Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-02-12
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Among the passengers who sailed
Thursday. Oh the steamer La Tour,iEe
from New York for Havre were Enricu
S,aruse. the grand oprra, tenor: Arturo
Nigna. the opera conductor, and W. Il
Vanderbilt.
John j. Carney of Manchester. formcr
manager OF the Concord New England
League baseball team. Thursday trans
fcrrcd to Il local syndicate his half in
the club. All of the stock in the assoca-
tion which owns tn. local club and fran
chisc Is now held in Concord.
Mrs. Matilda b. Carse founder of tn"
WOmanS Temple and one of the leaders
Of the National Womcn's Christian Tenn
perance CrioD, has suffered n fail on an
icy pavement at Chicago. which resulted
In broken hip. The outcome Of the in
lurS Is uncertain. Mrs. CarSe'S sons are
In New York.
As It Is customary for each Pope to pro-
claim n juble" during the first year "t
his pOntiiiCal. Pope Plus Y has issued an
encyclical dated Feb. :. proclaimng 4 ju-
hilee for Feb. Il. the anniversary of tn"
proclamation of the dogma Of the i'm
macuiatt conception and granting three
months indulgenci.s.
Josiah NanErankrcn. national bank cN-
aminer, Thursday. closed the American
Exchange National Bank of Syracuse. y.
Y. No statement of the banks condition
has yet been given out. The American
Exchange National Bank had paid up
statement that bank owed to dep"sitors
500 600.
Alfred +. Stevens of Newark N J..
Thursday. instituted a suit in the court
OF chDncery against the United States
Steel Corporation to have that corpora :
tion show cause why It first decreased
and subsequently discontinued pa ying div
idends on its common stock. Stevens in
hlS application presents figures to bear out
his contention that the dividend could
have been paid.
barge in tow of tug Edgar Luncken-
bach. bound from New York for Boston,
early Thursday had her anchor caught
fast TO the French cable off Orleans and.
up ito Thursday afternoon. had been un-
able to clear it. II was believed there
vas no danger of injury to the cable but
Il was thought that the anchor would
nave to be slipped in order to permit the
barge to get away.
A dispatch. Thursday. by the California
Shtpping Co. at San Francisco SAYS that
the American ship Henry Il. Uvde' owned
ny that corporation. is asshorc at Dam
neck station. Chesapeake bay A gale is
oiowing and the vessel is reported TO be
Say from Baltimore to SswT shT yor ak on to her
Tor san Francisco. She was built nj
Eatn. Maine. and has Il displacement OF
2SS tons. -
Ex-Mayor Henry A. Kimball died at
ms nome at NORTHAMPTON. Mass. Thurs.
IA Windham. Ct. and at one time served
IN tuhe Connecticut Legislature. he had
nNeu IN Northampton since 1881 and ha d
nsen member of the state Senate and
House or Representatives He was prom.
1nent in the Democratic party of the stat.
and was IN the coal business. \ widow
survives him.
Mrs, Charles W. Fairbanks pres;den,
1.-THE Grand National Society Daush.
tiers of the American Revolution. was the
EiteSt Of honor at the 10th annual confer.
ence of the state society which opened
at Providence. r. l.. Thursday morning
Mrs: &C. ". fippett. state regent. was
presiding officer. The presentation of r.
ports occupied the morning session In
the afternoon Mrs. Fairbanks delivered
an. address. The report of the nomina-
tions committee was presented after the
address,