Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-18
NEWS NUGGETS
Brought by the Wires from the North, East.
South and West.

Mrs. J. G. S. Blackburn, wife Of tn.
ex-senator, died at Versailles. KY, Of
heart disease, Sunday night, aged CO.
An adobe house five miles from
Nora, n. NJ, collapsed. Saturday night.
| killing Manual Cordova and his wife
and six children.
| The Hungarian novelist Maur,ls
| BOkai, now in his 18th year. was mar
ried. Saturday, at Budapest to the
| Hungarian actress Arabella Grossnagy.
aged IS.
| A 100000 loss was caused BY fire which
occupied entirely by printing firms. The
flames rapidly spread through the build-
ing ana then Jumped 10 the Masonic TEN
pie. Methodist church and Webster block,
which were alsJ destroyed. Several
smaller buildings were also burned.
Three Of the largest hotels at Ham
mels Station. Rocka way, were destroy
ed by fire. Sunday, entailing n loss Of
s75. 900. The flames started In Philips
pavilion, which was damaged to the
extent Of $1,000. The Grobe. Mertens
and Mansch hotels. adjoining. were
burned. .z
AT Narragansett park. Providence,
Saturday, The Abbot won the free-for-
all. $4,000, in three straight from Bin
gen; time. 2.09a4. 20912. 2O6l4. Edward
,. won the 2.2l pace, 1920: time. 212k.
213. Anaconda won the 2.O4 pace 10000
in five heats; time. 2051s, 2.06H 2O4lS.
207. 2O71a.
In jealous rage Elijah g. Goddard y
years old, and printer fired four shots
at mis- wife Mabel. Sunday night. while In
their home. AT Boston. one shot struck
her IN the arm and the other in the head,
lodging in the neck The woman VA
taken u the hospital but her condition ia
not considered critical. Goddard Is
mulatto ana married his white wife lasf
Monday, having met her only Few days
before.
The Austrian official army gazette
announces the removal from Austro-
Hungarian military attacheship in
Paris and Brussels Of Col. Schneider.
whose alleged letter incriminating Capt.
Dreyfus. though distinctly repudiated
by him as forgery, was one of the
principal weapons of the prosecution
during the Rennes trial
The steamer Merrimac. which went
aground in the Nerrirnac river, near
Haverhill. Mass. two weeks ago. was
raised. Sunday and beached on the
Newburypoft shore Temporary re-
moved to a place where she can be put
in condition to resume her trips be-
tween Haverhill and Black Rock.
The Cunard Line steamer Lucania
arrived at New York, Sunday, from
Liverpool about a hours behind time.
The primary cause of the Lucanias de-
lay was the strike at Liverpool which
compelled the company to man the
great steamer with boys and inexpefi-
enced men as firemen who were unable
10 keep up the steam to the standard.
Hon. Daniel Ermentrout. who was
elected. in November last, to his, sixth
term TO Congress from the 9th District
CBerks and Lehigh counties) died at
his home at Reading. Pa. Sunday. He
was 62 years Of age. On Thursday last
while at dinner piece of meat lodged
in his throat and physician had To be
called to save him from strangdlation.
Paralysis of the parts affected follow
ed, but his death was unexpected.
Shortly, after noon Saturday the United
no r6 6oat pophn steamed
chors. The left Portland. Friday morn
ing; with Sec. of the, Navy John D. Long
Of Shoals en- route The secretary and His
family have been spending a few weeks
At Bucktield. Me. where one Of his daugh.
ters has been quite i'll. This prevented
the attendance of the secretary al the re
cent Grand Army encampment at Phila-
delphia. Sec. Long and the other mem
Dolphin's steam launch and proceeded 10
their home in bingham The Dolphin re.
manned in the roads, Saturday night
A general strike among the union
carpenters of Birmingham. Ala, &C.
CURED. sunday between 300 and 400
quitting work. They made a demand
Sept. l. for minimum wage OF 81 a
day and nine hours, instead of 10 to
constitute days work effective
Sept 1.-THE contractors declined the
demand and the builders exchange
TOOK stand against the movement.
Work on large number Of buildings
was suspended. Sunday. BY night. IL
10 20 contractors had signed the agree
ment and il is believed that, Monday. a
majority of the carpenters will return
to work.
Henry Herzberg, 26 years old. livinr
IN the South End. Boston, was arrest-
ed, sunday, on warrant charging
nm with uttering forged check for
Sl,l63.S2. HerZberg has been engaged
IN buying and selling shoes on commits
sion. Early in August he purchased, a
Dill OF goods from a local shoe com
pahy and rendered the check in nav
ment. The check bore the name ~
Joseph Goldinger as signer and was
drawn on the First Ward Natinnai
bank, East Boston. The goods were
delivered to HerZberg and he tlisposad
OF them. 1t is alleged that not only
was the check worthless. but the sir
natures on it We're forgeries.