Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-15
CAPITAL JOTTiNGS.

Government receipts Friday: From
internal revenue, S1.OS1,0lo; customs
81 ,0G6. S91: miscellaneous. $3S,0l1. I-x-
~cnlitures. $1.9l0,000.
James A. Kraft, who has been pri-
-atc secretary of Attorney General
Moody. has been appointed 4 special
assistant attorney general. He will
have headquartcrs in Washington.
Commander r. N. G. Brown, L. $. ~,
retired, 4 survivor of tho Samoan hur-
ricanc which destroyed the American
feet in 1855. died Friday in Washing
ton.
Tie Il, Cross headquarters at Wash
inStOn is taking steps to ascertain the
exact condition Of the famine sufferers
N China and if the information dcriv-
cd indicated that the famine is really
rs reported it is probable that some re-
lief measure will be taken.
President Roosevelt Friday received
a cable message from Emanuel Nobel
of st. Petersburg, concentrating him
on receiving the Nobel Peace prize from
the Norwegian Parliament in recogni-
tior cf his work in bringing about
peace between Russia and japan.
President Roosevelt Friday declined
an invitation to attend tn" first re-
union on Jan. l.. 1907 Of the Blue and
Gray who participated i'll the fight and
surrender of Fort Fisher, near Will
mngton, n G. The President said he
could not spare the time to he absent
from Washington ut that time.
Attorney General Moody who has
been confirmed by the Senate To be an
associate justice Of the supreme court
Of the United states, will be sW"rr
in on Oct. Il. 1907. The changes in the
cabinet contingent upon Mr.. Moody$
retirement from the attorney general
ship also will take place on that date.
1t has been officially announced by
the Mexican government at City Of
Mexico that Intrigue G. Greet, governor
Of the state Of Chihuahua. has been ap-
pointed Mexican ambassador to the
-nitnd States. ScnOr Crccl is Of Amer
lean descent and is one of the wealth.
lest and most progressive men Of the
republic.
Nothing official has yet bccen an
nounccd at London concerning the new
PritiSh ambassador to Washington in
succession to Sir Mortimer Durand.
ana il is not believed that any an
nouncemcnt will be made until after
Christmas recess of Parliament. Tho
name of Lewis Harcourt. NJ. p. (Who
married Mary Ethel, daughter Of the
late Walter il. Burns Of New York;
has been mentioned as among the pos
siblc candidates. but according to the
London Chronicle, which discusses
this matter Friday in connection with
the impending Encouragement Of the
cabinet, Mr.. Harcourt is too closely
welded to English politics to be tempt
cd by the Washington embassy.
Senator MCCumbcr. chairman Ir
the committee on pensions. IS planning
to press for early consideration by the
amended by Senate committee. The
amendments provide that any soldier
of the Civil War who has served for
80 days, was honorably discharged and
who shall have reached the age of e.
years, shall receive a pension of ST. q
month, Ia be increased to s15 month
when he shall have reached the age of
10 years and TO go month when he
has reached the age of % years. 1t is
estimated that an additional appropriate
ton of Sl0.714,40 annually would he
required to pay the increased rate pro-
vided by the bill 10 the soldiers now
on the pension roll.