Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-19
CONDENSED DISPATCHES,
Tommy Ryan beat Craig at tho
coney Island Club in the tenth round
Monday night.

tohey lSldnd tluD IN the tenth round
Monday night.
Forest fires are extending with terrible
rapidlty IN the lower Adirondacks and
are beyond control of the fire fighters
Portions Of Warren and Hamilton coun.
ties are being devastat ted.
The New York agents Of the North Ger.
man Lioyds Line have received a cahIe.
gram saying that the steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm Der Crosse arrived Al Cher
bpurg. Al ll.2G a. NJ Monday making TIL
passage from New York IN days. il
hours, ~ minutes ana beating her nravi
Gus record eastward to that port bv about
hours. - "O'ul
Mrs. Catherine ConnOrs was arraign
ed IN the district court at Fall River.
Monday. on charge of manslaughter in
causing the death Of her child by ne
eject Medical Examiner Buck testi
ned 70 the results Of an autopsy and
sald that IL believed the child had
starved to death.
ne preliminary examination at White
mead, y. 3. Of the five men accused of
SINKING the schOoners Juventa and ST
lh9mas 70 claim the insurance was con
Guided, Monday. and TWO OF the arcuse1
Munroe and f'eltman. were sent To the
nigh court for trial Two others turned
Queen \ evidence and We're not proceeded
against. one OF these. Abner Munro
said he received slUU for sinking tina q
Thomas ana his son $50
John w. and Joseph f. Seery were
arraigned in the Norfolk superior court
at Dedham. Mass, Monday, before Judge
Dewey, charged with the murder of
their mother. Mrs. Ellen Seery. at East
Dedham. July ?, by assaulting her with
some unknown instrument The in
dlctment was read and both pleaded
not guilty To the charge
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from Farnham says that almost the en-
Time business section Of that village WAS
wiped out Of existence by fire early Mon.
day. conservative estimate places the
insS At ne Ween 500 900 ard $50 800 Among
the buildings destroyed We're the Erie
Preserving sap s. canning factory, the Ma
tiUnal hotel. the Paul house. Brinkham's
department store. Schwer. s hardware
store ana between Is and - dwellings.
The fire started in a barn.
Leonard Morgan. a 11-year-old boy,
was struck by the Boston express at
Ballardvale, Mass, at S.45 Monday
night, and instantly killed. The boy
with companion named William Mill
er. aged Is. was standing on the cross
ing and did not see the approaching
train. bystander dragged the
boy out of danger, but Nor
gan was struck and was terribly man
gled. The victim resided there with
his grandparents.
Twenty five Mexican cowboys were at
tackled in Sonora. Mexico, by mounted
Gaquis who opened fire on them and
drove away horses and cattle guarded by
the Mexicans. The Mexicans fled but
one cowboy remained and fought the
Of them. He was finally shot and IL is
said his corpse was shockingly mutilated.
The Berlin correspondent of the London
Daily Mail says: The strong box of the
Rrig11A 81
'orced in the absence of the regimental
stan at the maneuves and the secret
mobilization documents We're stolen. A
leserter named Schloesser is suspected
ie is believed 10 have escaped TO
France"
Edwin A. Walkup of Cambridge who
was detained by the police Sunday
llght, and asked to explain how he had
II his possession quantity of paper
arranged in imitation of 1913. 600 in
money, was turned over to the United
states authorities at Boston, Monday.
Nalkup says the paper was given him
~ his uncle. Two United States off,
'ers have refused to take charge of the
'ase of Walkup. According to the Of
lcials, the stuff could not possibly have
leen passed because il is so far from
1eing even poor counterfeit. They
.now Of no statue under which they
an prosecute.
Chas. Mahoney of Lowell, was ar
aligned before United States Commits
Toner Fiske at Boston. Monday, on a
barge of stealing a letter from the
nail. He pleaded guilty and was held
n $500 for the federal grand jury. He
vas employed in the mailing division
4 the Lowell post office. Frequent
COMPLAINTS of the disappearance of let
ers containing money resulted finally
4 suspicion being directed toward Ma
oney. y test letter was mailed, Satur-
ay. 1t contained 81. Later Mahoney
vas brought into the presence of the
ost office inspector who had charge of
he case. The letter. it is claimed, was
ound in his possession.
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