Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-24
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Maurice !. O'Brcn. Monday. tcndntcu
hi.; resignation as principal OF the aro ~ \
school at Lawrence. Mass. to assume tiie
superintendcncy of schools IN fa"'uchc''
II. !.
Secretary of the Treasury shaw IN a
cable dispatch received at San Juan, =
n. announces the transfer OF the auli.
ing OF the Porto Rican customs rccc'pts
from San Juan to Washington
Ex-Postmaster Sidney u. Bri9Gnan'
died ut his home IN Lawrence. Mass
Monday evening. aged 80 years. lie serV-
Cd faithfully as postmaster d,irins inc
Mckinley administration of 1ss%-l@-.
Tim parr of Buffalo. was beaten. Mon
day night. at Worcester. Mass ny ~ TX,
mar Lundcn in a mixed style wrestling
match. Iunden won the first and third
falls at Graeco- Roman style, ana ia "a,
tho second fall at catch as-catch-can. Inc
time was %. % and IL minutes.
According to information received az
New York. the Lorraine stesv 20, mas
cured a contract to put i'll compiete
electric trolley system in the city OF VOL
ycrha mutton Eng This is said to be the
first contract ever given an american
firm for establishing such system.
\ telegram has been rec, reee't t,,o , ae rnv
of India. Lord Curzon. saying that. &C
CordinE to reports received at Madras. y
flood in the palar river. Nov. l.: destro!cu
half Of the town of Nanizamoaoi III ,ne
NhtCH uIStIiCt. W.
were drowned.
The grievances of the street car men
against the Pittsburg Railway CO. have
about all been adjusted Rein Orr; ma
tional treasurer. who went TO plttspurs.
Pa. from headquarters at Detroit to take
Charge of affairs. SAYS the company Is
disposed to show the men fair treatment.
All thoughts of striking have been ADAM
doned.
Donald Brooks and William Gately fell
fpl, Il
vorIt6n a house in Roxbury. Mass. Mon,
iavF and received injuries which hospital
doctors think will prove fatal. Both
were hurt internally and Brooks sustain 4,
cd fracture of the spine Brooks is Il
and Gately - years of age. Neither Is
married.
~ Mayor George r. Perry of Grand
RAPIDS, Mich, charged with having re-
ceivcd a bribe of 1885 from Liant *. SAILS
h,,rE while the German Cameron water
deal was in progress. waived examination
in notice court at Grand Rapids. Monday.
and was bound over to the Superior court
for trial. He furnished bail to the
amount of 5000
The Cherbourg correspondent OF the ne
London Daily Mail reports the arrest OF
one Of the soldiers guarding the railway
! line over which the train bearing the
King and Queen of Italy passed. The
struction on the track with the intention
of wrecking the royal train. The at
tempt was discovered before the approach
of the train.
Nearly 50 members of Canadian Camp.
an organisation composed of men and
women who have camped, hunted and
fished in the forests of the Dominion, sat
down to a woodland dinner at Sherry S
Now York. Monday night. the dinner be-
ing made up wholly of game killed by the
members, themselves. During the even
ing It was announced that arrangements
had been entered into with the Canadian
government whereby 1000 square miles Of
rrimeval forest land stocked with game
Is to be set, aside as preserve for the
exclusive Use of the Canadian Camp.