Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-08
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Government receipts. Friday: From in
trrndl revenue N.0"tCtI, customs, 81. ls6-
~: miscellaneous. $l1fti1 Expenditures.
s.. ~. o0o.
An application for bail for Messrs Cay
nor and Creme WAS refused by Judge
Ou!mct Of the court Of Kings bench FRI
day, at Montreal.
Eleven log drivers were drowned in the
Chippewa river ut Little Falls dam. near
Chippewa Falls. Wis, Friday. by tie
swapping Of the bttteau III which they
We're crossing III" river.
The Biz Sioux river is higher than it
has been in 20 years and general alarm
EXISTS along its banks for ~ miles above
Sioux City, Iowa. Thousands of acres of
crops hav" been ruined hy the overflow.
A disratch from Brigur. Switzerland
! US: / ht piercing of the second tunnel
, n spueh tn Simplon was completed dun
, '+- Thursday night Th. first tunnel
; '.r"leh III" Simplon was completed. Feb.
io.' victims Of Fourth Of July acct
'-'tEs W. r. the result Of injuries r.
..'et 'n the evening OF July B. one of
'j'r@ already had been counted in tho
, 't MANI hich now iii lie entire country.
".t ~ Tribune, reach the number Of g..
! '.l "a Powers is to be tried in the nitnd
+ ''r' '"lirts for completely in tn" murder
! "i ,'y''..l It Franktort. Ky This was
'ii' friday. Al MaySville. when United
~ r. District Judge Cochran announced
i'-... lie would take jurisdiction in the
a--. :f@ lad been requested by attorneys
'- Powers.
:s..> Il. ark, RoSton. tn, bodv Of a man
'ir.'i i be that Of Joseph w Merritt.
Fly" J. Friday He htd been dead
,'''i i = '. time In the pocket was a let
g.. ''t'. ed IT, y. H. Merritt. Chamber
IA re, Boston marked In Care
n.nth annual convention of the AS
'''' .'.'i Of Railway Agents viii assemb"
g laFl HI Dnrt
-":it' -f',-. July II. for session to con
/! 'i.l'.'- ;.' three DAYS. which will be at
,,";'t-d = delegates from throughout the
2 r! States, representing all Of the
: t?0', Important railroad systems.
II! n :aticn to a report that Grover
- htnd was considering retiring from
''i,' trusteeship of the Equitable Life As
nrance Society. Mr.. Cleveland authorizes
,1' following statement Nothing has
" urred thus far to diSSatisfy IN" in the
least and the idea Of retiring from the
truStceship has never entered my mind
Henry Fl Rogers resumed the witness
stand at Boston,. Friday. in the hearing
before Causton 33r6wne the examiner III
the case of the Bay State Gas CO.. Of
recover s30'0.coo. It is expected that Mr..
Rogers will conclude his testimony. Sat
urday. after which the hearing will prob
ably he adjourned to be resumed IN New
York.
The committee having charge of the
strike n tn" j.. W. Field COS. sho" fac.
tory at Brockton. Mass. Friday, received
official sanction for the strike from The
Boot and Shoe Workers Union general
excr'ItiNr board officials. Arrangements
are being made to pay strike benefits TO
all the union workers who are idle and
to give financial aid to the non-union
workers who came out in sympathy.
The Kansas supreme court. Friday. rem
dered n decision declaring that the Kan
SaS Natural Gas Co, n Delaware corpora
ton, cannot do business i'll Kansas. tn"
decision makes IN outlaw of the com
pany, which it declares cannot hold prop
"rty in Kansas and cannot operate IN any
manner within the state. The company
already has spent several million dollars.
i is estimated. in laying pipe lines IN
Kansas.
The records of the Boston Chamber OF
commerce show that the imports OF "a
nan1s ut that port for the first six months
of the current year shows an increase OF
nearly 30 per cent. The large gain In I'M
ports Of bananas was not apparently
made Mt the cost of other fruits. since
the receipts of Florida and CaiifornEl
oranges were about the same in both halt
Years. in addition to this there was q
large increase in the pineapple shipment
to the port.