Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-24
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The warehouse and contents of the
Ravenwood Distilling Co. at St. Louis.
were destroyed by fire, Tuesday even
ing. Loss, $4,000.
The Countess of Lathom. while re-
turning from a shooting party. Tues
day, was thrown out of trap and
killed near Wigan, Lancaster, Eng.
Ferry hall. one of the largest build
ings of the State Agricultural College,
at Pullman, Wash, was destroyed by
fire early Tuesday morning. Loss, $40,
900.
A special to the Detroit Tribune from
Houghton. Mich. says: Two hundred
miners and trammers who were on a
strike at the Atlantic mines. with as
many more who were voluntarily idle,
have returned to work. The trammers
will probably be accorded an advance of
s. per month.
The Dartmouth foot ball team, Tues
day. chose F. NJ. Cavanaugh. '99, cap
tain for rext year. Cavanaugh cap
tained his high school team at Worces-
ter in the fall of '94. and has played
end on the Varsity ever since entering
Dartmouth.
In the special election held in the 9Th
Congressional district. Chicago, Tues
day, for a successor to Edward d.
Cooke, deceased. Henry S. Boutelie.
the Republican candidate. was elected
over Vincent II. Perkins, his Demo-
cratic competitor. by $40 votes.
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
special from Youngstown. says: The Bes-
semer Limestone Co.. Carbon Limestone
Co.. and other large limestone operators
in Mahoning valley. Monday night. post
ed notices of an advance in wages of 20
per cent. taking effect. Dec. !. The ad-
vance will affect 5000 men and is due to
all the blast furnaces being in operation
The Thompson Dry Goods Co. oper-
ating the Boston store, Mansfield Ohio,
capitalized at $60.000 and one of the
largest concerns of it's kind in Ohio,
was closed. Tuesday. by the sheriff on
judgments aggregating $4,000 1t is
believed that the liabilities aggregate
$50, ,000
Notice was received at Nashua. N H.,
Tuesday, that all the carpenter work in
connection with car construction at the
Boston & Maine shops will be removed
to Concord after this week. While only
about % employees are affected by this
order. it comes as disagreeable surprise
to the citizens of Nashua, as the class of
WOTk WHlcH Is 10 Ue transferred mas Deen
done at Nashua for the past 30 years.
The Nashua shops hereafter will do the
heavy iron work of car construction.
A special from English, Ind, says
that r. H. Willetts, the missing CASH
ier of the English Bank, which was
closed several days ago, has notified
friends that he will return and settle
up the affairs of the bank, provided no
prosecution is instituted. Will
let's is said to claim that the banks
affairs are all right. He has been as
sured that he will not be molested.
Application has been made to the
probate court at Cincinnati, Ohio, for
the naturalization papers of j. G. De
Poralta, now under sentence of death
iE Havana. POralta was captured
with party of Cuban insurgents nea-
Havana, three weeks ago. The Gu
bans were shot but Poralta was given
until Dec. 5, to prove his citizenship in
the United States. His papers were
destroyed in the court house fire, but |
there are ample evidence to enable the |
court to send to Secretary Sherman
proof of his citizenship. 1t is said |
Poralta has a heavy claim against the |,
Spanish government for property I
destroyed in Cuba. I