Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-05
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from North, East
South and West.

AT Corinth, w. Va. Tuesday night Jo-
seph Gloseanni, an Italian coal miner,
was beaten so badly by a gang OF strik-
ing Hungarian miners that he cannot
live. -Four of his countrymen were also
severely maltreated.
OrtumWa. Iowa, was the center of Il
terrific thunder and hail storm Tuesday
night The Rock Island passenger train.
Chicago bound, was stopped by the
storm. HailstonCS in such quantities ana
size rolled on the track in the cuts that
the train was brought to a stop. Every
window in the train WAS broken. Crops
were cut 10 pieces.
The race at Cowes, Isle of Wight,
Wednesday, for the Royal Yacht Squad
ron prize of cleo, over the Queens course.
the Duke of Abruzzis Bona ted over the
line, with Emperor Williams Meteor seq
ond. and Mr.. Charles Day Roses Aurora
third. In the beat To the eastward the
Bona held the lead well. The Prince OF
Wales yacht Britannia did not start.
King ChulaIongkhorn / of Siam, ar
rived at Portsmouth, Eng. Wednesday.
from London on his way to visit Queen
Victoria at Osborne. His Majesty was
received at the railroad station by the
Prince of Wales. The war ships were
decorated with bunting and fired a
royal salute.
All minis records were broken by the
receipts at San Francisco, Tuesday.
when So, $50, 900 in gold was deposited
for coinage. Of this amount $150.0oo
was the property of the Alaska Com
mercial Co, and the balance was de-
posted by various miners and smelt-
ing companies.
Two hundred women and girls en-
ployed at the Fulton bag and cotton
mills at Atlanta, Ga. Wednesday,
struck because of the employment OF
negro help by the management At
noon the 400 men employed in the mill
walked out in sympathy with the
striking female operatives. This forced
the closing down of the mills
The coal barge Willlesbarre, which
arrived at Salem, Mass, from Port
| Johnson, Wednesday. reports that
while in the lower harbor, 7. y. Read,
a seaman. jumped overheard and was
drowned. 1t is supposed Read was
temporarily insane. He shipped AT
Port Johnson and at the time told Cap
tain Jones that he hailed from Boston.
| His body was recovered.
| \ special to The Chicago Chronicle from
! Tacoma, Wash. says: Five hundred re
| ported Killed up to July 5. is the record
| Of the terrible outbreak of the great vol
! cano of Mayor on the island Of Luson,
! one of the Philippine group. All night
| of June q, this volcano began throwing
| up ashes and lava in immense quantities
| and flames were thrown upward consider
| ably over 100 feet above the crater. The
| next day, Sc bodies were recovered a.
consdera bic distance. and the most re-
cent dispatches to Hong Kong up to July
| s. stated that not less than 500 were
| known to be killed
A special to the Brockton, Mass,
! Times from Falmouth. Mass, says
| bold attempt was made to rob the post
office. Wednesday morning. Constables
| Harry Bourne and Clark saw the men
approach the postoffice about l.30 a. NJ
| They pursued them and the robbers
fed One fired at Bourne and wounded
| him in the foot An exchange followed,
| Bourne firing three shots and the
| burglars as many. The men then ran
to the stable of r. Frank Davis, stole
! a horse and wagon and drove away.
At Cataunet they left the stolen outfit
| and stole horse and wagon belonging
| to c. n Handy, and drove on. They
| We're seen at an early hour, both At
| Monument and Caset.
| Two children Killed and six persons
injured. several probably fatally, is the
| record of an accident which occurred
| on the New York, Ontario & Western
| Railroad just north of Rockland, n Y.
| Wednesday. A combined observation
car and locomotive bearing e. Garfield,
general superintendent ard Charles H.
Hopkins. the superintendent of the
southern division of the road struck
| wagon containing John Maulick and his
4 wife and six children. The accident oc-
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| crossing Wagon and occupants We're
| hurled 30 feet down an embankment in
to the bed of the Willowemoc river.
| One of the children was instantly killed,
| another died soon after the accident
| and other members of the family are
| not expected to i've.