Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-29
Daily 8eaaebtt Spn&,sal.
NEWS NUGGETS.
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South and West.


The second annual meeting of the
New Hampshire Federation Of
Women's Clubs opened at Memorial
nall. Somersworth. N. H., Thursday,
with so delegates present.
The Preble & Worth Shoe Co., Of
Georgetown, Mass, have decided to
move their plant to Goffstown, N. u.
The factory in Georgetown will be &C.
cupiedy by the Preble Boot and Shoe
Company.
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Pickard of Bos-
ton. the favorite niece of John G.
Whittier, has fitted up and furnished
a room in the Old Ladies' Home at
Amesbury, Mass. to be known as the
Whittier Memorial room. Mr.. Whit
tier, during his life time, made many
liberal donations to the home.
The trial of George A. Staples of Ran
dolph, on charge of killing Norman De-
costa of Berlin on July 81. 1897. was con-
tinued in the supreme court at Lancaster,
N. H., Thursday. The witnesses who tes-
tilted for the state were Mrs. Emma
Knight, the mistress of the house where
DecOsta was shot, Ethel Varney and Eel
ton and Mcguire, servants. FELTON, was
employed by Staples. All testified that
Decosta was desperate man.
The Populist state executive committee
has held two secret sessions at Dallas,
Texas, and it is learned that the commit
fee advises the party in Texas to stand by
the Omaha platform in all national mat
ters. but in state affairs to support any
movement to redeem the state from Dem
ocratic ring rule. This is interpreted by
many as being bid to fuse in next year $
state campaign with all elements opposed
10 the regular Democratic organization
on state county and Legislative tickets.
The grand jury. Wilkesbarre, Pa,
Thursday, returned a true bill against
Sheriff Martin and his deputies for the
Lattimer shooting. The true bill in
cluded 10 counts for murder, for each
man killed and forthe victims consid-
cred collectively. Thirty-six true bills
were found in the same way for
felonious wounding against the same
defendants.
at Georgiaville, r. l., owned by Patrick
Burge, was totally destroyed, Thurs
day, with it's contents, which include
seven horses, carriages, harness, hogs,
etc. The barn and contents were val
ued at $4,000 and was insured for $4,000.
The fire is thought to have started by
an incendiary and local horseman
named Kit Jones is under arrest on
suspicion.
The body of Arthur Bourassa of Fall
River, who was drowned off Ports
mouth, r. l., Oct. II, was found by
boys on the Portsmouth shore, Thurs
day morning. The deceased was lost
by the swapping of a small boat in
which he and two companions left Fail
River for a fishing trip. His two COM
rades were able to swim and were
saved by the crew of a passing
schooner.
Read, Parsons & Co., stock brokers,
New York, announced their suspension,
Thursday. 1t is said that they have no
outstanding contracts on the exchange.
The firm was composed, until few
weeks ago, of w. G. Read, Jr., and
George Parsons. Mr.. Read committed
suicide in his Office while suffering,
it was said, from fit of melancholia.
1t is believed the firm will lquldate
and go out of business.
The second and last business session OF
the 29th annual meeting of the Society OF
the Army of the Tennessee was called to
order by President Dodge. at Milwaukee
Thursday. The time of the session was
taken up in reading the reports of the
various committees. The committee on
the selection of the next place of meeting
reported that it had decided unanimously
on Toledo. The report was adopted The
old officers were reelected. as follows
President Gen. c. M. Dodge; correspond
ing secretary, Gen. A. Hickenlooper; re-
cording secretary, Col. Cornelius Cadle
treasurer, Gen. G. M. Force.
The committee of the faculty of
Cooper Medical College, San Francisco,
having in charge the investigation of
the merits, efficiency and value of
oxytuberculine, the new consumption
cure, discovered by DR.! Joseph c.
Hirschfelder of that city, has an
nounced that after patient examina-
ton they unreservedly indOrse the
remedy. A full statement of the man
ner and result of the committees work
will soon be published for the benefit
Of scientific bodies and medical men.
Arctic navigators and operators of
whaling vessels at San Francisco, say
there Is still hope that the Belvedere,
Oriea, Fearless, Rosario and JEANNE,
the five vessels that were caught in
the fee west of Point Barrow about
October T. will get out but that hope
Is very faint one. Their release from
the ice pack would have to come very
soon, as they were enclosed by the
foes Or their boat would in the spring
be found drifting in the prevailing
western currents toward the Siberian
coast.
Dispatches received at Christiana,
from the island of Vardoe, in the Arc
tic ocean, off Finmark, with which
Vardoeruus, is the most northern fort
In Europe, say the public here, is fully
convinced Of the truth of the report
that whaling ship sighted Professor
Andree's balloon, floating on Sept. %,
near Prince Charles promontory, Spitz-
bergen. The news has caused con-
siderable depression among the friends
OF Prof. Andree. Brakmo, the Arctic
explorers. propose to sail for Prince
CHARLES promontory in order to inves-
ugate the truth of the story told by
tne crew of the whaler. Captain
sverdrup Of DR.. Fridjof Nansen's ex-
plorlng ship Fran. does not believe
tnat the repOrt of the sighting Of An