Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-23
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

\ enccial from Laredo. Tex. says
Thc strike Of tie Federation Of Labor
1T thc National Railway Of Mexico
shops has extended to all workers belong
Thy: to tie Federation in this city and as
i consequence work or a great number
cr the residences and business houses is
suspended.
Governor Henry Roberts of Connecticut
and n delegation of 20 state and city Of
Gr.a1s Of Connecticut Wednesday pre-
sentod n silver service Of 81 pieces to tho
rev hattIcshia Connecticut in the New
Y,rI, navy yard. At the same time the
ROY. Geo. T. Eehort of Norwalk. Ct.
presented to the ship a stand OF colors
N; The gift Of the school children Of Nor
walk.
The new finance bill providing for m
export duty OF 10 ncr cent. on silver
~ SOS. recently sent to the Mexican
House Of Deputies and passed by that
body after brilliant speech by Minister
Of Finance Limantour, has gone rapidly
through its course in the national Scnat"
Nv which it was approved and passed to
the hands of President DiaZ for his sig
nature.
Gen. Go.ochtEapoff. the governor Of
YtlisabcthTCl, was mortaliy wounded
"Wednesday at Tiilis by IN unknown man,
VINO svccc, dcd I'LL escaping. General c.
lochtkaroff earned the enmity of the Tar
Jars in his district last summer by the
use Of troops in suprrcssinG the race
wars between the Tartars and -Armcnians
and there have been various threats
AGAINST lis life. He was succeeded as
governor of Yelisabcthpol by General
Bauer in September.
Gas for Warsaw is now being made
Nv the military authorities. The gas
orllcrs threatened u strike for higher
WAGES ana the directors OF the gas
works consequently notified the COVER
nor Of Odessa thtr he could not he re-
eporsiblc for the lighting Of the city
The military authorities thercupon al
rested the directors. dischar-ing the
ga, workers. surrounded TIL" gas works
Hijh troops. and started the military
engineers making gas.
Iy IN explosion Of colluloid in thc
plant OF the jnuffar1 Go. on the third
'lnnr If Il fivc-@tury brick building -
East 18th street. Now York. Wcdnes-
DAY, thc owner Of the business. his
Wife ana bry cmpicyel, We're Blown
through the window t. the street be-
luW. The woman Was instantly killed.
I,nffarG is I&inG ana TIL" boy is scri-
u};siy Injured. The explosion wrecked
the third floor ana fir" lh"n followed
though it MAS soon cTtiNguSllCd haily
| burning several employees Of 4 adjoining
| plants.
Th" Brazilian government recently
1$i.cd Argc"tina'; commission for a
BRAZILIAN cruiser to ascend IN" upr"-
Uruguay river i'll order to study tn
/ NJ disability If the river. I'll" Ior-
mission Was denied In Argentina,
whrrcuron Brazil replied that u" i'"r-
mission was necessary ana that III" re
l.:"st WAS 4 mere f"rmality. Tho l-ru-
| quay river IL about go miles long,
| rising in Brazil. For about 400 miles
| from IFS mouth it forms the bound my
between Uruguay and the Argentine
| Republic.
| George Wilson ana Arthur Stocplctnn.
| Oil workers at New Martinsvillc. W. IA.
| narrowly escaped death Tuesday night
| in q remarkable accident They had
cleaned an oil VOL and were putting the
| cap, which weighed 1000 pounds, back on
| tie wheel. Their tools accidentally sIip-
| psd. causing the cap 20 fail on their
| hands. Oil and Gas began to escape,
threatening both men with asnhyxiation
| With a mighty jerk StccrIeton released
his hands. tearing three fingers off. Al
| most dead. Stccp!eton released Wilson
and both mon fell unconscious from pair
and inhaiinS the escaping gas. They vii
| recover but their hands were badly
crushed ana vii h"vc t. bo a:n.,.i;,.t a.