Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-01-29

let fired at Miss Brotherton passed clear
through her head. She is still living. but
will die. 1t was a case of unrequitt d
love.
President r. T.. King. II. O. Breuer
and j. T.. Leatherman, members of the
board of aldermen of Louisville, KY,
We're Indicted by the grand jury.
Thursday. King is scharGed with bribery,
I.eatherman and Breuer with attemp-
ing 10 secure money for their votes in
the board.
\ Rockville special to the Hartford.
CT. Times says: Arrangements have
been completed, this week. for the or
ganization of an express company to
cover the territory recently vacated by
the United States Co. in New England.
The territory is 10 he covered by line
of cooperative local expresses.
The engine attached to the 10.1S train
of the Consolidated Road. for Park
square, Boston. collided with the engine
OF the train due there at 9.46 A. NJ.
Thursday, on the Oak street crossing
Taunton, Mass. The pilots of both en-
gines We're smashed and some delay to
the running of trains resulted. On ac-
count of the storm the trains We're mov-
ing slowly, otherwise more serious con-
sequences would have resulted from such
Il head-on collision.
The National Woman Suffrage con-
yention at Des Moines. Thursday, re-
elected the old officers with practically
no opposition, as follows: Susan b.
Anthony. president: Rachael Foster
Avery. corresponding secretary; Alice
Stone Blackwell, recording secretary:
Harriet Taylor Upton, treasurer:
Laura Clay. auditor; Carrie Lane
Chapman Gait. chairman on organiza-
ton.
The senatorial contest in the Idaho
Senate terminated. Thursday. by the
selection of Henry Heitfelt, Populist.
to succeed Senator Dubois. Heitfelt is
a German. with a limited command of
the English language. He has several
times represented his country in the
Legislature and is at present member
of the state Senate. but has never been
known to make a speech. He has only
rudimentary education and is of
course. free silver man.
A collision took place at Brooklyn n
V. Thursday night. on the Brooklyn Ele-
waited Railroad at Fulton and Bradford
TO the ground. p feet. The car and en-
gine We're demolished. Eight men were
injured, two fatally. The officials of the
road say the collision was due to an
open switch. perhaps caused by the clogs
ging of the ice and snow. The police be-
lieve the responsibility was with the
switchman who had charge of the tracks
at the upper end of the road. officials OF
the road and the police sought the
switchman to get his story. but he got
out of sight soon after the accident.
Arthur Palmer, the Mamaroneck, n. V.
murderer. who was captured at the
Planters hotel at St. Louis "Wednesday.
quarters. He made rambling statement
of the crime and tried to make it appear
that he was guided in his actions by Di-
vine inspiration. He said that he learned
short time ago that his mother brother
and sister were trying 10 kill him and
said was worth about $4,000. When
asked If he knew anything about the
crime before he left home Palmer said:
Yes. ! had an idea they were to be
killed. but did not know they were dead
until | was arrested
Regarding the alleged indisposition
of the Car, the London Daily Tele-
graphs ST. Petersburg correspondent
has had an interview with the Cars
physician in ordinary, who said: His
Majesty has not even asked medical
advice. But it is true that he feels
every sudden change in temperature
through the wound he received in
Japan. mostly in the form of neuralgia.
and he has even been known to swoon.
But for the moment he is quite free
from any nervous disorder or from the
symptoms of any malady whatever"