Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-14
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| ing an unpccupicd mouse. at Boston. list
month. was sentenced. Monday. L. state
prison FOR not more than Is nor less than
10 Years by Judge sheldon.
The heirs va the late Lucian Sharpe of
Providence X. II. have expressed th,ir
intention to give Slu.uUu Ia thp endowment
fund of Brown University. The gift is
unconditional and is t. b- known as The
Lucian sharpe Git
George J. Schan. ~ years vi ule. VIII cin.
plpNcc in the supreme court AT New YORK
Was shot and killed at mis- home. Muu-
day. by his son. George w Schan. 81
dentist. The father had refused 10 give
tht son money. The son WAS arrested.
The 18th annual horse show began Ia
Madison Square Garden. New York. Aoa-
day. Thcr" was very good attendance
at the opening. and this. together With
the excellent character VIZ the exhibits.
led the management To hope that this
years show Will be the most successful
in some years.
The brigantine Plover. which was
ashore at Sandy Head, Block Island, last
week, ana which was hauled off. Friday
rode out the northwest gale Of the past
u hours in safety at the steamboat wharf
in the new harbnr Most Of the cargo Is
out and diver is at work patching leaks.
The brig is not seriously hurt ana will
probably resume her passage To the west
coast of Africa. Tuesday.
While John Younsk and Conrad Winske
We're engaged in fist fight on the Penn
~ anna ~ fktdtlllS railroad lEdGk near
Enterprise. Pa, Sunday night an express
train ran them down and instantly Killed
them both. The men had been at Hun
garian christening and becoming involved
IN a quarrel they walked down the RAJ.
road to fight il out. The fighters We're
not seen IN time by the engineer To stpp
The train.
At Il levee camp below Caruthcrsville.
Mo. Charles Pearman. for some reason
became angry with a family named Poe.
went into Poe's tent with double bar
relied shot gun and fired both barrels into
the tent dangerously wounding seven oul
of the family of nine. one small child
was instantly killed. one has since died
and the motner is not expected to live.
Pearman escaped across the Mississippi
river and took refuge in the Tennessee
forest. posse followed and captured
him and he Is now in Jail
Fire in the basement Of the Haywood
building, lS4 Portland street. Boston,
caused q loss estimated at SELDOM fully
covered by insurance. The chief losers
are +. c. Earnshaw x Go. and W. b;
Badger & Co. who had large stocks Of
mattresses and desks stored in the base
ment. These were completely ruined by
fire. smoke or water. The Haywood Bros
< Wakefield Co, dealers in rattan WAR,
occupy the upper floors OF the building
ana they also sustained considerable
damage by smoke and water.
The calendar for general sessions was
made up at New York. Monday. In part
Two appears the MolineuX case and 10
petty cases There is rule when a case
is placed on the calendar for trial that II
shall not be removed or adjourned unless
for some legal cause. Therefore, unless
the counsel for MOlineuX can set forth
some legal cause, the trial Of the case Will
commence Tuesday. Justice Giegerich,
III the supreme court, declined to Nacate
or modify his order transferring the case
from the supreme court to the court Of
general SESSIONS. Col Gardiner says that
Justice FurSman had absolutely refused
t. try the case.
II. ]. Mel. c1d. who was arrested. Satur
daN. on Il charge OF forgery, in using the
rlfoe OF james l.. Gordon as claimant
for life Insurance on policy made out to
an alleged brother. was given hearing
IN fge prrlin n. H.. police court. Mon
d;tv. Mel .eod's employers the Burgess
Suphitr Fibre Co. employed K. n. Cham
hariain to defend him. The testimony
.iven was quite damaging to Mcleod and
~ uIe Aeld in $1,000 for the February
and AIR Chamberlain withdrew, as they
old not care t. further defend Mcleod.
Gnc latter. however. maintains his limo
atntc ana says he can prove an allDl out
cannot obtain bail.
The I'nitpd States gunboat Scorpion ar
lived 1T Kingston. ia, Sunday, convey
in;: the United States commission dis
l.ltri.t.tl for the purpose Of surveying the
suggested new Colombia canal route be
twrtn Caledonia bay and the Gulf of San
N.guCl for Il sea level waterway, neceSsI-
t;.tiuy only % miles of actual canal This
"A, th,. originally selected route which was
=, 'ctcd in favor ot the De Lesseps Coloh-
Panama route On the grounds that the
Halter already possessed railroad trans
uortation and other facilities while the
former tIaVerSed tne alleged most deadly
nl:llrill district on the face OF the eartA.
inr!uttng the extensive swamp areas
rendered untcnabc for men on account
, r,,psulitus ana other Vcnomous tropical
pests.