Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-21
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from the North. East.
South and West.

Central Block at Housatonic, Mass
was burned, Sunday evening Loss, about
$40, 600; insured.
1t is reported at Havana that Maj, I
General Arderius Is about to be promoted
to the rank of lieutenant general, and that
he may succeed Camposas governor gen.
eral. The purpose of the Spanish govern
ment is to give the captain general time
to devote his entire attention to the win
ter campaign.
The trotting dog Ned, owned by Harr,
McCue of Findlsy, Ohio, was killed AT
Lexington, Ky, by some enemy of McCue.
The pointer was four years Old, cost $4,000,
had won $50, COG, had a record of IS seconds
for quarter of mile. and was never de-
feated A reward of S2500 Is offered for
the prison who killed him.
NJ Andre Lebon French minister of com
merce has concluded an agreement with
a French company to lay new submarine
cables direct from Brest to New York, and
also to extend the cable to the Antilles by
laying an Independent cable to Puert,,
Plato The work, according to the agree
ment, is to be completed within two years
The New York Herald's special cable
from Seoul, Korea, says: The Russians re-
pudiate the present Korean governments,
and ask that the king rights shall be re-
stored to him. 1t is believed that an ul.
timatum will follow. Mr. Muira, the
Japanese minister here, has been recalled.
and Mr.. kumura has been appointed In
his place. The fact of the queens muir
der is admitted by the Korean foreign
office
The Paris Figaro publishes a report of
an interview with Count Keratry, in
which he expresses the opinion that If the
war in Cuba is continued much longer the
United States government will be led by
the pressure of public opinion to recognize
the insurgents rs belligerents. In the
counts judgment the best solution of the
difficulty would be an honorable COM
promise between the insurgents and the
mother country.
The American Whist League trophy.
won by team representing the Nashville
Whist Club at the American Whist Con-
Rress in Minneapolis, last spring, was a
bone Of contention between what are prob
ably the two best whist teams in the
United States, at Nashville, Tenn, Satur-
day. The challenger was the Hamilton
Club Of Philadelphia, which before held
the cup. The match resulted in a victor,
for the Hamilton Club Score: Hamilton
-; Nashville, 3.
Advices received at Rome from the
state Of Tigr, Abyssinis, state that King
Menelek has been killed by stroke of
lightning Another account from a
different source says that the King was
struck by lightning. which paralyzed his
tongue, but did not kill him. General
Baratieri's expedition has finished Its
campaign against Ras Mangascia and re-
turned Co Adua, leaving Italian troops at
all of the fortified posts. Ras Mangascia.
through the mediation of priests, is beg
ging for peace.
Mrs Laura b. Wood. formerly prominent
in Camden, n j., religious circles, as
an elocutionist of merit, is locked up in
the county Jail at that place, awaiting
requisition papers from New York where
she is wanted to answer charge of rails.
ing check from 800 to $3.50. The
detective who arrested Mrs. Wood saws the
shortage In the accounts of Mrs Wood will |
aggregate $1,000, she having been book. |
Keeper and cashier Of the Ortimus Print |
ing Company, who makes the charge
Mrs. Wood, about two years ago, was en-
ployed by piano dealers in PHILADELPHIA. |
After she left their employ, an alleged |
shortage was found in her accounts and
she was arrested. The case was afterward !,
dropped