Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-06-15
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South and West.
Glass day exercises at Tufts college was
held, today. The weather was delightful
The graduating class numbered 80.
J. r. Holland, defaulting cashier of thu
Merchants and Farmers National Bank
of Charlotte, N. c.. Thursday, was sen
fenced to seven years in the Albany, n.
Y, penitentiary.
Frances Barry, aged IA, daughter OF
Rev. f. b. Barry, retired Methodist minis
ter of Melrose, Mass, was struck by a
train, Friday, and died shortly afterward
The body was badly mangled
A New York morning paper says at a
conference of leading Ohio Democrats at
Waldorf hotel, last night, it was decided
Congressman Paul j. Sorg should be the
next Democrat candidate for Governor of
| Ohio.
| A life sentence was Imposed at Boston,
| in superior court, Friday, on Albert Il.
Abbott, for felonious assault upon
Veronica f. Hancock, aged years, of
Roxbury. Mass. Abbott is about AZ
years old, and he committed the crime,
May IS. Y
A vote was taken in the Dominion
House at Ottawa, Friday, on the grant
of $25, 0G0 to Lady Thompson, widow Of
Sir John Thompson, and it was carried
by 70 to AZ. An appropriation of s25, 600
for the funeral expenses of the late pre-
| mier was also passed.
Orlando X. Fay, young engineer of
Winchendon, Mass, who shot, himself
with suicidal intent in a room in the
storehouse at New York, Thursday even
ing, and who was removed to the Hud-
son street hospital died in that institu-
ton at 80 A. NJ, Friday.
Fred NJ Hertel of Plymouth, Mass,
about As years old, committed suicide by
shooting, Thursday night. His body was
found, Friday, with a bullet hole
in his head and a revolver by his side. He
had had trouble with his family He is
survived by a widow and five children.
Race for the Birmingham handicap
stakes of 1000 sovereigns run at Birming
ham, Eng, Friday, resulted: Sardis by
Crowberry out of Sardica, 3-year-o old, first;
Eldiablo by Robert the Devil, out of
Tantrum, 6-year- old, second. SimonburD
by Stillman of ST. Helen, i-year- old. third.
Capt George W. Goliath ex-warlen of
the New Hampshire state prison. was
found dead in his bed at Dover, N. H.,
Friday morning. He served as postmas-
Ter of Dover for eight years and was
veteran Of the civil war. He is survived
by widow and one daughter. The cause
Of death was heart disease.
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Italy, Friday. while about 100 persons were
standing upon platform upon which the
body had been placed pending the religious
services, the structure gave way, throw
ing everybody to the ground, together
with the coffin. Eleven men and women
we're killed by the fall and 90 others in
jured. several of them fatally.
The Union Pacific, Thursday, announced
further radical reduction of 20 cents per
hundred pounds below the first cut OF IL
TO 30 per cent from the Missouri river to
Utah common points, to 20 into effect
June II, and to apply from Chicago to all
Utah common points. An official in Salt
Lake City, Thursday night, announced
that the second cut was the extreme limit
of legitimate reduction.
The post office at Pennington, n. H.,
was entered by burglars at 2. 80 A. NJ,
Friday, and $3.50 in cash and large
amount of stamps were stolen from the
safe, the top of which was blown off The
explosion was heard by number of per
sons in the vicinity Shortly afterward a
buggy, containing two men, was seen to
be hastily driven away from the direction
of the post office. The police have been
notified in adjoining towns.
a man, who said his name was James
Williams, AZ years old, of Lowell, Mass,
was arrested at New York on the south
ern boulevard by mounted policeman,
for disorderly conduct. One Nolan OBJ
served Williams chasing school girls and
other passers by and called a policeman.
A man and "a woman demonstrated with
Williams, whereupOn he threw stones at
them. He also threw stones at Nolan
when the latter begged him to desist.
The fight between rival tax collectors
at Portsmouth, n. H., was brought to
close, Thursday night by Joseph A. Ran
dali, who was recently elected by the
board of aldermen, rendering his resigna-
ton. Mr.. Randall stated as his reason
for so doing that no definite action could
DC ODbalueu from tne supreme court until
the latter part of July and by that time
Walter H. Page, the Democratic tax col
lector. who holds the inventory of property
as assessed by the last board of assessors,
would have the bulk of the tax collected.
Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller of the
United States supreme court, arrived at
Chicago, Thursday. His attention being
called to the decision of the United States |
appellate court regarding case involving |
the election laws of South Carolina seek |
ing to disfranchise the negro vote. he said
1.-The decision speaks for itself l had as
sociated with me Judge Hughes of Vir-
ginia, one of General Grants appointees,
and Judge Seymour of North Carolina,
whom.I think. President Hayes appointed.
We reversed Judge Goff's decision hold
ing that the constitutionality of the law
was involved and that we had no juris-
dlction In theFcase as 1t had been tried in
a court of equity. The question of color
did not come up for consideration as it
was not stated in the bill in equity
who Their the complainant was white or
colored The merit of the Inu, rms not at