Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-12
NEWS NUGGETS.
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South and West.

A dispatch from Rome says that the
cabinet has decided to pardon the prison
ers now In confinement under the convic-
ton of participating in the socialist riots
in Sicily in 1898. Among the convicts
who will be released is Signor Defelice,
who was member of the chamber OF
deputies and who was twice reelected
while serving sentence. His election was
annulled on the ground that be was a
convict.
A Washington special says that the bat
tleship Massachusetts will be ready for
trial about the middle of next month
| The ship will run over the usual measured
| course in the vicinity of Cape Ann, once in
each direction, so timing the commence
! mcnt of the four hours circuitous run that
| the effect of the tide on the speed of the
| vessel may help her during the run out as
much a ii binders her on the run back or
| vice versa.
All the maehinists employed by the
| morning papers of Chicago to keep their
| typesetting machines in order, STRUCK
| Tuesday night. Tho Tribune put on n
| non union machinist and when this Wa
made known, the organization which
| controls the machinists ordered strike
The men have not heretofore been recog
nized as a union and this they demanded
yesterday but met with poor success. Tel
| egrams We're sent to New York asking for
men and they will probably be here in
day or two.
Michael Hughes of Natick, Mass, n
shoe worker, aged 25, attempted suicide
at his boarding place at Dover, Y. H.
Tuesday night by cutting large cash i,
his throat and opening vein in his arm.
The instrument used was jack knife
He was not discovered until IL IS F. M
Wednesday, and was then in dying con
dition. Hughes had been on a spree and
was respondent. He was removed to tn,
police station and an effort made TO sew
up his wounds Recovery is doubtful
The Masonic block, one of the principal
buildings of Westficld Mass. burned
Wednesday afternoon, the fire starting
from some unknown cause, in the base
ment. The building was owned by Mount
Monah Lodge of Masons, d. l.. Gillctt
and Col. J. A. Lakin. The loss on the
building will be some s35, 900. TIL.
ground floor was occupied by W. n
Smiths shoe store, in which the loss is
about $4,000, and the d. L. Gillett Dry
Goods Co., loss nearly SIS, 600. TIL,
Masons occupied the third story. The
second was taken up with offices
The Shanghai story about the alleged
race between the steamer Empress Of
India and cruiser Olympia, in which the
latter was LETT far behind, has evoked a
letter from Lieut.. r. Mitchell navigating
officer of the Olympia, In which he saws.
in part: The Olympia had fire under
but two of her main boilers and on,
auxiliary, thus using but half of her
steam power. She was making IL y, and
| should judge the Empress to be making
II. At no time during the trip did the
Olympia use more than half her power.
nor make more than 1iI knots We
were not aware that n race was on With
the fire under all boilers, on the morning
of Jan. 81. the Olympia reeled off 81 knots
between and z A NJ, under natural
draught. This is about what she Is
capable of doing under ordinary circum-
stances
General Walker, commander.in-c chief Of
the National G. A. r.. ACCOMPANIED nv
Mrs. Walker, arrived at Pittsburg. Tues
day. In the party were Adiutant General
Robbins, Quartermaster General Bur
and Senior Aid de Camp DIETRICH Gen
walker SAID: NV visit here is with the
primary object of talking over the en-
campment to be held the first week in
September with the local committee
This encampment has been settled for the
"a, "a, 4th aud 9th of September in St.
PAul, but believe it will be better for
an concerned to alter the date to a week
!iter. My reason for saying this is the
iac1 that no pensions will BE- paid by the
fressury until tho 4th Of September. con
sequently holding it in that weak would
uhquestionahly entail the TENDANCE.
II tne date is postpoi ei a week, men Der.
VIII De, so tn speak. in funds and atls to
attend The QUESTION was discussed
WIN the local committee Tuesday night.
but no action was taken