Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-14
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Inc disabled steamer Durham CITY
was picked up early, Wednesday. off
iiaiilax' N. s., harbor by two tugs and
tpwed into Halifax Both the Durham
City and the Damara are now safely at
anchor in the inner harbor.
An unknown man entered the office
OF the Peoples Coal Co. on Queen street.
toronto, Ont. Tuesday, and seizing,
MISS Reed, the cashier who was alone.
gagged and tied her to chair, and then
robbed the safe of it's contents.
Riley Grammar, the plunger, has failed
IN ms application to make permanent
ms injunction restraining the Jockey
Club from running him off the turf
Justice Osborne in Brooklyn, decided
in favor of the Jockey Club, Wednes-
day.
The Behring sea claims commission
,meid a short session at Victoria b. c.,
tuesday. Its work is now rapidly draw
ing to close. The evidence in the case
9 Of. the ess schooner n Triumph is all in and
lne case is completed. The evidence in
the cases of the schooners Oscar and Hat
tie is all but closed.
The Dawes Indian commission held an
other extended conference at Washing
Ton. Wednesday. with the secretary of
the interior, discussing in detail the pro-
posed treaty between the Choctaw In
di ; and the United States. The treaty
VIII probably be sent to Congress in the
latter part of this week.
The steamer Tacoma of the Northern
Pacific Line, arrived at Victoria B. c..
Tuesday, nine days behind schedule time
me delay was due to the breaking down
or her after engine; The accident oc-
in latitude SOL north, longitude 1855 west.
and necessitated extensive repairs at sea.
!, Word was received, Wednesday. from
the Adit tunnel, some distance from
names are unknown, We're killed and
mangled by an explosion of giant powder
IN one of the big drifts of the property.
Several others were injured. The cause
IS presumed to have been a premature
blast.
Inc CheShlre express on the Fitch
burg Railroad ran into a freight train
at South Ashburnham, Mass, Wednes-
day Engineer Clifford was hurt about
the head and one passenger had an. ell
bow injured. The rolling stock was
damaged some. The track was soon
cleared.
Steamer Howard, which left Boston.
Tuesday afternoon, for Norfork and
Baltimore, passed in by Hull, return
ing at 10 A. NJ, Wednesday, with her
flag at half mast. The captain of the
vessel. John c. Taylor. committed
suicide, Tuesday night, by shooting.
The cause, it was said. was mental
trouble due to the collision at Balti
more on the steamers last trip.
The Hanover Distilling Co.. at Peoria.
ILL.,. Tuesday, in the circuit court before
Judge Shaw, entered confession of
Indictment xy4 $50 Henry kannp
ident of the company, in an interview.
stated that the whole trouble will be set
tied in day or two; No attachment was
possession of the government. the officers
having given bonds in the sum of $780,
600. Mr.. Kanne says the property is val
ued at fully $4,000. and this confession OF
judgment represents all the indebtedness.
]. f. Butler harbor master of Hal
flax, in a letter to the press. states that
he was aboard the Herbert Fuller and
tried to do what Brown, the wheelman.
declared was possible. Mr.. Butler says
ii was impossible to look into the cabin
with both hands on the wheel, but by
reaching out at arms length from the
wheel. holding it by one hand only. the
thing could be done. He expressed
wonderment that Pilot White was not
called as a witness in the case.
Four children were drowned in the
northern part of st. Louis Tuesday
evening They We're Fable Matthews.
aged a. and her brother George. aged 10.
who lived at 4015 North Grand avenue;
Amanda Arnold, aged t. and her a, brother
Arthur, aged 10, who lived at ABA Farin
avenue. A large party of boys and girls
returning from school gathered at a deep
quarry pond and began skating on the
thin ice. While the fun was at its height
the ice in the center of the pond gave
way and six skaters went down. Two
were rescued by their companions, but
the others were beyond reach and were
drowned. All the bodies were recovered,
Within a week the distillery of the
American Spirits Manufacturing Co.,
which was formerly owned by Henry,
Shufeldt q Co.. located in Chicago, Will
be shut down and the fires will not be
re-lighted. unless the present policy OF
the American Company is changed. The
Shufeldt distillery has capacity or 3u,o
bushels of grain a day and is the largest
in the city. The abandonment OF the old
plant really means transfer OF the out
put to Peoria. where the bulk OF the
A. S. Austrian. one of the attorneys for
the American Company. explained that a
f5ant of 5000 bushels capacity cost Amos,
much to run as one OF 11.UoU BUSHES hnnrs
the closing.
Complaints have recently been mace TO
the town authorities of Merrimac, Mass.
regarding the case Of mcgee. OF ci IN tbn
-
Bear Hill district of that town. Chief OF
Police Ives notified the S. p. &. C., ana
Wednesday, Agent B. J. Loring accom-
panied him there and found three MUG
girls, 4. and years of age, who We're IN
a pitiable condition. He removed them a
and after having them photographer.
convened them to the Amesbury town
farm, where they will be kept until FRI,
day. when they will appear in the SECOND
district court for a hearing. The woman
claims to have adopted the children. Sne
and the oldest girl have both been con
nected with the stage previous TO going
to Merrimac to live
An attempt to rob the Boston d
Maine station at Salisbury. Mass, was
made, Tuesday, in broad daylight Just
after the ticket agent had gone to DIM
ner. Three strangers had been seen
about the station for an hour. one OF
them followed the agent down the
track toward the freight house, an
other went up the track in the otner
direction, while the third forced the
door of the ticket Office, and was ABOUT
TO enter when the ticket agent turned
around and saw him. He called 10
some railroad men. who turned with