Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-07-19
NEWS NUGGETS.


DIR. c. +. Never. the accused murderer,
arrived at Newport Monday
Ex-City Treasurer John West of Grand
Island. Neb, is under arrest on the charge
of embe element of sl2 900.
Thirty business houses in the district
bounded by Ieadenhall street and BevIs
Marks and Commomile street London were
burned Monday night. Loss 81 10000.
The BANGKOK correspondent of the Lon
don Times says that many Englishmen with
their familie. are leaving Siam. They are
taking with them all their portable property
An incoming passenger train on the
Grand Trunk road ran down a crowded
stree, car at Chicago, Monday night killing
four persons and injuring number OF
others.
negro named Cotton assaulted a white
woman near Cornerville, Lincoln county
Ark, Thursday last He fed, but was
captured Saturday night, strung up TO a
limb and riddled with bullets.
An attempt was made last Thursday night
| by II prisoners to escape from the county
! isil at Brazil, Ind, in which pretty young
woman took prominent part. She Is said
| to be desperately in love with one of the
prisoners and furnished him With tools.
| In a boxing bou, a, New York. Monday
nigh. between Frank Egan and John j.
McDonaid, Egsn gave vicious upper cut.
which caught Mcdonald in the jaw. Nc
Donald fell unconscious and died two hours
af,erwsrd. Egan fed and has not yet been
| captured.
| Six Kansas state hanks went down in the
financisi furry Of Monday. They are the
| hanks of Ritter and Doubleday of Columbus
/ the johnson City Bank Of johnson city
the Bank Of Weir City the Bank Of Pleas
anton, the Csney-valley Bank at Mead
| Center.
| For several days members of the starr
| Gang of outlaws have been in the vicinity
| of Saltwater, q. T. The people are be-
coming aware Of this fact, the banks were
closed. guards placed about them and every
storekeeper armed himseif-thoroughiy. The
town is veritsble arsenal.
| The WOOL .orter., some 25 employed al
the Slater Wooden Works. in Webster
Mass, were discharged Monday, aftei
CLEANING up all wool ready for that depart
men,. II IL reported that a. soon as each
department can finish their worh, the en-
tire plant will BE- shut down until further
notice, This IL SIS set card factory, en-
ploying some $50 hands.
TIE New York Heraid's Valparaiso cor.
respondent cables: The capture Of the
Italia wipes out the Brazilian insurgents
squadron. and forces them again to depenf
for success upon their land forces. Gen
erals Sarsiva, Tavarese and Sslgado have
combined their forces, and are nov BE-
sieging Yaguaron City. The town il vel
defended, and its capture viii be difficult
A Topeka Kansas. special says: Gov
Lievelling Monday declared that il
the coal operators attempted 70 use non
union labor, there would be trouble anf
possible bloodshed. lie 10 endezvoring u
secure arbitration, and in the meantime h
is encouraging the miners to hold out. HI
sent his secretary TO the Leavenworil
mines. and he induced thoee Who had gont
to work to come out again. He has prom
ised aid to the miners. One company ha
erected stoekades and has engaged 100
negroes from Alsbama, who are nos OF
their way here. The mines are guarded b.
armed men.