Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-09
NEWS NUGGETS
Brought by The Wires From the North. East
South and West.

Andrew c. Armstrong, one of the found
ers of Scrlbner monthly now the Cen
publishers in New York City. died at his
country home at Stamford. ct. Monday
night. after long Illness from com
plication of disorders. He was Il years
of age.
The Stevens Mfg. Co., whose mill at
Fall River, Mass, has been closed for
the past two weeks. resumed operations
in full, Monday. This mill makes bed
coverings of fine grade and employs
about 215 hands.
James Fitzharris, the Phoenix Park
murderer, known as Skin the Goat, .
was rearrested at Liverpool. Sunday
evening, for failing to report himself
under the terms of his prisoner release
license 1t is probable that he will
only be temporarily detained.
The report Of the capture of 60 Of the
29th Infantry on Marinduque Island is
confirmed through communication
from Admiral Kempff but details are
lacking. 1t is possible that the rebels
conveyed their captives to Luzon. At
all events they have entirely disap-
peared.
George f. Gregory, e.. c., barrister Of
fTebtflttOn. " u, hpDtdN, received no
tifcation of his appointment to the va
cancy on the supreme court bench made
by the retirement of Hon. James a. avn
wart- Mr.. Gregory was formerly a law
partner of Hon. \. G. Blair. minister Of
railways and canals in the Dominion gov
ernment. He has been practicing law
since 1868.
Former Postmaster Henry A. Thorn
as of Boston, has been committed to
the Mclean Asylum. Col. Thomas, who
has been i'll with brain trouble for some
time, has grown worse recently, and
now he does not recognize even his
friends. The physicians say the case is
now hopeless.
The bleach house employees at the
Hamilton Point Works, Lowell Mass.
struck, Monday. because they claimed
that their agreement with the company
had not been kept by the firm. Unless
the places thus made vacant are filled
the entire works will be obliged to sus-
pend.
The American Tin Plate 90. will
have in operation. this week, 20 Of its
tin plate plants out Of %. giving en-
ployment to at least $4,000 Workmen.
The Tin Plate Go. employs in all over
10000 workmen. and within few
weeks, it is said, every plant in the
country will be working.
Prof. Robert Koch. the German bac-
teriologist, now at Hong Kong. an
nounccs to the medical profession thot
his cure for malaria is positive, that
every malaral district can be abso-
lutely purged Of the scourge. and also
that he has found a way of ridding
countries of those malarial PARISHES,
the mosquitoes.
The Berlin Nossische Zeitung. Mon
day, published a letter from Brisbane.
asserting that the meal inspection law,
especially the prohibition as to canned
meats. has already proved 4 heavy
blow to the Australian packing indus
try, in which Germans are heavily in
terested financially.
Dave Sullivan outpointed Oscar
Gardiner for II rounds Of what was to
have been 4 20-r0und bot ut Louisville.
KY. Monday night. Gardiner refused
to 70 on for the 18th round. claiming
foul which the referee refused to al
lyW. The referee then gave the iecis
ion to Sullivan. The men fought at 12i
pounds.
Five thousand pilgrims assembled at
the ST. Nillander monastery in the Pork
hon district Russia. for a religious fes
;ival. During the night. one of the up
per floors collapsed and many of those
sleeping there fell upon those below.
\ panic was caused by false alarm of
fire. and four men and 50 women were
crushed to death. many others being
seriously injured.
The authorities at Hamburg arrest
ed a Bohemian named Carl Melkar as
he was about sailing for New York
with three attractive Bohemian girls
on the Hamburger American steamer
Patricia. Melkar. it appears. had
promised to find situations for his COM
panions in the United States. but he
was unable to explain his intentions
and methods to the satisfaction Of the
police.
Latest reports leave no doubt Of the
lpss OF all New Brunswick fishermen
missing at tho time of the storm off
the Prince Edward Island coast, last
month. Several bodies have been
washed ashore but it is feared the ma
jority will never be recovered. The
belonged to Caraquet, 16 to Lameque
and three to Shippcgan. all in Glous
cester county.
The beautiful and eXcellently
equipped Within observatory, the gift
Of Mrs. Within to Wellesley college,
was dedicated, Monday. with appropri-
ate ceremonies. Three hundred invited
guests We're present, and the chapel,
where the chief exercises We're held
was crowded with students. faculty
and guests. The building is equipped
with a Pinch glass and all the at
tachments for spectrOscopic, photo
graphic and other astronomical work.
The s.. John Valley Telephone Co.
which was organized Sept. 18th. and
whose certificate of Incorporation was
approved by the attorney general. Oct.
,. has already begun the work Of con-
struction of its lire between Van
Buren, ana upper Madawaska. oppo-
site Edmundston, n. B.. where it ex-
poets to connect with the Madawaska
Telephone Co, which has q line con-
Meeting Edmundston with Frenchville
and Fort Kent. The new corporation
intends to build in a southerly direc-
ton as far as Caribou and easterly to
the boundary line between Hamlin