Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-21
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought By the Wires From the North, East,
South and West

Brought By the Wires From the North, East
South and West
The Illinois supreme court has rendere,
decision that Il woman can vote at schoo
elections.
There is no change in the Kansas legis
lative controversy, the two Houses assem-
bling on time, and each opening in due form
Allie Buekmnstcr. keene, n. H., lei,
ter carrier, shot himself through the hear
Thursday night. The cause of the act wa.
dependency.
The Naval Academy practice ship Ban
croft arrived at Newport Friday evening
and will proceed with her spee,i trials Sat
uriay morning.
The steamer City of Macon of the Savan-
nah line, was ashore Friday on the eastern
end of Luash Meadow shoal near Edgartown
Mass, with colors flying for assistance.
Vice President Joseph NJ. Gibbeus of the
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co,
died at Boston, Friday, aged 81. lie was
widely known, particularly in insurance
circles.
The Sunapec iIames Works at Suna.
pee, \. H., were destroyed by fire Friday
The loss is placed at $4,000; insurance,
s2o,0oo. The company will Immediately
rebuild.
The Hatch house at North Attleboro.
Mass, famous stage inn of the colonial
period and the most ancient landmark in
in that section of the state, was burned
Friday.
The Republican caucus at Charleston, w
Va, Thursday night nominated Stephen b.
ElkIns for the long term and Judge Edwin
Maxwell for the short term in the United
States Senate.
Sixteen people were found overcome by
gas, Thursday, in n row of buildings ON
Milwaukee avenue, Chicago. Two of the
victims, Mrs. Mary Sidlers and her :;-ycar-
old son. will probably die.
Alfred Mailing, an employee IN the boiler
shop at the Bath Iron Works, met with II
bad accident Thursday. lie was helping
lift heavy iron plate when it slipped and
fell on his foot, crushing it in bad shape.
At Hove, near Brighton, Eng, Thurs
day, were found the dead bodies of Arthur
Black, teacher of mathematics. and his
wife and chill. Ii is believed that Black
had killed his wife and child and then com
mittcd suicide.
The counsel for William l.. Coy, the
whose petition for commutation
of the death sentence was refused by the
Executive Council, will petition Gov. Rus
sell for Il stay of 90 days that Coy may have
lime to prepare for death.
Robert George, u nephew of nitrd
States Senator George, committed suicide
at Ittabeua, Miss, Wednesday night, by
taking poison while on his way TO jail
Young George was charged with the muir
der of Captain Prince, one Of the most
prominent and wealthy planters in the state =.
A report has been received at Concord
y. H., that the Central VT, express from
Montreal collilcd with a freight at Ran
dolph, Vt, Thursday night. The express
was derailcd, the locomotive and mail and
baggage cars are in the ditch beside the
track. The report says that nobody was
killed.
At l'iitsburg, Pa, Friday, Judge Snow
deliver his charge in the Homestead poison
ing case against Hugh F. Dempsey, district
master workman of the Knights of Labor.
at the opening of the court, and the jury
retired shortly before noon. At ~
T.. NJ, they returned with a verdict of
guilty.
DIR. Cornelius Herr was placed under
arrest in hotel at Bourncmouth, Eng.
Thursday night on Il warrant issued on de-
mand of the French government, on charge
of implication in the Panama corruption,
Dr. Herr i, too i'll to leave the hotel and
detectives will remain with him until he has
recovered.
At a meeting of the creditors of A. W.
Dearborn Il Co, grocers and provision
dealers, Lynn, Mass, the assignee re-
ported the liabilities TO he Sill 400; assets,
ei200. An investigating committee was
chosen. Jacob A. Caswcll, mlkman.
Charlestovn has gone into insolvency. He
owes s20.'9l.
The Toby Valley Store and Supply Com.
pany's large new hotel and outbnildings,
Brockwayvillr, Fa., was burned Friday
morriag Tue main building was also
occGIhcl hy a meat maxi het. barber shop,
doctors oilict. anil large company store.
Loss is over $50 0oV; partly insured
Nothing was saved except the guests bag
gage AMI the horses in the bara.
President Harrison has let it be known
that he will veto any bill sent to hnf hr
Congress reversing the former action Of
Congress closing the Worlds Fair or Sun,
day. This has dis QUA &c | the Wo III $
Fair people, who are trying now to arrange
for getting the legislation they want on
some appropriation bin which they think h,
would not like to veto.
on pcean View. in the Norfolk, Va.
harbor are u sc,,ooncrs AMI at Linnhaven
hay are two others hling signals of distress
No boats can get near them. They are
bound fast IN the ice and M one knows how
hong they will have TO wait for their sign Il,
To br answered. Steamers which came il
THURSDAY report hundreds of vessels frozcr
IN the ice in Hampton koal l. and lower
hay.
.Euin Logan, foreman of the hair al
main spiing ,.cpartments Of the .imerie. !
Watch Go at Waliham, committed snIcid,
/ early Friday morning at his home by shoe
ing himself H., had heen suffering frou
nervous prostrstion rsl' Inc and til
afiiiction undoubtedly caused his death. III
WAS the investor of many appliances fol
the Improvement of watch-s,ringS an,
was 80 years oil.
The condition of the victims of the Ions
dale, r. L.. accident remains pracicali,
unchanged. A relief funi for the need
f;.milies has been started III Pawtackct
Three Of the tlea were buried at Paw
rucket Friday, Miss Mary Hamilton. Mis-
Annie Wilson anil Miss Fawcett. The fun
erai Of Mrs Annie sullivan, another of th
victims, was also held At Warren. No dat
las yet been fixed for the inquest.
/ The TIonsc committee of banking an,
currency Friday by vote Of $ to {. in
/ structcd their chairman to ask the com
/ nritee on rules for a special order gisiul
one or two days, IL necessary, for the con
! sifierstiou Of the Andrew Cat. banking an.
! the Sherman repeal hilt. It can he sair
4 definitely that there will be no vote on tli
/ anticipation hill before next week an
/ possibly not before TUESDAY morning.
! 1t has recently been disclosed on the an
( ,Iority Of prominent santi-snapper. ihs
the leaders of that faction will be @atisfier
nth the New York postefIice anil the Gus
tom house and will gracefully yield til
minor offices TO the minor Democracy.
/ il understood that it has been urged upo
( Mr.. Cleveland that he cannot afford to /.
back on tI.epatriots who he'll little gath
ering 10 Syracuse last Nav entirely in IN
interest Maurice s. Power is the ma
namet. to succeed Postmaster Won Cott
1t is reported that passenger train o.
the Wabash road went through bridg
over the Wabash river at Perm, Friia
morning. As far as can be learned no on
was killed outright. but every passenger o
the train was more or less injured. On
has since died and three others are not CT
pectfs. to live. One of the end spans @
the Immense bridge went down carryin