Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-11-17
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the wires From the North, East
South and West.

The Robinson 4 Stokes Co, of Omaha,
Neb. failed Wednesday. Assets, S20o,-
900. Liabilities, S33, 900.
Gov. Fifer, of Illinois, says the report
that he will pardon Neebe the anarchist,
on Thanksgiving Day, is unfounded.
Rolla Bucher. l3-year-old boy, com
mitted suicide at Hicksville, Ohio, Tues
day by shooting himself in the head The
cause was dependency.
Apropos of the Nicaraguan canal con-
vention which will meet at New Orleans in
a few days. it is said that efforts are being
made to have the American government
control the canal.
Margeret Brennan Of Norwalk. Conn,
aged 60, unmarried, accidently set herself
and her house on fire Wednesday morning
and was burned to a crisp. II is presumed
she overturned lamp.
Two masked men entered the bank of
Woodstock, Mimi, Tuesday evening and
while one covered the cashier and his as
sistant with pistols the other secured $1,000
from the vault. Both escaped.
A hand of $50 armed men under Sheriff
Reigan are searching about Webster parish,
Louisiana, for the outlaw murderer, Link
Waggoner, and his confederates. If over
taken desperate fight will probably occur,
Giuseppe Petana. an Italian living at 2
Thatcher court North End, Boston, Tues
day night murdered his two children, aged
6 and and then cut his own throat. lie
was found Wednesday noon lying on the
bed in his room and was taken to the hospi-
tal
Wednesday. in the supreme court at
Portsmouth, Charles Wasson, charged with
killing John Gray at Northwood last May,
retracted his plea of not guilty and pleaded
guilty TO granddaughter in the second de-
gree and was sentenced by Judge Chase to
five years at hard labor in the state prison.
The body of Foster Kinney of Seekonk,
le years old, was found in lonely spot
near Great Darlington, Mass, Wednesday
morning. He had been thrown from his
wagon while intoxicated in the night !; his
right leg was broken and he lay helpless in
the heavy storm all night and died from ex-
posure-
Schooner Phoebe J. Woodruff, of Har-
wich. Capt Watts, from Philadelphia for
Portland, with about 500 tons of coal, has
been abandoned at sea. Her crew were
rescued and landed at Fernandina, Florida.
| The Woodruff was "A schooner of about 500
| tons register. bnit at Eastport, Me-, in
1882 and owned by T. II. Baker of Har-
wichport.
The SWANSEA, Eng, tin platers' associa-
ton, which fortnight ago discussed the
| advisabiIity of seeking new markets, met
again Tuesday. AT this meeting it was re-
solved TO defer, ''out of sympathy with the
American Gamers who supported Mr..
Cleveland y the pushing of the tin plate in
| dustry in new markets.
| A Valparaiso dispatch says news has been
received of further fighting in Rio Grande-
io-suI The federal forces attacked Villa
Rosario near San Gabriel Monday killing
a number of republicans and taking Others
pri soners. The republicans repuised the
| federal forces at Dom Hedrito. Rivera
Chica is occupied by federalists.
Official returns to the New Hampshire
| secretary Of state give Smith {fp.} 70,
Governor, 43 ,94I; Mckinney tDem.} !, Al
42I Smiths plurality IL 1919 and his ma.
| iority s43. The scattering vote has not
been returned from 80 of the smaller
towns When these come in, Smiths ma.
jority will be reduced TO sbou. 400
| The London Standards Paris cosrespon.
dent says: The decision to undertake the
Panama prosecution is considered the
crow ming bIundef on the part Of the csbi.
nett The Paris correspondent of the
Daily News says: 1T is probable the mem
hers Of the right will join the radicals IL
oust the cabinet on the press law; there j.
iissension not only between the Chamber ol
| Deputies and the cabinet but between tbs
ministers themselves. Premier L0nbet i,
anxious to retire from the political arena
He complains heavily that the worries ol
the premiership are enough to drive mar
out of his mind.