Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-11
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The United States monitor MONTEREY
arrived at Annoy. China from swafow.
Friday afternoon.
Government troops. Friday. defeated
large revolutionary army under the
command of the former president OF
the republic. Colonel Alvina Jara, In
the nsishborhood OF the Tibicaary
Paraguay. The government troops wert.
commanded by the minister of war
The sneaker of the Portug,se 80
Chamber of Deputies. Aresta Draeo re-
signed, Friday, without assigning any
reason. Both the Senate and the Cham
Der of Deputies have received tele-
graphic requests from the inhabitants
Of Oporto for immediate parliamentary
action on the question of muHieap
prerogatves The business men ~
oporto. Friday. held a great demoa-
straticn in the public Squares OF that
city. demanding that the government
accord similar municipal freedom IL
that enjoyed BY Lisbon.
Serious rioting occurred. late Fri
day and Friday night. at Newark. n.
j., in connection with the strike OF
laborers, and four policemen were in
jured. two of them seriously. After
the first clash between the police and
crowd of laborers in which one Of
ncer was shot and another stabbed.
order was temporarily restored BIZ po-
lice reserves who arrested score of
ldisturbers. Tonight. however. annther
disturbance occurred in which i've
more policemen were wounded.
The formal agreement for the ,.ssss
qlt0.a n la Tea ~ IL
by the Royal Bank of Canada was ras-
ed, FRIDAY, at Montreal. by the dtree-
| tors of both banks. Shareholder OF
the TWO institutions will meet for rat :
iheation of the merger. the firet two
weeks in July but the actual consoIisa-
ton viii not be effected until Sentem-
Der e. Both institutions are large
ones, the Royal Bank having ess
branches throughout the Dominion, the
West Indies and England. and the
Traders Bank 127 branches. The com
| bined deposits are of sfss,o00.Ooa.
An eel that measured 80 inches in
| length and eight inches in cireumfer-
ence forced the Haverhill Electric Co.
at Haverhill, Mass. to close down two
| of its power and lighting circuits for
| 10 minutes, Thursday morning. the
| eel having become wedged in the wa
ter main that supplies large steam
| turbine Ii was about half an hour
after the factories and stores had
opened that the electricity was shut
off. The water department. vas nati-
lied and a gang of men hastened tn
the plant. 1t was Is minutes later
that the water department emplayes
after opening the water main received
q SURPRISE, when the monster el8be
gan sq,iirming about the floor.
Twenty jurors were drawn at q meet
ing of the Lawrence, Mass. city co,in-
cit Thursday, to report at Salem. May 20
a special venire having been issued for
100 extra jurymen throughout Essex
county because Of the coming trial OF the
murder case growing out Of the textile
strike in that city. Joseph Cai1so win
be tried as principal and Joseph =, Ettar
and Govannitti as accessories- The fol-
lowing were drawn: Jeremiah A. Keat-
ing. Frank A. Randall, George $, Bate
man, Fred Patch. George +. Sumner.
Joseph A. Edmund. Jerome G. Knapp.
Patrick ]. Coan. L. Eben Crimes. At
wood c. Delano. Samuel c. Brandt, 0s-
valid Porst, William Burger Eawart q.
yarney Charles G. PringIe, Max Fieken-
wirth. Martin j. Redmond, Mark y Ear
| rett, James e. Scanlon and John e Cen
nor