Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-18
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"A telegram has beep received at the
state department confirming the press
reports OF the capture, Thursday, by
insurgents of the government position
at Quezaltenago, Guatemala.
Myron F. Thomas of Campello, Mass,
announces that he will build a new
it next week. The building is to be
completed November l. and will be
100x35 feet in size. When running full
time the new factory will employ 1875
hands.
The Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern Railroad has placed its several
hundred shopmen In Scranton, Pa. on
10-hours time. an increase of two hours
a day over the time worked the last
eight months. This is due to the great
ly increased freight business upon all
the company's lines.
Ralph A. Harding of Maiden. Mass.
was arraigned before the district court.
Friday. charged with setting fire to two
barns in Maplewood, one on the night
of August so. and the other shortly af-
t,r a. NJ. the following morning. He
pleaded not guilty to both complaints
and was held i'm $500 for trial. Sept. %.
Simon Davis was arraigned in the
municipal court at Boston, Friday.
charged with manslaughter in causing
the death of his cousin, Abraham Sa-
fcrstein. a newsboy. a continuance
was asked for by the government and
Judge Ely fixed the bail at $500 and set
the case for a hearing on Tuesday of
next week.
The body of the late Ogden Goelet of
New York. who died off Cowes. Isle of
Wight, recently, arrived at Wexford,
X. l.. from Newport. Friday. on the
yacht Mayflower. The body was taken
ashore in one of the yachts cutters in
taken to New York for interment. in
private train. .4
Simon Davis was arraigned in the
municipal court, at Boston. Friday.
charged with man slaughter in causing
the death Of his cousin, Abraham
Saferstein. a newsboy. a continuance
was asked for by the government and
Judge Ely fixed the bail at $500 and set
the case down for hearing on Tues
day of next week.
A telegram from Ration, N. NJ, states
that the company store at Blossburg.
owned by the Ration Coal and Coke Co.,
has been blown up by gunpowder. The
building and contents were destroyed.
A few days ago the idle miners were
notified that they might resume work
at a cut of 20 per cent. They refused
this and walked out.
The safety valve on a boiler at the
Standard Crayon Cos. works. Lexing-
ton street, Lynn. Mass, broke. Thurs
day afternoon. and filed the place
with steam. Twenty-Five girls in the
second story were panic-stricken and
jumped from the windows. Three were
injured by jumping. Effie l. Rich was
cut about the head and suffered sprains
of legs and back.
The principal contest in the ward
caucuses which were held in Boston,
Thursday night, was that of ward in
the Charleston district between ex-
Senator Joseph J. Corbett and Hon.
James E. Hayes. The returns from this
caucus were received at the election
commissioners at p. NJ, Friday. and
shows a complete victory for the Hayes
faction. Mr.. Corbett failed to secure a
place as delegate to the state conven-
ton.
Mr.. Howard, who is well to do
farmer of Chatham, Ont, awoke, Fri
day morning. and found his house in
flames. Three of his daughters were
burned to death. He, Mrs. Howard and
three sons escaped. One of the three
girls was seen to rush back into the
blazing house in an attempt to save her
sisters, but all three persisted. Two of
the sons were badly burned and Mrs.
Howard was seriously, if not fatally in
jured.
A head-on collision between two
freight trains on the Wisconsin Central
Railway occurred at 1856 A. NJ, at How
ard, small town just west of Chip
pewa Falls, Miss. Four men were
killed The dead: Richard Warren, en-
gineer west-bound train; Edward j.
Smith, engineer east-bound train: two
men in charge of a carload of horses on
the west-bound freight; w. F. Thomp-
son, fireman, escaped by jumping. The
cause of the accident is not known.
special to the Brockton Times from
I1olbrook says: at meeting of the
Peoples Party held in Union hall. |
evening, delegates were
chosen to the several conventions and
the following resolution was .unani-
mously adopted admid great enthusi-
assn: Resolved, That we condemn the
wholesale slaughter of unarmed and
peaceful miners at Hazleton, Pa, as
an outrage on civilization and urge the
prosecution of the MUIR
dererS.
President Samuel Thomas of the Chi
cago, Indianapolis & Louisville Rail-
road Co., said. Friday, that the dispatch
from Cincinnati stating that the stock
holders have authorized the sale of ST.
900 of the stock of the company is
Incorrect. The stock referred to, 1t Is
said, was provided for in the reorgan-
ization and was to have been distri-
buted among the holders Of the per
cent. bonds. and had they sealed their
bonds. Failing to accept this PROPOSE
ion. the stock remains in the copany's
treasury.