Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-30
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h. u. Dun q 20. report: rdiiures o'iia
week, 234 in the United States, against
90 in the corresponding period OF last
year.
Betting at London, Friday night, was
0 to on Oxford, for the Oxford Cam
bridge race to be rowed, today, on the
Thames.
At Paris. Friday, when the picture OF
| O Brien, the bunco man, was shown to
Waddle, he declared it was the face OF his
assailant's brother.
Fire shortly before midnight, Saturday
morning, in the flve-story building &C.
cupied by John Cagvanagh, wholesale
shoe dealer, Brooklyn, N. Y, caused loss
of SIS, 900.
George Bartlett and son William OF
| Norwalk, Ct, went down river, Thurs
day, in a small boat after fish and CLAIMS
and have not returned. Their absence
causes great alarm.
Nine United States mail boxes, in diff
ferent parts of Keene, N. H., were broken
into, Thursday night, and their contents
rifled. This is the third time within a
year that the letter boxes have been
tempered with.
The Bristol Bank and Trust Company,
Bristol, Tenn, assigned, Friday. Assets,
$50, $780, liabilities, $24, 720 due deposit
tors, SIG, 900. 1t is the second assign
ment of the bank in Is months, and it is
expected it will pay in full easily.
Mrs. Holloway was held for the grand
| iury without bail at Barton Landing, Vt,
Friday, charged with poisoning her hus-
band One Chase it is alleged to have
! been unduly intimate with Mrs. Holio-
way and is u fugitive from justice He is
charged with being accessory.
John A. Brown, aged 81, salesman
! for James Talcott, WOODEN merchant OF
! New York, Friday eliminated four years
Of abuse and persecution of bis young
wife by shooting and seriously wounding
her. at the residence of her father, 500
South 42d street, Philadelphia, and then
xii ed himself almost instantly.
| A Carson, Nevada, special says: Rein
hold Sadlier, Lieut.. Governor of that state,
was, Thursday arrested in Eureka county,
on charge of cnbezzlement The charges
were preferred by stage driver in Sad
| lier's employ, who charges that be held
| back money that he had drawn from the
government. Sadlier is under bonds.
The Dominion government has received
repi entations from the district OF AL
berta, of the Northwest territories, urg-
ing the propriety of conferring autonomy
upon the district. The area of Alberta,
which is the most westerly of the terri
tories, is 105, 100 square miles, and it is
claimed to have population of 10000.
| At the athletic meeting at the Y. NJ.
G. A. gymnasium, at Bridgeport CT.
Friday, tonight, S. Liebgold of the Pas
time Club, New York. walked half a mile
in minutes and 5 As seconds, breaking
his own indoor record, which is that of
America, by As seconds. The mile
re .ord was lowered to 6 minutes, 36
seconds. and the record for three miles cut
| t "a minutes, Is 1-5 seconds.
Despite the fact that the American Axe
and Tool Co. closed its doors, at Whitins-
ville Mass, Saturday, notice is posted to
the effect that work will be resumed,
Monday, if a sufficient number of men
return to work. II not, the works will
be closed permanently The syndicate
will stand firm for a reduction. The
workmen unanimously voted not to re-
turn to work under reduction. About
One-Gnlru Oh ING WorhAeA nave AeA'
town.
College presidents from the colleges OF
the north Central states, convened, Fri
d;y at the Northwestern University,
Evanston, Ill. The meeting was called
by President Angel of the University Of
Michigan. for the purpose of discussing
the subject of organizing an intercollegiate
association. The purpose Of the meeting,
If possible, is to agree on a special method
for the admittance of students to univer-
stiles.