Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-04
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Secretary of the Navy John d. Long,
who has been at New London. CT. since
Sunday. started, Tuesday. for Newport.
The Dolphin lifted anchor at 1l.30.
Notices were posted in the Hope and
Phenix cotton mills at Providence II.
l., Tuesday, that the mills would be
shut down during the coming week.
Louis Allemand. Willie Sehuon and
Aleck Johnson, boys ranging in age
from 8 to Is, were drowned in the river
at st. Louis, Mo-. Monday night, while
bathing.
News is received at New York by cable
of the birth in England of a son and heir
to the Earl and Countess of Craven The
countess was formerly Miss Cornelia
Martin, only daughter of NJ. and Mrs
Bradley-Martin.
w. A. Larned of summit. N. j., de-
feated H. A. Nisbet Tuesday, on the
Hoboken. N. j., by score of CO, 90,
g. Cd. Harold S. Mahoney defeated
G. l.. Wrenn by a score of CO. Go, Ga.
The police of Dover, N. H.. have re-
ceived information that pickpockets did
a brisk business at Granite State park,
Monday, where the circuit races Were to
have been opened with exhibitions by
John r. Gentry and Robert j. c. f..
Mosher of Fitchburg. states that he lost
$500 in cash and notes for SSH. Frank
Hawley of Newburyport, reported that
he found himself minus a watch and $27.
and one of the drivers missed a purse
containing $50.
special To the St. Joseph, Mo, Daily
News from Auburn. Neb.. says: Father
Thomas Fitzgerald has gone to Concep-
ton, Mo, to enter a monastery ana exc
cute the sentence imposed upon him by
MIR MDrtinplli for the part he TOOK IN
the fight Of three years ago on Bishop
Bonacum of Nebraska. He will remain
in the monastery in entire seclusion Tor
six months. This closes the famous case
growing out of the rebellion of Is priests
of Nebraska against their bishop because
of his alleged tyranny.
The body of Miss Mary Bertha Sides
was found in Howe's mill pond at Box
ford, Mass. Tuesday. The young woman.
who was % years of age. had been living
with her sister. Mrs. John T. Dorman,
at Bedford. and as she was demented. it
had been necessary at times to place her
under restraint. This was done. Tuesday
night and she was locked in a room, but
she made her escape through "A window
and committed suicide. During some of
the more severe attacks of the malady
she had been confined in the Danvers
asylum.
Robbers visited East Greenwich, r.
l., during Monday night, and made
hauls in the stores. From the jewelry
store of A. j. Benjamin they took a
large number of valuable cuff buttons.
watch chains, charms. etc. but were
probably frightened away before they
reached the watches. From w. X.
Sharpes hardware store they took "a
number of revolvers raZors, pocket
knives, etc.
As "A result of trying to light a fire by
using kerosene, Mrs. Antonio Bovo, %
years of age. who lived on the fourth
floor of tenement house at the North
end Boston, was fatally burned. Tues
day. Her clothing caught fire and she
rushed for the stairway, falling exhaust
ed at the first landing. The fire In her
clothes was extinguished as quickly as
possible but she will die. The flames
from the stove ignited the room in which
the woman lived and an alarm was
given. In responding to it, ladder truck
No IA was upset and disabled. Several
fremen was badly shaken up but none
were otherwise seriously hurt.
William Shay, councilman from
Ward 5. was arraigned before Judge
McDonough in the district court at
Fall River Tuesday, for a preliminary
hearing on a charge of having ac-
cepted a bride of 5000 from Architect
Farnham, who was given a city con-
tract. Counsel for the prosecution pre-
scented a new complaint and asked that
the old one be mol pressed. The new
document differs from the old one in
legal phrases. To it, Shay pleaded not
guilty and the trial was set for Aug. II.
A mad bull dog bit colored woman
man and a small boy. at Washington,
ID. c., Tuesday. II subsequently gave
three policemen a lively fight for 20
minutes and died only after it had
been riddled by policemen with % bull
let's. Little Johnny Rawson, colored,
was the first victim. The dog sprang
on him while at play, horribly tearing
his foot Caroline Jackson tried to
beat off the dog with a whip but was in
turn attacked and badly lacerated, and
VIM. Green, who tried to rescue the
woman. had his arm most chewed off
Tommy Roach, a we'll known
Syracuse, N. Y, gambler, narrowly
escaped a lynehing at the hands of n
mob at Rockaway beach, a summer re-
sort on Oneidaga lake, Monday night.
Roach was running wheel of fortune
and refused to pay a Syracuse saloon
keeper $3.50, which he claims he Won
He summoned his friends to his assist
ance and an attack was made on the
gambler There We're cries of lynch
him: lynch him. and some one brought
a rope. The crowd lacked a ladder
however, and contented itself with
pummelling the man.
A statue of the late Vice President
Schuyler Colfax is to he erected at South
Bend Ind. his home and where his fam
lily now lives. This decision was reached
AT "A meeting of the Commercial Athletic
club the leading business organization of
South Bend. Monday night. A committee
consisting of G. y. Stephenson. A. l..
Brick and DIR. S l.. Kilmer was appointed
To solicit funds. The money will be
raised in South Bend and requests for
sums will be sent to Rebecca lodges
throughout the Union. Mrs. Colfax was
the founder of the Rebecca Lodge. and 1t
is believed that lodges all over the coun-
try will respond. IT is proposed that the
statue shall occupy a niche on the Wash
ington street side of the magnificent
court house now building there.
The fast flyer on the Kansas Pacific
road was wrecked. at daylight Tuesday.
about 10 miles east of Denver. Two train
men were killed outright and many 9TH
ers badly hurt. The special train sent TO
the scene of the accident arrived in Dem
yer. ut $3.50 r. NJ, with the dead and in
jured. The killed: John A. Ward. en-
gineer. Ill 18th street Denver. and W. b.
Harrington. baggage man. Kansas City.