Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-03-04
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Hrais,rees reports sIt business failures
in the Uaised States for the week. against
81 year ago.
Il. 4. Brown, live stock commission
merchant Of Chicago. ras murdered and
robbed at ST. l.euis, THURSDAY night oy
three foospsds.
The Manitoba Legislature, by vote Of
is to 10. passed a vote to menoriaLxe the
Dominion government for power to pass y
prohiisory law.
A special 10 the New York Evening Post
from Winnipeg. Man., says the Legislature
Thursday rejected bin asking for the full
enirsnchisemeut of women,
Both houses Of the Washington Legisla-
ture have passed bill making it unlawful
in tina. state To manufacture, buy, seli or
give away, or to have in ones possession,
egarst,es or cigarette paper.
The failures of the last seven days as re-
ported 10 Dan 4 Russell of New York num-
Der for the. United States, POS. In the cor
responding week last year there were sos
failures in the United States.
In an interview on the probable outcome
of The export of Of gold to Europe, Senator
John sherman said There is nothing TO
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country is prosperous an, the gold outflow
is no, necessarily fraught with any danger
in itself
w, NJ. Cassidy, of Cassidy & Tick, mar
BILE dealers a, Central City, Ny, is missing.
During The past week Cassidy collected
about Sil .oo0. which, he failei TO account
| for. He is receiver for the Ancient Order
of uuite.i Workmen and prominent menu
Der of the Presbyterian church.
All those reported missing Thursday
night in the launching accident at Bay City,
Mich, were accounted for Friday morning
except two. Fred Babcock, who WAS res
cued seriously injured, died Friday morn
ing. A reliable eve witness is positive he
| saw two boys go under the water who were
not taken out.
| The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines at
Wadner, Wash, probably the greatest sit
yer property in the world, closed down
Wednesday night indefinitely. The reason
| assigned is the high railroad tariff on ore.
| 1t is rumored that other mines owned by
this company will also shut down.
| The brig Ada Maud before reported
partly iismastcd of Vineyard Haven, Mass,
| sailed Friday morning in tow of the steam
tug Mercury for New Haven, her destina-
ton. A portion of the cargo of the
schooner j. II. Wainwright, ashore at East
| chop has been lightered. The vessel can
be kept free by steam pumps.
Woodbury. w. Moulton of Newmarket,
N. H., is missing and his friends are
alarmed as to his safety. About two weeks
ago he left home for Dover, saying he
would return home the same day. He was
last seen walking on the Boston & Maine
railroad track, and it is feared that he per-
ished in a suowstorm during the big storm.
| Creditors of George L. Crawlcy, tiles,
mantIes, etc., Ill fremont street, Boston,
met Friday night and heard a report of
MISUNDERSTANDING committee. Liabilities,
So, 900: assets, $1,000. No formal action
was taken. Harvey Taylor, carpenter and
builder, Cambridge, Mass, will settle in
insolvency. He owes $4,000; unemcum-
bercd assets are very small.
Col, W. b. Hayes, former financial
banker of Loi Fuller, the serpentine dancer
convicted ofPerjury Friday, Feb. %, ut
New York, sentenced by Judge Martin to
eight years in the state prison. The max
imum penalty for the offense is 10 years,
Col. Hayes was convicted for perjury in
swearing that he did not give Miss Annie
Heating, his former mistress, n note for
$4,000 in 1880. He falsely swore that he
was in Florida at the time of the date
of the note.
Guy, the fastest, most eccentric and play
fully miscellaneous horse that ever trotted IN
Cleveland as a representative Cleveland
horse. vii live in Cleveland no longer. He
belonged to the estate of the dead million
aire, w. J. Gordon, and was purchased in
the Tattersall sale Thursday by ID. J. Cam
pau.pf Detroit, Mich. Mr.. Campau paid
$500 for the horse. Some few years ago
when Guy was put upat auction by his then
owner Campau bid S25 900, and then did
not get the animal. Guy's record is 2.lo 3-4,
and he has been thought by many to be the
| fastest horse in the United States.