Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-19
NEWS NUGGETS.
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South and West.

Three small steamers have arrived at
Seattle from Alaska with Is passengers,
bringing gold dust estimated at 100000.
| It was announced at New York, Thurs
Iron Co. and the Illinois Steel Co. had
| unanimously agreed to consolidate the
interests of the companies.
| The steamer Ithaca, which has been
running between Cayuga and Ithaca. N.
Y. was burned at her dock at Cayuga.
Thursday. She was owned by Mrs. Helen
Hunt Of ithaca, and cost $4,000.
Hills Co., filed a petition in the United
States district court at Cleveland. to be
declared voluntary bankrupt. The as
sets and liabilities are about $4,000
| Receiver Price of the Toledo. st. Louis
| & Kansas City Road, has filed report
at Indianapolis. covering the period OF the
| receivership from May Y, 1893. until July
81. 1898. and shows the receipts during
that time to have been 81. AZ. S4085, and
| disbursements to have been 81, 373. 023.26
| The Texas Republican state convention.
| which has been in session at Fort Worth
for three days. Is again deadlocked. This
time 1t Is over the report of the commit
able to agree. There is still much differ
ence OF opinion as to the advisability Of
nominating state ticket.
Chinese Ambassador Shier. formerly
minister at st. Petersburg. and also at
Berlin, arrived at Vancouver, Wednes-
day, en- route home for rest. He does
not think that the trouble between
Great Britain and Russia over Chinese
concessions will amount to much.
| Charles w. De PAW. at New Albany,
Ind, Wednesday. filed a petition in bank
ruptcy. He places his liabilities at $780,
900. and assets at $4,000. The liabilities
are held by banks of New Albany. Louis
vile. Indianapolis. Chicago and other
cities and by a number OF capitalists of
those cities. and many Of the items are
secured.
| There was but one bid at Kearney.
Neb.. for the Kearney & Black Hills
| road when it was offered for sale,
Wednesday. by Special Master Alex
| ander. Vice-President Cornish of the
Union Pacific offered $15OOoO for the
branch line and it was knocked down
to him at that figure.
The French minister of war. NJ.
GodefrOy Cavaignac, announced in the
Chamber of Deputies at Paris. Thurs
day. that Commandante Comte Ferdi-
nand Walsin Esterhazy. the alleged
author of the Dordreau in the Dray-
fus case, will be summoned before a
council of enquiry, whose composition
will be determined by the Paris mill
tary authorities
The sixth sudden death in one family
| at F'airhaven, VT. since December. 1897,
| and the second within q hours became
known, Thursday morning. Miss Maggie
lCarrigan, IA years of age. who had made
her home with her grandmother for a
number Of years. died. last Tuesday night,
after an illness of about three hours. An
autopsy showed that death resulted from
poisoning caused by drinking wood aicO-
hol. Thursday. 1t was learned that the
grandmother. Mrs. Howard Mccain, aged
GO years, died. late Wednesday night.
from symptoms similar to those shown
by the girl Maggie. The authorities are
making an investigation.
Rev. Samuel Breakwell leader In
business and religious circles in the
suburb of Highwood. Chicago, was
stabbed to death by Carl Pethke. a
tailor. There had been trouble be-
tween the two men for over year
the difficulty arising partly because
Mrs. Breakwell who had left her hus-
band, had gone to reside in the home
of Pethke and partly over the suit
| which the minister had brought to
eject Pethke and Mrs. Breakwell from
the house in which they were living,
it being his property.