Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-31
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The Kentucky Legislature. In Joint MS.
| sembly. balloted four times for United
! States Senator. Tuesday, without result
The house and barn of James II. Good,
rich, at Chesterfield, N. IL. were burned,
Monday night. Loss. $500; partially in
about the face and hands.
The Oneida. ILL, State Bank was robbed
Monday night. ENTRANCE was made
through the front door. The safe was
wrecked with nius~o-glyeerine: Tn
The men escaped on q handcar.
! John Jones died, at Lawrence. Mass,
Tuesday noon, aged "a years, seven
, months and ~ days. He was born IN
Lebanon, Maine, but had lived at Law
renee many years. Interment will be
at SomerswCrth.
Fifteen hundred men employed by the
different tanneries at Chicago went out
decided upon at n mass meeting of the
tannery employees held, Monday night.
About 200 men went out. Monday. TIE
strike Is over a question OF the hours of
labor.
The schooner Charley Hastings is be-
lieved to have foundered In Long Island
sound, n her crew, consisting of six
men. it is thought. have been drowned.
She left Newtown Creek. Wednesday.
with a cargo of phosphate. and should
have arrived mt Orient, Friday. but thus
|'far. nothing has been heard from her.
Fire broke out again about 3 A. NJ,
Tuesday, in the Stoddard machine shop
at Gloucester. Mass, that was partially
burned, Monday night. The second blaze
completely destroyed the building. To-
get1er witt a large lot of valuable ma
chinery. The Messrs. Stoddard & Wilson
estimate the loss on The building ana con-
tents at $50 03, which Is insured for $95O0.
rwenty-thrce Goodyear turned work
men employed In the factory OF +. Il.
Abbott & Co. in Lynn. are now on strike,
nine new men having gone out. Tuesday.
THE strikers state that the help in the
firishiEg department Of the shop will join
their ranks as soon as they finish the
eases on which they, are at present en-
gagged. The men ask an increase Of
wages.
In a circular issued March 30. by the
American Tobacco Co. to its customera.
the company makes known the fact
that it has formally abandoned its
factor agreement. The company an
%ncunces, however, its tltention to make
donations to its CUSTOMERS from time To
time, provided the business win war
rant its continuance.
Jim Corbctt. the exclamation heavy
weight puEilist of the world. left san
Francisco, Monday night. with his train
Il hooked 10 give an exhirN ion Wedues-
day evening, Champion Fitzsimmons will
also give an eNhloi,ion in salt Lake city
yTonin ar anxio',. ~ Sc asN1 ho ny tba mcib4es
crs VIII draw. some small bets We're
crowd than the champion.
Mrs. H.. A. Stafford. cashier of the
Great Northern hotel. Chicago. and wife
of q board OF trade operator, publicly
ern.a rhiiaf c1srt in thu gr;Ii roou, ~
that hotel, Monday night, In the presence
OF 100 guests. Mrs; Stafford was accom-
ra IN "s any "a a,,emn,a VINO Stopn oy 70
There was none. After having beer
IN 3hed in the. face several times, Bailey
f - ~ :, 4 GJ,1 1SI'g ~ ny up9. ~
subsequently Mrs. Stafford was dis
charged by the hotel proprietor. The
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