Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-01
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Lazy Mlll6lS. WIDOW OK DIE JOnN MllldlS,
the late president Of the Royal Academy.
is seriously Ill. She Is suffering from can
Ger Of the throat. the same disease which
caused the death of her husband. Sir
John Millais underwent the operation of
tracheOtOmy. May g. 1896. and died on
Aug. 10 of the same year.
Word was received at Phoenix. Ariz.,
Monday night, by a line rider. that
three train robbers, Jess Williams, Tom
anderson and an unknown man, who
have been in Jail at Fronteras since
Thanksgiving day. have fought theit
way out from the Mexican officials and
are at liberty i'm the Ajo mountains. A
posse il in pursuit. y
Chaplain Montgomery NJ. Goodwin. L..
s. N. has rendered his resignation to
Secretary Long, and 1t HAS been accepted
TO take effect, Wednesday. Chaplain
Goodwin was stationed on board the re-
ceiving ship Wabash, at the Charleston
1894. for Illinois. Charges of serious
nature were recently brought against
Rev. Mr.. Goodwin by the commanding
officer of the Wabash. among other
charges being that of intoxication
Mrs. Caroline Norris and her grand
son, Samuel. were murdered in their
home near Piney Plain. Allegheny
county, Maryland, Wednesday,, The
nodes were horribly burned when
found. 1t is thought that the house
was entered by tramps, who. knowing
chat Mrs. Norris had money in the
house, tortured her to get 1t. 1t IS De-
iieved that, three tramps now in jail
at Martinsburg for robbery. perpetrat-
ed the crime.
IL t,,c ct nd at rk1
which means a great boom to the Nova
Scotia coal industry. as well as to the
revenue of that province. The New Eng
land Gas and Coal Co.. with capital or
Sl7,00O.0OO, composed of w. l.. Elkins,
Philadelphia Hillister & Babcock. New
York, Rockefeller 4 Rogers, Fl. NJ. Whit
ney and others, has signed contract
with the Dominion Coal Co. for the de-
livery of 10000 tons of coal yearly in bos-
ton. and the right to receive 100000 tons
a long term, said to be- % years. and will
double the output Of the mines.
Policemen i'm Chicago and New York
are trying to learn the whereabouts OF
John Patterson OF. 1853 1l5th street New
York. who disappeared, Oct. 2. Patterson
was 80 years of age and was employed as
a travelling man by the Northwestern
Stove Works Of Milwaukee,. Oct. 2 he
was in Milwaukee and intended to take
the evening train for Chicago on his way
east. He had $1A which he had collected
in his possession. g. 1t Is believed that he
went to Chicago and was robbed and
probably killed Patterson was feet,
l0ls inches in height, weighed 10 to la
pounds. wore bow glasses and double
set of false teeth. His hair Is white and
his nioustache is rapidly whitening.
A. G. Whittemore, receiver of the Do.
yer, N. H.. National Bank. which, failed
in 1895, has been authorized by the comp
troiler of the currency. to declare divi-
dend Of 10 per cent to the stockholders
of the bank. 1t is expected that the
money will be paid in 10 days. The de-
positors of the bank have already been
paid in full. In all they received over
SlS2.0OO. The receivers say the stock
holders will receive at least another divi'
dend after the present one is paid. The
failure of the bank was caused by the
defalcation of Cashier Isaac Abbott. who
after burning the books of the institution
committed suicide. The Five Cent Saw
ings Bank. which was controlled by tht
national bank, failed at the same time.
A novel petition has been filed in the
district court at Omaha, Neb., in the
case Of BARLEY. ex-state treasurer. now
under 20-years' sentence for looting the
treasury of 100000. The petition was
an answer to the states suit in which
BARLEY is made 'cO-defendant with his
bondsmen by the state, in which it
seeks to recover the amount stolen. The
petition declares that BARLEY cannot
be sued. since he is dead, having been
sentenced to the penitentiary for 20
years. His attorneys declare that un-
der the state law no convict can be
sued. If this contention is held. the
suit against the bondsmen cannot be
maintained, since the principal must
be sued with or before the sureties are
sued in Nebraska.
An International interest is felt in
the Yale-Harvard debate. which will
take place at New Haven, Friday eve
ming. The question is Resolved, Tina.
Hawaii Should he Annexed to the
United States. and many Hawaiians
and Japanese will be present. At
taches of the two delegations from,
Washington will attend in large num-
bers. Among the visitors will be:
Hon. B. Castle. secretary of the Haw-
allan legation: M. s. Gilman. consul
general of Hawaii for New England
and a son of Chief Justice Judd. The
selection of the affirmative side of tn:
question by Harvard is regarded as a
neat bit of diplomacy. The president
Of the Yale-Union. the debating society
Of the, university. is Hiram Bingham
Jr.. of Hawaii, and he was naturally
anxious to have Yale allowed the an
neXatiOn argument. Harvard, how
ever. wanted that side herself. and
forced Yale to act on the defensive.
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