Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-18
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

ing the gale, Dec. T. has broken up. ana
All hope of saving her has been ADAM
doned.
a violent storm occurred at Astoria.
loregon, saturday night and Sunday. Thu
wind at the mouth Of the river ut one
time attained velocity of 30 miles per
damage to shipping.
Twelve hundred men ana boys Of tho
Natalie colliery at Shamollin, Pa. oper-
ated by the Shamotin Coal CO.. struck,
Monday, because - blacksmiths and car
ptnters mad not been given the 10 per
tcent. increase IN wages.
Copper in paying quantities, it is said.
has been discovered in the Watching
Brook. n. J. It is understood that 4 mine
there has been secretly worked By New
York parties for several months.
The British gunboat Pheasant arrived
at Panama. Saturday. The British steam
er Taboga, seized by the Colombian gov
eminent some days ago, left, Monday,
with another armed Colombian cXpedi-
ton to quell a disturbance at Chepo- The
an easy victory.
Frank Chance. the celebrated catcher
of the Chicago base ball club. who has
been playing in the Southern Califor-
MIA State League at Los Angeles. is
lowering between life and death from
having been hit on the head by 4
pitched ball
1t is understood that Manager Bruce of
the Campbell Knitting Mill of Benning-
ton. Vt. not being able to make any
| terms with the operatives who have been
the machinery from the mill to Elmira.
n. Y. The work of taking it down has
already begun. The loss of this industry,
which gave employment to over 80 hands.
will be quite a blow TO the village.
The three-masted schooner Joseph
| Eaton, Jr., of Barnstable, Capt. Green
law. bound from New York for Rockland.
is believed to have foundered with all
hands She was last seen on Nantucket
shoals Just prior To the terrific gale of
Dec 4, since which time nothing has been
men all told, The vessel was owned by
4. f. & c. a. Crockett Of Rockland.
The remains Of John Addison Porter
will be removed from Putnam, Ct,
vices will he held At 3 o'clock IN the
Trinity church Rev. Frank Woods Raker.
d. d.. rector. Or. Baker will be assisted
in the services by Rev. Edwin $ Lines,
ID. d.. rector of st. Paul's church. In def
erence to a request Of Mr.. Porter. the
service will be OF unostentatious char
acter.
\ large number of workmen employed
lat the Victoria mines near North sydney.
lC. T., have forwarded Il petition to SeN-
eral members of Parliament. asking them
10 assist in having the alien labor law
enforced against American Workmen en-
saes.d in erecting Il Smrltrr At that point
lThe Canadians claim they are discrlml-
mated again. The Americans. they as
Sert. are given the best loSltioI9 anu
higher wages.
Frank Davieau who was arrested al
Salem. Mass, Sunday night, on suspi-
cion of having escaped some time ago
from the Alfred, Me. Jail, where he
WAS serving a sentence for breaking
land entering. will be taken back to Al
fred. Tuesday. by Sheriff Thompson OF
Itrat place Davieau is now believed to
have been implicated in recent break
in Beverly.
TIE first hotel in Boston to close its
doors since the recent reinforcement
Of the il o'clock y. Nj closing hour is
He Hotel Caprio, on Washington
street near Dover street. The hotel
Was one Of the many Of its class which
was most extensively patronized be
tween the hours Of II z. NJ. and J A.
NJ. Since the enforcement OF the law
the heavy business has been ruined
Mr.. C:tprio states. and he was com
peeled to close it's doors.
count VIM. Won Zodltz is a priS-
oner at Chicago, charged with having
swindled nearly 100 persons by lssu-
ING fraudulent life insurance policies
TIE prisoner. il is claimed. secured
HANK policies from several prominent
ompanies and filled them out himself,
nocketing the money he received for
nremiurns He has been operating i'll
chicago for many months. The com
r,nies have had detectives searching
for Won Zodlitz since last spring. The
n,isoner cried like a child when he was
confronted with the evidence against
him. He is 40 years old
DIR" James Armstrong, president at
various times of the Metropolitan and
Independent Medical colleges ana tfie
Illinois Health University. was. Mon
day. sentenced by Judge hohlsaat az
chicago. to serve one year in the Joliet
nrfson and pay fine OF $500. Arm
strong was found guilty of using the
United states mails to defraud. Iesu-
monv adduced at the trial showed that
Armstrong; institutions We're aeNo'e''
entirely TO the selling OF diplomas.
Blank diplomas We're sent by the dozeil
to various places, including many TOT
aion countries. and there disposed Oh.
Three houses at Chicopee fatls,
Mass were burned at midnight sun
dav causing a loss of nearly slVooo.
The fire started in the dining room ol
tho horse of Isador Pickard at "a
Crattan street. Mr.. Pickard aWoke 70
, find the house in dense smoke ana an
aAan,e below. There was a hiSh Will
and the house was rapidly Quilted, the
aamas spreading to the home OF Moses
,ratra,1It. nearby. His house went the
vow of the first, both being burned u
~ oround Jeremiah Dondelin's house
took fire and was not left in much
- condition than the others. The
= ,1o''..e y.are new and of wood. One was
N:er,o and the other two double ten
an,an1 dwellings,. Peter Benoit, fire
a,, vas struck by a burning timber
.,;rbt,, burned. All the occupants
: ~ ~ buildings escaped in safety