Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-10-06

Bruce cortclvou, former secretary "r
The Republican national committee
vilI bccomc postmaster general
| The Republicans Of the First Mhssh-
| chusetts district. Tuesday !t!t,i!t. n"'i'-
mated Edward Il. Ncvin of Weymouth
/ for senator.
| The 3lst annual fair at Er"ck,"':,
MISS. opened Tuesday. with al at
tendance of more than 10000.
Lieut.. COY. Frank ". Higgins, the
Republican candidate for governor Of
! New York. ana his associates on the
! ticket chosen at thr Saratoga c"nvcn-
tinm. were formally notified of their
| nomination at the home al the lieut"n-
ant governor. in Olr;,u. y. ", Tuesday.
Chauffeur Riggy of Toledo. ohio,
who Was injured in an automobile ac-
cidcnt al H!cksyilIr. Monday night,
died i'm the Nassau hospital at New
York. early Tuesday.
The Japanese legation i'm Paris has
given out II statement denying the re
ports in French newspapers charging
that the missing French and German
naval ATTACHES ut Port Arthur rrSpcc-
lively. Lieut.. De Cu,rvillc. ana capt.
Won Gilgenhcim were dSSassinated by
the Japanese. while leaving Port Ar
thur. ON Il Chinese junk. The state
m, ut says that no such junk has
h"ci captured ana that the most care
full inquiries 1T Toxic and elsewhere
have failed to disclose the where
ahouts OF the attaches. The Japanese
officials. it is added, are using their
utmost efforts to locate the two
officers, but unfortunately without re-
suits.
According to the London Morning
Posts correspondents at Mukdrn,
chinese bandits rcorg;,nizcd into rcgu-
lar troops, are fighting daily sid" by
side with the Japanese on their west
flank. south of Sinmintin.
\ thrcc-mastcd schooner wrapped in
flames ANA with two Of her boats still
ON h,r deck. WAS sighted. last Satur-
day by officers Of the steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse. which arrived 1T
New York, Tuesday, from Bremen,
southampton ANA Chrrbourg. The
schooner was SO badly burned that She
could not be identified when sighted by
the Kaiser. and a few minutes later
she turned completely over in the
water
Mayor General James f. Wade. the
retiring commander uf The Philinp:n"
diNisi"a. viii sail for his home on' the
transport Thcmas. oct. l.. Pending
the arrival Of Mdj cen. Corhin, Who
succeeds To the command of the divi-
sion. Gen. Leonard Wood VIII act as
commanding general.
col. Iiutler Amrs was ronominatod
bv !hc Republicans Of the 9Th district
at Lowell. Mass. Tuesday. There
Wcr, no contests :ud after NJ. +. Frye
of North Anduyvr. had been chosen
presidential clector and the district
committy" rr-clrctcd the delegates
stood with bowed heads in memory of
Senator Hour.
Seven mer ar" missing Of Il party of
eight who went down with the wagon
bridge between Lexington ANA Purcell
in oklahoma Territory. after battling !!
With the swift rush of waters for many
hours in Il vain attempt to prevent the
bridge from going out. The bridge
was the only connection between the
two towns.
John ". Weeks. former mayor Of
Newton, was nominated by accIam1-
tion rs the Republican candidate for
Congress i'll the Eth district 1T the
convention held II Boston, Tuesday.
William II. Pond of North Attlchoro
presided, ana Edward w. Baker Of
Hroolllinc. acted as secretary.
Congressman Charles q. Terrell was
rcnominated by acclamatiun at the 4th
district Republican convention ut Leo
Winst"r, Mass, Tuesday. Charles q.
Bancroft of Natick. presided and
resolutions culusizing senator Hoar
were adopted.