Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-19
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Slifl tlsfegAls no news OF 1ic "ip'ie-
abouts of the Fable Line steamer Neus-
| tria, which sailed from New York for
Marseilles Oct. 27. and the French minis
| ter of marine has instructed the cruiser
| Amiral Aube, which is at Miquclon. to
go in search of her. The steamer is a
| freight steamer and carries no passen-
gers.
The British freight steamer Daghestan
was sunk outside New York harhor Fri
| day night by the tramp steamer Cata-
lone There was no loss of life, the crew
of the vessel being picked up by the Cat
alone and afterward transferred to tho
pilot boat New York. After the accident
the Catalone anchored outside the bar
| and. since the New York also remained
outside, it Is not known to what extent
the tramp steamer is damaged
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell, the in
| ventor, left Washington Friday for Ham
mondsport. N. Y, where he will witness
experiments with the McCurdy flying ma
chine, the Silver Dart. the fourth ma
chine OF the Aeronautic Experiment Asso-
citation. Dr. Bell has decided to continue
experiments with tetrahdlom machines at
Badrek, NJ S., and will go to that place
from IIammondsport.
Judge Kunkel Friday at Harrisburg,
Pa, imposed the following sentence
upon the men convicted on March 13. OF
the charge of conspiracy to defraud
the state on contracts for supplying
furniture to the new state capitol: j.
II. Sanderson, w. p. Snyder. w. L..
Mathues and ]. M. Shumacker, $500
fine and two years imprisonment, the
maximum penalty. A motion for a su-
perscieas that an appeal may be tax
en- to the superior court was made at
once.
The tandits who robbed the Chica-
go express train on the Oregon Rail-
road and Navigation Co. Line Thurs
day night got only $3.50 in cash and
$50 worth of jewelry. A little over $1,000
in cash was overlooked by the robbers.
having been tossed behind a small safe
in the express car by Express Messen-
ger Huff General Manager j. +.
O'Rrien of the Hartman Line has Of
fere;i reward of $500 for the arrest
and conviction of each of three robbers
There is an evident desire by President
Castro to effect an arrangement Of the
outs landing difficulties between VeneZut-
la and France. When asked Friday at
Berlin whether there was possibility
of relations between the two countries
being renewed, the President authorized
a diplomat who is accompanying him to
make the following statement: Il be-
lieve it would be very easy to bring about
a renewal of relations of Venezuela and
France by submitting the questions at IS
sue to arbitration in the usual way adopt
cd when two nations cannot find other
means for settling their difficulties.
The following prominent men were
elected Friday at Pittsburg as officers
OF the National Civil Service Reform
League: President. Charles w. Eliot
Cambridge, Mass; vice presidents, Ed
| win A. Alderman, University of Vir-
einia: Joseph II. Choate. New York;
| Harry A. Garfield. Williamstown
Mass; George Gray, Delaware; Arthur
r. Hadley. New Haven, Ct; Charles r.
Hughes New York; Henry Charles
Lee, Philadelphia: Seth Low, Ne"
York: Franklin II. MacVeagh, Chica-
| go; George A. Pope, Baltimore; r. )
| RYAN. D. D., Philadelphia; Moorfield
| Storey, Boston; Thomas n. strong
| Portland, Ore; Herbert Welsh, Phiia-
| de!pha.
| District Attorney John ]. Higgins
who IS investigating the case OF Mrs
Mary Kellehcr, held in Cambridge
| Mass, on the charge of arson ana II
| whose family six deaths in three years
have been considered with suspicion
| decided Friday night that one OF thf
| bodies would be eXhumed for an exam
| nation. Just which body will be exam
| ined was not decided, but 1t "a>
| thought that it would be that Of kath-
| crime Kelleher whose death July =
last. was the most recent. Permission
| will be asked Saturday Of the select
men of Arlington, in which town the
family burying lot is located, for per
| mission to eXhume the body.
The triangular debate between VIII
liarns. Wesleyan and Amherst held De
fore audiences at each of these lhsti'
tutions Friday night, resulted i'll a TIC
each team winning the debate IN III
own town. Williams at Amherst ant
| WESLEYAN in the debate at Wllllams
| town. Amherst won from Wllllans a
| Amherst and Wesleyan carried OH th'
honors from the debate with Amhers
at Middletown The question, whlci
was sustained in all the debates, was
Resolved that all Railroads Engaged
in Interstate Commerce Should be
Operated by Companies incorporated
nv the Federal Government, the Con
stitutionality OF the Question Belns