Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-04
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from North. East
South and West.

ing home from lBoston, Thursday night,
he was knocked dowdl and robbed of $l.at
in change. Forty dollars in bills was
overlooked. He received a bad cash and
bruises on his head.
A resolution endorsing President Nc
kinley's views on expansion and in
viting the President to visit Harris
burg as the guest of the state. was
adopted by the Pennsylvania Assem-
bly,, Friday.
Judge Taylor at Canton. Ohio FRI
day, overruled the motion to quash
the indictment against Anna Z. George,
charged with the murder of George
Saxton. the brother-in-law of Presi-
dent Mckinley.
Right Rev. VIM. O'Hara, the veneer
able bishop of the Roman Catholic do
cese of Scranton, died at Scranton. Pa,
Friday night, after a lingering illness.
He was born in Ireland in 1917. His
father emigrated to this country about
the year 1920.
Charles Claremeau. native. of
Canada. residing at Belmont n. H..
was crushed between two logs while
unloading timber at the saw mill of
the Phelp & Dodge Lumber co. at Bel
mont village. Friday. and almost IN
sanity expired.
Fire which broke out on the top
story of the four-story Gaensslen blocK
in Water street, Cleveland, Ohio. Fri
day. quilted the structure and badly
damaged the Mayer and Bingham
buildings adjoining. The total loss is
estimated at $4,000.
ed at La Crane, KY, at ia a. NJ, Fri
day, in the Jail yard. Miller professed
religion and said that he was ready TO
die. He was not quite 20 years of age
The crime for which Miller was hang
ed was a criminal assault. committed.
Sept. /, on Mrs. Gertrude Leet.
A fire which originated in the big
cracker bakery of the Stewart Cracker
Co. at 18th and Hamilton streets.
Philadelphia. at A. NJ, Friday, COM
pletely Quilted that structure and
thousands of dollars worth of adjoin-
ing property. the total loss being esti
mated at from $500. 600 to $500. 600.
There have been sea serpent visions
among the Swanipscott, Mass, fisher
men, this week. White. with head
like SEAL and along body. scaly and
barnacled. fansed, and with Il kissing
tongue and cleaning eyes, covers the
descriptions given. Several of them
declare they have seen the serpent.
A dispatch to the Frankfort Zeituny
from Constantinople says the French
embassy has strongly protested to the
Porte against the concession to Ger
many of a port and dock at Haidar
Pasha, nearly opposite Constantinople,
on the south side of the sea of Mar
mora, to be used as a terminus of the
Anatolian Railway.
W. $. Pardee, assistant secetary of
the Pacific States Mutual Savings
Bank. was shot and probably fatally
wounded. at San Francisco. Friday. by
Christian Refs, Jr The shooting oc-
CURED in Pardee's office. Refs and Par
dee quarrelled several days ago Refs
father is a prominent merchant and
VAS city treasurer at one time.
A gas explosion occurred on Sega
more street. Etna, Pa. Friday. by
which the brick house of Joseph
Alderman, his wife and two daughters
were badly injured. The daughters
may die. The explosion was caused by
a hoax in the collar Ackermao went
into tbe COLLAR to INVESTIGATES liphtad n
match and the axnIos;op followed
James wrvnn Fl wears old unnar-
r;ad of Ni,lviIIe Mass was str,ck nv .
freight carly Friday morning whiIa
walking IN the track south Of Mill
Vile Rotb 1eys v-era cut off ono no.
tween tho ankle and knee and tho other
at tba tb;gb ia u.e tal.an IN Min
vile station and from there to woon-
socket bosnit., wl,era be soon died
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TORS of The Manhattan Railway a. ar
New York Friday II was dncidad IN
call a meeting of the Stockholders for
Feb o. when a ranor, viii, no ,,reeent-
ed of q Man for . new motive mower
for the line of the comnany Tho stock
holders will then nrobabIv annroya of
thc issuance of s1s OOo ooO of now Man
haitian stock.
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resentatives. Friday tha RAILROAD com
mittee reported tha rwo hills for tbe
construction of = railroad from Man