Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-23
SATURDAY EVENINGS NEWS.

Minister Pendleton was reported bette,
Saturday.
A tug-hoat exploded at New York Sa,ur.
day, killing two men.
The Bell Telephone Co. has won another
suit at Little Rock, Ark, Saturday.
Stevens gun aud cartridge works at South.
vile, Mass, were burned SATURDAY after
noon.
Gov. Hid was implicated by the inves,iga.
ton of the aqueduct committee at Albany.
Saturday.
George +. Graham of Lewiston. principal
of a business college, dropped dead in Port
land, Saturday.
The Employees of the Pittsburg Tube
Works refused the new scale of wages pre-
sented them Saturday
A man named Kennedy entered his sisters
house at Bridgeport, Conn, Saturday, stole
$1,000 and skipped.
Fifty representatives of democratic clubs
from all parts of the country met in New
York Saturday TO consider the formation of
a National League.
1t was announced Saturday that President
Cleveland had promised 10 visit Nashua, n
H., June Is on the occasion of the reunion
of the French Canadian societies.
The body of the man found Thursday, on
the Boston x Name at Scarboro, has been
identified AS that of Patrick Brophy of Bid
deford, an empioye in the Peppvrell mills.
The farmers in the counties of Texas and
Kansas, adjoining the Indian Territory, have
formed a vigilance committee against horse
thieves who have recently been unusually
bold in their raids.
The mayor of Leadyillc, Col, on Friday
ordered all the gambling houses in the city
closed by six, Friday night. The order was
obeyed. 1t is the first time in the history of
the city that such an oider has been Issued
Further proceedings in the case of Stain
and Cromwell ON motion for new trial ad-
jonrned to saturday, were readjourned by
the agreement of the counsel, to SATURDAY,
April rs, owing to the absence of Chief
Justice Peters.
thase the murderer, was alive Saturday
night. The doctors say there is only
slight chance of his recovery. His father
and mother spent the day with him. He
occasionally recognized them but said mo-
thing. 1t was doubtful if he lived through
the night.
As five section men were passing
the Gerilngs White Sand Companys works
in a hand car ON the ST Louis, kan-as City,
and Colorado road uear Labalie, Mo. Frr.
pay, a blast exploded, blowing an immense
rock upon the hand car. All of the men
were fatally hurt,
4 prominent citizen of Sault ST. Marie
who has just returned from the mining
country north of Lake Superior reports the
phenomenal finds of precious metals in the
interior lie says much of the ore averages
81, 500 ton anl occasionally the metal is
found in mass almost pure
The counsel for Stain and Cromwell and
for the government can agree on commits
sion to take new evidence in Massachusetts.
and Judge Foster states that in such case
witnesses will appear and give oral testimony
before Chief Justice Peters, who will intro
duce it to the full bench. No witnesses can
appear before the latter body.
Ex-City Marshal H. f. Reed well known
in Bangor as "A skilful detective has been in
Boston for some weeks past, and makes
some startling statements regarding the Bar
ron case. He says that detectives in Boston
have been at work on theory that BarrOn
was murdered by Dexter men and have coed
evidence of the fact. He SAYS If he were
at liberty to tell all that was made known to
him by brother detectives, he could satisfy
any reasonable man in Bangor that Barron
was murdered, but not by Stain ard Crom-
we'll He predicts big sensation yet to
come.