Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-11-04

wrecked. Sept. q, at Seal Cove. Tres
massey bay near Cape Race, n. F) has
decided that the loss Of the vessel was
due 10 carelessness and negligent navi-
gaticn and has suspended the master
certificate for four months.
The Fl. B. Humphrey Co. OF Boston
advertising agents who recently as
signed and were later petitioned INTO
bankruptcy by three creditors. We're.
Wednesday. adjudicated bankrupts.
The liabilities aer $4,000 and assets
$4,000.
Emperor William of Germany, un-
yeiled. Wednesday. in the middle or
Thiergarten. Berlin's principal park.
groups Of statuary celebrating the
chase. The Empress. Crown Prince
Frederick William and Prince Etel
Frederick. attended, also many officers
and courtiers and a number of minis
ters were present. The groups of stat
uary are by Professor Begas and tch-
triz and other sculptorS and We're made
according to His Majestys suggestion.
After the unveiling the Emperor and
his guests had breakfast at the palace
where his Majesty made a speech on
the joys of the chase.
The Pittsburg Coal Co. assumed con-
troll. Wednesday. of the coal properties
in Pittsburg, known as the Westside
Belt Line mines. The properties were
owned by the Wabash Railroad Co,
and consisted Of seven mines. having a
monthly output of 10000 tons. seven
stores and one brick plant. BY the
deal the Pittsburg Coal Co. gets pos
session of one of the best equipped coal
mining properties in the Pittsburg dis
trict and removes a possible rival to
the Great Lakes. The agreement. it is
said, is for five years, and is on a royal
" basis of 10 cents per ton.
A dispatch received in St Petersburg
from Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel. commander
of the Russian troops at Port Arthur.
submitted the names Of 40 officers for
St. Georges crosses.
AT the headquarters of the Inter-
national Typographical Union. it was
announced, in indianapolis, that the
referendum count has proceeded far
enough 10 indicate that ell of the six
propositions voted for are carried ex-
cept that on increasing the salaries of
the president and secretary. The most
important proposition voted on was
that establishing an eight-hour day.
beginning Jan. l, 1906 and ordering an
assessment for that purpose. 1t will
he contested by the United TypOthetaa.
The count will be completed. tomorrow.
The lease of the Philadelphia Nation
al League baseball grounds vas dis
nf hN
The only bidder vas H. II. Ennis
representing Arthur Newbold. Trustee
for the stockholders who purchased the
lease for S402.
A join1 torchlight parade in Boston.
Wednesday night, in which the Re
publican clubs of Harvard University
and the Massachusetts Institute Of
Technology, participated. attracted
thronss Of sightseers. who lined the
route of the procession through the
Back Pay and downtown districts
After the procession had disbanded.
and the Harvard Club had left for
Cambridge. crowd of students made
a disorderly demonstration at Hotel
Brunswick. The trouble was soon
queled. but broke out again on the ,
steps of Rogers hall. one of the build
ings of the Technology Institute on
Boylston street. A number Of police
men received scalp wounds and about
Is or 20 students We're injured.
Four OF the students We're taken to the
hospital. President Horny S. Pritchett
of the Institute of Technology, who was
on the scene soon after the trouble be-
gan. personally assisted in caring for
he injured students. After the affair.
ne stated that. while he deplored the
unfortunate occurrence he was inclined
to the belief that the police on duty at
the building We're too hasty in their
action. and that the students We're not
wholly to blame.