Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-25
NEWS NUGGETS.
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South and West.

James II. Roosevelt. secretary Of the
American embassy, at London, Is suf-
| fering from nervous prostration.
At the city election at Franklin
Falls, N. H.. Tuesday DIR. Chas. w.
Adams was elected mayor on the Citi-
zens ticket.
Hon. VIM. f. Mason. was reelected
mayor of Dover. n. H.. Tuesday. by a
plurality of SOB The incoming city
government will be 90 Republicans and
| five Democrats.
Louis Schiel. aged 43, baker who
was out of employment. was found
dead in Central park. New York, Tues
| day morning. He had committed sui
| 'ide by taking carbolic acid.
The 20-round contest between Casper
| Leon. los pounds champion of America.
md Dave sullivan. the indicated 10
pound champion of Boston, before the
| Bohemian A. c.. New York. Tuesday
| night. resulted in draw. Jim Mace OF
| England. was referee.
A dispatch from Concord. n. H.,
gives list of 20 savings banks of New
| Hampshire which have failed in the
asst Is months with deposits of over
| 10000 and says that of this amount
| "A 500. 900 will be lost to depositors. The
| money, ii is claimed, was lost in West
| arE land investments
| A private dispatch states that the
| Norwegian steamer Sauna, Philadel-
| ,hia. Nov. 15 for Port Antonio in bal
| asst. Is ashore on a reef outside of ST.
| AIMS bay Jamaica. The steamer City
| IF Kingston made an unsuccessful at
| -empt to haul the Sama off She has
been abandoned to the underwriters
August Nolgelman, a wheelwright a.
| years old of 125 Seventh street. New
| York. committed suicide early Tues
| lay on the roof Of his residence by
| shooting himself through the head with
| l revolver. He had been out of work
| or some time and was Respondent.
| Vogelman leaves wife and two chill
| dren.
| DIR. G.. f. Slack. IA prominent resident OF
| Farnham. Canada. pleaded guilty in the
| police court at Montreal. Tuesday. to the
| barge of having forged his sisters name
| % power of attorney which he utilized
| in disposing of some Bank of Montreal
| shares belonging to the Montgomery es-
| ,ate. He realized $4,000 by the sale of the
| shares and refunded $4,000 a petition
|
| isking for clemency was presented the
| court. together with a letter from his sis
| ter to the same effect. Slack was re-
| manded for sentence.
| The actions of Mrs. Catherine Norris
| md others against the selectmen of the
| town of Epping. n. H.. and Treasurer
| Pike. TO recover the amount of notes
| given them by the chairman of select
| men. Charles T.. Folsom. which We're to
| have been heard at the present term of
| The supreme court at Portsmouth. n. H..
| have been continued until the January
| term. The selectmen and Treasurer Pike
| claim that their signatures on the note
| ire forgeries. They contest that they
| signed the notes in blank and allowed
| Chairman Folsom to fill out any amount
| is the town needed money.
| The match between Eddie Connolly
Of st. Johns. n. b., and Tom Causer.
| the English lightweight, took place.
| Tuesday night. at the Olympic Athletic
| Club Birmingham. Eng, and resulted in
| victory for Connolly. who defeated his
| opponent in the fifth round. The men
| were matched to fight 20 rounds for a
purse of Goo Causer was the favorite
| in the betting at odds of 6 to on. The
men We're supposed to enter the ring
at 1873 pounds, but both We're over
weight.
The will of the late Maria III. Whit
| comb of Fitchburg, Mass, was filed at
Worcester Mass. Tuesday. The entire
| estate, amounting to about $4,000. is
| left to the city of F'itchburg to be held
| in trust and to be known as the Ma
| than Whitcomb fund. The income is
| to be used under the direction of the
| overseers of the poor for the benefit of
| the poor and needy of the city. with
| rnf aynrpScp6 ,Nilnwc nd
| orphans. and none of the money can
| be expended on the inmates of the poor
house.
Relatives of the Rutherfords. who were
killed by Captain Hatfield and his son on
| last election day, ut Williamson. W. Va.
are sending threatening messages to the
| Hon. s. c. Burdette and Judge Mcciinnis,
| Hatfields. telling them that if they value
| their lives they will not appear for the
prisoners at the January term Strong
hints Of ynehng s,t are heard freqnenhty
time at Williamson. fearing that ii he
remains at his home in Matewan an at
tempt on his life will be made by the
! Hatfields. Captain Hatfield daily writes
his kinsmen telling them to remain quiet.
| but the actions of both factions seem to
| indicate that further trouble is brewing.
| The Rev.Morris d. Crawford. a
prominent Methodist Episcopal cler-
| gyman, died at New York, Tuesday.
He was IS years of age. DR.. Crawford
had been in the ministry Sc years. At
various times he was presiding elder
OF the district of New York district of
| Poughkeepsie and district of New
burg. He was president of the New
York City Church Extension and Mis-
sionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal church. and vice president
of the board of managers of the Mis-
| sionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. He was trustee of
the Wesleyan University. Drew Theo-
logical Seminary and Drew Ladies'
Seminary.