Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-31

, day y deer. two carbon. three moose anil
one bear were received in Bangor
! mere II movement on foot among the
inherent steamship companies doing pas
s+nser business between the Canadian
ports ami Liverpool to not only mold iba
( winter pa asenger business. but capfilra >
! portion OF that which now goes TO New
: J ORR from this country. Here tofore m.
: lines making iIahfaX St John and por,
! l4nd the winter terminus have been under
the disadvantage Of costing the passen-
gers more money than in the summer
Z Ehcn Inc steamships could be taken al
Montreal or Quebec. This was caused by
me railway fare which it, was necessary
10 pay IN order to reacn the sea norris
The special railway rate in connectjon
Win ocean tickets 10 any one of the. three
ports mentioned from say Montreal was
s.."1 II * now proposed TO do away with
Inis entirely. maxine the ticket read from
Montreal 20 Liverpool in place OF from
Halifax TO Liverpool, ana sehing it at the
same price as formerly. The winter ra tes
from New York by the fast steamships
IS about $50. and by slower vessels the
s s,.,9e as the Canadian lines, Passengers
VIII thus save by taking the Canadian
iimes. II this new arrangement goes into
effect. the fare and expenses to New
9rk; II the agreement is entered into.
fected will be the Allans. the Dominion
and the Beaver lines.
Michael keefe, cut and slashed. with
blood running down his face and from
slashes in his arms, ran down Lincoln
street, al noon, Friday. swinging his arms
wildly in the air and shouting that he
was gong 10 commit suicide. He had
been lighting with man in Hines alley.
HE other man had the advantage of a
sheath knife, but used it bunglingly-or
else with an intention not to kill had
used il scientifically. Keefe's face was
badly slashed, and the sight of him run
ming through the. streets attracted
crowd crowd which followed at his heels.
Reaching the heater piece on Gas
House place. he turned up onto the rail-
road bank and running Gown between the
Ahn1diroscoggin mills, jumped from the
threw. off their coats while Keefe was
shouting Justify from the canal below
m goner, I'm IA drowned man. Help,
Murder. Fire, and other alarms which
dramatic pitch. Mr.: John ORourke and
Mr.. Cole were passing on Lincoln stree,
ana ran up to the dam toward which the
madman was whirlng and eddyng slow
iy-now and then ducking his head under
water and lifting 1t out to shout. I'm
dead. Mr.. ORourke go, hold OF his col
lar and Jerked him out on dry land. Then
1t was a fight. John Nicholson. Mr. Cole
and MIR. . Rourke. with the help of Others
subdued him enough TO get his wet CORY
body to the patrol box. Eight men sat on
him while he rode to the station. They
summoned DR.. Hawkins TO sew him up
and nine men sat on him while they hur-
ried him to the Hospital of Our Lady of
lighting for death when they carried him
in. 1t took almost an hour to quiet him
and sew up his cuts. The said cuts were
none of them serious and the doctors
thought that they had been made by
jumping through window. At 8 o'clock
Mr.. keefe was quietly sleeping in little
white iron bedstead. while a black headed
Sister Of Charity sat by his side and
hushed him of 10 dreamland again when
he showed signs of waking. Lewiston
Journal