Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-09-22

Elliott M. Hall, aged so. of SprIne-
field. Mass. unmarried, committed sui
eide, Monday, by shooting himself
through the right temple with a revol-
| yer. He was man of some little prop
efty ana no reason can be assigned for
his act, except that he was Respondent
| A special from Jiminez Mex, says:
Emile Redbaugh. a German natural
list, who had been spending the sum
mer in the Sierra Madrc mountains.
has been killed by accidentally falling
from cliff. He was widely known as
a scientist in the United States and
| Germany
| Mrs Sally Alberson. aged 115 years,
died near Colbert, Tex, Sunday. Mrs.
| Alberson was the wife Of Chief Albcr-
son, who was in the Creek war with
General Jackson in 1872. She was the
Oldest person in the nation, and leaves
great grandchildren, who have passed
the half century mile post.
| The sloop yacht Dream. owned by
| Captain Farliloe Of East Boston struck
| on the Saivages, off Thatcher's island,
| Sunday night. and not being able to
get off, her crew abandoned her. She
was bound from Portland for Boston
| and had a party on board. All were
safely landed. A tug attempted to
| haul her off, but owing to the tide was
| unsuccessful.
\ special dispatch from Ottawa, says
| the Liberals inted to ask the Vatican.
| 10 extend the authority of the papal
| delegate in the United States 10
| Canada and that he be authorized 10
| investigate the conduct Of certain
| French Canadian bishops in connection
with the recent general elections, or
| else Il special delegate be sent TO
Canada commissioned to hold such an
| inquiry.
A dispatch from Camargo, Mexico. t.
the New York Herald says: Jose Maria
Gutierrez and Lus Mcndosa two young
men belonging TO the wealthiest ana
most highly respected families Of this
city quarrclcd over some unknown
cause and duel was decided upon
They met i'm the outskirts OF the city
and Ncndosa killed his adversary at the
first shot Mendosa then placed 4
pistol to his temple and fired killing
himself instantly.
4 Cassyille. Mo, special states that
| benjamin Bethel. IA photographer who
has been paying his attentions to Miss
Maud Hayes. asked her a few DAYS
ago to marry him. This she r, fused 10
do ON Saturday he went to her home
and spent the evening. About ~
o'clock he blew out the light ana locked
| the door OF the room Immediately
| afterwards there were two pistol shots
Mr.. Hayes and hts son~in-law broke I'm
lie door and found the girl stretched
on the floor with a bullet wound in her
left breast. Bethel was in the corner
of the room dead.
Considerable excitement was caused
at the Harvard Grammer school in
| Charlestown. Mass. Monday II ap-
| pears that since tho death Of F'rca
Hewes the janitor Of the building dur
ing vacation. Joseph Flanders. a mem.
Der of the first class, IS years old. has
| been acting as janitor. as the board has
| not filled the vacancy. In starting
| fire, Monday young Flanders got
pressure OF 20 degrees more than was
needed. and when the steam began L
| escape he thought the boiler was going
| TO burst. He at once informed the sui
| master, Mr.. Hadley, who dismissed the
| classes and by prompt action prevented
| q panic. Sessions We're resumed in the
| afternoon.
| William Cassman, aged 81, of Furnace
| street. North Adams Mass is supposed
to have committed suicide. Monday
| morning while deranged by fever. II
was taken i'll Friday and had been CON
| fined at home attended by his wife.
| Mrs. Cassman rose after midnight to
| give her husband some medicine. The
patient was all right and she returned
| to her room. \ few hours aftcrWard
| She again went to her husbands room
and found the pillows saturated with
| blood. a blood stained razor near and
| her husband gone There We're traces
| Of blood to the door. The man was in
| his night robe. Search has failed to
| locate him and it is believed he went to
the river a few yards away. Police,
medical examiners and citizens are
| searching.
Three fires in Engfeld, CT, Sunday
| are supposed to have been inccndiary.
Major Hathaway suffered the greatest
| loss Besides his barn, Mr.. Hathaway
| lest 10 head of cattle and all the ma
chinery pertaining to a first-class farm.
| His barn and live stock were insured
for about $4,000, but his house was un-
| insured. His loss is $4,000 Mrs ,Hath-
| away has been Il contributor to hnaga-
| zines for many years, writing under
| the nom de plume of Grace Appleton.
| and it is feared that many of her poems
| have been destroyed. a volume OF
poems written by Mr. Hathaway's son
| Harold. now dead. was in course of
preparation and was TO have been sent
| to press this week. 1t is probably dcs-
| troyed. The residents of Enfield vii
| laSe are very much excited ovGr the
| fires.
DIR. Walter Paul of Boston, son of T..
;. Paul of Lewiston, was yachting off
llarpsWell a few days ago when a stay
| on which he put his fee. gave way.
throwing him into the water. He held
to the rope and was pulled n after a
thorough ducking, which was also dan
| crous, as he was under the bow of the
boat. In the accident his pocket book,
containing between $50 and $40 was
washed out of his pocket. In day or
two the honest fishermen of Haskeil's
island began discovering greenbacks on
the beach. One picked up a so bill
and a 81 bill, one a S. bill, and so on,