Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-25
coMpEnsED DISPATCHES.

c0MDEnsED DISPATCHES.
The Michigan Phohibitionist1 at
Lansing, Tuesday. nominated state
ticket headed by N. w. Cheever for
governor.
The President. Wednesday, appoint
ed John w. Finney Of Pennsylvania to
be assistant United States treasurer
at Philadelphia.
The Republican state convention at
Mitchells. s. D.. Wednesday. nominated:
For Governor. Kirk Phillips of Dead
wood; for Lieutenant Governor, J.. r.
keene Of Sanborn county.
The committee on challenge Of the
Royal Ulster zach: club, will meet
Mr.. Russell at the Office Of Commo-
dore Morgan. New York city, Thurs
day. at 1.30 P. NJ.
During heavy thunder storm at Pitts
burg, Wednesday, lightning struck sum-
mer car on the second Avenue Traction
Line, and as a result one passenger Is
dead. another will probably die and four
others are badly hurt.
j. Hamilton ShapleigH,. one of the
best known lawyers and public men
III A~C" AlaAPSuhCs uicu at IIACtCk,a Az
H.. Wednesday. Mr.. Shapleigh was
born in Portsmouth IS years ago.
Owen Collan. the solicitor who shot
and bludgeoned Hubert Birkin, at the
Briston hotel. Tangiers, Morocco. a
couple Of months ago. after Birkin
had insured his life for 100000. has
been found guilty of intent to murder
and sentenced to 10 years of peal servi-
Etude.
The Grand Circuit races at Glens
Falls, N. Y, had to be postponed,
Wednesday. on account of rain after
| the second heat in the unfinished go
class, trot. purse $4,000. in which John
| Nolan. b. g.. by Prodigal Fantasia, by
l. Ranchero tFoote), took two heats in
! 2.131ls and 2.15A.
The Middlesex shoe factory at MARI
| boro. Mass, owned by Rice & HUGH
| mss and employing 275 hands has shut
| down for an indefinite period. The
cause Of this action is the strike of
the stitchers who left their work Au-
gush 10. and who refuse to return as
| long as the fOrewoman of their de-
| partment, Mrs. Robert Henderson, re-
tains that position.
..Antoma WOzonocski. Pole. of Jer-
sey City. died, Wednesday, from the
effects Of a dose of poison administer
| ed to him by his wife. Her failure to
| speak English to the drug clerk cost
| the life of her husband. The drug
| clerk says she called for roach poison
and he marked it as such. Mrs. Wo-
! zonocoski insists that she called for
Rochelle salts and said that she did
not mention roach poison to the drug
| gist at all.
Owing to the fact, that the Lowell,
| Lawrence & Haverhill Street Railroad
Co. have filed notices to the effect
! that by Sept. Is every employee shall
file a bond Of $500. the expenses of the
| same to be borne by the men, 1t leaked
out at Lawrence, Wednesday, that the
| men. 100 in number, have threatened
to strike. The men claim an injustice
1 has been done them and that they
| have been given to understand failure
| to file bond is equal to a discharge.
The only bond allowed is that of the
Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Baltimore.
| After two days session, at ST. Louis
No., the Missouri Republican state con-
journed sine die at $50 P. NJ. Wednesday.
| This ticket was nominated: Supreme
| judge. long term. G. A. Finkleberg Of St.
Louis; supreme judge short term. Ed
| ward Higbee OF LANCASTER; railroad and
warehouse commissioner. W. 8. Hatha-
way Of Mexico; superintendent OF public
instruction, Prof. ]. r. Kirk, the present
| incumbent. The most important work Of
the convention was the turning down of
Chauncey Ives ,Filley, who for 3 years,
off and on. had been chairman Of the Re-
publican state convention. 7. j. Atkin. Il
, banker and business man of Humansville,
was elected as Filley's successor.
The explosion of a large ammonia
tank. used in the making of artificial
ice. set fire at an early hour, Thursday
morning, to Jacob Hoffman's Crescent
brewery. five-story brick structure,
in East 18th street, New York City.
The flames spread rapidly. and the
Central Bottling Cos. plant soon
cought fire. The surrounding tene-
ments, all filled with sleeping people,
next ignlted. Alarm after alarm was
turned in and Is engines and Ave hook
and ladder trucks were on the scene.
Many thrilling rescues Of frightened
men. women and children We're made
by the flremen.
Henry Gage of Los Angeles. was
nominated for governorof California by
reclamation at Sacramento, Wednes-
day. BY the Republican convention.
The platform reafiirmed allegiance to
the national platform adopted in St.
Louis In 1896 and extended the thanks
of the Republican party to the sailors
and soldiers of the army and navy.
A tribute was paid to President Me-
Kinley. The administration was urged
to secure an International monetary
agreement whenever opportunity to-
do so shall be presented. The plat
form demands the annexation OF the
island Of Porto Rico and other West
Indian islands and the Philippines
building OF the Nicaragua canal is de-
mo Mod X b n