Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-26


open. May Is, at The Hague. has beea
called together by the invitation OF the
car The meetings will be held IN most
of The important towns all over the civil
lied world.
An examination was made at Ian
! caster Pa, Tuesday of w. NJ. Jacobs
| books and IL was found that he had
! defrauded the government out OF about
| $125. 900 with his bogus revenue stamps,
the books showing the difference De
| tween the number of cigars actually
| produced at the factory and the num-
Der that Jacobs reported to the revenue
officers as having been made.
A man committed suicide, at l2.30 J..
| NJ, Tuesday. at Lowell, Mass, by
| jumping from the Centralville bridge
! into the river. number of persons
| saw him walk out to the center of the
! bridge where he marked the name I'D.
| Ifoolihan' on the top rail with 2
| mcneil. Then with shout of Here
goes" he cleared the railing of the
bridge and struck the water below. he
! swan for some little time and then
| sank from view. The suicide was I'M
! known to those who were nearby ana
| saw him jump.
Countess EstcrhaZy, who, at Paris,
| Tuesday. began proceeding for a AZ
vorce from Commandant Ferdinand
| Wa!sin F.sterhaZy, said that the publ
| cation of her husbands letters 10 NJ.
| Jules Roche left her no other course.
! she would have forgiven him the ruin
| and disgrace he had SO undeservedly
/ brought upon herself and her daughter.
! Int now that he published degrading
groundlcss details Of her bodily In
! Grmf,ies as an excuse for his own dis
! sipatfon and had also linked her name
| ANONYMOUSLY with that Of Gen Clio.
v9ntnclH. she could no longer refrain
from taking the present step.
Al the regular meeting. Tuesday. Of
! the faculty Of arts and sciences Of
Harvard College important action was
! taken on TWO subjects which have been
| under discussion FOR some time past
/ The first OF these was the abolition Of
4 tWp Of the three prescribed courses in
I English Tho freshman course In Eng
/ lish will hereafter be the only prescribed
Y course in the college curriculum: eX
cept half Il course in the sophomore
| year which will be- required Of those
students VINO show need ~ still further
training in the mother tongue. Tn"
other vote taken by the faculty was m
add one additional hour to the exer-
clscs nr each day. The extra hour Will
. W. added IN O'Clock IN the morning.
Hv the explosion RI - gallons of
7 brrZul III th- laboratory NJ Frank II
/ Fleer 4 60. manufacturers Of chewing
! gum. AT Nos. 334a ana 23ij Callowhiil
street. Philadelphia. Tuesday two men
were killed, three persons seriously in-
I iurcd ana over score NJ others more
or less injured. The dead are: Wal
ter MainWarinE. assistant Superinten-
dent: Charles Mckinley. engineer. OF
those injured Harry Randall. an en-
pluyr ana Mrs. Givisnn and her lyear-
old child are the most seriously hurt,
but they will recover. The explosion
was A terrific one. ana for a time caus-
ed the widest excitement. No less
;han 100 buildings in The vicinity. most
If them small dwellings. We're damag
ed The loss viii exceed 100000.
An Italian boarding with another Ital-
ian and his WIFE. AZ Annapolis. kan.
was recognized by the woman, me other
nav. az an escaped murderer. wanted in
Italy for killing man. woman and child.
He had been tracked 10 South America
ana only recently came To KanapDliS
Knowing that his identity had been dis
covered and fearing he would ne given
up tho hnarder determined IN XII thr
family. He shot the husband ana VIII"
Tn. wounds did not prove serious ana
tho h0nrdcr then SiaShcd the husband
about the face ana neck with a razor.
cutting off one ear. almost severinG the
nose. cutting TWO caShcs in hiS throat
ana killing him The woman. VINO was
not seriously wounded. gave The alarm
In escaping the murderer plunged neat
Innn into 4 shaft hit the Salt works. The
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