Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-24

The new Allan Line turbine steamer
Victorian received an enthusiastic fare
Wen from thousands Of persons when she
started on her maiden voyage to Montreal
from Liverpool. Thursday.
Appraiser Of the Port of New York
George w. Whitehead, who has been i'll
for 10 days past. is reported to be much
worse and Is now in a critical condition
He Is suffering from erysipelas.
scheme for hospital ships for habitual
drunkards has been proposed by Dr. C..
L. Mix. expert in the treatment of alco-
holic patients. in lecture before the so.
eial science class in the fine arts building
in Chicago. Thursday.
Reports from the north indicate that
spring is several weeks backward. The
ice in the Gulf Of St. Lawrence is pack
ed solid and is thick. There has been
no sign of break up. calm weather
having prevailed this month.
The Italian government has sent Coun,
Sarsfield Salazar TO London to bring back
from the J. Pierpont Morgan collection in
the South Kensington Museum the famous
cope which had been stolen from the Ca
thedral OF Ascoli and which Mr.. Morgan
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Field Marshal The Duke of Con-
anught arrived in Madrid, Thursday,
to visit King Alfonso. The king with
all his ministers. the civil and military
| authorities and the diplomatic corps
| welcomed the duke on his arrival at the
| railroad station.
The Niagara frontier bridge COM
pany, as incorporated by bill intro
| duced in the New York assembly
Thursday, to construct bridge
| across the Niagara river, between Nj
agara Falls, and Lewiston, for electric
and steam cars, vehicles and pedestri-
ans.
l on the first call of the calendar. the bill
| to provide that the percentage in volume
| of alcohol over per cent. shall be stated
upon every package, bottle or other re
ceptacle holding any patent or prOprie
tary medicines. was unanimously rejected
on a voice vote.
| Abigail Becker. well known Throughout
Canada, is dead at her home in Walsins
ham Center. Unaided she saved the crey
| of the schooner Conductor. wrecked a
Long Point. or Lake Erie, in November
1864. For her bravery the government
gave her farm; Buffalo .shipowners 500
and the New York Life Saving Associa
ton a gold medal.
In art circles it is reported that move
ment is under way to erect in New York
at a cost of about $2.oOOoOO. a building il
which will be annually held an ''interna
/ Txr,o tbx,c if nv
said to have already pledged themsety,
to subscribe the greater paEHt Condition.
100000 required, aftSrd
shall have bato advices brought by tn,
oAfiand and Asiatic steamship Arabia
| from Yokohama, there are at presen,
| about 20 blockade runners Of various ma.
tiOnalities in Japanese ports which have
been captured attempting to enter Rus
| sian ports. The crews of the captured
| vessels are treated well by the japanese
| and as rapidly as possible sent to their
| home ports.
Because the Trunk Line Association
controlling passenger rates east of Chica
go has so far refused to make as low
rates az anticipated. the executive COM
mittce of the National Letter Carriers
Association has decided to submit to !,
referendum vote a proposition to change
| the place of the biennial convention. to
be held Sept. to II, from Portland to
Minnea polls.
The Peruvian transport Chalaco pro-
ceeded to Panama. Wednesday taking
the officers and crew of the British
yacht Veronique which was engaged
In the treasury seeking expedition to
Cocos island. headed by Earl Fftzwil-
liam. which resulted in disappointment.
The Veronique has been purchased by
coast guard vessel.
According to a statement made
in New Orleans by President Stuyve-
SAINT Fish of the Illinois Central
railroad. the water supply of the
Stuyvesant dock (that company'S
local shipping terminal which was
destroyed by fire recently. entail
ing loss of s3.OOO.O OO;. was tempered
with by unknown persons ostensibly
diaries.
At the half yearly meeting of the
Bank of England Thursday. a dividend
Of ~ per cent. was declared The net
profits for the six months ending Feb.
% were 1921 AS. A nervous sharehold-
err drew attention to the railroad tun-
neling all round the bank and in close
proximity to the subterranean vaults.
holding the country's bullion and Offer
ing facilities for the use Of explosives
by burglars.