Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-03

]. &. Wellington. Il saloon keeper
was killed: W. j. Cooke is fatally
wounded, and third man less scri-
ously injured III Il fight at polling
place few minutes after the closing
of the polls for the election OF county
officers Thursday at Memphis, Tenn.
IT is intimated in Vatican quarters
that the Topc's instructions 10 nc
French clergy relative to the laws pro
yiding for the separation of church ana
state in France. raise objections to me
new regime and promise a countcr-pro-
icct. by which the bishops VIII contro!
the Church.
The Nova Scotia attorney general has
been asked to institute proceedings -
prevent the carrying out Of repairs
to thu. steamer Mystic at the Halifax,
\. s. .lrydock by two men said to have
come from a drydock firm III N2"
York. on the ground that it is viola
tion Of the alien labor law.
4 sneci;, board Of inquiry headed
IL COL r. n. Wood, commanding u"
mainns ut the charlcStoWn naval "ta-
ton. was appointed Thursday to in
vestiratc the death Of Private Micha =
Doohcr who slccombcd Wednesday
night To 4 rlow said 10 have been O..
ivercd IN Acting Corporal Thomas
jenkins.
Col. Chas. T. Bryan. American min
lister to Portugal. arrived At New York
Thursday from Liverpool on the
steamer Majestic. The Majestic
brought ~ members Of the Bosses @ n
m t'1nJd5- Illp
band is composed Of Lancashire work
ingmcm ana is under the leadership O
Alexander owen.
The efforts which have been in pro-
rrcs, for several days 10 float III" Nor
wcgian steamer Ports, aShnr" ON f"r'
Mouton Island. Nova Scotia. resulted
in success Thursday. 1t WAS found
necessary to discharge almost all Of
the steamers cargo Of coal h"for" 81"
could be raised Temporary repairs
viii be made at Liverpool y. $, after
which the Pors will 20 to Halifax
wher" permanent repairs will be made
| in the drydock.
While going M Boston harbor
| Thursday from the fishing grounds IN
| tho fog the steam traWlcr spray ran
| into the Norwegian steamer Tancrel
which was anchored in the ship cham
mel on return trip. light, To Lou
| burg. C. Il. The Spray lost her fore
topmast. The amount Of damage TO
| the Tanerei could not be learned, but
| it was thought to be slight as shortly
afterwards She was seen to leace her
anchorage and steam down the channel
for her destination.
Government officials ut Chicago
| Thursday announced that John y.
Rockefeller will not he served with I
subpoena to appear before the grand
| jury which Will convene in chicago
next Monday to Investigate the reia-
tions existing between the Standard
| Oil 60. and various railroads centering
| in Chicago The officials declared thdt
Should Mr.. Rockefeller testify before
| the grand jury il would be necessary
| to grant him immunity from futre
prosecution ana this, it was SAID. IS
what the government wishes to avoid.
Presiding at the half yearly meeting
| Of the London & Southwestern Railway
| Thursday at London. Sir Charles Cot
| ton said that the cause of the dlsas-
| ter at Salisbury July to the Flym2utE
| Fyuress. resulting in the loss of score
| OF lives, was unlike many others. not
| shrouGed il. mystery. The schedules al
| lowed the trains to run through Sails
bury well under 80 miles an hour. Of
which every engineer was aware. For
| some reason not ascertainable the en-
! sineer Of the wrecked express ran his
| train at over go miles an hour, at which
speed a disaster was inevitable. Up tC
the time of the Salisbury disaster the
company had not lost passenger since
Jan. l, 1889.