Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-15
NEWS NUGGETS.


was arrested at Dover, ". H. Nond.v
On warrant alleging that he STOLE :,
morse and team from Charles Harmon
VI oohersWorth In Dover. SATURDAY.
night.
me Cramps Of PHILADELPHIA. sco,,s
~ oah francisco, and Newport Ne,os
,oiiipahy were the lowest beidders for
,he new battleships. Monday. an th.
pias closely approximating each otb.r
40 goid clause was stipulated bv anv
| contractor. any
iHaac Ffessy, superintendent Of rail-
80 supplies Tor the New York d.
on u the Consolidated Road. died
a. 7.aniiora' Conn, Monday, aged ~
~. 'eSsy was a native of Maine. and
@' "pcupied ms present position for
seine years. He had been in the e,n
| pioy OF railroads all his life.
| Charies McGovern, Charles Toole ana
re"rse stevens We're found dead SIM
uay' III miners cabin a mile e,or,
victor, Colo The men. with uarr,,
boyle ana John McDermott had ha,.,,
| occupying the cabin for some time ana
an had been drinking heavily. Tho ,y..a
iatter nave been arrested on susnicio,
"f poisoning their companions
HeF. Dr. Robert Macarthur in HE
sermon at the Calvary Baptist church
N'W ork, Monday night. said in
aI"akliS of the Armenian Question.
me nited States government has
peeh strangely neglected. of the inter
+AtS OF American citizens in Turkey II
r tihe Tor the government to arouse
.'9elI. Every American ship which can
ne spared should at once be sent into
turkish waters. The Sultan is not ia
ue treated as if he was civilized ruler.
tie is to be treated as the redhanded
assassin. our words of entreatv nust
be backed by shotted guns. in order
hat the Sultan may listen"
Fire partially destroyed the stable Of
Mrs. Jennie +. Chase at Swampscott.
Mass. early Monday morning. making
4 loss of $500 on the building and ss0o
on the! contents, insured The stable
was one of the most handsomely fur
nished and fully equipped in that sec
tlon OF the country. The horses. car
IMAGES and harnesses We're saved by
ne coachman, who was sleeping in tn.
second story of the stable. and ESCAPED
nom the building in his night clothes.
The fire was probably incendiary and
II is the third barn belonging to mem
bcrs of the Phillips family destroyed
y an incendiary fire this year.
Chas. Wesland, Frank Bates. Ed
ward ABIGAIL, James S. Murray. Amer
lean fishermen. arrived at Halifax.
Monday. from New Foundland. The
mon say they are part of the crew of
The American schooner ID. A Story OF
iioucesterr, Mass, allege that Captain
Newman of that vessel put them
ashore without explanation. at the Bay
Ut Bulls, New FOundland, Tuesday
asst, gave them only fifty cents apiece.
Ind Immediately put to sea They were
sent to Halifax from New Foundland
by the United States consul Two of
he fishermen belong in Gloucester. one
y Boston and the other in Portland.
lIe.
The Italian bark Monte Tabor. with a
'argo of salt,struck on Peaked Hill bar,
lear Highland Light, Mass. about mid
night last night. Soon afterward her
'aptain. made desperate by his situa-
ion, shot himself with his revolver
The mate, fearing death by drowning,
rev his razor across his throat and
dropped dead into the sac. When the
n two after striking. her crew of 10
oen chung to the deck house and went
lVer the side with it. Five lost their
lold and We're swept into the sea and
The others reached the shore
Exhausted and were taken to Peaked
Hill station and cared for. The body
# the mate was washed ashore at Race
Point at o'clock A. NJ. Monday.
lbout 1890 two other bodies were picked
Up on the shore, one with the throat
'ut. This makes two members of the
ated ships company, who went to their
leath by cutting their throats.
Edward E. Estes. dealer in provis-
ons, and a well known man in Bev-
arly Mass. left home, Saturday night.
aking with him his trunk and telling
lis wife he had secured a situation in
Session as a meat cutter and that when
ne got settled he would send for her.
Sunday night. Fred White. a shoe
utter, called on her and informed her
hat her husband had eloped with his
wife. She was not surprised as she
had heard rumors of their intimacy
White has not lived with his wife for
come time. Mrs. White took her
laughter with her. On August 18th
Nhite called on his wife where she was
to see the child who was
sick. He found Estes there and Estes
'rdered him out and. as he did not go.
assaulted him, for which he paid so
Il the police court, the next day.
Neither party has complained to the
police as yet. Mrs. Estes is left with
wo children.
Every night the city of Springfield.
Ky, is patrolled by special officers I'M
Ter command of the city marshal Peo-
PIE in the country not in sympathy
With the mob dare not come to town
est they be suspected of giving infor-
nation and incur the personal ven-
Sence of the mob, which is in the ma
ority. Country officials are afraid to
aise hand except to protect the town.
they fear the consequences of an at
empt to restore order with the meagre
'upport at their command. County
Judge Thompson has written for pub
ication an appeal to all good citizens
o aid him in UNFOLDING law and order.
The people of this (Washington)
county voted last fall to make the
turnpike free throughout the county.
tS the mixes MI