Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-03
NEWS NUGGETS.
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South and West.

Herbert T.. Knight, convicted Of
breaking and entering and larceny
from a building at Cambridge. Mass.
was. Thursday, sentenced to II years
in state prison.
The crutch factory. owned and oper-
ated by Daniel Abbott 4 Son. at Rum
ney. N. H.. was burned. early Thurs
day. The loss. will be several thousand
dollars. 1t is covered by insurance.
News has just been received at
jackson. Tenn, of'h disastrous wreck
near Tupelo, Miss, on the Mobile &;
Ohio Railroad. Six coaches loaded
with soldiers were overturned and two
killed and six others seriously hurt
The 3Sth ballot at Harrisburg. Pa,
for United States senator resulted:
Quay, 96; jerks. z; Dalzcll, IL Stone.
4; Stewart, 4; Irving. s.; Huff. Z; scat
tering. 3; total -2lS: necessary for a
choice. no; paired and not voting. 81.
n neighbor going to the home OF
John Gilbert. in Athelstonc township,
Kan, Thursday evening. found Mrs.
Gilbert and her four children murdered.
The family had not been seen, since
| Tuesday night. The door was found
locked and the husband is missing
The stockholders of the American
Tobacco Co.. will hold special meet
ing in Newark, March 2S. to consider I,
proposed increase of $35 900, 900 in the
common stock. and amendments to the
company's bylaws. The proposed ac-
ton is due to the purchase of the
Union Tobacco Co.
The general conference at Cincinnati.
Thursday. of the Union Reform party
was preceded by a meeting of the new
national executive committee Of which
r. S. Thompson of Springfield, Ohio,
was made chairman. After outlining
divisions Of the work. the committee
At Montaville, a suburb of Portland,
Ore. Mrs. Laura Browning aged 80.
blew out her brains after taking a dose
laudanum and forcing her three chill
dren, aged 10. II and to drink the
drug. The two older children will prob
ably recover. but the baby is likely to
die. 1t is said that poverty drove the
mother insane.
A heavy fog which overhung Chi
cago. Thursday, was indirectly the
cause of a rear-end collision between
two freight trains on the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy Railroad at Blue Is
land avenue which resulted in the
death of Herman Schomberg and the
injury of John Dwyslin and August
Tuerngessey. 1t is feared that Dwy-
sims injuries will prove fatal.
Fire at Plainfield, Conn, cary Thurs
day. destroyed the factory of the One
con Manufacturing Co. manufacturers
of WOODEN goods in Onecone. causing
loss estimated at $4,000. fully covered
by insurance. The origin of the fire is
mystery. But the fact that the
flames were discovered in two places
at the same time leads to the belief
that it was of incendiary origin.
The body of the woman who COM
mitted suicide at Winchendon. Mass,
last Saturday. was identified. Thurs
day. as that of Mrs. Jane Ahearn, for
merly of Fitchburg. She was widow
and had two married daughters liy-
ing at Worcester. and two step children
living at Fitchburg. The two latter
relatives and the police furnished the
identification. The body will be taken
to Fitchburg for burial
Another incendiary fire which took
place at West Peabody, Mass, early.
Thursday. has aroused the police to
renewed activity in searching for the
fire bug. Shortly after midnight The
clubhouse. hennery and wagon house of
Patrick Geary were found ina flames.
The flames were quickly subdued with
a loss of only 5000 The Owner of Tho
building is the father of Annie Geary,
and her assailant has never been dis
covered. This makes the third fire of
incendiary origin in the district within
10 days.
A high mark in recent cattle sales
was made at Kansas City, Mo-.
Wednesday, at the auction sale of