Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-30
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


public opinion bill was made to the
Massachusetts Legislature Monday by
the committee on ways and means.
The French cabinet Monday confirm
cd The dismissal of NJ. 1cdgard lie
Marchand, the French minister to
Central America, who, according to one
OF the letters of Monsigner Montagnini
to Papal Secretary of State Merry Del
Val had agreed 20 secure from the for
eign Office here certain documents for
the Vatican.
Fire Monday night completely des-
troyed the Union City Chair Cd. plant
at Union City, nine miles west Of
Cory. Pa, several small adjacent
structures and damaged the Union
City Electric Light plant, causing a
monetary loss estimated at gTer $780,
OGo At midnight the fire Twas still
r"~,ing fercely.
- negotiations between\the Utah
Light and Railway Co, at Salt Lake
City, Utah, and its striking niotormen
and conductors nave been broken off
and what promises to be bitter con-
test is now on. Attempts to run a few
cars on Main street Monday caused a
repetition of the disoderly scenes of
Sunday but no one was seriously in
jured.
The stockholders of the Merchants
& Miners Transportation Co., Monday
at Baltimore. authorized an issue of
So, 220, OCO per cent. 25-year debenture
bonds and an increase Of $3,O00,00O in
capital stock. The new issues are
made in connection with the purchase
of the Philadelphia and Boston Steam
ship Co. from the New York. New
Haven & Hartford Railroad announced
sometime ago.
The seven men who were imprisoned
by a rush Of water in Mine No. 36 of the
Bcrwind White Coal Co. at Foustwell,
Pa, Friday, are still entombed although
scores Of rescuers have been working
night and day in an effort to pump the
water out anG effect their freedom The
work of pumping proceeds slowly and I'M
til the rescuers can effect an entrance it
will not be known whether the men in the
mine are dead or alive.
Justice Fitzgerald in the supreme court
at New York Monday refused to sign an
order giving into the custody of "A. Rus
sci Peabody the exhibits of the defence
in the Thaw trial. MI. Peabody, who is
one of Thaw's regular attorneys. had
asked that all the exhibits, including the
letters offered before the lunacy commits
sion, be returned to him. The exhibits
are now in the custody of the clerk of the
court before which Thaw was tried.
The Democratic state central commit
tee met in it's headquarters at PrCvi-
dence, r. L., Monday and decided to
hold a state convention at which
Democratic candidate for United States
senator will be nominated Wednesday.
May %. at Music hall. The convention
will convene at II o'clock and it is I'M
derstod that Col. Robert Hale Ivas
Goddard, the candidate of the party
last year, will be again nominated.
The Massachusetts, legislative COM
mittee on ways and means reported
adversely Monday on the bill ordering
an investigation by the state highway
commission of the proposed plan for an
automobile boulevard between Boston
and New York. The committee re-
ported favorably upon the bill to pro-
vide for an investigation and a report
by the railroad commissioners relative
to the equalization of passenger fares
upon railroads.
The Obsavatore Romano of Rome, or
gan of the Vatican, announced on au-
thority Monday that there was no truth
in the report that the Belgian govern
mcnt in connection with the ministerial
crisis. approached the Holy See with the
result that Paral Sec. of State Merry Del
Val wrote to the Catholic members of
the Belgian Chamber of Deputies, % of
whom protested against the Papal sec
retary's action and caused the latter to
make explanations of conciliatory ma
ture.
Two men are dead and five others in
iured as the result of the explosion OF
the boiler Of the locomotive on the Gran
berry Lake Railroad, near Watertown.
n. Y, late Monday. The injured are
badly scalded but are expected to recov-
err. The engine, which worked by a cog
wheel, with nine flat cars was ascending
a steep grade through a cut when the eX-
ploSon occurred. Kcftel who was riding
on the first car, was blown the entire
length Of the train ard instantly killed.
Engineer Keys landed on the bank sew
erai yards above the engine. Storms died
en- route to the hospital.