Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-01-30
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from North. East.
South and West.

Patti is said to have settled f15.0O0 pei
year upon Baron Cedarstrom. her nus
band.
The sale of seat on the New Yori
Stock Exchange for S3s,oOd was reported
in Wall street Saturday. This beats the
record.
Fourteen persons were killed. Sunday
by an explosion of gas in the Palia mIne
near MaZarron, 20 miles west of Carthd-
gena. Spain.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. has en-
trusted to NJ. Grecoff the formation of q
coalition cabinet, to succeed the StoiloH
ministry, which resigned, last week.
George Gagne, aged years, was
at Rochester. n. II. He went into the
open water while coasting and immedi-
ately went out of sight under the ice.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
100000 for library building for the State
College at Bellefonte, Penn, providing
the state will appropriate $4,000 annually
for the maintenance of the library and
museum to be connected with 1t.
The American Missionary Association
has issued an appeal to the Congrega-
tional churches of the United States TO
observe Feb. II at l.incolns memorial
Sabbath. which occurs on the anniver-
sary of President Lincoln's birthday.
Hon. Evans Jones. one of the most
died. Friday night, at Fort Worth. Tex.
Mr.. Jones was on the national Popuist
ticket with Gen. Weaver. and was also
congressional candidate on the Popu-
list ticket. two years ago.
Grand Chief Powell of the Ortler OF
Railway Telesraphers, who has been at
tending the arbitration at Toronto. Ont.
of disputes between the Grand Trunk and
its telegraph operators. says that all the
questions have been practically settled
and decidedly in favor of the men.
Robert Balfour was found guilty OF
manslaughter in the first degree. at Troy
n. y. Saturday, and sentenced to l.
years Imprisonment. The jury had been
for murder in the first degree in having
caused the death of Henry White at Val
ley Falls, Oct. 10. 1898.
The Milan murder case was resumed at
Quincy, Saturday. after a continuance OF
two weeks. Michael Milan. the defen-
dant, who is charged with burning his
wife to death. Jan. Z. was brought from
Dedham Jail. and placed in Quincy lock
up. He was held without bail for the
April grand jury for murder.
The Teall divorce suit came before Jus
tice Wilmot NJ. Smith ut a special term
Of the supreme court Patchogue. y. ".
Saturday. A decree of absolute divorce
was granted Mrs. Teall. Mrs. Oliver Sum
ner Teall was present in court with her
father and her counsel Judge Henry
How.and. Mr. Teall was not present. nor
was he represented by. counsel, no de-
fence being entered in any form.
The boundary. commissioners of Mass,-
chusetts and New Hampshire held their
final meeting at the state house. Boston.
Thursday. when an agreement as to the
boundaries of the two states was made.
thus settling dispute of nearly 20o years.
The old line has been practically re-cs-
tablishcd. to which New Hampshire has
always disagreed. The reports have been
completed and will be filed with the see
retary of each commonwealth.
Four men were badly burned. one
moi l1,, fDt I,N. hNr al
of n boiler in the basement of the Chi
cago Tribune building. The injured are:
Bud Miller. fireman. probably fatally:
Charles Lpndin. Peter Biege and VIII
completed putting in new CRATES in the
boiler were standing directly in front of
the furnace when the accident occurred
and We're covered first with live coalS
then with scalding water.
Plans for the combination of the
hat manufacturers engaged in making
the lower priced Derby hats. which
have been in progress for the last few
weeks. have been completed and will
go into effect, Feb. /. The firms that
have combined are r. c. Millard & Co..
and c. H. Merritt & Son. of Danbury.
CT; Meyer Mercy, Newark, N. j.; and
James Marshall & Bros. Fall River,
and they represent practically all the
large hat manufacturers of this class
of goods. The combine was formed for
the purpose of regulating the output
and all the goods will be disposed If
through New York firm, who will
annually have the CONTROL 1t is esti-
mated. Of $2.O0O.0OO worth of hats
There will be no combination of capi-
tai by the different firms.