Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-02
SATURDAY EVENINGS NEWS.

Four steamers landen total of 2,64S inl-
migrants at New York Saturday.
The water in the Hudson river at Albany,
n. v, was twelve feet high Saturday.
Baron Arnold May was drowned Saturday
while assisting III the rescue of the inhabi-
fonts of 'Tzalock.
Fish Warden Bailey of Bath surprised two
Portland fish dealers Saturday, capturing
l33 short HOLSTERS.
The Barre Railroad Co., was organic 4,
Friday evening at Barre, VT. The road WA
be built from Barre lower village to the
granite quarries in Barre and Will,amstown.
b. f. Hopkins, the late assistant cashier
of the Fidelity bank, Cincinnati, who has
been in Jail, was brought into court Satur
day, and sentenced to the penitentiary for
years and 10 months.
In jackson county an epidemic of hydro
phobia among the cattle of all kinds has
broken out near Parkersburg, w. Va, and
farmers bave lost thousands of dollars worth
of stock A little girl was severely bitten.
Mr.. Gilhooly, member of Parliament, who
was sentenced to two weeks imprisonment
for assaulting police inspector in addition
to the sentence of two months, previously
imposed has been removed from Schulz to
Cork Jail.
The boiler in the Payne, johnson & Cos
Touring mill, at Madison, Ind, exploded,
Friday, killing the two engineers and serious
ly injurng two other men. The mill was
badly wrecked and the loss estimated at
$4,000.
Hilton Otis who beat his father-in- law
at Stratham, n. H., Wednesday night was
~ INT tha p,lina Cat
day, charged with assault with intent to kill
In default of bail he was committed for trial
at the April term of the court
The ship William Tapscott of Boston,
Capt. Fairbain, from Pernambuco for Car
diff, is ashore at the entrance to Bode Har
Dor and is total wreck. The crew were
saved. She was built at Bath, Me, in 1852
was 1913 feet in length Al broad and gross
tonnage 5000.
First mate Gordon of the bark Auburn
dale, in attempting to board the bark at
Portland late Friday night slipped and fell
into the dock. His cries were heard, and
search was made but the body was not
found until Saturday morning. Gordon be-
loDged in Boston, was 30 years old, and had
a wife, from whom divorce suit is pending.
He joined the bark week ago.
James Melville Andrews of Biddeford, a
member of the firm of James Andrews &
Sons, stone contractors, died Saturday morn
ing aged A years. He was first lieutenant
in the Ninth Maine Regiment and was major
on Governor Chamberlain's staff He was
the first captain of the Biddeford Light In
fantry, was secured as commander of the
Grand Army Post, and had been a member
of the board of aldermen. He leaves wife
and one son.
| Rev. Charles Morse, who has been active
in the ministry of the Methodist church for
over 80 years, died at Evanston, Ill, Friday
of paralysis. The deceased was born in 1906
at Sutton, Mass, aud was admitted to the
Maine conference of Methodist churches in
1889. He held pastorates at Portland, Aug
usta, Gardiner, Bath and nearly all the
prominent cities of Maine. Since his re-
| tirement in 1884, Mr.. Morse resided with
his son at Evanston.
The case against Jason Russell and Alfred
of Buckiied. Who was brought to Portland
Thursday charged with violating the revenue
laws in selling liquor, was continued for fur
ther testimony. the witnesses who had been
summoned declaring that they knew nothing
Saturday the witnesses stated that they were
induced by the defendants to testify as they
did, and then they gave the facts on which
the probable cause was found against the de-
| PENDANTS. The defendants were then arrest.
ed for subornation of perjury and bounc
over in s. 900 each. Fred ID. Russell was
also bound over as a witness in the sum OF
$500.
| The Kansas City Times reporters, sent By
a special train to the Rich Hill mine disaster
returned Friday night, and from their in
formation of the situation may be summarized
as follows; The dead list has reached TWEEN
! ty-one, and nine Of the injured are expected
/ to die, making the probable loss of life by
| the explosion thirty. There is still grea
deal of conjecture as to the cause of ths
| catastrophe, some persons claiming that nat
ural gas was the cause, while others conten,
that the accumulation of foul gates wi;hou
proper ventilation was the real cause. 1ht
state mine inspector is strongly censnred by
miners. He examined it on March 6,last, and
pronounced it perfectly safe The depth o.
the shaft is 265 feet 1t was in the west ems
that the explosion occurred, and none on thi
side of the shaft escaped. The coroner ha
arrived from Butler and an inquest begaf
Saturday.