Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.
BITS by Wire from North, East oou'n
and West.

,,. ,,,J ~. election Of the general
,n,nciI we've the principal features.
i TIE convention WIS ppc"ed by III rev
/ NJ Hornpr of AshevIlle, y. {. Among
III. members elected i" the general
council are EGmrnd HiIin@s. BOSTON,
Hr,ptt Fl. Cur!i.i,r. G:.i,iil II. Mo: ".
4 GaIIuD NJ. M Adams. Mass: he!.rN
r. Fiddler PROVIDENCE. x. l., ana =. =.
Paysun. LouGwcod. Mass.
81 Mortimer HuraId, teh British
.,m.,a> s,dor. hd. ctoivcd a dispatch
! from Acting Secretary Of State Loomis,
wfich embodied tn subsistence Of Gov
error Bates letter to the state depart
meut in the recent pEelps-Gurney mat
tcr The nmbA ssaGor !nts wired Nj.
Lonmis to tnark Governor Bat for his
letter and also nform him th,,! Mr..
Curney wished to express his regret Al
he had NOT cuufuliled tu Inc mot y
speed regulations. l..r official papers
in tie cas-. i.:.Hr i.ut a Yet been re
ccIved at tie l}rit Sin embassy.
The first convention Of the Universal
corgr css Of Lawyers and Jursts c"u-
Guided. in St Louis, Friday. after
thee days of presentation ana discus
sion of LEGAL propositions of WOrl1-
We. Interest. chief OF which WIS the
ultimate establishment IF international
peace ma adjustment of AL conflict.
III" congress adopted Il resolution *
pressing its rrofnu: Il grief over ,he
death of ore of its most distinguished
members. United States Senator George
+. Holr.
gust Of wind in Il shower ut room.
Friday. blew over Il tower Oh one Of the
large DEiliinG! ut tie ch"rlcStOWn,
Mass. navy ward. TIL tower was :,
movable ore and cnntIiHcd machinery
for h"istins coil. The squad started
! i long tic rails ana II tipped over ami
fr'l ~ the ground. TNtn mnn in II
iunrtd tnd es"aoei INJURY. one man
Rad his foot slightly crushed. The
damage is estimated ut S20.Uo0.
Secretary TAFT has lett Washington,
! IN 4 snccch-mukins tuIr thrn Ugh nhin.
! IrIiar, Illinois. West virginia. New
YORK. N"W Jersey. Connecticut a,-u
NsrN!nnd. lie will speak 1T Hartford.
Conn. oct 4; Prnvideucc Il. l.. Nuv.
l., Albany. y. Y, Nov. > and New Iia-
Ven. Conn. Ncv. g.
y nal gar between Paris ana Havrc.
r"ntti ing 4 quantity Of American
! mail. was robbed. Thursday night.
Nincty-onc BAGS containing mail We're
opened and their contents ritcd of such
NaluHbl"> aS they contained. There
is 10 record Of their contents or
81 thc vailabics contained The rob
i".ry WAS reported AT the postal head
quarters in Paris. hut thus far no clue
20 the robbers has been found
As tn result of general order that
ms Just been issued ana made opera
uNc, over 1909 employees Of the PennsyI-
wanna system northwest ana the
pennsylvania system southwest have.
left the service of the company. The
order IS that no employc. who was
hired after NJ reached the age Of 81. is |
- PC retained. but if hired before he |
was - h" retains his position sta
tl"ii agents. road men ANA shop en-
pi1N"s feel the force of this order. On t
the cleveland ana Pittsburg railroad !
al"n" about 30 employees of the com
ran! VIII be out Of positions
seven hundred and fifty midshipmen.
VIII" have been on summer leave re-
turned to Annapolis and reported at
Tie naval academy. Friday. for the
""lling Of the institutions 59th
A'"i"'nic Year. and We're assigned to
thor quarters. There ar" about IL
members Of the upper classes 10 re-
port. hu; they are expected to arrive at
any time These. with The members
Of the new fourth class. will mako \
total Of So midshtpmcn. the largest
number enrolled ut one time since il
was established.
a farewell rec""tl"n was rendered to
General and Mrs. Corbin. on the occa-
SION of their departure for the PhiIiu-
pines. at Governors Island. y. Y.
Army men ana their friends from all
~" posts and forts surrounding New
YORK were present in great numbers
hrI@. Cen. Frederick Grant. who will
take command of the department of
the East, on General Corbn's derar-
tur" WAS present with Mrs. Grant
ana greeted the guests. prominent
anon" whom were the officers If the
~" French warships in the harbor.
and the military attarhe of the French {
embassy 1T Washington.
TwcEty-six Canadian missionaries
ar" at present in Honan. China. where
general massacre of FOREIGNERS is !
S,tld to have beer decided upon by a (
th'u'Se society. to occur on Oct Il ,
TW" others, Rcv. ]. NJ. Moat and Mrs.
M"nt are on their way out Rev. r.
y, Mckay. Presbyterian foreign mis- Z
sionHry secretary, says that letters rc- 4
telNed from Honan recently were very {
r"iSsurrtg. The fact that since the {
HoNcr outbreak French and English /
capitalists have bisccted the province I
with railroads. made the conditions 4
more favorable than four years ago, f
Nh"h tho previous trouble occurred '
Th"s" railroads would enable the mis- I
sI"h3ri"s t" get out in two DAYS
whereas three weeks were REQUIRED nv
house boats.
The Suprom" court at Madison. wis.
Friday afternoon. adjourned until oct.
y Without taking action on the La
Toilette case. II
An order issued by Vice Chancellor 4
pu'ney was f'ed, Friday at Trenton. I
\. D. restraining the ratification Of 4
the proposed merger pf tho irp.ric,,,