting with the present Canadian Pa
citic Railroad route across Canada and
the Pacific. Copies of the resolutions
have been forwarded to the British
postmaster general.
One man was killed and Il persons
injured in Il rear end collision of pas
tSengsr trains. Oh the Pennsylvania rail-
road near MEMO Park, y. J. The West
ern Express, made uD of four Pullman,
three coaches and Il postal and baggage
car. was run into by Il local passenger
train from Philadelphia. Aid was i'm
mediateiy sent from the surrounding
towns and IS quickly as possible physi-
clans dressed the wounds of the injured
who We're placed in Il car and hurried
through to Jersey City.
+. w. Reitz. former secretary of the
Orange Free State, has been formally
welcomed to this country by repre-
sentatives of the United rish-Ameri-
can societies and of the Holland and
German societies of New York City.
Thomas S. Lonergan. for the commit
tee. read an address. which eXtolled the
patriotism of Mr.. Reitz in refusing to
take oath of allegiance to Great Brit
ain. The addresses from the Holland
ana 'EtI liltil Sotietlt.S were VI similar
tone. In his reply Mr.. Reitz said tina t
he never would live under the British
iia;; nor take the oath of fealty TO that
nation.
\ special disnatch from Vienna, an
nounces that Il fearful tragedy was
enacted at Droyssig, Bohemia. Mon
day. a village schoolmaster 40 years
Of age. while talking TO his class. sud
denly became insane. rushed to his
desk. drew revolver from it and ran
amuck. shooting right and left among
the terrified children. Three pupils
were killed and three We're dangerous
~ wounded. On hearing the shots and
screams the villagers quickly arrived
at the school and. Infatuated at the
sight which met them. lynched the
scho0lmdster
The National Loom Fixers Associa-
ton of America ended its convention in
Woonsocket. r. l., Wednesday, by hold
ing the election of officers. The new
set Of officers include: President. Mi
chael J. Trainer of Dover. n. H.: vice
president. John J. Purcell. New Bed
ford. Mass: secretary, George Deficits.
Lowe ell. Mass: treasurer. ID. j. Nor
row, Lowell. Mass: executive commit
tee, John Flood, New Bedford. John
Hanley, Lowell. Arthur Blanchard.
Lawrence. Other business transacted
included IL vote to allow all union MEM
bers holding United Textile Workers
certificates to affiliate with that union
whenever the occasion demanded. 1t
was decided to hold the next annual
convention at Chicopee. Mass in Sep
TENDER. 1903.
At the annual meeting of the Il. & NJ
Railroad stockholders held at Law
renee. Wednesday, il was voted to in
crease the capital stock of the COM
pany by the issue of 10000 new shares
and to issue bonds to the amount not
exceeding s2,000.000. The following d-
recto-s were elected; Lucius futile of
Boston. Samuel G. Lawrence OF Med
ford. Richard Olney of Boston. A. W.
Sullcway of Franklin. n. H., Joseph H.
White OF Brookline. Walter Hunnewell
Of Wellesley. Harry r. Reed of Boston.
Lewis Cass of New York, Henry NJ.
Whitney OF Brookline, Henry F. Dim
ock of New York. Charles NJ. Pratt OF
New York. Alexander Cockrane oS
Boston. and VIM. Whitney of Holyoke
According TO the annual report submit
tea by President futile. the gross earn
ings from operation during the year
were s31. SA0,694, and the total operating
expenses So, 433.1 10, the net earnings
from the operation being So, 407. $40 81
FIVE sailors were killed and others Were
injured by the accidental explosion OF =
shell in the naval arsenal ut Spezia. Ita-