Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-23
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

| A receiver was appointed Wednesday
for the big wholesale grocery firm of
E. c. Hazard & Co, of III Hudson
street, New York City.
Robert f. Raymond of New Bedford
was appointed a justice Of the superior
| court by Governor Curtis Guild. Jr..
today, to succeed Lemuel Lebaron
Holmes. deceased.
| The failure of the city of New York
| to dispose of its bonds even at private
| sale will it is declared Wednesday
! night result in an increase in the rate
Of interest. a special meeting Of the
sinking fund committee will be held
Wednesday and the rate on the bonds
probably will be raised from 4 to IL
per cent.
United States Attorney Devlin at
San Francisco received several appl-
cations for naturalization from natives
of British India. Being in doubt as to
what action to take, he asked Attor-
ney General Bonaparte. whose reply
stated that the people referred to cam
not be classed as white. and therefore
are ineligible to citizenship.
Charles Finelli was stabbed fatally
Wednesday night at Rutland. VT. dur
| ing a quarrel in which several other
Italian residents received wounds. The
police took into custody Charles De-
Santo and Peter lame as witnesses.
1t is alleged that the trouble between
the men resulted from Finelli's jealousy
of DeSarto, who Tuesday night mGe
ried a young woman with whom Finclli
was infatuated.
oil NJ I,n
headquarters of the American Baptist
| Missionary Union in Boston that Rev.
| DIR. Fl. C. Applegarth, pastor of the
Park Avenue Baptist church Of Roch-
| ester. N. Y. has been appointed finan-
| cial secretary of the union. His work
| will be among the Baptist churches of
| the Northern states and he will begin
his new duties Oct. 1. DIR. Applegarth is
at present chairman of the board of
managers of the organization.
One man was killed and IA were IN
| iured on the Pennsylvania Railroad
Wednesday at HagerstOwn, Ind, when
| a local freight crashed into a wreck
| train. Roscoe Frebcrn of Richmond
Ind, was instantly killed and John
| McGaff, Joseph Mycr and Joseph Cor
| man were probably fatally injured. Re
sponsibility for the disaster has not
/ yet been fixed. The wreck train was
standing on the main track. and, ac-
cordlng to the train crew was protected
| by block stations.
With the Nationalists very wide
awake and nearly everybody else asleep
after n night-long session, the BRUSH
House of Commons at $50 "A. M.
| Wednesday began the consideration Oh
| the House of Lords amendments to the
evicted tenants bill. Practically all the
| changes introduced in the bill by the
UpDer House were rejected ana at 80
A. NJ, the weary legislators went nome
after appointing 4 committee 70 con-
fer with the Lords and attempt to ar
range the differences.
Prince Wilhelm Of Sweden, having
concluded his stay at Norfolk. va, IS
aboard the swedish cruiser Fylela, en-
route to Newport, r. |. There several
functions have been arranged Tor the
princes entertainment, beginning
Thursday and concluding Saturday
night with a return dinner and ball to
he given by the Prince aboard the
Fylgia. The Fylgia is due at Newport
carly Thursday morning. The first OF
the receptions there will be by Mr.. and
Mrs. St,,yyestan Fish at Crossways at
II A. NJ. Thursday.
The trial by courtmartial of the per-
sons implicated in the conspiracy
against the life of Emperor Nicholas
which was revealed May IL. as result
of the arrest of 4 soldier 1T Tsarskoe-
Selo, ended Wednesday. The trial.