Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-26

Tho annual reunion Of the National
Association of Mexican War Veterans
opened Friday at the jamestown Fx-
position. Welcoming addresses were
made by Exposition officials with a re-
Spouse by Colonel Louis +. Beeler on
Baltimore, president.
1t cost the American government g "a
80 In addition to the regular ordinary
expense to keep the American army NJ
Cuban pacification in that island durin,,
the Hscal year OF 1907. This fact Il sbovn
In the annual report Of General AIesb,r
duartermaster general of the army ne
the amount stated sl,9l5.382 was spent for
! transportation. =
The body Of Evander Mc!vnrv +,
| wealthy contractor, was found Frfd,,y
| in stairway leading to basement at
| the corner Of 18th ana State streete
Chicago. All of the money and valuo-
blcs had been taken and the police no.
lieve that he was murdered ana thrown
down the stairway. Death had evident
~ been caused by blow on the head
| that fractured the skull
| Information has reached the state
| department at Washington by cable to
the effect that the bandit HaisulI has
| completely defeated the large force
sent against him by the Sultan Of Mo-
rocco in the effort to secure the release
of Said Mclean. According To the re-
| port the important Moorish city of AL
caZar, which is distant only two DAYS
by the caravan route from the city of
Tangicr, is in great danger. t<
struck and killed instantly Friday night
by an automobile az he was standing with
other boys on the Beverly-Salem draw
bridge. The automobile was owned by B.
Parker Bahbidge of Salem,> who was ons
Of the occupants of the vehicle, which
was driven by his chauffeur, Henry Cur
rier. The police said they had not been
able to learn that the machine was tav-
cling at an especially high rate of speed
Secretary Taft arrived Friday at st.
Louis Mo-. from Lexington. Ky, and
was met at the Union station by Unit +
ed Sites Senator Warner Of Missouri
Former Judge Franklin Fcrriss and
others. He was escorted to the Plant
er's Hotel. where he was the guest Of
honor at an informal breakfast He had
luncheon at the St. Louis Club and
took the go P. NJ. Frisco train for Ok
laho,ra City, where Saturday he will
deliver an address.
Another attack on the present methods
of bank examinations was made Friday
at Detroit, Mich, at the convention or +.
the Associated Chapters of the American :
Institute of Banking, Milton L. Wicks of
New York declaring that they are worth Z
less because partisan politics enter into
the selection of the men who do the work.
Mr.. Wicks was reading a paper on THE
Value of Bank Examination by = COM
mittee of Its Clerks" He strongly rec
commended this method Of examining.
a distinct forward movement to-
wards the establishment of a perma-
nent peace in Central America was
made Friday, when, upon the invita-
ton Of the state department, Senior
Cgarte, the representative in this
country of the provisional government
of Honduras, called upon Acting Sec
rotary hdee at Washington and was by
him informed that the American gov
eminent had decided to extend formal
recognition to the government Of Pres
idcnt Davila.
The Madrid In,parcial Friday continues
its criticism of the hesitating policy of
the Spanish government towards Morocco,
declaring that 1t is folly under the pres
ent circumstances to make any effort to
organize the international police, adding
that Casablanca will for some time to
come require a large force to occupy it.
The impartial predicts that unless the
Spanish government takes firm stand
against any forward movement of tho
troops, General Drude, the French COM
mander, will advance as soon as his rein
forcements arrive. "a