Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-03-04
NEWS NUGGETS.
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South and West.

I Word was received at Boston. Thurs
day. that Arthur W. Robinson had been
appointed New England member of the
l.. A. w. racing board. He has been pres
idcnt Of the Megantic Fish ana Game AS
Sociation and is well known in sporting
| circles.
Mary j. Balm of No. so Madison ave-
nue., bridgeport, Conn was burned TO
death AT her residence. about 10 P. NJ
| THURSDAY, by the explosion Of kero-
sene lamp.
Six men were badly burned one per-
haps fatally. by the explosion of a Reg
Of powder in London mine. a Dubois,
Pa, Thursday one of the men at
a pick when spark fell from the tool
into the powder and ignited ii.
Forty or fifty burgarics of note a and
near Paduc2h, Ky, lately have aroused
the people. a stringent idlers ordinance
and a curfew law have been adopted by
the city council and put in force A strong
vigilance committee also Went to work
and eight negroes and three white men
We're caught and all whipped, two severe
lN, and forced to leave on departing
trains. The committee promises to clear
The town before disbandins.
The New York Tribune. Friday. will
print The following; As a result of the
years, combination has been formed by
the three largest hard rubber manufac-
,uIgrs in this country. They are. the
the Butler Hard Rubber Co. of Butler
\; j.. and the Goodrich Rubber Co. OF
Akron. Ohio. The concern will be in
corporatei under the laws of this state
with capital stock of s.. 500, GOO
Fire at New Bedford. Mass. Thursday,
badly damaged the interior of the fac
tory OF a. l.. Rlachner Co., cutters of fine
glassware, on North Second street j. NJ
top roll covercr. also sustained consider
able loss by water, and Hathaway Soulc
harrington, shoe manufacturers, who
owned the building. lost it's value. about
5000. The latter company will also lose
about $500 also on lasts. stored in the
basement Of the burned structure The
Biackncr Co. damage is about $4,000 and
Mr.. l.aWrcnCe's $500.
Adrices received at Victoria. T. C.. by
the steamer Islander from Alaska SAY
that several days ago two Canadian
mounted policemen came into Skayuav
with two SledS in tow, over which were
strapped two dead men. The attention
ol the mounted police at Tagish was at
tr1cted by the dismal howls Of Il dog
After Il short search they found tho
bodies of two men. They had been frozen
to death. 1T is stated that they were re-
turning klondikers and had in their pos
session Sl6o.tDo in papers and gold dust
Their names are not known
George NJ. Tenney assistant engineer
at The soldiers Home ut Chelsea Mass
was severely beaten with Il black lack in
the hands Of "a burglar. Thursa1y morn
ing. while in the basement of The home
where he had gone to attend to the fur
mace. 1he burglar WAS seen Skulkinr
out OF the basement with several mar
GELS i'll his hand, when Tenney discovered
him a struggle ensucd. and it was only
by using the black jack that the burwlrr
escaped. Mr.. Tenncy received several
blows on the head. and managed to 81
cure the black jack. but was too wc;,k
to use it, and is now lying i'm a critical
condition in the hospital of the home.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson ad
dressed the Pure Food congress at Wash
ington, at the Thursday afternoon ses
sion. He indorsed the objects of The con-
gress and expressed appreciation of the
need of adequate legislation along the
lines upon which it is laboring. At the
conclusion of the Secretarys remarks The
discussion of the Broisus bill was beenn
The debate was general and consumed
the remainder of the session While Tho
speakers generally endorsed the hin IL
was urged by the representatives of many
industries that it needed amendment II,
some particulars, especially so as 10 make
the penalties for food authorizations more
severe.