Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-06-22
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Street cars resumed operations, Sum-
day, at Debuque, Ia, with four COM
panies of militia guarding the car
company's property. There was no
disturbance.
The Italian minister at San Domingo
has presented several claims of Italian
subjects against the government An
Italian warship has arrived from Porto
Rico. The elections for President of
the republic began, Saturday Quiet
prevails throughout the country.
P. A. Ntzhugh,, M. p, vice president
of the Irish National League, who was
arrested, June 6, under a warrant for
contempt of court issued about a year
ago, in connection with the political
comments of his paper the Sligo Cham
pion, was, Saturday, released from Jail
at Sligo. -
A dispatch to the Paris Temps from
Madrid says the approaching visit of
King Alfonso to Carthagena will be the
occasion for notable naval honors from
the combined Mediterranean squadrons
of France, Russia, Great Britain and
Portugal. The French squadron was
ordered, Saturday, to proceed to Car
thegena.
1t is stated that Secretary Moody has
decided to use a large portion of the
coaling station contingency fund of
100000 in increasing the capacities of
the station in Narragansett bay. The
present capacity is 10000 tons. The re-
ported plan will add 10000 tons to the
capacity, making this the largest coal
ing station in the world.
Rev. Bernard o. Sheridan, pastor of
Middletown, Conn.,, the Oldest priest in
point of service in the Hartford diocese
and one of the most prominent clergy
men in the state, died at Middletown,
Sunday, after two weeks illness with
pneumonia. Father Sheridan was Or
dained at Montreal sc years ago.
~ dispatch from Cape Henry, Va,
says: The schooner Lucy II. Russell,
bound from Boston for Brunswick, Ca,
is ashore on Gull shoal, n. c., and is
reported to be pounding heavily. and is
evidently breaking up. Pieces of her
keel have washed ashore. The captain
and crew have been taken ashore and
there is little porspect of saving her.
MlSS httlle AtklllS, WAS SIlOt anu H.
stantly killed at her home in Sails
bury, Md, by Elmer Heath, her lover.
After killing the young woman Heath
fired three bullets into his head and fell
unconscious. He may recover. The
dead girl and her lover We're to have
been married, last Thursday, but Miss
Atkins broke the engagement when she
learned that Meath had stolen money
from his employer.
The national convention of the
Knights of St john will be held at CO.
lumbus, Ohio, this week. The silver
jubilee of the organization will be cele-
brated at this meeting. Provisions
have been made for the entertainment
of 5000 visitors. A feature of the
gathering will be a parade, Monday af-
ternoon, when 1000 uniformed knights
are expected to be in line. The con-
vention will be in session four days.
The Rome correspondent of the Paris
Temps says the Pope, Saturday, re-
ceived Mgr. Fischer, archbishop of
Cologne, who is to be created a cardi-
nal, and adds: 1.-THE audience shows the
Pontilfs extraordinary vitality, prom
Using that he will be able to triumph
over the fatigues of the coming con-
sistory. On Thursday the Pope was
not well, and Friday, DIR. Lapponi
visited the Vatican three times.
Throughout the day the Pontiff ate al
most nothing, and suffered from a
headache. Then he received Mgr.
Fischer, who presented a number of
German Catholics, showing the Pom
tif's ability to make quick recupera-
ton
When the United States European
squadron stopped at Nyberg, Denmark,
Saturday, remarkable demonstration
in honor of the United States navy oc-
Cured. The occasion was the funeral
of colored boy who belonged to one
of the ships of the squadron and who
committed suicioe by jumping over
board on the previous day. Eighty Of
ficers and men, headed by a band, were
landed at Nyberg with the body, where
upon all the flags of the town were half
| masted. The funeral was attended nv
representatives of the Danish military
and civil authorities and by the for
eign consuls, who deposited flowers up-
on the coffin, which was draped with
the Danish and American colors.