Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-06
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from North, East;
South and West.

The st. Petersburg Novosti saws tina,
Russia will shortly establish a diplomatic
agency in Morocco. sts
Henry o. Hayemeyer, president of the
American Sugar Refining Co., who under.
went an operation for appendicitis at his
country home. North Greenwich, CT. Is
rapidly recovering. =
By an explosion at the Illinois Stacl
Works at Milwaukee, Wis. Thursday
evening, five men were injured. two
fatally. Fatally injured: Peter Hundt
and George Kollinski. Seriously in
jured: Antononine Sochowhski. John
Kutka and Albert Suckaw.
The body of A. w. Mckay. who lost his
life in the Garrisons, N. Y. railroad
wreck. was found floating in the middle
OF the river. four miles below the scene
OF the wreck, Friday morning. The BODY
was in an advanced state of decOmposi-
ton. There was confusion on the left
side of the face and the clothing was bad
torn. His watch had stopped at $50.
James Ponder, former Governor of
Delaware. died at his home in Milton.
Md, Friday, of paralysis, aged rs
years He was for years active in stat,
politics as a Democrat, served as
sI eaker of the state Senate and was
elected Governor in 1870, serving four
years.
A quadruple murder is reported from
RaWdon, Montcalm county province of
Quebec. The victims are the three daugh
ters and one son of Mr.. Nully, a farmer.
who, having gone on a visit Wednesday
morning, found the children murdered
when he returned. The girls were IA rs
and IA and the boy 10 years of age Three
large parties are hunting the woods for
a tramp. who is supposed to be the muir
derer.
Fire destroyed the house, barn and
other outbuildings of Baxter Burrows
at Barnardston, Mass, at 5 A. NJ. Fri
day, causing a loss Of $500. Seven head
OF cattle. four horses. six wagons anG
farming implements We're consumed by
the flames. The total insurance is
5000 The origin Of the fire is un-
known.
Henry b. Foulke. who was held for the
grand jury in $500 by Judge Alden, at
Wareham. Mass, Thursday. on the
charge of committing an unnatural act.
was taken to Plymouth Jail, Friday. by
Officer Harry Z. Clifford of Onset Bay.
and declares he is perfectly happy in Jail
that his case now coming for settlement
Is a relief to his mind. confident of his
ultimate triumph over the people whom
Medical Examiner Draper after making
an autopsy upon the body of Alice Brown
who was found dead at 10 Corning street
Boston. Thursday. decided that the death
was due to strangulation, and that the
girl was murdered. DR.. Draper will not
say anything regarding the case at pres
ent. The police are making a thorough
The three men detained by
the police. Thursday, are still in custody.
ana they will be held pending develop
ments.
The driver of a brewery wagon at East
Orange, n. j.. almost ran over the body
of dead girl in that place. Friday. 1t
proved to be that of Cecile Guimaeres. the
16-years-old daughter of a wealthy resi-
dent of East Orange. She had committed
suicide by shooting herself with revolt
yer in the region of the heart. Thursday
night. she quarrelled with her father over
some paltry affair. She ran out of the
house without waiting to get her hat and
said: I'm going to kill myself
The remains of Mrs Edward p.
Hamilton and her son Prescott, were
taken from Worcester to Lawrence,
and were inferred in St. Marys Gene
terry in that city, Friday. Services
were conducted in st. Mary's church.
The remains of Hamilton were buried
in Rual cemetery. Little Katherine is
IN the same condition at the hospital
anc it is not known whether she will
recover.