Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-10
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

There were heavy gales along thr
coasts of Great Britain. Saturday night
and Sunday. Several wrecks have been
reported and the channel mail steamers
are delayed.
Columbia beat Yale in a two-milc r."
lay race AZ the Sth Regiment games AZ
New York City. Saturday night. The
Yale team consisted of Jacohus. Wal
dron, Stevens and Kane.
The Paris Journal published a d."
cree, Sunday, that subscriptions to IN"
new loan VIII be at par. and that pay
m"nts will be made III four instalments
between Dec. 81 and May 81.
The Greenville bank robbers Louis
Brooks and Albert Phillips, Who w"rr
sentenced 10 b. hanged OH Dec. Is. 1907.
at Storm Lake. Ia. Saturday. The men
appeared indifferent regarding their
fate.
AmalGamoted copper stock took an
other sharp dip. saturday, 10 CAS-. i
new low record price. Its loss for the
day was 81. points. or = decrease in III"
value 0f III" Cornpany's securities ~
exactly Ni,i2j, ,o"a
Arthur Gobble. aged "a after shoot
ing and seriously wounlInE his father,
John Gobhle. 4 farmer Ut Lebanon.
Ind. Saturday. went hom" told his
mother what h.. had done. fired a shot
into his own head ana fcll dying Al her
feet
Th,. strik" "f strect c..r employees
which has b".n IN progress AT Read
ing. Pa. three months. was declared
- b.,
1, continue Il further boycott would b.
imposing a hardship on the families %
tn men during the iucl"ment season.
The British government has decided
to prosecute tonor D'kollcy. NJ. T.. ana
chairman If IN" Mayo county couEcil.
ana several officials az the county MAYO
under the crimes act Tor holding meet
in2s aud delivering intimidatinI
speeches I'm defiance n the orders *
the police.
TWO NOR, If tn - yonyict~ who -
capcG from the Fort Ecavenworth mil
it:tiy prison. NOV. : have been cap
tur,-d at Lavt"n. q. T. They are Tur-
n.r Barnes. sent up from the territory
tor 10 years for assault. and Bob Clark.
serving five years for breaking into 4
Texas post office.
George ". Sleeper. a promin nj boot
and shoe manufacturer Of Marlboro.
died. Saturday. Mr.. Sleeper was Well
known throughout New England. hav-
ng invented several implements at
present used in shoe manufacturing
He WAS (. years OF age. and is survived
by his parents. Mr. aud Mrs. William
Sleeper Of Marlboro.
Andrew NJ. Lawrence. mana ginS "di-
tor Of Hcarst'S Chicago American, and
II :. Garfield, q reporter. who were
sentenced recently by Judge IIancccy
at Chicago to 50 and 50 days respect
lively in the county jail for contempt
nf court, were discharged from custody
by Judge Dunno. Saturday.
a test of the submarine boat Fulton
was made, Saturday. in Long Island
sound for Capt. ,icelmugdcn of tn
Norwegian navy. The Fulton was
given 4 surface trial Of one mile and
was then submerged for a longer run /
at tn. end Of which two torpedo.s wer., |
fired at imaginary targets The trial |
was pronounced entirely successful and |
Capt. Geelmugden expressed much sat !
!sfa ction over tho vessels showing.
DR.. Il. }. Wicksted. barrister of Otta- /
wa. Ont. has laid information before /
the police ma agiStrat" of assault said to
be attempted upon him by Sir Henry
Strong. chief justice of the Dominion
of Canada. in the supreme court room
in this city. The complainant says that
Sir Henry did make an assault upon
him, inaSmuch as the said Strong did
attempt and threaten. by acts and ges-
lures. to apply force to the said Wick
sted. being violation OF the criminal
code.
Policeman Wardman George Bisscrt
convicted OF accepting bribe from q
woman who kept n disreputablc house
ut New York, was taken to Sing Sing
prison. Saturday. and entered upon
the service of a sentence of imprisOn- !
ment for years and months recently |!
imposed upon him. Bissert was ac- |
companied to the train by Police Capt. !
Diamond and Herlihy. The former |
was Eisscrt's superior and was recent |
" iined Si"0o for dere,iction of duty |
lie will be placed on trial by Police !
commissioner Murphy, next Monday. |
upon the same charges that secured |
Ai: conviction in the courts. Capt !
Herlihy is under indictment for wilfu! (
neglect Of duty.