Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-22
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


Notices will be posted at Manchester
| ~: IL, wednesday, that the Amoskea &
| mills will close Aug. ). indefinitely. This
Will throw out 5000 operatives
The Cunard Steamship Co has or
dered the construction of three 5000
tons steamships The vessels are Il
be built at Belfast. Ire, and adapted
for the carrying Of freight and the
cheaper passenger traffic.
John Gelennon AT Boston. Tuesday. was
found guilty of manslaughter in killing
Mrs. Annie Powers at Oswcgo street
June ~ and was sentenced to the state
prison for not less than four years nor
more than six years. Glennon and Mrs
| Powers had been drinking and the wo-
| man called GleHnon Il vile name, where
upon ne stabbed her.
Coroner bradbury Of Saco Tuesday. be-
gan an inquest on the death Of Fred
| Brown. the eccentric kennubunkport
hermit VINO was found Sunday in the
| woods with his throat cut. An adjourn
ment was taken to Saturday. when a
| Verdaict will be rendered. The coroner
| said that the evidence tended to thor
oughly establish the suicide theory.
Randolph Barton of Baltimore, who
headed the Democratic electoral ticket
| as named by the recent convention,
| Tuesday. withdrew as Maryland s
| representative on that ticket and an
| nounccs that he will support the Re-
publican nominees.
James l.. Campbell and George A..
| nanscom. proprietors of the Lowell
| Morning Times and the Lowell Evening
Star. Lowell. Mass, filed a voluntary pc
| tition in Insolvency at Cambridge, Tues
| day. The assets and liabilities are un-
known but II Is thought that the firm
owes about Sl5.GO. They have not made
| an offer to the creditors. II is understood
| that efforts will be made to keep the two
papers running.
| Notices have been posted in the Iron
| Works mills at Fail River. Mass, that
next Saturday night, the mills will
| close for one week This corporation
| did not sign the agreement to curtail
| production. but ii is understood here
| that IL will continue to curtail with the
| other mills, while trade remains fiat
as IL now is.
The report sent out from Borden
| town. n. j., to the effect that Mrs
| Parnell had disposed of the Iron
sides" property to a syndicate for a
| site for the colored Industrial and
Manual Training school, is denied by
Mrs. Parnel. She says the report is
| unfounded and that "Ironsides" is still
| in her possession.
Adolph Maillard. one of the most
widely known residents of Marin
county, Cal, died at his home near
Nicarsio. Monday. In early years he
was secretary to Prince Napoleon and
enjoyed an extended acquaintance
His wife. Anne. was one of the three
beautiful Ward sisters of Pond street.
Boston. celebrated in Verse by Henry
w. Longfeliow.
DR.. Martha Lecuyer. who was ar
rested at South birmingham, Mass
Monday. for alleged attempted Grim
inal malpractice on the person Of
Maude Loveday y years old and I'M
married. who now lies very i'll at the
home of her sister in South Framing
ham. was arraiened, Tuesday. and her
case was continued for examination
until Tuesday. July rs. Bonds of $1,000
We're required but not furnished. and
the woman was committed to East
Cambridge Jail
Miss Laura Reid, aged 90. who lives
at No. 20 Gibbs street, New Haven.
visited Mrs. Elizabeth Smith of Will
liamsburg. ~ V. Monday Miss Reid
and Mrs. Smiths niece. Lizzie Mon
tague, We're dressing in Miss Monta-
CUES bed room. when Mrs Smith en-
tered the apartment. She sat down to
chat with them and began to toy with
a small pistol. that had been lying on
the mantel for years. The weapon was
old and rusty and Mrs Smith believed
it was empty. She playfully pointed |
it at her visitor and pulled the trig-
ger. The weapon was discharged and |
Misc Rpi6 fe11 h. hal
had struck her in the forehead and |
made bad wound, but it was ex-
tracted at ST. GATHERINGS hospital |
Mrs. Smith was arrested.
Police detectives at Chicago. Monday
night. captured Jesse Thames, last of |
the quartet of alleged robbers who
were recently brought to grief in De
troit When his three pals, Orme
Monaghan and Dempsey. We're arrested.
Thames eluded the police. His arrest
was accomplished while on q journey
to Milwaukee. whittier he was accom-
panied by Miss Florence Detroit. his
affianced bride. 1t was their purpose
to be married In Milwaukee, but they
stopped off for few hours. The po-
lice got wind of their plan and located
Thames. Miss Gordon who was also
taken in charge by the police and kept
at the Harrison street police station
annex during the night. says she did
not have the least suspicion against
Thames until his arrest She expressed
herself az being pleased at her fortu-
nate escape from marriage with him.
The Grant house at City Point,
South Boston, three-story frame
building. was burned at 3.15 A. NJ,
Tuesday. There We're about q dozen Z
people in the house at the time and all 1
got out in safety. although there were 1
several narrow escapes. Three women
and little girl We're taken from one /
of the windows on the water side by
a man who pulled under there in a
boat and rescued them. +. " Bellows.
manager of the Grant house, jumped
from the third floor to the piazza of
the ground floor. He was severely r
burned on the head and limbs He So ,