Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-23
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

| for President at Lima, o.. Tuesday, b
| the Democratic judicial convention of ]
counties of northwestern Ohio.
| The French cabinet Tuesday. decide
that the law providing for the separa
| ton of church and state abolished tn
! right of divinity students to a reduc
ton of the usual term OF military ser
| vice.
BY vote of in favor to 1877 opposed
| the Massachusetts House Tuesday fail
| ed to pass over Gov. Guilds veto the bill
| relative to the election Of tldermen II
| the city Of Boston. There was no dis
cussion. The governor disa pprovcd of tn.
bill, which provided for the election by
districts, on that ground that the minor
ity voters of any district would be de-
pNved of their expression Of opinion.
The remains of John Mulvaney. the
painter of "Custer's Last Stand" a
picture which has been exhibited in all
the large cities of the United States
was found in the East river, New York
Monday and We're positively identified
Tuesday as that Of the painter. by his
sister. Mrs. Alice Muldoon. Mulvaney
according to his sister, had been miss
ing from his home in Brooklyn since
May.
Providence. r. L., electric workers to the
number of about 100 went out On strike
Tuesday when their demand for 81 in
crease for an S-hour day was refused BY
the contractors. The workmen also de-
mand a revision of the apprentice sys-
TEN. which they claim has been in bad
shape for the past few months. The
strike, If long continued. is expected to
cause considerable delay in local building
operations.
Charles G. Murray of San Francisco
reported to Police Inspector Watts Of
Boston Tuesday the loss of s11OO and
little later Charles Popkin Of Fall
River was held at police headquarters
on suspicion pending an investigation
The two men came to Boston from
Fall River Monday and stopped at a
down town hotel. When Murray awoke
Tuesday he claims that a purse con-
tanning his money was missing.
James ]. Hill is said to have said Tues
day at st. Paul Mimi, that his object in
building a Canadian transcontnertal line
does not comprehend a diverting of trade
from Canada to the United States. and
that he had no intention to build up
American ports at the expense of Can
ada. At a banquet at Montreal Saturday,
Minister of Justice Fitzpatrick and Pres
ident Shaughnessy of the Canadian Pa
cific were quoted as saying that Mr.
Hills Canadian projects will divert traf-
fic across the line to American ports
Supreme Court Justice William J. Gay
NOR nf Proc lx-,, IT.
decision as arbitrator of the differences
between the Master Carpenters Associa-
ton and the joint district council of
Greater New York, which two weeks ag,
resulted in a strike of the carpenters
lin the borough of Brooklyn He finds
that the action of the strikers was I'M
justifiable, being in violation OF their
written agreement. He holds that the
present scale of wages must remain In
force until July /, which was the date
fixed for the increase Of wages in all the
boroughs.
James Hallowell, who went to Wal
than, Mass. from Lawrence several
months ago. was found dead in his
room at the Hotel Elm Tuesday night.
de had been missing since Monday
noon and when hotel employees forced
open the door of his room they found
the gas turned on. the windows nailed
down and the key hole plugged. Hal
loweils body was lying on the bed The
man was discharged Saturday from a
mill iii which he had been working and
it is thought that he was dependent
He was so years old.
BY the signing of five bills Tuesday
Gov. Higgins Of New York added the
final stroke to the entire abolition for
the first time III G5 years of the direct
state tax, under the provisions of the
constitutional amendment approved by
the people at the last general election.
The bills provide for the payment Of
the interest and sinking fund INSTALL
ments on the barge canal and highway
Improvement debts. These bills relieve
all real property from taxation for state
purposes and entirely abrogate the d.
rect state tax Not since the year 1871
has the state been able to raise it's
necessary revenues without imposing a
tax on real property for state pur-
poses.
Fire which broke out In Oneonta, N. y,
ut 40 A. VI. Tuesday and was not con
trolled until o'clock. destroyed two
business buildings. one of which included
the WILDER Bank and the Delaware &
Hudson Railroad dispatchers' office. The
contents of the bank vault are believed
to be unframed. The blocks destroyed
are the WILDER block, three-story build
ing which contained, besides the two
tenants mentioned. a living apartment.
and the Wilcox block, which contained
the city bakery. Butts carriage reposito-
ry and fats. The firemen pulled down
one Of the fire department houses to stop
the progress of the flames. Help was
called from Cooperstown and other places
Two flremen- were injured by an explosion
of gas.
The trial of George II. Crosby, for
mer assistant freight traffic manager
Of the Burlington; George L. Thomas.
freight broker of New York and his
chief clerk. s. l.. 3. Taggert. who are
under indictment for alleged conspi-
racy in securing rebates for shippers.
was begun in the federal court at Kan
sas City. No, Tuesday with Judge
Smith Mcpherson on the bench. Tag
gerts attorneys presented a certificate
from "a