Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-05
NEWS NUGGETS
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South and West.

| DR.. Everett Everett Vincent. who
was surgeon Of Lieut. Peary's '93 Arc
| tic expedition, was run over by a street
car and killed at Detroit. Mich, Fri
, day.
Argument at New York on the mo-
| ton for a certificate Of reasonable
doubt in the case Of William f. Miller
OF Franklin Syndicate" was post
poned from Friday, until next Friday.
| Miller Is under sentence of 10 years
imprisonment. after having been con-
victed of grand larceny. The post
ponement was made to enable counsel
on both sides to prepare their cases
carefully.
Trusts and Tariffs" was the sub
! ject Of Prof. VIM. G. Sumner Of Yale
| University, speaker of the evening at
! the meeting and dinner OF the New
England Free Trade League, held at
| Copley Square Hotel, Boston, Friday
night. The speaker, however, instead
| Of denOuncing trusts and m0nopolies
said much in their favor, treating
| them as necessary evils and giving it
as his opinion that they had come to
stay.
| Prof j. Rondel Harris, photograph
or of Cambridge University. England.
| considered one of the greatest authOri-
| ties in the world on Biblical manu-
scripts and inscriptions, who is at
Philadelphia, ridcules the story Of the
| aIlegde newly discovered correspond
| cncc between Jesus Christ and Agrip-
| IA, an ancient monarch, said to have
been inscribed on the walls Of an old
palace at Ephesus. Prof. Harris, in an
| interview, said: 1.-The whole subject is
a fraud
| Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
/ is visiting Emperor William al Berlin
and that city, Friday, day and even
ing, was a scene Of unusual festivities
The Lokal Anzeiger says on alleged
authority that Emperor Francis Joseph
| intends to give his august ally an
| extraordinary proof of his affection
| and esteem before leaving Berlin.
| During the evening, the crush down.
town was immense and although the
| police managed to control the crowds
| in the main, q score of accidents are
| reported.
The British steamer Montpelier of
the Elder Dempster Line Of Liverpool,
Capt. Gait from Cardiff, April Z, and
Las Palmas. April 90, for Montreal
while bound up the st. Lawrence, went
| ashore, Thursday night, in a dense fog
at Duck island, 3 miles from Cape
Ray. at the entrance to CADET strait.
The Montpelier struck, at Q o'clock,
and beat out her bow and bottom on
the rocks. She is breaking to pieces
Her crew landed, Friday, from the
steamers boats, in which they spent
the night lying off the coast waiting
for daylight.
Four persons were killed in fires in
New York City, Thursday night and
early Friday morning, and a fifth lies
fatally injured in a hospital. At a
lodging house fire in South street John
Curran, an engineer, was burned to
death and Fireman Daniel Mullin was
| thrown from a ladder, receiving in
juries from which he died. Fireman
James Fitzpatrick was fatally injured
| by the overturning of a hose truck.
An explosion wrecked the fat and tall
low factory Of Joseph Stern & CO., in
West 4Oth street and two men, Thomas
Mcguire and Joseph Drum, are believ-
ed TO be buried under the ruins.
The 1000 guineas stakes, run at the
New Market spring meeting. Friday,
was won by Mr.. Brassy's Winifreda.
This event is of 100 sovereigns each.
half forfeit. for 3-year-old fllies, the
owners Of the second fily to receive
200 sovereigns out Of the stakes. and
the third to save his stake The Fri
day Welter handicap was won by Joe
Chamberlain with Sloan in the saddle.
! The race for the May plate resulted in
Il victory for the Minora colt. guided
! by Martin. Pierre Lorillards Laus,
with L. Reiff up, and the Polly Eccles
colt finished second and third re-
| spectively. Sloan rode Sandbag to vic
tory in n 2-year-old selling plate.
! Richard Cookers Imnaha, ridden by L.
! Reiff. was second, and None Like 1t
| finished third.