Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-04
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

A bill making it unlawful for brew
crs and wholesale liquor men to own
| saloons, has passed both Houses Of the
| NJ braska Legislature and will b,
signed by the governor.
1t was announced at Berlin Wednes-
! day that Emperor William docs not APP
I prove Of the movement f)T holding 4
worlds exposition in Berlin during 1919.
Tie 9th year OF His Majesty's reign
Therefore the project will doubtless be
abandoned.
A committee Of INDEPENDENT watch
manufacturers frCm Ohio and PCnnSyl-
VaIil Wednesday at Washington laid
| before the President petition affect
| ing tnc operations of the so-calIed
Wttch trust. The President sent the pc
ti;ion to tie attorney general.
'Ellc FIRST British cruiser squadron under
| the command of Rear Admiral Neville.
sailed from the West Indies Wednesday,
on lis way to Hampton Roads, where the
til. British warships will participate III
the international review i'll honor Of th,.
Inauguration Of the Jamestown cXrosi-
tion.
Icna& Gran" ANA Senator W Murray
Crane have acquired Il onc-hllf irtcr,st
in the Pi.tshcld, Mass. Spark Coil Co.
and will move the plant from Pittsfcld
to Dalton. Mass Over 100 hands are now
cmI l0ycd in the spark coil factory and
il is .;!id tnat this number will he nearly
dolhl.d after the removal Of tho plant.
Pr"c,amatious were posted Throughout!
chinatown Of S2n Francisco Tuesday
stating that LANG Ming kwci. Il noted
educational authority uf China, las been
&C mmiS>iCnCd To cunic 40 this country to
Study the educational condition 81 thr
Chinese children. Tho proclamation wa
signed by the Chimes, minister ut Wash
inGtcn.
Hnc Boston LcnG 1 Hand Society tel
eGrarhcd Wednesday To- Edward Ever
cit Hale, who was celebrating his S5tn
birthday anniversary at WashinRtun
that Andrew Carnegie had decided L.
give $4,000 to the Hale EndoWmcn.
Fund. provided $4,000 mere can b"
raised. The amount now subscribed j.
$4,000 The endowment fund ~ dcvot-
81 to carrying practical charities.
The man v no was arrested in brook
Ign Tuesday night On susi,iciuu inst W.
is Frank Constantine charged with in"
murder Of Mrs. \. W. GcItr& in Cal
cage in 1905. was arraiSncd in court
Wednesday at New York and held
without bail to await the arrival Of q
Chicago detective. He dcc!@rCd that II"
is Pasquale Gcralmo. Il boothlacK of
New York and that he was never in
Chicago
10 Sing Ching, 4 Chinese student at
the Amherst High school has been ap-
pointed an attachc OF the Chinese legation
at Mexico and will Lave for his post in
a few days. Mr.. Ching received a thor
ougli education in China ana for The past
three years has been studying in Am
herst. Mass. His appointment to the
Mexican post was obtained through Sir
Chentung LANG Chcng, the Chinese min
lister to the United States.
a conference between the board Of
governors of tho lakes to the Gulf Deep
Waterway Association, and the board of
directors of the Chicago Commercial AS
sccation will be held at the Union
League Club in Chicago Thursday night
The purpose Of the conference is to max,
arrangements for the work to be done bv
tie board of governors of the waterway
association. 1t is the first meeting Of the
board Of governors since their selection
at the st. Louis meeting OF the associa-
ton.