Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-30
NEWS NUGGETS.


Alderman George Faudel Phillips wa
elected lord mayor Of London, Tues
| day.
In the Franklin county court at 81
| Adams, VT. Carrie Huriburt was sen
| fenced to three years in the state priso
for setting fire to the Sheldon poorhouss
OF which she was an inmate last year.
| In the Dominion House of Commons
Monday, Premier Laurier. replying T.
question put by Sir Charles Topper
said that propagation would be reache
on or before Saturday next.
| Afreight train of the Missouri & Kan
sas Railroad was wrecked at Wilton
Mo-. Monday afternoon, by misplace,
switch. Fireman William Blake was bur
led under the engine and killed. and I'm
switch was thrown by some unknown
miscreants.
| AT Tuesdays session of the convention
of the Christian Missionary Alliance IL
the Gospel Tabernacle at New York city
Rev Or. F. l.. Chapel of Boston. ad
dressed the assemblage upon the duty o.
Christians. which, he said. was TO SEE
that the Gospel was preached to the fur
thermost corners of the earth.
Frederick p. Forester was appointed
receiver of the assets of Hubert Bros. &
CO.. sporting goods and bicycles 20 West
18th street, New York. Tuesday A re-
ceiver was appointed in the suit for the
voluntary dissolution of the corporation
Assets. $S7s, 1922; direct liabilities, 1922,
i15; contingent liabilities, s62, f76
At the coroner's inquest at Montreal.
Tuesday, on the body of Lee Tung "a
Chinaman who died, Monday medical
death resulted from leprosy. Lee Tung
had been living there for over a year.
The jury asked the health authorities to
take all precautions to prevent the dis
ease spreading.
Rev. J. w. Combs. a Baptist minister
of Perry county, Kestucky, was con-
v.cted some time ago of perjury and sem
fenced 10 the penitentiary for one year.
Monday. he went to Frankfort without a
guard and asked Acting Governor Worth
iugton for a pardon, explaining that he
vas the victim of a feud. The acting
Governor examined the letters from the
Mr.. Combs
The English government has received
a dispatch from Fort Salisbury stating
hat serious fighting. lasting three
days. has taken place near Azoe. The
British. the telegram says, We're hem
med in by the natives for 10 hours. No
details of the fighting are given. ex-
cept the statement that two British
Ulcers We're wounded.
At Houston. Tex. Monday night. James
Isaac Newton shot his father-n-law.
Thomas l.. Lyons. his mother-n-law,
Mrs Lyons. and Thomas w. Lyons. his
brother-in-law. The wounds of the son
and Mrs Lyons Will probably result IA
tally July last. Mrs. Newton left her
husband on account OF bad treatment.
lie kidnapped their daughter last week.
and when the. wife refused her clothes
nd the child. he became enraged. Mrs
Newton was not present. Newton was
crested.
At Gray. 10 miles from Wharncliff,
~ Va. Monday. political discussion
,nded in general row. in which John
g. Roberts farmer was shot to death
~ Doc Estep. King Roberts,a brother
# John. secured a Winchester and fired
'hree balls into Estep. killing him
Sing Roberts is still at large and his
friends say they will not permit his
.rrest.
About 20 weavers In the Otis Cos.
10th mills in Ware. Mass. stopped work,
Tuesday. on account of d reduction i'll
wages of two cents a cut of cloth. or
tbout eight cents day. Agent Tucker
lsked the men to continue work for two
weeks on the old pay but the help re-
fused and marched out in body. There
Is no trouble or disturbance: 1t is ex-
peeted that the wea ,n wli return ,n 10
time this week, after running half time
FOR six months.
The summary OF the Gloucester.
lass, fishery disasters during the year
nding with the present month. shows
hat "A lives was lost, compared with
ne average of SO for the past y years
Many of the men left families. The
lumber of vessels lost was 10, which
vas less than that of last year. Total
onnage was S23, 100: valuation, $780,
90: insurance, s46,64S.
The London Star says that the Hon.
Bryning. who was a prominent figure
IN the prosecution of Mrs. Florence
Maybrick for the murder of her hus-
and James Maybrick. made a state
ment to friends of Mrs. Maybrick just
before his death, which occurred re-
Gently, and that in consequence of his
revelation the case of the condemned
woman is likely to take a new phase,
with unlocked for developments.
The two-masted schooner Richmond.
New York for Camden. Me. which went
ashore ON Triangle lodges off York.
Maine. Thursday night, was towed in
o port Portsmouth. n. H.. harbor.
Tuesday afternoon on her broadside in
badly damaged condition. Four men
comprising the crew managed to safely
reach shore after the vessel struck.
The cargo, 1000 bags of grain. is a total
,oss. 1t is doubtful If the present condi-
ton of vessel will warrant repairing
ner
Epping, N. H.. is again stirred up
over the disappearance of Joseph Burke.
4 saloon keeper. who is reported to
have flown from his creditors He has
been gone week but it was not known
until Monday. that all of his portable
possessions had disappeared. Burkes
real estate is heavily mortgaged. There
are several charges of keeping liquor
hanging over his head which We're to
be heard at the October term of the
supreme court and this is believed to
have FASTENED his fight.
Peter Crawford was shot dead at
Somerville, Tenn. Monday night, while
trying to prevent the elopement of his
niece. Sallie Weatherly, with G. H.
Wynfrey, Jr. The young couple were
leaving the house of the girls mother
when Crawford interfered with them
at he gate. A moment later Wynfrey
fired two shots through Crawford's
heart and the girl jumped into a wait
ing buggy and escaped. The couple
were married a few miles from town
and later Wynfrey was arrested on a