Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-10-26
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from the North, East
West and South.

The defalcation of George Pyke, the
missing accountant of the Imperial bank
Toronto, is about $4,000.
Durham, Eng, miners Monday by vote
of 1861 to 2s.2lS, refused to demand
eight hours days work.
The Earl of Onslow has appointed com
mittee to investigate the expenditure of
Gen. Booths Darkest England funds.
Fire Tuesday on the sun wharf London
dock, did 5000, 900 damage to property
owned by Sheppard's Maize Mailing Com
pany.
Prof. VIM. Swinton, the wel-known au-
thor of school books, died suddenly at New
York Monday night, apparently of apo
plexy. aged about 60
S. J. SeigIer, prominent merchant of
New Orleans, La, has filed application for
a respite. His schedules show assets of
$500 900: liabilities, $4,000.
Mr.. SniveIv, the Democratic candidate
for governor of Washington, has sued the
Post-Intelligencer and Press-Times 100000
each for libel for calling him a swindler.
News has been received from Barcelona
of the fall of that city and the complete tri
umph of the reyolutionists in the state of
Bermudez in the east where the last deter
mined opposition was made
An accident on the construction line of
the great Northern Railroad, near Spokane
Falls, Wash. resulted in the death of seven
men, the fatal injury of five more, and the
serious injury of six others.
4 dispatch from Hong Kong states that
the Norwegian steamer Norman has been
wrecked in the China sea OFF the coast of
Fokien. 1t is believed that only one or
two of those on board were saved.
The directors of the New England Rail
road Company say the meeting at New York,
Tuesdav. was entirely on routine business.
President Parsons had no intention what
ever of resigning President Mcleod of the
Reading railroad.
The stock and machinery in the shoe
factory of Pagan Bolger, Lynn, which
burned Tuesday morning, was valued at
Sis 900 and are a total loss insured. The
building was owned by Fred Spinney, aud
was damaged $500; insured.
\ courier from Sahuaripa, Mex, in the
Sierra Madre mountains, arrived Mt thibus-
hua Monday with a request from the gov
ernor of the state of chihuahua for troops
to queil an uprising of Yaqui Indians, who
are massacring unprotected settlers.
4 despatch from Three Rivers. Ont.
says while the police guard has been with
drawn from the United States consulate the
family of Col. Smith are insulte, in various
ways when they appear on the street. The
demand for Smiths recall because of his
report on the sanitary condition Of the city
is being pressed.
A meeting of Democrats Monday night,
at Omaha, Neb., to discuss the advisable
ties of Withdrawing the entire state and
electorate ticket and combining with the
Alliance. thus throwing the presidential
vote to Weaver, postponed their action I'M
til few days before election. when they
will probably Withdraw the whole ticket.
Drought and mountain fires are causing
general alarm through the eastern part of
Pennsylvania. In the Lebanon aud Sehuy-
kill valleys there is an actual water famine
and in the country districts hundreds of
wells are dried up in every township and
farmers have to go a great distance for
water. Fie Ids that were plosed and sown
a month ago are baked hard.