Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-24
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

the Nebraska is expected to be in full
readiness to join the ships OF Admiral
Evans feet next March.
Nulai Eachid, one of the leaders o.
AIulai Hafid, the usurping Sultan, lost
500 men in his enga cement with TIC
French a week ago at Scttat. 1t is re-
ported now that I,achid has sent an
urgent appeal to Eatid sayin. his prts-
encc is imperative in order to prevent
the distandinS of his army.
court call for Thursday.
Tsunei Alba. Japanese consular agent
at Portland. Ore, has BEEN recalled by
his government. lie will DO succeeded
by Jol,ichi IT-aya, former secretary I"
Consul Gen. c. Koikc At San Francesca
Aiba's recall follows those of Wee Con-
sui T Tanaka ut Seattle and OF Consu.
General Y. Uycno at San Francisco.
Therc is much rejoicing among the,
residents of the falls Of Schuy!klH Ill
the northwestern part Of Fhiladc.phl;'.
over the announcement OF Il complete
resumption on Monday of work at the
carpet Mills of John & James Dobson.
Nearly 5000 persons who have been
out of employment or on part time FOR
SOM. lEt1tflS, are dItCleu-
The Pope has expressed Il desire 70
meet Prince Egon Zu Hohenlohe-Schil-
llingsfurSt, son of the late German cham
celor OF that name. The Prince IS ut
present student in & seminary at Rome
and upon graduation Will be appointed
parish priest somewhere in TransylVania.
Hungary. With the addition Of Prince
EsoE TO the priesthood the number OF
princes and Processes in the church VIII
he 70. They came mostly from German
and Austrian families.
Eighteen canvasses by 1.-The late Albert
Bierstadt We're sold at New York
Wednesday night under orders of the eN-
ecutor of the estate. the total price be-
ing $3.50. Two large canvasses, one
scene in the Selkirk mountains and the
other Sunset Near Platte River" went
for $500 each. Tie latter picture went TO
the New Bedford, Mass. Public library
Rierstadt went to New Bedford BOY
The funeral services over the CODY o.
| the RI. Rev. George Worthington. Of
| Nebraska. who died ut Mentule Jam
| :, were held Thursday at the Ameri-
| car church in Paris.
| J. ]. Hartnett, the sailor WHO died last
Saturday after pugilisiic contest with
! d. NJ. Manning Jan. l on board the
United States training ship Cumberland
at Newport. r. l., has been identified as
n PittsburS, Pa, boy. His real name was
Edward Kearns and his home was 1875
Tustin street. Soho, this city. The dis
crepancv in naIlles is accounted for By
the fact that when young Kearns en-
listed at Newport he did So under the
name OF J. J. Iiartnett and when CORE
spending with his brother addres sed his
letters to H. 4. iiartn"tt a mother, Il
sister and a brother, all living il Pitts
burg, survive.
Reports Of the operations of steam and
trolley roads in Connecticut for the year
ending June 50 are made in the annual
statement Of the state railroad comMis-
SionerS which has just been submitted
Ito Governor Woodruff. The report shows
that the traffic Of the steam railroad;
exceeded in volume that OF anv year
heretofore reported. the gross earnings
having been SIS, &59,..29. an increase over
the earnings Of the previous year Of &c.
I0iS,1ll. Tie passenger earnings were ST.
Alt $40. and the number Of passengers car
ried 1861 ,s3S The freight earnings were
- 99aa 2G7 an increase over the precious
year Of 6.151561 passengers carried and
2,34S, 6I4 tons of freight haule6.
The assembling of material for three
submarine boats of tho Octopus type FOR
the Austrian government began at the
yards of the Fore River ShpbuildinS Co.
at Quincy, Mass. Thursday. The boats
will be nearly twice as large as those
CONSTRUCTED for the Japanese government
three years ago. They will be 1n5 feet
over all. equipped with two 20 horse
power electric engines which will give
the boats a speed. when submerged OF
10 knots an hour. The boats will be suf-
ficiently large to accommodate II men
and will have 4 Stcamn= radius OF 1904
miles. The offensive equipment will be
two torpedo tubes ard five torpc Toes.
1T is expected tina. tin. boats will b. ready
to be shipped 10 Trieste. Austria. next
fan.
Mrs. Catherine Cartwright, n concert
hau dancer and singer was found shot
TO death in her room; At % Wells street.
Chicago. carly Thur%day Tn polio ..
are searching for James Niece, who
had been attentive to Tho woman. On
~ recently. il is said. he fred several
shots at another man who IS Believed
to be Il riva! for her affections. For
this Offence he was arrested but was
ont on bonds and the case wa; on the
y fire which is believed II have been
OF incendiary origin Was discovered in
the basement Of the Faulkner Grammar
school on Salem street. Maiden Mass,
during the noon internissou Thursday.
The children had all gone to their homes
and the only persons in the building were
Principal Wightnan and Janitor Riley.
They smelled smoke and found the blaze
in pile Of papers and other rubbish
They summoned q chemical company
which put ont the fire after considerable
damage had been done in the basement
Principal WiEhtnan stated that {. GhIl~'
mas tree had been moved since the ioi.
noon recess from another part OF the ger
lar to the paper pile. which was asa''i, y
a wooden partition. AS the furnace -
in another part Of the basement 'he p' IA
cina, believes the fire WAS set.
]. After Once Tasting