Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-18

| of the autopsy on the body OF little Aiice
| Sterling. who was murdered, last wedbes-
day, in Dorchester, and for which crime
Angus d. Gilbert is under arrest Inc
| reI ort says the child came TO her death py
blows on the head. While there Is posi-
| lively no evidence of criminal ASSAULT,
| severe laceration was discovered
Passenger traffic was resumed, Wednes-
day, in the Concord & Montreal via
Suncook, N H., The main track VIII
be closed until the last of the we,k in
Hooksett village the damage amounts to
hundreds of dollars. Suncook valley trains
are running. and it is expected that
freigh's will run by Thursday night. The
water is going down fast People living
ON the low lands report great loss.
The election of members of the Do
minion House Of Commons held in four
constituencies, Wednesday, resulted:
| Quebec West, Nobel (Ind Conservative
eletced by six majority; Anigonish, n.
s., McIsaacs (LiberaD elected by liz ma
iority, Liberal gain; Haldermand, Ont,
Hon. ". H. Montague, secretary of state,
reelected by GAG majority; Vercheres,
Que Geoffredon NiberaD elected by 157
majority.
! Arthur, son of President L. Clark
Seclce of Smith college, Northampton,
Mass, Wednesday, was found dead at the
foot of Steep Bluff on the south side end OF
Mount Tom. Heleft, Monday afternoon,
to climb Mount Tom and make observa-
lions of the freshet Not returning
home, searching parties were organized
and they found him on the rocks. He
was % years of age and Harvard post
graduate student
Judge Littlefield has filed his report of
inquiry into the explosion at Lorings
tannery, Woburn, Mass, two weeks ago,
which caused the death of five men. He
finds the explosion caused by neglect to
connect one of the boilers on its steam
supply with the general system and safety
valve in some way becoming stuck. He
adds that the accident was only what
might be expected in many establish
ments and makes no direct charge in re-
port.
1t is expected that travel between Ports
mouth, N. H., and North Conway, on the
Northern division of the Boston & Maine,
suspended for the past three days by the
food, will be resumed, Thursday. q. A
large force of men is engaged in repairing
the washouts at Bear Camp river be-
tween West and Centre Ossipee, Madison.
All danger at Milton is believed to be
over, and trains were run, Wednesday,
over the bridge at that place, at slow
rate of speed.
The Boston Presbytery in session at
Newburyport, Mass Wednesday, voted
to org anizs new Presbyterian church
in Springfield, May >. George Field of
Ellingw God, was commissioned a licen-
uiate after strict examination. A reso-
luton was passed Diminishing Prof. George
W. Moore from the Prcsbytcry to tho
Andover Association of Congregational
Ministers. A highly commendatory SER
mon was preached by Rev. J. Balloon
Shaw, D. d., of New York city.
Two Waterfowl, Mass, boys, aged
about Is, named Fitch and Sprague, sons
Of respectable parents, have been missing
from their homes for about 10 days. Early
this week the father of Sprague received
a message from his boy saying that he
was in Portland, Me, in company with
Fitch, and wanted to get home. Mr..
Sprague sent 50 to Portland, with instruc-
tions to the boys to take the night boat to
Boston and get to Watertown the best
way they could Why they went away is
unknown.
The It'll annual meeting of the Woman's
Baptist Foreign Missionary Society opened
at Burlington, VT, Wednesday. The at
tendance is quite small, owing to the
damages by the recent floods making rail
road travel impossible One hundred
delegates are detained in Boston. Miss
s. G. Durfee, Providence, r. l., called the
meeting to order. The address of wei
come vas made by Mrs. W. S. Roberts,
Miss Durfee responding for the delegates
Other speakers were Miss Ida Craig
head of Assam. Mrs. C. V. Suther. NJ.
D., Newark, N. j., Miss Emma J. Cum
mings, NJ d., India, and Mrs. Petit
The Boston 81 Maine succeeded at 9 a.
NJ, Wednesday, in getting the first train
over it's line to White River Junction.
This opens up all lines leading from Bel
lows Falls, Vt, and trains are now run
ming revularly in all directions