Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-24
CONDENSED DISPATCHES,

Capt Duncan Kennedy, recently de-
tached from command of the Prairie.
has been ordered to this city for duty
as a member of the naval examining
board, relieving Capt. H. 3. Mansfield.
who is ordered to the command of the
battleship Iowa.
A greyhound from the ropal kennels
of King Edward of England, has been
received by the Royal Fire Co., York,
Pa The firemen wrote to the kings
secretary some time ago asking for
dog as mascot. They were Immediately
pleased over the result.
One person was killed and a dozen
were slightly injured. Thursday night.
in a railway wreck at Sowerby bridge.
near London. Reports circulated in the
United States to the effect that great
disaster had occurred, attended by large
loss of life. are erroneous.
The Yale Debating Association has
decided upon tn following subject for
the Yale Harvard debate to be held at
New Haven, Conn.,, either Dec. or S.
Resolved. That the history of trades
unionism in the United States for the
past 20 years shows general tenden-
cy detrimental to the best interests of
the country Harvard is to have the
choice of sides.
simple monument of grey granite
to the mernoryof Shabonna, the famous
chief of the Pottowamis, was dedicated
with ceremonies at Norris. ILL.,. Friday.
Shabonna aided the whites i'm their
contests with the other Indians and
was the orator of the red men in the
last great council held east of the
Mississippi, and which took place with
the agents of the government in 1856.
He died in Norris in 1853 as ~
Frank c. Meekin, formerly of the
9th Volunteer Infantry, has just been
released from Alcatraz, Cal. prison.
He deserted from his regiment in the
Philippines and .sa.pseq ueatiE joined
the insurgent foifxS lie was recap-
tured, court lnartiNlled and sentenced
to death for trea$&il. His sentence was
committed TO 20 years Imprisonment.
He gets his freedom for good behavior
a aae by the exersiSf of executive Glenn
The body w. Holt, the ~
yearsTold affH. Mass, boy who has
peen H5sst since a week ago last Sat-
urdays and floating in the Merri-
mack rivsrNFriday. The last seen of
Holt alive was on Oct. 10, when he was
seen talking with two women on River
street. 1t is supposed that he wan
dered down the river bank and fell off
into the water Medical Examiner Cros
ton gave accidental drowning as tha
cause of his DEATH
wong Chung and Charlie Chinu. iwo
Cclestials. were held for the grand iurx,
by Judge Bolster of the municipal court
at Boston, Friday. on the charge of
murder of Wong Yah Cheng, Oct
When the case came up on continuance
Dong Wah Ling testified that while in
q cell next prisoners in station 4 no
heard Charlie Chinn ask Wong Chime.
to say that he did the shooting. He also
testified that he heard Wong Chung
say that he had fired four shots al
Chong. Is
A bill to set aside the will of Morris
Reiman on the ground that at the time
ne executed the instrument he was of
unsound mind and undue influence. has
been filed by his daughter, Mrs. Elbe
Chude. at Chicago. Reiman died, Jan.
.. 1902, at Coronado Beach. Cal. and
left a will which contained. among
other requests, one of $1,000 to the Bosi
ION investigator Co. for the purpose of
distributing Robert G. Ingersolrs lee
lures among Christians in order to civil
lie Them
me two Croatians. giving the names
Oh Tapare and kebar, who were arrest
ed on board the American Line steamer
Philadelphia, on her arrival at South
ampton. Eng. Oct. q. from New York,
and who were remanded to Bow street
Jai court. Tor eNtradition on the charge
III nurferlng 5. T. Ferguson. a railroad
contractor, at West Middletown, Pa,
sept. %. were brought up in Bow police
'ourt where both denied having COM
nitted the murder and were remanded
,or further hearing.