Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-11-21
NEWS NUGGETS
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East, South and West.

| was observed, fuesday, at FlOraS, Ger
many.
] In the trial of Herr Sternberg, the
| Berlin banker, accused of Offense
against morality, the court, Tuesday,
ordered the arrest of the witness Lupa.
who the proceedings strongly implica-
ted and who disappeared, Tuesday
Rear Admiral Roger N. Stembel re-
tired. died from pneumonia, Tuesday.
in the Fifth Avenue Hotel. New York
He would have been 80 years old next
month. and with the exception Of Thos
o. Selfridge, the elder. had more years
of life and service than any man in the
list of rear admirals
! III. NJ. S. Pheasant, at Victoria b. c..
, Tuesday. received rush orders from the
admiralty disDatching her to Panama
TO protect British interests there. She
| is now loading stores, ammunition,
etc, and win sail at noon, Thursday.
The day following. II. NJ. S. Yaerus will
sail on a cruise to the South sea is
lands.
Schooner A. Il. Hoyt, Philadelphia for
| Danversport. anchored off Beverly,
| Mass, Tuesday night, and reported the
loss of Mate John Mckinnon off Cape
| Cod, Monday afternoon. The mate was
washed overheard during a heavy
blow MacKinnon was "a years old ana
| belonged in Maine but his home adj
dress was not known.
The steamship China, which sailed
from san Francisco for the Orient.
| Tuesday took back the first mission
aries that have ventured into China
|
those who left are Rev. DR.. Trowick
| and his bride. The former is from
Nashville and the latter from LOUIS
vile. They go TO Shanghai.
! Dufferein Patuelle. chief clerk of the
gold commissioners office at Dawson.
estimates the past seasons Klondike
output of gold at $1,000. 900, as against
| 81 : 600 900 for 1899. Next years gold
! output for the Klordike he thinks will
reach S25,00o 900. OF this years ship
ments of gold. United States Consul
| McCook has records of S1i,o0G.00O.
At meeting Of the directors of the
| United Irish League at Dublin. Tues
day, John Redmond presiding. a rcs"-
| luton calling on the Irish members OF
| Parliament not to attend the House
| of Commons in December. but to stay
at home and make a success OF the
| convention for perfectinS the national
list organizatio was unanimously
adopted.
A fire early Tuesday wiped out row
of buildings on Dock street. near 18th,
at Tacoma. Wash. occupied by four
manufacturing plants. The loss is es-
timated at $50, 900. The plants destroyed
| N 1ch.crnC
goods: VIM. Evans. steam filters: F.
s Hrear. steam boilers. a part of the
Addison planning mill and the offices of
the Young Lumber 60.
Three men entered the jeweiry store
Of John J. Hubbard, l. North street.
| Baltimore, Tuesday, assaulted the pro-
prietor. left him for dead and literally
| Quilted the place of it,. contents. The
assault occurred within a block of po-
| lice headquarters in one of the most
frcoucntcd part Of the city and within
| stones thrown Of the City hall. shortly
after 10 o'clock in the morning.
| Cornelius l.. Alvord. Jr.. former notc
| teller in The First National Bank. who
| is accused OF embczzling $69o.ooo from
| that institution, was held II New York.
| Tuesday. to await the action of the
| grand jury by United States Commits
Sioncr Shields. 1t is understood that
| Alvord will be indicted Immediately
and his case will be put on the calen-
dar for the term beginning the second
Wednesday in December.
The strife between the Williams Car
| rage 90 and Independent hack driv-
ers in Lawrence Mass, reached eli
max. Tuesday. when the officials of the
| Boston e. Maine which leased hacking
| privileges to the Williams Co.. brought
| suit for trespass against Daniel Cleary.
c. II. hancock, J. T. Hennessy. Mich
| ael Sullivan. independent drivers. VINO
| il is claimed refused TO keep away
from stations as ordered. The suit is
| for $500 but is in reality d case To test
tie law on this subject.
The second trial of the defendants
at Berlin in the charge o. gambling q:
/ tie club Harmosen. aIter the EeichS
! Cereicht had annulled the acquittinS
| sentence began, Monday. one of the
defendants. Herr Won kroecher. son of
| the General Won kroecher, commander
| of an army corps and an intimate adj
wiser of Emperor William. fled 20 the
| south. and the court ordered his arrest
wherever he should be found. The
principal culprit. Gentleman Wolf,
| this time was present.
! Among the passengers who arrived at
New York. Tuesday, by the steamer
LAQuitaine from Havre. were Madame
Sarah Bernhard and Constant Coque-
lin with their comedy company. con-
sisting OF IS persons. Madame Bern
hardt said she was glad to revisit this
| country as she expects to write great
deal of America in her memoirs which
| she is now preparing. The actress de-
| MED that Rostand was insane and as
serted that the stories TO that erect
| had been circulated by the author
enemies.
Plans are being formulated for the
| reorganization of the German Nation
al Bank OF Newport. Ky, now in the
| hands of National Bank Examiner
| Tucker as temporary receiver, owing
10 q shortage of nearly 100000 charged
| to Assistant Cashier Frank NJ. Brown.
An assessment Of $l45 per share is the
plan under consideration. Frederick
l. Stone who claims to be an intimate
| acquaintance of Brown, states that he
| met the latter. Monday, in Fort