Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-23
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from North. East
South and Nest

South and West-
a decree has been signed appointine
Lord Kitchener governor general OF the
Soudan.
Edmund Price, dealer in jewelry ana
diamonds, New York, claims TO nave
been robbed by former clerk OF GOODS
amounting to between $4,000 and $4,000.
The international Y. NJ. c. "A. has de-
cided to establish homes for sailors IN
Boston, New York, Philadelphia. New
port News and San Francisco, at
yearly expense each of $4,000.
Chess EXPERT Janowski. at New York.
Saturday, won the fourth and the maj
game in the series against the local eN-
pert, Marshall. II was Sicilian defence:
showing a different style Of 1'iayinE AUTO
gether. After As moves Marshall had TO
resign. The final score was j 10 III FAVOR
of Janowski.
Edward S. Gibson is locked up in the
Tombs, at Boston. charged with the
larceny of s235. His arrest was caused
by Bribery Andrews of England,
whom Gibson met on the steamship
Canada, for the first time about week
ago. 1t is Andrews money that Glib
son is alleged to have stolen.
Scarlet fever is raging in the town of
Milford, N. II. Never before have the
town officials known SO many cases.
Officially there Il cases reported, but 1t
is known there are great many more
One death has occurred. The puohc
schools, library and Sunday schools
have been ordered closed for tour
weeks.
Nuncio Salvatore was locked up in the
second precinct police station at New
ark, n. j., Saturday, accused OF homl-
eide, Friday night, he shot and killed his
young daughter husband. Frank Ma
reno, the dead man, was beating his
wife. as he had often done before,
when her father interfered and sent
bullet into his son-in-laws heart.
John T. O'Bren of Springfield is at the
Springfield hospital in a dazed CONDITION.
from New York. He was met at the tram
by a friend to whom he had telegraphed
that he was i'll. O'Brien. says that while
looking for employment in New York he
was lured into a tenement on lth avenue.
where knockout drops were forcibly IL
ministered. He is about q years old He
had until recently been employed as
polisher at the united States armory.
Frank Beebe. a well-to-do farmer,
who lives alone with his older brother
on the Hancock road, three miles from
South Williamstown. Mass. made a
desperate attempt at suicide, Saturday.
He cut his throat with a razor. drank
a bottle of muriatic acid and was pre-
pairing to shoot himself when he faint
ed. Insanity is the only known
cause.
Bradford w. Flanders of East Gov
entry. VT. aged about 81. attempted
Kat
street and Mammoth road by shooting.
The bullet lodged behind the right ear.
Saturday. he telephoned for his wife,
who works ut Manchester. but she de-
clined t. talk With him. He came on
later. and failing to secure conference
evidently became discunsolate.
An expfes, train on the Erie road was
thrown from the track at Great Bend,
Pa. by tho spreading of the rails. Satur-
day. and the locomotive and Nv" cars
went down 20-foot embankment. Fire
man John ]. Folly of Owcgo. who was
riding on the locomotive was crushed .
death. Engineer Lean WEIGH escaped
with a scalp wound. Tbr fireman. 7. J.
Smith Of Hornellsville, MS BADLY injured.
The Pullman coaches remained upon IN"
track and all the passengers escaped IA
jury.
James Mullen. 81, at philade'phia,
Saturday. cut his wifes throat and
ner The bodies were found in the lit
tie attic room which was the home of
the couple. Mullen was formerly en-
ployed as "A freight brakeman on the
Reading Railway. but had been with
out employment for nearly year. He
was in poor health.
Glenn S. Warner. who has coached
Cornels foot ball team for the last two
seasons, will coach the Carlisle lndi-
ans eleven next fall. He signed his
contract. Friday. This news surprised
Cornelrs foot ball supporters. War
ner's reason for engaging with the In
dams was the fact that Cornell refused
to select "a coach for some time yet. and
his offer from the Indians was better
than what the Ithicans would make.
The Amateur Athletic Union held a
meeting at New York, Saturday, and
made numerous changes in the rules
governing the union. President Bar
low S. Weeks presided and representa-
tives of the New England, Metropoli-
tan. Pacific Northwest. Military League
and International Collegiate Amateur
Athletic Associations. the Young Men $
Christian Association and the North
American Gymnastic Union were pres
ent.
1t was announced at New York. Sat
urday. that Howard Gould would fit uu
his steam hark-rigged yacht Niagara
in April. He will leave with Mrs
Gould. who was formerly Miss Kath.
crime CienmonS. and a few friends
about May l. for a foreign trlp. The
cruise embraces England, Scotland an.
the Scandinavian peninsula. Mr.
h.