Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-02
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

! YORK city, Friday night, Eugene Pa
enah was knocked out In the 1Otb
round by Joe Cans.
The autopsy, Friday. at Shrewsbury
! WI. on the body Of Perley Pitts. VIA
Gled OF wounds inflicted by unknown
| parties at Pittsfild, Sunday, shovaa
I that the body was terribly mangled an
l The back. The officers expect to ar
rest the murderer, before morning
| \ physician who arrived at Havana
Friday, from Key West, reports y
cases Of yellow fever there ana two
| deaths Major Davis has consultad
| with the marine hospital service re-
| garding measures to prevent the in
| portatlon Of the disease from Kew
| West.
special train bearing Cooper's cir
! Gus was wrecked at TONERS Statfor
/ Tenn, Friday, by the bursting Of an
| air brake hose ana II persons were in
| jur"d and circus property and ami
| mails We're scattered in all directions
No one Is thought to be fatally in
| jured.
| The Peruvian government continues
| - make numerous arrests on charge
Of completely in the insurgent move
| ment IN the southern provinces. Sew
eral important political conferences
were held, Friday, 70 effect. if posi-
BE, reconciliation between the rival
factions ~ thu minist+rialists.
The bo.!,r in Chapman & Sargent's
bowl factory at CopemiRh. Mich, ex-
pluded, Friday. killing Charles Handy.
Perry MelafOnt ana George Estabrook
and fatally injuring Oliver Sanders,
Robert Peterson. Charles Taylor and
Howard ketcham. The building was
wrecked. The property loss is small.
The Queen Regent Of Spain. Friday.
signed Il decree calling out 10000 men
of the 1899 class for military service.
Thirty-fiVe Spanish soldiers, survivors
If the garrison that long held Baler
on the east coast OF LuZon. against
the FilipinOs. arrived at Barcelona, to-
lay, and We're enthusiastically receiv-
"a by tn" pOpulace.
Erastus Durgin. alias Harris, an al
legged fugitive from Rhode Island, was
captured at North Rehoboth, Mass,
Friday night. 1t is claimed he chas-
"a his wife ana mother from their
home, Thursday night, with an axe.
They remained in the woods during the
night. fearing bodily harm at the
hands IF Durgin.
The general officers of the Boot and
Shoe Workers Union Of Brockton,
Mass. have demanded the surrender
of the union stamp At present used by
the Peoples Cooperative Shoe Co.
They are allowed until next Wednes-
day to consider the matter. The direc-
tors will meet. next Tuesday evening,
for that purpose.
In response to the invitation of the
sh-Americans who are cooperating
in the movement to erect a monument
at Dublin in memory Of Charles Stew
art Parnell. the foundation stone Of
which viii be laid. next month, the
lord mayor Of Dublin and Mr.. John
Redmond. Paruell.te member of Par
lament for Waterford will visit the
United States. early in October.
Ephriam Gordon died at the Elliott
hospital Manchester. n. H., Friday.
Gordon was an unusual case in medi-
cal annals, having been undergoing
ossiication for nearly 10 years. Near
~ the entire body turned TO bone. and
in addition the patient became blind.
He could hear ana talk and these were
the only two faculties which he had
left. The dead man was native Of
Brentwood.
The following cablegram was receiv-
ed, Friday. at the offices of the San
Domingo Improvement co. at New
York: "Santo Domingo City. Sept. l.
liminez will sail. next week, for San
to Domingo City with sufficient funds
to carry out his designs. Ministry de-
posed. Committee on public safety in
control" In explanation of this dis
patch an officer Of the San Domingo
Improvement 90. said that he did not
suppose that Jiminez. who was
had sufficient funds to carry
out his purpose. With regard TO the
word "deposed" the official said that
Re believed that the word resigned
was intended as there is no existing
president of San Domingo to deDose
1 cabinet
The New Hampshire Brigade, Uni
formed Rank. Knights of Pythias, I'M
Ter the command of Brig. Gen. Chaun-
y B. HOyt of Portsmouth went into
camp at The Weirs. n. H.. Friday
night, for a weeks stay. The brigade
IS made up of companies from CON
cord. Manchester. Nashua, Dover
Laconia. Franklin. Clare
mont. Colebrook and other cities ana
towns, and the attendance for the
week promises to be large. The pro-
rramme includes company drills. prize
irills. parades. etc. and concert anu
Dall. Monday night. Sunday. religious
services will be held in the veteran
grove with Il sacred concert IN the
evening. The several companies are
luartered at New Hotel Weirs for the
week. Maj. Gen. James K. Carnahaii
# Indiana. the head Of the Uniformed
Rank in the United States. will De inc
yuest of the encampent during inc
weak