Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-01
CHASE & sANBoRNS Offices.

rive III y, @trn. WEDNESDAYS WI as H. IL
Mr.. cole was confident. but refused 4.
talk.
Mrs. Susan u. Power who as shirley
Dare won wid" fame aS new spap".
writer. Saturday instituted "a suit I'M
x:5"si damages in the United States cir-
cult court at New York. against her a.
legged sJn. Andrew +. Power .. Neither
wood y. j. She alleges Ur causes. each
ain assault. III which Shr was beaten and
VI htrW.-c nistrcat.d. A. II result VI the
assaults Shc says. her hearing mas been
permanently impaired and that she SUI
frr- constant pain.
Despite thr extensive shutting down of
nv iron works ANA factories ut ana near
~. Eitcunt, France. owing to the short
age Of coal. The situation is improved in
consequence Of The Joint decision 10 arbi-
tratt. NJ. JaurtS th.l Socialist who will
rived at st. f.t.nn... SUNDAY, to meet IN"
rcpresrntatiV" Of lhe mine owners. a
hopeful feeling now prevails that tn" dis
putc viii he settled Imic.tbly and without
further delay. The lace workers hIy"
also agreed % arbitration.
The Senate at Paris. sitting as the
high court for the trial of the conspir-
acy charges. was in session. Sunday
in order t. hasten The conclusion Of tn
proceedings A sensational incident
occurred at the opering when a spec
tator suddenly fell dead in the public
gallery. The session was chiefly a.
voted to a speech by NJ. Jules Guerin
in his own defence.
II. W. Chaplin. assisnees Of John p.
Squire x Co ana 81 the Il other Squire
firms ana corporations. on Dee. y, sent
d circular letter to All Of the individual
creditors telling them Of the situation
and asking them - state in reply what
their wishes Were A. y q creditors meet
ing. III" mas received - far answers from
5up III them The answers have satisfied
Mr.. chaplin that his course has met with
the approval Of the individual creditors.
ana NJ will complete the statement for
their information Just as soon az IL il
possible to 10 50.
4 switch engine of the Eastern Illi
nois Road ran into street car at
Chicago. Saturday. hurting the car 80
feet and injuring three passengers
The conductor. mOtOrman and two pas
sengers escaped serious injury by
jumping. The injuries Of an unknown
colOrcd man. who was a passenger,
may prove fatal. The car was COM
pl-tely demolished.
Four men were killed and several
others injured BY a boiler explosion.
one mile west Of Eliz ahethtoWn. Pa.
Saturday. They We're emp.Oyes of
Heller Il Cresson. railroad contractors.
The dead We're Donald Haldeman Of
cambridge, Wit Sherbauhn Of West
Donegal. Burt Harris, a negro, and an
Italian known as Tony. The latter
was hurled $50 feet.
Charles A. Spence. son Of William @.
Spence Of South Berwick, was fatally
injured while assisting in setting up a
derrick in the Pine Hill cemetery Az
Dover. y. H.. Saturday. The boom "
the derrick swunk around and struck
him on the head. knocking him against
graVestone. The back Of his skull
was crushed and he died in about half
an hour He is survived by a widow.
his parents. a brother and Il sister.
a fire which broke out in the seven
story building. 20 and 20 Monroe
street. Chicago. early saturday, de
stroycd the building and badly dam
aged the two adjoining structures on
NJ onroe ana Franklin streets. FIVE and
seven stories high respectively. The
total loss. which falls mostly on the
wholesale firms, will be in the neigh
borhood Of $l,o00,ooo. Nine firemen
were badly injured by falling wall
and removed to the hospital.
The Chinese minister WI Ting Ia :. !
has received a dispatch from the Ch "a
station. that Iii Hung Chang has I III
appointed acting Viceroy Of two pro- rs |
in the south of China. adjacent 10 an |
ton. The minister says this is ked /
distinction To the venerable neSc !
statesman. a. the provinces are .u ,ng
ne most pupulnuS ANA cnmmercil M 4
purtlnt In the empire. Mr. WI is /
Patch clears M a misapprehenSi, -e
itcd In "a recent u official dispItt : at /
ng that Earl III would he made G, ny /
NJ unr province. that NJ Canton. u lat /
hi~ would ~ fnlluwrd Nv a drgr .pn /
= hooncr ST. Thomas. Frema hill I
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Vineyard Haven. Mass. becat of d .
mutinnus crew. The captain ports \
that when of Nnbskl. Saturdg hight .
Mate Andrew cole had some ierca-
,inu with "A seaman who cha that \
hr mate struck him several ii with .
a hammer. innicting injuries = III. Y
head. The man was landed tn .
marine hospital. but the ~ thrru
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