Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-07-25
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought BY the Wires from the North' East
South and West.

The citv water works building at Iron
ton. Ohio, was destroyed by fire, Wednes-
day. Loss, over 800, 0Oo.
1t was finally decided. Wednesday, that
| Dallas. Texas, is to be the scene of the
| Corbett Fitzsimmons fight, the match to
take place in the Dallas Athletic Arena,
the morning of October 81.
The race for the Machell plate at Gate
wick. Eng. Wednesday, was won by the
American horse Banquet. Banquet led
throughout the race and easily won. He
was sold to Captain Aiken for 700 guineas.
An offici Al dispatch from Havana says
| That Nayarro's and Aldave's columns, un-
der command of Gen. Dechambre, conf
prising 1000 infantry and 300 cavalry with
three guns, arrived at Nuevitas on July
81.
| Jim Corbett was severely injured at AS
bury Park. Wednesday, while bicycling,
nv n collision with stranger. Corbett
was badly bruised, his right arm injured
and his leg cut 1t will delay his training
at least two weeks.
A dispatch to the London Pail Mall
Gazette from Shanghai says that the
Japanese government will demand an
additional s37, SOC. 600 from China to
compensate Japan for abandoning the
Laio Tung territory.
DR.. Thomas S. Hagan, assistant physi-
clan at Hart's island. New York, was
found dead in bel in his room, WedDes-
day His throat was cut and an artery
in one of his wrists. severed 1t is sup
posed to be case of suicide
The accountant who WAS employed by
| the city of Eau Claire. Wis, two months
ago. to examine the books of ex.Treasurer
G, Fl. Greene, has completed his investlga-
tion The result shows shortage of S45,-
600, or $780, 900 more than was supposed
John S Collins, the negro who shot
and killed Frederick Oil, the Princeton
student, at Trenton, N. j., and who, last
week, was found guilty of murder in the
second degree, was sentenced. Wednesday,
to 90 years at hard labor in the state
prison.
A cloud burst swept over the village of
Brecon, Ohio, Monday night and many
buildings were damaged A large number
of cattle and sheep were drowned. AT
Summit the houses of Shepherd Wales and
George Cheger were demolished. Crops
suffered severely in the southern part of
the state.
| The London Truth prints a dispatch
from Carlsbad saying Prince Ferdinand
of Bulgaria told some of his friends he had
telegraphed to his ministers that he would
return to Sofia Immediately, but the min
listers replied that they would resign if he
returned just now and advised him to re-
| main abroad for the present
Gen. Salcedo commanding the first dis
trict, reports that Major Garrido has bad
sharp battle with the insurgents at
Perseverance,, Cuba in which so rebels
We're killed and q number wounded.
Major Garrido also captured large guam
tity of arms ammunition, provisions, etc.
Gen. Martinez Campos has arrived in
Manzanillo in good health.
AS result of the short water supply at
London caused by the turning off of the
flow by the water companies except for
about two hours in the "a, the sanitary
condition of the Whitechapel and Poplar
districts has become extremely bad Th' re
have already been three deaths from fever
contracted from this cause, and the situa-
tion threatens to become still more serious.
The Bulgarian minister of foreign
affairs Tuesday, visited all the foreign
diplomatic agents at Sofia, and apologized
for the treatment received by them at the
funeral of NJ Stambuloff. A report of
the affair which was formulated at the re-
quest of Sir A. Nicholson, the British
diplomatic agent, ascribed the first out
break to NJ. Petkoff's allusion to hired
assassins in his grafton.
committee. Wednesday. voted to hold the
state convention in Music hall, Boston,
Oct next. at 10 A. M. Curtis Guild,
.Tr of Boston, was selected for permanent
ch ,irman, and James Phillips, Jr., of
Fitchburg, as chairman of committee on
resolutions, with the following members
at large: Hon. Samuel Winslow of Wor-
cester, David Slade of Fall River, Hon.
VIM. +. Barrett of Mclrose, and Geo. r..
Jewett of Salem.
/ News comes from the northern counties
of Ontario that owing to the drouth and
drying up of pastures and ruin of the hay
crop, many farmers are feeding leaves of
trees to cattle, while others are being
obliged to shoot their cattle to prevent
starvation. The farmers will petition the
Dominion government to bring hay from
the Northwest as, without government
aid, 1t will be impossible to keep their
stock through the coming winter.
Rev. DR.. Clapp of the Ministerial Asso-
ciat ion at Manchester, n. H., stated to a
New England Associated Press reporter,
Wednesday, that there is not a word of
truth In the alleged Associated Press
dispatch from there that the State Law and
Order League had given the police COM
mission two weeks explicit time to shut
up Manchester saloons. "Please make
the denial emphatic, " said DR.. Clapp. 1t
is fake, made out of whole cloth.
Fire at Washington. D. c., Wednes.
day. destroyed the building of the Young
Mems Christian Association on York
avenue with all its contents. The fire
spread from the rear of the building to
that occupied by c. c. Bryan as grocery
store. and thence to James b. Lambies s
hardware store. Bryan's grocery stock,
! valued at SEQ, 900, is total loss; fully in.
, sured. Lambie's loss will be confined to
hardware on the top floor. The Y. NJ.
, c. A. building is insured for S35, 900.
Officer Gaddis arrived in Boston, late
} Tuesday night, with James Osgood of