Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-10-12
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought BY the Wires from North, East
South and West.

congress, DR.. Stroeber, professor OF
medicine, was frozen to death.
Henry E. Dixey, the actor, filed a volun-
tary petition in insolvency in the Suffolk
Insolvency court at Boston, Monday. The
first meeting of his creditors will be held,
Oct. 22.
John F. Boynton. a well-known resident
of Leominster, Mass, shot and killed ms
wife, Monday, and then committed suicide
by shooting Family troubles are believed
to have been the cause Of the act. He
was IS years of age and his wife was 81.
Several children survive.
John H. Coville has been arrested at
San Francisco on a telegraphic dispatch
from Boston. He is accused of embezzling
$500 from Marshall P. Dollard of that
city. When searched $500 was found on
his person. He is held awaiting the ar
rival of extradition papers.
The bank of Montreal has invited
tenders for s2.OOO,600 ($10,O00,0 ,000) two
and one-half per cent, inscribed stock,
at not less than 81. OF this amount,
g., ,OOO, 900 ($5,O0O, ,O00) will be applied to
paying off the floating debt of the
Dominion.
The son of the Duke and Duchess Of
Marlborough, born Sept. Is, will be
baptized, Saturday next, at the chapel
royal, st. James palace, London. The
Prince of Wales will act as sponsor
and the Princess of Wales will attend
the ceremony if she is in London at the
time.
The department store of the Sim
mons Co., at Chicago. has been closed
by creditors under chattel mortgages.
The amount Of Indebtedness represent
ed in the failure is estimated in the
neighborhood of 100000 and the assets
it is believed, will aggregate about the
same figure.
City Marshall William Burke of Anti
och, ILL.,. was shot and killed by accident
on Gross lake, near Antioch. Sunday, by
Deputy State Game Warden William Kel-
ley, while the two men were hunting
ducks. Kelley was so overcome by what
he had done that he tried to kill himself.
Only the Intervention of five companions.
who held him. kept the desperate hunter
from carrying out his purpose.
All property on which assessments or
public improvements are due within the
city of Duluth is to be seized by the city
and leased, rented or sold. This will be
under a law passed by the last Legisla-
ture. There is due to the city on unim-
proved and improved property about ST.
100000 in assessments, of which nearly
100000 is improved, some of it being in
the business section of the city.
George Jackson and Charles VIII
liams, who held up an Oregon Naviga-
tion Company train near Portland
Ore. two weeks ago, have been found
guilty OF highway robbery. Jackson
pleaded guilty, and Williams was
found guilty by a jury. The penalty
is from to 20 years in the peniter-
tiary.
The secretary cf the English FEEDER
ated Trades, comprising 80 important
industries, announces that the execu-
tive committee has definitely decided
to call out all it's members in sympathy
with the struggle of the engineers
against their employers, on Friday
next, when it is estimated that total
of 100000 men will be out of work on
account of the great labor dispute.
In the United States circuit court at
Boston. Monday, Judge Colt continued
until next Monday, the hearing in the
case of w. H. Baker VS.. The United
Telegram Co. The receiver, Marsden
J. Jerry, asked to be allowed to sell
collateral, alleging in his petition that
he held $500 shares of stock as collater-
al security for notes of the defendant,
Robert F. Straine, amounting to $73, 1873.
One of the most important labor confer
enceS in the history of Illinois is to be
held at Peoria, Tuesday, at which a plan
to negotiate a federation will be consid-
cred and adopted. Four international
conventions have declared for closer fed
Grafton of the railroad brotherhOods The
one brotherhood not included is the
Brotherhood Of Engineers. Fully 100. 00G
men in the United States, Canada and
Mexico will be affected. The meeting will
be called by F. P. Sargent president of
the Locomotive Firemen.
The Naumkeag cotton mills at Salem
Mass, which have been running four
days week, started on full time in all
of it's departments Monday. This is the
first time that the mills have been run
ming for many months. In June. 1896
mills No. 2 and 3 shut down for an in
definite period, but in September. Mills
3 and started up 500 looms. During the
year 1897, the mills have been running on
part time. mostly 40 hours time but in
September the mills were shut down for
| two weeks. About 1900 skilled operatives
are employed.
Gen. Ramon BlancO, the new captain
general of Cuba, announces that he will
| act with great energy against the in
| surgents and will employ all political
means to restore equality of treatment
in the various sections of the COM
munity. The captain-general adds
| that he has the greatest desire to end
the horrors of war and to establish
peace by the system which he adopted
| in 1897. The Inhabitants of Palma, the
birthplace of General Weyler, the re-
turning captain-general Of Cuba, are
preparing to give him an ovation on his
return to his home.
The body of Francis Pratt, so years
Of age, was found hanging from a
beam in his bed room at Holbrook,
Mass, Monday, by two men who had
come in search of him to go to work
Pratt was employed in one of the fac
tories in that town and when he did not
appear at his usual time, his shopmates
went to the house after him. Pratt
was veteran of the Civil War and had
lived in Holbrook since his boyhood.
He was married but his wife left him
several years ago, since which time he
had lived alone. He had evidently
been dead several hours. No cause is
known for the deed.
The following bulletin was posted at
L. A. w. headquarters, at Boston,
Monday: Suspensions-For acting as
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