Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-01
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brou9h. by the Wires from The North. East
South and West.

! X G. Dun * Go report: Failures this
week. 4oi in the United States, against
| 35i last year.
The Sons of Maine Club of Somerville,
| Mass, held its annual dinner and ban.
quot Friday night,
/ Governor Morton has granted Bat
Shea, the murderer CT Robert Ross CT
Troy, further respite to Feb II.
After a prolonged domestic quarrel,
| Thomas +. Ripple, "a German stabbed and
his wife. Mary. at New Haven. CT. Fri
day night He was captured and con
! fesscd.
Irving J. Buckley, aged II OF prospect.
| CT, was shot Thursday night. by Edward
A. Parsons, aged 40, on a skating pond
on the Naugautuck line, and died, Friday.
! Parsons is in custody
| Prime Minister Salisbury delivered q
| speech at Landon, Friday night, in the
course of which he rebuttcd tho statements
made, Thursday night, by John Morley
| to the electors at Arbroath, concerning
the Monroe doctrine.
| That the Reading Company purposes to
cuniinc itself within the limit of coal pro
duction allotted to il for February by tho
coal road presidents, is shown by the fact
that all its Pennsylvania collierios shut
down, Friday night
Word of the arrest of Clarence Murphy
at San Francisco, Friday, under the name
of c. NJ Clark, has been received at
Salem, Mass. He left Salem. Dec. ,. 1898
He was receiving teller of the Salem
| Savings Bank and an embezzler of $50. 900
George NJ. Kellogg of the Troy, Ohio
Surrey Works, has msappropriated
| S25, 600 Of the company's money On the
promise of non prosecution, he admitted
his guilt, and stated how. in the last yeal
and half, he had been using the money
Ii is understood that the state depart
ment is only delaying its transmission t.
Congress of the documents in the case OF
ex-United States Consul Waller, now i'm
prisored in France, pending the negotla
tions still proceeding. by which it hopes
to b9 able to announce the release of W al
Ter from prison.
Antonio Fernando, President of the
state of Falcon, has telegraphcd that in
the archives Of Core, capital Of the state
and the oldest city in Venezuela, has been
found map, published in London in
i''ts III N'liSH tit LINUS Oh DfltlSE
Guiana are given about as Venezuela as
serts are right,
New York creditors of Neal, Morse A.
Co, whole sale deal, RS in woolens at Bos-
ton, have been asked to take so pcr cent.
OF their claims in MOTIFS payable in four.
eight, 10 and II months, and 30 per cent.
In the stock of Is new corpc ration lust
formed, called the Neal, Morse Co. to
continue the business.
A committee of negroes conferred with
the authorities at biucfields. W. Va,
Thursday evening regarding the lynch
ing of Alexander Jones. Tic officers con
cluded to prosecute the mob and many ar
rests will follow. After the state has fin
ished with The members # the mob the
Norfolk Il Westera Railroad will prose
c1te them on the charge Of molesting the
United States mail and express by stop
ping the train and taking Jones there
frou
The store and public ball at Barter's
Island, Sheepscot river, were burned
Thursday night. The building was owned
by Fremont KtmbalI, and the store occu-
pied by Ro5 Kimhali. The loss on the
building is $500, and on the goods $500.