Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-13
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from North. Fast.
South ana west.

Judge Wallace. at Keene, N. H..
Thursday, sentenced John Cooney of
Winchester to five years in state
prison for an attempt at arson.
The Mechanics Mutual Savings and
Loan Associations. Nos. 1 and 2, of In
dianapolis. Ind. Wednesday. The assets
of the two associations amount to about
$4,000; liabilities about the same.
Reports show that the distress in
Labrador is growing greater. Extensive
relief works are being started. A hard
winter is expected.
A cablegram received. Thursday, by
a Boston shipping firm. states that the
first cargo of apples to reach Ham
burg from Boston. netted from $3.50 to
81 per barrel. according to quality.
The Evening Post Publishing Co,
Of Fort Wayne, Ind. Wednesday.
suspended the publication of its daily
and weekly issues and made an assign
ment. The Post was u free silver or
gan.
The inspector general of the New
foundland constabulary has gone to
Montreal with a warrant for the arrest
of Captain De Lisle of the steamer
Tiber, which sank the schooner Maggie,
Friday. causing the loss of 13 lives
Morris Peitch, a grocer, was shot
and killed in his store at st. Lonis, ny
Charles OLeary. Wednesday. The
men had quarreled about woman
who was in the store when the murder
was committed. O'Leary was arrested.
Nothing has been heard at London
bar w ~ foreign office the british
South African Co. of the decision of the
Transvaal government to claim tl.Vtuoj
indemnity from the Chartered Company
for the Jameson raid, beyond the report
TO that effect received from Pretoria. The
authorities regard the truth of the repor
as highly improbable.
Since the release of Mrs. Walter NJ.
Castle of San Francisco from Worm
wood Scrubbs prison on Tuesday last.
her condition of health has been so
dangerous that the doctors now refuse
her permission to sail from England
for the United States at present
James Michael. at New Orleans,
Thursday. made a successful try al
the 10-mile paced bicycle record. He
lowered every mile record from the
second to the tenth inclusive. The
record for 10 miles stood at 1S4 Is.
Michael clipped six seconds off this.
The rolling stock, franchises and prop
critics of every description of the Chicag,
q Northern Pacific Railway will be
cago. next Tuesday. The purchase prica
will be $40 900, 900 unless the plan PROPOSE
to the bondholders falls through and an
attempt is made to secure the property
by those interested in the Wisconsin Cen
tral reorganization.
ba irJ 0r
mothers which is held under the auspicea'
of the Kindergarten College of Chicago.
convened in NJ Handel hall Chleago ,ireasor
of the college. stated that the object of
the convocation was to better the condi-
ton of the children of today Several adj
dresses were delivered, About 800 mothers
were in attendance.
Hon. George Fred Williams sailed
from Boston. Thursday. in the steame:
Bowden for Jamaica. w. l. The trip
is taken for rest. A little Informal
farewell dinner was given Mr. Will
liams at the University Club, Wednes-
day night, by his law partner. Mr..
Anderson, and G. F. Tucker.
r. c. Lehman. the English oarsman.
was passenger on the steamer Ma
jestic which arrived at New York from
Liverpool, Thursday. His mission to
this country is to fill the position of
coach to the boat crew of the Harvard
University. Lehman was formerly
coach of the oxford University crew.
The Cincinnati Price Current summa-
rizes the crop conditions for the past
week as follows: The handling of corn
and the movement Of grain have been re-
Western section. The sentiment is gen
orally more confident. The growing wheat
maintains it's excellent position. The
weeks packing of hogs amounted to $50
900. against 100000 for the corresponding
week, one year ago.
Cyprus Gushing. aged 81, from
Maine, arrested at Boston, Thursday
night, charged with the larceny of
watch from Clifford Browning Of
Charlestown, with whom he has been
lodging. Gushing was arrested as he
was leaving a church meeting. He
will be arraigned, Friday.
General Passenger Agent E. A. Ford of
the Pennsylvania & VaDdalia lines at Gil
cago. introduced and strongly urged the
adoption of resolution embodving a sys-
TEN of 5000-mile tickets. to be sod at SlOa
each to be issued by the commissioner of
the Central Passenger Association and to
be made good over all the lines that are
members of that committee. A spacia'
meeting to consider the subject will be
held in Chicago on Nov. 19.
Henry krchner. Il years old was shot.
Wednesday night. by his sweetheart Kit
tie Martin. at q Avenue A. New York.
The girl. who lives at 704 Third avenue
fired five bullets at him. two taking effect.
One near the right lung may result ia
tally. The other bullet entered the right
hand. The girl tainted from excitement.
Both were taken to Bellevue hospital in
an ambulance. The refusal of Kirchner
to marry the girl because of religious dif-
ferences was the cause of the shooting.
The annual report of the Yale Fnanc al
Union. embracing all branches cf a'h-
letics in the university. has Just been
made public. Summarized it is. pe-
ceipts, foot ball, 2o,3O5: base ball. $l3. 70l;
navy, sl4 40l: track team. $11,231; total
$50, 739. Expenditures. foot bali sl449,.
base ball. $40. .43s; navy. $12 903: track team
$l2. 2.442; total, $50. $50. The expense Of the
Henley trip is given as $12903. The sub
seript1ons received from Yale men t9 de-
fray the expenses of the trip were SIl.17s
At the ninth annual commemoration
Of the execution Of the Haymarket
bomb throwers. held in Turner hall. at
Chicago Wednesday night, Mrs. Lucy
Parsons was one Of the speakers. Her
language soon became violent and she
was led from the stage by the police.