Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-03-21
NEWS NUGGETS
Brought by The Wires from the North. East
South and west.

Bobby" Dobbs. colored, Of Mime
ap1lis. Knocked out Charley Burns Of
Cincinnati. i'll the 18th round at Niles
Ohio, Monday,
Sir Edmund Douglas Veitch Fame.
envoy extraordinary ana minister plen-
ipotentiary To the court Of Copenhagen.
IL dead. in his G3rl year.
The PopulIsts at Lincoln, Neb.. Non
day night. decided to hold their state
convention on June II. Candidates will
IL nominated for all state offices.
Twenty-four peasants were drowned.
Tuesday. by the capsizing If a boat in
which they We're crossing the Danube
river from Kalosca to Pays during
gale.
Fire, Tuesday. destroyed two large
blocks at Red Ridge, Mont. entaiing
a loss Of Sl50000. John Davis was
caught by a falling stairs and burned
to death.
The British cruiser Alert arrived at
Kingston, Ja.. Tuesday. from Colom-
bian ports. She reports the revolu-
tion there Is in full swing ana that
British subjects are in need Of protec-
ton. The Alert is coaling hastily and
Will return to Colombia.
Philip Repuecht of the Standard Oil
60. New York. has received a tele
gram from Shanghai, China, lnnounc-
ing the arrival there Of the British
steam bark Lydgate. capt John Jones,
which sailed from New York, 200 days
ago for Shanghai and was 100 days
overdue.
Sir Robert Gray Cornish Mowbrly.
Conservative. has returned as a mem
ber If the English House Of Commons
for the RIiXton division of Lambeth
without opposition. lie succeeds Hon.
Evelyn Hubbard who recently accept
cd the stewardship Of the Chiltern
Hundreds.
ThoWaS Sweeney. who was taken
from a burning house at Haverhill,
Mass. Sunday morning, died at the
hospital, Tuesday. lie was severely
burned. but death resulted from the
inhaling Of smoke. He was Al years Of
age and is survived by a widow and
two children.
Justice Furstman Of the branch Of
supreme court. New York. has granted
the motion of the counsel for Miss Olga
Nethersole and the other defendants in
the .'Sapho" ease. for transfer Of the
case from the special to the general
sessions. The case viii go before the
grand jury for action.
Philip Cohen and Agnes Dunn were
found dead in bed in South End
lodging house at Boston. Tuesday, with
the gas turned on at full. Cohen was
about 81 years old and the woman
about 30. Medical Examiner Draper
was called to determine whether it was
a case Of accident or suicide.
Mrs. Louisa Harrison. 40 years Of
age. was found dead in 4 room in the
Clattin house, Fall River, Tuesday. The
gas fixture connected with a small
stove was found wide open. the gas
filing the unventilated room. Death
was due to suffocation, but whether
suicide or accident was the cause was
not determined.
The Philadelphia & Reading Coal &
Iron Co. has announced that work a
their numerous Golfers in the vicinity
Of Shenandoah, Pa. will be increased
10 five three-quarters days per week
Since January. they have been work
ing two or three three-quarter days
'dtii Ntth. L III " tIOuSdIlu Hlllt NOI r.
ers are affected.
Great excitement prevails in San Ja-
cinto. Cal. as it has been discovered
that part Of san Jacinto mountain has
slipped into subterranean cavern. A
territory covering GO acres at an ele-
walton Of 1000 feet was dislodged by
the recent earthquake and had slipped
$50 feet lower than il had previously
stood for centuries.
The Constantinople correspondent of
the London Times says: Eight ladies
of the palace have been sent into exile
for Vaccinations in connection with
the Sultan's fugitive brother-in-law,
Mahmud Pasha. The palace secretary,
Kiamal Bey. was suddenly exied to
Hedjaz, last Saturday. The reason has
not been made public"
Fire broke out, Tuesday morning. in
a large frame shed at Port Richmond,