Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-20
NEWS NUGGETS.
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South and West.

Cotton defeated sp.nks at cbjca.o
!" [nheSuaE' IN the third game Of tho IA.
2G9 % 20 q sN'r' "l
/ Captain Murphy who was On ,,i.l j.,
/ ne Hited States district court q, v.i,
H!HGtoh. Del. charged with nIfbuefer i,
N connection with the steamer I.aur.,,a
was Wednesday declared not guilty. h,.
~. Willie, the .o-ycar-old son of VIM
W ildrr, an engineer on thu V4IIa,, ,,ti "a
SION Of the Consolidated Ruiirn.,d ~
crowned. late Wednesday. i'm Linz yi,.a,
| AZ Mlddictown, Ct. by breaking tbrnunt
the irc. The body was recovered II
IN oFerheatcd chimney caused a fro
~ inc auction commission room of
,,'"fAr ~. lambert. Munroe street. LINN
I '"htrhtS <,FHp; tn building. owned bv Ed.
Wdfd Hciferman. $1Ho. insured.
After one Of the finest DISPLAYS or
scientific billiards ever seen in Cbicapn
FRANK Ives, Wednesday night. defeat
90 George sutton by score of TOO to
ie" Ives highest run was 123; SUI
tons II.
'rl VIM. NJ. OIin. secretary of the COM
n.','Wraiti. It"n. T.. 7. Shaw, treasurer
and receiver general lion. Hose. NJ
knoyIton attorney general ana .Jnhn "
\lihnaH. tueitor. took the oath nf Office
tor Tho current political year at the stat
il"HS". at Boston Wednesday.
katc Clark. the common law wife Of
~ lark. grain Scoopcr. WIS found
MtaH lN her room at Buffalo. n Y.
h"dten To death with a chair Ncicbbnrs
h"afd the roupl" quarrelIlng Tnesday
uiIlt- tlark could not be found by the
police.
The Central Washington Railroad has
been sold at Spokane. Wash. under fore
closure" II was bid in by Attorney
Ih"mas Shepherd of Seattle. represent
iag the bondholdorS for 500 Hn Tho
road extends from Cheney to Coulec CITY
III the Grand Choulec, west of Spokane
Is miles.
e. y, Nosmer is planning to 90 from
san Francisco to the klondike by hal
loon. lie proposes to use the big haIInon
made for the Chicago Worlds Fair
where it was held captive. and he will be
az companied by James THOMPSON of
CINCINNATI. II. Andrews Of Chicago and
/" hlemtue of Pittsburg. all experienced
&tronauts.
George f. Spencer of Plainficld. \. J..
ailaS John Reed. alias Arthur Green
halge. who has become known through
out New England as 1.-THE famous buncn
man was arraiened in the district court
at Lowell. Mass, Wednesday, on the
charge of swindline, and was held with
out bail for the February term of the
grand jury.
Thomas Tootle. aged -. of ST. Joseph.
Mo, eldest surviving brother of the fam
onS trio of millIOnaires. Milton. John and
ih"mdS Tootle has suffered an attack Of
apopleXy. He was seated in the Tootle-
Lemon private bank when stricken His
recovery is doubtful His nephew. Milton
footle. Jr.. is the present head of the
large estate.
Al Wednesdays conference of the Fed
Grafton Of Master Engineers at London
called To consider the situation in view
OF the withdrawal of the 4S-hourS dc
mand II was resolved to reopen the
works, Monday next provided the unions
accept the conditions of management
adjusted at the recent West
minister conference.
Annie Griffin. Il years old of Fan
River. Mass. was detained by tn" police
on her arrival ut New York Wednesday.
ON Fan River Line boat. She will be
to care for her. She told the police that
she had run away from home because she
iid not want to work in mill and pre-
ferred to seek something better.
Deputy United States Revenue Collec-
or Jenkins seized and closed the whiskey
establishment of Eaton x Sims. at Tulla-
1otia. Ienn.. Tuesday. Great reticence Is
observed by officials ana members of the
firm. and they will not give the cause
Tor seizure. The establishment is y very
arSc one ana the seizure is considered
n official circles as most important.
a fire which broke out ut Stamford. ct.,s
1T A. NJ. Wednesday burned three
loutS ana did damage estimated ut uear-
y $4,000. The fire originated in bufld-
ne on Main street owned by John ".
zee and occupied by him as the proprie-
or Of the well-known silver Dollar
illoon. Three other buildings were gut
ed. The fire is supposed 10 have oi1Gt-
ldtcd from an electric light wire.
Fire broke out in vacant building on
sand street at Randsburg. Cal. WediWs-
lay. ana spread 50 rapidly that more
han ~ structures were consumed within
N hour Everything; was swept clean
n both sides of Rand street from STAN
~ To above the Elite theatre aud on I
oriion of Broadway. This includes the
oSt office and some of the largest stores
u the camp and cntailcd Il loss oil
100 600
new weapon Of destruction the IN
cntion al an ordnance officer ot me 81
rInN is la be tested at the Sandy HOOK
rowing grounds soon 1t is Il rified can
on. said To he capable of raining '-ihch s
rolectilcs or shells upon an enemy at
rate of nine a minute. Its range Is
n miles. The weapon is known as the
ordon gun. and il is expected to prove
he of the most effective weapons ever
vented for secondary batteries.
Rufus W. French. an aged resident OF
rumbull. CT. has been arrested on the
istgation of Mrs. Walter French. ms
lughter-in-law. who charges him witn
SSault with intent to kill. French VIII
: given Il hearing at Trumbull. Thurs
~. Mrs French alleges that the on
IAN became intoxicated and after at
mpting to kill his little grand daughter
18th pitchfork, attacked her 'Mrs
rench with carving knife. Her arm
ID hand were cut and she says she was
'mpeled to fight for her life.