Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-31
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The French government has decided
to dispatch a cruiser and a chartered
French Line steamer to Melilla to take
off the French residents in case of dan
ger.
Charles NJ. Schwab. president of the
Bethlehem Steel Co, was in Sydney. N
S. Friday to inspect the plant of the
Dominion Iron & Steel Co., and to par
ticularly inquire into special process
Of converting iron ore into steel which
is used there.
Vice President James S. Sherman
has been rendered an invitation to at
tend the fall dinner of the Massachu-
sets Republican Club. Senator Henry
G. Lodge also submitted list of open
dates. The Vice President took the
matter under advicement
Although preparations are being
made for the return of the royal fam
ily to Madrid, their departure will de-
pend entirely upon developments in the
internal situation of Spain. Queen
Victoria and Dowager Queen Maria
Christiana are occupied in organizing
a committee of women to collect funds
for the war victims.
The Worlds Conference of Young
Mems Christian Associations which is
being held in Germany devoted Thurs
day to reports from all nations. That
of the United States evoked the great
est enthusiasm. This report showed
that there are 1899 organizations, 446-
600 members and $4,000 00O of Y. NJ. C.
A. property in that country. The Em-
%Lo fo1l ar
telegram: ''The blessings Of God on
the conferences work for the welfare
of the rising generation"
The cabinet crisis at Havana which
for some time has been impending.
reached a climax Thursday when all
the ministers. as well as the PreSiden-
tial secretary Senior Castellanos. sign
ell their designations which will be Of
ficially presented to President Gomez
on his arrival from Cayo Cristo. The
action of thu cabinet was taken after
a conference with the avowch purpose
of expressing loyalty to the President
and relieving him of the lmbarrasS-
ment of making removals.
Louis Bleriot, the first man to cross
the English channel in an aeroplanc,
mas CdDlou Ills AiuCtiC
tive there that he will enter mono
plane in the flights to be held at New
York next fall for $4,000 cash prize
during the HUDSON Fulton celebration.
He Gid not think his engagements
would permit him to come in person.
but promised to send an experienced
man. The machine will be equipped
with S0-horsepower motor, measuring
~ feet from tip to tip of wings and
capable of supporting two passengers.
Placing themselves squarely on rec
ord as favoring local option with ccun-
ties and cities as the unit instead of
agistrate districts. as under the
present, law. the Virginia Republicans
Thursday accepted the liquor question
as an issue in the approaching guber-
material campaign. Then after adopt
ing a platform of which the liquor
plank was the principal feature. and
electing a state ticket headed by Will
liam p. Kent of Wytheville. present
American consul general to Guatemala,
adjourned their convention sine die.
The battleship Numancia has been
hastily dispatched to Alhucemas,
around which the tribesmen are con-
centrating for an attack. The Moors
outside Of this place have been rein
forced by 5000 men. The Spanish
forces. which have been fighting des
perately. are well nigh exhausted, but
they are hoping that relief will reach
them soon The greatest .heroism was
shown by the officers who led the
troops up the hillside. They were the
first to fall by the Moorish bullets.
Gen. Pantos was shot at the moment
he reached the summit The Spanish
dead were buried in the mining exca-
vations leading to Mount Guruga.