Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09

with the civil service reform IN All
parts Of the country addressed the
meeting. In the evening Gov. Charles
T.. Hughes and Charles Bonaparte. at
torncy general of the United States.
made the principal addresses.
The President has announced the fol-
lowing appointments for the new state
OF okla bona: John II. Cottcral. judge;
John Embrcy. United States attorney,
ana John Alternately, United States
MARSHAL for the western district;
Ralph f.. Campbell. Judge: William
Gregg. United States attorney and
Grove \. Porter. United States mar
shall fey the eastern district. For
Alaska: Silas II. Reid. judge of the dis
trict court of Alaska.
>ignor Marconi. the wireless tclc-
graph inventor is still at his station ut
Port Morien, and reports the services
satisfactory. He says that h" has not
changed his plans. and will visit New
York, cn route to England. at IN early
dat"
one .han Was killed and "a persons
wern injured III a wreck Thursday on
tn" Indianapolis Union Traction Line
near Indianapolis. Ind. The car struck
Il sharp curve and turned over. David
Elder Of i'ortville Ind. was 50 badly
hurt that II" died
y confirmed story with details La k
ing has been received 1T Douglas,
Ariz.. of n terrific powder explosion
near N"ccZdri. AriZ.. late Thursday
W h"r T. mon. probably Mexicans. were
killed. TIL" explosion occurred on the
harrow gauge railroad between Neco-
;..;"i and the mines near Bsher. The
men were employees of the MontaZuma
Copper Co, a PE"lps-Dodgc concern.
After thrc" days of continuous down
pour floods ard foundations are again
widespread in the south of France,
railroad ira, ks have been swept away,
li"I."S have collapsed and several per-
sous hay" been drowned DelacilmentS
Of troops are ut work in several local
tiles r"Scuing and helping those en-
dang; rod.
Mayor Tom L. johnson Of Cl"vcla nd.
o.. Thursday sent Il letter to officials;
of the Cleveland Electric Railway Co.
hir'l constitutes the first move to-
ward negotiations for Il settlement of
III" street railway franchise contro-
NcrSv. This was the principal issue
IN he election Tuesday in which Mayor
johnson WAS successful for Il fourth
term. his platform manding cent
street railway fares.
P"Iicyhol'iers having policies agere-
getting 81 o0n. 600 in the Mutual Reserve
Life insurance Co, organized Thurs
day 1T New Orleans and adopted 4 res
olution calling on all polcyholders in
tn" company TO contribute "ne-hdlf IF
! per cent. IF the value of thCir poll
cies for legal representation IN New
York in an effort "to protect the inter-
est and legal rights" Dissatisfaction
y itn tho explanations # assessments
;id"anccd by the company was given a.;
tn, reason for the action.
Two hundred and fifty members of
the brussels Viewers Union, the
strongest organized body in the mills
Of the BSolcw Carpet Co. in Lowell.
Mass. went ont on strike Thursday
night at the completion of their work.
Members of the union alleSe that the
agreement between the body and the
superintendent Of the company. W. x.
Fairbanks, signed some four months
ago. and relating to wages for day
work has been broken. 1t is pruba BILE
that the strike will affect within IL
short time other branches Of the big
mills.
Six Cinnamon Wcr" captured in tn"
woods near ossdenburg. y. Y. Thurs
daN while attempting IT, smuggle them
: selves into this country from CANADA
| Government officers found the China
men suffering frt m exposure in the
! storm which ragged while they were
crossing the 81 Lawrence river.
Wednesday night TIL" Chinane n had
| thelr queues cut off and wore American
| clothes They We're taken to Jail to
await hearing. Several more China
men are reported on the Canadian bpr-
der awaiting an opportunity to cross
the river
The first of the new coins designed
by the late Augustus Saint Gaudens
under The general direction of Presi-
dent Roosevelt has reached the treas
urv department from the United Sta tee
mint at Philadelphia 1t is the so
geld piece. or half eagle. and bears on
one side spread eagle, holding a pair
OF arrows in his talons. and on the.
other side the head of an Indian in full