Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-06

| department of Marine, 25 miles north
west of Chalons. where the great
| French military camp is situated. SAYS
| that during the cavalry manouvers
| Wednesday. two squadrons of 10th dra
| goons came into collision, with the re-
suit that several troopers were thrown
from their saddles. One man was killed
and several dangerously hurt.
| Davidson Brothers. dealers in leaf to-
/ bacco. New York Thursday. assigned ~
| Milton S. Guiterman with preferences
| The firm is composed of Aaron and philfn
| Davidson. The amount involved Is sand
| TO be about $4,000 Losses sustained nv
| experiments in machines for all tobacco
| cigarettes are said to have caused thn
| failure. The Commercial Union Cigar
| and Cigarette Co. assigned later Ia
Adoph Meyer with preferences. The la
| bilities are said to be $4,000.
| News has reached Middlesborough XIV.
| that Mrs. Lee Coombs, prominent and
wealthy lady of Clay county shot and
| killed Miss Sallie Hooker, Il belle of Clay
county, Wednesday The tragedy took
| place at the Coombs residence. 1t an
pears that Mrs. Coombs left her home
| saying she would be gone all day She
| changed her mind, however. and re-
| turned. Upon entering her home she
| found her husband and Miss Hooker in
a compromising position ana the shooting
followed
Through rates and divisions on the
west bound Pacific coast freight traffic
form Boston and New England points
have been authorized by the board of
managers of the Joint Traffic Associa
ton. The arrangements which be-
| comes effective August 10, gives the
lines east of Chicago q per cent of
gross through rates on all freight billed
from Boston proper to Pacific terminal
points.
The Bridgeport. CT, police. Thursday,
denied that the suit of clothes found in
the mysterious express package At
sheldon, addressed to Mrs. Charles
| Bonal, wife of one of the men wanted
in connection with the Nichols Daniels
| farms tragedy. was blood-stained ana
bed bedraggled. They add that the
clothes We're in good shape and bore
no signs of an experience in wet
weather and crime.
The strike at the Fulton Bag and Cot
ton mills at Atlanta, Ca, which was be-
gun. Wednesday, by the refusal of the
| white female operatives 10 work with
| newly employed negro women. was made
complete. Thursday. when between rs and
| 100 girls employed In the hleacherv and
press room walked out. At $50 T. NJ
the president Of the company acceded TO
| the demand Of the strikers and agreed To
| withdraw the negro women whose ems
ployment caused the trouble. The strik-
| ing white operatives Will at once return to
| work.
| Surrogate Arnold handed down a de-
| cision. Thursday. at New York, In The
contest Of the will of William H. King.
| In the decision the petition Of Eugenia
! a. w. Ross. who claimed TO be "A niece
| Of Mr.. King and who asked for letters of
| administration, was Set aside and an
! ciiary letters were issued TO George Cor
/ don King nephew, and Sarah Brick
| hewd. niece William King died some
| little time ago In the Butler hospital,
| Providence. r. /. About 70 years ago he
went to China and there amassed for
| tune Variously estimated from S20.00h00
| TO $4,000 Geo.
| jeremiah T. O'Sullvan, the well-known
| politician and editor, who was recently
/ released from jail where he was serving
| an Is months sentence for libel on ac-
count of i'll health. was discharged gron
/ the Salem, Mass. hospital. Thursday. He
| appeared mitch stronger than when ne
| WAS incarcerated. and is thought 10 be
on the road 70 recovery. MIR. O'Sullivan.
! accompanied by his father. took train
| Tor Boston during he forenoon whence
| they intended to so to Lawrence, where
! they live. Ehe patient VIII then go te
! Woodstock. y. H.. TO remain until h re-
/ covers his health,
| y Bennington, Vt. dispatch says: In
/ accordance with an order issued by
justice Chase in the New York SUI
/ preme court. Tuesday. traffic was re-
stunned on the Lebanon Springs Rail-
/ road, Thursday. The order was issued
| on the ground that the road should not
! have been closed. as il is alleged to
| have been on July 80, without due no.
| tlce having been given to all interested
! parties, 1t is now expected that the
! court viii grant an order for the sale
| OF the road within a few days
The New York Commercial Adver-
/ tiser referring to a recent dispatch from
/ Havana. regarding the discovery of
/ hollow logs ON a Ward Line steamer,
| Thursday. said: Despite the recent or
| der issued by Gen. Weyler that no leaf
1 or raw tobacco shall be admitted to the
/ island under any pretence the attempts
/ to smuggle in Sumatra wrappers for
| the cigar manufacturers who are at
| their wits ends to obtain the wrappers.
! goes merriIy on. The last lot left New
| York, July "A, snugly packed in several
| dozen logs from Maine which were
! shipped to Havana on board the
! steamer Seguranca. Some of it was
| captured by Gen. Weyler's men. but
more was not, and as a result the cigar
manufacturers are happy"
| AS Frank Rand was riding out on the
| Lafayette road, Portsmouth, ~ H.
| Wednesday evening, he discovered a
] man lying beside the roadway. The
man was attired in gray bicycle suit
and his wheel lay beside him. He was
| barely conscious. and told MIR Rand
! that he came from Cambridge and was
| going To Miller avenue. He was Just
! able to say this when he lapsed into
! unconsciousness. He was taken to the
! Portmouth hospital. where an exami-
| nation of the body showed no bruises.
and DR. Heffenger said that he was
| suffering from an apolectic shock An
examination of his effects, revealed a
| handkerchief and book with the name
OF Frederic De Forrest Allen marked
| upon them. and it was later learned
| tnat Mr.. Allen was professor of CLASH
cal philology at Harvard University.
He was on his way to visit his brother
in-law Mr. Charles NJ. Leighton of
Portsmouth. He died at $50