Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-09


Brockton, Mass, where he was tenn
porarily filling the Presbyterian pulpit,
just in time, to escape arrest on most
serious charges. The church is divided
and about so members seeded and
formed an independent church. Nc
Leod is said to be at Charlottetown, T.
+. l.
The proposed meeting of the share
holders of the Sanford Spinning Co.,
and the Globe Yarn Mill of Fall River.
Mass. touching the offer of the Eng
lish syndicate of $l20 share and an
option on the majority of 5000 shares.
may be unnecessary, the feeling being
that the deal may be consummated by
circular letter.
1t is persistently rumored at Paris
that Major Marchand, leader of the ia
nous Marchand expedition, which was
returning from Fashoda on the Nile. TO
the Red sea, en- route for France, was
killed by a band of marauders while
on the way from Adds Abeba, the
Abyssinian capital to Rails Jiboutil
the French post on the coast.
The bodies of Joseph Harn6y and
Mary Nlack daughter of a farmer
We're buried in the same grave at Bee
mer. Neb., Monday. The girl killed
herself because she was suffering from
an incurable ailment. Harnby, to
whom the girl was engaged. asked per-
mission to see the remains. entered
the death chamber and shot himself
dead.
Jack DoWncy of Brooklyn, and
Patsey Sweeney of Manchester, n H.
Monday night met in what was sched-
uled as a 20-round bout before the
Greenwood \. G. in Brooklyn, and af-
ter one of the fiercest battles that has
ever taken place in that club house.
the police seeing that Downey was
helpless, stopped the fight and Referee
Sam Austin declared Sweeney the
winner.
A man named Mcdonald. with his
wife and two children, were burned to
death in n camp at Chalky Head, Lock
yers Blight, \. F.. Sunday night week.
one child, aged 6 years, escaped. but
cannot give any definite account of the
terrible tragedy. No person in the set
element knew anything about the fire
until the next day as the camp in which
this family lived was situated in the
woods away from all other residents.
The absence Of means of rapid COM
munication has delayed the sending of
the news.
Fire in Russells & Co.'S. extensive
thresher and engine plant at Massillion
Ohio. Monday night, destroyed prop
erty valued at $500, 900: partially in
sured. The fire started in the ware
house and in spite of the efforts of the
hose companies gained steadily. In
this structure 800 finished machines
We're consumed. Canton was wired for
assistance but responded too late. The
machine shops We're saved. Albert
Hamburger, a volunteer fireman, was
killed and Christian l.. BaalZ. a work
man. was probably fatally injured by
a falling wall.
The various machine shops of Paw
tucket, r. l., are beginning to feel the
effects of the moulders strike and the
executive committee of the strikers
says it is only a matter of short
time when the founders will be obig
ed to give in, and already the machine
shops are waiting for castings. The
foundrymen who are opposing the de-
mands Of the moulders tell a different
story. IIty say lueS nave IL
understanding and will not give in
until the demands are revised. They
maintain they are asked to concede
terms which will ruin their business.
John Rollins, aged so died at the
Hale hospital at Haverhill, Mass,
Monday, from a blow over the head
with a garden hoe, suffered during a
quarrel with Fred Butler on the Mill
street dump, Saturday morning. The
men started quarrelnS over remarks
made by Rollins about Buffers sister.
and when they came to blows, both
grabbed hoes as weapons and eX-
changed blows. When Rollins fell to
the ground, Butler went into one of
the nearby houses saying: Il guess |
have killed him" He washed the blood
off his face. took an old brown cap
from a hook and went away and has
not since been seen.
Some shrewd Chicago men have hit
upon plan by which they hope to de-
fraud the United States government
out of thousands Of dollars without
being brought to justice. Their scheme
is to gather up all the Secondclass
advertising mail matter of large COM
I1erCldl houses, snip IL TO NeNicp Dy
freight. change their American money
into Mexican money at ratio of
to l. buy Mexican stamps, then mail
the matter back to the United States,
thus saving half cent on every let
ter. a careful examination of the
laws. the promoters claim, has salts
! fed the postal authorities that the
government is unable to do anything
| in this case without legislation.
In the handicap trials of the Yale
| track team at New Haven, Monday,
| two of the best men surprised Trainer
| Copeland by their fieetness. Board
! man pushed Capt. Fisher hard in tbs
lOO-yard dash both finishing in 10 sec
onds with Fisher not more than ;
| inches ahead of the young freshman
at the tape. In the 50-yard special the
result was much the same but the time
was not so good. being 3-5 seconds
The coward hurdle was won by II. 3
| Mead in IS Is seconds, his handicap
| being 10 yards and one hurdle down.
| Fincke (scratch) was second, finish
| ing scarcely inches behind. The
| greatest interest prevails in next Sat
urdav's dual games with Harvard. On
! paper admittedly it looks like a close
! victory for Harvard but recent de-