Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-09-29
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

.. n. Sevey Of Chase's Mills. had
horse, top buggy, blankets, robes. etc.
stolen Wednesday night
Peter Lodeux. - years OF age. was
killed by The caving in of a gravel Dit
EFT Eiddeford, Friday afternoon.
The battleship Texas arrived at Nor
folk, VA. Friday, from Newport, r. l..
Tor quite extensive repairs to be made
by the men who built her and proba-
bly, Will be there all the winter.
BranlDn Ncsbitt was sentenced 10
tWo years imprisonment at Halifax. n.
-, Friday, tor forgery. He is wanted
in Baltimore and several summer sea
side resorts as a confidence man.
on account Of the heavy rain. Thurs
day night, the Trotting Association has
called the meeting at Terra Haute,
md, off. An effort will be made. Sat
urday. % conclude the unfinished races.
Barney Thompson. aged S. years, a
wtll-knoWn boarding house proprietor
on White street. Danbury, Conn, was
killed, Friday night. by colliding with
an electric car in a runaway accident
Nh North street.
a big black bear was seen near Her
mon. last Saturday night, and since
that time many Of the old hunters
have been trying to get him. The bear
has frightened many horses and has
made himself generally disagreeable.
The home Of Joseph Little in Albion
wa= burElarized. Wednesday night
money, watches, rings. silver candle
sticks, revolver. pair of shoes. etc, be-
ing taken and the burglars not even be-
ing heard BY the occupants Of the
house.
Fire in the building on Main street
Brunswick. occupied by Lewis The
berge as a Iunchroom. and Frank Dian
rs a dwelling. Friday. did about $3.50
damage to the building and SIS TO the
furniture. Cause. lamp setting fire to
floor overhead.
a verdict awarding the plaintiff 5000
was announced BY the Jury at Alfred
in the case Of Lottie l. Day of North
Berwick. against the Boston & Maine
Railroad. Mrs. Day acted as admins
tratrix of the estate of her husband,
who was killed BY the cars.
Mrs Ida Higgins Of Ellsworth Falls.
aged p years, borrowed a revolver
from a neighbOr Wednesday night.
ana left home. She has not since been
seen. Mrs. Higgins does not live with
her husband. who is at Bar Harbor.
Parties have been out searching, but
no trace has been found.
The signal man VII Cape Race report
cd to st. John. y. F, early Friday
that the Peary exploring
steamer WindWard was passing west.
Later in the day, il became known that
the vessel sighted was not the Wind
ward. hut the steam sealer Walrus.
Capt. John Bartlett. who commanded
the WindWard, last year, brother %
Capt. Samuel Bartlett. hey present
commander. does not expect her TO re-
turn from the north before the end OF
next week Doubtless she is not pro-
ceeding at full speed and has met with
more Or less ice in high ATTITUDES.
The Southern Pacific train due 70 ar
rive at ogden, Utah, at T. NJ. Thurs
lay went into the ditch at Gartner
Siding. near the Utah-Nevada line, and
one person was killed and about i
others were more or less injured. There
We're about 50 passengers on the train.
some Of them members, on an excursion
party en- route for the coast. The train
Was running al full speed when the ac-
'idCnt occurred. There is a sharp
'urve one mile east Of Gartner, and as
he train sped around the bend an out
eide rail overturned and the entire
rain of nine cars was thrown into the
Itch. the engine alone remaining on
~ track