Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-07-27
NEWS NUGGETS.
Drought by tie Wires From The North, Essl
South and Xstf.

The panic at Milwaukee, WIS, is over.
Wednesday there was not the slightest ten
ieney toward run on any local bank.
The business portion of the town of liol-
low Rock, Tenn, was DESTROYED by fire
Monday night. Loss 10000; small in
surance.
The postofficc at Nantasket, Mass. Was
broken into TUESDAY night. The safe was
blown open and 500 or $500 in stamps and
money were stolen.
Elias II. Wooisum engineer at the
Portsmouth, shoe factory, who was badly
burned, Monday morning., by the breaking
If a safety valve, died Tuesday night.
Tie telegraphic and news service of New
England was considerably interrupted We'd
nesday by the very severe rain and wind
storm. The storm was particularly severe
about Hartford, Conn.
The Belgium Chamber of Deputies
adopted, Friday, proposal that three
fourths of the Senate shall be elected by
direct universal suffrage and the other
fourth by Common councils.
The section about Danielsonyille, Conn,
was visited by disastrous storm Wedne'-
lay. The mill of the Williamson Manu-
featuring Co Williamsvilie, was unroofed
and the mill of T. Z. Hopkins, Elmville,
vas partially uuroofed.
-Four young women. Maggie Taylor. Lulu
johnson, Marian Smith and Nellie Patrick
were drowned in the Wicamics river, Mary
land. yesterday, by the capsiziug of a sail
boat Two young men who completed the
salirg party saved themselves.
Rev. James NJ Putnam. assistant pastor
of the Baptist tabernacle, New York who
has been opposing c. V. ID. Potter, its pas
tor, was expelled from the church Tues lay
on the charge of contempt Of the committee
which investigated the charges against Or
Potter and exonorated him.
A good deal has been said the pas few
lays about financial troubles extending to
New York. but the banking interests most
concerned do not anticipate any trouble
there. The failure of II. |. Nicholas &
Co., members of the New York Stock TX
change. has been announced.
Pllling's shoe factory, Lowell, Mass
~ ned by John pilIing of Havcrmll, an1
giving employment 10 about 2J0 hands,
shut down Wednesday because of the
.trngency of the money market anl the
general depression of business in the West,
where the products of the factory are
sold.
Striking monliers at Sargent & Com
pany's, New Haven, Conn. returned to
work Wednesday on q truce. The com
pany would not talk to the men so long as
they were rot their employees. Mayor Sar-
gent says business is dull and the company
would close the department before agreeing
% &c tb - bn
4 freight train Of is cars on the 81.
Louis, Chicago Il St. Paul Railroad crashe d
through trestle near Reiples station, Mis-
souri,, Tuesday, piling the entire train in a
heap. Conductor Burrili was instantly
killed. Charles johnson, W. A. Clements
and Walter Manning were probably fatally
injured. The trestle was comparatively
new.
A terrible wreck occurred on the Ohio
Valley Railroad Tuesday, about two miles
from Morganfield Ky. 4 freight train
consisting of an engine and six cars. loaded
with freight. were ditched and afterwari
burned. Robert Van Dorm, engineer Frank
Fhreikeld, fireman. and Marion Davis, head
brakeman, were killed, and their bodies
were burned 10 Cr.sp.
The unknown man, who was run over by
train Tuesday night near DAVIS crossing,
Y. H., was identified as Frank Zellhan of
New Durham, employed at that place ~ a
farm hand, He started to walk to New
Durham on the railroad track. Being un-
der the influence of liquor at the time. he
probably fell across the track, striking his
head against the opposite rail, the blow
killing him instantly.
At Pittsburg, Wednesday morning. the
FIRE department extingushed slight fire in
the house of John Smorze, Oak Alley.
Southside. The firemen discovered in the
house the dead bodies Of Mrs. Smouze and
her tro little children, aged and 2. Mrs.
Smouzes head was terribly gashed, and the
children had the appearance Of having been
smothered. Smouze, the husband and
father was placed under arrest. He de-
clared he had no knowledge of how the
tragedy and fire occurred. bnt his j-yesf-
old child, who had escaped the massacre,
told the police that his father bad killed his
mother with hatchet. The ncighbors
think Jealousy was the cause Of the mur