Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-07-01
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

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buildings at Wymore, Neb., including
the City National Bank. and Taylor
Opera Hotel. Loss 100000.
A reported contemplated increase in
the pay of it's unorganized employees
was emphatically denied Thursday by
President Miller Of the Burlington
Road
three-years lease of the Cumber-
land Coal ard Railway Cos coal min
ing areas in Cape Breton with the
option of purchasing for $5OOOOO was
recorded Thursday at Halifax, N. s.
TheN~government customs house at
Pear! Lagoon, Mica, was taken
Wednesday night by the rebels under
General Masis. The officers were cap
tured with Gen. Matuy, formerly a
revolutionist.
Emperor William gave an audience
Thursday at kiel. Germany to Prof.
kuno F'rancke, curator of the Ger
manic museum at Harvard Univer-
sity on board the Imperial Hohenzel-
lern.
1t is believed at Toxic the annexa-
ton of Corea by Japan is imminent
The Corean Emperor has delegated to
tie japanese government the police
administration of the country. The
final step will be taken when Corea
is practically under guard.
The meat packers whom Attorney
General Major is seeking to oust from
the state, filed demurrers Thursday at
Jefferson City, Mo-, alleging no cause
of action is shown in the petitions. The
case will be argued at the October
term of the supreme court.
The white slave cases were closed
Thursday at New York by Judge
O'Sullivan in the court of general
sessions. He sentenced Henry Levin
son to Sing Sing for not less than one
year altogether with a fine of $500 on
the prisoners plea of guilty
The Boston Fish Market Corpora
ton, with a capital of $1,O00O0O, was
granted Massachusetts charter
Thursday. according to statement
given out at Boston. The incorporators
are wharf wholesalers who propose to
construct a covered pier 1900 feet long
by 300 feet wide in South Boston.
P. Fame, minister of finance for
HAITI during the administration of
Former President Sam and who was
convicted as the principal author of the
fraud bonds issue of 1892. ap-
peared before the criminal court at
Port au Prince Thursday and appealed
entered against him.
The McCurdy brothers, in attempt
ing a trial flight at the International
aviation meet at Aviation park. Lake
side. Que, early Thursday wrecked
their machine Baddeck No. 2. The mo-
tor stopped suddenly when the ma
chine. in charge of John McCurdy was
so feet high. The machine dropped into
field near the park. Mr.. McCurdy
escaped uninjured.
The founding of two scholarships of
$4,000 each by Mrs. George p. Rowell,
in honor cf her late husband was an
nounced Thursday by the trustees of
Dartmouth College, together with the
designations of Prof. j. S. Robinson
Prof. f. f. Langley and Prof. f. r.
Greene. Prof. Langley goes to the
Modern Language department Of the
Massachusetts Institute tof Technol-
ogy and Prof. Greene to Tufts College.
Prof. Robinson is not in good health.
On landing Thursday at New York
from the steamer Teutonic, Miss Beat
rice Forbes Robertson. an actress and
niece of Forbes Robertson, the actor,
was accompanied by Swinburne Hale.
a lawyer Of New York City. to the
City hall, where they procured a mar
riage license. Mr.. Hale said they
would be married late that day in the
Church Of the TRANSPORTATION.
The body of Rt. Rev. William N.
McVicker. D. D. LII. D., Episcopal
bishop of Rhode Island. who died at
his summer home at Pride's Crossing
Tuesday, was taken to Providence
Thursday. The body. guarded by de-
tails Of the clergy will lie at st.
Johns church in that city until the
funeral Friday. Services of requiem in
several Providence churches will pre-
cede the burial service.
King George gave luncheon Thurs
day at London to Gen. Stewart l..
Woodfcrd Of New York, president of
the Hudson Fulton Celebration COM