Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-15
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| 1t is reported at Gibraltar, that Mu-
| lai-Ah- Del-AziZ, sultan Of Morocco, is
dead.
John Lane, the publisher, and Mrs
King, an American lady, were married
| i'll London, Saturday.
violent shock of earthquake was felt
at Messina, Sunday evening, throwing
| the inhabitants into a great panic.
! The northern Colorado coal miners
strike, in which about 1900 miners were
engaged, IS at an end. the miners having
| accepted the coal companies offer of %
| cents ton, mine run
y cloudburst. in which at least %
| lives are known to have been lost, oc-
CURED, Friday night near Beech
| Creek, Is miles north of Rogersvilie,
| Tenn.
! The cholera is epidemic at Madras.
| between Monday morning and Friday
| night, there were 80 deaths from tn.
| disease. the fatalities prior to the day
first mentioned having been III.
| Eddie McDutfec of Boston. adds an
| other victim to his list in defeating
| Edouard Taylore. Saturday. at New
York, in a 25-mile paced race, peace
| makers being limited to %, with two
| extras.
! a special from Sarahsville o. to Wheel
| ing, Va, says that terrible storm passed
/ over that part of Noble county. accom-
! panied by heavy hail. which largely de
stroyed the tobacco crop. Streams were
| flooded and other crops destroyed. Light
4 ming set fire 70 many haSstackS and over
| half of the wheat is spoiled. Tho wheat
| is growing in the stacks.
| The works of the jerks Machine Co.
at Sherbrooke, Que. the largest indus
! try of the kind in Canada. were burned
/ Saturday night. The fire is supposed
to have originated in the forge room "
| the Rand Drill Co. Loss, $22J, 600; prob
| ably covered by insurance.
! Mrs. Grace France. a well-known
| resident of Livingston Manor, had 4
narrow escape from being Killed. Fr.-
! day afternoon. in the woods near thar
/ place. Five shots were fired AT her
| Three bullets passed through her dress
! one grazed her arm. the second her
side. ana the third barely missed her
/ knee
| The contract for the erection of tn
| gibbat on which John Anderson VIII
cXpiatc tn" murder of the mate Of tho
sooner Oliver Pcckcr. on the 10Th in
y,
I Saturday. a few minutes after tele-
/ graphic intelligence was received from
| Washington, that President Mckinley
! had decided not to interfere with the
/ verdict OF the courts.
/ joel English, an eccentric character
1 OF kokGmo. Ind. ended his life by TAX
/ ing poison, Saturday, being found dead
in coffin that he had kept in tine
/ house for - years. This was his 1874
/ birthday. He swallowed the poison IN
/ the presence Of his Wife and threatened
to XIII her and all who interfered with
him and his plans. keeping a gun be
side the coffin 10 shoot the doctor if one
came.
! Edward Butler of Lynn. who threw
lighted lamp at his Wife. Saturday last.
burning her so severely that she died.
4 Wednesday. was arraigncd on a charg.
I of manslauGhtcr, Saturday. and was
held for the grand jury. without bail
Mrs. Buffers ante norton statement
was Put in as evidence, and Mrs Les
son, Il neighbor, testified that a year
| ago, Butler threatened to shoot his
wife. Butler had no couscl. He plead
ed not guilty.
Or. James i. Angel who resigned
the post Of United States minister to
Turkey. III May last. and was SUI
cccded by MI. oscar S. Straus, Satur-
day, left Constan,inopIe with his fami-
~. y large gathering of diplomats
and American and English residents
assembled to bid the retiring minister
farewell. The American colony pre-
scented Dr.. Angel with an address ex-
pressing their regret at his departure
and thanking him for the services he
had rendered during his stay
The resignation of Hon. Charles AL
len, senior associate justice of the SUI
preme court of Massachusetts. has
been rendered to Governor Wolcott
The announcement of Judge Aliens re-
tlrement comes as surprise to the
state bar. He is II years of age. but
has enjoyed unusual vigor for a man
of his advanced years Under a re-
Gently enacted law. ne has been eligible
to accept retirement on half pay for
over year Since 1882 when he was
appointed judge by Governor John D.
L>ng. he has faithfully and conscien 4
tiously performed his judicial duties.
A New York servant girl. who at
tNHiptSi, II - dHGSth, To XIII with pol
son a score of persons in revenge for
her discharge from a boarding house.
is being seat ched for by the police OF
the West 31th Street station The
charge against the servant is made by
Miss Cecilia Montgomery, who con-
ducts boarding house at 4G3 West 34th
street. She and 20 of her boarders
were made violently i'll through eat
ing Of certain baking of cakes The
description of the servant. whose name
is Mcconnell. given to the police by
Miss Montgomery, was that the girl
was about 95 years old of medium
height and weighed 10 pounds She
has been seen but once since she left
the boarding house.
The men in the fleet off Havana are be-
quilting the weary days by shark fishing
on, hot