Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-01
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Brief Summary Of Some OF the " )
Important Events.

limited Thursday ccllid"d VII
the local passenger train gu.
of Charleston. :. C.. i've miles from tn.
city A fireman W. KILLED. Nor" o.
the passengers were injured.
At the closing $, ssi"n of tn
Eurharistic Congress III NoW York;
Thurs lay, Pisho3 n: -" announced
that tho NEXT congress would h, he'll in
the University of N"'r" oHmc. South
, Bend. Ind. in lanj; and tn" mkt in
lfttsburs, Pa, in l'N'
| President. George Il. '"p" land. Wor-
cr,;cr: secretary. Arthur ". Robinson.
! EaticE: treasurer ,ir0r@" W. LncCie,
.'nm:rrvilc. District SECRETARIES.
! Essen. Abort II. E'kf"ld. NrwburE-
nor,: Mi"dlescx, Frank Atkinson, Ma
tx: Suffolk. Rev. J. Alexander,
i;nsiirdale.
The inquest into the recent dynamite
. explosion ut Nelr"sc. whereby an elcc-
trio car was demolished and nine per-
SONS lost their lives. WAS begun in the
/ district court. III Maiden. Mass, Thurs
! day. The inquest is entirely secret
and nothing will be given out until it
/ j. concluded.
Alderman John Pound. chairman of
\ ;ir london Omnibus Co, Limited. WAS
r.i.:rs .ay. chosen lnrd mayor OF
! London for the ensuing year. He will
: ..'rc"r 4 James Thnml son ltitche. Mr..
. l'.;.Iri was bonn in 1S"'. He is head Of
F. ac iir',' nf John Pound 4 Co.. ami is
! ms, master of the Leather Sellers Co,
! III" Fan Makers Co., and the Fruiters'
! 90.
\ special from Lisbon. Portugal says
| that The report published by a news
! ag"nry i'll the United states that the
| c"nnissary denartm nt's stores here
| wore destroyed by 4 fire. today. involv~
| ing the loss of so. 0e0.no is incorrect.
A number of forage st"reShousts We're
burned, last Sunday, involving slight
loss.
Leon Strauss. the Harvard student
who was driving an automobile which
| killed Arthur G.. WAman, a Harvard
| instructor. WAS brought into the third
| district court at Cambridge on a charge
| Of manslaughtcr, Thursday. After q
| conference between the court and
counsel. announcement was made That
| the case had been continued until Oct.
| 8. Strauss furnished bail Of $1,000.
The biennial convnnti1n Of the
| Massachusetts, State Christian
| Endeavor Society was brought to Il
| close in Haverhill. Mass. Thursday
| night, with a mass meeting in tn,
| Academy Of Music. Addresses were
delivered by Rev. p. :. Henson, Rev.
p. A. Stockdale and Rev. W. p. Nc
| E,lvecn of Boston. The officers eicc,"d
l, fnll
! a Democratic mass meeting will he
| held III Madison Square Garden. New
| York, about the middle of October.
| Tn" exact date has not as vet been
definitely fixed. 1t is expected that eX-
| President Grover Cleveland viii pro
| side. The speakers are tn be Eichar'!
| Omcy of Massa chus".ts: John g.
| Carlisle. Patrick \. collins Of Boston.
Mass. ard Martin W. Litict"n OF
Eruolllvn Tho cIiti"a New York state
| Democratic ticket is expected to be
present
| Chance llor Won fuclow in an inter-
| view printed in the Frinkfurtcr lei
| tung at Frankfort on III" Main. Thurs
| day relative 10 the recent visit of Sig
| nor Gioitti the Italian premier to the
! chancellor 1T Uomburg is qouted as
| saying il was altogether personal and
| was not announced in advance in order
to avoid premature spcculations. AS
for their having discussed mediation
in the Far Eastern war. such thing
| WIS excluded from consideration by
! the Knowledge that neither Russia nor
| Japan desired mediation.
| Tho secretary of the treasury has
| iSsu@l Il statement in the imported
cigar stHinp matter. in which he per-
mits III" order made by Assistant
/ Secretary Am strong to stand, 50 f3;'
rs it relates to reducing the size Of the
| stamp and to attaching it in Il less
| conspicuous place on the box. He
| r"ver@"s the order wherein it required
| Inc stamp to he Of the same color as
the lnt"rnai rrvcnu" stamp and it viii
, lie placed on the bottom of the box i'll
stead y, the tap. bur ut the "nd wher-
! 4 nov 1pl'"ars opposite the internal
r"vt me-" stamp.
5 A'"''= IT." distinguished "rlIvals in
NH" Nwf from Europ" on Ii" Baltic.
ThLr@d1y were Vice Admirll Drnrt.
Sir G""r;-" N.wn"s. NJ. p III" Earl of
laIW"r'n ANA the TT. E"V. Boyd
'"-P'h'"f' bishop of llp"E. Bishop
Carpenter comes to deliver thu Noble
lectures ut Harvard University in
oct"he'- His wife, who accompanied
him. vas taken i'll With castritis. sun
day. and wa% in 4 serious condition
when tie vessel reached the dock il.
Ne" YORK. She WIS taken to the
foSpit H.
the archbishop Of Canterbury. ac-
coinpanl"d by Booker T. Washington.
THURSDAY made tour of inspection
through the best and wors; Sections Of
the East Side of New York. including
the t'ltklS packed barracks on Null
oe. street and the tenements in the
ne'sho"fho'd Of Mulberry BEND. The
long rows OF modern fats. along First
a''"u', we're also visited. The party
was "hhu''"d by Jacob \. Riis. the
'"'',,' - I'M N"'shhorhool Settle
'''e"'' III '''''fy street, and the settle