Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-03
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


| was operated upon for appendicitis
| Wednesday at New York. was reported
better Thursday She is still in a Sc
rious condition, however. The strain
| from long series of one night stands
in New England and Canada is said to
have brought on the attack which made
| the operation necessary.
General Manager Higgins of the New
York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad
was visited Thursday at New Haven. CT,
! by I joint committee of railroad conduc-
tors ana trainmen asking for an increase
| in wages. The committee also alleged
violation of the agreement in regard TO
| making the runs of the men, so far as
possible. convenient to their places Of res
idence. and also allege imposition Of du-
ties as hagsagemen and trainnlen upon
the conductors.
The sale Of liquors, it is understood,
| is to be discontinued on the dining cars
of the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad, while the cars are pass
ing through the state of Connecticut.
There is no law there which permits
the sale OF liquors on railroad cars, and
no law under which the railroad COM
pany could obtain Il license to legalize
such sales. A bill was introduced at the
session Of the last General Assembly
to provide for the licensing Of dining
cars but it failed Of passage.
John Hare Powell. one of the most
prominent citizens of Newport, r. L.,
died at his home there Thursday, after
few days illness from pneumonia.
He was born in Philadelphia Il years
ago and served throughout the Civil
War, reaching the rank of lieutenant
colonel of the 9th Rhode Island Volun-
teers. After the war he was for Is
years colonel of the Newport artillery
company. He was mayor Of Newport
in 1856 and always took an active part
in public affairs. One son survives.
Official advices received at Paris
from Admiral Philibert, the French
naval commander in Moroccan waters,
reports that French troops Wednesday
captured the citadel of the Medicnas
tribe with the loss OF one man killed
and three wounded. The TRANSPORT
Nlve, with reinforcements on board
grounded during a storm five miles
south Of Casablanca. The troops and
horses on board were safely disem-
~ifAS''' iic cruiser lteSSlX Went 10
the relief Of the transport
district Attorney Moran announced
Thursday at Boston that lie would ask
III" incoming grand jury to investigate
the conduct Of the different committees
having charge OF the athletic events con.
Quoted by the city on last 4th of JULY ard
during DID Home Week This action ;s
said to be taken as the result of certain
testimony before the finance commission
earlier in the week to the effect that q
member of the board of aldermen was in
tefested ir the purchase Of prizes and
also ON the charge that he received con-
sideration from the manufacturers.
a petition for a writ Of certiorari in the
case OF the United States versus the Chi.
cago. burlington & Quincy Railroad Co
IN which the railroad company was pros.
ec'ited for granting rebates to the mack.
Ing houses of Kansas City, Kansas. was
filed Thursday in the supreme court Of
tlf United States. The prosecution was
under the Elkins act and the COMPANY
was fired S15.co0. The company contends
that the rebate was made In order, IN
meet conditions in the tariff schedule Of
the steamship companies. and il asks tle
supreme court to bring the whole matter
up for review. This case is suppiemental
&c the case against the pacI<in. comp,
Mes which were fined for receiving -
rates and in which the writs already
nav" been allowed by the supreme court.