Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-02

4o1th aN6 Uoel.
Word has been received at Deadwood
S. d.. showing the results OF the severe
weather on the Cheyenne agency DUR
ing the recent severe weather. Three
Indian froze in their tents, and mum.
Der of others will die from the effect OF
the exposure. Thousands of cattle per-
ished in the storm: 900 were found dead
IN one place.
IL iS believed that a crisis has beer
reached in the Sp.ing Hill. n. S.. min
ing strike. and it will not continue
mere than day or two longer The
calling out of all the men engaged al
the fire in the east slope has brought
the dispute to point where settle
Tent must be effected or more serious
things will happen.
= dispatch received at Gloucester,
Mass, reports that schooner Maggie
and Lilly. owned by John Pew & Son Of
thar city. which sailed from there few
foundered during the recent storm
The crew were rescued by schooner
McInnes and landed at Shelburne, N
s. The vessel was IS tons. built at
Essex in 1888 and was insured fer $500
in the Gloucester Mutual.
The big four-masted schooner, Alice
3. Crosby. Captain George w. Bunker,
bound from Portland. Me-. to Philadel-
piiia in ballast. ran ashore on the outer
bar Of Townsend inlet, near Sea Isle
City. n. j.. early Sunday morning. At
the time of the stranding the sea was
calm and smooth. The vessel was
iioated at A. NJ. Monday, and she
proceeded to the Delaware breakwater
in tow of tug. She is apparently UNI
Injured.
Sim Reeves. the celebrated English
tenor singer, has been declared bank
ruDt at London. and a receiving order
has been issued against his property.
Fire was discovered in the boys
dormitory of the Genesee Wesleyan
Seminary at Lima, N. Y. at 1910 A. NJ,
Monday. The fire department were
unable to check the blaze and the
whole building was burned to the
ground. There We're 100 boys in the
building and all escaped. One student
was injured by jumping from fourth
story window. Loss. $4,000.
The London Globe. commenting upon
the modification of the arbitration
treaty. says: The foreign relations
&C mmittee of the United States Senate
has left the treaty meaningless and it
would be discreditable to the common
sense of the Senate if that body should
approve the treaty as it has been
altered. The Westminster Gazette
says: THE lingo majority seek to de-
stroy the treaty. The Pail Mall Ga
Zctte says: The committee is doing
its best to make hay with the treaty.
1t has not dared to brave public opinion
in withholding it's approval absolutely,
but it has left the treaty without
value"
AT Mondays session of the trial at
Salem, Mass. Of William Kennedy,
charged with attempting to poison AL
bert +. Learoyd of Danvers, last
November. Kennedy testified that he
never had any illfeeling toward Lear
oyd that he had never tried to poison
him: had never put poison in his cup or
in his tea and knew nothing about any
such attempt. He said when he tried
to kiss Mrs. Learoyd in the gravel pit
before spoken of, she said This has
got to STOP. He denied that he told
tie police. when arrested, that Mrs.
Learoyd had kissed him several times.
Kennedy said he had advised Mrs.
Learoyd to get divorce.
J, II. Mitchell and w. s. Werth.
clerks in the freight department of the
Warbash Railroad. at Chicago. were
fatally shot by unknown assailants at
the corner of Twelfth street and Michi-
gan avenue at 5 A. NJ, Sunday.
and Werth were on the way
home and as they approached the cor
ner. two men. who We're standing in
the shadow Of the building opened fire
upon them with revolvers. Half a
dozen shots We're fired at the defence
less men. Both We're shot in the head,
each having several wounds; were
taken to the hospital. Police believe
the motive was revenge. Robbery was
net attempted and the assailants es-
capped.
A special from Eldon, Ia. says that
Bradley's Bank was robbed early Mon
day, the safe being blown open with
nitro glycerlne and all the funds stolen.
The bank officials refuse to tell the
amount taken. But the bank usually
kept from $4,000 to 5000 on hand. The
burglars escaped with stolen team.
The Underwood betting factory. oc-
cupied by the William Sumner Belt
Co. and adjoining four tenement
houses at Tolland, CT, were completely
destroyed by fire. Sunday night. Loss,
$50, 900: insurance, $4,000. There was
no wind. or 4 large part OF the village
would have been destroyed. The mill
was the only industry in the village.
Ii win probably not be rebuilt