Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-12-13
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A fire in freight house No. of Tho
Boston & Maine Railroad. on Rutherford
avenue. near Lincoln street, CharlestOwn
Saturday afternoon at 4.27 O'clock caused
a damage of between $1,000 and $1,000. Tho
blaze was probably due to spontaneous
combustion.
A dispatch received at Charlestown. w
va. saturday, from huntington, states
that eX-Secretary of State Chiffon Is
there. and has arranged to pay a short
age OF $4,000 to the state He has sold
some timber lands for $23 900 the deeds
being recorded, Saturday.
Lenna Winslow. who sued the Knights
OF Maccabees of Kansas City. for $25. .OOl
for d1slocating one of his kidneys whilf
initiating him into the loca! order -four
years ago. was. Saturday, awarded $40. O0i
by Jury in Judge Gates division of the
circuit court.
A recount of votes in four wards and
one precinct at Brockton. reduces IN,
license majority of 20 to g. making a net
one precinct remaining to be counted
Monday. Garfied's plurality of 35 fol
mayor is slightly reduced.
The Evening News of Detroit. Mich.
says A report comes to the News from
high source. in fact from several
sources, that the Detroit Railway (3-ccnt
fare street railway line) was unable Ia
meet the interest on the bonds when the
last payment became due
Gardiner c. Hubbard, director in the
Bell Telephone Co. and well known tO
public men. scientists and financiers. died
at Twin Oaks, his suburban residence. a
few miles from Washington. at an early
hour Saturday. His death was due to {,
complication of diseases and old age. he
being in his 18th year.
The new bicycle track at the Adelphi
rink. New Bedford. was christened. Sa,
urday night with race meet. The new
enterprise is managed by Fred G. Doe.
and the events were refereed by John G.
kerfiSOn of Boston. The track is 10 laps
to the mile. and the record for it was
placed at 3m.. los. by r. S. Stitt
Leslie Orcutt became violently insane
at RivertOn. N. H.. Friday night because
it is supposed. his sweetheart Tilted him
He attempted suicide by hanging, and
after being cut down. savagely attacked,
everyone who went near him. He was
finally secured with rope. He is IA wild
over and has been married three times.
In a decision rendered at Chattanooga
Tenn. Saturday. in the case of the state
against J. Dansfield charged with selling
cigarettes from broken packages. Judge
Clark of the United States court. held
that the term Original package" could
be applied to small packages of 10 cigar
cites. This effectually settles the cigar
ette question in Tennessee. and gives the
dealers all the liberty they desire.
Judge Sanborn of the United States cir
cult court of appeals at ST. Louis. says
he telegraphed to Gov. Iioadley that he
pOStpOnement of the Kansas Pacific sale
there on Monday or Tuesday. The judge
does not know whether the motion will be
resisted or not. but it is understood that
Judge Kelley. the general attorney of
the Union Pacific Railway Company, is in
St. Louis.
Newport r. l.. society was shocked
Saturday. to read in the European cables
that Mrs. Ogden Goelet. the remains of
whose husband We're brought there or
board the palatial steam yacht May
flower recently. had decided to take the
yacht to the Riviera in order to enter
tain the Prince of Wales The Boston
Herald correspondent is semi-officially
authorized to deny the story that the
widow of Ogden Goelet proposes to place
her deceased husbands pala tial yacht in
commission. and she will remain for the
time being in American. with her father
in-law. Mr.. Richard #. Wilson.
fire in the hospital on Deer Island
Boston harbor. Saturday afternoon
threatened the lives of about 113 patients
and was a startling lesson on the made
quacy of the protection of the island
property against d cOnfiagration. While
the damage did not amount to more than
$4,000, it might have been much less if
and means of leading apparatus. AS il
happened, the officers on the island used
remarkably good Judgment. and the pris-
OnerS. about 300 of whom were pressed
into service as firamen. were well organ
lied and worked effectively. Only one
wing Of the big building was destroyed
and all the patients were safely removed.
Two no-bills IN murder cases, one of
tl!em on the charge against William c.
Leavitt. who was held in the lower court
for killing Mary Rudderham. the other
the case against Thomas Cacciola who
killed his father at the West end: true
bill for murder in the case of Francis
Mclaughlin, who is supposed to have
killed his wife in South Boston, and a
true bill for manslaughter in the case OF
Nellie J. Peterkin. who killed Mrs. Mary
Murphy at the West end were the i'm
portant findings of the Suffolk grand jury
which reported in the superior criminal
court at Boston. Saturday morning. Will
liam Leavitt, who was held for the alleged
murder of Mary Rudderham and against
whom the grand jury found no bill. was
released from the Charles Street Jail at
noon.
The trial of Charles A. BOnai. charged
with the murder of George Marcus Mich
OILS of Daniels Farms, was scheduled for
continuance at Bridgeport. Ct. Saturday
but owing to the physical collapse of
James 7. Lynch chief of counsel for the
defence, a postponement until Tuesday
was necessary. The lawyer has under
gone a great strain recently, and has
been in poor health for some months.
Friday he was apparently on the verge
of nervous prOstration. and an early ad-
journment was necessary. Saturday. he
came late into court. and it was at once
evident that he could not go on. Accord
ingly the case was adjourned until next
Tuesday. when Mr.. Lynch expects to be
able to proceed. The indications are that
the trial will occupy another week. Both
the state and the defence it is stated.
will introduce expert evidence on bullets.
wounds, etc.