Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-07
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The racing board of the L. A. w has
| been completed by the appointment or
| Henry $. Dixon of Dixon, Ill.
Magistrate Poitovin of Paris, has de-
cided to open fresh Inquiries in connec-
| ton with the Panama disclosures of NJ.
.Arton.
Alfred Harris, living at a boarding
house on Winden street, Cambridge.
Mass. committed suicide, Monday, BY
shooting himself in the head
At the city election held at Stamford
Ct. Monday. the city. which generally
goes Republican. elected W. j. II. Be-
hannah. Dem, mayor by ~ majority.
+ W. J. Roche of New York, Martin
Flaherty's manager. telegr9phs TO Lowell
Mass. that he has matched him for a
tight with Solly Smith. time and place
not stated.
Charles MERCER pleaded not guilty in
the district court ct Fan River; Monday
TO setting fire to the Fan River bleachery.
Saturday night. He was held in 5000 for
hearing next Friday.
Several buildings in CALIFORNIAN park.
Newark, \. j.. among them Il large hall
Loss, $4,000. insurance. $4,000.
The Valley Queen and Royal mills at
River point. Providence. operated by Is.
y; & r. knight. started on full time.
1909 looms, and employ 1000 hands.
The fifth floor Of a building on Conn
merce street. Boston. stored with grocer
les and property of Potter q Wrighting
ton, was burned out about ! A NJ. Tues
day morning with a loss of about $4,000.
The city and town election at Bridge
port, Ct. Monday. resulted in clean
sweep for the Republican ticket, with
the possible exception OF the city clerk,
which seems to be in doubt. For mayor
t.. Inn
majority.
The New England Association of Rail-
road Superintendent met at Boston
Monday night. and chose c. A. McAlpine,
president c. r. Lee secretary and treas
urer. Mr.. Edgar J. Rich, claims attor
hey of the Boston x Maine, read paper
on Some Points of Law Relating to the
Operation of Railroads"
The Fiske house. Whiteield, n. H..
one of the best-known hotels in the White
Mountains was sold Monday. TO T. y.
Wilson of Bartlett. Mr.. Wilson is the
superintendent Of the Maine Central Rail-
road bridges and is wel-known to the
travelling public. Until last summer. the
hotel was run for three years previously
By Oscar G. Barron and Frank G. Cofran.
A schooner supposed to be the Wei
don, or Wilson, was discovered. early
Monday, in the North river New York,
near the Red Star Line pier, floating
bottom up. 1t is believed she was run
into during heavy fog that prevailed,
Sunday night. by some unknown craft,
and capsized, and that her crew were
drowned.
The 101st session of the New England
Conference of Methodists will open in ST
Paurs church, Lowell Mass. Tuesday.
The conference will not be organized un-
til Wednesday. but the preliminary SEES
sions, Tuesday will begin at 10 a. NJ. and
at p. NJ. The annual examination of
the conference classes will take place In |
the evening. the anniversary of the Con-
ference Epworth League will be OBJ |
served. Bishop Charles II. Fowler. ID. D.. |
LII. D., will preside during the confer |
elce. |
The American Watch factory at |
Waltham Mass, resumed operations |
Monday. after a weeks shutdown, dur
ing which many changes have been made. |
The finishing job department has been I
discontinued and new system inaugu-
rated. The new system is called the |
banking job and the employees occupy
Out of 20 employees laid off, 10 have been
taken back and given their old jobs. I'M
der the new system. while the others will |
be re-employed as soon as the work will |
permit.
Lieut.. Col. Lacoste has defeated a
party of insurgents at Santiago de
Vegas. Havana province, killing Il of |,
tilN tiiCiiiS anu llCi inc
camp of Juan Delgardo at Santa Bar
bara. 1t is reported that the insurgent
leader Cuervo was wounded in the
fight which recently occurred at Ojot
Aqua, Havana province. The insur-
gents have been defeated by the
Villaviciosa regiment of Aura Hill.
province of Havana. The enemy lost
II men killed.
Fire, said to have been Of incendary
origin. caused loss of $4,000 in the
Phillips House, Dayton. Ohio. Monday
forenoon. There were many narrow
and thrilling escapes and several peo-
pie were seriously injured. John Bry-
anti of the Katie Rooney Dramatic
Company, fell through a skylight and
sustained broken leg and bad frac-
ure of the skull. He will probably die.
His wife, whose stage name is Miss
Lillian Clover, also fell through a sky
light, suffering a broken leg