Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-16
NEWS NUGGETS
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South and West.

| The United States cruiser Boston went
out OF commission at Mare Island navy
yard, Friday; The members of. her crew
| nave either been discharged or trans
| ferred to other vessels.
| Percival Spencer. the aeronaut. who
started from Dover. Eng, by balloon 10
convey the greetings Of the British Asso-
citation to the French Science Association
| now convened at Boulogne has safely
| landed near Dunkirk.
! Assistant District Attorney James
Grady. brother of Senator Thomas
Grady, and a well-known New York
Democratic politician, dropped dead at.
New York City. Friday. 1t is believed
that death was caused by heart failure.
The master painters of PHILADELPHIA
are gradually signing the agreement
for the new wage schedule of 35 cents
an hour and working day of eight
hours, and the existing strike enforced
by the Journeymens' Union is decreas-
ing in the number of men involved.
Democratic caucuses for the election OF
delegates To the various conventions were
held in all wards of the city of Boston.
Friday night and as "A rule were very
fairly attended. There were practically
no contests over delegates to the state
convention. but in many OF the wards the
lights over councillor. senatorial and rep
resentative delegations were sharp and
bitter. The result of the balloting will
no. be known in many of the wards unit!
an early hour Saturday morning.
The Danube is still rising and is now
416 centimetres above it's normal level.
AS yet no serious danger threatens
Vienna but the railway station and
the streets along the banks of the river
are submerged. A dispatch from upper
Austria says that an iron bridge over
the Traun collapsed. Friday while 20
men We're engaged in endeavoring to
strengthen it. Nineteen were drowned
The Berlin Cologne Volks Zeitung.
Friday. printed dispatch from Shan
Tung which reports a serious condition
of affairs in the Hinterland. The Ger
man minister at Pekin has not receiv-
ed kilograms from there as the Chinese
government has intercepted them
The German mission at Shan Tung is
reported TO have been annihilated and
railroad communication is only posi-
BILE with a strong military escort.
The United States coast steamer
Pathfinder Captain Perkins. has ar
rived at Los Angeles. The vessel left
Washington. d. C.. some time ago. for
San Francisco her last stopping place
having been Callao. She touched here
in order TO obtain surgical aid for
James Sylvester Of St Louis a cadet
who's is suffering from appendicitis.
Sylvester, who case is critical. will be
brought ashore and the Pathfinder will
proceed to San Francisco.
Prof. Dennis. an aeronaut. attempt
ed parachute jump at the fair
grounds at Crawfordville. Ind, Thurs
day. but met with an accident that is
likely to cost him his life. Dennis
ascended successfully until about 200
feet from the ground when the balloon
burst. The parachute failed to open
until within few feet of the earth,
against which the aeronaut was dash
ed with great velocity. 1t is feared
his injuries will prove fatal.
The town of Schardine. on the Inn
is flooded The dam is still rising and
the water has reached the upper lors
OF houses and in some instances has
risen as high as the roofs. Several
persons have been drowned. The in
habitants of Ebensee and Steyr nave
deserted their dwellings. The rivers
Ems and Traun are falling, but the
Danube is still rising. As a result Of
the floods house has collapsed, bury
ing a man and child in the ruins.
Practically the entire New River
mining district West Virginia. is now
idle. Thrce-fourths Of the mines have
entirely suspended and the rest are at
work with only small force. The
miners demand an advance of five
cents per ton and the operators claim
they have contracted to furnish coal
for both Eastern and Western trade at
figure which will not admit Of an in
crease in wages. a joint meeting has
been called for Monday to endeavor to
reach settlement.
All the men who were arrested by
the Boston police as suspicious char
acters, Thursday, among whom were
Chuck" Connors. Harry Parker and
John Mcnamara. all of New York,
were 'railroaded" out of town. Friday.
It was the intention of the police Of
ficials to have put the men into court
on the charge of vagrancy but when
they were searched before being placed
in the Tombs. every man hadmore than
800 on his person while three of them
had over $500 each and the charge had
to he dropped.
Funeral services were held over the re-
mains of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt.
FRIDAY. in st. Bartholomew Episcopal
church. New York. The church funeral
was preceded by short exercises at the
house. to which only members of the
family and close friends We're admitted.
Rev. David II. Greer. rector of ST. Bar
,holomew's. officiated at both services.
From the house to the church the funeral
party included Mrs. Vanderbilt. her chill
iren. Cornelius GLADYS Reginald and
Mrs Harry Payne Whitney: William X.
Frederick and George Vanderbilt. brothers
of the dead man: Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard.
Mr. and Mrs. w. ID. Sloan and their twD
children. and Mr. and Mrs H. Mckay
Twombly.
Six men are under arrest at Halifax.
~ S. charged with wrecking vessels
and defrauding insurance companies.
The names of the prisoners are Daniel
Simpson, Otto Feltmate, Captain Abb
ner Munroe, Captain Abner Duncan,
Percy Munroe and Wallace Munroe.
a hearing was held. Friday. and the
case contained. The st. Thomas and
Juveneta We're wrecked by some mys-
FERROUS cause. last June. The crews of
both vessels safely reached land. An
attempt was made to collect the in
surance on the schooner, but it was not
successful. An investigation followed
with the result that both captains and