Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-24
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brough: by The Wires IRON North. East
South and West.

The physicians at the Presbyterian
hospital. New York, said, Thursday.
that Mrs. Ballington Booths condition
has not changed since Wednesday.
Her condition is still very serious.
George w. Simpson, president of the
Fort Worth. Tex, stock yards, VINO
has been appointed special food com
missioner 70 the Island of Cuba, will
sail for Havana, next week. He has
instructions from the agricultural de-
partment to make an explicit report on
the food situation existing in Cuba.
Deputy Sheriff Frank w. Trent of
West fremont. who arrested John Ar
thur and Charles Dawes. at Tinker 9
Island. this week, believes he has brok
en- up bad place. The two men ar
rested are held under $4,000 bail for the
grand jury. Two other members of the
family whom the officers wanted. made
good their escape.
Controller Waller has made the best
bond sale ever made by the city Of
Chicago. He opened bids for 100000
worth of Chicago refunding bonds.
bearing 3i2 per cent interest, issued
to take up like amount of per cent.
bonds which fall due on January !.
next. The best bid was that of c. j.
Blair for the Merchants National Bank
and the award will be given. Friday.
This bid was $103 $50 for the entire is
sue.
A San Francisco Examiner special
from Spokane, Washington. says:
Several persons who have come there
from ColfaX, declare that notwith
standing all denials, a lynching occur
red there. Sunday night or Monday
morning. 1t is asserted that Chadwick
Marshall and John Mcdonald the al
legged murderers of Orville Hayden. Il
prominent citizen of Pennington, We're
taken from the county Jail by mob
and hanged to trees near the town.
DIR. Carlos Rivera, an educated Gu
ban. formerly connected with the Go
mez army, has been taken to Santa
Fe. n. NJ. from Soccoro. and turned
over to the penitentiary authorities un-
der sentence of IS months for embezzle-
ment. While teaching school near
Magdalena. he was entrusted with the
delivery of a check for 5000. He en-
dorsed the note, got the money, and at
tempted to leave the country. Rivera
abandoned the Cuban army, wherein
he served as physician. and went to
Santa Fe because of pulmonary
trouble.
Director of the Mint Preston is gather
ing materials for his preliminary estimate
of the gold and silver production of the
world for the year 1897 The revised stat
istics made the production of gold for the
year 1896. 1924. 900. 900. Indications point to
an increase during the current year of
about 100000 GOO. which would bring the
total up to about s234. 0GO. 900. Boutwell,,
editor of the Engineering and Mining
World. will make his estimate. next week.
and it is believed that his total will ap-
proximate $3.50. 000.0 900. Director Preston
will put the United States at the head of
the list with a production of about S60.-
000. 600 an increase over last year of about
$1,000, 900. South Africa will follow next
in line with $S5.000.000. The data of the
production of silver is not as complete as
that of gold, the facilities for obtaining
exact information not being so good, but
he will estimate a decrease in the output
in the United States of 100000 or 1000 coo
ounces. This decrease is smaller than
many people have supposed who have not
kept close watch of the news from the
mining regions.