Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-24

In the United States district court
at Philadelphia, Tuesday the Eddy
stone Manufacturing Co. was found
guilty of violating the alien contrac,
labor law in bringing to this country
from Germany, under contract cal
leo engraver and employing him at tn.
companys factory. A fine of $1,000 was
imposed.
The Herreist party has issued a
manifesto at Montivideo, proposing
Ex- President Gomensoro as a candid
ate for the Presidency in succession of
the late Borda. The adherents ot
Senior Cuestas, the President ad in
term. formerly President of the Sem
ate. are urging him to overthrow the
Senate and proclaim himself dictator.
James T. Brandt. painter, who was
working on the dome of the general
post Office in New York, Tuesday. fell
to a portico on the second floor and
was killed. His body lay in front of
the postmaster's private office for two
hours before it was discovered. Brandt
| is supposed to have slipped on the thin
covering of ice which was on the dome.
| The San Francisco Call says: The
| coal bunkers in the United States bat.
| tleship Oregon caught fire, Sunday
evening, from spontaneous combustion
| and for over eight hours the crew
| worked with a vengeance to smothe,
what looked like costly blaze. There
were over $50 tons of coal in the yes.
| sci and prompt action alone saved the
ship.
BY the giving away Of a scaffoldina
| on the new sugar refinery of Dorscht
| & Co.. in course OF erection at Long
| Island city, Tuesday. three men Were
| precipitated from the fifth story to tn,
| ground Peter McAlister and Andrew
Stewart, bricklayers. were fatally in
| jured, and Patrick Hoey. laborer.
was badly hurt. but will probably re-
| cover.
| Miss Susan Is. Anthony and her asso-
| ciates of the National Equal Suffrage
Association opened conference a.
Grand Rapids. Monday evening, with
| a large number of prominent women
| from other sections of the state. The
| programme included addresses of well
come with responses by members OF
the national committee and papers on
various subjects.
| A special to the Manchester, n. H..
| Union from Center Ossippee. N H.,
says that the hearing in the case of Dr.
| j. r. Hatch charged with killing his
wife set for Tuesday. was postponed
until Wednesday. The delay is due to
difficulty in securing jury to hear
| the case. Both sides have agreed
however. upon ]. H. Hobbs of Madison
| who will preside at the hearing.
The examination of J. Waldemere
Kirk. at New York. who is accused of
| shooting J. Richard Mandebaum on
Nov. Is. at a hotel in New York city.
was postponed in the police court.
Tuesday. on account of Mandelbaum' S
still feeble condition. The bullet has
not yet been extracted from Mandel-
baum's chest and he will not be able
to appear in court for at least two
weeks. although his condition is not
serious.
Isaac Rogers of Ryfield. was suffocated
SedgwiclS Newbur2bort. Mass. Sunday
night. He registered at the hotel and
retired to his room at about II O'Clock.
Some time afterward. smoke was seen
coming from the apartment. and when
entrance was effected. the bed was found
to be on fire and the man lying on it in
an unconscious condition. Medical aid
was of no avail and the man died few
moments later. lie was Al years of age.
The manhersin which the sfie originated
is not known. - - z
Francis Allardy "a years .ofSage. con-
tracing concrete builder, Was almost in
stantly killed ut his fronp-s hts. ST. Jean
:. Baptiste village. three miles from Paw
Mas: Standing on d shed -siyteiing snow
from the roof of Ms barn. when he lost
Hrs balance ard fell to The ground. a dis
lance .of only u feet. He struck on his
side on "a heavy iron wedge and ruptured
an artery near the heart He is survived
by his wife and 16'children. This is the
second fatality in less than. week in ST.
Jean Baptiste. WHICH has population of
less than 300.
The New York court of appeals has
reversed theaseonviotion Of murder IN
the first degree, with the peralty of
electr oeution against VIM. ]. Koerneg.
the newspaper artist, who shot and
|skAled-Rose A. Redgate Of Brooklyn. on
lith, street. New York city. a year ago.
Iast September. and grams him a new
trial. crhe defence was insanity: the
crime Itself being admitted by counsel
foy EOerner. 1t was shown thas k0cT-
nar was desperately in love.
aNo further tiding have been obtained
Fas.to the whereabouts Of Miss Bertha
Hane MJlish. the Maurg Holyoke Col
lege girl. The girls friends and the
college authorities. have accepted the
theory that she either committed SUI
eide or Nst her life by fall among
the rocks Of Mount Holyoke, or into
the Connecticut river. The search was
continued, Tuesday. by a large party
along the banks of the river AMI
around the western end Of the noun
tain.
The interruptions to railroad traffic
in Washington state caused by the re-
cent storms are being gradually over
come AS the waters subside, it is as
certained that the reports of damage
done to the Great Northern Railroads
have been exaggerated. The washouts
have been so far repaired as to admit
of the running of all coast trains. Gen
eral Passenger Agent Stevens has re-
ceived a dispatch from General Super
intendent Harding to the effect that the
main line would be open by Wednes
day.