Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-18

Fire occurred in the Glen Mfg. co s.
stock house at Berlin n, H. a., I'm arsmSs
or an incendiary. The building II OF
| wood, 40 by 100 feet, and contained large
quantity of wrapping paper. much pulp
and rags. pine lumber, rope ana some
very valuable machinery. The loss sa was
total and il estimated at nearly $lo,ooo
The Casino building and Park bridge
at Scenley Park, Oakland. Pa, was de-
stroyed by fire early. Thursday. The
| buildings and contents represented an In
vestment of about $4,000: insurance not
over $4,000. The fire originated from
! the bursting OF large ammonia cyhn ii.l,1
| In an ice machine under the skating rink.
| The Casino was conceded TO be the nhest
| OF its kind in the world.
| Hon. Henry L. Pierce died Thursday
evening, at the city residence of Thomas
Bailey Aldrich, Boston. Death was
caused by paralysis. Mr.. Pierce was q.
and since the death of Mr.. Baker IN 1874,
| had been the sole manager of the cnoco-
| late manufacturing business of Walter
Baker & co. he served two terms IN
| Congress, was twice mayor OF Boston;
served in the Legislature, was for several
years president of the New England Tar
| if Reform League, trustee OF the Massa
| chusetts Life Insurance Co, and Museum
of Fine Arts. He never married.
| A dispatch from Bombay says ad-
vices have been received from Goa,
capital of Portuguese India, that the
nsurgent Ranes made an attack upon
Pernem. where they burned and looted
the treasury. The Portuguese sent 600
troops to punish the Rams who were
dispersed and a number killed.
The ballot boxes used in the October
| election at Middletown. CT. were
! opened in court. Thursday. In the
! first ward three envelopes We're miss
| ing, and two ballots found endorsed
With the names of the booth tenders.
This will add to the complications in
| the Winterich- Loveland contest for
the position of first selectman, and the
booth tenders in the first ward may he
arrested.
| Judge Mckenna at San Francisco.
! "Wednesday, granted an assignment of
| error in the case Of James +. Merritt
| and others against Bowdoin College.
| which institution received in trust the
sum of 81 900, 900 from the late Mrs.
Garceion OF Oakland. The action was
decided by Judge Hawley last June in
| favor of the college. The ease Will
now be heard before the United States
supreme court
Several trained nurses of Mime
apolis, Mimi, have volunteered to go
| to Cuba. and they agree to pay their
own expenses If some one will arrange
| matters so that they can get there.
| Eighty men have volunteered. and the
iunta in New York has been tele-
graphed to see if there was some way
| in which the nurses in particular
could reach cuba, as II is believed that
| there are fully a dozen nurses here
| who are willing to go.
The United States cruiser Marble
head was presented, Thursday. with a
| splendid sat of colors consisting of a
large silken American flag and several
smaller ones. the gift Of the citizens az
| Marblehead. the Bay state town in
| whose honor the man of war was
| named. The presentation took place at
7 the Brooklyn navy yard. where the
cruiser is making ready preparatory TO
| joining Admiral Bunce's North All
lantic squadron for the winter cruise.
Two wrecks are reported al Halifax.
y. 90. as result of Wednesdays storm.
The schooner Annie Roy from Louis
burg, c. Il. bound To Halifax with coal.
was wrecked. Wednesday night, off
Isaac's harbor. The crew took 10 the
boat and after suffering fearfully from
cold weather. landed at Black rock.
The schooner Jessamene went ashore
off Lockport. caught fire during the
night and was completely destroyed.
She had a cargo of flour from Boston
| for Liverpool, y. 5. he crew was
saved.
GOV. Holcomb Of Nebraska. in an in
terview. Wednesday. said; The bel
ligerent rights of Cuba revolutionists
should have been recognized by our
national government. Their valiant
fight to free themselves from the yoke
of the European oppression entities
them to the sympathy of every
| American" The governor declared
that in the event of war with a foreign
nation Nebraska could furnish 1900
drilled and organized troops. and that
100000 Nebraskans stood ready to de-
fend the country's honor.
A special cable dispatch to the New
York Journal from Vienna says: a fear
full typhus epidemic continues to rage
in the Austrian naval station of Pola.
| The streets are almost deserted, all
who are able fleeing from the place.
ADJUSTMENTS and even meetings in the
open air. are prohibited. The dead are
| bul1tu nightly WItittut any
The number of sick is increasing by
leaps and bounds. Seven hundred
patients are in the naval hospital alone,
where there are only six male and
| eight female attendants.
Hermann. the magician. who gave Il
performance at Rochester, n. ",
Wednesday night. at the Lyceum
theatre. died. Thursday morning. at
| Great Valley. while en- route to Brad
ford. Pa. Mr. Hermann was perfectly
well when he took the Buffalo, Roches-
| ter 4 Pittsburg train at $50 A. NJ,
| Thursday AS the train approached
Great Valley. few miles this side of
! Salamanca. he suddenly expired, from
| heart disease. The car containing the
body was switched off at Salamanca,
and medical aid summoned.
The Virginia supreme court of APP
peals Thursday. rendered a decision
| commanding the state board of cam
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