Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-10

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every day report is received Of some
property. large or small, dischsrsing men,
There are hundreds Of mines no, being
worked,
Charles Baker, who says he is the sgcn,
of Rev, Dr. Parkhurst's society, was ar
rested at New York, Thursday night. on
the charge of blsesmailing Bruno Spies,
who keeps q restaurant al 800 East Hoas-
ton street.
| The West End Street Railrosd. Boston,
is to petition the Massachusetts, Legislature
for authority TO tunnel under Boston Com.
mon. The company already has right To
tunnel anywhere in Boston except under
the Common.
X. r. Panlson, a wealthy Detroit esPi.
,alist, shot and killed himself with q revol-
yer at Hotel Thorndike, early Friday morn
ing. The reason for the act is said to be
nervous prostra,ion induced by excessive
business cares.
Daniel Mclaughlin of Roanoke, Va,
Wednesday jumped from the center of
Brooklyn bridge to the water below. He
was picked up apparently uniuiured by
some policemen in boat and taken to \
hospital where he is under arrest.
Fears of a collapse in silver values al,
London, appear 20 have vanished. Sccuri-
ties have strengthened during the last two
days. II is predicted that the failure of
the international monetary conference viii
have no effect upon the stock exchange.
Carow and Bnrtek, Hamburg stock brok-
ers. have suspended, Liabilities, 1900
Ooo marks Carow has ahsconded. Bar
TEX has given himself mp, II is alleged
that Thursday the firm obtained from
banks by fraudulent representation seeur.
itv TO the value of 400 900 marks,
In the Emitted States circuit court at
Boston, Friday, in the case of Alfred Val
lance VS.. the Boston 4 Albany Railroad
Company, the jury gave the plaintiff YER
diet of $500 for the loss of an arm. Val
lance was boy eight years old and was in
jured on the defendants track in Worces-
ter when 20 months old.
This seasons last whsler arrived at San
Francisco Wednesday. Capt. Williams
brought in the brig Hidalqo, with only 10
barrels of sperm oil and 100 pounds of
bone on board The llidalgo was in the
Ochkotsh sea, and, like other vessels tina,
went TO those waters. failed to secure
enough oil and bone TO pay the men ~ per
head.
During a religious meeting at Miller
chapel in Monroe township, Ohio.
Wednesday night. James Nodles and Frank
Lewis quarrelcd in the temple of worship
and started fight, Lewis took a razor and
slashed Nodles across the face, cutting his
nose off Noslles pulled revolver and
opened fire on Lewis. onc bullet lodged
in the back of his head. Both Nodes and
Lewis will die.
Adeices from Bogota say that the Colum
bian government has granted to the Cartha-
gena- -Magdelena Railroad Company cash
subsidy of $3.50. 900 in gold. Yhe company
is an American corporation with headquar-
ters in Boston. The Columbian govern
ment has also given the company 100000
acres of land and the exclusive privileges of
the harbor of Carthegena.
Two colored men wese arrested Wcdnes-
day night at New Rochelle, N. ", by di-
rection of Coroner Drew and taken to Nj.
Vernon. N. v, and locked up a police
headquarters on suspicion of having mur-
dered Ella Newton, the girl whose dead
body was found in u creek n few days ago.
The prisoners gave their names as Joseph
Tyser, 2S years ofsge, and Walter Lang
don, "a.
Word has been received at New Orleans
of horrible tragedy, supposed to be thc
work of the Malta, near st. James. Three
Italians were induced by three others of
their country to start with them for st.
James parish in search of work. At
lonely point on the way the three who were
guiding the others fell upon the latter with
knives. pistols, ETC., killing two and fatally
vounding the other The police are ioves-
tigaiIng.
The report of suffering from the scarcity
Of coal comes from all parts of South Da-
kota, northern Nebraska and western Iowa
as a result of the billiards. that swept over
the Northwest. Dealers charge railroads
with all the responsibility, alleging that
coal ordered by them was confscated en-
route by the railroads and used in their en-
gines, the railroad supply not being suf-
cient to furnish motive power for the great
great grain rush.
The officials of the Rock Island railroad
claim that the statement of the officers of
the Order of Railway Telegrapbers In re-
gard TO the strike on that system are greatly
exaggerated. There are 635 operarors in
the employ of the Rock Island Co. of
these Chief Ramsey says 575 are members
of the organization and exactly that num-
Der of men left their keys. On the other
hand General Manager st. John declares
that only 81 men on the whole system
obeyed the order to strike. He saws the
company is not in the least embarrassed.
The Norfolk county grand jury at Dcd-
ham, Mass, Friday, reported an indict-
mcnt aG,s ssst George Green, colored,
charged wni' being babitual criminal.
Green is n, si,rious house and Jail breaker
lie has beeu n etcnccd four times to four
years in the state prison and one to five
wears and for escaping he received an ad-
diional sentence Of three years. He agai3
escaped, was recapturcd and ajudged in
sane. He later escaped from the asylum
and was sent TO the workhouse at Bridge
water. Escaping from this he made
fresh break, and at recent term of court
at Brockton was sentenced to " years in
Plymouth jail. II he is convicted ut this
term of court his sentence will aggregate
Gi years imprisonment.
Regarding the alleged McHenry proceed
ings in the grand jury room, City Marshall
Hilliard Of Fall River Friday said that he
cared nothing about MclIenry's private af-
fairs. but that as far rs the latteT's relations
with the governments case against Miss
Borden were concerned they we're perfectly
honorable and satisfactory to the authori-
ties. The marshal declared attempts were
made to brbe officers of Fall River during
the early stages of their investigation. He
based his statement on those made to him
by his men. How to prove such attempts
il serious problem. he said. lie. could
only place the word Of his men against the
words of those who approached them.
When asked If the whole story Of the
Trickey -MeHenry ease wonid ever come
out, be said ''You car take my word for
it that if MciIenry tells all he knows Of the
affair neither the government nor McHenry
viii be the sufferer