Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-30
NEWS NUGGETS.
6rousht by The wires IRON North, East.
South and West.


Europe, Saturday. will take out so, 0OO
ounces of silver.
A Wheeling, W. Va, special to the
Cincinnati Times Star says: Elk States
Attorney Alexander Dorsey, Wednes-
day morning, at Moundsville, shot him
self through the head.
Horatio David Davies, Conservative
member of Parliament for Chatham.
Eng, was chosen Lord Mayor of Lon
don, Wednesday, with the usual cere-
monial, succeeding Sir George Faudel
Philips.
Daniel Gallagher was found dead at
the foot of a fight of stair in the back
part Of lodging house at SOUTH Bos-
ton, early Wednesday morning.
Whether he was thrown down tbs
stairs or fell is question which the
police are endeavoring to determine.
A cablegram received at National w G
Il. u. headquarters at Chicago. from
Mary Ward Hool, her private secretary.
announces that Lady Somerset will moi
be able to attend the conventions of the
Worlds and National w. c. 7. u at To-
ronto and Buffalo. She has been seriously
i'll and her physician will not consent tn
the voyage.
The body of Francis Hammond. q r.
year-old boy, whose parents live at
Andover. Mass. has been found in the
marsh near the school house at FRYE
village. The child wandered awav
while returning from school ami
searching parties were out all Tuesday
night trying to find him.
The farm house of A. L. Gordon at
Alma. Neb., burned, Tuesday night
and three children persisted The chill
dren were felt alone by the father, who
went to tn barn. He returned in 20
minutes and found his home in flames.
Gordon was seriously burned in his eff
forts to save his children and may die.
James Hayward of South Lawrence.
Mass, was killed by striking his head
against an overhead bridge, while rid
ing on the top of a freight car. at An
dover, Mass, Wednesday. He was 35
years of age and had three children
He was clerk in a candy store and
was in no way connected with the rail-
road.
The New York Evening Journal saws
that Gov. Hazen Pingree of Michigan. is
in Venezuela. Purser Webber of the Red
itiiS StetiuitT AaTdCdS, winch arrived at
brooklyn, Tuesday, says: 1--WE trans
terred Gov. Pingree and his secretary
from the steamer Venezuela. which left
New York. Sept. l.. from Caracas to La
Guayra, Sept. %. Gov. Pingree said moth
ing of his purpose in visiting Venezuela"
Governor Parsons has started from
Massowah to kassala probably in con-
nection with the cession of that place by
the Italians to the British 1t is reported
that Osman Digna the famous general
OF the Mahdi, has gone to Omdurman. the
military camp of the Dervishes near
khartoum. DeserterS from Osman Dig
ma forces have reached Sinkat and are
joining the Anglo Egyptian army
A fire at Manila. Philippine Islands.
Tuesday, destroyed the gendarmes' quar-
tiers, the pubnc library. the museum, the
offices of the department for the inspec-
ton of forests and many other public
buildings. involving great pecunary loss.
In the panic which resulted from the con-
Migration. many people were burned to
death. trampled upon or otherwise seri-
ously injured. The disaster is said to
have been of incendary origin.
During the course ola lecture which
she delivered on Monday at Nuneton,
Warwickshire, Eng. Mrs. Ormstin
Chant, the social reformer said that
the crown Princess of Greece. who is
the Princess Sophia of Russia told her
that the worst and most cruel foe Of
Greco was not the Sultan of Turkey,
nor the Turks. but her own brother,
Emperor William of Germany
H. NJ. S. Wild Swan of the British Behr-
ing sea patrol has arrived at Victoria. b
G. Her captain brings confirmation of Il
small catch by schooners in Berhng sea.
According to the story told by one of her
officers, Professor Jordan's electrical APP
~ raf hr1 n ia a
failure and hot irons were used to brand
a few females. Last years; branding OPP
erations have been the means of driving
the seals to new islands north of Japan.
where. ii is said. the Japanese have been
reaping a harvest of skins.
Mrs. Deborah Jones of Randolph, Y
years of age, was killed, Tuesday night.
by car on the Braintree 6, Weymouth
Street Railway, near South Weymouth,
Mass. The car was in charge of Motor
man Thomas Kelley and conductor
Fred Cullen. Kelley saw her on the
track, but not in time to stop the car.
which took off a leg below the knee.
She expired in Is minutes. No blame
is attached to the motorman.
At A. NJ, Wednesday. disastrous
explosion, which wrecked several build
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by loss of life, occurred at the works of
the California Powder Co. at Santa
Cruze, Cal. presumably from spontane-
Gus combustion. Eight mills, including
the coming, mixing, glazing and pack
ing houses. and their contents, consist
irg of valuable machinery and about
200 tons of powder were destroyed, the
loss aggregating about $25o,000
A novel~suit has been brought by II.
A. Clark and Annie B. Clark. his wife,
against James Hayden Of Tiboron, Cal.
They want $4,000 damages for injuries
sustained by Mrs. Clark while riding
hobby horse at FL Champe, a sum-
mer resort. The horse, which was on
a merry go round. owned by the de-
PENDANT became unmanage cable through
the collapse of the machinery The
lady was thrown and SO badly hurt
that she may be disabled for life.
A peculiar accident occurred in the New
York, New Haven &. Hartford railroad
yards at New Haven. Wednesday noon.
The Boston express from New York. due
at 11.05 A. M, came rushing into the sta
ton some minutes late and was moving
al the rate of 80 miles an hour The en-
gineer undertook to stop the train. but
train rushed on through the station, ran
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