Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-10-25
NEWS NUGGETS.


SSsS"s " sW0 WNvU JT0@ Worth. East
5. South aad West.
IN the Vermont Legislature. Mondav
| DI!is We're introduced making Enh Z;
Union Defenders day. and Sent fr ~
Dor day. legal holidays. va
The United States supreme court No.
DAY. decided the Joint Traffic Associatin
States and against the railroads. on..eo
Pr. g; ,. B Lareque OF Athol, has heor
indicted by the 9rand jury al 1vnroa.Dts LII ~
Mass Of manslaughter, in scausir,~ th,,,
deatn OF Mrs Arthur blanchard, Aug. 3
Lieut.. Gen. Sir VIM. Howley Gooar
enough in supreme command Of the
British troops in South Africa. died .,
Capt Town, Monday.
The Admiral Schley, the third ves-
sci of the Porto Rican Mail Line wa.
successfully launched from Cramn.s
yard at Philadelphia, Monday.
John ~ johnson. well known in Neu
England and New York City. died at Nor
wich, Conn, Monday. as result Of !
sarsiedl sar opsaaiion vera dor an internal disor-
College in 1883. o.
Gerry S. Gilchrist Of Townsend Mac.
Is under arrest, charged with causinr fb.,.
death OF an iilegitimate child in that town.
last June. Gilchrist was taken to the Ma
dlesex county Jail at East Cambridge f.,
await a preliminary examination.
DR.. H. q. Smith. professor Of materia
medica at Boston University, is deal
| aged So years. He was born in Bucks.
! port, Me-. and began work in Boston
| University in 1873.
| A telegram has been received a. tba
Haryary College observatory from Prof
j. =. Keeelr at the Lick Observatory
BY Prof. Hussey,, Oct. Is. $3.50 Greenwicna rsica
time, in X. A., 15h., 42m. 57s., /, and Dee
plus SO degrees. 49 minutes. 22 seconds.
The Boston police are looking for Frank
Rosetta, who is wanted to answer "a ),
charge of stabbing and probably fafal1v
lwounding his wife Rose, at their hoIas
There, Monday afternoon. Little hope Il
lentertained for the wOman's recovery
Rosetta is As years old and his wife I.
five years younger.
The Marshall Paper Co., OF Turner'S
Falls, Mass, made an assignment.
Monday, to Jos. w. Stevens OF the
First National Bank OF Greenfield and
@. Henry Whitcomb of Worcester, one
Of the directors and representing the
Boston Trust Co. 1t is to be hoped.
that dispite the final entanglements it
will be kept running and that the busi-
ness will pay the creditors in full
Antonio Pepe and Minechelle Balladena.
two Italians, became involved In a quar-
rel at Boston, on the way from work, at
$50 p. NJ. Monday, with the result thar
a crowd OF people, Pepe suddenly drew
revolver and fired five shots at his com
panion. Three of the bullets struck Bal
heart, caused death within few minutes
None of the passersby were injured while
Pepe, diving into the subway under the
post ofhce, managed to escape. and at
late hour, the police had not succeeded in
capturing him.
Martha Durant, who attempted sui.
eide in Boston. Sunday, is believed to
be Lawrence girl OF that name who
was formerly employed In an Ames-
bury street boarding house at Law
renee. Thomas McManus OF Lawrence.
the girPs !brother-in-law, went to Bos-
ton, Monday. but was not admitted M
to the hospital, but according to the IL
scription and circumstances connected
with the case, he believes her to be his
wife's sister,. 81,
hitherto been almost unanif1ous ~ Their
praise of Tod Sloan, the lockey. 1l7w de
nounce his imputation Of lnfslsnes Upon
The Sun Sun a says: M .fhe sf 'bsst VI ~ II ensis Gan Sc
wished for Sloan is that nj VM probably
take himself with his followers out OF the
country. He has already received more
grace than would have been extended to
recommends the withdrawal Of his license
and calls Lord William Beresford's atten-
ton to the fact that in its opinion, Sloan
is unworthy to ride the Prince of Wales
horse in the race for the Cambridgeshire
stakes.
The apple crop of the United States
is smaller than it has been since relia-
bic statistics have been collected ac-
cording to the New England Home
stead which will appear in it's issue of
Oct. 29. This authority estimates the
total supply at 27,7OO,00O barrels, COM
pared with something over 100000
last year. and 70OOO,00O in the record
breaking crop of 1896. The failure is
widespread reaching from the Pacific
coast to Maine and in none of the
states does the quality of the fruit ap-
proach an average.
The negro rioters from Harpersville,
Miss, were landed in Jail at Forest,
Miss, Monday. Sheriff Stephenson and
his posse had fight with a mob Of
whites who made a desperate attempt
to lynch the negroes as soon as they
arrived at Harpersville. The sheriff
and his aides formed circle around
the negroes and with drawn reyolvers
forced their way through the mob.
The negroes who escaped into thu
swamp are being hotly pursued by a
large crowd of white men and news Of
another battle is momentarily ex-
pected.
1t was announced. Monday night.
that the controlling interest in the
Rutland Railroad changed hands, Sat
urday, the Delaware & Hudson Canal
Co. having disposed of its stock in the
| road, purchased II years ago, Of P. w.
Clement, president of the road. The
men interested in the purchase are
President Clements. w. Shepherd
Webb. Chauncey M. Depew. VIM. X.
Vanderbilt. H. NJ. Twombly of New
| York; w. H. Ball and Edgar Harding
! of Boston, and several other Massa-
chusetts railroad men. The purchase
| is said to be the largest transfer OF
stock ever made in Vermont.
The directors of the Hamilton Ma
| tional Bank of Boston. one Of those
| chosen by the reform committee of saw
ings banks for liquidation held a meet
! ing. Monday, and 1t was announced
that the application for the charter
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