Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-11
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

All grades of refined sugar were re-
duced 10 cents a hundred pounds,
Wednesday, at New York.
The Democratic Congressional Com
| mittee re-organized, Wednesday night,
and unanimously reelected Rep. Lloyd
of Missouri as chairman.
The submarine torpedo boat Tuna. I'M
der construction at Newport News for
the navy, was successfully launched,
Wednesday. Miss Marjorie Miller, daugh-
ter of L. b. Miller of Elizabeth. NJ j..
christened the vessel. The Tuna has q
cruising radius of 1000 miles.
Atty. Gen. w. w. Bowser of British Co.
| lumbia has begun arrangements for the
extradition of John Mcnamara from
New York and Charles Dean from Los
Angeles. The men We're arrested for the
robbery of the Bank of Montreal at New
| Westminster in September.
Franklin Farrell, Sr., president OF
| the Farrell Foundry and Machinery
| Co, and one of the largest and best
| known manufacturers and business
men of that vicinity, died suddenly,
| Wednesday night, at his home at An
sonia. CT, from heart failure.
| Cornelius W. Wickersham of New York
was appointed anci1lary receiver for the
Federal Biscuit Co., Wednesday,, by
Judge Dodge in the United States dis
| trict court at Boston. The company is a
$50, 100000 corporation for which receiv-
| er was recently appointed in New York
1t owns factories in Lawrence, Provi-
dence, New London and elsewhere.
| Councillor John Quinn of Boston
| faI
| firmed sheriff of Suffolk county in
place of Fred H. seavey, deceased.
| Sheriff Quinn has served in the lower
branch of the Legislature and was
| beginning his second year as MEM
| Der of the Governors Council. He had
| declared himself in favor of commu-
| tation for Richeson. Mr.. Quinn rep
resented the only Democratic coun-
| eillor district in the state. and ii
precedents are followed the Legisla-
ture will elect a Democrat to fill the
| uneXpired term. ~
| Plans for four steamers, costing
500 600 900, to be operated between
| New York, San Francisco and the
| Orient by the way of Panama are in
the possession of r. p. Schwerin. gen.
| eral agent of the Pacific Mail Steam
|
fer the East with a view of finding a
builder. Their length is to be $50 feet.
With a speed of II knots the new oil
burners are expected to make the run
from New York to San Francisco in
II days, each carrying 300 first cabin.
200 second cabin and 300 storage pas
sengers, together with 1900 tons of
freight
l 10 aerl,
| Wednesday, awarded an aggregate of
s75, 900 to- two informers in customs frauds
cases Joseph L. Payne will be given
$50, goo for the evidence he contributed in
the Duveen art cases and Peter Redlan
VII receive s25 900 for his services In the
Bradford lining prosecutions. In the Du-
veen cases the government recovered 81
1870, 600 by civil process and $4,000 in fines.
in criminal prosecutions. The recover
les in the Bradford lining cases prose-
cuted in New York, Boston. Philadelphia,
Cleveland and Chicago, amounted to be-
tween 100000 and $4,000.
The free entry of fish into the United
States will be materially facilitated by
amendatory regulations issued by Secre-
tary of the Treasury Macyeagh, which
affect principally the American fishing
industry in the waters of New Found
land and Nova Scotia. They provide that
fish caught in foreign waters by Ameri-
cans or under their supervision may be
transferred from the vessel by which
they were caught to another ship or to a
railroad and imported into this country
free. Previously it had been prescribed
that such fish must be brought to the
shores of the United States by the ship
which caught them. An American yes
/ sci in future will be entitled to the free
entry privilege.