Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-28
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The employees of the John O'Conne,,
K Son factory at Marlboro, held
meeting, Saturday evening, and voted
unanimously to join the strikers.
The Monarch Athletic Club of SYRIA
cuse, n. T.. is trying to arrange a six.
eight or 10-round contest between Tom
my Ryan and Jim Corbett. Ryan is
willing.
Two cottages on Upland street, Lowell
in that portion OF Dracut called the
Navy Yard were burned, Saturday
n hight IT,. and a third I one damaged The
the furniture was saved
The Phillips academy foot ball team,
Saturday. elected r. T. Davis of Nor
ris Run. Pa. captain of next years
team. Davis has played left tackle
| two years, is 16 years old and weighs
l76 pounds.
| Porter King, "a, the Oldest engineer
on the Boston & Albany Railroad, died
at Springfield, Mass, Saturday Mr.
King was one of the few employees who
| were with the road in it's early days
He was born in Athol. Dec. 10. 1915
DR.. Mark II. Lincoln, a well-known
physician of Philadelphia. committed
suicide. Saturday, at his home by in
haling illuminating gas. No reason for
the suicide is known. Dr. Lincoln was
a graduate of the University of Penn
sylvania and was for several years
physician for the Carnegie steel works,
Pittsburg.
Col. James Moran of Providence.
member of the Rhode Island militia,
resigned, Saturday, after being a SOL
der over 80 years. His retirement
caused big surprise in official circles.
and TO the public. He was one of the
best-known men in the service, and
was considered one of the ablest or
ganizers in the state.
Jesse Bentley was arrested at his
home in Manchester. VT. Saturday, by
Sheriff Wilson, on warrant issued by
State Attorney Bates charging MIN
with burning barn. Bentley is. the
alleged leader of a gang who have been
operating in that section for years.
Detectives are working on the case
and more arrests will follow
Chief McDermott of the Woburn DO
lice. Saturday, arrested Charles Hen
bricks of Barre, VT, on a charge of
adultery. He.was taken from house
where he was working as a painter
Hendricks is wanted by the Barre po-
lice for bigamy, and, the arrest was
made on their request. He says he
will go back without extradition pa
pers.
Daniel T. Hunt was. Saturday. re-
moved as assignee of the Mechanics
Instalment Co.. of Providence. r. L., on
petition of the creditors, who CLAIM
that the assignee has failed to keep
funds received by him, in repositories
designated by the court, and that he
has refused to give information to the
creditors. Mr.. Hunt did not oppose
the removal. The company failed
some time ago.
By an explosion of dynamite at Am
herst. Mass. Saturday, George X.
member of the sophomore class at the
State Agricultural College. was terribly
injured. Bridgeforth was assisting some
workmen upon a ditch on the grounds of
the college, and they found it necessary
to blast out small rock which obstruct-
ed the work. fuse was lighted and the
workmen withdrew. but the blast failed
tigate and while peering into the often
the dynamite exploded fairly in his face
He will probably recover.
The leader of a gang of pickpockets.
nearly all of whom were arrested the
past week at Baltimore, after daring
and successful operations. has been
identified as John Robbins, %. whose
fields of operations in the past have,
been Boston and Philadelphia. He is
known among criminals as James or
Rid" Russell, and among his aliases
are George Day. Horatio Williams,
James Wilson and Henry Wilson.
Henry E. Thompson and Thomas B.
Ryan were held by United States Com
missioner Clifford, at New Bedford.
Saturday, for the United States court
on charge of uttering counterfeit
money. The city was infested with
bad 25-cent pieces last June, and the
two men were identified as having
passed them in at least two places.
Ryan's mother furnished bail in $500,
but Thompson went to the lookup.
A young American scientist at the
Hyginic Institute at London, DR.. Nut
tall, has created sensation in scien-
tific circles by the publication of a
pamphlet in which he cites strong evil
dence in support of the contention that
Prof. Koch, who is now investigating
the malaria bacilii, has taken credit for
himself of alleged discovery in various
cattle diseases and in malaria, which
discoveries were really made by
American scientists years ago.
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